But starting off for having none. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's a long way. Okay. That's I was just curious. Thank you. Thank you. Awesome. Appreciate you guys taking the time to come out here today to show us this and talk about it. Yes. Appreciate it. All right. Public comments. Welcome to the meeting of the board of education. If anyone wishes to address the board this evening, please see our recording secretary to submit a form for addressing the board. Please put your full name and address on the form. Do we have any for today? We do not. Okay. Then I will spare everybody the indignity of me reading the rest of that. All right, BPS partners, Mr. Drew Ray, are you hiding back there? Good seeing you, sir. Likewise. Good evening, everyone. Uh, shout out to the computer science program. That's a pretty awesome award. How's it going?
So once they do that, then we'll be able to have a general idea of what that estimated amount will be based off of the estimated ADM number that we had to provide. Um so there's that and then on the operations side uh the one thing that I did highlight in there uh was um impact on uh it wasn't proposed legislation at the time. Now it's been approved which was SB1. Um and we'll talk a little bit about some of that. But one of the things that uh SB1 does is it removes local income tax dollars uh that the county can provide school districts. And so there's a line item right there on there that is highlighted that shows you what those amounts are that we are receiving for that and have received for that and that will go away um in 2028. Where does it go to?
Any questions? superintendent's goals. So I I gave you a copy of my goals from this year which you never received but um you can read through it and I can give a report on where effectiveness of the grow throughout the year give you an opportunity just to go through and see what we not not only myself but my goals are aligned with the administrative team's goal.
So, um, and the third option is exchange. Um, you could, um, potentially exchange the parcel for another piece of land, but as looking at our demographics and our aging population and the way the district's trending, that option really is not, uh, highly of interest in my opinion, and I don't think it would be the board's interest as well. But those are some some basics on on our options. Um again we still need we need voter approval to to proceed with any of these options and really this comes to the conclusion of my presentation. Um the really the next steps is uh later in this agenda there's an action item for the board to consider giving the district direction to pursue a resolution. Uh if that direction is given I could bring that back at the next board meeting where I have slated to bring back the M override resolution.
That's another name. Anyway, he was at the last regional science fair and he said that in looking at all the schools that were present that the quality of the Stevenson students was in his mind equivalent to graduate level work at a university compared to what the high school what the other schools are presenting. Yeah, it it was there wasn't even a comparison and to to have someone PhD just just you just said graduate he said masters you're right I wanted next time where we'll shoot for PhD but it was really uh he he made he went through a number of examples and discussed in greater detail but he was really impressed with the Stevenson students and I just wanted to share that with Thank you, Roger. Thank you. We have any visitor statements tonight. Okay. Okay. All right. Well, tonight um we have uh members of our fine arts division uh here to present on their uh seal work and I will let John uh introduce your team.
Seen you in a while. Um, uh, first I wanted to extend, uh, good evening. Sorry. First, I wanted to extend a special congratulations to BEA members Lefield Hubble on their nominations for the King County Educator of the Year Award. Um, when your own peers nominate you for an award like that, it's a powerful acknowledgement of the profound impact you've had on your students and colleagues. Both Lisa and Monica are incredibly vital parts of our educational community, and I'm thrilled to see them recognized for their commitment to our profession. Um, second, tonight, big night tonight, we will be swearing in the winners of the April 1st BPS 101 school board election. Kristen Geralts, Aaron Kilberg, Craig Meadows, and Katie Swissiki. That means that this will also be the last board meeting for R.J. Matthysse and Sue Lockach. Uh, to R.J. R.J. and Sue, a simple thank you is not enough to express our apprec appreciation for the time and energy you've devoted to your roles on the board and in support of our school district.
Goes away. It won't be assessed. We're still going to be paying local. Yes. But can't be shared with schools. So, which part? It should have been green. I don't know why it kind of came out color. It's this yellow one, right? The yellow one. Yeah. Local income tax. The second line under revenue. Second row under revenue. It's a big number. That's just one implication. So that one is that one's pretty noticeable. I mean obviously there's going to be otherations related to SV1, but that was one that is going to Yeah. say 2028. 2028. Y back to the education fun. the textbook rental that's got all messed up that how's that flow through? Does that flow through? It's going to Okay. So, we're going to dy that out over the whole it'll be just locked in the basic and lost and lost won't be able to track it.
