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          I CALLED 
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THIS TO ORDER. 
          [I. Call to Order]
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT QUORUM IS PRESENT. 
          AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS MEETING. 
          IT'S 9 39 STANDS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, TEXAS FLAG. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, CITY, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. 
          WELL, I WANNA START WITH SAYING THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. 
          UM, I KNOW IT'S A SATURDAY MORNING, AND SO IT'S A LITTLE EXTRA, UH, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY, SO 
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WE'RE GONNA MOVE STRAIGHT INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          WE HAVE A FEW, UM, THOSE WHO ARE COMING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ARE GOING TO COME, OH, OVER THERE, RIGHT THERE AT THE PODIUM. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          SO FIRST, UH, WE WILL, OH, EVERYBODY HAS THREE MINUTES. 
          IN ORDER TO, UM, TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, AT ONE MINUTE, WE WILL GIVE THEM A, A NOTIFICATION THAT THEY HAVE A MINUTE LEFT. 
          UM, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU NEED TO STOP TALKING, IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU HAVE A LONG MINUTE WARNING. 
          UM, SO FIRST UP, I'M GONNA CALL GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS, UH, INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT HARRIS. 
          UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT SALARIES AND RAISES TWOFOLD. 
          ONE, I WANT TO SPEAK TO, UM, A 6% RAISE FOR, UH, OUR EMPLOYEES AND STAFF. 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO MORE EQUITY WHEN IT COMES TO SALARIES FOR STAFF OF ALL LEVELS, TEACHERS OF ALL YEARS OF TEACHING. 
          UM, SO WITH, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR 6% RAISE, UM, RECENTLY WE LEARNED ABOUT OTHER DISTRICTS WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING WHEN IT COMES TO THE RACE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE STAFF THAT WILL BE LEAVING. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY SHOW THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO VALUE OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, BY CONTINUING TO OFFER THE 6% RAISE. 
          WE ALSO LIVE IN A VERY EXPENSIVE AREA, RIGHT? BUT WE WORK IN A VERY EXPENSIVE AREA, AND I THINK TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE COST OF LIVING. 
          UM, THE 6% FROM LAST YEAR MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK WE CAN ALWAYS CONTINUE THAT, CONTINUE THAT PATTERN OF VALUING TEACHERS, VALUING ALL STAFF MEMBERS, UM, TO CONTINUE RECRUITING AND RETAINING STAFF, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN AFFORD THE COST OF LIVING SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT DELL VALLEY SUPPORTS THEM, THAT DELL VALLEY CARES ABOUT THEM, THAT THEY WANT US TO STAY. 
          UM, AND SO WE CAN DEVELOP, UH, HERE. 
          THE SECOND THING IS ABOUT, UM, EQUITABLE PAY FOR STAFF MEMBERS. 
          UH, PARTICULARLY WITH TEACHERS, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE TREND, UM, OF SALARY, UH, THE TREND WHEN IT COMES TO SALARY INCREASES OVER TIME. 
          UM, THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF TEACHING TEACHERS, WE ARE TAUGHT, WE'RE OUT THERE. 
          WE'RE NUMBER ONE IN THE AREA, RIGHT? WE WE'RE NUMBER ONE IN THE AUSTIN AREA. 
          THAT'S, SO WE'RE GREAT IN RECRUITMENT THERE, WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB TO YOU. 
          BUT WHEN IT COMES TO AFTER FIVE YEARS, AFTER 10 YEARS, THAT'S WHEN WE DROP TO SECOND PLACE AND WE LOSE TEACHERS TO HAY, ISD. 
          AND I THINK MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO RETAIN TEACHERS BY BEING EQUITABLE AND PAYING TEACHERS WHAT THEY'RE WORTH. 
          UM, WHEN THEY HAVE ALL OF THIS INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY ARE ACTING AS MENTORS FOR NEWER TEACHERS, WHEN THEY, WHEN DATA SHOWS THAT STUDENTS HAVE HIGHER OUTCOMES, BETTER OUTCOMES, UH, FROM TEACHERS WITH MORE OF MORE EXPERIENCE, I THINK THERE'S A VALUE TO THAT. 
          AND WE NEED TO ALSO FOCUS ON RETENTION, UM, ALONG WITH RECRUITMENT. 
          UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HOPE WE CAN CONSIDER WHEN DETERMINING OUR BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT TO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE SCALE. 
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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          UM, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING, SO IF I BREAK PROTOCOL, I APOLOGIZE. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING, SPOKE TO HARRIS. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING, . 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE 6% PROPOSED, 6% BASE FOR TEACHERS. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT PERSONAL AND WHAT IT WOULD MEAN FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. 
          WE ARE A FAMILY OF THREE, AND WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THIS AREA IS THAT OUR RENT HAS GONE UP, UM, BY, UH, 2.3%. 
          UM, AND OUR FOOD COST THIS YEAR ALONE HAS GONE UP BY 3%. 
          THE GAS THAT WE NEED TO USE TO GO THIS PLACE IN THAT PLACE HAS INCREASED BY 5.9%. 
          AND JUST TO, YOU KNOW, TIME IN TEXAS JUST TO COOL. 
          OUR HOME HAS INCREASED BY 1.6%. 
          UM, AND FOR US, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OUR UTILITIES ARE NOW SOMEWHERE AROUND FOUR 50. 
          THAT'S TOO MUCH INFORMATION, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN INDICATION OF WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE. 
          UM, AND WHERE THE GAPS COMES IN. 
          WE LIVE IN A FOOD DESERT, SO I CAN'T, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE THE, THE NICE LITTLE MOM AND POP SHOPS, THAT'S GOOD. 
          BUT IF YOU WANT BLACKBERRIES, IF YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, DRAGON FOOD AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN TO HED, WHICH IS ABOUT SEVEN MILES. 
          THAT ADDS UP, UM, WITH THE INCREASE IN GAS. 
          SO THE 6% RAISE WOULD PERSONALLY HELP US AS A FAMILY, AS A TEACHER, IT WOULD HELP ME BECAUSE HOW MANY OF US KNOW THAT WE BUY THINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS, RIGHT? I BOUGHT, I DON'T NEED, BUT I BOUGHT SO MANY, I SHOULD I STOCK, RIGHT? SO THAT WOULD HELP ME TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE FOR MY STUDENTS. 
          I HAD A STUDENT COME TO ME THE OTHER DAY WHO SAID THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, SHE WAS HUNGRY AND WASN'T IT, AND IT WASN'T JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO I WAS ABLE TO GIVE HER SOMETHING TO EAT AND CAME OUT MY POCKET. 
          SO THE SIX 4% RAISE WOULD HELP US PERSONALLY, WOULD HELP YOU PERSONALLY. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR CONSIDERATION AND ALLOW ME TO SPEAK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT WAS WORKED TO MY ATTENTION THAT I HAVE HAD THESE CARDS BACKWARDS, SO I'M GOING TO SWITCH AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO CALL. 
          UM, YES, SAME. 
          UH, I'M GONNA NOW CALL GEORGE FLORES. 
          GOOD MORNING SUPERINTENDENT. 
          JONATHAN HARRIS AND LAWYER TRUSTEES. 
          MY NAME IS GEORGE FLORES, THE DE VALLEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT. 
          LET ME BEGIN BY THANKING THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THEIR COMMITMENTS TO BOOST EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION IN RECENT YEARS. 
          YOU HAVE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE IN THE YEAR ON YEAR THAT OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE SHOT AWAY FROM, AND YOU HAVE ACTIVELY ENDORSED THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING WAGE FOR EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS AS YOU CONSIDER SALARIES AND WAGES FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          TEA WANTS TO GO ON RECORD AS ADVOCATING FOR A 6% RAISE FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          THE 6% RAISE IS ONE THAT THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT THIS PAST YEAR FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, AND IS A NUMBER THAT HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE WORKFORCE TO NOT FULFILL THE EXPECTATION OF 6% WITH STILL A HEAVY BLOW TO EMPLOYEE MORALE. 
          FURTHERMORE, BUT LAST YEAR'S TAPR REPORT SHOWN OUR DISTRICT WITH A TURNOVER TEACHER TURNOVER RATE OF 30%, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE OUR FOOT OFF THE PEDAL ON PAY. 
          I ALSO ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THAT IZED E HAS MOVED TO A $20 PER HOUR MINIMUM WAGE. 
          THIS IS THE FULL $4 MORE THAN HE WOULD ASK THE MINIMUM WAGE. 
          IT PUTS THE DISTRICT IN A HUB SPOT FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND EDUCATION AND SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS. 
          THEY ARE THE SCOPES ON THE WHEEL OF OUR DISTRICT SO THERE'S CAN ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. 
          LAST BUT NOT LEAST, PLEASE REFLECT ON THE REPRESENTATIONS NEEDED TO YOU FOR L SSPS. 
          DIAGNOSTICIANS AND SPEECH LEADERS, PATHOLOGISTS, I KNOW THEY HAVE ALSO MET WITH ADMINISTRATION. 
          THEY HONOR THE FRONT LINE IN THEIR JOBS AND THEY KNOW THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          THEY HAVE IDEAS ON PAY EQUITY THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED 
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AS INDEED DO. 
          OUR COUNSELORS, MANY OF WHOM ARE SEEKING INCLUSION IN THE BILINGUAL SIDE AS A SCHOOL BOARD, WE HAVE DEVELOPED GOOD PRACTICES OF LISTENING TO EMPLOYEES. 
          WE HAVE ONE MINUTE AND RECOGNIZING US AS A KEY STAKEHOLDER, DBA TRUST YOU THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TODAY AND WILL GIVE THAT EXTRA PUSH ON SALARIES AS WE ARE BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY DESTINATION DISTRICT. 
          THAT THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND MR. HARRIS. 
          MY NAME IS DR. 
          IVAN REGA. 
          I'M A BILINGUAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST. 
          I'M PROUD TO SAY THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR WITH D-B-I-S-C. 
          I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT TEAM, INCLUDING SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSTICIANS AND SOPS, AND TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL MY FELLOW EDUCATORS. 
          TODAY I AM HERE TO ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THE PROPOSAL OF A 6% RACE FOR ALL STAFF. 
          ADDITIONALLY, I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER SPINES ASSESSMENT. 
          STAFF ARE CURRENTLY ON ADMINISTRATIVE PAY SCALES, AND WE ARE SOMETIMES NOT OFFERED THE SAME DISTRICT WIDE RACES. 
          PLEASE KEEP US IN MIND WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT SALARY RACES. 
          SOME OF US HAVE ALSO TRIED TO RECRUIT FRIENDS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, BUT THEY DECLINED TO APPLY SINCE OUR CURRENT PAY IS NOT COMPETITIVE WITH THEIR CURRENT DISTRICT. 
          DASD ASSESSMENT STAFF ARE STILL CONSIDERING APPLYING TO HIGHER PAYING DISTRICTS, AND IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE KEEP OUR CURRENT STAFF. 
          ALTHOUGH WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME CONTRACT SUPPORT, THIS SCHOOL YEAR CONTRACT STAFF REQUIRE ASSISTANCE FROM CURRENT STAFF AND THEY DO NOT DO ALL PORTIONS OF OUR JOB. 
          FURTHERMORE, THE MONEY SPENT ON CONTRACTORS IS HIGHER THAN THE WAGES WE PAY. 
          OUR CURRENT STAFF CONTINUING TO RELY ON CONTRACT HELP MIGHT NOT BE SUSTAINABLE WITH THE CURRENT BUDGET DEMANDS. 
          WHILE CONSIDERING THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, STIPEND SHOULD ALSO BE DISCUSSED, INCLUDING THOSE TO ADDRESS RETENTION, HARD TO FILL POSITIONS, AND MENTORSHIP OR SUPERVISION WITHIN STAFF. 
          AS THEY SHARED IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR, WE LOST OVER 50% OF OUR STAFF. 
          THE REMAINING STAFF HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ALL YEAR TO MEET FEDERAL TIMELINES AND TO COMPLETE OUR JOB DUTIES AS ASSIGNED. 
          WE NEED TO PREVENT FURTHER BURNOUT AND SHOW OUR STAFF THEY ARE APPRECIATED. 
          MOREOVER, CURRENT STAFF SUPERVISED UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AT THE GRADUATE LEVEL. 
          THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE MENTORSHIP. 
          CURRENT TEACHERS PROVIDE TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND THEY RECEIVE A . 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE TRY TO RECRUIT THOSE STUDENTS WE SUPERVISE AS THEY ARE TRAINED IN OUR PROCEDURES. 
          THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS THE, SORRY, THERE IS VALUE IN THIS SERVICE. 
          WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS FROM DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP. 
          BY MEETING WITH US IN FEBRUARY, WE HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          SOME THINGS ARE OUT OF THEIR CONTROL, AND THAT IS WHY WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TODAY. 
          AS THE EMPLOYEES ON THE FRONT LINE, WE HOPE THAT SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CONSIDERED TO HELP RETAIN CURRENT STAFF AND HELP WE PROFESSIONALS TO WORK FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          ALL OF US LOVE OUR JOBS. 
          WE LOVE WORKING FOR D-V-I-S-D, BUT WE MIGHT DO STAFF TO MORE COMPETITIVE DISTRICTS OR EVEN CONTRACT COMPANIES. 
          THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS WE ENTER OUR TA CYCL OVERVIEW. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, WHICH IS WHAT SUPPOSED TO DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE MS. ALEXANDER. 
          ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND, UH, MR. HARRIS. 
          UM, MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA AND I'M A BILINGUAL SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST IN THE DISTRICT. 
          UM, IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, I SPOKE TO THE BOARD ABOUT, ABOUT MY RESPONSIBILITIES AS AN SLP IN THE DISTRICT, AND I ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER CHANGES THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          SO TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE SOME OF THOSE, UM, REQUESTS AS WELL AS SUPPORT THE STAFF I SENT HERE TODAY AS WE CONSIDER THE BUDGET FOR THE 20 24 20 25 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          UM, SO I BELIEVE THAT ALL EDUCATORS AND DS D DO, UH, DO DESERVE THAT 6% RAISE. 
          UM, OF COURSE, HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT THE RACE NEEDS TO BE GRANTED ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, TO LPS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND DIAGNOSTICIANS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON A DIFFERENT PAY SCALE, UM, AND NOT ON THAT TEACHER PAY SCALE. 
          UM, I ALSO THINK THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE, UM, COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION PACKAGES TO RETAIN OUR CURRENT TEAM MEMBERS AND RECRUIT DIRECT HIRE TEAM MEMBERS TO WORK IN THIS DISTRICT. 
          UM, SO THAT WE ARE NOT PAYING FOR THESE CONTRACTORS WHO ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO FILL POSITIONS THAT I THINK WE WOULD ALL WANT TO FILL WITH DIRECT TIRES. 
          UM, I REALLY DO HOPE THAT THE BOARD SHARES, UM, THE TEAM'S DESIRES TO FILL OUR VACANT POSITIONS WITH DIRECT HIRE THAT ARE ABLE TO DEDICATE THE TIME TO SERVE THE 
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CAMPUSES THAT THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO. 
          UM, AND I CAN SAY THAT PERSONALLY THIS SCHOOL YEAR I WORKED WITH A VERY FEW SOP, WHO HAS ACTUALLY WERE SIGNED OVER TO SHOW UP THEM IN MARCH. 
          SHE WAS A CONTRACT STAFF, BUT, UM, SHE WAS NOT REALLY ABLE TO FULFILL THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES THAT SCHOOL SOPS HAVE. 
          UM, DUE TO HER TIME CONSTRAINTS, SHE WAS LIMITED IN HOW MUCH SHE COULD WORK AND HER FAMILIARITY WITH OUR DISTRICT AND JUST SCHOOLS IN GENERAL. 
          UM, IN GENERAL, FEMALE CONTRACT STAFF ARE LIMITED IN THE TIME THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO TO WORK AND THEY'RE UNABLE TO PERFORM SOME OF THE DUTIES OF US AS DISTRICT HIRES ARE ABLE TO DO AS OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED. 
          UM, AND FURTHER, YOU KNOW, EACH CONTRACT STAFF MEMBER THAT WE BRING IN NEEDS TO BE TRAINED ON OUR PROCEDURES AND HOW WE DO THINGS HERE IN OUR SCHOOLS, OUR DISTRICT. 
          AND THAT DOES TAKE MORE TIME AND SOME OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES FALL ON US. 
          THE DIRECT HIRES, THE CURRENT STAFF MEMBERS HAVING TO TRAIN 'EM AND TEACH THEM HOW TO DO THINGS. 
          SO ALTHOUGH CONTRACT STAFF WERE ABLE TO TEMPORARILY PROVIDE SUPPORTS TO OUR TEAM, THEY WERE VERY LIMITED IN HOW MUCH THEY COULD ACTUALLY HELP. 
          THEY WERE COSTER TO THE DISTRICT AND THEY DID REQUIRE OUR SUPPORT ON TOP OF OUR CURRENT CASE LOADS. 
          SO WITHOUT COMPETITIVE AND ATTRACTIVE COMPENSATION PACKAGES, PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE LICENSED AS LP SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, DIAGNOS, THEY CAN GO WORK FOR CONTRACT COMPANIES. 
          THEY COULD LEAVE TAKING ALL THESE OTHER, UM, COMPANIES TO WORK AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO WE REALLY WANT YOU ALL TO CONSIDER, UM, MORE ATTRACTIVE COMPENSATION PACKAGES TO KEEP US CURRENT STAFF, BUT ALSO ATTRACT NEW, UM, STAFF MEMBERS SO THAT WE CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS AND PROVIDE THEIR SERVICES. 
          SO I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH US AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR A SOLUTION THAT ENSURES THAT THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT TEAM AS PROPERLY STAFFED TO MEET THE EVENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, NEXT UP WE HAVE MS. LEE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, MR. HARRIS. 
          MY NAME IS KAY IRVIN. 
          I'M CURRENTLY WRAPPING AT MY BOARD HERE IN DEL VALLEY AT THE BILINGUAL SPEECH LEADER PATHOLOGISTS. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR DISTRICT LPS AND TO SUPPORT MY FELLOW EDUCATORS AND REQUESTING WITH THE DISTRICT GROUP OF PSYCH PERCENT RACE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, THE HIGH TURNOVER, INCREASING CASELOAD SIZES, EXPANDED RESPONSIBILITIES AND POSITIONS. 
          OUR TEAM IS FINDING OUR JOBS UNSUSTAINABLE. 
          THE SPEECH TEAM, ALONGSIDE OUR ASSESSMENT TEAM COUNTERPART, THE LSSP AND EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSTICIAN, HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH HUMAN RESOURCES AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADERSHIP TEAM, BUT ASIDE STRATEGIES FOR RETAINING AND RECRUITING TALENT. 
          YOU MAY RECALL SOME OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS SPOKE WITH YOU AT FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING TO INTRODUCE OUR TEAMS AND ADVOCATE FOR BETTER COMPENSATION PACKAGE. 
          FOR THIS REASON, I'M HERE TODAY TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. 
          WE HAVE 15 TOTAL SLP POSITIONS TO SERVE MORE THAN 700 STUDENTS IN SPEECH IMPAIRMENTS CURRENTLY IN BOTH DELL VALLEY SCHOOLS. 
          HOWEVER, OUR SLPS ARE LEAVING DELL VALLEY TO HIGHER PAID POSITIONS ELSEWHERE WITHOUT A FULL STAFF. 
          WE RELY ON CONTRACT WORKERS TO PROVIDE THE LEGALLY REQUIRED SERVICES FOR QUALIFIED STUDENTS WHO STRETCH THE BANDWIDTH OF DISTRICT STAFF. 
          AS WE INCREASE CASELOAD AND WORKLOADS TO KEEP UP WITH HIGH DEMAND, INCREASED CASE LOADS CAN MANUALLY IMPACT STUDENT OUTCOMES. 
          THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT STUDENTS ON SMALLER CASELOADS MAY MAKE MORE MEASURABLE PROGRESS ON FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION MEMBERS MEASURES THAN THOSE ON LARGE CASELOADS. 
          WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS MAKE MORE PROGRESS WITH DEDICATED EXPERTS SUPPORTING THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE CAN'T RECRUIT FOR RETAINING THE TOWNS THEY DESERVE. 
          LPS ARE LEAVING OUR DISTRICT DUE TO EXCESSIVE WORKLOADS OR MORE EFFECTIVE COMPENSATION ELSEWHERE. 
          IN THE FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN IN DE VALLEY, SIX LPS LEFT THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS A LARGE PORTION OF THE TEAM MEMBER TEAM AND ANTICIPATE, BUT MORE NEEDS OF CHANGES ARE NOT MADE. 
          TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, IN RECENT YEARS, WE'VE HAD DIFFICULTY HIRING LPS. 
          WE INTERVIEW VERY PROMISING CANDIDATES, BUT MOST DECLINE OUR OFFERS WITHOUT OUR COMPENSATION ELSEWHERE. 
          INCREASING THE COMPENSATION PACKAGES IN VALLEY MAY ENABLE US TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN THE EXTRA YOU NEED WHILE ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR CONTRACT WORKERS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, FROM APPROVING THOSE CONTRACTS, THEY'RE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN TYPICAL DISTRICT SLPS. 
          OUR CONTRACTORS ARE GREAT ONE. 
          HOWEVER, THEY'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO FULLY REPLACE A DIRECT DISTRICT HIRE AND DO NOT PERFORM OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED AS DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ARE EXPECTED TO DO. 
          AS YOU CONSIDER THE BUDGET FOR THE 24 25 SCHOOL YEAR TODAY, I ASK THAT YOU TAKE THESE FOLLOWING INTO ACCOUNT ONE. 
          ALL EDUCATORS IN VALLEY D DESERVE A 6% RAISE. 
          TWO, THE SOPS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND DIAGNOSTICIANS AS WHETHER AS OTHER, AS WELL AS OTHER ASSESSMENT TEAM MEMBERS AND HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE P SCALE, NOT TO TEACHER K SCALE. 
          SO THIS RAISE NEEDS TO BE A RAISED ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          THREE, PROVIDING COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION PACKAGES TO RETAIN OUR CURRENT TEAM AND RECRUIT NEW DIRECT HIRES IS THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID OVERWORKING OUR CURRENT TEAM AND PERHAPS MORE RELEVANT TO TODAY WORKSHOP AND SHOW THAT WE ARE NOT PAYING FOR EXPENSIVE CONTRACTORS TO FILL POSITIONS. 
          WE WOULD BILL WITH DIRECT DISTRICT HIRES. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT AS YOU CONSIDER THE BUDGET TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
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I'LL STOP FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT IS MS. MARY BRETT CARRINGTON, GOOD MORNING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO SEPARATE SUPERINTENDENT HARRIS AND TO ALL OF YOU HERE, I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          ARE WE AWAKE? AWAKE? I, I UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THE RECENCY EFFECT GOING LAST IS POWERFUL, SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GO. 
          LAST , UM, I'M IN MY SECOND YEAR AS A TEACHER HERE AT DELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, TEACHING FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
          MY FOCUS WITH THE STUDENTS IS ON LIFE SKILLS, THE REAL WORLD'S ABOUT HIM, AND THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO MANAGE THEIR MONEY, AND THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING A JOB DOING WELL IN THAT JOB AND ADVANCING THEIR CAREERS. 
          ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL BASIC SIMPLE, BIG IDEAS I HAVE TO TEACH IS THAT IF YOU WANNA GET AHEAD FINANCIALLY, YOU HAVE TO SPEND LESS THAN A MILLION. 
          IT SEEMS SIMPLE, BUT IT'S HARD FOR A LOT OF US TO DO. 
          AND I RECOGNIZE THAT MANY OF MY STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY, SO I HAVE TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT BECAUSE TEACHING THEM HOW TO SAVE AND INVEST, IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF EVER HAVING MORE MONEY AT THE END OF THE MONTH THAT THEY CAN PUT IN A BANK ACCOUNT, UM, IT, IT, IT CAN BE A TOUGH SUBJECT TO TALK ABOUT. 
          I'M HERE ACTUALLY TO BRING UP THAT SAME LESSON WITH YOU ALL. 
          YOU HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT JOB WITH MANAGING THE BUDGET. 
          I COME OUT OF THE BUSINESS WORLD, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, UH, CREATING A BUDGET THAT'S SUSTAINABLE. 
          WE DO NOT WANT TO BE IN A POSITION OF AUSTIN AND HAVING A $60 MILLION SHORTFALL WHILE ROUND ROCK WITH A $30 MILLION SHORTFALL. 
          YOU NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON THE LONG TERM AND WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND HOPEFULLY BUILDING UP OUR RESERVE FUND, EVEN NEVERTHELESS, AS YOU HEARD, WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR ACROSS THE BOARD SCHOOL, UH, PAY RAISES. 
          I'M STANDING ACTUALLY TO SPEAK FOR ESPS, THE EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS, EVEN WOMEN TEACHER BECAUSE I WENT TO A CONFERENCE AT THE STATE, THE TSTA CONVENTION STAYED AN EXTRA DAY TO GO TO AN ESP CONFERENCE. 
          AND AS MUCH AS I LIKE TO TALK, I SPENT THE DAY LISTENING, LISTENING TO ROOMS FULL OF EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS FROM CHILD NUTRITION WORKERS TO MAINTENANCE WORKERS, TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE AND ONE OF THE PRIMARY CHALLENGES THEY FACE IS ECONOMIC INSTABILITY. 
          WE HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY PEOPLE A LIVING IMAGE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS YOU HAVE HEARD, MANY PEOPLE MAKE THE POINT, IT IS IN OUR SELF-INTEREST IN ORDER TO REDUCE TURNOVER. 
          AND FRANKLY, I WOULD DRAW ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES LIVE IN OUR DISTRICT, THEIR FAMILIES GO TO OUR SCHOOLS, RAISING THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING, PROVIDING GREATER ECONOMIC STABILITY TO THOSE FAMILIES WILL HELP OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AS WELL AS REDUCE STAFF TURNOVER AND THE BURDEN ON PERSONNEL TO CONSTANTLY RECRUIT. 
          SO I WOULD ASK YOU, YES, WE ALL WANT ACROSS THE BOARD RAISES IF IT IS POSSIBLE WITHIN FISCAL CONSTRAINTS TO TAKE PARTICULAR CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE AT THE BOTTOM. 
          BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, INFLATION AFFECTS EVERYONE, BUT IT AFFECTS THE POOR THE HARDEST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BEFORE ALL OF Y'ALL CAME OUT TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. 
          WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE 
          [IV. Board Workshop: 2024-2025 Budget]
INTO OUR BOARD WORKSHOP 20 24, 20 25. 
          BUDGET. 
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UH, GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS, MR. HARRIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OR COLLEAGUES THAT PUBLIC THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, UH, THIS SATURDAY MORNING. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA GET STARTED WITH OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. 
          UH, MY NAME IS CANINO. 
          I'M THE CHIEF FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO THIS MORNING I SET OUT THE ALARM TO BUILDING. 
          SO I GOT HERE EARLY , I FILLED MY COFFEE WHEN I GOT HERE. 
           HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, BUT WE'LL GET STARTED. 
          SO OUR BUDGET IS BUILT AS ALWAYS WITH OUR VISION IN MIND AND OUR VISION IS TO EMPOWER OUR STUDENTS, UH, TO BE CRITICAL THINKERS IN INNOVATIVE WORLD CLASS VISIONARIES AND WITH THE MISSION TO CREATE BY  CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND ENHANCE ACADEMIC FOUNDATION BY PROVIDING A FUTURE RATING, A EDUCATION WITH REAL WORLD OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO THIS SLIDE HERE, WHAT IT HAS IS OUR BUDGET ACTIVITIES YES, THAT WE HAVE EITHER TAKEN, UH, HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING. 
          OH, WE, UH, COMPETING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE, AGAIN, IS DEVELOP THIS TIMELINE. 
          AND THAT HAPPENS VERY EARLY ON IN THE YEAR WHERE WE START PUTTING A CALENDAR TOGETHER OR A TENTATIVE BUDGET CALENDAR. 
          AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE INCLUDE IS OUR TARGET DATES OF MAJOR ACTIVITIES THAT WE WANT COMPLETED. 
          ONE OF THEM IS WHEN ARE WE GONNA DEVELOP OUR BUDGET, OUR, UM, ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS FOR BUDGET PURPOSES? AND WE DO THAT VERY EARLY ON IN THE YEAR. 
          WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY THAT WE HIRE AND, AND WE USE THAT. 
          WE GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM, LOOK AT OUR ENROLLMENT, HOW OUR ENROLLMENT IS DOING. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR, UH, WHERE WE STARTED WITH OUR SNAPSHOT TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, IT'S INCREASED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          SO WE TAKE ALL THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND THEN WE END UP DEVELOPING A NUMBER THAT WE SETTLE FOR PROJECTIONS AND WE USE THAT NUMBER ALSO FOR STAFFING PURPOSES. 
          UH, THEN WHAT WE 
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DO IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, ONCE WE HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION, THEN WE HAVE A MEETING WITH OUR STAFF, WITH OUR SECRETARIES, PRINCIPALS, DIRECTORS, AND WE GO OVER THE TIMELINE AND WE GO ANY CHANGES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN OUR BUDGETING PROCESS. 
          SO THIS YEAR, WHAT WE DID, UH, THAT WE SWITCHED OVER INTO DOING EVERYTHING ONLINE. 
          SO EVERYTHING IS NOW FOR OUR SKY SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO HAVING SPREADSHEETS SENT OUT TO EACH DEPARTMENT ON CAMPUS. 
          NOW WE DO EVERYTHING IN OUR SYSTEM. 
          SO THAT WAS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 
          I'M VERY HAPPY, UH, FOR THAT THIS YEAR. 
          DURING THAT MEETING, UH, AFTER WE HAD OUR MEETING, WE SENT OUT STAFFING ALLOCATIONS TO CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENT. 
          SO BASICALLY WE GAVE THEM THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT YOU WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. 
          WE DO HAVE A FORMULA. 
          WE BASE OUR CAMPUS, UH, ALLOCATIONS ON A PER PUPIL AMOUNT THAT WE GIVE FOR ALL OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S OUR BIG PROGRAMS WITH BILINGUAL GT CT, ALL THOSE PROGRAMS PLUS, UH, THE SAME AMOUNT THAT WE USE. 
          SO WE HAVE EQUITY AMONGST OUR CAMPUSES. 
          UH, WE ALSO, UM, THE HR DEPARTMENT MET WITH CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND WENT OVER THEIR STAFFING AND PROJECTED ENROLLMENT AND STAFFING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. 
          IN MARCH, WE HAVE OUR NON-PAYROLL ALLOCATIONS DUE. 
          AND THESE ARE THE BUDGET FOR THE CAMPUSES THEY WERE DUE IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. 
          UH, WE'VE RECEIVED ALL OF THOSE AND WE ALSO RECEIVED A TESTING AND CASE STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WE RECEIVED THE RESULTS IN MARCH. 
          SO ALL THIS INFORMATION IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS WE BUILD OUR BUDGET. 
          IT'S NOT JUST THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT, IT'S MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS ALONG WITH EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          UM, IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, WE RECEIVED A PAYROLL BUDGET DUE FROM HR. 
          AND THIS IS OUR PRE PRELIMINARY SALARY NEGOTIATIONS IS WHAT WE CALL, BASICALLY IT'S OUR, UM, PROJECTED STAFFING PLAN FOR THE, FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WE CLEANED IT UP AS BEST. 
          UH, WE CLEANED IT UP WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE FROM OUR PRINCIPALS, WHETHER IT IS OUR REQUEST FOR POSITIONS OR ADJUSTMENTS FOR STAFFING. 
          PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER WITH OUR, UH, NON-PAYROLL BUDGETS. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE HAVE THIS BUDGET THAT WE HAVE HERE. 
          PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT WE'RE GONNA PRESENT ALSO IN APRIL. 
          A BIG NUMBER THAT WE WAIT FOR, IT'S OUR PRELIMINARY VALUE ESTIMATE. 
          AND THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT NUMBER FOR TWO REASONS. 
          ONE, THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINE OUR TAX COLLECTIONS. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, AS WE BECOME MORE PROPERTY RICH, WE RELY A LOT MORE ON OUR TAX COLLECTIONS. 
