Um, you know, this the SEAR wrap product, there's not many companies that do it. Um, Blakeley's and Western Specialties do concrete masonry, repairs, restoration. Um, it may be worth if it does have to go to public bid and I don't think you want just any >> Yeah. >> mason going up there and doing it. You know what I mean? >> Yeah. >> Um, so I don't know how you if you're able to dictate that kind of stuff if it does go to public bid, but >> Yeah. I mean, you you can spec some things out, you know, and call out specific finishes and things like that. >> Being the type of work it is, you definitely want someone with experience in there doing it. >> What's uh with the air handlers in the corners, those have to come down? >> They may come down on their own.
So hopefully that can add some validity to what to what we're going to talk about. I'm going to talk about things that we see across the state and nationally as well. I can't get that right. There we go. All right. So we are part of DHS, Indiana DHS. Please please bear with me. We are not federal DHS. I get that question a lot from schools. We are not involved in anything happening at the federal level. Just want to make that clear. We are our own office. The only thing that we care about is what's happening in schools. So, um, we did move from the Indiana Department of Education to Indiana Department of Homeland Security this year and establishment of the Indiana Office of School Safety. These are our roles and responsibilities. If any of you guys are teachers or administrators, I would heavily encourage you to go to the Indiana School Safety Specialist Academy if you have not been.
>> Mhm. Faulty air dodges are definitely a problem. I will say >> those get tricky. >> Yep. And by the looks of things, they picked they picked a new character. So, it looks like it's going to be Kirby. Okay. >> Kirby is going to be going against the Ice Climbers today. >> All right. What are your thoughts on Kirby? >> Kirby is a pretty interesting character. Very floaty. Very floaty. So, I doubt So, I don't know if uh it would be easy for Deacon to do his zero to death on Kirby because he would probably fly away. Um, he's got plenty of jumps and plenty of hard-hitting moves. And but his most notable move is his neutral special, which basically sucks uh sucks his enemies up and he gets their powers from it. >> Oh, >> I know. >> How do you prevent that? Uh mostly just uh mostly just keep a uh keep your distance from Kirby.
So we are very very excited about that. Okay, just some just some academic things. Now we've been with all the fun stuffs now some academic things. our 2025 results was we had 50% of our second graders uh pass the I read and we had a 97% third grade pass rate last year. So, we're very very excited about that. Um this year our staff alongside with our literacy coaches are showing strong early literacy growth. We are seeing the impact of our focused explicit instruction and all of our intervention efforts. Um we are currently taking the I read um this week. So hopefully we'll have some some good results to for this year. Our predictions for this year in second grade um we there will be two rounds in March and in May. So they get more than one chance. Um our predictions are 83% for um our second graders.
very very pleased with our system. But it's also important to note we also had to spend about $10,000 worth in filtering. The solar inverters are normally very very noisy creating more um neurological irritations. >> And this is called the dirty electricity. And I believe that's probably what got me so sick from those smart meters to begin with. And this is an interesting point. It one of one of the reasons we lost the real reason was they actually never really reviewed our case. the Commonwealth Court kind of um oh they complained about our page numbers. There was some Pennsylvania code we didn't know about where the page numbers had to be a certain way. We didn't know that. They didn't tell us that when they um accepted the submission. So when they ruled they said, "Well, you know, these these this code wasn't followed for the page numbers." And then they lumped us together with the the other case, the Povac case, which was arguing science about RF, the potential for risk.
This means that we have enough seating for 38 people. We wanted to have an area for students to do their work, eat lunch and socialize with friends. Covered space. We picked a canopy to create a covered space for convenience and because it protects well against different types of weather. We put We put the seating underneath the canopy to protect students from heat or rain. The canopy is 36 ft long, 24 ft wide and 15 ft tall. At the bottom, this is a inspiration pictures of our canopy. The shade canopy is made with PVC coated polyester. This is a This is material is 100% waterproof and 97% UV protection. This is a great material for any weather conditions such as rain and the powerful sunlight. Additional design element sports court. Sports court. We wanted to have a space for students to be active. We decided to pick a sports court that can include basketball, volleyball, pickleball, and more activities to stay active and to have fun.
