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They've been It's been a relatively uh cold and wet year so far for baseball, but I don't think the kids really mind. On the mound for the Clockers today, we have number 20, Ryan Pasawaka. Batting first for Hopkins is Barbari. Apologize to the Hopson uh players. I don't have I don't have your first names, so I'll be calling you by your last names, which is fine. Little meeting with the home plate umpire and we're underway. First pitch came in high for a ball. There's a strike right away. We were at 101. Top of the first inning. We're broadcasting today from Stone Park in Ashland. Strike two. Stone Park is probably in the best shape I've seen it in the last six years, which is great. One ball, two strikes. Good hit to the shortstop. Nice throw across. Great play there by number 41 Colton Gorman.
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I was told you had a meeting with our mayor of sorts. I'm sorry. Did you have a meeting with our mayor discussing greater? I did not. What were you referring to? I was told that you had a meeting with DJ Borard, our acting mayor. Yeah. Did you or not? Related to Lawrence. I I know him very well. So Okay. Yeah. Okay. So, it was just a friendly conversation. Talk to him all the time. Okay. All right. So, then I'll let it go. Anything else? I don't have anything. Thank you all. Can we have a vote to adjourn motion to second? Second. All those in favor? fight and
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The event included Reggie leaders, cheerleaders, and a lot of DJ. New students also received a welcome bag that included a Reggie class of 2029 t-shirt of a fidget as well as cookies baked by our culinary students. On a on April 15th, DTS the GTS branch of the National Honor Society welcomed 78 new members including 22 juniors and 56 sophomores. Congratulations to our new inductees. GLS art club display. The artwork of the students and creative art club is now being displayed. Stop by and see the many art projects the club members have worked on and are are willing to share. The display is located outside the library across from the guidance office. The members all did amazing work and and are talented art artists. New pieces will be put out through June 1st. Youth sustainability fair on April 26. Daniela Herren, environmental science teacher, Sophia Evans, environmental science student, and administrator Susan Almono representing workforce development participated in the Andover Youth Sustainability Fair.
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These two ladies are amazing assets to our BMS family. Thank you for them for their organization, not just for tonight, but also throughout the year. Thank you, [Applause] [Music] ladies. Will the following members of the eighth grade team please stand if you're present? Leah Peterson, Jordan Salsbury, Chuck Schustster, Ashley Holler, Natalie Spangenberg, Maddie Wilson, Charlie Whitworth, Aubrey Carris, Tammy Vanderpool, Julie Dawson, and Dan Buck. These individuals as well as the other teachers of Burlington Middle School, if you're present, please stand, have done a great job in supporting our students in their journey here at BMS. Thank you, [Music] staff. Now, at this time on to why we're here, the class of 2029. We've enjoyed watching this class grow and mature from fifth grade to now eighth graders. Parents, some of them may still have a little working in progress signed above their head, uh, but you should be proud of them.
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And to our eighth graders, congratulations. Today we celebrate the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. You've grown so much academically, emotionally, and socially. You faced challenges, learned lessons, and created memories that will stay with you for years to come. This promotion isn't just about moving up a grade. It's about recognizing your journey every moment of your effort. Every time you push through, every time you showed up, even when it was hard, you've shown us what it means to grow with determination and heart. As you step into high school, you're not just starting over. your stepping forward with the experiences and values you've gained here as your guide. And while the path ahead will bring you challenges, I have no doubt you will continue to rise with courage, curiosity, and strength. We are so proud of each of you. You earned this moment, and we can't wait to see all that you will become.
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Oh, you like that gods like you're the one drinking with God.com. Now I got a word for your tongue. How many rolling songs you want? Yeah, I got a brand new spirit done. Woke up on the side of the bed like I won that sun. I say that I want to play back. Mama knew I was a leader with a hack. I'm a body boy back. I got a feeling sometimes I get [Music] feel never [Music] water. I got power for you. No more in giving up. You got to get it in. I got the heart of man. No feel. Go to sleep in the lion's den that spark that crown. You're looking at the king of the jungle now. Strong ever hold me down. 100 miles from the [ __ ] Straight gang face. It's game day. See me running through the ground. No place. I'm feeling [Music] jee.
