Um I do lots of wrestling and things that will beau- beauty. I really like the beauty of things and that's everything around that I just fall in love with like nature. Just pictures, I take a lot of pictures. So you're also into photography? Yeah, a little bit. Do you often take photos or rarely? I take photos of things that I see that really make me like want to take the picture. I take a lot of pictures of sunsets, flowers, butterflies, insects. Um I don't take very many people photos but I think it's nice to capture the moment of things that need to be shared or that can be shared. Uh favorite artist? My favorite artist is probably hm There's a lot of them out there. I will say um I will say my father actually. He writes a lot of music and part of the reason I started singing also so probably say my dad.
Thank you, Mrs. Fontan, from the bottom of our hearts. I know we have at least two mothers up here whose children >> second that. Yes. Yes, thank you. She still has Michelle. She has a student in the back right now. Yeah, she's sitting in the back. Very blessed that he had the opportunity to have her. We are very lucky. She's phenomenal. Phenomenal. All of our children have had her, and she is phenomenal. I know we're moving this along, but I just couldn't not Of course. Of course. Love her. Thank you again for her. Uh, if you take a look at page four, uh, we are posting some of our, um, winter, uh, and fall coaches for next year. Uh, we also posted the co-curricular positions today. So, I encourage any staff members who did get that posting to, uh, send the emails in so we can begin planning for the co-curricular positions for next year.
So, it makes me very happy and on behalf of the foundation, we are just excited to see what's going to happen with this uh greenhouse. Thank you. For special remarks, if we could have Mr. Bill Warheit to come forward just to give a few, maybe a little bit of history. Is he here? Uh he's not here today. Oh. Sorry. But, he was a big part of the original greenhouse and putting it together. And um we want to give a shout-out to him. And if we could also call up any special remarks from the amazing Green Valley Rotary. Oh, amazing. Uh first I want to recognize one of our our members from the from our club. Um that's Betty Pierce who unfortunately she's not here. She's a snowbird, but she was the one who really drove this initiative working with the school. And a project like this is really in the sweet spot of a couple of areas for Rotary International, regardless of where Rotary is around the world, whether it's in in India or anywhere in Africa, South America, right here in Green Valley.
That brings us to the approval of our agenda. I move the governing board approve the agenda as presented. May I have a second? All those in favor? I. Any nays?
Um the process has now closed at min as of midnight last night. Uh we would be using the exemption 5 ILCS 120 to C 10 uh to discuss the student applications under other matters of students individuals individual students. All right, so I'll poll the board. Does the board Would the like to have that second close session to talk about the student ambassador program? You can just raise your hand if you're in favor of that. All right, so everybody's in favor of it, so we'll add that. Very simple. Okay. That's it. All right. Um so I will entertain a motion to approve the agenda as discussion as discussed. So moved. A motion by Danielle. Second. Second by Rob. Cindy, please lead us in a roll call vote. Uh Saeger? Yes. Kilburg? Yes. Gonzalez Thomas? Yes. Garau? Yes. Arlandu? Yes. All right, now we get to move on to celebrations and recognitions.
Okay, hearing none. Do we have any board updates? Only board update I have is I know that we've had some pretty good pretty good sport uh sporting events that went on last week. However, our band, choirs, all of them went to Herscher High School on Friday and competed and they swept all the divisions and took first in all four. They did very well. Wow. That should be on the good news. It was. And um I was over at the high school earlier for for a meeting and I seen the spring musical. You're joining? Uh they were doing a trial, you know, their rehearsals, so that's coming up as well. So, once we get the dates, let everybody know. So, that's going to be pretty good. Put you on speaker. Okay, thank you, Bill. Elizabeth called in, so Um I will I'll mark Elizabeth's time at 6:33.
If you guys are ready, you can take a vote tonight on whether or not to accept those. The only couple of changes that we have in the update two from our current policies. Again, these are just transitioning our current policies from Neola over to CCHA. They do talk a little bit more in the policy about some parking procedures as far as having the kids come and register their vehicles with the office and just let us know which vehicle they will most likely be driving. to school. All the rules are still in place. It just helps us a little bit with the identification. And so, it would actually be a better way for us to communicate kind of some of their responsibilities of what it means to drive a vehicle onto our school property. So, that was the only difference in the the policies really from what our current policies are.
