2020 2021 student parent handbook which contains the student discipline code and they have activities so moved second Joanna yeah yeah thank you Mike Davenport hi do any of us kiss Trexler hi sure Oh fuller hi Nicholas uh great passage I with avocado all right Nancy koepka hi the motion carries the next is the approval of the Board of Education negotiating team members stipends there is a motion for the Board of Education to approve a stipend of seven 1754 members of the board negotiating team and $2,500 for the chief negotiator is presented [Music] I'll move second i'm sorry ii did need an it was Mike and Dan oh my god thank you very much Mike Davenport I and Nicholas I have a session I have an ad oh all right un advise cuz Drexler hi sure all fuller hi Nancy cupca know what the motion carries next we need a motion for the Board of Education who approved the 2020 2021 amended school calendar as presented [Music] so Terry was first as I told Mike was first Terry was second thank you Mike their report I carry passage I have an idol all right you learn about coaster X ler I throw fuller hi Dan Nicholas uh Nancy Kafka hi the motion carries next is the motion for the Board of Education to approve the 2021 2022 school calendar as presented so moved second can i discussion no I I thought that this was going to come back to us next year I misunderstood this is the approval of the draft calendar so it's a forum for a year and then it comes back for a group just like we approved next year's just now understood it wasn't it was the wording always confusing at this time of the year and usually we're approving the prior years at this point but we're not because of what's going on with the situation okay Travis ish I do any vodkas Drexler all right Mike Davenport I sure a fuller hi Dan Nicholas I with Cavanaugh dough I'm Nancy Kafka hi motion carries that we need a motion for the Board of Education to approve the 2021 Board of Education meeting calendar is presented so moved Mike and Terry with it yeah yeah thank you make it a little quicker Mike Davenport why Jerry passage I have an ad oh all right do you want a glass kiss Drexler I sure all four Nicholas Nancy cupca hi the motion carries next we need a motion for the Board of Education to approve the mass facility plan alternate replacing the existing windows in the steam common area so high so moved second Mike and Joanna thank you Mike Davenport I do in Alaska's Drexler I sure all fuller hi there Nicholas no great passage I recover not all I'm and Nancy Kafka i motion carries next is the approval of the technology lease and that is the motion for the Board of Education to improve the four-year lease with wind Trust Bank and an interest rate of three point zero percent up to a maximum least amount of eight hundred and fifteen thousand it authorizes the administration to execute all documents necessary to secure please don't move I'll be second Joanna gets first okay thank you Joanna buzz gives Drexler hi Mike Davenport hi Cheryl fuller Dan Nicholas I carry passage I worked a venado I and Nancy cupca I the motion carries we're moving out of the second reception of visitors for public comment I couldn't hear that we've received no little no it is okay hey stuck in his next video stuck to look really cute report on the legislative education net welcome to page Dan right I will be movement attend the meeting on Friday but I was at the meeting two Fridays ago or the one three Fridays ago there's a lot more questions and answers answers that were raised what's going to happen with the upcoming school year I don't remember the individuals name but we had a sleep representative on that call I mean lots of great questions were asked by the by everybody and not a lot of answers were provided and can adults have any answers were provided yesterday I looked through the material they sent out but they weren't in the same situation we've been in for months a lot a lot more questions than answers today yeah we continue with a lot more questions and answers Lambs Didrik did report from blended it's really the governor's show right now that the legislature is working from the sidelines and is looking for ways to become more involved in the decision making process but is waiting for the appropriate time to do so you could expect there returning this week and we'll have a very expedited session to approve several bills one of them you could expect would be the budget I in whatever shape that's going to take moving forward in other lens news we did approve if you remember a couple years ago peg moved to our own company and then land and hires ethic OHS is the name of the company as consultants that's how how the arrangement is with with PEG working forward we extended her deal with through ethical for another two years so peg will be around for a little bit otherwise we're meeting pretty regularly I think we have another meeting coming up but we see every Monday and Friday I am in meetings Monday it's with all DuPage superintendents and pegas in those meetings and provides us updates and every Friday it is the DuPage County dupay it's the superintendent's in DuPage County that have high schools so that's all the unit districts and the high school districts meet every Friday to discuss what's going on you know in these current times and then we begin working again this week and then next Monday Memorial Day will be working all day with the superintendent's working to come up with plans for whatever comes next so so hopefully somewhere between now and then we get some updated guidance from is B that's been rather slow to arrive and is frustrating a great number of us right now I hear you say you have to do that you have this meeting on Monday a Memorial Day yeah it's it's we just need time to work and that we've been working weekends and nights that's this began Mike so this is par for the course but it's the only way we can carve out time and work on what comes next and still get the jobs done that we have during the regular day so like a lot of folks were we're on call for whatever we need to be right now Wow and thank you absolutely the School Association for special education to Page County Joanna do you do I don't because I did not attend their meeting they switched it to Thursday and I just open the notes today and haven't gone through it but I look at something for next time Terri District 99 Education Foundation yes we we approved three more grants grants thank you I'm here for Jerry that looked very exciting for both North and South High and we'll be bringing those next month for you to approve and then we'll be passing out some money because some of it will be used right in the summer time to prepare for the fall so those are pretty exciting with PE and special ed and some stem work so you know it's just really exciting to see and we're gonna also be working on sending out an appeals letter and for the fall and get ready for that and you know I think that's about it isn't it is the foundation still raising money for oh yes we have called the we have a couple of pass throughs I believe that the shield one is not taking any money right now I think that they we expend the fund it's there yeah that that has brought in about fifteen thousand dollars right at this point we have made and distributed seven thousand face masks they cost about $1 apiece to make but then there's upkeep of machines and maintenance and those kinds of things if we reach a point where we need more money to keep meeting needs then we'll reopen that campaign up that we raise fifteen thousand for that and what like four days I mean there's a very short window we open right now in the provid Relief Fund for families there and in that our administration is identifying families in need and then the foundation is purchasing gift cards for places like jewel all the targets some restaurants and he agree on those kinds of things and then the administration is distributing those cards thank you so much Terrell tell them