>> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah, I would agree with that. And um like I said, we are bringing a lot of furniture in and everything now. So, you know, take your stuff home aside from the instructional materials that need to be shipped >> and then, you know, let's let's take stock once you get there. >> Yeah. Thank you for that. >> Sure. um high school, but even before they get to high school, does a DOD student, would they want to go to Willox, the Sound School, the what is it? The community school, the community school, education community arts school. Yeah. In New Haven, some >> educational center for the arts. >> Um, so I'm wondering if you happen to know, so let me back up. I saw an article in the Globe that spoke to Connecticut only metriculating enrolling 44% of applicants to the technical schools.
Capital outlay um again less as we're not paying for any TK buildings this year out of our ELOP funding in the capital outlay again the lion share that is restricted and it falls within the routine restricted maintenance account. Other outgo again, payments to districts, charter schools, county offices in support of our students in those programs. Indirect costs, again, capturing uh what we're able to capture in restricted programs in terms of indirect costs to support the unrestricted side of our budget and our interfund transfers out. You'll see on the bottom there that transfer out again. That's that 2 million that I mentioned as the RDA revenue. We transfer that out to fund 40. I would like to bring to the board's attention that transfer in in the spring of 2004. The board at that time um uncommitted funds in fund 14, our deferred maintenance fund. And you may recall in the 2425 fiscal year, we transferred $2 million from fund 14 into fund 01.
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>> Yeah. And just to um piggyback about Levvenia, um we're just really excited to continue that work next year with our English, social studies, math, and science departments. um the work that they're doing with our department chairs, getting into classrooms, observing with the chairs, kind of using that coaching model has been incredibly impactful and beneficial for all of our teachers. Um and really thinking about some of the transferable skills that they can use for students and um kind of shifting the cognitive load for for teachers and students. So um we're really looking forward to continuing that work with them next year. Can I ask a question about apes within um Rivers? Yeah. So, if you take Rivers first semester, you'll take first semester AP environmental and then you'll take either A or B block or whatever block it fits into second semester. >> Yeah. So, you can do it both ways.
I'm assuming that in includes the sound school and everything else, not just trade schools like Wilcox, but only 44% of the kids get in. I connected with our state representative Liz Lahan. She explained it to me and I I really appreciate it. There's a variety of issues. There are empty seats, but it might be a locationational thing. Like a kid from Cheshire is not going to be going to a tech school in uh Stonington. You need to they need to the state needs to figure out transportation. So, there's a variety of factors that go into that particular issue with kids not necessarily getting seats that they request. But I'm wondering, do you happen to know how many kids at Dodd look to go to a different school and don't get in? I have no idea if you have that information. Do you or could you get it?
Um, this is the remainder of funds left in fund 14. So, this essentially zeros out fund 14, our deferred maintenance fund, but brings those uncommitted funds back into the general fund to support general fund operations. On to the multi-year projection, our first subsequent year, you'll see our three-year average ADA unfortunately is down about 70. That's a reflection of our decrease enrollment. We're graduating more kids out the top than are coming in the bottom. The statutory cola is 3.3% and but we are assuming receipt of all that gradespan revenue. Well, we normalize our federal funds in the outy years. We take any one-time funds out and we normalize our title program allocations as to what we've typically received. And again, we normalize our state revenues. We will have to eliminate any of the one-time state funds that came in the 2627 year. um the discretionary block grants, some LREBG, that's the learning recovery emergency block grant funds that Mr.
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>> Yeah, you can do it both ways. >> Okay. >> You could take you could do like apes and rivers first semester and then do apes not in rivers outside of rivers. >> Yeah. Like it wouldn't necessarily have to be in a reblock cuz now you're no longer in rivers. >> Yes. So, um, >> and Twice Told Tales is over subscribed every year, right? So, this is a I mean, there's like a hundred kids every year that want it. So, I still don't know if we met all the demand >> for all the kids who Yeah. It's a great course. >> They they present here and we all wanted to sit up. >> Alex and Eric are amazing. >> Yeah. Okay. So, the next thing we're going to talk about um is on the last page, creating and promoting safe spaces where voices and needs of diverse students and their families are valued and heard.
>> I could get it. I don't have it off the top of my head. >> Okay. Do you have a do you have a do you have a sense of like >> the percentage of DOD students who apply to Willox and don't get in? >> Yeah. Or any of the schools like do most of the kids get in or to the uh trade >> to any schools that they apply to? Any other state trade schools or technical schools? Well, I know ECA um it's a pretty hype. That's ECA is so weird because you'll get, you know, six kids to apply one year and one the next year. Um it's really >> um you not static or not consistent. Um, and we basically pay for three to four students per grade level um to go to that school and we're usually pretty close to that. >> Um, with respect to Will Cox, do you have the Willox numbers, Marlene?
Schlloer talked about earlier, and also some kit funds in our nutrition services to support our kitchen infrastructure. Although the governor is proposing additional kit funds in the 26 27 year. We're we're not sure if those are going to be one-time or ongoing. Right now, we're assuming they're one time, hence they come out in 2728. On the expenditure side, we do of course account for step and column for all units. There's no budgeted negotiated increases into 2728. Although anything that's negotiated prior, like becomes an expense in 2627. Um those expenses carry through. There's just no additional negotiated settlements for 2728 LCAP expenditures. Uh see our target board policy of 5%. Well, we are getting closer. we get to four and a half and here's a quick look and we achieve that 4 and a.5% unrestricted revenue with a $2.2 million surplus on the unrestricted side of our budget as projected for 2728.
