001[Music] Well, defenses are up because quite honestly I can show you. So, why don't you call the board office? Yes. Yes, there's also plans that are up in the um office too. Um together road where is that's where the district school district office is and all all the architectural drawings and plans and such are available there. I had a question about the um back to the one before. Yeah, that one. So, the the the um current building there where the office is well, not it's a hallway, I guess. Um, is that being demolished and redone or is it just being a bit Yeah. Yeah. another view from the parking lot looking towards what what you would see as this is I mean that wall is going up. So trying to take advantage of weather. There's
002one classroom in here still right now. at some points. Um this is looking kind of at the property that way. So you'll see this will be near the police and this is the south and the trailers on the right. Yeah. Trailers are right here and then this is that hallway we come in the office. So um there's no access here that is inspection access. So if you go down here there's no access. So you only if you want a um tour. to know I have to get you out of it. detail, but if it's at another time to set that up briefly about um having it at the beginning of our next work session that end of June, it'll be a special session. We do have a couple things, but um yes, we're gonna have
003our June work session, right? It will be a special session because we will have to take some votes. Uh so that would be Wednesday. I'm out. Okay. I'm out the 25th. Make sure you meet at 7 or 6. I'm just trying because Bill will have to walk us through, right? So, I'm trying to manage his work hours, too. So, could we do a tour? Uh, let me check really quickly. I know that meetings, but we're talking about 25, right? Um, I can start studying at 4 p.m. Yes. Yes. Wednesday the 25th. Um, 4:15 as early as I can get your Okay. Um what I would like to talk about is private facilities. Um I don't have documents on here yet, but I do want you to see them as our capital. You have that. So
004you have this document inside the brochure and then um this document if you want to talk about this. So yeah, um the uh this is an update uh for Dorothy had asked for some finance information of regarding the project and just sort of where we were at and um some of the items that we were looking to um fund raise for. So the items on the master facility capture campaign, those are items that are not going to be covered by the OCC. they are, but they are items that were of high importance to um the districts in the community. um playground equipment, stage improvements, um signage uh at Mills Lawn, and then at the high school, the theater package, um the seating, the uh the total theater package, which includes the lights, the soundboard, um
005and and all the equipment from Scenic Solutions. Uh that that is our biggest item. Um and then some additional gymnasium improvements. Um the theater/ gymnasium, our portable stage package, um music furniture, fitness room equipment, um some again some signage and um the memorial garden. Um the trees that had to come down. we do have a spot on the property that go again these are items that aren't covered by the OFCC but we thought were very important those those are the items that were how we came up with our budget for consider this what consider this so at this point What would you like from the board? So asked what role they should be and I think I I will be reaching out probably to individually tomorrow for our final version of this. And then it
006really is just you know reaching out individually to folks and then you start here and kind of narrow down. Um, so I would I would make the board aware of that and then what I would ask is if you know folks you have a question to do this honestly package that's the thing what I'm thing is in this is is the items that are really tailored to the strength and the values of this district and what we deliver to our students. And we're thankful to YFCC to help us with the big lift of renovating buildings, but we also want to make this ours and tailor it to ask our students and also to put in this district that they're good at. So yeah and just also to stress perspective that the final budget for the
007building project came in on budget and that was due to a lot of work the team put that together. um keeping in mind how we needed to do that for the as a fiscally responsible school district but at the same time through that whole process of developing an amount for the levy and then the generosity of the community and approving that levy uh that plan was comprehensive but going with the OCC guidelines did not include these particular items especially the area of theater which is so important to this community and that came out through development process that first stage of the development plans um last year. Uh so yes, we are asking for the generosity of of people in the district to support education and it's it's an exciting step. That theater space is going
008to be beautiful. The grounds are going to be beautiful. This this school is is is really going to serve our our kids well. I think both sites will be real kid. So there will be good work. Here you are. And thank you to the community foundation for Yes. Yeah. being a partner here that helps with the logistics of it and just wisp um again um we the opportunity to meet with individual donors first and present this to them and then um I would say probably the summer I think there are ways for everyone to give the foundation experience um and so this is exteries on other boards and making so um it's it's good to go out to individual donors first and make a big ask first and then once you've gotten good ways there
