And so, if you wouldn't all join me in just saying happy birthday to governing board member Wade, and we appreciate you're being here on your birthday. >> [applause] >> All right. So, if I could have our two Higley High seniors, our National Merit Scholar finalists Kendall Fentress and Donelo Parker come to the front, please. >> [applause] >> Guys, I'm going to have you stand right in the middle. So, our two our two senior Higley High School seniors, National Merit Scholarship finalists Kendall Fentress and Donelo Parker have achieved national national merit scholarship finalist status with their strong academic performance, impressive test scores, compelling applications, and we're very very so proud of the amazing academic accomplishments for you as your seniors. And so, I'm going to have you introduce yourself and say something really quick, but I got to get the remote mic. All right. Hello. My name is Kendall Fentress.
It's in alphabetical order. We're going to go ahead and start with elementary schools, then we're going to go into middle schools, then we're going to go into high schools. As Mr. Lotsonheiser said, we have about 5 minutes per presentation. When your campus is done presenting, you're going to walk around behind me and go back to your seat. There is one ask I have of everyone. Please stay for all presentations. This part of the process is one of the most beneficial parts for our kiddos to get up and present to such a large group of individuals. So, if I can ask, please stay. Okay? Couple of shout-outs though that I need to make sure I address. We have This process is sponsored through the Center for the Future of Arizona and Arizona State University. And we have Carolyn Thrasher in the back who's with the Center for the Future of Arizona.
So, I'm not sure if we can kind of figure that out. Um, and she also said cameras are motion activated and do not record continuously. So, does this mean that someone then like flips a switch at the end of the day to turn them on to their motion activated on position? And then is this the end of aftercare, the end of the school day? So, um she also said that's not the information is not stored in the cloud. I I find it hard to believe this day and age that it wouldn't be, but I don't know. Um I think like my biggest concern is that the the stories are sort of changing and unclear. Um I'm not necessarily totally opposed to it. It just feels weird that if we have a really tight budget right now, we're counting every penny, that these kind of showed up.
Um they got 180 responses um which they thought was uh made for a pretty successful survey. And so then the step that's going on right now is that there's a youth prevention council at the high school that is um engaging with the survey. They're going to enter data from the survey into an Excel spreadsheet. Um and there's some more work to do around that. Um and then the next step was going to be that they were going to present um the results to the town. Now, I haven't circled back with Berlin yet about this, but uh what she had said during the meeting was that they would do this at town meeting, and that's really not something that they can do because town meeting is just for town warrants. So, um so before I reached out to her, I wanted to sort of offer her some options that she felt met with the goals of this particular activity in the survey and and the activities of the Youth Prevention Council.
Was that That principal Sorry, I offered the principalship um to Christopher Tcherkezian Tcherkezian Tcherkezian. Um and Christopher is um signing his contract, and we welcome him. Um I'll give you a little background. Chris is currently an assistant principal in in Medway. Um and he also was a principal at Beacon Charter School in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Um he has a background of experience, also has as an instructional technology coordinator, and also as a classroom teacher as well, too. So, we're really happy and welcoming Christopher um Tcherkezian um to um the community of Furlong and Wilson as new principal of Furlong and Wilson School. >> [applause] >> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? YES, SIR. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? UM just very excited to be here. I've got a great team of faculty already, and um John and I have started working together, and we're going to continue to work together to make sure you have a smooth transition.
The job postings have been removed and the executive session has been removed. Um I would like to move up the purchasing of the hanger before we do the reorganization, please. Can I get a motion for that? Second. Motion and seconded. Any discussions on that? Um Mr. Mejia and Mr. Jones. Call the vote, please. Mr. Tarbox. Ms. Farris. Yes. Ms. Disla. Mr. Jones. >> Yes. Mr. Mejia. Yes. Mr. Mr. Mercedes. Yes. And Mr. Haydem. Yes. Okay, Mr. Superintendent. >> Attorney would you handle the purchasing of the hanger? Okay, so uh I asked Mr. Haydem to put this on the agenda. The committee voted on it at one point, but it wasn't clear in the minutes. So, I felt like it was important to have the committee re-vote purchasing of the hanger at at the Lawrence Municipal Airport. We're purchasing it from Bob Davis for 975,000. It's coming out of our E&D account uh which will be moved that money will be moved into our capital improvement account uh, after it's voted on at all our city and town meetings.
