001Good evening. I would like to reconvene this meeting. Uh we had executive session and came back into open meeting and at the executive before the executive session we move community input to be after the budget presentation so that you can ask your questions there and maybe clarify some questions you might have. All right. Next on agenda is superintendent assistant. Most of our presentation tonight will be on the uh budget presentation. I just wanted a quick uh overview. We had some questions around where things were located. So, if you go to the district page and go to the uh board of education, this is where if you clicked here our videos where you can see where they're archived. If you click clicked here, you would have the current video. uh on our um for board of
002education. This will be replaced typically by Thursday by the newest video and then it will shift to uh archived videos and there'll be links to each video here. Some are cancelled so they'll they'll be there. So uh that's where those videos are if you'd like to get to them. Sometimes on YouTube there are um different reasons why they get blocked and things. So, we've shipped them over so they're not on YouTube, but they're on on ours. There's that. And the only other thing I'd like to share with you is uh under departments, you go to the budget page, you'll read all the presentations for the year regarding the uh Lancing uh school budget. Over here are some quick links, the absentee ballot application, some of our grant information, but this is really what I want
003to highlight. This is the community budget survey. Uh Then on our web page here, we'll post it to social media. It's anonymous. You don't have to put any email in. You can go right in and complete that that survey. That survey would be great to do before our next um community conversation. We do try to address the questions that you have in that survey in the community conversations. And um that next community conversation, we got a lot of feedback that people would would like it to be virtual. So, we are going to do that one virtual and then try to add it. We do have the uh hearing which is in person as well, but we will do that um the next one. I think believe it's April 29th that will be a virtual one.
004So, we'll send that out. But if you could go ahead and and uh get that budget survey done, that would be great. >> Before you leave that page, you go on application. So, that's where you can get the information and if you have any more questions contact off the top of your head what's the cut off for the subitting ballot if you want the ballot mailed to you have you have to request it prior to the vote But you can take applications up to the day before the vote. The only only other thing I'd just like to add is uh speaking of Debbie and the just ask Debbie comes up quite a bit at these meetings. Today is admin assistant day and so we have a flower for you and Thank you, Debbie, for everything
005that you do for us. The only the only other thing I want to clarify, I think it was some um questions about coming to the April 29th board meeting. There is no official board meeting on April 29th. The April 29th is committ community meeting being meeting being led by superintendent. Although we might be in attendance, that is not an official board meeting. Tonight is the official board meeting, the last board meeting for April. Kate, you have anything for tonight? >> Hi, I'm Mary Kate. Um, I do have a few quick things to say. Um, on behalf of youth in our school and the swimmers at our school and everybody who's benefited from our aquatics program. Uh, so I came here in second grade. The pool was under construction, but now it looks pretty cool. It's
006really great. and I have taken the past 10 years to appreciate it to its fullest extent being on the swim team and everything. So what I want to say is that the pool will continue to be operated. Um you know they have to maintain the pool. Um filling it and unfilling it requires construction and um a lot of water which is very expensive. Uh and so for if there is to be cuts to the aquatics program, it's not going to create that much of a direct budget. So, I just wanted to say while the pool is very nice and the aquatics are very nice, the big portion of the budget that it is is that maintenance year around unfortunately. So, yeah. Do we have any boards? Um, I just wanted to um let my fellow
007board members know that we did have a policy meeting on Friday. The discussion was around the board protocols and um board handbook that is under construction. We'll keep coming back to you guys with that and um update you. also several policies that are on our agenda for tonight either for first reading or second reading and we can have substantive discussion about that during action items. Also for prospective board members, people who are running for board of education, the Central New York School Boards Association is hosting a webinar tomorrow. I believe it's at 6 pm. If you go to the Central New York School Board Association web page, you can register for free. The title is So, you want to be a board member. And um it gives information about what the role and responsibilities of
008a member of a school board is are. Um and it will be an open discussion. So, I highly recommend that all of our candidates participate as best you can. Also, for board members just to look at the advocacy update that came from NISBA today. Unfortunately, we still do not have a state budget. We have a budget extender until the 27th, which is Monday of next week. That means that there's still time for advocacy for members of the board and for members of the community. Again, education is looking for funding. Uh 2% minimum for foundation aid would be a gamecher for a lot of districts across this state. Um, but there are also some very important pieces of legislation moving through that have either passed one house or the other, including the idea of having a
009school board member or representative on local industrial development agencies. Um, which would be in my opinion a good thing uh for school districts to have input into tax abatement and what have you from major industries coming into town and I think that's it. >> I will be on that. So you want to be a school board member tomorrow as well. Um, Monday was the Lancing Library annual meeting. Um, just was great to hear. I think we have an outstanding community library. Um, just some highlights. 21,000 visits this year. 35,000 website visits. They do more than just books and uh DVDs and all that. There's there's quite a bit of online resources. The library owns nearly 45,000 items and their budget passed yesterday. So, thank you to all that voted. That's it. Okay. So, I guess
010I want to remind everyone that we have a couple We have four I'm sorry, not four. We do have four open spots. We had One, two, three, four, five, six, seven petitions um um entered and those names are Kristen Kirsten in Enoff, Andrew Gross, Matthew Bogmail, Alec Mi, uh Monroe Machowski, Robert Casease, and Matthew Lesbian Lesby. Sorry. Sorry about that. So, uh, look for their names to be on the ballot. And I want to remind everyone that of course again of the April 23rd round table. I believe it's a link on the so you want board education um for that too. Um, Did you hear any of that? Sorry. So, April 23rd the round table. If you need help getting that that link, contact any of us or the district office. May 11th is meet
011the candidate and the budget hearing in the regular meeting that will be held in auditorium. U May 19th is actual budget vote in the election. One p person with the fourth highest votes will be appointed immediately to the board to finish out the term that ends the following year. The other three will be appointed June 8th. The June 8th meeting will start at five o'clock. It's important that you be there. We're going to go over operating procedures, how to be a board member, and school district and um just overall um on boarding training for everyone and our reorg meeting is July 13th. Also another very important meeting that you need to note. The only and the other thing I want to talk about a little bit is about what type of meetings that we have
012and what they're called. We we have an executive session, a closed meeting and a special meeting in addition to our regular meetings. And our regular meetings require all these things require a quorum and notice. Um closed meetings are meetings that we typically use as a board retreat and they're closed and we don't talk about or make board um district decisions but we learn about we do professional development those and something that we need to specifically talk to um oneonone about. Special meeting is something that happens at an emergency and those had require notification within 72 hours or as soon as possible or as practical. And then executive session is also a closed segment of a meeting that we use to discuss sensitive topics to discuss personnel concerns, legal issues or collective ne uh uh bargaining
013negotiations and all these things have particular processes and protocols to um abide by. We can't simply have an executive session because someone wants to talk about something. We have to abide by very specific rules and regulations as well as the special meetings. It's not something that just can happen. It has to be a very special and immediate thing that we need to discuss and decide as a district. In addition to in addition to we have to have members available for quorum. We cannot have meetings and make decisions have discussions based on the for the district or the board of education without a quorum. So, I think that was a discussion that was being had out in the community. I want to kind of clear up. Do you have anyone else need to uh clarify that
014I said I want to add on to that? >> Just to let people know that as a board of seven quorum is four people and we all have to be present in person for that quorum. We can't have three people here and one person videoing. But state law says we all have to be together in person for quorum to be achieved. >> I just wanted to add also as he's a the reason for some of this um just maybe as a refresher uh individual board members have no authority. It's the board that has authority and so that's why you have to have a quorum of board members for the board to actually be excuse me in session. >> Thank you very much. All right. Um, Brenda Zoski and Aaron Thompson wanted me to share that.
