001attention. >> Yeah, you're good. >> Oh, no. >> So, what happened? I think it came out. >> Look, the little thingy came out thing. I don't know what you call that. That's right. >> She's like, "Come on, people." Okay. Hey, >> what? >> Okay, >> that works. Thanks. >> So, this is a great crowd. I'm excited. So, welcome everybody to Be Creek Board of Education meeting for April 16th. Um, please call the role. >> Mr. Boon >> here, >> Mrs. Hunt here, >> Mr. Morrison >> here, >> Mrs. Reggano >> here, >> and Mr. Taylor >> here. >> Would you all please stand for the pledge of allegiance? >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with
002liberty and justice for all. We need a motion and a second to approve the agendas presented. >> So moved. >> Second call vote. >> Mrs. Rano. >> Yes. >> Mr. Taylor. >> Yes. >> Mr. Boone. >> Yep. >> Mrs. Hunt. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Morrison? >> Yes. >> And we're into the exciting part of the night, presentations. >> Great. We've got a number of presentations this evening. Our first presentation, I'm going to turn over to our principal at the preschool center. Uh this is Christine Monu. and she's gonna turn it over to us. >> OKAY. [laughter] >> That's good. She just pointed it. That's good. >> Hi everyone. Thank you for having us. I'm Liam Moser, a preschool intervention specialist over at Beaver Creek Preschool Center. One of my roles is to design engaging
003hands-on lessons with Lexi Moore and also manage the setup of our STEM room which all of our classes get to use. And I'm Lexi Moore. I am one of the district's STEM experts as part of our new STEM program that is uh happening this year. And I get the privilege of working not only at the preschool but at two of our elementary schools as well. >> Yeah. So um we're going to talk a little bit, have the kids come up and present a little dance for you. We're going to recognize our members and thank them and then we have a quick presentation. Research shows that our population of young learners with differing abilities learn best through hands-on exploration. And we're we were so excited last summer to learn that we would be getting a new
004space dedicated to STEM, which included technology that we've never seen before, like this interactive magic window and augmentative reality sand table, which the kids just cannot get enough of. I've been getting great feedback from the other teachers uh and children about the experiences that they're having in the STEM room. Uh kids, can you come on up? We're going to give our board members a little gift. We're a little nervous. >> That's okay. >> These are nice and beautiful. >> How about if we spread the love and give one to each? >> And I love the hat. Look at the I love your hat. >> Thank you very much. >> Did you make this hat? Thank you. >> Did you make this? >> Hi there. >> Did you make this? >> You look so cute. >>
005Thank you. >> Love your hat. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> I love it for coming in. >> He's so cute. He looks just like your hat. >> That's a mint. >> They gave me that for after dinner. >> It's a microphone so we can hear Mrs. Organo. >> Thank you. Okay, guys. We're going to do our wetlands wiggle. >> And do we have any board members that would like to join us for our dance? >> Oh, yeah. Let's do it. [laughter] >> Joanne would be doing it. >> Yeah. >> I'm glad you said board members. >> Come on, guys. I think we need Mr. Alexander. >> Yes, >> you're a frog and you know it jump up high jump. If you're a frog and you know it jump up high jump
006and you know it and you really want to show it. If you're a frog and you know it jump and you know it flap and fly and you know it and you really want to show it. If you're a duck and you know it, flap and fly. [singing] >> Real slow. You're a turtle and you know it. Rele and you know it. And you really want to show it. >> Good job, guys. >> And we save the best for last. >> If you're a beaver and you know it, chomp your teeth. >> You're a beaver and you know it. are our home. Don't you see? Now the wetlands are our home. Now they can be soak up again and again. Now the wetlands are our home. Hooray for me. >> [applause] >> All right. Hey,
007we got something for all the kids here. Little gift bag for you. >> You guys gave us a keychain. We're give you something that you can take with you. >> Say thank you. >> You are welcome. Thanks for coming. Can we take a picture with the board? You guys want to take a picture with all these great people right here? >> You guys behind behind me. [laughter] >> Everybody look here. Perfect. [applause] [laughter] >> Yikes. Joyce, >> I didn't see Joyce here. >> Thank you again for um the grant that was written and approved and given to us. Um because we just love this space. We can't wait to see where we're going to go with it and we have been having so much fun already. We appreciate you. >> We appreciate you. >> Thank
008you. Um, STEM is just right up our alley. As I said before, it is hands-on. Our kids learn when all their senses are involved and that it really is STEM. >> It helps prepare us for future careers and of course, you know, the rest of their schooling through Beaver Creek Schools. >> To kind of get used to the new space, we started with what is a scientist? We learned about that and we had a preschool lab set up where the kids dressed up as um you know scientists and they just loved being in that space. Then we got on to the beavers and we learned so much. The first lesson was about measurement. We actually had the kids decide. I imagine most of you are more than 40 pounds and taller than 36 in. >>
009Okay. I'm almost [laughter] >> close. >> One of us might be close. But [laughter] then we did more data collection and these uh cool graph graphs are all around the school if you come to visit us. Kids just having fun in the space. Our second lesson, we became the beavers. The beavers are the of the animal world. We actually built our own lodge and we built a dam and the teacher showed an experiment of how a dam works. [laughter] >> All right. After we got through uh doing a deep dive on specifically the beavers and we got to zoom out a little bit and look at wetlands as a whole. So we learned about wetlands are like a sponge and they actually help protect a lot of our um homes so that they are able
010to soak up a lot of the rain water. They got to see a demonstration of that. Um and then they even got to experiment with some different mixtures of soil and water. Um so again have that super hands-on um experience. >> I interviewed some of my students and they told us what they had learned. There's no sound. >> Well, they are telling us that they learned that beavers have orange teeth, that they slap their tails when there's danger, and that they built their home, which is called a lodge. Sounds much better when they say it. [laughter] I do not remember what Lincoln said, but Malachi is telling us that um beavers swim in the water. We got to watch a really cool video where we were uh inside of a lodge, and it's pretty fascinating.
011Plus, if you didn't know this, their best friend is a muskrat. >> All right. And then coming up um in the future with our STEM room, we're going to be looking at our second wetlands lesson where we focus more on that wetlands are a home. Talk a little bit more about some of those animals that they can find in there as well as experimenting with sink and float, which is always a fun hands-on activity. Um and then next year, we are really excited to kind of look into partnering with some of our um nature reserves around here in Beaver Creek with the wetlands in order to get some families involved. have a kind of passport type thing that they can go and visit um and go to all of these and find actual things in
012the parks like a scavenger hunt as well. [applause] >> I will tell you that Christine brought me over to the STEM room and we do have that sand table and Christine and I spent probably 15 minutes playing in sand. [laughter] It's pretty neat. You can make rivers, you can make lakes, and >> volcano. >> That is amazing. That's >> unbelievable. So, thank you very much. It's it's a great great space. >> Okay, our next presentation, um we try to recognize those who have made it through the state level and then have won at the state level. So, this is a gentleman you met last year, um Alex Drechuk. And so I'd like to invite up coach Carrie call and have Carrie come up and um talk about Alex. So Alex is a senior this year.
