001ing and happy Tuesday. Miss H, would you open us with prayer, please? Heavenly Father, thank you for this beautiful us. It is my hope and desire that we have enjoyed this day. Heavenly Father, for those in the silent my voice this evening, put your arms of protection around them. those this evening, Lord, who may be going through sad hours of bereavement. We ask that you soothe their hearts and ask them continue to look from the hill which cometh their help. Lord, we ask that you go with our our government officials this evening, Lord, our local officials, Lord, and our state officials, Lord. Help them to realize, Lord, that we are all here by your grace and your mercy. And for those who are being honored this evening, Lord, we ask that you continue to instill
002in them the desire to not to get weary in doing what is good. And for all these blessings, Lord, we we count it all done in your holy and precious name. Amen. Call the Kershaw School District Board of Trustees meeting to order. Is there a motion to adopt the proposed agenda properly? Motion by Miss Furnace, second by Mr. Jean. All those in favor, let it be known by saying I. I. Those opposed. And that's unanimous. Is there a motion to adopt approve the consent agenda? Second. Properly motioned by Dr. King, second by Miss Hley. All those in favor, let it be known by saying I. I. And that's unanimous. We want to thank everyone, students, teachers, community, and parents for gathering with us this evening. At this time, we would move down to recognition and
003celebration. Dr. Goodwin. Okay, good evening. We'll start our recognitions highlighting some amazing students from Camden Middle School. Will the following students please come forward? Lincoln DMA, Leighton Morris, Sophia Armoth, Gracie Hall, Emerson Johnson, Tasia Stratford, Izzy Huggins, Gwen Connley, Abby Heatrich, and Armani [Applause] Davis Oski and Emily Brett and the middle school principal Casey Falenberry to join them. Tonight, accomplishments of Camden Middle School student project where they sponsored 10 Camdom Middle School students by fundraising and purchasing presents. They also placed second in community service with Penny Wars. This is where they raised $2,470 for the United Way. Great job. Thanks in part to standout efforts by Steven Kelly who raised $1,000 on his own and Mrs. Smith's class led by Gracie Hall, Brett Greenway, Caroline Rian, and Izzy Huggins. The school was also named an
004honor council, a prestigious designation reflecting excellence in student leadership and programming. The Camden Middle School student council has 51 members who have all been a part of this wonderful leadership organization. We would like to recognize Gracie Hall who was honored with the Terry McCoy Hall of Fame Award for her outstanding leadership, generosity, and team spirit. Please join me in congratulating these students. [Applause] and thank [Applause] you. We'd also like The egg teacher cap card. This group traveled to Clemson, South Carolina on March 29th to compete in the state horse evaluation career development event. Kylie Tucker scored second uh individually and the team placed first overall. Winning first in this event, these students will advance to the national level competition will represent South Carolina National FFA Convention nexting the national FFA horse evaluation career development event.
005gain new insights into equin science by evaluating and ranking horses based on breed characteristics, conformity, confirmation, I'm sorry, and performance. Participants defend their decisions through oral reasons in front of a panel of judges. On this team, students solve problems related to everything from nutrition and reproduction of horses to tack and equipment and feed used to care for horses. Participants strengthen their leadership, observation, analysis, critical thinking, and communication skills while also developing and exercising a competitive team spirit in building an awareness. and this wonderful [Applause] team. Middle student Okay, our next honores are with the academics department and Byron forward. Both our academics department and adult education program have received Dollar General grants. The academics department is the recipient of a $3,000 Dollar General literacy foundation grant to purchase highquality books for students attending this year's
006summer reading camp. The camps entitled This year Read Every Day. These books will will provide muchneeded resources for our students and support their journey toward achieving literacy milestones outlined in South Carolina's Read to Succeed initiative. scholarship. Congratulations to both of you and thank you for all your work you do and for securing these grants. [Applause] Okay, Miss Goodwin, will you stay? Next, I would like to um have Matia stay up front. She serves as the district's director of intervention and enrichment in academics department. Matias worked hard to secure funding for the camp read every day and has been awarded a $54,33 summer reading camp grant from the South Carolina Department of [Applause] Education. [Applause] Our next recognition goes forward. as the recip. [Applause] Next, I would like to ask Mary Bradley Kirkland and Tiana Benjamin
