The second one is the Golden Valley Bank Community Foundation Scholarship and that goes to Oscar Pulson. Good evening. My name is Bob Cranston. I'm here this evening. It's an honor to be here really. Um and I'm here to present three scholarships. Uh the first one is being presented on behalf of the Pleasant Valley High School Foundation. The foundation was created back in 2007 by ex-staff members and some parents. And the intent of that foundation is to uh supply teaching staff or classified staff whomever who uh would like to have enough money to do things other than what their regular budget allows them to do. So over those past years, the foundation has raised um over 300 well, we're close to 400,000 now in an endowment. And each year uh we present uh $10,000 or more back to the school in the way of grants to teachers or staff who submit an application.
It really was a It was great to get the momentum started to have the community lines of communications open with our legislators. There's only so much administration can do. There's only so much a Board of Education can do in regards to the things like, you know, capping health benefits or payment for out-of-district services. We really need the legislature to act and having those lines of communication open. Tony, great job in getting the legislators there. The fact that we had two of them there last night after hours was great and then I was just going to be the first of of several meetings in the future. I wanted just thank Ms. Castellano again for all of the years of donations and things you've done for our community. You've helped thousands and thousands of families. You don't even know how many people you've helped because there's been so many and I know you're not really keeping track, but they know and and we appreciate it.
Are there any questions or comments on the meeting minutes from April? No? Okay, Mr. uh roll call, Mr. Yates, please. On the meeting minutes, roll call vote, Mr. DeMartine. Yes. Mr. Fisher. Yes. Ms. Iannelli. Yes. Mr. Masson. Yes. Mr. Contant. Yes. Sorry, guys. Mr. Phelan. Yes. Mr. Wilson. I don't think I can vote on the minutes, so. Cuz I wasn't here, so I'll just abstain. Abstain, yep. Yeah. Your abstention is noted. Ms. Buchholtz? Yes. Mrs. Knoll? Yes. The motion carries. Thank you. Next we'll move on to the superintendent's report. And before I hand it over to Dr. Smith, I need a motion to approve items 8.1 through 8.6. Do I have a motion? Mr. Masson, second? Mrs. Iannelli.
Congratulations. We can't wait to see the incredible thing. >> We will now begin the presentation of diplomas. Diplomas will be presented by Mr. Hopkins. And the names of our graduates will be read by Mr. Jose, senior class sponsor. is I join. Okay. Anna Joy class, Lucious John Luther King. Timber Nicole Bos. Oh yes. My name will last Sanchez. Raven Cloud Pawson Morgan. Malachi William Garcia. Nathan Hernandez. Briana Adel. Delanado below one. Maya Rihanna Lopez Marquez. Kelli Mendes Rodriguez. Princess Italy Moier. Morgan R. Ian Reneo >> Victoria Gloria Natani Gia Valentina. Francisco Olivera. Deline Green Prenia. I love you. >> Frankie, Sanchez, Failia Arm. India Noel. Olivia William Caroline and Wilson Alass Hey. Jonah. Congratulations graduates on receiving your diploma. And now to officially mark this moment of transition, I invite the senior class president Maren Campa to the podium. is going to lead the turning of the tassels.
Some will attend college. Some will go to trade school. Some will begin working. Others will be contribut- will be continuing to discover what path is right for them. Some friendships may grow distant with time, and life may pull us in different directions, but that is all part of growing up. Even when time passes, the memories we create here will remain a part of us forever. Years from now, we look back at old pictures and old videos, remember old conversations, and what it felt like to be here at ASDB. We will remember the laughter in the dorms, the school events, and all the sports games, and the classrooms. The people who made this place feel like home. Life is not always easy. There will be moments where we feel overwhelmed, lost, or discouraged. Sometimes life places us in situations we never expected. But one thing I have learned is that these difficult moments are never permanent.
