They are the lowest responsible and and responsible and responsive bidders. The total bid amount is 400,000 440 446,000. I can't read tonight. $446,771. This recommendation's based on the bidders qualifications and experience with We've experienced have experienced with three of these four vendors um this evening. Um pending the board approval, the selected contractors will begin work on June 1st and will complete it by July 26th with a little buffer room there. Funding for this project will be sourced from the bond funds that we sold um last year, the $50 project that's to span multiple years. This is to give us some elbow room in our essential skills program at Maple Grove Elementary School. Um and uh it's uh will be completed with those funds and uh we look forward to working with these group. And um we're looking for a motion to approve. I apologize. So, Dr.
No, you may be making up that deficit and hopefully they're bringing preschool with them. And we [clears throat] measured at the district level in the next slide what we call the market shift. Okay. [clears throat and cough] What we do is we take all children living in the district 2020 census and we match it up with their actual enrollment. All the red ones are first grade. Okay. So 265 first graders is 78% of this number. All right. No school gets 100% of kids living there. nothing. Okay. So, but what you can do is if this percentage goes up, which it does, that's either in migration or in transfer. [clears throat] If it goes down, he's out of migration or on transfer. And we can track that over time. We'd also do it by school, too. As you can see, your preschool 84, 25, 86, 81, 92.
Vinnie and Ava have scored Vinnie on the Ashland side two goals and Ava number six on Dedham with two goals three goals, I'm sorry. So, Vinnie with two goals and Ava with three goals. 3-2 game over here. We got 30 seconds before next second quarter. So, I know you were Kevin you were just talking about making some of those adjustments on the defensive end and expectations for the second quarter. Yeah, well Ashland will be going left to right here. I don't know if there'll be any major adjustments. Certainly, I think coach Blasi will be talking about watching the crease roll particularly from number six Ava Landry. That's been effective for them a couple times. The defense though has has done a good job as they're matching up and preventing cutters and and so [music] more of that. And on the offensive end it's it's really about protecting the ball.
Normally Longmeadow is the team that always gets three or four cards game. This time it looks like Minnechaug definitely the more aggressor. Every time uh a Spartan gets the ball, Minnechaug definitely putting down some good hits. The Spartans doing a good good job controlling the ball and keeping possession. And Mac Whitmer up on the draw. Whitmer up on the draw. Uh good job by Kosiv to pick that ball up. She gets the ball over the restraining line. To Bardoe as I put my head down. Good roll. Kicks the ball over behind the net. They're in that little dark area. As we'll get Don't know who that is, but she'll get herself an eight meter attempt. Looks like O'Connor will get herself an eight meter attempt. O'Connor looking to take a setting up to shoot the ball. Turns around, goes low. Gets herself a goal. It's O'Connor's second goal of the game to put the Falcons up five to four.
And for our senior friends, these moments bring joy, purpose, and the simple happiness of being part of a vibrant school community. It's truly a win-win partnership, one that fills Chapman's Halls with wisdom, warmth, and heart. Together, we're building a bridge between generations that strengthens our community and reminds us all that learning and connection are truly ageless. So, on behalf of the entire Chapman community and the Cheshire Board of Education, we thank the Cheshire Senior Center for their partnership, friendship, and the lasting impact they've made on our students and staff. I mean, it's good. >> Got it now. Congratulations and thank you for all that you do. >> Thank you. We'll do a quick picture if you don't mind. Thank you. >> Next up, board member Tim White is our uh board representative for Norton School and he will present the school partnership award for Norton.
Yeah. >> Um on the year one to see how we feel about them. Right now we're at 7.3 million. Um last year the board of ed approved 5.04 million. Um that eventually got closer to 1 million because we had two failed referendum items. We were asked to cut it to like three million and then you know 1.6 of that failed at referendum. So really what we were left with was the playground, the fire alarm system at the high school. Um, and I believe there was and >> the fire sprinklers. >> Yes. >> System. >> So very very small. >> Do we have do we have oil tanks at any schools besides Norton which presumably is gone or effectively going to be gone. >> Dittle is the only one left and only because there's no gas service but that's a brand new system. >> But we just Yeah, we just put the oil tank in the past.