009so the community foundation's got great experience in We're lucky also for just a tremendous spirit of giving in this community. Thank you. A lot of good news on this evening. It's good to hear [Laughter] a long way. I mean, we talked about capital. It's nice to see that. Yeah. Shall I move on to There's no voting item on this. So, I'll move on to board policies and board. We're voting on these policies separately. Uh so, we can record both each one. And the first one is regarding services. This is actually part of another package and we were just looking for some clarification on how we handle our activities of that nature. So, Um that's why the board member have any discussion questions? Yeah, I think we just need some clarification about this document. I'm sorry
010I didn't ask um I'm seeing new language called the dietary request dietary request. Who uh can you explain to us how this is? Is it to be compatible for us to be able to provide? So what will it change for families who need to document or whose child needs to have a special I guess there's a couple of shoes of the policy that talk about dietary request there is there's a compliant medical request and non-compliant medical request so combined to me able to do something that many child dietary requests for religious reasons for what's the process that how do you kind of state so I think they reach out to first of all either the director of student who would deal with this and talk about that individual situation. But if you look at basis,
011so this is medical, but we would approach it in that manner. Yeah. But in the end there there may be some things we just cannot accommodate. I mean, I think that the reason that the board chose to approve the nutrition group again at all requests is that they are so willing to work with us and yeah and I I don't want any issue. Yeah. Where said this is a legitimate more. Okay. And then for the changing part, [Music] it's the amount that a student would go into the negative before they would be students. account transition would be treated respectfully. The district will provide students without provide parents and students chargeification charges again. [Music] We can discuss it at we we talk about this um when we we had the take care of lunch program um
012and so starting each school year in the last several school years um there has been no bad debt. We we the the ticket to the lunch program has covered all student debts um before the beginning of the school year. So every student starting with a fresh um slate at the beginning of the school year. Um we really don't have a large problem with that here. Uh on any given day there's outstanding balances I will say and it typically has almost nothing to do with the financial circumstances of the family sometimes. [Music] Yeah. Yeah. There there's people there's people that have plenty of beans and may not know that their kid has bought a bunch of snacks or something. So, um it I would say it really is it has not been a a big problem
013here. And if somebody is having a a issue and they've come to us and then we we also have the we use the federal food service program and there's applications for free allergic meals. So if the really if there's a problem with paying and somebody has not gone through that we probably ask can you please fill out this paperwork and then because if somebody's carrying a big balance and they say I can't pay they're likely qualify and and so that is a solution to that as well. But I I would say overall this is not a district that has a large unpaid um also generous members of the community helping to bridge those gaps. Yeah. That's today I'm going to talk about the TL program which is which is a regional multiple based community outside
014organizing and cooling sources to create school launching. We are not having nearly the same amount of that than other schools than I see other schools doing it. um we are organizing Facebook school district here and I just want to extend my gratitude to those members that created that group to join that because it didn't help in bridging some cost especially since that funding was after co start paying again and we don't know what the state looks like in the future, right? There still some instability knowing how federal funds will trickle down to local schools on food service. Is that correct? Okay. Are there any other questions with regards to um policy 8500? See none. [Music] So I'll make a motion that it approved the first treatment of policy or policy. Would you like to take
015Magnus? Yes. Potter. Yes. Bailey. Yes. Okay. Yes. Motion to pass 4 zero. I will do it. Is there a motion? I'll make a motion that we approve the street policy 5.13. I second. Very good. Open for discussion. If you remember board, this was something we discussed at our last special meeting. This is our policy recommending that I'm recommending a siteation temporarily while we go through both the building project and um all the changes to the state. And so right now our policy says that we have maximum 3% we have not reached that there now but I'm asking that the board temporarily to allow us to fill our classes so that um policy we can continue so questions And the there's the percentage, but there's also um something that states enforces that there's um there's financial
016restrictions, right? It it's basically that our open enrollment policy allowed. So currently there's a percentage, but um and we're asking for the percentage to be lifted. We are we are close to the percentage but the control is that we would not accept students if it would cause us to increase our staff. So as it yeah that remains that remains absolutely yes so we're not going to take more but what we can correct we those are the markers we have we can't take more time I can't I can't tell you but I guess will that increase uh student. Okay. You have some control. If you have a larger class and you just had a very large graduating class of not accepting as many students in a larger class, accepting more students, we can absolutely do that.
