001[Music] wow wowow [Music] he [Music] [Applause] B [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] he [Music] ow [Music] he [Music] [Applause] [Music] welcome to Burrow's Elementary [Music] the B's Elementary I'm Miss Clark and I love teaching [Music] here John burough Elementary School welcomes students from all backgrounds and cultures we currently serve students from countries such as Guatemala Venezuela Ukraine Haiti Somalia Cambodia Puerto Rico just to name a few embracing the diversity of our students and their families is important to us because we're able to provide Rich learning opportunities and experiences for our students fostering understanding and appreciation of different cultures discussing traditions and celebrations helps students share their backgrounds and learn from each other it promotes inclusivity and builds a sense of community which creates meaningful connections and enhances [Music] learning our Burrow's mission is we will
002embrace all families as partners in our community developing the whole child in a safe engaging and inclusive learning environment our Burrow's bees are be respectful be responsible be safe be caring and believe in yourself so we have many wonderful Community Partners here at buroughs uh that support our staff students and families from churches the hilltop Library tutoring programs and dance programs we want the whole family involved at Burrows we love having parents and caregivers in the building so you can get involved through volunteering coming to our school concerts Awards ceremonies um fall celebrations we love having the whole family involved at Burrows buroughs Elementary School is named after a man named John buroughs John buroughs was an American writer and naturalist that was very influential in conserving natural resources in America at the turn of
003the century he is best known for his observ ations on birds flowers and Rural scenes there are 13 schools in the US that are named after John buroughs our school being one of them our school used to be called John buroughs Elementary but it was later shortened to Burrows Elementary John buroughs Elementary was completely renovated in 2009 we also have John Burrows Park which is an alternative recess space for our [Music] kiddos one of the things that I really enjoy about burs Elementary is that I get to volunteer as a parent I I feel like I'm very welcome and involved in the kids' classrooms uh and just being able to walk these halls and seeing their projects up on the walls is a great feeling [Music] Burrows is the best and the PE room is
004the best burrow space is the best place to learn buros offers many special programs for our students including our Physical Therapy occupational therapy and as well as physical therapy we also have special education programs as well as a special education program for our prek students and a full day prek program as well [Music] gym is really fun you can exercise and all the teachers are very great Burrows is pretty fun we get to get b-bugs sometimes if you're good and you can exchange them for prizes should be happy to be [Music] here thank you so much for watching our video about Burrows we hope to see you come to a Burrows family soon [Music] he [Music] greetings and welcome to this week's highlights from across the district hello March as we transition from Black History
005Month Columbus City Schools prepares for a month filled with activities and celebrations in February we honored the rich Heritage and invaluable contributions of African-Americans to our nation's history and with pride we now shift our Focus to National Women's month this observance is a time to honor women's incredible achievements and contributions in shaping our world from Pioneers in various fields to Everyday sheero making a difference let's recognize and uplift the women who Inspire us daily March also brings National reading month a time to celebrate the power of books and the joy of reading at CCS we're excited to encourage students families and staff to embrace reading throughout the month whether picking up a new book participating in Reading challenges or sharing favorite stories let's make March a month filled with learning and Imagination stay tuned for
006special events and activities to inspire a love for reading across the district as we wrap up Career Technical Education Month and National Engineers week students from Rob Ewing's Advanced manufacturing class at Columbus downtown High School participated in the engineer for Day event gaining valuable insights into the engineering field while collaborating with the city of Columbus students began their experience at City Hall where they explored the many aspects of engineering through Hands-On activities and Interactive Learning they discovered different engineering career paths after the the classroom session they tour the Department of Public Service and the Department of Public Utilities seeing firsthand how Engineers contribute to the city's infrastructure this exciting event provided students with a deeper understanding of engineering and inspired them to pursue careers in this essential field thank you to the city of Columbus
007for partnering with ccs to provide this incredible opportunity we want to hear from you the Panorama survey is now open open for submissions and will be accepting responses until March 14th as a district we're committed to fostering an environment where everyone thrives and your feedback helps us get there the Panorama survey is your opportunity to share your thoughts on our progress helping to shape the future of our district mark your calendars and get ready to have your voice heard as we work together to create a district where all students staff and families feel seen valued and supported thank you for your input your voice matters at CCS you belong it's about that time to Spring Forward don't forget that Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday March 9th so remember to set your clocks forward 1
