001Sorry. That's at the very end. >> But that'll be at the very end. >> Unless we change the agenda. >> Talk about the agenda. >> What >> you told her? Yes, I told her at the end, but if we want to move it, >> she's pretty much >> the end. Correct. So, we need to either adjust the agenda to stay called to the audience or we um after after so then maybe before so then the months can hear about it. >> Yeah, that's before 6:30. call our attention to be here by >> I would like them to be here after Can we do move it to after my superintendence report >> because it's Kai coming to talk about the civics trip but I have slides on the civics trip in my board report. >> Oh.
002>> So if we could move call to the public to >> 7B then that we can before we do And then I should say >> it still. >> All right. So when we do that agenda, I'll just be right now. >> Yeah. >> That's why we take care of it. really make me want to know karaoke. It's going to make me want to see >> the horses. I've seen you >> do a darn good job, don't we? >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Great. Okay. All right. We'll have call to order. Have a welcome. Just in time. >> So, we have our call to order. That was it. Now, I'll do our pledge of allegiance. Mr. First of all, I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for
003which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Woods, >> here. Miss Peters here. Mrs. A >> here. Mr. McG. >> Mr. Austral >> here. >> Thank you. Next is uh approval of the agenda. Before we do that, I would like to ask that we move the call to the public to 7B, which is right after the superintendent report. >> Commotion for that. >> Make a motion to move call at 7B. >> I'll second that. >> Mrs. Lewis, >> yes. >> Miss Peters, yes. Mr. Lamar, >> yes. >> Mr. McIn, yes. >> Mr. Oxley, >> yes. And with that, we will go into executive session. We're done. All right, welcome everyone. You guys missed the uh first 10 minutes. We had an executive session
004that uh if you stay long enough, you can find out what it. So, we're going to pick up where we left off. We're on page two already. Um, so we're going to approve the minutes. Uh, Miss Rico, our superintendent, is going to give her presentation. We're gonna have a presentation u about the DC trip. Um, a couple small reports and then we'll get to the award stuff, just so you guys know. So, with that is to approve the minutes from our April 14th. >> I move to approve the governing board. I'll second it. Lewis, >> yes. >> Miss Peters, yes, >> yes, Mr. >> Thank you. And with that, we'll segue right over to the superintendent. >> All right. Good evening, President Australian, members of the board, all you amazing students and parents and family
005members. coming to the end of the we're in our last month and we've had such a busy April and gonna have a busy end of the school year. So, just a few highlights to share with you. Okay, first thing a great physics trip. We had an amazing time. I was fortunate to be able to go this year. It was my second time going. I think I went during my second year as superintendent. So these eighth graders were kindergarteners when I started here at Continental. So it was really neat um to see and be a part of this eighth grade um trip with them. So you can see highlights um the amount of money it was $96,890 total. 32,000 of it was raised by individual um general tax credit donations by the students. So those students
006who are um moving up get ready to to save and have this great experience. Um the trip is well worth every cent. The kids were amazing. Our chaperones were amazing. Um you can see pictures there. Um Miss um Miss Peters got to go with us also. Her granddaughter is an eighth grader. We were at the we were cleared to go into the FBI uh headquarters. So that was a really a neat experience for us to go into. You can see our chaperons and our team there on top. Um and really we already know that Mr. Nathan has great FBI skills. And um Miss Neos um also was there. We had our tour guide is there on the bottom and on the right. Miss Linda, she was amazing. She um really um used storytelling to capture
007the attention of our kids and how she was talking about um all the monuments and locations. She knew the ins and outs of how to get us and how to optimize our schedule. We went into back alleys that we had never been into before behind the FDR center, the fourth theater. So just super amazing. So, we want to send her a be kind shirt, one of our be kind coins to thank her for doing amazing job. And you can see where she would sit the kids down and actually do storytelling and tell them information for the monument, which was classic. It was great. So, again, there's a few more pictures of our students, and I know that we're going to have one of our students share his personal experience with you as well. Um the
008eighth the end of our eighth grade field trip. Our students who did not attend went to the UVA planetarium did a a campus tour. They had a movie day and they were able to go to the free port line training center. So we wanted it to be an educational experience and a fun time for our students who did not go to DC as well. Earth Day and Greenhouse Grand Reopening, there's pictures there, was held on April 22nd. And I just really can't thank our staff, our Green Valley Rotary, um, for all of the energy and time that it takes to make the magic happen here on our campus. Jenna, um, has been in charge of so many of the details and the logistics, even from the eighth grade civics trip to all of these um,
009activities that we've had to make sure that we look good. And she has definitely helped us look great. So, thank you, Miss Jenna, for that. Also, there's more pictures of Earth Day. So, you'll see we actually even had Mr. Mum Schubert brush up on some of his teaching skills because he was helping in the greenhouse with the planting on Earth Day along with Mrs. Blum. And we can't thank her enough for all of her time and efforts and what she has done here at Continental for us as well. Our A+ of excellence celebration. Was it a good one, boys and girls? >> Yes. Thank you. So you can see there all of the support that we have and I heard from community members and even um Dr. Matty Venezuela called me after and he said
010I've been to a lot of A+ celebrations but yours was topnotch. He said it was organized, it was classy, it wasn't too long, it wasn't too short. The proper people were recognized. The kids taking the lead. Everybody thought that was phenomenal. So again, hats off to Mrs. Webas, Mr. Nathan, to Jenna, Christie, the whole entire team for all of their help in our getting our balloon arches, our posters done. So, that's why we're A+. Um, career day was another great annual event. So, I want to thank our 301 committee members and all of our support staff who again helped make this event a huge success. Our presenters keep coming back because they love us, but they also love the lunch that our food service department prepares, which is always a hit. And um if you
