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AND WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE BU COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF OCTOBER 13TH.
WE CONDUCTING THIS MODE, ROOM, DISTRICT OFFICE, AND THERE ARE NUMBER OF MEMBERS, DR.
ESKY AND, UH, MR. ST HERE ONLINE.
ANY OTHER BOARD NUMBERS AND REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH, PARTICIPATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN 4:00 PM AND FOUR 30 BY SENDING AN EMAIL WITH YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER, AND CALL PLEDGE.
MANY STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC NATION.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OF THE AGENDA.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? YES.
I MOVED THAT WE APPROVED TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
SECONDED BY MR. CAMPBELL TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? VERY NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFIED BY THAT.
UH, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ROBIN, WERE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, SIR.
I NEED TO HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
SEPTEMBER THAT, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER MEETING.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? SO ONCE YOU READ AT THE MEETING FOR OCTOBER 4TH.
NO, WHEN YOU, DID YOU, THAT WAS YOUR SUMMARY WHEN YOU DID THE FINANCE.
THOSE ARE THE MEETING MINUTES I HAD SAID TO YOU BEFORE.
THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING WE DONE? I MEAN, THERE'S A COUPLE OF MS. BILL IN THE VERY AGENDA.
REVIEW WHAT HAS OCCURRED, SALARY INCREASES AND BONUSES.
ENTER IT SAYS YOUR PRESENTED DATE PRESENTED.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SO IT'S 2 0 1 WITH CORRECTIONS? YEAH.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE MONTHLY 1000 HUNDRED REPORT.
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SUMMARY.MOST OF IT IS OUR ANNUAL RENEWAL OF DIFFERENT CONTRACTS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE ONLY THING I WOULD MENTION IS, UH, THE FIRST ON THE LIST IS THE AMAZON TOTAL.
AND AS EXPECTED WITH OUR NEW PROCUREMENT CODE, WE'RE SEEING A DECLINE IN THE AMAZON PURCHASES.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND AT THIS POINT.
UM, IF SPENDING IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST, UM, THIS YEAR WE SPENT IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WE HAD LESS THAN, SO IT WAS 72,000.
SO, UM, WITH THE CHANGE IN THE PROCUREMENT CODE REQUIRING US TO GO WITH STATE CONTRACT RIGHT.
VENDORS PRIMARILY, UNLESS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN, IN COST, THEN UH, THAT WILL HAVE A SHIFT TOWARD OTHER STATE CONTRACT VENDORS.
YOU SEE THE SHIFT IN STAPLES? MM-HMM.
THE OTHER QUESTIONS, RACHEL? DR.
UM, I ONLY HAVE I THINK, TWO QUESTIONS AND THAT'S IN REGARD TO, AND TANYA, I REALLY DO LIKE THE REPORT HAVING, UH, THE PRIOR YEARS AMOUNT ON THERE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR US IN, IN LOOKING AT HOW THESE THINGS MIGHT BE CHANGING.
MY MAIN QUESTIONS ARE IN REGARD TO THE PROJECT LEAD THE WAY TOTAL FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR BEING, UH, DOUBLE, I THINK IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ON THE FIRST PAGE, ROBIN.
UM, JUST THOSE THAT GOING DOWN THE LINE, ANY OF THOSE THAT SAW, YOU KNOW, A 50% OR MORE INCREASE, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, SO THIS YEAR IT DOES STATE, UH, LET'S SEE, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES AND ONLINE COURSE REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPATION FEES.
LAST YEAR WAS JUST INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, NOT THE SOFTWARE ONLINE COURSES.
SO, UM, I HAVE TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE FROM DR.
STRATASYS TEAM TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE ON, I BELIEVE THEY'VE EXPANDED.
YEAH, I THINK THERE WAS SOME MORE SCHOOLS EVEN AS WELL THAT, UM, WE DO, WE ARE SPENDING, UM, SOME FUNDS ON, UH, ESSR, SOME PROJECTS ON ESSER AS WELL.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THAT WOULD TAKE SPENDING EVEN HIGHER IF WE WERE DOING THAT, UM, IN BOTH FUNDING SOURCES.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL CHECK IN ON THAT ONE.
SO SOME OF THE OTHERS ARE THAT HAVE INCREASED, LIKE AJA BUILDING COMPANY, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR, BUT THAT COMPANY DID NOT DO BUSINESS WITH US, UH, LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.
WE HAD GENERALLY FOUR MAJOR CONTRACTORS, UM, GENERAL CONTRACTORS, AND THEY WERE NOT THE ONES THAT WERE PERFORMING LAST YEAR'S, UH, PROJECTS.
ARTHUR GALLAGHER, OUR RISK MANAGEMENT, UM, AS A TIMING THING, ONE WAS PAID LAST YEAR.
IT WAS PAID IN MONTH OF OCTOBER.
SO IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE TIMING OF WHEN THE PAYMENTS ARE MADE THAT CAN CAUSE THAT.
SO FOR THE MOST PART, WENDY CARWOOD JOINED THE MEETING.
SO I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, THE DESCRIPTION WE PROVIDE GENERALLY GIVES, UH, THAT INFORMATION.
BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY CHECK INTO THE PROJECT LEAD WAY.
A LITTLE MORE INSTRUCTIONAL AREAS.
YEAH, I JUST WAS LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE ON SOME OF 'EM.
LIKE, UM, DOMINION FOR EXAMPLE.
I, I THINK IF I'M READING IT CORRECTLY AS SAYING THAT, UM, THIS YEAR THERE'S TWO ACCOUNTS THAT ARE BEING PAID AS OPPOSED TO LAST YEAR WHERE THERE WAS ONLY ONE ACCOUNT NUMBER BEING PAID.
IS THAT ACCURATE? MOST LIKELY.
SO ONCE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.
THE TIMING OF THEM JUST HIT WHERE WE HAPPEN TO PAY TWO IN ONE MONTH.
SO THE NEXT REPORT YOU RECEIVE WILL PROBABLY BE LESS, HAVE ZERO IN IT OR MUCH LESS AND IT'LL GO THE OTHER DIRECTION.
UM, HAPPEN OFTEN FOR UTILITIES.
UM, IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE, THE, HOW THE CALENDAR FLOWS AND YOU KNOW, WHEN,
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UM, WHEN THE DUE DATE IS SO OFTEN WE HAVE TO HURRY AND GET A PAYMENT MADE BEFORE THE, THE DUE DATE AND IT HAPPENS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BE PAID EARLY IN ORDER TO MEET THAT DEADLINE.SO IT IS, IT IS PRETTY COMMON.
I'LL HAVE TO RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOL WENT UP.
RIVERVIEW CHARTER SCHOOLS PAYMENT WENT UP BECAUSE, UH, OUR TAXES, UH, TAX REVENUES INCREASED THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, UH, OUR PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE DISTRICTWIDE INCREASED AND THEN WE MULTIPLIED BY RIVERVIEW STUDENT NUMBERS.
SO THEIR UH, TOTAL, UM, ALLOCATION HAS GONE UP $2 MILLION THIS, THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO, UM, THAT CAN BE SEEN IN OUR FINANCIAL REPORTS AS WELL IN IN THE BUDGET.
SO WE DID INDICATE, UM, THAT THERE WOULD BE AN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THAT LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S ALL ABOUT TAX REVENUES.
THAT AND, AND STATE, LOCAL AND STATE REVENUES THAT WE GENERATE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
APPROVE THE, UH, YOU CAN SAY CONSOLIDATE, CONSOLIDATE REPORT AND CONSENT.
