001Welcome everybody. Thank you in person. Thank you online. The pledge of allegiance. Pledge to the flag of the United States for one nationy justice for the world. So, as you're getting organized, as you're looking at the screen, I don't know if all the screens are showing the picture of uh our two elementary school teachers, there is our fourth grade teachers that are the winners of the $10,000 classroom transformation. Um, and I stole the picture from Christy New, but the following of the work I know goes to Amy and Andreza. Uh, they've done a great job and they're very excited about the potential that this will bring to their classroom and to maybe some other classrooms down the road. So, it's a great way to start. Great. Yeah. Thank you for sharing that. All right, Kevin,
002if you'd like to like to ask for consent motion of 1.02. 02 approval of the regular board meeting agenda on the recommendation of the superintendent to approve the April 21st, 2025 regular board meeting agenda. Second. Any questions on the agenda? Just Okay. There's uh was a minor adjustment that was made since the agenda meeting, but we've got that covered. All All in favor? I post. So, I'd like to ask for a motion and consent of 1.03 03 approval of the regular board meeting minutes upon the recommendation of the superintendent to approve the April 7th regular board meeting minutes. Second. Any questions on the minutes on the April 7th meeting? All in favor? Any opposed? Move. No, sweetie. Okay, then in that case, Christina, it comes right to you. Moving right along. Thank you. I had
003to add in a couple. It's not on this. So, one of them happened to be the $10,000 There we go. You can go. So I'm here on behalf of uh the team here um at Jio just offer a brief overview for the board of education um that's connected to the school improvement um process and a school improvement grant um that we're the um steps to develop a school comprehensive education program um for grades three through eight um which is our target population. I'm going to talk to you a little bit about that. Um, for me it was a lot of acronyms and I like to really try and simplify things. So, that is my goal with this. Um, but this was developed in collaboration with Mr. Being. Um, and um, Mrs. Gurley, if you have
004anything to add, please feel free. So this outlines um our current agenda that we're working through developing and implementing school comprehensive education plan that will complement our district comprehensive improvement plan um that is already underway. So, our focus is create growth by um focusing on something that's existing, but we're looking at expanding and something that's existing, but we're redefining it. So our goal is not to come in with all new initiatives, but how can we really capitalize what we're already doing and strengthen that from the inside out and using the key players within um our committees, our teams, and then our greater staff to be able to support the work that's necessary in order to gain increased student achievement. So, uh, acronyms label these out. Yeah. Okay. Um, in 2022 2023, there were measures that
005um identified Genio Central School as a potential target district because our subgroup of Hispanic and Latino students were not making adequate progress according to um our Every Student Succeeds Act, ESSA, another acronym there. Um so in 2324 we developed a district comprehensive improvement plan also known as adip. Um but we were also then um granted the um the great ask of focusing on additional subgroups students with disabilities and economically disadvantaged students. They became identified subgroups. Quite often students overlap across those three groups. I move that button. Um, sorry D. You can go back. There we go. Thank you. The remote is not working. Are you able to go back? Left or right? A a left. We're go back through time. Thank you. Um so currently our DEP plan is in place. Um and there was
006some improvement and I'll show you on the next screen. Uh we have now been identified as a targeted school of improvement or TSI for grades three through eight. They often refer it to TSI as elementary. Elementary really encompasses third through any testing level um for ELA and for math assessments. So this spring because of that um designation we had the opportunity to apply for a school improvement grant which is known as a SIG. And um that SIG that improvement grant we were given um to help support the planning and implementation of our SE SC school comprehensive education plan. And then again this school plan will ultimately be connected to the district improvement plan. It all is going to be um brought together. The most important piece is gaining information from our community, from our staff
007and from our students. So I'll talk through the process of that. Yeah. This No, you're that's okay. So, um, we applied for about 11,000, I think, stuff, right, for the school, um, improvement grant to help us with the planning process. We will have access to $75,000, $75,000 for being a targeted school of improvement. In addition, another 50,000 for being the um a district uh school of improvement. So again, you can see that here we did make some progress um that is related to both attendance and overall ELA and math scores for our initial uh targeted subgroup Hispanic and Latino. It's important to also point out that we ended up on um we ended up hitting the threshold of 30 students in these subgroups which prior to in previous years we did not have that same
008number of students in these subgroups. Therefore, we were not identified in this way. So although our students may of some of these populations may not have been consistently making the progress um consistent with their their peers, our number of students in the cohorts were not at that threshold. We are now at that threshold. Um so that also is a reflection of how our community in Genesis is changing is shifting to become more diverse. Thank you. So, um, our team right now, we have a lot of hands in the pot, which is fantastic. Um, we have been working on analyzing data, both our absenteeism rates, our state's test scores, really asking questions that are driven by the state um to help us identify areas that we can focus on in developing our plan. We have met
