001e going to order the business meeting for Diamond Lake School District 76 roll call please miss bis here Mr Becker here miss hail here Mr hman here Mr please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance i al to flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all okay we now open the floor to public comments on agenda items do we have any public comments this evening hey I'm assuming all of you are here that then for our presentation so we will move on to our presentations we have two sets of presentations this evening the first one is our recognition of our Sparkle on core value Spotlight we always focus on the core value of the month and this month
002for March it was Equity so we recognize staff members from each school as well as students from each school who exemplify the sparkle on four values so we'll start out with Diamond Lake and if I can have Mrs Morley come up and share her recognition for her staff member it is with a great honor and admiration that I present this diamond award for Equity to Evelyn Guama Evelyn doesn't believe in equity she lives it every day she creates a space where every student feels valued supported and empowered to succeed she Fosters a true sense of community ensuring that all students have access to the tools and resources they need to thrive but Evelyn's impact doesn't stop at her classroom door she's a dedicated colleague she's always willing to go above and beyond to support those
003around her including teaching on Saturdays and supporting her staff member colleagues who may want to become bilingual whether she's oh Evelyn uplifts those around her she understands that when Educators grow students benefit and she is deeply committed to strengthening our entire School Community Evelyn your dedication to creating an equitable inclusive and compassionate learning environment makes a difference in the lives of so many your work is a reflection of the very best in education and we are Beyond grateful to have you as a part of our DLS team please join me in celebrating our Diamond Award winner for Equity Evelyn um well I wasn't prepared for this but it's an honor to be up here to receive the diamond award um I can truly say that you know it's been a rough here but we've all
004been committed and um ready to go with what's next um thank you Sunny for the recognition I truly appreciate it bavna I truly appreciate you and the board thank you all right for West Oak Intermediate School I have the honor to recognize an incredible individual whose dedication compassion and unwavering commitment to equity make a profound impact on our school Community Mrs Monica manfredini Equity is not just about giving everyone the same resources it's about ensuring that every individual has what they need to thrive Monica lives and breathes this core value every single day through her work with one of our students who faces significant physical challenges is England is learning English and is medically fragile where others might see limitations Monica sees possibilities Monica is one of those invaluable West Oak Intermediate School Learning Associates
005she works tirelessly to ensure that this student is not just present in the learning environment but truly included emotionally socially and academically whether it's adapting lessons finding creative ways to engage him in the classroom activities or ensuring he can participate in physical activities in a way that makes him feel valued and involved Monica never lets barriers Define what's possible her dedication extends beyond the class CL room it's in every small act of kindness every thoughtful adjustment and every moment where she ensures that this students feels seen supported and capable and loved Monica's work reminds us that Equity is more than fairness it's about belonging dignity and the opportunity for all Monica your passion and advocacy make a lasting difference not just for the student but for everyone who witnesses your example you inspire us all
006to do better to be better and to ensure that that every student no matter their challenges has the opportunity to learn grow feel included and loved please join me in celebrating and thanking Mrs Monica manfredini for her outstanding dedication to equity and inclusion congratulations Monica and please continue to Sparkle on I just want to say thank you very much to uh Dr Sharma Lewis for um my name um I really love coming to work and all the students are so wonderful in their own way and I just try to tell them just try to do your best and belong thank you okay so the um the the person that uh that we have nominated at the Middle School uh she actually won this award four short years ago I believe it was her first month
007of teaching in our district uh she's back for a second one now and it is also her birthday I think her family's here probably fresh off your your birthday dinner so U yeah happy birthday um it was you know it it is a great pleasure to present this month's Diamond award to Aaron grub for her outstanding contributions to equity within our school Community uh Erin has consistently demonstrated a deep commitment to creating an inclusive and engaging environment for all students in her English language arts class classrooms through her Innovation creativity and engaging teaching methods Aaron goes above and beyond to connect with students with diverse backgrounds ensuring that each uh each one feels valued and empowered to succeed uh her dedication to foster a supportive and inclusive uh atmosphere highlights for passion uh for for
