Azra, by virtue of the fact that she's the pre-K curriculum KE curriculum coordinator, sits on all of these um committees or or most of them. Business, uh you will not see her, you will see other folks because that's simply a 9-12 focus area. So, anyhow I I just wanted to give you a little background. >> It happens to be a coincidence that it was Ryan and I um for this year's presentation. >> Yes, that's not always how it goes. It could have easily been science this year, which I wouldn't be here or he wouldn't be here.
These are also from that um freshman band um class set. Um all of these are in the categories of pedagogical effectiveness and classroom learning strategies. Um you can see um how confident you are that you can choose an effective strategy to get your work in this class done well. How how do you um how well do your learning strategies help you learn the subject more effectively? How good is this teacher teaching the way you personally learn best? How often does this teacher give you feedback that helps you learn? And for this class, how clearly does the teacher present the information that you need to learn? And this is from the the uh freshman class. Um these are from our more advanced classes from the wind ensemble also from this spring. Um also in the category of classroom learning strategies and you can see that they are um feeling empowered by the class and the structure of the class in this way.
So, uh, to that end, we have our organic life contract, which is, uh, we have to renew every year. Um, and, uh, as explained in the board packet, this is the second of four renewals, so it's potentially a 5-year contract total. uh the uh CPI for food away from home last year was 4.1%. And that's the agreed upon increase um that is customary that most school districts agree to. So um on the uh the sheet on the contract itself showed the increase in the price uh which did work out the 4.1%. Uh or the the contract and as per guidance. Um also uh tonight we also look at the price of our meals. Um the recommendation is to increase the price of breakfast and lunch by 10 cents. Um that being um breakfast going from $160 to $1.70, lunch going from 315 to 325 and adult meals going from 365 to 375.
>> Okay. And then the final piece if I understood then there's 200k from the operating budget >> approximately. Yes. >> Okay. And just to put that roof in into perspective, right? So we had um if you remember with the fieldhouse roof, it was just under 30,000 square foot that we just had um that we approved and the work is being done. It would be an additional 87,000 square feet. Uh so think of three field houses uh that we would be adding to uh as part of this project as well. Um that doesn't take care of all of our roofs. We still have other roofs that are um that are not solar worthy, if you will, right? Structurally, they they can't handle it. Uh and the age of those uh we're maintaining them. Uh and we're going to at some point have to make the decision, you know, what do we do with those those roofs as as well?
So, certainly if you talk to friends or neighbors and their students are looking for a school district, we would love to have them come be Bulldogs. On Friday, there's a mock crash. I sent an email out about that last week to all um parents, staff. And so, it'll be in the extended new parking lot here on Friday. They'll I think block that off Thursday or Wednesday I think they're going to start Start setting up. Okay. So, but there will be a lot of law enforcement, first responders, fire trucks, ambulances. They're going to land a Lifeline helicopter. And so, there is no panic. There is that it is planned. It's neat. We did it at a couple schools I've been at over the years. And so, it is pretty cool to see. Sometimes students do have different reactions to it based on their experiences in life.
Um but in any event, good evening everyone. Um I want to start by sharing with you the folks that really participated in the study of our social studies program intensely over many many months. Um Tim Tim Galvin, the um high school department chair, Kristen Giuliano, the division leader at Dodd. Of course, Azra represented um our uh pre pre-K through eight as our curriculum coordinator. I And our subcommittee, who's not here this evening but played a massive role in collecting information uh as this is a really rigorous study of our program. So, the Rams at the K-6 level, Dr. Kelly Garden at the middle school, and in uh for the high school Aaron Griffith and Matt Swanson. They were a dream team to work with and through our process we truly truly uh learned a lot about our social studies programming and uh our strengths, our areas for growth, um and what our continued focuses will be.
In the fall of um 2004, we also sat down and collected personal interviews with students um about at all levels of the program regarding their experiences in the class and their self-perception of their capacity as musicians. Um these are direct quotes and you'll see that in a moment. Um direct quotes from the interview process that highlight the student voices in our program. Um we bolded some parts of this that I think really stand out. The first one, I think we're all responsible for sort of like caring each other. Like I said, direct quote. Um, in the second one, it's going to take time for you to work up to your craft and push yourself to improve as a person. They're they're aware of that continuous cycle of self-improvement. And, um, this third one, I think, is really stands out for us. Um, I'll read a little bit more of it.
