RSU73 School Board Budget Meeting 2/5/26

001Please stand to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. Welcome everybody to the budget review meeting. Um Laura, uh the only one that I have absent on my books is Dawn Emmery. Um okay. >> No public comment. No public comment. >> [snorts] >> I I know he's missing, but I haven't heard from him is what I mean. I just >> Go ahead, Scott. >> Good evening. Um, the only things we won't be going over tonight is the adult ed budget and the food service budget. That'll be next time. We're hoping next time for adult ed. We got news from the state. It was a surprise to all adult ed directors and superintendent and even the person

002who runs adult ed for the state that they've changed the funding formula. They didn't put it in the ED279 and didn't tell anybody that they were going to do that. So hopefully we'll find out in the next few days how that direct directly will fund that. So we'll be able to be all set with the program. It's kind of hard to tweak the budget if you don't even know what the state has decided how they're going to give you money for the budget. So, that'll be coming up. So, tonight we'll go over all the other lines. You should have the 34 page budget and we'll go down line per line. If you have questions, feel free to ask. Um, and then once I go through system administration, then our administrators will come up and sit

003right up close for you guys and they'll go down through their section of the budget as well. Um, there is a sheet in front of you um that just talks about all the cuts that have been made so far up to this point in time cuz remember the process is uh the principal start gathering stuff in December and then right after vacation they handed it all over to Crystal and I. um over vacation. Crystal and Laura do a fantastic job for us. They carry all the stuff over from last year's uh the money from last year and all the salaries and everything. So that all that stuff has to be carried over. And then after we got all that stuff carried over, then we met individually with each building administrator and manager to go through

004their budget. And that's where some of these cuts came from from their original budget. So it would have been $62,000 and $862 two $62,862 more than what it's showing right now for your first look at the budget. So >> if you do have questions, please uh wait for me to recognize you so that we're not talking over one another. Thank you. >> So under school board number one director stipens, we have the same amount in here as last year. um that is $25 for any meeting that you guys go to uh throughout the year. Um it's also uh a $2,500 stipen that we at this point in time is Mr. Hollingsworth. Whoever is running our YouTube and our live feed for us remember the statute only says that we have to have minutes. We don't

005have to do those things, but ever since co, we've pretty much done those things. And I think the public appreciates the fact that they get to see what's going on without actually necessarily have to coming out, especially on a cold day or whatever. So, that's what's sitting there. Uh, line number two is benefits. We have to pay benefits for all you guys. It's just the way it is. Uh, number line number three is contracted professional. That's our audit. That's what we pay our auditor. Um, so that's what comes out of contract professionals. Line number three is our audit. Line number four is our legal fees. This year was a little bit higher than it has been in the past, but we didn't go up from last year. It was just a a rare year. The

006big one, the big jump is line five. That's liability insurance. At the moment, we've budgeted 25% more than what we actually spent this past year. Not 25% more than what we budgeted last time, but 25% more than what we've paid this year. That's the big jump. That's the $10,925 jump. General supplies stay the same. General supplies are papers and folders and things like this in order to put the board meetings on, uh, etc. And then dues and fees is the same as last time. That's to belong to the main school board association. Um what's the other one you guys take? We also in order to belong to the Limmore Falls Chamber of Commerce. So those are the where the fees come from under school board. Does anybody have any questions about what's in the school

007board for us right now? Danielle. >> Um thank you. Uh so we've con or Thank you. Um, budgeted, sorry, words were not working there for a second. Budgeted 25% more for the liability insurance. Can we just talk about why like what >> because that's what's being predicted. That's what we're hearing out there as a prediction. We don't we don't >> know that that's exactly what it's going to be. But you'll see when also when father in here when we talk about benefits for Anthem, we've budgeted 15% increase for Anthem because that's what the rumor is out there that we're hearing from other people. We don't know and we won't know until usually after the budget vote, but >> Okay. Is this like a statewide kind of we're hearing thing? Okay, cool. Thank you. >> You're

008welcome. Any other questions on the school board part, Tanya? >> Yes, there are. Is there any way is there a techn technology class or a video class? Something that maybe the students could take on setting up YouTube and stuff for our meetings and get credit for it. >> It's a possibility we can look at. >> I just think it would be a great hands-on thing for them. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Don't know if that's something we could look into. >> Y anything else? Okay. Superintendent's office line eight. That's my salary. I got a 3% raise from last year. Uh line nine is sec and that's contractual. Line nine is salaries for the secretary. That's our one secretary that we have. That was also a 3% raise contractually. Um you'll see my benefits in line

00910 have gone up. That's part of the 15% of Anthem. Uh line 11 benefits happen to go down. Sometimes you have a lane change as we call it. You could be you might be single and get married. You might uh have a baby. Uh so that can change from year to year what your cost is whether you fall in a single two adults adult with child or full family. So that's why that can move. So that one actually happened to go down. Um main pers is main state retirement amount that we have to pay by law to do that. Line 13 is postage. Same amount as last year. A year or so ago we went over. This year we're right about where we should be. So we'll see what happens with that. Line 14 is

010advertising. When we post for positions. Um we can post on certain things that are free, but then there are certain things places we have to post that does there is a fee. Whenever you post anything in the newspaper, there's a fee for postings for positions. Um, line 15 is professional development and travel. You've seen that it this year it's going down $1,295 I should say for next year cuz this year I am taking a class that I have to take for reertification. Next year I won't be taking a class. So that's why that line went down. Um, general supplies we kept it the same. That's for same thing. Everything that we have in our office that we need for the superintendent for supplies, that's where it comes from. And then dues and fees, that's for

011me. I belong to and as part of my contract, I belong to two organizations for superintendents. One's for the state and one's for federal. So, does anybody have any questions under the superintendent's office? Okay, then we go to the business office. business manager salary 3%. Uh salary support. Now support is for us is um payroll and accounts payable. And before we also had a half-time support person as you'll see on that list of cuts. We cut out that halftime support person. That was a 20hour position with no benefits. Um so it's dropped 17 was really would have dropped that line would have dropped 27,000 if it was just that. But if then you include the other two people's raise. So then it's a $17,000 difference because that position was a $27,000 position half-time person. We

012weren't able to fill it this year. So we said that's a perfect time to say we're not going to have it in our budget for next year. Jody, >> what did that position do and who is taking over the that 20 hours of work? That person did a lot of different things. Uh they were they kept track of subs. They helped Regina in payroll. Um they answered phones. They did a lot of paperwork off the people are picking up extra. I mean we've we've done it some of the stuff before that we've done. I've filed before. Uh paperwork. Crystal picks up a little bit. Laura picks up a little bit. We all try to help each other out to make sure we can get the things done. We also now have a different payroll system

013that Regina is learning and should be more automatic and hopefully a little bit less paperwork with that piece. So, yeah. >> Yeah. I just wanted clarification that maybe there were some system changes to lessen a workload >> and and the reason before >> why we're not filling it. So, >> thank you. >> And then, you know, benefits, same thing as we talked about before. It's most of that is Anthem 15%. Uh professional courses and training they're not they're doing less training. Usually we're lucky we get that through MASBO so it doesn't cost us as much. That's business managers association. A lot of times we get some of the training is free through that because we belong to that. Um professional development travel has stayed the same. The general supplies have stayed the same and the

014dues and fees went up but that's where MASBO comes in. That's part of their dues and fees. But then sometimes you get free training when you belong to uh the business managers association. Does anybody have any questions under the business office? Now those three areas is what is considered total system administration. So when you see on the warrant and when you see this sheet here with all the different lines remember we don't decide that this that's the state how they break it down into the warrants and that's considered system administration. So those three areas when you see whatever the cost is for system administration is those three areas right there. So are there any questions on system administration? Oh, okay. Good. So, we can have our principles come on up and they're going to sit

015there and go through their sections and when they're done later on, then we'll have Sherry, Wayne, and Norma come up cuz they're at the end of the budget. So, they'll go through the cycle. If you have questions for them, feel free to ask. this up. They can't answer. Hopefully Crystal and I can >> ready to go. Do you want me to bring begin with my salary or just what I control? >> Yeah, you can go. You can say line 27. I mean, I know you don't control your salary, but >> that's line 27 is my salary with contractually my increase. Um 504 coordinator position is her position. And >> test two. >> Is that better? >> No, you hear me? >> I can talk louder. [laughter] You good? Better. >> Now we got an echo

016going on over here. >> [laughter] >> Um admin assistant support that is the dean of students position salaries for secretary is my admin assistant the substitutes line 31 is the substitute whenever she is out secretary benefits >> secretary substitute >> yes not substitute >> that would be in the next one. >> That's in the regular ed area. Yeah. >> Okay. >> The benefits for me would be line 33 504 coordinator benefits. The admin assistant benefits benefits for support. Main PERS is what we put into for mainstay retirement as well as the 504 and admin assistant contracted resources for the SRO. I feel like I'm fluctuating here. Oh, maybe that's a good idea be for his work in my building. >> Oh, my question. >> I'm sorry. Go ahead. >> Hi. I I guess it would

017be really helpful if you can talk about the changes in in these the end numbers because I noticed online um uh we're down 24,000 >> that's due to >> Yep. number 35. That's that's that's due to a line change. We remember when we put this in the budget last year, we didn't know who was going to be in that position. So, we put in a certain salary amount and we put in full family cuz you want to make sure you had enough to make sure depending on who you hired and we hired somebody who isn't taking full family. So, that's why that number is down. >> Thank you. I appreciate that cuz not everybody knows that. And you'll also see the 504 piece in there cuz remember we have a halftime 504 person and a

018half time special ed director. It's the same person. Her special ed assistant special ed director will come out of the special ed budget. The 504 coordinator stuff is divided by the four schools that she works in. So you'll see that in each of the four school areas. >> And I'm going to assume that's the same for the school resource officer. >> Yes. divided by all four schools. >> It's all divided by all four for the school resource officer, but it's more I want to say like 25% comes out of TJ's, 25% comes out of the middle school, and the rest is is no, actually, no, it's like >> going to say >> 30 or 40% for the two of them and only like 10 10% for each of you guys. Cuz originally when we designed

019the school resource officer, we thought they would be spending a lot more time at the middle school and high school. Not always the case, but that's how it's divided up financially. So, For postage, I decreased that line by $400. More of a digital person these days, so that helps. Um, for printing, that stayed the same. For conferences and tra Sorry, that's really echoey. For conferences and travel, we are down 300 in that line. general supplies. I am up 410 because I am including the Thank you. Is that better? Direction from Elaine. Thank you. I like it. All right. Um resources for the dean of students. So that's why that one's up 410 because her instructional supplies. she runs a leadership team and there's a lot of things that come with her role that she's implementing

