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I DON'T EITHER. WELL, GOOD. I'VE GOT A HOT MIC.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THIS STUDY SESSION OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD.
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OUR FOCUS THIS AFTERNOON IS ON THE BUDGET. AND SO I WELCOME THOSE THAT ARE HERE ONLINE AND OR IN THE STUDIO AUDIENCE OR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING RECORDED VERSION LATER. FIRST OFF, WE'LL RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.SO IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME.
NEXT WE HAVE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, WHICH STATES.
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, THEY HAVE CELEBRATED LIFE ON THEIR WATERWAYS AND ON THE TRADITIONAL, ANCESTRAL AND UNCEDED LANDS OF THEIR PEOPLE TO PERPETUATE THEIR WAY OF LIFE.
SO NEXT IS THE TOPIC FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION AND THAT IS THE BUDGET PLANNING.
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AND FOR THIS I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO HOLLY AND MARK.THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION.
AND, YEAH, IT'S AN INTERACTIVE THING, SO. FOR THE FIRST STEP, WE'RE GOING TO DO A BUDGET PROCESS REVIEW THAT PRETTY MUCH TAKES US BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME OR THE BEGINNING OF, LET'S SAY, DECEMBER OR SO. WHEN WE STARTED PROCESSING BUDGET WITH THE BOARD.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT STEPS AND KIND OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS.
I'M GOING TO DO A FUND BALANCE UPDATE. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT STATE BUDGET IMPACTS THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND SOME JUNE OSPI CASH FLOW ISSUES. AND THERE'S SOME THAT AREN'T ISSUES TOO.
SOME THINGS WE NEED TO DISCUSS. AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BUDGET FOR 25/26.
WE'VE BEEN INTENTIONALLY MORE COLLABORATIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE TO ALIGN WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
TRANSPARENCY WAS REALLY A GOAL AND A PRIORITY IN THIS PROCESS.
AND PART OF THIS COLLABORATION INCLUDED A BOARD SURVEY, SO YOU COULD GUIDE OUR WORK.
AND THEN NEW THIS BUDGET SEASON, WE HAD THREE LARGE MEETINGS WITH ALL OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF OUR BUDGET GOALS AND ALIGNING THEM WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND GETTING THEIR INPUT.
AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTING BUDGET UPDATES EVERY BOARD MEETING SINCE DECEMBER.
OKAY. SO THIS IS THE TIMELINE THAT WE PRESENT EVERY WEEK OR EVERY MONTH.
THIS IS THINGS THAT HAPPEN PRIOR TO JANUARY 1ST AND THEN THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN JANUARY.
AND THE KIND OF THE MAJOR TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS IN DECEMBER, WE GAVE THE BOARD THAT SURVEY THAT I TALKED ABOUT, AND THEN WE PRESENTED THE RESULTS IN JANUARY.
SO THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE'VE ADOPTED THE FOUR MAJOR GOALS ARE SAFETY AND BELONGING, EARLY LEARNING: BIRTH TO GRADE THREE, MASTERY OF STANDARDS AND FUTURE READY.
AND THEN WE ALSO, WHEN CONSIDERING BUDGET REDUCTIONS WITH DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, WE ASK THEM TO REALLY KEEP THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES IN MIND, AND THE GOALS WHEN THEY KIND OF PROCESS THAT INFORMATION AND CAME UP WITH THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
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OKAY. SO THE SUMMARY OF THE BOARD PRIORITIES AS FAR AS THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE MASTERY OF STANDARDS RECEIVED THE HIGHEST RANKING, SAFETY AND BELONGING AND EARLY LEARNING WERE RANKED CLOSELY BEHIND.SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MARK TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT WORK.
SO AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, THE ENROLLMENT FORECAST IS KIND OF THE KICKOFF, THE FIRST BIG MAJOR TASK OF ACTUALLY CALCULATING THE BUDGET, BECAUSE THE ENROLLMENT DRIVES ARE STAFFING, WHICH DRIVES THE FUNDING. RIGHT? SO ALMOST ALL OF OUR FUNDING IS TIED EITHER TO ENROLLMENT OR TO THE STAFF ASSOCIATED WITH SERVING THOSE STUDENTS.
SO IT'S KIND OF THE MAIN BIG ITEM THAT LAUNCHES THE WHOLE PROCESS.
BUT A FEW OF THE BIG KIND OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE USE THIS YEAR WHERE THAT BIRTH RATES ARE DECREASING, SO THERE ARE FEWER KIDS PRETTY MUCH STATEWIDE.
ALMOST ALL THE STATES IN THE COUNTRY ARE EXPERIENCING DECLINES IN ENROLLMENT AS WELL.
SO WHILE OUR ENROLLMENT HAS REBOUNDED QUITE A BIT SINCE THEN IT HASN'T COME ALL THE WAY BACK.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH LAST YEAR AND THROUGH THIS YEAR, IN TERMS OF WHAT CHOICES WE'RE OFFERING FOR STUDENTS TO GET THEIR EDUCATION, MAYBE THROUGH A NON, WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A NONTRADITIONAL PATHWAY THROUGH OPEN DOORS OR VIRTUAL ACADEMIES OR FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS. THERE WAS AT THE TIME WE WERE DOING THIS, SOME SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY AROUND TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN AND WHAT THE FUNDING WAS GOING TO BE FOR THAT, AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SLIDES THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
THE STATE WAS NOT FULLY FUNDING THIS YEAR, AND THERE WAS SOME QUESTION WHETHER THEY WOULD AND THEN ALSO WHAT IMPACTS WERE GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR AND IF THEY WERE GOING TO CONTINUE THE FUNDING. SO WE WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE ON OUR TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT.
AND JUST BECAUSE OF OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION, WE EMBEDDED SOME, KIND OF SOME CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES AND ARE LOOKING AT THE MODELS AND WHAT WE CHOSE. BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL, THE WAY THE STATE FUNDS US IS THAT BASED ON THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR, THEY WILL FUND US BASED ON OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTION.
IN JANUARY, THEY WILL MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT EITHER UP OR DOWN BASED ON WHETHER OUR ENROLLMENT IS EITHER ABOVE OR BELOW, OUR ACTUAL IS ABOVE OR BELOW OUR PROJECTION. SO IF OUR ESTIMATE FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES IS HIGHER THAN OUR ACTUAL ANNUAL AVERAGE, THEY TAKE ALL OF THAT MONEY BACK IN THE JANUARY PAYMENT.
WHAT MONTH COMES AFTER JANUARY? FEBRUARY [LAUGHTER] SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE IN FINANCIAL, IN BEING CAREFUL FINANCIALLY THAT YOU REALLY DON'T OVERESTIMATE.
SO IT'S A . YEAH. OKAY. A QUESTION ABOUT BIRTH RATES ARE DECREASING. I KNOW THAT'S TRUE OVERALL GENERALLY, BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH CONSTRUCTION OF APARTMENTS GOING ON AROUND HERE.
SO IS THAT ALSO TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NUMBERS? SO AT THIS POINT, NO. SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS FOR THIS SUMMER IS TO RECALCULATE OUR, SO
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THIS IS A LONG, SO THE IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY HAS ASKED US TO REVAMP TO RENEW. PART OF THAT PROCESS IS WE ACTUALLY CALCULATE HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPE. SO A HOUSE DRIVES 0.8 WHATEVER STUDENTS.SO FOR EACH SINGLE FAMILY HOME, WE CALCULATE THERE'S 0.8 STUDENTS THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE DISTRICT, AND THOSE AREN'T THE EXACT NUMBERS. APARTMENTS TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AND WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE APARTMENTS BEING BUILT.
I'VE. THANK YOU. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. THERE'S LAWS AROUND SCHOOL CHOICE OR CHANGING.
THAT'S NATIONALLY. RIGHT? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON THIS YEAR.
RIGHT. OKAY. AND THE TK UNCERTAINTY IS THAT KNOWN YET? IT'S. WE FOUND OUT MORE INFORMATION. YES. SO THAT IS COMING LATER IN THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF GOING IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
SO NOT TO SPOIL WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD AS PART OF THE STATE BUDGET.
SO THAT WILL BE COMING. AND THEY ALSO THEN DECIDED TO OFFICIALLY MAKE TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN A GRADE. IT'S A NEW GRADE IN THE SCHOOLS. AND THEY'RE FUNDING IT AT THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT LEVEL, SO WE CANNOT INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT, BUT WE WILL BE FUNDED TO HAVE AS MANY STUDENTS NEXT YEAR AS WE DO THIS YEAR.
AND JUST TO FORECAST A LITTLE BIT, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE CITY.
WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING TO TRY TO SAY WE NEED MORE INFORMATION.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW. SO THAT'S COMING.
BUT WE'RE STILL QUITE A WAYS OUT FROM HAVING ANY KIND OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE COULD USE IN THIS. OH, IT DIDN'T CHANGE. OKAY. SO THIS, IF YOU RECALL, IS THE MODEL THAT WE ACTUALLY USE TO FORECAST THE ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THE ONE ON THE FAR RIGHT WITH THE LITTLE MENU ICONS OVER IT IS THE ONE WE ACTUALLY CHOSE, WHICH IS THE MOST CONSERVATIVE, MEANING THE LOWEST PROJECTED ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT YEAR. ALL OF THE MODELS ARE VERY CLOSE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF VOLATILITY OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. BUT IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF CUSHION ON THE NUMBER WE PICKED.
SO WHATEVER MODEL HAD THE LOWEST PROJECTION FOR THAT PARTICULAR GRADE LEVEL, IT ADVANCED FORWARD INTO OUR FINAL SELECTION. YEAH. SO THIS IS A LARGER SUMMARY OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS IN TERMS OF OUR ENROLLMENT FORECAST FOR NEXT YEAR BY GRADE LEVEL, AND THEN WE BROKE IT DOWN WITH THE ALE ENROLLMENT THERE AS WELL. SO, FROM THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP ENROLLMENT IS FORECAST AT 60, WHICH IS K-8.
AND THEN THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY IS THE 100, SO 160 ON THE ALE.
AND JUST FOR COMPARISON'S SAKE. CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT ALE MEANS?
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ALTERNATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU. OUR CURRENT BUDGET FOR THIS, THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR WAS 4500 FOR THOSE SAME CATEGORIES. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY UP A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST YEAR'S FORECAST.OKAY. MOVING ON TO MARCH. WE HAD A STUDY SESSION IN MARCH.
WE TALKED ABOUT REDUCED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. WE PROCESSED FIRST TWO OF THREE MEETINGS WITH THE AD TEAM.
THAT WAS KIND OF THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF THOSE.
I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE MEETINGS.
IN THE FIRST MEETING, IT WAS ALL THE DISTRICT PRINCIPALS AND DIRECTORS CAME TOGETHER.
AND THIS FIRST SLIDE IS ONE THAT I HAD SHOWN THE BOARD, I THINK IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH.
AND THEN WE WE USED THIS TO EXPLAIN. OOPS. BACK.
TO EXPLAIN HOW WE ARRIVED AT $6 MILLION REDUCTION IS WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO FOR 25/26.