013>> He swims a lot faster than a beaver. [laughter] >> Hi, my name is Terry Culp. I teach at I'm a sixth and seventh grade math teacher, but I also get the pleasure of being the Bieber Creek High School swim coach for the last four years. It's been awesome. So, I met Alex four years ago when he was a freshman. We were the same height then. Um, now he's probably like this tall on me, but even then he had this amazing drive for excellence. Um, when we took him to the state meet, he was an alternate that year, but he sat in the sands and watched every single race. He didn't have to swim, but he watched every race. He took notes. He was amazing. And he practiced every single day, which sometimes when you
014take alternates, they just want to chill and not do anything. So, we could tell then that Alex was going to be an amazing swimmer. Um, since then, I've watched Alex grow in his personality and his achievement each year. He's so dedicated and he stands up for other swimmers. He's confident. He's kind. Someone great to have on your team. And he's also been our team captain for the last two years. Um, this year he also, I don't know if he knew I was seeing this, but he took some freshman and sophomores under his wing and really showed them the ropes of our team. Um, we have a smaller coming up and he took these boys under his wing and they actually one of them went to the state meet with us and they want to follow
015in Alex's footsteps and swim the 500 free and try to win it for Beaver Creek to keep it our state title which was really cool. Um so we are very very proud of Alex. He's been an amazing human to coach, amazing kid and we know he did amazing things at Bever Creek and he will continue to do amazing things at the University of Cincinnati. So we are super proud of him again for winning the 500th grade state. >> [applause] [applause] >> told you again. >> Last year when Alex won, I remember saying, "Alex, you've got to do this again." So, He held up his end of the bargain. What did we get you last year? What was >> it? But it was like >> Yeah. Yeah. >> All right. Pull this one out. >> It's
016a different towel. >> Oh, I see it. >> There you go. >> Yeah. University of Cincinnati. So, THERE YOU GO. [applause] >> [applause] >> SO my son Ethan when he went to college to swim he never brought the Beaver Creek towel with him. So I because he was like dad no one brings their high school stuff. So we made sure [laughter] on the deck proud of that. So congratulations [applause] >> All right. Congratulations, Alex. All right. Now, um I would like to invite up our coach, Raul Gua. Raul, if you can come up. Raul, when I came into the district uh 10 years ago, Raul invited me to come to one of their uh competitions and I was absolutely blown away and uh just amazed at what our kids can do. So, we have a
017speech and uh we have a declamation uh state champion. So, I'll turn it over to Raul. >> Uh, yes. Thank you everyone for uh allowing us to be here. Uh, I'm not a teacher in this district, but I am an alum of this district. Mr. Taylor was my sixth grade social studies teacher. [laughter] In fifth grade, Mr. Morrison came into our math class and I met him then. I think Nate, you went to school with my brother and you were my fifth grade teacher as well. [laughter] I love Bever Creek and so when I came back to work on bass, I started coaching the speech and debate team, which was one of the most important things I had been a part of during my four years in high school at Beaver Creek. Uh the Beaver
018Creek speech and debate team has a long history, as far as we can tell, going back to the 70s, though probably longer, though the records are empty if uh best as we can tell from the paper records. Last time we've done quite well was in 1989, which is also when I was born. Sorry. placed seventh in the state as a speech and debate team. The next year we placed third. The next year we placed seventh again. Uh and then after ups and downs with coaches coming and going, Beaver Creek didn't place in the top 10 again. We didn't place in the top 20 again until 2015. And then in 2016, or sorry, 2014, we placed 16th. Since then, uh this is the first time Beaver Creek has beaten that record. We placed 15th in the
019state as a speech and debate program. And this time, instead of being led just by state champions or just by a couple students, our entire team did quite well. We broke over 50% of our students to top 30 slots at state. Um, most of them broke into the top 24. We had over 50% conversion into the top 12, over 50% conversion into top six. Uh, and then we came home with our fourth from Beaver Creek ever as far as the paper records show state champion. Um, and so Syria Selvin is a jun is a junior on the team. He is our fourth state champion. He competes in declamation. So speech and debate isn't quite like this where one person gets up and speaks to a whole room all the time. It's more students speaking to
020other students and interpreting different things. And so Sura's event takes a speech someone else has written and he reinterprets it. He brings it to life in his own way. Uh he had a really strong message. He was very passionate about doing this speech. I told him, "I don't really like this one. I don't think this is the right speech for you to pick." Turns out I was wrong. He was right. And he worked really hard all year and practiced while coaching other students on the team, while being a leader on the team. Uh and then he brought home a state championship. So with I don't think I can quite beat the presentation we got before. in terms of adorableness, but Siri, I'm sure you'll give it your best shot. So, up next, Sura Salam presenting
021his declamation speech. [applause] >> Yes, that'd be great. Thanks, You know, they say that every generation is defined by a great struggle or tragedy. And it's wild that our kids will never know. There was a point in time in this country you where you had to make a choice between being on the internet or being on the phone. They'll never get it, dude. You'll never get it. You'll never get it. You won't. That was our World War I, man. Especially if a girl called the house. Are you kidding me? You had to pick up the phone before your parents did. And back in the day, we used to have landlines. It's like phones connected to the land. And I remember this one time in middle school, a girl called the house. I run to the
022phone, but my dad was see to it. Hello. Who is this? Hi, it's Alice. Is Hassan there? What you want, Alice? I was like, "Great. I'm going to die a virgin. I'm in geometry with Assan. I had a question. Can I ask him the question?" And he was like, "Okay, Alice, how about you ask me the question and I'll ask Hassan." But that's the way our parents are. Ages 0 to 30. No girls. AT 35, WHY CAN'T YOU TALK TO GIRLS, MAN? That's basically it. Like, they killed me. Want to be my Oh. Oh. Want to be my Oh. Oh. Okay. You probably have no idea what I just said. And to be fair, it makes sense. I know the lyrics to this song and every other Bollywood song known to man, and I still
023don't have a clue of what any of it means. But maybe that's the issue. We don't understand others, yet we're all still so quick to judge. In his 2017 speech, Hassam Minhaj demonstrates how we use racial insensitivity and how we can overcome [clears throat] it. Homecoming kid by Hassam Minhash. Our parents are like a firewall to the outside world. It's like living in North Korea, man. And my dad is the Kim Jong-un of the household. And when 911 happened, I was a sophomore in high school. And my dad sits everyone at the dinner table down. He stares me straight in the eyes and goes, "Hassan, whatever you do, don't tell people you're Muslim and do not talk about politics." I was like, "All right, Dad. Cool. Thanks. I'll just rub it right off. Yeah. But
024we're sitting there. A phone rings. I run to the phone, but my dad moves you to it. Hello. I got the second phone. Hello. Hey. Where's Osama? You can hear me, right? Where's Osama? Hey, 263 on God Lane. That's where you live, right? I'm going to kill you. Click. And my dad's just looking at me. Do you ever see your parents? And do you see the mortality in them? Man, I'm looking at my dad and I see all five, seven of them. And that's when I realized I'm a dut. I'm a scaredy-cat. We can speak two languages. We can speak at home and outside. I should have said something. It didn't. We sit down. But then I hear a thud th outside. Me and my dad run outside and all the windows in the camera
025are smashed in. And I look in the back and my backpack's open. They stole my stuff, man. So I reach in, pull my backpack out, and these pieces of glass are getting caught in my arm, and now blood is gushing down my arm, and I'm pissed, man. I'm mad. Screw this. These kids know where we live, so they're timing us, and they're watching us. So I'm running up and down the culde-sac, looking in the trees and in the bushes. And then we look back in the middle of the road and my dad is in the middle of the street, a sweep of glass of the road like he works at a hate crime barber shop like, "Oh, we've got customers. Lo, what do people think?" Zen Brown missing me just like not saying a word.
