And I have done a lot of lobbying in the last 90 days and I do believe that the sea one is going to swing back a little bit on some funding and that will help Huntington as well as that of other schools. >> I I would just say that um the board is is here and receptive to helping um approve the things that you need to be successful in the classroom. um that's never been a a problem on the boards that I've served on and I don't believe it's a problem now. Um so encourage those people that you work with to bring those things to us. Um we were we're anxious to be helpful and uh to be a part of the celebration. Um we don't um yeah schools can take a beating about lots of stuff but um we are extremely proud of serving I think uh the school corporation and and this is a chance for us to you know be be a little more help.
Uh most components of our plan address all of those goals plus some of our goals in our strategic plan. CDP application content areas include needs assessment and programs, needs assessment impact, stakeholders, parent and family engagement, private school participation, preschool coordination, student achievement, college and career readiness, professional development, safe learning environment, Title 1 specific information, IDEA specific information, youth in care stability plan, and bilingual service plan. So, each one of those bullet points is a whole page or in some cases multiple pages of the application. So, that's why this is just a very high-level overview because altogether that's between 50 and 60 pages, I don't recall. It's long. Um CDPs require districts to demonstrate the federal funds are used in a manner that is aligned with both the district and ISBE goals, as I mentioned. Um We also are required to incorporate input from stakeholders. So, accordingly, some team members conducted consultations with internal or external groups, including needs assessment surveys of teachers and staff, and meetings with parents, private school partners, and members of the business community.
Um I I enjoyed kindergarten roundup. Uh Lions Club does go over and do vision screening. We had, I think, three or four kids that failed the vision screening that we do. Uh, and we've had some testimonies about what that means to kids at that age that even the doctors that they go see for their checkups miss this stuff because if they can't see something, it may not mean that they're not seeing it. And so that little simple picture we take of their eyes uh really can alert some kids. And we've had some great testimonies about all of a sudden they can see leaves. Uh they can see kids playing that they couldn't see before. It's really it's really a neat thing. Uh so glad to be a part of that. Um and class reps, thank you guys for your voice uh for serving this year.
>> Thank you all for uh again uh I knew that would bring about I much more enjoyed that topic Dr. deets. Uh that that one's up my alley and I it's all what we're supposed to be about. It's children and so thank you all for presenting tonight. Our last topic, Meg, thank you for your patience tonight. Uh Meg Me Fen is going to talk a little bit about postvention response. Uh Meg has been very very busy this year in terms of a lot of different hats she wears, but I appreciate her attendance tonight. I know the board and our community appreciate Meg greatly. So, thank you Meg for being here. Okay, thank you for having me. Um, I just want to remind everybody that I will be back on May 26 to talk about mental health in general. So, if this sparks questions about kind of what we're doing um in the preventative space or what we're doing with mental health in general, I'll be talking about that um at a future um time.
So, the CDP brings brings plans together for the use of all of the grants listed here. Title 1A basic programs, which you will hear about more in depth in a few minutes. Also, Title 1 uh school improvement, Title 2 professional development, and I'm going to jump down to Title 4 because those are all wrapped up together. Then, we have Title 3 language instruction and Title 3 I-S-E-P, so language instruction is our broader uh multilingual grant, and I-S-E-P is specifically for immigrant students. And then, also uh the IDEA flow-through grant and preschool. >> So, before we go on to the next slide, um the consolidated district plan, the 50 to 60 pages that Julie referred to, is linked for you. Um so, in the review, we are here today for information, and we'll be coming um on June 8th for action for the consolidated district plan.
It's been a lot of fun having you here and good luck with everything. Hopefully uh you'll have an experience you can talk about for a long time. So thank you. >> I know I repeated you. >> I'd like to thank our student reps and uh we'll see you guys walk across the stage in a couple weeks. So congratulations. Uh Mr. Hawk, I want to thank you for your time here. Been great to know you. Always look forward to seeing you standing there greeting the kids and uh good to see you. Um I want to bring up a point about Coach Long. That's a fantastic uh milestone that he reached last week. 600 career victories. That's outstanding. I mean, I think we're in the midst of a Hall of Famer right here at Deli >> in that regard. So, I want to I want to bring that to light that uh he's done an outstanding job with our program and I want to thank everyone for being here tonight and uh two more weeks.
