Um so, if they're if you're here, just like raise your hand, please. Um Miley Birch, Gretchen Hazelhorse, uh Adrian Harris, Leo Popovich, Kate Wills, Pierre Brown, Joseph Conyers, Brady Dillon, M Dow, um Camilla Oh, no. Roast Roast Road Rodan, and Miles Price. So, that's the people. >> [applause] >> Okay, cool. >> [laughter] >> We need to ask her about the short film about >> Great job. Will we be able to get a copy of the short film? >> Yes, we will get you a copy of the film. I think we did that last year, too. So, we'll make sure we do that again. All right, next up I'm going to introduce um our head varsity cheer coach, Shannon Lahey. Um we have two of our athletes who qualified for All-State, and so we're going to be celebrating them now. I'm going to turn it over to Shannon.
Does he have any idea how much that is? Probably not at this time. Um, they are working with different um, groups in the state trying to figure out that impact on the schools and stuff in different schools. So, that's something we might want to talk about having them, you know, evaluate our because there's really no way for I can't figure that out. No. So. Um, What we're seeing school corporations claiming they're going to be losing a $10 million or whatever. Do they know or are they just kind of assuming? Well, so that's on the operations and we'll get to that. Um, because that SEA 1 bill, it mainly affects I mean, it it does. It only affects operations. But, see, our local income tax, we decided back because before you could spread the local income tax over all the funds or before you had to.
Lots of excitement around this, but tickets are now on sale. So, we've posted that. We'll keep posting that to remind people that they can come and see uh these terrific actors and then all of course of the behind-the-scenes crew and the orchestra performing June 11th through June 14th. So, we're definitely looking forward to that. Want to lift this. You've heard us talk about this before. Our Academy of Science and Medicine uh senior research projects. These are college-level research projects. Um their presentations uh the formality of those when they go through all of the research. This isn't just students working on this for a week. They've been spending months on this, those uh students that are enrolled in our ASM program. Um and they're working with community partners in healthcare. Uh they have mentors that are part of this. And when they actually do the presentation, I happen to be fortunate enough to attend some of those this year.
We're going to give you guys one of the problems they got. So, so what happens is they give you a problem and they read it out loud and they give you a set amount of time to work with your group. And uh when it's all said and done, you fill out uh the little piece of paper, circle what you think the answer is, and that is how they score you. So, we're going to put you guys in the firing ring like they did. So, what they do is they go They sit the kids down and they go, "Okay, you may turn your paper over. You have 60 seconds for the following question." Yeah. cheating Dr. Brown, we're looking at somebody else's paper. And as you're doing it, the gym is full of people. You have little babies crying. You have moms and dads yelling at them, "Oh, there's my baby." So, they're working during all of this.
So the process we have to make sure that we support all students uh wherever we have to meet them where they're at, support them where they're at, provide them services if needed. So when students register into Ammeris um at the family center at the registister's office um families caregivers they fill out a form a Google form or it could be paper or online and that form has a lot of information on it. Now one of the questions that they ask is um do they speak another language? There's a series of questions. So it could be does the student speak another language? Do uh what language is predominantly spoken at home? Do they have grandparents that speak another language? Because that is a factor as well. Did they come from another country? Um when that get any of those choices, um their names get placed into a spreadsheet and that's a live spreadsheet.
Public comment is limited to 3 minutes per speaker. Comments must be limited to the Wetlands Protection Act, Ashland Wetlands Protection Bylaw, or Ashland Stormwater Management Bylaw. Questions and comments not related to the commission's jurisdiction will not be accepted. During the meeting, the host, Becca Solomon, our Ashland Conservation Commission agent, will monitor the participants for raised hands and will be recording the names and addresses of commenters. Signing of documents will occur during the week after the conclusion of the meeting. It's now 7:04, and when the the clock strikes 7:05, I will introduce our one and only scheduled hearing. It's now 7:05, and our scheduled hearing, notice of intent 10 to May 10 to 60 Main Street, map 14, parcel 128, SLV Ashland LLC, care of Lucas Environmental LLC, DEP file number 95-1018. So, this it's our understanding that the applicant is requesting a continuance until May 18th at 7:05 p.m.
