We get a motion and second to approve all these generous donations. Move. >> Second. >> Got a motion and second to approve our all these donations. All in favor say I. I.
>> Any discussion on the minutes? >> Call the vote show, please. >> Mr. Barnes, >> yes. >> Miss Ferris, >> yes. >> Mowleski. Mr. Jones, >> yes. >> Mr. Mercedes, >> yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Um, Mr. to Stephano the cash balance report if you would please. >> Cash balance report uh for January account balance at the end of December was almost 2.8 million. We had deposit Oh, we had Thank you. We had deposits of almost 5.3 million. We transferred out 3 million to the MMDT account uh less the payroll and warrant amounts as shown leaves us with a balance at the end of January of 665,000. Mmdt account we started out with almost 9.5 million. The net transfer was uh 3 million from operations. The interest was 37,000. Leaves us with a balance of 12 million 520 uh for the month and a total operating cash balance of 13.185 million.
This year, for the first time, our student leaders also partnered with our PTO to help plan a school dance. They were not simply attendees. They were collaborators. They helped think think through what would make this event meaningful for their peers. When students are trusted with responsibility, they rise to it. And ours are rising. That leadership extends into a culture of mentorship both during and after school. During the school day, every classroom is paired with a buddy class or a Viking buddies program. Older students mentor younger students through academic class or task. Structured collaboration and relationship building. They are learning that leadership is not about a title. It is about service. And after school that culture continues. More than 50 of our think together students are mentored by high school students from Isuza High School student union club. What we are building is a cross age support system that reminds students they belong to something bigger than themselves.
>> Yeah, I could see how like uh playing someone historical be a little bit hard to portray because there might be some people out there really like skeptical about it. Um, but I think you actually did a great job and uh I I did not get to see any of your plays from back then, but I've seen some photos and you look very happy. So, I'm gonna assume you've been sticking with the Zen grade, so I think you've been doing a great job. Um, but let's talk about our town um a little bit. Um, what's kind of the play about and uh are you guys um ready, you'd say, for this weekend and excited uh to be stage managers and kind of narrate this play? What about you? >> Um, definitely. I think it's it's like something I've never really done before. Like I I haven't done like a lot of plays.
I really enjoy it." But that's why I enjoy seeing people that come from different aspects, different um areas of school. They've got different friends friend groups, different activities they're involved with, but then come together in the theater and we're just a family. >> Yeah. Um I definitely realize it with me because usually the um kind of my friend groups in there. I mean, I'm usually around different friend groups usually, but my main that I kind of grew up with aren't into theater and stuff. So, I kind of was like, uh, when you came up with the idea after I won CHS, I was like, my dad was very excited for that idea cuz he was a theater major. And then I was thinking, I'm like, oh, Anna's the lead role. She's my girlfriend. You know, I kind of just want to do it for them, too.
Good evening everyone. >> Oh, very nice. Thank you for being here. Well, we have some uh teachers to recognize. We have some marching bands to recognize and we have some ortorial contest winners that are going to actually give their speeches this evening. So, uh let's start off with our national board certified teachers. The process of earning the National Board Certification is designed to collect clear evidence of accomplished teaching practice. Candidates complete compete candidates complete four rigorous components. A computer-based assessment measuring content knowledge and three portfolio entries demonstrating differentiating differentiation in instruction, teaching practice, learning environment, and reflective professional decisionmaking. The certification process can take one to five years to complete and requires educators to demonstrate a measurable impact on student learning. Hold on. That's got to be Chad. Gentleman in the back microphone needs to be on. What's that? >> Are you there, Mr. Thompson?
Um, sorry. >> The the one thing I've been working on, I I retired in January 2023. The worst thing you can do is take a superintendent, put them in front of a group of people because then they just start talk and never give them a microphone. So, I'm I have been working on on saying saying more with less. Uh, so, uh, but I, like I said, I met Michael, gosh, about three years ago. We were working, um, on a on a on a solar project or potential. So, that's how I met Michael and we've kind of stayed in contact. I enjoyed working with him and his board. Enjoyed working with Michael. You got a good one. Um, just wanted to make sure I said that. Uh, we are PSG Energy Group. Uh yeah, we do we have a lot of different a lot of different balls that we that we juggle around.