017We can say for example um we have 10 C we control that um and again it's it's dependent on it's so fluid. So if you graduated 60 64 seniors and you get in X number of kindergarters then you're already starting this motion on the so we can have said resident students always by lawf and there is in in our open enrollment. The trend is that open enrollment goes up in high school. Um so that's why we see uh higher numbers in our high school grades, but also the way that a high school functions allows us to have larger classes like the class of 2025. Um, you know, we we can accept a lot more when they're freshman than we than we can when they're in second grade because second grade you have classroom teachers and
018they're not going to so the high school has a lot more flexibility because the way that classes work in high school that you don't they're not always Yes. You're Yeah, you you take different English, you take different math. So um that that allows some and then if you could also Jay talk about in terms of funding that we get perceived from the state what is the difference or gap between or how much we get ination. Um so open enrolled students are almost entirely a a game for us. Our state foundation payments are based on our student enrollment. Um, so we get money from the state based on enrollment a certain percentage what the state says it costs to educate a student. Um, and as long as it's not increasing your need for staff, then then
019the additional cost of taking on those students is is very small. I mean there of course there are some materials and things here and there but you're talking about getting thousands of dollars per student from the state versus a couple hundred for the cost of educating that student if it fits within our classes and I'm not recommending 45% but let's say the percentage is 34 and a half I can't do that designation and I believe that we need some flexibility because we know that there is more students wanting to come to students. So it would be nice to see what the demand is about and I would say for construction there is a provision [Music] that the way eliminates districts from preventing it. There's an old law that says if you are a district that
020receives federal law that is already passed that allows active military to their children. So they so when I said there were lots of punctuations so I appreciate that that's the context to have questions. [Music] And the the other comment is not for us but more for the community because I found that out is that people don't understand the difference between open enrollment and school vouchers. And so I figured I would give the difference here so that I understand the story. Open enrollment is about accepting students that are enrolled in public schools. a school voucher. It's about publication going into private education. So I want to make sure we're talking about school vouchers the whole education. You're really talking about open enrollment from a school district. Do you have any questions for this? Um just that
021we do have a teacher to people ratio um limitation in our negotiating agreement too. So and that's one thing that actually preserved by directing students based on Hi. Yeah. And then I would just like to also take the opportunity and say that um since I've lived uh 20 years in Yellow Springs, I know the open enrollment remains a confusing issue for many and sometimes a a controversial one and just wanted to voice my support for this as a temporary measure to also address the larger issue of make making sure that we have a strong vibrant students uh body um particularly in our middle school and high school. That's key for our extracurricular activities. Uh and to remind people because I think the funding model used to be quite different where open students did not bring
022much money to the school district and now they do. Uh so it's a very different uh scenario and it's very beneficial to our budget um and to our students our student body uh and those guardrails are in place as as a board member from K said in not and making sure that we have caps on our our classroom sizes. And finally, uh this does also point to the larger issue that the district is aware of and is talked about often and that is the need for families in the district. Um because ideally the best scenario is for families to close to a school in the district and send their kids here. Okay. Um let's take a look. Yes. Bailey, yes. Yes. Kimling, yes. Magnus, yes. Motion passes 5 Z. Welcome, Judah. Um, let's now move
023to item number five, the open consent calendar for the financial reports. Yeah, I move that we open the financial calendar. I second. Okay. have any um any item any board member desire to pull out? There's only one item. Yeah. Well, then we're fine. That's true. It's just the financial report. Okay. Um, yeah. So, the main thing that I would highlight from April is if you want to go down to the line graphs right there. Um, that we are right on our benchmarks for um the end of April. Um the benchmark for revenues was 9574 and we are at 93.4. Um there was one payment um that from the state uh for property taxes didn't come in in April that normally does. So that that is the explanation of the little difference there. And then um
024the benchmark for expenditures 86.23 23 and we are at 86.04. Well, so we did make some adjustments to our our budget with the five-year forecast and um so some of our anticipations uh on where we are with some of those things. the money to food service and then we did the um the advanced construction fund and then yes the transfers um to food service um and athletics to write those accounts. Um so there were a couple adjustments. Um and then uh I would say the oh the expenditure line that that looks very high is miscellaneous and I would say that sort of is artificially inflated because it's very small number to begin with. So um when it goes over it's a little uh it it looks very large. Um we are on the high end
025on purchase services. Um we've had a lot of HVAC issues. We've had some things around construction that are actually not deemed construction expenses. Um, our utilities are up. These are are things that we some of them we've anticipated, but then some of them like HVAC repairs, even though we're in the middle of this project and we're we know we're going to have a brand new system. The system that's there has to get us through. and it might actually yeah I was giving a lot of feedback so that's why um so um other than purchase services uh everything is so this we're coming up to the end of the fiscal year right and June 30th and I did notice that the purchase services category was 300 plus thousand higher than expected. Uh what are your plans
026for an adjustment for next year? Um so that for you know like I said a lot of these virtual services were were a lot of unanticipated one time. So, we'll review what what came through this year. Um, probably increase next year, but we're also getting into this construction project. We'll start seeing the benefits from that as we're to renovating for new spaces. So hopefully a lot of those anticipated services start to So you expect a continual increase? Do you expect that to flatten out just just back to where it should be? Yes. Um at the end of construction there will be some changes to our purchase services like we'll have an HVAC unit for annual maintenance. Um, we do currently have one relative system, but with all brand new equipment, we're going to make sure
