001Call to order of the Carne School District Board of Education meeting. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the United States of America and to the stand and justice for all. >> Roll call, please. >> Here. >> Jason Clint, >> here. Jake Smith here. >> Christina Lindsay, >> here. Chris, >> here. Nick Vasquez here. >> Here. We have a quorum. Next, the agenda. >> Move to adopt the agenda as presented. >> Second. >> All in favor? Thank you. Next, we have school spotlight, which tonight is the early education center. >> Appreciate that. >> Hi there. I'm Amy Ba. I'm the principal at the Early Education Center. Thanks for having us this evening. I'm Amanda Texter, social worker and parents as teachers parent educator. >> Oh, got this guy. Um, so we
002wanted to share with you we have a new um resource up and running now. It's our Bitty Bulldog clothing closet. Um, so we have collected donations um of a number of different things from newborn all the way through 5-year-oldish size. Um, as a resource for the greater community. We have things for all seasons. We've got swimsuits and snowsuits and everything in between. Um there's also a ton of accessories. It's not just clothes. So there's there's shoes, scarves, hats, um socks, underwear, backpacks, anything kiddos could need um at an early childhood age. Also have a wealth of hygiene items as far as toothbrushes, even crib bedding. Um, we have some bottles, feeding supplies, and then just home cleaning supplies, lotions, soaps, things like that that families might need with with little ones. So, we've had um
003just a really great response from our community. Uh, the Carne Optimus Club has been really generous in giving us some diapers of sizes we didn't have. Um and then also we do our holiday event in December and so families were so generous and staff members of just providing different things we requested. Um and then we also have the partnership with giving the basics which a lot of the school nurses use to help with different toiletries. So we've been able uh the social work department has used some of those as well. Um so it's just been like a collective effort which is really cool to see everybody coming together. And then we also have um this developmental toy lending library. So um it's a labor of love and a work in progress. But what we're hoping
004for is that um parents as teachers and the early education center might be able to utilize these toys if needed. We all know that we all as parents get these toys and then they kind of quickly the parts get disassembled and you lose track of them. So um it's just an opportunity for people to be able to borrow those items. We've also really mostly this year been using it too like during the holidays and birthdays if families of different income levels aren't able to provide full items for Christmas. Um we we did welcome families to come in and a couple families took us up on that and were able to get some items for their kiddos for the holidays. So that was great. That was actually inspired by a phone call we got from a
005community member just asking if we happened to have anything that was like that where um like babies who outgrow their baby toys could bring those in and maybe check out new items like you would at a library. And I thought that was such a fun idea. So um we've had a lot of people that are happy to bring in old toys and get them out of their basements and closets and garages, including myself. That's great. >> We will take all your things. If anybody has zero to 5T clothes or toys, bring it. Love it. >> Yep. We also have um National Junior Honor Society students that come and help us sort um once we get donations and get things arranged in there for us. Um and some >> sanitizing the toys. >> Yep. Yep. Getting
006things bagged together, making sure all the pieces are there. It's no fun to get home and put together a puzzle that's missing one piece. I can speak from experience. Um but it's been a group effort. Uh Britney King, our parents' teachers coordinator, she helped coordinate donations with the the holiday celebration. and she also really encourages all the parent educators to spread awareness of the program throughout the community. Um, our nurse Caitlyn Harstad has been great organizing donations. Um, like Amanda said with giving the basics and other items. She also when we have needs inhouse for students in our buildings, she really helps kind of coordinate those efforts um during the school day. And then Kim Evans, our administrative assistant, is wonderful. She um promotes donations. she's always saying, "Oh, well, if you're getting rid of
007those things, you know, when she hears parents talking in the lobby, bring them on in. We'll take them." And and kind of coordinates when parents are bringing in big drop offs. Um, but really Amanda has been our spearhead for this and and meets with families all times of the evenings and weekends so that there's some confidentiality there and it can be um done, you know, not as publicly. And so she's been wonderful about meeting families and really reaching out to community partnerships to make this a great opportunity for families. >> And then I would say Dr. Ba's not on here either, but this was her idea. So we're really excited to bring it to fruition. So thank you. >> And that's that. Thank you. >> That is awesome. >> Thank you very much for coming.
008Okay, next we have recognitions and the first one is going to be stunt. >> Hello everyone. My name is Aaron Schmeltz and I am the head coach of cheer and stunt. This is cheer with a group stunt all the same words but uh it is actually part of our cheer program. So, we were able to compete at Game Day State. These four seniors came to me and really wanted to compete a group stunt and I said, "Oh, well, Carney's never done that. We have no experience doing that or any scoring to go off of, but sure, let's do it." So, we all got to be each other's Valentine's because we competed on uh Valentine's Day and we basically worked for about two two and a half months beforehand and kind of looked at a sample
009score sheet which was super vague and worked up just a really fun routine. It was a lot of these four seniors who, by the way, I'm pretty sure I'm right in saying this, none of them cheered before their freshman year of high school. And they went into uh the stunt competition for cheer. And we worked on some things that they were working on and then some things that we kind of reimagined and just made a really fun stunt group. And out of 18 teams that were registered, 16 showed up and this group stunt got third place. And it was so exciting to see them out there. I when you go out there, everybody at game day really has a great time. It's a really good atmosphere. Um, but everybody has their whole team there. So
010there they might have one stunt group go up there, but they've got JV and varsity all there to cheer them on. We had us and their parents. Um, but they just went out there like total rock stars and they lit up. I mean, you could see when they did their first element, you could hear the from the crowd and it wasn't a bad oh no, they're going to fall. It was a wow, how did they do that? Um there when we looked over the score sheets um the teams that scored ahead of us uh we were at a 51.3 I believe. Um Carl Junction was at a 51.31 and the champion which was or sorry Fort Zalt South was the second place team. The first place team was uh Carl Junction and they were at
011a 51.316. So the first three teams were very tight in competition. They had been competing there for about six years. Um they had about three or four stunt groups that they were working with there, able to trade each other out. Uh so I was just really proud of these seniors. It took a lot of their dedication and uh their just basic abilities to be able to put on such a good show. I was just talking to one of the college coaches who's trying to get most of our senior class. Um and she was like, "What is it with Carney? Why are you guys so good at everything?" And I was like, "I I don't really know what to tell you besides it's just cliche, but Carney kids are just built different. They really want to
012do well. We have a really good community that supports everything that we do. And I don't know that we don't have special water. They're just awesome kids. So, um I think that that's, you know, just such a good thing to have so many people recognizing how good we are in academics and in sports and activities. And I thought it was just really cool for them to point us out over all these other schools. So, um, the stunt group was made up of Kenna Chinowit, Lily Hustle, Natalie Knight, and Amara Miles. Um, I believe Lily isn't fully decided on college. Kenna is going to get her real estate license and, u Natalie and Amara both have offers to cheer in college. So, um, congrats girls. So proud of you and thank you guys for all of