026I run up to him. I say, "Dad, why aren't you saying anything? I'm not asking you say something. But then he looks at me and he goes, "Hassan, these things happen and these things will continue to happen. That's the price we pay for being here." That's when I was like, "Wow. We really are from two different generations, BMX bikes aside. You see, my dad's from a generation like a lot of immigrants, where he feels like if you come to this country, you pay something called the American dream tax. Like, yeah, sure, you endure some racism, and if it doesn't cost you your life, hey, you lucked out. Pay it. But for me, I was born here, so I actually have the audacity of equality. I'm like, "No, man. I'm an honors go." It says it
027right here. Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. All men are created equal. I'm equal. I don't deserve this. But as soon as I say that, my dad looks at me like I believe in Santa Claus. Hassan, you'll never understand. Oh, I'll never understand. Dad, you are the guy that will argue with the cashier at Costco when he doesn't let you return used underwear. And now you want to be the bigger man. Now you're like, let's be reasonable with the bigots. What? And then he just walks back into the house with glass shards stuck in his feet. And I honestly don't know who's more right. Yeah, maybe he's right. Put your head down. Be a doctor. Get a house in the BBS. Laugh later. Let them call them whatever they want. But isn't it our job to
028push the needle forward little by little? Isn't that how all of this stuff happens? I don't know. And I know 911 is a super touchy subject. I understand because when it happened, everyone in America felt like their country was under attack. But that night, September 12th, it was the first night of so many nights where my family's love and loyalty to this country was under attack. And it sucks. As immigrants, we're always putting on these pressure less to prove our patriotism. We're always like, "Yeah, we love this country. Please believe me." Nobody loves this country more than immigrants. I love this country. I fell in love in this country. Six years old. Janice Mallow. I see her in the sandbox. I run up to her. Janice, I love you. You're the color of poop. And
029that's memory number one. The first time he experienced racism. I was like, what? No, it's not rubbing off. IT'S NOT COMING OFF. I WAS TERRIFIED, MAN. It was like racism inception. There were so many levels to it. But it wasn't like I hate Melanin or anything. I love melanin. I've never gotten a summer and I'm hashtag blessed. But when you're playing the game of life and your avatar pops out white, you're just asked less questions along the way. Like you pop out, boom, I want to be Batman. Well, duh, Batman is white. Or boom, I want to be the president. Well, duh. 44 and a half presidents are white. You know, we've had a great track record. And I know these issues can be heavy with some people. I understand. But then I realized, why
030is it every single time the collateral damage has to be death for us to talk about stuff like this? A kid has to get shot in the back 16 times for us to be like, "Hey, maybe there is a race problem in this country." For every chairman Martin Rahmed the clock kid, there are shades of bigotry that happen between us every single day because we're too afraid to let go of the idea of other is someone who's not in our tribe your other. And I wish I could tell 18-year-old me, hey man, don't let your race define you. It's good people and bad people irrespective of creed, class, color. Find those people because I believe that love is bigger than fear. And I truly believe that. I truly believe that love is bigger than fear.
031Thank you. >> [applause] [applause] >> Junior, you got something that you can wear. You can open it up. Then we're going to ask both state champions come up to get their picture taken. >> Oh, wait. This is sick. Oh, nice. >> You know how hard it is to find orange ties. [laughter] >> If we had the board come up with our two state champions, that' be great. Oh yeah. All right, our uh next presentation I'm going to invite up Mr. Josh Baker to give an exciting update regarding EF tours. Good evening everyone. My name is Josh Baker as the resident secondary curriculum supervisor. Um as Paul mentioned um I had the opportunity to share a little bit more with you and the board uh regarding our partnership with EF tours. Um this is our our
032global learning experiences for grades 6 through 12 uh for our students. Uh we started this partnership uh back in 2022 2023 school year. Uh we've had tours that have been scheduled for our students to travel to Spain, uh Bise, Greece, London, Paris, Japan, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland uh through next summer. I'm excited to share that we have established uh our tours for the 2028 through 2030 school year. So, what students expect on tour while they're there? Uh this is all about experiential learning. Uh they they get local insight um and they have the opportunity to participate in cultural activities while they're there um in these countries. So, one big announcement we are excited to share is we have the an addition of a middle school opportunity for international travel uh that will begin the summer
033of 2027. So, next school year. Uh so, this is a middle school specific trip. Uh it's middle school discover Rome and Pompei. So, this is an Italy trip. Uh we actually have a parent meeting. Uh so, parents have the opportunity to learn more about this trip if they would like to send uh their child. Um, it's on Thursday, April 23rd at 6:30 in the core Middle School. Our 2028 high school opportunities, our students will be traveling to Costa Rica and Panama and to Greece. You love Makes you want to go, doesn't it? >> 2029, uh, they are traveling to Italy and to Peru. So, we try to pick there are two trip options every year, uh, for our students. Um these are all uh led by our teachers um either at Ferguson Hall or Beaver
034Creek High School or Ankeny Middle School or Koi Middle School. >> How how many kids go? >> Is it? >> We've had a range. Um I think the first year we did this, I want to say we had around 25 students that went on that trip. >> Okay. >> Um so it's range anywhere from you have 10, you could have up to 30. >> Yeah, it's a lot. It's a lot. And then lastly, 2030, we'll be traveling to Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, and then to Japan. >> So, these are some amazing opportunities for our kids uh to be able to travel uh with their teachers, with their peers um throughout the summer to have some lifetime, truly lifetime memories. We also um think that these trips they they really pair well with our portrait of
035a learner um especially the letter G the first one globally aware. Um our partnership with the F tours brings our globally aware characteristic to life u by providing this opportunity for our kids um to immerse themselves in these countries and cultures. So just excited to share that with all of you. Um hope you have a great rest of evening. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. [applause] opportunity that is. That's neat. >> Oh my god. >> Yeah, it's a great opportunity as uh as Josh was talking. It's it's uh and those are fully paid for by the families, not by there's no cost by the district, but it's a great opportunity. >> Josh, how long are the tours? >> Typically, they range anywhere from 8 to 8 to 11, maybe even 12 days. >> Especially
036some of the trips that have multiple countries and spend two or three days and then they're on a bus. motor transportation spending another two or three days. It's incredible. >> What an incredible opportunity. >> Oh my gosh. >> Okay. So, now I'd like to turn it over to Dr. Seismore. Uh I believe her and Anakah are going to give an update regarding public relations update and I know we've got some exciting news too. So, as part of this, >> thank you. Anakah and I were just discussing whether or not we were taller than the adult beaver. We think we just passed. [laughter] Um, so the public relations department's been working diligently over the past year to continue to improve our communications and our outreach to our community. We're in the process of preparing for all
037new accessibility requirements and we're continuing to seek new opportunities to engage our community. Uh, both of us are active members in the National and the Ohio School Public Relations Associations. We've earned our PowerPro designation in Ohio this year. We're in the process of earning national accreditation. So, we're working really hard on growing our abilities as a team. Um, at the annual school public relations conference next week, awards will be presented across 14 categories for outstanding communications and five categories for distinguished individuals. We're excited to share we are in contention for awards at the Ohio and as well as the national level this year for public relations. Where's you are? >> Um, one of these that, um, is happening at the Ohio School Public Relations Conference is called the Friend of Education Award, which recognizes individuals
