Teachers 8.2 versus 8.3 for the state paraprofessionals 1.2 versus 2.8 8 for the state leadership 7 to 1.2 for the state student support 6 to8 for the state clerical 6 to 1.0 for the state and technology 0.1 to point2 for the state. So that's the most up-to-date numbers from 2025. It's those are recent numbers from last year. So um that's part of why our spending is what it is. So there are key budget factors that we had to consider in formulating the FY27 budget and I'm going to walk you through some of these and I won't speak about everyone individually but I'd be happy to talk about them more if if um you know you have a specific interest and a question in one. So salaries represent almost 80% of our budget. you know, we're the we're in the people business and um so our cost of living adjustments for fiscal year 27 range from 3.5% to 5%.
But, uh we tried I think last year as Luke was talking about, we tried to have him kind of an assistant. And then that I started and then left and went somewhere and and Margarito does a fantastic job and we I don't think that we are suggesting that anybody takes his job. What we need is we need him to share his corporate knowledge with someone else that maybe, you know, takes over in the future or at least if Margarito is laid up sick or in a car wreck or whatever that can carry the water. I'm just concerned we this is a this is a large um complex with everything that we have and some aging equipment etc. And u I think we're going to get stung if we and and I know that Margaro you know I don't know I mean I don't know how much he wants somebody but I think he needs somebody.
Technically, it's school property. a gentleman by the name of Jonathan Herder bought the property from his grandmother and he's wanting to know if the school district would be interested in selling that piece of land that that road sits on. So if this is the map of Claplin, that road is part of a school property that goes in there about a quarter mile. That is school property. We own that road, but that's the only entrance in and out of that property. I think, you know, they're want to look at building a house over there by it, some of those sorts of things. So, I think that that's why they're interested in that road right there. Um, so I wanted to put that on your guys' radar to give some direction on what you would like me to do with that request or use the road. We don't use it very often.
Uh board members, uh this coming March board meeting on March the 10th actually lands on spring break. So we put it this on the agenda item just to see if you wanted to move that date. Uh we might not get a lot of participation. Maybe some admin or our staff are actually uh leading on taking that time off. Uh teachers don't actually work that time frame also. Um so if you would like you guys can discuss and keep that date or change it to another day in March. So, our original date would be the 9th. >> Are we going back to Tuesday? >> Well, I had it on the 10th, which is that falls on spring break. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. So, um like I said, if you'd like, we can move it to the 3 or I mean the week prior if you guys are available.
So if you have any questions um so for speech and language pathologists we have two retiring uh pathologists. So we needed to update our job descriptions because we they have been with us for so long and also the um um salary schedule and also our athletic trainer position. So um those have both a job description and a salary schedule. under um our next three jobs um job description evaluations for our IT tech network administrator and our IT director. And I get feedback from our staff in order when I when I um design or create these um job descriptions. I have them look at it and in give input in in case I'm missing something. And then the final one is just job descriptions only is curriculum and edtech coordinator. That will be a a new position um for the upcoming school year. And also um uh we had a a retirement so we're looking for a career exploration teacher.
I don't think you get to pick a strategy at that point because you're not ready to study. Like you still have to learn the process. And so I think another thing that's nice about it though is that the students are a little bit more self-directed in those times um and are able to get feedback from the chatbot for instance where it's immediate but it's not from me which is also nice because that frees me up then to work with the students who really need me the most in those times. Another maybe this is even more for Lori. How much integration coordination is there between this team and other teams in coming up with these kinds of I mean the stuff you're doing is is great. H how is that translating into across teams across departments? Any kind of general thoughts? Lori, don't look at the ceilings.
Um, which is really nice because our interventions and pre-interventions are working, right? Um, from a multi-tered perspective. Um, but we do have students that obviously trip those thresholds and then our alpha team uh at each building u meets with a team uh through CS and gets teacher input as well. and then they work at a problem solving and trying to um create interventions that can support those students. And then the the gray um uh graph indicates how many students that our alpha team actually met with or talked about in terms of problem solving. Obviously, it goes far beyond the 17. So we we've met all 17 because that's an expectation that we do have in our and in the district is that our CRS will hold an alpha meeting, problem solving meeting about every student that trips the threshold. Um and they far succeeded because they're doing a lot of different interventions and they're talking about a lot of different um needs of the students.