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Next one. Jose Flores, Lugo, Nico Franco, Zafira Frederick, Sariah Brasquez, Fernanda Garcia, Leonardo Garcia, Mia Garcia, Himea Gil Marufo, Xander Gonzalez, Zia Gonzalez, Ryder [Music] Granth, Victoria Graves, Ian Grayson, Luna Gutierrez, John Hanley, Kora Harvey, Kate Hillicker, Edson [Music] Hoffmier, Lyndon Hookstra, Sir Julius PN Bla1 Hostedler, Liliana Wertke, Michael Hutron, Justice Hunt, Daisy Jameson, Trist Kristen Jenkins, [Applause] Jadiah Jennings, Emmanuel Jimenez, Freddy Jimenez, Janessa Jimenez, Regan Johnston, Shane Kelly, Payton Lambert, Corbella Leiddesma, Joshua Labato, [Applause] Edgar Lopez, Garcia, Aneska Loya, Alonszo Lozano, [Music] [Applause] Anthony Lua, Robert [Music] MSUS, Ricky Marquez, Christian Martinez, Jasmine [Music] Martinez, Jonathan Martinez, Cassie McMullen, Juan Medina, Jenny Melendez, [Music] Rolando Mendes, Abigail Molina Estaba, [Applause] Timothy Moore, Kira Moratala, Ivy Neville, Maryanne Wyn, Dominic Nelasco, Cruz, Benji Nunes III, Joel Oliveres Guzman, Julian Arosco, Anthony Oorio, Owen Otero, Escalera, Gilberto Parl Pat Valencia, Aaliyah Perez, Jacob Perez, Sebastian [Applause] PBO, Tyler Quinnel, Marley Ramirez, Dominic Ramos, Jaylen Robertson, Paola Robas [Applause] Perez, Alan Roachcha Cvantes, Israel [Music] Romero, Camila Romero San Diego, Arlith Ruiz, Avita, [Applause] Camila Sanchez, Gomez, Jovana Sandival, William Sandival, Carson Shoreman, Krauss, [Applause] Ava Shirley, Samantha Saias, Sierra [Music] Snedden, Sophia Solis Gomez, Drake Sturk, Joselyn Stoko, Leila Swan, Johnson.
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[Music] You're in the way. You're in the [Music] Give me a reason. [Music] Make it [Music] right back. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] down the key and say Christ. [Music] It's [Music] all you [Music] got. Here I [Music] am. Yeah. [Applause] [Music] It's all going [Music] Hallelujah. [Music] I hope the Baby. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Baby. [Music] Yeah. [Music] Yeah. [Music] Good. That is my [Applause] You Please [Music] She was staring out the that [Music] SU said [Music] I kissed my what I feel like [Music] you don't [Music] want my [Music] ass. You're going [Music] She's a brand [Music] new [Music] heresy house. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] sex. Let's [Music] Father's 36. [Music] We're going to wish these days [Music] Good catch. Good thing that table was there. That's on the internet, too. Yeah. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat.
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Let's give you a round of applause. So, congratulations kindergarteners. Today is your day. You're off to great places. You're off and away. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own and you know what you know. And you are the ones who will decide where you go. You'll look up and down streets. Look them over with care. About some you'll say, "I don't choose to go there." With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not so good street. And you may not find any you'll want to go down. In that case, of course, you'll head straight out of town. It's opener there in the wide open air. Out there, things can happen and frequently do to people as kindergarteners and as footsy as you.
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So some of the topics that we're going to be um doing an overview of tonight is a big question is where does where the dollars come from? How how do we collect dollars for the school district system? And then where does the money go? Uh we want to go ahead and um give some time to talk about our student outcome focused governance and how that has been affecting our budget over the last couple of years and uh share some statutory compliance. There's compliance throughout the presentation. Everything about budgets and how school districts spend money. Um this is taxpayer dollars and everything is very regulated. There are a lot of rules. uh there are a lot of um legal aspects to it and then um in efforts of transparency there's a lot of pieces that we put out publicly on our website. So, I just want to make you aware that the Kraton School District website does have all of the required budgetary information and our annual financial reports, which is where we are allocating the dollars and then where did the dollars get spent and that's always on our website.
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Any opposed? Thank you very much. And moving right along, uh, our favorite part of the evening, uh, superintendent recognition awards. I will turn the time over to Dr. McCord. Thank you, Mr. President. Governing board members, uh, if you would join me in front of the dis, we will make sure these people can enjoy the rest of their evening.
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[Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. N. [Applause] [Music] Yeah. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] I found the world. [Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] We would like to ask all that are able to please rise and remove your hats for the presentation of colors by Thunderbird High School's Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Unit under the direction of Commander Eric Schmidt and Senior Chief Justin Beck. Three and seven. [Music] See by the dawn early we held at the twilight gleaming stripes and bright stars through [Music] the [Music] so through The night that our flag was still [Music] there and the home of All [Music] [Applause] right. You may be seated. Good evening, families, faculty, and of course, class of 2025. My name is Landre Faro Cruz. Many of you know me as Liz, and it's been my honor to serve as your student body president.