007to come forward. And I would like first group that we recognize come forward again. names. My bad, folks. I'm sorry. And we're right now. and parents if you want to get that picture group that won all that all those awards and recognitions that I mentioned earlier in the presentation Big round of applause. Finally, Good evening everybody. Um for these come on in He's trying to hide. He's trying to hide. Sit back down. Yeah. I want to be able to see these board members for just a second. Um, y'all are probably probably haven't ever been invited to a banquet before and then two weeks later get a letter saying you're uninvited. Well, we are very sorry that that happened. Um, Upurching Showers has had the privilege of honoring our all academic team for the last 30
008years. And during this time, we've hosted a banquet for our for the academic elite with their parents. This year, unfortunately, we had to cancel the banquet. But we continued to provide the the other things. We gave the plaques out to all the um students. Matter of fact, they're being done tonight, I think, at North Central. Um and we've recognized them in the uh Chronicle Independent. We um we've really enjoyed the 30 years recognizing academic excellence in Kershaw County. This is a this is something that a lot of times gets overlooked. That's why we started the program and it's been our privilege to do that. Uh each year, as you can see on the wall over here, uh we present the district with a plaque that has all of the names of the students for the
009upurching jawers all county academic team. So Andrew, do you All right. Good deal. Thank you. Sorry. Okay, this concludes our recognitions for this afternoon. Thank you. [Applause] I was just getting ready to lean lean forward to tell them. Yes. They got to come back. [Music] under public forum. We did not have anyone to sign up. Old new business policy review. Miss Becky, would you comment was that place and Miss Dollar. Thank you. Good evening, Dr. Goodwin, Dr. Smith, members of the board. Thank you for the opportunity to present today. I'm here to present for a first reading a new proposed seizure safe schools policy JLCG and discuss proposed revisions to policies JLCDA JLCDR individual healthc care plans and JLCDB use of life-saving medications. The proposed updates and changes will allow us to comply with new
010South Carolina legislation, the Seizure Safe Schools Act. In 2024, the South Carolina General Assembly enacted the Seizure Safe Schools Act. This legislation requires each school district to adapt a seizure training program for school personnel using specific guidelines, develop implement seizure action plans for students diagnosed with seizure disorders, and ensure the administration of seizure medications by trained personnel. The act aims to provide a safe and supportive environment for students with epilepsy and seizure disorders by equipping school staff with the necessary knowledge and skills. To comply with this proposed policy, Kershaw County School District will undertake the following. We will implement a seizure training program for our personnel. They'll receive annual training on recognizing signs and symptoms of seizures, appropriate response protocols, and the administration of prescribed seizure medications. Training will align with guidelines from reputable organizations
011such as the Epilepsy Foundation of America and may be virtual or in person. Training will be documented annually with the certificate once completed. Also, seizure action plans will be implemented for each student diagnosed with the seizure disorder. An individualized seizure action plan may be provided in collaboration with the parent guardian and their health care professional. Seizure action plans will be integrated into the students individual health care plan. School nurses will have primary responsibility for administering seizure medications. In the absence of a nurse, at least one other trained employee will be designated to administer or assist with seizure medications. In alignment with the proposed seizure safe schools policy, updates were made to our state department of education guidance documents on individualized health care plans as well. and proposed changes to our IHP policy would include the
012integration of seizure action plans. Standardization of IHP templates or individual healthcare templates. The language used will be the accepted nursing language and nursing diagnosis to ensure consistency and compliance across the district. This will be in accordance with NANDA, the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, NIC Nursing Interventions Classifications, and NOC Nursing Outcomes Classifications. These are key components for the nursing process, providing standardized classifications for diagnosis, interventions, and outcomes. IHPs, including seizure action plans, will be reviewed and updated annually or as needed based on changes in the students health status. To ensure timely compliance with the statute, which becomes effective July 1, 2025, we have drafted a training roll out pending approval. Our staff training programs will begin as soon as staff returns for the 2526 school year with completion deadlines set by the administrator and school
