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Um, and that helped kind of move some of the dollars around uh at the very end from the revision number one to revision number two. One of the other changes that you can see is that we moved some capacity from capital into M. And this is to establish a little bit of cushion so that we have enough budget capacity to finish out the year because there's certain unencumbered expenses that happen after the school year. Any time slip person, any additional summer work that gets approved, those are things that we have to account for and provide just a little bit of buffer. And so that's why you see some of those changes. It also highlight just um high level, our M budget is going to be set at 118 million. our unrestricted capital 8.5 million our bond allowances $75 million and then all the other funds added together about $93 million.
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Um, but anyway, uh, obviously when we get to the budget detail, we we will be able to answer any questions that you might have regarding some of those numbers. But, um, again, I just want to send a very serious message and a very somber message, uh, to town meeting about our financial condition. And um I think we've done a remarkable job with what we have. Uh we we have a AAA bond rating. Um we're able to do some of the things that uh the community wants. Um but if you want to continue to see sidewalks being built, you want to continue to see uh parks, trails, uh you know, property being purchased to protect open space, um we need to start having that conversation now in order to be able to continue it. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Herbert. As is our custom, we will now hear from the finance committee.
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I think this is commercial highway. I I haven't had a chance to look at what that means as far as what they're um proposing. Obviously, part of that would be like, well, there's no commercial there um in the commercial highway. Um and then [Music] um yeah so key elements of the zoning we would we look at setbacks um we don't have any form constraint in this area because it's been there probably there probably is so we can't we can mention that as part of the zoning um and then it was it was looking at the, you know, site analysis, historic heritage. We looked at the river massing and scale, language and materials. Um, but I I can't find um I can't find the actual 40b that list that we were given of things that count and things that don't. that would take me a little bit more digging up um to try to find their list.
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Um MTSS goals are then formed with a team. So that's myself, the classroom teacher, our specialists or our interventionists and appropriate support staff. And those goals are progress monitored throughout the cycle. Um, as I said before, tier 2 are those classroom teachers who are providing the in-class supports during our what I need time. Um, and that is really, really assisted by our instructional coaches with instructional materials and progress monitoring tools. And then tier three are our interventionists or specialists who use a variety of research-based programs and progress monitoring tools as well. Um these meetings are then held every six to eight weeks um in order to discuss each student's progress in intervention next steps which can include being exited from intervention, moving to tier 2 or tier three or staying with their current intervention or like I mentioned before um sometimes we do move to special education referral after a certain point as well.
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And with time, there was progress. I now maintain a steady A+ in that classroom. I am excelling in that classroom and I can confidently say that I understand the material that we're doing. And I would not be in this place if it were not for an amazing teacher like Miss Farfan. There's one thing she said to me that I think about a lot when I'm having a rough day. It was a particularly rough time for me during that week. And you could have never told because Miss Farfan just lights every student's day up when you get in her classroom. She told me, "I'm really glad you were added to this classroom." Something that might have seemed like an off-hand comment meant the entire world to me. It's a comment I think about like I said a lot when I am in a difficult place in school because it made me feel like I was wanted in the classroom that I was in.
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So proud of these students. in the young artist category for for a a beautiful uh painting uh called Soulwaver. Honorable mention to Brianna [Applause] Mski, a self-portrait, Ally [Applause] Jackman, and The Gender Jackpot by Gabriella Calderon. [Applause] Thank you to the staff who occupy and and motivate and make these programs happen with your motivation, enthusiasm, and passion for parents and of course to the students for all the work we're celebrating. You make us very proud to be part of your lives. And thank you to the board who makes this happen and stands there shaking all these hands and celebrating with us. Please everyone a round of [Applause] applause and we'll just take a very brief recess as we reset for the rest of the meeting. Those of you who are planning to stay or if you want to take a quick moment um we'll recess for five minutes.
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Can everyone see me? Okay. Yes. All right. Thank you so much for having me here to speak tonight. My name is Jessica Andrade. I work for the agency professionally, but tonight I'm here in a different capacity. I'm here as a parent and an alumni of PTSD. I'm a graduate of the class of 2009. So, I am here with deep personal experience both as someone who's benefited from this school and as a parent who wants the same opportunity for my children and others. Before I came to PTSD as a student, I struggled with my identity. I was mainstreamed growing up. I didn't feel fully accepted. I felt lost and transferred here to PDSD sophomore year. That was the turning point in my life. I was exposed to a rich community of deaf culture and language and I learned not only academics but confidence, connection and pride.
