Any questions about the financial position within the general fund? Again, there's that analysis. And again, this is also going off of audited versus unodudited funds. So they're taking our audit from 2024 and comparing it to our annual financial report, the AFR 2025. >> So what's the other? >> Nothing. As long as all the funds are positive between those four funds creates a positive balance, they're fine. So general operating fund margin take a look at that data. So this is showing revenue coming in and expenditures. That's a negative number. >> That is a negative number. So if we come down here to see what the measure is actually telling me. So for those in the crowd, I go ahead and read this. This measure shows the percent of district general fund revenues not spent in the year received for each of the most recent two years.
So if you kind of look at the two tables, the colors are similar. And you'll notice that uh from BOI to MOI, we have seen um students shifting upward in each of those areas. This mid-year growth is crucial um especially as we prepare students for algebra coursework and within 8th grade mathematics. You'll notice that I also included a chart to the right when I mentioned the HMH algebra 1 because we do have uh hundreds of students that are not in the I Ready because they are taking algebra 1 as eighth graders. So the chart on the right is going to show the increase and even for our uh typically with our algebra 1 students that are in eighth grade, they have been in accelerated or gifted in their previous years and um we're still seeing those same trends even with our higher achieving students that are placed in algebra 1 and the eighth grade.
[applause and cheering] Congratulations. Thank you so much for all of our recipients tonight for our points of pride. [applause] Good job. [applause] [cheering] All right. Now, we have the Assassame Little Spartans program. All right. So, we are going to start. There it goes. It's scrolling with Miss Tracy Robertson. Come on up. Congratulations. Tracy is an outstanding pair professional in one of our special education classrooms and is a true asset to our school community. She consistently supports all students, especially those challenging behaviors. and she supports them with patience, compassion, and a deep love and understanding of their individual needs. Tracy's dedication, intuition, and heart for all makes her truly deserving of this. Congratulations, Tracy. [applause] And before I forget, who did you bring with you? I actually bought my second family, the Sue Sausman Early Childhood Development Girls. My Julie, my Nicole, and my Sammy. Love you.
So, this is the the last potential fiscal cliff. Um the legislature has approved this every year that it has been a one-time approval, but we're still planning as if it's not going to be approved until after the legislative session concludes. Some key drivers of this projection include a 2% uh increase to the base level amount per weighted student as part of the budget formula inflation factor. Uh the Arizona State retirement contribution rates paid by each qualifying employee and matched by the district is decreasing by 02%. We'll see a small savings there. We are seeing a slight decrease in our teacher experience index. We're still above the state average and we'll receive additional funds for that um factor. We're projecting a growth in average daily membership of 365. Here are some investments in people and programs. We're continuing to support sightbased leadership and decision-making with school allocated budgets in M capital vision and FFN.
Um right now I believe the girls regional is Saturday. Girls wrestling regional is Saturday. >> And do you guys know when we're are we're hosting a a boys and girls um tournament, right? Basketball. >> I saw that. >> Yes. Basketball will be um on February 17th and 19th. >> Yeah. If anybody if >> it's going to be a busy weekend. I mean I think that's conference, right? >> Regionals is after conference. So girls is the 17th and 19th and then boys is what? The 23rd >> 25th and 27th, right? >> So it's a it's the regionals. >> Yes. Okay. >> So anyway, lots of good things that are going on. >> So that those are some of my highlights, sir. >> Okay, that's for good news. >> Yes. >> Okay, you can carry on. Number eight, alpha number two. >> So this is just a quick one and um this is our press plus for 120.
But yeah it's not like you're waiting two years like you used to be. Um you know I don't know in 25 we do you have any idea off the top of your head Mr. Pear? We we we I mean it was a few months certain which we talked to them too. >> Yeah. >> He said they had they had things immediately but >> for the activity >> and that wasn't even true cuz we called that. Yeah. You guys uh talked I can't and I won't >> he was just trying to >> say any company name but you guys spoke to one distributor at the ISBA con. Oh yeah we can get those tomorrow. We're like, "Really?" We called him, "Well, if you need this bus with this thing and this thing and this thing and you know, and as long as you only need one seat in it, too, and no and no chips and it's purple and you know, it doesn't have a steering wheel, but yeah.
some of the high school teachers I had back in the day and it is still weird calling them by their first names but you know there are lessons that they taught me that I have integrated into who I am and who I am as a professional and as a parent you know when I come to school committee meetings I still think about wearing blue or red from Mr. which equ you know later on later on in college you know I took a doctor patient relationship class that taught me to look at who asks how many questions and who controls a conversation where am I standing am I standing above people am I sitting below them am I showing them dominance or you know so it's it's really important the education that not only by the standards the master's educational standards that they're teaching us but the passion and the caring that they put into their education Um, we've had some exciting times since I came back to this district and when we moved back, I told my husband, I'm going to keep my head down and out of small town politics, which is hilarious.
