I also attended the movie night which again I didn't intend on on saying anything but being that I was present uh it was really special to to thank Miss Hart and everyone who put the effort forward to have that event uh for the community which was really very well attended and very very exciting. Um so thank you all again for those of you who put forth the effort time and and consideration for our students and our community. It is appreciated. Um, I think Noah also had some opportunity to on behalf of Mr. Diaz and the governing board attend some meetings regarding land leases and an effort I think especially to be present in spaces where again the school is kind of left out. Um, I I I I don't ever want to be I don't I don't I don't think there's there's ever an opportunity where the the board in in essence has been given an opportunity to speak about land issues.
So an animal can have like you said a football jersey, a basketball jersey. We talked about accessories like hats, changing the shoes, like we're making the costumes or we would like the costumes to be made so that we can add these accessories, but she said we can move forward with in any way and form. That's why you guys see it kind of with just like an open chest and a cape because we can add things like Matt wanted to add gym shoes. I don't know if you guys know who Matt is, but Miss Mueller has a great Nike collection. Um, and the the uh costume designer said yes, we can do that. So that's kind of how we evolved to the wolf. I'm not trying to sell anyone on anything, but we did want to make sure that it was culturally sensitive. It was inclusive.
That was great there by Eli. Yeah. Knocking out their healer. Now, Scott, I'm getting uh some uh people texting in many fans. Yes. And it said that uh they what you gave me before they that it says server can't be found. You got you got another Oh, maybe uh or maybe maybe in there in the uh other room could they put up there on the screen uh what people cuz I tell you what people are wanting to watch. It's getting down here down there. TV tv.bhsd.org. What is it again? TV TV.Hmsd TV.hmd.org.org. Yeah, that takes it right. All right. Okay. All right. So, right now lower cabbs. All right. So, right now we're real close to finishing them off here. If we can get them cleared off. They're also close to extending it. I hear the Tigers going wild over there. Yeah. Oh, right there.
Um, a couple things we just want to um talk to you about, and there were some conversations last time is that April 30. Right now, we have that scheduled as a day off. Um, we talked about before for Good Friday. Um, it's a religious holiday. We checked um the amount of teachers that take that day off. Anyways, um so right now we tenatively have that as a day off. If we were to reinstate that day and bring have school taking place that day, the last day of school would be on June 15th. Um so right now it's scheduled for June um 16th. Um if we bring back Good Friday and have that as a school day, then we'll revert back to the last day of school, June 15. So, I first want to talk to you guys about that and see how you felt about that day, whether we want to keep that a day off or change that day.
Any questions for Jordan? Okay. And then, um, Cindy, you service bureau. Yeah. So, there there have been, um, two meetings with, um, YSB, one in January, one in uh, February. And, um, there are two issues that carried forward from the January meeting to February. And one that they've really been pushing is this viewing of um the documentary called Screen Aers. Uh and they were pretty bummed out that they really just didn't get the the turnout that they've been looking for. So they showed it twice already like in January and they're looking to show it again a third time um Wednesday, April 23rd in the CIS cap. Um there's a little a little issue with um communicating it to the to CIS community. I I don't know what happened but um also somebody was saying that it didn't get good reviews but but but you know I it's really you know what they were saying it's really about just like opening up that conversation.
Hasn't there been a debt inventory done that we can utilize in in um the prioritization? Yeah, I can take that. um yeah if we uh was it January when we heard on benchmarking commercial benchmarking um and that is one of the central questions we do have and as we're thinking about it um as we go because I think um one of the things that we kind of grapple with around it is um you know when you look at it you see that um for instance multif family housing has such a big share of the emissions um but there are also a lot more of them um But there's other types of units that have a higher um you know energy use intensity for instance like something like um restaurants for instance you know per per their size they emit more but because they are smaller their cumulative number is less.
And I could Mark, I hope Chew's here because I think we could all use a little Chewy tonight. Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to speak this evening? Good evening, commissioners. Uh, my name is Matt Ward, Ven Sulav. Um, I've been watching your meetings very closely on television. I had the pleasure of being at the strategic planning sessions. I was probably one of the few community people that were there. Okay. Someone not working with the board, but actually as a community person. I know most of you very very well. I'm a former board member and past president of the board as well as being a former councilman in the city. I know what it can be like when budgets were defeated and what that means to have to sit through that process. I'm one of the very few people that's been on both sides of that discussion.
