001I'm Ms. Hunley. I'm speaking on the budget and she's She always helps me obtain the details on all the proposed budgets and she's just such a big help and a pleasure to work with, so I thank her for for all that. Also, a special thanks to Dr. Stanley. He He helped me with a lot of the nuance regarding advertised teacher pay cuz not all divisions advertise in the same way, so I I appreciate his help with that. First, I want to look at metrics for success. I've never heard anyone say that they love SOL tests or that they love teaching to a test, but it's really like the only metric we have right now, so especially to evaluate our progress year over year and to measure our performance against other divisions. So, I want to
002look at this Slide two looks at SOL averages across Virginia for all grades and subjects. The lowest score being a 376 and the highest 467. Campbell County falls on the left side of that bell curve, which means we're scoring just below average when compared to the state. Slide three, it looks at our test scores and how they've changed over the last 3 years and compares to our neighboring counties. Elementary was the best 3 years ago with a six-point advantage, but that has been reduced down to a one-point below average. Middle school has moved down to eight points below average and high school has hovered just below average there. Looking at revenue for this proposed budget, there have been comments about the lower student enrollment and reduced funding from the state and the perception might be
003that we're actually getting less money from the state, but this budget shows we're getting in 4% more year over year and that's around $3 million more. Looking at the expenditures and the categorical expenditures, um this year we're planning to spend $4.7 million more for FY27. Here we can also see that instruction is getting a 3% increase while the categories of administration and office of the principal are getting more money year over year. When we look at the expenditure categories as a share of the total, instruction is at 38% of the total budget with benefits directly related to instruction taking up 16. So, that puts us around 54% of this proposed budget dedicated to instruction and benefits related to the instruction. Looking at teacher pay compared to our neighboring counties, our entry-level teacher pay is average
004compared to those divisions. For step 15, we're below average by 2%, but a lot of progress has been made on step 30 where we're now 4% above average. For the highest advertised step, we are 8% below average there. And lastly here, this looks at how we prioritize teacher pay over the last 5 years in the proposed budget. Both teachers and staff are getting a 3% increase. However, this does not address the discrepancy in raises over this period where teachers have received only a 24% increase in compensation while staff have received a 33% increase. But I do I thank you for giving me the time to present and a lot of shows of support, so thank you. Thank you. Moving on to the approval of the minutes from the March 9th meeting. Do I have a
005[clears throat] motion to approve? Motion. Second. I have a motion and a second. Do we have any discussion, concerns, questions? All right. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? All right, so our minutes from the March 9th meeting have been approved. Moving on to our personnel report. Ms. Tanner, members of the board, Dr. Stanley, you have a relatively short personnel report in front of you. Unless you have any questions, I'd ask that you approve it as written. Move for approval, Madam Chairman. Okay, I have a motion. Do I have a second? Second. Okay, any additional questions? Concerns? All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? All right, our personnel report has been approved. Thank you. >> have 2 seconds, Absolutely. With your approval, I'd like to draw your attention to two members of our audience. We felt it was
006important to have a second personnel report this month. We usually don't, but we did want to get approval for our two newest principals that we've hired. So, Mr. Harrison is moving to Brookville Middle School to be the new principal there next year and we're really excited about that. And then Erica Ford is going to be the new principal at Rustburg Middle School. Erica is not a stranger to Campbell County. She's a graduate from Rustburg High School. She reminded me, I had forgotten that. And she was lastly an assistant principal at Brookville Middle. So, she knows Campbell County and we are excited to have her back. Thank you. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. Thank you. I'm excited to be back. We're very excited to have you. We know that both of them are going to do a great
007job. Obviously, you all know Sterling well. Mr. Harrison's going to do a phenomenal job there. And Ms. Ford, how how long did you work in Campbell County? Um 14 years. Okay. So, so Erica's very familiar with Campbell County schools and and again, we know she's going to do a great job. I will tell you if you asked my son who had the biggest impact on his educational career, it was Erica Ford when he graduated. And soon it'll be Dr. Ford, right? Fingers crossed. Thank you all for being here tonight. Thank you. All right, Altavista Combined School renovation project, Dr. Stanley. Thank you very much. Well, as you all know, when it comes to our capital improvements plan, um for the past few years we've been we've been we've been deep into projects, okay? Obviously, we
008have a a brand new building at Rustburg Middle School, um which Mr. Michie who's here with us tonight had a hand in designing, RRMM. He spoke last year at the regional Southern Forum when we had it over Rustburg Middle, um talking about the design of that building. So, we've gone from that building to Brookville High School where we as you know, we are waist-deep in a in a renovation project that's going on there now. And then next on our list would call it would call for the renovation of Altavista Combined School. So, before you get into a renovation project, you obviously want to know what you're getting into. So, we issued an RFP and we hired RRMM architects to come in and do a feasibility study, which is prioritizing the needs of that building and
009and giving us, you know, an idea of what a renovation could look like. So, I will turn it over to Michael. Thank you for being here tonight and Mr. Tweedy, thank you for being here with us tonight. Um we're going to get into again the the nuts and bolts of what a renovation could look like, what the cost estimates would be, and then if you all have any questions, we'll certainly try to answer them. And then at the end of that presentation, I want to ask you all to consider approving this project and moving forward to the to our board of supervisors. All right. Thank you, Dr. Stanley, and good evening, members of the board. Happy to be here. Michael Michie with RRMM architects. I'm a lead project manager for the firm. I've had the
