001I'm calling the meeting to order. Please stand and join me for the pledge. >> I aliance 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 a motion to approve the consent agenda that has the ASI 23 contract. That is the contract uh for the change order to the uh bus barn to finish completion of that project as we spoke about in our work session. And then the NAV volts prime contract change order which is just the acceptance of the completion of the uh MIS project um with all the punches done. >> So move second. >> It's been moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion? All those in favor please
002say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Need to abstain or recuse. Uh, next we will be approving the financials for 2,461,75425 as were in our January bills and the financial reports that were also contained within your packets. >> So move. >> It's been moved by Mrs. Green. Second, seconded by Mr. Smith. There any questions over the financials that have not been priorly uh asked or addressed? If so, all those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Abstaining or recusing. Next, we will approve our minutes from the February 3rd special work session that we had uh last Tuesday evening. I'm here from about 6:00 to 9:30ish roughly. >> Uh just a secondary. >> Yes, sir. >> I didn't see the acknowledgement that Andreas was there. >> Do we need a motion >> In
003the minutes. >> He's not a board member. He would be a person of the community, so he wouldn't be listed there. Okay. >> Because it was just an open session of which he just chose to. >> It's been moved by Mr. Carol and seconded by Mr. Lind. Without any other additions or corrections, all those in favor, please say I. >> I. Any abstaining? Next, we need to adopt the agenda for the rest of the meeting. I'm assuming as printed. >> Yes, sir. >> So move. >> I'll second. >> It's been moved by Mr. Carol, seconded by Mrs. Green. >> Yeah. >> There will be no additions to it tonight. >> All those in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Spotlight. Miss Dylan, if you will make your way up. She's going to be speaking to us
004uh about the happenings that are going on on the educational side of this building. And please speak up a little bit before you even get started. Okay. >> Can you go backwards? All right. So, good evening. My name is Jamie Dylan and I am proud to serve as the early childhood director here at the Tom Butterfield Early Childhood Center. I'm just going to take a few minutes to highlight our early childhood program and some things that we have done so far this year. So, back in October, we were fortunate enough that our Marshall Fire Department um paid a visit to our school building um right outside here. and our team did an outstanding job with our preschool students, teaching them fire safety and providing them tours of the fire truck and came inside and dressed
005up in the fire suit and had a teacher put on the fire suit to show them that, you know, they don't have to be scared if they were to come in their house um with a fire. Experiences like this help our students feel connected to the community while learning important real world skills. So, in our classrooms here at Early Childhood, our teachers continue to use the project instruct model, allowing students to learn their purposeful play. And our staff has worked incredibly hard to ensure that our curriculum is fully up to-date and aligned with the most current version of the Missouri Early Learning Standards. And this year, we've been placing a strong focus on aligning our lessons with the kindergarten observation form standards, helping to ensure our students are truly prepared for the transition to kindergarten.
006So, there's just some pictures of the students in the classroom playing at centers. Our um parents as teachers program has had an outstanding year with multiple group connections and excellent turnout at those. Families have enjoyed activities such as our bubbles and balloons, tiny trickor treat, cookies and cocoa, little owls wrestling with our high school wrestling team. And looking ahead, they'll host a bedtime stories at the public library on February 24th. And we'll be partnering with the YMCA next month for a splish splash swim class. And these events continue to strengthen the family engagement and build the meaningful connection with our families. And I forgot to mention before about our preschool program. Um this year we were lucky to have two of our one of our classrooms receive a CLD grant um for Miss Rotor's full
007day classroom. So she was able to use those funds to purchase lots of literacy materials and things and has been able to attend professional development. Um so that's been very nice for her classroom. And along with that, we've had two two teachers last year and two this year that have been um attending the early childhood letters program in Warsburg. Um so they're getting lots of new knowledge to bring back to the classroom. And out here we are unique and also have the alternative elementary classroom which houses kindergarten through fourth grade students. Um, we currently have nine students in that classroom and try not to hold more than 10. And the structure allows us to focus on helping them learn how to be successful learners and demonstrate appropriate classroom behaviors with um, two staff members in