And then finally, the last multicultural night that uh I stopped by at was at Fox Chase um which was also very well attended. So, enough from me. Thank you to all of our students, to our parents, to our teachers and staff um that helped to make our district uh great. >> Thank you. I went to a few of those things. You did, but um not going to rehash, but uh yeah, at uh Chase with a lot of familiar faces and a lot of lot of smiles for sure. Um, we're going over to 9 point or no, give me a second. 9.1, the consent agenda. I have a motion to approve the consent agenda, please. >> I make a motion to approve all items under consent, including 9.1 minutes from the board of education meeting on January 26, 2026, open and close sessions. 9.2 2 to acknowledge the foyer requests received by the district.
Um this is the time of the year where we're enrolling kids. So February 2nd is when we opened up enrollment for preschool. March 2nd coming up is when we open up enrollment for our new students for next year. So our kindergarten group and any other new students to Avon. And then April 6 is when we do returning students. We just ask parents to um just give us some basic information. And then in at the March board meeting, we will be um wanting to talk with you again about open enrollment um because we know we just have to be responsive if we you know, thankful for the referendum, but we also know um our main financial support comes from our average daily membership. So again, that's just an area we'll continue um to have conversations with you on.
>> It was very well sought after finding they had, but we we fixed it. So, um, anyway, that a lot goes I've been through audits and banking. It they try to find stuff. >> They do. >> And for two years, they find nothing. It was pretty impressive. So, >> probably good thing he wasn't in Florida before the audit. They they might have might have questioned that. I think the timing worked out. >> Yes, it all worked out. Yeah. So, that's all we have. It's time for board signatures. We are adjourned. Won't take me long. Give it up. >> Holy cow.
Then when we add in contractual step longevity and other contractual increases, the result is the salary part of our budget almost 80% of our budget is increasing approximately 5%. So that's where we're starting from. Uh other factors such as the increasingly needy student population are significant. So additional contracted services needed, additional tuition, additional transportation costs, all increasing significantly. You'll see them on that list. For some areas of the budget, we've incorporated an adjustment to reflect actual costs. So, we have and I had to look because I I hadn't seen I I couldn't recall exactly when this started, but we had not increase the supply side of our budget since 2019. No, no increase. So, level funding since 2019. And that was really because not because it wasn't needed but because there was such economic pressure financial pressure on us in the budgeting process that we just continued to try and live with what we had.
>> I don't think it's up to him. I I know, but I'm just >> If you leave it up to him, you're leaving us out. >> No, I understand that. I'm just I would >> I guarantee there's not a single one of us at work that does have somebody else that knows what we do. >> There needs to be somewhat of a succession plan, but there that's a big enough job >> that we need to do that. So, I think Craig needs to have a discussion with Margarito and uh and move that forward. >> We'll look if if that's the direction you're giving me, we'll look to advertise for an assistant director like we have had been an assistant director for a while. We lost that person. He Margarito and I talked. He said, "I don't really want to have I'm going to wait for a little bit." Well, it's now a little bit later.
Whenever I visited with him about the usage of that road, he said we used to use it for maybe there was a time that tree row wasn't there and they used it for parking for the other team. >> Yes. So, I haven't really done anything else with this. Um, just the request. I've reached out. Haven't done a lot of investigative work to figure out how many acre acres are there. You know, I know it goes in there quarter mile using Google Maps and uh being able to map it that direction. Our property Our property begins right at the edge of that road towards their side. So, it's not like it extends 5t past from it's almost right on the west side of that road over there. So, um, you know, I just wanted to put that on your guys' radar to get some feedback if you want me to reach out to the city because it's right there on the city lines, too, to see what it would be worth maybe or, you know, what survey of that land would look like, you know, costwise to be able to know exactly what the price would be for that.
Uh the week after 16th and 17th, Ruben will be at Nafas. Um, I didn't bring my calendar with me, but I think Well, I'll be having class still on Tuesdays. So, if you want to move it the week before >> March 2nd is fine or the 4th. >> When are you back from Nath? >> That's a week before. Um, we're looking at um >> back the 18th. He'll be back the 18th. >> Yes, I believe so. I believe so >> because he doesn't have anything else on his calendar. >> So, I'll work around you guys's calendar. >> What? >> The I will work around you guys's calendar. Um I know I'm scheduled for NES um the 14th through the 17th. If you want to move it to the 18th, um we can make that arrangement. The only request, um is that I may need some time because it's also my son's spring break that I needed some time with him that week.