AND WHAT THIS DID IS IT COMPARED LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO NEXT YEAR'S PROJECTION IF EVERYTHING STAYED THE SAME. AND FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS, WE DID ALL THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THAT WE KNEW WE HAD WITH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS FOR INCREASES, FOR MSOC WE KNEW OR WE HAD SOME IDEA OF WHAT THE INCREASE WOULD BE FOR INSURANCE AND UTILITIES.
SO WE USED THOSE TO INCREASE AND WE ARRIVED THAT WE NEED $2.1 MILLION WAS THE DEFICIT BETWEEN THOSE COSTS. AND THEN OUR MINIMUM FUND BALANCE POLICY IS THE $3.7 MILLION.
AND ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THIS WAS SOMETHING WE DID LATER THAT KIND OF CONFIRMED IT AND IT WAS THIS GRAPH THAT SHOWS FUND BALANCE AND THE GREEN LINE WOULD BE A PROJECTION OF THE 25/26 BUDGET IF WE DID NOTHING, SO IT'S THE SAME AS THE ORANGE GRAPH, WHICH IS 24/25 PROJECTED. AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY BOTTOM GREEN LINE AND I HAVE A KIND OF A BLOWN UP VERSION, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT, THE BOTTOM GREEN LINE WHERE WE WOULD END THE YEAR AND THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE POLICY, WHICH IS THE UPPER RED LINE, WAS $6 MILLION. SO THAT KIND OF CONFIRMED WHAT WE HAD KIND OF ARRIVED AT WITH THAT EARLIER PROJECTION.
SO ALL THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS MET TOGETHER.
ALL THE SECONDARY OR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS MET TOGETHER.
AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL MET ALL THAT TEAM AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONS DIRECTORS, AND WE ALL BRAINSTORMED AND CAME UP WITH IDEAS OF POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS. AND WE ASKED THEM TO KEEP THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES IN MIND.
AND THEN WE KIND OF BROKE. EVERYBODY HAVE LIKE A BIG SHEET OF PAPER.
AND THERE WERE MUST KEEPS JUST THINGS THAT THEY ABSOLUTELY COULDN'T DO WITHOUT.
THERE WERE POSSIBLE CUTS AND THEN SOME OTHER BUDGET REDUCTION IDEAS.
AND IT WAS REALLY IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE IT WAS COLLABORATIVE AND THERE WERE THINGS THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, OTHER TEAMS HADN'T THOUGHT OF, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY PRODUCTIVE GOOD WAY TO DO IT.
SO THAT WAS OUR FIRST MEETING AND THEN TO PREP FOR OUR SECOND MEETING WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE BRAINSTORMING IDEAS, AND THIS IS KIND OF THE BUDGET TEAM, AND WE REMOVED ALL THE IDEAS THAT WERE EITHER ILLEGAL OR NOT POSSIBLE [LAUGHTER] AND THEN WE TRANSFERRED THOSE IDEAS FROM POSTER BOARD ONTO BIG SPREADSHEETS. AND THEN FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, THE SECOND MEETING, WE DIVIDED BACK INTO THOSE ORIGINAL GROUPS BY KIND OF GRADE LEVEL.
AND THEN THEY WENT THROUGH AND WE HAD KIND OF LABELED EVERYTHING WITH MUST KEEPS POTENTIAL CUTS OR POSSIBLE CUTS AND OTHER IDEAS, AND WE ASK THEM TO ALIGN THESE IDEAS WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND REALLY DECIDE WHETHER THOSE IDEAS FOR CUTS WERE CLOSE TO STUDENTS OR FAR FROM STUDENTS, TO JUST KIND OF ASSESS WHERE, YOU KNOW, JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THOSE POTENTIAL CUTS.
AND THEN, AT THIS POINT, A LOT OF DEADLINES WERE COMING UP.
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WE HAD TO SET OR CHANGE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, THAT'S A SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO BY MAY 1ST.THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDED DURING APRIL. AND SO AT OUR THIRD AD TEAM MEETING, WE KIND OF MADE FINAL DECISIONS REGARDING THE REDUCTIONS. WE DISCUSSED THOSE AND THEN PLANS FOR NOTIFICATION OF THE CERTIFICATED STAFF WERE COORDINATED.
THEY HAD LETTERS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE TIMING OF THOSE NOTIFICATIONS AND.
OKAY. SO THIS IS A BIG SLIDE. THIS IS THE REVIEW OF OUR BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
WE REDUCED THREE FTE OF ADMINISTRATORS, APPROXIMATELY 20 FTE OF CERTIFICATED STAFF, ABOUT 45 PARAEDUCATOR HOURS. WE ELIMINATED ONE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION.
WE. HOLLY. YES? IS THAT 45 PARAEDUCATOR HOURS PER MONTH OR.
PER WEEK. PER WEEK, OKAY. PER DAY. PER DAY. PER DAY.
PER DAY. SORRY. IT'S SO. CERTIFICATE OF STAFF, TYPICALLY WE TALK IN FTE.
FOR CLASSIFIED STAFF, IT'S USUALLY HOURS, BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE EASIER FOR THE BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS TO KEEP TRACK OF, YOU KNOW, YOU WORK TWO HOURS IN THIS PROGRAM AND THREE HOURS IN THAT PROGRAM, BECAUSE PEOPLE TEND TO FILL A LOT OF DIFFERENT ROLES.
SO THE HOURS TEND TO MAKE MORE SENSE TO THEM THAN FTE DOES.
SO IN BUDGET LAND, WE TALK A LOT IN FTE, BUT MOST OF THE FOLKS GO HOURS.
DO YOU, JUST FOR PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, 45 PARAEDUCATOR HOURS PER DAY OUT OF .
OUT OF, I DON'T. I CAN TELL YOU IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH THE REDUCTION IS.
I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CONTEXT FOR HOW.
I MEAN, DO WE HAVE 1000, 2000, 4000 THOUSAND? I'M TRYING TO THINK [INAUDIBLE] SHE GAVE US THE OTHER DAY.
I THINK IT'S 600 OR 700. YEAH. THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
SO THEY WERE THINKING THROUGH WHERE CAN THEY SHIFT TIME? THEY'RE NOT NEEDING THIS POSITION DURING THIS TIME.
THEY CAN MOVE THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE AROUND THIS WAY.
SO IT WAS IT WAS KIND OF TRYING TO THINK IN THE CONTEXT OF HOW DO WE LEAD, LOGISTICALLY DO IT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T COMPROMISE WHAT HAPPENS FOR KIDS. AND IF THERE IS A NICE THING IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARA REDUCTION HOURS, ALL THOSE HOURS WERE THROUGH ATTRITION. SO EITHER PEOPLE THAT RESIGNED OR RETIRED.
SO THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO STAY WORKING WERE ABLE TO.
NOT NECESSARILY. THEY MAY BE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION.
THEY MAY BE IN POSITION WITH DIFFERENT HOURS.
THERE WILL BE SOME, BECAUSE WE HAD I THINK ABOUT 61 HOURS WORTH OF ATTRITION.
SO THOSE WERE JUST WHERE THEY HAPPENED TO FALL, RIGHT? THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY THE PERSON IN THE JOB THAT WE WERE GOING TO ELIMINATE.
SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF JUGGLE. AND LIKE KRISTI SAID, WE HAVE TO LIKE, FIGURE OUT WHICH POSITIONS CAN DO WITH FEWER HOURS, WHICH CAN GO AWAY COMPLETELY WHICH NEED TO, TO MORPH AND CHANGE.
SO THERE'LL BE SOME SELECTION FOR FOLKS THAT WANT TO MOVE AROUND INTO SOME DIFFERENT POSITIONS OR POSSIBLY FOR SOME FOLKS THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO MOVE BUT WE NEED TO MOVE THEM.
WE REDUCED ALL THE FOOD SERVICE STAFF. WE GAVE THEM NOTICE, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THAT PROGRAM IS FUNDED THROUGH THE USDA. SO JUST KIND OF DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT LANDS THOSE HOURS WOULD BE REDUCED. WE REDUCED TO CUSTODIAL AND A MAINTENANCE POSITION.
WE HAD SOME DISTRICT WIDE PROF/TECHS THAT WERE REDUCED IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, TECHNOLOGY,
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GRANTS AND HR DEPARTMENTS. THE DISTRICT WILL NO LONGER PROVIDE ALL THE STUDENTS SCHOOL SUPPLIES.THE DIRECTORS AND EXEC TEAM DIDN'T TAKE IPD, WHICH IS THE IMPLICIT PRICE DEFLATOR.
KIND OF SIMILAR TO COLA. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE DIDN'T TAKE A RAISE. THANK YOU. YEAH. THE PRINCIPALS TOOK THE IPD, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO FURLOUGH DAYS IN THE SAME AMOUNT AS WHAT THE RAISE WOULD BE.
SO THERE'S NO INCREASE IN MONEY BEING PAID. SO THAT'S JUST LIKE A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
RIGHT. OKAY. AND THAT'S FOR ANY ADMINISTRATOR.
WE COLLECTIVELY MADE THAT DECISION THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD DO.
DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] I WOULD JUST ADD ONE THING.
A LOT OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT YOU SEE UP THERE, LIKE MARK SAID, HAPPEN THROUGH ATTRITION.
SO SOMEBODY LEFT FOR ANOTHER JOB. WE DIDN'T FILL THAT JOB IN.
SO WE HAD SOMEONE FROM MAINTENANCE LEAVE MID-YEAR ACTUALLY, WE DIDN'T REPLACE THAT POSITION.
WE SHIFTED THE ROLES. SO ANYTIME OVER THE COURSE OF THIS, FROM WINTER ON, IF SOMEBODY LEFT THAT OPEN POSITION, CAME TO EXEC TEAM AND WE SAID, IS THERE A DIFFERENT WAY TO BACKFILL THE WORK? SO WE DIDN'T GET INTO A CASE OF HAVING TO REDUCE A LOT OF PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE STAFFED AT THE SAME RATE THAT WE WERE WHEN WE STARTED LAST YEAR. WELL, AND IT ALSO PLAYS INTO, IN THE SENSE, OKAY, WE REDUCED A MAINTENANCE PERSON, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE MAINTENANCE NEEDS ARE REDUCED BY A PERSON.
THAT'S EXACTLY IT. NONE OF THE WORK IS GOING AWAY.
IN FACT, THE WORK IS GETTING TO BE MORE COMPLEX EVERY DAY.
WE JUST HAVE FEWER PEOPLE TO THINK THROUGH IT.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT AS WELL IS THE. SO THOSE MID-YEAR VACANCIES THAT CAME UP HELP OUR SITUATION FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT THEY'RE HELPING THIS YEAR AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE.
AND IF JUST A SLIDE OR TWO AGO YOU SAW THE KIND OF THE PROJECTION WAS PRETTY BAD.
IT'S CHANGED A BIT. RIGHT. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
AND THAT'S LARGELY BECAUSE OF THOSE DECISIONS THAT WE MADE THAT IMPACT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
THAT WILL ALSO CARRY OVER INTO NEXT YEAR TOO.
SPOILER ALERT. SPOILER ALERT. SO FORESHADOWING, I LIKE TO CALL THAT.
