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That loss doesn't disappear. It becomes part of our responsibility. Money that we have to find in order to maintain what we want and what our town should be looking like and what our lives should be experiencing. Our local officials are working diligently to navigate this crisis and lessen the impact that it might make. >> [snorts] >> Ashland has become such a sought-after community for a reason. It's [snorts] built on commitment, collaboration, and shared responsibility. Let's take a moment to support the people working on our behalf and come together as a community and I encourage that everyone vote yes. Thank you, Donna. Okay. Is there anyone else that has any last questions? Brenda, I just um would like to add something. >> Absolutely. >> Um you know, I just want to thank everybody for coming tonight and everybody who's at home watching and uh maybe on YouTube um that we really appreciate uh the input and the suggestions, the ideas, the questions.
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This makes staying healthy both mentally and physically a lifestyle choice to make every day rather than something you only had to worry about once. You've already burned out. Restored agency is about moving from feeling like life is just happening to you to actually making being the one in the driver's seat making making the intentional choices. Development investment happens when custody shouldn't be treated like a social service to just fix a problem. It should be seen as an investment in a kid's future and who they will become as an adult. By focusing on kids needs and staying proactive, we aren't just fixing a temporary problem. This is how I believe we can make waves for a better tomorrow. Our third presentation for period three, the power of the single step translating track to life by Jack Mtoso. Jack is a junior here at DHS and this is his first time participating in TEDex DHS.
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Uh we honestly do. We are all here because we are committed to this community and want it to be the best that it can be. Um Ev- Everybody has to make a decision. I can't make a decision for someone who is making choices, hard choices like we've heard, right? You have to make your own personal decision and um I don't think a person here would judge anyone for that. Um but we it is our responsibility to bring forward what we think is the best plan for the community and, you know, especially I think for our our youngest members of our community. Um so, that's what that's what we're trying to do. And we we want everybody to have all the information. We want um to respond and please don't hesitate to reach out to me or uh to any of us with questions and concerns and we will do our best to make sure that you have answers.
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He joined her club because he found it very intriguing. Jack is a member of the spring tech team and enjoys running very much. He chose this topic because of his love for running. Please welcome Jack Mutoso. All right, the misconception. People think running is a hobby, but really it's a mental clarity hidden in every single stride. What is track and field? Track and field is a sport with a wide range of events from 100 meters to 2 miles to 4x4s, hurdles to jumps to throws, track brings people together for teamwork and individual peak performances. Here's a breakdown of what both indoor and outdoor track is. Indoor track and field starts off with sprints, hurdles, and the relays. Sprinting you have the 55 meter and the 300 meter dash. For hurdles, there is only the 55 meter. Now show off that teamwork skills and show for 4x 200 and 4x4.
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And um you know, we just appreciate your support even if you can't vote yes. Thank you. Jim, do you have anything else you want to add? Okay. Is there anyone else that wants to add anything? >> Yeah, I just echo thank you for everybody who participated or listened in. Uh also, this isn't your only opportunity to get information. Uh You can all reach out to me. I I intentionally didn't go into data and everything tonight, but we tried to be brief with with a lot of things that are complicated and and hard to understand. And uh this isn't your only bite at the apple. It's not, "Hey, listen to a 30-minute presentation and and walk away understanding municipal and school financing." Uh that's that's an impossibility. Uh feel free to reach out. Uh we will have other opportunities to get more information. I have all the data you're going to want and and lots you don't want with schools.
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Jump over those hurdles. Let's move to mid distance and long distance. Mid distance contains of 600 m, 800 m, and 1,000 m. Long distance you have the one mile and two mile. Don't like to run? That's okay. Indoor track has field events. Indoor track field events contain of high jump and long jump. Throwing you have shock shot. Weather is getting nice out there. So, let's sprint our way to outdoor track. Outdoor track starts with sprints, hurdles, relays, and 100 m 200 meter dash. Let's jump to hurdles. You have the 100 meter girls and 110 m boys. For relays, you have the 4x100, 4x200, and 4x4. We sprint to mid distance and long distance. You have the 400 meter and 800 meter. For mid distance for long distance, you have the two mile. Don't like to run? There are field events. Field events consist of long, triple, and high jump.
