And and try to answer some questions. >> It would be great just because we get hit with questions all the time about it and I don't have a good answer. >> Sure. 100%. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Anybody else got anything? Well, we got a motion to adjurnn. >> Move to second. >> By Amy, seconded by Travis. All those in favor say I. I >> meeting adjourned 550.
Um, so I just I don't I I care. I'm passionate. I have an educator's perspective. I I try to fill in the holes wherever I can to help out as best I can. >> All right. Ready for some questions, >> Lisa? >> Okay. I feel like I chose the worst question because everybody's answering it already. But why now? >> Um, why now? Because the need presented itself. It's not some It is something that I feel like since I moved I've kind of kept in the back of my mind as to would this be something down the road that I would be interested in. Um I'm kind of in I'm despite being here I'm kind of an introverted person. So at first like the idea of you know putting yourself out there can be a little bit scary but the more you show up the more you learn the easier it is especially when it's something you you care about.
So that's part of the work, but the tools are also so effective today and so much uh so powerful in in making this work so much better. So we've had to we've had a few vendors in and it's uh interesting because in one of the meetings we had and I had a follow-up meeting with uh the I with the two IT uh gentlemen, Louis one and and Jason the other and they both said to me, "Well, those tools are great." They said, "But they won't work if the the staff isn't willing to use them." They said, "What we have to make sure is we get the staff to feel like they're important and that they want they're going to buy in and be part of it." That's the first thing they said and they're absolutely right because but we're all working together to understand it and make the school safer and a better place.
Our budget's going to show from a 5.92 to a 6.667. six six seven but it is not new money to the town because that revenue is just shifting from our budget to the town budget. So the the taxes are not going to go up in the town because the board of edriation budget is going from the 5.92 to the 6.67. It's just going to be offset in a different spot. So that's why I have two numbers at a 5.92 and a 6.67. But by doing that, it's not increasing anything to the town. It's just moving money from one account to another account for revenue. I'm going to stop there and make sure we understand that because that's the most important thing that I want to talk about tonight that you understand that operationally we're at 5.92, but the revenue is going to change. So, it brings us to a 6.67, but it it it doesn't increase any taxes.
And you can see here that 70% of those grades that are earned by nth graders uh have been um A through C's. This next slide uh shows you what our focus has been uh for the beginning of this year. Uh we focused on professional learning, course offering and strategic purchases and targeted programming for our students. Um some of uh the targeted workshops have been focused specifically to address the needs of our English learner students. Um we have been focused in our professional learning uh on strengthening conceptual math uh for our students as well as foundational literacy skills and really providing um language access across all content areas. Um for course offerings we've um have intervention supports for our students as well as uh credit recovery um options for our for our students. In terms of expenditures, we have a remaining balance of approximately $7 million.
Thank everybody. >> Thank you everybody for being here. We're going to probably do this every three weeks or so so that we can get this out and there will be some meetings behind the scenes uh with key individuals so that we can get this all worked up. So, thank you for being here. We'll conclude this meeting. We'll uh start our next
>> Yeah. So with that, we'll take a recess until 6. >> Questions. Good. Thank you. a little bit. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> That was very informative. I love a lot. I'll stick with what I do though. >> Sure. You don't want to switch. >> Should we bring the other chairs in from the conference room? >> Sorry. You want to move this row down here. I was going to move these down. >> I don't know. That's >> mom. You want to go get some cookies? And there's also get one. I can't. >> Yes. Continental one. So um I think it's her seat and Ruth and Steve because Andrew and I were together. >> Yes, you are. >> So, Andrew and I are together. >> So, there'll be three seats. I can't >> No, I you know I just retired and I love I love baseball.
Totally agree. That's that's something we are always watching is cohort data, right? Is you don't want to roll up, you know, a cohort where 57% of the students are meeting the state standard, but that's absolutely we work with the principal and develop a plan to attack the deficits of the 43% while still enriching the 57% that are there. Um I'm very very excited that the last two years we have either been tied or beaten our East Valley peers in sixth grade ELA proficiency rates um on state testing. I'm hoping to repeat um not hope. Sorry we don't do that Dr. Ryan. We we don't hope we do it. Um and we're excited for those results. But again it's part of the transparency that he had mentioned. We are in the data constantly and it's going and talking to principles. Hey, tell us about this, you know, and just they know I feel like we've created great relationships with the buildings and they will call um, hey, can we borrow this person?
