I've known her since she was little. And so I feel like this is going to be wonderful for us to to get to know you as an older student and watch you um shine as well. So thank you all and welcome to the news. Okay. And now it's time for Mr. Sloer student recognition. I got up here like three times to do this. You can't tell. I'm a little bit excited. I'm love this night. Thank you all so much for being here. And if I could have ask the board and superintendent to join me at the front. Um Mr. Conrad there, Mr. Schulenberg, actually superintendent if you'll go down at the end. Yep. Thank you. And a little bit of logistics. We're recognizing tonight students accomplishments in a great variety of of different endeavors at school, science, the arts, career and technical skills, all kinds of things that make our schools wonderful.
Thank you very much. Hi everyone, my name is Ally Williams. I'm a Pleasant Valley class of 2023 graduate and the founder of the Hello Social Q Foundation, which is a nonprofit I created to provide more merit-based scholarship opportunities to local students, specifically made for those who have shown it exceptional leadership throughout high school. Congratulations to our 2026 recipients, Mackenzie Martin, Delila Smith, and Campbell Woods. Good evening. My name is Elizabeth Warm and I am the classified school employees association secretary for Cheto chapter 110. I'm excited to present this scholarship members student. Scholarships are 100% funded by our member dues and is a great way that we can give back to our chapter members and their families. We are proud to give this scholarship to three PB students. First, McKenzie Martin. McKenzie, we wish you the best in your next chapter at Calpali as an English major and hope this scholarship will help you with your academic journey.
So, moving on cuz we're we're at 7:30 already and we're halfway through the agenda. Uh anybody have any unfinished business that they would like to address? Okay. Um we're going to go to the uh condolence uh expression of condolences for um Joe. Thank you, Madam President. Honored and very saddened to read this one. Whereas on May 14th, 2026, the Clifton community lost a beloved figure with the passing of William F. Gibson. Whereas for over 52 years, William Gib- Gibson dedicated his life to the residents of Clifton, serving with distinction as a detective sergeant and a committed councilman. He possessed a profound love for this city and its people. Whether someone needed practical guidance, strong support, or simply a willing listener, Bill was always there. His kindness, loyalty, and unwavering dedication left a lasting mark on countless lives. Even in retirement, Bill's drive to protect and uplift others never faded.
Really, the cost becomes almost neutral in the fact that we're getting brand new phones across the whole district. And then what the technology department did as well is if we and we go to the end of life cycle with the current contract that we have, just for phones alone is about $100,000 on top of the services that you already have to pay for cuz you have to pay for the services regardless. So, we're saving money in the long well, in the short term, we're saving money and getting all new phones now rather than waiting next year and having to pay even more for all phones. This um agreement, because it was above the threshold, which is why we had to put it on the board agenda, um because we also thought it was kind of like a done deal with the updated contract. It looks like it's costing us $86,000 in what I would say new money, but it's not because again, 52 was already budgeted.
His His golf career includes multiple national and international championship titles representing Team USA in competitions around the world and earning recognition as one of the rising leaders in adaptive sports. Through both academics and athletics, Tyler is passionate about growing opportunities and visibility for athletes with disability. Let's welcome Tyler Cashman to the stage. Here's ASB commencement speaker Tyler Cashman walking up behind the podium to replace Paul Saunders. Sorry. Perfect.
We'll talk more about the facilities later. We had a meeting with GRP Wegman moving forward with the solar and the lights. Um, they're going to be doing the lights this summer and then the solar will actually start in the in the, um, in the fall. That's going to be interesting. I I I won't be here, but I do hope somebody will update me cuz you're going to be able to see what the energy bills do with the lights and then when you click on the solar how they move again. So, it'll be a nice little study. Uh, It's actually good they're doing it in two phases so we can >> Yeah, so you can actually see the cost differentials and whatnot. End of year celebrations is tomorrow. Can we believe we're at the end of the year? The the, um, the faculty and staff are going to be meeting at the CHS auditorium.
Am I reading this right? >> Yeah. I'm looking to talk about >> I haven't seen that. >> Okay, I'll just wait. I'll just wait. >> But I will tell you that it is um it is important to understand about the purchasing that. So this year is English language arts. >> Next year social studies >> so you can't just assume correct that's what I was trying to figure out. So each year the state used to have a required sixyear cycle and everybody like departments went on that and then that has >> that is no longer a requirement. However, fiscally >> we can't just all of a sudden buy new books for every department. So we've maintained at the secondary level we've maintained that okay so next year is social studies and we will do that same review process where again I will be challenged by several by by everyone right to reduce costs wherever possible and and yet provide a high quality consistent curricular resource.