010pleasure with working prior to this project on Rustburg Middle School. And for the past 2-3 months, been able to work with Dr. Stanley and staff and key stakeholders there to really go through this process that is a significant renovation project for Altavista Combined School. So, the idea is you start at a macro level study and really start to identify what these needs and priorities should be. Ultimately to guide the decision-making process. So, I'm just going to list a few things here for our an agenda here and these are the fundamental criteria of the feasibility study. It really starts with programming the needs with the staff, which is an exercise that we will briefly show you kind of the results of that and that helps identify and establish the priorities. A key factor of this study
011is investigating all of the existing conditions, namely the MEP systems, that's your mechanical, electrical, plumbing. And then we'll we'll look at some design concepts in terms of floor plans, how we might be able to make things work um on both first level, second level, so I have some graphics there to share. And then ultimately taking a look at um a preliminary cost estimation that would fit within a total project range of cost. And then we'll look at defining the next steps, what comes next from this study. So, first of all, the the graphic over to the right is a program chart. We have a long program that identified all the different special needs from middle school and high school and all the core subjects and really starting to ask the questions for what is currently
012in use at the school now and what will be the future needs. So, by doing that, we were able to first identify what would be the kind of capacity or enrollment target there. So, we've On the left side, you just see some quick bullet points. 600 students, 330 dedicated for the high school, 270 for the middle school. So, essentially a stable population there with a little bit of growth of what we're forecasting. The building itself is about 155,000 square feet. So, we have a significant size campus there to address renovations and possible additions. Part of the parameters also defining to preserve the site amenities, the athletic fields. Looking at both middle school and high school, how they are working in in in the two gyms, that would be a significant part and priority that we
013define out of address both physical education athletic departments. And then also the the program lent itself to introducing some opportunities on the career and technical edge side with CTE programs. So, materials and processing lab is is being uh identified as as an a need and also an additional flex lab. Um, and then here's a key key note in terms of just identifying a a total project budget, 33 million. So, keep that num- that range in mind. And then where we headed with this when we talk about the study and having a proof of concept and a uh a a budget that we're looking at with real numbers in today's markets, we're also identifying this, when is construction start? So, this is all relative to a construction starting in early to mid uh next year, 2027.
014Um, so here here are our main priorities, pretty much in order if you identify from the from from the from the start. So, we're addressing the full building systems completely, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and sprinkler. Uh what has to meet code to to today's standards on on some of these that we we have understand and the issues with climate control and humidity issues. Um, so this is significant right here as I'll reiterate in a little bit, this is more than 3/4 of the construction cost. Um, school security improvements, addressing the main entrance um both in terms of bringing a secured entry vestibule that meets um what the school needs at a at a safety and security standpoint and also accessibility there. And then athletics physical ed department, this was a major it's almost a project within
015itself when you really identify all these different needs from middle school programs to high school levels and what what we could do uh within the building itself. Um, CTE and exploratory programs, as I've mentioned, finding uh space with these additional labs. And then what's left in terms of bringing uh interior upgrades to classrooms, labs, uh sort of like a a modernization if we can that can still fit within an over an overall budget. So, just going to I'm not the engineer, I have engineers that work with along here, but I know enough around what we're facing on here. So, you you're essentially looking at from a mechanical standpoint, a full system replacement with the piping two two two pipe system to a four pipe system, all new equipment relative to new air handlers, new duct
016work, multiple zone VAVs, this is how we deal with outside air, humidity control, ventilation requirements. And then you have some assets of the school that we would look to retain here. So, those are identified with the 2015 boilers, chillers, cooling tower, and then some piping in the 1996 wing. Um, important to note in the process of the study, we are bringing in multiple looks at existing record drawings. You have multiple additions and renovations at different periods from 1950 to 1960, all the way up to 1996. So, it was important for us to really identify over last 2 3 months all of these things and the status of them. Um, so we're we didn't take a deep detailed dive in each of them, but enough findings here to to identify what are the immediate needs. Um,
017and it was critical for us to identify here with mechanical and then also electrical and plumbing that you're really looking at almost a full system replacement to bring it up to the standards we need. Um, so electrical, you get an all new lighting, uh all new electrical uh service in terms of power, fire alarm system, uh low voltage systems that covers your uh data requirements and uh access control, some security. And then plumbing, all the fixtures to be replaced. Uh we made a note here about scoping, so you know, going through sanitary lines and identifying any deficiencies to your needs. That that is still um some more testing that's required. We haven't got to that point working with um within this limited time frame of here are some of those next steps of um continuing
