Last year as a seventh grader, I was the treasurer and she would come in at lunch. She would help us write our announcements for the week. She would help us plan rallies. She would help us with just a lot of things that otherwise would not be done as well. And um if she had to be split up into multiple schools, she might not be able to do those things and be able to give such care and um be able to help as well as um well, like I said, I really believe that the need for PE teacher in each school is abundant and the care that she gives is if we miss a day of PE, instead of like marking our grade down, she'll give us a Google doc on a certain Olympic sport that we might not have heard of, but we read the articles and we take the thing.
This means that both parties are only a half% away from settling this contract. CAP believes that BUD can afford the cost this year and the ongoing cost of affordable health care for educators. This year, BUSD is eligible for a discretionary block grant of $350 ADA, equivalent to nearly 1.9 million. In Governor Nuome's January budget proposal, he is increasing education funding funding for 2627 by 22 billion over this year. for BUSD. That means 8.1 million more in unrestricted and 3.4 million more in restricted funding. This is in addition to the 2.41% COLA to the LCSF funds. Management needs to include this revenue in their multi-year projections and share it with the trustees and CAB. All of this is more than enough to pay for CATAB's proposal and to ensure Beressa remains a district that can attract and retain the best educators for our students. Management representatives told CABB that the trustees had only authorized a 2% increase in payroll cost for these negotiations.
Why not have the university come with skin in the game to start up your own program and then come back to legislation and say, "Hey, start up this program pretty successful. Can you help us up?" So [clears throat] I I agree with what you just said because I I think that's exactly what we are trying to do. Uh we are this year we are doing the program without any state funding and our goal is to try to raise 3 million for the NIL program just based on private funding. So that's the first step which which sounds consistent with what what you're asking us to do. Then if I understood the bill correctly, it would be to create an endowment for long-term investment in NIL. And I and what we were trying to say is if the state puts up a million then we would try to raise a million because I think that's what the structure is.
Just last week u we sent two individuals to the emergency room with extremely high medical emergency high uh blood pressures that would never have been diagnosed if they hadn't come in that day. We're also detecting untreated diabetes, lung disease extreme. I saw a case of catatonia in a teenager that I have never seen before, not even in my training um in the early days after the wildfire. And luckily, we had on-site mental health providers there. So, the impacts of the wildfires did not end in 2023. They are ongoing and this study is really helping to provide care, not only to research the important things to follow as these um folks try to deal with the devastation. Mahal. >> Thank you very much. Uh Jordan reused on Zoom >> not present on Zoom. Chair. >> Okay. Thank you. We go to uh Ruben Joz. Sorry. Thank you.
Has a lane. Good block. What a block on defense. Wow. Angel Gonzalez coming back. Showing his strength. Comes back out to Boomfield again. Deep three. No rebound. Where is it? Gonzalez got it. Wow. Gonzalez checking into the game, making his impact throw quite early. Finds Frell. Farrell inside. Who's there? Shot good. Nice transition there. Alo Rodriguez Bayz. He knocks it down. Knocks the lead down to one. 76 now in favor of the Bengals. Here's a deep three off the mark. That was number 20 taking that shot. He's just checked in. And here you go again. Number 20 is Nathaniel Rivera. And here is number 30 on transition. That's Vil Samho. Vlho gets the ball back inside trying to find a teammate. Here is Angel Gonzalez knocking it down. Gonzalez showing his strength more on defense and offense. First lead of the game for the Mustangs up 8-7.
The next thing is our Bearded Food Pantry. So, if you've not seen that, that's a picture in the bottom right hand corner. That was all community donated. So, we took the food drive and basically we're providing a food for all of our families within the junior high. It's something that we send out a Google form, they fill it out and then they just show up at the school and our kids and our staff are picking those items for them. We have things in there as far as people donated homemade birthday cakes where you can like birthday cakes for students who would never get one that doesn't even require students to even have an oven. Like we've thought through the process of we have some people who live in campers, they don't have an oven or a stove. So, we make sure that we provide those items for them to have what they need.
I understand what that's for. If we need it, then I'm absolutely in favor of it. But I will call to people's attention even when Amy Peretti had worked so hard and when Amy Pedi had um not been u part of the executive branch of the school committee. I don't remember them saying, "Oh my gosh, we need a mediator so we can all work collaboratively." That bothers me because we've talked over and over on the school committee how we need to pull together as a team. We should focus on what's good for the children. We need to find money for teachers and so so on and so forth. And then there's a motion to reconsider and restructure by a member which tells me that person is not happy with the way the reorganization came down. I just wanted to state that seems troublesome to me and I don't even have kids in the school system but I did teach for years and years and I was really hoping that we could like move forward and not look backwards and we have a new superintendent coming.
