I was born in Hoenville, Kentucky in 1809. People know me for being the 16th president of the United States of America. My childhood was unique. My parents could not read or write. I was an excellent reader, though. When I was nine, I moved to Illinois. Sadly, that same year, my mom passed away. When I became famous when I was elected as the 16th president of the United States of America, I wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in 1863. I hope my struggles as someone who freed the slaves encouraged you to never give up. Sadly, I passed away when I got shot in the back of the head by John Wils in 1865. Thank you for visiting with Abraham Lincoln today. Remember to always be honest and work hard. [Applause] They obviously have a ton of fun um every year with this and we love to watch them and their costumes and whatnot.
Um it will be ready for next year. The pilot is ending so we felt like we had their attention. Um I want to thank Mr. Hanlin for really leading this effort both with the middle school and with the high school teachers. So these both of these books were approved by the curriculum committee. um they will go out for public review and then they will come back to the full board in June for a vote. The other things that we covered at that meeting were field trips, some outofstate field trips, one to Orlando, Florida, which is the DECA conference, another to Washington DC, which is our annual Dodd field trip. We have a performing arts field trip for next February to Orlando, Florida. and yet another one for the pop culture class for April of 2026. We did have a Dominican Republic trip which was on the books but it had been cancelled.
You're running out this way. Every door is being pushed open. Going that way, you have a solid wall for no noise coming upstairs. You better insulation because this is all going to be blocked off here with sound insulation. And then the upstairs will just be left open. You can tuck that stair back, add two steps to your drawing. And I don't I don't think you can move now that you're saying this. Let me look something quick. And there's doors here, too. That could be the second. There's another beam. There's another beam in the ceiling. That's right at the base of this where the stairs start going down. Right above. Um, okay. So, there's there's the landing right there. Yeah. There's another beam that's going here. Let me draw. There's a beam that's going another beam that's carrying all of this part of the building on the floor above.
I want to say he's touchyfey, but sometimes that touchyfey is a negative thing for me. But basically, this guy is really incredible. So, Julie, what did we have? Uh, we had support. Honest communication is supportive. Okay. Two of us had honesty. Julie and I were on the honest side and Judy was supportive and Fred was, of course, communicating. So, that's how we got that. Okay. How about up here? Um, what did you guys get? What did you get? What did we get? Driven through credible visibility. Driven through credible divis. Yeah. Visibility. Divisibility. Visibility. Visibility. Not invisibility. Is it? Yeah. Fred, I didn't even ask. Who did you go talk to? I was with um Miss Hall and Miss McCarth. Okay. Okay. Did you guys do a good job? I think we did. I think we did. So, what did what did they Miss Hall, what did you guys have?
And while Princess Dye did great, um we're going to let them go ahead and say who they actually are and whose class that they are in. My name is Brooklyn Myers and I'm in Miss Meyers's class. My name is Nicholas Buro Buro and I'm in Car Mr. Carousel's class. My name is Jackson Pollock and I'm in Mission's class. My name is Haddie Harper and I am Miss in Miss Bunting's class. My name is Colton Brooks and I miss my class. My name is Norah Fist and I'm in Miss Webb's class. My name is Emerson Milkins and I'm in Miss Hentis's class. My name is Z and I'm in Miss Cner's class. [Music] Thank you guys. Thank you. Good job. You didn't want to wear that. So I was like, you could just wear it for the rest of the week. That's awesome. That's good. They have changed.
So we let the committee know about that. Following that, Mr. Hanlin gave us a brief overview of the high school schedule. When Dr. Gad left, she had shared a version of the schedule that she and a number of representatives from the high school had worked on. The 2025 2026 schedule was published in January of this year. It includes eight total periods, five sessions each day with 68 minute classes, which is sort of the middle version of um that the block schedule and mini classes. So this is 68 minutes through staff and student feedback. There were two main areas of feedback given. One was the rotation of classes and the other was homework. Homework was a significant concern for students and through department meetings, a student forum and a faculty meeting. Feedback was given on proposed mild updates to this rotation and planning for appropriate homework design.
So that that's why the stairs start there. So that you can't you can't get rid of that. Oh, so that's you can't move the stairs back. That's why I actually question first. So the beam is really You need to show those in the drawing there cuz it's not clear. Well, it's I thought it should. So there's a there's a right here. Oh, cuz it looks like that beam is further back on this column line that you're showing in variance to uh code every single one. it. Um, maybe looks like you have a good two feet, two treads. You're not wrong. That's what it looks like. Yeah. I mean, I'd have to go there and measure it to find out. There is a I know there's a another one of those big beams right there. So, I would suggest starting with a structural drawing that shows where all the beams are at because that way would give us information and then do what we can and can't move.
