001stand and join me for the pledge. 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. >> Thank you all. First, I need approval of the consent agenda that includes our AMI or alternative methods of instruction and inclement weather plan, our 2025 special program review and federal programs review, uh contract on the bus barn. It is not closed as of yet. Excuse me, and lease agreement for the district van. >> So moved. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded. Are there any questions? All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Needing to recuse or abstain? Next to be the approval of our financials, which is $956,995.03 as of May bills. >>
002So moved. >> Excuse me, and the financial reports contain the following bills. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded. Were there any questions that were not previously answered? >> Roll question. >> Yes. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Needing to abstain? [clears throat] Approval of the minutes from the May 12, 2026 meeting that were in our packet electronically. >> Andres moved and I second. >> We'd like to hear from Andres. >> So moved. >> [laughter] >> So moved. >> And we will recognize the second from you, Mr. Carroll. Thank you, sir. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> [snorts] >> Then we'll adopt the agenda for the remainder of the meeting. I'm assuming there are no additions. Summer meetings are always nice
003and light. >> So moved. >> It's been moved by Mrs. Staley. >> I'll second. >> And seconded by Mr. Carroll. Everyone's getting a lot of action tonight. All those in favor, please say aye. >> Aye. >> We will pause just for a moment for public comment. We could recognize our new AD being here all the time. We appreciate him uh joining the group even before he's getting paid by the group. So uh we were at the wrestling scramble last week as well and he was there helping monitor and be around even though that's not his official capacity. So appreciate that, sir. It's a comment from the board, not from the public. We have no public comments. So moving along, we will go to the Deputy Superintendent report. Mr. Rinky. >> Okay, thank you very much.
004I will try to make this brief as it seems we are moving right along. So um just wanted to give the board a couple updates tonight um and then a recommendation. Uh summer project updates. Um I want to talk about our energy efficiency plan. Uh I had a meeting on that today. Some really good news. And then um want to recommend for a Spain Howard gym floor. Um so first things, we got a lot going on this summer. We always do. We spent half the year since last November planning for this summer and we'll do the same thing next year. So our high school secure vestibule, that's uh pretty big project we have going on. It's going well uh now with uh Napolitano. Uh last week, we were a little bit nervous with some of
005the weather, but we did get the concrete uh the footings is poured and the concrete slab re-poured. So that was kind of a big cornerstone of that project. Uh so, we got that done on time. Now, you'll start seeing it there. We got some HVAC going in, and a lot of electric electricians going working in there. Um and then hopefully, they'll kind of finish their stuff coming up, and then within probably the next week and a half, hopefully start seeing that close in. And then they'll start getting it weathered in, and and then be able to to really get it finished up. So, we're still on schedule. Um so, excited about that. Um another big project we had in the in the district, our transportation and distribution building. Uh that is pretty much completed. Uh
006there's a few little touch-up things that we have to do. Um but, we are in we have it has been turned over to us for uh occupancy. Um so, we have actually started moving. There was a lot of stuff in our distribution building out at the where the bus barn currently is in that distribution building. So, Mark and our maintenance, we had a lot of help getting that done. So, we have the majority of that building already moved over. And now, Mark Grass has the job of getting it all back organized. So, um there is a lot of stuff. It's fitting in real nice. The building's good. Uh it's it's a really nice place. So, I can't wait for people people to see that. And then hopefully in the next week, we'll start getting the
007transportation stuff started to slowly move over there. Um and get get moved over into that that building. So, that's a nice project getting wrapped up. Um some smaller projects we got going on. I'm sure people have seen it, especially summer school out there. Uh we're doing some different cooler projects, uh especially with our excess uh food service funds. So, we had a cooler at Spainhower, this outside cooler. And it always kind of it during the wintertime it got too cold. It just wasn't set up real well. Um so, nobody's nobody's fault. It was just the way it happened. So, we ended up actually taking that cooler, and we moved that into the distribution building. There was There's enough room. So, that cooler has moved into the distribution building. Then, we replaced that cooler with more
008of an outside cooler, and then we're putting a freezer on the backside of the distribution building. So, hopefully, with our freezer needs and cooler needs for the district as we're moving buildings, got rid of some, that will be set for many years to come. So, it's good projects to get done, and I want to thank our maintenance crew. They we had to pour new concrete slabs for all these coolers and on the backside. So, they did an awesome job getting that done in time for uh for the installers to come in. Um, shh. Our painting crew, uh our painting crew is doing awesome. They do awesome every summer. I appreciate all the work they do. Uh the big thing and they have small jobs all through the project, but the big ones are they're they're
009tackling Beaker this year getting the inside of Beaker all freshened up. And you know, that's three stories. Uh we got summer school going on the on the bottom two. So, they're they're adjusting and kind of working around stuff, but they almost have the uh third floor Beaker done. They're working through the hallways right now, and it's I was up there today with them. It's looking really good. Uh we're planning on still doing the getting that painted and freshened up. Uh and then, so they have some little bit more projects that that this is going to lead into, but they they're doing great. They're right on schedule and getting a lot done for the district. The next project we got going, and I'm not going to steal Derek's thunder here, but I just wanted to mention
