If you have any questions, please let me know. Again, that item is an info. If you have questions, get with Nikki. Um under programs, um new business, JCHS bell schedule. >> Yes, Mr. Roller and Mrs. Evin are here to present um this is an info present the new um uh proposed bell schedule for next year. Thank you guys for letting us be here. Um going along with everything that Nikki just shared from the previous uh previous strategic plan, one of the big things that we looked at with that strategic plan and helping to grow that graduation rate was how we attacked intervention for kids who were falling behind that weren't on track to graduate. And we spent a lot of time building out what we call student resource time. And while those have been amazing opportunities for our kids and been very, very successful. The hardship that we face in is right now we have two SRTs.
Yeah, other than that walk, she did look pretty good. She did walk the lead-off batter, which was again her Achilles' heel yesterday. Um but she settled herself down pretty nicely after that after that first batter walked. So, hopefully she's able to come back in the second inning and throw a whole bunch of strikes, let her defense do the work, and let's get out of here clean. As Bresnahan will lead off, she is the third baseman here this afternoon. Not a whole lot of information out there available for the for the Gators. We tried, we did do our homework, we we we did some research, couldn't find much of anything on Grafton today besides names. So, normally we try to give you a little bit of background on these hitters, but just not happening today. Unfortunately. >> [cheering] >> Which means we'll get to see everyone for the first time, no prior knowledge of how they play.
We'll make You can give it to the chair. All right. But we'll do a photo. We'll make you do a picture. Can I keep that paper when I leave? >> [laughter] >> Did you mean that? The original application that has the blue ribbon on it that you can frame as well. Who is this guy? Where would you like to stand? Come on, you're the star of the show. You can stand right here. You are the chair. You are Wait, can we put the principal that we did higher? Yes. In the picture. >> [laughter] >> We like this guy in the room and watch him get a picture. It's really effective. I I left that part off the application. >> [laughter] >> Thank you. Appreciate it. Great. One, two, three. Awesome. Thank you, Evelyn. Actually, I Just came over right here. Yep. Hey, I'm also on the committee with the commission on the Yes.
So after we met with our groups, um we went back as a teacher group and talked about what some of the themes were that came out of those discussions. Um and we compiled some feedback. So these are just some of the the takeaways that we got. Um students really liked having more group work in their courses. They really found benefit in hands-on activities and experiences. They liked having choice and variety when possible. um and they liked having those opportunities and performing those tasks that helped them to apply it to something greater. Um they also appreciated having teachers that had a lot of energy and that were really passionate about what they were talking about. Um students really seem to highlight enjoying connecting with teachers. Um whether it's teachers asking them about what they're doing outside of the classroom. Um, they also really appreciated just kind of the little things that sometimes don't always as a teacher you may not think of as being a big thing, but they cited, for example, really liking when a teacher wrote good job on your paper or acknowledged it in some way um that felt personal to them.
So they don't see this. I know in a previous meeting I showed you like this is like the referendum description that is is better than this one. Language matters here. And language matters and I think that if we were to move forward with this any of the projects I have to do like the one page of the town where we talk about grants, we talk about the total ask and I would lean into you all providing you know support on that description. So I have something teed up but I would like you guys to make sure that you've looked at it. But that is the only item we have for referendum in year one. So with a total ask of about 5.8 million dollars. Last year you all approved 5.04 million dollars. So um last year approved 5.04, the board approved 5.04 million dollars, the town council asked us to sharpen our pencil.
And just like how you each entered Savannah with your own story, you will continue to navigate through the world making the story that best fits you. Remember that you belong in any story and like Andrea said, you guys are the authors of that story. Do not let others create it for you. During your time here at Savannah, you have demonstrated the power of student voice. Whether it was advocating on behalf of mental health support, expanding food options to be more culturally inclusive, bringing new partnerships such as neutral ground, or expending your various concerns with the Savannah restrooms, you have planted the seeds for change. You see, to make real and lasting change, it takes more than simply just using your voice or drafting call to action letters. It takes courage to reflect and address the root causes of the problems. It takes educating yourself and staying curious about the world around you.