018to to do things that we need to um you know, help identify some more scope of what we're facing. Uh sprinkler, so you there are many areas of the school that have limited coverage. Those would be maintained in this study. Um, you're not required to sprinkle the full building. Existing building code allows you um and things have changed over the last several years to do that. The main trigger of needing fully sprinkle your building would be if you have a change of occupancy, which we don't have here. So, we're going to we're going to look here momentarily at the the design concept and if we were to add a certain piece to the gym, that might trigger a limited expansion of the sprinkler, but overall the study would look like it would would show that
019that scope of work is really outside of the main budget. It would be more of what we label as alternates. So, I'm going to come to this image here cuz it's a little easier to zoom in and see. So, of course at at this scale it's tough to make out everything with the size of the school and floor plan. I just want to give you a brief overview of the grouping. So, the colors that you see that are not white, those are where your major heavier renovations are being identified. That's where we're going to have reconfiguration of space and basically a whole new look within that area. The white areas are retaining that space in the configuration it it it it's in, but keep in mind this is still a full mechanical electrical uh full
020renovation. So, we just want to start I'll I'll highlight some of these areas. So, if we look at a new front entrance, now you have a new secured entry vestibule, a more grand entrance out front addressing accessibility with a ramp. Um, the yellow areas are still administrative with um central admin and also counseling. So, these areas have expanded a little bit, but and now they're um you know, there's there's also just a an efficiency to how they're laid out. Um, and having a more secured entrance sequence here was key. So, where this dash line is now, that's actually showing that you would have an expanded lobby. Uh moving it over toward this way, this So, where the media center is now, that would that would still be at a at a minimum a renovation that
021includes um uh all new mechanical electrical uh lighting in there. We have heard from the from the beginning that the space is rather large. So, as we really start to identify some of these ideas, which are important to bring these ideas to the plate now, so we can decide later on what what are the priorities. The the red dash line is showing an idea to have um a corridor and a new lobby that's expanded to serve the auditorium uh lobby. That would allow for, you know, in in in public restrooms, so after school hour use, you could really have this area be uh separated from the rest of the school. Uh and also clean up circulation in in terms of how students from the high school wing, which will still retain the high school wing,
022uh could exit toward toward the front. Um, so on the high school wing, most of these areas have um stayed in the positions that they are with the classrooms, but we've been able to introduce a new materials and processing lab in this northwest corner. Um, also in in general, the middle school and high school levels are relatively in the same positions that that they are now in the schools, but we're able to actually look at getting middle school all of the main subjects on the second floor. So, in this T-shape here, all of your main middle school classes are are all located here. That's not what's currently there at the school now, there's some that are on the lower level. Here, we're saying all the middle school could be found on on the second level.
023We know STEM and M, which is an asset to the school, that would remain where it's at. It serves the middle school, that's that's on the first level. So, that was nice. By making these moves, we're able to find some efficiencies and some opportunities to add in some some space. So, uh you're you're getting a new flex lab. That's important for the the high school level for the CTE. Uh just moving along, going to focus in on first the high school. First the high school gym. So, overall here, there's a lot of space. And there's just a there's opportunities within that space to just be a little more efficient with the layouts. So, what you're seeing at the the top are new foot football locker room, new boys team room, girls girls team locker room.
024Um all of which serve all of these different sports that we program together. And along the this side of See my cursor? That's that'll serve both boys and girls PE with their own dedicated restrooms. Coaches offices and suites are located here. Athletic training. Moving along down here, so that this was one idea to find a way to connect the two and help improve access and entry and exit into this uh facility. So, you have labeled in red is a new lobby addition. Um so, people can people that are coming into the gym now, we know enter through here. And the And the gym's a little I mean, the lobby's a little limited in in the house space is used there. So, this would allow that over- overflow and provide a space for Hall of Fame
025and and um and also just provide an interior enclosed connection that connected two two gyms. So, the And the middle school moving in the middle school, the green areas are serving uh strictly middle school level both boys in PE and boys team room, um additional storage. So, there's actually a stage here. We're removing that stage to get um access down at the same gym level court. And also kind of revitalizing the front of the building there to allow for middle school football locker room and also a girls PE there. Uh can I Can I ask a question? >> Please. >> I hate to interrupt you, but the only thing that's new is right now is the added entrance to the auditorium. Is that correct? Everything else is just refurbished. Is that correct? Well, the the
026new front entrance there would be new in terms of what you see from the front as a new addition. Yes, and then the gym infill addition is technically new. That You're You're This is This is a piece that is currently outside >> part of that current is there now, right? Uh no, that's all That's all side walls. >> That's the space in between the two gyms. It's an open space now. So, they would connect the two gyms. Where is the area where y'all got all your trophies and stuff at now? I mean, That's in the mostly Right there in the existing lobby. Yeah, mostly in here. >> Okay. Okay. Okay. But that would just connect the two gyms. Okay. All right. I'm sorry. I'm just I'm just not >> Be good. >> not real familiar.
