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Good evening, everyone. I want to call this meeting of the dairy school board to order. I believe

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we're going to invite our friends from deep up to lead us in the pledge of allegiance.

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to

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the flag of the flag and the United States of America, the United States of America,

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which is stands on nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Nice job everybody. Thank you.

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All

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right we'll start with the roll call if everybody can introduce themselves in

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name in position, starting from my right.

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Laura Powers, Director of Student Services.

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Kim Cohnant, Director of Curriculum and Grants.

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Joe Crawford, Assistant Superintendent.

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Austin Garrafalo, Superintendent.

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Brenda Willis, School Board.

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Michael Thiel, School Board Chair.

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Jennifer Rose, School Board Vice Chair.

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Jamie Kuru, School Board.

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Jennifer Paradise, Secretary.

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Jason McLeod, School Board.

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Elsie Kyle, next charter school representative.

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All right, thank you, everybody.

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Our first day and tonight will be the consent agenda for approval tonight.

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We have adoption of the non-public minutes from April 22, 2025.

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Adoption of the public minutes from April 22, 2025.

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Approval of the manifest in the amount of $4,614,093.90 of which $3,930,220.66 is general payroll.

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and $683, $683,873 in 24 cents is general expense.

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Proof of five nominations, Amanda Bonifacio, special education teacher for the remainder of the 2024, 25 school year, Gilbert H.

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Hood middle school, Amanda Bonifacio, special education teacher for the 25, 26 school year, Gilbert H.

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Hood middle school, Catherine McLaughlin, special education teacher, West running Brook middle school, intermediate school.

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Jennifer Puris, School Nurse, East Darry Memorial Elementary School, Jeffrey Vallez, Music

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Teacher, Gilbert H. Hood Middle School, Approval of Five Resignations, Alina Jackman, Speech

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Language Pathologist, District, Linda Johnson, Reading Specialist, Ernest P. Bark Elementary

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School, Katie Martin, Mathematics Teacher, West Running Burke Intermediate School, Jackie

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Monaco, Mathematics Teacher, Gilbert H. Hood Middle School, Ascended Turnolo, Assistant Director

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Director of Student Services, District, and approval of one retirement of on Harding Administrative Assistance Student Services, District.

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Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda?

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So moved.

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First by Jason.

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Second.

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Second by Jen.

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All in favor?

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Aye.

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All opposed?

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I just

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want to ask a lot of years for our children and for our district to appreciate everything that they've done.

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I just want to make sure we acknowledge them.

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I would echo that, but the motion passes 7-0.

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All right, before we move on, we need to strike an item from the agenda tonight.

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The administration will not be able to present on the school's start and end times.

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So do I have a motion to strike the school's start and end times item from the agenda?

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So moved.

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First by Jason.

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Second.

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Second by Jen.

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All in favor?

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Aye.

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All opposed?

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Motion passes 7-0.

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All right.

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Next on the agenda, we have a presentation, so let's welcome Tanya Labrota,

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coordinator of the Dairy Early Education Program, where deep up to my phone.

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So I've invited all of our little deepers, well some of them.

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We have three's and four's that are here and some siblings that came tonight.

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And I made this beautiful presentation about the new playground that we had put in a deep.

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And I included so many pictures of all the kids playing and just so much more so you could see

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what we do at deep. So, I thought we'd start by having some of the teachers come up and then

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having some of the children come up or all of the children introducing them and then having

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them say one thing that they love about playing and learning at deep because

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can't,

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right,

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One thing you love about the playgrounds?

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The slides.

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It's so

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exciting about the microphone.

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Ready?

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Come on up.

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Okay.

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Can you tell them one thing you love about the playground?

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What do you like?

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Do you like the slides?

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Yes.

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What else do you like?

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The playgrounds.

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Everything?

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Okay,

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what do you like about the playground?

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Everything.

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Everything!

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You think so?

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This is Lucas.

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Lucas is going to kindergarten next year, right?

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Alright, tell them what you like about the playground.

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I like playing with my friends.

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Oh, he likes to play with his friends.

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Alright, this is Luna.

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She's also going to be playing with his friends.

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and also running around.

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Maverick, why do you like about the playground?

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This slide.

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This slide, excuse me.

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Uh-huh.

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Excuse me, thank you.

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Thank you.

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This is our friend Henry.

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I'm Henry.

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I want to teach him.

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This slide.

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Slide.

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So much fun.

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Thank you.

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This is my friend Cameron.

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He's also going to be a kindergartener next year.

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what school are you going to? I don't

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know. I think so.

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I think so.

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I think South Range. South Range? Yeah.

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Go South Range. Okay. What do you like about the playground?

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The slides.

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Tell them your name.

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Hi, I'm Emily.

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I'm gonna go to school you're going to.

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No, you're staring.

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You're staring.

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Yeah, next year, right?

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Uh-huh.

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What do you like about the deep playground?

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Like with my friends in the slide.

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is Everland.

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She's gonna bark her next year.

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Right?

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But do you like about the deep playground Evelyn?

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I like the slides.

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This is Stella.

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Can you say hi to everyone?

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Hi.

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Are you going to kindergarten next year?

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Yeah.

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Do you know your school?

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No.

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What school is it?

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Stella, you remember kindergarten.

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You study?

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You study.

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What do you love about the playground that's deep?

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It's playing games with my friends and everything.

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Thank you.

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You love everything.

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Thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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This is Carter.

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He's also going to be a kindergartener.

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What do you love about the deep playground, Carter?

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Swat.

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Swat, anything else?

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Playing with my friends.

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Playing with your friends, anything else?

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Thank you.

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Everything.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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I don't know because it's so much like she just can't put it into words

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Thank you guys for coming tonight. Sounds like we got to get over there and check out this slide. I was going to say is there anything there other than slides?

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Swings maybe a shaky bridge. You're never too old for a good slide. Okay.

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Thank you very much for coming and I like hearing too that you guys like spending time with your friends, right? That's the most important part.

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We would like to thank all of the families that brought your children here. This is fantastic. We love them all. Yes!

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Yes, yes, and I want to thank the school board for supporting getting that playground after all this time put together, and functioning it really is a great space for the kids, and I know they love it, I know the teachers love it as well, and the teachers in this program do such a great job.

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I'm going to let her talk.

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She's ready.

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Thank you very much for coming and thank you for all you do.

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I would like to thank two of our awesome volunteers this year.

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We couldn't have done the deep PTA without them.

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The first one is Angela.

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Do you want to come up?

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Okay, bring in and Kelly, Kelly, come on up.

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We had a fabulous time planning amazing events that brought in a lot of cheer and a lot of money to help support deep with new items that we needed.

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And the biggest thing was that the children had fun.

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We had winter wonderland dance, there was lots of help with the teacher appreciation week.

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from these ladies, and then we also do a trunk or treat event.

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I can't even do so many things, and they just are 24-7 thinking of things to help our program, and working all the time for these kids.

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Yeah, we had our reading night a few weeks ago, and then we also are going to have an end of the school year dance.

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and all the children are coming, we'll have a DJ,

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and it will be presented in the Gilbert Each Hood,

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gymnasium as well, we'll be having the event.

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So it's a wonderful community.

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And a wonderful bonding time for the kids and families. So I just want to say thank you.

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certificates that say, Certificate of Appreciation, Volunteers and Education. First one goes to Angela

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Mackie.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you all to do.

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Skullski.

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And the certificate of appreciation

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volunteer as an education

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Kelly Skullski.

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For valued service at the

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very early education board.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you.

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All

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right, congratulations to you both.

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And, if Tanya, if you're all set,

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I think we'll take a five minute recess.

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Yes.

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right, welcome back, everybody.

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Next up on the agenda is delegations and individuals.

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At this time, residents of dairy, parents have currently enrolled dairy students and

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employees of the district may address the school board on matters that pertain only to school and

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district business for a period of time, not to exceed three minutes per person.

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As a reminder, questions cannot be answered in real time.

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If you would like to speak, please come up to the microphone at this time and

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state your name and address for the record.

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Not seeing anybody getting up, so we will move on.

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However, the comment period will remain open until 7.35 p.m.

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All right. Next up, we have our student member updates. Mr. Henry, our

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Pinkerton student member is absent tonight. He's busy setting up for Pinkerton's

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junior prom this week. But he did want me to mention that their prom setup will be

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open for public viewing on Saturday, May 17th, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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at the Hackler Gymnasium. If you want to stop by and check out their hard work.

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So Ms. Kyle is here tonight, so you're up next with the next charter school

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update.

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I'm kind of mad that I can see my face now. I was just telling my friend that

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I like that I couldn't see my face but anyways. So our annual prom is this Friday May 16th

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and our graduation day for next senior class will be on June 5th at 4 o'clock p.m. And on

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June 10th and 11th the school will be holding IOP meetings so teachers can connect with

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students and their teachers about student progress.

