001To 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. Okay. May I have a motion to approve the board meeting? So moved. I second. John Christensen. Yay. Christa. Yes. Kathy Holland. Hi. Oat. A Wilson. Yay. Motion carried. Okay. Our first items are um donations to Pogba West High School. JC. Mrs. Montgomery. Good evening, Madame President, members of the board, Mrs. Ryan, Mr. Dietro. I have the fortune to be here on behalf of Lieutenant Colonel Eand and the PBLO West High School JOTC program to present two gifts to the board for acceptance. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to both the Association of the United States Army and the Special Forces Motorcycle Club of Southern Colorado
002for their continued and generous support of the PBLO West JOTC program and their donations of $2,000 each. Their contributions will play a vital role in helping JRTC provide our cadets with exceptional opportunities to develop leadership skills and foster a strong sense of citizenship. Thanks to their support, the JRTC program is able to offer first class experiences that enrich the lives of our young readers of excuse me, young leaders of tomorrow. Again, thank you. Thank you. You may have a motion to accept the gifts as presented. So moved. I second. John Christensen. Chris Duga. Kathy Holland. Hi. Ant o. Yay. Agent Wilson. Yay. Motion carried. Okay. Next is our good news items. Um the first one is about unified track and field. This is Mr. Barter. So if I could have our unified athletes step out
003in the hallway for me. Josie and Jamie and J. Um, good evening everybody. A few months ago, Miss Alfonso and myself were here to bring anou um in front of the board for for a signature. Um thatou is with the special Olympics of Colorado in our school district. I would like to share that we are one in five school districts across the entire state of Colorado who have joined in thisou to provide these opportunities for our students. So thank you. We also shared our uh crazy wild hair that somebody got right in the Alfonso about performing some unified track and field. You're going to see some of the photos above. Um, students were able to participate in a standing long jump, a running long jump, a softball throw where we had one special guy that
004loved to get on the microphone and wind it up, baby, is I believe is what he said. um as well as running the 100 meter dash. And and we got to when we ran the 100 meter dash, we put all 350 middle school students um along the inside of the track. And those that were in the stands were cheering at the top of their lungs for 15 to to toss while these students ran u that that 100 meter dash down that front stretch. Um, we're here tonight to say thank you for signing theou and to celebrate our students who competed this past spring with us. Um, the red ball that you see on that front table, that red ball was gifted to our school district from the Special Olympics of Colorado. Essentially, what that red
005ball means, it's a symbol of inclusion and acceptance, a visual thread throughout all Special Olympic play unified activity activities. In essence, to play unified means for people with all different abilities to play together on the field and have equal opportunities. Ladies and gentlemen, those of you that are in here, um I've got some guests out here in the hallway and I need to kind of create kind of a bit of a grand entrance. So, I might need some help here. So, those of you standing right here in the middle, could I have you stand and kind of create this tunnel for these kids, please? And yes, you can make noise. Absolutely. All right. So, I'd like to introduce some of our unified athletes from Liberty Point International School, Jaden Dasher. [Applause] Keep going, buddy. From
006from PBlo West High School, I've got Jamie Dasher. Jamie from Keville West High School. I have Josie Dasher. [Applause] A couple other special kids that joined us at Publo County High School. They're from Vineland Elementary. Give it up for Mason [Applause] Wilcox and Natalie Wilcox. Thank you. Thank you. As far as a lot of our coaches and helpers, students, you guys can stand up here in the in the front here for a little bit up here. As far as our coaches and helpers, Miss Ashley Silva, thank you. Jeremy Beltier, thank you. Jonas Dubar. There are a few others that aren't here tonight that I do want to publicly thank them. Mark Marquez, Ashley Novacel. I probably butchered her name. I'm sorry. Um, and then we do have three others that are here. Miss Alfonso, Jennifer
007Alfonso, Don Robert, and Jen Gr. Are there anybody is anybody here who want to share anything about this event? I know, like I said, these students who came here tonight um impacted over 350 middle school kids as well as all of those um parents and family members watching. Any any comments? No, I I I had a chance to watch the middle school meet. Uh couple weekends ago and uh and I heard the let's it's time to wind it up, baby. That's right. That's right. What he said, but uh I think uh the athletes did a great job and uh all the students I think in our district uh showed the support uh that you know we're so proud of in this district. So, great job. Great job by the volunteers. I I went around to
