001Greetings. Good evening. Happy St. Patrick's Day. Welcome to the March 17 meeting of the Yakima School Board. Before we begin, there are a few little business items to take care of. We do offer Spanish interpretation services from Jorge with Language Connection. If you need assistance in person, please check with Jorge or device. >> Good evening. If you wish to make a public comment this evening, there are two options available for you. The first option is for commenting on agenda items only and the second option which comes toward the end of the meeting is for all other topics. In order to speak tonight, you will need to sign two forms, the signin form and the guidelines form. We do provide live streaming for this meeting. The link can be found on our web page under board
002of directors. Also, if you're interested in watching past meetings, you may find them on our web pages YSD YouTube channel. That's if your melatonin doesn't kick in. So, we're thrilled this evening to have uh Dr. Green back with us. Welcome back. Uh Barb, would you call the meeting to order, please? Or would you read the role? >> Yes. >> Director Shelton, >> here. Director Rice >> here. >> Vice President Beckett >> here. President Walker >> here. >> Director Navaro Jr. is excused. >> And Dr. Lucero and Bob No are also excused tonight. >> Will you all join me in the pledge of allegiance? >> Ready to begin. >> 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
003and justice for all. >> The word of the month is collaborative. Promoting working together effectively to achieve common goals. Canarivos. Today, the schools of the Yakama school district rest on the ancestral lands of the 14 Confederated tribes and bands of the Yakama nation. The people of the Yakan nation inhabited more than 12 million acres >> across Adams, Benton, Chalan, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittas, Kat and Yakima counties, Adams, Ben, Chan, Douglas, Grant, Frank. Today we honor those native peoples who are tied to the land through history, legends, and culture. who live in the world today. We thank the caretakers of this land who have lived here and continue to live here since time immemorial. powerful way to show respect and a step toward correcting the stories and practices that erase indigenous people's history and culture. It
004also honors the truth. As a school district, we will continue to build upon our relations with the Yakama Nation. >> Thank you students. This evening, we'd like to take a few a minute to honor the memory of Jean Galbreth. Jean was a longtime counselor in the district. She worked a lot of years at Washington Middle School. She was one of those people whose smile just lit up a room and it's we're we're really sad to see her passing. So, would you join me in a moment of silence? >> Thank you. This evening we have uh several recognitions. We're going to begin with open doors program graduates. And these are students that have earned their GED or their diploma and they've earned it in the middle of the year so they won't be around for June
005or they may have not finished last June. Principal Natalie Riley from Open Doors, would you come up and say a few words and introduce the students that are here? Thank you so much. I'm excited to share about Open Doors program and the incredible progress of our students that they've made this year. Uh the students that we'll be celebrating tonight have completed their GED already this school year and um some have completed their diploma this school year. So, we're super excited that it's a non-traditional way for students to uh earn their diploma or their GED. Our students are achieving real success. Right now in the program, we have more than 80% pass rate on our GD assessments with students testing more often than ever before. In addition, many students have earned their high school diplomas, marking
006a milestone in their personal and academic journeys. These accomplishments are more than numbers. They represent lives transformed and futures being shaped. The success is made possible by our dedicated Open Doors team, which we have a few of them here. And then we have some that are not able to come this evening but are so supportive of this of all the students in the program. Uh they provide guidance, support and encouragement every step of the way for our students. Their hard work and commitment ensures that each student has the tools and competence to succeed. The open doors program is a shining example of what happens when we meet students where they are and provide them with the tools that they need to succeed. Their achievements reflect not only their hard work, but the commitment of our
007staff and the support of the board and our community and their families for them to succeed. We are so proud of our students and grateful for their dedication of our team and eager to continue helping our students reach their GEDs, diplomas, and any future aspirations that they have. Our team is so committed to our students and the success that they have moving forward and continue to support our students as they complete their GEDs and their diplomas throughout this school year into the next steps. and our students are taking those next steps into post-secary and opportunities that are far beyond just completing that GED or that step. They are all looking into what they can do next and how they can continue to improve our community. So, it's super exciting to watch our team and our
008students make those achievements. So, we thank the support of our open doors program for investing in the success of every student. We're excited to be able to honor and celebrate all of the students that are here tonight, as well as all of the students currently that have achieved their GED and diploma for this school year. Not all of our students are able to be here tonight, but we want to honor all of those that have accomplished so far, as well as the ones that are here tonight to do so. We continually have students, in fact, we had one that completed her GED today. So, we are constantly having students achieve um and it's super exciting to watch them reach their goals and then ask what's next. So that's what our students are doing and that's
009what our staff is doing. So as soon as students achieve, they are also asking what's next? How can we help you? How can we support? So we're super excited for what our students are doing, what our families and uh communities are doing to support our students to say what's next and how can we support. So I'm going to at this point invite Luis Machado up to read the names of our students. So, we will go through all of the names and as the students are uh named that are here, we're just going to ask them to stand at the time that they're called and then we will have them all come up at the end to be able to walk through if that works for everybody to shake hands. I'm going to run the PowerPoint
010if I can do the clicker. So, we'll >> Zachary Brooks. >> Zakia. Y Canahham. >> Mason Ki here. Madison Marble. Madison here. Yeah. Hel Ruiz, Miley Culver, Daniel Aino, Marcos Volen, >> Adam Roland, I'm sorry. Eden woman, Angel Terrones, Amaya Estrada, Joey Sprry, Michael Schneider, Christian Maldonado, Leo Oruropea, Rodrigo Pacheco, Dominic Reyes, Andrew Ruiz, and we had our actually a 17th GD completer. As I was leaving work today, our proctor told us, "Hey, we got another GD computer." So, 17 So, we're super proud of our uh completers and our GED completers. So, we just want to congratulate them and then be able to have them do walking and shake everyone's hands. So, congratulations so much for the work that you guys did. >> Yeah. So, we'll have all those that have graduated want to come
011up and we'll have you all shake hands and we'll take pictures um together with families, everything. So, don't run off when you shake hands. So, just stay and we'll take pictures and take a short little break to get all of that done. So, hang around for a second. Again, congratulations to our students and their families. Next up, director, director Beckett. senior moment there. Director Director Ryan like to introduce um one of our teachers who has received a national award. Is Mr. Beck here tonight? Mr. Beck here? Do we hear the the the faint faint sounds of the Davis band playing the fight song somewhere down the road? Do you hear that anywhere? Well, uh, I'll I'll read a abbreviated version of this anyway, uh, because it's it's quite impressive. Um, a total of 77 individuals