          SO THAT NUMBER, IT IS GONNA KEEP GROWING AS OUR VALUE GROW. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, IT IS, UH, WE MAKE A PROJECTION ON OUR STATE VALUES BASED OFF OF OUR LOCAL VALUES TO DETERMINE STATE FUNDING. 
          SO THAT NUMBER IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS MEETING, UH, AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, WE HAVE OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A, SOMETIME DURING THE MONTH OF THE COMPENSATION PLAN PROPOSAL, AND THEN IN JUNE THE BOARD APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET, IT IS REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY JUNE 30TH. 
          AND THEN IN JULY WE'LL RECEIVE OUR FINAL PROPERTY VALUES FROM THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          AND IN SEPTEMBER WE'LL ADOPT OUR TAX RATE. 
          SO THE, THERE ARE THREE BUDGETS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY THE BY LAW THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          THAT'S A GENERAL OPERATING FUND THAT DID SERVICE FUND IN THE TELE NUTRITION FUND OR THE FOOD SERVICE FUND. 
          THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GONNA, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE REVIEWING IS A GENERAL OPERATING FUND. 
          AND THE WAY I DIVIDED THIS PRESENTATION IS INTO, INTO THE TWO MAJOR SECTIONS. 
          JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOUR CHECKBOOK, UH, YOU HAVE YOUR, YOUR INCOMING RENT ON REVENUES, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR EXPENSES. 
          THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT WE, WE PAID OUT. 
          SO THE SAME WAY IT IT KIND OF BE PRESENTED THAT WAY. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR REVENUES AND THEN I'LL OVER EXPENDITURES AND THEN WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND RECAP IT. 
          SO SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, UH, THAT WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT WHEN BUILDING OUR REVENUE, THAT WE LOOKED AT OUR PROPERTY VALUES AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THIS IS, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT THE TESLA, UH, THE TESLA NUMBERS IS NOT FINALIZED. 
          THEY HAVE FILED FOR AN EXTENSION, WHICH THEY DID LAST YEAR AS WELL. 
          AND THEY WILL GET THEIR OFFICIAL NUMBER SOMETIME IN MID-MAY WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED. 
          WHAT WE DO HAVE IS A, WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY THAT WE WORK WITH, UM, AND TESLA WITH IT'S MO CASEY AND THEY REACH OUT TO THE COMPANY. 
          SO WE HAVE A NUMBER FROM THE COMPANY IS NOT OFFICIAL FROM THE TRAVIS, UH, CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN A DA. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON THAT. 
          UM, I KNOW IN A PREVIOUS MEETING WE HAD DISCUSSED OUR CHARTS REDUCTION, SO WE'LL TOUCH BASE ON THAT AGAIN AND GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION ON HOW A CHAPTER THREE 13 AND THE REVENUE PROTECTION PAYMENT UH, WORKS. 
          UM, WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS OUR SER THREE FUND AND THE EARNINGS ON OUR INVESTMENTS. 
          SO FOR OUR CARBON VALUES, 
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WE HAVE OUR PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE. 
          FOR OUR M AND O PURPOSES, IT IS AT ALMOST 15 BILLION. 
          THAT IS A GROWTH OF ALMOST $2 BILLION FOR A 14 INCREASE. 
          OUR INTEREST IN SINKING FUND, UH, WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF 21.2 BILLION. 
          IT INCREASE A, IT INCLUDES AN ESTIMATE ON THE TESLA PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH AND THAT IS AN INCREASE OF ALMOST $5 BILLION OR A 30% INCREASE. 
          SO USING THOSE NUMBERS, WE ARE ABLE TO CALCULATE OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESS RATES. 
          AND THIS IS PRE, I'M SORRY, ONE SECOND. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          THE PREVIOUS YOU SAID INCLUDE OR DEADLINE DATE IT SAYS DOES NOT. 
          NO, IT DOES INCLUDE IT. 
          SO THAT IS INCORRECTION ON THE PREVIOUS PREVIOUS ONE THAT WAS SENT HERE. 
          IT DOES INCLUDE AN ESTIMATE. 
          AN ESTIMATE NUMBER. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          ON THE TAX RATE, THERE'S ALSO A CORRECTION ON THE INTEREST IN PROJECTED TAX COLLECTIONS. 
          UM, IT'S 67 60 7,219,375. 
          OUR, UM, PROPO PROJECTED TAX RATE FOR M AND O PURPOSES, IT'S AT 66 69. 
          AND OUR INTEREST IN THINKING WE ARE, UH, PROPOSING THAT WE, WE MADE WITH THE SAME RATE, ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF TESLA, WHILE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TAX 'EM ON THE MNO SIDE, WE ARE ABLE TO TAX 'EM ON THE IMS SIDE. 
          SO WE'RE ABLE TO THE SAME RATE, WE COLLECT MORE TAXES AND WE'RE ABLE TO DECREASE DEBT. 
          SO THIS YEAR WE DID THE SAME THING WHERE WE HAD A THESIS PROPOSAL AS FAR OF THE TAX ADOPTION, UH, RATE IN SEPTEMBER, BUT WE WE'RE PROPOSING THE SAME AND SOME, SOME MORE DEBT USING THOSE, UH, TAX RATES. 
          WE ESTIMATE OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, OUR GENERAL FUND TAX COLLECTION SHOULD BE AT $98.3 MILLION IN OUR INS AT $67.2 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF 160, ALMOST 169 MILLION. 
          UM, IN OUR BOARD MEETING, WE WILL HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ON A REGULAR BOARD MEETING UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR PUBLISHING PURPOSES, A TAX RATE FOR PUBLISHING PURPOSES. 
          SO THIS IS A RATE THAT WE WILL PUBLISH ON OUR NOTICE. 
          IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THIS IS THE RATE THAT IT MAY ULTIMATELY BE, UH, ADOPTED. 
          IT IS ONLY, UH, WE ARE USING THE, THE HIGHEST RATE THAT WE CAN HAVE AND WE ARE ABLE TO ADOPT A LESSER RATE, BUT WE CANNOT GO ABOVE THE PUBLISHED PUBLISHED RATE. 
          SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY THIS IS GONNA BE PUBLISHED. 
          THE ONE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH IS THE 67, 28 AND THE 33, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE ON THE NOTICE. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          YES. 
          CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THIS? SURE, SURE. 
          SO IN KEEPING UP WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT'S UP THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE 20 24, 20 25 PROJECTED TAX COLLECTIONS ARE AT 70 MILLION ON THE DOCUMENT THAT WE RECEIVED, RIGHT? SO YES. 
          SO IF, IF THAT'S AN UPDATE TO THE 67,219,000. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          OUR STUDENT DATA, WE HAVE HERE ARE SOME OF OUR HISTORICAL INFORMATION FROM 2020, UH, 2021 TO A YEAR WE HAD ENROLLMENT OF 10,654. 
          AND FOR REFINED A DA WE HAD NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT. 
          SO THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DA AND REFINED A DA. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE HERE, UM, WHEN YOU GO, WE DO THE PERCENT, IT MAY ADD UP TO THE, IT MAY NOT ADD UP TO, BECAUSE I SEE THE PRINCIPLE TO YOUR, AND IT MAY NOT BE ADD UP TO THE ACTUAL PERCENT OF ATTENDANCE THAT YOU'VE SEEN. 
          SO THE RATE THAT I APPLIED, 'CAUSE IT'S A HISTORICAL TREND, WAS ALMOST 86% FOR REFINED A DA. 
          AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE AND THE OTHER IS THAT REFINED A DA IS FOR FINANCE PURPOSES. 
          SO IT'S NOT THE SAME A PA THAT YOU SEE IN THE CAMPUSES. 
          IT IS DIFFERENT REFINED. 
          A DA MAKES AN ADJUSTMENT FOR PRE-K AT HALF A VA BECAUSE WE ONLY GET HALF FUNDING THERE. 
          SO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBER THAT THE PRINCIPALS SEE AND THE NUMBERS THAT I SEE MAY NOT ADD UP, IT'S BECAUSE I MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT FOR THAT HALF DAY PRE-K. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT BECAUSE WHEN I SAW THAT I WAS ABOUT TO THREE OUT YES. 
          THEN IT WAS SO LOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THAT IS, THAT IS THE REASON WHY. 
          SO THIS ADJUST REFINING THE FOR FINANCE PURPOSES ONLY AND IT MAKES THAT HALF ADJUSTMENT CONCRETE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IN REALITY WHEN YOU DO THE MATH HERE, YOU WILL SEE THAT UH, FOR 24, 25 WE ARE AT 85.9% OR 86%. 
          80 DA IN ACTUALITY IS MORE LIKE 91% DISTRICTWIDE. 
          THE NUMBERS BEING USED HERE AT 11,712 ARE PROJECTED BASED ON A DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT. 
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ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE GO, CAN WE GO BACK TO, I WOULD LIKE THE TOTAL FOR THE 24 25 PROJECTED TAX COLLECTIONS, THE TOTAL TAX RATE, BECAUSE THAT ONE ALSO CHANGED. 
          SO THE 1 68 9 0 2, THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          OH WAIT, NO. 
          HOW IS THAT THE SAME IF 98,000 OR 98 MILLION PLUS 67 MILLION. 
          YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT UPDATED. 
          SO IT'S, YEAH. 
          SO THE ONLY NUMBER THAT CHANGED WAS THE 67 MILLION. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT IF YOU DO THE MATH, HOW IS THAT? IT IS BASED ON THE OTHER NUMBER. 
          IT'S NOT BASED ON ANY NUMBER, IT'S BASED ON THE INTEREST IN SAFETY. 
          WHEN I ORIGINALLY DID THIS SLIDE HERE, IT'S BASED OFF OF THIS 21 BILLION OVER HERE. 
          SO THIS HERE IS JUST A NUMBER, IT'S A TABLE, IT'S ON AN EXCEL. 
          SO I JUST WENT IN AND CHANGED THE NUMBER HERE, BUT IT'S ANOTHER CALCULATION COMING UP OF ANOTHER NUMBER OVER HERE. 
          WHAT I DID IS THAT I FORGOT TO UPDATE THIS MIC. 
          OKAY. 
          BEFORE I SEND IT. 
          SO JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK THAT NUMBER NOW IS 165 MILLION. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? THAT DATED NUMBER? YES. 
          FOR THE SARS, UM, THERE HAS BEEN A DECREASE IN REIMBURSEMENT. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHARED WITH THE BOARD, I BELIEVE IN THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING. 
          UM, FOR THIS YEAR WE HAD BUDGETED 4.1, UH, IN CHARGE REIMBURSEMENT. 
          AFTER, IN DECEMBER WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THAT THERE WAS A REDUCTION AND RATIOS AND HOW THEY WERE APPLYING THAT FORMULA. 
          AND THAT, UH, TURNED INTO A $2.4 MILLION REDUCTION IN CHARGE REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE ARE ADJUSTING ALSO FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          SO WE ARE ESTIMATING OUR REIMBURSEMENT FOR NEXT YEAR TO BE ABOUT 1.6 MILLION. 
          JUST SOME INFORMATION ON CHAPTER THREE 13 AND THE REVENUE PROTECTION PAYMENT. 
          SO A CHAPTER THREE 13 AGREEMENT. 
          UH, WHAT IT DOES IS THAT WE BASICALLY GRANT TESLA A TAX RATE ON OUR M AND O TAX COLLECTIONS ON OUR TAX RATE. 
          SO THEY, THEY DON'T PAY TAXES TOWARDS OUR M AND O, BUT THEY DO PAY TAXES TOWARDS OUR IMS OR THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH TESLA PROVIDES FOR AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE PROTECTION PAYMENT. 
          SO THERE IS A CALCULATION THAT GETS DONE THAT DETERMINES IF THE STATE WAS NOT TO PICK UP THAT COST, IT WOULD BE A LOSS. 
          SO THEY DETERMINE THAT AMOUNT AND THEN TESLA PAY THE DISTRICT THAT AMOUNT IF THIS PAYMENT IS POPULATED YEARLY BASED ON APPRAISAL GROWTH FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT. 
          SO IT'S NOT IN THE AGGREGATE. 
          SO IT'S NOT LIKE RIGHT NOW JUST HAS VALUED AT 6 BILLION. 
          IT'S NOT BASED ON THE 6 BILLION. 
          IT'S BASED ON WHAT THEY GREW FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          UM, AND WHAT IS GUARANTEED IS A SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT OF ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND THAT IS FOR 10 YEARS. 
          AT SOME POINT THE VALUE OF TESLA WILL STABILIZE AND EVEN START DEPRECIATING. 
          AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT IS LIKELY THAT THERE WON'T BE A REVENUE PROTECTION PAYMENT. 
          AND IF THERE IS, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERABLY SMALLER. 
          SO I HAVE AN EXAMPLE HERE OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED OR HAPPENED IF, DEPENDING ON THIS VALUE GROWTH. 
          SO IF TESLA HAD GROWN ONLY 500 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, THEN THE REVENUE PROTECTION PAYMENT WOULD ONLY BE BY $408,000 AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT WOULD BE A MILLION THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT AND THE TOTAL PAYMENT WOULD ONLY BE 1.4 MILLION. 
          IF TESLA ONLY GREW BY $1 BILLION, THEN YOU SEE THAT INCREASE TO ALMOST THREE, ALMOST $4 MILLION BECAUSE THE $1 MILLION MAKING ALMOST 5 MILLION AND IT KEEPS GOING. 
          SO FOR THIS YEAR WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF TWO AND A HALF BILLION, UH, MAKING THAT REVENUE PROTECTION PAYMENT, $17 MILLION PLUS A SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT FOR, UH, 1 MILLION PLUS. 
          SO A TOTAL PAYMENT, ALMOST 18 MILLION. 
          HAD IT DOUBLED IN VALUE, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE 3.5, IT WOULD BE ALMOST A $22 MILLION PAYMENT. 
          I ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK. 
          YES. 
          SO GIVEN THAT THEIR APPRAISALS ARE STILL KIND OF BEING SORTED OUT RIGHT NOW, IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          IS IS IT A, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IT CAN EITHER INCREASE OR DECREASE TO LIKE IF IT DECREASES TO 
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IN THE BALLPARK ONE 25 BILLION, UM, IF THEY SOMEHOW GET THAT NUMBER DOWN, THEN IT WILL DROP TWO 70 MILLION. 
          SO WE'D LOSE $10 MILLION FROM THE REVENUE PROTECTION PAYMENT. 
          AND LIKEWISE, IF IT GOES UP A BILLION IN THEIR APPRAISALS, THEN THEY WOULD GO UP TO ALMOST 21 MILLION. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THE NUMBER THAT WE RECEIVE IS LO FROM TESLA THROUGH OUR THIRD PARTY. 
          AND WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS THAT THEY ARE ON THE 6 BILLION RANGE. 
          SO WE ARE BEING MORE CAUTIOUS OF BEING JUST 6 MILLION AND NOT GOING UP, BUT IT'S FROM, FROM, UH, THE COMPANY, IT'S IN THE 6 BILLION RANGE FOR THE, I'M SORRY, THAT'S EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE. 
          WHAT WAS THE BASIS OF THAT? THAT'S ALMOST HALF OF WHAT WE'RE BUILDING FOR WHICH ONE? YOU SAID THAT ESTIMATED 6 MILLION AND WE'RE ONLY NO GROWTH. 
          THEIR TOTAL VALUE, THEY'RE ESTIMATING IT TO BE 6 BILLION. 
          OH. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE A TWO AND A HALF BILLION GROWTH FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO THIS YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO HERE WE HAVE, UM, THE ESTIMATED, I'M SORRY, THE HISTORICAL PAYMENT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. 
          SO THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS AGREEMENT WAS IN 22, 23. 
          AND THE VALUE, THE TAXABLE VALUE AT THAT TIME WAS 1 BILLION. 
          AND THE DISTRICT RECEIVED 10 POINT, ALMOST $10.2 MILLION. 
          UH, FROM THAT GROWTH IN LAST, THIS CURRENT YEAR, UH, THEY GREW ALMOST $2.4 MILLION, UH, TO, FOR A TOTAL PAYMENT OF ALMOST $18 MILLION. 
          SO FOR THIS YEAR, WE ARE ESTIMATING THEIR VALUE TO BE AT 6 BILLION. 
          UH, WITH A GROWTH OF ALMOST 2.6 BILLION, MAKING THAT PAYMENT, 18 MILLION AT THAT, THE COMPANY STARTS REACHING ITS COMPLETION, LIKE I SAID IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE OR STABILIZING. 
          AND YOUR GROWTH IS NOT GONNA KEEP GROWING AT THE SAME PACE. 
          YOU'LL START SEEING THAT DECREASE. 
          WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 
          UH, IF YOU DRIVE BY, YOU SEE THAT THEY'RE STILL CONSTRUCTING, THEY'RE STILL ADDING TO THAT BUILDING, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GONNA STOP. 
          THEY'VE ALSO BEEN IN THE NEWS FOR, FOR OTHER THINGS WITH THEIR WORKFORCE WHERE THEY'RE REDUCING THEIR WORKFORCE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS AN EFFECT ON THEIR CONSTRUCTION PLANS, UH, FOR THAT FACILITY. 
          I'M SORRY, I'M JUST CONFUSED PAGE. 
          UM, SO I GET THE, THE GROWTH OF THE 2 BILLION AND BUT NOT UNDERSTANDING ALMOST SAME AS HERE. 
          THIS HAS ALMOST 2% OR TWO MORE. 
          I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY GETTING FROM THEM BEGINNING THE, JUST THE DIFFERENCE OR THE TOTAL. 
          SO THE NUMBER THAT'S USED FOR CALCULATING, SO IF, IF THIS IS, IT IS A LITTLE COMPLICATED. 
          RIGHT? SO WHAT WE DO IS THAT WE GIVE 'EM A TAX BREAK SO WE DON'T LOSE ACTUALLY ANYTHING GIVEN THEM A TAX BREAK BECAUSE THROUGH THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA, THE STATE ALREADY MAKES UP FOR THAT LOSS. 
          SO THIS IS IN ADDITION TO, IF YOU WERE TO THINK OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IT WE WOULD BE FUNDED MINUS THIS. 
          WE WOULD BE FUNDED ANYWAYS THE SAME WAY AS WE ARE. 
          RIGHT? SO WHAT THEY DO IS IF WE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TAX THAT WE WOULD'VE LOST THIS AMOUNT, THAT'S WHAT THEY PAID US FOR GIVING THEM THAT BREAK ON THAT AMOUNT ONLY. 
          AND IT'S ONLY ON THE GROWTH FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO THIS YEAR. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THE GROWTH ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE GROWTH FROM LAST YEAR WAS 2.4 IN THIS YEAR IS, UH, ALMOST 2.6. 
          SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE. 
          THAT'S WHY THE PAYMENTS ARE ALMOST THE SAME. 
          AND THEN ADJUST BASED ON THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA FOR THE, FOR THAT YEAR. 
          SO IT IS NOT A STRAIGHT OUT CALCULATION. 
          IT GOES THROUGH A DIFFERENT CALCULATION BECAUSE IT IS MAKING UP FOR ANY LOSS IN EITHER LOCAL OR STATE FUNDING. 
          SO IT DEPENDS A LOT ON THE STATE FUNDING FORMULAS AS WELL. 
          SO WHEN THE TAX RATE GOT COMPRESSED AND THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION PASSES, THAT HAS AN EFFECT ON THIS ALSO. 
          AND UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE WAY THAT THESE THREE 13 AGREEMENTS WORKS IS THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY RIGHT NOW, I'LL SAY $18 MILLION. 
          BUT AS TESLA STOPS GROWING THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY, THEN THAT STARTS TO TAPER OFF. 
          IT'S GONNA HIT A PEAK IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, RIGHT? ASSUMING LIKE IF THEY DO NO MORE DEVELOPMENT, THEY DON'T DO ANY MORE EXPANSION, IT JUST THAT THAT GROWTH BASICALLY GOES AWAY. 
          AND SO IT'S GONNA STABILIZE AND THEN WE CAN EXPECT TO ACTUALLY GET LESS AND LESS AND LESS MONEY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS IF 
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THEY DON'T ACTUALLY GROW THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY. 
          AND AT SOME POINT WE'LL GET NOTHING IN REVENUE LIKE PROTECTION PAYMENT BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE GROWING THERE LIKE THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY. 
          BUT IF THEY DO CONTINUE TO EXPAND, THEN WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE SOME INCREMENTAL RETURNS ON THAT. 
          REVENUE PROTECTION IS THAT, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          A FAIR ASSESSMENT OF HOW THESE WORK. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO THE ONLY UNKNOWN IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO PEAK AND WHICH YEAR THEY'RE GOING TO PEAK AND SAY, OKAY, WE, WE'VE GROWN AS MUCH AS WE BUILD, AS MUCH AS WE'RE GONNA BUILD AND THEN IT'S JUST MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY AND NOT NECESSARILY GROWING. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE THIS EXAMPLE SO THAT YOU COULD SEE. 
          SO FROM ONE YEAR WHEN THEY PEAK AFTER THAT THEY ONLY ADD 500 MILLION TO THEIR VALUE, THEN THAT MAKES A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THIS REVENUE PROTECTION PAYMENT GOING FROM POSSIBLY 17 OR $21 MILLION DOWN TO LESS THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          SO IT IS MONEY THAT NEEDS TO BE USED CAUTIOUSLY BECAUSE IT WILL START DECREASING OVER TIME. 
          WHILE I'M FINISHING THAT, IS IT, IS THAT MONEY ALLOCATED FOR ANYTHING OR CAN WE USE IT IN GENERAL FUND FOR WHATEVER EXPENSES WE NEED? YOU CAN USE IT FOR WHATEVER EXPENSES YOU NEED. 
          IT IS CLASSIFYING AS A LOCAL REVENUE. 
          SO IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO ANYTHING. 
          IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE EITHER. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          ALSO FOR THE PAST, UH, FEW YEARS WE'VE HAD UM, AN SR THREE GRANT AND THAT'S PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. 
          IT IS OFFICIALLY, UH, CALLED ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF. 
          AND UH, IT IS OUR S3 THREE, UH, IT WAS RELEASED TO ASSIST THEM FOR THE, UH, FROM THE RECOVERY OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND PANDEMIC. 
          AND THE DISTRICT'S ENTITLEMENT IS $24.5 MILLION AND THE GRANT WILL END SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE ONLY HAVE THREE MONTHS OF THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE, UH, THE ESR FUND. 
          SO HISTORICALLY HERE IS WHAT WE'VE SPENT, UH, THE FIRST YEAR, OUR $4.5 MILLION. 
          LAST YEAR WE SPENT ALMOST 8.5. 
          THIS YEAR WE ARE PROJECTING AT $5.6 MILLION AND THAT WOULD LEAVE US A REMAINING BALANCE FOR NEXT YEAR, $6 MILLION. 
          UH, ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE TOOK A A LOOK AT AGAIN, IS OUR INTEREST ON OUR INVESTMENT. 
          SO AS YOU KNOW, OUR INTEREST RATES ARE HIGH. 
          SO WHILE YOU SEE AN INCREASE IN INFLATION, WHAT WE ALSO SEE IS AN INCREASE IN OUR INTEREST THAT WE EARN ON OUR INVESTMENTS. 
          THE BULK OF THAT MONEY COMING INTO OUR BONDS, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR PORTFOLIO IS MADE UP MAINLY OF OUR BOND FUNDS. 
          UH, THE PROCEEDS ARE $13 MILLION FOR OUR BOND, FOR OUR BOND FUNDS, FOR OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          IT'S ALMOST $2.4 MILLION PER YEAR TOTAL TO 16.6 FOR THE YEAR. 
          WE ARE, UH, THE 13 MILLION. 
          I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE UTILIZATION OF THE BOND INTEREST FUNDS. 
          SO WE ARE PLANNING A FACILITIES WORKSHOP TO BRING THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD TO DETERMINE, UH, HOW WE WANT TO PROCEED WITH THAT WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 
          SO THE 13 MILLION WAS REMAINING OF THE ORIGINAL 21? NO, WHAT THIS IS IS WHAT WE'VE EARNED ON THE BOND FUNDS BECAUSE WE INVEST THAT MONEY OR WE PUT IT IN OUR, THEN THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GENERATED OFF OF THAT INVESTMENT. 
          SO IT'S ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 
          YEAH, BUT I THOUGHT AT ONE POINT WE HAD, UH, A TOTAL OF LIKE 21. 
          THIS IS ONLY FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          SO YEAH. 
          SO WE'LL ADD, WE HAVE MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE. 
          THIS IS ONLY LOOKING AT THIS FISCAL YEAR AND IT'S SIMILAR TO THE QUESTION THAT JESSE WANER ASKED THESE FUNDS. 
          HOW CAN THEY BE USED? CAN THEY BE USED ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OR JUST ONE TIME FOR A GENERAL FUND? THEY ARE, THEY ARE CONSIDERED LOCAL SOURCES OF REVENUE. 
          SO THEY, AGAIN, THEY HAVE NO NOTHING TIED TO IT. 
          THERE IS NO EXPECTATION TO BE SPENT A CERTAIN WAY. 
          IT CAN BE USED FOR ANYTHING THAT WE NEED IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE BOND. 
          IT HAS TO BE USED FOR WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE, THE DOCUMENT FOR THE BOND OR WHAT, WHAT IT WAS, UH, WHAT THE BOND WAS CASH FOR. 
          SO IF IT WAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS, MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES, BUILDING OF FACILITIES, THAT TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
          IT JUST NEEDS TO FOLLOW THE LEDGE THAT WAS PASSED. 
          UM, AS PART OF THE BOND. 
          SORRY, WHICH BOND? THE, THE RECENT BOND, THE 22 OR MOST OF 'EM MARKED FOR THE 22 BOND. 
          WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE DO BREAK IT DOWN INTO THE DIFFERENT ONES. 
          SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, STILL BEING EARNED ON THE 2019 BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE SOME FUNDS THERE. 
          BUT THE BULK OF IT IS COMING INTO THE 22. 
          SO IT'S AN AGGREGATE OF ALL OF OUR HOME, CORRECT? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CLARIFY. 
          AND IN THE OTHER FUNDS IS MADE UP OF EITHER OUR FOOD SERVICE FUND, WHICH ALSO WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT 
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FOR IT SEPARATELY AND OUR, OUR STUDENT ACTIVITY ACCOUNTS, OUR CAMPUS ACTIVITY ACCOUNTS IS ALSO, WE ALSO INVEST THAT MONEY. 
          SO IT'S UH, THAT'S WHAT THE OTHER FUNDS ARE. 
          SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ACTUALLY THIS ONE IS BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO, THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE FEDS DO WITH THE INTEREST RATE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW I KNOW THEY, THEY COME OUT AND SAID THAT THEY'RE KEEPING IT THE WAY IT IS. 
          SO WE CAN EXPECT THE SAME EARNING FOR THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW. 
          THAT MAY ALSO DECREASE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE FEDS DO. 
          AND ALSO AS OUR, MORE THAN ANYTHING OUR BOND FUNDS, UH, USUALLY OUR GENERAL FUND, WE KEEP CONSISTENTLY ABOUT THE SAME BUT OUR BOND FUNDS WILL START DECREASING AS WE START SPENDING THAT MONEY. 
          SO THAT MONEY'S GONNA START DECREASING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT INVESTING AS MUCH AS WE'RE HAVING TO PAY OUT THE PAY APPLICATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO THAT WILL START DECREASING. 
          CAN I ASK? YES, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF WHAT WE HAVE IN. 
          SO THIS IS JUST THE CURRENT, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF WHAT WE HAVE. 
          I WANNA SAY THAT WE HAD, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ABOUT 17 MILLION THAT WE EARNED LAST YEAR. 
          UH, SO MAYBE LIKE 35 COMBINED. 
          I CAN GET YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THAT INFORMATION AND HOW MUCH IT IS FOR FROM UH, BONDS. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          WITH THAT I'D ALSO LIKE THE BALANCE OF, OF THE REMAINING FUNDS FOR EACH BOND. 
          UM, CAN WE GO BACK TO REPEAT MY QUESTION FOR S3 SURE. 
          FUND. 
          WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS FOR THOSE? MOST GRANTS, UH, HAVE SOME LANGUAGE THAT THAT RESTRICT THE USE OF THEM AND, AND THIS ONE HAS SOME LANGUAGE BUT A LOT MORE FLEXIBLE THAN UH, OUR TITLE ONE AND ANY OF THE OTHER GRANTS BECAUSE THEY ARE USED TO, WE ARE ABLE TO SUPPLANT IN MOST GRANTS WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SUPPLANT RESOURCES OR PROGRAMS. BUT WITH THIS ONE WE ARE UH, SO IT IS PRETTY MUCH WE CAN USE IT FOR A LOT OF THINGS. 
          UH, IF THAT HAS BEEN THE GUIDANCE EFFECT CEA TO BE ABLE TO USE BECAUSE IT WAS EXPECTED TO, TO PLAN SOME OF THE LOSSES THAT WE HAD DUE TO DECLINING A DA AND ALL THOSE THINGS. 
          SO IT HAS MORE FLEXIBILITY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE POTENTIAL 1000 CYCLE IS COMING FROM S YES, IT BE THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SR ONE AND S TWO. 
          WE S TWO ENDED THIS YEAR, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023 AND THEN ONES BEEN GONE ONE. 
          YES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          THAT SAYS A SURE QUESTION OF ALMOST KIND OF LIKE CATCH UP WHERE WE'RE AT, AT A HIGH LEVEL SURFACE. 
          SO WE'VE GOT MONEY COMING IN FROM AS THREE RIGHT? $6 MILLION. 
          CORRECT. 
          THIS IS THE LAST YEAR THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, CORRECT. 
          AFTER THIS NO MORE SR FUNDS. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NEXT YEAR THERE'S NO 6 MILLION, NO 5 MILLION THAT'S GONE, GONE. 
          CORRECT. 
          THE THREE 13 THAT WE HAVE WITH TESLA, THAT CAN POTENTIALLY START TO DECREASE AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE IF THEIR VALUES DON'T GROW. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THEN OUR INTEREST ON INVESTMENTS RIGHT NOW THEY'RE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS. 
          INTEREST RATES ARE HIGH BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW AND SO THE FED KIND OF INCREASED RATES, BUT LIKELY AS THE ECONOMY COOLS OFF AND INFLATION STARTS TO COME DOWN, THE FEDS POTENTIALLY WILL LOWER THOSE INCREASE RATES. 
          AND WE CAN REASONABLY EXPECT, ESPECIALLY AS WE USE MORE OF OUR BOND FUNDS, THAT THE RETURNS THAT WE'LL SEE AREN'T GONNA BE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          SO THIS YEAR WE'VE GOT MONEY, BUT WHAT I HEAR KIND OF COMING OUT OF THIS IS NEXT YEAR, THE YEAR AFTER, THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN TERMS OF THE MONEY THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE TABLE FOR US TO ALLOCATE TOWARDS THINGS. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT? THAT IS A FAIR ASSESSMENT AND I WANTED TO BE VERY, UH, CLEAR ON SOME OF THESE THINGS AS YOU THINK THINGS THROUGH TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO LOOK PAST ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS AND SEE WHAT'S COMING IN. 
          SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE MONTHS WE'LL START DECREASING AS TIME GOES BY. 
          AND SOME ARE CERTAIN AND ARE BEYOND OUR KNOWLEDGE, LIKE OUR INTEREST FUNDS. 
          THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IF YOU, WE GO HISTORICALLY AND LOOK, BEFORE WE WERE MAKING PROBABLY LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON OUR GENERAL FUND ON, ON UH, INTEREST AND NOW WE'RE AT 2.3 MILLION. 
          SO THAT IS SIGNIFICANT. 
          SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO, TO LOOK AT. 
          UM, LIKE AREA SOME, A COMMENT I MADE AND I DON'T REMEMBER TO WHICH GROUP IT WAS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING FINE FINANCIALLY. 
          I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT YOU WE'RE ON FIRE. 
          WE'RE NOT, WE'RE DOING FINE FINANCIALLY, RIGHT? BUT WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AHEAD. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAID WAS THAT WE ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME FUNDING FORMULAS THAT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SUBJECT TO. 
          OKAY. 
          WE GET ADJUSTED FOR EVERY WEIGHT THAT THEY DO WHAT WE HAVE THAT MAYBE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING. 
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AND IF YOU ARE WATCHING THE NEWS, AND I SAW SOMETHING THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A REPORT ON TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OUR NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT RECENTLY WE STARTED SEEING, UM, IN THE NEWS HOUSTON IUC WAS IN THE NEWS SITE FAIR WAS IN THE NEWS. 
