001e e e good evening uh we are convening the regular board meeting of carpent Unified School District for March 11th 2025 can everybody please rise for the flag salute ready begin I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all okay we will begin with our closed session report we had conference with labor negotiators information was exchanged no action was taken we are going to now move to public comment for items not on today's agenda so if you would like to address something that is not listed within today's agenda now is your time please step up to the podium um and you may begin thank you and please uh make sure the green light
002is on it'll be bright oh even more bright okay thank you hello my name is Jessica Petrillo and I am here to speak to you as a family School parent CFS families want to remind the board how important it is to maintain family school we understand the budget challenges you're facing but we urge you to avoid drastic short-sighted decisions that could permanently permanently impact this unique and valuable program we know one proposal is to move the gate teacher to a 34 class at canalino instead we ask the board to consider a no cost alternative having that position lead a two three class instead at Family School uh maintaining family or maintaining school choice and offering the fourth grade students an option to distribute across candalina or Family School this would help sustain enrollment and strengthen
003future Pathways into Family School we've heard concerns about low uh demand but many families simply do not know about the program or how to register keeping the two three class will help rebuild interest and allow time to create a stronger pipeline thank you for your time for considering solutions to preserve this important Community program thank you good evening my time no okay good evening my name is Chris mastero e8th grade science teacher at cart mle and cause secretary I've met many of you before all of you before I've spoken before I've been up here on this Podium so you know who I am um I want to start by saying first that I was very happy to have the opportunity to work in this District um I'm so I'm grateful thank you I really am
004um and my friends and family said you hit the jackpots a beautiful beach Community supportive parents you know this is this is a great place to be and I I wasn't disappointed I felt right at home um so this is going on my fifth year here which is not which is long enough that I'm established but short enough to still be absolutely baffled by some of the things that I'm seeing here so I come here with questions the most important of which being maybe naively um the same question I've been asking for four years when I first heard about the dysfunction between the union and District um which is what in the world is going on on here I total Communication Breakdown canceled meetings the hostility and distrust the legal battles and the worst which
005I keep hearing is people fearing retaliation for speaking here um and you know I I know many have had to face their fears to come up here this is scary to come up here and and speak to you guys um and I know some of here some people here that are here regularly have no fear whatsoever um and I support Mr hotner yes he's passionate it's confrontational at times but look we have to confront uh real problems and our members all agree that we cannot and will not stop asking you hard questions um when I got involved with the Union it wasn't to annoy all of you I promise um it was you know we want to fulfill our promise to the students in peace it was because of my belief in how vital organized
006labor is to social justice stemming from my political science background but I've worked in three other districts and I've never seen anything like this so I came in thinking I could help So I listened I became interested um I designed and handrew a new seal um that you know reflected our mission and purpose and if you look all these little people are linked up side by side to embrace and support these kids these students and these hands are clasped in agreement around a shared Vision um and there's us and there's you hopefully and I I really believe this and now after four years here I'm struggling with this possibility that again am I naive is this not possible does this board really think that we're asking too much um why do Union proposals go unacknowledged
007like the proposals from February 28th why does it seem like the board prefers to prolong Conflict by making offers that you know we cannot accept uh I keep hearing money is tight the formulas are very complex but are they so tight or so complex that we cannot meet or exceed the mandated minimum toward employee wages we say pay reflects priorities there's got to be something we can do to offer good wages and retain still teachers without capping or cutting Healthcare there's got to be way to end the legal battles there's got to be a way to end the impass around a fair contract thank you thank you yeah okay uh good evening I appreciate the opportunity to speak in regards to the potential elimination of the gate Department uh tonight I will be focusing my
008comments on the Aliso and canalino populations which make up nearly 90% of our elementary population overall and 62% of the gate population last month I learned from the most recent sarks that 62% of Aliso students did not meet math standards which is just about the state average and 80% of Aliso students did not meet science standards which is below the state average of 70% Canal canalino students just about meet the state average in math which is again about uh 70% of students not meeting science standards as well only 10% of our elementary students attend schools where students consistantly meet or exceed State averages in math and science 75% of what I teach in gate is science and math and these include field trips student-led interviews with local field professionals and building multiple Hands-On models these
009field trips and interviews are at low or no cost to the district and when interviewees visit the campus and when they do ask for payment that comes out of my pocket with our science and math scores being what they are it does not make sense to take away gate students need more not fewer opportunities for scientific and mathematical exploration and Mastery thank you thank you okay so employee union leadership wants to provide the community with an update on our current contract bargaining impass uh the union has received notification from California public employment Relations Board perb that the 23 24 negotiations now 21 months ongoing have been directed to fact finding employees are disappointed that the district did not take the now seven-month mediation process any more seriously than it took the first 14 months of
010the negotiation process in the fact finding process an impartial expert is selected by either party or by perb to determine the facts in the dispute the FactFinder authorized to evaluate the matter and file a report establishing the facts the FactFinder is authorized to issue a substantive recommendation as to how the dispute might be resolved and the district May or uh may not if they wish reject the FactFinder recommendation if the re recommendation is accepted an agreement is reached between the parties and if the FactFinder decision is not accepted the district May impose its will on contract provision still under a negotiation in this case salary increases um as well as components of both the safety and leave articles um employees May then uh determine how to best respond if the district rejects the FactFinder um
011decision recommendation including an up to engaging in a strike and although a strike is the very last thing employees want to be involved it with um they may be compelled to participate in such actions based on the district's unwillingness to reach a fair agreement employees want to avoid any future interruption to the teaching and learning environment to our students their families and the community however we recognize that we are only half of the bargaining partnership moving forward although the mediation process or phase was confidential um where Union leadership was not permitted to share the district's proposals the fact finding process is not and nothing prohibits either party from continuing to settle outside or settle the outstanding impass cause recently sent the District Two New proposals and shared those with the public one asked for less
012of a salary increased in the district's last best offer and also attempts to resolve the current 2425 school year negotiations the other proposal ask for much less than the district's last best offer as long as the contingency is in place to equitably split any property tax revenues to come in higher than the district's current projections with a contingency in place the parties needn't rely on trust that doesn't exist instead the parties would agree to share the benefit of any additional unprojected revenues as well as share the pay associated with the absence of additional revenues imagine employees and admin rowing in the same direction avoiding future Conflict by establishing fair and Equitable Financial expectations imagine that thank you uh this is uh Jay's uh translation [Music] inv for e okay that's the end now I would
