1 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,560 September 2 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:34,399 to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic which stands 3 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:38,760 one nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. 4 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:50,200 So exciting. All right. 5 00:00:50,719 --> 00:00:59,640 request to address the governing board. We have request 6 00:00:55,199 --> 00:00:59,640 pursuant to Arizona revised statute 7 00:01:00,079 --> 00:01:03,079 38-431.01. 8 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:11,200 This agenda item open to the public allowing individuals an opportunity to 9 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:15,280 address the governing board on any issue within the jurisdiction of the governing 10 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:19,200 board. Members of the public wishing to address the governing board are required 11 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:23,520 to complete a public participation form and submit the completed form to the 12 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:27,759 superintendent prior to the meeting. Individuals recognized by the board 13 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:32,240 president must state his or her name. Speakers may comment on any item on the 14 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:36,799 agenda or topics not listed on the agenda. No personal attacks on the 15 00:01:34,479 --> 00:01:42,479 governing board staff or other community members will be allowed. Individual 16 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:46,720 comment will be limited to no and no more than 30 minutes will be 17 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:50,240 devoted to the public comment of the agenda. 18 00:01:48,399 --> 00:01:53,479 If I can please have Christine Walker come forward. 19 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:08,399 » Thank you governing board. I appreciate your time today. My questions are uh 20 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:13,840 multiple and I don't expect answers today but I want to bring to your 21 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:19,120 attention the teacher retention rate in the United States is at 7% in Arizona we 22 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:24,160 are at a 14% attrition rate. What is Aguafria Union High School District 23 00:02:20,879 --> 00:02:28,480 doing to retain teachers and keep them qualified and certified here within the 24 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:33,519 district? Second question, bell schedules. I was 25 00:02:30,959 --> 00:02:38,640 looking today to find the bell schedules for the published of 202728. They are 26 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:41,920 not, but your community calendar is or your academic calendar is. I was 27 00:02:40,239 --> 00:02:46,640 wondering where the bell schedules can be found. 28 00:02:44,239 --> 00:02:50,800 Summertime meetings, you move them to 4 p.m. I really want to try to understand 29 00:02:48,239 --> 00:02:55,360 why that's a 400 p.m. instead of a 6 pm because I'm pretty sure all of us are 30 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:59,280 working until four or five. Why does it go to four o'clock on the two months 31 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:03,440 that are probably the single most important two months of your decision 32 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:06,677 making before the school year? And I want to understand why it's not at 6 PM 33 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:09,440 as you can see a full room of people. [clears throat] And I understand there's 34 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:14,720 other things on the agenda today for that. And I'm sorry that I'm bringing up 35 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:20,400 such questions. But these are things that I really want to find out. Why is 36 00:03:16,879 --> 00:03:24,560 it four o'clock and not six o'clock? The biggest thing I'm here for today is 37 00:03:22,319 --> 00:03:30,080 I want to understand what your failure policy is for your students. Do you 38 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:35,760 allow them to fail? If they have earned a failing grade, are our students 39 00:03:32,319 --> 00:03:41,360 allowed to fail the class? This is the utmost important time of their life to 40 00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:46,720 learn how to fail. Take the criticism, take the critique, learn, grow, develop, 41 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:52,400 and understand what they did wrong. this is the safe place for them to do so. Do 42 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:57,599 you allow students to fail or is it because you want an Agrade school that 43 00:03:55,120 --> 00:04:02,319 you don't allow that to happen? That's the biggest concern I have here today. 44 00:04:00,239 --> 00:04:06,319 Second concern. No. One, two, three, four, excuse me. 45 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:10,080 Fifth concern, class sizes. What are we doing about class sizes? Are you 46 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:14,480 ordering trying to gain more teachers? Are you ordering more classes to be 47 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:19,680 filled so that when teachers have their off period that they are teaching a 48 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:24,560 class? Do we have furniture accom to accommodate this growth that we are 49 00:04:22,079 --> 00:04:29,440 seeing here in the West Valley? Those are the major concerns that I have and I 50 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:34,400 don't know if the other public does but truly just clarity on those types of 51 00:04:31,919 --> 00:04:39,520 policies would be fantastic. One thing I do want to know regarding the attrition 52 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:42,400 rate here, is it going to be a published number or is that something you're going 53 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:46,800 to have to research somewhere? Somebody has the statistics for that. And I would 54 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:51,199 just love to know where Iowa Frea stands as far as the rest of the nation is 55 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:57,639 concerned. Are we at 14%, are we at 24%, are we at 3%. That's the numbers that 56 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,639 I'm looking for. Thank you. 57 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,960 » Thank you. 58 00:05:04,479 --> 00:05:08,840 4.01 recognition. 59 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:22,160 » Good evening, governing board president Actton, governing board members, 60 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:26,320 superintendent ESOS, and this amazing Alfria community. Thank you for um 61 00:05:24,639 --> 00:05:31,680 allowing us to be here this evening. We are excited that our uh superintendent, 62 00:05:29,039 --> 00:05:36,000 academic superstars, is back uh to be represented here at our governing board 63 00:05:33,759 --> 00:05:40,080 each month. And so we're excited to be able to shout out the academic 64 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:44,479 excellence among our students across our entire district. And so we will start to 65 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:49,840 do that each month going forward. Um tonight we have Dr. Sarah Pearson coming 66 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:54,039 forward to um shout out our first superstars for the year. 67 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:08,319 There we go. Thank you, Superintendent Eastless, Governing Board Actton, 68 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:12,240 governing board members and our Fria community. 69 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:18,000 Excited to be here tonight to kick this off this initiative. The launch of the 70 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:22,319 academies of the southwest valley has brought many tremendous partnerships and 71 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:27,199 our celebration tonight is a testament to the commitment of those partners 72 00:06:24,479 --> 00:06:32,319 investing in our students. Through our ongoing medical summits last year, every 73 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:36,560 medical partner voiced the need for more healthcare workers in the West Valley, 74 00:06:34,479 --> 00:06:41,759 an area with tremendous opportunity for high demand, high wage careers. One 75 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:45,840 identified barrier is admission to nursing programs and healthcare programs 76 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:50,160 sometimes for joining weight lists and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona made a 77 00:06:47,919 --> 00:06:54,240 $40,000 investment in our students to help address this barrier. So the Afria 78 00:06:52,800 --> 00:07:00,160 High School District, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and Accelerate ASU 79 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:04,000 formed a strategic partnership to develop a structured healthc care and 80 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:08,240 nursing pathway with the goal of strengthening Arizona's future 81 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:13,360 healthcare workforce and expanding college access to West Valley students. 