And just just before we um not on purpose but torture our recipients just for another minute to stand here before the photo, I just like to mention that there were many folks across the district who were nominated and I'd mentioned their I'll mention their names. Cody Budro, Dana Ducet, Hilda Borgis, Jenny Maderos, Jenna Oliver, Jennifer Fitton, Jess Lassie, Kelly Dwart, Melissa Pickering, Paula Trip, Rachel Lassie, Sandra Reposo, Sher HooL, Stephanie Church, and Sue Yubber. So those are all of the folks across the district who were also nominated for the Green Apple Award. And this is something we look forward to being doing for to continue doing on a on a regular basis. So, thank you again. And now we'll take a picture and let them off the hook for the night. So, thank you. >> So, we'll just do you want >> Do we want to get up?
And Cheres This time Cheres will try to run the ball over the restraining line. She gets the ball over to King. King gets the ball over the restraining line, flings it flicks it in to him. Giovanni. Giovanni still with the ball up on top. She tries to go by Whitwer. Spartans get called for penalty and Giovanni will be getting herself an 8-m attempt. Giovanni turns around, fires it in there and Julia Gray there to make the stop. Kylie Marino comes up with it. Gets knocked loose. Marino still picks pick gets it up. Gets the ball over to Gray. Gray gets the ball over to Mac Whitwer. And Mac Whitwer will make a headway. Go through all of Agawam, gets the ball over the restraining line. Nobody stepping to her. Goes through one, two, get herself some shooting space and Mac Whitwer will have an 8-m attempt.
So, I make a note at the end of it what needs to be added to the agenda, what items were requested. When Dr. Soltero and I meet to plan the meetings, the first thing I do is pull this out and go back to that page and list off any of the that are there. Um I know in this particular instance, it was uh the request was to hear from the booster club on football field ideas. And Dr. Soltero and I discussed it and came to the conclusion that there really wasn't a way to discuss grants that would require the matching funds for opening up part of the campus to the public without also including discussions on the school budget and skip receipt. So, a request was made by Mr. that if a change, even one as minor as that, is made into a request, that I got Dr.
So, it's costing us more money. >> Is that why they give us more money? >> It Yeah, you're exactly right, Mr. It does. It does cost more money to service the students. So the state does recognize that and gives you more money. Um so identifying those students is very important through that process through the IEP process and um making sure they're classified correctly um in your student information system which I believe all us is powers school um is very important in the grand scheme of the the way the budget works because they're they're identified correctly the state sees that they're identified that way you get the funding to support those those students and so Um you can see how that uh relates to the calculation in terms of the revenue control limit which basically takes the base level amount times the weighted ADM and you get your your baseline um funding from the state.
So let's jump right in unless we have any questions or thoughts before we get going. We're going to start with completing a time use evaluation. >> Okay, perfect. >> Yeah. All right. Does anyone happen to have a document in front of them which I know President Cario, you have been reading from it from time to time, the effective gold monitoring document. Do you have that in front of you by any chance? >> Yes. >> Yeah. Um, Miss Huades, I'm not sure if these were emailed to Miss Gibson McClean since she's not present. If if Are we able to email them to her, please? >> Yes, I already >> Okay, awesome. >> Okay, thank you. >> Good. We'll have that one handy. The main one I want you to go to is the one that should be in front of you that I did see up there.
>> [applause] >> I am Shannon Lahey. I'm the head coach at DGS, and we are very thrilled because last season um was a record-breaking season for Downers Grove South cheerleading. Um we received the highest score ever in cheer history at DGS. Um and we were the first all-girl team to make it down to state, um ending up in the top 25 of the state out of 90 teams. So, we were very excited about that. Um but we are more excited to celebrate um two of our athletes um as they were recognized as All-State athletes. Um Olivia Rodriguez, who cannot be here tonight cuz she's currently competing um, in Orlando for her All-State team, and Jada Mixon. Um, and in order to be selected as the All-State team, you really have to be the best of the best, and you have to show the highest caliber of skills in stunting, tumbling, and jumps.
And then it became an option that you could put it how you wanted to allocate it. And back when, obviously, because the education fund has always been overspending, that we decided to put all of the local income tax into the education fund to help support it. So, none of the local income tax that actually comes as local income tax is deposited into operations fund at this time. It's all deposited into the education. But, when I was talking to Brock um about that and some other things, he mentioned that there is like a some kind of portion of the local income tax that's included into the property taxes of how it's all figured. And so, um but it's not called that. It's not called local income tax. But, this taking the local income tax away apparently has a negative effect on the property taxes also. So, these These right here that she projected is the education fund, which is basically money from the students going to the teaching company.
