sound of all worked would think together for the past several years servicing students various Uzo as an instructional aide was to Santa Paul worse with students who have learning disabilities every day providing quality and interruption in small group students are actively engaged their lessons as she's teaching one student said she always helps me learn more and more and more and more over the years she has developed many instructional strategies that support the needs of the special ed students she frequently takes a lot she frequently talks to the classroom teacher to make sure she's meeting the students learning goals she always encourages kids to be honest one special thing about mrs. Sandoval's her ability to make students feel better about themselves her positive reassurance helps build their self-esteem one boy in her class told me at lunch recess mrs. sama ball talks to me and she makes me feel happy as we all know every school in this district has that one personally turn to my being instructional aide or or it might be a parent that you go to when you need tamales all over as you see the person we turn to as missus and while she makes the best tamales so Roseanne thank you for not only the awesome tamales but for your passion your drive your commitment to work every day healthy teaching and inspiring the students of class nursery school we are proud that you are classified [Music] [Applause] good evening my name is Chris Ellis I'm the proud principal of Gladstone high school that's the high and staff are proud to present and well defendants as our classified Employee of the Month effort working in the guidance office but know that she is here to be recognized among so many other fine employees for more than just data she is accompanied this evening by her husband Ruben feds and it should be noted they will be celebrating one years of marriage tomorrow also of her daughter sharing this present I was just told that she has an undergraduate degree from UCLA a graduate degree from Columbia University and just started work at USC and Naboth Azusa ground Carly sandy who's a mezuzah Greta is a high school math teacher in a local district here that's anger without tremendously because she is a model of professionalism a true worker of the highest order for students and Families she greets all visitors in the office that they are supremely important in her sincerity is evidence at all the times she works hard to support her counselors and complete all tasks that she is given most often going beyond whatever is asked on the benefit of our students she is humble almost to a fault but still proud of our school and of our students students know that miss Bennett is genuinely concerned for their needs and will listen when they need to be heard while there are many more folks on our site who work hard at their roles that are deserving of this opportunity to be recognized it is fitting they meld them represents them this year is an example of commitment to student learning we would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to her in this setting and let her know that her dedication has not gone unnoticed at GHS please join us in thanks and appreciation for imelda Thetis classified employee year from class stone [Applause] [Music] [Applause] good evening I am Victoria and the last assignment since both major knowledge and it is my privilege to introduce our classified Employee of the Year mrs.
rina Lozano to you we just joined here tonight by her husband Mario representing their four children as well and also her colleague mrs. Atari and mrs. sutorius daughter and many of you may be related to them because I learned at dinner that they told me you could pretty much go like this and find the relatives so if you're here give them a shout out and also I wanted to say that Rita shared with us at our celebratory dinner in their honor that in addition to her work as lead kitchen complete food service at work Fred OTT she also has a second round and then she just got her third dog probably the one that she'd been most excited about she just became grandmother today area is about so congratulations the start of last school year when Rita join Hodge as our site lead food service worker she's worked tirelessly to create a warm and inviting environment that feeds both the tummy and the heart everyone who comes in contact with her especially the children acknowledge her as being truly warm caring and very much inviting to them as they enter one of the things that happened tonight of her dinner was our PTA president showed up and he mentioned to her how much of an impact she makes on the children and in fact his daughter is very shy lights up when she sees her in the community and one of her other jobs or their belt and just thanks her for being who she is and my that's the best endorsement of all and as to why she's up here tonight Rena has a can-do attitude and her focus is on making certain that our students have all their nutritional needs met in a thoughtful manner within a welcoming environment in the midst of serving breakfast and lunch to student body of approximately 600 students she maintains a warm smile a positive and helpful demeanor and a very efficient model of leadership she's not afraid to get her hands in there and do whatever has to be done but always very cheerfully and with a spirit of goodwill one of the things that's very difficult is when you have that many students and over 100 of them are having their first school experience they don't know how to buy lunch and what Rita has done is that she observed that the first year and said I can help with that she went home and figured out how to write out their names and put their little credit card number together introduce herself to them in their classrooms and help them with this new invitation into buying lunch that was appreciated not only by the students that are in kindergarten but all the others who had to come along all the teachers all the families and certainly by me and her colleagues that work with her in the kitchen we are so appreciative of her love for the job for the students it's inspiring her dedication to service and commitment to make the most of each day as evidenced in all she does including volunteering to come to back-to-school night to make sure that people sample the delicious food they serve and then sign up to receive the free reduced lunch if they need it she is energetic compassionate and fully committed to providing our students with nourishment for the body and soul on behalf of Victor Hodge staff student body community at large please join me in honoring that's a treat [Applause] who do you mean I'm dyin unless the principal of the elementary school on behalf of the students staff and parents it is with great pleasure and honor that I stand before you to present mrs.
