Mr. Gil was here at the last board meeting and presented it. So he's been working with Stiffl. Uh we've been working with the county. You'll see uh the next board agenda if you pass this one. Uh puts us in an agreement with the county for how we move forward. The election will be in November. Uh the election will be ballot, excuse me, mailin only. Uh the reason for that is because if you're in a non-gubinatorial or non-presidential election year, they do it by mail and ballot only. And that's uh a state law that has nothing to do with us. We could ask for it to be uh staged uh in in person ballot, but that would be very exorbitant cost that we don't have that kind of money to to do that. So we'll we'll maintain a a mail-in ballot. Um over the course of the next couple of um months, there are certain uh legal deadlines that will have to be met.
We encourage individualism of within the schools and the principles to try things. But if there's a best practice out and certainly as the other members are reflecting the increase in what three weeks I think it was from 7% to 80 to 80% in three weeks. I mean that's impressive. That is impressive. Something works here. And I want to go back to it just looks every looks like everybody's having fun and if you're having fun then you will learn and you will enjoy school and run into school instead of running out of school. So thank you all very much. Thank you. We now move on to item 7B, curriculum materials in MUSD core supplemental and auxiliary. Dr. Scott. Oh, I think I'll have some stuff to move around. What an impressive group of scholars. Correct. That's just absolutely amazing to watch. Good evening, President Downey, members of the governing board, Dr.
So um we we direct the um the priority projects of the town. So we work with the town manager, we supervise the town manager. Um we also hire and fire our town council. Um but we set the the strategic umbrella for what the town is going to focus on. um that is also in conjunction with the public. So it is it is um it's a public process. Our work is a public process. Um but we do we do a little bit of everything. So we are the licensing board for um for our liquor uh licenses in town. We are the licensing board for um entertainment at establishments. Um even class 2 licenses for for auto sales. Um and we are the the designated um uh people that listen to um dog hearings when there's a dangerous dog. So, you know, there is kind of a lot.
Yeah, it's been really fun. It's been cool to see who's coming and how we can help support kiddos after they Thank you. Thank you. Thank you both. Keep calling a hug. I will. Okay. We'll see him tomorrow. Thank you. You want me just to say go real quick right into it. Yeah. Yeah. You know, well, we just talked about that one which was a big thing. So, um what I just did with this is I we're we have one more year in our school improvement plan. goes through 2026. So, no big changes. We're not looking for an approval. Um, we've just continued the work on these goals. Um, Jess is also a member of our school um, site council, so she's been really integral in looking at what can we do to kind of grow and build the program. Yeah. Is that not gonna Okay, I'll just keep talking.
to enchie to achieve improved results. So that goes back to a lot of the site visits, the PD, the data analysis, but it also goes through with um relationships with teachers and union representatives, classroom walkthroughs and pathways that we're trying to create to make our schools more exciting and engaging for our students. Um, one of the things that we're doing at the high school was uh making sure that our guidance counselors have the support they need. One of our um focus areas is on ninth grade failure rate um because that is something we're very concerned about. So uh Assistant Superintendent Sullivan hooked our guidance counselors up at the high school with Helen O'Donnell who's been doing some work with them and really creating some opportunities. They now have their own uh link on our website which has made it easily accessible for folks to access them.
So that goes back to a lot of the site visits, the PD, the data analysis, but it also goes through with um relationships with teachers and union representatives, classroom walkthroughs and pathways that we're trying to create to make our schools more exciting and engaging for our students. Um, one of the things that we're doing at the high school was uh making sure that our guidance counselors have the support they need. One of our um focus areas is on ninth grade failure rate um because that is something we're very concerned about. So um Assistant Superintendent Sullivan hooked our guidance counselors up at the high school with Helen O'Donnell who's been doing some work with them and really creating some opportunities. They now have their own uh link on our website which has made it easily accessible for folks to access them. And then they've actually engaged with Helen in really talking about strategies they can use in order to provide some supports according to the mass model or framework for comprehensive school counseling programs for our students.
I think you have them. That's that's good. Cuz I was looking at this. I'm like, you know, only because I at the end beginning. Oh, I must have missed if I right apology. for reason. She reads them. You want me to do it? You You read them. Go ahead. It's all you. Okay. Recommending motion. Uh move the board of education except for first reading the federal mandates to policies 4,000.1 5145.44, 0523, and 0112. I'll make a motion. I'll second. All in favor? I.
