These strategies will help me be a successful student. Thank you for all Thank you for all taking the time to listen to me and have a nice day. Thank you. I forgot about that picture. Um, hello. My name is How does this work? I'm so sorry. You press this. Hello, my name is Hunter Bennett and I'm in seventh grade. This slideshow was made on February 10th of 2026. Oh my god. I came to Life Academy because I made mistakes in my past that I am ultim ultimately paying for it and I'm sorry for doing it. It hurt a lot of people and I'm sorry. Oh my god, I'm repeating myself and it's okay. I know. I'm just trying to find the words to say. I know what I did broke a lot of trust that I had with people. And I know it took a long time to build back up, but I'm happy to say I have built back that trust and it is stronger than it ever was before.
um they don't know how to use blends and to use um they don't know how to use letters and words together to to learn to speak English. And so um the platform that I'd like to try I'm not asking we're not going to we're not going to dive in yet but I want to take one class our lower class and try this out with them. And so what we're asking what I'm asking for is approval for this grant to um try a different online platform for our lower lower level learners and then assess that data and see if this is a move that we might need to make um across the board for our English language learners. >> I recommend the board approve. >> I make a motion to approve. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I I >> vote I as well.
Any discussion? >> Um, so let's go back over that just to make sure that Deb got the names. I think Pat, you were the motion. >> I did. >> And Travis was the second. We're going to ignore this little >> I just I just wanted to correct. Absolutely. Congratulate the Jennings County High School girls basketball team. >> Oh, yeah. >> Oh, see now it's worth it. >> Yes. Sectional winners. >> Yes. And we have four headed for wrestling. Is it semi-state or regional? I always get myself. >> Semi-ate. And we had a swimmer go to regionals this week as well. So some exciting stuff. >> So maybe it would be good to just have a a summary for the board of all of the students who who are moving on to >> I can do even better. We're going to bring them to see you in March.
So, it sounds like what you brought up may may have been spot on that it's may not be necessary by state law. >> But when I rent my home, what happens to that secondary suite? >> Nothing. It just stays recorded on your deed as a secondary suite. >> So, the family that moves in as a rental uh accommodation can use that secondary suite as part of the It's just part of the home. >> It's just part of your single family home. It's just like another >> They cannot rent it out. Correct. It's not >> correct. Like you can't rent two family. >> It's not a two family. It's not an ADU. That's the whole point. >> Yeah. You could have a roommate like you can like one live in there and one could live but >> we couldn't prevent that now, >> right? >> But you couldn't have two separate renters.
This speaks volumes about the commitment of our families and Mr. Salvar will share more details regarding this year's engagement process and our upcoming timeline toward the end of tonight's presentation. To provide you with further context on this evening's report, it is important to note the regulatory requirements behind this presentation. So, under section 61 of Senate uh Senate Bill 114, all districts are required to present a mid-year update on their LCAP. and they must do this by February 28th. So we are right on target. Per these requirements, our report tonight includes two specific components. First, all available mid-year outcome data related to our metric metrics as identified in our LCAP and then an update on our mid-year expenditures for the outlines uh for the actions outlined in the plan. The purpose of tonight's presentation is to provide you with a concise update. Tried to make it as concise as possible on these metrics and fiscal expenditures to ensure transparency and alignment with our goals.
I've learned what I've learned about myself is I work better in a quiet quieter environment than I do with all the ruckus because I get distracted very easy. I've also learned to take accountability for myself and which is very important for growth. I can be and I've also learned about I could be as good as I dreamed of being in my dreams. I could be someone that people want to look up to one day. Some of the skills that I have developed is learning to take constructive criticis criticism construct and I'm happy to be able to take it because when I first came to life academy I would lash out and I would get mad and I would just shut down. I've also learned I can multitask now. Even though what I'm trying to say is I don't get distracted as easy as I used to, which is amazing for me.
Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Thank you for your time. >> All right. Next on the agenda to consider the Purdue ExtensionU member of understanding. >> Yep. Good evening. So thisou um is with Purdue Extension and our afterchool program specifically for our chef university which is after school club at um Hoover. So I would recommend approval of thisou. >> Do I hear a motion to approve? Move to approve. >> Second. >> Absolutely. All those I vote I all those in favor say I. >> I.
