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Um, and then the fourth being PSG. Uh, what we've done and and what's interesting is we're trying to maximize uh maximize the ability to save you money. When I was a superintendent, I learned the hard way. 16 years I had to do a building project every year or something. I inherited two schools that did not have any kind of pre preventive maintenance plans before I got there. They just waited till the bitter end and then we had to do we had to do something. So in that process while I was doing that kind of learned the tricks of the trade a little bit. So when I got hired at PSG, one of the things I talked to Jennifer about was reversing an approach or having an approach and we're doing it like I said and it's working real well uh this approach at Bedford, but we flipped it upside down instead of the company or whoever it is or that has that top down approach to the school and pretty much dictates or or or puts you in a position to listen and do kind of what they they say.
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Glad to answer any questions if you're ready. I'll do my best. >> I'll try. >> I didn't have any questions. You guys see anything? Motion to second claims payroll number 15. So move motion second. All those in favor claims and payroll say I. Any >> opposed? Motion passes. Financial summary. All right. Our 2026 cash flows uh for education and operations fund.
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But they're not voting on final budget. They're just voting on revenue that we've received for the achievement. So I'll go through that first. So our state state aid chapter 70 from uh this year is 42,612,739 which is a increase of 1,165,317. [clears throat] Our member community minimum contributions uh Andover 1,117,494 increase of 44,961. Lawrence is 1,764,291 increase 34,282. Mthuan 5,617,852 an increase of 500,352. North Andover 1,299,942 an increase of 46,386 for a total of 9,799,580 uh dollars from our uh community assessments. An increase of 985,981. Most of the community well all the communities have uh uh assessments have increased and mostly that's because of increased enrollment that's why their assessments have gone up and a little bit of increase based on uh states um uh minimum increase of about 2.5%. Uh so that uh is how we came up with those contribution. So uh nonfoundation revenues from the state um is 1,743,965 difference is 39,78.
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Now I would like to introduce validel student Valerie Alcant Sanchez who will lead us in the p pledge of allegiance tonight. Please stand. Place your right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin.
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Um, but like Iago, I had to do a bird voice and that was the most impossible thing to try to figure out. Can >> I get a little sneak peek of that? >> No. Having to act like a bird on stage even though like I really didn't have anything to do with like anything else other than just literally being a bird. That was very interesting. >> You mean bird? You didn't say any I mean it's a cartoon so I >> I was like talking normally but I had to sound like a bird and walk like a bird. So that was just a new experience. >> Walk and talk like a bird. >> Yeah. >> Was a very high pitch. >> Yeah. >> Like squat kind of. >> Okay. Kira. >> Okay. Um I'd say the hardest part about theater again tech week, but also um just like scheduling, especially if you have other activities and things like that.
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>> That's a good question. Um, I think at this point I've kind of settled more into the directing role, but I do enjoy still that idea of being in a show. And uh there may be some possibilities after I uh retire that maybe I can do a little bit more community theater or do something along those lines where I get to do develop my acting skills again. >> Yeah. And I mean in this play you do have a little bit a little part um and get to speak a little bit and kind of uh um get to be on stage like uh you were in the past and like you said uh um after retiring like what what does retirement look like for you? >> Um I'm not really sure at this point. I I'm not done doing something. I'm going to stay involved and as much as I can, I'll come back and support and help the students here.
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and uh we just want to congratulate you and thank you for taking that extra step for your students here in Gilbert public schools. So, thank you. Give him one more hand [applause] if you guys would turn around behind Mr. Stafford and he's going to form a line and shake hands with the governing board and then we'll stay for a picture right in front of them and we'll kind of line it back right here. >> Yeah. Isn't that great? >> Come on in and we'll fill in around you. >> We need a seating chart. I know. >> I know. You guys get in the middle. >> Oh. Oh, >> there you go. >> Anybody else? Time for pictures. [laughter] Ladies and gentlemen, National Board Certified Teachers. Thank [applause] you. Congratulations. Next, marching bands. If I could have director Matt Kak up here from Camp Over Verie High School, that'd be great.
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uh you know because that's their area. What we've done is flipped it. We look at it I look at it from the superintendent and school board's point of view up. So what I do mainly is I'm the pain in the butt just in the office with these guys and I I laugh about that because I tell them all the time as we're looking through this that's not going to fly in a school type deal. So uh we look out we you know we look out a lot for the interests interest of the school and we love I love my my career was in small and rural uh schools so I love to have the opportunity to come into rural schools to help them uh to help drive cost down. Uh when you see and again um when you see as part of when you hire an architect group there's a time and place where you need an architect.
