We closely monitored class sizes and regularly reviewed achievement, attendance, and behavioral data to guide decision-m and allocate resources effectively. This year also brought progress in strengthening our learning environment and sense of belonging. Morning meetings, closing circles, and grade level lunches and recesses continue to foster connection and community among students. We implemented an advisory structure centered on responsibility this year. And while our newly formed school climate and culture committee used behavioral data to guide schoolwide interventions and supports, our attendance team worked to identify and address barriers to consistent student attendance. Our commitment to embracing diversity grew stronger this year. We enhanced communication with open choice families, expanded systems to support financial and other family assistance requests, and continued professional learning focus on inclusive, highquality instructional practices. These efforts help strengthen access, belonging, and support for all students and families within our school community. And finally, our last goal.
So, >> um Tim, >> um yeah, Sam, thank thank you for that. I I agree with you 100% on um on the building within potentially succession planning benefiting from it. you we were talking briefly about uh class sizes of 50 and it just joged my memory um when I was when I I spent some time in Haiti and I was the and one of my roles there was to be sort of the accounting for a a school now they don't have any public education there it was a private school literally they have no public education uh maybe in bits and pieces but no kids aren't guaranteed to go to school so private schools took over and I supported one of the schools and they had I mean they had money so they had kids in the classroom and it was it was just awful. Um, and I just say that uh because it's important to have uh student teacher time and so I just uh I appreciate what we what we are able to do here with the taxpayers are um willing to support.
And that doesn't happen everywhere. So here's what I want you to remember. Pine Creek has been our home. And as we step into independence, it's easy to think that we need everything planned out. We don't. What we do have is what this community has given us, the ability to take what's been built and create something meaningful within it. So start there and keep building. And now I would like to give a warm welcome to Superintendent Hoverer. Um, Miss Hoverer has been a Colorado native native and been an educator for more than 30 years and her expertise to academy district 20. She comes from a long family lineage of educators who's instilled her desire to inspire others to be lifelong learners. After earning her BSN and starting her career pathway as a registered nurse, she soon realized that her true passion was being an educator. Superintendent Huber has served in many roles from the classroom to administration, including earning the national board certification as a science teacher and serving as a middle school and high school principal, an assistant superintendent of student achievement, and a superintendent for 5 years in the state of Washington.
She truly embodies the mindset of when you see something, say something, showing integrity and courage in her actions. Alli's leadership, compassion, and commitment to learning make her an outstanding choice for the student of the month. She said, "I can make the world a better place by advocating for people who cannot yet speak for themselves. I will encourage others to stand up for themselves and use their voices. I will also remind people not to litter because trash can end up in the ocean and harm beautiful sea creatures. I am proud of you, Ally. Our last student for student of the month was nominated by Miss Flanigan Cataryi Ponto. She is being recognized for her kindness, hard work, positive attitude and dedication which makes her truly special. She inspires those around her everyday with her willingness to learn and her caring heart. Keep shining brightly and believe in yourself.
We can't have our our maintenance guys in there standing in water fixing electric. That that seems like a bad idea, you know. And um you know I know some of you guys were on the tour as well. But uh I I just I I think if we're going to do it, we got to we got to do it full instead of doing it half speed and being being here in 5 10 years again. That's my recommendation, but I'll I'll leave it up to you guys. >> Question I think everybody has in their mind is what do we get for 30 and what do we get for 50? Kind of a ballpark. Um what can we do with the 50 and what can we do? What minimums will we make it 30? >> I I think the the the biggest thing is we need to replace the HVAC systems.
These boys took the time to listen, support, and walk the student through what he was feeling and even gave him some helpful advice. These students need to be recognized for being the amazing students they are. They didn't have to help. They wanted to. This is from Christina Casey, our spend resource teacher. And these young men were seen doing this by many staff members from a distance that day. And that is the students. Those are the children that you are raising. This is who you're sending to our school and and these are the leaders you've created. They saw a student in need and they took the lead to help the student and it really deescalated them. And your love and care and kindness, Preston and Troy means a lot to not just that student and their family, but to all of us as a staff because as students, you teach us and you inspire us, too.