bender dr. Burke athletes classified Employee of the Year celebrating tonight with her mom her son her daughter and Rivia let me begin by sharing that center is a proud product of Azusa schools as a child she attended trolley elementary school put it on middle school and graduated from Azusa High School my house I was gonna say or hold it again three years ago than to return to the elementary to serve as these community community liaison I I said you principally have greatly appreciated founders dedication knowledge and support she has been a great resource to me and familiarizing myself with Lee school culture I could not do my job without her Sandra is friendly self-motivated a good communicator and a team player with always reliable and prepared to support anyone with anything anytime in her professional demeanor as was her work ethic contributes her great rapport with parents and her positive working relationship with all of these staff members sundar wears many hats at leat besides being my right hand she's also our community liaison and she serves as a treasure for PTA the coordinator of grassroots ESL program families in schools and your book at once council representative like this wasn't enough in addition she's also a very involved parent heinousness of high school where her children attend a test X TV show Oh Sandra does an excellent job at juggling all her duties she's always she always fulfills her professional responsibilities promptly conscientiously and with integrity she really takes pride in her work and develops many hours of our own time tourists Oh as you can see miss Sandra part number is truly an ethic to Charles a to the elementary school therefore we are truly blessed and honored to recognize her as these classified Employee of the Year [Applause] good evening ladies and gentlemen um I am at Liseberg Smith I'm here representing Nestle for tonight she's the director of early childhood education I would like to present it to you Longfellow to us by an Employee of the Year Michael - Michael graduated from Azusa High School he is a baby of the family with three older sisters and two older brothers and although Michael is the baby of the family he certainly does not exhibit any of the expected characteristics would expect of the youngest sibling he is very goal-oriented and has a strong work ethic he currently works two jobs to achieve his goal in the medical field as a diagnostic medical sonographer for Michael to be employed with us for such a short period of time and already making such a noticeable impact is remarkable he is a very quiet individual a man of few words but clearly the staff and students are taking notice of the difference he is making my oryx as innate or speech therapist and while he does not provide therapy he is instrumental in providing support in our speech program some of his duties include preparing projects and games which is essential for the you sooner speech therapy to keep the children engaged another one of your responsibilities is to accompany the children from the classroom to the therapy rooms and they are always excited to see him the children have shared with us that Michael makes them happy that he likes them and they like him he makes them now he reached them and he is their big hero our speech therapist agree that Michael brings new ideas to the speech program and they appreciate his input he is dedicated to the children he is flexible and always ready to assist students in any manner she has a positive rapport with the staff and the students that is built on mutual respect but most importantly therapist saved children love to work with Michael he is their big hero Michael believes that children need a positive influence every day in life and he provides that for them he possesses an acute sense of the needs of the children and has the ability to change the child's emotional state when they are feeling upset or frustrated he understands that every child's personal interests and incorporates this knowledge when he works with them Michael helps children to understand that life has positive and negative experiences and what they can do to be better people now and in the future even though they are very young Michael focuses on the power of brotherhood friendship and using your gifts to help others Michael is decided to heal not hurt and his moral code influences other people in positive ways Michael is our big hero for he has shared with us his friendship his gifts and his positive influences we are proud and honored to have Michael as part of our staff so please join me in recognizing Michael artists [Applause] good evening everyone my name is Marcela bazookas and it is my great honor and privilege to present to you magnolias Elementary School's classified Employee of the Year miss Veronica Serrano is 69 years ago as a clerk for Adult Ed she then transferred to the clerk position at Magnolia school and eventually promoted to become our most valued school secretary Veronica is the heart of our school and I mean that figuratively and literally she says she loves coming to work because she loves her job her warm smile welcomes everyone for her doors and there is nothing she cannot or will not do for a student parent staff member or community members her patients and caring demeanor are a true reflection of the heart she has our school community I am always amazed to see Veronica action she brings a whole new meaning to the word multitask like a heart she never sick Savita she is always problem solving or problem preventing and sends much-needed oxygen to wherever it's running low sometimes my office she is hardworking dependable and dedicated to the wild mustang team she spent many afternoons well past her end of shift to make sure all deadlines are met and all is in place for the next day this is just who she is and she strives for excellence and she makes it happen in addition to being a wild mustang veronica is a wife and a proud mom she has two beautiful daughters who attended Azusa schools her oldest daughter jasmine is a student at the University of Laverne studying physics and her youngest daughter Jessica is here with her tonight but I won't make her stand and she is a junior at Gladstone High School where she plays I couldn't be more blessed or karateka every single day she's an exemplary member of our team and deserves this wonderful recognition congratulations Veronica we are proud to name you as magnolias classified staff member of the year we thank you [Applause] good evening my name is Jenny Lee and on the principal amount of the elementary school and I'm proud to present to you our pacifier Chloe of the year miss Tommy Ortiz exceptional instructional aides for parent Tom and Maggie agrees her boyfriend Bobby McGill and her idea and her two son rightfully test I'll keep you and other son Jackson there to celebrate not only is miss Artie's an integral part of the team that serves one of our nice few classes she is an integral part of the Mountain View community as a whole she is well respected by the team she works with as well as the staff members and the students of the rest of the school although her ability to work with students who who have special needs is commendable what has also captured the attention of our staff is her commitment to the well-being of the entire school community what our teachers shared the ways in which mr.
T and which is premised the students in the class that she served a student in the school as well as a staff are countless she not only stepped in when she sees a need she also said Sarah she's delighted and relatable respectful and committed she is an excellent example of the great people working versus a unified mr. T's and given her time ever just account by volunteering during our school family nights and also eight students in the giardiniera component of the Environmental Club this program drives that during her her at elections students and the club had gained life skills having fun and curling their own fruits and vegetables it should also be edited that is artis it's resourceful and creative not only when what he puts to it but also when it comes to working in the garden with this today it is know that she will stop and she sees something on the curve that we could use in the garden she will pick it up though in a car and bring it to school that is dedication that I think that is outlook and insight of an excellent educator because we do whatever it takes right when asked what drives or mr.
T's share that she loves to be a positive influence to students and believes that working in a school is the best way to the rapport with students and have a lasting impact on our future and our community congratulations mr.
T's we are honored to have you represent melted you as specified [Applause] good evening everyone my name is Antonio Flores and I'm the principal Parramatta elementary and I want to take this opportunity to introduce you paramount Elementary's classified Employee of the Year and Brittany's joy tonight my lovely wife Barbara let me tell you a little bit about Brittany Brittany is our kitchen lead a fair amount and she's below like all who work with her in the kitchen paramount staff and students Brittany is a graduate of Glasgow in high school and she began to work for the adzuki Unified School District in 2011 as a food service worker funny enough her first assignment was spent on elementary and through her hard work and dedication she became a lead food service worker for a long time elementary but lucky for us though two years ago she came back to Paramount and this year I've had the privilege to observe Brittany's great rapport with students and parents Brittany has created a welcome and safe environment in the cafeteria she greets students in the morning and at lunch she has great interaction with teachers and staff and always and always treats everyone with a smile Brittany has motivated dependable and punctual and recently I had a conversation with Brittany although funny every time I speak to her she jumps I don't know what it is but I asked her what does she love about her job and her reply was simply the kids the children she loves what she loves most is being able to interact with them get to know them and build relationships with - this and for these reasons and for many others is why brain areas is paramount interest 2017-2018 classified Employee of the Year [Applause] did you meet everyone my name is Jenny wedi the staff of Powell school is proud to present miss Abigail VA or as she is lovingly known at Powell Miss Abbie as our classified Employee of the Year North the fan club over here in the front front two rows of aliens joined here tonight by her proud parents Iranian Madea and her sister Beatrice [Applause] and really a special guest that she has here tonight is named mrs. mom Cara who was actually Abby's community liaison when Abby was in elementary school all right how cool is one of the last schools to get a community hands on and before doing so we had no idea what we were missing out on Abigail joined us last November and I can't quite remember how we got along without her let me tell you Abbie's story she came to the United States from Mexico when she was in fourth grade she didn't speak English and was scared and self-conscious when she started school in her words it was really really hard for me but then she met mrs.