we also thank you yeah that was really a great and a great opportunity because the families are getting gift cards rather than just cash to to spend at local restaurants which are helping them to and to the jewel and Target we're finding that they're good about is selling this a batch at a time a large one so that they can do 25 and $50 increments and then the principles are the ones that are requesting those funds and and passing them out if I remember correctly so and that one I believe is still open for donations so you know if if anyone feels like they would like to donate to that go to our website and there is a link to to donate to that fund yes yeah very easy very easy and Foundation has been amazing through all of this you know you look at the face shields and and the a lot of the 3d printers were using there were seed projects from the foundations very they bought the they helped us fund those projects to begin with they've now come full circle this way and then we'd be remiss if we didn't mention Social Fund that although we didn't have many social events at the end of the year that we would have been funding with that the foundation has raised over $10,000 for students in need they can't afford to pay for things like prom or dances or camps or those kinds of things where we'll be able to us once we get those things back up and running we'll be able to help folks afford those things as well and those you can donate to at registration you know that's just a link on the on your registration form for the Angel Fund and and I would imagine that the covert fun is going to be on there too and then strictly to the found so that we can give grants to to our teachers in that and that'll all be on registration area however we we are going to make it a little change to registration we finalize that to them started announcing it that we're going to actually issue the fees statements at the beginning of September so rather than July we have a lot of movement that happens with fees at the start of the year with people changing classes and those kinds of things so over the years we have to do a bunch of refunds and then rebuild people for things so we're going to wait until everybody settled in their classes to put out these statements and they're not going to be due until October let me give that a shot this year we also know this is a time where people might be a little bit strapped so we think that waiting a little bit we're gonna see how it goes this year and see if it cuts down on our amount of work to start the year and if it gives families a little bit of a break to go and October until they need to start paying any fees and a reminder we do allow people to go on to payment plans and to pay that over the course of the year in whatever amount that they can do it some home a little slight tweak and the change therefore this year Oh anything that we can help some of our families because this time has really been a strain on them for a lot of things and why I give our a lot of our families a lot of credit for for doing doing above and beyond not only the first responders but but also just our families in general I mean who would have thought they had to be teachers I mean really it's just incredible to me so thank you parents and and families thank you foundation and finally might you have anything for my ASB I do not okay that we do have to even upcoming board meeting on June 1st we'll have the workshop meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Dominic James I'm happy to say that he was nominated a High School Teacher of the Year this school year and I believe it's appropriate given his dedication of the students and the radio station having been with us just a mere three years he has grown the programs to encompass more broadcasting and student work than ever before thank you to mr. James for his many many hours he dedicates to our students my name is Terry Ramos and I'm lucky and that's call myself the department chair for this wonderful group of students and teachers it is my distinct pleasure this evening to narrate these accomplishments for you there are two organizations honoring us this year the Indiana association of school broadcasters holds an annual conference and competition for radio students from across the state at the University of Indianapolis the network is submitted prior to the conference but students also compete live in various roles that are judged that very day we received many 1st 2nd and 3rd place awards which was very exciting but I think the students were a little shocked to realize that with all they had they also won the is B's prestigious and coveted title of radio station of the year the photo you see here on the left-hand side is just after that announcement they were thrilled due to restrictions and who attends the picture only shows part of our radio staff the Intercollegiate broadcasting system marked its 80th year for hosting a national conference at Hotel Penn in New York for high school and college broadcasters we were lucky enough to attend this wonderful event before current events took a turn that competition draws work from across the nation and offers our students opportunities to learn from some of the best in the field it also puts our students against other high schools and in one category even other college students join me as I highlight some of whj greatest achievements this year at these two conferences again these are only our first place awards at the state and national levels and many other students had earned other levels of recognition so let's begin Nicholas Beckman grade 11 won a national award for his part in a comedy show with four other students who will also be highlighted in this presentation nicholas carlson grade 11 won a national award for his specialty music show Jess Cooper grade 11 very special young lady because she is one of those students who did go into competition for manager of the year against not only other high school students but college students as well and our very own Jess Cooper won that national award we're very very proud of her and lucky to have her to help lead all of our students well Courtney grade 11 he won for his part in the comedy show that's also a national award Jace Terry grade 12 he is one of our outgoing seniors and he won both at the state level and national level for his sports cast work Luke Donovan grade 11 national award for his soccer play by play Chris Elmore grade 11 national awards for political news show spot news interview and his work with that five man comedy show Harel halevi grade 11 national award for the comedy show Konnor Inskeep grade 12 a national award for his public service announcement promo Charlie Maur grade 12 national award for his women's basketball play by play ethan mana Guinea grade 11 national awards for his comedy show as well as his morning show the many guinea mixed down Jaclyn Meili O'Brien grade 11 a state award for for her in-depth podcast page or vol grade 12 a national award for her liner sweeper this is a particularly difficult award to win it is to put in a perspective for you it's like a station identification of sorts something that's very short and so lots of students do these and it's very difficult to create something that is good enough to beat out many many other entries so congratulations to page on that Niharika Kalevala grade 12 national award for her sound effects work she did that for a recording of where the wild things are Kendra Perkins greed 12 she won a national award for her talk program that she does with another student he'll be up here next that's called the three-headed snake and her underwriting spot as well Spencer Pickering 312 the other half of the talk program three-headed snake a national award for that as well as his sports interview and David wieder half's grade 11 the National Award for his men's basketball play by play this concludes our presentation today thank you to all of our students for a job well done and our teacher mr.
