And so, that got me thinking about how to bring sustainability to the middle school and create what started out as a non-tech makerspace and has really become a a sewing center. We have other things. We have weaving, we have leather stamping, um we have all sorts of different ways that students can take fabrics, textiles, other materials and create something new out of them. Um but sewing seems to have really struck a chord with the students. So, this wall is across the back of the upcycle center and whip, WIP, stands for work in progress. And so, one of the first things that the students learned how to do was sew a whip bag. And when they come to the upcycle center to work on something, 32 minutes for ELT isn't enough time to finish any of the projects that we have undertaken. So, all of their materials go into a whip bag.
Statistics, when you take a look at children who are at risk and you do early intervention like RTI it what we were one of the first in the state to start it and we watched the numbers go down and the school scores go up. As you have more kids with disabilities coming to you it's a shame to get rid of it. I'm asking you to keep it and one of the things that work is low student to teacher ratio. As much you can look at all the statistics, you can look at the research and uh by the way, I am I still work. I am a full-time college professor for a university whose specialty is reading. So I urge you to keep looking at that, to try to make the classes for the response to intervention programs four to one teacher ratio if you can because what we did in the past is still happening and if you cut it too much, you think that the school psych you need to cut that down, it's just going to blossom.
>> I don't make these things up. It's coming up from from the schools, from the principals, from from your people out there. And supposedly, they're not able to communicate with you guys. I I don't know what it is, but there's obviously a disconnect somewhere. Mhm.
So we know that principal's time is very precious and and limited. So we try to make it accessible and this anyone who wants to just connect and let's see how we're doing. This year we did it with the 13 schools next year because it's everybody now we're going to transition that to our PLC's um and be able to also provide that support to the site leaders so they can talk to each other. How are you managing this? How are you working this out? And just creating that space for collaboration. And with that, I'm going to introduce our first uh leader from Patterson. Our principal will share more. >> Thank you, Patty. Madame President, members of the board and superintendency, I am Sarah Stevens from Patterson and I'm so excited to be able to go over this one slide with you because the um impact this has had at Patterson has been so positive in so many ways and has been exciting for me as the principal to go through this transition.
Um they're going to be working on uh uh strengthening student relationships and they'll host their first annual STEM fair on March uh 26. Uh the CHS band traveled to LA uh to compete against 1500 band other band students and the band itself got a gold rating um uh the same as they got last year and also received p first place. Um our 24 member band even beat a band of of from one school with over 120 members and Jacob Buell who's a junior was honored with the maestro awards. So very appreciative of the work of the band director Nathan Gibbons and their work there. um over in in uh ranch they are up to bats and there's a whole reading here that I won't read but I would ask you to read that is linked with baseball so we assume that Mr. Quinn is a baseball fanatic.
Leader in me is a framework based on the seven habits of highly effective people that empower scholars to develop leadership, responsibility, goal setting as and goal setting as part of their everyday learning. And that's it for my report. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Lman. Uh governing board member reports. Member Rothchild.
They are directly responsible for our esports players to be able to compete because of their incredibly fast and reliable fiber internet service. If you are in the market for internet or phone service, check out adamswwells.com. That's >> adamswwells.com. That is absolutely amazing. Especially since having fast internet is really important in the in the esports because >> some would say one of the most important things. >> One of the most important because we wouldn't be able to play against anyone if our Wi-Fi was super laggy. You'd be like, "Oh, why are you doing that attack? I did that like 15 minutes ago, you know." >> Yep. So, would be bad. >> Yeah. Having fast internet is very important to make sure we're having the most fair matches possible. Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. That's why I don't play a lot of these games at home. My Wi-Fi kind of sucks.
So, um, they they were, uh, they were phenomenal, and I'm really excited to see what they're going to do, uh, in the future, and and hopefully they'll let me be a part of it in some way. Everybody stay there, girls. And I guess I should have mentioned their team GPA was 3.92. That's pretty good. >> Next will be distinguished graduate award. Good evening. So, tonight I have the honor of recognizing an outstanding educator and leader, Morgan Kahhal. Morgan has been selected as the 2526 distinguished graduate of Masters of Science in the Education program at University of Southern Indiana. This award is um given to individuals who demonstrate exceptional academic excellence, dedication to their field, and meaningful contributions throughout their graduate studies. Morgan currently serves as a kindergarten teacher at Anderson Elementary. It's kind of an Anderson night, I think. Um, she previously taught first grade there where she built strong foundations for her students academic and personal growth.
