001rise for the pledge of allegiance and the flag right here. [laughter] I pledge allegiance >> to the flag of the United States of America and to the for it stands indivisible and justice for all. >> Roll call, please. Matt Becker >> here. >> Jason, >> here. >> Christina Lindsay >> here. Nick >> here. We have a quorum. Next, we will adopt and amend the agenda. >> Move to adopt the agenda as presented. >> Second. >> All in favor? Post. Thank you. We have the school spotlight and tonight we welcome Carney Elementary. >> All right. [clears throat] Ker. >> Hi everyone. Thanks for uh letting us talk about K a little bit. Um got to cycle on a couple of things, but I want to start by uh highlighting a couple of teachers who run some
002clubs for us. So, I've got Jennifer Marker and Clarissa Bossi here with me who are kindergarten teachers in the district but run K5 clubs. So, we're going to highlight some clubs and then talk about what the school years looked like at K. So, we'll have everybody come on up. >> I'm Jennifer Marker and like you said, I teach kindergarten and I kind of dragged my fellow kindergarten teacher into my clubs this year, but um Dr. Maser has been really supportive of our Spanish club this year. It's it's kind of new to KE and we we wanted to um bring our Dogwood kids in and they had a Spanish club at their school. We thought what a great idea to have our Dogwood kids join our KE Spanish club. Um so one thing that we really
003wanted to do was kind of establish the connection across the grade levels. So we have first grade through fifth grade. We had 45 students sign up initially which was overwhelming um but wonderful. So we split it into two groups. We had a first semester group, we had a second semester group which was much more manageable. Um we wanted that foundation of real world skills, learning a language that they might use later on in their life. And we really wanted to further that cultural awareness that is really important in a really really big growing world. So, we have noticed um these kids walking up and down the hall and they'll greet each other in Spanish and that just makes my heart really really happy to see that connection. So, um I'm going to let Mrs. Boski
004come up and talk about some of our highlights. So, um we were lucky that we got several different people and groups to get to come um to Carne Elementary to be part of our club. Um we kind of started off the year with Dr. Masker coming and teaching our club a song. So, that was really fun to get to see his love of Spanish. Um, get to be imparted with our kids. And then we got to have Rogue's dad come. Don Krasco came and um got to talk about his family and their heritage and um got to teach the kids a lot of fun songs and dances and was a really lively um presentation for the kids. And then um closer to winter break, we got to have the AP Spanish um class come and
005they did a little presentation um talking about the history um around the holiday and they got to do a fun activity with our group. >> So we we had a couple kids come up and they're going to they're going to say what their favorite things [clears throat] are about Spanish club. So I'm going to hand up the mic. >> Go first. [laughter] Can you say our names? >> Okay. My name is Cooper and I'm in fifth grade. And my favorite thing about Spanish club was hanging out with friends and making it fun and educational. >> My name is Ellie and I am in fifth grade. And my favorite thing about Spanish club is getting to see my friends and learning about different people's cultures and heritage. My name is Reys and I'm in third grade.
006And my favorite thing is [snorts] um learning about other people's heritages. Hi, my name is Mason and I'm in third grade. And my favorite thing about Spanish club is hanging out with my friends and learning about all the different countries. My name is Ro Krasco. I'm six years old and a my favorite thing is having friends, doing a lot of the arts and crafts, having family coming over. Thank you. >> Thank you for allowing us to come and talk about our club. We really appreciate it. So, [snorts] um, to segue off that, I we wanted to highlight, um, Spanish club because it was new to Carne Elementary this year. Um, another club, a couple of clubs that we, um, had that were not only new, but just kind of an increase in participation. You can
007see on the board, um, chess clubs, uh, we have a sewing club, which actually has some pretty great, uh, participation, and they have fixed a couple of stuffed animals for my kids at home. So that has been um exciting [clears throat] too. But there that's the kind of thing that they like to be a part of. They can see the impact there. Um we've got some um different pictures here. Girls on the run um is a was a huge huge increase of participation at Carne Elementary this year. Uh science club, we have STEM Lego club. StuCo, we we kind of increased participation in that as well. Uh so you can see here some some sewing club activities. But um thanks to career ladder and thanks to just teacher interest um and they kind of explored
008their interest and got some opportunities for kids uh to have before and after school. So we had a a big increase in participation. Um and then I just wanted to highlight a couple of things as you guys are all very aware. Um a lot of changes at Carne Elementary over the course of the last year. U major renovations and additions boundary change that brought um 80 plus students new to to our school. So um around it was actually closer to 100 plus when you got new students that came in. So about a third of our school was brand new to our grounds this year. Um emphasizing belonging and just creating an environment that um students felt welcome and safe at school. So, I wanted to showcase some data that we received um from the beginning
009of this the school year that um you know really highlights the effort that our staff took to create a sense of belonging for students for to ensure that every individual kid was was welcome and um felt safe at school. So, I wanted to highlight a couple. Uh, of course, I'm proud to attend my school. We actually had an increase in every single question indicator from parents and students surveys um along with our staff. So there wasn't one indicator where we went downward in um that's just a lot to celebrate there. Um my my school includes students in decision-m uh we have had a we've been really intentional about creating a sense of ownership for our kids. I think if you walk into our building um you'll see that and it was I had a very
010interesting response from a student that uh I wanted to share. So he's new to to Carne Elementary and actually from out of district. We asked him um you know what tell us about your transition from your old school to your new school. What do you like not like? And his response is one that I don't think I'll ever forget. He said I just feel like we're more creative here. And that was a very adult um [laughter] answer for for a a fifth grade student new to Carne Elementary, but I was trying to break that down and it it just made me really happy um to hear that as his response because he could have chosen anything to say and he said that he he gets to be more creative. We try to create opportunities for
011kids to be creative and step out of the classroom and have a little ownership. Um a couple other things I just wanted to highlight from from these indicators. Um safe and secure learning environment. 100% of our students responded that was in the top two choices. So, every single one of our students who completed this survey answered that they feel like Carne Elementary is a safe and and uh uh secure environment. Um caring learning environment went from 81% to 96%. Um Eric will like this one. Well-maintained and up-to-date facilities 56% to 94%. So that's a definitely a change of of uh [laughter] updates for Carne Elementary which much needed and it was great. Um positive reputation. Uh feel like this is one that u me and my staff have been very intentional over the past five
012or six years to um ensure that we were able to tell our story at Carne Elementary and not allow a perception of just kind of an older building. And um so that increased from 74 to 94% uh which is a great increase. And then student responses, those were all parental responses. Student responses here, I feel cared for and supported when I am in class at school. Uh went from 82% to 94%. So an increase um substantial. Of course, we always want to be at 100% with these things, but but growth is great. Uh I'm proud to attend my school 75% to 94%. And then my classes are fun and engaging, 69% to 89%. So, we took the task of of bringing in a third of our school brand new and our teachers were very intentional
013about um their time and effort into making sure that kids were welcome and and we have a lot of incredible data to to back how that transition has gone. So, I wanted to share that with you all. Um last but not least for Carne Elementary, we have three major retirements this year that I want to highlight for a couple of reasons. Um, not necessarily something we do every year, but between uh Amy Beaver, Stacy Elim, and and Dave Tiner, um, a lot of lot of experience and, uh, commitment to a district, um, loyalty is not necessarily the word that we hear um, as much anymore. And for three people that had nothing but loyalty to Carne Elementary and Carney School District, they just wanted to highlight their years of of service to us. Um because
014they put in a lot of time and and they're they're going to be um pieces to to fill in our building. So just wanted to highlight those and thanks for your time. [applause] >> I want to take a picture of you. So come on up to the front. [clears throat] And while they're doing that, I just want to add uh for Mr. Masker, I know that this was not something that you started this fall with the new building. You worked on this for a couple of years knowing that there was going to be a lot of change and I know that took a lot of hard work. So, we appreciate your leadership. [clears throat] >> [clears throat] >> It's good. actually and I'm going to jinx this but we've lost less this year than we
015had last year >> quite a bit terrible. >> It's just I think right now >> we had no public comment tonight. Next is the superintendence report. >> First, I just want to touch base on student recognition. Uh this evening over at Carney High School, we recognized 170 students. Um just a a remarkable event. Um band, cheer, choir, cross country, softball, football. Um really strong testimony to what our students do each and every day. And so I also want to uh special thanks [clears throat] to Representative Mark Myth for coming out to acknowledge our high school uh state football champion. So he made the trip all the way from Jefferson City um all the way to from Jefferson City to give the proclam proclamation and then we'll be making that return trip to Jeff City tonight.