AGENDA TO PUT THAT MOTION THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVE THE MONTHLY 100 K REPORT.
PLACE, PLACE ON THE OCTOBER 18TH BOARD CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY OTHER, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SAYING HI.
WHO'S NEXT? I THINK EARL, DID YOU SAY HI? YEAH, I'M SORRY.
SO CAN I ASK YOU QUESTION? SO WILL WE, SO WILL THE, UM, SO THE, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WILL BE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THIS WILL JUST BE ATTACHMENT, ATTACHMENT PUT, I DON'T THINK YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, LET'S DO THAT.
AND THAT'S THE ONE WE JUST, WE, WE DIDN'T PUT THE LINK, WE PUT THE WHOLE DOCUMENT.
WE DIDN'T PRINT OUT THE WHOLE OKAY.
I THINK THIS, THE PURPOSE OF THE
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CONSOLIDATE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS REPORT WAS TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE LARGEST ITEMS IN THE TRANSPARENCY REPORT.SO REALLY THAT KIND HELPS TO, UM, MINIMIZE THE, UM, YEAH, IT'S CONSOLIDATED.
FACILITATE THAT IT IS INFORMATION.
LET'S, LET'S ADD THAT TO THE BY LINE AND IF, IF I SEE A PROBLEM, I WILL ASK TO BRING IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND YEAH.
SO DO YOU WANT A SEPARATE MOTION OR JUST NO, LET'S RACHEL'S HANDS UP.
OH, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT SOME OF THE CONTENT YOU GUYS.
IF, IF YOU'RE READY FOR ME, I CAN SURE, GO AHEAD.
IT'S MOSTLY JUST A, A STATEMENT AND PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES FURTHER DISCUSSION DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE, WE ARE LESSENING THE AMOUNT OF PURCHASES ON AMAZON AND PURCHASING THROUGH STAPLES INSTEAD.
UM, ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BEING PURCHASED ON AMAZON HAVE TO DO WITH ANY TYPE OF, UM, FURNISHINGS THAT ARE PURCHASED ON THERE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I SHARED WITH SOME OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, BUT, UM, THERE, THERE AREN'T REALLY ANY STANDARDS IN REGARD TO WHAT KIND OF FURNISHINGS ARE, ARE, UM, PLACED INTO CLASSROOM SETTINGS.
AND SO THERE WAS SOME ARTICLES THAT CAME OUT ABOUT CHAIRS THAT WERE ACTUALLY, UM, MALFUNCTIONING IN A CLASSROOM THAT WERE PURCHASED OFF AMAZON.
SO MY CONCERN IS THAT I WANT US TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT, UM, FURNISHING PURCHASES THAT COME OFF OF THERE, UM, AS WELL AS JUST MAKING SMART PURCHASES.
UM, CUZ I DON'T KNOW HOW REGULATED THAT IS AND, AND I WORRY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF SOME OF THOSE ITEMS BEING IN THE CLASSROOM.
UM, BUT THAT CAN BE A, A DISCUSSION AT ANOTHER TIME OR PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, IF NEED MORE INFO I CAN CERTAINLY SHARE ME.
UM, THE CAROL CRUTCHFIELD AND FREDDIE LOTTON ARE IN CHARGE OF FURNITURE FOR THE DISTRICT AND THEY DO HAVE STANDARDS FOR SCHOOLS.
I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO FACILITATE THAT, BUT, UM, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT OUR STANDARDS ARE.
CAUSE THEY DO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH YOU ABOUT PERHAPS A PRINCIPLE GOING AND ORDERING ON AMAZON.
IF IT'S A, A PRINCIPAL PURCHASING, UM, FURNISHINGS.
AND WHEN I SAY STANDARDS, I DON'T MEAN LIKE THE DISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE STANDARDS.
I MEAN THAT THE INDUSTRY ITSELF DOES NOT HAVE STANDARDS.
YOU HAVE STANDARDS FOR OFFICE FURNITURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THE, UM, CHILDREN'S CLASSROOM FURNISHINGS, OR TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NO SET STANDARDS.
I THINK THE ONLY STATE THAT HAS ANY IS MAYBE CALIFORNIA.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING BEING PURCHASED OFF AMAZON THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE CLASSROOM, THAT IT DOES GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MS. CRUTCHFIELD AND, UM, MR. LOTTON.
AND WE'RE JUST KEEPING A GOOD EYE ON THINGS, THAT'S ALL.
WE WILL, UM, WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT WITH THEM AND THE, UM, AND COME UP WITH SOME, UH, IDEAS FOR HOW TO COMMUNICATE, WHAT TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR BOOKKEEPERS AND THEIR SORT OF THE GATEKEEPER OF PURCHASES IN, IN THE SCHOOLS SO WE CAN HELP FACILITATE THAT AND GET INFORMATION, UM, FROM THE FACILITIES FOLKS SO WE CAN WORK ON THAT.
UM, LET, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THIS, SO I'D LIKE TO JUST HAVE IT PUT ON THE AGENDA AND BY THE TIME THE, THE AGENDA, PUT IT ON, PUT IT ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, AGENDA FOR THE FINANCE REPORT.
I WILL HAVE TIME TO REVIEW IT BEFORE THE MEETING AND OPENED IT UP FOR THE FULL, DO YOU WANT ME TO PRINT YOU OUT 84 PAGES SO THAT YOU WOULD COPY? THAT'S THE CONSOLIDATED REPORT.
I DO, I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITHOUT SOMEBODY GOING AND LOOKING BY LINE.
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OKAY.SO NEED A MOTION TO TO, I MEAN, IF YOU WANT IT UNDER THE REPORT INSTEAD OF RICH GOING UNDER CONSENT AGENDA.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD GO UNDER YOUR REPORT.
RIGHT? I SO WE, I MEAN YOU CAN BRING UP THAT'S FINE.
IT JUST WON'T GO ON CONSENT AGENDA.
SO NEXT ITEM IS BOARD MONTHLY BUDGET.
DON'T SEE ANYBODY OVERSPENDING.
THE BIGGEST PERCENTAGE, UH, IS THE ORGANIZATION OF MEMBERSHIP DUES, WHICH I GUESS WE'RE ALL PAID UP, I HOPE.
IT WAS A, A HOLDOVER FROM BEFORE.
I DID KIND OF HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH.
SIMILAR TO AND ALONG THE LINES OF OUR MEMBERSHIP FEES.
UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S TWO, TWO SEPARATE NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AT THIS POINT, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND I KNOW THAT WE GET MEMBERSHIP INTO SOUTH CAROLINA AND I'VE BEEN GETTING EMAILS FOR THE N NATIONAL CONFERENCE, BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING FOR, PARDON? WE'RE NOT, WE ARE NOT A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL, UH, UM, TWO BOARDS AGO, UH, BECAUSE OF THE COSTS DID NOT PAY FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP.
SO NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL, WE'RE ONLY A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE'S GONNA BE TWO DIFFERENT NATIONAL CONFERENCES THIS YEAR, AND I KNOW IN THE PAST THE SCHOOL BOARD HAD ATTENDED SOME OF THE NSBA ONES, SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE WERE GONNA GET INFORMATION OR ANYTHING ON THE OTHER ONE.
I I THINK IT STARTS WITH A C IT'S LIKE A COALITION OR SO YEAH, EXACTLY.
