001Mhm. >> Mhm. >> All right. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to tonight's May 14th regular meeting of the governing board. Let the record show there are three board members present and we do have a quorum. Do we have any changes to the agenda this evening? Good evening, board member clerk. No, we do not. Thank you. [clears throat] Do I have a motion to adopt the agenda? Move to adopt the agenda. I'll second. Thank you. Ms. Wilson, how do you vote? >> I. Ms. Bartels, how do you vote? >> I. The chair votes I. Motion passes. Thank you very much. Uh let's see. Would you all please join me in a moment of silence followed by the pledge? Thank you. Please rise. All right, moving on to item two, special recognition, Mrs. Segura Jones. Yes, Board Clerk
002Pimentel. We're going to go ahead and begin with our special recognitions this evening. And could we have the board members, please, step down and we'll begin. Good evening, everyone. We're excited to present to you the amazing retirees. It's, you know, it's an exciting time for them. We're kind of sad that they're leaving us, but we welcome them to their new journey as they retire. So, I'm going to call the retirees' name with their supervisor or principal, please come this way. If you have retirees, please do that now. And then we'll already be ready to go so that you can hand out the award. The award. And then we will allow time afterwards to take pictures as well. All All we're going to go ahead and begin. Do we have everybody? Al's getting everybody ready. All
003right, we're going to begin. Our first retiree is Ms. Linda Davis, a teacher at Landmark and 2 years of service. Ms. Davis. >> [applause] >> All right, our next retiree is Mary Ann Thorpe, school bus operator from transportation. >> [applause] [applause] >> And Mary has been here for 8 years. Mary, congratulations. Thank you for your service. Mary just said she's going to sub. Thank you, Mary. Next we have Leslie Meely, director of effective schools. She's been here 11 years. >> [applause] [applause] >> Leslie's retiring for the second time. Hi Amelia, my friend. Thank you so much. Yes, it is. Next, we have Mr. Mark Balder, teacher at Discovery, 15 years. >> [applause] [applause] >> Thank you so much. I appreciate you. Next, we have Dayo Bernsaka. He's a family service advocate from language acquisition. >>
004[applause] [applause] >> Dayo has been here with us for 15 years. >> [applause] >> Dayo, thank you so much for your service. Thank you. >> [applause] [applause] >> Next we have Mr. Michael Perkins, a teacher from Sunset Vista, and he's been here 16 years. >> [applause] >> Thank you for your service. Thank you. Next we have Ms. Ann Ira, teacher at Landmark for 21 years. >> [applause] >> Ann's entire career has been here in Glendale. At Sign, and then at Landmark. And Kyderia in between. Thank you. Congratulations, and I appreciate you. >> [applause] >> And next we have Mary Maguire, teacher at Sunset Vista. Mary's been here 22 years. >> [applause] [applause] >> Congratulations so much Thank you for all you do. Thanks to you. >> [applause] [applause] >> We had other retirees that could
005not be here this evening and so we had a total of about 19 retirees. Of those 19 retirees when you add it up, it's 241 years of service. So. >> [applause] >> Could we just for a moment our retirees, could you just stand up for a moment if you can? Mark, can you hold on to the chair? Going to make you stand a minute. I want to say as your superintendent, always my honor to serve here, but your work and your dedication has changed the lives of students and families within GSD. We always call this our family. You are part of our family. You make us who we are. We appreciate the work that you've done over these years. From all the way from the beginning of your first time with us until now that
006you're retiring, we only wish you the best. We're glad some of you are going to come back and sub. We do have all your personal information so we will call you if we need you to sub. You see our number come up, you can either accept it or not. Um, Andeo, I know you may be traveling out of the country but we know the number to Africa, so. We are excited for you again. Please know that the work that you do is so important and your journey through education is probably the most rewarding thing I think I've ever done is being able to be a servant leader. You represent what servant leadership is. You've been an asset to this community and you've been such an integral part and a family member of GSD. Thank you
007for all you do. Remember, you're always welcome here in this family. Best of luck to each of you. >> [applause] >> Okay, next we're going to uh move on to our next awards. We always begin for those of you that are are here with us the first time. We do just because awards. We do just because uh awards just to say thank you for any student or any employee that has chosen to um be here in Glendale Elementary School District. And we randomly select names and that's how people have been chosen. So, we're going to begin with our student and our student um for this month is Edison Lopez. He's sixth grade student from Smith. Is Edison Oh, there's Edison. I remember. >> [applause] >> Okay, Edison, we have chocolate. I told you there'd be
008more things. We have chocolate, Smith family and Smith family and family, come on up. Please come up. We have Oh, Edison, you get more. You have You have a magnet. You can put that on your family's car. You have taffy. And of course here in Glendale, we really believe in kindness. You have kindness crayons. Okay, here's the big one. You have this yard sign. Okay, let me tell you how this works, okay? Got it? All right. I want you to go home What time you go to bed? Um like at 8:00. 8:00, good cuz I go to bed about 8:30. So, here you go. At least maybe on Sunday. But on You're going to put this in your front yard, okay? You're going to run out there. Just stand until I get there about 8:30,
0098:00 or 8:30. And I'll honk and you smile and I'll take a picture. Got it? All right. Or you could just go home and have your parents take a picture and send it to your principal. That sound all right? All right, good. All right. And your brother got Is this your brother? And you got chocolate. See, I told you there'd be more things. Um when you're done, we're going to take some photos and then you get to go over to the treasure basket and you get to choose one more thing, okay? This is all on behalf of Gusto and Gusto also we awarded Edison the other day at his school. And Gusto gave a $50 gift certificate to Walmart as well. So, all right. So, family pictures? Or all of us pictures? Smith family here?