015They really wish they could be here tonight, but uh, Aaron had to see his son pitch and he was dedicated to be there and um, Brenda had previous obligations, so I said I would share that. Right. I do have the final budget proposal to share with you tonight um and for you to vote on. Just as a reminder um when we're the board is voting on the proposal, it is the final budget amount. It's not voting on specific reductions. It's not voting on specific items within the budget. It is voting on the total budget amount. So, I just kind of wanted to preface with that. Um, here are previous presentations that we've done throughout the course of uh budget season. We did start back in January with our presentations and have slowly gotten to the
016point um over the course of the last several months where we have a final presentation for you to review. Just as a reminder, what our typical budget expense drivers are. uh our salaries and benefits usually make up between 65 and 70% of our budget in any given year. So those two expenses really drive our budget um no matter what year it is. Um in particular this year benefits we did see a significant increase in the cost of health insurance higher than we've seen in past years and that's really due to the cost of claims increasing both for our medical claims and our prescription claims at a higher rate than normal for us and for most We are seeing a significant rise in our utility costs specifically to electric. So that has impacted us in a
017way that is higher than average based on our trends. And then for another piece of our contractual our Bosey's costs, we do have a number of students who attend various programs at Boseies. And as we place students in the most appropriate program, we have a a rise or a decrease in those student placements in any given year. Uh in this current year, we had a higher rate of placement than we have had typically in the last few years. And so that drove uh our current costs up a little higher than we expected and then again carrying into next year. So that was a a driver for us looking at next year's budget. And then the final uh driver for us is the debt service. Our capital project uh debt service is coming on from the
018most recent project. That is something we are aware of that's happening. We have planned for that and part of that debt is offset on the revenue side by an increase in building aid. We uh if I do a little intro to this when we are looking at our reductions as we're presenting in all of the budgets every presentation gets a little tighter based on our current year what's happening and um as as just kind of in our planning. So we stay pretty broad with uh exactly what specifically will be getting cut and and here too it's a little broader partly because If it says a certain uh position, it that for our budget is a actual reduction in an amount of money, it may not actually be in a reduction of program. And that is
019because we plan to um mitigate it in just a different way or or um and try to um make sure that it's still happening. And uh so like for example the director of curriculum position is an administrative uh reduction. It's all that work doesn't go away. It just uh becomes another piece of pieces of other people's jobs. Um so that is uh you know an example of that. So it's looks like that. So uh field trips where you are looking at grants, we're looking at working with other community organizations. Um the uh elementary school counselor that is a is a school counselor position that's shifting uh that p the position will be at the middle school. We don't lose that person. Our goal uh is really to be as compassionate and empathetic as possible with
020all of our employees to make sure all these conversations happen upfront that every none of this should be a surprise to anybody. Um and certainly we do everything that we can to not uh have to lay off people because when you have a up and down faculty uh and and staff it's just creates you know not not the best culture. So we really want to preserve the people. we hired them for a reason and we do the best we can and I think we're in a really good spot now where um that will be as limited as as possible. Um so we might still add counseling through a different manner at elementary if it if it needs to to be added. Um but at a part-time level that's enrollment uh type of thing. I do
021want to talk a little bit about um it says lifeguard and teaching assistant. Currently, we have K K4 instruction that happens in the spring for about eight weeks, eight to 10 weeks. And then we have f grades five and six that happens uh for two or three periods at most in the in the fall um for eight weeks also. So, you're looking at a total of 16 weeks. We're looking at those positions, reducing them, and then how and every time we brought this up, it's like and then working with the town or our uh PE and health department to say how can we continue this program in a different way. And u that meeting actually with that department for a few for over a month now was scheduled for this afternoon. And so we had
022that department meeting and we feel pretty comfortable that we're able to continue swim instruction uh in just in a different manner. It certainly would be our with our PE teachers. Um it might be with a lifeguard that the recck department is supporting us with or um or uh somebody that is just coming in for that period of time. not a full-time employee with full-time benefits for 16 weeks of instruction. It just doesn't seem it does it's not the best use for them to just be covering other duties and responsibilities on those other times. Uh so we will have those two will be going out into other positions. That's when seniority start to take place, right? So people might say, "Oh, the teaching assistant and lifeguard, they're still going to be here at school. There's actual
023no reduction." Well, they bump somebody and those might be the reduction. Fortunately, we have people that are leaving in those positions. So, it's not it doesn't impact them. We're not actually laying people off necessarily, but it is a savings of, you know, about between 75 $80,000. So, that's that savings for the cost of uh hiring a lifeguard. That would be the one position that we'd have to add in for the 16 weeks might be around $4,000. So that's an area where you get creative. You say, "How can I continue it, have a savings, and and continue the the program just a little differently." So we were able to meet with the elementary um PE teachers and the uh K with the 5 through 12 department today and that was great to finally get some things
024worked out. A reason why we don't talk about those things until we're meet have those meetings is they those employees and people that are teaching that to that information before the public does. And so once we have that information, then we can share it out fully. Um we weren't sure if we were able to manage to do um grades five and six, but when we realized it was two to three periods a day, we're we feel pretty confident that we're able to. Certainly uh once we get to the elementary school too, u once that's starting that starts in uh around March, um things might look a lot different. there's people that come and go students that you know so it's up in the air but we are planning planning for the actual instructional piece but
025I did see the petition and unfortunately there was a lot of inaccurate information in that so I wanted to take a moment to clarify that uh of that in particular there was around just savings overall savings surely we would not be looking at reducing a program that that brought no savings at this time there's no reason to it's an excellent program, one that we value and like to like to continue. Same thing with all of these programs actually. Um, so Kate will continue to go through, but the uh high school English and social studies, uh, regardless, we would have been looking at that due to the enrollment. Those are two retirements. The two special education teachers, that's districtwide. Um, again, we're looking at retirements and we're looking at movement within. So, um, we have had