027that we're maintaining it. So, that's where contract service agreements. Same with roofing. Um, roofing was one of those purchase services. We had a couple leaks. a couple every year, but some of them were some larger issues that had to be addressed. Um, and now those issues are being fully addressed by project. So, we anticipate some purchases that I know that we have on the table about the potential impact of the upcoming state budget. is now the time to talk about it. Yeah, I would say probably save this stays up until the legislative update. Um I this is also the reason that the meeting at the end of the month to be a special session because while there's a lot of looming stuff coming out of the state, it's still in movement. So, um, have a
028meeting tomorrow morning at the Green County Treasure or tomorrow afternoon treasures. Um, and then there's also a webinar on the changes that are going on in the city schools. Um, but we will probably react to some of those changes in the city hall. Baby, yes. Yes. Yes. Magnus, yes. Yes. Motion passes 5 to zero. You're welcome to call the board office for I understand. I understand. 2% state income tax. Oh, okay. Yeah, that we were unique. We got all these different school districts and everybody else. Not that I'm against it. I didn't even know it was there. Oh, that's a longer conversation, sir. And I'm very welcome to talk with you guys. Well done. after you should introduce yourself first meeting up and welcome and I need to I don't want to be at all
029inhospitable just kind of moving through and and following our board policies but yes please let's have okay thank you before you leave because you asked a question before can you um give their um name My name is Michael here. Okay. Okay. So, this is Dr. School. Yes. So, so this is I mean just so the treasurer superintendent Dr. a school board member member school board president Rebecca school board vice president Judling and school board member Amy Adams and and for the future when we have that section in the agenda community comments that's when we have space for community um say and ask whatever you want and and please reach out to any of us at any time about those questions. Okay. I move that we open discussion. Thank you. Thank you board. I want to
030point out a couple things. 6.2 um is negotiating agreement with the National Association. We had a three full week negotiations. [Music] 6.3 6.4 and 6.5. I'll talk about them together. These are items of understanding with the teachers association. The first is what we're seeing here at this time on one of the committee days from the state to say hey if we run out of hours we can use up to three online hours. Um the second is a for the retiring of retired teachers so that he can increase his steps as opposed to coming in with staff. I'm sorry. Just the title of it says um retired hybrid teachers. and they retired and we rehire them and we have that applies to. So, and then remember the final teacher work day um teachers can come in
031early to come in here with our instruction schedule. It's just not possible for the next two years. So it's an agreement but it's not possible for the next two um math. So let me pause here. So um I have we have some links here in the agenda and then I have some documents but what I really want to show you are the the Edwards documents. So for grades K through five, we are adopting ready mathematics. And so whenever we look at curriculum, we see does this align with the safe standards common or is it usable? Is it um what are the terms use? Um does it meet expectations? Is it rigorous enough for students? And so um for I read you can see in these categories by grade level it will give you a score.
032So for example grade level focus and coherence. Does the curriculum make sense? Um is it rigorous? Does it focus help kids focus on those foundational practices that they need to be successful? And then usability. And so you see this curriculum honestly has a perfect score to get better. Teachers review these materials with I Ready. There are assessments that come with it. There are screeners. So, it's a I'm excited about IRA because I think it has the power for us to really improve our um math performance for grades 6 through 8 and through high school through algebra 2. We are going math solutions. And so again, these curriculum are evaluated based on the same criteria. What's the focus of appearance? Is it regress? Is it usable? And and this graph that you see here is middle
033school. Again, perfect scores in all these categories. Um and then high school math and reports 17 and 18 are focusing and then grammar and usability. Um the thing I'm excited with about this is that personal continuum from grade six on and then they currently has something called um math which is a onetoone online coach. So kind of built into so this is where students could have differentiation. Okay. So we have we have a reason of students that program to high school. So uh and I'm noticing here that I read to finishes in fifth grade and then program starts in sixth grade. I know that alignment is something. Yes. Yes. Yes. So, but I'm sure that you looked at that and that would be able to move around. What about students who would want to finish
034with calculus or AP calculus? These are being prepared, right? And does it allow that shift usually around sixth, seventh grade, geometry? So these would be students not not exclusively. These are students that were taking about um because when you come in if you're not so and you said could you talk a little bit more about current math teachers who and their involvement in societ schedules on team at the middle school high school. um took a long time and it explored multiple um academically what we currently have and this is what um is what would best support our students what what really instruction and that um again align with our focus on computer based instruction which is important and it's part of our whole design process. So they weigh in and made recommendation um at the
035school. Yes. And of course development time. Another is it I mean this is a continued debate in education K through 12 education not even higher education the use of bound textbooks and electronic uh material and and some students actually doing better with the the print material do they have access to print material if needed I would say yes in the commentary office as well the actual physical material too much. It's not a traditional photograph. So, yes. Yeah, that it actually reminded me of of the design of one of my kids and seemed to be a lot of practicality to that sort of small presentation material. Um yeah, I looked into it and also asking folks that I've been in the field educating teachers and um it's a very highly recommended program. I'm excited about it.
