She ensures that all students feel successful and valued in her class. Her commitment to inclusion, encouragement, and growth make physical education a place where every student can thrive. Professionally, Lisa embraces schoolwide instructional initiatives, thoughtfully adapts to the unique context of physical education. She designs engaging, dynamic classes that encourage full participation. Students are enthusiastic, active, and eager to be involved with a wide variety of activities that extend beyond traditional competitive team sports. She ensures that every student can find success in enjoyment and movement. A collaborative and positive member of the school community, Lisa exemplifies the social emotional qualities that work that she works to instill in her students each day. And we are honored to present this award to Lisa Morrison who will be honored in a celebratory banquet at the Log Cabin in Holio on May 6th, 2026. So, we have a nice uh small little certificate to present to her.
She ensures that all students feel successful and valued in her class. Her commitment to inclusion, encouragement, and growth make physical education a place where every student can thrive. Professionally, Lisa embraces schoolwide instructional initiatives, thoughtfully, adapts to the unique context of physical education. She designs engaging, dynamic classes that encourage full participation. Students are enthusiastic, active, and eager to be involved with a wide variety of activities that extend beyond traditional competitive team sports. She ensures that every student can find success in enjoyment and movement. A collaborative and positive member of the school community, Lisa exemplifies the social emotional qualities that work that she works to instill in her students each day. And we are honored to present this award to Lisa Morrison who will be honored in a celebratory banquet at the Log Cabin in Holio on May 6th, 2026. So we have a nice uh small little certificate to present to her.
It does. That's a win. Now tell me, where does the bobbin go? How do you thread the machine?" And started asking like, "So, you've learned a ton. It doesn't matter if it's a kidney bean and not a heart. Next time it'll be a heart." So, we've done all sorts of different projects. Um this is Julia in the middle showing off her whip bag that she created. More students with hair bandanas. Students learning how to what's warp and what's weft and how do I lay out a pattern? Where is the grain? How do I cut? What does hem allowance mean? Why does this look like it's so big and is it going to fit me when it's done? All sorts of really, really great stuff um has been happening. Students are flocking in during their ELT um and if all goes well, I'll also be offering at least one week if not two weeks of summer camp in the upcycle center this summer through Parks and Rec.
Several of us teachers are looking at current class size numbers and see an opportunity here at OES to have a four-five combination class next school year. The class size would be around 27 students each, which is common in fourth and fifth grades, and we would be mainly would have room to grow. One of our teachers here resigned. If we did not fill that position and have a combination class, the district could keep one of the positions planned to be cut. I spoke with the staff and offered to teach the combination class and we fourth and fifth grade teachers agree that it would be better for students to have a combination class for one year than to permanently lose a PE or a psych or a sped teacher. There would not be a need for another combination class in the foreseeable future and we only have one grade level that is large right now, fourth grade, and this would be a temporary situation to permanently save one position so that many of your constituents who have advocated or save one position that so many of your advocated constituents have advocated for.
Um but, it has to do with um sort of how you rank um the um the contractors who are under the contract before you move on to a next project and you know, how that scoring goes and so there's some technical things, but we do have the JOC thing in place, JOC program in place. We're working on the new RFPs. We have issued some. We are in line to issue others, which is why we support the reso and can meet that deadline. I just don't I'm I got to disconnect myself. I just don't You got a great one working on Maui. We already have the I won't name them personally, but they're they're they're already under a contract. It's just a matter of issuing the same con unless there's a thing well, you guys passed HRS blank, so therefore we're having to change this, but I haven't seen or heard anything that would warrant a hold up in just saying, okay, we're going to basically put out the RFPs existed before knowing that with a very limited base of entities to actually bid on them.
The kids love them. They are welldesigned to include universal design for learning to reach all types of learning for all of our students. Um, and we've been able to take these units that have already been created to um extend outside of the classroom space going to Junior Achievement. We're taking our kids to a field trip um called Biztown if any of you have ever heard about it, but it's uh yeah, so we're so excited um because we have never done that before until this opportunity arose. And so our empower you teachers um are doing those biz lessons and the kids are so excited to extend their learning on a field trip. We've also been able to connect our empower you classes to vehicle career days where we've had many community partners come out and inspire our kids with career awareness with their vehicles and give presentations and they are also learning about those careers um with those vehicles in class.
Um I can't tell you the number of business partners said that if they had a job uh that day, they would have gone ahead and hired um our kids on the spot. Uh they just represented kids in general in an outstanding fashion, but obviously CHS uh to the highest degree. So we want to thank John for that. >> Good job, John. You always do a great job. >> Yes. We we had 18 students at Combmes Drama uh qualify for nationals. I'm not going to read through the whole list. Um they're in all different sorts uh both in terms of of ensemble, solo work, uh some of the uh behind thescenes stuff. So Corey Lee is doing a fantastic job picking up from Nick Smith. CCS is uh recently took kids to Central Arizona to help them with their Central Arizona College to help them with their future planning.
