001Yep. Go ahead. Turn it on. Good evening. I'd like to call our meeting to order. It is Tuesday, February 10th at 6:30. Lisa, please do the roll call. >> Patty Coutrey, >> present. >> Carolyn Lopez, >> present. Lisa Garcia, >> present. >> Ben Owens, >> present. >> Shante Rothschild, >> present. >> Great. And I've asked Vice President Lopez to please lead us in the pledge of >> allegiance. All right. Adoption of the agenda. Do I have any emotions? Motions or amendments? >> A motion to adopt the agenda. >> I'll second. >> Lisa, I have a motion and a second. >> Shante Rothschild. >> I. >> Ben Owens. >> Hi. >> Lisa Garcia. >> I. >> Carolyn Lopez. >> Hi. >> Patty Catra. I All right. Move on to the superintendent report. Dr. Lopeman. >> Thank
002you, President Catra. Congratulations to Pumute Elementary School teacher Casey Buchner and Butterfield Elementary School integration specialist tech integration specialist Sha Bon for earning more than $4,600 in STEM grants from ED3. The funding will advance lessons on renewable energy and electricity, hands-on classroom experiments, and a student field trip focused on real world energy concepts. Thank you to ED3 for continuing to invest in STEM learning for our MUSD students. State Representatives Teresa Martinez and Chris Lopez provided updates and perspectives on key education is issues at the MUSD legislative forum. The conversation addressed important topics including statewide literacy initiatives, the potential new renewal of Prop 123, and a proposed plan by the governor to increase funding for school facility maintenance and construction. The panel was led by Rebecca BBE of Arizona School Administrators along with Chad Whittle, MUSD
003legislative committee chair. To stay informed on legislative updates, visit the MUSD legislative committee web page using the QR code on the screen. And I saw Rebecca BBE last week and she commented on the effectiveness um of our event, that evening event, and has shared our document that, you know, we summarized some legislative initiatives uh with several other districts as a model for how they could establish that kind of a an event and and relationship for both parents and legislators. So, I thought that was cool. Uh, Maricopa Unified School District recently hosted a parent university workshop with our community partner Doves Network, which stands for domestic violence education services to help families navigate online safety. Parents learned about warning signs of online risks, effective privacy set settings, and parental controls and strategies for talking with teens
004about social media. The session also covered healthy relationships, the role of social media in teen dating, and ways adults can guide safe, respectful choices online. For additional resources, visit dovesetwork.org. Desert Wind Middle School students took center stage this weekend at the Southern Arizona Orchestra Festival with seven talented m musicians selected to participate. Nearly 30 schools from across the region gathered for a full day of rehearsals that culminated in a concert that showcased the outstanding performers chosen by their teachers and a panel of judges. Adding to the excitement, Mr. Harper joined the performance as a percussionist with the fifth and sixth grade ensemble. Don't miss the next opportunity to celebrate these emerging artists at the Honor Band and Orchestra concert on February 21st at Maricopa High School Performing Arts Center. Input from more than 2400 students,
005families, and staff and community members through the Hanover Safety Survey is informing our understanding of school climate and guiding our next steps as a district. A key area of student feedback showed encouraging progress, including a 7% increase in feeling safe at school and improvements in consistent rule enforcement, communication skills, and emotional regulation. In response, the district is elevating student voice through youth participatory action research and feedback opportunities while schools continue strengthening relationships with PBIS, restorative practices, advisory structures, and multiddisciplinary safety teams. Next steps include connecting these effort efforts more directly to to survey results and improving studentfriendly communication about safety measures, particularly at middle and high school. This feedback guides real practical in improvements and makes our schools safer places to work and learn. And that's my report. >> Thank you, Dr. Lman. Would it
006be possible to share that doc from the legislative forum uh with all of the board members? >> Absolutely. Thank you. All right, we'll move on to governing board member reports. Member Rashal. >> Uh good evening everyone and happy Black History Month. Um a couple of updates. So, I did get an opportunity to attend uh the district's legislative updates um session. So, it was my second year attending. Very enjoyable. Last year, I know our legislators did not get an opportunity to attend because they were busy downtown at the capital fighting for us. Um so, it was very nice to um have them there um and talk about some of the bills and different things and how they address things that we as individual community members can do. So, always love that. Um and then yesterday I