Good evening board members, executive cabinet, and attendees. for the final time. My name is Jill Rodriguez and I'm the GC president of Granite Hill High School. Although I was here I was just here a short time ago. So many things have happened final week up to the end of the school year. Final performances, sports banquetss and award ceremonies, yearbook signing, senior sunset, and final goodbyes. It's been a roller coaster of emotions for our students and our staff. Our state testing results are already in, and we're proud to report that our students performed well, helping us see Increases in English, math, and science. Our biggest jump in English seeing 8% increase from last year. Senior sunset is tonight, and students are looking forward to their last event before graduation. Our Cougars are having too much fun to let their season end. Softball has dominated the first three rounds of playoffs and made it to the semifinals.
Our PEO star scholarship is presented to Cameron Wood. Congratulations. Good evening. My name is Jacine Leasey. I'm honored to present the Janice Glucaci scholarship established to celebrate my mom, an extraordinary woman whose spirit continues to inspire. Our family created this scholarship to support a young woman starting her higher education. Our hope is that Jan's legacy endures by providing opportunities for others to grow and succeed. Janice Leasey believed deeply in the power of education, opportunity, and human connection. She was raised in a small town in Iowa where she developed a love of learning and a drive to succeed. As a young woman, she became an exchange student in Brazil, an experience that sparked a lifelong passion for travel and global cultures. That curiosity shaped her life as she traveled extensively internationally as well as lived internationally, including areas such as Hong Kong and Manila, Philippines with her husband, John.
But, tonight I'm just saying that July 6th through the August 17th is our school supply drive. That means the entire city of Clifton, we ask for drop-off locations, uh whether it's the bank, and I know JK is as a drop-off. So, we're looking for other opportunities for people to uh be at act as a drop-off since we don't have a physical location. So, one way you can help is to be that be that drop-off location, whether you're a civic group, a business, or you manage an office, you can do a collection, and we'll actually help you drive people to the doors of your office cuz we have a media, and we'll add you to the flyer. The other way you could help is uh just buy some school supplies, whether it's pencils. We literally count every single pencil, and we count how many backpacks we need, and we multiply it by 12 pencils.
>> [applause] >> All right, all right. Congratulations. And can you can you say your your name for me? Inmarie Kalicharian. Inmarie Kalicharian. Beautiful. Beautiful. Har Harshitha Promod All South Jersey Orchestra. >> [applause] >> Congratulations. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Next up, Connor Lukyanovich. Hey, Connor! >> [applause] >> Fantastic Connor, great job. Great job. Oh, did you just go right down the nominating yeah, awesome. Maria Ibrahim. >> [applause] >> Cameron Mudshieg for the second time, come on back up Cameron. >> [applause] >> Cameron was up here for math. >> [applause] >> Congratulations. Awesome. Along Wang. >> [applause] >> Jackson Hunter. All South Jersey Orchestra. >> [applause] >> It might be a uh It might be a double duplicate, yeah. Yeah. Great job Jackson, yeah, nice. Adarsh Arun for All South Jersey Honors Orchestra. >> [applause] >> Congratulations. Yeah, yeah. Jacob Badger. South Jersey Honors Orchestra. Jake. >> [applause] >> Henry Cunningham.
Six of them being out of state. Miss Fernandez kept me on my toes and she always supported me as the student council president even when I felt like I was going crazy with all the task. I get that little fuzzy feeling inside especially with Miss Scodio. Thank you for being such a great science teacher that you lit up my passion towards a career for biology. I've always loved science but you made me appreciate every aspect of it. Staff like Daniel and Ken and Carlos made it fun to walk the halls. I'll miss Daniel telling me to get back to class when I go on my daily bathroom days. Every adult I offer schools has always been so kind and I hope you guys keep it that way. If my family could please stand up for a second. Finally. Hold on. I spent my whole senior year saying I wanted to leave high school already since I was so stressed out this year.
They're not just [music] words on a record. Voice is enough to make sleeping giants wake up, to make armies put their hands up, and watch whole nation stand up. It's one belief, one spark, one faith, and one restart. [music] And we can reboot the whole chart before it all falls apart. So, stand [music] up, shout it out. We can put it in the air if you like it loud. We only got one shot, so let's make it count. It's a takedown, [music] nobody can stop us now. Stand up, shout it out. Sing loud so the world can't drown us [singing] out before we depart. Let's leave [music] a mark cuz the light shines brighter in the dark. When we scream, [singing] our lips don't make [music] a sound. We march with feet on solid ground. We [singing] walk where no one wants to go on this old [music and singing] traveled road.
