001[music] Good evening. I call the June 11th, 2026 meeting of the Park Hill Board of Education to order. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Also, Miss Norris is absent and Mrs. Bolan is attending via conference call. >> To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you for silencing your phones. I would like to remind the board of our norms. Stay in the role of a board member. Be respectful, be inclusive, be prepared, and be missiondriven. With student voice and focus, supporting all staff, and intentional community engagement, we are building successful futures each student every day. Board members, are there any announcements this evening? Mrs. Munos, >> good evening. I just wanted
002to say I hope everyone's having a great summer and it's um going very well. Also, there's a lot of things happening in the city right now with the World Cup. So, I hope every all the families are getting to enjoy all the amazingness that's happening these next five weeks. >> Mr. Tilliger, >> uh none tonight. Thank you, >> Miss Barnes. Um, as ditto to what Miss Muno said about the uh FIFA World Cup, enjoy go down to the FanFest. If you haven't been there, it's amazing. All the wonderful things and teams and and uh learn something new about a country you didn't know before. It is a wonderful opportunity. Also, uh look at your teachers wish list and all the wonderful things that you can do to donate to your child's classroom. There are some
003awesome things that your teachers want to do for our students next year. So take advantage and and buy something for their classroom. Thank you, Mr. Todd. >> None tonight. Thank you. >> Okay. I just wanted to highlight um that last Saturday was the um um the Junth Jazz Folk Festival for this hosted by and well there was a lot of sponsors there but for the Banaker School Foundation and I wanted to spotlight Lake View Middle School was one of our sponsors and that was just amazing to see that. that um I didn't realize that until I got there and I saw that their name and their logo was on there. So that's just amazing. I love that when we can park part partner with um Banaker and do things together as a community and keep
004building. >> Dr. Campbell, >> I'm sorry. Miss Bowling, do you have anything? I'm so sorry. >> That's fine. Not tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Campbell. >> Yeah, I have um a microphone to turn on. I have uh two introductions I'd like to make tonight. We have two uh new administrators that are on your personnel report for uh later on in the consent agenda. So, I would like to introduce uh Rebecca Evans. I think she is there. She is right there. And she's here with her family. Rebecca is going to be our next assistant principal at Union Chapel Elementary. She currently serves as the assistant principal and admin intern for Hyde Elementary and Parkway Elementary Schools in St. Joe. Uh she served in the same roles at Central High School in St.
005Joe and then before transitioning into administration, she was an elementary music teacher. Uh so she's bringing 13 years of experience. Excited to return to Park Hill and she started here as a teaching assistant. She has her family right up there. Wave, guys. And uh we are so happy that you're part of our family here at Park Hill. Go Gators. Welcome, Rebecca. [applause] All right. And also uh a not brand new face to the Park Hill School District. Mark Harmon is going to be our next uh assistant principal at Park Hill High School for this upcoming school year. He currently serves as the AVID site coordinator at Park Hill High School where he also teaches AVID uh the elective AP psych and social studies. Um he's a member of the 2020 20 excuse me 2024 aspiring
006leaders cohort and serves as a chair of the school's institutional review board. Uh he joined the district in 2010. That's awesome. That's a good year. And was named so he's been with us for a while. Teacher of the year in 2017 and uh was also 2018's Missouri teacher of the year Kansas City region nominee. uh before coming to Park Hill, he was a teacher in Chicago public schools and then newer uh township school district in Cook County, Illinois, uh bachelor's degree from Truman State, master's degree from Loyola Chicago, and specialist degree at Arkansas State. We are so happy to have Mark moving into a new position. We also noticed that his wife Katie, who's here, is on also on the personnel report as our next arts teacher at Graden. So, we got a two for
007one, he told me earlier. And so, he's got the whole family here. Congratulations, Mark. We're happy for you. [applause] >> And the last thing that I have is just an update on uh summer school. We have summer school that started just a couple weeks ago. Uh as of today, we have 5,165 students that are attending and enrolled in summer school. That's our highest ever. Last year we were just over 5,000. And so we are continuing learning every single day through the month of June. And thank you to all of our staff and all of our families for everything that they're doing to continue learning into the summer months. That's all I have. Thank you. >> That's amazing. >> Okay, we'll move on to um I will need a motion and a second to adopt the
008June 11, 2026 agenda as presented. >> So move. >> Second. >> Have a motion by Mr. Todd and a second by Mr. Towiliger to adopt the agenda as presented. Dr. Kimber, are there any modifications? >> None tonight. Thank you. forward. Any modifications? Thank you. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose say nay. Any abstain. Motion carries. Five. Wait. >> Six. >> How many of us here? Six. 6. All right. We'll move on to recognitions and awards. Mrs. Witchel. Right. Good evening. Testing, testing, one, two, three. Testing, testing, one, two, three. I think they're going to get me. There we go. All right. Um, good evening. Thank you for being here tonight. For our recognitions, we have two student recognitions and then one staff recognition. And we're going to start with our
009students of the week. So, Anna, come on up. I think you're our one student of the week representative. Come stand right by me, right under here in the TV. Anybody else here for student of the week? [snorts] Okay, I think you are the only one, Anna. So, um, every month we recognize students of the week. And these students, as you guys all probably know, get recognized on social media on Monday mornings. And, um, these are our May students of the week. Uh, three other ones are already on summer vacation. They must be out of town doing something fun. Um, but this is what, uh, Anna was, uh, what written about Anna. Um, Anna is a Lake View Middle School student, Anna Davis, and she is recognized by her seventh grade teacher, uh, team of teachers.