009with our New York State Education Department liaison a couple of times now to just make sure that we're on the right path and we're doing everything that we're supposed to be doing. We are currently in the process of creating surveys uh for students, for staff, and for community members. We have already um had uh in inerson conversations with parents. We've also already started student interviews. So specific questions about what's telling me about domestic at school, what do you like about Jio? What's challenging about Jio? What makes it easy to come to school? What makes it difficult? What's really just from school conversations which gets kids gets to know the kids even more. And again, um our goal is to build on what we're already working on, how we're supporting students through um all students. So
010tier one instruction, tier two instruction, set of students, tier three instruction, very small targeted population of students and supporting that both in behavior and academics. By um June, the end of June, June 30th, we will have our uh school comprehensive education plan ready to roll and submitted and that's when it's due to the state. This kind of just gives you another um visual of the process we're going through. We've already done step one, step two. Right now we are um we had to flip-flop these only because we part of our grant, our school improvement grant is through using Panorama um again and we had to purchase that. So we just flip-flop those. The state gave us okay for that. Um so we are currently listening to student interviews and creating our um survey data and
011then we will reflect and synthesize. So we're moving right along which is great. Once we're all done we'll meet with the leaison and then send in. So our current strategies for improvement is really focusing on chronic absenteeism weekly mental health meetings uh with targeted interventions. That's something we've already been doing. We will continue to do that. Um and we have seen positive um impact of that. We will continue to refine our intervention processes. So the academic um intervention supports at elementary, middle school and high school. Uh continue the development of guaranteed and viable curriculum. Um adoption of new resources, increased community engagement opportunities. We continued with that and then targeted professional development. Um there was a large group of us between elementary, middle school, and high school that just recently attended the RTI at work
012conference which is a part of the district comprehensive improvement plan. Um and so we now have a guiding coalition that will help us really target behavior and academic um strategies to meet the needs of students. And again, our hope is that this isn't going to look very much different. Um again it'll just be more targeted and refined and since our commitment is really success for all students um meeting the the genio um vision it aligns to the work that we have been doing with RTI. Um, so there are responses to interventions and again we're committed to enhancing and refining those processes. What questions do you have? So you said 30 students was the threshold. Is that is that a percentage based on total population or is it a just a concrete number? Just a Okay.
013So any district that hits 30 is Yes. Okay. Yep. So the absenteeism I understand the curriculum, community engagement, professional development. Are there metrics that you put going to attach to that? Yes. Submitted plan. Yeah. And when we have the plan all Yeah. created. That's something we'll share obviously here. Um it'll be again it'll support the overall district comprehensive improvement plan, but it's really it will be very um targeted. So for example, part of the district comprehensive DIP, um we wanted people to be able to attend. So professional development, we wanted to be able to send people to this institute that really gives them a solid foundation on how to respond to to interventions whether they're working or they're not with kids. How can we look at things differently and how do we work together to
014build momentum from the ground up um and have the key stakeholders that are across the staff to be able to work with staff work with um their teams to be able to look at kids in a way that's meaningful um that has the support from their colleagues that the answer is from the professionals within their team. Um so again giving them that opportunity. So now as we look forward there's additional conferences that are coming up they would like to be able to uh have people attend. That's at the grand scale. There's so much professional learning that's that's grassroots and it happens right here. And so having these guiding coalition and this this guiding team they're able to help support one another and learn in a professional manner and have professional conversations. So my last question
015then is I guess direct both you and Dr. Hunter is is some portion of the whatever you need whatever that is is going to be covered by grant application but anything over and above that do we have enough insight at this stage to have factored that into the budget? I'll start with an answer and then I'll see if Craig or Megan and Christine. Um if you can reflect back maybe almost a month ago to those diverse that mean that huge set of slides on reading, writing, math progressions that we are moving our students through. Those are the internal resources that are budget dependent as well as dependent on the teams that Christy, Craig and Megan have built at their levels so that they are uh becoming knowledgeable in the not only the intervention but the
016curricular pieces so that year by year we're growing and expanding to meet those needs. So it's it's built into it's built in intentionally during the budget process intentionally. So okay so summer curriculum work it's around really looking at those resources and and understanding them in the way that we're able to support all students and you said there was a community engagement and a is there a family engagement portion as well? Are you comm are there is there a portion that is empowering the family and communicating with the family to help engage with them with the education? So, um, what I'm hearing you ask is, are you referring to specific subgroups? Mhm. So, we've had conversations around So, an example of a great conversation I had today was with one of our um ESL teachers who