007had the opportunity to attend the governor's state of the state um annual event at the capitol and um some of the things that they mentioned were uh their focus on the workforce which I know is very important for us because that's part of the portrait of the uh the graduate on making sure that our students are prepared for the workforce for whatever um path they choose. So some good information there and I'll share that with you Dr. Lopman and can share it with with the board as well. They also talked about housing and um addressing issues in rural Arizona. So, while we're not rural rural um we certainly aren't metropolitan yet. So, lots of good information and it was good to hear um that our legislators are working on things that affect us here at
008the district. So, um those are all my updates. >> Thank you, Member Owens. >> Thank you, President Coutree. Uh I also was able to attend legislative dinner. Um, I had the honor of uh or maybe it was the misfortune of Rebecca BBE and Chris Lopez. Uh, we all kind of shared a shared a dinner table. Um, so connecting with those two and kind of hearing from both of them what they're doing in Phoenix at the Capitol. Um, had a kind of a cool little connection with Rebecca BBE. Um, we grew up, she grew up in the same town where I worked. Um, so having, it was kind of cool to have a kind of a connection point there. Um, and um, just hearing how um, we have so many advocates for what we're doing, what
009our focus is here. um and trying to trying to help education um is really great. So, um we're able to exchange some information uh and that kind of thing. So, um I'm hopeful that we're going to see some positive things come out and uh the legislative session is here. So, that's all I have. >> Thank you, Member Garcia. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh I too also attended the uh legislative forum. Um got to meet some uh city council members there as well and also share uh updates in regards to uh my very first meeting with on the school board and I'm still getting a little bit acclimated here. Uh I appreciate the the opportunity of just diving in, but the legislative um dinner was great. my first time attending and I I really came
010back with a wealth of knowledge in regards to the bills that uh will be impacting the school district, not only this district but all schools as well. And I just want to reiterate to those of you out there, parents, families within the district, that um you do have an advocate up here. You have five of us up here and that was a great event to host. I look forward to more of them and uh it was a great turnout and a great experience. Thank you. Vice President Lopez. >> Thank you, President Coutree. Um, I missed the legislative meeting I had planned on attending. Um, but I had sick babies, which from my Facebook feed, I guess tons of parents in our district are facing right now. So, they're better now. That's my update. >> Yeah,
011they're they're better now. So, that's it. >> Thank you. Um, I was not able to attend either because I work on Thursday nights. Um, however, um, listening to all of you, I'm so glad you guys got that opportunity to go. I was able to attend the Maricopa Women in Government Day down at the Capitol that was hosted by, uh, Council Member Anamarie Noir and Representative Theresa Martinez, and that was so enlightening. Um, ASBA also, um, gives, uh, there's a report that you can sign up. It's free even though we're not members and you can get their take on some of these bills. There's been a lot of bills going through the Senate and the House um education committee um that directly even affect us as a governing board. Um so I highly recommend you guys
012if you want to know more information about that and I do believe we have a day at the Capitol coming up >> um which I planning on attending >> um which will be fun. Uh, and then, um, just lastly, I just want to, um, plug, we've got, um, we're coming up into the season of field trips. So, for anybody watching, uh, who wants to volunteer to be a chaperone, we do have our MUSD volunteer training. Uh, we have it once a month. And our next one is February 19th from 10:30 to 11:30. Just show up in the lobby and we'll get you all set up. And that's all I have. So, we'll move on to the work study. our fiscal year 2627 budget preview. Mr. Harmon, I still think we should do walkup songs. >>
013We'll save that. >> Simple man, maybe. >> That's the song. Simple. Okay. Threw me off. What am I doing? >> Good evening, President Coutree, members of the governing board, and Dr. Lman. The purpose of this presentation is to preview our early projections for the fiscical year 27 budget. I'd like to review our budget calendar for the rest of the year. We have our M preview tonight. In April, we'll have a second preview of the fiscical year 27 budget to include the the classroom site fund and our capital funds. In May, we will have our mandatory final revision for our current year fiscal year 26 budget. On June 10th, we'll have our fiscal year 27 uh proposed budget approval, which authorizes us to publish that budget and a notice of public hearing for our budget adoption
014that will take place on July or before July 15th. The next couple of slides uh highlights uh some of the projected fiscal year 27 budget. We have some potential fiscal cliffs. The free and reduced priced lunch poverty weight and the DIA formula increase together equal over $500,000 and will require legislative one-time approval for fiscal year 27. In fiscal year 28, both of these formulas are permanently added to the funding formulas and will no longer need legislative approval. So, this is the the last potential fiscal cliff. Um the legislature has approved this every year that it has been a one-time approval, but we're still planning as if it's not going to be approved until after the legislative session concludes. Some key drivers of this projection include a 2% uh increase to the base level amount per
