So, some of our HVAC systems are tied into an old network. We need to tie them into a new network. So, we're gonna have to uh run wires to each one of our heat pumps that tie it into these new networks so that our maintenance staff can see those units on the backend software from their homes if need be. We need to replace our aging infrastructure. So this would be things for us like our boilers, our fresh air makeup units, our cooling towers, our rooftop units, heat exchangers, chillers, ventilation units. We need tree removal and replacement. This is a significant one for us that we face each year. Tree removal is expensive for us, so we're budgeting for some of that. But we have we own a lot of land and a lot of property that is adjacent to residential homes. So, when we get some fallen trees or trees fell and um we have to repair a fence or cut the tree up or replace the the stump or remove the stumps, this has to happen.
Um, a lot of things have been accomplished. Some of the highlights are uh in Garfield High School. Um we are proud to say two of our water bottle filling stations have been installed. We've also concentrated on the Frank M. Dawson Jr. um Memorial Gymnasium and it is about 95% painted. We've also concentrated on the hallway walls in that area, the ceiling and so forth. Um, I have also have a purchase order for custom wall padding uh for the memorial gymnasium which is to be approved um on the meeting uh tonight by the board. Um in addition, the basketball back stops have been um serviced and we're hoping to get them up and working. Um, also on the agenda are some custom logo logo windc screens for the uh exterior athletic complex and also to cover the bleacher area. So we have a lot of things going on and most importantly uh something that was um brought up uh time and time again um we have ordered 100 foot of guard rail for the seml avenue and also for the opposite side on Palisad where the the two corners meet and that's for the safety of the all who are playing there and anyone walking on the sidewalks.
So when that happens and there was more from one school, we did a random selection process. Um and then if the it is a board committee that we recommend such as our benefits trust board, those recommendations are brought to our governing board for approval.
The system systemic issues were and still are clearly affecting many students, families, classrooms, and teachers. I've remained in contact with Mr. Raldi, Dr. Harmon, Mr. Johnson, and have also reached out to Dr. Kelgotti this school year. There have been meager improvements just recently. The solution I've been offered for next year is to write an email requesting a specific class teacher or environment for my child. But what about all the other students in facing these issues? And what about the teachers? I want to also make it clear that the teachers at Foxchase are amazing. The issues aren't persistent because we don't have great teachers. My third grader had the same kindergarten teacher as my first grader. And watching her, an excellent educator, struggle in a classroom with extreme behaviors that weren't being effectively managed, I could see the toll it was taking. and it was disheartening.
So, they are not here, but we will give them a shout out anyway. So, first up, we have Tyler who's our valictorian team. Then we have Anderson. [Applause] We have number. And number four, we have Aubrey Tyler. Number five, we have Jonathan Rock. [Applause] We have Grace McMahon. Number seven is Alex Duncan. And then number eight, we have Darby Rocker. We have also Purdue. And then at number 10, we have Alex W. [Applause] Congratulations. Party won this year, by the way. Somebody [Applause] else. I'm going to do the same thing I did the other day and embarrass a few of these folks before they leave the room. But um first, the most exciting part of this job is the young people that I get to see the amount of talent and passion and hard work that they demonstrate and nothing no students more so than the 10 that you just saw up there.
Um we had two students from Lake Street who did a traditional Punjabi dance which was really just such a great celebration. So there was lots of food. Um there was a lot of sharing of culture. There were some crafts. Um so it was really very well attended. I'm very thankful to all of the central office staff who were able to attend, administrators, both the district and building level and to our teachers. So, um, really just a great event and I want to give them a shout out for all the hard work that it took and it's such a representation of our, um, cultural diversity here within Crown Point Community School. So, it was a really great event to attend. And the other thing I want to just do, I know as we're kind of wrapping up the school year and we've got um the last month plus on our minds, um I was in a district curriculum and instruction meeting this afternoon and I looked around the table and this is honest to goodness uh the truth.
You know, for instance, you know, if you're looking at this point in time in March, annual percent of appropriation should be right around 25%. You can see we're a little bit above that, but you can look back and we can see uh January is highlighted in purple and that tells us that we had three payrolls. So, our expenses are not spread evenly through throughout the year. So, it's kind of just a a good indicator. And then behind that page, um again, I just kind of I show the last three years. So you can kind of look at um look at the different tracking. And then I've done the same thing um for our operations kind of with where we are with our spending throughout the year and some calculations down the down below to kind of help us reach our or try to reach and stay between our goals for having a reserve fund.
