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It's your choice. It's your time. you'll do more with it than I ever could with the speech. So, thank you. And I'd like to invite Miss Kaufman back to the stage. Good evening, class of 2025. Tonight, we celebrate a milestone, a moment years in the making. And what a class you are. You are the largest graduating class in Morirana High School history by [Music] far. Over $10 million in scholarships awarded to students entering into prestigious militarymies, a division one athlete, a state champion wrestler, a student attending Yale, and students who have already been hired into highly competitive careers in welding and automotive. But beyond the accolades and achievements, tonight is about something deeper. Life, as you're beginning to realize, is a strange and beautiful journey. It is exciting, full of big wins, new chapters, and unforgettable moments just like tonight. It's also full of heartbreak, obstacles, and days when giving up feels easier easier than keeping moving forward.
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Never forget that you've had big dreams before. And this dream now is just one of many that you will be able to fulfill and achieve. Mountain View class of 2025. We have made it this far. And we've done so by dreaming. [Applause] Thank you speakers. That was beautifully done. To the class of 2025. There's something powerful about trust. It's quiet, but it's strong. and class of 2025, you have earned my trust. Throughout the years, and more than a few times, just this week, I found myself thinking and often saying, "I trust you." Sometimes it was in response to, "Can I have one more day to turn it in?" or "What about this?" or "I'll be there right on time." But more often, it came after watching you. You brought forward new ideas, asked hard questions, and weren't afraid to challenge the norm. All with the goal of making things better.
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Parents and guardians are also provided information about suicide awareness and prevention. A school safety plan may also be put into place for student safety and support if warranted. A safety plan can include increased supervision, altered schedules, and other supportive measures needed by the individual student. Um the fourth question on the FAQ um is what support systems are available to help students and staff cope with the loss of a member of the school community? When a tragedy occurs, the school uses a crisis team to create a supportive plan for the buildings where the student attended school. A crisis plan involves additional counselors available at the school during the immediate time following the event. We also have local clergy members who provide support when additional staff are needed. The school has additional staff to provide extra support in the days after the event. Parents and guardians are contacted for any student who seeks out support from individual support from a counselor.
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I had at that time been chair for three years and um but um but given everyone's busy schedules I think and busy work schedules and the fact that I'm very local um it it did fall back to me with everyone um taking a uh trying to take a little bit more of the load you know off me for the year which which which helped um this year um and I'm I'm very happy to hear anyone else that is interested But I I feel like this year, given that we will be getting a new director of planning, we'll be getting a new um um assistant planner um uh we have two new members who I assume aren't interested in stepping into the chair of the board. Um that I I've had kind of um and I know that both um Anna and Deepa have um extremely busy work schedules um right now.
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I see a couple principles nodding, yeah. Um they deal with in excess of 6,000 work orders a year in addition to that 41page list. Um, they work tirelessly. They respond on weekends. They respond on nights. Um, they respond on holidays to to certain things. I don't know if we respond to crying babies, but maybe put that on the list. Um, but um, I would like to personally extend my thanks to Jim, Colleen, and Kirk, and every member of the maintenance and operations crew who works hard for our kids at our schools. So, thank you very much. [Applause] I just needed That's why they along [Applause] All right, on to next employee recognition retirement. I'm talking for the board president. This is horrible. Horrible. Uh, well, let me get this set up here. Kylie's good at that. I'm going to take over the screen. All right.
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Um we did spend a decent amount of time on the resolve clauses about um what we were looking for what mostly planning staff was looking for somewhat what OSI was looking for. And um what planning really asked us to do is to not have as many general statements and put specifically in the the resolution the specific comments we wanted to see in there. Um so that's why in some areas it it grew a decent amount. Um but it was we did take a lot of we took out some very big statements also. So, um, can you scroll down just a little bit more, Aaron? Um, one of the items we took out from under the first one is, um, an item to request that the whole natural features master plan be maintained. We thought that was probably, um, too big of a reach from what we were looking at.
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And in order to do so, we just took the same rate that we're paying our in-house um ESY and then they created a position through that for E through ESS. So um it's the same amount. It's the same hourly rate. That was it.
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Students and employees have specific legal rights afforded by the laws of New Jersey. The board bears no responsibility, nor will it be liable for any comments made by members of the public. Members of the public should consider their comments in light of the legal rights of those affected or identified in their comments and be aware that they are legally responsible and liable for their comments. No one's in virtual tonight. Motion to close virtual. Second. Motion to close by Commissioner Brunac. Seconded by Commissioner Mahia. Uh we'll open the floor. Would anybody like to approach the microphone and address the board this evening? Alexa is getting nervous. Uh Jason Miller, 36 Konova Court. I just wanted to come up and thank you guys officially on the record for um especially Mr. Paris, Mr. Santiago um for for getting the banner, but I know it was everybody's work there.