026great relation, uh, really great conversations and relationship with the LFA leadership, the LFA membership. We're really working together. If one of the areas that we were looking at, thinking that we would have to maybe um, do some layoffs was in the uh, K6 teacher area. We may have some K6 teachers that are willing to jump up to open secondary positions, but then leaves those K6 positions open, which is great kind of camaraderie and support of each other to make sure and these are people that are certifi happen to be certified in those areas as well, but are just currently um Ksix teacher. So, we we feel pretty good around our communications with the faculty, the staff, and now that we're finalizing uh our pieces, we confident about getting that information out to the out to
027the community as best we can. And I'll try not to interrupt you anymore. I let you guys just wanted to get that pre- messaging out because it's it's really important. Uh right now we're fighting a lot of misinformation out in the community rather than having an opportunity to share accurate information. So I'm going to overshare as much as I can to make sure that accurate information gets out there. Uh we will be sharing uh now what hopefully we move forward with a recommendation tonight and uh we'll be sharing fact sheets on each content area as we move forward once this gets settled. >> Did you want to talk about >> the high school? I could do it since I'm just going I'm going. um the high school de of students. This was a position that
028was added. Our our population was uh we had a greater level uh enrollment at the uh high school at this time and it was right kind of during after the pandemic and we had a lot of uh disengagement. We needed more more adults to kind of support mental health and and and different things. and she at the time was about a 6 uh high school Dina students and did cse meetings for us at the high school has since kind of flipped that to be working in um for our CPSE uh meetings our committee on preschool special education and we're seeing an increase in that area and a decreased need in the high school. she will just increase um her uh her responsibilities in with special education to make sure that we're servicing our students appropriately
029and have those meetings done well. So, it's a reduction here. Uh and it but it like we're kind of shifting where those services are. Anything else? >> You got it. The only other uh one I really wanted to touch on was the micro computer specialist. Uh we currently have two individuals in that department. Um we had budgeted for a third micro computer specialist for this current budget year. However, the individual in that position left in June and we never filled that. So while it hasn't been a filled position, it was budgeted for, we've reduced that for next year as they've been operating pretty well without that individual. And the other pieces I've talked about, um, equipment, facilities, and technology, we just took a hard look at what our needs were and were able to find
030some reductions there. Same with materials and supplies. Our faculty and staff did a really nice job in kind of really narrowing down what they were their requests were for next year. Um, and then software was some business office software that um, we we feel in my office that we can do without. >> So we look at the top There are people moving around. It's not like eight faculty positions does not mean we're letting go of eight. >> Correct. And actually all of those position the majority of those positions are not impacted with an actual person. I will say that most of them are also right sizing based on uh demographics uh enrollment and student needs. The last meeting we really talked about the impact of reductions and we had um some different numbers to share
031on classroom size. Um one of the things that I'll present on later is um how we've tried to maintain class sizes and reduce our reductions that we presented the last time. So we had originally been looking at an additional K6 teacher. We have a proposal here to maintain that position, keep average class size at around 18. Currently, it's at about 17 and really have a really healthy range for those grade levels and have really targeted and um positive instruction in those areas. >> Sorry. >> Yeah. >> Largest class size, smallest class size. That just has to do with third grade may have more students. >> Correct. And we do try to prioritize the younger grade levels to have smaller class sizes uh on a per instructional person basis. So, um that that is also part
032of that. You know, when you get into fifth and sixth grade, their model is a little different. They're not it's not necessarily 21 kids all in class, but if you split them up, just put but they're a different schedule as they're switching around classes throughout the day, if that makes sense. Again, uh field trips, it does impact the student experience outside the classroom and really trying to bring to life what they're learning. We are looking at other ways to offer those opportunities whether it be um via digital experiences or bringing people in rather than trying to transport students out working with Boseies and the opportunities that they might have for us to work as a region. Um so still trying to maintain those experiences uh while still seeing the savings that we're we need. Again,
033as Chris talked about pool instruction, the instructional piece will remain. We're planning with the PE department on what exactly that looks like. So th those instructional days might look a little different. It might be seven days of instruction versus eight days, but we will still have that K6 instruction for next year. Curriculum writing, conferences, professional development. There's a couple pieces here. Um, we will still have opportunities. You know, Chris talked about how people might be moving into different areas for anybody who's changing what curriculum they'll be teaching next year. they will still have opportunities for their curriculum writing and any uh professional development they need around that. Uh so we haven't reduced it completely but we have significantly reduced it um as a year-over-year expense and and moving forward. And then director of curriculum uh
034Chris talked about those responsibilities shifting to other people that other people is her um I have although she did say other duties as a sign and pointed at me so we'll see how that works. Um, but I've listed here, you know, just it's important to note that the position and the work that's done being done doesn't change. It's just who is providing that is changing. So, I've listed here all the work that it's entailed there and I put an etc on the end of that because I'm sure I missed a couple things as Christine's looking at it. Um, managing. So I'll be presenting two different scenarios here. The expense side will stay the same. Um, so looking at expenses here, um, previously we've been seeing an overall increase in salaries and we're now with those
035reductions, we're seeing a decrease of about 3%. Um, you can see that benefits are only slightly increasing at that 1.58% despite the the rise in cost of health insurance and that is those benefits related to those salary expenses. You can see a decrease in equipment is fairly significant that for the work that we did with facilities and technology and really reviewing our equipment needs and how we can manage that and and save those costs and spread them out over the next couple years. Contractual and supplies that is still a Um, which is only a $67,000 increase for us. We are hopeful still by conversations that are happening at the state level that that might come in a little higher than what that initial proposal was, but without a state budget that's final, we do use
