They they he really wants to see Stevenson screamed all out. And, you know, I thought that was amazing. I I would love that, too. But then I thought there was a flip side as well, and I was kind of wondering what the students thought. So, that is Stu's interpretation, but I'm kind of going to flip that on a different student's interpretation. These are three different students. Very proud to be Stephenson students. We have Christina Fang. She's a senior on the state dance team. We have Auggie. She's a senior on the state winning chess team. And we have Shay Donovan. She's a senior on the Stevens on the state winning girls swim team. So all Stevens and kids. Also, when I talked to them about their favorite experience, each of them mentioned their sport. So when Christina said her favorite thing was winning state her sophomore year for dance, Auggie talked about chess.
Are there any questions? >> Um I don't have a question just a comment. I love the clean and tidy cougar award custodians. That is genius. Love it. >> We can't take full credit. We we actually took it from >> Jenna Rufo um in the beginning of the school year. uh she shared a video with us and we borrowed that idea. >> Wonderful. >> Especially involving the custodial staff because that just puts them in a spotlight they don't normally get to be in. So that's amazing. >> Yeah, including that is is super important for the community, the school, and I think that's a great way to do it. >> On your first slide, um when you guys show us the breakdown of uh of infractions by the month and everything, is that pretty much what you expected? Anything different we're seeing or >> um it does follow some pretty typical trends.
I know coach Adelman as well. Uh you challenge us uh because boy, he's he's tenacious. He's always trying to do something. But I think uh you know the accomplishments and the the awards and the all states, the state championships um have been incredible. But, uh, I think like Philillip though is leaving a legacy behind, uh, that is going to, uh, help our younger runners is having a a a freshman on the team right now, my son, uh, and, you know, this guy there to help bring him along and stuff and watch kind of being, you know, being able to watch that kind of firsthand. Uh, and you kind of taking on these younger guys and trying to fill that leadership role of a number of guys that we lost last year and stuff like that in previous years. Uh, I can't thank you enough for that stuff.
Uh did anybody have any questions for Mr. Shepherd? Hearing none. Wait, oh, hold on. Um This isn't really a question I think you can answer right now, but can you um maybe send us a a note on how much we have spent this year with Ali Hearns? Yeah, we can look at that. >> Okay. Hey, next up, if there are no questions on the treasurer's report or the review of the bills, next up we have the treasurer's report, Mr. Shepherd. All right, so it is time to talk about the month of of March. Um so far, I think the overall message is that the district is in very good shape. I've I've been very happy with how the budget has performed and in fact had we not been involved in construction projects galore, we wouldn't have needed to amend the budget this year. So, let's dive right in.
Any questions, concerns, or comments? Roll call, please. Gorman? Yes. Hurst? Yes. Mervica? Yes. Pappas? Yes. Ward? Yes. Dogan? Yes. Wasson? Yes. Motion passes. Next, I need a motion and a second to discuss and approve first day exclusion. So moved. Second.
So, you want to go to the next one, please? And we've just noticed and I'll we'll go into more of what we see, but we've just noticed more collaboration with our teachers. These meetings happen every month, even if we have to reschedule it for a weather delay or whatever, we push it back to the next week. It is an entire day of meetings for Chris and Jake and I to sit through. It's a lot, but it's worth it. They're they're really open to change. They're asking questions. They're asking for help. So, go to the next one. Here's the biggest thing. Our conversations with our teams have really grown. So, you wanted to jump in on this side, I'll let you. Yeah, I mean when we first started these meetings, um teachers would come in and you could tell they were a little bit at ease.
Um >> [clears throat] >> I also, just a few weeks ago, um I went on a field trip to Saint Francis and this is kind of, I'm going to say, [snorts] but medical school, a big part of it is thinking personally and to do that you have to have the ambulance experience of cadaver labs and seeing the human body. I That was the part that I was most scared of. That was one of the main reasons I was still tentative about what my major was going to be and what I wanted to do with my life was because I was so nervous that I wouldn't be able to do it. I wouldn't be able to do get through those classes. So, I went to I went on a field trip to Saint Francis [snorts] and we went to their cadaver lab and we got to see all of those things we talked about and then they also have like these um they're called anatomy virtual students where you get to like It's basically just a virtual cadaver lab computer and they're like real people's bodies that you just get to like see and find everything on.
