Um what are your concerns for it? How How could we safely regulate the track and field where the community could use it without putting the students at risk and stuff like that. I don't know.
It's fun. There are usually about 250 people there all celebrating reading which is super cool. Um all you need to do the foundation will pay for your ticket. All you need to do is let Cheyenne know you're coming so she can include you on the list. >> And where is that? >> It's in the Del Rio cafeteria. It is super super fun. And so we you can even shake kids hands that are sweaty and have Cheeto dust all over them if you want to. It's a great night. It's really fun. >> Um we have senior awards May 6th in the CBHS gym at six o'clock and that's when our scholarship awards will be handed out. May 19th is our last day of school and at two o'clock at Heritage we have staff recognition and we also recognize our volunteers. And this year the 42 community business folk that participate in teach our habitudes program at the high school are being recognized by Chino Valley Education Foundation as our volunteers of the year.
Yeah, it's it's early October. It might be even October 1, uh but I'll look at that to verify. Yeah, it's a process. Again, the more the more schools we have with our backing initially, um and this is the interesting thing. We probably won't be the only one submitting a bylaw amendment. This happens often where someone sees something within the bylaws they'd like to adjust, and often times um our member schools have to vote on several bylaws bylaws that have very similar aspects to them. Um and we'd have to present to the IHSA about why why the bylaw and things like that. So, we will get those very specific deadlines things adhere to, absolutely. Um but that it won't be just us even. I I know that for sure. It's our conference schools again have talked about it on multiple occasions about when are we going to get together to actually write the bylaw, what's this look like so we can propose it.
um they just they just go uh much wider than our audience and um it leaves everybody in awe. So uh while this is an impressive by itself um the the broader area that you reach and the people that you inspire um would be hard to calculate. So congratulations and thank you for being a part of us. I was gonna comment on Eli and Jay. Um, you guys do double duty, huh? Show choir and speech and, um, can you tell me a little bit about how long it takes you to prepare for these championships? So a lot of time management, a lot of skills and you can add if you want. Well, I was gonna say, you know, first you being first in state and then qualifying as finalist. That's very impressive. So, I'm excited to see where this takes you and thank you for representing Avon so well.
>> All in favor? >> I none opposed. Uh moving on to review and approval of 2627 curriculum uh 6 through 12 McGreel Hill Alex at a cost of $4,4364. We do all these separately all these all these review approvals separately on these because they're different. They're different. So >> you have to do them separately. >> I mean that's what I'm that's what I'm asking. I guess >> they're line items so I guess we'll do them separately. So, um I have to admit I don't know anything about this stuff. So, >> the Alex is the um computer program that in middle school they use for math. Uh and it it's like a it supplements the the direct instruction that they get. So, right now this year most of the students have a math block and then they have a block where they're doing Alex. So, it's it's putting them it's individualized.
But it's about, all right. Research talks about the other things that are often negatively impacted by having those transitions. Having to change buildings, it's not just student achievement, which apparently you guys have done a pretty good job overcoming that, Ergo. But it's also social emotional well-being. It's relationships. The ability relationships with teachers. We know when we look at poverty, students in poverty, the number one thing impacting students in in poverty and helping them overcome and achieve academically is relationship with the teacher. This The research shows that changing buildings can have negative impacts on that. Behavior of your students. We all know that behaviors are a little difficult to um regulate and determine what the cause for behaviors are because there can a lot of other factors impacting the behavior, not just what we're doing in school, certainly. But it is one of the areas that can definitely be uh impacted by that.
We were we were pretty excited about that. Any question any other questions about? She's got her clicker. Okay, so another thing that we and Ashley had a big part in this as well doing things to bring people together to have people know what to do when they're at Landis Elementary. We have found that we don't need as many teachers meetings now because cuz teachers have complained that they didn't know what was going on or where things were where links were what to do they're just confused. They're just kind of just throw their hands up they're just confused. Well, we heard them and so we created a calendar for important dates. And so every staff member there's about there's 92 staff members at Landis every staff member is on this calendar has has access to this calendar and this calendar tells them what they're going to be doing what's expectation for each day and then if there's something say we're going to do a we're going to do something with our buses and so we're going to be working on bus evacuation.