A lot of our questions are in relation to that to ensure the district is complying with the state laws and regulations that you're under. >> Okay. Thank you so much. >> Thank you for your time, Mr. Jumper. I appreciate it. And I also appreciate the fact that we as a district do this. I think it helps continue to project confidence in that at the end of the day we are doing what we are supposed to in the areas that we are supposed to be doing it. So I appreciate you and your time here today. This brings us to action items. Um we are on 7.1. Uh, I'm assuming we have no questions or comments from the board before I motion, but I will uh still give an opportunity for that. Um, audit approval specifically calls for a roll call vote. So, please wait for your name to be called and then verbally state your vote and enter it into the portal.
28 29 May 24th through the 26th. and 2930 May 23rd through the 25th. >> Well, look, we're we will choose we'll we'll up our date then. >> So, that's five years. It's a five year five years. >> Five years. >> Okay. Okay. >> Thank you. >> We will certainly take that into consideration and um make that an agenda item in our next uh committee for 2728. >> Excellent. >> Okay. >> Thank you guys. >> Oh, were we on the Thank you. Any more questions? Was there any more questions? Doc, you wasn't quite finished. Okay, you just said no, I'm just No, you No, I'm just kidding. Don't go back. But I just want to make sure. Was there any more questions? I didn't I didn't see that page up on there. Thank you. I appreciate it, Dr. Perkins. Okay. So, right now it looks like the calendar got all the hiccups out of it and and been shaped and molded and ready for our to come to us next week for approval.
And like I said I'm in I'm invested long term right? I want to see um the all of the all of the different levels of schooling be successful and I I want to help as weak as >> Jess >> when I got elected some people viewed my community relationships within the district as a weakness where I viewed it as a strength. Um, how do you view your own relationships? Um, what decisions are need to be made involving people that you know? >> Um, coming from the introverted side, I I am the type to hang back. Like I am definitely the type to like I'll have my notebook and I'll be taking my notes, but I tend to be more of an observer and um probably in part coming up my show will be a little bit more necessary. Um, but I think I'm capable of holding more than one perspective in um in my hands at the same time, right?
Uh and it takes it takes a culture and a changing of the mindset. You know, it's like if we can't wear our security badges, what makes you think we're going to wear our badges of safety badges and have the apps on our phone to make it safer? So, we got to change the things we already do and get that really good and then we're going to introduce all the new the new effective tools. Then we feel confident it can work. >> And I don't know why. So, I mean, I totally agree. But, I mean, >> but that's part of our work. That's an issue when you can just turn on the television every single day and see the reasons why. >> Oh, yeah. To be >> Yep. Yep. Yep. >> And proactive. >> Yeah. Well, it's extra challenging for us because we do activities throughout the outside outside of the school in the so the you know when kids are going out there and they got to come back in the building the doors locked.
It's just revenue that is moving to difference. I'm going to stop right there to make sure everybody understands that >> was last year's 6.62 operational >> and or was that also part of >> December 9th the December 9th increase? >> The December 9th increase was 6.62 but we did not it was operational. We did not know this at the time. So, if we knew, that's a great question, Kim. If we knew that at the time, it actually would have been almost a nine 9.2%. So, thank you for bringing that up. Everybody good? So, one of the things, and I'm glad that Mrs. Sini is here this evening is that you know you know there's always been a a charge um to really look creatively at how we handle things within a school district and one of the things that we looked at and Mrs. Simini and I have been working on it for about a year and we came up with a voluntary early retirement incentive and you've seen this slide before.
Um, and part of these expenditures have been investments in support staff uh to uh support the the work that we've been doing around um academic success for our students. Goal two is committed to providing our English learners with equitable access uh to highquality instruction. Um recognizing that multilingualism is an asset. Um we are committed to providing designated and integrated English language development to support language acquisition for our students. uh we want to provide scaffolded instruction to meet the various needs of different levels of uh our students as well as supporting uh by literacy pathways uh for our students. We want to provide um ongoing professional learning on effective EL strategies uh as well as culturally responsive teaching and differentiating uh for our English learners. One of uh the metrics that we look at um is similar to goal one which is uh performance on the standard standardized test espec uh currently we see that 34% of our students met ELA standard districtwide.
