001Mhm. >> [clears throat] >> I'd like to call to order the Monday, May 18th, 2026 school board meeting. Uh first thing we'll do is stand and pledge the flag and a moment of silence. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We'll do a roll call. Mrs. Beatty? Here. Mr. Wright is unfortunately absent. Mr. Marinaro? Here. Mr. Claire? Here. Mr. Sensei? Here. Mrs. Walker? Here. Dr. Clayton? Here. Mr. Winder is not here this evening. Mr. Bush? Here. I'm here. Thank you. The May 18th, 2026 school board meeting is open to the public and is also being streamed virtually. An executive session was held on May 18th, 2026 to discuss legal matters. Can
002I get uh an approval motion for the approval of the May 18th, 2026 school board agenda? So moved. Second. I got a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Can I also get approval of the April 27th, 2026 school board meeting minutes? So, moved. Second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Um next, I got to get approval of the May 4th, 2026 special school board workshop meeting minutes. So, moved. Second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Next, we'll move on to the learners of the month. All right. Thank you, Mr. Bushy. Uh once again, this month because we have a learner who has an event coming
003up, we're going a little out of order. So, first up from our middle school, we have Alondra Rosa Cintron, grade five. Mrs. Thomas. Come on up. She's here. Yep, I'm right here. I was I know you're Is Alondra here? >> Yep, she's right over here. Come on up, Alondra. >> [clears throat] [laughter] >> I see that you're here. Oh, I didn't know. I got my I got the readers on, believe me. >> [laughter] >> It is really special to honor a student in May because you see you know them the best the whole school year. And I am so excited to be singing Alondra's praises this afternoon. Alondra is truly an exceptional student who brings creativity, kindness, and dedication to our classroom every day. Though quiet and reserved and probably does not like standing up
004here today, she possesses a fierce sense of individuality and a thoughtful presence that makes a lasting impact on those around her. Alondra is incredibly perceptive. She often sits back and listens carefully to others, allowing everyone to feel heard and valued before sharing her own meaningful and well-thought-out contributions. Her empathy and emotional intelligence are remarkable for her age. She has a unique ability to see and understand others deeply, making her a supportive, inclusive, and encouraging classmate. Whether through her artistic talent, love of doodling, writing, and reading, or simply the common kindness she brings into the room, Alondra's personality shines in authentic and inspiring ways. Academically, Alondra consistently demonstrates the qualities of a reflective learner, a critical thinker, a collaborator, and responsible citizen. She approaches every assignment with care, patience, which not many fifth graders do, and
005determination, producing work that is thoughtful and accurate, and often exceptionally creative. Her writing in particular showcases her unique voice and imagination, making it exciting to read and a joy to celebrate as a teacher. It's a great feeling as a teacher when you get giddy and excited about reading the what they've written. Alondra uses her time wisely, and she shows impressive self-motivation, often completing her work thoroughly before engaging in other activities without needing reminders or prompting, which again is very rare. She is dependable, level-headed, and respectful to both peers and teachers, serving as a positive positive role model within our classroom community. Alondra's work ethic, creativity, kindness, and leadership make her incredibly deserving of recognition as Manheim Central Middle School's learner of the month. Okay, next up Baron Elementary, Theo Atkins grade four, Mrs. Crater. Good
006evening. It is my pleasure to recognize Theo Atkins as Baron Elementary student of the Despite some challenges Theo has had over the past year, he comes to school ready to learn. He has shown strength and perseverance with his academic skills. Even when a skill may be difficult, Theo will take his time to complete his best work. His resilience and positive attitude have truly been inspiring. What I truly admire about Theo is his kindness, empathy, and respect towards others. He is always willing to help others, offer encouragement, and show compassion to those around him. He demonstrates kindness and initiative by being one of the first to help others with what they may need. His caring attitude helps make our school a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive place. I'm very proud of Theo, his accomplished, and the example
007he sets for others. Congratulations to our Baron Elementary student of the month, Theo Atkins. Okay, next up Doe Run Elementary, Alonzo Galin Galindo Martinez grade four, Mrs. Graham. Good evening. Um tonight I'm thrilled to recognize an outstanding learner who truly embodies the values of a Baron. Alonzo Galindo Martinez is our student of the month and he absolutely deserves this honor. In fourth grade, Alonso has shown remarkable dedication to his academics. He worked incredibly hard to reach his grade level reading goals and he did it this year. But what makes Alonso truly special goes far beyond grades. He has a gift for making others feel welcome and safe. As a bilingual student fluent in both English and Spanish, Alonso uses his unique talents to support newcomers in our school who are still learning English. He takes
008time to help them feel comfortable and included. He shows kindness and empathy. Alonso treats every staff member and peer with respect and courtesy. He listens, he participates, and genuinely cares about others. Alonso, you are a wonderful role model. Your hard work, your compassion, and your willingness to help others make our school a better place. Thank you for being exactly who you are. Please join me in celebrating Alonso, our student of the month. And next up from our middle school and she is not here because she's at a soccer match that she could not miss uh or the high school, excuse me. Haley Hollinger, grade nine, Mr. Crater. So, we'll move on to Mr. Schwartz is going to present her if that's okay with you. >> For sure. All right, thank you. So, I'm I'm Matt
009Schwartz, um teacher in the health and PE department at the high school and I'm here to recognize Haley Hollinger who was not able to be here this evening, um but who has been selected as the student of month for May on behalf of both the physical education and art departments. Um I don't have Haley in class, um, but I'm representing Casey Kreider who also was not able to be here this evening due to tonight's rehearsal for the high school's upcoming Dancing with the Stars competition. Make sure you come check it out. Um, but Mrs. Kreider shared the following with me um, for this evening. So, Haley currently holds a 100% average in both her physical education and art classes. She consistently gives full effort each day regardless of the activity and brings a positive attitude
010that makes her a great example to her peers. She's respectful, and always willing to participate and do her best. Outside of the classroom, Haley, uh, plays on the girls soccer team and is a member of the Interact Club where she takes part in community service projects throughout the area. She's a well-rounded student who represents our school in a positive way, in the classroom, in her extracurricular activities, and in the community. So, congratulations, Haley. Thanks. Yep. And then lastly from the Willow Street CTC, Cara Minnerly, grade 12, Dr. Weitzel. I'll adjust my tie. Sorry. It's all right. Uh, so Cara Minnerly has been selected from the Manheim Lions Club as the Mason of the Month. She's enrolled in the Willow Street CTC in the nursing program, so obviously working toward uh, becoming a nursing assistant. Um,
011outside of school, she enjoys uh, spending time with her family, especially going on hikes, and participating in creating creating activities such as painting. After graduation, she plans on working in a nursing home to gain some uh, hands-on experience. She's also considering pursuing additional education, uh, but she's just been a true blessing to the CTC and we want to congratulate Cara. Thank you. Continuing with the recognition and celebration, we want to recognize one of our staff members for an act of courage. I want to have Dr. Flannery come up and share what happened and honor that action. Thank you. So, I wanted to formally bring your attention to an event that we had where it resulted in someone's life being saved. This was on Sunday March 29th of this year. During the event that we had
012at school, an individual suffered a cardiac arrest. And due to the actions of Matt Schwartz, immediately recognizing the emergency, initiating CPR, and quickly retrieving and deploying an AED, they provided critical care until emergency personnel arrived. This was also where I believe Marshall Pickard was there. Pickard was there as well. As a direct result of their swift, decisive, and skilled actions, the patient survived. Their response reflects the exceptional training, composure under pressure, and a strong commitment to the safety of others. There was others that also that day that assisted in opening doors or getting the ambulance there quickly, but it was really something that we should celebrate when things went right for the benefit of others. The incident speaks highly to the preparation and professionalism of staff, and their actions are commendable and deserving of recognition.