010it cuz there were so many people uh working into that, and I want to thank all the people including Derek, um many of the coaches and everything. The high school weight room is getting a makeover this summer. Uh And I just want to touch on it when it's done, I'll let Derek he'll he'll take that cuz he'll be official. So, um but getting a lot of the equipment redone, our paint crew is going to redo that, so that's all cleaned up. I appreciate all the coaches' help, appreciate booster club's help in that, and there is many there's many people to thank and and we'll get there when it gets all done. So, but it's uh it's an undertaking this summer that we're we're working through. Another project we got going, we're setting up of course
011Spainhower without having summer school in there, all the summer schools in MIS allowed us to get a jump start in Spainhower. Um trying to do a little bit more work in that building, getting that building kind of finished up for many years to come. We're adding a new serving line in Spainhower. Uh so, thanks to Wesley, thanks to Chris, uh Bethel and our maintenance department. Uh we're adding it's going to turn into a two line, so hopefully that'll make it more efficient, more uh faster for for our kiddos um as they're eating lunch. Um so, that that's a good project uh we're working on to get done. Another project we got done, you'll see this probably at the end of the month started. Uh we have there's one door I did not take a picture
012of in here, but we have four doors that are going to be be replaced at the high school that it's kind of goes into our safety and security. Uh these doors it it was long overdue to get these doors replaced. So, see that athletic door um and our the art room door uh on both sides of the athletic hallway, and then the band room door that goes into the band room. Um so, that will be good. They're in fairly rough shape right now on the locks, so it'll be nice to get those updated. Um and then so, hopefully we get those done at the end of the month. So, those are just a few of the projects we got going on. There's a whole bunch of other stuff going on at the district. Um, but
013just wanted to kind of touch on touch on those and and let the Board of Education community know some of the stuff we got going on. So, anybody have any questions on those? All right. Um, moving on. Kind of wanted to hit on this real quick and um something we've been talking about. I think a lot of people are like, "Why are you guys doing this?" But uh with our energy efficiency plan and um had a meeting today in our first year. The numbers came back today and uh they're Garrett from Navitas will be here in September to give a whole overview to the board of kind of what we've done, where we came from, how we did it, and and where we're going. But just just for the community and the Board of Education
014and we believe these numbers will come up because this year was really it was we had a monitoring year, then we did our work, and that was a lot of adjustment year, you know, figuring out some scheduling, where people are, um trying not to some classrooms sometimes got hot, we tried to cool those back down, and just some different equipment issues. But right now, you can see some different savings we have done this year through this program. Um high school was 28 28.5, the Becher Middle School we saved $42,000. Uh Spain hour we were almost we were 70,400, uh Butterfield 14.8, and our uh Egg building, we're about 2,500 and the the Career Center about 3,500. So, that all being said right now, this does not include MIS, this does not include getting rid of
015old buildings, these are just these building savings. For 1 year, we've saved 157 over $157,000 through our energy efficient. So, we have hit the goal that we wanted to and actually surpass that. Um and then with some other things that we were looking at. I believe we can raise that number for for going into next school year. So, that's great news. That's great news for the district. And that's kind of why we we did this and and working on all the scheduling. The way we did that is when we we did these projects, of course we did we replaced some HVAC, you know, did a lot of repairs and then got on some scheduling and then also just the lighting what we did. We took all the old ballast out, replaced them with LEDs and
016it just became more efficient as a district. So, hopefully we'll be able to see those savings and I believe you will in in years to come. And like I said, in September Garrett from Navitas will be here and he'll do a more in-depth presentation. So. Okay, this is one thing that I kind of wanted to or I did want to talk about tonight and let Board of Education know. So, we do have some wanted to use some excess food service funds. We need to spend some of this. And we've been knocking around ideas throughout the district. One of the things that we were trying really hard to do last couple years is get the finished off, you know, for many years to come and get that set. >> [clears throat] >> One of the things
017we really need to look at is inside the gym. I don't know if you've been inside the gym lately. It's a good gym. It's it's a solid gym, you know, with the ceiling and everything, but the floor is is something to be desired. So, it's just an old vinyl floor. We're going to recommend to replace that. There's some some of the pictures. It's just it's just ran its time and we do have some sports teams that like to use that floor. Excuse me. Um and we can also it can also double as a cafeteria. There would be cafeteria overflow. So, that's how we would do the food service. So, um what we're recommending is and I'll go on to the next one. But, it's a key for floor. It's basically still a vinyl floor. It's
018not a wood floor like you see in the high school or MIS. It's still a vinyl floor. It's a 7 mm floor. It's a activity floor. A lot of elementary schools have it throughout the country. This is what they put in elementary schools. Has a 20-year warranty. It has that basically multi-purpose use. It still has cushion for athletics, but you can still roll tables on it. You can have your book fairs in it. You can do whatever you want in it. It's very durable. So, that's what we are going to recommend. I went out and I called several for quotes on this. I actually only got one back. So, and that was in the amount of $107,360. And then, what I'd like to do is run this through TIPS. And TIPS is our purchasing cooperative.
