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001So, those are the changes that I see, not really changes, just cleanups. >> Okay. I would ask that one the agenda one item personnel matters um be number two that we pull that name for the next board meeting. They need to do their form 39 for the assistant golf coach at Warren County High School. >> Yeah, I'd already said that. >> I'm sorry. >> No, you're fine, John. >> Thank you. >> I don't mind I don't mind that. I'd rather somebody ask than not do it. So, yeah. Yeah, that one we'll pull. Not a problem. Um Any questions about the agenda as presented? Hearing none, we'll have motion to approve the agenda as presented. All in favor, say aye. >> Aye. >> I oppose, say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Okay, our next thing

002is uh recognitions, which we always like when we get to recognize students. And this evening, we will have with us Matt Bayless. Mr. McCown. >> So, we had some folks go down to the state wrestling tournament to represent Warren County, and um Matt Bayless was amongst those. And correct me if I'm wrong, your team finished fourth. And then, I also have down here that you placed third in the 120-lb, won the LKC. Is that right? So, so who else was I know that um and this is a busy time of the year, and we've been trying to get all of the wrestlers together, and many of you were in track and busy with various things. Who else was on your state wrestling team? >> Who else went then? >> Yeah. Okay. All right. So, we're

003very glad that you got to join us and if you would, Sherry, would you mind taking a picture or can you do double duty with that? >> Yeah, we do it right here in the center. You'll be first person that has their picture taken. Okay, we're down to number five information. Uh first uh item on information is the board self-reflection, Mr. McCown. >> So, it's that time of year again where the board needs to do their self-reflection. I think we need to have that done by August >> 15th. That's what it used to be. >> So, I wanted to see if you wanted me to send that out to the masses. Okay, I can do that. So, um again, you're going to get an 365 form. It's the same as as it has been. There's

004just a series of questions that you'll need to rate um and I will send send that link out to everybody um and then as soon as it gets completed, I'll print the results and then bring the results in, you can have conversation and then approve your reflection, and we will send it on to the department. >> Yeah, I have not seen it yet. >> Okay. >> Um I mean, it's not turned up on my Outlook yet. So, I I don't know if the state has released it or not. Or is it the state release it organization? I'm not sure. But anyway, >> it was superintendent update there. >> Okay. I have not >> seen anything from the school board association with >> not seen any links to it. >> So, are you going to send

005it out then? And do we turn it back to you on the computer or >> Well, so you'll get an email and it'll have the link there and you'll click it and then it's just going to take you to the survey and you fill it out and that's all you have to do. And then when everybody has done that, I'll print out the results and bring back to the board for you all to discuss. >> So, you you want us to do a hard copy bring it back to you? >> No. So, you'll you'll get an email, it'll have a link, and then it'll just take you there online to do the survey, and you can do it right on your computer or iPad. >> Yeah, and then I think you submit it. And then

006it submits back if if I send them out, it'll submit back to me. Which last year we did and and then if John sends out, it'll submit back to John. It makes more sense for it to go back to John than it does me. So. >> Okay. You can be you're looking forward to that coming your way. >> Okay, sounds good. Um monthly attendance narrative, Mr. Smith. >> We've got it. >> I think they got it. This is paper here. >> I do not need more paper. >> Okay. All right. >> I understand fully. Okay. Um First off, since the beginning of the 25 school year, 192 student households have been sent five-day unexcused absence letters. Um the year-to-date attendance rate by school and district as of May 14th, the primary center was at 93.7,

007middle school was at 92.7, high school was at 91.3, and district-wide the rate is 92.5. Um the average attendance rate as of May 14th, the primary center was at 93.2, middle school was at 92.4, the high school was at 87.4, district-wide it is at 91%. Okay. Enrollment as of the 14th of May, the primary center was at 316, middle school was at 249, high school was at 274, for a total enrollment of 839. The total enrollment increased by one student in comparison to the April attendance narrative. In comparison to the April attendance narrative, the primary center enrollment decreased by two students, middle school increased by four students, and the high school enrollment decreased by one student. Um the reason for the enrollment change, primary center, two students withdrew to a different county's in-state public school