SO THE OTHER PIECE OF THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS, BECAUSE YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT THIS THINK THAT'S A LOT, BUT THAT'S NOT $6 MILLION WORTH. SO IT'S NOT, PART OF THE OTHER BIG COMPONENT OF BALANCING THE BUDGET OR MAKING THE REALIZING THE FULL REDUCTIONS WAS TO REPURPOSE AND KIND OF REDIRECT OUR CATEGORICAL FUNDING.
SO THERE WAS A BIG SHIFT OUT OF, BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT BASIC ED, AND THIS IS FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTO THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT.
THE GENERAL FUND, THE STATE APPORTIONMENT MONEY THAT KIND OF IS PAYING FOR THE DAY TO DAY INSTRUCTION, THE OPERATIONS, THE LIGHTS, UTILITIES, INSURANCE, MOST OF THE STUFF THAT WE KIND OF ARE TALKING ABOUT, WE NEED TO REDUCE THAT MORE THAN WE CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD TO REDUCE IT, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO CUT MORE $6 MILLION OUT OF THAT ONE POT OF MONEY, IS TOO MUCH, RIGHT? WE STILL NEED TO DO A BUNCH OF THAT WORK, LIKE DOCTOR ERICKSON SAID.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO KIND OF RE ALIGN WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO OFFSET BIGGER REDUCTIONS IN THE BASIC ED PROGRAMS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, AND IF NOT, ASK SOME QUESTIONS OR IT MAY CATCH UP LATER. OKAY. SEEMS LIKE IF IT IS NEEDED FUNDING FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE THAT'S ALREADY BEING SPENT THAT WAY, AND SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SWITCH IT OVER TO.
SOME. CAN YOU GIVE ME A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE? SO I CAN.
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YOU'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH MONEY FOR THAT. SO YOUR LEVY DOLLARS, WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO FUND ENHANCEMENTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, GO TO PAY FOR BASIC ED TYPE THINGS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO.YEAH, YEAH. SO THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE OPERATION OF THE SCHOOLS LIKE DEANS OR COUNSELORS, WE AREN'T NECESSARILY GETTING ANY MONEY IN SOME CASES OR NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND THE NEED. THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALLOWED.
WE'RE ALLOWED TO FUND THOSE THINGS BY USING. SO INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR THOSE OUT OF BASIC ED, OR IN THE CASE THAT WE WOULD BE IN THIS YEAR, INSTEAD OF ELIMINATING THOSE POSITIONS ALTOGETHER, WE'RE ABLE TO SHIFT THE COST. YEAH. AND I WOULD JUST ADD, WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS CREATIVE AS POSSIBLE.
OUR TEAM KNOWS THE LAWS, THEY KNOW THE REGULATIONS, THEY KNOW THE DATA CYCLES OF WHAT HAS TO BE TURNED IN AN WHEN, YOU WOULD BE AMAZED BY THE AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK THAT HAPPENS EVERY MONTH TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERY POSITION IN SOME CASES.
SO IF WE BRAID THE FUNDS OF ONE PARAEDUCATOR BY THREE DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS, THEN WHEN THAT PARAEDUCATOR GOES INTO A ROOM, IF THEY ARE ONLY PAID FOR OUT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, THEN THEY CAN ONLY LEGALLY WORK WITH STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN IEP.
IF THEY'RE FUNDED OUT OF LAP, TITLE AND SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR EXAMPLE, OR MLO OR WHATEVER, THEN THEY CAN WORK WITH ANY OF THE STUDENTS IN THAT CLASSROOM.
IT'S THAT TYPE OF CREATIVE THINKING THAT WE'RE WERE ABLE TO DO.
AND THE MORE THAT WE CAN USE THE FEDERAL OR STATE DOLLARS THAT ARE, AND TAKE SOME OF THAT SPECIALIZED MONEY, THE MORE WE CAN USE SPECIALIZED MONEY CREATIVELY LIKE THAT, IT FREES UP THE BASIC ED TO DO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS.
SO IT'S JUST WE'VE SET. NEXT YEAR WE'LL KEEP TRACK OF THE HOURS.
HOW MANY HOURS WE'VE BEEN SITTING LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE POSITION SAYING, WHAT DOES THIS POSITION DO? HOW CAN IT BE FUNDED? SO THERE'S A SAYING THAT CHRIS TAUGHT ME A LONG TIME AGO, DON'T LET YOUR OUTCOME BE AFFECTED BY YOUR INCOME.
SO WE DECIDE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? AND THEN WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND SO THAT CAN HAPPEN.
SO MOVING ON FROM THAT IN MAY WE JUST THE WORK CONTINUED.
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES WORK GOING ON IN MAY.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT TOP LINE MEANS? MODIFIED EDUCATION PROGRAM DUE TO FEA.
YEAH, THAT'S A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEACHERS UNION THAT WE HAVE TO NOTIFY THEM OF ANY CHANGE IN OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM BY MAY 1ST. SO THAT WOULD MEAN IF WE WERE GOING TO CLOSE A SCHOOL OR ELIMINATE A PROGRAM OR.
CAN YOU THINK OF ANY OTHER EXAMPLES? MAKE A RIFF.
YES. SO BASICALLY WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE BOARD MEETING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES.
THE BOARD HAS TO AUTHORIZE OR APPROVE A NEW, A REDUCED INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO PERMIT US TO ENGAGE IN A RIFF BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY REDUCE STAFF AND MAKE THE BUDGET ALIGN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? THE THINGS I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT NOW IS WE REALLY STARTED WORKING ON THE OTHER FUND BUDGETS, SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF JUMP INTO THOSE NOW BECAUSE THOSE ALL KIND OF HAPPENED IN MAY.
SO JUST TO BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS OUR GENERAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES, CAPITAL PROJECTS, FUNDS, WHICH IS USED FOR LAND AND BUILDINGS, OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND THAT'S USED EXCLUSIVELY JUST FOR PAYING THE DEBT ON OUR BONDS THE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FUND, WHICH IS FOR PURCHASE AND REPAIR OF SCHOOL BUSSES.
AND THEN THE ASB FUND, WHICH IS IS A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FUNDED BY AND FOR STUDENTS.
SO IT'S JUST A SPECIAL PURPOSE. THERE'S A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THAT MONEY CAN DO.
AND IT IS THE DISTRICT'S MONEY. BUT THE STUDENTS HAVE A SAY IN HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE SPENT.
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AND THIS IS SOMETHING I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER I DON'T RECALL EVER DOING.HAVE WE BEEN GETTING. YOU DO THAT EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THE F195.
IT'S BUILT INTO THE, THEY TURN IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS.
OKAY. AND THEN WE BUILD THOSE INTO THE DISTRICT BUDGET.
NOW, AS WE'RE DOING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT OR YEAR END.
YOU'RE APPROVING THAT. SO YOU'RE APPROVING THINGS THAT ASB PAYS FOR ALL YEAR LONG.
IT'S JUST HOW IT COMES TO YOU. LOOKS LIKE A TRAVEL REQUEST.
OFTEN THE BAND, YOU KNOW, FIELD TRIP OR THE CHEERLEADING CAMP OR WHATEVER, THAT'S ALL MONEY THAT IS IN THE ASB FUND. SO WHEN YOU'RE APPROVING THOSE TRIPS, OFTEN IT'S COMING FROM THAT FUND.
AND I JUST, IN LOOKING AT THE POLICY, IT KIND OF MADE IT SOUND LIKE THIS WAS A SEPARATE THING, YOU KNOW? BUT IF IT'S INCLUDED IN OTHER STUFF [INAUDIBLE] IT'S ACTUALLY INCLUDED AS PART OF THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS WELL AND.
AND I CAN SHOW YOU THAT. YEAH. BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THERE AND IT HAS REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR, YEAR TO DATE. SO THAT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THE FUND BALANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
YEAH, I GUESS I'VE JUST KIND OF ALWAYS WONDERED WHERE ASB FUNDS COME FROM.
IS THAT FROM TICKET SALES, IS THAT. THEY COME FROM TICKET SALES, THEY COME FROM FUNDRAISERS, THEY COME FROM DANCES, THEY COME FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT AVENUES.
AND OUR STUDENTS TAKE IT VERY, VERY SERIOUS AND THE STAFF WHERE THEY SIGN OFF ON. ANYTIME YOU BUY A CANDY BAR.
THERE YOU GO. AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS THEIR OWN.
AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS THEIR OWN. SO. SO I ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER RELATED QUESTION.
SO HOW DO THEY WORK THAT WITH ATHLETIC EVENTS AND SCHOOLS AND.
WIAA IS, THEIR EVENTS WOULD BE MORE AT THE STATE LEVEL, WHERE OUR LOCAL FOOTBALL GAMES AND IT'S OUR ASB, THAT'S MONEY THAT GOES INTO OUR ASB . WE CALL THEM EVENT RECEIPTS, IS HOW IT WOULD BE SHOWN ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SO IF YOU GO TO A FOOTBALL GAME THIS FALL THAT'S OUTSIDE OF DISTRICTS OR STATE.
THOSE ARE OUR FUNDS. AS SOON AS WE GO TO REGIONAL PLAYOFFS, THEN THAT IS THE WIAA.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU GET YOUR PASS. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR PASS, IT'LL SAY FOR OUR EVENTS.
OKAY. SO IN MAY, WE'RE STILL KIND OF IN MAY. WE KIND OF HAVE FINALIZED OUR STAFFING.
OBJECT THREE, WHICH IS CLASSIFIED AS ABOUT $15 MILLION.
AND THEN BENEFITS FOR BOTH CLASSIFIED AND CERTIFICATED IS ABOUT $19 MILLION.
AND JUST KIND OF A REMINDER THAT SALARIES AND BENEFITS MAKE UP ABOUT 85% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
OKAY. CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, THIS BUDGET IS WE HAVE A SOLID DRAFT OF THIS.
OUR PROJECTED BEGINNING FUND BALANCE WILL BE ABOUT $4 MILLION.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IN REVENUES OF APPROXIMATELY $670,000.
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WE'LL HAVE EXPENDITURES OF ABOUT $3 MILLION. AND THE PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE IS ABOUT $1.6 MILLION.DO WE HAVE ANY RESERVE REQUIREMENTS OR ANY NEED FOR RESERVE REQUIREMENTS ON THAT FUND? NO. NO. AND THE EXPENDITURES AT THIS POINT ARE ESTIMATED, JUST TO GIVE US THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND MONEY IF SOMETHING COMES UP. YEAH. DEBT SERVICE FUND. THIS ONE'S A LITTLE.
WE CAN ESTIMATE THIS REVENUE A LOT. I THINK MORE SOLIDLY.
SO WE'LL END RIGHT AROUND $4.3 OR SO. THE TVF, THE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FUND.
THEY WILL HAVE A PROJECTED BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF $1.8 MILLION, REVENUES OF $728,000, EXPENDITURES OF $2 MILLION FOR A PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $528,000. ASB FUND, THEY WILL END THE YEAR WITH ABOUT $750,000. SO THAT'LL BE OUR BEGINNING BALANCE FOR NEXT YEAR.
THEY'RE PROJECTING REVENUES AT $1.1, EXPENDITURES OF JUST ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT.
AND THEN RIGHT AROUND $750.000 AT THE END OF 25/26.