013So, Matt has been an active member of our district-wide safety committee ever since I've been here, seven years, probably longer than that. And it was no surprise to me of his swift action, but that doesn't mean it's not warranted for the kudos that he's getting today. We are so appreciative of you being calm, cool, and collected under pressure. Thank you so much. Come on up, Matt. >> Um, first of all, thank you for inviting me here this evening. In the days following that incident, um, many people asked me how I was doing. Um, given the circumstances, I I appreciated their concern, um, but honestly, I wasn't quite sure how to answer. Um, the best way I could describe it was, "I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel, but I don't feel like I feel
014like I'm supposed to feel." And I know that's a lot of feels in that in that sense, but hopefully that makes sense. Um, immediately after EMS left with the victim and while debriefing with some of the emergency and district personnel, I expected the adrenaline to hit me, the shakiness, the nerves, um, but it never really did, and I I actually found myself wondering why. Where Where is that feeling? And then I realized, preparation works. I took my first uh, first aid and CPR course during my freshman year of college back in 1992. And in the 30-plus years since, uh, or the 30-plus years since have brought about recertifications, AED technology development, and the associated trainings, and eventually teaching these same skills to students through the intro to sports medicine elective that I teach. For nearly
01515 years now, my students have received hands-only CPR and AED instruction with the help of people like lifelong Manheim resident and EMS professional Lori Shank, and Bill Adams, the CPR and AED instructor uh, educator from the Peyton Walker Foundation. Peyton Walker Foundation is an organization that provides free heart screenings for student athletes and donates AEDs to schools and youth sport organizations across the PIAA District 3 region. And in fact, one of the AEDs at our own high school was donated through that organization. Every year at the start of our CPR CPR and AED lab experience, I play a March voicemail from Jasmine, a former student. He took my class and the next year she used those same CPR skills to help save someone who collapsed in a grocery store in Florida. She called simply to
016say, "Thank you for all the skills that you taught me." I've always told students, "We learn these skills hoping we never have to use them. And if that moment ever comes, you want to know what to do." No different than a fire drill or a severe weather drill. We've been doing these in the schools for years, despite most of us never having been in a fire or experiencing a tornado. Um and the same goes with athletics. Um I coached soccer and track and field for many years here at Manheim Central. Teams practice skills and situations over and over uh over and over so that recognition and response become second nature. We develop muscle memory. And that's exactly what happened that night. I'm honored by this recognition and I accept it on behalf of a much
017larger team. Several people immediately recognized the emergency and got the gentleman to the floor. Someone else called EMS. Someone else met first responders at the door. By the time I returned with the AED, others had already started CPR and rescue breathing. Yes, I may have pressed the shock button on the AED, but this was only one small part of a coordinated team effort. That evening a group of people came together, each using their training and skills to create the best possible outcome. And together, along with the rapid response of local EMS, we were able to save a life. So tonight, I accept this recognition on behalf of Marshall Picard, Brian Smoker, Ted Zellers, Julie Beidler, and the many um other members of the Lancaster-Lebanon Cross Country and Track and Field Officials Chapter who took action
018that evening. And perhaps the most meaningful part of it all, the gentleman who collapsed was back working alongside us at the Lancaster-Lebanon League Championships just two weekends ago. In closing, I want to return to that former student's voicemail. Neither of us expected we would ever need to use those skills. She was shopping in a grocery store. I was attending a track officials meeting at the LGI in the high school. The training matters. Because of repeated practice, recertification, teaching these skills year after year, the response became automatic. The muscle memory took over and allowed us to stay calm and act. So, I'd encourage everyone learn how to use an AED, learn hands-only CPR, and train in the hope that you never need it, but with the confidence that if the moment comes, you'll know what to
019do. Thank you. And then one more celebration, we have Ms. McCauley and the IU 13 program highlight. Oh, that's you. Yeah, do you want to be able to see the slides? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Do you mind if I switch the podium around? Yeah, whatever works for you. All right. So, tonight I bring to you a senior spotlight um and a program spotlight. We have Leah Fausnaught with us. She is a senior and she is a part of a work immersion program called Project SEARCH. Project SEARCH does three um internships within a hospital setting to try to gain our students some experience in the different jobs that can be provided in a hospital setting and then fingers crossed, they also leave with a job. So, Leah's going to share with you a little bit about her
020experience um and the work she's done with Project SEARCH. Okay. You can go ahead and say your name. Oh, um my name's Leah Fausnaught. I'm in Mayhem my school district in Mayhem Central High School. I am 19 years old. I knew that I picked Project Search because I want to learn new skills and um hopefully they can help me reach my career. Um my first intern is um in the in the morning and the afternoon I go to the sixth floor to collect tally head water and I bring them back to semi. Weigh them and and wires wires and I wish that them to their proper slot on the wall. Dialysis I go to dialysis on Monday and Wednesday. I wish that I learn from the storeroom to a cart that the nurse needs from
021the patient. I wish that the cabinet in the patient's room and anything else that then they need help with. Healthy Beginning I go to Healthy Beginning on Tuesday Thursday. In Healthy Beginning I sort and hang baby clothes by size and gender. I take the baby clothes to the stocks nest boutique and um sort and hang them for people to get free item for their babies. My second internship internship is the task I do in IVU is making against stocks, which is a blanket, bed sheet, pillows case, patient gown, and personal belonging bag, socks, and positioning blanket. And take blood or fluid to the lab. Bring patient to IVU from the waiting room area, and hook up patient to the vital sign monitor. I transport discharge patient to the gym street lobby where they get picked