008there providing small groupoup support. We've seen great success this year transitioning multiple students back to the reg regular education classroom setting at their ascending buildings and we hope that that success continues. And looking forward, um, we're exploring the possibilities of possibly adding an additional full day preschool classroom. Um, as this is our first year so far with that and we've seen huge success and the parents have really liked having that full day option. Um, with that option, we would be able to serve more students before entering kindergarten. and we sent out a staff survey and a public survey we posted on Facebook and put on Dojo. Um we've received 37 responses so far and with those responses they've indicated that they would be willing to pay $70 weekly for staff children and $110 weekly for
009non-staff children. Um, Miss Durham was kind enough to help us figure out a rate that would help at least cover the teacher salary because with our cost this year, we're not getting that amount to cover the teacher salary at this point. So, to raise those costs to the $70 weekly and 110 weekly, we would need at least 18 students paying $90 a week to pay the a teacher salary. Does that make sense? Okay. Um, so in closing, um, I just want to say that we're in incredibly proud of our students, families, and especially our dedicated staff here at Early Childhood. Their commitment to early learning, continuous improvement, and student success makes a lasting difference every day. Thank you for your support of our early childhood program. >> Thank you, Mrs. Dylan. Does anyone have any
010questions? >> Just beating you to the punch there. >> Thank you. >> Great job. Thank >> you. Thank you. >> Next, we will uh pause to see if there's going to be a public comment while our deputy superintendent gets ready to uh deliver his report as well. >> The social work team is not able to join us tonight due to some other commitments. So, we'll be moving directly to the deputy superintendent report. >> Good evening, everyone. >> I am going to be fairly quick tonight. So, we have some friends here. um from Brookfield that are going to give a little presentation here at the piggybacking off my presentation. So, I want to give them plenty of time. So, I only have two things tonight. Uh last month, I brought for the board um the -ate
011contracts or the -ate bids that we got back. Um, just for our community and and anybody watching, -ate a federal program that helps uh reimburse um a lot of the technology purchases for public entities such as school districts. Uh so without that money um coming in, it'd be tough for a lot of schools to be able to afford a lot of the technology to keep things running. So um so we're we're grateful that the rate um is continually to be funded. So this year working with CTS um like I presented last month we have uh need to update some servers um some switches and access points mostly in our career center and then the agricultural building um and some some throughout this building. So, um, so the first contract is through Provision. Uh, basically everything
012comes through to about $96,000. Um, almost $97,000. That's at a 80% will get 80% reimburse. So, it's only going to cost the district $19,375. So, that contract was both of those contracts for provision was in your board packet. Um, so and that's on the agenda tonight. There's a second contract that went out, but it really doesn't go out for it does go out for bid, but we only get one bid because it's MMU. It's for our dark fiber, and I believe they're the only entity that have dark fiber running through the city of Marshall that we can use. So, um, that is for $530 a month. That's been continuous. Uh, and then we get 80% reimbursement on that. And that has just helps connect all the buildings together, uh, to be able to talk through
013technology. So, both of those are in there. Um, the MMU would be a three-year contract. So, just so the board knows about that. So, that's number one. That will be on the the agenda for your guys' approval tonight. Does anybody have any questions on that? All right. Well, let's get to the kind of the more fun stuff. Um, so I've been since I came to Marshall, this has been a program that I wanted to bring into the district. Uh I have experience with this program. I think it's a really great program. Uh there's it's program been around in Missouri I believe since the 1980s. It's called the JAG program. Uh J A it's jobs for American graduates. Um it works with middle school main middle school and high school kids. Um and it is a
014really great program to give students kids um opportunities that they would wouldn't have otherwise. So uh it helps kids uh that are at risk of not graduating on time. Uh economic family instability, uh unsure how school connects to the rest of their life, uh things like that. Uh it's it's really good and I'm going to let them explain a lot because they they're in the program. they know a lot more about the program. Um, you know, and there's nothing better than that. But we do have at Marshall, we have a, um, you know, we have a need for this program. I truly do believe that, uh, to be able to help kids. So, let's see, what else do I got here? Um, and this also one of the things that I want to bring up
015to the board of education is a lot of the things JAG does, it is also aligning with our our priorities as that the board has set such as graduation rates, your your CTE programs, the workforce readiness and follow-ups. So, just kind of want to just say that that it kind of it's driven and it aligns with our with our career goals. So, this is going to be on the agenda tonight. Um, when you guys get that far, it would be a MLU that we would sign, the district would sign with the JAG program on Missouri. Uh, we would qualify for at least one $30,000 grant. There's a possibility of two $30,000 grants to be able to fund the program. Um, and then I'm going to turn this over to our friends from Brookfield Jag program.