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whether she's thoughtfully creating special bracelets for her classmates, noticing when someone feels left out or quietly offering help without being asked. And her acts of kindness leave a lasting impact. And something really special and unique about Ellie is that she's the first winner of kindest kid in Illinois. So we had assembly. So, please join me in recognizing Tristan, Abby, and Ellie one more time. And um make kindness contagious. Thank you so much. [Music] Thank you. Do we want to try to get a picture if we could real fast? Don't let Don't run away. We're going to try to go up and let's get a picture. All right. Where are we going? Right up front. I think I might have one good one. All right, everybody else. Thank you. All right, you got it. Y Thank you. Right back. Okay, next we are proud to recognize a remarkable HC Storm Elementary student tonight, EMTT Cruz.
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What are you looking forward to next year? You're going to be an upper classman junior next year. What are you looking forward to? I don't even know. Nothing. I'm scared. You're scared? Yes. Scared to be an upper classman. No. Scared of junior year. Scared of junior year. What are you scared about? Junior year is very important. That's what they tell us. Yeah. They say junior year is really important. But, you know, if uh you've done well your first two years, I'm sure you'll do great next year, too. Thank you. Best of luck. You too. All right. Wildcats. I have a gaggle of students here. Who am I here with? Lincoln Jeffrey, AJ Evans, Jordano, Matthew Gomez, Juan Castillo, Ricardo Horado. What was your highlight of the year? Probably just going to playoffs again for football. A shout out to Jasmine. Watching Jasmine hit 2,000 points.
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Uh, were there any questions for Mr. Shepard on the bills? Hearing none. Next up, we have the treasur's report. Mr. Shepard? Yes. So before we dive into the treasures report, just a reminder for the the board that at the next committee of the whole meeting, actually right before the committee of the whole, we are going to be holding a a special board meeting and hearing uh to approve our amended FY25 budget. The reason why we're not doing that the following week is because it is due June 30th, and that's going to be um quite stressful trying to get that turned in uh the very evening it is due. So, uh, we are going to be approving that June 23rd. Uh, let's dive into the treasures report. I do want to spend a little bit of time on the the the cash flow slide, but let's hit the highlights of uh the rest of the slides.
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We'll have the fifth grade do their bottle people. Then we're going to have the third grade do their geometry towns. Those are examples of assessments. Then we're going to have our Yodo tool to connect listening with fluency assessments with our fourth grade experts. So first are presentations fifth grade bottle people which we're talking about famous figures. Good evening. My name is Travis from fifth grade district 26. I created my JK Rowling project from a bottle in order to show how she wrote her books and about her life. I like showing what I learned this way because it inspired me in how I could make books about myself. testing right. Hi, my name is Calder from fifth grade. I created this Satoshi Tajiri pop bottle project. Satoshi Tajerryi is the inventor of Pokémon. He is a high functioning person with autism. I'd like presenting the information to the class because I got to present how somebody inspired me.
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Hearing none. If we can move that to consent, please. Uh, next up are discussion topics. Uh, first up is the review of bills. Did anyone have any questions for Mr. Shepard? Mr. Shephard. Um I just had a question. Why about the LinkedIn group uh bills and we're we already in March we we went we were paying in February bills, right? And then now this month we're paying for older date dates that are older than what we paid last month. Do you know anything about that or like why they invoice us that way? I do not. It all depends on the when we receive the invoices for when the bills get paid. Um I can look at that a little further and provide some feedback later. You don't have to. I was just wondering why if if if why why the if the invoices are coming in that way if that's usual or um I haven't noticed anything uh that is alarming with uh the way they invoice us.
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So, it was a good time. Good time. Good. Good fun and good food, huh? All right. That's a great combination. Any other board updates? Thank you, Alex. I just want to follow up on the committee positions from last week. We had a few open spots that we needed to fill and one was the ASB position and a delegate to be the lead that committee. So I asked if Bill Salage take that position. Okay. Thank you. And I think we had one open spot for the insurance committee. I think Bill's on that committee. We need another person. I think Dr. Hall currently has that position. Would you want to continue under that position? I don't have it, but I I requested to be on it. Okay. I thought Bill said Bill, who's on there with you? Just you by yourself? It was uh Nelson. Cheryl. Cheryl.
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The Ashlin Boy Scouts also contributed by placing flags and medallion markers on veterans graves. Beyond headstone restoration, volunteers have cleared invasive plants, cleaned up the grounds, and invested hundreds of hours, often training on their own time. This group sets a shining example of what community-led projects can accomplish with minimal town resources. Special thanks as well to Helen Nicole for her leadership and support. If you'd like to join the effort, email ashland [email protected] to learn more. Local meetings and events. Stay informed and get involved. Several key meetings are coming up and are open to the public either in person at Town Hall Select Boardroom or via via WACA TV. Here are this week's highlights. Wednesday, May 21st is the select board meeting at 7 p.m. and Thursday, May 22nd is the planning board meeting at 7:15. Meeting agendas are posted at least 48 hours in advance in accordance with open meeting law.
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