Park Hill School District Board Meeting 01/22/2025

001Heat. Heat. Good evening. I call the January 22nd, 2026 meeting of the Park Hill Board of Education to order. Uh Mr. Monsess and Mrs. Woodley are absent this evening. Um, please uh rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance 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. >> All right. Thank you for silencing your phones tonight. Um, I would like to remind the board of our norms. um stay in the role of a board member. Uh be respectful, be inclusive, be prepared, and be missiondriven. And um a reminder that our school mission statement is through the expertise of an engaged staff, the Park Hill School District provides a relevant education

002in a safe, caring environment to prepare each student for success in life. Um board members, do we have any announcements this evening? Uh Miss Barnes? Um just uh the Hall of Fame that was on Tuesday was an amazing event and congratulations to all the nominees and the recipients. >> Thank you, Miss Barnes. Uh Miss Norris, >> none tonight. Thank you. >> Uh Mr. Todd, >> I just want to echo what Miss Barnes just said about the the Hall of Fame. The board had the opportunity to to go see members inducted into the Hall of Fame, and it is truly humbling to see the great things that Park Hill grads go on to do. and I'm excited to see what what future grants are going to go on to do. >> And Miss Bowen, >> not

003tonight. Thank you. >> All right. Um I can't say anything else that hasn't already been said about the Hall of Fame event. It was a great event. Um so thank you to everyone that put that on and um an amazing event. Uh Dr. Kimble, any additional announcements from you? >> I do. I have two uh announcements about some new administrators that we have in the room. So, I would like to uh introduce and welcome to the Park Hill family Justin Orchland. Justin, if you can stand up, he's right here in the front row. Uh he is going to be our new assistant principal at Rener Elementary. So, just a little bit about Justin, he has um obviously has accepted the position as assistant principal and he is uh coming to us from Smithville where he

004serves as assistant principal at Eagle Heights Elementary School. Uh more than a decade of experience and previously served as a music teacher in Smithville and Liberty. Uh he has a bachelor's degree from Missouri Baptist University, his masters from Western Governor's University, and currently working on a specialist from Northwest Missouri State. Again, welcome. We also have an announcement to make. A familiar face that is uh joining a new role is Dr. Melissa Hensley will be our new executive director for elementary education. She is currently, you would know her face as the principal at the at Hoba Elementary, home of the Hawks, and she joined Park Hill in 2014 as principal of Rener, uh where she came to us from uh the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Uh she's been a first grade teacher, literacy

005coach, title one reading instructor, uh PD implementator, and uh she was honored in uh with the exemplary exemplary new principal award from Missouri Association of Elementary School Principles. Uh we are just so excited to have you promoted into this position. I know you're going to do great things. She has a bachelor's degree from Gracland University, master's degree from Northwest Missouri State University, and doctoral degree from St. Louis University. Congratulations, Melissa. >> That's the end of my announcements. >> Okay. Excellent. Um, all right. So, we'll move on to the adoption of the agenda for this evening. I'll need a motion and a second to adopt the January 22nd, 2026 agenda as presented. >> So move. >> Seconded. >> All right. I have a motion uh from Miss Bolan and a second by Mr. Todd to adopt

006the agenda as presented. Um Dr. Kimbell, are there any modifications? >> None tonight. Thank you. >> Uh board, do you have any modifications? >> All right, seeing none, all those in favor say I. >> I. Any oppose say nay. Any abstained? All right, motion carries. 5-0. All right, we'll now move on to our recognitions and awards and I'll turn it over to Mrs. Witchell. We have a big crowd. Testing, testing. One, two, three. Testing, testing, testing, testing. Semi working. Can you hear me? Okay. Okay. Uh, we have a big crowd tonight. So, most of the folks are in the hallway. Um, so we're going to start. Is Oh, hello. >> It's on there. It is. >> Hello. Testing, testing. One, two, three. Um, Tracy, is Kadra out there yet? Okay. Um, we're going to go

007into our next one then. And then we'll come back to Kadra if she gets here in a minute. So, come on up, guys. We're going to start with our uh all state choir participants. Hi, guys. Come stand right here by me and then um we'll read a little bit about you and have you introduce yourselves. Okay. Are all the parents in here? Thanks for squeezing in here with us. Okay. Closer to me so we can see you on camera, too. There. You got You're on camera. Connor, you're tall. All right. These are our all state choir students. Um, we have Park Hill High School senior Maddox Fallen and Angela the Laor. And we have Park Hill South senior Connor Thompson. Um, these three students are in the prestigious Missouri Allstate Choir. Each year, more than

008500 students for the KC Metro choirs. Only six sopranos, six altos, six teners, and six bases earn a spot in the Missouri All State Choir. So, congratulations to these fine students on their musical talents. YES, if you're a parent, wave at us or guardian supporter. Congratulations. Okay, introduce yourself. Um, maybe what you're a bass, right, Connor? tell us about that and a little bit about your choir experience. >> Uh I'm a bass at the Park Hill South Choir. I'm the bass section leader actually as of this year and this is my second year in any choirs. I joined last year because I met Miss Schulty my sophomore year and I just really liked her and so when she told me to join choir I did. >> Um hello I'm Maddox. Um uh it's a huge

009honor to be in the all state choir. I never really expected that I'd get into, you know, the choir, but um with the help of our new conductor, Miss Rhyr and Mr. Jones, you know, I wouldn't be able to be here without them. So, you know, I'm very grateful that I, you know, have these people in my life, you know, pushing me and, you know, helping me succeed along with my parents. So, I'm very thankful for everybody here to support me and, you know, I look forward to, you know, going down and singing the whole state choir. I'm so excited. Thank you. Um, my name is Angela Villor. I have been part of Park Hills Concert Corral for the past three years and I sing alto. I have always loved to sing and I joined

010choir because I had some friends who were in it and I thought it sounded cool and I've always loved to sing and here I am now and I'm really fortunate to have this opportunity. Thank you. Okay, you're going to go and shake the board's hand and then we're take a photo. Congratulations to each of you. Really, really proud of you. Yay. Good job. >> Great job. Congratulations. >> Okay, Miss Todd Murphy is going to go take your photo, kids, and then um you guys go out here with Miss Todd Murphy. Check your out in the hallway. And if you guys are here for um All State Band or Orchestra, come on in. We have a lot of these students who are going to shuffle in. Hello. You got to sit inside the boardroom. Excellent. You

011can start. You're not by yourself, but you stand right here. Okay. We'll wait for your colleagues. They're coming. All right. Come on up, kids and families. Come on in. Hi guys. Hello. Hello. Hello. Thank you for waiting so patiently. Okay, these students are our high school allstate band or orchestra students. Um, and they're here because they're traveling to OCB or the lake coming up. Is it next week? I think next week for their all-state music education performance and conference. So, I'm going to have them introduce yourself. Um, when you guys introduce yourself, tell what school you're at and then say what you play. Sound good? Can we handle that? Yes. Talk about your or Yes. I love that. She also wants to talk about her orchestra experience. So, here we go. All right. Um I'm

012Elise Foliard. I go to Park Hill. Um I'm a junior and I play the violin. Um it's kind of funny cuz I didn't audition for All State the last two years cuz I had prior commitments and I wasn't planning to this year either, but Miss Smith was really like, "Alise, you should do it. You should do it." and then I made it. So that was really great. Kudos to Miss Smith. >> Hi, my name is Gabriel Eps. I go to Park Hill High School and I play the trumpet. Um I really don't know what to say, but I guess um it's being in band I think is fun for me cuz I guess it's important to learn that there's some things in life that are greater with more people. I think it's important to like

013learn how to play with a community of people and learn how to like collaborate and like just work well with other people. So yeah, >> that's awesome. >> My name is Gwen. I play the obo and I go to Park Hill. Um, >> excellent. >> My name is Mari Tada. I play trumpet and go to Park Hill South and uh I'm just excited to uh have this experience with my friends. >> Hi, my name is Megan Shehan and this never gets easier to talk in front of you guys. Um but I am a junior at Park Hill South and I play the trumpet and I'm really just happy that I got the um opportunity to do all state band this year cuz I love music. So, >> uh hi, I'm Noah Floyd. Um, I'm a

014senior at Park Hill South High School and I play the clarinet. And I'm just really happy to have this opportunity and many of my peers know that the last three years I got honorable mention and I'm just really glad to have overcome that hurdle and finally made it. >> Um, I'm Amelia Mesa. I'm a junior at Park Hill South. I play the French horn and I'm a member of the All State orchestra. Uh, I had a lot of fun at district orchestra and band, so I'm super excited for this experience. >> Uh, hi, my name is Brady Rouse. I'm a junior from Park Hill South, and I made the All State Orchestra for percussion. And I have nothing else to say. >> Um, hi, my name is Sydney Zupon. I'm a freshman at Park Hill

015South and I play French horn. And that's it. Thank you for showing your personalities. I love your responses. Um, parents, guardians, supporters, wave to us. Congratulations to each of you. All right, you can shake the board's hand. Congratulations, guys. We're going to do the circle again. >> Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. Awesome job. >> Congratulations. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. Congratulations. >> All right, then. Tracy, we'll have our students of the week file in next. All right, thanks everyone for your patience on the musical recognitions. All right, come on in, guys. If you're students of the week, come on in. We have a middle school basketball player from Congress who rushed over her after her game. They lost by one point and she's a little upset. I know. Come over here, NATO.