008the different events and everybody was just doing a great job of helping our uh athletes and you guys did a great job for me. So, congratulations. I I will say in in my 20 years of education, I think this past spring has probably been one of the most impactful um to see these kids be a part of this and for our district to embrace that. So, again, thank you. Um I will ask if I could have the board step out with the superintendent for a photo with these students. Can you guys do that for me? Can can I just say one thing? Sure. Yes. Um I just want to thank Mr. Bombgardner for facilitating the conversations with the Special Olympics and for really um advocating for our students with disabilities to participate in sports and
009be involved and being included. And he is really um an advocate for us. and we really appreciate all of his hard work and dedication and the time he puts in to make sure these kids are feel special and they're honored and that they have their time on the field or the court. Um, it's truly inspirational and I'd just like to thank him for that. So, as the proud parent of three of the children that we adopted from China, um we just wanted to say thanks you guys. I wish you could have been on the field and seen the other students accept and support. And so, we just want to say that we're grateful and thankful and we appreciate the district taking that position. Do you need us to step out or do you need us
010to just line up behind them? Yeah, maybe we just line up behind. There were a few other students that weren't here tonight. Mia is from Sky View. Brie Owens from Public West, Chris Stringer, Derek Owens, Hudson Thompson, and then we had three more from elementary. Um Adam Ross, Ariana Impson, and Wesley Medina. All right, Jaden. Can I have you hold on to the to the ball? Yeah. All right. No, you're not going to drop it, buddy. Sneak in there. Okay. Good. Oh, I thought he was going to jump the table. Mr. Mom, you would like me to join them? I better stand in back on the opposite side. I'll stand on the opposite side to Mr. Deich so you don't confuse us. I might have made a face. Happens all the time. I'm sure my
011rating has gone down. [Applause] Good job. Thank you. Oh, you know what we forgot to do? This is on me. I I forgot this board. You're going to have to stand back up. Every time we leave, what do we do? Put your hands up. Remember, on the count of three, we say play unified. Ready? Yeah. You got it. Okay. Play three. On the count of three. Play unified on the count of three. One, two, three. Play unified. [Applause] Without Mr. Stringer here, I forget those things. Okay. Well, you can take the next one. Yes. And I get the honor to follow that again. Um that was truly one of the best springs uh to be a part of that. So again, thank you and and I think it only sets that bar for us to
012do even more amazing things for our school district and all kids across our district. Student recognition and corporate partners. So this is our second year of doing this and kind of the whole goal behind this was to find another way to get our corporate partners involved with our schools and interacted with our with our students. Um back in March of this year, um a link went out across the entire school district. Staff members um across the entire district had the opportunity to nominate students for random random things. Okay. As we as we gather those nominations, I then take those nominations and then I share them with our corporate partners who are a part of this program. So in the end, our students and or our staff nominate, we collect that pool and then our corporate
013partners make our selections who I get the honor in uh recognizing tonight. Tonight we're celebrating, excuse me, nine students. I know there's a couple students who are not here. Um, but to start this one off with with Lata Foods, a senior from PBLO West High School. And I feel really bad because I called an individual PBLO West to get the actual name and then I just talked to her in the hallway and she laughed at me. And now, because of all the excitement with Unified Sports, here I am frozen in front of 60 people trying to pronounce her name the correct way. Everybody that knows it, say it. Netchi, please come on up here. and I'm still a loss for words, so I appreciate it. I'm sorry. Um, Enketchi is an extraordinary student and leader,
