001my mechanic. And 20 minutes later, he walks back in and he says, "Uh, yeah, you need a new one." $1,500. I'm like, "Well, I'm going to until this weekend's over and that wedding's over, I'm not spending $1,500." >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. We ready? >> You guys ready? You ready, Gary? >> Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. I'll call this meeting to order at 4:02. And I'd like to welcome Evelyn Ellis. Thank you for being with us this afternoon. Could you lead us in the flag salute? Thank you. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. 1.4 Four is adop adoption of the agenda. Can I have a motion to adopt the agenda? >> Thank you and a
002second. Thank you, Gary. All in favor? >> Motion carries. And we will start off the day with Eveine telling us about her school. Oh, we're going to put you on hold. I I apologize. Um I love to look out and see a full house. I love it when our people come to the board meeting to listen and talk to us. Thank you very much. And we do have some public comments. >> Thank you. >> That all that I'll like to wait until that time. Fantastic. So we we'll move to Evelyn. Hello, my name is Evelyn Ellis and I'm the president of Independence Elementary for the 2025 through 2026 school year. Our student council consists of myself, the president, vice President Andrew Burgess, secretary Carter McDonald, treasurer Gunnar Ray, and grounds and activities director Roman Hills,
003who is unfortunately unable to make it today. The mission of Rosedale Union School District is to educate all students so they may become career and college ready. Toward this end, the school's community is committed to providing a child- centered learning environment with high expectations for student achievement and parent involvement through common goals. A comprehensive 21st century core curriculum with high standards is emphasized in the diversity of learners is valued so that each student will reach their full potential. Students will be provided with appropriate and meaningful instruction that develops self-worth and dis self-discipline through analytical creative thinking as well as the mastery of curricular and technical skills. These are some events that have taken place over the past school year. As you can see, this is our annual ice cream social and Halloween spectacular held by
004the PTC. These are more PTC events, including the color run and mother son bingo. Something new this year that we plan to expand on in the future is parent meet and mingle. We loved seeing our parents on campus for our fall family picnic. Some of our fourth and fifth grade students paired with kindergarten and first grade students to bond over activities and special events. We celebrated being drug-free with the dressup week and rally dedicated to making our school a better place. Mr. King's kindergarten class made signs for the sixth grade students trip to camp. We had an awesome time. Here are some of our students excelling at their extracurricular activities. Even though his picture isn't included, one of our students placed second at the district science fair. Please give a round of applause to my
005friend and neighbor Eastston Miller. Student council made the week before Christmas magical by selling Santaagrams and hosting a dressup week of fun Christmas outfits. We sold over 1,200 Santaagrams. Proceeds will go to school beautifification projects. We have had a great turnout for our afterchool ELOP classes where students have had a great time building real life skills and friendships. Mrs. Vegas brought in an amazing author named Janet Tasian who shared lunch and her ideas and goals with students. Mrs. Vegas read My Life as a Book to get us ready for the visit. First grade celebrated the 120th day of school to support their state standard of counting and recognizing numbers to 120. We recently celebrated ReadAcross America Week with fun dressup days and Mr. King put together celebrity readers including Mrs. Lemon and her dog Tffy.
006PTC threw a motheraughter skate night. I had an amazing time with my mom. Some upcoming events include shamograms beginning tomorrow, spring break dressup week, and a state testing pep rally themed around game shows. Remember, be responsible, be safe, and be respectful. That's the Patriot way. Thank you. We are doing great things at Independence. >> Thank you very much. Um, did you bring anyone with you this evening you'd like to introduce to us? >> Um, yes. I brought my mom with me, Michelle Ellis. Um, I brought Mrs. Morris, our student council advisor. Um and then my um fellow student council Andrew Gunnar and Carter um our dean Mrs. Illingworth, our principal um and our vice principal, Mrs. >> Fantastic. Thank you very much. Does anyone have any questions for Evelyn while we're here? >> I do.
007>> You showed us the events that you guys do. Do you have a favorite one that was your favorite this year? >> Um I really enjoyed the um Red Ribbon Week because I had fun with the doing the rally and everything just days. It was fun. >> So did you get to speak at the rally? >> Yes. >> Was that in October? >> Um so >> good. Okay. >> So what are some of the school beautifification projects um you're aware of that you guys are working towards? Um just like maybe more trash cans on campus just make um less trash like making our school better and cleaner. >> Thank you very much. 3.2 is a school site presentation from the principal. Welcome Okay, can everyone hear me? Perfect. All right. So, um, yeah, I've been
008in the position since February 17th, so I'm still learning a lot about the campus. Um, I know Whitney wanted to be here and unfortunately she can't be. So I am just presenting to you kind of what I'm still learning about the campus but also all the great things that are going on. So um united we stand together we thrive is the whole school community focus for independence this year. Um our why so a commitment to community. So this year independence committed to strengthening our entire school community. So uh kind of interwo the staff and students, families and community partners and the belief is when we are united in purpose every student strives. The one cool thing that they definitely did um at the beginning of the year is they worked as a staff to build
009their own vision. Okay. So staff reflected on what do we want people to say about independence in five years which I think is a great question to ask. Uh with that being said, they identified shared values and priorities and begin drafting a renewed mission and vision statement. So the mission is at Independence Elementary, our dedicated staff hold high expectations and are committed to creating a safe, inclusive, and engaging environment where every student grows as a thinker, a leader, and a valued member of our community. And me just walking into classrooms, we have some great teachers over there. We have great students. There's a lot of um there's a lot of rigorous but also engaging lessons going on. So I think that speaks to the mission here and vision. Together with families we create a joyful,
010connected and safe school where students take responsibility, persevere and are inspired to learn and achieve their best every day. So um Evelyn talked a little bit about meet and mingles. that is something that Whitney brought to the school this year and that's just meeting with parents to share school data initiatives um kind of just build that relationship uh between school and home and uh build parentto parent connections. So she continues to do that. Um and also some common themes that came out of the meet and goals is desire for more enrichment opportunities, increased emphasis on math and science, parent education to support learning at home, and interest in more authentic volunteer opportunities. Um and then we have our fabulous dean Illworth here and she has uh been doing Dean Growth Wednesdays. So she has one
011tomorrow that I get to go to and I'm super excited. It focuses on small groups and um it it just um is hands-on practice crossgrade level dialogue that's occurring sharing strategies that are working in collaborative problem solving. She even brings snaps which is a nice touch. Um and then the impact is strengthen instructional alignment, increase teacher voice, and build professional trust across grade levels. And you have a pretty good turnout from what I understand. uh PBIS rewards. We use that over at Independence. Um and it is a platform um computer platform I guess you could say that allows all staff both certificated and classified to recognize students positively. Um it reinforces positive behaviors schoolwide and creates a shared system of encouragement. Um students can go ahead and earn a certain number of points to um
012spend in the virtual reward store. uh they can be principal or sit in the VP's chair for the day um lunch with the dean or they can tell a joke during lunch and then we also have classroom buddies and battle of the lunches going on. some classroom buddies is when you have crossgrade classrooms that go ahead and get together to focus on academics um or other engaging activities. And then we have something called lunch wars which you buddy classes compete together during lunch to earn points for positive behavior. Um and so it's led to a reduction in lunchrelated behavior referrals, increased positive behavior recognition and strengthened has strengthened accountability and crossgrade. And there is an example battle of the lunches. So they those posters are in our cafeteria um and you give tallies we can
