001budget of the agents to the flag of the United States of America. the Republic over there stands. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for freedom. The motion of the header into executive session receivable to have the South. Pros pending, or credit CDA elimination. So moved on. Person prompts. The gross expenses. The material library? Okay, may I have a motion to resume the public session? So moved. Thank you. Hi. What's your characteristics. Fixer. Alright, I have a motion to approve the minutes of the March 24th, 2026 Board of Education meeting is presenting. So moved. Questions, comments? Aye. Opposed? We're staying motion period is 6-0. It's urgent presentation. We have, uh, an update for the 2026-2027 revenue development and, uh, process at any time. So I apologize. What do you… I don't know, some
002phenomenon. You can't even get the shared screen. It's like holding to that. image there, so… Right? Right? Can't go wrong. Self-proclaimed janky tech to work remotely do so. We have someone in the waiting, and you guys chats. This is what we're meant to right there. Scream over there in the corner. introduce… what's showing the tree. Yeah. Alright, let me give you this one. Right? And that talks now. I am working on that. Yeah, it should be. Okay. Great. Sorry about that, everyone. I should have been there, right? So… There we go. Okay. Oh, you know, we got up here in Spittenburg, and we see As I started to say, we have the 26-27, um, budget development and process update. Um, tonight we'll be going over… Final numbers within the budget. I'm going to turn it
003over to Mr. Stirbank. He's gonna go through, um, the first few slides here with the dictator going through them, um, going through the budgeting. Okay, so a reminder, this is where we were in the, uh, governor's budget. April 1st, obviously, is coming and gone. We don't have a budget yet. I haven't seen an update that one is quickly on the way. Um, so just as a refresher, the… we're in the first column there, our total bottom line number, the number you're gonna see throughout the presentation, that $13,951E45, and what that number is, it's exclusive of UPK. UPK is not part of state funding, it's federal. But it's always required that way. The allocation for you in case it's $440,000 that is not worth getting in UPK because it's based on the enrollment, if you've got
00444 students, currently we have 29. This year, and a lot of more already registered next year, but If it was based on the funding for this year, that number would be $290,000. So, UPK is not part of this information, so the 13951, you'll see later throughout the presentation. So, some assumptions we're making is, and we've talked about this in previous years, the governor's budget is based on Actual budget, not expense-driven, so you gotta spend it to get it. So, our projection is we actually will see… receive $300,000 less in transportation and roasties. It's just kind of been the trend data. Um, the governor's budget used an inflation factor of 2.8%. As soon as it came out, they said automatically it's 2.7%. Um, Jeff, who in the original Local Governor's budget total aidable Foundation digital units
005for $879, it dropped to $65 with the February database. So, as hopeful as we are that we get an additional 1% in that whole formless provision, there's also a lot of other factors that are going to be involved, so we have to kind of build what we have in place right now, because we don't have what our final numbers for us to be. Um, so just a reminder. So we… insulation, we're actually anticipating we're going to receive less that has always been in terms of what it is that the state says we're gonna get. whatever this example, we actually do, like, a ticketing vaccine. So, a review of our budget development and factors. We talked about CRS right in the last meeting. TRS is directly tied to the stock market. Um, stock market has not
006been doing well, so TRS has been kind of a focus of… It's been the one thing that went down in our big picture, but could swing back the other way. the total salaries of our instructional staff, so… A 1-2-3% swing can be detrimental. So, just something we're keeping an eye on. ERS has gone up from 16.5 to 17.6. Energy services are still estimated at a 20% increase. Um, health insurance is increasing by 10%, and then I talked about the out years as well, of 10%, 9.5, 9.25, and 9%. Um, district insurance is just likely to increase by 8%, so as we've seen, Everything has gone up. Um, and then lastly, the enrollment trends. We talked about an awful lot, and at this meeting last year, um, we shared some graphics from our comparative analytics. This
007one we've seen. Yes, this we've seen before. That was the most recent time that I ran that on 323, and again, we just talked about that highlight of the 7 Center at home and actually has the budget process to start. So, we talked about how we compare. I apologize for how small it is, we work so hard on the formatting, and it just was finally a good way to bring the picture over. So, that is… we are the third group that's on Adoptic Central. The other three groups are districts of light size and a very close geographic format, but without including the districts' names. Um, as you see, again, with the track, RFTEs have gone, uh, staff-student ratio. continues to decrease while our FDEs have increased. It's a 5-year look-back. Um, through 2025. Then our
008next one, um… The alligator, the alligator's talked about, I think I need to start… if they show what their FB&E does look like versus human enrollment, they're probably gonna see the alligators. So, in the alligator graphic, we are seeing a 18% increase in our FPEs, while enrollment has decreased by 22% over the same timeframe. We've talked an awful lot about her home, and it was just, again, it's just… spending factor that we've looked at throughout the budget process ensuring that our staff is very excited. And then I'll jump in on the building requests. Uh, there wasn't a lot from the buildings. There was some… Uh, additional staffing requests that came out early in the budget process. Um, uh, but just to give you a summary in terms of… from where we are at with, um,
009uh, technology requests are there. Um, we went over these… earlier in the, um, in the process in February, But you can see how we're distributing, um, the computers at Rockwell Elementary with, uh, two laptops, 115, uh, Chromebooks through Smart Interactive Flat Panels. One of the things that we're looking at and we're seeing is we are seeing, um, a price increase. And, uh, what we will do is we will stick with the same dollar amount. You just may end up purchasing less technology. And then any place where we look at not just at Rock Hall, but across the district, any teachers who, um, aren't using the interactive pieces of a smart board, and we asked them to go to, um, either a touchscreen TV or a TV monitor, if they're just using it as a monitor,
010and we've had several teachers do that over the years, and they'll do some tasks. northern, um, uh, projection software, just to display what they're showing the kids on the screen. And it's a savings. Teachers have been excellent about that. Um, the ones who really use it, we keep it in their hands. The ones who tell us, you know, I'm not using the smart technology much. Um, I can… I don't really need a computer or just, you know, George. Um, so we make that adjustment. Um, and the teachers are gonna ask them about letting us know requests are very similar to Rockwell's. with, uh, one laptop, uh, 12, um, Dell, uh, laptops, uh, 65 renewable, uh, Chromebooks. Um, and that's to replace aging out and damage once, and then again, 3 smart boards. the junior-senior high
011school requests are here as well. Two Bell laptops, uh, from… 16-inch, and then 614, and then 20 low, we can 100 Chromebooks, as well as, uh, smart interactive rack panels. And we will make adjustments to those and prioritize as pricing comes in. Um, if the budget's approved, Um, as we reach the end of the school year and finalized that lease agreement with those. Um, Uh, deserve commitment for curriculum and instruction support. We're going to continue the training with staff next year with the therapeutic crisis intervention strategies. Um, it provides excellent strategies. for staff working through the… Um, students that are in various levels of braces, um, and also provides a great, um, number of examples for dealing with, uh, just regular, everyday Uh, child behaviors that may be disruptive, and as well as continuing to
012work with the MTSS leadership, not working. Um, through the OCN BOCES posture. District-wide technology. You'll see where some other technology is needed at the district office. Transportation, facilities. and the technology, uh, new support. Uh, you know, in terms of, uh, laptops, And the total amount that that will be. And then annual technology lease is what I… each of those buildings have that different lease broken down. This is the total dollar amount where we had it broken down right now. Just to re-emphasize. that if, uh, prices go up, the number of laptop store, Chromebooks, or smart boards. Um, uh, those pieces that are not required these small pieces. But we'll stay within that budget based upon where we land. with, um, costs. Uh, district requests for maintenance, um, we still have the maintenance truck in the
013plow building in the budget. Um, safe school funds for cameras and security. Remember that. That's money that we, um, put forward. And then, um, the state reimburses us on… We felt these two items for safety and security. were important to keep in the budget. The truck will be a, um, a purchase that will last for many years. Um, within our truck replacement schedules, rather lengthy right now. just about as long or longer than a bus. And repeat buses 10 years. Yeah, we've had… we have one truck right now that is in really rough shape. Um, so… We could have a recall… more positive than that trade. Um, the word that they tried. Uh, transportation budget, And, uh, propositions. We're looking at, uh, voters to approve, uh, 266 passenger Bluebird gasoline buses. Um, at $174,100.19, and
