001Hello. Good evening. Hi everyone. I am going to call to order our board meeting tonight. It is 6:02 p.m. Um, everyone is present outside of Mr. Paul Karens's. Um, we are going to rise for for the pledge of allegiance. 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. >> Board members, you have an agenda in front of you. Can I get a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. Everybody in favor say I. I. >> Anyone opposed? >> Okay. Wonderful. We will start our evening with terrific Tigers. Our recognitions of our terrific Tigers. And >> as we call your name, you can come up front and uh parents take pictures,
002too. So up first, Jefferson PreK, Serenity Lewis, pre-K daughter of Kimberly Pool and Kenneth Lewis. Serenity is an exceptional student who consistently demonstrates intelligence, kindness, and strong leadership skills. As a thoughtful and supportive friend, her positive attitude and dedication make her a perfect recipient of the terrific Tiger Award. Great job, Serenity. Up next, Almasher Elementary, Vincent Walker, fourth grade son of Amanda and Miles Walker. Up next is Blanchard Elementary, um, Purity West, first grade daughter of Monica Criddle. Purity embodies kindness and hard work. Always looking for ways to support her classmates with a helping word or a caring presence. Her heart of gold and compassionate spirit bring light to the classroom and make a positive difference to everyone around her. Outstanding. Outstanding work. Purity Clipper Elementary. Harrison Brunie, fourth grade son of Shay and Jeff
003Brun. Harrison is a polite and hardworking student who remains consistently ready to assist his peers. His dedication to his schoolwork and kindness towards others make him a perfect example of a terrific Tiger. Well-deserved recognition, Harrison Franklin Elementary, Luen Ko, first grade son of Sarah Han and Nicholas Ko. Leon is a kind and creative student who consistently follows directions and treats everyone with respect. Known for his unique personality and heart of gold, he brings joy and laughter to the classroom every day. Keep up the great work and keep on being you. >> Jefferson Elementary, Shan Bellamy, second grade son of Destiny Williamson. Shan consistently stays focused and goes above and beyond all the classroom activities. In addition to his academic strength and love for reading, his positive attitude and caring nature make him an amazing friend
004and role model. Very well done, Shan. Central Middle School. Arya Silwall, sixth grade daughter of Dura and Sajan Silwall. Arya is a highly driven student who consistently meets pride expectations both the classroom and extracurriculars like math team and choir. She leads by example and serves as a positive role model for the entire student body. We're so proud of you. Arya >> Terry W. Kitchen Junior High Rakita Pereira 8th grade son of Piyagi Perez and Willa Baragi Pereira. Marquita is recognized as one of the most helpful students in the school with a consistently great disposition. He is considered a true asset to Terry W. Kitchen Junior High School and the faculty is incredibly proud of his hard work. Keep it up. >> Central High School Spencer Inglehart, 12th son of Jennifer and Michael Ingle Inglehart. Spencer
005is an incredibly bright student who balances his his academic talent with a kind heart. He's mature, studious, and hardworking, making him a blessing to have in any classroom. Continue to strive for greatness, Spencer. Central Academy, Adriana Thomas, 12th grade, daughter of Shaina Thomas Radford's here. And then do we have Alma Schroder come in? Vincent Walker, fourth grade son of Amanda and Miles Walker. Vincent is a standout student whose exceptional character and humble, respectful nature make him a joy to have in class. He's a determined individual who's always willing to lend a helping hand and make a difference. Keep it up, Vincent. And then from April Central Middle School, Sophia Ritter and Central Academy, Jeremiah Ivory, >> take a picture. Come right in here. Everybody out of the way. Thank you guys. >> That's next. open.
006>> Okay, perfect. Okay, next, Dr. Bingan is going to recognize our Missouri 100 scholars. >> So, uh, we're excited to honor Joseph Chow and William Miller after being selected for the 2026 Missouri Scholar 100. The program selects students based on a formula that is considered a rigorous academic decathlon which it consists of 10 events designed to assess their academics excellence in addition to demonstrating outstanding attendance, exemplary citizenships and active leadership and participation in school activities. Joseph and William, we're extremely proud of you and are honored to recognize you this evening. We hope you enjoyed your time here at Kate Public Schools and we cannot wait to see what your future holds for you and we'll take a picture with them. I do want to say one thing, having two uh has only happened one other
007time uh since I've been in Cape Public School District. Um I know it's not a frequent thing because it's the best 100 out of the entire state. So congratulations. It's truly an honor. It is pretty amazing. The statistics >> don't typically have this many students that qualify for this. >> Yes. >> At graduation, she was just wanting to come up and give you guys hugs. You realize that she was just wanted to give you guys hugs at graduation. >> I can see her eyes light up. So >> perfect. Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Dennis. >> No, I was there. >> You were. Okay. I'll just double check. >> Oh, it went pretty well. >> Well, congratulations. Okay, next we have the community teachers association report. >> We'll just kind of wait for >> That's okay.
008I'll talk really loud. >> We have faith in you. >> Thank you. I appreciate it. >> Unless everybody wants to stay for this. You're welcome to. >> I see some teachers getting up. They're a little wore out. I can tell. got rained on twice today, so I think we're all just a little bit tired. All right. Well, here are the May staff shoutouts um from our buildings. So, from Alma Shroutder, shout out to Miss Brand Brandin Frasier for her years of service on CTA. Shout out to Miss Gentry and her musical productions that can go up against any Broadway production play. Thank you, Miss Gentry for being one of the best. from Blanch. Shout out to our kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and encore buddy teachers for their extra support of students during math testing.