012have been selected to receive outstanding performing arts educator awards from the National Federation of State High School Associations, including 35 with outstanding music educator awards, 26 with outstanding speech and debate educator awards, and 16 with outstanding theater awards. And tonight we have the distinct honor of recognizing our own Mr. Brian Beck, M music teacher at Davis High School, who has been selected by the National Federation of State High School Associations to receive the 2025 2026 NFHS Section 8 Outstanding Music Educator Award. On behalf of the Akimma School District Board of Directors and the community we serve, we offer our sincere congratulations and gratitude. Mr. Beck, wherever you are out there, we are incredibly proud of you. Thank you for your passion, your leadership, and for representing our district with such distinction. Please join me in
013congratulating Mr. Beck on receiving the NFHS Section 8 Outstanding Music Educator Award. Director Rice next will introduce a number of teachers that have also achieved some national recognition. We have several national board certified teachers. >> Thank you, President Walker. The Yakama School District is proud to announce that seven more teachers have earned their certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. To earn this honor, these teachers went through a an often grueling year-long introspective process, which included creating a portfolio of work to document their performance in the classroom and a series of tests to measure their knowledge in the sub subjects that they teach. As I call your name, if you could come up and model the students that were just up here and we'll give you our personal congratulations. Maria de Jesus Alvarez,
014Melissa Cavaness, Beth Dolman. What is your certificate in chemistry? Oh, bless your heart. Kathy not, Anna Nunees, Randy Oldman Oldham, and Ashley Sison. Congratulations to these seven teachers. I don't know how many does that make for us. >> We don't know how many that makes for us, but I know that it's a significant number within the district who have received this um well-earned certification. So, thank you very much for being here and I'll turn it back. Probably most of those teachers are home grading papers and preparing for tomorrow. Next up, we would like to recognize our Yakama County School Retiree Organization. Director Shelton will um introduce them, but we also, I believe, your president would like to say a few words. And when your name is read, we'll just have you stand in place and
015then we'll recognize you all at the end. We won't send you through the gauntlet. Yakama County School Retirees Association, YCSR, is one of 29 local units which comprise Washington State School Retirees Association. YCSR is the largest unit in the state with nearly 1500 members, both active and retired school employees. Washington State School Retirees Association works for the maintenance and improvement of pension benefits for all school employees. This school year, the YCSR provided funding for 13 mini grants within the Yakma School District, totaling $6,256. The board of directors urges community members to join them in expressing appreciation to school retirees for their dedication and hard work and for their continuing support of education in Yakama County. Thank you. Okay, so we're not going to have everybody come quite yet, right? Scand >> Peggy Campbell, historian. Debbie
016Dhy, secretary. Corine Porin, welcome. Sandy Gavin, web coordinator. Norma Haney, journal liaison. John Oua, health. Sue Ogua, newsletter. Jan Saxton, welcome. Paul Schaefer, retirement. Larry Schul, legislative. Kathy Schultz, unit contact. Nick Schultz, member at large. Linda Sumner, Mini Grants, Millie Stahan, Sunshine, Patrick Walsh, membership, Ola Whitmmont, treasurer, and Peggy Young, social. And again, we'd like to thank all of you for your continuing contributions to the field of education. I think Paul Schaefer has probably been through this twice, huh? Because you were teaching when I first started it, frankly. So, you must be 105 years old by now. I don't know. And you don't look a bit older. You're certainly welcome to punish yourselves by staying for the rest of our meeting, but if you want to take a break and sneak out the door, I'm
017sure you've had enough meetings in your life. Okay, next on our agenda, we have YA President Francis Guerrero. Good evening. I am here representing the Yakma Education Association in giving this resolution in support of the Yakma School District Facilities Bond. Whereas the Yakma Education Association represents the educators who serve the students and families of Yakma School District number seven. And whereas safe, modern, and accessible school facilities are essential for highquality teaching and learning and for supporting the health, safety, and success of students and staff. And whereas several district facilities are aging and require replacement or significant upgrades in order to meet current educational standards, safety expectations, and accessibility requirements. And whereas the proposed bond measure would address critical needs by rebuilding and refernishing Hoover Elementary School and Garfield Elementary School, replacing deteriorating classrooms with modern
018learning environments. And whereas the bond would also support district-wide improvements, including accessibility upgrades to comply with Title 9 and the American with Disabilities Act, ADA, infrastructure repairs such as roof replacement and site improvements, playground upgrades for safety and accessibility, HVAC system replacements to improve air quality and energy efficiency, and improvements to athletic facilities, including turf replacement and resurfacing of tracks and courts. And whereas these investments will improve learning environments for students, provide safer and healthier workplaces for educators, and protect the long-term sustainability of district facilities. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Yakma Education Association formally endorses and supports the facilities bond proposal adopted by the board of directors of Yakma School District number 7 through resolution number 4.25.26. 26. Be it further resolved that the Yakma Education Association encourages educators, families, and community members
019to support this investment in safe, modern, and equitable learning environments for the students of Yakma, adopted the 11th day of February, 2026. >> Thank you so much for the support. Next we have Next we have a report from Cassie Davidson, director of child nutrition. >> Good evening. Thank you board members. Dr. Green, Dr. Larson, uh Jake, thank you so much. It's glad that you're back. Okay, let's get started here. So, I know I was supposed to practice this earlier. Oh, here we go. Great. So, our first slide here, we have um strategic plan uh alignment. So, um, with the child nutrition, we have student successes with most of these students that we've got hired on from Davis High School. Um, they're fostering, we're fostering an inclusive workforce. It impacts bridging the gap from the classroom
020to career. Um, this is in alignment with our strategic plan, espec specifically goal number five, career readiness. And the child nutrition department is committed to inclusion by providing vocational training and employment opportunities for students with diverse learning needs and bridging the gap. So currently we have four students that we have hired on um and we are planning to add to that again next year. So this is continuation of eat real which is our certification program that we've been working on for the past year and a half. Um we are exceeding the standards of the eat real program as of right now and we are in a pre- audit that was done in January. Um we surpassed the national USDA benchmarks for um sodium sodium content sugar content. I'm really proud to say that um our
