Together, they remind us that success can take many forms. And excellence is not measured not only by what we achieve, but by the impact we have on those around us. The ability to persevere through challenges is one of the most important qualities a person can possess. This award recognizes students who have consistently demonstrated determination, resilience, optimism, and a commitment to growth. They understand that success is not always about where you begin, but about the effort you invest and the progress you make along the way. We already gave three sets of this award to the 9th, 10th, and 11th graders. It's now time to award it to the 12th grade students tonight. And our two winners are Maline Hosrung and Maxim Shenya. >> All right, we'll move on to the next one with Neil Randall here. Please come to the stage. Thank you, Neil. Neil is going to present the American Legion Post 202 Katrina Randall Award.
Yep. >> What do those minutes because I'm just wondering how those minutes kind of calculate or how that's going to adjust a student's weekly schedule if that makes sense. It does >> because they're looking we're looking at different amount of minutes. >> Y I don't know that off the top of my head. So I can't I can't pull that that number um in looking. But >> it's going to be based on their schedule too whether they have like >> because four days they have what is it >> 47 eight 47 minute periods. Then they're going to typically have a day with uh four 78 minutes and a day with three 78 minutes >> plus two on those block periods. Two 35 minute access periods. >> 30 >> no 35 >> 35 minute access periods. But it all adds up to be a a full school day, right?
Um, you have no idea what it means to me personally, so I'm super proud of you. Thank you >> for leading. Um, and then, um, just a few quick notes before I talk about what's up on the screen. Um, we are officially in summer mode for central office. So, our hours change a little bit. Friday, central office is closed to the public. Um, we will still have people there working on Fridays. Um, but which is closed to the public um through July 17th. Um and then the entire district is closed for moratorum week which is July 29th through June 29th through July 3rd. Um so that is the update for summer. Um I do have one thing else that I want to share this evening. Um, as you know, Chris Townsen, um, and Dean Keoffer and Sarah Roberts have been working really, really hard with Eagle Manufacturing and, um, just wanting to be able to have some concrete things that we're looking towards each month.
>> Any discussion? >> Yeah. So um we had discussed this at the um first board meeting in May. Uh we had brought brought this to you guys to kind of um have a conversation with you guys. Great opportunity for our students. Um EF um is the the people that are are sponsoring that. Um just kind of want to take her Mr. Medics you want to take over here and kind of give us a little preview. >> Yeah. So um basically with the EF tours they came to me in December to kind of introduce some of this. Uh so basically what it is is they offer like educational tours to multiple different like places. Um they offered one to me to like go to Europe. Uh so the one that they offered was to go to Paris, Normandy, and London. This would be like an 8-day uh trip here.
The American Legion, the Randle family are giving a $500 award to a student wishing to pursue a career in education. The Katrina Randall Award is being given to a graduating senior who wants to teach future generations with the same exuberance and enthusiasm for knowledge that Katrina demonstrated throughout her life. In addition to compiling an excellent high school transcript and resume, this year's well-deserving recipient has a clear and carefully thought through plan for pursuing her career, founded on years of volunteering, working closely with young students, helping them to learn their basic skills. This experience opened her eyes to how important early education is in shaping a child's future and what a difference she can make in influencing a student's ability to succeed. The 2026 Katrina Randall Scholarship is proudly awarded to Jillian Delaney. Max was busy. We're going to take a picture. The American Legion Post 202 Chuck Taylor Award in the amount of $500 honors the memory of Chuck Taylor, a veteran, former Post 202 commander, an active community volunteer, and the proud father of an Eagle Scout and Gold Gold Award Girl Scout.
>> Well, I just I I found it interesting when you were talking about how DGS tries hard to not let students go the first and last 10 minutes. >> And I know as a teacher in block, I mean, those kids come in wanting to ask as soon as they walk into the door. So, I was like, well, that's a really interesting thing that that we're looking at, hey, you're coming in and you're sitting down because how many minutes do they have between classes where they could even use the restroom >> with a five minute passing period. >> Yeah. >> So then like on a regular on a regular scheduled day, we're we're looking at 20 minutes where they're going to be able to do that. And does DGN do something similar? Not we do not have like a 10-minute rule, but we have encouraged our teachers to make sure that students are getting accustomed to the classroom because a lot of them have um like bell ringer activities and things that get them started.
