Like larger projects are are capital that's usually over $110,000. Um, we have a deal with the town about some of the um, the fields and infield maintenance, but um, like grass cutting, all of that is is managed in that line item. I would say that if we have that equipment, then it shows up as our groundskeepers' salaries or overtime. That that type of maintenance cuz it's managed in house. Okay. And we expect I mean it says right now year end projected balance, so there you expect there would be some money left over. Yes. Hey. Yeah, which is yeah, which is offsetting other lines. We've been >> very calculated with our maintenance spending and and the reason for that is it was also the budget was really cut and so it's it's very much like do we have to do this? Is this life safety risk?
I think that's it. Thank you so much. This is really awesome and just wonderful to see that you know you're you're putting all these things into action and just impacting in the future for sure. So >> can we get them to shake? >> We do need you to take a photo because it didn't happen if you didn't take a picture, right? So come on up. [applause] >> [laughter] >> You should >> adapt. Don't adapt. Awesome job. Awesome. Love it. Well, I just need to All right. One, two, three. Awesome job. Wait, wait, wait. I got to get one more. And with that, I will take a motion to adjourn the showcase meeting. So moved >> and a second Mr. Eckie. All those in favor adjournment unanimous. Thank you.
That was a highlight for the students and I think for the staff as well. Thank you so much to Miss Spini and her incredible team for their dedication and hard work supporting our students. Also, a big congratulations to Dr. Bell who will be receiving her doctorate tomorrow and also to Dr. Harrison on his doctorate too. Congratulations. Next week is graduation. This is the culmination of 13 years of planning, hard work, fun, and excitement, and looking forward to what the future holds. I'd like to thank all our staff, teachers, counselors, classified employees, and administrators for the incredible work that you do in preparing our students for this milestone. And I'm not just talking this year. You've been doing this since preschool, TK, kindergarten, elementary school, junior high, and high school. And each one of you is a layer that contributes to this. Parents and families, we appreciate all you do to support your students.
During their lifetime, they contributed to youth activities, especially for those who were lowincome. This scholarship is to continue their legacy of supporting youth in our community. This 2026 recipient is a student pursu pursuing a degree in the medical field. The recipient is Donovan Fitzpatrick. Unfortunately, Donovan's not with us tonight, but we will make sure he gets his award. Our next award is the No Viking Fights Alone Tape Hampton Memorial Scholarship. The No Viking Fights Alone Memorial Scholarship is awarded every year in loving memory of Tate Ferguson Hampton. Tate loved being a Viking. In 2018, Tate was diagnosed with a rare, incurable cancer in his sophomore year. Teammates, friends, teachers, and staff rallied behind him, giving rise to the slogan, "No Viking fights alone." And he never felt alone during the four years of cancer treatments. The No Viking Fights Alone mantra embodies resilience and community support, empowering scholarship recipients to face challenges bravely and with kindness, knowing they are not alone as they strike off onto their next adventure.
So, it's something really good We're like one of the district only district that does that. That many people in one setting, it's and and it's like clock clockwork. It's just like graduation. Mr. Neff has it down pat and but it's just she she invites the board to participate, which doesn't happen in other districts from what I hear from my colleagues. So, I just wanted to tell you guys we're lucky to be have the district we have and the staff and the things they do. The other night was ledge Last night was ledge. I had a marathon. I had a a five, a seven, and an eight zooms. I was like shoo in my house. I went to the Middlesex meeting on Zoom. New Jersey School Boards and our Lieutenant Governor was on. And he had a lot of good things. There's a lot of legislation that's coming out that are really going to affect us.
We appreciate that it's not people, but it does still directly affect people and most importantly our children, our students. Marlton Elementary, I'm not aware of what's happening in the other elementary schools, but at Marlton Elementary we are going from four second grades to three third grades, which means that we're going from about 20 21 kids in a second grade class to 27 28 kids in that third grade class. So I just wanted you to kind of, you know, wrap your head around that and know that even though they aren't people, I know that you always say that it's positions, it is still directly affecting those that are most important, our students. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Miller. No other commenters. We'll close that portion and we I will open it up to any board member announcements before we close. Mr. DeMarzi. I'll start out first.