008hour as we embrace the change in season the extra hour of sunlight brings a renewed sense of energy and excitement for new beginnings and opportunities don't forget to adjust your clocks and enjoy the sunny days ahead these have been your highlights from around the district for March 4th thank you so much for joining [Music] us good evening everyone and welcome to today's March 4th 2025 Columbus City School Board of Education meeting um please call the role Mr Treasurer Miss Engles here M Raz here Mr Simmons here Miss V here vice president Adair pres president Cole presid I will rise for the Pledge of Allegiance pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible Liberty Justice for All I was like well
009it's always interesting giving that Cadence my father was a military man so he said it with a very Speedy kind of cadence but it's always interesting uh but glad that everybody's in sync um with that I want to first um acknowledge one of our amazing students a fine addition to our audiovisual team this youngster is a student at at Fort Hayes and his name is Mr Caleb shiso Caleb can you come out for us oh our other was turned off okay here he comes everybody please give a hand for Caleb I wanted us to get a chance before we adopt the agenda and all of that I wanted to see if we could get a photo with him can we get a photo come on out I always love to take the opportunity to acknowledge
010our students and F staff who are just doing an awesome job but with that uh let's just give a quick review of our agenda today we're going to cover where where there is no public comment at this point today um we'll cover board matters there three pieces of agend on that agenda for board matters in addition we'll go into the executive reports we'll go into the public hearing on Reemployment of retired employees we'll walk into the voting of cons agenda that goes from 9.1 to [Music] 24.1 will then go into uh the second consent agenda which extends from 26.1 to 26.71 um after that we'll we'll go into executive session and then post post executive session we will adjourn is there a motion motioned and second motion and seconded call the role vice president there
011yes Miss Vera yes Miss Engles yes Miss Reyes yes Mr Simmons yes president Cole yes motion car motion passes all right so uh now we will go into section four of board matters with that uh there is is there a motion for a resolution motion go ahead Mr Simmons thank you um this evening I'm pleased to invite Melanie Rollins a social worker at Marin Franklin High School along with students Aris Billingsley Kiana Johnson and cea vice president Phil Hayes along with all of our dedicated um School social workers to the podium as we celebrate National School social work week resolution to recognize March 2nd through March 8th 2025 as National School social worker School Social Work Week whereas the Columbus Board of Education proud proudly joins the nation in recognizing National School Social Work week
012from March 2D to the 8th 2025 celebrating the profound impact of school social workers under this year's theme Social Work compassion plus action whereas School social workers serve as an indispensable pillars of the educ educational Community fostering a climate of collaboration between home and school and Society to cultivate environments where our students can Thrive whereas through their unwavering dedication School social workers provide critical intervention and advocacy for students facing significant challenges including poverty discrimination abuse addiction and bullying barriers that can hinder their academic performance and personal growth whereas the Columbus Board of Education recognizes the invaluable contributions of school social workers whose steadfast Comm commitment strengthens families enriches enriches schools and enhances the well-being of the broader Community now therefore be it resolved that the Columbus Board of Education hereby proclaims March 2nd through the
0138th 2025 as National School Social Work Week honoring the dedication professionalism and compassion of school social workers who serve as advocates mentors and champions for our students be it further resolved that the Columbus Board of Education encourages all residents to join in expressing deep gratitude for the tireless efforts of school social workers whose enduring impact brightens shapes and brightens the futures for our students and strengthens the foundation of our community second all right motion and second it call a rooll Miss Vera yes Miss singles yes M Reyes yes Mr Simmons yes vice president yes president Cole yes all right uh motion passes the floor is open at this point in time to give you guys an opportunity to to share some comments uh with us we we are greatly appreciative of your work and love
014to hear from you all yeah um working in CCS has been probably without a doubt the highlight of my career I've been doing this for um upwards of 15 years now and I've kind of worked all over social work um but it's an honor to serve in this district and especially at Maran Franklin High School I've been really lucky to work with the students that I've worked with um and with the staff that I work worked with I got to work with Miss last year trying to save our school which we did successfully um so that I could stand with these students this year and um these are just a few of the students that I'm super proud of at Mary and Franklin that have done a lot of hard work both inside and outside
015of the classroom to get to their senior year and all three of them will be graduating this year so um I hope to be here till the end of my yeah um hello my name is precious um I know Miss since I was a freshman all the way to my senior year she helped me meet people get um uncomfortable I don't like talking to people so she like made me meet new girls girls Retreats girls groups she made me um experience a lot she taught me a lot during my like four years um at first my grades wasn't right but she end up helping me you know tutoring me like pre you can do this you can do that but miss Rollin is a great person like she's like a safe place Mar Franklin and