          PRETTY MUCH EVERY DISTRICT IS FACING SHORTFALL IN THEIR BUDGETS. 
          WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT IS THAT WE HAVE EXACTLY WHAT I'M POINTING OUT IS THE TESLA, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE GET. 
          UM, AND THAT WE STILL HAVE SOME REMAINING FUNDS ON OUR FOR NEXT YEAR THAT WE CAN CARRY OVER STILL AND IS STILL USED NEXT YEAR. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET AND LOOK AT THEIRS, THAT WHY WE DO SO WELL BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE EARLY PART OF A CHAPTER THREE 13. 
          'CAUSE OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE THREE 13 TOO, BUT THEY MAY BE ON THE LATTER PART OF THAT WHERE THEY'VE ALREADY USED IT, THEY'VE ALREADY HAD THEIR GAMES AND NOW THEY'RE JUST EITHER STABILIZED AND HAVE RECEIVING LUNCH. 
          BUT WE'LL GET, WE KNOW CONSISTENTLY IS THE $1 MILLION THAT WE'RE GETTING SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT. 
          THAT'S THE ONLY GUARANTEE IN THAT, IN THAT UH, AGREEMENT. 
          I ASK A ANOTHER FOLLOW UP QUESTION BECAUSE I, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND UH, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS DOING CONSIDERING ALL THE DEFICITS IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, CONSIDERING AS WE LOOK AHEAD AS A DISTRICT AND THINK ABOUT, OKAY, A LOT OF THESE MONEY THAT WE HAVE HELPING US OUT RIGHT NOW IS POTENTIALLY NOT GOING BE ON THE TABLE IN THE FUTURE. 
          WHAT IS THE LEGISLATURE DONE TO INCREASE OUR FUNDING? NOT JUST FROM A ONE TIME STANDPOINT, BUT THEN ON TOP OF THAT, LIKE ARE THEY DOING ANYTHING TO STABILIZE FUNDING OR ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST OTHER DISTRICTS, BUT DELL VALLEY ISD IN THE FUTURE DOESN'T END UP IN A DEFICIT BUDGET? ARE THEY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF? NO, I KNOW THAT THEY RECENTLY PUBLISHED THE CHARGES FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THE ONLY ITEM THAT I NOTICED THAT WAS THERE THAT WAS RELEVANT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS WAS TO REVISIT CHARTS AND, UM, MORE THAN ANYTHING IF THE, HOW THEY COLLABORATES BETWEEN THE AGENCIES, I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT FUNDING, BUT MAYBE THAT'S A STARTING POINT. 
          I KNOW THAT'S REDUCTION WAS VERY, FOR US IT'S $2.4 MILLION. 
          BUT, UH, SOME OF OUR, I I KNOW ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, THE REASON THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT A DEFICIT IS BECAUSE THEY LOST $27 MILLION IN SHARPSBURG. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE LARGER SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO IT, SAME THING, WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT. 
          SO LEG, THE LEGISLATORS ARE HEARING THE SAME THING. 
          WE'RE ALL WRITING LETTERS OR EITHER WANTING TO, THERE, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A LAWSUIT. 
          LIKE WE, LIKE, UH, WE HAVE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR, FOR THIS CHARGE REDUCTION AS WELL. 
          SO THERE'S ALWAYS, UH, POWER IN THE MASS. 
          SO WE'RE HOPING THAT IF WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN, UM, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS SOMETIMES THEY TEND TO SAY TOO MUCH. 
          SO THIS COULD ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS. 
          UH, I HAVE BEEN A CFO FOR 10 YEARS, UM, AT THIS LEVEL I'VE WORKED IN THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT FOR, FOR OVERALL I HAVE ABOUT 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN IN SCHOOL FINANCE. 
          UM, THE LAST 10 YEARS AS A CFO, WHICH I'VE BEEN MORE LOOKING MORE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS. 
          I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE TIME THAT I'VE SEEN THAT THERE'S BEEN CHANGE AND THAT WAS WHEN HOUSE BILL THREE WAS PASSED. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT, IT, IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO TO, TO FIX THE FUNDING FOR THE FUNDING THE SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, IT, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY AND THAT'S THE LAST TIME THAT ACTUALLY THAT THE, THE ALLOTMENT, THE BASIC ALL SINCE THEN THERE IS A LOT OF TALK EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF HOPE IN THIS LAST ONE WHERE THEY WERE SAYING, OH, WE'RE GONNA MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION. 
          WE'RE GONNA ADD $90. 
          WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. 
          WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS SPECIAL EDUCATION. 
          AND ACTUALLY IN ACTUALITY, THE WAY THE FUNDING FORMULA CAME OUT AND THE WAY ANOTHER HOUSE BILL WAS PASSED, WE ENDED UP LOOKING FOR GETTING SPECIAL EDUCATION PLUS IMPACT, A REDUCTION IN JARS. 
          SO TO, TO SAY THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAPPEN. 
          EVERY LEGISLATIVE DISCUSSION KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALK, BUT ACTUAL CHANGES, I, THEY, HISTORICALLY I HAVE NOT SEEN IT. 
          CAN I ALSO JUST CLARIFY ONE MORE THING AND THEN I'LL STOP ASKING QUESTIONS. 
          SO, SO YOU, YOU MENTIONED HOUSE BILL THREE, ARE, YOU'RE REFERENCING 2019 HOUSE BILL THREE, CORRECT? YES. 
          YES. 
          BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT LAST YEAR THE ONLY INCREASES THAT WE SAW FROM THE LEGISLATURE WERE FROM ANOTHER HOUSE BILL THREE THAT WAS PASSED IN THE RECENT SESSION. 
          AND THAT THAT WAS 28 CENTS PER A DA AND A ONE TIME, LIKE $15,000 GRANT PER CAMPUS. 
          AND I THINK FOR US, IF I RECALL, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL $200,000 TO COMPLY WITH THAT HOUSE BILL. 
          CORRECT. 
          BUT TO ACTUALLY COMPLY WITH IT, WE HAD TO SPEND 1.6. 
          AND SO WE WERE ACTUALLY AT A LOSS OF $1.4 MILLION BECAUSE OF THAT HOUSE BILL. 
          WAS THERE ANY OTHER INCREASES THAT WE SAW LAST YEAR? THERE IS A SMALL INCREASE ON THE GOLDEN PENNY 
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YIELD, UH, THAT WAS ALREADY BILLED INTO, INTO THE FUNDING FORMULA. 
          BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'LL SEE IT A LITTLE BIT IN THIS YEAR AND WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF PAIN IN THAT. 
          BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, ALL THE TALK, ALL THESE THINGS THAT THEY HAD, REALLY NOTHING CAME OUT OF IT. 
          ASIDE FROM MANDATING THE, THAT WAS THE MANDATING POLICE OFFICERS AT EVERY CAMPUS. 
          UM, AND THE ONLY ADJUSTMENTS AND THE ONLY REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVED WAS THE 15,000, UH, PER CAMPUS. 
          AND, AND THAT'S LIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO THE SAFETY ALLOTMENT, WHICH I THINK THAT THE 20 CENTS CAME OUT TO BE LIKE 30 SOME THOUSAND. 
          UH, AND THEN THE, THE BULK OF THE 200,000 THAT WE SAW WAS ON THE 15,000 PER CAMPUS. 
          YES. 
          A QUESTION I, GOING BACK TO EZ FUND REAL QUICK, THE, ARE THERE POSITIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT FULLY DEPEND ON HEDGE FUNDS? AND IF THERE ARE, IS THERE, ARE WE EX, ARE WE HOPING THAT WE CAN ABSORB IT? SO WITH THE PLAN AND THAT I HAVE, WHEN I GO OVER THE EXPENDITURES, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 
          SO WE DID ABSORB SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS AND NOT ALL OF THEM. 
          SO I'LL, I'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR OUR REVENUES IN OUR GENERAL FUND, UM, FOR OUR CURRENT AND PRIOR TAXES FOR ESTIMATING ALMOST $99 MILLION, THAT INCLUDES SOME OF OUR, SO THE NUMBER DOESN'T TIE BACK TO THE OTHER ONE. 
          THIS ONE INCLUDES A PENALTY AND INTEREST, UH, THAT WE ALSO EARNED ON TAXES, ON TAX COLLECTIONS FOR OUR STATE FUNDING. 
          UH, WE ARE SEEING, YOU SEE THAT DECREASE TO THE $8.7 MILLION IS BECAUSE AS WE GET MORE LOCAL TAX COLLECTIONS, JUST WITH THE NORMAL FUNDING FORMULA, THEN IT ADJUSTS ON THE STATE SIDE. 
          SO YOU SEE THAT REDUCTION. 
          SO WE GET MORE LOCAL, THEN WE GET LESS STATE, WE GET MORE STATEMENT, WE GET, UH, LESS LOCAL. 
          SO THAT'S THE WAY THE FUNDING FORMULA IS GOING TO WORK ON OUR TIERS. 
          AND WE HAVE, THAT IS ALSO AN THAT WE HAVE, UH, IT'S BASED OFF OF HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WE HAVE IN THERE. 
          IT'S A TRS NUMBER. 
          UH, WE EXPENSE IT, BUT THEN WE ALSO GAIN IT IN REVENUE. 
          SO IT'S A WASH. 
          UM, OTHER LOCAL INCOME, UH, WE ARE NOT FULLY, UH, BUDGETING FOR OUR INTEREST. 
          THAT'S MAINLY OUR INTEREST, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR THAT WE'RE BUDGETING AT 2 MILLION, JUST A SLIGHT DECREASE JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS. 
          SO WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE ON OUR REVENUE PROTECTION PAYMENT. 
          ALTHOUGH WE HAVE 18 MILLION, WE ARE ONLY USING $17 MILLION. 
          UH, FOR BUDGET PURPOSES, JUST, JUST IN CASE THAT NUMBER DECREASES, UH, FOR OUR SHARPS REVENUE, WE'VE MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT TO THE $1.6 MILLION IN OTHER FEDERAL REVENUE. 
          THIS IS INDIRECT COST THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OTHER GRANTS. 
          UM, MAINLY HERE, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO CHARGE INDIRECT COST TO THE  GRANT. 
          AND THAT ONE, WE CHARGE THAT HIGHEST LEVEL OF INDIRECT COST. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THAT MONEY'S COMING FROM. 
          THAT BRINGS OUR TOTAL REVENUES TO HUNDRED 36 MILLION. 
          CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? SO ARE WE, ARE WE ENTERING THIS YEAR? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF WHY THE STATE FUNDING HAS DROPPED BECAUSE THE, THE TAX COLLECTIONS WENT UP SO MUCH BASED ON THAT GROWTH. 
          BUT WE ARE STILL JUST UNDER RECAPTURE. 
          I DO ANTICIPATE THAT YOUR AFTER WILL BE IN RECAPTURE. 
          SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, UH, THAT WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT WHEN LOOKING AT OUR EXPENSES IS THAT WE HAVE AN INCREASED COST IN SUBSTITUTE. 
          SO THAT'S BUILT INTO THE, INTO THE, INTO THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET. 
          WE ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE IN OVERTIME. 
          THERE IS A 30% INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE. 
          UH, SINCE THAT NUMBER, ACTUALLY LAST NIGHT WE RECEIVED AN UPDATED NUMBER. 
          IT'S MORE LIKE A 40% INCREASE, UH, 35%. 
          SO IT'S ABOUT $400,000. 
          SO THAT CHANGED FROM, FROM LAST NIGHT TILL TILL NOW. 
          UM, WE ALSO ARE ADJUSTING AN INCREASE, UH, FOR AN INCREASE IN OUR UTILITIES. 
          WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING UP IN, UH, FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, CAN YOU GIMME EXAMPLE WHAT PROPERTY, WHAT IS THAT FOR? THAT IS THE PROPERTY ON OUR BUILDINGS. 
          IT'S ALSO OUR VEHICLES. 
          IT'S ALSO ON GOVERNANCE. 
          IT'S EDUCATOR INSURANCE. 
          IT IS THE WHOLE PACKAGE FOR OUR INSURANCE. 
          OH, INSURANCE. 
          YES. 
          THAT. 
          WHY DID IT INCREASE SO MUCH? IS IT BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGES THAT WE RECEIVED OR, I WA I WANNA SAY THAT THERE WAS, UH, WHAT WE RECEIVED WAS NOTIFICATION THAT THEY, THIS YEAR WE WOULD BE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. 
          AND IT IS AN 
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ADJUSTMENT. 
          IT IS A POOL. 
          SO EVERYBODY THAT'S IN, IN, IN THAT POOL, THEY PUT ALL THAT IN THE AGGREGATE AND THEY'RE NEEDING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          I KNOW THAT IN OTHER DISTRICTS IT'S HAPPENED. 
          WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS POSSIBLY GOING, UH, ASKING FOR PROPOSALS BEFORE WE FINALIZE IT BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE. 
          AND UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S ANOTHER POOL THAT WE'RE TALKING TO AND SEE IF THEY CAN PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE AND SEE WE CAN GET A BETTER NUMBER FROM ANOTHER. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK. 
          ARE THERE OTHER VINEYARDS THAT WE ARE LOOKING OKAY. 
          BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE. 
          UH, EVEN IF YOU DO, WE PUT OUT A PROPOSAL, WE MAY NOT GET RESPONSES, BUT I I, WE'RE STILL GONNA DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. 
          WE WILL REACH OUT TO ANOTHER POOL, UH, AND SEE WE CAN GET A BETTER RATE. 
          SO FOR CLARIFICATION, HAVE YOU SENT OUT THE REQUEST OR NO, WE WERE WAITING TO GET THIS NUMBER AND WE JUST RECEIVED IT, UH, LAST NIGHT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK MA'AM. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF REQUEST, UH, DUE TO STUDENT ENROLLMENT GROW. 
          SO WE ARE SEEING GROWTH IN SOME OF OUR ENROLLMENTS. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PROJECTIONS, WE HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL REQUEST AND THERE'S ALSO A TRANSFER OUT FOR OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, WHICH WE ALSO HAVE THIS YEAR. 
          AND WE ARE, UM, HAVING ONE FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL. 
          SOME OF THE DECREASES IN EXPENDITURES WAS THE ELIMINATION OF POSITION, , SOME OF 'EM ARE FROM THE ESRA GRANT. 
          SOME WE ABSORBED INTO, UH, THE GENERAL FUND AND SOME WE ARE NOT, UH, BRINGING BACK, ESPECIALLY THERE WAS VACANCIES. 
          SO THROUGH, THROUGH THE NORMAL ATTRITION PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE RESIGNATIONS, WE PUT, UH, WE HAVE FINE STAFF TO THOSE VACANT POSITIONS. 
          REDUCTION, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A REDUCTION IN CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENT BUDGETS OF 15%. 
          AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A TO ME? BECAUSE, UM, I'VE ONLY SEEN LIKE FUNDRAISERS FOR CAMPUSES AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MORE COST ON THE, UH, WHAT KIND OF REDUCTION ARE REFERRING TO. 
          SO THIS IS 15% REDUCTION IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THEY GET ALLOCATED, UH, PER PUPIL ALLOCATION. 
          SO OVERALL, JUST LOOKING AT CAMPUSES, THAT WAS ABOUT $300,000 BETWEEN ABOUT $300,000. 
          WHAT WE ALSO ARE DOING IS THAT WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN OUR TITLE ONE. 
          SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR BUDGETS WITH ADDITIONAL TITLE ONE FUNDING. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE USUALLY THOSE BUDGETS GO DIRECTLY TO OUR, OUR STUDENTS AND IN SOME CAPACITY TO OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO REDUCING IT IS KIND OF AN ISSUE FOR YOU'RE TAKING THAT AWAY FROM OUR KIDS. 
          UH, WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE YOU HAVE? TRYING, TRYING TO DECREASE OUR BOTTOM NUMBER. 
          UH, AND WE'LL SEE WHEN I PUT IT TOGETHER, YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER THAT I'M REFERENCING AND, AND THAT'S REALLY THE INTENT OF IS TRYING TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET OR GET AS CLOSE TO A BALANCED BUDGET AS POSSIBLE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT ARE THEY NOT SPENDING THAT MONEY YEARLY OR WE'RE THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU'RE REALLY SPENDING, WE'RE GONNA REDUCE YOUR BUDGET? NO, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE BUDGET AND I DID ANOTHER RUN RECENTLY, UH, WE NOTICED THAT WE, THEY STILL HAVE 18% OF THEIR BUDGET LEFT AS OF A WEEK AGO. 
          SO WE WENT OFF OF THAT NUMBER WITH ALMOST THE WHOLE YEAR GONE. 
          WE STILL HAD 18%. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL EXPENSES AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT WE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTING THEIR BUDGETS WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, FROM OTHER GRANTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AGAIN, UM, EVERY CAMPUS ACROSS HAD ABOUT 18% IN THEIR BUDGET STILL, OR IS IT JUST THE TOTAL AVERAGE IS ABOUT 18%. 
          IT'S THE AVERAGE. 
          IT VARIED, UH, BETWEEN 13% TO SOME 24%. 
          SO IT AVERAGED OUT TO 18%. 
          NO. 
          SO IF I MAY, YES. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE IN THIS TIME OF EVERYTHING PRICING, WITH ALL THE PRICE INCREASES IN INFLATION, WE'RE EXPECTING OUR CAMPUSES TO DO MORE WITH LESS. 
          IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT WOULD BE ACCURATE, YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ALSO, CAN YOU CLARIFY SOMETHING? YES. 
          I THINK WHAT IT IS, IS IF, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, BECAUSE TIME OF YEAR THERE'S EXCESS MONTHS THAT THEY HAVEN'T SPENT IN THEIR OPERATIONAL BUDGETS. 
          SO THEY'LL TAKE A TOTAL OFF OF THE TOP OPERATION PROJECTS. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THEN EACH PRINCIPAL OR EACH CAMPUS ALLOCATES FOR THEIR NEEDS. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THEIR LINE ITEM. 
          SO THEY'RE ALLOTTED STILL MUCH MONEY FOR THE YEAR AT THIS TIME, ALMOST AT THE END YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE WHATEVER AMOUNT LEFT, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE BAS SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS MAKE THE PRODUCTION INITIALLY AS OPPOSED TO AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          UH, ANOTHER CONSIDERATION WAS THE MOVING 
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THE FUNDING OF OUR SOFTWARE AND LICENSES AND SOME MAINTENANCE CAPITAL COSTS TO OUR BOND FUNDS. 
          SO TAKE, UM, I'M SORRY, I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE. 
          THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER. 
          I A QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          I LAST COMMENT OF COURSE. 
          UM, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG WITH THE BONDS, I THOUGHT WE CAN'T DO BONDS FOR REOCCURRING COSTS. 
          AND CAN I ASK 'CAUSE AREN'T SOME S IN SOFTWARE CURRING LIKE THAT MAINTENANCE SOMETIMES AND I THOUGHT WE COULDN'T USE . 
          SO LAW RECENTLY CHANGED OR MORE LIKE THE TECH TAX GUIDELINES CHANGE. 
          AND AFTER CONSULTING WITH OUR BOND COUNCIL, HE SAID THAT WE ARE ABLE TO NOW MOVE OUR LICENSES TECHNOLOGY UNDER TECHNOLOGY OVER TO OUR BOND FUNDS. 
          AND IS THAT GONNA BE JUST THE EXCESS BOND FUNDS OR, YES. 
          CAN I ASK A QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE, THE REDUCTION IN CAMPUS DEPARTMENT BUDGET? YES. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND FROM THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED THAT IT'S, IT'S REFLECTING THE MONEY THAT WASN'T SPENT THIS YEAR. 
          CORRECT. 
          BASED OFF OF THAT, IF NEXT YEAR THERE'S A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, DO WE HAVE SOME RESERVE FUNDS SET ASIDE TO POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE NEEDS AS THEY ARISE? YES, WE ALWAYS DO. 
          IF THERE IS A NEED, YOU KNOW, WE GET REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UH, THAT COME IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WE'RE ABLE TO HELP OUT CAMPUSES. 
          SO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN YOU PREVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU SAID THERE WAS GROWTH, SO DID WE ACCOUNT THAT WHEN WE DID THE 15% REDUCTION? SO AT THE END OF ALL THIS, WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THIS, WE WERE LOOKING AT WAYS TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE A BUDGET AND PROVIDE A BUDGET THAT MAY HAVE ROOM THERE FOR POSSIBLE PAIN INCREASES. 
          SO IF WE HAD ENOUGH FUNDS TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE BEING LOOKED AT, WE WOULD LEAVE OUR SOFTWARE WHERE IT IS, WE WOULD LEAVE OUR STAFF WHERE IT IS, WE WOULD LEAVE THE BUDGETS AS THEY ARE. 
          SO ALL THIS ISN'T TO BE ABLE TO, UH, BALANCE OUR BUDGET. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE HERE, WHEN WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, IF WE LOOK AT OUR EXPENDITURES, WE ARE AT $136.7 MILLION. 
          AND I'M GONNA MOVE ACTUALLY ONE MORE SLIDE BECAUSE I THINK IT'LL MAKE MORE SENSE. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR REVENUES, OUR PROJECTED REVENUES ARE 136 MILLION AND OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE THIRTY, A HUNDRED THIRTY SIX $0.7 MILLION. 
          EVEN WITH ALL THOSE CHANGES, WE STILL HAVE A DEFICIT OF 658,000 THAT'S MOVING ALMOST TO, THAT'S INCREASING ALMOST $2 MILLION, INCLUDING SOFTWARES AND THE 15% REDUCTION. 
          SO YES. 
          I'M SORRY, WHAT AHEAD? NO, GO AHEAD. 
          I JUST WANNA CLARIFY BECAUSE I THINK TRUSTEE WOODY RAISED A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 
          SO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS FROM THAT SLIDE THAT THE 15% REDUCTION IS A 15% REDUCTION IN PER STUDENT EXPENDITURES. 
          CORRECT. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          SO THEN IF THERE IS GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING, THEN THE OVERALL AMOUNT OF MONEY ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE SCHOOL COULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE. 
          IT'S JUST THAT ON A PER STUDENT BASIS? CORRECT. 
          IT'S PER SPENDING HAS BEEN REDUCED. 
          YES. 
          15%. 
          SO IT STILL COULD GROW BECAUSE OF GROWTH EVEN THOUGH THE PER STUDENT LOCATION? CORRECT. 
          I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT TOO, JUST FOR KIND OF CLARIFICATION SHEET FOR MYSELF. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH, WELL I I'M NOT TAKING EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THIS REDUCTION IN CAMPUS DEPARTMENT BUDGETS. 
          SO WITH THAT, EVEN WITH THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A DEFICIT, WE'RE LOOKING AT STILL A NEGATIVE. 
          SO TO EVEN CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, SALARY INCREASES OR PERCENT INCREASES. 
          IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE, WE'VE HAD TO, LIKE ONE GOES UP HERE, ONE GOES DOWN HERE. 
          AND SO IF WE EVEN WANT TO CONSIDER HAVING EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF A RAISE, WE HAVE TO CUT SOMEONE. 
          CORRECT. 
          BECAUSE OF JUST WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          ESPECIALLY IF IT HAS TO BE SUSTAINABLE. 
          AND LOOKING AT THE CAMPUS DEPARTMENT BUDGET, THAT MONEY RIGHT NOW IF WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, IS KIND OF JUST SITTING THERE FOR THIS YEAR. 
          UM, SO THAT'S WHERE YOU KIND OF LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, THIS MONEY IS JUST SITTING THERE. 
          IF WE JUST TAKE THAT OUT FROM THE TOP LINE, AGAIN, IT CAN INCREASE IF WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS AND MORE PEOPLES, BUT IF WE TAKE THAT UP THERE, THEN THERE'S POTENTIAL TO MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA MONEY TO PLACE SOMEWHERE ELSE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE LOOKING THE DEFICIT FOR YOUR NEXT SLIDE. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE PRINCIPAL SO THAT THEY KNOW OF, OF THE 15%, I DID NOT WANT THEM FINDING OUT HERE, UH, OUR HEARING OF THIS HERE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          SO WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM AND, AND THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS AND I, THEY RAISED QUESTIONS, 
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THEY RAISED CONCERNS. 
          UH, SO WE ARE, AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS NOT FINAL LIFE. 
          THIS IS A PRELIMINARY BUDGET, THIS IS WHY IT'S A BUDGET WORKSHOP. 
          WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND REVISIT SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE CAN FIND OTHER WAYS TO MAKE REDUCTIONS. 
          AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROGRAMS THAT WHERE WE MAY HAVE REDUNDANCY, WE MAY HAVE A PROGRAM, SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT DO THE, THAT WE MAY ONLY NEED ONE TO DO THE SAME THING THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE BECAUSE WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE DISTRICT GRANT. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING AT REDUNDANCY AND PROGRAMS. WE ARE LOOKING, CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS. 
          AND THE FIRST THING, AND I WAS MY PROMISE STUDENT, THE FIRST THING THAT GETS RESTORED IT IS THAT 15% FOR THE CAMPUSES. 
          I WAS A CLASSROOM TEACHER, SO I, I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE IN A CAMPUS AND MY HEART IS ALWAYS THERE. 
          UH, WITH THE TEACHERS. 
          I WAS ONE, I WAS ALSO BUYING, YOU KNOW, S OUT MY, UH, CHEETOS OUT MY OUT OF MY POCKET AND PIZZA WHEN I HAD MY UL EVENTS AND, AND . 
          SO I UNDERSTAND THAT PART. 
          SO THE FIRST THING THAT GETS RESTORED IS IT'S THE CAMPUS BUDGETS AND I, I MENTIONED YESTERDAY 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY EITHER REACHED OUT THROUGH EMAIL OR PHONE CALLS WHEN THEY HAVE CONCERNS. 
          WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL STATE FUND, I MEAN, UH, FEDERAL FUNDS NEXT YEAR OUT. 
          OUR TOTAL ONE, WHICH WE NORMALLY HAVE NOT HAD FOR CAMPUS USE. 
          SO NEXT YEAR WE WILL HAVE MONEY FOR THAT. 
          WE'LL HAVE MORE THAN THE 15%, UH, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE A ROLL OVER FOR NEXT YEAR TO CARRY OVER THAT WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS FOR, UM, OUR TITLE ONE FUND. 
          SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT OUR BUDGETS. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION REGARD. 
          THE FIRST ITEM, THE, UM, ELIMINATION OF POSITION POSITION. 
          UM, WHO'S DETERMINING WHICH ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE THAT IS A NORMAL PRACTICE? IT'S, IT IS THE HR DEPARTMENT AND THE CAMPUS OR THE DEPARTMENT THAT'S BEING AFFECTED. 
          YOU SAID NORMAL PRACTICE IN THIS CASE. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. 
          WE ACTUALLY MET, UM, AS A CABINET TO DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES AND THEN ALSO MET WITH, UM, IMPACTED DEPARTMENTS AND CAMPUSES. 
          ARE WE LOOKING TO, UM, LIMITING POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR JUST THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN FILLED OR? SO THE ONES THAT WE LOOKED AT FIRST WERE THE ONES THAT ARE VACANT, THAT THAT COULD BE ELIMINATED. 
          AND THEN WHAT WE LOOKED AT ARE VACANT DECISIONS IN WHERE WE HAD SERVED THOSE POSITIONS, ESPECIALLY OUT OF THE ESER FUNDS. 
          WHERE COULD WE TRANSITION THOSE POSITIONS INTO CURRENT OPEN POSITIONS IN OUR, UH, IN OUR GENERAL FUND POSITIONS, FTES, OPEN FTES FOR OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER. 
          UH, OUR REVENUES ARE AT $735,000. 
          UH, AND, AND THIS IS, UH, PROJECTED. 
          I MA'AM, JUST THINKING. 
          SURE. 
          SO I DON'T THINK MY, MY QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY ANSWERED. 
          SO ARE WE GOING TO CONSIDER ELIMINATING POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UM, VACANT? NO. 
          THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UH, FILLED? I DON'T KNOW. 
          WE HAVE NOT CLOSED ANY POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY FILLED. 
          SO ALL OF IT HAS BEEN THROUGH THE ATTRITION PLAN. 
          NOW WE MAY MOVE ASSIGNED POSITIONS INTO VACANT POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE, BUT NO ONE IS, UH, SHOULD BE IN FEAR OF LOSING YOUR JOB OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          IT'S JUST THROUGH THE NORMAL ATTRITION, UH, PROCESS. 
          NOW I KNOW WE HAVE CLOSED ON POSITIONS THAT WERE VACANT AT, UH, THE C AND I DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE. 
          AND THAT DEPARTMENT ALSO, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S BEING RESTRUCTURED. 
          I KNOW THAT WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS TO SEE WHERE WE CAN FIND MORE EFFICIENCIES THERE AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHEN YOU SAY YOU, YOU MAY MOVE SOMEBODY TO A VACANT POSITION, ARE YOU MOVING IT BECAUSE WE NEED THAT POSITION FILLED OR BECAUSE THEY'RE CURRENTLY ARE POSITIONS THAT WE DON'T NEED FILLED? 'CAUSE THEY ARE CURRENTLY, PROBABLY MORE THAN LIKELY IT'S THE  POSITIONS THAT WE ARE, THAT IF FUNDING IS GOING AWAY, WE ARE TRANSITIONING THOSE INTO OPEN, UH, VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE. 
          THAT ARE NEEDED. 
          THAT ARE NEEDED. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          I WANT TO I'M SORRY, NO. 
          IN POSITIONS THAT ARE NEEDED. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR OUR REVENUES, AND THIS IS UH, FOR THIS YEAR AT REVENUES AT 735,000 WITH OUR EXPENDITURES OF $2.3 MILLION, WE HAVE A PROJECTED DEFICIT OF 1.6 MILLION. 
          WE DO HAVE A TRANSFER IN BUDGETED FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF ALMOST ONE AND A HALF. 
          WE WILL NEED TO MAKE A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE THAT FUND IN THE RED FOR AN ADDITIONAL $101,000. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS. 
          YES. 
          SO LAST YEAR BUDGET WORKSHOP WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY, UH, HAVING THE DISTRICT CONSIDER OPENING IT UP, 
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UM, OPENING UP THE CDCS FOR JUST, YOU KNOW, OUTOF POCKET TUITION, FAMILIES THAT NEED CHILDCARE, UM, WHO CAN PAY THE FULL PRICE AS A WAY OF OFFSETTING THIS DEFICIT. 
          I I KNOW THAT WE'VE, I I'VE HEARD THAT WE'RE KIND OF CONSIDERING STARTING THAT NEXT YEAR, BUT IS THAT A, I'VE JUST HEARD THAT IN PASSING. 
          I, WHERE, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THAT? THAT WE ALREADY STARTED THAT THIS YEAR FOR PRE-K THREE I BELIEVE CHRISTIE. 
          RIGHT. 
          FOR PRE-K THREE, WE'VE ALREADY MESSAGED OUT THAT THERE'S QUALIFICATIONS THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE A COST INCURRED AND THOSE WHO DON'T QUALIFY BASED ON THOSE QUALIFICATIONS, WE ALREADY HAVE POSTED OUT THERE WHAT THE TUITION WOULD BE FOR THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL. 
          AND THAT'S FOR THE PRE-K THREE PROGRAM. 
          BUT THAT'S 24, 25. 
          YES. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          I THOUGHT WE HAVE TWO MATH POINT. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD STARTED AT 2324. 
          DID WE NOT OPEN IT AT ALL TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC? WE OPENED IT UP LAST YEAR TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS WHO ENROLLED INTO THE PROGRAM FOR THE CLASSES TO MAKE. 
          I WAS GONNA ADD THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I HEARD IS THAT THEY DID OPEN IT UP LAST YEAR, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS. 
          AND I THINK PART OF IT IS MAYBE THE MESSAGING, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T, WASN'T OUT THERE, BUT THIS YEAR THEY HAVE ALREADY PUT OUT THE MESSAGING. 
          AND I SPEAK FROM VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE AT CDC SOUTH, THERE ARE SOME OTHER PEOPLE, UH, ALREADY ON THERE, NOT INCLUDED IS ON THAT WAIT LIST FOR PRE-K 30. 
          SO, UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S ALSO MAKING PEOPLE AWARE THAT THAT'S EVEN AN OPTION OUT THERE. 
