Despite strong community feed feedback calling for cuts to be made away from the classrooms and school sites, the reductions that were ultimately approved directly impacted students. Hours were cut for school site staff who maintained help maintain the student safety and for employees who support literacy instruction. Community members voiced support for exploring reductions at the district office level. Yet those options were not presented to the board for consideration. Instead, the board voted to approve cuts that will be felt by most students and teachers at the school sites next year. This board needs to take a detailed look at the special reserve fund for capital outlay and staff. Other districts boards have approved steps to save funds and now generate millions extra revenue by collecting interest on savings, making money rather than overspending it. We need to change because despite all the pain we've gone through this year, we are not out of the woods yet.
Taylor, who later became Rotary International President, it has never ceased to be irrelevant. So this year's Susan recipients are Tess Rickini and J Good evening. Been quite a night so far. My name is Celio Connell and this is Deie Kaufman and we're from the Chico Community Scholarship Association. We've got quite a few wards awards today. So, uh, get comfy. The, uh, Chico Community Scholarship Association was formed over 50 years ago with a mission to provide scholarship assistance. Our association raises funds for our own CCSA scholarships and also works with donors to establish and award donor named scholarships. Over time, more than 5,300 scholarships totaling over $4.6 million have been awarded to high school seniors in our school district community. This year, 175 students will receive scholarships through the Chico Community Scholarship Association totaling over $351,000. parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators. We had a truly amazing student class of great kids apply for scholarships this year.
And you know, just being a parent, one of the biggest things is when you hear um so many uh compliments about how they are as a human being, as a person, right? Your your sons are just so great. I love them. They're great people. That's the biggest compliment you can get, I think, as a parent. Makes me proud as a dad. Happy birthday. Thank you guys so much. Have a great weekend. Thank you, Vice President Santiago. Um thank you to the speakers. Power One, thank you for what you do for our children. 15 years is a long time. Um it it's the age of a child getting from K to freshman year. So, that's a long time. A lot of people that you've touched. So, we are grateful for that. I'm happy that uh I thank the uh Relay for Life, and I thank you for letting them put the signs up.
So, in a world where one, we cry poor, and two, we have actually one job to do, I cannot wrap my head around spending additional money that doesn't go straight to our students to pay someone to help us do our own job. What is really our only job? So, I'll be voting no for this. Thank you, Mr. Compton, for sharing that. Is there anyone else? So, just to offer another perspective to that, this tonight in my eyes, for me, is a compromise. Like I look at it just differently. I mean, no better or worse, just different, that because this is our number one job, I don't know that this is the kind of thing that we want to go to the lowest bidder. However, understanding that it's a board of nine people, and we're here to agree, and we're here to move this forward. I do think some assistance is going to help us get to the is better than nothing when it comes to finding the best person for this job.
I'll definitely miss those events. What I'll miss most about ASDB are my teachers, my friends, all the hanging out we did together, and I'll miss the staff, too. I most of the funny chaos that happens here every day and the chocolate people. I'm going to miss spirit. Art. Speak message. I will miss my friends, NCE, Ian, Angel, Enrique, Miss Kimmy, Mr. Chris, and Miss Cheryl. Over at Sunset View of the Beepath, new text reads, "What did you do at ASDB you never imagined you would do?" The things that never imagined that I would do at AS learn my routes around the campus with my cane to navigate myself around. Staying away uh 1 week away from my mom, going to Capernaum to Tucson. At ASDB, I was in uh 7th grade and during the time of 7th grade, I came here during 5th and during the time of 7th grade, I was kind of doing bad at math, I kind of failed at math until my 8th grade year where my math teacher then was Lisa Cerena and she taught me about algebra tiles and after teaching me about algebra tiles, I started excelling at math and their functions.
Um limiting the amount of opportunities for base runners for Grafton today and they they played good defense behind her, right? Laura-like Collette makes two really nice plays in the last inning to help out and that's what Nico just needs to let her defense do. As it looks like we'll have the four, five, six spot here for for Gators as they'll lead off with Piper Bresnahan, the third baseman. She's 0 for 1 so far this afternoon. It'll be Bresnahan, the pitcher Welch, and then the catcher Martinez. And we'll see if Isauris she didn't have She was close to the 1-2-3 inning last inning. We'll see if she can get that here. Yeah, it'd be great It'd be great to have a quick inning get these bats right back to it. First pitch is rolled in there for ball one to Bresnahan. The key The key last inning was that Nico was ahead of the count almost every single time.