Um, I want to be clear that all of this information today is to only ask for the school board's approval to move forward with the summer feeding at these sites. I am still working closely with the IDOE and USDA on a sponsor management plan and site integrity plans for the summer food service program. Upon SCO schoolboard approval, I will continue with the application process for the IDOE and USDA approval. That application window will close later this week based on current response and approval times. My estimate is that we will have advertising materials ready for the public by the middle of next month. Uh a few items I do want to go over that we kind of are uh that will happen this year that we do every year. Uh we request to pay our summer staff for July 4th if they work for the summer food service program.
Any questions or comments regarding PE and health? All right. We will move on to action item 4.4, approval of the curriculum update on computer science recommendations. Mr. Noter. Thank you again, Madame President, Dr. Smith, and members of the board. I recommend approval of the computer science recommendations as submitted. I'll entertain a motion. So moved. Second. Properly moved, Miss Dunn. Seconded, Miss Lawrence. All in favor of the approval of the computer science recommendations. I I All All in favor? None opposed. All right, this has been approved.
Yeah, fans have been pretty ruly out here today. It's a nice day. Oh my gosh, so nice. People are out. Seasonal depression is going away, if not completely gone. Um, it's just great. Blue skies, allergies in full effect. The Claritin and Zerek is flying off the shelves. All right, okay, Diesel and Ozone taking the field for the Raiders and Holl walking back to their positions. Richards is still in the box. Let's see what this timeout did for Holl. I don't have their coach's name on the roster. Is it not on there? No. Oh, that's interesting. A lot of rosters usually have that. Yeah, I'd say so. But give credit to the Hollist coach. Yeah. See. All right. Holl working it around pretty well right now. Right up centering pass. Roby passes it. They're just working them working it around clockwise. And what a shot there.
Gets the ball over to Whitw. Whitw over to Calibies. Caliby's nice little handoff to Matt Whitw. M Whitler fires one. Heads up. Ball girls. Ball girls quick to be getting out of the way of M. Whitworth. Shot that just missed left of the post. M Whit behind the net again. Mack behind the net, turns around, takes a shot. West Springfield ends up with the ball. 125. Two minutes and 30 seconds left in the second quarter. Gets the ball to Davis. Davis gets the ball up to Po. Po throws the ball away, but Chapman is there to pick it up. Chapman over to Carney. Carney behind the net. Kicks the ball over to Hermovic. Herovic looking to do a move. Nothing there. Grace Howard stopping her. She's going to about to get double team. Herovic kicks the ball away over to Finn. Finn throws the ball in.
Good job, guys. [Applause] We have several seniors who attended Flint Hills Technical College as a junior and senior and earned the following certifications. Gus Apollo and Aiden Mcmanis, you guys come on up, earned a technical certificate in automotive technology. Zeus Gonzalez Enriquez earned a technical certificate in industrial engineering technology and Addison Van Patton earned a technical certificate in early childhood education. Congratulations. Gus also has cords, but we won't he forgot them enough. [Applause] Thank you. We have a senior who attended Neoso County Community College as a junior and senior and earned the following certification. Kent Stuki will receive a technical certificate in welding from Neoso County Community College. [Applause] Congratulations. Now, we're going to recognize some students for their ACT accomplishments. Uh, we need the following students to come to the stage. Brody Anderson, Grace Bird, Cole Carlson, Lara Codney, Matthew Deck, Eli Urban, Sage Baper, Khloe Gosny, EMTT Hayes, Livia Lions, Leia Myers, Mallerie Over, Isaac Ringer, and Hannah Sides.
If you drive past the admin building, you'll see some dead elm trees. I'm not exactly sure. It has something to do with a beetle, my maintenance staff tells me, but those elm trees are dead. And if you drive by, you'll see that they're dead. they need to come down because they represent a hazard for uh passing traffic and and um uh people walking. We have to upgrade our overhead announcement systems in just about every building. They're aging and um you know certain classrooms are struggling to hear important announcements. That represents a risk for us and we have to upgrade our phone system. Those two things are going to go hand in hand. And then our withdrawal capital reserve. We are signing the withdrawal of $283,000 specifically for the MMS sewer ejector pump station. That's the station that's located out here right by uh Tomlinson Road.