THAT'S EXACTLY, IT'S CUBIS IS A PART THAT COMES OUT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
SO THEY'RE LIKE A, A SUB, THEY'RE A PART OF THE NATIONAL, BUT THEY'RE A SUBGROUP OF THE NATIONAL NO, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, I'LL TRY TO PULL IT UP BECAUSE I ACTUALLY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT THROUGH, THROUGH WORK AND SO I HAD SEEN THAT THEY WERE HAVING IT.
I BELIEVE IT'S MADE UP OF LIKE FLORIDA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND A LOT OF THE SOUTHEASTERN, UH, SCHOOL, THE REGIONAL CONFERENCE HAS ATTEND THE REGIONAL ONES BEFORE.
NO, THIS WAS, UM, IT'S THE NEW COALITION OF SCHOOL BOARDS THAT DEVIATED AWAY FROM N SBA.
AND THEY, THEY LIKE JUST DOC, UM, YOU KNOW, MADE UP THEIR, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY THEIR RULES AND ALL THAT.
AND SO SCOTT, UM, PRICE WOULD BE, UM, SC S B A WOULD KNOW BECAUSE THE SCS B A IS GONNA BE PART OF THAT.
YEAH, PART OF THE MBS WHATEVER NATIONAL.
YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I THINK AND SOMETHING RELATIVELY NEW.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALL SIGNED UP TO GET WHATEVER EMAILS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET FOR THAT SINCE THAT'S NOW OUR AFFILIATION, I BELIEVE.
WILL YOU THAT INFORMATION PLEASE? YES, MA'AM, I WILL.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES FROM THE BOARD? MONTHLY BOARD BUDGET? RIGHT.
I HERE A, UH, TO APPROVE, APPROVE THE MONTHLY BOARD BUDGET AND HAVE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVE IT AND PLACE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
HAVE A MR. CAMPBELLS FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON BOARD MONTHLY BUDGET MEETING PLACE ON OCTOBER 18TH.
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ANY DISCUSSION? IT'S BOARD, MONTHLY BUDGET.REPORT, BUT I STILL SEE, OH, NOW I JUST, THAT LOOKS GOOD.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFIED BY SAYING, AYE.
WHAT'S NKI? I MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, THERE, THIS IS OUR INAUGURAL DISCUSSION, UM, THE ANSWER UPDATE, UM, WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS TIME TO PROVIDE, UH, SORT OF A, A TO ADDRESS A FEW OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED BY THE BOARD, UM, AND TO GIVE A DIFFERENT LOOK AT THE ESSER FUNDS.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE ESSER FUNDS ARE THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UH, INITIALLY PROVIDED, UM, THERE WAS A SMALL POT, IT WAS DISTRIBUTED IN MARCH OF 2020, THEN A LITTLE BIT LARGER ONE THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND, AND SO ON.
UM, SO WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE, UM, BASICALLY TWO REMAINING FUNDS, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REPORT, WE INCLUDED, UH, SR ONE AS WELL, WHICH JUST COMPLETED.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS, THIS SR DASHBOARD IS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, TO GIVE A, THE VISUAL LOOK AT, UM, THE, SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS, UM, OF THE PROGRAM.
TWO, TO PROVIDE SOME PROJECTIONS TO SHOW YOU THE PATTERNS OF SPENDING AND WHAT, HOW WE WILL MEET OUR GOAL OF SPENDING IT ALL BY THE DEADLINES.
AND THEN ALSO TO COMBINE ALL THE ACTIVITIES OF THE GRANTS INTO ONE BUDGET, ONE SET OF SPENDING AND THE REMAINING BALANCES IN BY MAJOR CATEGORIES.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS DASHBOARD IS INTENDED TO DO TO KIND OF SIMPLIFY, UM, AND PROVIDE MORE OF AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TYPE LOOK AT THE SR FUNDING.
SO, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL, THIS WILL REPLACE THE OTHER DOCUMENTS WHICH I'VE ALSO PROVIDED, OR THIS IS THE WORK OF ALL OF THIS IS THE WORK OF MS. MAX AND IN HER TEAM, UM, AND, AND WITH HELP FROM OTHER FOLKS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO I WANNA COMMEND HER FOR A LOT OF FOLKS, AND I THINK IT LOOKS AMAZING, ACTUALLY.
BUT I ALSO, WE'VE PROVIDED THE, THE FORMAT THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN PLACE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WANT, YOU SAW IT THE SAME WAY YOU'VE SEEN IT IN THE PAST, AND IF YOU DECIDE YOU WOULD PREFER JUST THE SUMMARY, THAT'S FINE.
UH, OR WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE WHICHEVER REPORTS THE BOARD OR THE COMMITTEE REFERS.
UM, SO IF, IF WE CAN TAKE SOME TIME TO KIND OF GO THROUGH, WE CAN, UM, I CAN POINT OUT A FEW THINGS OF THIS DOCUMENT THAT BASICALLY IS THE SAME INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED IN THE NARRATIVE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, BUT IN JUST IN A GRAPHICAL VISUAL KIND OF WAY.
SO THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER QUADRANT OF THE DASHBOARD IS THE TOTAL ESSR EXPENDITURES.
SO THAT REPRESENTS THREE POTS OF MONEY, SR ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
AND SO BASICALLY WE HAVE SPENT 46% OF THOSE THREE SOURCES.
UM, THE FIRST SOURCE IS, UH, SR ONE IS ABOUT A YEAR OLD.
UM, SO WE SPENT, THAT'S ABOUT 12 MONTHS OF SPENDING IN, UM, EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES.
UH, IT ALSO, IT REPRESENTS ABOUT $36 MILLION ESSENTIALLY SPENT IN ONE.
THERE'S 80 MILLION TOTAL IN, IN THE SOURCES.
AND SO AS WE BREAK IT DOWN, AS WE MOVE TO THE RIGHT HAND, UPPER RIGHT HAND QUADRANT, UM, YOU SEE S OR ONE, AND THAT ONE WAS, UH, ABOUT, I'M TRYING 4.4 0.9, ABOUT 5 MILLION.
AND THAT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT SPENT AT THIS POINT.
SO THAT DEADLINE WAS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
AND THOSE HAVE BEEN, THOSE ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN A HUNDRED PERCENT EXPENDED.
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S OR TWO, AND, UH, THOSE HAVE BEEN, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING FOR ABOUT 12 MONTHS.UM, THOSE EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, AND THOSE ARE 50% SPENT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA MENTION TO, AND WE'LL SEE IT AGAIN, AND ONE OF THE OTHER GRAPHS IS THAT THE, UH, RECRUITING AND RETENTION BONUS THAT WE, THE BOARD VOTED ON OF 6 MILLION WILL BE SPENT IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
SO WITH THAT SPENDING, WE ARE GOING TO BE AT 76% SPENT BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR FOR, SO IT'S FOR S OR TWO, TWO.
SO THAT'S GONNA JUMP UP VERY QUICKLY, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS THAT YOU SEE THE NEXT START.
IT WON'T BE THE NEXT MONTH'S REPORT, BUT, UM, IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, YOU WILL SEE A BIG JUMP IN THAT CATEGORY.
UM, THEN BELOW THAT IS SR THREE.
UH, WE WERE ALLOCATED THAT 12 MONTHS AGO.
IT HAS TWO MORE YEARS, SO 24 MORE MONTHS.
UM, SO WE'RE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH THE GRANT PERIOD.
AND WE'RE 38% SPENT OF THOSE FUNDS.
SO, UM, SO AGAIN, UH, SR THREE HAS ABOUT 31 AND HALF MILLION OF REMAINING EXPENDITURES THAT ARE PLANNED AND COMMITTED, UM, ON THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES.
IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND QUADRANT IS A LINE, UH, A LINE CHART, LINE GRAPH, WHICH COMBINES SERS TWO AND THREE.
AND THESE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.
THIS IS A FUTURE PROJECTION OF SPENDING.
SO, UH, THE LEFT HAND ACCESS IS, UH, IT REPRESENTS THE BLUE LINE.
THE BLUE LINE IS THE QUARTERLY PROJECTIONS OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE SPEND BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE GRANT IN, IN THE FIRST QUARTER JANUARY, OR, UH, JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2025, OR IS 2024, BUT IT'S FISCAL YEAR 25.
SO THE BLUE LINE IS VERY JAGGED AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA PAY A 6 MILLION RECRUITING RETENTION BONUS.
AND THE NEXT MONTH WE'RE GONNA HAVE KIND OF NEXT FEW QUARTERS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE RELATIVELY STEADY SPENDING.
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA SEE JUMPS IN, IN OTHER OTHER TIME PERIODS WHERE WE EXPECT TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION, UH, COMPLETED, SAY IN THE SUMMER MONTHS OR, UH, SPENDING AS WE NEAR THE END OF THE GRANT ON THE FINAL, UH, SOFTWARE RENEWALS.
UH, I, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, TECHNOLOGY DEVICES OUR MAJOR PURCHASES WILL BE COMPLETING DURING THAT, UM, DURING THE END OF THE 2024 FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND AS WE NEAR TOWARD THE END OF THE GRANT.
SO, UM, ON THE RIGHT HAND AXIS IS, UH, REPRESENTS THE GREEN LINE.
AND THE GREEN LINE IS A PROJECTION OF WHAT THE REMAINING BUDGET WILL BE AS WE GO FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD.
AND SO WE EXPECT TO GO TO ZERO.
UM, WE REALLY BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE WELL BEFORE A FEW MONTHS BEFORE OUR GOAL IS TO BE FINISHED A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER PERIOD.
INVOICES TO BE COME IN, BE PROCESSED AND SO ON.
UM, AND SO, UM, THAT IS, SHOWS A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT WE PROJECT TO SPEND AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL FUNDS ARE EXPENDED.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THE FAR BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IS REALLY THE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF OUR APPROVED ACTIVITIES.
SO WE'VE LUMPED THEM IN, YOU'LL SEE THE BIGGEST CATEGORY IS LEARNING LOSS.
SO THAT'S A MULTITUDE OF THINGS.
YOU HAVE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, TUTORING PROGRAMS DURING THE DAY, UM, AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL, UM, SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS.
UM, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE MENTAL HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY, TEACHER QUALITY, RETENTION, UM, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS IN THERE.
SO THAT PROVIDES THE BUDGET IT WAS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED, UM, OF SR TWO AND THREE, THAT 73 MILLION DOESN'T HAVE THE SR ONE INCLUDED IN THIS ONE.
SO THESE ARE SR TWO AND THREE ACTIVITIES OF THE REMAINING, THE GRANTS THAT
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REMAINING HOW MUCH WE'VE SPENT AND WHAT'S REMAINING TO BE EXPENDED.SO, UM, ONE JUST LASTLY, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, MS. MAXON AND HER STAFF ARE TRACKING THESE, UM, AND MONITORING EACH EXPENDITURE TO MAKE SURE AS EVERY EXPENDITURE COMES THROUGH, THEY'RE TRACKING THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE, WITH WHAT WE WROTE IN THE GRANT, UH, WHAT THE SPECIFIC ACTIVITY CALLS FOR AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WITHIN A, AN APPROVED ACTIVITY.
BUT ALSO SHE'S CONTINUING TO MEET QUARTERLY WITH EACH OF THE CONTACT PEOPLE.
SO WE HAVE A CHART THAT EVERY BUDGET ITEM WITH OVER 200 BUDGET ITEMS WITHIN THIS GRANT, UH, INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. AND EACH ONE HAS A CONTACT PERSON.
AND THOSE CONTACT PEOPLE MEET WITH HER QUARTERLY AND SHE MONITORS THAT PROGRESS.
WE PUSH IT ALONG WHEN WE NEED TO, AND UH, WE MAKE SURE, UH, THAT THE SPENDING IS HAPPENING TIMELY OR WE'RE NOTIFIED OF ANY DELAYS THAT MAY OCCUR, UH, FOR SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES OR STAFFING.
SH UH, AND OFTENTIMES THERE ARE, UM, SHIFTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH A NURSE WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FULFILL A FULL-TIME POSITION, BUT WE'VE HAD A CONTRACTED POSITION.
SO THAT MAY REQUIRE, UM, A LITTLE SHIFT AROUND, UH, FROM ONE CATEGORY TO THE OTHER, BUT STEP STILL WITHIN THE SAME ACTIVITY.
SO, UH, BUT THERE IS OVER A DOZEN PEOPLE THAT SHE MEETS WITH ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
SO, UM, SO I THINK THAT THE MOST PART, IT COVERS THE, UM, THE UPDATE AND ALL THE, THE BOTH EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES REALLY.
AND SO, UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
YEAH, IT'S SIMPLIFIED COMMENTS FROM THANK YOU DICK.
UM, YEAH, I, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU THAT THIS IS, UH, THIS IS REALLY GOOD.
UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE I'M USED TO SEEING THINGS LIKE THIS, SO, SO IT REALLY RESONATES FOR ME.
BUT THIS IS SUCH AN IMPROVEMENT OVER TRYING TO READ THE OTHER STUFF LINE BY LINE AND CONSTRUCTING THESE, UH, THESE VISUALS IN OUR MIND.
UH, THIS IS JUST GREAT AND I CERTAINLY COMMEND THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER.
ESKI, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO GET MY LITTLE ELECTRONIC HAND UP.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR Y'ALL'S HARD WORK ON THIS.
I THINK THIS, UM, REALLY IS A NICE ONE PAGER THAT WE CAN SHOW TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND EXPLAINS IN A NICE, UM, VISUAL WAY AND ALSO DETAILED WAY OF HOW WE ARE EXPENDING THOSE DOLLARS.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE MAJOR QUESTIONS THAT I GET FROM PEOPLE IS HOW ARE YOU GUYS SPENDING IT AND ARE YOU FOCUSED IN THE AREAS THEY THINK ARE MOST IMPORTANT? SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND I ALSO, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE ABOUT IT IS IN REGARD TO THE INDIRECT COSTS AREA, THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE THE NEXT QUESTION THAT I GET FROM SOMEONE IS WHAT IS AN INDIRECT COST? SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO HAVE A, A UNIVERSAL DESCRIPTOR OF WHAT THAT IS, UM, BUT I'M SURE THAT'S GONNA BE THE NEXT QUESTION I GET.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO PREEMPT IT.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT, YEAH.
WELL, I, I CAN START IF, IF MS. MAXON HAS A, SHE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER DESCRIPTION OF IT.
BUT BASICALLY IT IS THE OVERHEAD COST OF THE STAFF, THE, THE SERVICES OR SUPPLIES THAT ARE NEEDED, MOSTLY THE STAFFING THAT'S NEEDED TO ADMINISTER THE GRANT.
SO IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE GRANT AND IT'S A TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL CLIMATE BECOMES A REVENUE SOURCE TO THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, AND SO IT IS AVAILABLE TO THE DISTRICT IF NEEDED.
AND WE HAVE UP TO 20%, 20% IS AVAILABLE, UM, TO BE IN THIS, IN THIS GRANT, UM, TO BE TRANSFERRED.