QUESTIONS ON THE OTHER FUNDS. BECAUSE I KNOW WE DON'T TYPICALLY SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THOSE, BUT. SO TO COME UP WITH THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE, THAT MEANS THAT'S WHAT YOU EXPECT YOU WILL HAVE FROM THE STATE OR IN ASB, JUST WHAT'S LEFT OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
WHERE DOES THAT WHERE DO THOSE NUMBERS COME FROM? IT'S WHERE YOU START. YEAH, IT'S A PROJECTION OF WHERE, KIND OF, I DID THOSE VERY RECENTLY.
SO I LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE AS OF THE END OF MAY OR WHERE WE EXPECTED TO BE.
AND THEN I JUST, I KIND OF, BASED ON HISTORY, KNOW WHAT WILL TAKE IN FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, THE LAST, YOU KNOW, JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST AND THEN IT'S JUST A PROJECTION.
SO I JUST IT'S AN EDUCATED GUESS. I KNOW THAT TWO, THREE A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD SOME BIG BUS CHANGES. ARE WE NOW ON A CYCLE WITH THOSE, OR.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT WHOLE FUNDING IS REALLY BIZARRE, BUT.
YEAH. NO, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I ALMOST CHIMED IN WITH THAT, BUT I THOUGHT, I DON'T WANT TO BORE YOU WITH DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE CONVERSATION, BUT YES. THAT'S THE KIND OF THE $1.8 MILLION WORTH OF EXPENDITURES.
IT REFLECTS THAT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF BUSSES COMING DUE.
SO THEY'RE FALLING OFF THE DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE.
SO DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF BUS IT IS IT RUNS 7 TO 15 YEARS ON THE DEPRECIATION CYCLES, WHICH MEANS THE STATE IS FUNDING A PORTION OF THE COST OF THAT BUS EVERY YEAR FOR ITS LIFE CYCLE.
THE LAST YEAR THEY THROW IN THE TAXES AND LICENSING AND THE EXTRA COST.
AND THEN AFTER THAT YOU NO LONGER RECEIVE ANY REVENUE FOR THAT BUS.
SO THE IDEA IS TO ONCE THAT BUS, IT ENDS ITS DEPRECIATION, ITS LIFESPAN OF YOU NEED TO TO SURPLUS THAT AND REPLACE IT WITH A NEW BUS THAT THEN STARTS BASICALLY BRINGING INCOME INTO THE DISTRICT.
AND IF YOU DO THAT, WELL, IF YOU DO THAT RIGHT, THEN THE FUND WILL SUSTAIN ITSELF AND YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO REPLACE ALL OF THE BUSSES. SO, WHAT KEVIN'S REFERRING TO SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE ACTUALLY HALF OUR FLEET WAS NO LONGER ON THE DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE, WHICH THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN SUSTAIN THAT, YOU CAN'T REPLACE THAT MANY BUSSES WHEN THEY'RE NOT BRINGING INCOME IN. SO WE HAD SOME FUNDS AT THE TIME. THE BOARD ACTUALLY AUTHORIZED A TRANSFER FROM GENERAL FUND TO TVF FOR $2 MILLION TO BASICALLY BUY A WHOLE, HALF A FLEET OF NEW BUSSES, WHICH GOT US IN A SITUATION WHERE IF WE TAKE CARE OF OUR BUSINESS NOW, WE WON'T EVER HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN. WE'LL JUST BE ABLE TO REPLACE WITH WHAT'S IN THE IN THE TVF.
SO YOU'LL SEE A BIT OF AN INCREASE IN SOME EXPENDITURES FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, ON BUSSES.
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I RECALL THAT LAST YEAR, 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE WAS A BILL PASSED THAT WANTS US TO GET ELECTRIC BUSSES. BUT THERE'S SOME SORT OF CAVEAT ABOUT THAT.SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT COSTS SO MUCH MORE THAN A REGULAR BUS.
DO YOU KNOW THE STATUS OF THAT? AND CAN WE AVOID HAVING TO SPEND THAT EXTRA ON GETTING ELECTRIC BUSSES? YEAH, SO LUCKILY THEY PUT A CLAUSE IN THERE WHEN PRACTICAL OR WHEN FEASIBLE.
IN FACT, I JUST SAW IN THE ECLIPPINGS THIS MORNING, I DIDN'T READ THE ARTICLE.
ONE OF THE STATE DISTRICTS JUST ADDED FIVE ELECTRIC BUSSES TO THEIR FLEET.
FOR US, IT'S NOT PRACTICAL BECAUSE THE RANGE OF BUSSES ISN'T GREAT ENOUGH.
SO BASICALLY, FOR ALMOST ALL OF OUR ROUTES, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TWO BUSSES.
SO WE COULD RUN THE EARLY HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUTE, BRING THAT BUS BACK TO CHARGE, AND THEN TAKE A DIFFERENT BUS TO RUN THE ELEMENTARY RUNS, PLUS ALL THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE PLUS WE NEED A COMPLETELY NEW MAINTENANCE FACILITY BECAUSE OF THE SPACE REQUIREMENTS TO WORK ON THE BUSSES.
SO FOR US IT'S JUST IT'S COMPLETELY IMPRACTICAL FROM A LOGISTICS AND A COST STANDPOINT.
JUST BECAUSE OUR FOOTPRINT IS SO LARGE AS A DISTRICT, WE CAN'T COVER ENOUGH GROUND TO MAKE IT WORK.
DOES THAT LIMIT YOU ON THINGS LIKE FIELD TRIPS AND, YOU KNOW, EVENTS THAT STUDENTS ATTEND WHERE THEY TAKE BUSSES AND GO ELSEWHERE? I MEAN, DOES THAT THAT KIND OF INHIBIT YOUR ABILITY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS? IF YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THE BUSSES THAT HAVE GREATER RANGE AND THEN YOU'RE STUCK WITH, HOW DO THEY FACTOR THAT IN? I MEAN, HOW DO THEY, WHO GETS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS REASONABLE? WELL, AT THIS POINT WE DO. SO THAT'S YEAH. SO [LAUGHTER] WE DO NOT HAVE INTEREST AT THIS TIME.
SO WE'RE NOT SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON IT. I WOULD LOVE TO, BUT IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S YEAH.
NOT SOMETHING WE CAN EVEN BEGIN TO ENTERTAIN.
GOING BACK TO THE REPLACEMENT AND THE DEPRECIATION THOUGH.
ARE WE SUSTAINABLE WITHIN OUR MODEL CURRENTLY OR ARE WE GOING TO NEED TO KIND OF INTERJECT MONEY OR INJECT MONEY INTO THAT FUND TO REPLACE BUSSES AT SOME POINT? AS OF RIGHT NOW WE'RE SUSTAINABLE.
SO KIND OF THE WILD CARDS. IN FACT, I JUST MET WITH LEWANN EGGERT, OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, AND MITCH THE MECHANIC WHO HAD UPDATED THE DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE AND KIND OF HAD DONE A FIVE YEAR FORECAST ON WHAT OUR BUS NEEDS LOOK LIKE. AND WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE WITH KIND OF THE CAVEAT.
THE WAY IT WORKS IS THE BUS PRICES CONTINUE TO GO UP, THE STATE DEPRECIATION AMOUNT GOES UP AND FUNDS ABOUT 70% OF THE COST OF THE BUS, BUT IT WORKS OUT AT THIS POINT, DEPENDING AS LONG AS YOU GET THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF BUSSES AND YOU DON'T BUY ALL THE SUPER EXPENSIVE TRIPP BUSSES.
YOU NEED MORE CAPABILITIES THAN JUST THE STANDARD TRANSIT ROUTE BUS.
SO YOU GET YOUR RIGHT BLEND, IT COVERS THE COST.
THE WILD CARD AT THIS POINT IS WILL THE STATE FUNDING KEEP UP WITH THE COST INCREASES? BECAUSE NOW WITH THE THE SOURCING OF EQUIPMENT AND WHERE THINGS ARE COMING FROM AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS NECESSARILY GOING TO HAPPEN TO COSTS, SO AS LONG AS THEY STAY IN PROPORTION, WE SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE.
IF SOMETHING GETS YOU KNOW, OUT OF WHACK, WE COULD BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE NEED TO REVISIT, BUT WE'LL GLADLY PAY YOU TUESDAY FOR A BUS TODAY.
YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER FUNDS? ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE NOW WE'VE CAUGHT UP TO JUNE.
SO I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THE REVENUE FORECAST.
THE F-2O3 IS THE TOOL WHERE WE PREPARE, WE ESTIMATE THE STATE APPORTIONMENT REVENUES.
AND THAT FINALLY OPENED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO I WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT AND SUBMIT IT TO OSPI.
AND THEN THE OTHER BIG THING IS WE'RE HAVING A STUDY SESSION TONIGHT.
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SO FOR OUR PROJECTED REVENUE JUST KIND OF A REVIEW OF WHERE OUR REVENUE COMES FROM.WE HAVE LOCAL FUNDS COLLECTED BY SCHOOLS AND THE DISTRICT, SUCH AS FEES AND FINES AND RENTALS.
AND THAT'S A VERY SMALL PORTION, JUST KIND OF RELATIVELY SPEAKING.
WE HAVE OUR LOCAL TAXES, OUR LEVY STATE APPORTIONMENT, STATE GRANTS AND FEDERAL GRANTS.
WHEN DO WE HAVE TO RUN OUR NEXT LEVY? THE LAST ONE WE RAN WAS THREE YEARS.
NO, FOUR YEARS. SO IT'S 22, I THINK 27.
I THINK IT'S TWO YEARS FROM NOW. I THINK WE HAVE TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
I HOPE SO, I WAS DOING THE MATH EARLIER AND I THOUGHT, WE HAVE NEXT YEAR OFF, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO START TALKING ABOUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, RIGHT? THAT SOUNDS RIGHT. BECAUSE WE JUST YEAH. RIGHT? YEAH [INAUNDIBLE] ALL KIND OF. IT WAS LAST YEAR OKAY. BECAUSE IT WAS YOUR FIRST YEAR. YEAH. SO IT'S A FOUR YEAR LEVY THIS TIME? YEAH. WE DID A FOUR YEAR. YES. RIGHT. IT WAS TWO BEFORE THAT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR PROJECTED REVENUE FOR LOCAL REVENUES I JUST USED HISTORICAL DATA.
STATE APPORTIONMENT IS CALCULATED BY THE TOOL, LIKE I SAID, CALLED THE F-203.
AND THE ALLOCATIONS ARE BASED ON PROJECTED ENROLLMENT, WHICH MARK TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
FOR STATE GRANTS, THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND MOST OF THOSE GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BETWEEN JUNE AND NOVEMBER.
AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR FEDERAL GRANTS ARE PASSED THROUGH GRANTS FROM OSPI.
AND THAT APPLICATION PROCESS IS KIND OF THE SAME AS THE STATE.
SO I KNOW WE'VE COMPLETED SOME OF THE ONES FOR NEXT YEAR ARE OPEN AND WE'VE COMPLETED THEM ALREADY, AND, AND THEN SOME OF THEM WON'T OPEN UNTIL PRACTICALLY THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR STARTS.
SO PROJECTED REVENUE FOR THE LEVY WILL BE HIGHER IN IN 25/26 THAN IT WAS IN 24/25.
