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And thank you, Frank. It's good to see you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Canella. We shall continue. Any more comments from the board? None. All right. We shall continue then to item 11, which really is superintendent report. Dr. Fuentes, thank you. Um, first I just want to highlight this month of May. This month of May is celebrated as our national employee month. You know, May 1st was our national principal day. Then the first week of May, we've celebrated our teachers and we have our classified school employees week that's also upcoming. I know there is a resolution here for the board to review um this evening just to again uh reiterate the hard work of our staff across the district and supporting our students and families. In addition, I just would like to um invite everyone to our employee recognition event. That's Thursday, May 22nd. It'll be at the BYC um at 300 PM.
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So, a student who um is coming to school every day and um but academically they are just not engaged. So, they're failing most of their classes, but they don't miss school at all. We have a threshold that's set up. The group comes together and they do like re case review of that student. Um how can we better support that student? And again, we we're looking at a a multi-tered approach to that with counselors, administrators, um teachers, student services. It's a really team effort. our MTSS coordinator works with that. So, um again, the block schedule allowed us to expand our thought process in ways that we uh hadn't originally been doing. And so, um we have brought in lots of different supports for students and I can speak for um Pleas High School and Eric will be able to speak to Chico High, but again, we're seeing kids becoming more resilient.
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We made it through being freshmen, our personal projects, SAT and ACT tests, and senioritis. For all of us, this journey was bumpy with some unexpected turns. Every choice we made affected the route we each took. Some choices may have been good, some bad, ones that got us in trouble, others that gained reward, some that we look back at with g with with gratitude, and others we would rather not mention. The good news is that this is the moment to hit the reset button. a time to not let our own choices define who we are, but instead shape us to who our little selves wanted us to become. As we share our final moments as a class together and begin paving our own paths, I leave you with this. It has been said that hate has four letters, but so does love. Enemies has seven letters, but so does friends.
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John Joseph Clagnus II, Magna Cumlude, Isaac June Choy, Bryce Colton Clark, Ryland Jacob Christensen, Jonathan Patrick Core, Dominic James, Chico, Christian Raven Coffee, [Applause] Ashton Estelle Clark, Devin Ashley Collins, Sumakum Laad, Jack Alden Clawson, Sumakum Laad, Morgan Christine Comolmes, David Alexander Cochran, Caleb Mark Conklin Magnaum Laude Benjamin Daniel Cohen Cameron James Cooper [Music] Lucas Kenneth Coladney Sumakum Laad Jillian Ray Coral Sumakum Laad Rebecca Jean Compton Zara Louise Crawford cumlaude Ethan William Considine Ethan Isai Cronin Cumlaude [Music] Joshua Caleb Corkkins Bella Kelly Delesio Angelie Marie Cortez Margaret Anna Dunkerton Zachary Austin Kraton, Joseph Edward Dino Cumlude, [Music] [Applause] Ethan Michael Crosby, Kavon Nathan Dewald, Suma Cumlude, Lyanna Jamie Daniels, Alli Jane Dorman, Cumlaude, Nicole Deator Cantu, Nico Dorse, Drupies, [Music] [Applause] Alli Caroline D'vor, Aiden Bradley Davis, Amanda K. Dominguez laad Jaden Earwood Magna Cumlaude Emanuel Elray Dumis Adam Boyd Eddings Sumakum [Applause] Laad Palin Desawn Derell [Music] Ashen Veronica Eckenberg Magna Cumlude Sophia an Lorraine Eids cumlude [Applause] Bo Allen Johnson Enen Nathan Thomas Eckles Micah Oay Everhai Jonathan Kent Edwards, Magna Cumlude.
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Okay. So, what do you think? I'm Is everybody okay with what um Mr. Ray has? Yes. Okay. So, let's go ahead and do that. And if you want to abstain, I think that's just fine. So, if you want to make a Why don't you make the motion then, Mr. Ray? I move I recommend and move that we submit those five areas that I said. I'm not going to repeat them because I don't want to read them again. Do you want to do you want him to tell you the ones that you're that that we're taking off, Judy? Yep. Yeah. As presented with the section of the two that I said. Do you know which one that is? Tell her which one they are. Federal. There we go. for inclusion in the ASBA 2026 political agenda. Okay. Okay. All in favor? Did we get a second?
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When looking at 612, we saw improvements through our co-op models aligning with grade level standards and core curriculum. These metrics help us assess mastery of grade level standards. We're proud to report a strong percentage of ESS students participating in AIA sports as a true celebration of inclusion. We also brought back Special Olympics this year and eager to grow this program further. If you haven't had the opportunity to go see some of those events, it's pretty fun. All ESS seniors have individual transition plans in their IEPs. Even more exciting, these now begin as early as the students freshman year, helping them build post-graduation skills. So, celebrations, we have some powerful wins this year. School preschool inclusion jumped from 4.2% to 19%, which is a 352% increase in that inclusion model. When AD reviewed our files this year, we achieved 100% compliance on all of our subsequent files.