013like to make uh my own comment we uh in uh migr so migrant his is for migrantes uh SOS Sant Barbara for so your your time for you can do your translation time as well but your time for the comment has finished so now you get you get the time to translate all right okay someone and a half ago notice uh fear on the uh Hispanic Community fear of been uh arrested detained deported and uh that's normal but that's uh that's fear that uh that only uh Hispanics can feel probably you don't because you're not uh in danger you're not migrants but carb is a migrant Community not only undocumented people but a lot of citizens US citizens including me so I said well uh I talk to families and they said okay you can
014go out to cancel and speak for us which I did let them know about this huge fear and so well things have to change now we have a Hispanic mayor we have a Hispanic vice mayor we have Michael ridz uh we have a council member uhing so we don't know when but we'll make a presentation about it we don't know because of the implications and uh yesterday last night they the the City attorney uh made a presentation uh called uh the California values act what is that uh it's also known as the California uh Sanctuary state law and what does it do protects uh it's I'm I'm quing it prohs law enforcement from investigating detaining or arresting people uh for uh immigration enforcement he prohibits law enforcement from sharing uh personal information with ice uh
015it protects it limits immigration enforcement of public schools hospitals and cour houses and what are the rights under uh uh sb54 which is the uh the uh California uh values act you have the right to remain silent and uh you shouldn't discuss your immigration status with ice uh so yesterday they approv it now our migrants are protected uh I know that uh superintendent had done it uh father Martini had done it through St Joseph Church but I I told him we need the protection from uh the government and they did last night thank you good evening I want to just say that I love Carpenteria love our kids and I want the best for all the kids especially my two who going into high school next year I want the best teachers I want the
016best education I want them to go to college wherever they want and grow up to be whatever kind of leader this country needs but we can't do that without good teachers we cannot keep good teachers if they're afraid to come and speak if they're not being paid a wage where they can drive from Ventura and spend probably $2 to $300 a month on gas back and forth because that's what I spend going south and they have to have benefits so that we can be healthy when we get the flu call for a substitute we all want the best for our kids in this community especially the teachers who spend what six to 10 hours a day with your children my children they're not in it to make a million dollars they're in it to educate
017for the future and it's a calling but as professionals we can't come to work and bad mouth anything going on we come in we show up we show up early we stay late we take papers home we grade at nighttime after we've cooked dinner and yet what I'm hearing from several people is that the professional attitude is not being reciprocated people are scared to come and speak meetings are not being held emails are not being answered in a timely manner and what business would this be okay you would fail so I urge this board you have a job to do and it's a hard one and I don't want your job but you've got to think outside the box you've got to communicate with your union Jay is a lot but he's on top of
018everything that needs to be done you've got teachers in the back with years over 30 years of experience who could probably offer even more solutions have you gone to them to say what could you do but you have to offer if we want the best we have to pay for the best to keep the best here and and these lawsuits that are shelling out $20,000 at a time to pay guys who don't care about us they want money we don't need lawyers in our classrooms you guys should be in the classroom seeing the amazing work they're doing at the high schools at Junior highs and the primaries parents in this community work Ono one with their teachers if they need something we bring it to school the next day gift cards crayons we go the
019above and beyond for our teachers you know that as parents you do that reciprocation time you've got to pay for the best we want to keep the best here I want the best for my own children I know you guys do too so let's figure out a way to work together whether it's bringing in other professionals you can stop the mitigation I forgot what it was called litigation by just offering a good wage thank you any further public comment for items not on tonight agenda okay seeing none we are going to move on um to C4 approval of the minutes uh we will take public comment on approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of February 25th 2025 if you would like to comment on approval of the minutes from February 25th please step
020up to the podium now thank you thank you so during the February 25th board meeting uh the 2 425 lcap was presented the lcap clearly showed that CD's internal achievement metrics such as student grades GPA and star tests do not align with the external metrics used to measure student achievements such as cast scores a through G requirements College acceptant rates Etc great inflation pushed by both pushed both directly and indirectly by our superintendent is real it is neither serving student competitiveness Beyond cusd nor is it helping families acquire an accurate sense of their kids academic abilities the results of the California healthy kids survey were also discussed and when the data um could be used to support administrative performance we were told it was reliable and then when the data demonstrated concerning Trends especially in
021regarded District safety we were told it was unreliable at minute 133 Mr Schaefer asked how many people are responding to the survey and Miss Rigby confirmed quote it's a small percentage but it's the same every year so it's nothing new let the minutes show that Miss Rigby knew the pool of respondents is consistently too small to draw any serious conclusions on the data but she did not volunteer that information at minute or Hour 1 14330 board member green again blamed Co for low achievement data in the present when Miss green will you focus on the actual causes of low achievement instead of recycling increasingly irrelevant excuses for student deficiencies even miss Rigby admitted quote at this time we should be showing increases at Hour 1 12813 Andy Schaefer blamed the decision of a talented and
022dedicated teacher Salvador Lopez for the poor CTE numbers in the lcap it was not Mr Lopez's fault that he resigned and left the district due to poor compensation values and being unable to live and work locally but disregarding all of that Mr Schaefer wasn't even looking at the correct year which thank you you pointed out Miss Diamond when he publicly announced his ridiculous conclusion so Union leadership corrects the record that Mr Schaefer failed to correct himself let the minutes show that Miss rby also chose to publicly blame teachers at hour 14148 claiming that poor student achievement poor student achievement is quote absolutely reflective of the instruction in the particular classroom Miss Rigby dismisses the impact of cutting student centered resources of removing valuable programs like gate possibly carpent of Family School of the failure to
023attract and keep educated uh or Educators and support staff uh or the almost cultish uninformed decision-making process by the school board to miss Rigby poor student achievement is absolutely reflective of the instruction in the particular classroom blame the teacher right when Miss Rigby claimed admin solutions to low achievement are paying off suggesting that this is demonstrated in math and language arts scores of our sped students even miss diamond called her on that ridiculous conclusion is up thank you any further public comment on approval of the minutes from February 25th yeah this is uh J's uh translation acemic in thank you okay um and at this time I will entertain a motion to approve the minutes from February 25th I'll second that motion I need the first I'm entertaining motion I move to approve the minutes
024of U February 25th all second okay discussion okay all in favor I I okay we're going to take public comment on C5 approval of the agenda and consent agenda um if you would like to comment on C5 please step up to the podium at this time okay so the consent agenda as with the rest of the board meeting is governed by the brown act the brown Act is designed to prevent the advancement of public Business Without transparency it is designed to provide members of the community an opportunity to more thoroughly consider the details associated with matters of District business before those matters before those matters are quickly processed through the consent agenda in Mass when consent agenda items are not brought before the public at previous board meetings the practice obscures debate and it prevents
025dissenting viewpoints and concerns from being placed on the public record now this evening's consent agenda is uh fairly innocuous like last week or last board meeting it does not contain any significant monetary investments in Highly Questionable and concerning items but make no mistake CD's consent agendas often do contain such items and the continued misuse of the consent agenda process is intended to grease the wheels for when the consent agenda contains less innocuous items that District officials would prefer not to receive the full measure of scrutiny they deserve for example the frequent CH changes in contracts with custodial suppliers which require the purchase of brand new spe brand specific products which we have already in the warehouse that is full of cleaning supplies paper towels dispensers hygiene related appliances or the many thousands of dollars of
