001How you doing? If you'll rise and join me for our invocation. Heavenly Father, we come before you today with enormous gratitude for the many wonderful blessings you have bestowed on this district. Very soon, our seniors are going to be graduates. Help us remember that our commitment to them does not end when a tassel on a graduation cap moves from one side to the other. After graduation, there's a low for us, almost a sadness, but it's quickly regenerated. And we ask you to give us the courage and the vision to accept nothing less than excellence when it comes to the welfare of our community. We ask all of this in your name, Father. Amen. Amen. Would you join me in the pledge? I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to
002the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. opening this uh the meeting. In your packets, you will see the minutes for the April 2025 meeting. Are there any additions or corrections you wish to make at this time? Could I add it to the minutes that my reason for opposition to the retention bonus was due to the amount and not a bonus in general? Certainly. That I felt it should have been at a higher amount. Certainly. Thank you. That is well within your right and so noted. Thank you. Are there any other additions or corrections? Hearing none, the chair is uh requesting a motion to approve the minutes for the April 2025 meeting. I make a motion to approve the minutes from last month. Is
003there a second? Second. Thank you. Any additional comments or discussion hearing? None. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed? Motion carries. You also see before you the agenda for the current meeting. Are there any additions or corrections to the agenda as it so stands? Hearing none, the chair recommends a uh is requesting a motion to approve the agenda for this evening's meeting. All those in favor motion. Yes, I I requested a motion. Okay. I move that we approve the agenda as presented. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. All those opposed? Motion carries. Seeing no indication of public input, the chair recognizes our superintendent, Dr. Daniel Crockett to present the Heart of a Hornet recognition. Representing the board this evening is our vice chairman, Mr. Cody
004Quinn. It's great to see everybody here today. Thank you for being here and uh we have a lot of things to to celebrate and to to work through as as as a board, but uh I love our this the way we start our meetings by um recognizing some just incredible work that's been done. Uh we have some remarkable students and uh two of them I'd like to bring to your attention today. Uh the uh the first the first one is um we'll pull up a couple Uh the first first one is uh is Jamaiah Agman and she's she's here today and um and we also have Luke Wooten and is Luke Luke's he's at practice right just got through just got through he'll be here in he'll be in just a minute so uh it's
005a big week and we'll talk about that just just a little bit but um I I want to start with with Jama and just a super sweet kid. She's on our our our track and and field team. And uh just recently uh I would think probably about three three Saturdays ago uh we were at a a visiting track meet and uh a a gruesome injury had taken place from uh one of our neighboring schools and uh I just happened to be there and ran up to to to to check on the situation and here was Jama with with that student. um one where uh most people would be be running away or just watching. She she jumped into action. Uh she helped this uh poor girl that was struggling and um I'll I'll I'll remember
006that for a very very long time. And just her bravery and um stepping up to help this this child that was in need was was truly truly remarkable and something I'm very very proud of her for. And so I wanted to recognize her tonight as a heart of a hornet award winner. Did you want to say anything? No. And And you brought your grandma with you today. Is that correct? Yes. Okay. Great. Okay. Great. Great. Uh the the next person that I wanted to recognize too is is kind of that same sentiment. We we see this student directing traffic um on the scenes of accidents uh performing CPR on individuals in our community and uh just has a heart for service. And again with that just like Jamaa, we we see situations where you won't
007believe where I saw Luke or did you see the accident Luke was directing traffic or he was involved with it and he's he's a he's a young man but he's he's really he's really mature. He's he's grown up and he's he's making like I call him big boy decisions and helping our community. He's he's he's a servant to everyone that's in this room and would help anybody here. um great student, great athlete and but but really tonight recognizing him for for his heart to serve others and um and so Luke would he's he he'll be here before long and I'll present that to him. I may pause and just give it to him. But at this time in this juncture for this meeting wanted to recognize his heart for for serving others and just being
008a a fantastic kid. And so Luke Wooten is our second heart horn award winner. Mom and grandparents, I know you're very proud and rightfully so. Just a one, wonderful kid. It's a great great family. The chair recognizes Dr. Paula Taylor who will in turn recognize the wear Middle School Beta Club winners and the 2025 Palmeta Fellows. Thank you guys for allowing me to be here tonight. We're excited to recognize some academic achievement. Our Wshaw Middle School Junior Betty Club has had quite an exceptional year. They were named a school of distinction. They have held various service projects and during the month of November they were scheduled to go to the state convention and unfortunately flooding in Myrtle Beach prohibited that. But they competed virtually and we have um seven awards that our middle schoolers earn.