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There's a lot of stuff going on under the year.

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And on June 12th, we'll be having a school-wide Spark Day

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where students can teach a class to whoever

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signs up for it.

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So like, if their specialty was, I don't know,

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makeup, they can teach people how to do a face.

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And on the last day of school, on June 13th,

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the school will be going to Portsmouth,

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there will be multiple activities students can participate in.

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that's all. Thank you, LC. Are you a senior?

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All right. Well, congratulations. Your

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graduations coming up. Looking forward to it.

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I'm going to try to be there.

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Anybody else have any questions for LC?

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All right. We have no items to deliberate tonight.

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So we'll move on to administration reports.

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Our first item is going to be a presentation on

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elementary pace math. So I will turn it over to

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Ms. Cohnin.

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Hello.

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So, we have a transition from PACE grade 4 math to a K to 4 enrichment model that I'd like to go over tonight.

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So, first is the background of PACE math is that it's currently in grade 4 only.

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And it's a traditional pullout program that really focuses on acceleration of instruction.

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And while it has served a lot of learners in the past over the years,

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we have this opportunity to increase the equity and access and flexibility

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in our and how we support students now at the elementary level.

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So, why do we imagine pace?

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So, right now the challenges in the current pace model is, right now it's limited reach.

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And only, like I said before, it is grade four students.

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We have an inflexible model, so it's a static selection process.

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So once you really get into pace, it's really like you're in pace and it's harder to get out.

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We do look at end of your data, but once you're in, you're in pretty much.

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There is a premature tracking, so that means that the long term placement that we have is based off of early identification.

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So when we identify students in fourth grade for pace,

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it doesn't necessarily mean that they're going to be in pace for the remainder into algebra and algebra two, and they go to Picardin.

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And then that makes the long term impact.

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It suggests that the higher levels, we are not seeing the same as fourth grade.

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They're not in those higher levels at Picardin, algebra two.

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So, current pace model, I just wanted to put a comparison of what the model is and then

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what the model could be.

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So it's based on fourth grade, the selection we use is based off of our newer map growth,

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which is our local assessment, SAS assessment, which is our state testing, and then teacher

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recommendations.

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We have a static placement.

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It's a daily pullout during their math block, so it's during their tier one math time.

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It's led by the math specialist.

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The learning report is done by the math specialist and they don't have any access to tier

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one instruction as the other as the grade level because they get pulled out during that time

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for accelerated learning.

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So our proposed K to 4 model is that this would in fact all students grades K through 4.

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We will use the placement of the universal number screener, which we have been screening

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all children K through 4, fall, winter, and spring.

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It's an additional number screener.

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We look at the new and map assessment.

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We talk about teacher input and then we have pre-imposed assessments based on the units that

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we've made.

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It would be flexible groups that change by the unit.

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So every four to six weeks, we would look at that data and then we would have a flexible

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a little group of enrichment students.

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It would be four days a week during our focus time

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and then it would be led by grade level teachers

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and math specialists.

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So we would open that up right now.

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They're currently grouping kids across the grade level

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and so it would either be a class and teacher

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that would want enrichment to do enrichment activities

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or the math specialist, it would be open to those teachers.

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The learning report would be done by the core teacher

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And it would allow us to have a push-in model for enrichment once a week during the math block.

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So the math specialist could go into the classrooms.

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So our program features are its flexible groups.

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It's flexible groups.

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It's focused on the unit assessments throughout the year.

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It would be good for a push-in model for enrichment.

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So weekly specialists will go in and lead a lesson on in the tier one block for enrichment.

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It would be an effective use of our and focus block so it's an enrichment structured time

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so that they're getting that same time four to six weeks.

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be a close.

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Collaborative model where enrichment instruction is shared among all the educators, and then it would have a detracting with purpose so that it would give us open access to really see who those kids are for acceleration and readiness for the PACE program 5-8. So some of our goals comparison is that the current PACE program is a challenge because it only challenges a small group of students.

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It does prep for pace in the intermediate and middle school.

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It preps for Algebra 2 by grade 9 and then it is acceleration without really a clear

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path of, you know, if they're going to continue on that path or not.

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The proposed enrichment K4, that would be challenging all students based on their readiness, develop

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their readiness for future placement, maintain that open access for Algebra 2 in high school

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and it would be a purposeful preparation

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for the acceleration program, five through eight.

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Some of the district benefits are that it would increase

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our equity and access, so it would enable us

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to have a broader opportunity for challenge

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for enrichment.

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The resource efficiency, our specialists,

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would support more students.

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Professional development teachers would observe

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the math specialists and vice versa.

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The data driven decisions, it would be placement

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on current performance based on the unit and then the long-term academic success would

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be the focus on that deep conceptual learning that we're moving towards.

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So the connection to our vision and my strategic plans that I have in responsible.

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So plan two is about improving math progressions and aligning the math curriculum across grades

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with smoother pathways for skill building.

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Plan 5 is about establishing those common instructional beliefs with a focus on mathematical

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practices so that we're ensuring that every teacher has the tools ready to work.

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Plan 7 is about implementing common math assessment so this will help us better identify

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and respond to each of the student's needs.

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Plan 8 is about learning walks so that they will be observing and collaborating with each

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other, math specialists and teaching.

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and then plan 10 through 12 is about really building that data team and MTSS system that we look at data every four to six weeks and then meet them where they're at.

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So the conclusion is that this proposal reflects our belief that all students deserve opportunities to stretch their thinking and grow.

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By expanding enrichment across K to four, we create a stronger, more equitable foundation for the future success of our students.

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and I just left with some pictures of our wonderful students doing that.

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Thank you, Ms. Conan.

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Yeah, I mean, I've talked a lot about the PACE program.

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My son went through elementary, enhanced in PACE,

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and he's now in PACE at the intermediate school.

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And, you know, I think programs like that are important in making sure that we're challenging students

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and need to be challenged.

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And I think, you know, what we all likely want to see out of any change is to make sure that those students are still being challenged.

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So, you know, I mean that said, you know, I understand the issues right now with doing, you know, paste style program in fourth grade.

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You know, at the intermediate school you have every fifth grader in the district.

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You can form classes of students who really belong in that class.

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You know, like at our elementary schools, I think our smallest group of fourth graders is 64 kids.

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So, you know, out of 64 kids, how many of 64 kids are really ready to skip an entire

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year of math?

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Right.

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And that's what we're finding is that this year we really focused on fourth grade because

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the fourth grade skills, we went a little bit deeper because they were having some holes.

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And so the data, we just got the first round of data.

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And it does show that they've made some really significant gains in pace, going a little

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a little bit deeper and filling in those holes and working a little bit faster.

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I know you said that once a kid gets started in the PACE program, it's hard to shift them out.

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If it becomes obvious that they're not ready for it in the past,

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you had the third grade enhanced, that kind of fed kids into the fourth and fifth grade PACE.

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So they started that enhanced at the third grade level.

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And then I think they advanced into fourth grade math during that third grade year.

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and then they went into fourth grade pace.

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So not having that enhanced step anymore

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is that kind of where you're seeing kids

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that aren't ready when they get to fourth grade pace?

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Yeah, yes, the data is showing it.

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And we looked at third grade.

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It was based off of data.

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And we looked at the third grade data coming into fourth grade.

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And if we have a true criteria, right now the criteria

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is there, but it is different based on the school.

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We might take a little bit more kids in this school if they kind of qualify or here.

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So what's happening is now that we have fourth grade and we have it from all four schools

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going into fifth grade.

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The fourth grade now we have some students that may qualify more than another school because

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it's a little bit different criteria.

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And so then we have to say, oh, you're not eligible for pace and then going into fifth is only

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so many spots in fifth grade.

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So that's why we wanted to make it more like equitable.

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Yeah, that makes sense.

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I'm assuming the elementary math specialists, the intermediate and middle school pay

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teachers have all been a part of this discussion, they're on board with the proposed changes.

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Yeah, and I'll come from data and we had conversations with all of them.

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All right, it would allow them really to, it's open up the resources because it would allow

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them to go into classrooms with the schedule and they would be able to teach enrichment lessons

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and support teachers and take groups during focus. So it would widen up their schedule.

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Yeah, I mean I feel like this is pretty similar to when two years ago you guys proposed

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eliminating elementary pace. So it seems like this is kind of going back to what had been proposed

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at the time. And this is just based on, now it's based on data really.

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All right, did anybody else have any questions?

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I do.

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Not necessarily question, two things.

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Thank you, nice presentation here.

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But the big thing for me is how you tie it back

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to the strategic plan.

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So I appreciate that very much and how it impacts it,

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all the work that would intuit,

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how it's kind of the progression of it, so thank you.

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Thank you.

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I have one question.