017shared something that another a neighboring district is doing to empower their families in their English language in their understanding of the English language. So, of course, that got us talking about, okay, but this is great. hold on to this before we get into that planning base because how can we again utilize the resources that we have both here but also in surrounding communities who already have started this process um and able to support a good question. So so moving forward the development of the 3A school comprehensive education plan timeline for that and some factor in a couple goals and objectives that might be obviously targeted to to fruition on that. What's your timeline for that? Um it has to be submitted by June 30th. of of this year. So our objectives will be based on
018our data. So for example, we have analyzed the data um related to the subgroup of students with disabilities or New York State math 4. So I'm just offering an example. We would look at that data and we'd say this is where we scored. this is how we we would like to be able to improve and this these are the steps that we're going to take to be able to get that and it's going to take time. Yeah. Um because and and each test is so different. I would like to offer an example or this was part of my elementary update as well. We're we have New York State testing underway right now. heard from the news um the ELA test um we had planned to have that started the all kids ready all accommodations were
019set and ready to go the the computer system was not ready to go and that was a statewide issue and that happened to us two days in a row so you have students who have um been diagnosed with anxiety ADHD ADD We mean your regular students, your regular students who are ready to go, they are asked to sit and wait for 20 minutes or 40 minutes because the direction from the state is to please wait and let's see if we can get this computer system up and running. And then they push it out for another hour. So, I mean, we were on the edge of our seats following the state. Not not like we then had it happen the first day. It'll be all ready to go for the second test because we were guaranteed
020that from the state and it wasn't. We don't know what they'll do with the state test scores. I just know we all know our students took the exams and they did the best they could under the circumstances that they were given having to sit and wait some of them an hour and a half waiting for the state and there is some big push back across the state districts about how valid are these scores going to be given the interruptions in I think they would have started an hour earlier on their But yeah, and some people were able to start and then it finally means I mean the computer system. No, not the student. And this state came out saying it was a vendor that sure they hired the vendor. It's always the vendor. Yeah. So
021there's some things that are outside of our control. So that I just want to be able to break. I think that's a good reminder of what's outside of our control. Uh I I just want I I can't emphasize enough uh the work that Christy, Craig, and Megan have done about not just filling out a grant and then waiting to the end of the year to see what the results are. their work of building through internal programs that they've already started with structures of team leaders that they've already started. Introducing new and sometimes not all the well-loved processes about looking at data, making decisions, making decisions across grade levels. So the example that that Christie used about grade four and math, that's going to be the work of grade 2, three, and four and and Craig
022and Megan are doing the same thing. What they're trying to do accomplish in in six and seven is going to impact five, six, seven. So it's it's a building process. the old saying that it takes a couple of minutes to fall into the hole, but a couple of hours and years to dig out of a hole. Well, you only dig out of the hole over a long period of time if you get the right people building in the right direction. Um, I'd be willing to say to you that I can't wait to come back two to two to three years from now and I'm going to tell you the numbers are going to be different. They they are because the the people and the processes are very much driven towards not just what these needy
023kids but what all good learning should be directed for kids. we be able to receive the finished product in July maybe. So I saw on one of the slides um you have some new resources for map I think for for the ELA it's like being reader being a writer right what is the resources from so math we're actually looking at nope not we have three that we narrowed it down to that we're looking at and exploring and right now they have resources from amplify um I ready because we already have that we have access to the old um curriculum resources I think everybody's doing a nice job of trying to sell their product. Yeah. But it's great. It's so they've already been exploring that. We have amplify resources. Um we have meeting in May with
024them bring questions. Uh and then um we have Greg Tang which we is another resource that would require some supplementing but it's a solid resource for discourse all built in to the bot. Thank you. Thank you. So I know that there's a is it mandated for the test to be administered electronically? Now officially mandated those two blocks of funding the 50 and 75. But are those one-time deals or will it be ongoing? It will be ongoing. It takes three years to get off of the list. Okay. The target is when when do they hit next school year or this school year? Um it's actually all different. They just shifted some availability. I think one is available as of July. Yes. And I think one Yeah. September. So it's nice. It'll support some of your homework.