009This is double the count from the previous school year. So when I call your name, if you'll come up, Mr. Rice has your plaque and we would love to celebrate you. We have Landon Rosado who earned second place in computer science principles for seventh grade. Wow. We also have a first place for digital portfolio. This was a club event, but Addie Hastings took this task on and led the group. Ella Pulley had a fourth place um finish in the digitally enhanced photography. Braden Hashy, who I do believe is here tonight, had a second place award for health and physical education. And our robotics team placed fourth. This is a team event and the members are Brillin Agne Riley Parker, Bobby Prince, Ella Pulley, who's already there for another award, Landon Rosado again, and Jackson Tutton.
010The next award received was a fourth place Spanish finish and that was for Jacqueline Aguero Wararez. And then our last award was fourth place in US history and that was Mr. Jackson Tutton. And we also should not forget their advisor, Miss Katie Pulley, who makes all of this happen. And Miss African. Yes, sir. And she's not here tonight. Okay. I'm gonna scoot in a little bit. Family picture time. Oh, back up. Wow. How's that? There we go. All right. Got it. Thank you guys. We're so proud of you and the effort that you put into this school year with the Beta Club and we look forward to what happens next year. And we thank all your parents, family members who are here tonight supporting your children. They're a pleasure. Um and we just adore them
011and appreciate them in all that they do. Thank you guys. The next group of students I'm going to recognize tonight um are competing for a um a scholarship from the state of South Koto Fellows. It is the highest awarded scholarship from the state of South Carolina. Um it's also the most competitive. uh and some of the requirements are a GPA of 3.5, a SAT score of 1,200, or ACT score of 2500. And then they must also rank in the top six% of their class. Just as a little perspective, last school year we had one student who met one criteria there. So this year we gave the SAT and the ACT. It was free for any student who would like to take that assessment. And right now we have seven students who have met either the
012SAT or the ACT qualification. Now the others will have to wait until a little bit further into this school year and next school year. Um so we don't know exactly how many pomelo fellows we'll have but right now there are seven that are eligible for this award. So at this time I'd like to recognize Ahava Vulov. Afell scored a s a 1360 on the SAT. Yeah. Zian Lida for a 1200 on the SAT. That's great. very and Jacob Baldwin. Jacob scored a 1260 on the SAT. We do have a few others that could not be here tonight. Those include Jaden Johnson, Joseph Kletky, Katie Gonzalez, and Miley Hayden. That is for the opportunity to recognize those students. That is wonderful. We well um we can we'll take all of our another photo with our all
013those just earned their um SAT or their pal scholar eligible Got it. Congratulations. Wow. All right. I see Luke. Luke had came in. Absolutely. Well, well, come on up. We We're bragging about you. We won't repeat all the things, but all of it was good and uh got it. Yes, please do. For all those winners that we recognize tonight, this is a great opportunity for for you. If you'd like to stay, you're welcome to, but this is a really smooth transition. if you'd like to to scoot on out and go on with your evening. We just again want to say that thank you for being here and and uh you have some fantastic kids and it's truly a pleasure to recognize them here tonight. So, thank you for being here. Thank you. Thank you. [Music]
014to see your Well done. [Music] everything else. That's an amazing way to spend an evening. And congratulations to all of you and for the support they get from you every single day. The chair now recognizes Dr. Crockett for a superintendent update. Great. Um, we're we're still going to continue on that trend and we're really we've had an incredible month. We really have lots of great things going on. Of course, the reason why we do this work, of course, is for graduation. And so on next Friday, not this coming Friday, but May 30th, um, at 7 PM, we'll be recognizing our next class of graduates. and I'm extremely excited for them. We had a recent uh opportunity to honor our graduates at our senior Sunday that took place that took place yesterday and u thank you
015for those that were that were there and um and I I need to pause just for a moment and recognize the the the support that we needed to pull this off. Like for example, the ministerial association is bent over backwards. Just said what whatever you need, let us know and we'll be glad to help you. Um, and then of course we we've had our our town town council scoop and ice cream uh from from our first responders uh to to the parents and the teachers that came out and uh supported the event as well and and and truly uh these kids have an incredible principal and that worked extremely hard on this and oversight got the caterer everything arranged. So Miss Ty uh jam up job again. Yeah, well done. Well done. And uh this