Boards will share their work and have a picnic lunch together. This is the 11th poetry hike since it inception in 2017. Diana and Anthony will be taking a group of students to visit the advance manufacturing and technology center of Connecticut State Community College located at 190 White Street. Students will have a tour of the facility and learn what it's like to work in manufacturing. Haze Whitewatering trip will take place June 4th through the 6th. The trip is led by Ashley and DJ. Students will camp for two nights at the Amaru State Park in New York and experience white water rafting on the Hudson River. The ACE graduation ceremony been set for Tuesday, June 10th at 5:00 p.m. The location of the ceremony will be Bravie Middle School auditorium. We invite all BL members and cabinet members to come join us for our special event. We will hear our graduates speak about journeys that led them to the graduation day.
Yes, I think that that's a good plan. I don't know what you guys think. Yeah, I think that sounds good. Do you want to have a workshop or Well, you're already planning a workshop. We're going to be having a workshop, correct? Yeah, but I don't know that it includes this, right? That I think that's going to be a really long workshop. We're going to have to have a weekend, right? Okay. So, we'll schedule a separate one for this. Yeah. Yeah. So, maybe maybe in July. How do we feel about that? Since we're working, we already have a meeting schedule. We don't usually meet in July, but there's no We already have one. Oh, that is Yeah, that's right. We have now that we'll have two. Now we'll have two. We have a lot of work to do. I think I I think we just want to, you know, stay up to date and make not Yeah.
Bond authorization was $77 million at the beginning. Interest earned $2,114 and 9292 for sorry. Total bond fund was $79,000 $79 million. Excuse me. I'm I'm getting this all messed up. $114,92 and total expenditure at the moment is 79,114,92. So we are at zero on measure L. Now measure L bond expenditure by school type as of June 30th, 2024. Elementary schools 29 million 307,5.39. Middle schools 15 million495,842.72 districtwide 34 million311,4389. So the total balance of it was expenditure for measure L was 79,14,92. for measure U which is one of the new ones that we started the expenditure was for $98 million that's what the bond is is about and so far expenditure is 22386,24350 remaining balance is 75 million663,75850 measure bond expenditure by school type as of June 30th 202 24 elementary schools 7,727,0360 middle school 4 million 981,935.73 districtwide 9 million 60 627,304.17 bond expenditure at the moment is 22,336 $6,243.50.
Um, a newer class on the books is an English class for newcomers. we saw a huge influx of English learners and kind of a panic of you're here, you're a junior, how are you going to do junior English? We've got to get you in an English class. So, we've created both sites have created this English class for newcomers um where students that are new to the US within three years have an opportunity to take this class for one year for extra support and then they will go into their grade level appropriate class. And we found great success this year. We ran it um great success with that. In fact, the teacher wants to hang on to the kids and we're like, "No, no, no. They have to go. They have to go." Um, lots of opportunity for co-eing and this is a newer wave for Chico Unifi with special education and having a gened teacher with a special ed teacher partnering.
The opportunity for new community may be one of the things that I've enjoyed most in my life. And as you go forward, remember you're going into the world with independence, but you're going to have to lean on others. So seek to build new friendships, relationships, and partnerships. Please remember that each person is different. So as you interact with people in other communities, lean on the words of Ted Lasso, be curious and not judgmental. If you take this approach, you'll be amazed at what you will learn from others. You can be a part of building others up, be challenged to grow in yourself, and have people to celebrate alongside. So, leave a positive mark on your community with your family and enjoy others. They will become part of your story as truly, class of 2025, you have become part of mine. I've been blessed to be your principal.
Julia Zettoer wanted to be an ambulance driver by day and a pop star by night. Gianna Chastine, she had her sights set on becoming a T-Rex. Brooklyn Stewart dreamed of being in the WNBA. And what a season it was this year for our girls basketball team. Isaac Landry hoped to be a history teacher. Brie Martin saw herself wrestling alligators or playing hockey. Some of those dreams have shifted and others have sharpened. And that's exactly what growing up is all about. In your 6,295 ele hours of elementary school, you learned to read, to write, to share your crayons, and to treat others with kindness. You made friends, you build forts, and you discovered your first passions. Thank you to our incredible elementary educators who set the foundation for your journey. Many of you, specifically Sydney Ashton, remember going to Ammerittown and playing Grown-Ups with fondness. Then came middle school.