021breakfast program is um less than five grams of sugar over a period of a week's time. So, we've dropped it significantly and we're we're well above where we need to be, which is um we're really proud of that. Uh then, um the the timeline to get the comprehensive program will be done in September. We so we did a preliminary in January and then we'll go ahead and do the final assessment in September and then we we just commit to um continuing with the eat real standards for the nutritional excellence. So this is just a meal counts over the last um four years. Uh, and I didn't my glasses aren't here, but um, as you can see there's it's it was gradually going up and this last year um, it has dropped somewhat. The breakfast has
022dropped significantly. We did a pilot program with breakfast out of the classroom in the elementary levels. Um, knowing that if we didn't meet the benchmarks that we would go back into the classroom, which is what we've done. So the next slide will show um, so this here is a partition based on the service model. So the far the far left one at 79.9 this was breakfast in the classroom the first couple of beers um that was partition that we participation that we did and then we did the second chance model for some of the secondary excuse me some of the elementary schools where they eat they have a choice of eating breakfast before or like after a first minute break or first period break um and we did that August through December and you can
023see the participation dropped significantly to 52% so We brought it back in January and those were the next two slides. One is January, one is February. Um it began to rise again at 62.2% and then again in February another 2% at 64.6%. So it is on the rise. I I feel that the um the numbers are very accurate. We I've gone back in and trained um breakfast in the classroom to all the teachers throughout the district and and we're well on our way getting back to where we were. And just a few recognitions and opportunities for us this year. Um we've actually received four grants so far. I've actually have a few more in the works at the moment. Um our farm to school grant is over two-year period of time. It's $148,000 and allows
024us to purchase um foods locally or at least grown in Washington. Some are some summer some are local um in Yakama. We actually are paying for um I think everyone here has probably been to to Vieier's bakery right over here. Um that's one of the they are baking our um rolls for us of the whole grain uh flowers that are used that are grown here in Washington State. Um and then the healthy meals healthy schools uh we are able to purchase two large pieces of equipment for Davis High School and um for Robertson. So that will be very very helpful for that as well. The breakfast meals for kids was also a grant to support um participation increasing some new small wares in our kitchens. Um immersion blenders for making fresh smoothies. Um got new
025baking equipment like pan or loaves for pans for baking baking baking our own breads and muffins. Um that's been really really helpful that to get that out. Small wares are extremely expensive these days. So, and then we've just um started the chef grant with OSPI. So, we um we had a chef come in last week and we went to Eisenhower and um we it was it it was a fantastic experience. So, we we tested or sampled out and two new items um to the the kids. There was aboutund 102 or three that participated. We served them uh we called it um it was a an avocado toast scramble but we didn't tell them immediately after asking if there was any allergies which there weren't that it was made with tofu and they actually they loved
026it and I I was amazed. I didn't think that was going to really go over well and they actually liked that better than the other one which was a chile chilles which I thought would go over quite well. Both of them ended up going over really well. There's a 90% take on one and a 92% take on the other. Yeah. And so that that will actually be um published in the USDA recipe book at some point in time, but we plan to go do the same thing at the elementary and the middle school with the same recipes. I don't know the take will be quite as well, but um it'll it'll be fun to see. But they they really enjoyed um just interacting with us and giving us their opinion. We we made sure said,
027"Please, please, please, you must tell us the truth because if you tell us you love it and you don't, then you're going to start seeing it on the menus. We don't want to have that happen." >> And that is it. Does anyone have any questions for me? >> Questions or comments from the board? >> I have I have one question. Um, thank you, Cassie. This is really interesting information. Um, so thank you for bringing this to us. I had a question about um what does what what does it look like for those students that have been hired to work within the program? >> Sure. Um some of them now um are completely they've graduated from high school and they work um most of them work a 4-hour shift like a 9:30 to 1:30 and then
028we have a couple of them that go back to Davis at noon. So they're still in school. But we we we've taught them um meal prep, knife safety, um food safety, washing dishes, stu serving the students. It's been a wonderful experience. >> So, pretty much everything. >> Pretty much everything. Yeah. >> Thank you. That's a great opportunity for these kids. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Welcome. >> And Cassie, when you're talking about breakfast for students, does this mean we're not seeing Pop-Tarts anymore and sugary cereals? The only cereal that we serve is Kicks. Um, we I actually thought that Cheerios was a clean label and it's not. Now I'm feeling guilty as a mom because that's what I taught my That's what I gave my kids when they were growing up. >> Ex. It
029is indeed. Um, so Kicks is the only cereal that we do. It's clean label and it's low in sugar. So, um, what and we did have a lot of sweeter things. We had bars and stuff and in order to get away from that, we moved our our menu from sweet to more savory. So, we have we have breakfast casserles. We have a lot of egg dishes. And it's it's been it's been great. Our yogurt is is 100% um Greek yogurt with no added sugar at all. And we sweeten it with honey, local honey. >> Right. Great. So, protein instead of carbs and sugar. >> Yes, that's great. >> We have to meet our carb um counts first, but yes. And but proteins are coming up. Uh hopefully soon they'll be getting higher than they are
030now. Thank you so much. >> So I have a comment and I'm looking for verification from Jake. That is that when you look at the longitudinal data of where we were before with the food uh and the number of meals, uh we are down significantly with enrollment. So if the board is has an expectation of us uh reaching the same number count, it's most likely unrealistic. uh due to the um impact of what's happening nationally and the deportations and self- deepportations that we've seen. Is that correct, Jake? >> It is correct. Um so part of the decline in the meals were is obviously tied to our decrease in enrollment. The other um what we're seeing in numbers and breakfast, we've changed models as Cassie noted. We piloted different ways to serve it and so I
031think some of the decreases on the model switch and some of it's driven by enrollment. So a little bit of both. I mean then Cassie you didn't have up there how many meals generally we serve total because you only had August and November isn't like 3 point >> it was >> 3.3 million. >> No a little probably at 2.8 million. >> Yeah. >> So just to put in perspective 2.8 Eight million meals are served by the YSD to our our students and mostly your students. Some staff, but mostly our students, which is just, >> you put in perspective, a phenomenal amount of meals. >> We even had fresh salmon on this week. It was on Monday with a nice, beautiful lemon sauce. It was delicious. >> We had an increase in in adult participation that
032day as well. >> Uh I hope the see the see that wasn't Copper River or anything, right? Just in case was not. Okay. Just just >> would you like me to let you know the next time it's on the menu? >> Okay, >> I can do that. >> Thanks again, Cassie, for your presentation. >> Absolutely. >> I don't I have one question. I don't know if it's a question for you or a question for Jake. Given the roller coaster of federal funding and most of school lunch is fed funded out of USDA, is it not? Has that funding remained steady or are we seeing declines in that funding or what what's going on? >> We've not seen any declines. They're they're increases, but they're small. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Any other questions
