001Let me know when you're ready. >> Good evening everyone. Welcome to our board meeting on Monday, October 27th, 2025. This is our regular business meeting for Columbia School District for the month of October. Stand for the flag salute. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right, Mr. Hillberg, good news. Okay, I'm going to start out with some good news. Um, we're going to highlight uh one of our programs at Columbia Middle School. Uh, several years ago, um, in the midst of COVID, we added a STEM enrichment course. Um, and Kristen Hall was hired this last year. We had a transition in that staffing piece. And so she's a new
002teacher uh to us this year. Um, but she continues to do some amazing work in there. And I just wanted to highlight some of the things that we've got going on um for our enrichment course. Uh, you can see some pictures of students building, design, and it really is intended to be STEM. Everything in there is related. Um, so you can see they were building mini golf courses there. I'll show you a skimmer here in a minute, but they were talking about obviously laws of physics. We're going to some of those pieces. Um, and I didn't get a picture, but last week they were working on drones and flight. Um, some of those things. So, they really try to do a lot of those upper uh higher level order thinking skills. Um, and I'm just
003really excited. I can tell you the kids, it is a um amazing class. The kids are just excited to be in. and um she's become very popular. But I want to show you a quick video. Uh it's in slow motion, so you're not going to hear a whole lot, but this is them testing out their skimmers. Wow. So, they have they're constantly just hands-on um doing all kinds of different uh activities. Kids, like I said, just have a great time in here. It's been fun to watch them um enjoy the work that they're doing in there. So, I just want to bring that back to your attention. That wasn't too long ago we added that course and uh we're getting a lot out of it. So, >> middle school. >> Good stuff. >> Okay. Board
004operating principal review. Uh I'll do the board if you'll do the superintendent. >> Issues which come before the board. Board action items. Board read agenda materials, understand the issues, and be prepared to discuss action items. >> Superintendent, use good judgment in determining whether or not an issue needs board action. Provide ample time for the board to read about, study, and debate issues prior to voting. Establish a rationale for each decision. Make decisions consistent with our goals. Communicate the rationale for making a decision that has been suspend superseded by a higher level of authority to those involved before releasing the information. Administrative leaders are expected to be faithful to Columbia school district's overall mission and goals. If we are to lead by example, every act must adhere to our duty to serve students in our district.
005Being loyal does not mean we always agree. In a dynamic organization, debate and differences and opinion are expected and must be nurtured. We need to foster an open honest exchange of ideas so that our best thinking is stimulated. However, once the final decision is made, it is our individual and collective responsibility to give full support to its successful implementation. >> Thank you very much. Any changes or additions to the agenda? >> No changes tonight's agenda. It'll play out exactly as it is on your agenda in front of you. >> Okay, moving on to the consent agenda. Looks like we have three items. I entertain a motion. >> I will make a motion to accept the consent agenda. >> I will second. >> We have a motion in a second. Do we have any discussion on
006the three items? >> Hearing none. All in favor? >> I unanimous. Okay. Moving on. Hearing visitors. Anybody like to address the board? Seeing nobody reports and discussions. All right, I'm going to hand this over to our three board reps and we're getting started with the month of October. >> Um, really sorry for being late. I practice team dinner and dance tonight. So, >> sounds like you were busy. >> Yes. And I'm sorry I'm wearing shorts. I wore them to school. >> Spirit week. I'm just cool. Um >> I thought maybe it was a spirit week thing. I was giving you >> um Okay, so for sports, girls volleyball. Um reason I had practice tonight, we actually made districts, which is crazy. We did not have a good record. So um but we made it because
007they're taking five teams this year. So we're playing Goldenale tomorrow. We'll leave at 2:30, I think. [clears throat] Um, I'm hopeful, but you know, I'm not expecting. Um, girls soccer, I'm pretty sure they ended with a 4 and eight record. Did you beat the last team you played? Yeah. And you had a 4 and eight record. Um, they did really well this year. I know four and eight kind of sounds scary, but I actually I can watch them play. They did really well, especially for a relatively new program. I think they're doing really well with football. Don't know what their record was, but it's not also not over. They have a game. I think I'll move to Saturday now. Um I mean I think they've won all the games I went to. I think they're
008doing pretty well. Um >> 700 p.m. Saturday night. Uh first round of crossover playoffs. >> They move it. >> Yeah. >> Um because the other team has the choice, the traveling team. >> So you have the choice of Friday, Saturday >> elected. >> Um motor sports, I'm not sure when they start. There's not a set date for uh cheerleading triyouts yet, but so we'll have cheer, women's and men's basketball, and wrestling. I'm pretty sure a lot of people are really excited for that to start. Um, we had a pep assembly and it was super duper fun. Um, we did royalty and everything. It was always a good time. I like homecoming assemblies. We had our spirit day and I think one of the most notable days was dress like a teacher day and Luke Workhot
009dressed as Mr. Alley had the button up, the flip-flops, even drew all his tattoos and I thought that was really funny. Um, loved that. And then the teachers participated too, which I love when they participate. Um, buff volleyball I actually lost my voice from that. That's kind of why I'm sound a little bit horsearo. I yelled at those boys so much, but they lowkey deserve it. So, um, it was really fun though. Sophomores, sophomores were last or sophomores won. Sophomores won. >> And then juniors, seniors, freshman, I think it went. >> Sophomores lowkey had a good team. Brody Shoemaker was spiking the ball on us. It was lowkey embarrassing. >> Powderpuff, the sophomore senior team won. It was really fun though. I also lost my voice from that, but it was a It was really,
010really fun. I love Powderpuff. Um, hallway decorating was not as great this year as it has been. I unfortunately could not go, but um, it kind of shows that only like three people went. The seniors I think won the hallway decorating. Their hallway was super cute. The theme I did not tell you the theme for homecoming was fly through Rio and so it was very tropical paradise. Um, the dance was super cute and decorated. They had like a paper waterfall or like I don't know. It was really cute. I had fun clubs FBLA soul has been selling boots honor society I think we're talking about we're talking about the coat driver right now I think is what we're discussing um FFA did not get back to me neither did FCS I know drama club has
011a meeting tomorrow I think D&D meets on Thursdays I want to say I probably have a better report on that next month when they actually do more things. [clears throat] >> I'm reporting on the middle school. Um the girls volleyball had their pink night. I don't know what it's called. I think it's a pink night. I'm guessing it's pink night cuz they have pink shirts. Um I couldn't get much information about the boys football cuz I just found out Mr. is the coach for that. It's crazy because he's in high school so I could have easily talk to him. But um it was a long season for the boys. They were they were learning each year. It was a it was a growth year opportunity for growth, but they really worked hard at it this
012year. >> Are you still combining? >> Yes. >> As are most everyone in play. >> All the underassman are tiny. Um, the middle school PTO had a dance. My sister went to that. She said it was fun. I think it ended at 8:00 p.m. That's a good time for middle school. Uh, the book fair is they made like hundred and something dollars in sales today, which is really good for the middle school book fair cuz I feel like it's not very active. Um, and then there's spirit week going on right now. Today was pajama day. I tried to get pictures of that, but um, nobody takes pictures, I guess. I went to visit my mom in the library today and she had PJs on. I didn't say anything. I let her do her thing, but
013that makes a lot more sense. >> I She was running late this morning or something. I was like, "Okay, like I do that, too." >> And um ASB had their fall conference on the 30th of September. It was like a leadership practice where they presented in front of other schools. Uh I don't they got a banner so I think that means they did good. Um their ASB is fundraising so they sell snacks at the football games and at the volleyball games. And they're selling spooky grams. Um there's some pictures. Their spooky gram is like really cool. It's like a glove with candy in it. And then they have like a packet that looks like a bat and they wrap candy bars in it. It's a cool concept. But that's the middle school. I feel like
014ASB is the leisure activity hoster in the middle school. So other than ASB, there's not much. It's >> still Miss Cardoso who's in charge. >> Yes, correct. Yeah, she's really doing an amazing job with that middle school ASB group right She started when I was in middle school and we got to start doing ASB and I remember it being really fun. She's very supportive. She's very >> She really loves her job. >> Yeah, she does. She's very like outgoing and like when you have an idea, she does her best to go through with it. She's very She's really >> Yeah, she really loves when I go down there to ask her about ASB, too. She's really in love with AS. Okay, so the elementary slide doesn't have a lot, but um I mean I mentioned
015this uh last month, the coyote buddies uh the high schoolers leadership class uh gets to go down and just connect with the I think they're second grade this year. um Morbles's class and last week we painted pumpkins with our second graders and it's just honestly really really fun. I know I speak from experience. I'm in leadership and so like it's just really fun connecting with the little kids and just hear them talk about whatever like they really don't care and yeah that it's just a very fun experience. Um, they also had the jogathon. Um, I mean, I feel like everybody knows what the jogathon is, but I got that picture off of Facebook because I didn't get the opportunity to go down there. I kind of forgot that was happening. >> Really nice picture, though.
