001Vandenberg School Board of Trustees meeting August 11th, 2025 is now called to order. We will now have roll call. Miss Dress. >> President Raglin, we have a full board present. >> Thank you. As our custom, we will stand and recite the pledge of allegiance to the flag. 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. [Applause] >> We are now ready for good news. Thank you very much, President Raglin, members of the board, Superintendent Hoover. Lots of good news here as we get started off with the school year. So, we'll go back just before the first week. Um, we did another episode of what's happening with Dr. Hoover and got a chance to
002feature uh the freshman orientation, if you will, uh, put on by Central High School's link crew. Uh, Chris Geyser in the upper right corner, longtime veteran teacher at Central. He's done this forever. Um, and it's just a great way for the upper classmen to be able to work together and create a really exciting atmosphere for the new students coming in. We know it's a big adjustment and uh nerves can be high at times for high school freshmen and so just a great opportunity for Central's link crew to be able to do that. Uh so really really proud of all of them and was there for a few minutes and my goodness they really were putting their heart and soul into making that a great experience. And speaking of that uh we also shared just pictures
003because so many of our schools we featured Central High School with what's happening with Dr. Vancouver, but so many of our schools, not just high schools either, uh really um have gotten good at this over the years, putting on back to school, meet the teacher, orientation nights, whatever they call them, um just as a way of welcoming students and families. Um, I know I happened to be at an event at K's and I mean the line went all the way out of the front of the school and just to see the staff members and the principal meeting and greeting students as they were coming in and again just making it such a welcoming environment for them and easing tensions and and getting the year started off on the right foot. So, appreciate all the work
004going on by our schools doing that. Um last week then with the soft start Monday and then again on Wednesday for the other half of the alphabet and then everybody on Friday. Uh we posted lots of pictures and I mean uh thousands and thousands of views on these. I think people really enjoy seeing these and just seeing the smiling faces of students coming back. And a lot of the pictures also captured staff members who were making our students feel welcome. Um, and so just really a lot of excitement going on, but it's always fun to be able to share these pictures with the community and you can tell people then are engaging and sharing those pictures because there is so much synergy, if you will, around the start of the school year. So really a
005fun week. Uh, speaking of fun activities going on our schools, they've already started. You know, it's always a special time when you're a senior in high school. And so I know Bossy posted this. They did an event Friday morning called a senior sunrise. But just a great uh time too to see already that first week of school schools uh making it just a fun time for seniors where we know so many memories are made. So really glad to see that. Um and then just making you aware of this because you'll probably see a lot of reminders going on about this. This is our annual registration process that is going on as we speak. What this really is is the new modern way of saying what we used to call back to school paperwork. If you
006remember taking those home as a student or if you had children in school, you used to get a packet of paperwork that you had to fill out. Now, of course, that's all online trying to make that much easier for our families. So, uh we have the latest up-to-date information for all of them. So, that is going on with lots of reminders going out and President Reagglin, that's it for good news. How is any adjustment with the I guess change of uniform? >> As far as that, I know certainly I did not hear anything negatively about that at all. I had a lot of people say that uh they really appreciated us listening to the feedback uh and making that change. Um and I think they they just appreciated the fact it was a little less