033for the Thanks again. >> Thanks for having me. >> Let me know when you're serving salmon again. I'll drop in. >> We'll do. >> Okay. Next up, we do have updates from members of the board. Any updates for us? Uh I would just note that I did email out just before tonight's meeting to everyone on the board. Um the review language based off of our previous meeting. Um suggested edits could be emailed back to me if anyone has any anything. I'm happy to make updates. Um it's based off of the previous two years worth of survey results and then the um suggestions from our last meeting. So it is in your email. Um, I'm happy to take uh into consideration any suggestions that anyone has. So, please let me know. Thank you. >> Will we
034as a board have an opportunity to review that as a board before it's presented? Okay. Thanks. I have um an update. As you all know, may know the legislature has finished its work. Everything was fast and furious. Um, there were a couple of things of note that board members may be interested in in knowing. Uh, a more comprehensive list will be coming out from WASDA um within the next couple of weeks. One big thing that um we have had on our radar for some time is the removal of sales tax on school districts. They added on to that last year by tacking on um tax for contracted services. So, for all of the uh special services that we were contracting out because we didn't have um this the staff on on duty to um to
035meet the needs of some of our students. That was all taxed. All their salaries were taxed. Um that's not going to happen anymore. They heard loud loud and clear from school districts and administrators and so forth that um this particular sales tax on contracted services was quite punitive to school districts and really made it difficult and Jake will I think agree with me really made it difficult on on districts especially smaller districts that one may not have the staff had to contract the service and then had to pay the sales tax on top of that contracted service. Um, one other thing of note is um slight reduction in early learning or um we we may know it as transition to kindergarten. That may cut up to a third of the slots that have been funded
036in the past but aren't going to be funded anymore. um at least this year. So um like I said, we'll have a much more comprehensive list next week and I'm sure Jake has something to add to this. >> I do. Thank you, Director Rice. Um we we saw an immediate impact on reduction in levy equalization funding. So there was an uh increase in LEA put into the omnibus and not the policy bills. So it's it's at the whim of the legislature each each each budget bill that drops. So we had tenatively and authorized by the last budget bill we're going to see an increase of $250 a student for LEA. Um along with the governor's proposal that was reduced by $100 to 150. So that change cost the district about $ 1.5 million in dissipated
037revenue. Um thankfully our we we did not choose TTK um as a program and so partly because given its volatile funding nature districts some of them have extended themselves and so that did not affect us. We are affected by the change in the transportation depreciation schedule which will elongate uh the payments to school districts um and make the useful life of a bus magically increase uh by six or seven years. And so it will take longer as we front fund our buses to get the money back from the from the state. So those are two of the most significant impacts we saw. And then of course we'll have a more detailed update later. >> Any other board updates? >> Thank you Dr. Green and Dr. Larson. Superintendent's update. >> Thank you. I will defer to
038Dr. Larson. uh she will be giving the report that typically Bob gives and then uh Jake you'll take uh the report please. >> Thank you. So on behalf of Bob no chief legal counsel for the calendar year of 2025 the district processed 202 new requests with 11 open requests at the start of the year for a combi of a combined total of 213. 198 were closed, leaving 15 open to carry over into 2026. So to date for 2026, the district has processed 49 new requests with 15 open requests at the start of the year of a the combined total of 64. 50 were closed, leaving 14 still open. So of our 64, we've closed 50 and we have 14 that are currently open at this time. Thank you, Barb. And then I think I can
039take it once you get to the start of the deck. Um, so just an update to keep um the bond facts before you. I we discussed this last board meeting, so I won't go over every slide again, but I will um accentuate a few new ones for you. So just a reminder, the district does have a bond on the on the ballot. April 28, 2026. Um, and another reminder of always importance, 60% passage, 60% plus one, and then 40% of the turnout requirement from the prior year's general election. And I would also be remiss not to talk about the tax rate. And of course, my staff would love me to say the buckskin color of the outstanding debt. So that is our outstanding debt in the graph that um I get the question a lot
040about when the Ike Davis and Stanton bonds are going to be repaid. As you can see that uh the buckskin color does tail off and the bonds from um uh 2009 would be fully paid off in 2031. So and then of course graphically that shows what the new bond measure would do to tax rate and the goal is to target a level rate as we move forward. Um and then one thing uh of a note is I have been getting this question. I've been on the road a lot out to a lot of buildings and and uh other other places to speak and I often get the question about what happens if the bond fails. Now I often tiptoe through the tools because I never would assume a future board's action. So generally what I
041would say is that we continue to pay for those HVAC roof and kind of nuts and bolts expenditures out of the general fund. One of the goals um the the financial benefit to a bond measure is that that doesn't come out to come out of the classroom or general fund. It can be expensed out of the bond fund. So, um, if the bond were to fail, then we would continue to take those expenditures out of the operating fund, which as you all know, we have been rebuilding and, um, realigning to our lower enrollment levels. And, uh, and one reason I, as I've spoke before many times at the podium, is Yakama is also vulnerable because we do not have any capital funds. And so if a roof fails, and often the equivocation I give staff
042is, you know, get a new curriculum for a grade span K5 or 612 for a couple million dollars or you can get a new roof um or an HVAC system. And so those are sometimes the choices we're faced with. And then of course the project timing would be delayed which uh would increase the cost base just based on inflation alone. And then what if the bond fes? We went through this slide and director I rice asked me about the construction schedules and just to remind you that would be the tentative schedules uh would be Hoover a fall 28 opening and Garfield to follow in 2029 and then the smaller projects we would run concurrently. So as we said I've been we've been out and about lots of us and so um I've been to most
043buildings and staff meetings a couple times and then you I'm not going to read through those all. Um, we've also taken some meetings with uh some of our largest taxpayers and business owners in the valley and um those have been really successful and more just explaining to them and being very transparent about potential tax impact they would have if bond were to pass. And so those have been very fruitful meetings and then of course with legislators and whoever else wants to invite us to speak. And so we have a few more planned um more than a few. Um Barb is very good about putting those on my calendar on a consistent basis. So there are many more speaking engagements to come. And then see uh I I can't I can't go through this deck without