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Um so we've had quite a few um new affinity groups pop up this year and something that we started to do um midyear was to bring together the leaders of those affinity groups so that they could have time together to talk about common themes, common challenges, um scheduling different things that they have coming up. and it's been really incredible um to have those leaders come together to kind of share, you know, the different things that their that their groups are doing. Um so that's something that we're definitely going to continue. Um we're our goal is to have at least one meeting um each quarter next year so that all the leaders can come together and just brainstorm um and share ideas. And um it was really cool to see just like after our very first meeting all the different affinity groups following each other on social media and talking about ideas for you know ways that they can incorporate their groups into fun Fridays and things that they can do together and promoting each other's events.
Do you know how many we have going to Wilox? >> It's not a high number. Um, but I can get I'll get I'll send you guys that data. >> Yeah. Okay. Thank you. I appreciate that. And I That's it for me. Thank you very much. >> Sure. >> Any other questions? >> So, sorry. I just have a maybe it's a quick question, maybe not. Um, but if you could point me to or let me know. I'm just curious on the transport. I should probably look it up, but the transportation policy for students not attending a private school, but attending like a different school like the sound school or something similar. >> Sure. So, we we um if you're going to the sound school, the the state provides um reimbursement like we have to provide reimbursement and if there's only to a certain dollar amount. So, what we'll do is if there are enough students that are going, like what we've done for the sound school, um is students will parents will drop students off at CHS and we'll provide a bus both ways.
Now, could this change? Absolutely. But as of now, what we know, we're getting closer to our board goal of 5%. into the 28 29 multi-year projection. Again, you see another drop in our three-year average ADA down about another >> 90. >> Yeah, close to 100. Statutory COLA per the school services dart board. No adjustments to the federal and state revenues. We made all those adjustments from budget year to subsequent year 1. So, there are no adjustments for subsequent year two. On the expenditure side in 2829 again we do account for step and column. We also account for some attrition no compensation increases nothing negotiated and of course we do budget for the stirs and pers and our unrestricted reserve. Our board policy is 5%. This year we are projecting approximately a 6.8% 8% unrestricted reserve and that is due to approximately a $6.1 million surplus on the unrestricted side of the general fund taking our ending unrestricted ending fund balance up to 18.4 million.
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Um so that's been really exciting to see and we're really excited to continue that work um with our student body next year. Yeah. Our student um reps came in and talked about how impactful that was and so it's great to see you guys lean into that a little bit more. >> Yeah. Yeah. We're excited about it >> and it's it's fun to hear the students talk about it and then you come in and talk about >> Yep. >> Well, we both mentioned it on Saturday as well. It was like >> we didn't really know that like >> we hadn't read Lor's. Lori hadn't read our >> You didn't get it done enough. >> And you can watch it on Minute Man Media if you missed it. I watch all my speeches there. Excellent. >> I know that uh I'm being led under the DI commission that the commission has interest in working with the student affinity groups and I've also heard from the student affinity groups that they want to work together not only with the other groups in the school but expand an envelope with other neighboring communities the like affinity groups.
Um, frankly, that's been an expenditure for us uh the last few years. Not wildly more than what would be um reimbursed, but we pay to to do that when we don't have to, but uh it's not much more than the the money that would be reimbured that we would have to spend for reimbursement. uh if we had more students going to sound school then you know we we wouldn't lose anything on that deal. Um but I appreciate how difficult it is for families and I don't want to shut off the access to Sound School because it's a drive to New Haven and it might cost us three grand for the year. Um that doesn't seem like money well saved. Um with respect to Willox, we provide that transportation. Um, if a student wanted to attend a technical high school other than Willox, they may, but they have to provide their own transportation to that school.
So some highlights and concern our enrollment we'll continue to monitor that of course and make adjustments as appropriate. A concern is how the governor has proposed the augmentation in the cola with a program mandate for the paid pregnancy disability leave. It'll be very interesting to see how the Senate and assembly and the governor come to an agreement on how to fund that program. um whether inside the cola like proposed or outside as a separate program. Um when does the AI bubble burst? I'm sure all of you have heard about that. That's just the revenues flowing into the state hand over fist. And of course the billionaire tax that's proposed for the November ballot and what effect that may have as the billionaires flee California. Uh governors may revision versus the legislator's plan. Of course, it's different. uh the legislators have to have a budget to the governor by June 15th, which that's coming up here quickly.
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Is there any work going on toward that? Yeah. So, I know that our BSU has often had um potlucks with uh let's see, Bedford and Wakefield. >> Yes, >> I think those I think Wakefield. So, I and I know that our um Spectrum group, not only Spectrum, but a lot of students in Spectrum just went to a um LGBTQIA plus prom three a few Fridays ago >> uh held at Wuburn High School. So, I think that as the affinity groups become more um developed that I think right now some of them are just getting their feet underwater and trying to deal with navigating CC, >> but then they're ready like some of those groups have been around for a bit longer and are looking elsewhere as well. >> Yeah, >> a couple of questions about uh academic achievement. Um just says 95% retention of uh students in how far are we from that target?