026custodial resources associated with the last contract which are now quietly being thrown away or how about the hundreds of thousands of dollars rammed through recent consent agendas to replace the service of permanent employees with contractors Services purchased at extraordinary hourly rates in part because our administrative culture of violation has driven away many talented employees but also in part because District leadership would prefer a Workforce that does not have access to either contractual rights in the bargaining agreements or access to the legally protected representation that competent and trusted employee union Representatives can provide Now setting aside our procedural concerns pertaining to the consent agenda employees strongly support several items contained in this evening's agenda including field trip requests to the Marine Science Program at The Maritime Museum which is currently slated to be cut next year
027as a result of CD's mismanagement of its robust basic a revenues or the field trip to Magic Mountain for eighth graders which has already been cut and is only available if it is funded by less than transparent organizations like L Centra Summerland Foundation or the field trip request for FFA to attend the annual state leadership convention ion in Sacramento which already relies on Grant Monies to re to fund it um as a result again of CD's mismanagement of its robust basic Aid revenues um but again don't think for a minute that employee support for any specific item should suggest we support the manner by which cusd processes the consent agenda which often equates to Brown act violations thank you any further public comment on approval of the agenda or consent agenda okay seeing none may
028I get a mo a motion to approve I'll move to approve the agenda and consent agenda I'll second that discussion okay um this is a roll call so I will take it uh Eric I eron I Sally I and I am I okay moving on to E public interest reports and presentations if you would like to make public comment on anything under the E category please come to the podium now and uh you can make your comments if you'd like to make a comment for anything under e public interest reports and presentations okay seeing none we will begin with our student representative report hello thank you for having me here I'm a Pena a carpet High School senior and I'm this year's student representative representing carpet High School school this year's student report of March
02911 2025 has the following the Western associations of school and colleges was accreditation team is currently conducting its visits to carpentry high school they have been engaged in comprehensive EV valuations including classroom observations meetings with faculty parents and students the team will conclude their visit tomorrow afternoon other exciting news I'm thrilled to announce the outstanding achievements of our CHS and CMS teams at the Mesa day competition held at see Santa Barbara this past Saturday March 8th we are particularly proud of Crystal AIA in 11th grade and Valeria Zamora in 12th grade who are in first place in the biology breakthrough competition their successes qualify them to to advance at the regional level of competition C and FFA students are currently receiving their project animals all animal projects will be by the end of campus in
030the end of April students will be preparing until early early August to demonstrate their skills in Showmanship seniors are currently receiving College admission offers and they will be making a commitment to their colleges of Choice by early May congratulations to all seniors who applied and were also getting into colleges/universities thank you thank you Angel for your report any questions or comments for Angel no I'd like to uh publicly um announce that angel has received a number of acceptance es and so Angel we are so proud of you really like to recognize all your hard work and all those college acceptances now the next step is your difficult Choice which school to attend but I know you'll make the right choice for yourself and your family so congratulations congratulations Angel and so you had last time
031you talked about you were having interviews for um FFA is it Congress or FFA the state board yes I was in the running for the state officer position for California FFA which I didn't move on but four people out of this area from LA to San Jose did move on to the next level which are my teammates and friends and I fully support them and their uh next competitions and in-person interviews that they have on April 1st 2 and third in April well congratulations for for for applying and for going through with it and it is a huge task and um we're just really proud of you for putting yourself out there and we believe in you so congratulations thank you so much okay and moving on to our superintendent report thank you I'd like
032to begin with appreciation and tonight I'd like to recognize the district's leadership team uh Jason CF who's right here uh Jacqueline Lopez Monica Thomas Mari hornbach Aaron llant herard Coro Jamie PR soon Brett wyberg Luis cantero Carolyn Haynes James Anderson Kirsten Newman and Jeremiah sais we appreciate all of their outstanding leadership and tireless work in supporting teachers staff students and families this school year uh my next item is our carpentera teachers of the year on April 26 the carpentera Community Association awards banquet will'll honor two outstanding cusd teachers Elizabeth pulin who's a CMS science teacher and Renee meles who teaches first grade at Aliso he's our DLI teacher so congratulations to our teachers my next item is related to our elementary parent conferences this spring parent conferences will be held during March 17th through the
03321st will have minimum days and working with our families to support student learning is a professional expectation and standard for all cusd teachers effective teachers develop strong Partnerships with families to ensure student engagement and support these spring parent conferences provide the opportunity for parents to learn more about their students progress in achieving grade level standards by June in preparation for their next grade level teachers provide many strategies for parents to help their students at home good nutrition sleeping habits limited screen time and nightly reading for 30 minutes are also reinforced CMS after school programs more than 150 CMS students participate in a variety of after school programs we offer tutoring fishing skateboarding soccer and volleyball teens love cooking a math Super Bowl theater Club glee club and environmental Club grants from the state lentra Summerland
034and Westerly orchids fund these wonderful opportunities we also have another opportunity for for students and families during spring break cusd is partnering with United Way of Santa Barbara County to offer the spring 2025 Bridge the break program for elementary students this program is free it's week along initiative designed to Prov provide a unique blend of academic enrichment and recreational activities during the upcoming spring break Bridge the break will take place March 24th through the 28th from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at canalino school with breakfast lunch and snacks provided students in grades TK to 5 will participate in literacy math Steam and Recreation and engaging learning environment my next item refers to a summer program for high school students at sbcc incoming n9th grade students are invited to participate in this year's summer bridge program
035that will feature Career Technical education col AR Arts at Santa Barbara City College and that will be June 23rd to the 27th 8 to 4 sbcc will accommodate up to 30 students who will concurrently be enrolled in sbcc's PD 115 course and bus transportation will be provided from the high school daily both a high school and middle school will host a parent student meeting this month for those interested in participating and Grant funds are funding this program we have another summer program that's offered to our middle school students it's the CHS engineering robotics teachers are offering a week-long project-based program in engineering and Robotics for CMS 7th and eighth grade students during June it's June 16th through the 20th funded by the k16 grant 20 students will participate in engineering design and a robotics competition
036and then we are congratulating Our Food Services director Michelle Hernandez cusd Food Services director Michelle Hernandez has been selected to serve as a member of the California Department of education's food distribution program it's fdp's collaboration committee this committee provides an opportunity for USDA food program participants to offer critical feedback on policies procedures and related matters as well as to discuss critical uh issues to the program's success and then the last item is measure you up update the geological hazards report for Aliso TK and K building project will be submitted to the California Geological Survey after new so soil borings have been obtained and then DSA is currently reviewing our project submission for the liso TK andk building thank you thank you any questions or comments um really excited for our teachers who were selected as