010They write, "Anna shines through her strong work ethic and pride in doing her best each day. Her kindness and inclusive spirit create a welcoming classroom environment where everyone feels valued and supported. Anna is on Student Council, National Junior Honor Society, Honor Choir, and was in the musical. And next year, she will be welcoming our sixth grade students as a web leader." Say it's true. >> It is true. >> Okay. This is Anna Davis. Congratulations on the mean student of the week. Anna Davis, [applause] do you want to say a few words? >> I just wanted to say thank you to all my teachers and everyone like that I've known throughout the years that has just helped me got here. It was really exciting to hear it on Monday morning. I came in and everyone was
011like, "Congratulations." And I was like, "That was really cool." So, I just want to say thank you. >> Tell them about the spotlight video you guys just did at Lake View, too. Now you're a part of that. Yeah. So, I was in um yearbook second semester and I was able to like get highlighted for that and I was really excited and it was something cool because yearbook was a class that I was taking and I've gotten to work with a lot of it passing out yearbooks making it and I didn't know that it was going to be recognized but it was really cool when it was and I was excited to share with all of you guys. >> Awesome. Congratulations Anna. >> Thank you. [applause] Family is here. Wave Anna's family. Okay, you're gonna go
012now and shake the board's hand. Congratulations. Yay. >> Congratulations. >> All right. And next we have our job Olympics qualifiers. So Katie, come on up. This is you. And maybe Samantha, come on up with Katie. Come on up, Katie. We can stand up here. We're going to talk about job Olympics and maybe dad's going to come too. [snorts] So these students that are in your packet board um are students who qualified for the state job Olympics in May in Colombia. Katie, you want to stand right there? Perfect. And this group of students is our first ever qualifiers for the state champion or the state competition uh in Colombia job Olympics. Uh Katie, do you want to say anything? Okay, that [laughter] is great. So uh congratulations to Katie. Do we have a certificate for you,
013Katie? And then do you want to shake hands? >> Okay. Thanks for being here. Congratulations. You're out. >> Congratulations. Y [applause] congratulations, Katie. Okay. And then Dr. Kim, do you want to Park Hill Stars? Come on up. If you're here for a Park Hill Star, come on up. Don't be shy. You guys are all going to stand right here next to Dr. Kimrell. >> All right. Here you go. >> Thank you. We're going to go this way. Yep. We'll line up that way. >> That's right. So, one of the uh things that I get around to go do uh each month and you might see this is that we uh recognize what we call our Park Hill stars. And the way that we do this is that we have nominations that any of you could
014submit that would be uh at any time and you're able to uh do that online and we do that around our core values in Park Hill. So we're talking about student focus, we're talking about high expectations, we're talking about integrity, equity, visionary leadership. These are the things that we are making sure that we are doing every day. What we see is is that we have our stars here and some of them were able to join us tonight. We recognize all of our stars that are nominated and we have as many as 80 to 100 per month that are nominated and then we take those to a selection committee that we look at and we have an elementary star, a secondary star and then a support staff star and then we go out, we get to
015surprise them. Uh I we do it on Facebook live and it's fun and all those things and so maybe you've seen that. if you have, then uh continue to nominate these folks because uh our stars out there, this is a big deal and this is something that we need to keep recognizing all the great things going on in Park Hill. So, what I'm going to do is have each one of you uh introduce yourself, where you work, what your role is, and uh maybe a little something about uh your your role that you're loving right now. >> My name is Emma Montgomery. I am our district dietician. I am over at support services and my favorite thing about my job is getting to make a difference in kids' lives every single day through a nutrition
016lens and a leadership lens. So, thank you very much. >> My name is Karen Buckner and I am a building sub new position exciting at Tiffany Ridge. I can put this in a nutshell. This is my encore career. I worked at DST for 38 years. >> I only called in sick one day. Wasn't sick. was mad. [laughter] It's a true story. It's a true story. >> A building sub. >> They didn't [laughter] have a building sub. >> I after 38 years, I said, I don't know what I'm going to do, but I know I don't want to do this for another 40 years. I want to do something different. I took a six months off. Sasha Kalis gave me a chance at Tiffany Ridge. Do you have experience with children? I said, I have experience
017with people and children are people. >> What do you have that other applicants don't have to offer? I don't know because I don't know the other applicants. I know what I have to offer. And I meant that. And this has been it's it's a dream job. I love it. I just love it. I love building relationships. That's what I love. I did some with the recovery room. I do everything now because of the building stuff. I'm so thankful for my admin team that's here and the support. The support, but for me, it's building the relationships. And I've not called in. We don't have Billy Subs for Billy Subs. [laughter] >> Hello. Good evening. I am Nikki Hilla and I am the student success adviser at Walden Middle School. I'm also the cheer coach there. Um,
018both programs I actually initiated which is really cool. I think my favorite part of is just seeing the growth in both areas with my cheerleaders as well as the students that I get to work with every day. It is an honor to do the job that I do every day, to work at Walden, and to be an employee of Park Hill School District. There's no place I'd rather be. So, thank you. [applause] >> Hi, I'm Miss Kohler. I'm the music teacher at Line Creek and um I get to make music with kids every day, so it's the best job ever. But right now, I'm really enjoying summer school and we're doing innovation at Walden with some of these lovely ladies up here and it's been wonderful. >> Fantastic. Thanks for sharing. >> [applause] >> Um,
019I'm Jessica Power. I'm the assistant principal at Walden Middle School. So, I get to work with the fabulous Nikki Hill and then been working with Misty for summer innovation. [gasps] I don't have a favorite of what I do. Um, and as Dr. Kimberell was asking, like, you know, what do you love about your job? Everything comes to mind. Like a whole Pandora's box opens about restorative practices and building relationships with families and just being there to support teachers and staff. I'm obviously very biased, but I think we have the best community of parents, of students, and of staff at Walden. So, I'm just very blessed and honored to be able to work in support with all of them. >> Thank you. [applause] >> I'm Chad Brutin. I'm the director of student services for the district.
