The committee um needs to take a vote on the last day of school for the 202526 academic year which um the last day is Tuesday, June 23rd. Excuse me. This date takes into account the seven cancellations January 26th and 27th and February uh 23rd through 27th.
Mac Whitmer getting herself an 8-m attempt. Mac runs it in, turns around, fakes left and gets herself her fifth goal of the game. Put the Spartans back up 9-3 with 8:16 left in the second quarter. >> Mack Whitwer's 65th goal on the season. Next highest is Raymond from Mount Greylock at 52. Mack has leading all Western Mass scores pretty uh a pretty large sum as every single night she keeps adding to that. Pellegrino up on the draw gets it up to Mack Whitwer. Mack Whitwer gets the ball over the restraining line and looks to set up the Spartans offense. Gets the ball over to Sand. Sand over to Mary Devoy to Pellegrino. To Crimmins behind the net to Pelletier. Over to Illingsworth. Back over to Whitwer. Whitwer over to Devoy. Over to Pellegrino. Pellegrino all the way over to Mack Whitwer. Mack Whitwer looking for some some cutters.
I will just put another chunk of of policies together and then in July it'll be another chunk until we get through all 500 450 pages instead of just throwing all 500 pages all at one time. So, just so that you know, for June is going to be another chunk and then for July it's going to be another chunk. And if we don't get it all the way down maybe in August or something, I don't know. We'll have to see how to divide it up. But those will be on the next couple of board agendas. Thank you. Okay, if there's nothing else, I will make the motion to adjourn. I'll second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries 4-0. We adjourn at 6:49.
>> Mr. uh Mr. President, um I wanted just to share something. Uh Tyler and I had a a a meeting on Friday. So just brainstorming some some some action plans moving forward. We're in a strong place with the carry forward. It's at 18 18% but we want to get back to the 500 to 600,000. Um we're looking at utilities. Utilities has seen an increase. So that's just one of those things you have to do. It's the second most uh the second highest expenditures comes from our utilities. Um what we want to what we talked about with Tyler uh Tyler and I Friday and I share that with u with our district office team is is to focus more on our capital budget to purchase new items uh but to still have a very stringent process like Miss Cotay approves it then it goes to Tyler and before I sign off he has to approve it starting starting like immediately.
>> I approve the agenda. >> Yep. You approve the agenda. >> Roll call. >> Before you approve the agenda. >> There you go. >> Yeah. Yeah. But I I said within the call to order or the next moment and he said the next a land acknowledgement roll call and welcome statement is within call to order and he said not that. So just for clarity. >> So any idea about how long that roughly takes you from call to order, land acknowledgement, roll call and adopting the agenda >> in our welcome statement? Um I would say like >> like two minutes. >> Good guess. So for the month of for April 21st, it took you all of two minutes >> to go through that. >> And then comes the governing board reports, which I've kind of separated here, and then the superintendent report. Your governing board reports took you 9 minutes and the superintendent report took you six minutes.
>> Yes. As you can tell, I really like talking, which is why I'm up here a ton. >> [laughter] >> But just overall, just to summarize all the amazing things we did, what we did was meet amazing people and students from all over the state with so many different perspectives from so many different environments. We learned about different schools and what they do to support their students creating their sense of belonging, which is different for every school, different for every environment, different for different people. And we learned how we adapt that way. And then we also recognized all the opportunities that D99 has to offer us. We're all going to talk a little bit about all of them, not all of them cuz there's so many, but just a few about each of them. So, I'm going to talk about the fine arts. At Downers Grove South, we have band, we have jazz band, we have rock band, we have regular wind ensemble, we have choir, we have so many different variations of choir, whether it's madrigals or treble ensemble.
However, then there was the requirement for the science of reading. Mhm. >> So no longer could you just buy any reading materials. There was an approved list. And what I am thinking is that that they may do more of that like with the math. So [clears throat] sometimes it's mandated and you don't have a choice. Well and it it probably helps align with what the standardized testing is and the requirements for graduation and right, that's the diploma. Mhm. Okay. But the curriculum materials I'm telling you I've been to a few meetings in the last couple months and they're all talking about too much screen time and maybe doing away with the the Google Chromebooks. Well, that's I don't know what the book company's going to do because that's almost our only choice. Yeah. So, there could be a whole new paradigm shift. You just don't know.