monk Island mrs. moncada was the only staff person that Abbie been at her school this book Spanish she started reaching out to Abby and her parents asking if they needed anything offering shoes and clothes along with love and support mrs. Moncada made all the difference as a child Abby told her I want to be like you I want to grow up and help kids fast forward a few years Abby finished high school and then went on to Citrus College and received her associate degree in language arts and so behavioral sciences Abby's mother did not have the opportunity to go to college so when she graduated abigail gave her diploma to her mother it is as much for her as it is for me she said so you see that where this is going Abby did become like this is mom Colin it is now Abby who looks out for those children who are in need giving them shoes and clothes and backpacks it is now Abby who is this parents in finding the resources to get the assistance that they need it is now Abby who helps lead parent meetings and workshops who works alongside parents to plan to Molly making parties yes we happen to with Powell we're not the only plate and people they my own festivals and this loving spirit is not only given out at Powell Abigail is dedicated to her church and just returned from a mission to Mexico where she was part of the team that delivered toys and food and loved I know her parents must be very proud Abby told me that just as she gave her mom her college diploma and she wants to dedicate this award to her mother as well so congratulations to Abby and her mom and her whole family thank you for allowing her to share her level with us at Powell school please join me in honoring Abigail [Music] [Applause] my nemesis your high school it is with great pleasure that I introduce to our high schools classified employee of the year 2017 the one the only miss Claudia jack-of-all-trades Bonita find her husband Jose yes you do understand daughter Lisette father David and money settle out Bobby is a product of the existing schools she started at the Kevin Murray Center and then graduated from limestone high school she's been with the district for over 15 years she's worked at seer high school the adult center last on high school center middle school POW school and even she called me a galaxy a long long time ago helped me Rocha this is a high school registering adults in the ESL program currently she is a special education instructor instructional paid in our CCAP program but it has also been a school clerk attendance clerk nurse aide instructional aide and you kinda get the idea here her colleagues described her as hardworking outgoing friendly confident and knowledgeable Claudia is not only a pleasure to work with but also an unbelievable asset to see her high school she arrives early every day greets everyone everyone with a smile and a welcome to Sierra high school a moment later she is knee deep in Ares following up on tardy students parent phone calls helping the principal with Spanish updating attendance and greeting visitors students know that miss Benitez is caring supportive consistent and also firm no matter what the situation body remains positive and always has a smile on her face everyone who's familiar with client knows that her response and suggestions are always going to be fair and right down the middle what best sums up Claudia's interaction with students and stakeholders is that everyone regardless of what is going on is treated with kindness respect dignity and is recognized she is always focused on lifting up every student so they can succeed and supporting their Rica parents so they feel Sierra is their home in her spare time Claudia can be found at baseball games art museums antique car shows an occasional rock concert her grew however her greatest passion is spending time with her husband and daughter her smile wind from ear to ear and the gleam in her eye became brighter when she talks about her family it is with the great pleasure that we recognize miss Claudia [Applause] good evening I need that Walker the principal at Slauson middle school it is my pleasure along with our staff to present miss Dominique Katara as this year's loss and classified Employee of the Year [Applause] how many kids joined this evening by her proud parents mr.
and mrs. Alvarez [Applause] Dominique joined District four years ago and has served as a special education instructional aide when I think of the impact the Dominique makes every day in the classroom I am honored to have her as part of our Slauson team dominique is friendly kind hardworking and gentle she understands the demands of supporting in a special education classroom and does it with such grace and behaving Dominique's first priority is to the students on campus she demonstrates an enthusiasm for working with kids and always lifts them first when making decisions in the classroom she works collaboratively with the classroom teachers and strives to make marketing exciting and fun for all students Dominique's excellent knowledge with behavior skills has supported her in establishing a good rapport with each of the students in the classroom through her work ethic Dominique demonstrates that she upholds the care and concern of not only our students but also the parents and our staff when necessary Dominique arrives early and stays beyond her professional workday in order to accomplish any task she is never too busy to lend a helping hand in a dirty in addition to working for Azusa Unified School District Dominique also works for LA County as a recreation service leader and the Azusa Parks and Rec as a reflection of her dedication for her work here's what some of her colleagues had to say dömine is dedicated a responsible and friendly she is like having another teacher in the classroom dominique is always so supportive and the students enjoy having her in the classroom Thank You Dominique Dominique Boston is very lucky to have you as part of the Panther team please join me in recognizing and congratulating Dominique Patera as Boston's classified Employee of the Year [Applause] good evening my name is Adrianna Garcia Medina principal at valle del elementary and it is my honor to present valle del classified Employee of the Year Miss Anna Collins Steven and her daughter Rebecca well mr.
Collins has served the essence of school district for the past ten years as a computer navigate she is one of Bella Dell superheroes we have many but she is one that is very very special each and every day you will find miss Collins in our computer network making sure that it's in tip-top shape and ready to go for our students not only does the technology have to be working but the lab must be neat and super organized and it also looks amazing so thank you for doing that every day day in and day out she also welcomes everybody with the warmest smile and she helps everyone with no judgment even when we forget to check if the printer was plugged in our kids absolutely love her our teachers are forever indebted to her technology expertise before you can even ask for help she is there faster than the speeding bullet there is no job that is too small or project that is too big that she does not take on and accomplish when any problem arises as with technology it often does she is ready to research troubleshoot and find a solution it is with that same tenacity that has been her back to college I love to talk to her about her college courses when she starts to talk about what she's learning her eyes really do light up you can see that same positive energy when she's working with students and teachers and parents she is not only an excellent role model but as support to everyone as well we want to thank our superhero Miss Emma Collins for her patience her kindness and her daily support miss Collins you are truly an inspiration at valle del elementary and we congratulate you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] diana is the district reference technician diana is an elusive girl she attended in a year she asked me not to disclose her son David currently attempt Asuza hi and like his mother and grandfather before him as mr.