016we glad to have her and we love her awesome uh Mr Simmons please feel free to give them their resolution and we all take a photo let the rest thank you thank you so much thanks you [Music] know all right all right again thank you all for uh indulging uh commemorating our students and our staff um with that before we move into uh uh board matters section 4.2 I definitely wanted to or 4.1 I wanted to uplift the opportunity to um Talk a bit about today's experience at the state house it was such a pride and honor to watch my my superintendent our great superintendent speak to uh the education Committee in the state legislature about Fair school funding um we shap a strong narrative about why this is so important to our students um
017how this is so important to our staff the tough decisions that we may have be put in place to have to make but I wanted to give the floor to the superintendent and to Treasurer cook to share their language uh via uh their testimony good evening president Cole board members um I will be happy to share our testimony that was provided earlier today to the house education committee as an educator for over 25 years I have seen how a highquality public education empowers students to become productive members of their communities I am proud that we've been able to train our teachers in the science of reading and adopt an aligned curriculum even before this was required by the state one of the most important parts of my role with ccs is serving as the superintendent
018of Columbus City Career Technical planning district on the most recent Rec state report card the Columbus City ctpd earned five stars for both our 96% 4-year graduation rate and 97% postprogram outcomes we are successfully serving our students in building positive relationships with the business community Through Career Technical education in Columbus City Schools and we want to expand these types of opportunities for all of our students in partnership with the community and response to Ohio's Workforce needs Columbus City Schools is investing in College and Career connected learning aligning education with the needs of a modern Workforce our district is focused on ensuring every student is given the opportunity to immerse themselves in learning that prepares them for real world success as part of our District's K12 College and Career Continuum we are committed to the Columbus
019promise partnering with the business Community higher ed and nonprofit Partners to grow the workforce of Tomorrow additionally next we are launching High School careeres a research-based approach preparing our students for today's challenges and empowering them to lead in the future career acmy provide our high schools with small learning communities aligned to local and in- demand Industries to create Pathways for high school students to gain College and Career Readiness skills the career prepare students by explicitly teaching essential skills like time management goal setting and self- advocacy Y and allowing students to explore the many career Pathways available to him available to them right here in Columbus Ohio with a diverse economy our students have access to an incredible array of careers from finance and Logistics to healthcare and Technology the options are endless as the largest
020District in the state it is our duty and responsibility to ensure students have access to these in demand careers and opportunities our goal in CCs is to connect our students to what's possible and show them that their future starts now right here of course our students will also continue to have the opportunity to participate in the district's highly successful CTE programs at our two Career Centers these programs often require specific equipment or specially designed spaces and we are extremely proud of the outcomes for participating students we are grateful to the general assembly and governor dwine for their continued support and invest investments in CTE equipment grants however I'm deeply concerned that the changes we're making and the momentum we've built will be devastated by a significant decrease in state funding our community believes in the
021work that we do and the progress that we've made in CCS so much that we were one of a select few communities in the state to pass a levy in the previous school year based on the governor's proposed state funding in Formula CCs is set to lose over 45 million over the banum all the dollars our voters approved for the $38 million General operating portion of our Levy will now need to be used to fill this Gap in other words our families will continue to pay for the levy they voted for but won't get the essential Educational Services that they were promised these Levy funds cover important services such as career advising expansion support for the development and implementation of career connected learning math professional development credit recovery programs newly open preschool classrooms building substitutes
022school counselors and summer programs to name a few with the proposed cut in state funding the district will be forced to make incredibly important decisions between Staffing and programming shown to provide High Returns on investment Columbus City Schools is projected to lose these State funds because the administration's formula calculations include increased property tax valuations but does not update what it cost to educate a child in 2025 I'm here on behalf of our 47,000 students 9,000 staff members and an invested Community to request that the the house continue the formulas phase in with the most updated base cost inputs again thank you for the opportunity to testify and to share this context with our board with our community and um we're hopeful that um the house will hear our advocacy and hear um again um the