009Shout out to Miss Jones for all the extra support and encouragement she gives to our students during math testing. Shout out to K kindergarten staff for having butterflies and chicks in their rooms. Shout out to third and fourth grade staff, reading teachers, sped, elelll, and slb staff for administering the math test and the awesome proctors too. And way to go, Miss Phelps, for organizing and ensuring MAC testing goes so well. Thank you, Go Coach Schmidt, for the extra things you take care of, like filling the bird feeders. Thank you, Miss Hal, for organizing schedules. Way to go, kitchen staff, for always ensuring our students are well fed. Shout out to Miss Boba for all her creative ideas. Shout out to Miss Heiser, one of our amazing second grade teachers. She always brings so much energy,
010kindness, and patience every single day. Her students are so lucky to learn from someone who makes learning fun and makes her classroom feel like home. From Central Academy, Miss Begs and Mr. McMullen have done a great job of making Central Academy a wonderful place to work and a terrific place for students to learn. Their day-to-day support and enthusiasm towards staffing students inspires the teachers to take pride in working at one of the greatest schools in the Cape Gerardo School District, Central Academy. What a great team. to our CA staff for getting creative without internet for three and a half hours. From Liippard to the third and fourth grade teachers for finishing the math test strong, to all the other grades for being supportive with pictures and cards. To the SPE team for finishing strong with
011their kiddos. To all the Clifford family, faculty and staff for being amazing. Thank you for always helping and supporting each other. We truly are a family. From the CTC, shout out to Mr. Roach and his students for the outstanding work completed on the fire science training site. Shout out to Dave Patteros and his custodial crew for the incredible job they have done keeping the building looking amazing. Your hard work, attention to detail, and dedication do not go unnoticed, and we truly appreciate everything your staff and team does each day to support our students and staff. Shout out to Mr. Reigns and the landscape horicultural students for their work in cleaning up the outside picnic area for Thursday. staff lunchon. They did an outstanding job and the space looks fantastic. From the early childhood center, shout
012out to April Gardner as she prepares to retire from a career dedicated to education. Well done, April. Shout out to everyone for surviving the stress of dial testing at this time with the end ofear chaos. Shout out Miss to Taylor Munich and Grayson Jones for planning the perfect playday. From the high school, shout out to Patty Wubble and sorry, Shamir Olri for all their hard work planning and organizing prom. From the junior high, David Franklin continues to grow into his role in the ELA department, finding opportunities to assist and help us achieve greater success in curriculum and planning. Sarah Han deserves a huge shout out. She has truly transformed our library into something through her creativity, hard work, and dedication to our students. From peer tutoring and the book fair to so many other incredible
013events happening in the library, her impact can be seen everywhere. She has made such a meaningful difference in the lives of our students and staff. Sarah is a phenomenal woman. I am so proud and honored to work alongside her at CJHS. Shout out to the sped teachers and TAs for ending the year strong and being flexible during math last week. From the middle school, shout out to the sped team at CMS for shifting and changing during math testing. Shout out to Miss Tyer for being the honorary popcorn burner at CMS. We love you. Thank you to Mr. Maze for the smoothie scavenger hunt. It was so much fun and so yummy. Huge thank you to Laura Piner, Kelly Concade, Laura Green, Becky Wright, Bernardet Gorman, Dri Hartman, and Marcia Medlin for helping the counselors get
014all the math makeup testing done. You all are rock stars. >> Thank you, Mr. Wilson, for grilling hot dogs and BRZ for teacher appreciation. Such a yummy lunch. Thank you to Miss Roble, for being such an awesome coach for esports. Seeing how much the students love showing up brings a smile to my face every week. Huge shout out to Miss Tanny and our PTO for the fun farmers market lunch they provided today. It was so fun. Really was. A huge shout out to Miss Hec and Miss Burn for all their hard work on managing check-in and checkout folders all year. Their expertise in handling behaviors in those folders is very much appreciated. Thank you to Miss Wilson for securing a $1,500 grant from Dollar General to get books for summer school participants this fall. Miss
015Delo Miss Centers planned an amazing experience for our kids, career day. It was very organized, had great presenters, and all kids had an opportunity to learn about many different careers. And shout out to Mr. Brown for organizing a kickball tournament for the fifth grade. And those are the last shout outs of this school year. >> Crazy. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Payne. Do we have any information, proposals, or comments from the audience? for this month. >> Okay, great. We do have a policy. We love to hear from anybody who has something to share. We have a policy on how you can get added to the agenda. So, if that's something you're interested in, please check that out. Um, next we will move on toformational reports. We'll start with the board
016president, which is not actually me, but I will say congratulations to everybody who graduated. Uh, graduation ceremony was wonderful. It was so enjoyable to see all of the kids, to hear what teachers have impacted them, um to hear the commencement speech, all of it was fantastic. So, best of luck to all of our graduates, and I hope they have an incredible future. So, that's all I got. Uh, Superintendent Dr. Benign, >> thank you. >> You're welcome. >> By the way, you're doing a great job. >> Thank you. >> You were nervous, but you were doing a really good job. >> Well, thanks. >> Um, so >> now that everybody's left, it's a lot easier. >> I know there's only a few. you don't worry about any of that. But um yeah, I was going to
017talk about graduation as well. Just congratulations to the class of 2026. Mr. Church, you did a fantastic job. Your team did a fantastic job organizing that. Um it was just a just a beautiful ceremony and I I just felt like it ran really smoothly and we're glad to be back >> and so many shows. Yeah, just just some kids that really were articulate >> about what they're going to be when they grow up. And so that was really exciting to hear about that. >> Um >> other than that, that was they were they were ready to go after after uh commencement, weren't they? We are going to be uh communicating with our families about opportunities to enroll in Accent High School this week. Miss Sheller, uh, Miss Keys, and Miss Talent have been working on
018a promotional materials. Registration for Recovery High School program is officially open now as we open next fall. Thursday, and I guess Josh, you'll or Mr. Crow, you'll probably talk about the roof being put on too as well in your report. Thursday is our last day of school. This has been a very fast year and I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank the staff for their hard work during the school year. Uh we've had a fantastic year and I hope the teachers enjoy their summer vacation and because they're certainly have earned it this year. Um and and we really appreciate all the hard work and dedication that they put into each and every one of our students. And that's all I have. >> Okay. Thank you. Um next we have Mr. Cra with a
019CIB update for the long range facilities plan. >> Thank you. >> Perfect. All right. What you see before you uh is just an ongoing update. We have had so many discussions about our long range plan and this just kind of gives you a recap of everything that's going on. So uh bear with me if it seems very uh simple and basic. So uh almost a year ago you all completed and adopted the long range facility plan at the June 3rd board meeting. Uh this was a culmination of a year-long uh process that involved multiple different stakeholders and looking at our district in multiple different uh areas that we have never done before. So once we took that plan, uh we've utilized the majority of this school year to help promote and educate uh leading up
020to our April 7th uh vote that we had for a $30 million bond. So almost 75% voted in the affirmative of that. We're just right at 74%. So we're very excited about how strongly the community has accepted this plan and how much work the community put into it as well. So ongoing uh what's taking place now is with regular updates uh the start of uh many many projects are going to be coming to you. So we had a brief discussion of that uh in prior board meetings and with that being said how this is going to kind of fold out in the district for those that are listening uh online would be uh once we uh establish a CR we are going to get our architect back on board. We will start having various stakeholder
021meetings again to drill down more into the weeds on these various projects that were identified, develop the scope, the plan, and then from there put out to bid all of these construction projects. We do have quite a few projects that are uh singleary uh in a sense of we can bid them through our offices here at the board office. Uh, and those are some of the ex uh projects that you're going to be seeing a little bit later tonight during the business portion. So, we're trying to knock as many of those projects out that we possibly can, get a lot of things done before the start of the school year next year, but the major construction projects will be taking place next year because it just it takes time to to build those projects up.
