001started. >> This is a pretty informal hearing. I just wanted to kind of let uh the public and the board know uh where we're at. Um after figuring um LJG hard has been walking beside us on this after figuring uh with our assessed valuation. Um the tax rate that um I'm proposing will be um oh sorry the uh tax rate that we'll be proposing this year is the same as last year with that 50 cent increase that the community supported uh with the vote that you all had in April. Um so it would it goes from $45 basically and when we do tax rate hearings you always have to go out the four decimals. Um, and if you add that 50 c um, tax levy on that you all your community supported your teachers for
002fund two with for salaries, it puts it at $4.55. It's pretty easy um, with the hearing this year. Any questions? All right. Well, then I guess we'll hang out until six o'clock and >> um we'll start the meeting at six o'clock then. >> Yeah, sure. >> I'm not really prepared to ask any question. I don't remember us as community ever having this hearing. I just missed it. I guess it's always been before. >> I haven't been here but this year so I can't answer that question but >> I believe that's right. Yes. >> Last year it was on a different >> It wasn't this early. It was after the first meeting in August, wouldn't it? >> I don't remember when that we would have in August have our regular board meeting and it was always
003before the second board meeting >> and the substance of it, I guess, is probably what you just >> Yes. It's just letting you know what we're proposing later in the board meeting, what we're going to propose, and it's the same tax rate they had last year plus the 50 cents that the community voted for. >> Just an just a time for public comment. >> Yeah. some of the things that I think what you presented >> I didn't come here prepared for this >> that's okay >> I remember looking at some of this as we were trying as a community to get some of the increases pass >> one of the things I hope I don't get this wrong one of the things that surprising to me was the assessed value of our community relative to
004others in our area and in our conference >> I think as a community member I was either naive or just hadn't thought about it. >> Um, and I think it's telling >> Yeah. >> I think those are details that could, you know, would be useful. >> Yeah. >> A presentation like this that see from the other community members. >> They're not here. >> Yeah. >> But, you know, I would assume that some of this paper or some other form and I knew they'd be useful. >> Yeah. And some of the communities won't set their uh tax rate until later in the month because they have the whole month of August to do it. they have to submit it by the 31st of August in to the county um the county clerks. So it takes the
005month of August for all the 525 school districts in the state of Missouri to get their levy set and then it'll be then it goes out and it's public document out on the on the state auditor's website. Am I saying that right, Courtney? >> They can go out and see the the cess valuation. >> Yes, >> on the state auditor's uh office website. So yeah. Yeah. But yeah, I'll put make notes. Like I said, in August, we really don't know those until everybody gets them set, but I can circle back around and kind of think, are you thinking areas like in our um our conference that we play athletic or >> Yes, I do. >> There are some that are very obvious when you step back and think about it. South, >> right? Oh, yeah.
006>> With nuclear plant. >> Yeah. >> Once you say that, you get it. >> Yeah. But there are other and again I'm probably wrong on this community like Russellville >> and I don't I don't have anything against Russell Russell but I don't think in the same league as Russellville >> and I think their valuation is higher than ours. I think I don't know that it's been a long time since I put this other communities out there that >> fit my description there that I was really yeah >> you know as a community member that really had to pay attention to that >> you know I I was really surprised and I do think it would be useful not that the board's going out for any more entries right away right so if you were I
007guess keeping would be >> useful yeah I once the assess valuations all get set up I can go out and look for that information. Maybe later this fall get it get it out there. >> Yeah, that's no problem. >> I think Cole County's tax rate is considerable higher than what Monto or Cooper, >> right? Well, it's it's a lot of details, right? a lot of moving parts. It's, you know, population, you know, you guys understand all those factors better. I think the community needs to know that. >> Yeah. >> Or at least have access easier. Sure. We can find it. But that's something you guys make. >> Yeah. Yeah. I can do that. I can look at the athletic conference and then I may also pull in a few schools that may not be in
008our conference just so you kind of have a guide. Um, but yeah, I'll put that together. Just give me a little time. I got to wait till everybody's done. So, any other questions? Great suggestion. All right. Well, we got about nine or 10 minutes and we'll call the regular meeting to order. Thanks, Courtney. >> Start with the pledge. I pledge algiance 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. Very good. All right. So, I think we'll just seek a motion for approval of the agenda. >> So, moved. Motion by Craig. >> Second by Amanda. All in favor? 7 Z. All right. So, we have the consent agenda there. I know you were