022up. I also sanitize patients room after they leave. The task my third internship. The task that I am doing in patient transport is transporting patient to different location in the hospital. For example, PT, IVU, and X-ray, and other places like that. I also make sure the patient are comfortable. The skill that I learned this year. The skill that I learned this to L this year are being able to work independently, problem-solving, communication with co-worker and patient, and doing visual without [clears throat] being told what to do. Something I am proud of. I am proud that I am getting better at my communication, speaking speaking clearer, and getting out of my shell. Taking the talking more to the employee and patient. Being patient while waiting for the nurse and and working independently. employee On June 8th,
023I am I have a new employee orientation for pay position and patient transport at Penn Medicine LGH. I will be short of my part-time hours during the week and the weekends. I'm planning on staying at at the hospital for a long time until I retire. And I I am planning to rent an apartment and have a roommate to help with the with the cost. We're very excited for Leah with her new journey after graduation and Laura Welk also joined us. She is her transition teacher. Um has been a huge part of success. So, thank you again. And lastly, as we're celebrating before I turn it over to Mr. Bushy, um Mr. Moore, one of our middle school teachers, is getting the uh he's at the Lancaster Science Factory tonight getting the Teacher of the Year
024in Science uh for Lancaster County. So, just another banner year as far as a lot of things that our staff are doing for our kids that we're super proud of. So, congratulations, Mr. Moore. And Laura Welk to leave stand. >> [clears throat] >> Next we'll move on to the recognition of visitor and public comments. Nobody signed up. Mr. McGinnis, do you want to say anything? Next we'll move on to personnel. I'd like to take A by itself. A. Second. Tuesday. I have a motion. I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion passes. I just want to thank Officer Webb for all the work he's given us and wish him good luck in his new job. And just to share publicly at this time, we're not going to replace
025that position. We're going to go with the current security team that we have uh for next year. Uh next I'll take B and D. B. B through D. Move it. Second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. We do have two teachers here tonight. Gabriella Turner, if you want to introduce yourself. Hi, I'm Gabby Turner. I'm very excited about the opportunity to join Manheim Central as a school psychologist. Um I grew up in Lancaster County, and so I'm really grateful for the chance to serve the students and the families in the community that I was raised around. Thank you again. Thank you. And Abby Stauffer. Hi, I'm Abby Stauffer. I just want to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude to everyone for the
026opportunity to serve as a district special education consultant at the elementary level. Um I'm incredibly thankful for your trust and confidence in me, and I look forward to working alongside of it. Thank you. Thank you. You guys are can leave too if you like. Thank you. Okay, so E through G I'd like to get a motion for E through G. John's busy. >> [clears throat] >> No problem. I second. We're looking for a motion from E through G. No move. Second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Next, I will take H through J. So moved. Second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Dr. Axe with the superintendent's report. All right. Thank you, Mr.
027Bushy. End of year highlights. I want to start with a letter from the class of '66. On behalf of Manheim Central High School class of '66, we wish to thank Manheim Central School District for the amazing tour of our beautiful new high school on Friday, April 24th. All of us who attended were so impressed by the design and technology integrated to our alma mater. We're also appreciative of the many programs that Manheim Central is implementing to provide food and clothing for those students and families in need. Therefore, they enclosed a check for over $1,400 for our backpack program or for um our Baron Outfitters. And the last line is we're proud to be Manheim Central alumni and part of the community that cares so deeply about its students and families. And that's just kicking off
028a lot of really great end of year activities. I want to thank our post prom parents. They turned some of our hallways into New York City and it was just incredible. Uh the class pictures that Mr. Charles High School class did, I got a lot of positive feedback from families about those pictures and how they looked, and he they want to do that moving forward. So, we'll be doing that and sharing those for free with families for years to come. Our Agribusiness class helped us with a sponsorship matrix for different facilities outside on our campuses that we'll be rolling out this summer. Mrs. Martin and I got to see that presentation. They did an outstanding job. The elementary held the Baron Bolt last Friday, uh and then all at both elementary schools, there's just a
029lot of end-of-year celebrations that the PTO and our staff and teachers put up put on for our kids. And lastly, LCBC actually had a group of 40 volunteers that did trash cleanup across our community, and and they did that on our campus as well. So, I want to thank everyone for all the support here at Manheim Central. We're just very fortunate to have all that. So, with that being said, I'll move on to Mrs. Martin with the proposed final budget rate. And if you want to know really quick before you um we just went talked in depth 2 weeks ago about the budget, so I'm just kind of kind of highlight tonight um the changes that I have made to the budget for um the over the last 2 weeks. And then later in the
030agenda tonight, you do have to approve the proposed final budget. Um that would be the PDE 2028 form, and then that form um does go out for public inspection. I'll put it on our website for um the public to review. Um all of our presentations are out there anyway, um but um and then that has to be out for 30 days um before we approve the final budget June 22nd. So, So, to begin with here, um just wanted to I did a quick update on um the projections so far over the last 2 weeks. Not a whole lot of change from what I presented to you. Um we're still uh sitting around a $900,000 deficit for for this year. Um it's still it's better than the budget, which was 1.3, and it's it's a little
031better than what I presented 2 weeks ago. Um how that fits into our fund balance analysis. Um so, as you see, if we put that uh deficit of 921,000 into the 25-26 projection, um at the end of the year, we will have a fund balance of around $18,000,000. Um the one uh agenda item that I will bring for your approval next week is um we we have committed, and when you commit fund balance, it does have to be a board action, um over the years, 11,000,000 11.3 million dollars has been set aside for debt service. Next week, I'm going to propose that we move a million dollars of that from the committed fund balance to the unassigned fund balance. Um just to cover the deficit, the projected deficit that we are um anticipating. And then