016So really appreciate that time and effort. Um the other thing I just wanted a couple other things I want to mention. Um [sighs] Klay County senior citizen tax credit, you know, uh in November, December, um this was brought back to the Klay County Commission. Um seniors were had concerns. They had seen some adjustments in their tax bills. Um Klay County, you know, one of the thing challenges was Senate Bill 190. It really left each county to develop its own unique ordinance to pass to provide really to seniors. Um, and one of the things that Klay County initially did was they carved out debt service. And so there was some adjustments and increases to seniors tax bills this year. And so in December that came back to the uh Klay County Commission to reconsider. And I
017want to thank the commission on December 18th, they took a pause. Um, there was some feedback from taxing jurisdictions, schools, um, fire districts. um really wanted to step forward and just make sure that they understood some of the issues that we had or concerns we had um with um Senate Bill 190 in general. Um I want to thank uh Commissioners Noly Lawson and Johnson, the county administrator, the assessor. They al took time to meet with us on January 5th. um on January 8th um they took the issue back up and it was unanimously approved so that uh debt service would also be factored into the senior tax credit. But I wanted to take time tonight just to really share with our viewers really what the primary concern is from from a taxing jurisdiction or a
018school district perspective. You know, one of the challenges, it's really more of a process issue than that's one of the things that we'll be advocating for in Jefferson City is to really think through the process a little bit differently. Um, we are limited as a taxing jurisdiction when we set our tax rates to make sure that we don't receive a windfall of profit. So, Hancock amendment restricts us so that we can only capture CPI, consumer price index or uh 5%, the lesser of the two. So one of the things that happened this year was we set our tax rate, we rolled back our tax rate and then in November the senior s tax credit was applied. So again uh in Carney what that equates to is we would receive it's approximately 25% we would not
019receive new revenue. Um new revenue is how we pay staff. And so I just want to bring this to the forefront so people have an awareness. One of the things that we're advocating for is really to allow that senior citizen tax credit to be factored in before we roll back our tax rates. And so that's one of the things we'll be talking to our representatives about. Um just want to make sure our public is aware of that. Um this will equate to approximately 375,000 in revenue that the district will not realize. It's not a loss of revenue. We won't realize new revenue. So again, just want to keep you updated on that. Uh also, uh recently, uh the governor gave the state of the state address. Um and some of the things that um were
020relevant to public education, um he signed an executive order that would place all school districts on a grade card A through F, um and evaluate performance. And again, one of the things um the governor uh mentioned in his speech was he felt as though the current APR system um factored in too many compliance issues and the executive order should focus on student performance solely. So don't fully understand what that's going to look like. I don't understand the implications of APR. Um we know that that will be coming. Uh I believe Desi has to come up with a plan by the end of June for this to be implemented in September. Also in his message um is uh a priority for open enrollment and school choice. [clears throat] Um and just so for those of you
021understand open enrollment um while school choice seems to make sense, one of the reasons why school districts have had some reservation is that um you know in Carney we are 65% funded through local dollars. with open enrollment. If we were to accept students from other districts, our local taxpayers would be subsidizing their education. And so when you get into issues like special education and you look at the costs and you look at transportation, there's factors that we feel like it's really critically important to be at the table and weigh all those options out um before that is considered. Again, that has to go through the legislature. Um but it is a priority. Um he also forecasted that there will be flat state funding. Um the good news is that there was no message of withholdings.
