001I would move to approve the agenda. >> Second. >> All right. How about now? We good? I think we're good now. Okay. Uh, is there anybody signed up to speak tonight? Anybody online? All right, we'll keep moving on. Student rep reports. >> Sam, if you go ahead. >> Good evening. >> Hello. >> Um, we don't have too much to report tonight, but I would like to report that we did have a great freshman camp about two weeks ago. It took a little bit to plan, but it was a lot of fun and we had a great turnout this year. We had a lot of students and we could truly see the improvement from the beginning of the day to the end of the day, how much school spirit they had and how much they really
002did want to be there. It was a lot of fun. >> That's right. >> Um, so school sports have begun begun league events and then leadership and ASB have begun planning homecoming and we plan to start discussing pink week tomorrow. So hopefully that begins. >> Thank you. Olivia >> National Honor Society is having their balloon rally breakfast on Saturday from 7:30 to 11. So members will be getting community service hours and we'll be connecting with the community. >> Thank you. Any questions for them? I do have a question on your freshman camp. Um I know you this I think this is relatively new, right? That you guys have put it on or leadership has put it on. >> Yes. Okay. >> The past years it's been run with Link Crew. Yeah. >> Okay. um moving
003forward to set up the next um I guess the next freshman camp for next year. What steps have you guys been able to implement to where that could be successful again next year? >> Unfortunately, this year I am in not in leadership. I did help with run freshman camp, but I didn't help plan it this year. Last year I did cuz I was in link crew. I believe Ezre's in leadership class, so I think she'd be a better helper for that question. Yeah. >> Yeah. So, I think this year was kind of rushed and like obviously planning was a little bit harder because we didn't know all the different aspects that we had to plan. Um, in the future we definitely know where to start and all the things like that. So, I think that
004would go a bit smoother. I think this year was a lot better just because of the phone thing. I heard participation from fresher had increased like significantly just because there was no phones to distract. So, I think in future years I want to start I want to continue implementing the no phone thing. Well, great. Thank you. All right, moving on to discussion items. Uh, Jody, you're up first. Proer Heights Elementary. All right. Well, we are having a big week this week. This is our um just this week alone, we started our Princess Theater. We're um our third graders are going to perform the Adams family in November. And so that's super exciting. So they've started um practicing this week, in fact. So we just want to give a big thank you for to Rotary. They
005gave us $3,000, which is about half of our cost, and Princess um gave us quite a deal. So, I just want to say thank you to both of them because um our kids are super excited that they have already done it as first graders with Winnie the Pooh. So, and our third grade teachers um I give them a lot of credit because they're super excited about it and so it'll be fun. Um and it's the same Wish is doing the same play with their third graders. So, it'll be fun. And then this week we also have our first student of the month assemblies. So, those will be coming out. Um I just signed a whole bunch of certificates today. Um, and then, um, that's always nice to have the parents come in and they get
006to, um, see their kids get their award, but also their medals for reading medals and stuff. So, that's exciting. Um, we have also been doing our chocolate sales. Um, and that's been kind of frustrating because we put in um, we started it last Wednesday. Um, oh, I'm just starting. Is that okay? Okay, perfect. Um, our chocolate sales started on Wednesday. I put in a new order on Thursday. I put another order in on Friday. And I put another order in on Monday. And they have not we were completely out. And so, um, the our sales rep today, they the delivery is a little bit different. So, we haven't been able to get our delivery. It was supposed to be here yesterday and then it was supposed to be here today. They have assured me it's
007supposed to be here tomorrow. So, I'm worried about a little bit about the momentum. But um I tell you what, our parents and the community have been such good supporters for years. Like this is a longgoing um thing. And he laughed and he was like, "I don't know what it is about the ProEer community and the mint meltaways cuz we have almonds. We do have a few almonds yet." He goes, "Nobody wants to buy the almonds, but the mints." He goes, "You guys go through mints like nobody's business." So we're super excited. And then um >> Karen, tell them the projected sales amount. Now retail not >> retail if we sell everything that we are being given and they will take back if we don't sell something we're going to take it back. I told
008our office staff today I go let's just sell it like because it's been so wonky we're just going to sell everything and then we'll um and our parents have been so fantastic but we will make a record um we'll break a record of world finest chocolate of selling um retail $100,000 >> my goodness >> of chocolate. Now, that's a lot of chocolate. We do not get that. Okay. So, um but we sold similar amount last year. Um but not but not nearly that much. So, yeah. He said he goes, "Maybe you guys need a trophy." And I love to win. And I was like, "Yes, I will need a trophy." And oh, okay. Well, then I was going to tell you about academic stuff, but never mind. But I Oh, I just wanted to tell
