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So, are we the creative policy regarding speech? So this is from two years ago and last year we found out that there really isn't like a specific policy that can be made for hate speech that it does like you were saying Heather like it falls more into like our bullying and anti-discrimination. Um but there wasn't like like a statute or anything that said like this word is hate speech. Um kind of like that whole like um I can't remember the justice but the I know it when I see it. Um, that's kind of where hate speech is falling and it's being disciplined in like bullying. Um, and then also in student conduct and like student conduct includes just language, inappropriate language. Um, because I'm going to delete it, but that's why it's like an old one. I don't want you think that I was skipping it.
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I shall respect and I shall encourage and respect the free expression of opinion by my fellow board members and others who seek a hearing before the board while respecting the privacy of students and employees. I shall recognize that a board member has no legal authority as an individual and that decisions can be made only by majority vote in a public board meeting. I shall recognize that the board member has no legal authority as an individual and that decisions can only be made by a majority vote at a public board meeting. I shall abide by majority decisions of the board while retaining the right to seek changes in such decisions through ethical [clears throat] and constructive channels. I shall abide by the majority decisions of the board while retaining the right to seek changes in such decisions through ethical and constructive channels. As part of the Board of Education, I shall accept the responsibility for my role in the equitable and quality education of every student in the school district.
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Um and so, we're we are able to take this data and identify some places where we might need to add in some additional supports for particular groups of students. You can go to the next one. Um again, average positive relationships by race and ethnicity, we find that our black students have the highest number of relationships as reported. Again, this is the staff reporting, so you can take a look at that. Um, again, this data is very similar to last year. Not a whole lot of difference. You can click to the next slide. Um, and then the same for our EL and IEP students that you'll see on the next slide that we've identified our staff have identified that they are that EL and IEP students are less likely to have no relationships. Um, so that's a good thing. Okay, again, same for IEP status. Next slide.
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>> Motion. >> Second. >> And roll call, please. Are any discussion or comments or questions before? Roll call, please. >> Okay. First? >> Yes. >> Okay, perfect. >> Yes. >> Travis? >> Yes. >> Ward? >> Yes. >> Dugan? >> Yes. >> Forman? Lawson? >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> All right. Our next item is the elementary report card adjustments for 2026 and 27. And before we can discuss I need a motion and a second, please. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Uh Kim is here to uh to talk a little bit about it now beforehand.
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Lynn is a gifted communicator, an incredibly hard worker, and someone who brings a genuine smile every day. Her legacy will endure in the lives she has touched, and she will be greatly missed. We wish Lynn the absolute best as she begins a well-deserved and fulfilling retirement. Congratulations. >> [applause] >> And last, but certainly not least, is Jeff White, retiring from transportation as a bus driver. Mr. Gray, our director of transportation, called me and was sorry he could not be here because uh they with the the rain and all the things going on, it was a little busy at transportation to end the day. Uh but Jeff has served Avon schools for 9 years and is retiring as a bus driver. Um Mr. Gray shared that Jeff is a transportation Swiss Army knife. Jeff drove trips, daily routes, and worked in the shop. He could drive any route on any bus, and there was never a concern about it being done safely and correctly.
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Through her dedicated teaching and guidance, she has empowered countless individuals to unlock their imagination and confidently express their own creativity. Janna Tindall, Northside Middle School cafeteria department head, 26 years. Janna has been a fixture with BCSE food service, and we will miss her dedication and creativity to her job in support of students. Carrie Tyree, Taylorsville grades three and four teacher, 29 years. Carrie is a teacher that always looks for interesting ways to engage students and foster growth for all. She has also been a driving force for our Taylorsville Food Pantry. I would also like to recognize those are not present including Connie Ortman, Janice Reed, Julie Risley, Janelle Rungie, Nancy Schenegie, Laszlo Sarvis, Marie Gregory, Ramey Kelsey, Deborah Lane, Robin Leonard, Margaret Meredith, Russell Morrison, Mark Newell, Dorothy Ellen Brown, Kim Buchanan, Susan Curry, Susan Albertson, Cheryl Anderson, Carolyn Arbuckle, and Michael Walls. I at this time I ask that you please join me in thanking and honoring our 2026 BCSC retirees.
