Um so, it was a pretty tight um list of needs and priorities. And we also were um working hard to ensure that teacher um administration, instructional coach, and parent and community voice were heard throughout the entire process. So, we also had a district review committee um that came into play to review all of the vendor materials that were submitted. Our members participated in a um in three different orientation sessions that reviewed all of our ELA state standards. We reviewed the science of learning or I'm sorry, science of reading. And we also went over what does solid research-affirmed ELA instruction look like, and what how would that show up in a instructional program. And then they also had three full days to review each of the different materials. Um we broke that up across a few weeks. And then we did have the budget constraints that came in so that we reduced or narrowed our adoption scope to K5.
I hope that clarifies. Please let me know if you have more questions. Sarah Bess, >> sorry, I lose my mouse when I'm trying to like take notes on the other side. Okay. Um, so a couple of thoughts. Um, so I think the updated goal as presented sounds to me like a great goal for next year. Um, I think there the intent of this is fantastic and I think it's information that we need and however my concern is that this is taking on too much to be completed in the next 3 months. Um, so and I I hear what um Rachel is saying about the short-term recommendations, which I think is um part of what is causing um great concern in the community right now. It feels like uh we have a we have to a next year we have to manage before we can manage years out.
So, that means I don't have to create two documents. I have one document. When this is done, it goes to the town, fully compliant, and meets um their requirements. I think I have the slide numbers right. I will play with that. Um and that's it. Some key terms and acronyms, and thank you very much. Aaron, first things I I want to just go back to slide 50 if you could, for a second, where he listed we listed a a number of school districts. This is a huge issue that's taking place across our state right now. I'm I'm on calls. I'm on meetings with my colleagues that are superintendents across the state. A lot of them are hoping for overrides, and if the override isn't happening, they're in more of a situation they are. I mean, I'm talking to some of my colleagues that are $4 million off, right?
Um, as I mentioned, our staff find our resulting language a little bit confusing. Um, and we agree. So, we are proposing these amendments to just write out the circumstances for when review of storm water management systems will be done by the county. Um it is a more easier to understand straightforward list but it does maintain the the same gist. Uh we are recommending approval of these. All right. That takes us to a public hearing. Manager Kelly, we have no members of the public in the chambers. Do we have any members of the public online? How wise of you to ask this before reading this bill? [laughter] >> We have no remote callers. >> Since we have no members of the public in present nor online, I will read I will uh hereby close open and close the public hearing and read the proposed motion without uh without objection from the table.
Um but even before we go to students, we were talking about the staff. So, we're talking about the staff experience and how can we make sure that our staff um have the most amazing experience here in Gilbert from their very first interaction and how can we put systems in place that allow that to be intentional and replicated. And so, we started talking about our onboarding process. We started talking about how we do a really good job when it comes to onboarding teachers, but maybe there's areas and and different groups of staff members that we could do a better job at welcoming and onboarding. And so we have been digging into what does that process look like with our classified staff? What does that look like um in making sure that everybody is is properly trained? And so, um, we have some work to do and we've raised a lot of really good questions and we're excited to really dig into what onboarding could look like in Gilbert for all groups of staff members.
And we moved seven finalists forward for that 60-day public review. And from there, we had vendors present to our steering committee, and we brought forward some best and final offers from that group. And throughout that process, discussions focused on um the instructional quality, the district fit, teacher planning demands, as well as the impact on student learning. Which brings us to today, which is our final recommendation. So I just want to take a quick second to highlight the full steering committee, and take a moment to thank them for the significant time and commitment they dedicated to the adopt I'm sorry, the adoption over the past year. Their willingness to engage in hard and sometimes difficult conversations while consistently keeping our students and teachers at the center of the work um it was critical to our process. And I don't have a slide with all of our um district review committee names, but I also really want to take a moment to thank them um for their time, their expertise, their thoughtful input throughout the process.
Um, which I think both are important. Um, but I think we need uh to think about like the next school year importantly. Um, so I guess I kind of feel split between the original goal three as it was written slashpresented and the updated expanded goal. I think um the the document that was attached today or for today's meeting um is is great for um for a a a next school year goal. Um so that's yeah, that's how I I think about it right now. Okay, Rachel. Um, I thank you Sarah Bus, thank you Jenny for asking those questions and Megan for explaining. Um, some of your explanations, Megan, are not are not quite what I see in the document. So, I I agree with Sarah that framing this for next year would be helpful and perhaps clarifying some of that in that case would be valuable.