Tony Garcia as that's more about mr. Garcia's longevity Wow Diana's very fault is a very involved kind of suicide score she's a football booster a basketball booster and very active in high-tech and organizes many many many fundraisers and events she's also a drama mom because you're probably going to a place but the drama mama is with the school and with Diana does is she helps out with food concessions at whatever else mr. Lewis and his actors needed Dianna's he believed active in CSEA as the chapter secretary and union steward and he's participated in the Azusa Relay for Life is the team captain of the associate Azusa USB routine ABC for the past seven years and also took part in the City of Hope's walk for hope as I mentioned earlier Diana's and the district Records technician she's been in this position since I hired her in 2007 diana has confided in numerous people on multiple occasions at these ten years have been the best years of her life because of my ingredients smile anyway as records technician Diana's primary responsibility is ensuring that student records are accurate and complete and provided to employers and colleges as often as not timely manner means because sometimes people don't handle their affairs Diana to save them and she does and she does this because often it's a job or admission to a school or a university that's paid and Diana search with digital records and microfiche and sometimes even old yearbooks for proof of graduation and residency to fight people what they need it should also be noted as is often the case a large part of Diana's job is duties as a science in CWA there are wide-ranging issues and plane of duties of a sign that prep duties as assigned and Diana handles them all with efficiency and she's become a trusted adviser who is no problem as I hope I'd be very clear in the community please join me in hiring [Applause] forgive me Stella David but I was remiss earlier in not recognizing what a great job our nutrition services folks to the [Music] ladies come on out if you would please by the way one clarification on mr.
Creoles just his comments it's other related duties [Music] [Applause] unfortunately his parents were not able to be here but they're enjoying spirit David starts at his church and he's also enrolled at Fullerton College majoring in biology with hopes of working with a forestry department in the future David likes to travel and to spend time with his family back home in Mexico our drivers nutrition success drivers a heartbeat of our program we entrust them with all prepared meals and hope that they will deliver these meals safely to all 18 sites 187 days of the year this is really an act of faith unday vyd has proved that faith does move mountains David joined the district in 2015 as a substitute custodian it was quickly evident that David had an excellent work ethic and a very pleasant character the department's staff quickly warmed up to him I'm the majority of the kitchen ladies adopted him as their son as we embarked on me on piloting that after-school supper program the department needed a reliable driver who worked under minimal supervision since the meals will be being delivered out of the normal schedule which is three to five that's when we serve supper David my Deb it really made my job I'm the department's job easy because he was able to mount up his route and make myself a deliveries in a timely manner with very very minimal supervision David was very instrumental in ensuring that the soccer program was successful he made sure those meals got to each site by 3:00 he starts his shift at 10:00 least 18 school sites so you can imagine parents are dropping off kids of picking up kids and he's able to get those basically today we serve over 1500 supper meals daily and it's because of wonderful dedicated and hardworking employees that like David that our students receive Dena every evening and don't go to bed hungry because we all know they're students in this district who really need that meal to all the honorees we have this evening congratulations and thank you for serving the students over to the Unified School District I offer have felt appreciation for all the units and talents you have done continued to so generously share with us was that Unified School District I am so proud of you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] good evening my name is Norma Camacho I am the proud principal of Clifford Marie Elementary I am truly honored to stand beside this woman Alison Fernandes Azusa Unified School District classified Employee of the Year and her most important job Elsa is mother to four to four children three daughters and one son she has some family members here with her today her sister that they see on her daughters Jessica crystal Marissa her daughter's boyfriend Gabriel although Daniel wasn't her son Daniel wasn't able to be here tonight he's here with us and spirits and she is also joined by of course her loyal Marie family [Applause] I would like to recognize your family and thank them for loaning her to us for family nights fundraisers special projects etc etc etc I know there's a lot of late nights all of your children attended armory and is a Murray alumni as well the Mountaineers Elfa attended center as well Gladstone high school but I don't hold that against her as an asset Judith and Cal State LA Elsa began her career in Azusa as a parent volunteer at Murray while her children attended school one day her daughter Marissa asked the principal if javis at the school for her mom and thus began Elsa's tenure as Marie's computer lab Aiden - sorry Elsa has worked in this position for over 20 years dr.
Martin Luther King famously said if a man is called to be a streetsweeper he should street sweets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry he should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will cause to say here lived a great sweet street sweeper who did his job well I believe that Elsa carries these words in her heart when she comes to work at Murray each day Elsa's energy level is unmatched she has the stamina of a marathon runner when it comes to taking on giraffes and completing projects she's usually powered by diet coke breakfast burritos and mrs. Castillo speak young every time the district has a new tech program Elsa makes sure that Murray is the first to get things up and running her tenacity in ensuring that all programs are ready is unparalleled but she doesn't stop there when other schools need assistance she is always quick to offer her help she has always three steps ahead of the rest of the world she is determined and persistent challenges and obstacles to us mere mortals are simply speed bumps for Elsa we might slow her down for a minute but she charges forward and just says things done as our lab aide Elsa also works closely with our tech reps she helps anyone who is having computer problems staffs students and frequently me Elsa goes above and beyond when needed she steps up to help in any capacity she has great leadership skills and knows how to be flexible when needed she is always keenly aware of the students who need that extra bit of attention she reads to that child who is struggling she listens to that child who is having problems she buys socks for a student who needs them just because and she does this all quietly and she thinks that most of us aren't paying attention today though so we are she pays attention to the students needs staff needs and she gives from her heart perhaps of even greater importance in Elsa our students and staff have a daily role model of a person of integrity and honor who gives her finest effort and excellence to any and all given tasks it is truly a privilege and an honor to call you a colleague friend please join me in recognizing and honoring outside [Music] [Applause] [Music] so Oprah just recently launched its incredible speech the Golden Globes I'm not sure if anybody was a profound speech that she gave but she accepted her award and even more so I found that I found a interview that she gave backstage was run like a Q&A and they had asked her what is the key to what is it what is it that makes you successful what is the key to your success and she said something that was actually it was super profound for me and I've had to stop tonight and I wrote it down and this is what she said she said the key to fulfillment success and happiness contentment in life is when you align your personality with what you're so actually came to do I believe everyone has a soul their own personal spiritual energy so when you use your personality to serve whatever that thing is you can't help be successful and I thought and the first person that thought of when when I when I heard that was my own mother my mother has just recently celebrated 40 years with the County of Los Angeles as a clerk for their brilliant department so what she doesn't anyways is she goes out she interviews patients that did not have medical benefits and tries to get them to qualify to get some sort of help and and I have to tell you that you know as a 44 year old woman now and I look back on my life I think about you know having conversations with we're working like that she talks to me every day and I can't think of a day when she was in a bad mood hey I can't think of a day where she was upset or she was cranky or anything like that and that happened and this fit her perfectly because she would come home and she would tell me stories of what she did it work to help people and I thought that was her thing and successes is measured in different