Bishop's leadership implementing the new state statute of of the safe school climate plan. What people don't what people need to understand are these are all things that the state brings to us which are good things that are mandatory that not only cost money but also is time and you need leadership to um spearhead that and as you know Mrs. McClean has done an unbelievable job working with her uh support staff really participating in professional learning that focus is identifying and responding to students social emotional health needs tier intervention. Our psychologists, our counselors and our classroom teachers have an enhanced uh coordination. We really looked at formally and informally gathering valuable insights on what is best for the camp public schools and talking to students and really considering their voice when we do things. We've updated, as we always do, our emergency operation plans. We have a wonderful relationship with our uh police department and all of our first responders and we have staff training and Mr.
Um, you know, is is that something that we should consider? Because the cost here of don't replace social studies and instead put in, you know, a a RAM early childhood at one school to support a 100 students on an idea, a good one, right? A theoretical, hey, this is why this is a positive outcome. or take that same approximately same budget amount, I think it was $90,000 that got cut last year, and apply it towards a district-wide sixth grade Spanish program that we can keep there. Now, if this was a n a temporary $90,000, I wouldn't be suggesting that because it can eb and flow. But what we're suggesting is an FTE that is a permanent position that will need to be accounted for in the budget next year, right? as as would a social studies teacher. And so I I feel like we should spend a little bit of time wherever the right way to wherever the right place to do that procedurally is.
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So very uh fun for the kids as well. And we had our hike club go over to the desert museum. And of course, thank you Miss Ance for hosting prom. Um, I will volunteer again to be the dance patrol um, next year if possible. That was a lot of fun getting the kids out in the dance floor. Um, let's see. Any other highlights that I'd like to mention?
Whatever whatever we decide to go with, I'm going to keep on doing my best with the resources we have. I just feel like if we are going if we do the 30 million, we might end up going back to the community in a few years and they're saying, "I thought we we just fixed it." And so, I think we're going to be battling the narrative one way or another. I think getting out there right now and knowing what the narrative is and explaining that to people and this is our our path to excellence. I I would and and you know we're not asking for the 120 which is where our bonding capacity >> that's that that should be in our literature. We're not asking for 120 million. >> There's a lot of districts >> your thing went off. >> Yeah. >> And there's a lot of districts that go in Arizona that go for their full bonding capacity and once they start writing the bond off the books they try to recover those amounts right away.
We had some who left this quarter and were just using the existing parents to cover um for those students. We've also been working really hard um with our teachers in order for them to build their capacity and their ability to work with the special needs students because they're the primary teacher that's responsible for them in the gened class. And then we have the three special education teachers who who pull out and work with them. So, it's it just gets a little bit complicated, but it goes back to the unfunded mandates because we're a public school and we have to take whoever lives in our boundary that comes. And even as we're looking at open enrollment, uh we have special needs families who come to apply for open enrollment, but we have to really um look and determine whether we have the capacity to service them without it affecting the school.
Because what was happening before is they were missing all the content stuff and just getting new teacher training. And so we had changed it where they would get the same training as everybody else as we're learning the new content from the different areas. And then they were also getting additional, like after school they're getting um new teacher training. But the orientation we're currently in the planning stages for this summer. I would also add, um, President Krio, that it's part of the whole system. So, presently when we think about data, we have our data wise days, our site leaders, um, many of them also do site-based data days that are with outside of that early release time. And as a system, we've just decided that we really need to revisit that professional learning community structure where there is, um, grade level time or content time to be looking at data working as so regardless if you're the new teacher or you're the veteran teacher, what does our data say and what can we be doing to respond data?
Uh the other thing I wanted to report on was just that um I personally have gone to get some training on finances. One was through the Arizona School Board Association for which I paid, and um I took six sessions there, and then the county superintendent offered some training, and there was a session there on finances. And I'll just say that sitting through that I felt very good about what we're doing as a district and how transparent and how um we share with our community about how we're spending our money. And there's you know, there's a never a question that we're making those dollars work to their maximum effect in in the choices that we make. And I just wanted to appreciate um Ms. Batson, her team, and Superintendent McCord for all that hard work and and his team because it it really was just going through those classes.
