and policy meeting to 11:30 a.m. start and what about number third and further to change the date of November 3rd to November 4th that Mr Carr is making an amendment or a change to his motion is the second accepting of the change I think it was miss you Jenny yes miss would a question before we I just wanted to ask one who has had children on a sports team who practice after school what time is that that your student is usually done with his practice and could get to a meeting you know if this football team we're going to be recognized could he get to a meeting at 6 o'clock that that's my question 6 o'clock would probably be about the earliest but typically we recognize them offseason anyways we recognize them after their season has ended so unless they're in another sport that's I was thinking mostly of students who might have things after school who would like to be at the boarding board meeting or who are being recognized even though they I'm just wondering if students can get there at 6 o'clock I'm thinking that students might need a 6:30 time so that they could be there whether I really said you know some students may not have a commitment but others might and I just was trying to understand what the students might need I think typically I don't think there's that big of a difference between 6:00 or 6:30 for the athlete and I think if we made a special request hopefully their coaches would you know would would honor that that night as well so all right any additional discussion I believe we need to hear whether this is your jetty will second the motion that I will second it okay so we have and you have to help me with this document court we have change in times of our meetings our policy meetings will begin at 11:30 our board meetings and work studies and for this next cycle the November meeting will be moved to November 4 yes that's correct is that correct okay so the motion is before you we will now vote yes whooping if he will pull the board those in favor please thank you Miss Wolfson item 7.03 is approval of renovation of Elvis to Lakes parking lot dr.
McCord thank you dr. santa cruz governing board members before you now we ask for your approval of the revision of our hot this is something that miss Benson mr. Dutch over will you about this is Velva Solis is scheduled to have their parking lot redone and in addition due to not just the safety but just the overall traffic flow buses and drop off and pick up from parents it's an opportunity to make construction right in terms of improving the flow of that traffic with that I'll turn it over to miss Betts thank you dr. McCord before we do that we have item 7.03 in front of us is there a motion so moved thank you miss Humphries is there a second okay we will hear mr. Dutch over and Miss bets and then we will have our discussion good evening again governing board members let's just summarize the project and if there's any details that you need to have answered mr.
Dutch over is here as well so if you recall the vessel was having their parking lot totally torn up and redone a year ago at that point in time I had been told by numerous people that the traffic patterns associated with bus traffic as well as parent drop-off and pickup traffic FL Vista links was the worst in the school district and needed to be addressed so at that point in time I asked Albert if we could delay this project until this summer so that we were able to come up with an appropriate solution to not only take care of the parking lot but also to improve the traffic patterns and to improve the separation between bus traffic and parent drop so at this point in time we were able to do that we did come up with several solutions on doing that and we arrived at the at this particular solution which is adding a bus lane to the east totally east of the property is that right Albert it's the North East place no a portion of the parking lot so if you have any other additional specific questions regarding this project would and I are prepared to answer any other questions what's your pleasure regarding proposals if I can just make one comment summarize a discussion that I had missed with miss Beth herb you're on this issue this project because of where it's located actually does qualify or would be allowable to be you to for us to use adjacent waste funds in order to do that this board would have to impose or create a tax for the adjacent Wendy's and as I discussed with her and then to clarify I wanted to make sure that we weren't considering that when I discussed that with her and just recall that when the bond that we're using was given to the voters we included these types of projects on the materials no two of you were on that board and the other three of us were involved with presentation of that bond prior to the time that we were on this board and as a whole I think all five of us in official or unofficial capacities made representations to the community that we would not raise taxes beyond the beyond that and that we would use these bond funds for this type of project so I was grateful that the administration weren't here at that time was proposing to use the bonds and I just want to highlight to our community that we are staying true to what was represented to the voters when they approve these bonds and again thank them for entrusting us and hopefully that the fact that we could be using adjacent ways and not is a further sign of fulfilling that public trust by this board thank you mr.