016This is Miss Stephanie Burgerer. She is the JAG specialist. And, uh, I'll let them all introduce themselves. Thank you. Just like he said, we are the JAG program. Um, we are about 65 strong. We have two programs. Um, I'm Stephanie Burgerer. I do the high school program. Sarah Willis is my counterpart and she does the alternative program. Um, we brought with you four kids who can tell it better than anybody else. Okay. Sarah and I brought you some documents that we're going to pass out and share to talk logistics sit dollar values and things like that. But you have to think if you give kids opportunities, they're going to remember those a whole lot better than they're going to remember a PowerPoint that as a teacher she and I she and I um would make
017a PowerPoint. They're not going to remember what's on our PowerPoint. They're going to remember the experiences. I help her pass those out after all. Okay. Yeah. Thanks a little bit for someone. Yeah, it's too many for one person. Okay, so Jag Jag in the Brookfield district will look different than the JAG in the Marshall Marshall district, which looks different than Marshfield, Missouri, which looks different than um Bolivar. >> Every program that we have is ran by a specialist and that is not somebody who has a specialist degree, but they are a teacher or somebody in the community that can be found that has the values that represent Jack. What they are passing out to you is a brochure which shows you the districts inside that currently have JAG and most of those are in southern
018Missouri. And um I'm going to let Damian talk to you about what our goal is as the Brookfield um JAG and how we plan on impacting the northern region of Missouri that needs it just as much as um the southern >> Hello everyone. My name is Damian. Um, this year I've had the great pleasure >> Damian, can I get you to please go to the mic, sir. Your voice sounds great. I just want everybody else to hear. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> So, uh, my name is Damian Gunter. I've had the great pleasure of, um, being the central representative for, um, Missouri Jag this year. Uh, it has brought me great experiences and great joy. Um, but it also, um, it gave me, um, the chance to put my skills to use and, um, be able
019to talk to people I wanted to and be able to connect with people and network. Um, and that's kind of what I want to focus on this year. Um, this year we've had the great opportunity to um, kind of blend in with uh, the schools around us. uh because being right in the top, we don't have a lot of uh connection to the southern schools and whatnot. So, um we got to have a couple of days where kids um like me and like all these other kids up here got to um experience uh what it's like to be a part of um like leadership days with the army or um just talking to business leaders and stuff like that. uh we really want to hit on trying to be a part of something bigger than
020ourselves and trying to uh work towards something that we think is better for us instead of um you know uh I I didn't always like school. I'm sure that's the truth for a lot of other students. But um you know I didn't think I was going to graduate before this program came to my school. I I was going to drop out or I was just I I just knew I wasn't I wasn't going to. um this program came and you can see the graduation rate, the all that stuff. It's true. It it's um it is I Gage right here, he is um probably the most important person in my life right now because he gets it. He's one of the people that I met through JAG. He's one of the people that I can hold
021myself accountable to and say that this is someone else that's felt the same thing that I felt. um want to be better uh want to do good things in our lives. So So >> that was a great research. >> Thanks for making me blush. Um but I'm not good with all the JAG facts. Uh but I can say how it helped me. Um my freshman year I got invited and I thought, you know, another class I could sleep in, ignore. But the more I put myself into the class, the more I realize that it's going to be worth worth it in the long run. I've got to seen so many incredible things like going to construction sites, uh, college tours, and originally I wasn't thinking about going to college at all. All I thought is
022that's one way to go into student debt. But um like knowing the benefits and uh having the right people to help you uh with like JAG, it showed me that um that there's just a lot of opportunities for me. And I'm sorry, I'm nervous. A little nervous. Uh, but I'm just I'm just glad that I've had I had someone to um pull me in and show me show me the way cuz I I didn't have the best childhood. I had never really had anyone to look up to and I didn't know what to do and what what what my next step would be. And when J pulled me in, uh it's just the it was just incredible. I got to go to competition. I got to go to Jefferson City. I got to talk to
023senators and representatives. And I don't think I could have done that without Jack. Um, you want to talk about some of the events we do? Um, I brought a very thick packet. This is actually what Sarah and I. It's a document that I'll close. It's a live document that we use between the two classes to keep ourselves on track and our principal can actually see as well where it is we are because in a lot in an active JAG program you're not in the classroom as much as you're probably out of the classroom. Okay. Providing experiences. So I will let Kanan highlight some of these. >> Hello my name is Kenyan. I'd like to point out some of the events and also I'm going to say what JAG did for me personally is I can
024say like my freshman year was when I got like into JAG. I wasn't exactly in it but I was like an honorary member. I went to the class and everything. I couldn't present. I absolutely couldn't. I can remember at least five cases of me having classes where I had to present and I would take a zero on the assignment. I wouldn't present. I hated it. And through JAG, I was able to just talk to people and I mean, it helped me get a job. It helped me join the National Guard. It helped me do everything that I have done in my life to this point. I think I'd like to start with the events and I'd like to start with the build my future making. It's the very top event and this event is very