She is integral part of cup connection and the boss team and I can't think of a more deserving student. Miss Wonder teacher, she said that Jeannie is the most helpful, kind student. She has a positive attitude and such a hard worker. She's always been heavily involved in FFA and Cup connections throughout high school. Though she doesn't get much spotlight, she definitely makes an impact on our campus and inspires others to do better. And Mr. Steven Whitmore says, "Gean has been a a lot of positive, sorry, Gan has made a lot of positive changes in her life since being in high school. She is a positive student who is always willing to help those around her. She is one of the first to volunteer for a project in class and is a huge asset to the A department at Anderson." So, Genie Nice to meet you.
Well, take the quiz and if we get it right, we get our full credit and how a test works. Oh, Jacob, I'm I'm so sorry to interrupt you, but my my phone was on silent and that your your time is inspired. >> Thank you. >> All right. Now that I know the last name, I'm going to call Stacy Crossy. Okay. Hello friends. My name is Daisy Kraussy. I have been a parent at Lassima Elementary for 8 years now. When I first came to Lassuma, I spent two full days volunteering of the 5-day week in classrooms that I felt needed extra help. Specifically, my son's classroom, first grade, Jacob's classroom, and also RTI. So, as I watched the board meeting last week, I was really concerned with two things that were brought up for possible um cutting back in that particular department. One specifically, PE. Um Jacob and his brothers did not grow up in a home where we watch sports.
Armed with this enlightening budgetary information, it's time that the district bargaining team receive the authority to pay for this proposal. Let's make Berasa Union School District the best. And it looks like I'm a little bit out of time. I don't know if I 15 I'll have to maybe I could have time to read. I have some valentines for you trustees from some of our members and it has a heart to fund health care for educators. So I have one of our members says health care is important to our family at a rate where I am not having to reduce my take-home pay. Please keep us in mind. Happy Valentine's Day. Please help my co-workers support their family medical cost. Love Barry as a teacher. I need health care for my family and I thank you. As educators, we find it increasingly difficult to balance our commitment to our students with a rising financial burden of providing health care for our families.
If I'm wrong I apologize but that's what I thought the intent was. >> Let me just clarify this bill is not a university bill. This bill is uh our bill that was introduced and uh it was done so that there would be a uh pot of money that would be consistent over the years because you cannot touch the corpus of the endowment. You have to leave it there. instead of giving five million every year to them, it would be a onetime five million and the requirement is that they match the five million. So there would be 10 million in the corpus and then they would get the interest from that going forward. Um as as long as there's such a thing as NIL at such time the NIL does not exist then the money would be reverted back to the state. >> Thank you. Just so you understand, >> Senator Wakai, >> I'm trying to understand the magnitude of what the ask is here because I mean $10 million seems like a lot of money, but in reality it's not a lot of money.
Stephanie Vill Vill Villa Lobos not here. Christopher Nightsbridge. >> [clears throat] >> Uh hello everybody. Um I'll try to make it quick because we got a minute, but my name is Dr. Christopher Nightsbridge. Um I have two roles. I work as a clinician at Lahina. I fly out every single week to work um 100% with fire survivors. I'm also the mental health team lead with our study. Um a couple questions you may have. So why do we need more money? Um basically we need more money to expand. Right now we have about 2,000 um participants. 200 of them are children. I want 2,000 children. I want um at least 800. If you give us this money, we can re we can definitely reach that. That's a very achievable goal. Um another thing I really want to emphasize is we hear the word study. We are not really a study.
Shot. No. Off the mark. Comes off the backboard. It ought to be Clifton Ball. >> It was out of field. That >> means here is Pharaoh dribbling up. >> Little shaky start for Clipton, but they've settled in. Now lead 8-7. But a turnover there as number 44 comes away with it for Bluefield. Deep three in and out. Rebound comes out. Nice rebound there by Albero Rodriguez. Bayz finds Gonzalez off the mark. Rebound. Where is it? Hansen nearly had it. Farrell fighting for it. Comes out to Bluefield transition points. Got to be careful here. Want to play defenses. Number 23 carries up the court. That's Max Perkin. Perkin again. Yes, with the put back. Nice assist there by number 12. That was a great assist underneath the basket. Finding a teammate. That was Jordan Curry. And now here is again the aformentioned Bayz. Bayz defended well inside.
