001i'm here today I'm here today I'm here today I'm here today I'm here today Are you are you are you at DPS attendance is important That's why we're challenging all schools to increase and improve their daily attendance So I ask again we're here today Are you are you hello my name is Molly and this this school is called Viv Monasury School and and the show that you are watching is called a Kindergarten Accent Kindergarten Okay So what's your name what's your name miriam What's your name dan Don Yes So what's your favorite animal aad lion What's your favorite um animal Miam i like elephants What's your favorite animal a lion What's your What's your favorite cartoon a shot Cartoon Yes All right let's move on What's your favorite cartoon um Super Kitties Hey Super Kitties
002Super Kitties I like that That's rude What's your favorite spiderman All right What's your favorite comic book boy what's your favorite comic book spiderman What's your favorite comic book daddy show Okay Comic book I got one All right What's your favorite comic book i don't have one What's your favorite comic book i have And that's perfectly fine M That's perfectly fine A dinosaur Dinosaurs I got a comic book I don't like dinosaurs Raise your hand I don't have one What's your favorite book if you don't have a comic book a comic book No it's a book like those Not a comic book The book Okay I spared me Everyone what's your favorite book are you scared no No You're scared Is that the one that's right there no that's that one right there with the
003bunny and the bear Oh that's my favorite That's my favorite Okay I'm going outside everybody So let's let's move on What's your favorite book uh dinosaurs Why does it always have to be dinosaurs because I like dinosaurs What's your favorite food no I'm first No you're not I get the choose who's first I know you ain't about to talk back to me lady Oh I will call you old man if you don't stop calling me old man Did you just call me old man so okay let's move on What's your favorite movie um Spiderman What's your favorite movie dinosaurs Why do I always have dinosaurs movie Why there's nothing because dinosaurs That's a cartoon Because I like dinosaurs Dinosaurs is not a movie Yes they No it isn't Let's move Okay I'm going downstairs Thanks
004for watching as kindergarten Make sure you subscribe Thanks for Yeah Hey Who was Did you get Who what so this is Did you just say somebody was mansplained okay that's what I thought you said That's yours Is that my space oh tell me who it was I was really listen I'm always listening Um yes So I'm sorry They're moving downtown Yes I looked that up today and I was like same I could see I could get them yesterday I can't get them today I just want to say OEC is so far the only department where their nonpayroll has decreased I I agree And it's I mean 734,000 That's a decrease Oh you know appreciate that Yeah it's not easy Pretty cool We haven't figured that out Remember that water sure He does I now call
005to order this May 29th special meeting Madam Treasur may we have a roll call president Goodwin here Dr Bailey here Mr Lacy here Mr Smith here Miss Rhiner present Mr Walker present Miss Wick present Seven present to the republic for which it stands One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all Our mission is to inspire educate and empower Our vision is to inspire educate empower scholars for a lasting impact And our purpose is to cultivate a supportive and engaging educational experience Are there any bargaining units here to speak all right madam treasur do we have anyone registered to speak from the public no All right we are moving into our first department of budget presentation I believe that is our lovely internate auditor Brilliant internate auditor She is brilliant I'm really excited
006to be here today to present the fiscal year 26 internal audit department budget Um we can move on to the next slide This is truly just an overview slide um which has more detail in the next two slides So we're going to go ahead and skip this one but we can always refer back to it Um one of the first things that I want to highlight that will impact both this slide and the next slide is that this department was reestablished this last fiscal year So with that being said there are some significant increases to kind of percentage- wise to non-payroll expenses because we previously or currently are budgeted for zero payroll expense non-payroll expenses And then there were also some increases to our payroll expenses as well Um because the only thing budgeted for
007in this fiscal year was uh my payroll and non and my benefits as well The oh we can actually go back I'm sorry Uh the total uh fiscal year 26 total uh payroll request is $422,160 This includes both my benefits and salaries as well as the executive secretary Tina Cornett and the new uh vacant position as of the next fiscal year the internal audit coordinator position Um this coordinator position will be focused on increasing the amount of audits and projects that I will be the department will be focused on for the next fiscal year Um and also help expand testing to make sure that it is even more thorough when we're covering different areas of processes when we're evaluating We can come you would go to the next one For our non-payroll requests the total
008non-payroll requests for the next fiscal year is $14,500 The non-payroll requests includes training so virtual and inerson trainings Um specifically this is related to certifications that I myself hold and hopefully the new person will hold as well Um for different certifications um each certification usually has about 40 continuing professional education hours which are required to continue to have that certification Um let alone if there are specific trainings that will increase the ability and the skill to audit specific areas So that's where that goes and that also includes the travel associated with such trainings that are in person The membership dues is next for $1,000 Um that includes Institute of Internal Audit uh membership dues as well as Isaka membership dues for the district employees under this department Um both of those membership dues not only
009help uh for awareness of different industry best practices they have journals publications that are available to members as well for free and then also they do reduce the cost for trainings So if there's um a training that has to do with a specific area um oftentimes it's a half of the price to non-members So this actually is beneficial to the district fiscally as well And then the knowledge leader tool This is a software that um basically is like a bank and a library for not only journals and publications that have to do with different auditing standards but also industry best practices It also helps highlight different um testing procedures and this will be extremely beneficial this knowledge source um as we go about this next fiscal year as developing and fine-tuning those procedures methodology methodologies
010and policies are one of the number one priorities of the department And then meeting materials such as food for audit committee member meetings Um those are quarterly meetings that are between the hours of 5:30 and 7 So typically dinner time So having some snacks there and some water and potentially some soda will be helpful uh to appreciate those volunteers And then also this is um able to be used for other supplies such as paper and notebooks and pens and all the things that are necessary to just produce work in general We can move on Um as a reminder the department's impact the goal of this department is to provide value added independent assurance services that assist DPS in achieving its goals uh assess and approve risk management internal controls and operational processes while promoting accountability
011compliance and effective resource use At the end of the day like every other department here we're here for the students We want to be able to even though we are behind the scenes and not necessarily student facing all the time um we want to empower our staff um to be able to do the best that they can do in their positions but then also highlight areas for improvement that we can all move forward and um pursue as a district as a whole um continuing to push that in uh continued growth mindset So that's it Are there any questions thank you I appreciate the presentation and I also appreciate the work that we've seen in the short time that you've been with us I think it's been very beneficial Any comments from the board appreciate the
012presentation Thank you That's all Thank you All right Our next budget presentation is from the Department of Exceptional Children Good evening everyone So the office for exceptional children's budget overview page is just like Sarah's So we can skip it All it is is a summary So we'll go right into the second page if you're okay with that Thank you Silly silly What page we going to this This is not the same one I have We're just going to follow you You just talk to us about what you have then All right Well we'll just listen to you All eyes on you That's it Okay So the full-time employees 471 compared with 485 for the 26th school year As you can see that's an increase The 25 total payroll is 40 million 40.2 million It's going
013to go up a little bit Um so there's an increase right there in the staffing payroll as we have increased our student enrollment So you can see that our student with disabilities in 2425 is 2,238 students with disabilities Um and I think I typed that one of those is supposed to be the other year So we have an increase to 2,31 students with disabilities Again that's a typo It should say 2526 So we have 485 FTEES is what we're um we're budgeting for for this upcoming year Good with that The next page is the non-payroll requests We have purchase services purchase services which includes our contractors Uh we have to contract like we've talked about before for some of our related services and um interpreters things like that So we're at 7 75 There we
014are We're going down in this The reason why we're going down in this area is because we've employed some board certified behavior analysts and some RBTs registered behavior technicians So we're going to try to put some of those services inhouse rather than contracted out And that's going to save us some money So that's where the saving is really coming from We're trying to really build up that program and we have a lot of students um with high needs in behavior management and so it's a it's a good program to have in house So we are hiring if anybody out there wants a job and um other than that our impact is our next page So the office for the office for exceptional children ensures equity across access and opportunity for some of our most vulnerable
015students Our impact is not simply measured in the terms of compliance but really in lifechanging outcomes We work to help students gain independence gainful employment and to participate meaningfully in our communities So I kind of ranted that kind of quickly but you guys have had it for about a month I think So you guys have any questions for me thank you for the presentation I will say I did get to see some of your staff recently Say it again I got to see some of your staff members recently and I hope the scavenger hunt went well Are there any questions from the board quick question Okay So the 14 the 14 increase in staff is that so is is the reason for that twofold is it partly because what as you said you're moving some
016in-house and and staff as well we we we have an increase in students So we need more we need more teachers and we um are increasing inhouse So when I say in-house I'm talking about the OEC office which is consisting of those BCBAs and those RBTs So does that does the the change in ers does that affect that also or no um I I can't answer that I'd have to defer that to Okay I got my answer So this is Yeah this none of this is grant Okay great That makes sense Okay thank you Any other questions i'll just say on the record um what I said earlier I think you're the first presentation that you are decreasing your non-payroll request So I'm very appreciative to see that Thank you Well I hope it lasts
017Thank you everyone Uh something else Thank you All right Mr Anderson I believe you're up All right Good evening everyone Uh we appreciate the opportunity to present to you President Goodwine Dr Dr Betty VP Dr Lawrence uh Treasure Ava and the board members I'm going to go over some budget information staffing then Mr Calhoun to speak about departmental impact and then Dr Benson and Dr uh Jones will speak about strategic planning So we'll start with budget Next slide please Can I interrupt for one second can someone give some of us access to this uh slide because it's saying to request I'm just going to read that Okay you can keep going though I just wanted them to know that we didn't have it Okay good We'll start with uh full year uh 26 227 full-time
018employees 15.2 million 15 uh million237,320 to be exact and our nonp payroll 11,372,732 as opposed to this year 213 uh full-time employees uh 13.8 million for our salary and benefit requests and our non-payroll $8 million So and you can see that's a net of 14 full-time employees 1.4 million in in salary and benefits And the the total non-payroll will be 3 thou 3,255,824 Next slide please And you can see another breakdown This full year 213 employees or 13.8 versus our request for next year is 227 uh full-time employees That 15.2 I spoke of and uh that increase and then the 1.4 You can see the breakdown 13 uh bus drivers full-time bus drivers Uh the pair is about 60 uh mechanics 10 uh administrators eight and then the DS DSS combined with our six van
019drivers of 16 and three clericals And that's how we arrived at the 227 Then our non-payroll request that that purchasing purchasing service purchase service you can see we're requesting uh we had 3.2 2 million for last year Then this year it jumps because we're purchasing our RTA bus passes through that versus previous years uh being purchased by Esser So that's why you see an increase there up to 4,590,15 Then the next one conversely uh you can see a decrease 4.2 million uh was used this year We're requesting 2.8 8 million uh for this upcoming school year And that's because and that's a $1.3 million decrease because over the past few years we've done a good a good job of purchasing primarily for our buses backup cameras Uh we also have PA system Those are things
020that are not year-over-year uh purchase requests We've already purchased those so we don't have to continue to do so over our 175 buses So then our dues go up somewhat uh we really want to focus on per uh professional development not only for administrators but our bus drivers with say OAP in Columbus our mechanics or certification the buses that we do have the new ones that we received just last year are so much more sophisticated uh than our older buses So we really want to ensure that our mechanics for example stay up to uh speed as far as training what's required to u maintain the maintenance on those vehicles Then also no advanced fees So uh eight $8 million last year was used We're requesting this year the 11 million $372,732 for an increase primarily
021driven uh somewhat by the RTA bus passes of 3.3 million on the bottom there the rationale is we really want to continue not only professional development but continue to work on the culture and customer service and that's internal to DPS internal to transportation but also with the community uh with the schools you know administrators there so we want to continue and improve I think we made some improvement over the last couple years but we still have a pretty good amount of uh improvement needed in that area also we want to continue to hire train and re retain train school bus drivers We we did a good job this year We had some retirements uh some resignations but year-over-year you know our hiring has kind of uh mitigated the loss that we felt there So we