025important to us because it's basically just the starter for new JAG kids. It's how they get an idea of what we're doing and we get to combine with other JAG programs and just talk to people. It's not forced talking. We just get to. After that, I'd like to talk about the community benefits. Our YMCA has been struggling financially and we have been raising money and giving them ideas through JAG. It has benefited them in ways I can't explain and they thank me every time I go to the Y just because they know I'm a member of JAG. On 1012 Thursday, you'll see Senate Bill 40. We go there quite often just to help them benefit people of the community. If you go to 108, you'll see the Ulin County Animal Shelter more just helping the
026community. And another thing that I need to point out is it's student driven. It's absolutely student driven. If the student won't put in effort, it won't happen. And JAG is a way to just it kind of creates the path for you to follow to your future, but the student has to follow that path. On 1017, you'll see they went to Locust Creek Event Center to help moms breaking the Another benefit would be the mental help. If you go to 114, you'll see Jay Todd, motivational speaker. He was there and he basically discussed it was identity >> selfidentity issues because that is a heavy teen issue. They don't know who they want to be. They're trying to be people they're not and it just creates mental stress that teens cannot handle. If you go to 122,
027you'll see Brandon sacri resilience training. That is just it helps establish skills that are required to be a functioning adult that teens normally wouldn't get until they're late into high school. After that, the most important one to me would be 23, which if you go there is a guest speaker from Northwest. This highlights how we have people from colleges come down to just open up the opportunities that JAG students need to know. 26 is the nursing program and this highlights how we can combine with other clubs that are at our school and other program classes to allow just there was people in there where if I wasn't on that trip with them, I would have never spoken to them ever. Some of my friends I have met on drag trips and they live in completely
028different towns that I would have never gone to. And then also through JAG I have been able to go to multiple state competitions. Currently I am also an FBLA and through studying I am the state champion in accounting and I got third place as districts for advanced accounting. And then I am also financial literacy and financial budget. I will be going to state four for drag. >> Hi, I'm Lily. Lily Willis. She's my mom actually. And um I just joined JAG this year and it's helped me like understand that I can do things that I didn't realize that I could like actually be able to plan myself. I joined the National Guard right before school started and um I thought that since I did that, well then I'm fine. But I thought that like I
029had to go to college. But Jags helped me realize that there's more than just that and there's different options out there. And I'm now planning to after my training go to EMT schooling and that get that certification and I've gotten job shadows and stuff that JAG has helped me with. and I we've had guest speakers that have helped me through JAG that and um yeah I don't really know what I'm saying but um it's and the student like driven part of JAG has helped a lot actually today is a great example I'm still in my scrubs because I work at a nursing home and I have flex in the morning so I go there in the morning then I have my health class in the afternoon so I go there in the afternoon I only
030have Jag and yearbook class. And today in JAG, we had a trip there and I actually organized the whole trip because it's we went to my nursing home, the one I work at, and I planned a trip there to go play bingo with the residents and we brought them a little Valentine's gift with us that we created through class this last week. We made like little bows and stuff and just cute little Valentine's Day things to go with it. And they really enjoyed it. And I didn't think I would be able to plan a field trip for a whole class on my own. Definitely did not think that. But I did it on my own and it wasn't that hard. And I definitely wouldn't think that last year I would not have been able to
031come just willingly speak to you guys. I been like, "No, I'm not going to that." But after going through jazz classes and talking at different things, it's helped me to just get out there. And along with the EMT thing, I there's like lots of competitions in JAG and one of them's job outlook or something like that is what it's the title is. And I am doing a slideshow as to why I want to be an EMT and I am going to go to state in it. I made it to state and it's just showed me that that really is possible since I made it further than I thought I would. that they couldn't make it past. But yeah, >> well, that's my daughter and I'm super proud and I have to tell you that's the
032loudest I've heard her speak in a long time other than calling the bingo numbers today at the nursing home. Um, I wanted to talk to you for just a quick moment to say one of the catchphrases we use in my classroom and I know in Miss Burgerer's classroom and I've heard it at Jag State is in JAG we can do hard things because most of our students um actually I want to all of our students have what we call barriers um obstacles that they're facing of various levels of complexity right um but in JAG we can do hard things these guys standing in front of you right Now, I've taught all of them and I'm a history teacher as well. Um, and I've had them all in my history classes. Last year, I would have