82 00:07:11,199 --> 00:07:17,360 So through ASU universal learner courses, these students that we'll 83 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:23,199 recognize tonight will be uh taking nursing course uh nursing foundation 84 00:07:20,319 --> 00:07:28,560 courses that are all prerequisites for applying to ASU's uh nursing program. 85 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:33,840 And these are all credits that also transfer to instate uh colleges. So, at 86 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:37,440 a recent awards celebration hosted by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, our 87 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:41,919 students were recognized for their poise, attentiveness, 88 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:46,479 uh, and communication skills. So, we're grateful to have Alio Gainer from 89 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:50,960 Arizona State University and Washington Coina, the vice pres president of 90 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:54,879 commercial verticals and strategy for Blue Cross Blue Shield with us tonight. 91 00:07:53,039 --> 00:08:00,319 We are excited to celebrate our students. So, with that, students, uh, 92 00:07:58,879 --> 00:08:04,240 I'm going to call up by school and our school principal will join us, hand them 93 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:11,319 their certificates, and we'll get a group picture of everyone afterwards. 94 00:08:06,879 --> 00:08:11,319 So can I hear principal Daniels come 95 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:25,720 from aa high school we have Dianis Valer [applause] 96 00:08:34,399 --> 00:08:38,820 Natalyia Dominguez >> [applause] 97 00:08:41,919 --> 00:08:46,681 » Pearl Ruby Martinez [applause] 98 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:53,231 and Reagan Stevens [applause] 99 00:08:59,519 --> 00:09:07,560 » and we have Mr. Santenno, assistant principal from Cany View, who will be 100 00:09:03,519 --> 00:09:07,560 standing in for Principal Reed, 101 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:21,399 » Chamilleia Garcia, [applause] sorry 102 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:27,291 Devin Howard, [applause] 103 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,531 Nadia Barrera, >> [applause] 104 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:38,426 » and Paige Merrill. [applause] 105 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,200 Principal hand, 106 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,386 DESIREE CAMARO [applause] 107 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,591 EVA LARA, [applause] 108 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:13,797 Jayla Malone, [applause] 109 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:19,037 and Kimberly Menhavar. [applause] 110 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:29,200 As principal Bundy makes her way up here, you see that the students have 111 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:34,480 beautiful engraved plaque that Blue Cross Blue Shield provided them. So, did 112 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:38,640 a great job recognizing these students for this 113 00:10:35,839 --> 00:10:42,617 great accomplishment. All right. Elani Shabaria, 114 00:10:40,597 --> 00:10:42,617 [applause] 115 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,857 Bella Martinez, [applause] 116 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:54,407 Destiny Lopez, [applause] 117 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,647 and Matteo Curiel. [applause] 118 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,800 and Principal Le 119 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:24,537 from Verado High School. Allison mimeto, [applause] 120 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:30,432 Isabella Gaxiola, [applause] 121 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,602 Natalie Rose, [applause] 122 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,843 and Nicholas Maldonado. [applause] 123 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:52,480 Congratulations to these students. Everyone stay up here. We're going to 124 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:57,160 grab a picture with you guys. Might need to scooch in a little bit. Let's give 125 00:11:53,680 --> 00:11:57,160 them a round [applause] of applause. 126 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,000 » Yeah. 127 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,399 people here. 128 00:12:28,018 --> 00:12:30,038 [applause] 129 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,839 » Sorry, one more. Sorry. Sorry. 130 00:12:41,773 --> 00:12:43,793 » [applause] 131 00:12:45,839 --> 00:12:48,920 » Thank you. 132 00:13:13,839 --> 00:13:21,120 Okay, we'll move on to more student recognition. 133 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:26,320 » President Actton, members of the governing board, Superintendent Heless 134 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:30,399 and our extended our Pria community packed house tonight. It's always great 135 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:34,959 to celebrate students and the continued work that they do. Um, I'm going to 136 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:39,440 introduce Dr. for Kristen Tiffany to come up and talk about our freshman 137 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:42,560 mentor program. Uh we have some students here. They're going to talk to you about 138 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:46,880 the impact that the freshman mentor program has had in just a short time in 139 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:50,120 our district. So, Dr. Tiffany, if you want to go ahead. 140 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:58,079 » Thank you so much, President Actton, Vice President Landis, Superintendent 141 00:13:55,680 --> 00:14:02,079 Elas, and our incredible AARA community. I'm honored to be up here tonight uh to 142 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:05,839 introduce the representatives that are going to be speaking to you. um one from 143 00:14:04,079 --> 00:14:10,320 each of the five schools that have our freshman mentor program. So, come on 144 00:14:08,079 --> 00:14:14,184 down. Come on. 145 00:14:12,164 --> 00:14:14,184 [applause] 146 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,920 Excellent. 147 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:30,880 All right. this group, oh, this group of wonderful uh mentors will 148 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:35,519 share some information with you guys tonight about our mentor program that's 149 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:39,839 been districtwide for about five years now. Um, as well as share some 150 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:44,720 testimonials about uh how the freshman mentor program has impacted them and 151 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:49,500 impacted the freshmen on their campuses. Um, what who we have tonight is Nathan 152 00:14:47,279 --> 00:14:51,520 from Desert Edge. There's Nathan. [applause] 153 00:14:52,399 --> 00:15:02,040 Uh, we have Carly from Millennium. [applause] Yay, Carly. 154 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:02,040 Josie from Verado. 155 00:15:02,399 --> 00:15:06,585 Luis from Mafria, [applause] 156 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:14,560 Alexa from Canyon View, [applause] and then to represent our incredible 157 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:18,399 adviserss that work with these uh wonderful mentors, we have Sabrina Booth 158 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:21,650 uh representing our adviserss from Breto. [applause] 159 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:29,680 Awesome. So, I'm gonna turn it over to Nathan to kick us off. 160 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:33,279 » Uh, hello. My name is Nathan. Uh, I go to Desert Edge High School and I'm here 161 00:15:31,199 --> 00:15:38,880 to tell you guys why the Freshman Mentor P program matters to me. Uh, the move 162 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:42,800 from 8th grade to 9th grade brings new opportunities, relationships, 163 00:15:40,639 --> 00:15:47,360 expectations, and challenges as students begin to find their place in the high 164 00:15:45,199 --> 00:15:52,079 school community. Our freshman mentor program connects connects incoming ninth 165 00:15:49,519 --> 00:15:55,680 graders with juniors and seniors senior student leaders who have helped them. It 166 00:15:54,079 --> 00:15:59,040 helps them navigate the transition from eighth grade to 9th grade. I know for me 167 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:03,199 personally coming from a completely different school than anyone else. It 168 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:07,360 really helped me connect with the new students, make new friends and bring the 169 00:16:05,519 --> 00:16:11,040 community all together. uh you get to build relationships and a sense of 170 00:16:08,959 --> 00:16:14,880 belonging by just getting involved with the school helps with that by uh 171 00:16:12,959 --> 00:16:18,240 extracurriculars like marching band, theater and all that. It helps you get 172 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:23,519 involved with community and know more people um be become connected to the 173 00:16:21,519 --> 00:16:27,680 people activities and opportunities on campus. Like I said, we had our club 174 00:16:25,279 --> 00:16:31,839 rush two weeks ago and we got so many new people for all those different clubs 175 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:36,320 and really help those freshmen get get with those people that have that same 176 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:40,320 