008for making education accessible to every learner regardless of their circumstances uh beyond beyond the classroom Aon has shown an incredible commitment to supporting her students uh overall well-being and personal growth uh as a cross-country coach as well as a fitness instructor outside of the school uh she has instilled the importance of physical health and teamwork while also providing students with the opportunity to find confidence and belonging outside of traditional academic uh settings this year Aaron has embraced the various leadership opportunities within her within the school and has been willing to step up and serve as a role model for both students and staff alike uh one of the things that she has co-chaired uh me with is that the student SEO panel that you guys are GNA going to hear here in a in a
009few moments uh her tiet efforts and unwavering passion for Equity makes ARA a true champion for all and I'm proud to honor her with this month's Diamond award congratulations sure um thank you so much I just want to say thank you to staff and the students and administration it truly has been the best four years here I'm very grateful to have started off in an amazing District so just thank you and I'm glad that you guys are here I'm excited to see all of it so thank you Mrs Morley would you like to do the honors for Diamond L uh announce your or excuse me introduce your teach oh is it going to be Mrs jand come on up now we'll be recognizing our students for the core value of equity hi today I have
010the honor of recognizing a student who truly embodies the spirit of equity our Diamond Award winner Evelyn Flores Laura come on Evelyn is a shining example of what it means to make sure everyone feels included supported and valued she is not only a wonderful friend to all but she also goes out of her way to help others succeed whether she is assisting her Spanish-speaking classmates helping a friend get started on their station work or simply making sure everyone has a fair chance to participate Evelyn leaves with kindness and fairness in everything she does one of the most special things about Evelyn is that she understands the importance of taking turns and sharing this Spotlight she knows that everyone deserves a chance to learn grow and shine and she miles this every single day in the
011way she interacts with both her classmates and her teachers Evelyn your fairness kindness and willingness to help others make our school a better place thank you for making sure that every student in our our classroom feels included and supported we are so lucky to have you as part of our school family let's give a big round of applause to our Diamond award she doesn't want to say anything so I have the honor of also recognizing students um for West Oak Intermediate School for the core value of equity today I have the privilege of recognizing three remarkable students who exemplify leadership initiative and the true Spirit of problem solving in equity Louisa Daria and Samantha at the start of this school year Louisa and Daria noticed a challenge in the lunchroom trays that were not being
012cleaned or stacked properly creating EXT extra work for the incredible staff who keep our lunchroom running smoothly instead of just observing the problem they did something extraordinary they found a solution they proposed a simple yet effective idea having older students guide their peers in properly cleaning and stacking their trays in the lunchroom they took their idea to their friend Samantha Who eagerly joined them in their mission with teamwork determination and a POS proactive mindset they brought their solution to the administrators and worked with Mrs veter in the lunchroom and made their Vision a reality what stands out most about their actions is that they demonstrated the core value of equity in a meaningful way they recognize that fairness isn't just about having the same opportunities it's about making sure everyone has the support they need
013to contribute and succeed by stepping up into help in the lunchroom they ensured that the workload was more balanced and that our staff who work tirelessly every day were given the respect and consideration that they deserve they saw a small but meaningful way to create a more positive just and supportive environment for everyone now every day these three students dedicate their time to keeping the lunchroom organized and efficient their efforts not only help the lunchroom staff but also set a wonderful example for their peers showing us all that when you see a problem don't just complain step up and create a solution Louisa Daria and Samantha we are so proud of your leadership and commitment to making our school a better and more Equitable place for all your actions embody kindness responsibility and power of
014teamwork thank you for making such a positive difference let's give them all a well-deserved Round of Applause congratulations congratulations ladies and Sparkle on to say anything and they told me they do not want to say anything okay and Mrs scar would like to recognize our student from West Oak Middle School and Mrs S so um we would like to recognize Ren today um Ren is the kind of person whose presence is known the moment that she steps in the room I first had the privilege of meeting her in sixth grade when she was a new student at our school and one of the first things she asked me about and I don't know if she remembers this was band do you remember that um something so simple yet it's a Memory that has stuck with
