There are also some additional pictures in there that we've we've done. These are the cooling towers that show the level of repair or disrepair on those cooling towers. You can see the rusting. You can see the calcification and the media that is on here and on the inside. The components are beyond their useful life. They cannot be cleaned. Any attempt to clean these will uh cause degradation. They will come apart. They're brittle and falling to pieces. The these cooling towers need to be repaired. >> This uh isn't necessarily an option. This isn't an add-on to our cooling system. These cooling towers are a vital part of our cooling system. In fact, they are the cooling system. So, from the months of say March when it gets warm all the way to the months of October, our school would be almost inhabitable because of how hot it would be because this tower is down.
We're already really heavy in attendance. We have an attendance committee meeting monthly where we discuss students who are struggling with their attendance and try to find them support in that and remove any barriers that they might have. And then the last characteristic, civic, financial and digital literacy, those are required courses for graduation. The four buckets how the accountability was designed with transparency, a finding a way to make it easier for parents to understand. So there's a lot on the back end of it, but when it's said and done, parents should be able to tell easily where these points come and how how successful their student's being. It is student centered. Over and over again, it it talks about the end sizes one. Every student brings points to this accountability model no matter what age and no matter what abilities. It's academic and skills focused. We talked about that a little bit, putting knowledge into motion.
So after each of the Ashley goals, Shrewsbury has quickly gotten another one. Ashley has not been able to get two in a row to this point in the game. >> [screaming] >> Draw control for Shrewsbury. O'Donnell with a good dodge but Ashley Forster is able to prevent her from getting into the critical scoring area. Shrewsbury content to work it around the outside until they can hit a cutter like they did just there. >> [cheering] >> That was number three Kennedy Lane. Good cut right through the middle. Able to get the pass. It was a good sharp pass and not a whole lot that Alana could do with that with the the pace of the shot and the quick connection. Another draw control for Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury working the ball on the outside. Sending cutters through. Sometimes they're covering those and a good job doing so that That was a foul on Ashley Forster.
This is called the bridge grant which we've also applied for. Um if we receive this grant it would help us to pay for and support our efforts to increase tier one supports um in in the classroom. Meaning support the teachers in their work helping students before the students have to leave the classroom to go and see an RTI teacher. Right? So it's trying to kind of hit it on the on the the ground floor. So we're hopeful that we're going to get that one. Uh under F1 there we have uh one field trip. That's YMCA the Pines. Under personnel we have three new hires. Uh we also have uh two resignations. One of them is Miss Lang who is retiring after 25 years of of service. So been been doing it for a long time so we will miss her. Uh item number three is to approve a mentor for one of our newer teachers in the building.
And this doesn't just serve a building. This particular cooling tower serves the entire main campus, all of that instructional area. >> Yeah. Here's the other cooling tower. This is on building 13. Uh you can see from the rust on this one and on the inside the rust that's evident, it is time for this tower to be replaced as well. Um and as Mr. Bosley has uh stated all of your systems, your HVAC systems in these building are what's called water source heat pumps, which means it has a compressor unit in there, but that compressor unit is cooled by the water and the energy and the heat that is displaced from these cooling towers. So if these don't operate, the air conditioning units in the room do not operate. So what this go ahead so this slide this slide is actually showing what we have done.
It's not just about academics, but what are the skills and experiences they can also provide and data driven using longitudinal data to prioritize what matters most of the future. And this just shows there were several Let's go to the next one. Thank you. Several focus groups. This is just It shows that what input they received from a job form and public comment. I know some people in this room probably commented on that. I know Dr. Johnson and I think Dr. or Mr. Roller, we were able to give input and previous models that they presented. So this just shows and if you look, educators are they gave quite a few input. Parents and families, community members, that's all that's representing there. And the key themes Go ahead, Sean. Thank you. Um in the stakeholders, it was very important that it was elevating knowledge, skills, and experience over and over um that contributes to student success, not just that academic side, but what else?
Giving Shrewsbury and Mika Welsh a free shot to go on Alana Duffy. Uh bounce shot but Alana was able to get a piece of that. However the ball will be maintained by Shrewsbury again as the closest player to the ball as it went out of bounds on a shot. Again another cutter into the middle. Alana Duffy there to stop that one but Shrewsbury is getting some good clean looks on their cuts. Julie Freeze now taking the ball up the field. It's batted down. Payton Tripp still able to get it back though but that Shrewsbury ride is very very tough in the middle of the field. That's a pass that Ashley was able to get but it was in the middle of three different players for Shrewsbury. Samantha Sayat up to Erin Hickey. That ball is batted down as well. Payton again able to collect it but making very difficult for Ashley to get up the field.
