001I think it's senior >> soccer game. >> We're live. >> Currently, the school is closed. >> You are currently the only person in this conference. Call to >> order. Will you uh Please. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Roll call. >> Mrs. Lewis here. Mrs. Maria here. Mr. McIn. Mr. Australia >> here. >> Thank you. And next is to approve the agenda. >> I approve the agenda. >> No. Yes. >> I'll second. >> I second. >> Okay. >> Miss Lewis. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yes, Mr. Astred. >> Yes. So, so with that, we'll go into study session um to talk about Arizona school district financial risk analysis or the
002uh Arizona Auditor General. There's a lot of You guys read this? >> I did. >> Kind of scary. >> Yes. >> You go look at it. But Craig's going to drill down and tell us why we should be like jumping off a cliff and Laura. >> All right. So, just as a reminder since this is a study session, uh questions from the audience can be taken as well as questions from the board and panel and everybody else. So, just want to let the board members know that you received an email from the Auditor General's office on January 23rd, and it looks like the one that we have up here. Uh, so there's two links within this report. So, we're going to do the the first link, which is the overview. So currently there are nine
003districts out of 207 that are the highest of risks within school finance and there are um believe there's another nine that are approaching that same high-risisk category. There were two districts the previous year that were high risk and then there were seven approaching. So, as you can see, some of these districts got a little bit, you know, worse than than what they had at the beginning of the year. So, those high-risisk districts are going to be Analopee Union. So, they've been a high-risisk district since 2023. And they are also one of the two districts that are in receiverhip. Hayden Wkelman, Isaac. Isaac being the other district that is in receiverhip. And just so to make sure everything's clear, receiverhip is when the state has come over and taken over the district's finances. Uh Joe City
004up in Navajo County, Palamino's, Santa Cruz Elementary, Sierra Vista, TUSD, and Wilson. These are the current high-risk districts. And districts that are approaching the high risk are Balls, Chino Valley, Fountain Hills, Haidider, Mammoth, San Manuel, Brown Valley, Sacatone, Scottsdale Unified, and Young. So, this is definitely a list that you don't ever want to see yourself on. So when we actually get into the actual report, so you're going to come down and you're we're going to take a look and you're going to see a whole bunch of things in here that say that we are a high risk. And we're going to go through each one of those. But first, let's get through some of the easier ones first. Down at the very bottom of the page, receiverhip. We are not in receiverhip. Our district's tax
005rate is not frozen. and we do not qualify for a small school budget adjust. So, there's three categories right off the top that we're looking pretty good. So, since we're down at this bottom part, we're going to start talking about uh capital monies that can redirect operations. So when we propose our budget in June and it gets approved in July, we have the opportunity of moving funding from capital to to M or moving funding from M into capital. We do have those options. So as you can see over the five years, we've averaged 16.06%. And when we look at that, it's just the last two years that we have moved money out of capital and into M. the the three years previous, you know, we didn't move anything out. So there's really nothing much about
006Let me let me just Is there any questions about this category? >> What was the reason for the movement? I mean, what was the the contributing factor to >> the contributing factor was we had plenty of money sitting in our capital fund to cover all of our capital expenditures and then some and to take those funds, move them into M. Hopefully to, you know, get out some raises based off of those as well. >> So then why does the state consider that a high risk? >> Because we've actually moved the money from one fund to the other. If the money would have just stayed there without moving it, it would be another blue category. >> So then if we have the money and it's and it's a good fund, why do they consider that a
007high risk? >> Because we actually move the money. It it's >> it doesn't matter. >> They don't look at >> they just they don't look at your reasons. They just looked at this is what you did. Craig, has anybody from the public recently asked about this? No, no, I haven't had a single person ask. >> So then in the last two years, you moved money out of there because of major raises. >> I I moved the money out because we had more money in capital than than we needed. And by moving it into M, I use that money to fund raises and things like that. >> This year they're not getting a raise. >> No, they they they got it. It's It's not much of a raise. I mean, but the amount of money that
008we spent sent over, we moved over 180,000. It's that amount is like $20,000 more than we spent total with raises. >> Do they have like a formula that you're supposed to adhere to in order to stay out of the high-risk area so that you should have that number of dollars in capital? >> So, it's not exactly a formula. It's they don't want you moving the money. you. They give you the option, but they don't want you to use it. >> So, how much money are you supposed to have in capital every year? >> They want you to have 3% rolled over every year. >> Just like we're going to get to that. Those are C, you know, categories we're going to talk about here a little bit. All right. Is there any more about capital
009monies being moved into M? >> How common is that with other districts? highly analysis. Greg, one more question, please. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Is there an expectation that you should have? Is there an expectation that you should have that money in your M? You don't need money. Is there anything? >> So, within I'm I think I understand your question. I'm going to answer it and let me know if this actually is the answer that you were looking for. Within capital within M, they have an expectation that you carry over at least 3% each calendar year. >> Was that was that >> I think okay >> if not we can come back around to it. >> So when you look at the analysis though and they're saying the 5year average is.6%. Mhm. >> So they expecting
010it to be less than that. >> They want that number to be zero. >> Okay. >> They don't want you. >> The auditor general's office does not want you moving money from capital to M or M into capital. >> That average doesn't mean any >> it's two it's two out of five years. >> So am I able to ask the question? >> Yes, absolutely. So it's just so I'm understanding it's high risk because the auditor general does not want capital monies to be moved into ML interchangeably. It should not be >> correct. Even though we are given that opportunity and that option that you know when we create budgets now once once the adopted budget is done that's it. You can't move any more funds in between capital and so we have the proposed budget
011that we do in June where it'll have that money if we're moving that those funds between the two that'll be there and then if we keep it there for the adopted budget will be there. Once that's done it's done. It can't be. Good. >> All right. The next category is general operating fund reserves. So let's take a look at the data on that. So, it's showing that we have a negative balance within MO of the 1.3 million. Now, for those of you that have been here with us for a while, remember eight nine months ago, we talked about how the state or how the county had moved $2 million out of M and into capital. This is the effects of that happening. But when we talk >> usually >> it's it's generally positive as as
012long as your fund O1 which is your M your fund 610 which is capital your fund 10 which is um prop money or I'm sorry that's your prop 301 money and fund 20 are all you know as long as all those together have a positive balance you have a positive balance. So, right right now, we have like almost $3 million sitting in our capital account. I'm still working with the county to figure out how they would like for us to move some of those funds actually over into the M, but with the county's antiquated system and it just they're not really good at being able to do that trans. Now, they are supposedly going to the same finance system as we have, but the county level version of it. So once they have that fully
013integrated, you should be able to take those those that cash that's actually sitting in fund 610. >> The same language that you're speaking basically. >> Yes. >> All right. Any questions about the financial position within the general fund? Again, there's that analysis. And again, this is also going off of audited versus unodudited funds. So they're taking our audit from 2024 and comparing it to our annual financial report, the AFR 2025. >> So what's the other? >> Nothing. As long as all the funds are positive between those four funds creates a positive balance, they're fine. So general operating fund margin take a look at that data. So this is showing revenue coming in and expenditures. That's a negative number. >> That is a negative number. So if we come down here to see what the measure
