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GOOD AFTERNOON. THE MEETING IS NOW CONVENED AT 1:09PM.
[CALL TO ORDER]
THIS IS THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES.
A QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF MEMBERS IS PRESENT IN THE AUDITORIUM.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY ON ZOOM. CORRECT. OKAY.
[SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS]
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS TO AGENDA ITEMS. PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK PRIOR TO THE MEETING TIME.PER CURRENT PROTOCOL, VERBAL AND OTHER DISRUPTIONS BY PERSONS DURING THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE AS THEY INHIBIT THE BOARD'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO OBSERVE THOSE PROCESSES.
PERSONS WHO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH BEHAVIOR WILL BE GIVEN ONE WARNING, AND IF THE BEHAVIOR IS REPEATED, THEY WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING. WE HAVE SIX REGISTERED SPEAKERS WHO WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES EACH PER BOARD POLICY.
WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AND THE TIMER RINGS, WE'LL WE WILL HEAR FROM IN-PERSON SPEAKERS FOLLOWED BY SPEAKERS ON ZOOM, IF ANY, IN PERSON. SPEAKERS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE IN YOUR NUMBERED ORDER.
PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND WHEN YOU BEGIN YOUR REMARKS, EMILY SMITH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR SPEAKERS SPEAKERS ONE THROUGH FIVE. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. JESSIE HAYNER, IF I TOLD YOU TODAY THAT I HAD A MIRACLE PILL THAT GUARANTEES THAT YOU CAN LOSE 20 POUNDS IN 20 DAYS, WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME? WHAT IF I TOLD YOU IT WORKS? BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT WORK? EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO PEER REVIEWED DATA EXCEPT A PAPER THAT MY BUDDIES IN DALLAS WROTE.
IT HASN'T BEEN THROUGH ANY REVIEW PROCESS. IT WORKS FOR EVERYONE, THOUGH, BECAUSE THIS PERFORMANCE, THIS PILL, PERFORMS A WHOLE SCALE, SYSTEMIC TRANSFORMATION ON YOUR BODY.
JUST GIVE ME HALF $1 MILLION AND IT'S YOURS. WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME? OR WOULD YOU THINK THAT I'M MANIPULATING YOU FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL GAIN? FOR MY OWN PERSONAL GAIN? I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT A SCHOOL THAT MIKE MILES CALLS A MIRACLE.
I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE WAINWRIGHT COMMUNITY.
DURING OUR MIRACLE NES YEAR, WE LOST 37 STAFF MEMBERS.
TEN OUT OF OUR ROUGHLY 30 TEACHERS WERE UNCERTIFIED FIRST YEAR TEACHERS.
OUR LIBRARY PROGRAM WAS REMOVED AND OUR STUDENTS LEARN ONLY FROM POWERPOINTS AND WORKSHEETS.
DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT OUR SCHOOL WENT FROM AN F TO AN A IN ONE YEAR, BECAUSE STUDENT OUTCOMES HAVE IMPROVED? OR DO YOU THINK SOMEONE WHO STANDS TO GAIN HALF A MILLION PER YEAR MIGHT BE MOVING STUDENTS AROUND TO MAKE HIS MIRACLE NES PROGRAM LOOK GOOD AND MANIPULATING YOU FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL GAIN? PLEASE PULL ALL FUNDING FOR MIKE MILES NES MIRACLE SCAM DURING BUDGET SEASON THIS YEAR, SO WE CAN START TO REBUILD OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, TRACEY LASZEWSKI SPEAKING TO THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
LAST WEEK'S WORKSHOP RAISED SOME QUESTIONS WHICH I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE TIME TO FIND THE ANSWERS TO ADMINISTRATION, STATED THAT PUA SCHOOLS WILL ONLY RECEIVE 30% OF ANY NEW STATE ALLOTMENT DOLLARS.
I DID THE MATH ON THE SCENARIOS AND EXAMPLES GIVEN OVER THE PAST TWO WORKSHOPS.
LAST YEAR, THOSE SCHOOLS RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF 85% OF THE STATE ALLOTMENT.
SO WHY NOW? ARE THEY ONLY RECEIVING 30% OF ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING? ADMINISTRATION STATED THAT 40% OF A STATE ALLOTMENT DOLLAR IS NEEDED FOR SALARIES, AND 75% OF THAT 40% IS NEEDED FOR TEACHER SALARIES.
BUT PUA CAMPUSES PAY THE BULK OF THEIR SALARIES VIA THEIR OWN BUDGET.
ROUGHLY 90 TO 98% OF THEIR ALLOTMENT IS USED FOR SALARIES.
SO TO SAY THAT MONEY IS BEING WITHHELD FROM PUA CAMPUSES FOR SALARIES DOESN'T RING ENTIRELY TRUE.
IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE ADMINISTRATION IS BASING THE ADA ON CYCLES THREE AND FOUR WHEN, AS STATED IN THE LAST WORKSHOP HISD RECEIVES FUNDING ON CYCLES ONE THROUGH FOUR.
WHAT IS THE VALUE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE RECEIVE VERSUS WHAT WILL BE ALLOCATED TO CAMPUSES?
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FINALLY, DURING LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS, BOARD Q&A FOR WORKSHOPS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.AS YET THEY ARE NOT. THANK YOU FOR ENSURING THERE ARE SO MANY WORKSHOPS THIS YEAR.
TRANSPARENCY IS THE KEY TO REBUILDING COMMUNITY TRUST.
YOU'LL SOON BE TASKED WITH APPROVING ANOTHER CLOSE TO $2 BILLION BUDGET.
PLEASE MAKE GOOD USE OF THIS TIME TO GET SUITABLE ANSWERS TO HARD QUESTIONS.
MY NAME IS JUDY CHANG. I SPOKE HERE LAST WEEK AND SOME OF YOU WERE NOT HERE LAST WEEK.
LET ME BE CLEAR ONCE AGAIN. WHEN MANDATED SALARY INCREASES GO UNFUNDED, YOU'RE CUTTING THE SCHOOL BUDGET AND YOU ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE STUDENT LEARNING. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CORE STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES DOMINATE THE EVALUATION SYSTEM? WITH LIMITED BUDGET, PRINCIPAL ARE LEFT WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO CUT THE VERY PROGRAMS THAT MAKE SCHOOL MEANINGFUL FOREIGN LANGUAGES, FINE ARTS, AND ATHLETICS. ARE WE TRYING TO ACCELERATE HISD'S ENROLLMENT DECLINE BY STRIPPING SCHOOLS OF THE PROGRAMS THAT MAKE SENSE, AND TO TURN THEM INTO TEST PREP CENTERS? WHY ISN'T MONEY FOLLOWING STUDENTS TO THEIR CAMPUS? OF THE PROPOSED $250 INCREASE IN THE STATE BASIC ALLOTMENT? WHY ARE SCHOOL ONLY SEEING 75? HE RECEIVED NOT JUST STATE FUNDING, BUT ALSO LOCAL AND FEDERAL FUNDS, YET ONLY A FRACTION OF THAT REACH OUR CAMPUSES.
LET'S NOT FORGET 80% OF STUDENTS ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
THEIR NEEDS DOESN'T CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL THEY ATTEND.
BUT YET, PER STUDENT, ALLOCATION STILL VARIES DRASTICALLY FROM ONE CAMPUS TO ANOTHER.