022don't anticipate any retirements next year for example but we until we get into the school year we'll see So we'll continue to hire and retain our drivers but also our mechanics our our DSS members etc Then lastly that decreas decrease as I mentioned in the supplies is because we purchased a great deal of items for our buses over the previous two or three school years Next slide please Can I can I ask while you're coming the the increase of the 14 staff what is that going towards is that an increase of bus drivers increase of mechanics pairs where's that 14 coming in at um some of those are actually just being run back from when they were funded under ESA funding Gotcha Okay And then we're also um having a couple more drivers to try
023to mitigate the issue that we've had with drivers Okay Thank you Thank you Good afternoon So we're actually um working to reduce uncover routes uh by increasing staffing of course but also by route consolidation Um we've looked and seen hey where can we become more efficient here how can we explain these things to our employees in advance so that they know hey what you start with at this time might not be what you end with It actually says in the union contract that we could do this based upon enrollment but making sure that we are clear and upfront with what's going on that is for the sake of our children and getting them to and from school but also looking to see hey can this school ride in this direction with this school can this
024kid be picked up around this time things like that Just to be looking at it from a logistic standpoint Of course we're going to have a safety mindset behind it but making sure that we are really crunching down on those numbers and getting the most out of the environment Um we were able to do that this summer for example We actually cut our summer routes in half um based upon what we did last year So just so that we were able to build on and learn and not just start in August with something that we haven't currently been working on Um also improves zone coverage like I said by tighter routing Um of course we talked about it before I think at the board retreat There's some of those buses that are wheelchair accessible that
025for years have just been used for um children with exceptional needs No we're actually of course pushing towards the integration Of course we'll have to consider there are certain cases where a child may need to ride by themselves They might have to have that service but most children that have special transportation we talked about this with uh Miss Dmore plenty of times Most of the time it really just says they're required to ride So can they be on a different bus can we add other children onto this bus to get them to where they need to go so that we don't have two or three buses in the same area going to the same school picking up a brother and not their sibling Um so that we're really able to consolidate and make it as
026efficient as possible Okay Thank you Right Uh good evening Dr Goodwin Dr Lawrence Um this is the information that we gathered from our students and our staff and community members as we work to um improve and make uh transportation more efficient And so just a few themes I won't go through all of them because there are a lot of them but um timeliness and reliability was the number one theme Um that was one of the data points that popped up frequently whether it was a student that said um I you know I wanted my bus to come when I get outside or it was a parent that had to wait Um that was a number one thing Um safety and security about being at the bus hub We've talked about that The bus environment and
027the conditions Um this is related to the physical state of the bud buses such as cleanliness the temperature um some things too hot need more air Um the one thing about the young people is that they were very very clear about what they wanted and young people said they were thankful to have transportation um some of our elementary students And so um they they had a lot to uh input They were concerned about student behavior and management um of students on the buses one of the things that they asked us to look at and to work on Next slide Um the bus drivers there was really good feedback about the bus drivers and we are working on different professional development opportunities for our bus drivers Um working on our training to include more training that
028um reflects the nature of the job We tool our drivers with a CDL Um but we are also working on our training program so that we provide them with a toolkit of driving a bus with a full um uh group of yelling and screaming students or working with parents that are at the bus stop and may not be in the best of moods on any given day And so we're working on our training program so that we adapt it to the actual experience And um that was one of the things that both parents and students talked about Um the routes and the coverages came up how long I'm on the bus as well as the bus passes and the accessibility Next slide Um communication and information Uh parents want to know where their buses are
029um needing the app to be faster update faster um how they could get more communication about where the bus is um if the bus is delayed what if their route changes They also theme nine positive feedback and contentment Some respondents expressed satisfaction with the current transportation Um as I stated one child said that they were extremely grateful for their transportation and um there was a a desire for um amenities such as snacks and music and TVs and things on the bus Some of our younger riders thought we should upgrade their experience So we have actually talked to um between the community the students um as well as our uh transportation employees we've received over 2,000 responses regarding our transportation experience And we continue to engage to make sure that as we move forward with our
030transportation plan for the future that we are addressing the needs of not just the students but the employees and the community as a whole Any questions thank you All right Thank you Dr B for um elucidating the themes uh drawn from our uh students staff family and community members Um I think it's going to be critically important uh in developing our strategic plan uh that we will share with the board at a um at a date not too far from now Um now the topic at hand that is uh very pressing um I believe to some degree threatens uh everything that we want to do that we are attempting to do Um as all of you know uh there has been legislation uh introduced in House Bill 96 uh that will uh restrict uh mass
031transit uh organizations uh ability to allow students to transfer um to other buses at downtown hubs highly restrictive Okay And so uh what I have done what we have done uh is create uh somewhat of a not a flowchart but a depiction of uh what will happen if house bill uh 96 passes and what will happen if house bill 96 fails Uh first things first if house bill 96 passes again um our students will not be able to transfer uh to another bus downtown What does that leave us uh everyone here already knows that uh utilizing our own yellow buses is not an option at this time Uh we would need in essence uh 73 buses at the cost of around 10.9 million And we would also have to find drivers Um Dr B and
032I have met with uh Mr Bob Rosinski from the RTA Uh he shared with us that we could in fact they could in fact where they're capable of developing um another limited service uh route for our students It's a good plan but it's something that can't be achieved this year It will take a year And then on top of that those LS routes more than likely will not be set up for our competitors charter schools and parochial schools So then we'll have to contract with another service provider uh Peterman or uh First Student And we know how that went uh when we were originally with First Student uh we racked up fines Um and so uh having said that I want to propose uh uh option one and option two and maybe perhaps have a
033discussion um right now uh with the school board uh if you so choose But option one is to commit to a signed contract with RTA for LS routes Again that'll be a year away Um the rough estimate of that cost is $3 million Um but we again would have to we would incur other costs because we still have to transport charter school students and parochial students Uh option two is to increase our capacity to transport DPS students charter school students and parochial students Uh again that comes with a cost We need the buses and we need the drivers and therefore we need time to actually do this Um now there have been some other discussions about um having a limited um limited hours passes by the RTA that they could that students could utilize in
034the morning um and then have like LS routes in the afternoon that would that still hinges on whether or not House Bill 96 passes if that passes they still need a hub for students to transfer to get get to school And so um I would suggest if House Bill 96 passes uh we we suspend uh transportation um for a year that would enable us to uh work with the RTA and other vendors that could provide transportation for charter school students and parochial students All right Thank you Dr Jones You guys gave a pause I figured you ready for the conversation Before I open it up to the board I'm going to ask Dr Lawrence to kind of weigh in on this one And then I'm going to ask Mr Lacy since you were you were
035there the last time that we started the suspension of transportation and then Miss Reiner and Miss Wick because you guys were there when you started to bring it back if you just had just kind of your perspectives on what this would look like since it's happened here before Go ahead Dr Lawrence Uh first I want to say great job Dr Jones and your team Dr Jones and I had a chance to huddle up earlier today and I support his recommendation but I will just add that we have some academic data that I sent him the academic team We surveyed parents as well uh a little over 200 about what the consequences would be for no transportation Some of the feedback we received was I'd have to pull my kids out not sure how to get
036there It' be financially a strain on the family So definitely support the direction he's going in uh but just adding some more data to it Um and then um yeah and I know he and his team are working hard to think about even other options that may not be as drastic but this is where we are now Thank you Mr Lacy Yeah I um we had we suspended service under Superintendent Ward Um I mean I can share some stories from the time I think um Superintendent Ward recommended it um shortly after I think she I believe if I remember correctly she was at she was at Dunbar when when uh uh when the power went out at Dunbar for some reason I'm not sure what it was we didn't have the quality uh business manager
037that we have today probably But um um she said uh as soon she made the decision to to close the school for the day and she said within 2 or 3 minutes every student was gone from that parking lot where they'd been waiting Um um she um she also I mean in the period after I'm not sure it was a full year after she she claimed that that attendance high school attendance actually had improved um um not to say that that not bus not not providing high school transportation does improve would improve it It's probably just it happened to be it she felt that it it it had uh at the time it it it really had a ne negligible effect on um on attendance So uh so that yeah so that's my my history
038with suspension of of uh of high school transportation Thank you Mr Lacy You have said something that makes Dr Lawrence want to say something else So Dr Lawrence uh I was a high school principal then when she when Superintendent Ward ended transportation at Thugan Marshall High School and I believe uh the state data records show our attendance hovered around 88% during the the the years that I was there So I did not at that time see a precipitous decline And you are correct Mr Lacy We did not have a superstar business manager at that time Thank you Mr R What's going on here um if I may can I ask a follow-up question to board member Lacy what was the parent and student reaction to suspension of high school transportation at the time um I'm
039probably I'm probably not the best person to ask that because I really don't get personally get get uh a lot of reaction reaction before the board I don't remember there being much of any at all Okay Thank you All right Miss Wick and then Mr Smith because you were also on the board when you brought it back 2020 Thank you Thank you Dr Jones for that information the presentation I appreciate that I would like to see the attendance data from that period of time when transportation was changed Um when Jocelyn and I uh started back on the board we just started introducing then high school transportation again Uh and then co happened and you know that's when we had our LS bus lines and superintendent Lai was doing a lot of work to try to
040facilitate all the needs of the community Um I do think that different times require different action clearly Um I'd like to know I mean we can get a number about what the you know if we have a $14 million budget for transportation next year what percentage of that is reflected in transporting our 9 through 12 students and then how we can redirect those funds to say we have to go with option number one we have to redirect those funds to um get those those funds into the buildings so that we can help the families that need the help to get to the schools whether it's vans whether it's different areas of avenues of transportation Um I do think that we sit with a lot of power and a lot of resources and it's incumbent upon
041us to use our power and our resources wisely in these moments to do the best we can by our students and our community Um I know that our academic team and our superintendent are doing such fantastic work around making our education model more exciting that I do believe that kids will get to school Uh so I'd like to see the the attendance data from that time I'd like to know what the savings is going to be if we do have to make some choices around this stuff so that we can determine we can make sure that our community stakeholders our parents and our students know that there will be resources available in those buildings And then we'd have to understand from an impact and with our legal team what that does with our charter school
042requirements and not with our charter school requirements We are not required to provide high school transportation We are not So uh and I know that's a a a difficult conversation to have but I think that we should have uh town halls around the conversation We can't make these decisions just all willy-nilly Uh we need to involve people Dr Lawrence has said we've done you know 200 surveys Well you know we have 5,000 kids and 5,000 families How can we do this better and so I think some town halls around discussions so that when we do have to make the decisions that all stakeholders have been heard So thank you Yeah I appreciate that We um the town halls that we have had the listening sessions uh were really really informative and there was a lot
043of energy um in the room a lot of creative ideas uh we were able to dispel some of the misconceptions about what could be done uh what can't be done and um I would say that the community has a a a true interest in continuing uh in having those discussions so that is definitely and they do and not just our our students and our our fa our our families but also our larger community is interested too Um so I think really being intentional about the work and you know there lots of times we have to reset this transportation has been a hot topic for two years now Um and for us to continue to do the same thing and expect different outcomes what do they say that's the definition of insanity You know it's time