014is actually telling me. So for those in the crowd, I go ahead and read this. This measure shows the percent of district general fund revenues not spent in the year received for each of the most recent two years. A district with below average below average operating reserves exposes itself to higher financial risk each time it spending exceeds its revenues. Okay. Now also remember that these are still measuring audited versus unodudited. So if any tax revenue had come in after we had submitted the AFR for the previous year, that number is going to change because what this is saying is that for all the tax revenue that we had received, we had only received like 3.5 3.9 million in tax revenue. >> And what should we have received? I mean, what's our normal >> our we
015should receive what we where where our budget amount is. So, we should have received like 5.6. >> So, someone could come in here and say, "Holy cow, you're $1.4 million off. Look at that." >> Yeah. It's not It's not the greatest of of metrics. the break. This >> this does not make sense because if they're wanting us to carry forward 3% of our budget >> and yet we're being >> don't don't take this as if we overexpended. >> We did not overexpend our budget. >> We just haven't been paid. >> We just haven't received the tax revenue that covered the expenses of our budget. So when when we submit when we sub yes so when we submit our budget it says that we we can we can spend 5.7 million out of our >> that's
016what we are expected to receive between state aid and tax revenue >> but since we still are giving tax revenue back to the state because our tax rate is below the minimum qualifying tax rate everything that we receive has to come into So if you've got if you've got somebody who owns a giant plot of land and they are on the I'm paying my property taxes every five years that affects your your revenues. So you're going to see so and again we're just using the five-year plan as an example because some some people pay every year some people don't. But once that year is closed, that tax revenue will roll into the following year. And so if he's like if somebody is five years behind in their tax revenue, these past four years are still
017going to show negative or you're going to see a giant bump in the revenues of the >> We're still going to get our money regardless. >> We're still going to get our money as x amount. Yes. We are if if it says we can spend 5.7 million, we can spend 5. >> And we can spend 5.3. >> Yes. >> So if you were looking at this for the year 2024, excluding 2025 hasn't occurred yet. We might be in the same position, the same ratio that we had more expenditures than revenue. >> No, because in 2024 we had more revenue than expenditures. But that was after all the revenue came in. >> That that is the audited statement. Okay. >> So that's what the auditors will come in. >> Okay. >> And actually audit. So once
01825 gets that audited and finalized. >> Okay. >> You'll see different pictures. >> So then where do they put this out there and like you know make it look >> deceiving, >> right? >> The last two are total junk. I can't >> and I think that's what when we talk to our auditors um to to them >> and then they have a totally different view on this on this report because they're actually auditing yearly finances. What are we doing? I will be doing it. They don't even >> No. >> Um >> they don't even look at this report. >> Just simple. It's not >> I think the term that he used was qualified information. >> It's it's not real time data because they're going back to an audited year versus the year before where they're
019here checking daily operations. >> Yes. But I could see, you know, because this is public information, >> you know, some public members person that they think they are >> and you would think, oh my god, this thing is too looked at. >> This is why we have this meeting to kind of put your minds at ease like we are still okay. Everything is still good. Um, since we were talking about the auditors, um, when they left here a few weeks back, they had us sitting at like five or six different bindings for the year. Um, none of them have to do with our finances. Um, one was a check was sent to the bank after 8 days versus within the seven days. So, there was that. It wasn't Jenna. I'm part of that process. So
020yes, it is part of part of um we had a student enrolled. They called in sick the first day so that their their dates on paper and their dates in the computer for enrollment didn't match. They were off by one day. So there was there was one student there. um the way we were counting half day absences and full day absences within the middle school there was one student who should have been a half day absence they were counted as full because they or they were counted as full should have been half what either way >> you so there was that so there really isn't the auditors are not concerned with our finances whatsoever And I think once once they are finally done, they should be done with it. Uh you should probably have your
021have it for the April meeting. Um but you're more than welcome. The profit loss statement will be in there. So you be more happy to take a look at that. Get some sleep at night. >> They generate an updated report once the auditor >> the auditor. No, >> no, this won't this won't update until this time next year. >> This sits out there even though the auditor has corrected these numbers. >> Yes. >> Does what they're doing is they're comparing your previously audited statements versus what's on your annual financial report because they don't have audited statements for this year to compare them to. They should just do it. >> This is worthless. >> All this what this does is it takes boards like yourselves and causes fear. >> Yes. >> So, how do you move
022from high-risisk to managed risk? >> Um, drop categories off of this. So right now out of the out of the 10 um metrics we are high risk in what six of them >> three four five >> do we have to do like mitigation steps root cause analysis? What do we have to do to make sure that we're at moderate risk instead of high risk as a district? >> So there there's a couple of things that we could do. Um, and let me let me go through these three because it might actually answer your question as I go through those. If not, we can come back to them. So, general fund change and balance. Here's the data again showing the cash on hand within the general fund. So, this is within ML. So the 24 audited
023statement showing 93,000 25 showing a negative 1.3 again comes back to that $2 million move and into capital. So if we're able to get that fixed with the county this this category would go away. The next one is general fund operating margin. Again going back to the figures of the revenues and the expenditures. So it's saying that we operated it at a negative or the 40 35%. Based on the fact that not all the revenue has been reported yet there are no audited statements showing how much revenue was actually received. The general fund operating reserve again this is this is all those those four funds that I had talked about and the cash balance on hand. So next category budget limit reserve capital budget. Um again showing that we had $42,000 left over within our
024capital budget. So we spent all but $42,000. They wanted that to be be more than that. >> That's the 3%. They want at least 3%. >> Which would be >> but see we're showing a history we're showing a history of it being low you know so we're spending our capital dollars and just and remember with this year only that 25 and 24 school year had funds that had move moved out of M or out capital and into M. So even in 23 when we didn't move any we ended the year with 56,000. 22 we ended with 40,000. 21 which was which was the the co years you know there wasn't a whole lot of capital expenditures going on. There wasn't a whole lot of furniture equipment a whole lot of plus repairs going on. So
025that's why you know a quarter of those funds were carried over to the next year. So those are carried over. So what's the is that the balance in the account? So that means that >> so that so so it's telling you so if we look at 2025 it says we have a budget 382,000 and we spent 339,000. So that gives us a carryover of 42127. Okay. So next year if our we're just going to use some some random numbers. So next year our budget is $400,000 in capital with the carryover. Our budget is now $442,127. So it just adds to the next year. >> Okay. I see. >> And Greg, this is where the transportation the bus is. >> Yes. This is where the bus leases are. >> So after again our last payment is
026going to be >> July. This July. >> This July. So then next year it's going to show >> but but this July budget it so that payment isn't coming out of this year money it comes out of next year's money. >> And if you remember in the years 22 23 we were when did we start the bus pieces? >> Five years. right about that. >> And prior to that, we were working on increased numbers, getting classroom desks, you know, getting rid of the old desk, getting the new ones in and all of that is capital furniture. >> There was also the the co um what's the word I'm looking for? Just trying to prevent CO from coming back. There's that. There were electrostatic machines to purchase and and the chemicals to put in it, things