022That doesn't mean that withholdings can't occur later in the year. Um the forecast is that revenue will uh be flat. Um and I also want to share that um there is a public uh school modernization task force that's currently working and they're due to have a recommendation to the governor by December. So, I do want to just point out a few things. Um, and again, these are talking points that we've shared before, but I think it's just good kind of broken record to bring this back to you. Again, when you take a look at Carney School District and you look at our sources of revenue, and if you go back and look at our auditors report, you'll be able to see this slide. Again, we're 65% locally funded, 2% from the county, about 30% from
023the state, and a small portion 3% from federal. Um I again I think there's a common misperception that all schools are funded through the state and I think again looking at Carney's data [clears throat] were heavily locally funded. So if you look at our expenditures um salaries and benefits really are about 70 75% of our budget. And I also want to note purchase services which is about 15%. What's included in that number are the salaries and benefits for bus drivers, nutrition workers who we contract services for. So if we actually employed uh those individuals, that number would be closer to 80%. So when we're talking about an operating budget and we're looking at reducing expenses, 80% of our budget is people. And again, I don't think people widely understand that. Next slide. So here are
024some revenue changes. And again, just to forecast for you, you know, again, from the state perspective, um the governor has forecasted again flat funding moving forward. Right now, the foundation formula set at 7145. We're currently being uh paid at 6,900. So, we haven't fully realized that. Um so, it's it's a little bit gray what's going to happen for next year. At the federal level, we've seen a modest reduction in our title programs. um hasn't operationally impacted us this year, but again, we're hearing forecasts that that could also be further reduced. And again, when you look at the uh local revenue, um the impact of Senate Bill 190 and that loss of 25% of new revenue or we didn't realize 25% of new revenue. Again, I want to just um paint that revenue challenge. Well, we
025want to try to um cut um the ask is for us to be mindful of what revenue increases, but the other side of the equation is expenses continue to go up and 80% of our expenses are tied to people. So, just wanted to share that with you. And the last slide is really just a comparison. You know, one of the things that I think we've really tried to do is be really good stewards of district dollars. Um, in the last 10 years, Carney School District has rolled back its operate operating levy. At one point, I think it was 522 and we've rolled it back all the way to 44179. And if you compare our tax rate compared to our peers, I think we've been good fiscal stewards. Um, and again, it's we're starting to see
026that separation as it's becoming more competitive for teachers um, and what we can do. So again, just want to continue to put that information out there and raise awareness um for you. So with that, um one last thing before we go on is I just wanted to um share with you and I believe um Rey has already communicated this. We have a school, uh finance study committee. So those applications are open. So if you're if parents or community members are interested in serving on that, um we welcome you to apply. um that application process will close on Sunday. So we will look at both expenditures and revenues. Thank you so much. >> Thank you very much. Next we have the consent agenda. >> Move that the consent agenda be approved as presented. >> Second. [clears
027throat] All in favor. [clears throat] Thank you. Next we have my computer doing its thing. >> Information items [clears throat] bond project update >> the written reports. Are there any questions that you have? These are reports that you've seen previously. Are roofs ever really fixed? [laughter] >> You knew that was going to get you to the table, [clears throat] Eric. >> What What are What are you referring to? >> I mean, it's like we're always chasing them. [clears throat] >> No, I think that um our our middle school roof for sure has drugg on and on. The roof itself is completed. Um we had two drain pipes that needed to be fixed from the inside, but uh [clears throat] couldn't get a beat on it until it finally rained hard again. And so we took
028care of those um since our last rain. The metal trim is the last of the middle school that needs to finish up. And um it's it's been a long process. the metal guys were always wanting the roofing guys to get out in front of them so they could make um efficient work of being on site and now they're done and I think they've probably they need to come back and and get and finish up and it's now we're going to have some bad weather come so you may see them up there a few more days. >> Okay, >> so we need to postpone the ribbon cutting. >> Yes. [clears throat] [laughter] >> Yes. Eric, is there any concern that like with with the roof not being fully complete and that, you know, with this weather
029that we are having that there's any kind of potential damage or or stuff that they're going to have to go back in and and incur additional cost to go back in and fix since it's not completely sealed up. >> So, when when they do that, they they my understanding and what they've shown me is that they leave those watertight. >> Okay. So unless we have I mean it's always possible that those edges could come up with you know damaging winds or whatever that come through and damage roofs anyway that could happen but they they claim that they they leave them watertight each night. >> It's good things we don't get wind around here or anything. >> Yeah that's right. [laughter] >> Any other questions? Thank you. >> Thank you all. >> Financials Mr. Schwen. [cough]
030[clears throat] Good evening. I'm kind of a little excited tonight. I get to share a brand new report with you all. Uh I'm going to walk you through it. Uh but I'm going to talk a little bit about the reports um that I've been sharing. There's been four, right? And the goal of the new report is to replace two of them. So next month, if you're happy with this new report, I'll only be sharing three reports with you. So um but that's up for debate. Um, first let's talk about the reports I do share. Uh, there is the bank and cash reconciliation report. Um, I strongly encourage that report remain because it does show where our funds are held. Gives us a quick little glance of all of our bank accounts and it also shows
031that the books have been reconciled. So, very easy to produce. Comes right out of the system. Gives a nice little snapshot. Um, I also really like the revenue expense statement report. Uh, it's a nice two-page report that breaks down revenue and expenses with just a little bit of detail, but doesn't take you clear into the weeds where you get lost, but you can see real clearly where are our main sources of revenue and expenditures. And then it also has a little bit of trend. It'll show you last year's, too. So, you can kind of get a feel whether up or down. So, those two reports I strongly recommend we leave alone. The two that I would like to potentially get rid of would be the fund balance sheet report, which you'll soon see that a
032lot of the numbers on that report are reflected in the new one. Um, and I'll kind of walk you through that. And then also the fiscal 2026 fund balance report, which has all the months, and there's a whole lot of numbers. I I think you can kind of get lost in the numbers. So, um, there are parts of that report that are incorporated in this new one. Um, and there's some new information. And so now, let me take you through this brand new report, describe how it's assembled, uh, and see if it adds some transparency and some better explanation how we spend our dollars. Um, so let's take and break it into two pieces, the the top half uh, and the bottom half. Um the top half is going to be our four main funds
033that all roll up into our ASBR report. So if you take you'll see fund one, two, three, and four and roll that all up that will give you the total to the right. Um so let's talk about the different lines in this report. So it starts off with the fiscal year 26 estimated budget which if you go back to the budget message that was presented in June and expenditures and revenue that's those n those are the numbers there. Uh we've not amended the budget yet. So that is our starting part starting spot for estimated budget. Second line actual revenue is actual revenue as of December 31st. Um, and then the next line down is just a comparison of okay, what have we collected so far? What was our budget at the beginning? How much has