009you that we're doing this PLC thing and you guys had um sent us or you allowed us to go to Vegas and our PLC um we took three teachers with us and they're so excited that they started this book study and it was building thinking classrooms and I've posted some stuff on um Facebook about it and they started this book study and then they included one of my fourth grade teachers and who's also a PLC leader and then all of a sudden it just spread and I am not part of it. I made sure I was not part of it just because I can't pay them and it's not an expected thing. But they have created um about 9 to 11 teachers on their own that have bought the book and they're meeting on their
010own and um they're doing these building thinking classrooms and they're so excited and I just give them a lot of credit. And two are going with Kevin to the ESD along with my instructional coach. um it went quickly so my third wasn't able to go but um so yeah so I'm really proud of them and just the excitement that it's um created. So yeah, >> thank you for letting me go over. >> Great. Thanks Jody. I appreciate it. >> All right, next up is transportation director Haime Martinez. Well, we started out short-handed. We're still short-handed, but we got a new mechanic. Working out great. He's a Proer alumni. George Rivera works great with Daniel. Knows his stuff. Um, jumped right in with both feet and we're rolling. Doing an excellent job. Him and Daniel work
011good together. It's really been a weight off my shoulders uh not having to go out in the shop and help Daniel. George is working out great. Um we started a driver class on Monday. We started a driver training class on Monday. We hired a couple out of Pasco. They work for they do driver training for the Pasco school district. And I know him from uh working with him before. and I was able to contract him to do a driver training class for us. It's working out good. We had six sign up, but with all the seasonal work and everything that's going on, only two showed up. So, that was kind of a slap in the face, but it'll we'll get it figured out. Also, got a guy on board already filled out his paperwork, did
012his fingerprints today. Hopefully, I think Kim was able to get it processed today. So hopefully tomorrow or Friday he'll be on board and doing subbing, helping out with driving, that type of stuff. Working on uh trying to get our stops more efficient, not making so many stops, but having things grouped or students grouped together so the bus is only stopping once every so often. I sent an or I got an email from our routing software per people. They were right in the middle of getting our implementation. They're building a map north to south, east to west, and getting everything uh implemented for us. So, looks like I think the last I talked to him yesterday, still end of the month when we get started on that. >> I'm going to add to that. I did
013a little um digging myself with Tyler and they actually use a cross between the what the the so same software and mapping type that police and fire use. Um so it's quite intricate. Um and so as a home is built or a new private road is put in or something, the updates come automatically. So it's it's really going to be we're crossing our fingers, but it's going to really move us forward. Yeah, like like I told you guys before, the system we were using before was like the Flintstones compared to this. Uh I've worked with different districts that they have it and it's out of sight. >> You have any questions for me? do have maybe one question and um when it comes to routes and especially when we get out into the um like
014the country or the rural stops I can't remember I thought there was some rules or legislation or something that you you can't group too many together is that correct like they because there's no sidewalks >> but is there a >> it's yeah it's more of the safety thing >> right >> if they can walk out in front of the like in the rural areas. The d the drainage ditch is right there. But the stops that we've been working at, we've been making sure that it's safe for the kids to group together. Um there's I was working on one with Route Six. There's five or six kids that meet at an intersection. >> And then there was one out west where there's four, but there's four houses that are right next to each other. So, we're
015going to have a meet like in between the two. Got >> between the four. Okay. >> Just but making sure everything is safer, >> right? >> The little ones that we're picking up. >> Okay. >> And I think it's crossing roads also. >> So like so if they're on one side same side versus one from the opposite side. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. Any questions for him? >> Thank you. I appreciate it. >> All right. Next up is substitute cost. Just wanted to bring this up as a discussion item. So, you know, we kind of laugh through my years with the district now. We start on something we kind of call it like the onion. Well, Deian and I have started doing payroll. Um, and so that has kind of opened another onion. And
016what we learned, well, Diana actually learned and then we had a conversation. So, Diana can tell you how she found it and then we'll go from there. So, because I did all the pay and all the extra pay, sub pay, all the pay, um, I had to get the hourly rates to pay subs. Um, because even though we say, "Oh, well, we we pay a subx amount a day," we actually pay everything hourly. Even teachers time technically goes into the system as an hourly rate. Um and I when I was doing it I was like and then while I was working on it I was like oh gosh these I don't know about our teacher sub rate this is this is too low and within an hour or two I had an email from a
017principal saying because we have some paras that have um emergency subcertificates that have AAS or other degrees and they when we are short they will sub and then because it's easier to find a parasub than it is to find a teacher up. So they'll step in as the teacher and someone steps in as parah. It happens a lot in classrooms. Some of our life skills classroom stuff have a a parah that has an emerging teaching certificate. So um I got the an email and it was from one of the uh principles saying we're short subs today. I went and asked ex parah and she said well I make more money as a parah than than doing the sub. So, >> so then we looked at all of our sub >> and that's just regular rates