Item four is to approve a leave of absence. Uh, item five is to approve another teacher who is also going to be a volleyball club advisor from now until the the end of the semester here. Uh, item number six is to approve the submission of Ms. Sodders' contract to the county off of office of education for approval. Item seven is to approve the staff renewals as listed for next school year. And this that's what pretty much goes on and on and on and on here for about three and a half pages. And I'm done. Okay, to start, can I have a motion and a second to approve superintendent items A through G? I'll second it. Second.
Now, you might see an empty ceiling and you might see an open unit with a cover taken off. But what I actually will tell you I see is we use that room, we use that unit to make another unit work because finding parts for these units is virtually impossible. So, what I see is we made another unit work. And in that other picture, we're always working on units. So, yes, that cover is off. So what you see is only a sliver of what we deal with. That's actually a happy picture because I know that somebody else's room is working and a nonused room is now being utilized. >> Do you have an idea when these units were originally installed? 1998 was when a I would say about 90% of this campus including high school least multi-purpose junior high and high school main 1998 is 90% of these units sir >> and and what's the economic life of those units >> 15 years >> that's perh standards ashray standards will usually put a compressor unit between 8 and 12 years before you start doing repairs 15 years is end of life you guys They're well beyond that uh because of the good work of your maintenance staff keeping them alive.
Um the importance of prioritizing proficiency while encouraging improvement for all students through academic growth and skills. So making sure that parents understood that their child may be progressing, but maybe not proficient. Making that clear. Um and then three, the need for transparent simple accountability model that is meaningful to parents and provides schools a clear road map. And then the final draft. So these are the milestones and focus areas. Like we talked about earlier, K through 3 um is one one of the bands. This is essential for building blocks of literacy and math. And then as they move up, um foundational knowledge and skill development is the focus in grades 4 through 8. Knowledge and skill development and career engagement in 9 through 10. And then knowledge and skill development plus and credentials and experience. We talk a lot about on that one, diploma plus. The diploma that like it used to be, it's it's lost some of its value.
Payton Early guarded closely. Number one Payton McKenna pushes. Maggie McGinnis with the ball. Gets into the middle but warded off by Shrewsbury. Forster Early to Tripp. Hickey's got it behind the net. Reverses direction back to Tripp to Early. Payton Early broke free for a second on a cut. Ball not able to get there. Misconnection there. Tripp to McGinnis. McGinnis tried to bat it in after didn't quite connect. Ashley Forster doing a good job preventing Shrewsbury from getting a clean break. She got back very quickly on defense. Mika Welsh got the ball to Paige O'Donnell who tried to make a move but lost control of it. So Alana was able to scoop that up. Trying to clear the ball which saw in the first quarter isn't always as easy as it looks. Alana's being very patient but Shrewsbury is doing a very good job covering all the clockers.
Does anyone have any questions? I just had one question with the um the field trip. Would you Will there be parents on the buses with the teachers or just teachers on the buses? Parents >> Parents on the bus with the teachers. >> Okay, how do you decide what parents have to go on the bus and which ones? So essentially the way it was written in the regulation was that once we had enough parents on the bus, if someone Normally we get maybe two to three parents who say, "Can I just meet you guys there?" Yeah. And we tell them it's okay. Or more common is we have um our older students. So let's say the eighth grade trip. >> Mhm. The students have sports that evening. And so the parents say, "Well, hey, I'll go and then I'll just take my child home from that area." So it's typically not very many people who ask to do that.
>> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Here's another picture. I don't know if there's a laser pointer on there. The picture on the left, it's hard to see, but you can see the wires that are disconnected. And then you can see the box opening of the um the duct work. That's a whole unit that is missing completely. And that unit is missing completely because maintenance had to take that because the parts are unavailable for the other ones. So, they're having to scrap parts out of other areas of the building to get that. So, when the tour is being done, I encourage you to look and and uh see those open space. Anywhere you see that big section of duct work missing, there is a unit that is supposed to be there. Again, this is another picture of units missing. Um, and then you also have the controls that are that are hanging there.
We want a diploma plus something of credential and that's what that talk that is there. Um and the shift is just individual student. So every student matters. So when we're calculating points for this, there's two steps to it. One is the academic mastery that we've always had, our ILEARN, IREAD, that's side of it. But the next part is that additional points for other knowledge, skills, and experiences. And you also have this which will help in your um folder. And this is the new one-pager that explains where the points are coming from. And I think we've seen one of these before in a previous draft of this, but this will help explain. Um this include I don't know if anybody else wants to include multiple ways that students can demonstrate success as elevated by stakeholders, but it keeps the focus on reading, math in the early grades, and then work-based learning and credentials of values in in high school.