Any questions or comments? All those in favor say I. >> I. the same motion carries. Minute from our last board meeting that Now much more. Motion from Mrs. Van, Miss Scott, to approve the minutes from our March 17th board meeting. Any corrections or additions need to be made. All those in favor say I. I. >> Opposed the same. Wait, >> I need Motion passes 402. >> Mr. By, anyone registered to speak tonight? >> Mr. Bainy, you up to your report? >> Okay. Um, first up, project 27. Uh, it continues to be on schedule and on budget, which is is incredibly exciting. Um, this summer will be a very key time in the overall project. You're just going to see a a ton of activity uh over there and progress both on the renovation of the existing building and the building of the new states. Um I'll continue to keep you updated each month on that.
Thank you. Good evening, members of the board and Superintendent Teeters. I am Renee Beeler, the computer science teacher at McKinney-Harrison, and I'm really excited to be here tonight to show you that in our building, computer science is an astounding subject. It is the engine that brings our Indiana course standards to life. By integrating code into science and social studies, we aren't just teaching students how to use technology, we are teaching them how to use logic and perseverance to master complex ideas. And I'm joined tonight by the true experts of this work. These students have given up the opportunity for numerous lunch recesses and Fun Fridays because they wanted to push themselves beyond standard expectations. And I have to say wow to that because even today, they wanted to figure out a way to come and practice for tonight two times, not just once. So, they really are committed to um just to what we're all about.
Um we outsource uh several professional services and these would include the nurses network, stepping stone, Kelly services, speech pathology group. So um these type of expenses are um partially offset by the um para and sped unfilled positions and benefits in this line. We also have received um three invoices from our RSM auditors uh for the year 2022, 2023 and 2024 audit and they totaled 435,000. Um we have other expenses. Um no um no that'll be later. We continue to work on entering the remainder of the year encumbrances, but I think at some point, Mike, you're going to be sending a letter out telling everybody to stop encumbering and whatever we have in the queue in the system. Um, we're going to review it and see what we're still going to put through. Correct. >> Right. Yeah. So we are um again we present our financial statements um as many companies do a month behind.
Does he have any like socials that he posts his art on? He has TikTok and he's very into TikTok. Um but other than that he doesn't like to show his music as much but I have heard a lot of it and I think that he should so. Uh do you have any like What's the word? Like something to tell people who want to get into art? If you want to do art you need to try it because it's something that is every there's some form of it for everyone and it doesn't matter how old you are how young you are or how good of it you can do or how little you can you can try it because there's something for everyone. So if you're not good at drawing maybe you're an incredible painter. I can't paint. I'm not very good at painting but I can draw and I have plenty of people that want to try art but just don't think they'd be good enough for it and you can't let fear stop you especially in something that you're just trying to show feelings and how you want to create something.
Resolution 19, uh, this was a great event on Monday night at the middle school. Mr. Pinto, Mr. Lombardo, um, and most importantly, Ms. Scorto, our school counselor over at the middle school. We honored 14, uh, new inductees to the National Junior Honor Society. So, um, big thank you to Ms. Scorto, uh, for putting that event together, and most importantly, congratulations to, uh, to all 14 of those students. If you take a look at page eight, we have the, uh, outside coaching policy that will be adopted this evening. This is something that has gone through, um, multiple readings, and we've had many conversations about it. So, it is on the agenda, and we'll be voting on it this evening. Page nine, there are a few dates that I would like to bring to everyone's attention. Because of the snow day schedule, we did have to change the end of the year, uh, schedules, uh, very slightly.
There are two areas of focus that are really relevant. One is education, basic education, and the second is the environment. So, this project really is right in the heart, the sweet spot for Rotary International. We were really uh very pleased to be working with the school to get this project done. So, today is Earth Day. And I just want to share with you one of my favorite quotes that is really relevant on a day like today. But before I do that, can I ask how many adults here today present? Would you just raise your hand? How many of you had a greenhouse at your elementary school? Ooh, I see I see one hand way way in the back. Way in the back. So, students, what I'm telling you is you are very special. You are very lucky to have a resource like this where you can learn from, where you can participate in in growing and developing and learning about the environment and learning about plants and those roots and those leaves and how they get sunshine.
