I was able to go to um a tour of our preschools at Superstition Springs Elementary and um see what they were doing and I just was really impressed with all the learning that's going on and um just what those um it's just amazing those kids were learning about vowels and consonants. I'm pretty sure I didn't learn about vowels and consonants until I was in second grade. So these are preschool kids um who were able to have that concept. Um, also we had a community event. The board was invited to uh an open house at Northrup Germit having to do with the Halo event and that's a human and logistics operations. Um, they have received and are going to be building out a I I guess you'd call it a capsule that is going to go into orbit around the moon. So, be in deeper space.
It's the people that are live streaming that are trying to hear it. Yes. Even the people on live stream. No, I literally just got a chat asking why people won't use the microphones. When you're on live streams, even if the mic is this far away, you can still pick up every conversation happening in the room. I've went back and watched it. So, even though it's not directly in front of my mouth, you can still hear what I'm saying because the light is green. Just remember to just speak loudly or have it near your mouth. Okay. Um Okay, Daniel, would you reread that so we can go ahead and do it? I just said approve $171,000 to address teacher compression per compression committee recommendation. $171,000. Okay, let's take a vote. 171,000 for teacher compression. I mean, yes. Correct. Keep it alive. Thumbs up. Okay. Well, that's unanimous that one.
the I had to learn this. The space station is about 40,000 miles out and this will be about 240,000 miles out. Um and it won't be always um they won't always have astronauts there but they will um at sometimes throughout the year and they're getting ready that um facility will be get they will get it ready to to launch. it'll get ready for launch here in Gilbert and then they'll send it to Florida to be launched. So, it's pretty exciting um to see what you know just close to us the kind of um really uh STEM careers that people have and and the the things that they're working on. And then of course we had some A+ celebrations and those were very fun and positive to go to and I know some of you have been able to make some of those A+ celebrations. So that's my report.
Okay. Now, the question is, I think we need a little break. I know it's close to lunch, but I still would like to have you have maybe just 10 minutes. Okay. And then we hopefully before lunch we can come in and do the non- finance ones. Does everybody have eight still alive or I have one, two, three, four, because that's what I can't come up with. Eight. I have eight. I have eight. Yeah, these are the ones I have alive. Okay. Hey, can we can I I'm sorry. Can we just do the finance ones first since they're top of mind and we have the money in front of us and we just had the money presentation. Is that like a bad Is that a bad idea? Like can we do the like like consensus? No, we have these are the ones we want to maybe talk a little bit more about.
Thank you, Miss Humphre. Uh meeting dates. Dr. McCord. Thank you. Before I get to the meeting dates, can I acknowledge a couple people in our room who have been sitting here patiently? Of course. And uh from our Aspire program, uh Melissa Mlen and Melissa Deanda, raise your hands. Not like there's a lot of other people there. That's Tom. That's the Stones over there. So, we're It's all family. Thank you guys for being here. Our meeting dates, uh May 6, we have a uh board work study and brief board business meeting. May 12th, we have a board policy committee meeting at 4:30. And May 20th, we have a board business meeting. And then I think the next night or two nights later we have graduation. So yay for all of our seniors. That's it. Thank you very much. And now time of our meeting that everybody everybody hates adjournment.
So Daniel, are you saying after break? Yeah. Okay. Before lunch. Sure. Are we I'm okay with that. So after lunch we'll try to come to maybe consensus vote on the Thank you. On after lunch, we will do our best to try to come to consensus on the finance options. Okay. Um not lunch break. So break 10 minutes and it's what time? 5 to 11. So five after. Okay. Thank you everyone. Welcome back. Hope you enjoyed your break. Okay, in looking at these, if you um checked it, really our budget looks like it could meet most of these. Um, let's go ahead and let's start with number six. Joel has it up there, the finance option. Um, and let's go ahead and see if and we can keep a a tally up here on the chart of the costs while Joe Joel posts that finance option.
I will call for a vote. Uh actually I will ask for a motion. Is there a motion to adjourn tonight's meeting? I move to adjurnn. Thank you Miss Humphre. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, Miss Murray. All those in favor of adjourning tonight's board business meeting, say, "I." I.
