And finally, thank you to Mr. Boychek and Mrs. Cornelio. Whether it was Mr. Boychek giving us a safe space to come to his office, all period, or Miss Cornelio who has single-handedly changed the lives of for many of us heading to college. We'll never forget the moments they shared their excitement with us during some stressful times. They reminded us that when you find the good anchors that support you when you need them the most, they'll bring you the hope and happiness you never thought you needed. Excuse me. Who am I to think without thanking our fierce leaders that run the school? To our awesome admin, thank you for putting up with us. Your leadership and hard work may be challenging at times, but just know how grateful we are for you. You guys are the true backbone of what it takes to make Pine Creek function on a day-to-day basis.
It is like it's truly astounding. Um she took on building thinking classrooms in math um at the end of last year, beginning of this year. and the problem solving skills that her kids have acquired since she started this. It's it's so impressive. You just go in and it is it's just really amazing. So, she's made a huge impact. We hate to see her leave, but we certainly wish her all the best. I keep trying to convince her to stay every day, but she's not buying it. But thank you, Heather, for everything. We appreciate you. Thank you. Thank you. You go back to sub. Thank you. Have Dr. Pat Goulby come up, please. Good evening. Um, Dr. Wyman, Madame President, and members of the board. I'd like to bring up Michelle Guest, who is our teacher that is retiring from CCS. [Applause] Michelle is our science teacher and um she's been in the district for for 12 years as a teacher but also before that she was a substitute.
And so with that, it was a reminder of all of the hard work and planning that our support staff and teachers do to keep our students safe. So while I didn't get to judge the debate, I'm sure they did amazing. Um but it was a great reminder that our student safety is always on the mind um of our support staff, teachers um and superintendent uh team. Um in addition um also got the privilege yesterday at Maricopa High School to celebrate some of our amazing seniors. Uh just to see the amount of scholarship dollars that are earned just here in our school district. Uh it was breathtaking. Um, I know parents are happy because that's less money that comes out of their pocket, but just a reminder of the amazing work um that is done not only here by our teacher, support staff, but also by the students and how creative they are.
So, we have we have you have to change the mindset of of a lot of people in in town. So now we have a a de demographic change where we have a lot more younger people in town, but there's still an older group that remembers that old way of doing things. And it's unfortunate that we have to, you know, pit the two against one another. Uh doing something in an homogeneous way to get we have an economic developer uh uh management team. Uh they're trying their best, but it's it's not easy. Nashville is not unique in this. All the surrounding towns are feeling the same thing. If you go down up and down Route 9, like you mentioned, Native, there are a lot of open spaces available that have commercial space open and in a commercial space right now is dirt cheap because they're trying to get those those places filled.
Um, so basically we are trying to get approval to fly out of state to go to the Give Kids a World Village, which partners with Makea-Wish Club to help um bring kids with critical illnesses like happiness and joy um during any of their treatments. So um while we're there, we do um a couple shifts each throughout like a four or five day um trip where you can work in like the cafeteria serving food. Um there's other little buildings that help like all of the kids just um make sure that their experience is really fun. There's different rides that are um accessible for all people. Um even the kids if they're in like a wheelchair or if they have like other um complications. And so it's just like a really fun place for them to make sure that they can make lots of memories. Hi, my name is Abby Ammershack.
In your packets were the financial reports for May uh and the cover memo summarizing where we stand with things. Um we are truly in earnest beginning the year end I should say continuing the year-end closing process. Uh we've been repeatedly uh reviewing purchase orders with administrators with budget authority uh etc. looking at incumbrances both for salaries and other uh related expenses. Uh you have the summary as to uh where we stand as far as a projection to year end. Um I just want to say also included in the report uh in the packet and uh in your packets that your thing was we've heard uh there are some comments made as to balances that were left in ESER 3. Um, I ran reports to show that it is fully expended. Um, and so that report is included in your packet. Uh, and just I mean I heard like the mayor mentioned last night like $196,000 balance.