016Come stand by me. She's a post if you didn't if you wanted to know. All right, come on, guys. if you're student of the week. Um, Michel love, come up here, please. Come stand by NATO. I know we have maybe two more. Come on up. Come stand by me up here. You perfect Perfect. Right here. And then, Miss Richardson. Okay, you guys can come stand over here by NATO that we have four of you guys tonight. Perfect. Um, actually over here because so the camera can see you. Want the camera to see you. Okay. We good, Albert? Okay. All right. These are our December students of the week. We honor every week of the month a student who's doing ex exceptional things um in their schools. These students are recognized by teachers, by support staff,

017by principles, and they're recognized for a variety of things, their personality, their academic achievement. They've been helpers for someone. So, I'm going to read a little bit about why these students were honored as student of the week and then have them introduce themselves to you and um I said maybe say why you love school or what you like about your school experience. Okay. First we have NATO Dinka. This is NATO. She's a Congress Middle School student and she was recognized by assistant principal Brian Van Horn. Right. This is what Mr. Van Horn writes about NATO. NATO is an amazing student here at Congress Middle School. She walks the halls with positivity and spreads it to her classmates. In addition to her uplifting attitude, she's an active member of our student council and a dedicated player

018on the girls basketball team. NATO's leadership, kindness, and school spirit make her a standout role model in our building. Say it's true. >> It's true. >> Not question mark. Period. It's true. Introduce yourself and say what grade you're in and a little bit about yourself. >> My name is Nato. I'm in eighth grade on Teen Challengers at Congress Middle School. And um >> you lost point. Thank you, Mr. Van Horn. >> Thank you, Mr. Van Horn. I'll take that. Good job. Okay, next we have Mitchell Love Pierre. This is Mitchell Love. The student of the week was from Rener Elementary and she was recognized by English language development teacher Kristen Shade. I think who's here? Christian's here, isn't she? Hello. Um, Michelle writes, "Mitchell Love is someone who exudes happiness wherever she goes. She's always

019smiling." It's true. and quick to express her love and care for others. Often spending her free time writing letters and creating unique gifts out of paper for her friends, family, and teachers. Her joy is infectious. Not only is she a bright light for others, but she's also a hard worker. She's become such a role model for her peers that she has a special job mentoring kindergarteners each week. She has grown immensely in the year and a half that she has attended Park Hill. Her teachers are extremely proud of her. Nice job, Mitch Lup. Okay, say your name, what grade you're in, and something about school. Okay, >> my name is Mitch Love and I'm in fourth grade. Something I like about school is it fun and I like my teachers and I like my friends.

020>> Perfect. Congratulations, Miss. Okay, we're in our elementary. Um, next we have Mia. Hi, Mia. All right, this is Lake View Middle School student Mia Szen and she is recognized by assistant principal Dr. Beth Esco. Dr. Esco writes this. Mia is a true role model for all the students at Lake View as a student athlete. She's a cross country and track star who brings her talents to the whole student body as a web where everyone belongs leader and an active POAC member. In the classroom, she actively participates, is helpful to her teachers and peers and works to challenge herself daily. Congratulations, Mia. Say it's true. >> It's true. >> Okay. Tell us a little bit about yourself. >> Um I'm Mia Sen. I'm in 8th grade at Lake View. And something that I really like

021about school is I really like all my teachers and my friends. And I really like cross country and track and NJS. >> All right. Mia. Mia's family's here. Can you wave? Mia's family. Hello everybody. Hello. All right. And next we have uh Kingston. Gabriel couldn't be here tonight. Gabriel's one of our uh early childhood students. They have family night tonight, so he chose his school over coming to the board meeting tonight, which is very fair. Um but this is Park Hill South student Kingston Richardson, and he was recognized by principal Dr. Corey Willick. This is what Dr. Willick writes about Kingston. He's an amazing young man, a strong student leader, an advocate for inclusivity with a heart for service. He is a role model in his classroom and throughout the school, treating everyone with kindness

022and respect. He's always looking for ways to help make things better at Park Hill South. Kingston is an awesome young man and continues to thrive daily at South. Say it's true. >> It's true. >> Um, my name is Kingston. I'm a 10th grader at Park Hill South. Um, I do broadcasting and I like my school because I really like my principles especially, no offense to the teachers at South. I like my principles cuz my princip like they like they actually care sometimes and like it's not just about like getting in trouble or like get processing write up says McKenna but you know it's truly just about you know like they actually care on my education actually care about you know how far I go and where I go and you know what I do at

023South >> I love that for >> so awesome agree okay guys you're going to shake the board's hand and take a photo congratulations DC oh Mitchell um Kingston's parents are here in the back hello everybody and sister's back there, too. All right. Congratulations, guys. You're going to go right that way. >> Congratulations. Congratulations. >> All right. >> Congratulations. Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations. Politics. >> Is Kajra here? No. Bummer. Okay. Miss Tracy's going to take your picture. Okay, guys. Out in the hallway. All right. Um, we are missing Kajra Amed, which I'm really bummed about because she's one of our Quest Quest Bridge scholarship match winners, and she has a full ride to Mallister College, which is a private school up in Minnesota. Um, we'll see if we can get her back. She's amazing. Okay,

024Samantha Fitzgerald, come on up. Hello, Samantha Fitzgerald. Right here, my dear. This is Smith Fitzgerald and we're recognizing her because she has just been elected to the MOSRA president-elect position. This is a Missouri School Public Relations Association president-elect. She's a big deal throughout the state of Missouri for her leadership skills and her ability to mentor other professionals in this field. So, we wanted to congratulate Samantha on being the Mosra Presidentelect. Congratulations, Sam. What would you like to say? It's hard to follow students. I should have gone first. I I have someone coming up to hang out with him. Okay. Yes. Um I will be very brief, but yes, I just I have such a connection to this job and this district um and equally to this association. It's done so much for me. Um and

025I'm really looking forward to giving back um with my leadership and my expertise and helping the next generation of school public relations professionals. Um Missou's um organization is highly regarded. We are looked upon by many state chapters around the country. Um, we have top-notch professional development. And so, um, I'm just really looking forward to the next few years and leading. So, thank you. >> Congratulations. And this is Mara, Sam's daughter, and Mac. Can you wave at us, Mac? Mac's back there. Okay. >> Mrs. Freyer >> with Mrs. Freyer from Southeast. These are Southeast students. Yes. >> We love what she's >> Thank you, Miss Pek. Okay. Please shake the board's hand. Congratulations, Miss Fitzgerald. Thank you. All right, that was a great night of awards and recognition. Um, all right, so next is our public

026comment section. Um, during this part of our agenda, we will receive public comments from patrons who pre-registered by noon by the noon deadline today and we had uh zero patrons uh pre-register. Um, we'll now move on to our consent agenda um for the evening. Uh before I call for a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda, are there any items that need highlighted? Dr. Kimmel? >> Yeah, just a couple that I wanted to highlight just to make sure the board uh was updated on. We did have to do the replacement of a nutrition services dishwasher at Lake View Middle. So, we're asking for uh approval on that so we can pay that bill. And then a reminder that that uh human resources frontline contract that's on 8.22, 22. That front line is kind

027of a new uh name that you might be not familiar with, but it's packaging. It's a software package for our applications, our uh valuation system, and all of our documents within HR. So, we um would appreciate the uh approval there. I have no other ones to highlight, but would be happy to answer any questions. >> All right, board. Do we have any questions for Dr. Kimberly tonight? All right. Seeing none, um I'll need a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda items 8.2 through 8.27 as submitted. So move. >> Seconded. Right. I have a motion uh for Miss Bowen and a second by Mr. Todd to approve the consent agenda as submitted. Um any further discussion board? Okay. Seeing none. Um all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose say

028nay. Any abstained? All right. Motion carries. 5-0. All right. We now have our action items for this evening. Uh item 10.1 is the December 2025 treasures information report. And uh I'll turn it over to uh Dr. Kimbell and Dr. Kelly. >> Yeah. Yeah, just a reminder to the board that the uh December 2025 uh information that you have in front of you does not include our January payments that we have received. Dr. Kelly can answer any questions about that, but it is just up through uh the previous month. So, I'll turn over to Dr. Kelly at this time. >> Thank you. the uh treasures report um you'll see referenced later when we talk about uh budget uh formation and our process, but the treasures report uh comes out monthly of course and it is a

029key part of the budget process. And so this would be um the board's way on a monthly basis of monitoring our performance and and an opportunity to ask questions um about uh where we stand. And then we use that information of course then to inform um our actions as we put together next year's budget. So uh this is uh January's Treasury report. Of course it's uh looking backwards and so this is uh all of our financials at uh by the end of December. December represents for us our sixth month or we're about 50% of the way through. So some of these measures over in the very far right column um do send tend to sort of orient themselves around 50% if it's an item on revenue or expenditures in which we have kind of equal

030payments. So things like our state foundation formula that's generally about a 50% through you know through December. But um the very top one and really the most uh important for us in terms of just the the size of this revenue the taxes that is not on a um an evil an equal um increments. And so as Dr. Kimell mentioned as of December we've received 10.3% of our budget. Um but now as of now in reality when we get done with January that number will shoot up to about 97%. Um and because so much of our um property taxes are received in January. And so uh that is one that we actually have information to give you a little bit of um information ahead of time is that the numbers in January look good. Um, so

031we're tracking uh well u towards budget with that one item. Um, you may have questions about individual lines here. I've highlighted uh a handful. One is on miscellaneous revenue and so you can see that this is one in which we're tracking already above budget. So we actually have received more than we anticipated. One of the items in there is that pecard rebate. So, that was larger than we budgeted for. Um, we have other items in there. Uh, an e-ate payment um that was received a little earlier than we anticipated, but um anyway, that is that's a good sign being 100% uh on any of the revenue items. I have a I'll move to the uh expenditure section. Um, one thing though before I do I did highlight title three which is on the next page.