In America, I don't have to worry about the tap water giving me diarrhea. I don't have to worry about my home being bombed or accidentally stepping into enemy territory. And growing up between these two very different realities forced me to question how. How does America get to enjoy all of these luxuries? And to answer this, I just began thinking critically every time I bought something. So, when I went to Chipotle and I ordered my regular burrito, extra chicken, brown rice, pico de gallo, I started wondering, where do all of these tomatoes and onions actually come from? And I learned that most of it is tied to immigrants who work under dangerous conditions with little pay. Then, I thought about my phone, and I read about how the cobalt used in batteries is often linked to mining operations in the Congo. Operations while where workers labor in conditions so dangerous and exploitative that is often called modern-day slavery.
Good afternoon, class of 2026. This class is incredibly special to me. You are the first graduating class that I have had the privilege of serving as principal for all four years of your high school journey. I have watched you grow, not just academically, but as people, and your journey has been anything but typical. You entered into high school on the heels of a time when much had been disrupted. And yet, look at you now. You didn't just recover, you thrived. Over the past four years, I have seen you build confidence, find your voice, support one another, and rise to challenges. You have grown into leaders, teammates, artists, scholars, and role models. And tonight you I'm sorry this afternoon your accomplishments reflect your growth. This class has earned over 11 million in scholarships. Yes, our two national merit finalists are attending Yale and Purdue. Student athletes from this class are playing at the next level.
Community members fill the stands. It is just a full field and it's so amazing to see all the athletes and community members there. This year the event took place on April 17th, which was also my 40th birthday. I had originally originally planned to take a personal day and do whatever 40-year-olds do. So I said that to my seventh grader and she quickly reminded me that I could not possibly take off my favorite day of the year. And so I canceled my personal day and she was totally right. I would never want to miss this day because it fills my cup as a professional and this year as a mom watching her in the Best Buddies program. It reminds me of what it is to be a Columbine Eagle and to be part of the special education department that I love and that supports my students wholeheartedly.
You will see them in the grocery store. They do need to go to their children's baseball or basketball games and be able to have a high quality of balance of life. And providing those curricular materials for them allows them to have a resource that they can lean into to be able to help provide that high quality curricular um experience that's consistent across settings. So, how do we address reducing spending? if it's not going to be that we're not going to purchase things, how can we pull back? And so some of the things that you're going to see us um having done this year at the high school level um in as many ways as possible, if we can keep our current paper materials, we are doing that. If we uh need to purchase materials, we are doing our best to purchase class sets instead of onetoone, which again, we can still lean into the Canvas course materials.
One is during A lunch, one is during D lunch. And it can be difficult sometimes for kids to be able to go see a teacher that they need. So, what we did is we took a look at how could we unify that? How could we get a an intervention period in the middle of the day that everybody would be focused on that intervention. So, what you see on the left side is our current bell schedule. You will also notice that a lot of our classes are not equal time. Um 78 minutes in the first period, 75 seconds, 72 plus the SRT, and then 77. This new uh bell schedule will offer where every class will be 75 minutes exactly. Um it's also going to cut down our our passing periods from 7 minutes to 5 minutes. Um if you go way back, they were 10 minutes.
As that one's popped [screaming] up to first, Kazadian is right there for it, and a one-pitch out for Ursaris. Ruby was camped underneath that, she never even had to move. She was in perfect placement, that ball came right to her. Nice little catch to start the inning for Kazadian. One pitch, one out, and that's exactly what Nico needs. >> [cheering] >> So, with one away, the pitcher Ava Welch, we saw her throw lefty, she bats righty. The pitcher yesterday both threw and batted lefty. As that one's low. I have to give a shout out to one of my all-time favorite high school baseball players. My brother was a lefty pitcher who batted righty. Can't say he batted very well, but he did bat righty and throw lefty. I think it's a common [music] place thing for these high school kids. As that one's fouled back, and the count is one and one.
Don't want to show my daughter. side. state elected Yeah, we'll do that. Thanks again. Appreciate it. Great to see you. Thank you again, Leonard. Our next item would be our audience section. If anybody would like to go to the microphone and speak.