027And all of those the rooms that are in orange and I think pink are just re-tooled. I mean, the the walls and floors and everything's there. It's just new everything about it. I mean, it's fully gutted. It's a full renovation. You would have a whole new look there that you wouldn't It wouldn't be recognizable what kind of locker rooms compared to what you have have today to where it's going. Okay. Thank you. You know, and one of the issues with locker room space there is that like William Campbell is a combined school. So, you've got middle school and high school programs there. Six basketball teams. You know, it's just locker room space has always been an issue. Um Also shown here outside the the the areas of the building footprint are these alternate where we're
028labeling as alternate. So, again, something at this range of cost that we're seeing is outside of that project budget is an architectural canopy that provides this covered walkway from from this main lobby to connecting to the gym lobby. So, you have it here. And you also have it at the rear where the high school students leave now. Which is a smaller scale canopy, but it's labeled here as a pre-engineered canopy. So, that provides you that covered access connection on campus as you travel from one building to the next. Yeah, but Mike, that'd be a problem with that loading dock back there. Well, where So, with with that detail in mind, the thought is when you when you have something like this where the dash line is, that's actually raised to allow for that access for
029any type of larger trucks to go through. So, you'd have it 13 6 tall? Sometimes a little higher than that. Yeah. Just to make sure a vehicle access can can go through. Uh they also thought in terms of improving the school security is the architectural like an ornamental fence at a minimum that would be able to be here and also located here. Kind of protect from outside interference. So, I know that this is a this is a lot to kind of take in and kind of read even from a screen. Uh but I'll gladly take questions as I I have a few more things to show you on the slides relative to cost summary. But we can come back to this. Okay. So, it's important to understand that the order of magnitude cost summary that
030we're showing here. We're showing in ranges rather than a single point or a single value because there's so many uncertainties at this level. Um it We're using just to give you a sense of our process right now. It's both internal cost estimating that we use with all of the projects and data that we have, independent cost estimator that's working with our team, and also soliciting input from GCs and subs within this region, within this area. Um We're also So, at the top, we're saying a construction estimate hard cost, that's what the That's what the construction costs will actually be would be a range of 30.5 to 32 million based on these plans and this scope. The target on that would need to be more in the 30.5 range, the lower end of that range because
031we have this additional The next line The next is showing your soft cost. Soft costs are your architectural and engineering fees, commissioning fees, some general requirements like permits, just some administrative things. And And then a total order order of magnitude project cost, GMP, guaranteed maximum price. We're using that terminology because we know there's a a very familiar process that Campbell County uses with PPA and design build. So, think of the 33 to 34 and a half million, that range. Think that our relative to this scope, we're looking into that 33 million GMP being the target. What does that leave us? So, um as I mentioned, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire suppression, 25 to 26 million. So, more than three quarters of the story is is there. And that leaves us to 5 to 6 million for
032architectural renovations and additions. Uh excluded from those above project costs, owner carried items. You have an owner contingency of 2% of a construction cost, and then a list of items, asbestos design and abatement. These are shown as allowances right now. They can move. Uh but overall, that's a little over 2 million dollars right there. Uh it's important to note that with further testing, um we've been able to identify some things that we clearly can see over the study to try to say, "Okay, maybe asbestos abatement of $300,000 is a reasonable allowance." It might be less. So, more testing on that would would need to occur. Um loose furniture and CTE equipment and technology allowances, those are very high numbers. Um but we're keeping them high because you have it with for instance, a materials and
033processing lab, you could easily be looking at a quarter million dollars of CTE equipment just for that space alone. And can I Can I just And for let you know that that's what we did with the Brooks project as well. Um we have come up with ways to pay for the loose furniture, um and we felt pretty good about our technology in terms of our cameras, terms of our smart boards, in term of terms of our access control and the systems we use in terms of scanning people in. Um all of that we feel really good about. Um and even though the the furniture's been tight, we've been We've found ways to pay for it. Um And Mr. Tweedy has agreed to help us with some of these other costs in terms of um surveys
034and and and other reports. One One more thing about what's in the order of magnitude cost, back to this GMP, with so much so much uncertainty and some volatility, especially in mechanical cost and electrical and maybe some others, but mainly those two for the size of the scope of this project, we have a built-in 5% design contingency plus a 4% escalation into those figures. So, with subsequent phases of design, you hope to pull down those percentages and get more certainty with the subs to dial in those costs. So, that's why these ranges remain high uh on the high end that you see. So, just to let you know that there is escalation in construction as um contingency built into those top numbers. Um and then here here are some we're we're labeling things that we