016>> Yeah, >> must have taken a really nice >> Well done. Good job. >> Wow. >> Superintendent or photographer. [laughter] Um the this Thursday is trunk or treat. So um I mean yeah like they get to go around the cars and trickor treat dress up and I think the some of the football players and the cheerleaders get to help out with that. >> I know my class is doing a booth there too to raise money. What I I don't know if the other classes are but I know my classes. >> Yeah. And like it's just I mean if you're a high schooler like going all about it's just another way to connect with the little kids and kind of build those connections. Um and then I didn't get a picture cuz I saw this on
017Facebook um that the fifth graders got to do bike safety skills in the gym. I don't remember what day that was, but yeah, like they just gathered in the gym and gota like ride bikes and do a bunch of obstacles. Um, just practice being safe and learn maybe learn how to ride a bike if they didn't know how to before. Um, I think that's really it. I texted my coach and asked Miss Katie or Miss Sloan in the office um because I know she has a kid in elementary school, but that's really all that they had going on. >> Is this the second year they've done the bike safety? >> The ESD Taylor presented on that. She did. >> Any questions for our reps? Thank you. >> All right. I know a lot of them
018have some things they got to do afterwards. I mentioned we got end of the quarter coming up things going on. So if you got you got to do feel free. >> Well, thank you for being here. Appreciate you presenting. >> Thank you. >> All right, I'm going to hand it over start report. Good night. Okay. Enment and budget status for October. So enrollment for October we are at 74. So um our average is 748. status for general funding at 2.1 million project,000 that service fund we're at 29. >> So the capital projects that's just the tech stuff >> correct the only only capital project piece we have. Thank you. funds 185,3 transportation vehicle uh transportation director will be here next month to give you some updates on the latest for depreciation and plans for buses
019in the next month. questions on the financials. >> Thank you, Amber. >> Thank you. >> All right. For administrative report, I am excited to hand this over um to Beth Harrington who is our special ed special programs director. That's a lot of responsibility, more special programs, state and federal programs. She oversees a lot in our district and I've asked her to come talk to you just to give you a very brief update on what's going on concerning special programs across our district. >> Thank [snorts] you for having me here tonight. I am excited to share some things that have been happening happening in special programs and hit a few of the highlights. Um we'll start with special education. So, one of the great things that happened last year was the high school was recognized by
020the state for growth in students in special education and I think that's a reflection of the dedicated staff in their work. It's pretty amazing. Um, some implementations we have in special education, we have implemented a platform called goal book. And goal book is a platform that helps teachers write um standardsbased goals at grade level for kids um that are measurable and um student centered and they're able to adapt those goals. So if a child was reading if they're a nth grade student reading at a fourth grade level, they can take that standard from their grade level and adapt it for them. So we're not dropping the bar for them. We're keeping it held high. Um, we've also implemented a new pre-referral process and that is to ensure um the kids are receiving targeted intervention um
021before they're referred to special education. We want to make sure that in the classroom once we identify an issue that we target that we make sure we're intervening. We do everything we can and we have a data driven process for a special ed referral. >> Okay. Our English language learn go ahead >> questions along the way. Is that okay? I'm sorry. >> Questions along the way. >> Of course. Of course. >> So, the pre-referral, how does that how does that happen? >> So, it it doesn't necessarily happen to have to happen for everybody. Part of this is it came about because in 2028, we will be required by the state to have a pre-referral process for anybody who is identified as a specific learning disability. Um, it's really just good practice and best practice to
022have a free referral. So, let's say that we have a student struggling with reading. Um, a lot of times we see in the spring that we get a ton of referrals because these these students have gone through school and now they haven't made the growth that we want. So, let's refer them for special ed because that will fix them. But that isn't the fix. What we really want to do is be monitoring that data throughout the year and we want to intervene early so that we're seeing there is an issue on the I Ready. we can intervene, provide an intervention, monitor that for six to eight weeks, and if it's not working, adjust. And then we can show a pattern of if students aren't succeeding, we have tried all of these different interventions and we're
023not seeing growth, that's a student that could potentially be eligible for special education. >> So, does a referral come from the district, a teacher, a parent? How does the referral get generated? >> From anywhere. Anybody can refer a student to special education. Now, there's going to be special cases where if if a student needs special education services and it's quite evident, we're going to skip and go right to um but what we want to do is make sure we have something in place to to mitigate those um mitigate the the students who are not achieving at grade level so that everybody is doesn't become a special ed referral. because a lot of times we'll see we'll test them and they don't qualify because they don't have a cognitive disability and they don't have a disability
024because you have to have the three prongs um but we should be setting up more interventions sooner. So it might look like you qualify for the lab class and if you're going through the lab class and they're doing everything and then you're not progressing we want to look at that that um data and then refer them and then we have a whole lot to go on as well. >> Thank you. Did that answer your question fully? >> It did. >> Yes. >> It's setting up a lot of foundational pieces both academically and behaviorally to to track this rather than waiting till we get to that spot where we're pulling our hair out saying what's going on here and then the only option is to do this right. She's developing a plan and a program where
025you go about this and you begin tracking that. Talk about things we've been talking about the programs and all the things we have with the data components things like that to begin really tracking trial and error with these. What's working? What's not working? because we don't want the answer to always be spent, right? We want the answer to be for them to flourish and for us to find those things that we can do before we get to that. Special education should be the last option so we go through this. So part of that piece is helping navigate where is it that they need help. Can we find that that function that can help address them prior to going down that road? was made aware of a pre-referral >> special education teachers, the principles and the
026teachers through the principles and it's new this year. So, it's um kind of a hit and miss. We're going to see how it goes. Um the psychologist also has a piece in that. So, if people bring questions or bring us questions, we say, "Well, what if we tried? Let's sit down and talk about it. We can have a meeting, look at where the students are at that time and help with interventions to see if we can get that child moving along. >> Parents made aware. >> Oh yes, >> absolutely. >> Anytime happen without parents. >> Yeah, they're part of the team always. >> Absolutely. >> Okay. Okay. Our English language learners, we have implemented Lexi English. This is our second year of the Lexia English language development program. Um it's plat platformbased and it's geared
027for little kids. It's a K8 program. So we're seeing in our data that it is geared for those little kids because we have great engagement in the elementary and we see growth within those domains. Um but as we get to middle school, sixth grade hangs with it pretty well. Seventh and eighth eighth grade are pushing back. And so we we are coming up with [clears throat] the paper lessons that are the same lessons, but we're doing small group instruction on paper to bring up that engagement for our middle school students who are a little older and kind of backing out from that platform base. There's little I there's um avatars that are kids and so by the time they get to middle school, they're not having that. >> Um we also have contracted with language
028link. Language Link is a service that we can call if we need an interpreter. Um, we always use our staff first, but if we run into a meeting or if a parent comes through the door and we don't have anybody to translate for us or interpret for us, we can call them on the phone and have an interpreter right there and so we can communicate better with our parents. >> Are you in charge? >> I wish charged by the call. >> Yeah, it's charged by the call. And I can tell you for this year, we've just implemented it. Um, but we've spent less than $50 on it so far. So, it's there if we need it. Doesn't cost us anything to hold on to it. Um, so it's just a good backup if we don't
