So, what we're going to do is I'm going to call them up because I would like to recognize each and every one of them for their hard work and dedication. So, when you hear your name, please come on up. Le Atu, Evan Dhan. Oh, you want to go that way? Okay. Luke Frell, Gabby Gell Goldberg, Benny Hernier are here. Leo Su if you're here. I'm not sure who >> Alice Latran serum look at transucine Ritler Caroline Sorry. Arini Shom, Maggie Suarez. Nice job. Claire Woo. And for our sixth grade team, Kennedy Burns, >> Gage Canning, Isabelle Kattonese, Jack Frell, >> Caroline Fiorini, Nice work. Awesome. >> Eric Hew awesome job. Jax Clatsman, >> Claire Montgomery, >> Isaac Muzzi, Sorry, we had 24 students. This was a a nice big crowd. >> Lots of work. >> Thank you. >> Parker Talman, Savin Tiggera, >> and Maddie White.
Of course, that all continues to shift all year, but it's a really nice way to kind of look at it in a big chunk. How much of our funding is LCF? How much of that is supplemental in concentration? Then there's our summary and reflections and the overall data. And I'll apologize in advance, the data part gets really long now because every student group at every school where there's even a red indicator has to be listed. And so like there's just pages of it now because it's now also the first year and then an update year and so on we go. I'll point out something that's not there. What's not there this year is the whole section called comprehensive school improvement is we have zero schools who qualify. So the CSI section is blank on purpose. It was the best I had the best time writing not applicable and this made me very happy because that's a lengthy section and it really reflects the hard work of the uh folks at school making those improvements.
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>> Here's >> Yeah, we'll get you chairs so you can sit here at the table. >> Yeah. >> About composting and making that more accessible. >> So, we asked them to come talk with you. They have some slides that I'm going to pull up here as I go. Why don't you start by introducing yourselves and I'll get your slides ready. >> Um, hi everyone. My name is Iana. Um, I'm in club. >> My name is Teresa. >> My name is Zoe. I'm a co-leader. >> Um, my name is Evan. >> Welcome. >> So, I'm gonna I this is the best I can do with your slides. I'm sorry I can't get them all the way in presentation mode, but I think you'll still be to go. >> Perfect. Um, so we first began working on this about a year ago. Um, Shelley Carlin first came to us with the idea of creating a composting warrant um, article.
Parker Parker. Congratulations team. >> Awesome job. >> That's a big one. So everybody out of this There we go. Everybody smiles. You guys are celebrities. >> Congratulations to the math league. All your hard work has added up. So awesome job. I typically leave the dad jokes to Dr. Solen, but we'll move on to the next item, sir. >> Thank you again, uh, Miss Rosenberg. And it is, uh, so fitting that we begin our evening with so many student recognitions. You know, obviously our students come first and uh tonight is an incredible opportunity to celebrate the various successes that we have uh and students that are here with us tonight. Obviously, many incredible students that aren't here tonight, but certainly deserving of recognition, whether it be for academics, leadership, artistic capacity, character, uh, athleticism. I we we really try and cultivate the best potential in all of our students and help them become better people.
And so then you saw goals one through three. Those are our same goals and actions. little changed if if anything, slightly reduced in um some of the expenditures uh for them or reduced in the supplemental and concentration grant dollars and maybe with some other categorical dollars included. Updates to both the expenditures as we estimate them for this year, any changes or actions for next year, and then um on to goals four and five, which are equity multiplier schools listed there. There's a section called increased or improved services. It's kind of your justification for each action. And then a bunch of tables of data and um mostly expenditures and um estimated um estimated costs for the next year. And then many m many pages of instructions where I have um well the most fun mostly uh principally directed actions. This is a reminder that you'll see this language in lots of the goals and actions where they must be principally directed to the students who generate these funds.
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Um, we've worked on it since we've gone to a lot of different committees. >> Um, we've worked with organizations like Mothers Outfront and the Conger Climate Action uh, committee uh, to get support and feedback on the article. Um and we attended select board meetings and the town meeting um where we eventually got the article passed. Um in addition to attending all these meetings, we've done outreach like around the town and in the school. So we've handed out flyers to students like we had a big sale where we handed out flyers and we've also done outreach over social media. And then um so our initial motion was changed after a lot of the research we've done and through all the feedback that we've gotten from different committees. Um our final motion was basically urging the select board to request that the town manager investigator report to the board on the feasibility of adopting and offering a townwide rate um composting program.
And uh so again, it is exciting to recognize those students tonight and celebrate all of your successes. We're so proud of you. But it's also an opportunity tonight and um as Miss Rosenberg said earlier, you're kind of a a bittersweet opportunity tonight to acknowledge all of the adults who made those students successes that much more possible. And we do that tonight by recognizing our retiring teachers. Um, and I look out in the audience and I see faces of folks that have been with our school system for many years and contributed in so many different ways. But I also see so many stories, so many personal stories of of folks that have overcome different things or supported students to do things that they didn't think were possible. Uh, and again, I'm filled with joy. Uh, and a little bit a tinge of sorrow. Uh, but then again, I know next September 9th, you guys will be hanging out on our beach and I'll be coming to work, so sorrow's not that bad.