032um that will that will help us increase our unassigned fund balance. That when you move that forward to the new preliminary budget, so I made some changes to this um 2 weeks ago, I know I had showed you a deficit of around 1.7 million. Um just some minor updates to some salaries, but the the biggest update to this um was we are we're digging deeper into our special education enrollment, and we do have to add to the budget for next year five PCA's and one para. The PCA's are a result of us updating our IEP's for our current students, and determining that we have three students that will need a PCA for next year. Um and then we do have one incoming student that's not a kindergarten kindergartner. I know we've already discussed the incoming
033kindergartners um, that will possibly need a PCA next year, too. And then our K-4 life skills classroom, um, because it's such a wide range of students in that classroom, we um, are proposing to add a para for that classroom. So, all those positions, that's that's five support staff positions, have been put into the budget. Um, the the good news with some of these positions is because they are um, most of these students that need um, a PCA have medical issues that we can report to um, the medical access program. We can get some federal revenue um, for the time that we have reported um, for those those employees. So, that there was an increase to the revenue of around $100,000, and then the um, increase to the expenses is around $250,000, about $50,000 per position.
034Um, can I ask a very question about that? Maybe it's Kisha so maybe Kisha What's the difference bet- So, there's so many of them. There's four PCAs we need. We already have some. What's the difference between districts who have the parents pay for or parents use their medical access to gain a PCA for their student using outside agency versus why we're choosing to do it in-house. Like, what's the difference there? In my experience, though, some of the some of parents do utilize their insurance to get something called BHT, which helps with behavior. Okay. And that's run through insurance. Um, that's not something that we typically bill under. I'm good. Um, with our PCAs, that is somebody who's licensed um, first aid and CPR. Okay. And we can bill back through Medicaid, and uh, we worked
035very hard this year to make sure that everybody that's billing can bill uh, to increase our revenue back. Okay. Thank you. So, with those additions, the the new deficit that I'm proposing for tonight for for your approval is a 1. close to 1.9 million dollar deficit. And again, that does include the 3.5% millage increase, which is the highest that we can go. Um then the rest of the slides is just updating the the data with with those new numbers. Just kind of showing you how that fits into the picture. Um there's not really too much new. I mean again, the budget history. As you can see right now, we're projecting or proposing a 2.5% increase to revenues, 3.7574% increase to expenditures for next year over the projection from 2025-2026. Um and then these just are
036the numbers showing you the different millage increases that what what it would look like. You can see that if we go zero and not raise taxes at all, the deficit would be around 3.3 million. Going to raising taxes by 3.5% gives us the 1.3 million dollar deficit. Um how does this affect our taxpayers? The So, I just kind of pulled some four average assessed values for just to show what the the tax impact would be on our taxpayers without the homestead farmstead. This is just straight the straight tax bill. And then with the if for all the properties that are eligible for homestead farmstead, that the my calculations as of right now, I do know that the the money that we have to allocate is the 1 million 468,000. We got the number. We did
037get the number from the state and we did have some carryover from last year. So, that includes all of that. And at the current time, there is 6,993 properties that qualify for homestead for homestead. So, when you divide that out, you'll get a reduction to their tax bill of $209.95. That's approximate right now because the number of properties could change between now and the time we issue the tax bills, but that's approximately about a $3 savings over last year. And then again, just taking those new numbers that I presented tonight and plugging in into our our financial forecast. Um it just, you know, still still doesn't look the greatest. Um again, that is assuming a 2% tax increase over each year. We do not have the adequacy funds from the state in this this forecast,
038um but that is a that is also a possibility of some additional revenue we could get over the next 5 years. But again, there there's nothing out there saying that's a definite um a definite revenue source, so I I hate to put it in the forecast for now. And then just moderate salary benefits increases, operating costs, and then our debt service is in there that shows. So, going at this, you know, with all those assumptions, um if they would all hold true, we we would be down to a $5 million fund balance on um in 2030 30 2030 31. Um so, as far as what's next, like I said tonight, we will be asking for approval of this final budget. I'll be continuing to update the projections to to bring you the most up-to-date number
039that I can um by next June next meeting June 22nd. Um I'll judge adjusting the budget. I'm not anticipating any any large adjustments to the budget at this point in time unless something unexpected does come up. Um and then we will bring it to you for for final approval on June 22nd. And I can answer any questions or I don't know if there's any more anything I didn't cover that you need to know? You know, go back to the slide that has the median median the assessed value. Yeah, um is that going to change soon? Median? Um or the >> Like that number has stayed the same. It did go up $500 from last Last year it was $199,000 and I did That's the median homestead value too of all the properties that are I
040I did figure out the average Uh I think the average residential value, I think was around 210,000, just rough calculations cuz I was trying to remove all of our industry and um stuff from that. But yeah, that did increase $500 over last year. I guess I mean I guess my question was I thought I heard they're doing a reassessment. They are. Will that change? Um the median, yes. Um so the reassessment we will reduce Well, we will change I'm thinking a reduction to our millage rate. Like based on the new values, I will adjust [clears throat] the millage rate so that the district is not getting any more money. We We don't see a benefit from the reassessment, if I'm saying that correctly. Um so we will Our millage rate will adjust, but that does
041not happen until 2027. So 2027-2028 >> for us. My My reason for No, no, no, my reason for asking is Feel free to clarify cuz I This isn't my world. No, it's your world, Amy. You know. Um >> [laughter] >> What? So all of those other I think it's it's going to all increase. The assessed values are going to go up. Right. Generally, what I hear when they do reassessment is I I think it's like 1/3 goes up, 1/3 goes down, 1/3 stays around the same. So that's that's the rule of thumb. >> I'm just trying to think about like if we're talking about looking at kicking the can down the road. We're also talking about potentially raising when we raise taxes on a house that's valued more it's going to go up, right? So