THE 25/26 SPECIAL ED APPORTIONMENT IS PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT $1.2 MILLION HIGHER FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE JUST FOUND OUT THIS MORNING THAT TITLE I RECEIVED A 9% REDUCTION IN 25/26, AND THERE'S STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM THROUGH THE USDA. AND I WOULD ADD ON THAT WE'RE STILL HEARING THAT THE STATE HAS NOT HEARD WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL BE GETTING ANY MIGRANT FUNDS OR THE MLO FUNDS THAT HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTED WITH BOTH BODIES OF FUNDS THROUGH NEXT YEAR, WITH CUTS THE FOLLOWING YEAR, GIVEN THAT WE'VE NOT HEARD, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL CUTS IN THOSE TWO BODIES AT THIS TIME TOO, WHICH ARE TIED TO STAFF. THOSE ARE NOT FUNDS THAT WE USE FOR MSOCS IN ANY WAY.
IT'S 100% STAFF USE. SO WE'RE WE PLANNED ACCORDINGLY WITH TITLE I.
WE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION PROJECTIONS.
STOP ME IF YOU TWO WANT ME TO STOP. OKAY. REDUCTION PROJECTIONS.
SO IF THOSE TWO BODIES ARE CUT IN ANY WAY, WE HAVE SOME SET ASIDE THAT CAN BE USED USING TITLE I OR LAP, SO WE'RE FINE. BUT THESE ARE, ALL THESE FUNDS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ARE BEING CUT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
IT'S TRICKY BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT SUPPLANTS THAT.
AND SO THOSE FUNDS GO TOWARDS TARGETS, TOWARDS STUDENT OUTCOMES FOR SOME OF OUR MORE MARGINALIZED STUDENTS OR STUDENTS WHO HAVE A HARDER TIME RECEIVING ACCESS. AND SO THERE'S SOME TRICKINESS WITH THAT.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE, I'M SENDING OUT A MESSAGE TOMORROW TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING MORE CUTS TO COME, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE TRACKING THAT ALL SUMMER.
THIS SPREADSHEET SHOWS OUR APPORTIONMENT. THIS IS FROM THE F-2O3.
SO IT JUST SHOWS WHAT WE RECEIVED IN 24/25. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE IN 25/26 AND THE CHANGE.
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SO GENERAL APPORTIONMENT WE'RE DOWN ABOUT $137,000.SPECIAL EDUCATION BETWEEN THE TWO, IT'S UP ABOUT $1.2 MILLION.
LAP FUNDING IS UP $87,000. TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL IS UP $141,000.
HIGHLY CAPABLE IS JUST FLAT, AND THEN TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN WENT UP BY $68,000.
AND LIKE MARK SAID EARLIER, THE STATE IS NOT ALLOWING US TO ADD ANY MORE.
WE CAN'T EXPAND THE PROGRAM. SO IT'S THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
AND THE 3100 AND 3121 IS LARGELY A FORMULA CHANGE.
SO AS PART OF THE STATE UPDATES TO HOW THEY FUND SPECIAL EDUCATION, SO 4121 WENT UP QUITE A BIT BECAUSE OF THE OF THE CHANGES THEY MADE. THE OTHER IS BASICALLY THEY MADE A FORMULA CALCULATION, FORMULA ADJUSTMENT.
AND SWAPPED MONEY OUT OF 3100 INTO 3121, WHICH IS THE ANYWAY SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE ONE IS UP AND THE OTHER IS DOWN. IT WAS A BASICALLY A STATE MATH. AND AT THE BOTTOM THERE I HAVE THE ESTIMATED ENROLLMENT.
SO FOR 24/25, WE SAID A TOTAL OF 4610. AND THEN THIS YEAR'S APPORTIONMENT IS BASED ON 4525.
SO IT'S 85 STUDENTS LESS, WHICH IS WHAT WE PROJECTED IN OUR MODEL.
SO WITH, AND THIS IS PROBABLY A STUPID QUESTION THAT I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO, BUT I THROW IT OUT FOR THE CONVERSATION, WITH THESE CUTS IN FUNDING, THERE'S NO ACCOMPANYING CUTS IN REQUIREMENTS, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW.
THIS IS THE BAR YOU HAVE TO HIT OR THIS IS THE SERVICE YOU NEED TO PROVIDE.
OH, NO. YEAH. THERE'S MORE. WE HAVE A FUN SLIDE ON THAT LATER [LAUGHTER] WE'LL DRIVE THAT I MEAN, BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S COME UP IN CONVERSATION IS TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS.
YOU KNOW, BETWEEN DISTRICTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT IS THAT THE BEST PRACTICE AND HOW MUCH MONEY THAT COSTS? AND DO ANY OF THESE THINGS COME UP ON THE TABLE? OR. YEAH, THEY'RE CUTTING THE FUNDING FOR THAT.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO DO IT. WE STILL HAVE TO DO IT.
YEAH, I LIKE THAT. THAT'S A GOOD PLAN. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL DO ANOTHER BUDGET PRESENTATION AND HAVE THE BUDGET HEARING AND THEN ADOPT THE BUDGET IN JULY.
AND OUR NEXT STEPS LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE HIT OUR, MAYBE I DIDN'T SAY IT EARLIER, I SAID IT WAS OUR GOAL, TO HIT A TARGET OF $6 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS, AND WE DID THAT.
THE F-195. THAT'S A TYPO. THE F-105F, WHICH IS A FOUR YEAR PROJECTION, AND THEN THE MSOC DISCLOSURE AND THEN PREPARE THE CITIZENS BUDGET, WHICH IS JUST AN ACCOMPANYING, MORE USER FRIENDLY VERSION OF THE BUDGET, AND THEN HOLD THE BUDGET HEARING AND ADOPTION.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS? THERE'S MORE TO COME, I JUST.
AND WE'RE PROJECTING THE BUDGET HEARING IN JULY OR AUGUST.
JULY. JULY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
YOU HAVE US ON THE EDGES OF OUR SEATS. YES, TO THE GOOD STUFF.
NOW. YES, AND WE'RE AN HOUR IN. OKAY. SO STATE BUDGET IMPACTS.
SO I HAVE SOME OSPI APPORTIONMENT UPDATES, SOME GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS.
AND THEN KIND OF SOME UPDATES ON THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SO WE'RE GETTING ALL OF OUR MONEY. SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT ALL YEAR.
AND WE WILL GET THE FULL AMOUNT. THE DISTRICTS ALSO WILL RECEIVE IN OUR JUNE APPORTIONMENT, WHICH IS LATER THIS MONTH A ONE TIME $50 PER PUPIL MSOC ALLOCATION.
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AND THEN THE BAD NEWS, DUE TO THE LACK OF APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY FOR THE 24/25 STATE FISCAL YEAR, THEY KIND OF MISCALCULATED SOMETHING. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHORTING DISTRICTS JUNE APPORTIONMENT, BUT INCLUDING IT LATER IN JULY APPORTIONMENT.IS THAT GOING TO PUT THEM SHORT FOR NEXT LIKE MAY AND JUNE'S APPORTIONMENT TO US? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IT SHOULDN'T IF THEY HAVE PLANNED WELL.
SO THEY WERE ONLY AUTHORIZED TO SPEND ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER THROUGH MAY, I GUESS.
SO PART OF THE CONVERSATION WITH THE LEGISLATURE TO FUND TK AND SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS, THEY DIDN'T GET AUTHORIZATION TO INCREASE THEIR APPROPRIATION TO FULLY FUND THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THEIR FISCAL YEAR ENDS IN JUNE. SO THEY BASICALLY HAVE ENOUGH AUTHORITY IN THEIR NEXT YEAR THAT STARTS IN JULY TO PAY FOR JUNE THROUGH NEXT JULY. SO HENCE THE IMPORTANCE OF FUND BALANCE.
THE IMPORTANCE OF FUND. RESERVE. AND THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL.
RIGHT. T HIS YEAR IS THE IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT FUND BALANCE.
BECAUSE, I MEAN, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE'VE HAD SOMETHING NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR APPORTIONMENT, THE REVENUE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING AND NOT THE TOTAL, BUT THE TIMING. RIGHT? SO UNLESS YOU HAVE THOSE FUNDS TO TO COVER THE GAP YOU'RE IN A WORLD OF HURT.
IS IT STILL 185 DISTRICTS ON THE WATCH LIST? THAT'S WHAT IT WAS LAST TIME I HEARD ABOUT IT.
IT'S 185, THEY'RE AT RISK. SO THE WATCH LIST, I'VE QUIT LOOKING AT IT.
I JUST LOOK AT THE THE FISCAL HEALTH OF DISTRICTS AND IT'S 185 THAT HAVE A WARNING.
YEAH. I HAVE NEVER THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED. IT USED TO BE LIKE EARTH SHATTERING NEWS WHEN ONE OR I DON'T EVEN RECALL TWO.
BUT IF ANYBODY ENDED UP IN BINDING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE, IT WAS IT WAS A REAL WAKE UP, IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE. DID THAT MAINLY HAPPEN BECAUSE OF USING ESSER FUNDS FOR LONG TERM THINGS? LIKE SALARIES THAT WOULD THEN NEED TO BE CONTINUED.
I MEAN, WHAT DID THE DISTRICTS DID THAT MADE THEM GO UNDER? WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE MANAGED TO. I WAS. I WAS JUST GOING THE STATE HAS NOT KEPT UP. THE MCCLEARY DECISION DID NOT HELP.
THAT GOT US SIDEWAYS, THEN TIMING OF COVID WAS NOT HELPFUL.
LIKE I JUST THINK IT WAS A PERFECT STORM AND I CAN'T THINK OF A DISTRICT THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE JUST LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THEY HAVE SO MANY STAFF AND SUCH LOW CLASS SIZES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BARELY, EVERYONE'S JUST KIND OF GETTING BY.
SO SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF FUNDING. THERE'S IT'S.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'RE SEEING. IT'S WE'RE SEEING NOW THAT DISTRICTS CAN'T PASS BONDS AND LEVIES, THAT FOR I'VE, THAT WAS NOT THE NORM. THAT IS NOW THE NORM.
BONDS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF TOUGH, BUT PROBABLY TOUGHER NOW THAN THEY HAVE BEEN.
BUT LEVIES WERE ALWAYS, I MEAN, IT WAS. PEOPLE JUST.
VERY RARE THAT YOU HAD. AND NOW IT'S NORMAL THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT PASSING THEM.
YEAH. IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING SO TAXED EVERYWHERE ELSE.
BUT IT'S COMING AT THE EXPENSE OF KIDS. YES, CLEARLY.
I TOLD MARK I WAS GOING TO BE GOOD TONIGHT. I GUESS ONE OF MY STATEMENTS LATELY HAS BEEN, HOW DO YOU SHOW THAT YOU'RE NOT PRIORITIZING KIDS WITHOUT SAYING IT? I THINK THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION SHOWED IT.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT WILL REINFORCE THAT AS WELL.
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RIGHT. BECAUSE WE TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE BUDGET IS A STATEMENT OF YOUR VALUES.RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
OKAY. OUR FUND BALANCE. SO THIS IS OUR FUND BALANCE AS OF MAY.
AND I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THE OTHER YEARS, WE KIND OF DECLINE PRETTY, YOU KNOW, AT A PRETTY STEEP PACE FROM APRIL TO MAY.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT EVERY EXPENDITURE TO SEE IF IT'S A NEED TO HAVE OR A NICE TO HAVE, AND WE'RE JUST PRIORITIZING. SO I WAS VERY ENCOURAGED TO SEE THAT.
