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[1. REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER - 5:30 PM]
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR JULY 24TH BOARD MEETING.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANKS, CONNIE. I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE GEOGRAPHICAL REGION OF CAMAS IS LOCATED ON THE ANCESTRAL AND TERRITORIAL LANDS OF THE CHINOOK AND COWLITZ PEOPLE, AND THAT THE CHINOOK ARE STILL FIGHTING TO BE A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE ON THEIR OWN LAND.
THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO ITEM 2 BOARD COMMUNICATION.
[2. BOARD COMMUNICATION]
ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO SHARE? OH, WELL, I'LL JUMP IN HERE AND SAY THAT COREY AND I HELPED RUN THE CAMAS DAYS PARADE AND SHOUT OUT TO RANDY AND ALSO TO JOE WHO HELPED US GET THE GOLF CARTS ORGANIZED.AND SO THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
WE ROCKED AND WALKED AND ALL OF YOU GUYS WERE THERE HELPING.
AND IT WAS I CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN TRADITION THAT WE WILL CONTINUE.
THE CAMAS SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING TO OWN THAT CAMAS DAYS PARADE FROM HERE ON OUT.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BOARD COMMUNICATION.
MOVING ALONG TO ITEM THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED IN WRITING AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP.SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE US DOWN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
YOU HAVE THE ITEMS, INCLUDING A COUPLE ITEMS THAT WERE ADDED TODAY TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.[4. ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA]
SO I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'LL SECOND IT. MOVE BY ERIKA.
SECONDED BY CONNIE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES. THAT MOVES US DOWN TO ITEM 6A, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
[6. REPORTS]
AND DR. ANZALONE.FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, HAD SEVERAL NEW HIRES, INCLUDING OUR NEWEST ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, WHO WILL BE OVER AT DOROTHY FOX AND GRASS VALLEY.
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL CAME TONIGHT.
SO, RYAN SCOTT, CONGRATULATIONS.
WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND WITH THIS BIG CROWD, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE NOT INTIMIDATED.
ROWDY IT'S ROWDY. KEEP IT DOWN.
BUT NO, WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.
I KNOW THE COMPETITION WAS VERY STEEP.
SEAN AND KATHY BOTH PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT.
OUR ENTIRE TEAM HELPED BECAUSE WE HAD MULTIPLE OUT OF STATE AND OUT OF DISTRICT CANDIDATES.
I THINK WE'RE JUST AS LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS YOU ARE TO HAVE US.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR.
SO WELCOME, RYAN. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
WANTED TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON SOME CERTIFICATED STAFF UPDATES FROM COMING OUT OF OUR RIFT PROCESS.
I KNOW IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING I SPOKE A LITTLE BIT OF OUR ADD BACKS.
IT REALLY FOCUSED MORE ON CENTRAL OFFICE AND THEN SOME SCHOOL, SOME SITE RETURNS.
THIS IS PRIMARILY LOOKING AT OUR CERTIFICATED UPDATE.
AND BECAUSE OF THE SENIORITY PROCESS AND THE WAY THE CONTRACT IS WRITTEN OUT, 27 CERTIFICATED STAFF WERE PLACED IN POSITIONS MOST ALIGNED TO THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.
SO THERE WAS SOME MOVEMENT, THERE WAS SOME BUMPING.
AND IN MY HISTORY AND MY EXPERIENCE, I HAVEN'T ALWAYS SEEN IT THAT WAY.
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PEOPLE THAT WERE AS COMFORTABLE AND AS ALIGNED TO THEIR SKILL SETS AS POSSIBLE.AND SO I KNOW IT'S NOT A PERFECT PROCESS, BUT YOU TRY TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT.
AND FOR THE MOST PART, OUR TEACHERS WERE EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN DOING SO.
AND THANKFUL, I THINK, FOR THAT EXTRA CONCERN.
LET'S HOPE WE NEVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MARILYN, HER TEAM AND HER LEADERSHIP.
WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT AS COLLABORATIVE AS POSSIBLE.
JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS INCLUDES REDUCTIONS FROM BUILDINGS THAT WERE PLACED INTO EITHER OPEN POSITIONS OR POSITIONS PREVIOUSLY HELD BY ONE YEAR STAFF. AND THAT'S WHERE WE LOOKED AT FIRST TEMPORARY STAFF ARE THOSE HIRED FOR LEAVE REPLACEMENTS OR HIRED AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WHICH RESULT IN A ONE YEAR ONLY CONTRACT. THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT TEN CERTIFICATED STAFF, OR FOR A TOTAL OF JUST OVER EIGHT FTE THAT ARE WITHOUT A POSITION.