011can go back, Jenna. I was fortunate enough to be able to play cowgirl. There's my horse, Rio. And I had my brother and my nephew come to help. And there's um a picture of Dr. Robinson and her granddaughter, which I think is just beautiful. But my horse was super calm and the kids really loved him. So, it was really nice. It was a good day. There you see some of our other presenters as well. We had our dual language enrichment showcase which was held on April 21st which was also another huge success with the full house with all of our kids doing songs in Spanish. So again, thank you to our dual language team. We had an a celebration Oscars, a night of language stars, a family night. So thank you to Miss Mrs. Sable
012for all of her hard work during the year. Of the 27 students that we have um as EL learners, 13 of them um tested out of EL status. So, we're just super proud of them of the work and it's um all the teachers. It's not just Mrs. Sable, but she reinforces and the teachers are constantly working to make sure that students are acquiring the language that they need. Colts athletics update. Our girls and boys track team both won the league championship. Do we have any of our boys and girls track members here in the house? >> Not today. Okay. Um they also participated in the Kowanas relays. Both teams placing second out of a dozen of schools from Southern Arizona. Um and I believe we have our trophies here. Our softball and baseball teams both
013had great seasons as well, making it to the league playoffs. So, we continue to be very, very proud of our athletes and their participation. Colt summer academic support and enrichment camp space is still available. So, sign up as soon as possible. If you haven't heard from your teachers to get kids signed up, please contact your teachers or Mrs. Curtis in the front office. School facilities project updates. The roofing is completed with the exception of middle school gyms. The new roof hatches have been installed. Painters should be coming out this week to paint the new down spots and boxes. And the final walkthrough will be in two weeks. So, thank you, Mr. Schubert, for keeping these contractors on their toes and getting the work completed. Our state testing results, May 15th, this Friday, we'll get our
014third grade ELA and math reports. And on May 22nd, we'll receive our fourth through 8th grade. So, drum roll. It's always a suspense as we wait for the data to come in, but we um we know that our kids are going to continue to show what they know. And hot off the press, I just added this. Um Mrs. Carrie Deo was super excited to let me know that we have our um students who participated in the B Sunrise Play Sunsmart poster drawing contest to increase the awareness of sun safety and skin cancer prevention. So all of these students listed were semifinalists. Aptton Adams, Kiara, Ariano, Bella, Hale, Daniel, Zachary, Sweeney, Ala Valencia, Madison Wat, and Bennett Zable were all finalists. Are any of them here in the house? No. So, we have um their work
015will be displayed in the semi- finalist booklet, but we have a huge congratulations goes out to seventh grader Aspen Spindle. She's the overall winner of the Sunrise poster contest out of all that were received. So, they're going to get three baseline um tickets to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Um so, we're super excited. So, congratulations to our talented artistic students. So, thank you and happy end of the year celebrations. I know I'll be seeing a lot of you from preschool promotion, kinder promotion, fifth grade transition celebration, and eighth grade promotion. So, that concludes Thank you very much. >> Great. With that, we're going to hear >> from the public. So, we have a call to the public. Um, and Kai and Ethan, um, two of our eighth grade civic club members are going to share their experience
016from Washington. >> And if we can have their parents come up with them also, Nina and dad, and you go up to the podium, please. Would you like to come up to the podium, please? Welcome everybody. My name is Jenna and I have been one of the civic sponsors for the last four years. This year, Mr. Leen attended with me as well as Miss Rico and board member Laura. And we actually have two of our chefs in house tonight, Miss Leilani and Mr. Carl. So, I'm gonna have the boys kind of take the lead on this and share their experience because I want all of you who are in here tonight to have something to look forward to your eighth grade year. It's been a tradition at Continental for over 30 years and we hope
017to continue having it keep going on so our kindergarteners and our eighth graders can be participating in this amazing trip. Um, I I just want to say that it's very worth it going to the uh the eighth grade GC trip. You guys will have a lot of fun and um I recommend being a cha and as a eighth grader leaving the school. I think it was a good way to uh end being here and it was very educational but at the same time it was very effective. >> What was your favorite part of the trip? Uh, I think my favorite part was the Holocaust Museum. It showed a lot of um, it showed how a lot of people had to live back then and it was very sad, but it was also like nice seeing
018that uh, people like seeing it was it was nice just seeing that like it's not it's not like that anymore. But yeah, and I also enjoyed the FBI because show scary. I think my favorite part is probably the spy museum because like they had a lot of interactive things we could use and it helped us like learn about what spies did along the way through the years and uh the u was very interesting and educational because with the like camps we actually got to see how people were really how bad the Nazis were. I think that was interesting. And the the ferris wheel was also really cool. Like we can see a lot at least get a really good view of the of cities. And I think that was like one of the cool parts
019of the trip. Same with the Vietnam memorial because like if you have like siblings or friends from that siblings or uncles that were in the war, you could possibly see them on the wall. I got I got to find two of them from that. And the uh the Air Space Museum was really cool, too. You can see progression of how they advance technology for flying in space museums. >> So, Ethan mentioned that we went to the Ferris, we went to the National Harbor. So the days are packed full of tons of educational things, but at night we do try to always throw in something fun for the kids to have, something to look forward to. So that was the first time we did that this year. There's also a dinner cruise where you're sailing down
020the batonic and you get to have dinner on the boat with your friends. There's another school with the same age that's on it and the kids dance and a lot of our a live DJ, some of the kids that do friends from another school. So not only is it educational, but the kids work hard to earn this trip. So we do also try to throw some fun some aspects into it as well. >> Um so I this was of course my first time going. I do recommend being a shaft road. I told the story to the ladies on the bus that were downstairs double decker that when my husband and I would be in DC and see all these schools of kids everywhere, we're like, "Oh my gosh, it must to be them right now."