029have an interpreter for parents. >> We wanted to make sure we serve those when they come in to capture them while they're there. So, it's something that we've been thinking about trying to work on that we knew we could do a better job with and this is just another avenue or option for that. Okay, some highlights from our lap program. Um, the middle school was recognized by the state as well for closing gaps and that was a comprehensive support. So, that's the entire school, but I just want to put in a shout out for the LAP program because they do an amazing job. Um, all of them work well together. The lab teacher really does a fantastic job of supporting those kids that are um kind of hanging on, not quite grade level, but almost
030there. They're doing a great job. Just a reminder, we're talking about being recognized. This is the state board of education being recognized based on our stated tests. This is not any of the diagnostic stuff we talk about. This is the state test stuff. So, those two groups that were recognized that was due to our state testing fees. And so, we're really proud of them because they did a pretty amazing job. Um, we also use lap funds to support our MTSS and PBIS implementation for all three buildings. Um for the elementary school we've provided letters training. Letters is it stands for language essentials for teachers of reading and spelling and what it is is a really indepth deep dive into how do you teach kids how to read and write. Um and so our K2 teachers
031have had that. They are just starting the second part which is this final part this year and they'll be finishing that up. Um that will also be lap lap funded. And then for our high school, they provided a summer school for students and the students were able to retrieve some credits. So if they were credit deficient, they got to come on in and work on their their credits over the summer. And that's it. And if you have any questions or want more details, just let me know. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, Beth. >> There are no questions. I'm going to move on to our next report. All right. So, I'm going to follow up on our professional development. I'm on 8.5 uh review of waiver day training on schedule. A reminder uh
032this uh earlier this month uh Friday, October 3rd, 2025, we had the first of our two waiver days. Reminder, we put a waiver out to the state board to excuse one of our 180 days for professional development. Um and so activities just kind of want to give you a quick update of what we're working on so you know what we're doing um on those days off. So with students um the primarily majority of the activity is centered around uh new district conference expectations. Uh you guys know that we're looking at doing conferences districtwide which also includes high school. This year we are asking to conference with every high school student regardless of where they're at creditwise and grade-wise because we're really trying to push the pieces you're going to see with the high school and
033beyond plans such as postex secondary planning. Um this will start as early as middle school as required by the state. Uh we're really just kind of upping our game there to to engage students and families. Not that you have to decide what you're going to be when you're a seventh grader because we understand kids change their mind 20 or 30 times between now and right. But it's how are your courses preparing you for what what you want to do, whether that's uh military, trade, workforce, college, apprenticeship, you name it. We we're going to begin embedding those conversations and we're asking parents come to the table with those and have those conversations with as we team and partner with those pieces. So, you're going to see us begin working on that. Not this fall. Those will
034start this spring. this fall. We just wanted to get into the groove of getting used to doing a conference and everyone having that to become second nature to our secondary students. We did some additional parent square training that's obviously still work in progress. Uh hopefully you're seeing a lot more communication from us um on just all kinds of things. So uh we need to continue to do better uh just reaching out to folks and trying to engage them. So we did some additional parent square training for staff on reaching out with their individual post to uh to parents. um Swiss student behavior review. Um this is the work you've been hearing us do, but we're kind of taking that to the next level for the MTSS. We're actually looking at our students tier one and
035tier 2 kind of behaviors. Um primarily it's uh tier one we're focusing a lot on, but this is all students. Um as we look at our behavior expectations and refine our systems, we've got that point where we've kind of got our pieces down. Now we're looking at the data to see what's the impact, what are we doing and how are the things that we're doing working or what do we need to adjust. Uh, it's fun to watch your tier one teams. Uh, on that day, I was actually down there. You can see Jillian's group down at the bottom. Mrs. Robelard at the elementary. I watched a group of adults, both teachers and classified literally make just in a span of five minutes about five different decisions. Hey, when they come back, this is what they're
036going to shift and do based on the data sets and what they're going to do, whether it's a retaching piece doing something. And it was fun to watch our classified staff be empowered saying, "Okay, this is an issue for us outside. Hey, we're going to lead the trainings because we're the ones out there doing that stuff. Um, so it's really fun to kind of watch them step up and take ownership, really be partners in the work that we're doing on that. Um, we talked reviewed uh obviously we have some new behavior rules and laws with some RCW. So that's still where we're working with staff on how those things play out. And as we move from tier one to tier two, we kind of talked about tier two. Tier one being all students. We've got
037those systems. We're analyzing those. We're building that those next steps or those small groups. We kind of said we'll keep working through those and we've got pieces where we're looking at components and who are those students? How do we identify those for those specific supports? We're continuing to lean into that work. So, just know the work's continuing. It's ongoing. It's fun to watch unfold, but we are busy and going at a frantic pace. So, it's time I'll spend. Any questions on that? Just want to give you a very quick update. Okay, moving on. If you don't mind, let me just jump straight into policy. So policy um I'm going to have you take a look and just so there are a total of one two 10 policies I'm bringing to you uh two slides. I
038want you to notice the first one two three four five six policies. We've grouped all of these into the first slide because it all has to do with if you look at top uh the House Bill 1296 talking about promoting a safe and supportive public education system. So because of that house bill, they rewrote those components of those uh six policies. Now, traditionally, I bring you just what used to be essential and is now deemed critical. But there are two that I wanted to bring to you when I look dove deeper in it. I wanted to bring to you uh in terms of the 1000 series because that's the oath of office and ethical conduct for board members. They listed those as discretionary and important. I wanted to make sure those were brought to your
039attention because the oath of office has to do with truly uh when you do your oath of office post um election. Um they've added some new language in there. Um and the policy on ethical conduct for board members. Um again there's some minor changes in that but having to do with the same house bill up there. This is a first reading not a second reading. So you have an opportunity get to dive deeper into that but I want to bring this to your attention. we moved. Are there any questions on these ones before we move on? The second ones involve, you can see uh two that were critical um with the evaluation of superintendents. They changed a law. So, they talked about some of those pieces there. I'll work with you on that. Um and
040then uh there's a health uh related plan with students with um insufficiency there uh with policy 3425, career, technical ed, and the recruitment pieces. Those were two pieces that weren't required, but I really like the language and thought it benefited us. Um, and I wanted to add that language in there. Um, the first one had to do with an RCW to make sure we're just up to date with the law. The second one is really about recruitment and selection and that really just goes and rewrites and puts things that really which is by our our documents we have. It talks really about the superintendent overseeing uh and having the primary responsibility of that recruitment and selection of those pieces. So it fits with what we're already doing. You have any questions on policy? >> I
