Well, we're getting $75 a student for a national resident. We're getting 5,000 for a student moving into the district through school choice, right? But it does have an impact. It reduces I mean it by adding more students in it does reduce the cost per pupil. Um, however, it's not really impacting the teaching staff. um unless we're adding a significant amount. And that's why we do this every year. We we look at it and say, you know, can we go in the fourth grade? Now, Kate has made decisions on her staffing level, like instead of 10 teachers, it may be nine teachers at the grade four level. How will 10 students if if we get 10 school choice students, how will that impact? It goes to 185 now over nine, right? Um so so we do take those things into account. I I will tell you as of this morning we have 30 uh requests um for information on school choice.
Um and in that we uh are constantly talking about kindness. Um how we are interependent on each other. Um treating children and each other with dignity. empathy, growing that empathy and play because play, like Carol was talking about, play brings joy and joy is central um to everything that we do. We want students and families to enter Greenfield Public Schools and be excited about school and feel that joy of being part um of our district. So um also in this slide I um in creating the culture of care we are we have a new um social emotional learning curriculum this year called commois which focuses on feelings but on communication. It was developed by speech and language pathologists. And so unlike some other SEAL curriculums, this one focuses very much on how to communicate um how to communicate our wants and needs, how to disagree, how to make mistakes and have doovers, which kind of flows into um the restorative practices initiative that's happening in the older uh grades.
Um treating children and each other with dignity. empathy, growing that empathy and play because play, like Carol was talking about, play brings joy and joy is central um to everything that we do. We want students and families to enter Greenfield Public Schools and be excited about school and feel that joy of being part um of our district. So um also in this slide I um in creating the culture of care we are we have a new um social emotional learning curriculum this year called kumojis which focuses on feelings but on communication. It was developed by speech and language pathologists. And so unlike some other SEAL curriculums, this one focuses very much on how to communicate um how to communicate our wants and needs, how to disagree, how to make mistakes and have doovers, which kind of flows into um the restorative practices initiative that's happening in the older uh grades.
And they're willing to come here and chat with us further if we would like. Yeah, I think I mean, have do we know anything about like their paralegal fees seem ridiculous to me. I mean, their paralegal's over $200 an hour. I did not ask about that. I I wasn't I didn't remember that from the conversation, so my apologies. >> how much of the work is being done by a paralegal for $200 an hour? Right. Um >> Okay. Because I would assume a lot of what we did in negotiations was done um through the paralegal with some of the research and stuff that was given to us, and that just seems really steep to me. Well, since they're willing to come and talk to us, maybe we ask them to breathe like refresh our memory with their fee schedule and with what they're willing to do for us, and maybe we probably can put a meeting on the calendar with them.
And so I think since we're in the state that we're in and really even if we're not in the state that we're in, that's something that should be paid attention to. So, um I think that that would probably be helpful for everybody so that when we look at it, we can decipher like like I said, old versus new. And I can help you with that cuz you can see where it says services matter number. So, on the bill it gives us a matter number and you obviously that's confidential but I can help you on your end to know these matters are sped and then which ones are old and which ones are new. I know when you said this bill was high but usually it's in the 20s so I was happy when I thought it was only 14. Tara always comes in when that bill comes in and goes good job or what's you know, what a good job.
When we ran the pilots in schools, we realized that having period products alone was not enough. And when given proper education, students' confidence grew and stigma decreased. As a mother, my own children understand menstrual health in much better ways than I ever did, and it's clear in how they show up for themselves and for others. I'm here today because of the youth advocates that are on this call and driving this resolution, because I would have hoped that they would have had the same or better experience than my own children. And they did not. We ensured access. Now it's time to ensure education. Every student deserves accurate and comprehensive menstrual health education. I respectfully ask for your support. Mahalo. Thank you. Uh Joelle Watanabe, on Zoom. Maha Joelle. Um good afternoon, everyone. I'm Joelle Watanabe. I am a 2024 graduate of Moanalua High School, and I currently attend Boston University.
In the elementary side, I'm only addressing the title one component. In elementary, we have a community ed programming and then we have our title one inperson enrichment um intervention and destination college. So when we're speaking here tonight, we're really not talking about the community piece. Just so you know that elementary title one, in the past, we planned for two campuses, two sections at each grade level, so about 160 student capacity at each site. This past summer, we planned for that. Weren't getting the registration, so we dropped it down to one campus, two sections per grade level, 160 capacity. You can see here on the left of the slides that we actually enrolled, we had a um We had 160 when you combine K6 and camera bound. I should clarify that. So K6 we had a capacity of 140. We enrolled 106. 91 actually attended. So not quite meeting the need.