UH, WE HAVE THE OPTION TO TRANSFER IT OR NOT TO, WE COULD EXPEND IT ON THE OTHER PROGRAMS. AND SO IF, IF I MIGHT POINT OUT, THE GREEN LINE ACTUALLY TAKES US AS COMMITTING MORE THAN FUNDS THAT ARE, IT WOULD TAKE US BELOW ZERO, IT'S ACTUALLY $3.4 MILLION BELOW, UH, ZERO.
SO THE COMMITMENTS WE'VE MADE THE, UM,
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WE BELIEVE WE COULD HAVE SAVINGS IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES, BUT IF WE SHOULD EXPEND MORE THAN THE GRANT AMOUNT, WE CAN USE INDIRECT, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF INDIRECT COST, UM, THAT WOULD FLOW TO THE GENERAL FUND AND BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT MORE ON THE ACTIVITIES SO THAT THAT INDIRECT COST IS GONNA BE OUR SAFETY NET FOR ANY, UM, ACTIVITIES THAT WE WISH TO, UH, EXPEND MORE IN AND FUND IN THAT MANNER.SO WE HAVE THE OPTION TO UTILIZE IT ON ACTIVITIES OR MOVE TO THE GENERAL FUND AS A REVENUE SOURCE TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS.
BUT BASICALLY IT'S OVERHEAD AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF, OF STAFFING THAT ARE PAID IN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND YOU ANSWERED WHAT WAS MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION ABOUT CAN WE USE IT IN, IN OTHER AREAS THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO LATER? THANK YOU.
UM, THE ONLY QUESTION FOLLOW ON TO THAT, CAUSE I MARKED THE SAME THING BY INDIRECT COST IS IF IT'S STAFFING, I HOPE THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WHEN THIS IS OVER WITH WE FIRE SOMEBODY, IT DOESN'T.
WELL THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT ARE FUNDED IN ESTHER FUNDS, RIGHT? SO THERE WILL BE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS THAT WILL NEED TO BE MADE.
THERE WILL SOME, THERE WILL BE REQUESTS TO ADD PEOPLE INTO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND THEN IN THAT FISCAL 20 YEAR, 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, AND SOME MAY NOT BE NEEDED ANY LONGER.
UM, UH, BECAUSE WE, IF WE PUT PHYSICIANS IN TO HELP ADMINISTER THE GRANT OR ADMINISTER A PROGRAM THAT WOULD NO LONGER CONTINUE, MAY NO LONGER CONTINUE AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO CONTINUE, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THERE WILL BE SOME THAT WILL GO AWAY.
THERE WILL MAYBE SOME THAT SHIFT TO THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL.
AND I WANNA BE SENSITIVE TO THAT ISSUE.
WE NEED TO NOT, CAUSE I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN WHEN FEDERAL FUNDS DRY UP, THEN SOMEONE GETS A THING AND THEIR DESK SAYING, OH SORRY.
RIGHT?
THAT'S EMPLOYEES ARE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THE ISSUE THAT'S, THAT'S INSENSITIVE AND RESPONSIBLE TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
CAN I ADD THAT FOR ANYBODY ON THIS GRANT? YEAH.
ACTUALLY EVERY SIX MONTHS THEY SIGNED AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT PAID WITH THIS GRANT.
SO WE THEY WILL DO THAT EVERY SIX MONTHS.
THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.
ESKI, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT USING, UM, THE FUNDS FOR, UM, FOR STAFF IS JUST, IS THAT IN THEIR CONTRACT AND IS THAT VERY EXPLICITLY EXPLAINED THAT THEY ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE, THE GRANT AND UM, TANYA DID SAY THAT THAT WAS THE CASE, UH, BACK THEN.
I I ALSO WANNA ECHO'S COMMENTS.
I SERVED ON SOME BOARDS, REPORTED SOME BOARDS.
IT'S ONE PAGE ATTENTION SPAN, BUT YET THIS COVERS THINGS TO THEN ASK TO HAVE THIS AS BACKUP.
FOR THE SPECIFICS, WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THIS AS A BACKUP, BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF REPORT IN MY MIND IS WHAT SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE FULL BOARD.
AND DURING, DURING YOUR REPORT, THE FINEST REPORT, I I COMMEND YOU, THIS IS A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS.
I KNOW, BUT DOES IT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE? THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION.
IS IT ANSWERING YOUR CONCERN CONCERNS AND YOUR QUESTIONS FOR THAT.
IF ANYTHING TO ADD, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THAT AS WE GO ALONG THERE TOO.
AND, BUT HERE'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO ME AS WELL, IS I DON'T WANNA WASTE $1 OF FEDERAL MONEY AND, AND THAT TAKES REALLY METICULOUS PLANNING BECAUSE YOU'VE GOTTA SPEND IT AND HAVE IT COMPLETED BEFORE THE TERM OF THE GRANT EXPIRES.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT EASY WORK, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE BUYING COMPLEX BIG STUFF BECAUSE IT COMES IN PIECES, IT'S NOT ALL THERE.
AND YOU CAN GET IN TROUBLE BY THE MONEY'S GONE AWAY, BUT THE BILL'S STILL COMING IN.
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WHEN I SEE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, TO ANSWER HER QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DOES THIS ANSWER ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS? UM, I THINK THIS AS WELL AS THE, THE OTHER DOCUMENT THAT HAS THE FUND, UM, TRANSFERS THAT, THAT SEEMS TO ANSWER A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN I THINK THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT PEOPLE MIGHT ASK IS, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE ACTIVITY TYPES OR THE CATEGORICALS, WHAT, WHAT IS ENCOMPASSED IN EACH OF THOSE? AND KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE INDIRECT COSTS QUESTIONS OF WHAT IS, WHAT IS THAT ENCOMPASS? I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO HAVE MAYBE A LEGEND THAT EXPLAINS WHAT IS ENCOMPASSED IN THOSE CATEGORICALS FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND.
BUT, UH, OTHERWISE I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS FABULOUS AND I THINK IT'S, UM, VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND, AND A GREAT TOOL THAT WE CAN USE TO EXPLAIN TO OTHERS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
SO NOW WE AS, HOW DO WE, UM, DISPOSE OF THIS? I MEAN, DO WE, UH, HAVE THIS BE A MONTHLY REPORT THAT WE LOOK AT AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL? DO WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS OR IS THIS SIMPLY INFORMATION? IT'S INFORMATION.
SO WOULD YOU THEN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION IN YOUR REPORT OR SHOULD IT BE IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT? UM, WELL I THINK BY BRINGING IT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO VET ALL THE DETAILS OF IT AND THEN TAKE TO THE
SO, UM, HOW, HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO IT? I DON'T THINK IT REQUIRES BOTH.
I WOULD, I THINK HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT IN FINANCE COMMITTEE, I WOULD PREFER THAT.
SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET INTO THE DETAIL BEFORE, BEFORE THE FULL BOARD SEASON.
IF YOU WILL GIVE, GIMME SOME ADVANCE AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THOSE READY FOR, FOR THE FULL BOARD MEETING.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
GIVE IT TO THE FULL BOARD IN YOUR REPORT.
UM, WOULD IT COME OUT COMMITTEE REPORT? IT, IT SHOULD COME OUTTA THE COMMITTEE REPORT SINCE THIS IS WHERE WE MOVE INTO FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WELL I THINK YOU, YOU TOOK A VOTE TO HAVE THIS COME TO THE COMMITTEE.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE EVERY MONTH IN THE COMMITTEE.