013your support. THAT could have been bad. >> I think he's going to put you in the middle here probably, ladies. Right around the middle. There you go. >> And what do you want, Ray? You want them on the other side? We're twice. parents want to get >> that sir. >> That's awesome. Okay, next we have swim. Coach Warman. >> Hi there. Um, I'm Trevor Warman. I am the swim coach. Um, and I'm excited to have the opportunity to celebrate all of these young uh, kids and these student athletes and what they were able to accomplish um, at our state meet last November. Um, these boys uh, were able to medal at our state meet which is uh, first team all state honors and and top eight in the state um, in the 400 freestyle relay
014um, which is incredibly hard to do. They finished in eighth place and it was uh, down to the wire. It was the the um, competition was razor thin. So, um, you know, they swam fast, they did amazing. And then Isaac over here, um, is the first diver in program history to ever stand on the podium and medal, um, at the state meet. Um, so he was able to make some school history, continue to break his school records over and over throughout the season. Um, so incredibly proud of them and and what they were able to accomplish. And, you know, I say this every year at our banquet, but um, you have to be a little bit crazy to enjoy swimming, and I know that's true because I am. Um, there's no game involved. Um it's
015just um you know perseverance pushing your body to the limits. You got your face in the water um staring at the black line all day. So um it takes a lot of grit um and perseverance and resilience and um I'm incredibly proud of these guys and and what they were able to accomplish. So um we're also missing two others. Um Isaac Jensen, a freshman. He was a a great newcomer to the team. And then of course Whitaker Stewart um who secured his uh sixth and seventh uh state titles um which is tied for the most in Mission swimming history. Um I would argue that he's the most dominant uh swimmer in Misha history um from any school. Um you know when you uh you know you see Katy Leiddki at the Olympics and nobody else
016is on the screen that's what what it's watching what it's like watching Whitaker um swim. So, it's been a a real joy to uh see that uh every day at the pool and and see um that greatness. So, I want to give um them their flowers since they couldn't be here tonight. But um yeah, super proud of these guys. I don't know if there too I guess we have a parent. Yep. Yep. >> Sorry. Sorry. >> Um I'm also excited to have the opportunity to talk about one of our uh uh swimmers on the girls team, Kaylee Gerber. Um she's a sophomore. She accomplished a lot of incredible things this year. um for the first time in 8 years, we were able to bring back a relay to day two um at at finals at
017state, which is top 16. Um and she was a crucial member of that. But not only did we bring one relay back, we brought two. Um so it was incredible to watch these girls work and and she was uh um you know, obviously a huge part as to why we were able to achieve that um with our relays. Um she's also the first swimmer um to come back to day two uh for finals at state um in 5 years, so since 2021. Um she did that in the 50 freestyle. Um you know she is inc she works incredibly hard. Um this season was full of grit and perseverance um and and battling through adversity. Um you know and and the determination that she showed all season long was incredibly impressive. um you know um she
018held uh um you know herself with grace and poise especially at that state meet with a with a lot going on and um so incredibly proud of her and what she was able to accomplish and um you know to to make it on that on that uh you know podium at the state uh meet is incredibly impressive um especially in in an individual event. Um, you know, it's it's a fast meet with lots of really really great competitors and um, you know, she proved herself to be, you know, one of those people at the top, you know, the cream of the crop. So, um, incredibly proud of you, Kaylee, and all that you accomplished. SO, HEY, COACH. Can we give you these other? >> Yes, >> that'd be great. Thanks. >> Thank you. >> Hello.
019>> Hey, good evening. >> First off, thanks for having us. Um this is your boys state team minus a couple. Um so we had nine qualifiers this year and uh seven of them came home with a state medal. So it was uh something that led to a state runnerup finish for the boys team. It was right off a hot district tournament where I think that was the first time that they were just really firing on all cylinders. um we were in second place until the last match and then we tied for a district title for the first time and a while and we tied for a state title you know 10 years ago so it wasn't crazy uncommon but it was just because these guys came out just firing and I think something we talked
020about from the beginning that they got really good at was in wrestling it matters how you win a pin verse a decision and these guys are just pinning machines and it carried over into state two where that's what um day one you know we were we were never in first place at the state tournament, but we were in a in a battle for the top four and just the the bonus points that these guys were able to put up just really put them over the top and um second was locked up before we even started the finals. And then having three guys finish as state champions going three for three in the state finals. Obviously uh added a few extra points there to to close the gap, but uh still finish behind one of those
021private schools that gets to bump up to class 4 next year. So we'll be be without them. So that'll be good. Um, so we uh introduced them individually. Um, down here we have our lone senior, Kenny Davis. Kenny wrestled 150 pounds for us and finished his career as a two-time state qualifier. Won a match on the backside, picking up a fall and getting some important bonus points for us. >> Kendall's Yeah, first one right there. Perfect. >> Oh, no. Do I? >> Probably not. But did that luck out? >> That lucked out. That was good. Next, I got freshman Ty Bell. So, freshman came in. Ty wrestled 106 lbs for us, the the lightest weight, and he filled it up real well. Uh what he did was usually when you're that at that weight, we
022we joke that you get a lot of freebies. You get to go out and get your hand raised. He didn't have any of those. So he wrestled uh over what 55 some 58 matches for us this year and won 49 matches as a freshman on varsity and led the team in wins. Wow. >> And then finished with a a state championship. >> Ty Bell. >> Next we have the tall guy uh Carter Temple. So coming in off a uh football state championship, we we slow played it and he didn't wrestle as much as he would have usually in December. So we really got him full go in in January coming off uh you know a little little injury and a little football things that we were doing. So got him full go and it was
023no looking back. Um his goal from the beginning was to go get his uh third state title and third state title in three years. So uh two state titles in one in one year for football and wrestling and then three state titles in his junior year. and we're going to we're going to go for one more next year. So, Carter, next we have Junior Phoenix Shelton. This was Phoenix's third trip to the state tournament and first time finding that podium. Finished in fifth place. So, Phoenix did a fantastic job picking up again just a a pinning machine is what Phoenix became this year. just always picking up bonus points and getting those important wins for us. Next, we have junior Braden Robinson. This was Braden's second time at the state tournament and second um state
024medal. Finished in fourth place. Sprayen had the tough job of wrestling up a weight class pretty much the entire season and then after a few injuries and a thing shook out got to wrestle the weight he would have preferred to wrestle the whole year and showed that he belonged real quick by going and finding the himself in the state medal round again junior Kale Davis. So Kale had uh again did spent a lot of the season wrestling up a weight class just doing the best we could to fill 14 weight classes and then when it comes to postseason we you know it switches you still want to do what's best for the team but we got to make a few changes do what's best for the individual and he knew and we kind of had
025talked from the beginning like hey you're going to fill a role on a dual team for us up 08 but then when it comes to postseason there's a good chance you're going to go 157 and he spent most of the year not in the rankings but won obviously a ton of matches for us and and then just really caught fire at the district tournament, knocking off the number one seated kid in the district finals and then realized real quick that he belonged and went and knocked off that same kid in the state finals and finished as a state champion. And lastly, another junior heavy uh Landon Westfall. Landon's third trip to the state tournament and second time bringing home a state medal, finishing in fourth place. So, we got um everyone but Kindle coming back