>> Any opposed? >> All right. Again, we appreciate that >> school recognition. >> Yeah, I just have one um just like to recognize Mr. Snder from Northfield. Like to recognize uh Elijah G or Gail, sorry, Elijah Gail. Congratulations to his sixth place finish at 175 pounds at the state wrestling tournament this last past weekend. Eli had a 50 and3 record on the season. Uh and so two of those losses would have been on the that Saturday. uh and he was able to bring home a medal for boys wrestling for the first time at NHS since 1990. Eli went two and two at the state tournament. So, congratulations to Eli uh and a great guy. >> I have that was short. All right. We appreciate that and congratulations to Eli. I know he puts in a lot of work out there. Public comment agenda items only.
Nice healthy balance. Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Dphano? Consolidated cash is a handout. Do you have that? Oh, I'm sorry. We need to vote on accepting that uh paper from Jerry. Can I get a motion on the uh report?
Strong schools are built upon strong partnerships. Our parent leadership continues to be a driving force. Our PTO remains active and engage. Several parents have completed LA County's PALS program and are now leading parent engagement initiatives on our campus. One powerful example is our math workshop designed to help families support homework at home. It began with a single parents request. We listened, we built it, and now it's expanding beyond our campus. And that is what partnership looks like. We also understand something simple but essential. For any of this to matter, students have to be present. We are now in our second year of implementing our formal attendance team. Through strengthened systems, consistent follow through, and intentional outreach to families, we have reduced chronic absenteeism by 7% compared to this time last year. That is focus. That is accountability and that is community working together. All of these efforts converge in our academic results by remaining intentional about collaborative conversations, rigorous math task, seal strategies, and high quality instruction valley.
I've done more like musicals, but it's just a very fun like just very interesting like story. Like um it just follows these two families like from like life to death like and I just like the just like the story of you know just people in like the early 20th century. And it's just I think it's just a fun like little new experience. And being the stage manager is really fun because kind of just get to like inform everyone. So >> Yeah. So the story mainly follows Emily Webb and George Gibbs and their love story and their life story. And it also has their families as well, but it's mostly about the two of them. And I think it's really interesting to be rather than playing the characters themselves, kind of be telling the story of the characters. Um, that's something I've never really done before and it's it's a lot of fun and I'm really excited for the show this weekend.
And, um, kind of try something and do it for me a little bit. Um, and try something new. And I think it's just been a great experience. So, I'm excited to perform this week. >> It's It's fun to have people kind of step out of their comfort zone and try something new. And whether it's something that's longterm or not, it's just definitely an experience that you have and you never know when that might pop up again. So, >> yeah, it's definitely a feeling that I think everyone should uh encounter once in a while. Not even just once in a lifetime. I think they should do it >> um a few times a year because it's just like it kind of just changes your perspective and uh you get to be around a different type of family and maybe even uh become a part of a new family.
>> Yes. >> Welcome to the meeting. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. Sorry, I was in the middle of just to catch you up on where we're at. Um, we were talking about national board certification. Um, [snorts] it offers 25 certificate areas structured by developmental level and discipline, ensuring that certification reflects deep subject expertise and a strong understanding how students learn. With this year's newly certified and maintained educators, Gilbert Public Schools now has 37 teachers and staff members with national board certification, and we'd like to recognize those individuals tonight. Uh first off from Desert Ridge High School and this is an individual who's maintained his certification. Uh he's a physics teacher and AP physics teacher, Mr. Greg Stafford. Come on down. [applause] I'm gonna have you all at once. Next from Highland Junior High, who's a history and social sciences and honors history teacher and social sciences, newly certified Melanie Whitfield.
We do do solar. Uh Jennifer Merlac, our president, is coming somewhere. She'll be here in just a second. She I'll let her talk, but Jennifer and Mike Michael has spent a lot of time with her. She's amazing when it comes to that part of it. And there's still some opportunity there to um to reduce cost in operations and all that would save money in operations and and I know with what the general assembly's been doing uh that's that's important to try to save as much money there and can move as much cost out of as possible. So we do do that. We have three right now we got them all over but we have three projects right down in the area. Two at North Pos and one at Lanesville uh that we're doing solar. Uh we did uh HVAC equipment at Clarksville uh nine boilers and then the installation and our biggest thing that we got going on our new not new but we've kind of pulled all of our groups together PSG is part of envelop and envelop there's four groups there's uh OCS which is open open control solutions so we do controls uh we also have ECS which is a rep owner rep for mechan uh for HVAC equipment uh we have OCS VCS envelope IQ technology, security, door security, cameras from that all the way, you know, wiring and all everything you would associate with any kind of technology.
