001Our call of order and we'll all stand for the pledge of allegiance please and announcement is now on the lead to the flag of the United States of America and to the forsy roll call And next is to approve our agenda. Any comments? I'll move to approve the agenda. Mr. Lever. Yes. Mrs. Yes. Mr. McIn. Yes. Allen. Yes. And yes, and next on the agenda is the call to follow. And uh we've got one presentation before we get to all you guys just so you or we could always push it to the end. So with that um we uh I would recognize general and the civics club. Hi everybody. Okay. Okay. So, I'm Jenna. I was one of the civics club sponsors this year along with Mrs. Knight and Mr. Fox. And these are two
002of our students who joined us on this easy trip. So we just kind of want to do a little recap and share some of our experience so the kiddos and the crowd can see what they have to look forward to their eighth grade year. So first a simple itinerary. Day one we always fly out of Phoenix. We have a non-top flight straight to Dallas which is in the DC area. At dinner and then this year we started with a ghost and graveyard tour which kind of sets the the tone for the whole trip. Lots of history in that. Um, day two was Smithsonians, the Holocaust memorial and a performance at Ford's Theater. Day three was a guided tour of Gettysburg and then we visited more memorial. Day four we actually got to go into the
003Capitol building and tour it on um the three different levels I believe. We visited the National Archives where the Declaration of Independence is. um and then um the weed even though we had to board theater earlier in the game, we were actually able to tour boards theater and for those that don't know that's the theater where Abraham Lincoln was when he was shot. Um but then the highlight of the trip for most of the kids is the Moonlight Dinner Dance down the Ptoic River. Day five, the day we fly out, we did an Arlington National Cemetery tour, visited the National Cathedral, which was absolutely stunning, and then we flew out of all back. So, day one starts as soon as you get off the airplane and on the tour bus, we got on um to
004see the different memorials. We started with I can never say it correctly. Marine Corps Memorial. The Thank you. Um then the next picture is a group of kiddos sitting around. One of the storytellers from the graveyard were actually sitting in a graveyard during that time and the kiddos were taking pictures trying to capture different orbs on um their cameras. Did you catch anything? No. Day two. Um that's when we went down to the mall where all the different Smithsonians were and each group got to different day groups which are composed about four to five different kids with a shop and then they got to pick which Smithsonian they wanted to go to. The picture is in front of the national the natural history museum and that's one of the ones that most the kiddos do.
005There's um there's there's the art museum. There was the American history museum. There was a space in space. Air space. So, we only had time for about two. Which one did you pick? What kind of did you see? We went to I believe the wildlife one, the fossils one. That night we um Oh, then after that we had time to go visit some of the memorials. The World War II memorial is one of the kids favorites. It's got water. It's a beautiful scenery. Um, so we always tend to go at almost sunset, so it looks really pretty. Then we headed to Gorge Theater um for a play and we actually got to see his sister act. You guys enjoy the play? This is something new we added to the itinerary this year. I know it
006had been done in the past several years ago, but this is the first time in recent years that we've added to it. And luckily, it was a play that the kids actually really enjoyed. Had fun music. The acting looked good. Um it was a late night and then we went day three. We woke up early and traveled two hours to Gettysburg. Um there we didn't get to see the reenactments on this time but we got to see a lot of the fields where battles took place. Some of the old cannons were still there. Um yes, we got to visit Gettysburg which is pretty cool. We haven't done that in a while as Continental and I think that might be something to do to repeat. Um, for those of you that don't know what Gettysburg is,
007that that's one of the major battles of the Civil War. So, it was really neat to see all the different um fronts and all of the different locations that you hear about. Um, I'm trying to think what is that? The National That is the National Archives. So again, that's that's the place where they keep like the original one of the original decorations of independence and [Music] yeah, we also went to the Lincoln Memorial and Veterans Memorial with kids, you know, really just walking around and reading all the names and just kind of really absorbing the history of it. They really like Lincoln and just seeing all the different memorials around Washington DC. Day four is when we toured the Capitol building. It was started off um early morning. We got to take pictures in front
008and then we got to go inside. It's a guided tour. You wear a headset so there's hundreds of people in there but you can only hear your guys. So you know exactly what each picture represents. We'll do a very detailed tour of the inside of it. the kids I think they enjoy that after that it was warm memorial kind of a hot day so by that time the kids were it was hot and humid they were they were done but they visually visited the memorial the Teddy Roosevelt which is a huge it probably goes on for almost a mile there's lots of different watercapes because he loved the outdoors and being in nature so that's what his memorial reflects is the love for that then we got to stop at the White House and went
009to get a picture in front of that um and Then to end the night on day four, that's when we actually got to tour Ford's theater. Instead of just sitting there watching the play, we got to go inside it. And then we got to go into the house where he ran across the street to and later passed away the next morning after being shot. Um the house is a lot in original fashion. The pillow that his head was on, he passed away still there. The bed is in New York for Chicago for some reason, but they have a but to see where he was. And that pillar is all books like four stories high. Every book that's ever been written about Abraham Lincoln is stacked up. Do you guys want to continue with how the
010night ended? What' you like about probably, you know, hanging out with each other. probably the only time I'll be able to do this. Yeah, the kids had a blast. There's another There was another school from another out of state that was there on boat with us and they all got along really well. They were dancing together, having a good night. Um, so that was a day five, which is our last day, we ended with a tour of Arlington National Cemetery. I don't have a picture of it, but one of the students that was with us has a grandfather that is buried there. So Mr. Leen and I took him completely opposite direction, ran I think about a mile to get to this to find his grandfather and for him to take a picture in front
011of the great um and that was that was really nice to be able to do that for him. That was his first time ever his grandfather was his first time ever visiting his grandfather. That was really special. Another thing that I'll always remember is when we were leaving Arlington National Cemetery, our school and maybe two or three others were lining the walkway while dozens of veterans were being escorted in to go into the race changing ceremony and everybody just clapped non-stop for probably upwards of 10 minutes thanking them, shaking their hands. It was it actually I almost wanted to cry. It was very it was very emotional and you could see the emotion on the veterans walking in. And so people can still be appreciated and recognized after all these years. But they were Vietnam
012veterans. So a lot of them had to be pushed in. Here you can see that experience and I'll add to that from and every single one of the welcome homes in a lot of that and to have a young man step forward out of our group and approach every one of meant a lot to those as well. We got visit one of my dad's best friends at Vietnam as well. And then we ended the day which we had never gone to at the National Cathedral. That particular day they were having a festival. There was a lot of local performance that go performers there performing. They had um on the bottom you can see flowers. They had floral arrangements from every country. This particular lunch was representative of the United States but there had to have
013been over one not every but at least over 100 different countries were represented by flowers from that country and it was absolutely beautiful. Um we also went to the Holocaust Museum and pictures is just you know um it was really eye opening for a lot of our students who just you know just yeah just feeling the feelings of that time and just really understanding it and visually seeing it. And so I think when we talked to the students that part of the trip really stood out to them and really made an impact on their heart. So all the fundraising and hard work the thing about this trip is we fundra for like eight months leading up to it. So there's journey that every month. Thank you for sending your kids with dollars on Friday. That
014really really helps. The trip was awesome. In fact, I believe we were the best eighth graders ever. But um for the for the seventh graders who are playing beyond the best behavior, do not try to do anything horrible. Be respectful especially around the museum and um have have like a fun time with your friends. That's all I have. Well, that's a tough act to follow. Well, Mr. Rico, that's your job. Oh, we have to approve the minutes from last meeting. So, I'll make a motion. Yes. Is it? Yes. Mr. McIn. Yes. Allan. Yes. And now it's our superintendent. All right. Is going to be fun as well. So um good evening president members of the board family members amazing students and great staff members that are here today also and our foundation. Um it's the
015one where celebrations are in the air as you've seen our calendar. We've had a lot of exciting events for our students this past month as we wrap up their hard work and the school year. So, with registration and open enrollment, just an update, we have returning students trickling in. So, please parents, please make sure that you get our students registered so we can make sure to start to get our class rosters in order. Um, we do have some pending withdrawals with families that are moving. Kinder registration looks great. We have 55 students. We are looking at getting 60 students. We have 300 kinder teachers. We have 81 open enrollment students that are registered and accepted. And we have 10 and 16 open enrollment students as well. And if you recall, we do have on our