041probably will, but in between or for a second reading. >> Okay. Moving on to uh 10.1 EPO uh levy capital uh levy rates. So we have three tasks we need to complete tonight. Okay. So we're moving on to new business. So, I'll be looking for action on a couple of items. Uh, the first one is to finalize the 2026 EPO levy rate. Um, this is critical. We do this year each year when we have to set that final um levy rate. So, I'll walk you through three options for that. Uh, the next two will be looking forward at our next EPNO and and uh capital technology levy request. So, I'll kind of walk you through that. uh knowing that following tonight um once we take action next month in November 24th I will actually bring
042the resolutions. So what you're giving me tonight is action to go away and develop the resolutions to bring those back to you a month from now to actually pass those resolutions. >> You're just looking for consensus tonight. >> Consensus. Yep. >> All right. So what I want to talk to you about reminder is we talked about this in September. um that you can see up top in green is the voter approved levy passage rates. Okay, so I want you to look at that and see you can see where it starts. I dated all the way back to 2012. That's where we passed our levy rates at at 368. And then you can see in 2016 we dropped it to 330 and since then we've passed it at 330 all the way along. So our voters
043have approved that tax rate for the EPO levy um at 330. You can see the actual tax rates that we collect at below in black underneath that and those were based on rules and regulations done at the state. Um you can see if you're probably the biggest one you have a question about is 2019 that's when the state following the post mccclary made a level the levy switch that actually limited what we could collect locally and then based on that it's just based on an enrollment number so that's why you see the fluctuation in that but our voters have approved to allow us to collect up at that 330 level since 2016. So, what's due this year in 20 in next year in 2026? Um, beginning 2026, I talked about this last month that per
044pupil limit uh increase by an inflation of $500. This was not proposed locally. This was not the state level. Um, you can see this was done to a house bill. That's where they allowed the you to allow to collect locally. So, because of that, uh, we have to go back and as we do with every year, make a decision on what that tax rate will look like for us. So, I'm going to just walk you through this very briefly. The decision we have to make tonight is down here in yellow. Okay? But let me walk through this so you understand what all these numbers are telling us. This is obviously the year, the assessed value. Um, we don't have to worry about the bonds. We no longer have a bond on here. Okay, this is
045the historical. It says M assessed value. M is the old language for EPO, right? But this is our assessed value. Um you can see right here and you can see what the M levies uh rates were. You can see the levy amounts. Um we'll get to this one later with this is involving Andrew uh capital projects. So this is not what we're talking about right now, but the total levy rate is the combined of all of these pieces. But what I'm asking you about right now is just this rate right in here. So you see if we go down to the uh 2026 I told you that um we have a voter approval to go to 330 at this point. Um but because of our enrollment I talked about you get that less or that
046you're not allowed to collect that full amount and that's at the state it caps you at that. So we have three different options right here. Um based on right here the 2026 what we'll call max which would be based on that latest legislative change. If we want to collect that max amount which what we passed at 330 the max amount it would allow us to collect would be here at this $2.17 here. Um over here I'll talk to you about what this means for someone with the home. um the mid level if you want to take like not the max but somewhere right in the middle right here we collected at a $1.98 and if we went with just level where we were currently at a buck 93 so if you work over here the
047average home prices in our area if you did like a Zillow mid home search about $450,000 for that average house you can see what that is here based on what they're expecting for inflation working with Corey Plagger this is because we're talking 2026 that average home that used to be 450. Next year is going to be 495 based on that average house value. So you can see what that means and what that would mean to a payment per month. Okay. So basically I'm going to go back to this and say thoughts, questions, ideas on three different options. One being the max amount, the voter approved piece, uh mid or or level amount with this last year. before we jump into any I guess I think let's go through are there any questions you want to
048you want to hash any of this out yes and by the way sorry I should have said that I gave you a hand out for you to look at right there thank you currently collecting the $23 >> yes for 2025 203. So you can see that at 2025 that's what that looks like. And really the number you should look at is in red next to it. The 2.5 million that's that total collection amount. So, if we're to collect the max, so the difference between what we're currently collecting and the max would be, you can see it's a little over $400,000 difference. >> So, a monthly is $1321, right? >> For that average size house. Could be more, could be less. Yes. >> So, that's 158 bucks a year max. Keep in mind, I know we
049have to go back and do this every year. This is part of our resolution. We would had to have done this even they hadn't done this because our because our 330 rate requires that roll back that we don't collect because they don't allow you to collect that max piece. You still have to go through the same process. So, we're not doing this just because of that. We would have had to have gone through this process regardless. Anyone have any thoughts, feelings, questions? You feel strongly about something or you want to poke and prod have other questions about this? >> I believe we've got a couple of projects that I don't know how we're going to get to them unless we do something like this. Um projects we've talked about in the past is the water
050underneath the middle school original 1950s piece on that. Um the other projects we've discussed at that uh would be the high school bleachers. Uh we've seen what those look like. Um and those need a little bit of a upgrade. Um they're dangerous. They're getting dangerous. >> Um yeah, so there are some certain things that we would certainly look at if we wanted to look at doing that. We that is a way to um ascertain the funds to fix those things. you anticipate any other mechanism to get any of that kind of work done besides going out for a a bond or capital project? >> We can certainly go out for another capital levy. I mean, but then again, you're going back out to the voters for that. I mean, we're not getting more money for
051students anytime soon on that. Um, outside of that, it's it's scrimping and saving and you build that over time, but you know, that takes a while to do projects of that teacher. So, um, we have a mechanism to do that and the flexibility to do that. Haley, any thoughts? You leaning one direction, the other? >> I I'm leaning towards collecting it at the max. I mean, our our voters at even a higher rate. Correct. >> Correct. >> Another dollar 30 cents, 20 something cents. I don't think it's any thoughts. >> I'm just digesting um the difference. So the M lev that's what we actually collect, right? >> Correct. >> Yeah. the difference if you did that. This is what we're collecting here. That that's what we would collect between that and that. If you did
052the max did the mid, you can see it's somewhere closer to that. We did the flat >> is the assessed value official. >> Um that is the best number we can get through Corey. He is working with the county. Um I all I can tell you is he's worked with many schools. He's worked with us. He's working with College Place. um he has spoken with them and they are giving him their preliminary numbers 2026. But what you'll see when I get into the next one is that assessed value piece on that. Um there are some numbers that obviously that it changes. Um we don't have I'm kind of getting ahead of us. I I'll get into that later. You're going to see that assessed value is going up quite a bit in 2026. That's a
053predicted number right now. We've looked into that. We don't have a lot of new construction going on here. Um so we're asking that question. Where is that? You know, for me that tells me that's in people's value, homes value stuff like that because we don't have a whole lot going on out there. I know there's a lot of people talking about development, but actual development right now, we don't have it right now. I guess all I'm thinking is as people see their property taxes, they have the approved rate eventually >> and then we're going to go for a levy >> February February I think what the average citizen here in our community would prefer, they like us to collect that and use it or would they prefer as it is million dollar question? >> Yes.