022We did not want to put the cart in front of the proverbial horse uh and have any work done. uh that we'd be on the hook for if the bond passage was not successful. So, now that it was, we've been going full steam ahead on getting those projects up to speed. Questions or anything I can answer for you? Uh any outliers or anything that you're hearing from the community that maybe we're not hearing here at the board office. >> I've heard from the middle school how excited they are about the updates there from >> the middle school. We had to tell them slow to roll. There were several >> they're chomping at the bit. >> They they were asking when can they start boxing their belongings up and textbooks >> had to take a breath
023for a second saying you are getting a big cut of the pie. However, >> that's not going to be done before August when kids come back. So we >> we have a lot of planning to do. We can't just you know bring in a bunch of laborers and carpenters and skilled uh professions to just start doing stuff randomly. there has to be an organized plan. You know, there's going to be an expansion there, a refresh there. >> Uh but bringing up the middle school, one of the projects we're trying to get done as fast as we can before the start of the school year is that pick up and drop off lane, take the parents and guardians off of Kathers and get them on property so it'll be much safer uh for those students. So,
024>> can't wait. >> Okay. Wonderful. >> With the long range facility plan, what do you see? I mean, as you're handing over the reigns in the next month or so, what do you see like from a revisit of that plan? I know we own that plan and we haven't. It's 10 years and we're obviously going to execute a whole lot of spend. A lot of great projects have been identified. Do you see it in a couple years after we get some of the major projects done that we dive back into it again deeply again? >> So, historically, every bond that we've ran as a district typically will take three to four years to work through. Um I think a couple of things after saying that is one this long range plan has we have been
025more focused on how this plan is going to roll out than we have ever been in the past even other bond initiatives I've been involved with or led. Uh but that was by design. Um, and so when you ask the question, are we going to be able to look back? One of the beauties of this plan is that it is also flexible. So as certain things are discovered through maybe refurbishing a building or whatnot we didn't capture in the first goound, we can capture that in or we will roll it over into our next uh bond approach which will be around 2031 or so as as a no tax increase as well. So I'm kind of speaking out of both ends here, but having that laser focus on what we're going to be able to
026accomplish as a district over the next several years, but also having the flexibility to run an audible if we need to, I think is the beauty of this plan that we have not had before. If you look back at Prop Y specifically, it was, hey, we're doing the integrity center at Troder. Hey, we're going to have the Jefferson expansion. Hey, we're going to put our prek all under one roof. We're going to have the community center. And that was basically it. This plan has given us those specific projects, but it's also given us the flexibility to see what we don't know that we're going to see in five, six, seven, eight, nine years down the road. And having the flexibility as a district to be able to tackle those various different types of things. I
027really want to point out the the utilization of our buildings. That's something that our district leaders and yourself as a board moving forward with me exiting out of the district. You're going to have that information at your fingertips to make decisions on what is this going to look like in the future for our buildings and what is it going to look like, you know, for all of our various uh students and our members. I mean, I think that's awesome. So, you know, with one thing I will tell you as board members, you have a great responsibility in front of you that you, you know, you have that, but you also have the potential to make a lot of grateful impacts for our district and the community. One of the conversations that I had had during
028this whole process was our prior bonds were us catching up. It was giving us that foundation to get our buildings just, hey, we've we've got facilities. We can make it work. But I wholeheartedly believe what this bond is going to be doing for Kate Public Schools is really propelling us forward. We have our CES set plan that is taking care of the curriculum. It's taking care of our day-to-day operations. It's taking care of what our salaries are going to be to be competitive and uh to really have uh that draw for talent to come to us and that that draw for students to stay in our district instead of going elsewhere. You're now going to have that with the facilities as well. And when you have both of those components working together, I think just
029great things are are, you know, going to happen. And it's going to be really exciting for you all. And I'm happy to to see you guys go through that process. >> That answer your question any way possible. >> 100% the flexibility of the plan. That's >> You want me to start over and repeat? >> What was the first part you said? When you start really come to mind when you ask that. >> Oh, thank you very much. Appreciate the leadership on it. It's been good. >> Very well articulated. >> Yes. >> Any other questions, comments? Okay. Thank you so much, Mr. >> We have a foundation update >> two. Oh, sorry. We're not there. Sorry. I thought you were going straight to the Sorry. >> Oh, I see it. We'll we'll be there soon. Don't
030you worry. >> I am ready on the draw. >> U Mr. Carl, are you also doing the nutrition services update? >> Yes, I am. >> Okay, wonderful. Can't wait to hear more. Okay. So, uh in a prior motion, you all agreed as a board and very thankful to continue on our C uh services. So, the breakfast and lunch is provided through other sources of funding so that parents and guardians do not have to pay for their students meals and it's wonderful. Mhm. >> So program that uh program evaluation you see before us um I really have to give a lot of credit to even though she's no longer with us but also Randa Selzer stepping up and stepping in. Uh you know we had had a transition plan that we thought was going to play
031out taking phased in approach over a couple of years but Randa has just knocked it out of the park and we're extremely happy. But besides Randa we also have Miranda. So Miranda moved into that dietitionian role for our district and they've just simply been amazing. Just to kind of refresh a little bit in your memory some of the things that they've done. They've brought in tens of thousands of dollars in grant money that are actually supporting local businesses. Uh they were out handpicking strawberries at Southside Farm just last Friday. Um I may have sampled a couple thrown it out there. Uh but also one of the big things is the local uh beef offerings that we're going to have that'll go into our various menuing items where we're working with local butchers, local I'm sorry,
