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There's some good snacks. That's pretty hilarious. I'll get behind you. I don't picture you weren't here. When we do your budget draft, we're gonna do a photo. All right. All right. Next up, we have our student ambassadors. I think it's ambassador tonight. Yes. Um, this is our last time this year because school year ends on Thursday for us and seniors are already done. So, no more Zara and Darit. But, uh, the end of the year is kind of just winding down, but we still have had some big wins in sports. Um, track was ending. We had Elizabeth Wendy and Abby Worth set two new school records, so that's really huge for them. Our track team, uh, girls and boys are always doing phenomenal at all of our meets. It's just a great environment, too. Everyone on the team is just a sweet person. You can tell that they learn collaboration through the sport.
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And then from there you just need a majority and then uh the the funds that are produced from that are then dispersed to each school district. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? Thank you, Mr. Shepard. Uh next up we have uh UFli phonics and I Ready benchmark assessment. Miss Rivera. So, at the beginning of the school year, we did share with you that our teachers were um going to be piloting UFly and benchmark phonics in addition to us creating a committee uh that would be evaluating our benchmark. Today, I get the opportunity of sharing with you the outcomes of that year-long process. First and foremost, I just want to remind uh the community that what guides our work are our strategic planning goals. And so specifically this presentation will hone in on goal number one, student success. And then also you'll see goal number five, fiscal responsibility.
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Any discussion? I have a discussion. Um, every year I feel like we kind of like us people with kids scramble for that August committee of the whole and are never pleased that it's on back to school night. So, um, if we're approving it, I I don't know if it can be changed, but we every four years I've been here, it's been a fight to get here. And please change or cancel, and I'd like to discuss it now rather than August 17th because I'd rather go to back to school night. Is there a room in the in the schedule for us to move that date? Yes. Looking at the calendar, it could be normally if we um if there's a conflict on Tuesday um Mondays, we can move it to Tuesday or I can talk with principles and we can move back to school night to the night before.
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Uh that helps us determine whether we need to raise uh rates uh student lunch rates and by how much. I believe you can only raise it by I believe 15 cents at a time. Um, but the decision on whether to raise the lunch prices would be driven by that document, which I don't believe the state has put out yet. Are you um anticipating the state to be slow on any school funding refund uh school lunch refunding or the USDA? Sure. uh the amount that we receive from the state for reimbursement is actually fairly minimal uh which I don't think would have a big impact on the food service uh program. The amount that we receive from the federal government is much more substantial. Um at this point uh I know there's a lot of discussion about where federal funding is going to be coming from and if it's going to be coming.
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Um, and I wanted to know was is there is there a scramble right now or There is absolutely no scramble. We we absolutely give our students and families what they need. We hire as many staff members as we can to take care of them. There is no scramble. Do do we know um how many families decline uh summer school because of scheduling conflicts? Um I don't have the exact number of how many decline. I can tell you we probably send out about 600 700 invitations per year, but if we run around 500, again, it really depends on um what what those needs are. Uh but again, we follow up. We give individual phone calls to um each of those families that an invitation has gone out to. Okay. Um so you said we we do use spring map scores, correct? We use winter MAP scores to start off in March and then our spring scores just came in.
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Top of the third inning. That's a strike. Two and two. Oh, that ball gets by him. That ball's down in the dirt. So, we'll go to a full count. Runner first. Runner on first. Miz to second base easily on that sails in high for a walk. We got runners at first and second. There's first pitch in for a ball. There's a strike. One. That's called for a strike. Looked a little got her pulled back. Thought it was low. So Veraka finds himself behind. One ball, two strikes. Runners at first and second. Sales high. Two and two. Oh, frames that one again. Hoping to get the call. Now we get a full count going on here. That ball's high. This is another walk. Base is loaded. One out. 10th batter of Shaw is up. Coach goes out to the mountain. Have a little conversation with Ryan and Luke.