So number, it's number six on your paper. Contract substitutes will receive a 5% raise as well as a stipen. You can see that amount paid at the end of the 2425 school year to people employed as contract substitutes um for the 2425 school year. And there is the amount 42683. Actually, uh Joel, the after talking to Vanessa, that amount was changed to 735 69. I'll read it again. 735 69 Yeah, rounding up is great. Okay. Um, do we want to come to consensus on this one? In other words, recommending. Do we want to uh re make a recommendation for this one? For this one, what is there to fix? And what would you like to change on that? Remember to use mic. Just turn it on. Thank you. Right now it it's not very clear on what we're trying to do. Maybe it's just me.
The way I'm seeing it, it doesn't seem How would you like it to to receive a 5% pay raise as well as the stipen at the end of this school year? It doesn't make it seem like it's ongoing like a 5%. It doesn't it's not worded as that stipen is would have been there. It's the difference between the five% raise the 10%. To correct the Yeah. The wording is not clear that it's meant to Yeah. contract subs for the What suggestions do you have? I think we need to make sure the wording is clear that that 5% raise is meant to bring them up to the 10% classified and that will be ongoing because right now it makes it seems like it's one school year. So really the only word is ongoing but make sure that make sure that we know that that 5% pay raise is to bring them up to the 10% classified raise that was given in the 2425 school year beginning 2425 would that be um that part would that be part that we would just use to defend it?
the word way it's worded. It doesn't seem like the 5% is ongoing and you don't realize that the stipen is meant to because this gonna be put into the Friday newsletter then 10 is not because people be like why they getting 2% they getting 5%. Okay, Katie, I was just going to say I agree with what she's saying because we don't want it to look like we're just picking picking out this one group and deciding to give a raise to them when there is intention behind it, but that might not necessarily be in the wording. What if we have a little caveat, but it's not part of the option? Was someone going to add something? Oh, I got a I think what we're discussing or proposing is a different option. No, we're not ch we're not changing the option at all. We're just That's what I'm saying.
It sounds to me as a different option if it's ongoing. The the one that is really is to fix this year's problem. Yeah. But it would fix it in the Well, yeah, they're not going to get another. But if we go I I am not disagreeing with you. I'm just saying it will turn it into a different option. And I don't think we're doing that. So we just have to go with what already can we can we just in that was the intent for it to be ongoing. Can we include the well yeah can we include the intention in our newsletter is that that seems like a really easy thing that so that there's an explanation. Yeah. Yeah. Like so it's not part of the option because this is going to go in our contract. It needs to be very clear so that people who manage money like know what they're doing and it's I think the language is clear in that regard in terms of our intention and the impact like the desired impact.
We can include that in our newsletter and in our presentation to the board. I I agree with that. I also think that's true for many of them, right? Like when we're talking about that um 20,000 that hopefully will continue and move forward, we'll be able to say, you know, we can't address every single issue with compression, but this 20,000 will go toward being able to. So, I feel like maybe we have a little blurb next to the ones that are a little vagger or need more explanation. Are you okay with that? If I mean, I'm not I'm just saying it's not very clear because it also make it seems like, okay, they're not getting the 2% raise. They're getting only this 5% raise. It's not the goal. So, I'm just saying it's not very clear that this is meant to address something that happened. Do you think a a little explanation would do that so that if people read that they're like, "What the heck?" And then they keep reading, they're like, "Oh, okay.
I see this." We just add a few words. I'm not saying cuz like to add a few words that basically Okay. Where would you like ongoing is one of the words I think we could just we could literally add the phrase to address inequities. Not in equities to so is every year going to be 5% of the 1700? No. And so that's what I'm saying. If we just said, "Oh, knowing it's it's a different wording." That's what I'm trying to say. You don't get a raise. All raises are ongoing. Yes. But it may not be represented in a 5%. Sorry. It may not be represented in a 5% every year or in a 1700 stipen. That's the issue that I'm saying that we cannot just add ongoing because it will not be this right amount. I'm saying that put that caveat in there that this is meant to ensure that they got the CL the full classified raise that was given on the 2425 school year.