IT SHOWS IN THIS GRAPH THAT WE'RE WORKING HARD AND SLOWING OUR SPENDING.
WASN'T ON THE ORIGINAL PROJECTION THAT YOU SHOWED, LIKE SLIDE NUMBER 2 OR 3, WHERE WE ACTUALLY PROJECTED WAS GOING BELOW ZERO THIS YEAR? OR. YES, OKAY. WHICH LOOKS LIKE WE'VE MADE A NICE YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT EVEN APPROACHING ZERO THANKFULLY AT THIS POINT.
AND WHEN I HAD DONE THAT SLIDE, IT WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO.
SO I JUST KIND OF DID IT BASED ON OTHER YEARS, KIND OF AN AVERAGE.
SO THIS IS YEAH. AND I WANT TO ADD THAT OUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE FEELING THIS, THEY'RE FEELING THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT REPLACING DIFFERENT POSITIONS, THINGS ARE NOT HAPPENING. YOU KNOW I VERY PASSIONATE PLEASE AND I LOVED IT AROUND MUSIC BECAUSE WE ARE HOLDING TIGHT TO MUSIC BUT WE CAN'T OVERSTAFF. SO EVEN YOU KNOW, I GET AN EMAIL ALMOST EVERY DAY ABOUT WHY IS THIS NOT HAPPENING? WHY IS THAT NOT HAPPENING? WELL, IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T WE CANNOT FISCALLY STAY AFLOAT AND DO EVERYTHING.
WE'RE WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS ABOUT.
SO WE FEEL THIS WE HEAR ABOUT IT EVERY DAY. AND SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK, OH, GOSH, LOOK AT, THEY'RE DOING IT AND IT'S GREAT. WE'RE JUST NOT TALKING ABOUT IT.
WE'RE STAYING ON WHAT? TALKING ABOUT OURSELVES ON OUR BEST DAY.
OUR STAFF IS DOING AMAZING THINGS, BUT THEY'RE DOING IT WITHOUT AS MUCH.
AND IT DEFINITELY IS CAUSING SOME HARDSHIP.
OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO THE STATE INVESTMENT IN K-12 THEN AND NOW.
SO IN THE 19 THROUGH 21 BIENNIUM K-12 WERE FUNDED AT 51.6% OF THE STATE BUDGET. AND IT HAS JUST DECLINED SINCE THEN.
SO FOR THE 23/25, IT WAS 43.4%. AND THEN THE BUDGET THAT THEY JUST PASSED, WE WERE DOWN TO 43.2% OF THE BUDGET, SO IT JUST CONTINUES TO DECLINE. AND I WAS SHARING WITH MARK AND HOLLY WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, I HAD ANTICIPATED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I HAD ANTICIPATED THAT THE PERCENT WOULD GO UP BECAUSE THE STATE WAS MAKING SOME SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS TO THEIR OVERALL SPENDING. SO IN REALITY, EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T GIVE US ANY MORE MONEY, WE SHOULD HAVE GONE UP IN PERCENT OF THE STATE BUDGET BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE CUT OTHER PARTS. THE FACT THAT WE WENT DOWN IN THE PERCENT OF THE OVERALL STATE BUDGET SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS ARE GETTING IN NEW REVENUE. I JOKE, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT VERY FUNNY THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY BEING CHARGED TO RUN EDUCATION NEXT YEAR.
WELL, AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, JUST HEARD THAT THE UPCOMING BUDGET PROJECTIONS FOR THE STATE, THE REVENUE FORECASTS ARE DROPPING EVEN WORSE.
SO WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY MAY DECIDE. WE MAY NOT GET MAY IN JUNE'S FUNDING NEXT YEAR [LAUGHTER] IT'S LAUGH OR CRY, ONE OR THE OTHER. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A SLIDE ABOUT THE BIG THREE PUPIL TRANSPORTATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MSOC. IN THE FIRST COLUMN, IT SHOWS THE NEED AND THEN THE LAST COLUMN IT SHOWS WHAT THEY ACTUALLY FUNDED.
SO THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING IN PUPIL TRANSPORTATION.
SPECIAL EDUCATION GOT A BUMP OF 309.6 MILLION AND MSOC GOT A BUMP OF 78.9 MILLION . I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHERE THIS PERSON IS FROM, BUT DIFFERENT DISTRICT AND
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JANITORIAL PERSON AND SAID THAT THEY RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THEY BASICALLY NEEDED TO CUT BACK ON TOILET PAPER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS IS A YEAH. YEAH. WE'RE NOT DOING THAT [LAUGHTER] OKAY, WELL.IT'S LIKE. I'M HAPPY WHEN WE USE IT [INAUDIBLE][LAUGHTER] HERE.
SO I KNOW, BUT I MEAN. I MEAN, I'M SURE WE HAVE.
I WAS HORRIFIED. BRING YOUR OWN. NO, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
TOILET PAPER NEVER MADE THE LIST. THAT WAS JUST AN ASSUMED HAVE TO, PAPER ASSUMED HAVE TO.
BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING. BUT WHAT WE TRIED TO DO.
WHEN? WHEN? HOLLY SAID, WHAT'S CLOSE TO STUDENTS? WHAT'S FAR AWAY FROM STUDENTS? WE MADE SURE THAT WHEN WE WERE MAKING THE REDUCTIONS, IF IT WAS FAR FROM STUDENTS AND NOT MEETING A LEGAL REQUIREMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, PANORAMA, WE ARE NOT RENEWING THAT CONTRACT.
CHRIS AND BOBBY ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY AT COMING UP WITH OUR OWN IN-HOUSE DATA SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO GATHER THE SAME INFORMATION, BUT WITHOUT PAYING AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION.
SO HOMEROOM, THAT WAS THE DASHBOARD THAT WE'VE BEEN GATHERING DATA FROM.
WE'VE ELIMINATED THAT CONTRACT. BOBBY AND SARA DESSERT HAVE BEEN MAKING AN IN-HOUSE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO, WHAT I CALL AND TOLD THE TEAM WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO EAT FROM THE PANTRY.
SO WE'RE STILL GETTING WHAT WE NEED, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED.
SO IT'S THOSE KINDS OF DECISIONS. BUT TOILET PAPER IS GOING TO BE IN EVERY BATHROOM.
WE'RE PUTTING IT THERE, IF IT'S NOT THERE, THAT'S NOT BECAUSE OF US.
WELL THE. IT DEFINITELY FITS THE CLOSEST STUDENTS.
THE GREAT CONCERN APPARENTLY IS THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS USE AN AWFUL LOT OF TOILET PAPER.
OR THEY DON'T. AND SO IT EVENS OUT THAT. BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE WILL HAVE IT FOR ALL STUDENTS.
SO I WANT TO GO ON RECORD. SO BACK TO PANORAMA.
WHAT DID WE USE IT FOR? IT WAS A DATA SET THAT LOOKED AT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, DRUG USE, BELONGING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. I ASKED THE TEAM TO COME SHARE IN AUGUST, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AROUND HOW WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A TEAM THAT WENT TO ICELAND TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
AND THEN WE'RE NOT GOING INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH PLANET YOUTH AS THE ORGANIZATION.
BUT WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHAT WAS WORKING AND THE DATA MATTERED.
AND SO YOU'LL LEARN MORE IN AUGUST ABOUT WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE AND THE DATA SET THAT THEY'RE USING.
BUT IT'S REPLACING, BECAUSE THE HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY, EVEN THOUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT USES IT, WE MIGHT LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT, IT'S REALLY NOT AS TELLING WE NEED TO AN IN-HOUSE.
SO WE'RE USING THIS MOMENT IN TIME TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S MORE MEANINGFUL FOR FERNDALE.
WELL, PART OF THE REASON I ASKED ABOUT PANORAMA IS I NEVER REALLY LOOKED AT PANORAMA SURVEY BEFORE.
SO I WENT AND I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE ONES THAT THEY HAD THERE, AND THERE WERE SURVEYS THAT TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVENESS OF CLASSROOM TEACHING AND WHAT GOES ON IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS. I ALWAYS KIND OF HEARD UGLY THINGS ABOUT PANORAMA, BUT I FELT LIKE IT'S PRETTY WELL DONE. IT GOT SOME GOOD STUFF, YOU SEE IT IN YOUR REPORTS, YOU SEE THE OUTPUT IN THE REPORTS.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE USING.
BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT ANYMORE, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO FUND IT.
BUT WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN IN-HOUSE SURVEY. YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS IN AUGUST.
OH YEAH. I ACTUALLY I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
SO YEAH, IF YOU GOT TIME TO FIELD SOME QUESTIONS, YES I WOULD.
OKAY. SO WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE SLIDE. THAT IS GOOD NEWS [LAUGHTER] SO PART OF WHAT YOU SAW ON THE ON THE STATE IMPACT TO SPECIAL EDUCATION. THEY ELIMINATED THE 16% ENROLLMENT CAP, WHICH DOESN'T ACTUALLY BENEFIT US AT THIS POINT. IT WOULD HAVE AT TIMES IN THE PAST, BUT A LOT OF DISTRICTS GOT A BENEFIT FOR THIS.
SO YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO, THE STATE PLACED AN ARTIFICIAL CAP OF I THINK IT WAS 12.5% OF YOUR POPULATION COULD BE SPECIAL EDUCATION, THAT'S ALL THEY WOULD FUND.
AND WE ALWAYS WERE ABOVE THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT STARTED THE SPIRAL OF DEFICIT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
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SO AT LEAST 25, 30 YEARS LATER NOW THEY HAVE FINALLY REMOVED THE REMOVE THE CAP.SO SMALL VICTORIES. THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN UNFUNDED MANDATE.
THEY USED TO GIVE US A PER STUDENT ALLOCATION FOR EACH OF THESE THINGS AND THEY ELIMINATED DOING THAT, SO THEY'RE JUST GIVING US LIKE A LUMP SUM FOR ALL OF THESE ITEMS. BUT THEY'RE REQUIRING THAT WE REPORT IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO REPORT ALL THESE EXPENDITURES IN THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BUT.
SO WHEN I SAY WE'RE BEING CHARGED TO RUN EDUCATION THEY'RE GIVING US MONEY, BUT YET THEY'RE ADDING WORK THAT WE HAVE TO PAY AN HOURLY RATE FOR OUR PEOPLE TO GATHER THIS AND THEN SOMEONE HAS TO ANALYZE IT.
SO THESE ARE THE COSTS THAT PEOPLE DON'T CONSIDER IS THE TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS IS TIME AWAY FROM OUR FACILITIES, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF. AND SO IT IT ADDS UP.
WHAT THIS ACTUALLY COSTS US TO GET THE MONEY, WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY OUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO AND SINCE KRISTI IS BEEN GOOD, I'LL SAY IT.
IN THIS CASE, THE STATE OSPI, STATE OFFICE HAD THEIR BUDGET REDUCED BY 6%.
THEY LAID OFF STAFF. SO AS PART OF THEIR ABILITY TO MANAGE THEIR WORKLOAD, THEY CONSOLIDATED THEIR ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. SO INSTEAD OF BREAKING IT DOWN, BECAUSE THIS CHANGED DURING MCCLEARY, MSOC USED TO COME AS A LUMP SUM.