038who are not formally a part of a school district's public relation team, but who play a meaningful role in supporting and strengthening communication efforts. So, we know school public relations is not just the work of one department. It takes a community. The Friend of Education Award honors those unofficial members of the school public relations team, those who go above and beyond and help share the story of public education and build positive connections between schools and their communities. This year, we nominated someone from Beaver Creek City Schools for this award. Someone whose impact we see every day, and we wanted to take just a moment tonight to share a little bit about our nominee, just to recognize the work that they do and to support our work in public relations. This person is an unwavering champion
039of students, staff, and public education. With decades of experience as an educator, our recipient brings not only deep knowledge, but also heart, humility, and a clear commitment to putting students first. A consistent presence at school and district events, showing up to support, celebrate, and connect. She amplifies the stories of our schools, sharing photos, videos, messages, and highlights the incredible work happening across our district. Her support for public relations and storytelling is not required. It's a choice. She actively seeks out ways to elevate others, often stepping out of the spotlight so students and staff can shine. She finds meaningful and creative ways to recognize contributions across the district, including lifting up those whose work often takes place behind the scenes. She consistently fosters a culture of appreciation, pride, and connection throughout our district. and her encouragement
040and belief in the importance of strong communication has strengthened our schools and reinforced the value of telling our story well. She is in every sense a true friend of education, which is why we are proud to nominate her for this distinguished award. With great pride and appreciation, Anakah and I ask you to join us in congratulating one of only two individuals within the state of Ohio who will receive the Ospra Friends of Education Award this year, our very own Joanne Roas. >> [applause] [applause] >> SURPRISE! >> CONGRATULATIONS. SURPRISE! >> You'll be joining us. >> You remember me telling you? >> So, what Joanne doesn't know until now [laughter] is on Thursday. >> Welld deserved. >> I don't even know what to and for me not to know what to say. >> So, um on Thursday,
041Miss Rotten asked Mrs. Organo to come after the senior citizens lunchon for an important meeting that we needed her for. Um and she'll actually be coming up to Columbus to receive an award at the Ohio School public relations [laughter] conference as one of only two in the state of li. [laughter] So, congratulations and thank you for all you do. >> Thank you. [applause] >> I think we need a picture, Beth. I think we need a picture. >> Yes. >> With the board. [laughter] >> Yeah. >> Yep. >> Tyler, we're getting [laughter] talking. I knew they were talking about you. [laughter] Okay. I didn't know that, but okay. >> I did. >> They didn't tell me. >> Thank you. Thank you. I truly It is an honor. I mean, I love this district. And I love
042these kids and I there isn't anything I don't love about this. >> We submitted along with our kind words and everything. We submitted pictures of you out judging the door decorating contest. We submitted pictures of you at homecoming parades. Um ribbon cutting ceremonies. >> Did you get the one with her on the ground right here of your own personal Facebook where you share the stuff that we do? I submitted an email where you were commending me and Beth for the work that we do just to show how you support Beth and I and the work that we do daily. >> Thank you. You have I don't even know what I You just I don't even know what to say. I really am a lot. This is such an honor. Thank you. We'll never forget this.
043[laughter] And I'm totally shocked. I am. >> Wow. Okay, >> that concludes presentation. >> Okay. [laughter] >> Yeah. >> Thank you. Okay. Um, where are we? Oh, yeah. There are no questions or comments from the public. So, I need a motion, a second to approve the minutes from our March 9th board of education meeting. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Please call the vote. >> Mr. Mr. Taylor, >> yes. >> Mr. Boone, >> yes. >> Mrs. Hunt, >> yes. >> Mr. Morrison, >> yes. >> And Mrs. Regano, >> yes. [snorts] >> Items for discussion. >> So, we have a number of items tonight for board discussion. Uh, first, I'm going to ask Mr. Alexander if he can give an update regarding Ferguson Hall and Valley Elementary School roofing project. [snorts] Good evening, Board of Education.
044Um, as a part of our capital improvement plan, uh, as you know, we have been, uh, spending quite a bit of time on on our roofs across the district as they've been, uh, deteriorating and needing a lot of work. Uh, nothing has changed, uh, now. Uh, so we're continuing to focus on that as a part of the capital plan. Again, all of these funds are a part of permanent improvement. They are not coming out of the general fund. Uh, so it is PI funds that are funding this. Uh we partnered again with Garland DBS who is the manufacturer of the roof. They've been a partner of ours for quite some time and do phenomenal work. We're very confident in the product that they uh produce. And uh we went out to bid. Uh we had
045four contractors uh come back uh for us. We are doing 30-year replacement on uh Ferguson Hall and then we're doing a small restoration uh over top of the IMC at Valley Elementary. Uh this item is also uh up for approval tonight. Uh we are recommending that we go with BK Contracting uh who was the second lowest bid. I want to talk briefly about that because you have these numbers uh in your folder. Typically we go with the lowest bid. Uh these numbers were very very close. They were within $50,000 of one another on a $ 1.5 million project. The one thing that BK brought to us was that they could begin the project effective immediately. Um American Roofing, who has done really good work for us in the past, uh could not begin until August
046or September. Uh so we felt that it was advantageous to get this started quickly and because the bids were so close um we we would like to move forward with BK contracting uh for this contract. Uh any questions? >> What type of roofing EDM or >> It is a it is a rubber roof uh that that is rolled out then obviously sealed. We're also doing uh metal work around the edges. It's about 50 uh about 60% of Ferguson Hall's roof. It's the areas uh that have uh most deteriorated. Uh we're focusing on those areas first and we'll be coming in uh probably next year to finish that roof up. >> Any other questions? All right. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you, Tyler. Um I'm going to fly through the next few here. I can do
047these quickly. Um item two is resolution authorizing third grade assessment paper format. uh we have the board has approved that for many many years and we do our English language arts in a paper format. So I have to submit to the state by May 1 uh the resolution and our choice to move forward. Uh we talked to our um staff about that and our staff feel strongly they would like to keep that test in paper format. So we would like to move forward with that. Um item three you'll see has a number of subsets there. uh those are salary schedules. Those just reflect the new uh agreements that we've entered into with BEA, BCEA. So that all those salary schedules are adjusted accordingly on there. So I if the board has any questions about those
048um those simply are reflected in the negotiated agreement between both associations and just as a reminder those uh agreements were the same. So no change between those two groups. Item four is the BEA negotiated agreement. So the board approved last month BCEA's negotiated agreement. We we're bringing forward BEAS. Again, we really truly took both negotiated agreements, rolled those over for an additional year with an increase um uh the increase slightly uh slightly smaller than what we've done in the past um or right now is right at the same uh number as what we've done in the past. So um that was the only change was we met to talk about salary but no changes in language. Um and finally I would like to invite up Charmininger and she is going to share with the board
049about our reading improvement plan. >> Amber join. >> Thank you Amber. to our y. Um, good evening. Chararma Knocklinger and I am the um curriculum supervisor for K through five and then Amber is one of our um Amber Sers is one of our reading specialists um in the district and um she's here tonight. We we have always had they've been called title one teachers. Um and we felt like they are so much they're paid out of the title one funds but they are so much more than just title one teachers. So we did a change with then we changed it to reading specialists this year. And I think that little change made a big improvement because they are the ones that help support our teachers with different reading strategies and helps pull our um struggler
050our atrisisk kids. And so that minor change, I just want to bring that you guys did that. You um approved it and it was a huge boost. So, thank you. Um with the legislation with the third grade reading guarantee, um districts that have fewer than 80% of their um third grade students proficient on the language arts test for the state, they have to do a reading improvement plan. Um and so the the improvement plan has to be uh approved by the board. It is not something that we submit to the um Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. It is something that we work on here as a district. Um the district data um our third grade students um the data indicated that we made 78.7% of our students scored proficient um which is obviously below