015me all these years and she was just genuinely curious and from the very start she exuded a confidence and a vibrant energy that was impossible not to notice but what has has always stood out most about Ren is her unwavering commitment to equity and fairness she's the type of person who deeply believes that everyone deserves to be treated with kindness respect and dignity no matter who they are from the start Ren never hesitated to stand up for what's right especially when it came to ensuring others were treated justly she's the first to recognize when someone is being overlooked or excluded and without hesitation she steps in to make sure everyone feels seen heard and valued what I admire most about Ren is her spirit and what stood out to me from the very beginning is
016how truly authentic she is no matter what the situation she found herself in she never tried to be anything other than who she is I've seen her step up for others in ways that show her heart is just as big as her spirit she's the first to offer offer help or the first to be there for someone in need whether it's someone who just needs a friend a support system or just a little bit of motivation Ren spirit and confidence knows no bound and she's the typee of person who can give you a pep talk and make you feel ready to conquer your day she doesn't do it for recognition she just does it because she believes it's the right thing to do her sense of justice and equity for people shines through everything she
017does ren is one of a kind and we are so lucky to know her and have her as part of the wolf pack here at West Oak thank you for being you and sharing your spirit and sense of equity with all of us here you're done oh wow I'm actually really surprised I said I know she's gonna say something and she said no all right well I know she's got a presentation coming up but thank you families and friends for coming and supporting our staff and our students this is something that we hold near and dear to our hearts by recognizing um such amazing people in our community our second presentation this evening is the West Oak Middle School Learning Spotlight so I'm going to hand the floor over to Mr Peterson our principal and
018then he will introduce our presentation right the the feeling of nervousness I love it all right uh well well first of all good good evening everyone um you know thank you Dr charma Lewis for allowing us to to be able to Spotlight you know the the things that that we've been up to here at the middle school and really I am I am truly grateful for the the people that that are here in the building um you know not only the people off to the off to my left but also the people this the young adults off to our right um this has been a year that we have kind of gone to the drawing board and and really just kind of dove into like how can we really be aggressive where as Dr Dr
019Cunningham be aggressive um but also just make our school the best that it can be and you know we we've really approached this year as hey if we have an idea let's let's try it out and and let's see where it goes and let's just let's just use our creativity and just and just do what we can just to just to maximize what we can have to offer and then maximize our ability just to to connect with our kids so I'm going to you know turn it over to our BLT first they're going to show you they're just going to highlight a few of our of our of our you know bigger wins here for this year and then and then from there um you know I'll you know we'll we'll turn it over to
020U um um Miss Miss grub is going to turn over to our our newly formed student seal panel in regards to uh that club and just kind of just some general thoughts on on how this school year has gone all right BLT ready okay I'm like the guinea pig here I get to go first so uh for the first slide I just wanted to talk a little bit about our tier three math program um one of our biggest struggles is trying to get kids to exit tier three programs over the years and this year we've done an outstanding job we've started using vmath and maneuvering the middle uh to close learning gaps and provide students with adjusted Pace materials and standards based warm-ups so that's made a huge difference uh as far as new curriculum
021goes uh math we started using invisions which is both a workbook and an online resource um envisions provides multiple resources throughout real life world problems computation problems vocabulary and reteaching worksheets uh magma math has also been started this year that is an online resource that gives uh teachers an opportunity to kind of differentiate assignments for students and align them with ccsm standards science uh We've instituted a new twig curriculum in all three grade levels um sixth through e8th grade are now aligned and support both Stevenson and mundeline high school standards and are discipl discipline based at each grade level level uh sped has instituted an extreme reading program for our students working with uh reading comprehension and envisions math is also able to be differentiated to different levels so that's been very helpful uh we
022are also utilizing sips for some of our students who are working on basic word reading and decoding uh Project Lead the way we've started using Robotics and automation program this year um and that's that's basically gotten us to the point we always wanted to be at with Project Lead the Way where every year kids are leveling up one tier with their Project Lead the Way program and then as far as level three Marzano's High reliability schools we successfully achieved both levels one and two and we are focusing on level three thank you um 202 of our students received the honorable status um so that's 90 over 90% of our students um the new cell phone policy our wonderful Yonder pouches um have been extremely successful um so we are hoping that it continues to be