013nurse at each site. Of course, there will be ongoing monitoring and evaluation to assess the effectiveness of the training and the policy updates with adjustments made as needed. By implementing these measures, Kershaw County School District reaffirms its commitment to providing a safe and inclusive educational environment for all students. The Seizure Safe Schools Act along with the updated IHP and life-saving medication policies will enhance our ability to support students with seizure disorders effectively. Thank you for your time and attention, and I welcome any questions or discussion at this time. Any questions? I would like to point out there is a typo at the top of the page that says JLCDR. It's page three. It says assisting students with medications and it should read individual health care plans. It's page three, but it should say JLCD individual
014health care plans. It's actually the third page to that IHP policy. Are there any questions? I just have one quick question. This I think is great what you just said. Um during athletic or activities. So our trainer that we have would be certified follow this. Yes sir. He's a procedure. Procedures. Yes, sir. All staff will be trained to recognize seizure activity in anyone, not not only students diagnosed, but anyone and to provide first aid for that person. Um, if the child has medication, if it's a known seizure disorder and they have medication at the school, the trainer is usually one of the people the nurse will train to assist with that medication if they need it as well. I know we used to train with CPR and all of that stuff. So, I guess those
015be part of the coaching. Yes, sir. Duties kind of. Absolutely. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. I think everyone have the information for our uh South Carolina School Board Association School of Law Conference for August the 23rd through the 25th. And if you plan on attending, please do or get in contact with Wendy, Dr. Mr. Chair, Mr. Willard Willard's going to come forward and we're going to bring to you the uh first reading uh proposal for the 2526 budget year. Uh we know that we've been basically prepping this it seems like for a lot of months, but uh we do have a little bit of additional information to to share with you. We do want to take our time and go back if there are any questions as we work through. Um Brad, I
016know, doesn't mind being interrupted in the middle or at the end. and he doesn't mind which way. So, we'll turn it over to him. All right. Thank you, Dr. Smith. Dr. Goodwin, members of the board, good evening. Um, so, as Dr. Goodwin said, we're going to be bringing first reading of the 2526 uh budget proposal this evening. Um, just a little bit of introduction. As far as budgets go, uh, the this is the kind of budget that's always tough to bring uh to you when it comes to the bottom line, so to speak. Um, but if if you are just to put it in into perspective, if you have read some of the daily clips that you may receive or if you've done research with other districts about other districts, you'll find that what we're
017seeing is is pretty common. Um, districts that I've researched in a from a proportionate view um are budgeting to use the same types of reserve transfers to balance their budget on a budgeted basis. doesn't mean it's going to be actual. Um, and for those districts who are fortunate enough to not have to budget as much as they may in a normal year, um, or may be close to balancing or those who have, um, autonomy to, um, capture additional millage within their county or those districts who are reaping the benefits from a year of reassessment where those assessed value um, uh, the assessed value growth is benefiting them on their local revenue. But with that said, we feel uh that we are bringing to you and we hope that you'll see the same thing, a budget
018that that addresses two key things. One is uh the finances is always a a support of our primary mission and our focus and that is to provide for children and educate children. Uh the second piece of that is we want to put our resources where it means the most to make that happen and that is uh a people focused focused budget. So uh that is what we have intended to uh bring before you for this year and we hope you see that as we go through uh the budget. I will just give you a quick update on where we are in the legislative process. So what you will be seeing uh this evening still is a reflection of the ways and means projections from a revenue standpoint uh that goes back almost a couple of
019months. Uh we did not receive any additional updates until late Friday afternoon through the Senate projections. Uh we did not see that that made a tremendous difference at all. There was a net increase uh but not significant. uh and we will be working that in as we bring you second reading. Um so we we have now gotten a Ways and Means version, a House version, a Senate version. They did not concur when it went back to the House 2 version uh or the session. So now we are in conference committee this week and those conferees will be trying to um come to uh some type of an agreement on a recommendation for the budget. Um you may have seen or read that the BEA the board of economic uh adviserss did meet again this week
020and uh actually increased projections of revenue quite substantially both on recurring and non-recurring money. The question is is will we get a benefit from that as it goes through conference committee? We don't know because there are certain lines that they can't just put money on if it's not open and has at least some type of budget already in there. Uh so we're not sure where that's going to where that's going to fall. Um it could potentially extend our process and get later into a session. We're just not sure yet. But uh that's the update that we have from the legislative side and we'll certainly keep you updated and you'll know more about that within a couple of weeks when we come back together. So, as we jump into the to the reading material, just a