036was proposed back in January. We will see a significant increase in our building aid. Again, as that debt's coming on, our building aid starts flowing to help offset that cost. So, we're seeing an increase in building aid of 11.8%. >> To review the let's say the governor's proposal is a 2%. Right? That's kind of irrespective uh that today's vote is the top line number that changes and then you go to the reductions and say okay this is back in or this changes. >> No. So once you vote on our budget so I'll go back a slide maybe you're voting on the 40.8 million as an expense. If my revenue comes in higher I still can't spend more on the expense side. I can only spend up to that point. That revenue Kate, um I know
037there were some years where we actually had more than 4% in there. Um is it typical to have, you know, the 2.8% range in the >> It depends. Years past when we were significantly higher than 4%, the power plant was still conversation. We weren't sure what was happening with that. So, we intentionally had more money in that unappropriated if for some reason was to suddenly close not knowing what that impact would be. So, typically we try to stay between that 3 and 4% if at all possible. The state looks at that and looks at the amounts in our reserves, our savings, and our appropriate funds to make sure we have healthy amounts there for years. >> Okay. Thank you. So can you go over again why and then moving reserve money into why are we
038keeping um I promise it's Uh so knowing that it's sitting there that 212,000 and it doesn't really have any value to us. I'm recommending and we move into a reserve where we can use it or we might have a need for it. Our ERS costs um typically rise more often than any other re any other cost for our reserves. For example, next year our TRS rate is actually lower next year than it is this year, but our ES ERS rate is um about 2% higher, just shy of 2% higher for next year. So, that is a cost. That's personally why I'm recommending we use out of that reserve. It was a significant increase year-over-year in that category for our ERS benefits and it's a way we can mitigate the impact on the taxpayer for that
039cost. Does that answer your question? I think so. I guess it just seems weird to not just directly appropriate. >> We have to have expenses in that category to use the reserve in that category. And since we don't typically have those, we can't just use directly out of the reserve. we'd have to move it into a reserve where we could use it and have and show that we have expenses that are being offset by that. Mary Kate, um I had a question. There was like a $700,000 line that was moving to $722,000. That's not out of this fund. There's a separate savings fund that we have as a district. >> This is all that is all of these combined. So the 200,000 out of debt service, the 150 out of the reserve, and then the
040372. >> That's different from the $700,000 line. >> That's the total >> the 770 whatever it was is the total of these. >> If we went down to the 2.8%, how quickly would you think we would bounce back? >> Depends on whether state aid comes in. Um, and you know, in many years, I believe last year I predicted our unassigned fund balance at the end of the year would be about 3.6 where we ended up at the end of the year was a little different. You know, I'm only looking at expenses through March and then projecting out for the rest of the year. So, I try to be really conservative with that so that when June comes, we're not like, "Oh my gosh, that's actually going to only be a 2% fund balance." So, I
041do try to be conservative and anticipate the unexpected. So, I'm hopeful that that might be higher by the time we get to the end of the year, especially looking at where we're landing, but I don't want to say we're going to be at 4% and then land at two. >> I might be jumping ahead a little bit, but how does this change? Because one discussion we had last meeting was um what would going above >> tax cap and at the tax cap. >> Yep. >> So, how is that? And if it's only The last appropriation recommendation was 70,000 and now just 722. How's that disappeared? >> Most of those reductions are still in place. So that was looking at if we went over the cap, we could not have all of those reductions. I saved
042one reduction that we originally talked about at the last meeting. >> So that's not going over the cap is not going to be a suggestion for tonight. >> I'm going to show what that would look like. Sounds good. >> We covered it in an earlier meeting, but CPI is still 3.3% >> and just I won't skip back but one of the position that we are no longer proposing to reduce is what's um maintaining the class sizes where we which are really in a healthier position for next year rather than having larger class sizes. So at the tax cap um as I said it's about a 2.977% levy increase. I show what the estimated tax rate will be per thousand. Those are only estimates until we get the final assessments in July and the you know
043the total assessed value for the entire district combined with our levy helps is that calculation for the tax rate. So I also at the bottom show the projected rate at this time every year and then where the actual tax rate falls just so you can see you know how close in line those typically are. Jay Franklin does a really nice job of providing some conservative estimates to us uh each March April so that we can make that estimate for a $100,000 home. That's looking at just shy of a $40 increase year-over-year. I added for a $400,000 home that would be about $158. So if we were to appropriate less and instead go over the cap to still maintain that position, I'm showing here what that might look like. So the local portion of the revenue
044would increase to 872,000 or 3.31% year-over-year and then those appropriations would go back down to 625,000 which is what we had presented last week. >> So then the difference between at the cap and over the cap is about appropriations. >> It's about appropriations, >> not about positions, not about class size. >> Correct. Got it. Thank you. >> Just to show what the difference in the impact on the unappropriated fund balances. If we were to appropriate that $97,000 less, uh it would be we would predict to land at about 3% fund balance at the end of the year. So everything else remaining the same. It's a 2.8 versus 3% difference. at the cap. As opposed to 740,000 from the tax levy, it would be 838,000. It's a 3.37% levy increase. The impact on a $100,000 home
045would go from $40 to about $46 or 158 to 186 for a $400,000 home. I just have a comparison chart here. showing what the total levy would be for both scenarios. I forgot to change that. That's not over by 250 again. That's over by 97,000. I apologize. The other thing we also always review is what happens if the budget fails. We do have three options. You can go right back out on June 16th with the same budget and hope to increase public awareness. You can revote with a revised budget and we typically uh do a survey. So we would adjust that if that was the option we chose. We would adjust that based on the feedback in our survey or we could go immediately to a contingent budget. If a budget vote fails a second
046time, then we must adopt a contingent budget. The date of that revote statewide is June 16th. >> Um Kate, just a um clarification. Um, if we did want to go over the cap, that's a supermajority vote, right? So, >> so a super majority is 60% or higher. A regular vote, not over the cap, is 50%. >> And then that's different if that doesn't pass, right? >> Well, it's the same if it fails, then you have to either go to contingency or go back up to vote. >> But it's easier. It's it's the possibility is more likely that it might fail, right? Because you have to get the 60%. Yeah. Right. Okay. So, a contingency budget uh doesn't mean that none of your revenue changes. It means you cannot collect any more in property taxes year-over-year.