020Um, and um, favorite part of the job, >> I often get to work with folks and maybe some tougher moments. Um, and I really enjoy getting to find a path forward, help people um, come together, build relationships, repair harm if it occurs, um, and and connect. And, um, I think it's good for my skill set, and I just really love, uh, working with this community because it's a lot of great people. >> Excellent. Thank you. [applause] >> So, these are uh, just a a sample of our stars. Obviously, we're in June, so getting everybody here. Again, we have three every single month. You can see their pictures with me when they had that received right outside the door out here. And again, nominate a star for uh this coming school year because our people need
021to be uh seen and they need to definitely know that you are out there supporting them and that those core values that we are looking for in every single thing that we do continue to happen for our kids. So, you heard it here. I'm going to ask you guys if you will go through and shake the board's hands and give them one more ROUND OF APPLAUSE. >> [applause] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [laughter] Great job. >> How are you? [laughter] At this time, we'll move on to item 7.1, which is public comments. During this part of our agenda, we will receive public comments from patrons who pre-registered by the noon and deadline today. And we do have one patron pre-registered. When called upon by the board president, patrons are to approach the presenter station, speak
022into the microphone, and state your name before making comments. Each speaker will have three minute a three-minute time limit. The board secretary will monitor that time. Please direct all of your comments to the entire board. Generally, board members will not provide any response during public comment. However, if needed, board members and/or district staff may provide a response at a later time. Discussion about individual staff members or students is not allowed. Tonight we have Matthew Place. Please approach. >> Hello. >> Appreciate it. Uh good evening. My name is Matthew Place and uh I'm here speaking on behalf of uh my neighborhood Monaceel. Uh we've been working through transportation eligibility questions based on the district's 2023 transportation update [sighs and gasps] uh which states the distance is measured to the school property and the walking path must
023be a continuous hard service path uh to that point. Um in reviewing the criteria, the GIS uh parcel information and the physical layout near our neighborhood, we've identified an unpaved uh easement owned by the city between the public sidewalk and the school property. Uh because this area is not school property and it's not a hard surface, it's unclear how this portion of the pathway is being interpreted uh for multiple families in our neighborhood. Uh we appreciate that the district is now reviewing our neighborhood using the 2023 criteria. Uh however, uh recent communications to the family has been inconsistent. Earlier notices stated that busing would not be provided for us for 2026 2027. Uh and then later we got um a more recent communication indicating that it will at this time uh which was somewhat confusing
024to us. So um and that was mentioned while the uh that it's still being uh reassessed. Uh this uncertainty is why I'm here tonight and I'm just seeking clear consistent application of the published criteria. Uh we will continue working through uh the administrative process and uh just wanted to make sure the board was aware and uh this may come up later. Uh our goal is simply to ensure the district's criteria are applied accurately and uh transparently for all families. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you for coming. Next, we'll move on to item [clears throat] 8.0, which is consent agenda. Before I call for a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda, are there any items that need to be highlighted? Dr. Kimbro, >> there are a couple that I would like to
025highlight that are um in the bids, contracts, and agreements section in this consent agenda. Both of them are uh requests to wave first read uh because of timing. So the first one is 8.16 which is the uh early site package contract with Newkirk Novak who is our construction partner for our 2025 bond dollars. This particular set of bids were received for site work after our last schoolboard meeting and before this one. We are trying to get uh site work uh going across the parking lot here at Park Hill High School. and uh the quicker we can get that approved uh the quicker we can get fencing and and uh everything going over here to start moving dirt and so that's why we're requesting that. The other one is the very next item and that is
0268.17 which is the classroom laptops charging stations item. This one is also a request to wave the first read. As you remember, you approved uh the extension of a warranty for student devices, and that was due to the fact that we found out through a uh provider that we were not going to be able to get our product in time for the start of the school year for replacing all laptops for this coming school year. We knew that one of the problems we needed to address was battery life and power and charging. And so, the technology team and Dr. Fry's um operations group has identified a charging stations for each classroom solution and so we are asking the board for uh approval there so that we can get that ordered as quickly as possible for
027all of our classrooms so that we have uh greater probability of having that on the first day of school. Those are the only two I have to point out. I'd be happy to answer any other questions. I just wanted to highlight I saw that the um PEP for the school social work program was included in our agenda and just thankful for all of our social workers and all the hard work that they do. We saw those numbers that are included in that um evaluation plan and um having students on a wait list because we just don't have the capacity to be able to help everybody and it's just telling that um social workers are necessary and mental health is necessary. So just wanted to say kudos to all the team working with our students and
028families um board or any other things to highlight. Okay, I would need a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda items 8.2 through 8.27 as submitted. I >> have a motion by Mr. Toiliger and a second by Miss Munos to approve the consent agenda as submitted. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose say nay. Any obstain. Motion carries 6. We'll move on to 10.1 which is professional development uh committee the plan for 2026 through 2027. Dr. Kimbro. >> Thank you. Uh this particular uh item was in the information items written last board meeting. I pulled it uh along to be an action item only to give you a little bit more explanation based on some questions that the board had had after the last board meeting. And this is
029uh just to give you an overview of our professional development committee and its plan or the process in which this works. The professional development committee is our um group led by Dr. Means and Dr. Stucker who uh along with the PDC exec board uh make up uh that board's made up of Park Hill teachers. And so each school has one PDC representative and they give feedback to the executive board of administrators about professional development, guide the process for requests at the building level and monitor the PDC budget for each school. Uh, one of the things I want to point out is that this is something you see in your MSBA training and board member training because we are required to budget 1% of our funds for PDC. And so that's what this particular plan is
030meeting the obligations for. We actually spend more than that for professional development in our entire professional development program, but this plan is for the 1% funds that we use each year. You do this on an annual basis. Um our funds this year are to support teacher PD uh the P excuse me teacher PD day in August. A new teacher induction program. So that is called TIP in our uh world where new teachers come in a little bit earlier along with conferences, professional development materials, books, pre presenter fees and substitute coverage. Uh other ways that we do professional development uh use different budgets that you may have seen in different uh budgetary reports such as the assessment department, gifted access and inclusion and human resources, AVID, staff development and then title 2 is our federal title
031program that's professional development. Um that's the overview of that and I just wanted to give that to you. We will bring back a fuller information presentation this next school year about our full PD program so that you are able to uh learn more about that. But I wanted to pull that out just based on some of the questions that I was getting after the last meeting. >> Okay. >> Appreciate that. >> I will need a motion and a second to approve the professional development committee plan for 2026 through 2027 as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. Have a motion by Miss Barnes and a second by Mr. Towiliger to approve the professional development committee plan for 2026 through 2027 as presented. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose say nay.