036What kind of processes do you have in place to see if it is indeed working as expected? Both um all three have regular assessments and then I think the other two external to be our students perform and then have our students performance. Again, the state that the curriculum is to state and the test is to state and we just do our job. Thank you. And I know this has been a kind of long process during your entire tenure as superintendent. So it sounds like you're pretty gratified with this shift. This is making this decision. Yeah. Questions about notes. Okay. So we will be approving all of the items in this consent. Yeah. Do you have any questions on any of the other pieces that women instructor mechanic are annual for grade level for the license
037extension that's Okay, see no question very yes. Yes, yes, Magnus. Yes, yes, yes. Motion passes five to zero. Okay, so we'll move to consent personnel. Is there a motion? Okay. I am asking for approval of um basically four categories of personal schedules, resations, certificated staff, support staff and volunteers. I will say for volunteers. We did board members so that so that you could vote so that everybody can vote because volunteer schedule. Um and knock on wood. Any questions? I think just a question for us since we have some board members that have different Yes. Magnus. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Yes. Motion passes. Thanks. Communication. I'll start. The deal is development corporation. Um so I still owe this board of written report to to you. I can I attended the last meeting. Uh the development corporation
038is I think focusing a lot now that it has leadership sort of funded and supported by the village government and uh they are focusing on developing a set of strategic goals. focus on a couple which is to make it well known to entities in the region groups in the region that Yellow Rings is open business and to do a kind of outreach similar to something they did a year ago I believe sort of an open house to invite u different businesses and groups uh to Yellow springs and learn more about the community. Um, I spoke about in a role I'm still sort of trying to figure out as a school board representative. I I continue to wonder what the contribution is there. But I was able to contribute and say that in that kind of
039open house having people who can talk about our schools and our great school district and what the school's authorization having a really soft school district. I mean one of the things that we talked about when we were developing is saying like a fully staff school district. I that speaks to really well the community and the school district and I think that um that something people are looking to um bring in employers and their employees. Yes, I agree. in the arts, sports that we have, you know, the extracurriculars, the new buildings. So, there'll be a lot of great things to talk about and to present to attract new businesses to Yellow Springs. That's about all I have, but just kind of keep posted. They're continuing to develop and focus that that agenda. I'd like to call
040Superintendent the next couple weeks uh regarding the candidate group we're trying to get off the ground in terms of safe storage and then I'm not sure also around the screen classes but that's all that so I would check education Yeah. So, so I provided the latest um minutes that we've had, we haven't had a June meeting. We usually have a couple of gone. Um, I want to thank the schools and the volunteers that help us walk to school and invite you to 14. I was not able to be there at the last minute, but I've heard great feedback from families and kids. Um, mix together very elaborate baskets between them for the students to drink. And so there was a lot of excitement to program that he was um I'm trying to think of the
041other what we're going to be talking about is the preparing evangel. So usually there is a a collaboration that happens with the village to make sure that the crosswalks are that an elbow has been that the crosswalks are clean that they need to be risk risk right those kind of things pretty much the safe schools among users and we're going to take what needs to be done so that the safe students and also the other part is making sure that we are lining up all the engineering that's included for the education for the auto [Music] good work and now also on the legislative report to report. Yeah. So you said this is the bad. So um attached to the legislative report I have to give you documents but you can read them because what I
042what I printed for you is not on here. we just gave today is when the city started act this um budget process is changing so quickly I can't even so I'm going to go through a couple things that we have just so you understand [Music] so so let me let me start here So I sent you in my update kind of some highlights. So that's House Bill 96. Then last week our friends um I remember who uh offered up house bill 335 that is in addition to house and that I'm going to um so what we have on the agenda are things mainly about house bill 96 and then a separate item about I've given you the ambassador legislative report that just came today. So um on Monday you heard Jerry reference it earlier on
043Monday there is a webinar and it's a joint webar and so I bet you received an email from OSBA about I have signed up for it. If you want to do so you just have to do so through your OBA account. If you can't figure it out, ask JRI. Um I'm gonna we have an administrative meeting today lunch hour and so I'm not going to sit. So this document will be helpful in understanding that this document um the first graph is about just told me about 96 and then this document. Um the one impact of impact that one is about three. So the long and short of it is House Bill 96 really did a number on school funding. So it took away lots of the board's options in place of levies. It did restore