026for us. So, we have seven returning state medalists coming back next year. JD Romero is not here tonight and Kale Tucking's not here tonight. So, those are two more guys that were a part of it with us that helped contribute to that second place team finish. Guys, we can come on in and take a picture. >> T, you want to talk? All right, good enough. Okay, hang on one second. Good. >> All right, parents, your turn. Yeah, I was looking for you. >> All right. Good evening. Thanks for having us once again. Um, so girls wrestling team, this is the state team. We had eight qualifiers and six state medalists. Um, I'll just kind of run through here a real quick recap of kind of the season. Um, so had another successful one. Um, I
027would say we we beefed our schedule up a little this year. We did a we we wrestled what would be considered uh a national schedule. We went to the Iron Man uh did some serious fundraising and took a trip out, wrestled with uh over 130 teams in Ohio and and we placed sixth place there. Um we came back, we're a little beat up after that trip. Um we wrestled in the Kansas City Stampede the following week. Um which is another very tough field of teams and we finished ninth uh with a kind of a decimated lineup. Same story kind of went to the Wonder Woman over Christmas break which is a 90 plus team field of teams from all over the Midwest. We placed fifth there and had two champions. Uh and that was without
028two of these state medalists in our lineup. So we wrestled a really tough tournament schedule this year and we thought that that would prepare us for the state tournament and it did. We uh went to the district tournament as the favorites and we won by a 40-point margin. Um we went to the state tournament. This we're getting better at the math down there. We we've been scraping by for a while and we went down this this year and took the lead from the beginning and and kept it and uh that was that was good on my heart. So um so yeah, I I prefer to do it that way in the future. Um so uh 9 and1 dual record. Um we we we our one dual loss was a was a tie to uh one
029of the top teams in class 2 in our dual tournament for O0 Sage. Um so kind of going back just some things through the numbers here. Um we are now the winningest girls program in Missouri. We're tied for four straight uh four state titles with Lebanon. Um we are the only team to have four straight in a row. Um we won by a 20 point margin at the state tournament. Six medalists, two champs. Um and they're all coming back but one. So um Carne Wrestling's doing well or um both both sides of the ball here. So uh I'll just kind of run down the list here in order from over there and kind of just give you the the spiel of how they did. Um so Ella Ella wrestles kind of coach Hill mentioned about
030people sacrificing for the team and and Ella's one of those. Um she's a she's a competitive cheerleader year round. Um, and then she wrestles the 235 weight class. She only weighs about 174 pounds. So, um, we have to like really kind of keep a keep an eye on her, but uh, she's she's wrestling girls that are two weights above her and she does really well. She placed at all those national events we went to. Um, she went two and two at the state tournament, lost a heartbreaker in the bubble match, but uh, we we got high hopes for Ella and she's going to she's going to get on the podium for us in the next two years. I have confidence. Um, Zola Williams. Zola is a freshman for us. So, Ella is a junior, by
031the way. Uh, or sophomore, sorry. Yeah. Don't shake your head at me like that. Uh, and then Zola is a freshman. Zola is uh currently I checked I checked before we got here cuz the rankings changed uh weekly, but uh she is currently ranked by one publication number 17 in the country and by another number 12 in the country. She won a freshman state title. She didn't surrender a single point in the postseason. Um it speaks for itself. She's she's going places. So that's Z Williams, state champ, freshman. Uh Carly Vargas standing there next to her. She is a junior. Had to make sure I'm right. You guys have got me second guess myself now. So she's a junior. She is a three-time state finalist now and now a two-time state champion just like Zola.
032She is also nationally ranked in the top 20 in the country. Uh she is uh now a two-time state champion. She's a Fargo all-American. She's won the Wonder Woman twice. Um she's doing big things. Uh the phone's starting to ring for her. So, um Carly Vargas. And then we got Mila Willidge, sophomore. Mila is now a two-time state medalist. Uh she took fifth as a freshman. Um she was one that you know really her season had a little bit of adversity in it. She had got dinged up a little bit in that the grind of our schedule. Um we took some time off and got her back uh firing at the right time and she went on a pretty good run. She's she knocked off some really good girls this year. Um, kind of a
033couple fun facts. When we were at the Iron Man, she beat the number three girl in the country. Um, then we uh we knocked off a girl that was ranked above us at the district tournament that had beat us previously. And then she went on a run to pend her way to the state finals and lost to a four-time state champion, one of the very few in in uh Missouri history. So, uh, and she was the only girl actually in four years that's made that girl wrestle a full match at the state tournament. So, pretty pretty proud of Mila's effort there. Uh, so that's Mila. And then we've got Rebecca Laughlet. Rebecca's a freshman. Fun fact about Rebecca is this time last year she was a figure skater. So, uh, she is now a state
034qualifier. Uh, in her, so she wrestled in the middle school for us. She decided she was going to go all in, did all the summer things, uh, came to the fall stuff and, uh, she caught caught fire at the right time of the year. She took her lumps early and uh stayed with the program, believed in the system, and uh got hot at the district tournament and qualified and got some state experience and we're excited about getting her back. She's got a great attitude and she's a great worker and that figure skating it factors in. Yeah. And then so then we got a Appenfeller. Ayah's a junior for us. Uh Ada is now a two-time state qualifier and she reached the podium for the first time in her career. She took fifth place. Uh her
035tournament I would say was like one word would define it would be gritty. It was she she wrestled decision after decision. Uh you know I preferred like I said we we're getting better at the math. We're pinning people and that's good on my heart. Aa aa she works on my heart a little bit. She's uh she keeps them close. Um but she finds ways to dig out gritty wins and uh that's kind of just her personality. She she does a lot with um you know with her talent. she gets in and works hard and and takes coaching and we're we're excited about getting her back. Uh my lone senior here on the state team, Riley Walker. Riley is now a four-time state medalist. Uh she's been a part of four state championship teams. Um and
036and her whole career has been overcoming uh overcoming injuries, overcoming, you know, battles with illness and things. Um she always just seems to find uh the the heart and the the the drive to get it done at the right time of the year. and she's been a cornerstone of four of our state titles and she's going to be hard to replace. So that's Riley Walker. And then here next to me we got Bella Winsel. And Bella is a sophomore the second time to the state tournament. She also reached the podium for the first time and got fourth place. Um couple close uh heartbreakers. She had big goals. Um her bracket had a three-time uh defending state champion in it and she had goals of knocking her off. um lost the match before we get to
037that point, right? But we she the girl that won actually knocked her off. So big upset there. Um Bella Bella was the only offensive points scored on the girl who won this the bracket in her weight class. So even though we you know up and down the lineup we could talk about, you know, things that could have went a little bit differently. uh the state tournaments like that, you know, you celebrate things that are like amazing and you see these girls that achieve what they've been working for and then, you know, a few of them go back to the drawing board. But that's what's awesome about our wrestling program as a whole is our kids are they're expect to win, they expect to compete and they come back and figure out a way. And so,
038uh, these girls that didn't get what they wanted, I got a I got a hunch that fifth one's coming next year and they're going to be a part of that. So, THAT'S IT. PERFECT. PARENTS, get your shot. Congratulations. Thank you all for coming. You do not have >> unless you want to. >> I mean it it'll be riveting but >> everybody usually does. >> Thank you. >> How many athletes was that? >> Do you know? >> Seven. It was a lot. I counted how many >> impressive be >> all right. Future's bright for that wrestling program. They got a lot of kids coming back. >> Both of them. >> Yep. Next, we have uh no public comment, so we'll move on to the superintendent report. >> Thank you, Dr. Bailey. Couple more things. Um I
