Wyomissing Area School Board: February 9, 2026

001for the call um to order the committee of the whole meeting. Um everyone will join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance 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. um silence um for Dr. Jones. So um I'm going to read a statement first and then we'll observe a moment of silence. The Wing Area School District stands in honor and remembrance of Dr. Corey Jones. Dr. Jones passed away recently after a courageous and determined battle with cancer. He dedicated nearly 15 years to the district as principal of the Y missing area Junior Senior High School and continued to serve our school community with commitment and care throughout his illness. Dr. Jones was more

002than a respected educational leader. He was a trusted colleague, a devoted parent in our district, and a valued member of the Wy missing area community. He cared deeply for his for our students, staff, and families. His compassion and leadership touched countless lives. His loss is deeply felt and he will be greatly missed. We are grateful for Dr. Jones's service and lasting contributions to the Wy missing area school district. He will be remembered with respect and affection and held in our hearts as we extend our sincere condolences and support to his family during this difficult time. With these thoughts, we will now hold a moment of silence. Thank you everyone for participating. Um we're going to move on to um is anyone recording the meeting for the public? Okay. And um roll call. Mr. Boyer, please.

003>> Mrs. Senza >> here. >> Mr. Hers here. >> Mrs. Kum >> here. >> Mrs. Phillips. >> M. Rodriguez >> here. >> Mr. Shippers >> here. Mrs. Taylor >> here. >> Mrs. Dores >> here. >> Mrs. Zitzky. Gina, are you can you hear us? >> Trying to get off mute. Oh, >> you're here. >> Thank you. >> And thank you. >> Sorry about that. >> Great. Like to welcome um any visitors to the meeting, including Roxan. Um and I just want to list the upcoming meeting dates. There is a board of school directors meeting on February 23rd at 6 o'clock here in the community boardroom. There's a committee of the whole meeting on March 9th at 4:45 also in this room. Um there will be a finance and a budget and facilities workshop on March

00411th at 5:00 also in this room. And there will be an executive session following tonight's meeting to discuss a legal item. Uh we're now going to move on to school board recognition and Mr. Ber is going to >> Thank you. Yes. Welcome. >> Um I'm honored to be able to uh present this statement on behalf of Dr. Wood who's in Nashville right now um at a conference. Um so uh January was school board appreciation month um because of weather. Um we were unable to recognize our board at at that time and are grateful for the opportunity to do so this evening. Uh we sincerely thank our school board members for their dedication or excuse me their dedicated service to the Y missing area school district. Serving on a school board requires significant commitment of time,

005energy, and thoughtful leadership. And our board consistently approaches this work with integrity, care, and a clear focus on what is best for students. Our board members engage in meaningful dialogue, ask important, at times difficult questions, and make decisions that shape the direction of our district both now and in the future. They do so while balancing diverse perspectives, navigating complex challenges, and always keeping student learning, staff support, and the well-being of our community at the forefront. We'd also like to personally thank the board for their guidance, trust, and support you provide to our administrative team. Your partnership allows us to leave with confidence and purpose. On behalf of our students, staff, families, and the entire community, thank you for your service, your leadership, and your unwavering commitment to public education. We appreciate you. And as a

006token of our appreciation, we do have a lovely appreciate appreciation gift uh that is appropriate for the season um in the bags uh on the shelf over there. So as you as you depart this uh afternoon, please feel free to help. >> Thank you so much. Very nice of you. >> Thank you. Appreciate that. Uh now we'll be moving on to our review um of the audit with her mining company. Um and Roxan is here to um go over that with all of us. So thanks Roxan for being >> sure. Okay. Good afternoon everybody. My name is Roxan McMurray um from Carbine and Company now Cherry Becker. So just to give you that information up front um Herbine and Company did officially merge with Cherry Becker in October of 2025. Um so we're now part

007of Cherry Becker. their northeast division and chair biker is a large top 20 public accounting firm headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Um so what you will see is still all on Herbine letterhead. We through the transition period we did issue your financial statements under Herbine. Um as we close out the transition period going forward next year everything all communication will be on straight Becker letterhead. Okay. So you have two packets in front of you. The thicker one is the actual audited financial statements. I'm not actually going to go through that. um we find it easier to put together this summary for you. It's a little easier to get through if we do that. So, we're going to go through the thinner packet, which is a summary that we put together for your presentation. The first

008page in there is just an overview that lets you know what's in this packet. And just at the very bottom, we have a disclosure. This is just for your information because we don't want this to be misconstrued to actual audited financial statements. The introduction page lets you know that we do conduct our audit and generally accepted auditing standards, government auditing standards, which is also known as yellow book for your district. That means some internal control testing over cash dispersements and payroll. And then uniform guidance, which is also known as single audit, and that's the testing of your major federal programs. Um, this year that was the special education cluster, the IDA programs. We also have information on here about our responsibility as far as obtaining reason assurance about whether the financial statements are freaking material

009statements. and then issuing an opinion on whether those financial statements are fairly presented in all material respects in accordance with generally accepted economic principles. And the second bullet point then relates the single audit master finding on the district's compliance with internal controls over compliance and the actual compliance of the direct and material compliance requirements related to major federal programs that we tested. The next page then does give you our audit opinions. So, we're happy to report that you have unmodified opinions um on both the financial statements under general auditing standards as well as the uniform guidance for the single audit for the major federal program. And that's the highest level opinion that we can issue the same opinion that you have year after year. It's a clean audit opinion from an independent auditor. Okay. The

010next page then gives some information about a new accounting standard that we had to implement this year. That's um Gatsby statement number 101 for compensated absences. So, a little bit of information here for compensated absences. Um, under this new standard, we did have to do a lot of estimates. Mark had to put a lot of time and effort into estimates related to this. In order to recognize a liability for leave that was earned as of the end of the fiscal year, June 30th, accumulates and is allowed to be carried over to subsequent years and is more likely than not to be used for time off or paid at termination. So some of those estimates then revolve around that more likely than not um phrasing there due to some counseling being made at certain years of

011service and retirement are met at separation. And then also last in first out flow assumption. So what this means is if your employees on average earn more days than they're using on average then we use this last out method and that just makes the calculations much simpler. So under this new standard, which is considered a change in accounting principle, we did have to restate the beginning balances. So the governmental activities net position decreased by that $25,937 as of July 1st. And the general fund fund balance increased about $163,000 as of July 1st. Okay. The next page then goes into your general fund budget versus actual information. So three lines from the bottom there, you can see that blue highlighted line, that change in fund balance. The district did budget to have a loss in fund

012balance, a decrease in fund balance of about $476,000. We had an actual increase of about $423,000 and that's inclusive of that million transfer out to the capital reserve fund. On the next two pages, we'll go to more detail revenue expenses. So, you can just flip through the next page here. This is revenues. This does show you that your total revenues came in over budget about $2.4 million. That's about 5.4% of your budgeted revenues. The local sources there came in over budget at 1.6 million. Most of that variances for over budget related to interim real estate taxes, payment in L tax, earned income taxes, real estate transfer taxes, delinquent real estate taxes and interest income. And then the current real estate taxes was just under budget slightly there. Then your state sources came in over budget

013about 716,000. Most of that related to the subsidies for basic education, special education, transportation, and also the PCC PCCD, mental health and safety grants were unbudgeted. Okay. Any questions on revenues before we move to expenditures? Okay. The next page then is your summary for expenditures. The blue highlighted line at the bottom shows you total expenditures came in over budget about 867,000. That's about 1.9% of your budget expenditures. This slide here we kind of break it into two sections where you had overspending and then where you had budget savings. So in the first section you could see the first line there the regular programs that's the very first line came in over budget about 349,000. Most of that related to um tuition and other professional services. The operation and maintenance of plant which is about right

014in the middle of the support services section there came in over budget about 812,000. Most of that related to salaries and benefits other professional services for contracted cleaning and the furniture deposit for the wine missing hills elementary which was about 184,000. The last line there the central support services is two lines from the bottom of the support services section there that came in over budget about 252,000. Um this is really just an accounting matter. So this you had two new finance purchases this year. you would consider them leases, but because the equipment becomes yours at the end of it, we consider that to be a financed purchase. So, under that um accounting standard there, we have to gross that up. So, we increase your expenses here, but then you'll see almost that same amount show

015up under the other financing sources on that first page that I showed you. So, really, it nets to nothing. It's just a matter of grossing it up for financial statement presentation. Then, your budget savings, your special programs came in under budget about 111,000. Most of that was in learning support salaries and benefits administration which is about three lines down in the support services section came in under a budget about 272,000 mostly in salaries and benefits. You did have to turn over the superintendent position at the end of last year though the assistant superintendent position wasn't filled. So that's most of that. And then lastly the very last line the budgetary reserve was not used this year. So you include that in the budget for unpredictable unforeseen needs expenditures and no budgetary transfers need to get

016out of that line this year. So any questions on those expenditures before we move on? >> Okay, I do question. Um in the first line when you talk about tuition and other professional services, is that the tuition we're paying our staff? >> Um no, that would be more or less for out of district placement charter school. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any other questions? Okay, the next page then is a snapshot of your balance sheet for the general problem. So your orange shaded lines there show you have total assets just over 21 million, total liabilities just under 4 million, and the total deferred inposed resources about 544,000. Your ending fund balance there is just under the 17 million. Um, so I'm going to go through those balances there and what makes those up. So the

017non-spendable line, that first line with just over $30,000, that represents prepayments of expenditures for subsequent years. So that's money that was already spent out the door at the end of the year. It's no longer available for next year. That does agree to your prepaid expenditures up in the asset section. Okay. Then the restricted fund balance there about $25,000 is made up of all those small balances there. I'm not going to go through those individually, but they're listed out there for your reference. The committed fund balance then of just over $12 million is made up of this almost 4.2 2 million for your retirement rate increases, the 1.9 million for your capital reserves, the 3.4 million for the rooftop solar project, 1.1 million for curriculum enhancements, about 591,000 for vehicle and equipment replacements, and just under

