001remained nearly chronic and did not become chronic by the end of the year. And only 9% of our students ended up on that chronic list, which was about 38 out of the 424. That really changes our chronically absent percentage. If we had 424 students become chronic, that would be terrible for our percentage. So, um, we're really excited to see that. based on what Kern Kid says right now. Last year we were about around 12% chronic and this year we're about nine. So we've definitely improved. So it's something we need to keep working on. We want none of our students to be chronically absent. So we'll keep working on it. Um next year we're going to really try to identify them who was chronic last year at the beginning of the year and try to motivate
002them like they did with this because it works so well. Yeah. It reminds me of Yeah, our staff um we had two new social workers this year, so they were I think they have goals for next year, things they want to work on with attendance um already just from what they've learned together this year. We've have not had a huge problem with this. So, this is kind of a new problem for our district in the last, you know, few years. So, we're figuring it out, but we definitely are making progress. So, I just wanted to shout out to them. They worked hard on it. We had little kids coming to school telling them that they set their alarms and they picked their clothes out the night before. Things they've never done before. So, I think
003they had fun getting to see the kids excited to come to school, too. All right. I have uh two items I want to discuss. One, I'm just going to give you a brief update. We're starting to get the state test results in. Um from our the initial results, it looks like our um elementary schools um all have made some some good growth. So um that's positive. Um our middle school looks like we've we've taken a decline. I think it's going to push us over into the decline as a district because of the decline at the middle schools. Um but um we're going to dig into the data and kind of I'm analyzing it right now at the grade level um and and site level um and kind of just try to figure out you know
004how we did where we where we need to make improvements what you know what what kind of went wrong. So um I will have more detailed um information when that is officially released. So, right now I'm just going off preliminary results, but uh middle our elementarymentaries really did um look like we had some some good gains there. And then um James, if you can move the slide. Um something I have to cover your there is there's an item for you to approve um later in the agenda. Um this year um we're required to um test all of our K through 2 grade students um using a reading difficult difficulties risk screener. So this is something new that the state of California has um asked all districts to do. We're required to do it. It's part
005of that ED code that is listed there. Um couple of the requirements we have to have it approved by the board by June 30th. Um we have to uh administer these assessments annually. Um we have to notify parents that we're going to be administering them. That's going to go in our handbook. And then um our results have to be reported to our families uh within 45 days. And then we have to make sure that any students who come up on that risk screener are getting the um um interventions needed so that they can make improvement. So you often hear us talk about Orton Gillingham. That is one of the um it's the platinum like if you're teaching reading, this is what you should be doing. So it it really targets those students who um need
006that multi multiensory um support to learn how to read. So we're already doing what we need to do. The difference here is we were using our own screener um and the state came and said you have to use one of the four approved um by the state. So what we did was we uh took a look um my team um went to several meetings at the county and we kind of took a look at all four of the screeners. We narrowed the screeners down to two screeners and then we administered those screeners to the same classes. So we asked some teachers to volunteer and allow us to use the screener on our um students. And so we assessed the students um with both screeners and kind of analyze the data to to determine whether or
007not we felt it was in line with what we saw. So um we selected a mira. It's a um AI tool. It takes over 800 data points on students. Um you're able to give it to you know an entire class at one time. We did it in um the cafeteria to kind of spread the students out. Um we got lots of really good data. One of the best things about it is that it was right in line with what we saw. So students who were already receiving intervention because we flagged them and determined these students have have difficulties aligned exactly with um the product that we were using. The other product that we looked at was multitudes. Um we saw some discrepancy in what it flagged. the data was very vague in terms of it
008just said hey this students having some difficulties with the mirror we got really detailed information this is the areas where the students are struggling and it was more prescriptive and so um my recommendation is that um you guys approve I feel like we you know did a really good job in terms of um determining which one was going to be you know best meet the needs of our students. So that is my recommendation and it's I think it comes later in the packet. Um no I I just moved them both together. Yeah. At what point in kindergarten do we assess whether so it it really what it does is it it an it does ask them to read um at towards the end of the assessment but it it staggers. So it's asking them to
009perform tasks like um rapid naming of objects. So what what what it's doing is it's trying to identify students who might be at risk for dyslexia. So students who are at risk for dyslexia will have trouble with um a number of different things. So it will go through an um a lot of different items and ask them. So it's not just reading. It might ask them to identify the first sound in an object that they see. And so um it records everything that they're doing as they're doing it. the little gal on the side, she has a dog, Spot. So, the students all speak into the microphone to wake up Spot. And so, it starts tracking their voice. Um, Ashley Hule tested it with our special ed students, students who had severe like speech impediments.