And there was no there was no legislative discussion, either. Uh in that direction. No. >> [clears throat] >> Um And is there state funding associated with the free breakfast or Yeah, yeah. Yeah, the the the Like 100% at least at this point. >> would cover the anything that they're making free. Yeah. Okay. Okay. All right, thank you. So that should help us next year in a way. Um one would hope. Yeah. You know, I we're not but we're not um the money that's getting accrued is by people who don't receive free or reduced lunch already. [clears throat] And uh it's generally not on breakfast charges. So it shouldn't really help our debt. I can see Leonard like being contained back there in his seat. Like he wants to jump in on the conversation, but that's where we are. And I don't be I don't want to be punitive in a sense.
So it was very evident today. >> Dr. I too would like to thank you and and congratulate you on a very fine presentation this evening. Um uh what most impresses me is the great variety of uh things that students can be part of to get into their maybe small niche at whatever school they're at. And um especially at the high school, I think there were a lot of areas. And seeing the art teacher pres present earlier this evening reminded me of of the district-wide art show. And um some of those high school um exhibits at the district-wide art show were pretty darn amazing. But it but what was really great about that also was seeing everything from kindergartens all the way through high school. Um you know seeing seeing the take on on how they're being involved in that way there the music programs there and there all of the sports programs all of the extracurriculars.
Yeah. So, we're not voting on anything. >> Yes. You are. We are. If you're aligned, yes. There is a a motion to approve the plan. Would you like to read the motion? Sure. I just didn't have it in the agenda, what you sent. Yeah. Okay, so that the Cheshire Board of Education recommends one up. >> I'm going up. Bottom up. >> Yeah. That the Planning Committee recommends to the Cheshire Board of Education the approval of the 5-year capital expenditure plan and budget for improvements to current buildings in the total of $31,870,921 with $5,879,682 to be funded in year one and with annual allocations as follows: 2026 to 2027 school year with $5,879,682 to $2027 to 2027 to 2028 will be $5,895,000 2028 to 2029 $7,185,000 2029 to 2030 $7,283,239 and then 2030 to 2031 $5,575,000. Second. All in favor? Are there any further discussion? No.
Staff working directly with students should not have to lose hours, positions, and insurance, lack support, or leave in droves for retirement or better compensation elsewhere. Our students should not be facing inequity, lacking stability, or denied access to programs. Children deserve better than this. Most of the cuts this year came from getting rid of vacant positions and scaling back over encumbered funds. any future cuts will hurt worse. So, we need to roll up our sleeves and get to work. Be proactive for the good of our community because in the end, it's not about our differences, but the opportunity we have to make a difference in the lives of kids every day. As you look to summer break, I wish you well and pray you find the time and space you need to return strong because there is still much to do. Thank you, >> Anita Tucker.
Their achievements are remarkable. We're excited to present these awards. Our first scholarship is actually an anonymous scholarship. The donor of this award wished to remain anonymous but is a very caring member of the Chica community. This award goes to Nolan Helms. >> Our next award is Bera Rebecca Lodge number 60 endowed scholarship. The view of Rebecca Lodge is the female division of the international order of the oddfellows. They are both global altruistic and benevolent organizations promoting goodwill and harmony amongst people and nations. The recipients and we have two of this award are Ellie Addington and Alexandria Riser. Our next award is B County Firefighters Benevolent Foundation. The BU County Firefighters Benevolent Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting local firefighters and the community which was established in the late 1970s. It provides financial assistance to firefighters and their families in case Foundation scholarship. This foundation is funded and managed by Jamie and John Workart, former members of CCSA.
That's really great. Um condolences to the Gibson family. I met Bill during the my son's Junior Mustang days. Um the one conversation I had with Bill 2 years ago was on the street there. Yeah, you can argue with Bill. But when the conversation ended, it was collaborative, and it was friendly. He gave him a kiss and a hug and and it was over and that was it and that's the one thing I respected about Bill. He really cared about this city. He was, you know, so I'm I asked everyone on my Facebook page to, you know, act like they'll be a good citizen, love your city, do what's best for your city. To the Schneiderman family, we saw him at the gala and to the that the gala family, my condolences to you. Um we had a really busy um a busy Board of Education session since the last meeting.
Every one of us will Every one of us who can will have their hands in this no matter what. This is meant to assist us with some of the administrative process to ensure it's efficient, especially given the timeline. And it is, in my opinion, for me this this decision tonight is a compromise between doing nothing and doing everything. Mr. Mr. Maxon, you all I'm already planning on it, yeah. Thank you. I will add that for me, the money is worth it for what they will assist with so that we can they they can facilitate stakeholder input. That is highly important to me. That's top of my list. And so, because, you know, that was not done in the past. And I think it's very important to um you know, build consensus amongst all the stakeholders we have here. This is a decision we want to make to hire somebody for 5 to 10 years.
