001Good evening. Could someone make a motion for us to enter executive session? Make a motion to enter. Is there a second? Second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? We will now move to executive session. And welcome to our June board meetings. Where the bullying of the year is done. And I know you all are very busy this summer doing so many different things in our district. Can someone make a motion for us to amend the agenda to return to executive session to finish personnel discussion? So moved. Second. All in favor say aye. Opposed? We will return to executive session at the end of this meeting. And all of our board meetings I will now ask Ms. Tracy Smith to cry. Thank you for bringing us together at this beautiful day. We also thank
002God for many blessings this past school year. Help us, Father, to build on our success and learn from our failures. Give us wisdom each and every day. Help us to keep in mind the needs of every child in our district. Along with their families and our employees. We pray for wisdom and maintenance. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Thank you Ms. Smith. There was no action taken in executive session also. The minutes for the May 4, 2026 board meeting were sent to us electronically to review prior to this meeting. Are there any changes or corrections to the May board meeting minutes? Hearing no changes the minutes are approved by acclamation. The May invoices were sent to us prior to tonight's board meeting. Are there any questions regarding the May 2026 invoices? Hearing no questions do
003I have a motion to approve the May 2026 invoices? Do I have a second? All approved say aye. Any objections? Hearing none the May invoices stand approved. At this time I'd like to turn our meeting over to Dr. King-Kaiser. Thank you Madam Chairman. Tonight I just want to give a brief overview of where we are right now in the district in terms of our summer programs. We had graduation, school year has ended, everybody moves on in the summer. In District 6 we continue working. There's a news article tonight that's from the middle news. It's talking about our summer 3D program. Last year we fed over 30,000 pigs. This year we plan to exceed that. That includes multiple feeding locations where students can come and get a healthy nutritious meal. But also all of our solar
004programs that I see. Dr. Wooten and Ms. Kim will be back there. And also several district office staff that are very committed to our summer activity programs. We've got about 1,250 students participating in our athletic summer camps. Another 850 are participating in our hot arts camps. And almost 1,000, about 900,000, they're right Dr. Wooten, that are in our reading camps, summer school, investment camps. So we've got over 3,000 students that are actively involved in these summer programs. That keeps them off cell phones, off tablets, gets them out of the house, keeps them active, keeps them engaged, they collaborate with their peers. It's a great thing. We also feed all those kids at those camps. So the feeding does not just lend itself to the feeding location, but all of those locations provide a nutritious meal.
005And also for their mind and their soul, they've got a lot of that racing activity. So proud of District 6 and the district office staff that's here and all of the hard work that's been put in to provide those opportunities. Thank you to the district office staff. I just want to point this out too to the board that we have an incredible District 6 team, a leadership team that is committed to our students. And it doesn't just stop when school year ends, it continues throughout the summer as we plan and prepare for the school year. We're excited about the future, but we're not taking our eyes off the current president needs. Whether it's June, whether it's the middle of the fall, we're committed to the students and look forward to it. I want to share
006that. I also want to thank the board for their support. This program would not be possible without the support of the trustees. Every conversation we have starts and ends with doing what's best for kids. That is what we are here for and that is our priority. And we're able to do what we do. We call for that big shift. I just want to thank the board and make sure those that are attending tonight and those watching the millions of people across the board are watching on live streaming. I know that this board is absolutely committed to students. It is a blessing to be able to work in a district where that is genuine and sincere. And I just want to thank you. Thank you as a superintendent. Thank you as a parent and a kid
007in this district and for someone who's been in this district for a long time. It's an ongoing tradition here. The students are always worse. That is the expectation. So thank you. Thank you, board, in addition to the district staff and Madam Chair. And that completes my presentation. I will say this for some of the leaders. Our catering staff provided an absolutely excellent topic for today for a training session. And I was able to participate in that. So that's a thousand, a hundred thousand meals for the kids and what a great meal for a superintendent. I want to thank our kids for that. Thank you so much, Dr. Kauser. Thank you, Dr. Kauser. I look forward to bringing all of our students to several of the summer camps that you all are doing. And I appreciate
008it so much. Laying them down to see you. Wonderful. Thanks. District 6 is always a part of. The next item on the agenda is buildings and grounds with Mr. Brian Halsey. Thank you. Thank you, board of trustees. It's exciting times for our building program. As you are all aware, we've had a fine refining and we ended up in an extreme agreement. I'm having lots of planning sessions and meetings with our design folks. Dr. Cheney is here with him on past this event. He's going to give you a quick overview of a couple of our projects. And then he's going to talk about a little bit about some of the things that are going on in the background. We'll turn over to Dr. Cheney and he's going to show you a couple of the projects. Well,