019So, it's a it's a comparison of different contracts just to keep us in compliance with with the state. So, we'll recommend that and then um get that done for Spain Elementary. Um, last thing I'd I'd really like to thank all the people working this summer. Not only our summer school teachers, but our bus drivers, our custodians, our mowing crew, our maintenance painting crew. There's a lot of people get behind the scenes getting ready for August. August will be here before we know it. And a lot of people put in a lot of hard work. So, I really appreciate all they do for the district. Nobody like my smiley face. I found out that >> [laughter] >> Does anybody have any questions? All right. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Mr. Rinky. Please. We will
020now move down to the superintendent report. >> I'll uh I think I'll move pretty quickly and I'll going to move pretty quickly and I think I'll highlight a few of your business items to follow. >> [snorts] >> Just first to follow up from where we were last meeting, we spent a lot of time talking about the legislature and uh their closing actions that they may or may not take. Uh just an update there that pretty much everything that I discussed that could end up in ominous bills were stopped. Uh coincidentally after our last meeting when we talked about it, they didn't go any further and that hasn't happened the last several years, so that's pretty huge for education that at least it stopped at that point. Uh I just want to thank everybody that called
021or emailed to advocate for public education. That certainly had to have contributed uh them hearing from us. Um I think the only other thing I'd say about legislation is there a lot are a lot of tax things on the ballot. I'm not influencing how people vote, but I think that there's going to be personal impacts and there'll certainly be public education impacts, so I just hope everybody's informed and August isn't a time where you have a huge turnout of voters, but it's a year where it would be nice to have the voters' will heard at a at a louder decibel than maybe a normal August. Um just some budget summary items and forgive me, I won't I won't say it all if I don't sort of read it here, though I try not to, but
022we are going to have a motion in old business to approve the budget tonight. Just sort of where does that budget go? It's it's a lot of motions, all this moving money, etc. It's all statute, policy, and protocols, but 79% of our budget that's presented to the board tonight goes to salaries. Um and even though we've given raises every year for the last 4 years, that uh is still reduced 3.5% from the last 3 years average, which can be accounted for through all of the attrition, which was made possible by closing multiple schools and getting to less locations, being more efficient. And that's been a blessing for where we stand financially with this budget proposal today. The district has two large debt payments. That is Marshall Intermediate School, the newest school, and Spainhower Elementary. This
023budget that is being presented to the board for approval tonight, it includes paying off SPS's note a little bit early. That is set to be paid off in 2030. Looking ahead at our budget projections in the state of Missouri for public education, it's going to be pretty taxing in 2029 and 2030. So, this budget accounts for making early payments this year, which I think though it's it taxes us a little so for lack of a better word, I think it's going to really make those years easier on our budgets and it'll avoid few hundred thousand dollars in interest. We are anticipating a transition in our reserves. They're currently around 32-33% percent. We know that with certainty June 30th when we get done with all these motions you all make tonight. But I would imagine it's
024going to end up around 32-33 for this closing fiscal year. We will be reducing it to speculatively around 30%. So, that's about a two million dollar reallocation of our reserves. But our board motion a few years ago set our limit at 20%. So, we're still in a healthy place that I feel good about. And we're being pretty aggressive in and our goals are long-range facility plans and everything we can budgetarily to just stay ahead of it. So, in short, really really proud of what this budget is, what it consists of, and what it accomplishes. However, yes, we're tightening our belts. I feel like Marshall should be pretty proud. Without our levy a few years ago, I I really don't know where we'd all be. But I think we're in a pretty fortunate spot compared to
025many others. Um This the future's here in PS. So, Mr. Ranke showed some pictures of the new bus barn. We are assuming because we have an offer under contract that's not binding. It's not closed, but we have an offer under contract that would have the bus barn selling in July. And so, what I present to you here in the next couple slides is a consideration for a storage building. And I'll talk more about that and I'll show you more of that in the next slide. Current bus barn that we're leaving to get on to one campus. It has three 30 by 60 buildings, the bus barn, the distribution building, and one that's by you know, 75, 85% storage. We are going to need to put that storage someplace. We We know we house things like
026disposable trays, cutlery, equipment, extra bus seats, lawn mowers, all these things they need a place to go. So, I am going to be in your first reading tonight discussing this idea of an additional building. It's not going to be a fancy building. It's going to be a gravel floor Morton sort of building. Um so, that said, we would position this on the east side of the new bus parking lot. And it would look something like this. Again, first reading, you've got three quotes. I just updated one of those quotes um this evening that they revised some things and sent it back to me and I updated your packets electronically. But, three doors would face the new bus parking lot and there'd be one pull through bay from the back side and that would that would