McHenry's reins as she takes on her new challenge early childhood education is one of my passions and I've always said to myself and to my colleagues that you know if we can only get to the families earlier and this opportunity will give me the chance to do that this is my opportunity to support and nurture and transition pre-k and kindergarten families into the public education setting well at the same time I'll learn the strengths and the areas of improvement in this early learning environment at Cushman school so I've had experience in all facets of Education from early education to the college level I enjoy working with teams that hold children most important in their decision-making as I know that Dartmouth does that currently I've been working remotely with some of the staff at Dartmouth and I can already feel that there's a connection there and I feel that it'll be a team that will be a wonderful one to work with and I hope to contribute to it as much as I possibly can right now I've been really busy as I'm sure all of us in the country have been doing all educators it's just preparing a safe and secure way to get folks back into the building and bring children into the schools and whatever kind of hybrid or you know model remote model we might need so I've been working really hard here in Falmouth and at the same time trying to you know do as much as I can now to start learning names and eating you and and seeing I this is an interesting situation I'm very lucky to uh to be taking on a position where I you know I haven't been in a school yet I haven't met anybody face to face yet except through zoom and and to feel the way I feel already I'm just I'm really excited about it so I am I don't want to take up your time tonight but I am willing and able to answer any questions that you might have of me or anything I can do to help with the transition process it'll just let me know great great crit yeah guess I'll set off first and foremost welcome to Dartmouth we are very happy to have you I speak for myself anything for the rest of the committee that we are very proud of the Dartmouth public school system and the the set of individuals that doctor gifted has put together over the years and I look forward to I sure we all look forward to you coming on board and bringing our expertise expertise I'm just curious um what brings you to Dartmouth whoa what did you see in darkness that I really draw that really drew you to Dartmouth I I have to tell you strategic plan is very similar to the treaty to plan that I helped build here in Falmouth I believe in access and equity and reaching all children and being it supports that provide everybody the access that they need to be able to appreciate the teaching that's done by our professionals and and I know that you know our populations are similar with regards to children and their social emotional needs and that variance working with children that have some deficits in those areas and I feel that I could you know bring a lot to Dartmouth in that area but also you have safety and security I believe was a primary aspect of your strategic plan and that too I've been it's very very important to me for children to be safe and secure I believe in partnerships and they can come in forms of PLC's within a school building or they can come within the building's they can come within the district at different levels and also from the community and the families so I really AM excited about you know just building partnerships and that dynamic because you know together so much more can be done excellent well you really are joining a great team I think and I wish you nothing but success great thank you I'm excited about I really am all right John thank you madam chair Jeanine walk Justine welcome aboard thank you question I have for you is what do you see is some of the challenges with early in this day and age with early childhood education yeah I'm sorry so some of the challenges that I see yeah and how do you tackle them okay so I believe that some of the challenges are that some of the majority of the families can be younger though they're coming into you know first time situations with many of the children coming into preschool or kindergarten it just the challenges sometimes to bring the families along to believe that we are all in this for the betterment of the child and to have them have trust in us and to believe that we have the same priority which is the health and welfare of their child and some of the challenges are just you know some some families may have come through public education and not have had the great experiences that many of us have had and hold on to that and now they're bringing their babies back to that same setting that they once you know maybe didn't have such every morning time with and there's a lot of I think anxiety and and maybe just a to be supported in a way that can really you know have them believe what we're doing and know that we're a team and we're working together pretty good thank you I appreciate that you're welcome Erin yes hi Justine I just wanted to welcome you I was reviewing your resume and it's quite impressive and I think you have a lot to offer Dartmouth and um as someone who's been in the Dartmouth system for a long time I know you're gonna be very pleased with the different personnel what you need and I just want to wish you the best in your new endeavor oh thank you so much I really appreciate that you're welcome dr. Jenkins I just also want to welcome you and I don't know if I'm ELISA has scoped out like what everyone on the board where we're coming from but if she did she'll probably tell you that for early childhood education I am play is the magic word for me you know I I think it's just so important for our youngest kids to have fun at school right because what we're teaching them when they start is to the love of school and that's the most that they can learn so that's music to my ears just so you know I love to hear talk about the fun that they're having and it sounds like you have great background and great variance I'm sure you're gonna create and create a positive learning environment for those kids great I believe in play you know it's primary that's how we all began to learn to to be I don't know just to be personable to be people to navigate those conversations I mean play is learning as well so I don't see a real clear gentle delineation between play and teaching and learning you can make everything I mean we can be playing in the fourth grade right and still be learning at the same time so it's all in the approach and the messaging I think and the opportunity to to let the expectation be that play is learning echo I just want to welcome you you know as you're learning through this remote you know time you've got a great team that you'll be working you know alongside and learning from and and and teaching as well in John you know my fellow colleague out here so it was talking about challenges and what a challenge yeah you have right now you're like living it and so you know with turning 3 and all of that stuff that you know is yet to kind of be kind of ironed out and and kids coming back and then and the feelings around feeling safe and so I'm sure you'll reading your resume I'm sure you'll rise to that occasion and I guess my advice is just realize oh shucks in with those that are mentoring you here in the district the great team and I have you know the staff that's there and Melissa as well and they'll lead you and help you so just don't feel like you're you're at it alone you know in this remote time so right thank you I'm looking forward to meeting the Cushman staff tomorrow mom Melissa's invited me to her staff meetings so that will be happening I know there's so much I'd like to be doing and I know I don't really officially start till July first while I still am here at my school doing our district and having the challenges here it's just I wish there was two of me right now one that could be working in Dartmouth and one could be doing Falmouth you know but I'm really trying to just meld the two together and try to learn from both districts at the same time because we're all dealing with similar challenges it's just you know particular time I guess I am looking very forward to meeting the the staff and Cushman's well thank you thank you one else no well thank you for taking time to stop in to this meeting and introduce yourself it's been a pleasure and I look forward to getting to know you more bye wonderful okay so actually I'm going to turn it right back over to you dr.