If we have no comments, we'll move on to our agenda items. We need to get a motion and a second to approve our regular meeting minutes February 10th. So move. >> Got a motion and a second to approve those minutes. All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. Uh financial report claims and payroll number 15. >> Yep. Uh both uh again are pretty well in line. No surprises on payroll order claims.
>> All those uh any discussion, any questions on jury's papers? >> Vote, please. >> Mr. Mercedes? >> Yes. >> Mr. Tom? >> Yes. >> Miss Ferris? >> Yes. >> Miss Dler? Yes, >> Mr. Jones. >> Yes, >> Mr. Mia. >> Yes, >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Consolidated cash report is a handout and the revolving fund report is a handout. Budget report is a packet. We have that packet, Mr. Packet looks like this. Everybody should have one. Do you have one? >> Um, budget update. >> You going to do it? >> We're ready to go. >> Okay. So, I'm going to go uh through this packet that you got. Uh, this is the preliminary. This is our [snorts] preliminary budget. That's uh completed. Um, but we're not going to have you vote on the budget itself. But what we would like you to vote on is the revenue part uh because uh it allows us to submit to our communities their assessments that helps them build their own budget.
They'll achieve the largest increase in district scores in both language arts and math. We also have the highest number of elementary teachers and classified staff participating in afterchool tutoring. That alignment between strong instruction, targeted invent intervention and student engagement is producing measurable growth. At Valley though, we are building more than acade strong academic outcomes. We are building leaders. We are building mentors. We are building partnerships and we are building presence and build building belief belief that every child can grow that every voice matters and that when a community moves together progress follows.
I think there's definitely some spots that we struggle with >> struggling with we're we're getting there and I can't wait to see how this show turns out. >> Yeah, I' I'd see how being kind of the lead roles uh would be hard, but doing it together could is definitely helpful um and very stressful um and definitely a challenge. And speaking of challenges, uh, out of your many years of doing it, and you've been doing it since 8th grade, what's kind of like out of all the plays or musicals you've done, what was maybe the hardest role to play or like kind of your any challenges throughout doing them? Maybe like learning lines or something like that? >> I feel like as a general like tech week >> Yeah. >> is always just hard. >> But I'd say like hard roles. I mean, I feel like I feel like stage manager is like my biggest role I've had surprisingly just like with the amount of lines we have.
Um, but with it being your uh last year, what is it you uh think you're going to miss the most? >> Um, I I enjoy the students. I I've always said I've been blessed with the students I've had here at Clearwater. Um, because they they come together. They are like a family. Um, they're supportive of each other. So, I'm going to miss that. I I love working with the students. I love seeing uh things uh develop on stage. I mean, there's times we're like, "Oh, is this show ever going to come together?" And then all of a sudden just to see what the students can come up with, it just makes me so proud as a as a director to to see what they come up with. So >> yeah. Um, what is your would you say you'd prefer to direct or prefer to be in?
Congratulations [applause] from Highland High School. She teaches practical applications of math, practical applications of science, and communication skills. Welcome newly certified National Board Certified Teacher Joanna Cole Painter [applause] from Gilbert High School. International international balora coordinator and newly certified national board certified teacher Megan GRAY [applause] from Plyad Del Ry Elementary reading specialist who has maintained her certification. MELANIE VS [applause] >> [applause] >> And from the district office in our special education department, instructional specialist maintained her certification. Please welcome Abby Wheatville. [applause] And and and yeah, and she was on the Price is Right the other day. Was that a requirement to be a national board certified teacher? >> Two amazing things happened this year. >> Isn't that awesome? >> I know how hard all of you have worked to either become nationally board certified or to maintain your certification. It's a long journey and I nobody sees you do this work when you're at home at night or staying late at school.