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Uh, they're all fairly new. uh they're not new to the town, but they're new in this in these positions. There's going to be a learning curve. So, we have to make sure that we watch over that and make sure that uh everything is done the way the way people want it to be done. So, things doesn't fall things don't fall through the cracks with respect to that. So, we're like we're like watch gods at the same token, but we also want to make sure that the agenda that we set forth is an agenda that is done at that the request through through the town manager. Uh answer the grant question and or less or one minute or less and then we we have a we have a few more minutes and I have a couple more questions that so super quick. Um so Senate President Karen Spila and Representative Jack Lewis were at our meeting last month.
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Mulch is not super accessible for mobility um challenged individuals. Um that's something that we really want to work on. We've done some RV mats and moved some around so that students can be ac um accessible. And the PTO and our BAA grant that we've gotten through the PTO has really helped us in getting some supplemental like wreck and leisure activities that we can use um where all students can participate in. Um so I think down the road I'd love to do I've said it a couple years now a play as I look at Paul a playground campaign. Um the surface is definitely a priority for us and um John's kind of working with us to look at that for funding. Um and then I think is that it can Oh, curriculum and programming. Sorry, I'm out on here. Again, I kind of talked a little bit about that um with the vertical teams.
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Thank you. Any other questions on the general school business? All right. Any questions or comments for the superintendent on her uh her self-evaluation? I certainly appreciate the time and effort you put in in your presentation. I'm looking forward to digging in to the materials. Um I guess one just observation that I have is um that your presentation showed a breath of so many things and I guess I have kind of a close-up view in particular to your engagement with city councilors and the school committee and that's been extremely timeintensive and so I've been kind of like had a magnifying glass on that part of your work and it's very good to see all the other things that are happening as well and I don't know how you do it but I appreciate it and I hope we can um free up more of your time to put attention on the educational aspects in the future at least getting through this budget period.
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Thank you. Any other questions on the general school business? All right. Any questions or comments for the superintendent on her uh her self-evaluation? I certainly appreciate the time and effort you put in in your presentation. I'm looking forward to digging in to the materials. Um I guess one just observation that I have is um that your presentation showed a breath of so many things and I guess I have kind of a close-up view in particular to your engagement with city councilors and the school committee and that's been extremely timeintensive and so I've been kind of like had a magnifying glass on that part of your work and it's very good to see all the other things that are happening as well. And I don't know how you do it, but I appreciate it and and I hope we can um free up more of your time to put attention on the educational aspects in the future, at least getting through this budget period.
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We had it outside this year which was really great. They ended up having kind of two tracks which was fun. Um so we were able to generally have kind of two grades at a time which was nice. It was able uh to be able to have teachers coming out with their classes. A bunch of families came uh which was wonderful. Uh and then we raised over $15,000 that's going to go to support uh the work for the spring fling. I know that PTO's working really hard. They got a lot of amazing things that are coming through. Um, and the benefit is that we're able to continue. Um, and I think this is really helping to be able to add to that without adding to the cost to families. So, it's really something that has a very very low um threshold for cost for people who attend, but has a really high um impact and a lot of stuff for them to be able to do.
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how to improve our sports teams and improve connections on our teams as well. We really do take pride in our captainship. It's a huge deal to us and we're always willing to learn new ways to be great leaders. We also do a lot of work outside of school. So, for example, we did Secret Santa at Regent Endeavor. These kids are, you know, they struggle a little bit and we really enjoyed. We went and gave them gifts. We each got a person and they had a little wish list. We went shopping for them. It was really fun. We had pizza. We talked to them about sports. We talked to them about activities they love doing. We, you know, we just had some really good conversations. Learned a lot about each other. Gave them some advice for the future and it was just a really it was a fun day.
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And we have Booker Elementary School. All right, let's handle this guy. Awesome sauce. Let's try that again. Says it is There we go. All right. Good evening, everybody. Um, all right. There's some fantastic things to share um with about OES. Great things are happening. Uh, we wrapped up our annual philanthropic event. We um raised cash and coins for college. So, there's the YHS community um event night, community awards. That's the word I'm looking for. And so, OES kiddos and staff turned in jars of coins um in an effort and cash and bills, too, to raise money. And uh we in three weeks uh the kiddos donated $1,100 to our um YHS Yeah. seniors and so we awarded two scholarships um 200 two $550 scholarships. So that was super exciting. Kids loved it. Uh we had the um Super Eagles performing troop come and present a fantastic lesson.
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Uh during that event, we'll be recognizing years of service for all of our employees. We have a handful of retirees this year. I think 20 plus retirees that will be recognized and given their signature uh bell that they receive and then we will also be announcing our employees of the year at that event. So, we hope to see everyone there. Um, in addition, I'd like to say thank you to our community and everyone who came out on Saturday for our uh Beressa Arts Festival. Um, it was, you know, uh, well attended. Um, it was expanded a little bit this year, so there were outdoor um, activities as well as arts and crafts available inside the Beressa Community Center. Lots of good food. Um, again, thank you to all of our music and choir teachers. Um, we had a few hours in the morning of our very own Beressa student entertainment.
