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. numbercow 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 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. Nbercow that indeed it is fully expended and committed.
other is showing a decreased surplus of $4,37 due to an unbudgeted salto lock place replacement. It's for a door and general education ends the month of April with a surplus of $42,137. You go down to special education, you will see that salaries has a decreased surplus of $91,857 for adjustments made to better reflect the salary incumbrances. Benefits is now showing a decreased deficit of $3,848 due to an adjustment to health insurance. Services is now showing a decreased deficit of $130,042 as some savings were found in travel expenses. Supplies is showing a deficit of $4,364 thou $64, excuse me, due to some online assessments that hit this account. Other at the time remain status quo. And special education ends the month of April with a deficit of $46,396. Under operations and overhead, salaries is now showing a deficit of $1,66 to reflect adjustments to hourly employees.
Um but that is what we're we focus on so that we can make changes to improve it as we move forward. When we break it down between ELA, math, and science, you can see that we've kind of had some flat achievement grow achievement in ELA math. We saw a little spike two years ago and it kind of came back down. In science was, you know, trending down. Although we do know this year the scores already came in and we have had a 9 percentage point gain this year and as an aside it is highly correlated to what we do in reading. So the kids took the ELA CAT test today and I'm super hopeful that we're going to see that in those scores as well. When we do look at growth that is usually where we're making the most um progress in our ELA we've had, you know, again kind of flat in growth as well.
If you would like to address the board, your email will be read by a staff member at the meeting up to three minutes in length. There will be no no board discussion and no action will be taken unless listed on a subsequent agenda. The board may also submit, I'm sorry, the public may also submit a request to address the board on each of the remaining items on the agenda as those items are taken up by specifying the agenda item on the public comment request board. Last sentence, unless otherwise determined by the board, each person is limited to two minutes per item. And we have two here. First, we have Mr. Robert Diaz who'd like to share. [Music] All right. Good evening. Um, wasn't sure what I want to say. I tried to figure out how to spell a bid you ado, but I couldn't. So, farewell um is uh is my topic today.
He would not be able to enter a shared bathroom and use the facilities independently. He may even begin withholding going because the stress of using a shared bathroom would cause him. Sebastian is also non-verbal and putting him in the situation where he does not have adults to help him, especially with such a private part of life where there's other unfamiliar people could very well cause him anxiety that could lead to regression in all progress he's made with regards to potty training. Lastly, Sebastian, like other students with autism, can tend to run off and want to play when they go outside. Having to go out in the classroom to use the restroom will mean distracting students from learning that takes place in the classroom and could lead to undue frustration for them when they have to go back inside. Please consider the special needs of these students and ensure that they have a private bathroom located in their classroom.
And it's hard to watch sometimes because I know what she's going through, but at the same time, I know how much she cares about everybody else. Um, she knows everything about everybody. Every year she sends out a, "Hey, what are your favorite things list?" I never turn mine in, but I'm still inundated with all the things that I love the most because she knows and she remembers. Um, every year I get a Christmas present from her that's filled with cowtails, the worst candy imaginable. But she knows that that's what I love. And so that's why she continues to give them. She was a first grade teacher and um while she was struggling with some severe health problems, she had two students that um decided that instead of being students, they wanted to be cats and they would purr on her legs and lick her legs.
Remember the hard work you've put in during times similar to these. Remember that one math test that everyone did bad on and still the world didn't end. Be proud of yourself, your achievements, and find comfort in knowing that you have the grit and ability to overcome any obstacles thrown your way. In the words of Billy Joel, "Slow down. You're doing fine. You can't be everything you want to be before your time. Discovery Canyon campus class of 2025. Your future is waiting for you. Make the present worth your time. I would now like to invite up your senior class president, Jude Shahida. [Applause] Hello, my friends. Now, it's finally my time to talk to you about our senior year. Now, when you think of senior year, what comes to mind? The memories, the people you spent it with, the coasting through it, on the edge of being done with it all.
