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BOARD OF EDUCATION FINANCIAL EARLY JUNE 12TH, 2025 AT THE DESC CONFERENCE ROOM'S.
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UH, IS, UH, IS THERE A
PLEASE JOIN US FOR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I WAS WAITING FOR THAT GREEN CLOSURE TODAY.
UH, STATEMENT OF MEETING NOTIFICATION, MS. CUSH? YES.
MAY, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAY 15TH, 2025 COMMITTEE MEETING? MINUTES.
AND NOW WE HAVE OUR ESTEEMED FINANCE COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES WITH THE BUDGET.
UM, THE FIRST ITEM FOR US IS THE BOARD MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT.
SO WE'VE PROVIDED THAT REPORT, UM, NO SIGNIFICANT AREAS TO COMMENT ON.
JUST A FEW MINOR, UM, JUST MINOR COMMENTS THAT ARE OF, OF, UM, COMMON DURING THIS TIME.
DURING THE YEAR, SALARIES, UH, ARE AT 89% EXPENDED, WHICH IS, UM, BASICALLY 11 MONTHS, UH, OF THE EXPENDITURES.
UM, ONE OF THE LARGER EXPENDITURES ARE, UM, THE, IN ADDITION TO THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS ARE THE AUDITED SERVICES.
SO WE'VE SPENT 51,000, UH, ABOUT MIDWAY DURING THE FIRST, FIRST PAGE SPENT 51,000, HAVE $12,000 REMAINING.
UH, WE DID HAVE AUDITORS ON SITE DOING EARLY FIELD WORK OF NE OF THE JUNE 30TH, 2025 AUDIT.
UH, SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING A BILL VERY SHORTLY, UH, PROBABLY FOR ANOTHER FIVE, $7,000 AT LEAST REMAINING THIS YEAR.
UH, EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE, WILL FALL INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEARS.
UH, BUDGET, UH, LEGAL SERVICES, A 30,000.
WE STILL HAVE, UH, WE'VE EXPENDED 39,000 THERE.
SO, UM, UNDERSPENT THAT CATEGORY.
I JUST RECEIVED THE INVOICE FOR, UM, BROADCASTING'S 45,000.
SO IT'S GOING THROUGH, IT'S GOING TO FLOW INTO ACCOUNTS TABLE TO BE PAID.
UM, TRAVEL IS, UH, ABOUT, IS UNDER BUDGET IN EVERY OF THE THREE AREAS.
AND, UH, ON PAGE TWO, SO ON THE FAR RIGHT WE HAVE, WHAT WE HAVE, THE BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN USED ARE 20%, 75% IN 37 OF THE TRAVEL.
THAT IS LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL, UM, EXCUSE ME, LOCAL IN STATE AND OUT OF STATE, UM, RESPECTIVELY, UH, BOARD MEMBER STIPENDS AT 44%.
UM, SO COUNTY, DID YOU MENTION COUNTY CHANNEL? YEAH, WE RECEIVED, I JUST RECEIVED THE INVOICE AND IT'S GOING THROUGH ING.
AND THAT WILL GO IN THE TOP BUDGET ON PAGE THREE, TECHNOLOGY PURCHASE SERVICES.
SO THERE IS STILL $70,000 AVAILABLE.
UM, SO THAT WILL BUDGET WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THAT, UM, THAT COST.
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ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP DUES.IT CONCLUDES OUR SCSA MEMBERSHIP, UH, WHICH INCLUDES OUR ONLINE POLICY, UH, MICRO, WE CALL IT MICRO SCRIBE.
UM, SO ALL OF OUR POLICIES GO ON THAT AND THEY MANAGE THE UPLOADING OF ALL POLICY.
SO OVERALL, WE'RE 64% EXPENDED, UH, WITH MONTH REVIEW.
WELL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON, ON THE BOARDS MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT.
YOU HAVE ELIZABETH ONLINE AND YOU HAVE, UH, MS. FRAZIER ONLINE.
UH, SO THE TRANSPARENCY REPORT FOR APRIL, 2025, UM, WE HAVE IT IN ELECTRONIC COPY.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE SMALL
IT'S A SMALL PRINT VERSION, WHICH IS ABOUT ALL WE CAN DO WHEN WITH SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THERE.
UH, WE'VE PROVIDED A FRONT BACK VERSION, UM, STILL WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THIS WAS A VERY BUSY TIME OF YEAR, SO WE HAVEN'T YET, UM, BEEN ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE AND DO OUR VISUALS AND DASHBOARD SORT OF, UH, LOOK AT TRANSPARENCY LIKE WE WOULD'VE LIKED TO.
WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME MORE TIME TO WORK ON THAT.
UM, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO KEEP OUR HEAD ABOVE WATER WITH ALL THE, THE NORMAL REQUIREMENTS AND ALL THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO THAT WILL BE TO COME, HAVEN'T FORGOT ABOUT IT.
WE WILL AND STILL PLAN TO, UM, BRING SOMETHING, UH, THAT IS VERY APPEALING VISUALLY AND MORE CONCISE, ABLE TO REVIEW, UM, FOR THE BOARD.
SO, UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, TRANSPARENCY REPORT AND, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE ANY MS. HAY, I DO NOT.
UM, I HAVE SOME OUT RESERVE MY BEAR MIND.
UH, COLONEL GAR, UH, MR. SMITH, MS. FRAZIER, NO QUESTIONS.
YOU COULD, I COULD BE A LITTLE MORE OFFENSIVE IF YOU LIKE IT.
SO EVERYONE'S HAD ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY.
UH, I'LL GO THROUGH MY COPY AND DETAIL YESTERDAY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS, AS YOU GO FORWARD WITH THIS NEW FORMAT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO USE, UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SORT OF JUST TAKE, AS YOU ALREADY DO ON ONE OF THESE OTHER REPORTS, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, CERTAIN AREAS, UM, THAT CAN BE SUBBED UP AND SO WE CAN SEE WHERE THEY ARE VERSUS BUDGET.
AND THEN OF COURSE, I THINK YOU ALREADY ARE WORKING ON JUST LIKE THE HR REPORT, WHERE NOW WE HAVE YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR, NOT ASKING FOR YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT VERSUS IS NEGATIVE VERSUS VARIANCE.
ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON THAT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
UM, SO WHEN YOU SAY AREAS, DO YOU MEAN LIKE CONS? LIKE IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS? LIKE, UM, SUBJECT AREAS LIKE CONSTRUCTION? YEAH, CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY, FINANCIAL BOARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHEN AND WHAT, WHAT SORT OF PIQUED MY INTEREST WAS LOOKING AT HOW THERE'S SO MUCH, UH, VARIATION BETWEEN SCHOOLS.
SO I LOOKED AT 'EM BY HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING AT ONE THAT THEY ARE CONSISTENTLY UNDER, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT LEDGE IS, MAYBE THEY FOUND SOMETHING REALLY AMAZING AND WE CAN HELP SHARE THAT.
UM, FOR CLARIFICATION, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, WHEN YOU TALKED BY GROUP AND YOU TALKED ABOUT LOCATION AND YOU TALKED ABOUT LOCATION, WOULD THAT BE MORE BIG PROGRAM BASED OR OBJECT CODE BASED ON GROUPING? I'M THINKING PROGRAM BY THE WAY THAT IT'S SPOKEN OR MAYBE KIND OF PIVOT TABLE ISH
PROGRAM WOULD BE I THINK THE AREAS THAT, UM, THE CERTAIN AREAS THAT HE WAS REFERRING TO.
SO THAT, UM, AND THE BUDGET, UH, THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT DOES SOME OF THAT.
BUT WE, THESE ARE PROVO PROVIDED MONTH OR A WEEK, EXCUSE
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ME, MONTHLY.UM, SO PERHAPS A SUMMARY BY PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, ONE PAGER OF CERTAIN AREAS.
THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE, THESE INCLUDE ALL FUNDING SOURCES, SO WE'D HAVE TO BREAK IT UP BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND FUNCTIONS AND THEN CAPITAL FUNCTIONS, WHICH ARE ALL GONNA BE IN ONE PROGRAM CATEGORY.
BUT THEN THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED DIFFERENT FUNDS OVER OVERALL, MOST OF WHICH ARE SPECIAL REVENUE, WHICH COULD, COULD LAP.
SO WE'LL THINK ABOUT THAT
THERE'S SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE CAN BRAINSTORM AND GET THE TEAM TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT MIGHT BE RELATE TO WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
AND IF IT COULD BE PROGRAMMED SO IT'S AUTOMATIC AND THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT YEAH, WE, WE USE PIVOT TABLES A LOT, SO WE CAN PUT EXPORT IT INTO EXCEL.
OUR IS PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF EXPORTING ALL THE DATA INTO EXCEL FOR EVERY SINGLE FUND.
UM, THEN WE CAN EXTRACT IT, WE CAN SUMMARIZE IT BY DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE ACCOUNT NUMBER, AND THEN WE CAN DO PIVOT TABLES TO SUMMARIZE IT EVEN FURTHER.
THEN WE CAN USE THAT, PERHAPS EVEN TO DO A GRAPHIC OF SOME KIND.
SO, OR IT'S TABLE THAT FLIPS MORE APPEALING.
SO WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT, COME UP WITH NOT LOOKING FOR INCREMENTAL WORK EVERY, EVERY, YES.
IT CAN BE PROGRAMMED AND CITIZEN SHOWS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM GOING THROUGH THIS MANY, MANY YEARS OF DOING THIS IS IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO, IF YOU COULD BREAK IT UP BY SCHOOL AND BY MAJOR CATEGORIES IN SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, UTILITIES FOR THE SCHOOL, UH, PURCHASES FROM WALMART, FROM ONLINE, AMAZON TYPE THING, EXPENSES, THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT, BUT THAT SHOWS YOU VERY QUICKLY IS THE SPENDING IN BY SCHOOL.
AND IF THERE WAS ALWAYS A, WHENEVER I HAD A QUESTION, IT WAS STRICTLY IN THOSE AREAS.
IT WAS IN THE AREAS OF WHAT THEY WERE SPENDING, WHETHER THEY WERE SPENDING FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAY OUT OF TOLERANCE FROM ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT, THAT, THAT I WOULD SAY WHY OR THEIR, UH, UTILITIES WAS ANOTHER ONE I FOUND WHEN I, I COULD FIND ANY UTILITIES.
WHY DID THIS SCHOOL SPEND SO MUCH ON WATER? WELL, FOUND OUT THERE WAS A BREAK, OKAY? MM-HMM
AND THEN, AND THAT WENT TO THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, WHAT'S GOING ON AND FIXING THAT WATER BREAK.