032local livestock providers as well as butchering services uh to bring in uh fresh beef for our students. So again, tens of thousands of dollars that they're bringing in that they're opening up our menuing offerings that we have never seen before as a district. And so we've always had some jokes kind of personally, you know, talking about, oh, a school lunch and things of that nature. They have really upped the game on the menuing offers uh that we've had. >> One of those such uh is again with Southside Farms and and a few other farms is uh fresh spinach salads that our staff is just over the moon and a lot of students like you wouldn't have caught me dead eating a salad back in high school. But man, you look at that stuff now. uh
033it's second to none um with the local rice um that we're utilizing in all of our um menuing items as well too. So to get back into the evaluation, as you can see, um we're doing a lot of things really well, uh we are, you know, still have a concern, uh a few concerns. It's the rising cost of food, labor costs, you know, those things aren't going down and so we have to take that into account. Uh sometimes there's certain struggles with purchasing certain items specific for our menuing and receiving that. But all in all, our ladies uh between Randa and Miranda are able to make are able to make it work. Uh we continue with the goals of offering C. Really, as long as that program is there in the weekend benefit as a
034district, I would just implore you all to to keep that in front of you for our families in the community. That's just such a wonderful offering. A lot of schools now for regular student meal, kids are paying four to five bucks for lunch. >> That's expensive for families. You know, that's that's really expensive. Uh they want to continue to improve menu offerings and choices, upgrade our kitchen facilities and equipment. We're continuing to do that. That's also part some of our buildings, part of the long range plan. Increase nutrition promotion to foster community engagement and build community support. More efficient ways to serve students to expedite meal services. Uh we are currently looking at the junior high right now studying uh their lunch services and we had a a second trial run through on what their
035schedule may look like next year to allow kids uh more time to eat uh so they're not just gulping things down and still having that access to recess afterwards. And again, it's just a wonderful department. All of our managers do a great job. All of our cooks, our servers, our cleaners. It's just an incredible team. You know, it's it's truly something to watch and behold. So, >> wonderful. Thank you so much. >> Absolutely. >> Okay. Next, we have Miss Dudek with a treasure and finance report. This report is for April. Um, I'll just focus on the general fund. We had a beginning fund balance of 32.4 million. Revenues received were 1.7 million. Um we received all of our tax revenue by now. So our revenues are kind of dropping off a little bit and our
036expenses are exceeding them. Um expenses of 2.2 million and transferring 1.3 to the special revenue fund which is transferable to revenue leaving us with an ending fund balance of 30.6 million. Does anyone have any questions >> on the I did have one question on the expense revenue report the percent realized that's through June isn't it whenever you got the percent realized or is that just for that month >> that should be year to date >> year to date then through June >> I was just curious >> retail report >> uh the expense revenue report yeah >> yeah so the percentage realized is through the every day. >> Good job. Thank you. >> Okay. U now we have support services. Mr. Cra, I think we're back to you >> tonight. Feel like me and Keys. >>
037No comment. >> It's not 7:30 yet. >> Uh just a quick transportation update. Uh reminder, school is in early dismissal on Thursday. those times have gone out by the buildings notified just not notified reminded principles of that. Uh want to make sure that the kids get home in a timely manner. So we're reminding all the parents it is a half day. >> Uh we are still dealing with but it's a good problem. Our bus routes at times are changing during the middle of the day because as the weather has gotten nicer the city of Cape through their transportation trust fund those projects are rolling out. So, there's several streets that the pickup was absolutely perfect in the morning, but 11:00 a construction crew showed up on site. Hey, let's start jackhammering up this intersection. >>
038And so, sometimes we have that notification. Sometimes we don't. And so, we just continue to ask uh for the uh parents and guardians to just little bit of grace for us and we will absolutely get your children home. Uh food services, you just had that report. uh buildings and grounds. On that note, uh we are finishing up a roofing project currently on our temporary recovery high school. It'll be in the building across the lot from uh Central Pool and Central Municipal Pool as well as from the junior high. Uh need to get a few things tidied up over there. That building will also be repurposed uh for our maintenance department, storage, warehouse facilities after recovery high school uh finishes up with that. We had our first construction kickoff meeting uh today for the recovery high
039school. It went extremely well. They're very optimistic that we could be in there by the first of uh January 2027, which it did get pushed back a little bit just because of the bid process. Not the bid process, let me rephrase that. because of the funding questions that Desi was delayed in uh accessing those funds to us. We didn't want to push out a bid till we knew we actually had the check in hand. And so that kind of backed us up a few months, but everything is on board. Uh here in the next two weeks, you will see groundbreaking taking place there. uh the dirt work will start happening and foundations being dug and foundations poured and the slab poured and then the walls uh start getting erected up and then uh once that
040happens we get it under roof and then we're off to the races. Uh other buildings and grounds that we have uh we'll talk about that during the business section. And lastly, I want to talk about safety and security. I do specifically want to give a shout out to Jared Dobs, assistant principal at the high school. Again, going back to graduation, he put in a phenomenal amount of work. I know myself, Brian Payne, Mr. Dobs, as well as our SRO's, Jason Angel, Mark Wyatt, and all of our SRO being there. It again, just give them all the praise that they are due for running such a smooth event and we're very thankful that the weather held as well. >> Yeah, it was a beautiful. >> There was no rain while anybody was in line. There was
041no sheer winds, no EF1 tornado, >> none of that. All of that was good. So, >> it was very smooth getting in and out, too. >> Yeah, >> that was great. >> Okay, thank you, Mr. Cra. Next, we have board reports. First, our MSBA delegate report. >> Only update, I'll be going to the summer summit in June. Uh, so hopefully come back with some useful stuff from that and then other than that, you guys get the weekly updates. So, nothing giantly major coming out of those guys right now. >> Okay. All right, thank you. Next is the legislative report, which is me. Um, the 2026 session, legislative session has wrapped up. We are all done. The budget has passed. I talked about in the last meeting that it has $190 million shortfall for public education.