0181.2 million there for furniture, fixtures, equipment, and athletic improvements. The assigned fund balance then of just over 700,000 is a budgeted deficit for the 2526 fiscal year. And then that unassigned fund balance of that 3,785,000 is right at 8% of next year's budget expenditures, which is in line with your district's fund balance policy. Any questions on that? Okay. The next page then is a chart showing your historical fund balance information for the last four years. It does show you for the last four years, you've maintained your unassigned fund balance right at that 8% level and shows you that your b your policy does require a minimum of 6%. So you have maintained that for the last four years. The next page I'll give you a little more information about the general fund balance. So on

019the left side of that chart there is that 8% unassigned. Then on the right hand side we're showing you the total general fund balance. So in total including all of those amounts that I went over you covered right around the 35% there of next year's budget expenditures. Okay. The next page then is a snapshot for your capital projects fund. Um, so this one here, the orange highlighted line there, you could see that net change in fund balance. You had an overall increase of about $355,000. Your revenues here represent interest income as well as this year there was a refund um of prior expenditures for an escro deposit due from neighbor Y missing for the construction project. So that's what that is in there. your expenditures, your current year significant capital projects include the FA Flannery

020Field Phase 2, the West Reading playground, the district-wide door access control upgrades and equipment purchases. That $1 million is that transfer in from the general fund that I mentioned when we were talking about the general fund, and your ending fund balance there of about $555,000 is restricted and consists of unspent bond funds. Any questions on that? Okay, the next page then is the snapshot for the food service fund. So your food service fund is a proprietary fund. So it functions more like a for-profit business. It needs to be self- sustaining. So for that reason, we do like to give you comparative information showing 2025 compared to 2024. Um so what we're showing you here at the very bottom, three lines from the bottom says change in net position. That's your actual change in net position

021or net income for the year. So for 2025, you had an increase of about 152,000 compared to last year an increase about 251,000. What we're doing here at the bottom is just subtracting off the adjustment. Um that's a result of adjusting on the balance sheet your other post employment benefit and pension liabilities as well as the related deferred and closing out flow of resources. When we adjust those, those variances go through the expense. Your food service department has no control over those. We usually like to just subtract that out to show what the actual results of operation were for the food service fund. So that's why that last line there we're showing you 135,000 this year compared to 28,000 last year. So noting some variances for the current year compared to the prior year. Your

022food service revenue in the operating revenues, excuse me, operating revenue section increased over the prior year. That's just due to an increase in the number of lunch meals served. Your expenses increased over the prior year mostly in supplies again related to the increase in the number of meals served resulted in increase in food and supply purchases. the state sources increased over the prior year that did relate again the subsidy increase because of the increase in the number of meals and then the decrease in the federal subsidy is a result of not having the um supply chain assistance funds anymore that you've had the last couple years. Okay, so overall any questions on that? Okay, next page is a snapshot of food service fun food service balance sheet. Again the orange highlight lines give you those

023totals there. So total assets the 1.9 million total deferred outflow of resources $185,000 total liabilities just over a million total deferred resources about 14,000 and ending net position there of $1,43,738. Um so that does that positive net position that you have there does include those pension of other person benefits liabilities and flow and outflow resources. If you would not include those, then you would have that position of about 1.5 million. That's about 15 months of expenditures. Um, so we've just discussed making sure that the district's evaluating that position that's held in the food service fund. And I did meet with superintendent, business manager, and three board members about two weeks ago, and we kind of discussed Mark already has a plan for that. Any questions on that? Okay. Next page then gives you key footnotes

024that are included in actual audited financial statements. So, if you're looking for any information about any of these topics, we're just pointing you where you can find that information. The next page then is a summary of the what would be called the the scheduled expenditures of federal awards in the back of your audited financial statements. So, this is a summary of all your federal programs, how much you spend it for each of those programs this year, and that's just over that $1.4 million. Um, also note here that we did test that special education cluster, your ID programs for single audit through the required section process and there was no deviations in our testing. The next the next page then is the scheduled financing question cost. I like to refer to this as a report card

025because this summarizes entire audit overall. So here you'll see those unmodified that I mentioned from the very beginning on both the financial statements and the federal awards. Um, we also have listed that there was no deviations in no deficiencies, excuse me, in controls noted during our testing and no non-compliance noted. And at the very bottom, it does say that you qualified as a low-risisk audit for the last two years. You had single audits performed and there was no issues. Any questions on that? Next page then is a summary of the management letter that we provided that I provided when I met with them about two weeks ago. We only have one item included in that letter which is just a recommendation to increase the capitalization threshold to $10,000. So under the new uniform guidance that's

026effective for awards after October 1st of 2024. The policy is that the equipment threshold is the lesser of $10,000 or the district's capitalization threshold. So your current capitalization threshold is only $1,500. So just a recommendation to consider um increasing that to $10,000. So it agrees. It'll also simplify um the processes that you need to go through for tracking capital assets. The next page then is a summary of the communication letter that I also provided at that meeting. Um just letting you know that we did not have any difficulties in performing the audit. So Mark and his staff provided us everything that we needed. Um there was no issues with the audit. There was minimal proposed journal entries as a result of the audit letting you know the most sensitive um estimates that does include the

027depreciation and amortization for capital assets the pension and the other post-employment benefit liabilities that are both both performed by third party actuaries and those estimates that I already talked about for the compensated absences that were new this year. We also do have information in there about that implementation of the new standard GAT 101 and let you know there's no other reportable matters. Okay, the next page gives you a little information about a new standard that's going to be effective for this fiscal year end. That's Gatsby statement number 103, which is financial reporting model improvements. So, some of the key items for this new standard affect management discussion and analysis. Unusual or infrequent items which probably will not have an effect on you. Presentation of proprietary fund, statement of revenues, expenses, and changes in that position,

028major component information, and the budgetary comparison information. So, two key things to point out with this are in the next two pages. Um, management, discussion, and analysis. This is kind of really they're trying to get this to not be like boilerplate, not just give you like percentages, variances, that type of thing, but go into more the why, explain why things change, the variances from year to year, the budget versus actual information. Um, and then the next item on the next page does give you information about the change in the proprietary fund statement presentation. So, while some of the statements that have been implemented in recent years have kind of just been annoying, this one we actually like because this one changes the presentation of that income statement for the food service fund. And if you

029look at that, if you could go back and look at that, what you would see is you you report a large operating loss because all the subsidy money that you have coming in from the state and federal government get reported down in the nonoperating revenue section. So, you have this huge um operating loss and then you have all this non-operating revenue come in. So, they're going to change that and create a new section there that says non- capital subsidies. So, that's going to put that above the operating income loss line. So, it's just going to be more um in line with what actually happens in your food service fund. So, that will actually be a really nice improvement and just make that look more realistic. Um so, that's pretty much it that I have to

030go with you. That last page is just information that I gave you at the beginning that we are now cherry backwards and our contact information is on the last page there. Any questions for me? >> No. All righty. If not, then just thank you once again for a very successful audit and um we'll see you next year. >> Thank you so much. Thanks for coming out. >> Sure. No problem. Have a great night. >> Thank you. You too. Okay. Any questions? We can move on comment. Doesn't appear that there is anyone for public comment. We can move on to routine approvals um minutes and the payments of bills which can be done by voice. It is recommended that the board of school directors approve the following. November 17th, 2025 school board meeting minutes. December 2nd,

0312025 school board reorganization meeting minutes. Treasurer's report for the months of October, November, and December of 2025. investment report and student activity summary for the month of October 2025 and the payment of bills for the month of November December 2025 as listed in the financial packet uh >> thank you >> any discussion >> okay >> oh no we're voice vote all those in favor >> opposed Okay, motion passes. We can now move on to the committee liaison report. Um, and we could start with curriculum, Mrs. Ainsky or Mr. Hershey for curriculum. >> I will do that report. Give me one second. Sure. >> Thank you. >> I have to find it. Sorry. I thought I didn't think I was first on there. During the January committee of the whole meeting, the focus was on curriculum

032with a data data overview presentation. The session began with an overview of the Wing Area School District mission, vision, and the current goals in the strategic plan. a report of the progress of the goals focusing on student achievement, most specifically looking at building scores and comparisons of achievement and growth of a variety of grade levels was conducted. We also reviewed progress of our students involved in authentic learning experiences and efforts to meet mental health challenges and human resources efficiency. We will use this information to help guide the revision of the Wyoming area school district strategic goals. Um that is a summary of what has happened and I don't think we have a workshop on the schedule as of now. >> Do you know Rachel if we have an upcoming one? I think we talked about

033having one in February, but I don't think we determined the date. And then I think due to weather and some of the other um circumstances, I think we pushed it back. So, I think we'll uh check in with Dr. Woodard about that and get a date on the calendar. Probably be March at this point. >> I will follow up on that with email to Dr. Woodard this week. Thank you. >> Yep. Thank you. Anything else on curriculum? >> That's it. >> I don't I don't think that's it for now. >> All right. Thank you. Uh Mrs. Phillips is not here tonight so um we do not have a facilities uh summary and finance Mr. Shippers. >> Yeah, I can cover facilities too because a lot of what we did is go through the various capital

034projects that are in the pipeline and then of course we have to figure out the money to pay for that. So, one of the things that is a carryover from that meeting which we wanted to bring to the board tonight is going to be the proposal for the revised entrance way. We are still bringing that up tonight, right? >> Y >> um which ran a bit high. So, we want to make sure that we get the opinions of the full board for that. Um we also had a guest appearance by Dr. Langel which was nice at our facilities and finance committee meeting. Um we went over various uh HR personnel um budgetary issues and beyond that I think that's it. Oh and we of course talked about the the current budget situation with the state

035the federal funds that are unfortunately drying up and the fact that we are in the process of our new budget and some of that we're going to be talking about later tonight as well. >> Great. Thank you very much. Um policy Mrs. We have a whole bunch of policies coming up uh for review at the end of the month. >> Great. Thank you very much. Um turning it over to Mr. Ber then for the uh finance and facilities update with Mr. Capella. Okay, we're going to cover as uh Mr. Shippers stated um first item that we're going to cover is just one facilities item which is the junior senior high school uh security vestibule. We're going to go over um some pictures and just some um information quick discussion on that and then we're going

036to cover the the back part of the finance discussion that we did not get to uh two Wednesday days ago I guess it is. Um so we're um forget the presentation of the audit that was already done. Perfect. I'm not going to go over that again. We're going to skip over the transportation RFP. We we lightly covered that on Wednesday. I still have some more information to bring back to the board before we make a final recommendation which will be very soon. We're very close to that. We will go over enrollment projections, the cash flow, and then we'll go into the the 2627 budget um at that point. Um but right now, I'll turn it over to Mr. Katherine Cel uh with just the update on the junior city high school um main entrance recommendation.