007stressful not having to run around and find different outfits that aren't as easy to find anymore, making that a hardship for some families. and also didn't hear anything about any schools having issues with it with students returning to more of a traditional dress as well. So I think that's a good good news as well. >> Thank you. >> We are now ready to go into public comment. Paters, >> President Ranglin, let me submit that I expect good news to continue with our one and only speaker tonight, Larry Samples. Thank you, Mr. Shers. Uh, I just came from a Hellry Park PTA meeting and, uh, Hel Park is well represented here tonight. Uh, they had a back to school picnic two weeks ago, Thursday, and Dr. Hoover made an appearance at that picnic. Mr. Owen's there,
008of course, he has a son that's a sixth grader there. Uh, the principal is here tonight, Mr. Chamberlain. And back in the back, Mr. Alfred, his wife is a teacher at Hendrick Park. Well, represented here. Uh, mention a special employee for the EBSC, 37 years seniority. Makita Hart. Her title is assistant to the athletics director. Uh, I have so much to say about her. I'm going give you two minutes tonight and then the next time I'm going to tell you what she does for high school track meets. But, uh, her her, uh, responsibilities for the 10 middle schools. She arranges all the high all the schedules, athletic schedules, hires the officials for the five high school athletic directors. She assists them if they need help with officials scheduling something. She helps the five high school
009athletic directors. And uh what most people don't know though is the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference for the five EBSC high schools plus modern day memorial, Castle, Jasper, Vincens, Lincoln. She's the secretary for that conference. So any conference activities athletic wise revolves around Lita Hart here at EBSC and her family's well involved. Her daughter Christian is a teacher at the EBSC. Christian was outstanding athlete at Harrison High School played basketball to UV. Her son-in-law Tyler show basketball coach at North. Christian, his wife, is actually the assistant basketball coach and sometimes she might talk to him that might be reversed and he's also the athletic director of North. But uh the next time for two minutes, I'll tell you what all she does for a high school track meet. >> Thank you, Larry. And that's all the
010speakers we have tonight. >> Thank you very much. >> Appreciate that. Okay, we are now ready to move into consent items. Dr. Hoover. Good evening, President Raglin, members of the board of school trustees. We have five consent items for your consideration tonight. They are 3.01, consideration to approve the minutes of the July 28th, 2025 executive session and regular board meeting. 3.02, consideration of the allowance of payments in the amount of 11,558,665.99 that includes invoices, net payroll, and payroll obligations. 3.03 Consideration to approve grant proposals. 3.04 consideration to approve the purchase from extracurricular funds and 3.05 consideration to approve driverowned equipment contracts. These consent items are presented for your approval. >> Move to approve. >> Second. >> Motion and a second have been made to accept the consent items. Are there any questions or discussion? >>
011Hearing none. All in favor signify by I. I. Oppose. Same sign. That motion carries. Thank you. Ready to move into personnel. Um, Michelle Williams. >> Good evening, President Raglin, members of the board. Dr. Hoover, tonight's personnel recommendations include the following. Retirement, resignations, termination, regular appointments, position reassignments, resignations from extradity, appointments to extra duty, reassignment of administrative appointment, and transfers. These recommendations are presented for your approval. >> So move. >> Second. >> How are we with our staffing? >> We currently have three teaching vacancies across the district. However, we do have plans currently in place to cover all of those classrooms while we continue to work to find viable candidates. >> Thank you. >> So, we had a teacher quit the first day of school. Is that correct? >> We did. And then that teacher got
012replaced the next day. >> That next week they had interviewed and made a re recommendation for that opening. >> So in just a few short days. >> Yes. >> Killing it. >> Thank you, doctor. Your team, your team, you and your team, you're killing it. Good job. >> Covering with long-term subs that we're doing at this point. >> Yes. Yep. A couple of them are covered with long-term subs. A couple of them have opted to go with more of an extended term sub while they continue to search for a candidate to make a permanent offer to. >> Okay. >> Any other questions, discussion? Okay. Hearing none. All in favor of to accept the personnel recommendation. >> I oppose. Same sign. And that motion carries. >> Thank you. We are now ready for district spotlight. Dr.