009thank you, members of the board. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you all this evening and talk about this very exciting program. Exciting for the entire district. I'm proud of the opportunity to build here. So what I want to do is give you an overall kind of big picture of exactly where we are. And then we're going to focus in on two projects in the field. So what's been going on since we met last? I think it's been two months since I've seen you. So the district has been going through the seeded risk evaluation. So that's ongoing. And they are making very good progress in getting those contractors on board. Over the last probably four months, five months, I've been working directly with Mr. Paulson to obtain all of the existing conditions data that
010we need to do our work. So we've gotten all of the survey work done. We've got sensitive materials reports done. We've got traffic studies done. So there's been a lot of work in fact going on. And a lot of this is material that we have to do harder. So we're in very good shape now with all of this. At the same time, we've had, I want to say, three user group meetings personally. So we come up with conceptual plans. And then we've met with principals. And we've met with actual end users. So we've met, we've presented, we've taken feedback, we've revised our plan. We've gone back and shared it again. We've gotten more feedback. So I think at this point, we're really, really starting to zero in on exactly the right location, the right number
011of spaces, all these types of things. So it's very, very important for us to make sure that we involve these end users. So they're going to keep monitoring these buildings. So that's an ongoing process. As I mentioned, the standard risk contractor selection is in progress. From our perspective, we intend to issue schematic design pricing sets for these contractors that you buy. So what does that mean? That means that we're going to give them documents where they can begin to do cost takeoffs so that we can get a feeling upfront exactly where we are in terms of these nine projects. So that's a very important step to start. Here's the square footage, here's the initial design, and here's what we believe is going to cost. So of the nine projects, I'm going to focus in tonight
012on site plans, floor plans, and talk into the new elementary CDC. But I do want to mention that the other six, the three additions for the elementary schools, the three additions for the middle schools and freshman campus, those are still ongoing as well, and they're pretty well thought out, laid out. And the big thing that we're doing here is trying to really match the existing. We want these additions to blend in so that it looks like they've always been. So let's go ahead and take a look at the Dawkins Middle School. And I want to start with the overall site. Because this is obviously very important. We have construction going on on this site, the elementary, and the new Dawkins Middle. But I want to start here to talk about, we're considering cashing out an
013early site. What does that mean? That means that we need to get a contractor on board to begin doing this work. And in this case, the new car loop for Averson Middle Elementary School. So because of the additional classroom space, the additional cars, et cetera, we have to extend the partner. So we need to build this before we can start doing our additions because we'll end up carrying out an order. So we've got to get all of this in place before we can begin work. So that's part of the process. The second component has to deal with revising the existing bus system. So as you're aware, we're going to have a shared bus system serving both the elementary and the middle school. So the intent would be to get all of this work done, this
014work, prior to beginning construction here and construction. So I just wanted to show this because it gives you an idea of the overall amount of construction that's going to be taking place in this. So if we zoom in and we focus now just on the middle school. So we look at site access. We have the bus drive here as well as deliveries. The kitchen bacteria is located here. Then we have a car drive located here. Come in, loop around, drop off, and then exit. And then if we have visitors during the day, they will come in and go around the roundabout, go to the front door, parking, go in, and then exit. So that's exactly right now how we're proposing to handle traffic. So we look at the floor plan. We put together a two-story
015solution. And we begin at the front door. So at the very front, we have an administrative side, hall and space. We have a guidance side and hall and space. Set up in a similar configuration to the Inferiorals Notice. We have a central portal that connects all the way through the building. We have three communities, three learning houses, six, seven, and eight. Each of these are two-story. Each of the houses contains 19 educational spaces, 15, 16 centers. So we've actually added four classrooms per app. So a month ago, we were working on this design. We had a conversation. He said, we're just meeting for an exhibition course. Up here, this is the related arts link. So here we've got our band, orchestra, chorus, drama, art rooms, etc. We move over into the gym area. So here
016we've got the arts gym. We've got PE locker rooms. We've got JV locker rooms here. And that way, we can look at it deeper. So front entry. Then we've got our bus entry here. And the gym at the back here is our rider entry here. So then the final space is the cafeteria. Now they have a platform, kitchen, and the counter space. We go upstairs, starting in the front. We've got a media center. We'll be looking in front of the site. We've got some other spaces, related arts here in the second floor. And then these are duplicates. Each house is a duplicate of the first one. So I'll pause there. Is there any thoughts or questions about the conceptual plan? Go back to Anderson Neal. Yes, right there. If we were to build on the
