The leaders who have walked through complexity are often the ones who are most equipped to guide others with wisdom, humility, and care. There's a saying thrown around nowadays that the first step in solving a problem is recognizing there is one. Real leadership does not avoid that truth. It confronts it, confounds to it, learns from it, and recommmits to the standards that build trust and character. What Greg has instilled in me and in many others is the understanding that coaching and how we choose to live our lives is stewardship. You are entrusted with young people's lives. Your influence extends far beyond wins and losses. And your responsibility is to help young men become better people than when you first met them. This decision is about culture. It's about whether we value leadership that understands accountability, growth, and the long view, or whether we retreat from those ideals when they require courage.
And so I haven't heard back yet, but I did reach out and ask that question because I wanted to make sure that my research was correct and accurate so that moving forward with the PE program, we're doing it within the constraints of what what we're obligated to do based on our um grade spans at each of our school sites. So once I hear from CD, I'll let I'll let you guys know. >> So what happens if we do have to provide 400 hours to >> minutes? I'm sorry, minutes to the junior hours um to the junior high. You know, how is that going to affect the program? We have to provide those minutes. So, those are the mandated minutes. So, then we'll look at the program and we'll figure out with scheduling if PE the two existing PE teachers are going to service all those minutes or if they're going to split those between themselves and the classroom teachers.
72% feel academically motivated. 62% feel like there's caring adults. And 66% believe their parents are involved in school. 73% feel safe at school. 35% feel like they've experienced harassment or bullying. 75% feel they are satisfied with life. and 19% feel like they've experienced social or emotional distress. In our eighth grade, 61% connected to school, 64% academic motivation, 58% caring adults, 53% parent involvement in schooling, 62% feel safe at school, and 44% feel like they've experienced harassment or bullying. 70% feel like they are satisfied with life and 23% social emotional distress. So I found it quite interesting to see how these numbers change from fifth grade to 8th grade. Um and actually I went back to our panorama data and kind of drilled it down and these uh percentages actually align very closely to what we saw in the spring of last year. Um do you >> just a quick question do you know I know that um to get to these percentages there's a composite a variety of different questions that the students are asked um and I'm just wondering with the harassment and bullying piece as we see that number grow um to 8th grade uh if there's any differentiation in the data regarding inschool harassment and bullying.
So there's just a little bit of a contradictory conversation that's happening and I don't think that taxpayers should be putting up all the costs and you guys are playing the safe route. Taxpayers are not playing the safe route. So that's my comment chair. Thank you. >> Okay. >> I I want to just caution you when you say limited to a million. Um if you're we're there's no guarantee that after that 1 million you're going to get the other four million. That's how the budget works. You get it when we pass it. next year come, we might not have any money to give. We may you might not ever get the four million other $4 million. Are you aware of that? >> Okay. I I was wondering if we could do it as a a minimum of two up to 10, you know, something like that.
Any discussion? Hearing none. Senate bill 261. >> Chair votes I as is. >> Pass with >> as is. >> Pass un amended. >> Yes. >> Chair votes I. Vice chair votes eye. Senator Fukunaga excused. Senator Hashimoto. >> Hi. >> Senator Dort. Hi. >> Measures adopted. Madam chair. >> Thank you. >> Same recommendations for HHS vice chair for the vote. >> Okay. 2612 recommendation Senate draft 1 noting the presence of all members of the committee. NWRs or no? Seeing none recommendation is adopted. No. >> Okay. And finally for the last measure uh Senate Bill 2412 relating to the University of Hawaii appropriates money to establish a bachelor's degree program in American Sign Language. Recommendation is to pass with amendments technical and non-substantive amendments and to blank out the appropriation on page two.
They're going to give him the three. Yes. Knocks it down again. Another three that extends the lead to 4937. So yes, we will have uh all those sports coming to you live come >> say knocking it down and that'll begin March. Uh certainly we wish all the winter sports the very best of luck as we wind down the winter season and we'll take as I mentioned a little bit of a break. come back to you for all spring sports. Of course, boys basketball or rather boys baseball at Woodro, girls softball play at Columbus, of course, boys volleyball right here. They'll play in the gym. We see right here in front of us. Nice basket there. >> Say again knocking it down. His 12th point of the game. Boys and little girls across right behind the field. And we'll have that too also. So certainly looking forward to that deep three.