So, um what I'm going to talk about tonight is postvention response um to suicide in the district. Um and this really has to do with postvention response to um really any death in the district. Um but I'm going to be focusing primarily on suicide. Um, and something that I wanted to make sure that we're all kind of on the same page is, um, I passed out a definition of suicide. And when you look at the purple paper, um, if you were to look up on Google or if you were to look up like an AI definition of suicide, it might be the first definition. So, death where there is evidence that the injury was self-inflicted and intended to cause death. Um, but when I'm working with students and when I'm teaching in classrooms about suicide prevention, I use the second definition, an attempt to solve a problem of intense emotional pain with impaired problem-solving skills.
>> Thank you. That's what I get for printing a black and white. Uh this slide shows the amounts that SD 308 has received for the grants included in the CDP since FY 23. The current year's totals are listed as estimates because all of these grants are reimbursement basis, so we need to spend the money first before we get reimbursed, and many of them have carry over. So, those numbers may vary slightly. But, those that's uh this reflects our allocation that we're uh like the total that we could spend. And again, funds carry over typically if we do not >> So, with that um as Julie mentioned, two of our federal grants that we want to look more in depth in is our Title 1 and our Title 1 SIP. So, we have currently three schools, Boulder Hill, Longbeach, and Plank, that have board approved Title 1 school wide plans.
That's all I've got. >> Mr. Priest, >> uh what my fellow board members said. I'm trying not to be as long windy as they were. >> That's what we were talking. >> You're going to have to invent some new information. >> Get your staff appreciation last week. And I want to reiterate how much they are appreciated. >> They're phenomenal. >> Like to congratulate you again, Cam, and staff and students who we recognize tonight. I really enjoy that part of the board making to see the recognition that they rightfully serve. Final exams are coming up to you this semester for the students. Good luck. I know it's stressful, but you'll get through it. Someday be with us. >> I'm looking forward to see picture with the board. Maybe get that put up in our head room or maybe even in their school there somewhere. But the FFA line team has just done a phenomenal job and I don't think that they get the recognition that they deserve better sports team than lead story of channel 18 news.
And I feel like this definition is something that gives me hope and gives me something to work on within the district. Um, so I always tell kids when I'm talking to them that I can't take away intense emotional pain. That that's something that happens when you're a human being. that all of us are going to have um loss and really um if you have a loss and you experience intense emotional pain then I think that you experienced a lot of love in that relationship. Um so that's again just part of being human. But as I talk today I really want to focus on that um second definition so that we're all um on the same page. So I also wanted to make sure to point out that this work has been going on for about six years. Um, and I was not the person that started this work.
We currently operate Title 1 uh programs in eight of our schools. Five operate a uh targeted program, and then the three that I mentioned uh operate a school wide program. School wide gives our schools flexibility to use their Title 1 allocations on any student in the school. So, um every year the schools are required to pull together a team, review their plan, uh review their needs assessment, so their data from prior years, and then uh draw conclusions and write the plan based on the needs of their building. So, this year um in order to automatically be eligible for a school wide program, your low income rate has to be 40% or more. So, both Boulder Hill and Long Beach do qualify for that, but we have the opportunity to submit a school wide waiver, um which we did this past year for Plank. Um this current year, so going into SY27, both Lakewood Creek and Fox Chase would also have also requested to submit a school-wide waiver uh to ISBE.
course in >> June 18. That's about >> graduation coming up for 26 here in a couple weeks. >> Okay. Um once again, uh I'll keep this short, but echoing my fellow board membersh to comment about tonight. Um and then uh the the resignation or not res the uh uh retirements of some very dedicated people to include my wife and uh the uh the what do I want to say? Um not only the dedication but the caring that they have as they do their jobs is is is really neat to see. Um, so this was the fourth year that my wife said she was going to retire and and she finally went through with it. Um, but she she will miss it, but you know, we we've got uh a couple granddaughters. One's three years old and one's fairly newborn, so she will keep busy. Um, congratulate the school corporation on another year.
Um, so we have in um, Huntington an organization called HOPE. Um, it stands for Huntington Outreach Prevention and Empowerment and previously was um, a youth suicide prevention task force and that is headed up by Jan Williams and previous to me, Trace Hinesley, who is currently a counselor at Horus Man. Um Jan and Trace had worked a lot on suicide prevention and then we got to the point where we felt like we had um kind of a handle on suicide prevention and it was Jan's um vision and foresight to say we need to start working on the post vvention like what is going to happen um if we do have a suicide in our district. So in the last um uh four years we have had three suicides um of students in the district. two of which have attended our high school. Um so I think it's important to note that um we did have a su student die by suicide that lived in our um community and has siblings that go to school here.
