We did it >> for the pledge of allegiance. I'll do it again. Can I get a motion to adopt the agenda? >> I move we adopt the agenda for May 14th, 2026. >> Can I get a second? >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I may. >> It is really adopted now. >> Okay. So, do we want Dr. >> Now we go down below. >> Okay. Ready? >> Down below. >> For celebrations. Okay, it's that time of year. all the celebrations happening all around the district at our different sites. Uh tonight we get to do a special uh recognition as we are honored to also be able to recognize the 2026 Morirana Unified School District Employees of the Year. My first uh recognition is going to be Carrie Stanford. So if I could have Carrie join me up front. So, this year's support staff of the year is Carrie Stanford.
Okay. We have a food service department led by Diana Wilbert Wilbur of Chartwells who was able to relocate and prepare food for 700 people in an hour. We didn't get the food out in an hour, but they were ready. We have an amazing middle school staff that prepared um the site for reunification in less than 30 minutes. We have teachers who reported to help during their prep periods as the middle school was still providing school to 600 students. We have a maintenance and ground and custodial team from SSC led by Nathan O'Neal and Andy Wagner who secured two sites until law enforcement could take over. We are blessed to be served by the CPD, CFD, McGomery County Sheriff's Department, the state police, and officers from Typicanw County who responded and secured and cleared our school. Our nurses ensured students with medical needs were cared for appropriately.
Birch and her students from the sign language club as they say the pledge of allegiance. So, at this point in time, I'm going to turn it over to Mrs. Birch. So, while they We've only Oh, Excuse me. Good morning. Good afternoon.
And these are simply A&R lots in concept due to uh financing concern that will uh be beneficial to Mr. Wheeler's operation here as he acquires the property. The land in the back, there's a large parcel called parcel A, which is a non-building lot. It is designated as such, and therefore it is um not considered a building lot. So, we Dramatic. >> Should I do something? Are there all the laptops in the room muted and mics off? Hello. Looks like it's off. Okay, thank you. Um so, really this is um something that probably will never come to fruition as individual lots as we're working on a much larger project for the uh entirety of the 14 acres. Thank you. Um so, as we discussed last time and confirm if uh if I'm wrong here, that we had um noted that everything the dividing of the property into different parcels was all done according to regulations, that there was no um uh non-conforming lots um being created, and um and that there were there wasn't any issues with when with any of any of the lots.
>> All these student athletes, coaches, and contest officials have worked diligently to prepare for today's competition. Please show your support by making sportsmanship and positive behavior a priority. Please note that any profanity, derogatory comments centered on race, ethnicity, sexuality, or religion will not be tolerated and subject to a violator to ejection. Be loud, be proud, but be positive. Let's let the coaches coach, the referees ref, and the players play the game they've grown to love. And as always, go Clockers! Good. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Ashland High School for a TVL battle between the Holliston Panthers and the Ashland Clockers. This is Kevin McGuinness along with Jamie Tripp to bring you the exciting action. Very important game here for both teams as they get ready for hopefully post season. Yeah, big game tonight. Uh looking to close off some of the get some more W's here and hope to make the tournament.
So, Cass, if you'll go down to 926 so that we can look at it and have any discussion about it. Yeah. Yeah. You'll have to Yeah, there you go. Oh, it's um um ECB. There you go. Oh, it's EBC. It's ECB. Some of these are towards the back are printed on both sides. So, you're going to flip a page and you won't see a signature. You got to look on the back side of first one. Um, so they've had this one before. This is not a new one, but uh, apparently for whatever reason, it's not been in our policy book. And, um, so it seems to me to be a reasonable policy. Yeah. When I read through this one, it was it's like, why did we not have it? You know, why did we not have it? Yeah. Well, number one is why we didn't have it was because we didn't have the plumbing services and we didn't have Well, it doesn't matter.
Uh, her official title is career and technical education data integrity specialist. Her real title is we don't know, somebody call Carrie. Uh we are proud to honor Carrie Stanford, a remarkable employee who truly represents the heart of the Morirana Unified School District. For more than 14 years, Carrie has served the district with dedication, integrity, and an unwavering positive spirit. Throughout her career, she has supported the district in various roles, including exceptional student services aid, exceptional student services secretary, and currently, as I mentioned, the career and technical education data integrity specialist. In every position, Carrie has brought deep institutional knowledge, a strong work ethic, and a genuine commitment to excellence. Car's positive attitude and outgoing personality motivates and inspires those around her. She takes the time to learn each program she supports, showing sincere care for both staff and students. Her dedication goes far beyond her daily responsibilities.