010And so, it also recognized, you know, their issues with speech and then adjusted for it. Um so um we'll we'll give the assessment for our kindergarten students. That assessment will take place in January. So that's the recommendation that it happens mid year. Yeah. So after some instruction, our first and our second grade students will take the assessment in um October. So about 8 weeks after we start school. Don't read. our kindergarteners are learning how to read, but it it it it it's it's the components of reading. So, um to be a good reader, you have to be able to hear sounds. And so, it's really assessing those students on are they able to hear and articulate what sounds they're hearing. enrollment. Uh we ended the school year at 63 just read down from um our
011last report came down from this time last year. So you know enrollment is stable. Um our projections for next school year um right now we're projecting 6,19 5,990 that is kindergarten and TKED. So a lot of them don't um this building houses. Are we just losing people? I think they're aging out. I I think we're having less kids. We're producing the 30 year olds and the 25 year olds are producing less kids. And so what was it 30 years ago? It was probably a little bit was on my street, I'll tell you. Oh yeah. Like mine just graduated so we're no more. That's how they do projection stuff. [Music] Jenford and I think they've only gotten a very few at least we're down a lot. So, no, no, no, no. And projected to be um
012slightly higher next year or right around the same, you know, um summer camp is up and going and we're running that at three of them coming to my house. Oh, do you afterwards? And they do a lot of fun activities. Certain times of the day, I can hear them and they're just having a great time. It's wonderful. And then intervention summer school. Those are our students there. And upcoming days. A reminder that will be up. That's at 9 in the morning, right? Sorry, no treats because I have to go to the gym first. I'm not coming. Let my husband make something. Okay. All right. That's good. I didn't put that up on the slide, but June 24th at 3 p.m. August 8th, we are going back rally. been doing it virtual for the past six
013years celebrating 135 years. Wonderful. Excellent. We've got some buses pick up. This the first day back for teachers. [Music] Um, we'll probably start at 9 a.m. buses will pick them up at 8. How fun. And then I'll be back for that. Yeah, plan around that. It did go. It did. Oh, and I was just going to give you a comparison that um the last week of school I said 6,23 this year. All right. So, I need to retirement. Motion. Motion. Second. Second. All in favor. All right. Contract. I'll second. Definitely that right update for you. Just a brief report. Um, so we continue to uh seek ways to expand our our music offerings to students. Um, for the 2425 school year, we were able to provide that music instruction to approximately 2200 students in grades
0144 through 8 at all nine of our schools. Um, some of the different offerings uh that they received, students in grades four and five received classroom music. Fifth grade students also re received instruction in playing the recorder. We called them flutafones when we were little, but they're called recorders now. Um, sixth grade students could choose between either participating in choir or in instrumental music. Um, and then at the middle school there were more offerings. So there was um we had music appreciation, choir, percussion, guitar, and band that students were able to choose as one of their electives. Um, we've had seven, we have seven full-time, uh, music teachers. Um, we have not yet been able to successfully hire any. We've had it flying for well over a year to hire some classified staff to support
015the music program in our district, but we um have not yet been able to do that. Um, so that is our annual report for our Prop 28 funding, which you know is a relatively new piece. Um, we reported on this last year as well. Do you have any questions regarding that? So, we have potential for some part-time jobs. Yes, we actually we actually still have um a an elementary music position that we're seeking to fill. And you know unfort the the benefit of having dedicated funds for arts and music is that children everywhere are getting exposed to arts and music. The downfall is everyone's looking for arts and music. So there are a finite number of people available to to take those positions. And what does that require? So, we um we previously had um
016a classified employee that worked in that um and uh that was Miss Mr. Kenneth Witchard. He, if you recall, would would travel from school to school. He'd stay for about five or so weeks and um then they would put on a performance and it was beautiful and magical and we got a lot of really great reviews and and results. and then he and his family had an opportunity and he actually left midyear and moved to Florida. Um, and we have not yet been able to find anyone either on a on a more, you know, a more closer to full-time basis or or even, you know, a really traditional part-time basis. We've had those flying and have not had the ability to get anybody hired. What are the requirements for position? So they don't they're not
017required to have a um credential because it's a classified person but uh you know obviously some type of background in music and we did have some interest and then once we called to try to get folks scheduled for interviews they never called us back never emailed us back. So you know just kind of the challenges that we have faced music. Yeah. So those um full-time teacher position the seven full-time um music teachers. We've had those filled but um absolutely. Yeah. A lot of um they're not thinking about right or a songwriter or Yeah. [Laughter] Okay. So that it on that unless there are any other questions all right 4.2.4 Four approval of current contract. Second favoring [Music] group producers. [Music] So I need a motion. A motion. I'll second. All in favor? I Sorry. All
018right. 4.2.6. Wake up out there in TV land. Approval of the following Panama Buo Vista School District piggyback bid for the 2526 lunch program with Cisco. Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? Uh 4.2.7 2.7 approval of the reading difficulties risk screening motion. A motion. Second. Second. All in favor? 4.2.8 approval of the end year end transfer resolution transferring funds from the balance to the budget. Motion. A motion. Second. All in favor? Uh 4.2.9 2.9 approval of the resol resolution for 2425-21 regarding educational account to establish the amount of dollars to be directed from EPA revenues for 2526. Motion second. All in favor? I 4.2.10 10 approval of resolution 242522 authorizing Sue Lemon or Norm Richards to make application for and sign asurances with respect to applications for local, state, and federal programs or grants. Motion