020in the school. Um, and so I added that into that budget instead of the teacher supply budget, if that makes sense. Um, books and periodicals um was at zero. We added 100 to that for books and periodicals for her and I dues and fees stayed the same. And that comes that's the my MPA conferences things like that that come out of that line and I attend several throughout the year. >> Oh, hang on. >> The um substitutes that jumped quite a bit. Was that a long-term thing or what happened there? Um I think it was hang on just one second. Substitute for >> So for 31 >> our actual >> the actual went up quite >> the actual is the 3507 for this year. It went up. >> It went up a lot. Okay. Is

021>> she used a quite a bit of sick time. >> Okay. I'm just waiting to see if there okay. Uh so line 47 is uh my salary with the increase. Um 504 coordinator divided amongst four buildings. Salary admin assistant is the dean of students. um which uh Matt transitioned from the art teacher to the Dina students and he's been in education for a lot of for many many years. So that's why that salary has increased as much as it had and we didn't know who it was going to be. >> Yeah. And really it didn't increase for what he's making this year is what we had we had posted it as in last year's budget. So we'll be covering that. But because that's what we put in for a number last year, it looks like

022he's he did not get a you know a $26,000 raise. That's not what he did. That's just the way it is. So >> yeah, I mean he was already in the budget under the teacher side. >> Uh the salaries for the principles is projecting because we are in negotiations. So yep. And then you have uh salary secretary line 50. Um subs for the secretary is 51. Uh benefits for subs 52. Um benefits for principal you can see mine went down 5500 because I no longer take the district insurance. Um so I take the inlue of so that went down. >> So you don't have any sub secretaries? >> Yeah. Substitutes line 51. It just says substitutes. >> I did zero. >> Yeah, it should be. >> It's zeros. So, you're not getting anything. >> Well,

023it should be. >> Yeah, we didn't put any in that line for the last two years. So, that's the way it's sitting. >> Yeah, we have other people that fill in. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I just like I said, it says zero. So, Uh, >> 504 coordinator benefits. Um, admin assistant benefits, Dina students, uh, benefits for support staff. Uh, main state retirement. I don't know who that's for. 57. That mean >> what's the 57 and 58? >> What what's 57 crystal sub? That's >> okay for that makes sense. It's zero. >> Yeah. Sometimes you could have a sub that has mainstate retirement, believe it or not. So [snorts] >> and then line 59 is 504 coordinator retirement. Uh 60 is admin assistant, retirement, dena of students. Uh 61 is professional courses. Um it's going down.

024I don't need as many courses. So that's why it went down $1,800. Uh SRO divided between the four buildings is 62. Postage is 63. We went down 100. That's for anything that leaves the building. Any piece of mail, any any of the students uh records that we have to mail. And our best guess is 1,200 cuz you never know how many are leaving each year. And some of those files are quite heavy and cost pretty penny to send. Um conference and travel is uh for me any conferences or travel um that have a fee associated with it. Uh general supplies is the supplies for me, Matt, and Jess for the building. Um anything we need um to run the building. And then dues or fees are my fees for the MPA. And then we get

025a monthly $60 payment for using our cell phones for work. So that's what comes out of line 66. And we're cutting that by 150. >> Questions for Patrick. He me >> this 53 here. If it's a 5500 plus that's not being used, where does that money go? Does it go carried over to the next year? >> It's the savings. It's what we're not paying this year. So, we're paying 55 >> 12 less than we paid this current year because I'm not taking benefits. >> It doesn't go anywhere. It's just less. They're asking they're asking for less money than they asking for less money previous than the previous year. So it's doesn't go anywhere. this >> Holly on line 66 65 um 26 we had 12,600 budgeted but we actually only used $4,618. So why can't

026we cut that more than $1,100? Well, that's this year's because you have stuff that's encumbered. We have purchase orders that are open like we have a paper purchase order that we always put forundred >> high. I mean, you've only you you've only used 8,192 and 46 in years past. It still seems high. >> Something we can look at. >> Yeah. I mean, that's why we cut it $1,100 from last year. I mean, prices of everything's go up. I mean that's your big chunk for you is your paper in that particular line right cuz we all the >> paper we provide >> well we provide the laminate lamination for laminator um all the paper all the white paper all the copy paper all the colored paper all the construction paper binders staples pencils pens >> for

027the whole school. Okay, thank you. >> Uh just for a clarification uh for the adopted amount um in the same line that we were discussing the uh 12,600 where it shows the actual showing $4,618. That's just what we've used so far. Um and we still have to get to June. We still have a couple months left. Uh so with the amount that um you have listed here u and the cost of paper going up, the cost of everything going up and we anticipate that to continue going up. Um I think cutting that amount makes sense. Um and if it ends up next year that that wasn't feasible, then we can cut it back further. But I would hate to cut it back so far that they don't have their general supplies filled for the end

028of the year. That's my feeling on it. >> Well, the other thing is is I don't just like if you look, it's 117, we spent 8,100. I don't spend it unless we need it. So, if I don't spend it, it rolls back into the budget. So, it's not I don't I don't want to be without and not be able to provide for the teachers and the kids. Um, but if we don't need it, I'm not going to spend it. So it'll go into paying down the budget for the next year. So like that one 8,100 bucks. I could have spent 117 and but I'm not going to. If we don't need it, I'm not going to buy it. [snorts] >> Any other questions for Patrick? >> No. Thank you. Yeah, [clears throat] >> it's going.

029I think it's >> just hand it. >> All right, >> Pat. >> I got it. I got it. >> There you go. Sweet. >> All right, >> there we go. >> All right. Line line 67. Uh, that's my my annual salary. Line 68, that's our contribution to the 504 coordinator. Uh line 69 that salary is for the Dina students. That one went up significantly because of the contract where it went to a teacher salary. Um salary se line 70 is salaries for the secretaries. Um line 71 is my benefits. 72 is a 504 coordinator benefits. Um and 73 is benefits for the ad uh Dina students, the admin support. 74 is benefits for um for the um the secretaries and that one went down. I'm going to guess they must have taken >> probably a

030lane change. If it went down, it usually means it's a lane change. Yeah. Um 75 is main public employee retirement system. 76 504 coordinated uh retirement. 77 administration uh retirement. 78 is uh professional courses. Um I went down 2850 just because I've wanted to take a break for a couple years. Of course, this does eat up a lot of time, but I do plan on taking at least one. Um, the contractor for the SRO for line 79 is our share, which is a little bit more than the middle the primary announcement. I >> think it ends up being 36% for you and for TJ each. >> Yep. Um, line 80 is our postage. Uh, I went down uh $500 out of there. Uh that's everything that we mail out and um as the students files

031increase in size, it costs more to mail them out to middle school than it does at the elementary. Uh printing uh I tried to cut back on that conference and travel. Um I try not to go anywhere if I don't have to. So I went down on 500 on that general supply line. Um you know you see in in 25 it was 5250 I carried and only spent 3750 then I carried over the same last year and uh I decided that to go down to 4250 I think I could have get could be able to manage the office with that and then the dues and fees um that was adopted before me in 25 and then as I got more into my position I realized the different organizations that I belong to and that I

032don't need to belong to. So, I've whittleled that down over the years. >> Does the town of J still pay part of the SRO? >> Yes, they do. They pay 20%. I believe we pay 80%. Because we have them 80% of the time throughout the year. So, yeah. >> Any questions regarding the middle school budget? Tanya. >> So the assistant admin and the ad are all combined in one salary. There's no stipens. >> There's a stipen for this the athletic position which comes out the athletic. >> Oh, okay. So that's not the middle school budget. >> This is just in a different section. >> It's a different section. >> Different section. So it is a stipened on top of his salary. Okay. Y Thank you. Any other questions? >> Thank you. You're welcome. >> All

033right. Spruce Mountain High School admin. Uh the salary 85 is mine. Uh it has gone up 4,770. If we look at the 504 coordinator, 86, uh that has gone up 2,700 roughly. Uh 87 is the assistant principal ad. and uh his salary is up 3981.78 for salaries and secretaries that has gone down uh 2489. We did have a change in a secretary this year. Um so that is the change benefits for the principal uh that has gone up. That's 89. Number 90, the 504 coordinator benefits that has gone up uh 1,000 roughly benefits for the assistant principal. That is number 90. Uh that is up 25 I would say $2,600. Uh 92 which is the benefit supports uh that is up 2474. Main purse, uh, that's only up 208. Main purse for 504, that's gone

034up 120. 95. Asant principal, uh, main pers, that's up 17361. And then main pers, uh, that has gone down. I honestly don't know what that's for. Um, somebody could answer that one. I don't have that answer. So, >> yep. >> One of the new hires does not belong to Main PERS. >> Gotcha. >> Did you guys hear that? >> One of the new hires does not belong to Maine PERS. So, that's why that line went down. >> And then our contracted service number 97 for the police officer uh that has gone up, 39. And for our postage, if we look at our postage that has uh gone down $500, these are for our home mailing, scholarships, POS, athletic mailings. Um that's just one of them. We also have another postage line we'll talk about later.

035Um and uh that's during for our guidance guidance department. Printing. This is uh primarily for our certificates, diplomas, um our awards that we have at the end of the year, those types of things. Conference travel, it's gone down $200. And if you look at 101, which is general supplies for the admin, uh it has gone down $1,000, uh down to $3,500. And that is our office supplies for the office. That's including our athletic departments, office supplies, and things like that. Uh books and periodicals. I'm I'm down 150 bucks. I just haven't been using uh that money to in the past. I plan on doing a book study this next year. Uh then we have dues and fees. Uh we have gone down $2,000. Uh that is essentially we're not doing NEAS anymore. Um we've walked

036away from that. It just hasn't helped us a lot. Uh and uh we have our main uh principles association, state uh uh other uh cert uh excuse me, dues and fees that we have MVC's those types of things all come out of that line. All right. >> That's me. >> Questions for TJ? Jody, >> it's actually not for TJ, but um so is there a reason why primary has a substitute line for secretaries, but no other school does? >> It's probably because in the past they only had one they only had secretaries. They didn't have anybody else that could really fill in for them. So >> So Pat, do you have more than one secretary? No, I just have one. >> You have one. >> Would be more than happy to add money in that

037line if you like. No, >> no, no. I was making a point that secretary some other people. >> So that is total administration. So, when you see under the lines under the warrant, school administration, everything they just went over in their four buildings falls under that line. School administration, >> right? >> Just for clarification, we've been over the high school and the all the all the buildings now, and I'm looking at the sheet you gave us with the cuts that were already made. My concern um is always class numbers and we've got a third grade teacher and a fourth grade teacher. Two special ed techs. Um that concerns me about we've got a lot of kids with a lot of needs that need the extra hands-on. Do are we going to have reasonable class sizes?