014admired for her maturity, her intellect, and quiet strength, a multi-talented athlete athlete, and a three-time speech and debate champion. Four time. Fourtime, thanks for correcting my I have a feeling my head is getting even redder. She excels academically in rigorous courses while actively participating in mock trial, history competitions, and STEM internships. You are deeply connect connected to your Nigerian heritage and motivated by a desire to give back demonstrated through community leadership roles and initiative projects like developing a trans transdermal vaccine patch. Balancing advanced academics, athletics, and extracurriculars, she inspires peers with her vision, integrity, and resilience. In Ketchi's remarkable achievements and character mark her as a once ina-lifetime student with great potential for future impact. Ladies and gentlemen, Late Tech Foods would like to congratulate Machi Niki. Miss Salone, would you like to say anything
015or you're welcome to give you this? I'll give you that because I don't want to mess up your hair. Okay. We're just so proud that um proud of our wonderful Aichi way and um also uh really appreciative to the district for supporting uh speech and debate over the years. Um we've traveled many places. We've we've traveled uh to Louisville, Kentucky and Phoenix, Arizona. Uh we've traveled to Omaha. We've traveled to Phoenix, Arizona again and again and um with the team and for nationals and um if it wasn't for the district really supporting us with transportation to these events throughout Colorado um specifically in Colorado for the TASA events um we couldn't build teams like this and support our young people in this way. So we're very very appreciative to the district for your support over
016the years. um from freshman year all the way through to the end this year. So, we just we're so proud um and also so grateful. So, thank you. [Applause] The next um corporate partner and student, Sprdley Auto Network and an eighth grader from Vineland Middle School, Alfredo Munoz. [Applause] Alfredo is a model student with an exceptional work ethic and a strong moral character. He consistently takes on challenges with determination and excels at problem solving. Respected and well-liked by both peers and staff, he stands out as a truly outstanding individual. Is all of that true, Alfredo? All right, ladies and gentlemen, spread the Auto Network and Alfredo Munoz. [Applause] I will say when we are done, we're we're going to step out and and do a little photo op um outside. So, with the weather holding,
017I am going to recognize this student. He's not here. Another uh choice from Sproutley Auto Network. Um an eighth grader from Pleasant View Middle School, Julian Vhill. Um, let me just read Julian real quick. Julian has grown into an outstanding student and valued community member. He works hard academically and consistently shows genuine kindness and care for others. Julian has great potential to do some amazing things in his future with his dedication and compassionate spirit. There's no doubt he'll continue to inspire those around him and achieve remarkable success. Another Bradley Auto Network and Julian uh Vhill. So, thank you. [Applause] I'm going to move to the bank of the San Juans and a senior from Ry High School, Kinsey [Applause] Nielson. Where they Oh, they're sitting right there. I'm looking around for them and they're right
018there. Terry, would you guys want to come up at all? Sure. You're welcome to. All right. Kinsey is a humble yet exceptional leader known for her kindness, dedication, and ability to bring out the best in others. She consistently delivers high quality work, takes initiative, and can always be counted on to complete tasks independently and thoroughly. Her friendly and thoughtful nature combined with her strong work ethic makes her a standout student and a genuine pleasure to work with. Ken's selfless selfless contributions to the community truly don't go unnoticed. Ladies and gentlemen, the bank of the San Juans and Kenzie Nielsen. And again, moms and families, we'll get some good pictures out outside there. We got one more. Oh, okay. Okay. If I could have Taylor Pie come and join me. The messages I'm sharing are a
019condensed version of some of the novels that were written. So, um, amazing students across our district. Again, Bank of the San Juans, a junior from Rye High School, Taylor Pie. Hi, Taylor. Hi. Taylor is quiet but a dedicated student and team member who works hard to support the school and her peers. She is reliable, completes tasks efficiently without seeking recognition, and consistently demonstrates generosity and positivity without ga without engaging in any negativity. Ladies and gentlemen, the Bank of San Juans and Taylor Pie. Thanks. Would you like to say anything? Congratulations. Congratulations. I will say I have the pleasure of knowing both of these young ladies and they if I could have chosen somebody myself, they they would have been picked. Um so congratulations. Good job being awesome. You guys deserve everything. The next corporate partner
