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I have loved every second." She's a pretty amazing human being. Here is our cohort four. And we had some absences when we took this picture, but these are our current freshmen, our current first years. And I want to draw your attention to the top one on this. She said, "Training is aligned with the needs of Oh gosh, I need glasses. >> Thank you. Training is aligned with the needs of novice teachers." Let me just read my paper. That might be [laughter] better. Let me just read my paper. All right, here we go. Training is aligned with the needs of novice teachers. Intensive, always relevant, expertly designed, and remarkably fun. A constant reminder of what being an effective teacher looks like. And we were so excited to get that feedback because we work so hard to make sure our trainings are active and engaging and that we model the same strategies that we teach.
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It's not typical our what's not typical construction management. It's more project management where we bring the construction management in when we need to. Grant's got all kinds of experience. Our vice president of operations is from the uh his his whole background is from working with Shield is it Shield out of Indianapolis uh which is a large general contractor. is so we have enough on our team that can do that without without really having to go out and tradition and but if we need to we have a situation where we need a specific construction made for that part and maybe do something then we may bring them in for that instance but I just don't know exactly until we're into it and we figure out what's best for the school district. So the the amount of money we'll get the study, all the discussions with the community, any of that, any working with the board, sitting down, going through that, even questions that we may have to ask the architect and stuff would be a part of that uh as well.
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>> So then that would be what? >> June 16th, not 12th. >> Oh, June 16th. Yeah, likely what that would show a gap in between. You would, you know, got your final, you would kind of negotiate contract and you would probably be ready to make an announcement that you're going to hire so and so. Um, and it'll take place on the board meeting of the 16th. So, it's not going to be secret. You know, that's not going to happen. But, you know, you do want to make sure that when you walk out of the interviews, you're saying, "We found a finalist." That's based upon a site visit and then contract negotiations. So that can take a couple weeks. >> And we will assist the board with a press release should should that be required. And most often it is of course to your public um to your executive cabinet, whatever the case might be.
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Our trainings are not sit and get. They are busy. They are tired by the end. We have some principal reviews uh that I wanted to share with you as well. The middle column there is from an elementary principal and she said, "The pathway coaches have partnered with us every step of the way, cheering on our teacher and equipping her with valuable strategies. Pathway coaches are intentional about providing meaningful personalized support. Also, our goal to help our teachers be successful." This next slide, I want to draw your attention to the last one. This is a high school principal and he said, "Pathway teachers receive extensive support from the pathway team in regard to curriculum, instructional strategies, and management. The end result has been qualified, well-trained teachers. We're really proud of our teachers and their commitment to success. when they begin. Those first few weeks are really painful.
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Um so >> how how does that cost compare with a corporation like North? You're probably theirs will probably trip because it triple that or no I mean >> okay >> I mean it's yeah >> and it's really tied to you know number of facilities square footage so at this point so there's >> that that's kind of what I was getting >> yeah yeah it's not a one price across the >> and again I wouldn't be able to give you exact conservative it might be just we just have to get in and see there are some things that we can do right away. It doesn't I was telling Michael we have we work with a roofing contractor that is they're they're great. We we're using at North Lawrence we're using other pler solar but they just pricewise they've been in business for 50 years and price-wise no one can touch them.
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>> Yeah. >> Thank you. Um I'd like to ask Mr. Ortega if you could put the scheduled events on our calendar on our packet. Thank you. Now, beyond the approval of the contract on June 16th, the board most likely will need to contemplate um your finalist. Would you like him or her here with their family perhaps? U that kind of celebration aspect. There are times when the approval of the contract is done in this case on June 16th and perhaps the very next board meeting you bring in to celebrate accordingly. Uh so just more of a celebration aspect to that. >> Let's see when is our last meeting in June. >> So that might be the opportunity for that. Can we put that on the calendar already? So that way we know that we have that date because some of us in June take vacations.
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And we pray that they're going to stay with us. We pray that they're going to stick it out. But what's more is we're in their classrooms. We're supporting them from the ground up so that they feel like they have the tools, they have the strength, and they have the support they need to come back day after day because it is such hard work. But they do great things for our students. And that's it.