008systems. The middle school, three students enrolled from different county's in-state public school systems. And one student enrolled from West Virginia Virtual Academy. In regards to the high school, one student withdrew to West Virginia School of the Version and transition was the change. Um in regards to enrollment by grade as of the 14th pre-K was at 53 kindergarten was at 60 first grade was at 51 second grade was at 48 third grade at 49 fourth grade at 55 fifth grade at 62 sixth grade at 60 seventh grade 59 eighth grade 68 in regards to the high school enrollment ninth was at 76 10th was at 63 11th was 66 and there were 69 seniors as of the 14th. Anybody have any questions or concerns in regards to all that? >> Do we do you have any

009idea as far as are we gaining in sections of the tables? Are we doing any other things like CIS and stuff like that trying to get kids to come over to this way? Do we reward kids >> Right. >> Are we about having programs increase our attendance? >> Well, I tell you I'll tell you what Brent. I know we are in some areas and to get an overall report I was going to talk to Mr. McCann. I was going to come in June and do the yearly and during that time I was going to summarize that Brent. I'll have more of a breakdown by that in chronic absenteeism some of that in June. So, I'll be able to give you a better answer then probably >> You have chronic absenteeism going by by >> Uh

010well, that's funny you say that. Mr. Metz asked me about that and I've been keeping an eye out for that, but I haven't saw any guides. Now, I'm not going to say it's out there, but I have not been I don't know if Mr. Metz knows more about that or has more information I do, but I've been trying to see if that's something they're going to change. I'm not really sure on that the criteria and such. I'm not sure. Mr. Metz, have you have anything Have you saw any >> No, we were here and talk. >> I mean No, I think they're still trying to figure out what they did with the attendance with the whole thing. >> I have. >> Or the calendar cuz they'll all wrap up into the same thing. >> Okay,

011uh school mapping update. Okay, um Uh school mapping update as of May 14th, Mr. McCowan and I participated in Zoom kickoff meeting with Giacom on May 5th to officially start the Work County Schools mapping project. During the meeting at Giacom, uh school facilities on-site visit was confirmed for June 9th and 10th. Uh Giacom requested we upload a copy of all three schools' maps. After the on-site visit, Giacom develops an indoor map that will conduct map review and training by the end of June. Uh during the month of July, Giacom will provide an opportunity for customer feedback before final publishing and finalization of the new maps in July. At the very latest is how they told Mr. McCowan and myself. The The project closeout will be conducted on August 3rd. We were reassured there was extra

012time building in the line with there only being three schools involved. Like, for example, they've done a lot of other county schools. Like, Mason County had a lot more schools than ours cuz they had So, they had to do more traveling on site and things like that. In comparison to that, they're allowing themselves more leeway. That was the worst case scenario. They're hoping August 3rd. And all this had to be done by September and complete. So, we've got a month leeway. There could be more than that though before we're done with everything. Um In regards to training, correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. McCowan, you talked about training various staff, but also first responders and all that type information is included in that training. So, that'll be some of that information that they share. So,

013um >> Yeah, I think it's going to be a good product. >> I'm looking forward to seeing what they come up with. Any other questions? >> Yes, so they will they will have um This is going to link into the law enforcement system that they use and talk to it so that when they log into theirs, they'll have access to all of our maps. >> Yeah. And And Mr. McCown and I were supposed to get back with them like what roles the various people like if we need the police department whoever the first responders are to get a copy of this so like you're talking about there for example like where the evacuation hatches are in the very you know, just very so they'll be able to locate it quick where there is an emergency

014they'll be able to do that quicker so. >> Is there maps in the school itself >> Yeah, I think we have a a remedial version of that right now don't we Mr. McCown in the class >> but with this new software we would be able to go in and print like a custom map like an overhead shot of the building and then a route for each classroom. I think that's going to be one of the pieces of functionality of this new software is to be able to to print that. >> Yeah, I know that >> Right. And that's one of the goals isn't it Mr. McCown in an emergency like you're saying they'll take them to the direct path to where they can get and and maybe we need to ask more questions of it