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Um, again, I'll be glad to answer any questions. It's kind of our first uh I guess my first go at fresh cash flows for a new year. So, u a lot of help from Dr. this put together and there might see some tweaks uh in the next month or or so. Uh we will be talking about specifically for the education fund uh coming up soon. We'll have to uh submit our estimates for fall ADM. So depending on once we get together and and have those discussions, some of the the revenue numbers for the education fund may change a little bit. But really, as far as as far as that goes, that's obviously the only thing I can anticipate that might change at this point. reserve the right to make changes. >> All right, there's no questions or concerns on the financial summaries cash flows. We'll move on to HR.
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Um so our total uh from the state is uh 1,743,965 increase of 39,788 member community assessment for nonfoundation for the town of Andover 80,612 uh plus of 3,115 Lawrence 2,143,614 an increase of 51,23 3 [snorts] McDthan 81,182 an increase of 64,963 North Andover uh 93,73 an increase of 29,192 total assessments is 3,119,181 uh which is an increase of 148,473 Three, total nonfoundation revenue 6,963,146 increase of 2,288,261 for a total revenue uh of n uh 59,375,465. Uh a total increase of 4,439,559 and uh a breakdown on nonfoundations. You turn to the next page, you'll see what nonfoundation uh uh contributions represent. So nonfoundation includes net busing for Mthuan was 427,000 uh excuse me for and over 43,039 Lawrence 1,143,493 Mthuan 427,758 North Andover 50,666 and the total 1,665,365 5 OPED Trust Fund Andover 2584 Lawrence 68,724 Mthuan 25,686 North Andover 36 for a total of $100,000 fixed assets and over $25,844 Lawrence 687,263 Mthuan 256,8 857 North Andover 30,63 for a total of 1 million and long-term debt service and over 9,144 Lawrence 243,161 Mthuan 90,882 in North Andover 10,637 a total of 353,825 total nonfoundation is uh and over 87 thou we went through this already but um which gives us a total of 1,198,16 Lawrence 3,97,95 6,419,35 North Andover 1,393,715 total 12,918,761.
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. That was beautiful. Thank you for doing it both in English and Spanish. Wow. Well, thank you. We have a certificate for you. Will board vice president Yolanda Rodriguez Pam please read the certificate? >> Yes.
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Um, my hardest role was definitely Ann. Um, figuring out how to portray her, not only portraying a child, but also a child going through such a horrible thing. And memorizing the lines was difficult as well because she she doesn't have a ton of lines, but her lines are very very long, and a lot of them don't connect at all. She just goes on random tangents all the time. um because it is her diary. It's her thoughts, her feelings. So, a lot of it doesn't connect with the actual storyline. So, I'd say that portraying that and trying to memorize that and play her accurately was probably the hardest thing I've had to do. >> Um, out of doing so many plays or musical, what maybe at practice or even during a play or musical, what's like a funny moment you can remember? H >> um I'd say Susicle just as a whole.
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Uh I want to be at their activities, uh support them, but um I think I've got some other directions I'm going to be going as well and maybe doing a little bit more volunteering or some things ministry related, but there's just a lot of openings for me. So, >> yeah. Um and kind of uh this decision, it's I mean it's it's a huge decision for every single person when they uh get to their older age. like what what is kind of like the thing that kind of drew you towards oh I think this is my time like what was that final like >> I think several factors went into it um one this is year 30 for me uh teaching and before that I did eight years of college admissions so um I'm at that point where I can go in a different direction and look at uh other changes um I think my uh my mother with some health issues it would be nice to be able to have a little more time to to to help her out and she lives in Colorado.
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You can bring everybody if you'd like. [applause] How are you? So every year for marching band there's competitions and if you've ever participated in marching band, if you've ever watched, if you've ever got a glimpse of uh these folks work extremely hard and it's not once a week, it's probably seven days a week. We're not supposed to do it on Sundays, but I'm sure some kids are at home doing some things. And I know as a teacher, you're always working it. And so this year, Camp Overdie High School finished first place at the Amba Class AA state finals, and they are state champions. Please give them a hand. [applause] Their director, Matt Kak, [applause] you want to introduce who you have here or let them introduce themselves and talk a little bit? >> Yeah, I'll let them introduce themselves. >> Hi, I'm Audrey. I'm a senior and I'm one of the color guard captains.
