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So that was a really neat experience for them this year as well. And then for our varsity show choirs, um during our competition season and second semester, sound system and debts both had an undefeated season capped off at um show choir nationals in Nashville, Tennessee at the Grand Old Opry where they also both were named grand champions while they were there. Um and this capped a three-year mark of undefeated seasons for Sound System and a two-year mark for Dubton. Um, and so we've just had some great uh excellence in music education these last couple of years with these groups. >> No pressure to continue, >> no expectations in the future, >> but we just like to thank you for your continued support and um we it is our goal to provide our students with an exceptional education and music education. Um I think I said that right.
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So, one of the things through this strategic plan and um that we did was beginning our own online program um in order to see if we could have some of those kids stay with us, and trying to make our program have things like in-person tutoring and opportunities to come in locally. So, we do now see in the fall of '25 there are students who are online. That continues to grow around the state. 38 of those students are on our own online programming. In fiscal responsibility, we also are looking at making sure that our staffing matches our enrollment numbers. So, working to make sure that our staffing is equitable to the decreased number of students in the district. So, we have, over the course of the plan, not counting the positions that we will also have this year, we have reduced 69 positions in the corporation um since 2022, since the '21 '22 school year.
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Some great great softball, a lot of offense, a lot of home runs. It's uh been a pleasure to be with you. And the Clockers will take the final game of the season 16 to 8 from the Grafton Gators here from Ashland High School. They finished the regular season 15 and 5. And they'll await their power rankings and that bracket coming out next week. So, we'll say so long from Ashland High School. Ashland Clockers get a big win. A big win indeed. Thank you for joining us today. Have a good night.
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She is the designated hitter today. Caroline Kyra in the cleanup spot. Behind the plate, Lorelei Collatz playing third and batting fifth. Ruby Casadian at first base today. Batting sixth, Quinn Herder is at at shortstop. We saw her in center field yesterday. Now, into the infield, batting seventh, Maddie Sanders, the freshman batting eighth, playing right field, and Lexi Maloney is in center field batting ninth. And that is the starting lineup for the Clockers. I'm really interested to see what these what this particular lineup does today. This this may be the fastest lineup the Clockers have put out all season long. As I said, in the middle of the order, it gets a little bit slower, but with one, two, seven, eight, and nine, they have some serious serious runners out there. So, they do tend to play an aggressive style on the base paths. Really interested to see what coach Sasso tries to do as we watch Grafton's catcher throw it down to second.
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Cuz I think a problem we've run into in the past is a lot of kids with cars just decide, "Well, I'm going to have a fun field day. I might as well just do it where I want." And I know we have some students that haven't come in the past, but this year with the way that the activities were designed, especially the volleyball tournament, we did have a good turnout and there were a lot of students that did show up. Thank you. Who What is it in Was the name changed Did Does it come from the students or did it come from the administration? I think a combination of both. Uh there were a ton of people working on this. I think administration did do a lot of the heavy lifting, but there were also groups that really I know the Young Republicans club played a really big role in organizing the volleyball tournament, so I'm not sure they might have had a say in the name, but I'm pretty sure it was mostly the CHS administration that organized it.
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And why do I say that? Because it really first of all the presenters, but also it touched on number one student voice, which is so important to me and everybody that's here, but also it was a very it was about being objective in hearing student voice, which I think is so important. So some of the things we did was we divi defined student voice and we talked about feedback versus input. You have to know what you're going into. Are you looking for feedback from students that you will share back with them or are you looking for input to actually make changes, decision changes? So we had to make sure that we understood what we were looking for as a group. We also reviewed our own biases and assumptions and again the people we worked with did this in a very like non-threatening safe way for us and really helped us to work through that to move to the next piece which was creating questions that would be appropriate meaning they would get at our goal but also be safe for us to ask and safe for students to feel they're being asked these questions.
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>> page two, yeah. Cuz I see the E up in the >> Yeah. Okay. So, I think that also this is like a general um you know, a a more broad This was the money that the Board of Ed approved, so we could do some design work. If we go any further with SLR, the next stage would be going to planning and zoning and seeing how extensive we need to work with planning and zoning um to move to the next step, but then obviously we'd have to work with SLR more to like definitely refine the scope and create an RFP or potentially use the state contract. I think that that's where we used Rad Sports or Shaw. Not sure which which one they're going by, and I think Shaw Rad Sports is under the state contract which wouldn't require us to go to RFP, so really we have a lot of options here, but we would be engaging with SLR in the whole the whole process.