ways and she's always told me I don't wealthy I'm rich just because I have you we have this we can have life and and and so now as an older woman as a mom as a parent I I take that with me and I feel like wow I mean I'll be rich okay but but I I feel a lot of contentment and so I turn that around and they look at I look at all of you that that come to work on a daily basis the stories that I've heard we've heard some very powerful things tonight you know we've heard positive energy we've heard generosity we've heard giving and and so you know I have to I had to stop and thank you and congratulate you for for you fighting that thing that thing in life to be able to turn around and give back to our students and back to our communion back to us and back to all of us so nam behalf of the board of on behalf of myself and to all of you tonight that received these incredible incredible words thank you so much this is the golden glow [Music] [Applause] no no my daughter says oh you should have first of all I just want to say I love what I do okay and I know each one there's nothing different about me than what everybody does and all these people that I've seen him come up do you know I've been with other people and school so I just want to say is first of all my love for something kind of lot to do with my father who just passed away in May so I just want to like let you know he'd love me his mic okay if I didn't have my children to support me I'm just letting you know teachers that taught my kids because every one of them you know has done something for my kids my kids are just all of part of me you know thank you supporting me even with my girls today I just want to let you know that all of us are in that same position we love what we do and the kids are what you know not only the kids but that surrounds you they always say oh thank you you're gonna need a good thing and all the support you guys do already and you know just I just want to say thanks [Music] [Applause] [Music] on behalf of the whole credit union I'm proud to present Suzi Unified School District's classified Employee of the Year [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] okay so one last final round of applause for everyone you need to cover the big news on behalf of the Board of Education thank you to to Glasgow elementary for hosting us tonight the incredible incredible boards and all the work that you put into participer tonight nutrition services thank you style your staff incredible thank you so much everyone please have a good night drive [Music]
good morning big huh today is January 18th it is the eighth day of school this is wvh evening news I'm Emma and I'm Tunisia today for lunch there will be chicken strips curly fries baked beans peaches and a coke please tomorrow for breakfast will be a breakfast table graham crackers fresh grapes and fruit bowls we have some friends celebrating birthdays celebrating a birthday today is Abigail donkey yesterday's fun if that question was what type of animal is precious from the movie nut job the answer is a dog the winner is Maya Peters in Miss Conway's class come to the office and pick out your prize today's that question is what is the name of the big hollow of our big Hollow superintendent remember to do seven of our kindness challenge and today's challenge is sit next to somebody you don't know very well at lunch and now feathers if there's no name and calling me tell us more about it good morning I hope everyone is enjoying slip slipper day tomorrow is blacked out bully we're black we're black tomorrow and stand up for no bully there is also a foods aren't going on so bring your can good and color in a square for each one in your class you can also enter the poem or poster contents see your see your teacher for details the deadline is February 2nd thank you for having thanks for for coming thank you for having me and now and now observe a brief period of silence to reflect on the anticipated activities of the day please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all have a tremendous Thursday and remember kindness comes everyday everywhere thanks for watching
[Music] good evening today is Wednesday January 17th 2018 and I'd like to call the regular meeting of the Brookfield Board of Education to order if we could all rise for the Pledge of Allegiance please pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation [Music] we have the full board seated at the table tonight and our first item on the agenda is a central office spotlight so dr. broom here I'd like to take this one of the things I was hoping and I didn't get a chance to talk to you mrs. storm is if we could hold off on the spotlight until next meeting because our secretarial team that played a big role their office school today and so is a little thing I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to talk about that we'd like to do that in February if that's okay absolutely okay I will talk briefly about munis and my superintendent update though which is what that was about okay thank you enough so the next thing we have is public comment there was no one signed up for public comment is there anyone in the public that would like to speak today okay then we can go on to the student representative dan moon run thank you all right at whisk an air tomorrow generate 18th the boys basketball and girls basketball player away at Bethel starting January 23rd boys basketball will be participating in the Woodbury tournament and girls basketball we participating in the great poker tournaments January 25th will be the end of their second marking period during 26 and 7th at 7 p.m.
will be the drama club hosting the present 10 Fest which is ten-minute plays that 7th and 8th grade students write and produce themselves the students are in the process of taking the mick for the star mine and starving dibbles which is that any other indicators of basic early learning early literacy skills my Jerry 2032 the first practice for this season's Unified sports basketball at the high-school next Monday their second quarter through that week Tuesday the 23 times on Friday the 26 students will be taking midterms Monday January 29th will be the first day or third quarter Key Club is hosting a game night for the budget project on January 23rd from 6 to 9 p.m. fundraiser raise money for the organization that aims at providing clean water across the globe tomorrow night if your counselors at NHS will be hosting midterm review night here in the library 6 to 8 p.m.
they'll be snacks and cheering and all subjects and 27 at the water view thank you midterm prep - is formally successful I've done for the past three years great experience every single time my freshman year I went to $8 pretty much with Mitchum swear I had no idea going after that so one of the questions for doing yeah next we have written correspondence Caminada upon to newsroom Susan see Joseph's jessa-hannah in Brookfield rolling Brookfield one from Laura Oregon regarding the budget - from Lauren Jaffe it was our he shared an article and also regarding the budget Lesley Rosario also had budget concerns Victor Buchi he showed you his Times article and a Z Krew and invite a Girl Scouting right thank you next one little approval of Board minutes [Music] recommended motion at the board approved the ninth mr.
burrows recommended the budget roundtable on January 3rd any discussion or questions regarding the minutes okay all in favor first okay the superintendent's update thank you so the first one as I was saying earlier just briefly on the news conversion we had our first paper last week incredibly it's smooth smooth as can be with all the preparation was fantastic and our employees are utilizing the employee self-service electronic portal and it's roll worked out well so I will thankful for the flexibility and I'd like to recognize the team they really did a great job and in February if we could bring the whole crew here it would be great to recognize that in front of the board I want to give the public in the board an update on snow days unfortunately we missed a few days this year already so - it's a total of four days we've missed thus far and it is early in winter season October 30th we actually had to lose that we lost they there because of a power outage we started with a two-hour delay and it became apparent because of ice and falling limbs and things like that and lack of power of whisking err we just couldn't have school in the district the other days or January fourth and fifth the big go those are the head and then just today January 17th so that puts us to our last day of school being on what do I have it here yep Tuesday the 19th mountain so the last day of school is scheduled for June 19th I'm sure everybody has that doesn't now as of now hopefully we don't have any more days and well it's not my update I did want to bring to the attention of the board in the public that dr. shealynn with hiring from center school mrs.
diamond we announced it last Friday mrs. diamond publicly announced her transition to not only to huckleberry but to the center school folks and we were there dr. Ruby and I were there with mrs. diamond she did a great job not only a very heartfelt and frankly with staff too emotional kind of conversation with tackleberry folks after eight and a half years gonna finish nine full years there at huckleberry that wasn't an easy conversation to have but it was i standing ovation when the mary rose that was fantastic and we went over to center school and told the center school folks and a very warm welcome and dr.
