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So you can put me on whatever ones you want. Um and then I'll just look at the notes to see where my name is. And it So it now says draft 414. Do you want me to send it to you or do you have No, I'll be good. I'll be good if it's labeled like that. Okay. I think Thank you though. So, if you if all of us could just go in there, take a couple or one or two or whatever. And so, all the policies in there now are ones that have already gone to the board. Yes. Yes, sir. Yeah. Are we adding more slides of policies that we've reviewed in the past year? You're you're going to write over what's there and put the policies that we've reviewed this year. Yeah. So, only things we've done this year. So, you're essentially you're essentially going to replace it.
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if they decide they don't want to put the funds into the balance who who manages the tip district the village okay and I go to a meeting every year the meeting lasts five minutes right now it's a tiff district tiff meeting because it's I go to it just to make sure that I'm not missing anything and since there's been no action in this area it's just a really quick meeting now the meetings will be a little longer they'll kind of go through how much coming in the tiff once this development starts. Who who funds that? Uh do you know who funds the tiff? The that I don't I think it's part village. It's like tax increment financing. So that they take out loans based on expected taxes. Usually it's for infrastructure instead of Yeah. Instead of them paying the taxes to the village, it goes into the tiff and they redistribute the money.
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We're working with 250 plus school districts across the Midwest. 50 of those districts are here in north northern Illinois. Um some of them are your neighbors. Uh we're working with uh St. Charles and Keaneland. Uh I know they touch your southern borders. Uh but we're also with some other peer districts as Huntley, Woodstock, uh as far out as Mckenry and uh and Crystal Lake and and Glenbard. So districts, large districts that have large district challenges that we can bring to the table, lessons learned from that from that aspect. But I also touch to our national team. So we share stories across the country. Um, and there may be something that's working in one market that uh really is appropriate for discussion in your district as well. Um, we're also a long-standing sponsor of Luda. I know 301's a member of LUDA. Um, but we uh really enjoy being at the front seat to understand the challenge that large districts in Illinois are going through.
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Mhm. Um which we're still waiting on that piece from Linsk. He's supposed to be getting in me a and at that point in time we can prioritize what those needs are too for your HVAC a couple of hold ups on stuff and then availability then once we once we found what we needed then availability went way out. So, and obviously there's been some price changes as of the 1 of April really that that figure in as well. The very last page before I turn it over to Paul real quick. The very last page um is just some things that we can get started with right now. I've got some uh Ross and I have talked a lot about it and so is Paul and I about what we can get going with right this minute. Um and get going through the summer with it. Um elementary school, we can change out all those faucets.
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Uh probably at the forefront of that would be our guidance counselors. The five of them are at the tip of the spear as it relates to making sure that our students check every box literally um as they prepare to walk across the graduation stage. And so for them, this shift is something that they have to be keenly aware of and we have invested a lot of time and energy to make sure that we're able to not only do that but also do it well. So Cindy, do you mind clicking this? So, this just gives a real quick uh fundamental view um of what has not changed and then a real quick introduction to a couple of other things. Uh first and foremost, uh the state of Indiana obviously has to make sure that our state complies with the federal level as it relates to um some of the diploma requirements.
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Um it helps us kind of differentiate our our react our reaction time on um issues that are are reported to the office. It also gives us the opportunity for our teachers to give PBIS points. So you might see a teacher walking around with their phone and they're actually putting points in for students. So they might be at the restroom and they're going, "Great job, Johnny. You get a point." And so um they they're giving points throughout the day and then they have PBIS stores some and the students can shop from the stores. Recently we added they can shop to have lunch with admin. Um, so and then or play a game with us and they get to invite a friend. So they can use their PBIS PB PBIS points to buy things that they want. So that's been um pretty successful. One of the things that um with PBIS we've done things like in December goes along with the pie in the face.
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So this would be an option for students and families to choose. And then the last recommendation for the middle school uh related to the number of electives is that parents and students may request a course deferment for an eighth grade student um and elected elect to take computer science and preparing for college and career in high school and that would allow them to maintain their three middle school electives like we have now.