013Hoover. >> Yeah. So, tonight we will have an update. This has been a busy summer for Steve Sheller and his crew. And so, we got some drone footage for you all of some of the facility updates this summer. >> We had fantastic input from the North High School administrative team. We came up with the creative design for the turf at Bren Stadium. We were also able to update the brick pavers at the stadium entrance. We are very pleased to see the progress that has been made on the right stadium project. The contractors have been working throughout the summer in preparation for the start of the football season. The goal is to have this complete by graduation. Work is now underway on the innole stadium project. This project will improve the fans experience by providing updated
014seating areas and ADA wheelchair ramp and accessible bathroom facilities. The lighting upgrade project, which has been discussed in the past, is nearing completion. And I'm very pleased to announce we are soon to have Musco LED lighting on both the baseball and the softball fields. >> That's awesome. >> This project was a major renovation to the chemistry lab and classroom space. We worked closely with Paul Fischer, the science department head at Harrison to design this space to give the students the best environment to learn in. We are able to utilize land that was purchased in the past to expand the parking lot by an additional 21 spaces and also to add one ADA parking space. As you know, over the last 10 years, we've been updating our elementary school playgrounds, and I'm pleased to announce that
015this year, Scott School has received a new playground. We have also been updating our flooring at the schools. The majority of Perry Heights received carpeting or vinyl flooring. These areas included the hallways, the office, the auditorium, and the classrooms. be happy to answer any questions you might have. >> Lights over there. Washington Middle. Oh, that's really nice for the girls softball. >> It is going to be phenomenal. >> And then boys too, right? >> Yes. >> And is Yeah. And is uh uh is the playground is that that ground up tires or whatever. It was hard to tell. >> It is poured in place. Yeah. Soft surfacing. >> Okay. Good. >> I was on that today. It is really >> nice. Very nice. be hot, too. >> It was warm there. >> Warm. >> We
016also did a very small playground at Lodge School that we didn't list on this for early childhood that has the soft surfing uh soft surfacing as well. >> Good. >> Steve, in regards to Enlow, >> are new handrails going to be put up for the steps because >> Yes. Yes. >> that gets wet, concrete can be pretty slick. >> Yeah, absolutely. So, it'll all be cold >> as well. >> Yes. Cold. Compliance with rise run on the steps, handrails ADA accessible. >> That area where it comes out at rights that you go down the steps now is it going to stay like that >> to where now? I'm sorry. >> Well, it looked like at the top >> there was tempor you talking about the wood? Yes. So that's all temporary to access. What they
017had to do was to build up the concrete for the new bleachers and that's just access from the top to where the bleachers are going to be. >> That's what I thought. Yep. And a temporary handrail of course all the way around the top as well. >> Thank you. You're doing good. >> Thank you. >> I know prior to um this presentation um I was saying that our our fields look awesome. I mean, when we had graduation, I just was very >> just want to say thank you very much for not only hearing but listening, of course, to the concerns about uh at Washington Middle School with the softball field. I drove past there uh the other day. It looks absolutely looks really, really nice. And I just wanted to know Right. >> I got
018the >> Sorry, I have my school's next to rearrange the >> He didn't believe me when I told him we were going to put fill it up with water and make it the Lily King pool. >> I'm sorry. I had my schools mixed up. The drone went too fast. [Laughter] Thank you. >> All right. Well, thank you very much. We appreciate the >> Thank you. >> Okay. We're now ready to move into action items and we have Tammy Dexter. >> Good evening, President Praglin, members of the board, Dr. Hoover. Um, the Office of Special Education recommends approval of the agreement with Relay Hub. Relay will provide direct claiming services to process the district's Medicaid uh reimbursement claims for direct medical services provided to eligible students under the Indiana Health Coverage Program. Services include a claims
019information system, electronic claims processing, management reports, and training on Medicaid billing and program oversight. The annual cost is $28,24.32 to be paid for Medicaid reimbursements. This is present for your approval. Move approval. >> Second. >> Motion and second have been made to accept the agreement with Relay Hub LLC. Are there any questions or discussion? >> Okay, hearing none. All in favor signify by I. I oppos same sign. And that motion carries. Thank you. We are now ready to move into information item. Uh, Joe, >> good evening. President Ragland, members of the board, Dr. The Office of Technology is requesting approval to proceed with an important data center upgrade to replace our aging server and storage hardware. The current equipment will soon be unsupported, posing a security and operational risk. The upgrade will enhance system reliability
020for the next eight years and consolidates our infrastructure from seven servers down to three thanks partly to the successful migration of our student information system to the cloud. This upgrade also delivers substantial financial benefits, including one uh $130,000 reduction in capital cost compared to the 2018 2019 refresh and over 26,000 in recurring annual savings for reduced software licensing and maintenance fees. We'll be utilizing the Indiana quality quantity purchase agreement QPA for IT hardware and professional services through SHI. The funding source will be the general obligation bond. I'd like to entertain any questions at this time. >> You're done. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> You're now ready for 7.02. Dr. Underwood. >> Good evening, President Raglin, members of the board, and Dr. Hoover. Tonight I'm presenting a resolution related to the establishment
