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And so the work has been to align what gets entered into EGMS and how the charge codes are actually firing in the system. So I think we're in a good space now. There's just there's more, you know, this it's going to be ongoing. Uh, you know, labor to continue that process, especially as we turn staff over and especially as we head into next year with so many staff coming on board. Rich, a lot a lot of work has been done and like I said, there was there were places that were getting overcharged and places that were getting undercharged and I think we do have a much better handle on that right now. I I appreciate that and I do want to to thank you for the tremendous work that that's been done and Mike and Angela and staff to to get this to get this cleaned up.
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Any any questions? Yeah. All right. Thank you jury. Sure. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Uh the next one is transportation also jury. All right. So, with Sunrise um transportation, they provide uh the daily transportation for our special needs students. Um and over the past couple of years, we've had a kind of a shortage of drivers. Um Sunrise has been able to attract and retain additional drivers for this past year. Um which has been a big help. Um, and so we started last fall into discussions with Sunrise to extend the contract. Um, we looked at a one-year extension, a two-year extension, and a three-year extension. The one-year extension was going to be significant higher cost than providing them with a three-year guarantee. So, we we are recommending that we go with a three-year contract extension with Sunrise. Um, and it's based upon the uh rates that they're uh providing to us, which is 4% per year.
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Um with the number of students that we have about our CTE programs, special ed cooperatives, so students who are starting then the other thing that has which interestingly is has was a discussion but less was not as big of an issue that kind of came to the table was when does the semester end? people want to have their semester in prior to winter break. Um, many schools do not anymore, right? Many schools are going past into that January and they're going into that that later time. It really only matters for for high school who have semester singleton classes. Um, those are the class and we have a lot of those types of things here. Um so that's those are another thing um that really are the bigger kind of the bigger issues that kind of push that schedule. Part of it is is when you look at IHSA and when you look at timings of when schools can start athletics um and again that's a dis that's not just our district right that's across the districts that we what are those timings in schools starting say if we started the week later what is the timing for like sports beginning and what uh start before school.
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Um when you get to glance up and look at the kid's name that is on it, um it's just a really really proud moment today. And then flooded my brain with TEDex is coming up and graduation is coming up and awards ceremonies are coming up and it all goes it's all fleeting, right? It all goes so fast. So, I I just want to remind our our whole community to just remember to pause and enjoy the moments along the way because they are fleeting. Do you have anything you want to add? Uh, yes. We have a new janitorial service that's doing work here and we're doing a good job at it and we're still in the current process of interviewing for so it's going and I just want to thank um Dan Bur for stepping and help employee down there to be off today. I want to thank the theater department, the music department.
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[Music] We just throw the ball around until Lmet comes out on them to try to eat that clock up. But Angelina Trulio will get back in the same time. They come out too much. You could have that when Addy Jordan can see. Yep. Get the ball on Mac. Mac with the ball. Eat up the clock. Yep. This has been a good possession here. They have three minute penalties. It was six and it was at the six and a half minute mark. So if it was two Yeah. If it was at the six and a half minute mark. So if she's out in the next 15 seconds, we'll see. Hornick on Whitw. Whitward sees a little bit of a seam. Gets knocked around. Ball and she's back. She's back on. Back to Whitler. Spartans back at full strength. Whitler hits the coming right out of the Angelina kicks it up.
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So they are going to Florida to compete there. So this is next week. Yes. 26 26 through the 30th 30th form office. So the cost is all student is there any cost to us? Um I they do they there's some sort of um funding that they they were looking to do some sort of fundraiser funding to help with that cost but no cost to us. No use some Perkins money for that as well. Um not with the DECA not with the competitions of DECA and FBLA. Okay. Unfortunately. Okay. You want to go on to the uh so the next one the performing arts this is the music department. This is for next February is a Friday through a Monday. So the Monday we have off 16th and February Friday they would be um looking that day and they go down to the Magic Kingdom. They take have a few um tours that they um are actually performing for um the in the magic king in a public setting and they get like feedback on that and then they follow up with the soundtrack sessions which it states there some of the details of the workshops um and that soundtrack session is endorsed by the National Association for Music Education and so that's an experience for for them um to perform but also get feedback and then be involved with workshops with professionals.