054>> [clears throat] >> I think what's going to show up on the assessment bigger than anything is value going up. >> Yeah. And some of that's education with with our community as well, right? As far as what these real rates are charging, >> there's a lot of education that's got to go on regardless of how any of this goes. There's going to be a lot of education on. In fact, I mean, I'll just jump ahead because we can come back to answer some of that. When we look at that, um, I'm going to go to this the numbers that we're using to predict and project based on that when he's talking with the county right now. The best numbers he can get, these are the financial folks in front of us doing this work. we're
055looking at almost 11% assessed value growth rate, right? When you start playing that out, they're going to see that growth anyways. They're see that assessed value, you know, that anyways. So, that's that's going to be a product of that. Um, you could Sorry, I went way back too far. Computer's trying to catch up. Sorry. This is again what they approved, what we've been collecting. The million dollar question, as you said, is where do we go here on this one? A lot of numbers. Why did the rate go up last year? Show us on the one the what we actually collected it's it's a dependent on your enrollment. So our enrollment goes up because you collect that lesser of that. Uh in order to collect that full 250 you got to have a student body of
056about 40 roughly 40,000 students. We're not even close to that. So we collect at the 330 we're capped at the 250 which is what we cap at but we have to collect less because our enrollment's less than that. So there's an enrollment factor based on that which is why you see it's not it's not consistent. What's that? >> Just said it makes it even clearer. [laughter] >> Why did it go up to 204 from 193? >> Because of assessment. >> Uh because of your enrollment. >> Because of enrollment. >> 150 and the 250 were mechanisms of our legislators. We had no control over that. That happened at the that happened in Olympia. That was done to everyone across the state. Go back to that. Which >> one please? So, I was going to say, did
057anybody come in and have conversations with you when it went from the 193 to 204? >> When I have conversations, the general questions are on assessed value. Right. >> Right. >> Assume. Unfortunately, we don't have any control of that, but there is an assumed piece on that. >> I think misconception is believe the rate stays the same and so their taxes go up based upon the assessed value increase. Our rates don't go down that our dividend or our collection is is a fixed amount, right? What are we determining? Well, it is and it isn't, right? And so I'm going to get to that complicate that with Andrew's piece because that's a separate piece. The enrollment does have a slight factor on because we're the lesser of that two. But when we get something to the
058capital levy, you know that that's going to complicate that. It is an absolute fixed rate and it doesn't matter what that assessed value does. We we don't collect any more by by doing that. It's we we lock in at that. And whether your assessed value goes $100,000 for that capital levy or not doesn't change what we collect. That's where it gets we started to get in the weeds on some of these things. I was trying to keep it as simple as possible, but I want to make sure you understand what that is. The crux of it really is. We have three choices. The max, mid, level. Those are three I put in front of you. Um max being if you feel we have the obligation, we we pass what the voters passed. if that's your
059piece um that you know they said you know you pass that then you go to the max um if you're a level let's just maintain we're going to be ultra cautious you know uh that's where you go or if you're somewhere hey I want to go right in the middle of that somewhere um we're not being cautious but we're not going out for the max either gave you an option right square in the middle I guess the way I see it a little bit is we're at 2.5 We either want 2.7 or 3 million. What would we be doing with those extra funds? Do we have a specific assignment in a sense? Another 225,000. >> I think Brad asked that question earlier. What would we do with that? You'd start with the projects. You'd start
060with the water. Um, you fix that there. Um, we're still working on quotes for that. If you fix those bleachers three years ago, that was $103,000. So, you got to probably figure that's at least $120 to $150,000. Um, right there. Um, the things we've talked about, whether that's fencing, um, Andrew's going to talk about that possibly through, uh, I'm sorry, fencing is me, uh, through some fencing. There's some safety fencing I want to put down at the elementary to keep our students from crossing. So, I have a list of projects we could certainly put out there. That begs Brad's question, when am I going to have enough money to do those? We just have to save up. We have to wait, you know. Um, we could wait till we get to the end of the
061year, budget year. I talked to Amber, put money aside, began talking about the primary purpose of that though, when you put those aside for capital projects. If Sean were here, he'd be telling you that's the carpet, that's the paint, that's the floor, that's those things that you do. So, that's really what you're doing for those pieces. For projects type pieces, typically, you either got to fund it like this or you're going to go out for a second capital levy if you want to take on a project like that. Haley, you've kind of put your cards on the table. Where you at, Pat? Undecided. >> Undecided. >> My other question, so we're looking at less than a half a million dollars. We have a fund balance over two million. Why would we not use a 400
062some thousand out of that? Still keeps us clear of a fund balance required%. >> It's the projected ending balance. >> We're showing 11 now, but What is the 8% come out to? >> I think that's the last >> 1.4. >> Yeah. >> The 1.4 is the 8% right Amber that we're talking about. or using all that money. I'm just saying because we've been at 2.1 last four years. That's one of my where we have excess funds I guess a little bit. >> Oh, you mean for the LA? Okay. >> 700,000 there >> above the%. I guess my why I'm asking that is because we take money from there or we ask for more here. I guess that's what I would say is take can we take any from here first before we go ask for
063>> I guess where I fall out on it is we already asked for this >> now because of our enrollment and some decisions made at the state level we're actually able to collect it because the voters approved us to collect at 330 that's what we ran year after year >> to answer your question that once we lock in at that 2026 we lock in for that year, right? That will complete the last four-year cycle of that levy. We're on year four of completed three and we're setting that fourth year. What we do next after we make this decision is to set those parameters for that next set of levies coming out after that. We certainly could look at that a year from now, but once we set in, we submit that to the county and
064that's what they collect for the year 2026. So 26 is done. You could revisit that at 27 provided the voters pass that at this next levy piece. >> Not to disagree with you, but I realize our voters approve that. >> Yeah. >> But I would I don't know how many voters really understand >> that they approved at 3:30 and they even understand we've been collecting around. >> No. And I'm sure they don't understand that we have been under collecting >> for years. Let's say the state would allow us to collect the 3/3. Well, I guess I want to say it the other time. Undercollecting. Yes. But remember when they when they did that shell game, they instituted a new state tax, right? So they're still collecting a tax on them, right? So it's it's I
065mean on that specific M levy, we got uh a number said you can't go up to that certain number now because they're going to collect that with that new state tax. So, >> I I guess what I was going to say is if we could go to 3:30 because that's what's approved. >> I think you'd have a few people in your office. >> Um I think there are certain people that pay attention to those pieces. I think there's there's people within our community um that would probably notice that. Um, but to go from that to 3:30, let me go back to this where we were at. Um, yeah, because I think you're at you're asking me if we went from a little over $2 to the full 330. I think it's going to catch someone's