014$130 passenger destinies, uh, bus. at $185,293.79. at an approximate cost of $453, $495, and uh… Uh, for the buses, as well as Proposition 4. is the bluebird electric buses. I want to preface with the electric buses. You can see that they're about 3 times the cost. Um, before the NISBIN, uh, money. It's, uh, an over $1.3 billion with NISBIT grant. Um, it breaks it down, um, Where the $595,000 to $714, which then would be spread out over the volume of bus. Um, and we would recruit that money. Um, I do want… I do want to stress Um, that we have to continue, even though our voters have voted this down once in the past. We do have to present this to voters. New York State has not given us a, um… a waiver for 2
015years to, um, put off purchasing electric buses, so we have to go forward with this. Um, and, um, so we're presenting it to voters again. It's, uh, a mandate that right now they're not changing. We had reported out at the last board meeting, or the board meeting before, that there was a possibility that the state would be, um, loosening up. And changing legislation regarding the electric, um, Uh, buses, and I've heard that proposal was that have been taken down. And then, um, Representative Ryan, I believe he's from the North Country, he's proposing legislation Um, right now to, uh, eliminate the electric bus mandate altogether. So, it's about all the information I have on that. Joe did go to an electric bus forum that he'll report out on later. But, uh, we have to continue to,
016uh, bring these forward, even though we have a fear of voter fatigue or seeing this as a proposition. Because New York State is not giving us any other, um, choice at this time. Uh, my biggest issue with the cost is the cost of the buses, um, and the infrastructure that New York is not prepared. Um, uh, to handle. at this time, if we were to go, particularly in the lack of the process. Joe tax levy? Alright, so we, uh, went through the tax cap manager 2.5% as the number of we been building the budget on. I reached out to the county to get some tax information of where we stand right now as far as equalization rates and, um, assessments that have been completed. It assured me right now the numbers are not finalized, but
017some estimates were provided. So, last year, the tax levy was $11,413,000 owed-32 at a 2.5% increase at the $11,690,380. the new information about who's seen all of this before is for 25-26, the tax rate was $31.11, or true at $18.28. A 2.5% increase would equate to a $31.70 sent tax rate or true… tax on true of $16.84. So, if all properties were assessed at 100%, your tax rate would be $16.84. Unfortunately, they're not. Our equalization rate is 50%. So, if I was trying to do, I guess, kind of quick math is what that might look like, it would be basically, if you're looking at your tax statement and double the value of your house, and then multiply it by 16, should give you the same number as if you multiply it out by that tax
018rate. Uh, what does that equate to is an estimated 67 cent increase per 1,002.15%. Um, we did not experience really any growth during this year. As I said, we were talking about 3 weeks, we can make the lowest tax base growth factor in the county. Our number was 10025, so there was no real growth there. Um, so there was less to spread. So, although the tax ended up being a 2.30, the levy, a 2.5% increase, still equated it with 2.15%. to our tax rate would have probably been even… I know it would have been less if there was a greater tax base and spread that across, so… Um, as a reminder, the district only sets the levy. We don't… Except the tax rate, so it puts an estimate. Our estimates have been very close to
019about where we've been before in the past. So this is our tax rate preview. Um, this information is typically posted in our newsletter, so adding in 2026, at that 67 cent, um, tax rate increase per 1,000. Our average over that time frame right there, since 2015 is 31 cents per year, so that is what our increase has been if you take the average across all of that. Um, something that's noteworthy is that are, for the most part, are from Standing Facial state, the low inflation. inflation has been trending down, which I think is a good thing. Obviously, there's that outlier of 8% back in 2023. Um, so… The two-week one, I also think, was a jump in 2025, which we talked about before with that, and stayed with the assessment for duplicates here. So, that's
020caused a bigger jump there, I think, for the ones that would have done a little better. So, look back, this is how our year ends. Uh, we talked about this before when we approved our audit, um, back in October. So this is right from that audit, that's the 21, or excuse me, the 2024-2025 school year, and it's our reserves, and I think why that's important to note. Is that part of the budget is always built on the fund balance reserve plan. So, if we go through those reserves, I mean, we can read across, uh, the revenue column is interest. That well we performed in my class. It has gone down significantly. It was a $57,000 or $50,000, $50,000. decreased from 23-24 to 24-25, just some high-class rates alone. Um, and in addition to there's less
021money that's invested right now, because our total fund balance has decreased by about 20% over that same timeframe. Um, the district appropriated, meaning that you spent $542,000. Um, the equity transfer of those fund amounts at the end of the year, which gets you more of a .1 going back. So it's a net of about $600,000, and I think that's kind of explained on the last two rows of the intent to… um, fund the capital reserve is a 10-unit reserve that could be funded up to $3 million in our liability reserve. Um, against outstanding claims against the district. Um, Fablar Reserve is the reserve that's used for the retirement, uh, the teacher retirement incentive payout. So that's why there's been a lot of activity within that reserve, um, in recent years, as it aligns with that,
022where that retirement incentive Had it not been offered, that would be a reserve that there wouldn't be much action in. So, a quick summation of that reserve analysis, as we talked about in one of those first slides, the TRS reserves is just… We don't know what the percents are going to be, so it's important to have the savings to support if you have a TRS. jump. So, help stabilize the, uh, budget. Yeah, our district reserves have decreased by 21%. We did do a capital project, so to keep the local share flat on a capital project, that's the biggest portion of that. Um, but by not having those funds invested in IFLAS, the revenue didn't come back as strong either, so they had their impact on each other. Um, agent, uh, that last column of our
023revenue decrease, again, that's just the interest rates, so we did… earn $56,000 less in interest over that 2-year period. And that number's only trying to be downward, so we have to generate a lot less interest. Which has been very helpful in balancing the budget, but unfortunately not something that they rely on. So this is the budget revenue proposal. So the total budget needed for a balanced budget is $27,786,773. Just, uh, the first slide where I talked about the government proposal of the $13,951, the difference between those two is where we're talking about, where I spoke with, uh, BOCES of Transportation. So the number that we're using to balance the budget is $13,651. Other revenue is… a lot of that is our interest, um… any type of anything that comes in the slope is, like, Buscelli,
024bus, or Sweetie Trade-In, anything. pretty much everything else in our local source gets lumped in there. Our fund balance reserve plan, those are highlighted because they had been TBD, so we looked at breaking that out, which you'll see in an upcoming slide. Another $737,438 was part of the fund balance. All built on a 2.5% tax levy. which is the 11,698.88. So, if our budget is 777, we say that's free. really the place where It's hopeful somehow, someway, that we receive more than they did, it's just it doesn't. It doesn't feel good right now. If you get that 2%, although I know some legislators have advocated for 3%, so that would be better. We have a breakdown of what the reserves, that's sort of what we've done over the last 2 years. And all of that
025would tie back to our activity of what we're appropriating and what we're trying to do like that. district reserves is, again, just like if you were doing your own company finances with the district savings account. So, if there's a big spike in TRS, we use a DRS reserve for the truck to replenish the TRS reserve. If there ever was another spike, unfortunately, it preserves can't always be refunded, and once you get into using reserves and not replenishing reserves, you don't have battery outputs. Um, so battler number, it came down because there was no retirement incentive offered next year. And then the fund balance has stayed relatively flat. So this is the other side of the budget, the, um, expenditure side, as you can see. go hand in hand as a balanced budget. So, the budget-to-budget
026increase would be 1.55% of that. The majority of it is, uh, the borrowing for the capital project, which is offset by revenue, so in actuality, the budget-to-budget increase is, like, $150,000. Um, with Johnny, 27.3 million. budget, I think, is extremely small. It's less than 1% in each population budget. I have for districts in the area who… I know that a lot of them are in trouble for someone who's worried, and whatever caption phase. We've seen them in just plenty of districts around that are laying positions off. you know, whatever, but that's on. When Joe says laying positions off, we're having a reduction of 3 positions in this budget. One of the pieces we started back in… I don't want to sound like a broken record, but we started, you know, almost 3 years ago, and