013give tallies throughout the lunch period for certain groups or teams. And then there are some pictures of classroom buddies learning together. And some community events that unite us, family picnics, PTC sponsored events. Um we have upcoming college and career week, pages of love, literacy nights, and the it is the hope that these events will strengthen our relationships, increase campus pride, and build your experience. And then um it's a great like I said a great staff over at Independence and they've done they've done a lot of things um together to build the connections between one another. Um so staff non-instructional activities, independence walking club, uh collaborative celebrations, and that's just to really build that positive school culture because staff connections informs student success. and grounded in our mission and guided by every voice. Uh the plan
014is moving forward at independence we will continue to listen, continue to reflect, continue to respond and continue to grow together and united we stand together we questions that I might be able to answer right off the bat. Thank you very much for um stepping into that role. And uh I love the community that we have in this district where when a need comes up, we've got people that will jump into a new role and we appreciate that. Um what was the most exciting difference that you've seen from one elementary school campus to another? What is the most exciting thing? Um, I think I I mean Patriots's great, Independence is great. I Independence I think has kind of gone through a lot leadership wise, but they're a really strong team and they're there for each other
015no matter what. Um, not to say that Patriots isn't they're they're great, but um, for kind of the things that they've gone through, they've been really resilient and worked as a team. >> Fantastic. Thank you. Any other questions? >> I have one. So when you were asked will you take this >> and then you processed everything and then actually went >> what's one thing that you were so happy about that okay this was a good choice >> just being a team player. I'm I really am truly a team player and I'll do anything for anything. Um and so just I guess stepping in and trying to help navigate you know kind of the ship over there has been exciting. >> Great. Anything else? Thank you very much. >> That's cool. Thank you. Now we have
016the best part of the evening. 3.3 is our oral language finalists. And uh I got to watch some of those. action. Wow, what a fantastic day. I'm really happy. Okay. I don't know. What do you want? Apple Happy old Hello. by all. I'll There were user exact on purpose. I kind of They were everywhere. I was told and the other night I was But we lost moment to be quiet. I guess my head no longer I'll be Here we go. Hello. How's up, but it's not Here's what realiz it's good. and her girls. I And I am I found all What do you saw? But nothing was discovered. his head. I know it. You are stronger than you are. Amazing. and smile back and circle I need to be I've been watching oral language festivals
017for a long time. My son is 36 years old and I've been watching oral language festivals for 30 years. This year's wow they were amazing. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for all sharing your four language pieces. 3.4 are our staff reports. Uh I think they did. They know the routine. Who's first? Yeah, it looks like I'm up. Um, so the only thing I have for you today is um an update for the second interim report. Um, so we'll be doing that later in the agenda. Um, so that's all for me. Our next round of junior theater is scheduled for Patriot on the 15th, if you are so inclined, at 3M. I recommend not missing that. Um, and we have soccer that is starting for our fourth through sixth grade students through Skyhawks. Uh, that's
018after school soccer that will begin a little later this month, next week. And we are registering away for EDC for next year. And then we'll begin registration for um non-priority and for summer camps beginning April 1st. So, we have um begun our hiring process for special education um for next year and we um have had some really great interviews and already been able to start hiring which is um great. Um you guys see probably in the packet that um our special ed director is resigning and so I just wanted to we are going to be hiring for that position but just wanted to recognize Tina for her time here. Um it's a really really hard job and she's done a fantastic job um for us not just as a special ed director but a school
019psychologist and a coordinator prior to that. So um it is a great loss for our district and um we're going to be looking for a replacement for her distracted tonight. Sorry, I I have quick short report. So, I'm just gonna I I gave you guys had this newsletter. I just wanted to highlight it in the board meeting. We had four spelling bee finalists at the um county tournament. So, we had a fourth, a sixth, an eighth, and then a 28th um place position. Um we sent 31 students to the regional oral language festival. We had 11 finalists. um who are going to move on to the county with seven um 11 students representing at Rosedale and um additionally we had seven um finalists um for the science fair um at the at the county level.
020So I just wanted to highlight some of the great things that our students are doing. Additionally, on this sheet lists 33 students who um are getting a reclassification for their ELPAC scores last year. Um so great things are happening on our campuses and it couldn't happen with um a lot of these student um events are coordinated by the deans on campuses. So the deans have been especially helpful and then the teachers who are also helping our students. Um, second on my list is I just gonna mention that we had our um second day of we had two we've had two training days um for our math adoption and so um it is tough work um and and teachers are very passionate about looking at curriculum. So, um we're going to continue looking at curriculum and
021vetting it and then we'll move on to publishers presentations um sometime in April. Um after we narrow it down, we'll host a a family night where I will put the curriculum on display in the PDC for anyone who wants to come and look at it. So, we'll have that as well as an opportunity for anyone in the district who isn't sitting on the committee to come and and take a look at it. And that's all I have for you guys this evening. >> Thank you. >> Okay, I'm up next. >> 3.5 superintendent report. Yes, you are. >> Yes. I'm sorry, I jumped the gun. Right. >> All right. So um looking at enrollment so comparing uh February to uh a year ago to this February um we are still you know lagging a little bit
022behind um in our enrollment. Um so for this month we actually um added four um TK through 8th grade students and nine in our preschool. So growing a little bit but still uh definitely behind um where we were around this time last year. Um some things our attendance percentage um we're still at 96% which is fabulous um to be there. That that does help the budget a little bit. So normal talk about that when we come up. Um we're in the process of our LCAP meeting. So we're going around to the sites and getting some input. We have visited five schools so far and then we'll wrap up the other four um before spring break. Um we had a great district advisory um committee meeting um last Thursday where we talked about some of our
023future plans as well as some immediate plans um that we have in our district. We also talked a lot about enrollment and you know trying to um have everybody birth some new kids so that we can um increase our enrollment. Um and registration is open right now. So um we have the site secretaries really looking at that those numbers and they're updating um me every Friday um which will really help with staffing. Um Norm will talk about some of the things that we're looking at to um minimize some of the interruptions in the classroom, but um knowing that our enrollment is lower, we're going to have to look at some different scenarios for next year. Um, and then there's just some upcoming dates uh for you and uh our next board meeting will be April
02414th and we'll be coming back from break at that time renewed and ready to go. And then the next slide um I just want to review what we've been talking about um since December and we had looked at uh adjusting the boundaries and but if we do that and when we do that the currently um enrolled families would be um would be grandfathered in um middle school boundaries would stay the same. But now through uh next school year, we're going to continue to gather data. Um really see where those students are in those boundaries, analyze those trends. And you know, we like I said last month that we don't have to be in a hurry to do that because we really want to look at what that enrollment is. So hopefully our enrollment will will
025increase. Um we don't project Patriot to be over a thousand um next year, but that is coming. Um and then um one of our um ideas uh for the future is to construct a TK center um at Rosedale North so that will serve all the TK students um on that side of the highway. Of course, that is a to be determined project date as we continue to look at our enrollment. And then the same thing um at uh Centennial for that side of the highway. But in order to um address the growing uh enrollment at Patriot, um we talked last week and and we do have a recommendation to cap Patriot Elementary for next year and we can talk about what that cap would be. Um we currently um have over 900 kids, so you
026know, thinking anywhere between 850 and 900. So when that um item comes up, we can we can talk about that. And then we talked about possibly moving LTK from Patriot to Rosedale North and whether that happens, you know, in the next school year or the following school year. Um, since we are looking at building those, you know, TK centers, we could start that transition. So, that is on the agenda item as well for a possibility. And I think that's it for me. >> Thank you. uh 3.6 resignations and retirements. Thank you for all those people that are uh retiring and spent their careers here teaching our students. Moving on to 4.0. 4.1 is the consent agenda. >> I'll move. >> Thank you. And a second. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? I General business.