033said, "They're going to do what? No, they're not. They won't. I can't. They don't turn in work. They I They don't want to speak in class. They don't ask questions." I can tell you the difference between my JAG students and my students that haven't had that support, that system, that um that opening of their eyes, right? Like I wanted to talk to you also about teacher retention. That's a really it's a really scary topic in the state of Missouri, right? It's a scary topic in the United States, honestly. Um I'm in my 15th year of public education and this is my first year as a JAG specialist and I have never experienced the reward that I experience in JAG. Sorry, I'm going to get a little emotional. Um, it's what I wanted teaching to be
034from the beginning and I never had the opportunity or the time maybe is the right way to say it. Um, I am a history teacher also and and so I have certain criteria and curriculum that I must hit and we want to achieve and we want to be ready for those EOCC test at the end, right? And that government EOC and we want to pass the Missouri Constitution test and the US Constitution test and our citizenship test. That's all very important. Um, and and and as a teacher, it's important and I feel like history is important and civics are important and that gave my life value. But as a JAG specialist already this year, I've had so many more rewarding moments, so many more um connections, personal connections with these students, real moments that I
035I know that that took that student from this veering off pathway to this pathway. And you can uh as Gage said, you know, I didn't know what I wanted to do. As Damian said, I was going to drop out. These students in front of you, and I could bring any of my 27 students from my classroom, from my program, they can tell you what their next step is. And that's monumental for this generation. It really is. Um, and JAG does that. JAG does that more than any other program that I've had experience with. So, I think it's um it's crucial and it really should be in every public school system that's in the state of Missouri because it gives just one more opportunity to one more kid. And if we can get to one more
036kid every day, I I just can't even imagine the amount of change that will take place with that. So, that's what JAG is to me. Miss Burger, >> I feel like they summed it up pretty well. And I want you to realize these are some of my brightest 25% of the brightest kids in the school. They have 50% in the middle and 25% of the lowest academic. These are not just low activity kids. These are kids that number one oop sorry number one would like or would not would or would not like school. Some do some don't. Some were lucky they come every day. Some they only come because of JAG. Okay. Um on days that we go on field trips they show up. You know if we have stipulations where you got to show
037up. We have attendance parties. If you can pull pull off two full weeks in the month of February coming to school, and that's hard to do in the month of February. It's cold and we all have all get sick. We're going to have a reward party at one of our local brand new businesses in Brookfield. So, it's a way for us to promote that local business, the new business. Um, it's like gaming and arcades and things like that, but we're networking with that business to give them some promotion. the kids can Snapchat all this great stuff and use their social media that I don't know and um and it'll publicize our business as well. So, we connect with local businesses to promote them while preparing the kids that are going to either a work there
038or they're going to run their own one day. >> Thank you all very much. Appreciate it. Y >> appreciate it. >> Thank you, Mrs. Burger and Miss Willis as well as Damen Gage and the other two. I did not catch their names. I'm so sorry. Miss Willis's daughter. >> Yeah. I I truly appreciate you all coming >> and you know for our board and for the information. You guys did an awesome job. Um I just want to tell the board when every one of those students walked in here, they came in, they looked me in the eye and they shook my hand. And that's something to be said about. And I I I know how hard it is to stand up in front of adults and and present. Um and you guys did a fantastic
039job. So, thank you very much. Appreciate it. >> You guys go go have a good dinner somewhere. >> Thank you. >> Safe travels back to Brookfield. Thank you. >> So, that that gives a quick well quick snapshot of the JAG program, but it is very uh as you can see, it benefits a lot of kids. Um, and does anybody does anybody have any questions? >> Apparently Jack did. >> So my understanding is it's a a class during the school day basically. Okay. >> Yes. Yeah. You you we put it in it's in the school day. So >> there's a lot of variations. You can do that how you build it into the schedule. It has a lot of leadway. >> Um but yes. >> Okay. >> Are we looking at this being a high school
040or something? probably hybrided a little bit between the career center and the high school. So, but it would be that your secondary level, your 9 through 12 level. >> Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. We will next move on to our superintendent report for the evening and a guest that he's going to introduce. >> Yeah, I'll start with uh Derek Bonsack is with us here this evening. I want to just say hello to him and introduce him to our board of education here. Derek, uh, you all hired Derek as our new athletic director last month. Thank you, >> Derek. If we can get you to come up here just real quick so those at home can get a good eye on you if they haven't recognized you in the community. Walmart in town,
041anywhere else around. >> That way they can we're a small community. You've probably seen him somewhere. >> But thank you to him for coming out and joining us. I think he's been he's been the man of the hour uh since the announcement of his hiring and appreciate him taking the time to come out and meet you all tonight. So, thanks for being here. >> I also have a short report and I'm going to apologize in advance. I hope I have enough voice to get through it. She was talking about February attendance and I thought today would been a good day not to be here, but I had a board report to do so. So, here we are. Uh just got a little cold. Uh so we have our quarterly financial review this month and I
