If that is taken away, they may lose their voice. They may lose their connection. And that is something we cannot allow to happen. Yes, I feel incredibly lucky and privileged that my children are deaf. Not because it's easy, but because we are a part of a strong community with access to resources like PTSD. But I also feel a deep sadness for other children. children in other districts where few deaf programs exist, where there are not enough interpreters, where schools are not equipped to meet their needs. I just had an IEP meeting recently with one such school district and they told me flat out they had no deaf programs where I live and barely enough interpreters. That's not an learning environment. That's isolation. So, I urge you to see what this school represents. Again, not just a place to learn, but a lifeline, a future, a community.
Any questions? I have a question. Just a clarifying question that the money that's moved from the capital budget to increase the M budget if if there were a scenario where we needed to move that back for maintenance or other items we have the flexibility to do that. Thank you Mr. Alexander. This would be our final budget revision for the year. We wouldn't have an opportunity to move those dollars back. But what I would say is that we have enough budget capacity and cash reserves in our capital budget to account for any of that overage that you would be asking for. Okay. Thank you. Anything else? All those in favor? I I Thank you, Mr. Thomas. And now it says Mr. Bogart. So J2, Mr. Bogart. Thank you, Chairman Holt, governing board members, Superintendent Streer, and guests. This one's pretty straightforward. The district um compensation plan includes the payment of available revenue from classroom site funds and in gaming um each year.
We are nearing a fiscal tipping point. The time for temporary fixes has passed. Decisions must be made soon to address the imbalance between expenditures and revenues. If we are to maintain the level of services that our residents enjoy and expect, we must seriously consider revenue increases, whether through overrides, new growth strategies, or other long-term financial measures. The finance committee remains committed to supporting responsible policies that protect Ashlin's financial integrity and long-term prosperity. We want to hear from you. Please go to the town website, look for our meetings. We've set aside time for public comment. Nobody ever comes. You're invited. Please. Our goal is to help the town transition from short-term stabilization to sustainable fiscal planning that meets the evolving needs of our community. Thank you and go Clockers. Thank you, John. And I'll take this as an opportunity to say we have two openings on the finance committee.
[Music] So, but a lot of things do start out very obviously get a little um, rough like this, you know, probably particularly in these projects. Um, so that maybe they put more emphasis on the site plan than on the on the development of the elevations and and the facade. So if our homework is just to kind of look at the big picture, I think design should be a very small section of this, but just look at the big picture. Um, will that help at this point? because there's 116 units that we're talking about here, 184 parking units. Um, so instead of focusing on design, we we keep our comments very high level. Would that be sufficient for this at this point? I think it's I think it's I think it's both. In our letters to the state before, we had um kind of the first section was a comment on kind of the 40Bs and how we've you know and might be just a much smaller section but a reminder you know that that hey this is our third one now you know um and then um the second part we focused on issues like Kate said issues of zoning this is what the zoning says this is what they're doing or not doing.
Um, this student was seen in small group, 40 minutes a session for two times a week. So, that's that tier 2 intervention. And as you can see here, the preassessment was at the beginning of that six to seven weeks. um the student got you know a lower score and then by the end their post assessment they almost reach that 80% um and this is a goal that the student will continue to work on too to just maintain kind of mastery like I said and while obviously the data is so important and all the information is so important I think the most telling is really asking the kids how does your intervention group help you and so these are just some quotes from some of our amazing students um a seventh grade student said it helped me understand adding integers more and do better in class.
Um, so this is I'm going to skip through that overview because we're going to hit it along the way. Um, this is our community schools approach here in Anaheim Union. It is a holistic approach and as you zoom in and you read what what the community defined as our community schools, it is about our community career preparedness systems framework. It is about our capstones and the things that we are hearing from our students. It's about our collaborative leadership systems that we have. It's about how we reflect through learning walks in other ways. It's about how we invest in students like work-based learning, uh, AIM partnerships, internships, and it's about the collective leadership that you will hear from today, our partners in our community. We received over $26 million, um, in community school funding from the California Community School Partnership Program um, grant from the state of California.
To all of our teachers, thank you for the invaluable work that you do. You tr you truly change lives. We also celebrate and thank our school nurses this month. Your commitment to the health and well-being of our students is vital and your presence make a tremendous difference every day. In addition, we recognize the contributions of our classified employees. Those who support our schools in countless ways. From the bus drivers who greet our students in the morning to the staff in our offices, cafeterias, and classrooms to those working behind the scenes in maintenance, custodial services, and technology. You are the backbone of our district. Your dedication ensures our schools run smoothly and our students are supported. Thank you. Finally, May is a time of great celebration with promotions and graduations. These events mark the culmination of years of hard work by our students, family, and staff.