SO BY SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, IF SHE COULD, SHE COULD PACKAGE THAT A LITTLE BIT BY MOVING THAT DATA INTO THAT AREA.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE EXACTLY IMPERFECTLY.
IT'S, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD SEE AND FEEL AND TOUCH.
AND, AND THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I COULD SAY TO A PRINCIPAL, WHY, WHY ARE YOU, UH, WHY ARE YOU SPENDING SO MUCH? I THINK OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT DOES A LOT OF THAT WITH THEIR, THEY HAVE A, MM-HMM.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY, BUT THEY HAVE A MEETING WITH THE PRINCIPALS AT EACH SCHOOL AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THEIR VARIANCES.
SO IT IS JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE PACKAGE AND REPORT.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ADDRESS IN MY OPINION.
AND THERE'S SOME TIMING ISSUES AS WELL, UH, WITH PAYMENTS, UH, THAT MAY AFFECT ONE SCHOOL AND NOT ANOTHER.
THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENT, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE,
SO THAT MAY, YOU KNOW, THINGS MAY BE D DIFFERENT OR CONSTRUCTION, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT BE HEAVY AT CERTAIN SCHOOLS, BUT NOT AT OTHERS.
UM, SO, AND THEN ALSO THERE ARE ALL, SOMETIMES A BUDGET IS, UH, AN EXPENDITURE IS MADE IN ONE BUDGET AND THERE AWAITING A TRANSFER FROM ANOTHER BUDGET.
SO THERE MAY BE A VARIANCE FOR, FOR A MOMENT, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF GETTING THAT BUDGET TRANSFER DONE BECAUSE, UH, ISD MIGHT BE REIMBURSING SOME CTE COSTS OF, OF MATERIALS OR, YOU KNOW, STEEL OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT THEY'RE PURCHASING AT A SCHOOL AND THEY'RE WAITING ON A TRANSFER YEAH.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE VARIANCES THAT DON'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE AT YEAR, AT MONTH END BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN, THEY CROSSOVER MONTHS.
SEE THAT, THAT FIELDS THIS FOR THE YEAR.
IF, IF, IF THAT COULD FIELD THIS BY THE MONTH, IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWERS.
YOU SEE, I MARK IT UP MM-HMM
WHEN I GO TO THE DIFFERENT PRINCIPALS OF MY DISTRICT, I SAY, WELL, WHY DID YOU SPEND, UH, UH, SERVICES AND SUPPLIES AND OTHER,
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TELL ME ABOUT THAT.BECAUSE LOOK AT, LOOK AT YOUR WAY OUT OF TOLERANCE WITH THE OTHER FOLKS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU DOING SOMETHING COOL WITH THAT OR, OR IS THIS AN ABERRATION OR THAT TYPE OF THING.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S KINDA WHAT A BUSINESS LOOKS AT.
AND I, I, I LOOK AT SCHOOLS KINDA LIKE A PLANT.
IF I'M, I'M A FORD MOTOR COMPANY, I LOOK AT MY PLANTS AND WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE PRODUCING.
I THINK FORD MOTOR COMPANY'S GONNA HAVE A LOT MORE STAFF THAN WE WILL
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT THE NUMBERS.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF A RELATIONAL DATABASE SET UP TO BE ABLE TO FILL THAT FOR YOU.
SO YOU JUST, THIS IS MY REPORT.
OUR, OUR SYSTEM DOES PRODUCE THE REPORT.
NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, OUR SYSTEM DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE.
WE HAVE TO WRITE THE SCRIPT, UM, FOR EVERY REPORT THAT WE PRODUCE.
AND WITH THE, UM, AND I'M ALL ABOUT PROVIDING DATA AND TRANSPARENCY.
IT REALLY BOOSTS THE PROCUREMENT AND REALLY SHOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, I'M, I'M THINKING FOR THIS, THAT IN ORDER TO SERVE EVERYBODY'S NEEDS AND REQUEST FOR WHAT WE HAVE, UM, IT WOULD BE A BETTER OFF AS AN INTERACTIVE TOOL.
INSTEAD OF PRODUCING ALL REPORTS, YOU MAY WANT A DIFFERENT REPORT.
SO IF WE CAN BUILD SOMETHING IN EXCEL THAT WE CAN THEN PRODUCE THAT PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN'T CHANGE CELLS, BUT ALL THEY CAN DO IS JUST PUSH BUTTONS TO GET DIFFERENT RESULTS.
I THINK THAT IS A LOT MORE FEASIBLE, UM, FROM MY STAFFING POINT,
BUT I'LL TALK OFFLINE WITH, WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT THAT.
YOU SURE THIS IS CHAIR RIGHT? JUST TO FOLLOW UP, THE COLONEL STARTED PO QUESTIONS WAS OVER YOU.
AND, AND SO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT.
UH, THE INTENT IS YOU WANT YOUR LEADERSHIP NOT TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH READING PAPER, THEIR EYESIGHT, LIKE A BEING RIGHT.
WHO TARGETED TO WHERE THE PROBLEM IS, AND NOT TO ACCUSE PEOPLE, BUT TO SAY WHERE, WHO'S DOING IT EXTREMELY WELL AND HOW CAN WE HELP THAT PERSON IN THE ORGANIZATION RULE IT AND INFORM OTHERS.
SO BE GROUP SHARING JUST, OR JUST WANT, DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK IT'S A NEGATIVE.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE BUDGET ON THAT REPORT? I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
I WAS LISTENING TO Y'ALL ON MY OWN ON, ON MY, ON MY WAY IN JUST NOW ABOUT, UM, THE POINT THAT, UM, COLONEL GUY BOUGHT, BOUGHT UP IN IT AS WELL AS YOU BROUGHT UP.
BUT KIRK, I, UM, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WE REQUEST THAT FOR OH, WE, WE DO, WE DO GET IT.
WELL, WE, WE DO GET IT HERE AT THE VERY END OF THE YEAR.
UHHUH,
BUT YOU WENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY.
RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S REALLY UP TO YEAH, Y'ALL, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT'S REALLY HAPPY, AND I KNOW YOU DO IT WHEN YOU GO DOWN AND VISIT, UH, BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHERE YOU STAND.
RIGHT? HERE'S YOUR COST PER STUDENT.
HERE'S WHAT YOU GET IN TITLE ONE.
ALL OF THIS IS GOOD INFORMATION, RIGHT.
FOR A BOARD MEMBER TO KNOW ABOUT HOW THE SCHOOL IS DOING.
AND IF, AND IF WE COULD GET THIS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, RIGHT.
WE COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, TELL ME, TELL ME HOW I COULD HELP YOU.
THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S GOING ON THAT YOU'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON, UH, SUPPLY, MAINTENANCE, WHAT'S GOING ON, RIGHT.
AND, AND, AND, AND, AND NO, I, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT, UH, DUE, UH, ALSO DUE TO THE FACT THAT GOES BACK TO THOSE QUESTIONS, UH, YOU, YOU, I TALKED ABOUT IN, IN TERMS OF THOSE, OF THOSE FUNDS.
AND SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE LEFTOVER VERSUS SOME, SOME VERSUS THE OTHER SCHOOLS.
AND ALSO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT KIDS MAY NEED.
UM, IN TERMS OF, UH,
AND, AND, AND IN TERMS OF, UH, NEEDS, UH, AND VERSUS ONCE AND, AND, AND IN THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
I, I DO, I DO AGREE WITH THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S VERY PIVOTAL.
AND FOR WHEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I, LIKE, I GO AND I SIT DOWN AND I, AND I MEET WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND I TELL 'EM, HEY, FIRST I ASK SO THAT I CAN BE, UH, TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY.
ASK ME WHERE YOU'RE GOING, WHAT'S GOING IN THIS BUILDING.
WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU WANT TO BE THE SPOKEN WORD.
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AND, AND, AND, AND WHEN WE GO OVER THAT BUDGET, IF I HAVE THAT YOU RIGHT, THAT DIFFERENT TIME, THAT WILL HELP ME OUT TO HELP YOU UP WITH DR.SO I CAN KNOW THAT WHEN I'M SPEAKING, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M SPEAKING UPON UPON THE, UH, YEAH.
CORRECT INFORMATION AND, AND, AND I CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW, BETTER KNOW, LOOK AT, HERE'S PUBLIC INFORMATION IF YOU WANNA QUESTION IT.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT TOOL, ANOTHER TOOL TO, UH, HELP HELP US NAVIGATE THROUGH, UH, UH, THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT THAT AND WHAT THE CURRENT IS SHOWING SO THAT IT'S IN CURRENT MONTH.
SO IF YOU GET THAT AND ANYBODY WHO HAS ACCESS CAN RAISE IT, RIGHT? THEN GOING THROUGH HERE AT MY AGE WITH GLASSES AND PROBLEMS, I NEED A MAGNIFYING CLASS THIS BIG, RIGHT? BUT I WENT THROUGH IT YESTERDAY, RIGHT? AND IT, IT WAS, THERE WERE REVELATIONS ABOUT, WOW, THIS SCHOOL IS HERE, THIS ONE IS HERE, WHY? RIGHT.
AND SO OUR ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE THIS SCHOOL, WE TRANSFER THE GREAT THINGS THEY'RE DOING TO THIS ONE WITHOUT THIS ONE FEELING THAT WE ARE LIKE CRITICIZING YOU.
AND THAT'S THE LEADER'S ROLE IS TO TRY TO HELP.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED.
SO WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING, AND COLONEL HAS REQUESTED, WE'VE SUPPORTED THAT IN THE PRIOR CONVERSATION.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS HAVING THAT ACCESS VERY GRANULAR ON REPORT SO WE CAN COMPARE SCHOOLS.
SO I THINK WE WE'RE SAYING YES TO WHAT? BOTH OF YOU.
BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT ALSO WITHIN YOUR, YOU BROUGHT UP ANOTHER, ANOTHER, ANOTHER SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TOO, AS WELL.
UH, AND, AND THIS AND, AND THAT IN TERMS OF TEACH, UH, IN TERMS OF TEACHING FOR, FOR, FOR INSTANCE, IF, IF, IF WE HAVE A BUILDING WHO MAY SAY, FOR INSTANCE, WHO MAY NOT HAVE, UM, MAY, MAY, MAY, MAY HAVE A A, A CALL, A CALL FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TEACHERS, BUT DON'T HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF TEACHERS IN THAT BUILDING, THEN WHERE, WHERE IS THAT FUNDING AT? IN THAT BUILDING? WILL THAT BE ON, ON THAT GRAPH TOO? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE START TRACKING TOO, BECAUSE PEOPLE, PEOPLE HAVE HAVE ASKED ME, SO IF, IF, IF WE ARE SUPPOSED TO, IF, IF A BUILDING'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE 12 TEACHERS AND YOU HAVE THEIR SALARIES THAT, THAT HAS, UH, BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THAT BUILDING, AND YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE TEACHERS, THEN WHAT? THEN HOW, HOW, WHAT, UM, WITHIN THE POWER OF THE PRINCIPAL, WHAT ARE THEY ABLE TO DO? BECAUSE LIKE AT ST.