interest with them. Uh, and they get to develop confidence and skills for 177 00:16:37,839 --> 00:16:45,600 success in high school. If it wasn't for theater, I don't know how I'd be doing 178 00:16:42,399 --> 00:16:50,000 this because it's a bit scary, but being able just to talk in front of people and 179 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:52,720 doing all this helps communicate with the with others and it really helps you. 180 00:16:51,986 --> 00:16:55,839 [snorts] And then every freshman should have 181 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:59,360 someone at school who knows them, supports them, and helps them find their 182 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:03,759 place. Just by getting to know people who have the same uh likes as you, it 183 00:17:02,399 --> 00:17:09,726 can help bring in the group of friends that you never thought you would have in 184 00:17:05,039 --> 00:17:09,726 the beginning. Thank you. [applause] 185 00:17:12,559 --> 00:17:20,640 » Hi. Um I'm Karly Johnson. I go to Ming High School. I'm talking mainly about 186 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:27,919 the peerto-peer model of support. Um for freshman family, um we call it Pride 187 00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:32,240 Pack. Um juniors and seniors apply to uh act as mentors to the freshmen. Um 188 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:37,840 specifically, we go in like once a month, talk about things going on at the 189 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:40,640 school. Um and at the very beginning of the school year, we go and do 190 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:44,160 presentations and stuff and get them all settled in. We give them tours and 191 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:48,960 stuff. It's really um at least it was for me when I 192 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:51,919 was a freshman, impactful. It kind of helped you to get a better understanding 193 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:58,480 of like where you are and what's going on. Um, for the freshmen, uh, especially 194 00:17:55,360 --> 00:18:01,600 since we're there full year, um, we act as like familiar faces, especially in a 195 00:18:00,559 --> 00:18:05,440 school where you kind of don't really know anybody, especially in my case 196 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:10,640 since I came from El Thomas Hec. Um, there's not a lot of kids at Millennium 197 00:18:07,039 --> 00:18:15,520 who come from El Thomas Heek. Um, we act as guidance and encouragement um, 198 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:20,400 throughout freshman family. When I'm there, I open it up to Q&As's 199 00:18:17,679 --> 00:18:22,080 frequently. um it's helpful to the kids especially when they have a lot of 200 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:26,000 questions that they're kind of embarrassed to ask teachers or something 201 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:30,320 like that. Um so I think that that helps in general. Um a greater awareness of 202 00:18:28,559 --> 00:18:34,880 school resources and opportunities. We give a lot of presentations about a lot 203 00:18:33,039 --> 00:18:39,360 of things that happen at the school. Um so resources and opportunities being uh 204 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:43,360 counselors um different numbers that they may need to call what whatever the 205 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:47,120 situation may be. Um and a stronger connection to the school community. 206 00:18:44,559 --> 00:18:52,080 Again, like he said with the uh clubs and stuff, the club rush, uh we had a 207 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:56,880 whole long list of all the clubs and and sports and teams and whatnot that they 208 00:18:54,720 --> 00:19:01,760 were able to join and a lot of kids found um that they wanted to join a lot 209 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:07,440 of those clubs. And so that was quite nice. And then for us mentors, uh it 210 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:14,320 provides great leadership experience um throughout learning and being a freshman 211 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:21,600 family member and a a mentor to these freshmen. Um I have grown a lot as a 212 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:27,200 person. Um, I I used to be super anxious and stuff and I still am, but at this 213 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:30,960 moment in time, I find it a lot more a lot easier to, you know, go up and talk 214 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:37,120 to people despite the fact that I may be a little shaky. Um, also an opportunity 215 00:19:34,799 --> 00:19:41,919 to positive positively influence younger students. Um, a lot of kids come in 216 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:45,039 really anxious. A lot of kids don't know what they're doing, don't know where 217 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:49,280 they're going. Um, I know the first day of school, one of my freshmen from my 218 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:55,039 class came up to me and she was like, "I don't know where I'm going." So, it was 219 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:59,039 I think I I'm hoping I have and we have positive impacts on these kids um 220 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:05,213 especially as they're coming into high school because this is such a pivotal 221 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:07,233 point for them. So, you know, THANK YOU [applause] 222 00:20:17,679 --> 00:20:22,480 Good evening, governing board, president, president Actton, board 223 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:26,240 members, superintendent, Islas, and community members. My name is Josie 224 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:29,679 Owens. I am a senior at Vado High School and a secondyear freshman mentor. I am 225 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:33,520 honored to be able to speak with you about my privilege to be your freshman 226 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:38,640 mentor during my time as an upperassman. When I first joined, I will admit it was 227 00:20:35,679 --> 00:20:41,440 a little intimidating. Uh it's a little intimidating to attend freshman day and 228 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:45,440 then stand in front of a class of freshmen I didn't know um who I will be 229 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:50,320 working with all year to try to connect with and guide them. But as time went 230 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:54,320 on, it got easier. I was able to form bonds and still talk to freshmen that I 231 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:57,600 met last year. Uh I catch up with them where they currently are and still give 232 00:20:55,760 --> 00:21:01,440 them advice when they need it. It was such a privilege to become a safe space 233 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:05,120 for people who are in a spot that I was once in, giving them constant support 234 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:09,679 and advice that I felt I personally needed when I was at that point. We were 235 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:13,600 also able to attend our FMP summit last year um which hosted FMP members from 236 00:21:11,919 --> 00:21:16,400 across the district which allowed me to formulate connections with different 237 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:21,120 mentors from different schools and areas. Another rewarding aspect of the 238 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:24,400 program uh was also the part of giving tours to new students. Uh when new 239 00:21:23,039 --> 00:21:27,679 students arrive, they will typically get assigned a freshman mentor to give them 240 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:31,039 tours and take them to their classes throughout the day. Uh, I have done a 241 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:36,240 few myself and I have to say that being a support system for someone going 242 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:39,760 through a massive and often scary change is an incredible experience and 243 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:43,679 responsibility. You truly become a sort of rock for many people while in this 244 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:47,120 program. And that relationship lasts much longer than the scheduled time you 245 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:50,480 were given with them. And being able to watch the people you get the privilege 246 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:54,159 to mentor grow and find their place in high school is amazing to witness and is 247 00:21:52,559 --> 00:21:58,080 something um that I hope will continue to grow 248 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:01,520 even further with the program after I graduate. Overall, this program has 249 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:05,039 gifted me more than I ever thought it would. It allowed me to form allowed me 250 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:08,159 to help many different people grow in a new and scary environment while also 251 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:12,480 forming new connections. It gives many people besides myself a sense of purpose 252 00:22:10,799 --> 00:22:15,120 and gives others a support system for where they feel they may not be 253 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,679 comfortable speaking to an adult. they can instead speak to someone who is 254 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:22,000 still experiencing the high school experience and very recently was also a 255 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:25,280 freshman themselves. The program is rewarding to both parties and I 256 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:29,280 encourage others to join whenever I get the chance to. Um, all in all, this 257 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:32,720 program has done me a great service to me and others and I'm extremely grateful 258 00:22:31,039 --> 00:22:36,159 for the opportunities it has presented me. Thank you for this opportunity to 259 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:41,200 speak about my experience in a program that now has 291 members. I hope this 260 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:45,035 sheds some light on Bar and the district's FMP program and all it has to 261 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:47,055 offer. THANK YOU. >> [applause] 262 00:22:54,799 --> 00:22:58,600 » GOOD EVENING, GOVERNING BOARD. 