We actually had lots of media coverage around this as well because they're presenting not just to their classmates, to their teachers, to their mentors in healthcare that have been working with them, but also their families are attend uh in attendance, which that was really exciting uh to see. Even grandparents there to see these students presenting. Uh but definitely setting them up for a successful future at the college level when they're able to do this. So, kudos to everyone involved. Lots of work goes into that. Lights are on for uh Bosse Bulldog baseball. I know several of you got to be at the dedication for that. So, nice group picture and a great way to support these high school athletes so that they'll be able to play under the lights. So, lots of excitement as well around this and thanks to those of you that were able to be there for that and I know Dr.
And then you get a ding, "Pencils down." And Walker going to explain how we answered this problem. So, what I did to answer this problem, it said he bought a bike it usually cost $250. But, it's currently off 30% and he also has a coupon that takes off $25. So, what I did is I first found what was 10% of um $250, which that's 25. But, I didn't need 10%. I needed 30. So, I multiplied 20 um 5 * 3 giving me 75. And then I subtracted 250 - 75 giving me 175. And then I took the $20 off giving me 155 making the answer A. And he is correct. How many questions we got right? Um there were 32 total questions. Um the team that came in first in the state only got 28 of them right. So, um you know, we we talk a lot about like it's a great opportunity for these guys to see questions that they haven't even learned yet.
So for example, I I received like six today just alone. Um and >> registration time, >> the registration time. And um as I get that information, I need to be able to identify whether that student is an ELLL student >> um or they're not. And we do that by testing. So we give them the WEDA screener. >> And the WEDA screener um we test them in the four domains, reading, speaking, listening, and writing. And that test will determine whether that student is proficient in English. And if they're not, then we have to determine how many minutes of services uh or service do they receive a day in order to reach proficiency in English. >> And so we do that K6 and the region. >> Yes. K6 and the region. All students. >> So when students are identified as needing services or minutes in each day, how how do we what services are they eligible to receive and what does it look like?
Yeah. Do we want to explain why? Yeah. I'm going to. All right. I'll now turn the microphone over to the vice chair, Carl Hakansson. Thanks, Greg. At this is the fourth hearing for 10 to 60 Main Street, which most of you probably know is the 40B project for the mills across the street from Town Hall here. Um at the third hearing, um we uh requested some material from the applicants. Uh [snorts] we we did request a soil management plan uh uh in lieu of uh them not filing a RAM report until the end of this process. We needed something to review the contamination uh at the site because that was what we decided to discuss first of all. So, uh technically, we did uh uh ask for a soil management plan. Uh what we received was a what we thought was a generic uh soil management plan.
>> Yeah. >> We're never good at pictures. So, sorry for you. We just don't seem to know what we're doing. This is for the committee. >> This way. You >> Oh, okay. This is for the committee. to take a photo. >> I think John and Mary should stand up room over there to get by. >> We definitely are not good at picture taking. >> Yeah, that's right. >> Congratulations everyone. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you so much. Thank you guys. >> Thank you again. >> Okay, >> thank you. Have a great night. >> Okay, moving on. I'm looking for a motion to approve the regular session minutes of April 13, 2026. >> So move second. >> Motion by Mr. Noun, second by Mr. Oliver. >> We don't take a vote on that one. >> Vote.
Mac Whitwer 8-m attempt. Mac runs it in, goes low this time. Gets her second goal of the game, puts the Spartans up three nothing. Number 12 >> Marino versus Giovanni on the draw this time. Spartans changing it up a little bit. False start on Giovanni and Kylie Marino comes up with it. Quickly getting the ball over the restraining line. Nobody stepping to her. Pulls back, gets the ball over to McKechnie tries to find a seam. Nothing there. McKechnie goes around. Still nothing. Flips it over to Whitworth. Nice grab by Whitworth. And Mack will get herself another 8-m attempt. Mack goes in, goes around the defender, turns around all the way around, gets herself quick hat trick. The Spartans are up four nothing. 7:10 to go in the first quarter. Yarmouth defense seeming to have a little bit of a tough time getting a That's four penalties on them.
Salter and called the board member who made that request and let them know what had happened, which I know >> [laughter] >> what you're saying. What have you been doing? >> Yeah, that happened in the past. I didn't do it with that that one because to me those two issues they couldn't be separated out. Yeah, I do like with you and with a couple others I called and said, "Hey, we changed what you wanted, is this okay?" Or "Hey, is it okay with you if we put it on the next week?" So, that's the procedure. Um and if anybody wants me to change any further, shoot me an email. So, the only thing that I would add to what you're saying is the the president of the board is not the gatekeeper of the agenda. Okay. And you don't ever want to get to the point where you become the gatekeeper of the Yeah, yeah.