So, what are the projects that have been invoiced or um, quoted and accepted that we're going to do for each month? And put timelines to it and think about um, financials that come right with it. So we accept a project, we we also want to know upfront like how much is it going to cost in supplies and materials, right? Because Eagle Eagle doesn't manufacture the shirt, they print the design on the shirt, right? So there's always that cost and then thinking about any kind of profit um that that goes along with it. So this is our our first kind of stab at at trying to be transparent with Eagle and and growing it and all of the things. So, Chris has put together um all of the orders that have been accepted and he is working on for the month of June. Um and so plan to be able to talk about this publicly, right?
Uh and the first trip like they would go to Paris. Uh they would then end up going to Normandy. They would then end up going to London. Uh so like the plan would be to do this in 2028. Um so the way that this would work is that there would be uh students that would be interested. They would go be set up on a payment plan. Um and what that would be included would be like a full-time tour director that would be there with them. All transportation would be included with that round trip. Uh breakfast and dinner in these places would all be included. Overnight stays in the hotels would with uh private bathrooms and things like that. Um if they wanted to upgrade to things that were like a little bit more, you know, Yes. Yes. bougie, I guess, if you want to put it that way.
Chuck believes strongly the value of community service and the mission of scouting. This welldeserving recipient has been a scout for over 10 years, earning ranks, experiencing high adventure, and serving his troop in various leadership roles. His Eagle Scout project provided a muchneeded replacement fence for a local food pantry, along with several other enhancements. His scout experiences have enabled him to develop leadership skills and demonstrate his strong commitment to community, which he will carry forward as he pursues a career in medicine. The 2026 American Legion Post 202 Chuck Taylor Scholarship is awarded to Nathaniel Bogus. Marty Fonel is going to join us up front. Present the next award, the Salute to Service Award, American Legion Post 202 in the amount of $500 is awarded by American Legion Post 202 to a well-deserving high school senior. The 26 recipient of the salute to service award was selected based on leadership and their service to the community which aligns with the mission of the American Legion.
So, it's really helpful to have them be engaged from the start. >> Yeah. >> So, but the the rule itself was not something that we put in this year. >> Okay. Because that would be a nice engagement piece. That's something I know you're wanting teachers to look at going forward. >> So, just making little connections. >> Okay. >> Y. So then the next line is the federal calculation and this is what is on our school report card. So it's important to to understand the difference. We we wanted to look at minuteby minute because part of our conversations with kids is every minute matters, right? Every day counts. Everything matters. So get to class. Um be there as much as as uh we want you to be there the entire time, right? And engaged. So when you look at that federal calculation, um we end up the year at 93.56%.
And then we come back together in July and get to see a timeline of which projects have been completed um and and look at that financial piece from month to month to month. Um, summer looks a little bit different and I think throughout the year there's obviously uh busier times of the year or busier months than others. Um, and I also think that would be interesting for us and the board to be able to see where we're at with all of that. Um, and it just helps with us with decision making and um, and all of the things. So, I just wanted to be able to share something um, up front. So what are we looking at? >> The orders accepted for June. >> Okay. And then next month I mean we'll look at Eagle every month. >> Okay. Yeah. Gota as a part of our financial update.
Yeah. Um they could do that, but they would have to do that on their own. Um there'd be sightseeing tours, uh you know, different types of uh you know, opportunities to see, you know, historical places that they would never be able to see, you know, like fairly cheap. honestly uh given what the EF tours are doing for them. Um so yeah, they would have the uh liability insurance with this as well. Um and yeah, uh that would be there for them. So this is the enrollment for this. Um now this is what it's set up with in June. This is what it's set up as like right now. Uh if they were to do this monthly, it would be $25 monthly. uh for students. Um adults could also join too, like parents, they could also come along with this. Uh and that's the cost for them too.
This outstanding individual has contributed to the community starting at a very young age through his various volunteer and leadership activities including key club officer town of Brookfield social services food liaison leading the national autism and down syndrome awareness day committee a tutor for a special education program and youth camp volunteer just to name a few. This recipient intends to continue his lifelong commitment to service by turning the ideal of an inclusive community into a tangible reality for all. The 2026 Salute to Community Service Scholarship is awarded to Bradford Vertility. Carrie St. Here's Carrie's gonna come up and present the next scholarship. Some scholarships honor achievement, others honor legacy. This scholarship does both. On July 6, 2007, a 30-year-old Navy Seal, Petty Officer, First Class Jason D. Lewis, was part of a joint task force operation in Baghdad in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lewis made the ultimate sacrifice that day when he was mortally wounded while bravely exposing himself to enemy fire to secure his team.