021all those kids. No, >> but it's not that way. It was so much fun. But I used to say, gosh, you never want to do that. >> Do it. It was so much fun. We had such a good time. I mean, they learned, we learned. Um, the kids are great. I just I can't say I can't say a million I can say a million good things about it. That's how much of a good time I really went. >> Yeah. really recommend being a shaper when it was a good time to hang out with my son and also his friends and get to meet a lot of different places. All the experiences that we shared together I actually learned from as well. So I picked up stuff that I didn't learn in history myself. I really
022enjoyed the spy museum. It's really interactive and I really enjoyed our guide. She just had a really great way of communicating with kids and us and her story like she really captured her intention. She would tell you that was amazing. I guess it's my turn. Um, I don't know how many times I've been with the school somewhere between like nine and 11 times to Washington DC. Um, and every time I go I learn something new and I've been to Ford's Theater probably 9 to 11 times. Um, and this tour guide did something totally different and took us into the alley behind Ford Theater where John Wils booth ran out the back door and talked about his escape and how that didn't end well for him which was good. Um, and so it's just really really
023informative and I love going every year and learning something new when I think that you know I've been through the Holocaust Museum that many times that I've seen it all over and over again and it's just so impactful. Um and what Ky was trying to say is it's really good to see that um we as humans and human race are working hard not to repeat the past and then our goal is to find that humane in each of us so that we don't see that. That's what's really great for the kids to see how horrible humans can be to one another and that kindness wins overall and that we're all equals. And so that we we've talked about this. We love we love love the Holocaust Museum and it's just really really great to to
024see where we're at today as an entire world compared to where um the history is at. So um always always a privilege to go. Thank you for the school board for continuing to support and allow um us to take our eighth graders um to the other side of the country to have this experience. So, thank you so much. You guys are amazing. >> Mr. Nathan, I just want to add, um, when we were on the river cruise, um, I had this gentleman come up to me, the two of our students at his side, and I thought, "Oh, no. What happened?" Right? >> And he said, "I just want to tell you and I want to commend you for how good and respectful your students are." He said because they were on the river cruise and
025they heard taps and that principal or whoever he was with the other school told his students to take their hats off, pay their respects and to have a moment of silence. And our students did it. Those boys did that without any of us being present. And he said, "You should be really proud that your kids are amazing." But they constantly were complimenting us, our tour guide saying she rarely has groups that ask questions, that are interested, that are just really active participants in the learning. So that was a super I felt like a proud mom, you know, when somebody comes to tell you the good news. So I'm just I can't say enough how proud I am of our students and of our chaperones and of our whole entire team. So thank you and thank
026you to the board for supporting us and supporting our students. >> Miss the steward is she even told us that they were so wellmannered and that's a lot of us who were playing and that she commended us because she said that they were so wellmannered and it made her proud. >> Thank you. >> So I just noticed one other student was also with us. Preston, do you want to say anything about the trip? You almost got away. >> What was your favorite part about the trip besides Mr. >> and me and your camera? Um Kai said all I did learn a lot of stuff from that was really good. >> What's one of your memory that you remember when you're an old man? My name is Washington. >> So with that, we just want to
027take a couple seconds to appreciate um a few groups. The uh Green Valley Recreation, commonly known as GBR, uh made a really nice donation to help make a shortage for lunches for those that uh are not as fortunate to be able to afford those. Um pickle ball. Um the Continental Foundation, the school foundation also sponsored uh the dance residency. And we want to recognize a handful of folks for their years of service, which I every year I find is amazing. As long as people stay here and all right, we would like to recognize Mr. Lorenzo Sanchez. Is he here? Morenzo here. >> Okay. So, Mr. Sanchez has been at Continental for 32 years. So, we're going to make sure we recognize him at the end of the year and as um so he isn't able
028to be here today. We're also celebrating our 20 year employees. So, we have Mrs. Co. is she here? She's not here. Um sure. Mrs. Sable is celebrating 20 years and we just talked about her. There she is. Mrs. We have this for you and it says, "Believe and succeed. Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others." That's a quote from Winston Churchill and it says, They go in sincere appreciation for your 20 years of service at Continental School. 20 years. Thank you. Is she here with us today? >> Okay, we'll make sure we can catch her. And we also have a special recognition for Miss Eva Brown. Eva, where are you? And she also is retiring on us this year. And she is getting at