032Any abstained? Motion carries 6. >> Thank you for that explanation, Dr. Kimbro. >> You're welcome. Thank you. >> Now we'll move on to presentation and information. First one is item 11.1 which is Gerner House update. We have Dr. Kimbell and Dr. Fright. >> Thank you. As Dr. Fright makes his way up to the uh presenter station. Uh tonight is an update on the process for evaluating how to uh replace our clothing center which is the Gerner House. This is the house just south of uh the Gerner family Early Education Center on this campus. Um he Dr. Fright is is going to talk about the timetable, some of the committee work that's going on and next steps and give you an opportunity to ask ask any questions about where we're at in that process. >> Absolutely.
033Good evening. So, just following up on the um open work session that we had regarding this, we didn't get to the Ger House update and so it's a continuation of uh that information. So, this evening want to talk through get there. I apologize. Um just reminding ourselves with Gerner House the whole premise behind this is continuing within the um CIP. There we go. [snorts] Um within the CIP looking at that orange circle uh in our system. So what we are wanting to ensure that we are doing is maximizing our our physical resources and so this is a continuation of our aging facilities. Gerner is an aging facility and that is why we are here today talking about that and the steps that we have taken moving forward. As a reminder of what Gerner House is
034currently being used for, there are really two areas in which it's being used. Um our special education department uses this for a number of different programs. Uh one of those being the life skills lab um that our students go and work on those life skills as part of their um curriculum. And then the PTA clothing center um is the second uh use for this particular location. In terms of timeline, uh we want to share we started back in December of 2025 moving from bottom left to top right. Um that in 2025 the PTA clothing center leadership was notified that we are going to um transition away from utilizing the Garner House and that building would no longer exist um no later than January 1st, 2029. So we notified them in December of 2025 and right
035now we're on that second step. That second step um being a district PTA le community or committee work they are working they have developed a committee and they are working to um identify those steps as they work toward a goal of how they foresee and what is best for the clothing center moving forward um once that they once they move away from that location at the Gerner House through that um hopefully by November 2027 they're going to hopefully have finalized and established a transition plan the district is sitting alongside them during this whole process. It is not the district's decision for the clothing center. We That is not our entity. It is the PTA's entity, but we want to partner with them because we know how much it impacts our kiddos and our families and
036it's important and we want to continue to support through this entire process. Um but ultimately that decision comes down to the PTA making um that transition in July of 2028. Again, we're looking at that January 1st, 2029 timeline. um excuse me, the transition to that new location, it would seem natural during the summer uh for a transition to occur. Uh these things can still change. August 2028, open that new location. That does coincide with um different demolition that we have going on in a very similar area with Park Hill High School Phase 1, opening Park Hill High School Phase 1. We'll be demoing the front part of that building at the same time. And then in August to January, sometime in there, nothing is set at this time. That's when that demolition would occur. The
037reason we are looking at this and transitioning away from Gerner House, I mentioned it earlier with the aging facilities, but we've had this discussion in that it is not ADA compliant. It is not something that we believe um we would be able to make ADA compliant and responsibly use the resources that our taxpayers have provided us. It is kind of that break even point that we continue to look at. Additionally, the ongoing maintenance on top of the ADA compliance aspect is one of those things similar to a car. Um, at some point, um, you have to figure out what's best. And ultimately, we believe that we're going to be able to house some of these programs within our district and support the clothing center as we uh transition away from the Ger House. I want
038to address two things just real quick. The special education programs in there. um what the current plan is and there are multiple programs that are impacted by this within special education but any student who is in the Park Hill High School high school feeder path is going to utilize the new life skills lab that is being um constructed in Park Hill High School phase 1. So that'd be the Park Hill High School students, the Congress students and our plaza students. Parkill South has a lab already. However, what we're looking to do is we want to update that um to make it as comparable as possible in the existing structure at Park Hill South to what's going in at Park Hill High School. And so that would be our Park Hill South Lake View and Walden
039students who'd be utilizing that space. They currently are bus to Gerner House from locations and we would do the same thing just to Park Hill High School and or Park Hill South depending upon their location. Again, there are other programs impacted by this. So this this is not everything um but we are working through um how that impact um and how we transition away from Garner House and the impact on that special education group as well. The clothing center as I mentioned is a PTA committee and what they are doing the goal that they have right now is just to continue and really to enhance what they are doing at that clothing center. We know that they're doing great things. We understand that this is going to be a change in that location, but it
040is an opportunity to enhance what they're doing at this time. Um, we really are, like I said, sitting beside them through this process. We have a couple members um from our staff who are attending those meetings and providing input. We have a survey that we helped facilitate to provide as much information from as many stakeholders as we could to get their input as well to start some outreach to those who may be interested in partnering with uh the clothing center. And they are actively using that information to reach out and start to identify uh groups who may be interested in partnering uh with the clothing center right now. That is really where we're at is the reaching out for information from those groups to see what the interest is in partnering with the PTA and
041the Park Hill Clothing Center. What questions does the board have this evening? [cough] >> So, [clears throat] as you reach out where So, uh we're we know for sure like when we get done with this clothing center, it's going to be in Park Hill High School. Uh the part the clothing center will not be in Park Hill High School. >> Just the just the learning lab is going to be in Park High School. >> The life skills. >> So we're still trying to figure out where the life skills. So we're still trying to figure out where the clothing center will be. Correct. >> Once we we still are working through that process with all these various meetings, >> correct? The district PTA is leading that process and they're starting that process of identifying potential groups
042who or or locations that they could house this >> with inside the district. I think that's their goal. I can't speak to their goal necessarily, but that I believe that is one of their goals. >> Any more questions? >> I had a lot of questions, but I mean I I'll just wait till the committee I'm sure you'll come back to us after the committee comes up with some more information. >> Definitely. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Dr. Right. Appreciate it. [clears throat] Next, we'll move on to 11.2, which is the CIP objective 3 systems, the 2026 2027 budget preview. We have Dr. Kimbro and Dr. Kelly tonight. >> Thank you. Uh before I turn it over to Dr. Kelly, this is a typical first June meeting uh each year that you you receive this. It's