042if our assessed value goes up then our increases go up and etc. etc. So when I'm thinking about kicking the can down the road as far as like deficit, I'm also thinking of this as well. It's like what effect is it going to have on taxpayers in 2 to 3 years? When the assessed value goes up and then we're going to ask for more increase or whatever. It's no longer going to be a couple hundred dollars. It's going to be more than that. That's you know, if their assessed value does increase. Which I'm assuming. And we [clears throat] will adjust our millage. Okay. So it'll be a net a net balance net zero. Millage will come down. The millage will come down to Okay. To adjust for that. Hey, can we go back to the
043fund balance uh slide? Not that one. Not that one. The other one. Maybe I think it was uh the second that's the one more. All right. This No, I think it was one of the last ones. Yeah, I thought it was the second to last. Okay. I got off. Yeah, right here. That one? Forecast. Yeah, okay. >> [clears throat] >> So just go all the way through. Uh when we say committed uh the fifth line item from the bottom. So you got three line items underneath committed. They're they're static. They're just planned for a rainy day. Set a way to look at that. Yes. Yeah. So really the the only item moving around is your uh your on assigned. You're spending that to balance the budget in that period of time. And yeah, we had
044to take the board action to move some of the money from committed to the unassigned, but the total That's right. Okay, so that that um based on that model, we run out of money What is the date that we run out? For the debt service committed or Well, if you take away You will still have a five total five million dollar fund balance. So, we're not essentially running out, but we will use up all of the committed for debt service by around 20930. Right, and we've used that other committed money to pay deficit money. Yeah, the last year we did move, we'll remember, there was seven million dollars moved from the committed line for capital projects over to the unassigned to help fund the athletic fields, which was the plan when those that project went
045into in place. So, we still have the three million dollars sitting for future capital projects that we could use. Or we could recommit that for another purpose. Okay. Yeah, so I I would just make a couple statements of sustainability. We have to look at this as how do we get from How do we get back to green? since uh we're red for the next few years looking forward. And I think it's a couple parts to it. It's raising revenue. It's also going to optimize services that we provide students the community. How do we do a better job with the funds that we have? So, I'll just leave that with the team. Yeah. Any other questions? >> [clears throat] >> I'm never I'm never good with numbers, but I'm more touchy-feely guy. It It feels like
046to me that that the tension is building and that the conversations that we have and then input we get from the community it it's like, yeah, these are tough decisions to make and you know, where do we pull the money from? I don't know. Like I That's why I pay people to do my accounting. They just tell me what to do. Um so, I I really am kind of, you know, at a at a at a loss, but I I realize there's we're facing pretty big deficit and yeah, we got to make some tough decisions. So. Maybe Excuse [clears throat] me. Maybe not. You know, we still haven't gotten any taxes in for all these buildings that are growing up. And that You see a couple, but not many. We did include in the forecast
047about a 1% assessed value increase for each year to just for for new builds. So, essentially, I guess the increase is around 3% if you count the tax increase, too. So, just to try and account for that. Like I said, the one big thing that isn't in here is that those adequacy dollars from the state, which we get we got the last 2 years, $478,000 each year. Um the governor proposed for it for us to get it again in 2026-2027, so I do have that in there because we have no other data from the state as far as what they're going to give us. Um but if that does keep going, that was supposed to be a 9-year commitment. Um so, that could be some additional dollars that could go towards these these deficits, too.
048If that continues to to we continue to get those dollars. But again, the state is dealing with a lot of problems the same way we are, so I'm not sure where they're going to get all the money. You said that's in there, you didn't >> It's not It's not in there. It's not in There's nothing that's ever guaranteed. They have to reapprove it each year at this point in time. Yeah, we talked about last week last year our leadership team did our audit. This year we want to combine the capital plan that Kelly and her team have been working on with a three-to-five-year budget projection plan and look at all those three factors and and again, back to the language of sustainability. That's going to be the most important goal moving forward. And you're saying
049this year is a $900,000 deficit and you're saying next year will be a 1.9. That's the budget. And it was projected this year at 1.3 and we talked at the workshop about a lot of the work we did and some of the revenue that came in. We were able to come in under that. And that's hopefully the goal to sustain moving forward. I feel like the the news other districts are reporting exactly the same in fact, larger deficits with larger tax increases. So, I guess my question is why? Number one. And number two, what are other schools doing to offset their def- like, what is the downfall of operating in a deficit? Like, all of If everyone is in the same place we're at, what Yeah, that's again, we talked about that at the last
050superintendent's [clears throat] meeting cuz some people are going beyond index to try to cover it. Um and some of them are doing the sim- similar things like looking at their projected plans moving forward. Uh a lot of them are trying to not to do anything drastic cuz we want to see how things play out. Uh the biggest thing and I I know I've been on this one is is the cyber bills that are now put on the districts that the the state used to cover. And a lot of us are in the same boat that if we didn't have those cyber bills, we would be in the black. Um so that makes it pretty tough and some of their other districts cyber bills that even our size district are, you know, we're in about 2.4
051million. For cyber bills? >> Yeah, I mean, they're over three. >> [clears throat] >> These cyber bills are under 30 by students. So we are going to look at that as well this summer based on some of your suggestions and I shared with you in the update. Uh the superintendents are putting together uh a cost of what the mandates are costing all of us that are unfunded and we started that work and we're going to continue that into June. But all the districts are doing that because um there was some outreach to all the districts to say what are the things that are costing the most and how much are they costing you. So ours it's nothing new, but that's another thing that we're doing to to show what we're trying to do as a