044fair money but to FY 212 amounts. Um there were a lot of kind of other quasi financial pieces um for J and I personally for future contracts. Does the board can't pay um retirement portion retirement for superintendent and treasury which is interesting because lots of other employees fall under that category. So why they call that superintendent why they call that Um there were changes to kind of academic requirements um in terms of giving the K to math curriculum just a broad array of things. Another odd thing in House Bill 96 and you have a single sheet of the full report is that school districts get a performance bonus based upon a state test. So we get about 69 slated to get about $69,000 each year for the next two years. But when you look at
045the full report, you can just look at the school districts and see if you're in a suburban wealthy school district. I mean, Dublin, I think close to a million dollars$2 million that are already well, right? Let me give you an example. And I have no disrespect to my colleagues. Um is getting too many. So that was just like where is this? Also, it has nothing to do with education except for the fact that they say there's no way you can sustain education. Hospital 96 does provide $600 million to build a Cleveland Browns. So that's 6. Then we have 335. And what 335 does is eliminates inside. And so the document that you have about education impacts that is how he does a lot of financial analysis um on legislation and policy. That is pretty. Um
046well that is the that's the state foundation. Um I I do have a spreadsheet I just forwarded to all of you. Um that tells you what our inside mill is worth. $942,000 just a year roughly a million dollars a year. Um and the taxes come from our inside mill. Um and that's property tax. That's proper, right? And so that would go away or just build that portion of that. I believe it goes away. Yes. Um there's again a lot of stuff is changing so fast that it is it's very difficult to keep up with all the changes that they're doing. Um they're eliminating inside bills. They're adding emergency levies to the 2004 floor calculation. Um they're talking about adding um school district income tax equivalent of millage. So they're going to look at how much
047your school district received in income tax and equate it to mill and then include that into the calculations of where you are at the 20 mil floor. So um I don't know if you remember from the five forecast but we received roughly $5 million a year in local property taxes. This is talking about eliminating millions of that. And and I will say those are voter approved correct property taxes. Um I will say there are questions on whether or not this is even legal. I this will all end up in court, but in the meantime, we will all be living with the outcome of that. So, while we just passed our um substitute budget um and very grateful and we've secured our finances for the next 10 years with that um all of these changes are
048greatly shaking that up. If we lose millions of dollars in property tax funding that was Berber approved by the local, you know, this is not taxes coming from elsewhere. These are the things that Yellow Springs school district people voted on and said they wanted. So I get the sense that Jay, you won't be able to even tackle a 2526 fiscal budget until a lot of this is shaped down. Um I mean we will have to we we have to do our budget anyway. So by the end of June, this is the reason the push back or that we need this special meeting, but um we have to have a budget for next year. We have to have a budget next year without knowing what our revenues are going to be because they're going to change.
049And then they are also eliminating I mean there's proposals to eliminate almost every single type of um levy that school districts pass nothing permanent emergency um we we will be back down to basic operating levies um and and also there'll be operating levies you know which are eliminating any permanent levies where you pass it and you don't have to ask for that money. We we made that change with the last levy so it's not a permanent but are they talking about retroactive? Well no they're saying levies moving forward. So our substitute would be good but also they're changing how that's calculated with the 20 mil floor by making changes. So the additional money that we were expecting not to get any may not get you're going to recalculate things. It's also um I have a
050document on how difficult it is to do school budgets because we are functioning right now in the school year 2425. We go across two years because that it matches our operational year. Then um income taxes are based on the calendar year. Property taxes are based on the calendar year when you receive them the year after they're assessed. So your your 2025 property taxes are paid the year 2026. So um there I to budget you're you know you're working over 18 months 24 month cycles. Um and then the money that we receive in property taxes during our school year, half of them come from one year, half of them come from the other. So it we don't receive one year's property taxes in during a school. You receive two we receive two. We receive the last
051half of the prior year and then Right. Right. So, so then I just get this picture that it is in substantive plus. So, so we have two things. We have house number six part which is the premium forecast cash reserve and capital cash reserves. And now we have 335 which is in fact and so I will say for that that applies to every political entity except for township. So the village of jails which also receives about half a million dollar inside they as well. So it's I'm going to highly want to point out one more change that they slipped here. So the Senate voted yesterday. They didn't accept all the changes. So now it's going to committee. So in this document I gave you, you have the the timeline. So on the 24th, the conference
052committee will adopt the final budget report and then on the move on the 25th and the signature will be on the 30th. But one thing also that they put on here is that any um schoolboard races um you will have to identify your your um so if you have time I would highly recommend that you try The other thing you can do for I mean this is what we do. What does that mean? Well, one part and I know I put this in the update is that the auditor can decide unless it's a debt that this is really too important for us to collect. So instead of collecting money that was voted for approved by the voters that it's too what in the world the county auditor would have a lot of authority but the
