We must step up the stairs. And so, we are often reflecting on what can we do better? How how is that working out? And we know that we could have a vision. We want to be 100% of our students, but it's not enough just to hope and dream. We got to do. And so we step up the stairs by taking a tiered support approach to chronic absenteeism. So we've done for all is the green the school family connection. We've worked on increasing the student engagement with school. So that's all the different ways that we're changing how we're teaching. We added our seven block. We have tons of clubs after school. We've been uh teaching and using culturally and linguistically responsive teaching and learning strategies. We connect with families. We have we're lucky to have the schoolbased health center and we we can we have mental health support and and medical health support.
So that's great. The end class. So um that's what we'll be doing. We'll be using that and we'll be screening um kindergarten through 2 graders um have to have the screener at least once a year. And now if you see it on the warrants and maybe you'll remember from this you're like, "Oh, that's the one they use for the breathing screen." Yeah. Because every year everybody goes, "What's dibbles?" Right. Right. We use it for other other things as well, but we'll also be able to use it for this purpose. Okay. I had a question. So, it says that we there's a chart in here that says that we we we may use a myra or is it a mirror McLass roar or multitudes or all the above? Which which one do we use? Dibbles. McLass. class. Yeah. Yeah. I was just curious about Thank you.
Thank you Mr. Herman. Next speaker is Shanti Duray Raju. Shanti. Oh, there you are. Good evening mode members. I'm Shanti Doy Raju, kinder through second grade STC teacher at Lane View and I'm here to share a deep concern regarding the classroom placement. We recently received the classroom assignments for next school year and I'm I must express how disappointing it was to see that none of the placements fully met the essential needs of our students. As you all know, the three STC classrooms moving from Laney to Northwood serve students with moderate to severe autism. Students who requires extensive support throughout the day transitions especially those involving toileting are particularly challenging for them. Many of our students are not yet toilet trained and depend on pull-ups or diapers. Others while no longer in diapers still requires adult assistant to manage their clothing before and after using the restrooms.
And uh if Mr. Patrick Bosetti would come down and quit hiding behind that computer up there. Um Patrick literally worked endless hours to make sure that the school was back up and running. And a funny little story, I showed up there and um we had a company, we'll just say a company there. We we didn't have power. We didn't have internet. And they said, "Okay, are we up?" And they look at Patrick and they said, "Do you think this man will let us leave until you have it all ready to go?" And I said, "Nope, I don't." So, uh, thank you, Patrick. Jacqueline, you want to say it? Yeah. I want to say in this instant Patrick's tenacity to really put the students first was at the forefront. All he kept thinking about is how do we get school up and running on Monday? How do we get school up and running on Monday?
But I very quickly realized that I was surrounded by an incredibly unique group of people. And I want to be able to stand here four years later, face to face, and tell you just how impressed I am by the quality of your character. Nevertheless, as we transition from reminiscing on the past to looking forward towards the future, there is one thing that I want for each and every one of you. I want you to fail. Oh, I can see we didn't like that one very much. I mean, that checks out. We've spent our whole lives being told that failure is a bad thing. We associated with a loss of self-worth or an inability to see success in the imminent future. But what if we could make failure our ally? Now, believe me when I tell you that nobody in this room has failed quite like I have.
She was also a Colorado HOSA state officer where she helped plan the state leadership conference and supported Colorado HOSA members along their paths. And she had a wonderful opportunity to serve on the Academy District 20 student health advisory committee in her free time because she loves reading, spending time in nature, and learning how to bake new pastries. She would like to thank her mom Sisha, dad Muffin, and brother Rishi as well as her aunt, uncle, and cousin Uvie. She would also like to give a special shout out to her grandparents who flew all the way from India to celebrate this apicious occasion with her. Last, but certainly not least, Kushi would like to thank Mr. John who supported her from middle school to high school. She would also like to thank all her teachers for their dedication and support. With a special thanks to Mr.
Keep up the great [Applause] work, listening to those character traits, thinking future educator, you know, maybe. All right, our next student of the month from Combmes High School is Benjamin Bird. [Applause] Right. Benjamin may not be here with us this evening. All right. From KM Center for Success, Zariah Bernham. [Applause] All right. In recognition of your inspiring growth from a quiet, thoughtful presence to a confident and expressive communicator, your ability to express yourself, contribute meaningfully, and connect with others has made a lasting impact. We're proud of your progress and excited to see how your voice continues to grow and inspire. Congratulations, Aria, to the the CCS student of the month. [Applause] I think Benjamin Bird just got here. Outstanding. I'll throw it down a little. Uh, take that and rewind it back. Right. My team laughs because I say that all the time. All right.