021of cultural institutions fund as part of our 2026 budget planning process. This resolution is brought forward in accordance with our policy 6220 and aligns with the statutory provisions for including a cultural institutions fund as a component of our overall financial plan. The cultural institutions fund allows for continued support of local institutions that provide educational and cultural value to the community consistent with our mission and expectations outlined in state statute. This resolution uh formally establishes the fund within the 2026 budget framework and permits the allocation of property tax revenue as authorized for this purpose. This is the first step in this process. We'll be bringing this back for recommendation for approval at the next board meeting, but happy to entertain any questions that you might. >> This is similar to like the art fund that we
022have. >> Yes, it's very similar. Uh the tax rate is the exact same as that and the historical society fund as well. >> Okay. And Dr. Hoover, what are some things that you foresee that we might be able to utilize some of these resources for? >> Yeah. So, I think there there are lots of opportunities for these funds. Probably the biggest is guaranteed um field trips like core experiences for students to go to museums and cultural institutions that would tie into their curriculum. This could be such that all the expenses for those trips for students would be covered. So >> and can cover transportation cost. >> It can cover transportation cost. um the institution would receive the money and they could build like a field trip package for us to transport all third graders for
023example to a museum then they would cover the transportation cost whether it's us or someone else that's providing that transportation. Yeah. >> Any other questions? >> Dr. Underwood, you and Robin killing it. We sat through a budget meeting and you answered a lot of questions and I really appreciate you. I couldn't do it. That numbers drive me bananas and the fact that you can do it and do it so well and we have the funding that we have. A lot of it turns right back to having the money to do stuff. We are in a very good financial position, especially when you compare ourselves. Not that we should compare ourselves to other school districts, but we are way ahead of the curve. And I encourage you to hold the line, brother. >> Appreciate it. >>
024Things are going to get worse. We're going to get cut some more. Just hold the line. Okay. Good. Thank you so much. Thank you for what you do. You and Robin both. Thank you so much. >> You have a question, Dr. Hoover. um and looking at this and thank you so much Dr. Underwood, maybe I should address it to you. I apologize. When we see the word cultural institutes, right, and of course with just some language that had to be changed months ago, whether it's on the state level or national level, what institutes, cultural institute, if you will, when you see that word like what I would think it could be could be totally different. So could you give us some examples as to what institutions here? >> You want to hear it? >> Sure.
025But so it's really it's a for any institution and it's set out in statute. This is just the first part of it. But any uh any association that's within our county that provides a service that we would deem to provide educational or benefits culturally without within our community. So it's it's kind of a broad term and there are specific uh statutes and specific criteria in order to earn those funds. But I think that's why it's such a broad term. something like World War II, the museum. >> Yes, it >> Yeah, exactly. It says some examples that it gives galleries, museums, facilities, um anything that is provides educational and cultural contributions from that institution to a student >> and it has to be within Vandenberg County. >> It does. >> They have to have a permanent
026location in the municipality and no general taxing authority qualify as well. So, Is there any way to ask for a waiver for that? >> What I'm thinking of is Lio Station. >> I think that'd be great. >> Oh, so that you could go so that we could take them outside. >> We could find out if there could be Oh, >> sure. Be glad to. >> Thank you. And this move into the presentation of the Perfect. So excited to bring this to you this evening. Again, some thank yous uh to the board members uh who were able to meet in small groups last week to get the first look and and ask questions. Uh some other thank yous that we uh need to provide. This the budget is is a big process. It's our financial plan
027for the entire year. A lot of people put a lot of work into this. Uh, so I'd like to thank Michelle and her team in HR. Uh, Steve Sheller and his team putting together the capital projects plan and Ryan Williams and bus transportation as well putting together the required bus replacement plan. Those are all big components of the budget. Special thank you to Robin who uh both of us have been putting in some work to put this together since uh just after the first of the year. So, thank you very much. Um, so first look at the budget for this year. It's the same format that this has been in prior years. Uh the first thing we're going to ask is approval for the the funds in the budget. Um and this slide looks the
028same as it did uh last year and the year before with the exception of the cultural institutions fund which uh was just presented to you for approval. So we will be asking for the authority for establishment of those funds and the funds that go along with that assumptions uh to put the budget together. So one of the difficult things about doing a budget is our budget is on a calendar year. We receive our revenue, our primary source of revenue on a fiscal year and we operate on a school year. So trying to align all three of those calendars at the same time makes a little bit difficult. So you have to put some assumptions together. One being enrollment and enrollment is a is a big assumption for us because that's the lion share of the
029revenue that we receive from the state. So, we're predicting and using history that our enrollment is going to be flat, but if that were to change, that would uh definitely have an impact on our budget as well. Curriculum resources uh is a new change where it is now purchased through the education fund and the revenue that we receive for that is embedded within our basic tuition support. So, um that would be a change for this year. And then finally, uh the impact of circuit breaker. have brought information to this board over the years uh about circuit breaker and circuit breaker loss for us and that number has been in the9 to10 million range. The estimate this year is getting closer to 17 million. I don't anticipate that number. I'm certainly hoping that number isn't accurate.