034been realized? Um, and then the fourth one down takes it one step further and it merges funds one and two, which are your operating funds, and gives you a better picture of what operating funds are doing. Um the next line down um the um takes a look back of the prior year which that's something that is reflected on the revenue and expense report that I mentioned but really wasn't shown on the fund uh the the big fund balance one. So um I like to see trend. I like to compare this year versus last year and sometimes multiple years. So, this takes a look back at what happened last year. Uh, what were the percentages? And then my new line, which I really like, is tell me dollar-wise what's going on here. So, I look at
035the current year. You'll see current year revenue versus last year revenue at the same exact point in time. Uh, the first number I like to point out down 600 almost $610,000. Um, at on the surface that sounds a little concerning. What's causing that? Well, a big portion of that is there has been a delay in tax collections from our counties as a result of Senate Bill 190. Uh Klay County has extended uh the time frame in which people can pay their tax statements. So, it has impacted our tax collection. So, um we're still going to get our money. It's just going to be delayed by a little bit. Um, I was on a call today and some people felt like it may be clear into March before we're finally all caught up with everything that's
036been going on. So, little bit of delay there, but nothing to worry. Um, and then as you go left to right, you'll see each of the funds whether they're trending upward or downward um, as far as revenue goes. But I will tell you fund one, fund three and fund four, especially inter capital projects, those are all trending trending downward or compared to last year because of delay tax collections. Uh as far as the bond portion of fund 4, it you'll see it's down $756,000. Well, that's interest earnings. Um, a year ago we were sitting on a lot more money, earning a lot more interest, and as we spent money on our bond projects, there's a lot less interest coming in. So, that's a main reason for the decrease there. Okay, there's revenue. Any questions on
037revenue before I drop down to expenditures? Okay. And I might point out fund four is what you probably know but maybe somebody listening online doesn't. Fund four is a combination of bond and capital projects. Right now pretty much everything we're doing uh is coded to bond projects because we're we're setting on uh plenty of funds. Um, whenever those funds do run out, uh, we either got to have another bond issue lined up or our deferred maintenance is going to start coming out of our capital projects fund. It's important to note the the major source of revenue in the capital projects fund is transfers, and we haven't been doing transfers the last couple years. So, um, at some point in time, if we become dependent on capital projects, uh, to fund our deferred maintenance, we're going
038to have to start transferring money. Well, when we do that, that cuts into operating cash. So, be aware of that. >> Doug, I don't see, um, fund five, the special the are you getting to that or >> I am. Um, I I pulled it down one so all my numbers would fit on a page, but two, fund five doesn't get rolled up into the annual ASBR. It's kind of a separate fund. So, I kind of treated it separately, but as I go downward, you're going to see it on the bottom right. So, >> I'll wait for the excitement. >> It's coming. >> All right. So, there's there's revenue expenditures. Same format. What was our budget we adopted back in June? How have our how has our expenditures uh so far to date turned out? What's
039that percentage look like? And then also rolling up fund one and fund two because that's our operating cash. And what you'll see here the percentage is really not only revenue for the two funds but expenditures for the two funds are extremely close. So that tells me trendwise uh very similar to last year. Um, so let's talk about that bottom line for expenditures where we're looking at the dollars and you will see uh fund one and fund two are both up a combined $1 million. That that's a pretty big number. So that scared me a little bit. So I decided to do a little deeper dive to figure out what was what was causing it. Um, when I did my deeper dive, which you could go to that revenue and expense breakout report that I still
040provide, um, those two pages, salaries and retirement make up almost half of that total. It came in at 512,000. The second biggest one was actually a textbook expense of 262,000 that hit this year, but we didn't have that much spent last year. So, in comparison, it was a huge increase. Um, number three on the list, uh, was employee insurance, and that would be transfers from, uh, our operating fund into fund five. Um, and we had to do a transfer at the beginning of the year, a little over 300,000. So, that's reflected in in that number. And then last, but certainly not least, uh we did experience, and it's been discussed at a prior board meeting, a pretty significant increase in our property and casualty uh insurance as well as workers compensation, which is through music,
041uh to the tune of $145,000. So, we have paid those bills. It's reflected in our December numbers and driving up part of that million dollar increase that you see. Um, as you continue to go over on the expenditures, that very bottom line as far as comparison this year, last year debt service, you'll see a huge drop of 4.5 million. Well, the board last year chose to prepay some debt. Um, and now we're back on our regular schedule. So, um, huge decrease there. Um, and then it was kind of interesting, you know, bond, uh, we're trending 5.3 million higher. The [clears throat] answer there is just the timing of when the projects got paid, right? Uh, we have a lot of stuff that happens during the summer. Well, a lot of those bills don't get paid
042till July or August. So, [clears throat] those amounts would be reflected in this year's uh, budget numbers. Um, so timing is everything, but overall our bond projects are still on track. It's just that when you look at year-to date a year ago versus this year, it's 5.3 million higher. Um, and then capital projects, you'll see a decrease there of 95,000. And that's because we're coding everything to the bond projects and not using up capital project dollars. We're trying to protect those since we're not doing a transfer into that fund. Okay, I'm ready to drop down to the bottom half unless there's any questions. All right. So, this this is brand new. Brand new. Kind of excited about it. Takes just a little deeper dive into our numbers and some of the projects that are coming
043out of our operational dollars. And so, since they come out of our operation dollars, we need to be aware of how they're performing. So, we may have to make a difficult decision down the road if they're not performing very well. So, let's look at four main funds and then we'll also talk about the fund number five, our self-funded insurance. But the four that we broke out, the first one was nutrition services. And you will see that we budgeted an annual budget of just under 1.7 million uh in revenue and so far we've realized 730,000. Um and then if you drop down to expenditures, we estimated 1.8 million. Um, and thankfully only 705,000's been realized so far. So, uh, just looking at the cash comparison, um, how much we how much revenue we've gotten this year
044versus last year and how much expenditures this year versus it's actually trending pretty good. Just quick glance at uh, our nutrition services fund is performing a little better than I think last year. And so hopefully we might have turned the corner because it's not uncommon for pretty much everybody's food service fund to lose money. It just it it's the reality. Um so that's nutrition services. I'm going to slide over to the activity fund. Uh I need to point out that revenue is solely what is hitting all those um athletic programs and academic programs that have their own activity funds. That total in revenues 1.145 million is what we estimated on our budget. But then when you drop down to expenditures going wow 2.7 million. Well that's the district's portion of those expenditures. So the top
045number is just could be fundraising, concessions, gate receipts, donations, whatever goes into all those activity funds, not the district dollars, but just those activity funds. The bottom number reflects what they're spending of their own money that they earn plus the district portion. So we're subsidizing all those activity funds to the tune of about $1.6 million. Um, trendwise, you'll see revenues down just a little bit versus last year. Expenditures are up just a little bit compared to last year, but percentages are so close. I don't see anything there that particularly scares me. So, it looks like pretty normal uh year. Uh, before and after school care. Um, you'll see revenue estimated 602,000. Um, took we've taken in so far a little under 300,000. Uh then expenditures estimated at 539 and so far 269. Percentage-wise tracking very