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Congratulations Harsha Pramud. [Applause] Inmie Kalicharian. There you go. You got all the names in this. Not me. There you go. Elong Wang. [Applause] Preston [Applause] Lightfoot, Cameron [Applause] Murashig Arnav Seti I think that's it. Yeah. Yes. Okay. All right, we're going to move on to our South Jersey Honors Orchestra. Risha Parathi, [Applause] Henry Cunningham, [Applause] David Yang, There he is. Elizabeth Miller, Faith Vizakaro. [Applause] Maria Ibrahim [Applause] Juliet Howard [Applause] Brent Navoa. [Applause] Good job, buddy. Jackson Hunter. [Applause] Arjun Balani, who unfortunately could not be here tonight. He's in Iceland, I believe. Yeah, I know, right? It's nice. But congratulations. The rest of these are still elementary honor are still honors. You still want to do the all of them. These are all honors as well. Do you want to? Yeah, we have more honors orchestra students. These students are actually from um partially Deacy Elementary and Deacy Middle.
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And sometimes it's just mundane, the routine, the waiting, the in between. But I hope you've learned something powerful here at Morirana High School. You push through the hard and you find joy in the good. You keep showing up. You stay curious. You cheer each other on. And that is what will carry you through to the next stage. Whether you're joining the workforce, heading to college, or serving our country with honor. So take pride in this moment. Let it remind you of what you are capable of. And as you step into the world beyond these walls, don't just chase success, chase meaning. And never stop growing. Congratulations, class of 2025. We are proud of you and can't wait to see what you do next. Thank you. You guys ready? All right, first row. Are you guys ready? Okay, hold on. Members of the governing board, Dr.
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And time after time, you showed you were ready. We trusted you. And the trust went both ways. You trusted your teachers, your teams, this community, and each other. You showed up with spirit, with collaboration, and with care. You lifted one another up, honored old traditions, and created new ones. You made Mountain View better. And what I hope you know is this. Trust is one of the highest forms of respect. This week alone, I saw it everywhere. I saw it during Gradwalk when you embraced former teachers, inspired elementary students with silly songs, and reconnected with schools that helped to shape you. I saw it at senior sunset. It was there in your playlists, your laughter, the Instagram posts, and your yearbook messages. It was also there in the million photos you took to hold on to these moments. I see it now in the creativity on your graduation caps and in the way you looked to one another, your senior leaders, to make this final week matter.
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Our school counselors follow up with students and parents who sought out additional support than in an ongoing basis. Student support groups with parent permission are held at school. If further support is needed, families are given community resource contacts and expedited referrals are facilitated. We have partnered with Riley Hospital for Children, the Jennings County Health Department, Centerstone, Purdue Extension Health, and other local mental health supports to provide additional resources for student mental health for our families. We have shared resources and information online and hosted in-person events. our most recent event at NVE, we had local mental health providers come. Um, unfortunately, we didn't have any parents attend. And so, I'd like to really put out messaging that the next upcoming event date um with our local community partners will be shared via parents square and we'll put that out on Facebook. So, please share that with others um when you see that date posted.
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So, um I have decided that it might given my experience as chair, it might just be that that I'm willing to to stay on as chair if that suits if that suits the board and help us make a transition into the new uh town staff positions and new members of the board. So, that said, I'm happy to hear. So, I've thrown my hat into the ring. I'll let Elvver I guess ask if there's anyone else. I guess I'll I'll jump in and comment that um I do believe with a brand new board and the reorganization if Trisha is willing to continue that would make the most sense to me um at this time. I do think that you know with new members once we all get acquainted if there is interest um you know I guess my question would be how often do we want to reorganize only for elections or at the start of the year etc.
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Well, on to our retirees. Um, this uh is quite quite a celebration here tonight. And I know the reason that most of you are here. Um, if you've been here in the past, you you probably heard what I'm about to share uh in terms of the apple and the trophy that you're going to get. But I want to try to do things a little different. We have a lot of retirees tonight. a lot of retirees. Uh and and and that that's a beautiful thing. I know Trey ran through the um the list of retirees with her mathematical abilities and came up with uh well over 2000 200 2006 2006 years of service given to the education of students in Apple Valley Unified School District. And for that I just want to give all of you a big round of applause. One thing I'm doing a little different this year because of the number.
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After talking to city staff, we didn't think that would probably be possible going forward. So, we did strike that out of the document. So, you don't see that anymore. Um, scroll down a little bit more, Erin. You can stop about there. Um, from talking to city staff, uh, they feel strongly that the language they put in there, their intention was to not have, um, the comprehensive um, plan degrade the current natural features that we have in Ann Arbor. U,, but we we are concerned about the way the comprehensive plan was worded. So, we put in a few statements about that. Um, okay, if you know, for one, let's put a bullet in there, an in opening paragraph saying what is written in the comprehensive plan is replacing the natural features master plan. It does say the natural features master plan's not being maintained, but it doesn't really say what will be going in there.
