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That was supposed to be a year, two years, maybe three years, four years. That went on until 2018, which meant for almost 10 years, districts that were overfunded based on the formula got additional money each year after year after year after year. And a city like Clifton under the funding formula was underfunded all those years. All those years. All those years. That changed in 2018 with a new law called S2 that said, "Uh-uh, we're funding the formula and to all you districts that have been overfunded over the next six years, we're going to take some of that overfunding away and we're going to distribute it to the districts that have been underfunded." And here's what that looked like in a uh district that was overfunded. This green money, and this is only going back to 2013, this green money, this is a district a little bigger than ours.
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And if we um take all, it goes up 25.4%. And those those numbers are are big, right? So is 15 million under adequacy. We've been at this point before as a district um standing at a fork in the road with decision to make about a path forward and um every time we've picked what is best for students during COVID we went with inerson full days tuition free full day kindergarten we were one of the last districts to achieve that. It makes a little more sense now looking at the, you know, for anyone who didn't um see that 16 million number before to see now we're 15 million under adequacy. We did that because it was good for kids. Our community did that because it was good for kids. Tuitionfree preschool. Again, this fall we achieved the largest grant awarded statewide. It's good for kids. And now here we are again at a fork, a historic fork in the road for our district.
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After graduating from Baba High School, Kucio plans on going to college hopefully at the UOVA. His current career goal is to become a mechanic. He would like to um thank his parents and his teachers for their support. Congratulations, Kukios. [Applause] Sam. Smina Enos is the senior class student of the month for March. Samina is the daughter of Marlo and Ken Enos. She lives in Calik and her home district is Hikawan. Her two favorite classes this year are financial algebra with Mrs. Dora and culinary with Miss Custoio. Samina is multi-talented and enjoys making music with different instruments like drums, according and guitar. She also likes to create visual stories using stop motion animation. After graduating from Babaver High School, she plans on going to college at TOCC. After earning her associate, she plans on transferring to the University of Arizona. Her current career goal is to become a filmmaker.
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Furthermore, her active participation in fundraisers highlights her commitment to the broader Blige community and her willingness to invest her time and energy in supporting the initiatives that benefit students directly. The hands-on approach, her hands-on approach combined with her inherent hard work and caring nature fosters a positive and supportive environment within the school and the especially the high school where she is constantly involved in all of their things which is fabulous. Sophia is always willing to run anywhere to help anyone. Sophia's love for Blige students and athletics isn't just a sentiment. It translate into tangible actions. Her efforts in logistics, supporting, and fundraising directly contribute to her success and positive experience with students involved in various programs. She is likely she is the likely go-to person for many and I'm sure people can tell you. Someone who can be relied upon to get things done with efficiency and a genuine smile like she is right now.
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You are a great example of what a cult is and I hope you continue to be the wonderful person that you are. Way to go, Peter. Congratulations. So the middle school team gets together monthly to nominate one to two students and they've nominated me as one of their students. So the middle school team writes, "It is with great pleasure that we write this letter to recognize you as Colt of the Month. Over the past month, we have witnessed your remarkable personal growth and development. You've taken significant strides in your academic journey, demonstrating newfound sense of ownership and leadership. In group work, you've stepped up to guide and support your peers, showing remarkable initiative and confidence. Your ability to advocate for yourself in class is particularly noteworthy as it reflects your growing self asssurance and commitment to your education. What truly sets you apart is your extraordinary kindness.
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They're considered very large districts 15,000 or more. Uh so you can see that Gilbert is still higher in instruction. Dr. Hatman has the fly in overhead. Um and then just Yeah. Um just just note before we do this next um fly in, but for for Gilbert to show an instruction percentage of um over 3% higher than our peer average is really quite remarkable knowing that we're the same size and that whole conversation about economies of scale, etc. So, we're pretty proud of that in comparison. And our administration is lower. And our administration is lower as well. That's right. And this is the big deal. Yeah. Bonnie loves the animations. I love the animations. Yes. Yes. So tell us who some of those 11 districts are that we're comparing ourselves to. Chandler, Deer Valley, Daart, Glendale, Mesa. I actually had them memorized. Paradise Valley, Peoria, Phoenix, Union, Scottsdale, and Tucson.