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Uh, we're well above 80%. Yeah, that's it's a big deal. Um, these are all these are all credentials of value on the new state list of credentials of value to get their honors plus seals and all those kind of things. Um, so they intro class is testing in Inventor, which is a parametric modeling system that Autodesk very much likes to see our students have certification in. Um, and then the architecture kids are testing in Revit. Um, we only had a couple kids in each class not pass. And that's that's atypical. Um, so we've kind of figured out how I've figured out through my instruction how to give them some pointers throughout the year. I figured out how the test asks for information, so I ask them for the same type of information as we're modeling throughout the year. And that's really translated into some good scores.
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Roberts for kind of making some shifts and moving around. Um anything we can get done now leading into summer is is phenomenal. I you know, time saver. Uh And this is to do heating and air conditioning. Yeah, so those rooms are completely done. They're ready to turn back over. Uh we will take over another science room on Tuesday. Um and then that will be kind of it until school's out. Uh if you've not been in the auxiliary gym or outside if you've not noticed outside of the auxiliary main gym when you're driving by, we have new concrete pad out there with our new chiller has been installed. Um in the auxiliary gym, all HVAC is complete. Now we've switched over to mechanics mechanicals. So kind of getting everything wired and hooked up. And then we just started demo out in the the main gym. So the big blue HVAC units that were up in each corner of the gym, two of them have been removed.
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At this point, they would start at 50. And that's really the crux of the information that we have um that we've been working from Um what that what it's done for us is they were already working off of an individual plan of study especially for grades 9 through 12 Laura's kind of taking that individual graduation plan and expanded that to include some of the new measures that align with the new measures um but again it's the whole idea is that it's about we're not just tracking if the student takes the class finishes the class and graduates there's all these other factors that are going into it not just for the accountability measure but also that's how they're measuring success for graduate so that's kind of what we're doing it's going to be a strong partnership because like with the work based learning hours right now Laura's got students turning in documentation well I did this then and someone signed off on it and I did this and then all those kind of things you know the record keeping we're still not sure about number um has been working really hard on his end because a lot of this that they're counting this year they're counting it but we don't yet know where that information is going to be input so like in our student management system PowerSchool the seventh grade graduation plan there is no place for us to indicate that they have a graduation plan so those are all things that the technology world is also catching up with you know with these measures and and we will figure that out as we go this year we are getting a letter grade even though it's supposedly not going to count but we started when we found out about this to put everything we could in place so that we could see what that look like but for instance the government I learn our government is one semester long the government I learn is given in the spring so half of our students already had government and finished it in December and they never took the government I learn so they were troopers and came in and did it for us today, but they've already been out of it for a semester.
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Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Second. Sorry. >> Katie. >> Oppose. Abstain. >> I motion passes. 402 >> minus football. >> Yeah, you didn't have to. >> I had to. >> Oh, you had to volleyball. >> We still That's all right. >> There you go. Personnel minus or just >> just volleyball. >> No, just the football. >> Just football. Okay. >> Do I have to on this? >> Are you on there? >> I'm a volunteer. >> But you're not on there. You're not as far as I know, but I'm looking forward to >> I move we approve the football coach second. >> Moved by Amy, seconded by Gina to approve the football coach portion of the personnel packet.
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And I am so impressed with the caliber of ladies that these um that these students are both on the human side of things, on the student side of things, just all around their character and um their academic and hard work that they've put in is um is something that makes me very proud to be a part of Crown Point, very proud to have them a part of our Crown Point schools. And I cannot wait to hear what comes of uh this project in the future and um and where you ladies end up along your journey. So, um, I'll let you say a few words about how everything got started and then if you want we can do our formal coding. Okay, perfect. >> Um, just real quick a little bit about the PLTW biomedical science program. Um, these right here I'm presenting class of 2026, the three students who actually completed all four of the classes at the high school.
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This analysis will include assessed valuation trends, tax base forecasting, circuit breaker modeling, and projections of net property tax revenues. At this time, we're recommending your approval. >> I'll move. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second on the floor.
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and being powered off and accessible throughout the school. Outside of that, >> all right, any comments, questions? All right, you have a motion to approve. >> Motion second. >> Any discussions? >> We we're going to take care of some formatting issues. Yeah. Yes. >> Split paragraphs. >> Split pages. There are headings. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> Opposed? Passes. Next one up. Second reading of the job description for the athletic department. >> Yeah. So, we brought with the reorganization the athletic department. We brought these to you. I brought these to you last month for first reading. There have been no adjustments to them. Updated job description as presented. Question. Need a motion. Make a motion. Need a second. >> Second.