016buses open enrollment being accepted now. So I really think that that's helped us get some students um in our school app for open enrollment. So, just keep the registrations coming and keep recruiting your friends to come to our school. Tax credit update. Our latest update, as of May 12th, we have $199,000, the tune of 73.90 from our um amazing community members, business owners, families that donate tax credit funds. And as a reminder, we use tax credit funds to support our clubs, our sports, our tutorials, and um we're just super excited. So, thank you so much. Please again continue to encourage your friends and family members to donate tax credit. And also tax credit funds is what our eighth graders use to go to civics um as well. So, um, this money, does this money include
017the tax the dollars that have been donated? Just just if there were tax [Music] credit SMB update, the new age back unit in the middle school is progressing. We know that we've had trouble with the unit on and off for years. So just know that 90% scheduled and hopefully the system will be of the granny sooner than later. Also the moving and weatherization projects are still on track for August and September. So um again we want to thank Mr. Schubert for following up with our school facilities board. And these are things that do not come out of our general budget that we have to propose a need for them. And some of these board will provide the funding for these major projects. Earth Day, April 22nd. Boys and girls, did you have fun on Earth
018Day? Yes. It was hard work, right? But everybody did a great job. So there's a few pictures of some of our campus beautifification efforts on Earth. Also, fifth graders. Where are my fifth graders? Fifth graders in the house. Fifth grade teacher in the house. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Our fifth grade volume zoo was amazing here. It was displayed in our community room. I I just cannot believe how creative well I can believe how creative our students are and the parents who help out with them as well. But it was a beautiful display and they're so proud of our students and our great teachers. So, thank you. Um our foundation is truly appreciated and you'll see our foundation members who are here um in the audience that will be coming up in a few minutes. But
019Friday, April 25th, our students expressed their gratitude to our foundation and truly we couldn't do half of the things that we do and the support of our teachers and our murals and our projects and our the money that comes in for music and for teachers to be creative through our foundation is just amazing. So, thank you. Staff professional development at the Florida station on April 30th. Um, we took our staff there and we are super excited to partner and collaborate with Mrs. Kristen Blum as we implement court grant received submitted by the University of Arizona Foundation. It's leveraging community participation and K12 students enhancement on the Saturday experimental range. So, our teachers went to receive professional development to prepare to take students on field trips and we'll be going there, but they will also be
020coming to us using our greenhouse and our um school for different projects. So, we are very excited about that opportunity as well. Few field trips and there's another picture of the eighth grade students and we see our fifth graders. There's a picture of them going to the center [Music] expalited the men museum in Scottsdale. Additional field trips. You see the ostrich barn there. How many of you have been to the ostrich farm? Okay. I haven't been and it's somewhere I want to go this summer. I know I want to go. Second graders went to the biosphere 2 and to the desert museum. So, a lot of exciting experiences for our students. Career Day was another successful annual event. So, we welcome 34 presenters on career day from law enforcement to doctors to dancers and dog
021trainers and much more. Boys and girls, what you think about career day? Nice. We have celebrated um teacher and staff appreciation week. So, thank you for your hard work. And it truly does take everybody to run our school and to give provide what our students need. Our teachers and support staff, our paracross, custodial and maintenance staff, the nurse, bus drivers, service administrators. So, I I just can't thank all these staff members enough for all of their work and dedication to our school. Thank you and have a great evening. That completes my presentation. And I'll tell you that that fifth grade project volume thing is absolutely amazing. You guys killed it. That was awesome. So with that, we have our special education report. [Music] Are you going? All right, while they are getting that up. Hi
022everybody. My name is Mindy Suarez. I am the director of special education. Um, and this is our kind of end of the year update. Um, I will try to make it as interesting as I can. I am going to try to not bore you with a ton of numbers. So, I'm going to kind of give you an insight of how our special education department works along with how um we've overcome a lot of different obstacles this year. So, year in review quarter one, so we're going all the way back to August. Um it's the beginning of my third year in my position. We had some unexpected staff needs, which I'll talk a little bit about. Oh my goodness, we're excited. Um, we started the year with 74 students who qualified for special education across um,
023our K8 or prekate program and we started for our state audit preparation. So the realities of the first quarter was it was an audit year and what that means is we are in a self audit process. the state gives us certain guidelines. We have to submit different um deliverables to them throughout the year. At this point, we were just looking at different files to send and for them to review. Um we started the year with a virtual psychologist which we were prepared for. We also started the year with a virtual speech and language pathologist and a speech and language pathologist assistant. that was not something we were prepared for. Um we welcomed new team members through um primarily Childmind and our preschool program. We were able to secure an on-site speech and language pathologist uh
024for our prek and kinder students. Um oh go back real quick. Uh team accomplishments. We had a lot of team members come back with completed certificates, primarily our middle school teacher and one of our other team members were working really hard to complete their bachelor's degree. Um, and then overall just supporting the team. Okay, next. Thank you. So again, we began navigating the self-monitor audit process for our IEPs and our evaluations. This also includes 45day screens and our child find process. We were given the directive of 80 45day screens to submit and 19 IEPs to submit. We continue to work with our virtual psychologist and our onsite personnel to qualify multiple students along with accepting a lot of new students this year who already were qualified for to receive services. We worked to build policies
025and procedures working with virtual staff and educating ourselves with best practices. So, for example, this looks like when a psychologist pulls a student into the office to evaluate them. If they're virtual, who stays with that student? Me. I got to do that. And it was actually really cool because I learned a lot. Um, so in the context of the school year, as you see the numbers grow, just keep in mind I was the one to oversee almost every single one of those evaluations from pulling different reports, giving information, or just simply being somebody in the room to support them. And then I was able to go to the conference and the state assessment conference, which both were very exciting. Next slide, please. So now we hit quarter two. We're in October and we're continuing to
026build relationships. We're continuing our policies and procedures, those best practices. We now have 82 qualified students who receive special education services and our state audit is continued. Next slide, please. The realities of quarter 2 was again the audit is going to be a reoccurring thing. This took up a lot of time because you have to pull specific reports, complete specific activities, and you have due dates. They like to give you lots of due dates. Um, Mr. Ferguson and the technology department were in kind of the thick of the website update and him and I collaborated on a couple things. Um, we continue to work on collaborative teamwork because having so many of our personnel off like they're virtual the things that happen on campus, you don't realize are just a natural part of the school
027day until somebody is not here to not know that they go on. So, I spent a lot of time just making sure everybody was in the loop and making sure like all the needs were being met. This is the time of year where we start really to see some of our student growths because our IEP goals are a little different than like a calendar scope and sequence. So students who were like in the third quarter of their goals per se, we really start seeing that success and we get to celebrate them and then we were able to dive into some really great professional development. Next slide please. So by the end of quarter two I had already submitted our 80 45day screens and our 19 IEPs to audit. This also includes a separate sheet that
028I had to self- audit all of those IEPs to ensure all the parts were there and if there was a part missing explain why we continue to qualify students for special education services. This is kind of our one of our busy seasons again collaborated with Mr. Ferguson to make sure the website was more accessible on how to get a hold of the special education department which it was not before. Um, working with the state and other agencies, we were able to continue to provide clarity on special education best practices to students or to staff and parents about students. And again, we celebrated those mid midyear student successes. Quarter three, we continued with professional development. This was the quarter that we did our crisis prevention intervention training which is a three-day training um which was amazing.