027Ratification of the superintendent's recommendation that notices of reassignment and non-reelection be given to one or more certificated employees. Can I have a motion? >> Move. >> And a second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. Motion carries. 4.2.2 Two is a ratification of the superintendent's action to issue routine annual non-renewal letters to certain certificated staff. Can I have a motion? >> And a second. >> Thank you. All in favor? >> I. Motion carries. 4.2.3 2.3 is the approval of the existing updated countywide plan, current county plan for addressing educational services to expelled students to be in effect January 26 to June 27. >> Thank you. And a second. >> All in favor? You want to discuss it? You want to discuss? I apologize. Do they have to update? >> They have to update the
028um their plan every so often. So, it's typically about every three years, but there was something that they needed to do to update. So, now it's looking at a year and a half. It's a little change in their in their plan. >> Correct. Correct. 2.4 the approval of Rosdale Union School District transportation plan. I have a motion >> in a second. All in favor? >> Thank you. Motion carries. 4.25 The second reading and approval of the following revised board policy on mental health. Can I have a motion? >> Thank you and a second. >> All in favor? abstain. Thank you. Um, that motion carries. 4.2.6, a second reading and approval of the following board policies for AB49 requirements. And I have a motion. >> Thank you. And a second. Thank you, Gary. And all those
029in favor? >> I. Motion carries. 4.2.7 2.7 is the second reading of the approval of the administration re regulation requirements. Can I have a motion? >> Thank you. And a second. All in favor? I no A's or no Naz 4.2.8 discussion and possible approval of capping Patriot Elementary at 900 for the 2627 school year. um something we've been looking at and uh boy that school is packed. What do we know? What do we want to discuss about it? Where' you say we were right now? >> About 9:20. >> Anybody here from there? >> Uh well, Gretchen, Tamara, Matt. Matt looks like he's trying to hide. it up, >> right? >> Correct. But we have sixth graders that are graduating. So, we would just continue to enroll um students in specific grade levels that are not
030already over that cap, but then cap the school at at 900. So, no more students. And then we would overflow those students to Rosedale North would be the first choice. And then once we're full there, then it would be Almondale. But we have lots of room at Rosdale. >> I just have like a question because being a mom and having to always go to like different locations to pick my kids up. Is that like a hard like 900? Like if you had one kid from one family, would you go to 901? >> Yes. Okay. Would we keep Yes. If that's what the board um >> desires, then yes, we would do that. >> Just, you know, >> at 900, but keep families together. >> Yeah. Like open to being flexible about some of that because
031you know I just >> some poor kindergartner has to go somewhere else and >> yeah anyway >> is this what we have public comments concerning >> uh no on the next one >> okay >> so to the folks that are over there that are here is where it's at overwhelming right now >> Matt's hiding >> is it is it overwhelming where it's at right now outside in our cafeteria. And we have a lot of adults. That's the challenge. Yeah, I agree. And there's >> Yeah, >> having those extra things. Education is super important, but so are those other things as well. So, we want to try to give the best overall experience that we can. And recess is huge. And if it's not fun or if it's so hard that you're banging into each other
032and that causes a lot of problems. are you really thought through how to >> Thank you. I'll make a comment to that. Um, years ago, Almondale was over 900 and I was very active in Aladdale at the time. Um, and the one thing I talked with people about was it just wasn't fair. It wasn't fair to the principal that you've got a school with 900 and you've got a school with 450 or whatever it was. Back then, I believe Del Rio was about 450 and Almadale was 900. It's not fair to the parents dropping their kids off in the morning. The the line goes down the street and around the corner. It's not safe to have that many kids arriving at school at one time. Um it's just not it's not fair to the yard
033aids. It's not fair to the custodians. It's not fair. There's so many ways. It's just we want to keep our schools a little bit more even. And these schools are built, I believe, for about 700 students. And the right thing to do, I believe, is to do everything we can to keep them close to that. Now, I don't believe we need to move Patriots to 700, but we've got to pick a number, and I believe 900 is probably the right number. I'm thinking we should say between 850 and 900. And that gives you the wiggle room. So you don't have to say 900 and then the 901. Well, I'm 9003 and I'm so >> Yeah. >> So you can amend the item and make a motion to look at between 850 and 900. >> It
034says um Yeah. Yeah, it says capping. So, we can, you know, at 850 it's not at 900. So, 850 is good. >> Yeah. Um I don't I don't think it needs amended and unless somebody thinks it does. Well, you can know this board's member opinion and >> yeah to we need to help them. We're not helping them much by knocking off 30 kids or whatever. Shouldn't say knocking off. We just don't want any students that are currently at Patriot to have to move. So, we have to be flexible with that. So, 900 right now and then in another year we could look at a different number. >> Good. All right. Thank you. Um >> I'll move. >> You're moving to cap the um Patriot Elementary population at 900. >> Thank you. And a second. >>
035All in favor? All in favor of that motion carries. Thank you. >> 4.2.9 is a discussion of possible approval of moving TK students from Patriot to Rosedale North beginning next school year, 2627 school year. And to talk to us concerning that we have Brienne. Welcome. Thank you for being here this evening. >> Don't be. We're all friends here. >> No. >> Yes. >> Okay. Good evening, member of the board, and thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak tonight. I'm here as a parent asking you to reconsider the upcoming vote regarding Sorry. Patri Patriot TK that would send my not your not yet four-year-old daughter to a school outside of our neighborhood. This decision would separate my young children and send my daughter to a school that is not her home school. Like many
036families, we organize our daily routines around one school location for drop offs, pickups, work schedules, volunteer opportunities, and child care. And having children at two different schools as logistical challenges that families would have to manage every day. I'm also concerned about the timing of this change. TK enrollment opened on March 1st and many families, including mine, made plans based on the information provided during enrollment that our children would attend their home school of Patriots. Considering a policy change just 10 days after enrollment began leaves families with very little time to adjust. At this point, alternative child care or school arrangements are extremely difficult to find. And I know because I was making phone calls with last week trying to see what other options my family could have. Since this change is being consider considered after
037enrollment has already begun, parents are not able to make a fully informed decision when registering their children. Families relied on the information provided during enrollment when making important decisions about child care, work schedules, and transportation. Changing the plan after enrollment has already begun places an unexpected burden on parents. And beyond logistics, my biggest concern is my daughter herself. She will have just turned four. And over the past year, we've talked with her about how she will get to go to be treated with her big brother. And we have worked hard to make her feel excited and comfortable about joining the community we have built there. I also want to acknowledge that I understand the district's need to manage enrollment at Patriot. I teach there. I see how big our campus and student population are. And
038based on the numbers shared at the last board meeting, there are about 910 students at Patriot with roughly 48 in TK. And that's about 5% of the total population. Each grade level on campus is two and a half to three times larger than the TK students, which means TK students represent only a very small portion of the overall enrollment. Because of that, it's difficult for families to understand why the very youngest students who benefit the most from stability, consistency, and family proximity are the ones being moved away from their home school only to return the following year for kindergarten. At the February 10th board meeting, it was said that boundaries can be a sensitive subject. That is absolutely true. And for many families, the neighborhood school is a major factor in where we choose to