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Happy to share with anybody. Uh and I know these can be intimidating to talk and be recorded and and everything like that. It's fine. Reach out. I'm happy to do it one-on-one, small groups, or whatever. Uh we want you to be educated. We want you to know the information so you can make your best decision. Yeah. And likewise, and I think this will go directly to Deborah's point. Um So, our budget document will be out next at the end by the end of next week. We have to wait until it all gets settled before we can put up put a budget together. And so, that's what we'll be doing. And then also, um we'll continuously drop more information just about the context, you know, looking over the years um over the course of April and May as well. We'll be doing that um on a pretty steady cadence in addition to the budget document as well.
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For throwing, we have shot, discus, and javelin. PR. What does it mean? In track and field, PR stands for personal record. A PR is you jumped, ran, or thrown better than you have before. This is an ultimate goal for athletes to focus on yourself rather than beating the opposing team. Coaches will help athletes by setting up practices to help them get a new PR. Starting blocks. Starting blocks is a special adjustment equipment used by the sprinter to brace their feet at the start of the race. Track teaches us that power comes from the small adjustments. Starting blocks are used at by an athlete to maximize their acceleration. When a sprinter sets up their blocks, they make sure the blocks are perfect because one wrong adjustment, it can mess up the race. Your starting blocks in life, your starting blocks is the mindset at the beginning of the day.
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Okay. Lori, do you have anything you want to add? Um thank you everybody for coming. Um and and I'm not offering Jim up without his permission, but I heard him say earlier if if anybody feels that their questions weren't answered about any of the school information or we didn't cover something that you want to know more about, um he's available We're all available to answer your questions, but sometimes um Jim's got the best handle on the budget book and would be happy to um as well as myself and all of my colleagues. Um we've been at this for a while. It's a very difficult conversation for all of us for a lot of reasons. But at the end of the day, you know, we want strong schools. We want strong services. Um we want strong public safety. We want the roads to be good. It's and it's just going to take a lot of effort and sacrifice from all of us to get there.
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In the end of the day is your finish line. The race not begins not with the sprinting but with a single step out of the box. What are your starting blocks in life? It's your decision to begin and commit to the starting blocks. Discipline means following a set of rules or plan to reach a goal. Discipline is doing what needs to be done when the motivation has vanished. Transitioning this to life means trusting the process during the invisible season when no one is watching. Big moments. Every practice you finish alone builds a person for big moments. When everyone sees your success, they are seeing all of the progress, the steps you taken when no one was watching. They see all the countless hours of training and putting forth effort. The last lap. The last lap is the hardest one of them all. Your body telling you to stop or just quit.
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So, Yeah. Takes a village. So, thank you for your time tonight. And I will I will say um our and we're happy to answer any questions that you might have as well. Um our our team our management finance team is relatively new, um but we will um we will certainly meet with you. And if we don't have the answer right away, we'll get it to you. Yeah. And feel free um I'll offer myself up to Feel free to reach out to me. You can email me [email protected]. Um or any literally any of us. Um so, I just want to thank everybody as well for um for joining us tonight and for asking such really good questions and engaging with us because we know that this is difficult. We know this is a big ask and we don't approach an operational override lightly at all. Um and so, you know, this is as Paul said, what this is sort of the beginning of the conversation.
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Your mind telling you to keep going and almost done. You must block out the pain and just focus on what's go you are going to accomplish. The race will finish when the race finishes, not when you're done. This is the lap where you define who you who who your true self really is and what you're capable of doing. The athletes mindset. An athlete knows that growth only happens at the edge of discomfort. A truth that applies just to much as to life as to track. Whether facing the final lap or personal hardship, success is found in the quiet discipline. Athletes mindset part two. Required to show up when you're tired just means you're trying. This is the way of thinking turns every tough run into a lesson of how to stay strong. By pushing throughout the hard times, you learn to stay how to handle any problem thrown your way.
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Um look for opportunities for an info session or um an opportunity for, you know, select board has office hours. Come talk to us about the budget. Come talk to us about your questions. If we can't answer it, we we know who can, so we will direct those questions. Um just a reminder that um our website is going to have the the slides from tonight plus um the link from the recording from from WACA plus um the Q&A. And um and if any other questions come in, we're happy to add them to the website cuz it's, you know, um we will get them answered and and get them up. So, um Again, the dates to remember for all of this, uh May 6th is town meeting. May 19th is town election. Make sure you're registered to vote. Um because that is the key to being able to vote.