Um any discussion? All those in favor? Seven out of eight. And I have one more, please. Yes, I'm wanting to ask approval for the recommendation of Lindsey Shepherd, um Jennings County School Corp occupational therapist. We'll entertain a motion to approve. So moved. Motion by Sheryl, I have a second, please. Second by Chelsea.
So, two balls and two strikes here on Maroney working a good at bat. Yeah, good to see Lexi take that one. Lexi has a tendency to to get over aggressive at the plate, especially with two strikes on her. So, I think she she had good patience there to take that pitch and and get the count to two and two. Here comes the two two. That one is again a shot foul. Just a tick behind. Yeah, she's fighting hard. Lexi's fighting hard. Now, this is I believe the fifth pitch that was the fifth pitch of the at bat. So, Lexi's working this working this bat pretty well. Here comes the two two again and that is a swing and a miss. Good at bat for Maroney, but she does strike out for out number two as the Clockers flip the lineup card back to Usaris. Again, RBI situation here for Nico with Manny on second base.
It's It's so impressive. So, I just wanted to share that. You can't quite tell it from the minutes. So, I just want to say thank you for that. And I'm impressed. >> Thank you. These teams work incredibly hard. It's a multi-year process and it requires a lot of wrangling. So, your comment is really a very much appreciated. Any other? I just have a couple questions. >> Morley. That's it for curriculum. It since you brought it up, first off, like today's final session, what was your takeaway? What was the team's takeaway? Was it practical, if you ask me, for us moving forward, you know? Yeah, so there was an incredible incredible amount of information given at all six sessions of the science of reading master class. It was valuable in that we got to hear from nationally known presenters. Um it was a little bit for some maybe like drinking from a fire hose, the amount of information that they gave.
So what we told them was we first told them how how it' be if it was wrong and we'd ask them what they would what they think we should do to fix it and then we'd run it again and then obviously correct ourselves from what they said and then it would be a lot better. So what me and Dr. S will show you is how we do it wrong and then we'll revise it from there. So 20 ft I'll start walking in Dr. S. Pretty awkward honestly if that happens to me in the hallway. I'm looking the other way. I I don't really want to be there. So what we did we had asked them they'd obviously say oh pulled out your phone doctor someone didn't say hi to me. I didn't say hi back to him. So we'd asked them revise ourselves and then we'd run it a second time.
>> Yeah, so we own we own everything. >> Okay. >> So, that's that's another kind of interesting piece of this is we own Sand Bank, we own own the wooded area, DATCO owns that front parking lot and that building. They're willing to move our people out of the bus trailer. We have a triple wide on Sand Bank and we would move into that permanent building. Um but we also are fine to be in the triple wide for now. There's no safety concerns, it works, and so, you know, it's it's for us, I think it's there's probably more of an urgency [snorts] on their end than there is for us. Um what do we need what why do we need more space exactly? I'm missing this because I'm thinking they could be bringing employees here Mhm. to a building that already exists. So, the parking lots are probably sufficient for whatever employees are there cuz I'm thinking that generally it's parking lot is designed to fit the building.
And so, um, when we call you up, we'll do that in groups representative of the category. And we're going to ask you to kind of make your way over here toward the American flag side of the of the podium or the uh board dis. You'll get your certificate from either uh one of the principles or Mr. Conrad and make your way then across the front, shake the hands of the board members who will love to congratulate you and we'll kind of move you down towards the California flag to Mr. Schulenberg and we'll get your groups uh pictures down there on that side. We'll keep things moving pretty fast. If there's some groups that are a whole group, I'll go quickly through the name uh clap at the end and then u if there's individual awards, we'll do that one at a time. So, we're super happy you're here.
My next two recipients unfortunately are not here, but on the good side, they're currently playing a softball tournament hopefully for the championship. The first is Caitlyn Careri. Caitlyn is going to be attending University of Nevada Reno. She's planning on going into nursing and coming back to Chico to be part of the healthcare community here. Caitlyn, we wish you the best. Last but not least is her sister, Brianna Soler. Brianna is headed to Montana State University to pursue degree in kinesiology in order to travel the world and help others and build a future for herself. Ladies, we congratulate you all and wish you well. >> Hi, happy Thursday. I'm Holly Blancaul, Anthony Cap on the of the Chico Kowanas Club and as a proud PB alumni, class of 1998. What up? Thank you for inviting me to be here tonight as we celebrate the incredible accomplishments of all these outstanding students.
