Top 10%, would you please stand as we applaud your [Applause] accomplishments? Besides honoring those students within the top 10%, I would also like to draw everyone's attention to the many students who have dedicated hours of service through their work within our honor societies. We have the National Honor Society, French Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Japanese Honor Society, Art Honor Society, and Dance Honor Society. Students, if you are involved in those honor societies, please rise to be [Applause] recognized. Congratulations. Furthermore, we have 134 students who have taken and successfully passed at least one advanced placement course in their high school career. These courses are the most challenging of courses that we offer. I ask that each group stand as I announce the levels of achievement. The 24 students who successfully passed one advanced placement course are wearing a bronze medal. Please rise and remain standing. The 18 students The 18 students who successfully passed two advanced placement courses are wearing a silver medal.
The many mannerisms and personality traits I picked up from my friends. The teachers whose passion and love for their subject have ignited my own, and my parents drive for knowledge and success that I've inherited and has allowed me to be here today. It's easy for me to acknowledge that I am a mosaic of the influence and inspiration of those around me. But as I move on to the next chapter, I must learn to be confident in my own decisions and to not be scared to step out of the shadow of those who made me who I am today. I've learned that it's okay to be scared by the many changes approaching in my life. Because I know that there is nothing worth doing that isn't scary. I know that behind that fear and uncertainty is the anticipation of discovering who I will be on my own, removed from the influences that I've relied on throughout my life.
And that was a big night because it's the first time a big night for best. It was the first time that two of our members were inducted into the hall of honor. Tory Prior being a campus monitor. Greg uh Bowler being a longtime uh maintenance employee with the district who retired last year. Tori of course is still a longtime campus monitor with the high school and uh someone that we're very proud of. So that was a great way for us to kick off the new year. Earlier tonight, you heard about Heather Mandel's u award as a uh King County employee of the year or educator of the year for special ed or not special education but support staff and something that uh particularly at Rotolo we were very proud of and and happy for for Heather. Something else that um has received a great deal of attention uh during the year was the new contract between the district and the support staff.
So those are are summed up. So when you look at all of those points under that, you come up with four areas. keeping our students safe, ensuring high quality educators are in front of our students and that they have um opportunities for um postsecary success by enhancing the opportunities that we're providing in PK through 12 education and then also looking at how we're held accountable and exactly making sure that we're um taking a measurement of exactly what is working. And so there is a QR code here. There is a website that the um that the state has put up all around Illinois Vision 2030. You can go to illinovision2030.com. There's lots of additional materials. There's a much longer PowerPoint presentation um that goes into a lot of kind of the way in which the the plan was developed. But between this PowerPoint presentation and the um recommended resolution, it consists of all of the information that the um that the district would be in line will aligning itself um to these goals.
This meeting was called to order by myself Dr. White at 6:25 p.m. Do we want to do the pledge again or are we okay? Okay, gotcha. Can I have a roll call, please? Darling, here. Magie Hartman here. Katherine Potter here. Stacy Salt here. Julie Jetty here. Jason Jansik here. Bridget Stanland here. Thank you. Election of the 2025 permanent officer to the board of education. Board policy and open meetings act requires the board to elect board of education officers. These officers are president, vice president, and secretary. This action officially recognizes and organizes this board. As nominations are made, they need not be seconded. So, we'll move first to the nomination and appointment of president. I now ask for nominations for the office of president. Sure. I'll take the first one. I am going to nominate Stacy Salt as president. Uh D, it's certainly no disrespect. I think you have done a phenomenal job, but I also think we need to change things up every now and then.
Uh originally we had estimated 200,000 that was a very conservative estimate. Uh we adjusted that up uh towards 900,000. So again it shows the the power of of those investments. Uh tax revenues for the debt service fund were adjusted to reflect the new bonds we just issued. Uh and uh salaries in the transportation fund were adjusted up to account for the department being able to hire new drivers uh and provide the necessary training for those staff members. Anytime we hire new uh bus staff uh there is an immense amount of training uh that is involved for those staff members. Uh and that is all done in-house by our staff uh which really increased the amount of overtime that uh our employees put in. Uh on the bright side, we are now fully staffed for our transportation department, which is an amazing feat uh for for our transportation folks.
Um so that Dr. Perkins can give a little bit of an update. um as we are um working very hard to complete our year this year um and planning for next year. Uh we've got summer school that's going to be coming up and um so we've got some exciting things coming up. So I've asked for Dr. Perkins just to give an update on summer school that's soon. Good evening to the board and Dr. Koglin, our students and families at home and staff.