053the another change is now sitting on the board is the And and just just so that people can put that in context, there was not a single school district out of 600 school district. Um and then the professional organization from lab to all the others are attending right now have some joint statements about how difficult HD96 would make it on school funding and then there are new studies that came out of HD 96 with HD or HD so there's no idea how because there lack details then we cannot have simulations. We don't know exactly how much of raw money and how it's impact and then um if you remember the 30% capital% but it doesn't change too that the whole total may get smaller and 50% of that and at the same time money is
054going to be hand over money to school money to people around state I feel Big tax break to correct a huge tax break because they want to tax. Yes. Correct. That means that the middle class and the lower classes more than this. [Music] Yeah. All all I can really say is that we stand to lose millions of dollars. Um, and really a lot of the stuff that we've worked with, we've communicated to the community. We we've told them, you know, this is what we need for our project. This is what we need to secure our operations. Um basically their goal is to eliminate the avenues in which we can ask for money. Um eliminate uh our our current funding and then getting future funding making it incredibly difficult to get any additional funding. So a
055and a lot of these things like the 50% limit on what your you know your cash carryover balance um that's something that they're implementing and they're putting that restriction on schools but they're not putting it on other governments as well. Yeah. Um if you're if you're a private school you can have a billion dollars something and you can still get state money. Um but if you're a public school and you know and and we've talked about this sometimes there's things that happen that are to our benefits. um you receive back taxes or even things like um you know this isn't our current circumstance but you could be involved in a lawsuit for a long time over um an issue and it rules in your favor and then the district finally gets all that money that
056they were owed because of that lawsuit and then the state is going to say oh you have too much money we're going to cut the funding now so you know you're discouraging in a lot of ways prudence and and fiscal responsibility. And then you had mentioned that this is an option to just buy anything you can imagine to buy because otherwise you just lose that money and clearly it's not fiscal responsibility. Um and I I also just for I know um for people that are attended to this these issues and the school board business as we've said I think now every meeting since the beginning of this year contact your state senator contact the governor contact your state representative that's the only way uh you write letters to the editor not only the Springfield, Springfield
057paper, date paper. I mean, just try trying to get the word out there. And remember, you we talk about um the issues of bringing families to Yellow Springs. Well, Ohio is losing families. Ohio is becoming a shrink is a shrinking state based on the 2020 census. Ohio is an aging state. and to have a a government leadership that is shooting itself not only in the foot but in the head literally uh to make it less attractive for families to live and work here. Um it's it's unfathomable and just doesn't make any sense. That's clearly clearly clear as a citizen should be when they finally finish deciding what they're going to do. What does it look like 90 days? Typically it's within 90 days of signature and I think it'll be June 30 signature which is
058kind of resolve these issues in two and a half weeks. It's going to be a small job. That's why we're not going to be able to have any simulation, right? or create a budget that is I mean we have our expenditures down but even we might have to adjust those. So at the end of the year we should have again one of those omnous deal that makes some sense where we shove it in because they're actually some of it cannot function but then it's going to be a last minute you know negotiation where they are showing a bunch of things and some of it there was one more comment I wanted to make about I I don't love this as a response uh publication incredibly complicated but what I'm gathering here the simple simplest way
059that I can explain that is that by removing taking out bottom is no longer bottom I'm just there I'm looking at my email and honestly you know also school school finances school funding very complicated. I talk about property tax and millillage all the time and I watch faces to the blank. I feel like I have a good understanding of this. Um the email that I forwarded um from our consultant on what the effect would be to us. Yes, inside guarantee you're always going to get that. the 21 floor. So the current um legislation basically takes it out but we would still depending on where you are staying on the floor but then they're also adding in deductions for our substitute less including those and income tax. So basically they're they're trying to get everybody they're
060going to anything above the 204 is going to be very difficult. So yes they're what they're doing is they're saying every school district in the state should function off the minimum whether you voted for that or not. And so I think the strategy here is that to push the school district to go back to more often with less of building up and saving longterm budgeting going forward. Um I would say for our next meeting a couple questions I would have perhaps other board members have others and I know that we won't really have enough information certainly yet probably not even by the end of June is I I'm personally interested in what the final number is and I'm sure you are too right I what will how will this line impact budget but I'm also
