Any questions? Thank you. Thank you. Again, that item was an inform. Does anyone have any additional questions? Okay, hearing none, we'll go down to professional staff. Um we have a request to fill positions prior to the next board meeting. Yes, asking for permission to fill positions prior to the next board meeting. It was a 3-week gap between meetings and we still have some summer hiring and some hiring for next year to do. >> [clears throat] >> So, we'll entertain a motion to approve. I have a motion by Travis, second by Mary Lynn.
So, as you can see, in just those three at bats, a couple five plate appearances, four runs scored. So, obviously, the speed is a factor. >> uh I'll keep this area here without >> Sounds perfect. That's uh the speed is a factor. And again, Maddie Sanders, not a ton of at bats this year as as well, only 19 plate appearances, 16 at bats. Uh so, Maddie looking to see if she can get a little experience here before they get into the post season [music] play. As Quinn Herder will lead it off at shortstop here this afternoon. It's Ava Welch back on the mound here for Grafton. Here's the first pitch. And that one's popped straight [screaming] up. Who has it? And Welch will make the catch for out number one. Yeah, aggressive aggressive at the plate there was Quinn. I think that she was thinking about yesterday maybe a little bit.
So, we have a really wonderful crop of students taking geometry next year. So, exciting and um we'll certainly be reporting out on that um at our curriculum committee meeting likely in the fall. That's our report. Questions from board members? Comments? Mr. Kolar. Uh Uh, thank you. I have a couple of questions on the textbook. Is it better for now or for the June 4th meeting when we adopt? I don't I I could do either or you can email me them in advance and we can be ready to talk about it then. >> is an entirely online textbook? It is. It's an online textbook. Um, Julie Barker, who is the department chair, has shared that over the past couple of years, she and Budhan Katuwal, who is the other physics teacher, have really been evaluating a multitude of books. Some of those books are geared more for freshmen.
So not only just the the the the actual process of training but all the other layers that they absorbed and the growth that we saw within the the student leaders initially some of them just wanted to read in the classroom and maybe by the second or third school visit they wanted to present. It was really it was really rewarding to see them embrace it um and take themselves out of their comfort level. So I think I think the people we want to hear from the most I'm going to call up next. So let me call the students up to kind of share their thoughts with you. So come on up. All right. Thank you, Coach Lee, for the introduction. So, like you said, I'm going to kind of take you guys through the framework of what our program was and our presentation, and then um I'll introduce the five students I have with us now to kind of talk about the authentic stories that they shared to make this possible.
It's fine. Well, now I'm curious. [laughter] So, I'm just thinking I'm just thinking of something like if if a net is like a soccer net is broken down and I don't know if it is, it's probably, you know, 12 or 15 ft. I don't play soccer, but if it's one bar, then that's big. That would be squeezing like a 10 by 15 ft. Yeah. building. Whereas for that height, it'd be a little bit easier. Um the only other the two other things I mentioned this was like the snow removal equipment. Uh originally kind of had put one amount, like we'd split it over a couple years. The snow removal equipment is line What is it here? Uh 16. So, our equipment is 15 years old. We had spread it I think in year one and year three, and I just pushed it on to year one.
I'm going to share a personal story about my daughter who graduated from Apple Valley School District in 2000. and she sent me a picture of her friends that she went to middle school, elementary school, and now they are all grown up and they met up in New York. And in that letter, in that picture, she says, "Appo Valley was great for me. I want to make sure that when you walk out of here, you know that Apple Valley will continue to be here for you when you return. And you're always welcome to visit us. Um if I'm not sitting here, whoever is sitting here, introduce yourself as one of the speakers and I think they will appreciate seeing you. Uh Jilly, I have already told you I'm booking my next eyelash appointment with you. Um so I hope uh when you are done you let me know so I can you know surrender my eyes to you.
One of her teachers said, "She is respectful, responsible, sweet, and high quality individual." The first Jean Howard scholarship will go to Kyla Tyson. The second the second recipient uh has an academic GPA of 393 in a difficult medical pathway program of study. this uh that course of study may be uh one of the more difficult apparently but he's uh really uh people think that maybe one of the reasons he went in there pursue the medical part of it was the fact that he plays football and he's also on the track team. Uh this is somewhat natural I guess because he comes from a very athletic family. The second Jean Howin scholarship for 20126 goes to Blake Shield. Hi, my name is Mike Vod. I teach here at Pleasant Valley High School and it's my honor to uh uh award the Brett Silva Memorial Scholarship. Um, I've asked this question in the past and I think I know the answer, but can I ask that if you knew Brett Silva, could you please stand?
I I have two things. One thing I just I sent every sent you a blind copied everybody on the email about the parade. If you are planning to march, we're going to meet different location this year. We start at St. Andrews Boulevard and Cross Road it's called over by Jubilee Park at 8:15. Kick off starts at 9:00. We're going to march down Clifton Avenue and it's going to end at the and for one of us is fine too but we should get a float. >> [laughter] >> If you want we all march together. I do believe the the Memorial Day committee has a banner for us. They are looking if you know of any student volunteers that would like to carry our banner. And maybe there are some ROTC kids we can get and that's what they asked. >> students do participate. I think they march, so maybe we can just peel off a couple of those students that >> Yes, CJAL, they're they're there, too.
Does anyone have any questions or comments on anything under curriculum and instruction? I guess the one comment I will make um is just happy to see all the students so far that had the opportunity to take the first field trip in many years. Um just taking the bus ride, the camaraderie of friends, and pictures, and different things, and just having a great time, and uh it's nice to see us getting at the more normalcy in the in the students' education world. Ms. Knoll, can I also comment on that? >> Go ahead, Ms. I actually had the luxury of going to Muddy Paws Farm with the first graders, and it was it was awesome. The kids were so excited, so it was really nice to experience it as a parent, but also to see all these field trips come to life, and um it it's just really great, and the feedback that we're getting from the teachers and and the parents and the students has been really positive.
