And I found myself calling a cardiologist. And all of these symptoms happened immediately after that installation. So I um as as time continued to go on, the symptoms continued and they continued and they continued. The headache, I got depressed. Um like I said, my memory and the aches and the pains and this was pretty much constant for about 6 months. >> Oh my goodness. And then we were very lucky to have another electrical problem at the house and that was the utilities responsibility to fix. So they came over and in the process of sorting that out they took the smart meter off the house and my headaches went away, the depression went away, the cardiac arrhythmia went away, my aches and pains lessened. I was um feeling so much better and it was with better w my cardiac arhythmia was better in in two weeks and by a month it was just gone and everything else had just improved as well.
Um we're hoping someday that one we might have a business that would be open to the public that we could use um models like Westborough's Sugar Shack that they have. Um Shrewsbury has Maple and Main. They have these lovely storefronts that um, are access for their programs to do vocational practice. And then there's learning in the back and if you haven't been to either of those, definitely go. Um, so we hope for that sometime, you know, in the future. That would be a great goal of ours. Um, we're hoping to possibly next year start um, working with local colleges like FSU or MassBay for some post-secondary um, learning opportunities for those individuals who are hoping for a college experience with the Macy or MAPC programs that they have. Um, so that's something that we're hoping to maybe start next year and in the future that would be great.
So, this will eliminate any bias. Again, I mentioned earlier to ensure privacy, students will be identified by their lottery ID and you'll see that up here on the left-hand side of the middle of the screen. So, you'll see it in a few minutes not to be confused. And then you will see pull numbers that will range between 1,001 and 9,999. So, now that we've prepared the lottery, I'm going to ask Lou to run the lottery and call out the first few numbers that appear, the lottery IDs that appear. >> Let's begin. Let's >> The first >> student is student 30113. >> Pulled number 2964. Second student, 301284, pulled 8926. We are going to speed this up a little. Again, after all numbers have been assigned, students will be sorted first by community and then by lottery number, lowest number first. If you do not see a lottery ID, >> ID, don't worry.
And so I sent a followup just confirming that it was received and I started to hear from members that there is a policy of the school committee that when something is sent to the school committee, only the chair can respond. Um, I don't know if that's accurate or not. If it is a policy, I I think it's a poor policy. I think that all of you are elected officials, elected by all of the citizens, and you all have the right, not the obligation, but the right to respond to um constituents who bring things before you. Um, if to the extent that this comes from a misunderstanding of the open meeting law, you have you certainly can't respond to a about a policy thing that you copy all of the rest of the school committee on because that would be a violation of the open meeting law, but individually you have the ability to do that.
And so I sent a follow-up just confirming that it was received and I started to hear from members that there is a policy of the school committee that when something is sent to the school committee, only the chair can respond. Um I don't know if that's accurate or not. If it is a policy, I I think it's a poor policy. I think that all of you are elected officials elected by all of the citizens and you all have the right, not the obligation, but the right to respond to um constituents who bring things before you. Um if to the extent that this comes from a misunderstanding of the open meeting law, you have you certainly can't respond to a about a policy thing that you copy all of the rest of the school committee on because that would be a violation the open meeting law, but individually, you have the ability to do that.
I'm sure you've heard from other schools that one of the our benchmarks that we administer three times a year is I-Ready math and I-Ready reading. So, just recently in December, our third, fourth, and fifth graders took the I-Ready uh and we saw significant growth and we also saw it just recently when the second graders, K1 and 2, also took the math I-Ready and we are seeing our kids move beautifully. Um I'll give you some highlights. So, in the fall we started with fall math I-Ready benchmark. We had as a school, we had 7% proficient and by the winter we already had 26%. Uh and again, we want to reach our 63% and then in the fall for reading for second and fifth grade only we test in I-Ready, we were we started in the fall at 14% and already in mid-year we are at 30%.
