The portrait of a graduate approach runs deep in my classroom. I've devoted myself to helping our youngest learners fall in love with school and feel connected to the BPS community from day one. I've built strong relationships with students, families, and colleagues creating a classroom where high expectations are met with trust and support. I prioritized learning the district's curriculum and actively used it alongside data to guide my instruction. When Panorama data showed a lack of sense of belonging, I responded with school-wide activities that strengthen both community and kindergarten curriculum. When social emotional needs were high, I collaborated with our social worker to implement targeted support. With full-day kindergarten approaching, I've been working toward my provisional teaching license. For 6 months, it was understood by myself, my team, and my principal that I was preparing to step into a kindergarten teaching role. I've invested significant time, money, and resources preparing for what I believed would be a long-term career in BPS.
So moved. Second. I'll second. Second by Dr. Hall. No, um You Motion. >> Motion. Seconded. And then second was Bill. Moved by Dr. Hall, second. >> Sorry, Mr. Sawalesh. It's okay.
And so, he's said he's very willing to sit down and meet with Anthony at any time and to come back and, you know, have conversations with him and discuss that moving forward. So, it's similar as far as um when another teacher would leave from a general classroom or like a content area classroom, they would leave their curriculum map, and they would leave their resources behind, and they would have other grade level um teachers to help with that transition as well. So, in this case, it's going to be the band boosters, it's going to be Mrs. Mosby, and then also Noah coming back as well. Thank you. All right.
I know our board members probably remember a group of softball parents that came in and expressed expressed some concerns about the facilities at the softball field and we have done an amazing job here at the district answering those concerns. We put in ADA ADA sidewalks and concrete for for our parents and and student athletes and students as well to have easier access to the facilities. Where those old wooden telephone poles that were out there for years. We just put this new batting cage up this this spring at at the softball field and that we will paint those poles. They got a little red primer on them but we will be doing some painting and to jazz them up and we also are getting some turf for the concrete. That has not arrived yet. But nice update there. We also did There's our nice crooked pole.
So, I just put a footnote down here on row 20. Um, and there are other expenditures in that 53,000 series of accounts. Um, but they're relating to Kelly Services, uh, the Stepping Stones Group and Nurses Network. Um, just really briefly, nursing network. We have a set of nurses for our various locations, and it's it's kind of hard to fill some of those positions. So we use an outside agency to help uh backfill so that there is uh nursing services available. The stepping stones group is uh for special education. So again those uh pair of professionals in the special education area that can't be filled or having a hard time filling them or backfilling positions, we reach out to a third party. That's a stepping stones group. And then Kelly Services, you'll hear us talk about it. Uh so Kelly Services is our um a third party company that we use to uh for substitutes.
Yeah, some of some of it may be captured, but when we get to the end for questions, any questions that haven't been answered, please feel free to ask them. The team did spend time, you know, being prepared to respond to them. We just weren't able to get the responses put together in time to include it in the slide deck. Okay. Okay, this slide illustrates that Sankey graph, which shows the movement between the different grade bands. And what we just wanted to highlight here is that we can see that 24 students increased in their oral reading fluency. So, that's where we can see the students, for example, if you look at that red band, you can see some students popping into the orange band, and um you even see a few students who go from red into green. We also note that 425 students remained in the same proficiency band, and 20 students decreased in proficiency, and that's where you see some of the downward movement.
In January, I was told I would not be hired because the elementary principals do not support hiring a provisional license. However, Storm's principal supports my hiring, and AGS currently employs a third-grade teacher with a provisional license. Additionally, my dismissal letter cited that my dismissal was due to a reduction in staffing. Yet, there is currently multiple open kindergarten positions, including one at Storm. This inequity and inconsistency is difficult for me to understand. A former parent recently asked me how she could request me as her child's teacher for next year. A letter of recommendation from a former parent stated, "I feel utterly blessed that my child was able to experience kindergarten with a teacher who incorporates her heart and soul into everything she does. Her dedication to her students, passion for the curriculum, and drive to make learning fun and accessible for all is the heart and soul of kindergarten." I'm not asking you for an opportunity.
Um Any questions or comments? And I just want to ensure that all the board members did receive the letter Mhm. Yeah. of resignation from Uh our vice president at this week. And I just want to just say I I thought Alex uh was doing an excellent job. I know his his job was taking him Uh to some extraordinary measures that prohibited him from doing the things that he would like to have done. So, thank you, Alex, for all you did in that position as vice president. I really appreciate And he's still staying on the board. >> That is correct. Yeah, he has no intentions of moving leaving the board. He's going to do whatever he could in the board member capacity until things may change with his employment. So. We thank Alex for his service as the board vice president. Any other questions or comments on that?
Any questions? So, I'll entertain a motion to accept the new band director. Somebody second that. All in favor? I. Uh next on the agenda is summer school staff. In your board packet, you had two names, but I'm only going to be presenting one tonight. Um one of them was not able to do summer school with us, so tonight I am recommending that Laren Nett be um approved to teach summer school at her hourly rate based on her master teacher contract. We are still looking for another teacher to fill the other summer school position that we have. We started summer school again last school year. We are required by law now for any student who is at risk coming out of second grade to not pass I Read in third grade that they be offered the opportunity to attend. We also have to offer summer school for any student who did not pass I Read in third grade.