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Um, any questions? Um, Mr. Golden? Yes. Mrs. Allen? Yes. Mr. Phillips? Yes. Mrs. Reed? Yes. Mrs. Helma? Yes. Miss Juliano? Yes. Mr. Row? Yes. And Mr. Davis? Yes. All right. Great. Uh, old business. I don't think we have any old business. Um, we don't have any negotiations updates. Nothing. Um, finance committee. We did meet. They went through the bills, um went through the budget report and the revenue report, which are all um the revenue report. We're receiving all of our revenues that we're supposed to. Nothing new for out of district at the time. Um at this point, I'm just making sure all outstanding purchase orders are paid by June 30th, 2025. We're not really making a ton of purchases this time of year. If they haven't bought it, they don't really need it. So, um I need it for related services. They can't have any more money.
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Um all the way up to Mr. Jingger in the back there. Um I know um uh I seen a bunch of you guys at the competition, so I really want to thank you. I know cheer does not get a lot of recognition. Um so this was a really big thing as parents and I know it meant a lot for the girls. I know the girls don't want to come up and say anything, so that's why I'm kind of speaking on their behalf, too. But like I said, I just wanted to officially, you know, thank everybody for that on the public record here and make it known that I did not corner Mr. Paris, Mr. Santiago. I nicely asked, but uh no, but a little bit little bit, but no, I just wanted to say thank you to everybody officially on the record for for everything that you've done and for everything you've done since my son graduated a couple years ago as well, too, from Clifton.
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We have more Demi Elementary, Jaggarded, and I believe a couple other of the elementary schools as well. Sophia de Julius Na Thatton Candy. It's a long walk. Don't worry. We got you. Braden Abbar. [Music] Von Mahalra. Good job. launch. Ian Tyler, [Applause] Landon Burke. Good job. Okay, we still have more honors orchestra. It is a big group in case you hadn't noticed. We have even more honors orchestra students, which just sings praises about the orchestra program across across the district. Owen McGrath. Great job, Gwendalyn Pro. Avery Gush. Oh, that's okay. Great job, Nora Kerber. [Music] Shivani [Applause] Sankar. Great job. Great job, Laya. Holden, [Applause] great job. Aiden [Applause] G. Okay. I don't think he's with us tonight. Yeah. Alexis Gregory Brisbane. Charlotte [Applause] Moranski. You might want to join that side. Charlotte, Angela Oani. Great job, Angela. Brian and Joran. Brian. Brian, maybe go on that side so it's a bit more even.
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Streeter parents and community. I am pleased to present Morirana High School's graduates of 2025. I certify that they have completed the requirements for graduation as established by the Arizona State Board of Education and the Morirana Unified School District governing board. Will the graduates in the first row please rise? Let's go back. [Music] [Applause] [Music] We're gonna move it. Yep, that's what we need. Let's try that again. Jaden Tomas Acu, Jesse Alexandra A. Costa Jacob Matthew [Applause] Affleck Isabella Faith Aguiar Samuel Robert Ayia Jr. [Music] Sebastian Allegria Angulo [Applause] James Michael Alteri III, [Music] [Applause] Kevin Antonio Alvarado, [Applause] Madden Inara Alvarez, Alina Monnique Amadril, Alyssa Jordan Amaro, Delilah Beth [Applause] Anderson, Gideon Brenton Anderson, Marcy Elizabeth Anderson, [Applause] Riley Don Anderson, [Applause] Tucker Fenick Anderson, Emberlin Lee Ansbro, [Applause] Emilio Andres Aranda, [Applause] Estean Javier Arbalo, [Music] [Applause] David Maximus Arnison, [Music] Aiden Christopher [Applause] Atkinson, Gabriel Allen Aan, [Music] [Applause] [Music] Cruz Adan Baka, Jose Julian, Raul Bayz, Jamie Lee [Applause] Bear, Jason Oliver Baker, Jr.
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You didn't need us to lead the way. You were already leading it yourselves. And that leadership came in many forms. Planning events, cheering on classmates, and yes, getting completely soaked in the name of school spirit. But the class of 2025 isn't defined by a single moment. Like our yearbook theme, points of view reminds us, what makes this class extraordinary is the range of your stories, your talents, your backgrounds, and your perspectives. Together, you created a clearer, fuller picture of what Mountain View truly is and what it can be. So, as you step forward, take that Mountain Lion pride with you. Keep leading, keep listening, and keep honoring all the points of view around you. And if life ever tries to soak you again, laugh, regroup, and remember you can handle it. On behalf of the entire Mountain Views High School staff and administration, it is my honor to say congratulations, class of 2025.
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