It'll be winter sports and then um no fall sports and then winter sports the one after that. Deb, is that right? See, Marilyn, you thought we missed it, but she is on it. >> Hey, we like celebrating kids, so we don't we try never to lose an opportunity. >> We do. Okay, we have a motion and a second. So, now all those in favor to adjourn. Seven of the meeting.
>> So the problem that we're preventing is what precisely? >> We're preventing people from abusing it. This also like I'm glad they did this because what it's saying is because if you had a fire in your house and then they came in and said, "Oh, you have an unpermitted ADU." And you're like, "No, no, it wasn't an ADU. It was a secondary suite and this was done correctly." And your insurance company isn't going to, you know, deny your claim because you didn't have an ADU. You never put it in. That's not what you did. You added a secondary suite. Does that make sense? So like just by noting this on there now you can still build this collection of rooms to do the functionality that you wanted to do in there and then not be an ADU. >> Yeah. I mean Doug uh we don't actually have to discuss this at all because it's no it's no longer under our purview but as an explanation again Doug's question was about it was that because an ADU and a secondary suite can look can look to the naked eye basically identical how does a person know when they're buying a house that which one they have right so This basically documents which one you have because they are different but in the way that you have to build them according to the building code which is about life safety right it's not about rent the building code is about life safety and those two items are different according to life by life safety so that make sense >> so okay >> so it sounds like we don't need to vote on any in-law apartment zoning bylaw at all >> not unless you show up to town meeting >> understood So, >> okay, which we welcome you to.
So just a quick overview. Goal one centers on academic excellence through the whole child approach. We aim to ensure all students with special attention to our lowincome foster youth and English learners or pluralingual students are prepared for college career and life. We achieve this by fostering the 21st century skills, elevating youth voice, and providing technical training. Goal two utilizes the community schools approach. Here, our focus is on cocreating, like Mr. Morgan Stern alluded to earlier, culturally and linguistically responsive opportunities for our parents and families. By empowering them to advocate for the assets and needs of our students, we create a stronger support system for our most at promised students and all of our students. Goal three is dedicated to get dedicated to our school culture. We strive to provide a safe, positive, and inclusive environment that is responsive to the needs of our students. Like our first two goals, this work is intentionally designed to support the well-being of our lowincome foster youth and pluralingual students.
I can also respectfully disagree with someone and I'm proud of myself that I can do that. Some of the changes I've made about myself is I can take responsibility. I can help out around the classroom and I can go around and see if anyone needs help and see what I can do to help them.
>> Any opposed? Thank you. I vote I as well. Thank you very much. All right. Uh moving on. Next is capital projects the high school auditorium. >> Yeah. So um this kind of started with um a inspection of that space and uh from there had some recommendations on some repairs and updating uh to take place in the auditorium. So you will see in your packet there that we have uh worked with the long rigging on obtaining a quote. um Indianapolis stage sales uh who we worked with is not providing a quote um and also contacted uh ZFX Flying Effects uh who we did speak with but did not follow up with with a quote. So um in your your packet there we would be uh recommending uh Del Long Rigging Solutions be the vendor uh that is selected to do this work. Um, and [snorts] again, this is going to do a lot of updating uh with the hanging of the fly and rigging system, the chains um update some of our rope um that just is deteriorating over time and um needs to be uh brought up to speed.
>> Okay. All right. So, um other items on the list. Um planning board task list. We'll skip that for a minute. I don't know if we'll be coming back to it. Um letter regarding zero cross street. Um this is the one. I'm so confused what this is. Um, this is a letter that the select board where we find it in um the Hopkins. >> Yes. >> It should be there. It is. So, no. >> Yes. Sorry. Sorry. It was under this other uh I I had put something on top of it. It's the one that starts uh dear Mr. McH. >> So, why are we calling it zero? Sorry, that confuses me. >> That's the That's the street address for Ashland. >> Oh, because it doesn't live in a because it's not in Ashland. >> It is technically, but it doesn't have an address. That's it's we call it zero cross street in Ashland.