I'M DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED BY THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
NO Q AND A'S HAVE BEEN POSTED, LEAVING FAMILIES AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DARK.
AT THIS POINT, ONLY YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS THAT TO DRIVE THE MEANINGFUL CHANGES, CHANGES THAT PRIORITIZE REAL LEARNING AND GIVE OUR SCHOOLS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE EXCELLENT, NOT JUST ADEQUATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS PRESENT? THERE IS NO SPEAKER ON ZOOM AT THIS TIME. SO THIS CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS.
DO WE HAVE ASSUMED. SPEAKER. NO. OKAY.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR HEARING OF SPEAKERS TO THE AGENDA ITEMS.
[WORKSHOP TOPIC: 2025–2026 DISTRICT BUDGET]
WE'LL NOW ADDRESS OUR WORKSHOP TOPIC, THE 2025- 2026 DISTRICT BUDGET.SUPERINTENDENT MILES. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SIR.
I'LL DO IT FROM THE PODIUM, SIR. LET ME JUST CLARIFY TOO.
SO THERE ARE NO HEARINGS TODAY. JUST A WORKSHOP.
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MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE'RE HERE FOR WORKSHOP NUMBER FOUR.IN THIS WORKSHOP, WE SAID WE WOULD GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR QUICKLY, JUST A BIG OVERVIEW OF CAMPUS BUDGETS, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS. NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE THE BUDGET AGAIN, BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE FINE TUNED AND HERE'S OUR TIMELINE AGAIN, BUDGETS DUE IN JUNE.
SO WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS TIMELINE FAIRLY WELL.
JUST TO REMIND YOU WHERE WE TRY TO PRIORITIZE OUR RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN TRANSFORMATION AND IN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET, WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
I SAID TO THE BOARD LAST TIME, AND I'LL REPEAT, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO A BALANCED BUDGET, WHICH IS WHICH WILL HELP WITH THIS SUSTAINABILITY NOTION EITHER THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR AND I THINK WE'LL BE WELL ON OUR WAY TO THAT. AT THE SAME TIME, TRYING TO KEEP THE CUTS AS FAR AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOM AS POSSIBLE.
BUT REALLY, THE BUDGET SHOULD FOLLOW OUR ACTIONS.
WE HAVE TO GET STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND GET KIDS READY FOR YEAR 2035.
I'VE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS ALMOST MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE.
WHETHER IT'S MILITARY, WHETHER IT'S STATE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S EDUCATION AND I'VE BEEN IN VERY BIG ORGANIZATIONS, AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SPRING. IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS WHERE YOU TRY TO BRING IN THE BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN AS YOU WORK ON THE NEXT YEAR AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN RIGHT NOW.
SO THE MATERIALS THAT YOU GOT IN PRE-READ, THE MATERIALS YOU GET TODAY, THE MATERIALS YOU GET NEXT WEEK WILL BE CHANGING AND THEN ONCE WE GET CLOSER TO THE BUDGET IN JUNE, IT'S GOING TO CHANGE AGAIN BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE WILL COME OUT WITH FINAL NUMBERS AND THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE NUMBERS WE'RE ASSUMING. WE'RE STILL PRETTY CLOSE TO OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS, METHODOLOGIES THAT WE GAVE YOU BACK IN FEBRUARY.
ALL RIGHT. NONETHELESS EVERY DAY WE ARE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.
LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE EXAMPLES. I KNOW THIS IS OFF SCRIPT FOR MY TEAM, BUT LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF WHAT I MEAN BY ITERATIVE AND WHY THESE CHANGES LAST NIGHT OR YESTERDAY AT 4:00 THE ASSESSED VALUATION CAME OUT.
NOT AND IT WON'T COME OUT A DAY EARLIER AND THEN IT'LL COME OUT IN ANOTHER MONTH A MONTH, A DIFFERENT ASSESSED VALUATION, OR POSSIBLY A DIFFERENT ONE. AS A RESULT OF THE ASSESSED VALUATION, THAT'S THE MONEY WE GET FROM TAXES.
BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT OF OUR PROPERTY. AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE GET A CHANGE, ACTUALLY, IN THIS CASE, A CHANGE UP IN THE LOCAL REVENUE AND ADJUSTMENT DOWN IN THE STATE REVENUE.
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SO THAT HAPPENED AT 4:00 YESTERDAY AND SO THAT CHANGED LAST WEEK.I HAD A TALK WITH A COUPLE OF THE PRINCIPALS, HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.
WE TOLD YOU WE'RE TRYING TO HELP SCHOOLS WITH THEIR BUDGETING.
THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING FAIRLY WELL WITH THAT, BUT A COUPLE OF HIGH SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THE STATE CUT OUR HIGH SCHOOL SUBSIDIES AND SO WE NO LONGER HAVE THAT. THEY STILL WANTED SOME PORTION OF THAT.
THAT'S A $2.1 MILLION IMPACT ON OUR BOTTOM LINE.
WE ARE LOOKING JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER ORGANIZATION IN TEXAS.
IF YOU DON'T SPEND ALL YOUR GRANT MONEY, THE EFFORT RIGHT NOW IS TO SAY, HEY, ARE THERE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT THE GRANT MONIES COULD BE USED FOR? WE PULL IT FROM GENERAL FUND. WE PUT IT IN THE GRANT.
THAT IS A NORMAL PROCESS AND THAT CHANGES OUR BOTTOM LINE.
AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS DURING THIS TIME.
SO I JUST AND YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO REMIND YOU AND THE PUBLIC THAT'S WHY NUMBERS CHANGE AND IT'S GOING TO BE A, YOU KNOW, UP AND DOWN A LITTLE PROCESS UNTIL WE GET TO JUNE AND EVEN THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MAKE SOME BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AS WE GET INFORMATION IN.
ALL RIGHT. SO OUR THIS IS A PROJECTION, RIGHT? ENROLLMENT COULD CHANGE. IT COULD BE HIGHER OR LOWER.
WE THINK 6500 IS A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER. WE PROBABLY WON'T LOSE THAT MANY STUDENTS.
BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS. AND BY THE WAY, THAT NUMBER CHANGED BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS HAVE COME TO US AND ARGUED THAT THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT FOR THEM.
NEXT YEAR THEN THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
THAT'S THE STATE CALCULATION AND THE REASON WHY IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY KIDS IN THOSE WEIGHTED FORMULAS BECAUSE WE'VE LOST, YOU KNOW, KIDS. SO IT'S NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE, BUT IT IS A DIFFERENCE AND THEN FINALLY I JUST TALKED ABOUT TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUES. THAT NUMBER WILL CHANGE EVERY MONTH A LITTLE BIT.
HOPEFULLY NOT TOO MUCH AND THEN ALL THE LEGISLATIVE BILLS RIGHT NOW ARE STILL YOU KNOW, HAVEN'T BEEN FINALIZED. SO THAT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, THAT'S ONE THING.
BUT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY BILL THAT'S NOT FINALIZED, THE [INAUDIBLE] IS NOT FINALIZED.
WE WILL REACT APPROPRIATELY ONCE WE GET NUMBERS FROM THE LEGISLATURE.
ALL RIGHT. SO THE BIG OVERVIEW AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE HEADLINE OR THE NARRATIVE IS THIS.
BASED ON OUR ASSUMPTIONS ON WHAT THE STATE AND LOCAL AND THE OTHER REVENUE STREAMS ARE.