Those are choices every kid can make. And our coaches and and administrators are there to hopefully help push those kids along the way that they can achieve that success. And that and that's what we're looking for. Also, just wanted to make mention of our new EVSC website, evscschools.com, looks amazing. If you haven't checked it out yet. Uh it's something really has a lot of information on it, not only with athletics, but everything with our schools.
Our second graders who are free lunch got a free bike and a helmet. Um, thank you. We had volunteers, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Bourne, uh, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Ray, Mr. Mick came and and the biggest thank you to Ms. Shryock because she really just gets all of that funding. And when I say that, I mean for the county. This I mean, what she's doing is is not just good for Knox kids. These are kids from Oden and North Judson that are benefiting from all of her hard work. So, um, so that went well and it was just fun to see the smiling faces wheel those bikes away. So, do you have any elementary questions for me? Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Those Those uh clicks you just heard were my bones from >> [laughter] >> baseball practice. Tom Brown and I have uh, taken on middle school baseball this year, if you didn't know.
But the reach higher really provides that curriculum um for ELLL students and so the language supports um it has science and social studies a lot of times those students cannot access the curriculum in the classroom um and so with the classroom teacher and so that's when the the ELLL teacher has the chance to pull out that student to be able to teach language and content >> um and so because the two are very important where the classroom teacher, they're the expert in the content, right? Whereas the ELLL teacher is the expert in the language as well as the content. Um, so that's how we uh do that as well. Um, so yeah, planning time, getting together, data chats where we'll be able to look at individual students also with assessments, also with um social emotional behaviors, right? A lot of our students that come from other places um that's another factor as well.
And my question would be why? Because that's a statutory thing with the Planning Board and it doesn't apply to the Conservation Commission. So, it's it's like the Select Board, Planning Board, and Board of Health and stuff like that. But, these boards are separate. This This particular application is separate. Not just this particular application, but applications before the Conservation Commission for notices of intent. And Becca, you might have something? I can just add to that that it comes down to Massachusetts General Law and the regulations. The Conservation Commission under the Wetlands Protection Act does have longer It's not common, but some projects can be before a commission for years. Um There is as has been stated, there's no clock for Conservation Commission like Planning Boards and ZBAs have under their laws. And I I also know that the state housing laws is overstepping our bylaws. And maybe they're taking that as advantage to use, too, which is I don't think it's right.
Um are there any questions? Any discussion? >> No questions. >> Okay. All in favor of Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026. >> Madam Chair, I make a motion that we >> Oh, sorry. >> Yeah, it's okay. Last day of school be Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026. Second. >> Uh motion by Mr. Noon, second by Mr. Oliver.
Gets the ball behind the net to Sand. Gets temporarily displaced. Sand looking to do a split dodge. Turns around. nothing there, pulls the ball back out, gets the ball over to Illingsworth behind the cage. Back to Mack. Mack's going to take it in. She goes through one. She looks for that cutter. Gets the ball to Illingsworth, and Illingsworth turns her around and puts one behind the keeper for her second goal of the game. Good uh two-man action right there for Mack Whitworth to take two of the defenders away as Illingsworth cuts the net. Mack finds the open player, and Julia buries it in the back of the net. Illingsworth, 13 goals this season. Spartans up 10 to 3. Pellegrino on the draw. Pellegrino comes away with it. Good self draw. Gets the ball over the restraining line. Gets the ball into Sand. Over to Devoy.
Um, also what we want to do is is uh I've I've directed Tyler and Miss Kotay and Angelina and Miss Vosquez to put a hold on repair requisition items because repair requisition items come out of the M. So this month and next month, we don't want nothing extra to come out of that carry forward line. So we're not going to I'm not going to sign off on any repair requisition items for right now. If there's an emergency and we have to purchase something, we're going to purchase it as you see through our capital budget because that leaves our M alone as you saw. Also, uh there there is a reserve about 730,000 but I just want to remind everyone we always have a reserve within the reserve. We have about 400,000 within that reserve for a bus, for a freezer, and for AC units right now because we're not finding at the state level that those grams are as available as they used to be.