046close uh to last year. Um both of the numbers are up just a little bit when compared to last year. Nothing there stands out as far as something to be concerned about. Um last but certainly not least as far as the ones that roll up into our operating dollars is puppy pound. and you will see a budget of 372 for revenue but expenditures of 5.84. Um and and that's not new. We typically spend a lot more uh than we take in. Um did have a conversation earlier today cuz I didn't know but an interesting number was pointed out though the rates we charge are actually fairly competitive to other providers in our um community. So, um I know from my former district that was something we always try to be aware of is what is
047everybody else charging so that you're not way below or way above what a parent could go get uh in the community. So, rates seem to be very competitive. Um it does lose money, but I I think we would all agree it's uh exceptional. If we're here for the kids, it it that program does a lot for the kids. And so I think we're all very comfortable uh subsidizing that program to a certain degree because of the benefits we get from those kids um and what they learn. So percentage- wise you'll see very close. Um and then I'll go to fund five. Uh the last one I want to talk about. >> Sorry, real quick. >> Oh question. Yes. >> Yes. Um on puppy pound I noticed like the the revenues to date it seems to
048me. Is there is there a explanation as to why they're so far behind? >> Um great question. I think enrollment's actually down a little bit compared to um last year um fewer kids in the program. So that's and I know sometimes and I don't know this definitively but sometimes parents will prepay for the whole year and others will pay by the month. That could be part of the reason as why I didn't do a deep dive so I I can't tell you exactly but that that's two reasons why I think the numbers are down a little bit compared to last year. Well, I was just looking at that and then because the it looks like the expenses are on track comparable to last year. So, >> yeah, down a little bit 16,000. So, that leads
049me to believe since revenues down, we're not spending as much because fewer kids and so expenditures are down as well. So, um I overall I think we're tracking pretty similar. Um but I'll definitely will keep watching that month by month and see how that trend goes. Um great question. Any others before I move to fund five? All right. Fund five, self-funded uh uh our self-unded insurance plan. You will see that revenue uh out of the gate, we are hoping for 4.744 million. Uh we've realized almost 40% of that total so far to date. Um and then down on expenditures, 4.6 and we've already hit 2.3. Um those numbers you can see uh revenue obviously is tracking uh a little lower than a year ago but thankfully also expenditures are as well. So it's I feel
050like it's almost a wash. Um I I have noticed the last couple months the claim seems to be coming down a little bit. So I I'm starting to get optimistic this that this year is going to be okay. I don't think we're necessarily looking looking at a great year, but hopefully revenue will exceed expenditures to where we can continue to build a cash balance in that fund. And that's what you want to do. I can't tell you what a reasonable number is, but we're not there yet. Um, but you want a nice balance to sustain those ugly years. And u, we kind of started off with a tough year uh in our first year. And so we really need to focus on trying to get a little bit of a cash balance there if we
051can. So now the last group of numbers if if uh slide to the right a little bit. Kind of excited about this. This is this takes some numbers off of um the fund uh balance report that has all those monthly numbers. Um and go down to the bottom bottom right there. Thank you. Um you will see I added some more history. I I like to look multiple years back. Um, so this is giving you a snapshot of what are our percentages uh as of December and then what is the year- end look outlook uh for this year compared to the last uh looks like six years I put on there. Um, no secret I've been sharing that I I think and I still do think we're going to get at least a 20.29. um that
052is dependent upon SAT coming in at 7145. Uh again, you heard earlier we're at 6,900. That's going to be a huge increase. Normally, we don't see that much fluctuation from what we're getting in December to when it comes that final number uh is realized in June. So, when that does hit, it really is going to pull up our revenue toward the end. Um, so as you look at the percentages from December to year end, you see um, uh, I'm projecting at least a 13% difference by the end of the year. You go down to fiscal year 25, it jumped by 11%. Fiscal year 24 by 11%, 23 by 10, [clears throat] 22 by 12, 21 by 14, and 20 by 12.5. So, I heard it mentioned that usually take that December number and add 10%.
053A little higher than that, but you'll see that there was actually some years where it jumped as much as 14%. So, and I would say this year with SAT um hitting 7145 and I'm still very optimistic about that. It it is very possible we could see that 1314, but I'm hesitant to go to 15% increase. Okay. But I'm I'm feeling really good about 13. So there's a little additional history you weren't getting from the other reports. Um so with that said, love your feedback. You don't have to give me feedback tonight. If you think of something when you get home, shoot it to me. You know, a number you'd like to see. Hopefully this gives you a little deeper dive into our budget numbers. And again, if you're comfortable with removing those other two, they
054won't be on next month's agenda. So, but if you like them, they're not hard to produce. I can leave them on there and you can have five reports. I just want to give you reports that are easy to read, easy to understand, and can um be of benefit. So, with that said, I'll happy to answer any other questions. >> Doug, I have three questions. >> Yep. though I think you answered that one [clears throat] right there which is I would prefer to leave the other reports on for now until I my eyes you know stop crossing after I read this report. >> Uh second question was you mentioned the SAT at 7145 >> and I think you said June is when that decision is made. I'm not sure I understand exactly what we're talking about
055and so I want to make sure I understand what happens. Is it just one month? Actually I I'm confused as to what we're hoping for. >> Yeah. Um, I I should correct myself because I did go back and do some trending on the LA I think I looked at the last five years. Where where did SAT start when we started getting funding in July and where did it end up in June? And what I noticed is um most of the the that final number was realized either starting in February but as late as April. So, I actually think if all goes well, we could start getting paid on the 7145. I I don't think it's going to happen before April, but I'm hoping by April. So, then we'll start to see a bump in revenue
056as it's calculated on that higher number hopefully starting in April. But worst case scenario, if they wait till the very end to adjust it, it's all going to show up in June. >> So, so there has to be a Your worry would be that the governor would withhold. Is that what would stop the 77 7145? Or is it just a is it a ministerial calculation that hasn't happened yet? >> No, it's it I mean it's already been uh appropriated, right, to be at 7145. >> It just hasn't been distri distributed distributed. >> Even her January payment was still at 6,900. >> Okay, that yeah, >> that somewhat satisfied. and whoever >> and I don't know who magically says, "Oh, here we are. We're at 7145. Here's your funding." We just watch the payments as they
057cut the payment transmittals and see if they've adjusted the numbers. >> Part of it is they're watching the state revenue come in. Right. >> That was my worry is if they're watching that, that seems to be although they found 250 million today, so who knows? Um, and whoever's controlling the deck here, could we go back to the last slide that we were on to the bottom right corner where we were looking at the annual um or the projected ending. There you go, Doug. This is what's known as a leading question. >> Um, so I it occurs to me that we're asking people to come join on a finance thing. They may be tuning in. They may see that number. So, does that 20% that you're showing there, does that mean that we have an extra
05820% that's just going to be sitting around at the end of the year? The answer is no. But I'll let you >> an extra 20%. >> I'm asking if they see that 20 year in 20%. Some people may get the impression that what you're saying is that at the end of the year, look, we're going to have 20% that's unspent. It's extra. And I don't believe that to be the case, but I'm hopefully throwing you a softball. If not, I'll answer my own question. >> Yeah. Um it it is not a extra 20%. Um because um if you don't maintain a certain level of cash balance, the state will take over your district. And I can't remember what that number is. Is that like >> I don't think there's a there's not a specific number