039really appreciated Coach Smelt's comments about the talent of our kids. It's just amazing that we get to celebrate so many students. Um a few more acknowledgements. Uh Carne High School boys basketball made it to quarterfinals and districts. Uh Carne High School girls basketball conference champions and reach state quarterfinals. Next month we will be celebrating Golden Girls who received third at state. Um other student recognitions uh Carney High School family career and community leaders of America earned second place honors for their interior design capstone project. 11 members of the Carney High School boys wrestling team earned Greater Kansas City Blue allconerence wrestling honors. Three Carne High School sophomores have been selected to participate in the 2026 Missouri Scholars Academy. And this is one of the state's most prestigious academic enrichment programs for gifted students. 10 Bulldogs
040earned uh softball academic all-state honors and had a team GPA of 3.68. Students first, right? Um Carney High School Symphotic Band earned an exemplary rating from all four judges at Misha State large uh group festival. All Carney High School choirs earned exemplary ratings at Mission District 17 large group vocal festival. Carney High School a education teacher Erica Hart has been named Golden Owl Semi finalist of the year. Carney first technical challenge robotics team earned first place uh at the innovation award for the robotics lifting me mechanism at the Missouri Kansas uh West Super Qualifier. Carney High School. Um, and I just want to pause there for a second again, not only recognizing our students and their accomplishments, but I also think it's really important that we acknowledge coaches and sponsors. So much time and effort
041goes in and dedication, they are committed and humbled, and we saw that tonight. Um, I did want to share that, um, uh, Mr. Underwood's English three class, um, it was pretty exciting. They had real world learning presentations. They collaborated with the city of Carney um really to focus on World Cup watch uh parties and it was really nice to see four or five teams really think through how to make this uh go for the city. Um all the way from city beautifification all the way to operation of the event. So they really did a nice job. Um I'm going to switch gears here for a second. Um want to talk a little bit about legislative updates. If you happen to be following uh the legislature in Missouri, um you know that the House um has
042passed a bill to bring uh an initiative petition to voters to phase out the income tax. And again, a word of caution, this still has to go through the Senate. There's still a process. So, please know that. So, we're continuing to watch to see how that will potentially impact public education. House Bill 2720, again an area, and I've mentioned this in the past, uh the A throughF uh district report card. Um continuing to see how that gets fleshed out. And really, um probably what we're most concerned with is the waiting. And as I've mentioned in previous uh reports, you know, if if twothirds of that is going to be based on growth, what we could see is a really volatile score on an annual basis. So again, we're looking at what DESI's recommendation will be
043and what the state legislature will actually pass moving forward. Um, another note, um, and you'll hear this later from Mr. Schwin. I just wanted to talk to you a little bit about state funding. Uh, last week, uh, Mr. Schwin was on a call with the assistant commissioner for DESIE, uh, Dr. Cruz. And one of the things that he shared and we've been monitoring this and discussing this I don't know probably for the last 6 months about the state adequacy target. So it was uh uh intended to be at 7145 and that was the factor that was going to go into the formula. Um and we've been tracking that it's been uh trending towards 6900. Um we received word last week that DESIE feels that it will stay at 6,900. And what that means for dollars
044uh at the district level is that's a loss of about $850,000 that we had budgeted um if the funding uh formula was fully funded. Um in addition uh Mr. Schwin's going to share with you tonight in his report um you'll see that local revenue is also down. Part of that is because of the uh Senate Bill 190 um and the senior ci citizen tax credit. One of the things that's happening at the county, the county, anybody who's eligible, they have held all the property taxes from taxing jurisdictions. So, we're seeing a lag of about $3 million in local revenue. So, just be be aware of that. And he will touch on that. And lastly, um it is a board of education appreciation month. So, a lot goes behind the scenes um that our patrons probably
045don't see. the preparation for board meetings, the uh work sessions that go on, um answering phone calls and emails and following up with district administrators, uh re going to student activities. So, a lot of time goes on behind the scenes and we are incredibly appreciative of your commitment to our and service to our school district and making sure that we stay uh an exceptional education institution. So, thank you very much. >> All right. Next we have the consent agenda. >> Move that the consent agenda be approved as presented. >> Second. >> All in favor? Opposed? Thank you. Next we have information items. Bond project update. >> Good evening everyone. Um, as we've talked before, the South View roofing project has kind of jumped to the top of our priority list for the remaining bond funds
046from 2022 uh bond. And um Ben Vandrew is here uh to kind of talk through some of that from the construction side. Um, we will also be moving forward with uh epoxy resin flooring um for Hawthorne Elementary and Carne Elementary and that will be asked for approval of those two items later in um action items. So, I'm going to let Ben talk through um those processes. >> Good evening. Some new faces since I was up here last. So, um I'm Ben with New Kirk Novak. Um we've been working here for several years and excited to still be working here. Um I think you know Eric talked about the epoxy which is pretty straightforward that we're going to ask for approval on tonight that would get um completed. We got two different contractors going to the
047two schools so you ensure that both of them get done over the summer. So that's pretty straightforward. What we've been involved in recently is um the South View roof. And so there's been a lot of action happening on our end research uh different types of roofing systems, different types of decking systems because there is some what they call tectum decking in some areas that needs replaced. So that actually you have to take it off, put a new deck down. And so what we are what we think the best value for the district is and the best long-term value is to go back with a metal deck. Um, so you won't have this problem ever again if you put a metal deck on of having to replace it and it's a little bit less expensive. So,
048uh, we've done a bunch of research, gone through a bunch of scenarios. Now, there is a design team on board kind of finalizing design for this decking and also venting for the roof. So, part of the reason that the roof has deteriorated is because proper venting was not installed the last time the roof was replaced. So, that's all um being taken into account in this design. Um should have a design here pretty quick, maybe into this week, early next week, and then we'll go finalize uh pricing with roofing contractors. So, we're working really fast to try to get through this, but there's a lot of interesting details and nuances with that roof. So, um as a part of the pricing plan, um we will put a schedule with it. not sure we can get the
049whole roof done this summer. We're going to do everything we can to try and work multiple crews and things like that. So, we're in the process of figuring that out. Um so, when we come back um to the administration and then and then to your team here, we'll have that plan in place. We're just still kind of working through all the details of it. So, a lot happening. We know it's a priority and the summer's coming quick when it comes to trying to do something like this. So, it's kind of all hands on deck from our side to help figure this thing out. So, more to come, but um we got our we got a really good team working on it right now. So, >> So, beyond the roof, are there any structural issues that
050have to be addressed or is it just the roof? >> Uh just the roof and this deck that I'm talking about replacing is kind of the structural piece of it, but the um the trusses that hold that decking up, everything's in really good shape there. So, >> good to hear. >> Yep. So that tectum's a sound barrier too. Um the I assume what you're talking about putting back in metal is going to have some component that is >> it'll be an acoustical deck. So it would have the same kind of properties that this tectum does. Uh because these are in open ceiling spaces. So uh and it the tricky part of it is you know it's in the cafeteria space. So you got to take down electrical, you got to pull the deck off, put