066attention. We're talking about going from 203 to either one 183, 198 or 210 or 217. You know, some people will notice. Um, I don't know if that's going to generate I don't know. I mean, I guess I don't I don't see that generating U. trying to come up with the right word. >> So, if we were to ask you what kind of heartburn would arise if we wanted to spend 400,000 out of the general fund, >> what kind of anxiety would that give you? I mean, maybe I was kind of putting you on the spot, but >> of our current fund. Um, [laughter] Amber. >> So, um, in mind, so where we budgeted, uh, we budgeted on the low end, right? Um, so we're going to see that drop for a little bit, right? Because
067we budgeted conservatively on that. Um, we'll eventually replace that later in the year once the other side of that comes out post January. Um, but my anxiety where you'd ask me right now is 75 to 80% of our budget is is salaries. So, we just finished uh negotiating our our latest salary piece. Uh, peace of mind for me would be one budget cycle working through that uh latest salary piece. That would make me feel a lot better and confident telling you about that. I'm not entirely confident. I'm glad we have that room to spare, you know, for this last year coming out of that out of that negotiation piece. >> Are you any more comfortable in the middle of the road then? >> Yeah, more comfortable there. And I guess I'm asking for $400 and
068some thousands. I want to know exactly where it's going and it's like slightly. I know we have rough numbers and we have projects that are signed, but we're asking for the money. I realize this takes time, but but then we're going to find out what we're going to spend it on. >> I'd rather go the other way. I'd rather have if we had three projects lined up for $450,000 and it was A, [clears throat] B, and C and it was $425,000. I would be more excited to select the max. >> I believe Todd may disagree, but I believe we're going to be up around 350,000 for those projects. We're almost there. >> I think there's things we've talked about were off because we couldn't pass le >> um so if I was to work on
069projects, top projects I'd work on based on capital pieces. I've talked about the bleachers, talked about that. We know that's safety issue. Um we've talked about the water. that's got to get done before underneath, you know, the middle school on that one. Um, there's some student safety pieces that >> elaborate on that just a little bit. That's a big project. >> Which one? >> Water. >> So, underneath the middle school, last spring, I kind of talked to you guys about it. We've got 3-in uh steel piece. It's part of the old 19 early 50s piece that goes underneath uh the middle school. They have to get to it through the shop. There's a chase way you crawl into, but it's the old original infrastructure that has the hot water and circulatory stuff that runs that
070middle school piece. Um, because the original stuff from 19, don't quote me on anywhere from 51 to 53. What we're having to do is they've been down there. We've had like 24-hour plumbing, emergency plumbing come out of all the corners because the water hammer and everything. Those pipes from there are literally rusting from the inside out and we're getting the pin holes, you know, that are going in there and we're getting water underneath those on there. So, we've got to get someone to go down and basically replace that the main water infrastructure from the original 1950s. The rest of the stuff, the latest is kind of our 1980s stuff after that. The middle school, I'm sorry, the elementary um stuff at the high school plumbing still uh 2000 um 95. What is the neighbor? High
071school >> high school remodel. >> Yeah. 200 >> 2001. Okay. So, and some of that stuff's there. So, the biggest piece on those is um is the water infrastructure at the at the middle school and that if you gave me another project, I've always been and this is you go back to the levy that didn't pass. We have bathrooms in the middle school gym that are not ADA compliant. Um if you go into those bathrooms for the the community ones, not the student ones, but you got those two community ones. um we have to leave that middle school building open to access to our community because we can't get a wheelchair in those bathrooms. Um that was uh between a 40 to $70,000 remodel three four years ago. So I mean there's three right there
072not even touching if Andrew gets on his stuff starts talking about um which he'll talk about with technology cameras. A big thing is our new door pieces. We want to do access improve our door hardware for security pieces. We can look at that through some other pieces, but those would be ones I'd take right away. Um, >> so maybe we do middle of the road 250,000 is that what it roughly was for the road >> from 2.5 million to 2.75 about a 200 a little over 200. Let's call it $220,000 difference. our eye on those two big projects. And if we need to dip into our we target the bleachers and the water and any remaining funds we pull out of the fund balance just that's an option trying to get there. >> I like
073that you guys can from the other way. >> I'm good with that. I think I know where Todd's at. I kind of pressed him into a corner and >> asked me earlier said, you know, where would I be if, you know, if you put if they forced me to get on the fence. Um, I liked our mid option. Mid option gives us the additional dollars to collect for the capital projects that we haven't been able. We've failed twice to to collect for projects. It doesn't go to the max. Still shows we're being responsible voters, trying to maintain that as best we can, knowing we've got a levy coming up somewhere in there. So, it's in the middle of the road on that. >> And that's actually with If we're an assessed value, we're going to
074be collecting at a lower rate. Is that the way I see that? >> The the level the first one. >> The middle one. Does that go one? >> This is mid. So that's the one. Uh I was >> 1.98 >> right there. Uh 1.98. >> I'm collecting 2.05 right now. >> 2 03 uh 2.035. And the difference is because that assessed value. So our rate is actually dropping for the for the assuming the AV assess value does what it does. >> Not one of your options. >> So instead of 1.989 >> change it to 2.035. >> I can of course I can run any number I want. So you're basically saying go in lock in just at that same rate. That's just maintaining our current M rate. >> That's an option I didn't bring to
075you. >> Oh, if you have to >> at that point it truly is just assessed value. >> What extra that gets you? I'll bring it back to you in a resolution if that's what you want. >> You have consensus in the back of the 2.03 five or five. >> I'm just going to match it then the notes 2.035. >> Okay. to be earmarked towards specific projects, bleachers, water, anything remaining, fund balance. >> Okay. All right. >> Put that on a billboard. >> Trying to upgrade some of these projects. We got more to come. >> How we sell that? >> I know >> we need a bond. >> It doesn't help us when our taxes or assessments keep going up. >> But those are nice invisible things. They're not, you know, >> Yeah, I think black
076top. I do think >> I don't know how many of you were at what school was that that we went to last year for a playoff game. >> And they had it spelled out on their you know it was like >> you see this this is what your bond money went to and it was amazing. >> I think that's something we need to think about because a lot of people don't come in February. So >> okay. All right. Um, moving on. Okay. So, we finished our first of three. Okay. Uh, coming back to this now. Uh, we're going to move on to the next four years. Okay. So, our current um I'm just going to go very briefly because I'm going to move quick on this. You understand? Our current EPNO educational programs and operations
077capital levy. Again, um, this is the years that shows we went out to a vote on that date assessed value. This is all past. So, these numbers are locked in. We know what these numbers are, right? Uh that was our EPO uh what we collected uh what that rate was. Now we're going to have a conversation about this rate and this rate. Okay. Uh just note that the EPO uh levy and capital uh capital project levy amounts. Notice the totals and the rates. Also you can see that the the relationship the total tax rate versus the assessed value. See how one goes up the other changes with that. So, I'm going quickly. Sorry. I just want to make sure we understood the game. So, you also have the second hand out in front of you.