>> Good evening everyone. My name is Ayan New and I'm a student at AMS. And I'm so excited for this today. I'm so excited. >> Thank you. We're so excited to have you. >> Of course. Why not? >> I see you brought some friends. basketball. >> Hello, I am Brady Giles. I also go to Ashlin Middle School and I been doing unifies for like two years for now, I think. And yeah, all that good stuff. >> Well, welcome. Thank you, Ray. Yeah. >> Want to come say hello? >> Hi there. Excellent. Lovely to meet you. >> Hello. >> Hi, my name is Charlotte Lawson. I also go to Ashlin Middle School. I've been doing Unified for one year. >> Hi, Charlotte. Welcome. Hi. >> My name is Grace Yuma. I also go to Ashlin Middle School and I've also been doing Unified for one year.
Lisa consistently goes above and beyond to create positive memorial memorable experiences for students. She leads an in leads an inter mural afterchool club even volunteering her time when it is not a paid position and organizes the highly anticipated annual student teacher dodgeball tournament. Each Friday she recognizes a student as the MVP celebrating not just their athletic ability but character, sportsmanship, kindness, and community mindess. By highlighting a wide range of strengths in uplifting diverse talents, Lisa fosters an inclusive environment where students feel valued and inspired to bring their best selves forward. According to Greenfield Middle School principal Michelle Fenmore, who is right here, I'll read a quote. Mrs. Morrison has a remarkable gift for seeing the unique strengths in every student in designing experiences that allow each one to shine. Whether it's building confidence in hesitant in a hesitant learner, challenging a natural athlete to lead, or finding creative ways for students to demonstrate teamwork and perseverance.
as well. Lisa consistently goes above and beyond to create positive memorial memorable experiences for students. She leads an in leads an inter mural afterchool club, even volunteering her time when it is not a paid position and organizes the highly anticipated annual student teacher dodgeball tournament. Each Friday, she recognizes a student as the MVP, celebrating not just their athletic ability, but character, sportsmanship, kindness, and community mindess. By highlighting a wide range of strengths in uplifting diverse talents, Lisa fosters an inclusive environment where students feel valued and inspired to bring their best selves forward. According to Greenfield Middle School principal Michelle Fenmore, who is right here, I'll read a quote. Mrs. Morrison has a remarkable gift for seeing the unique strengths in every student in designing experiences that allow each one to shine. Whether it's building confidence in hesitant in a hesitant learner, challenging a natural athlete to lead, or finding creative ways for students to demonstrate teamwork and perseverance.
It has a little tag on it that says WIP and they write their name and it gets tacked to the wall. And then whenever they come in to work, they take their bag down and all of their materials are there. So, sewing has been something that students have really gravitated to. We've done a little bit of hand sewing. You can see Jingyi with his fabric flowers um and that was one of our first projects. We also tried um for Valentine's Day heart-shaped scented sachets um and that was wildly popular and a real calibration for everyone when students said, "Mine looks like a kidney bean, not a heart." And I said, "But have you ever sewn before? Have you ever touched a sewing machine? Did you think it was going to be perfect? Does the rice fall out?" It does not. That's a win. Does it smell like what it's supposed to smell like?
You're going to have an adverse effect. Thank you for your time. >> [applause] >> Thank you. Um next we have uh Michelle Burton. >> [clears throat] >> Hello. I wrote mine down because even though I talk to pretty kids all day, adults terrify me. No, just kidding. >> [laughter] >> Um my name is Michelle Burton and I'm a fourth grade teacher here at OES and thank you for allowing me to speak this evening. I know you have heard from parents, students, and teachers alike on the recent cuts to the PE, sped, and psych departments. I know you hear us on this issue and are trying to do the best you can as a board. And I want you to know that it is seen and appreciated. And I want to make sure you are aware of some solutions and I wanted to share some concerns.
Thank Thank you, Senator. So, real quick, a question. I mean, you have existing contracts already through the Jobs program. Why do you discontinue them? Why do you need to redo the contracts into something new? Well, you can only continue them so many times and then you have to send out a new RFP for them. >> you need to do that? Yeah, but but I'm kind of to her point. I mean, it's like we're working on the G's office to include these new things. Well, why just put out the proposals that existed under the previous contract? Well, we have to make some changes from the You know, it's always evolving contracting and laws. And so, you know, the the the main point is that the Jobs program is in place and it's being used. But, what's changed? I I don't remember any new laws passing that would or anything that would or what can you point to to say, "Well, because of this law that passed or this federal thing that we now have to change X, Y, or Z?" It's um You know, we we do we do what we're told and we're advised.