025So that's good. And then I apologize um that uh my live link that there were updates. So, if you're interested, feel free to look at the pictures, but um just a quick update from elementary. I was excited to share about the activity where um they the last final 13th hour they submitted and we were granted the $10,000 which is fantastic for fourth grade um to provide furniture makeover. We also had the um heart healthy assembly which was led by Mr. Mix and Mr. Grimsley. So that raised um over $2,500 for the American Heart Association. It ended with some very entertaining um competitions between students, staff for jump the rope where it's the very large jump rope that spins around came down to Mr. Chapman and I and Mr. Chapman took the win. And uh then
026we also had um another interesting twist that Mr. Grimsley had added where uh we the cafeteria was fantastic. We get we gave them pounds and pounds of spaghetti. We dyed it all blue because it was part of our go blue assembly and um there were about 10 of us that had volunteered to have spaghetti dumped in their head. Those with the most hearts had most spaghetti and that was Mr. Wilcox Easter Rose. So they were covered in spaghetti. We all got a little bit of spaghetti but they got the most. We took pictures of that. Yes. No good. So, that was a lot of fun. Great great school spirit. Um and then the PTFA had their first uh hero dance which um kids were invited and welcomed to bring their favorite hero and they came
027for night dance to 7 o'clock on a Friday night. So, that was wonderful. and covers our because I those are representations of courage and grit which are our goals and strong I know thank you thanks thank you thank you please extend our uh gratitude appreciation to your students for their grit for sticking with the test I think they probably should have more grit than um most of us up here would have. So they read it better. I think you could say all of us. Definitely all of us. Yeah, they did a good job. Even the middle school, we had to send them stopped. Yeah. Let go to lunch. Then we brought some back after lunch to finish it. And they were positive and upbeat and the staff was on board to do it. So, you
028know, kudos to to staff and just chugging through it, getting it done. Any other admin updates or Okay. All right. Thank you. So, this is our final presentation, final budget presentation in the series of presentations that we've walked through. And again um I may be doing the presentation but um you know that the intense work of myself John Holt uh Stephanie Hill um principles and they've uh worked right through their team leaders in order to make sure that the numbers and the programs drive the important work that we need accomplished for our students in the 2526 school year. In the past, I've I've used this as a way to say that um these numbers tell a story, but today this is about essentially the numbers. I want people to understand what the numbers are. So,
029if we start by taking a look at our goals, um I'm going to be as honest as I possibly can with you. I think we've done a very nice job with goal one. Uh I think with goal two, enhancing enhancement to steam programs, I think we're still a work in progress. I think we've done a nice job with enhancing discipl culture, transportation funding. We're still a work in progress as we look at multiple opportunities um to safely uh but yet fiscally responsibly transport our students and I think we've done a nice job with the final two goals of uh generating uh aid for future years and transparency. uh the budget building process uh hasn't uh altered except we've now uh moved to that phase of April 21, our final budget. The three things I want
030you to think about when we talk about the final budget, our budgettobudget increase was 5.2%. Two, our levy rate increase went from 3.7% last year to 2.9% this year. And again, thanks to the um consistency and diligence of Stephanie Hill, our budget was built on quality budgeting principles. Um and collaboration, but the quality of our budgeting principles is a third factor that goes into this report. So, the progression is um what we've been showing you over the last uh couple of months. Uh March 24 was our first budget. Uh it represents those strong budgeting principles. Uh it represents um uh the work that our principles and team leaders did in putting together the expenditure budget. Um and it represents um the uh un first understanding of revenue. Uh you heard me say before that budget
031must include high quality teaching and learning. responsible levy and balanced budgets. This was our first organization of those three factors. And what you saw and what we'll see again now is two more looks at how that expenditure and revenue plan evolved on 47 and today um on 4 uh 19. You'll notice where the gap is at that first look at best budgeting principles and full understanding of budgeting means. We went into first draft budget on April 7th. A lot of difficult decisions occurred between the 24th and April 7th. I'm going to read these off and that and as I read them off, it doesn't mean that they were simple and it doesn't mean that we didn't don't care deeply about some of the uh um reductions that needed to be made. Uh we revised and