044looking at the pictures. I'm sorry. Um it does fascinate me to look at what a um current Garfield looks like um and served our students and staff well for since 1959. And then of course what a rendering would look like of a more vertical and um you I get questions about the look quite often and that is kind of the current standard for new uh schools. We use uh concrete block and uh steel on the outside because you don't have to paint it. It's easy to maintain. Occasionally you have to pressure wash it. For the most part it does lower on maintenance. And then most schools now because a lot of municipalities want a smaller footprint based on pvious and impervious surface. You go vertical instead of the Rambler style. You go up. Um then
045that's the aerial. Ben Hoover. I think I told you the story about the iron lungs last board meeting. Did I not? So that story still fascinates me. um that um between that window when Hoover opened 47 I think polio vaccine was 50 51 somewhere in there that we were um treating children with polio in Hoover in the classrooms in iron lungs. So um that just shows that the generations that it served from the greatest generation and their and their children all the way to now. And then the same same look for Hoover. Uh a 32 classroom building. Um vertical in nature and same kind of block and steel construction. And then the playgrounds. Um most elementaryaries you when I get when I get to this slide, you're like, "Oh, stop. What is it going to
046look like?" And um you know the the goal with the formatting and ADA access um as was noted in in YA's resolution uh is to provide greater ADA access to our playgrounds along with as many toys as possible um for access. Not everything. It's hard to do monkey bar that that's ADA accessible, but a lot of toys will be enhanced to provide access. And then the fall matting in general, you have a larger capital expense initially, but then we spend $100,000 a year on rocks and wood chips um to fill our fill our playgrounds up. And so that expense would no longer be needed. And then last slide, is it not B? That's the question slide. It's a QR code. I believe it links to our website. And so that's your your bond update for
047this board meeting. and I'd be happy to answer any questions if you have any. >> Um Jake, the list of meetings that you've already done was um a little small for my old eyes. >> Were there are there um community other than large uh taxpayer folks? >> Oh, yes. >> Are there community groups or things like that on this list? >> Yes. And some will continue to grow. I And um Miss Fiscus, can you let me know what we have scheduled? I think we have chamber rotaries. >> Rotaries, chambers. We had >> Yakama Country Club. >> Yeah, Yakama Country Club. um parent nights at each of our schools, Monday morning quarterbacks, outreach leaders presentations, um faith-based programs, the partners in education that we have, >> and we also have agents, >> the sports group as
048well. We met with them. >> So, yes, whoever will have us, we have we have been speaking to. Will we be scheduling open houses at these schools that were specifically Hoover and Garfield for >> interested parents or community members? >> Yes, we are. And every event that they've been having um Jake is Jake, Dr. Larson, Kirsten, our cabinet members have been attending these events and starting the first 10 minutes and kicking it off. Um Dr. Larson went to Washington Middle School to the band the other night. There was a couple hundred parents in the room and she started welcomed all of them and then showed them a quick presentation of about >> an instrument and played for them >> and then they went on to the instruments. Yeah. So, we're trying to get to all
049of the um family attended events in our schools and um Hoover and Garfield are hosting different events at their schools that are all bond related. Will there be a couple scheduled for here for community members who don't have kids in school and just might have questions? >> There will be now. >> No, I didn't mean to suggest that. There's I just >> No, it's a it's a great suggestion. >> I'm just gathering information. >> No, but that that is a great idea. We have we are also uh doing um kind of virtual staff meetings because it we have it it is difficult to access and talk to staff about the facts of the bond um during their workday. And so we we're going to try to do some virtual meetings particular for our classified staff.
050And that is a really good idea to have some type of open house here um at a at a neutral location so people can come if they want and get more information. And I think Principal Brownlow and Julio the Great have been doing uh a spectacular job opening up their building to the community in all different types of forms and fashions. And so I'd be remiss not to thank them because they put in a lot of time to outreach and educate to their community around the bond. And so that's that's been really really great as well. >> Thank you, Jake. Thank you as well, Dr. Dr. Larson. Um, what I'd like to share today is um a great collaboration that we had over the weekend. And as I look out into the crowd, I want
051to give a first bit of gratitude to a few people. um one being uh Omar Santoy and before my time in the district uh having the foresight and fortitude to bring our church partners together and allow us to continue to build that relationship uh with our faith ba faith-based community and um there's now an event every year with the Bethl ministry that uh brings multiple and when I say multiple we're talking from multiple states um dozens upon dozens of uh of youth to volunteer in our district for three hours. They're here for a weekend of uh services and learning and as part of that uh they give back to the community. So I want to thank publicly Omar for uh the work that he's done over multiple years as well as uh this last weekend
052was my first fora uh back into the public and making some visitations. Then um I spent uh three and a half hours with our uh director of maintenance um Kyle Optic and he drove me around, chauffeered me, and we were able to uh uh get to the six buildings, six or six or seven. Six the six different buildings that were um being improved um mainly the playground areas and uh Sean Minsky was out as well. Also want to recognize Shawn and u just I'm thankful for Kyle and the work that he did in uh keeping his crew together and uh organized and making sure that we had paint wherever we needed it. Uh and then of course our uh labor partners uh that were uh granting us the uh permission really because it's uh it's
053their work and uh uh allowing the volunteers to come in and take some of the work that they would do knowing that we have plenty of work that we're able to do uh and it wouldn't make a dent in in in their paycheck and the work that they do on a daily basis. So, uh, having that relationship and being able to beautify, uh, six of our schools is something pretty special and, uh, build that with the community. And, um, certainly also want to thank, uh, Alexander Banks, the Yakama Herald. So, Alexander was, uh, out there interviewing and his article, I think, appeared on on on Tuesday, I believe, Monday or Tuesday. Uh but I really am u thankful that uh with so many uh easy negative stories that we see in public education and in
054uh things that are happening around communities that we can find bright spots uh because there are so many wonderful things happening and so many just tremendous efforts to bring people together and to have uh that highlighted speaks uh I think very highly of our our media and our relationship and recognizing that uh it's not always roses and we know that u but thank you uh Mr. Banks for taking the time to highlight the good things that are happening in the district. So, I'm very proud of our our district and our our wasn't just um you know Omar and Kyle and uh Sean, but uh we had uh so many maintenance workers out making sure that people had what they needed um throughout the district on that Saturday. So, uh, we look forward to the continued
055growth and hopefully expansion across other, um, uh, churches in the area and, uh, certainly to our next, uh, faith-based, uh, meeting that we'll have. The other things that I would like to just share but kind of as a point of privilege. Um I know that we were earlier uh mentioning some of the legislative changes and um uh one of the things that I've really prided myself on has been the uh development of relationships with our legislators and advocating uh for what we need as a district which is very distinct from uh some of the larger districts on the west side. And um unfortunately with my uh recent health issues, I I missed the session. Uh but I do want to call out that um my disappointment in uh what we gained last year in working
