I go home. I go home. I come everyone. Shake. Shake. Shake. [Music] [Applause] I'm trying to break off his head. Okay, so that was absolutely amazing and we have some certificates to hand out to all of you and I'm wondering we could do this maybe the names. Yeah, sure. We'll start with there's three there's three. So there's Justin frozen Beetlejuice and then both. Okay. All right. Um, so we're going to start with recognition for the students that participated in Frozen. Uh, Ariel Abbate, Samantha Brimfield, Naa [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Greer, Riley Hansel, Angela [Applause] Henan, Abigail [Applause] Carney, Leila Lagardo, [Applause] Olivia [Applause] Msuka, Deja Miller, [Music] Raphael Neves, Riley [Applause] Otto, Jackson Paraka [Applause] Julia Prasad. Julia here. No. Alejandra Rivas Lucero. I'll make sure Audriana Rodriguez Caitlyn Schultz Savannah Schwint Mason Silverman I don't think he's here. Claire Suie she's not here. Ava Cesmir, Emma Unex, Hadley Whitfield, Belle Wolf, do you mind?
birds have been around for a really really long time and uh in that time they figured out how to be successful. Now I could talk for hours about their beautiful plumage, their complex songs or their incredible adaptability to adverse conditions, but I won't. Tonight I'd like to discuss the existence of mixed flocks where more than one species of bird usually song birds uh associates during feeding or other behaviors and how we can learn from those. Oftent times when a rare bird has flown hundreds of miles off course it's the only one of its type, meaning it doesn't have a bunch of identical peers for which it can associate. But the local birds accept it without question, always allowing the new guy to feel safe and protected while seeking out shelter and sustenance. There's safety in numbers, so everyone just kind of views it as the more the marrier.
Thank those people in your life. A pathy is easier to take when people have paved it for you. So thank those who have done so for you. I leave you with a quote from a wise woman in my life that has stuck with me since the sixth grade. Don't make it harder than it has to be. Don't procrastinate your college projects or your future work endeavors like we did with Miss Dudson's essays or Miss Longo's major works. Don't decide that just because school is over, you're going to let the attendance ladies deal with your absence one last time. Don't wait stay in bed the extra 10 minutes just to rush out the door as I once did and to say yes to take on the challenges that come with new opportunities. Don't make it harder than it has to be. Take it one step at a time.
We don't no more excuses or bandated situations. We want what is more trans what we want is more transparency when it comes to the safety and welfare of our children while in the school systems care. From the moment that our children put their foot on the bus to the moment that the bus brings them back to their signed designated spots that we as parents sign for. They are in your care. They are in the school systems care. And we place that in whole as a community on your all's shoulders and we do that so in prayerful ways. I know myself I pray over each and every one of you do dutifully and I just say that because I don't I don't want this to feel um as a we are against anyone. Unity is key because without unity there division does nothing for any of us at the end of the day.
So, and since um obviously we want to have a full board, it's and since it's a special permit, we actually need they need at least a four vote approval. So, um the project will be le relisted and readvertised, which means it's kind of a it's kind of a fresh start. Um and then we start from the beginning and so you will be um voting members on on that project. So, it starts everything over. It's it starts the clock over. So, they're already in process. they've already done some some of the work, but the the clock will begin again on a as a fresh um as a fresh project. So, I think they are making maybe at least one change to their application. So, it'll just be a clean start in that way. Yeah, it shouldn't be late in any way. If anything, it's just it's going to be a continuation like Trisha said, they already have started the process.
Our members in this community deserve nothing less. In solidarity, Karen [Applause] Sabers, thank you, Karen. Up next is Lesie. [Applause] Good evening, members of the board, Superintendent Nelson, cabinet, members of the audience. My name is Lesie McMenley and I'm speaking to you tonight as the bargaining chair of ABUTA. This will be my last talk with you in that capacity. Steve Cobbs, math teacher from Granite Hills, will be taking on that role beginning next year, and I wish him all the best. I come to you tonight with a two-word message. It's time. It's time to stop finding reasons that we can't compete with other districts in salary and benefits. And it's time to do just that. In my speech a few months ago, I gave you some figures that showed the large differences between in earnings between our school district and Hisperia, Victor Elementary, and Victor Union school districts.
In the resolution, there is a table enumerating the nine types of natural features along with methods to implement their protection. Number three is floodways and flood planes. And the goal summary states, identify, restore, and sustain flood planes, especially those of highest concern, reduce storm water volume and flood occurrences, support watershed groups, and implement watershed plans. However, your implementation recommendations for this goal states only. Review and modify city codes and policies to ensure that best management practices are implemented. Restore city-owned wetlands. promote stewardship by educating the public on the identification and value of native plants and activities that can benefit flood planes. I think that's good, but I would ask that you strengthen that to specify a concrete policy that the city can codify, i.e. to pro prohibit any further construction in remaining unbuilt floodplane land, especially those parcels owned by the city where it obviously has total control.