023needs and the impact that these significant Cuts will'll have on programming and Staffing um in our district thank thank you Dr Chapman thank you Tre cook good evening good evening Columbus City Schools is the state's largest school district with more than 47 th thousand students attending over 100 Schools and programs roughly 18% or more than 8,000 of our students have exceptional needs additionally around 15% or more than 7,000 of our students come from a family for which English is not the primary language with over 100 different languages spoken throughout the district I am here today to ask on behalf of our students the district and the community we serve that you take the critical next steps towards fully implementing the formula enacted in the last two banian budgets a formula created in collaboration with school
024district leaders and experienced practitioners the fair school funding plan provides an objective rational and transparent solution to school funding this translates into real student needs into concrete resources however for the formula to work is designed it needs to be fully implemented that means as we update local property valuations we must also update what it costs to educate a child if we update one without the other the formula is broken we appreciate that Governor dwine chose to include the final two years of the phase in as a part of the executive budget proposal while the full implementation of this plan is essential it's equally important that the funding formula remains responsive to realtime economic changes by regularly updating the base cost inputs without regular updates to these inputs the formula becomes imbalanced shifting a greater greater
025financial burden onto our local taxpayers in our District's most recent 5-year forecast our current state share is approximately 20% yet under the executive proposal by the end of the bium our state share will hit the 10% floor this treats our families as if they are as wealthy as those in affluent suburbs communities with far greater income and serving fewer students with significant needs let me be clear this is not because our students and families have suddenly hit the lottery it's simply a construct of a formula that only shifts one side of The Ledger based on the governor's proposed state funding formula CCs is set to lose over 45 million this bium I am here today to request that the house continue the formulas phase in with the most updated based cost inputs I urge this
026committee to prioritize these critical areas as you consider the state's budget and thank you for your time attention thank you both so much for uh your courageous step forward to speak to our state legislature about this with this in mind I'm going to motion that we accept the resolution to reaffirm Columbus City Schools Board of Education support for the fair school funding plan and increasing the base cost inputs for fiscal years 26 and 27 with that whereas the Columbus City School Board of Education adopted resolutions on November 17th 2020 June 15 2021 and March 21st 2023 strongly endorsing the Ohio Fair school funding plan the plan and encouraging the general assembly to adopt the same and whereas the plan lays out a rational transparent comprehensive and most of all fair system for funding schools based
027on the actual costs of providing of a basic education for all students in Ohio aka the base cost and whereas the plan creates a framework for providing additional resources to meet needs Beyond those of basic education including the areas of the social emotional and safety and mental health of students the additional challenges driven by students living Inver with special needs with limited English proficiency and who are academically gifted and whereas the plan was adopted in the bial appropriation bills of the 134th general assembly and the 135th general assembly and whereas the governor the governor's proposed executive budget for fiscal years 26 and 27 includes fully funding the plan but does not include increasing the base costs using most current data available whereas under the governor's proposal the revenue loss over the bium for Columbus City
028Schools would be over 45 million and whereas the Ohio General Assembly has an opportunity to fully fund the plan and to increase the base costs using the most current data available allowing the state to fulfill its constitutional duty to to fund education to fund education based on costs and whereas Ohio school funding system is based on a theory of shared responsibility whereas both the state and local community have a proportional responsibility to ensure that every student has the opportunity to receive an adequate education whereas the residents of Columbus City Schools district have fulfilled their responsibility by passing a general operating Levy in November 2023 now therefore be it resolved the board reaffirms its strong endorsement of the framework of the fair school funding plan and requires that the Ohio General Assembly adopt the plan as
029part of the banial Appropriations Bill and increase the base cost inputs using the most current data available and therefore be it resolved that as necessary during the legislative process the board directs the superintendent and Treasurer to continue to work on behalf of the district on any additional language related to reform of Rel to the reform of the current school funding system and implementation of the tenants of the fair school funding plan and be it further resolved that the board directs the superintendent and Treasurer to advocate for the the proposed actions contained herein to the Ohio general assembly and the governor of the state of Ohio and be it further resolved that the treasurer is authorized to deliver or cause to be delivered a certified copy of this resolution to the members of the Ohio House