          BUT I THOUGHT WE, WE DISCUSSED THAT WE WANTED TO OPEN IT UP TO EVEN YOUNGER. 
          SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY GONNA BE MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT? HAS THAT BEEN LOOKED INTO FOR ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF PRE-K 30? I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MOVING IT. 
          WE DID. 
          IT JUST PROBABLY WASN'T , I JUST DOUBLE CHECKED WITH, UM, OUR CDC DIRECTORS THAT ARE HERE, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPOTS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS YOUNGER THAN THREE. 
          UM, IS MOSTLY FILLED WITH OUR STAFF. 
          OKAY. 
          OUR STAFF CHILDREN. 
          UM, AND ONE OTHER QUESTION I, I WANTED TO BRING UP IS, AND IT'S ACTUALLY IN REFERENCE TO LAST GROUPS BUDGET WORKSHOP TOO. 
          UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY DID INCREASE THE RATE, THEY INCREASED. 
          NO, IT WAS, IT WAS WORTH IT. 
          WAS IT LIKE INCREASE THE RATE? YES. 
          SO THE TEACHERS DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY MORE? CORRECT. 
          SO THAT WE WOULD STILL GET THE FUNDING. 
          SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          IF YOU COULD JUST CLARIFY THAT FIRST. 
          SO WHAT IT IS, IS THAT WE INCREASE THE PUBLISH RATE FOR WHAT WE PUT IN OUR WEBSITE. 
          AND THAT IS ONLY FOR, UM, SO THAT IS THE PUBLISH RATE AND THAT IS FOR THE WORKFORCE TO PAY THAT AMOUNT, REIMBURSE THAT AMOUNT FOR THE, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT QUALIFY FOR THAT REIMBURSEMENT. 
          SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO I AN EMPLOYEE IS SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THE EMPLOYEE RATE AND THEN THEY'VE GOT THE DISCOUNT. 
          SO DID THAT HELP AT ALL WITH OUR DEFICIT NUMBERS? BECAUSE I KNEW, I KNOW THE EXACT COUNT OF HOW MANY. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT MANY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT WASN'T THAT SIGNIFICANT OF OF IT. 
          SMALL PORTION OF OUR WHO ARE AT THIS D QUALIFY FOR THAT. 
          QUALIFY FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT CC OBVIOUSLY. 
          UM, AND THE LAST QUESTION IS, IF WE WOULD STILL BE LOOKING AT THIS, IF YOU TRANSFER MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WE WOULD STILL BE AT DEFICIT NOT AS LOW AS NOT AS BIG DEFICIT STILL A DEFICIT. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UH, WHAT THAT EVEN MEANS TO US TO BE IN A DEFICIT THERE? BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN A DEFICIT FOR A WHILE. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER REPERCUSSIONS FOR BEING IN A DEFICIT? WELL NORMALLY WE GET A, A NICE LETTER FROM TEA SAYING FIX THE DEFICIT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY, UM, BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT THE YEAR, WE, WE WILL FIX THE, THOSE 101,000. 
          NOW SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IS WHEN YOU HAVE GOOD FINANCIAL YEARS AS WE WE DID LAST YEAR THAT WE HAVE SERVED US THE $5 MILLION BEFORE WE CLOSE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS BEFORE WE CLOSE THE YEAR, UH, WE TRANSFER OUT FUNDS AND THAT WAY IT DOESN'T AFFECT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A SURPLUS THIS YEAR. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS YEAR WE HAD A $3 MILLION SURPLUS, RIGHT? WE ADD ONE TO OUR GENERAL FUND ONE AND A HALF, AND THEN LET'S TRANSFER OUT ANOTHER ONE AND A HALF TO THE CDC, BUILD UP THAT FUND BALANCE AND NOT BUDGET AND NOT HAVE THAT MONEY COME OUT OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          SO THAT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN DO AND START WHEN YOU HAVE GOOD FINANCIAL YEAR, START BUILDING UP THAT FUND BALANCE IN THAT, IN THAT FUND. 
          THERE IS NO NEGATIVE TO HAVING MORE EXCESS EXCESS FUND BALANCE IN, IN THAT UM, FUND. 
          BUT WE DO GET A, A NICE LETTER AT THE END OF THE YEAR FROM TA AFTER THEY GET OUR AUDIT, THEY SEE THOSE AMOUNTS AND WE GET A NICE LETTER SAYING, UH, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ADJUST IT NEXT YEAR. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE COMMENT, UM, THAT WE ARE AT CAPACITY. 
          DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE AT CAPACITY WITH STAFF OR SPACE? I DON'T THINK THE 
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FULL CAPACITY AT ALL AGES, BUT AT THE INFANT'S TODDLER THERE'S ALREADY A WAIT LIST FOR THE 24 25 SCHOOL. 
          WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE, SO SORRY I KEEP PEPPERING WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK I'M CURIOUS ALSO ABOUT CAPACITY. 
          SO FOR THIS $735,000 FIGURE RIGHT HERE REPRESENTS OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT AND THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE OUT-OF-POCKET TUITION. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          MINUS, LET ME SAY THAT WE DO HAVE A GRANT THAT HELPS OUT AND THAT THAT PORTION OF THOSE EXPENSES AND REVENUE ARE NOT SITTING HERE. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE SEE IN THE SEVEN IN THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT GRANT IS JUST, IT'S NOT, NONE OF IT IS FACTOR HERE BOTH ON THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE SIDE? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, AND AND JUST TO CLARIFY, SUPER CLARIFY IN MY MIND, SO OF THE POTENTIAL, BECAUSE I THINK I'M CONFUSED A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT I HEARD WAS WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MESSAGING THE AVAILABILITY OF OUT-OF-POCKET TUITION. 
          BUT THEN I'M ALSO HEARING THAT WE'RE AT CAPACITY FOR POTENTIAL ENROLLMENT OF THE OUT-OF-POCKET TUITION. 
          SO DON'T CORRECT ME IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG. 
          OKAY. 
          FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, CDC SOUTH CDC NORTH HAVE ONE ROOM AVAILABLE FOR, FOR PRE-K THREE STUDENTS FOR 24, WELL, THIS YEAR OR 3, 4, 2 5. 
          AND CDC CENTRAL HAS TWO ROOMS. PRE-K THREE IS A HALF DAY PROGRAM. 
          SO MEANING AT CDC MORGAN SOUTH ENROLL UP APPROXIMATELY 40 STUDENTS AT CDC. 
          WELL, UM, PUT AT CDC CENTRAL IT WOULD BE MORE AT ABOUT A HUNDRED INCHES POINTS. 
          NO, 2060 BECAUSE WE HAVE AN MOU WITH CHILD INC. 
          WE HAVE SMALLER CLASS SIZES, SO 60 STUDENTS AT CDC CENTRAL AND NO MORE THAN ABOUT 40 AT NORTH. 
          AND SO CAN WE GET LIKE A LITTLE, MAYBE, I DON'T WANNA SAY A WORKSHOP, BUT I I REALLY WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THE C HOW THEY WORK AND HOW DO WE USE THEM TO PROVIDE BRAND NEW FOR OUR DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF, UM, INCREASING IT FOR OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT INCREASE OUR TEACHERS. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS SOME OF OUR TEACHERS STAY HERE. 
          UM, BUT HOW CAN WE GET REVENUE WITH THESE BRAND NEW BUILDINGS THAT WE JUST OPENED UP FOR THE SPECIFIC REASON TO NOT JUST TO SERVE OUR, OUR STAFFING BUT ALSO TO OPEN UP TO OUR DISTRICT AS A WHOLE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CHILDCARE OUT HERE. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY EASY WAY FOR US TO, TO GET SOME REVENUE OUT HERE. 
          SO IF YOU COULD JUST MAYBE GO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH WITH CC AT SOME POINT. 
          YEAH, I WOULD SECOND THAT. 
          'CAUSE I, I, I THINK THAT THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? AND I SAY THAT IN THE SENSE OF BOTH. 
          LIKE WE CLEARLY HAVE A DEFICIT PROBLEM THAT NEEDS SOME HELP AND WE GOTTA FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER THING IS THERE'S ALSO A CLEAR NEED FOR CHILDCARE, UM, THAT EXISTS FOR EVERYBODY. 
          I KNOW, LIKE I'VE GOT THREE CHILDREN OF MY OWN AND I, I FEEL LIKE I'M CONSTANTLY BROADCASTING MY NEED FOR CHILDCARE HELP. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE IN A PRIVATE DAYCARE RIGHT NOW AND ONE IN A ISD AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE COULD FIND. 
          AND I KNOW THAT FAMILIES ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR CHILDCARE RESOURCES AND AVAILABILITY. 
          AND IF THAT'S A NEED THAT THE DISTRICT CAN, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE FOR SOME FAMILIES WHILE ALSO HELPING REDUCE THIS DEFICIT SO THAT WE DON'T GET THOSE NICE LETTERS FROM TDA AND ARE OPERATING HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY AT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE BREAKING EVEN OR POTENTIALLY HELPING THE DISTRICTS LIKE REVENUE STREAMS. UM, NOT BY CHARGING FAMILIES WHO ACTUALLY NEED HELP, BUT BY CHARGING FAMILIES THAT CAN PAY OUT OF POCKET AND ARE HAPPY TO PAY OUT POCKET. 
          UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO JUST HAVE A WORKSHOP TO HELP WORK THROUGH THIS BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR THAT THIS IS A, A, A BIG CHALLENGE. 
          THE OTHER, I GUESS THE LAST CLARIFYING QUESTION THAT I HAVE ABOUT THIS, THE EXPENDITURE LINE ITEM HERE, THERE'S 2.3 MILLION. 
          IS THIS ALL RECURRING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION EXPENDITURES OR IS ANY OF THAT JUST ONE TIME EXPENDITURES? THOSE ARE MAINLY STANDARDS AND THE SMALL PORTION IS FOR THE SUPPLIES. 
          SO, UM, UM, BUT IF WE INCREASE AND WE TAKE MORE STUDENTS, THEN WHAT'S THE RATIO OF STUDENT, THE CHILDREN TO STAFF? WOULD WE HAVE TO HIRE MORE STAFF? I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RATIO IS FOR, 
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FOR THE TIMES, RIGHT? I KNOW THAT THE YOUNGER, THE, THAT'S MY, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS OF UNDERSTANDING, UH, FROM A SISTER THAT RAN A DAYCARE CENTER, UH, THE SMALL, YOUNGER THE CHILDREN, THE MORE THE, THE STAFFING IS EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR THE, IT'S LIKE ONE FOR, ONE FOR FOUR, ONE STAFF, PERSON FOR FOUR. 
          AND EVEN I'VE LEARNED FROM OUR GREAT DIRECTORS, IT'S SO DIFFERENT FROM THE REGULAR SCHOOL AND THAT EVEN THE STAFF AND YOU JUST CAN'T HIRE ANY SUB TO COME IN AND SUB, THEY HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING ABOVE AND BEYOND. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAD TO TAKE THEIR TIME IN FILLING THE CLASSROOMS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFF WHEN SCHOOL OPENED THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO ALSO, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT NEEDS BE RESEARCHED LEGALLY. 
          I'M NOT SURE WE CAN RUN A CDC AS A REVENUE STREAM FOR PROFIT UNDER OUR TEA GUIDELINES. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S JUST SO MANY, SO MUCH OUT THERE, BUT I THINK WE ALL NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE JUST CAN'T, THE CLASSROOMS ARE DESIGNED FOR CERTAIN AGES AND THE STAFFING CAN BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 
          UM, AND LIMITED, VERY MUCH LIMITED ON HOW MANY STUDENTS CAN, EVEN IF WE'VE GOT NEW BUILDINGS AND NEW CLASSROOMS, UH, MAYBE MORE CLASSROOMS. UM, WE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY IN THESE BUILDINGS. 
          I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT CAPACITY. 
          SHOULD WE OPEN IT UP FOR OUR, OUR CURRENT BUILDINGS  OR GROW? 'CAUSE MY FEAR IS WE HAVE THESE TALL BUILDINGS, WE SMALLER CLASSROOMS. SO IF WE HAVE 10 CLASSROOMS IN EACH BUILDING, THAT ALREADY CAPS THE LIMIT. 
          BUT YOU HAVE TO BUILD UP ONE BUILDING. 
          SO I DON'T WANT TO GO FIVE, 10 YEARS FROM NOW DO ANOTHER BOND TO DO ANOTHER CDC BUILDING BECAUSE OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE CAN SUPPORT GROWTH. 
          AND MY QUESTION IS, CAN OUR CURRENT CAMPUSES OR CD CS SUPPORT GROWTH? AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE WORKSHOP THAT WE NO, I, WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE CDCS, I KNOW THIS IS WAY OFF. 
          WE NEED TO GIVE OUR CFO OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROGRAM, BUT I NEVER ENVISIONED THE CDCS AS BEING A REVENUE STRAIN. 
          IT WAS DESIGNED FOR OUR TEAM MOMS FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT'S WHERE OUR GRANTS COME FROM. 
          AND THEN IT WAS DESIGNED FOR STAFF. 
          SO I DON'T, AS A BOARD MEMBER, AND I DON'T THINK OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE US USING THE CDC AS A REVENUE SOURCE. 
          I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND IT'S THAT IT'S EVER CHANGING BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STAFF ARE GONNA HAVE CHILDREN IN NEED USE OF IT. 
          SO I, I DON'T PERSONALLY AS A BOARD MEMBER, I DON'T WANT US TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT, OH, WE NEED TO USE THE CDCS TO REVENUE SOURCE. 
          I COMPLETELY, WE PROBABLY CAN'T. 
          AND UM, THERE'S SO MANY GUIDELINES ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS, DAYCARE CENTERS ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND STAFFING AND EQUIPMENT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          SO I THINK IT GIVES US AWAY FROM OUR WHOLE, OUR TRUE MISSION IS EDUCATING OUR PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON PERSONALLY. 
          I'LL JUST SAY I APPRECIATE YOUR , I'M SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO STANDING ON EACH SLIDE, HOW MUCH IS THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED AND WAS THERE ONLY ONE PLEASE MA? THERE IS TWO THIS YEAR AND I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT AMOUNT. 
          DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE OTHER ONE IS? I KNOW ONE IS ABOUT TWO. 
          WE HAVE ONE WITH THE COUNTY AND ONE WITH THE CITY. 
          I KNOW ONE IS 250,000. 
          I DON'T RECALL THE AMOUNT OF THE OTHER ONE, BUT I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IS THAT FIGURED IN THIS AT ALL? NO, NO. 
          THIS IS ONLY THE SEPARATE FUND, THE 7 5 9 FUND AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO, THAT WE DO HAVE SOME OF THESE EXPENSES SITTING ON ANOTHER FUND THAT IS GRANT FUNDED, BUT ALL THE EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES ARE COVERED IN THE GRANT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO CAN WE GET AN UPDATED SLIDE WITH THE GRANT IN THERE? YES. 
          SO THAT MY BRAIN CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OFFSET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I WANNA, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR COMMENT. 
          I WASN'T REFERRING TO A REVENUE GEN, UH, GENERATION, BUT I WAS REFERRING TO , LIKE ESPECIALLY IN MY COMMUNITY, THERE ARE MEMBERS WITH THREE YEAR OLDS THAT WOULD LOVE TO PUT HIM IN PRE-K THREE AND SOMETIMES THAT LITTLE CAMPUS, WHETHER BE SMITH OR BABY CAN'T SUPPORT IT. 
          IS CDCA SECOND OPTION, A SECOND OR THIRD OPTION FOR THEM? UM, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO GROWTH. 
          LIKE IF THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN'T GET THEM IN, THEY ONLY HAVE ONE CLASSROOM. 
          SO DOES SMITH AND THOSE ARE 20 KIDS, HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, 
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CAN THE THIRD OPTION BE THE CDC, UH, IF THEY HAVE THE TWO CLASSROOM TO ONE SO YOU CAN GET THE SECOND CLASSROOM IF THAT'S THE TYPE OF GROWTH I'M REFERRING TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT DO NEED IT AND DO WANT IT. 
          AND IS THAT GONNA, THEN THE SECOND QUESTION COMES, WHO PAYS FOR THAT? IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET PROGRAMMING TO GET PAID FOR OR IS SOMETHING THAT THE PARENT WOULD HAVE TO DO AT THE END OF THE DAY? I'M NOT REFERRING TO LET'S OPEN IT UP AND LET'S HAVE THE PERSON ACROSS THE STREET PAY FOR IT. 
          I'M REFERRING TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ACTUALLY DO NEED IT AND WHO WILL EVENTUALLY GO INTO OUR CAMPUS. 
          OKAY. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND I AGREE, I ALSO KNOW THAT IN TALKING TO CAMPUSES, STAFFING FOR OUR PRE-K OUR THREE YEAR OLDS IS VERY DIFFICULT AND THE NEEDS ARE REALLY HIGH IN THE STUDENTS THAT YOU QUALIFY. 
          AND SO, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE STAFFING THAT'S REQUIRED FOR CHILDREN BELOW THREE K AND THAT ESPECIALLY THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS THAT ALREADY COME IN AND TRUSTEE BERG. 
          I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I, I FULLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN. 
          I THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY EARLY COUNCIL AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF MY QUESTION IS, IS UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATING THAT CDCS OPERATE IN SO MANY WAYS UNIQUELY COMPARED TO OUR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY CAMPUSES, BOTH FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT AND ALSO AS YOU HIGHLIGHTED FROM AN OPERATIONS STANDPOINT AND A STAFFING STANDPOINT. 
          I, MY CONCERN IS REALLY THAT EVEN AFTER THE TRANSFERRING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, THEY'RE STILL OPERATING AT A DEFICIT. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE AS A FIDUCIARY TRUSTEE OF THIS DISTRICT, THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THESE CENTERS TO BE SUSTAINABLE OVER TIME. 
          AND, AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIGURING THAT OUT. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT MY HOPE IS. 
          AND I'VE SEEN OTHER DISTRICTS TRY AND FIGURE OUT, UH, BOTH THROUGH LEGISLATIVE MEANS, YOU KNOW, WHAT TOOLS THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDES, THE DISTRICTS TO INCREASE THEIR REVENUES TO HELP OFFSET THE KINDS OF DEFICITS THAT WE HAVE HERE. 
          AND THEN ALSO JUST FROM THINKING ABOUT HOW TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR BROADER COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND, AND LOOKING AT THE CAPACITY THAT THEY HAVE, THAT'S REALLY WHAT MY QUESTION IS ABOUT. 
          IT'S NOT ABOUT CHANGING THE MISSION OR THE VISION OF THE DISTRICT SO THAT WE BECOME A PROFIT GENERATOR. 
          THAT'S NOT AT ALL WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 
          IT'S ABOUT TRYING TO SOLVE THIS DEFICIT, WHICH I THINK TAX PAYERS WILL APPRECIATE. 
          YET WE ARE FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE THESE CENTERS MORE SUSTAINABLE. 
          I I'M SURE THE STAFF THERE WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, FIGURING THAT OUT AS WELL. 
          SO I JUST, I WOULD LOVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF DO DO A WORKSHOP TO HELP PROBLEM SOLVE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS. 
          BUT TO YOUR POINT, PROBABLY TIME TO, YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN TAKE THIS GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY A POINT THAT WE NEED TO SIT AND DISCUSS MORE, BUT UM, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. 
          I JUST WANTED TO CHECK, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO HAVE A QUICK BREAK BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT? OKAY, SO, UM, LET'S GO. 
          IS THAT OKAY? DO HAVE TO LET OUT 10 MINUTE OR ACCORDING TO THAT CLOCK OVER THERE, AN EIGHT MINUTE BREAK IS WHY I'M GONNA PUT IT OUTS 1130 AND THEN WE WILL ACTUALLY START ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WE WON'T CONTINUE WITH THE C, DC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, AS WE GET OUR LAST FEW PEOPLE SEATED, UM, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER WHO I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT DOING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BOARD MEETING. 
          I WOULD STILL SEAT . 
          SO, UM, WITHOUT UNDER, I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER SHANTE. 
          UH, SHE IS WITH, UH, MEMBER DISTRICT SIX. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE. 
          THIS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, EVER SINCE MY KIDS, THEY JUST STARTED ACTUALLY GOING TO B-B-I-S-D LAST YEAR WAS THEIR FIRST YEAR. 
          THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY HOMESCHOOLED. 
          AND SO COMING INTO A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS SCARY. 
          KIND OF CRAZY FOR US, BUT WE'VE HAD THE BEST EXPERIENCE. 
          I LOVE OUR SCHOOL. 
          UM, THEY ENJOYED, I REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH, UM, THE THANK YOU TO SETTLE IN EVEN THOUGH IT WAS JUST LAST NIGHT THAT SHE, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T SEE WE HAVE HER HERE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, PUSHING THROUGH AND BEING HERE WITH US. 
          OKAY. 
          WITHOUT PHOTO REVIEW. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, SO TO RECAP OUR EXPENDITURE, UH, ONCE WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THOSE ITEMS WE DISCUSSED, UH, PREVIOUSLY, THAT BRINGS OUR EXPENDITURES TO $135.2 MILLION 
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AT THAT OUR TRANSFER OUT TO THE CDC OF ALMOST $1.6 MILLION BRINGS OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES TO 136.8 MILLION. 
          AND THEN I MADE NOTE THERE THAT IF WE STILL, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THREE MONTHS WORTH OF, UH, TIME TO BE ABLE TO USE OUR EXTRA FUNDS THAT WE WOULD MAKE AVAILABLE $4 MILLION TO HELP OUT OUR GENERAL FUND AND, AND STILL USE, UH, THOSE FUNDS IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS. 
          AND THAT'S ABOUT $4 MILLION THAT WE, WE WOULD HAVE LEFT BRINGING DOWN OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURE TO 132.8 MILLION. 
          SO WHY WOULDN'T WE USE THE WHOLE 6 MILLION? BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, DOES THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT STIPEND. 
          IT'S ABOUT $2 MILLION FOR THAT STIPEND. 
          SO REAL QUICK, JUST CLARIFICATION, THIS STAFF DEVELOPMENT STIPEND, THAT'S THE 1000 EACH ON TOP OF SALARIES IF THEY ATTEND. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO, BUT WE WOULD NEED TO MOVE THAT UP BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE EXPENSED AND UP BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. 
          SO NORMALLY WE DO DVU DURING THE MONTH OF, UH, OCTOBER, I BELIEVE, AND THEN IT GETS PAID IN, IN IN MAY. 
          SO IT WOULD NEED TO BE PAID BY SEPTEMBER 30TH. 
          SO WE WOULD NEED TO DO IT AS PART OF THE COMING BACK. 
          UH, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROBABLY BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THOSE, THE DETAILS OKAY. 
          OF THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, A BREAKDOWN OF OUR EXPENSES BY MAJOR OBJECTS. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, OUR LARGEST, LARGEST EXPENSE IS OUR PAYROLL COSTS WITH A HUNDRED, ALMOST 119 MILLION. 
          AND THAT'S ABOUT 88% OF OUR BUDGET STATEWIDE, 10 TENDS TO BE IN THE LOWER EIGHTIES. 
          SO WE ARE A LITTLE HIGH ON OUR, UM, PAYROLL COST EXPENSES. 
          AND YOU SEE OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES BEING OUR SECOND LARGEST ONE WITH A LITTLE OVER SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND THAT'S PRIMARILY, UM, OUR UTILITY COSTS. 
          SO A RECAP OF OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. 
          SO WE HAVE OUR EXPENDITURES, EXCUSE ME, OUR REVENUES AT $136 MILLION. 
          THEN OUR EXPENDITURES PLUS OUR TRANSFER OUT AT 136 POINT ALMOST $0.8 MILLION IN DEBT RANGE IN OPERATING, UM, IN OPERATING DEFICIT OF $658,000. 
          IF WE WERE TO USE THESE, UM, AVAILABLE EXTRA FUNDS NEXT YEAR, THAT WOULD BRING OUR, IT WOULD BRING A DEFICIT INTO A SERVICE OF $3.3 MILLION. 
          HOWEVER, SOME OF THESE FUNDS, THAT LAST NUMBER THAT YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM IS IF WE DID NOT HAVE ER AND IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE TESLA, UH, 17 MILLION, IT WOULD BE A 17.6 MILLION DEBT. 
          I HAVE COUPLE QUESTIONS. 
          YES. 
          SO THESE, UM, SUPPLIES AND MS CROPS, YES. 
          ARE ANY OF THOSE OPTIONS, UH, ARE WE ABLE TO TAKE ANY OF THOSE ITEMS INTO THE BOND INTEREST FUNDS? UH, I, WE'VE ALREADY MOVED WHAT WE, WHAT I FELT COMFORTABLE MOVING, WHICH WERE THE SOFTWARE LICENSES. 
          OKAY, SO I WANTED TO BRING YOU HERE JUST A LITTLE HISTORICAL ON OUR FUND BALANCE AND OUR, HOW OUR FUND BALANCE AND OUR CASH FLOW WORKS. 
          SO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THEY'RE TIED ONE WITH THE OTHER. 
          SO OUR FUND BALANCE AND CASH FLOW, THE DISTRICT RELIES ON OUR FUND BALANCE, UH, TO OPERATE FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR AS TAX COLLECTIONS DO NOT START COMING IN UNTIL DECEMBER. 
          SO AS WE GROW IN OUR PROPERTY VALUES, WE BECOME MORE DEPENDENT ON OUR TAX COLLECTIONS, WHICH ALSO MEANS THAT THE STATE REVENUE DECREASES, BUT IT ALSO CHANGES OUR PAYMENT SCHEDULE. 
          SO WE DON'T GET PAYMENTS EVERY MONTH FROM THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE. 
          SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO THE ONES THAT RELY HEAVILY ON THE STATE. 
          SO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US IS THAT FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR, WE BASICALLY LIVE OFF OF OUR SAVINGS. 
          AND SO WE START SEEING THAT MONEY COMING IN, THAT MONEY'S GONNA COME IN, RIGHT? IT IS JUST GONNA COME IN LATER, IT'S GONNA START COMING IN DECEMBER AND IT'S GONNA START COMING IN IN JANUARY. 
          SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO HAVE THIS HEALTHY FUND BALANCE. 
          AND I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE AND WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO SCHOOL FINANCE, YOU SEE THAT NUMBER AND YOU SEE YOU HAVE A VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE. 
          THERE IS A REASON WHY, AND IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE WE DO USE IT THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND IT, IT CAN GET A LITTLE TOUGH. 
          I'M GONNA TELL YOU IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WHEN WE START SEEING THAT MONEY KEEP GOING DOWN AND DOWN, WE CONSTANTLY ARE LOOKING AT THAT BANK ACCOUNT AND MAKING, SEEING HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GETTING IN TAX COLLECTIONS. 
          SO WE START MOVING THAT AROUND AND BEING ABLE TO, UH, HONESTLY MAKE OUR PAYROLL AND PAY FOR OUR UTILITIES AND, AND, AND KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. 
          SO 
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IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A GUILTY FUND BALANCE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE CONVERSATION CAN DO, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT USE YOUR FUND DAMAGE FOR THIS. 
          WELL, YOU START USING IT FOR RECURRING COST, THAT GOES AWAY VERY, VERY QUICKLY. 
          SO FOR 25 20, UH, FOR THE 24 25 SCHOOL YEAR, IT PROJECTS AN ES EXTRA ADJUSTMENT OF THE 4 MILLION AND NO, NO EMPLOYEE INCREASE. 
          SO IF YOU SEE THAT GAIN IN 24 25, BECAUSE ONE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT INCLUDING A INCREASE AND WE'RE USING THOSE $4 MILLION IN ESER FUNDS, UH, TO DECREASE OUR EXPENDS IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO NO, TO REVIEW COMPENSATION AND JUST, UH, TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON OUR SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          WE HAVE HERE THE STARTING PAY, OUR STARTING PAY AND AS WE COMPARE WITH OTHER FIVE DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA, YOU'LL SEE ON THE VALLEY E WE ARE 58,000. 
          WE ARE ON THE TOP OF OF THE THIS YEAR COMPARING WITH OUR NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THE SECOND ONE I BELIEVE IS RUGER BILL, UM, THAT WE KNOW THAT HAVE PROPOSED PAY INCREASES. 
          WE KNOW OF TWO DISTRICTS AND THAT'S RUGER WITH UH, THEY'RE MOVING THEIR STARTING PAY TO 57,700 AND RON BROUGHT TO 56,500. 
          THEY HAVE PASSED A 2% AND A 1% INCREASE. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE THERE THE PAY INCREASES FROM LAST YEAR. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          IN REFERENCE TO, CAN WE GO BACK ONE QUESTION? SURE. 
          SO IN REFERENCE TO THOSE, I KNOW WE PROVIDE THE, AS WE JUST DISCUSSED, THE STIPEND. 
          CORRECT. 
          DO OTHERS PROVIDE A STIPEND LIKE WE DO FOR THAT? I AM NOT SURE SU DO YOU KNOW THAT INFORM, I DON'T KNOW. 
          THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY WOULD NECESSARILY PUBLISH UPON THEIR COMPENSATION PACKET. 
          WE, WE COULD CALL OTHER DISTRICTS IF YOU WOULD LIKE, SAYS NO. 
          SO THEY DON'T DO THAT. 
          SO AUGUST IS EVEN MORE SO MORE THAN THAT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          SO AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION WHERE WE HAVE THE $6 MILLION AVAILABLE STILL IN ESER FUNDS NEXT YEAR, UH, FOUR WE WOULD USE IN THE, IN JUST OUR SALARIES AND, AND GENERAL EXPENSES. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER $2 MILLION WOULD BE USED FOR A STAFF DEVELOPMENT STIPEND FOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF $1,000. 
          IT WOULD BE PAYABLE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30TH. 
          'CAUSE THE GRANDPARENTS, UH, BY THAT TIME, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE DETAILS OF WHAT THAT STAFF, STAFF DEVELOPMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE ARE SCENARIOS SO THAT WE CAN DO HOW MUCH A 1% COST. 
          SO BASICALLY 1% INCREASE IS ABOUT $1 MILLION. 
          WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A 2% AND A 3% PLUS THE $1,000 DIAGNOSED THAT WE WOULD HAVE. 
          AND THE REASON IT'S A 2% AND A 3% IS BECAUSE EVEN USING THOSE ESSER FUNDS, THAT WOULD STILL LEAVE US WITH A, UH, SURPLUS AS OPPOSED TO DEFICIT BUDGET. 
          SO THE 2% WOULD BRING OUR STARTING TEACHER PAY TO 59,000, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE 1000 ER THAT'S A PART OF 59,000 AND THE TOTAL COST OF A TWO PERSON INCREASE IS 2.3 MILLION. 
          A 3% INCREASE WOULD BRING OUR STARTING PAGE TO 59,600 AND THE COST WOULD BE ABOUT $3.2 MILLION. 
          AND CONSIDERING THE REVENUE PROTECTION, UH, PLAN PAYMENT PLUS THE ER AVAILABLE ER FUNDS STILL FOR NEXT YEAR, THAT WOULD BOTH OF THESE, UH, PLANS OR PERCENTS WOULD STILL GENERATE A SURPLUS FOR THE GENERAL FUND. 
          ANYTHING ABOVE THIS WOULD BE A DEFICIT. 
          UH, THE FIGURES FOR THE TOTAL COST FOR THE, FOR THE COMPENSATION COME FROM A A TASK CASE DAY. 
          I HAVE A A QUESTION. 
          UH, JUST A QUESTION. 
          THIS IS THE HIRING SCHEDULE, CORRECT? DO WE HAVE ONE THAT SHOWS WHAT THE WILL WE DO IS IN THE, IF IT IS, I APOLOGIZE IF IT'S IN THE PROGRAM, IN THE PLANS ABOUT LIKE, UH, THE LAYOUT FOR THE OFF THE 20, 30 YEAR. 
          SO WHAT WE KNOW FOR EACH, IS THAT ENOUGH? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A SLIDER. 
          I CAN PULL IT UP. 
          I'LL PULL IT UP IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          I HAVE A SLIDE. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          WHEN YOU REFER TO COMPENSATION PLAN SCENARIO, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THAT OTHER FILE THAT WE RECEIVED? UM, HAD EVERYONE'S, WELL 
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I GUESS IT'S THIS ONE, BUT ARE YOU REFERRING TO THIS? YEAH. 
          PROPOSED THIS ONE? YES. 