015but I got the impression Mr. McCown that they're going to show they're like if there's 20 seats in a room that's what it will show on the map. I don't know if that was the case or not but that's the impression I got it's going to be more detailed than what we currently have you might say to like they'll know there's 20 20 students in that classroom are supposed to be so if there's one not accounted for, we'll be able to tell that more readily. That's what I think is the understanding I had. So. >> Very good. Any other questions? Okay, uh down to delegations. We have no delegations to see them. Uh so, we're at agenda. Need a motion to approve the minutes of the May 5th, 2026 meeting. >> So moved. >> Any

016corrections, comments, concerns? Hearing none, we have motion to approve the minutes of the May 5th, 20 26 regular meeting. All in favor, say I. >> I. Opposed, say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Okay, down finance. Seeing motion, uh we do have board member travel on this. So, the first one will be minus that. Uh we'll do the first one first, Mr. Uh Cheryl. Okay, we have motion to approve the invoice payment of invoices amount of $176,296.58. >> So moved. >> Mr. McKown. >> Okay, we have three runs of expenditures for your consideration tonight. The first on 5/7/2026 totaling $66,921.28. This is primarily P-card purchases for the food service program. The next run um on 5/13/2026 totals $40,502.48. This is mainly utility bills. And then finally, also on 5/13/2026 totaling $68,988.82. We've got various purchases

017in there, but noteworthy is Southern Educational Services for $25,358.60 for our Algebra 1 services at the high school, and some various and sundry travel purchases. So, these total less board member travel comes to $167,296.58. >> That is not what I have. Okay, our motion was for $176,296.58. That's correct, yeah. >> Did I Is that >> Yeah, I >> I think it's $176,296.58. >> Okay, any questions about invoices? Here none, we have motion to approve the payment of invoices amount of $176,296.58. All in favor say I. >> I. Those saying nay. Eyes have it, motion carries. Okay, now we have >> Let me excuse myself. >> Okay, need a motion to approve board member travel in the amount of $116. >> So moved. >> For Mr. Sherlock. Any questions? Comments? Here none, we have motion to

018approve board member travel in the amount of $116 for Mr. Sherlock. All in favor say I. I. Those saying nay. Eyes have it, motion carries. Okay, just for the people that are interested, uh the total vendor checks that we approved with both board member travel and invoices is $176,412.58. Here are the budget supplements. Need a motion to approve budget supplements in the amount of $97,137.77. Mr. Cummins? >> Two supplements for your consideration tonight. The first in the amount of $32,000 is a state grant for our truancy truancy diversion, our PRL officer. And then the second in the amount of $65,137.77. This is a Title 1 school improvement for War County Primary Center, and these two supplements total $97,137.77. >> Any questions on supplements? Hearing none, we have motion to approve the budget supplements in the

019amount of $97,137.77. All in favor, say I. >> I. Opposed, say nay. Eyes have it, motion carries. Okay, we have no budget transfers tonight. So, we're down to our monthly financial report. Need a motion to approve the monthly financial report. >> So moved. >> Ms. Cummins? >> Yeah, I will refer to Mrs. Cummins if you all want to peruse that or have any specific questions about the report. It's in the same format as she has put it in each of the previous months. >> Karen, won't you just give us I know you got other stuff that you're going to present to us, but just sort of give us a quick >> Sure. Um on your monthly financial report, the first page there is just a summary of the activity at the banks. Um in cash,

020we have $655,570 locally earning a rate of 1.16% and then with the West Virginia Board of Investments, we have 5. almost $2 million down there at a earnings right now of 3.81%. So, total cash and investments on hand is 5.8 million. In regards to our monthly financial activity, if you will flip over a couple pages, um just the quick summary there again just to refresher just to remind you it is broken out by fund and it gives you the total revenues, it gives you months to date, the activity for the month as well as year to date. Um what our beginning fund balance was for each of those funds, what the current budget is, and then on the far right hand column is also the prior year information for this same point in this is

