001all right we resume back into Open Session can everyone please stand for the pledge iedge Al to the flag of the United States of America stand all right every year at this meeting we have to have our budget hearing so we'll start with that um can I please have a motion to enter uh the budget hearing for 20123 2024 motion second Vivian and Doug uh all in favor I I any oppose eyes have it all right I'm just going to review the two exhibits in your packet uh the budget actually from last month to this month did not the the draft to the final didn't change much in final dollars um I want to point out to you on exhibit one the bottom line of June 30 estimates um as you've known in the past
002uh these are worst case estimates if we were spend every dollar budgeted which isn't going to happen but I want there's three a few numbers I want to draw your attention to that are going to be different this year one is that the debt Services you see the balance goes from 3, 52,000 current down to 625,000 which is pretty significant and the reason for that is um we collect the debt we collect the tax money for the debt payments uh like right now your tax you're paying your September tax bills and we're getting we'll be getting those we'll continue to get those payments and then in February of this year we are going to pay the last large debt payments like5 a half million doll then but in our uh so next year our debt
003payment is a million instead of five and a half and so when we Levy this spring we're going to Levy for a million instead of five million and so next spring we will get half of that Levy so our revenue is going to be a lot less does that make sense so that the only reason it's going down is because we're about ready to pay the bond off is why so it's a good thing that that's going down it looks like we're losing money but it's a good thing that's going down uh Transportation it looks in there like it's significant loss I I'm pretty optimistic that we are going to get more revenue from the state I just don't know yet they haven't finalized it so I didn't want to pretend I didn't want to
004budget for something I don't know of so I budgeted pretty conservative on that I think we're going to be fine there uh working cash I just wanted to point out to you we continue to collect and working cash about a 100,000 every year and that's that's a uh uh balance at 1.7 we don't spend any money on a working cash it's a uh it's the rainy day fund for things that are going to be needed for this these buildings in the near future and so the the total I want you to not be alarmed by the total going from 15, 330,000 right now down at the end of the year to 10, 400,000 first of all that's very conservative and secondly that reflects that difference in the debt balance so there's a couple million dollars
005difference drop right off the bat because we don't have money sitting in the debt fund because we're going to be done with debt so that our overall balance is going to go down the near future but it's not a bad thing because it's just money that we're not collecting anymore for debt payments so um overall I feel like I feel pretty confident with this budget that we're going to be pretty good at the end of the year we should be uh you know we've been more than balanced been finishing in the black for a long time and I think we'll continue to do so and then a uh again exhibit two is just the the final draft of the budget which is very similar to last month in the final numbers I just had to
006I uh had to finalize all the benefits and everything in there so but that's that's the document that will go to the state that's all I got all right anybody have any questions uh for the budget Mr go seeing none can I please have a motion to close close the budget hearing second ashon Gary all in favor I any oppose eyes have it next item conduct the hearing on the proposed renewal of the e-learning plan for emergency days severe weather days so we need a motion to open can I have a motion second a Vivian all in favor any oppos I anybody any this is just real quick oh I'm sorry does anybody have questions on e-learning plan same as last year right it's yeah it's the last one we did was three years ago
007and it's you have to do it renew it every three years so it's the same one all right can please have a motion to close the E learning hearing motion second Doug and Gary all in favor I I any oppose I have it uh does anybody have anything to add to the agenda can I please have a motion to approve the agenda second Ash and Vivian all in favor I any oppose I have it public comments we do have one Mrs gues I'm gon sorry hello okay so um I am here to represent a former bus stop that is no longer there but we are coming to the board as concerned members of a community to address supressing issue that has arisen in recent times affecting the safety and well-being of our neighborhood's children over
008the past year we have observed a disconcerning change in the circumstances surrounding the bus stop that serves our neighborhood our children now find themselves walking past the residence of an individual registered as a sex offender only to gather at the bus stop in close proximity to another individual with a similar concerning background the situation has understandably raised considerable alarm among parents caregivers and uh citizens alike last year our bus stop was located in a position that provided a sense of security and allowed us to keep a watchful eye on our children as they awaited the transportation to school however the recent relocation of the bus stop has put our children at a higher risk by exposing them to potentially harmful situations from not one but two individuals of concern our primary objective is the the
009safety of our children and we believe that restoring the bus stop to its previous location would be a crucial step toward achieving this goal this would not only provide a safe a safer environment for our children but also Empower us as responsible adults to actively supervise and protect them during the commun to school we understand that circumstances change and decisions are made based on various factors however the safety and well-being of our children must always be top priority we kindly request that the school district reconsider the current bus stop Arrangement and restore it to its previous location this would this change would offer a tangible reassurance to our community that the district is actively working to ensure our children's safety we appreciate your attention to this matter and hope for a Swift and positive resolution