027like that. >> When did this this report come out? >> January 23rd. >> Is that the one that they sent us? >> That's the one that they sent you all. Yes. I >> there's a lot of link. >> So, okay. So, your email is going to look like this. >> I sent it to you Friday. >> Okay. So, you click on the link >> and then in each area there's the analysis and the data for you to interpret. So if you look at the if you click on the first link it'll take you to the overview of all the all the high-risk and districts approaching high risk. The second link here the 26 results get you back to our district. Now in case you were wondering you can come up and change the district that
028you want to see. So, if you wanted to compare us to somebody else, you just open up another screen, put the two side by side. >> All right. So, one of the questions that we keep getting asked is how do we get more people or how do we get more money in our district? Well, when we look at the at this report, the change in student count, this is our student count. This is our weighted student count since 2022. If you go through this since 2022, we are short one student since 2022. So, we are not growing, we are not losing, we are a flat district but flat district. >> Yes. Yes. And this is what I shared with the staff in terms of a lot of the other schools have huge declining enrollment percentages
029and we don't our enrollment health. >> How many how many I say students have I mean I know they were pretty flat but I know that we come and go come all year long. >> I I don't think it's so much that students are are leaving and then coming back. I it's more of >> it's more of two kids withdraw one ent. >> Right. That's >> and then another one withdrawals and three more show up. >> Right. >> So it it's you know according to the numbers over the past five years >> we're only short of two. >> So I know when you hire new staff each hire costs a certain amount of money. Is that being a new student? >> Okay. So, here's how students work. If I have a student who's here between
030the first day and the 25th day, I get $5,113 to educate that student. And that's the baseline. Okay? This isn't with any add-ons or any transportation numbers or anything else. This is the base limit. I get $5,13 to educate that student. If a kid comes in between the 26th and the 5th day, I get $3,800 to educate that student. But that's >> Well, does it cost us more to have revolving student? I guess that's >> so I I think I I think I understand your question. So, yes, in a sense it does because if I have a student that was here on day one who's worth $5,113 towards the budget, okay, and he leaves, he or she leaves on day 40. Okay, so that's 500 $5,113 is no longer there. But that student that replaced
031him, I'm only getting $3,000. So, so we're losing $1,200 from that student. So it really depends on students when they enter students immediately. >> Did that >> we also sent you the financial the district. So that is explained further on the increases to the budget on just the students that enroll you get. >> So yeah so so the revolving board doesn't hurt us. The only answer to that is depends because it depends on when the student started. And when that new student is coming, so any student comes in after the 100th day is educated for you. We get they are a zero FTE as far as the states, >> but there's zero FTE, but they count on the data for the state assessment 100%. So they do look at one category of full academic year
032kids, but all the kids still count. So, it's not like we can say, "Well, we're going to just ignore the ones that came in after the 40th day or the 50th day." Um, because all the kids, regardless of whether we get funding or not for them, count in our data for points for >> which we get and when they leave, we don't have to pay it back. >> No, no. Right. So it's >> right with the child. >> Do we have any guess of how many kids are in charter schools or homeschool getting that 90 grand a year? >> Wasn't that like 78 kids that are in that homeschool charter? when I call the Puma County Superintendent Office at the beginning of the year for one of the um submissions I have to do. Um
033this year I think it was closer to 90 were homeschooled but that doesn't I look for a special ed population but that let's say 90 is what is reported to Puma County Superintendent that doesn't necessarily mean everybody. So, >> are those the ones that are getting like the 8,000 or so a year? >> It it could be some of them. >> It could be it could be that the families use the ESA funds, >> ESA. >> Um, it could be just homeschool families and they don't utilize those funds. Um, so there's another report that just came out that has some scatter plots that shows our enrollment trends and compares us to other schools and it's the same where we can click and see where what zip code is generating the most of our students and
034where they're going. So the majority of our open enrollment kids are coming from the district. So um I can show that at our next meeting. >> Is that because I don't read it as a smart. >> Yeah, it knows the district by zip code. I can send it to you, but there >> zip code isn't it overlaps, >> right? So, they have the zip codes and the number of kids from each zip code that generate our enrollment. So, it's it's pretty amazing report that they put together. So why do they get eight grand to be bought? >> They don't get eight grand. They get five whatever it is 5,000 if they're using ESA. They get half of the funds. >> Okay. >> So they get like 2500 and the district keeps the other half, >>
035right? >> Uh I've never seen anything about that ever getting extra money for kids in school. >> Not homeschooled, but the ESA funds they only take per ATM. They only take per head half to buy a TV. So, so then let's say if I had a kid and I wanted to get the ESA funds and take take them to let's say all of that money go right is that what you're asking >> I was thinking more home that way too I guess >> right but also remember this So the big word in the media is broad and everything else. >> It does not all go to a private school. Half of it stays. It's supposed to stay at the district which is what what I wondered. >> So because only 50% for ADM so for
036high schoolers it's like 16 15. It depends on what school district you're in. So for veil for sawita for I don't know what it would be but it's about 14 to 16,000 but they only give half of it. They only So where does the other half go? >> Doesn't come here because ours is based solely off of our ADM. I know there's been a lot of changes with ESA over the last four or five years. Um, even for students with disabilities, which is how it originally started. Um, they're getting a little more selective and there's more barriers that parents need to kind of navigate through. that doesn't necessarily fall on us, but >> So, not only can they get that money to go to private school, they can also get more than $400. That's what
037>> it's a lot. It is a lot. I want to say private schools, it's >> more than tax credit here. It is >> back to this report, this highrisisk report >> and this is the public has access to this report. >> How many other districts are comparable to us? We have six high-risk categories. How many other schools in the state of Arizona are in that same six? >> It says that too. So the district doesn't get extra money, it gets nice steep. >> So Serena's got nothing. >> But Serita also, if you want to take a look at their student count, >> they're down 200 kids over five years. Then you can see that they also within their M budget carried over almost $20 million within their M budget. >> When I'm thinking the whole
038state look at all the school districts in the state, >> how many are with six high risk categories? >> So So remember the overview. >> So these are the current districts that are already listed. >> We're not in this one and we're not on the one below it where we're approaching. Okay. >> So if you wanted to look at say Fountain Hills >> uh because they are down 300 kids over the last five years. They only carried over $980,000 capital budget carried over. >> Well, they've got Yeah, they're not >> district hills. >> And this is one of the districts that are actually showing up as high risk or moving into high risk. So they're >> they're read in four categories. >> So how are we how are we in five and we're not approaching
039what they are? >> I know. >> No, really. >> Honestly, I think it's because we are close enough to where we need to be that we are not considered a hybrid. So I have a quick question and I don't know a lot about any of this stuff honestly but you said that you get this every year. >> Yes. >> So how does this year's compared to last year's last January? Were we in the same amount of high-risisk areas >> or is that a trend last year? >> The same. Okay. So this is in the public. So if we were to be questioned about this from someone in the public, what should our response be? This is before we were audited >> and completely paid and completely paid. >> But it's also um you can also
040remind them that we're audited every year with specific checks and balances in every department in terms of finance, HR, registration, transportation, food service, like all those areas are audited annually and our audits are healthy and look good. So this is an average. So if you have something happen in one year, like when we ended up transferring funds, we knew it was going to look like this for the next two or three years till the average of the five years averages out. >> So about the transfer funds. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> So you asked about TUSD. Here's the big thing. They're down 4,800 students. 4,200 students. They're opening enrolling to other school districts. >> That's >> I mean that would be my guess. question. >> So, Alter Valley, >> they're down 125 kids over five