021quick rehash of our summary of changes and accomplishments that you will be seeing within the charts of this budget. Uh, state minimum teacher salary schedule. Uh, that was a $1,500 increase to the minimum by both sides of of legislation. Um, and you can see the other categories that that also uh encompasses other than just the teachers. A 2% increase to each sale of the bus driver minimum schedule. Uh, we we in this budget are putting 2% on on all of those salaries, not just the schedule. And those two those are the two primary mandates that we see each year with the budget. This budget does include the implementation of the salary schedule upgrades that we've brought to you as a result of the salary schedule study. And that current investment projection is $1,125,000 for those
022classifications. Um, and we wanted to point that out as a separate item. However, that is included within all of the charts and the proposal that you'll see this evening for the budget. a 2% cost of living adjustment for all classifications outside of the mandated areas for teachers and bus drivers and those outside of uh uh being impacted from the salary schedule study upgrades. And the reason there is all of those who are impacted by the salary schedule study upgrades um are already getting substantial increases from a percentage standpoint. I think the lowest one is is about five and a quarter percent. We've implemented step increases for all eligible employees and that equates to an additional one and a half to 2% on top of that cost of living increase depending on which schedule you're looking
023at. So it gets everyone to at least a three and a half between a three and a half and 4% overall. Um the only exception will be if someone has maxed out on their steps and they're only reaping the cola. So eligible working retirees have been moved to uh from step 25 to 26 for all classifications. And just in quick summary, we have continued to look at uh maintaining our staffing ratios as we need those uh keeping those strong uh looking at any growth or changes that we have u to create that equity and staffing and uh we've also considered the things that we have to we we we know that we have the mandates and we know we have things we want to address, but there are some things we just can't avoid when
024it comes to certain program expense needs, utilities, and uh facilities as well. Um the current legislation does uh require an a 4.6% employer health cost increase which is built into this budget. And I wanted to put in a bullet about the bachelor's plus 18. Uh we've talked about this before, but I wanted to make sure that it's known. Uh the the only mandate from the state was to increase that particular schedule or for th Well, the state's not maintaining the schedule, let me put it that way. But for those individuals in that classification, the only mandate was to increase their minimum $1,000 versus $1,500 for all other teacher classifications. We are not doing that. We are uh increasing that classification just like we would any other classification uh within that schedule. So, um, as we
025move to the first chart where we talk about our expenses, and we've got this broken down down into two pages, I am going to take a little bit of time to, um, to explain a couple of these uh, or a few of these that are uh, significant increases um, or changes in general. So the top section, so you're looking at the first um any of those salary rows remind uh just a reminder that those include steps, cost of living increases, and or salary schedule upgrades. So I'll bring your attention to the teacher salary schedule row. You'll see that that is uh a $5.3 million increase over the current year projected expenses. Uh keep in mind that that is holding space for those vacancies um or people that we still need to get into the system
026to replace those that have left. That will be a continu a continued process. Professional support salaries uh 453,000 uh budget over uh project current year projected. Um, a lot of that change is as a result of the implementation of the salary schedule study changes, but it also includes uh any any steps and colas if they were not impacted. Uh, but I'm pretty sure everybody in that was impacted by a a more substantial increase. The same would be true for secretary and aid salaries, uh, those other classified schedules, and that by far is going to encompass our largest classification of employees. And you see that that's a $ 1.9 million increase over um uh the projected expenses for the current year. And you may be saying, well, well Brad, why do we say that those increases
027are so large in comparison to what you just said on the 1,125,000? Uh the reason is that includes again steps and other components that increase the salary. So it's not just the implementation of the schedule. uh maintenance salaries um is another one impacted by the uh salary schedule upgrades and the and the fact that we created a career a career path by getting us a few of those schedules as opposed to one um and the transportation salaries the increase there comes as a result of the state mandates and changes to that schedule um I'll move down to a couple of categories um uh or the the insurance categories, uh, insurance, retirement, and matching FICA. You'll see that those are pretty dramatic increases over what we expect to spend this year. Uh, but keep in mind
