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Um there is riverfront 100 200 ft offset from the Sudbury River only. Um and being a historic mill complex, the riverfront would end at the uh developed portions of the site, which we'll discuss in more detail at a future hearing. Pop up here. Um so, tonight's focus uh we've submitted three supplements to the to the commission based on comments you received. The first supplement was back in February. That consisted solely of the RAM report. Um the RAM report has a lot of the details uh consisting of tables for all the sampling and the work that's been done. Um we submitted a second supplement >> Chris, I'm sorry to interrupt you. Can you just explain to the people what a RAM report is? It's a release abatement um management plan for the site. So, it deals with how the contaminated soils will be managed. Um it's it's uh MassDEP has oversight of the program.
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The librarians are always helpful choosing books, and these moments have led to really great conversations around reading, what students like, what they want to read next, and favorite authors. It's a really exciting part of every month at Potter. The North Dartmouth Library has also created a CKLA trade book list so that any library visitor can check out books connected to the CKLA unit that their child is learning about in school. It's a really valuable resource. This helps extend our curriculum be beyond the classroom and into the larger Dartmouth community. The library also displays Potter student work which has been a great way to celebrate our students and connect the classroom learning to the community. Something very exciting that has come from this happened this year. So Dartmouth, the north of Dartmouth Library is a part of the sales library network and we competed in Mid the Minute Madness competition as a town.
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So, like So, shifting, so no can't principal just going to ask us because So, if a principal decides they're desperate for three paras, I mean, can they lose a teaching position to get the paras or I mean, how how big a shift are we >> Yeah, so I mean, cuz that's my shifting world. >> Yeah, the the likely shifted their shifting would be requesting, let me put it that way, right? They, and I mean, with with all due respect to Sure. the important job that they have in their building, They don't get a free range Okay. on doing it. This would come through the appropriate channels, whether it's special education director, facilities maintenance, curriculum here, business and myself. Yeah, they would not just be able to turn a position into others or doing different things. >> None of that. Okay. Uh this I got Uh and I have talked with the incoming superintendent uh about this as well, too, and obviously, in the summertime, there may be some moves that would have to be made, but we wouldn't be adding to the budget.
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So, um in this sense, I think it's a um benefit to be split between schools. You got to tell us So, when you were the split between schools was when you were in New Britain? No, how about that? >> first year as a school psychologist. So, first year in Manchester, traveling between schools. Got it. Got it. And a tester basically. And then she said the ability to collaborate and uh support students, families, and staff uh is pretty limited uh when you're exclusively doing evaluations and jumping for the next building. Um so, can you tell us about a um maybe something that you're working on now or uh in the last couple of years that you're proudest of in terms of your moving the the group forward? Sure. Um I would say the work I've done with my team um is something that I'm really proud of.
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The business world is constantly changing and we want to keep up with that so our skill our students have the skills and the knowledge they need going forward. We're also working collaboratively to update and maintain our curriculum. That's a big focus of ours, just because things do change um so frequently and we want to keep up with um industry practices. Uh we want to continue to um use um and expand on um strategies, BTC, a building thinking classroom stat strategies, making thinking visible. Um and as everybody here I'm sure is aware of, AI is definitely a thing um and we want to see how we can integrate that or use it um in our curriculum as well as teach um students ethical and responsible use of using AI. Okay. In terms of text resources and technology, we have been um keeping up and it's always evolving.
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At times, it might feel like the longest 4 years of your life, but then one day you'll be sitting in front of your mom and dad in a cap and gown wondering where all the time went. Grateful for the chances you took and the lessons you learned along the way. So make the most of it. Spend time with your friends, appreciate your teachers, and take advantage of every every opportunity that you are given. To the class of 2030, today is your moment. You're moving on to something new and so exciting. So be confident, stay curious, and have fun, and believe in yourself. Congratulations on your achievement and your promotion. It has been an honor to speak before you guys today and I cannot wait to see what you guys will accomplish in the future. Thank you. >> [applause] [applause] >> At this time we will recognize each individual student of the graduating class of 2030.
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Um they were looking at 100 cuts. Um we're actually not at 100, thank God. Um and I will say that even some of the cuts we made right now, I'm going to put this on the record, cuz it's very important that everyone understands this. Some of the um the cuts that were made um or some of the restructuring that happened with regard to the district, that decreased positions that weren't necessary anymore, um because of our special education enrollment that's going through the roof just from the past month or so, uh and also preschool enrollment, which we're not really sure yet, um we may be hiring for some additional positions as well. So, um unfortunately, with the May 15th date, with a couple different things that I just just uh expressed, you know, these things had to happen at a certain time, including where people were placed, right?