047So, that top line would remain the same, a 0% increase. We we still see that increase in those those increases or decreases in the other areas of about 322,000 again primarily driven by the change in building a The impact would decrease our tax rate because we are seeing an increase slight increase in overall assessed values. So for a $100,000 home, the year-over-year would be a decrease of $13. For a $400,000 home, about 52,000. There are certain things that we have to reduce. We would be looking for an additional 742,000 in reductions to meet a contingent budget. So we first have to look at the things that we cannot spend money on in a contingency. Um any new equipment, non-essential maintenance. So um anything that doesn't have to be fixed, can't be fixed, all field trips,
048all student supplies. Uh that would be the big one for us. We do purchase the majority of our student supplies in most years. The student supply lists are fairly minimal. Um we would no longer be able to purchase paper, envelopes, uh notebooks, pens, pencils, you know, none of the things that students require would we be able to purchase. Those all have to be parent driven. Athletic uniforms are considered part of equipment. I just list those separately because most people of that as an equipment line but it is and the other significant one for us would be community use of facilities without full reimbursement. So right now we do have a facility or building use reimbursement form and a schedule of what uh we charge for various uses but we do have inkind agreements with the
049town of Lancing, the recck department, uh boy scouts and other various community organizations. We would then have to start charging for the use of facilities for those organizations as well. just those items would not get us to the 740,000 required. So, we would have to start looking at other items to comply. And I just listed some examples here. And we would always always first be looking at non-instructional, non-mandated programs. So, anything that we don't have to provide would then be on the table at looking at as a potential reduction to meet that 740,000. >> Guess that just because we can't ask for more monies, our contractual obligations are still increasing and that school has to provide those. It doesn't stop school business. It stops the school from being to raise revenue to cover the business.
050Correct. Uh, I wanted to ask if we move to contingency budget, will there be a revote on the allocation of funds for the district? Like the board would do that again or so that would be part of the conversation at the board level. The only thing that you can't change is the levy increase. So theoretically, the board could allocate all of our reserves and all of our fund balance. That wouldn't be anything we would ever recommend because it's not sustainable, but that is something that would be at the board level decision on how much to allocate. >> Thank you. >> Our recommendation uh would to be remain within the cap um and use the appropriations again because we're hoping that will come in a little higher and offset that use uh and the supermajority required
051for not much of a change in fund balance. That would be our recommendation. But at this point, we'll leave it up to you guys to discuss and determine how you want to move forward. >> During the finance committee meeting, it was a discussion about I think Susan brought this up about how the expense of electricity and gas. So, can you explain the other as far as additional. >> Yes. So, one of the topics that we talked about in finance committee was our fuel we bid out and so those costs the the amount per gallon that we purchase of either diesel or gasoline is predetermined and we know about what we use every year. However, because of what's happening in the world today, if there was to be a war declared officially, the vendors that have
052bid on that fuel would have the right to pull that bid. And so, that is a concern. It's something that my fellow business officials and I are talking about and looking at and keeping our eye on. Um, what that impact would be is really hard to to know at this point. >> And what does pulling a bid mean? So we get we put out a bid for various items, one of them being fuel. We say here's how much and we do it as a large group. It goes through Bosei. So there's a number of school districts that participate in that just to increase our buying power. We say we're going to on average buy 20,000 gallons in a given year of uh gasoline. And so we put all that out. Vendors go then and bid
053and say okay we're going to lock in this price of $263 per gallon for the next year. So then we can estimate based on that how much our fuel costs are going to be for the year and we do that for gas, diesel, kerosene, propane, any fuel type that we use each year and we do that through DCMO Boseies. There is a state bid as well. Those prices fluctuate week to week. So we always typically go with a DCMO bid because then we can lock them in for the year and it's just easier to predict. Um but pulling that bid, they could say, "Hey, there's no way we could have there was going to be a war. You can't hold us to these prices. We can't stay in business and sell this to you at
054that price. So, that would take my understanding is reading the contract language that if war was officially declared by Congress, they would have that right to pull that bid. The other piece that we talked about was utilities um and the fluctuating rates or increasing rates in electric that we're seeing statewide. We participate in a um energy consortium through various other with other districts and the TST Boseies and some districts outside of the TST Boseies where we work with a group and we lock in part of our rate. So for about half of the electric that we purchase our rates are locked in, the other half vary and fluctuate. So if rates go down, we see that benefit. But if rates go up, at least half of our energy use is protected at a rate. And
055so that is just one way we've mitigated our risk in any given year. looking at those utility costs. Ricky, >> is that a similar thing like that flat rate that we've been on for that part? Like could that change if more was declared too? >> The electric rates aren't really impacted the same way. >> Okay. So how for any expense how is an appropriate fund balance? >> We typically we appropriate it at any given year to mitigate the impact on the taxpayer of having to raise all of it. So you know when we budget for a particular year we have contingencies built in. So if we have another, you know, 20 kids move into the district in all in one grade level, you know, kind, we're only predicting what our kindergarten class will be for
056next year. So we're anticipating we'll need x amount of teachers for that. If 20 more students attend in kindergarten, well, we're going to need another teacher for that. So we have that contingency built in. I build in contingencies for health insurance. So if everyone uh that we have to hire in a given year, so we do have some openings. Um if those people family health insurance. They won't all most likely, but I have to anticipate that they might. So, we have those contingencies built in. So, we hope that we won't have to use all of that appropriated fund balance. There have been times that we haven't needed to use it. There have been times that we have needed to use it. So, that varies based on what happens in a given year. Student population shifting,
057demographics shifting. >> Uh Historically, the years when the power plant was operational before the tenure, um, were those typically surplus? I I don't even think I looked in the district at that point, >> like revenue over expense. >> Yeah, >> I'd have to go look again, we planned for that revenue. So, we know in advance the the power plant was valued at this. This is going to be our tax rate. So, it wasn't anything that was unanticipated. So it would be the same as our expenses happen to come in lower than what we predicted our revenues would be would be more likely if we had a surplus rather than the revenue side. So I do think it's a better scenario to appropriate some funds from fund balance but I guess I don't know we don't
058know what makes for some reason we didn't have enough money to fund things would What would be a scenario that you would advise us to do? >> I think I need more information. >> Okay. >> Are you saying if we have a large spike in something that's going to put us over the 40 million? >> Yes. >> We would have to look at what we weren't going to do in a given year. So, it might be looking at what programs can we reduce just like we would in a contingency because, you know, there are certain things we have to pay. We have to pay our electric bills. So, if we have to reduce another program in order to do that. That would be unfortunate, but we'd have to start looking at that. >> So, our
059unappropriate funds is like our savings. We don't want a separate >> correct. >> Okay. >> But it's not a savings account that we can dip into over the course of the year. >> Correct. >> Over our budget. >> Correct. >> So, it's a savings that we use to hedge against times like this when we need to take some of that savings, apply it to the current year in order to mitigate against increasing taxes for our taxpayers. >> Yeah. In general, >> It's a planned use. It's not, okay, we're saying we're going to spend 40 million and electricity goes crazy and now we need to spend 42 million. until we go and get two million out of our savings account. No, we cut two million. >> Yeah. And going back to your question isa if we