041years. >> Right. So that's why you know that our enrollment is stable. We're not using 100 kids. And I'll turn to ours >> elementary or >> elementary. Which was this one? >> Elementary. >> They're their own, but they're in a lot of trouble. Can we go back to Michelle's question? I'm sorry. >> Is if somebody asks, which is possible, >> what's the best politically right way to answer it because the numbers are the best way to answer this would be with the auditor general's report. You're comparing audited statements versus unudited statements. So you're looking at two different snapshots of time. So you're looking, you know, statements that are already been looked at over by an auditor and then items that haven't even been looked at or checked over by an auditor. So you're looking at
042two different You're looking at two different Yeah. moments in time. >> Correct. by the time this comes out, you know, tax revenue hasn't been totally um dispersed. >> So, they're they they're they're looking at the audited or their unodit. >> So, when they're when they're trying to do their comparison, they they would like to do it audited versus audited. >> Okay. But audits aren't due to the state until March 31st. >> Okay. So when they send this out in January, they're jumping the gun >> because they also they so they call us >> um throughout the throughout the year because there's the other auditor general's report where they the district spending report where it shows you the different categories and how much percentage we're spending in each category. So they call us up all the
043time saying, "Hey, you've got this versus this the previous year. Is this correct?" you know, so they're constantly looking over those, but again, it's they're looking at stuff based off the annual financial report, which is where this is coming from versus the audit statement that we've already sent. >> It seems like a waste of money. It seems they should do it again. >> Why should they now spend money for everyone? >> So, and going to your question, Mrs. with us. There is a finance a financial risk action plan template >> within this auditor general report that we can use to analyze which we will do to look at every area that we're high risk to look at what can we do. >> That's what I wanted to know be a risk analysis how can we
044move into moderate instead of high risk. >> So there's an action plan template that will let us look at okay so we can project. So another thing that we look at when we talk about being one school, one district, if let's say we lost kids to justify losing a teacher and we're one school, one district, and teachers have signed their contracts. We have a similar situation right now with first grade with low numbers with four teachers in a class where we could have operated with three teachers in first grade but teachers already had their contracts and we so if we don't make changes or that's when we talk retire or people leave can we absorb that teacher somewhere else because in larger districts if you have low enrollment and you um you can move a
045teacher to a school that happens to have more third graders than they expected, but you have a district and you can make that, you know, go by seniority or looking at need, you can move them somewhere else. In our case, you know, if we don't have the numbers when school starts and we're fully staffed, we don't have a place to send teachers when we're underenrolled. And that's why it we're we're blessed and lucky that we have kept our enrollment stable enough to not be in a position where we would really be considered a high-risisk district. And some of the districts that are in receiverhip are because they should have closed schools. They should have downsized and they didn't. like TUSD has schools right now that have 200 kids K5 >> and those schools should have
046been closing and they should have been absorbing the kids in other neighboring schools. So that's why we hadn't stated a couple years ago that after the July 15th hire, after July 1st, because then after if you're hired after July 1st, you're considered a temporary terminal or uh what do you call that Christina? >> Um so that it's like nonrenewal. We have to repost the position. So if you're hired after July 1st, you have to reapply for your job the following year. And we do that for that purpose because if we don't have the right, if our enrollment drops between now and May, we have to really look at our budget and our teachers that have were hired after July 1st will not receive contracts right away, right? And a and oftent times if we're going
047to hire new teachers, we still hold off and try to wait till after July 1st for that reason because we would have nowhere to send them. And to answer your question also, Mrs. Lewis is if anybody says anything, you can say we are not among we are not among the highest risk districts, right? Even because you have your high risk and you have your approaching and we're we're not we're not in the approaching category are >> no. No. >> Right. >> So here are the school districts again that are in the approaching. >> Do we get penalized in any way by the state for being in this situation? >> No. The only time you're going to get penalized by the state is if you go into receiverhip and that's when the states going to come
048in. They're going to require the entire business officer, require the superintendent and the states. >> But this is where when you look at Round Valley approaching high risk since January of 2025. So that's where I mean we don't want to be there. We don't want to be on the list at all in districts approaching high risk. So that's why we have these conversations and we're looking at so we can make sure that we understand the why we're in this situation. We understand what we spent two years ago on what we moved and how that was going to affect this report. But we had to do it or we wouldn't have been able to have aotted raises that we gave. And it's just it's frustrating because the funds are there yet it's it's a it's doable
049and allowable to move funds but then you get dates for due. So >> hey Greg I got a question. So um my daughter's high school they are closing a lot of the theater schools and they're not on this list. So when they're are they closing them before because they know they're going to be >> Yes. Yes. You know, but if you take a look at like, you know, this is Round Valley who's approaching and they have been for over a year. Round Valley's got a high school, a middle school, and an elementary school. They don't have anything else like those three. And they are in a small mountain community up in um Springerville. There's not a whole lot of industry in there. So, there's not a whole lot of people coming in. So, >> it's
050the people who have always lived in Springerville that are >> keeping the school alive. >> Yeah, they're still down 225 kids. But I think the big thing here is when you look at the analysis, look at the big numbers. 14% over four years, 62% over four years, 60% over four years. >> They don't really close. They don't have anything consolidating consolidating a middle school with an elementary, >> but their elementary school really isn't all that big. It's not a big school. >> Yeah. So, it would have to be taking um sixth and seventh graders and putting them at the elementary and putting eighth grade in the high school. >> So, than taking over his school. There are really no penalties applied if you're in high risk area. >> Correct. So since we're kind of coming
051to an end of this finance related question, the override >> I asked when I was at that workshop in Flagstaff or they asked and there was only two districts that raised their hand said is that not common or just the crowd that I was with. The thing about overrides is, you know, a lot of districts have a history of not being able to pass them. So, they no longer can spend the money to go out for when I was up north, uh, Snowflake Unified, they hadn't passed an override in over 20 years. So, they weren't even they hadn't even tried. So what do you think the percent 10% >> maybe 20 25%. I think what you're seeing more easily pass or bond issues over over >> yes you can you can physically touch you know
052new computers new technology new buses. >> Anybody else? Yes, ma'am. >> We're going to be looking at the uh recommendations and how you can correct some of these areas. Will we talk about that again study session? >> Yes. And we can we'll do them and then we can have another study session with the planning action plan. Okay. >> So that you can see it also. So, Greg, just thinking about receiving the money for the um the free port grant for $75,000. Okay. So, that money is going to free up capital expenses for us because we journal entry, all of our instructional, our tech, our programs, our Chromebooks, all that. So, that's going to save us $75,000. >> Yeah. So that money if we do not spend it that is going to help us with our