Hey, Bo. Bo. Hey, Bo. Bo. You want to stay and hang out? He was trying to fight me. I scared him one day cuz Bring up some front row seats and bounce to move on. We're not afraid. I want the front row. I call it. I mean, I'm not scared. It's weird they sell for more money at sporting events than at NBA board meetings and church. How many you Nine. Come on, Courtney. Don't be scared. Of what? The front row. Oh, I'm I'm doing great, thanks. Well, I was doing it back to you to see if you would notice. I love that you did. That was so great. Yep, always. Did you lock them? You're not locking them out, are you? I'm locking them. All right, next is public comment. There is no public comment. No one signed up for today, so we'll move on to the consent agenda.
It's an opportunity to make a difference in students' lives. What it makes What makes this so meaningful is not just the big things, but the small things. It's a student who finally gets a concept that they've been struggling with, a quick conversation in the hallway, or a laugh during a lesson that's not going like I thought it would go. Um and at the heart of all of this is relationships. Um because without strong connections, learning just doesn't happen the same way. And so in the classroom, every day looks different for me. Some days I'm teaching um content, some days I'm offering advice, some days I am simply there to listen. And I believe that every student deserves to have at least one adult in the building that they trust, and someone that sees them, someone that supports them, someone that reminds them that they matter.
As Ryan stated, we believe and know that all students can achieve grade level work. What's super important is that we've identified those learning standards and that we provide these deep learning experiences for our multilingual learners, which includes the six attributes of complex thinking. So, that's especially true for our multilingual learners because what we're looking at is the appropriate scaffolds that help provide access and entry points into our curriculum. So, when we think about these appropriate scaffolds, we're talking about the just-in-time supports so that kiddos can access that learning versus the just-in-case. And what we're also looking at is this piece around responsive teaching. So, looking at how kiddos are doing and making sure that we provide the appropriate tools, resources, and access points so that they can access that content just like their peers. So, everything we did for our multilingual learner curriculum analysis here is grounded in this definition.
No, thank you. Okay, moving on. We are on House Concurrent Resolution 42 urging the Department of Education to meet the criteria necessary to officially recognize cheerleading as a title sport in Hawaii. And we have I guess he just walked out. Uh Keith Ayashi was doesn't support cheerleading. Uh and then we have Lasmin Chaney uh in support. Um Anyone else wishing to testify on this measure?
And uh Shay talked about winning her state her senior year because it was something they were taught for. So they all love Stevenson, but each of them kind of thought as pride as something else. They thought they thought school pride was something that you have. It was kind of similar to what you said, that internal feeling. And school spirit is not necessarily that outward feeling that you need. All three of these students, when I asked them, are you proud to be a Stevenson patriot? Are you proud to be on the dance team? Proud to be on the chess team or the swim team? Each of them said they're really, really proud. Christina said, really, I'm really proud to be on the dance team. Auggie Auggie said, "I'm super proud to be on the chess team." And Chase said, "I'm 100% yes, proud to be called a Patriot swimmer." So, all of these students and including Stu have school pride.
We're uh continue to work on like, you know, leading up to breaks can sometimes always spikes um and things like that. And so we're always looking for different trends. Um you know, our our we often see classrooms usually have the most and that's typical because that's where they spend about 80% of their day. So, um but still always taking those to our tier 2 teams and our tier one teams to see are there things that we can put in place. So they're happening at recess. How do we put some more structures in recess to get the kids engaged or do we have to go over some more expectations? So really be responsive to the data as well. >> So like seeing February higher, March lower, you probably did something noticing a trend and then intervened. >> Yes. And some of it is is that and some of it also is sometimes like a natural break or something like that that they you know and and kids will come back and so a little refreshed, rejuvenated.