Carr appreciate these comments is that over anything yeah dr. Santa Cruz I had a question go ahead mr. Humphreys Ms Betts what are the things one of the questions I have because val vista lakes is an older elementary school has the best practice for what should be the traffic pattern changed over the years and so now we are separating buses from vehicles so could you could you ask that again I'm not quickly I followed I'm sorry okay that's okay my question is mr. lakes has a certain traffic pattern that was you know I don't know how old the school is twenty years old thirty years old at that at that time that traffic pattern was considered acceptable now do we have a better practice where we're separating car traffic from bus traffic and you know that's been a change over the years that we now want to go forward and incorporate in the structure of the school parking lot so help help me out here if I'm incorrect but please know that though this the lakes upon first being built was intended to be primarily a walk to school school so not have a great deal of bus traffic the DPS regulations regarding the separation of bus traffic and parent drop-off traffic has been in existence for quite some time so it's just the fact that now with the special education student growth and then the growth of students in general has led to more bus traffic going into Bella Vista Lakes I mean it has been a problem for many many years not just the last few all right I appreciate that clarification thank you thank you Miss unfreeze any additional call so miss Betts if I could add to that I think there's more parent pick-up and drop-off traffic than we had anticipated as well as as different needs have come up in parents dragged their kids differently than they used to or just are at different places so but also I just wanted to comment on so basically the parking lot needs to be redone at this point we're gonna spend money bond money that's what it's for to redo it so that we can maintain our parking lot and I appreciate that you rather than going forward and and redoing the parking lot last year then in a subsequent time you know coming back and then having more additions to that I'm glad that we have actually pulled back I think that's the most efficient way to use our money that we have combined these projects together so and my question was if we were to just redo the parking lot and refinish it and not put this addition this additional bus lane in there how much money would you expect that to be can you help me out with that particular question just off the top of my head I believe we are under 200,000 for that project to maintain the parking lot REE milling and resurfacing of that current a lot as it stands in addition to that yes because we're gonna add another that that Lane or another portion of asphalt parking spaces as well as some other infrastructure to the parking lot would you expect this to be finished by we're looking at this done if we start as soon as possible somewhere around mid mid-july right before school starts it to be totally honest it's going to be similar to what we did at Greenfield as far as timeline is concerned so we're we're gonna we're gonna press the envelope there but I have confidence so we could get it done again that's alright have one question how many additional parking spaces will we add because that is also a challenge about mr.
lakes there's just when people come out for school events or even without school events there's usually a lot of parking right outside the school will be around 20 20 plus so I mean it 22 22 we played around with a few variations but definitely 20 spots in addition to what they currently have okay thank you mr.
doe as bets I appreciate the thought that's gone into this renovation particularly as it relates to commingling of bus traffic and parent traffic and the safety of all concerned I think that's my paramount interest is dollars effectively for safety of all concerned particularly our students but also the efficiency of the time use that our buses have to be there arrive and depart to get to their next run so I think I think this was a to put it off for one year and I think the the plans at least as I observe them look to be acceptable to me at least what remembers any additional commentary then we have item 7.3 in front of us those in favor please signify by saying aye those opposed will say nay miss Wilson please pull the board you have five eyes thank you miss Wilson motion carries and we'll move to item 7.0 for adoption of resolution authorizing the issuance sale school improvement bonds dr. McCord thank you dr.
santa cruz governing board members the speaking were asking your approval to adopt resolution they love school improvement funds we have representatives of best Roosevelt here tonight and I let Bonnie as soon as you make a motion on this introduce the item thank you dr. McCord Jim I'm 7.04 please issue emotion I knew if we adopt the resolution authorizing the issue and sale of school improvement bonds thank you Miss Humphreys is there a second thank you miss Jenny Beth if you will proceed with your presentation and we'll leave it open for commentary and discussion when you are done so I am going to hand the president presentation over to Megan Burt and Bill Davis from Piper Sandler they are our financial advisers and they will give you the high-level information regarding this bonds you know I'm in addition I wanted to let you know that our bond council is here mr.