As a security guard for the Garfield public schools, he quickly became a comforting and familiar presence. He made a genuine difference in the daily lives of the students and staff he watched over, continuing his lifelong mission of helping others. Above all, Bill was a devoted family man. He treasured every moment spent with his wife Robin, their children, and their grandchildren. No matter how busy his schedule, he made it a priority to attend every family event, constantly encouraging his loved ones to reach beyond their goals. Be it further resolved to honor his remarkable legacy of public service, leadership, and compassion, the Clifton Board of Education proudly records this tribute in its official minutes, ensuring Bill's memory continues to inspire future generations. Uh thank you, Commissioner Siano. Um Vice President Santiago. Thank you, President Bath Basford. >> [clears throat] >> So, it's an expression of condolence. Um whereas on May 18th, 2026, the community noted with sorrow the passing of Ernest Scheidemann.
The other part was budgeted for replacement phones as well as Evans, and we're getting all new phones in every single school in the district or or facility in the district. Did I miss anything? >> [laughter] >> Okay. Pretty good. Quite Does that answer your question? Yeah, yeah, and I guess just how does the like how do the terms of this work? Right, so you say we were we were paying $50,000 each year as like I guess just is that for like the the cell service or do we lease this equipment or how does that work? Yes, sir. I'll let you in. That's that's just for the licensing for the phones for them to to function. Understood. Okay. And then just because it's like you know, it like looks like it's like okay, well we're spending more on the phones, right? But you know, I guess how did it work out that we're getting more for less?
Good afternoon everyone. First, I want to thank you so much for having me here today. It is truly an honor to be standing in front of you, your families, your teachers, your coaches, your staff, and everyone who has helped you reach this moment. I also want to congratulate the graduates. Today is your day. You earned this. Every assignment, every early morning, every hard day, every time you had to advocate for yourself, every time you had to do something differently than the person next to you, it all brought you here. Last semester, I had the chance to come here and volunteer in the PE class with some of the visually impaired students. And honestly, I had a blast. We had fun, we competed, we laughed, and I left those days feeling so grateful. Uh I had hoped to come back sooner, but life, unfortunately, got busy with school, golf, and everything else going on.
Uh, we had it's it's always been at the middle school in the in the cafetorium and people were people don't always read their emails and so a lot of people were thinking they were going to the middle school and I was like, "Oh my god." And I was So, I sent out a quick email and I said MHS and and and I've been corrected numerous times and it just, yeah. Anyway, it's going to be at the CHS auditorium tomorrow at noon and it's going to be good times, but that's where we're at. It's next board meeting will be actual summer. School is out after tomorrow. That's it for my superintendent's report. On the work. All right, move on to items for action. The first one is A, approval for the consolidated district plan? This is that yearly approval um that I need to upload.
Okay, I'll pick on Jason. Thank you. Thank you. I'm just kidding. >> Any other questions? >> Oh, I will, but they're mostly going to be for Dr. Taylor. >> Okay. >> Because everybody knows why this is my favorite motion I make every year about the about the funding. And >> thank you for all your work. >> Oh, of course. It's teachers. >> It is. >> Sorry, Dr. Taylor. I'm about to steal your I'm about to steal your positive note. Did I hear sit down? I'd be happy to sit down. >> I will say to answer Miss Dunigan's question, Dun's question, um, we do look at a one, three, or sixyear option, sometimes two-year. The six year is always the most attractive. They don't reduce year-over-year. And honestly, when we go down to three, it goes up. >> Their price structure is still archaic and build on a six year adoption cycle.
Any discussion? All those in favor? Six abstained, one. And you didn't vote for her. >> [laughter] >> And we are fortunate enough to have Lindsey and her family with us tonight, as well. So, Lindsey, if if you'll introduce your family to us, we'd appreciate it. I'm Lindsey Shepherd. This is my husband, Jackson, and our daughter, Evelyn. And she is very, very new. Yes, 4 weeks tomorrow. Yes. Yes. So, Lindsey, we are so happy to have you, and we would love to be able to congratulate you, as well. So, if you want to start it with Mr. Eddinger. Congratulations. >> [laughter] [laughter] >> Congratulations. Congratulations. I mean, are we going to make her feel so I was thinking >> [laughter] >> I mean, Jackson was really upset. Oh, Jackson. Jackson, come on. Bring her up. Show and tell. >> [laughter] >> We don't have to breathe on her, but you've got to get a little bit closer.