018like they're normal. This is someone getting a normal PAR pay rate, but we are paying right now because we haven't paid our raised our sub rate. I don't even know how long we it's been. Um I don't we are paying less for someone to come in and do our custodial work and our food service work than we're paying for them to come in and teach as a substitute. So, we need to raise our I know that this is not a great time to talk about low sub, you know, pay, more pay, but the reality is if we can't get subs in, we pay teachers per DM, which is way more expensive. So, we do need to raise our rate. I checked in nearby districts on just on their websites to see what was posted. The
019only one I could find that was actually posted because ours isn't posted either. The rate's not on there, um, was uh, Grand View and they're paying 180 and we're paying 160. So, I think we need to raise our rate at least to 185 um but maybe a little higher just to make it competitive because right now it's not. >> We think that's part of the reasons that we're having trouble getting substitute also. >> Yeah. >> If you can work here for $160 a day or there for 180 $15 a day and everybody needs a substitute, you can go work where there's one. Yeah. And we have a lot of subs that are just sub here for that rate. But um we do we need to raise the rate. >> So we would wanted to have
020a discussion about it. Notice it's on a discussion not an action item. We just wanted to be able to freely talk about it. Guess my only I guess the only question I would have at this point um would be you know what what what is that 20 or $25 going to do to the budget? Um I'm not sure um you know since the budget's already approved you know it you know is it is it going to make us run over you know and if it does I mean that then everything comes back to us for you know a budget amendment or >> Yeah. And that's kind of why it's on a discussion item. We just didn't bring a proposal or do something because we needed to talk it through. Right. So that we pay for
021a beginning zero experienced teacher to cover classes double that rate. So you get into a experienced teacher covering class, we're paying quadruple. We're probably paying three to four times that rate, which we're doing a lot of internal coverage because we can't get subs. Um I'm assisting Aurelia right now. Aurelia's has had a lot she has a lot to do with school starting. She's our HR person. I'm going through substitute applications right now and we actually have quite a few um substitute applications. Some people who are already certified, some people will need to get emergency subcertificate, people with degrees, people that have applied. There's probably about 25 that have applied in the last couple of months that we're hoping to onboard as subs. But it is always much um more reasonable. So I think if we
022could attract more subs with a better rate. >> Oh, and it would actually bring our sub costs down because right now if we pay a top-end teacher to cover a class. >> So let's while she's doing the math, let me explain. So I think the easiest explanation was your would be you're visioning a high school teacher who has third period plan. when we ask them to go in and cover teacher X's third period. So some teachers have first period plan, second period plan, third period plan, right? So teacher one covers first period, teacher two goes and covers. So they have a different sub every period. We're paying them their PDM rate for a top-end teacher. That's $113 an hour with benefits is what? $113 an hour with that with the benefits include. So the >>
023how often are we doing that right now? whenever we don't have whenever we don't have a sub we have to >> but I mean like do do you have an idea of how just maybe in the last year how much money was spent >> paying teachers >> a lot but I don't I don't know if we could the least could probably tell the tell us the difference but maybe not right now between how much we paid for >> um our own teachers to sub but it happens a lot we end up closing program I know um that happens I know I know just from my family, how often they cover. Um, and it's quite a bit. >> Do you always try to get a sub? >> Yes. >> First. >> Yeah. >> I don't call
024I don't have I have about 5:00 they're trying to figure out >> and it also happens elementaryaries will divide up their classes and double up and then we end up paying coverage for that >> cover overload. >> Yeah. Yeah. extra coverage because if I if we in elementary if they absolutely can't find someone one of their options is to split a like a first grade class half and half between two other first grade classes so we end up paying for that. So it's all a it's a I mean it's expensive no matter what but we also need to pay a reasonable rate. I know that it's an issue for cost, so it's a bad time to bring it up, but it's just one of those things that kind of bubbled to the top with some
025of the stuff we've been work we've been doing. >> Sounds like it might be a cost savings though, right? If you have did that sidebar conversation here, so if a teacher makes if they're a $90,000 a year teacher, and please understand, I'm not saying any one teacher makes that or whatever. That's just an example. divided by 180 days divided by a 7-hour day, their hourly rate is approximately 71.48. If you multiply that it well, but even if you just multiply that number times a 7-hour day, we're in the $400 number versus the $180 number. Would there be any way to get any records of how much we've had to pay over what it would cost us to get a sub, you know, so we could look at it in a comparative way. >> I can
026pull reports. >> I didn't know if we had a different code for internal coverage versus sub. >> Yes. Yeah, there's there's two different uh pay codes. I I can pull some reports. >> We probably have to look at it kind of like as an average if what an average what we pay an average teacher. I'm I am sure we could come up with some some good comparisons for you. >> Yeah. >> Sure. Even just the number of hours that were >> covered with teachers. >> Yeah. >> And and you >> keep in mind this is early in the year and you get >> later in the year and more Fridays and some of those things. It gets worse or it's like getting down to the crunch time. if they don't lose use their personal days,