WHEN MCCLEARY CAME OUT, THEY BROKE IT DOWN PER ITEM.
SO NOW, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER, THEY'RE ROLLING IT UP BACK INTO A ONE LINE ALLOCATION, BUT REQUIRING US TO REPORT ON THE ITEMIZED ITEMS, WHICH.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT PREVIOUS. SO THEY'VE ROLLED IT ALL TOGETHER AND GIVEN US, WHAT, AN EXTRA $100 AND PROBABLY HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS OF EXTRA WORK? IT'S LIKE 30 SOME DOLLARS. WAS IT $35 MORE A STUDENT OR SOMETHING? AND ANOTHER $4 PER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. YEAH.
SO $35-$39. SO, AND. HONESTLY THE INCREASE IN INSURANCE COSTS WILL EAT UP ALMOST THE ENTIRE AMOUNT THEY GAVE US. YEAH, THEY RAISED OUR INSURANCE PER EMPLOYEE WHO.
WELL THAT AS WELL. OH THERE'S THAT TOO. $139 AND ENDS UP BEING A WASH.
BUT EVEN IF SOMEONE DOESN'T TAKE INSURANCE, WE HAVE TO PAY MONEY TO THE STATE FOR THEM.
AND WHEN THE STATE ROLLED OUT, CAME OUT WITH SEBB, THE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE BENEFIT BOARD, BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER WE USED TO HAVE THE, WHATCOM COUNTY HAD ITS OWN CONSORTIUM TO MANAGE AND CONTROL MEDICAL COSTS.
AND WE USED TO PAY THE PRORATED PORTION OF BENEFITS TO EMPLOYEES THAT WERE LESS THAN FULL TIME.
SO IF YOU'RE HALF TIME, YOU GOT A HALF ALLOCATION.
NOW, SINCE THE STATE SWITCHED US TO SEBB, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT ANYBODY WHO IS QUALIFIED FOR BENEFITS, WHICH IS THREE HOURS A DAY. IT'S 640 HOURS ANNUALLY, SO IT'S ABOUT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 HOURS A DAY IF YOU WORK [INAUDIBLE] YOU GET A FULL ALLOCATION, FULL BENEFITS. AND IF YOU, AS THE EMPLOYEE SAY I DO NOT WANT THOSE, WE AS THE DISTRICT STILL HAVE TO PAY IT.
YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. AND THE ALLOCATION THAT COMES FROM THE STATE IS ONLY FOR FORMULA STAFF.
SO IT'S ONLY FOR FUNDED STAFF. SO OUR 20 PARAEDUCATORS THAT ARE ACTUALLY FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE, WE'RE PAYING FOR 200 AND SOME FULL BOAT GETTING FUNDED FOR JUST THAT SMALL PORTION.
SO EVEN OUR TEACHING STAFF, WE'RE ONLY FUNDED FOR ABOUT TWO THIRDS.
RIGHT? SO WE'RE LOCALLY, WE ARE MAKING UP THE DIFFERENCE FOR, SO EVEN THE FORMULA STAFF COSTS MORE THAN WE'RE FUNDED BECAUSE THE STATE NOW FUNDS US ON THE AVERAGE COST OF THE TEACHER, NOT BASED ON THEIR ACTUAL COST.
SO EVEN THE FORMULA CERTIFICATED STAFF, IT COSTS US ANOTHER $30,000 OR SO OUT OF
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LOCAL FUNDS TO PAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OSPI WEBSITE AND IT SAYS WE GET SO MUCH PER STUDENT, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT A LOT OF THE DOLLARS HAVE TO GO TO.AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO AT A STUDY SESSION DOWN THE ROAD.
I'M ALL FOR EFFICIENCY AND IN HAVING A TIGHT BUDGET, BUT AT THE SAME TIME GIVING US MORE REQUIREMENTS AND LESS MONEY AND EXPECTING US TO GET BETTER OUTCOMES. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT MATH WORKS.
AND WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE RECOURSE IN THE SENSE OF, LOOKS LIKE OSPI GOT THEIR BUDGET CUT, AND SO THEY JUST SAID, WELL HERE YOU GUYS DO THE WORK.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY DOWN THE FOOD CHAIN. YOU KNOW AND SOME OF THESE THINGS I REMEMBER THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WHEN THE WHOLE INSURANCE THING ROLLED OUT AND IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU WORK A MINUSCULE AMOUNT OF TIME AND YOU GET FULL BENEFITS.
IT WAS LIKE, WHO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA? YOU KNOW, SO. I HAVE A COMMENT. I WAS TALKING TO A LEGISLATOR AND WHINING ABOUT WHAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING IN THIS LATEST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND I SAID, WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS? AND THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATORS OPINION IS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO FORCE US INTO SUING THEM TO GET ANOTHER MCCLEARY TYPE DECISION FORCED.
THEY'RE MAKING IT REALLY, REALLY HARD ON PURPOSE SO THAT SOMETHING DRAMATIC HAPPENS.
AND I ASKED, IS THIS ANYTHING ABOUT LIKE TRYING TO REGIONALIZE OR GET RID OF SCHOOL BOARDS, AND YES, THEY WOULD JUST PREFER NOT TO HAVE YOU.
SO. I GUESS THE CHALLENGE IS, IS HOW THAT WOULD MAKE THAT MORE EFFICIENT OR HOW THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, THAT PART IS ALL, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND, NOT MUCH OF IT MAKES SENSE. I MEAN, DRIVING US INTO A LAWSUIT WITH THE STATE.
I MEAN, WHO WINS IN THAT BATTLE, THE LAWYERS?.
OH, AND THAT'S A TEN YEAR BATTLE. THAT'S NOT A QUICK BATTLE.
IT'S NOT A QUICK FIX. SO. WELL, IT DIDN'T FIX IT LAST TIME.
NO, IT DIDN'T FIX IT IN THE 70S. AND FOR DURAN, THE DURAN DECISIONS, BOTH OF THEM.
DIDN'T FIX IT IN MCCLEARY. YEAH. IT BASICALLY CREATED CREATIVE STATE MATH, WHERE IT WAS JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE SHELL GAME. OUR FUNDING IN WASHINGTON STATE, THE WAY WE FUND EDUCATION, THE DOLLARS FOLLOW, THE ADULTS IN OTHER STATES, THE DOLLARS FOLLOW STUDENTS.
AND SO THAT'S THE CONVERSATION WE NEED TO START HAVING IS LOOKING AT OTHER STATES WHO FUND EDUCATION DIFFERENTLY AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THEM? AND OSPI WAS INSTRUCTED TO UNDERTAKE A STUDY TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO REVAMP THE FUNDING FORMULA, FUNDING MODEL. ARE THEY HAVING US DO THAT TOO? [LAUGHTER] MARK KIND OF ALREADY ALLUDED TO THIS. TK IS NOW CONSIDERED A GRADE.
IT'S STILL NOT CONSIDERED BASIC ED. IT'S FUNDED SEPARATELY.
AND THEN THE ENROLLMENT IS CAPPED FOR THE 25/26 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO WE CAN'T EXPAND THE PROGRAM. WE JUST HAVE TO KIND OF LEAVE IT AT THE SAME ENROLLMENT.
YEAH, LUCKILY WE WERE RUNNING IT AND HAD EXPANDED IT IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
IS IT JUST FUNDED 25/26 OR HAS IT BEEN MADE A PART OF A GRADE THAT'S GOING TO STAY AROUND? THIS IS PART OF THE STUDY THAT OSPI HAS TO DO IS KIND OF TRACK IT.
I THINK THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE DON'T, WE ARE AFFECTED BY IT BUT WE DON'T MANAGE IT IS ECEAP, WHICH IS THE STATE APPORTIONMENT FOR PRE-K, KIND OF THE EQUIVALENT OF HEAD START IN WASHINGTON.
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WASHINGTON STATE, WHICH IS A LONG TERM IMPACT TO STUDENT OUTCOMES.BUT AND I'VE SAID THIS TO ALL OF THEM AS WELL, THE BUREAUCRACY IS COSTING US A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF MONEY, SO WE NEED TO BE ASKING A DIFFERENT QUESTION AND LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT SOLUTION.
SO AND THE TK WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE BIENNIUM.
SO WE'RE FINE, UNLESS THEY, AND THEY DON'T USUALLY MAKE THAT KIND OF LARGE PROGRAM CHANGE IN THE SECOND YEAR, SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD FOR TWO YEARS. SO THE STATE AGAIN IN THE LEGISLATURE AND THE LARGE DISTRICTS, THE BIG URBAN DISTRICTS THAT CAN EASILY PASS LEVIES ASK FOR LEVY INCREASES BECAUSE IT'S AN EASY SOLUTION FOR THEIR ISSUES.
IT JUST CONTINUES TO INCREASE THE INEQUITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT, ACROSS THE STATE, IN EDUCATION.
SO YOUR EDUCATION, YOUR QUALITY OF IT IS GOING TO LARGELY DEPEND ON WHAT YOUR ZIP CODE IS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND PASS A SUPPLEMENTAL LEVY.
I DON'T, I ASSUME WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, TO RAISE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS, SO.
AND OSBIS ANSWER TO THIS, WELL, IT GIVES PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE MORE MONEY.
SO SPOKANE, TACOMA, SEATTLE, BELLINGHAM. BE ABLE TO RAISE SOME MORE MONEY AND RESTORE SOME OF THEIR BUDGET REDUCTIONS. THE REST OF US, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH.
AND THEY DECIDED THEY'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS THE STATE AID FOR DISTRICTS THAT HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE LEVIES. THEIR LEVY RATES ARE ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE.
ONE DISTRICT IN WHATCOM COUNTY QUALIFIES FOR LEA.
THE REST OF US, NOTHING. SO AGAIN, THAT'S A, THANKS FOR THAT ONE.
THIS IS ANOTHER POSITIVE ONE. THERE WAS THE TALK ABOUT PERHAPS CHANGING THE APPORTIONMENT AND HOW WE RECEIVE IT, AND WE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED 25% OF IT. IS THAT HOW IT WAS? I DON'T REMEMBER. THEY SHIFTED IT SO WE'D GET MORE AT THE END OF THE YEAR RATHER THAN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WE NEED IT.
AND THEY DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT, SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS A POSITIVE ONE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE THE STATE OR ANY MORE COMMENTS ABOUT.
NO? WELCOME TO OUR FUN GAME OF WHAT'S THE STATE GOING TO DO NOW? IT'S BEEN, THIS HAS BEEN REALLY ROUGH. THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
HOW DO YOU SAY WE'RE NOT VALUING EDUCATION WITHOUT SAYING IT? AND THIS IS EVIDENCE OF IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND AND MY HOPE IS TYPICALLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADVOCATE AS HARD IN THE SECOND YEAR OF A BIENNIUM. WE NEED TO WE NEED TO STAY ON IT.
I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO STRATEGIZE AND GET THINGS IN PLACE AND NOT BE QUIET, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE DECISIONS ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. AND THE SERVICES THAT WE AREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE ARE EITHER GOING TO GO UNMET OR NEED TO BE PICKED UP BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO SOMEBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO FILL THE GAPS.