Colladoscope Club. The Collato Collidoscope Club is run by Miss Webster. Students go to Navin's Farm Animal Shelter and work with animals that may have health issues and are waiting to be adopted. Museum of Fine Arts field trip. As part of her grade nine history seminar, Miss Gore held a field trip to the Museum of Fine Arts. Students explored historical art from around the world. When they returned to class, students used what they saw and learned to design their own museums. February vacation. February vacation lasts from the 16th to 20th. See you all in March. Thank you. >> Thank you guys. Well done. Um, at this time we're going to do the minutes. Um, I have two sets of minutes, so I'm going to take two separate votes, please. Uh, can I have a motion for to accept the minutes of December 16th? >> Second.
Um, any questions if maybe Okay, hearing none, we're going to go right to the superintendent announcements. Dr. D. >> Thank you, Mr. Davis. It's good to see everyone. I do want to say there most of our district is online uh to see now present due to possibility of weather. So, I let them know the ones that are are commuting from a distance. I just told them to remote so everyone knows. Uh, sweet chance. Welcome. Very nice. out of the superintendent's office. It it seems like there isn't a night or a morning for me to be able to sleep late and night that I'm not at an event that and tomorrow morning will be no exception. Tonight is no exception either. There's so many activities going on in our schools right now and and there's a lot of excitement. We had boys basketball game last night as we were coming through tonight.
>> Don't Don't go anywhere. We have certificates to present. Board Clerk Ramos, please read the certificates. >> Yes. The first one uh reads, "Isuza Unified School District Certificate of Recognition is proudly presented to Charlotte Albero. Presented in recognition of earning the Mont View League Most Valuable Player Award for girls volleyball, the league's highest individual honor awarded to the most impactful athlete as voted by league coaches. This distinction reflects elite performance, outstanding leadership, and unwavering dedication. on this February 10th, 2026. Signed by our superintendent, Arturga, and our board president, Sandra Benabites. Congratulations. >> The next >> Yeah. >> Auza Unified School District Certificate of Recognition is proudly presented to Priscilla Liberado. presented in recognition of earning the Mont View League most valuable player award for girls flag football. The league's highest individual honor awarded to the most impactful athlete as voted by league coaches. This distinction reflects elite performance, outstanding leadership and unwavering dedication on uh February 10th, 2026 and again signed by our superintendent Artur Ortega and our board president Sandro Benvdas.
Next item on the agenda is the consent agenda. Board members, are are there any items or a specific item that you would like to take out and vote on independently kind of have a thin agenda today? Um like to hear from anybody in this or >> um I just had is the the first and the on 2.4 for the fundraisers. Is all of those things listed there for boys soccer, the first the first bullet point, the money dolly, Mexican food dinner, soccer clinic, that's all for boys soccer. Okay, that that was it's it's I'm hoping that we can do a better job to so that some of these people don't have to fund raise so much someday. spend all their time fundraising instead of coaching. Is that what you're trying to say? >> Maybe. All right. So, if there is isn't anything that you would like taken out of uh the consent agenda, we have a motion to u presented.
So, um, any questions so far? And I'll go on and and zip through the the next scenario. So, keep the 821 in the back of your mind for a moment. Okay, let's go to the next scenario. Now the next scenario is 30 million. It's 40 million. And uh there you go. Okay. So on this one it's 40 million. We've kind of broken up the sales. We can we can change the sales as you guys know depending upon what's going on with the construction side with these folks and and and it won't materially change the information. So without going through everything I just went through, let's go to go over to the right. Let's go down to the average. So remember that the other tax rate on the 30 million was 48 cents. Okay, on that average tax rate. Well, we're going to issue 10 million more.
A district with below average below average operating reserves exposes itself to higher financial risk each time it spending exceeds its revenues. Okay. Now also remember that these are still measuring audited versus unodudited. So if any tax revenue had come in after we had submitted the AFR for the previous year, that number is going to change because what this is saying is that for all the tax revenue that we had received, we had only received like 3.5 3.9 million in tax revenue. >> And what should we have received? I mean, what's our normal >> our we should receive what we where where our budget amount is. So, we should have received like 5.6. >> So, someone could come in here and say, "Holy cow, you're $1.4 million off. Look at that." >> Yeah. It's not It's not the greatest of of metrics. the break. This >> this does not make sense because if they're wanting us to carry forward 3% of our budget >> and yet we're being >> don't don't take this as if we overexpended.