029We also started our alternative uh or our alternative state assessment. We had a little dip in numbers. We had a couple students transfer out um they withdrew from our school or they were dismissed from services which is an amazing thing to celebrate. And then we got our audit So again alternative assessment there are two different parts of alt assessment. There is the alt alpha which is our alternative aella testing for our e students and then we start gearing up for our um MSAA which is the correlation to our state testing. We found our audit findings which I'll talk about on the next slide. Uh state assessment preparation a lot of that's just a lot of courses. So as the test coordinator for that part, I went through all of that training. Ad came out um
030the assist of technology department and they provided a half day on-site make and take training which was amazing for our staff. They got to meet some of the AB staff and and they provided some really amazing things that they were able to implement in the classroom. We continue to look at student needs working with Mrs. box in our NTSS process and we started looking at staff needs. We had a couple of staff members um either leave and then we fill their positions. So our audit findings overall were very positive. I am so proud of my team. We have [Music] we have a few corrective actions that were identified along with professional development provided for certified staff for those corrected actions. Again, they have one student who takes the alt alpha in February and and their
031skills they just they were amazing. They did such a great job. We continued preparing our students for the self assessment including the alternative assessment. Like I mentioned earlier, AD came out to provide uh in-person professional development. Um we identified students who needed some changes and we were able to implement those and again we had some staff members leave and then we were able to fill their positions pretty seamlessly and so providing that. [Music] So here we are at quarter four. We are in the thick of uh state assessments both with our alternative assessment and the general education assessment. We started the quarter with 83 qualified students again across prek8. We continued with professional development. I focused on our vector trainings and got some really positive feedback there. and I will talk a little bit more
032about our corrective action plan for our state. Um, again, just to recap, we are also planning to look at having the Puma County Superintendent Office, primarily Diane Kent, um, come out and provide a training for the special education staff. um after school gets out. Um our state audit, our corrective action plan, that is something that is being developed further and again we had some great professional developments that were in place. Next slide, please. Thank you. So the 16th, which is this Friday, I have a meeting with our program monitor. We have a few long-term goals that we are going to put in place for our corrective action plan. And the corrective action plan is not a negative thing. There are certain things we were asked to change on our evaluations and that process is a
033little more in depth than when we change things on IEPs. And so to give students the most time possible to gain skills before we reook at their evaluation, we're going to give them that time, which means we're going to have a corrective action plan moving into next year. It also gives more time for some more in-depth training for all of our staff members. for MSAA, our alternative assessment, three students took the test. Again, they did amazing. For our state assessment for our third through 8th graders, I have never seen our kids more ready. I am so proud of them. They have never been more focused. We were able to make the process really seamless this year working with Mrs. Quibbos and some of our support staff. Um, I'm just I'm so proud of these kiddos.
034like they've absolutely done amazing. Even some of our eighth graders who've kind of been done since December, like really focused. Um, as of yesterday, we had 93 students qualified for services and I still have four or five meetings by the end of this week. So, by the end of the year, we're looking at roughly 100 students around 98 or so. Again, Diane Kent from Puma County Superintendent's Office. She's coming out to do an end of year reflection and future planning, professional development in um the week after we get out of school. All right. So, next year, uh we're looking at staffing, preparing for student needs, again, policies and procedures, and then the beginning of my fourth year. I am so incredibly thankful for my staff. We have everybody returning except for one staff member who's
035moving on to look at going to school full-time. We have almost all of our students returning. Our eighth graders we will send to high school and wish them well. But when we look at incoming students um from our preschool to our kinder, a lot of them are returning. We are looking at an on-site speech and language pathologist and speech and language pathologist assistant. We're still kind of finalizing those plans and we will have a virtual services for our school psychologist. We got into a really great routine and um there's a lot of benefits to it at this time. Next year, oh next year we will start the SSIP process which we're really going to look into reading um and reading supports of for um special education. So that's working a lot with like Mrs. Romanelli,
036which we've been collaborating on parts of this this year as well. And then I have to do a plug for myself, which I really I don't do often, but I am finishing my doctorate this year. So, I'm really excited. While we've been doing all of this, I've also been working on that kind of like, you know, as my hobby. So, all right, next slide, please. And I just want to give a thank you to a few people that don't normally get recognized. Last year, we were able to celebrate our amazing teachers. I included our programmatic assistants in on that. Um, but I want to make sure that everybody knows that our programmatic assistants who work in the classrooms with our students with the highest needs 100% drive this book. some days they are here doing
037everything that I am not able to do as an administrator. I also want to recognize our um occupational therapist assistant Becky. as I'm going through the end of the year, as I'm getting um feedback, her name has come up so many times as somebody that has provided advice, has provided support, and she's only here two days a week, three weeks out of the month, and she is amazing. So, I just wanted to make sure to plug our programmatic assistants and our occupational therapist assistants in as well because they do amazing. And that's all I have. Thank you so much, Well, thank you so much. Where do you have time to do this talk? I don't know. So, we um have one more thing before you guys. I There was Anyways, that's what we have. So,
038just take a second. It's our consent agenda. [Music] Any comments? I have one. I would just like to thank uh Mrs. Lane. She's um had to resign because her husband's getting transferred. He's an active military and they're getting moved somewhere. I don't know. Do you want to know? Boston. Boston. Okay. So, but anyways, good luck to her and with that we'll have our rollers. Yes. Yes. Mr. McGen. Yes. Mr. Yes. Okay. Now, we're ready for y'all. Just grab it. Ready? All right. So, if we can have all our amazing starting up here, Mr. awaken and we'll get started with all of our awards for the night. Parents and families, please feel free to come forward and take pictures and video videos while our children are out here. Don't be shy. [Music] Yeah. Daddy. Daddy. All
039right, kiddos. Let's go, Colt. So, you're going to come up here. You will you will say your name. You will leave me with your certificate, and you're going to stand right next to me with Superintendent Rico, and we're going to read your certificate so everyone can hear. When you're done, when I'm done reading your certificate, you're going to walk over there and meet your parents at the table by Mrs. Lean. She's just sneezing right now to meet. She'll help you with your shirt sizes. Okay. All right. You ready? [Music] Students, okay? Say your name and you're going to come stand over here and I'm going to read the certificate. Meline. Maddie is my cult of the month nominee because she's such a kind, sweet, and responsible young lady. She comes to school every day with
040a smile on her face and is always eager to learn. Maddie practices being safe by following classroom rules as well as school rules. With the short time of being in Mrs. Tesla's classroom and knowing Maddie since the beginning of the school year as a playground monitor, she's such a wonderful student and a role model to her peers. Congratulations, Maddie, for Mrs. Smith. That's amazing love. That's your boy. So Luke has grown so much academically and with his behavior this school year. He is responsible by completing all assignments. He helps others and shows kindness every day. He stays safe and follows all the safety rules. I am very proud of Luke. Congratulations for Mrs. Graasia. Casey has been a kind student to peers and adults all year. He has strived daily to identify as and build