032It is showing 94% that's actually a um that's a little misleading. So uh that is because Desi was late with a payment in June and so that the revenue that you see there actually should have been paid in June in rather it was delayed by a month and we received it in July and so it leaprogged into this fiscal year and so last year we you know we were well under budget but we'll be way over budget this year on the revenue there. Um I'm now moving into um expenditures. The uh largest line on the expenditures here on operating expenditures will be that first one and I do keep my eye on that. Um now the 50% uh rule does not apply to teacher salaries because um their contracts uh start in September and so

033we lag three months. Um and so you really would want to orient more around about 1/3. Uh and so 33% is kind of a marker. Uh two years ago that 36% was uh like 34 a 12 and then last year was 35. So we are tracking a lot um not a lot but slightly above um budget there. Um part of that is just with the variability with the um salary increases that we applied also with uh new staff staffing a new building and other new staff just uh budgeting for that in in that year. Just there was a lot of uh room for uh growth there. So well I'll keep my eye on there. There's nothing really to red flag or anything. Um, but it's just something that will probably come in really, really close

034to the budget, uh, if not slightly over on that one line. Um, everything else, um, our insurance premiums for our liability insurance, workers comp, those came in higher than we budgeted. So, these, um, the bad news is that they came in over what we had anticipated. The good news is we're done paying. We pay those once a year and so there's not any additional costs and so we'll adjust next year's budget accordingly. So we'll take this information and and really move it forward. I think that's about all I have. All of these numbers on fund balances um of course are within our range and are all tracking um well and then I can in our next presentation on the budget I'll kind of show you where I project will land uh for the end of

035this year with regard to each of the fund balances and each of those funds. So, that's all I have for this presentation, but we'll have more uh information um on budget overall with the budget assumptions presentation. Be glad to answer any questions on this. >> I did have one quick question. I I just noticed this and was was curious um about uh under federal uh revenue from federal sources 5412 Medicaid. Um that's quite a big swing between 2425 and 2526. Um, do would you be able to say what if you have it off the top of your head what that swing what would have caused that swing? >> Well, we're identifying uh more uh there was also on that one we were behind in terms of submitting our reimbursements. And so there's a couple of

036quarters that really should have landed in that last year's revenue that was for last year's work, but we with staffing and some of the other things, we were a little behind. And so we did actually ultimately and we anticipated it because we budgeted for it. But that is actually a number that'll drop next year. Okay. Uh because that represents like a year and a half worth of of Medicaid payments. >> Thank you. All right. Any questions on the December report? There'll be uh as Dr. Kelly said, there will be much more budget stuff to talk about later in the meeting. So, all right. Well, there's no more discussion. I'll need a motion and a second to accept the receipt of the December 2025 treasures information report as presented. A motion uh from Miss Norris and

037a second by Miss Bolan to accept receipt of the December 2025 treasures information report as presented. Um all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed say nay? Um any abstained? All right. Motion carries 5. All right. Our second action item for tonight is the Commerce Bank signature card and certificate of resolutions of corporate board of directors. Um, and I'll turn it back over to Dr. Kimber. Dr. Gil, this is an annual um administrative piece that you do as a board that the uh current president and treasurers will uh sign all the documents that we need from our bank just so that you're authorized. Uh we have been under the advisement of our general counsel that Mr. Todd and Mr. Turwilliger being in these spots right now will abstain from this vote since

038they are uh the actual people that are signing these documents and we have checked to make sure on all uh policy and voting that that that's all good in terms of with you abstaining. So with that I have no uh further information. Dr. Kelly um be happy to answer any questions. >> Right. Seeing no questions, I'll need a motion and a second to adopt the Commerce Bank signature card and certificate of resolutions of corporate board of directors and grant authorization for the individual's name to exercise certain powers relative to the bank accounts listed on the resolutions as presented. >> So move. >> All right. I have a motion um from Miss Bowen and a second by Miss Norris uh to adopt the Commerce Bank signature card and signature certificate of resolutions a corporate board of

039directors and grant authorization for the individual's name to exercise certain powers relative to the bank accounts listed on their resolutions as presented. Right. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose say nay. Any abstained? >> I abstain. All right. Motion carries. 30- 0. >> All right. Our third action item for tonight is the 2026 2027 academic calendar. Uh and I'll turn it over to Dr. Kimell and Dr. Dylan. >> Thank you. Uh as a reminder, last month Dr. Dylan along with uh Andy Fraer along went uh before you to present the academic calendar draft for 2026 2027. Uh that has been in the public now since that meeting in December. We've received no uh public comment uh and feedback relative to uh the draft that was presented. So we are bringing that

040back to you for approval tonight. I I know that there has been some discussion and some conversation around the state about the start date but there has been no current legislative action or any other movement at this time. So my recommendation would be to uh if there is any significant action uh we can uh look at that at that time. But my recommendation would be that uh we move ahead and make sure that we have a board approved academic calendar in front of our families as for planning purposes. Dr. Dylan, any other information you'd like to add? No, there is um much talk about the resolutions that um are being proposed, but I our our best guess is it would be very late spring. >> Yeah, great. Thank you. Be happy to answer any questions

041on this. >> All right. Um we have the detailed presentation in December. Um I personally have not received feedback. I appreciate the committee's work on this calendar. Um, any other discussion? Okay. Then I'll need a motion and a second to approve the proposed 2026 2027 academic calendar as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. >> I have a motion uh from Mr. Todd and a second by Miss Bolan to approve the proposed 2026 2027 academic calendar as presented. Um all those in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed say nay. Any abstained. All right. Motion carries. Uh 5. All right. We have a couple information uh presentations tonight. Um, our first one is our staff and student health and well-being. Um, and I'll turn it over to Dr. Kimell and Dr. Dial and Dr. Dill. All

042right. And as our presenters make their way to the uh presenter station here and uh just to introduce you to our experts that are actually presenting tonight uh we have uh Sasha Kis who is our director for human resources and she is going to be talking about our staff well-being portion of uh the presentation and also a familiar face to you Tammy Sailor our director of health services is uh going to be talking about the student well-being. you have, I believe, in front of you, hard copies of these two uh detailed plans. So, those will be supplements that they may refer to. So, I just want to point that out. Dr. Dylan, Dr. Dial, anything else that you'd like to add to uh start this presentation? >> I'm ready to go. >> Okay, all yours.

043>> Okay, fantastic. Um so uh it is uh really exciting to have the opportunity to share with you the work that we're doing related to well-being both on the staff and student side. Um and as you know uh this is directly related to our strategic plan. We were very um strategic back in 2022 when this came up. We've never had this um as a whole in our strategic plan before and um it was it was very well needed. Um and it has taken uh an extensive amount of work uh to get to where we are today. And I know these two uh amazing women are very excited to share um from both lenses the work that we're at. We're in the culture objective um which you might remember if you go to the next slide

044is uh to create an environment where all students, staff and members of the Park Hill community feel a sense of belonging and belonging contributes to well-being. You'll hear them say that probably um when each of the each of them share um about their uh portion of well-being. Um and uh and within that uh within our strategic plan, the third strategy was to develop and deploy a comprehensive student and staff well-being plan. So tonight um uh Sasha's going to share with you about our staff well-being plan and Tammyy's going to share with you about our student well-being plan. As they go um please stop them if you have questions. That way um we're not having to run through the slides back and forth again. and if there's something that they're talking about at the moment, they

045know, stop them and uh they will be able to answer anything that that any question that you have. Okay, so with that being said, all right, um I'm Sasha and I really appreciate this time to be able to share about our staff well-being plan. Um it's exciting and it's something that makes Park Hill stand out not only statewide but nationwide with some of the work we're doing. Uh before I start, I would like to introduce two people who are doing a lot of this work. So Shelby Nace is our staff wellbeing coordinator. You want to wave? And then Megan Brooks is our health enhancement coordinator. And they are really working and it's so great that they can work collaboratively now and make sure that we're meeting the needs um both physically and mentally for our

046staff. So like Dr. Dial said, "We know that um once we foster a culture of wellness, um it improves job satisfaction. It boosts productivity and it creates a more resilient and engaged workforce, which means we're able to retain our staff. Um this is also something that helps us recruit staff. We were able to go to William Juel this morning and we were the only district out of all the districts in the metro to have a staff well-being coordinator doing the work we're doing." So our um things that we're doing are divided into the four pillars of a healthy work environment. Um these pillars are in alignment with the World Health Organization as well as the chambers healthy KC initiative. And so I'm going to show a lot of examples of things we're doing in all

047of the pillars. There are hundreds of things um in in the packet that you have that you'll see, but I'm just going to highlight some of the um things that kind of stand out. So pillar one for mental and physical health um one thing that is is unique is we have our internal staff that are training in first aid and CPR and each year the number of staff that um choose to get training whether it's a required requirement of their position or they want to do it just to um make sure they have that knowledge it increases each year. Um you know we do our inclement weather processes um on a regular basis. Mant and then this year moving over to CPI training. That number is also um increasing and um more staff wanting to

048make sure they know those proactive approaches. And then our online vector training, making sure we have 100% uh trained staff, which is an ongoing process since we recruit throughout the whole year. And so making sure that um we're constantly getting getting new staff trained. And then new this year are school protection officers um at the elementary buildings. And then of course our SRO's that are continuing their work. The feedback we're getting on the school protection officers um even my own child at home it uh they feel safe and so that's another thing that we're hearing from not just students but staff. Pillar two is what makes us really stand out in the work we're doing. So in the psychosocial work environment um I just highlighted some of the work Shelby is doing and this data