027then… putting together a retirement incentive plan. We had, uh, kept on tough positions on from the federal funds from during the pandemic. And, uh, we offered that incentive, um, to help us reduce those staff down. Without having anybody else. Um, and if that's where… where… We are at… we feel very confident in our budget numbers tonight. Um, we feel confident in this year's budget that we're operating under, and we're gonna end up with a front balance and reserve as we're supposed to. Barring any crazy allegancies, we have, um, money that they'll take for emergencies, and we have money built in, um, for operating expenses for the first, you know, two to three months of the school year next year. so we don't have to take out for short-term, um, ban. to meet expenses, and that
028sort of thing. One of our main strategies when we look at, uh, budgeting is making sure that we have, um, enough money Um, to operate the district, and also be responsible to the tax. So that is the budget summary, so if you're looking at our boat straight across, um, our Board of Education, Central Administration, and so on. Where we were in 2526, where we are in 2627, now tying back to that budget-to-budget increase of $423,425, or we'll… 55%. Again, with the largest increase, as we can see, is debt service of $254,000 of that. So, that is far away from the capital project, and still offset what our building need ratio of 83%, so we are generating revenue, so when we look at the governor's budget and a bunch of the legislative budget, it'll look like,
029oh, okay, we'll look at that increase that you're seeing in building it for that sort of offset. So what we need is kind of a subset of the… The governor's proposal. And then the last requirement of the budget, it's something that you have to print it out in the budget newsletter, newsletter budget book is a three-part budget. Um, there's a line budget attached for approval later in tonight's presentation. On the far left column, you see base, B's, and C's. Those are what make up for those numbers. administrative program capital, um, and then there's an undistributed group at the bottom, and those that's distributed across all of the other budget boats to tie us back to our 27%3. And then this is just a review, um, if you want me to, I'll re-enter you again. Um,
030if you'd like me to pass, I won't read that to go ahead. Um, but this is our proposition, as Joe mentioned, that question mark when we filled in the dollar amount. for the, um, for the budget. the library proposition is number 2. Um, if bothers choose to, uh, vote for that. And then we have our transportation. proposition, uh, number 3. For the gas engine, conduction engine buses, and then we have our Proposition 4, Um, as we put on this topic of this slide. Um, mandated compliance. Um, it's something that we need to continue to go forward with until the state legislation is changed. Or we could receive a waiver. Um, the only problem that I see with us receiving a waiver is if they don't change legislation, then we have less years to purchase the
031same amount of buses. We would purchase more electric buses per year. Um, so my hope is that, um… along with superintendents, Board numbers and taxpayers. that we can convince our state elected officials to do something to alter the path of, uh… zero ocean buses, um, legislation. Um, is number one, it's a huge expense. It's… the expense is so much more than 10 or 15% more than Um, uh… a consumer would buy an electric car for. We're buying an electric bus for 3 times That, um, that submitted the impression that you have citizen. that, um, that's their not… they don't… the electric buses don't have emissions, but, um, it's an awful expensive. You don't have direct submissions. It depends on where you're getting your electricity from, if they have… Well, I don't want to get into
032the carbon footprint right now, Noel. I have an electric bus. I feel like it's an important consideration. It is, it is. No, it is, yeah. Um, and across the industry, for sure. I always… As the superintendent pointed out, I attended the New York State Clean School Bus Workshop. So, districts are trying to cooperative ways as a workaround this mandate, so one of the things we have talked about was purchasing more buses, and other districts are looking at, based on their age ratio, Some districts say ratio might be 50%, 40%, so buying a gasoline bus and saying, okay, we're just going to forego aid, you would do better than you would buy an electric bus. Well, New York State's answer to that is DOTs will not inspect their lists, so if you're going to purchase after
033that, you can't put them on the road in case. So, I think they're trying to come up with ways of, well, this is how it'll stop you from doing this, instead of This isn't something that really is feasible right now. So, more information to come, um, but… It was an interesting workshop of the information we received with the district, um, that has triumphed out the buses Naples, they actually presented at that. It was… well, we just can't buy any more buses, but the reason we're not buying more buses right now is they're just… we don't lie. So, although if it was 50% of the time we're not putting these buses on the road. There's a lot of those stories, and it's good to hear from the districts and what different districts are doing, kind of
034trying to create it to work for us, but it is… There still is no movement to establish. We don't have any update on when we'll hear about the waiver. Um, July 1st of 27th. It was 27 in here like this. Yeah, well, that's… that's the irony of it, you know? Um, they… they… they were due March 1st. hopeful that maybe I'm not gonna leave you could be off by here. They did say 150 districts have already, um, submitted for a waiver. We are one of those districts, 95, in their head are already a group. They're saying, and they… is New York State veterans who is presenting. We want the waiver to be easily obtained. We want you to get a yes. So it's, okay, you don't want districts to meet your debit. Tell me, the
035hopeful, maybe leave July 26th, but I have to leave July 27th, because districts have until March 27th to apply. Um, so, I mean, they have it now, period. Next steps in the, uh, budget, uh, um, revenue projections when the state budget is finalized. We are past that due date. Um, the budget expenditures. Um, the property tax, um, uh, report card to Board 27. So that's the last date that can be submitted, the property protection broker needs to be submitted within 24 hours of the back from the budget, so it's a question about it tonight, and at least tomorrow. And then when we jump down to important dates, um… Tonight, we have on the deadline for… or yesterday's deadline, and we're collecting that information. During the budget newsletter, we have a very, very tight timeline. Um,
036for getting our emerging materials out to injured community. Um, so it's always a crunch time. mature now and when we have the budget approved. Um, and then, uh, if the board chooses not to, Um, there's no later than, um, April 23rd, our next board meeting is April 20th. Um, which is a Monday, if you remember. One word for you in the BOCES budget. And, um, that's already there, the special board meeting on the 20th. And then, um, uh… That'll be the last date to the university budget adoption, which I understand. And then May 5th, for the budget hearing, And May 19th, they're gonna budget for the trip. And that's what they have planning questions. The annual groceries budget meeting booklet is attached, um… Um, and then, um, the Board of Education made some changes. This
037has come up over the past, um, couple weeks. I wanted to present those out to you for some logistical purposes for the board members. and shaft theology of the stool. Grade 26 and June 9th is proposed to be combined to one meeting on June 2nd. Um, and then, uh, we need… we're also going to then have… If you recall, we have to have an SRO public hearing should also be on June 2nd. We have to present that. If we back that up, we'll have to put that on… I'm out for public viewing. And late settings, so then we have a public hearing, if there's any questions on the contract, One of the state mandates that we have to follow. Um, for transparency. Uh, and then, uh, April 20th, I'm being recognized, um, and I'm deeply
038honored to be recognized by New York State Town's, uh, superintendents, um, uh, for, uh, leadership over, uh, urban culture, so… I should bring that to their science book. your support in Dr. Protez. on the nomination is, um… Nothing I ever interested in, so… Thank you. Or that you can see at the bottom. Yep. Everyone good. And with the, uh, Board of Education Management changes. to combine the two, and all that. So, for example, bring it to me, to combine those names in and send out an updated calendar and invitation. So… Great. Okay, yeah. Alright, administrative staff reports. Uh, for 9 class at District Boulder. You're not first, I'm not first, so you're not. Alright, I threw a curveball at you today. Go ahead. Yeah, I'll just… Mike started, but just an introduction. Um, we have
039several combinations this year. We've had several, um, Uh, parents approach us about transportation for modified, um, girls lacrosse. Um, so we wanted to lay out the whole decision-making process, and we have Ryan and Matt are going to share some things. that we've been looking into, and give us an update on, um, where we are. with transportation, there's been some things in place, but I'm not gonna… mess it up, I'm gonna turn it over to Matt. First, Brian, and then Matt. Alright, so I have… I just want to make… give everybody a copy of the transportation policy for athletic accommodations. Um, this is the entire transportation policy, 5730. The athletic combinations is specifically at the bottom of page 2, um, if you want to skip down right to there. You said before the break, you can