010Yep, got everybody. All right, then just Edison and his family. Did you get pictures? Oh, no, I'm sorry. You're following me. Sorry. You are such Okay, there you go. Okay, now Edison you can go to the treasure box. Thank you so much. All right, you get a treasure box. Thank you so much. You can take them out and look, Edison. All right, Legos. >> [applause] >> And for our staff member this month just because is Julia Ryan from Landmark. Julia? >> [applause] >> So, Julia family and friends and Landmark family. >> Oops, sorry. All right, and >> Liemark family? Liemark family. All right, Julia, you got it. You understand what you need to do? You got to put in the yard. I have to come. I have to come. I'll be there. What time do
011you go to bed? 7:00. Well, we're a little late. I'm all late. Thank you, Julia. >> [applause] >> Our next Our next awards go to our Kiwanis. We have a Kiwanis student of the month and a Kiwanis school of the month. And we have with us Roger is from Kiwanis. Roger, please come up. And Roger is going to do those honors. And he will begin with the Kiwanis student first. Thank you, Cindy, and the board members and staff. It's a pleasure to be here. My name is Roger Coulter. I'm the past president of the Glendale uh Kiwanis Club. And we are happy to present this award for the student of the month. And the student of the month is Brian Munoz. >> [applause] >> Come on. No, just stand here. You have to stand right
012here. You don't have to do anything, all right? Unless you want to. Want to talk to me? >> [laughter] >> Okay. I'm going to read some really good things about you, okay? Brian is a joyful and enthusiastic student who brings a positive attitude to every class he attends, right? He consistently works to create a fun and welcoming environment for both students and staff. Brian is eager to volunteer at school events, including activities such as the students versus teachers basketball game. Who won that? You Okay, good. [clears throat] And he takes pride in being an active member of our school community. In the classroom, Brian is kind, responsible, and supportive of his peers. And I lost He willingly helps He willingly [clears throat] helps classmates who are struggling by offering encouragement and sharing different perspectives and
013supporting their learning. Brian [clears throat] also shows strong initiative and responsibility when given assignments or tasks, completing them with care and a positive mindset, right? Good. He builds a He builds meaningful connections with teachers, often finding common ground to engage in respectful conversations, and brings positivity to those around him. Brian's kindness, leadership, and school spirit make him a wonderful role model and a deserving candidate for his rec for this recognition. Anyway, Brian, congratulations. And you get >> [applause] >> a $50 gift card. Hold on, don't run off. $50 gift card to Walmart that you can and a certificate saying showing student of the month, Brian Munoz. All right. >> Brian, come on up. >> Thank you, Brian. >> [applause] >> Congratulations to you. I'm proud of you. Can we have Brian's family come up. Brian's
014school family come up. Discovery school family come up. Oh, they have chocolate. Did they give him chocolate? What? Oh, family, I have chocolate. Okay, and then Brian, you also get to choose from the treasure box. Chocolate? And chocolate cup? Oh, you will. Thank you. Congratulations, Brian. Very proud of you. Yep. >> [applause] >> And next, Roger will share with us the Kiwanis school of the month. Okay, the we have a traveling trophy that we present once a month to the school Inspiring School Award. And for May, it goes to Desert Spirit School. >> [applause] >> I'm right here. All right. I'm going to say some nice things about your school, too. All right? Desert Spirit has worked hard to cultivate their signature program of civic leadership and innovative learning. One way they have molded these
015two ideas together is with their community garden. With the help of maintenance department and Glendale Kiwanis, Desert Spirit has successfully planted had successful planting seasons this year where they produced carrots, cilantro, and broccoli. All good things. Their next phase is to utilize their outdoor classroom space in the garden and what the compost composting process might look like. This hands-on, real-world experience for students and staff has been highly valued and successful. Congratulations, Desert School. >> [applause] >> I know. Come on. Do you have any more Desert Spirit people? Just you? No. Well, you kept trying to run away. Come on, Roger. Why don't you get next to Santina and then we'll go. Yeah, because that won't look weird at all. >> [laughter] >> That was intentional. Okay, Happy Feet. Thank you. >> [applause] [applause] >> And
016one last thing, Santina is a member of our Glendale Kiwanis Club. Yes, they are. >> So, congratulations. Thank you. >> [applause] >> Thank you, Roger. We appreciate you coming out. Right, we have one more recognition this evening, and that goes to our student attendance award. We do a which school has um the best student attendance for the month. And for that month, um this time, the winner is Discovery. >> [applause] >> Okay, Mark, I think you're part of that. Come on up. We're going to make you walk again. I I know your doctor said you had to keep walking, so. Yep, Sarah told me yes, he needs to get up and walk. Come on, Brian. Come on, Brian. Brian. Brian should hold it. Come on, Brian. You need to hold the trophy, Brian. Oh, come