028that is not just as a result of the 4.6% mandate in mandated increase on the health insurance. That is as a result of every time you increase salaries, it's going to substantially increase the fringe benefits. um two rows that I'll address together, the instructional services and the student services. Those are two that we have talked about um uh for a long time. That is where we're paying contractual service agreements as opposed to having FTEEs filled in those positions. Um you'll see that we will not uh increase those budgets just for the sake of increasing those. we would rather hold those dollars in the salary line in the event we fill those and if we move that budget we would be behind the eightball because then it doesn't calculate the fringe budget. So we want to
029keep those where where we would like to have the people at some point. Um, sorry. Could you say a little bit more about that when this relates to the student service? Uh, and you made reference of it being shifted. Uh, yes, we're we're not going to put more budget there. U, as you'll see, um, it says that the budget that we are proposing is 1,269,000 less than what we expect to spend this year. Um we we realize that but we don't want to put budget in that line item just for the sake of the contractual agreements. We want to hold that budget in the salary line items because then it produces a a fringe benefit calculation and ultimately the goal is to fill those positions where we have budget. Gotcha. Okay. Um I do want
030to talk just a minute about cleaning services. Uh so just a just be warned that that line item will change before we get to second reading. So um cleaning service is one of that is one of those expenses where we still were benefiting from ESRE dollars coming into the 2425 year. So we were taking um the first let's say the first quarter uh third to a quarter of the year out of our ESSER funds that we had remaining before they expired and then we paid the remaining year out of the general fund. We want to build that budget back into the general fund and I have a proposal here of $2.2 million whereas last year's budget was 1.7. What we're actually going to do is build the full cost of that back into the general
031fund because the correct way to handle that is if we want to use other sources to pay for it is we need to transfer that money from another capital source into general fund and that's where we want to spend it. So just just be on notice that that number will be higher as we get to second reading. However, it will not impact the bottom line because we will build in a transfer from our capital to cover that and not put all the responsibility and the burden on the general fund for the 25 26 year and we're in a good position to do so. Uh repairs and maintenance, you will see that we're not adding uh budget there even though our projection is a good bit higher than what that is. uh we do have the
032flexibility from uh some of our deferred maintenance funds to help uh shoulder that burden at year end. So we will do um some transfers to make sure that we're not uh uh overburdening the general fund with those expenses. So we expect to be able to help the general fund with that in much the same way as we would cleaning services. Um, but we will we will certainly uh keep an eye on that and if we have to make adjustments, we will. Um, but uh Mr. Smith and I have talked and we've come up with some plans of how we can do that. Um, so we're going to keep that budget right where it was for the 2425 year. Um, on to the next uh page. Uh, one thing that I I do want to mention
033is uh supplies. Um, you know, one one concern from from one year to one budget to the next is, you know, are we dramatically increasing budgets on supplies? What are we spending money on? So, I I want to be clear that and and that supply line and some other things that even include the library, the media sections. Um when when we look at the budget, you'll notice that on supplies, our current year budget is 1,258 and we're putting our budget at 1,200 for the next year. That is not cutting line items per se. It is getting rid of some budgets that we may have had in contingency that we just don't need. So, we are not going to be adding budget for supplies. um that our general office supplies. If there are any changes we
034make, we we will uh make the commitment to you that those are going to be for instructionalbased supplies. We're we're not going to be putting extra budget out there for for other types of supplies. We will we will do with what we have and uh we will make it work. So, just to bring your attention to one of the last lines on or rows on that page where it says transfers, uh you will see that that budget is currently at $930,000 as proposed for next year. That is the other line that will change in conjunction with the cleaning services line. Just to make you aware uh when we come back for second reading, that's where we will build in that transfer. So, it's a net zero impact to our bottom line. Okay. So, I I'll