And when we do those tours, it's kind of a thing that when we're walking the space and we're going through rooms and classrooms they're like we don't we've never seen this and that's like okay let's keep going. So when you go through music production, when you go through e-sports, when you go through the classrooms they're like we've never seen anything like this before. And so that gives me joy and purpose to know let's keep pushing and moving that needle. So again the music production class uh the students in grades 5 through 8 have access to this class. Uh it's a five it's our our four and a half week rotations. So all of our students are getting every single fifth and sixth grader. Uh grades 7 through 8 will again our one semester course that all courses offered as an elective. We've already had the conversations with the high school about what's next as we've this is our first year for it so we'll have eighth graders that are moving on.
I believe Coach Grando represents mentorship shaped by experience, guided by integrity, and focused on preparing young people for adulthood, not just athletics. And I trust the sports lead with wisdom, fairness, and conviction. Character is not built by avoiding hard moments. It's built by leading through them. Thank you for your time and your service.
Okay. Is there any other discussion? Any other questions? I do want to mention that the letter that our BLTA rep wrote on behalf of the teachers that that has been considered all of those items between our board president you're and I understand you're going to address that in your superintendent report. So there's clarification as to what you know we did look at those items. >> Yes. All of those items were looked at and in my superintendent report I touch on that. >> Okay. Appreciate that. >> Of course. Okay. So, we had a motion. We had a second. Is there any more discussion regarding resolution number 26-12? >> Okay. I know. I have another question. need to do this. So, um I know that we after the meeting we had um last week on Monday, you know, the different scenarios go in your head and then I was like, well, what about like why couldn't we have like cuz one of these had like a case manager position, like a full-time teacher as a case manager position.
versus like cyber bullying and incidents that occur via social media um and those you know th those incidents that we know occur with our especially with our middle schoolers. >> Yeah. So I believe with the um there there is a different I didn't this is just a few of the items to pull from it that I just wanted to highlight. there are ones that are specific for um cyber bullying. And then as you said, because it's a composite and there's several questions that make up, it'll also give us a percentage of how students answered for each question individually. So again, allowing us to drill down further. Um it's a pretty comprehensive report and it's a lot to digest. Uh but >> yeah, it's like 150 pages when when you get the report for each school site. So, um, and again with this being so new, we're also in the process of just figuring out how to read this report and but I, you don't have all the answers for you right this moment, but >> yeah, we have yeah, we have reviewed it with the principles and and many of them have reviewed with their staff and we're also currently we have a social emotional learning community of practice where we're looking at our processes within the district and curriculum and this has been shared the the full reports has been shared with that COP as well.
That that's what I was. >> But you got to understand the legislative process. We work yeartoear. >> So we either give you the money now and you raise it and you match it or you don't get it and you there's no guarantee you're going to get anything done next year. I'm just saying that's just how it goes. Um, so you have to be strategic in how you folks propose some of your proposals. Um, because yeah, if you ask for a million and you're going to raise a million, then there's no telling next year if you're going to get any more. Then another bill might have to come have to be done, >> right? I mean, there's no guarantee. So, >> okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Any other last minute questions? No. Okay. Thank you. say there because you're going to testify on the next bill which is Senate Bill 2 3261 um for this bill that talks about agents.
Hearing any discussion? Hearing none. Chair votes I. SD1. >> Senate bill 2412. Chair votes I. Vice chair votes I. Senator Fukunaga. Excuse. Senator Hashimoto. >> Hi. >> Senator Dort. >> Hi. >> Measures adopted. Madam chair. >> Thank you. >> Same with HHS. Same recommendation. >> Okay. Recommendation 2412 is Senate draft 1. Noring the presence of all members of the committee. Any WRs or no? Seeing none, recommendations adopted. >> Thank you everybody for your patience. We are adjourned. >> Okay. HHS committee. Um, please take a 1:00 hearing for HHS. Could everyone please um calm down to um to accommodate the death line task force? We are going to call out of order the death blind task force bills which are SB 2414 relating to disability and communications access board. First up, >> excuse me. First up for SB 2414 we have Jack Lewis for shipa in support.
No rebound. Weak side rebound. 5141 now. Boomfield. Second chance. No. Where is it? Comes back out and looks like here is Angel Gonzalez. Yes. Angel Gonzalez again off transition not giving up. Here is Clifton the score line. Playing hard right to the end. Coach Lesler trying to get the crowd into the game. Rebound comes back out. >> Here it is again. Rebound. No. Come out to the wing. And another three. So thank >> thanks to Harry Vanderhay. He's on the camera today. Mark Mecca controls the end of the court here. Also Vinnie on the floor handling the camera on the floor as we are more than happy to bring to you live here. Clipton Unified will go down today, but certainly without a fight. They fought right to the end as we see here on Good Defense despite the knockdown. And certainly we'll be happy to bring them to you again next year as we approach 40 seconds now left to go in the game.