041on being a safe and responsible student. He's worked extremely hard and shown impressive success at becoming the best version of himself. I'm extremely proud of him and his ability to dedicate himself to being responsible. Congratulations, Casey. Elaine is such an amazing student. She has a kind and caring heart and a big personality. She has a great laugh, too. I just love her. Elaine comes to school every day ready and eager to learn. She's always prepared and responsible with keeping on task and doing what she's supposed to do. She's always safe in the classroom and around campus. She makes sure everyone else is, too. I can always count on Elaine to be kind enough to help others when needed. She's very helpful and motherly to many students. It's truly a pleasure having Elaine in my class
042and being able to teach. It's her bright, such a bright, energetic, fun, and kindhearted girl. I wish her the best of luck next year. Congratulations, Mrs. Adalie is cult of the month for April. Natalie just joined our class last month and she has fit right in. She's made friends easily. She's active and loves to play. I'm so proud of the progress she has made in her schoolwork. She has a desire to learn and is determined to understand whatever it is she's working on. Her laughter rings through the classroom and her smile is contagious. Adalie, we're so lucky that you came to our classroom. Keep on shining bright. Congratulations, Miss Mannis. Roman is an exemplary student. He always shows how kind and respectful he is. Roman looks out for the well-being of others. He's responsible for
043his chores in the classroom. Thank you, Roman, for being an example for others. Congratulations, Mrs. McDonald. Benjamin is a terrific first grader. He shows kindness to peers and staff with his friendly smile every day. He's honest and respectful with his words and actions, too. Benjamin is safe at school because he follows rules and expectations in class and around campus. He is responsible because he has developed a positive attitude toward learning even when the lessons are challenging. Keep up the good work, Benjamin. Congratulations, Mrs. Rodriguez. [Music] Dear Olivia, I am so proud of you and all the hard work you put into everything you do. You are such a sweet and dedicated student and it has truly been a joy having you in my class. Keep shining bright and never stop believing in yourself. You are
044capable of amazing things. Keep up the great work. Congratulations, Miss Janette. Cutter is such a kind and thoughtful person who's always there for others. Whether it's helping a classmate or just being a good friend, he is someone everyone can count on. This month especially, he has really stepped up by turning in work on time, making good choices, showing so much respect to teachers and classmates. What's been especially awesome is seeing him face some fears and push through challenges even when it wasn't easy. We're super proud of how much he has grown and how hard he works to be the best version of himself. Way to go, Cutter. Congratulations, Mrs. My name is Olivia is a wonderful student who follows classroom and school rules. She is a friend to everyone and always includes those around her.
045When she sees someone struggling or in need of any type of help, she's quick to take action and assist in any way that she can. She always tries her best and encourages others to do the same. It has been such a joy to have Olivia in class this year. Congratulations, Mrs. L. [Music] Logan is such a sweet, hardworking student. He is always ready to help, learn, and be the voice of reason. He is the first one to ask his teachers if they need help. He is kind to his peers and is a good friend to them when they may not be having a good day. He will be a great addition to our future. I'm very proud of you, Logan. Congratulations, Miss House. Hello, my name is Janice. There is so much to be said
046about Janice and the awesome student that she is. Janice is kind, safe, and responsible in every way and an overall great student, friend, and human. She enters the classroom each day with kindness, a positive attitude, a smile on her face. She's always eager to learn new things and not afraid to ask questions to help gain a better understanding. She puts bold effort into everything she does. She shows compassion, honesty, and trustworthiness to her peers and staff. Janice is always willing to help her classmates, is an active participant in class, and demonstrates beautiful leadership qualities. She represents what it means to be a role model. It has truly been a joy to have Janice in class. I've loved getting to learn with you this school year. Keep shining bright and keep up the great work. I'm
047so proud of you, Mrs. Salberry. I am Finn is a true cold. He is kind, safe, and responsible in many ways. For example, he always listens to instructions and others. He's very helpful in class and at times just sees that something needs to be done and he does it. He's kind and respectful and works very hard. Congratulations, Finn. This is from the sixth grade team in middle school and that's a great honor to they gathered together to meet and so congratulations to you. Mattaline Anderson was selected as cult of the month because she is kind to her peers and teachers and follow school rules and expectations. She's responsible and does quality work on time due to her work ethic, kindness, and responsible character. We proudly select Meline as Colt of the Month. Congratulations. This is
048from the middle school team of Brody has grown so much this year as an eighth grader. He is kind and helpful student with his peers and teachers. Brody has stepped out of his shell and participated in the civics group this year by doing morning announcements and helping raise the American flag. He is a prime example of what a continental cult looks like. Brody is such an amazing kid. Every teacher that has had him has commented many times this year on how hard he works and how much growth they have seen over this year. His respectful attitude and kindness helps to create a positive classroom environment. And he always works hard to ensure that his assignments are completed thoroughly and on time. Brody has a great sense of humor which makes him a joy to teach
049and adds so much to our class dynamic. Most impressively, Brody achieved one of the school's top scores on his recent civics exam. Academic excellence and love for social studies. Brody has truly been an example of what a continental cult should be. We know he is going to be amazing in high school, but we are sure going to miss him. Congratulations, Brody, the middle school. This is a testament to the amazing parents that you are. The time that you give to our school, the time that you give at home, the values and the love that you instill in your children. And we thank you for being continental families. This is amazing. future very important awards we would like to take the time to acknowledge and audience come up here help us celebrate bring your certificates Get
050together. [Music] All right. So, right now we're going to be recognizing very important people that have been nominated by our colleagues, by the entire staff here at Continental. It is called the Golden Horseshoe Award. So, first we would like to recognize and ask Roxy to please come forward. [Music] Roxy, the following message is from your colleagues. This is a compilation of messages that have been um submitted. This evening, we'd like to take a moment to recognize someone very special, our amazing food service staff member, Roxy. Roxy, thank you for being such a bright light on our campus. You are always smiling, always spreading positivity, and always making everyone, students and staff alike, feel welcome and cared for. You go above and beyond every single day. Whether it's through your delicious meals, your warm greetings, or
051your willingness to jump in and help wherever needed. You make a difference in so many ways. You are a phenomenal team player and it's clear to all of us how much heart you put into your work. And let's not forget you make the best food ever. surprised that your kitchen is one of the happiest spots on campus. Roxy, thank you for all that you do. Our school wouldn't be the same without you and we are so lucky to have you as part of our team. A few words about Roxy as well. um it didn't say it in there, but she also drives bus almost every single day as a substitute and goes above and beyond and stays late to be able to do that to make sure all of your kids go home safely every
052day. Um which allows our other bus drivers the time they need um for family matters or medical emergencies. And so Roxy, you just are always there for everybody. Um, when I started here 17 years ago, Lexi was already working here. Um, and she was a custodian and has worked her way up. And if it wasn't for her, I'd be a twig because she feeds me every day in the cafeteria. And so, thank you for going above and beyond all the time. I don't believe she's here. She's going to try her hardest to make it, but we will make sure that she receives this award. She's our first grade teacher, Miss Don. Get this to her at first one of our staff meetings. Next, we have volunteers that were nominated by the staff. Um, the first