263 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:04,960 This first question asks, why is the freshman uh freshman mental program 264 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:11,039 important to us? I believe it's important to us since most of us I agree 265 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:16,080 uh if you guys can agree with me that we all really enjoy supporting and 266 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:20,400 welcoming others to the school really. So we can all agree that when we all 267 00:23:19,039 --> 00:23:24,080 first came into high school we had that big intimidation when we first walked in 268 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:29,039 through those gates, walked through those metal detectors and see all these 269 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:32,400 big buildings, big classrooms. We all that big intimidation and like oh we are 270 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:37,039 so scared. What are we going to do with ourselves? And I believe it's important 271 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:40,559 to me because I can now step in with these freshmen and really help them 272 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:43,760 build that bridge between that middle school setting into this high school 273 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:47,039 setting and really help them build that bridge between them because we all 274 00:23:45,679 --> 00:23:50,960 understand how it felt when we first came into high school, right? And it was 275 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:55,039 it was a really great experience to really step in and help these freshmen 276 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:58,559 all the way around all the way around through the year and really get to know 277 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:02,159 them and build a really good connection with them for them to be comfortable 278 00:23:59,919 --> 00:24:05,280 with us. not only with us but with their teachers and their peers and know how to 279 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:10,320 get through navigate through high school altogether. 280 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:14,240 Question to ask, what impact do they uh what impact do they hope to make by 281 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:21,039 being a part of the freshman mentor program? Well, I hope to uh make create 282 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:26,640 an impact for is to pass on kindness to with these freshmen. Obviously, 283 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:31,200 um, when I was, uh, a little younger, my freshman year, I didn't really know how 284 00:24:28,559 --> 00:24:36,480 to talk to people. As a freshman, they don't know how to really put themselves 285 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:41,200 out there and really use our voice, right? And so, with us stepping in, we 286 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:46,559 can help them, encourage them to really get out there and get out and do stuff 287 00:24:43,039 --> 00:24:52,000 for them. So, with us, we welcome them. We assure them that 288 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:56,559 everything's going to be okay. And with that kindness, we can really motivate 289 00:24:54,320 --> 00:25:00,320 them to pass that on. And when I say pass that on, I don't mean for them to 290 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:04,559 pay back to us. I encourage them to pass it on, to really encourage them to do it 291 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:09,679 to the new generation of class that comes in. And I really believe that can 292 00:25:06,559 --> 00:25:12,960 leave a like a great impact into the program because it could be a new 293 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:15,760 tradition that we could build upon these like new grade levels that come in 294 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:21,200 through year through year through year. and I really believe that it would be a 295 00:25:18,799 --> 00:25:26,877 really great benefit to high school in general. 296 00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:26,877 Thank you. [applause] 297 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:36,240 » Hello, my name is Alexa and I want to talk about the FMP program and how it's 298 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:40,159 given me time and time again the platform to promote unity, strengthen my 299 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:44,400 leadership skills, and foster schoolwide community. I've been able to make a 300 00:25:42,159 --> 00:25:48,559 meaningful and deeply personal impact on Canyon View and not just the underassman 301 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:52,720 like the freshman I mentor but also all Canyon View students. I've had the 302 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:56,720 opportunity to grow closer to a lot of my own peers, a lot of mentors, um 303 00:25:55,120 --> 00:26:01,600 become friends with them and establish those connections and also making them 304 00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:05,120 feel seen, heard, and ensuring that they feel connected on campus. Whether it is 305 00:26:03,679 --> 00:26:09,360 a freshman that's trying to find their way or it's another mentor trying to 306 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:13,760 find still trying to find their place on campus. FMP has allowed me to explore 307 00:26:11,919 --> 00:26:17,760 new opportunities and expand my interpersonal skills all whilst being a 308 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:21,243 strong leader for underassmen. Thank you. [applause] 309 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:29,520 » Good evening members of the board and superintendentless. My name is Sabrina 310 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:33,039 Booth and I'm the FMP adviser for Vado High School. I have been a part of the 311 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:36,559 freshman mentor program since it first began and it has been amazing to watch 312 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:40,400 the program grow and see the connections that have been built over time. One of 313 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:44,000 the most positive impacts I have seen is the sense of connection it creates for 314 00:26:41,919 --> 00:26:47,200 our nth grade students. Starting high school can be very overwhelming and 315 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:50,799 having a trusted person they know they can go to gives students an additional 316 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:55,679 layer of support as they adjust academically, socially, and emotionally. 317 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:59,120 What has been especially rewarding is seeing those relationships continue 318 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:02,320 outside of scheduled mentor meetings. You see mentors and students connecting 319 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:06,799 in the hallways, checking in with each other and building relationships that 320 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:10,640 may have not happened otherwise. This program has also had a positive 321 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:14,159 impact on our mentors. It gives staff the opportunity to connect with students 322 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:17,440 outside of their traditional roles, celebrate their successes, and be 323 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:21,679 another person on campus who is looking out for them. It has been very rewarding 324 00:27:19,919 --> 00:27:25,919 to watch this program grow and to see the relationships it has created between 325 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:30,000 students and staff. Ultimately, it helps our freshmen know that they have people 326 00:27:27,919 --> 00:27:33,840 on campus who know them, support them, and overall want to see them succeed. 