SO IF YOU WANT, SO THIS WILL COME OUTTA YOUR REPORT, WHEREVER YOU WANT IT ON THE AGENDA.
THAT'S WHERE THIS COMMITTEE SAYS THAT YOU WANNA PLACE.
WE'LL, OR WE CAN DO IT IN SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.
WE'LL REPORT WHAT THE WILL OF THE COMMITTEE.
I WOULD, I WOULD SAY LET'S HAVE IT UNDER YOUR REPORT CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED UPON.
AND THEN, AND THEN DISCUSS WITH THE FULL BOARD WHERE IT GOES.
OR JUST YOU CAN, UM, HAVE IT IN THE DOCUMENTS UNDER THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT AND, AND, UM, YEAH, TANYA AND CAN SPEAK TO IT.
WANT YOU TO, YOU GIVE CREDIT CAUSE THERE MAY BE SOMETHING COME UP LATER ON.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO DOING THAT, DR.
AS OUR BUDGET TRANSFERS THIS THE NEXT ITEM.
KY MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAD THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AS WELL.
UM, AND SO THE BUDGET TRANSFERS, UM, WE A LITTLE HAD TO, TOOK SOME THOUGHT.
AGAIN, I GIVE ALL THE CREDIT TO DENISE MATSON HERE.
SHE, SHE IS THE MASTERMIND, UH, BEHIND THE FORMAT HERE.
BUDGET AMENDMENTS THROUGH, UH, FOR ESTHER FUNDS ARE UNIQUE FROM WHAT YOU WOULD BELIEVE THE TYPICAL BUDGET TRANSFER WOULD BE.
UM, SO THEY ARE ALL ELECTRONIC FIRST OF ALL.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRINT ANYTHING TO SHOW YOU A DOCUMENT THAT OF THE ACTUAL THING THAT GOT SUBMITTED THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE.
AND THEY ACTUALLY COME IN TWO FORMS. THERE IS ONE THAT'S THE NORMAL BUDGET TRANSFER.
THE TYPICAL BUDGET TRANSFER YOU WOULD THINK ABOUT, UM, THAT WE WOULD MOVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE N THE NURSE EXAMPLE THAT I PROVIDED EARLIER.
WE PUT, UH, BUDGETS IN ESSR FOR NURSING SALARIES AND BENEFITS, BUT DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF, OF NURSING CANDIDATES, WE HAD TO OUTSOURCE THAT AND, AND CONTRACT SERVICE.
SO THAT WOULD, WOULD REQUIRE A BUDGET TRANSFER FROM SALARIES BENEFIT CATEGORIES OVER TO A SERVICE SET
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CATEGORY.SO THAT, THAT IS ONE TYPE OF TRANSFER, HOWEVER, THAT IS WITHIN THE APPROVED ACTIVITY.
SO THERE IS NO NEED TO GET PERMISSION TO MOVE IT FROM ONE ACTIVITY TO ANOTHER.
SO THE SECOND TYPE OF, OF APPROVAL OR BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT'S REQUIRED FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS A MOVEMENT OF FUNDING FROM ONE ACTIVITY TO ANOTHER.
AND THAT REQUIRES JUSTIFICATION, DOCUMENTATION AND SO ON.
AND THEN, THEN THEY HAVE TO REVIEW THE ITEM, LOOK TO SEE IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE, UM, AND REASONABLE.
AND THEN WOULD APPROVE OR DENY ANY PARTICULAR, UM, UH, BUDGET, UH, AMENDMENT AT THAT SORT.
A GOOD EXAMPLE MIGHT BE THE, UH, RECRUITING AND RETENTION BONUS THAT WAS NOT ORIGINALLY PLANNED AS AN ACTIVITY WITHIN THE SR FUNDS, BUT PRIOR TO THE BOARD'S VOTE, UH, MS MATSON CONTACTED THE STATE DEPARTMENT IN ADVANCE OF THE VOTE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WOULD BE APPROVED ACTIVITY.
UH, THEY OUTLINED WHAT REQUIREMENTS WE WOULD NEED TO COMPLY WITH, UH, THEIR GUIDELINES.
UH, AND THEN SAID, IF YOU CAN DOCUMENT THESE THINGS AND DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU HAVE MET THESE REQUIREMENTS, THEN YES WE WILL, WE WILL APPROVE IT.
UM, AND SO AT THAT POINT WE CAME TO BOARD AND SAID THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS OKAYED AS LONG AS WE MEET THESE CRITERIA.
SO THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER, A BUDGET, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BUDGET AMENDMENT.
SO THE WAY IN WHICH, UM, MATSON WAS ABLE TO PREPARE THIS DOCUMENT WAS TO BASICALLY TAKE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET BY ACTIVITY, UH, FOR COMBINED WITH SR TWO AND THREE FUNDS, AND THEN LOOK AT THE CURRENT BUDGETS OF SR TWO AND THREE AS OF JUNE OF 2022.
AND THEN THE DIFFERENCES REPRESENT THE TOTAL AMENDMENTS BY ACTIVITY THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THUS FAR.
AND SO, UM, PRIMARILY YOU'LL SEE, UH, I DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION ON PAGE ONE AT THE BOTTOM, ALMOST THE BOTTOM OF INDIRECT COST WAS ORIGINALLY 15.9 MILLION.
UH, WE'VE REDUCED INDIRECT COST 5.3 MILLION SO FAR.
AND TWO OF THE MAJOR CATEGORIES THAT THAT'S BEEN AMENDED TO GO TO ARE AT THE TOP, TOP TWO ITEMS ON THAT PAGE.
DUAL MODALITY AND THE RECRUITING AND RETENTION BONUS.
SO THAT'S THE, SO THE PRIMARY AREAS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE MAJOR, UM, CHANGES THERE, UM, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, UH, WE, WE WOULD, UH, THAT WOULD ALTER THE BUDGETS AND THOSE CATEGORIES AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO HAVE APPROVAL TO OR, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO ADD THOSE, THOSE, UH, ACTIVITIES IN THE BUDGET.
SO, UM, BUT THAT GENERALLY, UM, DESCRIBES SORT OF HOW WE, HOW SHE CAME UP WITH THESE, UH, PARTICULAR THIS FORMAT.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS A TWO PAGE AUDIT MM-HMM.
BUT I ASSUME THAT EVERYTHING ON HERE, IT GOES ON HERE MEANS YOU HAVE GOTTEN APPROVAL STATE.
BECAUSE IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT OUR ACTIVITY LIST, IT'S FOUR PAGES LONG INDIVIDUALS.
SO IT'S LIKE, AND IT, I TOOK IT CUZ IT'S THE SAME WORDS YOU WERE USED TO SEEING IN THE REPORTS.
I TRIED TO KEEP THE WORDS THE SAME ON IT.
UM, SO YEAH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE 6 MILLION COME UP, YOU'VE GOTTA GO FIND 6 MILLION SOMEWHERE ELSE CUZ IT WAS ALL BUDGETED TO START WITH.
SO THAT'S HOW WE JUST KIND OF MOVED THERE.
WE KNEW WE DIDN'T HIRE EVERYBODY THE FIRST YEAR, SO WE, THE NEXT ONE SOME SALARIES AND YOU KNOW, BUT I KNEW WE HAD SOME SAVINGS IN THERE.
SO, UM, AND SOME OF IT, IF YOU SEE IF IT, WE MOVED FROM, UM, LET'S SAY, UH, MAYBE FROM TUTORING TO AFTER SCHOOL.