049is from August through December and you know she's kind of creating this with us um based on what staff are needing and um so it's you know from the ground up work and so during this time since um schools the school year started she's had 56 total referrals 66% are staff initiating the referrals the Others might be um maybe a um principal knows that someone in their building is uh has maybe lost a loved one and has some grief they're going through. They will reach out to their employee and say, "Hey, do you mind if I connect you with Shelby?" And she reaches out to you. And so um we have the referrals kind of going both ways. Um she's had 83 appointments. And what's exciting is our support staff are utilizing this just as

050much as our certified staff. So this is not something that's just geared towards our teachers. We have custodians uh visiting for things. We have um a teacher assistants. We have teachers. We have principles. So we have um all work groups that are feeling comfortable going to her. The top reasons that they're seeking support. Um number one is burnout, anxiety. Number two is depression. Number three is work life balance. Number four relationship challenges. And then the fifth was grief or loss. And then what Shelby does, the resources um she provides is she kind of does the warm handoff. So maybe someone especially right now with New Year's resolutions, we have a lot of people working on their um mental well-being and you know wanting to strengthen that. So she might help connect them with a counselor

051or a therapist um depending on what their needs are. She can give advice whether it's personal or workrelated. She helps staff create self-care plans. And so whether that's something that they're going to just do check-ins with Shelby on their self-care plan, they're going to monitor on it on their own, they're going to work with um outside therapist, she helps those plans. And then she does identify resources for basic needs. So um maybe we have an employee who needs assistance getting tires. Um maybe we have someone who um they are taking care of their uh growing or their older parents and so they might need some resources there and she'll help um provide resources for that as well. Pillar three is our personal health resources. So this includes our fitness center, our free flu shots, our

052health screening and risk assessment, our mammograms on site, and our metabolic testing. And I know Megan has been very busy with appointments both in the fitness center and going out to buildings doing metabolic testing. Um that is something that I think a few people get it then they tell their colleagues and they want to get it. And so she's been busy doing that. And this also includes our fitness uh center classes which we have over,00 um participants in those fitness center classes. And then pillar four is how our um staff can be involved with the community. So these are the different um areas in Park Hill where they can be involved and they're colorcoded to match culture systems and academic on where they fall. And so there are so many opportunities um that our staff

053can be involved, give their feedback, have a voice, and feel like they're participating. And again, this is the staff well-being plan. And um each year we are um I was lucky to come in after the it first year had been done. And so it was exciting to I got to come in and do the updated data. And so that was a fun part cuz as you go through you'll see that our data um has gotten better than the year before in almost every area. Um the employees using our um EAP resources, using our health insurance resources, um using our fitness resources, things like that. You will see that that's increasing each year. So, that was exciting for me to I didn't get to help write it, but I I am loving that I get to

054help update it. And then I'm going to turn it over to Tammy because we know that um happy staff equals happy students. >> Before we do that, do you have any questions for Sasha? >> Uh no, just the uh the staff well-being uh pillar too. That's just amazing data and that really moving the needle I think on, you know, providing what our staff needs and then providing something that's kind of cutting edge in the markets. Really cool. So appreciate all the work on that. >> Thank you. I want to >> in the first what that's like the first couple months of so that's exciting to see and excited to see what's next. Yeah, it it is exciting. Especially this doesn't include the January um data where with that involves the New Year's resolutions for both

055of them. Both of them have been extra busy. Um I want to point out too some districts will say they have like a well-being coordinator. Um and they might be uh someone that's focusing maybe a little on mental health, but they're not a licensed social worker. And so that's what really makes us unique. >> Okay. >> Mrs. Norris, >> um, how how does staff find out about the wellbeing coordinator? How are you sharing that information? >> Um, so initially, um, we did videos and we have brochure, uh, like a flyer that we passed out and then we had Shelby go and talk to different department leaders and then go into building staff meetings. And so, and she's she's visiting schools so she can get her face out there. And so that's initially how people found

056out. We're going to keep keep doing that. But I think it's also word of mouth. Um I you know her office is housed at Zonerosa which gives a extra sense of we're very conscientious making sure that this is absolutely confidential and so I think when people visit her they're they're telling their colleagues too and so they're spreading the word that way. >> Yeah. Any other questions for Sasha? Okay. Mrs. Sailor, thank you. Can you hear me? Okay. Um, first I just want to start by thanking the board just for your forwardinking leadership and your continued support on both student and now or staff and now student well-being. Um, student well-being is a whole student approach that we really take and it encompasses the students physical, emotional, intellectual, social and environmental well-being. Students well-being um support

057students academic success and overall development which really impacts their learning. Research consistently shows that when students are healthy both physically and mentally, they're better positioned to succeed academically. When we started this process, most of you have seen this model. It was really important for us to continue using the CDC's framework for addressing health in schools. It is a whole school, whole community, whole child, whole community model. You may have heard it referred to as the WHISK model. It's very student centered because we want to keep the focus on our student because everything we do is for our students and the it's surrounding the students are five key tenants. We think of these as like Maslo's hierarchy of needs. We want our students to be healthy and safe so that they can be engaged, supported, and

058um challenged in the classroom. We we accomplish this by coordinating our policies and our processes and our procedures, but it's also a district-wide approach that encompasses collaboration of all 10 components. You will see um very clear connections to the WHISK model throughout the student well-being plan. Before we started writing the plan, we wanted to be very intentional. We actually started this work in the 2324 school year. We wanted to do some learning and we knew we already do a lot for student well-being, but we wanted to learn what else is out there, what are best practices. So, we've attended multiple student well-being and staff well-being conferences as well as doing a literature review just to kind of learn how can we continue to progress forward use utilizing best evidence-based practice. This picture just represents a

059small snapshot of some of the literature that we read. One of the things, one of the themes we heard over and over in our learning is the importance of student voice because we know we could develop the most comprehensive student well-being plan, but if it's not what our students need and value, it's not going to be effective. So, Melissa Dixon, who's here tonight, she's our district nurse. Um she and myself went out and visited with students from Park Hill High School, Park Hill South, and Lead Innovation Center and also students from our uh school health and wellness advisory council. And we really got to spend some time with them to hear their insights and feedback on what student well-being means to them because we know that when students feel that their voice matters, student engagement

060increases and positive relationships are built. This is just a highle overview of the timeline. We kind of did this in a two-part process. During the 2425 school year, we developed a school um a student well-being advisory task force and we met throughout the year. And the goal of that task force was really to review what we're already doing, also do a literature review and review what is out there for best evidence-based practice, as well as review all the student feedback we received. And at the end of that, they took all of that feedback together to kind of come up with some things that we needed to keep doing um or do less of or do more of. And so that kind of created our action steps for this school year. I love this logo. This

061logo was created by some of our students from elementary and on the high school level as well as our school health and wellness advisory task force. Um the definition in the center, be healthy, be happy, be you, is very student focused. And that's actually the definition that students get in their health class that every um high schooler takes before they graduate. And then surrounding the students are the five dimensions of well-being. That's how we support them being healthy and being happy and being you. And that's through emotional, physical, intellectual, social, and environmental well-being. You guys have a copy of the plan. It is very extensive. So, I'm just going to highlight a few of them. And normally I don't read, but I might read a few things just because I'm I'm representing a lot of

062people. A lot of people were involved in making this plan. And a lot of them are here tonight. So, I'll start with emotional well-being. Most of you know that we have a school-based mental health uh therapist, Kristen Da. she could not be here tonight. But Kristine's work has increased access to care for our students with the greatest barriers, including the under and underinsured, those in foster care are experiencing housing instability, and students with high safety needs. Services that she provides are at no cost to the families, and transportation to the Zona Zona Rosa office is provided, or she can do inschool therapy if that's what works best for the student. Um to date, since September 23, when she first started seeing students, she has provided um therapy for 56 students and 21 additional students have

063um participated in individual group therapy. This year, her case um load still remains high. She has 20 students on her case load and 13 unfortunately are on the waiting list. Um but she's doing a great job. One more thing I want to shout out in emotional well-being is some of the feedback we got from our students was on if you're a new student, how do you find out about our resources? And so our counselors and social workers have a shared goal to meet with our new students within the first two weeks of their enrollment to make sure that they meet face to face with a helping professional that can kind of share the resources we have for them. Um, physical well-being, of course, nutrition services. I've got to shout out Grenan Sims. She is our

064director of nutrition services. She reports that her team continues to prioritize student well-being by expanding the variety and availability of fresh fruits and vegetables for prek through 12 students. As a result of these s efforts, student selection of fresh produce at breakfast and lunch have increased 41%. So that's and I also would be remiss if I didn't shout out Emma McGomery who's here tonight. She is our district dietician. If you have not checked out her interactive menu online, it's incredible. It has really helped build a sense of belonging for our students who have um severe allergies or students with type 1 diabetes. They can have that comfort of knowing that they have a safe lunch at school. And it also will translate in many different languages. Um physical I will just shout out a little

065bit. you guys approved the health service um program evaluation. So, I won't say that much about it. I just want to point out Sarah Light is here with us tonight. This is a new position for health services. She is our nurse educator and trainer for the district. And this has been vital because our nurses, it's hard to pull them out of the health room for PD. So, she is able to do real time one-on-one training with our nurses as needed, as well as for classrooms, for teachers, or any support staff that need that additional training. And then we also partner with community partners. Um Sarah and I will be partnering with the Plaque County Sheriff Department in February and training 40 of their deputies on stop the bleed. Um intellectual um well-being. I just want