032rightsize the bud Bosey's budget. Revised and rightsize department budgets. We we removed salaries from the salary portion of professional and put them completely and fully into grant uh funding. We removed a maintenance truck. We reduced vendor contracts. We reduced a Friday bus run and we eliminated a parking lot repair. And what you see there is again the reduction of the gap after some tough but uh decisions that were important to make in order for us to have a quality and balanced budget. Today we're sharing you with you a final balance budget. If you start over on the revenue side, the left side, the critical starting point there is a tax levy at 2.9%. Then at the bottom of that revenue side, you see that decisions were made regarding fund balance and reserves. again among myself
033tell Stephanie and myself we had to make some decisions but needed to make those decisions in order to balance a budget but to provide fiscal integrity for the district over a number of years and I'm going to show you some more information regarding fund balance and reserve in a second over on the expenditure side we had to make some additional and final final difficult decisions. Um, some professional development and field trip expenditures were reduced, not eliminated, were reduced from district budgets, department budgets. The majority of our PD and field trip expenditures will be coming out of our Boseis funds which we get as you well know uh we get reimbursement for the following year. We further reduced some Bosey's costs. We uh recognized some breakage or funding that's coming back to us from administrative retirements
034and one administrative resignation. We made the difficult decision to access one FTE. We are moving from three psychologists to two psychologists and we eliminated one FTE of the additional elementary sped um proposed new positions. We did leave some other positions in and I'll get that in a second, but those were the revenue changes as well as the final budget decisions in order to get the expenditures and the revenues balanced. So, let's take a quick look at the proposed revenue budget. Uh I can't uh emphasize enough how important it is that our levy increase is going down. That is a critical commitment by the board and something that we as an administrative team are fully uh engaged in making happen. Uh I also want to share with you the uh foundation and expense aids. Um so
035um here's my little um tale about New York State. New York State in the constitution of the state said that the budget must be approved in the constitution on April 1st. Not so. However, as a board, you must approve your budget by April 22. We'll do that tonight. You must approve your tax report card by April 25. We'll do that tonight. So we will follow the stringent requirements because we know that that's the way we need to do the work that's responsive to our community as well as to building a sound fiscal plan. So that's my my piece. Um I also want to make sure that um we put things into perspective and again I'm going to talk again about that levy. Um, so I I just did my own little detail. The inflation rate
036last year 2.9%. Our levy was 3.7%. The inflation rate this year as of March was down to 2.4%. Our levy also went down as well, 2%. Those are the ways that you as a board have helped us put into perspective what is appropriate for the community and how to successfully put all the pieces of a budget together. I mentioned to you that I was going to talk a little bit about fund balances and reserves. So, um um you can see I want to go right to the bottom um of this. I'm sorry. Um I want to start at uh the assigned appropriated fund balance carried over from prior year. So I want to start there. Uh and that's the third from the top. And you can see uh $542,000. After some nice conversations with Mike
037and with Stephanie, we decided that using fund balance more than reserves was a way for us to get to the deficit without putting longterm fiscal stress on the district. So you can see from reserves that we really accumulated about 200,000 80 from work workers comp 10 from unemployment and 110 from retirement in order to get to that um fund balance and reserves. Most important most important is the fiscal integrity. And another piece is that final column right in the middle where assigned fund balance and reserves as part of the budget we are using 2.74%. It's an important but it's less than 3% of our budget that we are looking to our internal reserves um and fund balance as a component of revenue. So again, we're working wisely with the state, the levy, with fund balance
038and reserves. Um, before I go to expenditures, I'm going to give you 20 seconds, truly 20 seconds on what I know about federal funds. This is what I think I know. Um, we have heard from the administration and they have been quoted as the Department of Education will be closing or eliminating. We know that that will take uh an act of Congress and we don't know if that's going to be possible. We know or we think we know that job layoffs are occurring and they are. Um we are uncertain how mandated functions such as civil rights are going to be carried out with the elimination of the department of education. Um and uh we also know for sure that the federal department of education has no say in curriculum matters. We work closely with the
039state and with your guidance on our local curriculum. What is most significant and what is in play is that Congress um has in the past and can continue to appropriate fundings in two of the critical areas elementary and secondary education act and that's typically the title one for um um our lowincome communities and that the Congress has in the past and can continue to approp appropriate funds for individuals with disabilities. Um the expectation is that Congress is not ready to move on the funds as much as they are ready to move on the department, but we don't know. Um we do know that school meals are paid for by the Department of Agriculture. So we can feel very comfortable about that. and we don't know where student loans and PEL grants are being. So, that's