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And I understand the complex the complexity, you know, particularly getting into a new budget year in terms of, you know, what you're proposing and the final appropriation and then how you move things to what I refer to Rob Peter to pay Paul may change some of this coding in the future. The only thing I I'm saying is that I understand it's labor intense, but we're going to have to figure out a way how to keep current on this particular process so that when you publish these statements, you don't have these big adjustments, you know, going forward, you know, you know, as to how you do it, whether you hire attempts to do it or however the the process is. So, that's going to be up to to to you guys. But the this is a moving target. It's just like you you know I use the phrase ra to the f because we constantly move people back and forth and like you said from barber they're going to go someplace else that means a tremendous amount of coding.
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And also because they've been able to meet our needs this past year. Um, and we've been pleased with their transportation services. Any questions? Only question is is why don't we just create a three-year contract with them rather than try to do an extension? It's actually a you you it's can be like a 10-year contract in total. And so the first five years you have a contract and then after that it's it's a one-year renewal with the option of going with a multi-year renewal. So at the end of these three years we are required to go out to bid. Oh, okay. So, you're not going out to bid right now? No. You're just extending it as far as we can so that we don't have to do that. Okay. Yes. All right. I'm sorry. I didn't No, it's a good question. I understand that to begin with because I thought, why don't we just Yeah.
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Yeah, right. I would have to I would have to have our athletic director probably perhaps answer on that question and he could come up to the microphone and speak to the microphone. Sorry. No, let Ted come up here. Let him shine. Patrick already warmed it up. So worried about um so the NHSA calendar is public. You know, they got they they go five years out and I believe next year our fall sports every fall sport at the high school start August 12th. And then as you go through that in the winter, there's like four different dates that it starts and it's kind of staggered. And then usually the spring is all, you know, that first Monday in March or the last Monday in February depending on that calendar falls. Okay. So like realistically this year I think we had a bit of a later start than other schools.
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Big fish was awesome and uh I had heard so many positive comments from the audience and it's just always so much fun to see a project come together like that. So I'm really proud of our our school when we do those things. We really put on a great performance. Okay. Can I get a motion to accept claims? Second.
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Oh, hopefully somebody can get there. as Den gets the ball up to Long meta with a lot of space here. Anderson one-on-one with Grace Howard. Gets it by goes by Grace Howard and scores a goal. [Applause] Where's the charge? Nice play by Anderson to get by everybody. middle number 15 Anderson. Blow up 5-2 with just under four in the second quarter. [Music] Like to see the Spartans get one right here. Try to take a bite out of that out of that lead. [Music] We haven't had that. We haven't had too too many fast I don't even think we have one fast break yet, Steve, today. Normally you saw that was very good on the fast break away with the ball again. Nice pass into the inside with the ball as she's met by well defended after that. Long Meadow continues to operate around the perimeter waiting to get a good look.
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So that's that trip. And this one from what I understand from talking to Nicole Quel who's our music department chair, you have to get up pretty early in the morning to get into the queue to even be able to start the registration process for them and to be selected to participate. I think it's quite something. Yeah. And so there are going to be some pretty important um you know critiques going on there that will supposedly give them a lot of information from which they can they can work on and build their program. So I know the depart whole department was really excited about this opportunity and 150 students. I hope you can stay on on the property though. Yeah they have that as the it's just easier for transportation. So many kids. So that's that one. And then um third one is going to Orlando for the next April.
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It it's just that it seems like in the past we've never kept up with this and that's why things are screwed up and it's evident in in the last two audits that we're having. But you know from that we have to put in place something that at least keeps us more current going forward so that we have more reliable you know financial statements. No criticism on on the work. It's just on the procedures and the process. Yeah. Absolutely agree. We agree with you 100% Richard. That's that's been the the work and will continue to be the focus of the work. Thank you. And yeah, I mean, if you're going to be toggling back and forth all the time anyway, I mean, putting positions in uh grants or back in general fund, we got to get a better handle. I I do think we're there. This was a lot of there was a lot of work recently done.
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And even though every school district has their own contract with Sunrise, it's really an overarching contract that SASID holds. Oh, okay. So, we if we broke off, we would be off on our own. So, we're we're with them and we also are probably with 58 or uh 68. Yes. A number of districts. And then we share we have shared rides. Okay. So, we could have a student and Lyall High School would have a student and they're they're both going to go to the same facility and so we split the cost of that route. Okay. All right. Thank you. Because that makes it a much clearer for me. It's a really complex contract. Yes. I these different districts, but it really does save money. But the special ed, you know, with the needs of each student, it's different, too. So, it makes it a lot more complicated.