037>> Thank you, Mr. Moore. Um on the 28th of January, we spoke um I finally received the proposal back from EI and Associates. So we looked at two architects um one being AM and one being EI. EI came back with a um proposal and basically told us we would do the design work and then you could look at if you wanted to move forward. So this is that original picture. If you go to the next one, Mr. Boyer, this will show more of the vestibule. This would be creating right now we have a double buzz system which basically means two layers of entrance at each building. This would be creating essentially a triple buzz system to have a bigger waiting vestibule um holding tank so to speak. Um if you want to go to the

038next slide, Mr. Ber. Um so the initial proposal from EI came back for uh $49,500. That's going to get you the construction documents. um that's going to get bidding and also the construction administration uh essentially oversight of the project. Um they also came back with a construction estimate of between 225,000 and 300,000. Um and then we also spoke about two other things which being the PCCD grant that is in process um that meets the specifications. This safety improvement would meet the specifications and we have about $40,000 to play with there. Um and the rest of this if the board so chooses to go through uh forward with this it will go through bond funding um our most recent bond. Um any questions on the scope or layout of the destiny. I know we covered it

039a couple times in committee. I just want to anybody need a refresh. >> Do you have that diagram of the uh actual dimensions? I think it helps to understand the triple. >> Absolutely. >> The triple pass. >> One second. I'll pull that one. >> You can please So, just while you're looking for that, one of the things we talked about for the good of the the broader group, $300,000 for a triple buzz system. It looks like other school systems are doing a double buzz system. This we did have a egregious one-off situation that occurred, but there have been policies and procedures put into place since then. There has been training put in place since then. I for one am sort of wondering whether $300,000 is worth the added cost to get to a triple redundancy

040and perhaps a double, you know, with understanding and everybody understanding getting comfortable with the new policies and procedures in place whether that covers us versus, you know, allying that additional capital. But this maybe Mr. facility. You can talk about the double versus the triple and what added protections that might get us. >> Absolutely. So, right now, as it states, this door right here is the uh main entrance to the junior senior high school. You get buzzed in here, and then you are in this vestibule, which is this whole space right here, this large rectangle. You do your business here at the um teller window, and then you're either dropping something off or, you know, you're supposed to be here, and you're getting led into the school. Once you're in this portion of the once you're

041through this door, you're basically you have access to the school. What this would allow is a larger holding tank for those days uh when it's high traffic. Um but to Mr. Shipper's point, the new procedures and practices that have been in place, um we've seen quite a bit of uh improvement and just functionality of you can come in, you can drop what you got to get, and you're back out the door. You're never actually inside the building. Um the feedback we've received from the attendant secretary up there has been positive since the issue. Um this potentially could just enhance it. It's kind of hard to say at this point, but to Mr. Shipper's point, it did come in as $300,000. >> So, >> and we were looking at potential for using is it I may

042get the name wrong. The Bordian group that's like a different >> um >> it would be a way >> pathway to take. >> Correct. it would you could either do the traditional low bid process or you could do uh state contract KPN uh which would be um I think the price still basically they the architect did the construction estimate on general construction practices and costs right now so it's going to be close and that's why they gave that kind of range >> thank you >> what's the diagram excuse me on the left >> this was option one that we initially looked at um this didn't really we felt that didn't really solve the issue because it wasn't creating a larger holding tank. It was actually creating um three of them instead. And once we went

043through this with the building administration, we just didn't think that would work with our with our systems. I hear what you're saying and certainly respect trying to save the money and rely on training. I feel like it happened once. I feel less confident in relying on human error. You know, maybe the current people are well trained. It doesn't mean we don't have a substitute one day. It doesn't mean we don't have a new person. Something distracts the person. So to me it adds a layer of security where we've we've done our best to address a problem that happened before. Um and thank God the problem before was pretty innocent but what it didn't involve was any kind of weapon. And this system to me with the physical barriers maybe I'm silly but it if it

044was somebody with a weapon it would provide an an additional barrier. And so, you know, for what's at stake, the amount of money to me seems a reasonable spend. >> I have a question. What would the difference be of having a project like this versus hiring a second or part-time security human being or extra added security? Yeah, we talked about that too after the meeting. Like for a lot less than 300,000, you could have a full-time surveillance person, right? >> Just looking at a camera to be able to monitor that. I don't know what the implications are from a higher perspective, but it is something that we at least broach. >> It it depends what what avenue you want to take. If you want to bring in a a consultant type that you know, like

045a like a type of like security individual that the district doesn't hire. Um, you know, I'm not sure what the range of that would be. Um, unless we, if we would hire someone that's a little different, uh, but not very different because at that point you essentially have what's considered a legacy cost unless you decide at one point you're not going to either have that individual monitor security or um, something else came about. So, this is essentially a sum cost right away. It's $300,000. It's outdoor. You know, at that point there's no more associated with it other than just, you know, maintenance and hardware if needed, which would be every 10 or 15 years. Um, you adding a person to the to us as far as district, that's a cost that's going to go on

046forever. At some point, you know, the way with healthcare and everything, you're probably looking minimally to 40 hours a week or 37 hours a week. Probably about all in cost between 75 and 100,000. I'm talking all in. That's wages, benefits, everything. Uh retirement. So, you know, you're probably in three years you're exceeding what we spend for one year. If you really change the rest, um doesn't mean things can't change down the road. That's probably what >> Could we contract with an agency like just to have security here for like two hours in the morning when it is that really congested time? >> I mean, that would be possible. We'd have to find that probably go out for proposal um versus bid proposal we would like to see what you know individuals would kind of bring

047back to us companies we bring back to us to see what would be the best for the district uh we do uh use I believe M&G security now for basketball games um just for added security for those athletic events helps out our administration a little bit also um we can start with them to see what that would if they would be willing to do that. Some schools do have that person sitting at a desk or a table right at the entrance. >> Um, you know, for those those hours of the day, >> it would save the benefits. >> Sure. >> The salary. Um, you know, we would pay an hourly rate, I'm assuming, um, for say 10 hours a week. Um, I don't know. I just think if we can bring in security for a

048basketball game, we can bring in security to make sure that nobody's getting in our building in the morning. >> Sure. We would probably need to definitely have a discussion take this back to the high school administration specifically >> because of how the entrance is set up. >> It's right into basically the high school. So, if we're going to have someone stationed there, what does that look like? And where would that person be? Are they standing there? Do we have them, you know, more in in the the vestibial now is very tight? It's basically a door that you are buzzed into and then a door you're buzzed into and then you're into the high school >> versus if you look at where um the Y pills in West Elementary is you're buzzed into basically like an

049area and then you're buzzed into the office and you can't really go anywhere at that point. That's the difference between the buildings and that's kind of what we're talking about here is you don't have that essentially area where that person is where it's just either a secretary or an administrator is in area they can't go into the building until they're someone comes and gets them essentially. Um, >> and didn't that incident also take place not necessarily in the morning? It happened. >> Um, it wasn't at a busy time. It was during I believe internship or >> correct. It was during Yeah, I think >> it was mid morning like 10:00, right? >> So, here's two other questions only because I'm not good at this stuff. So, bear with me, Mr. Cath and Sally. But, so

050we have like the the outer area. There's the brick arches and then we're outside before you get to the door. >> Mhm. Can't we just move the doors over to the arches like the first set of doors? >> That's essentially what we're doing. We're adding a second set of doors, >> but not adding, relocating. So, we don't need a triple buzz system. >> Oh, >> it's still double buzz, but then um >> Can you show the picture? >> Sure. >> For me, just cuz I do better. So just eliminating this middle door here and making one large area. >> Yes. >> Okay. Yes. >> Or eliminating >> eliminating this wall essentially and making a big open vestibule with still a double buzz being you buzz here to come in >> and then your second buzz

051is here to get into the building. >> Yes. >> It gives it a little more room. >> There's still a two buzz system. Um, I don't know if we can, again, because I'm not good at this stuff, move the secretary window over closer to um, those doors so that you walk in, you get buzzed in, the secretary is right there, >> which then is open to the rest of the office as well as added like visual people. Sorry. Um, and then they can do that there. And then if they're buzzed in to the second location, they can then be buzzed into the building. But it would it would give a little more space without adding another set of controls, another set of panels. Um, again, I don't know if that's a possibility, but I'm just