The sixth grade team has selected Evelyn Smith for student of the month. Evelyn is a kind and respectful student with a positive attitude. Evelyn has a great work ethic and is always trying to do her best. She is focused and attentive and works well with her peers. Evelyn exhibits a positive mindset in and out of the classroom. Congratulations to Evelyn. Our seventh grade student of the month is Madison Truly. Congratulations. Here we go. The seventh grade team proudly picked Madison. Madison is a quiet and respectful student by nature who works hard and helps other students to do better. We have seen her grow into a class leader throughout the year. For example, in social studies, she is willing to stick up for an unpopular opinion and persuade others through calm logic and reason. Madison always seems to be doing the right thing and improving the educational environment in each class that she's in.
The desire to excel is a formula to a lifetime success. Your efforts have brought extension to you, your family and Clinton public schools, signed by Alan Paris, president board of education, and Dr. the Daniels Superintendent of Schools. We have Sarah come up first, please. [Applause] Do you want me to take a photo with your phone? We can come. We can come there. You want to take them down? Yeah, I can go. That's fine. Thank you. There we go. How about that? Yes, ma'am. Certainly come right [Music] here. Going to come around the other side there. That's nice. Yeah. There we go. This picture will also be on our social media. That's right. All right. That's with your phone. All right. Ready? Three, two, one. Beautiful. Thank you. Congratulations, Sarah. [Applause] Congratulations. I could have got higher. Thank you. [Applause] I can take one with your phone if you'd like.
Okay. All right. So, our participants that were in just Beetlejuice, Sky Allen, I don't think I saw her. Teddy Cardi [Applause] Chase Danella. [Applause] Thank you. Mia Donado, Ayla Francis, Alyssa George, Olivia Headley, [Applause] Gavin Akarino, [Applause] Lillian Ian [Applause] Manzy, Chloe Marovski, Kevin Pausnik. Yeah. Sarah White. [Applause] And then our final group. All right. And our final group is those that participated in both Frozen and Beetlejuice. Matthew Aani knock. Jessica Bama. Great job. Engineer. Congratulations. Alloria Balanu, [Applause] Juliana Burgerer, Genevie Bernstein, [Applause] Sydney Big, [Applause] Brielle Bonudi Nice job. Congratulations, Brendan Brown. [Applause] Gabriella Brown. [Applause] Nice job, Jenny Butramoitz. [Applause] Lily Ber, don't think I saw her. Marissa Carverissulations [Applause] Maya Cordera Mahmud. [Applause] Congratulations. Emily Cummings, [Applause] Dominic Deansky, [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Sydney Glasser, [Applause] Chris Govart, Hana Krishnan Susi, [Applause] Nina Hattoovva, Leila Honeywell, [Applause] Kalista Craft. [Applause] Great job. Great job, Skyler Lord.
You know, sometimes these birds are from the same genus, meaning it's like a distant relative coming to visit. But just as frequently, there is zero relation between the species with the populations originating in vastly different locations separated by mountains, forests, or oceans. But it doesn't matter. They may not sing the same songs or have the same feathers, but they are accepted nonetheless. For birds, there are no borders, no divides, and no prejudices. And I think that's beautiful. Now, in Songbirds, I see a lot of similarities with humankind. We're not so different. Always pimping and pining to impress those around us, uh, to make ourselves seem cooler and more desirable, singing at the top of our lungs when we feel strong emotions. We've even managed to capture the ability of flight. The only difference that I can see is that we don't have feathers. So, let's enjoy too the same willingness to glom together for the betterment of society.
Slow down and enjoy the ground you walk upon and the imprint you make on it and the people who choose to walk it with you. I know that I definitely wish I would have thanked those people in my life a little more. So, make sure you do because you never know when you won't be able to. This is only the beginning for each and every single one of us and we definitely have not seen the best of the class of 2025. The world is waiting for your footprints. to talk about the legacy that your footprints leave. It is my pleasure to introduce our saludiatoran, Luke Vrial. [Applause] Good afternoon. I think it's true that every generation looks down at the next, and we're no exception. Despite the fanfare of tonight's ceremony, a ceremony that is supposed to celebrate our adulthood, I think that tomorrow morning, in a lot of ways, we will still be seen as children.