James Gill from Gus Rosenfeld so he's here to answer any questions you might have about than the legalities so if it's okay Megan I will drive for you and I will share my screen here and okay there we go so Megan just tell me when you need me to move the screen for you okay great thanks good mr. president members of the governing board dr.
McCoy thank you for the opportunity to go to the next slide we haven't before you this evening I'm worth money you go to the neck okay thank you so maybe you're fading mehgan you're fading out they shouldn't forty million dollars will be made up at eight million dollars from your 2015 authorization as well as they'll baby get up jump in be happy to you sorry good evening everyone that's better Megan yeah it's still cutting out though sorry should I just try walking can you hear me I can hear you okay bill yeah okay well let me try so apologies there but the bandwidth or something I think is interfering with Megan's audio so as Megan was saying on this slide the forty million dollar project fund deposits going to be comprised of eight million for technology from the 2015 and Voter authorization that's the final eight million plus 32 million from the 2019 authorization and that's what's kind of depicted down there at the bottom of that slide so you'll see that there'll be no 2015 authorization remaining following this sale and out of the hundred million will be selling for utilizing 32 and they'll be 68 million remaining from the or for the 2019 authorization I'm just real quickly then we can jump to the next slide this is just kind of you know market interest rates rates are really really low as everybody knows there was a little you know dislocation in the municipal market four to six weeks ago rates spiked up you can kind of see that but they've come back down and you know the forecast as we head into June two eyes for you know continued low interest rates so very volatile market but we're going to keep a close eye on it as we move forward you know should you approve the resolution tonight the next slide and again if you have any questions please you know stop stop mean we can we can address them as we go through here too so this is the preliminary financing timetable you know there's a lot of detail on here there's a lot of work that you know will be getting done over the course of the next you know four to six weeks document preparation Gus Rosenfeld the official statement the offering document credit rating presentations just you know everything that it takes to kind of get the bond issue ready for sale and again this looks to a pricing in the you know middle towards the end of July which would mean proceeds at the county treasurer district post bond proceeds for the district at the county treasurer by early to mid August at the latest let me see I think the last couple of slides are just the distribution list you can kind of just see the names the primary you know participants in the in the financing process again the method of sale we're still kind of working on that and you can see his body scrolling down the underwriters have yet to be determined but we will be where we're anticipating that we'll be sending out an RFP request for proposals for underwriter services in the coming weeks so with that I'll open it up for questions bonnie was there anything else that you wanted me to touch on there has any questions for either that would be great members any additional questions or commentary my comment is a thank you to this best for her and communication with each of us individually regarding this proposal for bond sale her explanation was very well done and bill and Megan this just simply serves to support some of the things that Bonnie had already mentioned to us so I'll leave it there and open it up to board members for any additional commentary or question mr. Davis what can you explain what the benefit is to sell the bonds at this time why we're kind of having the timing and feels like we're um pushing through the next couple skip this all done why how would that benefit our district our taxpayers please bill go right ahead man for that jump so I think there's there's a couple primary issues that are being considered relative to the timing one of them you know and one of the most important ones is the district's need for the money so we can get the proceeds into your counted the burgers opposites you can use them for various projects that you need and that were promised to the voters the other is you know the market conditions at this point in time interest rates are so low right now that you know we're anticipating an interest rate that is probably going to be below two percent and that over time is going to save you know district property tax payers you know just a lot of money versus what we have projected and anticipated just you know less than six months nine months ago I do have a sides that that provide information to the board on how we plan on spending the forty million dollars so if there's no questions regarding the actual sale and the financing I can move into that second part of the presentation question so one of the questions I had was when does the authorization for the 2015 bond expire would that end I believe it's ten years so 2025 but yeah bill go right ahead no that is accurate if you know if you hadn't haven't sold the the final bonds within and Megan correct me here too but it as Bonnie mentioned within ten years from the election it would just evaporate if you will go away unused okay all right so I you want to thank you for pointing out how this saves the taxpayer money and I I wanted to ask