030of Representatives and the Ohio senate senate and to the office of Governor Mike dwine second Motion in second please call the role Miss Engles abstain as a employee of the legislature Dr Pierce yes Miss Reyes yes Mr Simmons yes Miss ver yes vice president Adair yes president Cole yes um I'm going to take the privilege of offering just folks who may have a shared statement that's relative to this just a moment to offer a word about how this resonates with you and where we are are in terms of our priorities for our students first and how this impacts I'll just give just a few moments to make a comment for those who want to share something all right I think our resolution does it well president Cole thank you for the opportunity I thank you
031I thank you Mr Cole just wants to be fair um all right so moving on to 4.3 um this is uh my appointment of and and and let me start by saying I'm really excited uh that our uh Community engagement and advocacy committee is taking the work and steps to find the most talented people to work in committee with us we've got some amazing folks throughout all of our committees but I'm excited at the fact that you found three additional people uh I am appointing at this point in time uh amber Snider from The Mid Ohio food Collective Christina M McLoud uh from the community Refugee and immigrant ation Services Miss Neel jurist from the AP she is APR Chief Communications uh and government Affairs officer with the community shelter board uh I'm excited to
032have these folks join you uh on your committee and I look forward to the work that you have coming forward please note that moving forward as well what I will uh be doing is working with each committee chair to walk through what your agenda actually is uh make those confirmations any tweaks where necessary but we're making sure that we're keeping in alignment with our goals and guard rails and most importantly with the charters that we all adopted for our committees okay I'll certainly send word out that about how that process will work uh via email um president if I could this one I would just like to add that um I appreciate the diversity of the brought forth nominees for this committee I think as we have heard the response from our community about increased
033engagement and seeing the alignment of individuals that are connected to the needs that our superintendent and Treasurer have um indicated our families have it is a really good um step forward and so um great job right that is a thank you to you all right we'll go right into executive reports uh with that Dr Chapman do you have anything to report to the board tonight no I do not have an executive report this evening thank all right thank you Mr internal auditor Mr OK Conor always good to see you as well is there a report this evening for us no report this evening thank you all right and Treasurer cook I guess I do have a report that's right last but never least last but not least that's right um couple of things I want
034to talk about tonight we'll get to House Bill 96 budget updates um but first I wanted to revisit uh two weeks ago we had an amazing opportunity to meet with Dr margarite Rosa from Georgetown University to discuss academic return on investment um it was what I thought was an amazing day we had about 65 of our peers across the district as well as Dr Chapman internal auditor o' Conor and our board leadership there as well um there's a lot of work that we have to do around finances we've noted that tonight we'll take a look at the budget at a high level here in a few minutes but this work is going to lay a foundation for us to begin to look at our expenses and how do we maximize dollars in the classroom for
035student achievement I've had nothing but positive feedback um I'm going to put a couple of you on the spot that were there if you would like to weigh in share your experience um my office is dedicated to making sure that we implement this with Fidelity I know auditor o' Conor has shared his interest in this as well as has Dr Chapman so I look forward to sharing more about the details of how we're implementing this in the coming weeks and months but we're excited to dive in and take a look at how we're going to begin to maximize these dollars so I will open the floor to anyone that was there that would like to provide some feedback on their thoughts or experience are there any thoughts from the board any questions from the board
036I'll just share a couple thoughts um so uh it was really as you said it was a it was a great um experience we had a wide range of um you know team members there from what we would say is all sides of the house yeah um which I think is really the point right because um you know as we take our goals and guard rails which are you know the the thing that the superintendent and the treasur and the internal auditor work towards um really figuring out how we align resources in a way that Max maximizes the the investment that our community is giving to us um in those areas to to see the best um student outcomes and so having this wide range of people in the room it was really just amazing
037to watch it watch light bulbs appear um and figure out wow this is something that you know this makes a lot of sense and something that we can do and if doing it right will help our community um and help all of us really be accountable to every dollar uh that comes into our district and will be aligned to show the results of our um gos and guard rails um so I'm really excited um to see that from the board level in our seats uh because it will be a good accountability metric for our direct reports as well as um helping our community better understand School finance and uh you know how we are really maximizing um their our investment um into our children so thank you for allowing me to go it was great