021as of the end of April. So, for your general current expense fund, I'll just go through that one. Um we're looking at 11,218,507 we've received year to date in revenue and our expenditures currently right now are running at 11,151 11,151,200. So, we're we're pretty close to break even on on revenues and expenditures year to date. For our special revenue fund, we have year to date 2.7 million in revenue and expenditures of 2.4. And then behind it you can actually look and see the exact um areas in which it was expended for. >> And we're starting to get enough of these that now we can we can set them down and look across them from month to month. I think this is what our third one? >> Yes. >> Yeah. And actually, this is the first

022one in which they finally got the object codes >> uh and they finally got the descriptions all corrected. So, um yeah, the state department they had me run it to make sure it was working and and they did. so after 3 months of harassing them, they they finally got it all working now. Um, so >> It took you 3 months? >> It took me 3 months, but we have a nice clean report now. So. >> Very good. Any questions for Ms. Cummins on the monthly financials? No? Okay, we have a motion to approve the month monthly financial report as presented by Ms. Cummins. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay. Eyes have it, motion carries. And then a motion to approve the supplemental salary schedules and extracurricular salary for FY 26-27. >> So

023moved. >> Mr. Counts? >> So, nothing to add. I think this is something you've got to approve before we can get our budget done, but I don't know that there's other than the things that have been swapped, that there's anything new other than previous years. >> Any questions? Yeah, we didn't do any salary increases or anything different. >> No, there were no salary increases. In bold on your schedule of supplemental pays and and indexes, we did add in the special education coordinator since that was a new item that was just recently done. So, that is bolded and on that schedule for you to see that that was something new from the previous year. And then on the extracurricular assignment schedule, I didn't know how to show all that, so I tried to strike through the

024items that were on on here and then bold where they went to. Um, for example, on the second page of that schedule, you'll see the PBIS coordinators, they were grant-funded positions. They are no longer. Those are now county-funded and you'll see that they were moved up above in the locally funded positions. They are on page one. Um, you'll see that the school improvement coordinator for the middle school that that position or that extracurricular was stricken. They no longer receive that funding. That federal money is gone. So, you'll see that that has been eliminated from the schedule. In addition, you'll see where you added a volleyball assistant middle school coach during school year. Um, and then we added an extracurricular speech path coordinator position at $2,500 um, as well. And I think that captured most of

025the activity for the year. So, we're looking at uh, locally funded at $162,844 with federal funds picking up 14,800 in additional contracts. >> Very good. Any questions? >> I see the cross country assistant coaches for the middle school. >> Yes, sir. You are correct, Brent. I did overlook that. Yes, that was an an additional position that was added. Yes, thank you. >> Yeah, they didn't have one before. >> No. >> Okay, so we have a motion to approve the supplemental salary schedules and extracurricular salary for FY 26-27. All in favor, say I. >> I. All opposed, say nay. Eyes have motion carries. Guys, anytime that we have one of these and you're still looking at it and if I start to go for votes, stop me, okay? I'm going to give you all the time

026that you need. Okay, we're down to need a motion to approve FBLA national competition fees in the amount of $3,945. >> So moved. >> Mr. McCown. >> So, they were here and spoke as information. Thank you. Um that's an expensive trip for FBLA to go on and in your packet um Mr. Goff did just send an email that kind of delineated um what they are asking for and that's what's on the agenda for your approval tonight. I think that the board has historically been helpful to FBLA and others that >> And others. >> have gone to national competitions to help them with the cost um hotel and registration and things. Those things aren't getting any cheaper, so happy to bring that to you for your consideration tonight. >> Any questions? And I'm assuming that's coming

027most of that'll come out of the levy, right? >> Actually, I've got step seven funding set aside for student travel. >> Okay. Good deal. That's better. Any questions? Hearing none, we have motion to approve uh FBLA national competition fees in the amount of $3,945. All in favor say I. >> I. All opposed say nay. I have it. Okay, let's see um need a motion to approve the 2026-2027 budget. >> So moved. >> Mrs. Mr. McCown. >> I want to thank Mrs. Cummins. >> Mrs. Cummins. >> And I just want to share with you that this is coming. Mrs. Cummins has been furiously working on this budget while traveling how many miles to travel? 2,200 round trip. 2,200 miles to attend her daughter's graduation while still working on the budget in route. So, I just want