042really only have just a few quick slides but first a financial update, a review of some of the business we conducted in our recent work session and then preview of a few action items later on. U so we have a revenue and expenses report here so far this year. This is our quarterly report. Um and you know the long story short this is all this information is leading up to where are we with regard to our deficit that we had in our budget this year. Um with regard to revenue we have received about 43% of what we expected to have at this point. Our county taxes and local efforts are all looking pretty good. And then with regard to our expenses and what we're spending, we have spent about 51% of what we expected to
043spend by now. So our spending's frugal, our revenues on track, and that's good because if uh you might recall, we we anticipated last budget approval season around June that we were probably going to be between 1 and $2 million deficit. Um, what we anticipate based on our midyear numbers conservatively still is that we should have that down to more like a million dollar deficit. I hope it's better than that, but I don't want to overpromise and underdel. And that's what we said last year. We really thought that we might be able to flush up that deficit. Um, few curve balls and challenges making that harder along the way, but we wouldn't know what to do or trust it if it was easy. But we we are making good progress and we've anticipated this. be prepared
044for it for some time. And you know, if you look at the last four years in review, and I think our board is very well informed about this, uh after long work sessions like we had last week, um but for the public's sake, you know, just looking at Southeast, we have some good numbers on when we sold Southeast and merged it, which was the first school we closed, we know that it has conservatively saved the district um a million dollars since it closed in terms of efficiencies. all of the esser money, the co money that we reworked for the first year or so that we all were together, we saved uh reallocated over well over a million dollars there that we may have had some struggles with um the way it was spent and that
045was basically how we paid for the building that we're sitting in. That didn't come out of building or district funds that came out of ESSERT funds that were reallocated. And then in terms of arbitrage, the word we've been using since we realized back in 2022, 2023 that we needed to start pinching pennies and thinking long term. Um, as people have resigned, retired, moved on, and buildings have closed, no one to date has no one has been laid off or anything through that. Um, rechaning into one place, you know, reducing the need for multiple kitchen, multiple secretaries, etc., etc. We have somewhere around $2.3 million. Uh oh, I'm sorry. I'm getting I'm getting ahead of myself. I'm reading the line below it. Arbitrage first is the uh that is the the money that we got when
046we passed our bond. And we as a taxexempt entity are only allowed to earn so much interest. Well, we passed our bond at a time that interest rate rates were really good if you were borrowing. And so then we took that, we got that money all at once, put it in the bank, and it was really good if you were investing too. Um, so we were probably going to have to pay the IRS some penalties as a tax exempt entity through some creativity and a lot of really good financial advisors that we brought on board. We avoided $2.3 million in arbitrage payments. And then to what I was starting to talk to, getting ahead of myself, the 1.3 million in staff attrition, not arbitrage, attrition, where we reduced our staff without using layoffs. We just
047as we lost people, we moved folks around and we reduced our staffing naturally. Um $1.3 million in staff attrition we've achieved annually so far. And then so on and so forth. Long story short, $5.85 million that we've reallocated in the last four years. And uh despite that fact, we still have a million- dollar deficit. But thank goodness we started four years ago or it would be a very different conversation right now. Now, I said I'd talk about our work session, especially for the public's sake. I think it's important for them to know what you all were here working on so late into the evening last week about 9:30. Everybody got out of here last week. We released construction contingencies that's specific to building Marshall Intermediate School, our new elementary school open this year. It was
048under budget specific to these uh contingencies as the contract called them. That was for the unexpected things like tunnels which we expected many of. We found many of but not as many as was you know the concern. So, the board released those contingencies that were remaining of $987,000 and then the board approved in that work session this uh change order or ASI23. What that'll represent the completion of the new bus barn for 600,000. So, we said release the 987, spend 600 uh is what we did. And then, uh as you approved in your consent agenda tonight, we have the substantial completion of the Marshall Intermediate School. that's behind us and everything here forward will be like a change order like the ASI 23. What would we do to finish up all this construction with regard
049to the bus barn project? That should wrap up March uh April time frame. That is what we've approved for 600,000. I have a lot of blanks because they're question marks and they remain to be seen. But according to our long range facility plans, we are optimistic that we'll be finishing a secure vestibial at the high school in BMS. We want to do um some some roofs and a gym floor at SPS, restrooms at SPS this summer. And then we're talking to Booster and our new athletic director and uh hoping that we can work with them to do some locker rooms, some tennis courts, possibly wait room uh projects. And then the the big thing, the pie in the sky as I always call it, because we just have no idea for at least another year.