I MEAN IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE LEARNING LOSS BUCKET, BUT IT WAS A, SO IT MIGHT HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN A TRUE AMENDMENT, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN A CHANGE IN WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAD FOR THAT ACTIVITY THERE BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE SAME LEARNING LOSS, SAME GRANT BUCKET, AND IT WAS JUST NEEDED MORE OVER HERE THAN OVER THERE.
SO WE NEED MORE AFTER SCHOOL THAN DURING THE DAY.
AND QUESTION FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS,
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COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DR.SO LIKE WHEN YOU APPROACH THE STATE YOU DID FOR THE, UM, RETENTION RECRUITMENT BONUS, LIKE 6 MILLION, HOW, HOW QUICK IS THEIR TURNAROUND TIME TO DO? IT HAS, IT WAS A QUICK ON THAT.
SO WE, WE TALKED ON THE PHONE WITH THE GUN CHARGE FIRST.
AND THEN WE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THE REQUEST IN WRITING AND IT'S PROBLEM.
AND THEN ONCE THEY GIVE US THE YES ON THAT, THEN WE GO IN AND HAVE TO DO SOME BUDGET MOVES ON A, ON A ELECTRONIC THING.
BUT I'D SAY A WEEK WE HAD IT WITHIN A WEEK.
THEY'VE BEEN SO RESPONSIVE TO US.
UM, WHICH I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE THAT'S ALL, THAT'S BEEN A TOUCHY ONE WITH THIS, THIS GRANTS THERE, BUT UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT, BUT NOW IF IT'S AN ACTIVITY THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND IT'S JUST A, A MOVING FROM SUPPLIES TO SOMETHING ELSE, I MEAN IT HAPPENS WITHIN A DAY.
THEY SAY APPROVED MOVE FORWARD.
TWO PEOPLE, CRITICAL PEOPLE HAVE LEFT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE LIKE THIS YEAR.
ESKI, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? SURPRISINGLY NONE.
I THINK THIS TELLS US EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW WILLIAMS ON.
MR. SMITH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, NO.
I THINK THIS WITH THE SAME, THE PREVIOUS PANEL, THE SAME AGAIN, LIKE COMPLIMENTS, THIS IS GOOD WORK.
AND HERE'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER THING THAT I SAW THAT I WAS INTRIGUED ABOUT.
YOU TALK ABOUT SUMMARY OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION INCREASES.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE THIS WAS, UH, ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY DR.
UM, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT ALREADY.
UM, AND AS SOON AS I, UM, HEARD THAT, I STARTED JOTTING THINGS DOWN ON A SHEET OF PAPER AND LITTLE CHICKEN SCRATCH.
AND I, UH, WAS GOING TO TYPE IT OUT NICELY FOR MISS HAMLIN HERE AND I DIDN'T, I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT AND TEXTED IT TO HER
SO, UM, I GIVE ALL THE CREDIT TO HER FOR THE FORMAT AND, AND THE RESEARCH NEEDED TO, TO GET TO THIS POINT.
SO, UM, SO, AND, AND IT, SHE EXPANDED FROM, WELL, MORE THAN WHAT I HAD ANTICIPATED, UH, BY ADDING, UM, YOU KNOW, FOUR FISCAL YEARS.
AND I THINK IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS WITH THE FUNDING, UM, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
SO, SO, UM, WE ARE PROVIDING FOUR FISCAL YEARS.
THE LEFT HAND MAJOR COLUMN IS COMPENSATION, WHETHER THAT'S TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF, PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATORS, AND SO ON WITH PROJECTED COSTS.
AND THOSE ARE TYPICALLY BUDGETED COSTS.
UH, OR THEY MAY HAVE BEEN, THEY'RE PROBABLY, UH, PROJECTED COSTS IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND THEN ACTUAL COSTS OR BUDGETS IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
AND THEN WE PUT A CATEGORY OF STIPENDS, BONUSES, LEAVE AND OTHER ITEMS, WHETHER THEY ARE MONETARY OR NON-MONETARY, WE INCLUDED THEM.
UM, SO BACK, I'M GONNA START FROM THE BOTTOM.
AND I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT IN YELLOWISH ORANGE THERE, UM, MR. MURPHY ACTUALLY POINTED OUT TO ME, HE SAID, TANYA, SOME OF THESE ARE STATE MANDATED, THEY WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, ABOVE AND BEYOND AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE THE TWO MM-HMM.
UM, SO I JUST HIGHLIGHTED THOSE AREAS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN FULLY OR PARTIALLY STATE MANDATED.
UM, DUAL MODALITY BONUSES WAS AN EXAMPLE.
THEY, UH, MANDATED THAT WE DO IT, BUT WE PROBABLY DID WELL MORE THAN, MORE THAN MOST DISTRICTS DID IN THAT IN TERMS OF THAT.
UM, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, I DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY LINE ITEM OF THIS, BUT, UM, 2020 SOME HIGHLIGHTS WERE A 4% COST OF LIVING
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INCREASE, AN ANNUAL STEP INCREASE FOR, UM, ALL STAFF REALLY.UM, A BIG, BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT YEAR WAS A 10% SALARY INCREASE FOR BUS DRIVERS.
AND WE MOVED THE MAX STEP FOR TEACHERS, I THINK FOR ALL, UM, STAFF FROM 23 TO 24 YEARS.
AND WE, UH, THAT WAS THE YEAR WE EMBARKED ON A BURST OF THREE PHASES OF ATHLETIC STIPEND INCREASES.
SO OUR COACHES WERE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM, UH, FOR THE FIRST YEAR THAT WAS A, UM, AT THE REQUEST OF DR.
UM, SO WE STARTED PHASE ONE OF THE ATHLETIC COACHES INCREASES THE NEXT YEAR WAS A COVID AND WE ALL ENDED UP WITH A CONTINUING RESOLUTION.
SO WE HAD THE SAME EXACT BUDGET AS THE PRIOR YEAR.
SO NOT MUCH, NOTHING HAPPENED THAT YEAR, BUT THE NEXT YEAR WAS A CATCH UP YEAR.
SO, UM, NOT ONLY DID WE DO ONES THE CURRENT STEP, BUT WE DID THE PREVIOUS YEAR STEP AS WELL.
AND WE RESTORED A STEP THAT WAS MISSED FOR TEACHERS BACK IN 2012.
SO WE DID ALMOST THREE STEPS FOR, FOR TEACHERS THAT YEAR.
UM, AND THEN STEP INCREASES, TWO YEARS WORTH OF STEP INCREASES FOR CLASSIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL AS WELL, 2% FOR THEM, UM, AND 5% FOR BUS DRIVERS.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU RECALL WE DID THE 3% RETROACTIVE COST OF LIVING.
CAUSE WE HAD SOME SAVINGS IN THE GENERAL FUND, SO WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE ALL EMPLOYEES ANOTHER 3%, WHICH ENDED UP BEING, UH, AFTER TALKING WITH A TEACHER, SHE SAID IT WAS BASICALLY ANOTHER PAYCHECK, AN EXTRA PAYCHECK FOR ME, IS WHAT SHE SAID.
AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT'S KIND OF POWERFUL.
AND THEN THE TEACHERS RECEIVED DUAL MODALITY BONUSES AT, IN THE FIRST SEMESTER AND THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THAT YEAR WITH ESTHER FUNDS.
UM, AND WE STARTED FREE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AND CHILDCARE, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED PHASES TWO AND PART OF THREE OF THE ATHLETIC ST THAT YEAR.