051it on, put the electrical back up. So there's a lot involved in it. So, we're trying to do the due diligence and make sure we got everything figured out. So, it's a good question, though. >> Did we ever is there a cause of action here uh looking at insurance-wise where we can have some relief or were we able to find anything with that or is that ship sailed? >> We have had insurance companies come out. They um searched for hail damage, any other peril, wind, and did not find any. They sent out a report that they would not recognize that as a covered loss. Um looked into warranty on shingles. Uh similar result, different um reason. They um had it had a lot to do with the lack of ventilation and the the cause of
052the deterioration of shingles. um was led by uh extra heat and so on. Okay. So, we we pursued both those with with negative results. Okay. >> How long ago did we have the roof replaced? >> Uh 2010. >> Any other questions? All right. Thank you all. Okay. Financials. Mr. Schwen. Good evening. >> Wish I had better news, but you've already got a a glimpse of what we're facing this year. Um um what I was told in my webinar last week was from Dr. Cruz that we're facing probably the next couple years, some of the hardest years that Missouri's experienced in a long time. Um, I've been around a long time in school finance as a whole and I know it's cycl cyclical. It'll you have your good years, you have your bad years. So, um,
053been there, done that, and I know we got a good team here. So, I feel very confident we will come up with solutions and play with the cards that were dealt. Um, I would like to go over uh that new uh financial report that I put together. I was going to go through a few of the numbers with you. Um the first uh section at the top revenue uh I thought I'd point out uh the numbers at the very bottom you will see a credit of 3 million 20 and some thousand. Um what that tells me is revenuewise in our operating fund it's lagging way behind where we were a year ago at the same time. Um, number one culprit is Senate Bill 190 and the delayed um, tax revenues coming in there. Um, so
054I was very optimistic we would see that in March cuz uh, they gave everybody a 30-day extension, but here we are in March and it's still lagging. So, uh, we've inquired and, uh, we've been told they're trying to get that resolved as quickly as possible. So, um I was curious if there was any state statutes forcing them to get the money to us in a certain amount of time, but I haven't found anything. So, they're trying. I'll give them that. Um that's the also the reason if you go two columns over to the debt service fund. Again, uh lagging tax revenues. Then if you get to the bond fund, you'll see that's down by almost a million. Well, last year at this time, we were sitting on a lot more money and earning a lot
055more in interest. So that that decline is primarily interest earnings. Um then if you drop down to the next group of numbers, the expenditures, um the first number you'll see under the operating fund at the bottom is expenditures are up 1.5 million roughly. That's not too surprising. We did give our people raises this year and we've already experienced some significant increases in areas such as our music renewal for our insurance. That was a pretty big number. And I know we've paid some textbooks right out of the gate uh that are bumping that number up a little bit too. So columns, the operating fund column and the special revenue column, no real surprises there. And then if you get to the third one over debt service fund, that's not surprising that it dropped by 4.3 million
056because last year uh we made the special payment to to help pay down our debt. That did not happen this year. So that's the difference. Um then if you drop down to the next two major groups uh are the programs that we added. Uh nothing really different this month. Nothing to really point out. So, I I'm not going to spend any time on those numbers. Everything's coming in fairly consistent. Um, but I did want to point out far right column, uh, the ending cash balance percentages. And I know that's a big deal. Um, I have been promoting since I took this position that I felt confident we would get to the 20.29%. This is the first month I've adjusted that number. Um, solely based on the news I received last week with SAT now highly
057likely to remain at 6,900. It could still go up. Uh, I hate to say it, but the the excuse for why it probably won't go up is because of um gambling revenues, lottery revenues, and tobacco revenues. So, it's it's pretty sad that we're requiring those to be uh larger than they are to make our budget work, but that's the reality of the situation. So, um, I have adjusted the year-end percentage number down to 18.67. I'm hoping I'm still conservative and there's a way we can get in the 20s. Um, but it's it's not looking real promising at this point. Um, so, uh, with that being said, uh, I'm happy to answer any questions you might have on this report or any other numbers. >> Doug, what is it again? How what's the dollar threshold to
058get a percentage? >> Um the oh for our ending cash balance is about 500,000. >> Okay. >> So um >> so we need roughly a million >> need to get back to the 20.29 roughly a million and that's where that 850,000 for the SAT number that Dr. Miller mentioned earlier. So that's that's the difference that we're chasing. So um it still could come up. Um, but I guarantee at this point that number won't come up till June. Uh, I can almost guarantee that because they're going to wait till the very end and make sure that revenue is solid before they release it. So, we could get surprises at the very end. But, >> well, speaking of revenue, like if we're saying we're 3.2 million, that that's what we're expecting to come in, right? >> Oh,
059for taxes, I the the tax um taxes are still going to come through. Um, it's the funding the the the funding formula for SAT is the part that >> but I I just know like our that what you've said like the taxes are lagging behind. You're hoping it come in March. Sounds like it's probably going to be April now. But I also know that there's been uncertainty with Senate Bill 190 to where I didn't know if that if we were factoring in that uncertainty into that 3.2 two million or you know into the remaining uh revenue that we're waiting to be collected or if there's a good chance that that's actually going to be lower as well because we'll see. >> Yeah, the only one I'm adjusting for at this point is the loss in
060SAT. I I I feel really confident our our taxes tax revenues will show up eventually, but it is sad that we're missing out on $3 million right now that could be drawn interest and it's not. So, um, but we're not unique. I I visited with some of my colleagues in Klay County and, uh, they're dealing with the same thing. So, >> Doug, one question and a comment. Um, first the question, uh, looking at what are your other attachments. Uh, we don't need to go to it because I'm just going to ask you to characterize uh, the self-funded insurance fund five now nine months through the year. How are you feeling about that? Are we having a good year? We having a bad year? What's that looking like? Well, overall it's it's been a tough year,
061but there has been some recent good news. So, um in fact, we got a announcement today of um almost $80,000 is coming back to us in our stop loss. Correct. Um so, I'm I'm hopeful that the number should be better down the stretch. um and we'll be fine once we get to June, but it it the first half was kind of a tough year as far as claims go. Um and my comment is just as I'm in Jefferson City, what I am hearing is that this is going to be a rough couple years on budget. Um you know, they're talking about cutting $2 billion. And so what I I guess I think that means for us is we need to probably make sure that we're tightening down our hatches and kind of sharpen our pencils
062because I the days of federal money kind of rolling in and and helping uh everyone are over and so we just need to be prepared for I think a tougher budget environment. So just something for you to think about as you prepare budgets is how do how conservative could we be on this because that might be might be what it's going to take on these things. >> Absolutely. and we have a a very important finance committee meeting on Monday and and that's been a a very enjoyable process for me and I hope it is for the participants. Um Monday is going to be a real telling story. They're really diving in and and building their budgets and making some tough choices and we're going to evaluate what those tough decisions are that the majority of