We'll reach out to Tracy tomorrow, if you go okay with that, and see if we can arrange for I I know she's probably busy with the two and a half overrides right now, but we'll definitely see if we can do that for June. Cool. All right, any other comments on this one, or we'll move forward? So, what are we going to do? Table it? And we can vote over the summer to add it back, but it's just really inconvenient for planning purposes. I think, too, it would make more sense to find out if the current band teacher is going to stay at PMS. And if Right, like we we're Yeah. We have some information to gather. And again, I want to refer to Robin that the teachers at Bolyston Elementary, is this you know what, prioritizing what they want to bring back, right? So, you're I know School Committee is saying that's what they want, but what does what does the the elementary teachers and the principal want for that school?
Bishop and and the team are are really working on a reunification plan in case of an emergency. We've had community forums and one of the highlight community forums that we had was Scott Driscoll of the internet safety solutions. He met with the middle school and the high school students and spoke to them regarding the opportunities and challenges facing them in in the digital world. As Mr. Bishop uh stated earlier in the evening, our our our new teachers that we support the best that we can in in the team program, our professional learning days um I is something that we value those days and really working with our staff. We worked really hard to develop responsible digital citizenship and future ready uh skills for our students. We're also a, as you heard, a a curriculum committee developing a an artificial intelligence plan to make sure that we're moving that along in a responsible type of a way.
I I'd like to have a discussion about I I personally think that would be a better use of the $90,000. It's still saved off the 103 and the social studies impacts our students districtwide. Introduces a new program that is very clearly beneficial. touches every sixth grader as they come through the system on the same cost for taxpayers and for our operating budget. >> I I can uh enumerate some of the reasons why we wouldn't recommend that. Um starting with I think I I already talked about the um the need with special education early childhood support. um we would still have to hire somebody there anyway. Like if we weren't going with um that role, uh I wouldn't feel comfortable just assigning an AP to do that job. um to cover the the full building at at um Barnum and to oversee that that early childhood space.
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Um, if there are any questions on the board report, the rest of the board report. Then we have our video. Hey, hey. Hey, hey. And the Nikki Listo got first place in the cargo glider design challenge and then his sister Marcina Valista was named um Indois's middle high school student of the year for messa >> congratulations >> just a real quick message to all of our principles and to every everyone I just I wanted to say thank you so much for um I will say a lot of the students were expressly really trying to achieve uh perfect attendance because of your initiatives. Um speaking directly not only for for my own but even nephews nieces were adamant that they had to be at school because they wanted to be able to participate in those things. So thank you so much for putting that effort forward and and and finding ways to make not only school fun but to make it um um as appealing I guess if you want to say as possible as we can.
We have no bond money right now. And but once again does that matter to the voters? Maybe not. Some people might just be nos, but I think, you know, we're willing to help people out, educate the community, and I and I think most of the feedback I've gotten is pretty solid, even from people not connected with the school district. But, you know, um, whatever you guys decide, I I'm I'm going to, like I said, I'm going to show up and do my best and try to make Blidge the most amazing place no matter what we do. and I'm willing to put in the time between now and the election off the clock and you know >> did the did your advisory committee kind of come up with a number that they kind of thought of? >> Well, we we went back and forth between the 50 and the 30 million and there was some um one of the comment was made well what if we do the 30 million and we see if we can trust that the 30 million is being spent wisely.
the grants you mentioned prior that are down to one you said are down to two or something five to two do they no longer exist or we have to reapply for them or they >> So those are our federal grants and for special education um Mrs. Sudden and I were looking at it. So for next year the budget is 118,000. So with it but that budget has decreased every year where we're we're saying if we had five paras then we the budget is decreased and then we end up having to we went from five to four to three to two because we needed them but we didn't have the funds. So Mrs. Wattis's salary, her benefits and salary are paid out of that grant. So that's a you know a larger portion of the grant that allows us to then have a parent. We pay a third of this special education say third we pay for part of the psychologist out of that but each year what we are allowed to pay for those positions has decreased as well.
