Any questions or comments on this? Next item is the classified resation of custodian Axel Gonzalez. Yes sir, Mr. President moves the board as I submitted his resignation as a custodian to the custodial services manager and superintendent. No board action necessary. This is a study session item. Questions on the next item which is classified resation of schools. Mr. President members of board Augustine has submitted a resignation, excuse me, as a school nurse to the principal and the superintendent. No board action necessary. This is a study session item only.
So when we first came on board, there were a few questions we had to answer and tasks to solve. Um, one of those was, is the market viable for a presenting program? Presenting being where you buy touring product outside, you bring it to your facility and you take on all the risk of selling tickets and uh, and making folks are having a good time. So there was that. There was also evaluating what you have done in the previous three years to see how that performance was as a business case and if those two first two things proved true then it was deciding who was the best stakeholder to take that on. So our first task in terms of evaluating the market conditions overall I can tell you very quickly that yes you have very favorable conditions here in the west valley to support entertainment spending from the population density in the west valley which is getting ready to go through its next boom or spurt I'm sure as you are well aware in terms of consumer spending which is 43% above the national benchmark in terms of what people will spend on plays and operas and the performing arts to is your competitive advantage.
Young freshmen had their first Panther experience being part of something great and senior leaders had a chance to make their final imprint, leaving their leadership skills and lasting imprint on OS athletics. They had so much fun. We saw so much growth. We had all these memories that are going to go beyond the last time of wins and losses. We also played tons of competitive games against local teams who went on to win regional championships and play in the inaugural IHSA state series this past fall. So many of these local communities around us are experiencing have it at their high schools. They see their friends on social media posting about it. We are there. We are right there. And we want to be competitive. We want to give these girls this opportunity. What does it do for them? It gives them this voice. It shows them that once they speak up for themselves, they can create a positive opportunity for themselves.
So, we kind of like blasted the Facebook with it that these fentanyl strips they could actually like test their drugs and know whether or not it has fentanyl in it. So, and then we end up losing three. So, also in the suicide prevention kits is a recovery and treatment guide and suicide hotlines and crisis hotline phone numbers that were putting gun locks in them as well. Um, gun locks that can lock up a gun but can also trigger lock a gun. Um, because guns did come up uh number one on the suicides for Brown County followed by the poisonings. And then we're putting Naran and the fentel test strips in there. We're also putting medication disposal kits in there and then any kind of resources that are in the county for anything anyone's needing, we're putting in those kits. Is there a major age group that the suicides are falling in?
Okay, if you look here, oh, he cleared it and then put a T down there flat. Why did he leave that space open, though? Did it just make sense for the rest of the moves he was going to be doing to follow that? Yeah, I believe so. Sometimes it's it can be set up to like extend into further smaller combos. Oh, like that. Excellent. How many plays do you try to set up for in the future? Uh cuz you don't want to just get one line, one line, one line. You're trying to set up for these big um big power moves, right? Yeah. Well, I've never learned it. There's two different techniques I'd say like higher level Tetris players use. The one that I like to use is you uh so it's a 10 x 10 board. So I like to build a uh tower that's nine blocks.
Of course, that's what we do. That's what that's the foundation of America. But not everything has to be free. And then to go on to social media and complain about it. You're going to complain about a program that lost a couple million dollars. Yeah, it's a big hit. But let's talk about the billions of dollars if you spent on the micro program with no exit ramp. It's a vote a vote buying thing. It always was. It was, you know, when when Biden came out with that free college thing, I'm saying we buying votes of the college. Everybody knows that. Now, John, you're becoming very famous nationally uh for your your your your your rising voice in the political community. As we know, all politics is local. Uh but John Featherson, you've been on national newscasts everywhere with very valid points you're making about what's wrong in the Commonwealth.
They use three hours. We're actually we have a 5 hour minimum but we honestly charge people use a three hour and we charge for three hours. Yes. Yeah. We don't adhere to five hour. Yes. Just kind of making our charging people for two hours that are not it. not pay. I mean the what the goodwill versus 60 bucks on the very few times it happens throughout the year. It's not so it's not going to be a big difference. Yeah. And and making the policy match that like we don't charge for group two. So we don't need to list rental fees for them. We're charging the custodial fees and the kitchen work fees regardless of group. But most of our rentals are group one and group two. So, this is not a money maker for the board of education. Um, last school year we made the tone.
