Working together across campus across campuses and ages has shown me just how powerful there how much power there is in student voice. The fact that we've been given this platform proves that our district doesn't just talk about listening to students, it actually does. So, thank you for this opportunity. Thank you for showing us that our voices matter. And thank you for always striving to make HUSD better. Now, we'd love to share with you some of the highlights from our experience and some ideas we've come up with for the future. First, as a council, we all in our discussion talked about how you guys are always willing to improve. Whether it be problems in the district that students notice or even just behavioral situations, everyone always finds a way to make different situations have the best outcome. Another thing we feel that the district really does well is providing support and opportunities for students at all levels and providing different types of opportunities.
Uh Mrs. Ali, would you like to add anything? Good evening everyone. This mic was not set up for me. Okay. Fantastic. Good evening everyone. You know what? Just echoing what Dr. Sanders just said. It was not easy work. Uh please do not mistake uh that by any any means. Uh but it was tough work for work that needed to be done. Uh I'm happy that I was able to be a part of it. Uh but know that it takes courageous leadership. It takes leadership that's compassionate. It takes leadership that's knowledgeable uh and reflective as Dr. So happy to have been a part of it. All right. So I'm going to talk about the behaviors um that we kind of identified. And these behaviors don't just um affect Mooney. They're kind of work culture behaviors in general. Um so we identified some behaviors that we wanted to target.
So, it's kind of construction projects are interesting. They're wonderful. Um, you know, you reach substantial completion and you still have months to go. So, um, we're getting there. So, hopefully you don't see many of the the little blemishes or things that need to be fixed, but you see the beautiful building that we do have here. Um, Andrew, I know that we've talked about that he got the early impact award, but it was very nice to get to see him at the ISO um, state conference last week and to see Dr. Bolan give him his award. So, you know, just like today, there's a lot of connections. So, it is wonderful to see the leadership of Crawfordville schools stretches out throughout the state. Um, wonderful to see Dr. Steele and Dr. bowling here today. You know, a little over 20 years ago, Dr. Steel hired me and so that meant a lot.
I'll take any questions out of the superintendent's office at this time. Any questions for the superintendent? Okay. Um, we move on to the assistant superintendent report to Bishop. Super. Thank you. Um, I I would like to be able to compliment uh Mr. Jeff Mastro, our director of technology. Over this past month, we've been working to be able to refine our uh instructional technology and technology strategic plan. We'll be looking forward to bringing that forward to the curriculum and technology committee uh a little bit later this month. Uh but he and his team have done a great job uh embracing future changes and trends in technology and also in the world of artificial intelligence. So well done to Mr. uh Delmaster and his team. Also want to be able to let you all know that we are continuing uh in the the the the wonderful time of standardized testing.
He had one son, John Kipling. And we can infer that this poem was written for John before he left to be a soldier in World War I. And even though this poem was written for his son and somewhat reflects the culture of his time, there are ageless truths embedded within. And I encourage you to listen for what resonates most with you. If by Ruard Kipling. If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you. If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting, too. If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to hating. And yet, don't look too good nor talk too wise. If you can dream and not make dreams your master. If you can think and not make thoughts your aim.
It's full of starts and stops. You think you have everything figured out, and you do not, and you might need a little help from a friend. I quickly learned that you aren't going to get everything on the first try, but you have to keep turning the key if you want to go somewhere. One of the many things that makes driving manual so difficult is balance. Balancing the gears, the clutch shifting, and of course the gas and the brake, which can be a lot kind of like high school. There have been moments when it felt impossible to juggle finishing all my assignments, going to the football game, and still being home in time for dinner. The key is focusing on what's important. knowing where you're going, having the right people in the car, and knowing that you might have to take a detour on the way.
Now, look at yourselves in caps and gowns. Look at us. Incredible people with personalities that are one of a kind. With aspirations that we built by hand and a pocket full of accomplishments that no one can take away. Those goofy kids would be so proud of us. I just know it. And we need to remember them as we leave this day and this year behind because they are the reason for all of this. We all made it because of their hope, because of their dreams, and we can learn from their confidence and spirit no matter where we go after this stadium. Today, of all days, I hope you don't take for granted the value that each and every one of us holds. Seniors, we are the culmination of millions of choices and actions. We are the sum of our family's love and our mentors guidance, as well as the unwavering loyalty of our friends.