Salvin was a wonderful part of that conversation as well so that's going on what I really want to besides the letter I sent home on Friday afternoon to the parents and to the teachers about that is we are leadership attribute survey we're going to be very brief survey may be sending that out tomorrow via school message for parents from center school and huckleberry as well as staff and faculty from huckleberry are looking for in a principal to get their input you know before we embark on posting the job and going through the search process so that should go out tomorrow if there is a glitch and it can't go out tomorrow it will go out before the weekend so that's my superintendent update I don't know if anybody has thank you thank you okay next we have VL subcommittee reports first on our list their facility you see if I know you gave a report at the last meeting was there anything you needed to add in regards to facilities or the strategic facilities for facilities we don't have an update that was given at last meeting concerning the steering committee the strategic steering committee we are going to be meeting with the architect on Wednesday January 24th at 5:30 what we're going to be doing in that meeting is we're going to be going through a timeline of what they're going to be doing with with deadlines and on projections and then we are also at that meeting going to be scheduling further meetings out with Tecton architects thank you if I can just add the architect and Dan Caldwell our facilities director have been in touch and they're working on getting together soon to start looking at opportunities for the tectum to get into the buildings to moving on that as well great and if they could keep me in the loop elijah leaders I'd like to also would be a part of the touring of math he's one did you know we weren't wasting time they're starting to talk you just yeah thank you you got okay questions for me all right and next we have the finance subcommittee report all right so to make sure I'm going so we did need as a regular meeting on January 8th or the finance subcommittee we went through a number of our standard things the financial report and the check registers and there's quite frankly there's not a lot to report on that there everything's tracking with the exception of the special ed costs which we've all been having lots of discussions about so that's all the other lines seem to be pretty well we spent time talking about the approach to what we're doing tonight so I'm not going to dwell on that because we've spent most of this evening on that and and we talked about the upcoming board finance meeting which happened last week when it was last week and and and at that meeting the Board of Finance basically table the discussion until their next meeting we did get an update on the Muniz payout update and we did talk about agricultural program at non-allowed high school and we are having an increasing number of students signing up for that and I've noticed it in our budget data there was an increased cost to that because it does cost us to send kids to that school so we talked about the possibility of actually establishing on the limit the number students that we is aboard with a while simulator that we have for the magnet school there's a limited that it's limited number of spots and there's a method for doing that and we just didn't come to an answer to that we decided to have that would have to be a board discussion forum orgy and we'll get that on the schedule at the right time so that's it just one thing it's hopeful that the part of Finance addresses the appropriation at a special meeting that they have talked to them and hopeful that they do that's good and we're not waiting until the next board meeting for that so I think not sure I think that's really important because I think it affects the budget process okay any questions for above then we can move on to the consent agenda recommend a motion that the board approve the items listed on the consent agenda as recommended new hires resignations and transfers to get a second okay questions discussions regarding the consent agenda okay all in favor aye host so next we're going to do business and first them to do business is the deka trip ever bought a paper trip for Decca to attend the international career development conference from Saturday April 21st 2018 there Wednesday April 24th 2018 in Atlanta Georgia as requested by the marketing business teacher and deck advisor Fiona to engage us principal mark Amanda we have a second second okay mr. Miranda thank you miss dagger would have been here tonight but she's a little bit of further drive to come and I told him to stay home certainly I think I can handle this so I made more thermo sentence presenting tonight this conferences when the board is as approved in the past for many years this is the spring competition conference where students will compete in the spring in multiple different categories as part of the DECA car chapter and those winning in certain categories in the State Conference wouldn't be able to compete in the international conference that takes place last year is in Anaheim California this year a little bit closer in Atlanta Georgia so to be able to keep some costs down it really is at this point a question as to how many students will go we don't know yet it really depends on how the results come out as from the state and how our students do so PR is really broken down for the cost what's going to be the total cost you'll see there is about $750 a student you know the room and board registration airfare she's been scouring websites looking for airfare to find the cheapest and most convenient for students and ground transportation once they get there is about $750 as you can see judging by I see some of the new name plates out there which is one of the ways they're looking to raise money and actually reduce some costs for the trip we've got that high quality laser engraver there's actually a business model out there they're working through it they've got some invoices it's a pretty amazing step they're actually creating their own business at this point and they're looking to continue to generate revenue which will then help defray the cost of this so the cost of students goes down lower and lower a if you look you lo actually miss school three days Monday a Tuesday and a Wednesday during this time so I'm asking for approval that once we know what the students are that they can't attend this overnight trip for these this day thinking of the young the school calendar right off my head is system Monday Tuesday Wednesday directly after Spring Break we can I believe it's after Spring Break okay and you know how many students approximately attended last year last year we had nine students that attended and a year before we had fifteen at one point in time that's why I fell to put fifteen that's been really the max we've ever taken and so a lot depends on state officers last year that we did a few state officers we had Dan and Mark who were state officers who regardless of the competition we're gonna go attend the National Conference anyway and the way it a bunch of students actually qualify so it fluctuates I'm guessing somewhere between talk to Fiona today she said between seven and fifteen would be what it would likely look like and the other questions regarding I don't wanna question but I'll make a comment this this competition every year we get feedback from it afterwards and I'd love to hear from them afterwards on their experience but this is I've been impressed at what they get out of these competitions absolutely great for the kids [Music] okay all in favor then of the DECA trip I opposed thank you I'd love to hear about it next we have the a BHS keyfob trip to Springfield recommend a motion that the board approve a trip to Springfield Massachusetts from Friday April 6 to Sunday April 8 to attempt to attend deccan as requested by BHS teacher Jennifer Donovan and BHS principal mark Belinda [Music] okay hello again one time statement I'm pleased to introduce our key club advisor Jen Donovan and I believe president correct yes and president key club sophia's as Lowe who's here and I just I'm still blown away I just made a connection finitude with Dan and Sophia and it's kind of blowing my mind right now so I apologize for the luck that actually and that they're actually step-siblings which is something I did not know until now it's really kind of blowing my mind a lot of brainpower to snow day so it's my pleasure to introduce the two of them to talk about the trip and request your permission to come so decon is from April 6 - April 8th and it's in Springfield Massachusetts it's a conference that's led by Kiwanis which is the overarching organization for Key Club and it provides experiences for the Key Club students not only from Brookfield but from clubs throughout the state and throughout the region in