Even our high school nurse worked with law enforcement. so that they could get into the building to get necessary medication for one of our students. Together, we responded and cared for our students and staff. Again, Crawford'sville Community Schools demonstrated what a public school community can do. I'm grateful for how our parents responded and the parents that have encouraged and helped. Grateful for the surrounding schools who offered to help. I'm grateful to be an Athenian and to be a school superintendent with an amazing team. Kind of an unofficial timeline here. We were trying to put this together quickly. Of course, this all happens on a day of a board meeting, right? So, at 11:17, this is unofficial. 11:17, we were contacted by our school resource officer who had been contacted by dispatch. Students were evacuated first to fire drill locations and accounted for. Okay. 11:25 we notified transportation to mobilize.
While they're coming up and getting ready for the pledge of allegiance, if the rest of us would stand, please, and face the flag and pledge. Oh, okay. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. To the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for everyone. Good job. Thank you, Mrs. Birch, and thank you, students. That was a great job. You did a nice job, and we're we're proud of you. One more round of applause for them, guys. Yes.
Right. That is correct. Um so, the the question we had last time, which was my question, is how were we dividing up someone else's property uh um without them being represented, and in in our packets at the end of the um kind of at the end of the bundle um with this project, um there's two things. One is a brief um uh authorization note um that the owner of the of the property um the trustee is giving permission um for Mr. Wheeler to um um at uh and his representatives to um make and file applications on our behalf to to any and all governmental and quasi-governmental entities for license permits and approvals relating to the premises. And following that is an email chain um uh on the back page of which uh Lisa um Lisa Mead, town attorney, is being informed of this process and says that she is fine with this documenta- fine with this documentation and to provide it uh to the board.
Right now they're just outside of that. So win against Holliston will certainly help after the big win last uh last night versus Norwood. Holliston as well has sitting at the number 32 spot. So uh they're they're playing for a lot themselves. Good start for Ashland with a draw controlled by Maggie McGuinness. Yep. Got in the game today uh Aaron Hickey. It's like Lily Vitti with the start as well. Got Ashley, Maggie, McGuinness, Ava. Nice pass. Nice stop by the keeper. I think she got a piece of that one. Yeah, that was a very good look from the two seniors. That would have been a nice connection on senior night, Vitti to Forster. Didn't go Ashland's way, but hopefully other opportunities. There's another shot. >> Hey, we got Payton's 100th point right there. Well, ladies and gentlemen, we have a milestone. Payton Tripp has her 100th career point.
They still expect us to do these things even if we didn't have it in-house. That's true. Uh so, uh and in fact, the uh you know, the legislative uh what's called the minimum adequacy guidelines um require these kinds of things anyway. So, uh, and even if they didn't, the trust does relative to our, uh, maintenance of our facilities. Um, so this one seems to me to be a reasonable one for us to add. And then I think there were only two that we didn't have. Is that two? I think there I remember two, but then when I was reading you, I was so flabbergasted. Well, that one I have Yeah. The only reason I had that highlighted, the purple part, is um uh that we can retain on this one on EDC um they were recommending taking out a piece of it. Um but then they also said we could retain that if it applied to our district.
She willingly volunteers for field trips and school activities and is always ready to step in and help wherever needed. Her teamwork, enthusiasm, and commitment make her a true asset to our district. Carrie is MUSD through and through and an inspiration to us all. Carrie, thank you for all you do and congratulations. >> Let you come over here for a picture. Now I'm going to ask Mr. Tom Carmichael, our teacher of the year, to join me up front. So Tom is an extraordinary educator whose impact reaches far beyond his music classroom. He teaches students not only how to sing, play instruments, and read music, but also how to think critically about musical pieces and perform with confidence on stage. His dedication extends well beyond his own classroom walls. his reg he regularly contributes to the district's professional learning communities and co-creates musicals that are performed at multiple Morirana schools.
11:26 CMS was notified to prepare. At 11:27, safety team was mobilized to prepare the reunification site. At 11:35, students moved to the CHS athletic complex. Again, staff moved kids out of a building, accounted for, moved them again. 11:38 first parent message went out. Okay, that means in 21 minutes we were able to organize and communicate. So Mr. Strickland grateful for his leadership and Mrs. Strickland grateful for that we have a communications person. 11:52 the first bus left the PT building. 11:58 students began loading the buses. 1229 all students were at CMS. 12:43 all students and staff were accounted for. 12:48 the ready for reunification message went out. We also are so well practiced that parents were already at CMS. So I'm sure that those phones did out there with students helped that. But also I believe because we have practiced this before. So again, and then by 2:30 we were ready to start loading the kids back up to bring back to CHS who weren't there.