It negatively impacted the school district every time we've token less. We need to take the full amount. Okay. So, I'm going to jump in with another perspective. I I spent much of last night and much of today reaching out to every homeowner in in this town that I could find, and I asked them, "Do you know what your house is assessed for? What are you currently paying in taxes?" And even the most modest of homes was a an appraised value of almost a h 100,000 more than the average. We're talking about, you know, a three-bedroom attached town home, which when you calculate that with taking the full levy, you are looking at potentially close to $200 a month in additional taxes and with no guarantee that we're not going to no one can no one can sit here and look at this budget and say if we take all of it, we are going to be good.
Um, and I don't mean that because we haven't been presented it. It's because we have been kind of put into a little bit of a corner. And, and I only say that because I know that I've attended several meetings um, where it's been kind of made to seem like we're we we did something wrong, we did something bad. and and again it wasn't anything that was out of anything that we had done with intention to not um deal with the land leases. I think that is something that again the administration and everyone else in between uh the board members and all um trying to put forth their best effort and things fall things happen things go the way that they they they do. Um but I really want to continue to thank the community especially within the sales community sales district who has been very very supportive of and acknowledges that this school service serves not only the community but the Donat Nation as a whole and that any effort or any any instance that it is challenged and I only say this because I think it's important to express that this community this district does and wants to always continue to see these schools uh be operational, be successful, and continue to try and engage in efforts to attract whether that's through housing or efforts or whether it's through whatever it may be.
And even the point that he brought up that no one thought about in the room was gender neutrality. Like I can say Wolfy the Warrior and you don't know if Wolfie is a girl, Wolfie is a boy, Wolfie is they, them, however you want to reference it. And then he said that um it would be more user friendly for the ELC students. And we have like our Paw program. So he said, "What elements do you already have that's embedded that might speak to your mascot?" we have Russell and other dogs that are in our area that the kids already gravitate to. So, it just kind of helped solidify that thought and that alignment. Um, I do want to say in my last statement is that nothing is concrete on that. That's just a starting point. It can be darker, it can be lighter, more armor or material can be added to it.
Reaper getting close. Right. Right. Getting the top down. Yes. All right. So, we got to get further than they did. So, we stopped them and they had about what looked like about 100 meters it looked like they went. Yeah. Like 100.92, I think it said. Okay. Yep. So, right there. 100.92. Yep. And in no time. So, we got to get further than that. We got to get further. We get further than that. We win. I think that's how it works. All right. If not, they there's a little overtime or some there's some Yeah, weird time thing, but we would get an advantage. But yeah, we got to get a little further. So now we got to we're on the offensive right now. We got to capture that first point. And then we got we got that that thing we were watching before, right? Got to fill that up.
How many years of data did you look back? Because I know there was one Good Friday that landed on the Friday before April vacation, so we didn't feel it truly reflected accurate data. Yeah. So, yes. So, we we looked over a couple years and we've talked to principles and and there were quite a few teachers that did take that time off and we needed subs for that as well, too. Um, I don't know how far back we looked, but I can look a little further if you need us to. It was definitely during Carol's time. So, it was only in the last maybe three years, I think, was when we had um Was there Do you have the numbers? I don't. Um, I can get those specific numbers if you wanted to for us. Um, again, more importantly, if you want to have that as a day off as a religious holiday or we want to be able to have kids in school at that time.
Um, you know, I mean, there's not anybody here who has children who doesn't, you know, understand how important that conversation is. Um, things that I see and hear about as a teacher in high school and the stuff that goes on through like social media, it's it's such a disruption to the day. We fight kids. I fight kids every day with their cell phones and their technology and their iPads. It's exhausting. Um, so I would love to see, you know, I would love to see them get a good turnout for that. And by the way, this is a um an elementary edition, so it's more geared toward like upper elementary, middle school age kids. So it's like 10 plus um but you know, again, everybody knows, I mean, kids younger and younger are getting, you know, on social media and they have, you know, technology and so are they to shift a little bit younger.