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Um we still have some kids who are struggling academically, social, emotionally, but the connections piece and um when when we do sit down with those site monitoring meetings and we have that conversation with the kid and then we begin to check in with that kid specifically um with what the plan is, prescriptive plan for that student, those students generally tend to see um success and um we see an uptick in and what they're doing academically. Um, we also do a lot of celebrations um through MTSS for students and for staff. Um, and we celebrate kids when they come off the DNF list. And um, that's re a real big celebration for us at at Pleasant Valley High School and we reward those students. And so we had many students this year that um, started on the DNF list in that first progress report period. And by the third progress report right before um the um Christmas break um we had a lot of students coming off of that list and so we celebrate them.
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Lying has five letters, but so does truth. Failure has seven letters, but so does success. Cry has three letters, but so does joy. And negativity has 10 letters, but so does positivity. We always have a choice. Our mindset matters. Even though Lorax said, "A tree falls the way it leans, so be careful which way you lean." I encourage you every day to choose how you want to lean into your future. These moments are short and you can never take them back. Appreciate the life you have. Live it for yourself and live it for love with love. Lastly, the graduation ceremony is full of symbolism and metaphor. The gowns, hoods, and cords all represent traditions of generations past. There is one final metaphor to fulfill that of the turning of the tassel. Today, as we leave Discovery Canyon campus as students, we become alumni of our school.
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Noah Henry Flack, Magnaum Laad. Marcus David Ellsworth, Charlotte Caitlyn Gates, Lucas Rafael Estrada, McKenna Adella Ford, [Music] Sir Renee Taylor Fineore, Noah Alexander Folks, Josiah Flores, Sydney Grace Freezy Kum Laad Delaney Anne Fogerty Sumakum La Felicity Alanise Fuller Lauren Elizabeth Forester Alexa Brienne Jennan Ariel Logan Lemu Long Franco Elijah Jacob Gibson, Cumlaude, Connor Brian Frasier, Daniela Michelle Gilbert, Magna Cumlaude, Madison Hope, Garski, Carissa Michelle Glenn, [Music] Andrew Robert, George, Sumakum Laad, Luke Michael Graver, Elliot Iona Gibson, Renzo Eduardo Gennard, [Music] Edward Demetrio Santos, Jerome, [Applause] Lillian Estelle, Gutierz, Sumakum Laad, Olan Michael Golabowski, Fox Albert Hammond, Kelsey Elaine Gray Nicholas Aiden Harley Ruth Anne Gustavis cumlaude Samuel Henry Hartman Sumakum Laad Sydney Allison Hall Sumakum Laad Avery Katie Halis Andrew Scott Hancock, Emma Marie Hazley, Aiden John Harper, Tyler Alexander Henderson, Sumukum Laad, Jaden William Hobacher, Matthew Cooper Higgby, Sumukum Laad, Ava Claire Haynes, Emmanuel Elshadai Hill Kaylee Bay Henderson Magnaum Laad Olivia Mavis Who Magnaum [Music] La Emma Elizabeth Hicks [Applause] Brian Kian Huang Axel Wolf Gang Hildebrandt Magna Laad Okay.
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Oh, no. She's going to second now. Okay. So, she's going to second. And so then all in favor um Okay. Any abstaining? Yep. So, it's uh motion carries four with one abstension. Okay. So, then we're down to 8.4. discussion and possible action of changes to policy recommendations from ASBA policy advisory 8.9- 8/19-862 and 863-865 second reading. So these are uh just uh some cleanup ASBA. We brought it for first read at the last meeting. Uh really for the most part um all it is is uh a consolidation of any number of policies, regulations, exhibits into fewer policies, regulations, and exhibits so that it makes a little bit more sense. Uh there isn't anything from my perspective that's uh different than what we currently have. It's just placed at a different spot. So I don't know that there's unless you have questions, I don't have any concerns with there.
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Additionally, 100% of our transition plans were in compliance, another major milestone. We're also enhancing our in-person services. In the 2526 school year, all elementary sites will have in-person psychologists, which is important for customer service, especially for those families often experiencing the valuation process for the first time. We are excited to fill our compliance position in late November. Having this position assisted with the submission of subsequent files, all of which were found to be in compliance. Shown on the slide are her action steps in creating sustainable compliance with the use of the ADA guideeps, targeting trainings, and IEP reviews. Additionally, the lead psychologist position was introduced at the start of the school year to enhance support and oversight of our evaluation process. She played a key role in ensuring that the evaluation files reviewed by AD met compliance standards. Beyond that, she reviews incoming evaluations off offers targeted guidance to evaluators and has implemented systems designed to ensuring long-term compliance within ESS.
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Um and did sort of a an update of what's happening on the state level. Um we meet with them we meet with their their teams um once a quarter in general. Um so we are very much connected to what's happening on the state level. As far as the grants go, um, when the funding on a federal level first started to kind of look shaky, we were worried the on the municipal side, we were worried about two major grants. One was funding that we had um used for the purchase of the UCCC property um for the town forest. And the second was money that we were supposed to be getting back in a grant form from um on the Mendes school for um like this green initiative basically. Do you have the totals, Brand? The totals, Brandy, it was it was 3.2 million on the Mendes um on the Mendes grant and I believe the the um the UCCC grant was probably I I don't know I don't have the exact amount, but I think it was like $600,000.
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