038I'd like to thank the board leadership for being there and then most importantly my colleagues and your teams I thought it was a great experience and I look forward to moving this forward so thank you both appreciate thank you Mr treasur thank you Madame vice president I enjoyed myself at that event as well learned quite a bit and some of it was a refresher because we've been through this program before um but I look forward to seeing how this continues alignment and how we uh in the best ways possible based on student outcomes Ure that we're providing the best for children so thank you all right um moving into the uh public hearing on re-employment of retired employees uh the first is pursuant uh to Ohio Revised Code section 33934 the Columbus Board of Education
039gives notice that Molly G Proto school psychologist who retired from the Columbus City School effective December 2nd 2024 is seeking employment with the Columbus City Schools at a school as a school psychologist effective April 7th 2025 there's no motion on these they're just reading um uh the second 8.2 is public hearing on the re-employment of retired employees Perry El salano uh pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code section 3309 345 the Columbus Board of Education gives notice that Perry L salano executive secretary one retired from the Columbus City Schools effective January 31st 2025 is seeking re-employ or seeking employment with Columbus City Schools as an executive secretary one effective April 7th 2025 uh president Cole I think you got so excited about bringing our uh employees back that um Treasurer cook did not get an opportunity
040to give us the update on on house building Lord have mercy Jesus we've talked a lot about the budget today so I understand yes we did all right let me briefly revisit that um I want to discuss at a high level tonight uh House Bill 96 updates um we'll start with concerns uh traditional schools around the state of Ohio are going to receive 103 million less over the banum compared to fiscal year 25 that's a big figure that's a big gap in educ a students 56 and 59% of traditional schools receive less State funding year overy year over the two years of this bium over half each year as we spoke earlier the governor's proposal leaves out critical cost inputs they're frozen at fy22 levels there was a lot of conversation this has been the
041main ask from superintendent Treasures across the state as we all know we've had increasing pressure upward on the cost of educating our students it hasn't gotten cheaper our light bills haven't gotten cheaper we've all experienced that at home we need the state to step up to that shared partnership and update those cost sets that is a critical piece that keeps the formula working without that it's clearly broken so that is a a musthave interestingly enough voucher programs receive an increase of 265 million when compared to the fy2 level community school funding receives an increase of 2021 million compared to fy2 so noting those two increases like to revisit my first bullet point traditional schools receive over a hundred million do less over the banian budget that's a concern the impact of Columbus City Schools um
042make no mistake this budget as introduced is cataclysmic to the goals and guard rails to our educational programs to our staff we're projected to receive 15.6 million less in state funding next fiscal year which is FY 26 followed on by an additional decrease of 16.7 million in FY 27 again Dr Chapman did a wonderful job of highlighting 47.9 million less that we can dedicate to the classroom that's real that's what we're up against that's what we need to Advocate against I would encourage the community at large that's list listening tonight we have a voice reach out to your representatives stand up be heard it matters and we can make a difference sitting back won't get it done we need to educate our legislators on the importance of what we face with this budget it's critical
043in the fiveyear forecast presented in November uh we spent some time talking about our Revenue sources the fact that we're approximately an 8020 shift with the state of Ohio 80% of our Revenue comes from our local tax base 20% from the state I think it's fair to say we weren't thrilled with that ratio when we discussed it however the news does not get better in this budget cycle there is a massive State share shift that's underway should this budget proceed as introduced we will go from an 8020 that we didn't like to a 9010 we we will hit the statutory floor in FY 27 I can tell you I have heard discussions about lowering that floor to 5% I do not know if that will in fact take place but again if it does I
044would anticipate we will will be driven down towards that floor again it's a byproduct of a broken formula where we look Wealthy on paper I referenced our students and families winning the lottery the state continues to update their cost set if you will with those increasing property valuations yet we are Tethered to an fy2 22 expenditure we know that's changed and that's why we're seeing this shift when combined with the guarantees so we have a lot of work to do I can tell you that our voices are being heard I would encourage as the resolution said tonight we need to continue that advocacy but again if we want to protect the investment that the community gave us in 20123 it's imperative that we take these pieces and reach out to our leaders and expect more
045for our students questions Flo is opens board member Engles Treasurer cook um on one of the slides it showed 15.6 in fiscal year 26 of what we would be losing out on and then 16.7 fiscal year 27 and then you said a total of 47.9 those two numbers do not add up to 47.9 so could you explain what is that 47.9 I will it's been a misperception out there um so the year one cut of 15 million we lose year one that same 15 million carries over to year two so the totality of that initial 15 million cut is 30 million over the bium then we get hit with another decrease in year two so as you stack those at compounds 15 and 15 to get to 30 then on that second year we realize