another question because this is an unprecedented time and should the attacks that the interest rate go up unexpectedly because we know day to day things are very and expected in our world right now should the tech the interest rate go up we would just wait a little while to sell those bonds until we got a better interest rate correct I like it away and then postponed you know for a longer period of time the balance so there's a couple options that are available and this you know this resolution as you've all read to is a not to exceed resolution so you have the ability of selling something less than the 40 million all right thank you for that answer additional commentary questions board members so the question is how do we plan on spending this next forty million dollars how will it be allocated out over the next few years so just wanted to share that in fiscal year 2015 these were the original annual bond spending estimates so please note technology the 2020 initially we were expected to spend 3.3 million dollars 2023 and 3.3 million dollars in 2024 as you know the time frame for all of this spend has been accelerated over the last couple of years simply based upon our needs so of the of the total dollar amount that's available of the eight million dollars from the 2015 about six point six million dollars would be going to technology and about 1.4 million dollars to facility maintenance and Rindell those dollar amounts you can see are in the red font on this slide and moving into 2019 the bond authorization and this is a directive the the pamphlet as well as the information that we shared in our presentation so the large category is worse camera systems and other security components total of ten million dollars performing arts athletic venue upgrades and additions five point six million dollars technology infrastructure and equipment just under twenty million dollars the majority of the hundred million authorization would be going to facility reinvestment about 61 million dollars and finally a small application for million dollars to students asportation to vehicles and equipment that's expected that the total hundred million dollars if you look to the left and under fiscal year 2021 and 2022 you can see that those total along with the eight million dollars from the from the 2015 authorization the nine million plus the 22 plus the eight equates to the forty million dollars and so we plan on spending about a million dollars on the security cameras and infrastructure projects and then again about two 2.2 million dollars a new authorization for technology in 2022 the other six million dollars coming from the 2015 authorization and if these are all estimates so as new information comes to light and we lose a component of one of our buildings or whatever then some of those priorities would change but these high-level categories are pretty close to being accurate so I wanted to just share that and then and then some of the details the security the security spend about seven point seven million front office security upgrades comparable to what we did at mesquite high fencing indoor hardware and then camera systems the one million dollars and then technology various device refreshes which has proven to be something that we were very fortunate to have given the uncertain times and having to do remote learning and potentially offer a bricks and mortar online learning environment at least at the beginning of next year some hybrid of the two giving us more flexibility than many other school districts have and then of course ongoing wire upgrades data centers and servers and then also a disaster recovery capacity and backup system so that's how the dollars would be spent specifically on security and technology and then the next slide gives you some ideas of what the facility reinvestments might look like you can see that we just completed rest your models at Highland High at mesquite high these restroom remodels are needing it bridge Gilbert high and then mesquite jr.
also for the elementary schools you can see listed there flooring again this would be tiling as well as carpeting at Desert Ridge high GC a Highland High Gilbert High Island jr. and mesquite jr. again some comparable projects at the Elementary's and then you can see the other categories that I that I won't go into but but again all of these will be vetted to with you and prioritized ones the further unless you any of you have any additional questions or concerns thank you Miss Betts board members any additional questions or concerns just one question go ahead I know that when we sell bonds and when we put out the pamphlet and our voters vote a minute we have specific allocations that we have to abide by which you've shown but the timing that that is not something that ye we can estimate it but it's not something that we are legally bound to in the same way as the allocations of the money is that correct that's correct what we've made commitment two are on tax rate and the maximum dollar amount the maximum interest amount per each of the bond coupons so are there any other things that committed to on the pamphlet that we are obligated to to know Bonnie that pretty much covers it so I mean in addition to you know the general project definitions parameters that were in you know in the ballot so that's right so we would still absolutely be within our commitment when we sold this bond in 2015 and 2019 if we go ahead with this yes absolutely in fact it may be so well within we're anticipating really sizable savings to the taxpayer over time much less than we ever dreamed of having these incredibly low thank you mr.