probably still remotely and on June 15th lever business meeting at CSUN and where the you'll notice that it's not just a a workshop on the first we're gonna have a we want to just at this time of the year get people that were hiring approved so we'll have a personnel report for approval that night mark is also going to come back with some bond things that evening so we don't have many agenda items that night but just to get all of those processes rolling we'll probably have a shorter meeting on June 1st and then a more traditional business meeting on the 15th which is one will say farewell and good luck to people I just I just have one other thing I don't know if Hank wants to jump in on this a little bit but remember our graduating seniors we're honoring them on Friday at 8:20 right right here I was going to Gary oh I'm sorry steal your thunder but thunder all you want it's not about me it's about our kids yes absolutely I I just didn't want us to forget about them because you know Friday Friday Eddie the kid wanting to use communities of Downers Grove Wood Ridge Lyle and carrion I think I got everybody there it involves passed resolutions to recognize the class of 2020 on Friday at 8:20 p.m.
James of course and thank you again to the board and all attendees for taking part in tonight's events well thank you again Terry and we have one more presentation from Terry on the pinnacle and pinnacle with awards from Indiana High School Press Association sheriff Jones and journalism Education Association thank you you good evening this presentation highlights the work of the Carmel High School median communications department and specifically the work of our students to produce the pinnacle yearbook we'd like to begin by thanking the board for this moment of recognition we're proud of our students and grateful to share their accomplishments with you we're also appreciative to the administration at both the district and Building level for their continued support and finally a big THANK YOU to the parents as well and it was apparent the countless hours and efforts required to support their children and their various classes and endeavors we do it for them because we love them but it doesn't mean it's not difficult on some days so thank you I'd like to take a moment to introduce the pinnacle Advisor Claire Burk she does an amazing job with our students teaching them the skills they need in journalism but also in job management students learn to collaborate manage their time persist over long periods of time an entire school year as a matter of fact they innovate and they lead it is a testament to the work that she does with our students that we are here this evening to celebrate my name is Terry Ramos and I am lucky enough to call myself the department chair for Carmel High School's media and communications department for yearbook this year there were three awarding organizations Herff Jones who polishes our yearbook compiles the best of the best book from across the nation called the portfolio the pinnacle was chosen for this distinction this year due to their outstanding work and the portfolio has a wide audience as it is sent out across the nation the Indiana High School Press Association out of Franklin Indiana provides schools each year with the opportunity to have their books critiqued on many aspects when books reach a particular level of quality that also reflects the IHS piays core values of truth courage integrity and freedom they are awarded the Hoosier star status once the status is attained the book is then entered into a second competition in which schools are separated by size and further scrutinized for quality in that second round the pinnacle earns superior accolade for its depiction of the 2018-2019 school year although nominated for the 1920 year as well that decision will not be made until October of the journalism Education Association is a National Organization for student journalists students attend conferences and compete for awards along with scholarship dollars this year we have a student who were in first place for sports copy and captions and I will highlight this accomplishment later in the presentation but first please join me in honoring the following seniors who have been on staff for three years this means that they began taking yearbook classes in their freshman year applied for staff and have been with us ever since many of them are also managers and editors the student staff members that lead the entire student staff to these outstanding awards and recognitions each year and also the people who lead all of the other students into creating such an amazingly large color yearbook we thank you students for your hard work and dedication to the pinnacle and for recording student life for posterity and a truly spectacular fashion we know that you found family in the pinnacle yearbook room and that family will miss you as you move forward into your next steps in life so without further ado our first senior Samantha Montgomery editor chief Sandhya sahjhan editor-in-chief Colleen Harless managing editor cassadee burns reporter Megan Daggett reference editor Nathan Finley reporter in a blue people editor Molly mo Danny sports editor Stephanie Morton photographer Brian win senior ads editor Chloe Raimi reporter Riley sickles reference editor Emma Huber sports editor and finally this is Zach Gonzalez he is an 11th grader and he achieved an excellent from the journalism Education Association for his work on the yearbook in sports copy and captions congratulations to Zach as well as all of our seniors we wish you well on your next steps thank you to the board again for having us and we wish you all a good evening thank you thank you again Larry the next presentation which is our final presentation related to student achievements this evening as the presenter is Miss Lora cardamon the deca sponsor and she will be presenting on the 2020 state career development Becca conference you now we have caramel deca students who place first in their event at the state career development conference that take place between March 1st and 3rd Carmel deca had over 400 students this year and many computed at the district competition at Carmel High School this past January afterwards deca students worked very hard and diligently prepared for the state competition although the international career development conference was unfortunately cancelled this year we are extremely proud of our students and are extremely happy that they got to attend the state competition before we recognize our students we want to recognize this year's Carmel Douga advisors as I put in countless hours to help prepare their students and help them succeed first off we have John Albers Laura cardamon Robert Holman and Jill null and now for our students who plays first estate we have Connor Clayman Lea O'Connell genin E as we're on Nathan Frank Clair Q on you of ajosh Megan Schafer Adrianna turi ceragem rhea acharya ramesh baat jaam be Bhatia wind bright Michael Byers Megan Fortier Andrew kerson James Gaston Oh Connor Joya Alegria wall Lauren Harmon Trevor coolican Carter limb fell pull meta Eric Nelson Nishida purse on Andrew Sanchez Kate Stanton Melissa Sue alex van Bieber Kaitlyn Lang grace shoe Lindsey Zhang Wendy Joo Malik I Emily Clevenger Jessica dibala Connor Ferrell Sarah Frederick's Kiara Garcia Zach Joya Sarah Jackson Jae Hee Kim mofei Tallulah Koya Hanna Leo Jacob Mahone Spencer Pickering William rice Noah summer and last but not least Kieran Thomas we are so proud of all of our caramel deca students and a big congratulations to all of our state winners well thank you again for all those great presentations it is one of the things that we as a board look forward to you every month hearing about the fantastic accomplishments of our students next on the agenda is public comment once again public comment guidelines bylaw zero one six seven point three has been modified for this remote meeting community members were permitted to submit written comments by completing the public comment form between noon and 5:00 p.m.