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And what happens in the few cases that there is a child

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and a grade that really is very advanced compared to?

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I mean, I know most of it comes to the data,

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but before they would be pulled out for a PACE program,

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so they would be sectioned off.

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But if they're coming in to teach and enhance lesson

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with group and there's a student that is like far beyond,

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what is the circumstance that will happen with them?

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If they're far beyond, then that would be taken care

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of in that focus block.

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they would still be in the classroom, but the classroom is differentiated so that there's,

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they can meet all different levels. So the math curriculum now, it's a little bit deeper

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than prior and so we are challenging them all the time in tier one and then they would get the

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extra challenge in focus block. So they still would be having enrichment, they would still get what

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they need to.

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If I could just add, I think that's a great question and a great answer.

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It is, this is not removing anything. This is adding on. All of those kids, as you just

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asked and the answer was given, will still be getting challenged but will be able to reach

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out and challenge a lot more of our students at the level that they are at. And to me, it's

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to win, win across the board.

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And some areas in math, some units,

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we have about approximately seven to eight units

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for in a year.

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And some of those units are like the kids

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that are in pace now, they excel,

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and some of them, they still have holes.

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So, you know, it depends, so every four to six weeks,

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they're actually looking at the data

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and then regrouping the kids.

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So they'll still get what they need

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and still be able to fill in holes if they have them.

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I do like to, I love this because I, one of the things that I remember seeing was that there are kids who

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have to have the capability to be challenged and they have the thought, but the actual quote unquote pace of the class was too fast to move along.

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And so the anxiety of moving faster didn't allow to meet the challenge, so I liked, I liked this presentation and that it's, it's meeting in the plan and they're, they're not pushed so fast that they can't absorb the new stuff that they're getting in the challenges.

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So, this all sounds great to me, so thank you.

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Thank you.

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So, I'm trying to understand early tracking and placement, and I'm also trying to understand

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we have competencies that we're working with, so why do we need to change this when we

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have competencies that basically follow the child and challenge them as they grow?

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So, it would just be, it's because they don't have access to tier one.

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So, right now, the current paste group is at small group and they don't have access to that tier one instruction.

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So, they are, it is competencies, but the focus block allows us to then look even more at their skills.

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So, like there's kids in kindergarten that really should be enriched based on our data, but we don't have that at the current moment.

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So, that would be in the block, so instead of taking them out of our tier one and making a little bit bigger gap, even in the PACE kids, then we are making sure that they're access to tier one curriculum, and that we are challenging them in the focus.

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And so, then we're seeing, okay, are they ready for PACE 5, because PACE 5 through 8 is 5 years of instruction in 4 years.

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So it gets really accelerated during pace five.

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So the competencies are, it does reach them.

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But before they were lacking, because they were accelerating

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and skipping grade level is some of the current instruction,

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they were missing some of those key concepts and skills

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in their own grade level.

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Does that make sense?

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So you're referring to pace in skipping grade level

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or just regular pace.

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So then now they're all getting access to tier one and then they're still being challenged.

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So they're not skipping a grade level, they're not getting accelerated in another year's

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standards because we're making sure that those are masters so that they understand and they can

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use those concepts in fifth grade so that they can move fast through the program.

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Yeah, but isn't that the purpose of competencies?

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I guess I'm not understanding, and it's not that I don't,

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because I want everybody to be challenged, totally.

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But I don't understand the difference between competencies

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in changing this model, or just not having this model,

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but just dealing with competencies.

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Yeah, you can, we're going deeper with the curriculum,

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but I mean, maybe you can say a different.

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Well, I don't know if I can say a different,

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But so when I think about what competencies, they represent very clear specific statements

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of what all students need to know and be able to do at each grade level.

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And can do.

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And master.

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Correct.

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But so instead of assessing traditional grading assesses things like quizzes, tests, homework,

486
00:42:08,910 --> 00:42:12,690
competency-based grading says, I'm actually going to measure whether or not you can do this thing

487
00:42:12,690 --> 00:42:14,070
that I want you to do.

488
00:42:14,070 --> 00:42:17,930
and then I'm going to provide specific assessment data

489
00:42:17,930 --> 00:42:19,970
related to that competency and that standard.

490
00:42:20,650 --> 00:42:25,450
We still do have grade, so I'm going to try not to go too far out there.

491
00:42:25,630 --> 00:42:27,730
But in a true, like where else he goes to school,

492
00:42:27,890 --> 00:42:33,050
in a true competency-based system, there are no grade levels in competency-based schools.

493
00:42:33,490 --> 00:42:35,830
We aren't there yet. Maybe we'll never get there,

494
00:42:36,070 --> 00:42:38,430
but we live in a world of traditional education

495
00:42:38,430 --> 00:42:43,770
where we still batch our kids based on their date of creation.

496
00:42:45,170 --> 00:42:56,750
So because of that, we group all six-year-olds together, seven-year-olds together, eight-year-olds together, and the truth, and I think Kim has said it, is not all six-year-olds, seven-year-olds are actually at the same level.

497
00:42:57,930 --> 00:43:12,590
However, when we were pulling, had been pulling kids out at fourth grade pace, some of those kids are very, they're all very intelligent kids, but they have big gaps in specifically in the area of number sense.

498
00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:17,510
and that's like the foundation for your ability to learn and apply math later on.

499
00:43:18,050 --> 00:43:22,410
And we were accelerating kids by pulling them out of their home room class instruction

500
00:43:22,410 --> 00:43:28,510
that was teaching those fourth grade concepts and we were kind of jumping ahead to fifth grade six grade concepts

501
00:43:28,510 --> 00:43:30,510
and they weren't ready.

502
00:43:31,450 --> 00:43:34,570
And I think that's kind of the crux of it.

503
00:43:34,710 --> 00:43:39,930
So I think our goal here is to ensure that, well, there's a bunch of goals.

504
00:43:39,930 --> 00:43:50,710
One of them is to ensure that there's some more equity, because when you try to identify your really high achieving students at an earlier and an earlier age, you're more likely to be wrong.

505
00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:56,170
Because the developmental differences of young children are vastly different.

506
00:43:56,450 --> 00:44:01,670
As we get older, some of us in the room know this, we all start to look alike and feel alike.

507
00:44:01,670 --> 00:44:07,330
But when the difference between a six and a half year old and a six year old is tremendous.

508
00:44:08,130 --> 00:44:11,510
And the variability within six year olds is really big.

509
00:44:12,190 --> 00:44:16,630
And so I think one of our concerns is the tracking element of pace pulling out and

510
00:44:16,630 --> 00:44:22,730
saying you're no longer going to be instructed with your peers as a fourth grader has led to some real significant gaps.

511
00:44:23,210 --> 00:44:25,930
That were covered up because these kids are really good students.

512
00:44:26,490 --> 00:44:29,490
But then they go on to higher level math and we find oh my goodness,

513
00:44:29,490 --> 00:44:33,650
they have these big holes specifically in number sense and that's where that

514
00:44:33,650 --> 00:44:38,870
numeracy screener is so so important. So when talking to our intermediate

515
00:44:38,870 --> 00:44:44,230
and middle school teachers we said our goal now is to give you kids in fifth

516
00:44:44,230 --> 00:44:48,910
grade who have a really solid understanding of K through four math concepts, they

517
00:44:48,910 --> 00:44:55,270
are absolutely solid so that when you take them in fifth grade now that becomes

518
00:44:55,270 --> 00:44:59,230
a secondary goal in fifth grade is to try to make sure that these kids have

519
00:44:59,230 --> 00:44:59,890
access to

520
00:45:02,660 --> 00:45:29,900
And it's not the only goal, but one of the goals of this program is to open up higher level math for kids when they get to high school. What that means is for those kids who are able to move into Algebra 2 as freshmen out of our pace program, they can then take things like AP Calculus as seniors. The vast majority of kids do not have access to AP Calculus at Pinkerton because they've got to get through Algebra 1.

521
00:45:29,900 --> 00:45:32,060
in geometry algebra two and precalculous.

522
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:34,100
And if you take one math class a year,

523
00:45:34,260 --> 00:45:35,600
and the only plan I'm being in high school

524
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:36,900
for four years, you run out of years

525
00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:37,880
before you get to calculus.

526
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:42,540
So our goal has always been to keep access to that program,

527
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:46,500
but some of the kids that were getting pulled out pretty early

528
00:45:46,500 --> 00:45:49,220
on were finding had some pretty big holes.

529
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:51,680
And so I do think it ties together with competencies

530
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:54,320
because we're assessing what they were making

531
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:55,780
should they master what they should know

532
00:45:55,780 --> 00:45:57,320
before moving on to the next thing.