039live. and parents trust the Roaddale School District with our children's safety, well-being, and education. But keeping siblings at the same school supports families and helps young children trans transition more successfully into their first school experience and often the first time away from their parents. Allowing TK students to attend their home school would provide stability for our youngest learners and ease logistical burdens for families. Thank you for your time and your commitment to the students and families in this district. He can do whatever he needs. Lauren, I'm not trying to make it. Yeah, for we have people that watched online and they can't hear. I'm here today in hopes of addressing a couple of concerns I have as a parent within the Rosville Unified School District. Um, my first concern is a proposal to move TK
040students to a different campus than the one where they were originally registered for starting next year. While I understand the district faces challenges with space, staffing, and resources, I believe relocating TK students away from their registered neighborhood schools is unfair to families and creates confusion and unnecessary burden. When families register their childrens for a specific school, we do so with certain expectations. We choose a school based on proximity, transportation needs, siblings already attending, and a sense of community that comes with our neighborhood campus. Being told after enrollment that our child will instead attend a a different campus changes those expectations and disrupts the plans we have already made. There is also the matter of fairness and trust. Many families like mine followed the district's process and registered our children in good faith for a particular
041school. Changing the placement after the fact with no real knowledge of the possibility for relocation makes us parents feel like the expectations we have have been relying on are no longer being honored. For TK students, this issue goes beyond convenience. The first year is when they begin building friendships, becoming familiar with their campus, and learning to feel comfortable in their learning environment. These are our youngest learners, four-year-olds who are just beginning their educational journey. Stability and familiarity are critical at this stage. Starting school is already such a big transition for them. being placed on a campus different from their siblings and requiring them to acclimate to two different campuses in just two short years can create instability, unnecessary confusion, and anxiety at a very critical time in their education. Another concern I have is that
042information like this was not given to parents prior to enrollment. I made mult I made at least two that I can recall different calls to the district prior to enrolling my child in TK and both times was told that the issue of him being relocated to another school for this upcoming year was a non-issue. It wasn't something that was going to be it was something that was being talked about. It was something that was on the agenda, but it wasn't anything that was going to happen for the 26 27 year. It is with that confidence that I enrolled my child in TK for this next year. Had I known that this is a possibility of him going to a different campus than his sister, I probably wouldn't have enrolled me. Like I the the fact
043that I I and many other parents that I know have made multiple calls to the district office asking about this specifically and we're kind of kept in the dark. I understand that a final decision hasn't been made yet, but I don't feel like district employees made any effort to allow parents that to give parents the knowledge that it was a possibility for this upcoming year. I was told on two separate occasions by district staff that it wasn't going to happen this next year. So for me, this kind of came out of left field and it's something that really would have changed my decision to enroll my son for TK. Um ultimately we as parents simply want what is best in the best interest of our children. A stable start, a connected school community, and a
044system that treats them fairly. Sending our TK students away from the school we registered them for undermines those goals. It's for the above mentioned reasons that I ask you guys to reconsider starting this process next. Good afternoon, members of the board, and thank you for this opportunity to speak. First, I want to start by saying how much I truly love and appreciate my school and this district. I have been the secretary at Patriot for nearly 10 years, and in that whole time, I have never felt compelled to speak before the board until now. So, um, I I feel pretty strongly about it. So, as Patriot Secretary, it's my responsibility to greet and welcome new families who are eager and they're excited and often a little nervous, handing over their little TKE or to us and
045placing them into our care, even if it's just for 200 minutes a day. So, for many of them, this is their first school experience and those first interactions matter. I'm often the first person they meet and the person that they rely on to guide them through this process. And I'm very proud of that. And I didn't want to get cheeried up, but I built meaningful relationships with many of our parents. So last week I spoke last week alone, that was five days. I spoke with 40 TK parents because we filled those 40 spots in five days. I told 29 of them that they made it in on time, their enrollment was complete, that they would have a place at Patriot, and that they would not be over. when this when I heard that this might
046be happening, I had 11 that I had to be a little bit more guarded with. I took their paperwork and I answered many of their questions, but I stopped short of saying, "Welcome to Patriot." And I I just didn't like how that made me feel. So, I I do understand that the decisions that are before you right now, um they can't be made solely on parent emotion or how I feel personally. And I know that you all have to consider the bigger picture, looking at the numbers, the long-term growth of the district, and you ultimately do what is best for our schools, which is why you're here. And I know that you do that time and time again. But selfishly, I worry that I may lose credibility with all of those families because I worry
047that I'm going to now be seen as someone who is not honest or trustworthy. And I feel that those are kind of like cornerstones of of who I am. I in good faith gave them this information and now I feel like I'm like I was not honest with them. So I I have a little bit of a hard time with that and that's what drew me to want to speak to you today about it. So I guess I want to ask is this move the right decision to make right now. I mean why it it feels like a reactive decision instead of a proactive decision. I understand that this could happen in the 2728 just as you guys described for the future. Um, but does it does it have to be this school year? So,
048I just ask that you consider giving our Patriot families and the Patriot staff the time to prepare for a change like this. You know, thoughtful planning now could make a significant difference for the families that are just beginning their journey within our district. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank all of you for taking the time to come down here and talk with us. This is what board meetings are for and we always welcome um parents in the community to come talk with us. We appreciate it. Thank you. >> Can you say something? >> Let's go. >> Okay. I understand how very emotional this is and um so let me tell you about my experience. They didn't have TK. I had to pay for preschool and my kids had to go to daycare when I
049was eight and a half months pregnant with my daughter planning for her to go to uh all Nolles. They eliminated their infant program. So I had to call around and I had to find any place that would take my daughter. There was no space, none at all. And I was on a waiting list. Two days after I had her, they called me and they said they had a bed available in Oilale at a center there. I had to drive there, pay for the month and a half that she did not attend so that I could hold that bed. So for three years I or two years, I had to go to two different bakers to pick up my kids. Then as soon as my daughter was eligible to go to all of Nolles because her