And so flexible means that if you're in let's say they're really in these grade levels, it's typically phonics skills. So, say you're in a group and your group is learning silent E. So, how to read like cake, bake, lake, all those types of words. Not all of the students in that group are going to progress at the same rate. So, we need to be able to con- frequently look at the data and flex the groups. So, figure out who needs to move to a a group that's a little more ahead, who might need to repeat some of that with a little bit of a different intervention. And so, the trend that we see is students are often in the same group and they're not moving to their specific needs. And our monthly data meetings have helped with that to bring that to the forefront and show teachers how they can make those movements.
Actually, if you study music and um become a musician, you'll actually have the same hearing loss as everybody else when you age, but you will hear better because you're used to picking up those different tones. So, it's amazing to me that when I go into a classroom and for example, watching a band director and then they'll correct a couple of students that they can hear how those students are playing and um just give them some help and guidance in their in their playing. It's just amazing to me and to watch um all of our and and I would say this is one of the benefits I would say for um our community is that most of these programs are free. So, if you want to go to a wonderful orchestra concert or the Campo Verde band concert what I which I went to the other night, you know, community members, our seniors, citizens, they can come in and participate in that and know that um their tax dollars are being well used and gain a benefit from it.
Any questions? >> All right. Thank you. >> I do have one quick question. Sorry, stop you in your tracks. You you you have to go back uh with the title. Those those funds are from the federal government, right? >> Yes. These are federal funds. >> Federal funds. So, we have still been getting our federal funds to run these programs. So far, no cuts in them, right? >> So, um, we're still waiting for next year's allocation. Um, but, uh, they have all been approved. >> Oh, wow. >> So, >> that's a good thing. >> We like this. Yes. >> Excellent. >> Okay. >> That's it. Okay. >> Wow. Real quick. Do you have any old business?
This was it When was it? A couple days ago from Boylston saying, "We're having a meeting on June 1st. We want you guys to come. We are looking at options for next year prop two and a half. We have the FinCom. We have the police. Did you guys see that email from David Linsky? >> uh so speaking of that email, yeah. >> all the Berlin people on there. No, he didn't put all the people on there, which I responded to him. Uh you guys you guys were all on the response. I told him June might be a little June might be a little early. Alan Aaron still have to finish this year, have to get this year closed up. We have a new superintendent starting in July. I talked to Brent about it a little bit today. Um he's you know, he's all for meeting with whoever needs to be met with, but you know, it it's maybe a little premature for the schools to get involved in that.
for our work focus on workforce development. We invested deeply in the growth of our staff, teachers and support staff engaged in targeted professional learning, including expanding training and structured literacy interventions, external development opportunities, classroom visits, and collaborative learning experiences strengthen instructional consistency and build collective expertise across our building. In addition to our original goals, several important initiatives emerged this year that will help shape and strengthen our work moving forward. We created and implemented a school climate plan, established a process for reviewing schoolwide behavioral data during SIP meetings, and developed mentor partnerships between CIS and CHS students. We formed an executive functioning working group to better understand and support the needs of students, families, and staff. We began an audit of our ELA curriculum and student performance data to guide future instructional decisions. Together, these efforts position us well for continued growth and improvement into next school year.
Uh the one question I had and I think I already know the answer to this but I just want some clarity uh for people who might be watching at home. We were talking before about birth to three >> and we also in the new Barnum we have a pre uh prek program or Darcy the program is kind of shifting over to Barnum. I think we have nine classrooms in Barnum. Is that basically for preschool and what I'll call age four? Um, is there birth to is there a birth to three classroom there or is birth to three pretty much outside like remote? People go out to the homes, staff go to homes. >> Okay. So, Bertha 3 is a program where we have service providers to go to people's homes and support uh parents in learning therapies and accommodations that will help their child uh grow.
She is proud to be back in her home state of Colorado as the superintendent of Academy District 20, where the team one spirit ensures that all students thrive. Please give a warm welcome to Superintendent Harbor. Well, good morning Pine Creek High School graduates, family, friends, faculty, and distinguished guests. Today, we gather in a place that stands as a symbol of commitment, discipline, and service here in Clooney Arena on the grounds of the United States Air Force Academy. This is a place where young men and women choose a path defined not only by achievement but by purpose, a commitment to something greater than themselves. And today, class of 2026, as we celebrate your milestone, you stand at the beginning of your own journey of purpose, leadership, and service. Today marks the culmination of all your hard work, your resilience, and your dedication. You faced late nights, challenging exams, moments of doubt, but you persevered.