533
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:01,760
but in a perfect world, you know, we would take a kindergartner and a third grade,

534
00:46:01,900 --> 00:46:06,300
a third grade, a fourth grade, they'd all be in the same room learning together, but that

535
00:46:06,300 --> 00:46:10,080
actually, I mean, there's potential to do some of that down the road, but right now, we're

536
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:14,560
not proposing any removal of grade levels right now because that is a little out there,

537
00:46:14,780 --> 00:46:19,460
but the focus block that Kim is talking about is, right, that's flexible grouping.

538
00:46:19,740 --> 00:46:25,900
So regrouping kids every four to six weeks based on performance and assessment data is what

539
00:46:25,900 --> 00:46:32,800
But we think a more appropriate way to address student needs than tracking them where it's,

540
00:46:32,860 --> 00:46:37,280
we identify you as a third grader, really, to go into this program at the beginning of

541
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:40,320
fourth grade and then we don't, we don't ever look back.

542
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:45,020
And that's not 100% true because if there's a real big issue, we may move a kid out.

543
00:46:45,180 --> 00:46:49,260
But as Kim said, it tends to be a track that a lot of students stay in.

544
00:46:51,340 --> 00:46:52,500
I'm sitting back.

545
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:55,580
I'm comments open.

546
00:46:58,130 --> 00:46:58,710
Excuse

547
00:47:05,620 --> 00:47:06,720
me.

548
00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:10,020
David Lavek, a teacher at Gilbert H. Hood Middle School.

549
00:47:11,260 --> 00:47:17,620
In this, I don't have a direct comment in this category other than to say in preparation for tonight's meeting,

550
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:22,700
there's no documentation anywhere to be found on this presentation.

551
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:30,420
And so I know leading up to today's meeting, there are no documents attached on the school's web page.

552
00:47:30,420 --> 00:47:32,920
Not just about this topic, but any topic tonight.

553
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:42,320
And so the agenda is listed in the past we've used to see the enrollment reports, we used to see documents attached.

554
00:47:42,980 --> 00:47:48,880
And one of the things we've noticed this week is that there's nothing to look at in preparation.

555
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:54,220
So I'm taking pictures with my phone of this slideshow just so I can have it.

556
00:47:55,500 --> 00:48:03,140
But again, it would help the public if we could be prepared for the discussion prior to having it, and we can do some research ourselves.

557
00:48:03,940 --> 00:48:04,220
Thank you.

558
00:48:09,240 --> 00:48:13,140
Thanks, Dave, yeah, usually the attachments are posted with the agenda.

559
00:48:13,820 --> 00:48:18,600
I'm not sure why that wasn't done this week, but I'm assuming it was an oversight.

560
00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:32,600
I'm not sure, I know that they, in the past, I believe they have been posted on the website, but I'm not sure that's been consistent over the last year or so.

561
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:38,540
I think this was a change that was made prior to this week, maybe, maybe these guys know.

562
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:41,740
Oh, maybe they don't know, but we will look into that and.

563
00:48:41,860 --> 00:48:42,900
We usually have them.

564
00:48:46,110 --> 00:48:51,650
Hold off on posting that because there's got to be explanation that goes along with the presentation.

565
00:48:51,930 --> 00:48:58,110
So more often than not, we will give a presentation and then we'll post, we'll make sure.

566
00:48:58,510 --> 00:49:01,910
So you don't have to take pictures because it will be posted after this.

567
00:49:02,650 --> 00:49:03,390
Appreciate that.

568
00:49:04,450 --> 00:49:09,590
So I don't have any problems with the whole pace thing, but I do have one big problem.

569
00:49:10,130 --> 00:49:16,470
My one big problem is that we have reading specialists in our buildings that work with kids who have significant reading issues.

570
00:49:16,650 --> 00:49:23,890
We have mass specialists that only work with kids who are doing focus, they're not doing direct instruction.

571
00:49:24,730 --> 00:49:30,990
And it hit home this presentation and the equity for the kids that are above grade level.

572
00:49:30,990 --> 00:49:37,930
hit home with an exercise we did in a staff meeting yesterday where we went back and

573
00:49:37,930 --> 00:49:44,090
the classroom teachers took all their NWA data and they mocked them, they, you know,

574
00:49:44,210 --> 00:49:51,830
did less than 10% tile less than 20% tile less than 30% tile and 41st to 60th is the average,

575
00:49:52,150 --> 00:49:56,210
is the middle, it's the yellow area so it's the average and then you get blue and red,

576
00:49:56,590 --> 00:49:57,810
you get blue and above that.

577
00:49:57,810 --> 00:50:03,130
And the poor special ed teachers who, I mean, our special ed teachers are amazing.

578
00:50:03,350 --> 00:50:06,630
They do great work, but they are not the specialist.

579
00:50:07,050 --> 00:50:12,590
And when we have a child who's in that one percentile to ninth percentile, we try to

580
00:50:12,590 --> 00:50:16,930
get a reading specialist to work with them in reading, and we don't have that availability

581
00:50:16,930 --> 00:50:17,710
in math.

582
00:50:18,230 --> 00:50:23,670
So as you're looking at math specialists, I know last year we had math interventionists in

583
00:50:23,670 --> 00:50:24,090
addition.

584
00:50:24,090 --> 00:50:26,970
and we kind of cut those when we did the reog.

585
00:50:28,310 --> 00:50:34,990
Maybe adding reads math specialists who can work with those kids who have special ed issues in math.

586
00:50:36,130 --> 00:50:40,650
I think it's real important that kids, you know, math is cyclical.

587
00:50:41,190 --> 00:50:46,210
If you miss something now, you're going to come back to it next year because it all kind of goes together.

588
00:50:46,390 --> 00:50:53,090
If you miss how to add two digits by two digits, you're going to learn it a little bit further and deeper as you move along.

589
00:50:53,090 --> 00:50:57,890
But we're not giving access to the mass specialists to the kids who need it the most.

590
00:50:58,190 --> 00:51:04,870
So, maybe for your budgets in the fall, you look at adding some mass specialists in Joe's laughin' at me.

591
00:51:06,470 --> 00:51:11,610
To provide, to provide written math instruction for our special aid kids.

592
00:51:11,610 --> 00:51:15,650
Because we have it for the kids that need reading assistance.

593
00:51:16,030 --> 00:51:22,370
So I think in the sense of equity that you're talking about, I think we need to look at that population as well.

594
00:51:22,370 --> 00:51:27,710
So it's a special ed teacher and an LEA in one of the buildings I just felt like I needed to say something so thank you

595
00:51:28,310 --> 00:51:29,070
Thanks, Meg

596
00:51:30,330 --> 00:51:33,130
Did you guys want to address that at all? Well, I did

597
00:51:35,150 --> 00:51:35,630
Is

598
00:51:38,030 --> 00:51:43,450
it on okay? I did want to say it this year and focus and focus block

599
00:51:43,970 --> 00:51:51,030
The mass specialist actually worked with the lower population for the kids, but I I agree you know

600
00:51:51,030 --> 00:52:00,030
We now would kind of open up a more of that avenue for every four to six weeks for the focus block anyway, but they have been working for that.

601
00:52:01,110 --> 00:52:02,730
You're talking about direct instruction.

602
00:52:08,630 --> 00:52:08,830
Yeah.

603
00:52:11,650 --> 00:52:24,370
I think a couple of things is one I wouldn't say that special ed teachers are not experts as far as doing the instruction and having the ways to deliver the instruction.

604
00:52:24,370 --> 00:52:46,290
I think using those math specialists, you know, for consultation certainly, I do, we've talked about doing OGAP instruction from, you know, moving forward and having more special ed teachers involved in that instruction, in those workshops or workshops or classes or, but over the summer.

605
00:52:46,290 --> 00:52:49,170
So they can develop those skills.

606
00:52:51,980 --> 00:52:57,300
I do worry because I think that there is, there's special ed teachers, that certification,

607
00:52:57,780 --> 00:53:02,640
and then having people who are math teachers and having people who are reading teachers.

608
00:53:04,220 --> 00:53:08,340
And I think areas of specialty are absolutely needed.

609
00:53:08,860 --> 00:53:11,240
And so I completely agree with you Meg on that.

610
00:53:11,860 --> 00:53:16,300
But I do think that we have to be careful not to replace the special ed teachers

611
00:53:16,300 --> 00:53:32,740
because I do think that, and I just want to kind of put that out there because they are experts in the more general instruction in strategies and working with students with learning disabilities or other identification, so I just kind of want to kind of put that out there.

612
00:53:36,230 --> 00:53:43,710
Oh, I know and you said that right up there, I just want to make sure that we say that they are experts and that is their field that they are certified in as experts.

613
00:53:43,710 --> 00:53:47,930
Mr. Chair, I don't think we were addressing and going back and forth during a public conversation.

614
00:53:48,330 --> 00:53:56,330
It's not a conversation, so you're welcome to make your public comment, and they're welcome to address them, and that's the end of it.