043like a first read for uh this coming year's budget. So, we're looking at the fiscal year 27 budget and Dr. Kelly is going to highlight some uh pieces of that. Uh this is also a reminder about the process. We started back in uh early this past semester working with uh the board. We were actually working as a cabinet team before that on what we call budget assumptions. And that process is where we identify potential expenditures andor other things that will be coming that we need to make sure that uh Dr. Kelly knows as he's working to build a budget and you know so that there aren't any surprises when we get to June because that's what we're working toward is the end of June. By law, you have the responsibility to approve next year's budget
044by June 30th each year. And so our goal tonight is to give you a draft budget uh overview and then um come back to you on the 25th with any uh final questions and then ability to approve that. Uh the last thing that I'll say is that uh as we continue to talk about budgets, one of the things that we need to be mindful of is that we are in a current environment of extreme uncertainty. And uh specifically, we talked about this with revenue as it uh was uh presented in in April and May. And this continues to be something that we have uh concerns about. Maybe we have a little bit more clarity about the very next year's budget. But as we build budgets beyond this next year, the uncertainty remains. It's around state
045funding formula. There's revision talk and and task force around that. There is uh continued uh monies at the state level going toward voucher programs like most scholars. There are property and [clears throat] intab income tax reform type discussions and how does that affect what's happening relative to um how schools are financed and and then the the implementation and and understanding of different bills that are in place relative to different tax credits. All of these create uncertainty. And so that is something that we are always trying to do uh best for our taxpayer is provide certainty and stability so that we can build budgets out further than just this next year. Dr. Kelly will talk about this year's budget, but I wanted to lay the groundwork there just to remind everyone that those um environmental concerns
046are are present. Dr. Kelly, >> thank you. Um what is in the packet is actually an excerpt from the budget that you'll get uh at the next meeting. And so this is the executive summary. It's written in um to a set of standards that um we have adopted over the last 20 years. Um it's the ASBO meritorious budget award program in which each year a national reviewer uh who is not a Missouri resident um reviews our budget and gives us feedback and so we're then accountable each year that we apply for uh this recognition to implement the feedback. So it's our method of continuous improvement. Um, and so each year, uh, we're doing more. We're making it more concise. We're in trying to improve it so that it's, um, a usable document. The executive summary
047section is meant to be liftable um, or a standalone so that if all you needed to know and you just had a short amount of time that you could go to this section and basically see um, the high level. And so it does actually start with the high level. And these values are really kind of the uh summary of of um of the budget for next year. And so we have shared with you when we did budget assumptions in uh February and then again when we did the enrollment projections in March that we are for next year planning on a projected enrollment of 11,384. We have staffed around that number. We uh we have uh built programs and um budgeted for supplies around that number. Um we have classroom space uh set aside for that
048number of students. Um that is slightly less than we have now. Um if you zoom way out our as you know our enrollment's flat and so this is a slight decrease and it is mostly if not primarily in the kindergarten class. So, uh, the kindergarten class that we expect next year will be relatively small. Um, we tend to still grow as those cohorts mature. Um, but we're replacing a much smaller or a larger senior class with a kindergarten class that's not quite as large, um, as that senior class was when they were kindergarteners. So, um, that's kind of what's happening with the demographics. I highlighted with the arrows. this $231.7 million number um that happens to be uh the same this year. That is a coincidence. We do not design the budget around backwards from
049working from a number and trying to make it work. Um we generally have not we don't present to you a balanced budget. um every other year that we've presented it is um basically we're either spending fund balance or we're building a balance like in capital where we receive uh the revenue in one year and then have to spend it over the next three or four years. [clears throat] And so rarely has this ever been the case uh where we have matching operating revenue and expenditures and that's a coincidence not a uh not a design feature of the budget. Um overall, and this then does include the capital projects. Um we are looking to spend uh budget 353 million. That includes debt and um what we're going to spend on capital with those bond funds that
050we received this fiscal year. Um that 353 will be the by far the largest amount if if we meet that budget. That'll be the largest expenditures on record for Park Hill. Um, if all of this goes to plan, um, then we would land with an operating, uh, reserve of 19.5%. And that's that's within our range. We now have that as our uh, key performance indicator uh, in our CSIP under the systems goal. And so that would uh, that would match our target range. We do need to consider though and I'll bring this up uh a little bit uh later too is that we need to build a reserve because you know we have a large expenditure next year fiscal year 28 um on the laptop replacements that were deferred from this budget uh because of
051uh supply chain issues. Um and so we do need to have a reserve there so that we can take that on and and then at the end of 2028 um also stay within our operating fund balance. I'm going to skip ahead a couple uh pages. Um again this is all written in um a way that uh it meets the standards of the uh MBA program. I throughout the document uh the full document as well as the executive summary you'll see eight years of data and that's a clear standard. It's often the uh reason why a district that applies for that award doesn't receive it because they don't do this um which would be project out further. Um but the eight years will always be in each budget three years of actual. So you'll see actual
052values. I've circled that the three values um that were a part of the audit. So you actually have seen these numbers uh when you approved the audit um earlier uh in the winter uh of this year. So 25 is done. Of course 24 23 there's really nothing we can do to change those numbers. They are done. Um what is actually the most challenging this time of year actually is this next column which is the fiscal year 26 and you see that it's um labeled as an estimate and that's because we just have a lot of activity going on. We still have three payrolls in June. We also have uh expenditures a number of incumbrances that are purchase orders. We don't know if we're going to receive them or not. Are we going to pay for