020I'd like to recognize and student is Sunwest Credit Union. I know Mr. Schae is here somewhere, right behind me. Um, this person is a junior from PBlo West High School, Emma Archeletta. [Applause] You ready for this, Emma? Sure. You tell me if any of this is not true. Okay. Are you nervous? A little bit. A little bit. A little bit. Okay, that's good. That's where we grow within our own comfort zone. All right. Emma stands out as one of the most engaged and driven students I've ever taught. She's a fierce competitor, thoughtful learner, and brings humor to everything she does. Laughter's good, isn't it? Yes. Yes. Did you get that from mom, dad, or mom? Mom. Teaching and coaching her has been a true privilege. Her dedication pushes not only herself but also those around
021her to be better. With the with relentless determination and inspiring work ethic, Emma is a force to be reckoned with. Ladies and gentlemen, Sunwest Credit Union and Emma Archeletta. [Applause] to the west. Mr. Shopee would like to say anything. Just want to say thanks for having us here. We appreciate the opportunity and it's really inspiring to see the excellence that is happening in district 70. So, thanks for having us. The next corporate partner and student I would like to recognize is UC Health. And is Laura DS here? I I am Kristen Valdez. Oh, sorry for calling you Laura D. That's okay. All right. We have Christa Kristen. Kristen Valdez. Okay. Um, this person I'm recognize is a junior from PBLO West High School. Madison Eastston. [Applause] Yeah, it's an infectious smile you have there. Thank
022you. Yeah. Maddie Joe East has consistently demonstrated exceptional academic achievement, leadership, and integrity. She maintains a perfect GPA while excelling in advanced courses and holds multiple leadership roles, including student council, student body secretary. You're involved in DECA, National Honor Society, and the STEP healthcare program. Awesome. She also participates in basketball, golf, and volunteers with unified sports. Did you know some of those that heard that? I know all of them. You did? All right. Maddie Joe's dedication to her own success and that of her peers makes her a standout candidate for this outstanding student award. Ladies and gentlemen, UC Health and Madison East. [Applause] Yeah, go for it. I'll definitely say something. Let it rip. Okay. I I'm Kristen Valdez and I am the coordinator of community programs at Park View. So, I'm over the STEP
023program at Parkview and I I just met Maddie a couple months ago when I interviewed her along with 80 plus students for the STEP program. She was one of 40 amazing students that were accepted into the program. And so, we're expecting amazing things this year out of Mattie Joe. And um she will go on to do great things for PBLO County, PBLO West High School and healthcare in general. And then I just want to say as well um Kinsey Nilson was one of my step students this year. She was amazing. It's a well-deserved recognition for her. Taylor Pi was also one of the 40 students that was selected for the STEP program this year as well. So, um, on behalf of UC Health and the STEP program, I want to thank you for the district
024support and everything that you do for the STEP program and for healthcare in general. So, thank you. So, the next corporate partner, and this is not a shameless plug because they couldn't send anybody tonight because they're still dealing with the line that wraps around the Lowe's parking lot. What a burger. For those of you that don't know, stay away from the southside. It opened it opened 11:00 Friday morning and they still have a probably a 30 car line out the backside. So, Waterburger um has our next two individuals. Um and one I've known for 14 years, 10 and some odd days and maybe too long, but he's an eighth grader from Craraver. Uh Brady Blumgardner. And I'm going to step away um because sometimes it's hard to talk about your kids. So I'm going to
025save you from your dad. Oh yeah. But it's one thing to write something about you and then it's another to say it to your face. So I'm going to work really hard not to embarrass you by crying. Okay. Brady is a servant leader. He's always willing and open to do whatever is asked of him and with a positive attitude. Brady is one of the most kindest students I have met in 20 years. He never judges students and he's one of the first ones to make them feel welcomed. He never questions or hesitates if a younger stu student wants to sit or talk or just stand in the circle with him at a sporting event to cheer on their thunderbolts. He leads assemblies to encourage school pride and support each other. Our sixth and seventh graders
026look up to him. And as a mom of a fifth grader, Bee is someone I would encourage my son to admire. I cannot say enough good things about Brady. He is a doer. He doesn't brag about it or do it for attention. He just gets what needs to be done done. After sporting events, he will stick around to help push in the bleachers, sweep, and mop, all without being asked. And when he does this, he encourages those around him to join in and get the job done. Brady is truly going to be missed at Craver. Ladies and gentlemen, Waterburger and Brady. Do they get free hamburgers for a year with that one? I know, right? No. I've got to work on Mondo and see what we can do here. Huh? When's the next board meeting?