027they they might use them. You know, there there's times this is a low demand time compared to times certain times of the year. >> Well, I think it's worth uh bringing back with the information I think that Michelle and Frank brought the light. Um, you know, then we can have, you know, a discussion andor action. Yeah, I think we'll bring it back to you for another discussion on when we give you some details. It's not something that's going to change overnight or something like that. But you know that old adage sometimes you have to spend money to make money. So if we increase our sub rate and pay less in and you probably would have happier teachers. I got two principles out here. I think your teachers who are not being asked to cover would
028be happier having their plan time. They're both shaking their heads. Yes. That and you know That's actually the truth. Most people don't. They will cover because that they do, you know, >> team works. >> Yeah. But most people would rather have their plan time and so Yeah. But they do it to help help the cause. >> Any other questions, comments, students? >> Thank you, Tim. Thank you, Diana. Uh moving on to policy 4268A facility rental fees. >> So this is just another look at our work. So you have in there our rental fees and then you have some comparisons. Um we we when we did this looked at this last time. Do you remember we looked at the princess theater fees and we looked at some surrounding. Um, there's a couple things after I've been
029doing my job for a while that I want to bring back around for you for us to think about. Um, I'm going to say, for example, our relationship with I'm going to use it simply. Please don't think I'm talking about any one organization, but let's just talk the words AAU or club or any type of sporting event. They do amazing jobs. they clean up after themselves and do whatever, but we still have to clean the bathrooms. We still have to do those things. And the way our our policy is written, if it's student driven or whatever, we don't charge, but is that really best for us? I'm I'm just asking. This is I'm not I'm not saying that it is good or bad. And then also like if you look at our fee schedule, most
030of our people if they were to come in on a Saturday or Sunday would be earning time and a half because most of those particular individuals are already working 40 hours. So, if um an organization is using us on Saturday or Sunday and they're needing Blake or Israel or someone to run sound or lighting, are we at least breaking even on the compensation that we have? Does that make sense? Um, so I want everybody to know, you know, I'm a communitydriven person, right? I keep saying the word pickle ball because I'm everybody's friend, but I'm I'm just saying I really am community driven, but at the same time, we have to be taking care of ourselves, too. So, that's >> and I would say we have not really adjusted our rates in a long time.
031We do have groups. Yeah. Well, we did, but it was still gentle. It was a gentle adjustment. And I'm not saying it needs to be drastic, but we do have groups that come in and actually come in and make a pretty significant amount of money. even some of our own youth group activities and we're not necessarily even covering our costs in those situations and we need to at least cover our costs. It needs to be reasonable. So, if you're listening and I don't know who's on tonight or if you're going to come back and listen to it, we understand that our nonprofits and our PTOs and things like that, right? just um we're not we're not asking to to recoup necessarily the power bill and the the all of it, but the the labor costs
032necessarily. So that's why we brought it up as a discussion. Well, I guess for, you know, my thoughts would be when I was first looking at this is how come a, you know, why wouldn't a $150 cleaning fee apply across the board? Um, you know, and if we need to adjust the the rates to account for overtime, I mean, I guess we could always bill cheaper, but have, you know, the appropriate amount so that at least pays, you know, for that, you know, that person that's that's working the event. Um, I don't know, you know, adjusting the, you know, the hourly rate on the facilities themselves, but I think, you know, I I could see a $150 cleaning fee for every, you know, every use because it does take it does take a lot, especially
033in the gymnasiums or that, you know, the the commons or whatever in the high school or or the middle school. So, um I mean I could see that being across the board on all of it. >> I agree. I think we need to at least recover our costs. It's fair to ask the cleaning fee. Um this already says labor charges for custodian food security during non-school hours. Um if the labor rates listed on there be updated to reflect what we're actually paying. I think that's fair to I mean especially if you I don't know if you could word it to just say it's a it's a pass through what our actual charges are right so if it's nonovertime hours then they don't pay as much if it's overtime hours they pay more but I think
034it's fair to ask you know that the district isn't paying anything out of pocket for these events. >> Yeah I would agree. I think the um the other thing though, I think there's probably more wear and tear than probably we realize, you know, gym floors. I mean, there could there's a whole lot of things, but you know, being someone who rents a venue, I understand that. So, yeah, to me, I think there definitely has to be we have to be covered for our costs at least. >> I've been out of the AEU game for a I'm just trying to remember back when we did gym duty. So, I thought we were responsible for cleaning bleachers, restrooms, all of that way back when for AAU, but I >> it's I think it's changed over the years.