          IT WOULD BE A 2%, 3%, UH, INCREASE OFF OF THE, THE 2% AND RECENT MODELS ARE NOT IN THAT PACKET THOUGH? THAT'S THE STUDY HAS BE SENT US PREVIOUSLY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY. 
          SO FROM THE PROPOSED CB COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S, SOME OF THESE ARE ALREADY GETTING ALMOST AN 8% DIFFERENCE IN THEIR PAY. 
          SO WE WOULD BE ADDING 3%. 
          NO, ALL OF THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE ARE YOU LOOKING AT IN WHAT, WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS ARE COMPARED TO WHERE THEY COMPARED? LET ME SEE. 
          SO FROM LAST YEAR WE GOT SOMETHING SIMILAR AND THAT'S WHAT WE APPROVED. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THIS YEAR IN THE CHANGE IN SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS. 
          SO THAT WOULD, THAT'S A HIRING SCHEDULE. 
          IT IT, IT IS YOUR PAY PLAN. 
          IT DOES NOT IMPACT INDIVIDUAL SALARIES. 
          SO IF THE BOARD DOES NOT APPROVE A RAISES CURRENT EMPLOYEES, THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE UNLESS THE NEW PAY PLAN, IF THEY WOULD BE, IF THEIR CURRENT PAY IS BELOW THE NEW PAY PLAN, THEY RECOMMEND AN IN AN ADJUSTMENT TO ENSURE THEY'RE AT LEAST 1% ABOVE THE PAY PLAN SO THAT SOMEONE NEW TO THE DISTRICT IS NOT GETTING PAID MORE THAN A CURRENT EMPLOYEE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S EXTREMELY CONFUSING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, OR WE DON'T KNOW AS A BOARD HOW MANY OF THESE POSITIONS ARE ACTUALLY UNDERPAID OR HOW MANY OF THESE ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED BY A 12% DIFFERENCE VERSUS A 3% OR 2%. 
          IS THERE A WAY AN EASIER WAY FOR US TO GET THAT CALCULATION? UM, THAT, SO IF YOU LOOK LIKE, UM, STARTING ON PAGE TEN NINE, TEN SEVEN, PAGE SIX, YEAH, THAT'S LIKE GOING LIKE BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH HERE AND THERE. 
          IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO EASILY SEE THESE POSITIONS? LAST YEAR HAD THIS, THIS NEW MARKET PLAN SAYS YOU GOT INCREASE BY 11% BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE MARKET VALUE IS. 
          WHAT IF WE DON'T WANNA INCREASE IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THAT. 
          WE'RE STILL GIVING THAT PERSON ALMOST 50% INCREASE REGARDLESS BECAUSE WE'RE, WE PLAN, NO, ANY CURRENT EMPLOYEE WOULD, MAYBE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS, ANY CURRENT EMPLOYEE WOULD ONLY GET AN INCREASE THAT Y'ALL APPROVED. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE COMPARE TO OTHER DISTRICTS FOR THAT POSITION, NOT WHAT, NOT AN INCREASE OR CHANGE IN ANY PERSON'S SALARY WOULD BE. 
          SO IS THAT NO, IT'S STILL CONFUSING BUT UM, WELL, AND IT MAY NOT BE CLEAR NOW SHE'S REFERENCING THE TASK E REPORT THAT WE REQUESTED AND NOT DAY TWO COMPENSATION GOES FROM LAST YEAR THIS YEAR. 
          SO JUST CLARIFY MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE COMPARISONS HERE, LIKE I'VE GOT ONE THAT SAYS, UM, IT'S COMPARING CLERICAL AND TECHNICAL POSITIONS TO THE MARKET. 
          UM, SO DEL VALLEY, ISD VERSUS THE MARKET AND CHILDCARE PROVIDERS IN DEL VALLEY, ISD ARE COMPENSATED 22% ABOVE THE MARKET. 
          THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA INCREASE THE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS FROM YEAR TO YEAR BY 22%. 
          AND LIKEWISE, IT'S NOT SAYING THAT THE TECHNICIAN AND COMPUTE FOR COMPUTER TECHNICIAN WERE PAID WELL, 19% OR LESS OF THE MARKET THAT WE'RE GONNA REDUCE THEIR COMPENSATION BY 19%. 
          IT'S JUST COMPARE. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THERE'S MULTIPLE PLEASE. 
          OH SORRY. 
          THIS IS UH, PAGE 10 OF THE A B DOCUMENT AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE FACTORS FOR EACH COMPARISON. 
          SO SOME, SOME OF THE COMPARISONS ARE UM, JUST SCHOOL DISTRICT MARKETS. 
          SOME ARE FROM FAMILY CHILDCARE IS A COMBINED MARKET. 
          SO IT ALSO LOOKS AT NON-CHILD, NON-SCHOOL DISTRICT CHILDCARE PHYSICIANS ALSO, IF YOU HAVE A SINGLE INCUMBENT POSITION, THERE'S MORE VARIABLE. 
          SO THERE'S JUST LOTS OF DIFFERENCES. 
          BUT ANY INCREASE OR LACK THEREOF WOULD NOT, THIS IS JUST WHERE WE'RE COMPARED TO BY POSITION TO THE MARKET. 
          NOT EVEN ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT'S OUR COMPARISON GROUP. 
          MY QUESTION BECOMES, ARE WE LOOKING AT THE MIDPOINT ON THIS? THANK YOU. 
          I I JUST NEED TO FOLLOW UP. 
          SO WHERE CAN WE FIND, SO IS EVERY EMPLOYEE GETTING THE 2% RAISE PLUS THE THOUSAND DOLLARS STIPEND OR WE, IS IT 2% BASED 
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ON THE MIDPOINT? AND WHERE WILL STAFF BE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT THEIR SALARY COULD BE NEXT YEAR? SO IT WOULD BE A PERCENT INCREASE BASED OFF OF THE MIDPOINT DEPENDING ON WHAT PAY GRADE AND WHAT TABLE THEY'RE, THEY'RE UNDER OR WHAT COMPENSATION PLAN. 
          AND THEN FOR TEACHERS, BASED OFF OF THE, THE HIRING SCHEDULE THAT GETS PUBLISHED PLUS THE 1000. 
          SO I GUESS I'M STILL KIND OF CONFUSED. 
          UM, IF WE ADOPT THIS COMPENSATION PLAN FOR THOSE THAT LET'S SAY AN HOURLY RATE WAS UM, UNDER, UH, YOU KNOW, 3%, WOULD WE BE BUMPING THEM UP TO 3% PLUS THE ADDITIONAL 2% IN ORDER TO GET THEM TO THAT MARKET RATE OR TO THAT UM, THAT, OR WHATEVER RATE IT IS FOR THAT POSITION? SO IT WOULD BE A PERCENT OF THE MIDPOINT ON THIS TABLE. 
          THE ONE THAT ULTIMATELY GETS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS THE ONE THAT ULTIMATELY GETS FOR BOTH IS THIS THE, THE PAY PLAN ITSELF WILL NOT IMPACT ANY CURRENT EMPLOYEES ON, UNLESS ANY PROPOSED RAISE DOES NOT BRING THEM TO 1% ABOVE THE MINIMUM. 
          THEN THEY HAVE HAVE AN ADJUSTMENT. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, SO SOME PEOPLE WILL POSSIBLY GET FIVE TO 8% INCREASE IN OUR, SO WHERE DO WE KNOW THAT HOW MANY OF THESE EMPLOYEES ARE GONNA BE THAT? BECAUSE WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THAT EQUITY ADJUSTMENT IN THE PAST. 
          SO WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE KNOW AN INCREASED AMOUNT THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THEN SIE WILL ACTUALLY CALCULATE EVERY EMPLOYEE'S RAISE FOR US. 
          THEY HELP US MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR ANYONE THAT NEEDS AN WHAT. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY SOMEONE WAS CURRENTLY MAKING $10 AN HOUR, BUT THE NEW PAIN PLAN IS 10 50 AND OKAY. 
          CAN'T DO MATH, BUT THE RAISE THEY GOT WOULD BRING THEM TO 10 30, $10 AND 36. 
          THEY WOULD GET AN EQUITY ADJUSTMENT TO A SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 10 50 BECAUSE WE WOULD WANT THEM TO BE OF THEIR CURRENT EMPLOYEE, WE WOULD WANT THEM TO BE ABOVE WHERE A NEW EMPLOYEE CAME IN. 
          SO THEY WOULD BE AT 1% ABOVE 10 50 BECAUSE A NEW EMPLOYEE WOULD BE BROUGHT IN AT TWO 50. 
          I MEAN 10 50. 
          YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE AT THE CURRENT RATE ARE BEING UNDERFUNDED AND THEN HOW MANY ARE THOSE GONNA INCREASE IN MORE THAN THE 3%? YOU HAVE THIS REPORT, IF YOU GO TO THE BACK OF THE REPORT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME BIG PLANS ON THE BACK AND I, AND I DUNNO THAT THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT THAT YOU'RE SEEKING, BUT IF YOU GO TO PROBABLY THE LAST, OR SECOND TO THE LAST PAGE, THERE ARE SOME MODELS THERE AND THESE ARE NOT THE ONES THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. 
          IT'S JUST I THINK YOU HAVE THE DRAFT THOUGH. 
          I HAVE THE DRAFT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          AND I DUNNO THAT THIS IS PART OF IT. 
          SO, SO THEN YOU DO, UH, LEMME TELL YOU WHAT PAGE, AND THIS IS NOT THE MODEL THAT SHE'S PRESENTING, RIGHT? SO WE WOULD HAVE, BUT YOU LOOK AT, AT THAT GROUP YOU WILL SEE AN AREA WHERE IT SAYS ADJUSTMENTS. 
          IT'S PAGE 21 IN YOUR PACKET. 
          YES. 
          AND IT SAYS COUNT OF INCREASES WHERE IT SAYS ADJUSTMENT 1% ABOVE THE MINIMUM YOU'LL HAVE SEVEN. 
          SO SEVEN PEOPLE WILL BE AFFECTED. 
          I DUNNO IF THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT, THAT YOU'RE, THIS IS A YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE THE MODEL THAT THEY HAVE. 
          THIS WAS THE MODEL WE WERE ORIGINALLY ASKED. 
          HAVE ADMINISTRATION ASKED, HAS BEFORE, AND IT, YOU CAN SEE IT HAS THE HOW MANY EMPLOYEES AND HOW MUCH THEIR ADJUSTMENT WOULD BE. 
          THIS IS BASED ON THE PROPOSED INCREASE THOUGH YOU SEE IT AT THE TOP OF THAT PROPOSED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY SOMETHING LIKE THIS ABOUT THE 2%, 3% SCENARIO. 
          ARE WE SAYING THAT THIS IS JUST ACROSS THE BOARD 2% AND 3% INCREASES TO THE MIDPOINT? YES. 
          SO EVEN IF SOMEBODY, AND POTENTIALLY LIKE LOOKING AT THIS, SOMEBODY'S BEING PAID 50% ABOVE MARKET, THEY'RE STILL GONNA GET A TWO TO 3% INCREASE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT SMI MAKES AN ADJUSTMENT FOR ABOVE. 
          RIGHT? SO SIE RECOMMENDS THAT EVERYONE GET A PERCENT MIDPOINT FROM THEIR PAY SCALE UNLESS THEY ARE ALREADY OVER MAX TASSIE'S CURRENT RECOMMENDATION IS TO FREEZE ANYONE SALARY WHO IS OVER THE MAXIMUM OF THEIR PAY GRADE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN WE DON'T THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT, I THINK. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE QUESTION I JUST ASKED, IF SOMEBODY IS MAKING 50% ABOVE MARKET, THEN CA'S RECOMMENDATION FOR COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS IS TO NOT GIVE THEM A TWO OR 3% INCREASE. 
          ONLY IF THEY'RE ABOVE THE MAX OF THAT PLAN. 
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OKAY. 
          MAX. 
          BUT SO IF THEY'RE 50% ABOVE MARKET, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT, OKAY. 
          I'M NOT, SO THAT'S ONE REASON WE DO THESE STUDIES ON A REGULAR BASIS LAST YEAR. 
          THAT IS PART OF WHY, UM, TAVI RECOMMENDED SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO SOME PLACEMENTS, SOME, UM, POSITIONS, PLACEMENTS. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY ADDED A, AN ADDITIONAL PAY SCALE SO THAT WE WOULD ENSURE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY POSITION THAT WAS UN THERE WAS A BIG DISPARITY BETWEEN MARKET. 
          OKAY, THIS ONE'S MAINTENANCE HERE. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE WE'RE MOSTLY WITHIN MARKET RANGES. 
          SO IDEALLY WE'RE 10% BELOW TO 10% ABOVE THE MARKET. 
          THAT IS CONSIDERED EQUITABLE. 
          YES. 
          I THINK I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP THIS MAKE SENSE THEN LIKE THAT LET, AND LET'S JUST USE A MADE UP EXAMPLE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LET'S SAY SOMEBODY'S GETTING PAID $70,000 A YEAR, RIGHT? THAT'S THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION AS A MIDPOINT. 
          AND TRAGEDY SAYS THAT'S ONE AND A HALF TIMES WHAT THE MARKET CASE, MY SENSE IS THAT THEY WOULD BE ABOVE THE MAX IF THEY'RE ONE AND A, THEY'RE HALF A A PAID, LIKE THEY'RE HALF A, A SORT OF COMPENSATION ABOVE AND SO LIKE THAT THEY'RE HALF ABOVE THE MAX. 
          IS THAT IS THAT FAIR? YES. 
          AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THAT PERSON, ARE WE GOING TO GIVE THEM 70 PLUS 3% OR ARE WE JUST GONNA SAY, HEY LISTEN, WE REALLY WANT TO DO THIS BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING EQUITABLE. 
          AND RIGHT NOW YOU'RE GETTING PAID ONE AND A HALF TIMES A MARKET, SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET PAID INCREASE. 
          CA WOULD RECOMMEND YOU FREEZE THEIR PAY AND NOT GIVE THEM AN INCREASE. 
          BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? I REALIZE TE HE'S RECOMMENDING, BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? THAT WOULD BE A, THE BOARD DECISION. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT'S MY QUESTION IS IN THIS MODEL, IS THIS A 3% ACROSS THE BOARD? REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE MAKING ABOVE MARKET UNTIL WE HAVE A PAY INCREASE, WE WON'T KNOW WHO IS ABOVE THE MAX. 
          SO IF THE PAY INCREASE IS AT A LOWER PERCENT LESS PEOPLE WITH POTENTIALLY ABOVE THE MAX, IF IT'S A LARGER INCREASE, YOU POTENTIALLY WOULD PUT MORE PEOPLE ABOVE THE MAX IN GENERAL. 
          UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF EMPLOYEES ABOVE THE MAXIMUM THERAPY RANGE. 
          IT'S SOMETHING YOU TRY TO AVOID, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO POTENTIALLY HAVE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR A LONG TIME. 
          QUESTION WITH THAT COMMENT. 
          YOU SHARED THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, BUT IT HAS, IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED. 
          UM, AND YOU SAID THE BOARD WOULD BE NOTIFIED. 
          I'VE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED OF BEING OBSERVED HA BEING FROZEN UNLESS I MISSED THAT COMMUNICATION. 
          AND THIS IS MY FOURTH WORKSHOP. 
          SO THE QUESTION IS, HAVE WE EVER HAD TO FREEZE SOMEONE? NOT THAT I'M AWARE. 
          SO WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING, UM, MS. WA IS THAT UNTIL THE BOARD APPROVES A PAY INCREASE, UM, OF ANY PERCENT THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SORT OF RUN THE MATH AND SORT OF LOOK AT WHAT ARE ALL THE NUMBERS AND SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT. 
          BUT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE BOARD TO SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO RUN THIS, BUT ON THE CONDITION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT OVERCOMPENSATING PEOPLE OR INCREASING ANYONE'S SALARY WHO IS CURRENTLY ABOVE THE MAX. 
          'CAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING INCREASES WHO ACTUALLY MEET THOSE INCREASES. 
          AND IF SOMEBODY IS AT 20% BELOW OR 30% BELOW MARKET THAT THEY'RE GETTING A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT AS WELL AND THAT THEY'RE GETTING A HIGHER PARTY THAN SOMEBODY THAT'S MAKING WAY ABOVE MARKET IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER, TWO OR 3% THAT THE BOARD IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER . 
          IS THAT LIKE A FAIR? YES. 
          AND ACTUALLY AS SOON AS, UM, ONCE THE BOARD DECIDES OF A POTENTIAL INCREASE, ONCE THAT IS VOTED ON, WE'LL GO BACK TO HSB AND ASK THEM TO RUN INDIVIDUAL PAY FILES AND THEY WILL LITERALLY GIVE US THE NAMES OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ABOVE MAX, WHO NEED AN ADJUSTMENT, NEED AN EQUITY ADJUSTMENT. 
          THEY, THEY GIVE US THAT INFORMATION. 
          DO YOU THINK THAT WHAT THIS STARTS, THIS IS IN GENERAL, IT'S NOT BY EMPLOYEE, IT'S A NUMBER, BUT THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME THE NAME. 
          YOU'RE JUST SAYING IT'S BY LIKE, UH, SORT OF PROFESSIONAL CLASSIFICATION, YOUR SLP OR THEY LITERALLY GIVE US AN EXCEL FILE WITH EVERY EMPLOYEE AND WHAT THEIR NEW SALARY SHOULD BE WITH THE PROPOSED RATE. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UM, THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS AND MAYBE 
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IT'S JUST TO CONSIDER AS NUMBERS ARE BEING, UM, SO I WAS LOOKING AT IT, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE WHO WERE AT THE MAX. 
          I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE ONES WHO WERE BELOW, UM, WHO WERE BELOW. 
          AND SO I KNOW YOU SAID THAT WHEN YOU SEND IT OVER TO CHASSIS AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT BY NAME AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, OKAY, THERE'S LIKE FIVE PEOPLE HERE AND YOU KNOW, WHAT DO THEY PROPOSE AS THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT? HAVE WE DONE THAT IN THE PAST? IF SO, WHY ARE SOME OF OUR PEOPLE STILL SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER? LIKE I WAS LOOKING ON PAGE EIGHT NINE AND I WOULD SAY THANK BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE HAVE THIS AND EVERY YEAR I FEEL LIKE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO ADJUST TO MARKET AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT. 
          SO I'M KIND OF CONFUSED ON WHY WE'RE STILL DOING THESE. 
          YEAH, AND AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. 
          UM, ON PAGE EIGHT OF THIS HAVE THESE STUDY I'M LOOKING AT, UM, I MEAN BASICALLY THERE'S ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL IS NEGATIVE 2%, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOW. 
          IT'S NOT THAT MUCH A LOW, BUT YOU LOOK AT THE PRINCIPAL FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE AT NEGATIVE 12%, WHICH TO ME SEEMS VERY HIGH, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE SIZE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND PRINCIPAL. 
          , I AM LOOKING AT YOU, WE ONLY HAVE ONE. 
          UM, AND THEN I'M LOOKING AT PAGE NINE FOR THE SLPS AND TECH POSITIONS. 
          UM, THE ONLY REASON I BRING UP THE SLPS IS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT 'EM AND SO THEY'RE AT 0%, SO THEY'RE LIKE RIGHT ON MIDPOINT, MIDPOINT. 
          UM, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF TECH POSITIONS THAT ARE BELOW AND THAT ALSO IS REFLECTED ON PAGE 10. 
          AND THEN LAST THING ON PAGE 12, UM, I WOULD WANNA SEE FOR THE, THE BUS DRIVERS, THE SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION ROUTE ELECTRICIAN, THOSE KIND OF SUPPORTS BECAUSE THOSE ARE ESSENTIAL NEEDS AND WE'VE, WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST WITH TRANSPORTATION, IT BEING DIFFICULT TO FIND BUS DRIVERS AND WE NEED MORE. 
          AND IF WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING BELOW ACCORDING TO THAT IT'S ONLY 2% LOWER BUT IT'S STILL LOWER THAN OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, I WOULD WANNA SEE HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY PUT MONEY THERE. 
          SO IN GENERAL, THE PAID PLAN, YOU'RE CONSIDERED AT MARKET, YOU'RE CONSIDERED COMPETITIVE WITH MARKET IF YOU'RE 10 POINTS BELOW 10 BELOW 10 BELOW 10 ABOVE. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO MOVE A POSITION FROM ONE PAID PLAN TO A NEXT UNLESS THEY GET INTO INTO THAT SITUATION. 
          THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THERE'S A VARIETY OF FACTORS THAT ARE INVOLVED. 
          IT COULD BE, UM, THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN A POSITION. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE A SINGLE INCUMBENT POSITION, THERE COULD BE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 
          UM, IT ALSO COULD BE TITLES. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEADERSHIP, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT POSITION WAS A LITTLE BIT LOWER COMPARED TO MARKET. 
          WELL THAT'S BECAUSE MANY DISTRICTS HAVE A POSITION AT THAT, THAT'S MORE OF A AREA SUPERINTENDENT. 
          SO THAT TITLE WAS COMPARED TO LIKE AN AREA SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH IS A POSITION WE DON'T HAVE. 
          SO THEY IN GENERAL, IF THERE BECOMES A DISPARITY IN, IN THIS GROUP WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT MOVING PAY PLANS AND THAT, SO THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. 
          I, OKAY. 
          AND I HATE TO SAY, I'M NOT GONNA SAY INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS BECAUSE I'LL FORGET LAST YEAR THEY, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MOVE A COUPLE OF POSITIONS TO THE ONE PAY GRADE UP TO A DIFFERENT PAY GRADE. 
          THEIR RAISE THEN BECAME LARGER BECAUSE THEY WERE THE PERCENT, THEIR RATE WAS THE 6% ON THE NEW PAY GRADE MIDPOINT. 
          SO THEIR INCREASE WAS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN IF THEY HAD STAYED ON THEIR CURRENT PAY PLAN. 
          THIS YEAR KATHY'S NOT MAKING ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MOVE ANY POSITIONS FOR ONE PAY GRADE TO THE NEXT. 
          I CAN ASK THEM TO LOOK AT SOME INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS IF YOU WOULD LIKE, OR I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON WHY THAT POSITION IS LOWER OR HIGHER THAN THE MARKET MEDIUM. 
          I JUST HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION. 
          SO I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THE STUDY CONSIDERS ANYTHING 10% BELOW AND ANYTHING 10% ABOVE TO BE IN MARKET. 
          SO I THINK IT, IS IT FAIR TO ASSUME THAT LAST YEAR, I THINK TRUSTEE WILLIAMS QUESTIONED THIS ABOUT, HEY, LAST YEAR WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT DOING MARKET ADJUSTMENTS AND I BELIEVE THE BOARD WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT LAST YEAR. 
          UM, AND SO I, I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THE CONFUSION AROUND WHY SO MANY PEOPLE AND LIST HERE, I MEAN NOT PEOPLE BUT POSITIONS, JUST TITLES ARE BELOW MARKET. 
          IS THAT BECAUSE THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT, IF YOU'RE 10%, UH, IF WE CONSIDER TO BE IN MARKET ANYTHING FROM ZERO TO NEGATIVE 10%, 
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IF SOMEBODY IS 15% THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT IS ONLY 5% AND NOT 15. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? IT MIGHT BE BEST TO INVITE MS GEE GUZMAN FROM NICOLE WHO DID FROM SIE, NICOLE GEE GUZMAN, TO UM, AN UPCOMING BOARD MEETING TO REALLY GO IN DEPTH ON THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE THEY, IT IS A MATHEMATICAL STUDY THAT I DON'T WANT TO GET INCORRECT INFORMATION ON. 
          OKAY. 
          HOWEVER, SOME THINGS TO ALSO KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS COMPARED TO CURRENT YEAR, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE GOT THIS LAST YEAR, IT WAS COMPARED TO CURRENT YEAR. 
          SO IT INCREASES WERE GIVEN AT OTHER DISTRICTS FOR THIS 2324. 
          THEN THERE COULD BE NEW DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN MARKET FOR WHERE WE WERE THE LAST YEAR. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF A YEAR BEHIND A YEAR LAG, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE CAN SKEW THE DATA AND IT COMES A LOT WHEN YOU LOOK AT EXPERIENCE. 
          SO MAYBE SOMEONE'S REALLY UP, IT SHOWS THEY'RE ABOVE MARKET, BUT MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN WITH DELL VALLEY FOR 30 YEARS, RIGHT? UM, MEANING THAT COULD BEEN ABOVE MARKET BUT NOT NECESSARILY ABOVE THE PAY SCALE. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THAT. 
          SO IN HAS LOOKED AT OVERALL GEN, I HATE TO SAY GENERALITIES, BUT IN SOMEWHAT GENERALITIES, RIGHT? AND THEN AT THE END THEY WILL THEN BEGIN LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE AND HELP US MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          OKAY, SO LEMME JUST, I WANNA MAKE MY THOUGHT COME FULL CIRCLE. 
          SO I'M JUST GONNA PRETEND I'M LIKE MATT, THE FORMER SPECIAL EDUCATION MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER AND LET'S ASSUME I'M, I'M WORKING IN DE VALLEY AND LAST YEAR TABBY SAID THAT I WAS MAKING 15% BELOW MARKET. 
          AND SO THE BOARD PASSED THE BUDGET, SAID WE NEED TO DO A MARKET ADJUSTMENT THAT'S GONNA PUT ME IN NEGATIVE 10%, RIGHT? SO I SORT OF CLEAR THAT 5% DELTA ON WHAT'S TA SAID WE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, RIGHT? SO, BUT WHAT I HEAR YOU SAY IS THAT EVEN THOUGH DE VALLEY ADJUSTED 5% BASED ON LAST YEAR'S MARKET, THAT EVERYBODY ELSE COULD HAVE SAID, OH MAN, WE NEED MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS LIKE MATT AND WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA DO THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT OF 5%, WE'RE GONNA DO THE FULL 15%, BRING THEM TO LIKE MARKET 0%. 
          AND SO THEN THIS YEAR, THAT'S POTENTIALLY WHY, OR POSSIBLY WHY WE'RE SEEING WHY ARE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS LIKE MATT STILL WAY BELOW MARKET, RIGHT? AND IT'S BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE DID A 5% INVESTMENT, EVERYBODY ELSE DID 15%. 
          UM, SO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OVERALL ARE ON PAGE 19. 
          UH, SO THAT GIVES YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT RECOMMENDATION THREE, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M KIND OF TALKING ABOUT MORE OF INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS. 
          SO ADJUSTMENTS TO ENSURE PAY. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT RECOMMENDATION THREE, TO ENSURE PAY IS AT LEAST 1% ABOVE THE RANGE MINIMUM IF THE GENERAL INCREASE WASN'T ENOUGH TO DO SO, SO HAS BEEN RECOMMENDING THE NEW PAY PLANS, NOT THE TEACHER PAY SCALE TO TAKE OUT THE TEACHER PAY SCALE BECAUSE THAT IS WILL BE BUILT BASED ON WHATEVER RAISE IS APPROVED, IF ANY. 
          UM, BUT THE PAY PLANS FOR CLERICAL, PARAPROFESSIONAL, AUXILIARY AND UM, ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS TA, HE'S RECOMMENDING THOSE PAY PLANS REGARDLESS OF ANY RATES. 
          THEN IF AN EMPLOYEE IS BELOW THAT MINIMUM CURRENT EMPLOYEE REGARDLESS OF A RAISE, THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THAT AN ADJUSTMENT TO 1% ABOVE. 
          OKAY? THEY ALSO LOOK AT EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS. 
          SO THAT SECOND BULLET, THAT'S WHAT THEY HELP US WITH FOR ESPECIALLY EMPLOYEES IN THE EDUCATOR CAREER PATHWAY. 
          OKAY? IF AN EMPLOYEE REMAINS BELOW 90% OF MIDPOINT AFTER ALL ADJUSTMENTS, THEN AN ADDITIONAL 1% OF MIDPOINT LOOKS GRANTED AS A STRATEGIC ADJUSTMENT FOR NON-TEACHING PAY GROUPS AND THEN THE PLACEMENT SCALES ARE USED FOR HIRING. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU ENTERTAINING ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS. 
          I KNOW IT'S A LOT. 
          I CAN'T ASK IF YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF WE KNOW IT'S REALLY TOO LATE WE CAN'T GET, I'LL JUST KIND OF WRAP UP MY COMMENTS BY SAYING THAT I, I THINK WHERE MY MIND IS AT IS WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING UNDERPAID RELATIVE THE MARKET, THAT THEY'RE THE HIGHER PRIORITY. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT THING TO ASK PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING PAID ABOVE THE MARKET TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER LIKE SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE CURRENTLY BEING PAID UNDER MARKET. 
          BUT I THINK THAT'S A THING THAT WE HEAR FROM FOLKS A LOT IS, YOU KNOW, HEY, I CAN GET MORE MONEY ELSEWHERE. 
          I WANT TO STAY IN DELL VALLEY AND I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DEMONSTRATING IN THIS KIND OF CONSTRAINED FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND WHEN I, WHEN I SAY CONSTRAINED FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT, I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT A LONG-TERM. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW 
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AND I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          I FEEL AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT UNCERTAINTY AND FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE DO PAY INCREASES IN AN EQUITABLE WAY AND NOT JUST SAY, HEY, EVERYBODY'S GONNA GET A 3% INCREASE EVEN THOUGH SOMEBODY COULD POTENTIALLY BE MAKING 30% ABOVE MARKET. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA FEEL VERY UNFAIR TO SOMEBODY WHO'S MAKING 30% BELOW MARKET. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND YOU CAN, IF YOU LOOK AT RECOMMENDATION FOUR, SO THERE ARE OPTIONS, RIGHT? SO IF SOMEONE'S ABOVE MATCH YOU COULD FREEZE OR THINK YOU COULD GIVE THEM A ONE TIME PERCENT INCREASE SO IT DOESN'T REALLY ROLL INTO THEIR CURRENT SALARY. 
          SO THEREFORE IT DOESN'T CONTINUE TO KEEP THE PAY RANGES AS SKEWED. 
          AND SO THERE ARE OPTIONS OR YOU COULD GIVE MAYBE A HALF OF THE RAISE. 
          IS THERE ANY OPTION THAT THE BOARD CANNOT DO? SO LET'S SAY THE BOARD SAYS, UM, YOU, IT'S THE WHERE MATT WAS DELETING, LIKE WE'RE WE ONLY WANT TO GIVE, LIKE WE ONLY WANNA MAKE LIKE AN EQUITY ADJUSTMENT, UM, OR WE ONLY WANT TO DO X, Y, Z. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN'T DO AS A BOARD WHEN IT COMES TO COMPENSATION? I'M GONNA PASS THAT TO RIGHT? SO, SO OUR THINKING WITH THIS WAS TODAY WOULD BE A WORKSHOP ABOUT AN ACTION ITEM TAKEN IN CASE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED OF THE BOARD. 
          SO THIS IS DEFINITELY INFORMATION THAT WE CAN COLLECT BASED ON NUMBERS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO THROW AS WELL. 
          WE CAN PRESENT TO THE BOARD AS WELL. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT WE WOULD SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL THROUGH TSB TO SEE IF THIS IS AN ALLOWABLE REQUEST THAT THE BOARD IS HAVING. 
          IS IT MY THANK YOU. 
          I'VE GOT A WHOLE LIST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WAIT. 
          SO TO SUSANNA AND MATT'S POINT, MY, THE WAY I SAID IT WERE WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE TO INCREASE RAISES AT THE LEVELS LIKE LEVEL FIVE, LEVEL BELOW IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE RAISES FOR TEACHERS WHILE PROVIDING LIVING WAGES WITH EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS TO AUXILIARY AND PARAPROFESSIONAL. 
          SO IF Y FIGURE OUT THAT QUESTION. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, I THINK MOVING WAGE RIGHT NOW HOURLY, SO IF WE COULD MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT FOR A LIVING WAGE WAGE THEN WE WOULD MAKE THE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS FOR EVERYONE ELSE HOURLY TO COMPENSATE THE CHANGES. 
          AND I DIDN'T REALIZE IT'S AT 21 ISN'T OUR MINIMUM RIGHT NOW. 
          15. 
          OUR CURRENT MINIMUM IS 16 CLOSED STRUCTURES. 
          OUR CURRENT, I MEAN OUR MINIMUM OF 16, 15. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I DON'T THINK WHAT CONSIDERED WHERE WE LIVE I THINK HAS CONSIDERED THE ENTIRE TEXAS IN TEXAS FOR AUSTIN IS DIFFERENT THAN TEXAS FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S IN HER TEXAS. 