056collaboratively mainly with um some westside districts in particular Belleview uh around House Bill 2049. And so the last session uh I did speak u to the legislature along with uh Dr. Kelly Armachi from Belleview and we were um lock step in promoting House Bill uh 2049 which would give local effort assistance to our district which uh they were um ex they were expanding the levy lid for Seattle and the Lake Washington's bringing in more funding and the equalizer was local effort assistance for for our district for for districts and not all districts but it would have helped our district in the 11th hour last year um they pulled pulled um after testifying they pulled the local effort assistance and um I was pretty upset but uh at that point it was um not put into
057law but it was uh quote unquote going to be in the budget for the next two years at least until they could codify it later on. Well, what we've seen now in this latest session is they have since now removed uh that. So, uh, there was a a big bait and switch that, um, I fell into this last year and and in and supporting that and then having the rug pulled out from under me and then now seeing that, uh, uh, they're eliminating, uh, local effort assistance uh, to a level that is over a million, I think, is what you said, 1.5 million. So, I I can't tell you how um, frustrating and disheartening it is to see that happening. Um when we had spoken with so many legislators and we had been um advocating
058collaboratively trying to unify in some kind of capacity uh uh support uh financially for for for many districts instead of the few but it continues to be uh a growing gap that we see. Um, I have been in touch with the governor's um office and uh I do anticipate um a conversation with the governor that looks like it's going to develop here within the next week or two. So um rest assured I will be very tactful and uh do the best that I can but convey um the frustration of what we continue to see with um the disparity of of funding between districts. And just to give you one final example, um you can tell I haven't been here for a while and I want to talk a lot is um that if you just
059take for example the Northshore district, right? Over the last 15 years, uh through their local uh funding through um local bonds um and also then through the state funding they get uh they've received uh over a billion dollars more than what we have. and that's a B with a a billion for their buildings and and improvements. And uh here we are uh talking about replacing two of the oldest buildings. And um you know when you make that type of a comparison uh between districts, it's uh it's very clear I think as a parent where you would feel more comfortable having your your child. So it u it speaks volumes I think of um the opportunities for prioritization and I I also think that um it speaks uh well of the people in our district that
060continue to work and um do the very difficult job of uh making uh more with less. So, I just wanted to call out since we were mentioning some of the legislative issues that uh uh there is really uh not any uh um equity that we're seeing across the board. And um you know, we'll continue to work with our collaborative partners across the the state that we've developed and um and rest assured that um when I do speak with the governor, I'll I'll report out. So, that's my report today. >> Thank you. Uh next up, uh your community ga community engagement uh document is in your board dots is kind of the normal uh arts and music activities in the schools and then the sports. Is there anything is Kirstston here tonight? No. Okay. Is there
061anything that I don't think anything needs to be highlighted except uh just again take in as many of those as you can or want to. It's nice to get out and see what's going on. Uh, next up we have um a financial update from Jake. >> Good evening everybody. U before the deck comes up um Superintendent Green, great to have you back my friend. That was probably the u the best superintendent update I've heard in a long time. So, and there's been quite a few. Um but as uh as Dr. Green talked about one thing throughout my uh career on the west side is we used to have a gentleman's agreement on LEA and the levy lid and so I do feel like some of that historical trust and um you know horse trading was
062was dissolved further again this session. So historically when we tried to to raise the levy lid or levy authority I'd reach across the mountains generally and we would work to increase LEA commensurately and so that has that has ceased to stop but so we'll see how going forward that looks like but next year and 2028 is a very big year because the 150 the first um year of the bianium and the 150 this year of the bianium those drop out of the budget. And so if you do 15,000 roughly times 300 kids, that's $4.5 million that we have to find in 2028. So just just foreshadowing if we don't make any improvements on the policy front. Um there we go. So some good news. Um and then we I will be providing uh a budget
063update very shortly. Um March is a long month thankfully. no holidays, but it's also when my mind goes to budgets, bonds, and bargaining, generally the three Bs in springtime. Um, so some positive notes though. Um, we have confirmation that federal funding is going to be stable. So, we have been worrying about that. As you know, we were highly concerned about migrant funding in particular since we are the second largest recipient of migrant funding, I think, um, in the state. And then um but flat funding which as we've had conversations we had staffing meetings with uh principles this last week and it does erode our buying power because um we have an IPD or a COLA legislature of 2.6% just a matter of note to ground you um each percentage point cost the district about $950,000
064on a local levy or other state funds because we have so many staff that are fedally funded. So grant funding is level, but our buying power will be down, right? Because we have increased costs for labor um just based on IPD and then of course the increase in health benefits. So it's a mixed bag, but we are thankful to have some of that funding stabilized because we do receive a significant amount here in Yakob. Um so there's some good news. Um enrollment though, not so good news as we move forward. So we have seen uh interesting declines and maybe the graph would be better at say a picture says a thousand words. So uh before you there is um a line chart of where we have been historically. Um as you can see um the
065top green is in 202122. It's a five-year look. And then the current is the low um new word for you, Marold color um line. And as you can see, there's an anomaly. If you look at our historic enrollment trends, generally this time of year, we don't have a significant drop. Now, um some of the drop we are seeing um is unique. Um, some of it we do believe is based on macro uh um immigration policy and and some of that we actually and I will correct uh credit Andy Gonzalez, we were able to look at the Obama era deportations which are still greater than the current deportation cycle in raw numbers, but generally we we saw same a decrease during uh the Obama era as well. And so we were able to overlay some of
066those statistics and we do anticipate um potentially a thousand student drop uh over time, but we don't know when the decline and deportation would have started to affect our enrollment. So we're working through those numbers, but again, as you can see, we did see a mid-year decrease um in our FTE, and we'll be continually monitoring that as we move forward. Um that being said, as you can see, if if enrollment is down, then budget versus actual is a greater gap. Um there are positives in here. You can see our AL continues to grow. That's a mixed bag as well because um we had this conversation in cabinet today is, you know, we would like the students as much as possible to stay in our brick and mortar buildings. Um because not all everybody's cut out