052thinking, can't we just move the doors up and create a bigger interior vestibule? >> It's definitely possible. >> And would that be cheaper? >> You're essentially eliminating purchasing one door cuz we cannot move. >> We're not going to be able to move what we have there now. Those doors are from 1993. They're they're hanging off. Um, so, uh, but you would essentially eliminate, um, a wall, a door, door access control. So, yes, it would be cheaper. >> I can't tell you how much, but it would be cheaper than that that range they gave us. >> Did we design this based upon a security expert's recommendations? >> Yes. So, I I would just say that I don't think we're in a position, especially when this kind of liability is at stake to I don't know how

053we could come up with a design that wasn't >> well, it was put a little different. If I'm right, maybe I'm wrong, but didn't the security consultant say what you have is adequate. If you want to improve upon it, >> that you could do this. Now, he could do a five buzzer system. He could do it, but he was like this is adequate, but we can go another level if you want. So, it's it's a little different >> with how old the doors are. Do we have an estimate of when they would need to be replaced or updated given what they're 30 32 years old? >> Um, >> I don't I have a question. >> Yeah, go ahead, Jay. I thought she had something. Yeah, >> we we did talk about this at the facilities

054and finance meeting, but as we move forward with >> weren't we going to add a second entrance for or thinking about adding a separate entrance for the junior high school versus the senior high? >> Oh, you mean for the junior high versus the senior high? >> Yeah. Because if we are doing that, then we have a whole another access point that wouldn't be addressed by this as well. So maybe we need to be thinking about that now. But I don't recall if students would actually be entering through that entrance. >> Do you know what I'm asking? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> So Mr. Capset, you want to just answer the door question first? Then we can answer um is this question? >> Absolutely. So the door question um essentially the physical doors are original. the

055hardware, the wiring, the panic devices, they've been changed several times with maintenance. Um, and also the door, the reason that those doors cannot be moved is because they would need to be a different size door to fit in that archway. But to your point, when we did the assessment, the doors were still suitable working, and they were not in need of replacement when we did that project a couple years ago. Um, so there's a few factors there, but yes, all that stuff we we look at in our facilities maintenance um, plans and we change them either when they break or when it's appropriate. >> Does that make sense? >> Great. >> Yeah. >> Okay, great. So, the whole uh discussion about um having a separate entrance for we're not at that point yet. >> Um,

056it was I think um discussed a level of the building administration with uh Mr. Caput and Mr. Arn, but we're not at that point to bring anything forward to the board as far as recommendations for having a separate junior high entrance. Um there's a lot of work that would need to go into that discussion and we don't even know what that would look like. Um does it mean it can't happen in the future? Possibly. And I'm talking future, not this summer. um sometime uh and and Mr. Capsite, please correct me if I'm wrong, but we never had at that point to bring anything forward to the board about having that discussion. At this point, >> my understanding from our initial meetings was phase one is going to be additional sinks, additional whiteboards, um and renumbering

057the school to to get phase one implemented, get the new schedules in, and then we were going to kind of take it from there to see what would be the next steps. Um, but to Mr. Bor's point, anything substantial like that, we're running out of time to get it done this summer. >> But that's a fair point. I think that that that could be a potential other, >> but we already had students entering in the morning more than one location. This security is only for after the school day starts, >> right? >> And I guess my other question kind of go with what was already said um in security is do we have any knowledge of how common three buzz systems are in other schools in Burks County? I think the most common is double

058buzz. Um talking to the IU um our IU consultant that does our safety assessments, that's pretty common throughout uh Bur County. Um I didn't specifically ask him about triple buzz. I can um but at this point the double buzz is kind of the standard. >> I think the the biggest difference is not necessarily the buzzing. It's more of how you enter into the building because our our administrative offices are split by hall. >> Yes. >> Um if it would be where you entered into you got buzzed in and then you got placed into national school, you went into an office setting or something. That's the big difference here. Um but and so that would that's where most schools even high schools differ. Um it's just a little unique here. So you can see why we

059wanted to bring it to the full board. >> Yeah. >> I mean, it's a big nut. It's a >> It's definitely a belt and suspenders. Given that he signed out on the adequacy of a two buzzer system, given the fact that he was asked, "What else could you do?" He said, "I could do this, but given the price tag, it's worth all of us, you know, kind of understanding the various options." Nobody wants to go cheap on security, but 300,000 with our budget issues, >> right? >> So, picking up, >> I just continue to say that given the fact we had a breach, if I if something else happened in the future and I was a community member or the parent of a student that was injured in some way and I heard that it

060had happened, I heard that we had forgone $300,000 in a year that we were spending millions of dollars on athletic fields. I would I would just have a difficult time not believing that we should have but gotten suspended for this part. >> Would we still have only one person man like at both buzzers? Because I mean there could always be human error if you have one person trying to do two buzzers that in theory by my fault could lead to even more positively error because they lose track of who they're buzzing. Does that make sense? >> It it's one it's one employee. Um, and essentially she is letting one person in at a time when when she can and monitoring now and then getting Are you talking >> I'm saying in the future that she

061letting one person into the first buzzer and then what should there be two buzz like two buzzers? >> She'd be controlling two buzzers for two doors which could be >> I understand. >> Which could lead to human error in a different way than what happened in the past. >> Gotcha. I'm sorry. >> Maybe there's a different way of approaching safety, right? So, if we can't justify the $300,000 on I don't know third buzzer system, maybe we can look at adding some sort of scanner or sensor. I'm not suggesting our kit or a metal detector, but I'm sure that there's some form of technology on the market that we can install that would give us that extra layer of protection should someone come on the campus with a weapon would at least have some insight into

062it. Is there uh software that does like facial recogition or some kind of other like for kids that are interning and leaving and coming back into the school and so frequently in and out all day long? Is there a an added system instead of the construction part more of a technological safety like where they can scan something to get into the building and that's how they get into the building instead of just comeing in and relying on one person that's an attendant or secretary at the window. is there tech that could be better served this way, >> but that would eliminate students who knowingly trying to be kind, holding a door open for someone behind them, which I think is >> and giving >> what happened last year, >> right? >> Yeah. And giving a

063student access potent like if you're saying let's just say the badge part. >> Yeah. >> Giving them access to the building, I wouldn't recommend that. Have we done any um not training but has it been discussed with students about safety entering and exiting the building and not holding the door for anybody and making sure you pull it shut behind you like basic stuff that students can do as well. >> Uh that is has occurred. I think it occurred after the incident happened last or it was last school year >> about a year ago. >> Yeah. Um so yeah, that has happened. Um I'm sure it's going to happen again this year, not already at the beginning of the year. >> Okay. >> Just reinforcing those >> and then we do mock shooter drills and stuff

064like that. Have we done mock intruder scenarios where since that incident we've tried to get into the building through the two buzzer system and >> specifically >> tested the system? I mean that's something we could consider doing as well just you know doing surprise intruder drills. I just >> I know whether there's a vulnerability there and whether that was a one-off or you know based on data there's actually a need >> based on the fact that there what we have right now is adequate. Does the security professional think that what is more effective adding a human security person that would deter kids from coming in or the third the third buzzer? Has that been discussed at all? like if there was what's been more effective in other scenarios adding that extra security person that sits

065at the front for a part-time position or I could get more information on that. Um that question wasn't asked specifically but when we consulted the IU and also the state police when they do their safety assessments um we are meeting the standard >> for the double buzz as of right now. Um, it's obviously not as nice as West Reading with the Hills just because it's a vestibule. Um, and but by adding this, their opinion was yes, of course, it would enhance the security. But to your specific question, comparing to an additional monitor or not, I I'd have to follow that. >> I just think our school this the high school is set up in such a unique way that where you are have immediate access. It's not like that in other double buzz schools. I

066mean, it's not like that. You have immediate access to the entire school. So, in that >> regard, I mean, my feeling would be to air on the side of caution and at least consider it. But that's, you know, that's just my opinion >> and is this are we looking to have some sort of consensus? >> Um, I guess we need we need some direction. Okay. um just because um we do not want this to spill over into the fall, >> right? >> Um so if we were if we were looking to go and proceed with it, we would just need there's no vote tonight. We do not need a vote. We just need direction to proceed or direction just to not proceed or to punt and say, "Okay, at this point we're getting to a

067nexus point where we're going to have to move it and have a discussion in the fall for the next school year to plan." Um, not that it's going to take up a lot of time to do this. We definitely do not want to interrupt the school day whatsoever. Correct. >> And we and there is the one PCC safety grant. >> Correct. >> Are there any other grants we can >> um for this type of for this type of >> No, that would basically be it for if we're doing if we're wrapping up into there's energy savings involved in this or or other Yes, there could be some additional grant >> and that grant would cover the 50,000 plans, not the 300,000 construction. >> Correct. Correct. we would use, >> you know, capital funds for that

068if if we chose to go that direction. Um, and we're not exactly at the most, you know, turned back point we could be at. There is some time. Uh, but once again, when you start getting further into March and April, >> contractor's time becomes less. So, they kind of subjected to >> less options. This is >> so this was an estimate from EI. What about AEM? >> Um since AEM wanted a proposal to uh basically they they wanted money up front to do that work. So that's why we chose the EI because they did it essentially grants. >> So far the only thing that we the district expended was basically Mr. Captain Sell's time. >> Okay. >> Really didn't have any expenditures tied directly to this. We got plans and we got um some images.