Hearing none, motion passes. And with that, that brings us to 3A, governing board reports. And Ms. Marquez, I will go ahead and start with you. Hi. Good evening, everybody. All right. It was a fairly busy busy month. Um I got to attend this month our district-wide PTO meet up. And again, it's great to see how how much that those groups are growing and what our PTOs are doing and getting their feedback, sharing that with the superintendent on what some concerns might be, what's going good, what what, you know, they could use support with. Um also got to go to San Antonio for the National School Board Association conference. That was my first national conference. And um yeah, a lot lot of good stuff going on there. Got to attend a workshop on um uh special ed as well as uh career technical education. So got some great great information from that and and ideas for hopefully things that we may eventually be able to implement in our district to improve outcomes for our students.
We are going to start by the board welcoming school resource officer Jamie Goshi and Batavia High School Principal Dr. Jo Ann Smith to the podium. YOURS LOOKS SO NERVOUS. SO TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, we are honored to recognize someone who has made a lasting impact on our schools, our students, and our entire district over the past 5 years. As our school resource officer, Officer Goshi has brought so much more than safety and security to our buildings. She has been a trusted presence, a steady leader, and a caring mentor to countless students and staff members. She has the unique ability to balance kindness with accountability, strength with compassion, and professionalism with genuine connection. Officer Goshi, we are incredibly grateful for the time, care, and dedication you have given to Batavia Public School district 101. While you will certainly be missed, your positive influence will remain for years to come.
Okay. Did you hear that, Elizabeth? Yes. Okay. Thank you. All right, thank you, Bill. It's good news. Have anybody been to any baseball games? You? I want to see the >> the first first home run hit out of the stadium. Was it the first pitch >> By Akreet Moniz. Cuz the first one was hit out by an opposing team. >> Oh, was? Yeah. Wow. But How was the atmosphere? Oh, it was great. Softball and baseball playing at the same time. >> Same time. Yep. And if you go up in one of the thing, you can watch both. So, it's pretty cool. >> really beautiful. Yeah. I was there and same thing. They both They were both playing at home. Uh boys' baseball varsity and varsity girls' softball was You know, it's one of those visions I think four or five years ago you never thought you'd see, and it looks awesome.
Any questions regarding update two? I'll make a motion to accept update two. You guys are ready to go. I'll entertain a second. I'll second. All in favor, say "Aye." Aye.
In our classrooms, please uh uh think of our teachers dearly. This is the time of year in which each of our schools really gets busy with testing uh state assessments, national assessments. They rule the schedule right now. So we have iLearn and I am going on right now. We're preparing for AP exams and any formative and course assessments. They'll be here in the next couple weeks. Now for the most important part of the update. We have some special guests with us this evening from KISS to talk about the Washington DC field trip. There we go. Uh, Mr. Tyer and I just wanted to take a few minutes to thank all of you. Uh, we are two weeks away from our third Washington DC trip. Um, and I brought a small slideshow. These are all pictures from kids uh that just took in previous trips. Uh, this is a this is probably our biggest field.
And now, because that they have transitioned from being consumers of technology to being creators and engineers, I'll let them introduce themselves to you. Hi, I'm Troy Beckenholdt, and I'm in fifth grade. Hi, I'm Emmett, and I'm in fifth grade. Hi, I'm Travis Miller, and I'm in fifth grade. Hi, I'm Trey Wessel, and I'm in fifth grade. Portrait of a Baron graduate in the practice. Our integrated projects don't just teach code, they develop the whole child. Each of these examples deliberately targets the the Baron graduate competencies, preparing students for success beyond our classrooms. In fourth our students became tour planners to bring their social studies standards to life. Using Ozobots, they navigated physical maps of Indiana to identify key landmarks and geographical regions. This wasn't just a lesson in locations, it was a lesson in logic. To reach their destination, students had to program simple sequences and loops.