063the group feels we can do and those that we shouldn't touch. So, um I'm hoping we get some really good feedback from that group and definitely appreciate them taking time out of their personal schedules. So, um we're on meeting number four. So, that's a eight hours right there that they've put in of their time. So, great group of people though and very intelligent. So, it's Monday I'm getting really excited for. Although it's not what we're having to do is not fun, you know, but I like numbers and I like crunching numbers. So, that part I like. and they'll get to experience that change in the SAT real time, right? And I mean, and that's a real situation that we're working through. And again, they're a good group of problem solvers. >> Yeah, it it it
064is cuz when I presented it to them two Mondays ago, um I was still optimistic. We're going to get to 7145 this year and next year, yeah, we're going to get cut, but it should be 6,900. Now, next year, 6,900's not even guaranteed. I've there's rumors it could be going back to 6750 which was from fiscal year 25. So um there there are a lot of tough decisions on the horizon. So all right thank you. >> Okay. Um there's a program evaluation for the ask at risk program that was written for your review. Any questions on that? And next we have the program evaluation for special education. >> Hello. >> Hi. Good evening. >> I'm excited to share um a little bit about our special education program with you all. >> Okay. So um our
065two strategic um plan goals. Goal number two, academic success and student support. Um KSD delivers high quality educational experiences. um supporting the diverse needs of all students and then goal four exempl exemplary and valued employees. Um KSC is committed to high-quality staff who are dedicated to students. Um here is a snapshot of our current special education staff. Um we have an amazing um kind of special education leadership leadership team. um a new diagnostician um pair professionals, teachers, therapists, all do wonderful, wonderful things with our students. Here is um kind of a representation of our student population here in Carney. So in the state of Missouri, there are 13 um disability categories. Um here you can see the population of students that we have here in Carne. Um so our highest um disability category is other
066health impaired. Um followed by specific learning disability and autism. Um and that is very comparable with the state. Um there has been over the last few years kind of just a trend um of uptick and other health impaired and autism um disabilities. Um, here in Carney, we currently have 425 students eligible under IDA um that are receiving supports and that's preK through 12th grade. Um, so when we look at that 425 students, that is 12.3% of our student population that is being served um on IEPs. Uh so 504s are not um a special education. Um they don't fall under IDA. They are their own um section 504. Um however, our uh special education team supports 504s. We handle the compliance and the um legal part of evaluating 504s. And so that's why I'm reporting on
067it. Um they often get kind of intermingled. Uh but 504s are not part of IDA. However, we do have 22 students currently eligible for 504s. Um 185 of those are eligible with a plan. 12 of those are students that are eligible with no plan and then we have some pending and that's just kind of our always um initial ones that we get. Um and honestly, I'm sure those numbers have changed since I did that last week. So, it's just kind of always uh numbers are changing. Um so when we combined IEP students with IEPs and then students with 504s um that's a total um 18.15% of our student population. Here is just kind of a history of our transfer in and transfer out um students and then also prek students who we have um sent
068to kindergarten um that have IEPs. So you can kind of see the history. uh this current school year are we're going to be sending 34 again that number could change if we identify more students which I'm sure that we will um but we're going to be sending 34 prek students onto kindergarten um that is our largest number which just means that we are identifying students earlier and helping them you know in their earlier education. Here is a snapshot of our budget for the last three years. Um so as you can see obviously expenditures are slowly increasing along with everything else. Um but also our revenue is also on the uptick. Um special education is not a fully funded um program. And so a lot of those costs for supporting students do come at an expense
069um to provide the supports that they require. And that's transportation, out of district placements, um PAR salaries, any any equipment that we may need. Those all go into the expenses that come along with special education. All right, I'm going to talk about some fun news. Um so graduation um for the last school year so 24 25 um for students grades 9 through 12 we had zero dropouts um identified for students with disability which is wonderful and then the last four-year graduation rate um for students with a disability is at 92.3 compared to the state at 82.3 and you'll kind of see a trend um Carney is doing amazing when we compare ourselves to the state over the next few slides um so after graduation Um, we survey kiddos that have graduated and just kind of
070find out where path their path has taken them. Um, and so here I have it listed out, you know, four-year college, two-year college, um, employment, um, and then employment less than 20 hours. So that would be technically not competitively employed, but still doing some type of employment. Um, and then we have the total. And the total indicates um 90.9% of our graduates from 23 24 are employed or continuing education. And so that that employed means that they are the competitively employed. So working over 20 hours for at least nine weeks um or they are in some type of continued education or training which is awesome for all of our graduates. here um is kind of a snapshot of last year's all um MAP data map and MAP A which also includes EOCC's at the high
071school. So this is grades 3 through 12th grade. Um and this is looking at all of those grades combined ELA and mathematics. Um, so you can kind of see where our district has scored percentwise, any any students scoring in the proficient or advanced range compared to the state. We're scoring pretty pretty significantly above the state in both areas trending over the last three years. Um, and then we're going to jump to our littles. Um, at the EEC, um, we kind of report data a little bit differently. So when students enter the program they are asked these um outcome goals uh one question on social emotional one on their knowledge and skills and then one on their appropriate actions. So kind of like a behavioral question and then when they exit the program um we rank
072them on those exact same questions to see if they have made improvement. Um and so the summary statements that you can see here are district compared to the state um of the children who entered the program below the age expectant um expectations. The percent that increased their rate by the time that they exited all of our students we're at 100% for all three of those questions. So they all made growth. Um and then you can see the second question is the percent of students who were functioning within age expectancy. Um so they were they were meeting um their targets on all of those. So again, above the state and all those um program goals for the next year, um continue to support special education staff to foster effective practices and retention. Um next year we
073will be expanding our RISE programs to all four of our elementary schools. Currently it's in three. So next year it will be in all four. So all of our students with disabilities will be in their home schools, which is exciting. Um and then continue to provide relevant instruction and opportunities to meet the diverse needs of our students and help them reach their educational and post-secary goals. Um and then this is a new one for us. So developing programming to better support our students who continue their public education past their graduation year by increasing participation in career readiness um at an earlier age. So, um, in the Missouri state plan, it's there's proposed language. Um, it was for the 27 26 27, so next year. However, they've pushed that back, um, a year. We just got
074word of that. So, it will be in the 2728 Missouri state plan that all um, students leaving 8th grade will have a transition plan. Um, currently it, the state plan states that at age 16, you must have a transition plan. So that kind of bumps it a little bit earlier. Um, and so here in Carney, we are going to have that by the end of next year. So we'll kind of be a year ahead of the game and just getting all of our students that are leaving 8th grade. They will have form C, which is our transition plan. And that is it. Any questions for me? >> Hannah, you showed us a couple slides that compared some state data with current carne data. I'm curious if there is state or peer data between costs. So,