Davis board members any additional questions or comment dr. Santa Cruz I wanted to make a comment I just want to point out this slide we are providing a lot of maintenance and repair and upkeep to facilities the taxpayer has already funded and paid for and then we're working to keep them in very good condition for our students and we're putting some money into areas that I think are just exciting you know our athletic facilities our performing arts use much less you know the the day to day things like fluorine and and restroom remodels like I just think that it's critically important that we protect the investment taxpayers have already made by keeping those facilities in great shape and this really I'm really excited to see some of these as they come to fruition thank you Miss Humphries and I would active I would echo that sentiment what remembers anything else saying done then we will vote on item 7.0 for adoption of resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of school improvement bonds all those in favor would signify by saying aye those opposed and signify by saying nay and miss Wilson would you please pull the more you have i buyed thank you the motion passes will now move and I'd like to thank mr.
Davis miss Burke mr. Giles and miss Betts for your work and your presentation regarding this resolution thank you item 8 request for future agenda items members if you have something please submit it to Gabby and she will make sure that we get at least reviewed for discussion will now move to item 9 yes sounded like someone had a comment will now move to item 9 committee reports item 9.01 Gilbert Education Foundation the Humphreys yes I want to report that we had our varsity I'm sorry our scholarship we virtual reception where we had 11 scholarship winners and then also we I believe something like 23 varsity letters in volunteerism it was online on Friday night very well done a very good presentation and we're very thankful for our sponsors who helped fund those scholarships and just really incredible that so many students have given so many volunteer hours so we're looking forward I'm also I do want to mention that uh uh mrs.
Doutzen forwarded to us something that she had received a previous scholarship winner she won the I believe in me scholarship which was tuition to a community college for two years and she has fulfilled that obligation and has her associate's degree and we're just really proud of her for continuing in school and investing in herself to grow her capacity thank you mrs. Humphreys item 9.0 to city of Mesa lays on this would yes I just wanted to report I spoke with the city councilman over the area that and he just wanted to pass on that they received 90 million as part of the cares act some of that's going towards schools for technology we will continue to follow up and see and that will be with Mesa Schools Mesa public schools and GPS I'll follow up and see how that will be used in GPS and then he will need our are pleased to know that United Food Bank and House of Refuge are providing food boxes to anyone that needs food United Food Bank is unfriendlies in house of refuges on Thursdays and Fridays and hopefully as a community we can come together and continue to support those who have needs in this time and we know this so thank you thank you one item 9.03 town of Gilbert ladies on mister car dr.
santa cruz i have not had any further education with the town of Gilbert since our last meeting so I don't have anything to update and mr. Karpe would just pass along from the board and from the superintendent and I know dr. McCord was instrumental in getting this done but I think the mayor and the town council for the lighting of the water tower in celebration of our graduates pass that on I thought it was a great show of support thank you sir item 9.0 for finance and Audit Committee mr. Carr anything there committee postponed its meeting with the suspension of everything going on we've scheduled out so nothing to report thank you sir item nine point zero five insurance and trust representative miss you Jenny Cruz we had probably the shortest trust meeting today that I think I've ever been in attendance we think is going well and I wanted it that the trust is now paying for any COBIT or antibody to the place that belonged to it as long as their doctor feels it's necessary that's it thank you miss Jenny item nine point zero six legislative representatives committee report and you were involved in that committee report and we'll hopefully meet our deadline this Friday and get our information into the ASB a legislative committee so it can be entertained and reviewed and pushed during the next legislative session otherwise I have nothing else to report to item 10 dr.
McCord 10.0 a lot meeting dates our next meeting will be Tuesday June 9th it'll be a Ford work study as well as three board meeting that's it thank you dr. McCord and go ahead miss wood could you clarify the time I know that we talked about a different time but at 6:30 until August that is correct okay and then starting in August art will be moved to the six o'clock if there's a meeting like late July I don't have that one in front of me there might be a meeting at the end of July I don't know if you can see that there Gabby or maybe 8:28 will be the first 6:00 p.m. meeting thank you Miss wood thank you dr. McCord and miss Wilson all of the effort with school as we discussed earlier tonight is there the possibility that we may have to schedule a board meeting to approve anything so that they can before with those plans that it's kind of a moving target I would agree and I would implore the board to be alert to the possibility that mr.