HELENA, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD SOME, SOME CLASSES THIS YEAR WHO HAD 30 KIDS IN THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT GOT OFF WITH THE KIDS.
THE KIDS TOLD ME STRAIGHT UP, HEY, LOOK HERE, I I WE FEEL LIKE I, LIKE WE, UH, WE CLAUSTROPHOBIC IN OUR CLASS.
SO, YOU KNOW, DOES THE WILL, WILL THAT, WHAT IS THAT THAT FUNDING IS THERE? WILL THAT PRINCIPAL HAVE THE, UH, THE, THE, THE AUTHORITY TO PULL IN THE PULLING THE PART-TIMER OR PULL OR PULLING A, A, A, A, A, A DIFFERENT TEACHER TO KIND OF MAYBE PULL SOME OF THOSE KIDS OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE NECESSARY, UH, THE, THE NECESSARY, UH, NECESSARY TOOLS THAT THEY NEED OR, OR THE, UH, NECESSARY ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED TO TOO, TO KEEP MOVING.
BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A, A LOT OF KIDS IN RIGHT NOW, MY COMMUNITY IS VERY ANGRY.
SO, SO, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD AGREE, SINCE WE WE'RE TO A POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE KIND OF PARTLY DISCUSSING THAT THEN, THEN THAT, THEN MY QUESTION IS TOO, ON, ON THIS WAY YOU'RE PREDICTING IT, WILL WE BE ABLE TO SEE THAT ON THERE? SO YEAH, BUT WE NEED TO SEP SEPARATE THE TWO.
THE FIRST IS IDENTIFYING WHERE THE PROBLEM IS AND BEING VERY FORMULAIC AND NOT A
WELL, WHY, WHY? I WON'T SAY IT'S A, IT'S A CUR IT IS A WILLIAM.
BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE WORD ACCUSATORY.
BUT I'M SAYING WE DON'T WANT TO BE ACCUSATORY, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT TO BE VIEWED AS THAT.
I TOO HAVE VIEWED, HAVE, UH, TOURED ST.
RIGHT? I HEARD THE SAME THING YOU'RE HEARING, RIGHT? SO THEN BRINGING THAT BACK AND SAYING, OKAY, HOW CAN WE DO IT? SO NO ONE FEELS LIKE BEATING ON PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOLS.
THEY'RE FRONTLINE SOLDIERS AND WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY FEEL PROTECTED.
SO THE FIRST THING IN MY MIND IS TO GET INFORMATION TO THE LEADERS OR EVERYBODY AROUND THIS, THE PRINCIPAL, THE, THE EXECS, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS GOT EVERYBODY.
AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT WHEN WE SEE A DEFICIT, WHAT DO WE DO? AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THE AUTHORITY GIVEN OR TAKEN COMES INTO PLAY.
SO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THAT HAS TO BE DISCUSSED, BECAUSE I SAW THOSE SAME SCHOOLS I SAW WHERE WERE SHORT, RIGHT ON INTERVENTIONISTS THERE.
RIGHT? AND, BUT WAIT A MINUTE, THE THING ABOUT IT IS, IF I HAD VISITED, I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN.
AND IT'S NOT, I CAN'T HEAR FROM YOU AND THEN RUN TO SOMEONE ELSE AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS A PROBLEM.
BECAUSE AT THAT POINT I'M TOTALLY CONVICTED, CONVINCED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE, AND THEN THAT WE DON'T GET IT INTO THIS, THAT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
BUT, AND, AND, AND I, I WISH THAT, NO WISH WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING, BUT I'M BRINGING THE POINT OF THE LOGIC OF WHY I'M ASKING.
WHEN, WHEN I, WHEN I BROUGHT THAT, THAT MY EX, WHEN I, WHEN I SAID WHAT I SAID, I'M NOT ACCUSING THEM.
I, I'M JUST BRINGING THE LOGIC OF THAT'S WHY I'M NOT, I'M SAYING THAT'S WHY I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, BECAUSE SOMETIMES TAKE THINGS YOU'RE CLEAR, THEY PUT ON SPIN ON IT.
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WHY I'M BRING IN THE, IN THAT I'M, I'M GOING BE REQUESTING THE INFORMATION SO THAT I AS A BOARD MEMBER CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND.'CAUSE WE HAVE TO EDUCATE OURSELVES IS HOW EVERYTHING WORK.
BECAUSE A LOT OF STUFF THAT I, THAT I EVEN, I'VE BEEN THE BOARD ABOUT ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, MORE SEVEN YEARS.
AND, AND, AND THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY STILL KIND OF, I FEEL THAT THEY KIND OF GIVE TO US AND KIND OF, WE HAVE TO KIND OF FIGURE, FIGURE OUT AND LEARN.
WELL, THAT'S WHY THIS CONVERSATION IS TAKING PLACE IN A PRIVATE CONVERSATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WANT, WE DON'T MIND CARRYING A HARD MESSAGE, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WE'RE VERY EMPATHETIC AND WE ARE TRYING TO HELP AS LEADERS.
SO YOU, YOU, THE, A AUTHOR AUTHORITY, ALL THAT INFO THAT HAS TO BE DISCUSSED, IT ALREADY HAD A CONVERSATION AGAIN ABOUT GREAT.
ANY OTHERS? OKAY, NEXT, UH, THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS REPORT MONTHLY, UH, WE HAVE THE DETAIL AND CONSOLIDATED, THE CONSOLIDATED, UH, TWO PAGE REPORT.
UM, SO THAT PROVIDES A COMPARISON OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.
AS OF THE MONTH OF APRIL, UH, OF 40.
ALSO, THE RATIONALE FOR MAJOR VARIANCES AND THE TERMS OF PAYMENT, WHETHER THEY'RE MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, AND SO ON.
SO, UM, THE, I SEE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION IN THESE REPORTS.
UH, AND THE LARGE VARIANCES VARY BETWEEN THE PROJECTS THAT ARE AT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS SUCH AS AJAX, UH, CHARLES PERRY PARTNERS.
UM, MB CON IS ONE OF OUR MAJOR VENDORS AS WELL.
UM, BUT GROUP IS, I BELIEVE A CUSTODIAL CONTRACTOR.
AND THEN THOMPSON TURNER IS ANOTHER MAJOR CONTRACTOR FOR THE DISTRICT.
SO MAJORITY, THE LARGEST EXPERIENCES ARE IN THOSE CATEGORIES, I WOULD SAY.
AND OTHERS COULD BE DUE TO CERTAIN TIMING OF PAYMENT, MAYBE THE END OF THE MONTH OR THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, BIGGEST THING OF TO NOTE IS APPLIED DATA TECHNOLOGIES.
UM, THIS YEAR WE PURCHASED $5 MILLION FOR THE STUDENT LAPTOPS.
UH, THESE ARE, I BELIEVE, GOING TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS, UM, NEW HIGH SCHOOLS OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
BUT, UM, WE DID BUY THESE EARLY THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL TARIFF ISSUES.
SO, UH, THEY AREN'T BOUGHT, PURCHASED IN THE SAME MONTH, MOST LIKELY MONTH OR TWO LATER.
UM, 'CAUSE WE DO ELEMENTARY ONE YEAR MIDDLE, ONE YEAR HIGH SCHOOL ONE YEAR.
SO WE HAVE LIKE, UH, MR. SHOHAN MENTIONED THAT WE TRY TO, UM, BALANCE OUT OUR EXPENDITURES FROM YEAR TO YEAR, AND WE DO A REFRESH CYCLE.
SO WE'RE NOT HAVING $15 MILLION IN ONE YEAR AND THEN HAVE TO REFRESH EVERY SINGLE COMPUTER THREE YEARS FROM NOW.
SO, UM, IT'S TOO MUCH WORK ON THE STAFF AS WELL.
SO TO RE-IMAGE THE COMPUTERS AND GET THOSE READY.
SO THIS IS THE ELEMENT FOR REFRESH.
THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT BY HAVING FUN BALANCE MM-HMM
I I HAD NO IDEA THAT MARK DID THAT.
THE YES, WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR OR 10 YEAR CYCLE.
YEAH, NO, THAT, BUT IT'S, THE TIMING IS BRILLIANT.
BECAUSE HE, HE SAW THAT THE TARIFFS WERE COMING.
AND THE PRICE WOULD BE GOING UP BECAUSE WE HAD THE FUND BALANCE AVAILABLE.
BUY IT BEFORE THE TARIFFS HIT.
AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN AN $800,000 TARIFF IS WHAT WE, WHAT THE VENDOR ESTIMATED TO US.
YOU SAID THAT NOW, UH, IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED THERE'D BE A 2.5 REBATE AGAINST THOSE IN THE BOARD MEETING.
DID I HEAR THAT? THAT WE CAN SPEND IT, BUT WE WILL BE GETTING SOMETHING BACK.
E RATE IS NOT APPLY TYPICALLY DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS.
TYPICALLY, I'M GONNA SAY, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SPECIAL PROGRAMS DURING COVID THAT DID ALLOW FOR US TO MAKE PURCHASES OF LAPTOPS.
BUT THE NORMAL E-RATE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ON NOW THAT THE OTHER ONE EXPIRED, UH, ONLY ALLOWS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, SO THINGS THAT ARE INVISIBLE TO THE EYE OF PEOPLE USING TECHNOLOGY.
NONE OF THE EQUIPMENT, IT'S, IT'S THE BEHIND THE SCENES THINGS.
SO THE LINE, THE LINES THAT GIVE US ACCESS TO EVERY, FOR EVERYONE TO USE THE TELEPHONE HERE.
SO IT'S MORE OF A WIRING AND INFRASTRUCTURE KIND OF SUPPORT OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS, DOES ALLOW A REBATE AND VR REBATE.
UM, I THINK IT'S IN THE 50%, UM, OF CERTAIN PROJECTS.
WE ARE REIMBURSED A PORTION OR A PORTION OF THOSE EXPENDITURES.
BUT WE HAVE TO UPFRONT EVERYTHING THEN MAKE A BIG LONG APPLICATION, GET ACCEPTED, AND THEN GET REIMBURSED FOR THAT.
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I'D HAVE TO ASK TO SHOW 5 MILLION I THAT WOULD BE E-RATE.BECAUSE WE DO RECEIVE ABOUT, UM, 500,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND USUALLY ABOUT 2000008% PROJECTS.
JUST COME BACK INTO THOSE PROJECTS.