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So at the beginning of the year Mr. Holt you'd ask like how much money do does the district really spend every year and so this year we've committed to spend $242 million. Will we spend $240 million this year? Absolutely not. We're probably aiming more towards the 200 million, but we've committed through our contracts and incumbrances that 242 million. I thought you'd appreciate that.
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Uh, Mr. Weski. Good evening, Ashlin. My name is Jonathan Moore. Mr. Sorry, you're all good. Thank Thank you, Mr. Moderator. I'm the vice chairman for the town of Ashlin Finance Committee. Uh, for those of you who don't know, uh, the finance committee is the authorizing body for expenditures from the reserve fund. funds set aside within the budget for extraordinary or unforeseen expenses including deficits deficits in snow and ice operations. The finance committee reviews all articles within the town warrant and referendums, deliberates and provides recommendations for each. We also hold annual meetings with department heads to examine operating budgets and evaluate requests. Four years ago, in wake of the co in the wake of the co 19 pandemic, the town of Ashlin took proactive and prudent steps to stabilize its finances. We drew from the stabilization fund, our rainy day reserve in anticipation of revenue shortfalls.
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But I think I think it was just things that really you know affect the community in a negative way. Yeah. Right. So, I think that is the way though like said to orient to what is the zoning and it I know that it may not change but it's still up to us to say this is what the zoning says three stories and you made it four and highway we don't see commercial. I'm making that up because I don't have it in front of me. But um I I think that is the way to orient and I I think the um otherwise the design elements that are specialty of you um and deep I think is helpful um because this will go to potentially the ZBA right our comments as well like it'll start the bones of that when it gets to that stage. And then the sooner the applicant sees that, maybe they can react to it as well, right?
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Um, if teachers have a deeper academic concern or a behavioral concern, OTPT speech, whatever really their concern may be, they invite that staff member to their NTSS meeting um to discuss that student's data and then we plan for next steps. And so I think really the key here is it's a team approach. It's very collaborative and we all work together to do what's best for all of our students. Um, and as always, parents are communicated with throughout the cycle. So at the beginning of the year, they get a letter. At the end of every cycle, they get a letter updating um the parent on the progress of their student and what that next step for that student's going to be. And at the end of the year, they get a little letter just saying, "Hey, practice this over the summer." And so, here is an example of some data from one of our kindergarten students this year.
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And this extends to a lot of other students that I've seen in that classroom. They say stunning things about Miss Faran that she's made them feel the passion to go back to school. And I can say that about myself as well. I mean before that I didn't even want to do the things I love most. I'm a band student lawyer and even I was starting to lose my passion for music and seeing that I was wanted in that environment it changed everything for me. So I asked the board to please reconsider Miss Farfan's dismissal from Laura High School. She's a crucial part of a lot of students livelihood and removing her would be in my eyes a poor decision. For all the teachers who don't care like Miss Fan does, I ask you to not get rid of the one who does. Thank you. Thank you, [Applause] Mio.
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Hi. What's her status? Yeah. Are we up? We live. All right. Well, we got a few people left, so we'll move right along here and um we'll move on to um board member comments. Or at least do I need to go back and do what we missed? Let me see. No. Okay. Board member comments. Anita Tucker. Good evening. I'd like to begin by expressing my sincere gratitude. And they're gone. Jasmine Bracy Eden. Um, High Desert Premieries. I'm sorry. High Desert Premier Academy Eden Pilo Apple Valley High School and Hannah Forier Granite Hills High School for your continued commitment to sharing the incredible things happening across our schools. Your dedication and enthusiasm at each board meeting have been both inspiring and appreciated, and it's truly been a pleasure to hear from you regularly. Tonight's a special night as we celebrated student achievement with welldeserved rewards. And for those of you who stayed, I'm really excited to join in recognizing your hard work and success.