042The funding formula per student is supposed to be $7,145, but with the gap, the way everything has shaken out is it is now $6,830. Um, for our district, just to talk in a large number, that is a funding gap of over $1.3 million, which is not insignificant. Um, also it should be noted that the legislature decided to underfund public education while still funding Missouri scholars, which is the private school scholarship program that uses public funding. So, it is disheartening to see education not be prioritized the way we would like to see it. Um, but our district will continue doing what our district always does, which is prioritizing our students and educating them the best we can. And as school board members, we will continue to build relationships with our legislator legislators and advocate for our
043schools as we move forward. And that's all I have. Okay. Um, after that, all right. Now, Julia, >> we have the Cape Public School Foundation update. >> All right. Um, Miss McDonald, our director of foundation, uh, reported that the foundation continues to support students and staff all across the district through innovative programs, alumni engagement, and community partnerships. Uh recently the foundation hosted another successful golf tournament with 31 teams participating. It was a gorgeous day. Absolutely phenomenal. We had excellent food and uh thank you Dr. Beck. >> Dr. Beck, I had two people completely random say something to me about your pimento cheese. >> Yes. >> So there you go. >> That is a hit. >> We love the pimeto. You think they put me in this >> or it's gotten around apparently. Um >> he
044sells it by the way. >> That's good to know. >> Okay. >> Uh we had uh five business partners who set up on holes throughout the tournament to help engage golfers and support the event experience. The tournament continues to be an important fundraiser that helps provide resources and opportunities across the district. Uh recently also uh the foundation received two grants through community foundation of the Ozarks. One grant will support an art mural project involving Cape Central High School, which is exciting uh with students working alongside a visiting artist to create a collaborative piece of artwork. The second grant provided funding for an AED for the early childhood center helping support student and staff safety. Uh this spring we recently talked at the last board meeting I think that the foundation awarded 25,000 in scholarships to
045Cape Central seniors during the evening of excellence. And as previously mentioned, also a new uh Kim Chisum Memorial Scholarship has been established. Right now, it has $10,000 uh to honor Kim's legacy um and opportunities for students. So, more will be awarded next year, which is really exciting. Uh the foundation continues to also support innovative teaching opportunities, assist students uh in various needs, expand alumni outreach and community efforts. We have a um mix and mingle. for uh partnering with the booster tournament again this year in July, July 10th. And there'll be a mix and mingle that is for not just alumni but also parents and other community supporters um that would love to attend. Um the foundation also partners with local businesses and donors to enhance educational experiences for students and um she's grateful for the
046continued support of the community. donors, partners, and board of education and district administration as we work together to strengthen uh opportunities for all students in Cape Public Schools. All right. Wonderful. Thank you. Okay. board. Before you, you have a consent agenda that includes our minutes from the April 27th special meeting and April 4th regular meeting, payment of bills, board meeting dates for 2027 and 2028. And is that right? No, for 2026 and 2027. It's for the rest of this year and into 27. Yes. And then approval of the district literacy plan. Can I get a motion to approve? >> So move. >> Second. >> Okay. Everyone in favor? >> I. Anyone opposed? >> Okay, that passes. Next, moving on to business. Can I get a motion to um approve the approval of the 2627 salary
047schedules? >> Some move. >> Second. >> Okay. Discussion. >> Wonderful. Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. online. Okay. So, I'm just going to focus on the schedules that um have the most changes and there's not very many. So, I'm going to start by talking about the teacher salary schedule. Um this schedule the base was increased 2%. Which was an increase of $840 bringing our ES step one to $42,829. Uh this aligns with our CIP goal to increase our teacher salaries 10% over five years. So we've been doing that 2% at a time >> and we're recommending to do that this time as well. Everybody will have a step increase. Another change that was made is that the vocational column it previously had frozen at step 23. And typically when people um get placed on
048the vocational column, they come in at step 20. I think it is step 21. So they're not here very long before they're freezing in their salary. So, what we did is we unfroze that column and added so they'll get a step all the way down to step 30. Um, those two changes right there cost approximately $400,000. There are $434 teachers on that schedule. Um, the only other schedule that I made changes to was the stipens extra d. So, we We're trying to um be consistent with all the schedules, you move them all to step 30 and cap them at step 30. Some of our schedules, previously you could stay, if you were here longer than that, you would go off schedule. So now we stop the schedule store, they go to step 30, and then
049once you get to step 30, you stay max on schedule. So anybody who was here and was off schedule, um we are not penalizing them. And so it will pay them the difference and that is on the schedule called um cyclones salary adjustments. It's the very last schedule in the book. All other schedules were increased by a comparable percentage of 2%. The total increase to salaries and benefits is a little over a million dollars. So when we talk about finances and moving forward um as you know as Crystal reported it's not looking so great for us but we have been working on the 26 27 budget and um unfortunately it's just the reality that we're in. So we're going to have to adapt to that. So, we've been looking really closely at our expenses. Um,
050asking all buildings and department heads to look at their expenses, making adjustments to that so that we can focus put our efforts more focused on our salary schedules. >> Um, to invest in our kids, we have to invest in our teachers and we have to invest in our staff. >> Agreed. >> So, I feel like we have to keep moving forward with increasing the schedules. We can't really stop that. So we'll just make adjustments as we need to. Um also looking at our revenues. So even though we have some revenues that will be falling short. There are other things that we can do. Um there's fund placement of our revenues. We've been putting a lot of we've been focusing for the last few years on fund four which are capital projects that now that we
051have passed a bond issue and going back and looking at some of those revenues that we have placed in fund four that if they can be moved to our operating revenue. I will do that >> to kind of offset some of the shortage. So, if anybody has any questions, >> do you have an idea with this newest schedule how competitive this makes us, you know, in our area? >> We will get that report uh next year. So, what they do, >> okay? So, we don't know yet because we don't know what other people are doing. Once you adopt this, MSTA puts that together and then we send all of that to MSTA and then they do the comparison. >> Got it. >> So hopefully we will be moving up because uh I >> think we're
052at seven. >> Yeah, we're number seven. But here's here's what everybody made a big jump last year. They're not going to be able to make that type of a jump this year. Sure. >> Because of the funding shortage, right? >> So we may catch a few. >> We're like the turtle instead of the hair. >> Got it. Uh, but I don't know how much we'll move. Just because they want to continue to be competitive, they'll have to figure out ways to do kind of like what we did. We did a 5% uh uh cut across the board districtwide. And so that's going to help us offset some >> for building. Yes. Yeah. >> Basically, >> no, not just for buildings. 5% cut across departments as well. Yeah, pretty much across the board. So hopefully that
053will help offset some of the shortage uh for 25 26. >> Okay. >> It's important to note too when we say ranked seventh for the region that's just in the starting salary, >> right? Yes. >> We do a comparative analysis for different milestones across the salary schedule. >> Yeah. >> So you're ranked differently as you progress through. So it kind of it depends on what section you're looking at. >> Yeah. Okay. Did you have last year when we were talking about this um and as you talk about that five-year plan to get the 10%. Um you guys had put together a heat map that kind of showed on the salary schedule where all of our people are. >> You guys still have that? I mean, you don't have it right now, but that'd be awesome
054to see. We emailed it out >> and just to again, as you said, there was 440 some odd teachers on the That'd be really cool to see that again. >> I can tell you that the majority um the columns I think that have the most is your column and our master's column. I would say those two columns of those people also >> that'd be great. Do you have just perspective on Sure. >> what it looks like? >> Yeah. >> One of the things that we've been discussing is still and we've talked to you all about this in the past is trying to fix that M's column because the rate of increase in the M's column is not being as competitive as it is for other school districts. And Dr. Beck's been looking at that, looking