Please don't take that away from our children. They deserve to grow up with language, culture, and the chance to thrive just like I did starting sophomore year. Thank you for your time and your attention and your commitment to truly listening to the voices of the deaf community. Thank you. Thank you. And again, I'd like to encourage you to share that with your legislature legislators. Um, one more. I've got Elizabeth Brow and Libby. I'm sorry that was stuck together. So, I know you wouldn't try to ignore me. Hello. I thought maybe I'm learning pregnancy brain is real, so I thought maybe I actually did not turn in a paper. Anyway, hello. My name is Elizabeth Browse. I am a preschool teacher here at PDSD and the president of the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind Educator Association. Hello, Assistant Superintendent Catchoff, Assistant Superintendent Cooper, Superintendent Reichman, Board President Kifel, and board members.
The Arizona Department of Education calculates the amount each district receives in these funds um against the student enrollment data and the funding availability for the state. In an effort to provide appropriate correlating payments for the amount the state provides the district, we do a calculation internally to send as much of those dollars out to to certified folks as we can. This year those numbers are $4,51727 for parents based pay to be paid out of fund and then Indian gaming fund 02025424. Motion. I move that the governing board approve the payment of incentive stipens related to performance-based pay and Indian gaming compensation plans to all eligible employees. Is there a second? Second.
You've heard the important work that the committee's doing. If you want to be involved and help make those decisions, there are two openings. You might have heard that before. I won't say it again tonight. Town website, talent bank form. Voting on the budget is a two-step process. First, we will review and vote on the appropriations for each of the various accounts. After action has been taken on the accounts, we will vote on the overall budget motion. I will start by reading the names of a series of accounts. If you have a question or comment on a particular item, yell out hold. In this case, it's okay to yell. After voting on all unchallenged line items, we'll go back and discuss any that were held. Town manager, central purchasing, telecommunications, town council, data processing, town clerk, elections, town meeting, board of registars, human resources. All those in favor of the unchallenged items, please raise your cards.
Yeah. Um, and then the third part, well, in at 10 to 60, there was a a part that focused on kind of environmental issues. I'm not sure that's um, you know, as applicable here. Um, I don't think it was as applicable on at Waverly, you know, because we didn't have the stream and the Nanza and, you know, that kind of thing. Um and then the other issue was the was kind of the design the um you know we talked about um you know the scale of the building the massing of the building. Yeah. U how it related to the landscape um something about materials um of it you know so so I do think those have a role um like they have in the other projects but with I guess it's also with an understanding that it the design isn't likely not complete right I assume it's just getting the getting the units in you know at this point Um, so um but anyway, so we can um if there's a part of that um if there's a part of that Deepa that appeals to you like the um you know I and make sure you have the letters that we did for the other two projects and you can look at how it fits this one and I'll take another component of it.
The extra time really helped. A third grade student, "My intervention helps me because I can read stories more clearly and confidently. It improved my writing style." From an eighth grade student, a second grade student said they can spell more words and know how to read words. Um, a fifth grade student said, "The student really wants to know how to read fluently in a long book, and his teachers are helping him reach that goal." An eighth grade student said, "It was fun and interactive. I learned a lot, and what I did learn I can apply to ELA in the future." And then lastly, a third grade student. I feel awesome about my small group because it helps me with my math skills and makes me a better math student. Before I came to Mrs. McCloci, who was our math interventionist, I had a hard time with math and it's easy now.
This was three years ago uh, or almost four years ago. We have 15 schools up on the slides, 13 of which are in their third year of the community school grant. Two of them are in their second year of their community school grant. Um before I go on, this is really important as you will see a little bit of a journey as we celebrate our community school steering committee members and I give big shout out to them. You're going to hear from representatives, student, parents, partners, staff members, uh, teachers, and, uh, folks from here at the district office and and site leadership. Um, today's presentation is going to take you on five different, um, things that we'll focus on. One is how are we sharing all of the assets and needs that we captured through our data? How are we centering the classroom, the teaching and learning in the community schools approach?
I look forward to honoring their achievements as they take their next step steps forward. Last week, I had the privilege of attending the Coast to Coast Conference in Washington, DC, where our board had the opportunity to advocate for critical funding for our schools and students. It was inspiring to share the outstanding work happening in our district and to hear from legislators who are committed to supporting public education and funding it. Thank you all for being here tonight to support our students. Your presence and engagement are a vital part of what makes our school community strong. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you, Anita. Renee Longshore. Um, yes. Good evening. You all feel so far away. Um, it was wonderful seeing so many of you at the health and wellness fair at Apple Valley High School and our fourth annual International Children's Day at the district office. No, I did not climb in the Blackhawk, but enjoyed visiting the booth sponsored by our community partners and schools.