035have shared um that were that are identified as alternates. So, it's good at this stage to say, "Yes, you can continue designing these things." Um and maybe when the savings are there, we can pull them back in. So, just So, right now they're outside of those ranges, but the new lobby infill addition all-in cost would be 1.1 million. Uh media center renovations that were shown with the corridor and restrooms as as another kind of next priority, 765,000. And the list kind of keeps identifying those with canopies, um additional interior deficiencies, any additional exterior deficiencies. And then that fire protection, which is not required, but as a as a time to do it if you were to bring it as a priority, you're you're close to a million dollars just for the entire building. So, there's
036a a group there that's a little over five million dollars. Uh last slide here, just again, additional with considerations, next steps, um understanding the level of detail provided by this study within a 2-month period, we've you know, again, first really prioritizing what these needs are. Um using a high range kind of order of magnitude cost associated with that. Schedule implications, taking advantage of summer months. So, it's important to to make decisions quickly so that these these things, especially with the cost, are are moving forward. Um and by taking advantage of the summer months, we're we're really targeting that next summer, 2027 for construction. It's important for any kind of renovations and phasing to take advantage of these summer months. Um and then also just the additional testing that's required for any more hazardous materials, scoping
037of those plumbing sewer lines, water flow tests, maybe not as critical, but something that could be done that's related to the sprinkler. And then civil utility surveys that need to be updated. And then just keeping in mind that the effectiveness of these alternates that can still be continued to be designed. Um and then if the cost savings are realized, you can pull those back in. Take any questions, discussions, comments. But your 20-some million dollars for the H V A Go back to that. 26. >> [clears throat] >> 25 to 26 million. That don't include new boilers and chillers, right? It does. Everything new aside from those those few pieces that were done in 2014. 20 Yeah, exactly. 20 when? 2015. There's only a few boilers there that we would recommend retaining. And I guess the
038the big takeaway from this is the fact that, you know, R&M's given us a a conceptual design, but understanding the county has indicated that they are planned to borrow 35 million dollars for this project, and 33 would kind of go into a guaranteed maximum price. Just so so so you all understand, a big chunk of that's going to go into the MEPs, going to go into the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing. Um and then these other things, okay, um more things that we could potentially do um with the additional money, and then I will also apply for school construction grant, and that could possibly help supplement some other things um that could go into the uh to the project as well. Gary, I'm curious what you think. I mean, you know this building better than any
039of us. I think we need some more money. And I was over there a few weeks ago and walked it with Gary, and I saw it, and I'll be honest with you, I was shocked. Like, it definitely needs significant repairs. >> in the gym or the original I mean, I just said it's got to be the wood backwards. Yeah. I mean, it is I I really felt like I was walking into I had time traveled when I walked through that gym. I'll be honest with you. I was a little embarrassed that that was our school. It's needed. And so, it's desperately needed, but Gary, you you know this school better than anybody, and I'm I mean, I know all we are approving today is to move forward. I think we definitely need to move forward.
040But I feel like, you know, you know this school better than any of us on the board. >> We won't be able to do [cough] everything on this. Yeah. There's going to be some prioritizing that has to happen. Yes. And I I will say just again on the this mechanical electrical component alone, which is your bulk, it it's kind of an all or nothing kind of thing cuz this is the this is the time to do it. >> [cough] >> And to get the right climate control, humidity control. >> That's the biggest problem with this. And that seems like part of the issue that was causing some of the dilapidation was because we don't have the climate control in there. Like, you know how many times we walked through and we're like, "Oh, well, this
041was definitely caused because it was a humidity issue." >> By the way, how many dehumidifiers are in there? 75, 100? That's right. I don't know. I dumped them enough times that I should know. Um yeah, a lot. I think there's no question it's needed. I just want to make sure that we're So, that that's what those numbers are indicating is you you're getting brand new there to address those. And then, you know, the lighting side, when you have all new lighting and power, that does make a a a big difference in how you perceive a space. Now, we'll say the light renovations, we didn't really point on in the plan that are the white spaces, you're still having new ceilings, new painting, new flooring. So, just keep keep that in mind. Well, we'd have a
042lockers, there's it's kind of a plan of attack for that. Some of it's not needed, so you can demo that out, and there's only Some of them are worthless. They're like this wide. Yeah. You can't even put a book bag in them. It [snorts] seemed to be there would be a few on the middle school level that would be needed to be kept. Yeah. Mailbox. Mhm. So, in all this presentation, I've not heard roof mentioned at all. What's the status of the roof? The roof was just replaced. That over the whole thing? >> The last year last year. >> Well, the the original part, that's slate, and it's correct. But everything else has just been done. And when And when does And that includes no windows? But the windows are in pretty good shape. I
043don't know when they were done in the in the '90s. >> That's yeah, probably. But the windows and windows and doors and uh The doors are in one of those alternates, which I had to ask the question, additional interior deficiencies, exterior deficiencies. >> Yeah, it would fit into that interior deficiencies. Mostly on the door slabs themselves, hardware's been replaced. And the access control That's right. Is Is this main building constructed pretty much like Concord? I'm not I know I know at Concord they went berserk when they went up in the upper part of the old building cuz all of that was wood, and they called it like the amazing fire hazard because it's so the wood was so dry that that anything could ignite it and just burn the whole thing down. Is Atavista the