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Hey, I said sorry. Lawrence didn't know that. They just found out. I'm sorry. So, this is me. I'm going to leave you at that and hope you guys have a good day. Very much. All right. Susan Armano, director of grants, is going to tell us about clean energy initiative and the workforce development. Was Penny up the call first? She was, but um should I go and see where she is? We're all here. Oh, okay. Switch the agenda around it. No, she's up next. Who wanted her? She had some information. Hi guys. Our principal Chad Jackson, Brandon Solivan. Excuse me. Sorry for the tight quarters, guys. Anybody? You're going to go up first. Yeah, you I know you plug in your computer. So, I'm connected to the Oh, I'm not connected. Can you do you have a presentation? Yeah. Can you show All right. While POTA shares, I'll introduce the members of our team that are here today.
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Brazen is most proud of his growth during his middle school years. Tate Stall. Tate was on the honor roll all four quarters and will receive an academic letter. Tate is most proud of his middle school athletic achievements. Ethan Mario. Ethan was on the high honor roll all four quarters and will receive an academic letter. Ethan is most proud of the friendships that he has made. Bo Thompson. Bo is on the high honorable hall all four cores and will receive an academic letter. Bo is most proud of passing middle school with good [Applause] grades. Zayen vest. Zayen is most proud of making it to the end of the year in good standing. Helena Wong. Helena had all A's all four quarters will receive an academic letter. was top 5% in ELA, top 5% in science, top 5% in social studies, top 5% in career and life planning, top 5% in computer applications, top 5% in algebra, and above the 90th percentile in both math and reading.
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Go, go, go. Absolutely. Like Joel just said, take off on that journey and it's okay to make stops along the way. Take it all in. Absorb the world. reflect on who you are and continue to grow. Again, that journey is going to take twists and turns and you are going to grow and change and become a different version of yourself. But tre treasure every version of who you become. Be an expert at everything that inspires you. If you're scared because you don't know something, that's unnecessary. The only way to become wise is to gain knowledge and experience. You have to have both. When you're new at something, that's okay. You'll grow from it. Don't be afraid to be un uninformed. Don't be afraid to learn something new. Experiment, experience, and become an expert. One last piece of advice. Don't obsess about the past or the future.
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She expects to be great, and when she is, time and time again, she only smiles and moves on to the next thing. This girl was the best volleyball player in the fall, the best soccer player in the winter, the best defender on the basketball court, and broke three school records on the track. One being the 400 meter dash, a race that, in my opinion, is the hardest thing to be great at in any sport. It's a full sprint around the entire track, far longer than what is natural for the human body. It's a race where you slowly start to feel your body break down. first your legs and then your arms and finally your lungs. It's not only vomit inducing afterwards, but you also feel like throwing up before. All because of the sheer dread of knowing what's to come. And this girl not only broke the 400 meter school record, but she broke it by over two seconds, a lifetime in track and field.
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This is also available to the public at the auditor general's website under the uniform system of financial recordkeeping. Um I want to talk about those buckets just a little bit. How much time do I have? Okay, good. So when we were talking about the individual buckets and we talked about M. This is part of the report that goes at the end of the year into our annual financial report, which is where did we spend all those budgeted dollars. Um, and you can see everything that isn't zero all the way across are the different buckets of money that we receive in the district. Anything um from 100 to 499 in this fund number on the far left is a federal or state fund grant. Each one of those grants has its own rules and regulations. Um, and then we have additional dollars in uh tax credit, gifts and donations, student activities funds, monies raised by students for students.
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No. Well done, GCA. [Applause] And I don't believe I have anybody from Mosqu High. Is that correct? Oh. Oh, you guys are here. Mosqu High. So, come on up. We'll figure it out when you get here. There you go. Is Coach Mike [Applause] Brown. Who do we have here? You You're good. No, no, no. You You made it all the way up here. You are Coach Don Abram. Don Abram. Do we have any other coaches or just you tonight? All right. So, according to my records here, we have a state high jump champion. Raise your hand. There you go. And we have a state 400 meter champion. Wow. And then we have second in boys division 3 200 meter. Nice. And second in boys division 3 4x4 meter relay. Yeah. I thought there I was like you they don't let you run it all by yourself.