          SO I, I MEAN I REALLY THINK THAT IF FOR THE BOARD STANDPOINT, IF WE WANNA BE COMPETITIVE IN THESE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO, BECAUSE WE SHOULD WAGE HONOR AHEAD CONTINUE. 
          SO I'M CONCERNED THAT THE CFO DOESN'T HAVE THE FINAL DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          CAN WE GET THAT TO HER? I HAVE IT. 
          I JUST GRABBED THE WRONG ONE. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          AND THEN, SO HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET THIS  FILED BACK AND COMPLETED ONCE EVERYTHING'S APPROVED? BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING LAST YEAR SOME PEOPLE WERE WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY WERE GONNA MAKE UNTIL SEPTEMBER. 
          DOES IT TAKE THAT LONG? NORMALLY WE WOULD GET THE DATA BEFORE JULY 1ST. 
          IT THEN DOES TAKE QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO GET IT ENTERED INTO OUR SYSTEM AND THEN RUN LETTERS ALSO. 
          IT'S DURING, HOW DO YOU RUN LETTERS? WELL WE HAVE ABOUT 200, EXCUSE ME, ABOUT 2000 EMPLOYEES. 
          SO WE HAVE TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL LETTERS FOR EACH EMPLOYEE AND ENSURE THEIR SALARIED LETTER IS CORRECT, UH, AS WE ARE ALSO HIRING OUR TEACHERS, UH, STAFF FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO IT IS A TIME CONSUMING PROCESS. 
          SO YOU MEAN AN ACTUAL LETTER LIKE TO BEING INCLUDED? LETTER. 
          LETTER. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, AN INDIVIDUAL LETTER WITH THEIR CURRENT SALARY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WE DID MUCH SOONER DETERMINE THE INCREASE FOR EACH PAY PLAN. 
          SO IF SOMEONE CALLED AND SAID, HEY, I'M A TEACHER, WHAT'S MY INCREASE GONNA BE? IF I AM A BUS DRIVER, WHAT'S MY INCREASE FEE? SO WE WERE ABLE TO TELL THEM WHAT THEIR RAISE WOULD BE SOONER AND YEAH, I GUESS I MAYBE WE EMAIL THAT THAN RUSSELL THREE OF SOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BACK TO YOU. 
          SO, OH, I I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION TO WORK 
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THIS BACK TO LOU REAL QUICK. 
          UM, SO I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WERE TAKING NOTES OF EXTRA THINGS. 
          SO FOR ME IS, UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE EXHIBIT STUFF TOO. 
          'CAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATION ON PAGE 19, IT HAS HERE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF AUXILIARY IS INCLUDED IN THAT. 
          IT'S NOT MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING THEM BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE. 
          SURE. 
          AND THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY THAT ACTUALLY I READ ALL WAY THROUGH IT. 
          THAT ONE'S ACTUALLY MORE AIMED AT A TWO. 
          SO FOR COUNSELORS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, PRINCIPAL, THE TEACHER CAREER PATHWAY AS YOU MOVE UP, BECAUSE THERE, IN FACT THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          LARGE RAISES WERE GIVEN TO TEACHERS BUT NOT ANYONE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE PAY PLAN. 
          SO THEN YOU HAD TEACHERS WHO DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE MAKING MORE THAN A COUNCIL OR AS, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ACTUALLY I HAVE UM, AND THEN I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          SO IN LOOKING AT THE 20 23, 20 24 ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL PAY PLAN FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL SEVEN, THE DAILY WERE, WELL ACTUALLY I'LL JUST DO THE ANNUAL SALARY. 
          SO THEIR ANNUAL SALARY FOR 2324 WAS 80 2006 57 ON THE MINIMUM. 
          THE MAXIMUM IS 115. 
          3 32. 
          SO THE PROPOSED NOW IS EIGHT 8,000 7 0 7 AND THEN GOING FROM 1 15 3 3 2 TO 1 23 7 63. 
          AND THAT'S AN $8,400 INCREASE. 
          SO MY CONCERN IS STILL AGAIN THAT WE ARE BUMPING 'EM UP. 
          AND THEN MY QUESTION BECOMES IS THE 3% POTENTIAL RAISE ON TOP OF THIS, BUT A PLAN THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU DOESN'T DETERMINE ANY CURRENT EMPLOYEES PAY. 
          IT DOESN'T, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CURRENT EMPLOYEES. 
          IDEALLY YOU WOULD WANT THE MAJORITY OF EMPLOYEES AROUND THE MIDPOINT OF THEIR PAY GRADE. 
          SO THIS PAY, SO THE ASSUMPTION IS MOST EMPLOYEES WOULD BE, CURRENT EMPLOYEES WOULD ALREADY BE ABOVE THE MINIMUM. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          THE 1% INCREASE ABOVE MINIMUM IF THE RAISE IS LOWER AND DOESN'T BRING CURRENT EMPLOYEES TO 1% ABOVE THEIR NEW MINIMUM PAY PLAN AND AN ADJUSTMENT IS, IS A APPLIED. 
          SO YOU CAN'T COME, THE PAY PLANS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH CURRENT SALARIES EXCEPT THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE, YOUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE YOU HAVE VERY FEW PEOPLE ABOVE THE MAX AND NO ONE UNDER MINIMUM AND PREFERABLY NO ONE UNDER 1% OF THE MINIMUM. 
          THAT WAY A NEW EMPLOYEE COULD MAKE LESS WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE WITH OR LESS EXPERIENCE WOULD MAKE MORE MAKING SENSE ON THAT A CURRENT EMPLOYEE WOULD MAKE MORE THAN A NEW PERSON COMING IN. 
          SO LOUIE, TWO THINGS. 
          WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF US DOING A FLAT RAISE RATHER THAN A RAISE ON MID 20? AND HOW HAVE OTHER DISTRICTS, YOU AND I TALKED LAST WEEK, HOW IS IT OR THAT ONLY THIS WEEK, BUT HOW IS IT THAT YOU'VE SEEN IT IN DISTRICTS PREVIOUSLY? 'CAUSE I THINK THE DISTRICT HAS INVESTED, UM, THE LAST THREE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT THE TASK FORMULA. 
          I'M CORRECT EXCUSE, I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH THE HISTORIC, I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION, BUT I THINK THAT THE DISTRICT HAS INVESTED TIME AND RESOURCES TO ADJUST TO THIS TYPE OF PAY FORMAT, RIGHT? WHERE WE GO OFF OF MIDPOINT, PAY INCREASES AND COMPARE WITH OUR MARKET. 
          AND YOU HAVE, I THINK PAGE ONE OF THE RECORDED ITSELF HAS THE MARKET, UH, DISTRICTS IF YOU WANT TO SEE THOSE, UH, WHEN WE DISCUSS THE MARKET, THOSE ARE THE DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND IT'S PAGE ONE OF THAT REPORT. 
          SO BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE IMPLEMENTED, SO WE'VE USED, AND IT IS SPENT SO MANY RESOURCES TRYING TO COME TO ONE PAGE SYSTEM. 
          I THINK ONCE YOU DEVI IT FROM IT, IT KIND OF DISRUPTS WHAT YOU ALREADY GOING TOWARDS WORKING TOWARDS. 
          AND IT'S EQUITY AMONGST PAID PLANS AND BE COMPETITIVE AMONGST SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE FOR THE MOST PART, SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS USE THIS, THIS COMPENSATION PLAN STYLE. 
          SO YOU WILL DEVIATE AND THEN YOU WILL START THROWING YOUR PLANS OUT OF WHACK BECAUSE THEN NOT ONLY THAT, LET'S SAY $1,000 FOR A CLASSROOM PAY AND THEN YOU COMPARE YOUR MAINTENANCE WORKER AND YOU SAY GIVE 
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'EM A THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          WELL, IT'S NOT THE SAME PAY INCREASE BECAUSE ONE, THEY WORK DIFFERENT HOURS AND TWO, THEY WORK DIFFERENT CALENDARS SO IT DOESN'T BECOME EQUITABLE WHERE SOME MAY SEE A 30% INCREASE, OTHER ONES MAY ONLY SEE A FIVE OR 10% INCREASE. 
          WHEN YOU DO THE SAME AMOUNT FOR AREAS THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, LET'S SAY 500 OR A THOUSAND. 
          SO IT CREATES A LOT OF INEQUALITY AMONGST THE THE DIFFERENT PAID AIRPORT. 
          AND THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY ON THE SAME PLAN. 
          SO IF YOU HAD AN EMPLOYEE WORKING AT 2 39 CALENDAR AND SOMEONE ON THE SAME PLAN WORKING UP 184 DAY CALENDAR AND YOU GAVE A FLAT RAISE, YOU'RE GIVING A A LARGER RAISE TO EMPLOYEE ON THE 180 4 CALENDAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO THAT, BASED ON THIS SLIDE, GOING BACK TO THE SLIDES, IT DOESN'T LOOK FEASIBLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PAY OUT A 6% INCREASE BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE, I MEAN IF WE CHOSE TO GO WITH THE 2% PLUS THE 1000, WE ONLY HAVE A SURPLUS OF 1 MILLION. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN LAST QUESTION FOR RIGHT NOW, WHY IS IT, WHERE DID WE COME UP WITH PULLING 4 MILLION FROM THE ESER FUNDS INTO A GENERAL FUND? WHY DIDN'T WE PUT 4 MILLION ONTO THE STIPENDS AND DO 2 MILLION INTO THE GENERAL FUND? BECAUSE THEN WE STILL HAVE A SURPLUS VALUE BECAUSE THE, THE 4 MILLION IS WHAT WOULD GET US CLOSER TO A BALANCED BUDGET AT A 3% PAY INCREASE. 
          I THINK ANYTHING ABOVE 3% I WOULDN'T BE RECOMMENDING. 
          UH, I THINK EVEN THIS SO LONG AS, AND I'M COMFORTABLE, NO, I APOLOGIZE. 
          SURE. 
          I MEANT TO INCREASE THE 1000 TO TWO TO POTENTIALLY 2000. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE WE PULLED 2 MILLION TO COVER IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          RIGHT. 
          WHAT IF WE PULLED FILL 4 MILLION TO COVER IT, EXCUSE ME. 
          AND THEN OUT OF THAT SIX, BUT THE TWO TOWARDS THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WOULD STILL LEAVE US A SURPLUS. 
          AND WHAT THAT WOULD COST IS THAT THEN I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TO DO EVEN A 2%. 
          IT WOULD LOWER THAT TO A 1% BECAUSE WE'RE USING THAT $4 MILLION TO OFFSET AN INCREASE IN OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE PAYING. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          CORRECT. 
          JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK, BECAUSE FOR MY MIND THE $1,000, IS THAT THE CURRENT PD STIPEND? THAT'S A PD STIPEND, YES. 
          IF PEOPLE ATTEND THIS PAST YEAR, THEY ATTENDED PDU AND THEN THIS YEAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING IT UP. 
          SO THAT A THOUSAND DOLLARS IS FOR THAT PDIP. 
          IS THAT THE, HOW MUCH IT'S BEEN THIS PAST YEAR? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THIS WOULD BE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND IN THE PAST IT HASN'T BEEN FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THERE IS A CHOICE, UH, UH, WE'VE DONE IT HISTORICALLY, I BELIEVE AS A STAFF DEVELOPMENT STIPEND. 
          I KNOW OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE DONE IT AS A RETENTION STIPEND. 
          SO THE REASON WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO DO A RETENTION STIPEND IS BECAUSE THEN THAT DOESN'T BECOME COVERED BY TR. 
          SO DOESN'T GO TOWARDS YOUR STANDARD FOR CALCULATING YOUR, YOUR HIGHEST SALARY FOR TRS PURPOSE. 
          AND JUST TAKE A POINT, JUDGE, I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A LOT OF FOLKS CAME HERE TODAY, UH, ADVOCATING AND EXPECTING A 6% RAISE. 
          UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO DISTRICT DONE LAST YEAR. 
          I, I HOPE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THIS IS NOT DISMISSING THAT, BUT IT'S APPRECIATING THE FACT ALSO THAT WITHOUT THE TESTIMONY, WITHOUT THE S OF FUNDS, WE BE A $17 MILLION DEFICIT. 
          AND THAT LIKELY IN THE FUTURE THAT THAT IS POTENTIALLY AN OPTION IF THE LEGISLATURE DOES NOT INCREASE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          UM, AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS TO BE IN AN UNSUSTAINABLE FISCAL CONTEXT OR ENVIRONMENT. 
          UM, I PERSONALLY THINK EDUCATORS DESERVE ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD. 
          UM, AS A FORMER EDUCATOR, THAT'S PART OF WHAT HAD FORCED ME OUT OF THE CLASSROOM IS I JUST COULD NOT AFFORD TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          AND THAT'S JUST, JUST MY OWN LIKE PERSONAL CONTEXT. 
          AND, BUT I I FULLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I HOPE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT. 
          I, I, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE VERY WELL. 
          OBVIOUSLY I'M GETTING TO KNOW ANTE, BUT SHE'S TALKED EXTENSIVELY, YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUT HER CARE AND CONCERNS FOR EDUCATORS AND, AND SO I, I HAVE CONFIDENCE ALL MY COLLEAGUES KIND SHARE THE SAME VALUE THAT EDUCATORS DESERVE MORE THAN WHAT WE COULD EVER GIVE THEM. 
          AND UM, I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT A LOT OF US ARE AT THE LEGISLATURE BARKING AT PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, UH, TRYING TO FIND OUT EVERY WHICH WAY TO GET MORE AND MORE MONEY AND TRYING TO GUILT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND APPEAL TO THEIR BETTER ANGELS. 
          UM, AND SO I HOPE NO ONE WALKS AWAY FROM THIS CONVERSATION FEELING LIKE NO ONE HEARD ME OR NO ONE APPRECIATES ME. 
          I THINK IT'S, 
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IT'S A SCENARIO WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR AT 15 CENTS. 
          UM, AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD 'CAUSE THE LEGISLATURE'S DOING LESS AND LESS AND LESS. 
          AND WHAT'S REALLY GIVING US THE ABILITY TO STAY AFLOAT RIGHT NOW ARE THESE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE THAT AREN'T PERPETUAL. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE THEY ARE VERY LIKELY IN THE FUTURE. 
          THEY'RE NOT THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO RELY ON. 
          AND SO I JUST, I HOPE PEOPLE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I, I WANT TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING A LOT OF THE REQUESTS AND SUPPORT FOR A 6%. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I I THANK YOU MATT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THINKING THE SAME THING. 
          AND WHEN MATT AND I BOTH GO TO INVOLVED WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION AND, UH, TRUSTEES FROM AROUND THE CENTRAL TECH STATE, HOW COULD YOU GIVE A PAY RAISE? AND IT WAS ALWAYS BECAUSE OF TESLA AND IT IS AND I'M TERRIFIED OF VOUCHERS, UH, AND WHAT YOU DO AND THAT, LIKE I SAID, I DO APPRECIATE AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING AND ADVOCATING. 
          I'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST LIFE. 
          I TOO MANY TIMES. 
          UH, BUT YES. 
          UM, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE INVOLVED LEGISLATIVELY, POLITICALLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE FOR THE VILLAGE TO, TO MAKE SURE. 
          UM, BUT UH, I KNOW WISH WE COULD GIVE HUGE PAY RAISES AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE, BUT I MEAN, LOOKING AT ALL THE DATA WE REALLY DO. 
          I WAS LOOKING, I FINALLY FOUND THE SHEET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WAS GONNA ASK, UH, IT'S NICE SITTING NEXT TO HR, UM, ON COMPARING 5, 10, 15, 20 YEARS THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I LOOK AT AND WE ARE ABOVE, YEAH. 
          UM, LAKE TRAVIS AND THEN, HEY, SO, UH, I THINK IT SAYS WELL THAT WE ARE THIRD IN CENTRAL TEXAS FOR 5, 10, 15, 20. 
          'CAUSE I, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN WHAT I FOCUS ON. 
          WE ALWAYS GET TO FOCUS ON HIRING SCHEDULE, BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          'CAUSE IF WE WANT TO RETAIN TEACHERS, THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          SO I'M KIND OF SAD THAT IT'S HA HEAVILY PROBABLY RECRUITS OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, ALL OF OUR STAFF. 
          UH, BUT UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK TODAY, THE HR, THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT IN HR. 
          THANK YOU LU. 
          HOW FAR AHEAD DO YOU FORESEE SUSTAIN THIS? IT, GRE IS ALL DEPENDENT ON THAT TESLA PAYMENT BECAUSE EVEN NOW WE ARE RELYING ON IT, UM, FOR CURRENT YEAR, IT'S $14 MILLION OF THAT TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET. 
          SO THAT WILL START DECREASING OVER TIME. 
          IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN IS IT GOING TO START DECREASING. 
          AND THAT INFORMATION I DON'T HAVE. 
          UM, WHEN WE STARTED BUDGET PLANNING, UH, ONE OF THE, AT THE BEGINNING OF OF THE BUDGET PLANNING, THE NUMBER THAT WE HAD FROM, UH, OUR CONSULTANT FOR TESLA PAYMENT WAS SIGNIFICANT LOWER THAN THE NUMBER THAT WE JUST RECEIVED. 
          SO WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT 18 MILLION BECAUSE WE NEED EVERY, EVERY DOLLAR HAVE THAT MONEY TO HELP OUT OUR, TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET, HONESTLY. 
          SO WHEN YOU SEE, I'M GOING BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT I HAD RIGHT HERE, RIGHT? AND THIS IS JUST, I'M FAIRLY NEW HERE WITH THE VALLEY, RIGHT? I'VE BEEN HERE ONE YEAR. 
          BUT YOU SEE THE DISTRICT HAS INVESTED A LOT OF ITS RESOURCES TOWARDS PAYROLL COSTS, WHICH IS TOWARDS PAYING INCREASES. 
          AND THAT'S WHY YOU READ THE, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE DISTRICT IS THE HIGHEST PAYING IN OUR AREA. 
          YOU SEE, IF THEY ARE CHOSEN OUR BUDGET, IT'S 88% OF OUR COST. 
          UH, BUT IT DOES GET TO A POINT THAT THOSE ARE RECURRING COSTS. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS WITH GOING FORWARD AND SEEING HOW MUCH MORE ARE YOU GONNA HAVE TO YOUR RECURRING COSTS. 
          AND THIS IS JUST ME TALKING AS A, AS A CFO BUSINESS PERSON, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I DO SEE THE OTHER SIDE THAT YOU COME AND SPEAK UP ABOUT, UH, HIRING AND, UM, EMPLOYEE MORALE AND ALL THAT. 
          AND WE ALL LISTEN AND WE TRY VERY HARD AS BEST WE COULD TO MAKE REDUCTIONS IN OTHER AREAS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO GIVE THE, OR HAVE AVAILABLE FUNDS TO PROPOSE A K FEES, WHICH AT THIS TIME WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SHOWING DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. 
          SO WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD. 
          I KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE CAMPUS THAT THEY'RE SEEING A 15% REDUCTION. 
          WE'RE MOVING THINGS INTO OUR BOND FUNDS TO FREE UP GENERAL FUNDS. 
          WE'RE USING GRANTS TO BE ABLE TO FREE UP SOME OF THE GENERAL FUNDS. 
          SO THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          SO DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE NOT TRYING, WE ARE TRYING, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THE BOARD, THAT AT THE END OF THIS MAKES A DECISION, UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE DECISION FUTURE YEARS. 
          AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND ALL THIS BEHIND ALL THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT AREN'T OUT OF OUR CONTROL THAT WE HAVE TO WORK UNDER CERTAIN CONSTRAINTS. 
          WE HAVE A FUNDING SYSTEM THAT WE WORK AND YOU SEE IT IN THE NEWS WITH EVERY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, FACING THE SAME 
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SITUATION. 
          AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE HAVE IS EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT ANN SAID. 
          RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE TESLA, THOSE TESLA FUNDS THAT WE ARE THE BEGINNING STAGES OF THAT CHAPTER THREE. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE RECEIVING THE BENEFITS RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY WILL START GOING AWAY AS THIS, UH, PROJECT REACHES LOCATION. 
          ONE LAST QUESTION FOR COMPENSATION. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO THAT LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          WERE WE ABLE TO DO THAT JUST HERE? OKAY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT IN, WELL WE'LL SHOW THIS AT THE NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY. 
          YEAH, ON THIS MODEL YOU SEE IT? OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY I SKIMMED THROUGH AND I DIDN'T FIND IT, SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE IT'S THERE. 
          MS. CAN, DID YOU SLIP THE SLIDE? SKIP THE SLIDE. 
          IS THIS, I THINK YOU SKIPPED THE SLIDE, BUT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW? YES, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE, BUT I WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION ON THE SLIDE THAT SKIPPED OVER. 
          SO HERE, SO HERE IS IF WITH A 2% PAY INCREASE, FLOOD THE 1000, THAT WOULD BRING OUR STARTING S TO 60,000 AND 60,600. 
          AND IN COMPARISON TO THE, OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT WE KNOW THAT HAVE ALREADY APPROVED COMPENSATIONS, THAT WOULD BE PFLUGERVILLE AND ROUND ROCK. 
          THAT WOULD PUT US ABOVE 3,300 FOR PFLUGERVILLE AND 3,750 FOR ROUND ROCK. 
          THAT'S WITH A 2%, UH, PLUS THE 1000 STIPEND AND FOR 3% IT WOULD BE 30 505,100 ABOVE THOSE TWO. 
          NOW TWO HAVE THAT IT LINKED ELECTRON, IT'S LINK ELECTRONICALLY. 
          WE CAN PRINT, I BELIEVE THIS. 
          UM, SO WE'VE ADDED ONE YEAR AT THE END. 
          I THINK FOR YOUR QUESTION, TRUSTEE NER, UH, WE'VE ADDED ONE YEAR LAST YEAR IF, IF THE HIRING SCHEDULE STOPPED AT STEP 27 PLUS AND THIS YEAR IT'S AT 28 PLUS. 
          SO EVERY YEAR WE'RE ADDING ONE YEAR UNTIL WE GET THE 30. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, MY QUESTION'S GOING TO BE THE SAME ONE AS LAST YEAR. 
          DO WE KNOW HOW MANY THAT CAPS OFF? NOT TODAY. 
          NO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT. 
          YES. 
          IF I, IF I CAN, I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING THAT I NOTICED TOO IS JUST ON THE NOTE OF, I, I THINK THE BOARD HAS ALWAYS EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO BE A COMPETITIVE DISTRICT FOR COMPENSATION. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY SPEAKERS AND FOLKS AT PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, WHILE WE WERE SITTING HERE, I KIND OF RAN SOME MEMBERS LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S SALARIES FOR OTHER DISTRICTS TO STARTING SALARIES. 
          AND EVEN WITH A 3% INCREASE, IF YOU ASSUME THAT EVERY OTHER DISTRICT WHO HASN'T PUBLISHED AN INCREASE GOES TO 6%, YOU WOULD STILL BE AT THE TOP OF THE COMPENSATION LETTER FOR STARTING SALARIES. 
          AND SO I KNOW AGAIN, THAT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH FOR EDUCATORS. 
          I HOPE, I HOPE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          AND, BUT I, I DO THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT IS STILL VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE AND PUTS DE VALLEY AT THE TOP OF THE COMPENSATION LADDER. 
          SO IS THERE AN OPTION FOR US TO, UM, LET'S SAY 35 YEARS TO THE INCREASE DUE TOTAL, UM, EITHER THE THREE SAYS TWO, 3% AND THEN MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT. 
          BUT DO THE  BEHIND THE STATE AVERAGE, UM, TO KIND OF GET UP TO THAT LEVEL, MAYBE IT'S A 6% FOR, UH, 30 AND OVER OR 20 AND OVER AND 4% FOR 15 TO 20 YEARS. 
          IS THAT AN OPTION FOR US TO DO IF WE DECIDE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I THINK IT'S ALL DEPENDENT ON HOW, ON THE ACTUAL, 
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ON THE ACTUAL TABLE THAT YOU END UP ADOPTING. 
          I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO LIKE EVERYONE DESERVES, EVERYONE DISAGREE. 
          GONNA, UM, FROM THE DISTRICT'S STANDPOINT, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, OR ME, WHAT IS MY PRIORITY AS A TRUSTEE, IT'S MY PRIORITY TO KEEP IN PAYING TEACHERS OR TO MAKE A WAGE FOR OR TO, YOU KNOW, GAIN OF MONEY UNTIL, YOU KNOW, FIVE A TEACHER REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND FIGURE OUT HOW DO I WANNA GO ABOUT THIS OBJECT TO WHERE, BECAUSE I NEVER BUT TO MAKE IT EQUITABLE AROUND THE WHOLE DISTRICT AND TO PRIORITIZE WHAT IS MOST NEEDED IN THIS DISTRICT. 
          SO MY QUESTION, DO WE HAVE THAT OPTION TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO AS A TRUSTEE? UM, I BELIEVE YOU DO HAVE THAT OPTION. 
          I THINK, UH, AT THE END WE BELIEVE THE BOARD IS THE ONE THAT, UM, APPROVES THE COMPENSATION. 
          THERE MAY BE LEGAL CONSTRAINTS AS FAR AS INEQUITIES OR GROUPS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS UP TO THE BOARD WHAT THEY DECIDE TO OR NOT. 
          AND CAN I JUST CLARIFY THE LEGAL CONSTRAINTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? WELL, ARE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE? LIKE I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE WOULD DO THIS, WE NEED BE CLEAR, BUT LIKE IF THE BOARD TODAY WAS LIKE EVERYBODY WHO'S OVER MARKET, WE WANT A 10% RAISE AND NO ONE ELSE LIKE GETS A RAISE. 
          NO. 
          WHAT I NEED MORE, MORE LIKE LOOKING AT TITLE, TITLE IX EQUALITY WHEN YOU HAVE LIKE GENDER AND THINGS LIKE THAT GROUP, THAT WOULD BE SO YEAH, OKAY. 
          THOSE TYPE OF VERY CLEAR, LIKE YES, HEY, ALL WOMEN ARE GONNA GET PAYS AND ALL THE GUYS, SORRY. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ADD THAT LINE. 
          BUT OTHER THAN THAT, HE, AT THE BOARD'S DISCRETION, I NOT JUST ASK, NO KNOW I'M NOT A FAN OF MIDPOINT, BUT I, I ALSO UNDERSTAND IT IS, IT'S THE, IT IS BETTER FOR THE DISTRICT TO, UH, CALCULATE THE ON THE BUDGET WHEN THEY KNOW THE MIDPOINT AND THE EVERY RAISE. 
          AND I KNOW WE ARE CONSTANTLY HIRING, SO WE MIGHT DO A BUDGET AND THEN WE HIRE PEOPLE THAT ARE WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THAT WE END UP PAYING THEM MORE OR WE HAVE LESS EXPERIENCE, ET CETERA. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP, THE BOARD NEEDS TO KEEP THAT IN MIND IN DEVELOPING THE BUDGET AND MAKING SURE IT'S A WORKABLE BUDGET AND IT'S FALLS IN THE GUIDELINES THAT WE WANT OF THE FUND BALANCE. 
          BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO OUR EXPERTS BECAUSE, UH, WE, WE DO DO NOT WANT THE DEFICIT. 
          WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR BUDGET AND UH, NOT HAVE TO RIP. 
          'CAUSE I REMEMBER DURING THE RECESSION WE WERE THE ONLY DISTRICT IN THIS AREA THAT DIDN'T RIP ANYBODY. 
          THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND A WHILE, ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS WERE RIPPING EVERY FIRST YEAR TEACHER AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 
          SO I, I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN REALLY GOOD AND STEADY IN DELL VALLEY, ISC, BUT I THINK WE AS A BOARD, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE LISTEN TO OUR EXPERTS AND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT WILL SUSTAIN US DURING THE YEAR AND LOOKING AT THE FUTURE, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO, UM, TO THAT EXTENT. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE OPENING UP THE PTECH NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? UH, EPHS? YES. 
          THAT BUILDING, UM, AND HAVE WE ALREADY INCLUDED THAT STAFF OR ARE WE SHARING STAFF OR WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE? BECAUSE THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER BUILDING THAT INCLUDED IN OUR UPCOMING YES, WE HAVE INCLUDED THAT SU HAS MORE, MORE INFORMATION ON THE STAFFING, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE AN OPERATIONS, UH, POINT OF VIEW. 
          WE HAVE INCLUDED THOSE NUMBERS THERE. 
          WE'VE ADJUSTED OUR UTILITIES TO INCLUDE FOR THE ADDITIONAL BUILDING AND OF THE STAFFING. 
          I KNOW IT'S INCLUDED HERE, BUT SUSIE HAS MORE DETAILED INFORMATION FOR, UM, PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHER STAFF. 
          MOSTLY EXACT SAME POSITIONS WE HAVE BECAUSE CURRENTLY WE ARE SERVING EACH STUDENTS, WE ARE, UM, PROPOSING THE ADDITION OF A, UM, FRONT OFFICE POSITION AND THEN CUSTODIANS AND CHILD TION STAFF, CHILD NUTRITION. 
          A QUESTION REGARDING GROWTH IN OPENING ON CAMPUSES. 
          GOING BACK TO THE COMMENT OF RECAPTURE, I SAID YOU SAID NOT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THE FOLLOWING AND ISN'T THAT THE SAME YEAR WE'RE OPENING UP THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL 
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FALL OF 2026, WE'RE ANTICIPATING OPENING THE HIGH SCHOOL TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IS DOES THAT CORRESPOND ? SO IS THERE AN ALIGNMENT THAT THE YEAR EVER GONNA REENTER? RECAP THE SAME YEAR WE OPENED UP THE SECOND HIGH SCHOOL, NO, I BELIEVE THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS 26, 27. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          26. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IS THERE ANY CONCERN, I'M THINKING LONG TERM, LIKE ARE WE GONNA OPEN UP A NEW HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE DEFICIT? IT MAY BE A POSSIBILITY. 
          OKAY, SO ONE, ONE THING JUST TO NOTE ON THAT TOO IS LIKE, THINK THIS LAST YEAR WE WERE ACTUALLY PROJECTED TO ENTER RECAPTURE AND THEN THE LEGISLATURE CUT PROPERTY TAX RATES. 
          CORRECT. 
          WHICH REDUCED OUR COLLECTION BELOW THE POINT WHERE WE WENT INTO RECAPTURE. 
          RIGHT NOW THE WAY THE LEGISLATURE WORKS IS THEY HAVE THIS AUTOMATIC TAX RATE COMPRESSION. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TAX RATE LIKE BEFORE 2019, WE PAID IT WAY HIGHER. 
          LIKE IF WE STILL HAD THAT TAX RATE, WE WOULD BE BRINGING IN TONS OF MONEY WE NEEDED RECAPTURE A LONG TIME AGO. 
          UM, BUT THE WAY THAT THEY'VE KIND OF ORCHESTRATED THINGS IS THAT EVERY YEAR YOUR TAX RATE IS SUPPOSED TO AUTOMATICALLY COMPRESS SO THAT YOU DON'T EXPERIENCE ANY NEW REVENUES. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT LIKE THE NO NEW REVENUE BY TAX. 
          AND SO OUR TAX RATE IS GONNA CONTINUE TO LOWER LIKE SO THAT WE DON'T GET THAT EXCESS KIND OF REVENUE. 
          BUT IT'S STILL, IT STILL IS POSSIBLE THAT BASED OFF OF WEIGHT AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT LIKE WE WOULD STILL EXCEED OUR, OUR LOCAL COLLECTIONS IN THAT THRESHOLD WHERE WE WOULD ENTER AND RECAPTURE, BUT IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT IN THE INTERIM CHARGES THAT THE STATE JUST PUBLISHED, ONE OF THEIR THINGS THAT THEY LOOKED AT WAS JUST ELIMINATING THEIR, NOW THEY SAID THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT, BUT IT'S THE FIRST THING THAT'S LISTED IN THE SENATE INTERIM CHARGES, WHICH IS ELIMINATION OF M AND O PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AND THAT IS WHAT RECAPTURE IS BASED OFF OF. 
          AND SO IF THEY FURTHER REDUCE OUR M AND O TAXES, IT'S LIKELY THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO SORT OF STAY OUT OF RECAPTURE, UM, IF THEY ELIMINATE IT. 
          BUT EVERYTHING IS RECAPTURE IS BASED OFF OF M AND O TAXES. 
