Good job by Lucy Parsons to get that. Parsons turn around tries to get the ball to Pelletier. The ball's still loose. Illingsworth is on it and Minnechaug comes away with it. But yeah, they're they're literally playing a man down against us and they're just face guarding Mac when we do that that open that open player. Ball gets Minnechaug breaks the gets the ball over the restraining line and Minnechaug will will start up their offense. I look down. I don't know who has the ball right now. I think Taylor has the ball. Taylor goes in, gets the ball knocked away by uh Yeah, Mac Whitmer knocks the ball away. Taylor goes in, stepped inside the crease. And now the Spartans have Looks like Minnechaug is not even attempting to press. Yeah, well they're getting into a little bit of a zone, but give Kylie a head of steam and Kylie should just be able to run right through that.
Yeah, that's that's helpful. Though, are any of the expenses in either of these departments going to be capital improvement related? Is there any capital improvement that's going to happen in any of these department? >> None of this is uh this doesn't impact capital improvement. It's not part of our net school spending. >> That's fine. Thank you. >> Just a side note, capital improvement um will always be put in as a separate vote. Uh any further questions on budget transfers, Mrs. Ferris? >> I think that very first one um is for repairs to the >> Are you talking to the mic, please, Mrs. Ferris? >> to the automatic HVAC system. $150,000 to the HVAC system. [snorts] >> And what >> which one which one you looking at to Lance's account to support repairs to the automatic HVAC system? >> Yes. >> Okay. So, is that like for the school building?
But uh they're still there. Um I do know that uh AEL has some older furniture in it um throughout the classrooms and stuff. Um so uh I know there's been a few questions whether we could replace some of that furniture and stuff. So, that might be something that's going to come up on the capital list um or general operating budget depending on the cost if they're going to do a classroom at a time or try to do them all in the summer or something like that. That'll make the difference there. Um the roof's in good shape there also. Pretty much all our schools have roofs that have at least another 10, 15, 20 years left on them. It's hard to say cuz they're they're rubber membrane roofs and they last 30 years uh plus, but you don't know um they won't start failing until you're getting closer to the 30-year window, but they could last 20 years past that.
Having a second or third-grader or fifth-grader on Chromebooks. I heard stories during March Madness where kids were reverse engineering or backdooring the firewall. We're watching tournament, March Madness tournament. That's not what we should be doing. The kids should really be watching March Madness tournament during school. Ours My seventh-grader has not read a single classic literature book. And I I took a tour of a private school to see what their literature department, what their English department teaches. The The table was just lined with classic literature. It's classic literature for a reason. Instead, he's reading a book on poems and doing these weird, odd exercises in the class. And that's just one example. I'm sure we can come up with many more. But that points to the reasons why the accountability index, like in Google, is not performing. But instead, through law of diminishing returns, we keep throwing more money at the budget.
The award for excellence in German goes to Sadi icebot [applause] [applause] for excellence in the Italian language. This year's recipient of the Italian award is recognized for her outstanding achievement in Italian language and culture studies. Throughout her four years, she demonstrated dedication, strong academic performance, and a genuine passion for learning. This honor reflects both her hard work and her commitment to excellence. The award for excellence in Italian goes to Julia Gonzalez. >> [applause] [applause] >> for excellence in the Latin language. This year's recipient has taken Latin for the past six years. She is an incredibly dedicated student, not just in Latin, but in all her studies. She has scored highly on national Latin exams. She passed the AP Latin exam. She's always the first one done translating with genuine interest in the subject matter. She is the first person other students go to for help in the language.
Sebastian Gonzales Julian Sendahas Matthew Lucero >> [screaming] >> Angel Juarez Luis Dominguez Tapia Brian Martin >> [screaming] >> Brian Martin Miguel Guadarrama Matthew De Jesus >> [screaming] [cheering] [crying] [screaming] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [crying] >> All right, did we all make it back to our seats? All right, class of 2026 please rise. >> [cheering] >> It gives me great honor to present the class of 2026 to the Board of Trustees for certification. Please welcome Mr. Ron Hoshay, member of the Board of Trustees, who will now certify the class. >> [cheering] >> As a trustee for the Anaheim Union High School District, it is my honor and privilege to officially certify that the students present here today from the class of 2026 have all duly met the requirements of the state of California and have completed the prescribed courses of study established by the Anaheim Union High School District.
