Aug 24, 2026 School Board Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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ROLL CALL. WE'RE ALL HERE. WE ARE ALL HERE. THAT'S A NEW AD.

OKAY. TECHNICALLY SUPPOSED TO. OKAY. DO WE. SHOULD WE DO A LITTLE CHEER WITH IT? ROLL CALL. MY NAME IS COREY. THAT WAY, IF SOMEBODY IS EXCUSED, THEN.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND SO I AM LOGGING IN TO.

I KNOW THAT WAS GOING TO GO LIKE THAT. OKAY. OKAY.

I NEED TO PULL UP MY AGENDA. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

YES. DOES IT. DOES THE PERSON WHO'S LEADING IT KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

OKAY. THANK YOU MATTHEW. 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.I GOT IT.

AND THAT THE CHINOOK ARE STILL FIGHTING TO BE A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE ON THEIR OWN LAND.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL START OUT. DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA?

[2. AGENDA ADOPTION]

SECOND. MOVED BY COREY. SECONDED BY MATTHEW. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. NO. OPPOSED. AND SORRY, I'M TRYING TO CATCH UP REALLY QUICKLY ONTO MY

[3. RECESS OF REGULAR MEETING]

[4. PUBLIC HEARING - 2026-2027 Budget]

BOOM. JUST LIKE THAT, WE'RE IN A NEW MEETING. DO YOU WANT DO YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING FOR THIS? OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST BRING. NO, I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO.

KIM, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO. WE HAVE TO DO RIGHT NOW.

BUT I'D LIKE TO RUN THROUGH.

OKAY. SO. THE 1ST SLIDE IS ON ENROLLMENT SINCE THAT'S THE MAIN DRIVER OF OUR REVENUE.

AND SO THIS IS THE PROJECTED BUDGETED ENROLLMENT FOR THIS COMING 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR.

JOHN WILL BE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE MEETING BUDGETED NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE AREAS THAT WE'RE HOPING FOR, LIKE KINDERGARTEN IS MUCH LOWER THAN WE WANT.

AND IN THE HIGH SCHOOL IT'S HIGHER. WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

WE WANT TO HAVE MORE. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT IN THE YOUNGER AREAS, ALTHOUGH IT IS, I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT IT IS IN 2ND AND 3RD.

WE GOT A NICE LITTLE JUMP THERE. OR 2ND AND 3RD.

SORRY, I SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT MY PAPERWORK AND NOT PRETEND I CAN REMEMBER ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.

1ST AND 2ND, 1ST AND 2ND. HAVE A NICE LITTLE JUMP.

BUT THEN IT'S IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, JOHN WILL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE LATER.

YES. 11TH AND 12TH. DOES THAT HAVE RUNNING START ALREADY REMOVED.

NO I INCLUDE THAT IN THERE SO THAT IT'S THE ENTIRE ENROLLMENT THAT WE'RE GETTING FUNDED FOR.

IT'S JUST WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE'LL GET THAT MONEY AND THEN WE'LL SEND IT ON OFF TO CLARK COLLEGE.

SO YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND SO HERE IS OUR ENROLLMENT TREND THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND WHAT IS PROJECTED FOR 26-27, WHICH LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW THE BUDGETED IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LOWER.

WE'RE ACTUALLY IN LINE RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT WE HAVE AT THE END OF THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO JUST A FLAT LINE AND WE'RE STILL HOPING TO GET IN MORE.

WELL, WE DO HAVE MORE THAT WE NEED TO BRING IN THAT ARE ON THE WAITLIST.

AND THIS IS JUST A RUNDOWN OF THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, THE REVENUES THAT WE INCREASE AND THE EXPENDITURES WE REMOVED TO HELP US MEET BUDGET. WE GOT CLOSE TO ABOUT $1.6 MILLION IN EITHER INCREASES IN REVENUE OR DECREASES IN EXPENDITURE,

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AND SO IF ANYTHING WILL BREAK EVEN. AND RIGHT NOW THAT ANTICIPATES AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF JUST UNDER $7.7 MILLION.

THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. I ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT RATHER THAN JUST THE ENDING FUND BALANCE.

SO WE SEE HOW MUCH THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SPEND OF THAT FUND BALANCE.

THAT'S NOT IN A SPECIFIC RESTRICTED ACCOUNT. AND WE HAVE THAT AT THE 5.1, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE HOVERING RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT? WE LIKE THAT 5% TO AT LEAST STAY THERE, IF NOT INCREASE UP.

AND THEN THIS IS A SLIDE JUST SHOWING WHERE OUR REVENUES ARE MAINLY RECEIVED FROM.

WE GET ABOUT WHAT IS THAT, 73%, A LITTLE OVER 73, ALMOST 74% OUT OF STATE REVENUES, EITHER THROUGH THE APPORTIONMENT.