019motion second. Okay. 4.2 Did we say all in favor? All in favor? 4.2.11 2.11 approval of the following regular board meeting dates for next year. Any questions on that? Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? I um 4.2 we we don't have to do 2.12. Uh 2.13 approval of the provisional internship permit for Jasmine Irvin, mild moderate special ed teacher. I'll make a move and a second motion. All in favor? I thank you, Jasmine. And 4.2.14 approval to place following teacher on local assignment Carrie W. Is it WGman? Wageman. Motion for that. She's moving over opportunity. She's been there. Oh yeah, we just Okay. Have to redo it. Yeah. Who had the motion? And a second. I'll second it. All in favor? I5 is next. Approval to place the following teachers on local assignment beginning August
02013th. Diana Beckett, John Garner, Jessica Watkins. I'll make a motion. Second. Second. All in favor? I. Six. Approval of the updated district bicycle policy. have to keep their bicycles in tune. I like that. In in good shape. What's that? Yeah. I I liked reading that. Thank you. or we um we had our splash bash at junior high the other night and two kids rolled up on They look like motorcycles, but they're electric. Yeah, those aren't okay, right? That's a vehicle, motor vehicle. We talked about that the last board meeting. Okay. They have to be 16 to ride those. They're not. And none of our students are 16. Well, there are some bikes that you don't have to be 16, but you can't tell the difference between. And so, we do have kids now that are
021riding the electric scooters, which you do have to be 16 for electric bikes. And so, that's what we talk about. Just know whatever. That's fine. True. But you'll get some mom screaming, I'm sure. Right. Yeah. Sorry. Okay, I'll make a motion to approve that. I had a question. Gary, I wanted to ask you a question. Um, is it okay to ride your bike on the sidewalk? No, you can do it, but it's not legal. Okay. So, that's what I was wondering. Um, so that's what I was thinking we might want to add because I'm assuming they're riding around on the Well, I'll I'll tell you something about that. I ride my bike around our neighborhood a lot. I ride on the sidewalk. It's much much safer to ride on the sidewalk. When I'm riding down
022um Oraga, the cars, if I'm in the street, the cars pass me three or four feet away at 60 miles an hour. So, I ride on the side. Well, I'm not saying people don't do it, but if there's a crash or you hit a pedestrian, you're going to be at fault in the in It's I and I know all that and I'm riding on the sidewalk. Yeah. And it's fine. But um you'll get people riding their bike the wrong way. Y and then a car comes out of a parking lot and isn't expecting to see a bike there. And so you just got to be careful. I mean got to be careful. Okay. So that was do I need a motion still on six? Use the new bicycle rules and I'll second that. All in
023favor? I I 17 is approval of the following board policy revision on mobile communication devices. What changed on that? Again, it just gave us a little more punishment, maybe a little more restriction on those. Is that what I read? Yeah, it did. And it also added that it has to be updated every five years. So, that is a new um requirement. We had done it two years ago. So, but our board policy did not say that it had to be updated every five years. So, that's the that's the main addition. Well, a lot happens in five years. It is for sure. Yes. And somebody we'll have to like ring a bell or something remind us that this is to come up. I have a feeling I'm not going to be one of you ring a
024bell. Okay. So, I need a motion on that. So, move and a second. Second. All in favor? And approval of the 2526 code of conduct, which was that phone thing is part of that, right? Yes. And we did a little update. You want to talk about that? So, we already had um some language in our code of conduct under the level two minor disruptive behavior, but we just wanted to make sure we clarified. Um, it previously said recording, displaying, or sharing a video or photograph of classroom instruction, other students or other students work, whether in person or virtual. And and so we just added to that including the recording of student misbehavior. We just want to make sure that our students and our families are fully aware that that's not appropriate to be recording other
025students during a misbehavior. And we want to make sure that we cover that and teach the students what's appropriate and what's not. And that also when we see them recording the fight that automatically says we can grab their phone and look at it. It gives us Yeah. So our board policy does give us some um parameters of how we can misusing their phone. Take their phone. Yes. And see how they're misusing it. Correct. I like that. Um, so that that was just something we wanted to update and then we plan to make sure that our administration um reviews that or has our teachers review that with the students every year so they understand that that's an expectation and it's part of our um code of conduct. I'll make a motion to approve the code of
026conduct. Second. She's I was going to say too that when I read it, it was talking about attire and it says something about mimicking gang attire. Oh, thank you. Sorry about that. When I read it, it was talking about something about the clothing and said mimicking gang attire and I felt we should add in there or gang attire. Not just mimicking but gang attire. Both are whatever not allowed on campus. I think it probably I don't but that's why I'm saying it. I guess you could put gang attire or mimicking gang attire. So covered. It does say mimicking gang attire. So how hard is it to change to gang attire or mimicking gang attire? Well, as is this real gang attire or you just mimicking it like if you went to I won't say the
027names of the schools that I was the dare officer at, but it wouldn't typically be ours, but it certainly could be ours that you got kids that are saying the code of conduct. I want to be a gang. I'm a gang. I'll have a read. So, we have we have the elementary code or dress code and then we have the middle school dress code. She's I'm going to throw up over it. page page 204 in our notes. You got it. You can just read it if you got it, but I'm I'm looking for that for that. Okay. So right older disruptive or higher as well as that is the word of more. Um, clothing [Music] I understand why you want none of us know what band hanging out of the back pocket. It's not real
028red. It's still white. It's hanging out of your back pocket. I I would from a from an enforcement standpoint from me walking across campus seem what you do to part of your business. Let's be a little more practical that conversation. that the kids know they do. I agree. I agree. But I'm just from me to be able to have that conversation with students and say, "Hey, remember the pamphlet says I don't want I think both are important, but they're going to come back, Mr. Cook, you don't know what is." That's going to be their immediate report. 30 mimicking and gaming. That's would be my recommend. Well, can we amend it from the floor or do it? Oh, you can um you can amend it on the floor. Say approval with the following edition. How difficult?