050school was closing, which if you ever been through that, that's pretty emotional. Um, my son was in kindergarten. So again, I have to every day go to two different locations and pick up my children. My children only spent three years in the same school together ever. They even went to different high schools. So, I understand the challenges as a mother when you're trying to provide daycare or summer care because sometimes we haven't had summer care and one year I didn't particularly like the way it was run. So, I would start right now looking at the summer programs that were available for my children. So, I completely do understand that. And Lauren, you answered you would have done something different. But if they hadn't put TK in, you guys would have either kept your kids at
051home or had to find another place to go. But I know you planned on this and it wasn't a certainty. And I'm not saying we're going one way or the other, but this is a it's a new program for all of us and we've got to work out all the kinks in it. And so we we need your patience with us as well, but we really need your input and I I appreciate that. Um, so I'm sorry. You wanted to say something for you. >> Well, not with my daughter. I didn't >> I had I had I had half a month. And I completely appreciate it. I really do. And that's where my concern love My husband and I bought a house. >> Thank you. Thank you. We're gonna we're going to talk about that
052some more tonight. Um so we've we've agreed that we want to cap that school at 900. We've got six or eight people here that have been principles of schools. Um somebody throw out a number. Um, how many people move out of our schools over the summer? Just somebody's got a number in their head. They They were here this year and they're not going to be here next year because they're moving to Texas. Is it Is it 10? Is it 20? Is it 100? It's not a hundred, >> but it's a few. But there's there's a number there. There's there's a number of students that are in our school this year and they're not going to be here next year. That number will help reduce our population closer to 900. Um >> we also have to
053remember that we have specific facilities for TK also where they require the bathroom. >> Yes. Um what I'm getting at is leaving TK there. Um but still want to reduce our number. So but when we go back to the ideas and that started this was this TK is been around but it's fairly new. And here um in the past like I have a 10-year-old granddaughter who they didn't have TK and went to a um house where a lady did daycare and school or whatever you know the stuff that they do probably very similar to TK stuff. So, we heard at that meeting, the ourformational meeting that was open to the public, but uh we heard there that wouldn't it be nice to have a hub on each side of the road of the highway that
054people could spend that first year in the hub. Whereas in the past, they would go somewhere else. More recently, we've allowed it at every school and the thought was this could help give us a better TK experience >> and and I think that's the future. Um, but if you >> you also I'm going to speak up just just a second and I understand the the struggles of this. TK is very isolated in terms of you know their proximity to the rest of the campus campus with that large of a school. TK and kindergarten are sharing the same yard. And so just like Matt spoke about the yard on the larger yard for our first through, you know, the rest of the grade students, they're buying for that information, you know, for that space and that
055timing. So um as well as we have issues at Rose North that would help alleviate some of the problems with mainstreaming our preschool program. So it it's not just about it's a combination of of issues. So I just I wanted to to speak to that. You know, if you can imagine you have um a large number of students in a small place space and you're trying to coordinate who gets it at what time and things like that. So there's there's lots of things that go into play for this. Didn't you say, didn't you comment at the U meeting that we had that it would be good for the teachers because they're how they're isolated and how it would make them feel more like they were a school or something along those lines. >> Well, it
056helps it helps us in terms of providing support and training and them work being able to work more collaboratively with each other. We're now in that this first year where we're introducing and bringing on four year olds where we haven't before. Actually, some of them are three when they enroll. It's a big adjustment for everybody. So, we're, you know, we're trying to do our best to make sure that our our teachers are making those adjustments and having those times to collaborate. So, that was an additional reason for that. >> Right. And with the hub, it's actually more of what a traditional preschool would be anyway. That the facility and I know that the requirements are very different for the classrooms for TK than there are for um the upper grades. And I think um I
057one of the things I really like about the hub idea is that you're doing like teaching on that facility and um the equipment that's being used, training and all of that is specialized. It's specific to that um grade level or age level. And um and I think I think a lot of people agree with the concept. I think where we're stuck right now is just kind of in the process of making the change over and the timing. And so I think that's where our discussion is really going to boil down to is we need to get and I understand Tamara what you were saying exactly your credibility as the secretary. You're saying yes your your child is going to be no problem. They're going to be here. I've committed to that. and then to have
058to go back later. That is that's a hard thing to do. It really is. And um so maybe our discussion will maybe need to center around is there a way we can postpone it and so that everybody knows for next year. >> That's that's where I'd like to go. I'd like to um figure out how we can postpone it at least for a year. Um, and uh, I think the hub is the future. The hub is the future. I talked to several different school districts at our convention in Sacramento and can't remember who I talked to here in Kern County and they're already on it and everybody in the education world loves it. Um, it's a completely different campus and uh, so I I I really think that's the future. I I like that idea.
059>> I'm not sure though what by waiting. I'm not sure what it solves. >> It It solves us being bullies to these. >> But sometimes you got to make a hard decision, you guys. >> Sometimes you do. I I understand that, but I also it's once we've if the information really wasn't like it could have um then maybe at this point we have to consider it. If a year is going to be okay in the reality if it isn't then it is what it is. I was going to add too that I think long term we understand the plan but in the short term like you were talking about the communication got a little >> but what would have been the difference? >> Well what what I was going to suggest is almost like a
060soft launch like there is an option this year that you can go to you know if your homeschool's patriot you can send your TKER there or you can opt to take them to Rosedale North but we know moving forward for next year it's mandatory. >> Yep. That would be my suggestion. >> And when you say next year, are you talking about 2627 or 2728? >> 2728. >> Okay. Because talking about some some different things. Um, we will already be overflowing students to Rosedale North. I mean, we can offer that, but we always have more students at Patriot than we can hold. So, right now we're already overflowing almost 20 kids to Rosedale North, which we could continue to do the same thing. Um, they would be maxed between 40 and 48 students. Um, which is
061going to get us to that cap a lot quicker. Um, but I do understand that, you know, we let registration open, um, and if we give it a little bit more time, um, that we could start notifying throughout the year and not have a TK registration open at Patriot, but it is going to get us to that cap a lot closer, a lot sooner. >> Camera, you probably know off the top of your head, how many TKers do we have scheduled to go to school at your school next year? How many are registered and in the queue? The the 11 that are on the in the queue, were they more or less kind of told or promised they would go to Okay. Mhm. >> So, there's 29 that were kind of told they could and
06211 in the queue. Okay. Thank you. No. Okay. >> But they all think they're going >> if they've gone online and registered, they think they're going. >> I >> So what other what would a parent have done had they known this six months earlier? What would what would they have done different? >> I understand what you're saying, but you know what I mean. It's >> I do it. Trust me. I had I had kids in there. >> They wouldn't have registered. They wouldn't have registered at Patriot. They could reg Yeah. private sk preschool or go to Rosedale North. >> It wouldn't have been an option >> for them. Okay, >> I understand what you're saying. I mean, in in practice, it would be not different at all, but we kind of put it out there.