          AND SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO FUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IF THEY GOT RID OF M AND O PROPERTY TAXES. 
          BUT THAT IS LIKE, UM, I, I THINK A REALITY THAT'S KIND OF KEPT US OUT OF RECAPTURE IS THEIR CONSTANT LOWERING OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO COLLECT, UM, THROUGH M TAXES. 
          SO JUST TO ADD TO THE, TO THE RECAPTURE CONVERSATION, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR TAX RATE, UM, WE HAVE A, WHAT TA CALLS AN NCR, WHICH IS A MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, IS BEING REFERRED TO. 
          ON TOP OF THAT, WHAT WE GET IS, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE, WE TALK ABOUT PENNIES, GOLDEN PENNIES, COPPER PENNIES THERE, SILVER PAN THAT NOBODY TALKS ABOUT. 
          BUT UH, MAINLY WE TALK ABOUT GOLDEN PENNIES AND COPPER. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE MCR IS PART OF OUR TIER ONE FUNDING AND THERE'S A SECOND LEVEL, WHICH IS A TIER TWO, UH, LEVEL, AND THAT IS WHERE THESE ADDITIONAL PENNIES COME INTO PLAY. 
          SO OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESS RATE PLUS WE HAVE FIVE RIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE GIVEN, UH, WITHOUT ORDER APPROVAL. 
          THE ONLY THING THAT'S REQUIRED APPROVAL WAS THE, THE BOARD APPROVED THE FIVE HOLDING PANS AND WE'LL GENERATE ADDITIONAL TAX, UH, ADDITIONAL STATE REVENUE AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN THE COPPER PANS. 
          SO YOU HAVE THOSE FIVE PANS AND THEN THE MAXIMUM THAT YOU CAN HAVE ARE 17 PANS COMBINED WITH THE FIVE. 
          SO WE STILL HAVE 7, 12, 12 PANS THAT WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR. 
          UH, IN THE NEWS LAST YEAR WE WERE KEEPING UP WITH, WITH SCHOOL FINANCE AND PAY INCREASES FROM BROADCAST IN THE NEWS LAST YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAVE A, UM, WHAT WHAT YOU CALL A BIGGER A VOTER APPROVAL TAX REPLICATION COLLECT, THEY WERE IN THE NEWS FOR THAT AND THEIR PAY INCREASE WAS IMP CONTINGENT ON HIS UH, TRE PASSING. 
          I DON'T DUNNO IF YOU ALL RECALL THAT RIGHT? BUT IT WAS IN THE NEWS. 
          SO THAT WAS THERE THIS YEAR. 
          I KNOW I BELIEVE VILLE WILL HAVE ONE AS WELL. 
          AND THE REASON SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING THIS IS BECAUSE THEY DID START BECOMING SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE. 
          SO THE WAY TO REDUCE RECAPTURE IS TO INCREASE TAX RATE BY THOSE ADDITIONAL, UH, PENNIES AND GENERATE ONE. 
          YOU CAN KEEP THOSE TAX COLLECTIONS LOCAL. 
          AND I ACTUALLY GOT THAT AS A COMMENT ON MY NEXT SLIDE, WAS LOOKING A POSSIBILITY IN FUTURE YEARS IF YOU WANNA KEEP THOSE TAX COLLECTIONS HERE, THEN ONLY BY INCREASING OUR TAX RATE AND THAT WILL GENERATE ONE, IT'S A TWOFOLD. 
          YOU KEEP YOUR TAXES AND IT GENERATES ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING SO THAT IF THERE ARE OTHER MECHANISMS OF INCREASING REVENUE, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT DECREASING WHAT CAN WE DO TO DECREASE OUR EXPENSES? AND THEN YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE THERE'S NO MORE TO, TO DECREASE, YOUR STAFFINGS ARE ADJUSTED AND ALL THESE THINGS GET DONE. 
          SO THEN YOU START LOOKING. 
          UM, AND WE ALWAYS DO, WE START LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT, THAT'S A WAY TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE. 
          SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT OUR FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF OF LOSING SOME OF THIS, UH, CHAPTER THREE 13 
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REVENUE IN THE FUTURE YEARS, UM, AS WE THREE BEING COMPLETELY GONE THE YEAR AFTER. 
          WE ONLY HAVE ONE ONE YEAR WITH IT. 
          AND THEN ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I KNOW THAT WE ALREADY SCHEDULED THIS, IS TO CONDUCT A STAMPING STUDY, UH, WITH  AND THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED WITH THE EARLY PART OF THE HEARING DAYS. 
          WE DO NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          WE HAVE AMPLE TIME, UH, WHEN WE START GETTING, UH, RESIGNATIONS TO, UH, IMPLEMENT AN ATTRITION PLAN. 
          SO THAT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, AND THEN ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, HOW OUR REFINED A DA AND OUR A DA RATIOS ARE VERY DIFFERENT YET WE LOOK AT OUR A DA, IT HAS DECREASED FROM BEFORE COVID. 
          UH, SO IF 1% INCREASES AN ADDITIONAL 685,000 IN STATE REVENUE THAT WE GENERATE. 
          SO LOOKING AT THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR ATTENDANCE IN WAYS OF INCREASING OUR REVENUES. 
          UH, LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF RE CAPTURING 25, 26 AND I DISCUSSED OUR FUND BALANCE AND CASH FLOWS, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE IT TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE TABLE. 
          AND REMEMBER SOMETIMES WE MAY SEE THAT LARGE FUND BALANCE, BUT THERE IS A REASON WHY WE DO NEED THAT FUND BALANCE THAT KEEPS, HELPS US FOR SIX MONTHS TO PAY FOR OUR SALARIES AND OUR UTILITIES. 
          AND LAST I HAVE THAT, THAT VENDOR OR A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION. 
          AGAIN, I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IT IS AVAILABLE, UH, TO THE DISTRICT TO CONSIDER INCREASING OUR TAX RATE, UH, TO AT LEAST THE, THE, THE NEXT FIVE, THE NEXT GOLDEN PENNY THAT WE HAVE. 
          THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT GENERATE THE, THE MOST, UH, ADDITIONAL STATE REVENUE AND THAT HELPED, UH, KEEP US AT RECAP AND KEEP OUR TAX COLLECTIONS LOCAL LOCALLY AND KEEP MORE REVENUE. 
          SO THOSE, THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, POSSIBILITY. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE PROPOSED TO US IN SEPTEMBER? IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WANTS US TO LOOK AT, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO START LOOKING AT IT. 
          UM, AND BRING THAT, I KNOW THAT WE CAN ONLY DO 'EM IN NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S NOT HERE, BUT I'LL TELL YOU A QUESTION. 
          I BELIEVE THEY CAN ONLY BE PART OF THE GENERAL FORM ELECTION. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE ONLY IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION FOR NOW. 
          UNLIKE BONDS THAT YOU CAN DO, I MOVED THAT CHANGE BUT IN MAY AND UM, YOU CAN DO 'EM IN MAY, BUT TI ARE ONLY IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. 
          AND WHEN DO WE, WHEN DO WE HAVE TO FILE THAT IN AUGUST? UH, THAT WOULD FALL FOLLOW THE SAME TIMELINE. 
          I BELIEVE SOMETIME EARLY AUGUST WE WOULD HAVE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO CALL FOR THE ELECTION. 
          SO CAN WE LOOK AT GETTING THAT INFORMATION IF WITHIN THE TIMELINE WE COULD, WE CAN START YOUR YES. 
          BEFORE WE GO ONTO DEBT SERVICE, I WAS ALSO GONNA BRING ME ECHS AND MY QUESTION IS ACTUALLY MORE DETAIL YOU SAID EARLIER, MUCH MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN I PUT IT, THE ALLOCATION FOR TEACHERS, BECAUSE THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION. 
          WE HAVEN'T OPENED A NEW SCHOOL BEFORE SINCE GILBERT, WHICH IS WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSFER TEACHERS TO THAT SCHOOL. 
          WE'VE DONE A LOT OF REBUILDS. 
          UM, AND SO MY QUESTION BECOMES DO WE HAVE ADEQUATE STAFFING? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I KNOW WE SHARE TEACHERS WITH ECHS AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, SO STAFFING PRINCIPAL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, COUNSELORS, NURSE, AND BY LAW WE HAVE TO HAVE A POLICE OFFICER FOR THAT BUILDING. 
          AND THEN WHAT SECURITY OR HOME CAN WE, CAN WE MOVE THAT TO A LATER ONE FOR THE DETAILS SINCE IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE , BUT IT'S A BUDGET NUMBER FOR A SCHOOL BELOW, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE POSITIONS ALLOCATED. 
          UH, DO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE OR IS THAT SOMETHING, HAVE I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH ME? WE'LL LET HR TAKE THAT, UM, AND GET BACK TO US WITH THAT. 
          I I DON'T WANNA SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THAT STUFF RIGHT NOW SINCE WE ARE KIND OF DID YOU GET THAT INFORMATION, SUSAN? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO CHECK IN. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS THING. 
          WE EVER REALLY TALKED ABOUT INFINEON THREE 13 AGREEMENT AND WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE CONTROLLERS, LIKE THE BREAKDOWN OF FOUND THEIR PINS, SOME OF IT LOOKED LIKE IT MAY START IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THOSE REVENUE PROTECTION PAYMENTS, I, IS THAT, HAVE THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION OR NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. 
          I BELIEVE THAT WE'LL START IN THE 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I WOULD POTENTIALLY SEE ANYTHING FROM THAT. 
          AND IT WON'T BE AT THE LEVEL OF TESLA I'M ASSUMING? CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I THINK WE ARE READY FOR A LUNCH BREAK GUYS. 
          UM, SO I THINK I'M GONNA DO 20 MINUTES. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO BE PRETTY PROMPT ABOUT THAT SINCE WE HAVE ANOTHER, UM, WORKSHOP. 
          WE'LL MEET SPECIAL BOARD MEETING AT TWO THAT WE NEED TO BE READY FOR TOO. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GIVE US TIME TO EAT AND THEN BE BACK HERE AT ONE 10. 
          DICKSON, HOLD ON. 
          WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE DOING? 
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ARE WE JUST GONNA GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS DOCUMENT OR ARE WE GONNA BE PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS OR WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? SO MS. CAN WILL FINISH WITH THIS PRESENTATION AND AFTERWARDS WE WILL TAKE THE ACTION FROM THE BOARD ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ADMINISTRATION TO FOLLOW UP WITH. 
          OKAY. 
          WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          UM, BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, LADY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS. 
          SO, UM, I KIND OF JUST, UH, SUMMARIZE IT. 
          SO BASICALLY WE'RE GOING OVER THIS PRESENTATION AND GET SOME INFORMATION AND THEN AFTER IS WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ADMINISTRATION HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE RESEARCHED, UM, AND HAVE SOME FEEDBACK. 
          WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM ON THE TUESDAY BOARD MEETING AGENDA FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A DECISION. 
          UM, AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN REALLY KIND AND SAID THAT THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO GET US AS MUCH INFORMATION BEFORE THEN AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. 
          UM, WE ALSO IT TO BE AWARE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THE, THE ACTUAL BUDGET DOESN'T HAVE TO BE APPROVED UNTIL JUNE. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A LITTLE TIME THERE TOO. 
          UM, THE, THE FIRST PART IS JUST BE THE COMPLICATION, RIGHT? SO, UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION, WE'LL WE'LL GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE ASKED. 
          I KNOW THAT NOTES HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL SUMMARIZE, MAKE SURE, WE'LL RECAP THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN TAKEN CONSIDERATION AND THEN WE'LL ASK ALSO TO GO BACK, REVIEW AND, UM, GATHER THAT INFORMATION FOR US. 
          NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND NOW BACK OVER TO E WE'RE ALMOST DONE, I PROMISE. 
          HAVE ONLY TWO MORE FUNDS TO GO OVER THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE, EXCUSE ME, THE SERVICE FUND. 
          OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND IS ALSO KNOWN AS OUR INTEREST IN SEEKING AND IT IS USED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE PAYMENTS OF LONG TERM, UH, DEBT PRINCIPAL INTEREST AND RELATED FEES. 
          UH, FUNDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF DEBT IS PRIMARILY PROVIDED WITH LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES AND INTEREST EARNINGS, ALTHOUGH YOU WILL SEE, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, WE ARE NOW ADDING MORE REVENUE ON THE STATE SIDE AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A WHOLE LOT OF IN PREVIOUS YEARS, AND THIS IS DUE TO THE, TO THE PASSAGE OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, UH, WHAT IT DID INCREASED, UH, THE LOCAL COLLECTIONS ON BOTH ON M AND L SIDE WHEN THEY INCREASED THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM THE 40,000 TO THE HUNDRED THOUSAND. 
          SO THE STATE IS GOING TO SUBSIDIZE FOR THAT INCREASE BY GIVING US MORE ADDITIONAL STATE AID BECAUSE WE'RE COLLECTING THIS, UH, TAXES, EXCUSE ME. 
          UH, THIS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN WE APPROVED THE TAX RATE, WE ALSO APPROVED A P CENTS QUARTER. 
          SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE KEPT OUR TAX RATE THE SAME AT 33 CENTS, WHICH I, I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR, BUT ALSO IN CASE IN FUTURE YEARS YOU CONSIDER A DATE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DECREASE YOUR IMS AND INCREASE YOUR ML AND THOSE REQUIRE ORDER APPROVAL, BUT YOU WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO KEEP YOUR TAX RATE THE SAME WITHOUT INCREASING, UH, FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL PENDINGS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          UM, STATE TO YOU ALLOW, UH, TECH BOX, WHICH THEY DON'T ANYMORE, BUT IT'S KIND OF THAT SIMILAR, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE ORDER APPROVAL, EXCUSE ME, FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, REVENUES ESTIMATED AT $70.7 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES. 
          ALTHOUGH OUR TAX, OUR BOND PAYMENT IS A LOT LESS THAN THAT. 
          THE REASON IS BUDGETED THIS WAY IS BECAUSE WE'LL BE KEEPING BONDS, BUT OUR ACTUAL PAYMENT ON BONDS WOULD BE OUR SECOND NUMBER THERE. 
          WHAT YOU SEE, THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT, WHAT, UH, IT'S DUE THIS YEAR, BUT THE NEXT ONE, THE $48.7 MILLION, UH, THAT'S HOW MUCH OUR DEBT PAYMENT IS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, INCLUDING, UH, PRINCIPAL AND INCLUDING INTEREST. 
          IT'S 48,000,700, 60,800. 
          THOSE TAX COLLECTIONS CANNOT BE USED UH, FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN PAYING OFF DEBT. 
          SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN BORROW MONEY FROM THIS FUND THAT WE'RE DOING WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS, THAT WE'RE MOVING OVER EXPENDITURES. 
          THIS CAN, WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN BEING . 
          CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES MA'AM. 
          UM, OF COURSE, LOOKING OVER THE SERVICES, UM, AT WHAT POINT CAN WE GO OUT FOR ANOTHER BOND BASED OFF THIS INFORMATION? YOU CAN. 
          NOW IF, IF THAT'S, THERE'S CAPACITY FOR THAT. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S A VERY HIGH, UH, I TAX RATE, EVEN THOUGH AT 33 PENN WITH WE HAVE, COMPARED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE 
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HAVE A GOOD, UM, AMOUNT. 
          OUR FOOD SERVICE FUND OR OUR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM, UH, IS FUND, IT IS A SELF-SUSTAINING FUND COST. 
          OUR PRIMARY FINANCIERS THE SALE OF FOOD TO STUDENTS AND STAFF AND STATE AND FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENTS FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR THE FREE AND REDUCED MEALS PENDING BOARD APPROVAL ON MAY 14TH. 
          ALL CAMPUSES WILL OPERATE THE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROBATION OR THE EEP PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS US STUDENTS TO RECEIVE FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. 
          SO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE TRANSITION ALL THE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL INTO THIS PLAN. 
          SO FOR ONLY HEADING THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, THE HIGH SCHOOL WILL ALSO TRANSITION TO THE C PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT REALLY, THAT WAS PUBLICIZED ON THE NEWS THAT WE GOT. 
          OH, THAT'S DIFFERENT. 
          THAT'S FOR EQUIPMENT TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT. 
          THE ONE THAT WAS IN THE USER SUITE? NO, YEAH. 
          FREE OR FOR EVERYBODY. 
          NO, THAT'S DIFFERENT. 
          THE GRANT IS SOMETHING WE APPLY FOR EVERY YEAR, BUT IT'S A NO KID HUNGRY GRANT THAT HELPS, UH, SUPPLEMENT SUPPLIES OR THINGS NEEDED TO PROMOTE THE PROGRAM OR, UH, PRACTICE IN THE CLASSROOM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          TYPICALLY REMEMBER IT SAYING ALL STUDENTS HAVE DONE ALLOCATE THREE BECAUSE OF THIS GRANT. 
          YEAH, I DID. 
          YEAH, I DID. 
          THEY $90,000. 
          SO IT'S FIVE QUESTION, ARE WE, ARE WE FOR REPORTING PURPOSES, ARE WE STILL REQUIRING PARENTS THAT WE'RE OFFERING FREE LUNCH AND BREAKFAST? ARE WE STILL REQUIRING VARIANCE TO SUBMIT, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THE, TO DEMONSTRATE THE NEED? IT IS A DIFFERENT APPLICATION THAN WE SUBMIT FOR THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE REGISTRATION, NOT THE LENGTHY ONE. 
          YEAH, IT'S A ONE PAGER, RIGHT? YES, IT'S A ONE PAGER. 
          UH, A LOT LESS REQUIREMENTS WITH THE PROGRAM. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY TO CONTINUE TO BE, UH, LIKE THE, THE, THE WAY THAT THE STATE CALCULATES OR PERCENTAGE OF THE DISADVANTAGE IS BASED ON THE FORM. 
          SO IF WE JUST CONTINUE THE FORM, THEN MAYBE WE WON'T QUALIFY ANY LONGER FOR THE CP. 
          AND THAT STILL ONE PER, PER FAMILY, OR ARE WE DOING IT ONE PER SCHOOL AGAIN? UM, ONE PER FAMILY NOW WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL IS GONNA BE PART OF THE CCP NOW. 
          NOW WE ONE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          YES. 
          SO, UH, YES, SO IT IS A LOT SHORTER, UH, FORM THEN THE TYPICAL APPLICATION. 
          THAT WAS VERY LENGTHY. 
          COOL. 
          AND I BRING IT UP. 
          THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION. 
          AT LEAST I RECEIVED COMMUNICATION. 
          THERE WAS CONFUSION THAT FOLKS, PARENTS IN THEIR HEAD, THEY WERE LIKE, WELL, STATE DOESN'T MAKE TOO MUCH MONEY. 
          I DON'T QUALIFY. 
          I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST SUBMIT SOMETHING. 
          JUST DO IT. 
          GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. 
          UM, IF IT'S JUST PARENTS, THE PARENTS MAY JUST MISUNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING ASKED. 
          UM, OR IS IT ONE OF THOSE, PART OF JUST THAT REGISTRATION PACKET AT BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR AND WE'RE HOPING THAT EVERYONE SIGN, UH, SIGN FILLS THAT DOCUMENT NOW SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE ASKING FOR THESE TYPES OF THOUGHT. 
          AND I THINK FOR LAST YEAR, SINCE WE HAD TWO SEPARATE FORMS, ONE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND, AND A DIFFERENT FOR THE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          UH, SO, UH, LAST YEAR SINCE WE HAD THIS, THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT FORMS. A LOT OF THE, THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD WAS THAT, UH, THE PARENTS WERE ONLY INCLUDING THE STUDENTS THAT WERE PART OF LIKE, LET'S SAY THE CP FORM. 
          SO LET'S SAY THAT THEY HAD STUDENT AT THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY WOULDN'T INCLUDE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THE HIGH SCHOOL FORM WAS DIFFERENT. 
          SO NOW THAT EVERYONE IS GONNA HAVE THE SAME FORM, IT'S JUST GONNA BE ONE FORM AND ALL CHILDREN CAN BE LISTED THERE, AND WE CAN, THAT THAT'S ALL ONE FORM. 
          SO THAT IS THE SAME PERIOD THAT EVERYONE IS, IS QUALIFIED FOR IT. 
          DOES THAT FORM COUNT AS THAT? THE ONE, THE TITLE ONE, BECAUSE I, WELL, I WORKED ONE SCHOOL, SO WE HAD A, ALL STUDENTS FILLED IT OUT, BUT WE HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OUR STUDENTS IN ORDER FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT TO BE. 
          YES. 
          AND THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE THE FORM. 
          SO WE ARE STILL TRACKING THE NUMBER OF, OF, OR PERCENTAGES WORKING HISPANIC, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REPORTING EVERY YEAR. 
          WE REPORT IT THROUGH, UH, TEAMS AND WE REPORT IT THROUGH DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE APPLIED 
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FOR. 
          SO AS THEY COMPLETE, WE'RE TRACKING THROUGH, UH, OUR SKYWARD SYSTEM. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE SENT TO TA. 
          SO THIS ONE REPLACES THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. 
          AND IT IS ONLY, UH, A ONE PAGER CREATED JUST A ONE PAGER. 
          SO IT'S EASY FOR FAMILIES TO COME. 
          ONE LAST QUESTION. 
          IS THIS FORM OFFERED, I KNOW ENGLISH AND SPANISH, I SEE A LOT OF OUR COMMUNICATION, ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 
          IS IT OFFERED IN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES? WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE IT IN THE LANGUAGES. 
          BOTH DEFINITELY, UH, UH, PROVIDED IN A, IN A, IN A DIFFERENT, IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGE'S. 
          A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, BABY, BABY ELEMENTARY HAS, HAS HAD AN INCREASE IN, IN DIFFERENT, UH, LANGUAGES. 
          SO WE CAN PROVIDE IT IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE LANGUAGES THAT, THAT ARE ON THE POPULATION THAT WE SERVE. 
          AND I JUST WANNA ASK ONE MORE QUESTION, DOESN'T EVEN BE ANSWERED RIGHT NOW TO THAT COMMENT ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE, OR HOW DO WE ENGAGE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN WITHIN THOSE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS? WHAT 13 CAMPUSES TO LAW? A VERY LARGE DISTRICT. 
          SO I KNOW ONE, ONE DISTRICT WILL HAVE MORE LEANING, LEANING TOWARDS ONE LANGUAGE OTHER THAN OF THE SPANISH, BUT THE OTHER ONE, DO WE HAVE THE SYSTEMS AS THE SUPPORT TO IDENTIFY WHAT LANGUAGE IS NEED BE DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THOSE CAMPUSES? YES. 
          SO WE HAVE TWO METHODS. 
          UH, ONE THROUGH THE REGISTRATION, WE, WE HAVE THE OPTION FOR THEM TO HAVE, UH, UH, THE PREFERRED LANGUAGE, BUT ALSO THROUGH THE SYSTEM OF THE BILINGUAL, THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE TO IDENTIFY, WHICH IS LANGUAGE, AND WE HAVE IT BY STUDENT, BY PARENTS. 
          WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE AT HOME? WHAT IS LANGUAGE THAT THE STUDENTS SPEAK? SO WE HAVE THAT WRITTEN DOWN, UH, IN THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE NETWORK WORK. 
          AND, AND NEXT YEAR, YES, NEXT YEAR WE ARE PLANNING, UM, WE ARE DEVELOPING A, A TIGHT PLAN, ESPECIALLY FOR BABY BECAUSE, UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A BIG NEED FOR CHILDREN WHO SPEAK, UH, LANGUAGES OTHER THAN SPANISH AND ENGLISH. 
          AND, AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THAT POLICY. 
          BUT YEAH, WE'LL BE CHECKING THE NUMBERS AT EACH CAMPUS. 
          I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW TOO, IF PARENTS SQUARE DOES ALL THE HOME LANGUAGE FROM SKYWARD. 
          SO IT, AND IT HAS A HUNDRED AND SOME LANGUAGES. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE WENT WITH PARENTS SQUARE. 
          SO DEFAULT PARENT TO THE HOME LANGUAGE THAT WAS, UM, SELECTED DURING REGISTRATION, EVEN IF IT'S NOT ENGLISH OR SPANISH. 
          SO FOR THE FOOD SERVICE FUND, OUR, UH, PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR TOTAL REVENUES, WE HAVE MILLION AND OUR EXPENDITURES, SEVEN AND HAVE A SERVICE OF, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE QUESTIONS SINCE, UM, SINCE SOMETIME TALKING THROUGH OUR, THE GROUP OVER THERE THAT'S BEEN LOBBYING. 
          SO ADMIN, THEY'RE PRESENTING THEIR VIEWPOINT AND THEY'RE ON THE ADMIN SCHEDULE, BUT THEY'RE NOT ADMINISTRATORS. 
          SO HOW DO WE ADDRESS, I KNOW SOMETIMES I THINK THE BOARD MEMBER, I THINK ADMIN IS PRINCIPALS AND APS, AND I KNOW THERE'S MORE. 
          SO WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HEAR INFORMATION ABOUT GIVING THEM A PAY RAISE? BECAUSE SOMETIMES, I MEAN, ONE YEAR WE DIDN'T GIVE ADMIN A PAY RAISE AND THEY DID NOT GIVE A PAY RAISE. 
          EVEN THOUGH THEY WORKED WITH OUR STUDENTS, UH, VERY EXTENSIVELY, OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS THAT THROUGH FOR SPEECH, ET CETERA. 
          AND THE TONS OF PAPERWORK I DO KNOW, AND MATT PROBLEM IS THAT NOW THE PAPERWORK SPECIAL ED, UH, ANYONE THAT WORKS WITH SPECIAL ED KIDS. 
          SO WHAT, WHAT KIND OF PROPOSAL CAN THEY EXPECT? SO THE NORTH, JUST FOLLOWING THE TEST FEE, PAY PLAN, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE BROKEN DOWN INTO THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 
          WE HAVE OUR TEACHERS, NURSES, RNS IN ONE CATEGORY. 
          THEN WE HAVE, UM, THERE'S FOUR MAJOR CATEGORIES, THAT BEING ONE. 
          THE SECOND ONE BEING OUR AUXILIARY STAFF. 
          THEN WE HAVE OUR PARAPROFESSIONAL CLERICAL STAFF, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS. 
          AND THEY FALL UNDER THAT PAY CATEGORY. 
          SO WHEN WE MAKE, UH, PROPOSALS OR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED, UH, RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT WE HAVE IS A 2% FOR EVERY PAID CATEGORY. 
          SO WHEN A GROUP A CATEGORY GETS EXCLUDED, IT'S EVERYBODY UNDER THAT CATEGORY. 
          SO IF AT ONE POINT IT SAYS, OKAY, WE'RE GIVING EVERYONE EXCEPT ADMIN PAY INCREASE, WELL THEY ARE PART OF THAT GROUP IN THAT THEM FROM, FROM . 
          SO THAT'S WHY THEY GET EXCLUDED AS WELL. 
          AND THE PLAN IS ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL PAY PLAN. 
          SO THERE ARE MANY PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE NOT ADMINISTRATORS NOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT GETS MORE COMPLICATED. 
          SO I THINK 
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I WOULD LIKE, FROM MY VIEWPOINT TO KIND OF DELVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, MAYBE WE NEED TO DO SOME SEPARATE PAY SCALES AND NOT JUST LUMP. 
          'CAUSE BEING A, I, I KNOW I'M GONNA USE THE TERM SPEECH THERAPIST 'CAUSE THAT WAS WHAT I KNEW FOR YEARS, BUT THEIR JOB IS SO DIFFERENT FROM ADMINISTRATIVE JOBS AND THE, THE NEEDS THAT THEY MEET IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          SO MAYBE AT SOME POINT WE CAN START LOOKING AT BREAKING THAT OUT A BIT MORE. 
          SO, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES WE TEND TO THINK OF ADMINISTRATORS JUST AS PRINCIPALS AND APS AND CENTRAL OFFICE. 
          AND WHEN THEY DON'T GET A PAY RAISE, THEN OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT WORK WITH DIRECTLY WITH OUR STUDENTS DON'T GET A PAY RAISE OR GET LESS OF A PAY RAISE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT, UH, AS WE MOVE ALONG ON THIS TO MAKE IT EQUITABLE. 
          DEFINITELY. 
          'CAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE TEACHERS GETTING A BIG PAY RAISE AND SO YOU HAVE FIRST OR SECOND TEACHERS MAKING MORE MONEY THAN, UH, SOMEONE THAT WORKS WITH THEIR KIDS THAT HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT. 
          WE TALKED, WE TALKED ABOUT EQUITY A LOT TODAY, SO TO MAKE SURE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION AND I WAS CONFUSED ON THE DOCUMENTS. 
          I DON'T SEE WHERE WE ARE RECOMMENDING OR SUGGESTING CHANGES TO OUR STIPENDS UNLESS I INTERPRET IT WRONG. 
          AND IT IS PAGE 35. 
          SO AS A PART OF OUR CASE STUDY THIS YEAR, DID A, A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF STIPENDS. 
          SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR SB PACKET. 
          WHAT IS THIS PAGE? CORRECT. 
          ADMINISTRATION AT THIS TIME IS NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGES TO OUR STIPENDS OTHER THAN SOME EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN COACHING. 
          SO IT'S NOT THE OVERALL AMOUNT THEY SPENT, BUT SOME EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS IN THE ADDITION OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL THEATER ART STIPEND. 
          THOSE WOULD BE THE ONLY CHANGES WE'RE PROPOSING THIS YEAR CURRENTLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO THAT COMPREHENSIVE STAFFING STUDY THIS FALL. 
          THAT WAY WE CAN REALLY IDENTIFY COACHING THE STUDENT COACH, THE STUDENT RATIOS, UM, JUST REALLY LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE OF STAFFING BECAUSE MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE GETTING COACHING SEGMENT OR LESS OR YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET. 
          SO WE WANTED TO HOLD OFF ON ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO OUR STIPENDS UNTIL WE FINISH THAT STAFFING STUDY. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          HOW IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE FORENSIC AUDIT WE ASK FOR? WILL WE ASK FOR FORENSIC AUDIT COMPENSATION PLAN? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? IT IT DEPENDS ON THE, THE SCOPE OF WORK. 
          SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC, LOOKING AT OUR, OUR CLASSROOMS, WHAT, WHAT THE BURN AUDIT IS. 
          REMEMBER CORRECTLY FROM THE SCOPE OF WORK, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING MORE THE PROCESSES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OF THE PLAN ITSELF AND HOW IT COMPARES. 
          WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, IT'S DIFFERENT WHAT WE, THE REGULAR STAFFING, EXCUSE ME, THE THE STAFFING SETTING. 
          WHAT IT'LL DO, IT'LL GET BY CAMPUS. 
          LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CLASSROOM COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. 
          ARE WE AT OUR BENCHMARK? FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER 450 STUDENTS, ARE WE GOING TO STAFF A SECOND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OR DO ONLY ONE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL? SO WHAT IT'LL DO, IT'LL COMPARE AGAINST OUR BENCHMARK, UH, UH, UH, COMPARE OUR STAFFING AGAINST THE BENCHMARK OR BEST PRACTICES. 
          UH, AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK AND PRESENT TO THE BOARD THE FULL STUDY. 
          IT WILL LOOK AT OUR SPECIAL, UH, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS FAR AS STAFFING RATIOS. 
          BUT THIS IS ONLY LOOKING AT STAMPING. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK AT PROGRAMS, PROCESSES, OR PAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS GONNA LOOK AT PAY. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK ME. 
          NO, THIS ONE LOOKED AT ME. 
          IF I MAY, I JUST KIND OF WANNA HEAR A LITTLE BIT AND BRING UP SOME THAT'S KIND OF BEEN ON MY MIND OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. 
          SO I NOTED IN HERE IN THE CONSIDERATIONS AND INCREASES IN EXPENDITURES THAT THERE WAS A BULLET ITEM THAT SPOKE TO INCREASES IN UTILITIES COSTS. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER IS POTENTIALLY STUDYING OPPORTUNITIES TO THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT TO OFFSET SOME OF OUR UTILITY COSTS THROUGH M AND O UH, EXPENDITURES. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, ALL OF OUR ELECTRICITY FUEL, ALL THAT STUFF COMES OUT OF M AND O AND THAT'S THE SAME POT OF MONEY THAT SALARIES AND COMPENSATION COMES OUT OF. 