02910 years we get the little crystal apples and it says Eva Brown for 10 years of service at Continental ESD number 39 May 2026. So thank YOU SO MUCH JUST TOLD ME BEFORE THIS meeting she might shoot for the 20th 20th at this time. >> So the next is uh to recognize guys cults of the month. >> So if uh go ahead and come on up and all you need to bring with you this time is your piece of paper and we're going to line up all the way back to middle school at the end of the line. Good job. You can hear us. >> All right, parents, please and family members, don't be shy. If you want to come up here when we're reading about your students, you can take pictures and videos, and
030then we'll have one group photo at the very end. Okay. >> Students, when you come up, you'll just say your name and then you're going to stand over here on the side. Kaden has grown so much as a student. He is one of the leaders in the class and is a good role model to his friends. It's been such a joy to watch him grow both academically and socially. He is amazing. Congratulations, Kaden. This is Tesso. Aspen demonstrates being safe, kind, and responsible in graceful school. Aspen shows kindness by being a good friend. She shares materials, takes turns, and is considerate of others feelings. Aspen has shown so much growth and progress this school year and we are excited to see her continue to develop and succeed in kindergarten. Congratulations Aspen. Dr. FELICIA Isa is
031our cult of the month. She is kind, respect, respectful, and consistently well behaved. Isabella sets a wonderful example for her peers, is softspoken, and always follows directions. She's helpful to both classmates and teachers, making her a positive presence in our classroom. Thank you, Isabella, for being such a wonderful cult. You were nominated by the elementary specialist, teachers, music, library, and PE. CONGRATULATIONS, W is an exceptional kindergartener. He is a kind. He's kind to me when I'm teaching and to his peers when they are learning. He stays on task to complete all assignments and this shows responsibility. Wen follows all of the school and classroom rules. He is safe at recess when playing with his peers. I really love having walking in our class. Congratulations. Amy Noeli uses kind words and smiles with her friends and
032school staff. She says please and thank you often. She's safe when she uses class supplies during independent work times. Emmy Noeli is responsible because she works hard to follow classroom and school rules every day. Good job, Emmy. Congratulations, Mrs. RODRIGUEZ. >> Bernie consistently demonstrates kindness by helping others, offering positive words, and openly expressing her feelings in a thoughtful way. She shows respect each day by raising her hand, listening attentively, and valuing the ideas of both her teacher and classmates. She has also grown in responsibility by speaking up for herself and making positive choices. She brings such a sweet and uplifting presence to our classroom. Her positive attitude, ability to problem solve, and effort to stay out of drama or help others work through it make her a wonderful role model for her peers. She adds
033joy to our classroom with her silly and fun personality. And she often makes meaningful connections by sharing about the special people in her life, showing how much she values and learns from them. We are so proud of Bernie and the kindness, respect, and responsibility she shows every day. Congratulations, Bernie. Mrs. N. This award is proudly presented to Vame Valenuela for showing kindness, responsibility, and safe choices each day. Your positive attitude and respect for others make our classroom a better place. We are so proud of you. Keep up the great work. Congratulations and Mrs. Nel. Daniela is an absolutely amazing student and such a hard worker. She consistently gives her best effort in everything she does and sets a wonderful example for others. Daniela is a natural leader in our classroom, always showing responsibility, confidence, and
034kindness. Her dedication and positive attitude truly stand out each and every day. We are so proud of you, Daniela. Keep leading the way. Congratulations, MISS Luna came to this school this year as a new colt, and she has shown that she can adapt so well. Luna gets things done in a timely manner and is always on task in class. Luna is kind and respectful to her peers and all the teachers around her. Congratulations, Luna. MISS CAMILA, your dedication to your studies is truly impressive. By taking such strong initiative with your learning at home, you're showing the kind of leadership and discipline that will take you far. You should be incredibly proud of the path you're carving for yourself. Keep that going because your future is looking brilliant. Congratulations, Camila. MISS HOUSE I am honored to
035nominate Georgia for my April Colts of the month as she consistently exemplifies exemplifies our school expectations of being kind, safe, and responsible. Georgia is a highly driven student who actively participates in all subject areas, thoughtfully engages in learning, and responds to feedback with maturity by asking meaningful questions for clarification. She takes great pride in being dependable and responsible, demonstrating strong integrity and consistently doing the right thing, whether anyone is watching or not. What sets Georgia apart most is her kind heart. She includes others, offers help without hesitation, and serves as a natural leader among her peers. In her role as teacher assistant, where she leads DMS and leader and me activities, Georgia truly shines by modeling expectations, asking engaging questions, and recognizing others through cults. Georgia is a remarkable student, and I am incredibly proud