053carrying forward in capital. >> Yes. >> Right. But if we need >> but you also got to remember though then we've got you know $30,000 that we have to spend for new computers >> because we need to redo a whole break. >> Right. >> And that's going to be an expense we're going to have what every year Joe >> but that's where we're soliciting grant funds. Right. Right. >> So that it doesn't come out of district funding. So the court grant is for the renewal of um Chromebooks coming in for >> Yes. This last one was $22,000 worth Chromebooks. >> So like I mentioned to staff, it's like a shell game. And where are our funds, our pockets of funds that we can kind of be creative with in order to free up funding for
054capital expenses so that then we can truly carry forward the 3% that the auditor general expect us to to carry forward. So at the end of the day, the ESA money is it called that ESA money is current. >> Look at it like look at it like this. When they came out with the ESA program, they expected to spend what was it? $600 million on it. >> And now and they were overbudget by twice of what they actually budgeted. >> They came in. >> Because home school has been around forever. Yes. >> But now you start the money that private school charter schools >> and also look at it like that's $1.2 billion that didn't build the public education. >> But they didn't really cut. We just got cut in pension. >> Yes. Will there
055be more emphasis on managing and controlling and and auditing how that ESA money is spent by the individuals because right now my understanding is there's nothing >> I know that there has been a crackdown within ESA's expenditures. Um you know with all the fraud cases that were going on in Minnesota and everything else they were looking at ESA expenditures. You know, they found a family had taken their ASA money and used it for a vacation trip to Hawaii so they could learn about volcanoes. >> Yeah. So with that, we'll take a recess until 6. >> Questions. Good. Thank you. a little bit. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> That was very informative. I love a lot. I'll stick with what I do though. >> Sure. You don't want to switch. >> Should we bring the
056other chairs in from the conference room? >> Sorry. You want to move this row down here. I was going to move these down. >> I don't know. That's >> mom. You want to go get some cookies? And there's also get one. I can't. >> Yes. Continental one. So um I think it's her seat and Ruth and Steve because Andrew and I were together. >> Yes, you are. >> So, Andrew and I are together. >> So, there'll be three seats. I can't >> No, I you know I just retired and I love I love baseball. >> Yeah. So many years. >> Oh yes, I saw. Yeah, I know. That's what I need. Like I said, I'm I'm excited. I'm going to still get That's why I wanted to come. Yeah, I know. What is a big
057deal? >> You've got all that. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Uhhuh. Did everybody get their certificate? >> Yes. Come up and get your certificate if you haven't yet. Okay. >> How's everybody doing? Did everybody get cookies? >> Yes. >> Hey, help yourselves and make sure you check in over there with Mrs. Webas and Ma. Okay. >> Thank you. I Well, I know. Nothing crazy. What are you doing? So, when everybody's called up, you're going to line up Um, it'll start with preschool and go up to middle school. So, we'll be one of the last and then you just wait your turn and you just walk in and then this is Mr. Read this and take a picture. Then you can go sit back down and then we take a big group picture. We tell
058you what to do. Okay. >> A little bit. And then um there's a shirt for you. But if you need a different >> size I I'm kind of early. Yeah. Original. Put the suit on. I'm just glad tour. Okay. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right, welcome everybody to the governing board meeting for February the 10th. We believe that's February. So, we've already started the meeting earlier with a study session over some budget stuff and then it was a good time you guys and staff. So, we've already done our pledge of allegiance um roll call and just overall stuff that you guys probably don't care about. So, with that, we will pick up to approve minutes from our last meeting on January 13th. I move to approve the minutes from our January 13th meeting. >> I'll
059second. >> Yes. >> Miss Peters. >> Yes. >> M. >> Yes. Mr. Ashley. >> Yes. >> And >> thank you for calling. >> We will move into the superintendent presentation which is done playing with Good evening, President Oy, members of the board, our wonderful chairs, and our amazing student leaders. Thank you for being here today. Just a few exciting things to present to you. Just a reminder, our mission and our vision is there for you. And as you know, all of our decisions are based on our mission statement and our vision statement. Building for the future, learning, cooperating, and caring. Last month was governing board appreciation month. So, I hope our amazing board members did have a good month and I know we highlighted them on our website and we just really want our board
060members to know that we appreciate their support for for us at our school. We had our foundation. Did anybody in the audience get to our sweetheart gaya on Saturday? Okay. Yes. Nice. Yes. Okay. So, an extra spe special shout out to our foundation board members and all who helped make our sweetheart data a huge success. It was a beautiful day um with so many amazing and dedicated community supporters, staff and students that have listed there, our board members. And you'll see that um our officers and our board members, we have um Mr. Oernardi and Mrs. Alaras. They're board members, but they're also part of our foundation board. And um Miss Laura Peters used to be on the foundation board and then she became a board member and uh so then we had to only have
061two board members for in order to not violate opening law. So, um, and what's nice is some of our parents have started out as parent advisory parents and then they move into the role of helping with the foundation. Um, so we're always looking for new members. So, if anybody wants to become a part of our foundation board, please let me know. You can reach out to Jenna or you can talk to Mr. Ost and Mrs. some ideas um because we really um want to continue to have parental involvement in the decisions that we're making for our school. Just a few highlighted pictures. There's Miss Bonnie Clar. You see her there on the left with the sight and auction donor Trudy Baker and Trudy um what donated so many beautiful jewelry pieces. And as I was
062looking at the sight auction items, I said, "Who is Trudy Baker? If you see her, I need to meet her." So, I was able to meet her and thank her and just amazing support that people who support that mental that we don't even know are. Um, and she actually met a woman from the AAW women's group who helped fund our Chromebooks for our second graders two years ago and she had met her at the pool in um where they live and she talked about our school and that's why she has become a donor for us auction. >> Yes. You can see there our jazz band students, our amazing folks that um we're helping also sell raffle tickets. >> So, I'd like for you to mark your calendars for Jazz in the Desert. Our jazz band
063will be performing at Jazz in the Desert at the matinea. Tickets are $10 and it's Saturday, March 7th. And um you see a via Rotary definitely supports our school and you can see the big checks that Mrs. Guas and I have received. One of them was for um our mural project, our bottle cap mural project that we're doing, a plastic cap. Another one was for the books. They gave us $500 to order books on peace and kindness. Um that Rotarians are coming in this week and next week to bring to our students for love of reading week. So um and they also supported our be kind initiative. So we're just very happy with our best support Rotary. Our leader in me symposium Mrs. of us is going to speak a little bit about it um
064in her presentation, but I just wanted to highlight our amazing team of staff members who went with us. There on the right, we we were able to take a picture with um Sean Cubby himself. um his dad was um Franklin CVY who started the CVY Institute >> and uh so we were we reallyworked and learned a lot in order to improve our leader in me endeavors at our school and when you look at research and studies on leadership matters to business they um spoke about the leadership gap in the workforce. So 74% of hiring managers are concerned about interpersonal skills that people have in the workforce. 65% of the Gen Z grads feel say that they don't feel ready to go into the workforce. So part of leader in me is really emphasizing that there's
065leadership and genius in everyone. And I have even started talking to the kids after school at dismissal time when the middle school kids are coming out and I tell them, "Thank you for being leaders in our school. Thank you for walking. Thank you for being leaders." Right, Janice? And the kids are, "Oh, you're welcome, miss. Okay, thanks." You know, so I think that it's common language and we need to just spread the word that everybody in the school is a leader in one shape or or form. Um, and this was another highlight. Where are our quotes now? So, we always talk about where what our students are doing and how well did we prepare them for high school and college. So, Kaden House, his mom is Mrs. House. She's one of our fourth grade teachers.