>> Good evening everyone. I'm very excited to be representing Canton High School as part of Canton Celebrate to um honor many of our students. We're very proud of our students who are participating at such high levels to make positive impacts in our school tonight. We will be will be honoring students and their academics, arts, athletics, and leadership. And um in my mind, what stands out amongst all of our group is is their true leadership in our school. So there's a lot going on here with folks. So um I think the best way to approach it for all the high school students, you know who you are receiving award, maybe you could come forward and stand in this area where it's sort of open. And so again, anyone receiving a high school award, if you come forward, you guys are leaders. I just said that. Okay.
We also make room for smaller personal connections through gatherings such as muffins with caregivers, donuts with loved ones, and our spring extravaganza extravaganza. These activities with our daily outdoor morning assemblies and the quest for school breakfast ensure that every student and parent feels welcome every time they step onto the campus. We know that student success is built on a foundation of wellness and a positive school climate. Our community schools team has been instrumental in integrating social emotional learning through seal calming spaces, restorative circles, and peer mediation. Programs like the mindfulness fair and our lunch bunch sessions provide students with the tools they need to manage their emotions and build healthy relationships. We continue to celebrate positive behavior through our pride tickets and monthly certificate winners for both character and outstanding attendance. While traditions like high- five Friday keep morale high. Parental partnerships remain central to our daily operation.
The other problem the SD6 the other problems the SD1 seeks to address may need to be a subject of a different bill, but um it still has a bad date, I believe. Yes, so we'll go ahead and move it on with your concurrence. Questions or concerns? If not, Vice Chair. On HB 1682 HD1 SD1, recommendation to pass with amendments. Are there any members present? Are there any no votes or reservations?
So that's about what I do. How are you, Emma? Um I also started out as a chapter officer and then I ended up running for district president and now I'm the new district president. So. Sweet. I handed my gavel down to her. Yeah. Um so what are some accomplishments you've uh earned, Emma? So far. Um so first of all, my freshman year I made it to state with gold. And then um this year I am going to be going to state as I did at districts. I ended up also getting gold this year. And um again, I also win won district president. So. What about you? Um I have a lot, not to brag, but basically my freshman year I made it to state on a gold. Sophomore year I made it to state and nationals, which was fun. Nationals was in Seattle that year.
I am a senior here at Higley Unified School District at a the high the Higley High School as well. Um So, next All right, next year I plan on going to college at UCLA. And uh I plan on studying biology and intent of eventually going into um the medical field. That's my plans. >> [applause] >> Hi, my name's uh Danny Parker. I'm a senior here at Higley High School. And next year I'm planning on attending um ASU with a double major in economics and data science with plans of doing econometrics on the international level. >> [applause] >> For those of you don't know how hard it is to become a National Merit finalist, it's a huge process. It's not just test scores, but a huge application. And so, we're so very proud of them and they truly have gone to the top 1% when they get to that.
If we can give her a huge round of applause. She supports all schools and all school districts who have this process implemented within their district and is Dr. Bartley here yet? Okay, so we also have Dr. Bartley. She'll be showing up as well. All right. Are you guys excited? Here we go. Mr. Glover's smiling ear to ear, so we're ready. We're going to go ahead and we're going to start with Bridges. After this point in time, Bridges, come on up. After this point in time, it's going to be all students and sponsors, I'm going to need you guys to facilitate your groups. So, the next group will line up over here to my left, the on-deck group, and we'll move it in the back. Are you guys ready? All right, here we go. All right, microphones on. You guys go ahead and start. Good afternoon.
And I don't know if it was approved by you all or where the money came from. And it just feels sort of weird that it came in under under the radar. So, um uh I just would like to have more transparency around that. Um and also um I want to also make comments about school choice and make sure that it's being advertised properly for Pelham as fast as we can um going into the next uh year for kindergarten so that we can help for the sustainability of the school. Um and I know you guys are voting on a budget tonight. I don't have a lot of detail about that, but please like, you know, I'm here to say I would love if you could give the most money so that we can have the most schools. I'm not updated on what's going on, but as a Pelham parent, that is my request.