WE WILL HAVE MORE MONEY COMING INTO THIS DISTRICT NEXT YEAR THAN WE DID THIS YEAR.
SOMEWHERE AROUND 94 MILLION. THAT COULD GO UP OR DOWN TO THE NEXT REPORT YOU MIGHT SEE.
MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BASED ON, LET'S SAY, THE SHAH'S ESTIMATE CHANGES.
SO 94 MILLION. SO THE STORYLINE HERE IS THAT WE WILL BE GETTING MORE REVENUE.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THE HEADLINE HERE IS WE ARE GOING AROUND. WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WE'RE NOT DONE, BUT WE ARE CUTTING WHAT WE CAN CUT.
KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE VESTIGES OF THE MISMANAGEMENT OF ESSER DOLLARS AND THE USE OF ESSER FUNDS IN RECURRING EXPENSES. LAST YEAR, WE DID NOT GET RID OF ALL THOSE RECURRING EXPENSES USED BY ESSER.
WE MADE A BIG DENT IN IT. THAT'S WHY WE WERE ABLE TO GO FROM A REVENUE STREAM THAT WAS SHORT $528 MILLION TO $246 MILLION DEFICIT AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT DOWN EVEN MORE.
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SO THE DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB OF CUTTING WHAT THEY CAN CUT.WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THAT PROCESS. WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT PURCHASE SERVICES.
WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT SOME POSITIONS. BUT YOU SEE THERE WE HAVE CUT BACK FOR NEXT YEAR OVER $50 MILLION FROM THE DEPARTMENTS. WE'VE CUT BOTH THE PUA AND THAT MOST OF THAT IS THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND THE NES.
BECAUSE ENROLLMENT DECREASE OR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT DECREASE, WE WON'T HAVE RECAPTURE AND THEN VARIOUS OTHER OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY ON.
THAT'S AN $80 MILLION DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES WHICH I THINK IS SPEAKS A LOT TO THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TRYING TO WORK AS EFFICIENTLY AND WITH AS FEW PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE DON'T INCREASE CLASS SIZE SO THAT WE KEEP SALARIES GOING UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE SCHOOLS, THE PROGRAMS IN THE SCHOOLS.
SO ALL TOTAL THIS CURRENT YEAR. REVENUE 2025.
THAT'S THIS CURRENT YEAR MINUS EXPENDITURES. I SAID WE HAD A 248.
IT'S $245 MILLION DEFICIT AND MOST OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE LOST $528 MILLION AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE $72 MILLION DIFFERENCE, THE NET CHANGE. SO OVERALL, THE FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, THESE ARE PROJECTED THIS WELL, THE 2025 IS BUDGETED. WE ARE BUDGETED AT $800 MILLION FUND BALANCE FOR NEXT YEAR AT THIS POINT IN TIME, $730 MILLION FUND BALANCE AND I SAY THAT OVER BECAUSE WE ARE NOT DONE.
WE HOPE WE WILL DECREASE EXPENDITURES IN APRIL, MAY AND JUNE OF THIS CURRENT YEAR, WHICH WILL RAISE THE PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE AND WILL CHANGE THE REVENUE BALANCE OR THE FUND BALANCE FOR 2026.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT AT THIS MINUTE. AND OVERALL, I THINK THE STORY IS IF WE DON'T BALANCE THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, I THINK IF WE CAN BRING THAT 71 TO 50 OR THAT 730 TO 750 WE WILL THEN BE ABLE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND WE CAN START MOVING THAT 750 BACK TO 800.
WE'LL HAVE A BETTER FEEL AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER FEEL IN JUNE, AFTER THE LEGISLATION AND AFTER WE'VE HAD AN ATTEMPT TO SEE IF WE'RE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THAT'S THE OVERALL FUND. GENERAL FUND. THE INITIAL 20,000 FOOT VIEW.
YOU ALL HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT PUA AND NES, SO I WANTED TO ANSWER THOSE AS PART OF THIS OVERVIEW.
SO THIS IS THE BROAD BRUSH FOR NEXT YEAR. THE TOTAL BUDGETS YOU SEE FOR PUA AND NES ARE THERE IN THE SECOND COLUMN. THE ENROLLMENT IS AS YOU SEE THERE AND THEN THE AVERAGE.
THAT'S JUST A DIVISION PROBLEM, RIGHT? THE TOTAL AMOUNT THIS IS TOTAL AMOUNT VERSUS ENROLLMENT AND SO THE AVERAGE PER PUPIL OPERATING REVENUE FOR PUA SCHOOL IS CLOSE TO 6000 AND FOR NES IT'S CLOSE TO 8300.
WE ARE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON UNDERSERVED KIDS.
HOW ARE WE SPENDING THAT MONEY? WE'RE SPENDING IT THIS WAY.
I SAID LAST TIME THAT THE MOST THE REASON, THE DIFFERENCES, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS TEACHER APPRENTICES, LEARNING COACHES AND THE SALARY. SO IF YOU IF YOU TOOK OUT TEACHER APPRENTICES, LEARNING COACHES AND THE DIFFERENCE IN AVERAGE SALARY AT NES WOULD BE MAKING ONLY $259 PER PUPIL THAN PUA.
SO THE BIG DIFFERENCE YOU SEE IS LEARNING COACHES, APPRENTICES AND SALARIES.
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IT'S NOT PROGRAMING, IT'S NOT MATERIALS. IT'S THAT AND THAT IS PART OF THE [INAUDIBLE].THAT IS THE MAIN THING OF THE NES MODEL, OR THE THINGS THAT COST ANYWAY.
THE MAIN THING OF INSTRUCTIONAL FEEDBACK THE MODEL WHERE WE DIFFERENTIATE INSTRUCTION, THE CURRICULUM, THOSE ARE NOT COSTLY. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT COST.
SO I WILL STOP THERE, SIR. BECAUSE WE'LL GO INTO FMO, BUT GIVE THE BOARD A CHANCE TO ASK. ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK THIS IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE GOT IN THE PRE-READ. SO IF WE COULD GET THE UPDATED, THAT'D BE GREAT.
ON PAGE NINE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ADA KIND OF REMAINING AT 94%.
IS THAT AVERAGE ACROSS THE STATE OR AND ALSO, IS THERE A WAY TO IMPROVE THAT WE'VE BEEN CONSIDERING SINCE IT'S SO IMPACTFUL TO OUR BUDGET? YEAH. I DON'T HAVE THE DATA IN FRONT OF ME.
IS THERE A WAY TO IMPROVE THAT? YES. YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE THE WHOLE COUNTRY HAS SUFFERED FROM POOR ATTENDANCE ESPECIALLY IN LARGE URBANS AND ABSENCES.
AND SO IT'S A LARGER PHENOMENON. THE ANSWER IS WE JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE VIGILANT AND CALLING PARENTS WHEN A KID IS ABSENT, MAKING SURE PRINCIPALS FOLLOW UP ON AND TEACHERS FOLLOW UP WHEN KIDS ARE ABSENT.
THERE'S NO TRIED AND TRUE WAY. 9,495% 5% IS NOT BAD.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS WITH 97, 96 AND THEN SOME SCHOOLS WITH 90.
SO IT'S A MATTER OF WORKING ON THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE LOWER ATTENDANCE.