044to do something different um if we need to take a pause and come up with some creative solutions around what we're doing with our resources to do better then let's do that So thank you and we'll have that uh I'll have that attendance data soon have someone working on that So I hear what we're saying around doing different things changing this and that how things worked how things we also saw that when we did not provide high school transportation we had chronic absenteeism rates of around 40% for every high school outside of Ponets and Styver So we've seen what this looks like This isn't a new thing of let's go see what this looks like for a year We saw that people weren't coming to school at high rates like this is not a a
045new thing Let's try something new And then it's on top of that if we do not provide transportation these kids still have to get to school some way and they're all not getting dropped off So they're still all going to be on the bus somehow And then they're still going to be somewhere at a hub that now will not have support from the district if we're not providing these things So then there's no reason to have SRO's at the hub because we're not paying for to send students down to the hub but they'll still end up at the hub and now we're saying to heck with their safety that we talked about it was so unsafe because they'll still be in the same hub We saw this happen before Like I don't see any benefit
046of saying let's just stop If we talk about the safety piece the kids are still unsafe and they're more unsafe without having SRO's down there If we talk about the attendance we saw this like that was literally what Dr Lai was going after when she said "Let's get transportation for our high school kids." We saw that Meale Belmont Third Good like their their attendance was not at a level And so then even when you look at these global things it's it's it's it's easy for us to look at it and say well our numbers didn't fluctuate that much We had chronic absenteeism of 40% at every high school that was not the two high schools Ponets and Styvers That was clearly there at that time You had the same issues going on downtown The problem
047is we do these things and we then do them halfbaked where we're not putting all the same things in place That's how we got here We got here by going "Okay we're going to start this with RTA Okay we're not going to do LS routes." We wait we even saw what happened when we waited a year When we waited a year RTA sold buses changed people's jobs and that's why we never got back to having real LS's So we even saw that part So my thing is all the things we're talking about doing we've seen what happens there Even with this this House bill the pieces in there are that they cannot be routed through a central downtown hub We just saw downtown change everything for a week within a few months and RTA stops
048were changed routes were changed and we're sitting here saying that we have nothing else to do but throw our hands up and say "Let's not get our kids through school somehow Let them figure it out." When before we were finding passes for kids to try to go to work try to do extracurricular And now we're going to say let them figure it out on their own To me that's not worth so saying "Okay we can save some money We won't have to transport charters because my biggest thing are the children of Dayton public schools." We've seen that even with everything else that goes on these kids are on these RTAs This is a bigger conversation It's a conversation around we see now that students in certain spots aren't even picked up there Drivers go by
049students drivers won't let students off in certain places Like I said we just saw we had the NATO conference down here and they put out a whole thing of how things were rerouted The RTA flyer was rerouted We've sat in conversations recently where they're saying "Okay we can have these kind of passes that would cut off at these times cut back on it this time." Like it's it's not hard to find the data because Dayton Public Schools was in the news every other week about transportation That was the biggest thing And so when we went because we did not do it full-fledged The original plan dealing with RTA was never done So we've never really done this and seen it because we didn't get full-fledged LS routes We pulled out of the LS route contract
050before the routes were all the way finished We didn't have specialized passes We just gave kids passes Like we did not actually do that And so instead of looking at those things and then putting pressure on the RCA because that is what the House bill is about It's not saying we can't move our kids It's saying they cannot transport them through that central hub There's still the ability to find a separate hub with the ability to do these passes that go off at certain times of the day But for me I look at it now and we're in postco We already have all these other situations I just don't I don't see the benefit Our kids aren't safer by doing it Our academics aren't made better by doing it It's like we're cutting off our
051nose despite our face because we don't have other people to help us So that's my thing about it Thank you Miss Riner Thank you President Goodwine Um I kind of want to piggyback um something that uh board member Wick said briefly in that um you know this has been going on for quite some time Um I'm in year eight of my board service and transportation issues were a conversation before I even decided to run for the board Um this is actually a symptom of a larger problem of mandates put on us by the state and our inability to um to meet the needs of all of our students Um I was in a meeting last week with state legislators and um one of them recognized um and I'm grateful for that the fact that our
052inability to trans to transport all the kids that we are legally obligated to transport is impossible because of the mandates by the state Um and this legislature would like those things to change Um we are watching the um Senate sub bill go through committee right now for just for people's information Um the amendment was in the House bill and now the bill is in the Senate going through committee Um we will be fortunate if the amendment is not in the um final Senate version Um and I'm crossing my fingers for that Um but you know there there have been things that have worked better and um obviously not being able to use RTA passes through the hub would significantly hinder our ability to get high school students to and from school Um I wanted to
053put ask you some clarification clarification questions Um Dr Jones Um the LS routes that we had the discussion with RTA about last week these are not the same LS routes that we had previously right um can you uh explain a little bit more what was explained or do do you recall um what Bob Rosinski said that he could do for LS routes if we were to resume our contract with RTA for those so uh for the afternoon service Yes And so there would be uh another hub outside of downtown Dayton uh that the RTA would utilize to get our students to and from school Um the the only I guess we'd find ourselves in a quagmire still because we have parochial and charter school students that we'd have to move Um and so uh if
054Bob could get that done for us we would have to look at uh again partnering with um another transportation service provider right uh to accommodate our you know our other obligations And if I recall correctly it was um transportation through LS the RTA LS service but from school to after school activities It wasn't from school to home at the end of the day either So drastically different from the previous LS service that we did before That seemed to work pretty well right um all things being said um and um this service would not even be available in the 26 20 25 26 school year We would have to wait a whole year for them to build up their staff and to buy the buses Yes ma'am Um so it's an imperfect solution um that would
055even take us another year to go down there I'm I think the board should consider it um as a real option Um I just wanted people to know that it's not available this this next coming um 2526 school year and it would be different from the LS service that we had previously Um and then the option two uh which you know the estimated cost in year one would would be $16 million What about years 2 three four and five i and this is also a year away because we can't implement this in the 2526 school year Um it's down the road I think this would be I think that as of now I I would love to explore this option as well too But I would like to know not just year one cost but
056down the rhy down the line what the cost would be Um so so after that initial go you know what I'm trying to say Yes Yes ma'am Yes ma'am I do uh in years two and beyond uh it would be salaries and benefits of our drivers Uh and then maintenance uh roughly 3 million uh for salary benefits I'm sure that uh Huitt can help out with that Um I would say somewhere close to 5 million total salary and benefits How many do you think it would be 73 drivers 70 about about 5 million I'm thinking about 5 million because it was about three in terms of salaries some benefits Think so Maybe an extra two Um then of course with the cost of living uh expenses that go up every year you know but the
057initial that in year one it would be roughly 16 million because of the buses After that we don't have to purchase any more buses um outside of our typical you know purchasing cycle Yep Okay Thank you Yes thank you Dr Goodwin Uh thank you Hold on It's Dr Lawrence next Uh Dr Jones you and I shared some information this weekend around Cincinnati uh and their system in Cincinnati They have their version of RTA They have hubs all around the city and they have services to those centralized hubs where kids in 7th through 12th grade go to those hubs and are picked up So their version of RTA service they've developed a system for Cincinnati public schools so they can ride transport 7 through 12 back and forth Correct and perhaps we uh partner with uh
058the RTA and we take a trip you know down to Cincinnati and figure out how they uh how they achieved moving that volume of students around the city All right Mr Walker Uh thanks Dr Jones So for me I want to look at it on on different sides of it as well Um yes House Bill 96 is a thing but like looking at realistically what happens with that House bill and the Senate passes amendment it goes back to the House House passes the new version and then with the governor even signing may veto out certain line items I think for me it's looking at more so here locally the impact of like what non-transport of high school students and things like that So when we look at um high school students now every every student
059in DPS or charter um is eligible for a bus pass or something like that and have the option to go to the hub When we take that away from like students and things like that um I think I'm more so interested in what does that say now to a parent on um do I have $60 or $80 to afford a pass for my kid to get to school we have a lot of our staff who are living really in their car in a sense Um so how do we look at like these as actual realistic things that is being recommended for families to take take under consideration and looking at if a family has five high school students in their household who they have to get to and from school now it may be different
060schools some may go to styver some may go to ponent and things like that so this extra expense that family will take on how will what will it what what what happens with the $2.5 million ion dollar when the state is saying on the other side that DPS you are over your 30% in revenue um and we have to do away with that So now what do we do with that 2.5 million i think we um we have to be creative You know I don't think that the answer exists within Dayton I think collectively um we can figure out an alternative but it won't be um it won't be the silver bullet if you will You know um a lot a lot really does hinge on House Bill 96 you know Um if it does
061not pass then we still work frantically to engage in option one right in year two while also providing our students with the RTA passes Now on on that same piece um today is Thursday and looking at these options and the amount of money that is paid to RTA The city of Dayton yesterday passed an amendment where RTA is giving them one point I'm sorry $117,000 to provide offduty police officers at the hub until December Has the city said anything as far as revenue to the district to support whatever initiative is to go into effect uh no one has contacted me I'm not sure if uh someone has contacted Dr Lawrence or uh Huitt but uh I have not been contacted Okay So if we were to ratify um the removal of high school transportation for
062a year what does that say about the overtime of staff that work the hub with regards to safety and security will we do away with that as well yes sir Okay So the hub will be specifically city of Dame responsibility for if you've come down there it's your job to handle it Yes sir Okay I appreciate it Yes sir Dr Bailey Yeah C couple of things One I'm I'm a little confused Um and I'm I'm piggybacking off of uh Karen Wick is I'd like to see the data on um absentees as far as the students are concerned because I've heard two different stories up here one saying they didn't have so much of a drop in students being absent and then I'm hearing on the other side that there was a drastic drop of students
063So I I would love to see that The last meeting I was in um and help me if I'm wrong Uh I know you were not there so maybe you guys had another meeting after this but RTA specifically said that they were not going to change their routes for us Uh and especially this coming year we talked about the LS buses Um that was something that was totally different Said that they didn't have the buses to do that They didn't have the personnel to do that We don't have the buses to do that We don't have the personnel to do that for this upcoming year Correct So I'm trying to understand if this bill passes then our it seems to me that our hands are totally tied in transporting our students and trying to transport
064students that are not ours So I'll I'll let you respond to that first Well that that's my posture as well Okay Yeah Dr Bley if I may At the second meeting what um was presented to us was um the the state representative asked RTA to not charge the district the $80 and take it to what they charge regular adults Um the second piece of that meeting was um RTA could not do the LS services but what they would look to do is a limited LS service in the afternoon where they're sending three or four buses to each high school to then transport students to a centralized location and then those same buses will then change to whatever route it is that student needs to get on to then go to their home location So when
065when they talked before they said that they could do I think it was morning routes but then not the evening routes So now he switched it so now they can do the evening routes but not the morning routes which still puts us in a a horrible position um with our students So then do we I mean if we're going to if we're able to transport them which we're not then we would transport them in the morning and in the afternoon But right now I mean we it seems like everybody is throwing all the ownership on DPS but we're transporting charter schools students They have no buy into this thing Um my feeling honestly is that if we were to suspend for a year maybe some of these charter schools would get a buy into this
066and start helping us with transportation and figuring out a way I did You have something before no sir So um it's interesting because one of the charter schools uh their superintendent was in this meeting and he was raving about how they stopped uh charter stopped uh uh using DPS to transport their students So then I asked a question I said well u he said they were doing first they went to first student and everything got better I said oh well great I said "So they're transporting your high schoolers as well?" And he says "No." I said "Well who transports your high schoolers?" "Well DPS transports our high schoolers." So I I'm not understanding why he was gloating about that Our hands are tied And I know this is going to be a hard decision to