While these goals are distinct, they work together to ensure every student in AUHSD has the support they need to thrive. Before we move into the data, I want to take a moment to express our gratitude to everyone who participated in and promoted the LCAP survey. A special thanks to goes to our faces, our site principles and teachers, our staff uh who were instrumental in encouraging our community to share their voices. This year about 17,620 students completed the survey. Most notably, we saw an increase in participation across the student groups as you can see on the slide. While this remains a work in progress, it is a significant achievement and we have officially surpassed our participation numbers from previous years. The importance of this growth is highlighted when you look at our enrollment trends as well. As this slide illustrates, we have seen a steady decline in student enrollment over the last few years.
How I am different now is back then when I came to life academy, I would not ask any questions or even if I needed help, I wouldn't ask questions because I was scared of what people would think of me. Now, for a matter of fact, I love to ask questions. I think it's amazing. Thank God for that. And now I will truly listen to my teachers when they talk. And if even if they want, I can repeat what they said just so they know I heard them. My plans on returning or going to Fox Creek is I plan to help people when I get there. I plan on being able to I plan on being a respectful student when I get there and planning on helping some of my friends get better, too. And I hope Thank you guys for letting me speak today in front of you guys.
So, uh I would recommend approval of capital projects with the long rigging on the CHS auditorium. Happy to take any questions. Has it does it get used much or has it not been used because it's in a state of disrepair? >> There are two parts and I won't begin to to think that I can speak the technical language, but there are two parts that have some sandbag weights that are currently not in use and updating this would allow those to be used again. >> We've all seen all the television shows and where sandbags fall frequently on theater stages and I I think this needs to be addressed immediately. I move approval. >> We don't need CSI coming to the >> I second. >> Uh all those in favor. >> I I >> I >> and I vote I as well. Thank you. >> All right.
It doesn't have a designated >> Sorry. Okay. That's >> No, because there's never been a building for I didn't know what that was. So, that's actually a reference to this solar thing. >> That little tiny square that's in Ashland on top of that. That's exactly what it is. >> That was Thank you. >> Yeah. So, um the way we left this last time and and we had um uh the few residents um who were um in involved in this uh inquiry were were here or you know speaking online and um we knew that the select board was composing a letter um to the town or sorry to Hopington um just in supporting the residents efforts to um you know encouraging Hopington to kind of basically fulfill the um the decision of of their own planning board, right? So um we had talked a little bit about maybe piggy back piggybacking onto that select board letter and I did reach out to Joe about that but kind of moved kind of quickly and it was already out the door um before I thought it would be.
Despite having fewer students overall, we achieved higher engagement, which signals that our outreach efforts are working. However, it is important to keep in mind that declining enrollment also directly impacts our LCFF funding. A reality that I will detail in the budget overview on the next slide. This chart provides a mid-year snapshot snapshot of our fiscal landscape. It outlines our budget items starting with the projected 2526 adopted budget presented to the board last June. Beside that we have listed our actual budget amounts that you can see on this slide which are based on the first interim report followed by the variance. Uh for your reference this data aligns with the first interim report presented by Dr. Nin in December and that is on page 49 of the report. You will notice that our total actual LCFF funds are slightly lower than what we projected in June.
It's an honor. Um, I hope you guys have an amazing day and well night, but yeah, thank you. I I can kind of speak for the board a little bit and then you guys could please chop in or jump in, but I am very very proud of all four of you guys. Absolutely. Thank you for coming and sharing your experiences. really does make my heartbeat faster. So, thank you. Thank you. Madam President, may I take 30 seconds to take a group picture before we go to the next, please? Do you see that? Miss Hall, may I take a a picture? Thank you. Picture with the kids And their teachers are here, too. I noticed that. While Lance is uh getting you guys all ready for your picture, it just what you guys did for us tonight just really validated what we have been trying to do for all of our students in this school district.
Uh next up, considering the transportation handbook, that is actually myself. I did uh get a chance to review that and and even chatted with uh um Betsy Ham a little bit on that on the changes and there were uh no major substant changes. It was clarifying things how long kids uh how long the bus drivers would wait at a bus stop. Um [clears throat] clarifying that uh uh no violence obviously allowed on the bus, anything any uh violent behavior like that, anything any aggression would be uh grounds for bus suspension, things like that uh were in the updates and uh so uh I would move approval uh of the 2627 transportation handbook. I move to approve the handbook as drafted. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I I >> and I vote I as well. Thank you. All right. Uh grooving on considering the Athens Virtual Academy.