Good evening. in your packets were the financial reports for May uh and the cover memo summarizing where we stand with things. Um we are truly in earnest beginning the year end I should say continuing the year- end closing process. Uh we've been repeatedly uh reviewing purchase orders with administrators with budget authority uh etc. Looking at incumbrances both for salaries and other uh related expenses. uh you have the summary as to uh where we stand as a far as a projection to year end. Um I just want to say also included in the report uh in the packet and uh in your packets that your thing was we've heard uh there are some comments made as to balances that were left in ESER 3. Um I ran reports to show that it is fully expended. Um and so that report is included in your packet. Uh, and just I mean I heard like the the mayor mentioned last night like $196,000 balance.
We had co we were prepared to a point. We weren't scrambling like other places. and that's a credit to them. So, we'll see. All right, other questions. All right, thanks Sean. Finance. Amy, you're up. Okay, finance committee met last night. Uh, in your packet, you'll see the operating budget uh as of April 2025. Under general education salaries is now showing a surplus of $8,280 as the projected salary incumbrance for the Spanish teacher has been removed. Position isn't expected to be filled before the end of the school year. Benefits is now showing a decreased surplus of $136,310 due to an adjustment for additional tuition reimbursement costs. Services is now showing an increased deficit of $82,325 reflecting the incumbrance for the new server and switches. Supplies is now showing an increased deficit of $24,436 as an additional adjustment was needed for IT supplies such as device replacement parts and copier maintenance.
Um, so this is again moving on with our our brief overview. When you're taking a look at our school as a whole school, we are like threearters of our students are high needs. And so, as you all know, high needs means students with disabilities, multilingual learners, and or uh students that are below poverty level. So these are students that, you know, require a lot of extra help because they haven't had an easy go in the world. And so threequarters of our students do are made up of those. And so when we think about that, we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. And so we are constantly in a continuous improvement mode and we're always looking for ways that we can improve so that our students have the best shot. So this is our accountability index. And so over the past just looking at the past three years, it's been very slowly creeping up.
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Having a private bathroom located inside the classroom is a necessity for these students for several reasons. First, some students are still using diapers and rely on classroom staff to change them throughout the day. Going outside the classroom to be changed in a shared bathroom would violate the privacy of these students. A private bathroom is required to maintain the privacy and the dignity of these students. It has taken 3 years to potty train my son, Sebastian. He's recently started to use a toilet on his own. Sometimes it seems as though he was making progress and then we'd take a trip or some other changes would happen in his routine and he would regress. He would often withhold without going to the bathroom which is stressful to experience as a parent. Sebastian still relies on adults to clean up after him. He's had after he's had a bowel movement and help him wash his hands after using the toilet.
Um I also have decided that I'm never going to make a bet with her again because every time I do I lose. U and it's usually because her football team bests my favorite football team. So, I'm not going to do that anymore. So, I am very excited and happy to um award you the superintendent award. Kika [Applause] Hate to lose too. [Applause] All right, our next honore is um for our certificated uh honore and again this is way overdue. Um I have been at Shasten now for 13 years. I have hired um every teacher there except for four. Um, and this is one of the four that I didn't hire. And I, um, thank my stars every day that, um, she was around when I got there and continues to be there. Um, Heather Kindop is the most selfless person I've ever met. Um, regardless of what is going on in her life, she cares more about everybody around her than she cares about herself.
Whether it be because of the phantom of college decisions hanging over your head, the intense workload, or the social transformation that happens throughout the year. At the beginning of junior year, you have your license and are starting to feel more comfortable on this road trip. Junior year starts in full swing and suddenly you're in the heart of the storm. Juggling academics, athletics, and extracurricular activities is harder than ever and you're doing your absolute best to navigate your way through. The start of international balorate courses, the stress of the SAT, and anticipation of senior year are moments from junior year that made its highlights shine that much brighter. Our first prom, becoming upper classmen, and the general realization that we're growing up, were a reward in themsself for all the effort we'd put forth. Junior year is an emblem of what life will be like. As you enter this next stage of your life, you'll come across many trials and challenges in the path of adulthood.