038Because I know at the elementary school it's critical and in some of those special ed places it's critical. >> Yep. uh both the third and fourth grade teacher. We we had a fourth grade teacher position in the budget this year that we didn't fill. So Pat split up the numbers and they're all below 20. And looking at the numbers coming up for next year, we know we have someone retiring in third grade. And looking at the numbers coming from second grade, we can easily take them on with five teachers instead of six. for the two specialed ed techs. Those positions were not filled and we are not out of compliance by not having those positions. That was the first question that I asked Sherry that we haven't been able to fill them, but would we

039be out of compliance if we didn't have them? And she said, "No, we would not be out of compliance not having them. It's just something that it's helpful if we do, but we haven't been able to fill those positions." So, we cut them from the budget. >> Thank you. What are we looking at for classroom size in third grade? Well, you know that. >> Can we do that when we get to the actually the next section instruction? >> I'm sorry. I jumped ahead. That's all right. >> It's good. Thank you. >> Okay. >> Any other questions regarding administration? Okay. curriculum. >> Uh so this uh this section right here is uh kind of a specific curriculum. Um it just covers any kind of textbooks that we're you know we try to keep this line just

040for physical kind of textbooks. Um sometimes the lines get a little blurry because um like a large part of the money in here is for um the HMH into reading and also our into math program which has textbooks and workbooks and things like that and books to read for the for the inter reading but they also sometimes it also it's hard to separate out exactly what the software part of it is too as well but we try to do that. Um so that's the big chunk for the for the elementary school um and the um and the primary school. Um we we were up last year and and then this next year because of the the big purchase with the inter reading program for both the elementary and the primary school. Um that is we'll

041be done paying that next year. So that number should go down um for those two schools next year back to a normal kind of a kind of a number. Um, and then for next year, the middle school is actually up a little bit because, um, we not only give a certain amount of money to each English teacher at the middle school in order to buy, uh, books for their kids, um, to use in the classroom. Um, but this year, uh, actually last year, coming into this year, um, the high school and the middle school science teachers have been working together to to come up with a program that the middle school teachers can use. Um, of course there's a lot of new middle school science teachers, so they were looking for a program to use

042to be able to feed in, make sure the kids were ready for the high school. Um, and so we're looking at a at a a program that um that will be able to be used at the middle school and the teachers of and they've all kind of jumped on it. They're actually piloting it in sixth grade this year. Um, and then as long as that goes goes well, which it is right now, then we'll we'll get that for seventh and eighth grade next year. Um, and then of course the high school, it's it's mainly um that money is mainly for the English teachers for them if they need any any new um books or anything like that for their English classes. >> Jody, >> I'm confused. >> So, did you say this line is only

043for physical textbooks? So, that program that's for science has a physical book that they're using? >> Yeah, it's it's um that's one of the blurry lines. It's uh it does it has books, but it also has an island online piece and it also has science materials that come with it. So, we're kind of counting like all these um it has hands-on lessons. >> Gotcha. >> So, all the lessons come that are physical, but also all the projects have physical pieces to them. >> That was confusing. >> All right. Thank you. Yep. Any other questions regarding curriculum? >> Okay, thanks Chris. >> Back to Darcy. All right. So, we're on line 108 and that is the contracted services for the 504 salaries for teachers, salaries for the edteex. Our substitute lines not increasing. [snorts] 113 is

044the benefits for the teachers. 14 is the benefits for the ed techs. And 115 is the benefits for substitutes. Not changing. Um line 116 is for main state retirement for the teachers and 117 is the K to2 benefits for the edte. Not sure about 118 what that line is for mainstate retirement because that's >> substitutes. Thank you Crystal. Um 119 is professional courses. Um, you know, we always ask teachers ahead of time what, you know, courses they're going to be taking, so we budget for that. Um, 120 is workshops and professional training. I in December ask all teachers to submit um what workshops and trainings they find valuable and that was the cost for that and so it was up 600. Um and of course we have some cost with travel to those workshops and

045conferences. Um this year we I I know I've mentioned we became part of the PBIS cohort and so the the travel to go to Augusta and Bangor um is up from previous. I decreased instructional supplies by 5,000 as well as books and periodicals by 1500. Crystal, the change in line 110 is contracted raises. >> Yeah. >> Yes, it is. >> Yeah. >> 110. Salaries, teachers, that's under the contract. Y >> Jody, sorry you'll get tired of me. I just want to make sure I know what's what this is. So, professional courses are ones that they choose to take outside of school. Y >> and workshops and professional trainings are things that we bring into them. Is that correct? >> Or that they might go to. So, for example, we um I over the summer I

046had 11 teachers do what's called an ele it's called Elevate and they are webinar series through renown um education, you know, specialists. Um and that there's a cost for that. Um there is a cost to attend um the PBIS conference as well. That was 185 per team member. So that was an increased cost there. Um I also I wrote it down >> also Jody professional courses in their teachers contract, >> right? >> They're allowed to take courses for reertification. They have to sign up ahead of time saying they're going to take a course this year and we have to approve the course that they're taking. But that's where the professional course line is. And that was my other question is I'm assuming there's something in their contract that gives them the right >> to take

047so much professional development and are we budgeting that appropriately? >> Yep. So yeah, they have to fill out the like a pre-approval so we know ahead of time. Okay. >> And can budget accordingly. >> Okay. Awesome. Thank you. >> Other questions regarding the primary school? >> Okay. Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead, Tammy. >> Um 122, the instructional supplies. What does that [cough] >> Oh, I'm [clears throat] sorry. >> That is the supplies that teachers have to teach their children. >> Okay. Like books and >> whatever supplies they might need. >> Cuz I noticed up here there was like four things in >> four. Yeah. Their units. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> Thanks. >> All the things. Glue sticks and >> maybe a little glitter, you know. You're welcome. actually still darcy because she gets prek

048that she has to go as well. >> I do. Oh, where am I? Hold on. >> All right. So, we have the salaries for our prek teachers and the support. We have two edtes that work in the prek program as well. And then they have their benefits, their retirement contracted professionals. We have a lot of professionals that come and work with our prek um students and then their instructional supplies are 3,500 and that's just for the prek program which is roughly usually around 55 students in that program because it's two sections >> actually in that section under contracted professionals originally it used to be when we worked with head start you we hired somebody contracted professionals this past year we used it because we had to have engineering do the uh roof, take a look

049at the roof, and the money for next year is we have to pay that engineering firm once the roof is in place and built. They have to do that. It really probably should go under operation and plant, but it's always been sitting there. So, we and it's they're doing it to the primary school anyway. So, that's really where contracted services is coming this year for that line. So, we we paid a certain amount to have the engineering firm come in to tell us exactly what we needed for a roof. And then the second part of that is when if the roof goes through and they do the roof, we have someone come in to tell us that they've done it the way that's supposed to be done because that's out of my realm. I'm really

050not a roofer, so I couldn't tell you. Which year are we starting to implement um this coming? Okay. Uh with the younger kiddos, correct? Three-year-olds, I think. >> Four year olds. Okay. And do these numbers account for the that increase. >> So where >> that that will come out of special ed. It doesn't come out of here. Actually, it actually won't even show up in our budget because the state is paying for all of that. So, it won't be in our regular budget. >> Okay? >> You won't see that anymore. >> So, this change will not be reflected or we're not monetarily responsible for the change. >> That's what we've been promised from the state. We will see. I believe the first year they will do that one, you know, four or five years from

051now. Let's see what that really looks like. I don't >> No. >> Okay. Thank you. Other questions regarding prek? Okay, now you're off the hook. Um, so lines 132, 133 or 504, 134, salaries you can see, went down almost 105,000, um, which we were just talking about. So Elaine, you asked about class numbers. So, right now we have roughly 288 kids in the building. Next year, looking at it, we'll have 264. Um, that puts 83 kids in third grade, 85 in fourth grade, and 96th and fifth grade, which is the first time, I believe, since I've been principal we've been under 100 for all three. Um, so third grade with five classrooms will be 17 kids. That's just 17 kids because every kid has to be in a in a regular ed classroom and then

052you, you know, you take out your life skills kids, you kids who go for special services, um, title, all that kind of stuff. So, there won't be 17 kids in there for reading or math or writing. Um, right at 17 kids for fourth grade and 19 kids for fifth grade. So, that's where we'll stand. >> Thank you. I really appreciate that because we can be effective. I'm sorry. I didn't ask you for permission. >> I just I didn't hear the I didn't hear the fourth grade number. >> Uh 17. >> So third grade 17, fourth grade 17, fifth grade 19. >> Go ahead. >> No, that's that's good. That that works. Um and I know we're looking at decreasing population. So yeah, that's good. >> And we've had >> I don't want to see 20

053at the elementary. I mean, a few years ago, we had what that big class that went through the middle school was what 120 >> and that was >> that was probably the biggest class I've had. >> I believe we only have two grades left with over 100 kids. Most of them now are around the 82 to 84 level. So, >> thank you, Pat. >> Yep. Um 135 is salaries for the edteex in the buildings up only $644. Um, substitutes staying pretty much the same. Uh, benefits teachers, benefits edtech, um, benefits teacher, we went down 16490. Not filling those positions. Um, yep. Benefits for the subs. Uh, >> yeah. Hey Patrick, on the subs your actual was 67,025, but you're only budgeting 16,000. >> What what tends to happen with that is sometimes you have a

054long-term sub and someone's out like in this particular year, we didn't fill a position. We've had like in the library, so we've had a a sub in there. So, we're actually it goes over in that line, but it comes out of salary line because you're not spending it elsewhere. But we're trying to make >> Yeah. We're trying to show budget. I >> We're trying to show where it truly comes out of. So, it does you'll have places that are over and then places that will end up being under. >> Okay. >> And just to let you know, I don't control that line. >> I know. I I just want I just want to make sure you have what you >> Sometimes you get a long-term sub, you don't you're not planning for it, right? Absolutely.