037Carpenteria teachers of the year um Miss pulin and Mr Mel both excellent teachers and um it's just really exciting for them for the community to recognize them um so yeah okay we are going to move on to F business operations and Facilities if you'd like to make public comment on anything under F now is the time please step up to the podium and make your public comment okay Union leadership will comment on the projected budget at another time in regard to the quality and comprehensive nature of the transportation plan the lack of transparency is palpable although the plan provides a nice plug for the community of Carpenteria it fails to address many of the routine details contained in such plans in other words it's thick on feel-good and thin on substance for comparison s SP
038usd's plan covers the following subjects the Mandate on page three the overview on page four Transportation board policies on page five and six trans Transportation routes and services on page seven prioritization of transportation for grades TK through 6 page 9 transportation for services for grades 7- 12 page 10 no cost transportation services for pupils in grades 7- 12 page 10 Transportation offered to homeless pupils and Foster youth page 11 transportation services offered to pupils with disabilities page 12 transportation services other than homeschool page 14 transportation funding and finance es page 15 and an appendix to clarify stakeholder consultations in page 16 however CD's Transportation plan contains just a page and a half of Nar narrative overview in 16o font and a single page of expenses it is utterly lacking in detail and fails to provide
039any data on the fiscal offsets to the budgetary expenditures associated with Transportation such as reimbursements donations gifts and grants once again cusd highlights expenditures while minimizing revenues to serve CD's strategic fiscal narrative that the sky is falling over Carpenter Unified School District when it comes to finances and there's no money to fairly and productively compensate district teachers and support staff there is only money to provide all administrators to salary increases in the same 21mon period the teachers and support staff have received none similarly unlike the process and all other school districts regionally there was no collaboration or consultation with District employees or their representatives on the plan itself perhaps this is why the plan does so little to truly inform the community on the topic of CD's transportation services lastly Union leadership wants to recognize
040the amazing commitment the transportation team that our classified workers recently showed to our athletes this past weekend when one of our buses broke down during uh while returning from Pismo the transportation team swung into action and delivered a prompt response yet another example of how a unionized and committed Workforce makes themselves available even during dutyfree hours to care for our students thank you any further public comment for items under F business operations and Facilities seeing none we will move to F1 warrants the board is asked to approve the warrants for the period of February 21st 2025 through March 6th 2025 in the amount of $529 7277 cents warrants are issued once a week on Thursdays the report format shows check number check date paye brief account description payment comment and check amount any questions from
041the board on the warrants I will entertain a motion to approve I'll move to approve the warrants I'll second that discussion from the board none okay um all in favor I okay F2 gifts grants and donations uh we are being asked to accept a grant from SB CEO teachers Network te teachnet technology of $1,000 to Aliso teacher Amber Neely um any questions from the board motion to approve I move to approve uh the warrants no the grant sorry uh so I have a motion to approve f2a Grant from SB CEO I'll second that a second any discussion okay all in favor I I F3 our cusd transportation plan the board is asked to approve the SE Carpenter Unified School District 2425 Transportation plan under a new state law California Education Code section 0.1 requires that
042school districts develop a transportation services plan the transportation plan is an outline of cusd Transportation Services the plan outlines the District transportation Baseline of services the Board of Education must adopt the plan by April 1st of each year $7,650 in general fund apportionment is tied to the plan um any questions from the board here have we seen anything change significantly since last year uh less apportionment less funds but other than that no we only transport specialed students uh home to school unlike other districts thank you okay um may I get a motion to approve the 2425 Transportation plan I move to approve the 2425 cusd Transportation plan all second discussion okay all in favor I I F4 we have our second interim report presentation and it is up for a vote the board has asked
043to approve the 2425 second interum report AB 1200 requires that budget and financial data are reported at periodic intervals throughout the year AB 2756 requires a superintendent and chief business officer to certify that the district will meet its financial obligations for the current and two subsequent years Jason CF will provide a PowerPoint presentation and review attached documents Jason well thank you very much um yes tonight we'll be going over the second interim report for the 2425 year I always think it's helpful just to come just basically go over some of the basics that are involved in a second interim so on this first page here um about halfway down inside of that box there um it's indicated second interim report so now what's important about the second interim is that the second interim goes from
044July 1st through January 31st as far as actuals are concerned so as far as actual revenues and actual expenses those are only reflected in the second in report if they fell within that time window so for example if we have additional revenues that come in or additional expenditures that come for example let's say in April those are not going to be in here because this is only capturing this this uh time period between July 1st and January 31st on the next slide we go go over the ab200 certification criteria and so for our second interim um we are looking at a positive certification and now what that means is that the district will be able to meet its Financial Obligations for this year and the two subsequent years so what that means is we'll be
045able to meet our obligations for 2425 25 26 and 26 27 and that is very important because all public school districts strive to maintain positive certification through every interim and also uh budget certification now in this slide here we are also looking once again at ab200 and we've probably all seen the slide before but I like to go over it because it's very important um because our Ada Falls within 1,1 and 30,000 uh we are required by the state to maintain a 3% Reserve requirement um if we fall below that then basically we we might go from positive to Ser to qualified which is not some place that we want to be so we always strive to maintain that 3% reserve requirements now this slide here is basically the same slide that we saw during
046first interim and the reason it's the same is because we have not received any new property tax projections from either the Santa braa County tax assessor office or also SB CEO so this slide here basically is identical to the one that we looked at at first interim once again because there have been no changes to the property tax projections at this point so I i' like to point out for 2425 and once again we are estimating basically a 5% property tax increase uh versus the 7% that we you know were looking at during or at least budget adoption so once again those have been brought down to what is basically a more realistic property tax increase based on the best information that we've received from the county office so for for 2425 uh we're looking
047at about a 1.5 million dollar uh property tax increase and I'd like to point out that that number right there is basically the number that was given us excuse me given to us by the Santa Santa Barbara County Office of Education so s SP CEO basically said Carpenter unified here's the number you need to use for your 2425 year and so we are using that information in our 2425 projections now as far as 25 excuse me 2526 and 2627 is concern the two out years um we don't receive any any projections on those so what we're doing is we're trying to be conservative and we're saying okay well based on this year and based on what we heard from a gentleman a couple meetings ago regarding property taxes we are basically going to project that
048our property taxes will come in at about 5% more each year now once again I'd like to state that that is not a guarantee you know nobody can guarantee what those numbers will actually be because to to do that we require a crystal ball and nobody has one so but nonetheless we are required to project into the future what our increases might be and given our previous history from 1920 through 2122 uh 5% increase seems reasonable and so that's that's what we're using for 2526 and 2627 so I think it's important that I just wanted to go over that with the board so they know where these property tax projections are coming from now on this slide here we're looking at the total general fund and we're just looking at different uh variances in revenue