'CAUSE WE SPEND THE DOLLARS IN 8% AND GET IT BACK AND INTO THE SAME 8% ACCOUNTS, WHICH THEN WE USE FOR LOWERING THESE COSTS WHEN WE GO OUT TO SPEND.
SO IF WE GET $2 MILLION AND 8%, WE WOULD THEN OFFSET ANY TECHNOLOGY COSTS GOING FORWARD.
AND WE'RE NOT RESTRICTED BY THOSE DOLLARS WHEN WE GET IT BACKS KINDA LIKE MEDICAID FUNDS.
UM, YOU SPEND THE DOLLARS, YOU APPLY FOR YOUR CLAIMS AND REIMBURSEMENT, AND THEN YOU HAVE FLEXIBILITY OF WHAT TO SPEND IT ON.
BUT WE DO FOCUS IT IN THE AREA OF THAT IT WAS SPENT ON.
SO IF IT'S TECHNOLOGY, WE SPEND IT ON TECHNOLOGY.
IF IT'S NURSING AND SOCIAL WORK AREAS AND MEDICAID, WE SPEND IT ON NURSES AND SOCIAL WORKERS SALARIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO MR. SMITH.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH CAPTURING YOUR INNOVATIVE SUCCESSES LIKE THAT MM-HMM
AND SHARING THEM IN BOARD SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THERE ARE ACTUALLY THINGS TAKING PLACE.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING THE BUSINESS, I MEAN, NOT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM DAY TO DAY, YOU FOLKS ARE TAKING THOSE THINGS AND MAKING GOOD, SO, RIGHT, RIGHT.
NO, NO CHALLENGE ABOUT SAYING, HEY, WE DID THIS.
YEAH, WE'LL TRY TO, UH, I MEAN, JUST LIKE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE, WE'RE YOU JUST APPROVED, THE BOARD JUST APPROVED $35 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.
WELL, WE ARE PAYING 5 MILLION OF THOSE WITH PREMIUMS AND INTEREST ON OLD 8% FUNDS.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO LOWER THE BORROWING BY 30 OR BY $5 MILLION.
SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE TO BRING THOSE TO LIGHT AND I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER TO DO THAT AND FUTURE, WE'RE SO BUSY DOING IT AND SOMETIMES WE FORGET TO TALK ABOUT AND BRAG ABOUT IT.
WELL NOW MY ONLY QUESTION WAS GONNA, WAS GONNA BE, UM, I, I DO, I AM AWARE THAT, UM, BECAUSE I, I HAVE A PARTNER WHO, UH, WHO RUNS A, A LARGE IT DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW THAT THESE, THAT THESE COMPANIES ACROSS THE BROAD WHO ARE SELLING THESE LAPTOPS AND STUFF, THEY ARE CALLING AND TELLING PEOPLE, HEY, LOOK HERE, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO UPDATE NEXT YEAR, BUT BEING THAT THE TERABYTE IS GONNA GO UP, SO YEAH, I MIGHT WANNA GO AHEAD AND BUY THAT AT THIS AT THIS POINT.
AND SO, UH, I KNOW, UH, A PARTNER OF MINES TOLD ME THAT THEY, THAT HE DID, UH, THEY CALLED HIM.
THEY, THEY, UH, THEY GAVE HIM AN OFFER, BUT THEY, HE NEGOTIATED.
SO I WAS WONDERING, DID THAT WE NEGOTIATE THAT PRICE? OR, OR, OR, OR, OR, OR WHAT, WHAT DID THAT, WHAT DID THAT WORK OUT? WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE? APPLIED DATA'S ON STATE CONTRACT CONTRACTING PRICES ALREADY SET, AND THE TERMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN NEGOTIATED BY THE STATE.
SO NEGOTIATION REALLY ISN'T, I DON'T WANNA USE THE WORD AN OPTION.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY SET, IT'S ALREADY BEEN PROCURED AT THE LOWEST RATE FOR US THROUGH THE STATE PROCUREMENT.
SO, SO, SO EVEN, EVEN THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THESE COMPANIES ARE CALLING, I KNOW THEY, THEY, THEY'RE CALLING AND SAYING, HEY, LOOK, EVEN LIKE, UH, ALSO ANOTHER PARTNER I KNOW WHO HAS A, UH, A COMPANY WHO SELL RADIO, I KNOW THE RADIO COMPANIES THAT THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CALLING TO SAYING, HEY, LOOK HERE, YOU MIGHT WANNA GET A, UH, GET SO MANY, UH, 20 OR 30 OR 40, 40, UH, RADIO AND STOCK UPON 'EM BEFORE THE TERABYTE GO UP.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY, THEY'RE NEGOTIATE EVEN.
AND EVEN EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE CONTRACTS, THEY ARE STILL NEGOTIATING 'CAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GETTING THESE IN IN ADVANCE VERSUS HOW YOU WOULD NORMALLY, UH, PROCEED TO GET 'EM.
AND SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT NEGOTIATION LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE REAL AGGRESSIVE ON HOW WE'RE SPENDING IT.
E EVEN THOUGH IT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, UH, GOING AND BUYING A TRUCK, IT SOUNDS GOOD TO GET A NEW TRUCK, BUT I STILL WANT TO GET MORE BANG FOR MY BUCK.
IF AND IF, AND IF, IF I'M MAKING IT CONVENIENT FOR YOU, I WANT TO BE CONVENIENT FOR YOU AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE, JUST WHY YEAH.
SHARING AND, UH, GOOD COMMENT ABOUT THE, UH, THE SIZE OF OUR PURCHASES GIVES US BUYING POWER THAT OTHERS WOULDN, SO.
WHAT WE FIVE? WE FIVE? YES SIR.
SO EACH YEAR WE BRING FORWARD OE FIVE, THE OPERATIONAL EXPECTATION FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT THE BUDGET.
SO THIS DOCUMENT IS JUST TO THE COVER PAGE THAT'S REQUIRED AND AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED OF OE FIVE THAT ALL RELATE TO THE BUDGET.
SO, UM, THE FIRST ITEM IS THAT IT, IN OE 5.1, IT REQUIRES THAT WE MAINTAIN A FUND BALANCE NO LESS THAN TWO MONTHS OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGETED EXPENDITURES.
SO THAT POLICY WAS RECENTLY CHANGED.
SO I PROVIDED A GRAPHIC HERE OF ABOUT, UH, SIX YEARS TO GIVE, UM, COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD A VISUAL OF WE'VE COME WHERE WE STARTED, UH, FIVE YEARS AGO AND WHERE WE'RE GOING FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO WE WERE ABOUT IN THE $47 MILLION, UM, FUND BALANCE RANGE IN FY 21.
AT THE TIME, THAT WAS A 17.5% FUND BALANCE, WHICH FELL JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE RANGE THAT WAS SUGGESTED, UH,
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IN THE OLD POLICY.SO BY BRINGING US TO THE NEW POLICY, WE HAVE NOW RAISED THAT, UH, GRADUALLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN SUSTAIN THE 20% FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS THE IDEAL PLACE THAT I BELIEVE THAT WILL KEEP US FROM BORROWING A TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE.
SO I, UM, AS OUR BUDGET GROWS, WE HAVE TO GROW THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS LIGHTLY EACH YEAR, WHICH WE INTEND TO DO AGAIN.
UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25, GROW IT ABOUT 3 MILLION OR SO TO MAINTAIN THAT 20%.
AND THEN WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT WILL, UH, WE BELIEVE WILL GROW TO ANOTHER AMOUNT THAT WILL MAINTAIN THAT.
SO I REALLY BELIEVE 20% IS THE SWEET SPOT FOR OUR DISTRICT AND WANNA KEEP IT THERE.
SO THAT INCLUDES WE'LL INCLUDE, UH, JUST SLIGHTLY RAISING THAT FUND BALANCE EACH YEAR.
UM, I BELIEVE I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE FUND BALANCES SOMETIME MUCH LARGER THAN THIS, UM, UH, IN TERMS OF A PERCENTAGE.
BUT I THINK FOR US, THIS IS A GOOD SPOT THAT SHOWS CONSERVATIVE SPENDING, CONSERVATIVE BEHAVIOR, UH, NOT A MAJOR INCREASES IN TAXES, BUT KEEPS US JUST IN A STEADY PACE.
UM, UH, THE BALANCE WE REJECT IS, I THINK $72 MILLION WOULD BE THE FUND BALANCE.
SO IT PUTS US IN A POSITION WHERE WE COULD COVER EXPENDITURES FOR ALMOST 72 DAYS, I BELIEVE.
IF IN CASE, YOU KNOW, THE OPERATIONS CEASED, THEN WE ALLOWED YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS TIME OF YEAR, THAT MIGHT BE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD NEED TO STILL PAY EMPLOYEE FOR CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME AS THE COMMUNITY RECOVERED IF THERE HAPPENED TO BE A MAJOR DISASTER.
SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE FUNDS ARE FOR, UH, TO KEEP US FROM BORROWING THE PAN AND TO ALSO, UM, HELP US IN TERMS OF MAJOR, UH, WEATHER EVENTS.
SO AGAIN, NUMBER TWO JUST STATES WHAT I JUST MENTIONED.
AND THAT FUND BALANCE, UH, OUR POLICY REQUIRES THAT WE DON'T HAVE A TAN AND WE WON'T HAVE ONE AGAIN THIS YEAR.
SO IT'LL BE OUR, UH, 24, 25, 26.
IT'LL BE OUR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF NOT BORROWING A TAN.
AND IT SAVES US A LOT OF MONEY.
50 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE INTEREST RATES AT THE TIME.
SO IT IS A VERY COSTLY ENDEAVOR THAT CAN SAVE US ALMOST A MAT AS MUCH AS A TEACHER'S SALARY ALMOST.
SO ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET WAS REPORTED TO THE BOARD, UM, ON THREE OCCASIONS.
SO APRIL 25TH, MAY 6TH AND MAY 20TH, WHERE WE CERTIFY THE BUDGET.
AND IT INCLUDED ALL OF B THROUGH H ITEMS, WHICH ARE ALL INCLUDED AS PART OF THE BOARD POLICY.
WE BROUGHT TOGETHER REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.
BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS BEING WHAT WAS THE GROWTH RATE IN THE VALUE OF THE MILL, WHAT DID WE ASSUME FOR THE NEXT YEAR WAS THE VALUE OF THE MILL.
UM, WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE CONTRACTS TO GO UP, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO, UM, MULTIPLE YEARS WERE REPORTED.
SO WE SHOWED A FIVE YEAR COMPARISON IN THE BUDGET HANDOUTS.
MANY OF THESE ARE IN THE BUDGET HANDOUTS.
UH, WE GAVE, UH, THE BUDGET REFLECTED THE PROJECTIONS FROM THE STATE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES OR THE SENATE THIS YEAR.