053volunteer is Leah Brower. And the following was turned in or submitted by staff members. We have the honor of recognizing someone who truly embodies the spirit of generosity and community. Our wonderful, wonderful parent volunteer, Leah. Leah has been a constant and reliable presence on our campus throughout the school year, especially during our workday Wednesdays. No matter the task, we can always count on her to step in with a helping hand in a warm, kind spirit. Her positive energy is appreciated by our staff and we're grateful for her being a caring and supportive figure on our campus. Leah is one of those people who makes powerful impact, always there when we need her and goes the extra mile. Leah, your dedication has not been a notice. We incredibly grateful for all the time, heart, and effort
054you pour into the school community. Thank you for everything you do. You truly make our school a better place. And another volunteer was nominated by our staff was Janelle. Angel and staff writes, "Janelle has a special talent for making us feel appreciated. Whether it's celebrating our birthdays with personalized things prizes, jumping in to decorate doors with creative flare, she goes the extra mile to ensure everyone feels valued. Her thoughtfulness shows how deeply she cares about getting to know our staff. She's amazing and does much for our school student staff. She's been faithful to our Wednesday workshop and our cobook store this year. We appreciate her so much. She gives her time generously, always showing up with the smile and willingness to help. No matter how big or small the job, her efforts to rally more
055volunteers doesn't help. Congratulations. Next, we would truly love to have our Continental School District Educational Foundation please go forward. And as they come up, I we'd like to give a special thanks to Holly Watka who has done so much hard work with [Applause] our activities all throughout the year and has been leading like everything that just happened as well for um like the door decorations for the teachers, the getting all of the meetings for the father and daughter dance and the the mother and son just um gatherings a lot. So we thank you Holly on behalf of all of us here at Continental Holly as well. She's another one that saw a need. So, we were short bus drivers and she was willing to come forward this year and driven a midlife crisis. It takes
056a special somebody to decide to drive um a bus full of 73 children at times. Um and we just figured with her large van um she had a lot of practice and so she picked up driving very very quickly and has been a great asset there. But oftentimes the things that Holly does for our community, everybody notices here at school, but they don't always realize she goes above and beyond. So like Ayso soccer, all the different clubs and in her church, she's always volunteering. So thank you for all your hard work and what you do, not just here at our school, but our entire community for all the children in it. So thank you all. the only one that was in costume for Christmas. So before we give this award, I have some more letters
057for the foundation from students. But here's one letter from our students before we read um our what we would like to read for you all. Dear CSDF, thank you for supporting the orchestra and jazz students. Thank you for giving us instruments to play and I greatly appreciate you for giving us instruments to play for 25 years. I also appreciate you giving us playing equipment for outside like the cornhole or the foosball tables. Thank you for funding the school for such a very long time. I'm also very very grateful for the music equipment outside like the drums. I greatly appreciate you for funding us, our school, and for doing this for 25 years. On behalf of our entire school community and Continental School District governing board, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our
058incredible Continental School District Educational Foundation. Your unwa un unwavering dedication and tireless support have made a lasting impact on our students staff and campus as a whole. From coordinating memorable gaylas to generously donating funds for academic programs, the arts and positive behavior interventions and supports, you've touched every corner of our school in meaningful ways. Your commitment does not stop there. The many grants you provide empower our teachers and staff to bring innovative projects and special assignments to life. Opportunities that would not be possible without your support. We especially want to thank you for your continued support of our music and arts programs throughout the years. Because of you, our students are able to explore and express their creativity, discover new talents, and grow in confidence. This year we are proud to celebrate the Continental School
059District Educational Foundation's 25th anniversary. A remarkable milestone that reflects not just your longevity but your deep and lasting impact. Congratulations and thank you for a quarter century of dedication, generosity, and vision. Please know that all your hard work does not go unnoticed. We are truly grateful for everything you do and we look forward to continuing this strong partnership for many, many years to come. Thank you for everything. No hug from you. [Music] Thank you. Appcate it. Thank you. We'll have you come in a little bit closer so we can get a picture. This is kind of awkward. I'm going to try to do this. Okay. Act like you like each other and that you see each other monthly and talk constantly. Ready? One, two, three. One, two, three. Okay, boys and girls and staff, can
060you help me? Give them one more great big round of applause. Sure you can do so now. Yes. Thank you. Thank all you guys for hanging in there. So recess, so feel free to grab. We also have our years of service awards. If you could just bear with me, we have Miss Gail. She's here. Miss Gale. Miss Gale is receiving an award in appreciation of 10 years of service at Continental School District. So, Miss Gail, thank you for your dedication, for your years of service, for keeping our students safe out on the playground and coming day in and day out to make sure that our kids are doing what needs to be done. And we just appreciate you so much. So, thank you. Thank you. I just have to add I've been supervisor for seven
061of those 10 years and she's always backed all my crazy ideas on the playground like adding lots of free floating things and supported that all the time and letting the kids talk in the cafeteria be loud and she's always made the changes. um anything for the kids she's always willing to to do. And so it's not always easy to be in the cafeteria with all that noise. And this girl, thank you for always trusting us that we're trying to do what's in the best interest of the kids. So we love having also Miss Marie Fleming who is um completing her 10 years of service as well. also will make sure she gets this at our staff meeting. We also have Miss Fanning is celebrating 30 years of service with Continental and she has a little
062slack. It's a little bookmark with a little bookmark that says the school and the children have truly truly been enriched by your gift for teaching and their choice to share it. So, we'll make sure that Miss Fanny gets this as well for her 30 years of service at Continental. So, thank you all very, very much. We have a lot We had a lot to celebrate. So, thank you for sticking around. Thank you very much. [Music] Yeah. Hey, so Oh yeah. Were you there? A lot of things Yeah. Okay. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. See you soon. [Music] What's the deal? going down. Let go, wait, wait, sorry. [Applause] I agree. All right, back from our break. Um, next we have the district appreciation discussion. Yes. And so with this item, we
063in the past we used to add all of our donations and thank yous to the principal's report, but since the principal is not reporting at every meeting, we're going to start putting it on just as a information so that the board is privy to all of the donors that we've been receiving. And I just want to um especially thank a lot of the donors at Rotary. I announced that we were collecting gift cards for our um state assessment for our students who showed improvement and maintain proficiency. So a lot of those gift cards have come in. So um we're just super grateful again for our community. Well, there's a ton from 500 to the gift cards to 20 grand from the mine. I mean, yes, that's crazy. There are a lot. So, also um so
064that's just discussion and information and now we can go to approval of the grants received. So on the approval of the grants received technically what we I am asking staff to do is when they apply for grants they need to let us know so we can put it on a board item that says so and so has applied. So, for example, when I apply for grant, it'll be on next month's board agenda that I applied and then when we receive the funding, governing board members will approve the receipt of the of the money from the grants. Okay. So, this one is an approval of grants received. So, this action, this is action. Oh, that's action. Yes. I'll move to approve um the grants received. I'll second it. discussion. Maver. Yes. Mrs. Yes. Mr. McGin. Yes.