050We sure hope we're talking about turf football fields and turf soccer fields, but we don't know because as we sit here tonight, we think we have around 1.25 million left in our construction funds. But all those blanks very easily will swallow that up and a lot more. And so we just have to get to the end of the projects that we're in and then prioritize according to our long-range facility plan. I don't know if we can get all of those things done, but according to our long-range facility plan, those are the goals that we need to focus on. What we can proudly say that we've accomplished is our security goals for the district have really hugely improved uh security district-wide in terms of secure glass and vestibules etc etc. Our building envelopes, roofs, windows, doors,
051uh restrooms in the high school's case, we've upgraded most of them. We'd like to do some more but the worst ones were addressed and the busiest ones. And then we've got a few uh a lot of things done at SPS, you know, lights, doors, glass, windows, key keyless entry, etc. So, that's again, the board knows all this stuff really well. They probably fell asleep four minutes ago because they've spent so much time helping to accomplish it, but I just want to emphasize it for the sake of the public. Last thing, and I've had some questions about it in the public because people are seeing some movement over there, and this is not being decided tonight, but being discussed. Um, we have the four square house. Used to be called the hoot house out on the
052northeast campus next to the tutor house. Um, we've had building traits working in there quite a lot this year. Construction has used it for an office since the start of our construction project. That saved us about $1,200 a month that they didn't have to bring in a trailer for an office space. And we hope uh our next step will be this summer. And that depends on all the variables. We hope that we will be renting that out as a residence for the short term. And then someday, who knows what that will be used for. It could be office space again. Uh you just never know what the future may hold. So we have three rental management companies in our community. Tower Realy, Simply Realy, and Best Life Property. And I've just gotten some soft figures
053and numbers and and I'm bringing this to the board and getting it out there for the public. We we'll pay somewhere between 5 and 15% monthly percentages for those to be managed. And we believe that that house can rent somewhere between 1350 and 2,000 a month. So, long story short to the public, that's what's going to happen with it. And we believe that it will the the house is remodeling will pay for itself in about 3 years. It's already earned uh $43,000 to date. And u it'll probably cost I'm shooting really high there. I think I hope I'm shooting really high there. It may cost as high as say h 100,000 for remodeling but that would only take u at those new rates it would only take you know two three years maximum to pay
054for even the remodel. So uh I think one of the great advantages that the house has is somebody lives there during the summer is there at nights. We had a little bit of problem with things happening out on that campus in the summer months and at night when the weather's nice and some proximity with people being there at all the time as well as the bus barn being there. buses come in and go out from 5 in the morning till sometimes very very late at night. So that's what all the movement is out at the northeast campus with that residence and the board will need to decide who's going to manage it and then I hope that we rent it out by this summer and it looks like we probably will be able to construction
055uh remodeling etc. is all moving pretty fast. So that is everything that I have for you tonight. That kind of covers the the old, the new and what's next. Thank you, Mr. Pettit. Uh, most of you all heard all that, of course, last week at our work session, but we also wanted to make sure that we shared that out to the community so that you knew where our business is going and remain as transparent um as we've been um and accountable to the community. Moving into new business, the first thing we need to approve is the substitute teacher list, which was in your packet is identifiable by name. So, we will be voting on it as a whole list. And I need a motion to approve that. Second. >> It's been moved by Mr. Carol
056and seconded by Mrs. Staley. All those Is there anyone that has anybody on that list that they are related to by four degrees of separation? you all left, but four degrees is what the uh state says that we have to make sure that we are not related to somebody by when we're voting on uh approvals, contracts, hiring decisions, and such. So, all right. Without that being said, all those in favor of approving the substitute list as presented, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Need to abstain or recuse. Next, we heard from the Brookfield JAG program about the wonderful things it's done for the students there, keeping them in school, keeping them engaged, giving them new experiences. Um, sounds like a wonderful opportunity um to bring to some of our students here in Marshall