017Anderson Neal in the future, which direction would we go? We'd go this way. And there's very faint lines indicating the position here and the position. Basically our mats. Yes. And we're in the end going back. We've got a training garden playground back here. We've got a top-off here. So the logical place to go would be up here. I just wondered if we could take that car loop system you got there. I mean, it's a bit further to the east. In the home, you have the money, right? That's correct. This is all the school that probably won't be here. So just sort of an advantage. We don't have any answer now. But just taking that car loop system and moving it to what I call east, actually gives us this nice place. We can start to
018do that. We're going to be getting into being welcome. Okay. So there's some things you need to deal with. But I think the problem with the open answer is what is the final student populations? Can they accommodate if we add it on here? And one thing to keep in the back of your mind of spilling the other elementary school at Black Sock, which was pulled from this area as well. And we, Justin has done some numbers and evaluation work. We're trying to figure out what's too big and things of that nature. How big an addition are we finally going to kind of get to? We're getting close, but we don't want to be him then. He's correct. There's some topographic issues on that side. Plus, we're trying to leave so much trees as kind of
019a buffer as well from the road and things of that nature. But all those things are on the board as far as what we're looking at and discussing in terms as well. Thank you. Anyone else have any questions or comments? All right. So let's go over to the Child Development Center slash new elementary school. So as everyone's aware, the existing building located here on North Black Sock is quite an old facility. And due to the nature of the students at this facility serves, there's nowhere else to relocate these students. So as a result of that, this has become a phased project. So in this particular scheme, we would propose phase one to build a new Child Development Center here, as well as the shared spaces that go between new elementary school and C's. For example,
020gym space, cafeteria space, kitchen space, et cetera. So once this is completed, then come back, tear down the existing building, and then build a new two-story elementary school here. And then finish out part loop, bus loop back here, and then be finished on site. So again, we take a little closer look at the floor plan. The main entry here is the administrative area media center. Then we've got our K-1-2 classes located here. The shared common spaces, cafeteria, gym space, multi-purpose space. Then all of the CDC spaces located this side. Closer administration, classrooms, cafeteria, multi-purpose. Upstairs, third or fifth grade. And then finally, on the right-hand side, all of the CDC classes are located here. I'll pause again to see if anybody has any questions or comments. And second, a plan for the new elementary students
021to include my report. Thank you, Dr. Cheney. At this time, we will move on to finance Dr. Omar Daniels. We have time tonight, and so this will be approved tonight. We have three items to present to you tonight. The first one is Policy BJC&A for first reading. Of course, we had a staff survey asking our employees whether they wanted one payroll per month or semi-monthly payroll. Of course, the majority came back and wanted semi-monthly payroll. So we are moving towards that. But we did have a policy in place that said for certified staff, that the payroll would be once a month. So this is a revision to that policy. The model policy says it establishes today's constructional payment for conversation with district employees. And it also gives distribution checks on the 15th and 30th of
022the month for Saturday employees. If you think of the 30th day is following on the weekend holidays, distribution checks on the last work day. It also goes to cover school lunch personnel, bus drivers, and so the employees will be paid weekly, which is in our existing policy. So again, this just reflects the payroll schedule for the upcoming students in first reading. Do I have any questions? If not, we'll move on to our budget. We began on 26-27, but of course, one of the things we talked about was the lack of state funds. We really did reduce the quote unquote basic cost that we faced as students. One of the challenges that we had was we still had needs of our students. And I think in our paper, it showed a $5.1 billion deficit based on
023mandated state increases of teacher salaries offset by the revenues that were received by the state. And so that was a challenge in how to overcome that deficit. So we looked at a couple of things. We looked at our revenues, looking at making sure we matched expenditures. And so with that being done, I think we came to when we did come to an eight-ounce budget. But some of the things we did include, of course, was the $2,000 increase in teacher salaries, an experience increase for teachers. There is an average 3% increase for all of the employees who did access the special education platform, which includes teachers and aides. We also included some additional custodians in our budget. Special education administrator. We had one bio-op position, assistant principal at Bobo. Also, how we had things outside of
