And the the space will be used for small group or whole class lessons and activities such as sensory bins or other sensory toys that will be out there or anything that the teacher wants to bring out. For storage, we will have a cabinet. And this is just going to be used to store sensory bins, extra sensory toys that aren't weather that can't um be out in the weather, obstacle course items, chalk, and knee the knee pads. And then we'll also have a planting station, and this can be used to store the planting tools, watering cans, dirt, and then gloves. So, the special education classroom will use the sensory garden however they see fit with their students. But ideally, I would love for the general education classrooms for them to be able to use it as stations. So, five stations for each of the main areas.
We practiced them with our students. We weren't holding PDs at this time. We weren't holding trainings. We weren't talking really even talking much about it. We were modeling. We were being the example and showing the things that we were learning. And our staff were seeing that and they were seeing um the reactions and how we were able to um kind of work the way that we were working with ourselves to be able to go in and help um an unregulated child or an unregulated staff member. um the things that we did first with ourselves. Um that also then um we began our coslets counseling corner and so that was kind of our way to start into the classrooms. Um working with the brain states um conscious discipline you learn a lot about like where your feelings are and what state brain state you are in.
If you've stuck around for the season, you would know Izzy is gnarly with that pyramithra, I tell you. Okay, so it's Cloud versus Pythra. But just like Asher had to do previously, Cloud lost two stalks. He's got to jump off twice. Got jump off twice. All right, looks like it's going to be a sword fight. So Cloud does his upbeat, which launches him down. That's pretty cool, actually. All right. Is he going to do it again? Oh, upy. There you go. He doesn't press up. He doesn't press B again, which would launch him down even faster, but it's not like it's necessary. All right, it's time for us to taunt. Is he taunt? The enemy taunts. All right, we are ready to go. And don't be alarmed, ladies and gentlemen, at home. Uh, that taunt that Cloud did, that did not actually power him up, despite how it looked.
>> So yes. Oh, was there another part to that question? >> I think you answering that will be great. Yeah. >> Okay. Um, so Pelum has two. So it's not a matter of will the contract allow us. We can increase the bus a bus or we can decrease the bus if that's what our needs say. So we're not bound to the contract to say Pelum has to have two buses. Um, but what is the tricky thing for Pelum is that how where the students live that if they were all combined onto one bus, the bus ride would be well over an hour. And we typically don't like the bus to be over an hour. That's a really long time for the students. And also the first pickup is extremely early for those kids that get on first. So that's the main like Pelum only has two buses right now.
I think it's a big idea. It's a really big thing to honor our kids for a multitude of different things. Um, typically you'll do that at a pep assembly once every couple months, but we do this the every month and it's kind of starting a tradition in our building and uh, usually we do it the first Monday of the of the [snorts] month, but it didn't work out this one, but it's one of my favorite things to do in our building each month.
So those are our projections. So our open seats will be the difference between those numbers and the 36 number that we set. And again, we are moving to where we have two teachers in every classroom and splitting those classrooms as well. So, um I did anticipate um even though um I I I've had some parents that do send their kids to Wilson say that they did want to get them on a bus and transport them to Hollywood. So, I did try to include some of those numbers. The two items that I want you to be aware of is second grade and sixth grade. Okay? If all of the Wilson kids in those two classes for next year did come, then we might have to talk about splitting it three ways. But we do have room with the new modular unit to do that if you needed to.
So we met with the chief and his staff. We met with Tom and all of the different burough departments to identify the needs and the wants and to filter out a lot of the wants to get to an efficient plan. Right? So the building has two floors. This is the bottom floor which holds all of the police department as well as common spaces. This first floor is 9,000 square feet. The police department is about 8,000 square ft of that usable space on the right side. Oh, I should say that the bottom of this image is Route 71. So the burrow hole entrance would face the main road while the police entrance comes in from the rear for privacy. The police administration offices would be on the right hand side while the support spaces uh different offices and um meeting spaces for the staff would be here on the left.