060had only 1% we would not be asking you to appropriately be reducing program because we need that we would need that in the event something did come about as I mentioned I'm going to count me being here is my 11th year on the on the school board and you know maybe some of this is is obvious stuff to people but Um I was reading recently that you know some of the larger school districts like Ithaca or you know some of the area school the 1 or 2% on foundation aid it's not going to mean much to them you know but we're a smaller school district um and and everything I I it's amazing to me that it's still this razor tight I' I can remember sitting here having these same conversations over and over again
061and it just it just to me uh it it it's unfortunate that every every year, you know, and this is this I hope people really understand it's it's the way that New York State chooses to fund school districts. And maybe it worked great in 1950, you know, to get property tax from people and and pay for the schools, but I I don't feel like they're really keeping up with the times because, like I said, other school districts, I know they're struggling, you know, throughout the day, not just us. Um, but just it amazes me. This is still This is still how we're doing it. And it's so I mean the Kate, you mentioned it, the uh going over the tax cap 2.8%, you know, versus a 3% difference. I mean, that's how tight it is,
062and it's it's it's unfortunate. It shouldn't be this this hard, it seems to me. But anyway, >> um I know that you guys work really hard on this um and that you it's not just numbers but but people. Um so I wanted to thank you for bringing this to us >> and we try to you know it isn't just numbers. I mean for me it's a lot of numbers but we we also look on the at the human impact and not just our students but also our faculty and staff. We try to tie all of that together and what that impact's going to be. >> And I know we talk about this every year. We haven't yet talked about it this year or at least not in the past couple weeks. Um the importance of
063going out at the tax cap and not significantly below the tax cap has to do with the future. And once you significantly go under the cap, it constrains the amount of revenue you can collect going forward. So once you put yourself a step behind, you end up very quickly five steps behind and then you're 10 steps behind and it compounds that way. >> Yeah. And you can see those conversations that are happening around the state like We have districts within the region, I would say, that have gone out at 0% for a couple years and now they're looking at significant layoffs or significant increases in tax collection. Um, we've always tried to maintain stability. So, we're not seeing real flat and then a huge spike. Um, there have been years we've gone out under the
064cap and then the following year we had to go out over it to keep up. So, it you have to look at that long-term impact when you're making those decisions on what's best for the taxpayer, a 10 $10 increase this year or a zero and then a 15 the next year or a 20 the next year. So trying to maintain that stability so people can plan for what to expect and not this up and down in any given year. >> Um so from my understanding we rarely ever go to contingency budget like is there any recent time where we have had to do that? Not not in our tenure. >> Okay. That's right. >> Hers is longer than mine. >> Last year's uh I just looked it up. Last year's first vote that made 654
065districts passed. 24 did not and went to a second vote. Could not find the results of that. >> I know I'm I'm one of those Boseie students. I'm leaving so don't worry about the funding. But my teacher my teacher was um speaking about I think like There was some strain in the southern tier. There was one school who had to go to contingency budget and it was really hard. >> Yeah, it's hard for everybody. >> Oh, do we have any more questions? I forgot we have so if you can ask more questions that comes up, but let's open it up to All right. >> Wait, I got a couple more slides. >> Wait. >> Uh, no state budget, so we're still waiting. Um, we do have a community conversation, as Chris said, that'll be virtual
066next week at 6 PM. We'll send that information out budget hearing the week of May 11th and meet the candidates. We'll do that in the middle school auditorium and then the vote is on May 19th. >> Now, we are um doing small groups. We have invites to different groups to go present. And if there's anybody that would like us to come present, we're happy to do that to various organizations, local So, we're the town. We're doing business alliance. Um, so we're we're ready to take it on the road. If you'd like us to or if you'd like to set up a meeting to come see us, we're happy to do that. >> And it's virtual hybrid. >> That one's going to be virtual. >> It's strictly hybrid. Okay. >> All right. input. So first It's
067really okay. Testing. Is that better? Okay. Excellent. Some of you may remember me from last year when Sue Sullivan provided the updates for the annual Afterp Prom event. For those of you who do not know me, my name is Kirsten Aav and I am representing a small yet mighty planning group for this year's event. The event is scheduled promptly after prom on Saturday, May 16th from 11 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. unless the students are still having fun. and then we will arrange to continue going so that they still have a safe place to be all night and not go someplace else to continue the fun. Um, we've worked with the junior and senior class officers and their adviserss to plan a night of continued fun with ice skating, silent disco, laser tag, and a gaming
068truck. All juniors and seniors are welcome with one guest. Prom attendance is not required. This is really meant to be inclusive for all the juniors and seniors and their dates. Um, be on the outlook for ongoing emails uh with links to the give butter signups assign signup genius and an Amazon list for the prizes and another signup will be coming out as we get closer to the event looking for adult volunteers to help chaperone the event. We need at least one chaperone who can skate and preferably loves to skate. And we also are looking for volunteers who can and want to dance, silent disco dancers um and are encouraged to join in the fun. The event is free for students and made possible through community donations. And there are many people in this room tonight
069who have already donated and we can't thank you enough for those donations. We're getting close to needing what we need. The better the prizes we can get, the more incentive for the students to come to our event and not a field someplace with no supervision. Thanks everyone. >> Now, if you didn't sign up for committee input, but you have questions about the budget or budget presentation, please come forward to get to use the mic for the recording. somebody ahead of me. Okay. Um you I need to write my name down somewhere. Um, no. No. All right. So, can you can you hear me? Can you hear me? Okay. So, my name is Monica Van Every morning Morgan. If I'm shouting, just give me a signal. Um I'm here as a community member, a parent, a
070graduate. Um and uh let me start by saying thank you so much everybody for all your time, effort, countless hours, and a lot of numbers. So thank you. Um and we we and I I can tell you as a community member, I'm very very grateful. Um very grateful. Um so so I a couple of things. Um I well while well while clearly we need to have some um modifications of this budget um in looking at the compromise and the need for accommodations in various aspects. Um I feel strongly that we need to prioritize um our programs and teachers that directly work with the children and the students. Sorry, young young adults. Um in particular, I feel very strongly we need to keep our swim program as is. I don't feel that is an area for
071compromise. I'm very grateful that we are still going to have the program um and much relieved there. Um however, however, uh I I don't first I don't quite understand what the the peacemail um solution is. Um I'm concerned, excuse me. I'm concerned that um it's you know, are we going to have a certified teacher that's going to be teaching people? do I mean having lifeguards come in is great but I don't think that that's our our answer um working with the uh recreation lancing recreation is great at what point would kids need to be coming in after hours we have to think about transportation logistics and the cost to other to the parents and the families um especially if it's it's something after hours I'm not saying it is I don't know what the details
072are um so $70,000 dollars is I think the number that I heard, correct me if I'm wrong on this, um by by compromising on the teacher for the swim program. I you know that's that's not that much. It's not that much. It is a known fact that drowning is the single most preventable cause of death in children in the United States. Children meaning under 18. Um so I feel we need to maintain our program so that we don't have a problem. We have not had a lancing graduate or student death since 1973. The school swim program was started 197374. That that death by the way was my cousin. Um maybe he'd be here today if we had the program then. Um so we have a program but I think we need to u maintain our