066to shout out the work that Debbie from is doing with MTSS. Her team progress has made been made regarding the verification of student risk needing academic interventions and teams at all three grad spans are working on the development of interventions with the focus on math, reading, behavior and attendance. And then restorative practices, you guys have heard a lot about that. Dr. Brutin and his team um they are in their second year. Cohorts one and two are fully trained and actively using proactive and responsive strategies to strengthen our school communities. A few highlights from this year. Um they did um a showcase events at Tiffany Ridge and Walden and they expanded their planning for high school high school implementation which will occur in the 2627 school year as well as they piloted a restorative practice training

067for support staff that will be then implemented for the rest for the rest of the support staff in the next coming years. Um social well-being I've got to shout out our seal work Dr. Sherman and his team continue to provide K through2 social emotional learning c curriculum that equips students with knowledge and skills to better regulate their emotions, manage their behavior, and build healthy relationships. Physical safety. We heard a little bit about our school protection specialist. Um Dr. Singleary surveyed the elementary community this fall regarding their collaboration with Stratagos and the school protection specialist in the buildings. And the survey included voices of staff, parents, and most importantly, our students. And community feedback reflected a wide range of experience and perceptions regarding the district's partnerships. Many report that the presence of the school protection specialist

068has increased the feelings of safety, particularly when the SPS's are visible, consistent, and actively interacting and building relationships with our student, staff, and families. And so what's next for the student well-being plan? It's hard to believe that we are almost a year, it'll be a year in May that this has been written and kind of implemented. Um the student well-being committee will meet yearly and we will review the document and ownership and oversight for accountability will come through our school health and wellness advisory council. Well, they meet twice a year and they will hear presentations on the work that's being done and provide feedback just to ensure that we are doing meeting the needs of our school and our students and our community. Okay. So, the whole school approach and collaboration across the department really

069helps all of us continue to build successful futures for each student every day. So, thank you. Any questions for Tammy? >> I have a question. Yes. Um so on um nutrition services I'm just curious like what are we doing with like families who you know like their l their meal their kids you know meals are like behind their their lunch accounts are behind and they still need to have lunches. And then too when we do the um back my second question too was like when since you talked about like with the nutrition services and making sure we're culturally like when we do the backpacks are we making sure that we're giving the right kind of things to those families who maybe their culture can't have certain things and those kind of like how are those

070things being implemented? So those get implemented at a building-to-building basis and their social workers work with those students to ensure that they have food in their backpack that is culturally acceptable. >> And then when it comes to um uh uh the work with our balances and things like that, I think that's probably something that um that's not something that Tammyy's aware of. That's something that Grenon is, but we could certainly get that in a little more detail to you in like a Friday report um update. But I know Grrenon has processes and um with all of our buildings on that >> and and as a reminder we've gone to that practice where uh every student's going to eat. They are going to eat every day. It does not matter uh what that you know lunch

071balance uh is at the time they are going to get a hot meal and uh we work through other processes on how to do that with families or with our social working worker team. Uh we've had uh other things that we've talked about from a financial uh uh capacity. We've had donations. All of those pieces are there. But the most important thing is we take care of the kid right then and we uh don't deny any student the opportunity to uh have a full um hot meal. >> Yes. >> Correct. >> Is that practice the same across the board in all buildings? Dr. Kimber because I mean just you know with the I mean because maybe not all parents know that that does every building make that information available to the parents you know that

072are in those situations? >> Yeah, with 22 buildings obviously there are uh that's a a challenge but uh Grenon does a great job of working with every one of those cafeteria managers and their entire staff along with the building administrators. Um I believe that they are going to heir in the sight of the kid first and we'll worry about that other piece later. Um however uh you know that's that's something you've seen nationwide and you've seen on on headlines are are growing you know uh lunch balances and so on. But we uh have systems in place to make sure to take care of kids first and then we make sure that uh we get them the uh the food and nutrition that they need. I just wanted to quickly comment on the uh the flower

073graphic. Um and and just it looks, you know, pretty simple, but like the amount of programs and processes and procedures and how it covers the entire district is that's amazing. Just seeing it all in one place. I think that's a great way to kind of visualize and see all of these different programs and what areas they cover. And I think that's a really cool graphic. >> Thank you. I think one of the best things that came out of um the work that um both both for staff and student well-being as as these plans have been developed was to truly see the integration um across the district. when we talk about when I go in my um realm with quality work integration is one of the hardest things to do in organizations but from a quality

074perspective if you get there um that's best practice and so for us you know to to when you hear when both of them shared different pieces that were happening within the different pillars or the different components they weren't just sharing Sasha didn't just share HR Tammy didn't share health services they were shouting out their colleagues and and o and other programs that are happening and they truly are working together and groups like the student health and wellness advisory council with Schwack those are those are great um ways to bring all of them together and I think it's a great um testament to our ability to hold ourselves accountable by having to go to that group which includes parents and students as well to give updates and to make sure that that um we're on track

075continuing forward. Okay, thank you guys. >> All right, thank you so much for all your work or all the work that went into this. >> All right, we'll move on to our next information presentation which is the uh 2627 budget calendar and assumptions. >> Thank you. Uh so I'm going to uh have Dr. Kelly start. We we are going to kind of go back and forth on this and tonight is an opportunity to remind you as a board about the process. This is uh really kind of kicking off uh the heavy lifting of the budget development process. So Dr. Kelly's going to talk about that. I'm going to talk about some landscape and environmental scan uh that we are seeing around our nation, state, and local uh relative to things that I've uh charged our

076team with. and then uh we will be bringing back some uh more specifics to you as we work through this process. Dr. Kelly, >> thank you. So there's two documents in your packet. Um and I think we can go through the first one pretty quickly and the reason why is that this has become standard operating procedure for Park Hill. So this process um the the shorter of the two documents is specific not to uh any one year and so it's not taking into account all the variables and the environmental scan that Dr. Kimberell mentions this. These are processes that we work in and that we repeat and and of course we do refine uh these processes. Um but they this has been in place and and and and you would be able to pull this

077document from a budget 5 years ago and see a lot of similarities in the processes that we've used. Um we do uh write towards two uh frameworks and so that does serve as a guide and and so uh when these items change we will change our processes accordingly. First and foremost is actually our strategic plan. So um the orange section the system section is all about maximizing our resources uh both human and uh financial resources and addressing aging facilities. And so that is um this is this primary document that go that works towards documenting that and and um and moving towards that goal. The second is the association um of school business officials the meritorious budget award that is another uh set of standard national standards uh that we use and so we uh those

078standards will change periodically we'll get feedback uh from reviewers and so we'll incorporate that feedback into our processes to continuously improve the processes. So I won't spend a lot of time here unless you've got questions. Um and again because this has become a fairly standard approach uh for us. The one thing that I did highlight as you go through here is all of the times in which we uh come to you in this calendar um for your feedback and so that you have uh opportunities throughout the entire uh fiscal year to give us your input uh as we develop this. The goal being that um when we hit June and that last board meeting in June, we're going to bring to you a budget. And the goal is that there should be no surprises. You

079should know what's happening uh in that budget. And so we um work towards that end with the monthly treasures report. So you can kind of see where we stand in our current budget as we move through the process. Uh the audit is another big step for us. Uh that's where we also uh use feedback from the auditor uh and from you um in terms of uh any corrections that we may need to make. A lot of that happens uh when the auditors are on site and through dialogue with them. It doesn't make it into the audit. Um so we don't have we're not responding to findings thankfully, but there is a lot that changes. there's compliance things that will change for us and so we work that uh into uh future processes. So the audit

080is a is a big step. It really does then that's kind of the last piece of the prior year is once you approve that audit we're kind of closed the books are closed and we're ready to sort of move towards budgeting for the next year and monitoring the current year. Um you'll see really a lot going on behind the scenes but not uh really presented uh formally to the board until we get to this meeting. And so both at this meeting and then our first uh meeting in February, we'll go through the budget assumptions. That's the next document that was in your packet and we'll spend a little more time on it. Um a lot of action is then occurring as the board reviews the budget assumptions. We distribute that out to uh staff and

081then they work with their teams um to develop their budget proposals. Those are reviewed. We do that through February and March. And then ultimately we'll come back to you um with in March um with um capital improvement plan and also the um student demographic profile. the student demographic profile um is a more of a long range look, but the enrollment for next year is actually done now. And so what the enrollment projections that do do is then build upon that so that we have an idea about longer range things and how we're progressing towards our long range facility plan. You know, are we going to need a building? are we going to um you know expand the building and and those kinds of things are um informed by the demographic profile and then then through

082March, April, May and June um each month we'll have a presentation. We'll have different focus areas. Um in April we have revenue that we'll focus on and then in May uh we'll move to the expenditures for next year. Um, all of these are opportunities for the board to ask questions and and give input so that we can bring um responses and and um incorporate that feedback into the budget document that is ultimately approved in June uh at that last June meeting. Um and then really you uh the big formal action is when you approve the tax rate and then the tax rate is set to meet the objectives of the budget that you had passed two months prior. Um and so it's a little out of order. That's just the way that it works in

083the state of Missouri. the, you know, the no surprises rule in June is um that's good unless you're a brand new board member that just entered in April. And so that is a challenge. And so Dr. Kimberell and I will work with the new board member to try to do our best, but this is a long process and there's a lot of things that um that have been in the works for years that you know we can't um undo or or um you make big changes to and so I think a new board member and you all would have had that experience um is might be a little overwhelming in the first couple months with regards to uh the budget process. So, um, but that that is our process. I wanted to kind of key