030If it is, then we definitely will have to make some decisions along the way. Looking at our education fund revenue, again, this is our line share of our revenue is based on some factors and our basic tuition support. So, money that we receive for every student uh along with complexity. Complexity is the amount of money that we receive for students uh in poverty. the academic performance grant uh students receiving an honors diploma as well as special education uh which is based upon um the needs of the student career in teched based upon the courses that they're taking and the non-English-speaking grant as well dollar figures are tied to this uh so our estimate for this fiscal year uh is at 189.6 6 million. When you look at our total education fund revenue, our basic grant
031and then our miscellaneous reimbursements, things like transfer tuition, our summer school reimbursement are embedded in that as well. Bring our total revenue at 194 million. When you look at the expenditures that are permissible from the education fund, it's everything that you would think of that an education fund stands for. salaries and benefits for teachers and principles and nurses, everything that goes inside our classroom to help our our students. A pie chart breakdown of those. So when you look at those expenditures, uh the budget is estimated to be 194 million. Almost 97% of that is in our people in salaries, wages, and insurance and benefits. So truly invest in our people. That's where the money goes that we receive from the state uh along with other purchase services and supplies and really there's not that much
032money after looking at what gets invested in our people. To the operations fund, this is uh driven primarily by our local property taxes and miscellaneous taxes uh there within uh followed by local revenue sources and education fund transfers which are uh permitted by statute. looking at what our revenue is estimated to be. >> Yes. >> The proposed increase in excise tax that's been talked about, would we benefit from that? >> Uh it's to be seen. Uh I think the impact would be felt more in the property tax caps. our local property tax caps, uh, which is our growth quotient, which was 4% this past year, miscellaneous taxes, local resources of 17 million, and then our education fund transfers of 22 million. And if you remember years ago when we moved from the old general fund
033and bus replacement and bus transportation, about $30 million worth of expenditures were transferred from the general fund into the education fund without revenue to support those. So, which is why school districts in the state of Indiana, all public school districts are permitted to transfer revenue, state revenue to cover those expenses. Expenses for the operations fund. Everything that you would think of that it would cost to operate school district. samples are salaries and benefits for human resources and business affairs and capital projects, supportive services and bus transportation would all be included in those as well as money for insurance and daycare, utilities uh and vendor services as well. A contract breakdown of what those expenses would look like. Again, even in our operations fund, we are a service driven organization. twothirds of the money uh goes
034to fund our employees within this fund capital projects plan. Uh this is a three-year plan that's required by statute that Steve and his team put together and this is a listing of everything if we were had unlimited funds that Steve would do to renovate and improve and do all of the work that needs to be done in a school district. Uh and so some of the things that would be included in that plan, renovation and construction, repair and maintenance, but things like utilities also. Uh and then we also have a provision to pay for technology out of there. So Joe's people that work and uh repair our computers can also be paid from there. Dollar figures associated with the operations fund uh with capital projects. So some of these are fixed cost uh utilities being
035one of them at 4.6 million. that's been set in statute for many number of years. Uh but I can tell you that we spend closer to 7 million. So it doesn't cover it all. Um same thing for skilled labor that has been a set in statute for uh for years and uh we pay more than that as well. >> Can I ask a question about this? >> Yes. >> Senator utilities. Um, do we receive any revenues from our solar fields that we have? I believe at Plaza and sick tech. Yeah, >> I think what we've really done is contained those costs so that they haven't increased. Uh, the money is offset by what it would have cost us. >> Have we still are we still buying like for energy and stuff so much pipeline? I
036mean, in advance, we're buying it where we've locked it in at a certain price. >> We're doing that. Okay. >> We do the same thing for uh bus transportation as well. We uh regularly monitor those prices and when the timing is right, we go ahead and lock in. We've been able to save money over the years doing that. Uh so, this is our bus replacement plan. It's a five-year plan that's required in statute that Ryan and his team put together. Uh and this again is what the plan would call for uh if we were to replace our buses. Um this year it would be just over $12 million. The fair market lease is an amount that we are able to include in there to uh pay our contract drivers based upon uh the the um