Um today they actually at the faculty meeting had a chance to do their their pre-observation with the person that they're going to observe and that's going to observe them. So they have that chance to really um target some areas that they want some input on and get some feedback on. Um and so again, these are just some of the things we're doing that we're excited about that we're really seeing staff start to move the building in a direction we need to go. >> Great. Thank you. >> Yeah, if you give me a second, I've got your And I can share it with the Zoom. I'm not going to go full screen because then I miss seeing the people on the Zoom. Um, but feel free. Hi everyone. It's nice to see you all again. Um I do want to start by acknowledging um the Hoy family and um on behalf of the entire GMS um faculty and staff, we're sending our condolences to them um during this difficult time.
And so, we're on our third one this quarter. Um they actually had the fact we had a chance to do their their pre-observation with the person that they're going to observe and that's going to observe them. So they have that chance to really target some areas that they want some input on and get some feedback on. And so again, these are just some of the things we're doing and that we're excited about that we're really seeing staff start to move the building in a direction we need to go. Great. Thank you. Yeah, and if you give me a second I've got your PowerPoint and I can share it with the zoom. I'm not going to go full screen cuz then I miss seeing the people on the zoom. But feel free. Hi everyone. It's nice to see you all again. I do want to start by acknowledging the White family and on behalf of the entire GMS faculty and staff we're sending our condolences to them during this difficult time.
Oh, wait a minute. I'm on the board. But board budget workshop, Finance Committee regular board meeting, Finance Committee and Policy Committee. Thank you, Al. Motion made by Al. Do we hear a second? Second. Second by Lauren.
The ED code is 48,91.7. Then I'll hand it over to Maril to give their information and Sierra Mont and then Peemont and answer any questions. And just uh FYI, we do have a new policy. We've been talking about it for the last couple years at principal meetings, but on July 1st, 2026, the mandate from um the state is that each district will come up with a policy procedure in order to limit or prohibit um cell phones in our schools and we must update it every 5 years. The the goal of course is to produce evidence-based practices and support people learning and well-being. So we'll also talk about that during the presentation. And uh another big piece of this process is involving our stakeholders um ensure that our community understands why we're doing this and also talking to our students about this. So I'm going to hand it over to Miss Dong and Miss Miss Mora.
We're pretty proud of it. So, why don't you Why don't you just tell us what's going on at Chico High School and what happened this week? Well, I got an email yesterday from Superintendent Thurmond. He and I are, you know, tight. Um, and he let me know that we received the California Distinguished School Award for this year. That's pretty awesome. So, we're pretty excited. Chico High, with all the criteria, came out on top with a California Distinguished School. It's It's quite an honor. Congratulations to you and your staff. Unbelievable. Really well done. That is great news. Thank you. Um, at this time, are there any board members that have announcements regarding upcoming events? All right. Okay, we're going to be moving on to items from the floor. Um, so, right now, um, items are from the floor for speakers who wish to address the board regarding a topic that's not currently on the agenda.
Finance consultant, Mr. Tyler Moore, will make a presentation to the board at this time and I believe he's with us now, right, Angela? Mr. Moore, um, it's all yours. >> Yeah. Good evening. >> I'll, uh, share my screen. >> All right. So I have to give a quick uh presentation on the plastic site fund strictly looking at at this particular fund and the budget that this one has. So I'll cover what is classroom tech fund. We'll look at the classroom tech budget and then the 27 classroom tech budget proposal which is to Dr. Terra's point of potentially increasing making a large increase in that classroom type contribution because of the capacity of some questions. So classroom site fund uh just a recap for the board was established uh through prop 301 and that created a dedicated funding source uh via six test sales to pay teachers classroom support and uh professional development.
Do the air handlers have to come down? I mean, because >> the steel >> or how you going to do behind those, I guess. Yeah, that could uh pose some difficulty. There are columns that are really close to those air handlers. Access above the stairwell itself is difficult to begin with. Um, you know, and then each air handler kind of has a platform behind it that you could get access to as well. Um, it it would be a concern. It's not a have a a locked in way that we're going to access that at the moment. >> That just came to my mind as I'm sitting there thinking about it, Phil. on those north and south walls. >> Yeah, you would have two on each side. That would be difficult. >> I assume those kickers go wall to wall, right? I mean, >> the wrap.