015weighted student as part of the budget formula inflation factor. Uh the Arizona State retirement contribution rates paid by each qualifying employee and matched by the district is decreasing by 02%. We'll see a small savings there. We are seeing a slight decrease in our teacher experience index. We're still above the state average and we'll receive additional funds for that um factor. We're projecting a growth in average daily membership of 365. Here are some investments in people and programs. We're continuing to support sightbased leadership and decision-making with school allocated budgets in M capital vision and FFN. We are committed to covering any increase in costs of employee health benefits. We are continuing our investment in the employee wellness program. We are continuing to prioritize competitive compensations with a proposed 3% increase for all staff. We are raising
016the base rate for firstear teachers to $57,000. Based on the key drivers of the funding formula, we project an ongoing M budget limit of about 91.5 million. Our level of estimated ongoing expenditures through the end of this year is approximately 84.4 million, giving us a little over $7 million of available ongoing revenue to address district needs. Now that we've built the budget limits, I'll shift the presentation to the expenditure plan. Starting with some known fixed costs, we experience inflation each year for the goods, services, and utilities we use. We're using the 2.74% inflation rate used in the recent state minimum wage increase and setting aside $466,000. We won't know our employee health insurance rate increase for a month or two, but we know that health insurance gets more expensive each year, and we are setting
017aside a 14% potential increase in this expenditure plan. On a similar note, in our property casualty insurance, we've set aside $50,000 for a potential increase. In addition to that potential rate increase, we increased our cyber coverage from 1 million to three million at an additional cost of $38,000. We see that minor savings in the Arizona State Retirement System reduction. Um we also have included a contingency fund of $900,000 of M. This is a set aside amount to handle unforeseen positions and needs that arise after the budget adoption. Total fixed costs are just over $2 million. We've worked through the position needs for fiscal year 27. The positions are needed to address growth throughout the district, the opening of Alma Ferrell Innovation Academy, and investments in supports for student behavior, a total of almost $2.7 million
018in new positions. Here is the expenditure summary with the available M and ongoing revenue of a little over 7 million. On the expenditures, we have the fixed costs we mentioned, 3% compensation increase for all staff and the new positions that bring our current expenditure plan to nearly 6.7 million with just under 400,000 remaining. And as a reminder, the expenditure plan does include $900,000 of contingency um to address unforeseen needs beyond this point in the planning process. >> Thank you. That concludes my presentation. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> Board members, questions. >> No, >> I think it was page three. ADM, you said the words really fast. What is that? >> What is ADM? >> ADM is average daily membership. What is that? >> We are funded on ADM which
019is a a variation of enrollment. So the big difference between enrollment and ADM um is our preschool um our special needs preschool students and our kindergarten students are only funded at 0.5. So if we have 500 kindergarteners, we're only funded on 250 of them. So that's a difference between ADM and enrollment. ADM is also based on the first 100 days of instruction. So, if a student enrolls with us on day one and they stay to the end of the year, we'll get funded for the full 100 days. If they enroll with us on day 51 and stay for the rest of the year, we're only going to be funded for half an ADM because they've only been here for the the latter half of that first 100 days. So, it's a fractional enrollment uh variable
020that we're funded on. So, so again, if a student enrolls with us today, we're past the 100th day. We don't get any students that enroll after the 100th day. the decrease in the ASRS is that contribution from the district. So we're putting in 0.2% less or >> so the uh Arizona state retirement system they you know they judge the health of that um that uh the what their investment pool and determine what rate we need to to contribute as individuals and as the district match. So that rate is decreasing by a small margin. just under 12% by a 02% decrease. So the nothing it's nothing that impacts anyone's individual retirement. It's just that the contributions that each individual contributes and that we match is slightly decreasing. >> So individuals will see a small very small