615
00:54:01,790 --> 00:54:03,890
Brenda, did you have a readjust one more?

616
00:54:04,070 --> 00:54:07,110
Yeah, so number sense has always been an issue, right?

617
00:54:07,290 --> 00:54:12,650
Every single year, we get the standardized test scores, and every single year, number sense is an issue.

618
00:54:12,910 --> 00:54:14,910
How are we going to correct that now?

619
00:54:14,910 --> 00:54:26,050
What's changed besides group besides tier one, tier one and tier one it's definitely changed and we added in a lot more and it's aligned and

620
00:54:26,050 --> 00:54:42,030
by the results that I'm seeing in new one right now it is definitely a strength first it really is and the data I will present the data in June to everyone but we are seeing good solid

621
00:54:43,170 --> 00:54:52,150
We added that OGAP is an ongoing assessment project, and it's a, not a program, it's a framework.

622
00:54:52,850 --> 00:54:55,610
We've had a lot of teachers go to it, and it is phenomenal.

623
00:54:55,950 --> 00:55:00,290
It's a four-day program, and a number of senses, the biggest thing.

624
00:55:00,550 --> 00:55:04,970
And we put in a lot of strategies in number of senses across all grade levels.

625
00:55:05,270 --> 00:55:08,610
And so those are routines that the teachers are working really hard to do.

626
00:55:08,610 --> 00:55:10,170
And the teachers are phenomenal.

627
00:55:10,410 --> 00:55:11,970
They are working really hard in math.

628
00:55:12,590 --> 00:55:15,090
So I give them in our students all the credit.

629
00:55:17,410 --> 00:55:19,830
So is there an enrollment cap for this,

630
00:55:19,970 --> 00:55:23,550
or how many children do you anticipate being enrolled in this,

631
00:55:23,670 --> 00:55:25,490
once it opens up to all the grades?

632
00:55:26,750 --> 00:55:28,530
It wouldn't be necessarily enrolled

633
00:55:28,530 --> 00:55:32,190
because it's flexible grouping is really what focus is.

634
00:55:32,370 --> 00:55:35,870
So it just focuses on what their skill is they need.

635
00:55:36,010 --> 00:55:37,690
It's an extra 25 minute time.

636
00:55:37,690 --> 00:55:39,510
We have it built in the schedule already.

637
00:55:40,530 --> 00:55:43,990
It's for 25 minutes for math and then we have a 25 minute focus for reading.

638
00:55:44,870 --> 00:55:48,850
And so it wouldn't be like an enrollment, like it is pace right now.

639
00:55:49,310 --> 00:55:54,310
Pace currently right now is an enrollment you have to, you will have the spots and go through a criteria process.

640
00:55:54,490 --> 00:55:59,470
But this is more flexible, and it's for all kids, kindergarten through fourth grade.

641
00:56:02,500 --> 00:56:16,660
I have a question Kim, who is going to be, and maybe this piggybacks off of what I think a little bit what Brenda was asking, who would be providing instruction for kids that have met mastered competency at their grade level?

642
00:56:18,780 --> 00:56:25,880
That would be, it would go back to the classroom teacher, they would still be doing that, and if they met competency at their grade level, they would go a little bit deeper.

643
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:32,880
and the math specialist would give the classroom teachers some activities to do for that group of kids in the class.

644
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:37,060
And then they would take an extra 25 minutes to do extra math.

645
00:56:37,800 --> 00:56:41,680
Like right now, for pace, we're still working on fourth grade curriculum.

646
00:56:42,180 --> 00:56:44,080
Last year, they were working on fifth grade curriculum.

647
00:56:44,240 --> 00:56:50,040
This year, we're still working on fourth grade curriculum, but we're going a lot deeper with them so that they have to apply more,

648
00:56:50,240 --> 00:56:55,300
and that's how they're extending their learning.

649
00:56:55,300 --> 00:56:55,800
We

650
00:57:07,860 --> 00:57:12,020
will move on to the next item on the agenda, which I believe is Austin Superintendent

651
00:57:12,020 --> 00:57:12,500
update.

652
00:57:12,860 --> 00:57:13,380
Okay.

653
00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:17,820
I hope everyone had a wonderful, restful and exciting April vacation and all of you

654
00:57:17,820 --> 00:57:24,020
came back from that vacation for what is now believe it or not just over four weeks left

655
00:57:24,020 --> 00:57:27,380
in the 2024, 2025 school year.

656
00:57:27,860 --> 00:57:33,140
This is always a very exciting time in our schools because along with all of the learning still

657
00:57:33,140 --> 00:57:38,200
to be accomplished. There are many end of the year events that each school will have plan

658
00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:43,220
for their students. When most of those events have been completed, we will have the last

659
00:57:43,220 --> 00:57:47,860
day of school for all our eighth graders on Wednesday, June 11th, with the eighth grade

660
00:57:47,860 --> 00:57:54,640
promotion ceremony slated to begin at 4 o'clock PM that afternoon in the Pinkin and Academy

661
00:57:54,640 --> 00:58:00,540
Hackler Gym. We all look forward to seeing every single eighth grade student promoted at the

662
00:58:00,540 --> 00:58:05,040
same time in the same ceremony for the first time here in

663
00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:09,720
Derry. The last day for all of our, all of the other students

664
00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:14,220
from preschool, deep students were here today, two seventh grade

665
00:58:14,220 --> 00:58:18,360
will be Thursday June 12th, which is also the last day of work

666
00:58:18,360 --> 00:58:21,540
for our wonderful assistance. The last day for all of our

667
00:58:21,540 --> 00:58:26,320
outstanding teachers is Monday the 16th of June. Looking ahead,

668
00:58:26,420 --> 00:58:29,560
I hope that everyone makes it a wonderful month and a half

669
00:58:30,380 --> 00:58:36,840
barely even a month and a half now, as we all enjoy the events and begin to plan for the upcoming summer vacation.

670
00:58:38,420 --> 00:58:48,660
Okay, I have one more reminder about kindergarten orientation for the 2025-2026 school year, which is scheduled for this Friday, May 16th.

671
00:58:48,660 --> 00:58:58,880
If you have a child who will be kindergarten eligible next school year, you need to have your child registered to attend the orientation.

672
00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:05,220
Currently, we have over 85% of the available seats filled with pre-registered students.

673
00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:12,960
So, please remember that seats are on a first-come, first-served basis for availability in

674
00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:14,380
your child's neighborhood school.

675
00:59:14,980 --> 00:59:21,820
Therefore, if you and your child want to attend kindergarten orientation and or if you want

676
00:59:21,820 --> 00:59:27,840
the best chance of your child attending kindergarten at their neighborhood school, please go online

677
00:59:27,840 --> 00:59:35,360
and register your child as soon as possible and definitely before the Friday May 16th orientation.

678
00:59:36,780 --> 00:59:43,580
The program called end to 68 hours of hunger was created to distribute food to our

679
00:59:43,580 --> 00:59:49,840
dairy cooperative school district students who are food insecure. This program provides meals so

680
00:59:49,840 --> 00:59:56,400
that these children have meals between the school lunch on a Friday and school breakfast on a Monday.

681
00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:59,960
The Dairy Village Rotary supports this program by calling out the

682
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:29,040
Collecting food and then delivering that food to all schools on Thursdays. Every year, the amount of food collected has increased, as does the number of students and families who are food insecure in our community. Each school in the SAO office had their annual spring food collection drive in April, and the dairy village rotary collected all of the food on the Friday before vacation. The amount of food that was collected by staff, students,

683
01:00:29,040 --> 01:00:34,240
and families of the Dairy Cooperative School District weighed in at over 1,000 pounds.

684
01:00:34,620 --> 01:00:39,780
As always, the Dairy Cooperative School District responded, and I can't thank everyone

685
01:00:39,780 --> 01:00:45,720
enough for all of your kindness, empathy, and especially your amazing generosity.

686
01:00:47,300 --> 01:00:52,460
The East Dairy Memorial Elementary School and Grinnell Elementary School after school math

687
01:00:52,460 --> 01:00:58,900
Math Club students, also known as Math Leads, participated in the Math Club National Competition.

688
01:00:59,260 --> 01:01:05,140
There were 51 students from East Erie and 45 students from Grinnell in grades 2-4.

689
01:01:05,660 --> 01:01:15,020
And nationally they were close to 41,000 students from 816 schools in 47 different states.

690
01:01:15,020 --> 01:01:22,780
These math elites stayed after school and dedicated their time to working on their math.

691
01:01:22,820 --> 01:01:24,240
There's a lot about math tonight.

692
01:01:24,440 --> 01:01:24,960
Was there not?

693
01:01:25,140 --> 01:01:27,100
This does not hurt the situation.

694
01:01:27,400 --> 01:01:27,540
Yes.