>> Yeah. So many years. >> Oh yes, I saw. Yeah, I know. That's what I need. Like I said, I'm I'm excited. I'm going to still get That's why I wanted to come. Yeah, I know. What is a big deal? >> You've got all that. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Uhhuh. Did everybody get their certificate? >> Yes. Come up and get your certificate if you haven't yet. Okay. >> How's everybody doing? Did everybody get cookies? >> Yes. >> Hey, help yourselves and make sure you check in over there with Mrs. Webas and Ma. Okay. >> Thank you. I Well, I know. Nothing crazy. What are you doing? So, when everybody's called up, you're going to line up Um, it'll start with preschool and go up to middle school. So, we'll be one of the last and then you just wait your turn and you just walk in and then this is Mr.
I need a PD for sixth grade over here. And we're just kind of it's a two-way communication that has been pretty phenomenal the last couple years. >> Great. Thank you. And again, you know, kind of going after um what Blake said, you know, I think the growth is amazing and I think it's, you know, I appreciate all the work that you guys have done and others involved. Okay, any other questions? Good. >> Sorry, I'm not done. Just one more thing. Um, so obviously I would love to see way more numbers. Most people would love to see way less numbers. Um, is is there I don't know if it's just kind of picking a few of these or can we get a a few numbers that summarize this and blast this and like send this out to parents, put it on social media, like let's let's get this out there.
Uh, does anybody have any comments before I motion? I motion to approve the fiscal year 2025 audit reports as presented. >> Second. >> That would be Mr. Glover seconding Vice President German. >> Yay. >> Board member Tiffany Schultz. >> Say yay audibly. Yeah. And then you can mark it in your portal. >> Yay. >> Uh board member Scott Glover. >> Yay. >> Board member Van Anna Van Hook. >> Yay. >> And uh board member Amanda Wade also is a yay. Let me maybe you did it. Motion carries 50-0. This brings us to 7.2, approval of GCFC professional staff certification and credentiing requirements. This is our second read.
Okay. All right. Great. So, that leads us to any old business. I think I um forgive me if I may be forgetting um but whatever happened with the MEC building the sale of that? Did I miss that? Oh, so where we're at is there's um their attorney and our attorney is still working on some contract agreements. So, yes, we have been >> Yes, they're they're still working that out. And I think originally originally I think he asked for a little bit of time anyways, but now we're just I mean think they asked for a little bit extended time, but the attorneys are >> Yeah, I did speak with the the the buyer and uh he you know obviously still interested. They he said they're just working on a few things between the attorneys. >> Nice. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Any other old business?
And that can be from being a teacher. Like I can see, for example, how a student cares about um their grade being an 89.4 instead of an 89.5 that gets them from the B+ to the A minus. But also be able to have the discussion of like, well, let's see what growth needs made. Let's see where we can go from here. Let's see what do we need to do to bring you from where you are to where you want to be. So, I'm I'm happy to create and build relationships. I'm happy to ask questions. I'm always happy to listen. Um I fully admit there's plenty of things I don't know and I'm always willing to ask questions to get help in educating myself along the way. >> Thank you. So, regarding budget decisions, talk to us about your process for analyzing budget spending, determining whether it's a worthy program or not.
What are the >> Yes. >> Yeah. So what is the procedure? So what becomes even more important that front gate and the gates on on the two sides because the the facilities have to be secured and we're we're looking at some changes to that as well because we know that that's a big part of it but it's a it's a big job and but I think it's become uh an issue that is uh uh becoming nearer to the top and not to mention some other uh important issues that are going on that we have to get more knowledgeable about and improve our understanding about that we're looking to do as well. So, it's an ongoing job and it's something we take we do take it serious >> and I'm I'm happy to see that there's a heightened awareness about it. So, I mean maybe it'll just you know continue >> you know no I agree and our our safe office and Mr.