Um, and please remain standing on the stage until the end of the recognition and we will all join each other or we'll all join each other for a group photo. Congratulations to Dr. Lorraine Connley, director of data and assessment from academic services. nine years of service. Zoya Cruz Beckett, EEL and Spanish teacher from Maricopa High School, 12 years of service. Paula Pavlowski, administrative assistant, Maricopa High School, 12 years of service. and Deborah Bailey, kindergarten teacher from Santa Cruz Elementary School, 13 years of service. Kathleen Deetsz Jerome, kindergarten teacher from Maricopa Elementary School, 13 years of service. and Judy Whitlock, bus aid from transportation, six years of service. And Epipano Sanchez, groundskeeper from maintenance and facilities, six years of service. L. Rodriguez, custodial rover from maintenance and facilities, 25 years of service. And Lisa Baker, librarian from Maricopa Wells Middle School, 22 years of service. Some of our retirees could not be with us tonight, but we still want to recognize them for their service.
Y um one of the things that I know that Michael was involved in when when monies were coming in and how to and how to generate additional monies and incomes, maybe we do a percentage like we did with the school and uh the the idea of us versus them has completely gone off the table. It's now us together at a 7030 split. Now maybe that's something we could do to uh to incent in incentives to come to downtown. Maybe we can like we used to do with the affordable housing trust is provide additional funding. If you provide this service, we can provide you some funding to help out that way. Maybe on the 7030 split like like the policy that we have for the schools. Okay, great. So, good. I'm going to go to Brandy and then Carlton. So, as far as policy goes, I know that we've we've made some slight changes to the business incentive program to really focus on um really like commercial corridors.
Um, I'm here with one of our fabulous parents, Jess, mom of Colin, who maybe is at home watching tonight, so we'll say hi to him. Probably in his pajamas. Yeah, it's a little late for preschoolers to come out to present to you, but um we're glad to be here to talk a little bit about our family and community engagement. We were going to talk about this a month or so ago with a meeting that got rescheduled. So, it aligns really good because the next part of school improvement plan, we have a whole section on parent and community engagement. So, I can breeze through that when we get to that. Um, but we've really been focused um on our strategic plan and aligning everything that we do at the preschool um to meet some of those goals. And one of them is definitely targeted to meet our family and community engagement.
And the idea is that this program will empower these students to bring this curriculum to students across the district starting next fall. Um be it middle school, elementary school, supporting our students in understanding what active bystandardship is and how they can be active bystanders. Um, and I want to thank the Franklin County Sheriff's Department. Uh, due to a a grant that they're supporting, we were able to receive this training at no cost for our students. Thank you. Thank you, superintendent. Thank you. I'm going to start with the summit of assessment EV evidence for uh the superintendent Eddie Bell. Um you have electronic copies of this but due to its volume I did not print it out for each of you and then I have a short report after the presentation. So, if you recall, um, in August, uh, the school committee and I agreed on four goals, one for each of the standards, and then would be evaluated in agreement regarding the focus indicators for administrators for 2024 25.
And the idea is that this program will empower these students to bring this curriculum to students across the district starting next fall. Um be it middle school, elementary school, supporting our students in understanding what active bystandardship is and how they can be active bystanders. Um, and I want to thank the Franklin County Sheriff's Department. Uh, due to a a grant that they're supporting, we were able to receive this training at no cost for our students. Thank you. Thank you, superintendent. Thank you. I'm going to start with the summit of assessment EV evidence for uh the superintendent Eddie Bell. Um you have electronic copies of this but due to its volume I did not print it out for each of you and then I have a short report after the presentation. So if you recall um in August uh the school committee and I agreed on four goals, one for each of the standards and then would be evaluated in agreement regarding the focus indicators for administrators for 2024 25.
Uh the source is CABE and the policy was approved by a collaborative which is defined in the statute. There's like gobs of people have like 30 40 people involved in writing this policy or approving it. In any case, uh, three words at the end, a red line for policy consistency and a legal reference was added. Policy 5144.12. Uh, it's called challenging behavior prevention, restorative practices response. Uh, this policy all go also goes back to the 2023 legislative season for adoption by July 1, 2025. So, we're required to adopt a restorative practices policy. However, it should be noted that these practices were presently implemented uh at BCS without a without a policy in place and that uh K and I also met with Tom and Jackie uh to review the new policy content. Uh I was also asking to incorporate in uh for the challenging behavior prevention component um some language about the positive behavior intervention program uh which we've discussed here and it's also been active in the school so that we have something defined in policy that tells people what that is and how it works.