059in Missouri. >> Oh, there's not a specific I I was saying it was five or 6%. But if you get dangerously low, the state will say you are fis fis fiscally stressed and they will take over. >> Do you want to explain cash flow and why we need to have a fund balance? Yeah. That's the big that's that's really the answer to the question is the 20% is really for cash flow purposes because when does most of our money show up? Our tax payment from January. So otherwise we're living off those rollover cash balances to get us to January when those tax dollars flow in that then get us to the finish line in June. So cash flow is >> so it's important to have that balance there because if we it's not it's the
060only way we can pay our bills between July and December is we have to have enough cash in the bank to before the next amount comes. Isn't is that is that what that number is indicating? >> That is absolutely correct. And you will see uh on on the group of numbers to the right uh the the dollar number. So December 31st, we were only setting on 3,683,000 in cash. Uh that is the low point of the year. That that is when we are at our very bottom. Uh and then we get a huge tax payment in January. We're flushed with cash for a while until we start going through our payrolls and get to the end of the year and it then it drops to the 20% amount. But yeah, if we didn't have that
061cash carryover, we could be bouncing payroll checks in December. >> Doug, a few few items. Uh, one I so I'll be one of them that that says I would still like to see the the fund balance report just because I like to see over time. >> Sure. >> Um, and I like to see the projections as well of where we project to go. Uh secondly, um as I look at, you know, the the current operating uh fund cash balance, I can see a lot of consistency between, you know, 21 to really 24. And it looks like now in the past couple years, we've seen an acceleration. Um just trying to understand what's what's the really the big driver behind it because it doesn't seem to me like that's sustainable. That that's a wonderful question and
062I would say some of those high numbers in there are artificially inflated because of the COVID money the district was receiving. So um you you'll see fiscal year 20 we're 25% and then it kind of went up 29 uh in 21. Uh that that is most definitely the federal dollars helping prop that that number up um as that as as that cash was coming in. Um, >> are there any concerns, you know, from the district's standpoint of, you mentioned earlier that the county has extended the the payment window for property taxes and such, but as you can see there 7%. Um, I know there's there was just the talk of, you know, bouncing checks in December. Are we assuming there could be that same concern for January now? Because when we project to see all
063of our revenue come in now, it's not necessarily going to be there. >> Yeah. No, we've we've already got tax uh notices from the county as far as what those tax payments are and they are they're trending slightly down. Um and we'll we'll notice that our February and our March tax collection amounts are going to be a little higher than normal, but we're getting the bulk of our money in in in our January payment. >> I will say the delays impact interest earnings, right? We know interest earnings have dropped but it is a large infusion of money and we do invest that short term um to capitalize on that. >> Yeah. >> The last question that I have is in regards to fund five um the selfunded I know it's relatively new. I know it
064takes a you know a little bit to go you know get going. But how much runway are we giving this before we determine that it doesn't have legs and this isn't the approach that we can take for it. Have we considered that to the district? >> I think we have. We've had annual conversations and I'll also have Dr. McMain speak to this. Um we've also put a lot of pressure on our broker. Um but I do believe in a it's a good strategy long term. Um it's unfortunate we started with um a limited number of high-cost claimants which is atypical for for our um past history. Anything you'd like to add to that? Yeah. And and we did not see those coming. Um when we when we first started the strategy, everything looked like it
065was going to it was going to go well. The high cost claimants, you know, showed up, people going through some really bad things. I [clears throat] will say at the end of the day, I think we would see a greater increase in district expense if we were on a fully funded because our insurance rates would go up and we're able to control those control those those rates um better with this strategy. However, I do see your point. revenue or expenditures are exceeding revenues and we're we're pouring cash into it. But, uh, we have some strategies we're looking at this spring that hopefully will, um, address those. And, uh, if not, you know, I think we can look at, you know, going back to fully funded, but that's going to be super expensive for the district
066as well. >> You know, some of our neighboring districts that were on fully funded, I mean, they were experiencing 20 30% renewals. I mean, >> yeah, that's common right now. 20 to 30%. Even if they do have good even if they do have good uh uh expense ratios, meaning for every dollar they're collecting in revenue, they're not expending more than a dollar. So, we we did see some trends coming down. It's starting to go down. We had an 86 um percent uh month in November. Um and so we're we're we're collecting money at this time, but we still have some high cost claimments. We need to come up with some cost containment strategies moving forward. Yeah, appreciate the appreciate the answers. Like I said, my my main concern is just as we see this trend
067of declining operational fund balances. It doesn't really give us a lot of leeway or runway to to play around with these things. And you know, if we guessed wrong, it's only going to take maybe one or two of those where in the prior [clears throat] years we had more leeway. So that's why I ask. >> Yeah. cuz it uh the self-funded insurance you truly hope you can operate it separately from your operating cash, but if you start having a bad year, it is coming from your operating fund to help keep that afloat. So, um I don't know. I right now I'm I'm getting as I've looked at the numbers, I'm getting a little more optimistic that we're headed the right direction there uh after a really tough tough year kind of out of the gate.
068So, um, but long-term, everything I've read, I think we're going to be just fine. I do. Great questions. Anything else? And again, don't be afraid to reach out to me, call me, email me, drop by, say hello, whatever. Um, I want these reports to be meaningful to you and give you numbers that if you get questions from the public, you can kind of explain at a at a very basic level what's going on. So, I am very excited about the upcoming finance committee. I've never done that in my career, but I know other districts that have and and the nice thing is it gets some buy in as far as what we're trying to do, what we're trying to accomplish. So, I'm I'm very excited and I've seen some of the people who have applied
069and I've seen their credentials and I I think we've gotten some good people signed up so far. So, should be fun. >> Of course, I love talking about numbers. So, [laughter] >> thank you. >> All right. Thank you. >> Okay. Next, uh we have a program evaluation for child care, which is a written report. Any questions on that? Thank you, Dr. Ba, for being here. too. >> Oh, sorry. Uh, student achievement data. >> Two things. I think I need the shorter podium and I'm also equally excited to be talking about academic success and student support. So, thank you for the time tonight. This is a continuation of the conversation that Dr. Miller had with um you all in October meeting I believe um just kind of with that high level APR um data. So uh
070I'm going to go into that a little deeper now that we have some comparison data with our peers and then also get into our local assessments and where we're at. I guess I get to click. All right. Okay. So, we all know that it's obviously directly related to our objective 2.1 where our students are annually performing in the top 25% of high stakes testing and that is the MAP test amongst our peers with 80% achieving grade level proficiency um in local assessments and we would look at NWA. So, we're going to look at both tonight. Missouri as MSIP, Missouri school improvement plan and APR um is not something that's a new new nuance. This started in the 90s just like all the other trends that we think are cool. Um and we are in the