016will be this will be a time where these students will remember and where it it really comes down to a time where our community is ready for them. Like I I it almost felt yesterday and I wasn't expecting it, but it was a time where we're kind of turning the reinss over our community from from our our our our churches to our residents to to everyone that came out and said, "You know what? We're we're ready for you. we're here to support you and we want you to be successful here in our community and and so that that meant a lot to to me personally, meant a lot to our seniors and we have a community that cares and and boy did we see that on display yesterday and so um just a special special
017moment and uh that's that what makes this place so special. Um it's end of year testing. It's coming coming close to an end. Dr. Taylor, she's she's got the reinss on it. Doing a a a great job. Fantastic work. It's a it's being organized, making sure everything's every accommodation's been given. Um and and that's a lot of work. And but our students are really stepping up to the challenge. We see time and time again um their resiliency. They're working hard. They're using their good test taking skills. And so we've been really pleased with what we what we saw, especially on the effort from our students. They're doing doing a great job and our teachers have have prepped and planned them for this. So they're ready for this moment. Uh as far as athletics, wow. I
018mean, um we have our our our track and field program just taking just people to the state left and right. They're on podiums. We see them with medals around their neck. And my favorite part is seeing purple at the front of those races, you know, and you're seeing them and and like our our some of our boys races. It's a clean sweep with with u with uh with the Fighting Hornets and and so it's just I'm super super proud of them. They've just had a fantastic season and I appreciate Coach Boyd and all that he's poured into the program as well. So that's that's uh that's been a joy to see. And the talk of the town right now is our is our baseball team and um have put themselves in a a great situation
019going into Wednesday. We try not to to mess up a routine. Some people call it superstition, some call it a routine. Um but we're not trying to leave them alone, let them focus on what's important. And um and so they're they're starting to put their their feet into some uncharted uh territory here. and um it's it's it's been a a joy to see and uh they've put a lot of work into it and it's it's paying off for sure. So, invite everybody to come out Wednesday at 5:00 uh to support them on. We expect a very large crowd and we're making preparations for that already. Um so, um we'll we'll be excited to to cheer on these kids as they're doing a great job. Fantastic. I I got a letter in the mail uh this
020past weekend. It was just um it was just shining glowing remarks about our arts program, especially our our band program that we have here. The OPA, I've learned a lot about it. I didn't know how that was calculated or how the work that needed to go into all those facets to be considered for that. Maybe one of the few bands in 1A that have earned this earned this award. And we we earn it year after year. And so I think that's the thing that's most impressive is it's not just a a one-time honor, but we're we're showing excellence year after year after year. And so very very proud of Miss Hodgej and u and her uh band kids doing and their parents because it's a it's a it's an act of love as a bar
021parent. That's for sure. But it's been been wonderful to see and it's it's paying off. Uh Forklift, we mentioned that last month, but we have our Forklift kids uh the sign in there. uh their certificate, forklift certificate. And we have Alyssa Brown, recognized as the South Carolina High School League. She kind of designed their logo for a little bit there. We have kids finishing up Ocean 10 certifications, and we're getting them ready for um for their workforce and and for uh their future careers. And so, this is this has been been a joy to see this year. Uh for some safety updates, I do want to let you know we did upgrade some uh some fences. Appreciate Tommy helping helping with uh oversee that project. Um putting uh a much higher fence up there, securing
022our buildings. We are in the process of looking at um uh upgrading our our camera systems. Um and we have a unique opportunity to do that, not using general funds, but grant funds, increasing our communication abilities with some walkies as well. um and some uh handheld radios. So, those are in the process as well. Uh we we are working again with window film that's that's supposed to be scheduled for this summer as well. So, lots of safety updates to our schools. And so, that will conclude the superintendent update. I'll be glad to answer any questions. Are there any questions or remarks? Thank you, Dr. Crockett. The chair recognizes Mr. Trevor Pulley for a facilities update. How are y'all? How are you? Good. Good. Maintenance, we've been doing pretty good. Um, we didn't got into cooling