040my best update that I can on federal funds. Let's take a look at our expenditure budget. Um, and there you see the $27.1 million that we've been talking about and how we've moved towards the best programmatic features that we can for our programs now and building on into the future. Um, if you take a look at our administrative portion of this three-part budget, um, once again, if John, if you give me a click here, once again, you've heard me talk about how we've asked the board of education to take a small reduction in funding. We've uh asked in um our own finance department to take a significant cost in funding and you'll see that in structural and administrative support has also taken a reduction in funding. Our administrative budget is going down. Uh and that
041is not because administrators aren't important and you've heard me say in small organizations the vast amount of work that they do um the dollars in the classroom we know what research tells us are absolutely essential. So, let's take a look at capital. And again, um you've heard me talk about the most critical piece in capital being the debt service because in the short hall, our budget uh of uh capital expenditures at 60% of the total budget can't fix all of the pieces that need annual or long-term maintenance. So, we do it through our capital projects. This debt service marks that the most recently completed capital project now comes on to our debt service fund finally program. Um so I've got a million notes unprogrammed but I'm not going to I'm not going to share with
042you the million notes because um um it's it's it's it's all repetitive. I think what I want to just make sure that you're aware of is employee benefits reflects this year an increase of 12% increase in healthcare costs. Um I want you to know that in the general instruction budget we still have moved forward three new positions. a 68 specialed teacher, one FTE, a 68 specialed teaching assistant, and an elementary FTE for um multi-systems student support for a TOSA position. That ties in with much of the work that you just heard uh Christie and obviously it makes a difference for what uh Megan are doing as well. Those three positions are still within the program budget. voter propositions are outside the are outside the budget. Um and uh the proposition I I I numbered them
043wrong so apologies to Stephanie and apologies to um Kevin who's going to be reading these propositions in a moment. Um Proposition one is really the budget. Proposition two is really the transportation vehicles and um proposition three is the establishment of the capital fund. Um and uh you will see the key pieces uh noted in black um uh for these um and you've heard me say before that um our transportation funding is supported by 68.3% uh state aid increases. And you heard me say in regard to proposition two that there is no cost in establishing a fund. This is a way for us to put reserves and monies aside so that over a 10-year period we have some way of supporting those necessary capital. It's really just an arbitrary just exactly. All right. So we'll click
044to the final budget. And here it is um with all the revenues on the left hand side, all expenditures on the right hand side and then finally key dates. Um uh again uh we already know that um we're going to approve a mostly budget tomorrow. We want to make sure that we verbalize and again emphasize that uh final superintendent candidates will be visiting our campus on the 28th, 29th and 30th and there will be an open forum for community members to meet with them. May 13th is the public budget hearing and May 20th is the Thank you. Thank you. and thank everybody really long list of everybody admin staff that's the thing that I have been involved so I know it's been a lot of work so I do appreciate it we all appreciate it
045any questions anybody have and I know finance committee's probably seen this enough good all right thank Nobody nobody say nothing else. All right. Um committees last meeting. Yeah. We're gonna vote on your your work. We got a few minutes. policy and income. Yeah, we met tonight. The policy committee uh we taken on the uh cell phone usage policies uh that um governor had given some direction toward the budget aspect of it. state budget the use of cell phones by the students and during um classroom and uh school being in session to the end of session. So we we're taking a look at it from we listed some concerns uh that we may have over the usage of the cell phone and how we're going to adapt to those concerns, make sure that we address all
046of them. We're going to pull in different aspects of um other groups of individuals such as um union uh law enforcement will be actively engaged in the development of this perspective as well as taking into consideration the students themselves that are going to be impacted by it and also addressing the concerns, questions and comments that the parents may have. It's uh going to be a tedious task that has to be completed by July 1st in place um as per the governor's um directive. So that pretty much uh is what we have uh structured tonight with that. Um we'll move forward with that every month for policy committee meetings to address those needs. Thank you. So anything on GCEF? No. The support keeps coming in and we'll be having the meeting perfect. Thank you. All right.