Um, thank you for the time to be here in front of you today. I was commenting on agenda item 1.3, excellent communication and relationships. And to my fellow educators, happy teacher appreciation week. Yay. This week has really had me thinking about my time here at um ASDB and as an educator. I've been teaching for 13 years now. Um, I'm reminded of my colleagues from DVR region 2 when I was an itinerate teacher. We would meet in the office after our long drive back. We would review student data. We'd discuss access for our students in their general ed classrooms. We would workshop IEP goals for our students. We were data centered and access focused. I think about one of my colleagues in the preschool, Stephanie Voss, who at the drop of a hat could rework a schedule to cover for two absent teachers and one absent instructional assistant to maintain the integrity of our program and the learning a safe learning environment for our students.
Any questions? I just have a quick question. Is the increase from last year to this year the 2.23 inflation dollars or how did we get where did that increase come from? What was the factor? Thank you. That's a really good question. So the Indian gaming one I'll take first. This is based on the revenue from gambling in the state and that's how that number is created. Um what I would tell you about the capital or classroom site fund dollars. This is a a fund that is is improved through the state budget. Last year, the state legislature increased the amount that goes to classroom site fund. And so that's predominantly why you see an increase in that space. And so we as a district chose to move it specifically in that route or was it already programmed by the state? The state allocated those dollars to this particular fund.
Thank you. and opposed. That passes. Town accountant, assessor's office, treasurer. All those in favor of the unchallenged items, please raise your cards. Thank you. And opposed? I see one in opposed, but it passes. Conservation Commission, Open Space Committee, Planning Board, Inspectional Services Department. All those in favor of the unchallenged items, please raise your cards. Thank you. And opposed? Pass. Police Department, Fire Department. All those in favor of the untalented items, please raise your cards. Sorry about that. opposed. That passes. Health Department, Council on Aging, Recreation, Veteran Services, Prevention and Human Services, Public Library. All those in favor of the unchallenged items, please raise your cards. Thank you. And opposed? Passes unanimously. Public buildings and property maintenance, DPW administration, highway snow and ice removal, highway street lighting, highway combined fuel, cemetery, parks and trees. All those in favor of the unchallenged items, please raise your cards.
Okay. Um Kate obviously isn't going to be here but maybe Anna can summarize the 40B part of it again and to an extent she had worked I think on that part. What what part would you be most comfortable with the um the zoning the zoning massing um things? I think it's commercial highway, but we can we can look which probably doesn't say a whole there's probably not a lot that surrounding land uses just talks about it's close to the trolley brook trail a few steps away from there. YMCA is across the street. Um, then the Patricia, which part do you want me to help with? It wasn't clear. Oh, I I didn't even know you were still there, Ann. I thought you were having a hard time getting back. No, I'm still I've been here this entire time. I don't know why is not working.
And so now I would like to right Monica. Well, it doesn't matter. It's seems like it's working. Um, so here at Bolton High School, um, we, uh, Jen and I are the coordinators for MTSS. Um, we have, uh, multiple roles. I'm the school psychologist and Jen is one of our science teachers. Um, we are new to this role this year. Um, so um, we were excited to take it on and, um, made some changes from last year. Um also involved with the MTSS process um our principal uh the school counselors um we have MTSS providers who um a little bit uh different from um center school who does interventionists we are using classroom teachers um to provide um the MTSS as interventions whether they're within the classroom or um if it's during a student study hall to provide those higher levels of support. um at the beginning of the year um or actually before the year started a master schedule designed for the school uh to make sure that we had um MTSS providers available each period of the day.
How are we enhancing partnerships uh, services? And how are we making an impact? collectively across the schools and the last is how do we sustain this after the grant because this is a grant so how do we sustain this Kenny Perez our community school manager will kick us off here thank you Carlos good evening my name is Kenny Perez Carlos manager for community schools proudly serving our community a cornerstone of a community school's framework in AUHSD is unwavering commitment to understanding the strengths and needs in our community through a comprehensive and inclusive assets and needs process As depicted in our as its cycle, this work is not a one-time event. It is an ongoing journey. This year learned this year alone, more than 18,000 students and families have contributed to this community through uh to this process by sharing their experience through surveys, community voice circles, and empathy interviews.