023successful um and then we started some new clubs this year the theater Club um the cosmetology club and of course the L project all right um we started um to do more with peer observations this year which was a way to engage in support for our colleagues um it was a way for us to share our successes and our challenges within the classroom it was also a way for the staff to walk away with new ideas and insights um we did a pack Partners which was a way for the wheel of guessing uh to choose uh Partners within the staff they were new each trimester it was a way to connect and network with others in the building besides just your content and your uh grade level teams um we updated our PLC format it
024was agenda focused and we honed in a lot on collaboration um it was focused on our anchor stand standards we analyze data we enhance student engagement we approve student growth um we had PD and pdis which was run by our instructional coaches and oural Coach um and we had planned out topics which we knew ahead of time um standard-based grading um we're still in the thick of it um we have made changes along the way um we had made accommodations through Power School to help improve with the letter grades um we're still working out Kinks but but overall teachers and students have adjusted and are moving forward and I think we're all a little more comfortable now and then with our unit plans uh this is never a once andone um so we're currently adjusting
025them to add our language and learning targets and we're adding more rigor and relevance uh to our content areas um so we have also added a new um progress monitoring tool for our um special education students and our kids in the re the reading and math intervention programs called Fast bridge and it allows us to um actively monitor the kids that are going through the interventions to see if they are making growth it's been very um productive for us because we've been able to see like real time the growth that they are showing and it's been great to see our kids and see what they've done this year um we have we have adopted a new pushin model for all of our students um in the special education Neal programs our kids are now integrated
026into the general education program and then they are pulled out for small group um like more of a small group model but they are all in the general education classes and receiving the same support that everyone else is receiving so they're being exposed to their grade level peers and the grade level ideas which is allowing them to um have access to all the same things that everybody else is and that is going wonderfully and the kids have we've seen huge growth in social emotional and also academics as well and then for the new PR PBIS approach it has decreased 60% in referrals and we have a decrease of 66% in suspensions this has really been because we have become more consistent at the tier one level and putting strategies in place at the tier one
027level so for all of our students making sure we're using that common language and that referrals are written with that common language as well and then for enhanced seal approach we've implemented quite a few new programs this year um we have preventure which will be starting in the spring that gives strategies to different students who are identified by their personality type by a questionnaire they filled out um and it will give them strategies to help them through difficult situations um projects nolight we partnered with Stevenson as well as Omni Youth Services to work with our seventh grade students to promote mental health um well-being as well as um Substance Abuse Prevention um to cool for drugs we partner with NASA which is another mental health agency in the community and that's also to teach Substance
028Abuse Prevention and strategies for healthy decisionmaking and then we've slowly started implementing character strong this year and hope to implement it fully at the tier one level next school year um so my slide is the best slide and I feel like there's so many cool things that we're doing inside the classroom for sure um and this is kind of focusing more on what we're doing outside the classroom as you can see 75% of students have participated in extracurriculars so many kids have a safe space and they feel like they belong they can do sports clubs and that is an awesome number and I truly believe that if kids like coming to school and they feel safe and welcome that that's going to reflect in the classroom um and of course the Best For Last Princess
029Polly being on our campus is just a dream come true the smiles that she brings I feel like people who know me at school I have a fanny pack and it Jingles right and one time I was jingling in the hallway and someone ran out of the bathroom and they were so disappointed to see me cuz they thought it was going to be Princess Polly which was fine with me because I feel that same Joy when I see princess ply and Dr Burger so thank you for bringing her to our campus okay so something new this year is the student panel and this is a initiative that we started this year after just wanting to build that stronger connection which with each and every single one of our students um so these students were chosen