WE KNOW REALISTICALLY MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WILL FIND OTHER HOMES AND WE HOPE THEY FIND GOOD SPOTS.
BUT THOSE WHO ARE EITHER SUBBING FOR US, HANGING ON OR FINDING OTHER OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WILL COME BACK TO US IF AND WHEN ENROLLMENT COMES IN WHERE WE NEED IT TO BE.
IT WILL BE AN EASIER TRANSITION IF WE'RE ABLE TO PLACE THAT TEACHER BACK IN A POSITION.
WE'RE RECEIVING REGISTRATIONS ON A DAILY BASIS.
IT COULD BE IMMUNIZATIONS, IT COULD BE JUST PAPERWORK, IT COULD BE CUSTODY ISSUES OR WHATNOT.
HOWEVER, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THOSE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AS SOON AS THE FAMILY SENDS UP THOSE MISSING DOCUMENTS, WE WILL PROCESS THOSE IMMEDIATELY.
WE TYPICALLY SEE ABOUT 4 TO 500 REGISTRATIONS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
ONCE WE HIT AUGUST 1ST, WE START SEEING TEACHERS BACK OR WE SEE OUR PRINCIPALS BACK, OUR ADMIN STAFF AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE KIDS WILL START SHOWING BACK UP AGAIN. OKAY.
BRIEFLY GO THROUGH OUR HEAD COUNT AGAIN.
SO I WANT THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COULD HAVE EVEN CHANGED OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.
AND I THINK OVERALL YOU'LL SEE IT'S RATHER PROMISING.
SO CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE JUST ABOUT FIVE STUDENTS LESS THAN WHERE WE WERE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE UP IN OUR FRESHMAN CLASS AND WE'RE UP IN OUR SENIOR CLASS.
SO THOSE ARE GOOD BRIGHT SPOTS THERE.
BUT OVERALL, THAT'S YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE FIVE STUDENTS, BUT IT'S RARELY EVEN A DIFFERENCE THERE.
DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL IT COULDN'T BE MORE EXACT WE'RE EXACTLY RIGHT WHERE WE WERE LAST JULY.
YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF BUMP WITH OUR FRESHMAN CLASS AND A LITTLE BIT OF BUMP IN OUR SENIOR CLASS, VERY SIMILAR TO CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL, BUT OVERALL, EXACTLY THE SAME, 193 STUDENTS. HAYES FREEDOM.
AND LO AND BEHOLD, WE'RE AT THREE TIMES THE FRESHMAN CLASS THAT WE WERE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE UP ALMOST 20 STUDENTS OVER AT HAYES FREEDOM.
SO I KNOW THE BOARD HAS BEEN LOOKING CLOSELY AT THAT.
AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT.
OUR SECONDARY PROGRAM OVER AT CAMAS CONNECT IT CONTINUES TO GROW.
WE'RE UP. CAN'T SEE THAT NUMBER FROM THERE.
SO THAT'S A BRIGHT SPOT FOR US AS WELL.
AND IT'S MOSTLY IN OUR OLDER STUDENTS, WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR AN ONLINE PROGRAM.
LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ALSO UP.
LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS UP ABOUT 30 STUDENTS FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A BIT DOWN RIGHT NOW, DOWN ABOUT 26 STUDENTS FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
THAT COULD BE FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS.
I THINK SEVENTH GRADE IS THE AREA OF CONCERN RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
NOT 100% SURE IF THOSE STUDENTS HAVE SHIFTED TO OVER TO LIBERTY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE GROWTH WAS.
BUT I'M REALLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT NUMBERS CLOSELY THIS AUGUST.
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AND THEN SKYRIDGE IS EXACTLY WHERE WHERE IT HAS BEEN, JUST ABOUT EIGHT STUDENTS SHORTER THAN LAST YEAR.BUT AGAIN, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WITH SKYRIDGE, THEY'RE UP IN SEVENTH GRADE AS ODYSSEY IS DOWN.
EIGHTH GRADE IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHERE IT WAS.
BUT YOU CAN SEE SENIORS I'M SORRY, WOODBURN IS UP.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY KIND OF CORRELATE THAT.
AND I KNOW RANDY'S HERE. HE CAN HOPEFULLY SUPPORT ME ON THIS, WHERE YOU SEE THE GROWTH OF OUR HOMES.