035Some years um AAU is hired and paid like we have had a custodian come in do the two hours of work. they they don't do any cleaning. Maybe the pickup, not like just leave everything a mess, but the bathrooms, restocking, all of that. And then there's been times a used um some of the other organizations or not the only ones, but it just has depended on the year. >> Yeah. Yeah, I I think that's why I was cautious to not use the words AAOU because I'm I really don't want to single out any one organization there because if we think about it, some of like our big huge wrestling tournaments, those are days and hours, right? Hours long and days long, some of our big basketball tournaments that are our own students driven or our
036own programs driven, right? Um there's ballet and there's I mean it's used a lot, right? Um, some 501c3 or nonprofit, some are student driven, some are of our own student driven, some are ASB. I mean, if you think about it, you guys are getting ready to do a homecoming dance here, I think, right? Or is it is it here? Yeah. I mean, if you think about how many days you decorate and plan and do whatever and then the cleanup and they do a great job cleaning up, but we still have to go in and clean right after it's done. So >> those are just examples without isolating AU or some other youth organization >> students. You have any comments or thoughts on this? >> Alisa, >> I have a comment. I know that Jason and
037I looked at this a few years ago. I don't know that it's been brought back to the board, but I look at the rates on, you know, the hourly and all the facilities and then the daily fees and they they seem low to me and I don't know that we've looked at it since our insurance costs have gone up. And I think that, you know, we I know that our the insurance costs have gone up I think 30% for the last two years. And perhaps we need to look at an overall adjustment not at just recouping the cleaning cost but increasing these fees because they especially for the forprofit um people using the facility because our our costs have gone up and that has to be reflected in the rent. >> So what I'm hearing
038is I can proceed on and looking at making some adjustments. Um I'll probably bring it to one more discussion before it goes to an action item. Would that be okay? to see. Okay. >> With that >> action items. Uh first up is the first reading of policy 2020 course design and adoption of instructional materials. >> So the adopting the revised policy it had a few minor changes is being required by OSPI. um still basically has the same provisions. We have to follow the law. We have to, you know, make materials public. The board gets final approval on core instructional materials. All of those things. And our process and our procedures are not really changing. We are coming right now to the end of the science, high school science review time. So, and I don't think
039anybody's asked us to come to come in and look at the materials. We've had it in the paper for a couple of weeks. We put it out on social media. We put it in parent square but so there's really not much change but it is a little bit different than the past. So it did hasn't changed since last two weeks ago though. I think the only question I had on this was it's I think it's the second to last paragraph on um maintaining a list of all core instructional materials. Yep. >> And then being able having it available for preview either person or online. Is there >> I guess my question is is is it possible to look at our curriculum online >> sometimes? But in this review we said they needed to come in
040person. the problem that happens like if I say so like we have print materials the sciences print materials most people that come and review um do better with print materials to be honest um we have had times we've had things to be able to review online but once we purchase curriculums or have like we' have to have pay for licenses for people just to review it versus we have the print materials it I mean in some cases we only have it online so that is the way to review it so either way we can make it work. Okay. >> It's not, >> but most people want to see print. >> So, if we had like uh something that was solely online, you would have like a master license they could >> um Well, we'd have
041a school license and we would be able to get that, you know, set it up. We don't pay for extra licenses just for me to have one sitting around to be honest. So, the school has the license, but we could just use a teacher license or if they want to look at student materials, student license, because there's there's always, you know, some wiggle room there, but I don't keep extra licenses on hand just because they don't get used. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> So, do we take the online portion out of there? >> We can certainly do that. >> I think I think it's I mean to me it's like it'll be available in one or the other. >> That's the way I read it too. Not like you have to have it available both
042way both ways basically is how I read it. >> Well, I think my question is more is that can you access it online? Not not like as somebody coming in to review could is there a way to >> so I can tell you there is no way to review our current history curriculum online. >> Have Gary Lock in the >> It does. Um someone would have to sit on a Zoom meeting and just turn the pages. Um, so that's why the or I mean if it doesn't seem clear, um, >> I would view it as both, but that's how I would read it. >> So, >> is it just talking about the list of material? The list is online, not the >> the list is I could email to somebody. >> Well, that's what like
043this little paragraph is talking about. The list the district maintains is available online or in person, not the curriculum itself. >> Yeah, it might not curriculum, not the list. >> I might be a little bit ambiguous. How about we just work on that sentence just a little bit so when you bring it back for this the second reading it'll be clear. >> Okay. As if we can't decide. No, >> exactly. >> Any other questions for Deanna or Kim? Will I move to approve first reading of policy 2020? >> Second. It's >> been moved and seconded. Students, >> all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Motion carries. Thank you. Um, next up is Seattle University affiliation agreement. >> So, we had this on the last time. There were some questions about