WE DIDN'T GET SENATE NUMBERS OR THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE NUMBERS TILL WELL AFTER THE BUDGET WAS, UH, ON ITS WAY OR, OR COMPLETE.
AND THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE SEEN ARE VERY MINIMAL.
UH, MAYBE $200,000 OF MONEY COMING BACK TO THE DISTRICT, VERY RELATIVELY MINIMAL.
SO NO REAL IMPACT ON THE BUDGET, UH, REFER REFLECTS PERSONNEL POSITIONS.
IT HAS A LONG-TERM PROJECTION, DELINEATES EXPENDITURES BY SITE LEVEL AND REFLECTS A BALANCE BUDGET.
SO, UH, WE DID INCREASE THE MILLAGE BY 4.3 MILS TO 1 26.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THIRD CURRENT READING, OR THIRD AND FINAL READING ON, ON MONDAY, UH, JUNE 23RD.
AND WE'LL WRAP UP THE ENTIRE BUDGET AT THAT POINT.
SO, UM, THIS REQUIRES OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS DO REQUIRE A MOTION, UH, TO ACCEPT AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE FULL FORCE SINCE THIS IS A BOARD POLICY.
UM, MS. GORDON, OR MS. HAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
UH, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT I'M MAKING THE MOTION ON? UH, TO ACCEPT OE FIVE FINANCIAL PLANNING.
I, I RECOMMEND THAT, UM, WE ACCEPT OE FIVE AND TAKE TO THE FULL BOARD.
G ONE IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A PRESENTATION.
WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE PRESENTATION? I HAVE A BUDGET UPDATE.
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SO DO YOU WANT DO IT UNDER THE BUDGET UPDATE OR WE CAN DO IT IN COMMITTEE AND I CAN PROVIDE THE UPDATE DURING THE COMMITTEE REPORT.WHAT, AS LONG AS WE'RE WITHIN PROTOCOL, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE REQUIREMENT? IT'S, THE COMMITTEE CAN PUT IT THE, THIS OE ON CONSENT AGENDA OR YOU CAN HAVE IT, UM, IN OPEN SESSION AND DISCUSS AND MAKE ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
IF, LET ME JUST THROW THIS OUT THERE FOR THE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
IF I RECALL, HE, IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND SOMEONE DISAGREES.
THEY CAN REMOVE IT, DISCUSS IT, RIGHT.
SO THAT GIVES ANYBODY THE OPTION TO SAY, YEAH, I WANT TALK WITH HER.
WELL, IF EVERYBODY, IF THE OTHER COMMITTING NOTHING, OKAY.
I'D SAY PUT IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THEN WE CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
IS THAT FAIR? ANY REBUTTAL OR THE DISTANCE? EVERYBODY.
YOU OKAY? COME OR YOU WANT TO TRY IT DIFFERENTLY? JUST TRY IT.
AND THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BUDGET.
'CAUSE I HAVE AN UPDATE DURING SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
SO IF, IF THEY HAVE, THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION ON THAT TOPIC IF YOU NEED IT, OR TO AVOID THE OPTICS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE.
UM, MS. HAY, YOU SECOND THAT? YES MA'AM.
SO THIS WASN'T ON, UH, LISTED AS AN, UH, FUTURE TOPIC, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT THAT CAME UP RECENTLY.
UH, WE DID SELL, SELL OUR FIRST MAJOR BOND ISSUANCE FOR THE 2023 REFERENDUM.
PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD SETTLED A BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE WITH ABOUT $50 MILLION JUST TO GET US GOING UNTIL THE INTEREST RATES GOT BETTER.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST PERMANENT BOND, UM, WHICH PAID OFF THE $50 MILLION BOND.
THIS BOND WAS DELIVERED ON TO THE COUNTY TREASURER.
THE CASH WAS WIRED TO THE TREASURER ON MAY 29TH OUT OF EIGHT BIDDERS.
WE HAVE AN ONLINE BIDDING PROCESS, WHICH I CAN VIEW AND SEE WHICH BANKS ARE, ARE, UM, BIDDING BANK OF AMERICA ONE WITH THE BANK.
UH, THE BID WITH A 4.068 TRUE INTEREST COSTS.
THAT IS NET TRUE INTEREST COST IS NET OF PREMIUM.
SO THE BOND PREMIUM IS ADDITIONAL CASH THAT GOES IN.
SO WE GOT A $3 MILLION BOND PREMIUM.
SO 135,000,200 GOES INTO THE BANK AND WE HAVE THOSE FUNDS IF, UH, AVAILABLE FOR THE BOARD AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION.
RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE APPROVAL FOR THE ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE REFERENDUM OF WHAT WAS APPROVED OF THE PROJECTS.
SO IF THE PROJECTS GO OVER, BUT THE BOARD HAS AUTHORITY TO SPEND THOSE ON THAT OR WE CAN CONTINUE AND JUST, UM, WE CAN GET BOND COUNCIL'S, UH, ADVICE ON HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE SPENT AND, UM, WE CAN, UM, MAKE A DECISION AT THAT POINT.
UM, WE'LL HAVE TWO MORE REFERENDUM BOND ISSUES.
THOSE WERE SCHEDULED TO BE IN JANUARY OR SO OF EACH OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UM, BUT AS VOLATILE AS THE BOND MARKET IS RIGHT NOW, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT GOES.
SO AS LONG AS THE CASH FLOW IS THERE FOR US IN THE BANK, THE CASH IS IN THE BANK AND THEY, THEIR, UM, INTENTION TO SPEND OR THE CASHFLOW ANALYSIS WE GET FROM THE FACILITIES OFFICE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS THEY UPDATE THAT AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH IN THE BANK TO COVER WHAT THEY INTEND TO SPEND OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO, UM, SO ANYWAY, JUST WANTED YOU TO UP TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT TOPIC.
WE JUST PASSED A, YOU, UH, YOU ALL VOTED ON A, UM, TUESDAY NIGHT FOR $35 MILLION OF 8% BONDS.
I BELIEVE THAT'S FOR THE 2027 PROJECTS.
IS THAT RIGHT? UM, FLU, FLU HANDLES ALL THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGETS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE, THEY'RE NOT SPENDING OUT OF, OUT OF LINE ITEM.
AND HE MAKES SURE THAT, UH, WE ALL KNOW IN THE FINANCE OFFICE WHAT'S GOING ON.
TENS ALL THE CALL COMMITTEE MEETINGS, ALL THE, UH, OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO WE KNOW HE'S OUR LIAISON BETWEEN THE TWO AND COMES FROM A CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND.
SO HE'S A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE HERE.
UM, SO WE DID, UH, WE DO ARE INTENDING TO SPEND, UM, FUND THE $35 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS WITH $30 MILLION OF A BOND ISSUE AND $5 MILLION OF OLD, UH, 8% FUNDS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT FORWARD THAT COULD BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT THE COSTS HERE.
SO THE BOND COUNCIL IS COMING ON NEXT ON JUNE 24TH TO THE BOARD MEETING ON THE AGENDA WILL BE 8% BOND RESOLUTION FOR $30 MILLION.
AND YOU'LL BE ASKED TO APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
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UM, AND SHE WILL EXPLAIN ALL MS. F HEISER WILL BE HERE AND SHE'LL EXPLAIN ALL THE DETAILS OF IT.I TALKED TO HER PARALEGAL TODAY TO WORK OUT THE WORDING OF THE COURT AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO FOR THAT.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS SHE ASKED WAS, DO YOU INTEND TO SPEND ANY OF THE DOLLARS BEFORE THE BOND IS ISSUED IN AUGUST AND NEED TO REIMBURSE? AND THAT ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, BECAUSE THE WORK ON THIS BUILDING, THE HVAC UNITS THAT HAVE EXPIRED IN THIS BUILDING, THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO
WE KNOW VERY WELL IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WHICH ONE OF THEM IS OURS.
UM, AND THAT THOSE COSTS, THOSE UNITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ORDERED AND THOSE WILL COME OUT OF SOME OF THESE DOLLARS AND THEY'LL NEED TO BE REIMBURSED.
AND SO THE LANGUAGE OF THE BOND ISSUE HAD TO BE SLIGHTLY ALTERED TO AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS LEGAL WITH THE IRS AND EVERYTHING'S ON THE UP AND UP.
SO, UM, AND THE THIRD AND FINAL ISSUE ON THIS IS REFUNDING.
SO BOARD POLICY, OE 6.15 THAT RELATES TO DEBT AND, UM, FINANCIALS REQUIRES THAT THE STAFF SEEK REFINANCING OF OUTSTANDING DEBT.
IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE DISTRICT, UM, BENEFIT FROM REDUCED INTEREST EXPENSE OF THE REMAINING LIFE OF THE BONDS.
I MUST HAVE MISSED A WORD IN THERE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BONDS EVERY YEAR TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY REFINANCING OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE IF THE INTEREST MARKET, THE INTEREST RATES ARE JUST RIGHT, THAT WE COULD SAVE MONEY AND SHORTEN THE TERM OF THE BONDS OR PAY OFF BOND.
SO WE HAVE ONE, UH, THAT WE ARE WATCHING 2015 B BOND SERIES.
HOWEVER, THE MARKET RATES ARE NOT, UM, FAVORABLE ENOUGH TO GENERATE WHAT WE HAVE AS A THRESHOLD OF A $1.5 MILLION SAVINGS IN INTEREST.
SO IT'S LOWER THAN THE SAVINGS THAT IS BEING CALCULATED IS LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO I MADE AN EXECUTIVE DECISION TO HOLD OFF.
SO IT SAVES US TIME, IT SAVES US EFFORT ON ALL THE, ALL THE WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE TO ISSUE A BOND TO, AND IT ACTUALLY, AND ALL THE PAYMENTS THAT HAVE TO GO OUT THE, UM, WORK WITH THE COUNTY TREASURER AND THEN THE JOURNAL ENTRIES IN OUR SYSTEM.
SO, UM, AND THERE WAS A THOUGHT OF, DO WE MOVE THE THRESHOLD FROM 1.5 AND MOVE IT DOWN? I SAID, NO, WE WANT OUR EXPECTATIONS TO BE HERE.
SOMEONE DECIDED THAT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO STICK WITH IT.
SO WE DECIDED TO PUT OFF ANY REFINANCINGS ON THAT BOND UNTIL THE MARKET RATE GETS BETTER.
UM, SO I THINK IT, WE NEED TO MAKE IT WELL WORTH OUR, UM, AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL IMPROVE.
UM, WE JUST NEED TO WAIT AND WATCH IT FOR A WHILE, FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT ISSUE.
LAST NIGHT THE CLOCK, UH, MET AND WHO WAS THERE? MR. DAVE WAS THERE.
AND, UH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE BOND PREMIUM.