Fred said he Fred said he talked for us. Oh, Fred. Fred. No. Okay. Fred perseveres. I'm sorry. You said confident consistency through perseverance. Whoa. Who had the perseverance? All right. All right. So, that's a good thing. And Barb, uh, Sherry's gonna take our group. Accomplishment through agreeable engagement. That's good. Oh, who had accomplishment? Me. All right. Good job, Cindy. And, uh, that's it. Carolyn, what did we get? Um, we only had two. So, it was really quick, but um, integrity and transparency. Integity. Transparency. Integrity in transparency. It's a statement, so it doesn't have to have a verb. You guys realize that, right? Okay. Right. So, you see what Barb and I did. This is just a small piece. This actually took him a good 30 minutes to get us to do this. Yeah. And once we got past this part, everything else just moved. And it was really kind of interesting.
They've totally changed since my kids did them. Yeah. Character-wise. Yeah. And here I thought they were here for the board meeting. Save the best. That's just like that one of my favorite times of the year is wax museum. Like just getting in there and seeing those kids and the work they put into it and you can see how proud they are of it. It's just it's awesome. It is really great. It's so good. And the majority of them memorize that speech and yeah, they work on it so hard. Yeah, it's impressive. Especially being so young that Yeah. to get up, right? It's scary in this room. Like I said, they're excited about it from August on. So yeah, I think about that every time any young kid gets up here. I'm like, it's hard as an adult to get up in front of a room of anybody.
The final version of this schedule aims to apply the best practice of balancing the frequency of meetings and the length of each class. So, we were very pleased to see that that's coming to fruition and will be implemented next year. Lastly, the Cheshire Curriculum Council, which completed its five-year review, had an executive summary for the subcommittee. It was Scott Jeffrey, Lisa Bernabi, Tom Tuscano, and Jess Atnes. All of our math leaders provided that presentation talking about their goals for curriculum, assessment, instructional strategies, texts and resources, and professional development. Some of the highlights included the adjustments that we made to the middle and high school course pathways, course pathways, and continuing that curriculum alignment work K through 12. Additionally, there's a focus on instructional priorities of incorporating those math practices, responsive teaching, the consolidation process, and homework all were noted as areas for continued improvement. So, that is the curriculum overview.
And honestly, we're just trying to we're trying to make this pass, right? Like we're not we're not we're not trying to say appreciate what you're doing, but not we like we're digging deep here to try to to try to help to understand the barriers and where the limits are. like because like of course it's it's not it's not just the stairs, it's it's the handrails, it's the it's everything and having that amount of occupancy going down there and and things like that. Um I I don't think that they're going to want to have I'm trying to I I do I don't think they're going to want to have that opening at the top at the top. So I understand that like they don't want it. So there is two doors on the first floor that go into the between the main hall and that stairway.
And I'm hoping that you guys that you will consider doing look at that because that way you know we you paid us to go someplace neat and we brought it back. Yeah. Thank you for bringing that back to us. Yeah. And I think that from now on in that's the way we should do we should actually do presentation. Item five 1.5 adjourning the workshop. Do I have a motion to adjurnn the workshop? I make a motion we adjourn the workshop. I second it. All those in favor? I Melinda Subrasi. I Charlene Diaz. I Fred Rushton. I Barb Zarziki. I Judy Reid. You swear she catnaps were great. Okay. I'm going to go immediately into the regular meeting. I call to order the irregular meeting of Bullhead City School Board on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 6 12. Is it is it 13? 13. 13. Okay.
And then you're a kid getting up in front of a room of adults. Like one of the biggest comments we get is, I can't I can't believe how much eye contact they make with us. Mhm. So yeah, that's awesome. That was a good idea having them around the room, too. That was that was new this year. So that's great. Great job. Anything else? I think that's it. That's enough. So perfect. All right. Lucky Dr. Gayy gets to follow that again. I'm out. No, I'm just kidding. Um yes, I want to start with our district shoutouts. Um I'm going to start with Eagle View, Mrs. Marquort. She has volunteered several hours after school days to beautify and landscape the front of our school with plants, fresh mulch, and stone borders. We appreciate the care and dedication to making our school look as beautiful on the outside as our students and staff are on the inside of the building.