024general funds, such as athletic trainers and nurses, we're including our Medicaid budget. So we didn't manage to include a lot of items in our budget, but we did have offsets and expenses also. And how we did that, we made adjustments to speech contracts and talked about maximizing the margin of our speech contracts. There's no reason we should be paying $150,000 an hour for a speech ticket. So those things, $20,000 a year for a speech ticket. So those things we've been at looped at, and we are revising those contracts also. We're looking at things like our wellness center. That's a service that I think our teachers enjoy, our employees enjoy. How do we continue things like that? So we've had a conversation with a lot of help who manages our wellness center and said, OK, what
025can we do? So we're actually, next year, we're going to start charging health insurance that each employee has. How does that help us? It reduces that cost by $250,000. So we look at things like that also. Our district farm. How do we cut labor in our farm and actually align that with the needs of our cafeteria? So we are continuing that. But we are able to reduce labor by cutting back on some of the volume that we have next year. We also focus on shifting some positions to capital funds, like some of our operation calls for building capital now. So all those things were done in order to balance this budget. Again, I think I said this and I've already answered it for me also. We have a balanced budget this year, but our concern
026is not just for this year's two presenters. And so we have to continue looking at expenditures and seeing is there any way we can do things differently as we move forward. But tonight, again, we are presenting a balanced budget with no tax increase for the 26th, 27th school year. The administration recommends the approval of $166,000,000, $155,000, $202,000, but for next school year, if I can answer any questions for you. If not, the administration recommends approval. Do I have a motion to approve the 2026-2027 District 6 budget? Do I have a second? All approved, say aye. Aye. Any objections? Hearing none, the 2026-2027 District 6 budget stands approved as presented. Okay. The second budget we have for approval is the debt service budget. Again, the debt service budget really is the same as in the past.
027The only difference is this year they're all wrapped around the dollars included in our debt service budget. Also included is the payment of our existing general obligation bonds. There is a 2022 quick release that we're still in our debt service budget. But again, the biggest difference is the referendum bond that we will issue for next year. Our plan is not to issue the entire referendum, 95 million next year. We will phase this based on further discussions about our schedule for a project to try to align that with the need for cash for those projects. There is a $15 billion issuance of non-referendum dollars that are included in the next budget also. But there are still items in our district that we cannot use referendum dollars for. Such as our HVAC projects, transportation, our buses, those
028things that we cannot use referendum dollars for. So that $15 billion will cover that. Our top 100 projects are still group projects that we have to do. So those things will be covered by the $15 million. We propose a balanced budget against not, just like our general bond budget with no tax increase. Before we ask for approval, can I ask you any questions on our debt service budget? The non-administration recommends an approval of $26 million, $219,082 debt service budget. Do I have a motion to approve the 2026-2027 District 6 debt service budget? I move. Second. All approved say aye. Any objections? Hearing none, the 2026-2027 District 6 debt service budget stands approved as presented. You do have in your budget books two other budgets. You have the Sparkler County Alternative School and the La Carpenteza
029budget in your back. It's also, again, District 7 is just waiting for those. But just a brief summary for the Sparkler County Alternative School. It's a $7168 budget, including the same assumption primarily that we did. $2,000 increase for all employees, 3% average increase on salaries for non-certified staff. That is a balanced budget that they are presenting for the Sparkler County Alternative School. For La Carpenteza, it's a little bit different story. La Carpenteza calls the needs, and we talk about this in our own budget, especially if education needs are increased. And so there is a shortfall for La Carpenteza's agreement of $9 million, which is a large shortfall for La Carpenteza. It is based upon the broad needs of La Carpenteza, except the satellite classes. The reason why that gap is increasing now, there's no staffing
030problem in the parking park field jobs in the parking park. That's no longer an issue. So now we have to put those positions in their budgets to create this gap. And it's equaling about $3.9 million because they now are filling those vacancies. And so if looking at the partners' budget, $49.2 million, they may based upon the assessment come back and ask for an additional meal for a partner. And we've asked them to probably minimize that to a meal. And then let's see how that works or how does that plug at $3.9 million for next school year. But they may come back depending upon assessment and exports and additional revenue. Any questions on partner? Again, this is just information, just to settle and the board will approve the parking plan. If not, close our report after
031hearing. Thank you, Dr. Daniels, for all that you do. Are there any additional questions or concerns for tonight? Thank you all for being here. Thank you for all that you do. Even in the summer when we don't have all of our students here, we appreciate it. Thank you, Dr. Kaiser, as well. If there are no other questions, this meeting is adjourned. We will move back into executive session at this time. Thank you. We have nothing to report from executive session and this concludes our meeting. Thank you. Have a good night. Be careful.