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Benjamin Alonso Escalante, Santana Yasine Valdez, Caven Andy Ashi, Beay, Isa Williams, Raphael Ibara Era, Anel Rodrigo Salgado, Daisy Gonzalez Ramirez, Manuel Salgado, Bianca Karina Fernandez, Yei, Brett William Rin, Annel Lasano, Mendes, Leslie Yanz, Valdez, Elelliana Garcia de laator, Sebastian Alejandro Marcos, Ruiz, Samantha Len, Carmen, [Music] Cindy Wen, Gabriel Salazar, [Music] Veronica Perez, Segura, Kayen Le Garcia, Lalia Angel Walker, Destiny, Elena, Onia, Lani, Agayar, Si to Eva Marie Lee Baldwin Angel Ernesto Alvarez Andrade Samueli Mupenda Mikey Opero Estrada Leon Steano Releases Jr. Gloria Alamasi, Jacob Romo, Adris A. Guriso, Ben Sanchez, Ortiz, Sir Justice Arlon Hall, Natalie Ramos, Castro, Joshua, Brian, Eli Hall, Axeli, Mera, Axeli, Melendez, Osorio, Jasmine Renee Evans, Brian Per Perez, Cortez, Gavvenia Zenoa Brown, Leonel Medina Castro Jr. Joseph Anthony Hampton, Rebecca Castro Rubio, Mr. Ashley Camilleia Gavara [Music] Valencia Eileen Alexandra Faras Brees Yariela Baliseros, Maria Isabelle Agelar, Fuentes, Elizabeth Marie, A Costa, Naelli Elizabeth Fuentes Gardinas Ael Kota Sagestri Kenya Ernnandez Salas Elvis Beltron Muhammad Al Ramani, Valyriia Barcela Ramirez, Josiah King Michael Joseph Delgalo [Applause] Evening parents, faculty, and the class of 2025.
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Will the first row of the class of 2025 please rise and prepare to receive your diplomas. [Music] You're going to hand the cards to me. Aiden Patrick Bill Bradley Aaron Sangerman Lily Fernandez Torres Lucas Gerard Hamilton Viegas Jose Anel Chavez Aldama Calvin Tobias Shyman Joshua Alex Katsman Jaylen Thomas Mccah Caleb Dean Lurgeon Jake Ryan Montiel Mario Alberto Ala Kyle Mitchell Montel, Antonio Danielle Sero, Alexandria Jolin Moya, Charvan Hu Vu, Haven Ethan Lick, Naomi Rose, Sokus, Wash, Liliana Jewel, Breakage, Riley Ruth Anne Kelly, Devin Michael Yates, Rachel Meredith Lansteiner, Elizabeth Joe Lily, Evelyn Monroe Munoz, Robert Lee Pringled Jr. Alexa Valyriia Gutierrez Valdinos, Gage Michael Whipro, Elizabeth Grace Seura, Jordan Lee Mesa Fraser, Natalie Elizabeth Cwell, Michael Isaac Valardi, Daphne Bravo, Valvinos, Ethan Diego Slesinger, Jose Damian Kovar, Rubio Flores, Kayen Alexander Leotless, Roelio Alonso Loa, Cristiana Kiier Nez, Brendan J. Lopez Jr. Eliza Raina Sanchez, Joseph Emanuel Francis Jr.