035pause there to see if there are any questions on the expenditure sections before we uh bring that to the summary and talk about the revenue a little bit and to get a drink of water. Okay. All right. So, so that revenue information will come over to the bottom of the next uh chart. Um, so let's look at the local revenue section uh for 2526. Um, we we will remain conservative at this point, but we will give you a reasonable expectation of what we should um see happen for next year. Uh we don't want to get too far out there because we're waiting on some local u uh information. Uh we are still getting some information getting revenue in for the year that we're booking late. And there are a few items here for instance fees
036uh other revenue which comes from sources that we may not expect to get revenue from from during the year. Um one big example Dr. Good one would be the settlement, the the jewel settlement. You know, that that's where that would go. That was totally unexpected, but it came in over the course of about four or five quarters. We don't know if something else like that's going to come up or if we'll see a reduction because that goes away. Um interest revenue, uh that's a moving target. While we have been fortunate in the past couple of years, we never know what's going to happen to the market. So, we don't want to get overzealous in what we expect to get there. So, we're expecting about a $30 million revenue uh intake uh on the local side,
037state sources. Again, this goes back to the Ways and Means projections that were given to us a couple of months ago. Uh there are no real dramatic changes there. Um they are what we would expect based off of the projections. So, you have about a $2.3 million net increase on aid to classrooms general fund. $565,000 change on the EIA portion. The act 388 uh tier three, that's kind of our hold harmless money and the increase that we would get uh year-over-year for the lack of uh owner occupied home taxes. So that's about a $745,000 increase. And then we have an increase under other state revenue of about 467,000. And that line uh just just for disclosure, that is a line that has revenue from the state that assists us with transportation salary expenses. So that's
038kind of the boost we get for the mandated bus salary increases, retiree insurance. So even if somebody retires and leaves the district, we're still responsible to pass through a portion of benefits that are on the amortization schedule to South Carolina PEA. Uh a portion of state collections for the state level fee in lie of taxes, not local. And then the PEA credit, they give us a portion of one quarter's um credit on the retirement report and that's only assuming that it gets funded. So we're always conservative on that one as well. So to round this out, just going across those columns, we have given you the actual results from the FY2324 year um where we added $1.5 million to the fund balance. Then the 2425 year, which is still in process, we budgeted last year,
039just as a reminder, a little over $3 million as a reserve transfer to balance that budget. But the middle column where we're projecting 2425 at this time, I'm projecting us to to pretty much break about even where we have the 119 million of revenue and $119 million of expenses. Uh that projection may change a little bit by the time we get to the next reading because we'll have another month behind us and we may adjust that a little bit. And then the proposed FY226 budget, we have revenue at 122.3 million. That's about a 2.7 to 3% increase over what we expect to get this year, but it's about a 5% increase if you compare that to the current year's budget. expenses. We're projecting at 126.3 million currently, which is about a uh which is a
040little over a 6% increase uh over uh what we project for this year and would only be marginally less than what we have budgeted. So uh again those two bottom lines will change a little bit by virtue of the cleaning services expense budget and the transfer but it will be a zero impact what we see on the bottom line. So, with that information, we uh we are predicting a $3.9 million shortfall from a budgeted standpoint and would request that that be approved to uh move from reserves in the need in the event we do need that. And uh that concludes the dollars and cents part of the presentation. and we have just given you some reminders uh of of what we're still in and what's going to be happening as we get through the course
041of the next couple of weeks to a month. Uh we will hopefully not be delayed in the process and hope to be able to bring you a second reading on June 4th. Um I I will say that there are some key legislative proposals and bills, some of which are still left out there to consider. Uh but there are some things some things that we are thankful did not make the finish line and have been deferred to the next legislative session. Um I'll mention one of those as a for instance the paid parental leave which would have moved the maternity from 6 weeks to 12 weeks and paternity from two weeks to four weeks as I understand it did not make the finish line and would be pushed to next session. So, um I I would