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Grace House says that it's at CDO where she met her people, the ones that made her comfortable to be happy. Angelina shared, "The view of the mountains is gorgeous. It makes me forget that math absolutely cooked me." Madison Reynolds just loved being greeted by Filipe every single day. I think many of us did. While Francisco Rivero shared that his fondest memory was of him being a new dorado in immediately bonding with his new baseball teammates, saying that when he knew this is when he knew that being a dorado is much more than just being a student. It's about being a family. There were so many more that I could have shared, but I also wanted to share some words of wisdom and advice from your fellow classmates as well. Bailey Morris advises us to find our future because it is waiting for us. Sienna Natali reminds us to stay curious, always work hard, and remember that it's okay to not have everything figured out yet.
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Like if you're looking at this presentation knowing that you don't know what the updates are, but that's like a big chunk of it. Is there something that would be a question that you would have >> um as a as a parent? I mean it it looks like was it um we had some concern with um some hate speech here at BPA this year. I don't know if you said that was covered or would was going to be covered. I think is in the section with the gang activity in secret societies, but um I think the parents who I've kind of pulled are are mostly concerned with um I mean some considered I mean I guess bullying specifically bullying in our in our grade school level. >> Um I know that's perhaps what the meeting is about, but I think that's the largest concern from the parent community.
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I do I get five minutes? Yeah. I just to answer for the the room that between uh Self Help Pantry and the backpack program, we've been meeting quite a bit and trying to work with our local uh providers and to to actually put the uh the ad center as a hub and to start working with their don- their volunteers and making it so that we can help distribute the food in the backpacks. And um it's a place that we think is a good place for volunteers to come that doesn't have children, and we can be a little bit more flexible with what we can get done. And meeting Dwayne the other day and and the team, we're excited to build something beyond and to make it easier for volunteers so they don't have folks going and picking up tons and tons of things. If we can put it in one place, that's been our goal.
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And as I think we've talked about earlier in the school year, we So, last year we started this process with our staff members identifying going through our entire student body and identifying students that they know or they think would have would come to them with an issue if they are trusted adult to that particular student. And so, last year we began that process. This year we continued that process and did the same process with our staff members of course you know, taking out a class of seniors and bringing in a new class of ninth graders. And we also expanded this year and we involved students in that process and students identified their trusted adults that they have in the building. So, tonight I'm going to talk just very quickly about the staff data and Arwen is going to talk about the student data. I going through you can click to the next Yes, there we go.
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Seniors receiving the state seal of biliteracy this year are Olha Astrabsca, Spanish. Iliana Barajas, Spanish. Alina Bobrova, Russian. Amaris Garcia, Spanish. Caleb Goldenstein, German. Suneh Gulati, Spanish. Paloma Hernandez, Spanish. Hannah Ibañez, Spanish. Demetrios Karavasis, Spanish. Sreejit Mylavarapu, Spanish. Cooper Mylott, Spanish. Lars Olander, Spanish. Natalie Paschco, Polish. Eva Poledis, Spanish. Connor Poles, German. Natalia Quesada, Spanish. Sofia Rodriguez, Spanish. Rebecca Sanborn, Spanish. Daniel Serna Saucedo, Spanish. Sohan Shah, Spanish. Getsemani Vie Gomez, Spanish. Amelia Ying Orjuela, Spanish. Olivia Zupanc, Polish and Ava Zenaya, Spanish. Seniors receiving the state commendation toward biliteracy this year are Lubov Astrabsca, Spanish. Lillian Clark, German. Emily Crab, Spanish. Gabriel Cunningham, Spanish. Aidan England, German. Valeria Galvez, Spanish. Rowan Gorman, Spanish. Zachary Hartwig, Spanish. Zachary Holtgreive, Spanish. Demetrios Karavasis, Greek. Demetrios also received the seal in Spanish. Ryan Kersting, Spanish. Jane Petkovich, Spanish. Natalia Quesada, German. Natalia also received the seal in Spanish. Arohi Raghuwanshi, Hindi.
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Kim places high expectations on each student to drive them to reach potential that most cannot see. She is thorough and diligent in developing individual tasks according to each student's needs. And she possesses the attributes of a coach, a cheerleader, and sometimes as a mom. Allowing students to know that she believes in them, but will not accept anything less than their best. Her calm demeanor and get-down-to-brass-tacks mentality has balanced out our team in work study for almost a decade. Everyone learns from Kim and appreciates her perspective. She has been pivotal in expanding the work study program by launching the Brew Crew coffee delivery business and the Avon Education Foundation supply our school store. Beyond the classroom, Kim will be missed as a positive role model, a patient servant, and loyal friend to her colleagues in the special ed department. It's safe to say that Kim's contributions to our school, our district, and the Avon community will last for many generations to come.
