Uh to ground us in the data, the horizontal axis represents where students started in August and the vertical axis tracks where they stand today. Each blue dot represents an individual student's academic journey over the last eight months. Uh as we can see, the shift to an active vertical classroom isn't just about engagement, it's about quantifiable results. We're seeing a consistent upward trajectory across the board. By making thinking visible on those vertical surfaces, we've been able to identify gaps in real time, ensuring that every student, regardless of their starting point, achieves significant and measurable growth. Uh what this tells us is that growth is not localized with single demographic or high-achieving subgroup. Whether students start with a score of 600 or 1,200, the trajectory moves in the same direction, upward. This is the rising tide effect. Our institutional strategy is yielding consistent gains across our entire cohort.
Any questions comments? >> [clears throat] >> Hearing none all those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> I. Opposed same sign. Motion carries. Additional appropriation. Yeah, so last month we came to you with an appropriation for asbestos abatement. After we tried to submit that to Gateway they informed us it had to be in 14 days prior to that's a change in statute. I did send you an email on that. 14 days prior to board approval. So, part of this $500,000 is that $150,000 the other $350,000 and I I rounded my numbers of that is for the roof at the elementary school that I also sent the information email about. So, ask for a a $500,000 additional preparation out of rainy day fund. Okay. Hearing the explanation, I'll entertain a motion to approve the additional appropriation out of rainy day fund of $500,000. So moved.
We have turf fields that have not been replaced, need to be replaced. Um, these are all outside of the operations. Um, and how do how are we going to fix that? It's a delicate balance to ask for more money. I get it. Um and and the schools are saying, "Hey, we've operated at such a low um per pupil cost and we're in the bottom 5% of the state in our per pupil expenditures, but yet we produce pretty high, right? Our our students coming out of the high school we notice are are getting into topnotch uh schools. um they're being very successful. Uh but what we spend per pupil is really low. Uh and it's so it's a catch 22 for a community like, "Hey, you're doing great. You don't need any more money." I get that argument, too. I understand it. Um you know, just couple towns over uh read the papers, Grafton.
>> You have it for 25 years. Um and um it's all operated by username and password. So you can give it and take it away those username and passwords as much as you want to. >> Okay. >> It's the greatest way to do this that you can imagine. >> Okay. Awesome. All right, Brad, you answered my question. I'll be in touch. >> The other question that will come up is this thing is all operable and it's all using cell phone technology. >> Okay. There is no lovely cell phone fee or anything like that. >> Okay. >> The way I would describe that to you is that if you want to know what cell phone company to use in your town, call me. I can tell you. >> Okay. Okay. Awesome. >> So they can pick a network that's going to be reliable here. >> Sounds like it.
just that we're going to laugh a lot. >> So, we're excited about the fact that we're actually going to be entertained. >> So, we're curious. We're curious. Can't wait. >> Okay. Awesome. Well, that's really all we have for you guys. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> So, in case you haven't started a gun in here already, we should like >> I don't think we're just like that. >> Okay. Oh dear, it's great. David did something recently. I think he sent me a music video for a band that was really good. >> Yeah, I So cool you came out. There's a lot of fun stuff like bloopers. Yeah. the program last. >> All right, tell me what >> two. Is that heaven? Heaven. Hello. Hello. Come in. Come in. Come in. Come in. Hello, Heaven. Oh my goodness. My queen. How are you? >> I'm doing good.
I mean they serve all the families there, not just not one to one, but they're serving all the families. One of those mentors is a tutor for your children. So while they're going to school, they have extra support with their academic work because you're obviously very busy working and going to school. And the other one is a mentor for you as someone who's trying to advance your career, right? So really, I mean, like this just sung to me when it came out and there was a lot of resistance to getting this project done. the neighborhood that it's in was against it. Um because they were worried about, you know, what kind of people would move into this apartment complex, right? Yeah. No, I'm afraid of the people who want to go back to school like and learn how to do like awesome things to support society, right?