So um with Mr. Praa and Miss Bryce we've looked at that um and updated that particular job description. also the new position of D digital media arts teacher and then uh we have a teacher on assignment which is the HMS dean of students and athletic director. So um those have been updated um and this is to start I um the job description valuations hope are for the current school year and a salary placement is for the upcoming year. So, how close are you to being done? >> I'm 80. >> Like like done like she's retiring. >> Descriptions. >> I think I know the answer to that one. Yeah, >> I think 80%. >> I have to just go through and double check everything, but and yeah, but I'm just about done. >> Very good. >> Yeah. Lots of hard work. >> Done and over it.
I'm gonna give them an opportunity to answer first. >> I mean, I would say that there's a natural cross-pollination because we're all on at least two teams, right? And when you see things that are effective, you want to carry that on in other classes. So, I would say that's where it begins just with the crosspollination of people on this team bring it to other teams. >> Yeah, I presented on it for like five minutes to our bio team the other day. So, I think just echoing what said I think that's the beauty when it when it's successful and they are feeling the success then like anyone who wants to share good success they go back to their other teams and most people are on fortunately for two to three teams. Sorry mom. >> Oh I was just going to say I see an opportunity. I haven't yet but just getting to know some of my math friends and what they're working on.
So you can see that like at North um last year for the whole school year there was 17 students that tripped the alpha threshold and there was 100 I got to put my glass on 183 um alpha meeting problem solving meetings for the for 183 students. Um sometimes it's multiple we didn't give you that data um on the same student. We just gave you unique students um so you get a perspective on that. >> Are the 17 included in the 183? Yep. >> Okay. >> Yeah. That's one of our requirements is that on top of that threshold, you need to do a problem solving meeting. Um and and they're always >> they're committed to that and it's working. Okay. And all that. So again, we wanted to take a step back and look like when you saw the little donut thing about like our overall interventions and and and then wanted to look at the thresholds.
9.3 to approve field trips for overnight and or more than 200 miles. Second, >> I have a a quick question about the foyer request. I'm not sure who to direct it to. >> Um just a just uh for my own educational purposes. I know that in the report there is there are several um pending um requests um and I'm just wondering and they that number seems to be a little higher like higher than usual than it has been in the past. So I'm wondering what our obligation is as a district to stay on top of those requests and what those timelines look like >> or is it Go [clears throat] ahead. Typically, if it's a pending request, it means that we've requested additional time on them. Okay? >> And they're very they're very uh tight deadlines around those. >> Okay. >> They are going to be really a result when it goes to pending is we're still assessing how much time it's going to take those.
Any questions? >> Thank you. Next, Mrs. Glass will present to the board uh cost savings and efficiencies. >> Good morning, board members. Um Avon received $100,000 from the Avon Redevelopment Commission and it was to help support our security and software measures throughout the district. Um, and that helps also support our operations fund. We're in partnership with them. I sit on um the RDC board as a non- voting member that you guys approve me of. And this is something that they do annually um each year. >> Thank you. Thank you for serving on the RBC. Um, and I stay right there because you are our item nine, which is new business. Um, this is related to checks that the school district uh wrote and the recipient didn't cash for a period of two or more years. And so, um, or is yours? >> Yeah. >> Thank you, Mrs.
But as we know inflation since 2019 has been incredible. Um, [snorts] so really we're just trying to string it together with less. And uh, so we've we've made some minor adjustments. I mean they really are not the the driving factor of this budget because again most of our most of our costs are staffing related but um >> so >> um on the instructional supplies have we just I mean we just haven't been buying as much or we've been >> supplementing [snorts] >> with donations. >> Yes. Yes. and skimping and yep so so we've on instructional supplies we've built in a 12% increase which is not I mean the the rate of inflation in this small time period is significantly more than that but um but we built in something to begin to address those needs [snorts] similarly uh we've we've adjusted the athletics and music budgets which also have not been increased in in recent years and the need to support those programs and continue those major programs of ours is there and so we've adjusted those to reflect that.