Um, why recreate the wheel? >> Yeah, >> that's my hope at least, right? >> Board reports I just add on to them and then edit as I go rather than recreate everything. It doesn't make sense to Yeah, I agree. Um, so I'm going to just run you through the slides. I'm not going to talk about them obviously, but kind of how we did it. So, initially we just introduced all of the committee members. This has always stayed the same. It was the purpose of the advisory committee. So, I didn't I put in red areas where I knew we were going to have to change it, but u this should probably be the same um purpose. And then we did give a timeline. So in the past we've started from like the very beginning and then I think that we could also plan on just doing the timeline of this year.
>> [applause] >> And of course, we wouldn't be able to do any of it if it weren't for volunteers and the support from the community as a whole. But we average about 250 students each week who get a backpack or two bags full of groceries to take home. I've asked for the numbers that are totally supported with that, and we feel that we're over 1,000 family members per week by sending home just a bag or two of groceries every week. So, we know we're we're helping more than 250 students each week. We support most of them through what I call backpack central, which is over at the self-help closet in building on now on Holiday Lane. And we have five churches who are our other support folks and they have their home schools that they support Algonquin for instance in Central that kind of thing.
So that was a little bit different one and he did that in early April. So he had a really good really good year. Congrats, Mike. >> [applause] >> We had a third place team and Kevin Soriano and I don't believe your partner's here today, but Kevin, would you want to stand up real quick and be recognized? >> [applause] [applause] >> Kevin's only a freshman, so hopefully he learned a lot and he's had a really good experience and look forward to having him back. And then lastly, we'd like to celebrate our engineering team. Um Andrew Willard and John Clinton I think are here representing their team. Oh and oh, I'm sorry. Didn't see you there. >> [laughter] >> If you guys would like to just come on up real quick and John is also our male athlete of the year at Downes and South. Oh my gosh.
It's been cool to see the Central FFA grow so much since I've graduated, to include a few surrounding school districts, and also build an impressive vet program. Since joining the alumni, I've enjoyed giving back to the students by serving food, being a part of giving scholarships every year, and judging competi- competitions like parliamentary procedure, where students learn to run a professional meeting such as this. I do this in part to give back to the great egg education team at Central for all that they have given for us for competitions, activities, and conventions when I was a student. The skills and memory The skills and memories I gained here have stayed with me long after graduation and I'm confident that they'll do the same for today's members. Let's keep building on this great tradition together. Thank you. >> [applause] >> Matt Klein >> Good evening, everyone.
But we're going to move on to the rest of the agenda. So. Um retirees and uh family and friends that are here, thank you so much for joining us this evening. Um it was great to start our meeting by recognizing students. Their accomplishments are very significant, but we also know that our students couldn't accomplish such great things without teachers pouring into them, bus drivers getting them to and from school and all their activities, cafeteria workers feeding them, custodians ensuring our buildings are clean, assistants supporting them in the classroom, office staff ensuring that the school runs as it should, and so many more. It takes over 1,600 employees to serve Avon students. And tonight, we're honored to recognize our retirees who have given years in their service to our community and to the Avon Community School Corporation. Did you know that the average teacher impacts about 3,000 students over the course of their career?
So, when I say your name, please come up to the front. Eleanor Dixon Jesus Quintero Aguilera Carolina Sanchez Herrera Lizette Tyree Sherilyn Revis Madeleine Martinez Aguilar Maria Clara Marymoto Tequiche Bruna Carrera Valerie Rondanell Breanna Lopez Benitez and Eduardo Aranda McCall. Good evening. CSA New Tech is proud to share that there were four students from our graduating class who earned that multilingual proficiency certification. Those students are Giselle Villegas, Kayla Hernandez, Jair Cayetano Valdez, and Roman Lepchev. From Columbus North High School, we have Rogelio Utiera Piedra, Stephanie Fernandez, Gerald Peralta Sandoval, Axel Sanchez Velasco, Sebastian Vizcarra, Benjamin Vizcarra, Clemence Delphos, Dayana Oro Ortiz, Valencia Lee, Nino Akalaya, Anna Sophia Valero Rios, Yuika Noda, Zhen Xuan Lu, Marina Costa Braga, Alfredo Madero, Anna Thais Buenta, Jimena Buenta, Maximo Estrada Contreras, Asiel Alejandro Orduno Valera, Ava LaPlant, Servanda Lozana Trinidad, Ayano Tanaka, Suzette Vazquez Salas, Noah Sims, Diego Fernandez Jimenez, and Victoria Canoval Lenco.