084in what to expect here in the upcoming months, um, in your role in this process. And, um, at that point, if you have any questions on this, we'll we can address this and then we'll move next to budget assumptions for specifically for next year's budget. >> I guess we're good. Move on. >> All right, Dr. Kimberell. >> All right. So at a high level, you heard Dr. Kelly mention that we are working toward the immediate task of approving a budget by July 1 of this year. But you'll notice in the uh document that one of the things that we are doing is we're also planning out through 2029 and 2020 2030. It's hard to say uh that it's so, you know, so far out and and one of our main important things that we have

085to do is continue to have sustainable budgets over time and we've been able to develop processes. Dr. Kelly talked about the past and how those processes have been well ingrained and uh you see that documented here. And I'm going to talk a little bit about the future of some things that I think from an environmental scan that I see right now and I think it would be remiss from this chair if you didn't uh address it. Um we know that there's a lot of current uncertainty around revenue uh projections for uh public schools throughout uh our nation and also uh locally even here with Park Hill and that includes federally. So you heard about uh that includes title funds and last year we had question marks about timing and when we got it you approved

086a budget actually before we had received title funds. That's very atypical and so uncertainty there. state level uncertainty. So things like a lot of tax reform discussion, you're going to hear that a lot during the legislative session this particular spring. That's been uh I think definitely um keyed on uh through the uh discussions that I've already heard with legisl legislators and and agendas that are uh being uh discussed at the state house. Um there's a school finance formula task force that's uh in place right now. So there's going to be looks at changing that. The budget projections that even uh Governor Kho has has um signaled is a revenue shortfall of as much as $2.9 billion in the state uh revenue projections. And then locally we have revenue uh uncertainty around things like our property

087assessment process. you've been through uh the last several months in which we had a lot of uncertainty there. We have uh uh tax credits and other things that are in place and and my position is not to sit here and debate the tax credits or whether those should be or shouldn't be, but uh we found out last month that there was a certain impact of one tax credit that was in uh excess of $1.2 million to this year's budget that we did not budget for. again uncertainty that we were not um prepared for necessarily. Thankfully, we have set up several things sustainability-wise where we're able to mitigate some of that. However, the uncertainty across all levels on how we receive revenue is uh problematic right now and I see that happening um I think going

088into the near future. Another piece that I want to address just headon is this uh talking point that sometimes I think we get um hearing and I want to just explain and put some context around this idea of how can your operating costs go up when your enrollment um is either flat and or uh declining and that and that has happened. That's a that's that's a true statement but I want to provide some context around that. Number one is that it costs more to do anything over the ne last five years than um you know the classroom materials labor inflation. We are not immune to inflation just like any other industry. So it costs more to educate any student uh today than it did uh a few years ago. We also know that we have

089done s a series of strategic ads. I kept making notes actually through present the presentations earlier of things that we've done strategically that have matched our vision about building successful futures each student every day and our CSIP that include things around programmatic needs like gifted and we've added staff around there special education in which we've had an increase in number of students with IEPs and so we've added staff there and our EL population which has our highest number of EL students that we've had. That includes teachers, TAs, supports such as, uh, school sites, uh, diagnosticians, process coordinators, nurses, nurse educators that you heard about here. Um, we have a highly complex environment as well. the acuity of students now whether it's students that are coming to us that have never spoken English before and so

090they are newcomers and our goal is to help them acquire English as quickly as possible because we know that they will be more successful in the classroom in that manner. Our students that are in special education and they uh needs that they have continue to be more acute. even things like what our nurses are are are working through catheterization of students, uh things that they need. And we want our our nurses and everybody to be trained and we have the staff there to be able to give a student the opportunity to get his or her needs met so that they're in the classroom. That's what we're trying to do. And so these things have been added. We've added uh safety school protection officers that the board uh uh granted us the opportunity to add this

091last year and we're receiving very good feedback relative to that and we added building substitutes uh across the board and that's had a very uh good impact around uh our teaching staff and you saw uh those pieces that uh Sasha was talking about with uh an anxiety burnout these things that are h these are the things we're putting in place to help strategically address recruitment and retention of our staff and our student needs. And oh, by the way, we opened a new school last year and that's going to add operational costs. So, uh, these are things that are happening that are adding operational costs. But the interesting thing that we found, Dr. Kelly and I and Dr. Dylan did an analysis around our staffing and um cuz I wanted to know more about this as

092well and we looked at the number of regular education classroom teachers that we had in 2021 and through 2026 right now and we have exactly the same number of classroom teachers from that point till now. That number is a function of enrollment and that is makes sense. It's that's why that particular number is staying steady. The operational costs are going around us strategically helping our kids and meeting the needs that we need to meet. Uh we've been doing that and specifically strategically deploying resources at student needs and and we're seeing results and you're hearing about those results and you're hearing about all the work that's done around this to help our students um every single day. That being said, how do we square what I said about the potential issues with revenue and us being

093uh strategically continuing to help that and we've got to be cautious. We've got to be mindful that that's going on. Propositions GNO, those were uh very they're going to prove to be more and more important as time goes on because our community has helped us I believe weather some of this storm because of uh their support and so that's been uh very very helpful in helping for our staff. uh we do this process for transparency, accountability and sustainability which includes uh needing clarity and predictability but we are going to have to be cautious. So what we're bringing to you here in the near future is going to be us we're really picking apart and I've charged my team with looking at where can we find places to slow those expenditures that we can control and

094reduce spending a little bit without impacting people and jobs and they're working through that. We're going to be talking about that in upcoming meetings. But that is something that I think is a reality of of where we're at right now. That doesn't mean that we don't uh continue to add where we need, but we need to be very very cautious about this because of the uncertainty of our environment uh right now. So, with that, um I'm going to let Dr. Kelly talk about just uh filling in some gaps about the budget assumptions and what's going to be coming to you, but I felt it prudent to uh give an overarching context of what I see and what I believe is going to be driving us during this budget cycle and things that we need to

095keep in mind uh throughout it. So, Dr. Kelly, with that um I will turn it back over to you. >> Thank you. Um unlike the last document, this one actually is a living document and is very fluid. And so this one uh ultimately this this will be picked up and and it'll be put in the final budget. And it'll look different in June than it does right now because we'll have more information um with regards to um some of the decisions and priorities that we make as well as more information at the state level and federal level and local level about revenue and and those things. So, uh, this is a very dynamic document and so it's one that just will continually uh progress over the next 6 months. Um, I'm going to kind of

096skip over some parts of this um just for time, but if of course if you've got questions and you want uh to give some feedback u please stop me and and we can address those. Um, I'm going to move really to talking about really our our metrics, our key performance indicators that guide us. And so I think that's on page five. And I'll start. We have basically four major funds. Um, and so you've heard us talk about this. Sometimes I fall into the mistake of some old language where I will call them fund one, fund two, fund three, and fund four. Technically, they're fund 100, fund 200, fund 300, and 400. Um, so if I do that, I apologize, but um that's how you would translate that. But the um the key performance indicator around

097uh fund one is really the one that guides all of the operating costs um in in the district. And so it has provided over the last 17 or 18 years. The board has not established this as policy. So this is not a board policy and the state does not have a board policy uh or a state policy on operating fund balance. But these are guidelines that we try to stay within because we believe it defines sustainability. Um and so we have adopted this idea of remaining in that 18 to 22% of operating um fund balance um on June 30th at the end of the fiscal year that we would land the plane on that budget and we would be uh at um between 18 and 22%. And so this is our history um according the

098the bars represent the actual dollar value. Um and that's to the dollar. Um and the last one probably should have been a different color because this is what I'm projecting. You can see the date on that is actually June of 26. So this is, you know, if if if the budget and our activity that you saw on the treasures report, if you project that out and um using the past as kind of our guide, I would project that we're going to land somewhere around 19 and a half%. And you see we've done a good job of staying within that guideline. um and in years in which it may um have fallen above some of those are strategic decisions by which we um know that we have some operating costs that are atypical opening a brand

099new elementary school. So you would build fund balances for those purposes a strategic decision to work outside of the range. We have not been under that range uh since uh earlier in uh 2010 2011. Um and that was a year in which the a recession had occurred and we had state withholdings of the foundation formula. So it was really a sort of an unknown something we could not have planned for and and it is actually the rationale one of the rationale of why we would even have a fund balance and why we use this fund balance to our advantage. So, um I am projecting out that we will end at 19% and so then that kickstarts what we can do moving forward. Um and so the thing in Park Hill about that number is that

100while we're working on next year and we're putting a lot of our efforts into next year, we also have to keep our eye on the three years following uh to see that, you know, are we getting ourselves into a funding cliff? are we putting something in place that we just can't sustain? So, um while it's not on this graph in the budget document, ultimately you'll see projections uh moving forward for revenue and expenditures. And then the combination of those two will be reflective in future fund balance projections. And so, uh like these, we will want to have those remain in 18 in between 18 and 22%. It could be though that in a future year um me or someone in my position could say, "I think strategically we need to work out of those. Maybe

101maybe that's going to be too much or maybe we need to start using that fund balance." Um and so the budget assumptions process, this would be the place by which that would be suggested. And we actually did that for our capital fund balance, which I'll talk about later, where we changed that metric because it was a little out of whack. and and um and I'll show that to you here when we talk about our fund for uh fund balance. Um but these are these are our these are our guidelines that we're working within and so if there's a strategic decision to change it then uh obviously the board can do that at any point and and we would start working towards that goal. Um but as it sits now that's the our goal and that's