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Most recently, she has served as a Title TA supporting our emerging readers as they build essential skills and grow in confidence. Angela Elkins, Clifty Creek administrative assistant to the building principal, 30 years. Angela was an integral part of Clifty Creek for an amazing 30 years. She helped generations of Cougars navigate their school experience, and we could never quantify her impact on Clifty Creek Elementary School. Carla Yoder, Central Middle School, social studies teacher, 41 and 1/2 years. Carla has been a charger her entire teaching career. She has been a leader at Central during her tenure as a DC trip sponsor, academic coach, department leader, and so much more. Former students love coming back to see her and tell her what amazing things they are up to. She has impacted so many students, co-workers, and administrators. Brenda Friday, Taylorsville, grades 1 and 2 teacher, 20 years. Brenda is not only a valuable member of the Taylorsville team, but also the Taylorsville community.
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But like, yeah, you could drive from here to LA and then back to here and then turn around back to LA on the energy of 1 gallon of gasoline in that car. >> That's crazy. >> Just Yeah, crazy's right. But, the award we did get was because of all that funding that rolled in, and we bought welders, and we bought welding tables, and welding screens, and welding equipment. And the welders we bought, we purchased intentionally that you could weld outside of it. So, they aren't MIG or TIG where you need shield gas, they're flux core welders. So, they're made to weld in dirty, nasty environments, you know, like pits of Supermileage Challenge. And we were able to buy a generator this year because of the amount of money that rolled in. And we were the only people at the competition that had a generator powerful enough to run a welder.
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Any questions? Thank you. Director of Safety and Operations update. Let's start uh with our outdoor construction project. Um We were doing really well up until Friday, Saturday, yeah. Um So, at the end of Friday, we were down to only needing uh 1,300 more loads of dirt. Um we did squeeze some in this morning before the rain started. We We got some Friday. Um So, we're probably hovering right around 1,000 more loads that we need to get in um to finish our lift that we're in right now. Uh so, if you've noticed we are getting really close to being up to grade. So, it's kind of hard, perspective-wise, but when you look at the berm that kind of walks around the high school and you realize that we are within a couple feet of that and that's um where we need to be across that entire plane.
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So, 10% of the overall grade will come from the graduation rate. And 10% of the overall grade will come from um SAT scores. So, instead of looking at a student's individual SAT score, um the SAT scores will be averaged together and there's this really kind of weird calculation they do with that um to figure out where we fall as a school with SAT scores. Um so, that is 10 and 10 and then 80% would then be the individual student score. Um so, the baseline for them would be their diploma type. Um if they're working towards an honors plus seal, they start at the highest level um for our current seniors and then our current juniors, um they're on the old diploma requirements. So, there's two charts to look at with that. They're additional success indicators. So, work-based learning and that's the term it can come from a variety of things.
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>> Yeah. >> You look at Mr. You hold your magnet up, girls. Is this all I had to do? Oh, okay. All right. >> Oh, that makes it even better. >> Okay, let's turn this way. Go there, mom. >> Good job. Good job. Way to go. >> Way to go, GUYS. AWESOME. >> WELL, TINA, NICOLE, thank you for all your work you do each and every day. Kiddos, thanks. You guys have how many days left of school? >> Four. Okay. All right. So, appreciate you guys coming. If you want to go home, you can leave. You can tell your mom and dad like, "Let's go." Or you can stay. Whatever. Either one. But if you if you want to leave, now would be a time. Thank you for all for coming. >> Okay. >> Got three obstainers. Got some of the sters. >> Just when it comes to personal back.
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Now, for C, dramatic pause for a second there. No. Um, that's our first year team. They've never done robotics before. They grasp for anything they can learn. Build themselves up with other teams and prevailed. They truly almost at every term except for our first one for obvious reasons. Got third and fourth place at every tournament that they went to. They never let it bother them down. They always won that first and second trophy, but honestly getting two trophies at state level and for knowing you guys personally, all of you, it's the best gift this coach can have. Seriously, who said that? Heard they all. Okay, I give you that one. Um, honestly, stay two hours after school. You guys made it worth it. All the teams did. So, I tell you guys this, I do appreciate you guys more than you realize sometimes. Thank you.
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They're they're driving our economy right now. Right? So, okay. >> And that was the goal here, too, to celebrate them equally. And that's what we try to sell is, "Hey, if you want to be an accountant, you want to go to USI, you do your thing. But this is not a backup plan. These are really good jobs you can make a really good life with. >> Awesome. >> Thank you very much. Appreciate it. >> All right. Absolutely. Thank you. >> Okay, that moves us into action items. Dr. Underwood and Steve Schaller, 6.01. >> Good evening, President Duckworth, members of the board, and Dr. Hoover. Consideration to approve the proposal to engage Gibraltar Designs to conduct a district-wide facilities assessment and feasibility study. The study will evaluate building conditions, infrastructure needs, and long-term capital priorities, and will include stakeholder input, enrollment, and capacity analysis, and planning options with associated cost estimates.
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