023season. AC is running hard around here. Um, a lot of these new units, they're pumping. Everything's doing good. Looking good there. Grass is definitely growing. That's keeping us wide open with a lot of things. Um, energy management, we've really been doing really good with it. I've kind of been able to narrow down some numbers. um more this summer. I'm going to come get like a full year review of what we look like, you know, compared to previous years. Um water wise too, um big steps townware shows help put a new water meter in. We can be able to kind of digitally monitor it some so we can look at live usage and different things of that. We can actually set up alerts for, you know, at night time if it's moving, it'll notify us we
024have water leaks, little things of that such. Um had a bowler inspections this past week. Um, everything looked good. Got fuel, small, minor things we got to adjust. Just some emergency stops and things of that such we'll take care of in house. And, uh, got a lot of projects coming up this summer, too. Um, hopefully spruce it up and do some different things around here. Um, things I really wanted to bring up was our fire panel at our primary school. Um, PRTC switched their phone lines from analog to digital. So, it's making it intermittent for our phone lines to call out. It still monitors. If there's an alert, it still goes out, but we're constantly getting an alarm on our panel. Um, we got some uh jocks controls come in and they want to take
025it from phone line to digital or cellular. We can get rid of that hard phone line. Um, one positive that is I think we're paying anywhere from $50 to $100 a month per phone line and we have two of those. So, we can cut those out. That'll help save us a little bit there. Um, the existing fire panel too, we just found out that it's obsolete parts for it. Can't get it. So, if it goes down, we're toast. Um, we do have it kind of going in some alarms right now. Not setting the firewall off. It's just right there at the panel. I think it just more aggravating um with them because they're having to constantly reset these panels and there's nothing else we can do with it. And um that's the biggest thing with
026the fire panels there or the primary school. Another thing is uh I don't know if any of you y'all noticed some of the wind damage. We had some of the awnings at the primary school um dated back to February 16th. Um we was able to get some insurance um help on some of that. U they come in. We had some people come in and look at replacing some of that and we're looking at kind of restructuring a little bit. Um replacing the whole front walkway and uh bus loop area. Placing it actually be a different color to match our building a little bit more. Um and the middle part be kind of like an arched entrance way. Dress that front entrance way up some. It's just kind of dull and dark and things there. And
027we're looking at taking that brick wall to the side out. So that'll open it up, brighten it up a lot more there. And it'll help, you know, somebody could be hiding behind walls, different things of that such too. Um, and a big thing was for me really was getting rid of all those poles. You know, when you come in there, it's almost like a maze walking through all those poles. So, getting rid of some of those, sprucing it up, and more getting some more beefier, better looking poles, too, more structurally wise. And all this stuff would have gutters in it, too. Where now, just water runs off the side rand areas, all this would have gutters. it would drain into out of the holes in certain areas. Trevor, is that a project you're going to
028take on now like the summer or is this something that you're going to move out a little bit? If time admits, I think we may look more towards fall break. Okay. Um I I think with a shorter summer now and our time in here, we may even not be able to squeeze it in for summertime this year. That's where my thoughts were going. We don't have that span that we used to have. Yep. Yeah. So that makes great sense to me. But they did say roughly two weeks on the project. So we do have a two week gap there in fall break. Trevor, you've been here almost a year, a full year. And I know that everybody's excited that you're here. We hope you're still excited to be here. Oh, I am. I am. I
029am. So glad to be here. Thank you for all you do. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. You make the ever ready money look sick. Now that fire panel end of you talking about obsolete or whatever, is it going to be hard far as you think it's going to be a hard project or timeconuming anything? That's a good question. Um, we're we're doing our research on that right now. Um, there is some they offer just a panel upgrade. Um, it's like a from a 401 to a 407 panel, just the main panel there. And if you've seen the panel, you would understand it needs to be too. Okay. Um, but we're we're jumping through some loops right now trying to narrow that down for sure. Okay. With the office of school facilities on that project. It's a