Am I correct? >> It does increase the It does increase the chances of not graduating >> and then once they're 16, they don't even have to go to school anymore, right? And then >> so the the thing about it is that attendance in a lot of ways is a habit. And so when you are when you have developed the habit of not attending and also the habit that the also the fact that there is no major consequence for not attending then it makes it a habit that they just continue to do and it never changes and as they get older it gets worse. So those are the those are the things that we have to look at when we're dealing with attendance because it is a habit that they have developed and there has to be some way in which we can either prevent that habit from developing or find ways of breaking the habit before it becomes something that prevents them from attending school altogether.
>> I have a question. Um, do you know where we rate as far as compared to other middle schools when it came to our percentages? Are we really low? Are we in the norm? >> No, we're really low. >> So, we're low, but I want to remind us of a couple of things. Um last year um well two years ago Humboldt's um Glford Hill Middle School had an F from the state. So and we have a D. Um Mile High had a D. And so as far as our school letter grades go because of the way schools are evaluated and just all of it that in the area everybody's pinging pretty close to the same letter grade. Humble closed Glassford to erase the letter grade and move them to the other campus and gave them a new name so they could start over. Gotcha. >> If you flip over on the back, you can see what they want.
Uh, so yeah, we're the news publication for our school, so we're all journalism or all journalists. Uh, so we present uh, facts to those who read. Uh, and with like how digital our world is, uh, it's super easy to spread misinformation online. Uh, but I'd like to think it's equally as easy to spread truth and like good things in the world. Uh, so yeah. And now if the student representative for NAHS can please stand up. I'm Ava Rose Micalon from Oswego's NAHS. And same thing, what has your club or activity taught you about making good choices when using digital tools or information? Um, honestly, as artists, we really want to try our best to not plagiarize or copy other artists. So, finding that balance of a reference photo versus completely copying is what our um, art society focuses on. So, now moving from the responsible digital Okay.
I just want to thank the staff for for doing that. Um they're fun, they're safe, and they're very affordable for families. So I just want to to show that gratitude. Um let's move on to item number five. That is public comments to the board. This is the part of the meeting where public can make comments to the board.
That's kind of like a state of the union for Deli Community School Corporation of where do we sit today? How are the the buildings and things that we have uh within the district based upon the analysis from the experts here. Um step two of that is understanding both current and future needs. So then it's kind of assigning the the when once we know what you have, we kind of assign a timetable of when those components may need some level of attention, might need to be addressed. And then the third piece of that is really putting together like this actionable strategic plan. So we got to put a number to that. So then we kind of put a cost estimate to it with the timing. As you look out over the 10-year timeline, you have an idea of put it. We don't want you to be surprised.
It's just as a reminder when we see these, these are some of the talking points that we need to advocate not only for HSCSC, but as the state as a whole because we're not the only ones. We again, as Mr. Peters had mentioned, had some money set aside and we can kind of do that first round. But just as Lynn says, we've got social studies and then you got, you know, English language, all that stuff coming up. You're gonna have math coming up here at some point, too. We've got to have a funding source to help do that because with it all being lumped in the education fund. And that's why I asked Becky to earmark that back in the day is we'll lose track of that. And then we've just got to make sure that all right, this is for textbook adoption, this is for for salaries.
And then as a whole class, they could read a story together on the story walk boards. They could do a scavenger hunt. they could take care of the plants or it could be used as a reward time so they could just go out and play. So the estimated cost of this is anywhere from 13,000 to $21,000. And this big cost difference mainly comes from the story walk boards and which ones I can afford. So my next steps are to present to the Weekville Elementary staff, secure the funding, and then when the money is raised, begin the project. Ideally, I would love to start this project this summer of 2026, but if I can't get the funds for some reason or something happens, I will have to begin next summer of 2027.