063So, that's I think what at least I'm concerned about. >> And that's what I'm concerned about. I would love someone to have a motion that we move this a year and um you got to tell me the whole thing and uh and if you guys think we're ready to vote on that >> and when you say a majority in favor I get it. Okay. I I understand what you're saying. I was in your seat 30 years ago or whatever, however long that's been. And we did deal with those kinds of things. But at some point, you got to make a decision. We have to make a decision. And Nick's parents are going to be just like you and upset. Right. >> Got it. Okay. >> So, some bad communication. Let me ask this question though,
064and I'm not trying to be accusatory at all, but what would you have done though if they would have said, "No, this is the plan." And the one we were voting on for that, let her say it and then you tell me yours because I really do want to know. Okay. >> Gotcha. If I had >> You want a water? Yeah. >> Gotcha. Well said. >> Yeah. Okay. And you were gonna say okay. >> Okay. And I and I love that. To me, the biggest thing in my mind is what we've told our kids, what you've told your kids, what you've prepared them for. Because the other thing is if you're if you're going to go to to a different school, well, you're going to go to a different school if you would have been
065preparing to go to a different school. No matter what, you're going to a different place. Our other one is free because it's the public school. Whereas if you're not going to send them there, I don't know why you would pay to send them somewhere else, that's really not very far away. The biggest thing in my mind is what we have allowed you to prepare your kids for. And that part is not fair. I understand that that is like pulling a rug out from under a kid. The other part we just have to deal with hard things. >> That's right where I'm coming from, Gary. That's that's right where I'm coming from is >> we dropped the ball. >> We did. Um, Trusty Spickler, do we amend this or can can we vote nay on it
066and we have the same effect? >> I believe we can amend amend that and and just come forward with another um motion >> and just Okay. So, could I move to the the possible the approval of moving TK students from Patriot Elementary to Rose Elementary beginning the 2027 2028 school year? >> Is that correct? >> Yes, I believe that'll work. >> Okay. And then we'll have another meeting with a bunch of parents that come in that way. >> We won't. >> No, we won't because we won't have let them register. >> Oh, yeah. You will, but we we didn't let them register already. >> Okay. >> Can I have a second? >> I guess not. Okay. Wait a minute, you guys. Well, for me personally, I'm I'm really on the fence with this one. I
067know that um as a parent, I would feel exactly as you feel because I think that we really should have communicated differently. But I also realize that we also have a great need in the district because we have a too many kids that we're dealing with and um there has to be a starting somewhere. So, um it's it's a hard decision, but I think if if if it looks like this is what we have to do and we have to start it, then we start it now. If the majority of us say no, let's start next year because of we didn't communicate well, then so be it. But I just think that it's unfortunate, but we also have to look at our capacity at the schools and um just like Matt said, it's it's difficult
068when you even though I know TK is more separate, but it facilitywise, aren't are they sharing the >> kind of the capacity thing, right? >> But they're sharing the kindergarten craft room there. >> So that it would be the same at Rose Delmar. So they would be sharing there as well, >> but there's there's less plat but there's okay, >> right? Fewer. But we do have the preschool. >> No, go ahead. >> We know. Point of the teachers talk about social emotional learning. Talk about it from every aspect. Parents most and most vulnerable students. Push. I'm I'm confused. You You first You said let's do it now. Every day we approach these two ways. Number one very conscientious way and emotional learning practice. We know that all of those behaviors. Think about what we've added
069to our school sites. We have social work. >> Yep. We prepare our students. My old school oil welder upbringing is something completely different in my mind. what I have to feel on my heart I have to think you're going to make the decision we're going to follow by the best social and emotional learning and the emotions of our most vulnerable students I would say I think I'm not >> Thank you, Mr. Cook. I really appreciate your your words. Thank you very much. So, we didn't get a second on on moving back. >> Well, we we might get a second. So, but what I want to say is I struggle with the social emotional leanings because I grew up 30 years being a policeman. I grew up a kid and you do what I say because
070I say it house. And I survived and I feel like I'm an emotional person. You know, I love kids and I work with kids at church twice a week, but at the same time, we have to run a district. We have to make hard decisions. Now, we could get mad at you people and say, "Why didn't you give us this earlier?" And you could say, "Because look at the plate that I'm carrying." And I get that, too. And so, we're expecting you parents to sit back and watch all this hamburger get mixed up. It's like police work. Nobody really understands it, but they like to complain about it a lot. And this is the kind of hard stuff that you guys have to deal with all the time. And I appreciate that you have to
071do that. But at the same time, I'm willing to make a second because we can push this off a year and nobody's going to die over it. So, I will give you a second. >> Thank you. And before I ask for a vote, I'm going to make one more statement. Um, the biggest reason that I think we should push it back is because we dropped the ball. We didn't tell our parents. Um, and we ran that school this year and it runs great. I was there for Patriot Day. It's a beautiful campus and phenomenal teachers and that office staff's pretty good, too. Um, and uh, that's I know we have to do it. We're we're I think we're going to the pod system where all the TKRs are going to go to one school, but
072if we start we we we're already got kids going to North. Um, we're going to cap it at 900. We're going to have a couple of classes of TKers there if we if we vote to push it back for one year. the next year. We're starting from today planning that that school will not have TK's at all that year. And so it won't be a question. And um some of these parents that are here tonight and that are worried about it tonight may have a two-year-old that doesn't get to go >> that doesn't get to go to TK at Patriot when they have two brothers and sisters at Patriot. Um, and so I I I believe that's the future, but I believe we dropped the ball on timing on this. And so I have a
073motion and I have a second. >> I just want to get a quick statement in so that everybody's really clear on how I why I'm voting the way I am. I come from the school of hard knocks. I had to move twice um to two different junior highs within 12 months of each other and it sucks and you make friends and then you you have to go away and have to be by yourself. I will support the motion because I work in government and the thing that I hate the most is when the public doesn't trust us and for the sake of transparency and information I will support it but you know I come from school of hard knocks too and it's like deal with it. So >> thank you. So I have a motion
074and I have a >> No, no, I'm good. I'm good. I have a motion and I have a second. And what that motion said was we will have TK classes in the upcoming school year at Patriot and we will not have TK classes the 2728 year at Patriot. But we will overflow if we have to from the ones especially the >> there there will be TKers overflowed and there will be probably all classes overflowed to Rosedale North this year. Not just because we're having TK there this year does not mean everybody if they're not signed up yet, they're probably not going to get to go. Yeah, we we are capped at two classes only for TK, >> which is what? How many? >> Um well 20 and 20, but they actually can go up to
07524. We just have to add a third aid because the ratio is 10 to one, but you can actually go up to 24. We're trying to keep it at 20, but if we have an influx of TKERS, we may have to go to 24 and provide another aid. Let's hope for a influx. I know. Well, and I have to support with what we the discussion has been is I really do feel badly if people had already registered in good faith and then afterward it's told you know now we're that I I feel really badly and I know that trust is big in this district which I truly appreciate and um we really want to keep in good faith with our families and communities. I I have to say I will agree that this >> I
076have a motion. I have a sec. I have a second. All in favor? >> I. >> Anyone opposed? >> Folks, this is government at work. That motion passes. >> Show me this at the state level. >> Came here to speak tonight. This is why we like having people in our audience. And never be afraid to call a board member. Never be afraid to talk to your principal. Never be afraid to teacher first, principal, board, superintendent or superend. Um >> that's how you get things done. And there's a whole bunch of parents that are thankful that you ladies showed up here tonight and voiced your opinions and your thoughts and um we listen and that's very very important. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you for being here and and uh I appreciate your time and