069Um so that's where we are right now. We just need to >> What would it cost us to bid it? Like what I was what I was thinking is could we bid it then we're not we're still not committed. We'd have a more specific number and then in the meantime we could be evaluating other options so that when we got together again we would have a set number for this and ready to proceed or we another option. >> The the cost would be about $56,000. That's what that that's what the EI proposal would be. They would do all the formalities and then they would, you know, go forward with the bid process at that point. Of course, you can always not accept the bids and just say this is just way too much and then

070you can just um stop stop at that point. And once we own those, essentially if we did that, hypothetically, once we own those documents, we have those plans moving forward. Even if the board decided a year from now, two years from now to pick it back up, we would own those plans. So that soft cost for the most part wouldn't be as impactful. I mean, I think that part makes sense because you've got the grant to pay for it. You've got then the optionality to consider whether you want to, you know, pull the pull the trigger on it or not. Definitely makes sense as an interim step from that perspective. So then though for those of you that were interested in other options, I think you need to be pretty specific for what you're asking

071Mike to go and ask somebody for because you've had a security expert say at least what we have is adequate. So I think we need to give Mike specifics on what else it is supposed to go back to the drawing of that, >> right? Like is it a is it a personnel thing? Is it a technology like what we're or is it >> I guess I mean I heard Terry talking about are there less expensive ways to enhance what we have physically? That would be one question. Um, and then I heard some conversation about a body >> and would a body be as effective and if so, how much time does the body need to be there? And >> and then have Mark look at the overtime costs of the body. >> I don't like

072the idea of adding a person in because it'll be an unpredictable cost over however many years at some point whereas this would be a fixed high but predictable cost, right? >> And it would be all the time. it would have just be two hours in the morning or two hours in the afternoon. Um, but I would be curious about what improvements can be made as is that aren't $3,000. So, again, I don't know if the board would be open to adding in a detector of some sort or enhancing our camera system or something like that. >> Like, what would that cost? What would that look like? >> I I originally thought we were just looking at putting a wall in that vestibule. So there's a student entrance and another entrance for the public. So I

073don't that's essentially what this is just a larger area. Um, adding that wall gives you, so if you were the way it's currently set up now, if you get buzzed in here and somebody exits the building here >> and you're standing here and you get mad and you want to run in by at least doing this wall, right? There's a huge improvement. >> And that's not $300,000, >> right? But if you wanted to then have a more warm, more welcoming area that's bigger, this would be the way to go to enhance that. You don't necessarily need that third door. It's just another idea. But having this wall and having this larger area that in case something's goes ary, this person that's sitting here doesn't open that door and it's not an exit, they're stuck in

074here. Yeah, >> if that makes sense. >> So that was the original putting up that wall and not doing >> correct. >> Okay. >> Correct. Not doing the expansion, >> putting that wall. Our cameras are We already have cameras in there. We're looking at potentially upgrading our visitor management system, which would even further limit the interaction with that secretary because they can do it all on an iPad. Um but yeah, that was the that was the initial risk that the IU um our consultant saw >> by adding this wall here >> traps them in here >> as long as the person doesn't open that door. >> Mhm. >> Which I think is is definitely an improvement. >> And that will then stop the whole tailgating incident that we had. >> Mhm. Because if a bunch

075of people comes comes in, she's going to have to stop, identify, yes, go through her procedures before she opens that internal. >> So, wait, what are you estimating that cost to be? >> Oh, um, that's something we could do without bidding. Um, it would just the class. It's under 20k. >> But the only thing, correct me if I'm wrong, is the triple buzz system, unless you change the idea, a lot of the traffic is related to people dropping things off for kids. And I think when you explained it to us, the outer vestibule that the new outer vestibule was going to be the drop off place. >> Yes. >> So you were also stopping that whole amount of traffic from ever even getting through. >> That's the way it is now. It's just >> No,

076they fixed it so that you don't get into the school to drop off a lunch box. You're only in the vestable to drop off, >> right? But this the the proposed system you're dropping off in the first box. You're not even getting to the vestibial that's only one door away from the school. >> I think they right they were saying drop it in that >> it builds another room before you get into the >> the dropper offers aren't even coming into the right festival. I don't have much. >> But even with I I understand your point, but even with that having that wall still stops them from potentially getting in the building even, you know, by mistake. Um, >> but if the wall had been there before, would it have stopped what happened before? >>

077I don't think it it would have because they were still coming in through past the window, right? So they followed somebody coming into the school. >> No, I thought they came through those other doors, >> I believe. If I remember correctly, Mr. Arnst, if you remember, let me know. But I they came through these middle doors. >> Oh, okay. >> I believe when somebody when they were cuz initially before this was prior to our door access control upgrade when the buzz door was in the middle. >> It's now over here. >> Oh, okay. >> So, this was in the middle. That secretary saw the person, let him in, and the three kids followed. >> Okay. >> And they just all went through. So procedurally now she has a different procedure that shouldn't happen. But also

078by having a smaller vestibule and closer to the person, >> yeah, >> the training is going to take over and she's going to or he is going to um try to identify what their purpose is if that makes sense. So sorry I need to look at the the diagram. >> Sure. >> So this is currently where the secretary sits, >> correct? >> Who sits here? >> That doesn't exist at the moment >> essentially. >> Okay. So this would be added >> proposed but yes could be. >> So what if this is our current door? >> Yes. Yes. >> And then this is the entrance into the building. >> Mhm. >> Okay. I like the idea of having a secretary here and a separate area. I don't know. I just think the secretary should be visible

079right when you walk in. So, right now that's here. >> Correct. >> And she's here. >> Mhm. >> Okay. Um and then to get into the school, they'd have to be buzzed in. >> Correct. >> Okay. So, if we put this wall here, >> these other doors could be used during the day, but how does she know who's getting in these doors? They don't open. >> They don't open. They're not outside. Nope. They're exit only. >> Okay. >> So, for dismissal, the kiddos could go out that way. But if you're not coming in during the time, I think it's like 7:45 to 8:10 or whatever that is in the morning, um you're not getting any any doors >> but these two. >> Okay. >> These are going to be always locked and exit only. >>

080So if we did this, if we put this wall up, it sounds like the major issue is having a bigger area for people to wait in >> if there's times where there's a lot of people. Yes. And >> so how often are there more than eight people waiting to get in? >> I'd have to do a survey. I don't I don't know that off the top of my head. I'd have to consult up that of the secretary, the building administration. When I Let's put it this way. I'm in and out of that entrance a lot during the week and I don't ever see like a line, but I'm not there 24/7. So that's why I'm wondering why we need to make it more spacious. Like why not just put the wall up like we originally

081talked about and still have the double buzz system and if it if people are standing there and it gets crowded. Okay. I mean it happens sometimes and what I'm hearing is it doesn't happen often that there's >> don't know that for 100% certainty but what I've observed it doesn't happen. >> Right. >> Can you remind me how we're handling when like the BCIU or BCTC kids come back off their bus and there's a large number of students entering. Have we done something where someone's monitoring the door then? I can't remember what we said about that. Officer Brinley or one of the building admin um meet them every day and essentially escort them in the building. >> So that's sort of our extra person at that time. >> Correct. >> Yeah. >> Yep. >> So I

082guess speaking as a parent of someone who goes to this building every day like I wanted to be as safe as possible and I honestly feel I'm not afraid right now. I would be in favor of 10 buzz doors, you know, to keep my kid more safe. >> Sure. Um, I also recognize that just there's always an element of no matter what we put in place, something might happen. Like you're never going to have 100% certainty. Um, I would be interested in something align what Terry is suggesting with continue the double buzz, but you know, walls and increasing maybe the area there. Um, just for comparison sake, um, I'm kind of open to both ideas, dual buzz or double buzz. I would just like a price comparison. >> Sure. So essentially, you want we have

083a price now for what we have here. So you want me to get a price to put a wall here um and utilize our current system just with an additional wall. >> Yes. >> Can I ask you about that wall though? Is that wall where you imagining it being glass? Because it would seem to me important that the secretary can still see the rest of the >> vestibule. Absolutely. And that's what that's what we talked about, a glass wall that had um the 3M film that we have on all our exterior walls. So, it's essentially shatterproof, but you can still see through it. >> You can see through. >> Yep. >> Yeah. Especially because there's two other exits there to to Kate's point. Um, absolutely. >> And is there a way to do like, you

084know, a quick survey of like, hey, what is it like over a twoe period of number of people coming in and out of that vestibial? I don't know if there's a way to get those numbers. there at the door. >> I'm sure we can get something >> just to have an idea like how you know if it's >> Well, everyone has to sign in now, so you should be able to look at the last. >> Yeah, we also can um our cameras are very intuitive. They they have motion. >> You could review a couple days and u get an accurate display of how many are going out. >> It's not an exorbitant amount. Maybe the wall is sufficient amount. I mean, like you said, I don't know whatever it's going to be. you know, nothing

085is ever sufficient in terms of safety. In just my opinion, if we went down the road at some point and did a major renovation, I'm not saying when, just at some point down the road to do a reconfiguration of this and make it a little bit more like the hills. >> But that would be obviously a sub a substantial cost, but that could get us to still have a double buzz, but have a larger vestibule. And you're going straight into the office. right now this is kind of utilizing the facility how it is. Um that could be an option in the future for for you all to consider. >> So we agreed to get that extra cost for with just the wall. >> Yep. Compare that. Is that >> Y? So just just to kind

086of confirm where we're going here, we're going to get pricing on adding the wall. >> Yep. You still would like us to look at possible technology enhancements to just make the area better if possible. And you still want us to take a look to see what additional security would possibly cost as a reference. >> Like a you mean like a person or >> person or contract? Well, I think the important part that you were saying would be that like does the security expert think that a person >> before we go forward with learning pricing, does that security person believe that that would be more effective versus doing actual construction? >> Yeah. Simple. Yes, sir. >> You still get across just to that everyone has. I mean, is is Officer Brimley's plate so full that it