OKAY. ON PAGE 11. SO ON I SEE THAT THE INCREASES TO THE EXPENDITURES ARE IDENTIFIED BY LINE ITEM ON THE REDUCTIONS OR THE DECREASES.
YES, MA'AM. IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU PRESENTED LAST MEETING? WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU THE LINE EACH DEPARTMENT HAS, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED LINE ITEMS. SO THIS IS THE SUM SUMMATION OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND I THINK DURING OUR LAST MEETING YOU WENT THROUGH SOME LARGE ITEMS THAT MAY HAVE FALLEN INTO THOSE DECREASES.
I ASSUME THOSE ARE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT DECREASES.
IT WILL PROBABLY BE LARGER THE NEXT TIME WE MEET.
OKAY. LARGER DECREASE. MEANING A DECREASE TO EXPENDITURES.
UNDERSTOOD. ON THE THE PUA LINE ITEM OF THE -17.1.
THAT IS, I ASSUME SCHOOL BUDGET CHANGES. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR ON THE PUA SCHOOLS.
OKAY. MOST OF THAT IS DUE TO PROJECTED ENROLLMENT DECREASE AND THE DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY.
REMEMBER WE CAPPED AT 12% OF THE BUDGET LOSS THIS YEAR.
WE GAVE THEM BACK 10% OF A BUDGET DECREASE AND THEN SAME QUESTION FOR THE NES.
NES THE REDUCTION IN 30 MILLION IS, I'M JUST ASKING, IS IT DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY REDUCTION IN CHILDREN? THAT'S RIGHT. SO ALMOST WE DO THE CROSSWALK AND WE ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF KIDS IN EACH SCHOOL AND MOST OF THE LARGE PORTION OF THE 6500, JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, THE ENROLLMENT DECREASE IS THE MAJORITY OF IT.
ACTUALLY MORE THAN THE MAJORITY IS IN THE NES SCHOOLS AND THEN ENROLLMENT DECREASE.
ON PAGE 14, THE ON THIS CAN WE GET THIS ALSO FOR LAST YEAR JUST TO DO A SIDE BY SIDE IF CALCULATED THE SAME. YEP. CERTAINLY CAN.
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THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. YOU MENTIONED THE HIGH SCHOOL SUBSIDY THAT THE STATE DOESN'T PROVIDE.IS THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH HIGH SCHOOLS REFLECTED IN THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE SUMMARY YET? OR WILL WE SEE THAT NEXT MONTH? THE HIGH SCHOOL BUDGETS? YES. THE. YOU SAID YOU WERE WORKING WITH SOME HIGH SCHOOLS ON THE SUBSIDY.
THAT DOESN'T EXIST, BUT YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO GIVE SOME FUNDING BACK? YES.
SO YOU SEE THAT IN THE P THE WHOLE PUA NUMBER.
SO THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE IN THAT PUA NUMBER OF 17 MILLION.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT IS. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER THAN THAT OR YEAH, HIGHER THAN THAT.
BUT WE PUT 2 MILLION BACK IN. GOT IT. THANK YOU.
THAT'S WHERE THAT IS AND JUST BECAUSE THE ONE THING I KNOW THE BOARD WAS INTERESTED IN IS THE WEIGHTS, AND WE'RE. I'LL REMIND YOU, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO FINISH, AND WE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION NOT TO CHANGE THE WEIGHTS FOR ANY SCHOOL, MUCH, MUCH LESS HIGH SCHOOL, UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
SO THIS FALL, WE WILL INVOLVE THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND FINANCE, OF COURSE, AND WE WILL KEEP THE BOARD APPRIZED OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE WEIGHTS AND THE ALLOCATIONS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT THE FACT THAT THE STATE CUT OUR CUT HIGH SCHOOL ALLOTMENTS REALLY HIGH SCHOOLS NEED SOME SORT OF SUBSIDY TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, SUBSIDIZED HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT'S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.
SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT A LITTLE BIT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SORT OF SUBSIDY AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT TOGETHER AND AT THE SAME TIME USE THE WEIGHTS FOR EB AND SPD AND THINGS LIKE THAT THE STATE CHANGES SO THAT WE HAVE A GOOD WEIGHTING PROGRAM THAT FITS HOUSTON, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN CHANGED FOR 20 YEARS.
THANK YOU. THE OBVIOUSLY OUR SENSITIVITY TO ENROLLMENT IS SOMETHING THAT'S TOP OF MIND AND I IMAGINE YOU AND YOUR TEAM TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT. THIS WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING I WOULD IMAGINE YOU COULD ANSWER TODAY, BUT THE IDEA THAT FOR US AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE DISTRICT IS NOW THAT WE HAVE A DEMOGRAPHER AS WELL, HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS, HOW WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE WHAT THIS DATA MEANS FOR US, NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE I IMAGINE THAT SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING ARE BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS AROUND OUR TRENDS IN ENROLLMENT, NOT JUST NOW, BUT IN THE FUTURE. BUT ALSO, I WOULD HOPE THAT SOME OF THAT DATA COULD ALSO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND AND NOT JUST JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS THAT THESE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ARE IMPACTED BY THE COMMUNITY'S REACTION TO THE TRANSFORMATION.
SO IT WOULD I WOULD IMAGINE IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE SHIFTS MIGHT BE HAPPENING AND THAT WOULD HELP ME MAYBE BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR ENROLLMENT HOW WE REACT TO THIS ENROLLMENT CHANGE OVERALL.
YEAH, THAT IS RIGHT. THE SENSITIVITY ENROLLMENT IS A BIG PART OF OUR BUDGETING PROCESS AND LOSING ENROLLMENT IS REALLY TOUGH ON ANY BUDGET, AND LOSING THIS MANY KIDS IS TOUGH.
WE'RE MAKING THE ASSUMPTION BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S THERE'S ALL KINDS OF VARIABLES THAT IMPACT THE ENROLLMENT.
WE'RE INCLUDING DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE KIDS MOVE.
WE FOUND OUT RECENTLY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THERE ARE MANY FEWER NES STUDENTS WHO APPLIED TO FOR MAGNET TRANSFER THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR. SO THAT ALSO IMPACTS ENROLLMENT.
SO THAT MEANS THEY'RE STAYING AT THE NES SCHOOL.
THERE'S STILL TRANSFERS BUT REQUESTS TO OR APPLICATIONS FOR MAGNET SCHOOLS, BUT NOT AS MANY.
SO THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON WHERE THE ENROLLMENT IS HAPPENING.
WE KNOW THAT DEMOGRAPHICALLY KIDS ARE NOT NOT AS MANY YOUNGER KIDS ARE THERE.
NOT AS MANY YOUNG KIDS OR BABIES IN HOUSTON. THAT'S A FACT AND THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR A WHILE.
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WE DON'T KNOW THE IMPACT OF VOUCHERS, BUT ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY, YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.THAT'S A CRITICAL LEVERAGE POINT. BY THE WAY, WE STARTED A TASK FORCE TO TRY TO TARGET SPECIFIC SCHOOLS AND HELP THEM WITH ENROLLMENT. IT'S CALLED HEAT H.E.A.T. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT STANDS FOR, BUT THEY'RE BRINGING THE HEAT TO SOME CAMPUSES TO TRY TO GET THE ENROLLMENT UP. BUT THE POINT IS, YES, THIS IS CRITICAL.
IT'S A LEVERAGE POINT. WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT.