071MIP 6 uh the sixth uh iteration of that because uh each time it's gotten a little different and um changed. We want to look at MSI 6 and how it's different from the other ones. First of all, it puts us um all public schools and LEAs along a continuum in performance. And then it gives us uh accessible data that we can look at and create action plans. And it helps us improve and innovate and look at different possibilities with um specific areas. And then also um holds us accountable for high performance in achievement um in status and growth. And then also it like focuses on all of our student achievement at all levels including our kindergarten readiness assessment all the way up through our our career um college career readiness assessments. So what it is
072exactly is a basis of DESI's MSIP 6 evaluation for school districts to determine accreditation. So this year um I'll actually show you a timeline to kind of show you if accreditation and where that's leading but it's on a 100% scale with continuous improvement being 30% the remainder of student reform uh performance and we look at status and we look at growth and it kind of shows you um on that slide what each of those are. Um and to caution you along with Dr. similar. When looking at growth, APR scores can be a little volatile with positive and negative um swing when it comes to growth because it's a comparison to others statistically on growth measures. So, I thought this was extremely helpful. This is actually something that was shared at the uh state board of
073education in a pie chart. I've seen it as a as a chart before. This is a pictorial representation of our APR score components. And so it kind of shows you exactly where and uh what assessments we get from um our across the district to uh fund right into or funnel right into APR. So the next slide I actually put in all of our um strategic planning um goals because because of this we actually touch all four of these areas in a sense um but more so in number two. So we really are going to focus in on what our scores look like with our um cohort and across districts uh within our um greater Kansas City metro area. And I [clears throat] apologize, I sound like a frog a little bit. We're just like everybody
074else, we're coming out of flu season in my house. So, [clears throat] um, so as you can see, you've seen this before. This is our oneyear 2025 measure for APR that took all of those factors, but we put it into a growth comparison across our peers. And I don't know how you can get any better than that. This is uh far and above um our peers. I know that that was a question in our first work session is where are we in comparison. This is amazing data to share. Uh so much so in fact that KSC is among the highest performing school systems ranking in the top three for the 2025 APR scores. So, celebrations, uh, composite score timeline, and you can kind of see from the inception in 2022 where APR began in this
075iteration and where we're seeing really our, um, our 2025 composite score um, classification may be raised, but next year when we get our composite score, school districts can either be raised or lowered. So, um, that's how we've now kind of come out of the pilot phase and into actual um, accreditation adjustments. And then uh this is also from the state board of education just to put it into context. In blue is a 2024 um state APR distribution and green is 2025. It's important to note that the percentage of LEAs with scores above 70% and 80% both increased at the state level. So the state board um actually Desie highlighted to the state board that we're seeing overall an increase in composite scores um in the state which is encouraging. Our three-year composite data [cough and
076clears throat] is that threeyear 22 or I'm sorry 23 24 25. So at 2024 we're above that obviously with our 90% um composite score which then shows that we are in that top category as well leading all of our district um competitors I would say. Um so [clears throat] in our peer districts we are actually in Missouri as well just for our um composite score we are in the top 4% statewide for composite scores. So again, extremely high performing district. So one of the questions I received in a board update I believe and I tried to explain it from a higher level. I'm going to get into it a little bit further is what are the actual reasons for the jump in our score. So I'm going to start at the performance category increase 12.9
077percentage points just point percentage increase that then uh led to our comp our total APR points increase 9%. So that is monumental growth and the areas where our students increase specifically are the bulleted areas below. So academic achievement status and growth are the two. And then we look at student group that is mainly our um special education population. So that is parsed out and um analyzed separately. But then all students means all students. So in those areas we have academic achievement for science um in status for student group growth in uh for ELA for all students and our student group. Same with math, same with science, and then an increase in success ready student college career ready readiness assessment. Not only did we um assess strategically in those areas to help students understand their pathways,
078but we also increased in our scores. So that's why we have that growth area. Um all right, so that brings us to our our strategic plan measure. So for the spring uh 2025 map state assessments, KSD scored in the top 25 among um all peer districts out of four content areas. So we have reached that goal. Uh now it's just maintaining that goal. And then uh drilling down a little further um we were in the top 25 um in 12 out of the 19 map tested areas. So that would be third grade math and like EOCC government. So, in those separate areas, we were um in the top 25% in 12 out of 19. If you go back to look at the with at least 80% achieving grade level proficiency, we're not quite there yet,
079but we are close within the high 60s7s um areas and we're going to take a look at that very soon. Here is the actual breakout um of each individual area starting with ELA and then math, science, and social studies. So that kind of puts us in each area on our top. You have to be within the top three in our cohort to be in the top 25%. Um now we're going to move to ACT. This is new data we received um for our cohort um that we compare. We are second with a uh ACT score of 22.5. So that is also um high performing and maintaining. So um just wanted to share that as well. So the work continues. So how do we stay there? Like how do we continue to provide the best um
080service to our students and our uh teachers. First of all, it's data driven decision-m. Over the course of my tenure, we've really analyzed any and all data, created those reports, brought those to building administrators, building administrators, taking them to teams, and um we've been taking them to teams, looking at all of that data to really find those areas of growth. And I'm going to share some of those with you uh when we look at our NWEA data. We also value people over programs. There isn't one program you can buy that's going to keep you in the top performing uh districts. It is valuing your people to continue to give them the professional development that shows high instructional practices and to really look at our assessment data and all points of data to tell us what
081our students need that changes from year to year. Um then stay the course and choose the right work instead of hanging on to several initiatives and moving um from one year to the next. We really want to focus our efforts and uh really look at those high impact instructional practices that are working, who they're working for, and how we can scale that up and back. [clears throat] So, I'm going to switch now to NWA. So, this is uh little difficult to see, but I wanted to describe to you. Anything that's green means it's the 61st percentile and above. We want to be in the green in both achievement and in growth. So the top bar on all of these um charts is going to be growth and then the bottom two are going to be
082achievement. Achievement left hand bar is going to be fall and then winter is going to be the right hand bar. So we're going to look at growth and achievement. So what we want to see is green, right? If not very close to green. So, uh, really, um, if you look at ELA, this is an area of relative, um, strength when it comes to achievement and growth. We are right at the 58th percentile in growth. So, we're right there close to our our target of 61st and above. Going kind of further down to look at elementary um, and looking at these are areas of, uh, um, high achievement in third, fourth, and fifth. our growth is not as high but we are very close with 56 56 and 53rd 53rd um percentile. So we're we're hitting
083that mark with achievement and sometimes when you hit higher achievement it's difficult to hit the 61st and above in growth. So just keep that in mind. Um in secondary we have um a mixed bag. We have good growth in uh sixth grade um with increasing achievement but an area of growth for our achievement. We like to see that we're growing. And in seventh grade um we are improving and we're um reaching our goal in achievement but we're not quite we're at the 59th percentile in um growth. And then 8th grade is just a huge celebration. And so what are we doing in eighth grade to um look at sixth and seventh because we have hit the mark in both growth and achievement. So those conversations happen at the building level and then within the team