044it and about whether they carried insurance or not. They sent me their certificate of insurance. You can see those uh that certificate of liability insurance there attached. And then they actually said then when I sent it and said, "I need some more clarification." They're like, "Oh, >> that's not the agreement we wanted you to sign. We have this other agreement you wanted to sign because I so it was the it ended up being the wrong agreement." Okay. Well, it was for a special like grant driven program that they it's running out. So then they decided they wanted this one instead. So, it's more of a standard agreement and the insurance is attached. >> Any questions for Deanna? I move to approve the Seattle University affiliation agreement. Second moved and seconded. Students, all those in favor
045signify by saying I. >> I. >> Motion carries. Thank you for getting that. No problem. >> At least we got the right contract. >> Let me ask the question to you. >> Okay, next up is vouchuros. Does anybody have questions for um the lease on vouchers? >> I would move to approve the vouchers. >> Second. It's been moved and seconded to approve the vouchers students. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Motion carries. All right. Next up is the Benton County Investment Pool Interest Rate. >> So, I'm going to This is for those who are listening or who may be wondering. This was the item that caused for the amendment to the agenda. We like to be public about that. Um, so I'm going to explain the best I can. I'm
046learning a lot about LG PO uh pools and investment pools and so forth. And I'm learning about the difference between how a county and state banks versus maybe how we bank at home. Um, so while we're um putting money into the bank, then we have money coming out. Think of our household checkbook students. Think about what your personal finance class, right? You have $500 in the account. Then when you write $500 worth of checks, you have no money. Now, for in your day and age, you don't write many checks anymore. You use your debit card, right? The money comes out. If you've ever experienced it, you swipe your debit card and it says declined, right? Well, that's when it's declined is then you don't have the money left. Well, the way states and counties work
047is they don't we don't have a decline, per se. When we write a warrant that we don't have the money for, the county covers that because we have our taxes coming. We have all different kinds of money coming in at different times throughout the day or actually not the day really, the month, the week, and the year. what the county has said. Um much like where we've been discussing um the state not having money and the federal government not having money. If you're watching the news right now, they're talking about federal shutdowns and different things, right? And so what this county is saying, if you go negative, we are going to charge you 2% above the LG I got to look it up again because I'm going to say it wrong. Um, let me just
048get the LGIP, local government investment pool rate, and that fluctuates. Um, right now the daily yield rate is about 4.17. [Music] The 7-day was 4.26 and the 30-day was 4.3. And so we pay 2% of whatever that yield rate is depending on the how many days. Um sometimes it's one day, sometimes it's seven days. Um you also heard us talk, excuse me, Delisa and I talked with you, I don't know, quite a few months ago now that we may have to use our credit card periodically and so forth, right? This would be similar to when you use your credit card and you pay interest. Our goal is to always pay our credit card off within 30 days. But this is another example and this is an agreement according to Benton County policy that we have
049to have in place. >> So it's 2% of the overdrawn rate or the overdrawn amount or >> Well, it's not interest. It's not that's not the interest we're paying. It's well it is interest on the overdrawn rate that or excuse me the overdrawn amount. >> Okay. >> And it it's depending on like I said if it's one day right so let's just pretend so we can do it in math where people could do it at home. If today we're overdrawn $200 and we deposit $100 tomorrow then we're only overdrawn $100 and the next day we over so then rates would the interest would be calculated daily. And if Jodie keeps selling chocolate, oh, she's not here anymore. We might not be overdrawn ever again, right? If if the if she keeps selling chocolate. That was
050supposed to lighten the mood, by the way. But she's not here. One of the questions that kind of came up or on me for this is what's our current fund balance for August? >> I um >> the lease. Do you know what the ending was before we ran? >> We do not have a current fund ending fund balance for August because we're not done collecting revenue for August. So we haven't done financials for August at all. So we'll be we'll be colle collecting revenue for August through November. So we'll have a cash flow we have a cash flow document that you'll be getting in the morning when we finish this document for you. Um if that's what you're referring to the cash flow or the ending fund balance for August is not declared yet. >>
051What about the for the end of July? >> Do you have the July number in front of you? >> I do not have it in front of me. No, I can get that for you though. >> You know, I think that that was my only question is like how far I think it's not by much, but >> 146 this morning the lease >> the c the cash flow with the county. >> Yes. >> I did not get an email this morning from them. >> The last one I got maybe was yesterday morning was 146,000. And I know students that sounds like a lot, but in the millions that we work with, it's not very much. I see their eyes got really big when I said that. So both Andrew Rob who at ESD123 has spoke
