And Kaylin is one of those that's going to be missed, right? It is with 1,100 students on campus, a huge compliment to Kaylin is like she is seen every single day. Um whether it's offering a fist bump, whether it's uh at lunchtime walking around with peers, just saying hi to people. Uh as a student athlete, she just finished her her basketball season, right? I would go to the basketball games, in warm-up, she's encouraging her teammates, kind of just those words of encouragement to get them hyped up. She is everywhere on our campus. She's taken photos of the seventh grade basketball game before playing in her basketball game. At the band dinner concert the other night, she is hustling. I actually had to tell her, Kaylin, the line's long. Can you just slow down just a little bit while we get caught up on the burgers?
While I mentioned those other goals, I do want to note that I'm not touching on those other goals primarily tonight. If you have questions about them, you can. But I'm specifically speaking to goal three. Goal three, which addresses Pelum Elementary, um must similarly reflect the current context in the discipline sequencing of work that you see reflected in those other goals. So when goal 3 was originally drafted, the fiscal context in December reflected one set of projections. However, it was in January, following updated level service calculations and us having a clearer understanding of municipal constraints um that that fiscal reality kind of shifted a little bit. The updated level service figures clarified the magnitude of the structural pressures specifically that are facing the town of Pelum and inherently the school district. Um, Pelum Elementary School represents a significant portion of the town's overall budget and the enrollment pattern, staffing configuration and program structure are directly connected to the broader municipal financial landscape.
Um, if we had had recognized the full amount, if I I'd put the correct uh amount in the budget, um uh we would have had to make more cuts, right? So, at the end of the day, we're going to get through this year, um but next year we're going to have to recognize that increase. Um, so hopefully again, if health insurance levels off after this year and the next year comes together, um there's some hope that that that will um come to a better place. So, excuse me, getting to the district wide budget, this is completely unchanged from the last version I shared. The same drivers exist. Everything is very much the same. There's not that much that changes in this piece. It's almost entirely salaries that exist. All health insurance and all dental insurance and benefits sit within the schools, so they don't sit within the district office.
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Um, but I also understand that, you know, yeah, we made a decision and other districts made a decision knowing where we were at. And so that's kind of not there's a part of me that's like, well, those other districts should have made a different decision. Well, that's that's where I I would say, but I also think it's really hard to have >> eight weeks of five day weeks with no break at all, especially when we've had, you know, two weeks of spring break, come back and have a 4 day week and then another day off for Easter. I think that's and that makes also makes it the longer quarter at the end. And I think those two things together, no break and having more days makes the end of the year, which is already a bit of a hard slog. People are tired. They have worked really hard all year and kids are, you know, ready for a break.
She is giving orders, she's telling people where to go, she is doing it, right? Kaylin is absolutely amazing on our campus. I can't say enough things about her. Kaylin, thank you for being a Spartan. Thank you for leading by example. Thank you for all you do for the last 2 years. We're going to miss you. Congratulations to Kaylin Selvy. >> [applause] >> And who did you bring tonight? See some people filming you over there. Uh I brought my family with me. Thank you so much, guys. I love you so much. Thank you for coming. >> [applause] >> Let's hear it again for our points of pride from Spartan Nation. Thank you, everybody. Thank you, Mr. Potts. Now Mr. Bannick, while we're switching the slide, if Mr. Bannick from Higley High and his admin team would come on up, let's give a round of applause for the Higley High points of pride.
While fiscal conditions do not predetermine outcomes regarding the school, they do require that we focus our work in a certain way and that we carefully sequence our work and ground it in a clear understanding of what our programmatic realities are. Additionally, the select board established the Pelum Elementary School Futures Committee to study options for educating Pelum students. Dr. Z has been named as a member of that community and will participate when the work formally begins. It is not full fully begun yet, but it is in progress. Although the futures committee has not yet launched, its creation reinforces the importance of ensuring that the district's programmatic review is structured and disciplined before broader municipal conversations continue. For that reason, the revision to goal three represents a refinement in scope rather than a complete departure from her original intent of the goal. So, it's not comp like completely getting rid of the goal, getting rid of the intent that was there to begin with, but making sure it's more clear um what she intends to do here.