Our shared goal is a safe, stable, and supportive school environment. We ask we are asking for expanded partnership, transparency, action plans to help restore trust, build community, and ensure our students and school community can move forward together. Thank you. >> Thank you. Our next speaker is Teresa Co. Teresa. Hello, my name is Teresa Creo. I am a Ruskin parent. You guys know me. I'm here all the time. Um, on February 9th, I sent screenshots of a message I received um to the district and school leadership in regards to discriminating comments received in a PTA Mandarin emerging booster leadership group chat. Part of it reads, "Ruskin is pretty lucky to have MI program kids instead of 300 random kids. Getting mainly 300 Asian students into your school will boost your test scores. No need for teachers to do extra extracurricular activities." Several parents were very insulted and called out this parent for being racist.
And then first thing we did is we started we go Mr. Bell goes "So you guys are going to be doing SolidWorks for a while while now." And I was like, "Okay." And then so SolidWorks is basically a 3D editing platform where you can make literally anything to any size and shape and then you can hook it up to like 3D printers that will make it exactly how you put it. It's very very nice to do. And so we first we made uh we started by making like a cheese block and then cutting a bunch of different holes in it. And then we started making more advanced stuff like these. This is a ring toss game fully made in SolidWorks. We actually made it before and then we built it out in the shop. You can fully like you can play ring toss and everything on it.
>> Mr. President, members of the board, that concludes um the superintendent report. >> Okay. Thank you. Next up, we have the awards and recognition portion. >> Yes, sir. Mr. President, members of the board, and everyone in attendance, um the superintendent student of the month this time is recognizing sixth to eighth grade students. And before we have those three teachers recognized there, the three students, eighth grade student will be reading her testimonial on what it means to her for being recognized and selected as student of the month for eighth grade. Germany.
That one we took all the way down, >> right? Yeah, I guess it would have been right >> southeast. So >> Oh, yeah. Sorry, that says north. >> Yeah. So it would have been this side, right? >> Yeah. >> Um Yeah. So if you go to these details >> where you go. >> So what we found is that there was a gap between the top of the wall and the underside of this beam and these walls are providing stability all the way around the building. So what we've tried to do is engage the steel frame with these kicker pieces. in both directions, both the wall moving in and out this way and moving along this way to try to stiffen and make building more rigid um and transfer the load into those walls. Uh what we found after we did a little more study is that these walls weren't really designed to today's standards, which isn't uncommon.
We have to let them know they can't go out and re re-release that information unless there's some other exception that would allow that information to be re-released. And that's on the school to make sure that the person who is receiving the information understands what the obligations are to not go out and and redisclose that we're only allowed to release the information that's absolutely essential in order to address the immediate threat. So just because you know we may know a lot of information about a particular student only that information that's absolutely necessary to address the health or safety threat is going to be fair game in terms of being able to release that information. Now the threat does have to be what the federal law calls um something that you can really articulate. It has to be really significant. I will tell you that we get threats at schools all the time.
>> Whoa. >> Yeah, but Sam has shield shielded it. And shields only have a specific uh amount of health. It changes depending on the character. >> Yep. But when you destroy that shield, it leaves them vulnerable. So, you do have to use your shields wisely. >> Okay. So, each character has a different move with the the buttons. Yep. >> Explain to me those. >> Okay. Sure. So, when pressing the A button, those are known as your jab attacks. They're generally not that strong, and they and you can kind of just throw them out all willy-nilly trying to build up the damage. Now, things get special with the B button, which are known as their special moves. And every character has uh four, yeah, they have four specials. There's a neutral special where you just press the B button, a side special where you push the control stick to the side and press the B button.
Throughout his high school career, he has balanced the the demands sorry he's balanced the demands of compet competitive bowling with a strong academic workload, maintaining an impressive GPA of 4.2 to while representing his team with dedication and discipline. His commitment to preparation, focus, and continuous improvement has made him a valuable leader and the role model for his teammates. Beyond his academic achievements, he's shown the success in sports and strength by his hard work in the classroom, earning academic all-state recognition reflects his determination to pursue excellence in all areas of school life. As he completes his senior se senior year, he leaves behind a legacy of p perseverance, sportsmanship, and academic achievement that will inspire future members of the bowling program. JADEN WALDRIDGE Next will be NCHS United State Championship team. Here we go. Hello, I'm Sarah Webster and I'm one of the unified coaches. Um, our cornhole team didn't start the season expecting a state title.