UH, I'M GLAD I KNOW NOW THAT I GOT EXTRA $3 MILLION.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME HISTORICAL, UH, UH, PREVIOUS BOND ISSUES THAT WE HAD FOR THE 2019 RACK, WE WERE GETTING ONE IN 2% AND WE WERE GETTING NINE AND $10, UH, BOND PREMIUM.
AND, AND I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE NOT, WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING BOND PREMIUM IN OUR BUDGET TO BUILD ALL THE THINGS IN REFEREND.
THAT'S JUST EXTRA MONEY IN CASE WE HAVE ANOTHER EPIDEMIC OR WHATEVER THAT COMES ABOUT.
ALSO TELL YOU THAT THEY BRIEFED ON THE CASH FLOW MM-HMM
AND THE CASH FLOW FIRST ON PREMIUM, WE ALWAYS HAD A BIG LAG IN CASHFLOW BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF WORK DONE AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY PAID THAT HAS WRITTEN TIGHTEN TIGHTENED UP.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REALLY WATCH THAT CASH FLOW BECAUSE WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT SLOP TIME LIKE WE HAD LAST TIME, RIGHT AT THE, UH,
BEFORE THIS MEETING I TALKED TO MR. VARGAS ON THE PHONE.
I CALLED HIM AND HE SAID, I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 8% BOND RESOLUTION.
HE SAID, I NEED SOME TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING.
HAVE YOU ISSUED THE BONDS YET? I SAID, YES.
I SAID IT WAS ALREADY DELIVERED IN MAY AND I HAVE A BOND UPDATE COMING TO BOARD IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
AND I HAVE ALREADY EMAILED THIS DOCUMENT TO AUGUST, I SAYING TO HEAR EMPLOYEE, AND HE SAID HE WOULD PASS IT ALONG TO THE CLOCK MEMBERS.
SO HE IS GONNA INFORM THEM THROUGH AN EMAIL AND I'LL VERIFY THAT HE DID THAT.
UM, AND HE DID EXPRESS THE CASHFLOW, UM, CONCERNS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WATCHING IT.
HE SAID HE WAS GETTING READY TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON IT.
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THAT UPDATE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CASH THAT WE HAVE IN THE BANK, AND THEN WE HAVE TO FORWARD THAT CASH FLOW TO THE TREASURER'S OFFICE.AND THEY NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO MOVE THINGS FROM AN INVESTMENT ACCOUNT TO THE CASH ACCOUNT TO MAKE IT MORE LIQUIDATE, TO GET READY PAYMENT FOR LARGE INVOICES.
SO IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATING EVEN JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO BEFORE THE MEETING.
SO WE, UM, TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING WELL SO IT EVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTHLY.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD $5 MILLION OF PREVIOUS 8% FUNDS.
IS THAT A COMMON THING? BECAUSE THAT TELLS ME, ESPECIALLY CHAIRING THE, THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, THAT WE DIDN'T USE $5 MILLION OF MONEY THAT WE BORROWED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO IS THAT A COMMON THING? IT WAS BACK IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO IN 20, THE 20, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 2018 AND 2019 FUNDS, UH, 8% FUNDS ARE THE MAIN ONES THAT WE HAD, UH, LARGE PREMIUMS ON BACK THEN PRIOR TO AROUND THE COVID TIME.
AND SO WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE BOARD POLICY TO BRING FORWARD BALANCES EVERY YEAR, OR MAYBE, MAYBE IT'S NOT A POLICY, BUT IT WAS AN EXPECTATION.
SO EVERY YEAR IN THE DEBT DAY REPORT IN MARCH, WE POST EVERY DOLLAR THAT HAS UNSPENT AND THE MAJORITY OF THE DOLLARS ARE NOT UNDER, NOT NECESSARILY UNDERSPENT PROJECTS.
THEY'RE PREMIUMS AND INTERESTS LIKE THIS INTEREST ON THE PROCEEDS THAT WE GOT EXTRA ABOVE AND BEYOND.
SO THE BOARD HAS DISCRETION ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND IT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HIT THE LIMIT.
OUR LIMIT IS THE PROJECT LIST, WHICH YOU APPROVED ON THE TOTAL PROJECTS.
SO, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT KIND OF PREMIUM SINCE THEN, BUT WE BROUGHT, THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED AND THERE WERE SOME OTHERS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, UM, TO BRING FORWARD.
SOME OF THEM ARE RESERVED FOR ACE.
THERE, THERE WAS A MOTION MADE A YEAR AND A HALF OR SO AGO THAT WE WOULD UP TO SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UH, NEGOTIATE FOR ITEMS FOR ACE OR CAPITAL ITEMS. SO THAT, SO SOME OF THAT MONEY IS NOW DESIGNATED FOR ACE AS WELL.
UM, I THINK IT WAS IN THE MAY, UM, OUR MARCH DEBT DAY REPORT I LISTED IN MY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, BUT I CAN BRING THAT BACK AND WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CLEAR, EX CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHICH POTS OF THOSE OLDER FUNDS ARE DESIGNATED FOR WHAT THINGS.
SO THIS WILL BRING IT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE, KATIE? YES, SIR.
MOVING ON TO THE FELLOW FUNDING SUBJECT.
UM, THIS MATSON IS UNABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY.
SO I'M GONNA COVER THIS, UM, NOT A LOT OF CHANGE FROM THE LAST TIME.
SO OUR MAGNET SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS ONE PARTICULAR FEDERAL FUND, ALSO KNOWN AS MED TECH SEVEN.
UM, IT'S A FIVE YEAR GRANT WITH A PERFORMANCE PERIOD OF APRIL OF 21 TO MARCH OF 2026.
UM, HOW THE BUDGET IS ALLOCATED YEARLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE PROGRAM OFFICE USUALLY RECEIVES A GRANT AWARD NOTE NOTICE AROUND APRIL.
AND AS OF JUNE 4TH, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE NOTIFICATION FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF THAT FIFTH YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN USING CARRYOVER, BUT THE CARRYOVER HAS EXPENDED AS OF JUNE 4TH.
AND, UH, WE COVERED SOME, UH, A SUMMER PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT WITH THE GENERAL FUND, UM, THIS SUMMER.
BUT WE ARE STILL, I DID, UH, WAITING ON OFFICIAL WORD FOR THAT FIFTH YEAR OF AUTHORIZATION.
UM, SO WE DID HAVE SOME EMAILS GOING BACK AND FORTH THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THINGS WERE A LITTLE CLOSER, BUT, UH, WE'RE THAT ONE WE'RE GETTING CONCERNED ABOUT.
SO IT, UH, THE EMAILS I SAW DID SHOW POSITIVE SIGNS OF AUTHORIZATION, BUT, UH, THERE ARE, UH, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES IN THOSE POSITIONS.
AND SO WE HAVE, UM, ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THAT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, UH, AN UPDATE ON THAT.
UH, SO, UH, THE OTHER ITEM IS, UH, ALL OTHER TITLE FUNDS EXCEPT FOR TITLE THREE.
UM, SO TITLE ONE, TWO, AND FOUR.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED SOME PRELIMINARY PLANNING AMOUNTS FOR THOSE THREE TITLES, AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS YET
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TO ALLOCATE THEM TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.SO I WENT TO A STATE DEPARTMENT, A SCSA MEETING, LAST FINANCE ROUNDTABLE ON LAST WEDNESDAY.
THE STATE HAS RECEIVED THE AUTHORIZATION OF TITLE ONE AND THE FEDERAL, THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS, BUT THEY, THERE WERE SEVERAL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE WHO ARE LOSING MONEY.
SO THEY WERE WAITING ON MAKING INDIVIDUAL PHONE CALLS TO THOSE DISTRICTS BEFORE THEY ALLOCATED TO EVERY DISTRICT.
SO WE ARE WAITING ON OUR, OUR, WE'RE HOPING FOR NOT HAVING A PHONE CALL AND JUST TO GET AN ALLOCATION.
UM, AND SO WE'RE WAITING ON THAT ALLOCATION TO BE SUBMITTED TO US.
WE USUALLY RECEIVE THE DOCUMENTS IN MAY, THE 1ST OF MAY.
SO WE ARE ABOUT A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH BEHIND AUTHORIZED FOR THOSE TITLE PROGRAMS. TITLE ONE BEING THE LARGEST OF THOSE.
TITLE TWO IS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
TITLE FOUR IS, UM, I WANNA SAY SERVICES, SOME SORT OF, UM, I CAN'T RECALL EXACTLY, UM, MENTAL HEALTH FITS IN THAT CATEGORY AND SOME OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES, UM, THE STATE DEPARTMENT DID CON SEE.
SO THAT LAST SENTENCE STATES WHAT I, UM, STATED, BUT WE ARE STILL AWAITING TITLE TWO ALLOCATIONS.
UM, I'M SORRY, TITLE THREE IS MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS.
TITLE TWO IS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SO WE DO GET A BILLION OR $2 MILLION, SO IN TITLE TWO ALLOCATIONS.
SO WE'RE STILL AWAITING THOSE ALLOCATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS ARE COVERED, UH, INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, SO AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE SOME LAGS, UM, BUT IT APPEARS THEY'RE COMING IN.
THEY'RE JUST COMING IN MUCH SLOWER THAN FORMAL.
SO, UM, IF WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL HELP, WE MAY NEED SOME, UH, LEGISLATIVE OR POLITICAL INFLUENCE, UH,
SO WE GOT A COUPLE OF, UH, QUESTIONS, FINGERS RAISED.
SO WE'LL START WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND MR. SMITH, MS. JACKSON, AND ANYONE RAISE MS. MR COMMITTEE.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, UM, HOW MUCH FUNDING YOU TALK ABOUT ALLOCATIONS MM-HMM
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE, WAS IT ONE, THREE AND FOUR? NO, ONE, TWO, AND FOUR.
YOU ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? AND IF WE DO NOT GET THE FUNDING, HOW IS THAT GONNA IMPACT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR DISTRICT? UM, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DOLLARS, UH, RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UH, AND IT WOULD TAKE ME TOO LONG TO PULL UP OUR, OUR FEDERAL FUND SHEET.
I WANNA SAY, UH, TITLE, TITLE ONE IS IN THE $5 MILLION RANGE.
UM, THAT DOES HAVE A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN IT, INCLUDING, UH, WE HAD A PRE-K SET ASIDES, WE HAD A LOT OF PRE-K TEACHERS IN THERE.
UM, AND, AND SUPPLEMENTAL LIKE CLASS SIZE REDUCTION TEACHERS IN THERE AS WELL.
SO WE USE THAT FOR THAT PURPOSE.
UM, TITLE TWO, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT.