Going to throw it to first base. Get him back a little bit. Or it goes. Oh, the catcher popped up to get it. Um, didn't have a handle on the ball, so the ball popped out of the glove. Wasn't able to get a throw off to second base. So, more made it over. That ball's low. Nice. Nice job. Nice job stopping that ball. Pitch is a little high. We got three balls, no strikes. Tie two. The umpire's telling him it's a walk and the batter is telling him no. Never seen that before. Talk about an honest kid. That ball gets past him. Umpire said it was a walk and the batter said no, it was only uh that just made it three balls. So, we took took the next ball and the ball got by the catcher and allowed uh runner on second base to make it over to third.
And we have a 2014 Jeep Cherokee United at 7625. made by Wendy, Christina, Nunes, Delo, Santos of Florence. Thank every one of them. I believe these have all gone to the auto for the program. Correct. And we do we do send out thank you to each of those donators for their donation. Articles. We have a very interesting articles and two of our graduates um Jean Jimenez and and Rodriguez of station 8 I believe that's Lawrence I was reading it's two of our graduates I think they're both from the plumbing department and I think it was 2011 if I'm not mistaken we are fortunate at great loss we have a lot of uh graduates that go on to serve the police department and the fire department. It's nice to see articles like these two. Is there anything you want to say on that, Mr. Loy? Uh well, first of all, um it's not unusual for graduates to go out and do some uh service for their community such as uh the two that are recognized here.
Charlotte is most proud of her academic achievements. Nehemiah de Santiago Enriquez. Nehemiah is most proud of running through the year with his [Applause] friends. Bailey Dman. Bailey was on the high honorable all four quarters and will receive an academic letter. Bailey is most proud of passing her math final. Max. Max was on the honor roll all four quarters and received an academic letter. Max is most proud of becoming league champions in [Applause] basketball. With the second row, please stand and come get your certificates. [Music] Brigham Phelps. Brigham was on the honor roll all four quarters and will receive an academic letter. Brighgam is most proud of being league champions this year in [Applause] basketball. Joseph Gford. Joseph is most proud of growing athletically. Cammy Gazny. Camo was on the high honorable all four quarters and will receive an academic letter. Cammy is most proud of her growth and knowledge.
Any of those are acceptable options. You may not quite have the confidence. You might be a little bit nervous to make that next giant leap. But that feeling is something that you'll face over and over again throughout the rest of your life. And you just got to keep taking that leap. Just keep walking straight through those challenges. It's okay to be uncertain of the future. You don't have to have complete confidence in your plan. But you do have to have confidence in yourself. And if you continue to embody that confidence, you will make it. The speed of your journey doesn't matter. Your pace it is something that you can set. If you decide to pursue higher education or if you decide to get a job or if those things aren't quite in your vision, that's okay. The world is full of competition and busyiness and people trying to get ahead.
This past year there were challenges, but as a class we overcame them because we were united. And this is why this class of eighth graders represents what a Tottenham court student looks like. As we start the next chapter of our lives, we not we will not lose hope for the future as long as we stay together. This couldn't have happened if it wasn't for all all of amazing teachers who believed in us and helped us when we need it. And I also want to thank the staff members for keeping the school safe and a fun learning experience. and every student on the same stage who is graduating with me. I am proud of all your hard work and to graduate you and best of luck on your future endeavors. I want to say thank you to my mom and my dad who always believed in me and helped me to get to this moment.
All of those formulas and those calculations then give us the amount of dollars that we have for our budget. And this is what the budget looks like. And if you've come to the board meetings when we have proposed, adopted, or revised the budget, this this uh these spreadsheets should look pretty familiar. These are the spreadsheets that we are required to use in order to report our budget to the state. Um there's a lot of good information on here. Most people like um page two or no page three. So sorry. Page three is maintenance and operation. Um let me go back to the presentation. Hang on one second. So when we talk about fund accounting, that's what the state of Arizona has. Um uh how do I get back to the budget? User error. Let me go back to here. Most of the conversations revolve around the maintenance and operation fund.