102really our challenge. So, in light of all the uncertainty that Dr. Kimbell mentioned, um my job, our job is to present to you a budget in June that shows a reasonable projection that we're going to be within the 18 to 22% next year primarily and then that we can sustain that for three years out. So, that is the goal for next year with regards to fund one. Any questions on that one? I'm going to move to fund two. If you have any questions, I'll I can do that now or we can wait. Okay. So, fund two is actually pretty easy as you know by the end of the year. Um what we do is we transfer we make a large transfer. Fund two, our goal on that is to end at zero and begin at

103zero. And there just a lot of activity uh between July 1st and June 30th in which it goes up and down and up and down. Fund two in the state of Missouri is interchangeable with fund one and so monies can move between the two. And so we that's how we um solve that is that uh however much um we're generally we spend more out of fund two than we bring in. And so fund one needs to be uh monies have to be transferred over to make that balance at the end of the year zero. And so our goal next year as it is this year is to uh end up with $0 uh in that fund. So that's an easy one. um debt service fund is um is probably the next um one that's more

104simplified because it's got one revenue source and that is property tax that's driven by the uh debt service tax levy that you approve in August. And so that one we already know our payments both in principle and interest. We know that for the next 20 years based upon um when we sell bonds that is all established. So we know what we're going to owe. Uh we can maintain a fund balance in that one. The state actually does have rules about how much you can keep in there. Uh the one thing about it is that you can't move it. So you can't build up artificially a debt service fund balance and think oh I can pay teachers or I can um you know build a building with a fund balance and debt service debt service fund

105balance can only be used to pay the debt that you've already incurred. The one thing about it though with the uncertainty that um Dr. Kimell mentioned as it comes to like property tax which is the primary way in which the revenue comes in for debt service. Um if something alters that the board has the ability without going back to the voters to increase that levy because you've already committed to the debt. Um and so if it if somehow uh property taxes don't come in or some some property taxes have changed, boards have in the state of Missouri have the ability to adjust their debt service levy to whatever it would take to pay the debt. And so that is one tool you have to sort of mitigate some of the changes that could happen with

106regard to debt service. You can't do that in the operating fund. that would >> that if we did that it doesn't affect the operating like we wouldn't have to offset that with operating or anything. >> No. And debt service is not subject to Hancock. Yeah. >> So um but if you did want to increase the operating ceiling that does require a vote of the people. one question and you might not know the answer to this but um >> am I am I hearing that there's something was going to change to to impact debt service for Senate Bill 190 or >> Yeah. So, so I think um the application of Senate Bill 190 um kind of the way it went is that you know county commissions could determine how and when it was going to be

107deployed and there was an understanding or it was at least um uh all of the counties that did deploy it were focusing on fund one. So, they weren't touching it. The the tax um uh the rebate or the um the >> credit >> the what the tax credit did not apply to the debt service part portion of that property tax. >> And so then just in the month of December, we got a notice that the commission had rethought that and I guess just, you know, within a real quick period of time adjusted that for next year. and then made it retroactive to the bill for this year. So, it didn't it didn't change the bill this year. Um, but we'll be paying two months worth of that tax credit next year. >> So, that's the

108sort of thing that can be happening outside of our control >> and that's >> and we have debt. We've already committed to the debt >> because of that and we've already committed to the debt. So we would have to raise that. Everyone else has to pay that. >> That's exactly right. Under 62 have to pay the additional because we have committed to that debt already, >> right? And the voters the voters authorized the debt, right? You know, so >> we didn't do that, you know, unilaterally. >> Yeah. It's similar to the assessment not happening. We had to approve a budget and all that stuff was going on in the background and it's making our lives difficult. >> Yeah. So, I mentioned that that authorization that you have because for something just exactly like this, I

109mean, that's something that you may need to consider next August. >> Um because we have debt and we can't um >> you know, because if we don't pay it, our credit rating goes down and then it gets more expensive. And >> yeah, >> I really think we ought to talk more about that. I I mean, I'm going to keep bringing it up over this conversation of our budget assumptions because um that's huge and all this is that's going on because that leaves a huge burden on all of us that are under 62 to pick up the slack for debt that was legally entered into, approved by our voters, and now it could have to be paid uh unequitably by other taxpayers. One thing that we have done as other districts have done in if you

110might remember in proposition in uh in 2022 we um incre we increased the debt service um it was a no tax increase debt service increase but by shifting some of the operating over and so um in years in which Hancock would hit this in the future, we could move, we'd be legally required to move the operating down and we could move it to debt service, thus keeping the tax the total tax balance. >> And so that's one way that you can do it without increasing the total tax rate. >> But how likely is Hancock ever going to affect us again with everything, >> right? If they cap it at 5%, >> it's never going to grow enough for us to >> So there's a lot of uncertainty. >> Yes. >> The theme of the evening,

111uncertainty. >> Wow. So, um I think as we get any more clarity on that, that might be something that, you know, we'll need to have continued conversation um in April and May as we talk about um revenue and then ultimately in the budget about while you're not approving a tax rate when you approve the budget, I would like to be able to at least give you a heads up on what we would anticipate. So, >> and then we of course we won't really know either until we get the assessed valuation in July um to see what the total real impact's going to be. Um fund four is one that um we've made some changes. So during the budget assumptions process last year um I recommended that we change our thinking on um the metric that

112we use to sort of define sustainability of this fund. Um what was happening is that it was based upon a percentage like the operating fund is you know 18 to 22% of prior year expenditures. So that's where you get the percentage. And so we were finding ourselves spending more and more and more um on capital projects which meant that to stay in that 65 to 85% we were having to hold on to more and more and more just to to sort of establish that metric. And so you can kind of see how that balance um and we were um actually even above the 65 to 85. Um, and some of this is is pretty strategic. So that in 2022 when we passed um Proposition I uh which did those improvements, uh we knew that as

113we were going to touch each building that there was going to be a lot of stuff that that was going to need to be addressed and and we had only budgeted so much of that the bond funds to address it. And so we used these dollars and those blue bars to uh supplement those improvements at each of our buildings. That's going to get wrapped up this summer with Congress, Hawthorne, and Gerner. That'll that exhaust that those projects. Um and we'll be using capital dollars to supplement the the last piece of the that bond program. Um and so um that inflated these expenditures and so it was getting to where we were holding on to 15 and $20 million um in that. And as long as we had the purpose to make those improvements, that's good.

114But it it became really difficult um uh just to to put that money away there and also have a fund balance to you know to address anything that was uh for anything unexpected. And so my proposal was at that time to change it to a flat number uh centered around 5 million giving ourselves a $1.5 million range. So three and a half to six and a half. And so what I'm showing here is that we will we will um kind of design our expenditures and our transfers around getting to that $3.5 million by the end of this year. So we would be within the range. The operating with fund would be at 19.5. It's within the range and then we'll continue to move forward around that three and a half to $6.5 million goal as

115we prepare future budgets. So that's how that one impacts. So those are our bud those are our fund goals and those really do create kind of the guide for me. The these have been you know u for the business office these have been invaluable uh just knowledge of what we define as a sustainable budget. Um, again, this is helpful for you also so that in June you kind of get no surprises with regards to these big swings. Um, and if there was, we would give you a lot of notice and and get your approval on those. if there's a big swing in one of those fund balances that we would anticipate. Um, as I move through the rest of this, um, I'll focus a little bit on really what the the first step in the

116in putting together the next year's budget. I think the most important thing to start with is projecting how many kids you're going to have next year. And because so much depends on that number. So your revenue and I've listed the different revenues that are directly tied to the number of kids that you have. So state foundation formula and lunch um revenue all tied to the number of kids that you have and then of course expenditures are probably even more tied and the one that stands out is the personnel costs. And so for us to staff, you know, our classrooms for next year, we need to know and to hit our class size guidelines and have that uh applied across the district. Dr. Dylan needs to have an idea about what to expect by school, by

117grade. And so we make projections by school and by grade. And then um Dr. Dylan and her team work on um in making that happen. And so that that is um 70% or so of our operating budget is that is the maximizing um you know human resources uh around staffing and then any additional staff those are a part of budget assumptions that we'll share with you. uh if we're um going beyond the classroom for special programs, things like ELD um sped uh gifted um interventionists, those those are staff members that um are in that would work maybe independently of student enrollment um and more towards a strategic goal or strategic plan. So we would present those, but that's also something that um Dr. Dylan uh is doing now and and will continue over the next

118six months to get ready for next year. So after all that the projection for next year is for us to decrease by 1% K12. Um this is a history since 2020 2021 school year. And you can kind of see it's a this is a bit misleading as I look at you know the way that I've put this together uh in that this axis you know if we showed this at zero you would come up with the conclusion that our enrollment's been pretty flat um and so we had a little bit of an increase uh last year uh and then a decrease this year and so I use those numbers of course to just project out what I would anticipate for next year. You know, some of that decreases the fact that we have a group

119of 12th graders that's going to to leave and our kindergarten classes have over those these last five years have been smaller than than they had been in the past. And so that's probably the number one cause of that decrease. It's not necessarily um students leaving the district um other than graduation. Um and it's just that we're not back filling with the number of kindergarteners that we uh had had in the past. So um you can see the detail of that, but this is really the uh one of the documents that Dr. Dylan uses to start sort of establishes the staffing at each of the schools. Um um and so this has been established and so now we're currently moving forward with these as a a projected uh number. Do we know do do we know