And then finally we would like to present the certificate of appreciation to our principal Dr. James Smith. >> [applause] [clears throat] >> That was longer. >> [laughter] >> All right. Next one celebration is 2026 Educator of the Year nominees. We welcome Diane Cronin and Chad Clary to the podium. Where are they? Next sentence. Oh. Yeah, I understand also that Amy Miller is unable to join us this evening. She was one of our nominees this year. Each year the King County Regional Office of Education invites school districts to nominate outstanding school staff members for Educator of the Year recognition. We're incredibly proud to share that Batavia Public School District 101 is represented this year by three exceptional nominees: Diane Cronin, Amy Miller, and Chad Cleary. BPS 101 is filled with dedicated educators who go above and beyond for students each and every day, and these individuals exemplify that commitment.
So, that would just give us information and data to move forward on future negotiations, future uh compensation for non uh union groups, um and just every single employee group would be um touched in that way, which is a good thing, because then the board would have a lot of data going forward to make decisions on. Uh so, we are recommending that the salary study um be approved next week at the board meeting uh to take a look at all the compensation across the board for all of our 400-plus employees. If we have this study, is does it become public? Yes. Like, as soon we would get a report, a report from that company would be a public document. Do you Do you anticipate Gallagher um services to come in and and give a final presentation of the findings? Is that how the how you're looking at this working?
And so you will see that we are going to explore a 40 cent rate instead of a 25cent rate. However, everything's changing with rates. If we didn't change one thing that we did, you're going to see our rate change. It's just how the new law is going to impact it. What we're concerned with is the levy. We're really trying to look at how do we keep things stable for all of our taxpayers and that's our priority with it. So again, you'll see a higher rate on here for us to explore. You will also um see a max higher levy on here than what we have had in the past. That is how we do our budget. Every year I come to you guys and I tell you we're budgeting high. We've got to protect our budget and make sure. So, we have to estimate really high and we have no intention of going there.
And I I think it's exciting, you know, that we're happy to add a new classroom teacher for prek. Uh and hopefully maybe down the road we may have to add some more. Um, and also I think it's great that we're going to uh celebrate the 250th year and with all the fireworks that's going to bring a lot of people out and to take a look at C beard school corporation and hope everybody has a great summer. Thank you. Um I will say um I've enjoyed watching I haven't made it to any of the senior nights for the different sports but just recognizing all the seniors um the many different uh ways that are happening right now. All the awards banquetss um that are coming up in the next few days and um it's exciting time of year to finish out and at the same time get to see what's happening and coming uh forward over at the new build.
So, you guys have done a great job. This is the way we planned it. We need to get on the ball. You guys have done a great job. Thank you, Tony. I I I will add though that something I'm very proud of personally since I've been in this role. I I feel like if if you look at the presentation from last month and and you look at what we talked about tonight, we've really been very balanced in the things that we've hit. There's a lot of like you look around this building to Cal Middle School. I was principal here when we did all this beautiful work here. Um Mrs. Weiser has and this great furniture. I mean, kids come here for a basketball game and they look and they wow, what a cool place to go to school. We've done We've had some boring things.
She gets the ball over to Hannah. Hannah gets the ball off to Lucy Parsons. >> space but then they settle into that zone. Just pack it in. >> They're They They're not They're not letting the Spartans take off. They're going to give them a little like half half court press, I'd call that. >> Yep. And then just sit into that zone defense and let the Spartans force something. Marino gets the ball over to Whitwer. She just had to work so hard to even get the ball though. Ugh. And Whitwer will get an 8-m attempt. That's That's one of the things that Minnetonka has a tough time doing. They said earlier this is you know what are going to be our third 8-m attempt and Whitwer on the 8-m attempt. Mack always dangerous on this side. Mack Whitwer 8-m attempt. Mack goes in. Gets the ball up and over the head.
Um what what is it? >> That's for this existing building. >> Okay. >> We move money. >> You're asking is it for the shop or is it for the building? >> Yeah, this one. This one is the only one. >> If it's under Lance's budget, then it's for the building. >> All right. This This is the only one for the building. >> Yeah, >> I think any further. >> Can I get a motion for the budget transfers, please? Any further discussion? Call the vote show. Mr. Jones, >> yes. >> Mr. Mahia, >> yes. >> Mr. Mercedes, >> yes. >> Mr. Tarbox, >> Miss Ferris, >> yes. >> Miss Dissla, >> Mr. Hayden, >> yes. Moving on to donations. I see none. Articles. Everybody's got a copy of the article that was in the trivia on Mr. uh Wesley Pena. Nice article. public participation. Mario, has anybody signed up for public?