327 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:36,960 Thank you for the opportunity to share the impact of this program and for your 328 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:40,640 continued support of the work being done across our district. I am excited to see 329 00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:44,480 how the freshman mentor program continues to grow and positively impact 330 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:48,359 our students and staff in the years ahead. Thank you. [applause] 331 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,640 I know. I know. 332 00:28:25,639 --> 00:28:27,659 » [applause] 333 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,640 » Okay. 334 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,279 Who's presenting that one? 335 00:28:57,679 --> 00:29:05,650 trying to get through everybody. >> Great job, guys. Thank you for coming. 336 00:29:03,630 --> 00:29:05,650 [applause] 337 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,720 » Recognition. 338 00:29:31,279 --> 00:29:38,880 Good evening board president Aton President um superintendent is and the 339 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:44,080 community. Sorry my voice is a little soft so I do apologize. On behalf of 340 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:49,120 everyone involved in this AIU partnership, we would like to express 341 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:54,159 our sincere gratitude for the opportunity to partner with AIU. This 342 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:59,679 collaboration has provided a meaningful opportunity for our employees and myself 343 00:29:56,640 --> 00:30:05,919 to continue our education. Tonight, we are honored to recognize our graduates 344 00:30:02,399 --> 00:30:10,159 from the class of 25 and 26 earning a master's degree. 345 00:30:07,820 --> 00:30:15,399 [clears throat] Congratulations. I would like to introduce Azie and JC to come 346 00:30:12,399 --> 00:30:15,399 up. 347 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:23,520 » Um I I just want to say uh obviously to [clears throat] Superintendent Eles and 348 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:29,440 and the board um it's an absolute honor to to be part of this partnership. It 349 00:30:25,919 --> 00:30:35,039 has uh given educators the opportunity to continue their education and um it's 350 00:30:32,399 --> 00:30:40,720 something that that as a superintendent and as a board you guys see the the 351 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:46,240 importance of that and we uh it obviously it it it makes a difference in 352 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:50,480 the classroom and beyond. So we are it's an absolute honor to be part of this 353 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:54,981 program and partnership and uh look forward to continuing that. So thank you 354 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:57,001 very much. >> [applause] 355 00:30:58,799 --> 00:31:03,200 » If we can get everybody that's graduated to please stand up so we can 356 00:31:02,186 --> 00:31:07,481 [clears throat] kind of clap for you and congratulate you and all that stuff. So, 357 00:31:05,461 --> 00:31:07,481 [applause] 358 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:20,200 » thank you. We appreciate it. 359 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:29,919 I love the recognition. That was great. >> Moving to 360 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:33,320 item five, information construction project updates. 361 00:31:39,279 --> 00:31:44,559 » Good evenings, uh, President Actton, members of the board, Superintendent 362 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:48,720 East, and members of our community. I was looking for a clicker here. 363 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:51,919 um just here like three weeks ago I think it was giving you a construction 364 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:56,559 update. A lot has happened during these three weeks. You'll see uh you guys can 365 00:31:54,720 --> 00:32:00,320 kind of slowly scroll through the Millennium pictures. Here you can see 366 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:03,600 the Millennium High School. Last time we focused on the eight new classrooms and 367 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:07,279 two new locker rooms that had gone in underneath the auxiliary gym. This week 368 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:13,360 we're showing you several aerial pictures of the giant hole um where a 369 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:18,640 spectacular classroom is going to grow out of that hole starting very soon. Um 370 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:23,120 it it's on time right now. Things are going great and we really look forward 371 00:32:20,399 --> 00:32:27,679 to coming back with the completion of this first phase. Uh as these pictures 372 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:31,519 wind down, you can see they've got all the underground utilities and everything 373 00:32:29,679 --> 00:32:35,840 in. And as it comes up on the last picture here in just a second, all of 374 00:32:33,679 --> 00:32:39,519 that's in ready to go. It's covered over and ready to start pouring kind of 375 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:43,240 slabs, foundations, and and start coming out of the ground. Now, 376 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:52,880 next up is going to be there's the final picture of of Millennium. Next up is 377 00:32:49,519 --> 00:32:57,600 going to be the Aua Fria project. Um, it was almost finished last time and and 378 00:32:55,120 --> 00:33:01,519 and it's h complete now. Here you see the new window into the school along 379 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:05,279 Daart Road. We did a lot sprucing up the landscape, some new signage, and it's 380 00:33:03,919 --> 00:33:09,360 just kind of fresh and new as you pull up to the school now, which is which is 381 00:33:07,039 --> 00:33:12,240 awesome. We like that landscape so much. I don't think Adam knows this, but we're 382 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:17,200 going to try and expand and do a little more landscaping to kind of complete and 383 00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:20,159 tie tie some of our projects together. Here you see the entrance to the 384 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:24,640 auditorium. Last week when the last month when the auditorium was just about 385 00:33:21,919 --> 00:33:28,240 complete, uh it was shown wide open at its full capacity. What you're going to 386 00:33:26,399 --> 00:33:32,000 see here is the pods are flipped around in the auditorium to where they kind of 387 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:36,240 serve as individual learning spaces and classrooms. Um so it's kind of the 388 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:39,679 smaller version of the auditorium that's set up there. When I popped it in 389 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:43,760 yesterday to take a few of these pictures, uh Kim Hill, the department 390 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:46,799 chair and theater director and speech and debate and a bunch of things at 391 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:51,200 offer you, she was there and she was just giddy with excitement over her new 392 00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:54,240 space and she actually offered to come in tonight. She goes, I I'll be happy to 393 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:58,880 come in and tell the board how awesome this is. And I'm like, I will be happy 394 00:33:55,679 --> 00:34:02,399 to convey your message um that you're enjoying your new space. Um we look 395 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:06,000 forward to getting the board over there sometime soon. I believe we're going to 396 00:34:03,679 --> 00:34:11,040 do our grand opening in October uh to coincide with their first big 397 00:34:07,519 --> 00:34:15,280 performances of the year at Aua Fria. And then finally, um I'll tell you when 398 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:22,480 to go through these, please. Um the Hilltop, it's 29 days 399 00:34:18,399 --> 00:34:27,119 » till opening day at the Hilltop. Um that kind of makes me a little nervous, 400 00:34:23,839 --> 00:34:31,200 but but super duper excited. Here you see this is what the entrance looked 401 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:34,399 like today. Uh they're doing the ephus, the kind of the coating of the building 402 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:38,079 right now. They're working around the building. This scaffolding is going to 403 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:42,639 start coming down literally in the next couple days. Um and you'll see the 404 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:47,919 completed front of the school, which is going to be awesome to see. Uh next 405 00:34:45,359 --> 00:34:52,560 slide, please. Um here you see the lobby. The lobby's pretty close to 406 00:34:50,399 --> 00:34:56,399 finished at this point. Uh starting on Monday, the flooring's going to go in 407 00:34:54,720 --> 00:35:02,000 and that's going to take about eight days. Once the flooring is in, then by 408 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:07,119 then all of our large hanging lights will be in uh and we'll start installing 409 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:11,760 those and then that space will be be pretty much complete at that point. Next 410 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:16,640 slide. Here you see the theater and concert 411 00:35:13,359 --> 00:35:20,480 hall. Um this picture is actually taken. This is the back right section which is 412 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:23,680 actually called the Goodyear section. There's six sections in the auditorium. 