Crucially, nearly every data point is higher on the vertical axis than its corresponding position on the horizontal axis. For instance, students who began the 600-800 range in August are now predominantly scoring in the 900-1,100 range. In many cases, this represents nearly two years' worth of scale score growth compressed into a single academic year. In summary, this data confirms that our math initiative is achieving its primary goal, sustainable, scalable, and visual mastery. Uh in this video that's coming up, um it's going to be showing me in my AP calculus class where we're discussing applications of integration. All right. Hey, I am Kevin Struble. I am the math department chairperson over at Maricopa High School, and this is my calculus AB class. It was a It was a new concept for them, integrating when we just have like a known cross-section, and I'm going to walk them through how to do an example from start to finish, uh talk about finding our cross-section, how it looks, making sure they understand why the math behind it's going on, how we're like taking pieces of paper, which are thin, but as we start to stack pieces of paper together, we get a thickness.
Second? Second. Any questions or comments on that transfer? Hearing none, [snorts] since it is a large amount and it is a resolution, we will roll call this, please. Montana. Steve Shevlin. Yes. Greg Bevington. Yes. Rex Baxter Smith. Yes. Alan Wilson. >> Yes. Ken White. Yes. Andrew Adams. >> Yes. Robert Bain. Yes. >> [cough] [clears throat] >> Motion carries. All righty. 8.6 classified personnel handbook. I shared with [clears throat] you a couple of 3 weeks ago the red line classified handbook. Hopefully that was enough enough time to to take a look at that. Pretty minimal changes. Some changes because the state board of accounts said we had to make them in those ranges. But but pretty minimal. Also the mirror what we we did in the in the A agreement because we approved this last time before we did the NEA agreement. So, ask for your approval of classified handbook as presented.
Um they're looking for an override. Uh and they're in the same situation. They're actually a really high quality school system. They're in the bottom 2% of per pupil expenditures and and they're saying, "Listen, we can't sustain this over time. It's just not sustainable. You have to pass an override at some point uh in order to to level u the the revenue stream." So, >> well, thank you so much for your time, uh, Superintendent Jim Adams, Ash Public Schools. Um, any any final thoughts uh before we sign off? >> No, I I think again I I do want to reiterate I I get it. I I get how hard it is and how difficult it is to ask a community for for more money um than taxpayers. I I do uh as much as people want to say the economy is booming, it's not booming, right?
>> Okay. Okay. Brad, you're the man. I'll be in touch. Thank you, sir. >> Thank you, sir. Byebye. >> That was my followup question. Y perfect. There's no way they got that before. Hey Bobby. >> Yes, ma'am. >> On the budget that numbers that you have out there, >> right? >> Do you are you including like the gym refinishing and all of that that we've already kind of got >> that's already been encumbered out of the budget? Um because the minute that we approve those, we already take those out. So, we maybe have not paid them yet, but they're taken out of out of the out of the budget as is as we've already paid them. That way, our numbers is updated as possible, you know, whenever we're talking about some of these things. Does that make sense? >> Yeah. So, this number that you've given us includes all that.
How are you? >> We're doing great. Great. Better than ever. So, Heaven, your film festival project last year got a lot of hype. People said it was really good. How are you feeling about this ones? >> I'm feeling great. I'm feeling like I got double trouble on my hands over here. >> Oh. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. >> Okay. Heaven, can you give us a little kind of a walk through of the process through your project? Cuz we know it took a lot of work. >> You know, sometimes you are asleep in your bed in the middle of the night and you just wake up and you think this is what I'm going to do. And that's what this is. >> Wow. >> That's what this is. >> Oh yeah. Oh yeah. >> This is guys, I said I want to make history and here we are.
Um so, so there was a lot of opposition and um it's I stepped into the space to help support this project. This is how long this has been in process. back when I was CFO here with the district, they were looking for people who might be willing to speak up. And um so I I had the the honor to be able to go to a number of city zoning meetings to speak on their behalf. Those of you who've been around a long time might remember Matt Jwitt. He sits on one of those boards. So it was really cool cuz I was like, "Oh, there's Matt. I've got one vote." I know, right? Um, and then uh and then even to go to the Phoenix City Council a couple times and try to advocate to make sure that this project comes through. So, I'm obviously very supportive of it and very excited that it's come to be a reality.
So, we go from that thin area to a thickness, which is a volume. Um so, walk through entire problem for them, and then I flip my slideshow, and there's a problem for them to try, and then they're going off to their vertical whiteboards. So, this is our our thinking classroom in action, where now the kids are are doing hands-on, but they're also uh paired up. They can look around the room and see what others are doing if they've got stuck, and they can confirm that what they're doing is right. What the thinking classroom allows me to do, though, is that constant formative assessment. Like, oh, are they getting the thing or do I need to pull them back to whiteboard? So, there's been days when I've been been watching them work, and I've I've gotten one or two groups suddenly we've getting the same error.