044same? No, we're we're seeing mostly like primary the primary frame being steel. Okay. And that yeah, as as your main structure. Um Even a wreck. Masonry bearing walls. Mhm. Uh nothing stood out in terms of wood framing. Okay. It's actually humid every time I've ever been in the building. Oh, yeah. So, it is very humid. That's definitely due to the current state of the HVAC. Um for me working in the community, that's one of the the first things I had one of my employees come to me about when I got elected to the board. So, she'll be very pleased. She's probably watching this meeting right now, but >> Well, you can tell a lot of our buildings are they [clears throat] have the two-pipe system, which means you either have air conditioning or heat. And
045so, on a day where it's 75° during the day and 30° at night, that's your biggest problem. The classroom's pretty hot right now because we won't switch over to cooling until after the spring break. I mean, I know we got to look at the alternates, but I'll be honest with you, I don't think that I'd hate that those are even negotiable because they're so desperately needed in that building. So, you know, I hope that we can find a way to to make those happen as well. Correct. And while we're doing it, do it all and make it equitable. Now, clearly for a high school and a middle school, shouldn't we get funding for two schools? That's a good question. >> [laughter] >> Hear me too. No, I don't want to know what the numbers So
046so um if you don't have any more questions of um Michael about the presentation, my ask of you tonight is to consider blessing this project moving forward to our supervisors for financing and the procurement of the project, whether that's PPEA um as we've done in the past or or however they see fit. Um So, that's basically what you are approving us to move this project forward. And just a question, like out of just to put it out there, to build a new building, what would that cost us? Rough estimate. At this [clears throat] size school, you could um So, much more, but How much more? If you take 100 If somebody has a calculator, I could do it here. If you take 155,000 sq ft times it by $420 sq ft and divide it by
0470.85, that's your estimated project total cost. And then I would say it's going to be higher than that relative to a site being purchased and the site work making that number even higher. We don't want to move Well, The thing about it is is y'all got the biggest parking lot in the world out in front. And and that's I mean, you don't need to move the site. I mean, I think it's a question you got to look at. I mean, it's I mean, I don't know. That's a That's a lot of money to renovate versus building a you know, Rustburg Middle School. Something similar to that. That's a lot of money to renovate, but really you're not getting a lot of renovation. That's exactly what I'm saying. I mean, you're getting HVAC and plumbing. Would
048that include all new plumbing pipes and Yeah, that That That overall price per square foot for new construction standard. >> thing for your own home, you guys. When you have to replace a roof or an HVAC that or waterproof a basement, that's the big biggest expense and it's just regular maintenance. Can you send us this? Oh, yeah. Yeah, copy of this. >> I can forward this to you and we'll also forward your final report. We'll have the final report this week. I'm just curious. Yeah, just curious. What was the math on that formula? 155,000 sq ft times $420 a sq ft divided by 0.85. >> by point or multiplied by 0.85. >> divided by 0.85. >> 0.85. That's actually 40 45 million. divide goes up cuz you're including soft costs. And I'll say that number
049is building only. 60 million Soft costs only. Doesn't include what site costs could be. So, you could have a 60 million $10 million civil site contractor costs just for the the earthwork, utility work on a new site. >> land with water [snorts] and sewer. It's about double. Yeah, that's and that's doesn't surprise >> what we would do this one. where there's a river Oh, yeah, time you got into trailers and >> Oh, yeah. Yeah, that big space to build Yeah, it's easily double if not more. I just we were scared about it. I mean, just trying to be able to justify that was the curious first question that we had on the on the table. building to meet this program, right? The scope of this program that creates that size school. Okay. Do you all
050have any additional questions, discussions? Anything before we take a motion? I'll make a motion we proceed. All right, do I have a second? >> Second. All right, all in favor? Aye. Opposed? All right, thank you very much. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Bye. We need to get us a little cup for table those of change, you know? Right. Tip [laughter] money. All right, so consideration of adopting our FY26-27 proposed budget, Dr. Stanley again? Yep, thank you very much. As you all know at our last meeting, I introduced our FY27 budget and in that budget we talked about and we have been talking about declining ADM and as was noted tonight, um with re-benchmarking, we still we've got some additional money from the state to cover basically the rising cost of doing business. Um
051you know, as we've said, you know, ADM's going down, but the cost of business continues to go up. So, thankfully, um that re-benchmarking did help us in that way and then the county committed to giving us an additional $2 million. Um Um so, we're certainly appreciative to that. Uh in that budget, we have a 3% raise for all staff and except administrators um where we're proposing a 2% increase. Um we did have six additional positions. All of them uh or five of the six fall into the area of special education, which are kind of driven by federal numbers. Um and then we have one request for a administrative assistant at Tomahawk Elementary who has an enrollment of 700, which is makes it our our third largest school in the county. So, um that administrative assistant
052is is certainly needed. Um we also increased our our health insurance budget by 10% as we anticipate those costs going up. Um and I think I've heard from other superintendents where those um numbers range from 10% to 30%. Um so, hopefully we we did budget enough. Um Okay, go ahead to the next slide. Um You know, we showed you kind of our breakdown of our of our revenues. Obviously, the vast majority of our money comes from the state. Um that number's right there at 80 million. Um with the $2 million of additional money from the county, that increases that number to 31.5. Um and you can see for an overall total an overall budget of 119 uh million dollars. Talked a little bit about school nutrition and where that money comes from and how we