AND THE OTHER IS THE STATE GRANTS. AND THE NEXT BIG CHUNK OF MONEY IS JUST UNDER 15% FROM OUR LOCAL TAXES.

AND THEN OTHER REVENUES. IS FEDERAL MONEY JUST A LITTLE OVER 2%, AND THEN SOME MISCELLANEOUS AT 4%, AND THEN JUST OTHER FINANCING IS UNDER 1. FOR EXPENDITURES, I HAVE 2 DIFFERENT SLIDES ON EXPENDITURES.

1 IS JUST SHOWING THE FOCUS ON THE TEACHING ACTIVITIES ON THIS 1 JUST UNDER 74% OF OUR BUDGET SPECIFICALLY GOES TOWARDS TEACHING STUDENTS. AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER 16%, WHICH IS IN THE OTHER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS YOUR FOOD SERVICE, YOUR, YOUR TRANSPORTATION, YOUR GROUNDS, ALL THE OTHER OPERATIONAL SIDES TO KEEP THE SCHOOLS RUNNING PROPERLY. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BUILDING ADMINISTRATION AND CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICES.

AND THEN THIS IS THE OTHER 1 TO JUST SHOW THAT 89% OF OUR BUDGET IS IN SALARIES FROM CERTIFICATED TO CLASSIFIED.

AND THEN THE BENEFITS WITH ONLY 11% GOING TOWARDS MSOC'S, WHICH IS THOSE SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.

THIS IS A REQUIRED SLIDE WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FROM, FOR THE STATE.

AND THAT'S JUST SHOWING THAT THE MSOC'S THAT WE ARE SPENDING AT LEAST WHAT THE STATE IS ALLOCATING FOR 26-27.

IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO, BE PROVIDING US JUST UNDER 11.9 MILLION.

AND WE WILL BE SPENDING JUST OVER 12 MILLION ON THOSE EXPENDITURES.

REVENUES VERSUS EXPENDITURE TREND. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE HERE AT THE END WHERE THE RIGHT JOINED WITH EACH OTHER.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE HAPPENING.

AND WILL WORK REALLY HARD TO MAINTAIN THAT INTO THE FUTURE.

WITH YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN SEE AT POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS TO KEEP THAT LINE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

THIS IS UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. THIS IS THE UNASSIGNED, NOT THE TOTAL FUND BALANCE, BUT JUST UNASSIGNED.

I'D LIKE TO CLEARLY RECOGNIZE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE CAN TRULY SPEND.

THE FULL FUND BALANCE INCLUDES RESTRICTED, WHICH RESTRICTED IS REQUIRED TO GO TO EITHER YOUR GRANTS THAT YOU HAVE CARRYOVER FUNDS FOR AND YOU HAVE TO SPEND IT ON THAT. SO THIS IS JUST THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF SPENDING, HOW WE DESIRE THE BOARD POLICY IS 8%.

WE'RE CURRENTLY, LIKE I SAID, HOVERING AT THAT 5, 06, JUST UNDER 6%.

IT'S PROJECTED FOR THE END OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR TO JUST BE A LITTLE OVER 5%.

AND THEN ANOTHER DOCUMENT THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE IS A 4 YEAR FORECAST.

AND SO LIKE I SAID, 26-27 ENDING THE YEAR AT 7, JUST UNDER $7.7 MILLION.

IN 27-28, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO SOME WORK ON MAKING SOME REDUCTIONS SO THOSE LINES CAN STAY TOGETHER.

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IF WE DON'T WANT TO, WE CAN DIP INTO THE RESERVES A LITTLE BIT AND PUSH IT OUT INTO THE 28-29 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A THE NEW BIENNIUM COMING. WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WE GOT SEVERAL BIG DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN BINDING CONDITIONS.

SO LET'S SEE WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TO TRY AND GET THAT THAT ALLOCATION TO US BACK TO WHAT IT WAS PRE MCCLEARY OR AT MCCLEARY ACTUALLY NOT PRE MCCLEARY. WE WOULDN'T WANT WE'RE AT PRE MCCLEARY RIGHT NOW.

WE NEED TO GET BACK TO WHERE THEY HAD US ABOVE THE 50%.

I THINK IT'S LIKE AT 43% RIGHT NOW. SO THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT WE NEED TO MONITOR AND NOT JUST THINK WE NEED TO REDUCE PROGRAMS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE LAST PLACE WE WOULD WANT TO START AFFECTING ON THAT SIDE.

CAN I ASK ABOUT YOUR ENROLLMENT NUMBER? SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING WE'RE GOING DOWN ENROLLMENT EACH OF THOSE YEARS, BUT WE'RE HAVING FLOW ANALYTICS. GIVE US A NEW ENROLLMENT NUMBERS COMING UP.