McCord and I may need your assistance and support prior to July 20 whatever that was eight just to finalize plans or any details that dr. McCord sees are important for us to interact with so I appreciate that comment would that be correct dr. McCord that is correct I am I'm glad you brought that up mr. Carr again will present you on June 23rd achtung from minions the committee but there may be a time between June 23rd and the beginning of July or mid-july and we have to come down on a final decision if that isn't made by June 23rd I I have our levy that final decision will be made on the 23rd not that the plane be readily available but again taking a test run of what's going on within our community and interstate and in our country those things could change on a dime thank you dr.
McCord and as we prepare to adjourn my final commentary is appreciation and thank you to you and to your entire team and I'm talking not just your administrative team but your entire team from the groundskeepers and cafeteria staff to the instructors in the classroom to the support service people for all that they did to help us end a school year as efficiently as we could have under the circumstances and all the work that was done in preparation for this very very unprecedented time so we appreciate all those efforts on behalf of the district by everyone who works for this organization and to the parents who support this organization as well so we appreciate everyone's effort thank you thank you sir and we are now item 11 adjournment is there a motion so moved thank you mr.
Chetty is there a second a second there is no need for discussion I suspect so we will stand adjourned we need to felt that's probably part of that thank you miss Humphreys all those in favor will do a voice vote we won't bother miss Wilson please signify by saying aye we are adjourned thank you everyone for your attention and time tonight and for those of you on livestream we bid you a good night thank you guys have a good evening [Applause]
yes I can hear you can you hear us I can hear you okay guys you can go you can go ahead and call the meeting to order you get board dogs open here alright we'll go ahead and get the meeting started sorry for that I was running a minute Lake here just trying to get everything up and running well let's go ahead and call roll J Leonard is here who else do we have Jen tanner John Densmore I would trace you throw your sink bills out see Christine Pritchard all right I had an audio glitch there for a second yeah sorry about that let's go ahead and take role so miss ware sink bills out I know that is mr.
liberty and justice for all Joseph Britain presents Rachel to Liske yeah Kate caneta here Gladys Cooper yeah Lauren dealer I don't know if you're on view I just want to make sure if you hear we're counting you not present Joseph desilva's president Catherine Hudson here research Nellie I can stretch your muted but I see you cat Cathy Molinaro okay well I don't see her on here does anybody else [Music] al Russo yeah and Amy's foligno here so I've got Lauren Daly and Catherine Molinaro currently not here we all get an opportunity to meet fabulous young students and our schools so we're gonna do the recognition diverse air [Music] dr. salia muted I do my best work okay I'm sorry all right you real can I get association public school superintendents out of the 169 districts that have an award that they that they they support and they sponsored we in our region do it together we normally have a gathering where we present this to the youngsters along with their families and it's it's a special award for community service contributions of the school contributions also to the academic culture of the school and leadership proven activities they've demonstrated in the in the schools through leadership activities that they may take on different projects so community service academic preparation and leadership are the key elements of the award and tonight we'll be recognizing students and what I'll do is I will start this time with ace with John Webber and then we won't go to Dan and then Westside Rogers Park Dan bread broad so are you with me John Webber yes I am thank you joy okay so it's two students that are being represented tonight our first is Madeleine joiner and Madeleine is a gift to the Danbury community as a member of the ACE family for four years she is a constant participant in our program she was a face painter and many of our annual holiday celebrations and as a driving force in our after-school art in music plugs she's taking advantage of many opportunities that expand her view of the world and that we offer it ace such as poetry hikes poetry festivals field trips and performance opportunities he'll casing her beautiful voice Madeline's generosity of her time and resources extends beyond EA's family that generosity extends into the greater community where she's volunteered for years with the local football organization as a cheerleading coach the commitment and time and effort has enhanced not only ace but other people in community she's volunteered for various other community events such as Halloween on the green for two years and has