049from first interim which was from July 1st through October 31st to Second interim which once again is from July 1st through January 31st so you'll see is so you'll see that first of all as far as state aid uh there really have not been any changes to that once again because there have been no changes to our property tax estimates for this year so that's the reason that we're not seeing any variance in that line uh secondly as far as federal revenue federal revenue is concerned uh we're not seeing any significant changes there and so we're not seeing any variance in that line either in the third line down entitled other state revenues we're seeing a variance of 62,000 or $ 62,939 36,000 now the explanations for those variances are in The Orange Box below
050so to address the first one the the variance is in the other state revenues is basically due to to um a restricted Cas k16 grant that we were recently allocated and so once we get those revenues we will we will you know include those in the budget and so what that $662,000 is basically because we got um an adjustment to our k16 grant and once again I'd like to highlight that the k16 grant is a grant at the high school and those funds are restricted and basically that means that they can only be spent on certain things that the grant will allow um next is the other excuse me the local revenues now that $436,000 variance basically composes two main components one um in that line are some additional grants and the F the first
051one that we received is called a capacity Grant I believe that Grant was for about $90,000 once again that is restricted Revenue which means that it can only be spent on items that are identified in that Grant itself uh we also Reed received an allocation for first five and an allocation fromb CEO and with regards to the sbceo allocation basically what will happen is that uh SB CEO will basically uh give us money and then we will turn around and use those for Teacher stiens so that's what picks up about $182,500 and then below that you'll see another line for donations as the board probably will recall over the past few months we've seen um you know quite a few donations um and so when we get those donations those those donations actually are tracked
052in this line right here they're tracked in the uh in the local Revenue line and they're also tracked on the restricted side of the general fund and the reason that you probably didn't see these in first interim is because we did not receive them until after October 31st because once again first interim only picks up actual activities from July 1st through October 31st so anything that happened after October 31st as far as actuals are concerned is not in first interim because once again first interim is just that snapshot in time and now second room second interim since it goes from July 1st through January 31st it's picking all those donations up and so that's the reason that the board is seeing this increase here as far as donations are concerned so inside this donation line
053we have donations from CF there were donations to CHS CMS and canalino and so those came to about 254,000 so when we net all those out um we're looking at almost 500,000 you know $499,000 of of increased revenues but once again I want to point out that um in large all of those revenues um came in through restricted resources which means once again they can only be spent on the things that were that are identified in those specific grants or in the donations so that's that's the variance as far as the revenues were concerned on this next slide here we're looking at the total change in expenditures from first interim to second now here it's a little bit more involved you'll see that for and as far as basically starting at the top for certificated
054salaries classified salaries and benefits down in the box below where I kind of go over the changes I've netted all those out because inside of those lines there are hundreds of lines that roll up into certificated salaries and there hundreds of lines that roll up into classified and there's hundreds of lines that roll up into into the benefits so I collapsed all those and I addressed it down into the in the box below so as far as the certificated salaries classified salaries and benefits um those those variances are largely due to salary and benefit changes and an increase in sub costs um I think for sub costs at the beginning of the year I think we started off with a budget of about $260,000 for certificated sub costs as of today when I checked um
055our sub costs were about $245,000 so obviously the 260 was not going to last us the remainder of the year so I needed to uh put some more money into certificated sub costs that will take us through the end of the school year so that's um that first line for materials and Supply changes um we have we have a slight decrease there of 37,400 uh for budgeting for donations and other restricted uh resources and grants so basically if we add the 358,000 there and the 118,000 that that totals the $476,000 variance that we're seeing in services and other operating and so basically what's happening there is when we when we receive the donations you know we are booking Revenue which we're seeing on the local Revenue side but we're also establishing a budget for that
056and so this is where the board is seeing us um establishing a budget for the for the donations that came in and also the increases um and the increases in restricted resources and the new restricted resources that we got uh just recently so that's why we're seeing that increase in services and other operating and then below that we have some minor changes to Capital outlay 1500 and debt expense a slight decrease of about 8,700 so that total B that total budget variance um total is about $545,000 so what that means is from first inter room to Second inter room our total general fund expenditures have increased by about $545,000 but when you step back and look at it it's really not that significant of a change because we had because we had significant revenues coming
057in from uh donations and we had significant revenues coming in from new grants and once again I'd like to point out that basically you know for the most part any new expenditures are occurring on the restricted side of the general fund so that's where the $545,000 budget variance comes from so if we go to the next slide um once again here we have the total general fund and we're comparing in the First Column uh what the budget look like at first interim and the second identifies what uh the budget looks like now at second interim and off to the right there you'll see the variances that we just reviewed in the prior two slides but I'd like to just go down uh as far as first enim is concerned um we were projecting total revenues
058of about 40 million we have total expenses of about 40.5 million we have a transfers out of 100,000 that is a transfer out from the general fund to deferred maintenance fund so that's that's what that represents so at first interim we were looking at a a decrease in the total General fund of approximately $396,000 and then we have our be our beginning fund balance and our ending fund balance of 3.8 million and going to the very bottom so at first interim our Reserve was projected at 4.31% once again that's first interim I just want to go over this for comparison purposes and at second interim um if we go over and just look at the total revenues now we're projecting total revenues of about $4.7 million and once again that additional $500,000 is largely due
059to restricted grants and donations so that's why we're seeing an increase there if we go down to Total expenses at second en R we're projecting about 41.1 million we we're still seeing that $100,000 transfer out which once again is a transfer out to the Deferred maintenance fund and for the increase decrease to fund balance which has changed um we're now looking at a decrease to the fund balance total total general fund balance of about $442,000 which once again when when we compare that figure to what we were at at first interim the the difference is largely about $45,000 so for district with a budget of40 million um you know a variance of $45,000 isn't that significant when you look at the entire general fund budget so at second ANM if we keep going down um
060we're projecting our ending fund balance to be about 3.8 million and inside that 3.8 are a couple different things so inside that $3.8 million sits the restricted fund balance which we're projecting at about $2 million that's at 2 million uh 2 million 50,500 or $181 you're seeing there and then also inside that 3.8 is the unrestricted fund balance and so that's the $1.7 million that you're seeing right there now inside that 1.7 actually sits our 3% Reserve so what we're projecting at second interim is that our Reserve is 1.2 million once again we need to have at least 1.2 million um showing on the budget to maintain a positive certification which we have that because we're projecting 1.7 million so at the very tail end there you'll see the reserves were projecting our reserves now
061at second enim at 4.29% so on this next slide here we have once again the general fund but it's broken out between its two main components uh which are the unrestricted side which is represented in the The First Column on the left and in the middle is the restricted side of the general fund and the far right is the total general fund which is both components at it together so just just running quickly down the unrestricted side uh for unrestricted total revenues we're projecting about 34 million we have total expenditures we're projecting at about 25.9 million and then other sources and uses you'll see there are contributions to restricted programs and that's 7.9 million so once again what that is is that 7.9 million from the unrestricted side that is going to the restricted side