017on. Come on, Discovery students. Come on, you two. Come on. Yes. All right. >> [laughter] >> All right. All right, congratulations, Discovery. >> [applause] >> Okay, with that, that concludes our recognitions this evening. I know that many of you would like to go out and celebrate with your families. Please do so. We are going to continue with the board meeting. You're welcome to stay, but I know you might want to spend some time with your families. Please Please so. Thank you so much for coming out. And have a wonderful, wonderful, safe summer. And we'll see you back in August. Thank you. Families, go ahead and take your pictures if you'd like to. Anybody that wants a picture, please go ahead and do that. >> Okay, we are going to continue. Congratulations to everyone. Uh, going
018on to item three, call to the public. Do we have uh any calls to the public? No, Board Clerk Paymentel, we do not. Okay, moving on to the consent agenda. Are there any items that board members would wish to pull or discuss? Do we have a motion to accept the consent agenda? Move to approve the consent agenda. I'll second. Thank you, Ms. Wilson. How do you vote? >> Aye. Ms. Bartels, how do you vote? >> Aye. Chair votes aye, motion passes. And we are moving right along here. Item five, we do not have any reports or information items, so we are moving on to item six, action items. We do have a couple. Uh item six A, Ms. Segarra Jones. Yes, I'm sorry, my technology is not working. Let me get to the paper copy.
019>> Okay, so let me move this over. So item 6A um the governing board will discuss and consider taking action to approve its top three political agenda priorities and propose issues to submit for consideration on Arizona School Boards Association for the 2017 political agenda. And you can choose three of those. And then any proposal that you have two proposals. So you may begin your conversations. Okay, looking at our list it seems that we have two items where there are uh four uh I'm not sure who ET is. Oh, I'm sorry. Executive team. That's us. We always give ours as well. So you'll see ET extraterrestrial staff. >> Extraterrestrial. We'll take you. So we have one, two two items where four votes were in and that was item 1-2 which is provide consistent dedicated sources of
020base funding based on the most recent statewide cost study. Uh that equips all Arizona public schools with the adequate support to address the academic, social, and emotional needs of its students. And there's a long list that goes along with that. Item 1-4 which is fully fund full day kindergarten and include kindergarten students in the override calculations. So those two both have four and then we have one with three, which is 7-2, and that is fully fund individuals with Disabilities Education Act. And along with that, we have a couple with two board members and a couple with one. How Let's discuss 1-2. How do you feel about keeping that one on as one of the ones to move forward as our political agenda item? That one's foundational, no matter what. >> It is. 1-4 and 1-2
021are funding. Yeah. I mean it My my big word is a four-letter word, and it's fund. Money. Fund. Yeah. I don't think there's really any need for discussion on that. It's No, those are fine. So, do we agree with that on 1-2 and 1-4? Yes. Yeah. Okay. Well, we're two down and one to go. Um is Let's Let's do this. Are there any that you feel more strongly about than item 7-2? Nothing. No. Well, because ultimately in the end, when you have something that the costs far out far exceed the the reimbursement for um you're you're robbing from Peter to pay Paul. True. So. Ms. Bergen will be attending again in Washington, D.C. for advocacy for special education, as well. So, we're going to continue to advocate for that. Um Also, I just want to
022note on here um the other one that the team chose, too, is we don't want to lose sight of and we're still doing that through um SFOB. So, that's on there, but we will continue to do that. And then also um some of these like fully fund preschool programs, we we clearly support that, but if they're not going to fund kinder, they're not going to make preschool their priority, unfortunately, but um perhaps we could always continue to put fund you know, full-day pre-K through kindergarten programs. That would be nice, as well, but yeah, those seem like um great great choices. Okay, so let me go along over here. So, we're looking at pushing forward item 1-2 1-4 and 7-2. Let me read how we Well, is it Is 7-2 two part? Is 7-2 part of
023the uh Fully funded Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Yeah, but I thought that was the fourth. No, that's for the third >> That's the third most popular one. Yeah, but I mean So, 1-2 was provide consistent dedicated sources for base funding. >> Right. 1-4 was fund full-day kindergarten. 7-2 is IDEA. It unless you can Those are the ones that you can do or if there's another one you'd like to discuss. No other ones to discuss? Or to push forward? All right. Well, do we have a motion? I'll make a motion that uh we ask Ms. Powell to submit on our behalf that uh our board priorities are 1-2, 1-4, and 7-2 for the reasons that we spoke of. Thank you. Do we have a second? Second. Thank you. Ms. Wilson, how do you vote? >>