055at other districts on what we can do to be creative to to open that up a little bit so that our master level teachers, our senior teachers are uh being and staying competitive with other school districts because you will lose them if you don't. >> Right. >> Um so, but he's been working on some different ways of trying to open that back up. >> We've been looking at the whole schedule trying to take like maybe a highle look at it. So we've really been focused over the last I would say like five years at the beginning salary of the schedule and what it's doing is it's compressing the schedule of course. >> So when you look at the beginning salary and then you look at our ending salary >> you know what is the earnings
056that the teacher has the potential to make. So we've really been looking at that and trying to come up with ideas. We just didn't feel comfortable doing it this year with all the changes and >> unknowns and the formula is going to change as well. They're still working on the formula change >> and but but we probably ran five or six different scenarios to see how we could open that back up at the middle and it was significant salary increases the ones that we came up with and at this time it's we can't we can't do that to the district's finances >> but we are looking at it. We're just trying to figure out when the right time is to to try to open that up. So, as you know, we last the previous year,
057we looked at our teacher assistants and trying to get their salaries up. This year, we wanted to we were running to do some more, but the only thing that we were able to do is to open up the CTC schedule uh because they were coming in at 21 years. Is that right, Dr. F? >> Right. >> And and within three years, they were off schedule again. So, >> so we tried to fix that end of everything and then so hopefully next year we can kind of take a look at the the middle middle's level. >> Okay. >> Once you open the mast's level, >> it will it will change the master's specialist doctorate which is which is sometimes significant >> changes for your budget. So look, kind of if you're ever looking or browsing at
058the binder or the schedules for teachers specifically, kind of the gold standard everybody wants to hit is whatever number you start at when you come in, when your salary ends, it should be double that number. >> Okay? >> Yeah. >> So if you start at 45, >> you should end at >> ideally you should see 90 down here, right? >> Over time, if you only add to this side, >> compression is hard to get there. Yeah. and the life of your earnings working in that district over a 30-year period lesson. >> Yeah, >> because you're making incremental less step movement as you go across. So, that's kind of how everybody looks at that over the the life of the schedule. >> Okay, >> any other questions or discussion? Okay, with that, we will take a
059vote. Everyone who's in favor? I I >> Anyone opposed? Okay, motion carries. >> All right, next we have approval of resolution authorizing issuance and sale of general obligation bonds. Um, can I get a motion to approve? >> Some move. >> Second. >> Wonderful discussion. >> Lorenzo, >> dude, you again. >> So, >> we we have Lorenzo here as well. Okay. So, I've got Lorenzo with Steel and then Nick Weaver and Sean Flynn with Gilmore and Bell. They act as our bond council. Um, so what we are working on now is um putting together the documents so that we can sell our bonds and Lorenzo and his team heads that up. Um the goal is to this current schedule is is that we will price the bonds on June 3 and we will close on the
060bonds on June 18th which means that we will receive the money in our bank account and so then we can start um paying some of the bills. >> Yeah, >> his bills. >> He's getting ready to give him that. Well, I think the last time I was here, good evening everyone. I'm the rental board with steeple. I think the last time I was here, I told everyone, I said, when you see me, it should be good news. I'm either saving you money or bringing money. And this time, I'm bringing money. I think the last time I was saving money, but a couple things. Uh, this dud told me, she said, "Lorenzo, you're going to be so excited. There's going to be a lot of people here tonight." And everyone walked out. And when I was
061in school, I never received award. So I would love to someone get a tiger. >> Give that man a medal. >> We're giving you a medal right now. >> We've got one right here. >> Take a picture with you and everything. >> Extra 50s. >> I want to say congratulations on the passage of 30 million. Um that was good news with the almost 75%. So I was very excited to see that uh we're going to sell all 30 million as uh Miss Dudy mentioned in terms of on June 4th uh and closed on June 18th where we're going to at that point we will send the money to the uh to the district and it'll be happy spending but I think it was about 2 and 1/2 weeks ago 3 weeks ago we went through
062the underlying grading process and um Miss Dunick and Dr. Bailey did a great job on the uh on the rating. Uh we affirmed the underlying rating. I said we like I'm part of your district now. You know, you were affirmed your rating of A+ by standard employers. Uh and you also received a double A+ which is in Missouri direct deposit program. You know, there are over 520 school districts in the state of Missouri. I think only about 170 have underlying ratings now that A+ is in the top 25%. So that's, you know, great news. So with that, as you kind of mentioned, we're going to sell bonds on June 4th, close on June 18th. Uh and then at that point you'll have three years to spend the necessary funds to um for all the improvements
063that were mentioned earlier today. And um I think that's it. What we're here to do now is pass the parameters resolution. And so a parameters resolution gives us authorization to sell those bonds on June 4th. Um as long as you meet certain five parameters. I think the most important parameter is the interest cost which is 5%. You cannot exceed 5% on the interest rate overall interest rate. If you were to sell the bonds right now, you probably would be in the neighbor for the 4.3%. So, uh, I think as long as interest rates, you know, stay steady. Um, they're kind of going up and down. I see no problem being able to meet those parameters on June 4th. So, with that, we just need a passage of the parameters resolution and then what's 3 weeks
064of bonds on June 4th. >> Wonderful. Any questions? >> Just ignorance on my part. the in the parameters resolution where did the four point or the 5 point 5% ceiling come from? How does that >> just just to give us some flexibility? Because right now we know that we're in a 4.3% range right now. If if you look back in February rates went up about 30 basis points, they came back down. So just to kind of mitigate that, just we want to get the money as soon as we can to you guys just in case interest rates. We never know what interest rates going to do between now and June 4th. But when you pass that parameters resolution, if we see that I'm in constant contact with our underwriting desk, if I see those interest
065rates, my underwriter, she actually is from Cape too. Yeah, she's from our underwriters from Cape. She'll be pricing the bonds. Um, so Trisha Duncan and so um she usually kind of gives me updates and she'll say, Lorenzo, hey, I think you know these this set of news is going to come out probably in the next week. The market's indicating we may have a rise in interest rates. are you okay with pricing this tomorrow or the next day? So that's where we are. So June 4th is the target, but we can price any moment after today. >> And so that's a recommendation from you guys just to assess. Okay. >> I have a question too. You said we have three years to spend the money. What happens if you don't spend the money in three years?
066>> Um so that is reasonable expectations. So I should say it's reasonable expectations. So I think that's mostly 85% of the bond proceeds within 3 years. If you don't hit that, that's not a slap in the hand, so to speak. It's just a reasonable expectation because the federal government knows that, you know, if you're going to build a new building or there was, you know, a really wet summer or something of something along those lines and there were delays or supply chain delays. >> Sure. >> But that reasonable expectations when you sign this this document. So that says we reasonably expect to spend 85% between now and June 2029. Got it. get those. Something happens between now and then and you can't get it, then that's something that can't be slapped. >> Yeah. Okay. >>
067To add to that a little bit more, and Lorenzo would know this, our previous bond, we actually broke it up into two different bonds with >> 2019 because of the municipal pool that we were building. A little bit of the controversy there. We had held part of the selling of the bonds to reimagine what that product, finished product was going to look like. Sure. >> And so, you know, there are certain things. We're not seeing that >> with what we have in front there. I think that the due diligence has been done to road map out what we're doing as a district. And I just need you to approve him and then I can come back and throw some stuff at you. >> Great. >> About 60 seconds. >> Okay. Any other questions? >> Okay.
068With that, we'll take a vote. Everyone who approves I. >> Anyone opposed? >> Okay. Motion carries. >> Tiger >> right here. >> Next time you're here, there will be one with your name. >> No, no, we have bunch in the office. Come here, Lorenzo. This one is special. This is special. This is a special one. >> No, we're going to get your >> Yes, he needs one with his name on it. The whole >> It's happening. I got it. >> Hey, we're going to get you one. >> Miss Dudak, when will he be here again? >> All here. >> He'll be back in June. Is that right? No. >> I think you need to come back in January. >> Were you going to get something put on the back of this? >> We'll be back.