053them this year or next? And so there's a lot of movement. So, when I was telling you about the 231.7 operating revenue and expenditures, when I present this to you in two weeks, those numbers are going to probably be different because they're just so much going on at the end of this year that we don't know yet. So we'll go all the way through the middle of next week and at some point then we just have to stop you know in terms of making the best estimate possible um and then move forward uh so that we can get the document to the board and to the community so that you can take a look at it before uh we make a recommendation for approval. So the 26 is uh fluid fiscal year 26 numbers um
054that 399.4 4 that you see in terms of all revenue that was a district sort of high point that was that includes that $128 million bond sale that we did in January. So, uh we will not see and in fact as you go out to 2030 um and even beyond that we will not have most likely a revenue that size. Um but now we're in the business these next 3 four years of spending uh those dollars. And so you can see that um while the revenue is gets a little bit more in range, we actually had some bond sales uh in 25 as well. But we get into more of a normal pattern. And this is one of the values of looking at this data over eight years because you can see um anywhere there's
055where the trend sort of skews a little bit and that should generate a question like well what caused that um or what is going to cause that and so I'll show you on the expenditure side here in a second where we've already planned for 28 uh and the laptops um you are not approving uh fiscal year 28 28, 29 or 30. When you approve it next week or in two weeks, you are only approving uh fiscal year 27. You will also make before you approve 27, we will also ask for you to amend uh 26 with values as we know them at that point um in area in funds where we have either o over spent or um we haven't received as as much. And so we'll share that information with you. So, we'll ask
056for an amendment for 26 and then we'll ask you to approve um 27. You can see that at the bottom here that this is an uh this 4.8 number is at the end of the day. We're looking to actually um have a surplus of operating revenue of $4.8 million. There's a number of reasons why that happened. That's a good thing. And oftentimes we're asked like what happens you know where's that money going? Well that just rolls into everything forward. So um when I'm saying that 26 kind of numbers are changing well that's a domino effect all the way downstream. So um while these are going to change a slightly these might have a bigger effect as we move forward [clears throat] um just based upon those small changes in 26. Uh there's two graphs. One
057is that shows kind of the the plan around um uh operating revenue and expenditures and generally speaking they're close. Um so you can kind of see the history there. Again, 8 years of data. I've highlighted the last two years. Uh in the budget that you'll receive in a couple weeks that will not be the case. So 28 and 29 or 29 and 30. Um, I still have work to do and what will probably close this gap, it will be on the expenditure side where we will, as our bond funds begin to run out, we'll need to shift more of our capital improvements back into fund four or back into an operating fund. So, that gap there will be allocated to kind of catch us back up because at that point, the bond funds will be
058done. We'll be done with those projects. So, um I will show you in a couple weeks that that will be a much closer line together. Technically, to stay within our operating fund balance range, um we actually have to have a slight slightly more revenue than expenditures from an operating standpoint. Uh because that um key performance indicator of 18 to 22% is measured as a um percentage of your expenditures that year. And so as our expenditures go up, we need more money in the fund balance to hit that 18 to 22%. This is uh and Dr. Kimberell did a good job of of talking about this in the intro here is that this is probably the area where we have the most um angst. Um and it's hard to project because we don't control. This is
059revenue and where it comes from. And you, as you already know, this is a pretty typical year for us. Um, in a year in which we sell $128 million of bonds, the black section would be much larger and it would dwarf. But really from in and truly from a um standpoint, we are largely a local uh locally funded district. And so if you think of the threats and a lot of the conversation around um changes there perhaps in the future all the way from full implementation of Senate Bill 190 applying it to debt um we have tax reform uh property tax reform. Uh we have the homestead act. So all of that uh not so much in flux for this you know 27 so much. So that that's not where we see the risk. But
060as I map that out for the next four years, um that's uncertain and so that's going to drive a lot of what we can do in future years as we learn more about that. And then you go to our next largest section which is state and then we've got u foundation formula adjustments. We've got uh income tax uh reform. uh I'm sure I'm missing five or six other uh pressures that are uh coming for those dollars. And so again, we're we're we're hearing that a lot about how these could potentially change and be altered um >> well to our detriment and moving forward. >> I was just going to say all you know every year legislation come out that comes out that cost money for us to implement. So and we've presented that previous board
061meetings. So >> yeah, >> Dr. Kelly. Yeah. Um I just have a question like for instance this new uh amendment five that's on the ballot for August and so it's a lot of things that's talking about [clears throat] like sales tax and just things that could be so have you looked at like how that could affect like our revenue in our our >> that is such an overhaul of just the entire tax system in Missouri. So, it's hard to know how it's going to impact any anything, you know, [clears throat] and it really will depend on how it's if it passes and if it um >> there were some some things that like Missouri budget project was estimating like sales tax for instance would double. So like if our sales like for instance what you
062have up here the sales tax doubled like then our budget would >> so we're not funded. I mean just saying sales tax but right >> if it's replacing income tax part of our funding is income tax you know that's a largest part of the revenue overall for the state and so right >> we're very dependent on that in this blue section >> and so that volatility is what is >> the risk is like we're there's a couple steps there replacing income tax and then uh how do you fully replace it and what happens if you don't and what if the economy goes bad for two years or three years and your sales dip and and so how that all will get implemented is a big question. >> Okay. Thank you. Well, I I was going
063to say exactly the same thing that that the blue part of this graph is is what you're looking at there, Miss Barnes, is that [sighs and gasps] the we know in the state of Missouri right now that the general revenue of income tax generates 8 to9 billion. And so the question then becomes if there are changes to that that you know, not to make a tax policy debate out of anything, it's just where would that 8 to9 billion come from? And that's where you're alluding to. It might be sales tax or it could be other meth methods and so on. And what happens is is that that money that goes into general revenue. There's a whole foundation formula that part of that general revenue then is uh revenue that goes out to school districts. We
064happen to have a smaller percentage of our overall budget coming from the state where some of our neighboring districts that blue might be half of their entire circle or more. And so, uh, it just is the way we do funding in the state of Missouri right now. But those are big question marks that we have. Again, back to the concept about uncertainty and unpredictability that those are the things that we're most worried about >> and the foundation formula is getting overhauled as we speak as all these other balls are going up into the air. >> Correct. And we're supposed to know about that on December 1st. I think that's the target deadline for how that would uh will work out. But how we would incorporate changes to income tax sales I mean like I don't