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I made friends with those who understood me and for the first time I truly felt like I belonged. PDSD has helped me become the person I am today. Now, as a parent, I see my children walking a similar path. They are thriving because they are in an environment that supports their language, their identity, and their full potential. But I also worry I'm very concerned about the future of ASDB and PDSD. If you choose to close or reduce support for this school, you will be taking away more than just classrooms. You will be taking away language, culture, and opportunity for so many deaf and heart of hearing children. Not every family has the resources or support to advocate or provide language access at home. Many deaf children live in homes where communication is already a struggle. For them, school is the only place where they are truly understood, where they can grow in both language and academics.
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And with that, I'll stand with any questions or for any questions. Is there a motion? I move that the governing board approve the 2024 2025 school district annual expenditure budget revision number two. Is there a second? Second.
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Thanks to strong fiscal management of Michael Herbert and his team, those funds were fully replaced in a record time. Those actions combined with the years since of disciplined budgeting helped affirm Ashlin's AAA credit rating by standard and pores. This is a distinction held by only a select number of municipalities across the Commonwealth. This reflection, this rating is more than a number. It's a reflection of the town's reputation as a strong fiduciary steward and a leader in responsible financial, excuse me, in responsible municipal finance. However, we are now entering a new and more difficult phase. The challenges we face today are structural. They are not temporary. While one-time funds and stabilization reserves have helped us manage recent deficits, continued reliance on these sources is unsustainable. The stabilization fund cannot serve as a long-term solution to growing annual budget gaps. Without action, Ashland will face increasingly difficult choices that will affect core services and operations.
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Yeah. It's actually really interesting like the um where they where they said they're trying to break up the building looking, you know, making it look like a small building. It's really just those tiny little rectangles. They make it look like a lot more on that perspective rendering. Deeper was right on with that. that it's just these tiny little areas where they're doing a different color and that's um making the building look smaller apparently or like it's broken up into pieces. Um, so, [Music] um, yeah, like I like I said, I'm hoping just that the building was more rushed and and that they're really just on the very beginnings of design and hopefully there's more design coming, but on this, but, you know, it should be things then that we can comment on and hopefully help um, you know, help the designer and the architect um, you work toward a more, you know, um, sophisticated product.
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So, their goal was to identify a rhyme with 80% accuracy. The student was seen one-on-one 30 minutes a day for five times a week. So that is our tier three intervention by one of our breeding interventionists. Um and as you can see starting in the beginning of November they were kind of under that 50%. Um you see all their progress monitoring data there and then by beginning of May they completely mastered their goal. They got to 100%. And the interventionist wanted to be sure that this is still occurring. So, she is actually still progress monitoring the school, just not as frequent, just to make sure that that student is being able to stick with that skill of identifying a rhyme. And then this is a middle school example. So, went from kindergarten to 8th grade. So, this is an eighth grade student who was working on improving number sense.
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Next are presentations. Uh community schools. Dr. Frerieded. Yes. So, it is my honor and privilege to introduce our director of community schools in family and community engagement, Mr. Carlos Hernandez, who is going to lead us with his team of meetup of our community members on the great work being done to support our community school approach. So, Mr. Hernandez. All right. Thank you, Dr. Freed. Uh, good evening board, uh, cabinet students, families, staff, uh, community members here in the audience and watching at home. Hi, Mom. Um, we thank you, uh, for this opportunity this evening to, uh, celebrate. We're celebrating a lot of lot of things today. It's awesome to see all of the the community school uh members, staff uh being celebrated and recognized. We're going to take you on on about a 10-minute journey uh through our community schools uh approach. We will focus on how our holistic approach, which is important, is making progress towards the vision, which is transforming uh this amazing community of Anaheim Union High School District is for us.
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And your efforts do not go unnoticed as you make our district shine. May is a month filled with meaningful celebrations and recognitions. We proudly honor Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, paying tribute to the rich histories, culture, and contribution of these communities. Their legacy is woven into our shared story and will be vital to our collective future. This week is also National Teacher Appreciation Week. Our teachers are at the heart of everything we do. They work tirelessly to educate, inspire, and guide our students each day. I know I owe much of my own success to the teachers who impacted me. Mr. Height at Mariana taught me that I was smarter than I believed. Mr. TR introduced me to marching band right here at Apple Valley Junior High School, and I performed in this very multi-purpose room. Mr. Sudlo at Apple Valley High School, my speech teacher who encouraged me to compete and believe in myself.
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