He receives his diploma from Paul. He shakes his hand. >> Good job, Warren. That's Warren. That's Warren. And then finds his way to the far side of the stage. >> [cheering] >> Anhel Jesus Rojas Torres. >> [cheering] >> He then greets Annette and Warren. And then the far side of the stage. >> [cheering] >> Jamal Thomas Stell. He greets Paul. Receives his diploma and now an academic award as well. Now at the far side of the stage, he receives his diploma. Now we shift to Paul Saunders, Karen Thomas, and Alyssa Brown and Austin Day. It is my honor and privilege to present to you ASDB Tucson class of 2026. Let's hear it. >> [cheering] >> It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you the most recent graduates of the Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind, the class of 2026. Congratulations. Everyone, please stand.
A nice play by Lorelei Collett and no harm done. Bottom of the fourth, 8-1, and we've got some good hitters coming up to the plate. Yeah, Nico Ustares has gone four strong innings so far. We'll see if she goes maybe all the way today. We'll see if they want to use Cashin again to get ready to for the post season. Yeah, it'd be interesting to see what coach decides to do. I mean, you hate to take you hate to take a pitcher out who is throwing really well, but it would also be beneficial for them to get Holly some more innings. Um one thing that we probably should be aware of at this point is there is a 12-run mercy rule in the MIAA. So, if the Clockers are up by 12 after five innings, this game is going to come to a quick end.
Like can it be deferred was was this year? Um so we do have some um positive projections, but unfortunately that's also offsetting some of those bigger spends. All right. Well, you know, we're we're working together to figure out where is the town / school collaboration on the on the field. So more to come, but thank you for clarifying. Anything else for Emily at this moment? She's coming back into play soon. Several times. Yes. Um I'd like to go on. We've been experiencing a very interesting budget season and uh we had a meeting on May 12th, a finance meeting to talk about um how we will >> [clears throat] >> work our budget and we should be uh we'll be looking at uh making a motion and taking a vote on that tonight after we discuss it. So um with that, I'm going to let Dr.
To our students, congratulations. You have achieved the first major milestone in your education, not the last. And we are proud of all of you. We are proud of all you have accomplished and know that you will continue to shine always carrying a small part of Apple Valley Unified with you and I wish everybody a very happy, restful, restorative and fun summer. So, thank you very much, >> Maria. >> Well, thank you so much. Um I don't usually have a prepared speech. Uh but I can tell you that I am really proud uh to say that I'm a product of Apple Valley. Uh I have seen uh so much growth and every year I see even more growth. Uh but I need to start from uh somewhere to thank all the people who have made an impact in my life. Um, I I'm going to start with the transportation because they're the first to pick up our kids in the morning and they're the last to say goodbye to our kids.
Congratulations to this year's winner, Logan Canning. Our next award is the Owens family scholarship. The Owens family recognizes the hard work and excellent of recipient Namisha Chararma. Our next award is the Piba family farm scholarship. Jim Piba started this endowed scholarship in 2020. The Piba family farm is renowned for its sustainable agricultural practices and has an outstanding record of supporting many charitable causes in the North State. The recipient of this award is David Herado. Our next award is the Paul L. Moore Memorial Scholarship Achievement Award. Dr. Paul Moore served as vice president of student affairs at Chica State from 1988 till 2003. His wife Lorie has been a member of the CCSA board since 2006 and created this scholarship in his name. This year's recipient is a serious student, an athlete, and shows great leadership skills. The recipient is Brett Dowy. This next award is near and dear to my heart because it's an award that my husband and I created for the PB High School community.
But if you you can attend other county meetings by going on Zoom. And then you get points. So, that's another way to get your certification. So, don't forget that. So, thank you to those people as well. Um the parade on on Monday, please try to make the parade and that's all I have. Uh new business, anybody have any new business? Yes. >> Um Commissioner Canova. Um I know there was an email sent out by uh Mr. Mountain about the new version of BoardDocs. I don't know if anyone had any time to take a look at it, but essentially, I know one of the things that people had complained about in in the past was that on a mobile device, BoardDocs didn't work for them, at least in the public. Um so, that's something that's been fixed in this new version. I haven't seen it yet, but we could do something I I believe it we even in executive session because it has to do with confidential material, too, and contracts.
I just want to um say first I think everybody agrees to this. Uh all the students that were here today so great to see all them. We got a lot of, you know, good uh good artists. We got a lot of good mathematicians out there. Um it was beautiful. I know uh you know, some of my family members, they got the chance to participate in some of that. So, it was great to see some of the community partnerships that we utilize there. Um and you know, teaching students, you know, for example, you know, things like what what it means to be an American, what you know, what why what why is it these lessons important to them. And um you know, it's just it's just great to see and and showcase that. So, shout out to them. Um I also want to comment and I it was touched on earlier, so I'll briefly quickly mention it.