028to thank you for all of your hard work um getting this budget done and with all the other irons that you've had in the fire at the same time. >> Yeah, it it's been a little hectic lately. So, um but we we do have a budget um to present to you tonight. So, we've got um a one-pager. This is actually the publication that is going to go in the newspaper. Um before it used to be multiple pages, but they finally got it consolidated, so it's one page now and this will go into the newspaper starting next week if it's approved tonight. Um there is a handout of a slide presentation that I would just like to go through with you. So, if you have your uh stapled uh PowerPoint presentation there, we'll we'll kind of

029start through that and then if you have questions along the way, we can address those. So, changes for your budget. Let's talk about what we know. We know for sure PIA went up. Um so, it's on average about 3% increase in premiums for employees and employer. Salary raises. So, professional personnel um state to gave out a pay raise. It's $1,560. Lots of people are saying, you know, well, it's a 3%. Well, it was 3% for one group of people and the state kind of looks at the pay scale and where the most of the people are and what their years of service is. Those people got the 3% and whatever it took to get them the 3% was the $1,560. So, everybody got $1,560. So, on average, it was a 3% raise for those people.

030So, for some it's going to be more than 3% for others not so much. So, and that is for 200-day contracts. Service personnel, same philosophy, it's a 3% raise, but across the board everyone's getting $870. And then the other big change is um this is a result of all the counties that are in deficit. They are making you automatically budget your carryover up front in the budget. And it has to be at 5% minimum. So that's something that we've never done before. We usually bring it over whenever I have a everything finalized in September. So that's that's a big change. Um and you'll you'll see the direct impact of what that will look like here shortly. So those are your changes. State aid is 73% of your budget. So that's a lot. And that's all

031based on a 10-step funding formula. And that funding formula, the one thing that drives it is enrollment. And it's at a snapshot in time and it's as of October the 1st. So next page, I wanted to show you Usually I give you like a 10-year history. Well, this year I found some more information that I thought was kind of eye-opening for us. It's a head count enrollment trend and I took us all the way back to 1980 if you can read the small print. So um in 1980, York County schools had a head count enrollment of 1,213 students. In 2026, we're down to 831. So we've had a loss of Oh, what? 382 students? So in 2000, I just kind of came across in like 10-year increments. So in 1990, we were at 1,084 students.

032Then in year 2000, we finally increased. We went up to 1,163. I put in 2003 cuz that's the year I came. So cuz yeah, I came that year. So I'm I'm "Okay, let's see what happens inside here. So, in 2003, we got 1,045. Um in 2010, we're down to 967. Now, here's when we start COVID. Um 2020, 995. And then, 5 years later, we're at 862 in 2025. And then finally, this year, now we're down to 831. So, just since 2020, I mean, we've had a loss of 160-some students. So, over this what, 40 4 years here, most of that decrease has happened here within the last 6 years. So, um the trend doesn't look good. So, we're we're experiencing loss kind of rapidly. All right. So, that enrollment number is going to determine our

033personnel funded. And those enrollments, of course, they have all kinds of different definitions of them. So, I just presented to you what's called head count enrollment. So, then they take and they adjust it for students who do not attend full time. So, for us at October 1 of this past year, that 831 now becomes 829. And then they have something called that adjusted enrollment for funding. And that's because uh we're one of the counties that's under 1,400 students in enrollment, so they give us those ghost students that they make they uh add students to our enrollment count. Um and so, this year, they gave us an an extra 237 students were added to our enrollment. So, our enroll enrollment for funding purposes is 1,079. And that's what all of the formula ratios are going to