084level. Switching to math, you'll see that um growth is another area. We are almost at 60% 61st% growth. Um but our achievement um is is pretty exciting to see um because relatively math and in when we look at map is an area of growth for Carney and across the state. So if we look at uh elementary, this is definitely an area that um we are going to focus on because um we do not see the level of growth that we may be see in some of our other areas. Um [laughter] but the achievement and maybe is not commensurate of our reading growth and achievement. We did also implement a new resource this year. So sometimes it takes time to realize that growth and achievement. Um however um that is an area that teams are going
085to be looking a little deeper into and administrators as well. In the area of secondary um even though we implemented a new um uh resource our secondary uh is very solid and we're above in growth and achievement in all me measures and grade levels. So we are now taking a look at what did we do in our secondary um adoption that maybe we need to go back and focus on. So, um I'm going to talk about that in a second. I want to move to science. Um science is also an area of strength for um Carney. If you can see, we're at 61st um and above both growth and achievement. And we only give the MAP test um to our fifth and eighth graders for science. So, not to over test our students, we only
086give the NWA in science to fifth and eth. So you can kind of see there that we are hitting the mark in both of those areas. So what are we going to do to address some of the areas? It goes back to the slide of continuous work, data driven decision-m, the valuing people over programs and then staying the course. So not getting, you know, we need to bring in this program, we need to bring in this program. What we're really doing is subbing out teams or getting teams together on our professional development days to really dive deeper into this and um make plans and look at proficiency scales, look at scope and sequence and to adjust from now till the end of the year and beyond. So that was a lot. What questions do you
087have for me? >> It's a great day to be a bulldog. >> Great day to be a bulldog. going on >> and thank you for listening to my monotone voice. This is the the most voice I've had for a while. So, sorry you had to listen to that. >> I keep from getting lost in the data because there [clears throat] you can data and data and data and data have more than you would ever need potentially, right? And so, are you kind of the gatekeeper on that? >> Well, I think we all are. I think we're empowering our building leaders and then our teams, too. Because if I'm the gatekeeper, I collect and and utilize all the data just like the teacher's the information gatherer. What do we do when we want to empower our
088students? We give them the information, right? So, a lot of our teams are diving into the data. We actually um in one of our secondary uh principles meetings, we had a question come up about NWA and we said, well, let's pull out the data. Principles were able to go in find that exactly. So, it's more about empowerment and how we use that um with our building leaders and then our teacher teams. So, gatekeeping of the data. I think I'm a wrangler of the data. I don't think that or maybe an interpreter alongside um but just like we want to share um provide um our students to be um assessment capable. We want our teachers and our our building leaders to be that too. >> Agreed. >> Dr. Utech one thing is so with the math
089data [clears throat] so first of all congrats like amazing stuff. I just joined. I get to highlight this and I just I have the pressure to continue >> and I mean it's it's it's really fantastic. But I do see your point with the the growth and the achievement in math because I also know in like some of the other slides that we've been seeing is like that's [cough] one of the only places where maybe in our peer group we're not at the top. Do you have any I mean I know you you've talked about going in investigating figuring out what's going on. Do we have any initial like theories or analysis of what we're seeing and and targeting like >> Well, I know you can you can kind of look at it from the state
090standpoint has really invested a lot in literacy efforts. There is talk now of um investment in numeracy efforts too. I just would um also if you look at any trend in the state, math has always kind of lagged a bit. So that's not uncommon. um I experienced it in a couple of my other districts too. However, [clears throat] it's the same group of students and with the same level of giftedness and um um achievement possibilities. So then we have to look at what are the resources and then how are we delivering that to um to our students. So really with that new resource really checking in and and we're a few months in now. So what is that um implementation that has happened that has been successful? What are some areas that maybe we need
091to look at? Maybe it is uh reasoning discourse. That's what Dr. Miller and I talked about today. Are we with our number talks? Are we going deep enough? Are we talking with our students about what that looks like in assessment? Are they being able to show us their thinking in the way that maybe we are assessing or are we off on that? So, um, that's to determine further, but I think those are that's definitely the area that we need to look at and, um, continue to, uh, dive a little bit deeper. So, yes, I don't know if I answered your question. >> Well, >> it's going to take some time to look into it >> and I don't expect the answer today. I'm just just curious as to, you know, I see because it's not
092it doesn't appear to be just one grade. Not it's not just one group of students. it appears to be across the board at the elementary level. So that's I'm just just wondering if we've you know I'm assuming I I know that you guys are going in and taking that look and that's I'm just you know probing to see what the you know if we have any initial root cause analysis. So I think that's what started the conversation last year with do we need to take a look at our resources because like I said it's kind of if you have students that are sitting in the same classroom and can achieve in ELA what are we doing in math and so is it the delivery methods or is it the resource so I think we're looking
093at both >> so okay >> thank you very much >> board member comments >> I just note that Dr. from my or Dr. Wow. Representative Myraith on his way out from our >> [clears throat] >> uh student kind of achievement awards there uh commented how lucky we were in Carney and that he didn't realize he knew that we had a good football team, but he said it was amazing to sit there and hear about all the other uh successes we've had this year. And so it's a good reminder that it's not like this everywhere. And the one thing that I wanted to do or wanted to say is I'm, you know, we celebrated the kids tonight and we should. We celebrate the parents who obviously give a lot uh of their time and and other
094things to help their kids get there. But we also need to remember our coaches who, you know, none of them do it for the money. They're none of them are making Eli Drinkowance money. And so they're there because they want to see kids succeed, putting in long hours and, you know, putting up with a lot of probably stuff we don't want to know about. Um, but they do a great job of g of getting those kids to success. So, I just wanted to add as we're celebrating the kids, but I also want to make sure we celebrate our teachers and coaches that have helped them get there. >> We have anything else? I know that this was put out in the through social media and some other ways, but I think it's worth a mention
095for especially for those watching that um we will not be having an election. Um, thank you for those who were sitting at the table who refiled uh for another term and so we'll save a little money there, right? Um, so anyway, just to say publicly, we will not be having election and you all will continue to serve. So, appreciate that. Important dates. [clears throat] Uh, we'll have a work session and that will be 7:30 or 7 o'clock. >> 7:30 a.m. on February 4th. Uh, school finance team will have its first meeting on 5:30 on February 9th. No school on President's Day in February 18th, our next board meeting. Anything else? >> Miscellaneous action for close session to immediately proceed the regular meeting in February, including any record or vote to discuss items and issues allowable
096under section 610-021 of the Missouri Sunshine Law. >> Second. Roll call, please. >> Matt Baker. >> Yes. >> Iina, [clears throat] >> yes. >> We're returned. >> Thank you. [clears throat]