Um last year our district uh average for attendance was 92.5%. So I I say this loosely because this is our first year using the system, right? I believe that we're going to be about a a percentage higher in our attendance uh when the next year's report card comes out. Now, there's a lot of variables that are at play that the state once you send them the data, they do some data analysis, manipulation, metrics, right? And so it could be it could be different, but this is what with our understanding of of Infinite Campus and how it calculates, we believe that to be accurate. Um so one of those things again when we look at just the minuteby minute we were at 92.29 and our average was 92.5 last year using the federal which uses half days and full days right so a student could miss a period every single day and get a full day of and get a full day of attendance.
>> Director of safety and operations update. >> Yeah. So today we have officially closed down weight room, high school auxiliary gym, main gym at the high school. Uh everything is shifting to the middle school in the ESC for all things happening this summer in a gym. Uh Van Beern Elementary, we got a great start Saturday morning. Maybe a little bit more than what we even anticipated. So some teachers came back today with maybe missing more stuff out of their classroom than they anticipated. Um the moving crew got pretty ambitious over the weekend. Uh but we got a great start. That building will officially close down tomorrow morning. It is not scheduled to open back up until the Friday before students come back. Um so it is a tight tight deadline. We're just putting that date out there being very transparent with it. So throw the darts now.
$5,29. Um and yeah, this is just based on that. Uh and this if they wanted to cancel, this is like the cancellation process here. Um if they do do that, um they are able to get some of their money back. the pro like the only issues that they would have is if they get like closer to the actual like depart date they don't get like you know like less more of like a lot less of their money gets to you know given back to them. So like if they are like you know halfway to the point like 180 days you know before departure you know they have a cancellation fee of $300 and you know the refunds and stuff like that ends up being like withheld there like $585 are re withheld from them. I mean so that's just based on the fact that it gets closer to them.
an act of heroism that earned him the Bronze Star Medal with a V device for valance. As a Navy Seal, Lewis dedicated his life to serving something greater than himself. His courage, selflessness, and commitment to others continue to inspire all who learned his story. The selection committee found those same qualities reflected in this year's recipient. Through perseverance, honesty, pride in family, and a deep respect for service, this year's award winner has demonstrated maturity and character well beyond his years. As he begins his next chapter of his life, he carries forward values that mirror the spirit of this scholarship. Resilience, humility, purpose, and dedication to others. On behalf of the Jason D. Lewis Memorial BFW Post and Auxiliary, congratulations go to Ryder Ra. MR. BRENIA HERE. OH, here he comes. Put a round of applause for Mr. Brenia, everyone. >> Mr. Bernie is here to pre present the Brookfield Education Association scholarships.
So that's a drastic difference in in the calculation and how we're looking at it. So regardless, we improved our attendance, right? I can say that with with uh conviction and and belief that that the work paid off. >> I also want to go back to those numbers with what we started with. Last year, the default was that a student was present, right? And somebody had to mark them absent. >> This year, the default was that you were absent and you had to scan in or be marked present. So you would just assume if we did nothing with that change that our numbers would have gone down because the defaults is that they're not there, right? So even with that variable there, our numbers got better. So I I it leads me to believe that it's much better >> than what it would have actually been last year.
her eyes. >> I made sure she was well aware what she was walking into. >> All the teachers who are going to complain they can't get in their room. >> Yes. >> At least they're >> Yes. Right. That is hopefully our worst case scenario. Uh we have a lot of construction work going on, right? The EEC Deb, we're a couple weeks away from probably turning that back over, putting final touches, and that space is really starting to come together. I would recommend the board kind of taking another tour through there at some point as we close out that project. Um, 100 hall bathrooms, if you've not been down there, I know we saw them at the beginning. It's definitely worth another trip down there to take a look at those. And football field project, the rain has settled for, you know, we got a couple days of no rain, so we are hauling dirt like crazy.
It's harder for them to actually like get some of their money back. Um but you know I do have like people that were interested in this uh because I did speak to some parents in January about this. So I do have um some that were like interested in signing up. Um so I've talked to them about like you know the whole trip and I have made it clear that you know this could be like what would happen you know. Um and I have told them you know if they are interested in this you know they they've signed up but I told them not to pay for anything um because there hasn't been an approval. So um so there is no payment or anything that's happened but this is basically what the setup is right now. >> So as far as insurance goes the school will cover some liability on all the students their health health you know insurance will cover whatever needs they would need there but also EF has that liability insurance on them also.