066And Lewis Harley, who is another student, you see the little arrows there. Um, but they helped Waldenber team place second at the academic regionals. Um, Aiden House earned six medals and Lewis Harvey earned 11 and Aiden was also awarded for his outstanding essay. So when we talk about full continental students going out and being prepared, we're super proud of them. Um also um Kaden, yeah, we're thankful for the teachers, but also Cadence um NurC marksmanship team also took second in states. So, our kids are leaders. We They are leaders when they go into high school and they're we have a lot of students who are doing great in the um adult workforce as well. And so, we're very proud of our goals. So, with that, um we'd like to thank you all and have a
067happy Valentine's Day. As you know, we're working hard to write the the future and continue to grow leaders at our schools. Thank you. Well, thank you for getting you guys. So, actually just want to thank a handful of people that gave some out of cycle donations, if you will, ranging from art supplies to nursing supplies to dollars to help prepaid lunches and also stuffed animals for the Col. So, it's always cool. And with that, we'll hand it over to our principal, Miss Grace. All right. So, welcome everybody. My principal's report tonight is going over our district data. We just have district benchmark testing. Maps testing. How many of you took the max test? >> Right. So, our middle of your student benchmark standings. I want you to keep in mind that about six I was
068gonna say six seven years ago uh we were our standings for the middle of the year were around the 30th and 49th percentile. So our student leaders have been working very hard with the extreme help of their teachers and all of our support staff. So if you look for mathematics K through 8, kindergarten is in the 69th percentile. That's amazing for middle of the year already in regards to where they should be at nationwide. 55th first graders, you can see in second, 74th percentile in third grade for middle of the year, 51st and fourth, 62nd and fifth, 47th and six, 63rd and 7th and 72nd percentile in eighth grade. So, we're really celebrating our Colts and the amazing work that they're doing districtwide with mathematics. Overall, all the grades, the overall percentile, the 61st percentile
069as a school for mathematics to date. That's really, really great. So, we're very excited and proud of the work that you're doing, all of the studying you do at home, all of the work your parents do with you with that hard homework. Parents, how many of you get stumped with some of that math homework? >> So, thank you for all of all of the support that you've been giving our school. And we'll move on now to you, we're in that same range. There's nothing below 50%. Kindergarten 64, first grade 57, second grade 58. We're in the 60th percentile for 35th and 55th for sixth, 60th and seventh and 59th for 8th. during our during the time where we were going through a lot of with the co in in six years about six years ago
070there was a gap when we did see and it wasn't so we're really excited to see that we're not in the 40th or in the little 50s we're where we need to be but we're also going back if you walk our campus and you visit your children's pod you're going to see it's going to say wo but it means wildly important goals and that is also part of our leader program. So, we're talking about that more across the campus of our students making those wid goals, but our schoolw goals have to revolve around reading. So, a lot of our students were trying to tip those scales for winter benchmark and we saw really great growth schoolwise in reading. Reading is so important in literacy. We have a reading week, but it's so important because it
071is a part of all the subject areas. If our kids are strong in reading, it's going to really help them with social studies with mathematics, with science, and so forth. An overall percentile for all of our grades in the 60th percentile. We were almost right there into the green, but we're really happy and proud of our students and we're working with those reading interventions across our campus. Language usage ties into reading. This is conventions of writing. So, our students will get some sentences. our primary students will get on the test. It might read to them and say, you know, is this a question? What should go at the end of the sentence? But this has to do with writing. So our students, as you can see, they're all in the green. And we test this
072starting in second grade. So we're really proud of where our kids are at. This is really amazing. Could you go back? >> Yeah. I just wanted to see that again. So Mrs. Yeah, today when I was reading for the fifth grade students, I explained to them we're going to do a little poetry writing contest for them to write poems about peace and kindness and the Rotary peace committee is going to read them and we're going to give you prizes. And one little girl says, "What if I want to write a five to 10 page essay instead of a poem?" I said, "However you want to express yourself is fine with me." So she's like, "Okay." But that ties into writing under competence. So >> yes, >> and language usage all grades were in the 65th
073percentile. And for science, we start testing science in grades third through 8th. The state tests our students in fifth grade and eighth grade. Also in high school, I believe it's 12th grade. But um it's when they get tested in fifth grade for science through the state testing. It's called a sign. And you'll start seeing that in our weekly family. They are being tested on science standards that have been taught in third, fourth, and in their fifth grade. And when they're tested as eighth graders, it's the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade standards they're being tested on. So for science, we're doing pretty good. Third grade 67 percentile, 62nd for fourth, almost 60th, 58th, for fifth, 53rd, and sixth, >> 64th, and seventh. and eighth grade who is going to be taking that state test is already
074in the 70th percentile for science. So we're doing really good continental very very good and the overall percentile for science is the 62nd percentile. We are almost about finished the hard work of Mrs. Lena Zel who's our English language teacher and coordinator and she's also the Azala district coordinator. Azella stands for Arizona English language learner assessment and that testing is almost over well she's pretty much done with testing but the window closes March 13th in case there's any students that have have to continue testing because they were absent but she we would really like to think this is able it's really rolling in hard work to do these state tests it's about two whole days and I'm not joking just for her herself to do all of the online training she has to do and
075then for those that are helping proctor they also have to do online trainings myself and Mr. relate how to do online training. So I'm some of you may be familiar with all thoseella training and she is doing a phenomenal job so organized and our students have been you know doing their best it can be very grueling state testing and our our kids are really showing what they know and how far they've come. Results will be available late May early June. So if you have students that are doing the Azela testing you will be getting those results again late May or early June. our Arizona Educational Foundation. So, here's some updates. We did the A+ application. And I just wanted to talk a little bit about students taking the lead. Our students here practiced with a
076few parents that pretended that they were new families coming to the district. And they only practiced twice. They were super nervous. And these are students from elementary all the way through 8th grade. The A+ walkthrough is judges through Arizona Education Foundation. And if you hadn't heard, we were chosen for that A+ walkthrough um based off of the application. But the application is everything that we are here at. So it talked about all of the things that we do here as a community, as a staff, as family, as and and as our students. So they ended up giving an hour tour. We were we weren't allowed to be with the students. They were with six judges and they were so proud. And I'm going to tell you, they walked after they took this picture. We were