065Mrs. Allen. Yes. Mr. Yes. [Music] It was a little crazy. Okay. Well, that was a long little session, [Music] huh? New business. Sell those old Chromebooks to the eighth grade students. want to give us some color on that, sir? Well, we have we have some hand. [Music] So, the the district is uh is in possession of some older Lenovo N23s that um that are end of life and some uh HPG5s. And end of life means that they're no longer receiving um service and security updates from Google. Um these these devices can't be in circulation anymore. Um, and the thought uh the thought is to offer them for sale to eighth grade students before they leave the district um if if they're interested. So, we'll uh we can do that at uh device return next week
066with your approval. How much? Uh we said uh 10 $10 bucks. Yeah. And the way the way we came to came to that is that the only the only piece of value in those those devices is the screen. So we we looked at we we got a rough estimate of the market value of a wellused Chromebook screen and it was roughly $10. I think that's fair. I think this is a great idea. um without the um updates from Google um do they have any usefulness? We can't use well I know not for us but you know we're selling home use it if for are we selling them a $10 paper weight? Yeah. Well, no, because because they work and you know pe some people use uh end of life equipment on a regular basis. Many
067many people do that. You keep keep your phones longer than than they receive updates. They they still work. They just don't receive the um the latest updates. So, what will you do with the extras? Auctionables or um Yeah, currently we we we don't send many working Chromebooks to auction. Um what what we do is we take them apart for parts. Um with with these older devices, the only parts that are compatible with our our newer devices is is the screen module. We we have um we have a good good supply of of modules available. So we can we can afford to sell some of these for $10. Is there a charity or anything or I don't even know if we're allowed to donate those to Mr. Schubert would would have that information. Anything that we
068purchased the public funds offer back [Music] with something like we care Tucson, would they be able to use them? I don't know if they would have a use for them, but whatever students don't purchase will go out for public auction and there would been that way. It's too bad. Do like youth on their own or something. Yeah, that's what we care Tucson. They did it last year for um their kids. They came in and had a tech camp and then they took refurbished um computers. So yeah, unfortunately there's there's this the state's pretty strict on what we what we do with surplus equipment and there's there's a provision within the law that allows us to to offer out of date equipment, educational equipment to uh um to current students. Well, thank you for taking advantage
069of that that allowance. I think it's it's great to be able to offer that to our students moving on to high school. Yeah, that'll be interesting to see. Yeah, this this will be the, you know, kind of the pilot run. So, we'll see how it go how it works this year. We we won't um I I don't anticipate being able to do this every year because we don't have end of life or devices that go end of life every year. Sometimes um sometimes we have 350 devices that go end of life. Uh uh sometimes we have none. So thank you. All right. I'm to approve the end of life combo books eighth grade students. I second. Miss Lefver, yes. Mas, yes. Mr. McGen, yes. Mr. Ash, yes. And the next is a couple of discussion
070items on the update to the federal. So, just uh the last board meeting you had asked for any update from the from the US Department of Education. As of right now, all of our grants are coming back, including um the National School Lunch Program within IDA and the title grants. Currently, they are coming back at 90% of what they were the previous year. So, on every $100,000, we're living losing $10,000 in funding. There is another grant that has not been reauthorized yet and it's the REAp grant. Uh the rural education achievement program grant currently receiving a roughly $40,000 a year for that grant. And in my conversations with AD and the people at the federal level, there hasn't been any word yet on whether that's going to be reauthorized or not. But just wanted to
071kind of give you that update. So federal grants, they are coming back again. They're coming back less than what they were the previous year, but you know, so just on track with the rest of school funding. Yeah. And the was 50%. Um came back at 50%. So, we're hoping that we'll get more funds so then we can allocate some of the additional items that we had or we're going to be looking at trying to add some of the things we paid out of IDA into title one, but that's tight already also. So, we're kind of in holding pattern. Yeah. So, is the is the Fed like you have this grant, spend your money and then billing or do you get the money? So with the federal grants, they say you are allocated x amount of
072dollars. You can spend it any way that you want within the parameters of each of the different types of grants. You know, the idea preschool grant just on preschool expenditures. Um with that we can allocate wherever we need to put those when you get the cash. So when we spend the money we so so once once we spend the money we do a reimbursement request and then they just send us whatever we expect. So the reason I asked that is because the cy food bank which is more than a food bank had a grant from the fed for a lift truck $70,000 and with all the stuff they reame that so now they've got to use reserve funds to pay truck that's why I as the funding for those grants is is guaranteed. It's already
073been funded like by Congress before we start spending it. So they can But didn't we have a grant taken away from us last year because we didn't spend it soon enough or No. So what'll happen is if let's say we have $10,000 or $5,000 that we didn't expend because let's say we needed supplies at, you know, for summer school for summer school and then we didn't use all that funding. it will roll over to the next year in the grant. So, right now, we're finalizing this year's approval of funds. For example, some of our supplies for summer school, our teachers for summer school are still being paid out of title one and title four. I'm in the process of submitting for next year's grants for pre-approvals and with the funding that they've released and then
074we'll have to if there's additional funds then we have to go in and remend the grant and submit it again and wait for state to approve it. So, if you remember last year, we had to go in, we had to do the revision because they finally gave us credit for our rollover funds. And then they came back and said, "Nope, that doesn't work because we readjusted the allocation formula and now you're getting less." And then they came back and said, "No, we're readjusting it again. You're getting a little bit more." So it there was just a bunch of give and take on the federal side and at the and at the state level grants management continues to change who's who's our who's facilitating who's facilitating it. So when we get a new person they're like
075oh we don't need you to put the number of hours specific to you know the number of days just give us the amount and then the last person told us you need to add this information. So we're constantly sometimes our grants go into third and fourth revision throughout the year or let's say we say we want to spend it on something different because so one example is when I write for the pre-report grant there's items written into title one but if approves the grant then we can journal entry and free up money in title. So it's kind of just a game title one and title four funds is kind of the pass through. Yes. Yes. Yes. And the IDA that we use for all our special education needs. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. And next
076is uh the change in policy services. So, as we had discussed um last year on looking at moving from ASBA to the trust model policy program and the amount of money that it would save us, we just kind of wanted to give you the information um to let you know that the preliminary numbers showed approximate $5,000 annual savings to the district if we go with the trust and are not part of ASBA. So, we're going to continue to look at that for this year, but we don't have an option for this upcoming school year, but we would like to propose it possibly, you know, by January so we can start to make a decision on whether we're going to move our policies over to the trustee. I I think that makes a lot of sense.