055>> And then you get a long-term sub and then they're in there for however long. >> Thank you. >> Um Oh, let's see here. 140. I wanted to skip all those. Main state retirement for teachers. Main state retirement. I don't know. One of those is what? Subs and one's edte. 143 is professional courses for teachers. That comes back to the contractual obligation where they have to let us know. Um we're down 10 because we just teachers haven't been asking for it. um courses and training. Those are workshops like BEER, Bureau of Education Research, where they can go and get training on classroom management or different teaching styles. Um [clears throat] so we've gone down what 2,300 there just over prior years usage or lack of usage. um professional develop and travels. So if they go

056to those conferences, they can pay we can pay for travel to get there and back. Uh 146 instructional supplies um down $2,000. And then 147 is textbooks. Um that's so Chris talked about textbooks for our our programs. This is textbooks. We're more like uh our science, social studies. Make sure the teachers have what they need. um if they want to get a magazine like Scholastic Kids or Discovery Kids, um that's available for them. Uh each grade level um is going to get $1,000 to spend on science and social studies books and magazines. Um computer software, we're going uh we're cutting that by 4,000. Um we no longer use Lexia because of the reading playground that we're using now. Um so we don't have that. Uh AV materials were cutting 2,000 because uh Mr. Target was

057so kind and gave me a laminator. Uh the AV materials was always in case the laminator broke. >> Give me one cuz mine just broke. >> Oh, you want mine? You can have that one. >> It's broke. >> No, no, I got two that work. >> Oh, wonderful. >> You can have the one. Well, never mind. I need more money in that line [laughter] >> because I had us compromise. Well, that's what we did is is, you know, I always had $3,500 cuz that's >> We've all heard that, right? >> No, you can have it. I'm serious. Um, >> I am. >> We'd always put $3,500 in there in case the laminator broke or we couldn't fix it because if you don't have a laminator at the elementary school, I'm not coming to work. Um,

058but then we got the extra one. I was like, well, I don't need that much. So, we we cut it by 2,000. Um but now that I have to share. >> So >> you shared a lot this year. I will admit we >> I try to I mean if I >> very accommodating >> um so yeah I was down 2,000 >> questions for Patrick. >> Thank you. >> Then you get your GT pat. Not that there's really anything there. >> Yeah. >> Right underneath. I tried. I tried. Um GT, well, we're cutting. Well, I shouldn't say cutting. It's going to be halftime GT. >> It's halftime. And it you'll see in the other GT areas where there's the bigger chunk that's come out because remember it's a sh was a shared position. In the past,

059it was a full-time position. We haven't been able to fill it in the last two years, I don't think, which is kind of too bad. >> Uh so we're cutting that in half. um and taking the the ELLL ESL position that we have to have by law. That person is going to do that and also pick up the halftime GT for us. >> So, I think you're all set, Pat. Yeah. >> Question. >> Yeah. Could you could you reexlain that because that it was not used in 25 and it's not currently used in 26, but it's going to be used for 27. That's because we didn't have a position. We didn't have anybody to fill the position at all. Okay. So, we're taking an ELLL, which is English language learners or ESL, English second language

060person. They're not 100% busy because it it's based on how many kids that you you have to have that position by law, but one year you might have two kids and one kid year you might have five. So, what we're going to do is do a sliding thing. The rest of the time that person is going to pick up GT. Okay. >> Okay. Now, if for some reason we have 10 ELELLL kids next year, that person is probably going to do ELLL 65% of the time and uh gifted and talented 35% of the time. But if this person only ends up with two ELELLL kids, she might be doing that 20% of the time and the gifted and talented 80% of the time. >> So, did that 20,000 come out of a different line? Well,

061you'll see there's there's there's high school GT, there's middle school GT coming up, and you'll see where it comes out. >> Yeah. >> Awesome. Thanks for that clarification. >> All right. Line 153, that's the middle school 504 contract service for um the compliance. And then the 504 compliance supplies. 155 is our um contract teacher salaries. 156 is salaries of the ed techs. Um, actually that one, >> why was that one zero? >> You didn't have a regular ed tech in your >> Oh, okay. >> budget. That's remember this is regular ed instruction. >> Okay. >> So, it's not library. Library is a separate section for edtech. >> Yep. Alt ed tech is a separate section and any special ed is in the special ed department but you don't have any regular ed techs in your

062building. >> Uh 157 sub substitutes uh 158 for our teachers benefits and benefits of our ed tax for 159 uh 160 benefits for the subs. Um then we get the u professional mainstay retirement. Uh then we have the 162 the main state retirement that would have been for the text the previous year in 25 uh main state retirement for I'm going to assume for subs again uh 164 is professional courses for teachers uh we went down um $5,000 from the previous year from 20,000 from last year 165 professional development travel and gift and talented travel that stayed the same. Um 166 is our instructional supplies. We ended up going down 2500. That's our everyday classroom supplies that the teachers need in their rooms. 167 is books. Uh 168 is our computer software that does everything

063from our hall pass system to um even our some of our software for our our science department um our math software systems that we use. So, it does all all that online stuff that that we use. And then our um annual dues and fees for professional for teachers is down $750. >> I I didn't quite catch what you said about the computer software. So, it's jumping. Well, it's staying the same, but so if you look from the 25 actual and the 26 actual, what what was spent and then the 15,000? I mean, the numbers are >> on the 15 thou that we went up last year, we went up to 15,000 because we're bringing in new computer programs and then this year I've only spent 6,000 of it. so far right. >> Sometimes those get

064build different times during the year. So it isn't like you pay it all up front. Sometimes you pay it for 3 months worth and then you pay it again 3 months later you get another bill 3 months later. So that >> we might have ordered it in May and then it's a they're always usually for one full calendar year. So then we'll get it get built again in May. And then that's kind of like how some of our um like the science computer software program went is when we bought that started purchasing that at the end of last year then it'll be coming around again. >> Can you can you give me a couple examples of what kind of software it is that you use what programs that you're talking about? >> Well, one of

065the ones that we use all the time is securely our hall pass system. Um I don't know exactly what the number is off the top of my head. Uh but we use that on a daily basis. Um one of the ones that we used to use um was it the Alex math program but we switched over to like some of the freckle program. Then we're switching you know then we're looking at different programs there. Um the science open ed science is one of the ones that we use. Then there's a couple of um smaller ones that we use as like a whole school through our um um restorative practices type of stuff. So it's any of those. So >> other questions of course >> Michelle I um am encouraged to hear from you and from

066Chris that science is going to be a focus at the middle school to help uh address the the needs and sort of the gaps that have been present for a bit and for high school prepar preparedness. Um, are we going to be receiving updated information on what's decided on and when to expect this and how it plays into the numbers or the budget? >> I mean, yeah, we can I mean, >> I mean, they can do a presentation. >> Yeah. >> At one of the meetings. >> Yeah. because we um because uh the science the both the the high school and the middle schools work together to figure out a science program um and um and the high school really thought that this opened ed science would really feed into the to what they're doing

067at the high school and would prepare the kids and that's why we're piloting this year. Um so coming out, you know, by May at the latest probably we'll make a firm decision if that's what we're going to go with for next year. Um, and then yeah, at that time we'd report that that's what we're gonna actually go with and we could give you more information on the actual program and what it looks like. But it's very for the middle school it's very hands-on. >> Yeah. Famous. >> And when we ordered it way back in the in the what summer, late summer, we just received everything end of December and the teachers are just getting it implemented right now. They're just starting to learn the the program and trying to trying to do And it comes

068in great big bins with kits and all the supplies that we need. That's the tangible stuff. Then the so this is a lot of the software stuff that goes with it and on online resources. >> Okay, that's helpful. Okay, thank you. >> Yep. >> Um >> Oh, sorry. >> Actually, it's not for you, but it's for Chris and whatever. Great. I know Chris, you had said something about our English language arts teachers coming in to talk to us about the changes that they've made with the new program and to update us on how that's working. I think that's really essential. And the same for math and the changes we've made and now what's happening in science. Um, we got to be sure we're getting the people in here to explain how that's changing and what

069benefit that is. >> Any other questions for Chris? Thank you. >> Okay. The middle school alternative ed education program. Uh 170 is our portion because it's a split position with the high school. This is our portion of the salaries. Uh 171 is the edtech 3 that's in the room with that teacher. 172 is the benefits of the teacher. 173 is the benefits of the edtech. Um then obviously their main state retirements for the for them uh for the teacher and the edtech their instructional supplies that's their individual um amount that they get for the year from from me and then their books and per periodicals that they would need for the alternative ed program. >> Yep. I'm sorry if you guys didn't hear me. 173 is we had a lane change, so that's why it

070dipped. >> Uh, middle school gifted and talented. That's a position that we haven't been able to fill for a couple years, and that's one that we're cutting in and doing a halftime position. Um, so you can see there's the salary for 178. So the 179 is the benefits, 180 is the retirement. Then 181 is the amount of instructional supplies that I allocate for that position. And then 182 is for any of their their books that they may need for that position that are specialized for gifted talented students. >> Questions regarding gifted >> I missed the al part. Sorry. So, what is the plan moving forward for your alto ed program >> to keep it >> like the same way it is? One teacher, one edtech. >> Yeah. >> And we're still going to do the

071high school students as well. >> Mhm. >> Okay. >> Other questions regarding middle school gifted and talented? Okay. High school. >> I'm going to steal it. All right. So, we're at Sprucebond High School instruction. Uh the compliance for contract service of 504 as well as the 504 compliance supplies 5275. Uh if we look at the teacher salaries, it has gone up 21,437. Uh the salaries for edteex is up $893. Substitutes, we're going to keep it at $22,000. Um very similar to what we talked about with the other schools. If there's a higher uh if we have a long-term sub, sometimes that comes out and that's where that's ending up there. Uh benefits for teachers, uh we are up 35,433. Um benefits for ad tech we are down $11,573 and for the benefits for subs uh

072we are sticking at $1,600 professional um MSRS uh that is up $934. Um yes >> um how many long-term subs did you have last year? Um, last year I think it was two that we had for a certain for a couple of things. That was a long-term sub. I think that's all we had. >> And this year, >> this year right now, I think it's just one. Don't quote me on that. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's just one. >> I think it I haven't had any other ones, but my science right now, I don't think >> one has one right now. >> Yeah. >> Nope. That's okay. Um, are we on 192? Yep. 192. We are up $38. Main state retirement, we are staying at $300. For 194 on the next page, um, professional courses

073for teachers, we are down $5,000. Again, that's requested. Uh, contracted services, uh, we are down $2,000. and that uh consists of our JMG, uh music, drama, digital courses, those types of things that we're doing at the high school. Uh 196 is repairs and maintenance, and we are sticking with 35,000 uh 3500, excuse me, and that's usually our music instruments, consumer science stuff, uh like our sewing machines, those things do come out and they have to be worked on every year. And uh we no longer have to do the ones for our shop uh our metals or our woods or things like that cuz Foster Tech has taken that all over. Um so that's no longer part of our budget. That was again this past year that we switched into that. Um professional development travel, uh

074we are up $1,000 um to $2,000. General supplies right now we're down $3,000 at 32,000 and that is across the board for every single department. They go through they send in their uh information they want to use for our students. Um textbooks uh the textbooks of the high school where it says $1,200 that's for damaged books. Uh those types of things that do take place. Um in in years past we have used it and some years we haven't. It depends on how bad our books are getting. Uh mid mid year. Uh equipment, we are down $3,000 uh at 10,000 and this year uh it's going to be allotted to our health department as well as our unified arts department. In dues and because we swap, we move from department to department when it comes to