078Um, what I'm going to ask is, uh, first thing, EPNL levy. U, we're looking at a four-year, we've run four-year, uh, levies in the past. I'm assuming we'd stick to the same thing. That would bring us up to a February election, a four-year that would begin in January of 27th through December 30th. Uh, giving you basically three different options. Okay. And I'm going to start with here and work our way back. So I'm going to start with scenario three. Scenario three would have been hypothetically um if we were going to go out and just say look, we're going to ask for the same rate. Keep passing that same 330 that we've always done. Okay. So that was that green number up top that was at 330 and we just say we're going to keep ask
079for that number showing everyone we're maintaining that number at the 330. Um that's what it would collect. Uh that would be your rate. This is just status quo what we've asked for in the past. Okay. If you want to look at uh option number two uh which is the old levy lid. So this was uh roughly pretty close to where we were at um the last point point in time with the EPO amount here with that tax rate. So that's like hey we want to stick to pretty close to where we were with this one. That's uh that's uh the old levy lid. And scenario one is the maximum levy lid. This one would be taking that number, that new number, and instead of doing the 330, actually locking in at what they believe that
080maximum levy lid would be. Is that making sense between this one, this is one we've always asked for the 330, but this one's actually taking that 330 and putting it right here at where we actually think the state would be locking us in at. So this would be educational programs. Uh reminder these are jobs, these are people, these are teachers, these are assignments, this is all athletics, this is where all our extracurricular all that stuff. Some of those piece comes in. Um the easy one for me if you're going to ask where have we been? What have we always done? We go out to our folks at the 3:30. Um, that's what we've done for the since I showed you. I went too far. Sorry. Right there. That's what we've done since 2016. We go
081out and we talk to them about that rate. That's what we've passed since 2016. thoughts on her questions on just the EPO. First one is we're just looking at educational programs looking at this number, this number, and this number. Now, the thing is on this, if you're looking at this and trying to look at the total tax rate, you got to remember this is a bit of a misnomer because we don't collect that whole tax rate. We have that roll back every year. So if you're looking at that and that scares you, you don't collect that full 360. That's why we have that roll back in there. But it gives us the opportunity to have those conversations just like we just had. Do we want to take advantage of it? Do we not want to
082be locking in close to those actual numbers? Any advantage to those top two? Scenario one and scenario two. Why locking it in at the lower rate below the 330? >> This was more of a number if we decided I would have told you if if we decided on the last one to maintain where we were just at, not you know in fact drop our rate. This would have been like the option we probably would have went with, right? Just maintaining that lower number. But we're already moving up slightly. So I think we either go I think just based on what we've already done, we either move to this one or this one. Um, I still like this here. This gives us the flexibility to to have that, but that's where I would sit on this
083one. If you're asking my opinion on it, I like the 330. It gives us the ability to be nimble. If we were to come into a crisis, it at least allows us to have that conversation and come to the table. That was always the option of do we want to have the ability to be nimble. We can decide not to do anything or we can decide to make that decision. thoughts. >> Your thoughts? >> I don't know. It puts us in these weird situations by doing the 330. I get it. It works. But, you know, here we are wrestling with the opportunity of being able to go collect it and we're still not doing it. >> That's that's a fair statement. >> So, which one do you like? >> I like scenario three. Yeah, I
084like that just has allowed us the flexibility for that. But your point is well taken. I can understand why you'd say I I certainly wouldn't at this point go with scenario two. Let me tell you that based on the decision we made at that at this point. But if we wanted to look at scenario one, you're you're locking in at that maximum levy lid. Um that is based on those numbers. Um anywhere from 227 to 234. um we would just be going to the voters telling them look instead of going out with that 330 we're locking in what we believe those actual rates are. That ends any of the future conversation debate about what those are and if that maybe is music to our community's ear. We know exactly what that number is and there's
085no debate on that. >> So districts that were locked in at the lower rate and with the state changing the rules they were not able to go back and do >> no. So that's that's the one risk you do now. But keep in mind at the 330 we're the anomaly. There's not many out there that are still doing this. So let me tell you, we are the anomaly. Most people have locked in at what that actual rate is below. They they've done that. But at the same time, we're also only a handful of districts right now that were allowed to have that last conversation because when the last spring we didn't ask for the legislator came in and said, "Hey, we see districts are hurting because of X, Y, or Z." They put that little
086bump in there. Those that locked in at that previous threshold are now having to go out and ask for that additional piece right now. So, they're having to go out to their voters and ask for those pieces right now to where we'd already had the approval. They gave it to us at that piece. So, I mean, it's that that's the one risk you run, but I'm not telling you it's a bad thing. I mean, that truly what you're saying, option scenario one is more truth in advertising. You can take to your community and say that's what it is and it's not going to change >> until you have to ask for more. [laughter] 3:30. >> It seems like the best business decision is to run it at the 3:30 if we can get the approval.