030from each of their grade levels by their teachers as students who show leadership and they have been working really hard and we meet together to just talk about things that they like about school um areas that they want to see improve and then they give suggestions for things that they think they want they want to improve on um so we have them here today which is really exciting I know they're so excited they've prepped these questions and they're ready to go so for the first question how would you describe your experiences at West Oak Middle School can you repeat the question please how would you describe your experiences at West Oak Middle School it's been fun and I learned a lot and I like other teachers mostly I have a lot of friends there anyone
031else want to answer that one okay have you been able to make connections with teachers within the building and if yes what did they do to help make connections with you um a lot of teachers to help make connections they ask about a day or interests and like just overall they know us and they know who we hang out with what we like a do um they like they like T like they think at the beginning of the year like they like asked us like what we like our interest and they like throughout the year they like did stuff that like we put on like our interests so we could like adjust and we could like like like like the teacher better like like I don't know how to like say it but like that
032MH what is going well with woke middle school I know that's a tough question I love your honesty and what do you guys think you guys enoy I enjoyed like the assemblies this one also like when the teaches Jesus they try to like involve like fun things what are some things that we can still work on as a school nothing we're the best school ever yeah normally when we meet they share a lot more but they've been really good with sharing their ideas and suggestions of things that they notice within the school whether it's within themselves their friend groups to their friends and so they've been Leaders with that so it's really building those connections with every student and learning how as teachers we can continue to do that but then how can we get
033the students involved as well so good job nice job you guys okay so in can I just respond go ahead first of all thank you all for coming I know it takes a lot of Courage um and bravery to stand or sit in front of a room full of adults so congratulations but this panel was put together um by Mr Peterson and Miss scrub in a response to our social emotional learning survey that the students take and so we've gotten some feedback that there were some areas that the teachers needed to um grow or respond to and so we put a group of students together the middle school did um and really took that feedback to Heart of ways that we can level up and improve and lead into more of what we're doing to
034connect with kids so they can continue to feel safe and welcome um and enjoying um their middle school experience and they can learn so I again thank you for you all for being here but also for the teachers and Mr Peterson for putting this together because it sometimes it's hard to hear feedback of areas maybe that we need to grow or get better in and then it's the best to hear it from the authentic source which is our students so thank you it's a work in progress and I'm proud of it yeah absolutely here I think you hit the nail on the head here with that um you know we're always you know we're always looking to improve and you know this is something that we want to we include everybody's voice and you know
035not only I know you guys have heard you know the student ambassadors present but we also wanted to include you know an alternative voice as well and in regards to just getting a full range of of ways in which we can continue to improve and connect with kids so you know thank you guys I know this isn't easy like Dr charmal Lewis said but I appreciate you guys being here and I appreciate your guys' strength and the way you can articulate your answers and how opinionated you are um you know it's it's been it's been impressive and I I I'm speaking for the eighth graders that are here I'm I'm going to miss you guys um and and you guys are have definitely left a mark on our school so thank you all right so
036uh along with along with this we we just put together a a short little video on some some pictures and um you know and I didn't show this student panel yesterday we did prep for this by the way but I I said I wouldn't show this to them until now so they they've had to wait for a day so for e e e what I bet you guys didn't know that those pictures existed but they do so there they are um so you know you along with just having an excellent group of kids um I couldn't be more humbled and just appreciative of the people behind me here this is this for the for me here this BLT is is just absolutely amazing they are completely selfless uh collaborative Solutions based and I I couldn't
037do it without them and I I love you guys and I I thank you guys for all your hard work because it's been a lot a lot of work and and we've had a successful successful year because of it uh speaking of success um by the way yes we uh we were uh we were redesignated as a national uh National Forum in an Illinois Horizon schools to watch watch uh we are looking forward to celebrating that in Washington DC here this summer and um and we're looking forward to cele celebrating that with our kids as well so uh any questions or anybody that concludes our presentations for the evening I want to thank our student panel our building leadership team thank you so much Mr Peterson for all of your great work it's a great