027June 10th. June 10th. June June 10th. Oh, it sounds like there's going to be a lot of cookies, brownies, and maybe some water bers. All right, I'm good with that. I understand. Same. Um, our next student, also waterburger. Um, a senior from PBLO West High School, Violet Peltier. Did I say your last name? Yeah. Is this uncomfortable then? No. Good. Perfect. I'm a little worn though. All right. Violet is a standout three-year letter winner in football and boys lacrosse where she's excelled as a manager, student trainer, and a statistician. Renowned for her leadership, dedication, and compassion. Violet has significantly significantly elevated both programs through her tireless work ethic and high standards. Coaches praise her on her reliability, her initiative, and her positive impact on team culture. Beyond athletics, she has earned certifications in CPR, AED,
028and first aid, and plans to study sports medicine at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, UCCCS. I should have just said that Violet's commitment to excellence and mentorship has left a lasting legacy at Public West High School. Ladies and gentlemen, Waterterburgger and Violet [Applause] Peltier. So, I'm Sheri Purdue. I'm the athletic trainer at Publo West and I'm honored to be one of the first full-time athletic trainers that the district employed. Um, it's also an honor to have someone follow in my footsteps. Um, I had to step away for surgery at the end of this year and she stepped up and stepped in to help take care of not only lacrosse players, track, baseball, any other sport that was going on at Club West. Um, she has helped me take care of these these kids. Um,
029and so thank you. You're gonna I don't You're gonna be a tough one to replace. You know, I know there were a few seniors uh shuffled in that mix and I'm sure they've been uh their bellies are probably full of that cupcakes and punch and all that those other senior party grad party pieces. Um, but for those of you that are moving on, congratulations. For those of you that are planning on sticking around, maybe we'll see you on the field, in the classroom, or whatever it may be. To our corporate partners who are here, uh, without your support, we couldn't do things like this. And I hope that we just continue to grow. If you know somebody who's interested in corporate partner, uh, just send them my way and we can see if we can
030can bring them aboard and reach reach more students across our district. At this time, this concludes our student corporate partner recognition. And for those of you that would like to make a max ex exodus and some cool weather maybe outside and we'll do some photos. All right. Thanks for allowing me to interrupt Unified and our students. Nice job. [Applause] We can just call the meeting now. [Music] [Laughter] Congratulations. It was garage. Yeah, he does. Might as well. That's what I said. We should just call meeting now, you know. And on a good note. Yeah. See, well, now you get to hear from us. So, holy smokes. Information from us. So, let's have Mr. Dietro start us out. Well, that's a hard act to follow. just like to congratulate all of our graduates for uh the
031year. A lot of successful graduations. Um good job by all of our uh schools and and admin staff. And then just wish everybody a restful and hopefully fun uh summer coming up. Okay. Super. Uh last week was a marathon of preschool graduations, talent shows. Um Bill Days were this week. Um we had high school graduations, um you name it. I think we attended it last week. It was just a it was a great week of celebrations. So, uh today's positive news, uh good news just adds to that and it does celebrate all the wonderful things that we do in our district and it I don't know for me it brings me a lot of joy to see that. So, it's good. Okay, let me see to echie what you said about like being exhausted. I
032think last last year I was collapsed the whole past week after graduation. Um I had the absolute fortune to two weeks ago to be reading with uh Miss Heather Janic and her class for three days in a row. And then the following Tuesday we finished a book with those kids and it was just there made me cry. It It was so so so thrilling. Uh Monday night I went to the Gateway um graduation. Tuesday was reading. Wednesday was [Music] Thursday was swallows Thursday. I don't think there was anything. So Okay. I I can't believe. So Thursday was follows. Wednesday when Friday was D70 um uh learning academy and let's see and then Sunday was my 27th anniversary and I got to go up to Longmont and for brain and pick up a brand new puppy.
