So just a few things that kind of tailored to our procedures, but I felt that overall the policies were pretty cut and dry and very similar to what we currently have. And again, they're policies that we pretty standard for us to have.
She is truly a perfect fit for MSSE, and we are fortunate to have her on our team. So, those are some of the words by her colleagues, and I couldn't agree more. It's been great having her and she has again stepped right in a seamless transition into uh this new role for her and it's been great. >> All right. Thank you. Next, I want to invite up Ashley Hill and she serves at Middle School as our attendance clerk. really the face of Middle School central. If you come and visit, she's the first person you see and she's kind of like a octopus. She's got hitting this button, answering this phone, answering this email, checking attendance. So, it takes a lot to uh do her job for sure. So, um Ashley helps keep the main office running smoothly as the hub for daily comingings and goings of more than 1300 students and 125 staff members.
Through the sheriff's department. It's free. If they wanted to go to LA, they would have to pay that on their own. >> But Um, >> so what actually that that wasn't going to be my question. So through the sheriff's department, >> um, is this we would sponsor them to go through the sheriff's department program, >> correct? Is that >> Yes. >> What I was going to say too though, sorry, was that we would also expect them to go to the Nazro basic officer training. Uh, and I think that was one of the questions that that one of the board members asked is because being a police officer and being a school resource officer or being a school police officer really two totally different things and and so it's important for them to have that that training, that specific training about school-based policing, which is, you know, the Nazro model is a triad.
I would love to see this. I've been trying to get an updated organizational chart for a couple of months now. Um, but when I saw this, it just really reinforced to me that in that town anyways, the people are really seen at the top of the ORC chart. Um, you would you might not think of that when you observe how some of our meetings are run. Kate, do you wanna >> Well, I do think this is a great because if you have that role as a legislature and part of the government and you know, we're at the top of that, we do have responsibilities to speak up, to show up, to question, to understand. So, we have to fulfill our part of that as residents as well. I think it's it's >> we can say that and that's a great starting point, but if we never act on it, that could be a problem.
Um, tomorrow, Friday, March 20th at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, March um 21st at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Um, the production is a really fun musical called The Susical. Um it's about an elephant um from Horton hears a who and he hears a quiet call for help and he decides to help the who's down in Whoville. And I just want to say everyone who's been involved in this production has worked really hard to put on an amazing show. So I really encourage you guys to check it out. As you all may know, the Dodd Student Council is a group of students who work together with teachers to organize and arrange various charity and fundraising events. Furthermore, the student council has the option to like suggest what they might want to support. In fact, even right now, our student council will be hosting two events, one of which being suggested by a student.
So, we'll go over that. Um, as part of the capital expenditures plan, I actually have Kevin coming from SLR. um he's the engineer who's working on the the track and field project um that allocation that was approved for just design money only. So he has his initial plan and I wanted him to come here so you could ask him questions or give any recommendations for feedback. So he's going to come at 6:30 and so is John Paracino. So they'll they'll both be joining us. Um so without much uh further ado, I'm going to go back into the capital expenditure plan. I do have a lot of documents here. Um, so I'll send these electronically to you, but this big packet um is the actual five-year, well, now it's kind of a 10-year outlay of capital plans. And um this looks a lot different than last year.
So um so some exciting news, we've been accepted into the Northeast Farm to School initiative in Shelurn, Vermont. Um, so the district's farm-totable team uh will attend and will be able to strengthen the district's farm-to-school work. The kids actually put together a really cool video and I'm hoping this works. I tested it earlier. I'm going to show a little bit. Everybody see my screen with the uh the video on? Okay, here we go. >> Danberry High School is proudly involved with Connecticut Farm to School. It is an institute to help strengthen ties between our classrooms, cafeteria, and community. We start here Danbury High School in our Academy of Clean Energy Green Bazan. >> We are growing produce to serve our student body both in the cafeteria and in the Hatter Cafe at the main campus. Heading over to Danbury High School main campus in our Academy of Professional and Public Service.
He is engaged, conscientious, and thoughtful. In ELA and his other classes, Colton is one of the first students to raise his hand to participate. He asks great questions and offers thoughtful reflections during class discussions. He is also conscientious about completing his work. He is not satisfied with just getting the work done. He strives to turn in his best work, often going back to revise before submitting it. Colton's leadership, dedication to doing his best, and eagerness to engage in the learning process assure him a bright future. Congratulations to Colton. And our eighth grade student of the month is Sumaya Nabi. The eighth grade team is proud to re recommend Somaya for student of the month. Somaya is a student who shows up every day, ready to make the best of what comes in front of her. She is very respectful and kind to everyone. Somaya brings the seven habits to life each day, both in school, at home, and in the community.