>> Thank you. >> That's it. >> Member Owens. Uh nothing this evening. Thank you. >> Uh I too don't have um anything to report. It's just been a busy couple of weeks um with uh an event that we had and uh again I want to thank um Dr. Scott for uh dancing and dancing for our stars. Uh she did an amazing job. Um who knew she could move like that? Uh the YouTube the YouTube videos are up people. you can watch it now. So, um the entire night was amazing. Um everybody who supported the Boys and Girls Club, um they raised about $130,000. Um so, uh it it was a wonderful night. Um and our show just keeps getting better and better. U but again, thank you uh Dr. Scott for uh representing us and doing such an amazing job. Appreciate it. >> Oh, yeah.
>> And are we are we now live, Jordan? >> We are now live. So, as you can see, Deacon over there is playing as the Ice Climbers, and the opponents have chosen Falco. Fun fact, Falco is a bird who cannot fly. Now, is it fair that Deacon gets two players and the other player only has one? >> It actually is fair because a that that control that character is really hard to control and takes a lot of practice to do the stuff that Deacon is doing. Um, and also the fact that if Falco manages to kill the one in the green poncho, which is the main character of the two, then both characters die. But if he kills the one in the yellow coat, if he kills the one in the yellow coat, then he then he just dies. So Deacon, it's in Deacon's best interest to keep both of them alive.
Uh my name is Adam Jones. I'm currently the interim principal at Anderson, which is just such an honor. Um growing up as a Eel Muny Tiger to now be um given the the opportunity to lead the building the the Anderson Tigers is just it's uh going full circle. Um tonight here we also have Miss Charice Mans who is our interim assistant principal, Mrs. Carrie Dickerson, our school counselor, and Miss Lisa Bronner who is a third grade teacher. They each will have a a nice little part in this. So going through our school, we we were looking at making sure that our school uh culture community has been strengthened. We've done that through various opportunities through the house program, through um spirit weeks, through community partnerships. Um we our third grade team has brought in different community members for uh reading cycles, different book studies, things like that.
>> Looks like everyone's having a lot of fun in those pictures. My favorite part of the unified champion ball was dribbling. I loved everything. >> Sounds fun. Anyone else want to share their favorite? >> Uh, my favorite part is um making new friends and talking to our existing friends. >> Love it. My favorite part was just the overall experience of getting to meet new people that you wouldn't normally have classes with. >> Love that. >> My favorite part was also making new friends. >> Love it. >> My favorite part of Unified Champion Ball was making new friends, too. Thank you everyone. >> Thank you guys so much. >> Keep having fun, everybody. >> We're so happy that you came to tell us all about it. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Please. >> And guess what? You all don't have to stay. >> You don't have to stay for the meeting.
And I know her principal, Miss Fenmore, wanted to say just a few things. Good evening. Um, all of that is is what Lisa exemplifies on a daily basis and she is such a gift to the students and the staff at GMS. Um, she takes such pride in what she does and her PE classroom is one of the most academic classrooms I've ever been in. She has very high standards for our kiddos and we are just so proud of her. >> All right. Congratulations, baby. Nice job. >> Thank you so much. Did you want to say any words? >> Sure. >> You got to get a green hold on. >> Okay. Thanks. Um, thank you for having me. I appreciate it. I'd just like to say this whole experience has been really lovely. Um, obviously I don't work alone. Um, but feeling appreciated means a lot.
And I know her principal, Miss Fenomore, wanted to say just a few things. Good evening. Um, all of that is is what Lisa exemplifies on a daily basis and she is such a gift to the students and the staff at GMS. Um, she takes such pride in what she does and her PE classroom is one of the most academic classrooms I've ever been in. She has very high standards for our kiddos and we are just so proud of her. >> All right. Congratulations, Lucy. Nice job. >> Thank you so much. Did you want to say any words? >> Sure. You got to get a green hold on. >> Okay. Thanks. Um, thank you for having me. I appreciate it. I'd just like to say this whole experience has been really lovely. Um, obviously I don't work alone. Um, but feeling appreciated means a lot. Um, I have to be honest though, this really just feels like a massive win for the GMS team and I'm just this year's captain.