024Aye. Ms. Bartels, how do you vote? >> Aye. The chair votes aye. That motion passes. Thank you very much. Uh No, you're just going to do the SBA political election? No, that's it. Okay. You can go to B now. All right, moving along to item 6B, Ms. Segarra Jones. Yeah, mine is Sorry, I apologize. Mine is not loading for me. So, it is recommended that the governing board approve the financial audit and compliance questionnaire from the CWL for fiscal year ended in June 30th, 2025 as presented. And now we'll turn it over to Mr. Barrigan. Uh Madam Chair, members of the board, Superintendent Segarra Jones, uh I'm going to defer here and I'm going to have Ms. Scudder Vale um lead this with uh in collaboration with our auditing uh firm. And so, I'll have
025her take it away. Uh tonight, I will be co-presenting the 2025 financial compliance audit with um Mr. Dan Johnson. He is a representative from our audit firm Advisant. And I will go ahead and let him introduce himself. Thank you, Valerie. Good evening, uh members of the board, superintendent, members of the public. Uh my name's Daniel Johnson. I'm a partner with Advisant. Um we did rebrand from CWL, so that's the new name, still all the same same team and everything. I've been uh auditing for 9 years now, I believe. Um and I was the lead partner on the engagement for the fiscal 24-25 audit for Glendale Elementary. Thank you, Dan. Before we get started, I would like to thank um my staff because without their help, I would not be able to do this all on
026my own. So, Miss uh Sitlalli Ramirez Benavidez, she's our audit liaison. She works directly with Dan um getting all of the documentation that needs to um be given to them for audit. Um also, Miss Tammy Delgado, she was our finance I'm sorry, our purchasing manager. Um she's gone on to uh another opportunity, but she's here tonight and I appreciate all her work. And Nathaniel Gonzalez, he's our new purchasing manager and has done great things already. So, thank you um to them and then also to all the departments um we have to reach out and get documentation from HR, IT, all the departments. So, I appreciate their cooperation with the audit. Um during the 2021 legislative session, um House Bill 2018 was passed, which requires now that we um publicly present our audit and all compliant
027all audits and compliance questionnaires are approved by roll call vote. And additionally, language was added to the statute requiring requiring uh that we provide electronic copies of our reports to ADE and the County Superintendent's Office. And this was mainly for transparency. Um prior to this, we would provide all of the the same packet, but it was just given to um the board and was not publicly was not made available publicly. So, um that's what we'll we'll be reviewing tonight. Here's a quick timeline of the audit. Um our auditors were with us here last week um doing some field work and this is May [clears throat] is our month of preliminary audit. They come out um a team of four auditors work directly with us on site, um and we provide documentation from all areas, cash,
028um at student attendance, and so we're we're getting a lot of information from all of our departments, and we provide that documentation to them, and they start the uh preliminary audit. Uh after that, in October, we're wrapping up the fiscal year, so during that time, we are doing the AFR, uh submitting the annual financial reports, and doing any finalization of journal entries and reporting. In November, they'll return, and at that time, they finalize the audit, um and work with, again, pull more samples during our encumbrance period, they'll be looking at that, and then in December, all of our um reports are finalized and submitted to the state, federal, and also to award agencies. So, I'll let you go ahead and Thank you. So, the uh the first and the uh largest report that we issue
029is the annual comprehensive financial report. Those are your financial statements. Um we issued, once again, an unmodified or clean opinion over the financial statements, and that simply means that they're fairly presented in all material respects. There were no material misstatements. Um that's the best opinion you can get. Um and then, diving into that report, there's the uh management's discussion and analysis, and if you're going to spend any time in the the report, it is uh about 100 pages, so don't have to read the whole thing. Um I'd recommend spending some time in the management's discussion and analysis. Um that gives kind of a more of a year-over-year narrative uh comparison of the district's balances to the immediately preceding uh fiscal year, and it kind of gives some of the financial highlights, um budgetary highlights. Um
030following that are the government-wide financial statements. These are your statement of net position, statement of activities. These are full accrual basis, so these will have all of your long-term assets and liabilities. You'll see your pension liability on your capital assets. These are the closest to a private sector business balance sheet and income statement. Following that is the fund financial statements. These are prepared on the modified accrual basis of accounting. And these will include short-term receivables and payables, but they don't have those long-term assets. Following those, there's the notes to the financial statements. These give additional detail on all the various balances in the financial statements. Some of them are more interesting than others. If you have trouble sleeping, there's a six-page pension footnote in there. And then following that, there's another section that's called the