So moved. And then that's [laughter] where you got it. I fired away. So, [laughter] when I asked for You got somewhere to go? >> [laughter] >> Entertain a motion now, Grady? Yes. >> [laughter] >> Second. Okay.
Folks are feeling uh the pressures uh whether it's at the gas pump or at the grocery store still. We are. I'm one of them. I get it. Um, however, I do believe that if we don't take action now, we will see significant hurt and compromise to our education system in the next 3 to 5 years. We just will. Um, it may take a year before any reductions are impacted and the community members say, "Hey, we need this back." But that's going to come at a cost at a greater cost, right? I mean, if if I I tried to figure out exactly what another override would cost the community if we don't pass it now, it's upwards of $5 million because if we didn't pass this year, the 2.75, and we have to spend the additional money out of our revolving accounts, we still have to replenish those revolving accounts, right, eventually.
>> It does. Yep. It's already out. >> Yep. >> Okay. Oh, why do that? Sorry. the wrong button. >> Oh, other question I had. Okay. So, the game day and the tech line specify demolition and removal of the old holes, but I didn't see that list. >> Yeah. So, so that was something that we talked about with Midwest Energy. Midwest Energy is going to come out and um take the old poles out. Okay. What they're going to do is they're going to they're going to set them to the side. We might have somebody that would maybe want those that we wouldn't have to pay a dump charge fee to maybe um >> to take them out and use them on the farm or or something like that. So, that's not something that we're going to have an issue where it's not an issue. It's not something we're going to have to worry about.
>> Here we are. We're making history. >> Of course. Of course. You can only expect that from Heaven. She's awesome. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Heaven, do you want to maybe talk to us about what inspired this film? I know last year's film was inspired by I believe in Unicorns, I think you said. >> What was the inspo behind this one? >> A song. Let's start when it starts with >> Can you tell us what song? >> Uh, no. >> Oh, okay. Well, a blow to the chest. Oh, it hurts. It hurts. It hurts. >> Robert. Oh, look. Would you want to hop in here? Oh my god. Double trouble. >> Oh, what's quadruple trouble? >> I didn't even know that could happen. >> Oh my goodness. So rare. Sorry. I'll see you later. >> Okay. Goodbye, Heaven. We'll miss you. Thank you. >> See you.
the building is built and that's why we're having a grand opening. And that's also the reason I'm running away because selfishly I just want to I want to see them open it because it's been I think close to 5 years that this has been worked on um to make this dream become a reality and I'm very hopeful that it's something that's very supportive to our community. So I have probably taken way too much time at this point and I apologize but um thank you for letting me share that. Yeah. Yeah. Awesome. I'm going to give it back to you, Alexis. And man, my voice just will not work today. And get the heck out of dodge. >> Thank you uh for sharing your words of wisdom. I agree that with uh great power comes great responsibility. I've often used that quote myself and I don't think it's selfish for you to go and support uh what sounds like a awesome opportunity for for folks in the Kraton district and even possibly Kraton employees.
I'll pause everybody, we'll focus them on the whiteboard, and I'll quick do a reteach on that concept that everyone seems to be getting wrong, so that way I can send them back loose with that corrected information. We We are in some cases reteaching to our peers, in some case asking help from peers or or for me, and then my job at this point now is to to walk back around, take a look at what they're doing cuz I can like literally see what they're thinking as they write it on the whiteboard, and then offer them suggestions or or redirect them to try something else if they're not on the right path. Some uh student testimonials here talking about what they feel is um their benefit from the vertical whiteboards, the thinking classrooms. Um the biggest victory that I've seen, though, is with student engagement, which has grown significantly.
Any questions or comments on the classified personnel handbook? The section 32 insurance that was largely edited. Are those It was fairly simple I think before. This is adding definition where it was missing. Yeah, and it's it's it's more to mirror what the NEA handbook states. So, instead of having you know, different language in different places. These dollar values are already in the NEA. >> Correct. >> Right. Okay, understood. Thank you. Any [clears throat] other questions?