RIGHT. SO THOSE COULD CHANGE. YEAH, EXACTLY. SO LIKE THIS YEAR WAS BETTER THAN WE WHAT WE WERE HOPING.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING IN THE FUTURE YEARS TOO.

SO THIS IS, THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY BE 4 MILLION.

IT MAY BE LESS THAN THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE ENROLLMENT. BUT ALSO, AS WE KNOW, MORE ENROLLMENT, THEN THAT ALSO IMPACTS. WE NEED TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS POTENTIALLY.

AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS THE HARD PART IS KNOWING WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? BUT DEFINITELY YES, DEFINITELY AN AREA. KIM JUST BACK ON THAT.

YES. THE 5 VERSUS THE 2. HOW MANY DAYS OF OPERATING EXPENSES IS THAT ROUGHLY? IF WE WERE TO GO DOWN TO 2, HOW MANY DAYS OF.

OH GOSH. SO THE 5 RIGHT NOW IS AT WHAT WE'RE AT AROUND 20 SOME DAYS WITH 21.

SO YOU REDUCE THAT OVER AND A HALF. I MEAN, YOU'RE GETTING DOWN INTO UNDER 10S.

YEAH. SINGLE DIGITS. SO IF WE WERE DOWN IN THE, IF WE WERE DOWN AT THAT 2 LEVEL, WE'D PROBABLY BE DOING SOME INTERIM BORROWING.

EXACTLY. WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE DOING THAT. THAT BORROWING THEN COMES WITH INTEREST.

SO WE'RE LOWERING EVEN FURTHER OUR AVAILABLE RIGHT.

BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY BACK. LIKE IF WE'RE BORROWING FROM, SAY, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, WE WOULD NEED TO THEN PAY THEM BACK WITH INTEREST AS WELL.

OKAY. YES. SO THAT'S ANOTHER AREA, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, JUST LIKE WE DID FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR'S BUDGET IS WHAT CAN OUR OUR SAFETY CAPITAL TECH LEVY FUND OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND THAT THE STATE ISN'T HELPING US WITH, THAT OUR TAXPAYERS COULD ASSIST US WITH? AND WHAT COULD THAT BE OVER THERE IN THAT FUND RATHER THAN IN THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE ONE AREA.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE SOME PRESET LEASES, AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT WE NEED TO COVER.

SO BUT ALSO PROMISING IS THE KARCHER PROPERTY THAT BEING SOLD, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THESE PROPERTIES AND MAKING THE MONEY OFF OF THEM THAT CAN BE A SOURCE OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS FOR DOING OUR, OUR PROJECTS, ALLOWING FOR THAT, THAT LEVY TO BE UTILIZED MORE FOR TECH SAFETY RELATED STUFF AND LESS ON THE CAPITAL SIDE SINCE WE HAVE THAT REVENUE.

SO THERE'S POTS OF MONEY THAT WE CAN PLAY WITH TO TRY AND OPTIMIZE.

AND SO THEN AGAIN THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE ENROLLMENT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE GOING NOW INTO THE 4 YEAR WHILE WE'RE IN THE 4 YEAR.

I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE LAST SLIDE.

SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING HOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOSE REVENUE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT OUR HIGHER GRADES ARE GOING TO BE LEAVING US.

AND WHAT THE GRADES THAT ARE COMING IN ARE MUCH LOWER.

SO THIS IS JUST THE TREND BASED ON WHAT, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, FLOW ANALYTICS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATED ONE. YOU KNOW WE DID HAVE THE BLESSING OF THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR WITH ONE OF THE LOCAL SCHOOLS CLOSING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY WE GOT SOME OF OUR ENROLLMENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL MORE.

SO, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE THE CASE EVERY YEAR.

AND SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, BUT WE'LL TAKE IT YEAR BY YEAR AND SEE HOW WE CAN OPTIMIZE THAT.

AND SO THIS IS WHERE OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE.

IF WE WEREN'T TO MAKE ANY REDUCTIONS, RIGHT? WE'RE MAKING THAT GAP AGAIN, AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

WE DON'T WANT OUR EXPENDITURES TO EXCEED OUR REVENUES.

AND THEN THIS IS THE FOR THE 4 YEAR BUDGET TREND FOR OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE.

IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE WITHOUT MAKING REDUCTIONS.

BUT WE WILL BE DOING THAT. JUST WANTING TO SHOW THIS IS WHAT THE SITUATION WOULD BE IF THE DISTRICT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

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LIKE I MENTIONED, THE BIG THING IS GOING TO BE THE PROPERTY SALE.

SO WE CAN USE THAT MONEY TO DO CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE ARE WAITING TO GET DONE.

WE ALSO HAVE THE TRANSITION HOUSE THAT'S ON THE MARKET RIGHT NOW.