051the 80%. It's not that far below. However, until we get to 100% of our kids being proficient, we're still well below where we want to be. Um, but this part of the test with the students having to be proficient on that component, it's 40% of a um of a elementary uh early literacy component. That's K through third kindergarten through third grade. And so that's that component. The 78.7 is one of three indicators and it's 40% of the weight. The other piece of this 78% of our third graders when you get you get an overall scale score of how they did on language arts, but then there's another subset that is reading only and for kids students to be proficient in reading they need to have a subcore of 50. And so 78% of our kids
052achieve that on the test. um contributing factors. There's um on your initial plan there was a ton of information and things, but this kind of just lays it all out for you. Um one of the things that um contributed to the test scores, the access to grade level complex tests, and they have access, but it may not be consistent across our six elementaryaries and all of our classrooms. Another thing that um could be a contributing factor would be engaging in closed reading practice to the depth of ELA standards. One of the things that the new curriculum that we just adopted last year as part of the um science of reading and the state of Ohio mandate and you you choose from these certain programs um HMH into reading. It actually has a lot of um
053reading passages that you use this short snippet of this reading passage to work on these particular um strategies and and skill set and then you keep using those particular passages to do other things. Um so that kind of right there um hopefully will help in that component. Um, Amber has been working with our um, language arts course of study and our social studies course of study this year with K to2 specifically and teaching um, sharing with them shifting the balance because we were doing balanced literacy and now we're doing the science of reading and what does that mean? And so she's been doing a great job of really going through and talking about the shifts and what that means. And one of it is, one of those things that she talks about is decodable texts
054um for our kids, our younger readers. Um they don't support comprehension and you need to vary texts and complexity. So it's not um Jane runs and those kinds of things where it breaks down things, but um more in depth text for those kiddos. uh foundational decoding gaps among students with IEPs not fully reached by the district structured literacy transition. We had been using um the University of Florida Institute's Youth Fly and then we just changed over to HMH um structured literacy program and as we've gone through it for a year I will tell you that our teachers feel like instead of you fly which is what it the acronym is instead of it being a tier two which is where you p whole smaller groups of kids and you really hone in on specific strategies
055that they need that they want to go back to UFI because they don't feel like this particular program is hitting the foundational skills that we really saw um improvement in before. And so we've looked at data. We've um pulled all of the um teachers. And so it's a very real possibility that we may go back to using UFly in just a 30 minute structured literacy component of a 90-minute block. So that is um a possibility. But we've been really looking at when you're talking about on the test you have four different areas that students um they test and then they get ranked and limited and basic are below proficiency. And when we look at those areas, our students that have IEPs, that have 504s, and that um are our ELELLL students, we're not meeting their
056needs. Um we we definitely need to look at and we have been looking at um how much time they're spending in a resource room which is where they get pulled out of the core instruction. Um we have set parameters and guidelines of when you can pull kids out to work with them um so that they are getting the core instruction. And so that's an area that we are um looking at now because we need to figure out why our atrisisk kids are really needy kids are are not meeting those areas. Um explicit comprehension strategy instruction and writing about reading practices. It's a um the data shows that we need some strengthening in that respect. And um again, we've been talking about that through our language arts um course of study and really focusing in on
057um writing and reading and and um all of those things that we're doing in our classroom. So, those are some of the contributing factors to that score, the 78.7. Um the reason why Amber is here because this is a testament definitely to our um uh title one program and our reading specialists. Um this is another component of the l early literacy how the other um students that are meeting proficiency at the third grade reading guarantee this that was 40% this is 25%. So, um, when we we give a a diagnostic to our kindergarteners and then see how many students are not on track, first grade, we give that a a diagnostic to them again and we look to see from kindergarten to first grade, are they improving? Are they getting better and being able to
058um be proficient readers? And so from kindergarten to first grade diagnostic that we give, 65% 65.2 move to being on track. um first grade to second grade 57.9. Second to third grade 41.6 and then um this isn't as much time, but third grade diagnostic to the third grade ELA test. So you do the diagnostic in September and then you take the third grade reading guarantee. You take it twice, but they're measuring this with the spring. Um we only move 17.1% to being on track or proficient. And then overall that's 49.3%. And so the state takes that and plugs that into the 80% that you saw earlier on there. Um, and so this is a big um a big chunk of the fact that our reading specialists target a lot of our kids that are not
059on track. Um, and they pull them into small groups. And I'll let her kind of share that information with you. If you want >> Thank you. Um, hi. I'm going to talk to you just a little bit about what Title One is. What do we do? How does a student qualify and share some of our successes as well? Um, so I have been in this role for the last 10 years. I have been privileged to work in four of our different buildings. I have worked at Trayvine, Shaw, at Fairbrook, and at Maine, um, as a Title One reading specialist. Um, so Title One services extend from kindergarten, first and second grade. It is a pull out service 30 minutes working one uh working in small groups. Usually those groups are anywhere from four students up
060to six students and we do see them every day. Um we have selected to work with kindergarten through 2 grade students specifically because that's when we are building the foundation of reading. So, how a student qualifies for title one, if they are um take one of our universal screeners, which in our district are MAP and Acadians, um if they uh score in an atrisisk range on MAP, they're going to be put on a reading improvement plan. Um those are students that we are automatically going to take a look at because we want to make sure that if a student is on a reading improvement plan that they are offered some set of services. Now, for some of our children that those services are working with an intervention specialist because they are on an IEP. Um,
061for some of our students that may be working with their ELLL teacher, but for those students who are kind of in the bubble, those students who haven't been diagnosed with a learning disability, but they aren't quite exactly where we would love for them to be, that's our jam. That is exactly where we want to fill in that gap, those bubble kids. we want to catch them really early when those gaps are very small. Um, and then we start working with those students. So to determine the best candidates for title one reading support, we actually are going to look at five different indicators rather than just putting all of our eggs in one basket. So MAP and Aadian are universal screeners. These are assessments that are given to every single student in K through2. It gives
062us an equal playing field. Now, from those students, we take a look at the students who didn't do so well, and we want to gain some more information about them. And so, the next three indicators that you see underneath that are the things that the reading specialist does one-on-one with the child. So, we sit with one child, one reading specialist, and in order to qualify in kindergarten, we're going to look at letter identification. These are, of course, out of sequence. We're going to look at letter sounds. Again, these are not in any order. And then we're going to ask them to write some letters as well. To qualify in first or second grade, we're going to put a text in front of students. It is a real book. It is a whole book and we