Us as in the largest class in Pine Creek history. What an amazing accomplishment. No matter where life takes us, we will always have this chapter that will be completed together. Don't worry, we are going to be okay. I'm so glad we have the honor of excelling through life using the things we've learned from all of you. On the other hand, for those who have AP testing after receiving your diploma today, I suggest you please take my advice afterwards. No stress. You're going to do great. Here's to an amazing us, the class of 2025. Thank you. Please forgive my sick voice as I feel like a lot of us got the after prom sickness. Now, please welcome Mrs. Kathleen Rafi Raphael who will highlight these remarkable accomplishments of the class of 2025. [Applause] Rael, thank you for those wonderful words. Now, let us turn our attention to the main focus of today, the 449 individuals in the Pine Creek High School class of 2025.
Um our member of our leadership team and it leaves a big hole in my heart and also on my campus. but she's gonna be a a continuing amazing grandma and um daughter to her parents. So, so um I'm sad to see her go, but she's been a great person in this district and she loves this district and will continue to support our district as a community member. So, and she's my sub next year. Oh, yay. Michelle, I have three children that were sad that you were going. Oh, no. Not Mrs. Guest. Thank you. She did last night. Yep. Melissa Lopez, please. Good evening, Dr. Wyman, Madame President, members of the board. I am going to ask one of our pair professionals, Kathy Kelly, to please join me. [Applause] So today Kathy would or today Simon would like to celebrate Kathy Kelly who's been an essential part of our family um for 11 years.
um was at the Desert Sunrise High School Senior Award night, a first. It was pretty awesome. Um and then last Friday I was at the Desert Sunrise FFA Awards followed by um a first uh kindergarten senior walk. So, the kindergarteners from uh Saddleback and the seniors from Desert Sunrise uh were on the football field and at sunset they actually walked to the 50ard line and then exchanged notes and hugs and it was an awesome experience. One of the teachers um came up with the idea and it was so heartwarming to see the kindergarteners just saying, "Wow, here I'm coming." And the seniors going, "Well, now I'm going." So, it was actually really cool and it was the first ever. Um, I've also was able to attend the Butterfield Talent Show. Um, and I was at the MHS underassman awards yesterday. No. Yeah, yesterday. And then the senior awards last night.
Yeah. You know, so it's it's a difficult there's no easy answer to that question to be very honest with you. Okay, great. Thank you, Joe. Brandy. Um, so we've actually made a lot of progress with regards to our business community. I think it was about seven years ago that we introduced our business incentive program um to Ashland and our economic development director um proposed this as a home rule petition with the legislation legislators um and basically you know the meals tax funds um the business incentive program and we had some money that was set aside from um Senate President Karen Spilka to help start and fund this and basically the business incentive program provides um improvements for existing businesses like um like a sign and facade improvement program. Um and for new businesses that are looking to come to town, uh we offer an amenities option where we can help subsidize um whether it's equipment or rent for the first couple of months while a business kind of gets going.
It really touches something inside your heart and that's something I'll never forget. And I'll never forget the connections that I made with the kids, the families, hearing their stories. It was just overall, you come out of it and you feel so awesome. And I'm just so grateful that I've had the experience to go on the trip. This um trip is so special, too, because the Give Kids a World Village was actually created as a way to allow families who if the kids wish was to go to Disney to make an accessible way for them to be able to stay right by and not have to deal with the hotel costs. because when families are dealing with like the medical bills and just all that, it's a lot to pile on trying to find a hotel and with wheelchair accessibility or whatever the kid needs. So, this is just a great way to be able to have them right there.
With that, I can answer any questions you may have. Can you show us what the handout looks like that you're referring to? That was my question. Okay. The ether three report. The ether. Yeah. It's a munis report. It says right. It shows 193,797.50 cents encumbered. And the far right shows zero balance available. Thank you. Other questions? Okay. Excellent. Thank you very much. Move on to the assistant superintendent. Good evening. uh my report tonight. Um in terms of grant updates, I just want to give another shout out to the folks who supported the April acceleration academy as well as the February acceleration academy. Um we had over 20 students in bothmies. We had much more interest from teachers and IAS in the April Academy, which is a good sign. And I think the work moving forward is about how to find that balance between the students and the staff now that there is some interest.