053have that um expended out to the to the penny. And uh and basically, there there are no changes. So, the General Assembly didn't pass a final budget. So, what we've got right now, what we proposed is is what we've got. Um at the end of April, um the General Assembly should reconvene and the governor's called a special session on April 23rd to hammer out a um biennial budget. Um so, hopefully at the end of April, we will come back with an amendment and and potentially some increased revenues uh from them. County um has adopted their budget on April the 7th. Um and then like I say, we'll come back when all of that's completed and and give you an amended budget um if there are any significant changes. So, tonight I'm asking you to approve
054the proposed budget um as presented last at our last meeting. So, we'll be willing to ask answer any questions. So, Michelle, I have Jared Coward, that's roughly that 10% of our rough budget. Pretty close. Yes. What was the question? About that. Yes, sir. Thank you. If there are no other questions, I'll make a motion we approve the proposed budget. Do I have a second? Second. Any other further discussion, questions, or concerns? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? All right, well, there you go. We'll adopt that budget. >> Thank you very much. And thank you, Michelle. I appreciate your hard work. And I'd like to thank the Board of Supervisors for that extra Yes. Absolutely. >> so. All right, moving on. Dr. Stanley, it is you again. Well, just some announcements really um on Wednesday, we've got
055the Southern Region Forum um that's taking place um in Danville. Um I'm going to be there at 4:30 and I've got some artwork to take representing Campbell County all three, elementary, middle, and high school, coming from Altavista. They're Altavista's uh um the artwork is phenomenal. I can't wait for you to see it and I think last year our high school overall winner was from Altavista, if you'll remember. Yeah. Um so, they're doing some some great things there and uh I look forward to presenting that. Then on Thursday, the 26th, we've got our college and career day, which is here and that starts at 9:00, so you're all certainly invited to stop by um and see the the host of um employers that come out. I think we've got 74, 75 um employers that will be
056here um recruiting our kids. So, at the end of the day, um seeing kids move beyond the stage and into these jobs is what what it's all about. So, it's an exciting day. On April 2nd, we've got All County Chorus um where all of our elementary school students will be up singing at Rustburg High School. That starts at 7:00. Um certainly a sight to see and uh I encourage you all to come out. Spring break is April 6th through the 10th and then our next meeting will be the third Monday of April on April 20th. And that's all I've got for you tonight. Moving on to matters from the board. Mr. Parker, do you have anything? Uh yes, thank you. Actually, not a whole lot. I appreciate I did go by the um I guess
057probably a closed session thing now that I thought about it, but um we made a good decision on a real estate consideration that we had. [snorts] Um went by Brookville High School earlier in last week and didn't even know they were doing this, but it was awesome. I got to stop into the library. The counselors and the senior teachers there put together a uh get ready to apply for a job type thing in the library so that the kids will be ready for the CTE um field trip on Thursday. So, they were they had different setups in there where they were asking the students what their strengths are, what their weaknesses were. They were making them stickers that said ask me a question. They were helping them with resumes, um dress to impress, how to
058speak to an employer. And their counselors are going to have folders with five resumes and some notes and the uh layout of where the employers are located. So, when they get off the bus, they will know exactly where they need to go and they're tasked with applying for five jobs. And I thought, you know, set them up for success. It was really cool. So, looking forward to seeing that on Thursday. And that's really all I have this time. Thank you. Thank you. All right, Mr. James. Um not much of anything. Uh Mr. Harrison, just congratulations. Um suddenly I was trying to picture you in maroon and you know, wearing a maroon [laughter] hat and go. I'm not sure it's going to work for you, but good luck to you. It worked once. Yeah, it worked.
059He's wearing a Mr. Harrison coat. Yeah, he helped me so much. And uh Ms. Ford, welcome. I've been trying to get my daughters to figure out who you are and and I think they've narrowed it down. So, uh welcome to you and look forward to working with you at Rustburg Middle School. Um I'm I'm happy we're moving on to Altavista Combined School cuz I remember the first time I went in Altavista Combined School with Mr. Jimmy Martin who was on the um school board at that time. I just remember the sweat was running down on the walls in the locker room and it was just it's been that way my whole tenure on the board. So, I hope we're going to get that straightened out. Um Michelle, Clay, thank you all for working on the
060budget. I mean, I think it's a a good budget and and and appreciate y'all's hard work on it. Um and I think that's all I got. Just have a great spring break. Okay. Mr. Max. You got anything to share? Um I'd like to thank you for your program you presented at the high school. What was it called? >> That was Real Money Real World. Um I was amazed the kids get an occupation and a paycheck. So, that was middle school. We're doing high school what in 2 weeks? 3 weeks? I think we'll be back. They wanted the Mac Daddy cell phones and they wanted but I think they were amazed how money works after you do it. And they also want to find a place to, you know, have their kids adopted. That's always like