I WOULD, I WOULD GUESS SOMEWHERE IN THE MILLION TO $2 MILLION RANGE FOR TITLE TWO THAT IS USED FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES NOT TYPICALLY HAVE FULL-TIME PEOPLE IN IT.
SO IT WOULD BE A SUMMER INSTITUTE OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, FIRST FEW DAYS OF SCHOOL, THE FIRST LAST FEW DAYS OF SCHOOL, UH, IN BETWEEN THE PD DAYS, DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WOULD BE.
AND SO, UM, THE OTHERS ARE MUCH SMALLER POTS OF MONEY.
UH, TITLE THREE, WE GET MAYBE TWO OR 300,000.
TITLE FOUR, I WOULD GUESS IN THE SAME RANGE.
SO YOUR BIG, BIG ONES ARE TITLE ONE OR IN THIS CATEGORY.
WHAT WOULD WE DO IF WE DIDN'T GET IT? UM, SO ONE THING WE WOULD DO, WHAT WE WOULD LOOK, FIRST THING WE WOULD DO IS LOOK AT HOW MANY FULL-TIME STAFF ARE IN THOSE, IN THOSE CATEGORIES.
THE SECOND THING WE WOULD DO IS LOOK AT THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
UM, WE SET ASIDE OUT, OUT OF LAST YEAR'S FUND BALANCE, $10 MILLION, MOVED IT INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
THE BOARD HAS A DISCRETION OF SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS I HAVE RECOMMENDED TO HOLD ON THOSE DOLLARS FOR NOW UNTIL THINGS STABILIZED FOR OUR FEDERAL FUNDING, FOR OUR FEDERAL FUNDING, THE VOLATILITY GOING ON IN THOSE PROGRAMS. SO THAT, FOR ME IS PLAN B, UM, FOR AT LEAST A TEMPORARY, IT WOULD NOT BE A RECURRING SOLUTION.
IT WOULD NOT BE A LONG TERM SOLUTION.
IT WOULD BE SOMETHING SHORT TERM, AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS.
IF, IF FOR SOME REASON WE KNEW THAT THOSE WERE NEVER COMING BACK,
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THOSE FUNDS WERE NEVER COMING BACK.SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE ARE AT THE TIME.
BUT IT, THE STATE DID INFORM US LAST WEEK THAT WE WERE GETTING THE TITLE $1 MAY NOT BE AT THE SAME LEVEL WE WERE, BUT WE ARE RECEIVING, WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YET.
SO THE LARGEST OF THE DOLLAR, WE'VE BEEN REASSURED THAT WE ARE GETTING THEM.
SO THAT HELPS SETTLE MY NERVES.
UH, MR. SMITH, UM, UH, TO, UH, TO BREAK MY MEMORY, DID YOU SAY THAT THAT, THAT THE GRANT FROM MEDSEC MEDTECH SEVEN WAS, UH, UP FOR QUESTIONING RIGHT NOW? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE TWO, UH, MSAP GRANTS.
ONE IS ON, THE ONE WAS AUTHORIZED FOUR YEARS AGO.
UM, AND IT IS THE FIFTH YEAR OF THAT GRANT FOR THE NORTH OF THE COUNTY SCHOOLS THAT HAS NOT BEEN YET AUTHORIZED.
THE NEW MED TECH OR MSAP GRANT FOR THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE COUNTY HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BECAUSE THAT IS A BRAND NEW GRANT.
UM, SO IT'S THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE, UM, GRANT THAT WAS STARTED IN 2021.
THAT ONE, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED AUTHORIZATION YET, BUT WE HAVE SOME EMAILS KIND OF WITH SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS, BUT NOT A DEFINITIVE ANSWER WHETHER WE'RE GETTING IT OR NOT.
UM, THAT'S, THAT WILL BE VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE MED TECH DOES AN AWFUL LOT WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.
UM, AND ALSO SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE, UH, HOW WE SUPPORT OTHER ENTITIES, UH, THAT COME THIS WAY.
BECAUSE I REMEMBER AT SOME POINT IN TIME, UM, I, I KNOW.
UH, AND, AND, AND LET ME UNDERSTAND THIS ALSO.
WHO IS MEDTECH SEVEN? WHO DOES, WHO IS, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHO IS MEDTECH SEVEN IN, IN TERMS WHO IS MEDTECH SEVEN? I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
WHEN YOU SAID, WHEN YOU SAID MEDTECH SEVEN IS MEDTECH SEVEN IN CORPORATION, IS MEDTECH SEVEN TO A, A PERSON THAT ARE A PART OF, OF THE, OF A HOSPITAL? LIKE WHAT ENTITY DOES MEDTECH SEVEN, WHO DO THEY REPRESENT? WHAT, WHERE'S THEIR OFFICE AT? LIKE WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE, UH, WHAT'S THE MISSION OF MED MEDTECH SEVEN? ISN'T IT A, A, A PROGRAM THAT'S PRETTY WIDELY DISTRIBUTED? YES.
COMPANY FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL, FEDERAL PROGRAM.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN SUFFICIENT TO YOUR POINT QUESTION TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING WIDE AREA, FROM MY MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY'RE NOT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
AND WE PAY, WE PAY FOR THE MARKETING MATERIALS, THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, THE, UM, EVERYTHING THAT'S PURCHASED FOR THE PROGRAM, THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY PURCHASED TO DO WHOLE LABS, UH, LABS, THE, UH, OUTFIT, LABS OF SCHOOL.
SO WE, WE DON'T PAY A COMPANY.
WE, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL COMPANY FOR ALL THOSE THINGS.
WE PAY ALL THE EXPENSES AND THEY ALL FALL IN FEDERAL PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES AS WELL, MA'AM, WHICH ARE, WE HAVE TO GET BIDS ON THEM IF THEY'RE OVER $10,000, WHICH IS A MUCH LOWER THRESHOLD THAN OUR NORMAL PROCUREMENT THRESHOLD.
SO, UM, MAN, I NEED THAT BUSINESS MODEL.
WELL SHOW UP AND HAVE EVERYBODY PUT OFF PAPER WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND THE REASON, THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THAT, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME WHO EXACTLY IS MEDTECH AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND WHERE IS MEDTECH LOCATED, YOU KNOW, UH, IN TERMS OF SPONSORSHIP OR DIFFERENT THINGS OR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY, THEY SEE MEDTECH PUT UP ALL THESE BILLBOARDS ACROSS, THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAS BEEN TRYING TO HAVE, I'VE HAD A LOT, I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE
AND I'VE, I'VE STATED IT FOR A WHILE NOW THAT, AND NOW THAT NOW THAT WE ARE ON IT AND HEAR THIS AND TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REALLY BEEN, BEEN, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE REALLY, UH, EN ENGULFED IN THE, THE MEDTECH SET UP.
SO THIS IS KIND OF CONCERNING.
AND, AND NOW THIS IS HAVE PIQUED MY INTEREST, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHERE, WHAT, WHEN, WHY, AND HOW IF THAT COULD BE BROUGHT TO US.
UH, I WON'T, I WON'T, UH, BURDEN YOU WITH THAT TODAY.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR PRESENTATION AT THE BOARD MEETING, I'LL TELL YOU NOW THAT I WILL, I AM NOT ASK YOU.
I I WILL, I WILL TELL YOU NOW THAT I WILL ASK YOU THAT AT THE BOARD MEETING.
FYI, BECAUSE, BECAUSE ONE, IT BRING, IT PIQUES MY INTEREST.
AND TWO, I I THINK THAT, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS, HAS BEEN A QUESTION THAT I HAVE BEEN ASKED PUBLICLY IN SINCE
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SEVERAL HOURS.AND WHOEVER CAN TELL ME I MS. MCKENZIE OR WHOEVER UNDER, UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT CABINET CAN TELL ME AT THAT TIME, AND MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE THAT BACK TO SUPERINTENDENT SINCE SHE'S LIAISON AT THIS MEETING.
TELL THAT, THAT THAT'S A QUESTION THAT, THAT I, THAT, THAT I DO HAVE AND CAN REALLY HAVE, UH, ABOUT WHO, WHO IS MEDTECH SEVEN IN, UH, THAT, THAT INDUSTRY.
IT'S NOT A HU WHO, IT'S A, IT'S A CURRICULUM.
SO IT WILL NEED TO BE ANSWERED BY THE CURRICULUM FOLKS.
'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE, WE'RE HERE TO FUND THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE MATERIALS THEY NEED.
SO I WILL PASS THAT ALONG TO DR.
STRATOS, AND SO WE BREAK IT BACK UP FOR YOU BECAUSE ACADEMICS HAS PRESENTED THAT.
SO WE GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION AGAIN.
WELL, WELL, I MEAN, AND, AND, AND THAT MAY HAVE, AND THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT ONCE, BUT, BUT HEARING THIS, I, I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER IT.
WE, WE, WE, WE ARE PUSHED WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM TIME TO TIME THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT SECOND NATURE OF THE STAFF, AND I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD, I'M, THAT'S WHY I'M TELLING YOU NOW THAT, SO IT IS NOT A, IT'S NOT A SURPRISE WHEN I BRING IT BACK UP BECAUSE I FEW, THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENT'S, UH, LIAISON TO THIS.
UH, SO I'M GONNA ASK THAT QUESTION AT AFTER THEY ASK YOU, UH, NEXT BOARD MEETING THAT WE HAVE WHEN THIS INFORMATION IS BROUGHT UP.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? OKAY.
DEPUTY, IF NO ONE ELSE RAISED, AND I HAVE A COUPLE, UM, UM,
SO IF IT'S ON THE LIST, THEN WE PROBABLY STEP CRISIS PLANNING.
WHAT HAPPENS IF IT GOES THROUGH MM-HMM
AND SO, YOU KNOW, PROACTIVELY, WE, OUR STAFF HAS BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING WITH DR.
STRATUS AND, AND THE LEADER, UH, MS. APPLEBEE ON THE MED TECH TEAM.
SO THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT.
UM, I, LIKE I SAID, HE'S HEARD SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS THROUGH EMAILS, BUT I NEED, I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH MS. MATT AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGH WHERE WE ARE AT YESTERDAY, BASICALLY.
SO, UM, WE HAVE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON COVERING THE SUMMER AND PREPARING FOR WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE POSITIONS ARE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
THOSE ARE THE MOST CRITICAL THINGS BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL FOR TIME JOBS ARE THE FIRST PRIORITY FOR US.
SO, UM, AND WE WILL, UM, WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT THE NEXT MEETING AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF WHERE, WHAT THAT PLANNING LOOKS LIKE.
UM, SO I'LL INCLUDE THAT, INCORPORATE THAT IN MY DISCUSSION FOR THE NEXT UPDATE.
O ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT EVEN HIGHER THOUGH, IS, IS IF THE FUNDING IS CUT BY NORTH VERSUS SOUTH, THEY REALLY HAVE AN OPTICS PROBLEM.