073certified teacher and and the high standards and the quality that we have. Um see I took notes here. Um so yeah so as as we're looking at this budget over and over and over I think we need to again look at areas of compromise and accommodation. Nothing is going to be perfect. We're all going to have some it's going to be tough. It's going to be tough, but let's focus on these kids and let's prevent a death from occurring. We haven't heard about it because we haven't had a death because we have a fantastic program. We've taught these kids from from age up as as long as the pool's been open. From age up, it helps with mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Yes. But it also saves lives. It's vital. So, um Yeah. Yeah. So
074I mean as as I look at this I say for the price of what what is the price of having is the cost sorry is the cost of cutting the teacher program in our swim program worth the cost and risk of a child's life a student's life a grandchild's life? I don't think it is. So, thank you very much again. Appreciate all your time and help and effort and um I I humbly and respectfully ask that we keep the program as is. >> I do I just want to clarify if I wasn't clear the teacher of record will still be the primary teacher instructing the there will not be any outside any after hours. I mean, hopefully we could add some for the wreck, but the the PE teachers that currently instruct will continue to
075do the the instruction. >> I was just clarify I understand that, but I was clarifying that we absolutely will have the current teach and I mean, are teachers qualified and certified in aquatics? >> Yes, >> all of them. >> Yes, >> they are. We've we've put lots of effort into that program. >> So, so maybe you can we can what this I I guess it was murky to me um what what the proposal is and and again I appreciate it and I'm so I'm delighted that we still have the program. It's still on the pages. It's still on the books. Um I don't think that's an area we should have any compromise on. There's got to be other areas where we can compromise just that little bit further. >> I appreciate your feedback. Thank you.
076>> Thank you, Monica. We have something else. Anyone else questions about the budget presentation or the budget for today's meeting? Sorry, I didn't disclose this in the beginning. Um, but it's usually about five minutes for community service. >> Oh, I can wait till I can wait till the online person. >> No, you can do it now. I'm just saying when we talk if we >> five minutes. >> Yes. So, if we interrupt you, sorry. Five minutes per person. Thank you. >> Hello, my name is Brigita Putnham, formerly Roser. I'm a graduate 2003 of Lancing High Schools. I moved here in um from Bingmpington and came through the swimming program as well. So, I'm also speaking um with a couple questions I guess about the budget. Um so, I came through the program. I swam varsity.
077I actually had a full scholarship D1 swimming thanks to Diane Hicks Hughes and the program that she built here. and just coming through the entire you you don't get to that varsity level competing at all state competitions. I think the only other team besides that is track that gets to do that. We don't get that without kind of a feeder program here. Um after I left Cornell, I had a an interesting career path. I am currently the associate director of physical education at Cornell University where I oversee 250 PE courses a semester as well as our water competency. Um so formerly the swim test. Um so in 2023 um our faculty advisory committee on athletics and physical education there was a senate vote they wanted to get rid of it and pretty much unanimously they
078voted to keep it. Um so I guess my question I am very interested to hear more about how again I think if is the number 70,000 70 to 80,000 that we're saving with that program. Similar question I have a four and a six-year-old. What is the cost of a life of a child? Um, I will tell you I grew up here. I live a mile from my parents house. Unfortunately, I pay uh village taxes. Um, but I pay Ithaca City School District taxes. So, my kids have to my kids go to Ithaca City. Um, I wish they came here so we had that K through six program because my four-year-old doesn't know how to swim and I'm a swim instructor. Um, so I think finding valuable instructors is really difficult. And I'll tell you that
079because I hire 70 70 PE instructors a semester. We teach about 12 sections of 20 students at Cornell every semester. And finding swim instructors is very difficult to find certified people who are WSI, have the experience, have the um skills to teach children K through six, which is not an easy group. Um, so I guess I would be interested how that would be fulfilled. Um, and I will tell you that the time of the day is is very difficult. We our classes are typically from 8 am until 2 to 4 pm. And there's not a lot of swim instructors you're going to find in that time frame that can just pop in and teach a section here or there. So, I'm interested to learn more at the future meetings. I think you said that there
080was going to be more. >> More about it. We won't we're not looking for swim instructors. We are going to use the current PE teachers that instruct now. >> Got it. And I I don't know because I when I left here it was K through 12 teaching. Um but I just would be curious what the educational piece is for the swim instructors and what is going to be the benefit of that. Will it be the same effect that we have currently? >> Oh I believe so. >> Thank you. >> Any board members have any more questions about I guess I guess I want to sort of um highlighting and else can expound on this is that um this these scenarios are the board votes on the bottom line right these scenarios are to help defend
081what we're proposing and throughout the year the board does monitor how that's going that we have also discussed we have goals and priorities about We're not voting on every step it's going to take to get there. We're voting on the bottom line and we have an idea of what the priority is. All right. Do we have any more questions about budget? Okay. Five minutes. Get a mic, please. >> I mean, I uh I just want to reiterate what some of the people said about the swim program. I just to relate this. Um I look at swimming as kind of more than just a class. For example, I when I um when I went to high school, you know, I took biochemistry, I took uh calculus. Yeah. I don't use either one of those. So my
082mother though, she said, "You're taking typing and you're taking it for a year." That's unique. I would like to say myation has also been about swim lessons. You know, 12 years in the coast guard, search from search and rescue up to um contingency planning. I understand water safety and what happens when water when things go bad. So, I've always been a proponent of our swim program and um how we managed it and where the pool is today. So, please um I hope you um see and understand that we do not take this lightly and that the board has discussed this at great length um about the importance of having a swim program and why it's important and unique for our school district. >> Um and if I may, I would like to um thank our
083administrators for doing what you're doing to maintain it. It's important and I personally am glad that we are not looking at cutting the swim program. I didn't want to be on that side of this conversation and I'm grateful for your commitment to our students and to that program. So, thank you. >> And honestly, the PE teachers for really being flexible and working the schedule and um really managing it around their curriculum and how to successfully implement it. These are real discuss discussions we have to have because the pool is expensive but the community has overwhelmingly voted to support um where our pool is what it looks like right now. So I think um it's not lost on me that it's important part and aspect of the community but is also a huge expense that we
084should discuss and consider on how to move forward. Um okay if no more discussion from board members let's move on because it's already 8:30. Okay. Any more discussion about this? Okay. All right. Next is consent agenda. The consent agenda has already been um these are typically for new newbies around. This is typically routine items that have um don't need don't require discussion and we have reviewed and board members have the opportunity before the meeting and at the beginning of meeting to ask for it a item to be removed and further discussed. And that can I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> oppose abstain. That passes 500. >> A motion to approve action item 5A resolution one PSC tenative um administrative. >>
085So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Bose's budget >> as presented to us a few weeks back and this is the administrative budget. >> What meeting was that discussed at >> that was just to give a reference if people want if you want to go back >> the first first meeting in March. So that was the March the March March 9th meeting. >> So if anyone wants to go back and review that March 9th meeting the TC TCO presented on the budget and now we are voting on that budget. All right. Any more discussion? All in favor? >> I >> oppose abstain. That passes 500. The motion to for the resolution of election of members. So this is the resolution that discuss um the individuals to have um petition and when the election will occur.