Um so it's kind of like one of those what makes sense you know do you tackle the thing that is you know on a per you know per unit or per per square foot basis emits less but because of its size it's a bigger number so do you focus on that or do you focus on the things that are kind of more you know energy intensive but it's a smaller cumulative number. So that that's kind of one of the things we've seen so far. Um and we're kind of trying to work through. And so similarly like as as we go through and if we're doing like a a top 10 or top five, whatever you want to call it, um I think you know opinions and advice and insight on that would be incredibly valuable, too. Um there's more that kind of goes into all of that, but yeah, that that's one of the things we've seen so far through benchmarking is that you know some of the things that are the ones that have cumulatively the most emissions have some of the smaller number like the smaller per square foot emissions number.
So, I know what it's like. Let me just say this. There's two words in the state constitution. One is the word thorough and the other word is the word efficient. So you must balance both of those and to take to heart what was said by the business administrator. You have to assume worst case scenarios. Now this is not the time to think otherwise. More importantly, I would urge you and I know that there was in my time and there probably still is the municipal alliance where certain members of the board and certain members of the council, the superintendent, we have an interim city manager. You folks need to make sure that your case is being thoroughly understood by the people who are on both sides of Clifton Avenue and make sure they're aware of it. I don't need to say what the needs of kids are there.
I with everything that is going on in this country right now on a federal level economically in good conscience I cannot ask taxpayers to burden what the state should be providing at that much of an increase but the state has constantly failed us with S2 right but what I'm saying is we we've sat here you and I have been here for three years year after year at budget time telling everyone keep the pressure on the state So something else to that add to Miss Fox's point I I want to make clear right taking the additional money she was on a roll she let her fail oh did I interrupt you did I'm so sorry Miss Fox I'm sorry no that's I mean I sort of forgot my train of thought but but basically what I'm saying is we have sat here for three years looking out there you know getting yelled at put in an impossible position of making these determinations that affect teachers and kids and taxpayers and We tell them it's we are being screwed by the state and we are continuing for that.
And and again, I only express that because I think it's it's not something that I think I've heard prior, but I think that all goes to show and impress and impress the impression that our superintendent has left in all of you as um teachers, as individuals who give your your hearts to our students and our community that they see it and that they acknowledge it and that um the land lease issue has has been kind of used in a way to look negatively at the school district. And I'm just speaking to you all of you as a point of what I've been able to observe. But I do want everyone to understand that these these issues andor things that that come up um if we hadn't built those communications and connections with the community probably would have been different. But because we haven't put the effort forward and Mr.
Um, but we just well Dr. parents was basically saying like, hey, I need the board to see what we're working with before we get too close to the end because the goal is to make sure that all community members, students, you know, all stakeholders alike are represented within this mascot. So, inclusivity was important for her to have you guys, you know, involved in it. So, I hope I answered a lot of questions deep you guys went into that. Yes, it was it's been hours that how you went into why you picked the wolf. I mean, I didn't I that was just something that I would, you know, it's thankful that you guys have gone that far to think of why we would and how that would mirror the district. Yeah. So, I mean, I I have the list if you want. I mean, literally, we had poweroints and presentations and I kind of like the wolf.
Got to get fold. Then we got to go get going down the street. Seems like a big big uh vehicle to be moving down the street. Absolutely. We need maybe some some like street cars. We need some race cars. Yeah. That thing's kind of bulky to be moving up and down the street like that. Yeah. It's pretty hilly and Yeah. I mean, it doesn't seem very very functional. No. Yeah. So, we we're selecting our players right now. Yep. We're selecting our players. It looks like from what I can see, we look to be having the same guys. So, Okay. So either you're offense or defense, you really kind of pick the same uh players. I guess we are. Okay. All right. Well, I mean, you're comfortable with them and things are going on like that. So, um Yeah. So, it's got just want you to know out of our 1.2 million listeners we have on here today.
And I know we heard from principles last time them saying as well. Um I can get you the exact amount for the next time if you want but just we wanted to have that as a day or not. I I mean I had concerns because one religious day for one religion is concerning you know even speaking as a Christian. Um but and then also is the concern of then the last day of school as well. Yeah. Um there's less buffer to Junth and with snow days it just seems odd to throw a random not a random but not a secular holiday in there. So not been there. It was just a conversation when the group of us principles and um admin got together to decide this and we just sort of put that out there for the conversation happened here at school. May I May I ask the principles again?