029What's that going to entail? Is stuff already printed up? Yeah. Okay. Just you guys fine with just doing it? Do it. So, mimic gang attire. Gang attire or mimicking gang attire? I think which is also subject to go back and made a motion. Go back and make another Who made that one? Michael. You can accept the friendly. I I uh make a motion that we amend that and make a small change in the wording of the code of conduct. Code of conduct. Move it with that small change. U second. All in favor? I. Okay. Um, approval of the 202526 salary schedule with the addition of the squaring up of the admin salary schedule. We need a motion. Second. All in favor? I. 4.2.20 presentation of the initial proposals for reopeners between Rosedale teachers RTA and
030the Rosale Union School District. And that was anformational item only. 4.2.1 presentation presentation of initial proposals for reopeners between Roseville Union School District and Roseville Teachers Association. Another information item and 4.2.22 presentation of the local indicators. Okay. Yes. Do you do you mind if I click? Thank you. Might make it a little faster for everybody. Thank you. Okay. So, our local indicators presentation. So, just as a Oh, there it goes. Okay. Uh just as a reminder, all of the um indicators on the California dashboard relate to our three focus areas and our goals that we have set as a district. There we go. So, here is just a quick reference to remind everyone in case you don't have this memorized from last year what those eight priority areas are that we have to report on
031for the for the district. So, the priority areas that are listed in that turquoise blue color, those are um locally reported. So, we're we take data and we report on those. The um priority indicators listed in black there is data taken from a variety of um data points like CASP, Calpads, attendance data, those different pieces. Okay. How many clicks does it take? There we go. Okay. So, priority one is basic services. These are the three areas that that covers. our fully credentialed and appropriately assigned teachers, instructional materials, and our school facilities. I tried. Okay. Um so here is our um local report or our progress report on our rate of fully credentialed teachers, our rate of appropriately assigned teachers. Um student access to standards aligned materials and the percentage of our facilities that are rated
032in good repair. Are there any questions regarding any of those? So rate of fully credentialed teachers. Yes. Um 7% of our teachers are on waiverss. Is that what that means? Yes. So you had in in our packet today, we had some line items for provisional um permits. We have statutory permits. And then we have intern teachers. Um all of those are not yet fully credentialed. So we have about 7% well we have 7% of our teachers that are not yet fully credentialed. a couple at each school. Yes. Yes. It's typically in special education um where we have fully credential teachers. Um it's a you know that's a high need position as music. Yeah, it could be music as well. Um, it could be someone who's maybe was a middle um, excuse me, a multiple subject
033teacher and transitioned and agreed to teach a single subject for us and they're working um, under a GLAP. So, they uh, basically they're promising, hey, I'm going to take some additional courses, pass some additional tests to be qualified to teach this single subject, but they're not yet there. They're working on it. So, those would all um, and we have folks that are working in in in each of those areas right now. this a historic norm this 7% is that you know I could look back at data to give you uh more information about that next time I don't I off the top of your head I don't recall I know in special ed for sure over the past seven eight years you know prior to that for special education we typically are hiring teachers that
034are not fully credentialed yet um that are in the process of getting credential That's very typical for us for as long as I've been doing special ed. So my daughter did that for for uh Yeah. speech. Yes. So she got her masters. It's very typical in the area of special education, not just for us but probably nationwide. I know at least statewide. Thank you. Oh, okay. Priority two are is our implementation of state standards and um you can see on the left side of that ma um graph I can speak are the state standards and then our level of implementation is listed on the right side. So, um, we are still working on that initial implementation for the English language development standards. That is something that Francis's department um has been working hard to continue
035to provide support and and um go further in depth each year, but we still have a lot of work that we need to do. And then our next generation science standards as well. So, priority three is that broad course of study. And um this is just that reminder that that course that broad course access really applies to our middle school students where this year at both middle schools they um had the opportunity to participate in two electives and um a lot of the elective offerings are listed there for you. Yes. Cross age. cross age um are so cross-age tutors. We have students that would go from Rosedale Middle School to Independence Elementary. It works because there's a gate that connects the two campuses and they're able to go and provide support um you know as
036just an older student in the classroom to help. Any other questions? No. Okay. Uh and then as I said earlier um as Francis said earlier that CASP data she's getting preliminary information but we don't have that that's not been released yet and that is uh not a local indic or it's not a locally reported indicator. It's from the state data. Oh I zoomed past that one. It worked that time. Um student engagement is attendance and chronic absenteeism. This is taken out of kelpads, but I wanted for you to be able to see what we have in kids. So, uh, this is a graph for the last 3 years. And for the, um, 2425 school year, our attendance rates, we, um, averaged at 95.42%. That was an increase from the previous school year. So, we are
037ticking up in the right direction. So, three two years in a row, we've improved. Yes. And then on the next slide, we did see a reduction um of 2.28% in our rate of chronically absent students. So Christa gave some rough estimates earlier, but this was also taken out of kids. So you can see we are absolutely trending in the right direction and it is definitely due to the efforts of um folks on the school sites and the support staff like the school social workers um all some of those other folks that um she has mentioned and our site administrators. Priority six is parent involvement and family engagement. Um, and so we again we're self-reflecting. So are building relationships between school staff and families, building partnerships for student outcomes and seeking input for DEI decision makingaking.