So, it's it's hard to say until you get closer to that point, but the roofs on all the schools including AAR are in pretty good shape. Um I think that's about it for AAL. Okay. Thank you. So, just based on you know, listening to your share, it sounds like there's some energy recovery units that are like in in need uh and that Newton School is probably our school that has the most like serious need in the more immediate term. Correct. So, if I had to pick mechanically a school that that really needs a lot of upgrading, uh needs some help eventually would be Newton Street School would be the top of the list. Okay. And then outside of the energy recovery units at the middle school, those those are a big expense and those are something that we've talked about for the last before I was here, but probably the last 5 or 10 years.
And so, I would ask this board to seriously reconsider its particular its curriculum committee, its finance committee, where the money's going, how it's being allocated, and a better use of the money to achieve better standards. So, I'll put who the doubt and introduce these documents into the record. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. I don't see anyone else in the room, so I suspect Can I make one more comment? Sure. Appreciate you letting me to make a second comment. How do you want to do um thank some of the board members. Ali, you're taking notes. Jordan, you're taking notes. Michelle, with 100% attention at the speakers. Kim, 100% attention at the speakers. John, attention to the speaker, taking notes. Amy and Allison, 100% attention. What's Daniel's drawing figure on his paper? Mr. Jordan, looks like you're filling out an application. And Ms. Robbins, looking at her computer screen.
She is a kind, caring, loves learning and is an amazing artist. She had the opportunity to see her learning in action when she had the chance to go to Italy over April break. The award for excellence in Latin goes to Joselyn Grace. [applause] >> [applause] >> for excellence in the Spanish language. It has been an absolute pleasure for the teacher of the recipient of this year's Spanish award to work with her over the past two years. During this time, the teacher has had the privilege of witnessing her unwavering dedication to becoming fluent in Spanish. Her remarkable ability to express herself in the language with both accuracy and sophistication is the true testament to her discipline, perseverance, and commitment to meaningful learning. Her teacher holds immense respect and narration for her desire to continue reaching even greater levels of language acquisition. Achieving the level of fluency she has attained in fewer than 300 hours of instruction is truly exceptional and speaks volumes about her ethic and determination.
Students, you may now move your tassel from right to left. >> [cheering] >> CONGRATULATIONS! [screaming] >> [cheering] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] >> Thank you, Mr. Hoshay. Class of 2026, please remain standing for our alma mater. The words are printed on the back of your program for you to sing one final time. >> [music] [music] [cheering and applause] >> Graduates, please be seated. >> [laughter] >> Class of 2026, before we close today, I want to take a moment to say what an honor it has been to stand with you. And from the bottom of my heart, I am so proud of all of us, and I'm grateful to have shared my time at Cypress with the class of 2026. Thank you, everyone, for attending the 2026 Cypress High School Commencement Ceremony. Families and friends, please remain seated until all graduates have recessed out of the stadium. Graduates, please follow our distinguished guests as they exit the stage and stadium.
Tonight, we are honored to recognize them and express our sincere gratitude for the passion, care, and impact they bring to our students and schools every day. >> [applause] >> I lost at rock, paper, scissors in the parking lot. Did you want to say anything? [clears throat] >> [laughter] >> Thank you for the nomination. It was quite an honor. Absolutely. We we we work in a fantastic school district, and we're a small part of a fantastic team of teachers, educators, and support personnel. And all the work in your district, uh, and getting closer to retirement, I'm most excited to say that I feel like we're leaving the district better than we found it 30 years ago. So, grateful for all the work that our friends here do, uh, and that you do for us. So, thank you very much. THANK YOU. >> [applause] [applause] >> PHOTO.
I am assuming that, but we can definitely call Gallagher and find out. I would think with a uh something that this size and scope, I would expect that they would be able to come present the information, yes. The total cost, by the way, for all of the employee groups is $29,225. So, it's a it's a hefty price tag, but it's literally every single employee and employee group. It's the groups they're really looking at for the comparison data. Do Do we know how long it's going to take, did you say? It takes about 5 months total. Um it can be up to 6 months. There's the basics are all of the pre-work is done, takes about a month. There's about 3 months' worth of them digging into all of the things, and then about a month's worth of wrap-up and information. They did say that sometimes those can overlap, so you might be starting the process, but also starting to send out the surveys, and they might be gathering data from other districts and things like that, while we're still finishing the orientation part.