So, when [clears throat] we get into Berlin Berlin Memorial, uh the only big change there is health insurance. So, uh it did come down significantly from the last. Again, we've gone from 11.06% to 9.74%. Uh some of our um potential decreases in uh out-of-district tuition will happen at Berlin Memorial, so there's there'll be some little uh changes there. So, then we get into the operating assessment. This is This was not shared last time. So, each assessment line item, uh, is below. You have the budget, uh, Berlin Memorial share of the of the district-wide budget, um, for a total budget. You then take out the regional agreement specifies a formula for how chapter 70 and 71 are allocated. So, that is allocated to the schools to get into a total assessment amount. At the end of this presentation, you will see year-to-year differences. So, I don't reflect it here.
You have three minutes to address the planning commission. Hello, Town Sberg. Again, I'll be extremely brief. Hopefully uh you can address the uh if you have two units to the have to be touching in R2A question uh on a lot of 5,000 square feet or more. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Stalberg. We can uh planner dio will I'll ask the question in just a minute if that's okay. All right, manager Kelly, are we done with remote participants? Sorry, >> there are no further. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Uh therefore, I will close the public hearing and read the motion. Uh the proposed motion is the Ann Arbor City Planning Commission recommends that the mayor and city council approve the resoning of 359 and 371 South Wagner Road from R1D single family to R2A 2 family. Moved by Commissioner Mill, seconded by Commissioner Lee. That brings us into discussion.
Um I I think that makes it very challenging and I think for every if we do change it for every person we benefit, there will be someone that it will be a disadvantage. So, it's the decision was made and and we got a lot of community input to do it. And so, I I I don't see that there's a a great need to change it in in my opinion. >> But the question is with the community engagement, they didn't have two options of two weeks and two weeks. They had one option of two weeks and the rest were one week. So, my question is if we provided two options of two weeks, which one would win? 8th to the 15th or the 15th and the 22nd? I don't know if we have the ability to get that information or if we have to make this decision tonight, but um >> I I would not prolong this decision one way or the other.
All right, there we go. Uh thank you, Superintendent Lotsenheiser, um President Wade, members of the board, and thank you all of you for being here tonight. Um we are are celebrating four individuals here tonight for Higley High School um and we could easily celebrate so many more. We have so many people that we can thank and honor for being a member of our Higley family. We are super proud to be able to honor these people here tonight. They are well deserved. We are just going to dive right into it. First of all, I'll introduce myself. My name is Brian Bannick. I am the proud Higley principal. With me is Mr. Aaron Dilly. He is our assistant principal and athletic director. And the first person that I'm going to let Mr. Dilly introduce tonight is Colonel David Vaughn. >> [applause] >> All right, it's truly a pleasure to be recognizing this great man.
The updated goal clarifies that the work will be completed by May 26, a timeline that was not included in the original goal and that represents the foundational phase of a comprehensive programmatic review. This foundational phase is going to include establishing baseline enrollment and staffing data, identifying program strengths and areas of pressure, engaging various stakeholders, synthesizing the findings that comes out of that work, and presenting clearly defined next steps specific to continued programmatic review. Um, this revision incorporates feedback not only from the January 27th meeting, but other feedback that Dr. has received in her work clarifies evidence of completion and makes explicit that the next steps are really tied directly to advancing that programmatic review. Importantly to note that this work is not going to conclude in May 2026. The foundational review completed this spring is going to serve as a framework for deeper programmatic analysis and the broader picture as we move into the 2026 to 2027 school year.
I reflect that at the end. It's sort of the pièce de résistance at the end, if you will. So, then when we get into Boylston Elementary, you will see a small change, um, in instruction and support. We actually had, um, a retirement that impacted salaries a little bit there. Uh, you will see insurance has come back from, um, uh, a little bit from the prior. You will also notice, so my error was not as big as 62% in terms of last year's budget. You will see that Tahanto's increase is much smaller. I also rebuilt some of the allocations. Um, I am not sure what was used previously to allocate health insurance to the various schools, but it was very off of sort of employee count, so I tied that to employee counts at the schools. So, it changes things a little bit. If you look to the net, it doesn't change the net to each town because Tahanto's strict shrinks significantly, the towns have a little bit different allocation.
And if someone wants to pose um Mr. Stalberg's question. Planner Dio has an answer and we could start there or if someone else wants to kick off. Uh we can start where you'd like to start. >> Start there. >> All right. Uh Commissioner Hammer Smith uh asks that planner Dio uh respond to Mr. Stalberg's question. >> Thank [clears throat] Thank you. The R2A district allows both single family homes and two family homes or duplexes. So you can uh as long as you meet the lot area calculations uh per dwelling unit, you can develop either a single family home or a two family home or with enough lot area some combination of those. If you are going to develop a duplex or two family home, it must those units must attach to meet the definition of a two family building. And it has somewhat also to do with the building code.