057um that'd be willing to join that program, another outlet for them as well. Um Mr. Rinky outlined the $30,000 that we can surely get as a grant to help put this program off the ground here in Marshall for students and potentially a second $30,000 grant that we will be working towards as well. Does anyone have any questions other than the fact there's a lot of material I know we didn't get to read read but we will later. Mr. Lens. Yes, sir. >> U Mr. Pett, just in as few words as possible, anou is a two-way street. What are we responsible for in anou and what are they responsible for? >> I'll let David feel it if I miss any of this because he knows this world better than I do. But we have to be
058compliant with the terms of the grant would be my assumption. >> So the number of kids and it's in theou that was in your board packet. Then number of kids that are in the program. Uh I don't have that in right in front of me but I think it was at least 35 you need in the program. And then the tracking of the kids is so important. Um, so the graduation rate, um, their post-secary plans, you know, and it kind of follows along with the career and technical education world, the followup, and they follow up a year and then two years afterwards on those kids. Um, and then all the reporting that goes into the program to see where it's at. So basically, they give us the funding and then we need to show them
059the results. >> So we do all the tracking of it. >> We do all the tracking. Yes. Yep. And then we report that. Yes. And it's actually doesn't go this is not uh this program is not through Desi. Um of course they support it. Um but it is uh it it goes through another state entity. So >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yep. I was going to say those graduation rates are something that we also already currently track. So some of that will be a little bit redundant workforce, but I think the number in there said we had to track 95% of the students that were leaving that program. So the the follow rate is very high um in there as well. So um it will uh definitely be an undertaking to make sure because 95%
060of 30 kids, you know, is you're only going to miss one or two. So >> anybody have any other questions? >> Sorry, sir. >> I move we accept approval. >> Second. Yeah. >> This has been approved by Mr. Carroll and seconded by Mrs. Green. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Stating or recusing. Uh the next thing is to approve the 2027 EPG funding contract. All that was is that um the -ray contracts that uh Mr. Rinky spoke to us about um of which it I forgot what our number was. I was going to ask where are all those Aruba hubs going to be going. It was like 200 of them I thought in that contract. >> So yeah, it's going to be mostly the career center, mostly um the
061agricultural building, and then we're going to be replacing through here. And those are just to help us get our wireless network up in the building. >> Those are all the I believe the access points. >> The access points in the building. That's what I thought. >> Okay. >> Make a motion we approve. >> Second. >> It's been moved by Mr. Carol and seconded by Mr. Smith. >> All those in favor of approving the contract as presented, please say I. >> Any opposed or abstaining? Thank you. Uh, next there will be some first readings. No action will be taken here. Uh the prek tuition rates. Um Miss Dylan talked about those as well. Looking at an additional full day prek class. That would be dependent a little bit on financial uh uh contribution. It sounds like
062you had plenty of interest in that. It'll just be kind of looking into how that's going to work out. And I'm sure you all finding a little building space to have another class all day instead of two half day classes as well. So, and then the four square house rental, which is the uh house that is on the uh uh northern campus or the campus adjacent to the MIS building um out in that area. So, second reading tonight, we had uh various policies. I'm not going to read all those. They are a throughm for you there. >> Okay. And so we will uh take action on those policies next month. Please be sure to review those. At this time then we would be looking to entertain a motion to move to close session for talking
063about hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting of particular employees and identifiable uh personnel records as well. >> So move. It's been moved by Ms. Staley and seconded by Mr. Smith. That get that part of the room in Ty goes to the runner. I will I will start over here. Mrs. Staley, >> I >> Mr. Carol, >> I >> Mr. W. >> Hi. >> And I we'll be moving to close session. Um and Mr. Sheepard uh had an engagement with his children this evening. He did let me know he was not going to be here, but gave me some input before we came. Thank you.