Um, boy, it's it's been awesome, dude. And I've had so much fun doing it. Uh, Philip, man, thank you. >> Say something. >> Sure. Yeah. You know, I could talk about, you know, cross country and track for, you know, millions of years. you know, not so many. Um, but um, you know, I'm I can't say how thankful and grateful I am for the opportunities, you know, DGN gave me. I've been so lucky, you know, to go to Jefferson and have a great coaching staff over there and to go to Downers Grove North, which even better coaching and staff over there. I've we had nine coaches. It's been so it's so amazing to be honest. And, you know, now I I'm gearing up for college where I, you know, I take it to a whole another level at Virginia. Um, I'm just so thankful, you know, I have so much people along the way that aren't here right now.
As far as our revenues, you can see that our revenues are coming in almost right in line with where they were projected to be. Even the state revenues have have caught up to where they they should be. Despite what you see up on the screen up there, the state revenues were projected at 71.77 and that almost mirrors what the historical trend is. So, I've been very pleased with how our revenues have been shaping up. As far as our total expenses, again, the expenses are behaving just like we would want them to with a slight lag with salaries. That is due to the the annual accruals, but all our objects are performing ahead of where they are at. I just lost connection. I have the worst luck with with this connection. So, I'm just just going to keep moving along. Um all other objects are coming in ahead of the projection.
Any questions, comments? I know we've talked about a lot of these topics in the past, and we're just revisiting and voting on. Any question, comments, concerns? Let me just put this in context. Last month, this was discussed at this table. Um this this first day exclusion will now prevent us from going to students on October 15th and sending them home if they don't have the proper um immunizations on file. Um our nurses came forward with this. We commend them for their efforts. They're going to be the ones that are driving this along with Karen Grollin in the central office over here. Um we do think it's going to work out very well. It just takes a lot of front loading of the communication piece. So, Matt's going to be pretty busy with his communications, as will our building nurses. But, um we think this is going to be a good thing, and come October, we're not going to be rounding up 5% 10 or 15 students saying, "You have to go home right now." So, that's the rationale for it.
They're like, "Okay, what are we going to talk about? How are we going to handle things? How's this How's this going to work?" And they're so relaxed when they come to the meetings now. They're just very honest with us. They're very honest with each other. And and we can really get down to what needs to happen with our kids. When you go to these meetings and somebody's not being honest, it's it's hard to get to the nitty-gritty of what we need to change. And these meetings have been wonderful just to open everybody up and and the teachers are really feeling good about what's coming out of those meetings. And so, they're specific. Like we'll we'll look at data and readjust groups as we're sitting there. I mean, it's it's quick. It's like, "Oh, we've got this group of students really big in growth. We want to move them here to work on a different skill or to someone else who might be moving them to a different group." It just, you know, these these two students are working really well together.
It was really cool. Um we also got to kind of play around in their microbiology lab and like observe equal eye on like slides and everything. Um we got to see their kinesiology lab, learn about exercise science and I mean, obviously a lot of my peers are getting the other stuff this year with our field trip, but everybody else in that field trip, they were just they loved it. It was great. It was >> [snorts] >> they I don't know how to tell you that, but >> [clears throat] >> they were all very inspired by that. So, yeah, I'm I'm very very grateful for all the opportunities that you guys have given me and when I was hired at Old Town I was 18. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> [applause] >> My name is Braden Skaggs. I've been coming here since freshman year. I've uh moved around everywhere up in I still always tell people I grew up in Fairfield all through school.
Uh we do have a religions in the consent agenda. We included yeah, we included all the religions. Which you guys approved anyway, so Uh moved by Katie, seconded by Bryce. Uh to accept the consent agenda.
And I hope that I can be that person for my students. So I'm grateful to be a part of this profession, uh and continue to make a difference both in the small and big ways. So thanks for having me out. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you. Yeah, so I just want to start by first of all, thanking you guys. Um you know, this is my 22nd year in education, and as as Mr. Staple mentioned, I'm a proud product of the EVSC, and the EVSC holds a very special place in my heart. Um so I just want to start by not only thanking you guys for the opportunity, but the support um and the resources that you've given me to be able to thrive in this uh in this job. Um and so I'm so happy to be a part of the this wonderful organization.