And what does that really mean if you don't work in the education world? It means it hits these these bullet points, right? So standards-based. A program is a program. Um with very few exceptions, programs are not written state-specific. So it is important that we look at our state standards and look at the programming that we're bringing in to find places that it's fully aligned, to find places that it's partially aligned, to find places that it may not be aligned, and then what are we going to do to address those gaps? But as much as we can, obviously we would like any program that we we bring in to be aligned to our standards. Um and that alignment piece that Dr. Thibault alluded to before, the horizontal alignment obviously across a grade level so that our students are receiving equitable learning experiences regardless of the classroom that they're in.
So, you know, I don't want it to be closed all the time, but this conversation actually started when our after-school program was like at bursting at the seams and people were having their kids out there. Um when we're already supervising 100 kids um or attempting to, and then like, you know, they were kind of loitering around after school because it's a nice day and people want to play. Um and so we're like, "You can go use that park, but like this park is really our after-school facility, um kind of our programming at this time." And really for the most part, it has worked nicely um to just tell people um this park is closed right now, um but I think some other things are popping up, so some signage there would be helpful. Um but just I mean that day I was like, you know, when I took those kids on the trampoline, there was three dogs running all over a bicycle kind of park, and I'm like, you know, like Were they off leash?
So, uh last year we were at $13,679.01 for our KASB renewal. This year it comes in at $14,094.38 for this next school year. So, I would recommend moving forward with renewing our KASB policy. Um >> [snorts] >> they've been really really helpful with everything this year. So. I would entertain a motion to renew our association. So moved. Motion by Allison. Second. Seconded by Josh. Any further questions, comments, discussion?
Do you guys have any questions, feedback, concerns? It feels like a promising grant and I've spoken with the grant manager over it several times. He actually visited the track and field and said there would be lots of funds something like this. But it has to have it has to be able to allow the community to use it. Any other district wide plan out? Ready path. The sleeves. And then the track and the and the warm up Mhm. Any public use was definitely after school hours. >> Yeah. There was never any public use during school hours or even in the forest it was always out in the school day on and so that's probably the only time I get I think that's why we brought it up to you guys because like how could we come together and make this work like yeah, let's make this doable.
So the habitudes folk will be recognized. We'll be recognizing some retirements. Some of those are on tonight's agenda, but you know, Heidi for sure. And May 20th is CBHS graduation at the event center. And then Thursday, May 28th is our strategic planning day in the family center at Grace, which promising to be a fun day. Um, we think the theme is going to be survivor, but we're not going to eat bugs for lunch. So, that's that those are the main things we have going. We also have all our calendars on the websites if if you want to check for things on the daily. And if you haven't signed up for our app, our app for each school in the district once a week, we'll send you the events that are going on for that campus and Cheyenne can help you get set up on the app.
Um so, yeah, we will absolutely adhere to those. Again, thank you for your work. Does IHSA uh then take public comments on something like this? Is this something that the community can help with? Yeah, I think again, an information campaign is always welcome in a lot of different aspects. Uh you know, the IHSA um and I think if looking at this bylaw, if I were a a school downstate for example, um I would probably vote in favor of the bylaw if it didn't impact me in some ways because at the end of the day, this was based on competitive advantage, right? The schools thought that combining schools with this much enrollment creates a competitive advantage to win state titles and place it as a team, but it wouldn't but it wouldn't impact individual accolades, right? Um so, the IHSA yes, does hear public opinion of things.