034be based off of. Comparing that to the previous year, that's still a decrease 33 students. >> You said 33 students? >> 33 of the adjusted enrollment. And from what I can tell, it would like we picked up another county that's being included in that under 1,400. So, I think it's causing us to lose some students. Um So, approximately of this adjusted enrollment, every 13.75 student a job professionally. So, let's take a look at our professional educators in step one. Right now, we had employed 84.95. That's state aid eligible. That does not include your federal or your state grant grant funded positions. So, this is just those that are state aid eligible. 84.95 based on that ratio that I just showed you on the previous slide, for every 1,000 you get 70 2.75 professionals allowed. We

035were allowed 77.56. So, we're over 7.39 professional. Okay? That's just state aid eligible. Now, on service personnel, that's step two of your funding formula, about every 18 students in that adjusted enrollment is equaling a service job. So, for sparsely populated uh counties like us, they're giving us a ratio of 55 and 1/2 service personnel for every 1,000 that we have in enrollment. So, for us, that ratio um we have employed 67.265. And that's a really odd decimal. And that's because on step two of your funding formula, they um they consider the entire contract. So, they fund someone that's above a 200-day contract. So, say our head custodians is 261-day contract, they fund for the full contract. So, a contract is considered one if it's 200-day. If it's beyond 200-day, like a 261, they consider that

0361.3 positions is what they consider. So, this 67.265 is with all the extended contracts added in there together. Professionals, they do not. So, every extended contract that is given on the professional side has to be locally funded. They do not fund for any of those on the professional side. Service side, they do. So, employed, 67.265. That's FTE count, not not body count, head count. We're only allowed 59, so we're over 8.1 on service. All right. And we keep going. Step five of our funding formula, it has an allowance for how many student support personnel allowed. And student support personnel, they're defined as your nurses, your counselors, and your social workers. And you get five of those for every thousand that you have in enrollment. For us in York County, we actually have four employed. So,

037you have one counselor at each school and one school nurse. So, that's what we have employed. So, we're allowed 5.3, so we're actually under on step five, but there's no penalty um for being under. So, what they do, they actually uh will net that against the amount that we're over on professional. >> Chair, can I just ask a question? >> Yes. >> So, where does our I know that I hate to use names, but I know Kelly's a nurse. >> Yes. >> Where does our LPN come in? >> LPN is defined as a service personnel job, so that position is funded on the service personnel count. >> So, it's probably I mean since we're under 1.33. >> Mhm. Yeah. So, it does that money is not taken away from us for being under. >> paid

038yet. >> Yeah, exactly. >> I don't know if I got it right that this one was one nurse and what's the other position? >> Uh we have a nurse um in our um uh nursing staff. We have a nurse and an LPN, and that LPN is considered a licensed practical nurse, but it is defined as a service personnel position. So, all positions are distinctly defined within state code, and for whatever reason, I don't know, but for some reason they have it as a service personnel code. Um nurse is defined as a professional position. Um >> Is Is Kelly considered that nurse or is she or do we have a nurse there? >> Yes, nurse Kelly. Yes. Yes, we have one one nurse. Um formula overages. So, professional we were over 7.39. I think that's right.

0397.39 from step one. Step five, we were under. So, you net those two together. So, on professional total, six over. Service, 8.1. So, total state aid eligible positions, we're over by 14. All right. So, that's where we stood as of October 1, 14. All right. So, then we went through personnel season. No one likes to do that. So, now where are we at? That's what the next few pages look like. Formula overages. After our proposed cuts. Is everybody with me? On the same page? Okay. >> Page 10. >> Okay. Um formula overages. So, after This is for professional personnel. 6.61. Well, what did I just say on the previous page? 6.06. We went up. >> How? >> And isn't that a good question? How in the world did we do that? I know. Um So,

040did we cut people? Yes, we did. But, most of those positions that we cut were federally funded positions. So, we did not really impact this number uh at all. Actually, we went the other way with it. Um so, follow me. Okay, you ready? Okay, we went down a math position. Okay? That's good. It would be great for the kids um not to have to have a virtual Um but, on October 1, we were not allowed to count our speech position, our second uh speech position that was vacant because we didn't have a substitute filling it. So, I can't forget that that position is still there. It's still being actively posted. So, if we would happen to employ, we've got to remember it is out there. So, we got to count that together. So, math went