So, this is a huge issue that's happening across the state. It's partly insurance, but it's also partly using money at certain times, right? Whether it be school choice money to fund certain things and not having the sustainability with that, as well, too. So, know it's an issue, know it's a concern across the state, but we're we're not alone. The capital we have on top of there, it's certainly something we're in a tough spot this year, but we're certainly sitting in a better spot than some of my colleagues are saying and talking about right now, as well. So, this is the presentation we sort of gave you last time we were together with a little book of shovels and we're looking to do this again next week, right? Where we're going to have it in here. Previously, we did it last year, I think we did it in the auditorium.
Okay. Uh, the Ann Arbor [clears throat] the Ann Arbor City Planning Commission hereby recommends that the mayor and city council approve amendments to chapter 55 unified development code section 5.22 related to storm water management review to clarify the circumstances when review by the county water resources commissioner WCWRC is necessary as proposed in the attached ordinance. Moved by Commissioner Mills, seconded by Commissioner Adams. Uh, discussion. Are you ready to vote? Manager Kelly, would you please call the role? >> Absolutely. Commissioner Adams, >> yes. >> Commissioner Weatherbe, >> yes. >> Commissioner Mills, >> yes. >> Commissioner Lee, >> yes. >> Commissioner Hammershmid, >> yes. Commissioner Weiss. >> Yes. >> That carries unanimously. >> Thank you everyone. That takes us to 10D, an amendment to chapter 55, unified development code regarding solid waste terms. A proposal to amend sections 5.18 special dimensional and site layout standards. 5.20 Landscaping Screening and Buffering 5.29 Specific Procedures.
Um, and then creating that process. Uh, the second piece is our community and parent experience. And so really um digging into making sure that our parents and community members feel special and they feel um part of the family from the second they walk through our doors. And that's every door that's school doors um any of our district building doors. And so what does it look like? And when we were talking about the feel of it, you know, how can we replicate that? How can we be intentional about what good customer service looks like? Because you guys, I'm sure have all visited a variety of different places and the feel is different each place and it's be for good reason. You could put your finger on what makes different places stand out. And so we are really digging into what that looks like and how we can replicate that and how we can put systems in place to make sure that every single person that walks through our doors is having that similar experience where they feel like gosh, I don't want to leave this place.
Their feedback and perspective were invaluable in shaping our recommendations and our work that we've done. So with that, as you can see on our screen, our recommendation is CKLA by Amprif- Amplify. And we didn't come to that decision lightly. Following vendor presentations, the steering committee ranked each program based on quality, effectiveness, and fit for HUSD. The team reviewed best and final offers to determine the most cost-effective adoption design. I'm sorry, design aligned to district needs, priority, and budget. The district initially anticipated selecting separate K-3 phonics program and a K-5 program. But based on stakeholder feedback and our vendor learning, the steering committee explored a comprehensive K-5 core program that has embedded systematic and explicit phonics instruction. This approach provides a more cohesive program, eliminates the need to crosswalk multiple curricula to ensure alignment to standards and instructional time requirements. It also promotes consistent use of materials across campuses, improves coherence in teacher planning, and supports stronger and more equitable student learning outcomes.
I would like to call the question of of not accepting this revised goal and ex and moving forward with the goal that Dr. Z set in November. >> All right. Do I have a second on calling the question? >> Second. >> Okay, we will take a roll call vote. William, >> yes. >> Jenny, >> I'm sorry. Are we voting on calling the question? >> Yes. >> Oh, yes. Sarah Bess. >> Yes. >> And Rachel. >> Yes. >> And Margaret. Yes. Okay. So, that means that we need a motion. Um, like to make one. >> Point of order. I actually don't think we need a motion if we are not I think we only need a motion if we are >> if we're going to advance. >> Okay. All right. So then I guess the response back to Dr. Z will be that we did not accept the revised goal.