069>> I have a special one in mind. >> Yes. >> Oh, look at this. See, >> I I'll I'll come back. >> Well, July, you're playing. We're playing in the golf. >> Got to play in the booster club golf tournament. >> Are you coming in July? >> Yeah, that would be wonderful if I could stand up in front of everyone. That'd be great. >> Hey, >> we know the people running it. We can make that happen. >> We'll give you the mic even. They'll give you the mic. >> Bring some extra dollars, you know. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you guys. >> TJ Max. >> Hey, thank you guys. >> Thank you all. >> Okay. Um, next we have a motion to approve. Oh, yes. Sorry. >> We gota approve. Did we >>
070We voted. >> We did approve. Okay. >> I'm on top of it. I got it. >> I just want to make sure that one got approved. >> It did. Okay. Moving on to approval of bond bids. The first one we have is junior high bleachers. Can I get a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. Discussion. Mr. Cra. >> This is the first of several. So, I can talk you as do this as fast as you want me to or I can slow it down. We can get into the weeds of it. >> I'm thinking by reading your faces, you'd rather me go on a little bit of faster. >> I want every detail of the bleachers. No explain. I know really. >> There's a mining process and they go out and
071they find the aluminum and then they >> No. So, yes, this one is extremely needed. These are all projects that were identified in our long range facility plan. This is uh in the queue right now and with your authorization. Um we'll get the PO signed and I will tell you after Lorenzo's discussion, all five that you see in front of you tonight are not going to hit until the next fiscal year. So July 1 of 2027, we need your authorization to sign the POS, to sign the contracts with them, and then no bills are going to be due until after the dollars. We're not being charged any type of interest rate from the companies or anything like that. And the majority of the all of these projects are actually through either uh TIPS USA, which
072is a buy board, or other co-op purchasing types of uh agencies where it has already gone through the state bid contract pricing. And this is the best price that you're going to get it even if you open it up for a regular sealed bid. So, going back to the bleachers, um, if Mr. Russell scrolls down, perfect. Right there, he's got it up. One of the things that we're going to be doing on the north side is we're putting in a new type of design bleacher that actually instead of retracting back to the wall, it retracts forward to the play area. and we are going to be putting in a junior high weight room area behind that set of bleachers that is desperately needed for our curriculum. Coach Neils has built a program that uh we're
073turning kids away and we don't want to do that and so it is a program that he has built up. Uh it will only go back so far. It'll leave spaces in there for weight racks and all those types of things. seating capacity of that gymnasium will stay at approximately around 2500 individuals, which still puts to shame almost any gym uh across Missouri, but particularly any junior high gym in the state. This is by far the largest junior high gym in the state. So, we will still be able to have quite a few public events in there. Uh we are giving up a couple of hundred seats because of the design of the bleachers, but for our day-to-day usage uh we found that this was the best solution and it's really going to be exciting.
074The lower level will be uh seatback uh types of uh seating. So for those that are more comfortable with having a chair back, uh it'll replicate that. But as I've told you in the past, we can't even find parts for these bleachers anymore. They need to be replaced and uh we're saving some dollars. So, >> will these push in without 40 people? >> These will push in uh with a single remote control with an arrow that can forward or backward. One person sits there, they all roll in, they all roll out. >> Then the thing that we have to worry about, and we discovered this at the high school, is not losing the remote control to the bleachers or the custodian walking off with it in his cart. So, we'll have some professional development that's
075done with our staff at the junior high on appropriately operating these feature systems. So, yes. >> Okay. Wonderful. Any questions? >> Okay. Um, we will take a vote. Everyone who approves. >> Anyone opposed? >> Wonderful. Okay. Next, we have a bond bid for junior high auditorium seats. Can I get a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Great. >> Okay. Second one. So you see the cost before you. This is again with Heartland Seating. Uh this is through the tip spy board. Um you can see a schematic of what they've done. This is replacing all the existing seats which are original to that auditorium. In a prior bond we had refinished with fabric on some of the seats, but it's to the point the fabric is mismatched. You cannot find that. It it's just it's
076goddy. Uh if if I could use that word. I didn't use that word. Uh doesn't look well. And the mechanics of the seats uh some of the seats don't stay up. Some of the seats don't fold down. Uh so it's just due. One of the surprising things about this uh with these numbers I was excited about. We had certain dollars dedicated to this auditorium and this is also going to allow us for at a later uh motion that'll be in front of you. uh we'll be able to internally update the audiovisisual equipment in there with the sound, the projector uh so professional presentations. This auditorium is used by a lot of community events uh our community organizations for their events, dance recital, uh some houses of worship will have their uh pageantss or plays in
077there. And so we're really excited about updating that auditorium. This project will roll out uh early fall, uh August, September, uh and it's projected to be about a three-week project. >> And so is that >> is that they remove them and they install them and >> they're removing they're installing. However, um when we have things like that, we go through as a district, even with the bleachers, we pick out certain recyclable and salvageable materials. And so scrap metal that would be there, things of that nature, uh we take advantage of that, but we're it's helping us because our maintenance department is still doing their day-to-day jobs. They're going to be involved in a lot of other projects. >> Turn key is good >> and whatnot as well. >> Will a few be saved for the
078foundation to auction off? >> That's what I was about to say. >> For the right price if they would like to purchase surplus items to be I'm kidding. Yes, we will have some seats that can absolutely be auctioned off. Uh, one of the things that we're thinking about doing, I go back go back to the previous motion you just approved. >> Um, I was of the era when Hop Stadium was no longer the basketball facility for Southeast Missouri basketball. When they closed that down, you got a souvenir piece of bleacher uh, for being one of the last attendees at Hawk Stadium. Some of you on the board may not have been born yet. U, but, uh, it's a really neat item. I still have that to this day. So, we're going to make some momentos
079for the public in the community. So, we did that when the uh old gym was torn down at uh the junior high where we had some of the the wood that was carved up cut up. We also will salvage quite a bit of the bleacher wood for all of our um industrial art classes because it's Woodstock we then don't have to purchase and they can make their various different projects out of it for the year. So, you know, that's kind of going into the weeds on the various things, but we'll have a lot of lumber for kids to do projects >> and we'll have some community momentos as well. >> Okay, any other questions? Great. We will take a vote. Everyone who approves, >> I. Anyone opposed? >> Okay, wonderful. Next, we have a bond