062to cover um programs that need basically uh to be you know have some contributions in order to maintain them um once again I know we've talked about this before but inside that $7 million is the contribution to special ed which at second inim is sitting at about 6.4 million so that that 6.4 million to special ed is sitting inside of that 7.9 so we have the 7.9 contribution um so we're seeing a slight excess of revenues OV expenses of about 168,000 then we have our beginning fund balance and once again we have our ending fund balance of 1.7 million and and below that you'll see kind of that what I reviewed on the prior slide but inside that 1.7 million is our 3% Reserve which is the 1.2 million you're seeing there plus the undesignated
063fund balance of $533,000 so basically what that means as far as our Reserve is we are meeting our 3% Reserve but we are only meeting it slightly more than required and I say slightly because for district R size 533,000 isn't a lot of wiggle room should something significant happen so we are require so we're required to have a 1.2 million in order to maintain positive certification but right now we have 1.7 so we have $533,000 uh basically to to work with on the unrestricted side of the general fund now I'm switching over to the middle column which is the restricted and so as far as total revenues are concerned we're projecting revenues on the restricted side of 6.7 million however you'll note that our expenditures greatly exceed our revenues on the restricted side on the
064restricted side we are projecting expenditures of approximately 15.1 million and right below that you'll see the transfer in so that's once again that's a transfer from the unrestricted side to restricted to deferred maintenance and then you'll see that 7.9 million once again and so when when you see that $7.9 million in both columns so what that means once again is that money's coming out of the unrestricted side 7. million is 7.9 is coming out of the unrestricted side and it's being put in the restricted side to cover um certain programs and so that's the reason that the number is the same so um on the restricted side we're seeing a deficiency of revenues over expenses of about $610,000 um then we have our ending funds ending fund balance that we're projecting to come in at
065around 2 million and so um at the end of the year we're projecting our restricted fund balance would be um basically $2 million so the third column over is the total general fund which once again is both of these added together so in total we're pro ing about 40.7 million of revenues 41.1 in expenses we have that $100,000 once again which is going to the Deferred maintenance fund um we're seeing a deficiency of revenues over expenses of about 442,000 which we do the math once again it brings us down to a total general fund balance of about 3.8 million but once again that's composed of $2 million of restricted funds and you know 1.2 of our reserve and about $500,000 in addition and so once again we're looking at about a 4.29 uh percent Reserve
066given our 24 25 second in room budget that we have before us this evening now the the last but very important part of second interim and first interim in budget and basically all of the district's finances are is the m to your projection so once again all school districts are required to do this um given the best information they have because it's important that we project our revenues out and our expenses just to see where we are going financially um with regards to the 2425 column so once again this is at second interim so it's picking up all the expenditures and revenues that we just went over in the the prior few slides um so but if we go down to the green section there where it says unrestricted undesignated fund balance so that $533,000
067that's what we have above our required 3% reserve and so for this year once again uh we're looking at about a 4.29 reserve uh for the two years that we have to project out um I want to reiterate the point that just like I said at the very beginning we are using the financial projections that we were given uh by sbceo for the 24 25 year for the two out years uh we don't receive any projections for those so we have to Project based on what what we have seen historically and what's reasonable and given our and given our history um and what we're seeing this year we have factored in 5% increases in property taxes for both 2526 and 2627 now I do want to point out that even though we're factoring those 5%
068increases in that does not mean that those funds are guaranteed these are just projections which all school districts must do in their multi-year projection will these change most likely um they will change but once again we are required to use the best information that we have when we do these types of projections so in 2526 um we're seeing um slightly more Revenue um than expenditures about 36,000 we are looking at our unrestricted undesignated fund balance of about 1 .3 million which in 2526 would bring us to about a 6.09% re reserve and 2627 once again that's been adjusted for 5% and I should have added to that I've also factored in um steping column um increases in here as well because those types of cost increases H happen automatically um just by virtue of people
069moving to the right or down on the salary schedule so those have all been factored in so um 26 27 uh we are seeing an excess of revenues of expenditures of about $982,000 and if we go down to the highlighted green section uh our unrestricted undesignated fund balance we're projecting a fund balance of about 2.8 million which would res which would bring our Reserve balance to approximately 99.7% uh however I do want to throw the standard caveat out here once again is that these are projections uh but basically we are working with the information the best information we have at this time and also it's important to note that once again these do not include any cost increases for 23 24 negotiations since those are still currently unsettled once those are settled um these will
070look different because we'll have to factor in the additional costs and those will be reflected so once we settle these projections will look different but but at this point this is the way it looks um as far as our our second inter room so that basically concludes my second interim presentation I'd like to ask the board if they have any questions okay does anybody have any questions please feel free to kick it off uh just just a couple so um can you give me an example of a restricted uh certificate salary expenditure that would be uh basically let's say for example a teacher that is charged to title one so title one is a federal um federal revenue but Title One is also restricted so it's so tracking those revenues and expenditures is on the
071restricted side okay and that teacher can only do um basically certain things because they're funded by Title One okay excuse me any further feel free to just go through with whatever you you got just go for it so the elephant in the room so to speak is um as far as negotiating salaries we're looking at $533,000 roughly yes that $533,000 is the amount that's above our 3% Reserve right yes that's what we have left over at the end of the year yeah at this point with in our budgeting cycle and once again I'd like to just go over the fact that this is second and even though we're in March this is basically picking up the budget through and actuals through January 31st right okay so we still have a few months to go um
072in a couple months you know parts of this may look different but once again what happens as situations change we will you know we try and revise the budget to make it as realistic as possible that's all I have okay anybody else before I go okay um thank you for the presentation um okay I really appreciated you um making it clear what uh the grant gifts and grants donations and and grants how that plays in where it goes in how it goes into restricted they are spe for specific items correct it's designated that way so it does not go into the general fund it is restricted and not available for use for other general fund applicable things they're very specific in scope that which they can be used for yes um but I just I
073appreciate how you broke that out and made it clear appreciate and that's been something I've heard requested so um let's see here and then also making it clear how that plays in on page seven how that plays into budgeting how the the Inc increase in Revenue matches with the expenditure yes um making that very clear so thank you um um and then also um just reiterating because if you were to just glance down on say page eight um down at the bottom where it's restricted unrestricted 3% Reserve um just I appreciate you noting that that 3% Reserve number is not added in that like those three numbers aren't being added together into a whole number it's the first two the restricted plus the unrestricted the 3% Reserve is within that unrestricted thank you for explaining
074that because I think there are people members of the public who might look down that and add all of those numbers up thinking that that's the pot right but that 1. 236 364 is from that 1769 so thank you for clarifying that um let's see I'm sorry while we're on that page I I meant to say thank you very much for these numbers um a variance of 40 roughly $46,000 is incredible that's it gives us a lot of confidence to make think about the budgeting process going forward and thank you yeah thank you agreed um okay and then um on page last is that page 10 um so you were very clear this does not include um any increase for negot that for um salary increases but you did include going out steping call increases
