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Yes. Thank you. PTO BM and uh PTO successful SP programs and students read congratulations uh the blazer bo event is on March 27th from 1630 as manner uh there's going to be an art appreciation event as well on April 13th please welcome to your website spring enrichment starts on April 14 last 6 weeks start 20th and the next is 23 at 7m for the great event was called death of the gangster murder history event on March 5th they shared that there was tremendous success to support sponsorships are still available for the BF team uh the BF organization want to teacher staff administration first responders donated their time and experiences for a successful event and they're excited to begin one of their library on March 25th is as a presentation with our administrative team to discuss the nurture approach and what that is is discussing how children regulate and how to selfulate to build confidence and parents are invited in to listen to that presentation to learn how to sch that is march 25 all right moving on to yes thank you thank you all of ours for providing reports my report so I don't want but few things I do want to highlight is that we do have superintendent specialist will be here to those other moments outside of the fiscal area so do a lot of preparation for that to be very finished against Dr.
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I'm happy to have gotten to know you and wish you the best as you approach graduation and beyond. Congratulations, you are a soaring Eagle. >> [applause] [applause] >> Good evening. I'm Scott Horner, athletic director at CUSD 4. My 2026 soaring Eagle award proudly goes to Keegan Thompson. >> [applause] >> That's all I got. What makes Keegan a soaring Eagle, you might ask? How much time do you have? I first got to know Keegan as a ninth grade football player during summer football workouts. Quickly I realized that this kid was going to be special. Here's what caught my attention. Keegan was was always, and I stress always, working, always motivated, always leading through his actions, always trying to get better, always showing his toughness, always watching film, always training with great discipline, and always making tackles, always finding ways to help his team win. This kid is an always type of player.
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>> Any questions on the docket? >> Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I opposed. Same sign. Motion carries. >> Number five, visitor comments. >> There are none. So, we'll go right now to items 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, personnel. Quite a lengthy list tonight. Um, ask for your approval recommendations. Emily Dion, instructional assistant, middle school. Jeremy Ding, your second grade uh level chair. Uh, Chase Haney, volunteer baseball coach. Katie Townson, substitute bus driver. Steve Dokenau, varsity baseball assistant coach. Elizabeth Shaunberger, uh, substitute bus aid. Rebecca Hansen, boys track assistant coach. Rich Percal, girls tennis coach, head coach. Uh, Kelsey Seymour, uh, girls track and field assistant. Ethan Robbins, special education teacher, varsity football coach. under resignations. Uh, Christina Rich, second grade chair. Uh, Courtney Whitehurst, family advocate. Rick Stucker, assistant boys track coach. Travis Spurgeon, projectly the weight teacher. Tim Tenny, bus driver.
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>> Okay, >> that that was a quick readers digest version we but because of time restraints we'll we'll just keep it at that. Okay, Sue, thank you. Alrighty. Um, almost 7:10. I think we because I think all parties are here that are going to speak. Uh, it's our pleasure this evening to uh welcome Senate President Karen Spilker here this evening and uh on Zoom uh Representative Jack Lewis. Uh there are legislative representatives and they're here this evening to give us updates and uh answer some of the questions that we may have concerning uh the budget crisises that we're all facing all 361 cities and towns as as this state is dealing with all these issues. Um, ladies first, Jack. Sorry, Senate President Cameron Spela. Good evening. >> Okay, thank you. Much better. Thank you. Unless you don't want to hear, but uh thank you for inviting us both.
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Our boys golf team has started off strong this season. They have had two tournaments in Chico and one in Gold Hills. Aiden Moore and Cameron Fusy shot in 86 yesterday and we applaud them for that. There's a golf invite tournament next week on Wednesday and then the first NAL league match on Thursday. We wish them good luck as they take on their season. The boys tennis team has kicked off the season strong. They traveled all the way down to Fresno to compete in the California Classic Tennis Tournament where they placed third in the division. They started the league season off with two tough losses, both four to five and one win of nine nine to zero. The boys have been putting in countless hours and we and we are hoping and are hoping to go far this season. Our track and field team has had a great season so far.
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But beyond that, um the department doesn't have any hard data on how many would be possibly interested in coming back at this point. And I noted that also the what's noted is to um how to ensure that rehire hiring retirees does not reduce the efforts to recruit and retrain new teachers. >> So I think part of our part part of our testimony on this is you know I think the department's really focusing on really trying the best we can to to hire our local candidates as best as possible. Um but you know we would appreciate any intent from the legislature to help in any way to help with our shortage if this is a measure that is something that you know would be a possibility. I think the department would be open to that. Um but they would be hired at this point right now on a year-to-year basis.