067for online, but at the same time, not everybody's cut out for brick and mortar. So our goal is to keep our students in system and learning um wherever they're at. So we have seen an increase in AL. That's the average number to date. The current enrollment um for AL is just about a thousand. So I give you the annual average as it moves forward, but that that continues to grow. So we do have some positive there. So we are serving kids uh in all different types and formative fashion. And so that is positive. But again, we do take that enrollment out of our brick and mortar buildings just based on on choice predominantly. Now, as you know, I tell you this every meeting um I was fortunate enough uh yesterday to present provide information um
068to the small school district conference in Manache and they I had many board members in the hallway like what do you tell your board and I told my board the same thing every meeting? Cash is king. And so in that regard, cash flow as we continue to monitor is slightly above projection. I it's about that's about a $4 million gap between budget and actual, but as you saw recently, um that enrollment dip will hit us as we as we as we average that out through the year. And then um IDA, our special ed grant, we have that about a million and a half overallocation. And that's part of it has to do with federal set aside. So some of the grant funding that's fueling our cash will dwindle as the spring goes on. Um I
069do anticipate cash ending very close to projection. So that is positive. Um I was looking uh during our uh most tight budget times that trough as I often talk about which is the period between the two tax collections that was down in that three or4 million range. So we have raised that trough up uh to ensure liquidity and so that is after the tax anticipation note has been repaid as well. So continue to monitor cash and then um as we get better numbers I'll be able to update you on what the full impact of legislative session is going to be. Um so we have you know a little bit of headwind. We've got declining enrollment as we have to deal with and then not that great uh result from the state legislature. So that will
070have a budgetary impact that we're working through and we'll be able to provide you information shortly on that. Um then here's my usual set of bar graphs. Um that's general fund revenue budget to actual. Teal bar is actual and the black bar is budgeted. And so there are some months where it's over and under but um you have to compare those of course to the expenditure chart. Um the to bar again that is our actual versus budgeted. So most months we are running at or below actuals. Um as as you often hear me say I want your budget to be boring but not me. And so we continue to have level level months. You know our payroll is about 20 if you ever get asked um and need off the napkin answer. We run about
07120 million a month in payroll and the rest of that um expenditure is often our Mock or supplies and materials but very steady payroll um going forward. We continue to monitor our sub costs and sub usage um and then our extra time and overtime because those can add up very quickly and so we continue to have internal controls in place on that spending. Um and the amoxies are more volatile of your supplies and materials. Um but again that blue bar versus the black as we go monthtomonth uh little less than we anticipated and so that's a good sign as well and that's why your cash is in a decent position because we have been under budget in some areas um and we're moving steadily forward. So and of course I'd be happy to answer any
072questions you have questions for J. Thank you. Just a comment on student population. I just read an article that I think it was in the New York Times and this is not a local issue. This is nationwide the trend in population in public schools. It's not something we're doing wrong. It's uh it's a nation it's a nationwide trend in both birth rates uh immigration issues are affecting it and so it's it's everywhere. It's small districts, large districts. Um so again we we have to do the best we can to plan ahead and prepare for it. But you know sometimes we sit and ask ourselves what are we doing wrong? Why can't we keep those kids here? Well I think we're doing we're doing what we can do what we can control and we just need
073to stay on top of it. Thanks again >> and director Walker that um when we have our staffing meetings I told the principles I said I know it feels like we're squeezing still and you know managing a system that is downward enrollment it does feel like you're squeezing every year because you know you're going to lo you're going to lose and then need less staff based on the decline. Um but I think it's incumbent upon all of us to manage downward just as well as we manage upward. So that's what we're doing and we're doing it slowly and incrementally. um because we don't need to have a major correction like we had the last two cycles. So you're right and the numbers that I think I shared with you last board meeting is our highest
074kindergarten class was 1250 1718. Next year's kindergarten class I projected 930 students. So the birth rate is driving most of that. So that's but that's 300 students a year and or the equivalent over two years of Adams Elementary um just to put it in perspective. So, I do believe hopefully we'll find the bottom. Um, then we'll roll that cohort through, but we do need some more bambinos. That is for sure. >> Mr. Cooper, do you you you may not have an answer or you might not want to share because it's uh difficult to be accurate. Um, but do you have a um um an educated guess on where the bottom might be? Um I believe the most current birth rate data we have is about 1800 crude births and then we retain between 48 and
07552% of that. So I do believe 900ish should be the bottom. Um that's of the current that's the current pipeline though. So we we get the the crude birth rate data a little late because it has to get compiled um by the county. Um, so but currently I would say 900ish looks like the bottom. Um, that's the current data I have before me. >> Thank you. >> I um I would ask a question and I guess it would I would tack on I guess a little bit President Walker to what you said. I think um there are a lot of extenduating circumstances to the decline of enrollment, but I I do think we we also have to constantly be honest with ourselves about the fact that there is part of the reason we have to
076decline in enrollment is because we have suffered years of families who have chosen to pursue other sources of education for their children. Um but I think we also can track honestly. Um we know that the out migration that a lot of states have experienced of families that have moved to other states pursuing different educational opportunities that has probably leveled off. I think we can track out migration as as people in my industry. I think we were like 16 minus 16 per 10,000. >> Yeah, I think it was probably a little under that at some maybe migration >> at most recent, but um I think I think that has probably leveled off in anecdotal terms. I don't know if there's a way to track that more accurately, but I also wonder it's very very difficult to
077track anything through OSPI's website. um from my experience to track increases in homeschool numbers in the state of Washington. And if that is still climbing, I would be curious to know that. If that isn't still climbing, that would be good to know from my perspective to know if that has leveled off. That would give me more uh confidence in what our future numbers might look like county by county. And so, interestingly enough, um, Brenda Melanie um, at K and YOL, they have been building a homeschool cooperative. So, we are able to serve and we never have before. Brenda here. >> Yeah. Do we want to >> she might be able to provide you some more information. So, we have been serving homeschool families predominantly in a in a new and different way. And so that
078is one way where uh those students can still connect tangentially with their public school and we're still serving them in their homeschool environments. And so I do believe the numbers are still slightly rising and maybe have leveled off on total numbers of homeschool as a percentage in the state. But then again, we are also finding ways to connect with those families. Oh, you could. You're right there. I don't have to talk anymore. And there's Brenda. She can give you the actual details. So, we currently have 130 students in our parent partnership program and these are typically homeschool families. They come in, we help them pick out curriculum and they're assigned a certificated teacher to help them along their journey. We know that homeschooling is a sacrifice for our families. They typically pay for their own