It's not a great picture on the right but it was hard to get you know, how do you take a picture of a light pole? >> [laughter] >> But we have all new Musco lighting out there. It's been in use. We're very happy with it. It's very bright. I was a little concerned about the positioning. Why why isn't there anything in the middle of the field? But it it's They know what they're doing. They they they set it up very nice. So the lighting is there. We also have new fencing at the softball facility and there's kind of a before and after of the press boxes and the siding kind of falling off and leaks in the roof in the press box and a good partnership with FCI. FCI actually donated the labor on that job. So all we had to do was buy the materials for that.
So if there are call call outs in the morning for either um teachers or par educators, Kelly services will jump in there. Um and those three combined that overage is about $2 million. So when you add that 2 million back to the 4.6 we see here, that's the number in the financial statements that you'll see.
The very faint green line that you see from the top left. Thank you, Dr. Pombo. Um that again illustrates that the student did not take the assessment. So, it's not that they had a complete nose dive, it's that that student did not complete that assessment. Uh a feature in EduClimber is the ability to create thresholds for academic growth. We mentioned that briefly during our math presentation. And utilizing that tool, we are able to help identify what we're calling focus students. And these are our students that um are real close to making that movement into that next band. And um in working with our leaders, helping our teachers to understand who our focus students are, we can help to maintain the rate of proficiency and increase to help um increase the movement between those bands. While we do strive for proficiency for all of our students, again to meet this goal, we would need to ensure that 54 students show growth in their proficiency to achieve proficiency.
I've already proven I can do this job. I'm asking you to recognize it. >> Hi, my name is Jessica Rivera. I'm a parent in the district and currently an elementary interventionist. On March 20, 20th, word began to circulate that BPS was going to dramatically change the supports we provide some of our most at-risk children and academically vulnerable students with the cutting or eliminating of our district elementary interventionists. Um, five out of the six elementary school interventionists were going to be cut.
If not, roll call, please, Madam Secretary. Dr. Hall. I. Mr. Sawalesh. >> I. Ms. Venegas. I. Ms. Woolfolk. >> I. So, I just number says an I. Mr. Gallegos. I. Mr. Brown. I. Motion carried. Okay. All right. Oh, the resignation of secretary now. There we go. Okay. All right. Moving on. Number eight, actual report number B uh Bravo Board of Education number one reorganization of the board that is B Bravo. I like a motion to approve the resignation of our our board Madam Secretary. Moved. Moved by Bill. Second. Second by Dr. Hall.
And if any of those students who opt not to attend where they wouldn't have a satisfactory attendance rate as set by the state, then we have to put an individualized reading plan in place for each of those students as well. And so, again, last year was our first year of bringing back summer school. Um they want small group setting. One to six, one to seven is a good ratio um from research standards for that. And so, that's why we employed two positions last year. We have similar numbers this year. So, again, we're looking to fill that second position, but tonight I would like to go ahead and get Laren Nett approved to be able to teach summer school. And then we will have another board meeting prior to summer school for me to be able to bring another name for the second position.
So just looks really great over there and again softball I think JV's got a game tonight. So all these facilities in use. Tennis another facility that came in same time as the football field on that project and >> [clears throat] >> 10 courts which is excellent back to back right there and we have a tennis match tonight. So I'll try to go quick cuz I think we have some parents here that want to go watch their kids play tennis and the and the I think the rain's going north. I so I think we're good. So that facility in use it's been around for a while but beautiful facility there. Over to the middle school. I was I've been at the middle school I've been here I think this is my 13th year and we had this two-tone grayish brown on the siding and it's all nice and black.
um the the $6 million number and then I will talk about the other two, but I didn't know if we wanted to stop here or if anyone had any any questions on this portion.
Is there something um specifically different that you do with the students? Like once you have identified the students that are closest to their growth, what like an example? I'm not saying you have to go into depth of what you're doing, but what's an example of something differently that you're doing that may get them to that finish line. Well, I'll highlight a little bit of the tag team. So, this is really a tag team goal with our literacy team. Because what we know is it's not just going to happen in the targeted instruction time, that pull out of the 1-hour or the 2-hour model, but when we are thinking about oral reading fluency, we're looking at what's happening during literacy instruction within the classroom as well. And so, our literacy coaches have been really keen in the primary grades looking at the data and working with teachers and making sure that we are utilizing our resources to help build that capacity.
This news had a blindsiding effect as none of the current interventionists had been invited to any discussion with senior administration as to how, when, and why these cuts were being proposed or the ramifications that these cuts might have on programs, staff, and ultimately our students. In the short time to address you tonight, I thought it might be helpful to make sure that you all have a common understanding of our tiered MTSS support system that we follow here in Batavia. And the roles that interventionists serve at all of these levels. Students are grouped into four tiers of instructional support based on the district and classroom assessment performances and this is reevaluated three times a year as new assessment data is collected. The tiers are simply known as tier three, tier two, tier one, and tier zero. They are categorized based on percentage scores of these assessments.
Any questions or comments? Again, I would like to say that we have had a tremendous success with with Jamie as board secretary. She came in she wasn't asking Sheryl for many cars because she messed stuff like I did when I was board secretary. So, she came in and filled a gap and she carried the flag. So, good job board secretary Madam Secretary. I'm going to miss saying that to you. Thank you and it's been my pleasure. I have a question. And and >> Well, no it's not but I'm not going anywhere. I'm just >> but it's just it's the position >> Right. >> Yeah. But again it's to and and again she did not uh resign the position because she did not like it. It's on the contrary. She loved it and she's positioned herself to even add that much more fuel to our dynamic board.