063ask them to read it. We also are going to ask for them to write and we're going to give them a prompt. It is the same exact prompt for each child. Um, and we do have a rubric that we're going to be looking at so that we are comparing similar students. And then we do the core phonics inventory to see what their phonetic uh gaps are. Any student who out of those five different assessments that we do, if they are at risk in four of them, then they're going to receive title one support. Now, that doesn't mean that we aren't going to pick up a child who maybe only had three or maybe only had two. That's where we have to work with whatever spaces and time that your um reading specialist has available. Obviously,
064in a bigger building, we're going to have less space available than we are maybe in a smaller building where it's going to be able um to have more service. So districtwide right now you have six and a half reading specialists serving students who are struggling readers right now. Most of the students that we are serving are first graders. That is intentional. The students have already had whole entire year of school. Many of our kindergarten students, this may be their first experience at school. So, we want to give them some time, experience working with language, working with words, working with books and letters. We want them to have time in their classrooms. But by first grade, they've had a whole entire year of learning. The other reason that we really um want to hone in on
065first grade is because at that point a gap between a struggling reader and an ontrack reader is small and small gaps are much easier to fill than large gaps. We don't want to wait until things have gotten way out of control and we're looking at a child who's two grade levels behind. So you can see that primarily we are focused on working with first graders. However, in many of our buildings, we also are able to serve kindergarten. Um, each of our buildings has at least a half day reading specialist, but that really varies depending on how the title funds um work out yeartoear. So, we're going to zero in on one specific building. We're going to take a look at Shaw Elementary. Now, in order to have a whole entire year's worth of data, which
066I don't have yet this year, we still have a few more weeks to go and we are really working hard with students. I'm gonna go back and I'm going to look at our students that we served last year. Um, so Brooke Buckler is at Shaw full day and I'm their half day. So we have one and a half um, uh, reading specialists. And last year we served 63 students. You can see the breakdown right here. We served 15 kindergarteners, 26 first graders, and 22 second graders. Now, let's zero in specifically on second grade. Remember that every single student we serve is a struggling reader. Um they are all below grade level. We don't have any average. We don't have any high students yet. Um so Brooke and I worked together. We both served second grade
067and by the end of the year 19 students were reading at grade level. So, I decided to look a little bit more deeply um at these 22 students and see how are they doing now. Did now they're in third grade. They just took the OST last week. So, did their growth sustain? Did it drop? What happened? So, I took a look at their map growth and this is just growth, not raw scores. I didn't want to confuse anyone or have somebody doing mental math. But of those 22 students, this is the growth that they had from the beginning of second grade to the most recent map data we have, which would be winter of third grade. Now, according to MAP, a typical year of growth is between 10 and 15 RIP points. And you can
068see there are several students who are falling in that category. What I hope you also see are that we had four children who scored above 40. One of my students increased his score in a year and a half by 48 RIT points. We had five students whose RIT score improved by 30 points or more. Five more who improved by 20 points or more. So when we look overall at this growth, we had 14 students who had accelerated growth. And in the title one world, that is our goal. I can't have students who grow at the same pace as everyone else or I am just they're they're just floating. I'm not closing gaps with that. We have to go faster. We have to accelerate. And we were able to do that. When I looked at their
069map data as third graders, um, four of them did move and there were five who did fall below the 40th percentile. Now, I have to tell you I like I'd earn a prize if I could do this in every building every year. Okay? So, we cannot do this in every building every year. But I want you to notice what is possible when every single child who is even a little bit behind got to sit every day for 30 minutes with a reading specialist. This is what can happen. Um and something too to note um so when in the reading plan that you have in front of you, they talked about how there wasn't that big of a improvement between second and third grade. Well, she showed you data where that is happening. Um, so hopefully
070some of the things that we've done this year already um will impact our um early literacy scores this year. Um with the reading specialists, we we did some work because when I talked about um students that are on individualized education plans or the IEP um 504, which is a little similar, they're getting accommodations. Um and then our ELLL students, we used to um it would be if a student was a um was getting pulled out by another staff member, an intervention specialist for IEPs, we wouldn't necessarily serve them um with our reading specialists. and diving into the data, we found that some of our um kids that we weren't servicing with title one because they were getting intervention specialist support, they didn't have reading goals, so they were getting support in math. So, we've done
071a lot of work this year together and really looking at individual kids and making sure that we are meeting their needs and not just assuming that, oh, well, they have an IEP, they're getting extra support. Well, they're not getting support in reading. So, we've really been kind of altering some of that. So um the reading specialists um part of their action plan um they're they are part of this um they analyze the cadence and map data determine their groups and then they progress monitor them as they go and if a student is making great progress they will dismiss them from the program so that they can bring in other students to help them. Um and then again at the end of the year they analyze the data to make sure that they're doing what needs
072to be done. Um myself and uh ELA the language arts uh course of study is a committee we have a K2 committee of 25 and 35 we have a committee of 25 we look at the data we look at the curriculum that we are teaching the standards are we meeting those are there any areas that we need to strengthen so we are definitely taking a deep dive in what the needs are um the principles and instructional coaches in the building they meet quarter one and three and collaborate um on data and then quarter two and before we do teaching studies um which is through Mike Rutherford and they actually each individuals of um teachers they go in and they observe others and they get to see different practices and and maybe take back practices to
073their room that they wouldn't normally get a chance to see. Um these are just some of the things that we're doing. I can tell you that because we had reading specialists in the buildings and we saw that there was u more needs. We've been working with the Montgomery County ESC and we've we were Um we had Americanore tutors for reading in the buildings to help support at risk students. We also um in January we had some um additional title one funds that were released and so we added some additional intervention tutors to help target more kids. um we see the need and when when we can we we um hire other teachers to help out um to do to kind of accent on the great work that they're doing. So this is the plan that
074we've done but we have actually done a lot more than this but these are the key components to it. I put it down and that is it. >> Thank you for what you do for our kids. [snorts] It's appreciated more than you know. >> We have a great team for sure. >> People have no idea the work that goes into this. >> I know because my kids I mean it's a lot of work. >> Well, especially when you struggle with something, you don't want to just But they go and they love going to their classrooms. But >> the kids do. >> Yes, >> they really do love it. >> So, thank you. >> Thank you both. Appreciate it. Thank you. Uh there is the plan for approvement [snorts] later in the agenda. That concludes items
075for board discussion. >> Hand of financial reports. I'm going to need a motion and a second to approve the following. The March 2026 financial reports fiscal year 2026 amended certificate of estimated resources and appropriations. March 2026 donations. >> So moved. Second. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> I have a very short report. We are exactly where we need to be at this time of year um for our appropriations and our um for our expenditures and our revenues. When you look at the bar charts and compare them to previous fiscal years, we are right on target. So, and that is my financial report this month. Very short. >> Okay. >> Please vote. >> Mr. Boon. >> Yes. >> Mrs. son. >> Yes. >> Mr. Morrison. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Reggano. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Taylor.