Um they make automotive components. So, they make If it's black and it's plastic and it's in the car, they probably make it. And usually the stuff that you don't see, stuff under the hood, stuff behind the dash, things like that. They make gobs and gobs and gobs of it. Um they had donated an industrial robot to us about 10 years ago. Um and it it died. Um and the press release went out on this today, so you can see it out on social media, on the school site, on the corporation site. Um but it died and I reached out to them and said, "Hey, your robot died. Um would you like it back?" Uh and it was just the internal batteries when they died, then it's just it. It's just game over for them. Um and they didn't want it back, and but they said, "Do you want another one?" And I was like, "Well, cool." Um but with all the gratitude in the world, we're going to pass because it was an industrial robot.
Um which is a testament to those teacher leaders, TED and leaders that are that are helping prepare those kids. So, um it was a really really great day of a community that came together. So, um just really really proud um that we put that on and and to the calendar that that we do. So, um just want to thank everybody for that. And then obviously, right where we are down to the last 2 weeks of school in the 2025-2026 school year. Our last student day is May 29th. Graduation um will be that Saturday, May 30th. It starts at 11:00 a.m. Um held at the Brown County Music Center. Um another really cool celebration um for our kids. So, we have a lot of staff members that are joining us this year um that will be up on stage and and be able to walk in with the kids.
However, they can only get success indicators if they pass IREAD. So, we move to the next chart. So, you can see this is what each kid's chart can look like. So, on ILEARN, if they were at approaching proficiency, they start out with a 65%. Um if they pass I read, they get that bump, um that success indicator bump, and then they can um earn another success indicator bump, which would be uh attendance. So, we need if students have a 94 attendance rate, they can get that additional bump as well. So, if they're at or above proficiency, they start out at a 75 in third grade. And then you get the next bump. The concern would be when you see that in pink, if we have a student who is below proficiency, they're starting that student at a zero. So, the only points that that score that student then can earn is passing I read and then one additional indicator.
successful on the court or the field and uh we just went to recognize her. So I'll get that to her tomorrow and she had a ball game this evening. Imagine that. Um so our employee of the month though is Nicole Freeze. Nicole, if you want to come up. So Mrs. Freeze is our English department chair, junior class sponsor, National Honor Society um sponsor, yearbook and social media sponsor. She's a 2004 Clinton Central graduate. Um and this is >> sounds like a long time ago now. >> I wasn't going to say that. This is her third year here and we're lucky to have her. But she's teaching six different subjects. So, anybody's ever spent time in a classroom, that's six different things that you have prepared for each and every day. And she she was uh willing to give up her prep period this year or this semester.
The board of school trustees publicly recognized this achievement renders it permanently to its ministry reserve for public posterity dated this 18th day of May 2026. Congratulations you guys. Read off all the names here. Even some of you might not be here but we'll recognize them anyways. So they're not here. We have a is it Maxim Chernobi Sha Patel Sophie Meyer that's coach Jamie Le Jackson Man, that shot Bianca just beating up these names here. Matthew Nathaniel Lamburi and coach Karen Snotty and Jamie L. Thank you. I got a couple names, right? But again, um before I hand it up, coaches, uh like I said to the last group, what you guys are achieving, um and representing Crown Point while you do it, we all greatly appreciate that and you have nothing but great things in front of you. Just keep up the hard work. Okay.
So, Helfer Park, we're looking for other ideas. I'm sure other schools have other ideas and things to do for teacher appreciation week. >> Yeah, I would have lost my watch that you would not I did you said something about Maddie Shirley. Um we can do that later. That's all the speakers we have, President Duckworth. Thank you very much. Thank you, Larry. Next, we have consent items, Dr. Hoover. >> Good evening, President Duckworth and members of the Board of School Trustees. We have 10 consent items for your consideration. They are 3.01, consideration of the minutes of the May 4th, 2026 executive session and regular board meeting. 3.02, consideration of the allowance of payments that include invoices, net payroll, and payroll obligation for a total allowance of payments of $12,239,648.02. 3.03, consideration to approve change order number two for the Central High School Academy of Science and Medicine renovation 2026.
As you went through the list that begins on finance packet F9 on that page. As you went through the list, did anyone have any question in particular about prease for April? >> No. >> Okay. If there's no questions, the total for prease was 462,52940. [clears throat] And then next in your packet which is going to be on finance packet page F16 are the claims dated for today May 18th 2026.
Um so, it should have been on the on the docket and uh we missed that one. So, we'll make sure that that gets corrected next time we Nothing against either one. Just [clears throat] you know, the way cuz you know, we've always said in the past, you know, we uh uh uh we approve people after the fact. And this is another example. This one is way after the fact. So, Any other discussion? Okay. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed or abstaining? I abstain also. Three. Okay. Did you get that, Billy? Are you abstaining from the entire personnel report or just that item number You cannot abstain separately. Yeah. So, you have to abstain from the entire report. Okay, got you. Got you. All right, sure. Thanks. I have seven elementary textbook adoption. Superintendent Superintendent recommends the board approve the textbook adoption for the elementary as presented on page 11.