030it's a Yeah, it's the health and wellbeing of students. So, so they they that brings in a whole different layer trying to get it fixed before it gets worse. Any more questions? No, sir. Thank you. Appreciate everything you do. Thank you. Thank you, Trevor, very much. The chair now recognizes Dr. Crockett for a budget review. Okay. Um, we have worked very hard in at preparing a budget for y'all tonight for first reading. And um, we think that we have we we believe we have a a pretty good handle on our expenses. And one of the reasons is we have every position filled in the final we're in the final stages of filling all our positions. So we we know the years of experience of these individuals. know their insurance if it's full family or if
031it's you know just single or we we we know the friendship that's associated with those positions which is a huge tremendous blessing to be in at this point in the year. So we're we're very very thankful for that. We're also thankful of course for the loyalty of our of our our staff to in return for next year. Um but I think all of us know that there's a significant strain um in public education, public K12 education right now. And and so we're working our way through that. And so we do know our expenses, our revenues. We're we're we're we're trying to to see what exactly the state is going to be providing. Um we're basing our budget tonight uh tonight off the House Ways and Means, their original one. The Senate's a little bit more
032favorable right now the way it's looking. In fact, we've also heard that they're going to make some adjustments to the for uh funding formula that potentially there'll be some more uh funds coming to uh public K12 schools. We're not we're the budget today was going to be based up none of that happened. So, we're going to take the most conservative approach that we can to this budget. If it's better than this, we celebrate, but at least we know where we're working from. And so, just kind let's use that as a as a baseline here today. And so, um, we were able to in this budget, um, prepare, um, we we did, of course, the teachers received a $1,500, um, uh, increase on their salary. We celebrate that. We also have, uh, as a board, uh,
033we committed that we would do all of our employees to give a $1,500 increase. And, um, and and feel that, hey, they they are more than worthy to to to have that. and just everyone uh in the district received the same. And so that was a big commitment that that this board had made and that went into the budget. Um and so our budget this year that we're presenting is going to be for 11,251,710.36. Okay. And that's that's our proposed budget. We do anticipate that we need to pull some funds from our fund balance that we will be a little short and to the number of uh $145,2649. Okay. And so that's if we were going to take the most conservative approach around $145,000 that we would pull from a healthy fund balance to cover.
034We're the what I'm trying to stress is that we're in a a strong financial position, but we'd love to have a balanced budget. Absolutely. And if we really absolutely had to, we could try to make those means work. But in doing so, in reducing our budget that uh our expenses, I want to kind of highlight some areas um in which we we decided to propose to y'all tonight to kind of um reduce what our our typical expenses are. So, these are the action steps to reduce our our expenditures this year. Uh we had a one position that was just a kind of a filler. It was a removal of a temporary position. it was just in there for a couple years just in case if we ever needed like a long-term sub or something came
035up but wasn't used and so we were able to to eliminate that. We reduced the amount of vocational tuition assistance at Pedmont Tech if they needed supplies, materials, a lot of that's covered under lottery and so we were able to reduce that um lottery funds. Um the board purchase services and travel um we're recommending that we have a a slight decrease in that. our maintenance p purchase services. We feel that we were able to do some some reduction in those areas as well. Our food service by Sharon man who was here just earlier is doing an outstanding job. Uh they're in a a strong position right now and they feel that they're able to um take on the responsibility of um the insurance for one of their workers that our district has kind of supported
036for year after year, but they're in a a good spot and they would be able to knowing in the front end be able to budget that accordingly. they would be able to absorb that cost. Um there's a a shift from one of our salaries to a federal program that we feel that we'll be able to do. And also uh this superintendent supplies, travel and services, there was a reduction in that as well. And so all of those steps together would uh reduce our expenses by about 133,000 exactly $133,200. And so to keep it at that $145, you know, pull from our our fund balance, we we're recommending these these uh kind of cost reducing efforts to be able to to work work within our means. But what you haven't heard, I think, is more than