087>> I mean, benefit not successful have to reevaluate that. I I think I'm How do you guys feel about that? >> I'm comfortable with scenario three. >> We do. >> Okay. So, maintain the current uh levy rate. Ask for the same piece. Moving out. Okay. All right. Um we'll come back with resolutions to those next month. So the resolution, could there be wording in the resolution that speaks to the difference and how that might be used? I mean, make that part of the >> um >> I don't know I don't I don't remember what the last one how >> I will tell you I don't believe I mean there are very strict rules laws down to the number of characters you have in these levy resolutions. I'll ask the question but the lawyers actually we
088don't even produce those. We have attorneys that actually produce these resolutions because they're so specific to the number of characters and even the words that are allowed to be in there because they become part of the voters's conflict in those pieces. So you can't you have to be very careful with that. I'll have to ask. >> It's another effort for transparency kind of thing. >> This consensus that's all you're after? >> Yep. I >> think you got it. >> Got it. Okay. uh board calendar review was conference. I'll come back with information from the WADA conference. Uh I'll have the resolutions for you next month and you'll be able to uh hear out Dana on our transportation. Uh we've already got a quote on buses we're starting to look at for that next trip bus.
089We'll have some information for you on that further board. Oh, I'm sorry. I gotta go back. >> Andrew, you gonna say anything? >> Sorry. Um, Dad, we just finished two, but I never finished three. I'm sorry. Um, okay. Can I quickly get to Thank you. The next part on this is the tech levy. Okay. So, tech levy is the opposite. Has no determining factor in the enrollment. So, it's a fixed number. This is why it's text. I don't want to say it's easier, but it's easier to read and see. You can see how many years ago, three years before that, that number used to say 325, right? And then it went to it was decided later we ran that next levy. Uh we need to maintain there was the cost of doing business things, you
090know, whether it's Chromebooks, the infrastructure, things like that. That bumped up to 375. Uh it went up from 375 last time. We decided to make it 425. So there's no enrollment factor or anything on this. We asked for a specific rate. This one's pretty clean. So, right now, all three projections I have run at 425. That's if we maintain um again, we can adjust that. Um if we feel like we need to up that, Andrew and I have had preliminary conversations about what that could and might look like just with the idea of that same Chromebook 10 years ago isn't the same cost of that Chromebook now, right? um that same firewall protection 10 years ago was not, you know, the same. Um we were to maintain business, we'd run it at 425. If you
091want to maintain the same ratio, you'd be looking at, you know, what 475 or if you want to look at like what we did with the levy somewhere in the middle, you're looking at about a 450. Andrew, do you want to make a case on anything? I asked him to come tonight. So in case because I thought you might ask what's the need and what's that look like. So go ahead Andrew. >> Just yeah just throwing some numbers out but also just acknowledging again anytime I get to talk about the levy acknowledging the support from the Burbank community has just been amazing over all these years and and thinking of them as we go through this and making sure every dollar counts and every dollar is going to, you know, provide technology for kids and
092making sure that we're staying ahead of the game. sure that we're keeping our kids safe, making sure that our data is secure, making sure our infrastructure is up to date so we can conduct business because so much rides now on on the technology infrastructure. Um, you know, my when I look and chart out all of the projects and everything that we do here, the year 2029 really sticks out in my head as being kind of a higher cost year. The first thing to my mind is our our phone system. It's going to be approaching it's nine years old now be you know 12 years old that point support is being pulled from the phone system security supports being pulled and so we could be looking at about 100k in that time frame to do a
093replacement on that. Um, so at a at a minimum to anticipate that to be ready for that, I was looking at maybe a bump of the the 25. Um, which would be half of what we've done in the past. Usually it's about a 50 grand uh jump when we go out to ask. We did half that the 25. we could be positioning ourselves for that 2029 year with the existing funds and everything as we move up in that move towards that date. Additionally, we also have if we wanted to go even higher up to the 50, we also have additional concerns about the Chromebooks themselves. Again, they're they're a little bit higher cost now than what they were. Um and so that might be an extra 15k stretched over the the course of those four
094years. So that might be an ask of it's 40 every year that might be a little too much. But you know I want to be cons you know thinking of the people and the tax rate and uh what could we do minimally I would say with the phone system would be the most important thing and uh then we would up it with the with the Chromebooks and if we want to do the full 50k then we add in extra projects as we talked about before we're talking about the door security or camera upgrades there depends on what kind of what kind of projects are we going to be tackling four years. So I think a 25k jump would be something to consider again in that middle ring. I don't know where the the rate would
095go. [clears throat] I know that it was reading at somewhere around 30 cents 31 cents in one chart. I don't know if it would go back up to the 34 cents if you if you bumped it up a bit. I think what Corey would have to run some numbers. >> Cory would run some numbers, but keep in mind you're still looking at I mean it wouldn't go straight at that much because you look at the assessed value, you're going from 1.38 million to 1.421 million on that. So really the rates not I mean they're going up 25 that's it may go up pretty slightly. I don't anticipate it going up that much though. >> What's the difference in the assessed value? >> When did we go one to one? That was 21, wasn't it? >>
096Um, somewhere. We began that in 2019. >> We got ahead of it because we were able to start early, but we didn't have knowledge of a pandemic. So, >> I was hired in 2018. Um, 2019 we began that first year. I talked to Andrew and uh literally again sometimes better lucky than good. We started our roll out of that one to one prior to the pandemic and we just happen to have that you know so I believe we've really got to invest in this area. Um, I wouldn't be opposed to 50 grand increase. We all know what the cost to do business has done in the last five six year. you maybe shoot it to us and see what the rate per thousand is on that with the increase in property because I'm wondering if
097it's not going to be pretty minimal. Right. >> I think you're right. That's what I'm saying when I tell when I look at it. I mean, I'm not Corey, but I could tell you um 25 I don't think you'd notice hardly at all. 50 you'll notice a little bit, but I don't think it's going to be drastic. You notice a few cents. The community has been very supportive of this rationale in the past. >> Uh reminder, the last levy we passed was around the mid50s, 55% when the tech levy got 65. So they passed it at another at even higher percent than the levy also be. Yeah, send us the number. >> Um, I could come back with you with a number at 25 and 50. That's helpful. >> Yeah, I think we need to
098increase at least 25, but I think 50 is kind of on pace with what [clears throat] we've done in the past. And Yeah, knowing what the the language will be similar. It's just the number 21 on this one because a stagnant number, we can try come back with two on that one. So, you'll have a chance to look at I'll look at the total tax rate and show you all that information as well. I didn't have that first EPO scenario for you as well either. So, I felt like I owe it to you to get that total tax rate to you. pieces. You good with that? I'll come back to you with both of that. 25 and 50. >> That one will just require a decision. >> I think I'm hearing everybody say that we
099need to invest. [clears throat] >> I was curious if you actually got the number. You looked at it. >> Okay. I got 30 points 3079. I'm sure his number is rounded. >> Okay. All right. Now, that being said, I've got the board calendar review and now, sorry about the false started. We're journed. Okay. Thank you. Anything? Anything? You want me to say anything? I'm No, I'm just here. >> No, you Yeah. Anything? >> Fascinating. >> Hold on one second.