077sending them off. They were standing right down that hallway and this young man stands up and he or walks up to them and they're walking out for their tour and he says to them, "Welcome to Continental. This is one of the I'm never going to forget." He's like, "This is one of the best places you're ever going to ever going to be." And then they started to introduce Olivia's like we're going to introduce ourselves to you. They all started to introduce themselves and then they the young man said I just want to tell you right now that at this school we are we are allowed to be leaders. So we're going to lead you through our campus and they have been so perfect. So I had to walk I like snuck away cuz I started
078to get misty. like in the front office was like yeah that is amazing I to hear the students take that lead. So we did start training many of our students here so that when we have new colts that joining us you all can start we're going to start a system where you can start being part of that process to be giving tours to our students and helping them around our campus. We want to really pass on that tour for you to take. We were so excited they gave an hour tour. We had six judges here for two days and they met with they walked through all classes. They were in many of the classes. Many some countless of our teachers said they had four judges in their classes for 30 minutes at a time. So
079they were sitting in their classrooms and giving feedback to them, giving little notes. They also interviewed community members, our classified staff and our certified staff. And regardless of what happens, we are very proud and we have pride and it's a testament to you to the beautiful work you do with your children at home and that you send them to us and entrust entrust them to us every single day. And with leader in me, we really do want to promote it even more because leader in me is a program where we come together more as a community and do more things together. So, please be on the lookout for that. And you might be getting some phone calls from me for you to come and help us with with certain things because we really we really
080want to do more here than we normally see happening at other schools. We will know if we get an A+ if we're going to be deemed an A+ based off of what they saw the week of February 17th. So, we will keep and around campus awards assembly. We had so many awards to celebrate, so much growth from our students. It was attendance, it was excel, it was high honor role in honorable. And we just had last week we had Miss Leanne and Miss um Lum there. Miss Lum became a parent here and Miss Leanne is a community member from around our community and she has mini goats. So she brought this has become an annual tradition where the mini goats come. They get to teach the students prek through third grade about our mini goat
081and um we had a really great time and we believe it or not had our 100th day of school celebration as well. So 100 days of learning and you all are doing amazing. So keep up the great work and as superintendent Rico mentioned on behalf of all of us here and I know some of you many of you sit on the foundation really like to thank you for your continued support your dedication and everything that you do each and every day for us. You show up and that means the world to us. you're always there and we want to thank you and want to thank those of you who are going to make it to the Gila and I'm so excited for next year because I want to see all of you out there with
082us. It's a really fun evening celebrating teachers supporting the foundation. All of the monies that are collected are are raised go straight back here to the school. So if you see the musical playground, the artist and residency dances that happen, u there's so much that our foundation does. All of these art pieces are made by students and you see these little plaques that are next to them. You can give $25 so your name goes next to the to see the clock. So, it's just a really great night to come together as a whole family. And every year we have some of our foundation members who come and create these art pieces. So, when you walk out tonight, you're going to see a piece pole that was created in a bench. You'll see artwork all around
083our campus that's created every year and displayed at at the Gila. Our students worked on this to make these beautiful pieces and we're very very proud of them. And I just wanted to say with leader and me we went to a training superintendent before I day one and it was called teacher believed in me. And all of you sitting here right now, just take 5 seconds to think of a teacher that impacted your life positively. And then think of a teacher who you're never going to forget because of how they might have made you feel in a negative way. And what we really learned about is how important it is for us to really show our students that we do believe in them. It's really important that you know how much we believe in you
084as your teachers and your staff because you are why we're here and this leader in me training is amazing. We believe in me program. So we really are going to be making as I said more opportunities for us to come together and and do things around our campus as a team. And then I also want to thank how many of you parents were able to make it to the boots and bows dance. I just want to say it was the biggest I've seen. Every year it gets bigger and bigger, but to see all of the and you can't even see it here. I tried to take it was a packed house and there were parents dancing everywhere with their children. It was amazing to walk in and see that. So, thank you for coming out
085and making these nights so special because these are memories that are going to last a lifetime. I think that might be Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Anyways, with that, it is cold time. >> So, we are going to call you up. Please bring your certificates. We're going to line you up. preschool all the way through middle school. So if you're getting if you're close to the month, bring your certificate up and then so don't be shy to come up now. We're going to line you up. Parents and family, thank you for being here for this special occasion. Take the pictures, all the pictures that you want. to move around to take them and then you can join your child at the back to pick out graders. Okay, middle schoolers are going to be on
086the other side. Do I have any kindergarters? >> Fourth. Okay. And this is also being live streamed. So if you have any family members that weren't able to make it, you can go back and watch. All right. So we're going to have you come up here. You'll say your name. All right. So, Carlos's teacher writes, "Carlos is quiet and attentive in class. He's always happy to complete his assignments. He shows responsibility by turning in his homework. He is never tardy and stays on task. He keeps himself and his peers safe by following all of the safety rules. Carlos is very nice to his friends. He is also kind to me by listening when I am teaching. Carlos loves coming to school and I love being his teacher. Congratulations Carlos from Mrs. Gracia. Casey's teacher writes,
087"Casey is cult of the month for January. He came into the new year with curiosity and excitement. He is not only kind and caring, he loves his little sister. When working on projects, he is always thinking of his little sister and what she might like. He is helpful in the classroom. He is in charge of his learning and takes pride in his accomplishments. He is responsible and has grown by leaps and bounds this year. Casey, keep up the great work and keep on shining bright. Congratulations, Miss Manis. >> Natalie, >> congratulations, Natalie. I chose this student because she has become a fabulous first grader. Natalie uses kind and respectful words with classmates, teachers, and staff every day. She uses class supplies, and school equipment safely. Natalie is responsible because she completes her assignments on time,
088and she has a terrific attitude towards learning. Keep up the good work. Congratulations, Natalie, for Mrs. Rodriguez. Maddie is my cult of the month nominee because not only is she kind, safe, and responsible, she's a wonderful student in classmate. Maddie comes to school every day, willing and ready to learn. She recognizes when others need help or support, and she is always willing to help them. She is a joy to have in class. Congratulations, Maddie. Mrs. Higetta. >> Axel has shown so much growth this year, and I'm incredibly proud of him. He works hard every day and continues to challenge himself to do his best. Seeing how much Axel has learned and matured throughout the year has been truly amazing. His effort and determination do not go unnoticed, and he should be very proud of himself.