042I would urge you just uh keep an eye on your your clips and legislative updates to see what happens this week as conference committ conference committee discusses uh the the the matters that are still out there and those BEA revised projections. So, with that, Mr. Chair and Dr. Goodwin, that completes my presentation and uh I'll allow Dr. Goodwin certainly to uh make any comments if he'd like. Just to reiterate a few things. This budget that we bring to you tonight doesn't look much different than our peer districts. Um this is very similar if you read your clips each day to what's going on. Um again, you know, we would say that, you know, budgeted we're showing a 3.9. Uh obviously we're very conservative in how we spend, but we also want to be conservative in
043how we budget. We always prefer to give you the worst case scenario and deliver best. And uh so that's what this is. Uh I would also reiterate though that this is a very people focused budget. One of the commitments that that you've made as a board was to re-evaluate mainly our classified staff members and how they're compensated. And we have taken a huge step forward in this proposal uh to addressing those. um they they are the lifeblood of our school district just as our teachers are the lifeblood and hopefully what we've been able to do is to uh to compensate them fairly. Um we uh we we're going to watch real closely as this conference committee works through. There are some proposals on here that would change these pictures just a little bit. I thought
044it was more than it was and I was kind of excited going into Brad's office yesterday morning and he let the air out of my balloon pretty quick. Um but but that's okay because uh at least we're not going backwards. Uh some of our peer districts, it seems like every time they get news, they're going the wrong way, but we're going the right way. So uh we're pleased to bring you this. We do think it focuses on the things that we've been discussing for really almost a year because we we started this journey talking about salary study really a year ago. Uh is is how could we get to an implementation phase. So, we're uh we're excited to bring this to you and uh hope that it recognizes the hard work of our employees. No
045questions, but a comment or two. Ju just to um pay homage to our financial department and and and what you've done. This is a I hope people realize just how much of a luminous process this is every year. um to the meetings that have to take place, the the collaboration. I mean it and especially when you conduct the salary study, which I'm ecstatic that we'll be a we've been able to uh achieve what we have over the last couple of years, that's that's so huge for our folks, but um for you to have to go in every cell, as I've said before, and make modifications, that's hundreds and hundreds of of changes that have to be made. So kudos to you and your department for your work. And uh Dr. goodwin, your leadership and kind
046of overseeing all of that as well and and all the department heads. It's very obvious that um looking at uh that there have been some centuries monitoring each of these line items because uh you can see that some have gone down to be budgeted for next year. Some have to go up. That's called cost of living. It's called growth. Um our district's growing. Um, but anyway, I just want to want to say thank you and I'm just excited to be able to have this kind of a kind of budget, especially as Dr. Goodwin said and as view has said, Mr. Willard, where it impacts people, that's where the rubber meets the road. Thank you. Thank you. And and just to comment, we we appreciate your all's confidence in in what we're doing and uh patience
047as we try to explain a lot of changes that are now culminating to a lot more questions for us from the funding model standpoint. Um so some of those things are hard to explain and it's it's happening across the state. Uh but uh we appreciate your consideration, but most of all, if you have feedback, have questions, please let us know because we want to make sure we get as much clarity as we can as you as you all uh contemplate a vote the next time we come together. But thank you. Is there a motion to go into executive session to discuss resignation, retirement of certified and classified personnel, employment of certified classified personnel, assignment changes and transfer of certified and classified personnel. Properly motion by Miss Furnace, second by Mr. Reeves. All those in favor,
048let me be know by saying I. Those opposed, that's unanimous. to re reconvene to open session. Properly motioned by Miss Furnace, second by Mr. Cameron. All those in favor know by saying I. In executive session, we discussed resignation, retirement of certified and classified personnel, employment of certified and classified personnel and assignment changes and transfer of certified and classified personnel. Is there a motion to accept the administration recommendation concerning employment matters properly motioned by Dr. King second by Miss Rebecca. All those in favor be known by saying I and those oppos. Is there a motion to adjourn and close with prayer? Second. Motion by Miss Furnus, second by coach. All those in favor has been known by saying I. I. Thank you. Heavenly Father, thank you for abiding with us this evening. We leave here, Lord,
049but never from your divine presence. We ask that you lead us safely back home and find it better than we left it, Lord. And we give you all the honor and glory. And it's in your name we pray. And it's in your name we count it done. Amen. Come here.