037just important from than what you heard. You haven't heard um a reduction in uh workforce as far as our our certified teachers. You know, we don't have that. uh we don't have a reduction in instructional supplies. You don't see um uh a reduction in classroom technology. You don't see a reduction in professional development. So all of those things are are intact in place and at all costs what we're trying to do right now is protect our students and protect our uh and and protect their their learning in the classroom. And so I don't think there's any our students shouldn't feel any impact on this budget that's being presented today. Um and so with that, I'd like to to um that's what we'll be presenting in our action item uh coming up for first reading for
038approval today. Okay. And so that's kind of the the budget budget prep and where we are as far as coming up with the budget this year. U Dr. Crockett, I' I'd also like to say that and Rodney, I really appreciate your position to support it. And I hope by these figures, our staff will see if we had it, they'd have it. And they're highly honored and revered. That's the word that comes to my mind when I think of all of you. But it really was amazing to me because I'd heard all year that um prisoner would not go up on insurance. I mean, I heard that as late as February. No, no increase in insurance. Well, they took a 4.6 jump and that was a smack in the face to the budget. And then work
039uh workman's comp. I think I did hear that that would go up slightly, but I wasn't anticipating 7.13. That was a huge amount of money. And so it's great working with you because you you stay calm. And I started looking at percentages and uh I'll be honest, it was a bit overwhelming for me. And the other part that's overwhelming for me as an individual is that every school district in our state is facing this challenge. And I hope we keep them all in our thoughts and prayers because loving kids and protecting them and trying to give them a great life is not a competition. It's a calling. So they're struggling and I hope that uh we can see some um easing up uh on the state level. Uh I remain optimistic for some but um
040you have lived these figures for I can at least say for three months every night there would be a conversation about well did you see this or did you see that? I really want to thank you and um and it's our hope our our earnest hope that we will build our uh I think uh incredibly conservative spending and uh the you can see that in everything we do and that's been a huge factor in this and I hope someday that we will be able to work our way back to uh financially recognize and um this district has never failed to share when they had it. So, um I'm optimistic and I thank you and um remember the rest of them. Uh they they need us. Are there any other questions or observations you wish to
041make about the budget? Okay, that will move us to our action items. And under tab one, you will see uh the names of two individuals that have been uh recommended by our superintendent for potential hire for the 2025 26 academic year. The first being Miss Stephanie Lamb in the position of speech pathologist and the second being Miss Kim Rosa in the position of uh foundational foundations to computers and robotics in the wear middle school. Yes, the chair is asking for a motion to accept these recommendations as they are so presented and uh from our superintendent and in your packet. I'll make a motion to approve both the contracts recommended by our superintendent. Thank you, sir. Discussion. I saw that grin, Miss Web. and I I share it. Uh hearing no discussion. All those in favor
042say I. I. All those opposed. Motion carries. Under your second tab, you are looking at the uh first reading or well our current budget for the coming fiscal year. And the chair is recommending that we approve this budget on the basis of a first reading. I'll make a motion we approve the uh first reading of the budget presented tonight by our superintendent. Thank you, sir. Is there a second? I'll second. Thank you, sir. Any discussion? I'd just like to say thank you for all the hard work you and your staff did putting this together because I I know it was no easy task and thank you Whitby for all that you do for the finance department. Everybody involved please pass it along. Yeah, it's a great team. Absolutely. Very very blessed. Any further discussion? And
043just just know that these numbers as they come in, I'll try to keep you in the loop as far as as a board where we are as we make preps for a second reading. Um, and if I get them, if if we receive them, I don't know how long it's going to take. Um, yeah, I was going to ask that like are we expecting any kind of stall out like there was last year? Um, I I can't answer that. I I don't know. It's probably best to count on it. Right. But we can we can also make a decision to that if we have to down the road if it does lead into months down the road to make an amendment to it as as those figures come in. Um but this does give us
044a help to to work with to say, hey, we can keep these positions as as needed. We can and go in this direction. So that's a big help for us. And you you prepared for that, too. So that's that's a good thing. That's right. And it just constantly moves. Um I tell Dr. Crockett it's like a big amoeba. You think you sort of have a handle on it. It shoots out this way. But I'm very optimistic and I I also joined with them in my thanks and appreciation. And this didn't just happen this year, right? Because we we have a fun balance that we we have been conservative not for this year but for for years to be in a spot that we're like, hey, we're we can absorb this and we can actually look