Did you hear that? Mosqu Gilbert. Recruiting starts now. Give them a hand. Please shake hands with the board. Congratulations, guys. And from South Valley Junior High, where are those athletes? There they come. Hi. How are you? Good. Good. Tell everyone your name, your grade, and your favorite sport. My name is Jordan Black. I'm in eighth grade, and my favorite sport is soccer. My name is Rachel Hall. I'm in eighth grade and I really like track. Nice. Now, I see you have something in your hand there. Is that for me? No. No. What is that? It's the plaque that we got. Oh, see now you can hold that up for pictures. Well done. Congratulations to our South Valley Athletes of the year. Well done. [Music] Well done. Highland Junior High School athletes of the year. Where are you? Here they come. Look at that. Wow. All right.
Please rise and remain [Applause] standing. And the 92 students who successfully pass, three or more are wearing a gold medal. Please rise. [Applause] Congratulations to each of you for going beyond the minimal level and challenging yourselves. You may be seated. And now, would you please focus your attention to the talents of the Washington High School band under the direction of Mr. Jason Landash for their final senior performance. [Music] [Applause] Hallelujah. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hallelujah. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] It is now my pleasure as principal of Washington High School to certify that these students have met the requirements for graduation as set forth by the Glendale Union High School District governing board. Accordingly, I present this class to governing board member Arita. Miss Arita, I respectfully request that you accept these graduates and that you and Mr. Capistran confer diplomas upon them. Now, please welcome Governing Board Member Laura Arita.
Each of you have the opportunity to define who you will be and the influence you will have on others. We cannot be afraid to leave an impression, to voice our opinion, stand up to injustice, and forge our own path. I encourage you to be loud and adventurous, be kind and empathetic, be honest, and be generous. Because while it's important to acknowledge the people who helped us get here today, it's up to us to determine our future. Thank you. [Applause] Congratulations to the graduating class of 20125. Today is the culmination of years of preparation, the realization of a job well done, and the anticipation of what lies ahead. Today, you can allow yourself a moment of satisfaction and take time to honor and thank the family and friends who have supported you along the way. Many of those people are here to celebrate celebrate this achievement with you.
something that um from the support staff's perspective was not only something that we're very grateful for, appreciative of, but just so very happy that we reached this agreement with the district and something that we're looking forward to working um over with over the next uh three years of it. It's something that um I I can't even express to you how important it is to us to have that agreement uh set and finalized and what it means to us on many different levels to have reached that agreement with you. And then finally, this is my final appearance uh with you as best president. We are currently in the process of electing a new board. First day of voting uh is today. Uh second day of voting is tomorrow. Things will be concluded. We'll announce the results uh Thursday. There will be um some uh new faces, some familiar faces uh together.
I did want to ask Mr. Sheepard if he could talk about one um piece in particular that I know he um and other um financial officers across um across Mckenry County have had conversations about. So, if this is in regards to to capital improvement funding, one of the the issues that uh um or one of the the ideas that we've discussed at the county level, and I know we brought to the board before was the idea of a countywide sales tax. Uh part of vision 2030 is uh making it easier for counties to implement this. Many of our counties down south in southern Illinois have this idea. Um it was uh probably it was estimated that had there been a county uh sales u sales tax in place uh Kerry could have gotten about $1.5 million annually uh that could have been devoted to capital improvement.
So, I am That's my nomination for Stacy. Are we just taking them all? Yep. Okay. For president. This is just for president. Yes. Okay. Um this is the the last time that I I'm going to do this because I want to sit in the middle next time. Um, but it's my pleasure to nominate uh Diana Darling for president of board of education. Any others? Okay, nominations closed for president. So, let's see. Since there is more than one nomination, when I um when called, please raise your right hand to vote in the affirmative for your candidate of choice. So, we'll begin by those that are in favor of appointing Sta Mrs. Stacy Salt as president of the School of Board of Education for Kerry 26, please raise your right hand. Hey, thank you. For those who want to vote for in the affirmative of appointing Mrs.
Um and uh it also helps uh yes uh that fund is probably going to be over budget, but it uh is one of those funds that was on the cusp of promptly being challenged because the cash balance was too high. Uh so the fact that it's going to come down um is a benefit as well. Um the other new items on here, there's some fund transfers uh that we are proposing. One is an updating of a fund transfer that would help us pay off the old debt uh that we had. Uh and the second one is uh a fund transfer from the on&m fund uh to capital improvements. And we are proposing that we make a a $1 million fund transfer between those two funds. Keep in mind that the O and M fund uh had been challenged. That was one of the funds that had been challenged as having the cash balance too high.