413 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:27,040 Each one of them's named after one of our current schools. Uh which is kind of 414 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:31,040 cool. So, this is from the back of the Goodyear section. You can see the stone 415 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:35,119 caps are on the railing there. The carpet is in in the lower section. It's 416 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:39,280 it's covered to protect it for right now. The carpet is just being finished 417 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:44,000 in the upper section. The chair company is working on laying out where all of 418 00:35:41,839 --> 00:35:48,079 the seating is going to be and drilling holes as we speak. And uh seating is 419 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:51,520 going to come in somewhere around the 12th or 15th. And that's when it's going 420 00:35:49,839 --> 00:35:55,200 to be installed. That will take about a week. Also, you can see here the big 421 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:59,839 speakers in the front of the auditorium are up. All of this sound treatment, the 422 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:05,040 fabric on the walls to make the sound work better. Is uh it's in place now. 423 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:09,280 You see the beams in the ceiling. So, things are moving fast in this space and 424 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:13,280 they're ready to kind of start tying everything together in there as well. 425 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:18,800 The next picture, go ahead. you'll see is is this is actually on the stage and 426 00:36:16,079 --> 00:36:23,040 this is where I would say really the vast majority of the work is taking 427 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:26,480 place now is in all of the audio visual. Um there's a lot of technology in this 428 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:32,560 building and I think that the lighting and sound is going to be uh outstanding. 429 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:35,920 Um our contractor and subcontractor are entering the final stages of this 430 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:39,200 install. One of the interesting things is is 431 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:42,160 literally literally about the last thing they do as they walk out of the 432 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:47,200 building, the contractors paint the stage. Uh that's about the last thing 433 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:51,520 that you'll see happen. Um I think there's two more pictures. This is 434 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:56,480 actually the serving area for Modern Grind Coffee Shop. So there are partners 435 00:36:53,920 --> 00:37:00,720 in this project and there are tenants and um some of their equipment is 436 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:04,640 actually starting to be installed now and they're training to be open on the 437 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:07,359 same day that we open. And the last picture is just looking the other 438 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:10,720 direction from that space. So you can see it's really starting to come 439 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:14,640 together. Now, one of the cool things about this space and our partnership is 440 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:18,320 is that this is also going to double as a student art gallery. So this is going 441 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:23,200 to give our student artwork a lot more exposure and maybe the opportunity for 442 00:37:20,079 --> 00:37:27,960 some art sales along the way as well. And that's my update for tonight. Any 443 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,960 questions? 444 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:32,520 » All right. Thank you. 445 00:37:49,119 --> 00:37:54,680 Yes. >> Both. Yes. 446 00:37:57,359 --> 00:38:03,200 » Action items. We have an approval for expendure. 447 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:14,720 I'll come up and this is normally a procurement item. So, usually Mr. 448 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:18,079 Sheepard addresses it. Um, but I told him I' since it's an action item this 449 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:23,920 month, I'd be happy to to talk about what's on here. Tonight's item is for a 450 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:29,440 uh upgrades to our air conditioning system at Desert Edge High School. Um, 451 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:33,440 we'd had some minor issues over time and that became more significant issues and 452 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:39,200 we found the source of what we believe those issues are which was some changes 453 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:44,079 that need to be made in the piping and u that's what this item is for. Um, this 454 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:48,880 item is not eligible for school facilities division uh funding which is 455 00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:53,760 why we are funding it out of our bond funds and the procurement is through the 456 00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:57,280 one GPA cooperative. >> Thank you for addressing 457 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:13,880 Yes. Thank you. 458 00:39:21,839 --> 00:39:24,839 Yes. 459 00:39:25,599 --> 00:39:29,160 » Moving on to our 460 00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:33,240 discussion. 461 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,440 » None tonight. 462 00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,720 » Yes. 463 00:39:55,760 --> 00:40:04,480 as an active members of the board. With your approval of the consent agenda 464 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:08,800 items, we recognize that you have promoted some employees in our district 465 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:13,200 that we're very proud of. I'm going to ask 466 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:16,960 deputy superintendent of academics uh to please take that over. Thank you. 467 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:20,880 » Okay. Thank you, President Actton and members of the board. Superintendent 468 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:25,839 Heless and the Owl Fria community and especially the Owl Fria High School 469 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:30,400 community. I knew that I knew I was going to get the hoop. Um, you know 470 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:34,400 what's great about being a part of this school district is if you're here long 471 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:38,800 enough, you get to see some really great things. Uh, we got to see some 472 00:40:37,119 --> 00:40:43,599 absolutely awesome student presentations. And you know what's the 473 00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:48,240 only thing that's second to that is to be able to celebrate long-standing 474 00:40:45,599 --> 00:40:52,320 members of our Awolf Fria district community. Uh put their hard work, 475 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:57,839 perseverance into being the very best employees they can and to be rewarded 476 00:40:54,240 --> 00:41:02,319 with that work. And so um both gentlemen that I'm going to talk about tonight um 477 00:41:00,079 --> 00:41:07,440 have been a part of our leadership cadre which has been a absolute great program 478 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:14,000 to really help foster and continue to grow our own. And so that dedication um 479 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:17,599 is isn't um taken for granted. And so the first person that I want to talk 480 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:22,533 about is I want to talk about Mr. Josh Jovenelli. Mr. Jovenelli, can you come 481 00:41:19,599 --> 00:41:22,533 up here please? [applause] 482 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:33,760 » Mr. Joanelli has been with us for what 13 years now. 483 00:41:31,359 --> 00:41:39,839 » And so uh he's been he spent that whole entire time at Alfria High School. 484 00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:42,960 um I won't tell his whole story, but um there was a certain point in time where 485 00:41:41,119 --> 00:41:48,480 Josh didn't believe that he was going to be at all for or maybe even be a 486 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:52,720 teacher. And so um now we fast forward 13 years and I know I've had the 487 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:58,800 pleasure of working personally with Josh on so many different projects um both as 488 00:41:55,680 --> 00:42:02,240 a math teacher in our district and as an assistant principal and athletic 489 00:42:00,079 --> 00:42:06,480 director. And um you want to talk about a man of character. Uh this is 490 00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:10,000 definitely um when you open the book, this is a man of character right here. 491 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:13,599 And so I I appreciate everything that you've done for our district. Um and I 492 00:42:12,079 --> 00:42:18,880 know I'm going to give opportunity for Miss Daniels to principal Daniels to 493 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:23,520 come up here as well. Um but uh from the district, um we're excited to have you. 494 00:42:21,599 --> 00:42:27,440 Uh I know Alfria High School is a little probably upset with me when I made this 495 00:42:25,359 --> 00:42:31,280 announcement um because he's meant so much to that Alfria community, but we're 496 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:34,880 excited for him to come up uh and lead our safety department here as a district 497 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:38,514 office. So congratulations, Mr. Gentlemen. 