040look at that point. Yeah, thank you. So, the athletic combination transportation policy states when the district combines with another school for athletics and student transportation to practices, games, and related activities will be provided by the parent, guardian, or by the person approved by the parent guardian for such a purpose. So that is what we have written to the policy as we speak. I'm going to read you off just a summary of how athletic accommodations work. Um, and obviously, if there's any questions at any time, please stop me. Um, so just for a summary, for the 25-26 school year, our district is currently participating in five athletic combinations, across 12 different sports. Our combination volume has decreased this year from a potential 13 sports, notably excluding tennis, that came up recently. The logistical demands of transporting
041students to host sites remain the primary focus when current bus runs exist. We provide combinations for athletics out of necessity to provide opportunities for students to play specific sports. The schools work hard to make these accommodations for all districts to provide opportunities for athletes. The distribution of host districts is as follows. So, we combine with Lafayette, and Lafayette hosts Modified inversity Boys Soccer. and modified in Varsity Boys Lacrosse. This is for this year. Syracuse City Coast Varsity Hockey. Tully, this year, hosts modified GV and varsity girls lacrosse. As well as varsity golf. Marcellus hosts varsity Boys Wrestling. Homer hosts varsity girls wrestling. And Onondaga hosts varsity football, boys and girls varsity track and field, boys and girls varsity indoor track and field, Varsity and modified girls' soccer. and modify JV and Varsity softball. Historically, the
042district has not provided return transportation from non-hosted sites unless an existing route was already in operation. So the existing infrastructure we have, currently the only active transportation is a drop-off shuttle, to Lafayette. We also provide a drop-off shuttle to Marcellus, what practice times… are in accordance with dismissal times, because we do have a route that also goes over there. Um, this is feasible only because an established route to La Fant-Parcellas already exists. Okay, the shuttle to Lafayette serves a dual purpose. We deliver Onondaga athletes to Lafayette, and because we host Lafayette athletes Here, that shuttle also brings Lafayette students back here when the bus returns to district. Uh, to add to this, and this was a question I received as well, um, earlier in the spring, Lafayette did have a bus scheduled when varsity and
043GED girls lacrosse began, where a shuttle bus was going to go from Tully back to Lafayette. for their student-athletes, and we were planning on using that to transport OCS students back to Lafayette as well, to make it easier on the parents to pick them up, as well as if parents had girls and boys playing lacrosse, It would give them a one-stop shop to pick up their students. Um, that… did not continue, um, due to a lack of drivers and interest from Lafayette players. Um, so Lafayette decided to discontinue that busing option. And that happened very recently, like this week. The other existing infrastructure that we kind of see could be an issue is sometimes practice times can present a significant hurdle. Varsity wrestling, for example. Sometimes they don't start practice until 5.30. that is outside
044of normal transportation windows and prevents the use of those existing routes. Um, a core objective of the athletic department is to ensure an equitable experience for all student athletes. to maintain this standard, We are taking into account this proposed parent request, which I will read to you now. If the district elects to provide comprehensive to-and-from transportation for one combined sport, It is recommended to provide for all combined sports, ensuring no team or student is prioritized over another based on the host's location. Next steps that the athletic department and the leadership team are taking. Uh, the leadership team, including myself, Matt, and Tim, are currently analyzing round logistics and budgetary impacts to determine the feasibility of expanded transportation. Our goal is to find a sustainable solution that supports our athletes while remaining fiscally and operationally responsible.
045Um, as I gave you, uh, org policy 5730, um, we could obviously look to alter that as needed, um, if that's something we decide. Okay, and as a note for comparison, Onondaga and Lafayette are the only two areas schools that provide a late bus for students after practice. Uh, we reached out to West Genesee, Marcellus, Westlabious, and Tully, and they do not provide transportation for their own students after practices. Parents are responsible for transporting those students home for practices. In other news outside of this, um, I just wanted to let everybody know modified sports start tomorrow, so modified spring, uh, begins tomorrow, April 8th. And our JV and varsity teams, weather permitting, have started playing their game as last week. Is there any questions on any of that? Do you guys think of anything later,
046too, feel free to email me or anything like that. Now, Matt's gonna go over some clarification options. Thank you. Thank you. That ties in with what Ryan just went over. Ryan, I got a question for you. Do the schools there, you say… Also, you use at the very end to provide sports. They have to take their people as far as how the dog and kids are going. We gotta pick them up to tell them. So, you mean if, like, if they're… so if Tony was saying that they don't… then West Tennessee and ourselves don't provide transportation, so my question to you is… Yep. Do they have to travel the distance that our students are to go to these combined things? I'd have to look into it further. I don't want to give you a definitive
047answer on that. I know that what we asked of them was, do they provide a 515 bus stop after athletics? And the answer to that question was no. I didn't necessarily ask them if, you know, if West Genesee is combined each with Liverpool for something, let's say, hypothetically, if WestJetty transports them back from Liberty. We simply ask them, um, do they provide that 515 bus that we provide for our athletes? I would think that disciplin's barrier that is the barrier for the parents is also the barrier for us in terms of That's bus drivers, though, like, having some of us go that far as, um… But I will look into that more and get back to you guys. Yep. Alright, so following up on Brian, because Rob asked me to, uh, put together some numbers
048for you. So, the… current, um, at the top where it says currently, it is the after-school bus, the shuttle that we take students up to Lafayette. We pick up their students and bring them back. Um, we had put that onto… an existing run just as a drop-off only, is Ryan said. One of our regular bushesions, they're less than 235 or 225. deliver our big four-wheeler runs. drop off students, come back and start a rock and roll on. For the addition of the modified athletes, we're now looking at 36 athletes going up to Lafayette, so if we had 2 return just strict shuttle bus. Um, so we're picking up on dog students here, 2.30. transferring them up to the Lafayette High School. picking up Lafayette students, bringing them back. Alright, so the cost of that… Um,
049is underneath the currently column, so this is one that we've done years prior. Also, we'll be doing now. So… state ed calculations cost for our district, it all was put into it at around $2 a mile to run that bus. Not including driver's payroll. Driver's payroll comes out to an hour and a quarter. Tractionally, it's 1 hour. For that run, plus they have their pre-trip. Um, if we are able to have a sub on there run, subs come in around $27 an hour. If I have to put Mechanicon nerd, um, that would put it into the overtime rate could be around 60 an hour. So, as a generalistic average, we went with $40 for the driver. Um, for that hour. Um… So Ryan gave me the dates. that we would be running this, we'd be
050looking for this spring schedule, we're looking at 39 days. that transfer bus to… Lafayette comes out to… $90.40 per day. So, for those 39 days, we're looking at $3,526. With that transfer bus. Big Matt is, uh, is Lafayette reciprocates, since we're half the time, Carrie is going to be the same. Not on this one, if we run into a client, um, that we're juggling. how to get… all squared away, but at this point in time, we're able to… provided that shuttle we had for the last couple of years. Probably, I don't mind if we're going there. to pick up their kids there and bring peers, but… Maybe they could send the bus here to pick up their kids, and in the meantime, bring our kids back. Yeah, we haven't. At this point in time. I
051mean, it's such a win-win for both districts that way, right? So, one thing that we have done… Um, is when we take our late… But I swungled at 5.15. Um, if there's Lafayette kids that need to go up, they can ride down the late bus from here. We deliver all of our in-district children to Metro first. then that bus will run up and drop off at Lafayette for any athletes, and if there's any of our athletes there, could come back to Mountain High School, but we had bonded many athletes utilizing that. part to return down the audio. Matt or Ryan, this is a question. I just, for my… if I understood this correctly. In Lafayette have a bus that was going to run from Tony to Lafayette? And then after girls' practice, yes. After practice.