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But that's just not going to happen anytime soon. But very good conference nonetheless. All right. Any other board updates? Oh, one more thing. Thank you, uh, Dr. Perkins. In your absence, you was doing your civil duty and jury duty. We had our kids meeting, you know, and that was very good. Hopefully, you can present something to the board. And I told Kelly and the members at the last meeting a couple weeks ago, we need to update the board in a manner to let the board know exactly kind of what we're doing, how much gain we have, the the progress is just awesome. All the hard leg work because I think it's going to be a big hit to implement some of the things and talking to Dr. Kong. I want to hit you up and talk to you about this too, okay? because we may be soliciting the board to change a policy or implement some changes with a policy in some manner.
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Maybe we ready? Oh. Oh. All right. Let's do this. Oh, I don't need those. All right. All right. So, I think everyone should be able to see the uh five characters on the screen. We have Let's see. What do we got here? And by the way, if people want to watch, where do they go, Scott? Where would they go to watch? Oh, yeah. BHMSD TV, I believe. BHMSD. I don't know. I would need to look for.tv. Let's just tv.hmsd.org. I don't know. Somewhere on there. That sounds right. 12 watching. Oh, wow. 12 million. That was 12m with the 12m 12 million, right? Yes. Here I started here. I'm uh I'm telling some people we're shout casting. Okay. So, here we go right now. So, you see there's a well in the middle of the uh the battlefield here, which you fall into that, you're having a bad day.
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I never expected it and I've read every single email. It It shows me what an amazing community this is. And I want you to know that the people in blue and not all of them in here on the back of those shirts, which I have one as well, it says better together. I'm going to show you everything that you put in those emails. We do together. we're better together and they are going to continue to do that without me there. Whoever the next leader is because I don't do it alone. I do it with them. We share those ideas together and I thank you for that support. But I guarantee you this team, which is second to none, is going to continue it. They've already told me that. And as hard as it is for me to move on, I need to do that for me.
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Um I have the privilege of also being an educator here. Um I never originally thought I would get into education. I liked history for my time. It was challenging. It was fun. It was rewarding. Um I didn't know what to do after I graduated college. college. I studied history at Dickson College where I was on par thanks to my education here with private school students who would brag about how highly ranked they were. Um, but I didn't really know what to do. Um, I ended up taking a position here as a tutor in the middle school. Um, where I was immediately supported in the same way as I was as a student. Um I learned to develop my skills as an educator, how to work with students, the joy I saw, um seeing them grow and you know make strides and I was also then encouraged to go on get my master's degree in education at Yukon where upon my finishing of that curriculum I received a teaching position.
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Um so it has to an extent you know again can't say like an exact number uh but it has increased awareness around what we are looking for. Um that's a multitude of things. It's not just from this um you know from from this process but it has been something we have seen in in some plans that have come forward. Um, additionally, it's helped us uh as OSI and you know, the planning department and others get a better understanding of what are some of the barriers uh or perceived barriers in some cases that are out there. Um, you know, when we've been able to put in, you know, again saying like anything that is not fully electrified goes against A20 goals and then they come back and say, well, there's XYZ reason we can or we can't. Um, sometimes fair, sometimes not fair. Um but it it helps us better understand where developers are coming from and so that way uh you know where there are real barriers we can be um you know trying to work on those solutions.
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I'm not going to throw anybody under the bus, but they're in every newspaper complaining about how their aid get how their aid got cut and they got to lay people off. But since 2009, they've been getting an additional $12 million a year. They're warned every year, this is going to stop. It's going to stop. It's going to stop. It's going to stop. It's going to stop. It never stops. Then 2018 comes along. All right, we're finally going to do it now. Even though you've gotten $12 million a year, every year for the past 10 years, now we're really going to do it. So, they must have planned for that, right? No, they didn't plan for that. So now they've lost state aid over the last 5 years and they're saying they cannot fund their budget and pay their people. Now I feel bad for the kids.
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A chance to solve this yearly ongoing budget crisis which creates harm and tra trauma across our community. It's it's within our power tonight to solve that. To help our kids reach their fullest potential, to help our staff help our kids reach their fullest potential. Our students deserve it. Our staff deserve it. The choice is ours. And I open up to questions and discussion from the board.