WE THINK WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, SO THAT WE CAN THEN TARGET OUR SUPPORTS FOR THAT AND DO BETTER IN BUDGETING.
OKAY. PAUL IS HERE. HELLO. I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ALLOTMENTS.
WE'VE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT PUA VERSUS NES.
BUT TO GROUND MY THINKING IN THE COMMUNITY'S THINKING, CAN YOU REMIND US WHY WE ARE CHOOSING THIS GROUP OF KIDS AND HAVING THIS FUNDING DIFFERENCE? YEAH, THANKS FOR ASKING AND GIVING ME A CHANCE TO EXPOUND ON IT.
YES. OUR MOST OF THE SCHOOLS, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE STARTED WITH THE F CAMPUSES.
D&F CAMPUSES. WE STARTED WITH 28 SCHOOLS, BUT THEN WE EXPANDED TO D&F'S 57 OTHER SCHOOLS.
SO 85 SCHOOLS, WE ADDED 45 SCHOOLS THAT WERE F CAMPUSES OR LOW D, AND THEN THE HIGH D'S COULD JOIN IF THEY WANTED TO, AND 20 OF THEM DID SO. THESE ARE MOSTLY OUR LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS.
NOT EVERY ONE OF THEM, BUT MOSTLY. NOW MANY OF THEM HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE D AND F CATEGORY.
BUT WHEN WE STARTED, THAT'S WHERE IT WAS AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TERM RESONATES MOST, BUT MOST OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE IN OUR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, UNDERSERVED AREAS OF TOWN.
AND SO THE WAY TO COMBAT THAT AND THE MODUS VIVENDI OF NES IS TO PUT YOUR HIGHEST PERFORMING TEACHERS WITH YOUR LOWEST PERFORMING STUDENTS AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS THAT WE KNOW WORK TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION AND ACHIEVEMENT. SO THE BIGGEST PARTS OF THAT LOWEST, HIGHEST PERFORMING TEACHERS, LOWEST PERFORMING KIDS, WE'VE GOT TO INCENTIVIZE. THAT'S WHY THE SALARY DIFFERENCE MATTERS.
AND THAT'S HALF OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PUA TO NES.
AND THEN THE OTHER HALF OF THAT DIFFERENCE IS TEACHER APPRENTICES AND LEARNING COACHES.
SO IF YOU WERE TO ASK THE TEACHERS, THEIR LEARNING COACHES AND TEACHER APPRENTICES PROVIDE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FOR TEACHER WHEN THEY'RE INSTRUCTING FOR THE TEAM CENTER, EVEN DISCIPLINE IN THE HALLWAY BECAUSE THERE'S MORE ADULTS.
SO THAT IS THE WHY AND MAYBE AT SOME POINT YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PROVIDE LEARNING COACHES AND TEACHER APPRENTICES TO THE PUA SCHOOLS FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE ALREADY AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IN THE BUDGET LINE ITEM.
WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE 65 TEACHER RESIDENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE UNIVERSITY PROGRAM, THEIR PIPELINE FOR CERTIFIED TEACHERS. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO ACT AS TEACHER APPRENTICES AND MANY OF THEM WE WILL PUT IN THE PUA SCHOOLS THAT ARE SPECIAL FOCUS.
SO WE'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT'S ON TOP OF THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUDGET FOR IT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SUPPORT WORKS.
THEN WE HAVE MONEY TO HELP THE OTHER SCHOOLS WITH THOSE SORTS OF PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD ADAM. THANK YOU SIR. I THINK I'LL GO TO THE NUMBERS JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THE FIRST AREA THAT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. ONE. THE GOAL RIGHT, THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS A BALANCED BUDGET AND THAT THE THAT NUMBER IS THAT 800 MILLION THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST.
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AND WE GET THAT. BUT WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL WILL ALLOW US ALL TO BE TREKKING TOWARDS THE SAME PLACE.THERE ARE A FEW THINGS ON 25 AND 26 THAT SEEM MATERIAL, MATERIALLY DIFFERENT.
AND SO IF YOU GO TO LIKE THE SUMMARY GRAND FUND, GENERAL FUND SUMMARY.
A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, I THINK THE VERY FIRST ONE.
YEAH. THERE WE GO. SO AND I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE I DON'T WE DON'T HAVE TO LINE ITEM ANYTHING.
BUT WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS TO KIND OF GET A CONNECTION POINT ON SOME OF THESE.
SO THE THINGS I NOTICED THAT AREN'T HERE ARE LIKE MAINTENANCE NOTES ANY INSURANCE RECOUPMENT TRANSFERS IN AND ANY NET INVESTMENT INCOME. IN THE PAST, THOSE THINGS HAVE FLOWN IN AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BUDGET AND WE'VE MOVED SEVERAL ITEMS FROM OTHER AREAS INTO THE TOP LINE.
SO I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD SEE ALL OF THEM FLOW UP.
YEAH. YES, SIR. SO JUST QUICKLY ON THIS PAGE HERE, THE TRANSFERS IN SHOULD BE UNDER WHAT OTHER SOURCES? OTHER SOURCES. WHAT? SO OTHER SOURCES ARE TRANSFERS IN.
BUT THE MAINTENANCE TAX NOTES ARE A SEPARATE LINE ITEM.
BUT WHAT YOU SEE IS THE DEBT PAYMENT ON THE TAX NOTE AS 8 MILLION.
SO MAINTENANCE TAX NOTES IS NOT PART OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
THE 8 MILLION, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE INTEREST ON THAT, IS PART OF THE GENERAL FUND.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THIS PAGE HERE. SO, I MEAN, THAT'S A COUPLE OF THERE WAS THERE SOME THERE WAS ONE, THERE'S SOME OTHER STUFF, BUT JUST AT A BIG PICTURE LEVEL, THERE WERE PROBABLY JUST EXPLAINING THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE HELPFUL.
RIGHT? BUT WE'RE SPENDING THAT MONEY NEXT YEAR.
AND SO IT'S LIKE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING? YES, I MAYBE I'M WRONG. I THOUGHT WE SHOWED YOU WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND FOR THE MAINTENANCE TAX NOTES AND IF I DIDN'T, I APOLOGIZE. BUT WE COULD ALSO INCLUDE IT IN THE APPENDIX FOR THE BOARD.
IT WAS IN THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP. OKAY. BUT WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP AS AN APPENDIX AND I THINK IF THOSE ARE CALLED OUT, IT JUST HELPS TO SEE THE FLOW AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WITH RESPECT TO LIKE 24, 25, 26 HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THOSE ACTUALS VERSUS CURRENT LIKE IN MY MIND, THERE'S A PIECE MISSING, BUT THERE MAY NOT BE, AND THAT'S OKAY.
BUT BY CONNECTING THE DOTS FOR US, IT WILL HELP ME TO ENSURE THAT I SEE THE WHOLE FLOW OF EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES AND THEN IF WE CAN CATEGORIZE ANY MATERIAL CHANGES THERE, THAT'D BE GREAT. I THINK ALSO ABOUT THE WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PUA SCHOOLS VERSUS THE NES.
THANK YOU FOR THE ELABORATION ON THAT AND THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME TO GUIDE IT.
THE THING THAT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING TO ME IS THE AMOUNT THAT NOW IS A REDUCTION FOR THE PUA. IT SEEMS LIKE THE ORIGINAL CALCULATION OR THE FIRST WORKING DOCUMENT WE HAD DIDN'T INCLUDE THE $75 AND THIS ONE DOES.
