Any questions or comments? None. Need a motion to approve. I make a motion to approve. I have a motion, do I have a second? I'll second. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed? All right, I now turn the meeting over to Dr. Young. Thank you, Mr. President. So, the first of all this evening, uh we have uh consideration for proposals of the custodial services. Uh if you remember correctly, we began this process uh due to Senate Bill Act number one that uh reduced uh property taxes coming from our constituents. Um we looked at uh outsourcing because mainly we had had a good um experience with Aramark, who provides our food services. And so, we thought that this could be a possibility to reduce some cost. Uh we received three proposals. Um those three companies that we received proposals from were uh the Perfection Group, the EMS Group, and Vonachen.
Awesome. So, Weston, who did you bring with you today? Dad, my sister, my two brothers, my aunt, and my GG. You got a lot of people here. That's great. Thank you guys. Thank you. Um Fine arts, we have Aubrey DeClimer. And then for CTE Human Services, Tessa Biggerly. For French class, Luke Scapple. And for PE health APC, Gage Bradburn. Uh for math, Sierra Bradburn. And then for physics, Marvin Johnson. People to the end. Social studies, Benjamin Almengot. All right. That's all we have. Okay. So, if you were here for student of the month, you are welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting, but you're also welcome to leave. Thank you. >> We have listed public participation. And we have a we have 3 minutes to state what you need to state and and and no direction to anybody on the board. I know it's on I'm going to go on the Uh Tom Mitchell.
A two times. I know. Adrian Pay. Both of the Pays have conflicts tonight. Probably tennis. Tennis. Yes. Ava Pay. Tennis. Cooper Pri Fogel. You're about a regular too, buddy. >> [laughter] >> Mr. Sinkfield, is he here tonight? I told him to be here and I don't know if he made it or not. Okay. And Angela Tyson, director. Mr. Sinkfield is also a director. Yes. Congratulations. Thank you. And uh I'll give you these to give to the kids and then we'll take a picture. How's that? Cool. I should have asked them to prepare a song, but we'll hear them at the retirement dinner, right? >> Yes. Yes. Act like you like each other. >> [laughter] >> I'm sorry to get it. We're good. Thank you. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE another state finalist qualifier this year, and Riley Zimmerman. And Mr.
Jody, pull the mic down so we can Better? Yeah. Yeah, thank you. >> [laughter] >> Um so we are here to express our concerns regarding the reduction in teaching staff, particularly at the elementary level um in grades K through 5 over the past few years. We understand that declining enrollment has been given as a primary reason for these reductions. While it is true that enrollment has gone down, um the scale of the staffing reductions appears um disproportionate. In the 2022-23 school year, enrollment of students in kindergartens through grade 5 was 1,521 students. In 2025-26, enrollment of students in kindergarten through grade 5 stands at 1,466 as of March 1st. A decrease of 55 students. During that same period, however, nine elementary teaching positions have been eliminated. And with the proposed kindergarten cut, that number will rise to 10. At the same time, average class sizes have steadily increased.
I mean these guys have have worked hard for I mean their whole lives and it really showed off. I felt like in the state tournament. We talk a lot about representing ourself, our school and our community and I felt like we did that at a at a very high level this not just March but November on too. So and yeah, as you know, we've got a lot of guys back too. So we're excited for years to come as well and but at the end of the day we're really thankful for the the two seniors we have as well. Like I said maybe what they did on the floor wasn't nearly as much as what they did off the floor for us as well. They're tremendous leaders. You couldn't ask for two better seniors. But yeah, we're uh really really proud of these guys. Have them come down and get their picture.
Any opposed, same sign. Motion passes. And approval of the treasurer's report. I'm putting it for your review. I would entertain a motion to approve. So moved. Motion by Allison. Second. Second by Dalton. All those in favor say aye. Aye.
Are there any questions for special education? And again, what is this? Extra pay position. Extra pay for the year for the extra work that has been done for the area. And then they're all the same in that they're in the same department or position? It is by by different positions, but every position and responsibility different areas for the most part. We used to start them at the beginning of the year. And then if that person didn't accomplish much, they still would get paid. So, now we pay them the stipend at the end of the year to make sure that that person does the work he said he'd do. Do you want to put it on? No. Okay. Thanks for asking. The personnel approval and the summer school roster and summer school enrollment and the number of hours for 2014 June. I understand that the administration is requesting the appointment approval for staff members.