Gifford you have a presentation to make to to deserving Dartmouth high school seniors so the courses are absolutely so and I know we're going to have mr. Tebow I'm bored here as well as the two students they'll be coming into our meeting but tonight we are very excited to be able to award two of our excellent seniors Sabrina Pires and Victor Gonzalez each with the Massachusetts Association of school superintendents certificate of academic excellence these students were selected by and recommended to me were selected by the high school are recommended to me as students who have excelled in their studies as well as being acknowledged as peer leaders and the to boot tonight we have an extra special announcement to make and then I'm going to ask mr. Tebow to speak about our students and and give a little bio about both of them but we have been informed by the high school that mr.
so that's 20 20 and 24 hour time where for 20 seconds I'd like everybody to go out and make some noise for our graduates so go out and bang a pot in the pan or sing a song or honk Oh horn or just scream because you're tired of looking at all or walls of your house in honor of our graduates on Friday that's when that's the night graduation would have been occurring operating Downers Grove would prefer that people don't parade right now so yep just make noise at your own house out in front yard now is there gonna be anything else for our seniors yeah well we're working on what will actually happen with graduation and those kinds of things we have to get whatever plan we're working through approved by DuPage County Health Department so we're looking at what options are out there right now we're looking at their guidance and then we expect in the next week or so to have things announced right now our staff is really working on last week was getting everything to our seniors and that kind of distribution this week they're working on all the plans to get everything back to grades nine through eleven and to close out this school year with braids and everything else and then as this week goes on we'll really start focusing on graduation whatever happens we have it slated to happen on the nights and we reschedule for so whatever virtual thing that happens will be released on those that makes that we rescheduled for well the signs were really nice I saw them in some neighbors yards and it was really a nice touch to have that done and then it was also nice to see that young lady from South High in was it people people yeah I mean what a nice nice ending to it eighteen year if you have a chance to hop on Twitter and look at any of the feeds from the last week you'll see starting about two weeks ago our administrative team and volunteers out distributing science and students graduates lawns and then last week was really focused on the end of the Year awards so teams and departments showing up at kids houses that were getting department awards and the year-end awards and celebrating each of them virtually a great deal on Twitter it was great to see all of those pictures and that going on I know and Janice really enjoyed the opportunity and their teams to get out and see some kids from some safe social distance and celebrate kids which is really what this year this time of the year is always about and has really been lacking for us because we haven't been able to be around them so it was fun to follow that virtually and it was a great way to celebrate our kids over the last couple of weeks and thank you to our staff for doing all of that for them because they they put in a lot of extra work with all of this and we can't say thank you enough so thank you so much and you really want to thank everybody make a contribution to the coab 19 fund through the fire oh yes do we have a we have a motion to just go ahead trail hearing seconds all those in favor have a good day everybody take your distance take care and I have a question for you yeah sure when we're offline
today this month for this month's meeting we received one response to the public comment forum for the meeting the comment was questions on how elementary schools will deal with social distancing and related matters in elementary school in the fall the comment was from Xu Jing of 142 88 Murphy circle east in Carmel we thank you for your comment and instead of reading the comment the comment will be shared with the summary of this meeting and all the board members have had the opportunity to review the comment before the meeting in addition at our last meeting we provided a link to provide comments to the school day a recommendation presentation we will have a revised recommendation presented later in the meeting but as of noon today we had received 396 comments and a number of additional emails so those of you that provided comments thank you I read all those comments and based upon past experience I know that all the other board members read all the comments all 396 plus a number of emails we thank you very much for your input and we look forward to the revised recommendation from dr.