So, potentially it's someone with the city walking through who had like [clears throat] trees and growth on the mind cuz they were working on sidewalks and they saw this um and thought we got to do something about this. Okay. Um and actually at the time it did not it there could have been a life safety issue because at the time it did not have an approved railing on it and that railing has since been installed. Um so, the photographs you see um without a railing have have been replaced and there's a code code approved railing. Um I'll say something else to that effect. Um Yeah, but but other than that, as far as I know, it's uh it's an anonymous complaint. In terms of um setback and zoning and lot coverage, passed all that with flying colors. No problem there. There is a um a data communications line, but no blind voltage stuff nearby.
Taylor, I assume numbers was what pushed this. Numbers was key. >> Yeah, and and honestly the logistics of the space. We need to give uh some some access to the restrooms for two classrooms now. We'll have access for one. Okay. Yep. On that one.
You a lot of variation in there. Oh, by the way, next well not later. Um, there's not time for it. So, but as you can see for most of these age cohorts, the percentages go up and that's how we measure the specific migration by age for each area for the cal schools. We don't use national, regional, state trends. We do it for your own trends. So that's why we how we build facility models and also the [clears throat] migration because I learned a long time ago that when a third grader moves in they tend to bring the whole family with them usually [clears throat] they move out they take them over. So you can make that broad generalization. Next slide. This is the actual population forecast. Okay. This is the district level with one school. Now there's two ways to read this. You can follow each cohort over time at your pacer elementary going to 1660 1540 1650 or follow the age cohort 04 becomes 5 9 10 14 15 and 19.
Make making sure that you have the opportunity to get a shot off. The the ball is precious. >> Yeah. If you have it you can't give it away and you know it's a young team and and those there there going to be mistakes that happen, but minimizing them are is really the the key. Those unforced errors are the ones that you think about the next day not necessarily the the ones that are a physical play. Yeah, agree. Totally agree. Again, we got the 5 and 1 Dedham versus 3 and 3 Ashland. I think those records that mean these teams are pretty as even as it gets over here, so um Yep, it's obviously anyone's game. It's a one goal game. You've got 36 minutes of playing time left, so we'll see where it where it goes from here. I don't know if they'll change up the the draw circle at all.
>> Kylie Marino taking the draw. Marino gets the ball over to Mack Whitwer. Mack Whitwer makes quick work of it, gets the ball over the restraining line, goes through one, two, three, and that's why she's a super seven. Mack Whitwer quickly ties the game after getting the ball. Good game plan, get the ball to Mack off the draw and let her run 50 yd and score a goal. Mack Whitwer's second goal of the game tied tied back up, 5-5. I don't know what Minnechaug can do to to stop Whitwer. Maybe send an eighth girl in on her. Mack having a good game when she can get the ball. If she's not getting face guarded, she's doing a good job tonight. Kylie Marino up on the draw. Kylie flips it up. Kozub ends up coming up with the draw. Kozub doing a good job on the draw the last last couple times.
I believe principal is Norton principal is here too. You want me to? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Good evening. Mrs. Emily Dhan is a recipient of the school partnership award for Norton Elementary School. Mr. White, the board of education representative Norton School, will introduce Mrs. Dhan. >> Thank you. Jod Rhoden, principal at Norton School, says that Miss Dhan truly exemplifies the meaning of partnership through her work with Norton Elementary School. As the mother of Andrew and Evan, she collaborates closely with Norton's teachers to provide PTA sponsored afterchool club opportunities for students in kindergarten through sixth grade during the school year. She thoughtfully organizes staff, coordinates clubs, manages student enrollment, oversees publicity, and handles logistics, creating opportunities for our Nighthawks to explore new interests such as knitting, running, Lego, cursive, and more. Miss Dhan's time, dedication, and patience are deeply appreciated. Because of her efforts, our students are able to continue exploring their creativity in a safe, supportive, and engaging learning environment.
>> 22. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> That's good for 40 years. Thank you. Yeah. >> Um, so if we're going down here, the the first we have Dittle, we have two there. The fire alarm control system with a a prior approval. >> Those are design dollars. >> That's design dollars. Um, and the overall cost of this first project is 580,000 um for working on some nonadressible system needs. 580,000. >> Well, that would be >> over the five years. >> Oh, got it. Over on here, >> year one. And you'll This is actually the It's row eight. >> Yeah. >> On the bigger one. >> I got it. >> Um but that's the overall outlay, but 30,000 for design work in year one. >> Uh >> thank you for including the row headers and column headers. It makes it easier. >> You know, sometimes I I hit it and sometimes I miss, but this is good today.