080bid for track refurbishment at the high school and the junior high. Can I get a motion? >> Some moved. Second. discussion. >> So before you you have a bid from a company that we're very familiar with. We have a partnership. They were about $100,000 uh cheaper than a a second company. Um and this is through a different Vboard. Uh processes are, you know, identical. This is resurfacing, refinishing, adding new layers of rubber coating to our tracks, repainting the lines, uh the lines and the lanes, the exchange zones, all those various different things at both tracks. I do want to uh let you know though this is only improving the life for another five to seven years maybe eight years um if we continue but what is happening with our tracks and this is why it
081was important to get it refinished now is that water is penetrating through those membranes getting into the asphalt then you have the weatherization that takes place in winter with asphalt that the moisture is freezing and melting and so the asphalt uh is is going to be at the end of its life here uh by the next time the bond rolls around. So, this will get us to that. If we don't address it now, the tracks are just going to become even more and more in disrepair. Uh the way we have this worked out because the most prominent time to uh refinish your tracks is during the summer. Obviously, we're kind of late in the queue, but since we have such a good relationship, early fall, they'll be working on it while soccer and football is
082going on. But in working with our athletic directors, looking at when we have away games, things of that nature, they'll be able to come in and work on top and work around uh various things and get this done so we'll be ready for the spring soccer uh spring track season, I should say. >> Okay, awesome. >> Any questions? >> Great. Then we will take a vote. Um all who approve? >> I Anyone opposed? Great. Uh, next on the list is the bond bid for high school tennis courts. Can I get a motion? >> So moved. Second. >> Great discussion. >> So many of the surfaces other than two of the courts, courts three and four that actually suffered tornado damage during a home football game um many years ago have not been touched uh since
083then. So the surface of these tennis courts are are 22 to 23 years old. 24 years old I'm sorry. This is going to be resurfacing all of the courts. And if Mr. Russell would open the attachment uh for that, we're going to show you what the layout is going to look like. And then they've actually given us a reverse of uh what the colors are. We're actually going with a a charcoal or black court markings. Uh this is a rendition of what the pickle ball courts will look like on court seven and eight. and the surrounding uh color of the courts will actually be orange. So, we're going to go with more orange than than we are black. >> Um I have worked with many individuals on figuring out what this tennis project will look
084like. And the number one thing that we're doing is the safety of the kids in in spectator uh seating. This is going to take the spectators off the hillside. And we are having a uh 6 ft uh sidewalk put on the south side of the courts for the chairs and mini bleachers. We're also looking at constructing two new courts that you can see in the small rectangles there in the center of the page with a galley fan spectator area in between to make a quad court um seating area, standing viewing area that's really going to showcase our players. When you look at the design of tennis courts, having them in a linear fashion isn't really the best for spectator. Well, we're going to fix this. What we've also done is we've pre arranged some work
085that will potentially be captured with our javelin throw area on the track uh team as well that shows uh the apexes and the and the u all the various different angles where the javelin throw will be. We wanted to make sure a javelin does not go in and penetrate into the uh indoor facility. That would be horrible. So, we have a a safe throwing zone for the javelin in the future. That's right. In the future, and uh you know, go from there. This is going to be the construction of two new courts, resurfacing of the eight existing courts, adding those pickle ball courts into court seven and eight, which are closest to the stadium, and adding that viewer area. So, really excited about what this will do for our tennis teams. Honestly, they have been
086kind of a ne neglected activity. Uh, a lot of activities have gotten a a lot of resources put towards them. Tennis has not. And so this is a legitimate need, but it's also fulfilling that goal of making sure every student counts every day. And we're we're taking those the boys and girls tennis team into account. >> Will the pickle ball courts be named like the Benjamin Crow memorial pickle ball courts? >> The Achilles Memorial can do that. We can do that if you'd like. >> We'll take that under consideration. >> Achilles. I will say on this motion it is broken up into two just because of the tips contract pricing. There is one item that is for the resurfacing that's an ex that's right at $150,000 and then the $35,000 is construction of the two
087new courts. Um, so I do I I will tell you that the two new courts will more than likely not be playable until the latter half of the tennis season this fall because you have to let the asphalt cure for about 30 to 45 days >> before you can actually coat it or otherwise the coating does not penetrate in and actually lock in chemically with the asphalt. And we don't want, you know, we don't want to do that. Yeah. >> So, we'll have the eight courts refinished for the season. Hopefully, halfway through the season, uh, we'll be able to get the two new constructed courts in for play. >> Thank you. Any questions? Okay, then we will take a vote. All who approve? >> I. Anyone opposed? >> Okay. Last with Mr. Cra, we have
088a bond bid for the district-wide alarm systems. Can I get a motion? >> Some move. Second. discussion. >> Burglar alarms were added to our district uh with the 2010 bond. The life cycle of those panels and the the motherboards and the circuitry are going out each building every couple of months. We've had that happen two buildings. Uh we've already replaced them, but the bond is giving us the capacity to just replace everything in one fell swoop. And so this is staged and lined up to actually take place this summer. This is through a single source procurement method. We want ads. So this did not go out to a bid or a vi board, but they have the actual expertise and the technology inhouse to work on top of the systems we already have in place
089with the circuitry. Going out to bid would mean that we would have to redo every single building with all the contacts, with all the motion detectors, with all that. And that's just too cost prohibitive. And we don't need to. Those things are still good. This is replacing the bl the brains of the systems per se to get them uh up to par. No more false alarms. Uh getting those 2 am phone calls as building administrators that we do across the district and actually uh securing our facilities. So, >> okay. >> Any questions? Then we'll take a vote. All who approve? >> I. Anyone opposed? >> Okay. Last on business, we have the second reading and adoption of board policy GDL and GDLAP2. Uh, can I get a motion? >> So move second. >> All right.
090Do we just approve that? >> Mr. Pay, >> do you have any questions about it? >> I don't have questions about it. Does anybody have questions? >> Okay, great. Then we will take a vote. All sorry. Oh, >> I was just gonna say if anybody had questions, happy to answer. >> You don't have to. >> No. Okay. All who approve? >> I Anyone opposed? Okay. Wonderful. Um, next. Do we have any information or proposals from board members? >> I saw uh baseball played at home today and won first round of districts, right? 42 against Sykes. Is that what I saw? Correct. Play again on Wednesday. >> Play again on Wednesday. Also thought it was really cool. I don't know where they were supposed to play, but I did see they came to Cape Central >>
091in Farmington. Yeah. >> Probably because our fields are so great. >> Just want to throw that out there. So, another kudos to the the fields that we got. >> Awesome. Thank you. Okay. Uh with that, I will take a motion to adjurnn. >> So, move. >> Second. >> Do we have to vote that? >> Yes. >> Okay. Great. Let's vote. All approve. I >> I Anyone opposed? >> Okay. Thank you everyone.