021savings on an individual basis. But since we match every employee, then it's uh it's significant enough to mention it here in the budget presentation. >> Mr. Harmon, I hate the term, but can you explain fiscal cliff? Yeah, great. Um, yeah, it's a term that we use anytime that there is a funding source that we have that's going to potentially go away. And so these two potential items, we've been funded with both of these factors every year. We, you know, and there's a they're on the um the budget's proposed or the governor's proposed budget. Um, but we'll see. The legislature has to approve those two items. If they do not approve them, then we will have a reduction in our overall funding formula by about $500,000. That's that that potential cliff. And again, in fiscal year
02228, that that money would come back to us. So, it's really a one-time potential cliff. >> I really hate that term. >> When will we know >> whenever they sign whenever the legislative legislative session ends? Probably June 30th at 11 p.m. >> Well, when they when the when the state approves their budget which hopefully will be on time. Uh, one other um I guess just confirmation. Uh, the employee health benefit cost that we're going to cover is just for their medical and it's just for the employee. Correct. >> Um, it's a combination of um medical and farm and pharmacy, right? >> Um, it is the employee portion of our of our comp of our benefit plans. No. Well, it's a very wonderful thing that we do with that. So, any other questions? >> The um
023estimation for the innovative innovative academy, is that based on students moving from existing schools to the academy or is that um taking into account potential students that we think that we may gain with people moving and and all of that? So we we did work with our demographer and they this was after well kind of during our boundary um our boundary work. So that school has a boundary so we can project what students will live there and we'll will be um driven to that school based on the boundary. So some of these positions are just general growth that we're going to see throughout the district. But a lot of the positions are mandatory positions. you know, we have to have we have to staff those offices and the custodians. And the facilities and grounds positions
024are also related to adding another school. We need additional um maintenance workers and grounds workers because they're that formula is based on square footage and acres. So um and some of our student or ESS positions are also related to opening a new school as well as some growth. >> But opening a new school that first year is it's very expensive to kind of get that that school started. >> Makes perfect sense. Thank you. Uh, one question for you. You said that we are uh increasing our new teacher pay to I believe is 57,000. Do you know what it currently is off hand? >> 56,000. >> Okay. Great. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Harmon. >> Thank you. >> All right. We call to the public and I do not have any cards. So, we'll move
025on to the consent agenda. Do I have a motion? >> So, move. >> I'll second. >> Lisa, I have a motion in a second. >> Shante Rothschild. >> I. >> Ben Owens. >> Hi. >> Lisa Garcia. >> I. >> Carolyn Lopez. >> I. >> Patty Catra. >> I. >> All right. Action items. Discussion and possible approval of personnel schedule. Mr. Beckett. >> Thank you, President Katray. Members of the governing board, and Dr. Lman, you have the personnel schedule in front of you tonight. Um, if you have questions, I'd be happy there to take them at this point. >> Mr. Becket, how are we sitting on uh staffed classrooms in particular? >> This is a work in progress. This is our busy time with Thank you. That's a great question. We're identifying openings. We're screening candidates.
026We're starting those interview process. So, it's going to be a volatile February and March. We're hoping to be able to I'll give you a much better answer probably in March than I am right now. But again, we we have some openings that we need to fill, but our principles and staff are very busy at this point in time. >> How are we sitting as of right now? >> Approximately 90 openings, I think, is what we're looking at districtwide. Okay. >> Um, again, we have a a list of people that we bring to the board probably in next meeting to start the hiring process. We've seen a lot of resignations in the last few agendas. You're going to start seeing some of those backfilled now with some new hires. >> Gotcha. Thank you. >> And um
027I know that you've mentioned this in the past, but the increase um that we're seeing and the resignations, have we gathered any data on that to try and pinpoint a theme, something that we can possibly do about that? >> Thank you, Member Roshchild. We're working right now. uh staff members are sending out the exit surveys, also conducting in-person or phone interviews. Oftentimes, not I wouldn't say oftent times, there are times that we don't get a response back. So, we're doing our best to pull information out from the resignation information that they provide to us. We are going to be compiling a board. We'll have something for the board, Dr. Loen, uh you'll be able to present to the board, giving you a summary of kind of what we're seeing as trends. >> Thank you, >>