Uh milk will stay the same. Um as will all the alle cart items um looking to just cover our costs. Um with that also um is bees also audits what we're charging. Um, so we're not using the free reducer program to subsidize the pay program. So, uh, small increases every year generally satisfy the need that we're trying to be in compliance.
But this helps offset that cost. Uh these are some pretty big capital uh projects that we're able to do that that in utilizing all of the moving uh pieces. So, we have some creativity uh that's been built into this in order to try to to get those things done as well. >> Travis, I'd like to uh first of all, thank you and your team for all the hard work that's been put into this project. It's fantastic. And secondly, from a community perspective, uh the fact that we're having independent verification of the projections from this from Balman Consulting is fantastic. So that the community understands that we're crossing every tea and dotting every eye and uh doing everything we can to make sure this is a excellent decision. But first and foremost, thank you for all your expertise and work in this project. >> Yeah, Travis, Jere, Tammy have spent a lot of time on this.
And so, certainly want to encourage parents to have conversations at home with their kiddos about, you know, just it's distracted driving, drinking and driving, and just all those things. But just safety. One of our law enforcement officers in a district where I used to work, he always said, "We we turn 16-year-olds loose to drive 2,000-lb missiles." And we don't think about that. And so, um I hope this program Friday, you know, is very impactful for our kiddos. The big thanks. I mean, there's a ton of volunteers that go into putting things like this together. We don't pay a dime for it. I don't know what a Lifeline helicopter flight costs if you had to pay for it for for real. So, but just all the the folks that donate their time and all the resources and everything from record trucks to there's a car been sitting in the parking lot, and you know, and so, just all these different things.
Um we certainly dug into in a very similar way to the ML group uh in looking at professional development, looking at um construction and assessment, uh professional development I may have said that already. Assessment and and um technology and resources. We sought feedback from our students, from our parents, and from our teachers in a variety of way including what we are very excited to um share with you a little bit later, our student focus groups. That took place for kids in grades 2 through 12. So, this was a really fun thing. Um I think when we started uh talking about how would we solicit this input from a variety of constituents, we we talked um first about those focus groups. Like, we want to really hear directly from our kiddos about what it is like to be seated in a social studies classroom around our district.
I think it gives me a different perspective than I see in other classes. I think band is the most diverse club I've ever been in. Being marching band shaped the trajectory of where I went in life and where I went in high school and the friends I made, the choices I decided to continue or start. it just changes the way I view inclusivity. So, it's a really special quote that I think represents the kind of work we're doing to connect the students in the program. Um, band is an elective class and our students choose to stay with us over the course of four years. Our community is very strong. Um, and our discipline requires an ongoing reflection and study. Um, because we connect students with each other and we give them the tools to learn and grow, they're willing to continue engaging with the process.
So, uh, if there are any questions, be happy to entertain them. Uh, but I will need an approval of the contract and also the, uh, meal price increase. >> Is the consensus still strong that organic life is a thumbs up, that everybody's still enjoying the food? Yeah, I'm seeing some thumbs up. Yeah, >> just making sure >> students are enjoying the food still. They're eating it, not throwing it away. >> As a lunchroom supervisor, I can say yes. Thank you, Rhonda. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Those are the important questions. That's true. That's true. >> Other questions? >> No. In that case, I move that the board approve the food service contract with the program life for 2027 and meal price increases for breakfast and lunch. >> Second, it's been moved and seconded. Can I roll please? >> Karen >> I hearing >> I >> Burton >> I >> thank you.
The board has been aware of this since the fall, but Travis and Jere have been working on these models and these possibilities for like three years now. So, you can see it's a lot of work that goes in into making this all kind of feather together to be a usable project. So, they've done really good work on this. >> Can I just ask you, can you go back to the infographic one? I just had a question about >> Y. >> That one. So, is everything under and the Honeywell list down to the boiler replacement. Is that all Honeywell? >> Yes. >> Okay. And then the three over here are DG. So, the D99 >> the safety projects. >> Where do I see the safety project? >> Right under where it says handled by project 999. >> Oh yeah. Okay. Sorry. So, okay. So, I want to make sure and then my second was just so so say the audit comes back approves it, we decide to proceed like over time like and we've probably covered this so I apologize if we've already discussed but like how does that actually work?