Uh we had the middle school Mario Kart state champions this year. We will recognize Kaden Edwards who's couldn't be here tonight, Aiden Pearson, Joshua Cervantes Deus, Colt Earl, and Satie Hoffman, who also couldn't be here Tonight, our Mario Kart cart state champions were also coached by Miss Annie Moore and assisted by Sam Moore. Here we go. Good. Good evening, Madam Board President, school board members, and Dr. Smith. It is my privilege to introduce this year's Indiana State Robotics Runnerup State Champions, the 1024 kilobytes. First, the coach, Jeff Smith. El Elizabeth Sabota, coach. Ryan Murphy, mentor. And now the real reason why we are here, our students. Liam Wetley, Samuel Harris, Byron Zuniga, Henry Allen, Cooper Clawson, Jonah Hudson, Colton Vaughn, Kiier Wright, Julian Collazo, Gavin Ces. Then once again, our mentor Ryan Murphy and coach Elizabeth Sabot. Congratulations. Now, it is my extreme honor to recognize Ele Penna Perez, a LC senior who was this year's recipient of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education's outstanding secondary CT award based on his outstanding academic record in our business entrepreneurship pathway and his involvement in future business leaders of America or better known as FBLA.
Okay, what what name or what? Just it's I think the movie is Plastic Detox. Oh, okay. Yeah. And so, you can yeah, find it on on Netflix. So, share share it with friends and family. And neighbors. And it's I noticed it's being shown by a lot of groups right now in Eastern Massachusetts. So, if you Google, you'll see you know, sites over the next couple of weeks in other towns. But this What's on your mind? >> [laughter] >> Plastics. I've done it once, so Um compostable plastics. So, like those substitute funny feeling green bags that go into the compost bins, find them at the stores now. What's the deal with that? It's It's a good question. Um so a lot of times when things say that they are compostable, um they are not compostable in your in your backyard compost. It's only um in the the high energy that um uh what's the word for it?
Okay. Uh the fifth one that has seemed to be problematic is the site and the buildings have flooded historically. You didn't agree to that previously. Is that still your um position? Yes. Based on what? Based on an affidavit that we'll be providing from the owner of the site and um information that he has relative to the building flooding or not flooding. Uh to all of our knowledge, the building has not flooded in 50 years. Moreover, I've talked to our legal counsel. We're just not We don't I don't see the need to stipulate to that. We're going to discuss it as part of the public hearing. So, we can do that. >> really goes to the nature of our jurisdiction. So, So, your point is that you don't agree with that. Our point is that we have offered 18 uh slides that show the the building flooded, completely flooded.
Congratulations. >> [applause] [applause] >> Thank you everyone. Young people, look up to them. They're really impressive. >> Uh we're now moved to the approval of the minutes. I'm looking for a motion to approve the regular session minutes of May 4th, 2026. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Uh motion by Mr. Noon, second by Miss Amarall. >> All in favor? >> Do we have to take a vote on that? No. Yeah.
They do get to be brighter. We we know it's going to happen. If we could all predict it, we'd all be geniuses in the stock market, right? And um and financial gurus, but we're not. But, we also do know that things things definitely Gas prices go up, they do come down sometimes. And they take a little while, right? But, they but they do. They do, right? Last summer, I think we were all paying 230, 240 at the pump, and now we're paying, you know, 440. Right? So, it's amazing how quickly it changed in 8, 9, 10 months. It will drop slower in the future, but it will. The crisis, right? Some years the state revenue we follow, Andy and I talk about this a lot, following money coming in, revenues to the state, right? Whether it's through, you know, linear stack taxes, casinos, cannabis, you name it, right?
Um I know I just kind of gave you the the 30,000-ft view of her resume, but to give you a little bit more about maybe why she was interested in coming to Cheshire uh and how her background ties into this leadership role uh and then we can just engage in some dialogue after that. Biata? Thank you. It's very nice to meet all of you. Um I um it it's probably ironic to say I love being a school psychologist when you are considering making a move um to a a different role um but I have really found a lot of satisfaction in working with kids, um consulting with classroom teachers on how we can differentiate for the kids, um forming relationships with families, um and being a member of a team where we have to make some some difficult decisions about eligibility and um what's right for kids and what kids need um knowing that everyone on the team doesn't always agree on the answer to those questions.