061very concerned about how it will impact us actually uh are paying the construction loan from our income tax revenue because I know that is that is one thing that they're not accounting for in this right we have to pay that and you know wherever we get the money you know we're going to have to pay that that debt and so I am concerned about how this will impact that yeah that that yeah it doesn't affect project. Um I I guess you know one of the things is it does count towards our expenditures out of the general fund. So it raises our 15% threshold. What is our 50% threshold that we're allowed to have? Um well that expense is calculated in there and we have to have to make those. Um so but that is when
062if they are including income taxes in the 24 calculation that is something that you know it's not anticipated borrow right so and there's no stipulation so far on construction oriented income tax income tax I mean on at the state level they're going Yeah, just as far as concern I'm sorry for several studies that say that it was not going to save any money to it was actually not the tax. So one question that I think is on my um yeah I I mean I would say you know possibly temporarily You know, if if they cut property taxes, then you would see your property taxes go down, but as soon as our cash balance drops below that 15%, then their property taxes go right back up and, you know, we'll probably take the blame for that,
063not not the state that, you know, play around with it. Um, well, thank you. Thanks for that report. I'm not I'm not knocking on the catalog. Never mind. Um, okay. Other board member announcements. I did I did have a a question. I have seen in a report on the tech for those growth and you um could you give us some indication of what your vision or your personal plan is for future projects. Sure. Thanks for that. I was um so I because I also at the end of this section I was going to clarify a couple of things. I think that to the the article, the the news coverage and coming from a statement uh at the village council meeting that I only saw on tape, I wasn't there indicated or could have implied that
064the schools were somehow encouraging this annexation of land. And I I just want to remind everybody that that it was not the case in our discussion um back in January. We actually changed that language in the agreement that was presented to us by Right. And if you recall in that first uh gift letter from the Joneses, they had asked for support from that from the schools and we just said through our legal counsel that it's not possible. Um and we had talked about it some and uh if you recall the village manager Burns also talked about that understanding that this really had no role to play in that annotation. We weren't opposed to it. reward for it. And if you also recall that that gift of of 3.6 acres would have been gifted independent of
065the annexation and that was one of the the the terms of the gift letter because it could not play a ball. Um and so I understand that the Jones is I have not communicated with the Jones family this but I understand that they are asking for that annexation to happen. It's a village man matter and so and township matter and so I believe that the schools don't really have this any any issue here um and either to oppose it or to be for it would be our own personal political decision. So my question was whether or not you pursued another round of education for the high school. Well, I don't think the school I mean we didn't pursue the last one and I don't think we pursue a new one. I think it would really
066depend on whether the village came to the school board with the desire to you know propose a project similar to what they proposed to us last time. Uh so it's not in our hands. I think you know so so if the village would come and say hey we can do the process again it would be on the same you know piece of property the Jones family would be willing to give the land we take it up as a board again and we would decide as a board whether to uh you know whether to work with them on that or not but we we didn't need it the last time we do it this time I'm sorry because I thought that not at all. We were um it was I believe the history was that it
067was brought uh to the village's attention um by home inc uh and then it was discussed as an option of the by village council member uh the village council members and then the school was approached as this being location uh and then I took up the Um after we we met, we had that controversial special meeting and then we met again, May, June. In our discussions here, Judith and I agreed to move it forward as president and vice president in finding ways to investigate whether the school could satisfy those conditions without school. So to you, you end up investigating No, I think we did and no great we we did a great um service in that you know the village to work with the village. I know, you know, board members were were a little
068divided on that and it was a was a healthy discussion and I think um well sometimes painful but the the soccer community's interests were very well defended and in the end we landed on something that was you know gifted land threequarters of a million dollars pledged or equivalent to develop that land and the lit applications and missed it by one point. If the village wanted to take this up again, I'd expect them to come to us. All that all that prep work is done. I don't think that uh the the removal of the the lean is you know changing it would also of course depend on the family. they would still be generous to you. I don't know. I do hope that the village is able to apply again um and to address the question
069of needing families to live here to come here project for several reasons but not I have another thing to bring up to the board. There's a pride parade and June 19th uh or Junth are two big celebrations uh this this month and I intend to attend both of them both of them and the pride organizer Carrie has reached out to us to ask if you'd like to walk it because they're going to have walkers again. Uh, so if that sounds like something you'd all like to do, I got a t-shirt that we can put on our count from two weeks. So 12 days. Yeah, the 25th. I think it's the 28th. Okay. And um and our staff and and teachers. So maybe we can figure out just an announcement. We sent the message out. So
070yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yes. Yeah. Do I have a motion to adjourn? I move that. Is there a second? Second. All those in favor. All those motion meeting.