077Um, is there anything else we get from ASBA with that about $5,000 pricing over the trust? So, that extra funding that that we're paying for ASBA is our membership fee where the the trust doesn't have the membership fee. Um, what that does is it allows them to send us notifications about we've got this conference coming up, we've got this. So, on top of that, the $5,000 for the for the fee. Then you've got the extra $2500 to $3,000 a year that we spend on PDMs and hotels and conference registrations. With the trust, they won't have those things. But it doesn't mean that we still can't attend an ASBA conference for $1,000 when we're already save 5,000 by not having them as our services. As long as I think that kind of industry education is still
078available to us. Um they're still lobbying on our behalf and Phoenix. Yeah. And the law conference is a biggie that you know most of us attend every year because different policies change and law changes. So that is what but we figured even if we still attended we still would be saving. Yeah. So we'll have a study session. Yes. Closer to probably January February so we can discuss and start to make a decision. Okay. Now, first grief service advisory. Now, with now with that being said, these are all the policies that ASBA sent us that um so that we need to peruse and discuss that will be on for second week. I my hope was if we weren't going to go with ASBA that maybe we could avoid all of this. But this is just going
079to help us when we move over if we move over to policy. But uh the trust does not have as many policies as ASBA does. So they've kind of narrowed it down. It's a little bit easier to navigate, which you'll see when we do have our study session. I guess the trust would represent us in any other public school in any legal matter. So we're not opening ourselves up to any additional risk by eliminating those policies. No. And we could add whichever ones they they don't have that we feel are important that we want to still keep. That would be the part of we really [Music] E is more E is the same thing. Next takes us to item F bylaws and financials of the time parent teacher. So, as requested by the board, um
080you see attached there are the bylaws and the budget for 202425 school year for your review. Well, I have to say that I did review and as as a school board member, I have the responsibility to ensure transparency and accountability in all financial matters connected to the school. and I reviewed the budget report submitted by the PTC and unfortunately it's unclear and lacks sufficient detail to provide confidence in how the funds are being managed. Given those concerns, I cannot in good conscious support the PTC at this time while the financials remain in question. Clear and accurate financial reporting is essential not only for compliance but also to maintain the trust of family staff in the wider community. I understand that there's new um uh new officers. I was hoping that they would be here and
081I understand that Miss Puebas will be working with the new officers um and hopefully that we can see a detailed and transparent financial report. I didn't see any I just saw the expenses. I didn't see any of the money that was coming in to the PTC. And you know, I think it's important I concur with that. Also, um wanted to elaborate that it's just not the board that is concerned about this. We've had several family members at the school um that are concerned about being not transparent. So, we were really trying to make this a full stakeholder um transparency to everybody. I was honestly um I I thought we would have that um on file every year. Um it's pretty it is pretty standard to have thorough financial disclosures on a regular basis. minimal at
082the beginning of the year back in July. Oh, okay. I mean, it's an allocated budget. That's not But it's not what's brought in and what has been spent with receipts and it's not detailed. We're not required to give it all of that to you guys. No, but for transparency purposes it is um it is important. So with um consulting legal and I I shared with Holly as well that um legal states that the school board has can ask for specifics and that the school board can decide whether they want to participate with the 5013C with PTC based on not having the appropriate information. So, and having the financials and I think if I understand correctly, what the what the governing board members are asking based on what parents are saying is that they'd like to
083see how much is made during walk-athon, how much where are the receipts to holidays, what is made during the carnival, what is expended during the carnival, the donations that are received by the foundation, for example. Um, none none of that is is in that. It is if you come to our meetings, but we're asking for transparency and the and the good financial [Music] report. Is that not something that's available or It's available. We have them at each meeting, but none of you come to any meetings or really any events. Oh, we go to the events. I um I probably have uh financial disclosure templates. Um I can come up with one really easily that might make it a lot easier for you to understand what the board is asking for. Oh, I I understand everything
084that you guys are asking for and we go over everything at each meeting. Well, in order that's what I'm saying, in order for me as a schoolboard member to support this, I need more. This budget report does not is not clear. Yeah, I I I have um templates I can provide that that would be easier. Just fill in the blank and kind of eliminate the questions. Um all you want is a column on there that says what came in. that needs to financial report. Yeah, I'm I'm a financial analyst by trade. I've got a ton of them. Um I know a lot of different ways to to break down um budget versus actuals. is in charge of our Yeah, just be a quick film like that would probably help a lot. Okay, good. Thank you.
085All right, Mr. Schuber, I'm not sure if I want to go over this one now. We got Yeah, go ahead. So, just going over the M fund again for you for this board meeting. Miss Jenn, if you could scroll on down, you see that there's that one category within employee benefits. Those are um that's an insurance payment for our food service that we have to subsidize. So, there's a little bit of money that needs to be moved around um just to to cover that expense. Other than that, you see that the district still has roughly $155,000 left that needs to get us through the remainder of the year and the majority of those funds are still going to be allocated towards um benefits, you know. So, payroll is is already encumbered, benefits is not. Correct.