Um and so, as Dean said, BEF very gave us a very generous grant uh to get us up and running. Savers has been a tremendous partner. I call them and say, "I need 10 large men's button-down shirts, two curtains, any blankets you have and anything else that might fit." And they fill a cart for me and they give it to me for free. And they said they will continue to fill carts until I tell them to stop. So, that has been a tremendous way for us to continue upcycling rather than always consuming new products. Um Cotton Candy Fabrics made a massive donation to us from their dead stock and and remnant fabrics and things like that. And the families of Brookfield, the wider community, um they have gifted us among other things an embroidery machine and six sewing machines. So, the um the community at large has really embraced this and done a lot to support us and we're having a great time.
Combination classes classes statistically do not negatively impact students and we have taught many combination classes before and as a small district we understand this is something that we teachers will have to continue to deal with in the future. Many of the staff and parents are discouraged that these cuts are being made and that they seem final. I was present at the school board meeting where you voted to make these cuts and I could clearly see and hear that all of you did not want to have to make these tough choices. You wanted other solutions and this makes me hopeful that the idea of a combo might be reconsidered. We teachers are concerned for our students and what we know is best for them and we are trying to be helpful and work collaboratively to find solutions. My own son attends school in this district and my sons love their PE classes.
They're probably going to be the same entity bidding on it and getting it, you know, getting it again. So I guess that's what my questions were about. Yeah. It seems to be that all the pieces are in place. What new has happened to warrant this new intrusion of the AG's office into the contracts so the world where, right? Yeah. Well, we appreciate the advice. Yeah, but what tweak Every contract or every RFP needs a tweak. Take this long. So I'd like you to show us what the contract is and what's the new contract and where are the changes exactly because my understanding is there's not many changes that really didn't warrant this delay. Uh, Senator Moriwaki. Um, I just wanted to know what is the JOC and what how does it operate because my understanding is you have a job order and it should be quick because you have all of these contractors sort of like pre-screened in a sense so that you can actually go in and say I got, you know, a door to fix or whatever and it's not going through a whole RFP process.
Uh but again, um the well-designed lessons that have already been prepared make it easy for our teachers. Everything is lined out with resources that are easy to get, materials that are easy to find. Um so it it's been an exciting process. Um obviously the hands-on innovation, which you've all been hearing about several times, the collaboration, um students are inventing, they're problem solving. Um, and it's been a great transition because some students perceive that traditional library and tech space to be a little bit more passive learning. Um, you get those, um, older kids who want to be more active and and involved with hands-on projects. The littles who thrive on creativity and innovation. Um, they're like, "Yeah, Miss Business is awesome. I'm just not typing in tech lab anymore. I built a backpack today." So, you know, you're hearing um the excitement of not so much a more traditional library and tech setting at my school.
Mrs. Edwards outdoor class um is preparing for a trip to Boyce Thompson Arborium. Uh they held that FASA workshop in addition to the trip to central Arizona to help families prepare for uh the students uh financial needs if they were to go on to a four-year college. Um and the art kids are uh leading campus beautifification um projects uh throughout uh throughout the campus. And then uh two other things real quickly, boys volleyball uh ended up second in the EPIC tournament uh going against uh six other teams uh that was played and hosted by ASU. And then just a reminder, tomorrow night is the staff excellence awards at 7 o'clock. A chance for us to honor our employees in a variety of different categories uh from across the district. So invite you to attend that. Thank you. >> Thank you. All right. Then we have 7.2 school and staff recognition.
Can Can you do Can Can you do the fancy routine? Come on, get out there and do the fancy routine. Um, you guys got to watch it. Seriously. Um, >> I'll get that at the next slide. Okay. Uh, the other for those that are watching, and I'm sure all of you have all have filed your taxes yet, but if you have not, next week is the deadline. And so we do uh hope you take advantage of the um STTO credit for MUSD. It's uh 200 individual 400 um for filing jointly. Um but and you can also um make a donation to one of our partners, the Boys and Girls Club of the Sun Corridor um as they are qualifying uh charitable organization and you can do both. And so that is 4.95 for individuals and 9.87 for filing jointly. So, if you haven't done it, you're just directing the state to put those tax dollars back into these organizations that uh support the youth in our community.
So he's going to go get his >> So Deacon has actually picked up two two wins so far. Two wins. >> Am I reading this correctly? >> Unfortunately not. >> No. Um he's only taken one stock from Falco. >> Yeah. So it doesn't count as two stocks when Falco kills them. >> Mhm. It only counts as one. >> All right. So they're just they're just putting on the pressure. Um, so Deacon has this insanely cool move where he can basically grab you and turn it into a stalk loss based on how much damage he does. Oh, >> that seems like a good thing that just happened for the Siger Tigers there, says game. So, I'm assuming Deacon moves on. >> He does. And even better, he didn't even lose a stock. >> An incredible performance. Again, I think if you break it down, the fact that he has two characters seems to be an a decided advantage.