volunteered at virtually every fundraiser that ace holds Madeline has grown in her four years at Ace and the greater community has and will continue to benefit from the treasures of this young person in this small nurturing environment she has found her voice regardless of her challenges a voice that she will use to care for herself celebrate the accomplishments of others and be a resource to us all congratulations Madeline Alyssa yep so Alyssa Kubis never really needed aces and academic support she came to ace with a very supporting parent and a grade point average well above 3.0 that grade point average she maintained until graduating in January 2020 a semester early academics has always been her anchor in high school and it continues today as a freshman in college however in the environment that's nurturing at a solicitor in many ways this shy woman with a long smile became a source of support for herself and others ace gave Alyssa Kubis the ability to recognize that she was a superpower and that the world has too many superpowers her superpowers can be seen in her leadership by assisting coordination of many a side cookies she made difficult decisions around friendships or overall well-being and she's an ambassador of goodwill by reaching out to others in a crisis and making sense out of chaos always maintaining her allegiance to the mission a vase by being a supporting and carrying agent of change Alyssa's greatest challenge has been to celebrate her own superpowers she is highly deserving of this award because she shares her superpowers and all aspects of her life Thank You Alyssa for being you Oh a green face that's good okay Dan Donovan Denver High School well good evening everybody we were here two weeks ago I brought you two fantastic students from Danbury High School and I'm gonna bring you two fantastic two more fantastic students first up is uh will go ladies first is Claire who is a senior at Danbury high school and although she has never been greatly drawn to sports or instruments she has always been drawn to the community at a young age she started going to church and that's what sparked her love for the community as a result she's been going to soup kitchens helping out at Jericho doing tag sales to raise money not only has Claire been involved in her community the church but in school as well she has earned the the opportunity to be part of the Key Club the National Art Honor Society Board of Governors and our district's portrait of a graduate the Board of Governors is an achievement of hers that she is most proud of not only because of position is vice president that she has found very rewarding and what they have achieved some of those major events north of Spirit weeks the homecomings all the different flexes that they run the virtual spear week that we had she has also spent time as I mentioned before on the steering committee of the portrait of the graduate which works with the entire district schools and businesses and more to learn what tools are needed to help students graduate high school and be successful in life and we wish her the best of luck next year I'm not sure if she's on but she deserves a round of applause anyone the next young man is a one of those unique boys or girls that come through the Danbury Public Schools Tyler Warren who's had brothers come through the district and the family very involved is a scholar athlete who strives to make a difference he was recognized as all FC AK all state all New England soccer player maintaining a four point two seven seven GPA he was named captain of the DHS varsity team in his junior and senior years which helped them to improve his leadership skills tyler has also helped lead the DHS unified basketball program with Miss Maisie for the past two years where he was able to help kids with special needs play the sports they loved while improving on his skills of communication patience and interactions while these two extracurricular activites attest to his willingness to help others and to be the best Tyler has also been involved in several other extracurricular activities such as a National Honor Society the Leo Club peer leadership varsity applause and varsity golf unfortunately their season was canceled this year despite being being busy participating in extracurricular activities he has maintained a high GPA has always remained paramount to him due to his commitments of both education and extracurricular he also happens to work at Dick's Sporting Goods because he delivered something to my car the other day appreciated Tyler and with that Island will continue to play soccer next year at Northwestern University graduate I hope you charged you've doubled in yes I was asked would they like to say something say something okay Madelyn would you what like to say something I just want to say thank you I just like helping people and everything so thank you for recognizing that and I appreciate it thank you it's also Madeline's was her birthday on Sunday and about a month ago I sent her an email saying happy birthday and she's so polite that she said thank you and then told me you're a month early yeah I was good to see you it takes the other day to mr.