087would actually be helpful to have an extra person for some of his security duties? And one of those assignments could be watching doors, one of them could be helping with fights breaking out in the cafeteria, whatever. It'd be good to know what the bandwidth is currently of our one officer. >> As we're looking at this in the broader context of safety and security, >> I will say he spends a good portion of his day and his time here at the high school. So, if having an additional security guard, and I'm not talking another full-blown police officer, just a security guard here at the high school, >> it would free him up to be more visible at the other two buildings. Um, at times, you know, he covers lunches and things like that. So, to your

088point, yes. Would it be beneficial? Sure. Um, >> because he does have responsibility for those other buildings. So, if something, god forbid, were to occur here and he's not here. >> Yep. >> That's a that's a big gap. >> Well, and I think when we hired him our our head movie was for him to be spending a good amount of time at all three buildings. It kind of probably hasn't happened because he's a lot to do. So worth looking at I think in that broader context. >> Okay, everybody. >> Great. >> Oh, we're still on still on. Yeah. Try this. There he goes. Okay, really quick. Things we did not get to cover uh two Wednesdays ago. Um uh so we really want to um kind of start diving into the budgets that time of

089season where we start to talk about uh different aspects of the 2627 budget. Uh we typically like to start off with enrollment. Uh it's it's one of those major things that if we have huge enrollment shifts, which we typically do not do, um it could cause our budget to fluctuate if we had to add um staffing if needed. Um, as we look here, just kind of a look back at at where we are and more so just with the two lines on that graph, uh, where our low income and our special ed numbers are going. Um, our low income numbers actually came down a little bit, which was great. We were over 40%. Um, in 23 we're actually at 41.2. Currently, we're at 37.2, which is which is good. >> How did that happen? Like

090what popped it up in one year and then could be um anything to do with uh if you're you know free and reduced lunch numbers if people aren't doing applications or numbers just came down um yeah just just fluctuated which is which is good. You also see there um our special ed numbers it it's kind of difficult to see here but they are going up. We're at about 18.1% special ed for 2025. Now this was last year's numbers. This chart here does not include the current year October one enrollment um just because all those numbers haven't been this year. So as we move forward um like to take a look at history we always look at October one. That's the number of our enrollment number that gets reported to the state every year. Although that

091number can change as we go along typically they do. I can show you a chart of that but we're not going to get into that tonight. We're just going to focus basically where we were to where we're projecting out. Um so you see as uh our enrollment for this year on October one was 1,855 students. Um the state predicted that's that second number if I'm looking down at the plot. Uh the state predicted we'd have an enrollment of 198 kids or students excuse me. And then the 329 is a projection because Dr. I don't think that number came out yet as far as for this year for our special ed count or it's going to be soon >> from December one. >> Yes, >> not yet. But the 329 is my projected number off the

09236 which is the after for 2425. Um so just looking forward we we like to see what we were going to project the the big kind of capstone or keystone number here is the kindergarten number. So that 141 is a number that's derived off of uh basically state data of the number of bursts that occurred in the two burrows. Now, obviously, we're a split burrow with why missing being split between Wilson school district and our school district. So, we take a percentage roughly of of some historical data to come up with where we're going to be. And it appears that next year's kindergarten class is going to be fairly large uh compared to what we had in the prior years at 141. Now, that can change. People move in, people moved out. It's one of

093those uh occurrences that happens, but just based upon historical data, that's where we're looking at the as far as um the numbers improvements. And then everything else just kind of matures forward as far as the 119 versus the 125. What we use is about three-year average of um percentage change uh to calculate what that we basically smooth that average and say this is what the change would be historically. Okay. Um so we are looking at a slight enrollment increase for 26 27 for where we are today. Uh historically this is a fairly accurate. We're usually about 1% off as far as our county and usually it lies mostly in that number just because it's a number that's we don't exactly know. We have a good basis for it but it's hard to guess sometimes. Okay.

094So, how this translates into uh as far as enrollment, again, our enrollment policy or our excuse me, our class size policy, not our enrollment policy, um you know, K to to six is is dictated by policy 126. And you can see the numbers down below there as far as kindergarten, grade 1 through 4, and grade 5 through six. Uh this year, our grade six numbers were a little high. They were right at that 27, a little higher than 27 for October one. Once again, this is October 1 numbers that we're looking at. Um, so we're a little above for grade six. So just projecting out um what 26 27 would be. Kindergarten would be right on that fringe, close to that, you know, top sides of that scale at 24 or 23.48. Um, and fourth

095grade looks to be probably a little over as of right now. um the 25 which is the top end of the the scale for class size for grade four. Now we are pretty far out. Keep taking a look at this. Right now we're not proposing any additional staffing but we want to keep monitoring this. So as of right now where we are today this is where we stand. There could be some changes. Typically we like to kind of get this solidified in miday so that way if we have to go out to hire we can get the best qualifying. Any questions on class size right now? Thank you. Really quick on cash flow. This year, as you probably know, our cash flow was just completely turned upside down because of the state budget and also

096because we ran um anticipation in the 2025 uh bond issuance. We ran some capital improvement uh money through the general fund with the anticipation of the bond paying the general fund back. So what that did was our overall numbers should be and we'll talk about those in a second should be okay. It just completely flip-flopped some of our projected cash flow. And what I mean when we take a look at this when we look at the bars going left to right blue is what I projected versus gray is the actual. You can see in November and September we had some we had some higher expenses than I anticipated and once again was due to those payments going out. Um and then when you look at our revenue obviously we were fairly good on the line.

097This is a line chart. Uh orange being the revenue that we project yellow being the actual until we got to that November December. That's where we really start to get our state revenue in. and the state didn't release any revenue to December, which completely flocked our our cash flow. So, what does that actually mean as far as the revenue coming in? We probably lost about $24,000 worth of interest income. So, when it comes time to saying, okay, where are we with actual revenues? We're going to be a little short than what we projected. Um, it doesn't mean we won't make it up in other areas. We just can't get that money back at all. Right? It's gone. It's done. So um when we look at overall cash flow though we are doing okay and what

098I mean by that is there's a lot of red numbers up here but if we just focus where that yellow highlight is for December we are projecting about.14% higher in revenue than we have budgeted which is good so that equates about we're not talking large sums numbers but probably about $65,000 that we're looking right now and we have overbudgeted which is great. On the right hand side, when you look at expansures, we did in November, we were fairly high, which made me very nervous, but putting in context, 8.14% of our expenditures equates to about $2.9 million. The amount of money we spent capital-wise and through fund balance that we plan to spend is about 2.8. So, we're really trending very, very slightly above where we projected to be. uh when you take out those expansions

099and we reimburse ourselves back and really use the fund balance. So, I'm anticipating that and we're going to be close to where we um you know project as far as our budget coming into the end of the year. Uh once again, a little bit less revenue because we lost revenue we can't get back. Um but overall, I think we're going to be in good scenario or situation, excuse me, when we get to the end of the year. Okay. Um which is good. just our cash flow. Once again, it's all kind of topsy turban because of uh the state essentially. Any questions on cash flow at all? Now, we're going to really get into the depressing stuff. So, uh budget challenges. I decided to enhance this a little bit. Not as good as graphic as Mr.

100arms can do. But I thought to kind of make this visual with what we're looking at as far as uh our budget challenges going into the 2627 school year. And a lot of it has to do unfortunately with assessments. This year we were uh we as a district overall uh we had a large number I think about 35 uh residential properties at one uh reassessment reduction. Um which we show the the chart of where our assessments are. you can see what that dictates. Uh, one of the things we're going to that's on the agenda tonight to board approve that was in the Friday update was going out for appraisal on the the 937 Pen Avenue, which is the Waw Wa Pen Avenue. Um, we are in appealing that uh reduction right there and we need

101to um basically spend about $5,000 to get an appraisal. doesn't mean we're going to just only recover what we've lost, but we're looking to build a little bit more based upon what that WAW wall does as far as business and the actual work of the property. Um, so that's more to follow there. Uh, CCA is the uh Commonwealth Charter Academy. That's the building and choose building. We won the or actually we didn't win anything. They were denied their tax exemption which we are going to lose. There's no way to fight that because in the uh school code at charter schools and they own property they are um basically awarded that tax exemption. So they are appealing it right now. It's just a matter of time of when. Uh the one thing that they wrote in

102as far as the the the dockets of their paperwork they filed the appear that they were going looking at multiple years back to when they purchased. We will completely fight them. that um is something Mary spoke with solicitor receive man about and was totally blindsided with that. So we're not looking at multiple years here. Just wanted to make you aware of that and we will fight that and we won't be one year going back but obviously going forward until they sell that property or convert to something else. um talked about the resident appeals. The the there is some slight good news is that we did have two properties sell for very high value in both apartment buildings um in West Reading. Um so when we put the took the test as far as the common

103level ratio applying that to the sale value is come up with the fair market value and implied fair market value actually breached the $500,000 mark that our board policy has. So, we will look to file for an appeal uh as as far as July one when that that window opens up for us, which is a good thing. That's good for us. Um so, that's the only real good news coming out of the assessments. Uh but obviously, we'll keep the board updated as as more things occur and hopefully it's not as bad as what we're anticipating. um state revenue. I have a whole slide on this because the governor gave his proposal which was pretty promising. The outlook as far as where they're going as far as their own budget doesn't look promising, but we'll talk

104about that in a in a few minutes. Um special education costs are increasing. That's unavoidable. Transportation, our contract will be increasing just because it's going to happen. Um, but we're going to try and minimize that as much as possible uh in the new contract. Um, interest rates that's going to come down. Just didn't happen when they planned to in December, but probably in the next quarter cycle through of the Fed there. Now, we could have a new Fed chair, which will be interesting because his philosophy is a little different than the current one. It might not be cut. Hopefully, it's not, but it doesn't look like it's going to go up at all for us. So, we're probably going to be hovering around that 3.5 where last year we were in the fives. Okay, that's