077energy it took to miss dinner and come here and spend the evening with us. And just like you tell your kids, it doesn't always work, but it did. >> I would also like >> have a drink of water. >> I'd like to announce that Tamara is our classified uh staff member of the year, and I would hate for anybody not to be happy about that. Now, young man, you can go run. >> Well, here we go, guys. Um um do you are you running a quickly? >> Yeah, just so I don't have to like >> All right. So second interim update. Um so a couple of things have happened. Um January proposal at the state level. Um so governor um the governor's um Proposition 98 estimate is significantly different than the legislative analyst office. Um
078we had talked about that last month um after that after that update. Um the governor assumes about a 17 billion dollar more in personal income tax revenue um than the LAO. Um the good news right now is is it's actually trending like as of our last CDO meeting. Um it's actually trending above what the legislative analyst office um was predicting. So um it's not quite the whole 17 billion dollars at this point. Um I think they said 7.7 or 7.8 billion. Um but it's making way that direction. So um it is somewhere in between the two the two numbers. So that that's actually good news. Um the governor proposes withholding $5.56 billion dollars of Prop 98 money um from the 2526 budget which is works out to about $99 per ADA um that's owed but
079not paid. Um and so kind of brass tax they're just borrowing from the future education to balance the budget today. Um so um LCFF COLA is estimated to be 2.41%. Um while funding is increasing slightly um district costs are rising faster than stakehold. Um so health care, utilities, um insurance, cost of good and supplies um those are right now as of today I think CPI um is over 3%. I think it's 3.1 3.2 um in that ballpark. um and those fluctuate from time to time. And so um that really we're we're the costs are outpacing the and so um it seems that in this budget they're shifting more to one-time funding. Um and what they're doing is if if state revenue generates a surplus or higher than they're anticipating, what they're going to start doing
080is allocating those funds through block grants. Um and they can hold on to that. There's there's kind of a a push back and forth Do we take the surplus, put it in the rainy day fund, or do we break it out into block grants and send it out to districts? Um, and so we don't really know what's going to happen in the uh in the May revise. There's a lot of movement still. And so that's kind of where we're at state budget wise. So, I think we'll have a clearer picture when we hit the May revise and we'll see what they um where they land with all of those movement or with all of that movement, whether we're getting block grants, where we're not, whether they're going to backfill the the rainy day fund that
081they exhausted last year, um and kind of move forward in that way. Um so, I will give give you guys updates as we know more. Um so, my budget um right now is built on a couple of different assumptions. Um and this is looking at not just this year, but also years out as well. Um so ADA is based on 600 or 6,97 students. Um that is the number that we have today at our school but also the ones that go to the county office because they are technically our students as well. So that's why you'll see a difference between Sue's number that she pre presents and the number that I put up there. Um we are looking at 95% um funded or 95% um attendance rates. Um and I use 95 because I want
082to be conservative. We've done a lot of work. Our school sites have really been doing a lot of fantastic things to get us to that 96 mark and I think that's something we can all be really proud of. But one bad week can ruin that. Um, as we know, it doesn't take much to have that happen. Fog delay days, things of that nature really do have an impact on that ADA overall. And so I want to be conservative when I'm putting those numbers together at 95%. Um, so right now we're actually our funded ADA is 59 5967.6 And that's actually based on our prior year ADA because we're in declining enrollment. Um what basically has happened is they said, "Hey, we're not going to reduce your ADA to what it should be. We're going to
083give you last year the best of three different options. You have your current year, you have your last year, or you have a three-year average." And so right now, the best of those three numbers is last year's, and that's what we're using today. And so that's what we're currently being funded at. Um our projected funded ADA for the fiscal year 27 um is 5900.8 um and then for fiscal year 28 um will be 5848 and as of today those are all based on three-year averages as well because we're going to continue to decline even if I stay at flat enrollment from next year to the year after it's still going to negatively impact that with that threeear average. Um so that we will be adjusting time now. I really hope that we come in next
084year and we have all all the kids. I I really really do hope that everyone comes out of the woodwork. I hope that people are having babies at home that they're hiding they're not telling anybody about and they're going to bring them to school next year. Um and so that's really my hope. Um but I have to be practical about the way I budget and plan. So that's where I'm at. Um LCAP action steps allocated. Um those were things that we put in play last year through the meetings that we had. Um all of those are fully funded and we're working through executing those those initiatives. Um and so those are all budgeted for um certif certificated STE uh step and column is 2.5% um and classified step and column um increase of 4.5%. Those
085are both in those multi-year projections. Um our STRS is projected to stay consistent at 19.1% for the coming years. Um and PERS is right now 26.81. um next year it's supposed to actually go down a little bit which is a surprising um assumption that that I kind of oh cool um 26.4% and then fiscal year 28 it's 26.9%. Um health and welfare right now is um kind of scary. We're we're hearing a lot of things from different in insurance companies and whatnot. Um anywhere they already said it's going to be a double digit increase um percentwise. Um, and right now it's somewhere between 11% and uh 14%. I think Blue Cross was at the higher end of that. 14% and um and what was our other firm? Sorry, >> Kaiser. Thank you. >> Kaiser estimates
086right now are just around 11, just a little above 11%. Um, we should have more firm numbers I believe next Wednesday, next win, next week sometime. And so we'll be able to see what those actual percentages land at. Um, but that's, you know, that's pretty big increase. Um, still required our third 3% routine maintenance. Um, one of the things that I I'm I'm very mindful of right now as we're building out these budgets is declining enrollment means less revenue to the district. Um, and even when we look at year-over-year, even though COLA might adjust it up and they might do different things, declining enrollment will give us will generate less revenue. um and increasing costs in all areas across the board um is going to really require us to work together not just as a
087district team, but working together with our union partners to really stay fiscally responsible as we work through the next two years um and and really making sure that we're working together to do what we can to keep jobs and and do all the things that we need to do for our students each and every day. So, with that being said, um we'll jump into the revenue side of things. Um total LCFF revenue uh right now is $73,281,9. Our federal revenue is consistent at that $3.1 million. Um other state revenues actually increased just a little bit this year um at 6,999,132. Um and other local revenues at 6.2 two or sorry 6,292,419 for a total revenue of89,686 or $686,735. Um total expenditures right now certificate certificated salaries are projected to work out to 37,943,591 classified salaries
088at 13,79 or sorry 79,479 employee benefits at 23 million 380,499 books and supplies there this number is big right here and I'll explain why in a second um that's 10,411 11,881. Um, and what we're doing right now is we have carryover in restricted programs. And what that means is we have dollars that we received in 2425 that are coming due. We have to spend it. And I will do everything in my power to spend that money before we send it back to the state. Um, I we don't have enough money to give it away or to give it back. Um, and so when that when you see that number, you're probably thinking, why in the world would we jump $3 million in spending in a year where our revenue is is declining? We're trying to
089get through that that period. Um, and so I want to be very above board about that and I want to talk talk to you guys about what that looks like. And so that that's where that $10.4 million is coming from. It's really spinning down the carryover in each of those restricted programs. Um, other services and other goods, those have have climbed. Um, PG Gen wise, uh, we just crossed our threshold of we now have spent more this year than we did last year as of today. Um, and so those costs are just they're they're really really increasing quite a bit just to keep the lights on and keep the classrooms cool on hot days and hot on cool days, all of that good stuff. So that's at $6.9 million. And we have capital outlay. There