Maine I believe Rhode Island Connecticut was it Vermont New Hampshire also and Massachusetts all come all of these clubs come to the Springfield Massachusetts conference to me and there's the electric ordered members there's also caucuses that members can attend and they vote for positions in Key Club there's also conferences that the students can go to if they are looking to be prospective presidents vice presidents or other officer positions that has very valuable information for those students if they would like to see themselves in those positions in the future the cost for purse turn per student is 160 dollars but the bus and transportation to get to Springfield is all provided by Kiwanis so there's no transportation costs there or back I'm and then there are also a few chaperones that will be depending we leave been around 11 o'clock on Friday won't you get out there for registration and then we usually return on Sunday around 2 o'clock the students will be responsible for two dinners and like to breakfast meals well beer actually on the trip last year our vice president I'll let you tell them a good story got elected to lieutenant governor and is actually one of the kids running the conference trend this year so she's gonna go up early and she's having she has a huge heart and making sure the conference is running smoothly so no adults really run the conference we find efficient background just like I said the background lucifier talk [Music] yeah so the vice president of this year she actually got elected last year at decon and has been doing a lot of stuff with the district and trying to keep things together between the different clubs in the area so she will be going up before to make sure that the club not the club the conference runs smoothly so she'll be there a few days earlier so we do have someone who will be going and hopefully will be getting a bunch of kids from the club who are interested we've had some people express interest in being officers in her future years so we definitely would like to see these kids and them going to the conference and having the experience and seeing what they can do and what the could provide for them Russians so really they're only going to be missing a few hours of school correct and how many how many key clubbers do you anticipate going [Music] so we're thinking probably our max would be about 15 but we're thinking most likely 10 students okay any other questions okay all in favor aye opposed have a great time sure you get picture the other time okay next on our new business we have the NGSS science pilot program approval recommending motion that the board approve the NGSS smithsonian k-8 science pilot program as recommended by the Cape subcommittee and as presented by Assistant Superintendent dr.
Marc dr. maureen ruby good evening well excuse me for sex good evening I'm not going to take a lot of time I'm going to go through these slides very quickly because you have them in front of you and we talked about this briefly at the last meeting but as you are well aware we have new standards in Connecticut at the next generation science standards and we are working to become fully and fully implementing those standards so in our curriculum work we're working with teachers who were focusing on science from all the different levels in the district to revise rewrite our curriculum in we also have a need besides having the curriculum document developed to have materials for teachers teaching science according to in alignment with the next generation science standards is not the way I was taught science or even how I taught science or how any of you on the board were taught science it's very different and it's a real paradigm shift for the teachers it's really about doing science and thinking like a scientist not sitting and receiving information from a teacher so if you look at this slide there's and this was provided to me I didn't create this the evolution of science instruction and looking at the the metamorphosis of science over the past several decades and you know when I went to school science was a textbook there were no gateway experiences it was just pretty much direct instruction read the blog answer the questions watch a demonstration then we moved to science where it was object based learning this is where we gave students the opportunity to engage with physical materials to help them understand properties the problem was that it would ease experiences really weren't in the context of real life problem-solving so we're we're we're at now with the new standards is with phenomenon based learning so this approach which I would take hours to go into here and I'm happy to discuss it with you but basically we're having students think about phenomenon that happen in the world and then delve into an inquiry about what is it that's going on and so helping them to become problem solvers and use higher-level thinking skills while they're learning science and they're actually using science so we the next generation science standards really has innovations that focus on having kids examine real-world phenomena and then designing solutions and they talk about three-dimensional learning so I'm going to talk a little bit about three-dimensional learning so that you understand why we're requesting to do this pilot our next generation science standards are not standalone standards they embed English language arts and mathematics in it so all of the work that we've talked to you about about argumentation and argumentation in oral language and argumentation and writing really aligns with the next generation science standards because kids have to do the work think about it and from their inquiry they have to take the evidence that they collect and they have to be able to present that evidence and make an argument as to why it means what they think it means and in doing that work they're going to have to use their mathematics skills from the Common Core mathematics that we're teaching to solve the problems mathematically that they're facing it's about all students it's not about some students it's not about the high level students it's not exclusionary for second language learners or special ed students this is for all students and this this graphic here talks about the five key innovations that are part of next generation science standards we are looking at providing teachers with the tools that will allow them to engage kids in science the way we need to teach science today to be in alignment with the standards and to prepare our kids for higher-level science opportunities in high school and Beyond high school in the workplace and to understand the world around them and so we need to find curricular tools that we can put in the hands of teachers because to put all this together we we as teachers do not have the capacity to do that one of the problems that we face when we look at science materials or science curricular tools in the elementary grades is the amount of time that we have to teach science brookfield is no different than any other district in the state or in the country we share our curriculum time between science and social studies and also since we have a bless program for foreign language we're taking some time out of content area time for foreign language instruction which you're all well aware of because we've discussed that last year so when we looked at all of the company's products of curricular tools for teaching science the problem was not that they weren't any good they were excellent however they all require 45 to 50 minutes of science instruction every day to use their curricular tools that just doesn't match up with the time that we have so the Smithsonian science curriculum K through 8 is unique compared to the other programs that are out there because we can teach all of the standards in the amount of the time that we have in our curriculum and the students will get the full experience and will be able to then fit our social studies curriculum into that time slot so in eating with the company you know this is an investment and you want to try it before you buy it so what we have been in negotiations with the Smithsonian and Carolina which is the company that publishes the materials and produces the kits is to do a pilot with one unit in each of the grades K through 8 this spring in two classrooms the materials will be provided to us gratis and they will provide the professional development to the teachers who were implementing these this one unit Radice at the end of the pilot will be able to read to evaluate what the experience was hear back from the administrators from the teachers we would involve our science department chair at the high school because these kids were preparing them to be successful in high school from the minute they get into into school because without this background they don't have the if you think about your head being a filing cabinet they