Here we go. All right. So, um, 2026 27 tenative budget presentation. I'm going to talk a little bit, then Mr. Yates is going to talk a little bit more, and then I'll talk a little bit at the end. There we go. Okay. So, just as our board meetings start with our district mission, likewise our board, our budget process starts is always embedded within and ends with our district mission. It was read a lot earlier. I won't read it now. But um this is our true north of decision-m budget goals. These are also continual. A budget process is a 12-month process. Um any district that's especially a district below adequacy. Uh the the work to find the best way to maximize resources is never ending. We aim for these um with regard to the budget for these components, maintaining effectiveness, adjusting for enrollment, continuing focus on student achievement, and trying to preserve as much as possible for as many as possible for as long as possible.
Yep. Just sign right here. Oh man, you're going to get the doctor's signature. >> after that, you can [music] just sign on the back. Yeah, you know I'll let you flip it. All right, all right. Let's see. Oh, wow. That's a throwback right there. You guys know what this picture is from, right? No, enlighten us. Enlighten us. This is when I was an extra in The Dark Knight movie for Batman. So, the second one with Heath Ledger. Why are you taking a mug shot as a cop? You're You're taking your mug shot. >> This is the old school phone. Very limited. It was a flip phone. Yeah, it was really fun. I got to meet Gary Oldman. I saw Chris Nolan, Heath Ledger before he had passed away but that was a lot of fun. Where did you guys find that picture? Just found it.
beyond high school. In addition, there's a lot of talk about the ACT at VJA. Preparation is well underway with students receiving support during second hour and through after school sessions to help them feel prepared for the upcoming exam. We are also proud to share that 23 of our students qualified for state through HOSA and are currently competing. We wish them the best of luck and look forward to celebrating their wins. Another highlight this month was the Arab Student Union's annual IFAR dinner during Ramadan. The event was beautifully organized and brought over 400 members of our community to share a meal and celebrate together. Overall, Andrew has had an exciting March and we look forward to continuing to creating more sparks and leaving our marks towards the end of the school year. Thank you. Good evening. As the spring season approaches, Samberg has been preparing for a sweet start to the end of the year activities and hopefully some warmer weather.
I would I'd love that Dr. Windham has shared that you have a particular background in special education for the reason that was mentioned and I think that's exactly what's needed. Our staff usually clues us in very smartly as to what's needed and you are absolutely filling that need. So, here's to a very long and prosperous career at Avon schools. Thank you. Mrs. Smith, did you want to comment? Yes, welcome and congratulations and I'm excited to see what the future holds. So, welcome aboard. Yes, thank you. Yes, the neighboring dynamic there. So, I'll just say thank you for choosing Avon. I Our family had the pleasure of having our own kids receive some programming through the developmental preschool and so, having that first-hand experience and understanding the value of early intervention. I I can't speak enough to that. So, thank you. And I love that you shared about always keeping in mind your why and the value.
So between now and next month, if you have any questions about them, feel free to send me those questions and I'll either get the answer for you or maybe have the answer and be able to help with that moving forward. Thank you. And then so the same thing with out of district transfer. >> This one we will you will be able to take an action on this one tonight. Um so part of our out of district policy required from our school corporation but then also from the state of Indiana is that we set dates of when we're going to accept out of district out of district transfer applications. And so we have to submit a date to the state that's kind of our final date. And so we've always made that the second count date, which is usually around February 1st of the school year is when we make our final one.
She manages a constant flow of communication with organization, patience, and a calm, steady presence. Ashley greets vid visitors warmly with her signature oneliners. Hey hun and hey buddy, and her reassuring reminder, it's going to be great. And for the occasional student who may have made a poor choice, she adds in a gentle little sweetie along the way. She even keeps staff on track with her attendance by sharing humorous attendance related memes. Mrs. Hill commitment to detail, sense of urgency, and consistent communication ensures that attendance issu issues, especially for those at risk, are addressed promptly each day. In a role that demands accuracy, organization, and clear communication, she excels at maintaining precise records and keeping everyone informed. As a true gatekeeper of the office, Mrs. Hill skillfully and politely directs students and adults alike to the appropriate resources, helping the entire office run seamlessly. So, it takes a lot when you have students coming in, parents coming in, teachers coming and going.