031RSI. It has your budget to actual schedule. That's another area where you can spend some time. It shows the budgetary comparison schedules for the general fund as well as any major special revenue funds. And then budgetary comparison schedules for all of the non-major funds or other capital projects funds are following in the statistical section. That'll give more detailed financial information as well as a lot of historical trend information, past 10 fiscal years worth of data on anything from, you know, your asset balances, your liabilities, demographic information, that type of thing. And then the the next pack next item is the single audit reporting package. This is the both the report on the district's internal controls over financial reporting as well as the report on federal compliance. Once again this year, we had no material weaknesses
032and no significant deficiencies as well as an unmodified opinion over the the SEFA, which is your schedule of expenditures of federal awards. This is the the best the district can get. We're required to test a certain percentage of federal programs, uh which is 20% based on the district being a low-risk auditee, as well as there's a rotation of programs for fiscal 25. We tested the child nutrition cluster, and thankfully the one program gave us the 20% required coverage. Um no findings over that program. And uh I believe for '26 we're going to be testing Title I, so there's a sneak peek. So, the next section is the USFR compliance questionnaire, and this is really our test of how we're doing. Um the last bullet shows that there are a lot of areas on our financial
033questionnaire. Um everything from classroom site fund, payroll, IT, and even governing board procedures. And these are our results. Out of 171 items that are tested, um we had 168 with yes, which is what you're looking for, yes answers, and three with no. So, overall we were at 98%. Um we work diligently um with our admin secretaries. Um we do secretaries meetings to train on we go over all of these um areas in depth so that um we can get these kind of results. And audit deadlines, um we're required to issue reports by March 31st to ADE, county superintendent, and the Arizona Auditor General. And our comprehensive annual financial report was issued on time in order to apply for awards for our ASBO International and GFOA awards. I'll I'll skip to them. We were awarded um
034both for 2024 and we're hoping that we'll receive them again in 2025. Um final thoughts, Mr. Bergin? Would you like to interject? >> [laughter] >> Um so for 2025, we did have a 90% a 98% audit proficiency and had a decrease in findings from four to three and there were no um findings identified as significant deficiencies or material weaknesses. That's all I have. Do you have any questions? Thank you. Does anyone have any questions, comments? Um the only thing I just want to clarify, so when you guys have to like really look at an area, is that like a rotating schedule? Like each year a different large section gets uh scrutinized? Uh so on the the USFR, the uh the questions remain the same year over year. The uh the auditor general works with I
035believe ADE to update some of the questions. Uh for a district your size, we do rotate which school sites we test for attendance, for example. We don't test every school every year. And then the auditor general, they communicate with us audit firms on the areas where they want a little bit of extra scrutiny. Um I can tell you right now it's IT and conflict of interest. Um and then for the federal programs, that's just on a strict uh rotation Okay. uh depending which uh programs are the type A, which historically has been 750,000, but for fiscal 26, that's finally getting bumped up to a million. Um so we test the rotation of the type A programs for the uh coverage required. And I just wanted to add one little final thought of uh on the
036number of findings being three, uh that sounds, you know, to some people that might be a lot, that is absolutely fantastic. You know, anything under 10 is an A. I know educators love letter grades. Um and uh the four last year's very hard to improve on, but you know, the team they did and the three that we had were all very very minor things. It's a It's a yes no checklist. There's not a lot of gray area and they were three things that I could go to any of my clients and find. So, you know, Valley Inner Team do a fantastic job, you know, all the departments are doing, you know, growing in the same direction. >> [applause] >> I just want to add one of the things I guess I'll have a little bit