>> I discussion items. >> Oh, call to public. We don't have any here. >> Okay. >> Information discussion items. >> That is our first presentation this evening. Dr. Moody, we would love to have you. >> Oh, sweet. Very quick. >> Start the timer. Hang on. >> Yeah. Get the timers ready. >> Hang on, buddy. It's two flips of the egg timer. >> Ed, do you need that? >> No, I'm fine. Thank you. >> Okay, I'm ready when you are. >> You're already right, so >> Okay, go. [laughter] Um so a as is often the case when we sit here and we talk about district level um um initiatives and personnel and issues quite honestly it's kind of a downer um and and we sit here we talk about curriculum and we sit here and talk about the budget which is oh so much fun thanks John and we talk about testing results from last year and we talk about testing that's going on right now heritage is finishing up this week >> sweet still have next week to go but that's fine we talk about building projects.
Without a legally binding contract, the city of Surprise cannot enforce the policies and promises made by ICE and DHS. They have failed to create any new city policies or ordinances to protect us and it appears the mayor and council members are divided. So again, we cannot rely solely on the city of Surprise government. We need the combined action of all local leadership. Just last week, the state of Arizona performed an oversight visit to the ICE processing facility in Mesa, Arizona. They have documented findings of people being held far beyond the allowed time limits in overcrowded and inhumane conditions. People are forced to sleep on concrete floors and have inadequate access to basic necessities such as medical services and even something as simple as sanitary products for females. This is all happening as we speak about an hour away in the East Valley. It is about to become our reality right here in Surprise, 1 mile away from Dysart High School.
You should be very uh thankful and very proud of them. So, it's it's it doesn't uh it's not an easy thing. So, next we want to uh I'm going to call Coach Walters up here and we have three wrestlers that made it to the ISA state finals and we were very proud of them. I'm going to let Mr. Walters talk about their accomplishments and call the three boys up. >> Right. So, our three boys this year qualified this year. Start with our smallest to biggest. So, first we have Grayson Temple joined us from coming over from Fox Lake Wrestling Club and joined us with ISA this year. Finished the season with a 22-1 record and was a state finalist. end up in the finals. Hey, next one going way up. Next is Becca Garing. Ended with a 31 and5 record. Guys, as far as the blown us, he was one match away from placing this year.
What a great achievement. At this time, any administrators present and coaches, please come on up for some pictures. Congratulations. And next, we invite the players and coaches from the Wildcats Silver Basketball team to please come forward. Last month, this Wildcats Silver team competed at the State Basketball Tournament and earned a bronze medal. Congratulations, Wildcats Silver team. And now, we would like to invite the players, managers, and coaches from the Wildcats Orange Basketball team to come on up. The Wildcats Orange team competed as well at the State Basketball Tournament and won a gold medal. Congratulations to this incredible achievement. Congratulations to all of our Wildcat teams. And our final athletic recognition of the evening, we would like to invite invite Andrew Byas and Davis Watson to please come forward. At the State Basketball Tournament during the individual skills competition, Andrew won gold and Davis won silver all across the state.
And they're accompanied by a wonderful group of teachers, too. And so, if we could have them come up when I say your name. So, Maya, you come on up. Leilani, you can come up and you guys can just kind of stand right there. Aliana, Dawn, come on down. Catherine W, you guys can come on down and just kind of make a line. And then accompanied by and they're going to try to hide in the back. and we're not going to love it. Uh, Mrs. Shrewberry here is one of our, she is our CT lead in fifth grade. So, very thankful for her leadership. Miss Patel, she can wear there. Mrs. Elliot's one of our fifth grade teachers. And look, Miss America is really trying to hide in the back. Nice try. Uhhuh. She's back there. She's one of our fifth grade teachers as well. So, you can go to the next Oh, I get to go to the next slide.
My name is Jesse T and I received second place in a $15 prize for my essay on Isaac Coleman. He came here about 200 years ago and gave land for the courthouse to be built on and also land for school in Cington. He settled in with his family. My name is Cam Baldwin. I received first place and $25. I wrote my essay on David M. Sh. He lived in Coington, was a distinguished US Marine co-officer, Medal of Honor represent and the second commander of the Marine Corps. He was known for his leadership leadership during World War II. The bridge over the W wall bash is named after him. My name is Brooklyn and I was honored to be an award of an overall fountain county worthy $50. I wrote my essay on George D. Hay who lived in Attica and became famous radio announce. He hosted live music shows on a radio before people had TVs.