061a number one one. >> all the volunteers that helped me. Yeah, that's great. Thank you for being there. >> But I'm this is depressing. >> [sighs] >> Mr. Pierson. Well, I'll try to lift everybody's spirits. Uh so, first of all, uh congratulations to Principal Harrison and uh Ms. Ford, congratulations on your new position. Uh I haven't had a chance to work with Mr. Harrison very long, but he's definitely left an impression and uh as I told him earlier, um as sad as I am to see him go, I'm excited uh for his new opportunity. So, uh good luck on that. As far as some things that we have going on at the school, uh we just installed a new softball press box uh uh this summer, I got to meet with Mr. Cartwright uh the
062day before he went to pick this thing up. He drove to South Carolina to go pick up this press box that he randomly found hunting around used in great shape. So, it's been installed now. Uh great addition. We It's desperately needed uh there. Um another update on Ms. Ar'nazia from a couple weeks ago, we know she scored like umteen thousand points, uh 53 to be exact, uh at the uh Class 1A state track meet. Well, she got invited to the Adidas Nationals uh where she went and competed in two events. She competed in the uh 200 where she placed uh uh 20th uh and then she competed in the 400 and she placed fourth overall and ran another PR. And I the most important thing I didn't bring up about about Ar'nazia, she's a top
06310 student uh at William Campbell and she's an honor student and she's in dual enrollment. So, she is uh all around just just a great person. So, I'm excited for her. Uh we have a open house on Wednesday evening uh in the at William Campbell and the theme is uh Step into Spring with the Generals. And then Wednesday night uh we'll formally accept the $5,000 award grant that's going to go towards our future center. So, that's awesome. We appreciate Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation for assisting us with that. Um on Friday uh at Brookneal Elementary, we have the fifth graders uh going to William Campbell for a visit. So, that's going to be excited as they begin their transition. Uh and then we have incentive celebrations on Friday in fourth block with PTO. Uh they're doing
064a great job with Brookneal PTO. They are all over it. They are They're so involved. Um thankful for them. And uh as far as uh our staff members, uh I would like to recognize the sped adaptive team at William Campbell. That's Stephanie Gonzalez, uh Taniya Tuck, and Rachel Blomquist. Um uh and then uh other things that's going on at BES, we got field trips coming, of course. Uh I'd like to appreciate Foster Fuels for sponsoring those. Uh and I would like to uh highlight uh Ann Sage. Um Ms. Sage is our bookkeeper. Uh she's all things Brookneal and represents what we stand for in our small town. She's a servant leader and uh quoted uh by Mr. Harrison, the hardest worker that uh he has ever seen. So, I'd like to appreciate uh Ann and
065and what she does. So, that's about all I have right now. Okay, great. Mrs. Bond. Uh I don't have a lot to add since we're here just two weeks ago, but um we do have a Title 1 night coming up for Leesville Road, a family engagement night. Uh >> [sighs and gasps] >> I just got an email from Dr. Boyles that quarter four is here already and I can't believe we're we're already in the last quarter of school. Um spring break is right around the corner. Everybody's excited for that. I did want to say congratulations to Mr. Harrison and Mrs. Ford. I will say that one year I went to y'all's Christmas extravaganza. I went there and um Mr. Harrison escorted me to over to go uh be with his wife and kids and walking
066across the field, there were so many kids and families that came up and dabbed him up and they were like, "Mr. Harrison." and um you could tell that it was a really positive atmosphere and um a positive culture. So, we're excited for you to bring that to uh Brookville Middle School. Did I? >> [laughter] >> I think honestly, I think that's about the same thing I was going to say. Thank you to Ms. McHaney McHaney and and excuse me as I have a bubble in my throat. And Dr. Stanley for doing the budget and the hard work. I'm sorry I couldn't be here the last time for the meeting, but I enjoyed it, a much needed break with the family. Um so, I don't really have any updates either except to welcome Mr. Harrison and
067Ms. Ford and welcome back and we're excited to have you on the Brookville side of the world. That's all I've got. And so, we are going to enter into a closed session at this point. Um so, I do need a motion from our board to enter into that closed meeting. Mrs. Chairman, I move that we convene in a closed meeting for discussion or consideration of the acquisition of real property for a public purpose or of the disposition of publicly held real property where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the public body. Thank you. Do I have a second? Second. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Okay, we have an exit. We'll go into closed session. Do you want to take a break for a second? Yeah.
068>> Mhm. >> Yeah, y'all said yes. I think you did. Okay. Okay. Yeah, we're good. No one said no. Now you read. >> Now I need to I read it now still, right? >> [clears throat] >> All right, Megan Dorf. All right. Ask for motion to certifying that to the best of each member's knowledge that during our closed meeting only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by Virginia law and only such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening the closed meeting were heard, discussed, or considered in the meeting by the school board. So moved. Do I have a second? Second. All in favor? I. I. Any opposed? We do have to raise our right hand. Thank you. We raise our right hand, but Raise your right hand that you
069certified that we didn't talk about anything we weren't supposed to talk about. All right. All right, thank you. >> [clears throat] >> Open the doors. Yeah, we need to open the doors back. Now we need to vote on the property. >> Mhm. So make a motion to Motion to vote. Yeah. So do I have a motion to make a formal vote for our discussion from our closed meeting on whether or not we are going to purchase the property that was Um Madam Chair, I'd like to make a motion that we respectfully decline the offer to purchase property in Brookneal, Virginia. Second. All in favor? I. I. Any opposed? All right, thank you. I guess we should have done that with the door open. Yeah. All right, without any further discussion of anything, we are officially
070adjourning the meeting. Motion to adjourn. Second. Second. All right, thank you. Close those laptops. I'm going to go watch Out to Beat in Brookneal.