So let's use that as a little explanation afterward. Okay. So we're just going to this is in lie of we could also say retroactive. No, we don't. We can't. That's So that is a good example where originally when I wrote this, I used the word retroactive and then Joel chimed in or it was Vanessa and said because of how payroll works, we cannot do anything retroactively because this is contractual language. We cannot say things like retroactive. So we can say whatever we can say things are retroactive in our explanation or in the newsletter, but things that go into our contract cannot has to be very specific purposeful language. I thought saying a 5% raise as well as a stipen. Let's just say, okay, sub twos are going to receive a 5% raise, but also we know they're going to receive the 2%. Can we put something in there to separate the 5% raise from the stipen almost?
So that people are clear that so contract substitutes will receive a 5% raise period. No, it's No, because the the whole point is that they're connected because the stipen makes up for the fact that they did not get the raise this year. That's why they're in the same recommendation is because it's connected. But I'm saying maybe we change the words as well to something else that make it clear that it's not just a random stipen in addition. Look how confusing it is even for this group. Can you imagine? It needs to be clear. It's not just a random stipen is because to bring them up to classified static. I'm sorry. I'm hearing a lot of people who agree that it's confusing, but no one has given alternative language. Please, I we've had like 20 sessions, guys, to to write something out. I'm going to start to get frustrated here because I can't sit and listen to people say, "This doesn't make sense.
This doesn't make sense." If you can't tell me something that makes sense. I'm just saying the the writing just needs to be clear so when it goes out to the public, people actually know what it means. Right. That's why you were saying to add a blurb. I did. I I told you what wording to add. Go ahead. Say it again. Let's hear it. What is it? I told let's add in that caveat that is meant to bring them up to the classified race that was given the 2425 school year. So where are you suggesting that goes at the front? Let's put it in the front to reach par with the CL the 23 24 classified raise 2425. You have reached parity with the 2425. Yes. Who's writing? So to reach parody with the 2425 classified pay raise, comma, and then the recommendation there that there I think that speaks to I think sorry I think that answers I think that impacts I've sense of this being an error because it wasn't an error.
It was just the way things happened. So when you say correct makes it sound like we made a mistake. We didn't make a mistake. They're just in an unusual situation. So I wouldn't use correct. So let's go ahead and I'll read it again. It's up there. To correct the issue from raises in 2425, contract substitutes will receive a 5% pay raise as well as a stipen of $1,73512 paid at the end of the 2425 school year to people employed as contract substitutes for the entirety of the 2425 school year. And there you can see the cost. There you go. So maybe add the word given Joel to ensure parody with classified employee raises given for the 24 because it was it already happened just so they understand. Yeah. Does that make sense for you? That are you okay with that? Okay. So um can we have someone offer a consensus vote because that's not something I do.
I want to consensus. We're going to come to a consensus or not on this finance option to ensure no not just the language on if we want it option. Okay. To ensure par with the classified employee raises given for the 2425. Does it need to say school year? Okay. 2425 school year. Contract substitutes will receive a 5% pay raise as well as a stipend of $1,73512 paid at the end of the 24-25 school year. two people employed as contract substitutes for the entirety of the 24-25 school year and then the amount is included. So did you make the formal consensus vote? Okay. If you agree, please raise your thumb. So in other words, we are recommending this we're recommending this be out ofression or out of the Well, it doesn't matter. They're both together. It's one budget now. We're mixing all the buckets. Ivonne James, sorry.
Amy, what did what was your vote? One more time. Okay. Katie, can Katie, can you live with that? Okay. So, we are recommending making a recommendation pending recommendation for number six. I wonder if someone can be keeping track of the amount of money. Yeah, I thanks. I can do that if that's what we need. Okay, the second one. Wait, do you want to update our money pot? Yes. Okay, so then sorry, let me just I wish we had two screens. Remaining funds are 212 054. Okay. Thank you. Okay, perfect. Thanks, Joel. Okay, next one. for the purpose of allocating staff to sites under the district staff student ratio 27.5 to one students who are English language learners um one to one how one.1 yeah that's tabled our next one is number nine oh yeah eight was tabled was tabled Some people Yeah, I had that one.