OKAY, SO THE LAST ITEM I HAVE FOR YOU IS TO LOOK AGAIN AT THE BOARD BUDGET.
AND WE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK LAST TIME. SO I'M ASKING THIS TIME.
CAN I MOVE FORWARD WITH PUTTING THIS IN THE F-195? YEAH, IT WAS JUST ADDING IN THE, I'M SORRY, THE ELECTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ELECTIONS IN THERE? YEAH. WE DO. SO $30,000 IS WHAT WE'VE ADDED FOR THAT.
THE GREEN IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET. THANK YOU. ISN'T THAT BASICALLY THE ONLY CHANGE OTHER THAN.
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I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONLY MAJOR CHANGE,YES.SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY IF WE DON'T SPEND IT OR YOU DON'T SPEND IT, IT'S JUST PART OF A SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
YEAH, IT'S EVEN LIKE, I KNOW NANCY AND I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BOARD DIRECTOR'S STIPEND AND TO GET UP TO THAT AMOUNT, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE EIGHT MEETINGS A MONTH OR SOMETHING, WHICH IS UNLIKELY.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE AREN'T HAVING TO DO A PRIMARY.
YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SAY IT BECAUSE THAT SAVES US MONEY.
YEAH, RIGHT. YOU KNOW. AND ALONG THOSE LINES, THE WAY EVERYBODY'S BUDGET WORKS.
SO THE 135,000, YOU CAN SPEND LESS BUT YOU CAN'T SPEND MORE.
SO BY NOT HAVING IT IN THERE THERE'S NOWHERE TO GET THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
IT'S NOT A, HEY WE'RE GOING TO BUDGET 80. WE NEED 90.
YOU DON'T GET TEN, RIGHT. SO AND THAT'S THIS IS THE WAY IT IS FOR EVERYBODY.
SO YOU GET YOUR NUMBER YOU CAN UNDER BUT YOU CAN'T GO OVER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? I BELIEVE YOU JUST ASKED IF PEOPLE ARE OKAY WITH HOLLY PUTTING THAT IN AS IS. YEAH. DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT OR JUST SAY, YEAH, LOOKS GOOD.
JUST CONSENSUS. CONSENSUS IS WHAT WE NEED. YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. THIS BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH. I KNOW YOU'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS, BUT IT IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL TO PREPARE THIS, SO I APPRECIATE IT. I LEARNED SOMETHING EVERY TIME.
THANK YOU. WELL, AND I THINK KUDOS NOT ONLY TO YOU GUYS, BUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE COULD MAKE THE THE BEST OF THE WORST CUTS. YOU KNOW, NONE OF THEM ARE.
YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT A LOT OF IT WAS ATTRITION.
I MEAN, YOU LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS OF THE SALARIES AND SUCH, AND IT'S 85, 90% OF THE BUDGET.
SO WE CAN'T CUT THE BUDGET WITHOUT CUTTING PEOPLE.
AND WHO'S TO SAY THAT THE PERSON OR THE POSITION WE CUT WASN'T THE ONE THAT WAS GOING TO MAKE THE CONNECTION WITH THAT STUDENT OR THIS OTHER STUDENT, AND THAT'S WHEN IT GETS REALLY HARD. SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY FOR THE WORK AND THE EFFORT AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE EMOTIONAL GOING THROUGH OF DOING IT, YOU KNOW.
YEAH. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL PASS THAT ALONG.
IT'S REALLY THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A CAST OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE LEGISLATURE TALKS ABOUT IT BEING TOUGH.
IT'S BEEN TOUGH ON OUR END AS WELL, BECAUSE IT IS PEOPLE.
IT'S PEOPLE'S COLLEAGUES. IT'S THEIR FRIENDS.
RIGHT. SO PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO DO DIFFERENT JOBS.
SO IT DOES IT TAKES ITS TOLL AND IT'S HARD. AND I THINK EVERYBODY HAS, FOR THE MOST PART REALLY EMBRACED IT AND DUG IN TO DO THE, DO THE HARD WORK. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE'LL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK BACK TO THE TEAM.
I WOULD ECHO THAT PEOPLE LOST, COLLEAGUES, PEOPLE LOST JOBS, PEOPLE HAD TO.
I THINK YOUR POINT THAT CHANGED GRADES, CHANGED POSITIONS, BUT PEOPLE HAVE DONE IT WITH INCREDIBLE GRACE, AND NOT ONCE HAS SOMEONE COME TO ME AND NOT HAD STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF THE CONVERSATION.
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SO.SO UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE PREPARED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING EASY TO UNDERSTAND TO SUCH DIFFICULT THINGS.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR NOT CUTTING THE TOILET PAPER BUDGET.
THAT IS ON MY MUST HAVE LIST PEGGY. I DIDN'T EVEN THINK TO PUT IT ON THERE.
IT WAS SUCH A MUST HAVE. OKAY. WELL AGAIN THANK YOU MARK, THANK YOU HOLLY AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT WORKED ON BRINGING THE BUDGET TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT APPROACHING THAT POSITION WHERE WE WOULD BE IN BINDING, YOU KNOW, SITUATION BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ONE STEP WORSE THAN THE BAD THAT IT ALREADY IS. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT ISN'T DONE WITHOUT SOME BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS AND AND SOME SACRIFICE. SO THANK YOU.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY PUBLIC THAT WAS NOT WITHIN OUR CONTROL.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT A DISTRICT GOES BELOW ZERO IN THAT, IS IT THEIR FAULT THAT THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO BINDING SITUATION? NOT THEIR FAULT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING.
WELL, KUDOS TO EVERYONE FOR HOPEFULLY KEEPING US FROM THERE.
YEAH. MICROPHONE. YEAH IT IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS MAKE SURE YOUR BUDGET IS BALANCED AND YOU MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
BUT OH YEAH WE CAN'T MEET OURS UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
SO I ASKED KRISTI IF THEY WERE GOING TO PAY A FINANCING FEE OR INTEREST ON THE MONEY THEY OWED US.
SHE LAUGHED AT ME. ACTUALLY, MAYBE WE'LL SEND THEM A BILL.
YEAH. OKAY. WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3.0 WHICH IS
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SHARING. I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SHARE AT THIS POINT.IT'S ON THERE. SO I JUST FOLLOW MY AGENDA. YEAH, I DO ACTUALLY.
SURE. I'M CURRENTLY READING A BOOK BY KATIE FOUST CALLED PRO-CHILD POLITICS, AND IT'S EVERY ASPECT OF DECISIONS MADE, WHETHER THEY'RE ECONOMIC, WHETHER THEY'RE LEGISLATIVE, WHETHER THEY'RE, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT TOPICS IN WHICH PUTTING CHILDREN AT THE CENTER OF THE DECISION CLEARLY HAS NOT BEEN HAPPENING AT THE LEGISLATURE. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST SO OBVIOUS THAT THEY ARE NOT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR AS A PRIORITY IN WASHINGTON STATE. THEY'VE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR.
CHILDREN DON'T MATTER LIKE THEY OUGHT TO. SO THAT BOOK PRO-CHILD POLITICS, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. AND I JUST HAD A REQUEST. I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW CPM MATH HAS BEEN WORKING OUT. I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'VE ADOPTED IT A FEW YEARS AGO.
I T WAS NEVER MY FAVORITE THING, AND I'M REALLY CURIOUS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SOME OF THE TEACHERS THAT ARE USING IT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IT IN ACTION. I WILL PROBABLY CAN'T DO THAT THIS YEAR.
GIVEN THAT WE HAVE TO. THAT'S TRUE. SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO REVISIT IN THE FALL.
GIVEN THAT OUR STAFF, I'M REALLY PROTECTIVE OVER THEIR SUMMERS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE ON ALL THE TIME, BUT I'M SURE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO GET IN AND SEE SOME CLASSROOMS THIS FALL.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE STAFF THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. OKAY.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S A YOU KNOW, NANCY AND I WILL.
WELL, I'M SURE YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THIS TOO.
THE WHOLE THE CRITIQUE OF WHOLE LANGUAGE AND HOW IT'S USED.
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AND WE'VE BEEN, WE MOVED PAST, THAT'S OLD A STORY.I HEARD IT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, STARTED HEARING ABOUT IT, AND SO WE IMPLEMENTED SOME SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS THIS YEAR WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME REALLY GREAT OUTCOMES FROM THAT.
AND SO ANYWAY, ALL GOOD THINGS FOR US TO PUT ON OUR DOCKET FOR NEXT YEAR.
WELL, YEAH. AND THE BUSINESS ABOUT OUTCOMES, WE FREQUENTLY GET ACCOSTED BY PEOPLE.
WHY CAN'T OUR KIDS READ? IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW I CAN'T SAY I'VE HAD GREAT EXPOSURE, BUT WHAT I HAVE SEEN, IT SEEMED LIKE KIDS WERE LEARNING TO READ. I MEAN, CERTAINLY.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET THE COMMUNITY TO SEE THE SAME THINGS THAT WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF, BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY THING THEY GET IS THE TEST SCORES FROM THE STATE.
WELL, AND THOSE TEST SCORES, I HAVE TO SAY, AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE SHARED THIS PUBLICLY BEFORE, I DIDN'T LEARN TO READ TILL FIFTH GRADE. MY CHILDREN DIDN'T LEARN TO READ TILL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ALL OF THEM ARE DOING GREAT. I GOT A DOCTORATE DEGREE.
I MEAN, RIGHT, LIKE, THERE'S RELEVANCE IN SOME OF IT.
AND THERE ARE SOME CHILDREN THAT JUST DON'T TEST WELL.
AND WE DON'T TEACH TO THE TEST. WE TEACH TO THE CHILD.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T SPEND OUR TIME THAT WAY. SO WHAT WE DO TRACK IS THE PROGRESS MONITORING THAT HAPPENS IN THE I.READY, AND YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT IN THE FALL REPORT.
SO ANYWAY, REALLY GOOD THINGS HAPPENING AND REAL SYSTEM CHANGE TAKES ABOUT 3 TO 5 YEARS.
IT JUST TAKES SOME TIME. AND SO WE'RE WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THAT.
WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE IS GOING BACKWARDS.
WE WANT TO SEE THOSE TEST RESULTS STAGNATING OR GOING UP, AND WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT.
SO THAT'S GOOD. AND BOBBY'S IN THE MIDDLE. HE JUST GOT ALL THE RAW DATA.
HE'S TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. BUT HE ALSO HAS THE SUMMER OFF.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BREAK HERE. AND IT'S MUCH NEEDED THIS YEAR, I THINK.
SO I LOVE ALL THAT. YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE, PEGGY.
YEAH, BUT. OKAY, I JUST IT'S FUNNY TO ME BECAUSE IN HAVING YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO , YOU KNOW, FROM WHEN MY KIDS WERE IN SCHOOL AND IT'S LIKE, OH, WELL, WE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
IT'S LIKE, WELL, THAT'S GOOD, BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO GO.
AND THEN SOMEHOW OR OTHER, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, THE SCIENCE SHIFTED.
AND AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GONE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND IT'S I JUST WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW.
OH, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING WHAT'S HAPPENING. YEAH.
OKAY. BECAUSE. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, SEEING NOTHING ELSE TAKES US TO THE FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT. SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
AND THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.