052as our district and as a county. All the districts are suffering the same with special ed enrollment, cyber enrollment, health care costs is a big one this year. Transportation. Transportation, the incre- you know, and schools aren't immune to all the inflation up inflation costs that everybody is is dealing with. Um so it's we're it's all kind of the same issues though each school is dealing with. I was >> [clears throat] >> TV news and wasn't really listening to it, but all of a sudden I heard 7.4% increase. And it was not one of the larger schools. It was a medium-sized and they went they needed 7.4%. If If we did use some of funds to cover loss and not raise taxes quite as much, wouldn't that push the break-even point further down the road? I
053don't know if that makes sense or maybe I don't even know what I'm talking about. Yeah, you mean the committed fund balance? Well, the idea of using using some of those funds to cover deficits. Well, I mean, yeah, it's the the deficit I mean, the fund balance will just decrease faster if you do use those funds. >> But you you proposed that we were using some of it, right? Yeah, so I'm proposing we use a million dollars from the committed to move it to unassigned, but everything I'm showing you is total fund balance in the end. Like, this $5 million down here is just your your total, so that's your committed and your unassigned. And then your non-spendable. >> I was just trying to clarify what Andy was saying. Just looking at next year, this
054whatever. That would That would I mean, the [clears throat] the deficit. I'm not under That's what I'm not understanding. You using the committed Yes, but it will lower our our total fund balance. So, um we'll still have we'll have a deficit of 3.3. But and then we can move 3.3 from the committed up to the unassigned, but you then your total total fund balance at the bottom, the 16 million, will go down to 13 million. Right, but I'm talking about the red. Yeah, we're dedicating that to the red, then it goes away. Just for the Then for this year, for this year. >> Yep. Yep. But then to your point, you're saying we're just kicking it down the kicking the can. So we're saving it's our it's our bank account. We're just We were using
055it faster and we do have to I mean balance is used for multiple things. It's a savings account, but also like during this time of year our revenue decreases a lot and so we we need you know we need some of those funds to help cover our costs over the summer till our tax dollars start kicking in again and our state revenue. Um so there I mean yes, we could certainly do that, but then you're you're decreasing your fund balance faster doing that. And you're losing the compounding effect of free on your assessed value. So So Kelly, one percentage point of millage is roughly $400,000 of tax. $115,000. So what is the number? Is it 8% or 9% you would have to raise to have a balanced budget? Yeah. And And Mike mentioned some school
056districts raised it 7.4 Mhm. percent. Well, we passed a resolution that we're not going above the 3.5, so that is the highest we can go. Just to get a balanced budget just for understanding. Last year's raise was two per two and a half? 2.25. We would have raised that the full amount. What would the numbers look like today to run that number? Um no, I just roughly in my head if we would have I think I it just based on everything I was looking at, I think Brian was proposing a 3% tax increase last year. That would we would essentially um almost be like a balanced budget with the projection this year that I'm showing the $900,000 deficit. Probably like it was probably about $400,000. Well, maybe it was calculation in my head here. Yeah,
057so this year would have been maybe a $400,000 >> deficit. said, but then the impact for this current year, I was just wondering how that would have impacted this year. Yeah, several several years ago one of my first years um we had we had what we thought was a little bit of money and we voted for a new tax. It almost killed us. We're still paying for it. I just say as you know, that's thing um you have to watch. I'm I mean, I totally understand. I totally understand what you're saying and I'm not suggesting that. Um but I agree with your point about if we're talking about raising taxes to 3.5 then what are we doing with some of the upcoming decisions we have to make regarding increases in certain areas. Which which is
058more important kind of discussion. So, I believe that all the recommendations that we've been talking through are all in the budget. Is that a true statement? Like everything that's proposed in the general action items and all of that are already allocated in here somewhere. Yes. So, all the education, special education that's are in the budget. Special education we talked about the prior additional positions I mentioned tonight. And this And this the savings the couple of the positions that we The one thing I didn't understand the last two meetings ago we were at 1.5 for next year. So we increased about 400,000. And that was just some of the impacts are Yeah, adding the positions um Yeah, okay. Yeah, and I re- reworked some of my revenue numbers too. Like I I had in as you
059remember when we first came in January, I think I had 1.5% increase for the tax assessed value, but as I'm getting the numbers from the county, we are not going to get that much. So some of that wasn't an increase in expense, but a reduce I had to reduce some of the revenue that I proposed because of that cuz we're we're not going to get what I hoped we would get. Got it. Now we could some of these properties uh come on the books even if they come on after July 1st, we could get the interim tax real estate tax money. So still be a possibility, but those are it's just so hard to project that stuff. I forget if you said you had like an approximate number for when they do come. Like if
060we're looking at the future yellow dates. Yeah, I put 1% in for the tax assessed >> is it assumed that we're going to get Is it assumed that we're going to get more than that? Or we really have no idea? We really have no idea because the one property that came on the books when I looked through the the presentations for last year, I think we were anticipating a lot more for it than it came on. That was the one townhouse development I thought Brian had figured it come in at least at 10 million and it only came in at 7 million and with this free assessment happening it so it depends on your appraiser. >> [cough] [clears throat] >> Kelly, for the years that it was a 0% increase and we missed all that
061compounding, is there a projection of like how many years it could take to get back to I don't know equilibrium or >> Well, I don't know if it we have we would never get that back um but I could certainly show you next next meeting what the loss was from that. I don't know if that um I do have a schedule on that. I don't know the numbers off the top of my head right now so I don't want to say the wrong numbers but I could certainly Yeah, I mean once you don't raise taxes, you pretty much lose that forever. And as far as if we were going at a 2% for a number of years and then dropping it, now we're going over with this 3.5, like Yeah, you know what I mean?