038And then our uh reports of our level of implementation for each of those areas. Priority seven is school climate. So our suspension rate um remains at a um very low rate. Uh we're less than 1% for our suspension rate. Our expulsion rate is actually significantly lower than half of a percent, but um that number seemed like reasonable to to list up there instead of you know to the hundreds of a of a percentage point for you all. We also have some student survey data. Um, so we have the percentage of students that report feeling safe at school, that report having caring adult relationships at school, reporting um being held to high expectations, and students that report feeling like they belong or that they're included. And then priority eight are um some other student outcomes that
039we are still waiting on those state data points. Any questions regarding those local indicators? Okay. Makes me sad for the 23% that don't feel don't feel included. But life is hard sometimes. And I know we have teachers that love their kids and yeah, we absolutely do. But I I think it is still, you know, just evident that the work that we're doing on engagement and um addressing student mental health needs is valid. It's the right path. Um so we need to continue investing in those supports for students because they're dealing with a lot. Yep. And every every I mean there's so many kids every day somebody has a bad day and that survey could have been on that bad day. Absolutely. So absolutely. Okay. Thank you. You feel safe at school on the day that
040we had the report, you know, totally different. Yeah. Yep. For that. Yep. Okay. 4.2.23. That was an information only. So, uh, approval and ratification of the superintendent's positive evaluation motion. So, second. All in favor? I 24 is presentation of the focus LCAP plan. We'll go through the presentation of the LCAP and the budget and then move on. I'll just let you just do it for us. Okay. So, year two recommendations and we reviewed these at the main meeting. Just a reminder that uh the money that we are talking about is our supplemental grant and it's based upon our unduplicated um student count which we are projecting that to go up a little bit. you know if everything you know all the students show up and still qualify for all the things they qualify about 43%
041um you know prior to co we were hovering about 34% so it is a demographic that that is growing so uh projection for next year is $5.6 6 million. And uh you will see as we go through this that we are projecting to spend a little bit more than that, but I want you to keep in mind that we use other funds that we will grade um you know with those and then we always want to overspend because we never want to give any back. Um these are our recommendations for um this is our LCAP and our three main goals. We now come to our Oh, thank you. I'm doing the same thing. Um, after we did um our surveys, our areas of celebration was um increased engagement across all of our schools, especially with
042our activity aids. Um safety was um something that was a celebration attendance and uh a lot of the training that we did um professional development for our teachers and our staff which is something that we're going to continue. Um and then the new and increased action suggestions is continuing to work on safety. Um a lot of suggestions for um increasing cameras and especially if having cameras on our buses. um continued uh EL support um professional development and uh behavior support. So we have uh some recommendations um these are our recommendations for additional actions that we are proposing for our LCAP. So one of the things that we would continue to like to do is we have supplemented supplemented the funding for camp keep over the past couple years. We want to continue to increase that.
043So there is an increase um to the cost of camp keep. I think it went up uh about $40 a a student. How much is it? Any idea? What was the 450? I think you're right. Yeah. So I think it was 410 and now it's 450. So, we are our students are fundraising and paying for $400 of that and we are supplement although we do have some students that can't pay for any of it. So, we're proposing to pick up the rest of that cost with if our LCAP continues to increase. I would love us to fully fund that um eventually. So, this is kind of our way of breaking or you know chipping away of that a little bit. Is that five days? It is five days. We do have one school that goes
044uh four days because it follows a Monday holiday and so it is a little cheaper for that school. I believe that's Del Rio that's going on a 4 day week. Um in conditions of learning um continuing to um increase uh safety on our campuses by installing cameras on each site and as well as in our buses. It's also a recommendation from um CISK property and liability to continue to move forward with. And then a teacher on special assignment to help with tier one instruction. So we um have hired Tracy Laurmer. She'll be out of the classroom part-time to uh help with um explicit direct instruction with some of our new teachers and then some teachers that might be identified as um needing some of that coaching. Um, she will also remain in the classroom 40%
045of the time. So, we can use that as sending people in to watch her actually explicitly teach. So, a a new model that we're going to try um this year. And then, uh, increasing engagement. Um, you know, last year we added the school resource officer with Officer Bill and then our campus supervisor, Gina Moore. Um they are working in tandem to support all nine of our schools. Um officer um Ripple, they're actually changing her dates uh for next year. She used to be 410, now she will be 5'8. So we'll have got to be sad. We will Yeah, we will have access to her um you know, five days a week. Um but we want to be able to sustain that. they were paid fully out of our learning um recovery grant um because we
046could pinpoint that to chronic absenteeism. Um that grant uh will sunset in 2028. Um so we need to start building into our LCAP because we want to keep both of those positions. That has been a a great addition. So um split funding that between LRG and um the LCAP um increase the number of social workers. So um there is a state uh recommendation um which I don't think any school will ever made. I think it's one social worker to every like 400 kids. We would love to have that but that's that's not going to happen. Um but right now we have three social workers. Um so they're split um between three schools and so basically they have one and a half days on each campus. It's not enough. They're only working with you know those
047tier three. So um we are adding two social two more um so we'll have they'll have two and a half days um on on school campuses. So an area that we want to continue to provide that support um for our school sites. Um additional classified behavior support. Um so we are looking at adding a new position called behavior specialist. So one of the unintended consequences of um adding the BAS which have been you know amazing is our one-on-one um behavior support. um it was paid much less, it was less hours and so those people were applying for the BAS and uh we needed six positions of those and we've had them we've only had two all year long. They're very difficult. So looking at um making that a um more robust position uh behavior specialists
048where these people have actually specialized training um in behavior. So, it would be a um a a six-hour job. Um no, I'm sorry, an eight hour eight hour position. Is it 6 and a half hours? Six and a half. Six and a half hours. So, um right up there with um a little bit more than the BAS because the BAS work with larger groups of kids. These would be specialized to work one- on-one with some of our um students that need some of that support in the classroom. A much needed position. And then um I'm happy to say that we are um working on expanding our recreational program um not only with no sports but with um allout sports and um BBC. So each year um and this would be primarily at the middle school.