You know if you've not been to the junior high you will see kids carrying guitars all the time. We have inside recess for 7th and 8th and we have kids like can I go grab my guitar and come down to the cafeteria and play. And these are kids that you have never like they brought guitars and like my dad said this guitar in the back and I've brought it to like we have guitar racks in there and these kids are passionate. My my my nephew that's a fifth grader who is like hey um this year I want to I want to I want a guitar. And so that was just something that you're we're seeing that. So again what's next culinary is the one that the students are pushing for with us obviously with the farm stout piece too. Uh so we're going to start working in collaboration with our health class um because we feel like we can do that naturally and organically.
>> Good evening board members. Good evening community. Um here to speak on coach Grando and his staff's behalf. Um I don't have a fancy speech or a lot of big words, but uh these men have shaped a lot of people in this community. There's generations out here through different phases of their career and their life that are here. So, uh that says a lot for a small town, this many people to show up. Uh doesn't happen everywhere. And for men that did such horrible things um that were exonerated from uh not through litigation, but it the the passion and commitment they showed to even show up here tonight. if they did these heinous things, uh, they wouldn't be here striving to get back into that, it just it isn't a thing. People don't they they they don't return to something like that if if what everyone is well, not everyone, the three people say that happened.
It's like, well, could you do um one full-time that took like half of a case manager and half of the PE or you know what I mean? So that we were I know we didn't talk about that on last Monday and we did come up with the res. I mean I just you know it came up afterwards and I was like well we had it on here but could we have skewed it a little bit more you know like like because we have the case manager on here that we we didn't go with that option right we went with the PE teacher but I I think I think what's happening here is and I'm not going to speak for the entire board. I'll speak for myself. Every option had the reduction of not bu backfilling the retirement of a PE teacher. Every single option. So obviously that was the recommendation to us as a board.
>> Yeah. And I was just uh you know curious for a few reasons. One, just seeing the increase, but also because we have the cell phone policy um revision that we we will be doing and our middle schools have been piloting different measures on that. And um I know the legislature has been seeking feedback from all of the school districts regarding um any early signs of improvement that we're seeing limiting access to cell phone use during school time because uh bullying was a number one piece that the state found was of issue and trying to reduce uh those types of incidents during student learning time. >> Absolutely. We will be administering this again in in the March time frame. So it will be interesting to see with those changes how these numbers change. And back to Dr. Jill. >> All right. So once again, we're here um just highlighting our fully implemented action items, our translators, our additional support through our communicate contract, our parent square app, and our parent engagement workshops, child care materials have been fully implemented and 45% of our budget has been expended.
>> Yeah. >> Go ahead. >> Uh yep. So good afternoon again. Matt Elliot on behalf of the University of Hawaii director of athletics. The this bill 3 SB 3261 we support. We believe that there is a a good state law already in place to govern how agents conduct their business and interact with uh clients anywhere in the state. And what this bill does is add name, image, and likeness responsibilities um that if an agent uses those with any clients or or works on that content with any client um then they would have to follow the state certification, state registration rules. And that helps protect our student athletes. We think that makes a lot of sense and and we're very appreciative of this bill being introduced. Happy to take questions.
Next we have decaf Christine Pagano. >> I'll be right back. >> Okay. We we do still have a sign language interpreter. >> Yes. I'm sorry. She asked you. I'll be right back. Okay, please speak. Present. >> I stand on my testimony. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you so much, Christine. Okay. Next, we have Lewis Erric, Hawaii Disability Rights Center in support. Thank you. >> Elellanar McDonald, Debb Blind Task Force in support. Leela Mo in support. Um, Peter Fritz providing comments. Peter Fritz. No. Okay. Sher Shmeza in support. Heather McBy in support. Lara of Francy in support. Kayla Low in support. Beth King in support. Anybody else wishing to testify on SB 2414.
Zano wants it. Sbrano to say no rebound back out the road as we are now approaching the 25se second mark. Great job by both teams playing hard. Another three by Bloomfield. So certainly both teams playing hard right here to the very end as the clock winds down. Shot for one more. No. Off the mark. And that'll do it as the game ends with the score. Pfield 59, Clifton 43.