062I do. I do below years >> lost the compounding from it from each year so you don't ever really get that back. Now you know, as properties come on and off the books, you know, that does help. Is are you saying how long do you have to go to like overcompensate for the >> Yeah, I just I don't know if you could calculate that number but I could certainly let me look at you like that. I mean, the answer is what Bob asked. It's 8%. If we would you know, you go 8% you get back to even. That's That's that compounding. >> If we were if you wanted to go back to So, I'm going to ask this question again. I think I keep asking it cuz I don't comprehend. What if everyone is functioning
063at the same level, right? They're all They're all functioning in a deficit, too? Or are they using fund like how are how are other schools managing deficit? A lot of them are functioning in deficit just like us. >> So, what's the repercussion for functioning in a deficit? You You're losing your fund balance over the years. Yeah, we we're all going to have to come up with some savings on the expenditure side. >> One district, for instance, has said if they keep going this way in 3 years they could be bankrupt. Like that's one of the districts. I'm not going to Yeah. Some of them are chopping like 20, 30 people. I I understand that. You know, if you have a 10 million That's >> That's just a fear. That's hard, but >> Um I'm trying
064to think of how to say this. >> steps in and sees >> That's what I was just going to say. I was trying to think of how to say it like in a nice way. >> legislators, cyber school reform So, we talk about what's it going to take for the state to hear what's going on? Yeah, and that's where we're compiling that mandate. Yeah. I mean I Yeah, I'll share it with everybody at some point, but it's every every page or so there's something that is significant that we're highlighting that I'll turn that over to the the county and her team and then in June they'll go through and look at those numbers. And then we're sharing them as a consortium in the IU so that we have one document to kind of share out.
065But I want to make one specific for us for all your interest. Yeah. Then we send all the all the kids up to Harrisburg. I mean, for not only ours, every every school district in the Lancaster Lebanon League. Uh see what they would do. This is ridiculous. We wouldn't even have to sit here and talk about any of this stuff if they would did things proper way. So don't you know, we really shouldn't put the blame on anybody but where the blame belongs and that's the state. But can they bail out 22 school districts in Lancaster County? Would that would that be a wake-up call? Yeah, I mean This is my answer. Yeah, that's a fair question. >> [laughter] >> One that I don't have an answer to but She just asked what would happen
066if this continues to happen for all districts. What's what's the state going to do? Cuz it's across the state. It's definitely not just the Lancaster County like Lancaster County I would say a little more stable than some other I mean now some some schools out there do get more state dollars and federal dollars a lot significant amounts of federal dollars that help them. So the pressure isn't on your taxpayers as much as it it is a district like ours but the majority of the schools in PA I think they rely on their tax dollars. The only thing I have control over as a board member is I feel like I just need to go to 3.5. Cuz what I don't have any other options like I don't I don't want to set the district up
067in a bad spot or a difficult spot down the road or jump off the board down the road or whatever. I feel like that's my only option. Good. Thank you very much. >> That concludes my report. Thank you for all your hard work. Um Dr. Flannery, assistant superintendent for what? Just some positive [clears throat] news you guys may remember over the last couple of months and even in the last year, we have been struggling to find enough funding for our backpack program. That's the program that gives kids food for the um to help them through the weekend. Um we found different ways of trying to close that gap, but in the meantime, thanks to Mrs. Thompson, who's one of our social workers, and to Mrs. Payne, they uh were able to make contact with a
068program called Power Packs out of Lancaster County, and we'll be partnering with them next year to help with this. Uh it's kind of a unique company that empowers families not only with the ingredients to create nutritious meals, but it also helps educate them on how to stretch the dollars that they have for food uh to try to have a component uh to help them that way as well. So, just it's just a positive, exciting announcement, and thanks to that team for their work to get us with with this other resource. Um and I'm sure we'll have more for you um as we kind of continue to develop that partnership. We I guess you'll still be taking money from businesses and stuff, but I don't know if you're >> Yes, cuz I do know that there's
069three or four companies in this area or like, "Look, if the backpack program ever needs money, just hit us up because we'll take care >> Yeah, that could be something we would need to enhance anyway cuz we're not quite sure what this this program will be like. I can give you those names. Okay. >> [laughter] >> Thank you. But that's all I have to report for tonight. Yeah. Um treasurer's report, Dr. Crane. Yes, um I have three topics for tonight. Thank you, Mr. Bushy. Uh number one, the dashboard. Please uh take a look. It's a great resource for us. Second was sustainability, topic that we talked about with the budget. I think we uh really that was a good brief discussion, so I think we all understand what's in front of us. And then third
070is just to approve the two sets of documents, the financial statements for last month of April, and then the monthly invoices for April. So, Kelly and I spoke through those today. Uh they're in order. Thank you very much for your efforts. My recommendation is that we approve those statements. Are there any questions on the statements that that you reviewed? Um I'll second [clears throat] that. You didn't make a motion if I I'll make I'll make a motion to approve, yes. I'll second. All in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Uh we'll move on to the board committee reports. Mr. Lender wasn't here. And there's nothing at this time. Next, the academic committee report with Ms. Walker. Yeah, our next meeting will be through September-ish. Okay. Activities committee report, Mr. Simpson. No meeting,
071but just had a couple of little highlights. Uh the music and choir had two great performances last week. There were a lot of seniors involved. Big sense of accomplishment, but then sadness that it's over. Uh baseball defeated Warwick first round of districts. Boys volleyball is playing in districts tomorrow. And Kaylee Matisse placed third in the hurdles in districts. The next meeting is to be determined. Thank you. Uh next, we'll move on to the general action items. First, I'd like to take A and B together. So moved. Second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Next, we'll move to C through F. I move. Second. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Next, I'm
072just going to take G by itself. See if anyone has any questions on that. I do. But if we're increasing the prices, does it change the requirements for students to get free and reduced lunch? Do you know that, Dr. Flannery, or anyone? It doesn't change anything. So, that criteria stays the same. All right. I got a motion. Second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion No. Motion passes. Um next, I'd like to take H through J. I have a question. Yeah. Go ahead. No, you go. >> No, you go. You go. Okay. Um I I'm going to lump them together. I and L and K, these high school flooring things and the staging, stage rigging. Okay. So, um K, the stage rigging, is an inspection that