And I always felt pretty good like that for the summer cuz this was in May, May 24th. And then come September, I started to get uh headaches again. I couldn't sleep. That was another big big symptom actually. Entirely unable to sleep. Entirely unable to sleep. I tried all different beds and sofas in the house. I couldn't just couldn't sleep. So I ended up going outside. We had a little sailboat parked in the backyard and I could sleep out there. It was cold. It was in December. I could see myself breathe. But I could sleep. I could go to sleep easily and I could stay asleep. So the insomnia was a big problem. So in the September after um many months of of feeling much more normal again, I the insomnia kicked in and the headaches and the aches and the pains and the arrhythmia started back up again and I had just come back from a business trip and I had was blaming the trip.
Um, and we're also very grateful for our lunch mobile that we have. Um, and as our program continues to get bigger, we're hoping that we can also at some point have a larger mode of transportation so that we can um, kind of individualize everybody's uh, work opportunities, learning experience and community events. Um, so those are some three long-term goals that we're hoping for with our program. Thank you so much.
When this When the >> lottery is finished and the results are certified, a PDF will be provided where you can find your lottery ID and your number that you pulled and the order your order within within your community. Now that we have completed all 1316 students have chosen numbers, we'll order the results by lowest to highest by community. You can see, for example, from Andover, the students with the lowest number >> number >> student 301310 >> pulled 1277 >> And this is the second highest so forth. >> So this list should that will be shared with everyone is by community Andover then Lawrence lowest to highest followed by Methuen North Andover. All right, I will now export the PDF. I'll turn it back over to Greater Lawrence. >> Again, as stated, you will have access to this results. The quickest way for students and family to see the results of today's lottery will be to log into your application portal.
Um, I encourage you to continue to be open and transparent with the public. And as a former city councelor, I it would be remiss of me not to say to work cooperatively with the mayor's office and with the city council as the as your budget comes before them. And it's very important to have a good relationship with the city council. I always did in my tenure on city council had I what I thought was a good relationship with um the school committee. You guys are doing great work. I appreciate you and to the extent I can ever be personally useful to any one of you in understanding how the open meeting law or proc or process works, I'm available and willing to help at no cost to the city. Thank you. Clearly, I'm new to this. So, my name is Liz Martin and I am the vice president of the Newton School PTO.
Um I encourage you to continue to be open and transparent with the public. And as a former city councilor, I it would be remiss of me not to say to work cooperatively with the mayor's office and with the city council as the as your budget comes before them and it's very important to have a good relationship with the city council. I always did in my tenure on city council had I what I thought was a good relationship with um the school committee. You guys are doing great work. I appreciate you. And to the extent I can ever be personally useful to any one of you in understanding how the open meeting law or per se or process works, I'm available and willing to help at no cost to the city. Thank you. Clearly, I'm new to this. So, my name is Liz Martin and I am the vice president of the Newton School PTO.
So, we are hoping to meet our or exceed our goals by June. Um last year we also um every year as you know we administer the AS BAC, the Smarter Balanced Assessment, and last year we were able to see from our 2 years ago our third graders were proficient in math 30% and in fourth grade last year they were able to go to 60%. So, I'm looking forward to this year in fifth grade when that class oversees, you know, super oversees that 60% to much higher. Um so, we're we're doing a lot of great things in South Street. Um South Street is not where I want it to be, but we're getting there and that's the important thing. Next slide, please. Thank you. Um this is where I'm going to call Melissa. Um one of the exciting things that we are doing in South Street to meet our goals, um and again, this is just one of them is that I I've been in South Street since 2017.
I am very disappointed to state that I have not received a response from anybody from the district or school leadership. Um, I have only received a response and an apology from President Jeriah, which I do appreciate the acknowledgement. Based on title 11, the civil ra the civil rights act, discrimination should be addressed and taken very seriously, not just swept under the rug. Instead of receiving Instead, parents received a message from our school principal asking families to be nice to one another. This should not have been this way. We are adults and we should be talked to as adults. Instead, a message should have been sent that there is a zero tolerance policy for discrimination, harassment or bullying. Then I came to a district meeting and I saw the LCAP data. The focus was on children with disabilities, English learners, black and Hispanic students. the students that get the least attention from our district.