037value of the machines that they have. Again, knowing full well that this is not money that we are going to collect. I've said this over the years. uh bus transportation and capital projects uh really do get impacted by circuit breaker loss. And if the circuit breaker loss does increase like it's being uh estimated to be, then a lot of this will have a have an impact for those programs. They got the art institute fund that is housed within the operations fund. We fund the EBSC Arts Association. The budget is at 375,000. I anticipate receiving less than that. In the past, it's been about just over 300,000 a year, and I would anticipate that to be the same this year. Same for the historical society, which is also within the operations fund. Same tax rate as
038well. I would anticipate receiving just over 300,000. And we passed that money along to both of those entities. Here's the cultural institutions fund. So, this is uh very similar to the prior two funds. The tax rate is the same. The only difference is this is with outside of the operations fund. It will be its own standalone. So being the first time that uh we've included this set the budget higher just to make sure that we do capture all of the potential revenue uh that we would collect and then we will pass that along to um institutions that uh that seek the money. Our debt service is listed here. Our debt service regular uh is listed at 18.8 million. We'll say on this one thing. Uh, one of the, um, along with property tax caps, some
039of the Senate enrolled acts that went through the general assembly this year, we are estimated to lose nearly $800,000 of cash balance in this fund. uh as all school districts are going to have some sort of an impact. I think a scary thing is many of them aren't going to be able to withstand that and we'll have to make some serious uh pivots within their school districts. We will not be in that case. It will have an impact for us. Uh we will be able to plan around this. But if it continues along this way, we will have to make some decisions down the road if it doesn't change. This is our debt service uh exempt debt service which is our referendum set at 16 million same as it was last year and we are
040very close to retiring that debt rainy day fund. We include this in our budget uh as part of the budget planning process. We are not asking for additional monies. These are monies that we already have. We're just asking for the authority to spend those dollars as part of the budget should it be needed. We do not anticipate having to use these funds, but it's just part of a budget planning process. And here's a look u at the budget as in its entirety. We have an advertised budget in the lefth hand column and what we anticipate in the righth hand column. We follow the DGF practice of advertising our budget high to collect the revenue. But we know full well that we will not collect all of this which is reflected here uh looking at rainy
041day and then some of the balances uh within um capital projects and bus replacement as well. Showing you a full financial picture here listed below are the property tax caps from DGF. That's a very large number and these are the next steps. So we will post uh this presentation to our website tomorrow. We'll follow that up uh at the next board meeting asking permission to advertise our capital projects plan and bus replacement plan and post everything to Gateway as part of statute uh followed by our um meeting for public hearing and then followed by adoption at our last meeting in September. happy to answer any questions that you might have. >> I got a comment and a couple questions. So, like to thank you and your entire team and Dr. Hoover and Dr. Smith for
042really putting us in a good financial footing as we, you know, we move forward. I think we're well positioned. So, thank you for that. We throw these terms around, but I know, you know, just so explain what the circuit breaker means. That's that's going to affect us. And then also how do you think tiff districts affect us and how much we can actually generate? >> So first to address uh circuit breaker circuit breakers were put into statute uh several years ago and in essence what it does is it caps the amount of money that property uh local property tax payers are going to pay whether you be residential, commercial or agricultural. And so for local just for um for residential it's capped at 1% of the assessed value of your home. So, if you have
043a $200,000 home, you're capped at $2,000 worth of uh property taxes that you're going to pay that year. Local property tax entities such as the school district or the library or the city and county that need to raise uh taxes to support their budgets, once they hit a certain level, that money is not passed along to them. So, that's what's called the property tax cap. And so you have to fund your budget or you are not going to be able to fund the budgets that you need based upon those those losses. TIF districts uh seem to go on for quite a while and what happens is the revenue that a local taxing unit would normally receive um is shielded from that tiff district. So all of the assessed value and all of that growth that