065know how uh how those would work together fixing the plane as we're flying it. >> Yeah. As you uh meet uh you know your counterparts across the state they would have a completely different sort of ratio. there are, you know, most of our school districts, of course, in Missouri are more rural and so that that state chunk is is their revenue. Um, and so that's a much bigger deal for them. It's not a small deal for us. That's a lot of money um at at almost $60 million. So, but we do have the local um that supports um our schools. Um that then is adjusted by which because we are have that much local uh we don't get quite as much um state but um that is kind of set up that way. So, uh
066every district has a different ratio here. Um, generally speaking, the federal dollars kind of u match um your um free and reduced lunch population and and kind of match the the demographics of that the school district. People are obviously surprised that there's such a that gold part is such a small but part of our budget uh when we talk about but the programs that it obviously supports are essential. Um and so that is um that's also under uh scrutiny and not uncertainty particularly like a year ago when we didn't really even know if we were going to have funds for title one and title two. So um that is uh revenue and this is a pretty typical year that we're we're budgeting for for next year. Uh next then is the uh same kind of
067a graph but this time it's where the money goes or the expenditures. And so this is how we've mapped out expenditures um taking all the budget assumptions um all the information that we have in terms of enrollment and and and revenue sources and all those things. And so this then becomes uh we begin to put this plan together. And so this is um generally if we were to a be able to say um look at this on a a typical year in which we didn't have $96 million to spend on bond projects. Your salary and benefits would typically take anywhere from 60 or 2/3 to 3/4 of our budget. Um and so those blue sections would be a much bigger piece on a typical year. So if I made this for operating revenue that would
068show uh or operating expenditures that would show better uh on this graph but uh we will have a large expenditure in capital next year and um and again that then shows up there in the gold. So I was mentioning about the laptop. So and looking at trend data and so you know if you look at eight years of data and you see these jumps or these kind of strange drops you know from one year to the next that should probably say okay I should probably know what was causing that and and so that may generate a question for you. So, you know, using salaries for an example, um, and you can kind of fold in benefits, but salaries is it stands out. And so, you know, you look at 23, 24, 25, these are all
069actual values. You see kind of a $5 million jump. And then you see a $14 million, almost $15 million jump. And so that would be because Proposition G, when the voters passed Proposition G, that uh allowed us to provide a um more competitive salary for all of our staff. And so that is reflected in not just the salaries, but we also hired a number of staff. Of course, we opened Angel in Washington, and there was so [clears throat] there's actually more FE in that value than there was the year before. But then you see it, it goes back down. And so for 27, we're not looking at that kind of a jump in salaries. And in fact, as we go forward, it's fairly flat. That kind of matches that student enrollment number. Um, and so
070it kind of mirrors that. So that is what we have there. You see the the other maybe one that stands out to you would be the supply of material. And while we're not technically approving or or preparing the 28 budget for approval, we have to be cognizant of it because it is such a big jump here in that one year. And so we need to prepare for it. We need to know about it. And so a lot of the things that we're doing next year need to set the stage to have the funds to do that. And so this budget does it. >> Um >> so that's sorry Dr. Go ahead. >> So that is also taken consider. I know that also with um amendment five, they were talking about like they could charge like
071service fees on like school supplies or like how we're buying these laptops like you know we were supposed to buy them this year but now since we have to push back to buy those could charge like additional fees and things for us to buy those >> since we have to buy them next year, right? >> Or even like tariffs tariffs or different things like that, right? So all of that could be like as opposed if we were playing x amount of dollars now we'll have to pay >> an additional amount because of that. This is the >> am I understanding that correctly? Okay. >> Yeah. And I what caused it? I don't I can't say that the tariffs caused the problem that or not challenge that we had this year, >> but that was more
072about the chips and the supply >> um in which you know we had a bid, we had a something to bring you if we had to replace them and then they withdrew it because they didn't have the parts. But um yeah, we have to be aware of that and and be able to plan for that. And so, um, this is does include a larger number for those very same laptops as what we had budget. I mean, so we're looking at a bigger number that's going to cost more next year than it would have this year. So, >> um, anyway, that's uh embedded in there. So, you would have >> um the comfort of knowing that, okay, you know, these choices that you're making as a board and when we look at budget assumptions that it's
073not a one year and then, oh my gosh, what are we going to do the next? These are all uh done in a way in which it shows sustainability. It shows that we have a long-term plan for how the money would be used. Um at any point, you know, inflation, I mean, all the economy, all of these things could be put pressure against this plan. And so, we'll develop it as those that information comes. And of course, these will change over time. What you don't see on here yet, but when we prepare this next year in fiscal year 31 will be the next time that we do a laptop replacement. So that will then have to be folded into uh 2031 and the anticipation that we need to replace the laptops that we replaced in
0742028. So um that is how that was laid out. Um just some additional information. Uh I was mentioning about how 27 would be our largest expenditure year and you can see how it dwarfs really everything else. That's primarily Park Hill High School replacement phase one. Uh and really mo the entire year will be devoted um expenditures large expenditures devoted to that one project. got one more part for you and this is on let me scroll down and see the page on page seven. Um technically speaking the state law says that what you're approving in a couple weeks is the expenditure budget by fund. So the what is actually uh on uh the agenda for approval is what I've highlighted in red uh technically um speaking. So you don't technically approve a revenue budget, but it's
075obvious that you want to know that the revenue is going to be there so that it would support the expenditures. And so those are values that will be presented to you um and it'll be in this format when you approve the budget. Of course, all kinds of supplementary information, different ways to look at the the revenue and expenditures and be able to make comparisons between projects, between locations. Um but at the end of the day, that is the the key information that will be presented to you for your consideration for approval. That is all I have. >> Another excellent presentation. Thank you very [laughter] much. I am really thankful for the conversation that we've had around the table today just because it really puts a fine point on just how unsure things are right now.
