Yeah, let's do it. And then just try it anyway. Call it loud. Is this all right? We need a full picture as well. Let me open this thing. Are you doing the switching? All right, this is the wired one. Here you go. You do it yourself. All right. It's underneath the pocket on the right. You said I got to go in there to get the power supply. For this? Okay. So What are the four ones? Okay, you're on that? Am I supposed to be wide? Uh Or wider? Go to the wide. Wide. Okay. Yeah, that's probably what I do. All right, so I want to do that. Okay. hacks for this score like this. Probably all the way over there. Okay, I cannot get these up. Oh my gosh. Follow the action. You got it? Can't tell where it is. Yeah, it's hard to find.
What they got in the draw now? Looks to be maybe Siegel. Yeah, it is. Walter Siegel winning a good draw. Fires a pass right to Olson. >> [cheering] >> Bobby Buckets with it now. Olson going towards the middle. Pass to Atwood. Oliver Atwood trying to get good positioning here. Oh, tries to fire. Short pass to Hardenet and goes into the stick of Perella. Good thought there. Under five to go now in the first quarter. As this is a Tate Logan brings it up past the line, dishes in it. Peter Perucci, Perucci gets laid out. But there's going to be a call. All right, this is Aiden Behance going to get it and rip it down to Brown. Brown to Door. Door up to Drake. Drake passes into Pillard. Covered by Senn. Senn on him. Switches Fiore gets a whack in there. Oh, good defense from Whitesman and now Olson trying to get it, but Mustang has it.
Thank thank you chair u come on up Kendra. This is Kendra Rosa from Fulcrrim Energy Solutions and going to give us a quick overview on some an option for us maybe for our city and for our schools. There are grants that are available out there that um allow the potential to have, get this, um free, you know, isn't that always great, right? When you're in any type of municipal government, um charging stations at public facilities. She'll get into some of the details there. So, um you know, I had heard of this. Kendra and I been speaking since the winter. She came out with one of her I don't know if it's an engineer or somebody. Um visited all of our schools, looked at their electrical panels with our own facilities director. I stopped in at a couple of them as well too. Um we've sent you all the proposals that you see you have in the folder for May 13th for electrical vehicle present presentations.
Thank thank you chair. U come on up Kendra. This is Kendra Rosa from Fulcrrim Energy Solutions and going to give us a quick overview on some an option for us maybe for our city and for our schools. There are grants that are available out there that um allow the potential to have, get this, um free, you know, isn't that always great, right? When you're in any type of municipal government, um charging stations at public facilities. She'll get into some of the details there. So, um you know, I heard of this Kendra and I have been speaking since the winter. She came out with one of her I don't know if it's an engineer or somebody. Um visited all of our schools, looked at their electrical panels with our own facilities director. I stopped in at a couple of them as well too. Um we've sent you all the proposals that you see you have in the folder for May 13th for electrical vehicle present presentations.
Your group had some of the tougher ones. Um but I will say that I love the student culture that you've built here and I love the fact that you've created leadership opportunities for the students. um and that when we do we do these things, they rise to the occasion and are phenomenal. So, thank you so much for this for this presentation and all the work that went into it. Jenny, the work that you do with this group on the podcast is incredible and um there's a lot of growth that is seen as a result of of those efforts. So, thank you so much and Terrence, thank you for coming out tonight. Uh it makes a difference that you're here and we appreciate you. Thank you. Don't forget your papers. >> Wow, that was hard to follow up now. Um, but thank you. Thank you for that.
Let me give you a clear picture of what a typical morning, early afternoon looks like. Two people, one clerk, one secretary. Managing gate access almost every five to 15 minutes. Handling attendance, answering phones, responding to staff and parent volunteers, questions, guiding and taking care of students in and out of the office, covering health clerk duties until she arrives because she's only part-time, and trying to get through their own daily workload. all at the same time. This is not a two-person job and this is not sustainable for our Ruskin community. Additional hours have been granted to accommodate the increased workload and we appreciate that. Thank you. But ours don't solve the problem when the workload requires another set of hands, a physical full-time presence, another person who knows the school, knows the students, and will be there every single day to assist. Rotating assistant principles, and we love him.
They've been with you every step of the way, and today we need to honor them for their great support in your lives. Let's give it up for our family, our friends, teachers, and mentors one more time. >> [applause] >> Personally, I'm reminded of my own parents, Carl and Jane Johnston, both public school teachers for over 30 years. One of the most significant values that they instilled in me was to be a lifelong learner. And growing up in a household of teachers meant there was always lots of encouragement, high expectations, and probably a reminder too about doing my homework. And even though they are no longer with me, their influence continues to guide me, and I encourage you to carry forward the lessons of those who have shaped your lives. So, graduates, listen to the wisdom that is shared with you by others. The following poem has inspired many over the years to reflect on the decisions that they will make in life.