037of a final thought. Can you go back to the one more? Not only the decrease in findings, right, from four to three as as as it has been pointed out, but perhaps another significant important piece that it's that second bullet point that says no financial statements no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses. That's critical in our opinion and so I think it's important to also acknowledge that piece in addition to the decrease in findings and I do commend everyone involved in the audit process cuz it is it's a lot of work, it's a lot of preparation and so we've had a great partner in our auditing firm and so we appreciate the collaboration. Thank you, Dan. I know sometimes we think that, you know, when the auditors are coming here everybody's gets a little nervous about
038it, but we always welcome you so that we can only continue to improve what we do. So again, thank you for your work, we appreciate it. Thank you. >> [applause] >> All right, if there are no further questions or comments, can I get a motion to approve item 6B? I'll move to approve the financial audit and compliance questionnaire from CWDL for fiscal year ending June 30th, 2025 as presented. I'll second. Thank you. Ms. Wilson, how do you vote? >> I. Ms. Bartel, how do you vote? >> I. Chair I. Motion passes. Thank you very much. Moving on to item 6C. Mrs. Jones. >> Yes, 6C is a 2025-2026 expenditure budget revisions. Mr. Barrigan. Mrs. Scattareggia. >> [clears throat] [clears throat] >> And you're doing great. Members of the governing board, Superintendent Segarra Jones, I will
039be going over our final revision of the FY26 budget. Um the budget was revised to take into account a loss of five ADM from our last budget revision. Budget revision two, we did have a drop. Overall, looking at from 2025, our final revised three compared to our 2026 revised number three, we did have a 274 ADM gap or decline from what our initial projection was. The initial projected decline was 3.9% and our actual decline was 3.4. Mr. Barrigan. Yeah, Madam Chair, members of the board, Superintendent Segarra Jones, just if you look at the proposed budget to the revision interestingly enough, we increased about 40 students, which kind of reflects that change in what our projected decline was from 3.9 to 3.4. 3.4. That that is important just to note and that's why you're going to
040also see some of the changes that she'll go into. But for everyone to understand, in the last 13 years, we've lost 40% of our ADM. That's significant and over the next 10 years we're scheduled to decline another 22%. Um to put it in perspective, that's about 1,558 students. That's significant. So, from 2013 and then you add those additional 10 years that Applied Economics has projected out, you know, the district will have lost about 60 2% of its ADM from 2013 to about 2035. And so, you know, we want to make sure that everyone fully understands the magnitude of the challenges uh cuz they will not be um there will be some difficult times and some difficult conversations to be had. Next is a comparison of the M&O budget um from our 2025 revised number three
041compared to where we are for the 26 revised number three. Um as you can see in 25, DAA, we weren't allocating any of our RCL from DAA. Now, the whole amount, the 4.4, um that allocation is being moved over to M&O. Our budget balance carry forward has decreased. In 25, it was 12.2 million. In 26, it's now 7.8 and projected to decline again in 27. Here's a look at our revised three, 25 versus 26. As you can see on the two those I know those are very small, but on column B, where we used to be able to allocate some of the RCL um over to DAA and keep DAA whole, we no longer can do that. Um none of the RCL is moved over into DAA and the whole amount um is now pushed
042over to M&O. Madam Chair, members of the board, Superintendent Segarra Jones. The one thing that we do want to point out is we very strategically did this, and that was to we knew that we needed a uh DAA override, which if you think about it, the monies that we had in that column B, we knew that we had to move over to M&O with the idea that that DAA would kind of replace it. I do want to point out that, as some of you may know, that the legislature in our capital lawsuit has appealed to the appellate court. Uh we did get a copy of that briefing, and I can tell you that the legislature's attorneys um specifically points out and is criticizing this particular um strategy. Uh and they just So, I just want
043to point that out that there are um that we're being criticized for this, and the the version that they're putting out there is, if we had just kept that there, it would solve all of our issues. Well, there're competing interest between M&O and capital, and the what we're trying to do is really find that balance as best as we can. And that's the that's the item, or that's one of the issues that I think some people are forgetting. And so, I think it's important to talk about it. I think it's important to highlight it um cuz we're not going to shy away from what we're doing. We believe we're attempting to find the right balance with the challenges that we have ahead. Next, um our unrestricted capital budget did decrease slightly. Um we did report
044some negative interest. Um the override has definitely helped, and the three um last the um entries for state aid supplement, one-time DAA supplement, and the one-time fur ball, All of those um are additional funding that previously we did not put in DAA and now it is. We're supplementing with those um one-time um items. And that's just a look at the worksheet. In January um of 20 25 the audit the Arizona Auditor General raised two concerns on their financial risk analysis for Glendale. One of them was our change in weighted student count, which we're aware of, and also the capital monies that are being redirected to M&O to operations. What we anticipated um our 26 would look like is the remaining with the weighted student count, the change, the monies redirected to operations, and also our