052So they originally, about a month, month and a half ago, they were going to, and they did for the start of the varsity and JV season. Uh, since then, they have… realize that the students were not as interested in that as they originally thought, and they didn't feel it was feasible for them, so they… they can't. So they decided recently that that bus is no longer going to happen from Tully back to La Vienna. Um, so then putting together the consideration part of it, um, if we were to… go to Lafayette. pick up students there as part of the after-practice run, it would be the same numbers as us basically going to Lafayette. to 2.30, Ron. So you'll see under consideration number 1 that it's going to… Lafayette to pick up students at 6 o'clock.
053Um, but I do want to draw your attention to the first bullet on that. Ryan was able to contact the athletics up there and find out The modified athletes, their practices finish at 5.15. Varsity practices are done at 6 o'clock, so there's a 45-minute wait for modified athletes. You're waiting for that bus to arrive. When no supervision, which I'm pleased. That part, I don't know, but it would be a super creation at their end. Yeah, that part of your job, that part of things to consider. Um, alright, so we'd be running the bus up there, being there at 6 o'clock. picking up our ethics, returning them to the Onondaga High School. Consideration 2 is if we need to go to the Tali. Same way bullet number one, modifies are done at 515, varsity are done
054at 5.45, so modified to have a half an hour waiting. there are total phosphorians. You will see a little bit of difference in the pricing for that one, for those 39 days, it Thank you, three, for the cost, just for the few extra miles and $2 a mile, and still the same labor rate. Your dollar of order. Never. So… at the bottom of the total, if we were going to add Consideration 1 and Consideration 2. We're looking at increased cost of $7,520. probably looked at it, these athletic runs, do not calculate into the aidable categories for transportation. We're allowed to bring students in, take students home once per day. athletic contests, athletic shuttles do not fall into it, so this would be a pure district. questions. Do you have drivers that do a number of
055walking? I would have to put it out for bid. My thought is we probably would be able to find some, being this late in the day, they would be done with their regular run. big that it's a short term for this one. We're looking at these 39 days. We'd probably be able to… Question number 2 to Ryan. Yep, how many kids is this affecting? I mean, how many… So we have… turned into totally… I'm assuming the girls, and this is where the emails… came about, they were totally in Dubois area. Lafayette, this is strictly modified to say our seats. We would offer it to all levels if… needed. So, what are our numbers for veterans? So the total number map was 36, I'm just mistaken, right? There's more girls than boys. Um, it came out
056to about… 22 to 25 girls and about 12 to 15 boys. So that'd be 12 to 15 at Lafayette, and about 22 to 25 in total. That's varsity, by the fact. If they alter. Adversely, modified combined? Yes, all of the girls will be able to tell me, all of the boys in Houston, Lafayette. Yeah, there's 8 total modified girls. Um, there was… maybe 6 or… 6 to 8ish. Varsity, um, and about the same JV. So, low 20s for girls, and… you know, 12-ish voice. So, in an effort of… try and find a way to find those. Uh, and maybe this is a little nitpicky, but… If the state fund safety data allowancements, too. bring in each kid once per day and take each kid home once per day. If… let's take, uh… Half the girls
057that are grown the film. Uh, we bring them in in the morning, it goes really… they do their school work, they need to get on the bus and go with all the heat. That part's not painful. they have done until already, and come back here. And their parents picked them up here, or that returns her control, they technically be capable because we've helped… I don't believe so, because it's coming back to a school district or building. Or would the first half going from here down to Tully. I don't believe so, because that's going to an athletic. um, shared athletics. One way that might be to look into it is if we went to the… Home delivery after the athletic. I'm just thinking, would it be… Like, if they're not going to take the bus, I
058gotta get to say they're gonna get picked up. Would that be able to count as our taking their vote? I don't believe so. The way the wording is that is if they're going to a athletic contest or a practice, It doesn't count. What does that actually be worth it to take today? Stay that as that part right then. Right. Like I say, it could be something if we get on the creative side of it, whereas if we're coming back into practice, to deliver to home, that might. I had no idea where the children would be in the district. There's quite a few areas here. How many of these kids are actually going to participate, summer flying? It's back to that question, what are you going to do with these bonafide kids for 45 minutes and
059only… Before they get picked up and they're on their own. It's… and this is one situation. We have five combinations, 12 teams, usually? Yeah, there's combinations during every sports team. So it would be during every sports season, you have very different amounts and combinations. And we would have to provide that transportation to all, just to be equitable. Right. Correct. Yeah, I don't have to make more barriers for students to participate, but I don't know how we do this financially. I have to take down all of it. sports teams, and with our driver four years. That would be the hard part, would be kicking them. to offer locations right after school. This late in the day, it's a possibility. Shared event at 2.30 is… Matt, you said that the getting them to practice is more of
060their challenge than kicking them home? Correct. We're done with Oliver and ready for the runs. But to getting them to practice around that 2.34 or 3 times more word is missing. That's such a challenge. Yeah, that's what I figured. somehow do a trial run, and work out logistics would be… Well, they can work for this longer. Yeah, that's true. Is that knowledgeable? Yeah, we can't tell the coaches to do that when they're not our focus. And I can reach out and ask the ADs anything, because we want to try something, I'm more than happy to reach out when we try it. Do you think what's part of this became a problem is Lafayette has construction on the field. And last year, Lafayette, Houston, the girls lacrosse, and they moved it to Tony this year. Yes.