Any questions go to the next item of professional? Uh Bethany Maro who previously was was a prek uh was a par professional prek program has requested permission to volunteer which is good in the prek classroom as miss how do I say her last name let's go take moral worked as a care professional in the prek from October 2020 to October 2024 her interview is unnecessary and her IDP fingerprint card is current no board action necessary to study situations the next item which is approval of the 2526. Yes sir. U Mr. President, members of the board you have the attached the draft calendar for the 2526 school year. We also have it up there for your review. As mandated by ARS50-1042B, all local education agencies must create an instructional calendar for each school site. As a K12 school district, a unified district participate a 180day calendar to AD through SIS power school.
When we did an analysis of all the venues uh between here all the way to the east valley, you have a little bit of a cushion with that 1300 seat count, which makes you a great venue size to bring in quality entertainment but not be potentially cannibalized by other competitors around you, which we love to see. And then in terms of a demand from the public, that was resounding. From the digital survey that we sent out to the on-site events that we did and the folks that we talked to face to face, everyone just kept saying, "When's it coming back? We love the Vista. It's a beautiful cultural jewel. We miss the events. Can you please just bring them back?" So, in terms of does the market provide viability? That was a big green flag as a yes. So, our next question was, "That's good.
And you guys have the opportunity to reward that. Saying yes to this gives this these athletes an opportunity to build confidence, leadership, dis discipline, and self-control. All these things that we continue to to need as leaders in the future. Um, it really recognizes the importance and value of girls sports, acknowledging that they are equal and deserve as much recognition as their male counterparts. So, we hope that you take this opportunity to continue to lay the foundation for the young girls of Asiggo to grow into tomorrow's leaders. These women deserve the chance to play flag football, to compete, to learn, and to grow. We really hope you can expand on what we've started and give them what they deserve. Thank you. The nurse Talia Alberto. Good evening. Thank you for giving me this opportunity today to speak. My name is Tulia Berto and I was a part of the girls first year OHS flag football program and today I wanted to share with you all about how flag football has impacted me this year.
50 to 80. Age 50 to 80. So not 20. No, not what I thought. Right. Yeah. 50 to 80. Yeah. But if you get on the if you just Google HFI Indiana, you can get on the report card. I encourage you all to do that. That's very interesting to see what our report card is because it um it also reports general life expectancy in Brown County. Um all kinds of other things, obesity in Brown County. Um, it reports all kinds of different things in there where we stand as as regards to the other counties. So, our life expectancy is pretty good because of all these fresh trees, you know, putting off the oxygen for us. So, what about things like food deserts because we pretty shy on that, right? So, is there anything the health department can do? You know, I mean, you can say here, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables.
Meanwhile, Hunter moves on. Congratulations. Yeah, the two techniques I like to make a nine block wide thing and then just wait for the cyan line block to come so I can get the quad because I don't really know how to do the crazy combos in and out of T-pins into more T-pins and the crazy backto-back stuff that a lot of higher levels like Hunter do. All right. Well, congratulations to Hunter. That was an exciting first match to watch there. Yes. Yestroke not taking down another one. Good. I hope the the other Cyber Tigers feel like they were avenged there. Yes, I hope they were. All right, next up we have Why are the records like that? We have Stalpo versus Clay Firestorm still on the left side of your screen. So, this match has been pre-recorded and pre-played. Oh, yikes. Kind of a spoiler how that one went.
How do you how do you get so famous so fast? Because I know you guys, you know, that's There it is. Sure. Because I know you guys. Yeah. Yeah. Uh because because the because the it's so easy to talk about the lunacy of the Healey hotels. I mean, Mike, you've been to the Healey hotels and Y uh Bill, I hope that you you you haven't. Uh but No, but I've heard Mike you've seen firsthand, you know, the lunacy that goes on in these hotels. you don't probably see the crimes that I that I have seen in the in the Healey hotels, but you know, the amount of, you know, sex trafficking, kid trafficking, EBT card fraud, uh, you know, I famously reported these incidents where the man impregnated his own daughter in inside one of the Healey hotels. You know, the girl had the baby back in July.