And if they are schoolwide or district-wide actions, we have to demonstrate that even though they're principally directed to the students who generate these funds, has to be something that says, but be we're implementing an actions district-wide because we believe that has an impact on those students and if it happens to benefit all students, so be it. So, a good example of that, it's easy to understand for people who I talk to about this is transportation. We don't exclude students from transportation based on income or if they're not foster or if they're not English learners, but that is a goal of ours, but we implement that districtwide if you live within or live outside of the rock walk radius. So, just a reminder there. And so, goal one, the actions are the same. And you'll just notice that uh the counseling support actions there, the healthcare support is reduced.
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Essentially we asked the town to do research in regards to composting. Um, it was the result of a lot of research done by Shelley Carlin and everyone in the club. So, it was really great to be able to present there. Um, the next slide, please. Um at town meeting we received uh a lot of support from many of the groups that we um got support from and um I felt a lot of support speaking at town meeting and there's many other um informed citizens who are willing to support us. So that was really helpful. >> Okay. Zoom through all the the process in the middle of that. >> Yeah. And so we I passed by 2005 to 35 and we made it through the conquered public public works offering a substitute motion. So we our original motion passed which is great. Um and it was really amazing.
But um anyway, uh we do want to acknowledge and I'm excited to honor this evening all of our retiring teachers who deserve our deepest gratitude for your service to our community uh to make these accomplishments possible. So without further ado, please welcome Cheshire High School Principal Kevin Hanland. Uh, one of the themes in my celebratory remarks this spring has been the deep investment that students, staff, and families uh, make in the life uh, make in the life of Chesure High School. The six retirees from CHS that we're recognizing tonight exemplify that commitment. Together they have devoted 158 years of service to the Cheshire public schools and far more importantly have helped create experiences, relationships, and opportunities that make CHS such a special place for students year after year. So in alphabetical order, I'd like to invite up first to the podium Donna Carbone. It's an honor to acknowledge the career of Donna Carbone, English teacher at Cheshire High School.
um uh as we took four uh positions out of that action. Um the school climate supports is still a rather large goal, but it is focused on all kinds of uh folks who help us maintain school climate and um safety. I mentioned transportation. Uh the mental health support still supports therapist and um some online services and we're actually moving to um a thirdparty contractor to do some of that for even reduced cost. uh in addition to the therapists we have and then the high school EL counselors which I think you saw evidence of in a slide that Mariana presented right that 93.1% attendant or uh graduation rate for our English learners is just astounding and welld deserved goal two has quite a number of actions and so the instructional uh coaches supports actually has no funding other than categorical funds which are used to support um uh we a professional developer uh teacher who works in that capacity under title four and partially title one and then we have two teachers who support induction.
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>> I have to say I was quite impressed with the work that you presented that evening meeting. I'm so glad to see you here. I applaud you all for the work that you've done. uh question. Did you were you able to uh work with FINCOM to look at the prospective financial >> Oh, financial committee. Um I believe they reached out. We're still it's been really busy just because finals and all that. We're hoping to definitely um work with them over hopefully before the school year ends, but if not, we're definitely going to reach out back when fall starts. >> Thank you for your effort and your job. incredibly incredibly well done. >> Certainly not easy either. It was a fierce debate. You maintained your poise. It was remarkable. >> I'm wonder hopefully this is an inspiration to other students and schools to bring uh articles to town meeting as well.
Donna came aboard as a long-term substitute in November of 2001 and earned the permanent role in June of 2002. Students in our classes have gained a deep appreciation of both American and British literature. If you have attended, I know some of you have, the annual British literature fairs, it is easy to see how invested students are in the course material and finding fun and meaningful ways to demonstrate their learning while engaging others, adults and students alike. I've heard some students reflect that Miss Carbone finds that balance of engaging them in rigorous hard work without overwhelming them. That's a gift. Another gift she brings to her teaching is that she is a published author, having written two novels while also being a full-time teacher. What a privilege it is as a student in a creative writing class of hers or as a colleague in a collaborative learning group to lean on the expertise of someone who has authentic experience of taking ideas from conception through draft after draft through editorial review and ultimately to publication.
We still have a large number of staff members working to clear their credentials and they support that work. And then the professional learning goal was almost completely funded this year by the learning recovery emergency block grant not with uh LCFF funds and that was again by design of the community CTE music and arts college entrance all programs you know about and that's what's listed there in those and then um 6 through 10 the EL program that's a required goal it must be funded with these funds we cannot remove that extended learning this goal has very few LCFF dollars. It's almost all funded with what's called other state, which is our ELOP grant funding. And so we had extended learning dollars in our LCAP before the governor decided it was a good idea. So we were able to then fund this goal completely using that kind of state.
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I'm curious if you've heard of anything that might bubble up to to meet the same bar uh that would come to the town because it's great to have citizens even who can't vote to participate. Yeah, for sure. I know there are so many clubs at CCHS, it's hard to keep track of who's planning what, but I'm sure I'm really hoping that um if anyone else has an idea that about something that they could present a town meeting that happens because it's a great way to get the town involved and raise awareness awareness about something. >> I know Simon Catalo was out two weeks ago and met with two clubs while he was there. So, there's a lot of activity going on. Um, and I just want to be sure Becky Meeks is the um, adviser and we want to make sure she gets a round of appreciation for all the time and work she put in as well.