046that additional loss as well so that gets us to the approximate 45 million as it stands today thank very easy to look at it as 30 it's not 1515 plus great question any additional questions vice president um on the uh first slide when you were talking about the uh overall impact to traditional Public Schools across the state do you know are you aware of the percentage of of public school students who attend traditional public schools in our state I believe it is upwards of 85% um I've heard a lot of figures between 80 and 90 um so I would say solidly 85 I think there's discussion that um certain Representatives that I've met with feel that we will remain public education is the Bedrock they do not anticipate that shifting in in wildest estimates on
047the other side to an 8020 um they see that holding fairly steady um you also highlighted in the shift and this graph here that's actually still up is talking about the shift um to 9010 by fiscal year 27 what is the actual direct impact on our taxpayers um if we shift to the 9010 so I think it's a great question and the impact is going to be as we've seen with school Finance House Bill 920 if we don't get updated cost sets they continue to reduce our funding it's interesting we talk about property tax relief and we want to relieve the burden on our taxpayers yet this very graph here shows we're shifting more and more and more of the burden to our localities so real world for us at Columbus City Schools we're going
048to be on the ballot more frequently we have to educate our students we know the costs have increased we've seen the impact on the five-year forecast driving more and more to our local tax base means that we have to go to our La our local tax base to plug those needs and uh last you did mention mention when we were talking about the 9010 you said that this is the current floor and you mentioned um districts that would be more affluent than our our district and you said uh you know they they the State House believes that you know basically we've won the lottery um could you maybe just explain that a little bit more um what you mean by that um and why is it not fair for Columbus City Schools to be compared
049to a more affluent Suburban District yeah so if if anyone can go out on the department of education's website and look at what they call the cup report and our valuation per pupil is over $400,000 the state average is 269,000 for a state average so again I understand we we've all been through the trienal updates we had a massive increase in property values so on paper the state said we look very wealthy the average student wealth at Columbus City Schools is over $400,000 so again when we look at that funding formula what that has done is said their local capacity to pay more is there it it's it's paper um that's that's clearly not the case so the formula the state gets the benefit of that valuation increase which then causes us to have to
050pay pay more and drives that state share down so that then locally we have to pick up that burden but again the state says in their eyes on paper our wealth per pupil is just North of 400,000 again the state average is 269,000 I haven't dove into all of the specific districts around us there are what I think we would call affluent districts that are much better off and they're receiving increases in state funding so I think that's where I would argue is it fair is it Equitable no I don't think that it is how do we justify the fact to Dr Chapman's point we passed an operating Levy 38.3 million and the state says great thanks good job in a very difficult environment to pass and then they're going to take away $45 million
051in state funding more than we passed our community was generous and supported her initiatives and the state says great things we're going to take that away now so that's what we're faced with again I think we're making some inroads I think there's a recognition that this is problematic but it's going to continue to take advocacy to drive that point home so I hope that helps thank you are there any additional questions points of clarification thank you thank you Mr treasure thank you for your report um moving forward we have covered section eight we'll move on to approval of the consent agenda but before we do that is there anything within the consent agenda between 9.1 24.1 that you'd like to see removed for further deliberation awesome all right is there a motion to pass a
052motion to pass a consent agenda second motion and second it call the rooll Dr Pierce yes M Raz yes Mr Simmons yes Miss ver yes Miss Engles yes vice president Adair yes president Cole yes all right thank you all we'll move on to consent agenda two and approving consent agenda two is there a motion motion to approve consent agenda two is there a second second motion and second it call the RO Miss Reyes yes Mr Simmons yes Miss ver yes Miss Engles yes Dr Pierce yes vice president Adair yes president Cole yes all right uh we'll accept a motion to go into executive session mam vice president yes um it is recommended that the Board of Education move into executive session P pursuant to a highis code section 12 1.22 G1 to consider the appointment
053employment dismissal discipline promotion demotion or compensation of a Public Employee or official or the investigation of charges of complaints against a Public Employee official leny or regulated individual unless the Public Employee official licy or regulated individual request a public hearing second all right motions and seconded call roll Mr Simmons yes Miss ver yes missles yes Dr Pierce yes Miss Raz yes vice president Adair yes president Cole yes motion carried motion passes all right uh thank you all for coming this evening um we will now adjourn uh we we will now move into executive session upon leaving executive session we will adjourn but we won't be doing it in the room yet so thank you