>> [applause] >> Serving as secretary this year has been a meaningful experience. I've learned what it truly takes to help support a strong community. From the late nights designing canvas uploads for appreciation days, the long text chains with Juliana, or the long text chains with Juliana, organizing staff list so every member felt seen, and communicating with Ms. Chee and Val about meeting ideas. I experienced firsthand the dedication and the teamwork our chapter embodies. I credit our chapter for shaping not only my understanding of leadership, but also my appreciation for the people who make a community feel valued. And as we prepare to induct our new members, I would love to take a moment to give our current members their flowers. To each and every member, I want to thank you for giving your time, dedication, and effort to all of our chapter initiatives. The work we have done together has brought so much joy to our community, and as we transition to the next chapter, let's hold on to that passion and continue to dedicate ourselves to scholarship, character, leadership, and service.
And then in the June 10th board meeting, we'll actually bring you the people's names plus what their increase is. And then we will release the addendums to their contract the day after the board meeting in June which they would then sign and that's how they would get their 1% increase. Health premium recommendation. I'll go through this relatively quickly because you've already made uh the approval of this recommendation. And again, more than anything else, this is what's made the total uh district budget be much more amunable. We are looking at what we thought would be a 12% increase. So, we went ahead and went out with um uh to check other possible providers and we switched from Kyros to Asbait, which are two providers that are utilized throughout the state for insurance. And we're seeing uh a savings of $200,000. But you have to understand that that savings combined with what we thought the 12% increase would be, which is $300,000, really gives us a net savings of $500,000.
Seniors were also recognized for community awards, military honors, departmental student of the year awards, AP recognition programs, and college scholarships totaling nearly 68 million. The applause was loud. The tassels moved a little closer and and the tassels moved a little closer to the finish line. And for a moment, the room held years of hard work, growth, and possibility all at once. It was two great nights. And that's my report. Thank you, Dr. Lopeman. Governing board member reports. Member Rothschild. Uh, I'll be brief. So, first of all, happy Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Um, one thing that I definitely love about our school district is that we mean all means all and not just in the academic sense. It's allowing people to bring their authentic self uh to the workplace and the school place uh every day. So, always proud, but some days just a little bit prouder uh to see that.
One with vegetables and one without. And she blindfolds them and has them taste. And oftentimes they'll choose the option with the vegetables without knowing. And so then she can show parents how to kind of trick the kids into eating vegetables or show the kids that, you know, vegetables really aren't that bad. >> That's awesome. >> So next, Megan McVey is going to come up and share another celebration about the coaches we have in this corporation and how the coaches work together and with our teachers to make our curriculum um much better. >> Thank you, Kathy. Good evening, board. Um, one of our big celebrations that we have at Deputy Elementary is our Shark Tank. It was an idea that was sparked two years ago. And through this, we um Oh, I didn't hit the next arrow button. Sorry. We have um also done story time through STEM.
>> Okay. Okay. Um so the other the other sort of question and that people will say okay well I don't support the override what and we and you know based on information is okay if the override doesn't pass the go the there's been discussion that we're going to pull another $1.6 million from one-time funds to cover this year's budget. So, we're sort of doing to ourselves what we've done for the last two years, right? Pull onetime funds in to do stuff. So, if if the override doesn't pass and we pull in the $1.6 million, what's the impact on our schools? Like, what's the diff, you know, between having $1.6 million in stabilization funds and $2.75 million from an override? >> Well, I think >> what's that difference? I think the biggest difference right is that >> in a year >> when we don't have that money then to take from stabilization accounts from to take from school choice you know to take from these one-time fund areas when we don't when that money is gone >> then we have to go back to the community and it's more it's more than $2.75 million at that point or it's in the neighborhood of 20ish teachers um I you know, Mr.
It takes it away from a power structure of like town government, um, separated from the people, cuz I I know that people work hard in town not to make, uh, like a separation that it's enemies, which it's not, but it still is a power structure. Let's be real, right? There's a power structure of town government. And so, if town government doesn't offer the same kind of venues for people to have their voices heard, that's where there's the problem. So, I I know we hear a lot that us them. No, this is not about us them, but it is acknowledging a power thing, and some things that you might be able to do at town meeting to make that not feel that way. Yeah, I definitely people should be able to get up twice. And I don't care if it takes two nights. And honestly, when we could speak as long as we wanted, instead of this weird militant set up with this gigantic clock ticking in your face, um, we almost never went to a second night.