052with Ken uh Spencer, our county treasurer and so on and so forth, right? Um this may have not you know I want to make sure that as things get tighter in the state each step in the wheel or each step in the chain I don't know link in the chain is going to get tighter and tighter because each one of those links in the chain is going to have to help carry the other piece of the link. I don't know how to explain that to the to the common person. Whether when the federal government gets tighter than the state government gets tighter, when the state gets tighter, the counties get tighter. You know what I'm getting at? I'm having a heck of a time finding um our June financials. Anybody have that readily available because
053July is not quite out, right? The lease. No, I do not. I do not have July finalized yet. We have a rough number, but it's not going to be exact. >> Any questions while digging around my computer? >> Yeah. Sorry, Alisa, do you have any questions? >> I don't have any questions. I'm looking for that number, too. But I and I I mean, I agree with what Kim said is the county is facing a budget, you know, shortfall or crunch and the state. I mean, that's exactly it. Everyone's pockets are getting shorter. >> Yeah. Students, you have any comments, questions, thoughts? No. Okay. This isn't something we can't not sign, right? So, >> well, I move to approve the Benton County investment pool interest rate. >> It's been moved and seconded. Students, all those in
054favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. and we will um answer your questions for the record soon on the June July numbers and you'll also have a cash flow document showing the ups and downs of the cash flow. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh moving on to consent agenda. >> I would move to um I would motion to uh approve the consent items. >> A second. >> Michelle Barely. Yeah. >> Okay. It's been moved and seconded to approve the consent items uh one through three students. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Motion carries. That concludes uh our action items for tonight. Next up is reports. First up is Kevin Gil. >> I have nothing to report. >> Thanks Kevin. >> Make me go faster. U
055sorry Deise. Do you have anything? >> Uh, yes. I'm doing um September enrollment and excuse me, I have a really bad chest cold. Um, so we're over 51 of what we budgeted for FTE, which is great. Um, we'll keep this steady number for a couple of months historically, and then it will continue to decline. Um, and we've talked about that during previous board meetings of the the trajectory of of enrollment. Um, but right now we're sitting pretty good at 51 over over the the budgeted FTE for this year. >> What was the month again where we get chewed up? When does that start? Is that December or January? >> January. January. So they'll they'll start chewing us up in January and then they'll catch us up from September through December and January also. >> Okay.
056Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Any questions for Deise students? Thank you, Deise. >> Y thank you. >> Anna, you're up. >> I will be brief because um I have spent most of my time on peril. I finally got um out yesterday to be in some of the buildings and working with some of my coaches and teachers. So, that was great. Um I do want to reiterate the thank you that Jody shared about Rotary. That $3,000 makes a huge difference for both Whit Strand and Heights Kids to continue on that program. Our Title$4 is how we do some of these enrichment things. This is the probably the last year we're going to have those and um they only go so far because they're helping cover some of the other things we don't have funding for.
057And um we are you know we have done our first meet and confer with a pea um our teachers union mostly teachers um and that went really well um we have this is new leadership um Mr. Gamble Mr. Paplier and so we had a great first meeting and we look forward to continuing to work work with those those folks. >> Thanks Diana. Any questions for Diana? >> Diana. >> Thank you Kim. Oh, you guys know I always put a list out there. I'm going to be quick. Um, a couple of showings on the Grant Avenue property that was encouraging. Nothing on the parcels. The one public records request is partially done. We do ask for an extension sometimes to make sure they're fully redacted and so forth. Um the facilities uh we um okayed a
058partnership with Benton REA and the Boys and Girls Clubs for a few trees on the south side of the new Boys and Girls Club building. Um they're spacing out. I think they're getting room for five. So that that if you've walked around the back side there, there's a pretty big slab. They're trying to get some shade back there. Um ECAP, uh we are in the design phase and confirmation of the funding process. So, that's really exciting for the classrooms. We got a few drawings this week. Um, that we do want to make sure if you're listening, the center islands or parking area islands at Caribbean Heights, especially Caribbean, is turning brown. That is intentional. We're going to take out that grass and put in rock. Um, one, less irrigation, two, less mowing. um in just
059doing that, trying to we know we like how the grass looks, but it's time intensive and money intensive, so we're doing that. Um the fence between the pickle ball courts is done. Um that was a $3,99 including tax and everything. Um and the city or the community, I should say city, that makes it sounds like the city of Proer, but the community of Proer raised almost $3,300 of that $3,900 project. So, it's really a great deal for us and for them. Um, we do have a little, if you are out there, there's a little spots that that has to seal, uh, concrete has to cure for a certain amount of time before we cover it up with the green paint. So, that'll be happening. Um, leadership, um, I'm still the president-elect for the student advis