Um, so what I'd like to do is come to you next month. So, we're kind of giving you that information to start with. Um, I will work on a board memo memo that gives you the information about what you have previously approved and what we have not. uh make sure that you have this information to look at and then we can talk about what direction you want us to to do moving forward. Um, obviously the question is going to become how do we go about or how do you go about approving if you so choose a more comprehensive list of novels and if you do not want to approve a more comprehensive list of novels um let's say there's 18 available for sixth grade and you only want to approve 10 what's your process going to be for that so that we can have that direction to know how you want to facilitate that moving forward.
>> Is there engineering as part of this? Um there there's always some civil involved, but uh Grace will bring a civil engineer, most likely Lloyd Engineering underneath their services if they need civil civil work. >> How about like the um all the electrical engineering and all the mechan structural all that stuff? Does all that fall under the architectural services component? >> Yeah, so they'll be our principal architect. It's not uncommon for them to bring on uh subcontractors for any services that they might not be able to handle in-house. They they might not self-perform every component, but they will bring them under and and guide them through the scope. >> Gotcha. So So the engineering is part of this. >> Correct. >> Okay. All right. Motion to approve. >> Second. Lisa, I have a motion in a second. >> Shante Rothschild. >> I. >> Ben Owens.
Using the fishing rod again to get back to ledge. Staying below the stage because like we've mentioned before, Terry doesn't really have that many moves that go below the stage without going under the stage himself. All right. Does an up throw, but it doesn't kill despite how uh despite how light Isabelle is. Stand below the stage. Oh, shields. Oh, dodges the forward tilt. Does a neutral air and up there. Oh my gosh. Jaden is at 185. >> Oh. the highest you can get >> 999. But that is very unlikely to happen. I don't think I've seen it in uh I don't think I've seen it in in uh in a Cyber Tiger match before. Okay, just trying to get a good hit. And there's an up throw. Oh, it doesn't kill though. Oh my gosh, it doesn't kill. Oh, he might do one more. Terry's trying to keep out of range of that fishing rod cuz he knows if he gets hit by it one more time, if he gets hit by it one more time, that'll be his grave.
What did we say yesterday, Kell? Nine nine ninth graders. So almost a third were were 9th grade requests. This will be the first time that we've had a lottery. We're only looking to add four. Right. I've already adjusted the nth grade to 218 to take out the KEF students. If some of those students decide, I don't want to go to KEE, right, that number goes back up. You know, they've committed to KE, but that doesn't mean they're going to stay there. Um, you know, >> to that point, Jim, um, >> no, it was before that. So, I should have written it down. I apologize. >> No worries. Yeah, but I mean that's but that's the the theory behind how we approach the number of seats that we want to offer. Listen, we know school choice has been a significant part of our budgeting practice. We're trying to get away from that if people would look at the override um and and pass it.
But this keeps it this is really developmentally appropriate and one of the best um SEAL curriculums I've ever seen. Um so we do a lot of work with that in every classroom. Our speech and language pathologists support this curriculum and rolling it out to students and then teachers use the language. We're all trying to use the same language and build the same expectations for our students. Um the next piece communication is in the in the big diagram is in the middle because at the heart of every single thing that we do in preschool is communication. That's what three and four year olds are learning how to do. Um it is it it's central to everything. So um we uh in communication we're talking about spoken and unspoken communicating behaviors in three and four year olds behavior is comm I mean it's with for all of us but especially at this age behavior is communication they're trying to tell us something they might not have the words so we are helping them develop that um building social relationships um everything's is key to that.
But this keeps it this is really developmentally appropriate and one of the best um SEAL curriculums I've ever seen. Um so we do a lot of work with that in every classroom. Our speech and language pathologists support this curriculum and rolling it out to students and then teachers use the language. We're all trying to use the same language and build the same expectations for our students. Um, the next piece, communication is in the in the big diagram is in the middle because at the heart of every single thing that we do in preschool is communication. That's what three and fouryear-olds are learning how to do. Um, it is it it's central to everything. So um we uh in communication we're talking about spoken and unspoken communicating behaviors in three and four year olds behavior is comm I mean it's with for all of us but especially at this age behavior is communication they're trying to tell us something they might not have the words so we are helping them develop that um building social relationships um everything is key to that.