061Yeah, so historically, Lafayette has hosted all across. So, girls and boys, lacrosse has all been at Lafayette, or the Southern Hills combination. This year, Lafayette has construction on one of their locations. Which is limiting them to only hosting one of the two programs. Um, so they're hosting the boys, so the girls had to go somewhere else for their… for the host school. Um, and the decision was made by the ADs and the coaching staff that the varsity of JV coaches felt it more suitable that the entire program is in one location, um, in terms of proximity for the coaches in case there needs to be assistance somewhere, um, so that… We came to the decision that it would be best to have the program on one location, uh, which obviously is Tali this year. So
062this is potentially a one-year issue. Potentially a one-year issue. Yes. And how it's totally impacted if our girls can't make it. Like, they have an incentive to help us with this issue, like getting students to Lafayette so that we can… Right? It's as hard as… Yes, obviously our student-athletes helped the team. Um, the numbers fluctuate, so right now, Tully has the most JV and varsity kids. We have the most modifying kids. You know, so that argument could go back and forth, depending on which year or which district has the most kids. Right. Overall, we're all benefiting from having just the student-athletes together participating in a sport every week. And that combination obviously gives them the chance, because there isn't one district in the combination that has enough to field their own team. So we're probably
063not having to transport at all to sheriffs. Are they able to… We can ask. Yeah. I think I said, no reason, because typically it sounds like they would be transporting a lot then. But they may be… funding the code. Yeah, they're saying, what's the breakdown as a coach is totally Inc., and correct me if I'm wrong, if Tully pays for the varsity coach, the JB coach. And the assistant coach. So they pay for 3 of the 4 coaches. One thing to remember on that, like, tell these hosting meetings. hosting the boys' teams, they provide all the transportation to the away games. So that's an expense. We don't have… Well, whichever school is hosting this. And that's typical… They provide the transportation, because that's from… She only provides it from the lawsuit? From totally to the
064event, back to something different. Correct. Love, like, for that assistance for the transportation. or the shared events, we're helping for the coaching and that type of stuff, but we're not doing any of the transportation to view clients themselves. Max, did you have a question? Yeah, do you think you would be, like, more helpful? To have one bus, or three bike, One was transport… the dreams of Lafayette, and that same bus. Josh the girls off from Tully to come to get to honor Diamond? It all comes down to the practice times. Same way for the pickup. And everybody starting at the same time, and basically finishing at the end time, so if we're doing that, we're getting the telly approximately 20 minutes late. But also for the pickup time, they're both getting out at 6. So,
065that's why we're looking to do the pickup part is easier than the regular one to get there. Honestly, from the sounds of it, Something has to be, like, something has to be off from the… Somebody has to be unhappy. Some daggerate the start time? Somebody has to sell 20 minutes late. That's kind of… very well-spoken for… you look at everything for start times in schools. You know, everybody starts at the same time between 7.30 and 8, so in the transportation world, It would be very easy if everybody had a staggered time, you could just make that big loop. But everybody goes for that same start time. So, like you say, somebody's going to not be happy. Same way Ryan puts it for shared athletics. So, a shared location in Tully is kind of… In the
066middle, Lafayette's kind of in the middle. If we were going to host it, They would have to turn out a lot bigger than this and fade your spot, having to drive here and pick up kids, same way if Fabius was hosting, we have a lot bigger turnout than to go to Vegas and pick up kids. Talies are right, you pick them up, Fabious, and there's a whole lot of worse than to tell him. I agree with you 100%. We've had companies that we've had kids… transport from VOCES and from, um, from Cape Heritage. I mean, they showed up. 20, 30 minutes late to practice, we just made it work. I think it's… we have to put some coaches, challenges making work. And, yeah, anytime you make accommodations to make something work, guaranteed somebody on the
067other end. And it's just the nature of the trees. But very well with smoking, very questionable. Can Ryan and find those answers and get back to us for a name? Skip? a few things. do something if we don't know what to do with the kids in between, right? That's the variable. What's going to happen to the kitchen. And if you have any questions, give me a call. Thank you. Yeah, so boot camps, wait till the next meeting. Okay. I mean, just in my opinion. Oh, I'd rather not. We have kids that'll need to get… minimally get to practice tomorrow, which Matt, I think… So, the two practices… Two practices, okay. Yeah, we've done that. The only thing about hurting off, we would ask a question, Jamie, about… Is there a trial period to do this?
068I don't know if Matt can get a route together of the driver by tomorrow to do a trial appears. All understood. Well, is getting the students there, I'll take care of. Well, if we get information, work out logistics, about coaching and supervision, possibly, and then maybe we can talk about a trial run. bringing the students back together. Is that okay, Mr. Ford? Yeah. Especially your receivables and everything. Yeah, totally. If you're looking for your next meeting with Mr. Bird, that's… to explain this halfway through the scene. Yeah, but I think… I think what Jamie was proposing… is to try to get something in place tomorrow, or over the next couple days. And then see if you can put a route together for that after practice run. as a trial period, And then we could come
069back and work on the logistics. I can fix it for them, just make practice longer. Um, that works. Yeah. It's what they want to do. Ryan, I'll follow up on the practice time. And then, um, we'll figure out what we're gonna do with… Okay? Okay. Okay. business office. The district has earned nearly $207,000 of interest, 95 of which is from the general fund. Um, food service process for the month of February is $5,325. We continue to outpace last year's revenue. Um… In conjunction with Marcellus on behalf of Central being the lead district, we have, um, applied for the local governments records management improvement grant. It's a $75,000 grant for digitalization. of our records. Um, we have a jam-packed record in anecdotes way, way, way back, so… Um, there's an opportunity to get some of these
070records in a digital format, you know, get this space figured out. And our grant writer's working on how to score the growth points in the rubric, one of which is applying with somebody else, so… We're buying weird marsalis, but on that bed is the lead on it. So, we're hopeful we'll get this grant, and we can get, uh, With times. So I guess… maintenance. Good evening. So, on, uh, Phase 2A here, we're at, uh, IE building, um, Continuation of fluorido is still going on. We're over to the north side right now. Um, on that, that's going on extremely well. We should be wrapped up by the end of the week, hopefully, um, with that. The plumbing in the floor has been, uh… going in as well. Also, in, uh, concrete should start a board on
071the south side by Friday. Either they're gonna go smart porn, and then next week they'll continue. Um, in general, what's been going on over the last couple weeks here, uh, certificates of occupancy have been received and posted in all buildings. So we're good on that end, everything's been updated in SED, and they gave us our certificates. National Grid was on site. We had issues with our main, uh, main diaphragms on our gas, on our main coming in. We were going on, uh, water panel in there, in that, so, uh, they bumped it out to 14, so that's all taken care of, so we should be good now. on our gas pressure coming in from the street, for our boilers and for the next phase. This has been an issue for years now, so… Uh, everybody
072got on board, I had all parties here. And everything has been verified. So, uh, we're headed in the right direction on that. Elevated was in, that's our elevator contractor. We had our elevator down for a couple weeks there. We needed a new board, and we got the door operator motor on there. So I came in and I took care of that. Well, we're still down on groundsburg, so right now, I got a sub coming in, he's doing great with our other grounds person, um, opening clo… or opening closes tomorrow, and I'll be scheduling the interviews. We got a lot of candidates on that, so I'm glad we, uh, extended that out a little bit. Um, so in the next couple of weeks, we'll be bringing that to the board, hopefully. Um, so they're… they're working
073on spring cleanup, and of course, uh, field preparation, working on the fields, um, as they dry out. You know, it's just, you cannot win with this weather right now. You know, this morning it was snow. Tomorrow morning, it's probably gonna be snowing again, too, and uh, by Monday, it'll be 8. You know, so, looking forward to that. Yeah, yeah. Uh, main instances, daily, uh, daily stuff, you know, as it comes up, we get out there and we fix it, and then we, uh, continue with our work orders. Um, and custodial, if they're just continuing, uh, their weekly stuff, weekly events, all that good stuff, so… That's all I got. If anybody has any questions. Thank you, thank you for the relationship. But it's efficient. And I've all said, everything in the 93 requisition. Awesome, thank