086>> Oh sorry this is also election members. Should I read the names off? Do I need to read the names off? >> You could if you wish. This is for the CSC board members. It's um Bradley Ranger from the city school district, Shannon Brock from South Cica School District, and Helen Arco from Trumburg District. We do not we did not offer any rights. Okay. All in favor? I >> oppos. That passes 500 Z. >> A motion to approve overnight trip request for action item 5C overnight trip request class of 2026. >> So move. >> Any discussion? >> Second. >> Sorry. Any discussion? >> All in favor? >> I >> oppose abstain. That passes 500. The motion for action item five the vehicle discharge >> discard. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Do you have any discussion
087for us Chris for that? >> This is one of the small. >> Any more discussion? >> Is that what's going to auction? >> All in favor? >> I abstain. I mean against abstain that passes 5. A motion to approve the first reading of policies. >> So moved. >> Oh gohead. >> So moved. >> Second. >> And that would be policies 81 818.2 um automated external and 8130 school safety plan and 3120 um superintendent duties. That would be the first reading those. So just to be clear like it's you would go to policies and you would just type in the polic that policy number and the draft would be there for you. So the first reading is here. We're giving it to you. Read it. Um the the next and so you would just type it
088in in that area. I think because we have some new members, I'll just send directions on how to do that >> and then you'll be able to see the draft um for that one and then I'll talk a little bit about the second round. That passes 500. The motion for action item 5 second reading policies. >> So moved. >> Second. >> And those will be policies 5500 student records records and 865 data privacy discussion. So at the Okay. And second reading is also adoption. >> It t you can do it that way, but uh we figured we would just do a second reading. >> Okay. Just to refresh our memories. And then we'll do an adoption >> and then adoption of all of them at the next meeting. >> A second second reading. >> Second
089second. >> Got it. Okay. >> All right. >> So, all in favor? >> I >> opposed. Okay. Sounds good. So, that passes 4 01. >> Motion to approve um superintendent contract update. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? >> I >> oppose. Obstain. That passes 500. Congratulations. Um, a motion to approve Central School District budget the 2026 20 27 budget. >> Second >> that is for 40,85872400 that dollars. Sorry. Am I read that right? All right. >> And so this is the amount at the cap >> that is I'm gonna read the numbers again. 408587224 and that is what Kate presented on earlier at the cap. >> Any discussion I would I just also want to clarify yes we agreeing to proposed appropriations but we are not voting on those appropriations.
090That is what we have come to understanding. That is what the plan is for. >> Yes, that's the administrative. >> Administrative plan, >> right? All in favor? >> I >> oppose abstain. That passes 500. >> A motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. Can uh is there a comment period? >> Yes. Discussion. >> Second. >> For full clarity because we talked about that I'm picking up a director curriculum piece that is not connected to my contract at all. That there is no financial impact to what that's because of what that could come up with between now and the time it gets the paper. Be very clear that just around a timeline. That's it. There's no financial impact of that contract. >> So, I just want to remind everyone April 23rd is the um So, you want
091to be on the school board, which is I also signed up for because I think it might be helpful. So you want to be a school board member. Um it's online. Contact any one of us or Debbie be in the district office. You want information how to connect. May 11th is to meet the candidate and a budget hearing, but we're asking everyone to be there at 6:00 pm. Correct. >> The um budget hearings at 6 p.m. The board meeting is immediately following and at 700 p.m. the meet the candidates will start. >> Okay. And we're going to clarify that with the candidates who turned it. meet the candidates is going to start at seven >> at 7 p.m. >> 7 p.m. >> We need our track stars to get back from the track meet to
092be able to run the meeting. >> Oh, okay. Oh, that's the other thing I want to I forgot we got discussed tonight. So, this um school council >> student council organization >> is going to facilitate. >> Yes. So, >> we're we're we are on student council as exeicio board members too. So, we're We're going to run it. Hopefully, there'll be two or three questions. >> They're going to be the moderators for us. That'd be great. So, you have a option to send in questions to district office or online. >> Debbie. >> Oh, send Debbie. >> That plan's going to go a long way. >> But you have um you know, email any of us or um um Superintendent Degrasso or Debbie with any questions or concerns. So, those questions could be in the April 29th
093meeting. It's not a BOE meeting. It is a community meeting led by a superintendent even though that you may be super board members there. Um the first the last the the the person with the fourth highest vote will be appointed immediately May 19th 20th. The other three will be asked to start June 8th and appointed June 8th which is a little is a little earlier but we need members on the board. Um did I miss anything else? Uh, Dryen games Friday, June 5th, 10:15 to 1:30. Rain delay would be Monday, but got roughly 20 students and their high school buddies. Um, I'm definitely going >> Is this an adaptive basketball game? um it's kind of >> fun. What day is that again? >> Lancing and team for the first time this year and their students
094have a lot of students, a lot of events and it's amazing. >> Are there spectators allowed? >> Oh yeah. >> So when is it? Tell me again. Friday, June 5th, 10:15 to 1:30. And the rain delay would be Monday the 8th. >> And that is >> Oh, wow. And that's that's sort of our regional local school special Olympics. It be Friday, June 5th. So 10:15. And again, if you want more information, contact Deb office. >> All right. Thank you everyone. All in favor? I >> oppos. Thank you. Have a good night.