I'm so sorry. By handling a variety of different situations with grace and patience. You've taught us that leadership isn't just about making these hard decisions, but it's also about being there for us when you need the most. You are all so important to us. After this moment, we will be Pine Creek alumni. And it feels strange saying that. A big part of us is due to all of you. For myself and many others, we have created some of our best memories using the support you have given us. And this is where the thank yous end. Well, not really, because our story continues. Thank you to all of us. Thank you, class of 2025. Thank you to friends and best friends. Thank you to classmates and acquaintances. You all made going to school much easier every day and learning a little more fun. I'm humbled that of all the years we get to graduate, I get to graduate with all of us.
She has been she's a member of uh the Combmes community. Her daughters both went to Combmes High School and they in turn became teachers and a nurse as well. Um, she brings to our campus a connection to our community. She knows the kids in our community. She knows their families. She knows about Combmes and never stops from the morning to the afternoon talking about the wonderful things that happen in this school district on our campus. She's been a force to be reckoned with. She believes that science should be live and hands-on. So, we have chickens. We have gardening. Our our middle school kids um they candle eggs and they hatch um chicks and they get to take them home if their parents let them. And she makes science come to life and she's been a member of our leadership team. I told you I was going to cry.
So, um, just congratulations in advance to all of the graduates and those moving on to um, their next year and their academic uh, journeys. That's all. Thank you, member Lopez. Thank you, President Downey. I was able to go to Santa Rosa school last week and got to partake in their career day, uh, which was a blast. I visited kindergarten class and a first grade class. Kindergarten class had lots of questions about careers, which was great. First grade class just mainly wanted to know what my kids' favorite foods were, which was also great. Um, but it was nice to be able to share and and help inspire and and water the seeds of our our young mind. So that's it. Thank you, Vice President Curte. Thank you, President Downey. Um, so this year is kind of fun because um I got to experience and attend some of firsts in celebrations.
So, um, we have to think of, you know, we have to think outside the box on that with respect to that. And it's not going to be an easy solution. It's going to be a slow progress process to get that to get that happening so that we can do things. One of the things that we did years ago back in 2010, we used the uh the site, the landfill site as a uh a site for a solar farm. Nobody ever thought about that, but I asked the question, why can't we put a solar farm up there? Well, they did some research and into it and because what we have, we have a solar farm generating in, you know, generating revenue to the town. So, there's there's there's other ways of looking at besides commercial growth uh in town. Um, and you're going to get an opposition with respect to that because there's so many just go down 126 and look at the spaces that are already open.
I'm the community service coordinator for the Makea-Wish Club this year. And one of my favorite experiences um at the give kids the world village I've been twice and it's the castle and it's it's a castle and when you look up there's thousands of gold stars and each gold star has a wish child who's been to give kids the world and their name is on it and it's just so incredible to see how many kids have came and had an incredible experience just like we all have. Hi guys, I'm Hannah Roberts. I'm one of the board representatives for Make a Wish and I had an awesome experience at my first time at Give Kids the World this past fall. Um, it's definitely I think everyone has described it as so beautiful and joyous as it is. I knew it was going to be fun and I knew I was going to have a great time, but it really, like Miss Shield says, she likes to say, gives you the warm and fuzzies.
Those are incumbrances. Those are purchase orders for expenses that the ESER 3 is allowed to run till December of 25. So those are POS for actual expenses that we'll be incurring between now and December 3025. Um, just to make sure I wasn't losing my mind, I actually talked via text with uh, Mr. Number and he actually agreed that the Easter 3 is fully expended and encumbered. So, you know, to hear I just want to clear that up that I heard like a balance of like 190 some odd thousand to a million remaining in ESER 3. Uh, the reports are in the packet for you and also again I double check with Mr. numbercow that indeed it is fully expended and committed.