033So that that's good way to round off the weekend. Yep. Yep. So, I'm I'm I'm done for next week. All right, my turn. Um, this is probably my favorite time of year to be on the board, to be honest. Uh, it is awesome to get to see these kids graduate and all of the hard work pay off for their accomplishments. And I think tonight just kind of put the icing on top of the cake. it just we have an awesome district and an awesome amount of students in this district and I think the team that you see here and all of the leadership and staff at our schools is a huge reason for that. And so I would like to thank you guys and all of our staff in what you guys do to make
034it possible for our students to achieve what they do. and tonight kind of showed that we rally behind them as a community. And it's just really cool to see everything that they go through and sometimes it's easy and sometimes it's hard and to hear some of their stories just uh really really encourages. So yeah, so thank you guys for what you do. Ditto. Ditto. Yeah, just I only got to make one graduation last week, but it was really nice. Good time of year. Looking forward to summer and yeah, I'll echo tonight was a testament to a great district. So, great constituents, parents, the whole gamut. Absolutely, Ditto. And it was great to see all these seniors. Um, some of them I've known since they were in kindergarten with my daughter. She graduated this year. So,
035it was a special year and it was really nice to see everybody um just what they're going to do, their future plans and it's just so neat. And so, I just wanted to also thank all of our staff and admin for everything they do. And here's to the last week of the school year. All right, we'll move on. here. Here. All right, we'll go on to our discussion. So, the first one is a presentation of the PBLO West High School FBLA trip. Mr. Pervvis. All right. Hello everybody. Um I'm Mr. Pervvis. Uh I teach DECA and FBLA at um PBLO West High School. Um before I get started, you know, it is an honor and it's so great to see all this recognition. I got to teach several of those students that got recognized this
036evening. Um, Inketche is a top 15 in FBLA for my program, one of mine. And I know, um, Mr. Kohl's here in a second. He's gonna probably speak to that as well. I mean, she's an amazing student, an amazing person, and so it's just been an honor as well to be able to, you know, be impacted by her and hopefully impact her in some type of way. So, it was awesome to be here this evening. Um, we are FBLA, um, hopefully can continue that. In uh June, we're going to nationals in Anaheim, California. Um there are three students that have qualified to go to nationals. Um last year, we took eight and had two kids make the top 15 in the nation. So, um we're hoping, uh our two girls, uh Joey Johnson and Abby
037Valdez, and one boy, Braden Rule, can continue that tradition and and go out to Anaheim, enjoy the sun during the summer, and you know, go compete and represent PBLO West in District 70. Um you know, at that national competition. Um, you know, it's five days of go go go, but it's an awesome opportunity for kids to network and and get to see other students from around the nation and what they do. Um, if you've never been to one of those conferences, whether it's FBLA, DECA, HOSA, I mean, it's it's incredible what these kids do and create and design and and just their problem solving skills um, you know, at that level. and you know they're our future CEOs and we have three of them right here in our district and for FBLA that one day
038are probably going to be you know the next uh speakers at our PBLO West High School's graduation you know because we bring them back all the time. So um you know it's an honor and I just come to you guys and present that. So thank you. [Applause] Next up we have a presentation of the Poist High School HOSA trip. Uh, good evening. My name is Ryan Kohl's. I'm one of the instructors in biomedical science at PBLO West and one of the adviserss for HOSA, which stands for future health professionals. Um, I'm pleased to announce that in our third year of uh existence with both the biomed program and HOSA, um, we had a great showing at state this year. Um 17 students walked across the stage either as uh recognition, top 10 or top three.