028Mr. Beckett. on number 26. Um, just for clarification, because at the last the last governing board meeting, we actually um approved the hiring of someone for that assistant superintendent of human resources. Um, can you kind of just I want to be transparent in case people saw that. >> Thank you, President Katray. That's that's a question. Again, this is the process whenever you enter in negotiations with staff members, especially high need staff members in a cabinet level position. Chief human resource officers are not easy to find and we are in a competition for them. The gentleman that we offered the position to did accept another role and had to withdraw his name. Saying that though, I believe we have an excellent candidate that will be is being recommended for the role and again I super confident
029that we're not going to miss a beat with the work going on in HR with the candidate. >> So because he didn't sign the contract we don't have to as far as processes go for us have to have him on the termination resignation list. >> That's correct. >> Okay. Um, I do want to share um, and it'll explain my vote. Um, this uh, position um, the reclassification uh, has had nothing to do with the individual. I have the utmost respect for her and the work that she's done for our district. However, that being said, I also believe that we have set the goals to be a gold standard district and I really believe in that position of the assistant superintendent for HR that we needed to that we really need to find someone that has
030that extensive certification, experience, leadership in HR. Um, it would be great if it was in education. um because that's the gold standard that we set. Um so that is my comment on that. Any more questions or any motions? >> I do. Okay. >> So I'm I'm frustrated a little bit because I've been here, you know, going on two years, right? In all two years, I've heard multiple governing board members ask for what is happening? Why are people resigning? And what always happens is getting told it's a work in progress with nothing to show for it. I'm tired of hearing that. I'm tired of not being not knowing what is happening, why people would leave. I know it's across the board different reasons, right? But there's got to be something else that we could be doing
031to be able to get that information. And I think somebody at one point suggested when they hand in their keys, when they have that contact of getting that, you know, doing the resignation, making it part of the resigning process to do that exit interview. So, not really a question, just um letting you know where I stand with that. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. Do I have a motion? >> Motion to approve is written. >> Second. >> Lisa, I have a motion and a second. >> Shante Rothschild. >> I. >> Ben Owens. >> Hi. >> Lisa Garcia. >> I. >> Carolyn Lopez. >> I. >> Patty Catra. >> Nay. >> All right. We're going to move on to B, discussion and possible approval of teacher contracts. Mr. Beckett, looks like you're up. >> Thank you, President
032Coutray, members of the board, and Dr. Lman. We have in front of you uh the contract work agreement language that we use for all of our employees. These documents are unchanged from the past year. Uh we did have legal from Shamway review these once again and u she was satisfied with what she saw there. In fact, she's actually using our district as a model for a couple of the districts that are looking for that. So very very pleased with the work that we put in last year to prepare these documents and we're just asking for your support once again on the language. >> Yeah, please. When you when teachers sign these contracts or any staff really, do they ever have come back with questions about it or do they have an opportunity to ask questions?
033>> Yes, we issue as we issue. Thank you. It's a great question, Member Lopez. When we issue these contracts, there's always a buffer time between when they receive them and when they haven't turned them in. >> So, we we've fielded questions before. Typically, we don't like to do it after they've already signed, but even even at that point in time, we we'll be able to go back. If there's been an error on a contract, >> we've corrected contracts even after the fact, have them resign. >> But again, it's a it's a process here. Yeah, >> we try to be as as transparent and open with those as possible, >> but there is language in there obviously we need to have those back back in a timely manner, >> but there's an opportunity for them to
034move. >> And they shortened that last year, right? They shortened the date. The contracts can't go out for teaching up until Okay, thank you. >> Yeah, we'll be issuing those on the 16th of March. >> And that's in spring break. >> It is. >> So, we're giving them to when? Return them? They'll have 10 10 work days at that point in time. So, >> we we'll be communicating that very very clearly to staff. So, they they should be anticipating those those coming. >> Any more questions? >> Um, so Mr. Harmon said in his presentation about the budget >> that we're adding $1,000 basically to the new hire contract. Right. So, in these contracts, are we adding to the base on up the line as well? >> As soon as we get to this next agenda
035item, I can talk Yeah. >> quite clearly to that, but yeah. Yes. Uh, the contracts will reflect new amounts for new employees and existing employees will receive that 3% raise that we're looking to give to them pending board approval, which I believe is going to be coming next next meeting on the 25th. And the the percentage is that considered cost of living? Um looking at what others are doing and then making decisions from there like what drove the the actual percentage. >> Yes. I'm just cost of living is is hard to to factor. You know, we are obviously trying to live within our means. You know, the challenges Mr. Mr. Harman's articulated how clearly opening a new school is and the challenges that involve. We believe 3 3% is something we can stand behind and