067make because it's not going to be favorable either way Um but it's going to be a decision that we're going to have to make Um I I just think right now at least try for a year to see what happens if we suspend So and then maybe you guys can come up with a solution within that year with RTA to see where we are because they were not I even asked if we could uh I went by the West Hub and the East Hub which is hardly used Westtown and uh and the other one I went by both of those Uh when I asked RTA they told us no they were not going to change their routes and for our kids to be picked up there So that's just where I'm at right now Um
068thank you Thank you Appreciate all the comments I actually think there's a fourth option too that we rarely talk about because it's obviously a costly piece there there is a actual reality that we could work towards the actually go take this to the judicial branch and just ignore the obligations that we have to the charter schools and fully bust all of our kids to do that though we will be sued 100% we are going to be sued and that type of support like as we talk about I understand the larger community and all that but for us if we ever took any step of boldness like that we need our community to back us on this because again although anyone in Dayton can elect any of the seven people up here who are sit up
069here next everyone in Dayton doesn't send their children to Dayton public schools So that balance here and I think that was a bold thing Um that was a brief discussion last year to prioritize our students first and I know our transportation team wants to transport our babies from K through 12 in that piece of it And like even when we think about that we don't know if we will win that fight or not We have no idea because it hasn't happened and it hasn't gotten to the level where the judicial branch has weighed a decision on if the law is just or not So that is a that is also a a consideration as we talk about all these things like yes whatever we do it's going to be a hard decision because if the
070bill passes and we continue with these things I have no idea how it's going to be enforced but I would rather not put children in a position to be arrested because that is that is usually when you break the law officer is involved in that piece of it and I definitely don't want to subject children to that because I don't know who will be enforcing this but I do know because it's so heavy right now at this moment of time something is going to happen to ensure that the message is sent out amongst these inner city schools to get your children out these places or they will suffer I also don't like the fact that these things don't affect adults Every decision we're talking about the enduser is a child And it's grown-ups way beyond
071their adolescent years who are putting children in very very uncomfortable positions And I mean that's that's a hard pill to swallow right there Um I think too the timeline that we're talking about here like we'll know by our next business our next review session because they would be done with this Is that not correct Miss Rhina um I don't know the day for the release of the Senate bill It will be soon The whole process won't be done but we will have an idea of whether it's in the Senate bill Well we we'll know if it made it through or not So even that piece of it here I do believe and I' I've spoken to both of you guys about the decision that you need from us I imagine that timeline is sooner than
072later as individuals will need to prepare on what that means from here So the question I think for me that is before this board is how bold are we ready to be like on one hand we can transport all our kids at at the peril of not doing the people who are not our children But knowing with that we're going to be sued because that's what people do and you get that decision and then you finally get a chance to take the legislator's piece to the judicial branch and have it adjudicated I don't know if it'll go well for us or not I have no idea I know that there's a cost to that That cost still takes away from stuff that we would invest in Again this whole educational outcome of it We have
073the option of taking a less resistant pass here of just suspending it There is a cost to that as well It's not necessarily as financial but it is a social piece of it of individuals like this would be a hu a huge ass not only on what we said And I'm going echo board member Wick down there Community members who are our partners as well as those who have not been identified as partners will need to help step up because the reality is children still and these young adults still need to get from their house to our institutions in a way that is successful We can't do much about it on our end because again as we know when we take official action whatever we do for our children we have to do for the
074charter kids So that piece of it here that really calling on this village mindset and this village to show up and actually having some individuals that have some stake in the game that are helping because they say everything that should happen here and they ask us what you could help with People need help learning to put car pools together Individuals need help learning to get 18 passenger vans out and creating routes and just working as a true community to fill a community need That's a real piece right there And I think even as we look at this option here our reality is as a organization we're in a tight spot We don't have many allies And anyone who who believes anything differently there's not been one organization that has stood up and stood for DPS
075in in a meaningful way of what you're doing to that organization is wrong You're charging them to do something that you know they can never fulfill There's not one entity out here that has made statements on our behalf outside of the seven people who sit on this board and the individuals who work in this room So that is another burden to us that we're fighting a battle alone right and we cannot win in the immediate alone Probably could do something over the long stretch but today we need support We need support and not just a Facebook post not just a written letter to the newspaper We need real people to show up for us this entire time and help us because there are real children who will be impacted by whatever decision we make and
076whether those are district children or external children And yes my hope and my focus is more so on our children but I am not illusionary to know like all the children in the city of Dayton if those children also can't get to school I'm going to echo Dr Bailey I wish that the other schools would step up to the table and bring resources to lighten the load here but that hasn't happened here And if those children aren't in school as well those children are most likely to be as what board member Smith stated not here not there not wherever they're supposed to be Which means they'll be either at home or they'll be somewhere in our city street in our community And chances are if you're in the community and your school age and you're
077not at school on those hours you're not doing anything good or productive And that doesn't help us as a city bro Because again as board member Wick said our larger our duty to our larger community is a real duty and that's a thing there But we still need them But again a relationship can't work if two places or two entities aren't trying to make it better I agree So I I echo a thing I echo the information that I heard I've seen all your hands go up but I'm going to call on you But I echo what my counterparts our colleagues have stated here that I do think we have some real decisions I I truly believe and hope that no matter what we do because it's going to be a hard thing and it's
078going to be something that changes what happens over the next year that the village shows up in a way that we haven't seen the village in the last year And whether it is that we ultimately suspend transportation for a year if it's that we take another step and we just focus on just our students if we do nothing and continue on the path we're on right now that again the village is still needed because again every day something is happening to our young adults in the city of Dean I saw Dr Bailey then I saw board member Riner then I saw Mr Smith in that order Did you represent that okay Yeah I I was just going to uh comment on something that uh Will said uh about how they came in for NATO and
079they changed all the routes and things like that Uh to me that showed me something that you know you've got the political people uh the governors and all of them who want to bring that in and they would change the routes for them but they are not willing to change the routes for our kids Um they had fences up they had roads blocked off Um I know for a fact that some of the business owners owners downtown lost a lot of money had to shut down Um but as long as those that are as I would say in power are asking for that to happen then they will break their necks to make sure that it happens There's a lot of overtime with police and everything else that they did Again we are on an
080island by ourselves and I piggy back off of what Dr Goodwin says there There's no one that has come to say "Hey let us help you." and you know so our hands are really really tied So thank you board member Thank you I just want to point out to the public um if we were to not transport non-public students it would not just be getting sued It would be massive massive fines So on top of the the very real situation what it would be it's it's it would be a significant amount That's all Board member Smith Yes ma'am Um something was said that stuck out and it said we have to be creative and that's why I feel that if we were to take the stance of not providing high school transportation that's the total
081opposite end of being creative Like it's it's like saying we don't even want to try is what we would be really saying to our king We're saying we're on an island by ourselves DPS is doing this alone And so then we'd be telling our students not only are we out here alone as DPS but now you're alone You and your parents are alone Y'all go figure this out because this is where we were before And this is where we were And we kept seeing a drop in attendance We saw drops in enrollment because then we saw other spaces We're in a space where we have to think of the totality It's not a transportation thing on its own because we are dealing with if I'm at a charter school I'm hand selecting the type of
082children and families I'm going to have moving forward So if I'm at a charter school from K through 8 where if a parent doesn't come to these events if they're not involved in X Y and Z their student cannot go there So by the time it gets to a high school level we're not hurting the charter high schools as much as we'd be hurting our high schools because the charter high schools they have people coming to pick them up The the drop off and pickup line at some of our charters is a lot longer than some of the dropup and parent pickup lines in our schools It's not the same So we're basically would be saying "Y'all go figure this out because our hands are tied." wherein in reality there's a lot we can do
083We can talk to our staff and there's there's there's been proposals from over the years of even our internal transportation to say "Hey this is how we could do things differently." Like we're not looking at we looked at this whole totality as if we've had the same staff here for years Our transportation team had been for years saying this is how we can do these things At the time our leadership in some of these roles weren't allowing them to bring these things forward So I don't think our hands are completely tied I think our imagination has been tied and our ability to get out here because I I get it If things are hard and we want the the village to pick up I know they're not We talk about these things We have people
084telling us we don't want kids downtown but all of a sudden there's a private school opening in the arcade We have people saying they believe in public schools but yet everybody lined up to go to a city commission meeting to talk about how great the greater Dayton school was Like I'm not I'm not sitting here delusional enough to think that people are going to step up and help out Dayton public schools when history and past behaviors has shown us that this community will step up to do everything against public education That's why we're the charter hub of everything Businesses started charter schools banks started charter schools This hasn't been some happen stance movement The same people that we're going around saying we need help from are the people that fund our our competitors Really this
085is how it's happened Like this is not some some thing that we can sit back and not act like we'd be taking a drastic step to say you guys go We've been here before Like we've literally been here before and we watched our community go off at board meeting after board meeting after board meeting about transportation We watched people go off over and over to the point where when we first started LS busing again it wasn't LS That's the other piece LS busing has never been the same LS busing So when we get out and we talk about it in the news it's not the same And that's why other people are able to say "Hey this won't be the same as before." It's never been the same as before The LS buses that we
086got coming back in 2018 were dropping people off over a half a mile to a mile away from some of these schools That was not LS busing The LS busing we had previously was the same as an RTA route It's just non students couldn't get on those buses So it's never been the same If we're going to have this discussion we have to be armed with the real information that has gone on And right now we're not We're walking in and letting people tell us what they cannot do when we've seen what they can do We've seen what the pressures can do The conversations with RTA from three years ago are not the conversations now You've said RTA said that they can work on specialty passes That was not the conversation three years ago The
087conversation three years ago was get them off of our buses Matter of fact we'll move these bus stops further away so they can And what really changed that was these seven people and our staff going into these meetings and saying "No we demand you do better." That's how we even got to the conversation where there's even talks about what to do differently This didn't happen before And so I think that's that part when we talk about what is even LS look like The LS we got in 2018 was not the same Even that school year it started off one way and it changed in the middle of the year where bus passes got switched going into that winter break and that was two years before I even got on the board Like this is a
088thing that unless we're going in and saying what does this look like we're not going to be able to change it But to my my belief is if we were to just go back and say we're not going to do this it it frees up everybody else who does not deal with us because it frees them up to say "Okay they're not having it." What's to say we need to get into a conversation with you guys next year because that's what's happened before We went away for just one year and in that one year RTA said "Guess what we're selling these buses We're we're getting rid of these people." Like it's so I just don't get where to me that's a solution that helps anything because at the end of the day these students will