YOU'RE SEEING A GROWTH IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT, JUST A QUICK PEEK AT THAT.
DOROTHY FOX IS UP RATHER SIGNIFICANTLY RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. AND THIS ONE'S A SMALL ONE.
BUT JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, 385 BRAND NEW STUDENTS TO CAMAS.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR TOP LEFT CORNER, OUR KINDERGARTEN NUMBERS ARE AT 203 NEW STUDENTS.
SO OVERALL, I WOULD I WOULD SAY THIS IS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC WHERE WE ARE ENROLLMENT WISE.
BETTER TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS UP THAN DOWN.
ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ON, I WANTED TO ALSO UPDATE THE BOARD ON FACILITIES.
AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG YEAR FOR THEM, BUT THIS IS THE TEAM TO DO IT.
SHERMAN WILL MANAGE TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS AN UNFILLED POSITION FROM LAST YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT UNFILLED FOR NOW.
SHE'LL STILL REMAIN OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, BUT SHE'S GOING TO BE WEARING SEVERAL HATS AND SHE'S ALREADY MADE THAT TRANSITION AND SHE'S GOING TO BE SUPPORTED BY MARILYN AND DOUG. SO SPECIFIC SITE BUILDING SAFETY CONCERNS, MARILYN AND DOUG WILL REALLY BE OUR POINT.
PEOPLE ON THAT WITH LAURA BEING CENTRAL SUPPORT.
AMANDA MINOR WILL REMAIN OUR FACILITIES COORDINATOR AND SHE'LL BE TAKING ON DISTRICT WIDE SAFETY, OVERSEEING SOME OF OUR NEW INITIATIVES LIKE CRISIS GO AND OTHERS.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE STREAMLINING FACILITIES.
WE PROBABLY CAN'T AFFORD TO STREAMLINE MUCH MORE THAN WE ARE, BUT I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THE TEAM AND LIKE I SAID, ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES AND, YOU KNOW, STEPPING UP. REALLY SUCCESSFUL BOOK MOBUS IS STILL ONGOING.
THIS WAS A PICTURE TAKEN OVER AT PRUNE HILL.
SEE THE KIDDOS OVER ON THE BOOK MOBUS, WHICH, AS TRACEY MENTIONED, WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE PARADE.
THERE'S SOME MORE PICTURES FROM IN AND AROUND CAMAS.
WE HAD THE FIRE TRUCK OUT THERE ACTUALLY HAD BOOKS, NOT JUST KIDS, BUT HAD BOOKS THERE ON THE TABLE.
AND THEN THIS IS MYSELF AND JULIE SWAN WITH BLITZ.
I FELT HOT JUST BEING NEXT TO BLITZ THAT DAY AND THEN SOME KIDDOS THERE ON THE BUS.
I THINK SHE'S GOING TO FILL THESE BIG, BIG SHOES VERY WELL.
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I THINK CHIEF LACKEY IN ALL HIS YEARS, THAT'S ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, HE SAID WAS THE PARTNERSHIP HE HAD WITH US.AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE NOTED TO ME WAS TO KEEP IN MIND HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE HE SERVES AS CHIEF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SERVES ARE HERE IN OUR DISTRICT, 7,000 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, 1,000 STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES, ALL OF US.
AND I THINK IT WAS GREAT FOR CHIEF JONES TO HEAR THAT.
WE ALSO TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SRO PROGRAM.
I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A FORMAL VOTE, IF IT HASN'T ALREADY IT WILL BE COMING UP.
BUT THEY'RE VERY, VERY PROUD TO CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP, HAVE A 50/50 SPLIT WITH OUR SROS.
AND TINA WAS REALLY ON BOARD WITH THAT.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE IN REALLY GOOD HANDS.
JUST BRIEFLY, SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
WE ARE SERVING 55 STUDENTS WHO ARE SERVED ON AN IEP OR A 504.
NINE OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE MULTI LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
165 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, 40 MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE BULK, OF COURSE, ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
IN ELEMENTARY. YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THERE.
WE HAVE A COORDINATOR, TEN TEACHERS AND 11 PARAS SECONDARY JUST ABOUT THE SAME.
WE DO HAVE AN ADMIN ASSISTANT HELPING OUT AS WELL.
THE SELECTION PROCESS IS BASED ON OUR IREADY SCORES, BUT ALSO COLLABORATION WITH OUR TEACHERS.