073is required by insurance, and we haven't been doing it. We It's supposed to be an annual inspection, so that is actually going to be an annual thing that will come It will come out of our fund. And it's It's like that. Required by insurance. We had an insurance um audit this year. It that one of the things that came up. Okay. Um so as far as the floors, the gym floors in the high school, this is like coating that is put on each year. And we do generally how we've done this in the past is I think we do the high school gym every year, and then we rotate the other buildings throughout because the high school gym gets the most most use. And I think it has it's like a coating that protects the
074wood floor. It has to do with for lack of a better term, the stickiness of I'm not a basketball player, but I know when you that I'm told that it needs to be done just for the durability and the so that's the we're doing both gym floors this year. Um at the high school. Then the terrazzo floor um there from what I understand with that too that we had the terrazzo floor is new, but there is like a coating and a sealing that should be put over top of it that will protect those floors so they will last longer than than they they normally would if we wouldn't do this. We have done the area outside the lobby and the lobby area and the outside the office. That was done before I got here. I'm
075not sure if that was last summer or the summer before. Um we are proposing to do the cafeteria this year because it's such a high volume um room and also because of all the tables and chairs. We are already noticing some scratches on the the new terrazzo floor. So we want to get that floor sealed just to protect it for for future use. So that was what was the Was it annual or as needed? >> Um the terrazzo is just so from what I understand once we do it, then we're done. The gym floors are the high school gym floor would be an annual. >> Yeah, the I think I think uh J is the middle school gym floor cuz it hasn't been touched in a a while. Well, I can understand that. Yeah. Curious
076cuz the high school is so fresh. And then the middle school one they they literally do have to sand that down through the wood. Okay. And redo it, repaint it, and it's never been done since the middle school. >> some stuff popping up. That one's significant. >> Yeah, so that Like I said, we we rotate through the middle school and the elementary schools doing them once every like 3 years. Because of the high school back there, we do that every year. Thank you. >> You answered my question. Yeah, same same minds. Great minds think alike, Mike. And the track is just to fix a drain. We have a um we've had a damage to a drain on the track that we've been temporary fixed. This is going to be a permanent fix, and we're going
077to clean um our our maintenance staff is going to clean out the drain under the track field, and um kind of see [snorts] how how that does and how that um fares up that we we may have to do something more. Thank you. All right, I'm still taking H through J. So moved. Okay. I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Next, I'll take A and L. I move. Second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion passes. All right, I guess we're going to move to this one. Any more discussion about this? Can you remind me, Kelly, of the process if we uh propose something, you post it for the month. What if something changes between now and
078June? Yeah, you and the final budget is until June, so you can certainly change the tax increase um if there's any additional or, you know, decreases to the budget. I'll make any of those changes before it's presented to you on June 22nd. And then do you have to post it for another month or no? No. Okay. So during my report, I get I she has another budget update. Right. And same kind of same thing in that it'll be in general action for fine. Any other questions? All right. Looking for a motion to approve and to adopt the advertised the proposed final budget to the school district for the 26 and 27 fiscal year as presented on form PDE-2028 to include a millage increase of 3.5% in the expenses in the amount of 77,91,716. So moved.
079I'll second that. And motion and a second. I guess this is a roll call. >> going to do a roll call. Mrs. Beatty. I Yeah, I Oh, yes. Yes. Mr. Marinaro. Yes. Mr. Claire. Yes. Mr. Sensinig. Yes. Mr. Volpe. Uh yes for now. Mrs. Dr. Kreider. Yes. Mr. Bushy. Motion passes. Next, I will take N through P. Uh clarify for N through P. Some of these are contractual obligations that we have. I understood it. Yep. Okay. I move. Second. All right, I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Uh next we have to approve the appointment of a new treasurer to the board for the 26 and 27 school year. Um when I look for nomination So we need a nomination. Dr. Crighton is stepping away,
080correct, Dr. Crighton? Yeah, that's right. So we do have someone of interest, so if we want a nomination for that person who's interested, we can move forward from there. Oh, I would nominate Is it Michelle? I'll nominate Michelle. And it's not one of those cuz she's not here you're talking to. >> I did. She is aware. >> spoken to her as well with some And so is Dr. Crighton. Yes, I spoke to her in Greece and she said she is interested in the position, so. And she's comfortable with being nominated. >> Okay, well then I'll nominate her. Second. Second it. I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Can I take Shelly. Or We got it now. Who moved? Second. I have a motion and a
081second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Next we'll move on to the board representative reports. Lancaster 11, I 13, Mrs. Beachy. Our next meeting isn't till the end of this month, the 27th, so. All right, Mr. Marinelli with the Lancaster County CTC. No meeting. Uh just a couple notes from Dr. Long from this week. Uh, next time I report on Flying on the Wing, uh, last year was $130,000 raised. This year they raised $140,000. Uh, they're at 95% capacity now for enrollment. And the new program we talked about the building and property maintenance program has 14 out of 20 seats filled, uh, and should be full by next week. And we have a meeting next week, next Thursday, the 28th. Uh, that was the report. Thank you. Um, there's no report
082for the PSP A. Mr. Claire, Lancaster County Academy. Right. Thank you. Um, unfortunately, I'm going to have to due to the due to the doctor accident, I didn't have this past month has been difficult for me, so Yeah, we haven't had a we haven't had a meeting. So, the next meeting's on the 27th, and then graduation is that Saturday at 10:30 Crossroads Church. And I have got the final how many Manheim kids we Uh, we have one Manheim student graduating and also up to possibly 20. There's some that are not 20 Manheim kids, but 20 graduates in the program. There's a lot of, uh, May is very hectic at the LCA. That's all we have. >> All right, move on to the informational items. The enrollment report The enrollment report is available if you need
083it. Um, the next reg- regularly scheduled board meeting will be held on June 22nd, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. at the district office. July 20th, 2026 school board meeting is canceled unless deemed necessary. Public comments. Mike. No. Ellen. Um, I right, meeting adjourned. Now you got something? Yeah, Dr. White.