498 00:42:36,494 --> 00:42:38,514 [applause] 499 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:50,720 Principal Daniels. Um I I feel like you know we did uh even though that we took 500 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:56,480 someone away from her campus, we also gave her opportunity to uh give a 501 00:42:53,599 --> 00:43:00,960 muchdeserved promotion uh to to an individual who has uh really been great 502 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:06,079 for us here in the district. And so I will let her talk about Mr. Bill Babiar. 503 00:43:04,079 --> 00:43:09,680 Um, and so, Principal Danny, you want to come up and introduce your new assistant 504 00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:15,920 principal and athletic director? >> The honor to introduce our um, newest 505 00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:22,079 owl to our leadership team. We have renamed our group chat booty crew. It 506 00:43:20,319 --> 00:43:26,800 was deciding between the A team or the hoodie crew. So, who do that? Um, one of 507 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:33,119 the greatest privileges of leadership is watching leaders grow and thrive. Um and 508 00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:37,839 so it is an absolute privilege to um have him join our team who he's been 509 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:42,720 part of our team. He uh has been an owl and part of our owl family for a really 510 00:43:39,359 --> 00:43:48,480 really long time. Um it is a full circle moment for me tonight. Uh especially to 511 00:43:45,599 --> 00:43:53,839 recognize Bill who I first knew as Billy as a former student. Uh and when he was 512 00:43:51,599 --> 00:43:58,640 a student even then his energy, his leadership and his investment in school 513 00:43:56,400 --> 00:44:04,720 were impossible to miss. He was in clubs and sports and officer um and going to 514 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:11,359 all of these conferences and always so well spoken and presentable. Uh he was 515 00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:16,240 allin or as we callin at Awafria and the same passion has followed him throughout 516 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:20,640 every stage of his career. Later I had an opportunity to be his athletic 517 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:26,240 director where he was an incredible golf coach uh and also a phenomenal film and 518 00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:31,680 TV teacher and actually won us a excellent award. um through AIA through 519 00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:36,000 the spirit award which was fantastic. So we got to collaborate. It's been a p 520 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:42,000 privilege to also see him thrive as our academy coach asmies of the southwest 521 00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:47,200 valley and he has been such a leader amongst his team and it was really tough 522 00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:51,839 for him to break the news to um such a dynamic team that he has really sh 523 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:56,560 helped shape and lead. All of these qualities make Bill a natural leader 524 00:44:54,560 --> 00:45:01,680 who's driven, passionate, creative, dependable, and full of owl pride. We 525 00:44:59,119 --> 00:45:06,720 call him Mr. Al Pride. He won that award last year at our lunchon. You can always 526 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:11,839 count on him for an hour of slow clap or a hoodie who you heard much of tonight. 527 00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:15,920 And the ability to balance having fun with knowing when it's time to get 528 00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:20,400 serious and get the job done. Uh, one of his greatest strengths is his 529 00:45:17,359 --> 00:45:25,520 efficiency, organization. uh he leads field trips to GCU. He coordinated 530 00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:30,240 graduation. He established Olympics which is a community event of teachers 531 00:45:27,359 --> 00:45:34,560 to get together and join in friendly competition and community as an al 532 00:45:32,079 --> 00:45:38,160 family together. At each of these events that he is the lead of you know that 533 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:42,720 there's a spreadsheet or a checklist or a to-do list, a plan to keep everything 534 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:48,880 moving and going in the right direction and he thinks ahead and one who makes 535 00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:54,160 things happen. He's also uh a has a gift for building community and strengthen 536 00:45:51,359 --> 00:46:00,240 stren strengthens our AL family. He's a great networker, develops partnerships 537 00:45:56,800 --> 00:46:05,520 and constantly is investing in we over me and how can I help? He has jumped in 538 00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:09,599 so much. Um and this time last year if I asked him are you ready to jump into 539 00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:15,920 this? Um he probably wouldn't have had both feet in but I know that he is all 540 00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:21,280 in and he's going to give 100%. Um those qualities that I just shared make him 541 00:46:18,319 --> 00:46:27,680 who he is and they will serve him so well in this position as he steps into 542 00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:32,319 ADAP. Um last year I talked about Bill who Billy who's now Bill last year was a 543 00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:37,040 full circle where we got to take a graduation picture together and years 544 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:42,800 ago as Billy we took a graduation picture as um a TOSA and a student. So 545 00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:47,280 having him lead graduation and all of the logistics and operations, he just 546 00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:51,680 knocked it out of the park. And that was such a proud moment to stand behind him 547 00:46:49,359 --> 00:46:56,720 years later. Now I get to stand beside him and lead with him. And I am so proud 548 00:46:54,319 --> 00:47:00,319 of you and I'm so excited to see the impact that you're going to make on our 549 00:46:58,240 --> 00:47:07,012 students and staff and community and the great things that you do. And to my Bill 550 00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:09,032 aka Billy Woody who baby. [applause] 551 00:47:17,839 --> 00:47:26,040 Okay, since we did the consent agenda, we are 552 00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:26,040 going to comments andor. 553 00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:41,760 Thank you, President Actton. Uh, governing board members, members of the 554 00:47:38,720 --> 00:47:48,720 community. How cool is it when we get to celebrate the promotion of people that 555 00:47:44,079 --> 00:47:53,839 work really hard as Mr. Non and M. Daniels put it, it's sense of pride, 556 00:47:52,079 --> 00:47:59,280 right, to see people grow in our district and for you to support 557 00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:03,359 and the movement. 558 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:07,839 So, very proud moment for us our district. Congratulations to Josh and 559 00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:12,560 Bill. I know they're going to do a great job in their 560 00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:18,240 um also very proud of our school district for many things. And one thing 561 00:48:15,119 --> 00:48:24,720 that's going on tomorrow is that we have a national conference. It's actually a 562 00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:29,079 national conference that's going on and as you know 563 00:48:29,599 --> 00:48:33,720 to make sure that our school district 564 00:48:35,119 --> 00:48:44,800 and how could we be of service and Peggy Overton 565 00:48:41,839 --> 00:48:51,000 is actually last couple days has been bringing all those participants from all 566 00:48:47,599 --> 00:48:51,000 over the country. 567 00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:55,800 from the airport here. 568 00:48:56,000 --> 00:49:04,160 So, Peggy, thank you very much to you and your team for doing that. I know 569 00:49:00,559 --> 00:49:09,200 that it's a lot of coordination and it's really great to see how she goes above 570 00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:12,200 and beyond. There's people inside the airport. 571 00:49:24,559 --> 00:49:32,880 lots of work that we put into that. Along with that, tomorrow right in 572 00:49:29,359 --> 00:49:39,079 downtown Israel Park, the street will be closed 573 00:49:36,079 --> 00:49:39,079 social 574 00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:52,880 and we have a broad gentry via 575 00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:57,640 working to set up tables, chairs, sort of hosting social 576 00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:14,520 and how we're working. 