That's just my opinion. I mean, I don't I like has been stated, this decision was made. I mean, if you guys want to go back and reconstitute all the calendars, you can do that. That's within your authority, but I think you'll make a an issue of a week much bigger. Then we're going to start debating a lot of things related to a calendar and I don't know if that's something you'd like to do right now. >> The calendar is one of the most controversial decisions that we make. >> Yes. I get to vote on it in Mesa all the time. So it's okay. I just I'm I would think that the 8th to the 15th if the Gilbert population had the opportunity to vote on those two weeks back three years ago that probably would have been >> well I I will say there I'm sure there was discussion in those committees those four different committees about what the calendar looked like and why it looked that way.
Colonel David Vaughn exemplifies the very best of what Higley's points of pride represents through his unwavering commitment to students, service, and leadership. Through his dedication, Colonel Vaughn has built a highly competitive, disciplined, and values-driven AFJROTC program that constantly challenges students to achieve excellence. His leadership has guided the Higley AFJROTC drill team to multiple consecutive state championships. Three. About to be four. A testament to his high standards, meticulous preparation, and belief in his cadets' potential. Beyond the AFJROTC program, Colonel Vaughn extends his impact across the entire campus by supporting a wide range of clubs and organizations and their philanthropic and service initiatives, modeling selflessness and community responsibility. He routinely sacrifices personal and family time to ensure cadets are prepared for practice, competitions, and leadership opportunities, never seeking recognition for his own efforts. Colonel Vaughn carries himself a daily example of integrity, professionalism, and servant leadership. His influence reaches as far beyond awards and trophies.
It establishes clarity and structure so that our future conversations will be more informed by data, stakeholder voice, and the educational priorities that we have. And Dr. Z views these changes as minor in structure but very vital in maintaining clarity and alignment within her goals within her work across districts. Uh they ensure responsible sequencing of work while preserving the original intent of conducting a comprehensive student- centered programmatic review of Pelum Elementary School. and she does welcome your discussion and feedback. Once again, I'm open to try to answer the questions that I can. I will let you know if I am unable to answer them. And I really did share this original goal and suggested revised goal just so you can kind of see how some of it carries over into the next one. I will leave it up while I speak, but I I can accept questions or comments um at this time.
So, um, it does even out quite significantly. Uh, Boylston's, uh, elementary operating assessment, Very much the same as Berlin's. You start with the school budget, district share, uh, take out their share of chapter 70, their share of chapter 71, and you get to, uh, the Boylston elementary assessment. Again, we'll go over that a little more later. Tahanto's. Tahanto goes from 7.32 to the 6.46% you see. Uh, they definitely had a decrease in benefits and insurance. You will see that's at 9.54%, so much smaller sort of increase than the others. Uh, tuitions, uh, and in charges, um, that is a a slight decrease from our last iteration. That will decrease in the next iteration as well, as well as transportation. So, uh, there will be some savings for both towns out of Tahanto next year when you factor in the assessment split. Or in the next iteration.
But the because both types of uses are permitted, both structures are permitted. >> Thank you, Planner Deo. Do we have any other discussion on this matter? Commissioner Lee, thank you. U this looks pretty straightforward to me. follows the comprehensive land use plan um currently in the 2009 plan. So, I'll be supporting it. Thank you. >> Thank you, Commissioner Lee. Planner Bennett, what are we receiving? >> I'm sorry I didn't pass that out earlier, but um the um property owner Martin here who's in the audience, he delivered these to city hall to share with the um planning commissioners. I believe these are examples of homes that you have built. Yes. Built across the city of Ann Arbor. So, they're meant to be a reference or an example of um the type of work that he's done before in the past. >> All right. Thank you. Any other commissioner comments or discussion?
So I would say it was more than just a vote. I mean, it was presented and from what I remember of attending the parent superintendent council, you know, parents got to put their input. They could look at the calendar and give their input. So, it wasn't just a yes, two weeks and or no, one week. It was I'm sure there was discussion at that time to give input. >> Okay. I was just making the point that the option wasn't presented. So, >> well, >> yeah. And I would philosophically I'm definitely different on on this um than you Jill. I think that the the the default the inclination is definitely to not change things unless there's a good reason to. But I would never say we're not going to change things no matter what ever because we got community input. And I would also say you didn't get community input because at the time, the only reason why we're talking about this is because every other district chose to to have it on the 8th at the time.