This plan has very little data and it's overly simplistic. For example, look at Miller. Your treatment of Miller accounts for half of the derision in this room. Any idiot can look at Miller and see that it is not a transit corridor where 75 foot tall buildings should be built. It's a sleepy residential street through quiet treeline neighborhoods. Um and that same lack of care was applied to the rest of the plan as well. And I'm sorry to to speak harshly on that. I know it's a lot of work, but things take so much more time than you think. They take so much more time and they take engagement with the community. Thank you. Bye. Thank you. Hello. Hi, I'm Aaron Kenny. I've spoken here before. I live at 1039 Olivia. Um, I've spoken here, but I felt compelled to do it again because I feel like this is a critically important issue to Ann Arbor, my community of neighbors, and to my children.
The the remainder is what's known as the unmet need. And so if you look at RDP, think about RDP as real units that you must address. You must provide for those units. You can't necessarily just zone for them and hope for the best in the future. The unmet need, however, is a little bit different. This is something that you probably will never address. You may never get to that number, but you have to implement zoning and certain mechanisms that would help you get there, create meaningful opportunities to get to that particular lum number. The unmet need, as you'll see there, is now broken up into two pieces. One is prior round, second and third round, 330 units, and that's because you had such big numbers in the third, sorry, in the prior and the third round. And then your fourth round number is 65 which is looking forward the next 10 years.
Um oh go back real quick. Uh team accomplishments. We had a lot of team members come back with completed certificates, primarily our middle school teacher and one of our other team members were working really hard to complete their bachelor's degree. Um, and then overall just supporting the team. Okay, next. Thank you. So again, we began navigating the self-monitor audit process for our IEPs and our evaluations. This also includes 45day screens and our child find process. We were given the directive of 80 45day screens to submit and 19 IEPs to submit. We continue to work with our virtual psychologist and our onsite personnel to qualify multiple students along with accepting a lot of new students this year who already were qualified for to receive services. We worked to build policies and procedures working with virtual staff and educating ourselves with best practices. So, for example, this looks like when a psychologist pulls a student into the office to evaluate them.
When you look into Higgley, as we saw today, you don't just see athletes, you see students in criminal justice programs, you see students in performing arts and they also have amazing student council and other leadership opportunities. And then academically, they do a really good job of meeting students where they're at. They have programs for students who are right where they're supposed to be and for students who need a little extra support and then they even have some for students who are above their grade level at middle school, high school, elementary levels. They just do a really good job of providing support for everyone. Um, we also talked about AI and technology and how it's growing in our society and our district is really good at embracing change and finding innovative ways to use it as a helpful tool instead of a negative aspect it's known for.
So, a couple examples. Um, the talkers. You may think of some people as I'm explaining um a description of the talkers. People who dominate the conversations and discussions, not allowing staff input or rushing decisions. Uh, the soundless, those are the people that are more silent and disengaged. We also have the resistors. Um, there's several more. the advocates, the rebels, the doubters, the distracted, the side talkers, the interrupterss, the diminisher, and the pessimists. So, these are all behaviors that you can see in any workplace environment. Um, to be proactive and again to empower our staff to kind of meet those behaviors headon and have some difficult conversations in a more respectful manner. Um, we came up with three things for each behavior. Things that you can say when you observe those behaviors happening. uh questions you can ask when you see those behaviors in action and then tools that you have prepared for you um to go ahead and like navigate through the entire conversation and following steps.
Thank you guys for this opportunity. Um, you know, celebrating some of the care, excellence in caring that we have. A host started their special person day, kind of a grandparent day, but opening up so that kids could find their special person. And so, a handful of us from this office were able to go over and serve as a special person. So include Monty was there. Um so outstanding. Um the A team at the middle school, they did a a staff dinner for the support staff. Thought that was just something I don't know that I had heard of that one before. So that was outstanding and caring. Um Jack Taylor's retirement, you know, 13 years as our SRO. Um saw Jack get choked up multiple times and just because he loves this job. Um, we have hired him to be a substitute teacher. So, we we will see uh what it goes for when you don't have how much better he can move around when he doesn't have to wear all that gear.