Richard Gill as you know one of our assistant principals has volunteered to sponsor two scholarships for these students so these scholarships will be funded by the gill Family Charitable Trust Fund in mr. gills father's name for $1,000 each so we are so appreciative to mr. Gill for again coming on board last year and just wanting to do something for our students and I can't thank him enough and I'm sure the students will be very appreciative of that so with that I'll turn it over to mr. Tebow to speak about our two students thank you dr. Gifford so I just want I wanted to talk about our two students so the first recipient of the superintendent's Excellence Award is a young man who has taken the most rigor coursework offered at Dartmouth high school completing seven advanced placement courses during his four years of study which has placed him at the top of our graduating class you know he didn't do that great in those courses he did have you know his lowest grades were an A with several a pluses in those seven AP courses Victor's a young man who emigrated to the United States from Brazil in 2003 and he became an American citizen last year he's the class of 2020 s vice president he's the mellah phone section leader in the national championship Dartmouth high school marching band in addition to that he's a member of the Jazz Band and an integral member of the 75-71 robotics team at Dartmouth high school where he handled all of the programming responsibilities Victor's been keeping himself busy during the quarantine this exceptional young man is passionate about researching diabetes which is motivated in part by his 10-year dealings with diabetes as a type 1 diabetic and so he's looking forward to researching diabetes as he continues his studies and during quarantine he's already programmed an application that allows him to collect in-stores blood sugars for the next year after which time he plans to analyze those results and focus his research on how best to stabilize and treat blood sugar later I can think of no one more deserving of the recognition tonight Invicta gonzalez and i don't believe i've mentioned but he'll be continuing his education in the fall at harvard where he'll attend on a full-ride scholarship so we are very proud of Victor and offer him congratulations as one of the two recipients this evening the second recipient of the superintendent's Excellence Award is a young lady who has demonstrated herself to be an exceptional member of the Dartmouth high school community in her own right she too has taken many of most rigorous courses offered at Dartmouth high school during her four years as a student including five advanced placement courses and in fact just today we're very proud of her she sat for the AP biology exam and we're positive she did very well on that she's a member of the National Honor Society she has served this class secretary for the past two years she's a member of the principal's Advisory Council and she's served she served as all as one of the captains of the girls soccer team Sabrina Pires is very deserving of recognition tonight and she will be continuing her education in the fall in the Honors Program at Emmanuel College studying neuroscience so congratulations to Sabrina as well wonderful yeah I would like to turn it over to my colleagues on the committee who have to go John first and foremost Victor congratulations you I I can I can I can let the community know this about Victor what-you-see-is-what-you-get I've had the privilege of having him in the band being under my tutelage and everything for the past five years and a nicer young man you will not meet I mean he's always very pleasant very very kind you know doesn't until I saw this today in all seriousness I had no idea he was that kind of a student he doesn't run it out there or anything of that nature and is always looking to help people so Victor congratulations I'm very proud of you thank you mrs.
Beresford later in the meeting next on the agenda is consent this month we are approving the following consent items the personnel report the claims report and payroll may have a motion to approve consent so move thank you a second second Leila Thank You Leila do we have any discussion now go through the roll Katie any questions questions Thank You wearing any questions no questions thank you thank you leave any questions no thank you Thank You Pam any questions no thank you so we will now vote since we have video of the meeting we will vote by raising our hands when I ask so board members please raise your hand if you go in favor of consent thank you I see it's unanimous five approved consent so motion carries consent is approved next on the agenda we have two out dr. Beresford I'm sorry would you like to make a comment I would I'd like to actually dish it over to dr.
Sabrina congratulations you know to take you know going into honors it and a manual for neuroscience or that type of deal is something you know listen I you know I have no idea of science and math were not my two strong I can I can assure you of that but I just you know being as involved as you are and Victor it's you know people don't realize what's what students do in high school these days and congratulations and wish you nothing but the best you muted okay I'm gonna go next Sabrina and veteran extreme extremely proud of both of you want be first the two students your age what a set of achievements that both of you have done during your four years in high school I myself cannot be prouder of the two of you I wish you nothing but success in college this is what an awkward time we're in you know looking at where we've come and where we're going but I have faith that the two of you you no matter what you set your set your goals to be that you will achieve those goals I think there's no doubt in my mind so once again congratulations on this very impressive award and it sounds like the two of you are just very modest about it so you know take this and enjoy this time in your life so congratulations thank you dr.
Oh strike because when you pass the consent agenda you employed a very important person in the district so dr. Roe strike c'mon Phil Stinson thank you dr. bears Ford president kirchner and members of the board we are extremely pleased to welcome mr. Jeff Hester as our new assistant athletic director at Carmel High School Carmel clay schools received a hundred and seventy two applications from candidates all over the state and beyond for this important role Jeff earned his bachelor's degree from Indiana University in Bloomington and his master's degree from the University of Akron in Ohio mr. Hester has served as a high school athletic director for the past 17 years in the state of Indiana he was the athletic director at Heritage Christian for five years and most recently served as the athletic director at Columbus North High School with an enrollment of over 2000 students under Jeff's leadership his student-athletes have achieved 12 teen IHSAA state championships and produced eight individual IH IHSAA state champions most impressive are the nine IHSA a mental attitude Award winners under his direction and leadership Carmel High School Athletic Director Jimmy insky wanted to share that Jeff started the champions together initiative at Columbus North which will add to our already strong program at Carmel his background is a leader will bring many new ideas to our athletic department to make it even stronger Jeff's personality and positive attitude will be a great fit in the culture established by our coaching staff and student athletes we are excited for Jeff's future work with Carmel High School as well as with our student-athletes I also wanted to take a a small minute to share with you that has it has been wonderful hiring all of the new teachers to Carmel clay schools and what I've especially noticed are all the teachers who have left the district for example if they had to move and relocate and who we are hiring back we have a handful of outstanding teachers that we are hiring back and that's truly a testament to the climate and culture of Carmel clay schools our buildings our parents our students our teachers and our principals and it is extremely refreshing to experience that in my role so thank you very much well thank you dr.