So, this year we are bringing new plans. All five of them are linked there um to submit to the state uh for and really to operate a school-wide uh Title 1 program. So, all five schools being Boulder Hill, Long Beach, Lakewood Creek, Box Chase, and Plain. So, the reason why is they want to be able to focus on all students within their building. Um and in addition to not only the needs assessment that you'll see in the plan and then the goals from the plan, we are also required to um infuse parent involvement throughout the process. So, our first uh requirement is really to look at our data, analyze, write the plan, and um bring those plans for approval. The second thing that we want to bring for your approval is our Title 1 school-wide or sorry, Title 1 SIP plans. So, uh school year '23, uh Black Sha- I'm sorry, Boulder Hill and Long Beach were identified as part of the uh school improvement process.
It's almost graduating time and uh you know uh thank you for the leadership as we went through a four-year uh an academic year. So this is this is a lot that we got going on and I'm pretty proud to be on the board and see what we're getting done. Thank you. >> All right. Okay. Uh thank you for your time on the panel here. I hope it was eye opening and entertaining at the same time. Um, definitely an experience to sit through what you know the long agendas that we get into. And so, uh, congratulate you on upcoming graduation. Like Chris said, we see you there. So, um, excited for graduation coming up. Uh, I can't believe it's that close to summer, but man, I'm ready for the warm weather. So, we'll take that. Um, I want to thank uh the VTA while they're here.
Um so we need to be really aware of all of the students that live in Huntington County um when we're doing this work. Um, so where we're at right now, um, kind of my, um, dream and vision with Jan is that I wanted to, um, create a post vvention plan. So, in the event of a death or a suicide that, um, a principal and a superintendent, um, have so much going on um, emotionally in that moment. And so I wanted to set something out where you didn't have to have all of the thought of the logistics of what do I do next? Um that that was all laid out. Um and you could really focus on um your teachers and the students and you didn't have to focus on what are the words that I'm going to say, what is kind of the next thing um that I'm going to do.
So, in that school year they were both designated as targeted. Um Long Beach because it was a second time within the school improvement uh process was then designated as comprehensive. Both of those schools being Boulder Hill and Long Beach were identified because of their subgroup of children with disabilities. As a result, they have gone through the school improvement process, which included a planning year in school year '24, and then year one and year two implementation in school year '25 and '26. Um happy to report both of those schools, Boulder Hill and Long Beach, are no longer in designation, and both of those schools, um, in school year 25, were recognized as commendable schools. So, the process though set up by the state of Illinois is once you are in that school improvement cycle, you continue for not only the planning year, but you receive funding for 3 years of implementation.
Um, so, uh, they do so many things throughout the year. Donuts with dad, mornings with mom. Um, they did the carnival this year, which was, uh, something that people have been asking to bring back. That carnival was here when I was a kid. I did the cakewalk. I did not win. Uh, but, you know, maybe next year. So, um, but so, and just to it's all the things that the fun things that we add. Um, I I get the chance to chaperone pond day this week, so I'm sure I'll put a lot of worms on hooks. Probably won't fish myself, but uh all the the kids are excited. Um, Mrs. Wagner's class in the high school, both of my boys got to go there today with the teddy bear. Um, the excitement they got from that, I'm sure everybody learned something. Uh, even if it's just caretaking.
So we created this postvention plan. And um there's a lot of other organizations like the American Suicide Foundation that has done a lot of the groundwork, but we wanted to take it and make it our own. Um so in the event that there is a death um there is a collection of Google Docs um that is all in a folder that would be shared with a principal um in that event. And what that does is it goes through and it has the actual postvention response. It has a list of all the crisis team members and what their roles and that's the counselor. What is that person's role? What's the principal's role? The assistant principal, the counselor, the nurse, um the secretary, the teachers, what does every individual person, what are their expectations? So, that's all laid out um in the post vvention. And then I thought I'd share the suicide postvention checklist with you.
So, Boulder Hill and Long Beach are entering year three of implementation. As you can see from the slide, this will be knock on wood their last year of implementation, um, because, uh, the the goal and objective is to continue that commendable status. Both of their plans, which, again, they bring together a uh team from their building, they review their data, they write goals and objectives in three areas, um, focus on our children with disabilities. Um, these funds must be spent on our children with disabilities. Um, Fox Chase and Old Post are similar in the process, uh, just 1 year behind. So, based on data from school year 24, Fox Chase and Old Post were identified as targeted schools. Um, they also were identified by, um, one subgroup, children with disabilities. So, their planning year was in school year 25, and they just finished their year one of implementation.