089still be downtown Yeah Like no one's about to go and arrest these students at the edge of downtown and say you can no longer ride this bus right here Like they're still going to be down there And we're saying that we're not going to have staff down there to keep them safe So basically we're saying figure out your own way to get to school and if you do have to get to the hub we don't have anybody down here to help you So for me I just don't get it Doesn't make sense to tell our kids that they got to figure out their own way to school Any other board members go ahead Mr L Okay this is from the Ohio Department of Education's website The chronic absentee rates for Dayton public schools Now this
090is this is districtwide That's just the easiest number to get right now In 201617 we were at 30.1% chronic absentee In 2017 18 we were 30.7% Okay I mean I I don't know exact we probably went off of we probably started busing again in 2018 2019 it went up to 34.1% Um there had that's districtwide and I'm sure there were other factors Then you get into COVID so I don't even have have any rates for then 20 2122 it was 30.4% 4% Just in the last two years though it did drop to uh in 22 23 it was 27% and 23 24 it was 25% So yeah the well we had a a we had new administration at that time Thank you Mr Lacy Yeah and and and we're also um and thank you for
091that data set um the data set that I'm so I am under the impression or understanding that uh Kurt Stannic Dr Stannic out also proposed or cancelled transportation in 2009 maybe No it was Lorie Ward who succeeded So it was that transition when it was a transition It was a while after she succeeded him though 2012 Gotcha From Lorie Ward to Li out Gotcha So can I can I ask um if transportation well Dr Jones you and your team could get with the truency department and just see like what happened over those years and what's the trend now with regards to students getting to school late with RTA to where if you do away with it what they may have already been experiencing because what I don't want is now we're flooding juvenile court with
092cases around parents and things like that as well Now we have a smaller truency department than we have So then we would look to add more staff there if we're going to do something like this for a high school Right And let me just ask the timeline of when a decision is needed Dr This is actually for both of you guys because this is like a joint thing here When do you need us well when will you present us with a recommendation that you want us to go forward with and you need us to make that so you can communicate these out to our families so I would I would say after we have um a more um a more rigid um ruling um about House Bill 96 and that will be I believe the
0931st of July Okay 1 to the middle of July The same with that Dr Long Yep So we are going to be able to communicate to our families in July of what we're doing cuz again I don't want to I don't want to get to August and telling people that we made a switch I think that is far And the sooner we can do this the better So okay Yes ma'am Yeah We'll have the uh I have the attendance team reach out to you ASAP to I sent out a message already I talked to him earlier my man This morning All right Thank you I appreciate Dr Ben Just just quickly following up um and this is to um board member Smith and everybody though we are thinking outside of the box Um we are
094talking to RTA found out the same thing about the outside hubs They don't have a full service going to the outside hubs Um talking to them about other alternatives talking about other alternatives as far as transportation goes looking at that Um one of our transportation providers that we use for um individual transportation service or more individualized transportation services has charged us almost a million dollars a year for 81 students And so we are looking at all of the options and the alternatives and being using our imaginations and trying to work as a team to figure out how we um look at the services that we provide looking at the routes that we provide and the tiers So if there are other suggestions outside of the some of the things we've talked about we certainly want
095to hear them so that we can investigate those things as we're looking through these things Thank you Dr been saying And I will say that is not a shared opinion that you guys aren't doing those things cuz you guys talk a lot I didn't say we weren't doing those things I'm saying just let them know based on what you said I do believe that you guys clear that up I said that that idea would be the end result of not doing that Yes that would be cuz I'm sitting here looking at people from our transportation Am I am I incorrect that you guys have been talking about how we could do this for at least three years okay then please I I would not let that be a representation of what I am thinking and
096I am not thinking that we are not being that I said this thought that we could not and that our hands are tied would be though because I have been around and they have been trying to talk about this for at least three to four years at least and so if we have not gone through and exhausted all of that then yes we are not doing everything we can All right There are any other comments all right Thank you As before we move on I would like to do a motion to reconsider from last week's meeting for item A7 and item A13 There's no Is there a second last meeting Last meeting Second Thank you Not concurrent Last meeting All right Moved and second Are there any questions on the motion now one second Yes
097On A13 according to board policy BDDE it would have to be that that was the prevailing vote There was not a prevailing vote due to not lack a majority The prevailing vote was that it failed So So we'll move forward Maybe we vote on the motion You cannot move forward with voting on the A13 because you were not the A7 and the 14 Go back You cannot move forward on Yeah 13 It It is a person who was reassigned and a person who submitted a resignation You cannot move forward again on that item A13 because you did not have the prevailing vote for that There was no prevailing vote It was a 3-2 vote Mr Walker the prevailing vote was that the notes won and therefore according to policy because it didn't hit four Point
098again point of information What is our board policy say on BDDE the prevailing vote was that it did not pass So those members who voted in the negative have the prevailing vote So we are not bringing that back as far as a motion Madam treasur you cannot vote on A13 trying to figure out which president You cannot call a vote on an item that is not up for a vote Dr Batt if you do you will be in court Where we're voting on the reconsideration of A7 and A13 It's on last meeting Oh okay Sorry I wasn't But they're on this current meeting for something too Okay Yeah Bas Dr Bailey for it Is A13 from this a13 is from the last meeting A individual that resigned but the vote did not pass there with
099the members that were present She's on the main floor Oh yes or no yes Dr Bailey Yes Mr Lacy Yes Mr Smith I'm trying well if I does this vote will we exactly speak on what we're trying to change this vote to or what we're doing because if not then I would much rather love to speak about them executive sessions for the vote right here I shall abstain because I am unclear about what we're trying to do Okay What is your vote abain i'm going to say yes but I would like to confer with legal um before the vote the the reconsideration I will say yes to this but I would like to confer with legal before going further just so there's no misunderstanding among board members Mr Walen no M Yes And I would
100like to confirm with legal that you know we're in compliance So yes Okay Five yeses one abstain one no And for you both legal has given direction on this Legal has not step out and calls if you like to So but we can move forward And the reconsideration is that is accepting one was transferred to a department and one did not pass or fail due to four not the majority not voting either way So they are on the current agenda today One is being reinstated because they have have completed what they need and the second one is on there as a resignation The same point of information on A10 Did they sign a contract for the position that they were approved for last week i I don't believe they did sign the contract Was A10
101a non-renewal initially and then was up for resignation instead no A10 was a license issue old And last week A10 was accepted a position that was not posted before because a person is currently in it And this board voted to accept that person without posting that position initially Yes Got it Appreciate it And so the one that's on here day three So we had two people two lens issues One was offered a job the other one wasn't That just doesn't sit right with me if we're going "All right we're picking and choosing who we're going to try to keep." Because that's what we're saying And then we're saying "Okay we did not have enough votes to force this last week so we're going to redo it this week." Because one is a friend of a
102board member the other one isn't But my issue is I just I just want board me I just want to say we Uh Dr Jones and I both did um talk to this person just recently This didn't happen before So this other person had a position that was offered before and at the same time this other person hadn't been talked to in that way And then also I would love to go to executive session because I know this person did to speak to someone else about a separate position And so my concern is that we'd be messing up that process by taking a vote on here So I would like to vote on that one after speaking in executive session so I can speak with Dr Jones Thank you All right Where we at so
103I'm actually going to jump to eight to go to exact so we can answer any questions So we can just come up and finish this piece up here Pursuant to section 121.22G2 of the Ohio Revised Code I move that this board go into executive session The meeting is being held to consider the appointment employment or dismissal of a public employee Is there a second second Moved a second Any questions seeing none may we have a vote president Goodwin yes Dr Bailey yes Mr Lacy yes Mr Smith yes Miss Reard yes Mr Walker yes Miss Wick yes Seven yeses We hear you so much We hear your commitment to learning and we're here to extend the challenge That's why we're asking every student family and staff member to be present and be engaged When we show
104up we build a foundation here And when we show up we build a future I'm here today I'm here today I'm here today I'm here today We are here today We believe in the power of showing up So we're here today Are you are you signing right next to them db right here next to them Hey everybody understand that get to work Let's get to work Hey Hey Get a break Hey hard work on three Hard work for me Hard work on three 1 2 3 Heat Hey Heat All right Hey get out of here Let's get out of here So today we're having an all city arts festival and we have lots of music today We have combined all of our schools together to make music performances all day today We have choirs we
105have bands we have orchestras and we're all here to celebrate music in Dayton public schools A lot of these students uh come from schools where maybe their ensemble their band or their choir is really really small And so it's scary to come out and perform in front of people anyway and especially when you're used to just a little small group in your classroom But they've been doing a great job I think it's a great experience for them because we all know as adults that we have to go and do some things that maybe aren't in our comfort zones but with this group of people their peers they feel a little bit safer And hopefully after this experience it'll kind of feed a fire and they'll want to do it more and more Really music can
106tap into that creativity that a lot of kids just naturally have but seems to dissipate often as they get older So we're tapping into that creativity giving them that self-expression So for a lot of our kids this is their first opportunity to get up in front of people especially in a venue this big seeing that big smiles in their faces especially at the end when they're coming off the stage excitement and you know this is a good opportunity for them to perform and show off for their families their teachers their uh classmates and the greater Dayton community I think Dayton Public Schools has a huge amount of talent in our district and we're happy to be here showing that off today For Black History Month we're talking to DPS principles to talk about how their
107school represents the people they're named after This episode we have Charity Adams Welcome Hi Hello Can you tell me a little bit about yourself hi my name is Carla Goens and as you know I'm the principal at Charity Adams Early Academy for Girls I have been in the district for 30 years and the principal at Charity for seven This is my seventh year at Charity Adams Who was Charity Adams and why was she important charity Adams was the first African-American female to lead her battalion in World War II That was very rare at that time So she was a phenomenal leader What do students learn about Charity Adams in your building um so my students learned that Charity One as I stated was a leader She fought for um equal rights and she was just
108a trailblazer So students learn how to lead how to um empower themselves how to speak up for what is wrong And um we are strong believers in sisterhoods at Charity As a principal how do you try to carry on Charity's legacy so um we try to carry on charity's legacy um one by empowering the our young ladies cultivating their unique potential having making sure that they know they have a voice and um to speak up when they see that things are not right and they um to be activists How do you celebrate Charity Adams during Black History Month after your building so um this year with the movie Tyler Prairie created coming out we're celebrating her by doing a tribute a special tribute to Charity Adams So it's going to be really awesome Um so
109the young ladies will do a skit from the movie So we're really excited It'll be um next Friday February 28th Watch the students attend Charity Adams Early Girls Academy Students should attend Charity Adams Early Academy for Girls because it's a phenomenal school Um it's an all girls school And again as I stated we're about sisterhood empowerment and just creating that environment where our young ladies are thinking about careers that haven't existed yet So we're pushing them to be leaders So it's just an exciting and very powerful experience just being at an all girls school What makes your school is special um my school is special one because it's a single gender all girls school and it's the only one in the area in the state as a primary middle school all girls school And then
110also um when you enter our school it's just a very warm welcoming environment It's a community and it's just it's a great it's a great place to be and work Hi everyone Today I'm going to talk to you about bus safety Every day thousands of day and public school students ride the bus to and from school and it's important to know how to stay safe First things first make sure to get to your bus stop at least 10 minutes early And while you're waiting stand in a safe spot away from the road Once the bus arrives go straight to your seat so the bus can start moving again And remember while you're on the bus stay seated and keep the aisles and exits clear Just like in a classroom listen to the driver and follow
111their instructions This includes no foul language no sticking your arms or head out the windows and no eating or drinking on the bus Lastly make sure you only get off the bus at your assigned stop and be sure to walk home safely Let's all work together to follow these rules and keep our bus ride safe for everyone Thanks for listening and stay safe DPS Hi I'm Katie Philpot preschool intervention specialist at Rosa Parks Early Learning Center My position is to educate all preschoolers who come through our doors into our classroom and service students on an IEP individualized education plan And it's a way that all students can access the curriculum and education The kids are vibrant and excited every day to come to school and they're learning literally how to school and that's so important