Jenkins so I will just echo my colleagues comments and say you know congratulations to the both of you serving on the school committee can be a bit of a thankless job but when you hear stories like the two of you or I think we're all reminded of why we do this you make us all very proud everyone on the committee I think and everyone in this district and I wish you both the most success in the next few years as you head off to college congratulations Carol I don't know what I can add to that other than it's amazing what you both have accomplished and I know it took a lot of hard work and a lot of effort on your part and with the support of your parents and your family and friends and teachers you have so much to be proud about and I I know your future is bright and you know where we're depending on you the new people coming up are students that are graduating going on to college you're a future leaders so I'm so happy for you it's so proud of you and wish you nothing but the best so thank you yeah I just echo my colleagues lots of pride you know you should be proud of yourselves and you have so much to look forward to and it will be fun to kind of watch you along the way to see what you achieve so congratulations great thank you they have anything to say Kathleen yeah if either one of you and you you're muted but Victor I mean it's been such an honor thank you my I don't know why going through high school I mean it definitely was tough like I never knew like what could really happen you know what I'm saying it's kind of like that thing we're like I don't know never thought that what I could do was possible until like whatever like junior year whatever like then you get thing you're like wow you you really look back you're like wow this is like I'm very honored and it's been an experience that I will never forget and I'm going off to college and I look to be or whatever I pursue as long as they come happy as possible and as long as I'm really having a good time because I know everything along side of that will come and even in quarantine rightly I don't know I guess it's what you make of it right obviously it's not a time that any one of us could have really expected but to say that I don't know I've found happiness and passion within quarantine right with my with my research project for diabetes and I guess like I don't know going through Highschool i just do a bunch of class and stuff and you never really look at the meaning behind or i feel like a lot of students don't always look at the meaning behind some of these classes what you can do with it and even in quarantine like to pursue what makes me most happy i've found a really good time doing what I want to do I've used and it's funny because like everything that I've learned in school but you never think like oh I'm not gonna be I'm not gonna use this and then to find like a project we're all kind of merged itself together into something awesome so I'm super excited to see what college has for me and I'm super excited to know the people that I'm gonna meet in the experience that I'm gonna have and I really thank all of you for giving me such an honor it's been such a pleasure to go together I almost had to leave because I actually am and it was um I have to go through this school of choice that was kind of scary not gonna lie but glad everything worked out awesome and it worked out perfectly fine and I really can't say that Darwin or any other school could have provided me such an awesome opportunity than normal that's a great perspective so much better no problem um I don't really know how I really like just being in a class I'd like such amazing and educated like people and like it's just like been an honor just to learn from others and learn from Victor and like he's like kind of like I kind of look up to him a little bit like he's like very positive and smart and like I don't know nothing stops him so like I'm just thankful that I could even be considered next to him like it's really crazy that I could even like stand next to him at this point so yeah I'm just thankful for all the opportunities I've been given and even just being thought of for this I've never mind chosen this is crazy so yeah thank you very welcome thank you gratulations yes congratulations thank you for popping in to this meeting to let us honor you great thank you [Laughter] wonderful thank you let's say so we move on next on our agenda we have public comment so I at the beginning I think I overheard or I don't know if people want to continue with public comment at this point maybe check in with Kate to see if anyone has submitted comment I have not received any testing okay so how does the committee feel do you want to push this to the end of the meeting and to see if anything comes or I'm fine without - all right so let's do that then you the contact information so yep so let me just repeat so anyone who is watching and wants to comment on any item that's on our agenda you can do so by emailing Kate Gunther who is our recording secretary she'll be checking her email her email is listed on the bottom of this video but I'm gonna fill it out now as well it's Kathleen with a k and Gunther so ka th l e en g en th and ER at dartmouth schools o RG so an F at the end of school so please if anyone has any comments feel free to I just lost everyone feel free to email Kate and she will when we revisit public comment at the end of the meeting so we'll move on to the next item for agenda is the approval of minutes and so we have we have a few so I don't know you want to take these the regular session together or separately I'll entertain a motion to approve minutes as you so choose so we the regular and executive session minutes of our April 27th meeting and then we also have the minutes in your packet for the May 11th meeting which was we were in executive session but then we also were in a joint session with the Flex board and the Finance Committee that's your regular session first okay the regular session minutes of April 27th so moves okay any discussion all in favor aye okay and so next thank you John for the May 11th joint session make a motion we approve the joint session minutes of May 11th what they were I'll second that okay all right any discussion all in favor all right great and so now I will entertain a motion for the executive session minutes of April 27th so madam chair with the stipulation today be held until the matter for which they were intended is completed thank you john ii Thank You Shannon okay okay and then finally we have the executive session minutes for the May 11th meeting so move madam chair with the stipulation that they be held until the matter they were intended as complete I'll second thank you sir any discussion all in favor okay thank you so next on our agenda we have the organization of of committee and so with that I just want to go ahead I'd like to make a motion to nominate mr.
ho strike and welcome Jeff next we will move to action items the first action item is materials adoption the presenter is dr. Dudley thank you so this evening I bring you part 1 for a recommendation to adopt these materials last month I brought these to you for discussion as you recall these are new materials that we are recommending to adopt for several of our new courses that we have it the heights that we'll have at the high school for this next year to include courses and family consumer science courses in math science wellness and performing less thank you dr.
Oliver just herb as chair or the Dartmouth School Committee for the next year I'll second that any discussion all in favor aye okay great thank you I would I would like to make a motion to however were we supposed to nominate right no man I want to make a motion to nominate Shannon dr. Shannon Jenkins for the position of vice chair of the Dartmouth School Committee I'll second that I'm realizing now we probably were supposed to ask Chris if he accepted the nomination but big Roque I didn't I didn't say no and I think now I'm supposed to ask for nominations for a vice-chair right all right so Kathleen made the motion to nominate Shannon Jenkins as the vice chair and dr.
Dudley may I have a motion to approve damaged materials adoption recommendation so moved so move Lila thank you wait a second Pam Thank You Pam we will next move to discussion Haiti any questions questions Thank You Lynn any questions no questions thank you Thank You Leila any questions no Thank You Pam no questions okay again we will now vote by raising our hands so if you're voting in favor of the materials adoption please raise your hand thank you that's five in favor I'll ask for any opposed there being no one left to vote opposed motion carries so let the record reflect five in favor next we have a presentation and recommendation on changes to the school day dr. Beresford you all right thank you appreciate the opportunity to bring this back to you as an action item and want to share with you the recommendation we have had a revision to the recommendation and I'll explain a little bit about that later but first off the original recommendation for Carmel High School in the middle schools to begin at 8:45 a.m.