010that ensures this the security of our children thank you all right board member code of conduct review Gary I will model continuous learning and work to ensure good governance by taking advantage of board member development opportunities such as those sponsored by my state and National School Board associations and encourage my fellow board members to do the same thank you any have any questions on the consent agenda can I please have a motion to approve the consent agenda motion second Doug and Gary yes yes yes yes all right Mr Gold all right item 11 um I do want to clarify with the public comment that we're not ignoring we just business me we listen okay thank you and we'll get we'll get back to you okay um item a on the superintendent report is a slide
011Deck with all the certified staff we uh I chose not to invite them all to the meeting tonight because we have a lot of people that live far farther away and I didn't want to add another night to their schedule plus I think this slide deck gives you a nice glimpse of who we have as teachers and you you can always turn back to that to our new staff um I read through we asked them what uh their first impressions of being here are and and I read through them and uh think you'll find they they feel a good sense of community being a big Hollow and a lot of support so we're glad to see that we feel like we got a a good young staff uh good new staff this year at Big
012Hollow so uh that's exhibit 12 exhib uh you'll see our enrollments uh on exhibit 13 over that sorry you can see that we uh uh we took a little bit of a dip this year we continue to graduate classes in the 200s and bring in classes uh you know in the 160 to 170 range so um we have kindergarten class of 166 this year uh which is small smaller than last year's class um so that would be the reason for the dip in our enrollment this year uh class sizes are very steady we feel good about where we're at with class sizes um all the way across the board really so uh but you'll see that our analysis right there and our students being out outsourced is at 15 which is probably in the uh
013it's about in the average of past years last year was a little high we're back down 15 any questions on the enrollment not I'm gonna have Miss Ron come on up Cindy's goingon to give us a quick uh synopsis of the back to school Bash uh she did a fantastic job with it again this year uh it was it was a great event seems like every year gets a little bigger and uh so she's gonna come and give you a quick uh breakdown go ahead good evening everybody um first of all I just want to thank I know a few of you were there we saw you it was great celebrating I know a lot of you couldn't make it because you had other opportunities but I hope you've seen pictures on social media or
014you've heard about it we were pretty excited um just just a few highlights we had over 30 Community groups take part and those included School groups such as the district bpac APAC student council we had Fine Arts boosters and then we had Community groups from outside of the school we had youth AG culinary we had Fox Lake Library I won't list them all but some of the new ones we had were the regional board of education they were here we had the juvenal Justice Commission that was a nice one to have and rocking the Spectrum which is a new new organization in McHenry so it was really covered a big spectrum of different groups um we always like to see Grant Township out here and the Chamber of Commerce as well so that was a
015really nice addition to see that many Community groups out here and all of them had giveaways for people people walking away with bags of information and anything you can think of um we had the grand Junior Bulldogs which is expanding their program to in La Cross and basketball this year so it was it was great um we had seven food trucks the reason I highlight that is one of them was owned by a Big Hollow family when we bring food trucks in we do ask they consider donating a portion of the proceeds so we're still waiting on that to come in those do those proceeds go to the PTO that should be around $500 we brought in um in sponsorship $682 those sponsorships go through the PTO but go directly toward the expenses of the
016night we also brought in $150 in vendor registration that too goes to cover the expenses so that was a little over $6,900 brought in for the bash The Bash expenses came to 12,570 some do so the remaining balance was um 5,598 the district district covered $2,472 this year the remaining 3,126 was covered by the PTO so I thought that was a good balance we did a really nice job getting the sponsorships the biggest highlight was Ray Chevrolet excuse me Ray Auto Group um they donated $2,000 and with that we'll be doing monthly videos highlighting them and the work that we're doing together um we had three other big sponsorships which were more Sports Complex $1,000 a treehouse Play Cafe a th000 and then a child's place so we had a lot of sponsorships to cover
017the expenses but I think the biggest thing I want to say is just I I know we say this all the time but it really is I I love that at night I love seeing all the people out there I love seeing all the staff Who come out um and every year it changes you know what I always try to have one new thing each year this year was that big giant awesome it was a great great event thank you for all your work appreciate it thank you s thank you and the last item I have is approving board policy up the on second reading we actually forgot to put this in last month so two months ago we had the first reading we missed it so all right anybody have any questions on the
018board policy update can I please have a motion to approve the board policy update on second reading motion second Gary and Vivian all in favor I any oppos eyes have it the employment report anybody have any questions no okay I please have a motion to approve the August employment report motion Doug and Ash yes yes yes yes anybody anybody have any questions from the e-learning plan we discuss prior can I please have a motion to approve the e-learning plan as proposed motion second Gary and Vivian all in favor I I any oppose I sa it uh anybody have any questions on the adoption of the budget please have a motion to approve the 2023 2024 budget motion second Doug and Gary yes yes yes resignations we accepted resignation from Kobe FL per professional effed August
01914th um anybody any questions on the Foye requests for the monthly reports for the board the next regularly scheduled board meeting will take place on Tuesday October 10th 2023 with closed session beginning at 6m and Open Session beginning immediately following Clos session can I please have a motion to adjourn motion second evening Gary all in favor I any oppos I me thank you all for coming out