And then during high school is when I met my high school teacher, Mr. Campbell, Harold Campbell. He was my math teacher and he helped me really understand what the fundamentals of math were and that's when I started really excelling in math in high school. And then my senior year, I actually started taking a calculus class online and I never thought I would do that. Every day, every night I'm supposed to be getting done at school. I would think if I never would have came here to ASDB, I wouldn't have been in this position but now I'm graduating. Getting to class on my own. I never imagined that I would learn as much vocabulary that I did. It was a challenge, but I learned it. So, unfortunately, I was sick and I missed the cross country trip to Texas my senior year. One teacher who taught me great things, including history and social studies, is Henry.
Um let's see if she can fight back here after being down early in this one. Here comes the 1-0. That's a fly ball deep out to left field [screaming] and a nice grab out there from Conners and there's one away. Yeah, looked like Sophie may have misread that from the jump, but then she's able to track back and end up making a nice play. Um Good play out there in left field by Sophie Conners. That's her second catch of the day. She looks She looks good out there right now playing left field for the Clockers. And for Isauris, that's a two-pitch out number one. So, that's big. Here comes Welch. That's a shot in the left field. Conners on her way back and she can't get that. It'll roll up near the fence and into second base goes Ava Welch, the pitcher, with a one-out double.
There has to be a better approach or a friendly approach cuz there are you know food insecurities and so forth. >> Right. And we, you know, in our communications are certainly clear about that. That if there's a rationale, communicate with us. Um and we'll work to find some form of assistance. Uh maybe stop nagging you about it. Uh connect with social services, stuff like that, but uh you there's no engagement. Uh I can't tell if you uh have the money and decide not to pay or just uh or you can't pay. So, we need people to engage with us. Yeah. Thank you. Dr. Herget. Yeah, I'm going to change the topic to the um composting projects. How is that shown on our budget? It's not right now. So, it's been fully funded by the NEF funds, so the NIP fund and the allocation from um the town council Well, the sustainability committee and the town council.
I mean, there's so much and um it's just wonderful to see students not doing it all but having the choices to get into the areas that that they're comfortable with. So, thank you for your presentation tonight. >> Mr. I just want to compliment the students on uh your presentation skills and your ability to communicate with uh with the adults, with the members of the board and and the public in general. And you know, that's very impressive. Uh you know, I don't when I was your age, no chance you were getting me up at that podium to to talk like that. That's just awesome. Great job. >> Yeah. I mean, I they all said it and I'm I sit here just beaming because, you know, I'm sure all of you recognize that the majority of the board are educators. So, I appreciate that you're raising future educators.
All in favor? Unanimous. Second motion. Nope. No, this is >> That's for later. Tonight? Oh, yeah. That's not later. Yeah, I'll keep that for later. That's all, folks. Motion to adjourn? Don't you have to sing? Oh, the recital's at 7:00. Oh, I thought you said 6:00. Well, I'm not I'm not He's going to make it 6:00. Yeah, I'll probably go right home right now. Um Motion to adjourn? Motion to adjourn. Second? Second. All in favor? I. I. We are adjourned.
>> Good evening. I know last month I mentioned the many celebrations and recogn recognitions that we have during May, but I did miss National Language Speech Pathologist Day, which we celebrated on May 18th. And I truly appreciate our language and speech pathologists. They do so much uh each and every day uh with our students and we wish we had a lot more of you. Um I'd also like to acknowledge and thank our classified employees again as this is their week. It's dedicated to all our hardworking individuals who are there to support our students, family, and staff each and every day. We appreciate all you do and I was really happy to be able to attend the county awards for our our outstanding classified employees who were honored. Mr. Cliff Ledbet, Miss uh Jennifer Amada, Mr. Jonathan Silva, and Ms. Rachel Yokum. Congratulations. On May 13th, I was able to attend the longevity awards for our teachers, counselors, and classified staff and administrators at Desert Nles Elementary School.
The awards go to Harleen Park and Eugene Lee. The Chico Breakfast Exchange Club. Exchange clubs are national organizations for men and women who want to serve their communities and strive to make their communities a better place to live. This scholarship is intended for students who serve their community. The award goes to Oscar Melor Sanchez. Our next award is the Cindy Chalmer's Honorary Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded by CCSA in honor of Mrs. Chomers, who was a longtime CCSA board member and advisor, past PTA president, Boys and Girls Club supporter, and member of Omega News Sority. She was principally interested in children's education. The award goes to Olive Ernest. Our next scholarship is the Colleen Jarvis Memorial Scholarship. Colleen Jarvis was a Chico City Council member and a family law attorney. Having come from humble beginnings, she worked tirelessly as an advocate for deserving young people throughout her life.