Um and we all know how much those guys don't really care about where their stuff is running. Um Are you still proposing to put in those supplemental supports? Uh absolutely. Absolutely. And then do you have a sense of to what degree the um >> [clears throat] >> the loading would be redistributed on that platform if the supplemental supports are put in? Oh god, I mean, it was I mean, that that point load on like I said, I when I measured it with a hydraulic jack and put it up and do the pressure and the math and the way it's really kind of convenient for a starter starter build. Yeah, the pressure on that point load um P1 was 2960. Um which was a 4:1 safety factor and that would it would take substantial off of that cuz that's most most of the weight of the structure is towards that end of the structure.
Any questions? Okay. Uh this takes a uh motion. Do I have a motion? Mr. President, I um motion to approve the bids for MGES special education renovation. Thank you, Mrs. Counts. Do I have second? Second. Thank you, Mr. Alexander. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed? Motion passes 5-0. We're back to a five-member board. Okay. Look. I said I would have voted yes on that one if you had allowed We needed six. >> Yeah. Okay, if you on the back you'll see where our upcoming meetings uh April 17th, we have a public meeting on superintendent's contract tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. See you all bright and early. On May 21st, there's public work session starting at 4:00 at the learning hub over by computer. Uh May 21st that night we'll have executive session at 6:00 and a regular board meeting at 7:00.
your median age where half people are older, half are younger, 80 baby boom, you're at 40 going up. The births stay relatively flat [clears throat] because the birth rate stays pretty flat, too. The deaths go up, not because of a disease or COVID or anything. We just had more people refer to as prime dying age. [laughter] So, >> I'm just getting happier by the minute. >> [clears throat] >> I don't get my better term than that. [laughter] >> I used to prime dying age the age of 65, but now that I'm 70, it's the age of 85. [laughter] [clears throat] >> Netation 270, 310, 350. Yes, there are. Okay, that's the net. How many moving in? How many moving out? Your two in migration flows, people 25 to 44 years old bring 0 to nine year olds with them. Your biggest out migration flows 18 to 22 year olds and people over age 70.
Maggie McGuinness has been taking them. That's number seven, Mary Kate Cronin, who is a junior for Dedham, taking it on their side. Uh other than the last three, they've been fairly even the the the draw controls, but uh certainly Dedham has some momentum the last the the last couple, so I know the the Clockers would like to grab this one and and hopefully do some some damage once they get it. Nice and high. Pay- Peyton comes away with it, Peyton strip, and quickly gets it to to Maggie McGuinness in the middle. So, she's going to do a little spin. She runs into a couple of players, uh gets it back, but sends it over, and that is one of those turnovers and unforced errors that we're we're talking about. I think she had uh she had uh Freese over there open and just sailed it over her head.
As Lee has the ball. Lee with the ball up top. Over to O'Connor. Lee, I can't Yeah. O'Connor kicks it over to Kozub. Back to O'Connor. Over to Lee. Minnechaug playing over in the in the dark area over there. Minnechaug with the ball, really slowing the pace of the uh the game down. Trying to keep the number one offense in Western Mass besides Longmeadow at bay. Goes by and scores another goal. Sophia Kozub scores her first goal of the game to put the put Minnechaug up 6-5. I'm sure the officials are probably talking about how dark it is over in that corner. This isn't like soccer. I know a couple years ago you saw Longmeadow play against Westfield and they had a dark corner, but that's soccer. This is This is a little bit different with the girls playing with a lacrosse ball. Dangerous. Yeah, that what it's like a half hour, right?
On behalf of Norton Elementary School and the Cheshire Board of Education, we thank Mrs. Dhan for going above and beyond for the students of Chester Public Schools. And I I just want to add, so I'm a Norton parent and my kids do the programs and they love them. They're fantastic. So, thank you very much to both of you for helping make it happen. Congratulations. Thank you for all that you do. You can't make fun of me. Welcome to tuberculosis side of the >> That concludes that concludes our presentations tonight and we've made uh some progress clearing out the uh audience. However, we've come to the audience uh portion of our agenda. So, if there's anyone who would like to address the board of ed um please feel free to come to the podium uh state your name and address and we will hear from you.
Um and so the other one at Dittle is the stage renovation. So that's the second one on your year one. And then you can see row nine. That is a one-year project. So $250,000. It's an old old setup. I don't know how old. >> Um yeah, >> since I was there. >> Yeah, that's original. >> Yeah.