>> And where is internationals being held this year? >> Atlanta. Very good. And Mr. Droshi, the the sponsor has been here. Mr. Droshi, how long have you been the DECA sponsor? >> How about it? Uh-huh. In addition to being the head baseball coach, he's a busy man. Right. Um, Chloe McCasslin, can you come front and center? I'm gonna go ahead and read this to you. The Avon Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees would like to congratulate Khloe McCasslin at the passage of the following resolution. Whereas Khloe Mc Khloe McCasslin was awarded a silver medal and best in her event of teaching strategies at the FCCLA state leadership conference. Whereas Clo Khloe McCasslin was selected as the FCCLA Avon National Qualifier. Whereas Khloe McCasslin displayed exceptional leadership and professionalism during workshops and networking sessions. Whereas Khloe McCasslin has demonstrated perseverance to achieve excellence at the highest level.
they take a placement test and it kind of creates a path for them. >> So we have I mean I know I hear about my kids come out they said they complain about it. So I know they I know they so we have it now. So this is just this is just >> new curriculum for the for the coming year. So >> okay. So um I need a motion for that. Uh Alex the 6 through 12 for the next school year. I'll make a motion to approve Alex for next school year. >> I'll second it. Have a >> motion. Second.
And the continuity of instruction. So, in that area, before we switch to transportation, our test scores don't show a significant drop as a result of transition, at least immediately. We have a drop, but there might be There are other factors probably impacting that one, all right? But we know that having the transition between third and fourth grade has the potential to negatively impact kids in a lot of other ways. So, another area we looked at was transportation, okay? So, currently the amount of time that your students spend on the bus for the morning route and then again in the evening is 40 minutes. So, typically 80 minutes a day, right? You got to do something here. Yeah. So, we have 34 buses that are running routes. 26 of them, according to Rhonda, go to the intermediate school for drop-off and transfer, then go out to the elementaries, right?
Within the calendar link there is a within the calendar there's a link that says here's the schedule. Here's who needs to be where when. And so people who didn't use calendars now use calendars because I'm not sending out reminders. Hey today don't forget bus evacuation. It's there for them. So what we try to do at least a week in advance to make sure our calendar is up to date. This is huge like the communication here they they can't say I didn't know so somebody doesn't show up to the teachers meeting and they can't say I didn't know well it's been on there for months right? And so it really makes them accountable. They can't say I didn't get the email or I lost the email. This makes it very very clear and concise. Now there was a there was a time when we messed like I did I messed up something in the calendar.
But then that vertical trajectory piece, so that our students from pre-K to 12 are on this journey, and that journey is aligned and it makes sense and it builds upon what they've learned in one grade level to the next. Equity is a is a huge piece. We need to as we said before making sure that our kids can see themselves in the things that we put in their hands every day and that we can also grow their view to the world beyond them. And then our student learning is really only a part of it. Our teacher learning is is just as important. So providing that professional learning for our teachers so that they feel equipped to teach with a with the materials we put in their hand. And then of course as we talked about budgetary the budgetary piece of it. The other piece that I just want to add on there is that the other reason that a cycle is so important and I I'm going to advocate for my elementary people is they teach all all subject areas, right?
Um Off leash? They There were two that were on, and then one I think maybe had been tied up, and then it took off running and they couldn't capture it. It was It was quite a whole ordeal. But um I'm sorry. just um I'm sorry. you know, well, that turf wasn't an investment for us, and you know, >> Yeah. I think the signs It becomes a liability if someone has a dog here and then someone else's children are there and someone gets bit or, you know, and it's on our Well, I think the signs will at least make people aware. >> "No dogs in here," I mean, I guess it's a little bit more And so that would be just one thing to add. I think you contacted a sign company today to get some to get the ball rolling. Multiple signs in multiple okay, multiple spots.
Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed, same sign. Motion passes 6-0. Item number 13, the one-day senior trip. So, we've uh attached the proposed uh senior day for their one-day trip to our document. So, that item is on there for you guys to look at. Fresh eyes on it. >> [snorts] >> So, it has their their skip day itinerary on there going to eat breakfast and then Topgolf in Wichita, some lunch, chicken and pickled and bowling arcade at the Lucky Strike, and then the Towne East Mall, and then do an escape room, and then dinner dinner, and then they will head back this way um as soon as they're done with dinner dinner, and that's on April 17th. So, that's coming up here fairly quickly that they need to have their permission forms turned in by. So. And it looks like that's actually taking place on the 22nd.