105that's a huge difference. It's probably a difference between having a million dollars of interest income and about $750,000 of interest income. So, um we're to follow on that as we kind of progress through the Fed cycle and see what happens going into next year. health care costs. This does not look great at all. Um I put in I thought was a very aggressive 11% into the budget numbers you're going to see in a few minutes. It's looking trending right now that could be at 16%. But there are options that we're looking at. Um and one of the reasons why it's so high is um there's a number of reasons why healthcare just costs more. um which is eating into the health trust fund balance. And to be able to maintain the viability of the trust,

106you have to have a fairly okay fund balance. And we're getting to the point where it's like about a million dollars, which is well below the policy of the fund, which is about I think it's two months of operating costs. Okay. So in order to keep the percentage down there are plans um of which we've been calculating and possibly doing a cash injection um from the district directly. So what does that do? It could keep the overall cost of spending down. So we're giving like to say $100,000 that 16% could be 12%. So not so good for the district. It could be a lower cost for the district overall 16% but what it also does is that 11% or 16% but whatever that number is is also felt by our staff. So whereas staff, this

107is talk specifically support staff, they could be getting a 3% increase in their salary or their wage, they could be facing a 16% increase in their cost of their co-ay, which is going to shrink whatever increase they do or eliminate it altogether, >> which then makes it a little bit more challenging to retain andor keep staff spec specifically the support staff >> which was the how much did healthcare increase last 9.99%. >> And do we do a regular or is it possible to do any type of analysis to know whether our continued participation in the consortium makes sense? Uh that is a great great question and it has come up multiple times in the trust as far as people or not people but districts kind of inquiring about that and that gets a little challenging

108simply because we would have to and we can find this out how much it would cost us to get out of the trust because there would be a cost to that because as we're incurring costs right now or someone's going to urgent care right now we're incurring that cost. So there is a a price that we have to pay to essentially get out of the trust because of whatever we've incurred. Um it is possible. I I can't I don't have that information. The trust does. Um so if we are seriously in thinking about doing that um that's something that we would have to have a a pretty good discussion on. But I would say we could at least generally it would be available for us to figure out what average annual increases in typical health

109insurance out you know on the market for insur I mean for employers has been and it's a rough analysis but compar >> sure the trust did pull that information together from other PA trusts and local governments I can provide that in the Friday update of what those costs look like that percentage increase It's kind of I think there was one one entity that had below 6%. >> I just meant actually not comparing us to other trusts but compared us to what we would have maintained on market if we had never gone into a trust. >> Sure. And what um as other districts are kind of I know one specific district had kind of investigated that and the first year always comes in fairly well, right? It's like oh my good business. Um, they did have

110an example of a trust, uh, I believe it was out in Alageney County that went through something similar to this a few years ago where they had 16 17% for a few years. One school district ended up leaving. Their costs were very low the first year. Costs went up extremely high the second year beyond what they would have in the trust. They then want to come back into the trust and they said, "Sorry." Um, so we always It's and I completely understand what you're saying. I'm not advocating either way. Um the other side of that is if we would pull out of the health trust that means we're on our own essentially. So means we're managing that in district. Um we would have to come back to what that looks like for the for the

111business office to try and figure that out to manage that if we're selfinsured or fully insured. And then what are the fees associated with that because there's a difference. Um there's a lot more that we would have to have control of. Um also there is and our association contract is negotiate that whatever the health trust provides is what the insurance would be. If we were to remove ourselves, we would have to also kind of navigate that. Uh because at that point we would be open to whatever our plans are, but we wouldn't be associated with the health trust. So whether we offer high deductible plans, there's a there's a lot to unpack there. Good question. Deep question though. Very deep question. >> Yeah. And worth exploring. Um there's just a lot that goes with it.

112I will say for us as far as our district, we are probably one of the theoretically lower uh footprint of districts because in our we're the only I think one of the trust that has a spousal clause mean that your spouse gets insurance, you cannot come on to the district's insurance. So we do lower the number for us but then you're all pulled together so it doesn't um so just things to think about is is very high and it's very um sometimes hard to swallow the number that we're seeing here. Um the the other uh aspect on our end what can we control for us and we're kind of working on that through that with the um potential of having some powers maybe move over to um ESS by their choice not by the district's

113choice there could be some savings there for us because we be living remaining that healthcare cost okay is a very large amount if you're on a family plan here um it's about I think it's project about $28,000 uh per family for the district. >> That's net not gross. So net of any cont contributions their co-re. Okay. So in our co- premiums just just for your own uh um you know education the co-premiums for our support staff are lower than what our teachers pay. Our uh professional staff pays 14% on for administration. Um At the most it's 10.5% for our support staff. I don't recommend increasing it all because once again we'd be probably um putting ourselves out of market to maintain staff. Okay. Um I told you this is very depressing news. I'm sorry. I

114wish I had great news. We'd be saving all this money and having all this revenue coming in but no means not happening that way. Any questions on kind of setting the table for what we're going to see next? I will stay say that the governor's proposed budget once again was was he's very good speaker. It was it was actually a very lengthy um I think it went over an hour and a half almost uh which was pretty long for a government governor's uh proposed budget speech. Uh but he did have a lot to say. Uh, I'm just hitting some of the highlights here as far as where it really pertains to us. Um, and I do believe I didn't miss one thing that could have some, uh, issues for us, but we'll cover that. So,

115um, he is increasing or excuse me, proposing increases in basic education, special education, and the ready tolearn grant. Uh, as you might have heard on user, there already is a proposal for a statewide cell phone ban, which is bell to bell. Uh, he specifically called that out and he wants it on his desk. Uh, so it's getting there. We'll see what happens. As you know, we already have cell phone policy, so we're going to see how that kind of relates to what we already have in place. Um, and see if we have to change anything. One thing he did stress was recess in the school day. I kind of chuckle a little bit. So I didn't never expected a governor to say in his budget to address that we need more recess in the school

116day, but he specific was specifically called that one out also. So we'll see what happens there as we go into next year's budget uh with the school happens. He did specifically say there's no tax increase. So once again, how we're going to pay for everything. It's going to be interesting. But he is relying on new taxes from legal lights and cannabis and regulation and um taxation of skills. Okay. There was an article in the newspaper about that today. Um so it's going to be interesting to see if how that takes shape. Um I think they said about $2 billion potentially of tax revenue coming in from the skies. I'm not sure. We'll see what happens. Um, so the numbers, how they play out as far as way looks for us specifically, uh, basic education would

117be a $50 million increase for the state, which would equate to about 319,000 for us, which is great. It's not, you know, a huge windfall of revenue coming our way, but anything helps. Um, special education, that would be one of our larger shares in the past couple years. I think last year we got like $219. It was great. So we can get 53,000. That'd be terrific. Not going to really help too much, but it will a little bit. And then once again, they're looking at another 50,000. I missed a zero there. I do apologize. >> Only $50. >> No, it's 50,000. >> It's a busy day today. Yeah. >> And I'm not going to make that as an excuse. I should know better and I should have double checked everything, but yes, it would be

118$50,000, not 50.50,000. Um so which equates to about um about $423,000 we look at which once again and where we're looking at that's that's pretty significant for us. Um do we wish it would be more? Absolutely. But uh we'll take what we we can count. Okay. Uh and then just kind of going forward. This is the independent fiscal office for the state of Pennsylvania. Uh the bipartisan approach. Um, and why I'm kind of showing you this now is this is what the future looks like for the state of Pennsylvania, including in this was before the governor's budget. Uh, to balance the governor's budget, he is looking at using half of the rainy day fund. Um so which is that obviously rain day fund right there would not leave too much depending on what the outlook

119is for this year going in would not leave too much for the 2728 budget uh in a meeting I was attended Friday don't expect too much as far as increased revenue going in 2728 unless something drastic happens. Please remember that this year is an election year for a lot of a lot of senators, representatives, and of course our governor. So, it's going to be very interesting to see how this plays out. During his uh address, he did say uh so his address was on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he was having all four of the major party chairs in his office to start talking to budget the day afterwards, which is very, very rare. So, um hopefully it's a good sign that they can get this completed um and while providing us with hopefully what he's proposing.