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Yes we do. We have the most people we're serving the entire population of the students within our town but um it impacts the town. You want them to be successful. You want them to come back and to have their jobs and to settle in your towns and just keep that town and community going with happy people. So, you know, it's all tied together. Um, so I think that uh yeah, so in in so far as dealing with conflicts, I think it really it's the building blocks that you start with, right? The rapport, the relationships, the understanding of the community, the understanding of the cultures, which can be very different in different areas. Then how do you apply that and how do you provide knowledge and education to people about what our mission and vision is for our children? Thank you. Uh, next to me. So, uh, could you speak to your skills and experience in the budget process?
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Baldwin sits down the first question they ask him about his grandfather's national prayer station and the he was so impressed and floored by the depth of the research that our students had done and that is very very common with every host you know the depth of the MCAST questions that they ask and and they keep going deeper I really cannot encourage it enough listen ask to be part of the show it's really fun it's a good time it's a Fridays during pace and there is a really great experience I want these guys to talk for the rest of the tonight though questions. Yeah, Mr. Nunes, I think when does when does the paper come out? So, typically we um we put out like blasts on Mondays. So, we we assign articles like at meetings. Uh usually when we're not doing a podcast meeting, we have like what we call a regular meeting and we'll uh talk about ideas of things that are going on.
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We're serving about 500,000 meals a day. So we can buy a lot cheaper than you can. We don't buy cheap stuff and this is all the the people that we use. General Mills, um, Fredo Lake, JTM, Sunny Fresh Mission, you know, Tyson, all the top man. We have a piece of a fresh fruit and uh, farm to school, but we'll go into that at a later time. Yeah, if you're interested in farm to school, let us know. We'll talk more about it. We want to get you through this. We appreciate your time. But um, let me go ahead. Take over here. So, uh, additional opportunities that we we do, obviously, if you want our breakfast in the classroom, we do that. Anytime elementary school or anybody takes field trips, we make sure you have sack lunches. At Iola, that was a big deal to us.
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And then if we add on to the blue to the north like this one shows, we'd have a six foot basically fence in between there because most of the balls go by on the back fence to help catch them to keep them on the same court. This one would probably technically be the better one, but there'd be a lot more logistical issues with that one. If we go with the one that is uh orange, we'd have to end up moving a telephone pole out there, I believe, because there's one uh sitting next to the light switches out there. So, we'd have to get that moved. And there's a couple different things also. And we're thinking it'd be right about half a million dollars is right about where we'd be thinking. And uh there's a couple really good grants through USDA uh which they give you $30,000 for each tennis courts that you add.
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And so that's something that I have my eye on more carefully than really anything else um because that one I think has the most likelihood of occurring. Um so no matter what anybody's you know what any one their opinion is about um federal level you know uh US DOE national school lunch program NSLP falls under the US department of agriculture but just because they're not part of US Department of Ed doesn't mean they're not going to be subject to changes. Last week, schools that hadn't spent out all their stimulus money, for example, their COVID relief funds, all their funds were swept on Tuesday night without warning. So, schools who already had spent the money on approved projects and were waiting for reimbursements lost their money all across the United States, lost money they'd already spent. And so, there are some pretty significant things that can happen.
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We're changing the entire slide, right? Correct. Correct. Um, and then if we're unsure which ones we've done, I would just go to the completed policy document with the table and I've like put descriptions of where we are at with things. And so that should be able to like help us delineate pretty quickly which ones we worked on this year. So it's been a long year. Yeah, there's that whole separate uh column. Are we going in order on this list here? Uh if you look at the completed policies checklist, I think that's probably the best thing to to go and use. Um, yeah. And I would just go in order like um like whatever their like alphabetical order is makes sense to me. It that's what you were talking about, Tim. Yeah. So, the first one would be JIC K. Um, yeah. Well, the first one actually would be JICG, right?