695
01:01:28,100 --> 01:01:33,740
Both schools had 10 students score in the top 50 percent nationally and were recognized

696
01:01:33,740 --> 01:01:35,120
with an honorable mention.

697
01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:40,980
And there was one student from each school who scored in the top 10 percent in the nation

698
01:01:40,980 --> 01:01:43,440
placing them on the national honor roll.

699
01:01:43,440 --> 01:01:48,300
I want to give a great big shout out to all the East Aryan Grinnell students who participated

700
01:01:48,300 --> 01:01:54,780
in the math club, the math leechs, in the competition, and to all the staff members who coordinated

701
01:01:54,780 --> 01:02:00,820
the after school activities, a special thank you goes to two of our outstanding math specialists

702
01:02:00,820 --> 01:02:06,580
and math club advisors, Miss Amy Landry from East Aryan, Miss Paddy Malarro from Grinnell.

703
01:02:06,580 --> 01:02:12,880
Great job, everyone, and thank you all for your commitment to excellence for all of our students.

704
01:02:14,240 --> 01:02:22,180
Last Wednesday, May 7th was the Gilbert H. Hood Middle School National Junior Honest Society induction ceremony in their gym.

705
01:02:22,760 --> 01:02:29,400
This was the first time that all 7th and 8th grade students were inducted all at the same time in one big ceremony.

706
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:43,640
I want to congratulate each one of the students inducted, the 8th grade National Junior Honor Society members who helped out and there was a ton of them and all of the families and friends who attended this very prestigious ceremony.

707
01:02:43,940 --> 01:02:55,500
Also, a great be thank you goes out to Principal Long and especially to longtime National Junior Honor Society advisor over at Gilbert H. Hood, Mr. Russ Manchester.

708
01:02:55,500 --> 01:02:58,740
He has worked with the National Junior Honor Society students.

709
01:02:59,140 --> 01:03:04,160
For many is, he always puts his heart and soul into making sure these students shine.

710
01:03:04,640 --> 01:03:10,840
It is always an outstanding event to see so many of our bright, wonderful and caring student leaders

711
01:03:11,460 --> 01:03:13,700
receive such a prestigious honor.

712
01:03:14,600 --> 01:03:19,440
And I just want to point out, I'm sure that our chair will be talking about this,

713
01:03:19,560 --> 01:03:21,020
but you can't talk about it enough.

714
01:03:21,020 --> 01:03:34,960
I am looking forward to the West Running Brook play, it's this weekend, it's Friday night at 7 o'clock and Saturday at 3 o'clock.

715
01:03:35,520 --> 01:03:43,780
My wife and I are bringing my granddaughter, Lucy, to the performance on Friday night and we can't wait.

716
01:03:44,220 --> 01:03:45,220
Thank you.

717
01:03:45,220 --> 01:03:45,920
All right.

718
01:03:47,730 --> 01:03:48,470
Thank you, Austin.

719
01:03:48,750 --> 01:03:48,850
Yeah.

720
01:03:48,970 --> 01:03:54,050
Second, you said about the Gilbert A. Chud National Junior Honor Society ceremony.

721
01:03:54,430 --> 01:03:55,150
I was there as well.

722
01:03:55,370 --> 01:03:57,090
They always do a fantastic job.

723
01:03:57,410 --> 01:04:00,610
And I mean, you can see how devoted Mr. Manchester is to that program.

724
01:04:00,950 --> 01:04:05,310
And you know, I love how he, you know, really lets the kids, you know, run that ceremony.

725
01:04:05,690 --> 01:04:07,170
So it's always a great event.

726
01:04:08,310 --> 01:04:08,650
Yeah.

727
01:04:08,710 --> 01:04:12,870
And the West running brick intermediate school musical is coming up this weekend.

728
01:04:12,870 --> 01:04:15,710
And I've shaperoned the rehearsal yesterday.

729
01:04:16,130 --> 01:04:17,910
They almost did a full run through.

730
01:04:19,010 --> 01:04:22,630
And I think there was probably somewhere in the range of 50

731
01:04:22,630 --> 01:04:25,010
kids there yesterday, and it was only half the cast.

732
01:04:26,710 --> 01:04:29,290
So it's impressive to see how many kids

733
01:04:29,290 --> 01:04:32,130
are excited to be involved in theater program this year

734
01:04:32,130 --> 01:04:32,870
at West running Brook.

735
01:04:33,310 --> 01:04:36,830
And they're really doing a great job with the show.

736
01:04:37,070 --> 01:04:38,910
I mean, I thought their rehearsal was great yesterday.

737
01:04:39,550 --> 01:04:41,410
I think we're all in for a treat this weekend.

738
01:04:41,410 --> 01:04:46,910
And I hope as many of you out there can come out and check out what they're going to be doing over there.

739
01:04:47,230 --> 01:04:50,190
For most of these kids, they were in fourth and fifth grade last year.

740
01:04:50,450 --> 01:04:55,290
So for all of them, this is their first time doing a musical at least in the school district.

741
01:04:55,750 --> 01:04:59,290
So it's a great opportunity for all these kids to do this for the first time.

742
01:05:04,090 --> 01:05:06,990
Right, so we will move on to committee reports.

743
01:05:07,510 --> 01:05:09,910
I think we had a bunch of committees meet over the last two weeks.

744
01:05:10,650 --> 01:05:14,730
The Transportation and Technology Committee met to discuss a few issues.

745
01:05:15,490 --> 01:05:20,050
There wasn't item on the agenda tonight to discuss start times as they relate to transportation,

746
01:05:20,250 --> 01:05:21,770
but we're going to have to delay that discussion.

747
01:05:22,990 --> 01:05:28,590
Clifton also discussed a few technology issues, and he also had a deeper analysis of why the

748
01:05:28,590 --> 01:05:35,110
district uses Apple computers, which I know was a question of some, so if you're interested

749
01:05:35,110 --> 01:05:37,630
in looking at that, I'm sure he'd be happy to provide it.

750
01:05:38,970 --> 01:05:41,930
The Facilities Committee met twice over the last couple of weeks.

751
01:05:43,090 --> 01:05:48,250
First, we discussed a number of projects that the administration is proposing.

752
01:05:49,530 --> 01:05:56,010
If you have a student or if you work at West Running Brook, you might have noticed the scaffolding starting to go up alongside the side of the building.

753
01:05:57,270 --> 01:06:03,770
CSI, the contractor working on the facade replacement, is going to be constructing scaffolding around the building on Saturdays through the end of the school year.

754
01:06:03,770 --> 01:06:08,130
here. So the scaffolding shouldn't pose any danger or hindrance operations at West

755
01:06:08,130 --> 01:06:12,510
Running Brook, but installing it now will allow the heavy work to begin as soon as school

756
01:06:12,510 --> 01:06:17,770
is out, you know, materials, I think, are going to be arriving on June 16th, and they're

757
01:06:17,770 --> 01:06:21,950
going to start the demolition on June 17th. So, you know, the hope is the project will be

758
01:06:21,950 --> 01:06:26,930
done before students are back, but at the very least all that heavy construction work will

759
01:06:26,930 --> 01:06:27,350
be done.

760
01:06:30,200 --> 01:06:36,700
There was also, we also discussed the continue investigation with the water infiltration

761
01:06:36,700 --> 01:06:41,560
from the West Running Brook roof. So, you know, Jeremy was here a few weeks ago to address

762
01:06:41,560 --> 01:06:46,160
the same issue, but basically, you know, now that the new flat roof is installed, there's

763
01:06:46,160 --> 01:06:50,840
a handful of locations where there's still seeing water infiltration, and they think it's

764
01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:55,820
because of a design flaw with the metal roof where, you know, water has just been wearing,

765
01:06:55,820 --> 01:07:01,480
of pouring on certain locations and just wearing away at the building since it was built

766
01:07:01,900 --> 01:07:04,340
and now you're finally seeing water coming into the building.

767
01:07:05,300 --> 01:07:11,700
So they are working on a temporary solution with arm that would mitigate the problem until

768
01:07:11,700 --> 01:07:19,360
those metal roof sections are due for replacement, basically to completely do the work to solve

769
01:07:19,360 --> 01:07:20,000
the problem now.

770
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:26,160
they'd have to rip the whole metal roof off and it's not, it has some years left on it.

771
01:07:26,440 --> 01:07:31,000
So the plan is to come up with a temporary solution that will mitigate the problem until

772
01:07:31,620 --> 01:07:33,680
it's time to replace those roof sections.

773
01:07:36,740 --> 01:07:41,220
There was also a number of renovation projects, the administration was looking at for the upcoming

774
01:07:41,220 --> 01:07:41,640
summer.

775
01:07:42,600 --> 01:07:45,740
There were two projects they were looking at that would be funded through federal special

776
01:07:45,740 --> 01:07:46,780
education grants.