120Okay, any questions at all on the state state budget? Okay, brings us to what we're proposing. Now, I will say this with a huge asterct. Last year at this time we were basically at $3 million also and we got the deficit down to $772,000. So we do as always have a lot of work to do. But that being said, this year is going to probably be a little bit more challenging specifically with facing what I just talked to you about the state budget and some other factors that are playing out. the CCA losing that revenue uh and some other factors that we will discuss a little bit later as we progress through the budget season. But I will be a little optimistic in just going back through the expenditure numbers. Um I did I did

121find some some ways we can kind of save some money here. Right now about $500,000. So we're looking a little bit more at that. We'll keep going through the numbers. Please remember that this the numbers you see here today this budget this proposed budget is a 0% tax increase. Okay. So uh and I flatlined the state revenue except for basic educ or excuse me uh the subsidies for retirement and FICA which naturally progress because as wages progress those progress. Okay. So um basically my message to you is don't be 100% concerned. I'm not saying here the sky is falling, but just be aware that it might not be as great as last year. And the tax increase that I'm going to recommend is might be a little higher than 2.25%. Okay. Um, lots of work

122to do as we kind of go into it. Um, this is basically your your tax increase chart. We did propose not going above the actin index, which is 3.5%. That equates to about $996,000. Okay? So, we take $996,000 off of that 3.8. You're down below 3 million, another 500,000. We're looking okay. Just okay. Not looking great by any means, but we're going to keep working at that. Just to let you know, um I didn't include right now the CCA revenue. So, that's in there. As far as your tax revenue, I did include the running hospital uh agreement. Um, I did not increase the BEF or the SCF or the ready to learn grant that we just talked about. I did include all the title funds. Now, this was contentious about last year at this time

123as far as the federal government, about the Department of Education. I haven't heard anything different. So, I did not increase the title funds. I also not did not reduce them. Okay. um if they were to go away that would be about $425,000 that we would have to cover or make changes in our expenditures and title one funds they cover your reading specialists right now at the at the at the hills. So, um, that's something that, you know, in the next couple of weeks as we learn more, hopefully that doesn't go away, but something that we just need to kind of keep in our our back pocket. Um, I did increase the interest income specifically because our interest income is decreasing. Um, simply because our interest rates fell and you just have a little bit less

124cash. As I told you, we lost about $26,000 of potential interest income. Hopefully we can maybe recover a little bit next year. Um expenditure assumptions, we did keep that at 11% that healthcare. I'm trying hard to keep it at that as far as on the health trust side. Um we did budget a full complement of staffing. Okay. So everyone we have budget now is in there. did in put a 10% increase in transportation, 15% increase in our auto and liability insurance. Um there is some slight savings in the charter school or the cyber charter school. Uh there was some reform in the prior budget. Now we have two different rates. We have brick and mortar and we have um cyber charter. There are some ways to um I'll use the word rearrange our expansures to

125maybe acquire some more savings in the categories that um they took a percentage of off of the calculation. Now having to go deep into this that increase from 80 to 90% and we have some opportunity to rebudget some things to hopefully gain some more savings which we will always do. Uh we're looking about 20% increase in natural gas and about 24% increase in special education expenditures. >> Is that just because of increased number of students and needs or that's a pretty big expense >> does for special education >> increase? Yeah. >> Yes. We had more students that were placed out. >> Um and of course Dr. Lang does her best job to find the best location for those students. uh more so not on always pricing but where they need to go as far as

126for their needs. And sometimes she doesn't have too many options to go to also. And then you also throw the transportation of those students on top of it and that's increasing. So you kind of get this huge bubble that just makes the expansure higher. >> We could talk a year or two ago about Dr. speaking to the IU about any with these just continuingly increasing special ed costs whether there was anything creative they could look into to help districts out on a more local basis with some of it. Did that go anywhere? >> It's been a conversation every year since I think I've been in this job. Um if you recall last year one of our the biggest bubble to this money is our MDS students. Remember they were previously placed at Wilson. Wilson said

127no more. We tried to partner with the IU and that was actually more expensive to partner with the IU >> than it was to place them where they currently are >> because they have some classrooms themselves and it was more expensive to use their classrooms. >> No, we were we were going to house the classroom. We were going to house the materials. We were going to handle all of that and then try to take in tuition students, but they couldn't guarantee tuition students, which meant the cost was very high to bring in their employees, their staff. for our low number. It's it's a relatively low number of students, but the biggest hiccup we have here is we have a K5 building only one or I'm sorry, K4 and then 56 and then 712. So, um

128because the students are really spaced out, we were already trying to do a workaround of grade level spans. And so, that's definitely one of our our biggest um issues. The other thing that comes out of this budget, and Mr. Ber is saying special education, but another thing that comes out of this budget that we can't plan for are residential treatment facility placements. So that's gened or special ed students who get placed outside of the school and then we get build for it and we just can never predict. Um, but as we're seeing mental health numbers rise so significantly, we're seeing the number of students placed rise significantly. >> Very good. And what is that approximate dollar and amount is what is 24% of our special ed just wildly? >> Um cost. >> No, no, it's

129okay. I just I mean that's just >> Well, we could provide that. >> It's okay. It's just such a big amount. >> It's such a large increase. >> Oh, the other thing is transportation. Sorry, but that's in there. Correct, Mark. for all of our students who are homeless, our students who um attend private schools. So, our Burks Catholic runs um that's all also in the special ed budget. >> And once again, I would ask you this is just the program numbers, you know, as we work together to to kind of hone in a little bit. >> Hopefully that number will come down. >> Okay. Um any questions on where we are right now? Any comments? Okay, the rest of this stuff we basically been over um we could provide this uh just as basically where

130our assess value is in our tax tax history. Uh I think um Mrs. Mcertry uh did a great job explaining the uh 2425 actuals. Um So I'm going to kind of you know um pause on that right now. The fund balance once again is on as she presented uh will be on for approval tonight on the agenda along with once again uh approval of the financial statements. Okay. >> All right. Thank you for your time. I hope to have better news. Uh I can't guarantee that on the healthcare but on everything else budget wise that we can control. We're going to work really hard to bring this uh closer together uh to at least bring a close balanced budget with hopefully a as small as tax increase as possible. But we'll work through that. Okay.

131>> Thank you. >> All right. You're welcome. >> Now we're moving on to curriculum technology. >> Yes. >> Which is also I believe >> Yes, that's me. >> Your show tonight. >> So, um All right. We're going to move on. Uh, hold on a second before we move on. Okay. Um, so it is re, excuse me, it is recommended that the board of school directors approve and ratify the following curriculum and technology items uh number one through three. Motion second. Any discussion? >> Okay. Mrs. Sorenzo. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hershey. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Kum. >> Yes. >> Miss Rodriguez. >> Yes. >> Mr. Shippers? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Taylor? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Torres? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Zinsky? >> Yes. Okay. >> Motion passes. 8 Z. Okay, I guess that's you again. Okay.

132Uh, it is recommended that the board of directors approve and ratify the following finance and facility items numbered 1 through 10. >> Motion. >> Any discussion? Okay, welcome. >> Mr. Hershey, >> yes. >> Mrs. >> yes. >> Miss Rodriguez, >> yes. >> Mr. Shippers, >> yes. >> Mrs. Taylor, >> yes. >> Mrs. Torres, >> yes. >> Mrs. Zinsky, >> yes. >> Mrs. Sorenzo, >> yes. >> Motion passes 82. >> Okay. >> Yes. Now, moving on to personnel policy. >> Yes. So just to give a little explanation um item number two under uh excuse me number two appointments uh under athletic staff and number two um under the hiring of the head boys tennis coach um the stipen was incorrect. It should not be 5,600. It should actually be 3,262. Um what we need to do

133is we need to have a motion to amend the agenda uh to change that number from 5600 to 3,262. After we go through with that motion, we then can approve uh if everyone agrees, we can then approve uh the items one through um excuse me nine as listed. >> I will make a motion to amend. Okay. Any discussion? Mr. >> M. Rodriguez. >> Yes. >> Mr. Shippers. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Taylor. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Torres. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Zincy. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Horenza. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hershey. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Kim. >> Yes. Motion to amend the agenda as stated. Passes through. Okay. Now, may I have a motion uh excuse me, I'm sorry. It is recommended that the board school directors approve and ratify the following personnel and policy items

134as presented. Uh items one through nine. >> May I have a motion? Some moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> I had a question. Could you enlighten me? I should know but how is it that what process is it um through which the director of athletics position the salary is set? >> Director of athletics. >> Yeah. How do we accept that position salary? When does it get set? How does that >> at that point? Um we would have a probably a discussion at a committee meeting based upon uh comps around the county. Um what we're technically paying now. Uh and then we would have kind of we would have that discussion to see where we want to go with that. Uh we'd be with the board um at a committee. >> So we set a

135range before we had a candidate or we have a candidate and then we >> we would set a range before we had a candidate because then we would go out with that range uh to because it is a it would then be an act 93 position. So it would be an administrative position and then we would um you know have that range ready for the qualified candidate. And I just >> Oh, go ahead, Gina. >> When you say committee meeting, Mark, does that mean like the finance and facilities meeting? >> Yeah, it would happen. We would uh technically we have personnel with finance and facilities now. We would have that discussion at that at that part. Okay. >> Dr. Lang, Dr. >> Thank you. >> I just want to make a comment that we're approving

136the position guide, not necessarily making a decision on anything further than that other than approving the position guide so that it exists. Um, any other discussion or questions? Um, and I just wanted to congratulate and um, thank the the uh, retirements that are listed in the packet. Certainly some longtime wonderful um, teachers and staff. So really appreciate them and sad to see them go, but >> which we'll have them back uh, here in May for a little reception. Great. Should be great. >> Good. Thank you. Okay. Uh, so we can have roll call, please. Um, Mrs. Goon, >> yes. >> Ms. Rodriguez, >> yes. >> Mr. Shippers, >> yes. >> Mrs. Taylor, >> yes. >> Mrs. Torres, >> yes. >> Mrs. Zapinsky, >> yes. >> Mrs. Shorenza, >> yes. >> Mr. Hershey, >> yes. >>

137Motion passes 8. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Uh, moving on in the agenda, is there any old business? Um there are some right to know requests that are up there on the screen and I did ask Mr. Foyer what um the attached addendum A um consisted of. >> Um it consisted of 13 different items um that were requested by a resident. >> Okay. >> Um if if it's okay if the board we can provide it in a Friday update. like to see it unless you would like me to read what those items are >> tonight. Fine with the Friday update. That works for everyone. >> Um I it didn't fit in my chart. >> Sure. >> So um and it wasn't abbreviated either. Yes. So >> thank you. Thank you for >> sharing

138that. I think that the Friday update will be >> awesome. We will get that in there for all the other ones I think are listed up there. Um is there any new business? Um if not I will entertain a motion to adjurnn second >> any discussion is that >> voice vote. Okay. All those in favor >> I. >> All those opposed. >> Okay. Motion passes. Meeting is a journ. We do have an exe a brief executive session um before we totally leave for the night.