074you. Hi, so we sent a team of our counseling staff to the second cohort of the Regional Crisis Intervention Team Training this week. The training focuses on crisis response, stabilization, and regional activation practices. Members of this team are able to serve on regional crisis response teams and are able to provide support to students, staff, and families during difficult moments. We sent one member to the first cohort training two years ago, so our participation in the second cohort allows us to have two trained staff members that are juniors and in our high school, a staff member trained at Buehler, and a staff member trained at Rock. Our third social-emotional screening window opens next week. It takes us about 2 weeks to complete the screening process. We will look at the data contemplation and our MTSS committee
075will review the meeting for a review of the data for larger trends at our next meeting in there. Any questions? Thanks. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. I'm going to keep it pretty brief tonight. We've had just a handful of school days since our last meeting, and we had a lovely Spring Sing concert and morning program right before we went away for break. The kids did a great job, and I want to give a shout-out, special thanks to Megan Bentley and Patty Cormier for pulling that… helping to pull all of that together towards the calendar. Um, we have 32 students registered currently for Pre-K, just a reminder that our registration Um, officially closes on May 1st, if we are not full at that time, we will accept more, um, students, of course, and then after that,
076we will move to the waitlist. We… with the staffing that we have in place currently, we would be capped at 36 until we moved to a waitlist or added more staffing. And we're off to a great start back from break. We've had a great couple days, things moving really smoothly. Any questions? Great, thank you. Thank you. We look for it. Part of the lights integer? And I'll show you my… not much has changed, uh, in a week or so. Big shout-out, I just want to give a shout-out to Ms. Bentley, um, Mr. Ramos, and Mr. Meyer for pulling off a fantastic music festival and talent show. Uh, I thought it was amazing. Um, kids did a great job, and they were excited, and asking if they could do it for Wheeler, so we're gonna put
077on a… repeat performance for a wheeler, and just the kids at Wheeler, and the staff. And Sam's gonna last year for high school Thursday, uh, the morning for that, so that's good. Uh, a couple visitors this week. Third grade, John DePasquale. Weather, News Channel 9, so if anyone wants to come out and bust on in for this weather we're getting, uh, that would be great, and see when it's gonna change, see down at the time tomorrow. Yeah, yeah, so are we gonna come tomorrow. And then on Friday, we're getting a visit from the canine, uh, trooper again, the canine dog trooper, uh, for Friday. Uh, I think the drama kids are gonna come over for the morning, uh, bump session. Uh, everything else is still the same. All the clubs are still the same. Any
078questions? Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. Uh, just, uh, hope to see everybody this weekend. Uh, we have Cinderella, uh, Friday and Saturday at 7pm, and on Sunday at 2 p.m. Uh, so I hope to see everybody there. Uh, just the next important day, we have prom coming up on May 8th, that's at the Lodge of Walsh Allen. So, it's The Lodge. Yeah. Um, and then we have Senior Breakfast that morning, and that is at Tuscaro, so that's nice for our seniors. Um, and that's all I have, unless you have any questions. Thank you, thank you. Anything more with that? I did. I'm deep. Unless you guys have any questions. At the broader education members… Death. Thank you, Jax. Facts. Um, thank you. Thanks, everyone, and I do just want to congratulate Rob. I feel
079like he kind of glossed over it a little bit, though. That's an honor. Very, very well-deserved. Congratulations. Sorry, it's so late. Yes. everything that's true. Yes, congratulations, Jonathan. Thank you, Mr. Christopher. Yes. Well, retirement age will do that together, just wouldn't want money anymore. Alright, speaking to the board, oh wait, Dave, I'm sorry. Congratulations to Jamie Burton. Yes, congratulations. Alright, Meredith Pillerson. Good evening. Um, I just had a few questions. Um, I had a chance to look over the proposed 2627. spreadsheet that was, um, posted and uploaded tonight. Uh, and a couple questions. Number one, as I'm moving into increases across the district, I have some questions about why some people can be at 3%. Yeah, our female administrators do not. So, I hope that somebody's looking at that From a legal perspective, because certainly
080they deserve as much as men do. Um, number two is, uh, casseroles. I have a question. Um, on the line item, that we have a $211,590. Does this include, like, them being supervisioned? at games, Dan, for coming in and, um, uh, for security, or is it just their… payroll, um, that I don't understand that number. And at one point, wasn't that capped at 45,000. per SRO. Um, I… I don't understand that, and I think that needs more clarity. Uh, also, I found it really interesting, um, for the superintendent's salaries, we've got a 4% increase for next year. That person's going to be a new person, and now Mr. Bryce, who's an award-winning superintendent, congratulations, Mr. Price, and I mean that wholeheartedly. Um, and so I'm not understanding why that would go up 4% with a
081new buyer. Um, also, I'm really confused. about the pre-K situation. Now, talked about it a little last time, didn't… Apples to oranges, I got, but this is money as a taxpayer. We used to have the 4410. It was a separate online, or it was… Big Brother, you know where I'm going with us, okay? Now, we have 4 individuals that are employees. Okay, so this has increased our staffing funds. 60% of our district is low-income. So, they would be eligible for free Head Start. At one point, we had Peace and Ammon Rockwell, we have a upper tooth, Um, no cost to us except for the room fee. And that was a way to offset costs. What I'm saying is, I can't figure out, and there's a number of us online and get here, How much is
082this pre-K actually costing the taxpayers? How much of it is debatable? How much… I know we get $10,000 per student, um, you know, we just had a really lengthy conversation about $7,000 in transportation. Um, I think that this is a lot more money than that, and I'm interested, and so would other community members. Um, to find out a little bit more about that. And also, as I sit here and I listen, about a new truck for facilities, at $65,000, we were making cuts, concerning. And last one is this… graphic here, um… The proposed budget, all in up, and I think… Just… just look down it, and… The concern is teaching at a 1.3% cut. Everything else goes up, up, up. And we've got some… administrators here, or department heads, giving over 10% increases. I just…
083maybe I'm not reading these numbers correctly, or maybe the people that I'm talking with that are online right now are not reading these numbers correctly, so please look at those numbers. Thank you. We can answer some questions for you right now. Okay. Is that alright with the board? Sure. Okay. Uh, I can assure you that the female administrators are treated equally and fairly with the male administrators. They're all in the same bargaining unit. And, uh, their contract was negotiated after the teacher's was, and every administrator got the same, uh, race. Okay, so I… can I add that down to follow up? So, like, the transportation, the, um… The grounds and maintenance that are at over 10%. Our business manager is at 10%, I'm not understanding why 3 of our main contributors here are not getting
084the same acquisition. Yeah, I get into that. the 25-26 budget was not an actual, because I don't know if the contracts were negotiated, so the 25-week budget is not actual salaries. So, without having, actually, we wouldn't have what it increased to. So, it was based on a 4% increase. Which is what all units, all that across the board, authentic sequenced both unit. It was all the same. So, there are additional contractual obligations in individual contracts. So, having contract is quotable. So, for example, uh, the… The administrators… The loan payment, which that would affect why that is true. I covered the homes. No, there's no bonuses. Um… the administrative to look at their contract, the number of days that you're allowed to roll buyout, or there was an increase in the contractual obligation, so I think
085part of what that increase might be. But again, you would need to have their actual to see where you're going actual to now, that 10 now includes anything. So, if it's a buyout of healthcare, it's in there. If it's a buyout from days, it's in there. Um, so you mentioned superintendent's salary. that I don't have any teacher leaves, administrator leaves, there's the end of… career, your vacation bio that comes from there, Eblars for Sick Days. I don't have the salary right now for the superintendent of what the new superintendent will be. That would be a place that, whatever that difference is as far as our fund balance reserve plan? So we talked about through what we use over the summer, our intent is to put that back into the budget, but I can assure you,