Um, and so we have worked really hard and I think you could probably go up to any kid in Colombia and ask like, "Oh, if you're feeling this, like which area of the brain are you in?" And they would be able to tell you um where they're at. So they um have started that with council uh counselor's corner. And then in June of 2024, we got the opportunity to go to a CD1, which is a week-long um institute. Um and we were able to take Amy and I went and we took two of our teachers with us. um that volunteered. We just took for we asked for volunteers and we had two people that volunteered at that time and um those conferences are you are like immersed for the whole week in in the experience and it it really is life-changing. >> Sure. >> Um when we came back um from that in November, Jessica and I got the opportunity to um go to Orlando for anger and rage.
All right, so Izzy is using Pyro Mithra, which if you didn't know, is two characters pushed into one. She's currently using Mithra, who's really good at racking up the damage due to her humongous hitboxes and very little air lag. She's able to react to pretty much everything Cloud does in a really good way. Just some highle gameplay right here. And that and this over here is Pyra. Now what Pyra does now what Pyra does is she does a lot of damage as well. Her attacks are a bit more beefy which means they can kill really easily. Ooh. So Cloud launched his neutral be through through Izzy's side be. Oh, does an upbeat but barely misses. Don't fall for that. Send out a sidebe or or just shield. You know what? That was no damage taken. That's okay. That is okay. All right. Does another side be to catch Cloud's dash in.
And if if they were combined, it would be a extremely long bus ride for them. Um so that's why we do split it up into two. >> Okay. I would be interested in us digging a little bit more there because from the bits I've been able to hear the last student on each bus is on for 35 to 40 minutes for 30 to 40 minutes which then it looks to me like would be a combined 70ish minutes which I know is over that hour mark but not so significantly. Um, and since that's a guideline and not a policy, it's a signific it would be significant in the frame of our budget to explore that. Um, so I would love if we could explore I don't know exactly how I imagine the school knows which students are actually riding the bus um and map out what that bus route would look like in the way that the buses do that.
Uh, skip down activities and see if we have any questions for >> really. How are they nominated? Is it by like staff or is it by like their peers or >> the students are nominated strictly by the staff? >> So if they win it's by the staff and part of our BLT conversations we're constantly trying to hey is this the way we want to do this? Is there a different format for next year that we would like to do? Uh but this this year it's been nominated by staff members and then when I conduct those um you know I call the parents say hey your your kiddos got nominated would you like to come in and hand them a reward and we had parents do that last time. So it's you know it's it's a way to promote positivity and that positive behavior focus that we've tried to do in our building this year.
So, um, just wanted to make sure you guys were aware of that. So, right now with our projected numbers, those are not included in there, but that does give us 65 open seats throughout the building for next year. If it was filled to capacity, it'd be 252. The next document you'll see below that, um, 2526, we're at 185. That number is actually going to be bumped up to 190 after spring break's over with, which is going to put our projection for next year uh for 2627 at about 192 students kindergarten through 6th grade. So, um once that fifth grade class moves to 7th grade, do have a little bit of a drop off, but it's still going to be in about that 184 group. So, those will be our open enrollment numbers per the law that we have to set for our open seats. And then the L the high school um projected numbers as of 131 in 7th grade we have 24 students 28 students in 8th grade 24 and 9th 27 27 students in 10th grade 31 in 11th and then 24 in 12th grade projected for next year that comes out to 158 students.
The prisoner handling would be up on the uh upper left which is a one-story volume. The upper floor contains all of the burrow offices and a community room or if you will council chambers. So many of you know the existing council chambers which is undersized for today's uses but also it was originally planned as a courtroom. So if you go there you'll notice as opposed to where we are today the seats are locked in place. So that room can only be used for that kind of use. What we're doing here with the larger meeting room on the lower right side is all of the chairs are movable. So just like this room you can take the chairs out of the way. Seniors can use it during the day. other community room uh groups can use it throughout the day while the building is open. So, this upper floor has again uh the public meeting space, conference room for mayor and council, planning, zoning, and other community groups.