Wasn't a great setup for us to be able to have conversations with each other, cuz we're sort of in a a straight line, like a a last last supper type of table. So, we're going to be able to keep it back to here again. We're advertising all over the place. I mean, Jen, who, by the way, is on the phone, and that's why I keep referring to that. Um but she has posted on social media, as well, too, about our budget meeting coming up and stuff. So, all that's out there. Our principals this Friday on their newsletter we're putting that out. We want people to come to our meetings to be able to ask questions. So, we're we're we're bringing this to you guys and now I'm saying, "What do we What are you looking different for us between now and next week to in the presentation that we're going to be giving?" Yeah, so I think that before we get to questions for Aaron, so I think what we should do tonight discuss this, ask whatever questions we have about it, and then he presented a level service budget with some items to improve things, increase things.
and 5.37 definitions to change outdated references and terms related to solid waste and solid waste containers for consistency with recent amendments to chapter 26 solid waste management and the solid waste regulations. Staff recommendation is approval and we have a staff presentation by planner DO. >> Thank you. I [clears throat] will again be referring to our joint staff report. Now these are amendments to um throughout the UDC to match up with some changes made by other colleagues to chapter 26 and the solid waste um regulations. The chapter 26 um was um um I'm mumbling so let me start again. The staff report contains a summary of the re amendments um both the current text and the proposed text. Um it is not exact language. It is a summary uh table in the code or in the staff report. But you should know that there were revisions to the solid waste regulations approved by city council um in December of uh this year and in January.
this is wonderful place and I'm excited to bring my kids here. I want to be a part of this. I want to work here. Um and then of course it leads to our last one and that is our most important one and that's our student experience. And so we want every single student to feel connected um from their very first day here. And so we um in looking we have a really good welcome system for students who start on the very first day of school. But how about the school the student that moves in in November? Or how about the student that moves in in October or any other day other than the first day of school? And so how can we make sure that that student feels so excited and so welcome and they're not stressed about who am I going to sit with at lunch?
So based on that criteria and feedback, I'm going to repeat it again, the district is recommending a K-5 comprehensive core adoption with embedded phonics and selecting Amplify CKLA as our finalist. I just want to highlight some of the key takeaways that make CKLA the strongest um curriculum for HUSD. We had overwhelmingly strong stakeholder support both from our district review committee, our steering committee, and our public review. Um it came out top. It is very tightly aligned to um all of the research, to science of reading, and to our state standards. Um it is on the MOA approved list um both for as a complete core. Um there are just a ton of instructional supports in there. A lot of teachable moments for teachers if they aren't sure how to teach a certain phonics skill or how to teach a certain um standard, there are um some teaching moments in there for teachers and specific to literacy skills only.
Um and I'm not sure what the next step will be after that. So, we will see what comes next. Thank you everybody for that. Um, the other item on here I was hoping we could review. Uh Jenny has worked on um a document that Sarah Best graciously shared with us that she put a lot of work into for the region and this has to do with the new member orientation. Um I can bring it up on the screen. Let me see if I can figure out go back there. Share. I get to the right place. Oh boy. I've not done this before, so bear with me. Um, have it up here. You are screen sharing. Yes, I know. But I can't see my screen. You're in the way. Oops. No, that's not it. >> Is it helpful if someone else shares while you facilitate? It's hard to do both at once.
What do we want to do? But more importantly, what is the town going to support? And by the town, I mean the voters. So, are they going to come out and ask us questions next week? Are they going to tell us what they want? Let's talk right now about what we want. Do they agree with us? Do they disagree with us? Will they come out next week cuz what we vote on next week to go to town meeting is going to be in part on who comes here and tells us what they want, right? That's what happened last year, right? We were talking about possibly cutting teachers. People showed up, fired up, and said, "No, don't you dare cut a teacher." And so, we didn't, and it's kind of a similar situation we're in right now. The difference between this year and last year, I think, Aaron, is we actually had some more definitive numbers from the towns at this point last year.
And chapter 26 was also amended um in January of this year. The changes including include updating and adding some new definitions and provisions for solid waste container storage and collection. The UDC already obviously references solid waste. Um, and we use some of the same terms, actually most of them. Um, but we applied them inconsistently and sometimes create combinations of words that are not actually found in chapter 26 or the solid waste regulations. Um, in the packet, uh, those key terms that you'll see crossed over between the two chapters, um, are listed as well as their definitions. Um, and we did a review, uh, knowing that those terms and references were changed. We did a review of the UDC and found a few a short number of places that we should update um, to match and use the terms that the solid waste chapter is using.
How does this look? Who, you know, am I going to have friends here? Um what does it look like to be, you know, a member of this school community? And there's certain things that we can be intentional about. And there's certain things that our schools, certain schools are doing really good at that we can replicate everywhere and make sure that every single student that we get into our system is feels like part of the family and is excited to be there. We want them going home after the first day and telling their parents what an amazing experience it was and they can't wait to go back. And so, um, it's all about building systems within Gilbert Public Schools that make everything intentional. And that's again focused on these three different groups of people. Um, I can go into more detail.