075are you able to look and see if we're spending more or less than our peers are or the state is? Do we have data? Is that something that's available that we >> on our budget? >> Yeah, >> that is not on the state report. Um, however, I can look into that and see if we have that type of information on other school districts. I >> I will tell you this just just from a headcount perspective, it's not getting dollars and cents. You know, we're at what, a little over 12%. Nationally it's what 13 14 >> 13.93 >> right and you you'll have a lot of districts in the state that can run >> 17 18 20% and and then you also get additional weighted funding for that we don't do that um I think the
076process that Hannah's identified is really trying to streamline and really identify students that really need the services. So in that regard, the other thing that she's done, I've got to give give her a lot of credit for is that she's really tried to streamline and rightsize staffing. I think not that we no one ever wants to say they have an abundance of paras, but what she really tried to do was step back and take a look at class size, class need, and kind of standardize that a little bit more than what's been done in the past. And I think probably scale back what probably eight to 10 positions over the last two years. So I I think she's been really mindful about expense um because the costs continue to increase. >> No, I' I'd be
077interested just to understand to your point. I think it >> one of the traps you could fall in is that >> it may not you know our normal competitors may not be who we ought to who we ought to compare ourselves against. You know, if you're if you're looking at Blue Springs or some of those folks, that may not be an appropriate comparison. So figuring out what the appropriate comparison said whether that's by the number of students or however we figure out how we ought to compare that I do think it's useful to look at that and kind of have some sense of of where you are and and you know if there are areas where we should spend more less you know just understanding what that looks like >> and she mentioned it it's
078a federally mandated program and the federal funds that we receive for this are a drop in the bucket compared to that roughly 8 million in expenditure. Uh Doug, do you know off the top of your head just on on IDA is that probably about a half a million we received from the federal government on ballparking. We can give you some formal numbers, but um >> whatever you think's appropriate. I'm not asking you to go >> uh compare things. I don't want you to compare apples and and hand grenades, right? Like let's get something a little closer there. So let's figure out what makes sense to compare. >> Sure. Okay. There is one comparison that we do have high needs fund. I mean we can't publicly see what other districts get for that. Um, so obviously
079we do the high needs fund. Um, but again you only get um as much as the students that you can count in that. Um, so again we can look at other districts but we all have different numbers of how many students >> and high need fund is for for students that have exorbitant costs. So they have to have in order to meet that high need threshold we have the district has to be paying three times the average expenditure per pupil. So on average let's say we pay pay about $12,000 per student. we need to be paying $36,000 or more in order to recapture funds back and receive the revenue. So could be an out of district placement could be assigned a one to one parah is there any other >> those are our main ones.
080Yeah. >> Okay. >> How is revenue generated? Is that like it keeps saying? >> Sure. >> What does that look like? >> So where we get our revenue and Doug if I'm incorrect please correct me. Um so there's a few sources. uh early childhood uh special education. We see re we receive 100% reimbursement for that program in particular. We also get uh federal funds through IDA. Um and then we also get the high need fund which Hannah referenced which is that three times the the cost per pupil. So for exorbitant cost >> what we what what the expectation is in relationship to them out of funds that are received. So locally for that high-cost student, let's say we have a $100,000 student that's in an out of district placement, if using $12,000 as the average
081expenditure per pupil, locally we would have to pay $36,000 and then that high need fund would cover anything beyond that. >> Okay. Is the high is the high need fund guaranteed though? >> I think they have been paying that out pretty consistently. >> They have. >> And then I've got a couple questions that you may have already. So our our largest category is other. What what falls into other? >> Um so that category is other health impaired. Um that's the disability category. So there's actually um quite a bit that falls into that. The main one that we see is students with ADHD. Um but there are also many things that can fall into other health impaired. Obviously, you have to meet the qualifications under um the standards and indicators for other health impaired, but it
082can be students um with Tourette's um a student that had lead poisoning um just something where it substantially impacts their ability to participate in the regular education. >> Okay. I was just wondering our biggest Yeah. >> our biggest cap. >> Um and that is one that is like I said, it's it's trending upwards. Um autism and other health impaired over the last five years have those have just really increased. And I will say and I can get you our incident rates compared to the state. Um but we are in all categories um very compare comparable to Carney's incident rate to the Missouri's incident rate which tells us that we are identifying students correctly. We're not overidentifying or underidentifying in any of the categories. And then my second question would be uh kind of to your
083transfers of transferring the students into the classroom stuff like that. A is there what's the what's the feedback what loop you know in terms of gathering feedback on is it successful? Are there things that we can work out? What's what's that look like? Do we have like anything implemented like a pipeline or anything where we can get feedback real time to understand? because I just look at that and you know you it was a testament for you to say hey >> we're having a record number going in this year so it's just I'm just wondering like what's it what do our teachers have to be able to feed back to >> and let you guys know like what's working >> how it's going No that's a really good question and honestly a lot of that
084is uh Dr. uh EEC. And so just to clarify, the transfer ins and the transfer outs, those are students, that's preK12 in district and out of district. Um so and that can be anything. you know, obviously a lot of that happens over the summer of kiddos that just leave or or come in, but specifically the kiddos that we send from prek to kindergarten. We've really improved um and we have like a really good transition process um where those our kindergarten teachers, kindergarten, not kindergarten principles, elementary principles come and observe all of those kiddos and we have a very streamlined process of those kids being prepared for kindergarten. Um, and so I don't know that we have a measure off the top of my head of how our students that we send from preK compared to
085kiddos that don't attend our prek. Um, but that would be something to look into as far as like kindergarten readiness. >> Was a question regarding prek specifically or just >> not necessarily just in general because I also know with like what rise with the with the rise program as well, we're starting in in the >> the higher grade levels we're starting to implement back into the classroom as well. So I'm just overall in terms of a feedback loop to be able to get you know the for you know continuous improvement purposes such like that. So I'm just trying to understand what that looks like for you know our teachers is as we start to implement these programs and put these kids back into the classroom that there's a feedback. >> The nice thing about special
086education is it requires an annual individual education plan meeting with parents. So so you were getting feedback with >> each and every family annually. So, um, >> and I will say in general, um, specifically to our RISE program, the families that have moved into like their home schools, it's been a very positive, um, message. A lot of them have siblings and friends in their neighborhoods, and so they, the parents have really enjoyed their students being in their home schools. >> Great. Thank you so much. >> Yeah, thank you. >> All right. Next, we have action items. New Kirk Novak amendment move >> to approve the amendment 11 with New Kirk Novak as presented. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Opposed. >> Did you have a question? >> Eric thought somebody had one. >> I