With that I can answer any questions you may have. Can you show us what the handout looks like that you were referring to? That's my question. Okay. The ether three report. The ether. Yeah. It's a mun report. It says right. It shows 193,797.50 encumbered. And the far right shows zero balance available. Oh, I see. Okay. Thank you. Other [Music] questions? Okay, excellent. Thank you very much. Move on to the assistant superintendent. Good evening. uh my report tonight. Um in terms of grant updates, I just want to give another shout out to the folks who supported the April acceleration academy as well as the February acceleration academy. Um we had over 20 students in bothmies. We had much more interest from teachers and IAS in the April Academy, which is a good sign. And I think the work moving forward is about how to find that balance between the students and the staff now that there is some interest.
Benefits is now showing a decreased surplus of $44,874 for an adjustment to health insurance. Services is now showing a surplus of $19,989 due to some legal savings and an account adjustment. Utilities now has a surplus of $5,000. The forecast is looking more promising as our solar is coming in a bit higher, but Eversource invoicing is coming in much less. So, it's a positive. Facilities and maintenance is now showing a decreased deficit of $24,255 due to a small account adjustment. Student transportation is status quo. Other now has a surplus of $7,700 representing unused equipment repair funds. Operations and overhead ends the month of April with a surplus of $51,72. As of April 30th, 2025, the overall budget is showing a surplus of $47,442. Savings has mostly been found in benefits. As it has been mentioned before, numbers will continue to fluctuate. Donna is trying to predict based on past years and trends, but it is never precise.
math, we had a nice bump and then it kind of fell short last year, but we're going back to what we did two years ago to make sure that that spike comes back for this school year. When we do break down our who's meeting and the growth targets because growth really got to have growth, sustained growth to get achievement, we're looking at our high needs versus non- high needs. And we do see that the it's I know it's very small for where you are, but the far right in each of the columns is uh differentiated by grade. So sixth grade to your left, the middle is seventh and the far right is eighth. That was last year. So these are the current seventh, current eighth and current 9th graders. We do see that our non- high need students are growing more than our high needs.
Um, we have started with our two uh new replacements. uh May 1st and training is going well with that. Um so my hope was to be able to introduce both of them uh for you tonight, but Vicki had jury duty today and I think in the process forgot that the meeting was tonight. So I have one of them here. Uh we have James who has been with us for seven or eight years. Eight years. And uh he will be taking over the the maintenance and operations side. Um he's probably got the highest learning curve at the moment. Lots to learn with the construction and stuff going on. And um then Vicki who uh came across the uh the parking lot from the high school and uh we'll be doing the transportation. She's jumped right in and she's doing real well. um she's already been uh able to um look at we were trying to get the field trip request online and she's working on that to try and make that happen.
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Torres. Next speaker is I believe is Gia May Farm. Um good evening superintendent and um owner board member. I am Chia um a parent of a special ed student who are currently standing Liew right now. Um I am here to expressing my concern about the um after hearing that there won't be attached bathroom at not school elementary school next year. Um and then I am very concerning about the situation with a routine that I have witnessed his teacher Miss Shanti right here who has set up for Winston and um the other student in the class um such as you know she's putting um step by step on the wall and teaching the student of you know how to do it correctly. Um and for example cleaning wipe and other cleaning supply will be available within the bathroom that inside the bathroom which um very convenient for the student and imagine if these um non-verbal verbal autism student have to go outside bedroom that will be disrupting their routine.
And um while she was going through um these major health problems, she loved on these kids and they are getting ready to graduate from high school this year. and I can't wait to see them um you know come back and talk to Mrs. Kindop um while she tried to teach them um numbers um I think my favorite story that she told me there was one she would work with her for hours like this is the number seven this is the number seven okay this is seven this is seven okay what number is this and the little girl would say purple and she got them to read at grade level and she um is the glue that holds holds the second grade team together. She um she makes all the copies um despite me complaining that um the copy costs are too much. Um she does it.
To me, all those things come to mind. When I think of our senior year, I think of the end. The end of our journey of high school and the end of our childhood. the end of the most treasured moments that all of us have ever experienced up until this point. I think of us finally on the path that we've been looking for our whole lives. Smooth sailing. Smooth sailing after the hard part of the road trip where you're just about to see the end. Smooth sailing until you reach that final destination and move on to the next big road trip. This is what inspired this speech. The fact that we've made it. We've made it through the bad and enjoyed the good. Senior year has been the wrap-up to our to what we have made our lives so far. Senior year has been the reward for the pain and difficulties we faced in the junior year.