047And uh we'll turn to personnel. All right. Under personnel, I'd like to ask for a consent motion um for 8.02 through 8.04. Very good. Any questions on these lines at the moment? Just I just want to thank uh Mr. Vaneps for his service to the district and and the valuable contributions that he took part in when he was here. I I wish him well in his his new position. Yeah, I was going to make that same comment. So, I appreciate that. Certainly we appreciate what AC Beneps has done in his role here initially as elementary principal and then later on in curriculum and in teaching. So we uh we certainly appreciate the time and effort that he has applied here. All right. Wish him well in his next endeavors. Any other comments, thoughts? Okay. Okay.
048All in favor? Any opposed? So move. Now just one as we get into new business, there's going to be a lot of reading. So bear with us. I think this is the area we do quite a bit. Yeah. So bear with us as Evan leads and he needs a break. I'll jump in. So under new business prior to calling for a consent motion I'm going to read a resolution a legal meeting notice and then three proposition. So first property tax report card resolution resolve that the board of education of the general central school district approves the property tax report card attached to this resolution for the 2025 2026 school year. Resolved that the board hereby authorizes the superintendent of the schools to submit and certify the property tax report card to the New York State
049Education Department for the 2025 2026 school year. This resolution will take effect resolution legal notice for annual meeting and election. at a regular meeting of the board of education. The board of the Jes Central School District, now known as the district held on April 21st, 2025. Whereas the annual meeting and election for the district will be conducted on May 20th, 2025 for the purpose of voting on the propositions described in the legal notice attached to this resolution. And whereas the board of education has had the opportunity to review the legal notice. Now therefore, the board of education of the genes central school district resolves as follows. One, the board approves the legal notice prepared by the district court for publication. Two, the board authorizes the district clerk to make edits or modifications to the notice
050to ensure compliance with legal requirements. Three, this resolution shall take effect immediately. Proposition number one, 2025 2026 budget. Shall the board of education of the Jennil Central School District be hereby authorized to expend the amount of 27,122,925 for the school budget for the 2025 2026 school year and levy the necessary tax. Therefore, proposition number two, transportation. The board of education of the Genesis Central School District in the county of Livingston, state of New York. The district is hereby authorized to purchase school buses for the use by the district and to expend $375,000. Therefore, section B that are taxes hereby voted in the prep amount of not to exceed $375,000 to pay such a cost. The tax to be levied in installments such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said board of
051education and section C. Then in anticipation of set tax, bonds or bond anticipation notes of the district are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $375,000 and the taxes hereby voted to pay the interest on set bonds or bond anticipation notes as the same shall become due and payable. Proposition number three, capital reserve. The board of education of the Jennisville Central School District in the county of living in the state of New York. The district is hereby authorized to establish a new capital reserve fund in accordance with the provisions of education law section 36 3651 to be designated 2025 facilities improvement capital reserve fund. The fund for the purpose of funding in whole or in part future cap future capital improvements or similar projects including the acquisition of original
052furnishings, equipment, machinery, and apparatus in or around any such capital improvements. The probable funding term of which will not exceed 10 years from the date of establishment. the ultimate principal amount therein not to exceed $4 million inclusive of acred interest. And such amount is expected to be provided from the district's fund balance as well as other sources available there for it. That's it. Yes. I'd like to ask for a motion of consent for items 9.02 through 9.06. Second. There any questions on anything that we just Kevin just make it again. Yeah, please. No questions. I just want to reiterate that the proposition three for the capital reserve is is just for the creation of uh a in place to eventually allocate funds to that to the access would have to have total improvement. Correct. Thank
053you. There's a stated earlier the arbitrary amount of 4 million has been chosen but a bad amount really we'll put something in here any other comments questions hearing none all in favor any oppos that move. Um, we don't need to do anything. So, it's not unusual card. You just sign off on the vote the vote. Yeah. Yep. Under business authors, I'd like to ask for a motion for consent for item 7.02 7.03. 03 second. Just one quick comment. Thank you to all those who donated the uh funds for various events. Very generous of all of them. Thank you very much. Any questions? All in favor? Any opposed? So move that So no session direct. So we will we will enter into ask for motions. I do have a motion consent to enter into executive sessions.
054There'll be two items. There'll be one a contract with a potential next superintendent. discussion and also a government contract with former employee. Right. Second. All in favor enter executive session. I post. All right. As of 8:00, we are in executive recession.