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Caitlin Doherty, CTE, Italian. Jessica Doherty, CTE, English, Italian, presidential certificate. Michaela Nancy Donnelly, CTE, English, social studies, Spanish, presidential certificate. Brooke Leah Donovan, CTE. Piper Dueling, business, CTE. Ellie Dragonoff, CTE, English, PE health, presidential certificate. Cooper Duncan, English, music, social studies, German, presidential certificate. Muna Duan, music. Sadie Eisbach, English, math, science, social studies, German, presidential certificate. Celeste Elliott, business, CTE. Matthew Elliott, business. Claudia Essa, English, math, music, PE health, Spanish, presidential certificate. Bradley Fang, English, math, science, social studies, Spanish, presidential certificate. William Hugh Fassano, business. >> [applause] >> Sarah Fang, English, math, social studies, German, presidential certificate. Alva Fernandez, presidential certificate. Charlie Ferrara, business. Maverick Finola, business. Patrick Fitzmorris, business, English, social studies, presidential certificate. Stephen Fitzmorris, business, presidential certificate. Ali Shay Fleming, PE health. Julia Funaro, English, math, science, Italian, presidential certificate. Amrita Gudachanda, Gudachanda, English, math, science, social studies, presidential certificate. Dennis Galperin, business, English, math, social studies, Spanish, presidential certificate.
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Yet somehow more than I feel the weight of every version of myself that brought me here. Every mistake, every disappointment, every moment I wish I could disappear from. For a long time, I believed that if I could just change enough about myself, I would finally feel like I belonged. So, I tried. I changed my hair, my style, my features. I even changed my voice. All in search of an ideal version of me that everyone wanted. But, no matter how much I reshaped myself, it never worked. And the most painful part is not that I tried, it's that I didn't understand why I still felt empty after becoming everything I thought I was supposed to be. It took me nearly 4 years to realize the truth. In trying to become someone else, I was slowly letting go of the only person I would ever truly be.
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Keep going. Woah. Woah, every [music and singing] step forward shows what you can do. Go >> [music and singing] >> in the direction of you. >> [music] >> Adventure [singing] awaits you. A journey [music] to becoming you. Leaving behind [music] who you know. See how far you >> [music and singing] >> Woah, keep going. >> [singing] [music] >> Keep going. >> [singing] >> Woah, keep going. >> [music] >> Keep [singing] going. >> [music] >> Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. >> [singing] >> Keep going. >> [music] >> Keep going. Keep going. >> [music] >> Take [singing] a leap and chart your course. Woah, keep [music and singing] going. Keep going. Woah. Woah, [music and singing] every step forward shows what you can [singing] do. Go in the >> [music] >> direction [singing] of you. Go in the >> [music] >> direction >> [singing] >> Shine [music] on [singing] you.
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>> Thank you. Yeah. Do you want a picture? Are we Yeah. Oh, sorry. >> One, two, three. I should have started with this and now I know that his parents are here. Um, I'd like to recognize Jaden's parents because without them and their support, we don't think he'd be sitting where he is today. And so, it always matters to me to recognize the parents who have helped raise such amazing kids. So, thank you. So, now I'm going to go in alphabetical order. So, it's not because I prefer one over the other because we know looking at you, Jill, but I'm not doing alphabetical for this. I'm doing alphabetical by high school. Okay. Okay. I'm going to sweep with you. sweep with you. Okay. Um Effie, would you come up? Effie always has his family here. I thank them often for their um support and uh the work that that we get to watch every every month at board meetings.
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Duck everything. Now the the whole auditorium knows that. So All right, group three. Thank you. Okay, we first have Mackenzie Martin, Isabelle Martinez, Xavier Mat, Sean McGill, Joseph Mesman, Joshua Milton, >> Ashley Morris, Anuna, Oscar Bolson, Sator, Almond, Ready, and Cleo Ray. Thank you guys. Okay, our last approved. I will be ugly crying when I say goodbye to them in my classrooms. I'm trying to get better at the awards tonight, though. You don't need to see that. >> All right, starting us off with group four. Autumn Riley, Alli Riser. Got step forward when you hear your name call. Um, Elijah Rivera. Okay. Can I have you step forward? Nicholas Robinson, take a step forward. Now you can sit back. There we go. Co Rodney Foster Simco Maddie Smith Zoe Steif Nathan Stow Molly Sneezer Nathan Vanl, >> Jason Wilson, >> Andrew Steos. Such amazing kids.
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So, there was also a discussion on pilot and I know Commissioner Paris had brought that up too. That's also a bill which would potentially mandate municipalities to share pilot revenue with local school districts. Again, a bill right now, right? Schoolhouse Rock, I'm only a bill. I'm dating myself. But, you know, it's not anything until it continues to be right passed as a law. When we discussed out of district placements, Assemblywoman mentioned also there's a bill to seek transparency on the district that on the school that is charging us, right? So, we learned that we have the burden, right, of proving whether we can educate the child or not, but they don't have a burden on as to what they're delivering. So, there's a bill that we get, but we have no idea really. And so, there's a bill passed to potentially provide more transparency on what they are charging us, right?