075um so thank you for explaining that that that is factored in here um but I feel like it's we need to explain that this it's more than just 23 24 we're going to um we're going to be working within essentially either this fiscal year or the next fiscal year it'll be it'll be 2425 as well um and then whatever um happens going forward so um I just it we bring this up every time but it's so frustrating that we have to say there's this projected Reserve balance that's super inflated when that's not at all reflective of actual expenses that are going to happen but we because we we know they're coming we don't know what they are it's very difficult um so it's an exercise that the state makes us do it really doesn't as
076far as projecting out the The Reserve balance before things are s settled it's just it's it's a difficult thing but that's where we're at um okay I'm trying to think yeah thank you for for really tightening this up um I appreciate the clarity in in a lot of the lines uh so yeah just noting that that from from first to second yeah it it's not really far off um and yeah it was great job thank you um thank you very much Jason so this is an action item we're being uh asked to approve the second interim report um I'll entertain a motion at this time I'll move to approve the second interim report thank you I'll second it and further discussion no thank you for clarifying all those points as thing you okay uh all
077in favor I I okay moving on to F5 resolution 25936 authorizing the borrowing of funds for fiscal year 2025 through 26 and the issuance of sale and sale of Tax and Revenue anticipation notes and participation in the California cash Reserve program board has asked to adopt resolution 25936 by passing the resolution before the board our district will have the opportunity to participate in the California school cash Reserve program sponsored by California School Board Association Finance Corporation the program consistently issues trans for more than half of all California school districts Community College districts and county offices of Education that issue trans through participation in the cash Reserve program our district will be able to issue an a Tax and Revenue anticipation note as part of this costeffective pooled structure um any questions from the board i'
078just like to remind you that uh Every Spring at this time we um ask you to vote on a resolution for the trans because it's a cash flow in terms of we don't get our um revenue from the county so that this is uh annual an you vote yeah I was just thank you for clarifying I was going to jump in with the same um because we get our money essentially twice a year um property tax property y from our property tax revenue twice a year uh this helps bridge that time which is usually around Nosh um and uh before we get our second installment um and so this is not an emergency loan I've heard it described before this is a very normal procedure um as it states uh more than half of all
079California school districts Community College districts and county offices of Education utilize this tool that's available to them so um may I get a motion to approve I move to approve all second okay and it's a resolution so that's a roll call uh Eric hi Aaron I Sally I and I am I he G measure U we will now take public comment for any items under G measure U at this time please feel free to step up to the podium okay seeing none uh G1 renewal of audit Services contract with Christy white certified public accountant for measure U 2425 2526 and 2627 board has asked to approve the renewal of Christy white certif certified public account for measure U the district's 2-year contract with Christy white certified public accountants for measure U audit Services also ended
080at the conclusion of the 2324 audit the district would like to enter into a contract for audit services for the fiscal years ending in June 30th 2025 26 and 27 the audit fees for each year are as follows $4,500 for 2425 $4,700 for 2526 and $4,900 for 2627 and will be paid with measure you on funds um I did ask a question um about uh or i' wouldd like to ask a question I apologize um because we have come out of a contract and gone into a contract um uh just to clarify that this is pricing comparable to um services and I believe the the County Office of Education stated for these Ser these types of services with the CPAs this is the rates that we have here as well as um elsewhere are typical
081typical for the services for our size District thank you um any further questions from the board on this no okay can I get a motion I move to approve the renewal of the audit services with chrisy what all second all in favor I I okay G2 approval of addendum report geologic hazards investigation from Campbell Geo Inc Aliso we are being asked to approve the proposal geologic hazards investigation for the Aliso Elementary kindergarten building at the February 13 meeting the board approved Campbell Geo to perform soil analysis and prepare a geologic hazards report for the Aliso Elementary kindergarten project California Geological Survey CGS reviewed the submitted report but did not accept the locations of the soil borings so new soil borings have been obtained and Campbell goo needs to write an addendum to the original report
082which will then be resubmitted to the California Geological Survey Campbell goo estimates the work to prepare this addendum will be $6,500 for geotechnical Investigation Services and will be paid with measure you bond funds questions from the board okay I will just um ask uh and flag that um so let's see here CGS or sorry maybe I'm getting this confused was it Campbell Geo no CGS identified the original boring sites yes and Campbell Geo did the borings yes CGS then said we want other sites yes and so now we are going we have to do additional sites okay I just wanted to make sure I had that correct um okay any no further questions uh may I get a motion to approve G2 we'll move to approv G2 all second okay all in uh discussion all
083in favor I hi okay moving on to H Personnel a uh we will now take public comment on H Personnel if you'd like to make public comment please step up to the podium at this time once again cusd uh suffers the resignation of another talented and dedicated special educ ation instructional assistant Heidi medel's resignation would be a great loss to Aliso similarly we recognize the service of John McClure who is set to retire in September of 2025 we want both to know that we continue to do all we can to ensure that they are included in any contract agreement that covers the period they provided service to cusd the rest of the Union's remarks are focused on resolution number 25937 which seeks board approval for the release non- reelect C of a probationary certificated administrator
084the district has not announced the name of or job placement of this administrator but an employee number has been provided number 1617 the union has reached out to several administrators who are still in their probationary period our intent is to provide them a heads up for this pending approval by the school board if they are not already aware thus far we believe the following School sites could be directly impacted by this release the Middle School the high school Aliso canalino and sped departments across the district we hope that the school board has provided sufficient information to determine the impact on the system before making this cut for example cutting a third administrator at the high school will have a very different impact than cutting a sped director position or the only middle school vice principal
085again we don't know who this person is yet and releasing individual 1617 should not be the end of the board's considerations for ex example does the district intend to hire a qualified employee to replace number 1617 or will both number 16117 and their current position be cut what justifi justification is being provided for this release and in light of poor student achievement data contained in the lcap how will this impact student learning what is the anticipated impact to the teaching and learning environment we hope you're asking these questions we haven't heard any of them from you certainly senior admin has been pedling a myth that employ employees and their elected leaders are antagonistic to District administrators and that is simply not correct employees understand that talented administrators provide critical support to both Educators and support
086staff we make every effort to work collaboratively with with these administrators of course there are a select few who are all too willing to do the bad faith bidding of superintendent Rigby and the school board but those individuals are not the majority and we are unwilling to paint all of our administrative colleagues with the same brush so we remind whomever administrator 1617 may be that they are entitled to employment rights of their own a common one being the right to return to the classroom and continue working with District students and families just as for example Dr colleti chose to do several years ago employee leadership remains a resource for employee 1617 and any of our well-intended administrative colleagues thank you any further public comment okay seeing none um may I ask a question are uh