044would reside within that tiff district is shielded from the assessed value being passed along through as property taxes to those taxing units. So you really you've shrunken your tax base even though um it's still there. >> But doesn't it it just defers it, doesn't it? Allows the area to grow so that later on they can they it'll pay div, right? Am I right? >> It's a mechanism for that unit to raise money to support whatever it is planned project and it shields it from everyone else. Well, with the is it not with intention that it's going to when it grows it's going to be able to >> produce more revenue. >> Yes. They just tend to go on through many many years >> through employment. I understand. But yeah, through employment you're going to get
045some of it back at least if not all. Correct. >> There's a mechanism where we can accept pass through if they're not going to use all of the growth. Um it just hasn't happened. >> Yeah. Then the problem is is for infrastructure within that t tiff district district and just like think about the Lloyd expressway every they're always fixing it. So they're always going to use that potential tiff money. It'd be great if they ended and you know there it is. They fixed it now the maybe the property tax we can get would be more but they just >> give us barrel money. >> Yeah. One other thing though, I want to actually thank the state because I remember and several board members when we didn't receive our money, we had to borrow money because
046they were paying us late. If you remember that we'd have to go bond it and borrow the money to pay bills and hope we got the money from the state. So at least we it's it's been on a good course for a while. So >> I have a question. Dr. Thank you very much for this. I think it was page number three or number four, the basic tuition support complexity grant. >> Yes. That right there. Um, do you anticipate any changes in that? Because I know you talked about that particular grant services a different population which we know the um, poverty level which is SNAP and and TANF and correct me if I'm wrong in saying that. Do you anticipate any changes in that with the anticipation of family members unfortunately that could be potentially
047discontinued from that services? I don't over the next fiscal year because those are calculated in a rears. Uh but it could have an impact in uh 18 months on the budget. >> Thank you. Well, I ask you that. >> So my question was when you were defining the circuit breaker caps um on local property tax um and the 1% assessed value, I mean schools don't get that 1%, right? Isn't it like a dollar of that or something? Or >> it depends on the on the on the fund or the tax that you're using. The property tax caps really are the amount of money that all taxing units lose because they're hitting those property tax caps. So if there's revenue that is needed that exceed that 1%, that's where the true loss takes place. Any other
048questions? >> One more. >> Yes. >> So when you say 18 months, is that 18 months from September 22nd? >> 18 months from this past July 1. >> This past July Okay. Okay. Thank you for clarifying that for me. Thank you. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. And uh as you seen the uh next steps and the dates that we will present the budgets. So now moving on to point eight. Uh Dr. Hoover continued business. >> Yeah. So I would like to uh start by thanking teachers, staff, really all of the EBS team, students, families, and our and our community for such a great start to the school year. Um Jason showed some pictures. It really did feel like a community effort around an excitement around getting kids back in school. Um there were a lot
049of events that Thursday and Friday prior to students coming back. I went to several and and the team here went to several and they were so positive just families coming in with school supplies and students finding their lockers and putting things under their desk and meeting their teachers. and schools had Austin had a cookout um picnic in his uh gym and other schools had bounce houses and table setups where students and families could sign up for community like they could join Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, they could sign up for taekwondo, they could sign up for clubs inside the school. So really a fun uh couple days leading up to school. On the first day of school, I did continue the tradition of riding a school bus. And so I was on Bob Irick's bus in
050West Terrace district. And that was a fun morning. And he uh he did such a great job with the littles. They would he greeted every student by name when they got on the bus. He had talked to their families ahead of time. They knew exactly where to go um to sit. And so that was a neat experience. All the seems like this year the big thing was water bottles. like kiddos really liked um everyone had a little water bottle they were bringing into school. I do have a story from the first day of school. I'm going to read this to you because you know there are fun things that happen every day and people are going above and beyond and um this is just something cute. A little girl at um Highland lost a tooth