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So, that's great. Um, they also had second place finish with nine events and qualifiers in three sectional event champions. So, lots of wins there, too. The girls soccer team is ending. I know they had their senior night or that's coming up. So, the seniors are being honored. We saw that in softball, too. They had their senior night. Uh, the fifth grade district track meet happened. I think we have a picture on there in the middle. So, uh, that was really fun. They trained the kids for sports at a really young age. I know our football team starts at like first grade. So, I mean, that's why they're so good. Uh lacrosse is going to state. I know that there were a lot of wins and losses throughout the season, but we are super proud of them. Uh volleyball is over. We have a picture on the bottom right of our girls volleyball team.
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So first we're going to start with the UFly early literacy phonics program. That was out of the two early literacy phonics programs, Benchmark and UFly. Youly was the one that wound up being voted for and I'll share more about that in a moment. Um we're bringing this to you not for financial reasons. You'll see the quote is $1,000 and some dollars. We're bringing it to you because it is a core curriculum that we are looking at adopting as a um we haven't had a consistent literacy early literacy program. This would be the first one. So this year our K2 teachers all K2 teachers piloted either UFly or Benchmark. Um we recognized that we needed an explicit and systematic program to teach students those early foundational skills in order to ensure that proficient reading down the road. Um, we also know that research shows that having a solid foundation in early literacy helps close the achievement gap and helps address uh the needs for students who are either lagging behind in developing reading skills um or also come from diverse um backgrounds.
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I could I could check either way. Yeah. As long as it's check. I just feel like every year we want to go. Yeah. Right. Four parents. I go ahead. I think since we're looking to approve the dates today that we could approve the calendar with the change of the date from August 18th to August 19th, 2025 for the committee of the whole meeting. Mrs. Dorf, do you have that noted? I I would almost I understand. I would almost um want to add before we commit to that that then I I I first want to say I appreciate Stacy bringing this up now cuz that's forward thinking really because it is it is a deal. If we moved it to that Tuesday, then that's the the night before school starts and you know how could we could we move August back a week like or just the committee of the whole back a week and take it I know we don't normally do a gap week in the middle but I don't see why it's also not possible minus the fact we don't usually have administrators at committee the whole meeting except for superintendent level.
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Um those funds uh based on everything we're hearing has been allocated uh for this upcoming uh fiscal year. uh it's moving forward that there's some uncertainty. So after the 25 25 26 school year um there could be some uncertainty depending on what Congress does with their their budget but for the immediate uh uh future uh we are not uh concerned about those sorts of funding at this point. What numbers are we looking at? Like just off the top of your head or ballpark like how much of that are they funding from the USDA? How much are you are you asking how much we receive in reimbursement from the federal government? Uh so just off the top of my head I believe in the last couple years we've gotten about uh 400 between 400 and $450,000 uh in reimbursement from the federal government for our our lunch program, lunch breakfast program.
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So, we look at we're still looking at those scores as well. Okay. Um would you say that there's a lot of students that qualify for summer school like when the winter scores come in and then like are not they don't need summer school uh come spring. I would have to run some comparison data in terms of what students we've moved off of the list, but again, it's that constant um looking at where they're performing with their grades, looking where they're performing at with their MAP scores, looking at um their discipline, their SEAL needs. Again, taking in the whole child to see exactly what they need. Sure. Um, I'm just wondering like if we could propose uh summer school to kids earlier. Um, that would give them the incentive because some kids don't want to do summer school. That'll give them the incentive to like do better in school, do better on tests, not have to do Well, I think it has to do with when those those math scores are coming in because they're coming in late.
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Yeah, pitchers coach is most likely just telling them to just get the ball in there. You know, let let the fielders do what they do and get the outs for you. Just, you know, don't get a walk because you're giving them a free run. Here we go. One out. Base is loaded. Shaw bat. First pitch just a little bit inside for a ball. Gwen's picking up a little bit at the field here. That's sharply hit into the into the gap between the into the gap between the right fielder and center fielder. Got the ball in quickly. Monahan was looking to get the ball over to third base to catch the Everybody was holding up to see if the ball would get caught, but it dropped in there. Really nothing you could do in that situation. First pitch to Barbaria is high. Back to the top of the order here for Hawkington.
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