036of the positive example she sets for our classroom community. Congratulations, Georgia, on this achievement. You are simply amazing. Love, Mrs. Flow. Elen, Elen, I can't thank you enough for the positive attitude you bring to school every day. You are always ready to get right to work no matter what we're doing, and you give 100% in all the things you do. Don't ever stop doing that. Your kindness is one of my favorite things about you. I think your friends appreciate it too. Everyone knows that they can count on you to be there for them. You are a wonderful example of what a cult should be. Keep working hard and being the amazing person you are. Congratulations, Mrs. MONOLIA. Mauricio Brahamonte awarded for being kind, safe, and responsible every day. Your positive attitude, respect for others, and
037excellent choices make you a great role model for your classmates. Keep up the great work, Mrs. Leah is an excellent student. She ensures all her work is complete and always puts forth her best effort. She is not only a great student, but Leah is kind, helpful, and respectful to her teachers and fellow students. Congratulations, Leah. You've been nominated by the entire middle school team. ETHAN shows kindness, safety, and responsibility on a daily basis in our middle school. He can always be counted on to do what is right, has an easygoing and likable personality, and takes his academics seriously. Ethan is a tremendous asset to the classroom and makes our school better. What a great eighth grade year you had, Ethan. Congratulations on being voted our Colts of the month from the middle school team nominated
038by all the teachers. So, this is a very special award for Preston and um a fellow classmate, Troy. These two young gentlemen took time out of their day to help deescalate another student during a very tense moment. These boys took the time to listen, support, and walk the student through what he was feeling and even gave him some helpful advice. These students need to be recognized for being the amazing students they are. They didn't have to help. They wanted to. This is from Christina Casey, our spend resource teacher. And these young men were seen doing this by many staff members from a distance that day. And that is the students. Those are the children that you are raising. This is who you're sending to our school and and these are the leaders you've created. They
039saw a student in need and they took the lead to help the student and it really deescalated them. And your love and care and kindness, Preston and Troy means a lot to not just that student and their family, but to all of us as a staff because as students, you teach us and you inspire us, too. So, thank you for doing that and stepping up and taking care of a cold family member. Congratulations to our cult of the months. if we can have them come back here one more time for big group picture and then we're going to give and bring your certificate with you and we're going to announce our golden horseshoe staff member that was nominated by our staff. Thank you. Say no. I say cold, you say rock. >> Stay right there.
040Don't move. >> We present the Golden Horseshoe Award. Our staff always nominates two staff members. and the two staff members that were nominated. If you are familiar with our amazing preschool staff that Dr. Robinson is the director of. So if you have any preschoolers coming up, Dr. Robinson is the direct director of our preschool and she has an amazing staff and our staff have nominated Miss Rita Alexander. Are any of you familiar with Miss Rita through the years? She's been here for many years. So we are going to make sure Mrs. Alexander couldn't be here tonight and she let us know, but we will make sure to honor her and the hard work that she's been doing with our students and our staff. So, congratulations to Mrs. ALEXANDER. And the next Golden Horseshoe Award goes
041to our amazing first grade teacher, Miss Lee Mannis. If Miss MANIS and Miss Manis's nomination. Um, they stated, "Miss Mannis consistently demonstrates excellence in her role as a certified staff member. She is highly committed to student success and approaches instruction with intentionality, care, and high expectations for all learners. Her ability to create a structured, engaging, and supportive learning environment helps students feel confident and motivated to grow. She builds great relationships with students and families, goes above and beyond to bring learning to life, and give students handson opportunities. We are grateful to have Miss Manis on our team. Congratulations. I just have a quick story about Miss Manis who we were doing our leader and lead walkthroughs and she was modeling the lesson and it was being proactive and she was talking to the students and
042she was roleplaying saying that she was so tired because she didn't prepare the night before to be ready for the date to that sort. So she tells the students, "I'm so tired. What should I do or what should I have done?" and one of her students says, "Drink coffee." But she's a great storyteller and always has the kids attention and is super creative. So, we really do love and appreciate you, Miss Perfect. Thank you. >> Thank you everyone. So with that, we'll take a short break. If anybody wants to stretch and so you can stay another half hour or welcome to go We Well, you covered Hey, stand up. I'll stand up taller, too. >> Thank you. You're welcome. We're so proud of him. Thank you. Good job. Good job. Very good. Can I have
043good And I'm like, Hallelujah. Hi, how are you doing? All right, this will move us to the consent agenda. There any discussion before we move on? >> Quite a full. So you'll see in some of the they're called new hires, but it's really a change of position. >> Yeah. >> With that, we need a motion, please. >> I'll make a motion to our consent agenda. >> Thank you, >> Mrs. Lewis. >> Yes. >> Peters. >> Yes. Mrs. Ambly. >> Yes. Take us to new business. First in the new business is Proposition 301. >> Talk about the plan. Is there anything? >> No, the plans stay pretty similar to what it was last year. I think we balance committees in terms of Abid and our leader leadership, but other than that, everything has stayed the same.