And so the the two options that seem the most obvious are to have the students present the results to us at a board of health meeting. Um and then there's also um having them present to the select board. Um certainly having them present to us seems like, you know, um a worthwhile thing, but I wanted to make sure that uh I wanted to bring it up with the board first before I went ahead and offered it. out. >> You know, I actually think that'd be a good idea because it's not too often we have, you know, extra people speaking on health issues and good opportunity for them to get out and, you know, be seen also. >> Right. So, um, one thing that I it it probably is clear, but just in case it's not, um, this is related to the nicotine free generation, um, you know, uh, uh, I guess I should say initiative.
So, thank you, guys. I appreciate everybody's time, and really I'm looking forward to this. Thank you. So, we're really glad you're here. Thank you. Um I know that we've already started working on that transition plan, which is so important for for both um John and yourself. Um I know the staff is excited, and the students as well, too. I know there's some events coming up that we'll be going through with John um to invite you to as well, too. So, so welcome. Here is a little welcoming gift. Welcome to Tantasqua. >> [applause] >> THANKS, AL. UH OKAY. AL, who's who's introducing the speech and debate Sure, Mr. Camera, do you want to do some Yeah, we have uh two clubs coming here to uh propose for some new clubs that we're going to be offering. Uh it looks like in order here on the docket, we have uh speech and debate coming in.
Uh, so, but I would like to have the committee re-approve the purchasing of the hangar for $975,000. So, it can be uh, noted in the minutes clearly. And also the 75,000 from the Uh, so So, what we would be Well, all that money would be coming The whole 975 would be coming from capital improvement because we're going to move once the E&D money's been approved uh, to be go into capital improvement at our town meetings and our city me city meetings as well, approval of our budget cuz it's got to be part of the budget approval, then we'll be able to take it from our capital improvement money, which is a total of $975 coming out of capital improvement. So, I just need a um, a motion to approve that. We already have that approved, Mr. Lavoy. You were going to ask for a 75,000 extra that we went to the capital improvement and we Okay, so we had 900 approved, but it was actually 975, so we have to have another 75 approved.
So, um I have the honor of starting with our Kinton Mastery Project students. So, as most of you know, all of our seniors take our camp mastery project, which is essentially our senior capstone, um, which is a a class in which they pursue an area of interest, a passion, a potential future career, or something they just really want to learn about. Um, they go through a structured process to research, prevent uh, present a project proposal, actually create then or do the thing they set out to do to accomplish um, and then connect it all back to our camp vision of a graduate. So out of the entire senior class, we had six students who were recognized by the faculty for their outstanding projects based on their rigorous process, their creative outcomes, and their overall learning. So um unfortunately, two of the students, maybe three, um were unable to be here.
Beyond our formal leadership committees such as ELAC, DAC and school site council, we have fostered an open door policy through coffee with the principal and our grassroots ESL classes. The Murray parent workspace has become a place where parents actively contribute to teaching teacher projects and schoolwide events like family math game day allow parents to engage directly in their students learning process. By offering in-house field trips and a variety of student incentives, we work hard to create an environment where every student thrives socially and academically.
Hearing none, the measure's adopted. Thank you. Next up is HB 1692. This requires drivers approaching stationary vehicles displaying warning signals to slow down and make a lane change if possible and safe to do so, and come to a complete stop. Prohibits the operation of a pickup truck with a passenger seated in the bed or load carrying the area on roads with posted speed limits of 46 miles an hour or above and roadways with three or more lanes traveling in the same direction. Um provides certain exemptions from passenger restrictions and increases the minimum age to ride in the bed to 18 from 12. Does have a bad date. Uh recommendation here is to uh pass with amendments. In part one, change the standard to reasonable and prudent for slowing down if no lane change is possible, and we'll add a severability clause as well since there are two very distinct parts of the bill.
Uh last year unfortunately I did not advance past districts. Um and then this year I've made it to state with a gold. So making it to state with a gold, what specifically are you doing? Like what are you performing? What are you talking about? What are you like speaking about? Like what specific like, you know, what do you do at these conferences to get gold? >> So um how we place with our events, they're called STAR events, which is Students Taking Action Action with Recognition. Um and there's different events, There's different categories. So, I've done career investigation, promote and publicize, sustainability challenge, and um, nutritional wellness. So, they're all kind of different based on I don't know how I'd say that, but based on different things. And so, yeah, we do projects. We It usually we start at the beginning of the year and we are gathering information, we're giving speeches, we're researching stuff, we're creating foods if we're doing stuff like that.