049So, we've got a pretty robust um sports program at our elementary schools with the ELOP and the Skyhawks, but we have about a hundred kids um every year that um try out for volleyball, try out for um you know, football, basketball, and we have less than 20 kids that make it on the the teams. So, we're looking at having an alternative for them and increasing our recreational sports. Um, we're also working with NO to add flag football, which is something that we haven't had, as well as cross country. So, we all know that busy and engaged kids are are good kids. Um, so we want to we want to increase that, but in order to do that, we need to use some of our um money um as a 50% match. So, with NO, we
050um pay 50% of the coach's salaries. Um, with that, um, I would like to also look down the road, um, of having, um, some kind of a a stipen for our site supervisors. Is that the one that? Yeah. So, uh, with Mike Yuribbei, but that's something that I plan on talking with the the union about, but in the in the coming months. So, those are our recommendations. So, if uh we embed those into um those areas, um about $2.3 million in area one, uh $1.3 million in area two, and the area that we have really increased is this engagement um at 2.4. So, um a ground total of a little over $6 million. So remember I said that we do braid some of those funds um with some other um grants or programs that we
051have um and we always want to overspend. So that is our recommendation for uh the LCAP. And now um Norm will go into the budget. So do we have to do a public hearing for that or afterwards? Okay. Yep. All right guys. Um, so this is the budget adoption for 2526. So this is rolling into next school year. Let's see if the button actually works for me. It still doesn't. All right. So um so there's a couple of different resources or a couple of different places we're getting our information from. So the the county office um hands out a a bulletin that's basically called the common message. And what that does is it kind of gives us general indicators of what's going on in the state and how that could potentially impact the school site.
052We also get a bunch of information from School Services of California. Um they go by SSC, so you'll see their little logo on a bunch of different stuff. Um and so um right now, um as you guys are probably well aware, the governor is currently kind of setting the stage for something, you know, in his future. Um, and so a lot of the information that we're getting right now is is there's potential for it to to look a little bit more rosecolored glasses than it actually is. And so a lot of the information we're getting from um from our advisors is to be very, you know, cautiously optimistic about the budget for next year. And then there's going to be some um some things that we're going to have to adjust for in the outy
053years. Um, and so a lot of the information that I'm going to report to you today isn't fantastic news. Um, but we're relatively harmless at the moment. Um, and that's kind of how I built my budget is looking at what's going to happen to us in 2627 2728 and really kind of adjusting uh to some of those some of those changes. And so um with that being said um state the state umwide like the big three tax revenues. So, these are things like personal income tax, sales tax, or sales and use, um, and corporate tax are actually down about $4.8 billion from, uh, the January governor's proposal, proposed budget. Um, and so that will have an impact. It's, you know, we look at $4.8 billion and you think, wow, that's a really that's a lot
054of money, but statewide, it's not a a huge a huge thing to to overcome. Um right now we're there's a lot of risk with a lot of our estimates for revenue. Um a lot of the things that are impacting that is kind of um what's going on at a federal level and how that impacts the state. Um and then also a lot of budget changes, changes to what they plan to to allocate um from January to now. Um and then also our economy is kind of in a downturn even though no one wants to say it out loud. Um, so all the indicators show that we're in a recession. Um, but no one wants to use the word out loud. And so that's um that's one of the things that that you know have you
055know some concern. Um, right now funded COLA to the LCFF. And just remember that that COLA is applied directly to the LCFF as a total is 2.3%. Um, so a lot of people think like you look at the entire budget and then you apply the 2.3. It's actually to the the individual um base grant for each ADA. Um, and so on the right hand side where it says the grade spans over there, um, that gives a good idea of what that looks like. So the 2425 base grant was for TK through third grade was a 10, uh,25 per ADA uh, for kids in those grade spans. And then the COLA adjustment to that, that 2.3 is actually $231. And so it's not the whole thing, it's it's individual students based on ADA. um may revision
056proposals uh or proposes actually withdrawing the remaining four or $540 million in our rainy day reserves um which um basically they had to either remove the entirety of that or they had to pay in back into it. And so rather than pay back into it, they decided, you know what, we'll just we'll just withdraw all of it um and then start their payback process in in years out. Um and so it kind of kicked the can down the road a little bit um with that. So, um, they use that money and and put it into some some of the different, um, different initiatives that the governor has. Um, so they're also talking a lot about deferring about $1.8 billion from June to July. Uh, which isn't a long time, but it is from one year
057to to the next year. And so it's deferring those payments. Um, and so what we'll have to do is we'll have to plan ahead for cash flow purposes to make sure that if we do get deferred from June, we have cash on hand to do the things we need to do that summer, which as you guys well know, we have a lot of projects, a lot of money coming in and out of the district at that time for different things that we have that we're trying to tackle. Um, so that's one of the things that we're planning ahead for if that happens. Um, it did happen this year. Um, and we were able to write it out just with with, you know, you plan ahead, you prepare for it, you weather the storm, and then