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So, uh it's just a really special day for the kids. I'm sure you can all remember field day back in the day, and the kids are really, really doing love it. Um again, bringing Chelsea Goodin about to here. Fantastic hire, I believe. And we're just really excited about having her. But lastly, the textbook adoption as well. Thank you for letting me be part of that. And it's been a fantastic opportunity. It was It's almost too smooth for our staff. Like I said, and we go try to choose pizza right now and every pick one every grade level pick uh the McGraw Hill as the number one pick and it was made quite easy. So, that's the that's meant to them and all of our work. So, we very much appreciate that. So, that's it for the elementary school. Thank you, Corey. Yeah, you're all right.
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>> just avoid plastics then. Basically, yeah. For all sorts of reasons, right? I mean, you're not sup- By doing that, you're not supporting the whole industry. Right. Okay. There was an actual study that just came out from Perth Australia that does show a decre- It was people I haven't read the study, so I can't quote it exactly, but I think the gist of it was like this. Still been an actual study where people avoided X, Y, and Z and they did show a decrease in So, avoiding it for yourself. It's in our water, it's in the air you're breathing. It It is everywhere, but it it's showing us now there's a little bit of hope that if we reduce our personal exposure, we're going to reduce our own personal health risks. But, we all have to be organizing to because there's 8 billion other people in the world that are not watching this movie.
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So if dewatering is required, we're going to show how we're going to handle that water, where it's going to go, how it's going to be treated, and how it's going to be removed and discharged from the site. Um the pre-characterization that we've done or at least the information that we've used from the sampling gives a pretty good idea of what's on the site for volatile organic compounds, metals, other contaminants. Um the plan here is to seek approval from the commission for the soil management and dewatering plan. So there's a plan in place exactly how it's going to be treated. That plan works for everything we've identified that exceeds MassDEP standards and should also be sufficient for any unknowns. If during construction a when they're testing the soil because it is required by DEP bylaw by other regulation to be tested, if we find an additional contaminant, the LSP, who will be on site through all of this process and involved directly and engaged, will review that and make ensure that the soil management plan's appropriate for it.
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In the 1800s, they use lanterns. So, every day we each had a lantern and we used them whenever we would do any work. We learned that all insects have three main body parts. Head, thorax, and abdomen. We we also learned I mean sorry we also made some projects like ants and fireflies. For the fireflies we added glow sticks to replicate the bioluminescence. Does anybody know what bioluminescence is? The type of chemical that animals use to make theelves glow. We made a couple of these projects for you. We would like to present some to you. >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you. >> Come on. There you go. Excellent job, second does this work. There we go. Yeah. Excellent job, second grade. I'm really proud of you guys getting up here and they did some incredible work and you're going to see this continue throughout the rest of the slides.
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You know, Yeah. As long as we get that 500 to some extent, we come back to you and show you this is how we did it. Everything still balances. It makes sense, but it's also sad because that 600 represents people we didn't hire because we couldn't find them or people who left mid-year. Um, and >> of those go go quick as you as you mentioned a minute about to spend a business. We would Um But it while it's a lot and It is. We know it's a lot. It goes quick. I mean, if we were to equate that 600 at professional positions at possibly 100 each with benefits, right? And all of that. You're only worth so little. That's six, right? So, yes, it's something that you've had a lot >> of time, right? I mean I was I was fortunate to meet with last just on Friday the other day with the new Secretary of Education.
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Um and so um there you know, that will come with change, um but I think it's a really neat opportunity to learn from her um and see the momentum that's been built in the schools over the past few years, um and to work together to build capacity of the teams Um at the onset I I would really love to get to know the teachers and get to know the kids and spend some time in their classrooms, not just in the specialized programs, but also in the general education classes. And at ESY, um getting to know getting to know the kids, the populations, um the support models um that exist in district. Time observing. And can you tell us a little bit about your um experience in the Aspiring Leaders? Sure. Um that um, I really enjoyed that program this year because um, it really defines my personality um, of continuous learning.
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All right. And so those are in addition to um direct instruction, just lots of different options and opportunities for students to learn. Um going forward, these are the goals that we would like to um like to expand on. Um expand building thinking classroom activities, promoting visible thinking, collaboration, and uh responsive instruction. Um like to do a little bit more about um collecting and using student data with our 18 different courses. There's not a lot of people who teach common courses. So with the common courses um that this would be um great. Um and then to analyze the data, look at instructional look at um maybe instructional strategies that we might want to um to Um and then just also continue to increase um any connections to the real world um through our projects, simulations, case studies, um and those help students build critical thinking skills um and decision-making skills.
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