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They'll come out at no obligation and they'll scan your roofs. Uh they'll give you condition of the roofs, they'll give you the thermal. We'll do all that and give you some numbers in terms of so that you know uh we can do that lighting um some of the we can do we get that done for nothing but some of the evaluations when you have to have the engineering part of it that's that's where the cost is and we don't that's not something we I know when I was doing it we had a lot would come in and do it for Um, I like to say looking at that those 30 40,000 foot facility studies that were free compared to when we're getting down in the weeds. Uh, I you kind of get what you what you kind of went through that a few years ago with ESG.
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>> Put what on the calendar? >> It's already my calendar here. It's on this calendar. >> On my calendar. >> Okay. But I would like for the community to know that we're going to have the celebration. >> I I think it would be good to get there like to get a little closer before I think I think tentatively saying that is the plan. But as we get closer, I think it'd be better to >> You bring up a good point, Adrian, but I think teachers after June check out and so I would like to give them plenty of opportunity for them to come and celebrate with us for that um for that um last meeting. Um so I would like to request that that date be uh available as soon as possible for for our teachers >> and staff >> and perhaps particularly the executive cabinet of those associations.
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Do you have any questions for us? >> Does anybody have any questions? >> No questions. >> Sure. Of course. Of course I have questions. >> So, um, one of my understandings when we started this program is that they would receive a Arizona teaching certificate. Is it reciprocal to other states? because my understanding was that it would not be, but it sounds like if they're getting a regular teaching certificate, it might be. >> Yeah. So, that's a really great question. What they get is called a classroombased standard certificate and it's a little bit different than a standard certificate. Whether or not another state accepts it is up to the receiving state. And I think initially these alternative certification pathways were not accepted state to another state, but what's happened is the majority of states in the United States have equal programs. And so we've had two teachers move out of state and both have had their certificates accepted.
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We kind of we well I wasn't happy with them. I don't know about everybody else, but supposed to come in and redo the lighting and uh heating and air and doors and but it was waste of money. it won't be like I said um and we and Grant and that's the other thing too when we find things we've had their board members Grant's met them and taken board members and shown them in their buildings what the issues are so so they could actually see because you're vote I mean there's a lot this is a big decision in doing these things and he has taken them around and shown them exactly what the issues are we do the same same thing here at any time >> does any of the uh school systems uh get a panel together like a building group, a building >> committee.
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>> Yes. It's not the date. It's just including the celebration as an agenda item for that meeting. >> I'm sorry. Can you repeat that? >> Yeah. So, the date is already set, my understanding, our meeting. Is that correct? >> That that is correct. And I think what I heard Dr. Verdugo say is you can either the night that the contract gets approved, do a little something or the board meeting after if that's what the board desires. >> That is correct. Yeah. >> Put it on on one of those. >> No, no, not saying right now. I'm just saying when it does get decided, it should be sooner than later. Then we can go ahead and publish that that it will be on that date. Yeah. Just so we give them plenty of time. >> Yeah. Okay. Excellent. Moving on back to the agenda itself where we had that available would be number seven that you see there candidate recruitment.
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One in Wisconsin and one in Texas. >> Oh, that's good to know. Thank you. I appreciate that. Yeah, I I know there's a lot of hard work put in and and definitely lots of hours. Can you tell us a little bit more about the structured English immersion? Is that a required part that everyone goes through um to deal with those English language learners to help them along as as we have those come into our classroom, those students? >> It is required and it's required by the state. And so in order to teach, those teachers must have an SEI endorsement on their certificate and they must have it by the end of the program. Now, if we have a teacher who their first year has uh eelss in their class, then we work to make sure they get that training that first year so that the state looks at them as qualified for what they're doing.
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>> I I've I've seen that before. I you know I had one one year early on I had a committee on my board. There was one of the board members that had experience in that and had a couple community members that he knew kind of looked at stuff. >> You don't want a whole bunch to go get if you get 10, you're gonna have 10 different ideas. But what's working well at at Bentford North Farms and then I'd want to look here is just that approach grant and sitting down with you all to to really talk through those and then tell us you know what more information do you want? We had one member that really was stuck on you wanted a I can't we're too close to that for me to say about that. What was it? A He wanted a uh car >> parking garage.