060superintendent advisory council. Um, I'm also now on the Tri-C advisory council. Um Rick does that. Um we have to go to those meetings so often. They're doing a huge construction project down there. Um if you are interested or have students or families interested in what I'm going to loosely call the trades, that's everything from cosmetology to nursing to electrical construction. The TR uh trade schools are one of the things that the state's hugely funding and there's a huge multi-million dollar construction project going on to expand the electrical and mechanical welding and the nursing phases. Um we're still looking for an athletic trainer. Um you approved a few minutes ago the consent agenda. We're really excited to welcome a PHS alumni Raul Gurola as our payroll. People have asked me, well, tell me about payroll's been
061a kind of a, you know, kind of a tough thing. And Raul is very committed. He has his undergraduate degree in business administration. He's been working through accounting and he is committed to us like he says, I want to be a lifer is one of the questions he used in his or one of his things he talked about in his interview. Um, so we're really excited to have an alumni, somebody who's passionate about making professor a better place. He starts on Monday. Um, and Dan and I are really going to be excited. At least he can add up the time sheets and do the 10K and get the data in while we're doing all the training. But I want everybody to know it is a multimonth training process. This is not something that's just going
062to come in and do it overnight. Um, really exciting for transportation. Um, uh, to the Betton Franklin transit team. You see the buses going through town. We, um, they worked with us. They moved their stop on Alexander um if you there what used to be a stop kind of across well in the curve up by the high school they moved it down closer to the baseball parking lot softball parking lot and they are now picking up the middle school students are going to boys and girls club they moved that stop they adjusted the time 10 minutes so they can hold take the 60 students from household to boys and girls club which then takes the pressure off of heights. Right. The other thing is is we made one more adjustment this week. Witstrand is now
063dropping at Boys and Girls Club before they go to KRV. So, we're working really hard to get that out and still be good partners with Boys and Girls Club. And so, it really does take a village, right? Betton Franklin Transit, Foster School District, Boys and Girls Club, all of us. the head person for Benton Franklin Transit rode the bus last Monday and rode and was on the bus and made sure and they they are really committed to making it better for our students. Um I may Jackson and sometimes me that's kind of goes back to that payroll thing. They're meeting daily to work on transportation. Um the new person who's starting is going to help some and the two trainees will be done in about a month and that should help with some of these
064sports and after school activity training uh trans challenges that we have. Um red and white night was successful. Um there's you know I talked with the board today. I said well what can I announce a number yet? and they said, "Well, not really. We're not quite done." But I was given permission to say that it far surpasses anything they've done before. So, I've been not been given a number. I I've been given a number, but I can't share because we don't want to burst the bubble if we're wrong. Um, you're still not seeing me out much. I'm like Deanna. I got in buildings with the principles. I'm started this week and I'm getting in again. And then just as I always tell you when I'm going to be gone, I'll be gone the 3rd through
065the 6th. I'm heading to Wyoming to see my family. >> Okay. Thank you. Any >> questions for Kim? >> Thanks, Kim. >> All right. Next up is order reports. Michelle, >> I don't have anything to report. Um, but I would love it if Jody could let me know when they've got some more of those mint meltaways. She's standing out there in the hall on the phone. So, someone pass that along. I've already loaded up on all the other chocolate bars, but my mint meltaways, Jody, I let me know. >> Great. Thanks for talking about me. >> Right. >> Uh excited for Mr. Gerilla to get started. I mean, it sounds like it's going to be a process to get him dialed in, but um great kid, great family, and um hoping that works out on
066both sides. um was able to attend my first red and white night this past weekend and uh seemed like it was well attended. Um yeah, a lot of local support. It was uh it was good to see. >> Brian Frank. >> Um no, not much. Just um you know, every everywhere I look on everything we're doing the school is so community related. that just uh you know my hats off to the community and the way that that we just work together with them so well and and I think it's it's just a testimony to you know that well the the idea that I think we could get through some of these hard times you know because we have that community support. So just really really neat to see that and I'm glad Ro's coming on
067and going to give you guys a little relief on the payroll thing. So >> thanks Frank Lisa. >> Um just would repeat the the sentiments on red and white night. People were incredibly generous. Thank you to Rotary, those that supported Rotary so that they'd have the money to help out the partnership with the princess. And you know, this is a big weekend in Proer and there's lots of um nonprofit groups that are very generous to our school district. I'm having fundraisers and breakfastes. Um I'm thinking uh the Eagles and the Fire Department. Um, National Honor Society. So, if you're out and about, you know, if you can support those groups that are supporting our schools and kids, um, and have an opportunity, please do so. >> Great. Thanks, Alisa. Um, I don't have really anything,
068but I did hear I wasn't able to attend Red and White, but I heard it was well attended, well put together, and, you know, appreciate all the work for, you know, that everybody put in that, Kim. um to put that together. So, thank you. Thanks to the community and everybody else that was involved. Uh with that, uh that concludes this meeting. Next meeting will be October 8th right here in the boardroom at 6 pm. This meeting is adjourned. Thank you.