039We had one state champion. Um Enetche is a former state champion for HOSA as well. So um we have uh already started a very strong tradition at PBLO West with HOSA. Um we are bringing uh 11 students to Nashville, Tennessee. So hopefully we'll also get some sun, but not so much uh beach. Um we'll get some good music hopefully. Um so I wanted to uh just formally uh talk about that experience that we're hoping to have this summer and thanking you for your support um with allowing Po West to have a biomed uh program in the first place and and going through that process. and it's been a great three years and we're looking for many, many, many more great years. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, next up is a presentation of the 2526 proposed
040budget. Mrs. Whitman, good evening. So, our fiscal year 26 proposed budget. Well, our budget highlights are the budget is always a collaborative um effort between directors, principles, staff, the board of education, and our district accountability committee, which is made up of community members. Um our per per pupil revenue increased $426 per full-time equivalent student this year and that it went from 10,778 per student to 11,204. The budget is based on a student count of 8,164 and that's for what we call the D70 schools. That doesn't include charters. Um and the averaging allowed for 377.8 more students. So 8,541.8. Um that just shows the importance of averaging in our funding formula. Um as you know, they were going to take that out and you can see just what a significant um difference that makes to have
041it back in. So, um, we're happy to see that it made life a lot easier, um, and those waters easier to navigate. So, our instructional priorities are, of course, our school budgets were built on the teacher to student ratio of 25 to1 and our ESS pair of professionals. Of course, our student supports um priorities of mental health, safety, and discipline. So, adding counselors, social workers, and psychologists. Some of the highlights within the budget, um, our local factor changed to town French, which gave us 2.14 million more dollars. Um, so it ended up a net revenue increase of 1.9 as they go through the whole funding formula, which is super long with all kinds of factors that add and take out. So we did have that $ 1.9 million increase. Um, we did in reduce expenses
042by 1.8 million and that allowed us to give steps and lanes for employees and 2% um for the steps at 3.15 million. Of course, we aren't um immune to inflation. So, unfortunately, our utilities have increased um approximately 10%, so $310,000. We are working with Black Hills Energy um on an energy savings plan as well as an audit to help bring us down on those energy bills. uh we have a 3.3% increase for transportation of $130,000 and of course our insurance always goes up and it's looking like about $287,000 which is much better than it was last year. Um and we'll have to use some of our fund balance for the bus grant match for county high schools roof and septic system. Um you can see the appro appropriations by fund. Um we'll go through those
043individually and then again this is one of my favorite graphs because it does just show how much um the state equalization and property taxes. Um you can see that that state equalization is you know over 60% of our budget and of course property taxes are 24%. So just heavily dependent on both of those. So anytime there is changes to any one of those it it impacts us right here locally. So um our next is the new funding formula. So, while we navigated some of those unchartered waters um where they were going to take away averaging, they gave it back to us. Um they did hold harmless school districts to this year's funding formula. Um and we had a four-year averaging. Next year, we go to where they'll implement the new formula 30% and a three-year
044averaging, but they could come back and basically flat fund us based on fiscal year 25. So, this just outlines what it looks like from year to year um through 2031. Of course, you don't know year to year what the economy will do um and where we're at, but this is the forecast um that we have for now. Thank you. And are there any questions? Do you want to pause? I have one actually. Um, as far as replenishing the the best grant, are we working on replenishing that the money we had to take out to match that? So, um, we did budget for that. So, um, if we do have where we have savings, we will put that back into fund balance or into other programs. Thank you. Yep. Okay. Thank you. Well, thank you. You
045got you got a clap right [Applause] hand. Okay. Our next item is a presentation of 2526 organizational dues and board schedule. So, the presentation of the uh organizational fees and dues are the fees and dues that we normally pay um for membership to uh different associations throughout PBLO and they include CASBY, the PBLO West Chamber of Commerce, PBLO Latino Chamber of Commerce, Greater PBLO Chamber of Commerce, uh Peacog, PBLO Zoo, and Pedco. And then we are also presenting uh the potential board meetings for 2526 the schedule uh you have that before you and so when you take a look at that we look we're looking to have two in almost every month except for November December and July. Looks like pay went down. Yeah. It's not always good. I don't know why. Any questions? No.