AND THEN FINALLY IN THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR, UM, WE DID THE, A 3% COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR ALL CLASSIFIED ADMINISTRATORS AND GAVE A $4,000 INCREASE TO BASE TEACHER SALARY AND THEN MOVED THE $2,500 OF THE LOCAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE BASE SALARY.
UM, THAT YOUR, IN ADDITION, MOVING THE MAX STEP FROM 25 26.
UM, YOU, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE DID, MS. HAMLIN STAFF DID AN ANALYSIS OF THE MINIMUM TEACHER SALARY FOR ACROSS THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND RANKED THEM OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
WE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE STARTING TEACHERS SALARY.
NOW THAT DOESN'T COUNT CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THAT SORT OF THING, BUT THAT WAS OUR GOAL AND WE MET THAT.
SO THE SERIES OF INCREASES WE'RE SEEING HERE HAS ACCOMPLISHED THAT TO MAKE US PUT US IN THAT NUMBER ONE SPOT.
IN ADDITION, UM, WE DID ANOTHER 5% FOR BUS DRIVERS, UM, DID THE STEP INCREASES AND WE MOVED SOMETHING, ANOTHER BIG LINE ITEM WAS WE MOVED SUBSTITUTE PAY FROM $90 A DAY TO $120 A DAY.
THAT WAS A HUGE, UH, INCREASE.
AND, UM, WE HOPE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT, THOSE EFFORTS.
UH, THIS SCHOOL YEAR, UH, AGAIN, WE, THE $2,000 RECRUITING UNIT RETENTION BONUS IS GONNA BE PAID OUT IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COMPENSATION STUDY AND THAT WILL BE PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED, UH, IN, IT'LL BE IMPLEMENTED IN JANUARY FOR THE LAST HALF A YEAR.
UH, WE'VE FINALIZED, WE'VE FINISHED OUR ATHLETIC STIPEND INCREASES.
WE FULLY FUNDED, UH, THOSE THAT PLAN AND ADDED A EXTRA SPORT OF BOYS VOLLEYBALL.
AND I CAN TELL YOU I'VE BEEN TO SOME GAMES AND THEY'RE PRETTY EXCITING.
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT THINGS GOING ON THERE.
UM, SICKLY PAYOUT AT HALF DAILY RATE OF RETIREMENT, PAYMENT OF LAST SICK LEAVE VACATION DAYS.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TERM IN TERMS OF SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
AND THEN OF COURSE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AND, AND, UM, CHILDCARE FREE CHILDCARE VESTMENT FUNDS AS WELL.
SO IN TOTAL YOU'RE LOOKING AT $62 MILLION WORTH OF
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INCREASES IN BENEFITS AND SALARIES AND OTHER COMPENSATION FOR OUR STAFF IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.SO IT'S PRETTY POWERFUL THERE.
IT'S, IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW DONE THIS, WE'VE DONE THAT, BUT TO SEE ALL TOGETHER ALL AND WHY IS GREAT AND I'M GLAD YES, WE DID.
THINK IT WAS, WE WERE IN THE HALF WHEN WE STARTED DR.
KY, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS AND FOR PUTTING IT IN A, A REALLY ORGANIZED WAY FOR US TO, TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AND SEE ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT WAS DONE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE TIME IT TOOK FOR YOU GUYS TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
UM, MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE I HOPE THAT THIS ONE PAGER OR WHATNOT GOES INTO, UM, THE FUTURE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS, JUST SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW IT AGAIN AND, UM, I THINK IT SHOULD KIND OF BE ONE OF THOSE PAGES THAT'S CONSISTENTLY REVIEWED SO WE CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND HOW FAR WE'VE COME.
UH, MR. SMITH, UH, MY QUESTION IS IN, IN TERMS OF SUBSTITUTE PAY, I NOTICE THAT YOU SAID THAT WE PAID A SUBSTITUTE, SO HUNDRED $20.
UM, HOW DOES THAT WORK? OUR SUBSTITUTES ARE CONTRACTED, SO, UM, THE, UH, ESS IS THE VENDOR AND ESS BUILDS US, UM, WHAT THE, WHEN THE TEACHER CALLS OUT, UH, A SUB IS ASSIGNED AND THAT, UM, ESS PROVIDES A LISTING OR A INVOICE TO US OF THE DAYS, UM, THAT ARE WORKED BY THE SUBSTITUTE AND THE INDIVIDUAL THAT THEY'RE SUBBING FOR.
SO WE KNOW WHERE TO CODE THE EXPENSE.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS RECEIVED ON A MONTHLY, MONTHLY BASIS AND WE ALLOCATE IT TO THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTS AND RECORD IT IN OUR SYSTEM AND PAY THE BILL.
I I IN THAT PART I GET, I GET, BUT HOW DO WE DETERMINE IN TERMS OF WHAT SUBS GET PAID IF WE, IF IF WE'RE NOT THE CONTRACTOR, UM, WE DICTATE THE RATE OF PAY TO THE CONTRACTOR SO THEY HAVE TO PAY THAT RATE? WE ASKED FOR IT TO BE, WE SET THE RATE THAT THE CONTRACTOR PAID, PAY THE SUBSTITUTES.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? YES.
MR. CHAIRMAN HERE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, I DON'T.
YEAH, I, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I KEEP MY LITTLE THING HERE.
I'LL SAY STUFF YOU GOING IN THERE.
THIS IS THE KIND STUFF THAT I GET QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL THE TIME AND NOW I'VE GOT THREE PAGES OF GREAT DATA THAT I CAN EASILY SHOW TO PEOPLE.
THE NEXT TOPIC IS FUTURE TOPICS.
I HAVE A LIST OF FUTURES PROPOSED BY MS. CROSBY.
UH, THE NEXT FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 10TH.
UH, THERE'LL BE THIS SEPTEMBER, 2000, 20 200,000 REPORT.
THE SEPTEMBER TRANSPARENCY REPORT, BOARD OF EDUCATION, MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT, SR UPDATE, UH, FY 2023, FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT.
AND LASTLY, REPORT OF SCHOOL, FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES.
IS THERE ANY, UH, AGENDA TOPICS? NOTHING
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FROM ME.I, I MENTIONED, UH, TIME BEFORE SHE CAME IN THAT WE GOT A BRIEFING ON THE STUDENT FACULTY RATIOS AT EACH SCHOOL.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK HER IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO GIVE US THE TOTAL TEACHERS SALARIES IN EACH SCHOOL.
THAT WAY WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE STUDENT FACULTY RATIOS AND THE TOTAL SALARIES FOR THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS WE COULD FIND AN AVERAGE.
AND THEN WE CAN TELL ARE WE ARE OUR HIGHEST PAID TEACHERS TEACHING THE FEWEST NUMBER OF KIDS OR THE MOST NUMBER OF KIDS.
THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE PIECES OF DATA THAT, THAT INITIAL REPORT THAT, THAT DR.
AND I MENTIONED IT IN THE MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, THAT THAT'S JUST THE START OF DATA AND THIS IS THE START OF FINANCIAL CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FROM THAT.
AND ALSO THE SAME WAY HOW, UM, THEY, THEY GAVE US A, A OUTLINE OF, OF WHO WORKS IN FINDING IN, UM, IN, UM, THAT DEPARTMENT.
COULD WE HAVE A, A, A, UM, A BLUEPRINT OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND, AND WHO, WHO, WHO, WHERE, AND HOW, HOW AS WELL IN FINANCE AS WELL.
YOU, YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION CHART FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
WE HAVE, WE JUST GOT ONE FROM, UH, ISD NOT HEARING ANY OTHER, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? YES, ZOOM.