777
01:07:46,780 --> 01:07:51,660
Once, the first would be a renovation of the unutilized locker room space at West Running

778
01:07:51,660 --> 01:07:54,700
Brook into a purpose-built space for special education programs.

779
01:07:55,680 --> 01:07:59,280
And that would allow the space currently occupied by those programs to be available for

780
01:07:59,280 --> 01:07:59,760
other uses.

781
01:08:00,740 --> 01:08:06,120
And the other was adding a fifth classroom for the deep program at Gilbert H. Should by renovating

782
01:08:06,120 --> 01:08:08,640
space currently and use by the technology department.

783
01:08:10,300 --> 01:08:16,120
There was also three smaller projects the administration wants to consider completing, I believe, using

784
01:08:16,120 --> 01:08:22,480
unspent funds. And those three projects, one would be a replacement of the folding wall

785
01:08:22,480 --> 01:08:27,140
on the stage of West Running Brook that separates the gymnasium from the band room. I think the

786
01:08:27,140 --> 01:08:32,860
idea would be to replace it with a permanent, preferably soundproof wall. Another project

787
01:08:32,860 --> 01:08:36,940
would be the addition of a permanent dividing wall. There's a double classroom at Gilbert

788
01:08:36,940 --> 01:08:44,100
H. Hood that's currently being used for the fax program. And the dividing wall would divide

789
01:08:44,100 --> 01:08:47,420
that up into two classrooms it would be used for the wellness program.

790
01:08:48,880 --> 01:08:53,720
And the third project would convert Room 234, which is currently and uses an office

791
01:08:53,720 --> 01:08:58,260
for the special education facilitator into an office suite for the assistant principals.

792
01:08:58,860 --> 01:09:02,380
The special education facilitator would move to the current principal's office and the

793
01:09:02,380 --> 01:09:04,900
principal would move into the current assistant principal's space.

794
01:09:06,200 --> 01:09:11,000
So at the next meeting, Jane should have more solid estimates of the costs of these projects

795
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:17,100
and the status of the unspent funds, and at that time we can make some decisions about these projects.

796
01:09:20,540 --> 01:09:22,860
Jane also wanted me to give a couple of updates on the bond.

797
01:09:23,840 --> 01:09:28,180
All required documentation has been submitted to the New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank and to the bond attorney,

798
01:09:28,420 --> 01:09:31,960
so we should be all set for the bond sale, which I believe is July 1st.

799
01:09:33,460 --> 01:09:35,760
Did anyone else from the Facilities Committee have any comments?

800
01:09:41,490 --> 01:09:44,170
The Curriculum and Assessment Committee also met.

801
01:09:44,490 --> 01:09:47,570
I believe one of the issues discussed was the elementary pace.

802
01:09:48,190 --> 01:09:50,850
issue that we discussed earlier in the meeting.

803
01:09:51,330 --> 01:09:52,730
I don't know if you guys any other updates

804
01:09:52,730 --> 01:09:54,670
from anything else discussed at that meeting?

805
01:09:57,670 --> 01:10:01,170
That was the bulk of the discussion around peace.

806
01:10:02,310 --> 01:10:04,530
You guys have anything else you want to add by all means?

807
01:10:05,930 --> 01:10:08,090
I can certainly, oh, sorry, Kim.

808
01:10:08,330 --> 01:10:09,810
I just leaned right in front of her.

809
01:10:10,030 --> 01:10:11,610
I didn't know if you were looking at me, Herva.

810
01:10:11,810 --> 01:10:14,010
Just real quick, we did talk a bit about

811
01:10:14,010 --> 01:10:18,070
some unified arts programming changes that we'd like to put

812
01:10:18,070 --> 01:10:18,450
in place.

813
01:10:18,450 --> 01:10:21,470
We're planning to put in place both at West Running Brook and Gilbert H. Hood.

814
01:10:22,030 --> 01:10:26,810
You kind of hinted at it a little bit, we're looking to expand wellness offerings to students

815
01:10:26,810 --> 01:10:28,610
at Gilbert H. Hood.

816
01:10:29,170 --> 01:10:31,550
Wellness is sort of our health curriculum.

817
01:10:32,830 --> 01:10:38,730
And so we're looking to actually bring in a second wellness teacher so that all middle school

818
01:10:38,730 --> 01:10:40,270
students have access to that program.

819
01:10:41,390 --> 01:10:47,290
We're also students in the middle school will be having access to a library media studies

820
01:10:47,290 --> 01:10:50,690
program, which kids at the intermediate do, but we have never had that program at the

821
01:10:50,690 --> 01:10:53,230
middle school, so that's a new change.

822
01:10:53,990 --> 01:10:58,890
And one of the people that was nominated for a position tonight is a new music teacher,

823
01:10:58,890 --> 01:11:03,370
who I'm not going to use names, but it also was a graduate of the Dairy Cooperative School

824
01:11:03,370 --> 01:11:05,670
District and a wonderful kid and a virtuoso.

825
01:11:06,710 --> 01:11:12,770
But has been hired on to be part of the music team at Gilbert H. Hood, and that primarily

826
01:11:12,770 --> 01:11:20,010
is addressing some of the challenges of good problems. A lot of kids doing band and

827
01:11:20,010 --> 01:11:24,610
course at the intermediate level, and those are full year courses that tie up those two

828
01:11:24,610 --> 01:11:30,650
instructors for a lot of the instructional day, and what that does is it limits the non-band

829
01:11:30,650 --> 01:11:36,770
and course kids access to general music curriculum. So, when hood was bigger in the past, we always

830
01:11:36,770 --> 01:11:41,810
We said three music teachers to address that issue, so we're adding a third music teacher.

831
01:11:42,540 --> 01:11:46,550
We're not actually adding any additional positions to the budget.

832
01:11:46,550 --> 01:12:03,130
We're just reallocating staff, so there are two classroom positions at the elementary school that due to the restructuring, we had two positions available, nobody lost their jobs, they were resignations moving on.

833
01:12:03,130 --> 01:12:07,730
So, we moved those positions to the intermediate middle school to make these things happening.

834
01:12:08,350 --> 01:12:13,890
The only thing I didn't really share about the intermediate school was that we would be

835
01:12:13,890 --> 01:12:18,110
adding a wellness teacher at that program so that kids have access to wellness both in the

836
01:12:18,110 --> 01:12:24,210
intermediate and the middle school and we will be increasing PE offerings at the intermediate

837
01:12:24,210 --> 01:12:29,350
school by moving a current elementary PE teacher to the intermediate level again because

838
01:12:29,350 --> 01:12:35,830
of reallocation of students allows us that flexibility, talking very quickly, so if you're

839
01:12:35,830 --> 01:12:38,950
on the committee interrupt me, there's only other thing that, good.

840
01:12:41,270 --> 01:12:42,910
Yeah, that's what I was about to say, yeah, social studies.

841
01:12:43,130 --> 01:12:48,730
So, this has been a year of learning in terms of curriculum around social studies because

842
01:12:49,170 --> 01:12:56,190
those of you who don't know, prior to the restructuring, there wasn't a really dedicated social studies

843
01:12:56,190 --> 01:12:59,810
instructional block at the 5th grade level because 5th grade was in the elementary school,

844
01:13:00,250 --> 01:13:04,390
and so social studies was kind of integrated into literacy instruction.

845
01:13:05,130 --> 01:13:10,010
This year, obviously, we have a 5th grade schedule that is part of the intermediate school,

846
01:13:10,210 --> 01:13:12,270
so they have a dedicated social studies block.

847
01:13:12,530 --> 01:13:17,030
And so while that's been really great, and there's some good benefits to that, it has come

848
01:13:17,030 --> 01:13:19,390
a little bit at the expense of literacy instruction.

849
01:13:19,390 --> 01:13:23,490
So we had initially designed intermediate social studies

850
01:13:23,490 --> 01:13:26,590
to be really centered around geography.

851
01:13:27,790 --> 01:13:31,950
And while geography as a social studies nerd, I love geography.

852
01:13:32,230 --> 01:13:35,590
But it is harder to integrate geography into literacy.

853
01:13:36,170 --> 01:13:42,210
And it's also harder to, how can I say this?

854
01:13:42,610 --> 01:13:45,190
For some students it can be difficult to engage with geography

855
01:13:45,190 --> 01:13:49,310
because it's not a story based or a narrative based or a people based.

856
01:13:49,310 --> 01:13:56,670
subject in a lot of ways. So we're kind of reorganizing our social studies curriculum to focus

857
01:13:57,230 --> 01:14:02,510
predominantly on ancient civilizations in fifth grade which will have geography integrated. It

858
01:14:02,510 --> 01:14:09,530
would just won't be standalone and doing exploration and colonial settlement settlement of the

859
01:14:09,530 --> 01:14:15,370
Americas in sixth grade. That curriculum will be designed around a novel study or book study

860
01:14:15,370 --> 01:14:21,470
approach so that it can be integrated more effectively with our literacy instruction.