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There's a time and place you need construction management and there's a time and a place you need just engineering. And the traditional way what I found is you do a project $10 million project you know then you have you know a n a percentage like 9% you always see is the architect fee out of that project and then you'll have a construction management company comes in and they take you know another four or five% of the project of their fees. So I looked at that those layered those are layered markups. It's like how can we how can we eliminate that? So that's why what I'm saying that's why we went to a targeted approach to where we we do everything in house. When we need an architect, it doesn't matter. We use the architect for what we need them for, not generically for the whole thing because you're paying for the whole thing.
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resignations. >> Goes, >> we have a resignation of Julie Gogleski as a cook at Southwood High School. That's effective 320. And then Emily Gibson as a cook at Northfield High School and that's effective 225. Employment. Tabitha Klene, assistant tennis. Uh, Southwood High School affected immediately. These look like they're all affected immediately at Southwood. Um, Amy Powell, Clay Target for Southwood or Northville High School. Lucas Hertford, the livestock coach for FFA, Northville High School. Morgan Lloyd, assistant baseball, uh, Southwood High School. Leon Fast, North High School for junior high softball. Melissa Allen, junior high softball. Northfield High School. Emily Meyers, junior high softball for Northfield High School. Taylor Wilson, junior high softball at Northfield. Jeff Springer, Clay Target, Southwood High School. Todd McKillip, junior high baseball at Northfield High School. Kale Adman, track, Northfield High School. Kyle Olswalt, track, Northville High School. Daniel Whitman, junior high track, Northville High School.
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So just uh so you can get some understanding of how foundation uh how it's calculated versus uh nonfoundation. So non-foundation money is based on the number of students we have. So if you look down below the more students you have the more you pay towards nonfoundation. So uh if you look below you'll see that Andover uh is 2.6 of our population. Lawrence 68.7% Mthuan 25.7 North End over 3% which is a total of 100%. So these numbers are based on those percentages. Uh but when it comes to foundation uh contributions that is based on uh affordability. So based on um what a community can afford to pay based on the state formula. And that's why you see uh on these numbers you see where Mthuan's uh assessments are higher than Lawrence because the state determines that they have more affordability with regards to uh funding the educational expenses of of their students to our schools.
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Um Isuza Unified School District Certificate of Recognition is Polly to present Valerie Aantab Sanchez for leading the pledge of allegiance at the Isuza Unified School District Board meeting February 24th 2026 signed by Superintendent Arurga and board president Sandra Benvidas. And that was really beautiful in English in Spanish. >> Thank you. >> Beautiful. Will my colleagues join me in the center of the room for a photo? Good morning. Thank you. Moving on to item 2.1, approval of agenda. Can I have a motion to approve the agenda, please? >> Motion to approve. >> Second motion.
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>> Yeah, >> the rehearsals were always so much fun. >> And then the Bird Girls, >> we were very we were all very close. Yeah, >> we also like made a ton of nicknames for everyone. Um like everyone's character for literally no reason. And even this show, we have like random story lines that we always throw in there. Like like me and Kaye are always like somehow married. Um, like they just like get we have like so many random little plots that have nothing to do with the show, >> but it's it's very fun to just like interact with everyone and like when we're supposed to be like fake talking, we are making up the most diabolical stories that like have literally no sense. So, >> I think like interacting when we're like and just making things up is very fun. >> And there's always there's always the mishaps of mics being on backstage.
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So, I'm going to stay here in Kansas, but I might make more trips to Colorado to help my mom uh help my sister take care of my mom. So, yeah, there's those. And then, um >> just seeing uh I I feel like >> uh it's time to just kind of simplify and try new things. So, >> yeah. So, it's just more of a retiring uh from being a teacher in different aspects and just uh kind of just a new chapter in your life. >> Exactly. >> So, it's not you're not flat out retiring. you're just not going to sit in a recliner and watch sports. >> I would drive myself crazy if I did that. >> Uh but it's just retiring from the teaching aspect and kind of uh living Road Armor's life. >> Yes. >> So um but um what's one of like a very special moment uh being in a play and a very special moment being a teacher or directing one?
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