That would be like an example of a system shift. So, it doesn't all just lie on the coaches, um, our our principals are vital to this, our, um, novice teachers bring a new perspective, our veteran teachers bring a new perspective. So, it's the system working together and us helping to create those conditions that allow people to collaborate and either learn their new curriculum or learn how to analyze their data or watch somebody else who has figured it out. Um, our communications team does a really great job after our learning walks, we give them names of teachers that we've seen that we want to highlight so we can get little snippets of teachers in action. So, if you see someone that is also a third grade teacher doing it, you're like, I can do that and now I know someone to reach out to. So, we are always going to get better at that, but I think we have to remember it's part of just like a a system shift as well for us to think about how we're using our time.
I was just like you know, there's just no question that we're doing a really, really great job. So, thank you. And that's the end of my report. >> Thank you, Ms. Humphreys. Legislative Representative, Dr. Blake Robison. >> Nothing to report. >> Thank you, Dr. Robison. Um meeting dates, Dr. McCord. >> Thank you, Mr. President, governing board members. We have two meetings left in this fiscal year. June 9th is uh we're going to have a board policy committee meeting uh before at 5:00 p.m. and then at 6:00 p.m. we will have our work study and brief board business meeting. And then on June 23rd uh is at 6:00 p.m. is our board business meeting. >> Thank you, Dr. McCord. We have uh agenda item number 13 and an executive session pursuant to ARS 15-843A and ARS 38-431.0382 to discuss confidential student discipline information /records and to consider readmission for expelled student number 2425 1234.
Is that the priority? All right, thanks. Uh next up, Al, our student liaison, Mr. Matt Dowd. Yes. So, I know it's been a long time in coming, Matt, so I I apologize for this. Um but we should be sure to get this here. So, on March 25th, myself, Mr. Cameron, and and Matt went to an unbelievable program at the Worcester County Superintendents' Thanks, Jess. >> [laughter] >> Um anyways, It's a very special gift right there, Jess. Come on. >> [laughter] >> We'll see about that in the future. Um so, we really wanted to recognize Matt. It was an unbelievable program across the Massachusetts superintendents were all there and principals were there. Like I said, they gave out scholarships and Matthew represented our school district from Bourne and Boston and was quite an honor to to see him up there as well as Mr. Kim and I seeing him up there with all the other scholars.
Embracing equity, our equity team has really looked at the equity and belonging plan. We're moving forward focusing on deepening this work by monitoring implementation across all schools. But it is work that is embedded within our school climate plans. We made meaningful uh progress in cultural responsive instruction through the use of school-based coaching coaching and reflection tools. We continue our partnership with the University of St. Joe's by mentoring and tracking future educators from our district and tracking students that um graduated from University of St. shows and now our students uh teachers within our district. We've made steady progress on looking at data reviews and into regular instructional and in administrative practices and we made solid practice ensuring that all our school climate plans and culture plans have concrete strategies for inclusion and belonging. Over the course of the year, we made significant progress, as I mentioned, in workforce development with incorporating all the new staff that we added to you within the board of ed, our accounts payroll, our payroll, our accounts payable, our payroll, our benefits, our superintendent and buildings and grounds.
The other thing, and I think Marlene may be able to touch upon this um in greater detail, is with the addition of the science program that we have there. We were talking about uh prep periods and coverage and we're trying to feather Spanish into that today for next year um I think would be a a scheduling nightmare um to do that across the four buildings but um with the number of sections we have. So, you'd really have to dramatically reduce the number of class sessions in order to get to the the buildings and all the sections that we now have in sixth grade that we didn't have a few years ago. But, Marlene, I don't know if you want to >> Yeah, it would take it would certainly take more than one Spanish teacher to be able to cover all of those sections now that we've increased.