861
01:14:22,210 --> 01:14:24,070
Not to get too deep into it, so I'm going to stop.

862
01:14:24,370 --> 01:14:28,350
But fifth grade English and social studies is actually the same teacher.

863
01:14:29,130 --> 01:14:34,250
So the ability to now integrate with that new curriculum setup is, I'll be thinking to

864
01:14:34,250 --> 01:14:39,210
be really effective, Dennis Mayo and Kim have really led the work in this area.

865
01:14:39,510 --> 01:14:42,630
Dennis has been working closely with the intermediate school teachers.

866
01:14:43,270 --> 01:14:47,290
Patty Thomas is our social studies team leader at the Intermediate School.

867
01:14:47,450 --> 01:14:51,590
She's a superstar. She has also been working really hard to coordinate this.

868
01:14:51,890 --> 01:14:59,210
So we've got materials in and we're ready to go hit the ground running next year, but that was a yeah, I think that was it.

869
01:15:04,370 --> 01:15:12,950
All right, thank you, Joe. Next up is FYI's and member updates. We have the May 1st enrollment update. Did anyone have any questions about that?

870
01:15:16,350 --> 01:15:37,130
All right. I wanted to give notice of openings on the Fiscal Advisory Committee for next year. So our policy states that vacancies should be advertised in May. The information has been posted on the website. This committee is made up of 11 people, 9 full members and 2 alternates. So coming up this year, we're going to have 4 openings on the committee, 2 full members and 2 alternates.

871
01:15:37,130 --> 01:15:38,270
for three year terms.

872
01:15:39,110 --> 01:15:41,290
The committee typically meets five or six times

873
01:15:41,290 --> 01:15:44,190
from October to December to collaborate on the district budget.

874
01:15:44,910 --> 01:15:47,150
If you're looking to get more involved with the school district,

875
01:15:47,270 --> 01:15:50,410
if you have expertise that you feel would lend itself to the work,

876
01:15:50,570 --> 01:15:51,910
you know, this is a great way to get started.

877
01:15:53,030 --> 01:15:55,670
So our policy dictates that appointments be made

878
01:15:55,670 --> 01:15:58,830
on or before June 30th, so I would expect

879
01:15:58,830 --> 01:16:00,810
that we'll have appointments to vote on,

880
01:16:00,810 --> 01:16:05,210
assuming we get some applicants at the June 24th board meeting.

881
01:16:05,210 --> 01:16:07,650
So I get your applications in before then.

882
01:16:09,610 --> 01:16:13,950
I also wanted to note it's spring concert season around our schools right now.

883
01:16:14,830 --> 01:16:16,730
So Barca always goes first.

884
01:16:16,890 --> 01:16:21,550
They've already had their spring concert on the 7th, and South Rangers is actually tonight.

885
01:16:22,490 --> 01:16:28,670
But coming up, Grinnell has their concert on Thursday the 15th, the Hood Chorus, Monday the 19th,

886
01:16:29,350 --> 01:16:34,670
the Hood Band Tuesday the 20th, the West Running Brook Band in Chorus on Thursday the 22nd.

887
01:16:34,670 --> 01:16:41,350
East Derry on Friday the 30th, and the West running work band as their solo night on Thursday the 5th.

888
01:16:42,700 --> 01:16:45,100
So did anybody else have anything they wanted to mention?

889
01:16:45,540 --> 01:16:52,460
I did. It's not on the agenda, but it was something that came up that I don't know if the school board is something to address or at least administration.

890
01:16:53,180 --> 01:17:01,260
One of the things that's becoming popular with the kids and it started last year I believe was South Range is the senior walkthrough at elementary schools.

891
01:17:01,260 --> 01:17:06,660
I know it's happened in other schools, this district has not typically had it, but I think

892
01:17:06,660 --> 01:17:08,820
South range started last year or the year before.

893
01:17:09,500 --> 01:17:15,780
And so now it's starting on social media where people are interested in saying like how

894
01:17:15,780 --> 01:17:19,000
can we do this, Pinkerton doesn't facilitate it.

895
01:17:19,360 --> 01:17:22,700
We don't necessarily sanction it, so it's very loose right now.

896
01:17:22,840 --> 01:17:27,000
There's no direction, there's no instruction, there's no protocol per se.

897
01:17:27,500 --> 01:17:33,360
I know for myself, you know, I've talked to Mary Hill, and she had her own layout like,

898
01:17:33,460 --> 01:17:38,340
oh, I'd like a student liaison, one person to come and see me, we'll try to find a date.

899
01:17:38,860 --> 01:17:44,200
It seems to be per school, but I just think it would be nice, like if we know that this

900
01:17:44,200 --> 01:17:49,260
is something that's going to be popular or something that's going to be sought out now, because

901
01:17:49,260 --> 01:17:55,700
it seems to be gaining popularity, that there's some sort of consensus or protocol of how it

902
01:17:55,700 --> 01:18:25,620
It should be approached, and I know that it may be, I don't know if it's a discussion between to have with the high school committee, the Pinkerton committee, or if it's something here because it involves our elementary schools directly, but maybe something that somebody can say like, okay, you need to pick one person, they need to go and meet with the principal, just to have some protocol in place because it seems like right now nobody knows what to do, and they're all just trying to grasp it,

903
01:18:25,620 --> 01:18:29,660
straws to make this happen because a lot of parents and a lot of kids want to see this happen.

904
01:18:30,240 --> 01:18:35,840
So I just kind of wanted to throw it out there and whoever needs to take the reins or follow up with it can.

905
01:18:43,840 --> 01:18:57,300
Yes, we do have a leadership meeting tomorrow with our system principals and then the 21st I believe we have a principals meeting where we can talk a little bit about some of the logistics of this and how it could work.

906
01:18:57,300 --> 01:19:05,900
I'd like to hear some feedback from administrators about all the devil in the details piece.

907
01:19:06,220 --> 01:19:10,940
But yeah, I'm glad you brought it up, so I just was adding it to the agenda for tomorrow morning's meeting.

908
01:19:16,420 --> 01:19:25,490
I do have another beginning of May is staff appreciation, day, week, month, whatever.

909
01:19:25,490 --> 01:19:44,630
We've been celebrating our staff and I mentioned wonderful teachers, I mentioned outstanding assistants but this goes through to fantastic custodians and secretaries and everybody else that's involved with the Derrick cooperative school district.

910
01:19:44,870 --> 01:19:54,290
I have stressed it my entire time here that everybody is important to the organization and it's good to say thank you.

911
01:19:56,750 --> 01:20:03,670
And I believe we have an outstanding staff that cares deeply about what they do.

912
01:20:04,350 --> 01:20:07,730
Cares for the children and the families, cares for their colleagues.

913
01:20:08,450 --> 01:20:12,830
And it's always a good thing to say thank you for what you do.

914
01:20:13,350 --> 01:20:17,370
And make sure that they are all aware that we appreciate them.

915
01:20:20,960 --> 01:20:22,680
Yeah, I'd wanted to acknowledge that as well.

916
01:20:22,680 --> 01:20:25,980
And also, a great deal of thanks to all of our outstanding

917
01:20:25,980 --> 01:20:31,230
all of the teacher appreciation events they put on over the last week.

918
01:20:32,270 --> 01:20:35,970
I know from my personal experience, they did a fantastic job at West Running Brook.

919
01:20:37,370 --> 01:20:45,170
Yeah, I mean, to all of our teachers, there's nothing that we can say that will quantify how much we appreciate what you do.

920
01:20:45,910 --> 01:20:49,250
I know it's not an easy time in history to be a teacher.

921
01:20:51,370 --> 01:20:56,950
So, you know, it's not much, but, you know, we can tell you how much that, you know, every

922
01:20:57,470 --> 01:21:01,030
family out there appreciates the work that you put in the dedication.

923
01:21:01,490 --> 01:21:02,170
So, thank you.

924
01:21:05,540 --> 01:21:08,960
If nothing else, I will accept a motion to adjourn.

925
01:21:12,300 --> 01:21:13,080
First by Jenna.

926
01:21:13,520 --> 01:21:13,860
Second.

927
01:21:14,000 --> 01:21:14,680
Second by Jen.

928
01:21:15,080 --> 01:21:15,460
All in favor?

929
01:21:15,960 --> 01:21:16,980
All opposed?

930
01:21:17,800 --> 01:21:19,060
Motion passes 70.

931
01:21:21,560 --> 01:21:21,760
All right.

932
01:21:21,900 --> 01:21:22,380
Good night, everybody.

933
01:21:22,380 --> 01:21:22,580
Ready.