THEY CUT THE NORTH AND THEY FUND SOUTH MM-HMM
SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO GENERATE OUR LEGISLATIVE RESPONSE.
ENCOURAGEMENT EARLY RATHER THAN LATER.
SO WE SHOULD SYNCHRONIZE THOSE TWO THINGS BEING TEED UP.
SO WE'RE NOT WAITING, NOT REACTING, WE'RE SAYING, HEY, HERE'S WHERE WE STAND.
THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE RULE.
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL.
JUST REQUIRES OUR, UM, ME TO BRING FORWARD AS INFORMATION.
AND THERE ARE TWO MINOR CHANGES.
SO EACH YEAR, UM,
UH, I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE, THE FOOD AND NUTRITION ROLE THAT I AS WELL.
STRATUS IS NAMED AS ONE OF THE COORDINATORS AS WELL, BUT SHE ALSO HAS A HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT SHE HAS TO RUN.
SO I TRY TO DO MY BEST TO KEEP THIS ONE OFF OF HER.
BUT SHE DID ATTEND OUR LAST MEETING, SO IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR HER TO SEE HOW THE TWO RELATE.
HER HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS MORE OF A CURRICULUM BASE, UM, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF EDUCATION, NUTRITION, EDUCATION, AND OTHER CURRICULUM ITEMS. UH, MINE IS MORE WHAT IS THE FOOD POLICY, SMART SNACKS AND HOW, WHAT IS, OR OUR NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THE USDA AND ALSO THE PE PHYSICAL EDUCATION COMPONENTS.
SO I HAVE THE DIETICIAN FROM TNG, OUR FOOD SERVICE PROVIDER, AND THE, UM, PE COORDINATOR, PHYSICAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR, MS. EMILY GRAY ON MY PROJECT TEAM, AS WELL AS ROBERTA GREEN FROM TNG, WHO'S THE OPERATIONS MANAGER OF FOOD NUTRITION.
SO WE COVER ALL THE BASES ON OUR PROJECT TEAM.
AND THEN WE HAVE A ONCE A YEAR MEETING WITH MEMBERS, UM, THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO.
NOW OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WOULD SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY
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SCRUTINIZED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.WE HAVE, THEY ARE ON IT
THEY EMAILED ME AND SAID, YOU MUST EDIT YOUR FOOD WELLNESS POLICY TO INCLUDE, AND THEY SPECIFICALLY TOLD US IN SECTION, UH, AND CATEGORY ONE HERE, THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE FOOD SERVED, BUT NOT SOLD FROM THE LAST SENTENCE IN SECTION ONE TO THE FIRST SENTENCE IN SECTION FIVE.
AND THAT WE NEEDED TO INCORPORATE A LINK IN THE, IN THE WELLNESS POLICY, A LINK DIRECTLY TO THE TRIENNIAL ASSESSMENT REPORT.
SO WELLNESS IS ABOUT MONITORING ACTIVITIES AND NUTRITION THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL FOR EVERY SCHOOL EVERY YEAR.
AND, UM, THIS ASSESSMENT IS, DID YOU DO THIS? DID YOU HAVE WELLNESS MEETINGS? DID YOU HAVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF, MAYBE, UM, FOR STUDENTS? DID YOU, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
DID WE HAVE A WELLNESS COMMITTEE MEETING THIS YEAR? DID YOU HAVE THE PROPER MEMBERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO IT? YES.
DID YOU UPDATE YOUR POLICY? DID YOU INFORM THE WELLNESS COMMITTEE OF THE UPDATES YOUR POLICY? YES, WE DID.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND, UM, AND IN LINE, AND THEY RECENTLY REACHED OUT AND SAID WE NEEDED TO UPDATE THE POLICY AND THEY REMINDED US THAT IT NEEDED TO BE DONE BEFORE JUNE 30TH.
SO, UH, WE MET, UH, THESE REQUIREMENTS BY UPDATING POLICY.
IT WAS JUST UPDATED A YEAR AGO.
UM, MS. MS UH, CARTILAGE HAS REVIEWED THE POLICY AS WELL AND MADE UPDATES TO THE, ANY LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT SHE HAS.
UM, AND JUST AS A NOTE, WE DID HAVE A WELLNESS COMMITTEE MEETING ON APRIL 22ND.
UM, A NURSE IS REQUIRED, A PE TEACHER'S REQUIRED A STUDENT, A STAFF, A STAFF MEMBER, A UM, PARENT, A BOARD MEMBER.
UM, SHE HAD A NUTRITION COMPONENT IN THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING.
SO, UH, SHE WAS GRACIOUSLY CAME, I THINK SHE LEFT THE HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CAME OVER TO THE
WE HAD TWO MEMBERS OF THE B MEMORIAL HOSPITAL THERE.
UM, AND WE HAD A PARENT FROM MCCRAKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE HAD A STUDENT FROM RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
I BELIEVE WE ASKED A COUPLE, BUT DURING THAT TIME OF YEAR IS VERY BUSY TIME FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF BECAUSE OF AWARD CEREMONIES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT UP A LITTLE EARLIER NEXT YEAR.
IT'S NOT DURING, SO IT'S NOT DURING THE BUDGET TIME EITHER.
UM, BUT WE WENT OVER THESE POLICY CHANGES AND WE SET SOME GOALS FOR THE NEW YEAR.
ONE FIRST GOAL WAS WE WON A WELLNESS CHAMPION AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL.
AND WE DELIVERED THAT MESSAGE YESTERDAY AT THE PRINCIPAL'S MEETING I DID.
AND, UH, SO WE WANT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL TO IDENTIFY, AND WE'VE EVEN, UM, ASKED FOR A LIST FROM EVERY SCHOOL TO IDENTIFY WHOSE NAME, WHAT PERSON'S NAME AND POSITION ARE.
SECOND GOAL IS FOR EVERY SCHOOL WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL MUSC, BOEING CENTER OF CHILDREN'S WELLNESS AWARDS PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU DO, THERE'S THREE LEVELS OF AWARDS, 500, 7 50 AND A THOUSAND.
AND THEN THERE CAN BE A GRAND PRIZE WINNER OF $2,000.
AND IF YOU CHECK OFF CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU DID DURING THE YEAR FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OR MENTAL HEALTH, IT COULD BE, UH, A SUNSHADE THAT PROTECTS YOUR SKIN AND DERMATOLOGY STANDPOINT.
UM, HAVING A FIVE DISTRICT DASH 5K CAN EARN LOTS OF POINTS FOR EVERY SCHOOL.
ALL KINDS OF THINGS WE CAN DO CAN GET POINTS TOWARD THOSE WHERE, OH, AWARDS.
AND SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING AND WE WANT, OUR GOAL IS FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT PARTICIPATION IN THE AWARDS PROGRAM SO THAT EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO GET THAT MONEY FOR FREE.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOC.
AND I THINK A LOT, AND I SAID A LOT OF YOU ARE DOING ALL THESE ACTIVITIES, YOU'RE JUST NOT DOCUMENTING THEM AND APPLYING FOR THE AWARD.
YOU ARE ALREADY DOING THEM, SO MIGHT AS WELL GET SOME MONEY FOR IT.
UM, DOES MAKE A, A ONE MORE THING FOR THEM TO DO AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, BUT IT, IT'S A GOOD CAUSE WITH, UH, MAKING SURE OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS ARE HEALTHY.
SO WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING.
THESE TINY, TINY, UM, TWO MINOR REVISIONS BRING US INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ED HEALTH AND NUTRITION REGULATIONS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
MS. HAY, ANY COMMENTS OR GUIDANCE MA'AM? NO, SIR.
MS. GORDON? UH, JUST, JUST ONE COMMENT.
UM, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN AWE OF FINANCE
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PHYSICAL PARTS OF IT AND EXPLAINING TO US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW OR SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WHATEVER.SO I APPLAUD YOU IN YOUR, IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THESE LITTLE LINES AND I'M LIKE, CARLTON, I CAN'T SEE 'EM.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY'RE THERE.
UM, AND IT WOULD TAKE ME A BIT OF TIME TO, TO, TO LOOK AT, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT MAKING IT SO MUCH EASIER FOR, FOR ME TO READ, FOR US TO READ BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUDGET, WHAT THE LINES MEAN, WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW, ASK US TO DO IF WE'RE DOING WHAT THEY ASK US TO DO.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SAY SOME FIDELITY THAT WE ARE BECAUSE OF THIS KIND OF PRESENTATION THAT HE GIVE US.
NOW I'LL TAKE THIS AND, AND LOOK AT IT, UH, LINE BY LINE.
TAKE ME A FEW DAYS, BUT, UH, IT'S HERE AND THERE'S TRANSPARENCY, SO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR
ANY COMMENTS, MA'AM? NO, JUST A HUGE THANK YOU AS WELL.
MS. SIGLIA, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT YESTERDAY THE PRESENTATION, THE PRINCIPAL'S MEETING WAS EXCELLENT ON THE NUTRITION.
YOU HAD A REPRESENTATIVE THERE FROM MUOC TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING.
SO YOUR STUDENTS WILL BE MUCH HEALTHIER.
MAUREEN
IS THIS SAFE? ISN'T MR. SMITH GOOD, MS. PHILLIPS? MR. LOUIS
AND AND PLEASE WELCOME HER, INTRODUCE HER, UM, TAKING HER AROUND TO THE OFFICE BOARD MEMBER.
SHE IS OUR NEW FULL-TIME PERSON WORKING WITH THE IN THE OFFICE.
UM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE KAYLEE BLY, WHO'S WITH US WILL HAVE HER AS PART-TIME, BUT SHE'LL COME BACK IN THE END OF JULY WHEN TEACHERS COME BACK.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOU, UM, ON THAT C CAN I JUST, ONE THING, UH, IT WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE 27 B THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED SO WONDERFULLY, UH, TO ACTUALLY, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, GOING TO THAT CRISIS PLANNING, AT LEAST THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS WHAT IF IT GOES TO ZERO? MM-HMM
WHAT DO WE DO? HOW WE DISPERSE THE TOWN TO MAKE SURE THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE LEFT AFTER DRIVING? THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
ARE YOU REFERRING TO ONE POD OR ALL, ALL THE ONES WE ARE REFERRING TO THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT? JUST THE THESE THAT NO, ALL OF THEM.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST THE 14TH AT ONE 30.
ANY AGENDA TOPICS? ANYONE? OKAY.
EVERYBODY'S SAYING THAT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE 90 MINUTE LIMIT THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UH, UNLESS THERE'S SOME MORE THINGS TO BE SAID, IS THERE COMFORT WITH, UM, ADJOURNING I CONSENT? THANK YOU.