There are a lot of great resources that come out of there. That's one thing that our office is is uh doing. Uh like I said, we talk about safety plans. Uh we sit on county safety commissions and meetings. uh administer the school secured school safety grant and we'll hit that I think on the next slide of how many dollars are going to that and what's uh being paid through that training on bullying cyber bullying prevention uh criminal organizations there's just a myriad of things that we do the misconception is that school safety and security is all about armed intruders It is not. So, we will talk about that as we go through this. I think this is important for you guys to know. 27.1 million this year went through the secured school safety grant. If we look at the number one allocated dollars, $20 million in SRO's, that's the best money we can put in schools.
>> Mhm. >> Yep. Keep your distance from Kirby. Keep your distance from Kirby and he will not suck you up. Mhm. But Kirby has ways to deal with that with his up special, which has projectiles that come out. Mhm. >> Oh, what was that? Was that intentional? >> Uh, probably. Yeah, with Deacon, everything is intentional. Oh, but that probably wasn't. Oh, no. But since it was the co-main, Deacon's able to fight on. All right. And I did want to give a quick shout out to Odinops in the chat. Thank you for joining the stream. Your support means a lot to us. Mhm. All right. And it looks like Oh, wow. Deacon managed to uh Deacon managed to take out that Kirby stock. A great job there. Still a five to2. It's a 5 to2 scenario now. Actually, if Deacon takes these two stalks. >> Oh, that was close.
And for third grade, our predictions right now are 93, but I'm going to shoot for the 100% or at least the 97 again. So on our literacy um our literacy go literacy goals um center on developing confident readers and writers through a comprehensive researchbased approach. We strengthen foundational skills through UFly and Hagerty to ensure that students build strong phonics and phenemic awareness. And at the same time, we are deepening comprehension with rich knowledg. We are prioritizing intentional fluency practice with consistent progress monitoring while also elevating writing through clear structure, sentence expansion, um, attention to point of view. Together, these focused efforts create a cohesive system that supports our literacy growth at every level. I love it. Each one of our classes have a hedgehog. We call it the um, Hagerty Hedgehog. And each a student a different student gets to earn that as how they participate with with Hagerty which is a lot of fun for them.
They had to show science. We didn't need to show any science. It was it. But for the meter itself, the harm would not have occurred. But they continued to rephrase our case in the PC court. They kept inserting words that we never argued about, trying to say that our case was about the RF, so we needed to to present the um the science, the evidence. That's not true. In one of our uh petitions for reconsideration, Larry had a a nice analogy with the uh a ship hitting the bridge, which just so happened to occur in Baltimore right around the time we were doing this. And um his analogy was that bridge the the ship hit the bridge, the bridge fell in the water. So um we were complaining that the ship hitting the bridge caused the bridge to fall in. That's all you need to show.
It can be used during recess, PE, or after school. The sports court would have would be 46 ft long, 31 ft wide, and the fence would be about 13 ft high. We would have a net or fence around the court for safety. There will be adjustable and removable nets for different sports that need them. That is the scale drawing of the current AMS courtyard. And this is the scale drawing with our design, and we will be talking about more we will be having more specific designs on the next slide. Stand out design elements. As you can see, there's a ramp on both sides, and there's two flower gardens with cover space and tables, and there's also a vegetable garden and a pond. Those are the benches, and the cement sidewalk that leads all the way across, another ramp, and a sports court, and turf grass.
And I I do want to shout out um all of my teachers and staff who did something incredibly hard this week and they did it with such grace in class and love. um and and the kids are just so wonderful as well. So um thank you for letting me say that. So what I'm going to share with you is four areas of where we focused attendance, accountability, instruction, and then student achievement. These were born out of when Desi put us into a status. So, um, without understanding the fifth grade's place in the middle school, it's hard to understand how we got to where we were and made the progress that we made. So, the fifth grade um, allows for a team teaching approach. So, we can be more efficient with the people that we have in the building and around the district. So, we're able to concentrate resources and interventions to one school, which I think has allowed us to make the progress that we've made um in a short period of time.
And I I do want to shout out all of my teachers and staff who did something incredibly hard this week and they did it with such grace and class and love and and the kids are just so wonderful as well. So um thank you for letting me say that. So what I'm going to share with you is four areas of where we focused attendance, accountability, instruction, and then student achievement. These were born out of when Desi put us into a status. So, um without understanding the fifth grade's place in the middle school, it's hard to understand how we got to where we were and made the progress that we made. So, the fifth grade, um allows for a team teaching approach. So, we can be more efficient with the people that we have in the building and around the district. So, we're able to concentrate resources and interventions to one school, which I think has allowed us to make the progress that we've made, um in a short period of time.