045financial position. That was our um outlook and projection. We did get an updated financial risk analysis, and they have um put the additional um risk at the budget limit reserves, which is our carry forward. As it declines, that becomes um more of a risk for the district. And final thoughts, um as the district continues to incur fixed costs in staffing, special education, facilities, and transportation, regardless of student enrollment at each campus, this widening gap between revenue and expenditures is placing increasing pressure on the district's financial stability. While some decisions may be difficult, they're necessary to ensure the immediate and long-term fiscal health and sustainability of GES D. And the administration remains committed to prudent and responsible stewardship of the district's resources. Do you have any Are there any questions? Does anyone have any questions or
046comments? Sadly, I mean, unfortunately, it's it's a repeat every year. And um the reality is that we are aware of it, and we are cognizant of it, and every every decision that we make is, you know, fortunately {slash} unfort- you know, unfortunately, it is to protect the integrity and the financial stability of the district and the services that we offer to our children in this community. Which goes back to why our political agenda is funding. We need this funding, and it is important for as much funding to come in and to be the best we can be for every single student we have and faculty. Any other discussion or comments? Can I get a motion to approve item 6C? I move to approve the 2025-2026 expenditure budget revision number three as presented. I'll second. Thank
047you. Ms. Wilson, how do you vote? >> I. Ms. Bartels, how do you vote? >> I. Chair votes I, and the motion passes. Thank you very much. Moving along to item seven, future meetings and events. Yes, remember Clerk Pimentel and board members as well. Um Future meetings, you'll see May 28th as a special meeting. We will need that meeting. It'll be a 4:00 meeting. We will need to have executive sessions to seek legal counsel on some existing um litigation that the district is currently and involved in. Thank you. Are there any items anyone would wish to add discuss? We do have one more we need to discuss the September board meeting. That is when um we're at the law conference. And so it all the law conference we always seems to fall at that time.
048So is there another date? What are some proposed dates we could do in September, Miss Bell? Did we pull those up? Let's see which ones we could do in September. Of the week before the 8th of that week we could do the 8th or 9th prior to the uh conference. Or do you just want to wait till the 17th? Is there anything pressing? Well, that's right at the beginning of the year. I mean, I would think we would have to have one then. What do you Bergen. Yeah, Madam Chair, members of the board, Superintendent Gana Jones, because the legislature hasn't um finalized the legislative session, the budget forms uh they're going to it sounds like they're going to provide preliminary forms, which means which could mean that we will have to do a little bit
049more multiple revisions than we normally do because the legislature hasn't uh truly enacted a final budget. So perhaps that could be a challenge depending on what is decided on the meeting date. I'm open on the 8th. I am, too, but I'm also looking cuz you wanted to do the the student recognition. >> We do ASA at that time as well. Mhm. I'm good with the 8th. Yeah. 8th? Okay. All right. Does anyone else have anything else for future for and events? Moving on to summary of current events. Yes, or click on the tail members of the board. I do have a PowerPoint, but I don't have a clicker. I have a clicker. There have been a lot of things happening and we just want to capture that and celebrate those things. So we see what
050there we go. So the Care Coalition Impact Award went to Erica Saganic, GSD Director of Social Emotional Learning Mental Health. The Impact Award honors a board honors a board member whose contributions have directly strengthened prevention initiatives and positive outcomes. So Erica, thank you for your work and your team. Is Erica here? There you are. Yay. There you are. Next, we have America's 250th birthday essay contest and the City of Glendale's Office of Arts, whatever that says under there, has fifth grade students write essays to celebrate our nation's milestone anniversary. And so the student winners from Glendale City District were awarded $25 gift cards and they will have a chance to win an overall city-wide award this summer and we have the following from each of those schools. So Eli from Jack, Kasai from Desert Spirit