So it's been a team effort working That's a a new approach this year is that team has worked very closely as a team to make the goals everybody's goals much more impactful more like school improvement plan and it's worked out to be I think really effective way to accomplish something that consistent for all so you when you read through it you'll see that it's connected to the overall makeshift team as Any questions on that? Oh, I'm sorry. All right. Amendments to the article. As I mentioned before, everybody recognizes the name black. They've changed their name to the collap for education regional educational service and training and they made updates to their agreement. Um I believe Mr. Uh the board sits on that board, right? Yeah. So, um we're a member of the Crest Collaborative and so if you're a member of the collaborative, you have a typically the superintendent sits on their board of what they call the board of director.
So, uh, we can t put those two on that May 13th agenda, board agenda. And then just looking forward as a budget, um, in the as a whole in June and both in June 10th and June 24th, we will look to bring forth the proposed and adopted budget for 26. Something that we've been working through this whole spring. So, with that, it's a short presentation.
Thank you for being here. All right. All right. Thank you everyone. I'm excited to introduce three outstanding educators from our uh dance team. We have Melinda Kriler, Angela D. Also dancers, you guys. Are we what? Are you Are you also dancers? You want to dance a little bit? Actually, be careful. I walked myself into that one about 20 minutes ago. So, let's just keep going. The answer is yes, we can. Um, so I said, uh, Melinda Crigglar, Angela Dolphin, and Tik Tan Clee. Uh, together they bring a ton of teaching experience and we're more, uh, more importantly, a deep commitment to student growth and creative expression. Tonight, they'll be sharing how our dance program is not only nurturing artistic techniques, but also building community, belonging, and agency through intentional environments and meaningful student relationships. Please join me in welcoming our dance team. And here is some photos.
I'm sure serving on the board of education has at times felt like a thankless task and at other times been incredibly uh rewarding. It's not an easy position. So, for both of you to have dedicated yourself to this work, I extend my deepest gratitude and thank you for your service to the district. With that said, also congratulations to Craig and Aaron on their re-election to the board and a heartfelt welcome to our newest board members, Kristen and Katie. Hi, how's it going? Uh, the Battavia Education Association is thrilled with the outcome of the April 1st election and I think that this new board will have a healthy mix of perspective and experience that will be of a benefit to all of us. And um I'll talk more about this at our upcoming May board meeting, but if you'll recall last year's May board meeting at Betavia High School, the BEA expressed their appreciation for the administration and board's recommitment to improving our educational environment by addressing concerns related to trust, transparency, and communication.
So they just give a certain amount per per student. So in the original proposal, they're on their second proposal now. They'll probably come out with a third one because of the revenue forecast. Um so on the first proposal, they were telling us that they we would get a 200 like I'm just kind of ballparking here. Roughly a $200 increase in APM. Well, part of that $200 increase was the $151 they were already giving us per kid. So in reality, we were only getting like a $48 increase to our APM. So that's where it was in that first run. Second run was a little higher, but the revenue forecast is not very good that they had in April. So we'll see where they land uh in that distribution. And they've said all all cuts are on the table. So all entities. So there could be a good chance that we could get cut.
This is basically like a school committee. So, it can either be the superintendent or one of our school committee members that can serve on the board. If someone's interested in serving on their board, just let me know. Then you would take my place in the board. Uh so we have one member either it's myself or one of the school committee members if they're interested in serving on the board and they have one meeting a month and they basically simulate the school comm within collaborative and oversee the budget any programs and issue supporting different districts with uh support programs for everything from special ed students that we may not be able to provide the services for as well as other kinds of uh services that we don't offer them as a collaborative provide those services to other districts. uh they are making a change in their agreement um which is uh to remove the cap that my member district's tuition premiums cannot be more than 20% increase in particular.
I'll be happy to answer any questions. President White, Mr. more. I have a lot of questions. Um, so your preferred option is lease um because of the ongoing revenue. Correct. And so voter approval is not required for leases um uh voter approval is required for leases 20 years or more. So under 20 years, it doesn't require voter approval. Do we have an interested party that would lease? I've had discussions with uh multiple companies. Again, just preliminary, but um there is multif family interest in this and they would be interested in long-term leasing. They would not want to build an infrastructure with the with a lease less than 20 years. Um the adjacent storage facility has also shown interest. again, um there's a a lot less interest when the leasing terms are not uh over extended period of time when they're going to be investing infrastructure into that property.