We know that you go on your own every chance that your husband brings you to Orlando, you are [laughter] volunteering and we love that about you. We know the next chapter is going to be the best one yet. You've been talking about your grand babies and the hopes for them since the day I met you and this is just bringing you endless smiles. We adore you. We're going to miss you in that capacity, but we're so so so fortunate that we've had this amazing relationship with you and we thank you for that. Thank you for giving me the honor. Yeah. So we have a few things [applause] for you. Oh my gosh. I love you all so much. I love you. All right, so first a little a little thank you for being Thank you so much. All right, let's let's start the spoon and then our our last service trip together.
I generally follow the group. You always want like six or seven players in the frame. And it's okay if you're a little behind the action, but Yeah, that's okay, you know? It's better than trying Follow the action. I don't want to go too fast when the gravity is falling. You just always picture yourself watching this on the big screen. It gets worse. What the freaking ball? Goldie moving so far up. He wants headphones now. That's so much hype. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh-oh. Who wants to switch to me? Who was that? What are you doing on the score? I don't think they scored. I think they scored. No, I Yeah, they did not score. You just got to score. Oh yeah, you If you are on the same position Yeah, I was just covering her. Oh. Jared, you can take the pulse. Okay. You just got to score.
Door being covered by O'Leary. Oh, here we go. The rip. Good opportunity, but good coverage on Pillard as wasn't able to get the shot he wanted. And good hustle by Archie trying to get that, but unable to. But showing his speed off. This is Door trying to find somebody. That way pass it around. Drake drops it, but picks it back up. Senn on him. Trying to juke him out. Senn keeping his footwork good. Door in the corner. Whitesman on him now. Passes right to Pillard. Pillard trying to go past. Little high, but goes into a Mustang stick nonetheless. This is Brown. Pillard shot and goes high. Good set up. Nice try from Medway. They're looking pretty good right now, not going to lie. All right, they are working it at far side. Drake on the 20. Drake can push. Drake unable to get that shot through, I believe.
And obviously if you have any questions, she's the pro um to answer that. So if you can give us a little overview on some of this, we'd appreciate it. Thank you, Kendra. There we go. Okay. So, um, yes, my name is Kendra Rosa. I'm with Folk Energy Solutions. We are a service disabled veteranowned small business out of South Coast, Massachusetts. And we are a, um, expert in turnkey design build energy efficiency projects. Oh, is it too far away? Sorry. Is that better? Even more. Okay. I'll talk a little bit louder maybe. Okay. Um, so yeah, so I met Roland actually through um he had been working somewhere else at the time and he remembered we were working um in that town as well and he reached out to us to come out and see some of the sites uh specifically uh the school district here.
And obviously if you have any questions, she's the pro um to answer that. So if you can give us a little overview on some of this, we'd appreciate it. Thank you, Kendra. Sure. >> There we go. Okay. So, um, yes, my name is Kendra Rosa. I'm with Folk Energy Solutions. We are a service disabled veteranowned small business out of South Coast, Massachusetts. And we are a, um, expert in turnkey design build energy efficiency projects. Oh, is it too far away? Sorry. Is that better? Even more. Okay. I'll talk a little bit louder maybe. Okay. Um, so yeah, so I met Roland actually through um he had been working somewhere else at the time and he remembered we were working um in that town as well and he reached out to us to come out and see some of the sites uh specifically uh the school district here.
So, on to public participation. The board welcomes public participation and ask that speaker please limit their comments to three minutes. Speakers may offer objective comments of school operations and programs that concern them. The board will not permit any expression of personal complaint or defamatory comments about board of education personnel and students nor against any person connected with the public school system. >> Thank you Lauren. I have one name. Um, signed up. Melinda Scott. >> You can call me Scoot. That's what the kindergarters call me. All right. I'm unscripted tonight. So, like Mr. Slic, I too could take the microphone and talk all night, which y'all are on my home turf tonight, so I could not pass up the opportunity. I have to say, I really do miss not coming from my meeting and speaking up. College is way too far away now. Way too far away.
One of them is here. However, are not a substitute for permanent front office support. Ruskin serves over 710 students. Our front office staff are doing the work of at least three people with the resources of two. They are dedicated. They are capable, but they are being set up to fail. I understand that there have already been conversation about hiring an additional clerk for the next upcoming school year. Thank you. I commend that conversation and dialogue that was started. But I am here to say please follow through. Please make sure the hiring contract for the additional clerk is complete and confirmed and secured. This is not a luxury request. It is what Ruskin needs to function effectively and to give our students, our staff, and our families the support they deserve. 100%. Thank you. Thank you for your time, your openness, and your continued partnership with our Ruskin community.