I would like to express our sincere thanks to our outstanding interpreters, media team, BPAC staff, and O&M staff for making this ceremony a memorable one. Thank you for providing full accessibility for everyone here. The graduates will exit from the east side of the auditorium. They will be receiving guests outside in front of the BPAC. Please wait for the graduates to leave the auditorium before moving into the aisles. We will be having drinks and cupcakes for everyone to celebrate the special day for our class of 2026. Woo! >> [music] >> Woo! >> [music] >> Woo!
Right now, they're only up by seven, but if they have another big inning like they did last inning, we could have this game end faster than you think. So, I'm sure right now he's probably thinking about that with his coaches as he's actually talking with pitching coach Pam Curtis. I wonder if they're discussing whether or not to give Nico another inning. Yeah, that's definitely something to keep in mind. We'll let you know if it looks like obviously this inning is an inning you look at, you know, if they do end up scoring those five runs to get to a 12-run lead, we'll see if they uh Ustares to try to get the last three outs or if they go to Cashin. Yeah, the goal the goal here has to be to try and put five across if you can. I mean, it'd be nice to be able to get themselves out of here with with a a quick mercy game.
Solon talk to us about what we went through um at that finance meeting and Sure. Thank you. Um so to Dr. Hergen's point, we laughed, we cried. It's been a long budget season since January. Uh a lot of time spent, lot of I again I have to go back to thank the members of our community who took time to come out uh with us, with the town council and regardless of the perspective that they shared, it was really meaningful uh that they came out. I mean, obviously uh we're aware that many uh folks stepped forward to support the Board of Education budget and as a result I think that's going to uh save us from some pretty ugly reductions and allow us to continue to do the work that we do um in our schools at a at a at a level that the community and our our staff expects.
Uh, thank you so much for the work you do uh to make sure our kids make it from home to school and back home. I thank you for our um cafeteria workers to make sure that our children are receiving healthy food uh when they come to school and to give them those midday snacks um because we know that that always can tide them through. Thank you to our crossing guard that makes sure that our kids make it across uh the busy streets and um to school and the busy streets back home. Um and to keep them safe on campus. Thank you to the office staff because they're the f first face that face we see when we enter any school and they let us know what they feel or how they feel and they are very welcoming when we arrive at their schools. Uh thank you to the administrative team uh because they're the they will make sure that everything is working well as as any welloiled machine is.
It's the Rescue 42 Engineering and Technology Scholarship. Rescue 42, a Chico manufacturer for over 30 years, specializes in manufacturing and selling deployable satellite communications and fire rescue equipment. As a co-owner and CCSA board member, my husband Tim and I established this scholarship for a student interested in pursuing a degree in engineering or technology. The recipient of this award is Juan Jimmer. Our next award is the Wesley Faith Estate Scholarship. Dr. Wesley Fake left a request in his will to CCSA through John Cow, a longtime CCSA board member, and the proceeds from the sale of properties and goods funds this award. The recipient is Malia Robson. And finally, we come to our CCSA scholarships that are given by the board. The following students have been selected for scholarships by the CCSa board of directors from the CCSA general fund in recognition of outstanding scholarship, citizenship, and community service.
Um so, I don't know if you want to set up a time to do that or review that. We can actually do it It's It's contractual, so we'll do it in the back. We only have a couple of two items, so they're all going to go fast, so it won't be that long. Is Mr. Mountain still here? Did he leave? He's gone. All right. But, I'm sure we have somebody well-versed in it that's sitting in the back of the room. He's blinking. Yes, okay. We'll do it in executive session. Is that okay? Yeah. And then then just the other thing I had was um um Mr. Siana had brought up some revenue ideas. Okay. >> In in his comments. I don't know if, you know, you want to we want to speak about some of those things now or some ideas. Uh I have one.
DTE Energy, they did a fantastic job presenting to us in finance. I was thoroughly impressed uh with the plan that they put together. So, shout out to John for, you know, getting them involved. Um so, thank you for bringing them to us and and putting forth the plan that's going to ultimately bring long-term savings into what we spend on our utilities. Um so, you know, and if any of the members of the community has questions about how that works, I I encourage you to reach out to member of the cabinet, you know, any anybody and uh get you some details. But, fantastic program. And take advantage of community solar. Go sign up. Go save money on your utility bills. They're not cheap. So, that's my message there. Um but, I I do want to comment uh although I was ineligible to vote on the superintendent search firm, um I I I think, you know, I'm going to say that this is unfortunately not the proper step in conducting this operation.