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We've talked a little bit about that with advertisement with our website with the fact that there's knowledge that there'll be an opening accordingly. Um the next item is number eight contract parameters worksheet. This will be completed by candidates who are invited to be interviewed. Uh a contract parameters worksheet is something that we provide to anybody who you intend to interview. That contract parameters worksheet will indicate to the board ahead of time whether or not what they'd like in terms of compensation, in terms of contract years, uh in terms of health and welfare benefits, in terms of any relocation. Perhaps you're going to be getting somebody from Texas just theoretically. That being said, they they they would be requesting relocation amounts um associations that they are uh requesting to be uh joining AXA, Kulsa, CASA, um Kappell, u Rotary, things of that sort. So that's kind of a laundry list of those things that board president would utilize along with legal counsel as you're de developing the contract for the new person.
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>> Okay. Thank you. I appreciate that. >> Yeah. You're welcome. You're welcome. >> Yeah. I just wanted to say this is such a great program. So appreciate all the work um you all put into it and the presentation tonight and I think it's it's wonderful for the people who go through your program and and wonderful for our students as well and and really appreciate it. Thank you. >> Y All right. Thanks everybody. >> Thank you so much. >> Okay, moving on to 6.03 second quarter financials. Um I'm assuming Miss Bonnie Betts that's you. Yes. Good evening Dr. McCord. Governing board members um clerk Miss Murray. Uh this uh presentation's normally made to you at the end of January. So we're um we are catching up a little bit but it's very relevant today because it's part of the story that we will we will share with you when we share the budget revision later on this evening.
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So, you know, get information about a parking garage, but we were able to work through that kind of stuff. A lot of times if you get a panel, you get too many people, even three or four, and then it kind of >> get some crazy ideas, >> get crazies. Um, we like to do we put together a lot of scenarios you have and then and then you know people you pick up the phone and you have people in the community, you can say, "Hey, we got these three things. Come in my come in and look at them and give some input, too." So, we're open to about anything uh that works for >> talked a little bit about if you guys want to go up to Bedford, which I I would recommend, we could go up there, meet with them, look at the buildings, look at what they've done, even talk to some of their people to see, are they happy with PSG and stuff, what they've done.
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Um and we assist those by the way we assist these people in that in that aspect. Um an example would be salary. Uh you may have a salary range that you've determined um and they've asked for $100,000 more than that. Well, that's usually a deal deal breaker and so as a result, we will have a conversation with them about, you know, the rationale behind that.
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So, this is a quarterly financial presentation. And just a reminder, normally we present the monthly financials to you and we're looking at month-over-month changes, but with the quarterly financial, we're looking year-over-year changes reflective of the same quarter in the prior year. Okay. So, year-to-ate revenues. So, operating revenue by source. So as you know the state equalization pro uh the state equalization formula involves both um both uh local property tax portion as well as a state funding portion. Um in addition before I go on a little bit further uh please understand that this report is based upon our district operating grids only. So it's not a global look at all of our funds and all of our resources here in Gilbert public schools. We're just looking at that first normal operating grid that we share with you in the monthly financial. So, looking at this revenue by source year-over-year comparison, you can see that the revenue received is 151 um million or 46.8% of of expected in the prior year compared to 156.3 million or 48.3% of expected.
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So, >> yeah, I'm in Bedford all the time, so I'd be happy to guide you guys around. I'm proud of the work we've done there. So, no problem showing it off. Yeah. And a nice thing too, kind of wrap it up with this. Um, what I like about it is a lot of times retired superintendents, we get hired by by one of those groups just to get these in front of the superintendent and we go off. And what I love about it is I get to work with the team. You know, when we come in like Bedford, I'm on the team. I'm there. If we come here, this is this is your team. You're going to see us. It's not we're not pass it off to other we'll bring some other people on our team in but this is you not going to be you know passed around if you get ticked off about something you can pick up the phone and you know if you call Michael Michael call my or if you want me to come in because because of something hey that's that's what we'll do we'll come in and and if it's if it's something uh we've done we're going to we're going to make it right and make it make it uh make it work.
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