OR MAYBE IT DID AND THAT WAS A MISALIGNMENT JUST ON MY PART.
JIM DID IT DID THIS ONE INCLUDE AND BUT THE SECOND TIME AROUND IT DID.
OKAY. SO THE NUMBER JUST INCREASED. AND THAT'S OKAY.
IT'S JUST THERE WAS A CHANGE THERE. RIGHT. FOR ALL OF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS DANIEL FLORES.
HE IS OUR SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SO IN ANY CASE WE ALSO ADDED 15% FOR BENEFITS. SO I THINK THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT WASN'T THERE AND THEN WE CAME BACK AND WE PUT IN THE BENEFITS.
GOT IT. SO THE ORIGINAL NUMBER DIDN'T HAVE BENEFITS. YOU TOOK IT OUT AND THEN GOT IT.
GOOD. AND NEXT. AND FINALLY I THINK IS.
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HOW WE VALIDATE AND ENROLL THOSE NUMBERS UP, WHETHER IT'S PUA OR NES.I THINK YOU'VE GOT A GOOD PROCESS. IT JUST AS THE AS WE SHIFT THINGS.
I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO GO BACK TO LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE WHEN I LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURE PAGE, WHICH I THINK WE'RE ON NOW.
THE BUDGET WE HAD FOR 2025, PUA VERSUS NES DON'T SEEM TO LINE UP TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR DOCUMENTED AND SO I'M TRYING TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS AS WELL. YEAH, IT'S CERTAINLY DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
WE WILL BRING YOU IN. WE HAVE IN OUR NOTES THAT WE WILL BRING YOU KNOW WHAT? WE THINK THAT THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE PUA AND THE NES SCHOOLS CURRENTLY, NOW, RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL PROJECT THE LAST TWO MONTHS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THERE. BUT I THINK THAT'S A MUCH BETTER COMPARISON THAN TRY TO GO FROM BUDGET TO BUDGET, BECAUSE YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR AT THIS PROCESS, WE'RE KIND OF AT THE SAME THING.
IT'S OUR BEST GUESS. AND NOW WE CAN BRING YOU, YOU KNOW, PRETTY ACCURATELY WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO END THIS YEAR WITH VERSUS OUR PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR. DOES THAT WORK? IT DOES AND YEAH, I THINK THAT GETS TO MY OTHER QUESTION, WHICH WAS THAT SIDE BY SIDE ACTUALS VERSUS BUDGET.
SO THAT'LL BE PERFECT. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU.
SUPERINTENDENT. FOR THE TIME. LET ME SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROCESS, I HAD THE SAME CONCERNS THAT I DID LAST YEAR WITH REGARD TO PUA CAMPUSES AND WHETHER THE BUDGET THAT WE WERE ALLOCATING FOR THEM WERE GOING TO HELP US MEET THE OUTCOMES.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. WE GAVE THEM THE $75 FOR THE FOR CAMPUS.
AND THEN WE ALSO COVERED THE CENTRAL THE EXPENSES FOR SALARY AS WELL.
IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT. AND THAT'S A PROJECTION.
I KNOW I THINK WE MADE THE ASSUMPTION OF $240.
RIGHT. SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE. RIGHT. $250 FOR THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AND THEN SOME FOR ENTITLEMENTS, AND THEN. SO IF IT INCREASES OVER 250, LIKE, HOW WOULD THAT HOW WOULD THAT GO DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL? WOULD THAT WOULD BE THE SAME 30%? LET ME INTERJECT THAT CURRENTLY WE ARE USING THE 395.
WE THOUGHT THAT WHEN THE HOUSE BILL TWO WENT INTO COMMITTEE, THAT IT SEEMED TO US THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE GEARING FOR AND OUR CONTACTS IN AUSTIN ALSO SAID THAT THEY FELT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE 395.
SO IF IN FACT, IT ENDS UP BACK DOWN TOWARDS THE 250 220 BECAUSE THE HOUSE, THE SENATE VERSION IS 220 AND THE HOUSE VERSION IS 395, AND THE HOUSE BILL, HOUSE BILL TWO IS KIND OF THE MAIN VEHICLE THAT WE FEEL WILL BE, YOU KNOW, PASSED BY THE SENATE AND END UP ON THE GOVERNOR'S TABLE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, I MEAN, THIS IS PART OF THIS DANCE I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT, WITH THIS ITERATIVE PROCESS STILL, IF IT'S 3.94, WE WILL PUT OR 3.95 WE ARE REQUIRED AND WE WILL RAISE TEACHER SALARIES BY X AMOUNT.
SO TEACHER SALARIES WILL PROBABLY GO UP AND THEN WE WILL LOOK AT ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO PUA ALLOCATION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO RUN THEIR PROGRAMS AND SO, CHIEF, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT THE $75 PROJECTED IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 3.95 IS WHAT YOU PROJECTED THAT OFF OF. SO NO, THAT WAS BASED ON 250 OKAY.
THAT'S RIGHT. 4395 I'M SORRY. OH BASED ON 2 20.
SO IF THAT BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASES OVER 250, THAT DIFFERENCE THAT DELTA WHAT WOULD WE? AGAIN LOOKING AT YOU GUYS SO THAT I DON'T GET IN TROUBLE.
WE'LL HAVE TO ADJUST BOTH. YEAH WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
BUT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT IF IT TURNS OUT THAT WE GET THE 395 THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS NUMBER, AND THAT THE BOTTOM LINE RIGHT NOW IS, YOU KNOW, 70 MILLION, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUND BALANCE.
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SO, YOU KNOW, ANY MONEY THAT WE ADD ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE IS GOING TO INCREASE THAT AND IT'S GOING TO DECREASE YOUR, YOU KNOW, FUND BALANCE AND TAKE US FURTHER AWAY FROM A BALANCED BUDGET.YEAH. WELL LOOK ALL THAT CLOSELY. BUT YOU KNOW I THINK THAT 395 WILL ALSO DEPEND ON SENATE BILL 26.
I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, WELL, ACTUALLY PROBABLY EVERY LEGISLATIVE YEAR, THERE'S SOME MANDATES FROM THE STATE. DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY ADDITIONAL MANDATES WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE THE APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THAT? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. BUT WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE HOUSE BILL THREE MANDATE ALREADY, WHICH WAS UNFUNDED.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OUTSTANDING STATE GRANT ON SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT HAS NOT BEEN PUT OUT THERE FOR US TO APPLY AGAIN FOR ANY DISTRICT TO APPLY, WHICH IMPACTS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THERE ARE THINGS OUT THERE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM US IF THEY'RE NOT ADDRESSED IN THE LEGISLATION. SOUNDS GOOD AND THEN TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DECREASING ENROLLMENT.
HAVE WE REVIEWED THAT TO DETERMINE AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD OUTCOMES. HAVE WE DETERMINED OR REVIEWED THOSE CONTRACTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE ALSO INCREASING AND GROWING AS WELL AND THEN THE IMPACT TO POTENTIAL BUDGET IN THE FUTURE.
YEAH, I THINK ALL OF THEM ARE UP FOR RENEWAL THIS COMING YEAR.