044>> So we have always give well and always we give uh half the 301 money in um June and the other half November before Black Friday they requested and we honored that a few years ago which is kind of cool. >> This is a motion I >> um I move to approve the proposed proposition 301. >> I second it >> Mrs. Lewis. >> Yes. >> Miss Peters. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Amar. >> Yes. Mr. Big. >> Mr. Ashley. Yes. All right. In fact, get your calendars out. We need to approve, believe it or not, next year's schedule. Um, which starts uh July 14th if you guys have, but we're sticking pretty much to the second >> June meeting. I'm sorry. >> Yeah, but the new fiscal year starts in July. >> I'm sorry. >> You're
045right. Yeah. So, it's the uh second Tuesday of the month, generally speaking. Um there's a few exceptions um but pretty much that's what >> one thing that we need to discuss which is we usually have our governing board retreat on in September but I don't know with new elections if we want to wait to hold off in the new year or maybe we want to do two so we can still host one in September and then do another one in February. So we can talk about that later, but it is on it is scheduled for the governor's board retreat unless you want to have a discussion now about it. >> I think February probably be sufficient. >> I think so too because it' be the new board if there is a new board. >> Okay.
046So there will we'll schedule that for February, >> not the 29th. Oh, come on. >> I know. >> All right. That's a motion item. >> Okay. I move to approve the 2026 2027 governing board meeting dates >> with >> change of approved. >> Yes. With the board. >> Same. Mrs. Lewis, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ms. Peters, >> yes. >> Mrs. Amrizz, >> yes. Mr. McInness, >> yes. >> Mr. Ashley, >> yes. And to formally approve the uh superintendent's evaluation that we kind of rep performance pay for 2526. >> So there's two. >> Yeah. >> Oh. So first is there's two motions that we'll need. One is to approve the evaluation, the other is the pay. So the first is the evaluation. >> I'll make a motion to approve the superintendent evaluation for 2526. >> Second
047it. >> Mrs. Lewis, >> yes. >> Mrs. Amas, >> yes. Miss Peters, >> yes. >> Mr. McInness, yes. >> Mr. Ashley, >> yes. And then the next one is to improve the um the performance pay for 2526 which is lack of a better word of bonus. And uh just uh we're very happy to be able to provide that. >> I'll make a motion um for superintendent um performance pay increase. >> I'll second. >> Mrs. Lewis. >> Yes. Sith Peters. Yes. Smas. Yes. Mr. McIn. Yes. M. >> And what we've all been waiting for. Mr. Schuber's district financial report. >> Quiet. You took away my microphone. >> No. Sure. Everybody hear me? on the live stream. So, make sure use your teacher voice. >> So, here's today's here's our um district finance report uh for the
048period ending last Monday. Um Miss Jenn, if you could scroll down just a little bit more. Right there. Stop, please. Right now, we still have $615,000 within our M fund that has not been spent. Uh please remember that the majority of that will disappear when we start uh the end of the year payrolls and things like that. Um an update, we are doing better than our last update where we said we should end between 50 and $100,000 a year. Right now, we're probably we're looking at that 100 to $150,000 remaining at the end of the year. So, we were able to to move some things around. We were able to um take the the funding that we received for the um ex the utilities that we didn't save on the solar and we take that
049money to reduce our total electric payment. So, that's saving us, you know, additional $75,000 is our budget. Um but I give you this tonight so that you can approve it. I move to approve the district financial report as of May 2026. >> Second, >> Mrs. Lewis. >> Yes. >> M Miss Peters. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Yes. Mr. McGib. >> Yes. >> Mr. Rosley. >> Yes. >> And a month or so ago, we went through the auditor general's um audit >> report, I guess, would be a better word. Yes. Um and we kind of got together and uh Greg um came up with a really nice uh plan of action that he's going to review with us. So this this plan of action is a living working document. So nothing in this is set in stone.