009talking about having to abstain. >> I need to abstain from Debbie Tuttle on the sub list. >> Is there anything else in there we need to pull out? Oh, yeah. >> Do you know what lines those are? >> Yeah, I have check numbers. >> Okay. >> 51106 >> Kelly, did you have some too? I heard >> what did you say? >> 51181. >> It's only one. There should be two. >> That's the only one I've seen before. >> Okay. I need to do a stantum check number 51181. >> Sorry about question. >> Top checks. Is there anything we can do to resolve those that have been hanging in our register for years? >> Well, I could sure write to them and and put a letter together. >> You know what I mean? >> Yeah. >>
010I mean, at this state of sick, I don't know if there's much to do, but I didn't. Some of those are hanging. >> Yeah. >> From 2021. >> Let me um see what I can do. >> I was just curious >> because I don't even know if the bank would honor them. >> Well, that was my question. like checks that are still four years old >> and some of these are just >> some of these are just a year but >> but your bank has to catch it too >> bigger bank >> I think Sammy's account's already been >> that's the tree that's contacted me this summer about that the memorial um that's in the my board packet they have the picture and like the all the landscaping and all of that it's been taken
011care of um it was a little bit over the $465 that was in making donations in his name and so PTO paid for the extra part of that and it's all taken care >> and there's a plaque out there it says in memory check to the state >> I think it's left over from time off that no one there is no one >> they weren't interested Right. >> That may be five years, but I may be wrong about that. >> I was just curious. >> Sorry. >> No, I I've just I've seen these for over a year now. >> Let me work on that. I'll see what I can do. >> All right. Anything else we need to pull out? >> If not, we'll just seek a a motion for the con approval consent agenda.
012So moved by David second by Kelly. All right. All in favor 70. Okay. That moves us into presentations. We have the CTA here. I don't mean to go too far. There's only uh three of us that showed up. Um so I do want to thank those who who did show up and I think um two of the new one just changed position uh just changed position from parah to teacher we have Sarah Hansen our director and uh least but not last uh Dr. So we welcome them. >> Thank you. >> All right. Very good. So that'll get us into uh reports. So we'll start with >> Dr. So uh we had our back to school breakfast today at Full House over there. Some of you were able to attend. Um it was a great breakfast
013put on by OPA. They did a great job catering. Uh they almost had to wear sunglasses though because the kitchen is so shiny. Um they were super excited. It was fun to be with them this morning um as they were preparing breakfast. Bus routes are they're running bus routes tomorrow to get some times and uh timed at the different homes throughout the counties, but also like the uh designated spots. So, um, they'll be able to talk to kiddos once we finalize the, um, we, well, we're not going to finalize enrollment tomorrow, but back to school bash will give us a better picture of who's really coming back and what's going on there. Um, Mint and Mr. Son Maker, he's still at it. I mean, that guy is he's like all over it. And I'm like,
014listen, listen, it's okay. It's okay. And he's like, I just know there's more things to do. And I'm like, it's okay. You know, but Mint and Mr. Sonaker and those kids, they are just hammering it on. And so, um, we just got a lot, we're just got a lot of work going on. We got teachers back today and Paris came and, um, classrooms are getting put together and, um, um, Colt, our, um, tech director, he's putting busy putting things together. Smartboards. We had one delivered today. I led a caravan of the big semi over to the high school. So, it's hustling and bustling around here right now. So, it's exciting. >> Sounds like the kids did a good job this summer. >> Oh, they did a great job. And so they keep they kept saying
015we want a picture m can we just get a picture of us and put it up by the gym. We're like the sports pictures are and we'll be the maintenance crew of 2025. I said we'll get that picture and so um we got them all t-shirts and and shirts that are alike and we just want to wait for all of them that we can gather them together. Now they want to do I I asked them to please do a serious picture but they have a funny picture in mind too. So uh hang on. But anyway, we're going to get some pictures taken of those guys because they did a really great job. Um um Maddie Carvajal uh did a great job on she did the kitchen floor herself and I mean it was like glass.
016I at first I thought, "Oh, that's wet." And I bent down last Monday. I'm like, "That's great." And it's just it's beautiful. So they they've done a wonderful job. Mr. um Son Maker has taken hold of that and just really been >> very good. >> Phenomenal. They're proud of their work. That's the important part. Very good. >> Yeah. Awesome. >> Questions for Dr. D. >> All right. That will get us into >> uh ready to start school. Uh tomorrow we have the back school bash. Today was pretty full day for teachers. We had our welcome breakfast. We had several hours of meetings back to school stuff for a lot of new stuff this year. Last year I felt like it was pretty much business as normal this year with cell phone law changes like that.