It's it's police work, it's counseling, and it's um >> law enforcement counseling and >> Teaching. So, that's the difference that we would want them to be also trained on on that as well. >> So, are they doing this while they're working full-time? >> I'm having a hard time. How do you work 40 hours and then go do >> be a reserve or go to the training >> to get those hours in? >> Well, if they go through the police department, So it's nights and weekends >> after you work a 40hour week. >> Sure. >> Just questioning >> how many people want to do that? >> Yeah. >> You know how many officers the sheriff's department has right now? >> Oh, probably somewhere 2025. >> So >> is there timera that has to be gotten in? >> Well, but but the upside if if they're being sponsored through the sheriff's department is they're going to probably become reserved deputies at the end of that for the sheriff's department.
And I think some of your other topics show how we might have a might make it difficult for us to act on that though. >> Okay, that sounds great. All right, so I just just because we're into all things cultural and historical here, I watched well I've seen it before and it just happened to be on uh TCM and I watched uh Mr. Smith goes to Washington and it's a Frank C movie and it stars Jean Arthur who's fabulous and James Stewart and then um Claude Reigns if you're into some of the horror movies. He was in a lot of horror movies. Um so it's it it's just this really awesome film about uh one of the senators dies. So then the governor of that state gets to sense somebody in. So there was some corruption going on. So they're trying to find someone who wouldn't cause any problems.
The first of these being Hats for Hope, an event that will raise money to support local children with cancer and their families. The second event is a hygiene product drive for things like shampoo, dish soap, and conditioner. This collection will take place from March 23rd to April 2nd. From setting up simple and fun events for students all across DOD to an extremely successful food drive and fundraising events, our student council has definitely had some accomplishments this year. On Wednesday, March 11th, a few students from Dodd, including Silus Newell, um Evelyn Huvong, Thomas Roland, James Fitzgerald, Natalie Muert, um Elizabeth Paragalo, and me, we got to be chosen to take a trip uh take take a trip to the Capitol. and we got to hear some of the bills being proposed um such as uh proposed banning of phones in school and whether or not um school buses should be powered by gas or should go electric.
Last year, the five-year outlay was $62 million approximately. Uh but at the end of the cycle last year, we were asked to allocate um some of the funds, push a lot of the funding out to further years, and also create a year six through year 10 project. So you'll see that column as well. Um and that creates quite an offset when we're talking about our capital planning because it's $28 million in year six through 10. Um and as we look at the plan year as outlined here, uh the total value of plan years 1 through five is $28 million. So just a very general question in terms of you were talking about $60 million through year five. Now it's >> $60 million through year 10 split 3030 50/50 whatever. Uh is it fair to say that you basically had say as an example $30 million in sort of like placeholder projects in year five that you just pushed out because >> Yeah.
The culinary pathway turns that same harvest intoler. >> Bringing it all together, we collaborate with the Danbury Farm and provide cooking demonstrations, samples, and shared community meals. In our classrooms, cafeterias with our community. Together we grow food and confidence. >> We've started strong, but to expand our gardens and programs, we need your support. >> Join the Danbury High School farm to school team. >> Learn how you can help here. All right. So, fun video there from the kids. So, we're very excited about that one. And uh Ann will be providing more information about that as it develops and grows. And we'll be reporting back um after that team goes up to uh Vermont in June. And then this is just a head uh heads upcoming Saturday garden workshops uh at Park A. Morris um put Parkav Morris and Parkav will be beginning on Saturday is coming soon.
She's an active member of the DDE family participating in NJHS and SGA and actively works to make both the school and her world a better place. So congratulations to Somay. All right, you get to get the picture with me. One Yeah, have fun. >> All right, guys. Thank you so much for coming out. I appreciate you. Um, and students, I appreciate you. Certainly to stay for the rest of the meeting, but you don't have to. So, have a have a great night. Okay. >> Thank you. >> Yep. Oh, really? >> Yeah. For a little bit. >> All right. So, the district commission statement, our goals, board goals, um, all there for review. Uh we're going to open up the meeting to the public for the discussion of agenda items only. Um at this point, can I have a motion and a second? >> Motion. >> Second.