086So the payroll is encumbered because we know that such and such employee is going to make x amount of dollars. If such and such employee decides to work less hours that week, naturally the benefits, but that number is still accounted for there. So um our hourly employees um like their max allowable hours. Is that what what's encumbered? So with with our with our hourly employees, I usually put it in for the amount that they make and by percent because there could be an opportunity where we have to have somebody work overtime. Okay. So I want to be able to cover that expense while I'm creating the budget. Do you know what to expect for um outstanding benefit payments? 28% of the payroll, which is more or less than 150. No, no, we're we're we are
087on track to hopefully have about 10 grand left at the end of the year. So, turn off. Can you get us any closer or I don't think we're sweating. I'm the one that's been sweating it for for months. So yeah, we're on track to hopefully have 10 grand left at the end of the year. All right, unplug your space heaters. With that being a couple degrees since we are talking the budget, the state still has not passed a statewide budget yet naturally. So, there are no budget forms or anything else. Um, if the state doesn't pass anything by I believe it said May 25th, the Auditor General's office will issue preliminary uh budget forms for us to put together next year's budget. So the June meeting when we do that if we don't have actual
088budget forms when well yeah we have to do when we don't have it yeah well you have your work papers right yes I have everything I need to to to put it together it's just a matter of actually having the sheets with whatever their format whatever they they've changed the transportation amounts to what what they've changed the per pupil amount and they've never changed the I always forget the name of it. The override every year. So our override will be 15% versus 14%. No, not that the override per student pupil per pupil allocation because they the the constitutional override. Yeah. So, there is progress within the legislation because yes, it's going to be over the state limit by $1.6 billion. Yes. So, it will be over again by $1.6 billion. Now remember a big reason
089for that is because when they renewed Proposition 301, the legislature approved it and not the people. When the people approved it, it didn't um the funding for that did not go against the aggregate expenditure limit. But once the legislature did their thing and they approved it, those funds are now part of the aggregate expenditure limit. What? Yeah. One more time. Sorry. For real. For real? Yeah. Sorry. When Prop 301 was originally passed, was passed by the people in a referendum vote and Okay. It was a ballot measure. Yes. So once the people passed it, great. There you go. There's your 301. when it was getting ready to sunset, the legislature went ahead and said, "Let's renew this." It didn't go to the people. So now those funds are part of the aggregate expenditure. Oh. Oh,
090just like you just said. I got it. So before the 301 funds were over and above the correct expenditure limit and so now they are included. So, we're just we're going to lose that. We Well, we're not losing it. So, it's coming. The state needs to do a couple different things. They need to either a re-evaluate the aggregate expenditure limit, which is still based off of 1980s figures, which is what we argue about every year is the ask. I think it's 1984 is what it's all based off of is their baseline. Yeah. Um, how much did we receive this last year in 301 funds? So, we received a little over 600 grand. Um, but we carried over about 150. So, we were able to pay out quite a bit in 301 money this year. Um,
091I think we played out close to $13,000 per teacher for 301 funding. Nice. Speaking of 301, I do know what the amounts are for next year. It's going up $50 per weighted student count, but student per weighted student count. So, so what they do is they take our weighted student count, which includes um the pluses that we get for our special needs kids. So instead of 600, instead of instead of 600 students, we could have 660, which would be based off of, but that's going up $50 a year. $50 more than it was this year for weighted student count. Okay. So that's a good increase, but it still is going to reduce our what baseline budget. No, no, because our baseline budget, so our baseline budget and our 301 budget are two totally separate things,
092right? Okay. Um, but now they're taking 301 into account. 301 is only part of the aggregate expenditure limit, which is how much the state can legally spend for education. Oh, you think that'll ever get on the ballot? I I honestly I don't see that there's a big push for it. I don't see it. What's I'm sorry. Does it have to be a ballot item or the legislator? The legislature can do it, but the legislaturator is not going to dirty their hands with so they will either pass it off to the vote or they will just leave bad policy is bad policy. I would put my money on those right your state we still need approval for that motion um I move to approve the district financial report seconded Mrs. Lieber yes Mr. Mr. Allen yes
093Mr. Yes. Okay. Now, the fun events. Tomorrow is a talent show at 8:15. If you guys come, please stay. Okay. There's going to be It's really fun. There's going to be a very special fun um closing. So, you guys do. It's a secret. So, if you want to know, come. Lean's got a straight face. Also, just um for eighth grade promotion on the 21st, if you are able to be here, please let Jenna know so that we can make sure to save seats. I'll be there. Okay. So, Laura, I'm okay. Okay. [Music] Hi, fifth. I know. Yeah. Just let Jenna know so that we can make sure that we acknowledge you and have a spot. Okay. Also, on May 27th and 28th, we were planning for an AVID retreat for two days and we've canled
094that due to lack of um teacher participation. Um so, a lot of people have already planned to go out of town for Memorial Day. So, we're going to roll over what we were going to do during pres days for next year. And that's going to save up money because it was being paid out at the time of one. Where is your preschool thing happen? It does. [Music] Okay. So, just kind of show up before 10. I've never done that. Is it the gym or is it at the free Aren't there two? Aren't there two, Felicia? Are there one and 10 and then one different? Okay. So, the one:00 one is not on the agenda. Okay. So, 10 and 1:00. So, if you can make at least one of them, they're a lot of [Music] fun.
095Okay. And also just a reminder, our June meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 12th, not on Tuesday. If you recall, we moved that one. And we will have executive session at 5:00 p.m. that day. And then at 65, um well, that's how we'll do 4:45. What are we talking about? The executive schedule is June 12th. So 4:45 [Music] and we will provide [Music] dinner. Okay. Okay. Anybody got anything? Laura, my baby's graduating. Yay. We'll be there. and Andrews the Yes. of the Texas mñana. You're graduating. Awesome. Congratulations. Good job. My kid finished his first year at NAU and he's planning on going back. Very good. Yeah. So, I brought him home Sunday and full. Anyway, two things he said. Remember, he's a big kid. It's hot here. And the other one was, I'm hungry. We
096save money with him being gone because just the three of us, you know, you know, take the meal plan. That's good. Well, congratulations. And we will be at um Walden and Sarita's graduation. And we do have Aubrey graduating from Sarita. And we have we have about almost 15, I think, from our previous students at Sarita this year graduating. Yes, I think it's quite a bit. It's more than normal. So, congratulations to everybody that has graduates. Anybody else? Christie graduating. Yes. [Music] So, we'll get a list to of staff members, kids also out to you. So, there you need paperwork. [Music] because I got to help with the uh uh that concession stand during the play and I wish Roxy was still here. I told my husband when I got home, if I were back there
097eating a cookie and I dropped it and it like rolled under the stove or something, I think I would still probably eat it. It was so clean. I've never seen a kitchen that clean. I will make sure that I let them know they do a good job. If you ever really want to see how clean a kitchen is, look up at the facts. Any chance we're going to get ever rid of these three fire form? Any room? At least they don't have um you remember the uh what do they call this? The paper the copy paper. Yeah, the carbon paper. I'm too young for that. This is fancy. I'm not talking to you. You know that bus trip that walk to school uphill both ways in the snow? Unicycle. Mr. You have a birthday coming
098up. Yes. December. Isn't it the same day as birthday? [Music] Yes. [Music] space. We have a microphone we could give the kids because I don't care what you do never hear. Uh, we have a handheld that does it inate. Yeah, we could we could break that out. I don't know. Did it get louder when we turned it up? No, I don't hear that. Well, but still got Okay, with that we are repeat 105.