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If she could, she would make the world a better place through her animation and her heart. Your hard work and dedication do not go unnoticed. Way to go, Simeina. [Applause] Okay, next up, Mr. V from the alternative um accelerated campus. I know, right? Unfortunately, our student of the month is not here today. Um, she's been sick. Uh, but Angelicia Flores is our student of the month for March. She is one of our students who has had perfect attendance the entire month and then today she is feeling sick. So, um, she is always participating in the afterchool math tutoring program. She shows up, uh, every Monday and Thursday, uh, like clockwork. Uh, she loves getting help from Miss Garcia, who's one of her favorite teachers. Uh, this month, her favorite, um, memory is, uh, in Mr. Alvarez's class. They were able to dissect a pig fetus, and uh, they had a really good time in that class.
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The Brt Star Award is a fitting recognition for someone who consistently demonstrates such dedication and embodies the spirit of the Blige community. Sophia is more than just an employee. She's a vital part of the school's support system, making a real difference in the lives of students in the overall success of Blige. Her multiaceted contributions make her an invaluable asset and truly deserving of this recognition. These recognitions are absolutely my favorite part of the entire board meeting. All that other stuff we just have to do. These recognitions make me proud of our school district and the people that serve here. It's it's an honor to be a part of this. Thank you so much. I think they all deserve another great round of applause. Thank you.
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Your positive attitude is infectious, bringing warmth and light to every classroom you enter. Your consistent practice of greeting others with a cheerful good morning or taking a genuine interest by asking how has your day been exemplifies the compassion and empathy that makes our school community special. Being named Colt of the Month is a testament to your character, hard work, and potential. We are incredibly proud of you and look forward to seeing you continue to grow and inspire those around you. Congratulations. Well, congratulations to all our Colts and we ask that they could come back up so we can get a picture of them and if they can stay standing up here once we're going to aboard two of our staff members along with and in the meantime we'd like to thank Laka J for um giving certificates for ice cream. Angel picture. Ready? Look over here.
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Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. So, our peer classroom spend is 72 and we are above that at 73.2. So, I begged Jackie to let me have these next few slides and she reluctantly gave it to me. I really wanted to explain this um because the auditor general's report has a lot of um credibility and is often cited by legislature legislators um in the state of Arizona. And so I wanted to bring your attention to the fact that the class the classroom or the district spending report now includes a calculation for average salary across all school districts in the state of Arizona. So I asked Jackie to put this particular grid in and you can see this grid is was new last year asking districts throughout the state to input the data by all of these particular functions. So in our account code string we have functions that indicates what the money is is doing.
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I'll talk to you about it. Okay. My suggestions to help this initiative move forward with the kids. So if not next week sooner sooner than later. Okay. We will talk maybe have a meeting between Dr. Kogese you and and Kelly. Okay. I get that. All right. Thank you. That's all I have. Administrative updates. Since we've gotten back from spring break, everyone is continuing to do well um getting all those uh things done at the school level. Um it's been busy out in the buildings as we've gone out and taken a look at things. So, um we've winding things down. We've got seven weeks to do. So, we have a lot of push and a lot of um things to accomplish in that next seven weeks. But, uh everyone's doing well. Okay. That's good news. Yeah, it's pretty much moving forward. Okay. All right. Next up on the policy.
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Ooh. So, you want to stay out of the well. You want to stay out of the well. Well, and Norwell's main tank guy has a little hook that will pull you. Road Hog will pull you into the uh That's no good. Yeah, he will pull people in. Oh, they got a low health, but remind me of a another joke about three holes. Three holes. Well, well, well. We didn't even use it for anything. No. All right. So, to start off early, we're blue team. We're the blue team. And high school is the blue team. Yep. So, right now it's kind of in the middle here. We lost our our tank, but Arisa came back, which was being played by Eli. So right now both teams Bluffton actually has hold of the map. So right now you can see the numbers up there. So we're at 19%.
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So, I hope you understand that. Um, but they're here for you. Thank you. And I just want to remind you of something. I I um the kids why we're here. A little kindergartener came up and gave this to me today and she drew a picture. It's a kindergartener of me and her and she just said, "I love you, Mrs. Sykes, and I'm going to miss you." And she gave me a hug. And that's what I'm telling the children right now. And this I took from an amazing coworker, Mrs. I I said to I don't know how to tell the children. And she said, "You just give them a hug and say, I just need a hug. That's all you're going to tell them right now." And it's been very very helpful to me that they're making me pictures. So, I just wanted you to hear that because I hear you.
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