079curriculum. Most of the time there's one person staying home educating their their children. And so we're reaching out to churches, private schools, trying to offer our services to them. And it just seems to be growing every day. We get families every day in and when they come in, they're really excited about it because lots of the curriculum that we offer is what they've already been using with their families. And so we get to pay for that curriculum for the families. We also offer music lessons to our families. And then our students also receive YMCA memberships or Kids Castle weekly visits. Um, and so we just really try to make a great program for these families because we know that homeschooling is a sacrifice. And so I'm really blessed to be able to work in Yakama
080where two years ago, Superintendent Green said, you know, please come in and help us build this program. Jake's been really supportive with that. And so I our families are very supportive and they absolutely enjoy what we're doing for them. >> I think that's fantastic to hear that that number has grown so large. Dr. Green and I talked about this quite a while back and that number was not that large. So it's nice to know that that is growing. I think my question is more in terms of as we're looking at our future projections districtwide. Is homeschooling in general in Yakama County still on the rise as it was during CO years or has that leveled off? I could get those numbers for you because every single homeschool family has to register register with the Yakama
081school district saying that they're homeschooling and so we can get that data for you and I could have it for you by next week. >> That would be super cool. I think that would be helpful. Thank you. >> I do want to say for the record um those 130 students generate the equivalent of an AL FTE. So um we are providing those services and fortunately the state funds that type of program and cooperative. So we able to get FTE funding for all those students and then in turn it's more of a it's like a I would describe it as a hybrid environment really you know part they're getting some services from us but mostly still um homebased and we are fortunate that our our state does allow that type of funding to be able to
082um educate those students and help their families in their journey whatever it may be. Thank you. Any other questions or comments? Okay, moving on. We have arrived at our first opportunity for comments from the public on agenda items at this time. >> Pardon? >> There's nobody at this time. >> Nobody at this time. Next up is the consent agenda. on the consent agenda are approval of minutes for February meetings, notification of approval of warrants for February, approval of personnel actions and budget status reports for February. Would anyone care to have anything removed from the agenda consent agenda for further discussion? Okay. Do I hear a motion? I move that the board of directors approve the consent agenda for this evening as submitted. >> Second. It's >> been moved and seconded to approve the consent agenda.
083Any further discussion? >> Uh Barb, would you or all in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed. Next up, we welcome Jake back to the podium to talk about the asset preservation annual report. This is a once a year thing that we approve. So Jake can provide the details. So I don't like to think call things prefuncter, but this is u required annually. And so uh there have been a few questions over the years about why all the schools aren't on here. Remember, these are the buildings that only received some type of state match or state funding for construction. So, we're required through the ICO system, which is the state's building inventory and overall condition uh software to to update those scores annually. And so, I would recommend of course adoption of this motion
084as it is required on an annual basis. If you would like to go through anything specifically, um I'd be happy to do so. And this is the same uh scoring and um process we use to identify Hoover and Garfield as the most needy schools. So you're required to do what's called a study and survey. Um basically you have an architecture firm which we received a grant for to be able to go and look at all the conditions of our buildings and then annually um maintenance does the same. They do an assessment and they update the scores accordingly. So if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them. But again, I would recommend a do pass on this. >> Any questions from the board? Do I hear a motion? I move that the board
085of directors approve the 202526 school year asset prote asset preservation program annual report. >> I hear a second. Second. It's been moved and seconded to approve the asset preservation annual report. Any further question or discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed? Motion passes. Next up is uh one policy governance item. We have a public commenter for the second section, >> right? >> And it's Steve McKenna on finances. >> Oh, I see. Yes, we have one comment in the second section. Okay, Mr. McKenna. >> My name is Steve McKenna. Um, I'm a retired teacher and former YA president. Um, a as a taxpayer for the in the YSD for the past 40 years, I have continued concerns about how taxpayers money is being spent in the YSD. YSD has had three riffs
086in the last two years. Had to declare an official financial calamity, which to my knowledge has never happened in the Aim School District, all while giving the superintendent a very substantial raise in that same year. I will credit Mr. Cooper for the financial turnaround that's um kept us solvent. Um the YSD has numerous administrators including the superintendent that have higher salaries than the governor of our state which I've pointed out to you previously. The superintendent's compensation is now comparable to the president of the United States if he was able to complete all of his optional work days. Um, and the Yakama superintendent compensation is higher than the superintendents of Seattle and Spokane, which are much larger school districts. Both Seattle and Spokane have higher attendance rates and higher overall test scores than the Akamas school
087district according to OSPI. Um, in looking at the financial data that Mr. Cooper presented. Um I would ask is the district going to commit to no rifts this year. Um I do know there is need for the bond um for the schools that need to be rebuilt in OSD. Um the tax to but um the tax to address the city of Yakma's financial issues failed. The bond to address West Valley's um building needs failed. Gas prices have just ballooned due to the Iran war. This is going to be a tough sell. I do um appreciate the fact that they're trying to involve everyone in the community. Um so thank you. Thank you for your comments. Now we will move on to policy governance. Approval of ratings of 1,000.2.4 for financial planning and budgeting. When the
088surveys were completed, uh based on the surveys in all areas, the superintendent was found to be in compliance. There was one area where a comment was vote was made that well is regarding annually is appropriate for reviewing this policy and one there was one comment suggesting a different schedule but it doesn't is the person that commented want to add on that it's still 4 to one but I'm wondering if they were wanting want wanting maybe twice a year look at that policy rather than the vote was 4 to one so it's approved but what it is and if you don't want to add comment for that's fine >> Mr. Mr. President, I move that the board director has approved monitoring which for 102.4 financial planning budgeting. >> Second move and seconded to approve the report.
089All any other question or discussion? >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed. Motion passes. There is no need for executive session this evening. Um, anything else for the good of the order? Thank you for attending. Thank you for those of you in our audience that attended. Meeting is adjourned.