017There's plenty of stuff to go over there teachers. Okay. Kind of referencing other schools had no cell phone ban in place for a couple years. Talking to some of those principles. Um, kids adjust to whatever the rules are. So, they understand that building was great. Right now, we all cleaned up tomorrow. It's on Tuesday. >> Crazy how fast the summer went. Crazy. Crazy. I do have one question real quick. Um I did talk to another school board member just because the new cell phone laws are new to a lot of us. Um is there any worry with students with dual credits being able to access, you know, their paperwork from school and home to handle those dual credits. >> They'll be able to sign on. It's really just the library and for each class we
018have to sign on using teachers understand we all use the same login so everybody kind of knows it doesn't take very long factor so comes out factor >> well I just kind of talked to a couple of them they some of them made exemptions for you know dual credits to have their own you know, laptop to work on that directly because they didn't find a solution. So, I didn't know if that was a solution we need to worry about or if you know, we kind of looked into that. We have MacBooks this year. So, there we've kind of thought that through making sure they I just it was something I've been discussing, you know, talking to other board members out there. >> They give us some discretion. >> Okay. That I just like I said
019something I'd heard. Just want to make sure. Very good. Question else. >> Okay. >> I'm just going to echo a lot of what Mr. Cole member said. The teacher for it was an exciting day. We were very busy. We have a couple more days of busy before the kiddos get here. Um I talked about the Sammy Shrek Memorial. Got some pictures in the board report for that so you guys can see it if you haven't been by the building. um a list of professional development we did over the summer and then just an overview of the whole school year kind of planned out about where we're heading. Um we've got some good plans as far as working on math curriculum this year be our big focus. If you'll notice our attendance numbers kind of projected
020we have more than 15 when I made this board report signed up. So we are plus 15 from the beginning of last year. So definitely bigger classes and kindergarten is massive. we had that um money for Sam's memorial. Um I guess we started talking about maybe Mayish. >> So that turned out to be a really nice project. I thought >> really really nice job. All right, Miss Hansited, but I have worked pretty a lot of special training this training with our local center. So they're learning a lot. Um I think that's kind of for them to be like included staff meeting that we had today. Um and what I've heard echo is just about our spectre system that we all last year. Um I look forward to engaging for a decade. So most like our
021special education population and all of that will be the paper part. >> Okay, great. >> One thing is I'm not sure what to report in regards to like special education numbers. Ideally, I would share month by month like how many are in the evaluation process, how many currently um I don't have a number with the amount of transfer in the amount transferring out. So, I'll have a better number from September. Okay. Once that kind of slows down, I will say before school started, we were at 124 special education and 504s. That does put us at a ratio for our district population compared to the state average. So ideally we would want to figure out how we can decrease that state average kind of over that. Um it can be if it's just I just want
022to make sure our processes are appropriate and um in regards to like foster learning process coming up with what needs to be done federal program learning all those things and then one is our state determination notification that came through that we requirement A basically a 4.0 rating that we all correctally compel assessment. Next year we'll actually [Music] have to add Miss Harvey in the office last month and she is definitely seven. Thank for feedback for generally speaking highlighting laws or things you have to follow and then anything you can always see or if there's like a shortfall and see how >> else >> I would just like to say hand congratulations on earing your doctor. >> Oh yeah, you >> made it too. I think I um there aren't any other questions from the I
023accidentally skipped over Mr. Yeah, volleyball and football starts to start everything best. That'll buy us another year or two. All uniforms are in start. >> The football uniforms ended up making him extra ones. >> Everything came in great. >> Yeah. Good. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> I do have a question. Who who tracks physicals to know when kids have to have their physical? You do. So do you you give that to the coaches and then coaches >> that's something I bring up like I'll tell you this your first two weeks is all >> in physical now I'm got football which is way ahead of the game usually but type in roster tells you who is up to date who's expired who's going to expire that part's actually that they just added a few years ago