Um so as Jessica said we all have a cool name for the CSL standards and um we are empower university at power at Patterson to empower our students to find their strengths to find their interest empower the collaboration the creativity the design um and here's some positive things that we are seeing and one of them starts with a standard align excellence um as Patty and Deepo were sharing with you um we have dove into the units and the lessons that the IRC has already created for us and have been implementing those throughout the year. Um, it's the integration of career awareness, technology, media, very similar to what a general education classroom teacher would do when they're integrating maybe a social studies standard into a piece of a reading standard and then they apply their knowledge into a reading standard. The lessons are so fun. They're creative.
Um I would have read it Mr. Quinn but I'm actually looking forward to the NHL playoffs so I'll pass on baseball at this time. Um uh we also want to thank Mr. Scragam and the high school. They hosted the 26 uh 2026 mock interviews for our CT kids and for seniors. Um and uh we were through Mr. Scragggin's efforts, we had 47 volunteers uh come and interview 237 students. Uh we want to thank the Combmes Education Foundation for the sponsoring of lunch and Horn Auto and Uro Auto uh for their contributions uh to volunteer gift bags from Horn Horn Auto and snacks in the hospitality room for Uru Auto. And I will say in talking to the business partners that were there to a person, they were just amazed at the quality of our kids. uh their ability to to articulate who they are and what they wanted, their ability to speak uh coherently, to express themselves.
>> Good evening everyone. Uh this week I've had the opportunity to attend uh the Arizona EdTech and Workplace Summit. It's a week-long summit that focuses on technology and the work that areas do. Um the room was full of leaders from education, business, technology, policy, and everything. Everyone came together to talk about our future, education, teachers, and the world around us. What really stood out to me is that we are an amazing district. listening to all of the leaders, the specialists and things talk about the work that they're doing and the focus on not only providing insight and direction for our youth, but also making sure that they're able to flourish in their world once they leave these walls. And so, wanted to reiterate the amazing work that we're doing here and that we are among some great institutions. So, just wanted to share that and thank you for thank you all for your work.
I might need to get Adams Wells myself. >> You should call Adamswwells or go to adamswwells.com. >> That's adamswwells.com. Jordan, you're a a a legend of the game. >> Oh, don't don't >> as talk a little bit about, you know, what are our what are what's the mindset of the Cyber Tigers as they prepare for this this monumental match coming ahead of us? How do how do you get your mind right as you prepare to go into the uh Smash Bros. Arena? You definitely want to be focused on the match. If you're focusing on other stuff, you're going to be making wrong decisions. You also can't make take your wrong decisions and make that the only thing you think about, you know, >> focus on things you can control. >> Yeah. Focus on the here and the now. Sure, you made a mistake before, but that but that mistake won't matter if you play.
Her commitment to education, continuous improvement, and passion for supporting young learners truly set her apart. This honor reflects not only her hard work and perseverance, but also the positive impact she has on her colleagues, her school, her community, and the students that she serves. We're incredibly proud to have Morgan as part of our district. So, please join me in congratulating her on this well-deserved um recognition and celebrating her remarkable accomplishment. >> And she That's right. >> Most important part and probably had a Okay. Now, next is the Anderson Elementary School presentation. So, ask for Adam Jones to step forward, please. >> No. All right. Even better. >> Yeah. Just have them off to the side. Say we have one permission to play that. Okay. All right. Um say that. All right. So, I'd like to thank the board and Dr. Brown for giving us this opportunity to to talk about our wonderful school.
>> Welcome, Grace. >> You gonna tell us a little bit about it? What is unified basketball? >> Unified basketball is a where people with all types of abilities play together on the same team. The this sport promotes the importance of inclusion, teamwork and friendship. How does it work? So everyone gets a chance to play and score no matter the skill level. The focus is on fun teamwork and learning from each other. >> Thank you. >> How does it work? It's basketball with but with an emphasis on inclusion, respect, and working together. >> Thank you. >> Why do we love unified basketball? I like I like playing with a team. I like shooting the ball and I like all the friends. I love my friendship and Mr. Hilly. I love doing all the games, too. I like the jerseys. Thank you. >> Highlights from the 20126 season.