Uh, made $6,300 in the fiscal year 2024. So, that was on the building used fees and there was $26,000 in custodial reimbursements. So, that's the majority of what the the revenue is coming from, but it's not really because you're just getting reimbursements to the custodians. What's what's reimbursements though? Like reimbursing um our rate that we're paying the custodians. Yes. So that they're just basically paying us and we pay the custodians. We have to pay it through payroll. So they're paying us the three-hour rate then we pay the custodians out. Yeah. So like this um the vast majority of use that occurs in our facilities is through local community organizations that do service for kids. Um and so you know we all make a lot of money off those people. We're not trying to make a lot of money off those people. Um we cover our costs in essence but that's about it.
No board action necessary. This is a study session item only. And um we have it up there in case you want to see any dates. uh fall spring break parent teacher conferences first semester only in September second semester I believe in February. Uh that way it gives there's at least a good three or four weeks between the each parent teacher conferences and the end of the quarter so the students have a chance if they need to uh get their grades up you know parents have enough of a heads up three to four weeks before get to the quarter to uh to try to get their grades better.
We're glad that people want this and they're willing to pay money, but how did it work out when you did it for the first three years?" And again, I have to commend you all and the staff that originally did that pilot program. It is not easy to launch a presenting program. any organization, municipality when they first started, they usually have to learn the hard way, whether they have a lot of experience or not. And that that's all the way from um starting to take a bit of a loss and figuring out the audience and the market to eventually getting to a point where it's at least break even. So, when we looked at your historic performance metrics from an average profitability per show, you'll see that in the first year it was tough. You know, people took a haircut because they were learning the market, the process.
To me, flag football means everything to me. I take great responsibility and leadership and knowing I was a part. Could you hold the mic a little closer? Just do a mic check. There we Okay. A little Sorry. Should I? Good evening. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak today. My name is Tulia Berto and I was a part of the girls first year OS and flag football program. And today I wanted to share with you all of how flag football has impacted me this year. To me, flag football means everything. I take great responsibility and leadership and knowing I was a part of and able to advocate for the girls first year flag football team. As a multiport athlete, I have played flag football, basketball, volleyball, and lacrosse. But none of those sports h can compare to the way flag football makes me feel.
It'll help your your diabetes, but if it's not accessible, um, is there any any way to address that kind of thing? Yeah, we're already addressing it with Purdue Extension. So, we have a program with them right now that, uh, food is um, food is medicine is what we're doing right now. And they just reapproached us again. So, they actually give out the class and have people invite people to come and they're they're going out and getting people to come in to go to these classes. And what we to provide the food and the things that they need with the HF funds. And then there's other programs we're considering. One of them would be giving vouchers out to the farmers markets and we can also give some IGA vouchers out as well. But um we're supposed to also address maternal child health. So we're going to be like giving $10 gas cards to people that bring their babies in for vaccines.
Okay. And apparently that one and apparently this one's a best. Apparently this one's a first to three. Oh, this is this is weird. Weird our cursed round. Oh man, Clay just went into the red so quick there. What's Stalpo doing that's causing him to go so quickly? Um just like going quickly because that's just like fast fingers but like doing damage that is he just doing hard drop hard drop hard drop and quickly. Yeah, it just seemed like Clay was almost instantly in the red. Yeah, multiple uh match score is now one to two in favor of Barlo. Oh believe he did that. He's going to double into a Tetris line clear and that's going to be enough damage. Two to two. very evenly contested matchup. This is an exciting one to watch, man. Of course, you don't want to see one of the Tigers go down.
So now you have Massachusetts taxpayers are paying now to have Ronald Joseph incarcerated. His 14-year-old daughter now is living in a, you know, a DCF shelter and the baby is living, you know, in, you know, an adoption agency. So the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is paying for all three of those. and to find out that, you know, they should have never been here uh in the first place because, you know, the Biden administration allowed them to come here illegally under asylum protection. And now, technically, by the letter of the law on April 24th, uh they're going to be asked to leave the country. And it's going to be interesting to see what happens with that because Trump is saying that by April 24th, you have to self-deport. And if they don't, then what's going to happen? Well, you know what, John? Anybody that becomes the father and the grandfather in the same family should be deported and right away that's just sickening.