076>> Yes. >> Thank you. >> So sit back for this one. Okay. >> So I need a motion, a second to approve following list. So first is employment salary changes, leaves of absence and terminations. Under that it's certified board report, classified board report, classified staff reemployment and exempt classified [snorts] staff reemployment. Second, Ferguson Hall and Valley Elementary School roofing project OSHA governing board resolution fiscal year 27 salary scheduled. Under that it's BEA salary schedule, BCEA salary schedule, non-bargaining unit exempt confidential employee salary schedule, manager coordinator salary schedule and administrator salary schedule under approval of updated job descriptions. It's director of curriculum and instruction job description, director of business services job description, and director of special services job description. Next, approval of BEA negotiated agreement resolution authorizing required third grade assessment and paper format reading improvement
077plan and approval of location change to main elementary school auditorium for the May 2026 board of education meeting. Motion and a second. >> So moved. >> Second >> discussion. >> Yes. So, I have a number of items to cover. Um, first of all, I would like to direct your attention to page 47. Uh, I would like to ask Jessica Sullivan stand up. Jessica's back there. Jessica, if you wouldn't mind introducing your family to the board. That would be great. So, Jessica is our recommended candidate for our director of curriculum and instruction. >> We just took a bathroom break, so we should be able to get through this. She is in kindergarten at Fairbrook Elementary. This is my husband Riley Sivan also averiv >> welcome. >> Thank you. >> Thanks for bringing your family. >> Yes,
078they're also I can tell >> they should get ice cream afterwards. Yes, [laughter] >> they were wonderful. That's >> Now I'd like to ask Amy Snder. I know she's not sitting with her husband. Maybe there's some something going on there. But that's [laughter] >> my seat. This is my husband, Brian Snider, >> also a Beaver Creek. >> Yeah, that's great. That's great. Well, Amy's coming to us from Ketaring >> and Jessica's coming to us from Dublin. So, >> welcome both of you. >> So, they're both on page 47. Then I would like to direct your attention over here to Tyler Alexander. Uh Tyler is being promoted. So you don't need to stand up and your family's not here. But [laughter] Tyler will serve as our assistant superintendent next year. So that's a great step for
079Tyler. We're very excited to have him in that capacity. And then I'd like to direct your attention to page 49. The guy in the back here is >> it was funny when Brian walked down like Brian let me introduce you to the board. And I'm like I know you know everybody but so I'd like to have Brian introduce his family. >> So this is my son Canon. He's a sophomore at high school. Was also part of the He was here. >> This is Myra. She's a seventh grader at Middle School. This is Lana. She's a sixth grader at Middle School. And then this is my wife Julie. She's the counselor at Valley Elementary. [laughter] >> Congratulations. Yes. >> So, we're very, very excited to welcome all of you as long as they say yes when
080they vote for you. >> Um, item three is the OSAA governing board resolution. That is a boilerplate resolution that allows us to participate in athletics with OSAA. Um, item five is the approval of the updated job descriptions. Those are the individuals here. We obviously need to change a little bit of those. uh anytime we have an opportunity to improve those job descriptions, we're going to do that. So, we're asking for approval of that tonight. Um and nine, uh we added on here is the moving of the next board meeting to Maine simply because we right now we know of 10 individuals that will be coming for recognition for retirement uh at that board meeting and we know that we encourage them to bring their family members and friends. So, this room will not suffice for
081that. So, we would like to move at the main. Uh, that concludes new business. >> Okay. >> All right. Mrs. Hunt. >> Yes. >> Mr. Morrison. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Reeo. >> Yes. >> Mr. Taylor. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Boo. >> Yes. >> And we're to the superintendent's report. >> Welcome to Beaver. >> Uh, just superintendent's report is the Neola update. You should have all received that on Monday of this week from Jackie. Um she did send you two two they're the same. She gave one through um Google Drive and I know we've had some issues with Google Drive. So she resubmitted that as a PDF. So we will you will only get it as a PDF moving forward. I think that works for everybody. But uh we'll be bringing that back for our
082second reading next month and for approval. That concludes superintendent's report. And we're into announcements. There are a lot. So, April 18th, it's the prom. Then we have our superintendent who's a busy little beaver because the next three are his. And let's see, it's his community chats. The first one's April 20th and that's from 1 to 2:00 p.m. and that's at the Carol Graph Library on Dayton Xenior Road. Then his next one's May 7th and that's from 4 to 5:00 and that's at Dunkin Donuts on Fairfield, North Fairfield Road. And then May 14th he'll be at Panera on Dayton Xenior Road right here in Beaver Creek. Then on May 21st is our next board of education meeting at Main Elementary. May 23rd is a Beaver Creek High School graduation at 4:00 this year at the Nutter
083Center. May 25th is Memorial Day, no school. May 27th is the last date for students and early dismissal. That's unbelievable. >> We have one more. May 7th, Shine Awards is not on there. >> It's not on there. Okay. And sorry. And May 7th at the Shine Awards and our outstanding educator awards. And that'll be at Maine. >> Maine. >> Thank you. Okay. I just >> It's not on here. Yeah. Thank you. And we're at to board comments. Mr. Brun. >> Uh, welcome to all the new members that are joining us and to the two getting title changes. Um, congrats to the state champs. That speech was incredible and that's not easy to do. So, you know, it's impressive to do that in front of a large audience and in front of your board, your school,
084your district, everyone see it. So, congrats to him. Um, prom's coming up this weekend and I know that's a big deal for a lot of kids. Wasn't for me, but you know, teach their own. [laughter] Um, and Joanne, congratulations on that. I don't think anyone was surprised, but >> I was. >> You were. >> Um, and then I saw that uh the teacher got a teacher of the year award from Green Giving, which is a a great organization I think around here, Miranda Kid. So, congratulations to her for that. >> Um, but yeah, that's all I have. >> Thanks, Mrs. Hun. >> Uh, well, congratulations to you. Thank you. >> As I said, I as soon as she started talking, I was like, she's talking about Joanne and Joanne's just sitting there like, "Oh, >>
085yeah." And I'm like, "She has no idea." >> But, um, >> it's a privilege to serve with you and I always appreciate how you're like the only cheerleader I know without a skirt and a megaphone. So, maybe we'll have to get you one of those as your award. But, um, [laughter] thank you for all you do for our district and for the supporting of Beth and Anakah. Um, congratulations to Sura and Alex. Um both of those kids um are friends of my son and are just incredible human beings and on top of their abilities. So congratulations to them. Um welcome to Amy Jessica. We're really excited to have you. We've heard amazing things about you. So we can't wait to see uh the impact you make. Um congratulations to Brian. Really happy for you. I've
086heard tons and tons of great things about you, too. So it's kind of we kind of expected that to be the choice. So um congratulations. We're excited. And of course, congratulations to Tyler. We're just thrilled. I'm still excited that we got him to start with and it's been years [snorts] now. So, um, glad you're sticking around and keep it moving up. Um, and just to our students, be safe at prom. You know, >> always makes me nervous that night till I hear that everybody got home. All texts on prom day and makes me nervous. >> So, just excited for those kids to have that opportunity and hope everybody's safe. >> It's hard to believe it's prom already. >> I know. And it's senior prom for my son. I was going to say, is he excited?
087>> I mean, he has a tennis tournament that ends at the same time prom starts. So, it should be really interesting at my house between about 6:00 and 8 on Saturday. >> He can do it. >> At least he's a boy. He just has to shower and get dressed. So, >> there you go. >> Yeah. No hair appointment for him. >> Okay. >> Wear the gown, >> right? Yes. Much easier with a boy. >> Mr. Taylor. >> Okay. When is after prom and where? >> Uh, after prom is it on par? >> 11 to two. >> Yeah. 11 to two. Yeah. >> Okay. We have a lot of kids that do after. >> Yeah. Large number 100. I think >> good turnout. >> Okay. Well, where do you start? Congratulations to all coming to Beaver
088Creek or moving up. Very excited for you all. But um many times has been said that uh we look at our staff as a family. And if you made it this far, you are a fit for the family. So, how exciting that is. Um, let's see. I'd like to start with the school spotlight. I think first off, preschool just too cute for words. And I love the little beaver hat. I want one of those. I'm going to go home and make one. [laughter] >> Wear it around. They could get you one >> when I when I go to Kroger's. Yeah, >> there you go. >> That'll be different. >> But yeah, the hands-on learning, the making it relevant to our school system uh and our our name and all those things. It's a branding so
089exciting. Little kids like that are just uh just always too cute for words. and um state champions in swimming. Uh I'm pretty much a sinker, so >> scuba diving is better for me. And um but that's quite a and two years in a row to be at that level is it takes such a commitment and um you know working through the pain but bringing others along with them and that's that's how you start a great sports program is starting with a dynasty really is having those few leaders out there that pull other ones other athletes with or anything for that matter. Speech and debate. Rahul, former sixth grade student of mine. U I'll just say that speech and debate fits him perfectly. If I had to guess what he was going to do, uh as