577 00:50:15,839 --> 00:50:24,559 Also want to mention one thing as as all of our schools are getting started 578 00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:27,559 and as you know first 579 00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:36,760 school for the arts you know from presentation 580 00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:47,040 and last night was extremely impressive for Alex 581 00:50:43,119 --> 00:50:47,040 put together a hilltop volunteer 582 00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:54,920 She members of mostly parents 583 00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:02,119 that came over to 584 00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:21,400 special thanks to her staff. Elsa Chapa Sanchez and Angie 585 00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:21,400 Merley 586 00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:25,720 from the district office 587 00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:32,280 equip. 588 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:39,960 We had I think 80 packets 589 00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:45,839 between 590 00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:50,440 We also had 591 00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:01,160 last night 592 00:52:11,119 --> 00:52:13,520 atmosphere. 593 00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:20,040 And kudos to everybody. Thank you so much for everything. 594 00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:27,559 Thank you. 595 00:52:53,760 --> 00:53:00,440 You're standing there really impressed 596 00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:05,760 very impressed with I actually got to go 597 00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:13,160 And it was really neat to see 598 00:53:18,319 --> 00:53:21,480 my teacher 599 00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:32,520 going. 600 00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:56,319 Um, so we've been cutting a lot of ribbons lately in this world, but I 601 00:53:54,160 --> 00:54:03,079 actually had the opportunity to attend a partner ribbon cutting last week. 602 00:53:59,839 --> 00:54:03,079 school district. 603 00:54:03,599 --> 00:54:12,720 Um I was honored to get to represent alongside Peterson and Mr. 604 00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:18,480 members of our team as well as mayors from cities around 605 00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:24,319 uh wing leadership from the air force base and of course leadership from 606 00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:27,680 school district. Um on a professional note that was a 607 00:54:26,319 --> 00:54:32,480 beautiful thing to be a part of it really 608 00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:38,160 looks like. On a personal note, my husband station, 609 00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:42,800 which is the same squadron that Trojan was a service member of and my 610 00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:47,520 brother-in-law was with him and I were crushed. So, on a personal note, it was 611 00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:52,880 a beautiful honor to experience watching, his wife, and her children be 612 00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:57,200 honored by their district and our community as a whole in such a beautiful 613 00:54:55,359 --> 00:55:01,440 way. So, aviators, all the little ones little 614 00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:07,240 sunglasses on the house upside down. So, it was a beautiful experience. I was 615 00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:07,240 thankful to represent our district. 616 00:55:11,359 --> 00:55:17,559 » Okay. Can you hear me? All right. >> I can, but I am sitting right next to 617 00:55:17,613 --> 00:55:24,480 [laughter] >> I'll give it a shot. Good evening 618 00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:29,440 everyone. Sorry I can't be there today, but it's great to be here with you live. 619 00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:34,720 I just wanted to congratulate all our teachers, staff, administrators for such 620 00:55:32,240 --> 00:55:39,520 a great start to the school year. Also like to provide congratulations to our 621 00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:44,960 healthc care and nursing pathway students as well as it was nice to hear 622 00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:50,319 the presentations from our freshman mentors and a huge shout out 623 00:55:47,599 --> 00:55:56,640 congratulations to our staff uh and their graduations. 624 00:55:52,640 --> 00:56:01,920 Secondly, um part of the reason I'm not in tonight's meeting in person is I had 625 00:55:59,839 --> 00:56:08,960 a wonderful opportunity and I'll share the details next time but I was asked to 626 00:56:05,359 --> 00:56:15,200 um participate attend and tour the United States uh base here in San Diego, 627 00:56:12,079 --> 00:56:23,040 California. And my purpose in coming was one simple thing and that is what is it 628 00:56:19,119 --> 00:56:28,400 our United States military branches offer our students in workforce 629 00:56:25,599 --> 00:56:33,599 development opportunities. And so um during these four days have the 630 00:56:30,319 --> 00:56:40,559 opportunity to see every phase really of every component of our of our Navy and 631 00:56:37,520 --> 00:56:44,720 also be able to see how the very things that we're creating for opportunities 632 00:56:42,160 --> 00:56:50,559 for students uh in our district whether it's four-year institution, community 633 00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:56,160 college, workforce development options, trade schools, you name it. um how what 634 00:56:53,760 --> 00:57:00,000 I'm seeing is such incredible opportunities for our students who 635 00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:05,920 choose to serve uh the United States military in our country um with a 636 00:57:02,799 --> 00:57:12,319 specific skill or talent. And when I was yesterday on the United States uh 637 00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:17,280 Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier to see that there were up to 5,000 638 00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:23,440 different people with a purpose and a job and to see how it is that um 639 00:57:21,280 --> 00:57:27,920 students can have a a really incredible life with some great choices, great 640 00:57:25,680 --> 00:57:32,240 options and those that want to travel the world can do that too uh while 641 00:57:30,319 --> 00:57:37,280 serving their country and using their craft and their skills. So I'll a little 642 00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:43,880 bit more about it next month. But such a thrill to be here finding out about 643 00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:43,880 another great option for our students 644 00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:49,000 » fun. 645 00:57:49,359 --> 00:57:56,200 So I got the opportunity to thankful 646 00:58:01,599 --> 00:58:07,240 I know that there's a lot of 647 00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:13,240 I saw that 648 00:58:14,319 --> 00:58:19,960 some of the food that night and great 649 00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:28,520 uh tonight really enjoyed the student presentations. As I sit there, I picture 650 00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:28,520 them already. 651 00:58:36,880 --> 00:58:44,640 Um, I want to give a shout out to our AIU graduates and superintendent who 652 00:58:41,520 --> 00:58:48,119 brought forward this partnership with some of our public 653 00:58:50,240 --> 00:58:55,079 teachers and other district 654 00:59:05,119 --> 00:59:13,440 And with that being said, I would say thank you all for all your hard work and 655 00:59:11,599 --> 00:59:16,440 hard workers ready 656 00:59:22,960 --> 00:59:25,960 to 657 00:59:28,559 --> 00:59:38,079 just to make a comment on the healthare and nursing pathway. Those students as a 658 00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:43,760 nurse in our community, they we need nurses so bad, everyone in healthare. 659 00:59:40,880 --> 00:59:49,760 And so to be fostering that at a young age and putting them on that successful 660 00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:53,160 giving them resources, it builds my nursing heart. 661 00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:57,880 So great opportunity 662 01:00:04,319 --> 01:00:13,760 Josh and Bill, congrats. When I got updated, I think I was like, "Yes, I 663 01:00:10,960 --> 01:00:19,119 mean, there are better choices." So, congratulations. 664 01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:24,119 And then, um, to everyone who helped recruit and getters, 665 01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:31,680 everything that further 666 01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:38,079 having 80 plus people show up to volunteer for our students and 667 01:00:35,920 --> 01:00:41,079 to me it's just further confirmation that 668 01:00:46,240 --> 01:00:53,040 that's all I have and we will move on to future items. 669 01:00:58,160 --> 01:01:01,319 We will 670 01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:11,480 » second. 671 01:01:16,319 --> 01:01:22,440 We're going to move into session. Everyone is welcome to 672 01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:25,720 around. 673 01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:30,760 We'll take a minute. 674 01:01:46,079 --> 01:01:49,160 Thank you. 675 01:02:14,960 --> 01:02:21,160 board adjourns the executive session board meeting. 676 01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:29,200 » Yes. >> Um be it resolved the governing board 677 01:02:27,040 --> 01:02:34,960 adopts the superintendent goals for the 2026 2027 contract year as presented in 678 01:02:33,280 --> 01:02:37,960 executive session. >> Second 679 01:02:38,079 --> 01:02:45,640 acting yes resulting board address board meeting September 2nd 2026. 680 01:02:46,079 --> 01:02:49,079 Yes.