Absolutely. And I and I will say that is in conjunction I just want to remind everyone that it is in conjunction with us putting some different structures in place here in district to be able to um it it may or may not lessen, but at least it will control, and I'll be able to give good explanations why we would need to use them uh in the future. So we have those in place right now, and outside of um Bill and some some items that he manages, which I think we all understand, um we have not been utilizing attorneys since I've shared that with you. So um we will continue down the path of managing things that we can on our own un- until needed. And and I think um Yeah. So So I think it is a combination of both, no matter who we go with.
Yeah, so I mean I know just in general, right? So, um We're finding with all the other districts in the county and the state there's just a lot more litigation going on when it comes to sped. So, it's not a a problem unique to us. I just submitted some costs to the special needs pool that we can get reimbursements for from due process and everyone in the county had a huge amount of things submitted. And usually then they only give you a small portion back cuz we all have to share what's in the pool. So, seeing the other things that other districts were submitting in the you know, in the seven figures you know, made me realize these smaller numbers even though it's hard or at least a little smaller. But to your point like like unfortunately some things are like wildly out of our control, right?
I stand on my written testimony in support SER 78 and SR 82 in being passed. To begin with, I wish I had known more about what a what a period is at an earlier age, as I got my first period when I was 9 years old. I generally thought I was dying when I went to the bathroom and saw that there was blood in my underwear. I don't remember receiving any information about the menstrual cycle in my sex ed course in elementary school, nor in my mandated health classes in middle or high school. I remember attempting to look up information about the menstrual cycle and what it entails myself. However, I felt ashamed about even looking it up due to internalized stigma. I push for menstrual education in Hawai'i DOE public schools, as I didn't have the opportunity to learn at home. Like many students in the DOE public school system, my mother is the main provider of my household of three kids.
If we were meeting the need, they would come. If you build it, they'll come. Kinderg, that's our incoming preschoolers or sorry, incoming kindergarters that didn't have an opportunity. We're trying to target those who didn't have an opportunity to attend one of our preschool programs. We had capacity for 13. We enrolled sorry capacity for 20. We enrolled 13 and seven attended. And even then, they weren't attending. As you can see by those average attendance and median attendance, they weren't attending consistently. So again, we went why not? This is a free program to students who live in our title one bounds. They're invited based on data. Um why aren't why can't we get them there? So these are the questions we started asking. We had quite a committee. Um we had business department, community ed, teaching and learning, um site administrators, counseling, special ed staff where we came around and sort of saying what is the cause of this?
Um, so what I will do for the May board meeting is make sure you have those comprehensive lists of what's been historically approved, what was approved in May, and what's still sitting in the not approved, but you could choose to. Um, and then we will develop some potential options of you can approve all of the above. You can approve selected. You know, we'll we'll give you ABCDE. I don't know how many iterations there may be. Um my expectation would be that we would follow that similar to as we do with our other adoption pieces that we would bring you some options next month. You can give us some direction and then we could come back in June and you would ideally then vote for however you want us to manage that process moving forward. We do have already in place a novel review process for anything outside the scope of this.
>> Hi. >> Patty Catra. >> I. And our last item, adjournment. Do I have a motion? >> I moved that we adjourn. >> I'll second. >> Lisa, I have a motion in a second. >> Shante Rosschild. >> Hi. >> Ben Owens. >> Hi. >> Patty Catra. >> I. Meetings adjourned at 7:26. Thank you folks. >> Nice job.
Now, there are two there are two different power waves that Terry can send off. With a light press of the button, it'll have a weaker version. And if he holds the button, then it's stronger. Oh man. So, Terry's probably mixing those up at the right now. Using another fishing rod, shielding. Ooh, there's a landmine on the floor. Oh, an up throw. And it kills him. Smacking them against the screen. The absolute disrespect. And I even forgot Jaden was still on two stalks. Even if that stock did get lost, he would have been fine. >> Still in a great position. still in a really good position. It's 113. >> What? >> The Cyber Tigers >> are three stocks away. >> Pretty crazy. >> From going to state. >> Three stocks away from going to state. And from what I remember, Jaden is three stocks away from winning this entire match by himself.