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She told us very matterof factly that when she began college, she told herself she was going to choose the hardest major she could. So naturally, she chose math. For a moment, I could not fathom why someone would deliberately choose a major and career path they deemed so hard. But I soon realized the importance of that leap she took. She made the conscious decision to push herself into an uncomfortable circumstance, proving not only to others, but instead to herself, that the box she had been put in would not define the path she would take. Often times, we get so caught up in allowing ourselves to be defined by the roles that have been put upon us, conforming to what those around us expect us to be. We allow fear to hold us back from change and growth, stopping us from reaching our full potential. But I believe true success is defined by pushing on despite that fear.
And so she brought her work to show off too. A round of applause for our friends here. >> [applause] >> We're hot characters traits in all the buildings. Last month was patience and I have to give a super shout out to my patient friends who are so excited to come and share their work and they were just showing their work. They weren't showing their work. They were so good out there. That's why I bring them. You can take these kids anywhere. That's why we do whole school field trips to go see a musical at CMS. They're just like amazing and I can't brag about them enough. So thank you so much for your attention. >> Thank you. >> [applause] >> I hope you have a good day. See you later. So you guys can go be a family cuz I told you you're welcome to stay with the meeting if you like.
Are they using what we currently have? They they weren't. Um, and the other piece to that I'm I want to mention is that there was a lot of discrepancies like kindergarten and first grade were using something different than what our second, third, fourth, fifth grade were using as well. And so again, when we talk about the wild, wild west, right? Like trying to just really align and get everybody on the same page. Um, and so that was really important to me to make sure that everybody was on the same page. And so creating those uh overviews for science, creating those over overviews for social studies. Nuzella has been really great to work with. They're um going to help embed those those state standards with us um and finding those resources to align for our teachers. So we're really excited um about the opportunities >> about consistency of materials, especially >> uh kindergarten, first grade, and second because of the testing now.
Any discussion? All those in favor? 7-0. Next, we have some recommendations. Yes, please. Asking for approval for the following recommendations. John Kelly, Jennings County High School Girls Golf Coach. Kyle Lime, Jennings County High School SPED Teacher. Kobe Vogel, Jennings County High School Summer School Teacher. We'll entertain a motion to approve those recommendations as read. So moved. I have a motion by Sheryl, I have a second, second by Kurt.
She may have over swung just a tad on that. Got underneath it, popped it up. Uh unfortunately, one pitch, one out here in the bottom of the second. Here comes the freshman, Maddie Sanders. She'll take one outside for ball one. [crying] And like you said, only 16 at bats on the season. Does have four RBIs in those 16 at bats. >> [cheering] >> Here comes the 1-0. That one is through the legs of the catcher [music] and it's two balls and no strikes. If if if the 7-8-9 here can manufacture some base running like we said, this could be a huge problem here for Grafton. And Manny has to understand that working a walk is just as good as a hit in this situation. We just want her on base. As she's ahead 2-0 here, she shows bunt and pulls it back and takes a strike and it's two balls and one strike.
So, there are some schools that teach freshmen at a a a different level than you would seniors taking an advanced level of physics. So, the books haven't quite landed where they would like. So, Julie came across this earlier in the year. There's an evaluation process that they go through where they evaluate it based on a number of standards, including readability, including ease. The correct The textbook is a resource. It's not our curriculum. So, when Julie looked at this book, this OpenStax um, online version, what she found was that it lined up nicely with our curriculum, making it both ease for our teachers and also the access to the platform has a lot of bells and whistles that make it a good read for students. And she said something the other night that I think is worth repeating. This is not a PDF of a book online.
So, we talked about earlier a big goal of Cheshure High School was to kind of cultivate empathy and create these communities that had a great sense of belonging and we're really strong together. And when we were building this program, we realized that this is something that has a lot of relevance with our elementary communities because next year they'll be facing the challenge of redistricting, right? Some of them will be in new environments, they'll be with new classmates or they'll, you know, they'll just be in a different place and that might be hard for them to find grounding in a strong community. So with that, we kind of arrived at our mission, which was Oh, my transitions worked. Nice. Look at that. Uh our mission, which was to provide elementary students with kind of simple and relatable strategies to help foster, you know, strong communities that are multi-dimensional.
Again, part of the leveling, but like also the the equipment is old. And so, like as much as we can replace, we had a really challenging winter. I hope that that's not repeated for a number of reasons, like the operational and the financial components, but um just pushed that into year one. And something I deferred was the electrical service replacement to Highland, which is on line row six. So, the electrical service distribution is um like basically we don't have enough power. Um the classrooms don't, you know, they have these like duplex outlets. It's just not what the the school needs. We had um you know, allocated $50,000 and $350,000 for this. Um but I think that there might be something I'm going to just going to double-check this. I think I might have missed the prior year's approvals, because when I was looking at this project, um I think it might supplement another project in a prior referendum, so I just pushed it to year two cuz I didn't want two projects competing against each other.
Um and the rest of you, I really look forward to a great year. Look forward to what the future holds, but never forget where you came from because you are a testimony of what Apple Valley is. And when others are acting up, just remember where you came from. Congratulations for all of you to all of you moving forward. And welcome to the new ones coming in. And we can't wait to hear what you have to offer. Thank you so much. Yes. Um, thank you guys so much for all the time that you guys have put in over the year coming here to share with us um your passion in everything that you share that's going on at your school sites. Um, I will miss uh hearing from you guys, but then also running into you guys randomly around the town because you guys are everywhere.