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Yes. So, um So, I'll go ahead and just run down the list. These are roughly in order. So, we have Phoebe right here in front. We're showcasing her work and she wrote about Let's Talk About Me. Do you want to hold that up? She did writing sentences. Oh, that was a multi-page composition. So, go ahead and put this page up. >> [laughter] >> We have James Howard, one of our buddies from Mr. Hankel's class. Say hi, James. James is a picture hero. He loves Pete the Cat, so he wrote his book. He and he also he did some amazing William talking about what he wants to be when he grows up. And he's always our superhero at our school. He's also a first grader. We also have Vivia LaFleur from Ms. Dunphy's class who did a comparison and contrast of butterflies and moths. First grade does this great thing where they grow the butterflies and then release them.
Those leaders worked very hard to um really review our current materials and the materials that were out there to make a recommendation that would be fiscally responsible and also not shortsighted in our ability to support high continued highquality curriculum. So, um I most of the other things that I've talked about on there are the are the same um strategies for reducing costs. Um and then the last thing is there are always a few courses that are not a complete department. We may have had a course that uh came to us as a new course off cycle from their department. And again, we have a variety of publishers. Um and and whenever possible, we're prioritizing our language arts and our math materials because of their importance to accountability. Um, and so whenever possible in those other courses, we're keeping our materials and um, purchasing class sets.
Ebbing said, our real idea is what we've talked to our teachers about over the last several years is if you're going to assign the work, it should be quality enough work that it's important that the kid does it. So, if we're assigning the work and they opt out, we're not going to let them. We're going to go find them. We're going to sit down with them. We're going to make sure that they complete and do the work because if it's it was important, it's something we need to do. And that that is again, as she said, our failure rates are at the lowest I've ever seen. Um and our on-track graduation rate, um just for an example, probably 5-6 years ago, we were running 70 or 80 kids through summer school. Um starting summer school Tuesday, we are right now at 12 kids that will be coming in summer school.
Uh but when you have a pitcher that has not pitched a whole lot all season long, that stuff is going to happen. Hopefully they can uh not let it become a habit during the rest of this game and the Clockers still do have a two to one lead going into the bottom of the second inning and they got to get the bats going now. And they'll have seven, eight, and nine starting off with Quinn Herder who had a great senior night yesterday and is now above 300 on the season. Yeah, it was great to see Quinn really did step up yesterday on senior night. Gave herself a a memory to to hold on to forever knowing that she really put probably her best game of the year together on her senior day. Uh she hit an absolute rocket double that bounced off the base of the fence.
Um I told you earlier about the tour of Barnum today, which was for our paras, our LSTs, nurses, secretaries, library media specialists, et cetera, who um now know where they are going next year. Also wanted to make you aware that Azra Redzic has been extremely busy the past couple of weeks starting curriculum writing with Rams, coaches, et cetera, um division leaders prior to the end of the year. We had to restructure some things differently this year due to um funding for the curriculum writing institute. The a drawback of this process is that this is being done by the coaches and we have much less teacher representation. So, we're looking at a way to make sure that teachers are in the loop to give us feedback both now and through the summer, but in a in a different way. Um we've also been having some math pathways discussions.
Um, but the questions that would occur, um, how to how to um um spur curiosity, how to create some interaction with the students. Um, and how do you how do you um engage 30, 40, 50 um fourth graders in a presentation? Um, so we that was the first stage of it. And the second stage was more what the presentation was about. Um, and I'm going to invite the students up in a moment to talk about exactly what what the presentation was and what the program was kind of built around three premises and it's kind of scaffolding and a lot of things that uh the previous uh presenters had mentioned. Uh the little things like what could you do today to kind of make a difference in a person's life. Um and the up buttons don't seem to be working for me either. Mr. Hanlin, you seem to have the mightest touch.