075replacing of equipment, things like that. Um dues and fees we are at 1,500 and that's uh that is staying the same. >> Questions for TJ regarding instruction. Daniel, >> what is our staff to student ratio at the high school? >> Yeah, so it's it's a little difficult because we have so many different courses. I do have the actual uh how many kids are in each classes. Uh I have that whole thing. I can provide that to you. That way you can take a look at it all. Yeah. So, we try to keep everything above seven, at least seven, especially for our higher level courses. You're not going to have as many in those courses. Um, but for our like elective courses, we like to be above 10 um because those are specialized courses, things like

076that. Uh, but mainly our core and uh uh regular ed courses like math, science, English, all those types of things, roughly 13 to 14 is a is a good number for our kids to have. So, and and that also depends on the level of students because those will also change. >> Yeah, because I know we have you said like 51% of juniors and seniors are at Foster Tech. So, that does that that must impact? >> It does, but they still have to come back and take the courses the next Right. So, yeah. Okay. >> Yep. >> Uh >> and how many classes do we offer that they could get college credit for? >> Oh, there's so many college classes that they can take. Um we have science classes that uh uh we're taking for dual

077enrollment. We also have for technology courses that are dual enrollment. We also have college courses that come from uh UMPY. Uh it it's pretty well open. So there's quite a few students that are taking some college courses. So yeah, it's really good. This is not for TJ, but [clears throat] I just did a little math and I'm a little concerned on this substitute line. >> So, each one of them have budgeted for the total for all of our schools for about $68,000. In 25, the actual for substitutes in this district was $272,000. Mhm. >> That is does not seem like a realistic budget for each each of your schools. We're off. So that's four times what we're budgeting. That's not to me. It's it's okay if you have a long-term sub here or there, but

078that is misbudgeted in my opinion. And it h it should be moved um to be more realistic on what we are looking for for subschools. That that number where we would move it necessarily to because you have those teaching positions that are already there and like I said that doesn't always get spent because of the long-term sub etc. I mean I really don't want to add $200,000 to this budget because we might have the subs we have never gone over on our overall budget. Not even close. >> I know. But I I feel like to be realistic and we're going line by line here that you know if you're going to add 200,000 I mean understandably we want this budget to be as fair as it can be for our public but we also have

079to be fair to the ourselves and that line is off significantly in each one of the schools. It's no one's fault, but I do think like we're not showing the real picture by putting a $16,000 line item that ends up that the high school last year um was 96,000. >> So, I would like to see those more realistic. And if we have bonus, that's awesome. But that is four times what we're budgeting is happening in each one of these schools. >> Well, we can sit down and do that. We'll change the numbers around for you. That's not a problem. All right. Um, we're going to go to the GT. Uh, if you take a look, uh, that is the thing that Scott had already talked about. Uh, zero's down the bottom. Uh, and they're going

080to be a share GT as well as, uh, ESL. Uh, Spruce Mountain High School Aled. Uh we are at 35,000 for 20ou uh the number 206 salary for teachers up 11,588. Uh number 207 edte salary uh we are up 468.26 benefits teachers that is number 208 we are up,60 uh 209 benefits at text we are down uh $4,476. Uh professional MSRS we're up 505. Uh number 211, EdTE, MSRS, uh up 200, uh $20, excuse me. And our general supply is staying the same at 350. That's it. Questions for TJ Michelle. >> I'm I'm trying to understand alternative education as a whole. Is it one teacher for two buildings? >> It's one teacher plus an edtech for two buildings. >> Okay. And where is it located? >> It's underneath the gymnasium in the middle school. >>

081Okay. So, do you have high school students? Like I'm trying to imagine this. Do you have potentially an 18-year-old in the same room as like a 12y old? >> They're not in the same room. They're next next door. Two separate rooms. >> Two separate rooms that the teacher like >> anch will be in one, teacher will be in the other. And if there's a swap, then they would then swap again. So >> So they're not intermingled. >> They're not supposed to be. And obviously you're going to have some that'll happen throughout the day, but Yep. >> Okay. And do you have numbers on roughly how many students you have right now for each alternative ed program? >> So for semester 1, I had four students and and again these are different periods. >> Okay? So

082I had four students in one period, four students in another, three, three, three and three. So for the different classes and it could also be um a the same kid in different periods. >> Okay, >> do you get what I'm saying? So it could be just really four kids with different courses, different periods that they're down there. >> Okay. >> Yep. Chris, I don't mean to put you on the spot. Do you have any numbers? >> No, that's fine. I have seven students that spend the day down there, but then they come up for their unified arts or their exploratories, you know, lunch and and uh Phoenix lessons. So, they're not there all day long, but they're there for their four main classes in intervention. >> Okay. So, we're looking fluidly at about 10 to

08312 students that >> max 15. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, thank you. >> I think that's it for me right now. >> Primary guidance I think is next. >> Thank you. >> All right. So, primary school guidance, that is my social worker. Her salary with her benefits and her supply, uh, and her retirement, of course. Uh, her general supplies, we cut 200 and her dues and fees we cut 50. Um, and then it's up to you, Pat. Or do you want to do questions for me about my guidance? Uh, >> questions regarding primary guidance. Okay. Um, so line 218's uh social worker salary. Uh 219 benefits, 220 retirement. Uh general supplies, we cut 300 from her budget. And then dues and fees, which is for social work association or her professional organizations down 180 um because she

084was just sticking with I think one or two and not using the full $500. So >> questions regarding elementary guidance. >> All right. Uh line 223 is the middle school guidance and that's her salary. 224 is her benefits. 225 is her retirement. 226 we've cut 100 bucks out of her travel. Uh 227 is her general supplies that she uses throughout the year. 228 is her books and per periodicals that she um uses. And then 229 is our dues and fees. And we cut 155 out of that because she chose to not participate in others >> questions regarding middle school guidance. >> All right. high school uh guidance salaries for guidance special uh t uh excuse me counselors uh is up 9,974. The benefits for guidance is up $6,700 contracted. Uh main pur is $434. We

085do have a contracted services in there. Um I'm looking here contracted services. We're going to stay at 3,000. Um, and then postage. So, postage is going to stay, no, excuse me. Uh, yes, it's going to stay at 1500. Professional travel is down 150. And our general supplies are going to stay the same at 800. And number 237 is books and periodicals. Um, we are at 100. And for 238, which is our dues and fees, we are down $100 down to 300. >> The salaries uh that's two two guidance counselors and the registar. >> The registar is in a different line. >> The register's in a different line. So that's just the two just the two counselor. >> I thought it was >> Oh, social worker. >> That's what it is. Yes. Yeah. Two and a

086social worker. Yep. Sorry about that. >> Thank you. >> Other questions regarding high school guidance. >> The next section is health, which is really Oh, sorry. Jody had a question. >> So, there's three positions in that line. social worker and two >> all full time health section is actually our nurses is not teaching health. Uh 239 is the primary school with a salary. 240 is a elementary school nurse's salary. 241 is the middle school nurse's salary. And 242 is the middle high school nurses salary. Remember they're all on the teacher's contract. So the raises that they got was based on the teacher's contract. Uh the next four are 243 is a primary school benefits. That was a lane change that happens from time to time. Um, we've had some go in the other direction. This

087one happened to go in that direction. That's why it's up so much. Um, >> is the middle school one half time? >> Nope. The middle the middle school depending on what they're getting. Didn't I don't I don't know what exactly they take. I I don't have it sitting in front of me what they take, but Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So the benefits 245 and then 246 is benefits for high school and then the next four are all their main state retirements. Um then their contracted professionals uh they have to have someone come in to calibrate um their machinery. I don't know I couldn't tell you which machinery piece that is right now off hand but that's what they do. They have a hearing machine. They also have couple of machines. um the general supplies and then

088their regular dues and fees. Um so yeah, we have one nurse in each building and what they have to do now for nursing is so far advanced to what it used to be years ago. Uh we we really noticed the need when co came but we also are more accepting and allowing more students with disabilities into the district a lot of with health issues. Um, so our nurses have to be on spot to make sure that they are taking care of these kids that are in our Yeah. So, any questions on the health area. Okay. >> That would be you, Chris. Okay, we're into the instructional technology piece. Um, and then this this includes um the salaries for the for the sheet that I had handed out at the the last budget, not the last

089budget meeting, the last um school board meeting about um the different uh um positions we have in there. um that this covers their salaries. Um for the for the two for the three um technology people um is line 256 and 257 is their um um well sorry it skips around a little bit. 256 is the um their salaries and then you got to jump down to 258 for their for their benefits. Um 257 is the salary for their registar. That's where their registar sits um is on that line and then her benefits are on line 259. >> Sorry Chris, you said that the 256 is three three positions. >> Uh yes. >> Yes. Um and then line 260 is uh professional courses um for any kind of uh courses that would be needed for for

090um them. They're all um hourly, so it's not they're not necessarily signing up for for uh classes or anything like that, but they can they can get some professional development if needed. uh contracted services um covers a lot of things in the district. Um what do we have? um that covers uh we cut you know we when we um contract with uh companies we consider that under the contracted services and that includes our um business software which does um all of our um uh POS uh has basically does our budget. It did this um and so that's contracted. It's also the contract we have with um Transco um for the for the cost of the printing that we do. There's a there's a cost for the machines that we use from them to for the

091printing. Um uh that's it also includes our um software for the district for um mandated trainings. Um it's used to be called safe schools, now it's called vector training. It's all an online portal that teachers can get on in the beginning of the year to get all the bloodborne pathogens and things like all the trainings they have to have by state regulations and things like that. They love it. Um uh it also includes our um the new software that uh Scott mentioned earlier for the for the payroll um time clock plus. Um that's a software where um right now all of our hourly people put into that system and it feeds right to um to payroll instead of in the past where they were filling out hand handmade uh time sheets and then that would

092go to payroll and the payroll would have to actually physically put all those uh sheets into the system. So this does help with that helps save with that step. Um also under there is is some um you know power school uh which is our SIS and exponent if if we need anything from them for um any kind of server um software that they watch over for us. So that is contracted services uh repairs and maintenance of equipment um really is is what it says. Um it's really just um any equipment that needs to be um fixed. It it does include we also do pay um an insurance company for all the all the devices in the district um to cover them. So if they are accidentally injured, um everything we have is accidentally broken. Um

093it'll go to them and and then our insurance we So we also um contract with a repair company. It's very uh convoluted. The repair company, we send the devices to them, they repair them, they charge us, and then we submit to the insurance company to get reimbursed for uh as much of that cost as we can. So, so repairs a lot of times it it fluctuates during the year because money is going into it and coming out of it depending on how many repairs we have to do. Um, travel is just that just uh pays for any uh travel that some of the techs a lot of the techs have to travel between schools to to do things. So, um they they can turn in for travel if they want to. uh professional development travel