Some of that you can't see, too, is like items such as hygiene things. So, laundry detergent, soap and things like that that are also on there. So, that just constantly keeps getting restocked through community efforts. We've had some like Detillo's Food Services also like sometimes they have extra product, they'll donate that and deliver that to their food truck and then we'll provide that in our food pantry as well. The other thing that you'll see is the new outdoor seating options. So, that's going to get ready to roll. We've already got several of those donated through Mr. Fagan's space on the side of the building. We've got all new benches donated because the other ones through the Eagle Scout project were wooden and started to kind of fall apart. So, all those have been donated. Same thing with the red tables. We're going to start having like an outdoor seating lunch option for 7th and 8th grade students because we have a new recess model that we're trying with that.
We have a fantastic interim superintendent and there seems to be um and maybe I'm reading it wrong, but my take is there's some strife. And if everybody pulls in the same direction, has the same goals in mind, I have to say I'm absolutely thrilled that it was a unanimous decision for the new superintendent. And that's not all that common um to have everybody vote in one direction. So with that, I'll let it go. I hope that if you do get a mediator, you find a fantastic one and we can just dust duff dust stuff off our feet and head in a single-minded direction on what's best for these kids. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. >> Any other persons for public comment? All right, come on up.
>> Congratulations. >> OKAY, now we will go into close session. We'll get as quick as we can. So much folks out here. Okay, we'll now open this meeting up for the regular session. Uh, we have flag left by Megan. Please stand. To the flag of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> We get a motion to approve the agenda. So move >> second. All those in favor. >> I in close session. The board unanimously adopted a resolution pursuant to a code 44929.21 and authorized the district to notify seven teachers from their probationary positions. In close session unanimously, the board voted to adopt the safety plan. Government code 54957. Uh it's just responsive and that's always close session. different representatives.
We're doing other things. So, it was been really awesome seeing all my children go through the program and learn sports that they maybe would not have learned before had they been with just a regular teacher. love the teachers, but it is really hard to plan um sporting activities and new things when you're trying to just go between all the other educational classes that you're having to teach. So, I believe that um of course none of the programs none of none of us want to cut anything, right? Because we just want to build we love our kids so much. But I would strongly caution you um to look higher above the educator level if it's possible and also maybe those positions that don't have effect on every single student and every single teacher which the PE program does affect every student and every teacher. Also my passion for RTI um that is a very important class.
ensure care for children includes teachers children. We have enough to pay for in this expensive area. So I'm going to hand these off to you and then my colleagues will come up and read some more of our cards. Appreciate your time. >> Thank you. Um next up is Linda Simony. Hi, I'm Linda Simone, Brook Tree teacher. I have more volunteer to share with you. Dear B USD trustees, have a heart. Please show love to our educators through real support, fair pay, health care, and the conditions they need to keep caring for students with hope. Respected district board members, thank you for considering better health care benefits for our teachers. Rising health care costs are breaking teachers hearts. Teachers who feel supported are better able to support our students in learning, making the whole school district a su successful community. I hope the district will take care of its teachers just like we take care of our students.
When the University of Texas pays Arch Manning $6 million, poof, it's gone with one kid in one year. I mean [laughter] it no matter how much money we give you, are we ever going to be competitive with like the power five kinds of conferences? Are we just throwing money after hope that we are going to be kind of mediocre in the grand scheme of of athletics? >> That's why we have set our target to be the best we can be at the level that we're at as I I don't think of it as mediocre in athletics. I think of it as being very successful in the Mountain West Conference, the Big West Conference, the teams that we play against, and because of the way college sports is structured, if you do really well at the level that you're at, it does give you opportunities to go on and compete at the highest level.
We do collect data and and research, but we do um arguably as much intervention and treatment as we do research and data. So, we don't just they come in and we find out something's wrong with something's wrong. We don't just say, "Okay, see you." We make sure they get all the help humanly possible. Um, you can ask me questions later if you want. Thank you. >> Thank you, Christopher. Uh, Martina Kamaka, not here. That's all that that I have that asks to that we're going to be testifying. Is there anyone else here in the room that would like to speak quickly? 30 seconds. >> Excuse me, chair. We have someone on Zoom that would like to participate. Okay. Well, let me take this one first and then we'll get to the Zoom. Go ahead. Please identify yourself. >> Aloha. Mahalo. My name is Sam Dutra.