That should be done hopefully by the next meeting. Um I did also check with uh an update with Dakota um contracting. They are working on the backs stop extension and right the last thing I heard from them um which were on vacation last week is that they are uh it is on back order and we should be seeing that soon. I apologize to anyone here that's having I've seen the videos and pictures of the softballs and the balls that have been in people's front yards and things and um we're doing our best to get that straightened out sooner rather than later. And one exciting thing is on the board is we are going to be um starting an esports program. So, on the board is a um purchase order for all the equipment for uh we're going to call it an esports lab that's going to go on Garfield High School.
So with that, I will stand for any questions you may have. So this this was the topic that I actually asked about. So, one question that um I would like to see if we can do is uh making sure that we have a little bit more transparency if possible, and I hate using the word if possible because I like to just say let's do it. Um is when we have that random selector. I know there's free ones online that you can do. Um and if we can record it just for transparency for our stakeholders and community to see if they ever ask. Sure. Chances are they probably would never ask, but I mean it's nice to have it. We can do that. No, no problem at all. Just to clarify, but if it is a uh committee of the governing board, it's up to the governing board to make that decision like the in the end if it is like the employee benefits trust.
We have done our part as partners in this community. The system is failing us. It's failing our teachers and it's failing our children. My hope in working collaboratively with the school district over the past two years was that these issues would be addressed because doing so is what's best for our children in the school. Ultimately, that hasn't happened and there continues to be lack of urgency from the district in tackling these problems. If a clear plan and measurable steps is not put in place, I intend to file a formal complaint with the regional office of education as well as the Illinois State Board of Education. We're not asking for perfection. We're asking for safety. We're asking for transparency and a learning environment that where all of our students and teachers can thrive. Thank you for your time and for taking our concerns seriously. As we said in November, we are here to support and advocate for our children, the teachers, and the future of Fox Chase.
But among that group, I'm going to point out the fact that we have one Heritage Fund award, a scholarship winner in there. Sorry, Lily Scholarship, right through the Heritage Fund. We also have one um next generation educator, a $10,000 scholarship per year for four years and going to go be um a teacher in the future. And then also, Miss Grace likes to point out that her team won a state championship because she thinks that way, which is part of what makes her um such a great young person, but she was also an individual state champion in the girls wrestling, first year ever in IHSCA girls wrestling. So again, please please join me in a round of applause for all those Can I also say this is my fifth year getting to recognize top 10s and for the first year ever Purdue won. Okay. Purdue BIU in the top 10 picks.
And I just thought about like the expertise that is sitting around that table and the teamwork that it really takes to do what we do every day and that we learn from each other. We have to be flexible. We don't always know all of the answers, but we can find somebody who does. And so I was just really grateful to sit in that meeting and to think about who I get to work with every day and what we get to do every day for our community and for our students. And along with that, um, just really recognizing that it's not just those of us who are in this meeting this morning or this afternoon, but rather our pair of professionals and interventionists who we celebrated earlier in April, our assistant principles who we celebrated in April. We have National Principles Day. They only get a day, not a week, I guess.
So essentially having that having a bit of a cash balance. Um so obviously we know that we haven't received um you know the bulk of our uh funding for our operation our operations fund. Um so those property tax collections take place this summer and that's when we'll receive a a big influx of funds then. So just wanted to share that share that first piece with you. And then we're still really kind of deciphering um a lot that it happened at the state house. Um you know heard earlier the the tax senate uh bill one senate roll back one it's like over 300 300 pages. Um but what we are starting to do is kind of look um at how that might uh how those changes might impact um funding at Greencastle. And the page in front of you uh right there, I just kind of wanted to show you some projections.
salaries and wages will be covered by the state summer USDA reimbursements rates which uh essentially means that it is all the uh salaries are fully funded within uh food service reimbursement. So there's no funding that comes outside of food services. Um staff is paid at the regular rates and uh the director is paid at threequarters of a daily rate for six hours per day. Um, like I said, there are 16 total uh sites that we are looking at this year and then I believe I have it for you all the information about the total number of staff members as well. Um, there are a few changes to our typical summer feeding this year. I am excited to share that it looks promising that we are able to add a site each in Rowan Oak and Warren this year. Uh, more details will come upon approval when we are ready to advertise to the public, but I will share what I have so far.