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And it's looks like it's a 23 year term, not forever, right? Yeah. I can uh I can take it back to them um for changes. I can ask about interest on payments that are uh not made. Is there any other questions you want me to ask? Is the the tiff is dissolved after 23 years or just this agreement? This agreement would last as long as the tiff's in place. Uh I think the village has uh there's somewhere in here the language in section three the village agrees that it will consider the early termination of the route 12 prior to the 23. Okay. So after 23 years it is terminated. So then do we start collecting tax on properties? Yes. After where is it rated? Is it rated at is it going to be off of what they're building it at now or is it in the 23 years?
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We recognized right away that there was some alignment in our culture of our firm with some of your educational objectives. And we know how important that is from a stand ch standpoint of uh empowerment and inspiration. Those pieces are part of our culture as we look to make uh a difference in the communities that we serve. So having that alignment, I think is a really solid foundation to be a strong partner with 301. Tonight we're going to be focusing on um really the planning process. I know port projects are important as well. Um but we think based on what we know of the district and Matt being a a resident here, uh we think that the master planning process and that community engagement, that outreach is really the first step in being successful in 301. And that first step of any planning process is really understanding what are the challenges we're trying to solve.
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I don't think one of the faucets works in those K prek through third grade classrooms. I know some of them tell me the hot works, the cold does not. And I can tell by looking at them, they're all corroded and you can't get them apart. Um, they're going to try to cover that switchboard and the suspension room. Um, they'd like to open a doorway into the office to make it easier to get through. Finish playground mulch. We're going to take care of that. We're going to remove the digital sign on the east side of the building. Doesn't work anyway. Um, we'll try to replace the baseboard in the gym office. I mean, these are just little things we can get done that aren't going to be expensive or little things that can take take the building to a new level maybe at some point in time.
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So, as the federal level dictates, Indiana will continue to have just one base diploma. there will continue to be a standard diploma for all students to have access to regardless of what their time after graduation may entail. Um, this process along with some seals that we'll talk about here in a few minutes were really collaboratively um determined through three main entities in the state of Indiana. You'll notice that they fit nicely into the three areas that the students focus areas uh will align with as well. And those three entities would be the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, and the Indiana National Guard. So, you'll hear a theme of employment, enlistment, and enrollment. All three of those entities had a seat at the table as it came to discussing and planning the new diploma requirements. I also want you to be aware that a few kind of key words arose throughout the discussion of this and as the Indiana General Assembly and the Indiana Department of Education were finalizing things.
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Um we set an incentive that month for responsibility and so classes were competing against each other and they were doing the PBIS points. They were on their phones or on their computers putting in points. the student the class and students that um got the most PBIS points were rewarded and the reward was to give us pie in the face. So that all happened at the same time with the serial drive um which it was a lot of fun. Um and then in May we're going to do another um another um PBIS reward where the students are going to act go towards maybe it's responsibility we we have to decide. Um, and then those students that have the highest points are going to get a chance to use a fire hose with the fire department and the police officers and they're going to be able to the um students are going to be able to hold the fire hose and be able to spray the officers that have volunteered to be part of this plan.
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Be happy to entertain any questions or discussion. Thank you Mr. Noter and Mr. Knik. This is great. Thank you to everyone who worked on this um board. Are there any questions, Miss Lawrence? I do. Uh because this was hot on the lips of our seventh grade student, soon to be eighth grade student um as it relates to the middle school requirements was not a I'm happy to see that we're preserving the opportunity for our um immersion students to um to have more electives. um it was difficult to understand that um our families wanted kids to have those enrichment activities. So, I'm excited to see that as a recommendation. On the deferment piece, um is the expectation then that they would take those courses in high school once they Okay, so they could still elect to um to to opt out of it for now in the in the eighth grade and then defer it to high school where it may fit in within their schedule.
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Uh, you just did a little bit, but please address your experience specifically with regional school budgets. Okay. Sure. Sure. I have um have a lot of experience in the budget process in a variety of different settings, which I found to be quite beneficial in regards to, you know, problem solving and really being able to take a look at a budget and think about how we can resolve it. Um as as I had told you when I was on the school committee um in the regional district that I was in two small towns um I also sat on the finance committee and I have to say that's some of the best education I ever had in my life. It really being on the school committee made me truly understand how schools function. Um I had no idea. I was a teacher at the time. I had no idea.
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