090an adult, that would be it. And uh I had to have a special rule for him at one time. He was so inquisitive in so many questions. I had what I call the Rahu rule. And the Rahu rule was in my class, you get three questions. That's it. Use them wisely. But but but why? I said, well, you just used one. [laughter] And uh but such a good so inquisitive. It's just uh and I think that's what it takes to do what he does and bring the kids along that he does. such a powerful uh speech that young man gave on a very topical subject matter that uh goes well beyond his years in many ways. We're so impressed with that. Um the tours out of the country, as you said, the parents pay for
091those as well. I know >> I paid for two of those and uh the experience was incalculable. Uh both my daughters came back with a whole new perspective on life and life in America and they came back with a different accent. Scared me a little bit. My one daughter is in England and it it took her probably six months to stop talking like Harry Potter, but um in a public relationship, communication is key. I mean, it's really is what makes us or breaks us and uh keep up the good work because it really is uh is fundamental. Absolutely fundamental. And um congrats to Joanne. As soon as you started talking, I knew I know who that is. >> I'm the only clueless one. >> You were sitting there like, who could that be? [laughter] >>
092So, so great. And uh let's see. Well, and then just the last thing at the career center, what's going on is uh look like our prom was cancelled. Looked like it put out communication about it. All of a sudden, chap showed up coming from everywhere who run this. And you know, it's such a fundamental thing in a right of passage for high school kids to have a problem and be able to do those kind of things. So, uh, that was the big thing. It was kind of heading toward what looked like a disaster, but turned out to be a really really positive positive thing. And just letting people know that we all have to pitch in on something like that to make it work for the make it work for the students. So beyond that,
093I I'll quit talking. Okay. >> Mr. Morrison, >> you know, when you almost go last, everybody has already said what you were what you were planning on saying. So >> they'll be first. I'll be brief. You know, it's hard to believe it's April already. Uh really the the year is flying by, but this is such a rewarding. It's such an exciting time. The kids in the classrooms are still learning. They're excited. there's energy. The teachers are excited because they see how far the kids have progressed since the school year started. So, they're excited about that. Uh and and the kids definitely are growing. Um couple people have already mentioned the busy time, you know, between spring sports and musicals and concerts and art shows and award programs and pro proms and graduation. There's just so
094much going on to be excited about. So thank everyone I all the adviserss everybody that's putting those programs together because it you know those don't just happen. A lot of people have to work. It it's an exciting time as I said but it's also a kind of a bittersweet time because we got retirements coming and I heard uh we've got 10 folks that were going to be accepting their letter of resignation for purpose of retirement uh coming up. you know, they've they've given their whole life to education and to kids and to, you know, we obviously we have to say goodbye to them, but um we definitely wish them well. And then to all the people that were here tonight in our preschool program and to listen to Miss Moore and Mrs. Moser, um I
095really hope that somebody got a video of that so we could see all the kids and see all the the board members, etc. doing that. >> It it was precious. and again [laughter] and again. You know, >> that's called the camera, right? >> You know, and Alex, second year in a row. And I remember like it was yesterday, you saying, "Well, you have to repeat next year so you can come back." And and he definitely did that. And and and our and our our gentleman, you know, that did the presentation. Outstanding. I remember Raul also. He was just a thin little guy. I mean, oh my goodness gracious. You could you could tell he was going to he was going to be successful. You just you just knew that back then. >> All right. [snorts]
096The tours update, you know, phenomenal. Having the chance to go to do that and to go to foreign countries and immerse yourself in the culture and the language. Uh my wife and I, we have plans. We're taking a trip this summer. Also, we're going to Ketering. Uh you know, [laughter] okay. So, that'll be almost like going >> Tyler can give you the tour. >> Okay. [laughter] Very good. And then uh the public relations update. What a phenomenal job you guys do. It is second to none. And speaking is was one individual. I really appreciate when I get something from your office uh talking about the good things happening and there's just so many. I mean you could just go on and on and the pride is there but from a personal standpoint I like the
097large print. So, thank you. Thank you for that. Keep keep that large print coming. Okay. And then, of course, to our new directors. Uh you're coming to a great district. Now, obviously, uh Brian knows already, but it second to none. And and like I heard said, we are definitely a family. So, welcome. >> Okay. So, I do want to welcome Amy and Jessica. Well, we're happy you're here. You're going to love it. Just saying. Um, and we're going to love you because we've heard so many great things about both of you. Brian, congratulations. We're excited. And congratulations to you, Tyler, too. So, I want to say this came in. This is amazing. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Not only is this amazing, I have gotten comments and feedback from several community members in Kroger's.
098I was in Panera and somebody gave it to Chico's the other day. So, three and no, this is the truth. I mean, the manager was like, "So, do you bring Beaver Creek into the store?" And yeah, well, but the positive feedback was one person said to me, "This is the most comprehensive thing they've seen." So that was a really interesting comment and that they appreciated this and knowing what's going on the schools. So yeah, I know the work that goes into this, but it is so appreciated by the community and if we ever want to get things done, the community needs to know what's going on and this is the way to do it. And this is beautifully done. And I love your creek around the creek when you send that out. I read all
099that. I mean, I love it. is just thank you so much for all your work. This is amazing and the community does appreciate it. Three people this week. Okay. Um April is the month of the military child and our district does an amazing actually this has been the week of the military child. Um tomorrow is the big day because tomorrow is our red day and it's remember everyone who's deployed. So, and the exciting thing is this the first year the Beaver Creek Schools is going to host our first military signing day for our graduating seniors. So, I'm excited about that. And that's going to be on I wrote it down. Oh, April 22nd, 3:30 at the high school. So, that's going to be fun. Um, and I do want to congratulate Miranda Kid. That was
100exciting to see that. She had to be so excited. Oh my gosh, I love it. To receive $1,000 for her classroom. That was cool. Or for professional development, whatever she wants to use it for. Um this weekend I went to the Girl Scouts in Beaver Creek, their um awards ceremony. You should be so proud of our Beavers because I'm telling you now, there are three major awards, the bronze, the silver, and the gold. Our Treybine kids, there are 10 of them received. It's 20 hours they put into a bronze to receive the bronze award. And they did something on a literacy program. So that was really cool. We had four of our Beaver Creek kids win the gold award, 80 hours of service. So that says a lot for our Beaver Creek girls. And I
101want you to say that Olivia Hooton, who is a Beaver Creek graduate, was the guest speaker. This woman, she's been, oh my gosh, the woman, and I mean woman, is amazing. She's 21. What she has accomplished since graduating. Seriously, we would have to be here for another hour. I'm sitting there talking about her. I'm like, get out of here. Which was no surprise if you knew Olivia. So, I have to shout out to her. That was the per they said they asked her to be the guest speaker because they knew when she graduated from college the next year they wouldn't be able to find her. But she has done internships at Disney and different organizations all over this country. Those are our Beaver Creek kids. I'm just saying. And this Saturday is Pretty and Pink
102Beaver Creek Scholarship Lunch. And I have to thank the Beaver Creek Women's League because they held this lunchon four scholarships for our Beaver Creek kids. There are seniors and women in transition. They received they broke a record this year. 53 baskets worth $7,966. But 10 of those baskets were donations, not money from the schools. our individual buildings donated baskets to the Beaver Creek Women's League. 10 baskets from Beaver Creek City Schools totaling $955. So, I want to thank all the buildings for doing that. And this weekend, last big chance, Beaver High School Musical Curtains, Friday and Saturday night, 7:30, it's your big chance to see the last performance of the year. And with that, Joanne, after listening to you right now, how did you ever win this OPRO award? >> Yeah, I know. >> Hey,
103Joanne, if we could before the board leaves, I'd like to have our three new directors come up to get a picture with you. And we've got a gift for all of them. I had to make sure they got voted in before I gave them the gift. [laughter] >> Okay. So with that, I need a motion, a second to take it into executive session for the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, and compensation of public employee Ohio advice code 121.22G1 and security arrangements Ohio code 121.22 G6. Motion a second. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Please call vote. >> Mr. Morrison. Yes, >> Mrs. Reeo. >> Yes, >> Mr. Taylor. >> Yes, >> Mr. Boom. >> Yes. >> And Mrs. Hunt.