094is really to pay for um pretty much the only thing we we purchase out of that line is when power school university is available in the area. Um uh like the new uh registra this year there was a power school university that was available in Connecticut. So they um went down to Connecticut to take that. That was the closest one they had. Usually we only go to Boston but where it was a new position we really felt like they could use it um because there's just so much to power school. Um the general supplies um is really just for um those things that are needed during the during the year that um come up like um chargers for devices, batteries um because we can replace batteries in the in the devices ourselves and not have

095to send them out. Um any kind of computer parts, the keyboards, we can sometimes we can repair keyboards and not have to send those out and that saves us some money. and then any kind of network tools or network scanners that we need to purchase in order to to get jobs done in the in the district. Um, and then the next line, I should be telling you these line 266, computer software. Um, that covers a bunch of district software. Panorama, which is our, um, kind of our database for for, um, student information. Um, so it's easily read available. Uh, school blocks, our website. uh Hagerty, which is um um program for kindergarten. Really great reading, which is a phonics program for the for grades one and up. Uh guided readers for the district uh for

096the U primary and the elementary. Um Power School Messenger, which is our calling system, and then um the Google Workspace for Education comes out of that too. Um, even when we get the devices, they have Google on them, but in order for us to manage them, we have to pay an additional cost to have Google Workspace for Education. So, so that way we can manage and that's how we can see everything that goes on on the on the um Chromebooks and things like that. So, so we can manage them. Um, next is equipment. Um, equipment is one that that usually we at the beginning of the year is way overdrawn. Um, because we have the Milty program through the state and they'll usually buy one grade level's worth of devices, Chromebooks. Um, and so we

097we have to buy those ahead of time, which is usually about $76,000. Um, and then the state as quickly or as slowly as they can um will reimburse us for those. And so at the beginning of the year it's way over budget and then it and then it that money comes in and it goes back. So a lot of times I wait um I have to I I make sure I wait until that money comes back in to be able to buy other equipment we need for the district because we don't want that to be uh way overspent. Um but um but so that covers that and then any kind of um usually cameras that go down that we need to replace. Um you know kind of door entry systems that we have around the

098district. Um any kind of any devices that we need to to purchase that that are needed. Um and then any kind of servers that we have to replace or that are going down or that we have to replace. um Wi-Fi, you know, and any kind of really kind of equipment we have to buy to keep the system running for the schools. Um and then Jews and fees and that's just um that's just the um um organizations that that um the text belong to that covers that >> questions regarding instructional technology. So, in the equipment line, you have $30,000, but in 25 you only spent six and you're about halfway through. You're only about six now. Is there a reason why you're keeping it at 25,000? >> Yes, cuz we're we're another month all that money

099is going to be gone cuz we had I think the six um we got lucky and we didn't have any equipment we had to purchase. We were doing well with all of our devices that year. This year, I just put in a purchase for um because the we have um at least 40 if not more um Chromebooks at the elementary school that have that have gone out of warranty and and they will not update the the Chrome software. >> So, it comes out of this budget. >> So, it comes out of this uh line. Um and then and I did actually um I probably shouldn't tell you this but um I always tried cuz because we have to spend so much at the beginning of the year on all the mily things. I try to

100wait till the end of the year to buy equipment and I found out I got in trouble last year because I tried to buy the Chromebooks for the elementary school at the end of last year and I was told that I was not supposed to do that. The auditors told us I was not supposed to do that because I'm not supposed to buy anything out of the budget that they, you know, is going to be used in the following year. >> So, they shut me down. >> So, that's why that's why that sat at 6,000 because they they told me I couldn't. So, then I had to wait till this year to buy those. >> Um, and that's usually what I do is at near the end of the year, um, but I got to

101do it earlier so I don't get in trouble with the auditors. um is buy devices that are needed to make sure we cover any that aren't covered by mily and that um are now not being updated anymore. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Other questions on technology. >> Okay. And then we move to improvement of instruction. Um and then of course that has that has my salary which um it really covers both um as you know I'm the curriculum coordinator um halfime or whatever percentage and then it my whole salary comes out of this line it's not it's not split between the the two um so that covers everything um but of course part of that so this you know I I they're giving you the sheet on the it. But just to keep

102you um little info on the on the curriculum side of it, um the curriculum part of my job is I really oversee of course the district K through 12 curriculum. Um kind of walks the staff through any reviews, any approvals. Um I work and then work with any of the companies that we decide to work with. Um I'm the person that works with them. Um, I oversee the um seven curriculum committees that um we do our best to meet once a month with all seven of those curriculum committees to try to stay um on top of things. Um oversee all the district assessments, you know, both the state assessments that we have and the local assessments. Um and then um part of that part of that curriculum position too is that I also write and

103submit the the yearly um ESA grants um to the state. Um and that that grant alone just the one for title brings in um right about $996,000. Um and that covers um that covers five title one teachers for us and nine title one ed techs that I that I work with. um um by getting that money. Um and then I am responsible for any other kind of state grants or federal grants that we get. Uh during CO I did all those grants. Luckily um now it's a little less because it's just we do have a homeless grant we have right now that I'm in charge of working with um and things like that. Um, and then, um, I do oversee the district ESL program, um, which is that currently that that one teacher that Scott

104was talking about that we're going to shift a little bit. Um, we definitely, um, we're seeing an influx. We we years ago, we never really saw any any students that needed services, but um, that's changing. We find that they do move a lot. They'll come in, they'll be here for a while, and they'll move. So, but we we are having more and more move in. Um, so I oversee that and I also work with we have a contracted um ESL advisor that that um is state certified. So, she she helps us. She'll come in and do the testing of the students to do that part for us. Um, so I work with her as well. Um, and then just keep informed of all the state and federal rules and policies and things around curriculum that

105we have to follow to make sure that we're doing what we're supposed to so we don't get in any trouble. Um, and then under that line 270, professional stipens, um, that is that basically is the line that covers all of the um academic stipens that are under that are in the teachers contract. Um so that's all the contracted stipens that are in the teachers um contract. Um and then the benefits that go along with those stipens. Um benefits for the curriculum coordinator. Um that actually went down. Um we finally have kicked all of our kids out of our house and so we're not taking a family medical anymore. Um and then uh main pers um to to cover the the stipens positions and um things like that and in mine um uh contracted professionals um

106as I said um that is the we we contract with a ESL person um to help us with um with the things and and also help to help our teacher um answer any questions that they may have about ESL. Uh we we um contract with Kellogg and Sovereign. It's a a company that helps us um get our -ate funding. Um and and also we also uh contract with Transco for for a cost a month for maintenance of all of our devices. And then language line which is a very small cost that we use for ESL as well. Um line 276 is general supplies. Um that's just anything that um I would need to use for any kind of supplies like if if we need to have anything for any kind of curriculum meetings or anything

107like that that I need to have or or purchase any you know sometimes it's uh books sometimes it's just things to to be able to try out with curriculum but um and then um the dues and fees online 277 there is actually um that's where we cover the our um cost for being part of the WMEC which um which is the Western Main Educational Collaborative um that's collaborative about at least 10 uh surrounding schools that are part of that. I'm the school rep. Uh I go to the meetings once a month for that to and and most of the people there are curriculum people um and we work on on things and try to coordinate with the other districts around us to see how things are going and and that um and then we're also

108part of a western main educational collaborative which uh Scott knows more about that but we pay for that and it's and I think years ago it was it's it was to help us save money and get more money from the state but I don't know if it still does that or not. Yeah, we do get money in our AD279 because we belong to that. Okay. >> So, >> questions regarding improvement of instruction. >> Chris, do you have um are you a liaison or do you work collaboratively or as a resource for any homeschooling families in the area? Like are you a touchstone person for those families? Yeah, I I was more so especially during COVID um when we ran a specific program, but I still they still will reach out to me and and sometimes

109the principles will talk to me about um different things. I have a lot of knowledge with um homeschooling and the families. So, so I am still a resource for for that and um and helping them. And um one of the things we're actually um looking into is um there's a um it's called Edenum. Um might not I don't know if I can spell it. Edenum. >> It's uh it's like it's almost like an online program that we're looking into a little bit more to help help homeschoolers but also help ourselves. um because it's a program that we could purchase. Technically, we could purchase that program and offer it to families to use for their homeschooling. It's basically a curriculum that they could use. Um and and part of it would be though that they would

110and we would give them a a device, a Chromebook to to be able to do that as well. But part of the part of it is that they would be a registered student with us. So, it would cost us 3,000, but we might get 7,000 from the state um because they're a student of ours and they would still be doing all their education at home or or whatever they however they wanted to split it. Um so, that's something I've been researching. We're just waiting to find out from the state if that's acceptable. Um there's other districts that are starting to do that. Um so, we're hoping that that becomes a thing. So, >> I like that idea a lot. I know that we have a large homeschooling uh community >> and sometimes people just don't

111know who to reach out to for some collaborative supports or can they use a Chromebook's a perfect example. Right now it's kind of disconnected. >> Um but uh this this program sounds like like it might help bridge some of those >> gaps. So I appreciate that. Um, and I just didn't is there any monies that has been spent so far to your like under any of the lines for this particular year? I'm just curious or like ESL is kind of been on the back burner because we don't have the students right now that where there's a need. Um, but has there been any expenditures or expenses associated with that homeschooling pocket or is it more or less something that you're continuing to look into? um for that part of it, we're we're just starting to

112look at, but most of the time um anything we do right now is there's no specific line for it. It's really just covered under um under regular budget like we have I have provided devices for homeschool families that don't have a device. Um and um and especially for for those that that are coming in for if they want if they're coming in for gym or something like that, >> then we know there's a connection. And so um but we're not Yeah. So there has been expenses. We do we offer any student that wants to come in and take any of our um testing whether it be STAR or NWA >> we make accommodations so they can come in and take those to to see where they're at for um just for their own information. >>

113Thank you. >> Any other questions for Chris? >> Okay. Okay, if nobody's opposed, we're going to take five minutes and stretch your legs, go to the bathroom, >> maybe 10. >> I definitely need to go to the bathroom. >> Okay, cool. Oh, she did. >> Oh, yeah. >> Or something. So, that's why I texted >> I just wanted to make sure that I know there was confusion about the meeting and all that. Well, I'm just gonna make sure you know >> throw it over there. I didn't want to exclude you. This is important. [snorts] >> [snorts] >> How's Eva doing? >> She's doing well. >> Yeah, >> she's doing very well. She's in labor and delivery for right now, actually. >> Exciting. >> Yes. She said she it might be a little too much for