I KNOW IN TALKING TO ELEMENTARY FAMILIES THAT THEY'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT THE BOARD AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROVIDED, AND WE'D REALLY HATE TO SEE IT GO AWAY.
LUCKILY, THERE ARE SOME GRANTS OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.
I MEAN, AND THE WHOLE NATION IS GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS AS MANY ESSER DOLLARS WENT TOWARD SUMMER PROGRAMS. BUT I REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS IN GREAT DETAIL HOW WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES AND WHETHER IT'S A TUITION BASED PROGRAM OR NOT.
BUT THIS HAS JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS.
SOME PICTURES FROM SUMMER SCHOOL.
YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE SHOTS FROM BALLER ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND THEN LIBERTY IN THE MIDDLE.
IT WAS SO NEAT TO SEE SO MANY KIDS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER SO FAST.
I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT LIKE ADULTS.
AND THEY WERE JUST JUMPING RIGHT IN AND HAVING SOME FUN TOGETHER.
AND I APPRECIATE JENNA LEE, DAN AND OUR STAFF BECAUSE THEY TRIED TO REALLY GROUP KIDS TOGETHER THAT GO TO THE SAME SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO FIND WAYS FOR THEM TO MEET KIDS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS AS WELL.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME ON FRIDAY.
THERE'S MYSELF AND THE MAYOR ON THE TOP LEFT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE DIFFERENT BANNERS AND GROUPS THAT CAME THROUGH.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEKEND, OUR GRAND PARADE.
THE ORGANIZATION WAS REALLY, REALLY WELL.
HE COULD BE A TOUGH, TOUGH COOKIE TO WORK FOR, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
BUT A LOT OF WE HAD A LOT OF FUN OUT THERE.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY FELT LIKE IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT.
SO WITH THAT SAID, JUST AGAIN, GREAT SUMMER.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK AND THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? NO. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR MONTHLY BUDGET REPORT AND JASON MCEATHRON.
THERE WE GO. THIS WILL BE FAIRLY QUICK.
JUST A BUDGET STATUS REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR YEAR END CLOSE.
GENERAL FUND, REALLY PRETTY PRETTY MUCH TRENDING AS WE HAD EXPECTED.
WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO WHERE OUR ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR FORECASTS ARE VERY MINOR.
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SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A DEFICIT RIGHT NOW OF ABOUT 2.7 MILLION.THAT'S A CULMINATION OVER THE YEAR.
AND I'LL KIND OF GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
JUNE WAS OUR EXPENDITURES WERE UNUSUALLY HIGH.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE RUNNING START THAT WE HAD TO PAY A VERY LARGE INVOICE OF $734,000.
DEBT SERVICE IMPORTANT? WE MADE OUR DEBT PAYMENT.
AND IT'S MOSTLY, IT'S MOSTLY INTEREST IN THE MONTH OF JUNE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PRINCIPAL, BUT MOST OF OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST IS ACTUALLY PAID IN DECEMBER.
SO AGAIN, WE PAY THAT TWICE A YEAR IN DECEMBER.
GOOD NEWS. WE FILLED OUR ORDER FROM AUGUST 2021.
SO AT LEAST I FEEL LIKE THAT GIVES US AT LEAST AN OPENING TO ORDER SOME MORE.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE ARE FACING THE SAME ISSUES.
SO FORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH OUR FLEET.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS SHORTAGES OF BUSSES, BRIDGES OR BUS DRIVERS IS ANOTHER THING.
AND BY THE WAY, WE ARE STILL HEAVILY RECRUITING FOR SOME OPEN POSITIONS THERE.
CAPITAL PROJECTS, ASB FUNDS, NOTHING REALLY MAJOR TO REPORT THERE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT KIND OF OUR BUDGET AND YOU PEEL AWAY ALL OUR CONTINGENCY, WE WERE PRETTY CLOSE.
WE WERE WITHIN ABOUT 2.8, 7% OVERALL.
THAT'S WHERE THE LARGEST KIND OF THE VARIATION SIDE WAS.
IF YOU RECALL, OVER THESE PAST FEW MONTHS, GOT SOME MORE COVID RELIEF DOLLARS.
RIGHT. THEY GAVE US SOME MORE MONEY FOR LEA.
ANOTHER ONE THAT CAME IN AS A SAFETY NET AWARD.