Any questions from board members? Mr. Gerbo. Hi, Marlene. Hi, Adam. Um, so two questions. So firstly, um, this rattle my brain and I'm sure the parent will now appreciate that I'm asking the question. Um, this parent sent me uh pictures uh of a her uh daughter's uh history book from uh textbook from high school that had the the line of presidents that ended in 2000 with George W. Bush. So I'm guessing this is the textbook that's being replaced. That is the one. Okay. So that parent will be very happy to hear that. Um and then secondly, um in regards to the schedule for the high school, uh when you uh mention, uh let's see, how was it mentioned? Um uh homework, what was it? Homework design or homework uh yeah, the students were concerned about homework, just homework in general or is it was it a matter of fitting in study halls or what was the concern?
Could those be the sound doors? You have doors right here. That could be the sound isolation doors. Take that door off and these could be doors that are closed that separates the sound. That way you can come up use the toilet room. Well, it's it's this staircase is open to the to the entire building. Yeah. So when you go upstairs, those rooms all have doors on them, right? Um yeah, we're all sleeping rooms. You don't have a second floor plan, but yeah. So I I truly think your best bet is to create a door at the bottom of the stairs. And if you move that stair back to meet the beam to try to create because even even if we if we if we approve it as is your next problem is going to be handled. Yeah. But if we just do do this the step going off to the side.
Um, roll call. President Melinda Saski. Charlene Dia is here. Fred Rushton here. Physically here. Barbarziki. Judy Reid here. Would you please stand? Say the pledge with me. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Love it. Love it. Do we have anything from citizens? Did anybody need to talk to us today? Okay. Go ahead. Make sure they sign in. Make sure they sign in if they have Oh, yeah. Did you guys all sign in? No. Make sure because I just got told to remind you guys to sign in. All right. Item 2.6. Tell them where the signin is, Melinda, because some of them are. It's in the back. Well, you point it out. We know where it is. It's in the back. Please sign in.
So, a huge shout out to Mrs. Marquort. She's doing great things at Eagle View. Um, moving over, we're going to Park View, and Mrs. Teresa Fundus gets a huge shout out. Park View was incredibly lucky to have Mrs. Teresa Fundus as a part of our school family. With 16 years of dedication to the district, Mrs. Fundus brings her warm smile and upbeat attitude to the lunchroom every single day. Her love for students shines through in everything she does, from positively managing student behavior to creating a welcoming environment for all. But her impact doesn't stop there. Mrs. Fundus goes above and beyond by lending a helping hand to teachers and staff, whether it's making copies or jumping in wherever she's needed. Thank you, Mrs. Fundus, for your kindness, commitment, and energy. Park View loves you and I've seen her emails. She is always willing to help and copy and do amazing things.
It was because the way the current rotation sits, they don't have homework in the same subject every night and so they know which night they sort of get a a night off of. They always have homework and with the extra long classes, they're able to, you know, incorporate some of that. So, they were worried that their homework was going to be the same every night even though they had, you know, um, didn't had the classes every day. So, there was conversation that Mr. Hanland had with teachers and with the students about, you know, we need to we need to manage those expectations. The homework load will also shift based on the the amount of time that you're in class. So, it was valid concern on the part of the students if you're thinking that you're going to have that same amount of homework that's for two nights every night.
Correct. But if we approve this so there's nothing to approve then for today. Correct. Like we need we need that that plan that you would approve. So, if you do do the step off to the side and you do do those things, perfectly fine. But that's the plan we need in order to approve and because, you know, we can't I just want to add with the with the extent we're talking about changing these plans. It's going to require a new review. Um, we're talking about a whole Yeah. new plan review. I'm talking about reconfiguring just that that'll be an element that'll need to happen with the amount of changes that are being discussed. Clarification. um with the proposed variance plan if the step was on there. That's what you're saying. So to go from what the existing is and now if we say the proposed variance plan would be approved with the step and the handrails all being in the same red area, it would need that.
It's really important. Even the kids. We need the kids to sign in, too. It's really important. So, make sure before you walk out of here. It's one of my performance goals. So, if you don't sign in, if you sign in, you're helping me. Okay, there we go. Thank you, sir. Item 2.6, donations. Oh my goodness. This was all for staff appreciation mostly, wasn't it? Lot of it. What did Fox Creek do that they got all this good stuff? Charuderie board. Oh, man. They're getting lots of support. They are. I appreciate that. Sunrise has a lot of it, too. And I suspect we don't even have all the lists yet because um uh because appreciate staff appreciation is in May. So, you're probably going to see some more lists in June for staff appreciation for the other schools, right? Yeah. For the other things. Donuts, yogurt, breakfast cookies, iced coffee, energy drinks.