027be what it is. It'd be a black and gray building and it would just be a place to park some of our stuff and we could use our funds. Potentially, we could use funds from selling the bus barn. We could look at some of our federal funds uh that have special guidelines and see if we could qualify those funds that are sometimes hard to use for it. But, that's [snorts] before the board for consideration tonight and I hope for approval in our next meeting which will be August, not July. Other business, the rest of the story, so to speak. Paul Harvey, if you're familiar. Approve will approve the budget, we'll move a lot of funds. There's several motions. It's just moving funds per our policy requirement and some statutes. There is no meeting in July.
028I want to emphasize that a second time. We're approving handbooks, which we've seen several times. We have board meeting dates set for the next next school year, which you've seen a couple times. We've got a schoolhouse rental agreement out there on the northeast campus. And that offer on the bus barn, which again is not yet binding or contractual, but it hopefully will be the next time we come together. It'll be a binding contract. So, that's everything that I have to report for you tonight. >> Thank you, Mr. Pettit. Does anybody have any questions on that? All right, moving along to new business. Uh we need to approve these spring 25-26 bus routes and 26 summer bus routes uh just uh as approval from the board. They did run and they are running. Need a motion
029for that. >> I'll make a motion. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded. All those in favor of approval of the 2025-2026 bus routes and summer bus routes, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Same. Next, we're going to move down to item C. Um the budget actually is going to be down underneath the old business for that. Transfer funds from fund one to set teacher fund no less than zero. This is a once-a-year annual transfer that you can make uh to make sure that you um fund your teachers and you pay them. We pay everyone out uh for the summer months generally in June so that we go into the fiscal year clean for that until school resumes. >> So moved. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded. Is there any
030other discussion? All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Staden. Transfer the max allowable from fund one to fund four. This again is a once a year transfer that moves items to our fund four, which is our capital improvements fund, which allows us to pay for our larger products, debt servicing, and and other obligations to the district. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Next, we will transfer the transportation funds from fund one to fund four for FY 26 to close out this year. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Second. >> So moved and seconded. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Moving right along. Also, we need to approve to pay the remaining fiscal year
03126 obligations for closing our fiscal year budget and allow the administrators to move the funds without us reconvening to approve the budget to close out for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 2026. >> So moved. >> Second. >> So moved and seconded. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Next, our first old business is to approve the district handbooks. They've gone through a few revisions and updates and are finally complete for us to vote upon and then vetted through our legal entities and reviewed. >> So moved. >> Second. >> So moved and seconded. Is there any questions or discussion regarding the handbooks? >> Question. >> All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Staining or recusing? Next, we need to set the fiscal year 2027 budget as recommended
032in our appendix A. This will be our budget running from July 1st, 2026 to June 30th, 2027. >> [clears throat] >> As outlined. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Question. >> All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed, abstaining, or recusing? Uh next, we need to approve the 2026-2027 Board of Education meeting dates, which will remain on the second Tuesday generally through the year. >> So moved. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded for our meeting dates. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Next, as uh Mr. Pettit outlined, our transportation and food food service storage building bids that had came in. Um I won't talk about the range of those bids currently because there's a little difference, and I'm going to ask a few more questions
033uh privately before we get back to those and look at the update that we received today um because the bids were some of them were quite dramatically different. So, I was wondering if we're talking apples to apples and all those. So, outside of that, we will be moving to adjourn to close session. I need a motion for that to talk about hiring, firing, disciplining, or promoting particular employees, individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings, or records pertaining to employees or applicants for employment. And that's all the business before the board tonight. >> So moved. >> Second. >> It's moved and seconded. >> I. >> And I. We'll be moving towards closed session at 6:26 [snorts] p.m. >> record? 26:33. It's got to be a record. >> Mhm.