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And I saw Dr. Dare over there taking pictures. She She had many students win this year, so just I don't know if you if you want to come up Are you taking pictures or you want to come up and join us, too? Oh, fantastic. Please come on up. That'd be so nice. So, you definitely have students here, definitely. >> [snorts] >> So, we'll call up first uh Sophia Dean, honorable mention. >> [applause] >> And then we have Mackenzie Fardella. >> [applause] >> William Hewlett. >> [applause] >> Frank Prieto. >> [applause] >> Um Vianne Sangani. >> [applause] >> Ria Senthil Kumar. >> [applause] >> Frank Wilke. Honorable mention. >> [applause] >> Then we've got Minnie Jain, honorable mention. >> [applause] >> Oh, very nice. Quinn Johnston, honorable mention. >> [applause] >> Abigail Orengo. >> [applause] >> Annie Reagan >> [applause] >> Rita Ushtalenka >> [applause] >> Dean Koya >> [applause] >> And Dean, just so just hang out here for a second.
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I could stand here all night and talk about the countless sacrifices they have made for me, but no words could ever fully describe how much I appreciate and love them. for And to my little sister, Angelie, my biggest supporter ever. Growing up with you and experiencing high school with you was all I could ever ask for. You genuinely made it so memorable. I can't believe we actually hated each other when we were six. And now I can't be away from you. my sister and my best friend all in one. You motivate me to keep achieving things in life. Thank you for always being there. I love you so much. >> I love you. >> And my sister Alexa, who is now a busy woman. I actually wasn't expecting her to come here today. She told me she would miss it, but she's here. She's right there.
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This is going to hit your guys' hearts. >> [music] >> Well, >> [music] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] >> Once again, that's Angel Torres, Enrique Lomeli, Itzel Sotelo, and Ian Pedley. >> [cheering] >> And of course, Mariachi Serafina. Now, we're back to Paul Saunders beside the podium. Well, that was fantastic. Wow, I really enjoyed that music selection. Now, I would like to introduce our student speakers for this evening. We have two ASB valedictorians. We will first start well, with Anthony Burke, and then we'll have Jamal Stell. Paul Saunders exits stage left, and in his place behind the podium, we have Anthony Burke. Is it working? All right, let's make this nice and long. All right. So, to be formal, I would like to say good evening. I would like to welcome Superintendent Reichman, Assistant Superintendent Shana Cooper, Interim Assistant Superintendent Oren Catlin, Board of Directors, ASDB Principal Paul Saunders, Assistant Principals Melissa Brown and Karen Talus, guest speakers Tyler Cashman and Peter Hughes, family, friends, ASDB staff, and the class of 2026.
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We, as the class of 2026 are the new generation. We are all growing up in a time where technology has advanced from when our parents were right here in our position turning their tassels from right to left. We are surrounded by artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, and a future that presents excitement mixed with unease at times. Our generation is consumed by social media, thus we could be out of touch with the outside world. It has distorted the way we see ourselves and each other. We are consumed with appearances, streaks, followers, and approval from people who often don't truly know us. And in all that noise, it becomes easy to lose sight of who we really are. Comparison truly is the biggest thief of joy. This year, I decided to block out the world's voices so I could focus on God's word. I set a goal for myself to fast social media.
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And most importantly, I found strength in myself that I didn't know I had. What I learned this year that resilience is about having a perfect life. It's about continuing forward even when your life feels anything but perfect. It's waking up when you're exhausted. It's showing up when everything in you wants to quit. It's finishing that last assignment at midnight. Going to work after a long day and still showing up for the people who need you the most. It's choosing to keep going even when you don't know how things will turn out. And I know I'm not the only person here today who has said to do that. Behind every person sitting here today is a story of challenges people didn't see. Struggles that weren't talked about and moments where giving up felt easier than pushing forward. But we didn't give up and we're here. And that didn't happen by accident.
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Um so there really needs to be better safety things put into place so our children are kept safe. I literally do not feel like my child is safe at school. I would rather he be home with me because the school is not doing enough to keep our children safe. Um so that's basically but I wanted just to raise awareness like you know these things are happening and there really needs to be better supervision. Whenever I raised my concerns about this, I was ushered into the vestibule and locked out of the school and told that my child did not have to leave and that they couldn't force him to leave the school even though I did not feel safe with him in attendance. So that's that's my feel. Thank you. Anyone else? Please state your name for us, please. So I was up here talking to you I guess it was a couple months ago.
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exceptional experience in music education and um we appreciate everything you do to support us in that. Thank you. >> So, one comment before you guys run off. Um I didn't share this with either one of you, but I did something I don't >> I don't normally do. I walked out of the front of the house at the opery and there was a group of people walking out in front of Dana and I and everybody said, "Man, do you see that group from Center Grove?" And there and and the guy said it and then the guy was like, "Yeah, there was Center Grove, then there was everybody else competing for second that and these were people that were from totally different schools and the the bar I don't know how to explain this, but the bar that these guys set at these competitions when you're walking out and there's people from another another school talking about, well, yeah, there was everybody else competing for second place." And that was obvious with both groups this year.
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