But all the law enforcement people that donate their time, the county coroner, just just a lot of folks in there. So, really appreciate that. Testing season up upon us. So, big thanks to our staff Um and our students. But, our staff is doing a lot. Small group walking through the elementary school, walking through the middle school, high school. Just teachers pulling a couple kids at a time doing small group testing. Trying to give our kids the best chance for success that we can possibly give them. So, certainly thank you to those two all of them. But, also wanted to share and I'll have these for you guys to look at. But, Mrs. Kryling and her creative writing class and then partnered with Mr. Wightman and they were here Was that last month? Last month. And so, that was that was neat. Mrs. Kryling, a veteran teacher, recognizing Mr.
Uh uh and it was enlightening and um really rich and meaningful. I'll share a little bit about that with you uh later. For our parents and our teachers, we did rely on our old-fashioned surveys, uh but it was also very helpful um and gave us a lot of insight. So, much like what the ML folks shared with you, um social studies, the bedrock of all we do, curriculum, instruction, assessment, is really um dedicated to the vision of high-quality instruction that Cheshire really values um and we put it front and center because we know this is how our students will learn the best, how we can get to those deep learning experiences focused on standards, really digging into ways to um provide uh complex thinking and hit those um attributes of complex thinking, applying and explaining and connecting and proving, finding solutions, and creating as often as possible.
We currently have 7.2% 2% of the student body is enrolled in elective band class. Um the current juniors in band, the the freshman band class of 2023, 63% of them is still in um the group. Um they were fifth graders when CO began, so just beginning on their instrument, barely started. Um and 58% of our current seniors from their freshman band have continued with us. They were sixth graders in the March of of 2020. could could imagine picking up a clarinet for the first time on Zoom and doing that and that was their experience in middle school and they're choosing to continue and elect and continue um with this and that concludes our portion of the presentation. What questions do you have? >> So, just real quick, I was you said 7.2% of the kids are in an elective band class. >> Yeah. Of the student body.
Next is the approval of that dedication for city of displayplains. Mr. >> Well, as long as Mr. Berosi is still up there. >> Well, I feel all alone. There's no cheering. I don't have a >> Oh, you got cheered last year when you brought organic life because everybody was a great spending money. The others are building mines. >> I'm sorry. I didn't hear that. You keep spending money. The others are building mines. That's why you're >> I keep spending money. >> Well, I guess that's what happens when you sign all the checks, I guess, right? >> Good safety. >> All right, let's do a balancing act here. >> So, uh, the next item. Are we on the next item? >> Yeah. The fifth the clap. So, uh, >> just broken computer. >> There it is. >> There we go. >> So, I wanted to to project this one.
We talked about the auditing. So, like say we expect these savings like does does Honeywell provide someone that comes and is checking everything. How do we know where over this these this period of time? like what if the numbers don't shake out or so how does that work? >> It's a it's a great question and we we've covered a little bit but not to the to the detail um uh that we need to. So what happens we have that that annual audit of the savings right? So it with within that that projection there are um savings that are calculated okay and if those are not met Honeywell cuts us a check for the difference. Oh, >> okay. So, that's the that's why the importance of having that that audit done yearly to make sure that that it is it is functioning as it should. Okay.
Wightman, a young teacher. Just They've they've been working together, but they put out two books. Mrs. Kryling her students wrote the the short stories and then Mr. Wightman and his class they did the the design and and illustrations for it. Yeah, and so, pretty cool. So, I have those if you guys want to take a look at them. But, but authentic, you know, learning. There are extra copies you can get on Amazon. There you go. I'll keep these and make them buy them on Amazon. But, now. But, and then sorry, Mrs. Akers, do you have somebody to introduce? And I'm sorry for keeping you throughout the whole meeting cuz I forgot about 20 minutes ago. So, I apologize. Go ahead. >> totally fine. This is Elise Dillon and she is joining us as our first ever, as far as I'm aware, SLPA. So, yeah. She's going to start with us.