You have so much potential and we are so proud of you. >> Family, please join us. our amazing teacher Martin. She wants a beautiful smile. Everyone ready? >> Thank you. And congratulations. And now, middle school, high school, Miss On. >> Good evening, President um Wendia, board members, Miss Superintendent Diaz, family, friends, and students, and everyone else here. Okay, so we're going to go ahead and start. I know our seventh grade student of the month is here. The seventh grade team names Cara Bayva Wilson as the April 2026 student of the month. Carara is the daughter of Edelyn Baya and Marcus Wilson. Carara's home villages sells. Cara is an athlete striking them out as the pitcher for the Sonor and Desert League champions as the Lady Cougar softball team. She is going to represent our school at the All-Star game in Aaho this Thursday. Remember that Thursday.
Um no matter what I think what happens then is you when you talk about some of the electrical you will replace the wiring but not the basically the grid in our school that has obsolete parts because we wouldn't have enough money to replace the grid. And so if our electrical systems failing and shorting out, once again, that might affect the life of our new AC units, we wouldn't be able to affect um the full plumbing system with some of our old pipes. We would have to and then are we pumping rust back through our system and seeing the cooling towers and seeing what the rust damage has done on in the corrosion and how the cooling towers are starting to leak. So what it would be more is that we would be half fixing systems and keeping like the heart of the electrical system which is an old archaic system.
So, thank you for doing that and stepping up and taking care of a cold family member. Congratulations to our cult of the months. if we can have them come back here one more time for big group picture and then we're going to give and bring your certificate with you and we're going to announce our golden horseshoe staff member that was nominated by our staff. Thank you. Say no. I say cold, you say rock. >> Stay right there. Don't move. >> We present the Golden Horseshoe Award. Our staff always nominates two staff members. and the two staff members that were nominated. If you are familiar with our amazing preschool staff that Dr. Robinson is the director of. So if you have any preschoolers coming up, Dr. Robinson is the direct director of our preschool and she has an amazing staff and our staff have nominated Miss Rita Alexander.
I'm going to ask you, was it a a knowledge thing you think in terms of how or when to do that or more of a like classroom management or I yeah, I think it's all of the above and I think one common thing that happens is it is a really big deal as a teacher to start these groups. And once you start them, I like speaking from my own experience as a beginning teacher, I was so proud like I was doing it, I had my groups, they knew they were in group A or group B or the purple group or whatever and we were just I was so proud and I kept on going and then forgot the nuance of like that wasn't the end goal. So, that's where the coaching comes in. We're like, yes, absolutely. And now, and now. I was just going to add the other stuff especially with new teachers but even all teachers is that the other students are working independently at their level on writing and reading on their own and so planning what they're doing during that time when I'm when as a teacher you're pulling a small a small group.
So, thank you very much for all of your hard work and for um everyone that works on the music program. There's a There's a lot of people involved and it's it's really wonderful to see that. Um it's just really good physically, mentally, neurologically for the children. It's academically, music's a great thing. Thank you.
Oh, any questions for Dr. Perkins? >> I do have old business. >> Old business. >> Just a couple things. >> Sure. >> Mr. Okazinski, >> if everybody saw uh seen the uh updates or the information that we get every week, >> yeah, FYI on track so far. Everything looks great in the middle school. Um it looks like the outside is done and they're working on the inside for the addition. >> Yeah, we were able to get the roof watertight um that beginning of this week, end of last week. Um they've started with the framing on the first and second floor of the two exterior classrooms. Um actually the five interior classrooms upstairs we got case work in flooring down um and actually drop ceiling is in too on all >> those are almost done. >> Yeah almost done. Uh really upstairs and upper three classrooms according to my construction knowledge.
He suggested maybe September. But we haven't got that far yet, but June 1st with the superintendent who's not going to be here at the time that this all needs to happen is maybe a little premature, but anyway, I responded to him. I also think whatever whatever efforts happen with the two and a half override, it needs to be He asked for it only Boylston residents from the school committee to be on there. I personally think that we should have at least one Berlin rep on there because we are not two individual school committees, we're one district. So, that's going to happen. So, yes, that's that's in reference to that email. We'll deal with that later as the time comes, but I mean I mean this idea, guys. I mean we just passed the budget, like that said, is a week ago, and we're already talking about spending more than our budget in a year where we seem to know or at least some of us seem to know that an override is coming.