Um we opened those um proposals, and Mr. the President was with us that day um in a public forum, and um read those um proposals out loud and after going through those proposals as well as looking at what we are currently spending on our custodians, um Mr. President, I would make the recommendation that we reject these proposals and move forward with negotiations with the International Brotherhood of United Mine Workers of America for a custodial contract. Great. That's my recommendation, Mr. President.
Well, I just wanted to first um and I have 3 minutes so I'll make it short and brief for you all, but thank you all. Um if you had not know if you have didn't know we were um afforded a bus from your school corporation to do extrication on. Um this is light and long learning that we need. Um we don't get much time to do a bus extrication. Uh my fire department we feel fire department got together on Saturday um and we started about 9:00 a.m. with safety stand down. We left there about 1:30 sunburnt and enjoyed a lot of it. Um guys came back to the station had pizzas, but ultimately it was something that we've never been able to do. We've never been able to cut on a bus. The only time we've had We've had two bus accidents that we've had to extricate patients out of.
Strong, would you like to talk about it, or Jamie, or Well, again >> [laughter] >> We uh we appreciate the opportunity to recognize our student athletes. We've had a great winter. Obviously it was here starting off with our girls wrestling program, the boys wrestling, and now we've got a gymnast in Riley Zimmerman. Riley uh participated in two uh events at the state finals. It was uh the floor exercise and the bars. Um represented Logansport very well, and uh she will be heading off to the University of Wyoming, which is uh a long way from here. So we're going to miss her, but we wish her well. Great, great student athlete and and master for Logansport High School, Riley Zimmerman. CONGRATULATIONS. >> [applause] >> I MIGHT SAY ON FRIDAY night she was the prom queen, and then on Saturday she competed in the state gymnastics finals.
Four years ago, the average class size was 20 students. This rose to 21, and this past year it would it reached 22. Of course, those are just averages, as class sizes fluctuate. Some are smaller, some are larger. We understand the need to maintain a balanced budget and to be fiscally responsible when working collaboratively with the town. We also recognize the importance of the proposed positions, including additional ESPs, RBTs to help with the increase in disregulated students, a middle school guidance counselor, and a job coach for the ATLAS program. These are all important and very necessary roles. However, something Ms. Coughlin said recently at a school committee meeting continues to resonate. Once you lose ground, it's very hard to make it up. That is exactly how we view these continued reductions in teaching positions. It feels as though we are steadily losing ground. We acknowledge that in this instance, a staff member is not being directly cut due to this due to the loss of this position.
Yeah, Caleb Burke. Troy Ober. Sean Monts. Alex Monts. Maddox Cheever. Talas Sharp. Case Burke. Gage Navarro. Tegan Smith. Mason Collins. Bode Cheever. Brecken Peterson Braised and Spring Max Acton OLLIE HAZEN A LOT OF THOSE NAMES ARE PLAYING BASEBALL RIGHT NOW. YES, great job. Recognition of the staff Yeah, Lisa Myers and Damon Schmidt We can take one here, but we'll go out in the hall, too, and take it. We'll We'll take another one out in the hall. Thank you, guys. All right, five push-ups though for interview that left your team out. Coach Mott's had to push in. Everyone's watching you. Okay, that's fine. Um, probably the highlight is uh the end of the third quarter and our honor rolls. Um, just again shows the dedication of students and staff and that they're getting it done on a daily basis in the classroom and I think it's always good to to remember that, you know, when they take a state assessment, it's a one-time shot on that day.
Any opposed, same sign. Motion passes, 6-0. Approval of invoices. Is there anything, Mr. >> [clears throat] >> Robinson, you'd like to draw our attention to? So, yes, a few items that are on there. We have our billable credits from Graduation Alliance for the month of February, which came to $129,534. We did go ahead and pay an advance on our credit card payment we had. It was pretty high this this month with our having our basketball rooms for staying some of those activities on there. So, you'll see an advance credit card payment of $10,289. We were able to get the power to the CNC machine and the kiln. That came in at $9,972. So, those are up and running now or in the process of being close to being running. And then we also had our sped assessments for our special education services through CKCIE, and that came in at $106,081.
And this is below the teacher summer school from June 15th to June 15th to 18th grade 7 to 12. We want a reading elementary school program for kindergarten to grade 4. 4 days a week, 6 hours a day in the staff time, student time. Instructional leaders, summer school teachers, elementary reading teacher. Reading instructional support, security personnel, and paraprofessionals. for the education.