058you're ready to go when when it, you know, those aortions come in. Uh, let's see. Uh, May revision maintains the proposal uh to appropriate less than the 2425 minimum uh guarantee, which this is the second year backto-back that they're proposing to to actually give us less than the the minimum guarantee. Um, so I think CSBA just sent out another thing today, you know, saying we shouldn't accept this. This isn't um this isn't how the law is written. Prop 98 needs to be fully funded and this is why. Um, and so then yet again, they're going to be probably in legal, you know, and how that pans out for us is another unknown for us as we build out the budget. Um and so at this point kind of looking at all of the data together
059if the state doesn't take some kind of corrective action and cut in some places we're looking at about a 15 billion to 20 billion deficit in each year accumulating to the 28 29 year at about $42 billion um as the deficit. And so they're going to have to make some changes one way or another. Um and so we just have to see what those are going to look like when when they land. So, um, so where that comes to is, uh, building assumptions for our budget and what we're going to do, um, with kind of how we're going to build out our budget. So, um, our ADA is based on 6,280 students enrolled. Um, and that was kind of based on some some different enrollment projections that we have. We actually used about three or
060four different enrollment projections to get to that number. I'm feel pretty confident in that. hoping that it's more, you know, optimistic there, but also I have to build a budget on on what I realistically think could happen. Um, and so and about 95% um attendance. So, right now you'll see that it says funded ADA at 5,998 students. Um, actually, we're benefiting from our ADA from last year. Um, so basically for LCFF funding for ADA, it's based on the greater of your current year, your previous year, or a three-year average. So because we our enrollment is kind of flat, we actually benefited from last year's ADA enrollment. And so we'll be using that as our as ours. If it wasn't that way, if it wasn't built out on the the averages or the the previous year,
061um, we would actually be at about 5967 um, would be what we would build our budget out on. Um so LCAP actions and steps are allocated. We plan to spend that the the money that we talked about in the previous um uh PowerPoint. Um certificated step and column increase of about 1.5%. Um that's just every year kind of how that rolls. Classified step and column increase of 2%. Um, STRS is actually presjected to stay consistent at that 19.1 uh% and that's been uh for the last three years and I think the next three years they're projecting it to stay stay pretty consistent. Um, PERS is increasing. So we're at uh 26.81 um and then projecting to increase in the years out. So 26.9 and then 27.8. Um, so those are still continuing to climb. um
062health and welfare is projected to increase um by a little over 9% at this point. Um so that is going that has been um part of what we've um kind of planned out for this year. Um and our required 3% routine maintenance and then really just staying conservative to weather the storm when when and if it hits. So with that being said um for our LCFF revenue limit will be 20 or sorry boy $72.7 million. our federal revenues will be at about 2.8. Um we're really, you know, hoping that everything with the between the governor and the president um doesn't impact um funding. Um but in the news just this week, it's been a little um a little rough, we'll say. Um and so hopefully those relationships hold together and all that federal funding just
063keeps funneling its way our way. Um we the good news is we don't get a ton of money federally. Um so it won't impact us like it will a lot of the other districts. So, um, so there is a a sunny side to not having a lot of fun federal funding. Um, with that being said, we have our, uh, state revenue being at 6.3 million. Um, other local revenues 6.29. So almost 6.3 million for a total revenue of 88 million 319,352. So what that what this graph basically shows is kind of the percentage breakdown of, you know, you got about 3% of our money coming from the federal government. you've got um about 83% coming from that local control funding formula. Um 7% coming from local and about 7% coming from state. All right, on
064to expenditures. So, uh classified or sorry, certificated salaries is uh 36.9 almost $ 37 million. Um classified salaries is 13.3 million. Um employee benefits collectively is 22.9 almost 23 million. Um books and supplies for next year um budgeted to be just over 7 7.4 million. Um services and other operating costs um pretty much everything across the board is more expensive. Um we're adjusting for um like um cost of living increases but also um like what that in uh consumer pricing index shows as well. Um so we're looking at about four and a half to 5% of every good we buy is that's the increase from just a handful of months ago. Um, and so we're looking at about 6.1 million there. And then other outgo million for a total expenditure of 90,914,343. And you're probably
065thinking to yourself, Norm, why why are you getting 88 million and spending 90? Um, again, we have a lot of one-time monies that come into the district as grants. We receive all of them in the year. So, it's it's revenue in the year, but we're spending it in three-year increments. Just like LRG, we have until 28 to spend. Um each one of those um we're still spending through that money. So it looks like we're spending more than we're receiving because we kind of are. So next. All right. So if we break that down into the the pie chart just to see kind of where our money goes, 41% go to certificated salaries. uh 15% go to classified, 25% go to employee benefits, about 8% on books, 7% on operating expenses, and about 4% in the
066other stuff that we're that we're doing. Um so that moves on to components of ending fund balance. Um so you will notice that we are spending 2.5 almost $2.6 million more than we were receiving in the year. Um with a beginning balance of $14 million. um ending balance should be about 11 million by the time we're all all said and done um if everything goes to plan. So um in the in the other columns down here, this is basically we have some unappropriated money. There was a couple of title one or sorry not title one, a couple of federal um esser money that we needed to clean up. And so that's a three point or sorry a $3,600 um negative that we are cleaning up in this year. Just it was over spent u money.