>> So shifting gears to high school. >> Sorry, can I ask real quick? this the um bar chart on the left is is that the that's the BOI and MOI >> correct. So the first chart it yes seventh grade fall which is the BOI the winter is the MOI and then eighth grade follow suit. >> Okay terrific. Do you know I mean obviously these are different groups of students. >> Um so we we're at 20% um above level seventh grade which is awesome and then we'll have end of the year right. Do do we know what like end of the year of seventh grade to beginning of the year 8th grade >> looks like? >> Yes. Yes. Um and what I will tell you is if you look at the fall 8th grade that is showing the skills and where they're at starting and one of the reports that we do have and I don't mind sharing it after uh this meeting with the entire board is it does show kind of the prediction of how they're going to do in the next grade level and how much information they're retaining.
>> Thank you. And next we have Miss Shell Blair. [applause] Shell is a shining example of excellence in the special education classroom and a tremendous asset to our school. She consistently demonstrates exceptional professionalism and deep knowledge of student development, behavior management, and effective interventions. [snorts] She approaches every challenge with a positive solution, focus, and mindset. Beyond her classroom, she's a respected teacher and leader and mentor who's willing to share her expertise. We're so proud. Congratulations, [applause] And Michelle, who did you bring with you? >> These superstars on the front row, my parents and my cute Autumn and Griff. And then of course our whole team. Thank you for coming. [applause] So for our volunteer recipient, can we have Patty Chan join us? [cheering and applause] So Patty is a dedicated and enthusiastic volunteer who brings her energy, expertise and and posit in positivity to our classroom.
We are committed to covering any increase in costs of employee health benefits. We are continuing our investment in the employee wellness program. We are continuing to prioritize competitive compensations with a proposed 3% increase for all staff. We are raising the base rate for firstear teachers to $57,000. Based on the key drivers of the funding formula, we project an ongoing M budget limit of about 91.5 million. Our level of estimated ongoing expenditures through the end of this year is approximately 84.4 million, giving us a little over $7 million of available ongoing revenue to address district needs. Now that we've built the budget limits, I'll shift the presentation to the expenditure plan. Starting with some known fixed costs, we experience inflation each year for the goods, services, and utilities we use. We're using the 2.74% inflation rate used in the recent state minimum wage increase and setting aside $466,000.
This is the all the um the press updates. Um Mrs. I Stumbush was helpful in going through and reading all of these and basically what we saw these are all footnotes and things like that. No substantial changes. Is that correct? >> Correct. It was like note um changes to footnotes mainly like dates or last accessed information. So there wasn't really anything substantive in there that was being changed. >> Yes. And I'm I'm sure you can tell me what's on page 8, paragraph 3, the second. >> No, because they all kind of look the same after a while, but please know that you are welcome to after I go through them, you are welcome to borrow it. It is a good sleep aid. It is. >> We trust you. >> Okay. So, thank you. >> And then this is just going to be on for next week.
Well, we get it to you tomorrow like you know, it'll be it'll be great." So, um, so yeah, that I mean, yeah, there's still obviously a lead time on it, but but yeah, but not not two years, right? >> Not two years like it used to be, certainly. So, so again, we'll I mean, this is kind of um how we're going to kind of I think move forward, but again, we'll just kind of keep that in the back of our mind as as a flexibility piece. Um because you know um operationally when you look at SEA1 impact when you look at you know um I think there's three drivers and I'm I know I'm jumping down to C here quite a bit but um you know when when you look at um just price escalation inflation right we all we all know that go to the grocery store right I mean you know I feel like when I was a kid $100 was the grocery cart was overflowing and every goodie you could possibly find and and there was like tons of steak and bacon in there and Now $100 is like three bags and there's no steak and no bacon and it's like cereal and you're like gosh darn and so right we know that right I mean that that's a reality of life and so that's been no different.
um until I couldn't. You know, my parents moved out of Won because of small town politics and how ugly it can get in small towns. But I brought my kids back to this town because there are so many incredible parents, people, staff members, and I trust them for the education of my kids. And I have learned over the last three years that my, you know, I probably got more done not on the school committee um because of electronical communications. I can't say anything of substance in any emails. Um you know, open meeting law, we can't say any substance outside of meeting laws. And so I know that as a parent that really really frustrated me to no end. And as a committee member, it frustrates me to no end. Um but those are the rules that we have to abide by. Um I have tried to learn the rules so Robert's rules so they can be utilized to our fullest.
>> Any discussion? Chair will call the vote, please. >> Mr. Mahia. >> Mr. Mercedes. >> Yes. Mr. Talbach, yes. >> Miss Ferris, >> yes. >> Miss Dler, >> yes. >> Mr. Jones, >> yes. >> Mr. Hayden, >> yes. >> Ask Mr. Mah. >> Mr. Maher, are you with us, Vice Chair? >> The audio tricky. >> Audio is kind of tricky, but my >> Okay, we have you now. Thank you. >> Um, you know what? Um, vice chair, if you do have a problem, I will keep my phone on the desk. You just uh buzz me, please, and we'll fix it. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Um, can I have a motion for the minutes to accept the minutes in January 9th and please note that change that uh assistant superintendent was not in attendance at that meeting. >> Can I get a motion, please?