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Budget goal number one coming out of those two areas, no reduction of staff. Our goal at the onset was to maintain all current staffing levels districtwide, protect instructional continuity across our grade levels and content areas, preserve support staff that directly serve our students, and maintain quality programming for every student. That was the first goal. Second goal, one of the things that came through from all of what we are hearing is we need additional supports for students who need academic intervention. This budget, one of the goals is attempting to do that. We've heard, we've seen, we know that kids need more social and emotional support in our schools, behavioral in our schools. So, one of the goals is that adding social, emotional, and behavioral support in our schools. We've heard that pay to participate fees are a barrier for students to access extracurricular activities. A goal in our budget development process this year was to attempt to find a way to eliminate paytoplay fees.
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course I also want to bring everyone's attention to the revised calendar that is on this agenda um you know with the two snowbas that we took that very unusual winter storm we had to figure out a way to get our students to 180 days. So you see that the students will be attending on um Friday April 3d with early dismissal day not changing April 2 and then they will also attend to make up the second day on May 22 and then to get our teachers to 185 days the teachers will have an extra day on June 23d for professional development uh there's a lot that went into this decision did not necessarily want to move graduation something I really tried to say possible also have to be decision not work out graduation graduation um so this also you know coordinates as well so I will be sending this out to parents tomorrow tonight of course.
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He is a warrior, a true warrior on the field, always playing for something bigger than himself, playing to represent Columbia Blue Pride football for those before him and for those younger. Keegan's character represented exactly that. He didn't care about stats. He cared all he cared about was that his team won. It is important to also note that in the game versus Freeburg, when Keegan tore his Achilles tendon, he would not leave the sideline. He even limped down the steps in the locker room at halftime to give his teammates some motivating words. He should have been on his way to the hospital, instead he put his teammates first. What can you say? Now, with all the toughness he displayed though, you rarely saw him outside of football without seeing that infectious smile and hearing that one one-of-a-kind laugh. Keegan kept it all in perspective, kind-hearted uh spirit by day, warrior by Friday night.
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Sarah Jones, junior class sponsor, senior class co-sponsor, student council, uh, co-sponsor at the high school. Rex Bessner, eighth grade boys basketball coach, volunteer, and Cassie Bessner, eighth grade boys basketball coach. under miscellaneous um personnel. Marissa Hos transferred from part-time cafeteria staff to part-time 4-hour cafeteria position. Brett Warden transferred from special education to Project Lead the Way at the middle school. And then Dylan Clayool uh transfer from special education at the high school to special education at the middle school. Ask for your approval. Entertain a motion to approve the personnel report as given. >> So move. >> Second. Second.
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Uh, I will seed to Rep. Lewis if he needs to leave to go for a vote and come back and forth. Just to let you know, it's a little bit uh extraordinary. Uh, normally uh there he's here to be able to present, but I'm glad he's able to be here, but they are still voting and and debating a bill uh in the House. So, I want to thank you you for inviting us. Um and uh want to recognize the the members uh who are who are here. Definitely uh Brandy Kinsman, Claudia Bennett, Makita Keegan, and Yolanda Greavves. Thank you so much for inviting us. Town manager Katherine, this is it's always an important uh day to come here and it's sort of a harbinger of spring for me to be doing th this. So, uh, hopefully it means the weather, the cold weather is beyond, uh, us now and and it'll get warmer.
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They have attended one meet and many athletes received medals for their events. They'll be headed down to Pleasant Valley this Friday for their next meet and we wish them all the best. Our FFA team had state convention in Ontario, California this coming weekend and they have the following students qualifying for seven state aggracience paper finalist three state proficiency finalist committee chair for the delegate operations aggra science bowl finalist advanced division state office qualifier. They also have five students qualifying for state speaking finals in Fresno, California in April for prepared public speaking, extemporaneous speaking, job interview, speed creed, blue and Spanish creed and gold. Student Aiden was elected into regional office at the Shasta section vice president um at system. We are also completing the chicken coop at our school farm installed in aqua pomite system and the greenhouse is packed with plants and flowers for our annual plant schedule plant sale scheduled for April 20th.
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I think we'd have to continually recruit for that position on an annual basis to ensure that we can have somebody be there on a on on a consistent basis as we are training our teachers on an annual basis. >> And how will DOE um evaluate whether the pilot program improves student outcomes or staff stability? >> I think that's a I think that's a good question. I think we really need to see how many people actually would take part in this program. Um and then from there really determine, you know, what the student outcomes are. Um we probably have to do some type of survey and evaluation on them uh to to see, you know, is this something that we would want to continue in the future or not? >> Do you folks have a list a contact list of retirees, retiring teachers? It would be something that we could look into our system and, you know, be able to see which people have retired.
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We are always evaluating safety and security. A goal in our budget this year was to attempt to add an additional special law enforcement office to give our total number of SLEOs in the district at three with an SRO overseeing them. So that is a goal that we had in developing this budget because it's important to enhance our security. I spent a couple of nights going out and talking to the community, meeting with families, superintendent meet and greets. And over and over and over and over I hear what I heard, we would like more transparent, more open, more frequent communication and more consistent ways in which we are receiving communication. If you have a student who is at one of our schools, a teacher could potentially using class dojo. If you have a if you have a student at another one of our schools, a teacher could potentially be using home room.