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The relay effect. The paton pass is commonly known as a metaphor for leadership and trust. Having a mindset of trust means having the confidence in yourself before the baton is passed to you. Leadership is knowing when to hold on and even so when to let go. Having leadership as a character trait means you're capable to have trust in leading your team to success. Athlete secret. Acknowledge. Accept the pain as a data point, not as a stop sign. That means you're trying and you're reaching your limits. Reframe. Change the I can't breathe to my lungs are working for me. Shift the narrative. And lastly, anchor. Focus on the very next hurdle or 100 meters, not the finish line. Win the moment. The 1% advantage. An elite performance is the gap between gold and nothing is oftenly less than 1%. That 1% is entirely in ability to quiet that mental chatter and focus on the immediate action.
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So, um and with that, I just say thanks and have a really great night. Oh, we do have to adjourn. Motion Motion to adjourn select board. We are in session. And we vote. All in favor. Aye. Thank you. Okay. All right. Thank you all. Have a great night.
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By training your inner voice, you unlock the winning. You unlock the ability to push into the final winning margin. On the track, this 1% is where you own your stride rather than letting the physical burn and exhaustion take over. It's when you ignore the urge to slow down and trust the thousands of laps that prepared you to finish the straightaway strong. Track transformed my life. Track and field has been a transforming effect in my life. Before starting track, I struggled with a lack of motivation and avoided any physical activity. I would oftenly socially withdrawn and just kept to myself. However, joining track completely changed my future. Throughout joining throughout training, I created multiple friendships and multiple PRs. Track helps me stay active and helps me manage my anxiety. Track and field support transform my life by having me come out and be motivated to stay active.
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What's your next step? The race doesn't end on the track. Some track athletes continue their track careers in college. Athletes can get recruits from co coaches from colleges and universities. If you're even lucky enough from colleges and universities, they would offer you a scholarship. So just as we train our bodies to endure the final straightaway, we must train our minds to carry the same resilience into every hurdle life throws our way. Much appreciation to the track team. Dartmouth High School has a lot of outstanding and record-breaking performances from track athletes. Dartmouth track and field team has put much effort into have being the team they are today. I would like to give much appreciation to every track athlete for trying their best into every meet and putting forth all their effort into practices. Now for coaches. Thank you to coaches. I would like to say thank you to coaches Peter Bro, John Bro, Coach Carrera, Coach McCarron, Coach Soua, and Coach Sports for being supportive coaches in helping track athletes be successful.
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This is how I show making ways for a better tomorrow. Thank you Jack for that uh wonderful presentation. You know I I know a little bit about track myself. Um our last presentation for period 3 is clean energy community revitalization by Andrew Monise. Andrew is a senior here at DHS and is joining the TEDex DHS conference for the first time. and Andrew has had participating in TEDex as his bucket list uh activity for his high school career. Additionally, Andrew is the president of the class of 2026 as well as an associate editor of the Spectrum, our school's newspaper. He is a member of the marching band and has been on the unified track team. Andrew plans to major in either political or environmental science in college. Please welcome Andrew Monise. In the last few years, we've heard a lot about clean energy, whether that's wind, solar, or nuclear.
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In fact, in the United States, we've seen major investment in clean energy. The Inflation Reduction Act passed in August of 2022 by Congress was the uh historic investment in clean energy, infusing 3.6 billion into the industry. And some of the target goals of this legislation was to revitalize communities like this one pictured here, which is actually real images of Detroit, Michigan. These communities had faced urban decline and through the investments of the inflation reduction act uh community leaders hoped that clean energy could revitalize it. Now let's understand what causes urban decline in the US. There are many causes of urban decline but here are four major causes. The first one being de-industrialization. This is first the loss of industry and as a result then the loss of jobs and household income and then forcing people to relocate out of the city to seek alternative job opportunities.
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Then the interstate highway act passed in 1956 which for the first time allowed the upper and middle class to be more car dependent and relocate outside of the city shrinking cities tax bases as the number of people within urban cores dwindled. It also created physical divisions within communities that created real divides on the physical landscape. Moving on, we have we see suburbanization which is just the continued movement of these upper and middle class people to the suburbs and further reducing the significance of the urban core and reducing their tax base. And finally, we get uneven investment which is really a uh a product of the previous three uh causes here. So we see that cities are forced to invest in the areas that will give them the maximum return due to declining tax revenues and as a result they uh may have some areas of the city that receive less attention than others leading to uneven development.
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