087looked down your way. >> Sorry. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, approval of agreement with cornerstones of care. >> Move to approve the agreement with cornerstones of care as presented. >> Second. >> So, as you may recall, back in January, uh, brought a few members of our multi-tered systems of support team. That team was charged with finding the right fit for Carney School District in really looking at our uh philosophy and tiered practices that um help us to identify and look at skills for students and match that with some interventions. So part of that team um determined through the surveys and through their discussion that um we need a framework that's consistent across preK through 12. Um in that we uh looked at different frameworks and uh the team consensus was to look at BIS um
088cornerstones of care and um uh several administrators had uh worked through with this since it's been around in the n since the 1990s. Um it's been in the Midwest uh primarily so it is super local as well. Um we just really want to frontload our um administrators, our counselors, social workers, and some team leaders with uh changing some mindsets a little a little bit around um how to identify skills and help um streamline some of the uh academics um I'm sorry, the behavior side of of things that match academics. So, we're just asking for um your approval tonight. Uh and that funds uh those funds would be uh planned in the Klay County Children's Services Fund budget. What questions do you have for me? >> So this would fold into what uh like the counselors
089are doing for their classroom time as well when they meet with kids like it would be um the entire fabric of what we're trying to accomplish in this area. >> Yes. It's not specifically a program. It's more of a framework. So, it's really looking at philosophy um and trying to um help adults first understand um grace and accountability and making sure that we understand um >> I hear alignment >> alignment is what we are >> that's what I hear >> that's the whole goal of the MTSS committee and we've met I believe a total of six times so it's been a lot of work and that team has been wonderful to really get into some great big conversations on what's the best fit for Carney So, >> so that group you mentioned earlier, they'll be
090the first to go and get that training and then kind of disseminate that out. >> They'll be a part of that teacher leader team. Yes. Okay. That joins. Yep. >> When you say the 4,900 will be from the children's services fund budget. Do you mean that you're going to ask for that as a part of or it's already been approved? Like what? >> We're in the middle right now. if we've submitted the budget um and it has not been approved right now yet, but that's where we are hoping to pull that budget line item from. >> What if they say no? >> It's a minimal cost. So, I'm not sure if there's a if we say no, then um it will fund it locally. >> Yeah, it's it's a district priority for us to get
091this um the alignment K12. Um I I would think that we would need to come up with local funds if it if if there was a reduction. >> Would it need to come back to us since it says it's coming out of the children's fund budget? If it does if that doesn't happen, would it need to come back? >> I would think if let's say children's fund budget was reduced, I would still think this would be a priority. So it would stay within the grant. We would look at look for other areas potentially to reduce. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if we approve this and enter into a contract, it kind of makes it hardlined into the budget to where like if we did have future budget reductions, we would have to consider this
092as kind of like a so like set in stone item, >> right? I I feel like this uh is very closely aligned with our strategic plan as far as an instructional priority. >> It's $5,000. So it's not like but I'm just I was just curious like what happens if you know these things don't happen. That's why I asked the question not because of the amount of the money just because of the source that it's coming from in the process if something were to go ary. >> So we have in the past had a reduction in the children's fund grant. I I believe at some point we were over a million dollars in that grant funding and it was reduced to I want to say over 800,000. So um we have not heard that it's it's
093going to be eliminated. Um, but I think we could prepare if it was reduced. >> I think that's all my comments. >> Okay, great. Ready to vote? All in favor? Opposed? Right. Thank you. Fiber lease agreement. Move to approve the -ate fiber lease agreement withite private network ser as presented. >> Second. >> Hi Ryan. >> Hello. So for the past 20 years KST has partnered with United Private Networks to provide underground fiber service between all of our buildings. The federal rate program provides a 50% discount on fiber service. So, we requested bids through -ate. Um, only one bid was received, Unite Private Networks, now known as SegRA. And we've been very happy with their service over the past 20 years. So, we are bringing this new 15-year agreement at 39,000 per year for your consideration.
094By choosing that 15-year term, we're saving $6,000 per year. Any questions? >> All right. All in favor? >> Opposed? Thank you. Next. Data Provision Data Solutions. >> Move to approve the 50,000 -ate purchase from Provision Data Solutions as presented. >> Second. >> So, as we talked about earlier, the federal program also provides a 50% discount on networking equipment within our buildings such as wireless and uh switching equipment. This part of the -ate program provides $2157 per student over a 5-year budget and that that is dollar amount is the pre-discount amount. The purchase brought forth for consideration here is a continuation of our network refresh cycle and a transition to Forinet products and will fully replace the switches and wireless access points at Carne Junior High with Forinet products which we also implemented last summer at
095Carne Elementary and Hawthorne Elementary. Bids were received through the -ate program and the bid for $121,095 from Provision Data Solutions came in as the lowest of two bids. We did use this vendor last year, last summer for that those two projects as well. >> Questions? All in favor? Opposed? Thank you. >> Power School move to approve the agreement with Power School as presented. >> Second. As uh was shared previously in the board update, KSD has used registration gateway from link since 2020 for online enrollment and back to school registration. In recent months, the product has been having numerous problems importing data into P school causing an abundance of extra work on our staff. Um both link and powers school blame each other for the problem. To improve both the user experience for families and to
096remedy the data import issue, we looked at enrollment products offered by P school so that we had one vendor to work with on any issues rather than playing the blame game. Many districts in our area already use enrollment express and e-lect and are very satisfied with the product. for your consideration. Here is a 39-month agreement which will allow us to pay for implementation and three months of service in the current fiscal year by reallocating budget dollars from other technology projects and continuing on with an additional three-year agreement. The cost comparison between the old and new solutions actually results in an annual savings on licensing costs while providing numerous benefits for our families and our staff. By moving forward with this solution now, we can be ready for back to school registration in July. Any questions?
097I've >> actually got a few on this, Ryan. So, this is um this is the link connect that we use to fund the the school balances or is this different? >> That's actually the same company but a different product. >> Okay. >> So, Link Connect is part of our food service program which is also was formerly known as Titan. >> Yeah. >> But is now Link Food Service. >> So, this will affect any of that stuff or will it affect that relationship? >> It will not affect that relationship tonight. Um, going forward, we are looking at changing from link and going back into powers school. So, >> okay, >> that's for a future month, but >> Doug, take notice. Ryan brought several things there that reduce 15-year contracts. Like, I mean, I'm I like what
098we're doing here. >> All in favor? Opposed? Thank you, Ryan. >> Thank you. >> Board member comments have some comments. Okay. Important dates. Spring break is coming up in another week or so. April or May 30th, April 3rd, April 11th, it's a fundraiser with the Kansas City Wizards for the Education Foundation. April 15th is our next board meeting. April 30th is the awards and retiree reception. Anything else for the go cops? We >> return miscellaneous. Why did I forget that >> action for close to immediately proceed the regular meeting including >> to discuss items and issues allowable under section 610-021 of the Missouri Sunshine Law. >> Second. Roll call, please. >> Matt Baker, >> yes. >> Jason Clint, >> I. >> Nick Lewith, >> yes. >> Christina Lindsay, >> yes. >> Weer, >> yes. >>
099Nick Vasquez, >> yes. >> Bailey, >> yes. It's >> been a long week. I thought I'd screw up before then.