067Um so we got to clean that up. Our reserve for economic uncertainty is 2.73 million. Um and then um other legal restricted that's two million with other assignments at 6.6 million. Uh so that total brings us to that same ending fund balance of 11,435,968. Questions? I know that was a lot. I know I'm always concerned about PERS and it I think when I started on the board in 2018 it was like 19% now it's all the way up in the 20s. I that is just a really scary number. I don't know just to comment on that. And then also I remember when I spoke to John Menboroough when I was going to run and he said, you know, we don't get this much funds and whatever and I said, "Well, that's a good thing because
068they get cut all the time." Yeah, that's a funny sign. There's finally Yeah, there's finally a positive to not getting a lot of federal revenue. So before we move into public hearing, I just wanted to um thank Norm for all the work that he has done. He has spent this entire year um going to the um CBO, you know, training program. He will graduate uh this month. And uh not only has he been doing that, but he has been working side by side with CBOS from other school districts to learn as much as he can. and he's really instituting some best practices um in our budget and um getting our numbers as as clean as we can um because we want to be able to to know what we have and what we can do
069and I know our goal is always to um you know pay our staff as much as we can and having a very very clean picture is is helpful in doing that. But um I am so thrilled with the work that Norm has been doing. So, well, and I've really seen grow into the position. Um, just your level of confidence now is just it's just amazing. It's like you've been doing this for a long time and uh which helps us have confidence in what you're doing as well. So, thank you. Very appreciate it. Thank you. Okay. Motion to go into public hearing. Oh, go ahead. Oh, you're motioning at 25 and a second. And all in favor? I I we are in public hearing questions growing pains with those BAS and losing those. You mentioned that
070the hope is to fill that position, make it more robust with some training. Is it want to provide or we're hoping that those folks are the required behavior training. So Krista, you want to we actually I would say in the last few years we've had a lot of applicants that come with a lot of experience with behavior. Um so we hope they come with it but also we would provide more. I can just from the middle school side because we do see a hole there and best in those situations might not have the resource. How do you deal with them? So like this it feels like there's this gap. So I'm encouraged to see Well, this would be replacing more of our uh behavior aids, our behavior one-on-one aids. So, sometimes we have students that
071have extreme behaviors and we hire a one-on-one, you know, aid to be with them. Um, those are the positions that we haven't been able to do. So, we're looking at behavior specialists, which if we're able to do that, then that will free up our BAS to do some of that that minor work because they've been really um having to work with those kids that have those extreme behaviors because we haven't had the behavior aids. So, yeah. Yeah, that's the hope. Okay. Yeah. Well, that's encouraging because again, I see I see there's maybe they just need that lash out and we understand they're lashing out don't have all this gap and how we deal with that student hopefully with the I take some time to group I can just tell you from Thank you. All right.
072Motion to close public hearing at 6:29. I'll move. Second. Second. All in favor? I board member items 5.0. boy, I uh retired and I've got time to go to school and so I spent more time than I've ever spent in schools since my kids were there. And I just am impressed with the behavior of the students is one thing that just really impressed me. the um I what I saw a lot of I spent a lot of five hours one day at Del Rio and about three or four hours at Patriot one day and I saw the older kids helping the younger kids in classrooms out on the field. Um and it it was just natural. It was just happening. Um that really impressed me. Um, so there was just a lot of stuff going
073on that that extra time let me observe and we got a lot of good stuff going on. A lot of good stuff going on. I was really impressed. Made me feel good. Yeah. Um, I recently attended the CSBA delegate assembly conference up in Sacramento. Um, that we didn't have anything policy to vote on this time. It was mostly reports. I Does every member of the board have access to Gamut? Okay. Then I'll I'll pull down some of the reports that I thought were very interesting for you all. Um one in particular was the how to deal with AI. They've done a two-year um committee and they've delved in done surveys. Um there's some real tricky parts to AI. As as much as it's a great tool, there's some other parts where it's actually somebody local
074whose daughter used um Grammarly on a paper to make sure she didn't have any AI stuff. And when her teacher ran it through an AI checker, it went off that it was all AI and they threatened to um not give her her diploma from her college, all kinds of stuff. So, they had a they appealed and anyway, it worked out for her. she um and it was an extra assignment she didn't even have to do which is the saddest part of all of it. So there's a there's a real balance between whether how a teacher can use the AI and how a student can use an AI and the judgment calls you have to make. I don't think we've encountered it so much here and and at our our levels but you know at the
075high school and college levels. Yeah, it it was a really good report and then um I it was amazing. Most of the people I ran into have declining enrollment in their school districts like a lot. And um that was kind of shocking to me. But then when we went to the lunch, they put up a report and Kern County is expected to have a 13% decline in enrollment. I don't think that's us. I think it's outlining areas. I was talking to one of the other delegates from our region and he said like McFarland's expected to decline. Deleno is expected to decline after years and years and years of um enroll, you know, upward enrollment. So, um they they have a lot of information. It's not something we need to look at, but I just wanted
076to caution everybody that around California there's this is a major problem for people. But anyway, I really appreciate it going. I'll get those reports to you guys. I'm sorry. My that was the 16th and my daughter was graduating in two weeks and then she was quite the diva. And and then we had the, you know, the freedom graduation which was I love being part of that and that email that Matt sent was so meaningful. Um, so all of it has been good, but I've just a lot. So I'll get those. I'll send them to Sue and then she can get them out to everybody because there's some really good information. Anybody else? Okay, then. Um, do we need to go to close session again? No. Okay. So then I need a motion to adjurnn. So
077moved. I'll second. I'll second. And all in favor? I I thank you guys. Tomorrow morning. Four.