114me. She's like she did those surgeries and she's like everything's very like well planned and no emergencies or >> that's the name of the egg. >> They'll show you what it's really it's a educational program but more information. >> Thank you. Appreciate that Chris. Um, so she's like everything's just very methodical and kind of calm for the most part. She goes, "The labor and delivery is all over the fast." You know, somebody comes in and they're an emergency. >> It's like, "It's good. It's bad. It's good. It's" And she's like, "I don't know if this is if that section is what she wants to do, but >> but when you see the squishy new baby, >> thank you for asking about because they had meeting after meeting after meeting didn't They said, >> "Oh, I

115feel they're understaffed based on the >> that's not >> yeah, that's that's not that's highly inappropriate." >> Yeah. >> How are they floating and keeping vision? Like, how are they Wow. Seems a little sketchy. >> Doesn't add up. Okay. >> Okay. That's what that's the other thing I was wondering is but I I think I might want to ask more questions on the side is the sustainability of the retaining of their employees. >> Do you need them more? >> They can try to metriculate back in. >> Oh yeah. All right. Thank you everybody. All right, let's uh start in with our primary school library. I'll do the best I can. All right, so we have my the edtech in that program, her salary. Uh again, we're kind of running into that substitute situation. There isn't

116money budgeted, but there is some spent there. Um benefits for her and benefits for the sub as well as the mainstate retirement and the sub mainstate retirement. Um going to 284 contracted services. They are cutting 300 from that line and cutting 200 from the general supplies line, which does seem to coincide with what was spent. Um, books and periodicals is being cut $2,000. Of course, that's pretty much her most of her budget. It's a library. They need books, right? Uh, AB materials are being cut by $100 to coincide with what has been spent previously. And dues and fees are being cut $50. questions regarding the primary school library. Elaine, >> what are the contracted services for the library at the primary? >> I believe >> here we go. >> We got him. >> He's got

117a pull. I was going to say >> we belong to Main Balsome Libraries and consortium which offers affordable software hosting and support for libraries. The consortium is undergoing a change to a more stable and sustainable platform which means an estimated price increase. It is still less than half the cost of its nearest for-profit competitor. >> And then [clears throat] Tumblr books is an interactive ebook subscription. Thank you. Thank Pat. >> I [laughter] knew you were going to ask and I'm like I don't know. >> Amy sent us that. I'm like I'm just going to pull it up. >> I didn't get that. >> Good job, Pat. >> You're up next. But other questions regarding the primary school library? Okay. Thanks, Daffy. You're welcome. >> All right. So, elementary library um salary edtech. You can see

118we saved almost $21,000 um because Caitlyn had a baby and decided not to return. Um so, we do have a long-term sub in that position. So, if you look at subs, that's why our sub um cost is almost 60 right at $6,800, a little over. Uh benefits edtech benefits sub main state retirement um contracted services is 1,100 general supplies is we're cutting it by 300 down to 1250 um books and periodicals cutting 2,000 down to 7. Um AV materials is staying the same and dues and fees is staying the same at 150. >> Yeah. So for next year though, you're noticing that there's $20,000 less $20,000 nine. What we've done is twothirds of a position we is coming out of the high school one and this position here is even though we put in that

119that we're not filling that position. That's going to be a shared edtech position between most likely the high school because that's where they had a high school edtech and a librarian both and the elementary school. They just haven't decided exactly how they're going to make that work. But elementary school kids are still going to have their library classes that they have now. That's not going to change. But we've we split the the amount of money. So it wasn't just all coming out of the elementary school. So if you add what's taken out for edtech at elementary school and then you when you get to the high school library and see the salaries of the edtech piece coming out there, that equals that one full position. So Sarah, >> um, so would that mean that the

120library would have to be closed if you're sharing a position? How exactly does that work? >> We have actually in the past we've had one edtech in each building plus a librarian at the high school. We only have one certified librarian. Okay. We only have four buildings. So we can now share one of those positions when we cut the position. So Amy will now the high school librarian will either have to go down and work at the elementary school and work with the kids down there or we can send the tech down there to do that. And then you'll still have a body in each one of the buildings to keep the library open. So >> I'd have to ask the principles. Do you have volunteers go into your building? Okay. >> I have a

121Sorry. So, we do use fifth graders to help shelving um just cuz they're able to do it and they they get taught and they come in on their time. Usually during recess, they'll choose to come in once or twice a week and help with the shelving. So, >> my kindergarteners probably wouldn't do well with that. >> Are there any um [clears throat] does this school they do um do they have to um you know bank hours for a graduation for you know community service time or so? Yes, at the high school we do have some community service parts of the uh the commitment. They can gain up to four credits of it throughout the uh four years of high school. Um they log it themselves or then we'd also do some community service within the

122school too. So, yep. I didn't know if there might have been an opportunity like study halls or something for them to >> we we do have uh assistance student assistants that we have sometimes uh that'll take it as a course and help out like a teacher aid or library aid or an office aid. Those types of things do take place at the high school. Yes. >> Good. Good. Thank you. >> Yep. >> That's what I was just going to say TJ. I mean, I think that teachers aid, that could be a perfect opportunity to help with the primary for shelving books. Um, for some of those seniors that have their licenses and that can drive there. >> That's me. All right. Line 300 for middle school library. [clears throat] That's the salary of our edtech.

123Uh, then that's 301's our substitute line. 302 is our benefits of the edtech. 303 is the benefits of the sub. Uh 304 the state retirement for the edtech. 305 is the sub uh retirement. 306 is our contracted services. 307 is our repairs and maintenance of equipment. 308 is our general supply line which we're down 200 on that. 309 is our books and periodicals where that's down down 2,000 and 310's AV materials and 311 is our dues and fees. >> Questions regarding the middle school library. >> Thank you. >> All right, we're we're at the 312 line salary librarian. We are up 2960. 313 is salaries for edtech. Um it is down 11,964 and that's what Scott was talking about um with that shared piece. Um [clears throat] substitute we don't have uh any money in

124that uh bene benefits for librarian we're up 256 uh benefits at text that is uh down 6,795 uh $95. If we look at 317, the benefits for the sub again, it's zero. Uh per uh professional MSRS, uh we are up $129. Uh MSRS, uh for the next one, which is $319, we're looking we're down $521. Contracted services, uh we are at $1,100. Um, and for repairs and maintenance, uh, we are down five, uh, $50. Uh, general supply, we are down $300. And books and periodical, we are down $2,000. AV materials, we are down $200. And dues and fees, we are down $100. questions regarding the high school library. >> Tanya, >> what are the contracted services? >> I don't do that. >> Look like for the library. >> I can tell you. >> Okay. It

125it's the same thing as the other ones that we had, which was uh they belong to the main Balsam Libraries Consortium. It just has to be shared throughout the whole district. That's how they put it in there. Yep. >> Yeah. That's not >> any other questions regarding the high school library. >> Assessment. >> Okay. Assessment um basically just covers um district and state assessments that we have to give. Um covers the NWA fon panel um our STAR assessment. Um and um we picked up star assessment. The reason we were um down in 25 was actually we hadn't started the star assessment yet. Um but we did add that in. Um and actually, believe it or not, the reason we're down the 23,000, we're only at 23. We do have one more um of these uh

126assessments that we're going to be paying in May. But that's still actually down a little bit more than it should be. But um we had found out that um one of the um one of the things that should have been in here for billing was actually build to my software line. Um so that was just a mistake of of I'm it was it I I can't believe it was me that messed it up. But um but apparently that one of these got build out of the software this year instead of the assessment where it should have been. So that's why it's a little bit lower than it looks. But but these are pretty straightforward as far as our the assessments we get. They're a set price and that's that's about what they come into. >>

127So can can you explain why the two different the NWA and the star >> the NWA is basically our state assessment. Um and so the state does help us. It would actually be quite a bit more costly but the state will help us pay for some of that. Um, but it won't pay for the total because it only it only it doesn't count for for um K to K to two because technically this they're not being assessed by the state. So, we still have to pay for that block of but they'll pay for um grades three through eight and then um and then then the high school we have to pay for all the NWA except for one grade level which the state wants to assess. So, which I think now is 10th graders. They

128used to go back and forth between 11th and and 10th. Um so we pay for part of it and then the state pays for part of it on NWA and then the STAR is um the assessment we give locally um because technically there's for a while there we only had NWA and at the lower levels we had fondness and panel some reading um but we didn't have anything at the middle school um high school and then and then we needed a third one at the elementary primary so we picked up the STAR assessment which is given locally And that's a quicker test than the NWA, but it also will correlate with NWA and tell us give us a idea of where the kids really are falling. Um, so we can use that for for building

129uh lessons and things like that for kids. >> Other questions on assessment? >> Thank you. >> Thanks. My turn again. 327. >> All right. So, primary school academics. That line was a nice surprise to me last year. I didn't even know it existed. And uh we were trying to get donations for our family night activities and things like that. And that is where we use that um money to pay for items to host those family events. We did four of them last year. Um, we intend to do three this year because our fourth one happened in the spring and it just we it was not well attended with all the sports and things happening. So, um, we're going to choose to do the the three this year. We have Read Across America coming up. Um,

130and then 328 is our field trips. So, in the in December, I asked each grade level to send me what field trips that they go on and make sure I knew the cost per student and things. And that's that's where you're getting the increase there. um was because of the cost of the field trips. Um each grade level is going on two. First grade is going to go on three, but one of them's free. It's just over to French Falls. So there's just busing questions for Darcy. Andrew, could you give me a brief description of the field trips that the kids go on? Is this the entire school that goes or certain grades or certain grades go to different places at different times? >> Yep. So, first grade they always go to Ricker and do

131the apples and they go learn about how to make um apple cider and do all the things there. They go to do um the do zoo. I think second grade put in to go to do or maybe it was Drew >> D. Dw. >> No, but there's remember Drew is in Poland. >> Dr. drew and his animals too. That might have been one of the So um and then um I have it right here. >> Um one of them's step up day. They go to the elementary school. They go to the middle school play. So there's a cost there for busing. Kindergarteners go to the Western Main Play Museum. Um and then first grade goes to Ricker and do and they want to go to French Falls. and second grade wants to go to the

132Lewon Public Theater and Mr. Other questions for Dazzy? >> And the next section where it says primary school trips, really that's transportation >> of those. >> It's the bus drivers who that's what they get when they do the field trips, their benefits, the fuel that is paid for. So that next section is really not Darcy's. It's just part of the transportation for those field trips. >> All right. So, uh, elementary academics, uh, line line Mike, sorry. Uh, so line 333 is stipens. We have a stipen for our drama. Um, every spring we have a production put on by the fifth graders. Um, it's also for our chorus program. Uh, for we start off with fifth in the fall, we've added fourth, so there'll be a fourth and fifth performance in the spring. um benefits for