112DPS has lots of opportunities for growth They give you ample professional development hours which you need for your degree to continue on teaching It's a great place where you're going to meet all kinds of people You're gonna meet every kind of student there is And there's going to be challenges for sure But when you handle those challenges and overcome them you'll feel so proud of yourself I enjoy the people I work with They are some of the best human beings you will find on this planet Um I enjoy how there is a preschool program for families who want access to that That's very important to the K12 curriculum It's a great place to be And if you look around the buildings you will see active learning You will see bulletin boards with the learning on
113it So you know that there are great things happening in the classrooms Every child who enters our classroom feels that their learning is important and that they are valued and they are important So being the one to do that is like a warm fuzzy hug This is our first ever DPS Cares health and wellness fair We have vendors from a lot of local agencies here This event offers outreach for our families We are trying to hook them up with different services in our community We wanted to make sure parents got messages about wellness So we were able to bring our guest speakers in We wanted to make sure that they had access to some of the great things like the yoga and chair massages And we definitely want to feed everyone when they come out
114We just want to show them how much Dayton public loves them loves their children and cares about them and their health and their welfare I think they're going to take home that it is okay to take care of yourself and we have to take care of ourselves before we can take care of others Ways that they can take care of themselves and ways that they can take care of their families Everyone's saying how wonderful this has been The kids are having a ball Their faces are painted They have great prizes They're getting lots of good information We had massage therapists come in I've had multiple people say "I got a chair massage and I feel so good right now First off Mr Mr Bournehorse Mr Bournehorse we appreciate you You know all the work that
115you have done I had the pleasure of working with you for five years You have been consistent You know um the the the small jokes that you make that I got to listen to and see well was that a joke Mr Warren Horse But again the compliments that was given you got to see our our culture change Um you were very uplifting in letting my staff and I know that you know Meadell is in good hands So again we wish you the best of luck in what you're about to do next cuz again I know you still young so you still got a lot a lot of life to live So we are looking forward to you know hearing great things with your traveling So thank you again and the Lions you will always have
116always have a um place here at the Lion's Den A special thank you to Tim Dunaway for the fabulous job he did here at International School You're one of a kind and you've been amazing to have you here working with us Uh I wanted to say a special congratulations to our three retiring custodians Pat Iikin Lab from Valerie uh Miss E Elvina McNair from Westwood and Joyce Parks from Fairview We are so going to miss you but are so excited you get to have another opportunity uh to do whatever you want to do Uh we're going to miss you We're proud of you and thanks for all you've done for us Miss Love your impact on Ruskin School was absolutely profound The joy you brought into this building uh was infectious and noticed by everybody
117every day that you were here the legacy of love that you have left here at Ruskin will be remembered by students and teachers Anybody who ever came to Ruskin uh for years and years to come Thank you Happy retirement Monica Nas aka Catwoman aka Snoop aka GG2 Tutu It's a bunch of just names that we we give Mrs Nas Tinker Bell you know going to Miss Tinker Bell walking around the classroom walking around the hallway doing her little pity duts and then she'll start dancing when you know she's tired and she ready to go Okay but this been my partner Um Miss Liz and I have been working with each other for 4 years closely You know day in day out sometimes We got so many good stories We got laughs We've cried It has
118been a journey I I can't say enough about Mrs Nas I I'll be taking up so much time to talk about um in the depth of who Mrs Nas is You know we we've been in the trenches fighting in wars you know here not with each other And that's been the be that's been the biggest blessing We didn't fight against each other but we we grew we grew together been through things and we have been able to see the transformation of Meale in the manner that we wanted And we're going to continue to keep pushing cuz I know you're retiring but I got to keep you around somehow So we just going to say bye for now but not for long So congratulations to all of the mighty Lions that will always be accepted here
119will always be a part of the Lion family here at the Lion's Den Can't do it without you and I'm not supposed to So thank you all I love you Karen Schula uh who I was first introduced to her as my own personal French teacher when I was in high school here at Meadowdale was Miss Shahada So it also was a pleasure not only to just be in your classroom you know many years ago we're not gonna say how many years ago but many years ago but now to come back to the Lion's Den as a as your administrator and to also you know work with you and um offer the my expertise and tips and also listen to continue to listen to the stories that you bring um and kind of took me back
120to when I was you know um in high school and I would hear your stories and hear you you know speak in French And I think it's um vom Um I don't know what that bono Anybody know French in here so I wish you the best of luck as well Mrs Mr Silla It has been a pleasure and I hope that you and your daughter continue to keep traveling and enjoying life You have been you have been awesome you know over your long tenure in the classroom Can't thank you enough All your artwork I'm going to remember you know walk into the classroom the drawings that you inspire kids to do So again thank you And bon voyage to Eric Vonberg Thank you Congratulations I know you've had um so many students that you've made
121a difference in their lives Have a wonderful retirement Congratulations and thank you Dana darling You've had an amazing teaching career Additionally you have hired hundreds of teachers for the district It doesn't stop with hiring You have supported teachers and administrators in renewing their license and solving other issues Your hard work for the HR department will continue to influence the district for decades to come Congratulations and enjoy your retirement Mrs Hickey I don't even know where to begin thanking you for your professionalism dedication and commitment to our students Your impact on the students at Ruskin has been profound Your leadership has been a model of what we do here at Ruskin You know you are always a lifetime Ram Please don't be a stranger Come back and visit Good evening retirees and guests What a wonderful
122evening We're glad you guys could all gather here together We are happy to celebrate this milestone in your lives The impact you had on all the students that you've interacted with in Dayton public schools has been profound and your names will be remembered forever by the students that you worked with We are proud to have served with you and worked with you and wish you all the best in your future endeavors Wanted to say congratulations to all of the retirees especially those in operations this year Thank you for all of your hard work dedication to Dayton Public Schools Wishing you nothing but success in whatever you decide to do after that Congratulations to all the retirees Thank you so much for all you've done to help the students of Dayton public schools It really makes
123a difference Congratulations to all the Dayton Public Schools retirees for all the hard work that you have done over the years We appreciate you Um we know it's been challenging What we do is ever changing but at the same time is very rewarding So congratulations to you We wish you the best of luck as you continue on with your life and we hope that you do a lot of traveling and enjoying it Thank you The message I have for them is I'm going to miss you uh this has been a journey for you I don't know exactly how many years it's been but if you've been with Dayton public schools and you're retiring I am wishing you well and I want you to come back and volunteer I want you to wish us well on
124social media and I want you to stay connected to the district cuz you're always going to be part of the family I hope that you took away that you were so valuable in the lives of children Whatever your job was you were valuable to children and to this operation that we know as Dayton public schools and to the community Children are our most prized assets So you were part of building those children who would then become productive adults Uh that's I want you to know your work matter So your impact as an employee if you were a teacher of course people always think teachers and teachers you are important Uh but if you're a custodian you are amazing at making sure kids had the environment that was clean If you were a transportation specialist or
125bus driver you were amazing at making sure they got the extracurricular activities and got to school and got home If you were the secretary you were so important to our five C's customer service You were the first voice first face they saw when they walked in Whatever your role was from custodian to secretary to transportation to pair professional to operations who make sure that things are working inside the building Uh all of those roles are super important And of course being a former principal um if you're an administrator or principal your role is important as well Listen this is a really important date I want you to know that I'm close to this too This is year 30 So sure enough at some point uh I'll be on the other side and saying my goodbyes
126to D public schools I'm here today I'm here today I'm here today I'm here today I'm here today Are you are you are you at DPS attendance is important That's why we're challenging all schools to increase and improve their daily attendance So I ask again we're here today Are you Are you Hello my name is Molly and this this school is called V Monasury School and and the show that you are watching is called Ask a Kindergarten Accent the Kindergartener Okay So what's your name what's your name miriam What's your name dot Dton Yes So what's your favorite animal lion What's your favorite um animal Miam i like elephants What's your favorite animal a lion What's your What's your favorite cartoon a shot car Yes All right let's move on What's your favorite costume um
127Super Kitties Hey Super Kitties Super Kitties I like that That's rude What's your favorite spiderman All right What's your favorite comic book boy what's your favorite comic book spiderman What's your favorite comic book daddy show Okay Comic book I got one All right What's your favorite comic book i don't have one What's your favorite comic book i have And that's perfectly fine M I have That's perfectly fine I have a dinosaur Dinosaur I got a copy book I don't like dinosaurs Raise your hand I know how What's your favorite book if you don't have a comic book a comic book No it's a book like those Not a comic book A book Okay A Spider-Man one What's your favorite book are you scared no No You're scared Is that the one that's right there no
128that's that one right there with the bunny and the bear Oh that's my favorite That's my favorite Okay I must go outside everybody So let's let's move on What's your favorite book uh dinosaur Why does it always have to be dinosaurs because I like dinosaurs What's your favorite food no I'm first No you're not I can't think who's who's first I know you ain't about to talk back to me lady Oh I will call you old man if you don't stop calling me old lady Did you just call me old man so okay let's move on What's your favorite movie um Spider-Man What's your favorite movie dinosaur Why do I always got dinosaurs movie wait there's nothing because dinosaurs That's a cartoon Because I like dinosaurs Dinosaurs is not a movie Yes they No it
129isn't Let's move I'm running downstairs Thanks for watching as in kindergarten Make sure you subscribe We hear you so much We hear your commitment to learning and we're here to extend the challenge That's why we're asking every student family and staff member to be present and be engaged When we show up we build a foundation here And when we show up we build a future I'm here today I'm here today I'm here today I'm here today We are here today We believe in the power of showing up So we're here today Are you are you here is right next to them DB right here next to them Hey everybody understand that let's get to work Let's get to work Hey get a break Hey hard work on three Hard work for me I work on
130three 1 2 three Heat Heat N Heat Heat All right Hey get out of here Let's get out of here So today we're having an all city arts festival and we have lots of music today We have combined all of our schools together to make music performances all day today We have choirs we have bands we have orchestras and we're all here to celebrate music in Dayton public schools A lot of these students uh come from schools where maybe their ensemble their band or their choir is really really small And so it's scary to come out and perform in front of people anyway And especially when you're used to just a little small group in your classroom but they've been doing a great job I think it's a great experience for them because we all
131know as adults that we have to go and do some things that maybe aren't in our comfort zones but with this group of people their peers they feel a little bit safer And hopefully after this experience it'll kind of feed a fire and they'll want to do it more and more Really music can tap into that creativity that a lot of kids just naturally have but seems to dissipate often as they get older So we're tapping into that creativity giving them that self-expression So for a lot of our kids this is their first opportunity to get up in front of people especially in a venue this big seeing that big smiles in their faces especially at the end when they're coming off the stage excitement and you know this is a good opportunity for them
132to perform and show off for their families their teachers their uh classmates and greater Dayton community I think Dayton Public Schools has a huge amount of talent in our district and we're happy to be here showing that off today Hi everyone Today I'm going to talk to you about bus safety Every day thousands of day and public school students ride the bus to and from school and it's important to know how to stay safe First things first make sure to get to your bus stop at least 10 minutes early And while you're waiting stand in a safe spot away from the road Once the bus arrives go straight to your seat so the bus can start moving again And remember while you're on the bus stay seated and keep the aisles and exits clear Just
133like in a classroom listen to the driver and follow their instructions This includes no foul language no sticking your arms or head out the windows and no eating or drinking on the bus Lastly make sure you only get off the bus at your assigned stop and be sure to walk home safely Let's all work together to follow these rules and keep our bus ride safe for everyone Thanks for listening and stay safe DPS Hi I'm Katie Philpot preschool intervention specialist at Rosa Parks Early Learning Center My position is to educate all preschoolers who come through our doors into our classroom and service students on an IEP individualized education plan And it's a way that all students can access the curriculum and education The kids are vibrant and excited every day to come to school and