          AND I THINK LAST YEAR WE SPENT SOMEWHERE IN THE BALLPARK OF THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UH, ON FUEL AND UH, AND ELECTRICITY RELATED COSTS. 
          AND THE WAY THAT THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WORKS, AND PART OF WHY IT'S VERY NOVEL IS IT OPENS UP A LOT OF SUBSIDIES, ENERGY, RENEWABLE SUBSIDIES TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS LIKE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 
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POLICE DEPARTMENTS, FIRE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC HOSPITALS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT IT PRESENTS FOR FOLKS THROUGH TAX CREDITS IS TO INVEST IN SOME KIND OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT AND POTENTIALLY GET UP TO 30% OR 50% OFF OF THE COST OF THAT PROJECT. 
          IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S KIND OF A VERY CONVOLUTED PLAN, BUT I'VE SEEN SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS START TO LEVERAGE THIS. 
          I KNOW LAST TIME WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE FLEET VEHICLES, WE MENTIONED THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT BECAUSE IT HAS AMONG A BUNCH OF CREDITS, IT HAS A CLEAN, UH, VEHICLE CREDIT. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LAST TIME. 
          BUT THERE ARE OTHER CREDITS WHERE IF A DISTRICT LIKE OURS WERE TO INVEST IN SOME KIND OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, UM, NOT JUST SOLAR, BUT ANYTHING AND OTHER CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENTS, THEN YOU CAN GET PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIES AGAIN UP TO 50% OFF THE COST OF THAT PROJECT. 
          AND I, AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER IS POTENTIALLY STUDYING A NET BENEFIT OF, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY INVESTING IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          IF IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FREE UP THREE TO $4 MILLION A YEAR IN UTILITIES COSTS OVER, YOU KNOW, THE TERM OF A WARRANTY FOR A SOLAR OR WIND RELATED PROJECT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUE WOULD BE AMENABLE TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          NOT NECESSARILY ASKING US TO COMMIT TO THAT, BUT AT LEAST TO JUST CONSIDER STUDYING IT AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH SOMEBODY TO ACTUALLY STUDY WHAT THAT OPPORTUNITY IS. 
          'CAUSE THE INFLATION REDUCTION ONLY GOES FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. 
          UM, AND SO THERE IS DEFINITELY AN END POINT TO THOSE TAX CREDITS. 
          UM, AND I I I WOULD IMAGINE THAT A PROJECT LIKE THIS WOULD ACTUALLY PROBABLY REQUIRE SOME KIND OF BOND INVESTMENT FUNDS, BUT CONSIDERING THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY OVER THOSE KIND OF FUNDS THAN WE DO M AND O EXPENDITURES, UM, I'M THINKING ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF SHIFT WHAT WE CURRENTLY SPEND IN M AND O TO SOMETHING LIKE INS. 
          SO THAT'S OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT. 
          NOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. 
          IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, MR. STY, SOME OF OUR, OUR NEW CAMPUSES ARE BEING BUILT SOLAR READY WHEN I SPOKE TO  ABOUT THAT. 
          IS THAT CORRECT MR. SO FORD FOR TRANSPARENCY, WHAT WE ARE DOING AT HIGH SCHOOL TWO SPECIFICALLY AS WELL AS OUR OPERATIONS FACILITY, WE ARE BUILDING THE ROOF STRUCTURES TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CARRY THE ADDITIONAL LOAD OF SOLAR PANELS. 
          WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH CCO, STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE. 
          UH, PART OF THAT PROCESS IS GETTING A VERIFICATION OF THE RATE OF RETURN. 
          UH, AND AS WE SPOKE AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ISSUED WITH OUR BUSINESS OFFICE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR VEHICLES SPECIFIC TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. 
          UM, AND WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION BACK BECAUSE IF THE COST OF THE VEHICLE EXCEEDS THE COST OF A HYBRID OR GASOLINE VEHICLE, EVEN WITH THE $7,500 CREDIT, THEN THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PURCHASE A, A LOWER COST GAS VEHICLE. 
          UH, WE HAVE EVALUATED POTENTIAL WIND ENERGY, UH, HOWEVER THAT MUTUAL COST OF THE WIND ENERGY IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO EVALUATE. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE REQUEST IN THE SECOND, UH, BY TRUSTEE BERGER. 
          UH, WE COULD REACH OUT AND GET A VERIFICATION, BUT TO TRUSTEE BERG'S POINT, WE ARE PREPARING FACILITIES FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. 
          UH, ONE OF THOSE AT HIGH SCHOOL TWO WILL BE A PROPANE ENERGY BECAUSE THAT NET COST FOR PROPANE IS ABOUT 40% LESS THAN THE NATURAL GAS DELIVERY SYSTEM. 
          SO THAT IS THE SAVINGS THAT WE'LL REALIZE UPFRONT. 
          UH, IN ADDITION, WE HAVE SEEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR WATER REDUCTION WITHOUT IMPACTING THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO WE ARE EVALUATING THOSE ITEMS FROM A COST STANDPOINT. 
          UH, EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PE CENTER IS SCHEDULED TO USE 20% LESS ENERGY THAN A BUILDING, SUCH AS THE OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS IN ESSENCE VERY SIMILAR TO SQUARE FEET. 
          SO AS WE GET NEW TECHNOLOGIES AT, AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD, BUT ALSO AS A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBLE STAFF, THAT IS OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS. 
          EVEN IF WE CAN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, SOME OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING, UH, OUR ELECTRIC BUS PROGRAM IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DEVELOPED. 
          SO WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. 
          YEAH, AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THAT'S, THAT'S ULTIMATELY MY GOAL IS TO, YOU KNOW, BE THE BEST FIDUCIARY OF OUR FUNDS AND, AND JUST TRY TO BE AWARE OF WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT LIKE OURS THROUGH VARIOUS FORMS OF GOVERNMENT. 
          WHETHER IT'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IN THIS CASE IT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND JUST TRYING TO EXPLORE, LIKE MR. CHARLES SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW TO BE THE BEST FIDUCIARY, YOU KNOW, UH, OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE'VE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH. 
          AND IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD JUST LOVE FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, STUDY THAT OPPORTUNITY AND SEE IS THIS AN ACTUAL FEASIBLE, VIABLE THING FOR US TO PULL OFF. 
          AND IF IT IS, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE HAD THE 
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ABILITY AND, AND WE WERE ABLE TO INVEST IN A PROJECT LIKE THAT AND GET THOSE CREDITS AND THEN POTENTIALLY FOR A PERIOD OF 15 OR 20 YEARS, FREE UP THREE TO $4 MILLION A YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YOU HAVE ONE QUESTION,  REQUEST FOR STUFF COME BACK. 
          YES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA GET TO. 
          SO, UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GO AROUND AND ACTUALLY ZU YOU CAN START AND WE'LL GO THROUGH AND UM, THAT BE GOOD TAKING OKAY. 
          AND THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE EVERYTHING AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE FORGET, WE CAN ALWAYS EMAIL ALL THOSE. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S KIND OF A LOT. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LIVING WAGE OF 2150 FOR ALL HOURLY. 
          I'M SORRY, CAN YOU SPEAK IN? YES, THANK YOU. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A, UH, LIVING WAGE OF 2150 FOR ALL HOURLY, UM, AUXILIARY PER PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES WITH AN EQUITY ADJUSTMENT OF 4% FOR EVERYONE ELSE. 
          UM, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A 3% I, I'M SORRY, GO OFF. 
          SO, SO A 2150 LIVING WAGE FOR THE PARA PROFESSIONALS AND A 4% ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL THE OTHER PARAPROFESSIONAL, WHICH IS THAT AUXILIARY AND CARE PROFESSIONALS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND CLERICAL. 
          SO CLERICAL, UH, CLERICAL, AUXILIARY AND CARE PROFESSIONALS, ARE YOU TALKING ALL OUT HOURLY EMPLOYEES? ALL HOURLY EMPLOYEES. 
          CAN I CLARIFY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? 4%? ARE YOU, IS IS IT UP TO 4% OR JUST ACROSS THE BOARD? EVERYONE WHO'S UNDERAGE AT 4%. 
          SO IT'S 2150 FOR MINIMUM FOR A MINIMUM WAGE AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE WOULD BE AN EQUITY JUDGMENT OF UP TO 4%. 
          OH, AFTER FOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          4%. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A 3% RAISE FOR, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL PAY FOR ALL LEVELS FOR ONE THROUGH FIVE ONLY, AND THEN A THOUSAND DOLLARS CYCLE FOR EVERYONE. 
          CHRIS, YOU READY? STAND OFF. 
          I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, CLARIFYING QUESTION ON THE, UM, HOURLY STAFF. 
          SO IF WE BUMP THE MINIMUM MINIMUM TO 21, DO YOU WANT US TO, IN ORDER TO BE EQUITABLE? UM, HOLD ON. 
          SO I GUESS THERE WOULD BE AN EQUITY ADJUSTMENT AND THEN I GUESS IF IT UH, EXCEEDS 4%, THEN I GUESS IT EXCEEDS 4%. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS, I DON'T, I WOULDN'T THINK, I DON'T HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT THAT LOW TO WHERE WE HAVE TO GO ABOVE A 4% EQUITY ADJUSTMENT. 
          BUT IF WE DO, UH, MAYBE YOU CAN TELL US LIKE SECTION 15%. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I THINK, BUT WHAT I, WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO THEN IS REDO ALL THE HOURLY PAY PLANS BECAUSE ALL OF THEM WOULD HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED. 
          SO I, I WOULD HAVE TO SEE IF WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR HOW MUCH THAT INCREASE WOULD BE BY TUESDAY. 
          WELL, WHAT, WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR US TO APPROVE THIS, UH, COMPENSATION PLAN? BY LAW? BY LAW IT IS, UH, JUNE 30TH. 
          OKAY. 
          HOWEVER, JUST FOR IN ALL HONESTY, THAT MAKES IT VERY HARD TO WORK ON A BUDGET IF YOU, IF I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TO INCORPORATE AS AN INCREASE LIKE FUNCTION ITEMS, UH, TO INCLUDE AS PART OF THE BUDGET THAT IT'S ALSO DUE ON JUNE 30. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE'D LIKE TO HAVE FIRST A COMPENSATION I CAN PUT IN ALL THOSE NUMBERS INTO THE BUDGET AND THEN BRING YOU A BUDGET. 
          HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE THE AVERAGE? WOULD WE NEED TO DO ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING OR, I MEAN, I WANT, I WOULD SUGGEST YES, DO THE RIGHT THING, RIGHT? I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO BE EQUITABLE. 
          I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO BE A DISTRICT THAT THIS STILL PROVIDES. 
          AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          SO IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE TUESDAY BOARD MEETING, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING. 
          'CAUSE WE DEFINITELY NEED SOMETHING BEFORE, UH, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING WHEN WE ADOPT A BUDGET. 
          THAT WAY WE HAVE ALL THE OFFENDERS TO INCORPORATE INTO THE FINAL BUDGET FOR PROPOSAL. 
          AND ALSO, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE, ARE, AS WE ARE SEEING, THEY'RE ALL IN THE WORKS OF A COMPENSATION PLAN. 
          SO THE LONGER WE WAIT, WE GET BEHIND I THINK ON RECRUITING AND RETAINING. 
          BUT ALSO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THIS IS GONNA BE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT, I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY SOMEWHAT, SOME, A COUPLE PEOPLE IN TRANSPORTATION SAID, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY UP THE MINIMUM, I'M ONLY MAKING 50 CENTS AN HOUR MORE THAN SOMEONE THAT'S MAKING, YOU KNOW, BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS LESS THAN ME. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S A REAL IMPORTANT PIECE OF IT, ISN'T 
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IT, SUZIE, TO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          AND THAT COULD TAKE A LONG TIME. 
          I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE PROPOSAL. 
          AND IF WE NEED TO DO, IF THEY'RE NOT READY BY TUESDAY, THEN WE CAN DO A SPECIAL MEETING OR WE CAN GO WITH WHATEVER THEY HAVE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND TO THAT POINT, WE'VE JUST GOTTEN THIS, THIS WEEK IN MAY, I'M LOOKING AT THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR 24 25. 
          IT STARTED IN JANUARY. 
          THERE WAS THINGS THAT WENT ON IN FEBRUARY, MARCH, THEY RECEIVED A SB PAY STUDY APRIL, AND THEN THE BOARD BUDGET WORKSHOP IS WHEN WE GET THE DATA. 
          AND THAT'S NOT FAIR TO US EITHER. 
          SO I AGREE AND I APOLOGIZE THAT WE'RE ON A THREE DAY CRUNCH AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING. 
          SO GOING BACK TO MINE, DID YOU GUYS GET EVERYTHING THAT I ASKED? OKAY. 
          I THINK SO. 
          CAN I REPEAT, JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT A, UM, MINIMUM WAGE OF 2150 WITH THE 4% FOR ALL OTHER HOURLY STAFF AND THEN 3% RAISE FOR ANYONE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL PLAN SCALES ONE THROUGH FIVE CORRECT. 
          WITH, UM, A THOUSAND DOLLAR, UM, STIPEND FOR EVERYONE. 
          WELL, AND DIDN'T YOU SAY IT WAS JUST AN EQUITY ADJUSTMENT? 4%? YES. 
          WHAT ABOUT TEACHERS? 4% ACROSS, THERE WAS AN EQUITY ADJUSTMENT, RIGHT? SO I I I, WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY WAS 4% ACROSS THE BOARD FOR, I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY OUT, SO YOU SAID 4% FOR I SHOULDN'T SAYING A 4% EQUITY ADJUSTMENT. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD INCLUDE THOSE THAT ARE ABOVE MARKET. 
          SO ANYTHING FOR TEACHERS FOR HOURLY OR FOR HOURLY, ANYTHING FOR TEACHERS. 
          YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE 3% PROPOSED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MS. WOODY, ANY OTHERS TO ADD TO SIA QUESTION ON THE STIPEND, JUST TO MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE YOU, UH, YOU SAID IT DEPENDS ON, WE WANT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT STIPEND GOES TOWARDS THEIR TRS. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S HOW IT WORDED, RIGHT? IT, IT HAD, IT WASN'T JUST A RETENTION STIPEND DOESN'T GO TOWARDS TRS, BUT A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STIPEND DOES. 
          SO I HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE WORD IT CORRECTLY SO THAT THAT GOES TOWARDS TRS RETURN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DARLAND MS, YOU'RE OUT NEXT. 
          UH, WE'RE DOING PROVIDING, UM, PROPOSALS OR REQUESTS FOR ADMIN OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO PROVIDE IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. 
          I THINK I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN ONE FOR ECHS, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER REQUESTS, WE'RE JUST RECAPPING THEM. 
          DID Y'ALL GET ALL MINE? 'CAUSE I ASKED A LOT THROUGHOUT. 
          I DON'T SEE THAT ANYTHING SPECIFIC. 
          I WOULD LIKE THE LONGEVITY NUMBERS AND THEN WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO PAY THEM OUT FOR THEIR TIME, NOT JUST CAP IT. 
          AND MS. WALLACE, WHEN SHE REPLIED, SAID WE'RE GONNA CAP IT. 
          THEY'VE INCREASED IT TO 28 NOW, BUT THEY'RE GONNA CAP IT AT 30. 
          BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO CAP IT FOR ANY OF THEM, IN MY OPINION. 
          I WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          SO CAN I CLARIFY THAT ONE? SO YES, THAT, THAT TABLE THAT YOU SEE WHERE IT HAS A 27 PLUS THAT IS FOR NEW HIRES. 
          SO WHEN SOMEBODY WITH, UH, 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IS FIRST COMING INTO THE DISTRICT, THEY DO GET CAP THERE. 
          OUR EMPLOYEES DO NOT, THEY STILL GET THE GENERAL PAY INCREASE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE RECEIVES. 
          SO THAT'S ONLY FOR NEW HIRES. 
          SO, SO IF ALL TEACHERS GET AN $1,800 RAISE, EVEN IF SOMEONE'S IN THE DISTRICT TEACHING FOR 31 YEARS, THEY WOULD STILL GET $1,800. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT HASN'T BEEN CLEAR FOR TWO YEARS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S REALLY WHAT I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHERS, UM, THAT COME UP, LET'S JUST MAKE SURE YOU EMAIL THEM SO THAT ADMINISTRATION KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I JUST, WELL, I I, I'VE ALREADY SAID THAT BLACK COURSE, BUT I KNOW IT WON'T BE HAPPENING MAYBE THIS, UH, THE SOON, BUT TO LOOK AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CASE SCALE, AND MAYBE NOT EVERYONE MAYBE HAVE SOME SEPARATE CASE SKILLS THERE THAT DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN PRINCIPALS, APS AND SOME OF THE OTHER POSITIONS. 
          UM, BUT CAN WE ADMIT, I KNOW THERE'S SOME LEGAL ISSUES ABOUT, BUT ABOUT SALARIES AND YOU CAN'T REALLY CHANGE THE MIDYEAR, BUT CAN YOU MOVE, UH, WHAT IS THE LEGAL THING ON IF WE ON MID-YEAR PAY INCREASES? UH, UH, ONCE THE BUDGET GETS APPROVED AND A COMPENSATION GETS APPROVED, THERE ARE NO MIDYEAR FEE INCREASES UNLESS THERE IS A CHANGE IN DUTIES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, BUT I WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK. 
          SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HAS TO BE FINALIZED THIS YEAR BY JUNE 30TH. 
          CORRECT. 
          I MEAN, BY THE TIME WE ADOPT THE BUDGET. 
          UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER WAY, LET'S SAY THAT AFTER THE YEAR YOU DECIDE THERE IS A GROUP THAT YOU FEEL YOU UNDERPAID, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND POST FOR A PUBLIC MEETING AND THEN, UH, HAVE TO SHOW HOW IT'S 
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OF A BENEFIT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO THIS OR AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A MAJOR PAY INCREASE. 
          AND THEN, AND THIS MAY NOT BE TO THE, TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR CONTRACT EMPLOYEES IN CERTAIN AREAS SUCH AS THE, I MEAN, WE'RE ALWAYS APPROVING CONTRACT. 
          IF WE CHANGE THE PAY SCALE FOR THOSE, THAT GROUP OF EMPLOYEES IT, WE MIGHT EVEN SAVE MONEY AS OPPOSED TO, AND I LEARNED CONTRACT EMPLOYEES DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THE DUTIES THAT OUR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES DO. 
          SO I THINK, UH, IT WOULD BE WOULD YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT BY TUESDAY NIGHT. 
          I KNOW, AND I'M SURE SPECIAL NO ISSUE. 
          I, I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A, THE SPECIAL DIRECTOR, UH, QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT INCREASE PAY NECESSARILY IS CORRELATED TO THE, TO THE WORKLOAD. 
          AND I BELIEVE THE REASON WHY WE HIRE CONTRACTORS IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY. 
          UH, THE UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT TOTALLY. 
          BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON CONTRACT EMPLOYEES AND I LEARNED SOME THINGS TODAY ABOUT THE LIMITS OF THEIR WORK. 
          SO IT, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE SAVE MONEY POSSIBLY BY LOOKING AT THEIR, THEIR SALARIES, THEIR WHATEVER SCALE THEY'RE ON, ET CETERA. 
          AND IT MIGHT SAVE US MONEY IN THE LONG RUN AND WHATEVER. 
          AND IT'S BETTER SERVE OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES, THAT'S FOR SURE. 
          BUT I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE, THANK YOU. 
          WELL, THAT BRINGS A AUDIT THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. 
          WILL IT KIND OF GIVE US A BREAKDOWN OF THE CONTACTED VENDORS AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THAT? IS THAT YEP. 
          I MEAN I THINK I DO THAT IF YOU WANT THAT BREAKDOWN YEAH. 
          HOW MUCH WE CONTRACT WITH SERVICES. 
          I THINK THAT WAS PART OF OUR THING TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? NO. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK OKAY. 
          NO, I'M GOOD. 
          I I CAN UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS PRETTY WELL. 
          I DO WANT THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE AND TRANSPARENT, BUT IT WORKS UP. 
          I THINK YOU JUST ONE ADDRESS THAT I ATTENDED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'LL SECOND THAT. 
          THIS HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. 
          THIS IS MY SECOND ONE, BUT I'VE LEARNED A LOT MORE, SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I I, YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE, BUT I WROTE IT BACK. 
          ONE OF THEM IS, UM, CC HAD MENTIONED THAT IN ORDER TO DO THAT TEST, YOU REPORT THAT SHOWS EACH PERSON, YOU WOULD EITHER HAVE LIKE A RATE TO DO IT BY, UM, CAN WE GET IT FOR TWO WEEKS? CAN WE GET IT FOR THE 2% HUNDRED 3% OR DO YOU HAVE TO PICK ONE? GENERALLY PICK ONE. 
          THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY SEND TO US. 
          YEAH. 
          UNTIL AFTER. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN I CAN ASK AND SEE IF IT WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN WHAT WE PAY THEM. 
          AND I THINK I DO KNOW REASON DO YOU KNOW IT ALL DAVID? FOR WHAT IT HAS? IT HAS, WE CAN ASK HAS TO DO SEVERAL DIFFERENT THAT IN MY EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE I WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THEM IN THE PAST, I KNOW THAT THEY DON'T LIKE TO RUN SEVERAL FOR THE REASON THAT WE MAY PULL THE WRONG ONE INTO OUR SYSTEM. 
          SO THEY, THEY, IT'S A VERY, UH, COMPREHENSIVE SPREADSHEET. 
          IT'S A LOT OF WORK. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE TWO THEY WILL . 
          UM, SO I GUESS I'LL TELL YOU THE REASON WHY AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, LOOKING AT THAT EVEN WITH THOSE 2% OR 3% WHO ONE MAX IT OUT AND WHO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE OPTION TO MAYBE DIFFER IF WE HAVE TO ALREADY AT THAT MAX P SCALE. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO THOSE WHO ARE BELOW KNOWING HOW MANY PEOPLE OR WHO THEY ARE TO KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPTION FOR A STEP, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE OPTION AS WELL, DO WE WANNA GO TWO OR 3% ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT THEN ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE, I THINK THE REST OF THE BOARD IS INSANE, MAKING SURE THAT WE BRING UP THOSE WHO ARE REALLY LOW. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY ARE, WHO THEY ARE, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          I CAN GET HOW MANY I BELIEVE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE COST MODEL, THE NUMBERS. 
          I'LL GO BACK AND, AND TRIPLE CHECK THAT. 
          IF NOT, I CAN ASK FOR NUMBERS THAT WE DID. 
          UH, JUST REAL QUICK, DIDN'T WE GET, WHEN WE RENEWED, UH, CONTRACTS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, WE GOT EVERYONE'S NAME, WHAT THE POSITION WAS IN THE CAKE? DIDN'T WE GET THAT DOCUMENT? NO, IT WAS NOT A PART OF THAT DOCUMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GONNA GO BACK AND CHECK. 
          YEAH, I THINK IF WE CAN GET THE NUMBERS THAT WOULD SUFFICE FOR MA FOR ME. 
          UH, AND THEN I ALSO HAVE ON HERE, UM, SO FROM THIS WORKSHOP IS TO HAVE A ONE ON CDC. 
          UM, SO JUST TO KEEP THAT SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHEN TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S ALL  WE'RE OUT NEXT. 
          UM, I MEAN I THINK A LOT OF STUFF IS DARK THAT'S BEEN ASKED HAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ADDRESSED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. 
          I THINK FOR ME, MY, MY BIG CONCERN IS, IS TRYING TO BE AWARE OF THE FISCAL ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN. 
          I MEAN, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDES MORE MONEY AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND HAVE A CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, AND THINK 
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ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT TO, TO COMPENSATE PEOPLE, UM, MORE AND YOU KNOW, AND MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. 
          AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ON MY MIND RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING A REALITY IS, IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PRIORITY IS, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE DIRECTLY IN CHARGE OF OUR KIDS. 
          AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT, PRIORITIZING THOSE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS. 
          UM, FOR FOLKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERPAID, UH, NON TEACHER POSITIONS THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERPAID IN THE DISTRICT WITHOUT, AND, AND I WOULD AGAIN JUST AN EXPLORATION, YOU KNOW, FREEZING FOLKS WHO ARE MAKING ABOVE MARKET, UH, IS KIND OF A CONSIDERATION. 
          I'M ALSO LIKE A LITTLE BIT CURIOUS IF THE RANGE OF MARKET IS 10% BELOW AND 10% ABOVE. 
          I THINK I'M A LITTLE BIT CURIOUS TO SORT OF LOOK AT, UH, A MARKET RANGE THAT'S 5% BELOW AND 5% ABOVE AND THINKING ABOUT EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS THAT, OKAY, I DO HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION ON THAT. 
          SO YOU'RE WANTING TO FREEZE PEOPLE WHO, WHOSE CURRENT PAYS ABOVE OR ABOVE THE MARKET OR YOU WANTING TO FREEZE PEOPLE FOR ABOVE THE MAX OF THEIR PAY GRADE? BECAUSE, SO I THINK THAT IF AN EMPLOYEE POTENTIALLY IS, UM, HAS 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND THEY ARE, UM, THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION ON, WE ONLY HAVE ONE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND THEY HAVE 30, 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THEY MAY SHOW UP OFF MARKET BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN HERE SO LONG. 
          THAT DOESN'T MEAN OUR, THAT PAY PLAN ITSELF IS ABOVE MARKET. 
          THE PAY PLANS ARE BUILT SO THAT OUR MIDPOINTS ARE COMPETITIVE WITH THE MARKET. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUST THE INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS, YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE BEING ABOVE OR BELOW MARKET BECAUSE THERE MAY BE MANY REASONS IT COULD BE ON THE FLIP SIDE, YOU HAVE SOMEONE WITH LITTLE EXPERIENCE IN A POSITION WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU ARE GETTING YOUNG SUPER THAT'S NOT EVEN A YOUNG ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS. 
          WHEREAS IN THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, WE HAVE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS WHO'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR, THEY'RE ABOUT TO RETIRE, RIGHT? SO THIS LOOKS WAY UNDERPAID. 
          THEY'RE TRULY NOT. 
          IF THEY WERE STARTING IN THAT OTHER DISTRICT WITH THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THEY BE AT AN EQUITABLE PAY. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WITH INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE IT SHOWS UP ON HERE THAT THEY'RE ABOVE OR BELOW, HOWEVER, OUR PAY STRUCTURES ARE BUILT TO BE COMPETITIVE. 
          WHAT THEY LOOK AT WHAT TA DOES TO ENSURE THAT EQUITY IS MAKE SURE THE CORRECT POSITIONS ARE IN THE CORRECT PAY GRADES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THEY DID LAST YEAR IS MOVE POSITIONS TO DIFFERENT PAY GRADES TO ENSURE THAT EQUITY. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, EARLIER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MAXES, I, I THINK I WAS A LITTLE BIT FUZZY ON WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANT. 
          SO NOW I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          I I THINK MY PRIORITY IS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF, IF WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY GETTING OVERPAID, UM, SUBSTANTIALLY OVERPAID RELATIVE TO THE MARKET, I, I THINK A CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH FUNDS SO THAT WE DON'T PUT OURSELVES IN THAT FISCAL BIND NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER. 
          IT'S, I JUST WANT TO PRIORITIZE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE MAY GET FROZEN VERSUS SOMEBODY WHO IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERPAID AND REALLY DESPERATELY NEEDS THAT AND HEY, WE'VE GOT A LIMITED CONSTRAINT OR A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY TO ACTUALLY DO THESE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS. 
          SO HEY, IF ALL THINGS WORK OUT, LIKE YOU'LL GET ONE TOO. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW WE GOTTA PRIORITIZE GETTING THESE FOLKS UP TO SPEED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A 4%, YOU KNOW, EQUITY ADJUSTMENT OR WHATEVER. 
          BUT JUST TRYING TO PRIORITIZE THAT GROUP OF FOLKS FIRST, UM, VERSUS FOLKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GETTING OVERPAID. 
          SO I APPRECIATE IT AND I, I PROBABLY WOULD SAY RELATIVE TO THE MAX THAT, I MEAN I DON'T WANNA PENALIZE ANYBODY IF THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS OR WHATEVER, BUT IF THEY'VE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS AND THEY'RE OVER THE MAX OF THEIR PAY GRADE YES, THEN THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ANYTHING ELSE MR. ANY OTHER REQUESTS? OKAY. 
          UH, SHELBY, ANY REQUESTS FROM YOU AT THIS TIME? NO REQUESTS AT THIS TIME, BUT I DID WANT TO SAY HAVING GOTTEN ALL THIS INFORMATION LAST NIGHT AND KIND OF GLANCE SURVEY, IT WAS LIKE GIBBERISH TO ME. 
          SO I DO WANNA SAY I TOTALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WHOLE PRESENTATION WAS AWESOME AND IT WAS REALLY LIKE BROKEN DOWN INTO A WAY FOR SOMEONE JUST COMING IN AND LOOKING AT THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME TO REALLY GRASP WHAT YOU WERE SAYING YOU DID. 
          AWESOME. 
          OKAY. 
          SO 
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JUST TO, TO ITERATE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS MORE, UM, REQUESTS THEY WOULD LIKE THAT MAYBE THEY WROTE DOWN AND PUT LOT, SOME MENTION OR WANTED TO CHECK, PLEASE EMAIL THEM OVER TO MR. HARRIS AND COPY THE OFFICERS WITH A OKAY, GIVE ONE MORE. 
          WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          SO TODAY WE FOCUS MOSTLY ON COMPENSATION. 
          UM, AND I KNOW WE WERE, WE WERE DOING LIKE ZERO BASED BUDGETING. 
          UM, ARE WE, DO WE HAVE ANY EXTRA ALLOCATIONS OR ANYTHING THAT'S PENDING BIG FROM ANY OF THE CAMPUSES? NO, I THINK WE'VE TAKEN EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION PENDING ANYTHING, ADJUSTMENTS OR INCREASES, UH, TO, TO PAY INCREASE. 
          I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THROUGH HERE WE, WE HAD THE BAND TOWER, WE HAD LIKE ALL THESE EXTRA THINGS THAT POPPED UP THAT WE HAD TO PULL OUT, UH, UNIFORMS AND WHATNOT. 
          SO, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SO THAT I KNOW OF IN THE GENERAL FUND? THERE ARE NO, UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE ANTICIPATE NOT BEING INCLUDED, RIGHT. 
          THAT I CAN THINK OF. 
          NO, NO, WE DON'T. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, ONE LAST QUESTION TOO. 
          SO WE, WE, YOU PUT IN ALL OF OUR REQUESTS, THE REQUESTS, UM, WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET SOME ANSWERS SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THEM BEFORE? UM, THE TUESDAY WORKSHOP? I'LL EMAIL CASSIE THIS AFTERNOON. 
          UM, I DUNNO HOW LONG WE, HOW LONG BEFORE I, BECAUSE I THINK THE ONE SUSANNA HAS ASKED, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE LATE INTENSIVE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE A BABY, I DUNNO, MAYBE TWO DAYS. 
          YEAH, IF YOU COULD JUST, UM, GIVE US A HEADS UP ON MONDAY, UM, MAYBE THE DAY NOON-ISH TO JUST LET US KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT ON IT. 
          SO IF WE'RE GONNA GET THE INFORMATION, IF WE'RE NOT, 'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA HELP US, UM, MAKE DECISIONS. 
          AND THEN THAT WAY I THINK THAT WAY THE BOARD CAN ALSO REVIEW ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, UM, WRITTEN DOWN CORRECTLY OR IF WE NEED TO ADD ANYTHING TO IT TOO. 
          DOES THAT SOUND REASONABLE? SORRY, ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION WAS JUST SECONDING LOOKING AT THE CONTRACTED POSITIONS AND TRYING TO SEE IS, IS THERE A STRATEGY WE CAN PUT INTO PLACE TO POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE, THE NEED FOR CONTRACTED WORK AND, AND SORT OF EXPLORE HOW DO WE GET MORE OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT CAN BE FULL-TIME TO BE FULLTIME. 
          UM, SO THAT WAY WE, WELL WITH THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH ONE OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND FOR STAYING HERE WITH US, UH, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, TO LISTEN, TO SUPPORT, TO DO WHAT WE ARE ALL HERE FOR, WHICH IS FOR THE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU LUIE FOR YOUR AMAZING CONSTITUTION TODAY. 
          I HAVE NO, NO, NO ONE FOR CLOSING THE MEETING AT 2 0 2.
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