133the the two stipens, retirement supplies. Um it's costly. I didn't realize how expensive it was once we decide what play we're going to do. Having to buy the rights, the copyrights for the play and then the materials for the play. >> Um so that's supplies and then dues and fees are for the field trips. And then uh 338 through 341 is um for the bus cost for bus drivers fuel. >> And where do you go on your field trips? >> Well, we go we've been lucky. Um so third grade has gone to New Orleans forever. It's one of my favorite days because everybody's in plaid. Um they also bring in the Northern Main Planetarium comes in. They have that giant inflatable um planetarium that the kids get to crawl in. We put it up in

134the gym for a day. Um and they get to do that. Fourth grade um goes to the main wildlife park. Um they go to the main state museum and we've just started this the last couple years for their unit on main economy going to the Northeast Livestock Expo in Windsor. Um so that's been a good one. And then fifth grade usually has in the past they've had like um CMP come in for electricity and that but they're looking um to try to find something different for next year. So that's where they go. >> Other questions for Patrick? >> Thank you. >> I see. >> Sorry. No. Well, it was kind of I should I ask is New Orleans still an expensive >> Well, if you look I mean, if you look at what we budgeted

135for field trips and stuff, >> um we've gotten lucky because we've always been able to get the reduced costs. >> Great. >> Um >> and I know they offer some grants. >> They do. We've been able to get the grant every year because we put in for it so early. >> This is such a valuable trip for the kids. They they just love it. I'd hate to see us give it up. Glad our budget is for full cost like um the Northeast Livestock one is free. >> Um the cost is fuel, but Norma, they give us a form [snorts] and if you're the first so many school districts to fill it out, they'll pay for your transportation. >> That's great. >> So, we've been able to get free transportation for the la for each time

136that they've gone. >> Oh, wonderful. >> to that. So, um I I try to do it on the cheap. >> Yeah. You know, I'm a big fan of field trips and then if we get stuff for free and we just have to fill something out or we just have to ask, not afraid. [laughter] >> Sure. >> Well, I'm not from New England, so I I feel different using the word frugal. My wife uses it and I'm like, I'm from Wyoming. We're just cheap. [laughter] >> What's up? Okay. [clears throat] So, line 342 is my academic stipens. Um, those things include things like um school club, school, student activities, yearbook, drama, civil rights team, student council, Lego League, and other co-curricular programs. Uh 343 is the benefits for it. 344 is the retirement system for those

137stipens. Uh 345 is our um basically it says dues and fees but it's our field trips. Um and those support um for the emissions any dues any fees or any missions. Uh so things like the challenge of learning system center um the coal transportation museum main legislature main state uh main state museum the holocaust and human rights center that we're going to be visiting and any of our like nursing home or our volunteer days that we do during the during the spring. And then the academic activities um those do a lot of enrichment where we might bring in anti-bullying um speakers. Uh some of that might go to the KIA program uh and and other academic academic character building initiatives along with our dramas and our play expenses. >> Questions regarding the middle school academic?

138>> You're all done. And then the middle school trips is just like we've talked about the other two. It's it's the transportation costs. >> Then we got middle school athletics. >> Middle school athletics. Um >> so those are our stipens for all of our our sports that that we offer. um it did go up uh this year and and that's because of the addition of the the wrestling program and on top of that the base salary increases. The we have the benefits in the retirement system form. We have the uh line 354 iss officials that went up 500. Um and that's when that's going to continue to go up annually. Um, I'm a main high school baseball uh umpire and I know what those guys get and they deserve it. Um, 355 is our general

139supplies for anything that we need um any within the athletic community. 356 is our equipment line. And then uh 357 is for any of the dues, any of the fees that we need for leak fees. um they go along with that. >> Oh, and then the sports strips are just the fuel and just like it just like with field trips. >> Questions regarding middle school athletics. >> All right, everyone. We're going to go to number 362. That is for high school academic stipens. Um, we are at $60,000. We're going to keep it the same. Um, benefits, we are at $1,100. We're going to keep that the same. The main PERS is $1,800. Again, the same. These are all contracted stuff that we're doing. Um, and then contract professionals, uh, $1,000. We have a general supply

140line underneath the academic line. Uh, we are down $500 to 2,000. What that uh means is uh for general supplies for student council, robotics, drama. Um and then the next line is our dues and fees. And our dues and fees field trips for that um is $7,500 and that's where we're at for the academic line. Yes. Um, I'm wondering why we have no increase in the high school academic stipens. Have we done away with something? >> Nope. It's just where we're at. Uh, it hasn't gone up. >> I was thinking that's there's got to be something with those. >> No contracted. >> Nothing has coming out of that. No, we're taking out of our athletic line is what we're taking. >> When we get down athletics, we'll talk about that. >> Yep. >> Okay. Thanks.

141>> Yep. Spruce Mountain trips. Again, those the things that we go for trips where we go to colleges. Uh we do a lot of career fairs. Um we spend time uh visiting the northern colleges. Then we go to the southern colleges. Um and that's for our junior seniors. Uh we also do a trip to the um through the Foster Tech thing that we send them over to the C uh the Gusset Civic Center for their trades uh program. We send a bunch of kids that are sophomores, things like that. Um and that 368 is 7,000 and then 369 is 2,000. Uh then 150 and then 15,000. If we go to our Spruce Mountain High School athletics, uh we are down $7,519 for our athletic stipens. Uh we did uh for next year, we are not

142going to have a Nordic ski team. Uh we have one skier this year. Uh and that skier is a senior and [clears throat] we will not have anybody after that. Um >> he did amazingly well. >> He did. He got an NVC championship yesterday. Outstanding. The first half. Um, thank you for bringing that up too. Um, and then benefit. Oh, also we're going to be our esports program. Uh, we have six participants. Three are seniors this year. So, next year we're not going to offer esports. Um, benefits. Uh, for stipens, it's $5,899. Uh, main pers is down $447. officials and police are down $500. Um, contracted services, uh, we are up $2500 and I'm looking, Mark is out today, so he'd normally be the guy kind of talking about this and he sent me some

143notes on this. um contracted services is an increase and that is due to some of the sports uh reconditioning type things that stuff. Um and then repairs and maintenance which is number is uh up five uh $5,500. Um that that one's the paint. So, we do have a new paint uh field painter and it's a robot and the paint uh that we have there, we had to go up a little bit on that. Uh and it's actually expensive. However, it takes a fraction of the time to paint that. So, uh it's a really nice program that they got. Uh travel is at $1,000. Uh general supplies, we are we are up uh $10,600. And I'm going to increase on that general supplies. I'm looking for it right here. Um, that's across the board. Uh, products

144go up. Uh, this is, uh, uh, what's going on in that athletic program. Uh, equipment, we are down 11,500. And then 381, uh, we are down for dues and fees, we're up $2,400. So, that's where I >> I will say we that budget came in $20,000 higher. And as you can see, we cut I I challenged TJ and Mark to find money in that area and they came back with $20,000 worth of cuts because athletics are important and we want to keep it going, but we need to find a balance there with some of that stuff. So, TJ and Mark did a nice job getting to that number. >> Question. Well done. But I still have a question about general supplies up 10,600. >> Um, do we do like is that including uniforms? Do we

145do >> any roundroin of uniforms? Like one year we get varsity and that's passed down two years later to the JVS in both football, basketball. We've got the same with soccer. >> That is essentially what how we do it. Um, and they swap each year on which one's getting new uniforms. I'm going to pull up mine on uh, >> and I know his equipment is down because the wrestling mats were the year before that we paid the big chunk of money for. So >> Mhm. >> So repairs and maintenance, it is roughly about $500 per athletic uh, sport that they put for repairs and maintenance. It's uh, it can happen in the basketball in there. You could lose nets, you could lose things like that. You got to have that money in there so you

146can maintain that type of stuff. And that goes along the same thing for football, cheering, everything that we have. >> I guess my interest is in general supplies. >> Yeah, general supplies. Um, this year field hockey has 3,500. I can go down through the whole thing if you'd like. >> I I just kind of would >> um general supplies is uniform replacements, things like that. um bottles, water bottles, uh uh uh activities for football. They buy new pads each year uh for you know blocking things and baseball bats. Uh >> so have we seen a big equipment increase in price? >> Yeah, they're all going up. Yeah. >> That's what I'm asking is why it's so large. I mean that's 16, you know, that's a lot of money. >> Yeah, it is. um which seems

147for for a a school that's decreasing enrollment why general supplies would be that big of a you know maybe Mark can get us more information. I can do that. I'd like that. Thank you. >> Absolutely. Um he is out right now for uh not feeling well. >> Yeah. So >> questions regarding high school academics and athletics. Tanya. Um I think my other one was the contracted services. I'm trying to kind of understand that a little more what that >> big part of that's the trainer, isn't it? >> Yep. So that's the trainer. So we so we do share with two other schools now. Um we are sharing him with Mount Blue as well as Mount Abram. hotel. >> Uh, one thing I'm kind of bothered about is this area has always had a long tradition

148of, uh, skiing and outdoor activities over on Spruce for the downhill and Nordic. If there's to be a I know they've put a lot of money into redeveloping the mountain, if they should re develop a new ski team, is it a possibility there could be a revival of that program? I would then bring it back to the the board to see if we could do something like that. Yep. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Just right now the cost I'll be honest with you and I've been doing skiing for a long time. Um I'm the main principal association uh uh ski coordinator for all the state events. It has all gone down. All all skiing Nordic and alpine uh participation has gone down. So [clears throat] >> I think I heard back I don't know how many

149pages but a lot um about the resource officer do and we pay 80% of his salary. Is that correct? >> 80% of salaries and benefits. Correct. >> Okay. So then when it comes to athletics we then additionally have to pay for somebody on the police force to be here for athletics. Yes, because that's correct. >> He would he couldn't possibly do all the hours that he needs to do during the day and at the time. >> I I I have no doubt of what I just want to understand cuz I when I'm looking at line items, >> I mean tonight when he's here, he this is part of his SRO job. We don't get charged for him being here on these evenings, but for for sports, it's other police officers that come in and do

150the job. Yeah. >> Yep. >> Okay. I just wanted to clarify. Thank you. And Anthony does a great job. No, >> no doubt. >> Any other questions regarding high school athletics? Okay. So, I guess we're going to end for this evening. So, we'll start sorry Sherry. We'll start with special ed transportation and operation of plant next next time. >> I'm sorry. >> We'll we'll start with them next time and then if you have questions about stuff we've already gone over, feel free to call me and you'll and have questions for next time for everybody. It won't be just they'll do the presentation line per line but after that you can talk with or ask questions of anybody. Okay. >> Can I get a motion to adjurnn? >> All those in favor? >> Thank you everyone.