SO THIS IS ONE THAT WE BUDGET WE HAD BUDGETED ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION, AND THEN WE PUT IN A AN APPLICATION FOR EXPENDITURES THAT WE INCURRED DURING THE YEAR.
AND KUDOS TO OUR SPECIAL ED STAFF.
YOU KNOW, ALAN FLECK HAS REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB IN THIS AREA AND SO WE'LL ACTUALLY BE BUDGETING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO KIND OF SEE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER PATTERN HERE.
AND SO, I MEAN, HE'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT RECOVERING THESE COSTS.
KEEP IN MIND, SAFETY NET, LIKE JUST NEW MONEY THAT FALLS OUT OF THE SKY.
YOU HAVE TO SPEND IT FIRST IN ORDER TO GET IT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO BUDGET, RIGHT? SO, WE'RE ABLE TO CLAIM A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE ESSER 3 AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF ADVANCE SOME REVENUES THAT WE HAD FIGURED THAT WE WOULD CLAIM NEXT YEAR.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS YEAR.
SO ALL OF THIS IS KIND OF SAID AND DONE.
IT JUST ENABLES US TO USE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS.
SO, BUT OVERALL, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE OVERALL PICTURE FOR THE DISTRICT.
IT'S JUST WE STILL NEEDED TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE MADE EARLIER THIS SPRING AND WE STILL HAVE TO BE CONSERVATIVE GOING OUT INTO THE FUTURE YEARS JUST TO GET OUR EXPENDITURES TO ALIGN WITH OUR REVENUES.
AGAIN, STILL A DEFICIT POSITION, RIGHT? STILL DOESN'T BALANCE THE BUDGET, BUT DEFINITELY A BRIGHT SPOT THERE ON THE REVENUE SIDE .
AND THE EXPENDITURE SIDE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE RIGHT HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER BEEN THAT CLOSE.
I MEAN, LESS THAN A HALF A PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET.
SO I FEEL GOOD LIKE SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED.
AND OUR FORECASTING MODELS ARE STARTING TO REALLY HONE IN ON THAT SIDE.
THE REVENUES, AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF THE PAST FEW YEARS, OBVIOUSLY, THE LEGISLATURE, THEY MAKE SOME MOVES AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, WE TEND TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADJUSTMENT.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS AND LESS TO PLAY WITH.
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BASICALLY, THE COVID RELIEF DOLLARS ARE DRYING UP, NOT JUST IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, BUT ACROSS THE UNION.SO. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
ITEM 7 ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
[7. QUALITY FACILITIES AND RESOURCES]
FOR 7 A IS THE HP CHROMEBOOK BUYOUT REQUEST.SO THE TECH DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING OUR APPROVAL TO TO BUY OUT ABOUT 2500 CHROMEBOOKS FROM AN EXPIRING LEASE WITH INSIGHT THAT'LL ALLOW US TO MOVE INTO A NEW LEASE CYCLE WHERE WE CAN SWAP OUT ABOUT A THIRD OF THE STUDENT DEVICES ANNUALLY INSTEAD OF ALL AT ONCE.
AND WE'LL USE THESE FOR SPARES AND LOANERS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
OTHERWISE I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE HP CHROMEBOOK BUYOUT FOR A TOTAL OF $67,812.50, WHICH INCLUDES TAX.
THESE FUNDS WILL COME FROM THE TECH LEVY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.
7B IS A REQUEST FROM GROUNDS TO TRADE IN AN OLD MOWER AND PUT IT TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A NEW ONE.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO TRADE IN MOWER 711 AND PURCHASE OF A NEW VANGUARD 104 MOWER FOR A NET TOTAL OF $23,826.60, WHICH INCLUDES TAX.
AND THESE FUNDS WILL COME FROM THE GROUNDS DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
I SECOND THAT. MOVE BY ERIKA SECONDED BY BAMINI.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES THERE.
OUR FINAL ONE IS OUR MULTIYEAR AGREEMENT WITH GRADUATION ALLIANCE, WHICH IS GOING TO JUST EXTEND OUR ENDING DATE OUT TO AUGUST 31ST OF 2025.
SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND THERE.
SO IT WAS MOVED BY CONNIE, SECONDED BY TRACEY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
[9. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Property - RCW 42.30.110 (c) - Approximately 30 minutes]
WE ARE GOING TO RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PROPERTY.THAT WILL TAKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
SO I WILL BE BACK AT, LET'S SAY, 6:30 TO EITHER EXTEND OR ADJOURN.
WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION.
WE ARE IN RECESS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.