086nobody has any additional anythings anywhere in that. There's no bonuses. But within the contract of the administrators, there's a buyout for If, um, someone retires, there's a buyout for sick time. There's a buyout for unused vacation time. Um, so those are built into those numbers as well, too. So it's not going to come out, like, contractually, it's public knowledge. They got 4%, uh, just like the teachers did, and most of all the staff in the district. So… and… and when you go across budget lines by budget line, You are going to find that we did this intentionally, that we have money built in there for fund balance and reserve plans that we talked about. So, it's not always going to come out and say, you know, Rob Price makes $190,000. It's not going to come
087out where you're going to see that in there. It's going to have all of my other expenses that are tied to my salary. My health insurance, my vacation buyout, my sick day buyout at retirement, all this stuff is public. I just wasn't understanding this, and I think in the spreadsheet that's, like, 28 gauges here. the numbers weren't adding up. And so, so it's not action. It's… it's like a budgeted number. Some of them, some of them were exact, some of them you could identify a person and say, no, that's that exact person, that's exactly what they make, it wouldn't be that complicated, but obviously it's not something we're trying to broadcast with every single person who they are, but New York, if you can look up anybody, not exactly what they are. So… so some
088of them are exactly to the penny, um, some of them go in the world, as, you know, for teachers, um, masters credits, longevities, things like that are also salary components. So if you look at, say, the Rockwell teacher line, that's every individual person and every single component of every single… they're all… They're all bumped into one, so… There are a breakout in our financials offering exactly where some of those calculations all come from. They're all exact. Then I think, I think that it just… I'm not a finance person, I'm just a person looking at your data, and when you looked at it, it says Superintendent salaries, and it says 25, 26. pass the salary, and then you look at $26.27, that's the salary. And it's a 4% increase. I think what you could do is
089you can pull the superintendent and the business administrator's contracts, and you could find exactly what the salary components were. But that's something… I'm not… I'm not… Rob is not too many that they have that we're talking about. What I'm trying to say is, if we're getting a new superintendent, is it budgeted to make the same amount as Mr. Price or not? That's what I'm saying, because he's been… brochure. This is going on a little deeper, okay? Everybody in this room, and everybody that's listening online, can go online and figure out exactly what people make. That's the… when we call it the joy of the thing of postal school, or public. Y'all know, let's say they're long enough, you know how the contract proceeds work. You know darn well what you're getting every year, you know
090darn well what everybody in your building pretty much, is going to get every year, and probably most everybody in the rest of their strength. what the new superintendent is going to make will not be what Rob makes. If anybody… if anybody hired somebody brand new into a district like this, and tried to pay more than what you're outgoing is doing, like… You need to fire that person. Right, and I guess, I guess what I'm doing is this, this can be a little misleading. Okay, it's a bunch. Would you make a… would you rather deliberate at the end of the year, or would you rather be under at the end of the year? It's a backing teachers. That's what I'd say it's not affecting too much. I think it's worthwhile to point out that we are
091not cutting teachers, we're not replacing teachers, and the existing teachers got a 4% raise, and the existing administrators got a 4% raise, and everyone got a 4% raise. It's all public knowledge. So I went to conference rooms. All in the conference. Everyone gets the same thing. We know, she was a negotiator in August. Do you get what's in your contract? Yeah. End of story ads. Excellent, and that's what you have to negotiate. So… Next. Do you want to go through these, or…? get back to me backforth. There was an SRO question. I think it's important to address the SRO question. Just… So, we'll be having a public hearing for the SRO contract, just like we did last year, with the contract is on the board myths, and you can pull up an SRO contract, and
092it brings out all of their components. So, there is, like, uh, equipment is part of it. Um, their paid time off is part of it. All of their salary components are there, and you can put them on. And I think… I think the other piece still I wanted to mention, I couldn't remember that we have money to offset Yeah, so we'll… Yeah, we get Title IV, I think, I believe, for our SROs as well. So, just in terms of… Like, not all of that is coming directly from OCS textiles, but we do have some timelines that we apply to that, which offsets the cost. Pre-K costs, you had a question on that? Yeah. Um, in the pre-K program, as I talked about in the beginning, they are not part of the funding, not they, the
093funding for the pre-K program is federal funds. It exists in a special aid fund. However, it's not 10,000, there's an individual dollar amount for the… everything above when we got to the expansion grant has worked toward that $10,000. So there is, I believe, one… set budgeted in here, If the program were to be expanded, or if the funding didn't come through, because there's no certainty in federal funds. So, it has been a program historically, though. Where part of the funding does come from the general fund. We have not had enough when we had our three sections last year, there wasn't enough funding to support that just unsexually fund the loan. So, after halfway positions. Still nitrogen, our understanding, with the pre-K monies, We're funded based upon the number of student graduates. No, it's the exact
094allegation is however many number of bodies there is that day, is there a $10,000 allocation. But right now, we're at 32. So right now, we're receiving $320,000 for granted. Black women. Most sites are actually problem. And then just the other one. The question on the truck, Mayor Duff, was that, um, a question of prioritization? Yeah, I… yeah, like, like, it's what, uh, $65,000. $65,000 is… That's a lot of money. Yeah, it is a lot of money. I mean, if you take in full buses, I made them into trucks. To use them, you were here when we did, as we are taking table points in order to save money. Um, instead of going out and spending… you talk about saving money. You're in a district, we're trying to save money as taxpayers. That's a lot of
095money to go out and buy a premium truck. Is there anything we can do with our buses? We can look into that. Sometimes those buses, we end up spending more man hours in advance. Because we drive them to death. you know, um… We did that, we did win one of that, and I think it was Matt can speak to her, because… or Shane, I don't know if Shane was here. Um, but, uh, I think we spent more time working on it. And you've also… Over the years, when I was correct, I was probably… But it was just that, as I said during the presentation, Um, we have a burial truck. They will… if it… if it… if it breaks down and dies, It'll cost us more to fix it than it will be to replace
096it in the long run. Yes, it is a lot of money. It's a lot of taxpayer money, um, and we're trying to be as responsible. And make sure we meet all the district needs. Was there any others? No, you did that, thanks. Thank you. Melissa Virgin? Thank you. Perfect. Awesome… 20? Awesome. Kami Durhammer? Motion to approve the exemptions items as presented and or amended from G2 through G9. So moved. Questions, comments? boats in favor? Aye. Opposed? Stand passes 6-0. Can I just make an announcement to the audience? Sure. When I'm changing agenda items, It's not changing on the screen. Okay, but the items over on the left. the contents of it is not showing up, there's something going on with the program. So, I just want them… so people know what's going on. Um, I'm
097glad I lost some general knowledge. I just wanted to let people know. Okay, each one little business, um, in a superintendent search update, uh, it's the same as what we read last time. We are entering in Stage 2 of… finalist rounds, uh… holding interviews, and um… Rob is, um, putting together, working on… their communities for the final rounds for interviews. So, that's the next stage. H2? May I have a motion to amend the resignation date that Victoria King to May 21st, 2026? Some of… for each parents. Although it was a bear? approach, think, passes 6-0. I have a motion to adopt the 2026-2027 school budget in the amount of… $27,786,7873,000. Sorry, go ahead. Parsmith is garbage. Both? Same thing. Mention6 Earth. And a motion to approve the Rio Property Tax Report Card for the proposed
0982026-2027 budget as provisioned. So moved. Questions, comments? Oh, there's a big group. Opposed? Same, passes 6-0. speak me to the… Nice. No, you need anything? Yeah. Board of Education being proposed special meeting Monday, April 20th at 6 30 at the Rock Club. their next meeting? Health, Wellness, and safety community. Tuesday, April 29th at 3.30 at the High School Library. I scrolled down into… Okay, there we go. The budget for the hearing Tuesday, May 5th, 2026. And then the Board of Education meeting, the regular meeting at 6.30. 20th and the agenda for that, the consultation. UI and the transportation discussion again? Wow. Follow up here? Yes, please. Right, 01… I have a motion to enter in a consecutive session for continued review of the legal service permanent. appointed status and to discuss the medical financial credit
099for employment histories of a particular person or corporation or matters leading to the appointment, employment, promotion. Emotion disciplines, suspended from dismissal or removal of a particular person of separation. Dall moved. I was