We connect uh staff or students and their families with CFA and all types of of other community resources for their needs. We're calling parents all the time. We're connecting with them and all these things. We we started a new in-house. We love the DSADC. We in increased the number of of mentors this year and we tried a new mentor. So the staff will laugh because I'll read an article or listen to a podcast. I'm like we should try this. And so I read an article about how this school in New Jersey from where I'm not the school I wasn't from that town but from New Jersey. And so I was like we need to do that better. So they have this program and they connected internally our school c our school counselors Tom took it on and now we do helpful engagements addressing recurring trends.
Of course. Okay. Approve. Approval for this. I I I I item 7 C approve the 2025 2026 summer pool contract with the My Club. Is there a motion to approve? Do we need to hear a public comment first? Is Is this the public comment? Yes, we can do that first. Go. I think we have to have a motion first. Amend the discussion. Amen. The discussion heard of the discussion. So, someone make a motion. Did someone make of approval of the contract with my club for the pool? I'll second. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Now, it's public comment. Yes. Good evening. My name is John Pero. I just got asked some questions. Hopefully some of you can answer here on the my club thing. Um, one of the things because this is a swimming situation. By the way, my club used to be called the Boys and Girls Club.
Unfortunately, shared student bathroom with multiple stalls do not allow adult to enter out of respect for the privacy of other students, making it nearly impossible to provide the level of care and supervision our students require. This situation puts our students in very vulnerable position. Some may remove all of their clothes clothing but are unable to dress themsel again. They may be exposed in front of their peers unsure of how to manage a private moment. At the same time, it places other students in uncomfortable or confusing situations. Imagine being the child or the child who walks in and witnesses that. It's not safe. It's not respectful. and it's certainly not dignified. I truly believe this isn't due to a lack of care, but perhaps a lack of full awareness. I respectfully ask the board and district leadership to revisit this decision. Our request is simple. ensure that our kindergarten through first grade moderate to severe classrooms are located in room with I mean in rooms with in room bathrooms and that our second grade through fifth grade classes are situated near restrooms.
And he spent like Kelly said hours and hours and hours that weekend ensuring um that the students of PV were able to be there on Monday and he worked with Damon to make sure they had placement in other in other areas and more importantly we had internet related to that school site. So thank you Patrick. I really appreciate it. [Applause] And I just want to reiterate what an amazing achievement that is. We had a fire on Friday and our admin team and our M team came together and we lost a building that houses maybe what hundreds of students on a given day and school still open on Monday. That's an amazing testament to the work that this staff does. So, thank you all very much for that. And honestly, the Pleasant Valley High School administrative team were absolutely outstanding. I'm pretty sure they got no sleep that whole weekend, but they made it happen for their kids and staff.
Actually, if you didn't know, I was on the dive team my sophomore year of high school. I took flop to a whole another level. But I want to remind this room that the absence of failure isn't the presence of success. It's the presence of mediocrity. And if there's one thing I can say with absolute certainty, it's that I don't believe anybody in this room to be mediocre. No. No. I want you to put yourself so irrevocably out there that the idea of failure isn't only possible but it's probable because that is when we truly succeed. And if you don't believe me, class of 2025, I invite Thor Wars record. I mean, freshman year we lost, sophomore year we lost, junior year we lost. But remind me who won this year's Thor Wars again. Okay, I'll take was it rigged per chance? But a win is a win.
Boychek and Miss Cornelia for their tireless efforts on her part. Kushi will be attending Cornell University where she'll be studying biology and society. Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Kushi Tiller. Saludaritorium of Pine Creeks class of 2025. [Applause] I'm also pleased to introduce Ava Lewis. Would Ava's family and friends please stand and be recognized? Ava Grace Lewis is our 2025 validictorian. She is graduating with a 4.85 85 GPA. Ava not only achieved the highest academic honors, but she also excelled in her extracurriculars. Ava was co-president of National Honor Society, secretary of HOSA, treasurer of National English Honor Society, a member of National Spanish Honor Society and an active member of FBLA Creek Connection in Iris and Mario, which is an organization that supports the National Junior Honor Society. Ava also captained the girls varsity tennis team her sophomore and junior years as well as played at the girls varsity singles number one spot.
Is this Benjamin? Come on up, Benjamin. Congratulations, Benjamin. We're going to we're going to say some nice things about you here. Uh Ben consistently gives his best effort in every class and always completes his work on time. He comes to class fully prepared and eager to learn, and his willingness to participate is truly commendable. Ben regularly volunteers to answer questions and actively engages in class discussions, always showing a genuine interest in what's being taught. Ben has also worked incredibly hard on all of his goals, demonstrating perseverance and determination every step of the way. In his vocational class, Ben has excelled, showing remarkable growth. He works diligently in the CPAC, completing every task that Miss Lee asks of him with a positive attitude. Through his experience, Ben has developed many new skills that will serve him well as he moves into the future. Beyond his academic and vocational achievements, Ben's a positive attitude and infectious enthusiasm bring a sense of joy to the classroom.