So that's 15 total. >> Different meeting, Dr. >> No, that's perfect. >> That was my longest superintendent of the year. >> Now, I don't want to assume, but I hope that you have the SOFG manual somewhere nearby. Anybody have that nearby? >> Yeah. And if not, um, the completing the self evaluation on the second page, I believe you have the template of what is in your SOG manual. So, if you would pull that one out because I'm going to I'm going to ask y'all to work through that here in a bit. So, after those reports comes y'all did progress monitoring on goal three and that took >> your progress monitoring for April 21st. You spent 36 minutes And then after progress monitoring was consent agenda and consent agenda to >> public comment but we didn't have any >> right you didn't have any public comment.
We have so many programs and orchestra, too. And musical, we have so many programs, just like short film, which congratulations to them, that completely supports D99. And as somebody from the fine arts department, I think it's so important to help us pursue creativity in school, when sometimes it feels like all of it's academics and all of it's the same routine, you come to that class and you can feel, for me at least, a sense of relief, a sense of belonging, truly, is when you can be in those fine arts classes and not stick to the same schedule, but instead have some fun and embrace that creativity. So, that's my experience with some of the opportunities D99 has to offer us. >> And then, I wanted to talk about the intro to teaching program. So, I wanted to thank District 99 for offering that opportunity. Not a lot of school districts have that opportunity.
And the I mean Yeah, I I kind of like that because I don't love everything on screens, especially when you hear somebody has a concussion. The first thing they say is don't look at the screen. So, you know it affects your brains, right? But um But that increases like the cost will be increased, right? Because we got to print everything out. >> Yes. So, I I don't think it will have an effect on I think our curriculum materials are always going to be uh significant. Yeah. Um and then with the referendum uh dollars here we are we are lucky to have the referendum dollars to support. And yes, we will need to make cuts. But we are every year thinking about if we need extra teachers. So, right now we're talking about staffing for next year. And if there's a chance that we if somebody resigns and we don't need them, then we will not fill.
Anyone have any questions? >> Well, I want to first of all commend you for all the different areas that you have covered here, everything from study tables to uh you know, making it a student athlete again. I think our colleges are really getting away with that with NIL, and I know there's been some discussion about moving that into high school. And I'm going to tell you what, I would not propose that at all. I think that changes the game too much. I think these these students ought to be students and then athletes. And I think the part that was missing from that report that I'd like to see more of is the fact that we have a code of conduct in our schools and I think that those things should be discussed with the teachers, I'm uh sorry, with the students, the student athletes, and with the parents.
That's why I move even slower now than I did a few months ago, but we're enjoying it. Um, you get to make memories every day with our grandkids and the other kids, too. So, I don't think too many other grandpas are doing that. Um, I'll limit mine to the same uh um sequence of of uh things we've talked about each month, performance, culture, and community. Uh, looking back on uh KMS through April, uh, we're wrapping up ILEARN testing. It'll be done by Friday of this week. We are still testing some kiddos who were absent or might not have completed the test. We have our fourth quarter academic progress reports. Those went out last Friday to our parents. It's just hard to believe it's May already. But here we are. Congratulations to the students who participated in uh the various events and activities we had recently, including but not limited to science fair, the academic Super Bowl, and the choir community concert.
They're getting used to our culture, our country. Um, it's really a multi-tered system of how to provide services and support for our students. >> I guess when we talk talk about the the English learner or the MLE program, we're we're talking about language acquisition, not solely. So, hearing you talk about content, it's not that children don't know or like they may come in in high school and it's not that they don't know algebra. is that the fact that the language is the barrier for them to be able to explain themselves. So I guess for me is how does the language acquisition or development look like across the grade levels? And I know that you talked about it's about where they are if they're a newcomer not newcomer to school but newcomer to the language or they they have some learning. How does is the scale matter or does it the acqu like where does it hit with acquisition?