024That's good. Was fine whenever it was like okay take it out new ones next year easy with two year was tough for that two year now that they have it online. >> So any kids out there I mean kids have been notified that they need to get a physical that's >> well they all been told to get one. Every every coach we put that out there. I've got 50 of them in different spots throughout the hallways for the kids. Then when they show up, obviously coach reminds me, but it'll tell you wheach. Yeah. sees him every day. So every day after weeks just didn't want a kid to be shocked with a blanket statement. You need to make sure your fiscal up to date. Kids don't >> they don't put gas in their cars. at
025the readings last year school year they sent it home and said hey >> I just didn't know like our notes but our >> our new program I don't know if they can help us with that >> you know yeah teacher not students not I don't know if I'm not asking to do anything >> but we get a lot of good notifications from that I >> mean it should be told everybody knows they're supposed to get that information doesn't usually make it home Heather Moon will send out multiple reminders throughout the year. >> The free. >> Of course, you don't have to get one every two years. I looked up the other day and still can tell you this too. There's not providing now that it's not three months. recommend, >> right? >> Well, you got
026to think about heat exhaustion, those types of things. Those athletes in the fall are different than >> your winter, >> ys. >> Okay, that moves us into old business. So, we have um some approvals of policies that we had a first look at last month. So, I just kind of seek a motion for for approval of those unless someone needed. We need to list them all off. I think so. >> Each one. >> Yeah. >> You need one shot. >> Yeah. We approve the updated policies as presented. >> Motion by Kelly. We have a second. >> Second by Craig. All in favor? >> No. >> And please know there'll be more coming. Uh they're just trying to figure out what these new laws um how to shake them out and get them out to school
027district. >> This is really exciting reading. >> It is. It's riveting. >> Enjoy it a lot. >> Yeah, >> we are. >> Yep. >> Very good. That will pull us into new business. >> Yeah. Um so based on um the district's Missouri state auditor form C which is part of the packet um that we calculate our for tax levy on every year um for that form C which is debt service. So that's like your bond issues that you guys have passed in the in the past and and built things with. Um when we take that into account with the fiscal year 2526 assessed valuation then the existing debt payments you can only have two years of debt payments within that um that uh fund um and the current funds within the debt service. The district
028has u will be approving a 1.6 I'm asking for the district to approve a 1.6 6 million to fees and prepayment to save the district over $311,000 in uh interest expense. Um that's a pretty uh big chunk of money there. This action will reduce the excess funds within the debt service fund account um that have accumulated over the past few years under the guidance of our previous financial advisor. Um the district's now working with LJ Hart um and they have recommended this to the at no cost to the district. Very good. Um, I would just seek a motion and we'll do this by roll call. >> Don't move. Read it. >> Read all that. >> Oh, gee. >> You want me to read it? >> Yeah, you go ahead and read it. >> All right.
029I'll make a motion to make a resolution authorizing the establishment of an esco account with UNMB Bank, uh, Kansas City, Missouri to fees and re and prepaid >> 1.6 6 million in principal amount of general obligation refunding and improvement bonds series two uh 2021 and authorizing the district to enter into an escrow agreement. >> All right, good job. >> Do we have a second for this? >> Seconded by Derek. We're going to do this by roll call. Amanda, >> yes. >> Greg, >> yes. >> David, >> yes. >> Kelly, >> yes, sir. Grant, >> and I'mma Yes. at 70. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Um so the the next uh piece of business is to set the tax rate which we had the hearing on earlier this morning. We've already talked about the amounts. Um
030this reflects that 50% increase that we've talked about. Um that's going to be dedicated to support the teacher salary schedule. That new proposed tax rate is uh $4 well 4.5505. >> Sorry about the four digits. It's just >> it's easy for me to say. >> So, um I I would just seek a motion um for >> to set this tax rate. >> Yeah. And there is something to read. >> Make your Make your motion first. >> Okay. I'll make a motion to approve a total tax levy at 2 9671 placed in the operating levy levy. Uh 050 placed in the teacher fund and 1.0834 placed in debt service for the 2025 2526 school year. >> Damn, I ain't talked that much in a while. >> No, dude. >> Wrong camera. >> Second bet. So, we
031have a a second by Kelly. Amanda, >> Craig, >> yes. >> Kelly, >> yes, sir. >> Grant. >> Yes. >> And on the Yes. That is 70. Um, that gets us to the end of regular session. Out. >> I make a motion to move us into executive session following 610.021 for 3 and 13. >> Second by Derek. Motion by Derek. Second by David Manda. >> Yes. Craig. >> Yes. Yes. >> Kelly Nami. Yes. So 70. >> Okay. Very good. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you.