051Anacosta from Horizon on there. So congratulations to them and we'll be making a a a big [clears throat] celebration for them and we keep getting those award announcements daily. So we're very proud of them. Next, GSD earns a platinum healthiest employers award. We appreciate everything that HR and wellness does and it's always nice to receive those awards. So Ms. Valdez and your team, is rest of your team here? Who's here? Jackie's here. Yes, thank you for your work. >> [applause] >> Next, GSD System of Care Food Distribution total number served in 25-26, 7,086 households, 34,294 individuals. So, great work. >> [applause] >> Mr. Purcell, thank you for your work. You are the director over there and you did an amazing job and we appreciate that and we know that our community does. Um next we
052have the Glendale, this happened today, the Glendale Rotary Club um Inspirational Educator of the Year and that was our GSD Teacher of the Year runner-up, Crystal Fernandez and she and Ms. Acheka were there today uh to receive their awards. So. >> [applause] >> And then the Transportation Department uh had a PBIS spotlight. The GSD Transportation Department was invited by the Arizona Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports Coalition to be featured as a spotlight success story honoring the team's work in integrating PBIS and the Ride to Shine programs in GSD buses. So, very proud. >> [applause] >> So, Ms. Hadaghy and your team, thank you so much for the work that you do there. And our um sites and our students do great work. We also received the GSD Financial Department awarded for excellence again, Certificate of
053Excellence um in financial reporting. >> [applause] >> And with that, um I do want to wish everybody a wonderful um time for you to enjoy summer. Uh we We next week to get through and I know we will. It's been an incredible year. I want you to all know I'm proud of the work that you have done. Extremely proud of what students have done academically, what we're seeing in preliminary assessment results with the Zello's and with also ASA. We look forward to that. And just the gains they've made also socio-emotionally. We get those reports as well. So, extremely proud of our staff and our students. And I was at the honor of attending a volunteer appreciation in Horizon today that our family advocates do and always proud of the work that our family advocates do
054at the sites cuz they are a direct line to communication for our families and helps with us get meet all of our needs. So, have a wonderful summer. Take time for yourselves. We'll be back in August. We appreciate what you do, and be safe out there. Thank you very much. Miss Wilson. Yes. Um, congratulations to all our retirees. Um, have a wonderful retirement. Uh, some of you may not know what to do with your extra time. Yuck, yuck. But, um, if you are find yourself in that position, um, there is not only substitute available availability for you, but if you want to volunteer an hour or two of your time, you know, that's always something that can fill your day with staying in contact with not only teachers and kids, but just, you know, giving
055your time to the district. And we would really appreciate it. So, um, but, uh, at any rate, the rest of you also have a wonderful summer and be safe. Thank you. Miss Bartels. It's always the busiest time of the year, and it's always wonderful, but we do still hate to see our our staff, you know, have to part ways, but, um, just a reminder, you know, we did have our last food distribution yesterday that we did over at the Sistema Care Center, but a reminder to our community, we've got the summer lunch program that will start up not long after you all our students are out, so that's going to be a resource for everybody. Um I know it's hot. Just please stay safe, you know, and be careful on the roads. Thank you. I
056just want to say thank you to everybody who has put effort and time and blood, sweat, and tears into all the events we've gone to the last month from the cheer competition, which I didn't hear for like the whole day after that, and the Día de los Niños and Cinco de Mayo, it it you all care about your campus and your kids and each other and it shows. Um congratulations to the retirees and to those who are not coming back to GES D. We appreciate everything you've done for everything everybody here, everybody who's attended, and every single life you've touched, and you'll always be part of this family. Um promotions are next week. Those are one of the things we really look forward to, and uh just it's it's an accomplishment for every single student,
057and that's your accomplishment as well. So, I'd like to uh wish you all a happy summer, and as Ms. Bartel said, stay cool, stay hydrated, and we are looking for a motion to adjourn. >> Could we get an update? Who won the softball championship? >> Oh. Yeah, we don't know what happened. Challenger? No one talks to you. >> [laughter] >> Megan, you've been erased. I know, [laughter] that's rough. >> Congratulations to Challenger. >> Now, now that's a little scary cuz the board got a a much better play-by-play of the basketball champ- yeah, tournament. So, you know, we we need to have a conversation with them. Challenger Is that all we know is Challenger 1-1? That's scores. Oh, so American boys won. Okay. And Challenger girls won. Girls won. So, Challenger girls won, Megan. So, you
058can announce that tomorrow. And then >> [laughter] >> And American won. Boys won. Great. >> [laughter] >> All right. And there we are. Okay. We have a motion to adjourn. Move to adjourn. Second. All those in favor? I. >> I. Have