076And it makes it very difficult to make long-term decisions when there are so many variables that we cannot account for right now. Mhm. >> Bit frustrating for sure. >> Absolutely. >> As always, thank you, Dr. K. >> Thank you, Dr. K. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> If there's no further questions, we'll move on to um information and written. >> We have information items tonight with items 12.1 through 12.14 are relative to bids, contract, and agreements. Items 12.15 through 12.21 are relative to curriculum. Item 12.22 is title one plan and item 12.23 is the literacy plan. The board will be asked to take action on these items at the June 25th, 2026 regular meeting. Dr. Kim Brother, anything that needs anything that um need to be highlighted? Any items? >> Yeah, I will highlight
077that uh in the bids, contracts, and agreements piece the 12.9 through 12.12 are uh several different nutrition services bid renewals. And so you will see those. I see Grin and Sims out there. You heard from Emma McGomery, two of our uh leaders within our nutrition services program. And uh that uh bid there, all those together is a pretty high price there. They add up to about $3 million. That is the cost of uh food for our kids as we uh feed uh them breakfast and lunch. And so uh that is always this time of year a pretty high ticket item. But back to our previous conversations about just the state of the environment right now economically as you know food prices have increased and so that is something that we are um you know monitoring
078and and just want to make sure that you're aware of that. The biggest one is the 12.11 which is the prime vendor bid and that's uh most of our uh commodities and and so on. But those are the two that or sorry the section I wanted to point out. I'd be happy to answer any other questions. Uh Dr. Campbell 12.23 is that is my understanding is that uh new from Mip 6 or if we've done that each year and if we've done it each year then >> I'm going to have Dr. Dial [clears throat] talk a little bit about this because it is an MP6 uh requirement. So some of the things that you're seeing in some uh recent board agendas uh are things that we are doing to make sure that we are hitting
079the Missouri school improvement plan uh processes. Dr. Dial oversees that. So she's pretty familiar with what she's been working with our team on making sure that we've got in front of you to get approved. >> Yes. So the the first uh round of and this is really just the continuous improvement part of MSUP 6. MP6 is obviously very big in the continuous improvement part. The very first part is have a strategic plan. Turn it in. Okay. So we had a bunch of documentation that we turned in related to our strategic plan. our we talked about our process, our measures, um all of those things. So now we're in cycle two and they're basically now saying prove all the work that you do and we also want to see the following information that we know you
080implement as well. And so um [clears throat] we've always followed all of our statutes for literacy title title one, title two, all all of those pieces. Um, and uh, so this is just tightening those pieces up and they're wanting them on board agendas. Um, and that's part of our documentation to uh, submit as well. And so that's why you're seeing those go come through. Um, plus it's just great information for you to know. Um, I know you know what we do for literacy. I know you know what we do for Title One. Um, you'll see safety come through here. Um, when Dr. Singleary brings the uh program evaluation for safety. He'll have the safety plan that comes with it as well. Um and so uh so those are just required pieces um for us to
081uh make sure that they're in front of you and that um we're keeping track of that. So you'll start seeing those come through um more consistently and annually um instead of just having those as part of a federal um submission or something like that. >> Thank you. >> Perfect. Thank you. We'll move on to 13 policies, procedures, and forms. We have 10 policies that have been submitted as [clears throat] information items tonight. Mr. Fuldrum will provide a brief overview at this time. Information items include 13.1 current policy AD, school district mission, 13.2 2 current policy BF schoolboard policy process 13.3 current policy AF accountability commitment to accomplishment 13.4 current policy BBA schoolboard powers and duties 13.5 Current policy BCCA MSBA delegate and alternate 13.6 6 current policy BCE that's board committees advisory committees to the
082board and 13.7 current policy BDDG which is the minutes 13.8 which is current policy BI school board legislative program 13.9 current policy BJ school board memberships and 13.10 current policy IA instructional goals priorities and objectives you have any questions for Mr. Hold them or do you have any comments? >> I'll give you a brief summary. Thank you. Um and there's a lot there. This is our last batch of updates from uh MSBA and the last batch that our policy committee considered for the during this school year. So, thank you to our policy committee for all their work this year. Um we got got through a lot and um these are now coming to you for information tonight. They'll be on the next agenda for action. Um we just mentioned MISP 6. So I'd say the
083general theme here is either updates based on MIP 6 requirements and or just updating based on current best practice. So um that's the highle summary two that I wanted to flag um BBA that is school board powers and duties. Um we've had that existing it's just an update to that. Um but it is a helpful sort of guiding policy that talks about the most essential responsibilities of a school board. Um so that's a one that's notable for you as a board wanted to highlight. Um the other one was BCE u dealing with board committees. That's been a topic of discussion recently and so um updates there that sort of lay out how committees should function, what the options are there from a policy standpoint. Uh so that's another good guiding document for you. Um but
084I'm happy to answer your questions you have about any of them. Okay, no questions. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, definitely would encourage our board to make sure to go over that BCE because as we're having those discussions, we're all on informed about how to move forward. The board will be asked to take action on policies 13.1 through 13.10 at the June 25th, 2026 regular meeting. Now we'll move on to board member reports and requests. Any reports or requests, Mr. Todd? >> None tonight. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Barnes. None tonight. Thank you, Mr. Toilliger. >> Uh, none tonight. Thank you, >> Mr. Munos. >> Mrs. Bolan. >> None tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um I just wanted to um I think back in 23 24 talked about possibly looking at um so Park Hill
085used to be a way before my time of being in the district uh a legacy partner with Banaker School Foundation and I just wanted to go back to that and see if we I think there was kind of aou or something that we had to just so that all of our schools know that we have a working relationship with Vaner and that we can do things together and to support and I wanted to report back to the board um and thank you again for allowing me to be part of the um submit my nomination for the board of directors for region 4. Looks like that I will be that director since the other person dropped out and so I'll be taking on that responsibility. So thank you all again for this opportunity and that's all
086I have for tonight. Nothing else. Then um I will need a motion and a second to adjurnn to close session pursuant to chapter 610 section 021 of the revised Missouri statutes for the purpose of discussing matters relevant to subsections one legal to property 3 and 13 personnel. >> So move have a motion by Mrs. Barnes and a second by Mrs. Munos to adjourn to close session to discuss legal property and personnel matters. >> Mrs. Go ahead. >> Barnes, >> yes. >> Munoz, >> yes. >> Todd, >> yes. >> Woodley, >> yes. >> Board members, please turn off your mics and as a reminder, remain seated until the live stream fades. Thank you all and thank you all for coming and please return at 7:50.