Kara photos you second at that yes I did any other discussion Chair hearing none all in favor aye do you accept Shannon I got out of it last year you covered for me because I was in Japan but I will step up and I just like to thank Kathleen for the great job she did you Kathleen you were courageous and I was I stepped back when it was time to be a chairperson you know you went forth good for you if I may Chris absolutely yeah I know Thank You Shannon thank you everyone you know it's been my pleasure to serve on this committee as chairperson over the past year you know we've it's been quite a year we've you know worked through some pretty complex issues and you know it's been really an honor to serve and to see all of you in sort of a different light more directly and you know all of us I feel all of you are so committed to you know you look at other districts you hear things in the paper and being on a school committee might be some sort of political move and in a certain way and and each and each of us comes to this and serves in with you know diligence and you know just a real focus on what's good for the kids and and what works for our staff and its really been it's been a pleasure to to work with you we all have our own perspectives we we do our own research and but we come to the table with respect and teamwork and it's it's been it's been a pleasure but I'm happy to pass the torch to Chris Thank You Kathleen and I'm happy to accept it and with that being said you know I think it's really important to thank you for the job that you did this year and I do agree with Kathleen and I hope my colleagues will agree with me as well is that in some communities and then some school districts people do come to the table work with agendas whether it's for you know personal reasons or whether it's for big broader reasons but but I'm really happy you know that I think this is my seventh year now on the committee and I'm really happy to serve with the five of you I think we all bring a unique perspective to the table we all have our strengths and weaknesses and I think really most importantly is that we all respect the the role of the superintendent of schools in which we allow I think and I at least want to believe we do we allow dr. Gifford and her staff to operate the school district like they're supposed to on a daily basis and do what's best for the school come I'm not for the school committee before the school department as a whole and really look to you know we really stay within I think we do a really good job staying with our bounds and reason of you know doing the responsibilities given to us under Mass General law overseeing policy budget you know and obviously the role of the superintendent so I think we've done a great job to five of us given you know given dr.
and end at 3:45 p.m. is still exactly the same as presented before the second recommendation that for elementary schools has changed so the recommendation for the elementary schools will begin at 7:50 a.m. and then end at 2:35 p.m. which is currently that when we dismissed the elementary schools now that is 15 minutes shorter than our previous recommendations were recommending recommending a an additional 15 minutes to the elementary school day and then finally the last recommendation was the district-wide 40-minute late start days implemented approximately twice a month per teacher professional development and the for those professional learning communities we talked about at the last means with the wrong way no I'd like to start by just taking a little bit of time to go over why the revisions for the elementary school day and kind of explained those already except for the third the third bullet point which is we would take that 15 minutes that we add to the school day and add that to the current 15 minutes of recess that we students currently get each day to create a 30-minute recess block for students each day so probably the question on your minds is you know what's the rationale for making this change in the recommendation and I'll start out with I kind of reiterating what you said mr.
Gifford that freedom to run and operate the district as she sees fit I'm hoping we can continue down that road and you know they're definitely going to have some unique challenges coming up in the fall that's for sure we have some unique challenges we're facing now and the Senate is summer school is going to school ends we have summer school to look at and then we look at what what is fall going to look like in the down public schools so I think that I think we all have a lot on our plate however I'm very optimistic that now that this committee will continue to do what's in the best interest of our students and staff in town so just like to say I'm I'm thankful for the committee that we have in the relationship we have and in looking to do what's best for our students risk thank you that being said it's going to take me a minute here to get back into some kind of routine all right so the next stop is the organization of these of the school committee know of the where the school community member assignments correct dr.
Kirschner about our feedback that the Board received I had 390 for you at 396 so there must have been a couple extras that got in there but how impressive is that that our school community in our community as a whole you know took advantage of the opportunity to weigh in with the school board and let their you know let their thoughts be known breaking that down a little bit there were in the on the the recommendation for the high schools and the middle schools the secondary changes there were 64 comments that were directly in favor of that in there were 8 comments that were opposed to the you know flipping the times to later for the middle in high schools and the elementary changes there were 13 people that commented who were in favor of that proposal and then there was 94 that were opposed overall there were as far as people that just were in favor of the recommendation are not in favor of the recommendation as a whole was 74 in favor and 48 opposed and there were 93 people that just had general concerns that weren't very committed to one you know one position or another but just had some general concerns and all of those comments and concerns were very thoughtful and and we took you know we took those into account so the rash now well number one when I say we listen to feedback and we've done that all along from our teachers and from our parents and we also pay close attention to study research from experts in the field and whenever you're making a big change getting all those key stakeholders and their opinions is important and weighing those and looking for themes and those responses to kind of see where people are coming from I'm sorry when listening to that some of the feedback we we pulled just from just from the people who had commented back to the board which a large number of those were elementary teachers feedback was concerned about the 30 minutes that the 30 minutes extension to the elementary school day was just too long some teachers expressed that a 7 hour day was too especially for our youngest learners we saw that a lot I'm sure you did too as you read through those comments another thing that was kind of common and some of that was from our elementary teachers who shared that the current day had a sufficient amount of time to accomplish the learning targets that they had and meet both the academic needs as well as the social emotional needs of the students that they were serving now we know from research and common sense that any more time doesn't necessarily increase student learning but it's really more about the time how the time is used and how engaged the students are and learning throughout the day dr.