Um, so with that being said, I I want to leave you with these questions um to ponder on and meditate on some more and I would love in the near future to hear some great answers for conflict resolution. Thank you, Jar. The second individual is Casey Shelton. Casey Shelton South County Road 610 and no affiliation with any group. When I was a kid, school was, you know, a nice safe place. I had Mr. Sman as a teacher and elementary. You know, it it was, you know, it was a great great thing to go to when, you know, especially farm kids when they come home, they had to do all these chores, work, school was their getaway and it was a safe place. Well, in today's society, it's it's kind of flip-flop. I mean, I don't understand exactly what all has changed in the school system, but you know, I have two children.
They provided us with the net plans and the uh fee for GCG who is the peer reviewer. So probably if anything is going to be smoother as a transition once the June 12th meeting starts. All right. Thank you.
In the 2019 2020 school year, we ranked fourth or fifth out of 14 regional school districts, depending on placement in the salary schedule. We are now 10th or 11th based on some of the latest negotiated settlements in our region. During this time, all districts had to deal with the pandemic. All school districts had to deal with attendance issues. All school districts had to deal with inflation and the same issues that ABUSD had to deal with. How big of a difference are we talking about? A teacher that starts working next year for Apple Valley and works long enough to top out on the salary schedule will make over $4,000 less in their first year and over $422,000 less over their career than the same teacher who chooses to work in Hisperia. It's time. It's time to get to the bottom of what has put us in this current fiscal crisis and make sure that this can never happen again.
Notably, there are three large city- owned parcels in the Allen Creek flood plane. Given that the comprehensive plan largely concerns itself with the built environment and how to densify it, it seems essential that your efforts to ensure that natural features protections are woven into the plan should specifically recommend preserving any remaining unbuilt flood plane land as open green space infrastructure. The city should be asked to clean up the flood plane parcels it owns and plant them with native flood plane plants. We can't educate the public to ID and and value the native plants that um benefit flood planes without saving the flood planes. So I hope you will recommend that very specifically. Finally, the current the current draft of the comprehensive land use plan is far from comprehensive and it's kind of heartbreaking that it's far from comprehensive. So, I applaud your efforts to make it more comprehensive by explicitly incorporating protections for natural features.
Congratulations. And last but not least, our eighth grade student of the month is Jaden Oavdo. The eighth grade team selected Jaden. Jaden is a kind and considerate young man. He exemplifies the DDE school motto and is respectful, responsible, and a leader among his peers. Jaden is respected by his classmates and able to work in any cooperative group environment. He is always willing to listen and provide support to his peers when needed. He also is an active member of National Junior Honor Society. Jaden volunteered many hours with the honor society and has worked on many committee events. He is a role model for the DDE community and his peers. Congratulations, sir. Thank you guys. Thank you so much to everyone for coming out. We really appreciate Thank you for sharing your kids with us every day. We we love them. They're are awesome kids. So, um, we really appreciate it.
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[Applause] Terra, Ellie Lutz, Juliana Manino, [Applause] Ben Murvine, [Applause] Abby Metsinger, Ben [Applause] Nettleton. Good job. Good job. Annieola Oanubi, [Applause] Emilyn Olivieri, [Applause] Ashlin Park, [Applause] Lillian [Applause] Pekka, Oriana Rune. [Applause] Yeah, that's right. Wait, hold on. Leah Savage, [Applause] Avery Tierney. [Applause] Camry Williams. Congratulations, Giana Wolfson, [Applause] [Music] Samantha Ziegler. [Applause] Is it sticking? Oh, here it is. Mia Donado. Mia Donado. And last but not least, Lucy Amato. [Applause] Uh, I just want to take a second and thank um, district administration for their overwhelming support of our program here. Um, the reason that we do a second show is because two years ago the kids basically petitioned, they did research. They said if sports are available year round, so should theater. So, um, we appreciate that and thank you for all of your support, Mr. Hoffman and Dr. Smith. Beautiful. I I can't imagine how fun those rehearsals were.
Now, as we all go our separate ways, whether it's to college, trade school, the military, or directly into the workforce, I want us to remember to embrace the mixed flock, whether we're the odd one out or someone else is, and rejoice at the possibility of joining one, rather than recoiling at the very notion. Now, it is my pleasure to introduce Sophia Bedoni, the 2025 senior speaker. [Applause] Hello, my name is Sophia Bedoni and I am honored to have been selected as the speaker for the class of 2025. When I moved here my sophomore year, I was embraced by this amazing community. It was this community of students, staff, and teachers that helped not just me but all of us grow. Their motivation inspired us to navigate numerous hardships. We have overcome a variety of challenges coming into high school and over the past four years.