134they're learning literally how to school and that's so important DPS has lots of opportunities for growth They give you ample professional development hours which you need for your degree to continue on teaching It's a great place where you're going to meet all kinds of people You're going to meet every kind of student there is And there's going to be challenges for sure But when you handle those challenges and overcome them you'll feel so proud of yourself I enjoy the people I work with They are some of the best human beings you will find on this planet Um I enjoy how there is a preschool program for families who want access to that That's very important to the K12 curriculum It's a great place to be And if you look around the buildings you will see
135active learning You will see bulletin boards with the learning on it So you know that there are great things happening in the classrooms Every child who enters our classroom feels that their learning is important and that they are valued and they are important So being the one to do that is like a warm fuzzy hug Let's see No she couldn't have because we talked about it in there Can I make a You got to be kidding me Who's this he went to school with you Sean J What about me that's crazy Crazy Where'd you get that from where'd you get that from brother and sister Let the record show that the board of education of Dayton City School has just completed executive session during which is considered the appointment or dismissal of a public employee
136I move that we exit executive session Second move is second Any questions seeing none may we have a vote president Goodwin Yes Brother and sister Dr Bailey Dr Bailey Uh yes Mr Lacy Yes Mr Smith Yes Miss Rhinard Yes Mr Walker Yes Miss Wick Yes Seven yeses Oh man All right We move forward with the motion to reconsider And these are on the item items of last week even though we'll have to make a change on the actual motion to one of the individuals And this is reconsidering the actions taken or not act taken on what I say A7 813 from last week That's correct All right This is the approval to to reconsider them Yes Okay We've already voted We've already voted for that So this is redoing the vote Yeah Redoing the vote
137redu Okay Okay Yes Okay It says right here Yes I got it I got it I got it Yes Okay President Goodwin Yes Dr Bailey Yes Mr Lacy Yes Mr Smith Which one we vote on both of them Make the Can I make Yeah we're voting on both of them knowing that the other one has to be changed in a new motion Okay It's just a reconsidering from different position like undoing the vote But we already did that Yeah we've already did that We already did that No we did a motion to reconsider Now we're redoing the vote But so to be redoing the vote Hold on Are we doing Yeah you we've already So last week's action will be voting on what was there before So now we're just I need to change that
138Now we're doing superintendent items right now I have to change my uh vote So point of information Point of information I'm a little confused now I believe what we have to do is that and then now we're revoting on them No So I think what we have to do you have to pull back your current motion because we've already done the motion to reconsider So the action last week is it's gone now It's gone So now they're on this agenda today and we can pull that item individually that needs to be changed to reflect and then just move forward with everything else That's not how we like when we've done most of the reconsider We voted to do the reconsideration and then we do the actual vote on correct But these ones are already on
139here for a vote tonight for something else that was I know I understand what you guys are saying I'm saying when you do the motion to reconsider the first thing is can we do a motion to reconsider that's yes The second part is to actually redo the vote on them But we're not redoing a vote We are new We did vote on them So I have to do that redo redo the vote for them to be able to come over here or amend or do another motion to reconsider to say something different than what we usually do That is what we would need to do cuz we're changing this into a different vote like the vote So but we're in the middle of a vote right now So we have to finish this vote now
140What up you can So this one is redoing redo the rec reconsider Yes Okay Like we're doing an actual vote that we're recoing We've already we've already decided that we were going to reconsider the vote So now we voting now we're voting on A7 and A13 from last week Okay And can I can we start the vote over please but can I vote on them separate can we vote on them separately please can we vote on A7 first and then A13 second would you like to make that motion you cannot make a motion that's currently inside of a current So I can I can admit my motion to vote separately Yes Okay So now it's A7 So we're voting on A7 A7 first from last week Correct Okay And then we're going to vote on
141A13 Okay Okay I'm I'm with you now All right Let me just make sure I got the right person Dr Goodwin give me one second No No Okay On the A7 Okay A7 Uh Dr Bailey No Mr Lacy No Mr Smith no Miss Reinard no Mr Walker no Miss Wick no Okay Seven No On A7 Okay Now A13 And before we do that let me just ask a question Dr Lawrence you do have you do have something in writing on this individual correct uh I have something in the answer was yes Okay that's what I need to know Yes to transportation journalist is what it says That's all I need to know Okay go ahead So this position So now we're going on A13 to accept the resignation or not I just needed to get
142clear which is why I broke them up President Goodwin no Dr Bailey no Mr Lacy no Mr Smith No Miss Rhina No Mr Walker No Miss Got it Seven No Okay On to your first recommendation Dr Lawrence I'd like to recommend the approval of the following administrative appointments And I'd like to change A3 to location transportation position transportation generalist But this is not a resignation No So you also want to say that you want to take off resignation too Yes So we are taking off resignation going for resignation and reassignment All right So say it all together So let's go So yeah approval of the following administrative appointments A3 that you see in executive content that is not a resignation We're going from um reassignment So location is reassignment from Wagaman to the transportation center
143and the position is from dean to transportation generalist So move who did give it to Dr Bailey do you want to be the second And Mr Walker the second Any questions on the motion yes Go ahead Do we move for a second vote for replacements that's fine Anything else all right Madam Treasure maybe I have a vote Okay President Goodwin Yes Dr Bailey Yes Mr Lacy Yes Mr Smith Yes Miss Rhina Yes Mr Walker Yes Miss Wick Yes Seven yeses All right This vote is on the placements a vote Is this the one where Dr Lawrence is making his You want to say a piece on I I already said it No contractional piece on the recommendation that you had for us uh the contract piece of accepting the 9enters Oh gotcha Gotcha Yeah I'd
144just like to say that um this was I think when we passed the first um first schedule in November it was voted on then I think it's voted on a second time as well in terms of 9% So we want to come to a compromise We heard board members we heard uh staff members and we've come to a compromise and this kind of for us splits the difference and gives staff members a chance to uh continue their education and also not lose the entire 9% but also put us in a position where we move toward an organization where in all the leadership roles you have a a degree Dr Dr Bley will you accept the friendly amendment a motion amendment that these contracts have for the individuals who do not have degrees the conditions of
145them either that's listed in the contract of them enrolling in school by the August date maintaining that piece and if they don't do that they they could possibly be moved to DSS's Yes I accept All right So point point of information on that um individuals whose salaries are there and if we're saying that come August they have to be enrolled into a program their salary would not decrease for this upcoming contract year but for the following they could be moved to the other position That is correct Okay I just want to clear Thank you So do we move them to the lead salary or how is it according to this one which the one on here the offer that is out I believe is at the 9% once they show they're in there then they
146go up is that the language that's in there y all right okay it's the way they are we roll them yep the way it is on here okay all right thank have a vote but before we call the vote I just want to be clear that if individuals on the admin placement feel that they are not placed in the right column they can appeal that to the superintendent Okay Question Go ahead So Dr Lawrence um how can we make this clear for folk who would like to appeal what is the deadline what is the time frame because then also I know these changes then create more work for our treasur So while I feel I would much rather have this done when the mistakes or people's perceived mistakes are corrected what is that timeline for
147folk look like uh that works best with the treasur and then maybe madam treasur what would work for you if there are changes when would you need to have them by to be able to fully go through with them with fewer mistakes i would just say that there really No you go ahead I'm sorry That should be in June because we have to roll them July 1st for July 1st So we need all mistakes corrected by June June 30th Yeah By June 15 Yeah June business meeting June 15 Does that work for you june business meeting works And board me Uh yes June June business meeting works Will will something be sent out to staff letting them know the time frame that they have to appeal this placement mhm Absolutely Anything else that we have
148a vote dr Goodwin Yes Dr Bailey Yes Mr Lacy Yes Mr Smith Yes Please reach out to the staff so we can fix these mistakes Miss Rhina yes Mr Walker yes Miss Wick yes Seven yeses Your next recommendation my next recommendation I recommend the approval of the following certified appointments Can I make a motion to take C through E together is there a second second C through E together All right Madam Chair any questions yes Uh for the DSS placement will that staff have the same opportunity if they want to appeal the placement yeah the letter that we send out for notification They're all in the same email thread Right Appreciate you Question please Madam President Go ahead Um B25 if we have B25 on here is there a reason for F letter F I
149was actually going to ask for a friendly amendment to accept F with it They all typically accompany with a resolution via our legal team Actually let me make sure I'm looking at the same issue My bad Because those two things those two things go against each other directly Yeah cuz one is one is saying that in lie of it's a resignation and the other one is a resolution for termination Dr Dr I'd like to the resol Yeah the resolution by the resolution is wish forward The B25 should be taken off should be removed Friendly amendment accepted Thank you It wasn't your motion was but he accepted it I I mean I'm fine with I guess I'm just curious So on on one part it it's saying in lie of right and then the other one
150is a full thing Yeah What I think happened was in that conversation um what you see in executive content in lie of that was process and negotiations and we we didn't get to where we should be So then you see what happened underneath that Yeah My my issue is Okay Okay All right Madam Treasure Any other questions um we're not putting we're not putting the what's that F on there we're not having F in your vote Correct No it was an amendment to add F It amendment to add F and to take out the I like to vote separately on F That's fine So we voting C to E without without B25 I don't even have a B25 This way at the bottom Okay I see it I see it All right Go ahead Yeah
151it goes B1 through four All right So yeah everything C through E without B25 Yes All right President abstain Dr Bailey Yes Mr Lacy Yes Mr Smith My mom is still looking through See if I need to say yes for now Okay Ra yes Mr Walker yes Miss Wick yes six yeses one abstain now vote no F question ma'am go ahead all right so Dr arts Mhm In lie of the fact that we have no one here from HR to tell us about this or to give us any information on what happened what went on like even the resolution It is very to me it is very sketchy and not full of anything or any information that actually leads me to be able to vote in a way without me just blindly accepting what is
152put forth in front of me Um that is troubling especially with the fact that we had two different motions or two different avenues on the same agenda and we're just removing one Like that is just concerning and troubling for me as a board member to just walk into it and then not have anyone here that could go in and answer those questions What well publicly what questions would you like to ask ain't nothing I don't ask publicly and not trying to I mean no one's here if we even went to an executive So I just I mean I can't do nothing I was involved in the situation intimately But you there's nothing in there that talks about like so there's a date that's in here when these things start Mhm The date around training and
153being told how to do these things is months later So we're talking about something that was the beginning of the school year and then we're talking about a training on these things about a month ago I would call the board's attention to the uh how the money was returned how the assets were returned and also to the board's attention to previous incidents Um so for us it's a it's a pattern but that's what I'm saying There's nothing in here of that So I'm saying we're being told to accept a pattern without being shown a pattern That is troubling You're telling me to accept what you're saying without being able to show that what you are saying is actually true I think the contents of the resolution are pretty clear Can I can I add that
154I I don't want us to say previous patterns of this individual because this body voted differently on what was recommended for this individual in the past That's what it looks like Looks like this individual had something came up and now we're trying to get another reason to do this to an individual because we're talking patterns and all these things that are not laid out in the resolution All right Are other members ready to vote on this one we have Yeah Before it was C to E and that now that it's refreshed Yeah Should only be A through E There's no F Okay So what did what was taken out of A of All right Yeah We voted for C to E already We now when we refresh it's something the executive session executive session was
155put on there and now it's gone I see Okay I Yeah I don't do that So it should be B voting on B CD and then voting on E So can I do a motion to reconsider for item E can we just correct the record because it's it's a clerical mistake because it was that one there So yeah B Yeah it's just a clerical correction E is the one we're voting on now because there wasn't There shouldn't have been So B through B through D was together E is separate That's what the motion is out right now for All right All right Are we ready to vote mr has a brought up his thing Any everyone else ready to vote yes All right Madam Treasure maybe we have a vote Okay President Goodwin yes Dr