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So our kids and you know it just depends on the lens you look at it. you know, for the incoming freshmen who are participating, you know, they have about a week and a half to get accustomed to a building with nobody else in it and their teammates where, you know, other schools were playing have now, you know, been in school for a week and a half and kind of gotten that routine and they go. So, but again, that's just that's one factor and um like Kyle said, there's there's different ways to kind of look at that and go about it, but um in your opinion, did that that our later start this year create any big issues with it? I didn't see any issues per se. Really, it's just, you know, it it's coaches, kids, parents, they're they're creatures of habit, right? you go for three months and then you get back and you know we've got kids that are you know some of them are getting up at 8:00 in the morning for a you know 9 to 12 or 9 to 10 9 to 11 practice whatever it may be and then you've got other schools that are going through their day and they're falling in that routine of we're going to start practice at 3 we're going to go 3 to 5 and and kind of work that way in but you know with our inservice days and some of our staff that we're hiring more staff that are not teachers to coach just because we're not having that interest level so you know those kids that are kind of taking taking the mornings to themselves and then they're coming in at three anyway.
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Any discussion? Vote. Yes. Carol, yes. Vicki, yes. Yes. Motion carries. Legislative update. Okay. No, that sort of says it all. Um, so I was just trying to get an update to see if something happened on the one the schoolboard bill that we've been following all session was supposed to go to a conference committee today. Supposed to go to conference committee last week and it didn't. It looks like it didn't go today either. I can't tell. So, um, it's a weak bill. It's about whether or not we're going to have um, parties in schoolboard elections, which um, we've been following really carefully. And it's a pretty weak bill. We've fought it back for three years. This is the fourth year in a row trying to fight it back. So, the juryy's still out on that. Um the they're trying to end the session by Thursday. Um so, last week we at at a four o'clock session, I don't know if Barry's still here, but he did a great job of telling us what he could tell us about property tax relief and how that's going to affect our budgets for the next 10 years.
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No hurry. The three-goal lead. They'll wait to see if they get something. Yeah, that's Conway with the ball. Conway over to Anderson. They always look to hit those cutters or take them on. Good defense by block it up. Anderson with the ball. Back to Conway. Long Meadow not in any hurry here. They'll wait for a good look. Continue to operate around the perimeter and behind the goal to see if they can find a look that they like. Try to find a seam somewhere. The defense. Good with the ball. Well defended again by East Lo. Kicks it all the way over to Conway and Conway shoots and scores. That's Conway's first goal of the game, her 15th on the season as Long Meadow is up six-2 with 245, Carrie Conway. So, Long Meadow looks like they're spreading out their scoring. Um, pretty well distributed so far on the six goals.
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So the 6th through the 12th and that is um break six again, but that's during spring break. And um this one they take various tours that tie into it's the history through pop cultures curriculum that they are targeting in terms of the things that they do. of the tours have they actually four different opt four different tours that they take all um as they wrote it up very well all pertaining to different like units and things that they have throughout the course so they really do get a variety of experiences and this is one that they've run before y that's great opportunity it So this one is a full week. Yes. That one the last one. The we talked about this last time, but the Dominican Republic was actually cancelled due to lack of enrollment. Okay. And then the last is a very familiar trip for everyone at the table.
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This was a big mountain to climb and I do think that we are we're there. Yeah, we're doing two years, three years worth of cleanup, you know, which is, you know, devastating. It's, you know, what comes out and shaking out through the leaves is, you know, it's a surprise, but that you don't want to lose that momentum and and just have it recreated. So, um, you know, enough said on that. Mike, I just wanted to get back to you on your your narrative. I think a couple of paragraphs in the bottom make reference to some sign remake. Can you tell me what that is? Yeah. Uh, let me pull it back up. Rich, just so you know, Julie had her hand up. Oh, I'm sorry, Julie. After he answers a question, you could ask a question. Okay. Thank you. Um yeah, so uh every year um inside the our agreement with Sigma, we're um entitled to but not guaranteed um a benefit uh on the pharmacy program.
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I understand. Yep. Okay. And we did go out for bid for regular ed transportation and we plan to bring that um information to you at the May board meeting. It's just been going back and forth between attorneys the contract. That's it. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Mhm. All right. Uh any other questions for jury? This one's an action item later on this evening. All right. Uh Rexort facility. Um this has come every year to the board since the board approved the overall one. I think we're getting close to the end of this agreement. Two more years. Yeah. It's about $32,000 this year of abatement. So, it's not a large amount. No, but it's enough. Enough. It's enough. Yeah. So, uh we recommend that the board approve this as they have since 2017. Uh and then this agreement will end in 2027 and then at that point, uh the abatement will end.
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