don't have the file setup for the type of work that they need to do in science and be successful in their high school experience so what I'm asking for you to do and I'm just gonna flip through these slides very quickly this these last slides that you have show the units of study and the alignment to the standards some of you have heard us talking about bundling the standards some of the curriculum work that we're doing and the beautiful thing about the way this is set up is they have bundled the standards for the areas that we have to cut cover and teach in science and have our kids have experience in the same way that we've been doing art for it don't work so it's a nice alignment with the work that we've been doing so what I'm asking for tonight is for a board approval to proceed with negotiate finishing the negotiations with Carolina and Smithsonian to bring this pilot in in the spring have it in two classrooms K through eight so that we can then make an informed decision as to how we want to move forward we are not doing this because there's a test however there is a test and so it is our responsibility to have our curriculum and what the experiences that we provide for our students being aligned with the standards so that when they take that mandated test they're prepared because we've done what we need to do for them and so that's that's why I'm here to ask for questions so if the pilot is successful the understanding would be that you would initiate this next year thank you browsing that because we can't do everything at once can't do everything at once for a couple reasons first you know the teachers they said it's a it's a huge learning curve to teach this way it's also expensive because we haven't been putting a lot of funding into science curriculum for a very long time so this would be a phase in there are in kindergarten there are three modules and in the other grades there are three and four modules for the whole year and so we would they focus on life science physical science and current science and engineering and so we would with the decision-making at a school level make a determination for which modules we would rule out in the upcoming year and then in subsequent years so that over the next two to three years we would purchase the materials and get the training for the teachers and the fully compliant and in alignment with with the State Standards the key thing to know about those the purchase of the materials is that the actual curricular the reading and the books there are books that align with English language arts those are all a one-time purchase as long as we take care of the materials there's obviously replacement some the only costs beyond the initial purchase each year in the rollout would be the consumables which we buy anyway for for the science that we teach now I don't know if that answers your question and and would the cost of the instructional tools is that built until or do we see it in the proposed by an estimate because regardless of whether we go with this or something else we have to okay so that is reflected in the proposed budget and other questions if some of you saw the cake I mean not only is it an alignment of standards which we have to make sure but it looks like a really engaging experience for the kids I think this is something that like the teachers weren't teaching science the ways we want to be teaching science I think the kids will be they'll be like why aren't we doing science today that's that's the type of context that they put the instruction interest I'd like to do and I'd like to teach it [Music] okay there's no other questions all in favor I opposed [Music] yes thank you very much good to hear about this one absolutely last item in my business is the shape America health and physical fitness field test the shape America health and physical fitness field test as recommended by the Cape subcommittee and is presented by flight director Steve Ballmer WMS health teacher Joe Ian Thompson [Music] this is a test that's going to help us to sauce audience on as we move forward into providing curriculum and operating our new quicken into Rubicon Atlas and we start aligning with standards this is a free test by arm shape America and also it's going to help us as we move forward with our high school Cora can now that we have to UM teach on the 10th and 12th grade have to align with the Connecticut State statue of teaching on substance abuse and alcohol tobacco and tenth and twelfth grade and also with the eighth graders when they come here other than that need require a limb fourth quarter in health on synostosis it would be great for us to look at the standards and see where we are what we need to improve on it's a pretty simple toss it takes one class board and the kids will do well on the computers Ohio our kids here have computers in the our middle school we out the arm computer labs so it's just something that would be great for us like I said to assess our needs Oh pathetic questions so what sorts of things are they doing on the computer it's a standards-based questions if you are if there's a link up here if you want to go out and fly their sample questions it's it's it's actually pretty cool so it was Melvin and I both took the test and he answered our I guess already takes it to a completely different question knocks based on the same standard and then we get all the results and we look at those results and help drive our Quaker I took two of their tests there are very thorough you know health related questions physical fitness would related questions very thorough and that I said is very important as we look at as we build our health curriculum at the high school and moving it up to one full product from a half product so this is a test assess the students knowledge of health on pavement PE related related items yes and the and it's more question-and-answer it's not actually a physical test yes I'll corrupt my thought that's why wasn't fair on so it's and and it's all students would take it and yes grades in which grades were they taken five eight and nine five eight nine or five eight nine through twelve house well it's off of nine through twelve we would want to do it in mine to see what we would need to fix in ten eleven twelve and as we incorporate the tenth and twelfth grade health curriculum so this is a field test and the data that we will be provided with will be aggregate data and not individual student data because as you know with a field test they're looking to make sure that the questions are you know ones that are work and have high reliability and validity and by being a part of this at this point in time it's going to give and I spoke to Jillian Thompson here tonight the she's been doing a lot of the lead work with Steve and some of the other health teachers and business on the curriculum writing and I'm a part of all the work that we've been doing and they are really eager to take advantage of this because since they're writing and implementing some of this new curriculum as they're as they're writing it they want to get feedback to see if where they may have weaknesses that they can work on while we're in this curriculum process and so that's and since it's it doesn't cost us anything and we're not looking at it to see you know how much John how's camp posted we're really looking at it to give us feet really critical feedback on our curriculum development and then after as you know when they do field tests and they're putting that much money into it it's because eventually that they're looking to develop a test that's going to be a national test so so that's I think that's really important for everyone to understand that we're not we're not looking to do this to get information on individual students at this point in time it's not even going to be available because a field test gives you a target data so you can look at here at your system they're committed to get us back the data it's right but when I went I saw the question that said when will our district received results it says please return back for more information that's almost like a message you get in your computer they don't have the exact date but they but we definitely be a part of this we get the aggregate data for the classes how long does the test take it says it says right in here it says it takes more class right so this Kinnear would take one class period here who take a half a class period good one well maybe 40 minutes or sucked okay in Steve this would be administered likely during a health or a PE classes how it would be on a certain okay the health part would be obviously in the health class in the health classroom setting and if he pee ones would be in the PS a-- settings like now we do stuff at NP even and then the kids bring into the devices so there will be nothing new to that okay thank you thank you any other questions okay all in favor aye opposed all right thanks Dee hey mr.