045forward and we can we can even continue improvement and building upon momentum. So, um that's that's a a really fortunate spot for for our district to be in and um and and very optimistic about the what's what's in store for us down the road because because of the spot that we're in today. Bunch of wisely spending, taking care of money. That's right. did a lot of upgrades in the last couple years. This hope is going to last us a long time. So, it's money well spent. Absolutely. I agree. Any additional comments or remarks? Hearing none. All those in favor of a first reading of our current budget proposal indicate by saying I. All those opposed? Motion carries. Now, we've been pretty well financed out, which is a good thing. And the final um tab that
046you have really is our the monthly documents that we always look at. And I ask you to please make um reference to the general fund balance. And that last page will bring you to concurrent figures and where we stand. the projected percentage what your accountant would like to see you be and um I've never been seen an accountant that's been totally happy even then. So I think what the message is is that we're in we're in a very good position. The activity balance looks very good and having a home game here Wednesday is going to be a huge boon to the athletic um budget and that'll be great too. Are there any questions about either the food service, the activity account or the general fund balance that might raise questions or concerns in any manner?
047So on the pupil act, so are we able to shift from one category like you have pupil activity and I'm not I'm not going to sit here and count all of these, but Cody, you went to that workshop. What we brought up last meeting the the 12 a half thousand that was allocated for the travel the CDL. Yes, sir. Okay. So in the same category though we have pupil is it the very first item pupil pupil is the serve salary for high school where we got 103,000 budgeted but we've only spent 62,000 are we able to float money from that item to another item to help balance it out and and cover That's a great that's a really great question. I'm glad you asked it and um and I can tell you my interpretation of
048it. Okay. And and so once we approve a budget, okay, in this in this process of developing that budget, then we're we're pretty much tied to that document. Yeah. For us to work through. Okay. Now, if we have to, I can make recommendations. say, can we can we shift um and as needed? But this is based upon our our conservative, right, financing. Hey, if we if we live within our means, if this is our means, then we should be should be okay. Right. Right. Okay. I just didn't know like now that we're into Well, y'all are into building this budget as we see it. Yeah. Right. Right. That's a good question because what what happens at the end of the year, right? at the end of the year that just means that we have taken
049less from our fund balance, right? So if we if we take it out it just means that the and shift it somewhere else and spend it just means it's coming not only out of the budget but out of the fund balance as well. And Rodney, there was a good workshop that Cody actually went to, not this year, the year prior about shifting money and um some of the dangers involved in that, right? he was he really got animated about it but um that was sort of my understanding that it um I think you can seek uh through recommendation uh it's some paperwork there but it has to be very extremely transparent right and that's where some districts got in a little trouble we don't want trouble too we do not want to do not want
050financial to your point we did this board did maybe a year and a half, two years ago, shift some funds from food services over some toward the end of the school year. We did do that through. So like a so basically like an emergency coverage type thing. Yeah. Maybe just to clean some things up. Food service had excess. This department did. Then we kind of voted to slide some money over clean some things. Okay. All right. Okay. I just I think it's a great question and I would I'm all for it, but I got a little gunshot after that. Any additional comments? And we'll see how much it changes in uh well, we can remember our our next meeting. It's a a tough transition there, but our next meeting is June 9th. Yes, I believe.
051Is that right? June, that's correct. And so that's a really quick turnaround. It is. It is. But we'll still present second uh reading. Anything that that develops in that time frame, I'll I'll present it. And if not, we'll just go with the most conservative approach and and hope for better. Okay. Any additional comments? Hearing none, the chair recommends and requests a motion to adjurnn. So moved. A second. Second. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Thank you everybody. Thanks Rodney. That was a good question. You know, do you see that in your own? Well, you know, my husband leaves the account. If I had that 55 years ago, there's nothing for me.