OKAY. SO YES, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE RUNNING GOOD PROGRAMS. I THINK THEIR ENROLLMENT IS PRETTY STABLE. BUT WE WILL I WILL GIVE YOU MUCH MORE INFORMATION IN THE FALL AS WE BRING THIS CHARTER RENEWAL PROCESS TO THE BOARD. OKAY. AND THEN LAST QUESTION SO YOU MENTIONED UNDERSERVED KIDS, WHICH I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. A LOT OF THE NES PROGRAMS HAVE NOT HAD THEIR ADEQUATE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR THAT, BUT THERE'S UNDERSERVED KIDS IN OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST ANY SCHOOL. IT'S BEEN IN PUA CAMPUSES, TOO.
AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WAS, ARE THERE LIKE NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO HAVE THAT WERE NOT THAT PERHAPS WE'RE ASKING THE CAMPUS TO PAY FOR AND NOT NECESSARILY CENTRAL OFFICE? I THINK ONE QUICK EXAMPLE WOULD BE THAT WE'RE ASKING CAMPUSES TO HAVE PRE-K, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE WE WANT ENROLLMENT UP, BUT WE'RE ONLY PAYING FOR HALF OF THEIR TO TEACHER ASSISTANCE SALARIES.
YEAH. SO WE ARE COVERING MOST OF THE PRE-K. WHAT WE'RE ASKING THAT SCHOOLS TO DO IS PAY FOR HALF A TA. AND THE ENROLLMENT OF PRE-K KIDS IS GOING TO COVER THAT.
SO IT'S A COST NEUTRAL THING FOR THEM. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, WE ARE EXPECTING SCHOOLS NOT TO CLOSE PRE-K IF THEY HAVE ENOUGH KIDS WHO WANT TO ENROLL THERE. THAT IS A REQUIREMENT BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF OUR KEY GOALS FOR THE DISTRICT AND LAST YEAR WE HAD SOME PRINCIPALS MAKE SOME BAD DECISIONS ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP A TESTING COORDINATOR AND WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE A PRE-K CLASSROOM.
THAT'S A BAD DECISION FOR KIDS AND SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN EVEN IN THE PUA SCHOOLS.
STILL, HAVING SAID THAT WE ARE RESPECTING DEFINED AUTONOMY WITH REGARD TO PROGRAMING.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND IT'S A CONCERN OF MINE THAT THERE ARE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS IN MANY SCHOOLS, AND THERE ARE KIDS WHO ARE NOT GETTING THE EDUCATION THEY NEED AND SO WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT? RIGHT. THAT'S THE QUESTION. ONE FOR THE DEFINED AUTONOMY SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY LEVELS THREE AND FOUR, IF THEY HAVE AN ACHIEVEMENT GAP OVER 30 AND NOW I THINK IT'S THIS YEAR IS 25 OVER 25 PERCENTAGE POINTS FOR ANY GROUPS OF KIDS AMONG THE MAJOR DEMOGRAPHICS. THEY HAVE TO PUT IT IN THEIR ACTION PLAN WHAT THEY'RE DOING ABOUT IT.
WE ARE NOT INSISTING THAT WE WILL. WE WILL RUN THAT.
BUT WE'RE NOT AT THAT POINT. THE OTHER THING, THOUGH, IS THAT THE BIGGEST THING IS THIS YOU'RE WE NEED TO RAISE THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CURRICULUM RESOURCES ARE STRONG AND THAT THE TEACHER QUALITY IS STRONG.
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SO PASSING TIS PUTTING EVERYBODY ON A PAY FOR PERFORMANCE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP THAT.OUR INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY, OUR INSISTENCE ON SPOT OBSERVATIONS.
EVERYBODY GETS REVIEWED, EVERYBODY GETS VISITED.
EVERYBODY GETS EVALUATED THE SAME WAY IN A RIGOROUS FASHION.
EVERYBODY GETS ON THE JOB COACHING, NO MATTER WHAT SCHOOL YOU'RE IN.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
IT HAS HELPED WENT FROM 93 SCHOOLS TO 170. AND OUR OUR HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS HAVE NOT DROPPED.
I MEAN, THERE MAY BE 1 OR 2 HERE. BUT OUT OF THE, IN GENERAL, OUR HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS ARE NOW, YOU KNOW, DOING EVEN BETTER. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
LET ME JUST END ON THE POSITIVE TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TEACHER APPRENTICES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE SPECIAL FOCUS GROUPS UNTIL WE HAVE RIGHT AND THEN IT CAN BE ACROSS.
NO, I THINK THE FACT THAT WE'RE JUST EVEN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION IS PHENOMENAL, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE IN OUR PUA CAMPUSES, WE HAVE LONG TERM SUBS FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS. RIGHT. SO THIS IS AN EXCELLENT WAY OF HOPEFULLY GETTING THERE.
BUT THIS IS GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH I MEAN I'M TELLING YOU AS SOON AS WE GET OUT OF THIS HOLE, WHICH IF NOT THIS YEAR WILL BE NEXT YEAR, THEN WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT EXPANDING WHAT WE KNOW WORKS AND HAVING APPRENTICES VERSUS SUBS IS A GOOD PRACTICE. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. SORRY.
JUST ONE MORE THAT I HADN'T HEARD YET AND WAS A BURNING QUESTION AROUND ANYTHING THAT YOU CARE TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE BUDGET DATA WE'VE SEEN SO FAR THAT WOULD MOVE US TOWARD AND EXCEEDING OUR GOAL FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND THE SERVICES THEY RECEIVE.
OFF THE PAGE, WE SEE AN INCREASE IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION.
TEACHER AND TEACHING ASSISTANT ROW HERE, BUT ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT YOU'D CARE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ALREADY THAT WOULD HELP US ADDRESS OUR, YOU KNOW, REACHING AND EXCEEDING OUR GOAL FOR OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS. YEAH.
I THAT'S A VERY THAT'S TOUGH. WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT, BUT THERE ARE CHALLENGES WITH SPECIAL ED. OUR SPECIAL ED NUMBERS ARE GROWING AND IT CONTINUES TO BE COSTLY TO GO OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM FOR OUTSIDE PURCHASE SERVICES, FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THAT'S A REALITY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH.
WHAT MIGHT HELP THE ONLY I MEAN, WE'RE YOU SEE, WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR AMOUNT OF MONEY.
BUT WHAT MIGHT HELP IS A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, THE STATE IS HAS A SOME MONEY TO PAY FOR OUR HIGHEST COST SPECIAL ED KIDS. SO WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT COST WELL OVER $40,000 BECAUSE THEY APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE OTHER SERVICES OUT OF STATE OR IN A VERY SPECIALIZED, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM OR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM AND THAT IS REALLY EXPENSIVE AND THE MORE AND MORE YOU GET THOSE SORTS OF STUDENTS YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY PROHIBITIVE AS FAR AS PROVIDING SERVICES FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE JUST HOPEFUL THAT IN THE WEIGHTS THAT THE STATE GIVES US, THAT THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT WEIGHTS FOR YOU KNOW, SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY AUTISM OR DYSLEXIA.
OKAY. SO THIS YEAR WE'RE HAVING FIVE BUDGET WORKSHOPS, AND THOSE BUDGET WORKSHOPS ARE BEING FEATHERED IN BETWEEN BOARD MEETINGS AND OTHER HEARINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T CONSTANTLY ASKING QUESTIONS, ANSWERING QUESTIONS, ASKING QUESTIONS BECAUSE OF THE CYCLE THAT WE'RE IN WE DECIDED TO USE THIS FORUM TO ASK THE QUESTIONS.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE ANSWERED COMING UP TO THE NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP.