051and the assistant principal's name is Rachel Hubri. Just want to read a letter that Miss Hubri wrote to the tooth fairy. Dear tooth fairy, today was Henley's very first day of kindergarten, and what a memorable one it turned out to be. During lunchtime in the cafeteria, Henry Henley lost a tooth. Unfortunately, in all the excitement, the tooth was accidentally dropped and could not be found despite the valiant and determined efforts of several staff members. As a trained assistant principal and a longtime friend of the tooth fairy, I can officially verify that Henley did in fact lose a tooth at school today. I have personally observed the new gap in her smile and can confirm the tooth is truly missing. Please accept this letter as a formal documentation of Hen Henley's lost tooth and kindly honor
052it with your usual toothtoreasure exchange. If you have any questions, you may contact me at the school using the address and phone number listed above. Thank you for your continued particip partnership in celebrating magical milestones like this one with admiration for your sparkly work. Rachel Hubri, assistant principal, Highland Element. And so that was posted on Facebook and got the parents permission to share that. But just, you know, there's so many fun things happening in school and um >> sound like shoulders wrote it. >> I know that's a great tooth fairy letter, right? >> You leave us hanging. Did she get Did she get her? Did she get assume I assume she got the the whatever the gift was from the tooth fairy. >> Um more of our schools last last week had open houses and
053for the next two weeks we'll continue to have some back to school events for students and so those will be fun and ongoing. Also, I want to thank Trisha Brooks. Um she's EVSC's director of community schools and family engagement. She presented at RO Rotary last week and talked about family engagement and our afterchool programming. So, that was very nice, you know, just in getting out in the community and talking about things going on in EVSC. And then finally, um we've talked about IED a little bit and I've told you all it's going to be good news. That good news does continue. Um on Friday, um Secretary of Education Jenner was reaching out and invited three of our schools at EVSC to the state board meeting this Wednesday to be part of the official release because
054we had such high growth. So, very excited. Dexter, Fairlon, and Glennwood have been invited to go and we're going to take a group up there and uh there'll be a release on Wednesday and then we'll be able to share in detail the good news. So, yeah, it's exciting. That's it for continued business for me. >> Thank you. >> Any board members? >> The only thing I want to say I was thinking about this today. I was at lunch today and I was thinking to myself, you know, I know Mike and I both were in law enforcement. I know Melissa, you were in the military. A lot of times we'd be out and and people would come up to us and say, "Hey, thank you so much for your service." We we've had that a lot
055and I was just thinking because where I eat there's always a lot of teachers and I'm just thinking to myself and it may happen, but I just hope the community understands the service that teachers and everybody works in these schools are providing to our most valuable resource and what they do changes the lives but also impacts the entire community. So on behalf of the board, I really want to say sincerely thank you for your service in this upcoming year. students. I don't think there's any art. >> We have no artwork, but we do have some students here. If you will come forward, please, and speak into the mic real loud your name and your school. We would appreciate that. >> Congratulations. That's great. That's what I was gonna say. >> Hi, my name is Katherine
056Ripky. I go to North High School and I'm a senior. >> My name is Jack Jones. I go to North High School. I'm also a senior. >> I'm Lucian Hubert. I go to North High School and I'm also a senior. >> My name is Garrett Hum and I go to North High School and I'm also a senior. >> Yeah. Uh I'm Jackson Burns. I go to North High School and I'm also a senior. Hi, my name is Brandon Pierce. I go to North High School. And you might not believe this, >> but I too am a senior. >> They'll have to go tomorrow. >> We appreciate your presence. >> I just have one thing want to say and Dr. Hoover, thank you so much for bringing attention to that with the I read. I just
057want to applaud the not only the schools but the parents and definitely the students. You know, we talk always about the preparation of it, right? And then, you know, sometimes there's anxiety and then community members come together and give water and granola bars and all those wonderful things. But I think the aftermath is really what this is about. So I personally just want to applaud. [Applause] Uh we um well I uh had um was uh reading in reference to the high temperatures and uh it was kind of a funny post that someone had said. They said if you are coming to my house bring a jacket. We keep the air set on morg [Laughter] like 95 like inside my car. If there's nothing else to come before the board, we are ajourned. Thank you.