050It's not the be all end all. If we do come up with some a better way of resolving one of these issues and we can update this report at that time. Also, with this being a living breathing document, when we have our administrative retreat in July, um we'll go over it again with the administrative team before presenting it back to the board at the board retreat. So, this is a working document. Um so, the first risk area that the auditor general had was our budget li budget limit reserve within our capital budget. Um, we should be able to get this one off the list within the next couple of years. Um, there's a couple things and I'll touch on this one a little bit later as well, but we will when we do this upcoming
051year's budget, we won't be transferring funds back and forth between capital and M because, you know, we got our hands smacked for doing it, which is something we're we're allowed to do, but the auditor general doesn't like it. um our buzz leases July 1st will be our final payment. So that'll free up $153,000 within our capital budget. So we can look at either continuing to to lease buses or just hold on to those funds and and increase the u the budget limit reserve. Jenna, if you can go down to the next one. So this is basically the same thing but it was for our general fund. Um some of the causes that we realize that within our general fund operating reserve ratio is the increase in medical cost increase in retirement as well as salary
052cost also with having a reduction in federal grants. You know so with the reduction in federal grants in order to maintain services and things like that you know those services needed to come from somewhere and they came from our general fund. Um you you know we we try our best to put as much money in our employees pockets as possible. Um but one of the things that the auditor general wants is us to keep at least a 3% of of that um of that fund without spending it. So, so with us saving, you know, the last year, you know, we had, you know, $57,000 that we carried over. This year we're looking at hopefully 150,000. That helps it, but that's doesn't reach that 3% mark. Um, scroll on down if you would. Uh, general fund
053operating margin. What happened? This >> Okay, so I hope I didn't That one didn't have So feel free to talk amongst yourselves. I had never been to Washington. We were so busy. Oh my god, I just felt I I didn't know. >> Yeah. So, I'm not exactly sure what happened to the document, but uh I can kind of go over these from much memory as possible. This one here number four was the >> um general fund change in fund balance. This is the the $2 million that the the treasury department took and moved out of M and into capital. So that giant hit to the to the fund balance. I am still trying to get that corrected. Um I do have a journal entry that's in with the county. Um just waiting on that get
054approved. There we go. >> Good job. >> Um, so general fund operating margin ratio. Um, some of the things that we identified with this was the increase in the special needs cost, how much more it cost to educate a special needs child than it did just a few years ago. That as well as rising operating costs. Um, so far we're spending all just over $900,000 a year to educate our sped population. Um, we received just over $600,000 of that to cover that from our state funding. We receive $133,000 from federal IDA. So, that leaves a shortfall of $170,000 that needs to be subsidized out of our general fund. Um and again we come back to the rising operating costs where you know the increase in state retirement fuel repairs everything is outpacing the amount of
055an increase that we receive. Um even within food service you know we're seeing you know just just the cost of food has increased to a point that we are going to have to be raising our meal prices for the upcoming school year. So you'll see that as an agenda item sometime soon as well. Um some of the mitigating actions of that, you know, is when we're looking at our special needs cost, we need to, you know, look at our the roles of our pair of professionals, you know, but we need to also when we're looking at them, we need to make sure that we're not going to provide them with the opportunity of burnout. We don't want to overburden our pair of professionals as they are working with our most needy students. Um so just
056just as a as a side note over the last three years we spent just under 600,000 just over 600,000 and again just under $600,000 just on salaries and benefits with our pair of professionals. So when you're talking a budget of $7 million, that's still quite a chunk of funds. And a lot of when we first started here, you know, back in 2020, we had five pair of professionals that were being paid out of grants. Now we have one. So just you to kind of give you an idea of how our operating budget has had to take over, what the shortfalls are in the other funding areas. Um, scroll on down risk area four, the general fund change of fund balance. Um, again, the transferring funds from Emerald to capital, you know, so we won't be
057doing that on this upcoming budget, but depending on how long it takes for the auditor general's department to say that we're back to being good. This could be a a twoyear, it could be a threeyear. Um, moving those funds doesn't doesn't change our budgeting capacity. It just reallocates where we were budgeting it from. Um, scroll on now to the next one. Capital monies redirected operations. Again, that that money that we transferred at the beginning of the school year from capital into M, you know, we won't be doing that any longer. But I bring you this tonight. This is just a discussion item. So I'd be more than happy to to discuss anything that is in this document with any of you. >> I have a question. One of them you were talking about the par
058profofessionals. >> Yes. >> And the special needs students. Are you suggesting that we would reduce the number of par profofessionals working with those students? I'm saying maybe we need to reook at how they're allocated. Not necessarily reducing, but possibly spreading them a little bit further. Um, yeah, a student views a one-on-one aid and it's written into their IEP if they get the one-on-one aid. But students that need just more um emotional support, maybe that's something that could be done in larger groups or something. I I'm just saying that it needs to maybe reimagine how our par professionals are doing their jobs. >> So a lot of times what happens is the number of spent students that we have special needs kids in different grade levels. Last year we lost a large amount of eighth grade
059special needs students who went to the high school. So we have the parapros. So then we kind of shift them around and we don't necessarily want to eliminate all of them because we always get students in the summer who come in who need one-on-one paras or so we have to kind of it's just a shell game as we wait as we have paras who retire then we try to hold off and not fill those positions. We had some who left this quarter and were just using the existing parents to cover um for those students. We've also been working really hard um with our teachers in order for them to build their capacity and their ability to work with the special needs students because they're the primary teacher that's responsible for them in the gened class.