036uh again I appreciate his work on that. There are plenty of other districts that not are offering anything even close to that. >> Um an additional follow-up question. So having a new school, do you find that it's more challenging to get um teachers when it is a new school? >> Member Rothchild. Unfortunately, we can't really dive into that because this agenda item is just on the contract language. >> Thank you for the claration. >> Do I have a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> Lisa, I have a motion in a second. >> Shante Rothschild. >> I. >> Ben Owens. >> Hi. >> Lisa Garcia. >> I. >> Carolyn Lopez. >> I. >> Patty Catra. >> I. >> Discussion of And we're moving on to item C. Discussion and possible approval of the employee
037compensation plans. Mr. Beckett. >> Thank you, President Catray, members of the board, and Dr. Lman. You have all of those plans in front of you tonight. Each of the plans will reflect a 1.5% increase, uh, with the exception of the certified compensation plan, which is just raising a full thousand, which is a little over the 1.5%. Additionally, we'll be adding some uh additional money to our substitute rates which are on the stipen extra duty schedule and we're just asking for your support tonight with that. Once again, just I want to reiterate 3% for continuing staff and we're just raising initial placement by 1.5%. >> So, Mr. Becket, just to clarify so I understand it because this always gets confusing the way it's written. So the base plan that what we're approving here that 1.5 that's
038just for new hires. >> That is correct. >> Okay. And then when we send out the contracts for the existing employees it would have the 3% raise not just the 1.5. Correct. >> Exactly. Great. Thank you. >> Finally after 14 years I get it. >> Okay. Um, so I don't know where exactly this question fits. This is a cross between section B and section C. Okay. Typically, when someone signs a contract, that contract has all the language in there that is pertinent to that contract, including pay rates, all that stuff. Why isn't C part of B? >> B is simply the language itself. C will reflect the actual schedule of of starting maximum minimum maximum wages that we offer. being respectful here really two separate uh ideas and how that again they integrate closely together
039but there's really a separation between both of those functions in HR is that make a sense >> no >> all right so when you write a contract >> yes >> this person once you figure out what their pay will be gets put into that empty space of that contract just like their name, date, things like that. That's correct. >> Then the next person might have a different amount based on this schedule, >> right? >> That's correct. >> And then that's what they sign. >> That is correct. >> Okay. So the contract language that we approved is just like the like the rest of the part, the terms the but the only thing that changes is the top part. Have What's been the vetting on the compensation? Have has it been through like uh some kind
040of committees or something or is this strictly a cabinet level? >> This was a cabinet level decision for this year. Um we have had obviously meet and confer committee meets every year and we discuss things like pay, working conditions. Uh this year we got a recommendation from meet and confer for a higher percentage rate than than what we're offering for employees. We always like to have our compensation plans continue to be more competitive though in terms of u how we're competing with the valley schools in particular. It's what we can afford at this point in time. I wish I wish it would be more. Again, I I think we're showing our value in our current employees by offering them the 3% while also raising our initial rates to to attract talent. >> Mr. Becket, have
041you heard of what some of the other districts their starting uh teacher salary will be? >> I believe we we've done some study on that. I think we're still close to the top 10%. >> I I mean, I have quite a few friends in the valley. I haven't heard anyone giving more than a one or two percent raise, but a lot of those decisions haven't been made yet. So, we'll see more as the as the weeks come forth where everyone's at. A lot of districts in the valley are declining and the conversations they're having are a lot more difficult as far as finding raises when they're trying to close schools and reduce their their force. So, we think that 3% is going to be some of the higher raises that we'll see districts uh attempt
042this year. >> Thank you. Any more questions or any motions? >> A motion to approve the salary. >> Second, >> Lisa. I have a motion and a second. Shante Rothschild. >> I >> Ben Owens. >> Hi. >> Lisa Garcia. >> I. >> Carolyn Lopez. >> I. >> Patty Catra. >> I. >> And thank you, Mr. Beckett. Uh, and our last item, adjourn. Do I have a motion? Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> Lisa, I have a motion and a second. >> Shante Rosschild. >> Hi. >> Ben Owens. >> Hi. >> Lisa Garcia. >> I. >> Carol Lopez. >> I. >> Patty Coutree. >> I. Meetings adjourned. 707.