046No. Okay. Do you want claps? No, I don't. I'm okay without claps. Well, you got it anyway. Okay. Next up, we have a presentation of the revised educator effectiveness handbook. Good evening, Madame President, members of the board. upon I am bringing forward um a revision to our educator uh effectiveness handbook which is required through Senate Bill 191 to have this handbook available for all of our educators. Um the revisions in the handbook are highlighted in yellow and I'll just um speak to them briefly. Um as you know um our professional evaluation for our educators um did change last year with the professional practices being worth 70% of the evaluation and measures of student learning being um 30% of the evaluation. So that changed from 5050 to 7030. So that is noted in the revision. Um
047the revision also outlines how non-probationary status is earned in district 70 with um three consecutive years uh teaching in district 70 with effective or highly effective ratings and the start of a fourth consecutive contract is how you earn non-probationary status in district 70. I've also referenced the Colorado school law 2263203 regarding probationary status. Um, and it also notes that you have to teach 120 days prior to the end of a school year to count that year towards um, your three years of probationary status. So, if we have a teacher start at semester, that's not enough days to count that as a full year towards non-probationary status. It also highlights that if a probationary teacher doesn't meet effective or highly effective uh, ratings within one of their probationary years, they do start back to year one
048of that probationary status. We've also outlined portability of non-probationary status. So portability is um educators do own their non-probationary status and in the state of Colorado that's portable from district to district. So um requests for portability does need to um is the responsibility of a candidate at the time of their application and um they need to submit all of the required documents for HR to review within 30 days after um an employment offer. So there's a timeline added in there. And then we did update article 20-4 in the appeals process in our negotiated agreement which is referenced in this handbook. So that update is also um part of the revision. Any questions? Not right now. Go ahead. And then I have a presentation of a job description for the visual and hearing impairment specialists. Um
049we do only employ one of these specialists in our district and and we've been very fortunate to have a unicorn um employed in our district for many years. And um after retirement this year, we realized we didn't have an updated job description. So this is um an update. The specialist will provide specialized instruction and services to meet the unique and educational needs of students with visual or hearing impairments. Um they do require a master's degree in special education, visual impairment and deaf heart of hearing that includes field experience and they also must be licensed in the um through the Colorado Department of Education in this area. So, this is an updated job description for that job. Questions. Thank you. Good. It's a trend. Why not? Okay. Next, we have open forum. Do we have any
050comments? We do. We have one this evening. Miss Heather Screenic, you know, the three minutes. It's only I do, but if you want to like be official. I'm gotta be officical. Timer start when you're ready. Okay. Um my name is Heather Scrierjanic. I'm a Title One reading interventionist at Liberty Point Elementary School. Uh as this board and everyone in this room has heard, uh my kids did finish one of the Rush Ree books. um they they liked it. We had a we had a good time reading it. Uh I just wanted to come up here and just recognize that Dr. Martinez because those books come in a series has purchased all five of those books for every elementary school in the district, which I think is amazing, you know. Uh, so my title one group
051is excited to come back next year and and read the next one. Uh, so thank you, Dr. Martinez. And guys, I'm not even going to make three minutes. I I apologize, but that's that's all I got. That's okay. Thank you. All right, we'll move on to action items. Our first one is approval of theou between PCEA and district 70 regarding the discussion of extension of the negotiated agreement. Mrs. Russell. Yes, Madam President. I recommend that the board um approve theou between PCEA and Public County District 7D regarding the discussion of the extension of the negotiated agreement in January of 2026 as previously presented. Do I have a motion to approve theou? So moved. I second. John Christensen. Yay. Christa Luca. Yay. Kathy Holland. Hi. And O. Yay. AJ Wilson. Yay. Motion carried. Okay. Our next
052item is approval of theou between PCA and district 70 regarding the 2526 compensation package. Madam President, I'd recommend that the board approve the 2526 compensation package as previously presented. Okay. Do I have a motion to approve theou? So moved. I second. John Christensen. Christa Luca. Kathy Holland. Hi. and O. Yes. AG Wilson. Yay. Motion carried. Okay. Next up, we have approval of the consent agenda items. Yay. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda items? So moved. Second. John Christensen. Crystal Luca. Kathy Howland. Hi. Ann Oat. AJ Wilson. Motion carried. All right. Wow. Thanks, guys. All right. The next board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 10th, 2025 at the Educational Services Center beginning at 6 p.m. A regular meeting is now adjourned.