089Keep up the great work, Axel. We are proud of you. Congratulations, Miss Janette. >> Faith is an excellent example of a cold. She always has a positive attitude, always is. She's always ready for school, has a great giving heart to classmates, and works so hard in the classroom. Her leadership skills and confidence have grown so much, and she stands out like a bright star. Faith, continue working hard. Find your talent and you will do great in all you put your mind and heart to. Congratulations, Faith. Miss Diaz. Pablo is not only kind, safe, and responsible, but he also has great empathy for his peers. He is always willing to help without being prompted, and he embodies what kindness should be. He has also grown so much academically. His hard work is paying off. Great job,
090Pablo. You should be very proud of your accomplishments. Congratulations, Pablo, from Miss House. Laya is an excellent choice for cult of the month because she consistently demonstrates kindness, responsibility, and genuine care for others. She is always willing to assist her classmates, particularly during reading activities, and frequently volunteers to support students who need additional help. Laya has a natural instinct for recognizing when someone may need a friend, and she thoughtfully seeks out those students to offer kindness and inclusion. She speaks to others with encouragement and respect and truly recognizes the unique value in every individual. Laya is an invaluable member of our classroom and I greatly appreciate the support she provides each day. Her character, compassion, and willingness to help others make her a strong role model. Congratulations, Laya. I hope you know just how special
091you are. You amaze me every day with your poise, grace, and love towards others. Mrs. FLOWERS >> GRACE, thank you for being such a positive influence in our class. Your amazing attitude every day helps everyone, including me. Your kindness towards your peers never disappoints. Everyone knows they can count on you if they ever need help. Or I know you're watching. Congratulations, Grace. Mrs. Montoya. >> Hello. My name is Janice. >> Janice is just an unbelievable cult. She's one of the kindest students we have on our campus to all staff and students. She always follows the rules and is an extremely responsible student, especially concerning her studies. Janice always has a smile on her face and is a joy a joy to have in class. We are so proud of Janice for her hard work she's
092shown this year. It's important to note she earns excellent marks even while doing seventh grade math as a sixth grader. Way to go, Janice. Keep up the excellent work. And Janice was nominated by the middle school teachers. CONGRATULATIONS. >> HELLO. I'm Owen. >> Owen is an allaround wonderful person. He is kind to those around him and gets along well with his classmates. He's responsible with his schoolwork, always being on time, and earning good grades. We are lucky to have such an amazing student like Owen in our school. Congratulations, Owen, and you were nominated by the middle school team. Hi. >> Ian consistently demonstrates kindness and helpfulness toward peers and is always willing to try new things, especially trying cross country this year. He is a dedicated hard worker who puts forth his best effort each
093day. When faced with challenges or moments of frustration, he shows growth by finding positive ways to problem solve and persevere. His determination, teamwork, and positive attitude make him a wonderful role model and a welldeserving colt of the month. Congratulations, Ian, who was also nominated by the middle school teachers. As the middle school team, we would like to nominate Malachi for Colt of the Month. He consistently demonstrates kindness, safety, and responsibility each day at school. He works hard, takes pride in his learning, and is responsible with his schoolwork. That's true from Cena. Malachi, your positive attitude, thoughtful choices, and strong character make you a role model for others, and that has a positive impact across our campus. Congratulations on your nomination, and keep being awesome and doing great things. We are so proud of you, middle
094school teachers. Normally we would have at this point in time we would also celebrate our golden horseshoes uh which are our staff members but both of them were very sad that unfortunately they had some things they had to do with their children and families tonight. They weren't able to make it but our classified staff member is our safe clerk and she also helps and works in the preschool and helps us in the front office. Her name is Monica Padron and our certified staff member was Mrs. Valeria Navaro from second grade. So we will be celebrating them. Have all of our quilt of the month students come up for a group picture. Parents, you may take a picture with them as well. And congratulations once more to all of you. On the count of three, say
095cold. One, two, three. You can be louder than that. >> You say, you say >> rock. >> Okay, now you can go. >> Well, thank you everyone. One of these days we're going to get the hidden camera because the the smiles on the parents and family members are congratulations you all. We've got some more paperwork and stuff to do. You're welcome to stay or feel free to take a cookie and go home. We'll take a couple more right now. Really good. I'm so excited. >> All right, guys. We'll reconvene. Anybody here? So that takes us to our consent agenda. Is there any discussion before we motion and all that stuff on the consent agenda? I think the big news in there is uh unfortunately the Curtises are retiring >> you know if you can't get
096it you know I read a thing >> something about you know you got your money you're buying time instead of saving money kind of reverses itself to some extent can't help spend Okay. >> Yes. >> Miss Peters. >> Yes. M. >> Yes. >> The new business is to approve the uh fiscal year 2026 soul source. >> So before you is our updated soul source procurement list. Um, one of the things that we did learn in our most recent audit is they updated how they want this to to actually look. Um, so one of the things that they added was the estimated annual expenditures. So what we use for those is we just use previous year expenditures. Show you this. Um, soul source procurement is that we are only purchasing from this one vendor for this
097specific item. either because a that vendor is the only one in a reasonable area or two because we already have something that is proprietary and we need to continue purchase from the vendor. So we got this here brief tonight for your approval. >> I'll move that we approve the soul source. >> Mrs. >> Yes. Miss Peters. Yes. Mrs. A. Yes. Mr. Austin. Yes. Next action item is to uh issue the purchase order for to resurface the playground service of the preschool. Before we go, is that a No, it's not. It's a regular. >> Is that a request for that dollar amount? >> Yes. >> Is that the dollar amount we're going to >> That is the dollar amount that we're so please. So over within the free school playground the um the surfacing is falling
098below the u the curb level. So that means that the ground underneath it is shifted. So we need to actually pull that out and resurface those areas. In order to do that it's going to cost $21,537.89 which will be paid for out of preschool. >> They don't even have a PO yet. >> Well, we wait till spring break or >> um we will make sure that there's minimal impact as possible. I will >> to approve this order for Robertson Recreational Services. I'll second it. >> M. Yes. Peters. Yes. Mad. Yes. Mr. Australia. >> Yes. and we had a bigger purchase order to uh replace a HBAC for >> I wanted to start small and work my way up with this one. >> Um so tonight we're asking for your authorization to issue a purchase order
099to mechanical for $112,69620. This is to replace the HVAC unit that controls as you walk in the middle school that hallway that included Mr. Boys, Mr. Vance. So, we're looking for your approval for that. And this is an SFB funded. >> So, when did you first >> for this one? About a year ago. I'll make a motion to approve the new HD unit. Go ahead. >> Mr. Lewis, >> Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Austin. >> Yes. Policy services advisory number one. >> These are all first reads. So again question out. >> All right. All right. So, for the parts you all been waiting for, >> if you scroll on down the step and right there, as you can see within our 100,000s, we are still well within our budgeted budget capacity. Um, there's still 144,000 sitting
100there for salaries, 236,000 benefits. Uh, scroll down a little bit further. As you can see, we have zero negative numbers. So everything is still within our pleasure capacity. So I bring you this nine for your approval. >> I'll make a motion to approve the district financial reported. >> Mrs. Lewis, >> yes. >> Miss Peters, >> yes. Miss >> and there's a couple events. So, foundation meeting next Monday, some wrestling, soccer, math and science night. We usually get a pretty break and uh some of y'all have already done it. It's a good one. >> The workshop I went >> already last part they're going to talk about delegate stuff. They'll beat the uh call of the of the meeting law again, but it talks more about the executive session and how that supposed to work versus
101just don't hang up together. Their presenters are better than usual. >> So on the 27, Miss Roas and Miss Lewis will be attending, correct? >> Yes. >> Okay, good. So that'll be great. So then you can add information for us at the next one meeting. If there are special sessions that you want us to include in we can do that. >> So those you haven't been they have breakout sessions for the admin side and then the other side. So it actually turn that we will sign some paperwork and um any discussion anybody >> I'm glad they're fixing >> broken when she was in kindergarten because >> when did she do that? She was in kindergarten. >> How long ago was that? >> 15 years. >> Okay. This is new surfacing. That's even on top of
102it because kids break. >> She should have been horsing around. >> And and um we do have cupcakes before you sign. If you can help me sing happy birthday to Laura. And Drew's birthday passed as well. And he's not here. So we went sing happy birthday to Laura. And we can end with sugar. Yes. Ready? >> Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear. >> Happy birthday to you. session during >> and you can also go into executive session if you ever need to seek legal advice from the lawyer whe >> I did I added to the front page underneath all that >> yes thank from that hour. >> Is it like >> No, it's still like 200 bucks an hour. What kind? >> Is that what this is? I think he
103would not >> you got >> I don't have anything done. His contract's over. I think all the decision to retire >> would like one of two places or retirement. They don't want my guy name. You were getting better. too fast. What? There's We got something. Record time. Everyone was very happy. >> What? >> Record time. We finished at about 6:15. >> Oh, good. >> They've been finishing between 8 and 9. >> Same amount of kids. >> Yeah. Same teams. >> We had four teams. >> Five for this. remember we allowed some so Rio Rico Rio Rico came in >> stuck our head >> and they they've been doing all of it. This was our last regular season match. So next in two weeks they'll have the championship and Rico won't be at 654. >> Pretty
104good ratio of girls out there. >> Yes. Girls wrestling.