120um what's it called? I know the general term is vouchers, but what's it officially called like the educ >> educational savings accounts or >> Yeah. Do we do we know like someone if the student is in our boundaries and receiving those >> it's like tax credits and >> I don't I don't >> it's difficult to get that data. Um but I don't no I don't >> cuz that theory is in some way shape or form contribute could be contributing to >> yeah I think postco it kicked off a lot of these sort of alternative sort of methods it would include home >> right right for mass mandates >> yeah perhaps now vaccine mand not mandates but >> is this unique to Park Hill or >> no no >> okay like everybody's >> yes I mean

121nationwide enrollments are down. I mean, we have probably different drivers. I mean, I think our affordable housing is probably unique to or lack thereof is a part of kind of Park Hills identity in terms of why we wouldn't be growing. Uh, and just lack I mean, we're we don't have a lot of available sort of large expansion areas. Um, so those are specific to us, but the the fact of of um public school enrollments, I mean, they're down nationwide. Yeah. And all the apartment complexes you see being built, that doesn't really drive students to the buildings. Typically not. Okay. >> Um kind of big big uh assumptions and these may be changing as we get more information, but from local revenue next year, one thing we just know of certainty is it's not it's not

122a um reassessment year. Um but again like we kind of thought this was a reassessment year and it kind of became not a reassessment year but um but next year is not technically supposed to see that widespread reassessment in any of the Missouri counties. And so as you look at our history on a non-reassessment year, new growth uh and improvements, countywide improvements did still increase our our um assess valuations and 3% is a conservative number. So we have historically done better than that in our non-reassessment years, but I think that's a good place to start right now, particularly with some of the um some of the things that we've seen at the county level. Um I think and this one is more driven by some of the uh the statewide uh revenue uh some of

123the items that um doc Dr. Kimbell was talking about with regards to the um you know the state budget the current condition of the state budget and then some of the initiatives that they're uh looking at. I've and our enrollment declining a bit. Um I have moving forward with the idea about a 3% decrease in the state foundation formula and Prop C which is Prop C is based upon um average daily attendance. And so those would go down uh primarily because of the enrollment but then also with the uncertainty of the state budget overall. um you know from day to day the information we're getting from federal changes and so one day we may be pessimistic and the next we're optimistic and so we just have to stay on top of it and so it'll

124probably be similar to what it was last year. Um and we'll give you some more information specifically on what we're looking at um throughout this budget season as we kind of u present to you kind of where we stand on the budget. >> There are days when you're optimistic. >> Well, because the baseline shifted so low. >> Sorry. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. the floor dropped and so >> um on the expenditures um one thing that we know is that the board has established and we made a commitment to our teachers and to our community uh to stay within um you know the top five on uh starting salary and top three on average salary and um in the various um benchmark groups And so that is going to drive so much of the budget, like

12570% of the operating budget to do that. And so we have uh negotiations coming up with the PHNA. And so there's, you know, more to to learn about where we're going to land there. But we do have actually have those goals that the board has already established and that our community supported with Proposition uh G. And so that will probably be the you know the biggest uh item um that's guiding the operating expenditures is is remaining in those within those two ranges. I've added some other items in here as Dr. Kimell mentioned a lot of these other things beyond um employee compensation are not really under our control. we are uh like he said we're not um immune from inflation and so these operating costs are really driven by the market and it's it's really

126you know cons all consumers are really um uh impacted by these but um things like our student transportation uh paper you know all of these things are at the mercy of um the um economy I think you're aware of capital improvements. We'll give you um more of a specific update in in March. Um but um little by little, you're already kind of approving some of these things. When you see items like asphalt or roofs throughout the spring or doors, some of that is we just need the lead time to be able to uh make a commitment to doing those. And so little by little as you approve different board items, you're approving next year's portions of of next year's budget. So we'll bring that all together into one plan and kind of show you um

127later in a couple months um kind of the overall plan, but we do know that as I mentioned before, you've got Congress, uh Gerner, and Hawthorne to finish up from Proposition I. And then of course we've got uh Proposition G uh which for park or I'm sorry O uh Proposition O from last year uh which is Park Hill and Parkill South and all of that. And so those are really going to take up the bulk of the capital plan. And then you can kind of see our debt commitment there. Um we know right now that we have uh we have a payment of 24 and a half million dollars. And so we'll have to set a tax rate to make sure that we generate $24.5 million. Um and so we'll keep an eye on that

128for you as well. So um not really changing any of the um uh percentages or the metrics that we use to define sustainability. So there's no proposal for that. Um, like I said, while we're focusing on next year, we're also keeping our eye on the years out at the same time, uh, to make some of these decisions. And, uh, like I said, any feedback you have tonight or of course throughout the spring, uh, please share. And, um, we definitely work that into that feedback into, uh, future presentations and and the budget document. really appreciate the information and I especially appreciative of how you're so forward thinking um that we've been looking at our situation not just next year but we have a forecast longer. I think that's really going to help as we try and

129navigate all this. So I appreciate your work. >> Thank you. I really appreciate also that you you led with the cyclical nature of this process that it's not just not just uh something that that happens linearly but it's there's a cycle that that we have to go through and clarity is kind. It's clarity is kind >> and I want to say thank you for being clear on where we're at in your cander in in this current situation. And I know that in these unclear times, having some sense of clarity is kind. Um, and I also really I really appreciate having these presentations together, the presentation that you just gave us as well as the presentation that we that we've just seen from directors Kais and and Sailor because um that really shows where these funds

130are going. I mean, I I really appreciate the well-being programs that that acknowledge our staff and students as whole people and that these funds are important for making sure that the education that that is happening here uh you know acknowledges that it's not just not just the classroom but these other supports that um that we need to make education happen well here. >> I agree. I think it was u like a stark contrast from the amazing things that we're doing and what we're doing and how much our community supported these things and be able to raise the minimum salary and and all these things that at the same time it feels like we're fighting forces beyond our control to do that. But um I would agree wholeheartedly. It's very nice to see the good things

131that we're doing. >> And I think that's the the point that I've talked with my team about has been that these things might be outside of our control. Revenue pieces are we want to have clarity and all those type of things. We're going to do our best to predict. We've got tools and and uh history and all those those things. That's great. But sometimes it's the the re the revenue side of it we can't control. what we can do our best to control is on the expenditure side. We we've been doing strategically very uh you know forward thinking things and you heard about it tonight and and and we just need to be very cautious and mindful for this as we move into uh maybe a little bit more turbulent time. >> All right. Well,

132thank you so much and uh we will await the next installment in February. Yep. >> All right. Um we have some information uh written items tonight. 12.1 through 12.8 are relative to biz contracts and agreements and 12.9 through 12.14 are relative to curriculum. Uh the board will be asked to take action on these items at the February 5th, 2026 regular meeting. Um Dr. Carol, are there any you want to highlight? >> I have no additional information other than what's in your packet, but would be happy to answer any questions on these items. Any questions, board? Okay. Well, we'll be ready to take action on those on February 5th. Um, Mr. Fulgum, if you can come on up. We'll uh talk about policies and procedures. There's a uh nice long list here. Um, we have some

133action for tonight and then some information items for tonight that we'll take action on at the next boarding. Um, so I'll turn it over to you. Thank you. Yeah, you can see policy committee has been busy. Um, so, uh, several of the action items we went over last month as a reminder, a highlight there would be updating our copyright policies for kind of current federal law and application. Uh, the new ones, just kind of two main themes I wanted to highlight. one, you'll see a lot of policies that we're recommending we resend. Um, that's because we're kind of in the process of auditing all everything to make sure what does or doesn't match MSBA's current policy library. Um, that's getting ready to transition us to our new policy site. So, um, these are policies that

134are either outdated, no longer supported by MSBA. uh and the content in those is generally going to be either covered in another policy or like in another document like a handbook. So that's the general explanation for those that you see. Uh and then you'll see there's quite a few in section D, our finance policies. That's from one of the most recent update batches from MSBA. And the general reason there is to respond to an update based on uh the latest federal and state regulations and rules um kind of deep in the weeds of of finance and purchasing and things like that. So um those have all been through policy committee um are all based on MSBA recommendations but wanted to give you that overview. So happy to answer any specific questions if you have them

135but that's the overview. Any questions? All right, then I'll need a motion and a second to amend current policies 13 through through 13.6 as presented. >> So moved. I have a motion from Mr. Todd and a second from Miss Norris to amend policies as presented. Um, all those in favor say I. >> I. Any oppose say nay. All right, motion carries 5-0. Um, and as mentioned, the board will be asked to take action on policies 14.1 through 14.9 at the February 5th meeting. Uh, items 15 for excuse me, 14.10 through 14.16 are for information only. Thank you, Mr. Fen. >> Thank you. >> All right. Um, it's now time for board member reports and requests. Uh, any requests tonight, Miss Balden? >> No, thank you. >> Mr. Todd, >> no. Thank you. Uh, Miss Norris.

136>> No, thank you. >> Miss Woodley or Miss Woodley? Miss Barnes. I'm in order here, you >> Nope. Okay. All right. Um, then I'll need a motion and a second to adjourn to uh close session pursuant to chapter 610, section 021 of the revised Missouri statute for the purpose of discussing matters relevant to subsections uh one legal 3 and 13 personnel. So move second. I have a motion uh from Miss Bolan and a second by Mr. Todd to adjourn to close session to discuss legal and personnel matters. Uh Miss Reman, can you call the role? >> Bars. Bolan. >> Yes. >> Norris, >> yes. >> Mr. Williger, >> yes. >> Todd, >> yes. All right, board members, please turn your mics off and