087employees notified about this as we've discussed earlier all employees are notified well in advance of any decisions that are made in terms of um non-re elects so it's never a surprise for anyone so it's already been communicated clearly weeks ago thank you shows up on of the board of everyone knows that okay um so this is a real resolution I need to read out Y correct Okay resolution 25937 oh a number one we haven't done number one it was just a comment number two oh I apologize thank you thank you okay so I'm move to approve the Personnel summary hang on I haven't even I haven't read the agenda item yet that was just public comment and I was addressing the question and it through me no that's okay okay so H1 Personnel summary the
088board has asked to approve the following recommended Personnel items resignation one retirement one spring coaching assignments to personnel any questions from the board here okay may I get a motion to approve I will move to recommend the Personnel summary second that okay we have a motion to approve the Personnel summary a second any discussion all in favor I I okay and H2 is our resolution resolution number 25937 non reelect a certificated probationary employee Public Employee discipline dismissal release pursuant to government code section 54957 board is asked to approve the resolution uh 25937 non reelect a certificated probationary employee Public Employee disciplined dismissal release pursuant to government code section 54957 and I will now read the resolution resolution number 25937 whereas Education Code section 4495 1 authorizes the governing board to release a certificated employee from
089an administrative position at the end of the current school year if written notice is provided to the employee onor more on or before March 15th that he or she may be released Andor reassigned from his or her position for the following school year and whereas Education Code section 4929 point21 authorizes the governing board to not reelect a probationary employee to a position requiring certification qualifications for the next succeeding school year if the governing board gives notice to the employee on or before March 15th of the employees's second complete consecutive school year of employment of its decision to not re-employ the employee and whereas the employee identified in exhibit a here too as our probationary employees currently employed by The District in administrative positions requiring certification qualifications and whereas the district's governing board has determined that
090it is necessary to release from their administrative positions and non reelect the employees identified and exhibit a at the conclusion of the 2425 school year now therefore be it resolved by the governing board of carpentry Unified School District that a the employee identified in exhibit a shall be released and non- reelected from their current administrative positions at the conclusion of the 2425 school year B the superintendent or design is authorized and directed to give written notice of this decision along with a copy of this resolution to each affected employee on or before March 15 2025 notice shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Education Code sections 4951 and 44 92921 uh I will now take a roll call um or actually no it's it's a roll call yeah yeah uh Eric hi Aon
091hi Sally hi and I am I pass and adop Ed at a regular meeting of the governing board of the carpentry Unified School District this 11th day of March 2025 by the following vote for eyes no NOS no extensions and no uh ABS oh one absent so one absent and then the four eyes I let's see here okay that's that for employee 1617 okay uh moving on to I future agenda item uh public comment on I okay so employee leadership again asked that the concept of a contingency formula used to resolve our fiscal disagreements be placed on an upcoming board agenda this evening the district provided another round of strategic projections which unsurprisingly further underestimated revenues and overestimated expenditures a common negotiation tactic for C USD overestimating expenditures unnecessarily CD's budget projections maintain over 1
092million in legal fees for the next three years reducing CD's Reserve balances and then underestimating revenues CD's budget projections also remove $4.5 million from The District's property tax revenue projections over the next three years further driving down Reserve balances CD states that simply following the County's projections which are an average of all cities and towns in Santa Barbara County thus failing to acknowledge the Carpenteria routinely receives property taxes well above the county average but until the actual Revenue comes in District officials will have us believe the Carpenteria property tax revenues will be proportional to those of Santa Maria Guadalupe orcut and Loke these two actions alone on paper remove a total of $7.5 million from The District's Reserve Balan $7.5 million less to work with when making critical decisions impacting District students employees families and
093the community for comparison that's $7.5 million not invested in valuable programs that offer students and families a variety of choice programs like the family school or the gate program or inter mural Sports at the junior high or more robust transportation services that $7.5 billion is equivalent to 37.5% in salary increases for all teachers and support staff while employees recently asked for a total of 3 to 4% salary increases over a 2-year period and have been rejected that $7.5 million District officials allege are not available for the purpose of relieving economic instability associated with cost of living increases which have increased approximately 20 to 23% regionally in the last 2 years in that $7.5 million District officials allege are not available to resolve impass fairely compensate employees and avoid the potential dysfunction of a general strike
094rather than argue over the accuracy of the district's projected revenues employees are willing to accept them at this time as long as a contingency formula is put in place to ensure the equitable distribution of future property tax revenues if and when they come in higher than the district's hyper conservative projection it's entirely reasonable such a contingency formula would address whatever fiscal outcomes come our way and allow the bargaining Partners to reach an agreement that places the district's employees and the district on the same side of the table rolling together in the same direction just imagine win stop your time is up together thank you stop uh thank you Ro carpentry resident and proposed budget um I don't know but uh things might be might look good but might not because with real estate nobody knows
095no one not even the experts no one projections are that projections the facts are that first intering uh report 4.3 second inter for 4.29 yes barely barely above that 3% uh minimum barely real real estate is complicated otherwise if we would if we if we were to know what's going to happen we would be all millionaires or or not or or we will lose everything just during the financial crisis we remember that I don't know what's going to happen nobody knows budget uh projections for 2025 2026 6.9 2026 207 7% maybe maybe not remember when it first came in 200 17 2018 reserves were better there was a different uh Market back then Trump Administration interest was low 3 and A half% Properties what are the value properties world what now it's just the other
096way around so we don't know anything could happen so what I'm going to uh what I want to express is this we trust you as taxpayers this budget take care take good care of it take good care thank you okay so on future agenda items we have the 2526 proposed budget the 2526 lcap DLI program and CHS CTE programs will all be on upcoming agendas um Board calendar nothing to note at this time and we are now on to board announcements if anybody has anything they want to bring up I was just thinking that um been to several there's been a lot of events this last month um and I want to congratulate um Girls Inc and a couple of other vents are coming up but including the boys in Girls Club in the children's
097project but people are generously supporting these um facilities and our schools are getting the product of those facilities so I want to thank them for doing such a good job but the public for continuing to donate to them it's quite amazing what's being raised and I believe that continues on with boys and girls club event Boys and Girls Club is on Saturday on Saturday um very excited for that that'll be a great evening um I just want to note that there is um a stem night coming up at canalino um and I also want to bring up uh something that was uh brought up earlier in open comment um about support for um for the for our community as a whole but especially um our Hispanic community and pointing out that there have been events
098um quite a few over the last couple months and the district has been putting out parent Square notices with the information um and so I would just really encourage uh people who are concerned to pay attention to parent square or if you aren't able to get it um go into your school office and they can um share that information with you uh there is another event coming up um Community it's open to the public it's not a school event but the school the district has put out information on March 14th called Empower and protect um there's I don't want to get too much into the details of it but other than our district and our community is um is coming together to take care of one another and um I am incredibly grateful to be
099part of such a um a supportive community so so thank you to all those that are ensuring these types of programs are happening um and uh with that we are adjourned thank you good evening e e e