038presentation very informative and I love how you just continue to grow and level up lean in and always Sparkle on thank you Mr Hansen did you get all the pictures you needed from everybody okay wonderful thank you and families and friends thank you so for coming and supporting our students our staff and our district I don't know I have never heard them not say anything those kids they're always talking okay um now we will move on to our business agenda for the evening items on the business agenda um there's a mixed amount of items most are for action and we have one for review at the end um the first item on the business agenda is the Omnibus vote agenda items under the Omnibus vote agenda are considered routine and are non-controversial and will be
039approved by one motion if anyone board member staff or administrator or citizen we should St have a separate vote on any item or items that item or items will be pulled from the Omnibus vote agenda and voted on separately be it resolved that the Diamond Lake 76 Board of Education accepts and approves the Omnibus vote agenda items a through d as listed may I have a motion to approve please yes yes that motion is approved the next item up for action on the business agenda is Personnel be it resolved the Diamond Lake 76 Board of Education accepts and approves the Personnel items is depicted on the agenda we have three new hires may I have a motion to approve please yes Anga yes yes that motion is also approved the next item up for Action
040is approving the district leadership team contracts whereas the board of education has reviewed the contract proposals for the district leadership team for fiscal year 2025 2026 school year be it resolve the Diamond Lake 76 Board of Education accepts and approves the district leadership team contracts for the fiscal 2526 school year as presented below may I have a motion to approve please yes that motion is also approved the next item up for Action is approving student fees Mr Rogers did you want to speak to that at all uh yes so as the memo said this is the first student fee increase I've been recommending in the last few years it's a small monetary increase to help uh offset some of the cost of the Yonder pouches that we purchased um the rest of it we'd supplement
041with a a grant to pay for the really just the refresh that we have to do every year so once 8th grade students graduate we'll refresh one class for does anyone have any questions about the fees okay then be it resolved the Diamond Lake 76 Board of Education accepts and approves the student fees as presented may I have a motion to approve please yes that motion is also approved and then the last item on the business agenda this even meeting is one for review and that is the summer 2025 projects yes so uh two I wouldn't say very exciting projects but two necessary projects that we have on there so uh Chris Tibido did a great job on just including some pictures and some rationale so we're in the middle of uh get soliciting a
042lot of bids for various Improvement projects and these are really just uh uh some masonry work and concrete work that we have so Diamond Lake uh is in need of concrete repair we received two options one just to repair the the sections in question and then one to replace it so based on all the success we've had Diamond at westo Camp is replacing That Sidewalk we are recommending we replace it it's a it's a fairly nominal cost to do that mount that much concrete and we're just lucky that we have a partner in place that's done a lot of different site work for us in the past so we got a really competitive number from them um and then just a reminder we are doing all this all like internally not working with construction Partners
043we are saving a pretty significant cost just soliciting quotes ourself so that was the Diamond Lake sidewalk and the masonry work at westo campus is really all in the back of the building but there's a lot of significant cracking we've put off for for quite enough time and this will just help with moisture remaining out of the building and just protecting our buildings envelope um so besides those two projects there is a list of some ongoing projects we're getting uh quotations for I start getting quotes for so that uh the most substantial one would be we're doing the front entry way at Diamond Lake school so that's a project we're going to get some proposals for draw some diagrams for you but really just repurposing how the the the building entrance functions both from a
044safety element and uh just a building useability so all these projects are going to be below our B bidding threshold which is 35,000 I still want to bring it to the board just to review and and approve thank you does anyone have any questions um the uh the sidewalk repair so if we do a full replacement what is the longevity did they give you an anticipation like how many years could we expect them to be working I mean working sidewalks without needing more repair and how would the repair um much time would that give us I mean I I trust what you're saying I just was curious to know what the what the difference is that's a great question and there is no difference in terms of the work being performed it's just the sections