Our students and staff are doing a wonderful job um responding to the task ahead of them, but we're looking forward to being able to wrap that up for May and be able to uh engage in our our our great work for our end of the year. But we look forward to being able to disagregate and dig into our data and see and celebrate all the great work that we've been able to accomplish this year. And then just wanted to be able to also thank those who were able to join us on April 23rd in a partnership with the Canton Youth Services Bureau. We had the opportunity to be able to share the the the movie Screen Agents and have some dialogue together as a community. Um just so our our community uh knows and can appreciate this as well. We do genuinely want to be able to extend and work with you all.
If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same. If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken twisted by naves to make a trap for fools. or watch the things you gave your life to broken and stoop and build them up with worn out tools. If you can make a heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch and toss and lose and start again at your beginnings and never breathe a word about your loss. If you can force your heart and nerve and sine you to serve your turn long after they are gone. And so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them hold on. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue or walk with kings nor lose the common touch. If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, if all men count with you, but none too much.
The final lesson my car taught me is one I find especially important now. Slowing down matters. Even now, after I have mastered driving a stick shift, I find myself anticipating the green light, eager to speed ahead. And sometimes I get a little too excited, take my foot off the clutch a little too quickly, and the car stalls. So I have to take a deep breath, restart the car, and slowly ease off the clutch to move forward. As we sit here today, waiting for our diplomas, our green lights. I encourage all of you to take a deep breath and remember to slow down every now and again. To get here, we have learned a lot from teachers, family, and some unexpected mentors. I urge you to continue your learning wherever the journey takes you. And as you drive away today, remember to embrace the ride even when there's a pothole or two.
You all have hearts that have been touched and formed in unique ways. Rebel hearts ready for change. And no person in this room or outside of it can offer what you will to the world. No one can tell us that adulthood will be easy. And no one can tell us that the end of high school will mean things will be brighter forever. The world out there won't get any less chaotic and our challenges won't get any less painful. But we can all become stronger every day until we hardly notice. We can all seek to grow, refusing to be static and refusing to give up our blooming and beautiful generation of change. All I can say to you now is that I hope you keep growing, class of 2025. Keep dreaming, keeping that memory book full. Never forget the people who have carried you here and the little kid who is smiling up at you with pride.
I respectfully urge the planning commission to re-evaluate and delay moving forward with this plan. As currently proposed, allowing four-story buildings, which is my biggest concern in the plan, with unlimited units in residential neighborhoods, especially those in the ring around campus, which is where I live, will only accelerate the trend of wealthy developers and hedge funds buying, demolishing, and replacing our homes. Once these historic homes are gone, so too is the fabric of our community. Our neighborhood is diverse, about 40% renters, the rest owner occupied, and we value that mix. But our location just blocks from campus puts us at particular risk. We're already seeing our streets transformed by oversized out-of-scale buildings owned by absentee landlords. This plan, as written, will do little to address the true of housing affordability and much to undermine our neighborhood and livability. Neighborhoods like ours deserve a stronger voice in zoning decisions, and we've already seen firsthand how small policy shifts can have major consequences.
Next slide please. So this is your fair share plan. And by the way just just to let you know on page seven and in the appendix the vacant land analysis um goes through all the properties that we looked at and which created the obligation of the RDP of 24. So, uh, I will go into more detail as it relates to this, but this is your, let's say, your fair share plan in one, uh, viewing, uh, station. And so, in the housing element fair share plan, we have several pages that go through each of these projects. Um, but just to give you a synopsis of what's being proposed to the planning board uh, for consideration of adoption of the fair share plan, the 24 units of affordable housing are basically broken into two pieces. the actual units and then their bonus credits. You get bonus credits for rental units.
If they're virtual, who stays with that student? Me. I got to do that. And it was actually really cool because I learned a lot. Um, so in the context of the school year, as you see the numbers grow, just keep in mind I was the one to oversee almost every single one of those evaluations from pulling different reports, giving information, or just simply being somebody in the room to support them. And then I was able to go to the conference and the state assessment conference, which both were very exciting. Next slide, please. So now we hit quarter two. We're in October and we're continuing to build relationships. We're continuing our policies and procedures, those best practices. We now have 82 qualified students who receive special education services and our state audit is continued. Next slide, please. The realities of quarter 2 was again the audit is going to be a reoccurring thing.