SO WE WILL HAVE AT THE NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP, I THINK TODAY THE NEXT DEADLINE FOR BOARD MEMBERS IS ON MAY 7TH, AND THAT IS TO ASK MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS ON EVERYTHING YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR OR OR ANYTHING THAT POPS INTO YOUR HEAD THAT YOU WANT TO ASK ABOUT.
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THEN WE'LL BE GETTING ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP MATERIALS PRIOR TO THE NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH IS ON MAY THE 22ND AND WHEN YOU GET THOSE WHEN WE GET THOSE MATERIALS OUT, THERE WILL BE SPECIFIC Q&A.THEN, JUST LIKE WE HAVE IN A REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
SO PRIOR TO THAT, THAT MAY 22ND, WE WILL PUBLISH ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU EITHER SENT IN FOR ON THE MAY 7TH OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED BUT HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED YET. THAT I THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ASKED YET, OR HAVE BEEN ASKED THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED BECAUSE THE DATA WASN'T AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, WE WILL HAVE PUBLISHED Q&A IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AT THESE WORKSHOPS AT THE NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING. OKAY. SO THAT WAY EVERYBODY WILL HAVE THAT IN ADVANCE OF THAT NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING.
OKAY. YES, SIR. AND IF I MIGHT ADD, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS HERE.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GUESS AT WHAT THE QUESTION IS WHEN IT'S IN WRITING.
GREAT. OKAY. YOU HAVE ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS OR.
WE I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT WAS EVIDENT THROUGH THE BOND. AND THE FACT THAT THE BOND DIDN'T PASS DOESN'T MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL DON'T HAVE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
IN FACT, IT'S GETTING WORSE AS WE TALK. SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS HVAC SYSTEMS. WE DO THIS ALMOST DAILY NOW. AND HEATING SYSTEMS IN THE WINTER.
WE HAVE ROOFS THAT NEED TO BE IMPROVED. AND ALL OF IT IS TO IMPROVE THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE POINT WHERE KIDS CAN LEARN WELL AND PARENTS CAN FEEL THAT THEY CAN SEND THEIR KID TO A FACILITY THAT'S SAFE BUT ALSO PROPERLY COOLED OR WARMED SO THAT KIDS CAN LEARN. AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO USE A MAINTENANCE TAX NOTE AND 40 MILLION OF THAT MAINTENANCE TAX NOTE WE'RE APPLYING TO FACILITIES. OBVIOUSLY, 40 MILLION IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE $1.03 BILLION THAT WE HAD IN THE BOND FOR SAFETY, SECURITY AND UPGRADES FOR HEALTH, LIKE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS. BUT AT LEAST IT'S ADDRESS OUR MOST SEVERE PROBLEMS. SO MOSTLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HVAC. THAT'S A CONTINUAL BATTLE.
ROOFING AND THEN OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. AND SO THE WAY WE WANT TO USE THE 40 MILLION, BECAUSE THE MOST IMPORTANT NEED IS HEATING AND COOLING.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IF THERE'S WATER LEAKING THAT JUST GOING TO STOP CONSTRUCTION. IT'S JUST NOT GOOD FOR YOUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
THIS SLIDE I JUST HAVE IN HERE, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW $10 BILLION WORTH OF NEED. EVERY DAY IT GROWS. SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
IN THE FUTURE, THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY WILL TALK ABOUT ANOTHER BOND.
I'M NOT EVEN PROJECTING WHEN THAT MIGHT BE, BUT IT WILL BE.
IT'LL BE A NEED DOWN THE ROAD. IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL ADDRESS OUR BIGGEST NEEDS WITH THIS 40 MILLION, AND WE HOPE TO DO IT THIS COMING YEAR BY APRIL.
SO NEXT, A YEAR FROM NOW, WE SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE 40 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS.
SO YOU HAVE THIS JUST TO GIVE YOU THE BACKDROP.
WHAT WE TRIED TO DO, WHAT ALICIA'S TEAM TRIED TO DO IS LOOK AT OUR GREATEST NEEDS, BUT ALSO THE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME SMALL SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HUGE NEED.
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YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? SO THAT ALSO HAD TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.WE ONLY HAVE 40 MILLION. GOT TO ADDRESS AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO YOU SEE THE I AGAIN, I THINK YOU HAVE THIS BUT THESE ARE THE PROJECTS FOR HVAC AND THESE TWO, THESE THREE SLIDES, AND THEN YOU HAVE ROOFING PROJECTS ON THE NEXT COUPLE.
SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ANY OF THEM. ALICIA IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT ANYONE IN SPECIFIC, IF YOU HAVE IT.
BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BROADLY ABOUT OUR 40 MILLION ALLOCATION TO FACILITIES.
CAN I JUST THIS IS JUST A REMINDER BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE TOTAL AMOUNT, AM I CORRECT? IT WAS $120 MILLION. 110. IS THAT. DID I GET THIS RIGHT? WE HAVE 120 IN THERE, UP TO 120. WE BROUGHT FOR THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
WHAT'S THE OTHER 70 MILLION. OR WE CAN BRING THAT SLIDE TO YOU.
BUT THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THE REMAINDER IS CAREER TECH ED AND SO CHANGES TO BARBARA JORDAN CAREER TECH CENTER IS THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THAT. AND YES, WE'LL JUST BRING YOU BRING IT BACK TO YOU AND ERP, THE ERP AND ERP.
YES. SORRY. OKAY. AND WHEN ARE THOSE WHEN IS ALL THAT HAPPENING.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND A HIGH LEVEL. OH, SORRY.
JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL. THE 40 MILLION. THAT'S.
IS IT ALL ALLOCATED, OR IS THERE A PORTION? THAT'S FOR CONTINGENCY? BECAUSE WE KNOW OTHER STUFF IS STILL GOING TO BREAK.
YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING. SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THE 40 MILLION ON THE THINGS THAT NORMALLY I MEAN WE STILL HAVE MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET TO HANDLE THINGS THAT WILL BREAK THINGS THAT COME UP.
SO THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
ALICIA. AND THEN FINALLY JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE NOT MUCH.
THAT WAS THE UNFUNDED MANDATE AND SO THIS MIGHT HELP WITH THAT, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS NOTED OR WE NOTED IN THESE SAFETY BRIEFINGS THAT YOU GET LIKE DOORS THAT ARE, THAT CAN'T BE SECURED PROPERLY.
FULL DAY PRE-K FUNDING WOULD REALLY BE AN ASSIST.
AND THEN THE WHOLE HOLD HARMLESS AND THEN FINALLY THE SHARS NOT SURE HOW THAT WILL TURN OUT, THAT COULD MEAN AS MUCH AS 34 MILLION FOR US.
WE BUDGETED 20 MILLION. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER BILL WE'RE WAITING TO SEE.
THERE'S A COUPLE OTHERS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON, BUT THESE ARE THE BIG ONES.
ANY QUESTIONS? I GUESS WE'LL KNOW THE LAST WEEK OR SECOND WEEK OF JUNE.
YES, SIR. THAT'S WHEN MOST OF THESE WILL BE DONE.
THERE YOU GO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY, GREAT. WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS AT THIS MEETING.
WILL BE ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS 2:19PM. ON MAY 1ST, 2025.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.