156Bailey yes Mr Lacy yes Mr Smith abstain Miss Reard yes Mr Walker abstain Miss Wick yes five years to abstain Can I Thank you Does that That concludes my recommendations Dr Lawrence before looking at this list Kaiser will have two assistant principles That's a the second one's a traveling one So we have two traveling principles When Miss Burl gave her um presentation you asked about what the plus two was That wasn't what she said though That was something different What did she say i thought for sure that's what she said No because I think our question was why would we pay individuals to travel around the building the same salary instead of being placed in one specific building and the reason I say that now is because you have at least seven or eight open
157assistant principal positions But so I already passed I just saw that one cuz I was curious about that specific person Yeah they're they're at this moment they're traveling but we still have movement among us right now All right Madam Treasur five forecast Okay I have a presentation first uh we need to go through Okay this uh presentation is a five-year forecast for May um and it's an update from November uh forecast So the purpose of and objectives of this forecast is to engage the board of education and the community in a long range planning and discussions of financial issues facing the school district to serve as a basis for determining the school district's ability to sign the certificate required by OC 5705 5.412 certificates to provide methods for the Ohio Department of Education and the
158Auditor of State to identify school districts with potential financial problems Oh are you projecting uh Leslie leslie are you Sugar are you projecting it showing it on the screen for the audience the five-year forecast Yeah All the board members have it up so we're following you Okay Did you get it okay Okay Before we get into the numbers a financial forecast is somewhat like a painting the future based upon a snapshot of today The five-year forecast is viewed as a key management tool and should be updated periodically In a financial forecast the numbers only tell a small part of the story For the numbers to be meaningful one must review and consider the notes and assumptions before drawing a conclusion or using the data as a basis for calculations A five-year forecast encourages the management
159teams to examine examine future years projections and identify when challenges arise This helps district management to proactive in meeting the challenges Can you go to the fourth okay Key line items The five-year forecast is divided in two sections revenue and expenditures A district a district's revenue is made up of two main sources which is local and state funding The expenditures are mainly salary and benefits purchase services and supplies and materials Okay On this forecast we have concerns fiscal year 26 and fiscal year 27 state budget legisl legislative concerns The governor's budget called for 103 million less for public schools and 448 million more for vouchers and private schools There are 14 proposed laws to impact local property taxes and vouchers that could reduce local funding for all public schools in Ohio HB96 is among the
160most egregious and the most serious concern to all public schools districts It would eliminate the fair school funding plan calling a temporary foundation funding I don't know suspending fuse and sixes year of the phase in limit school district carryover cash balance to 30% of the prior year expenditures empower county county budget commissioners to suspend voter approved levies and uh disregard the 20 mil floor So as you can see on this one uh fiscal year 26 27 state budget timeline the timeline is February 4 2025 governor summit and the next one is house passes uh HB96 We are here now The yellow Senate uh passes it will uh should pass late May We are our forecast is due this month by the end of this month Conference committee late June So July our physical year start
161July 1st physical year starts So we are in labor So this is the timeline The state the the Senate is now deliberating state foundation funding and property tax for schools House Bill 96 provisions will be taken up by the Senate and the outcome unknown at this time The Senate has five pending pieces of the legislation concerning property tax taxation The state budget process will not be finalized until the end of June Our five-year forecast has to be filed by the end of May which is tomorrow We will file the forecast with our current state funding level and the property tax laws at at this time So our district financial story overview House Bill 33 continue to face in of the fair fund school funding plan 24 fiscal year 24 and 25 Current funding has us
162as a guaranteed through fiscal year 25 SR funds that helped us as increased general fund for physical fund balances fiscal year 21 to 24 ended in September 2024 Fiscal year future funding is uncertain still for 26 to 29 since in this forecast we have two bianiums um we receive 62% since we receive 62% of our revenue from the state funding of Ohio and 38% is from our local So still we are waiting on those We are on the guarantee and HP96 the governor's proposed uh budget will reduce funding might reduce funding by 5% for the uh budget years Our district financial story continued There are several property tax reforms being proposed by the legislator that could impact our local revenues in the future We will not know what these are until later this year If
163the state of Ohio cuts and reduces our state funding and severely impacts our ability to raise local funding our district will need to make cuts or to go to our um community for more levies Under current laws and state funding we are projecting a negative fund balance in 2028 So since this is a um a repeat of uh the November our November uh we compared our November forecast to this forecast We are really our forecast is very good Uh we are 95.9% accurate compared to November in our revenue The same thing 95.4% accurate compared to November So only one month left and uh really we are within our forecast So now when we go to the next one you see the blue is the our revenue So our revenue is when you see on the
164forecast it's flat but our expenditures are rising up Due to the expenditure rising up and our revenue is flat our fund balance goes down So we see we will have a negative fund balance in 2028 If I may really quickly treasure interrupt you and let the audience and the people here know there's consistently this disconnect between what's projected and what's um the under board docs Um there is more detail if you go under board docs and look at the um the five-year forecast under board docs There's numbers attached to this graph just so you know I just need to point that out Um it's okay Go on Yeah Leslie did you download it always I don't It's okay Go ahead Okay Thank you Okay Uh the next slide is local revenues versus state revenues Just
165to show you how our revenues are trending It's flat and uh how uh our revenue in local to uh local our taxes that's the trend as you can see HB uh house bill 110 restores funding to fiscal year 21 levels when considering uh district payment So that's what that's the reason why it's flat Uh House Bill 33 reflected in 2229 shows no significant uh change in revenue or state support So we need to consider or pay attention to our expenditures on this The next slide shows our revenues Our revenue so far is 238.9 million So from where do they come state fun is state foundation from the state we have 62% and from local is 38% So we have to really we are heavily dependent on our state revenues We are showing here is estimated
166um general fund expenditures for fiscal year 2025 We only have one uh months left and u this is where we are What we spend is our spending is in our uh salaries salaries are 54% and um our uh benefits are 18% So really it's not uh that impactful This one is the next Still it's not showing We're on page 15 Yeah Okay Okay Estimated general fund expenditures by object for the forecast year So this is the expenditures as in the prior uh prior slide we showed you the revenues This one is we are showing you the expenditures Our expenditures are rising but our revenue stayed flat That's the reason why we put this one for the um forecast years The next go next next slide is okay fund ending cash balance as a two cash
167days This what it's showing us is if we don't receive any money uh receipts how long can we go so it shows the prior years actual years high because we you we had the ser funding So we were protecting our general fund and we have fund balances So in 2022 we could have gone 249 days without getting any other revenues In 2023 227 days In 2024 212 In 2025 145 2026 101 and 2027 65 After that we don't have a fund balance to go without So It it's shows it's showing us deepening into our fund balance general uh revenue concerns what we have HP uh 33 the banium budget the fair school funding plan made many changes to the state funding payments and expenditures but left as guaranteed Uh two state by name budget 20
168uh 26 27 and 2829 So those are unknown Uh a student student wellness success funds now it is in general fund So we have to take care on that one SR3 expenditures moved to the general fund in 2025 So our general fund is carrying all those expenditures uh must continue to review the uh student wellness success general fund costs and adjust budget because of we are since we are still projecting uh negative Watch the recommendation of the joint committee pro committee on property tax reforms Mhm That's it on this one Do you have any question i'm going say thank you for the presentation I think there's a lot of key things to hone in on here too but I something I've been asking the our board leadership team to continuously look at is our reality
169is that we cannot maintain without and seeing some increase somewhere on the things that we brought in when we got that surplus of funds from ESSER and now we're out of ESSER and at a certain point we do have to make those those cuts and start to start scaling Even though we are actively trying to bring more students in to help the revenue as you guys saw on the beginning of the slide the amount that goes out to vouchers is still a a large amount 448 million on the second slide there So that those the realities of some decisions that this board will face are we are getting closer to them not farther away So I do thank you for the presentation Are there any other comments from the board go ahead Um thank you
170treasure I want to point out on slide 16 um we've been talking a little bit um about the cash carryover cap that is part of uh House Bill 96 That would be particularly devastating for almost every single district Yes In the state Um and I want to point out what you put on the slide The GFOA which is the government finance officers association recommends 60 days or two months of unencumbered reserves It is best practices It is yes wise uh financial um fiscal responsibility on our part to have cash reserves You never know what will happen Um our bond rating will go down Um it will affect the types of loans that we can take out Um so I thank you for putting these numbers out there for the district treasur Thank you Thank you
171Thank you Any other comments all right Madam Treasur your first recommendation Okay I recommend the approval of the five-year forecast for uh May So move second moved by Mr Lacy Second by Dr Goodwin Any questions on the motion seeing none may we have a vote president Goodwin yes Dr Bailey yes Mr Lacy yes Mr Smith yes Miss Reard yes Mr Walker let the record show that he left the meeting at 7:00 p.m Okay Miss Wick Yes Six yeses Thank you Does that conclude your recommendations yes Dr Jones your first recommendation Thank you Madam President Uh first I'd like to recommend ratification of the lease agreement at 1516 Stanley Avenue Is there a motion so move Is there I second it Quick question for you cuz it's not open up on here Need to be for
172voting Is this the same lease that was on the review session in May cuz that's the one I can see I can't see the one Uh May 13th Yes Yes With the four-year term Yes ma'am Okay Any questions on the motion and if anyone needs to see it it's on the review session meeting All right M may we have a vote president Goodwin yes Dr Bailey yes Mr Lacy yes Mr Smith yes Miss Reard yes Mr Walker oh sorry Uh Miss Wick Yes Six yeses Okay Okay I believe next you have a presentation prior to your recommendation or would you like to just jump into your recommendation actually I'd like to just jump into the recommendation Go ahead Let's see Just say the magic words Get to the right page here Okay So uh for
173the sake of brevity uh what you are um looking at here is a breakdown of the work that needs to be completed in each one of our buildings Okay and so um the the cost don't be alarmed by it uh because those are you know the going rates We took the best estimates of what uh HVAC would cost or a roof will cost at Thirdwood for instance And so um nothing is etched in stone in terms of when the work will occur And so what I am uh seeking is ratification of the capital plan uh based on the estimations of um the costs Quick question for you Yes ma'am This is a continuence of the fund 007 that was created Yes sir Last week and that is the way that we can utilize the fund
174Is that correct yes ma'am Yes All right Is there a motion so moved Second Second Moved by Miss Riner Second by Mr Lacy Any questions on the motion seeing none may we have a vote president Goodwin Yes Dr Bailey yes Mr Lacy yes Mr Smith yes Miss Reard Yes Mr Miss Wick Yes Six Yeses Thank you Dr Jones All right Next we have our policies Can you guys open the No but it's below Oh okay I see it's below Okay All right In so much of the board of education is committed to the continuing updating of its policies rules and regulations Manual The committee which was appointed has been working towards that goal The following are brought at this time for second reading in compliance with board file Now therefore be resolved that the board
175of education of Vegas City School District McGomery County Ohio hereby accepts and adopts the following policies which have been codified for inclusion in the handbook policies rules and regulations I move that we adopt the policies below Is there a second second Any questions on the motion yes Can we move GBCC for a separate vote yes All right You have that Madam Chair yes All right May have a vote Okay President Goodwin Yes Dr Bailey Yes Mr Lacy Yes Mr Smith Yes Miss Rhinard Yes Miss Wig Yes Okay All right GBCC can I have a go go ahead You have comments yes I would want to stress once again the importance of our leadership of creating if this will go through to create their own dress codes as I believe as is stated right now creates
176a overreach of extraneous nature for our staff which doesn't align in my mind with better academic outcomes seeing as I look across our our area and none of our high performing schools have similar things placed on their staff So if this does go through I would express my desire for all of our staff to work to create their own dress codes that better reflect the needs of their individual buildings and individual spaces Cuz as I look at this now I see no need for a a staff member in an elementary school to be dressed business professional dayto-day doesn't work for them than what they do So as I said before hope they get there and do their owns because as it stands now we're putting things on people that better performing districts don't even have
177on their staff So for me if it doesn't produce better outcomes and it only creates another reason for a staff member to want to pick another place to work can't go for it All right any other questions or comments seeing none may we have a vote presidential Dwayne Yes Dr Bailey yes Mr Lacy yes Mr Smith no Miss Rhina yes Mr Miss Wick yes Five yeses one no Motion to adjurnn So moved Second Moved by Miss Riner second by Mr Lacy Any May we have a vote president Goodwin Yes Dr Bailey Yes Mr Lacy Yes Mr Smith Yeah Miss Reard Yes Miss Wick Yes six yeses All right see you guys again on the 28th No we have a meeting No Yeah the 28th We have a board retreat at some point No we have
178a meeting Never mind Bye