Uh we'll work with the county and along with uh Gus Rosenfeld and and uh um Stifel to make sure the pamphlet accurately places all the information in that needs to place in uh there's a legal bounds I think it's August 8th for when the pro and con statements uh would go into the into the uh ballot pamphlet. And so we'll work on all of those uh all of those kinds of things moving forward. But the first step before we can start that is for you guys to uh make a decision as to whether you want to go out for that uh election. Um and if you do, then we'll we'll take the next step.
Lopeman. Tonight, I'm here to share with you MUSD's practices regarding instructional materials implemented in our classrooms and with the processes that we put in place to asssure that this is done with fidelity. This is an ongoing process and I will be asking for approval of our supplemental materials at our next governing board meeting. We align our initiatives with our strategic plan and in this case we're focused on ensuring access of excellence to all of our students. In addition with our portrait of a graduate, we align our initiatives emphasizing our commitment to the five key attributes embedded into our portrait of a graduate. The two statutes provided on this slide provide guidance to all school districts regarding the core adopted text, supplementary materials, and textbook adoption process. In addition, our trust policies 5-207 and 208 define our curriculum adoption process and availability and access to instructional materials.
We also um work on the warrant for town meeting and uh approve the budget and we have many many meetings about the budget. We also set um the rates for for water and sewer. Um we we talk about the um the tax rate in our town. We have um lots of discussions about our revolving funds and trash and snow removal and all the things that kind of go into making the town um making the town run. Um the town manager is responsible from an operational standpoint of the day-to-day operations of the town. um and his role is to keep the select board as much in the loop on everything as as possible. Um so there is you know when I tell you that there that there is um that what you see at a meeting is about 10% of what we are collectively all working on because not only that but the select board members all have other responsibilities.
So um you know obviously all the school improvement plans kind of model that strategic plan with those kind of four core buckets. So for equity, we've really tried um to further look at our curriculum and our student growth and progress um modeled after, you know, the K through five buildings and really building in opportunities to look at data, make data driven decision decisions that are going to improve our instruction in small group and in whole group at the preschool level. Obviously, by no means do I want to create kindergarten, first and second grade, and preschool. Everything we do is very, very much play-based. And we utilize teaching strategies gold as our main assessment tool. Um, but really looking at that data and what does that tell us? You know, during COVID, we definitely saw kiddos coming in with their SEAL indicators much lower than what the traditional norms are for their ages.
And then they've actually engaged with Helen in really talking about strategies they can use in order to provide some supports according to the mass model or framework for comprehensive school counseling programs for our students. This was just a sample of the agenda of one of the uh meetings that they had but really supporting supporting our students on am I on track to graduate? You know what is this mean to set and achieve in a goal? Am I empower employment ready? and really having those conversations earlier. The other thing that we've implemented this year is really a deep dive into the data and really trying to uh support our teachers in understanding the students in front of them and what those students um progress monitoring means and what they have to do when they actually find that the data is not meeting the goals. So one, this is just a spreadsheet that we've been using and it really makes them be reflective about how are my students performing from progress monitoring pinpoint to the next one.
This was just a sample of the agenda of one of the uh meetings that they had. But really supporting supporting our students on am I on track to graduate? You know, what is this mean to set and achieve in a goal? Am I empower employment ready? And really having those conversations earlier. The other thing that we've implemented this year is really a deep dive into the data and really trying to uh support our teachers in understanding the students in front of them and what those students um progress monitoring means and what they have to do when they actually find that the data is not meeting the goals. So one, this is just a spreadsheet that we've been using and it really makes them be reflective about how are my students performing from progress monitoring pinpoint to the next one. And then of those students that are not meeting growth, who are they?
Any opposed? extensions. Okay, moving right along. Uh, move the board of education accept for first reading the statemandated new policies of 5131.9111 and 5144.12. I'll make a motion. Second. Uh, all in favor? I I.