041away, but we still have speech. So, we went gain no ground. And then with the elimination of Project AWARE, it eliminated some positions, but not all of them because our school psychologists was 0.55 or 55% funded out of Project AWARE funding. That is now county absorbed. So, actually we went up now on the amount of overage that we are on professional side. But, on the federal side, we did eliminate three positions out of Project AWARE. Had that action not been taken, then this number would have been significantly more cuz then it would have been county all county funded. Questions? All right. Let's talk Okay. >> the uh number of students in the wall that um the adjusted student the adjusted for funding number? >> Yes. >> Did that number stay the same between the COVID

042losses and now? >> I did not run those numbers actually, but I can do that to take a look at it and see just here in front of me tonight. I just know what it did last year. I didn't run a big comparison to see how that did, but that is an interesting question and comparison to make. >> So, so what I'm what I'm wondering is we lost 30 31 uh head count students. >> Mhm. >> How much does that change our adjusted for funding student number? >> I thought it was interesting from last year to this year that adjusted number actually decreased by 33. Um I thought that was interesting. When Yeah, it does it it's dependent upon the other counties and this year they also added another county that's under the 1400. So,

043it must have had some impact in there because usually Yeah, it's Yeah. Yeah, usually it was kind of an inverse relationship. The further you got away, the more students you got added. Yeah, it didn't really hold true this year. Um we decreased 31 on the FTE side, but when we got to adjusted, it was a decrease of 33 from where we were the previous year. I don't know. I don't know if that adding another county in there threw that whole funding over cuz now it's 13 counties that are getting funded. And I think it's only going to grow um with there's counties being below 1400 in enrollment. >> So, then we could be losing students for funding faster or at a higher rate than we're losing actual head count students. It could accelerate. >> Uh

044based you know, this year it was we lost 31 real students. On the ghost side, just in enrollment rather be better definition. Wait, it was 33. As what the difference was at the looking at the same number last year. So, I know. I know. I probably shouldn't use that word. Um but >> And and that That's not a a set ratio that we can predict because it it is determined by what happens in other counties. >> Exactly. I have tried I have studied that formula, but it's all dependent upon factors in all of the other participating counties that are below 1,400. And then this year then they added in Clay County. Clay County's now below 1,400 if I read across my schedule correctly. Um >> Of course the state did not like this season. We

045would always We We call it Moody Land because it's really sort of hard to get I mean somebody's fair and accurate. They've got it figured out where he can't get >> Yeah. >> figure it out. He might have to He might be out of grants coming good back So you can't figure out >> Going forward. Yeah, it has too many moving parts depending upon what happens in the other counties um to be able to predict it. Could you get close? Probably. Um we can run that schedule and see and I can write that down and and do that for you. >> It's okay. It's okay. It's But it's not a one It's not a one for one. >> No, it's not. No. So that that would be interesting to do though. Um let's see. Where

046are we at? Where are we at right now? >> Well, I don't know where we're going to go with this season. >> I know. We like those ghost seasons. >> formula over just >> Okay. So we're Let's see. We did professional. Did we do service We haven't done service yet, have we? Okay, so we're at service. What page is that? >> Page >> Okay, page eight. Um So on your service side So we went from 8.1 being over and now we're down to nine after the cuts. So what did we do? So, we eliminated a cook the that was split between two the two campuses that we have. Um we eliminated one maintenance, and remember it's 1.2 because it was a 240-day funded position. And then we eliminated one aid at the middle school. Then

047these are the state aid eligible. Did you do more than that? Oh, yes, you certainly did more action than that, but they were federally funded positions. So, therefore they had no impact on this number. Now, had you not done those, this number would have grown more. Um so, what you did uh was definitely uh saving the county money because we would have had to absorb all those had we not met those guidelines cuz those moneys were disappearing. So, uh we eliminated 3.2 positions. We were at 8.1. Um now we're at 4.9. So, what in total, we are um still over 11.5. And that equates to they say on average um with averages they gave me, it's about $725,000 is is what that average is costing to fund. Our workforce, what does it look like? Um