Alana was thinking about sending one really long. Didn't quite happen. Rips it out. Nice grab by Marseglia. Then she quickly got it over to Paige Tripp. So that was a good job. Into the middle for Maggie McGinnis. Comes in. Great stop. Shrewsbury that was a very clean look. Unfortunately for Ashley wasn't able to put it in the back of the net but Another cut into the middle. Lilly Vitti gets it. Not able to get the shot off. Was able to maintain maintain control. Pass went into the middle of a few different Colonial defenders. Not sure if there was a expecting to have a cut there that didn't happen but regardless Shrewsbury with the ball coming up the field. Fortunately that pass Fortunately for Ashley that pass didn't connect. That That was a pass and not a shot. So doesn't doesn't matter that Shrewsbury was closest to the ball.
Okay. So it's not like a lottery or selection process. If we need to adjust it after we see how it works for a year, we'll we'll do that. >> Okay. Good question. Any other questions? All right. Uh Mr. Golden? Yes. Ms. Allen? Yes. Mr. Phillips? Yes. >> Mr. Rowe? Yes. Ms. Selman? >> Yes. >> Ms. Giuliana? Yes. >> Ms. Soriano-Tang? >> Yes. >> And Mr. Davis? >> Yes. All right. I'm going to scroll through all these pages. All right. On to business and finance. Uh the financial report for March will be approved at our May meeting. It is done. So, when we meet in our finance committee, everything is up to date for March. I'm just waiting to get back to the the final treasurer's report from our treasurer. Um so, that March will be in May. Um which statutorily I have 60 days, so we are covered.
You can see that when you take a unit out, the way these controls operate is they run through daisy chain. And so when you take that unit out, you have to daisy chain it to get it by to keep your control system operating. And your control system is desperately in dire need of repair and replacement. I don't if you can speak more to the controls as well, but again, another picture of units that are that are missing and and being parted together as best as possible. Again, on the left, this is a unit that's missing. And it's very interesting. the unit on the right. This was new. This is a newer picture that that uh Mr. Bos Bosley showed me. This and it's hard to tell. If you're an HVAC mechanic, you can tell those white pipes. Those are not supposed to be white. Those are copper.
So calculating the grades, um it encourages schools to meet the individual grades of each student and then it's ensuring that students' unique knowledge, skills, and experience are transparently reflected on a school's accountability grade. Once again, every kid will get points and it's average of all the points generated by a student. So I think of it as if I'm in my classroom and I want to find the average test grade. It's all out of 100, every kid gets a grade, I find that average, that's my grade. It's the same concept here. So updates in um the final rule. The first one, the feedback on that they received was language development is found foundational to literacy. However, we also have students who are just learning English. And so we wanted to be sure to take that They wanted to be sure to take that into account. So IREAD still has the most points when when you're receiving points, but a student who has two or two years or less in the country country, sorry, can't earn points for WIDA, which is the assessment that they would take.
That's Ashley ball on the turnover. Alana quickly out over the head of Payton Tripp. Lilly Vitti was able to swat it back into bounds but unfortunately for Ashley, Shrewsbury able to collect it. Maggie McGinnis with a good check there and able to get the ground ball. so now she's sent Lilly Viti in. Shrewsbury gets back quickly. Lilly still able to get there, but got the shot off, but she did get fouled, so she's going to have a free position shot to goal with 2 minutes 32 seconds left here in the second quarter. That started with a turnover at the midfield and bounced it over the net. That will stay with Ashland Melone early, the closest one to the ball. Payton Muniz with a little shake and bake comes into the middle. She Look like she got hit a couple of times, but still able to get the shot off, and she scores.
Um A is to recommend some budget transfers. Um we have to move We aren't able to supply We weren't able to hire aides in district, so I'm moving money from those salary lines over to the Source for Teachers line because we're currently um getting staff through Source for Teachers. The second one is just to move from salaries to tuition. These were some unbudgeted uh contingency eligible tuitions. B is the um payment of the bills, which our finance committee reviewed and signed off on. Um C is to approve the March 2026 listing for Source for Teachers with the pay rates and the bill rates listed. Uh D is to approve the cafeteria disbursements for the month of March in the amount of $22,525.83. E is to approve our care disbursements for the month of March in the amount of $12,571.24. F is professional development for a couple of our staff members.