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So that is what I want to do and as Mr. you know we are working very hard on the budget some increases it is very tight um so we are going to have to you know some shifts some of the ways that do things but we're working very harder work so that we everything here going strong and so that um which to our action item advance A1 A4 Okay. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Yes. Uh that brings us to visitors business visitors are permitted to comment on agenda and nonagenda please and uh just have situation tonight I know it's a work in progress and I have been in progress in many years. I also have component bringing back to pay us for allowing us to off the real budget by allowing children to so I just basically propose that committee with stakeholders I'm happy that be on I don't have answer but I work in school I have no school one of our children private school and based on everything that I have seen there that we can the drying the road amazing I see officers children the road still standing there off the dry sometimes traffic sometimes not I'm not sure if that is something that is within their what they can do but I know that we do every morning and with their support traffic again I have some idea don't have all the answer but I know that it is a frustration and to be here for a while and I would be happy to help move a committee towards some type of regulation especially for the parents of children that would like to be on again that not fall and years and years ag I told that real parents would not administration but I was told real parents would not and so we could not put more children on the B for that particular reason but I think we hope there is a lot system and ch and that money towards something else for the school it would have some of the challenge so again I just propose form into things done to the traffic and for thank you so much I know I spend something working not but you know that we know But all right anyone I'm assuming that's all for our visitors all right moving on to the education Yes.
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It's not every year you get the pleasure to coach a young man like Keegan and I'm so lucky to have had the opportunity to do so. Keegan, thank you for being you. >> [applause] [applause] >> Hi. I'm Laura Schmidt. And I have the honor of teaching AP Chemistry at CHS. It's a course designed to challenge the best and the brightest students to absorb unfamiliar abstract concepts, evaluate scientific claims, crunch calculations, and articulate their understanding at unyielding pace. It's a daunting, grueling, uphill all the way 35 weeks of a marathon of a class. And yet, as demanding as the class is, every year there are students that rise up to meet this challenge and they seem to do so without even breaking a sweat. So, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize Madelyn Fryn, who's not only my soaring Eagle award recipient, but she's also crushing AP Chemistry with the highest grade among her classmates.
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>> Any questions, comments on first? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I >> oppose. Same sign. >> All abstain. >> One obstainer. Okay. Do we have anybody we want to introduce that we just >> Yeah. If you want to look in the back of the room, there's a gentleman in a red tie. There's our new football coach, special ed teacher. >> Oh, man. I got a little Hello. Hi, everybody. Tell tell us a little bit about yourself, what your background was real quick. >> Yeah, my name is Ethan Robbins. Uh I come from Greenfield, Indiana, where I've coached most recently uh out there at Greenfield Central and Eastern Hancock where I was a defense coordinator for both teams. Uh have a little bit of experience in Indianapolis at Pike High School as well for a couple years. Um Noblesville kid. I grew up on the south side, so I've I've really been everywhere around the state in the last 27 years.
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So, thank you. I want to off also acknowledge, uh, school committee chair Tosti and the other members of the school committee that are here and other other uh, folks from the town, the chief as well. Um, it's great to see everybody here. Uh I I do want to acknowledge and thank uh my great partner and friend at the state house in getting things done for Ashland and Metro West and beyond, Jack Lewis. Uh he uh is really a terrific partner. We work very closely to make sure things happen for Ashland and communicate regularly. So uh it's great to be working with him and have such a positive relationship within him. And thank you to everybody that's here for devoting your time and energy to our town uh our great town and community of Ashland. Uh I'll I'll go right to the budget and talk about uh what we can expect or think we can expect.
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Our leadership team has been preparing for many activities for the upcoming months. We have buff talk tomorrow from 5 to 6 which is where the boys from different grade levels play volleyball against each other. We are also getting ready to read kids um read to kids at the library at the end of next week. We will be holding our talent show on April 1st and 2nd during lunch and we have already gotten many signups that we are very excited to see. We have also been purchasing things for Day on the Green which will be held at the end of May. Um Derek is going to talk about some FFA stuff that he went to. I had the opportunity to go to the Sacramento leadership experience through FFA uh at the end of February. And this was they select 75 seniors from the state. It's uh really difficult to get into, but I was lucky enough to get chosen.
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Um, based on their last contact information that they gave us at the time of retirement, it is something that maybe we could look at going out and surveying them to see if it may be something that they are interested. Uh, as I mentioned earlier, there are some um of our current substitute teachers that I do know that are retirees that have chosen to come back on a limited term basis. How hard would it be to just email all your retirees to just say we're just doing, you know, a real quick um search as to if in fact we could you could get hired as a retiree. Would you would you be would you be interested? How hard is that? I think it is something that you know it would be depending on the information that they gave us at the time of retirement their you know last contact either phone or email or or actual address based on that.
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