Do you wanna introduce yourselves at all with You just did it. Okay, there we go. Um, so the first thing we want to start off is just showing our dance pathway. These are the opportunities and choices students can make to take courses here at Stevenson High School. Um, dance is unique in a sense because we meet students where they are. So we have a very strong dance community both in the studio and competitive dance settings but not necessarily our consortium K8 school system. Um so we have students coming here with sometimes years and years and years of experience and some that have never stepped foot in a studio before. So we've always built a program where through uh course placement auditions students can take assessments and we can place them in the appropriate class. Uh you may recall students may uh elect to take dance in lie of PE while earning a fine arts credit on their transcript.
I truly believe in my heart of hearts that we have been moving in the right direction this year. With that in mind, what I want to say to all of you as members of the board, both veterans and new and incoming for that matter, is this. You have a partner in the Bavia Education Association. While you face the incredibly difficult task of balancing the interests of all district stakeholders, it is vital that we continue to lean into our collaborative structures to ensure that educator voice, those professionals who work with the students every day, the people on the front lines, continues to guide the decision-making process. And let's not forget every decision we make as a district should lead back to our students. We are all here because public education is important. And I think you'd agree that our number one goal is to provide a welcoming and robust educational experience for our students and to simply be there for every single student in the district.
There could be a good chance that we remain flatline. There could be a chance that we could receive some extra dollars, but it's all on the table. All right. Any other questions on the cash flows? If not, we'll move on to HR. We go. I already drank my drink. All right, we're going to start with resations. First one is Matt Johnston, teacher at Northwood High School. Um, effective at the end of this school year. Uh, Yubert Baker, bus driver at Southed effective immediately. Thomas Tyrie, uh, teacher and football coach at Southwood High School. That'll be effective at the end of this school year. Employment, Tracy Kennedy, summer secretary at Norco High School, effective June 3rd. Chris Cartwright, volunteer junior high and high school assistant golf coach at Northville High School, effective immediately. Colin Daw, assistant golf coach for Northfield, effective immediately. Trey Cole, head golf coach for Northfield, effective immediately.
So uh our asking we as a member our school committee should say they approve that or don't approve it. So, uh I would be looking for a motion from somebody on our committee to approve um this change in their in their agreement with us. U but it's all districts. We're we're only one vote amongst they have 14 or 15 other districts in collaborative. So we each get one vote. So whenever we vote I bring back to the next meeting which is I think next week it's either it's either against change and that typically they rarely does it not pass. So I would just be looking for committee to I would support their request for the change. Mr. How many students do we send to this year? Very little. We have very rarely. We might they might go for a 40day evaluation evaluation. If we're having a particular issue or problem with a student, they evaluate the students to do an evaluation on on that particular students.
So, um you are correct, the lease, we do have authority to lease anything under 20. Uh but with these companies that I've discussed with or have conversations with, they're looking for a long-term uh lease if they're going to invest uh multi, you know, multiple millions of dollars into the property to develop something. So, and what are we looking at as far as long-term um a revenue for such long-term lease? Yeah, I haven't um delved into a lot of that because we don't have authority right now. Um, but I know some recent uh Kyne has a a long-term lease uh for about I think it's a two warehouse properties and they bring in about $800,000 annually in revenue. Um Okay. And then the um as far as the approval like the ballot ballot measure wording um I'm just curious like how either we as a board or or the community would be able to vote for something like that with with it so open-ended like there's no it's not like specific as to what we plan on doing.
That at least for our students it could be important for um college admission like SEC schools or even some colleges in in uh in some states specifically California. Um the dance one through four classes and contemporary are contemporary modern dance classes. Well then also we have jazz fusion which is more of like a hiphop musical theater jazz based class. Um and then ballet jazz which actually that's an old image that should be technical skills more for our advanced movers. Um, also an exceptional uh, leadership program for dance leaders. Initially modeled after the PE leader program where students um, interested in not only coming with experience, want to help others um, but really have some educational opportunities that can lead them into teaching dance outside in studios and maybe beyond music uh, dance education. What's really exciting for us being elective areas is that over the past three years from what you're going to hear from our dance team is how we're continually seeing numbers increase both from new students and retention and that's significant to the work that they're doing and trying to build bridges with our consortium schools where we don't have the ancestors.