And we just do two million dollars a year and think it always passes. It may have gotten rejected before, I'm not sure, but it's just how it goes. We do 5% of the roads on a yearly basis. Yeah. From a budgetary perspective, I think that's good for, you know, taxpayers and stuff. Mhm. Yeah, and I think next year we'll see like what you know, I know Vin is working really hard on the EPC and there's a lot of things that are still up in the air. So like a lot of those projects were removed from this plan and kind of put in a placeholder tab for now so we can see if anything needs to be added back. I know that there were a lot of questions about like Doolittle and air conditioning and roofing and windows. Um, so I'm saying all of that to say like you know, depending on where the EPC lands, this could look a lot different, but I do think leveling it out year to year, um, you know, if we get approved, then, you know, that helps year over year with the roads.
My goal for this upcoming year is to help everyone make the most of their experience, give their best effort, and have the best year yet. Thank you so much. And remember, sub noble pride is contagious. >> At this time, board members and the superintendent are welcome to thank student representatives. Renee Longshore. >> Um, yes. Good evening and uh a special goodbye to our representatives as they find their next steps into the next. Jaden, um Jilly and Effie, you guys have been phenomenal. So, thank you for coming and sharing your gift of oral speaking with us. And I would just like to encourage you guys to keep it up because you're all very natural at it. So, well done. And then I'd also like to extend a welcome to Michaela, Taylor, and Brendalyn. We look forward to seeing you guys here every month. Very exciting. >> Anita, it seems like we were just here and you were all being introduced last year and this year has gone by so fast.
And then the foundation has a committee which evaluates those requests. And it's a great pleasure to say that we've given over 300 almost $400,000 in that category as well. Um again, it's made up of ex staff and and parents of graduates. So, if anyone out there is interested in helping to continue to support Pleasant Valley High School, you can uh look online and for the PV Foundation and get information there. Uh this evening, the first award that I'm presenting is for is from the foundation and u this uh student is pretty amazing. Um, the recipient currently has 4.24 academic GPA in advanced and honors classes. She's involved in many activities such as CSF, Interact, Key Club, and the Operation Christmas Child event held by the Interact Club each year. Out outside of school, she's very involved in county impact mentoring and volunteering at Enllo Hospital.
So, if there's anything that we can do as a district to help facilitate, please reach out to me, Mark, Janina. We're happy to help in any way. Um Two final things. Commissioners, tonight I submitted my part of the superintendent evaluation. So, there is a self-evaluation part that I do based on the district goals. Once I submit it, they give me 48 hours if I want to make any changes and then you will get an email to complete your part. There are a couple board members who are conflicted and you know who you are. So, you shouldn't be completing it, but if you do, I don't mind. I believe Mrs. Basford we're going to do that at the June Well, we have to do it at the June 17th. We have to do it by July 1st for by by law and for Q sec reasons.
Any questions or comments on the superintendent's report? None right now, okay. Dr. Smith, do you have a report? I do, and it's short because it's fantastic to celebrate kids and less than fantastic to hear from a superintendent, but the [clears throat] just want to highlight as this year winds up, not down, our staff for their continuing efforts [clears throat] to make every day count for kids. The care and creativity, you saw that on display tonight with the awards, the classroom family atmospheres that are fostered throughout the year. They're on consistent display in classroom after classroom, grade after grade, school after school. It's truly inspiring. This rings true and strong through each of my classroom visits. It is the relationships and connections of students with their teachers and all staff built day by day, all year, that make the difference now and always. Thank you, Dr.
>> Good evening everyone. It's funny how something as small as a castle can mean so much. >> It holds all our late nights, laughs, stress, and memories in one tiny shirt. We love you, mama. >> Today, when we move it from right to left, we're not just graduating. We're growing up and moving forward together. We made it through everything and now it's our time to shine. Congratulations class of 20. We did >> graduates, please. On the count of three, you may turn your tassels. 1 2 3 Ladies and gentlemen, I now present to you our graduates, the class of 2026. This is now the beginning, the first chapter of the rest of your story. Congratulations once again and you have made us all proud. >> Thank you for joining us tonight. Please remain in your seats as the graduates exit the stage. Come on. Happy birthday.