So, thank you for leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance this evening. And uh Mr. President, I'll turn it back over to you. Uh thank you, sir. I don't believe there was anybody signed up for public comments, and without that, I will turn it right back to you. All right. At this time, I would like to introduce to you the principal here at Bailey Elementary School that wants to give us some information about Bailey Elementary, but also to recognize some of our students here at Bailey School for their accomplishments and the good things that they've done while they are here. So, at this time, I will introduce Mrs. Kim Hayes, principal at Bailey Elementary. Good evening. Thank you. Thank you, board, for being here tonight. Thank you to all of our families and students for coming out tonight. It's awesome. Um as you know, we love to shine and share all of the good things that we're doing last year.
So, which is what we had we had asked for. Um so, are there any remaining questions about this A&R that anyone like answered? No. All right. So, do you just need a motion from us? >> I'd seek a motion then. That we approve the A&R. So Yes. >> Okay. So, I move that we approve the A&R for 37 James Road. Now that we have the correct documentation. All right. I'll second that. And a roll call vote. Eva Mankita, I. Anastasia I. Scapicchio, I. Paul Mattusasian, I. And Trisha Kennealy, I. So, that's that. Um so, do we have documents to sign? Why don't we just take care of that right now. Um how many copies are there that we need to sign? There's three. Okay. We'll let you get it set up and we'll just take care of that now and we don't have to run around doing it at the end.
Her comprised of 61 assists and 39 goals. Take it away, Mr. PA man. Congratulations to Payton Tripp, number three on her 100th career points. Proud dad moment. Proud dad, proud announcer, proud PA man. You're You're wearing a lot of hats here. Try. Little little bit of everything. And importantly, Ashland out to a 1-0 start with 11:23 left here in the first quarter. So just 37 seconds into the game. All starts on the draw control. And here Ashland had a another crack at it that time. It didn't didn't go their way. Thank you. Yep, so another positive thing tonight happened tonight was Alana Duffy getting the clear from her doctor to come back in and play after her appendix slightly burst last week. Uh and she's been cleared to play today. So, uh thanks to Kendall Westhoff for stepping in the last two games. >> Uh she did an amazing job uh under really tough circumstances.
So uh that might be one you want to look at that you all want to look at and and discuss. Uh so if you find that one Cass There we go. EDC. If you'd put in EDC, it might have taken you there. Oh, there it was. You just missed it. Was right there. Come on down. Down. One more. One more. There we go. Okay. district materials or equipment. Okay. So, they added materials. They took out uh the district shall not be in competition with any local business and then re renumbered any of these. But this is the one that they said if the board wants to keep C in there, you can do that. So any, you know, if you have any thoughts about it, we could make changes tonight before it gets read second reading next month. Well, we kind of make it a policy not to compete with uh local business.
On weekends, Tom can often be found repairing students instruments quietly, ensuring every child has the tool they need to succeed. His kindness and creativity touch every corner of the school community. He writes and performs personalized songs to celebrate promoting sixth graders, honor retirees, and recognize staff during special events. Tom's influence is lasting. Former students frequently return after performances to share how he inspired their love of music. To call Tom the spirit of Picture Rocks Elementary only begins to capture his impact. He is a legendary educator whose legacy will resonate throughout the Picture Rocks Elementary community and the entire Morirana Unified School District for years to come. And not in this reading is for a hundredyear celebration the amazing song that you were able to hear was composed by Mr. Carmichael uh and something that we're hoping to get out to all of our schools to become a part of our regular music curriculum.
I again ask who else could do this? Not very many. But I know that Crawford'sville Community Schools can do it. And again, I'm grateful to be part of Crawford'sville schools and have an amazing team and staff. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Riker. And on behalf of the board, I extend the same uh kudos and and a great appreciation to all of the staff and and our students as well, staff and teachers and students um for staying calm and and doing what you're supposed to do and this is why we this is why we drill and this is why we practice. So um glad that it turned out to be for not, but that's what we want. That's that's a good thing in this case. Okay. Uh very good. Yep. Okay. Uh we will move on to uh the agenda with our building principal report.