090was a purchase that we made that was $45,000, $647. We were not planning on technically having a something fall into the capital outlay plan, but when you buy a big ticket item for our maintenance and transportation department. Um, you know, it was a new gas pump setup and so it's it's a capital improvement, so it falls into that category. Um, and then also other outgoings. So our total expenditures are nine 96,572,365. You're probably thinking to yourself, "Wow, that's when we generated in revenue." Again, back to that carryover and spending on that carryover. Um, with that being said, that now bumps to our our ending balances. So, you'll see a large negative number there. It's negative 6,885,629. Um, that is the difference between those carryover programs that we're spending down. Out of that, 777 million is
091on the restrict or unrestricted side. Um, and that's really as we had programs where we purchased um where we had people enrolled, as those funding sources have dried up, then those people have moved back to the unrestricted budget, the the unrestricted side of it. And so, as that's happened, we've had to carry the the cost of those things. And so, when you're looking at that, 777,000 of that is on the unrestricted side. The rest of it is all restricted money and paying down the um with a beginning balance of 17,313,655 leaving the ending balance between those at uh 10,478,025. What did I say? Fine. Sorry. 28. Thank you. Uh so 10,428,25. Um, and that can actually be broken down in a couple of different ways. We always keep $2,500 in revolving cash. Um, that is
092a standard um reserve for economic uncertainty at 22 2,897,171. Um, other legal legal restricted is 1,45,459 and then other assignments is the $6.1 million there to bring you to that same total of other. With that being said, I know it's not fantastic news. I know it looks kind of crazy when we're spending down that much money, but like I said, I'm going to do everything in my power not to spend send a penny that back to the state um or any other federal program for that matter. So, we are going to use it on our kids. And so, um if it's today's kids that earn the money, we're just going to spend it as on today's kids. That's our goal. Any questions for me, guys? No, no, the 777,000 is not. So out of that,
093the 777,000 is the the programs. Remember when I was saying that we we had added positions that roll back to general? Yeah. Yes. Well, we have a lot of plans and like I like we were talking about, there's a lot of things that this team is going to be doing working with our our union partners and really going through um making the necessary changes that we need to. Um and so there's a lot of different ideas on the on the on the plate right now of what we can do. Um there's definitely the um with with declining enrollment, we have less kids to buy things for. Um and so there's there should we should be able to absorb some of the cost there. Um not the full 7770,000 for sure. Um, but definitely working toward
094that with with our teams and coming up with what we can do. >> We're going to have to look at combo classes for next year, which is something that we have not done, you know, in a long time, and not filling uh all of the positions of people that have either retired or resigned. So, really, really scrubbing those numbers. Um, at our uh county board's meeting last week, I talked to a superintendent that's laying off 30. Um, I believe in today's newspaper, a district in Sacramento is laying off hundreds of people. And some of the cause of this is death suspending and then oh son of a gun we can't make it up so we're going to lay off people. Um here I don't ever want you to come to us. When I when I
095joined the board 17 years ago, um, superintendent told me, "No surprises. Don't walk in and surprise us with I'm telling you tonight, don't walk in here and surprise us." Oh, son of a gun. Guess what? You get to lay off 50 employees. stay on top of that and keep us informed so we can make greatest best decision. >> It I'm I'm scared. >> I'm scared of of the money situation in the state and we have always done a fantastic job here. We are continuing that. We're doing a great job. Don't let it slip. It scares me. I don't want to do >> I don't mind not replacing them. >> Yeah. >> But I don't want don't want my very first board meeting. >> It was a bunch. And I thought, what in the world did
096I get? Absolutely. >> No, absolutely. And we'll absolutely keep you guys updated on everything as we work through. And um it's, you know, I think I think we all can can say best, you know, assured that we're all on the same page. We don't we don't want to peace anybody. We don't want to get ourselves in a position where we could have where that was an option. So, we're going to do everything we can to make sure that that doesn't happen. >> And we'll know more when we open the doors, you know, for 26 27, you know, going from there. But we're trying to make those decisions right now about not filling those positions, possibly looking at combo classes. And I just want to totally agree with Mr. Stickler. Same exact thing. Noting people that
097aren't permanent or something is different, but same thing. I I don't want to hear anything about any layoffs. Thank you. >> All righty. So with that 40 4.21 the approval of that. Thank you on a second. All in favor? and look at that where at board member items almost the end of the day. Um I'll start um read across America. I went and read and one of my favorite days of the year um and seeing firemen and policemen and a county superintendent of schools in one of our schools reading books for our kids. Um, just really is a neat thing and I love go back and tell your teachers or whoever's running that read. Great job. Um, I participated in a Bville City School reading day and it was the first time they had had
098one in years. And she came to me, the teacher that was running this, um, came to me and asked me lots of questions. How do I do it? What do I do? Who do I invite? How do I get people on campus? And she did a great job, but what a difference it was looking at the group. our campus um and she'll improve every year. But it was thrilling to see all these different people. >> I will agree with that. It was really fun. I love seeing our little um our little babies on campus. Kids obviously and the staff love and um It's such a great experience when I see a parent of a little reading and one of the classroom police officing how well it just goes off so easily for as a participant.
099the planning I totally different but um it really is a great and also um it's just so I also got to read at two different schools and I had messaged my daughter who's a teacher at Idaho and said what are two books really feel conflicted because for 30 something years I've always read Officer Buffalo his dog Gloria and uh I guess I'm further away I'm getting from being a policeman I just don't have it anymore but now I really I um >> Gary my daughter actually said the day of read across America I hope Gary's gonna be in my class again this year so you still have But my daughter recommended Honey, the dog who saved Abraham Lincoln And 21 steps is a book about the tomb of the unknown. I could almost not get
100through that without a tear. Did I do okay on that? So I could do it again. Okay. So anyway, changing sometimes can be good and it was just a joy doing that a couple different. And I just have a comment. I'm sorry I didn't think fast enough, but I'm assuming we will send out um notice to the about this TK situation. Okay. Informing them. >> Okay. Thank you. >> One more thing about Read Across America Day. Um, if you don't know, I don't know what the company is called. I call it the Dr. Se Company is writing two books concerning the 250th anniversary of our company. Um, available soon. do whatever it takes to get them in the library. >> I wasn't going to say anything at all, but this has to concern more. It's
101the whole county and um part of my boss chair is celebrating 16th anniversary of the county of the state and people and we had then contacted this account city uh by coming from Washington DC called America 250 and they had kind of a rough start and they were going to be back here in January wanted it's like a big event and they wanted to do it all and that's work and venue well they've kind of regrouped and have to So in California, the only location that they will be visiting is >> dates are >> July 3rd. >> That's cool. >> And yeah, they have a like red carpet thing and then they go. So we will be featured. It's a great program. They have holograms of Benjamin Lar, George It's programmed, but you only comment
102on the things that you can't ask about the situation >> on the right. >> No, we're going to do it. >> So, and then there'll be concerts. We'll have local vendors. They'll have all um they have a village. It's called a freedom village which has all this stuff. I'll have documents and Trump I don't haven't looked but Trump has books and they have his documents and all kinds of things so we're hoping to get one of those out there so it's really big deal >> that it 6.1 approval to enter into closed session and a second. All in favor? I. Thank you all for being here tonight.