060And then we have the three special education teachers who who pull out and work with them. So, it's it just gets a little bit complicated, but it goes back to the unfunded mandates because we're a public school and we have to take whoever lives in our boundary that comes. And even as we're looking at open enrollment, uh we have special needs families who come to apply for open enrollment, but we have to really um look and determine whether we have the capacity to service them without it affecting the school. the grants you mentioned prior that are down to one you said are down to two or something five to two do they no longer exist or we have to reapply for them or they >> So those are our federal grants and for special education
061um Mrs. Sudden and I were looking at it. So for next year the budget is 118,000. So with it but that budget has decreased every year where we're we're saying if we had five paras then we the budget is decreased and then we end up having to we went from five to four to three to two because we needed them but we didn't have the funds. So Mrs. Wattis's salary, her benefits and salary are paid out of that grant. So that's a you know a larger portion of the grant that allows us to then have a parent. We pay a third of this special education say third we pay for part of the psychologist out of that but each year what we are allowed to pay for those positions has decreased as well. So we
062still have to have a psychologist and we still need um you know our director and we still need our paras but we can fluctuate with safe we used to pay half the salary now we pay a third so that's how those federal dollars work when you say you're in risk three you say you're subsidizing subsidizing by the M but then in like risk now further you say you can't do that anymore or >> no, we still can. But what we're saying is that we really just So with risk three, we're talking about um >> I just felt like it was you're saying you're saying one thing, right? That's what I'm saying. >> No, it's one of those, you know, we're doing everything that we can to make sure that every student's need is met. And
063right now in order to do that we are having to subsidize through M to get there. If you go to risk area number four. So what this is talking about was that the movement of funds between M and capital. >> Okay. Okay. >> So this one had Yeah. So by moving those funds out of capital and into M it increased what we could spend within our M budget. Um so that was helping to cover some of that shortfall as well. And the good thing is the good problem that we're not having is our budget has stayed pretty consistent with our enrollment is consistent. A lot of districts are dealing with declining enrollment where they're having to, you know, rip teachers and having to um release teachers because they don't have the students um for those
064classrooms. So, it's been nice for us because our enrollment is consistent. So, with us getting other grant funds to continue operating the way we um operate and to have the programs and the curriculum that we have, one example is we're um now at the time where we have to start to renew our math adoption because we've already had it for four years. So, we're looking at one thing that you'll see is we save money if we do a three or four year renewal will save us about 20 to $25,000. So, then those are discussions we have. Are we going to renew? We're happy with renewal math. Our kids are doing well. So, do we bite the bullet now to save less money in the next three to four years? So, that's coming up because we
065haven't had the real path expense like we're going to have this next year. So, it's like I say, it's a shell game and we're constantly just juggling paying for. So, with that reveal, Matt, just to give you an idea, the four-year renewal for that is $66,000. >> A one-year renewal is $27,000. >> And we have to pay the whole 66 up front. >> 66 up front. >> That's not >> which is what we did before. >> That keeps us from paying 27 every year. basically buy. >> Thank you, Greg. Anybody else? >> You're welcome. >> Well, like we said, we'll continue to review this because I really think it's important that we understand the auditor general report versus the annual audit findings, right? so that everyone understands the implications of both. >> Okay. So I
066move to approve the auditor general. >> That's just a discussion. >> And I were a little bit >> Did you sit together? on the plane. >> No, we did it. >> Okay, so that takes us to our uh events coming up. Um talent shows tomorrow. Then we have the honors assembly, the preschool promotion. You're doing it in here this year. >> We are. >> Okay. >> That's >> precious. They all are. Um then kindergarten and eighth grade. And then uh 20th is the Walen Groves. No, that's SHs. >> Walden is on the 21st. But >> so we have Nana graduating from SHS. >> No, Walden. >> Oh, Maya's at Walden. >> Yeah. >> She didn't want to go with her brother and sister. >> Oh, I this whole time I thought she was at >>
067Okay, she's at Walden. Okay. Who do we have graduating from SHS? Any stock kids? >> Yeah, we have Miss um Hetta. Her daughter is at Wen. Miss Greer's daughter is at Wen. >> We have I wanted to send an email to staff because we have a lot of staff members who have college graduates, university graduates. Um, so >> Tessa's graduating. >> Oh my gosh. >> So, oh my gosh. So, we'll have I'll send that out once we get it just so you know. But a lot of things to celebrate on our staff or their own students. I know Mr. Boyce has her son's graduating from Puma College with an associates going to the UOVA. Her other son is graduating from the UVA and has an internship set up for pre atport um starting and he's
068gonna go in for his masters next year and he'll be done in a year. And Christina is graduating also from the UMA and psychology. So we're super excited about that. So, a lot of things to celebrate. Keep up the good work, not only as Continental staff, but as mama's daddies. >> So, since we may have a quorum on Thursday night for Mr. Curtis, the Curtis's retirement party or >> we should I'll not >> up here. Next week on Wednesday. >> No, >> next week. No, no, no. >> See, I have it as Wednesday, too. >> No, there's something separate >> this week. That's we were doing something for the Curtis separate. So, it's not >> okay. >> Was it >> this? >> Yes, it's this Thursday. >> No, that's different. We're talking >> Okay. Forget
069what Mr. >> Come on. Okay, we already called the public and we got some stuff. I'll keep that in mind. Nice face. No, no, no. >> Question is in You know what? I know that for you. Oh god. Oh, how do you >> know? Well, we're actually fortunate to fill our tanks here. >> Yes. Sounds good. >> I did too, but >> I'll call you. And if anyone fill up 80% generally right around 5,000 >> I fill it two to three times a year. >> Well, it's kind of nice when your bus short So to answer your question, no, I don't have anything. I don't know what Really? >> Right. But that was you got this last time. And so then it would be Steve myself and her school. Yes. >> Oh, I heard. >>
070I don't know what I would have done for myself. >> No, I'm not. Gosh, no. I lucky. All right, with that we are done.