048we have 102 professional staff, and we have 63 service. This is all funding sources. And there's um FTE um the service personnel is at 67. So, total positions head count 165. And I've already accounted for these vacancies that we have down here. We have three vacancies. We have a special ed teacher um that's vacant, uh a speech teacher that we've been trying now for over a year to fill, and a bus driving position that was just vacant here recently. So, out of all of this 165, about 14 of those are federally and state funded. >> How about classified instructional services which says 63 and then the whole 63 is 52? >> Yeah, so headcount-wise, we have 63. But then some of those have extended contracts and with the way the state counts it in the

049funding formula, they say like a 261 day contract that a person holds is actually equivalent to like 1.3 people. So, they they give you um FTE-wise as to how they count it. So, I don't know. That was probably a little bit too much information there to share, but I just wanted to understand that they do fund extended contracts on service, but not on professional. That's what I was trying to get across there. So, our total budget that you're looking at tonight, it's 18.1 million. So, your general fund is 15.7 million. That's where your local and your state aid money is. On your revenue funds, it's 2.3 million and that's where your grants and your food services at. And your capital capital projects fund right now, we're just starting out with $100,000 in it and that'll

050be our transfer from our general fund over to accumulate resources for the year. So, um of this 18.1 million, it's an increase of about 61,000 from the previous year. So, the general fund in total in 46,000 and your special revenue fund, it decreased 685,000 and all of that is federal revenue. So, we were at the end of that huge project aware um funding. So, that was $495,000 and the rest is from food service. So, we have declining enrollment, not as many kids eating. So, we've had a loss of over $100,000 in food service. Um on the project aware, it funded lots of mental health services. It also funded a behavioral teacher at the primary center. So, within the regular budget, you'll see we have extra contracted services in place in case we need them. I

051went ahead and have that budgeted due to the loss of of that amount of money for this year. So, maybe we can generally back that off as we see fit. Um the general fund increases, of course, salaries went up because of the state pay raise. So, that accounted for about $238,000 of our increase in our budget. Contracted services are up about 138,000, and that's primarily the direct result of special ed. Their money's are getting tighter, but yet demands are getting greater, and that is what the whole state is saying. Every county is having that issue. Um we have some behavior contracted services, and then we're also going to have speech services in there because we've we've been short for speech, and I don't know how long that's going to take place. So, so I went

052ahead and budgeted for that. Did I need to at this point? Maybe not, but um I wanted to get a clear picture of what we're looking at for next year. Bus replacement, it did go up about 16,000. Right now, it's at 195,000 going to next year. You know, there was a time when we could buy two buses with that. It's crazy what the cost of a bus is. 157,000. And then finally, the reserve for contingency. It is $720,000, and that's what 5% of our budget is. And that has to be budgeted now, or else they're not going to accept it. And simply because of all the counties that are in deficit now, so they want to make sure you have a good contingency plan in place, and we do. What do these expenses look like

053by area? So, 62% of this budget is all budgeted and then instruction and student services. 20% is your transportation facilities. So, you see that's our next huge chunk is just maintaining the uh facilities themselves and running the buses. Administration is 12%, and then you see the reserves and transfers there, the 6%. By type, what are we spending all this money on? Well, 77% is on salary and fringes. Um we are a service industry, so you would expect that. And then the rest of the budget line items, 23% is what I've got to pay all the bills, buy the textbooks with, keep the lights on, um yeah, uh to do to keep keep the rest of the system running. Now, of this 77% that's on salary and fringes, I went ahead and broke it down, cuz

054people, you know, they say, "You spend that much money on salaries?" But actually, of that, 64% is directly on salaries, and then you'll see that 13% in benefits um is for insurance, retirement, workers' comp is another huge chunk at 13%. Social Security comes in there at 5% of the chunk, and then the rest of it we spend over here on subs and supplemental contracts that we have. So, concern