045of the work being performed so either way the concrete's going to be saw cut out fully removed and then new concrete would be poured back in so uh each one has at least a 20-year lifespan as long as we take care of it uh from a salting perspective it's it hasn't been repaired since originally put in so it's been it's been going well it's just been sping and cracking for quite some time so for for $10,000 more and get that much additional square feet that's it's it's pretty worthwhile cost just based on them being out here already does anyone have any other questions okay that wraps up our business agenda for the evening moving on to board discussion do we have any items for board discussion this evening no okay uh Freedom of Information requests
046we did not have any notices and Communications um they all seem to be really from seedall do you want to talk about that the March meeting John did you go to the March meeting okay and then there was discussion so then they'll have like a full year essentially to find a new super okay um I don't think we have anything else for no communication public comments and petitions on non agenda items do we have any public comments or petitions on non-agenda items this evening nice to see you ladies um okay moving on to others I know that there's Peter has something I just wanted to remind everyone um the statement of economic interests you all should have gotten your email for those of you who are not running again I don't believe you need to
047do that um because it's due okay well it's because it's due after it's due after the election yeah um so I just want bless you so I just wanted to remind everyone to please um take a minute and fill that out um you should have all that information emailed to you um from the Lake County Clerk uh don't delete it by mistake as yes because it is individualized so we cannot help you with your password um and then I will turn the floor over to Dr hunningham thank you so this topic we just wanted to make sure we brought to the board's attention it has to do with our full service Community Support Grant partnership essentially we're having to go really fast on something so I'm going to give you just a little bit of
048background and I'll explain why we're doing this so uh we've been doing our work with Marzano resources for last few years that's our higher liability School certification and we've largely done that really on our own um there's really about four districts in Illinois that are pretty far along the process ourselves North Chicago Northshore and then um badier is probably the other one uh and so we've again we've done this largely ourselves and so we were working with um because the fscs also worked in North Chicago we had a conversation around could we potentially look at partnership because marzana resources does a lot of research into practice work around standards based report cards and proficiency scales like their group literally wrote the books on um standard based report cards for example um on models of instruction
049in the classroom um the vocab when we talked at the with the board about vocabulary at the winter assessment um they've they've a lot of the work around vocabulary in the US and Incorporated schools comes out of this group and so we had a conversation about potentially onboarding it and what happened was the grant came to us basically last week and said we have some concerns that we're going to get frozen out of funding potentially because it all comes to the Department of Education and so we need to move very quickly and so we were kind of in the process of discussing a proposal like this so we gave it to them it's a very it doesn't cost any of our own money but it is a lot because everything it's it's professional development for
050them over three phases which can be three to five years a ton of support from the group coming into our schools to ensure we're doing a lot of great work uh but we're having to kind of do this before we've developed what our three phases are going to be and so I just wanted to make sure we're transparent with the board that we're B the fscs is basically going to sign off on this to try to get this done by the Friday deadline and we still have to do some of the planning work that we would normally do and then talk to the board about what we're doing with a lot of a significant portion of the funding it's just a little bit backwards right now so we just want to let the board know
051we're about to move a big rock a lot of money this will be probably the one big curricular thing we'll do through the grant but it's going to I'm incredibly excited because it's you're getting preeminent experts that are going to be working with our district for the next three to five years and we can Target some of the things we've been trying to do and do it incredibly well and it's gonna it's not it's going to do nothing but benefit our students so I get really excited about it but it's really weird to say by the way we're rushing through a massive investment by Friday anyone questions own yeah well thank you thank you for taking the initiative to make sure that this get can be secured um so thank you for doing that I
052know it's hard to jump in and have to have something ready to go even in a skeleton so thank you for that well I appreciate I want to just pull Eric into it too because he's played a huge role in navigating the finances of it and and the other things for doing in summer school and other places with them so awesome thank you we don't have any Clos session no okay then um since we don't have any executive session for this evening then we will um I will ask for a motion to adjourn can I get a motion to J yes right thank you everybody have a wonderful spring break if we don't see you before then yes it would be great