THAT CELL CAN ALSO HELP US. AND THEN LIKE I MENTIONED, WE ALREADY ARE MOVING SOME CHARGES OVER TO THE TECH LEVY, THE SRO CONTRACT AND THE TECH POSITION. AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BRING MORE OVER THERE WITH MOVING OTHER THINGS AROUND.

SO THAT'S OUR MAIN FOCUS FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIAL LAND PURCHASES TO UTILIZE OUR IMPACT FEES.

THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. THIS IS JUST SHOWING OUR BOND PAYMENTS.

THE DEBT SERVICE IS PRETTY UNEVENTFUL FOR THE MOST PART.

JUST PAYING OUR DEBT. WANTED TO SHOW WHERE WE'RE AT.

WHAT'S NICE IS THE LITTLE RED ONE IS OUR NON VOTED DEBT, WHICH IS PAID BY THE GENERAL FUND, AND WE MAKE A TRANSFER OVER TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT GOING TO BE ENDING HERE IN A FEW YEARS.

BUT WHAT I HAVE NOTICED IS THAT WE WEREN'T TRANSFERRING YOU CAN TRANSFER YOUR INTEREST INCOME FROM THE DEBT SERVICE TO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING NEW THAT WE WILL BE DOING.

SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT FOR THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL HAVE DOUBLE THE AMOUNT FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

SO IT'LL BE $500,000. THEY'LL BE TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE DEBT SERVICE FUND OVER INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN EACH YEAR AFTER THAT, IT'S AROUND $250,000.

WE GET ROUGHLY IN INTEREST INCOME. AND SO THAT'LL BE A SOURCE OF REVENUE TO HELP THE GENERAL FUND BACK ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.

SORRY. AFTER TALKING ABOUT THAT, WE WON'T BE ANYMORE.

WE WON'T BE MOVING MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND OVER TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND TO FUND PROJECTS.

WE HAVE MONEY IN THERE, SO THERE'S NO POINT IN BRINGING MONEY OVER THE GENERAL FUND WHEN WE NEED IT SO DESPERATELY IN THE GENERAL FUND.

SO MAINTAINING THE GENERAL FUND'S MONEY OR BRINGING MONEY INTO IT IS OUR OPTIMUM GOAL.

AND THEN THE TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE FUND LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE PURCHASING POSSIBLY 5 BUSSES, 5 SMALL BUSSES THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE 4 BUSSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE AUCTIONING OFF.

AND THEN, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE MADE THAT CHANGE IN THE DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE WHERE WE'RE HOLDING ON TO BUSSES FOR 2 MORE YEARS.

SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOSING MONEY IN THAT SENSE.

WE'RE WE'RE HAVING TO WAIT AN EXTRA COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET THAT MONEY.

SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR THEM TO HOLD ON TO MONEY AND NOT GIVE IT TO US.

AND THAT IS IT ON THE BUDGET. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT REVIEW? NOT A QUESTION. JUST A COMMENT THAT I THANK YOU FOR THE WAY THAT YOU ARE PULLING THE BUDGET APART AND FINDING WAYS THAT WE CAN ALLEVIATE THE PRESSURE ON THE GENERAL FUND WITH OTHER FUNDS. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY ALWAYS ASKS ABOUT.

AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHAT YOU CAN DO, I JUST, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. THE CREATIVITY ON IT, BUT WITHIN LEGAL GUIDELINES, OF COURSE.

YEAH. IF I CAN COMMENT ON THAT TOO. COREY. I THINK IT'S BEEN A GENIUS WORK.

WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO KIM'S POINT, WE STILL HAVE SOME REPAIRS AND, AND, AND THINGS, PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.

SO KIM AND HER TEAM ARE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW MUCH IS MOVED OVER.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT $100,000 DEFICIT IN $135 MILLION BUDGET IS REALLY INCREDIBLE WORK.

IT'S ABOUT AS BALANCED AS YOU CAN GET. AND THAT'S 2 YEARS IN A ROW NOW.

AND SO I REALLY THANK YOU FOR THE TEAM. BUT IT'S ALSO ALL THE ADULTS IN OUR SYSTEM UNDERSTANDING THE LANDSCAPE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WATCHING OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US NOT BE IN THIS POSITION.

IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK. IT'S A LOT OF SACRIFICE.

AND, AND IT'S TRULY A COMMUNITY EFFORT TO GET THERE.

SO REALLY YOUR LEADERSHIP, BUT REALLY EVERYBODY IN OUR DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE BOARD UNDERSTANDING AND MAKING THOSE SHARED SACRIFICES, THAT'S HOW YOU GET THERE NOW MAINTAINING THAT AND SUSTAINING THAT.

THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. BUT WE KNOW WE CAN DO IT.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. THAT'S A THAT'S A HECK OF A BALANCED BUDGET IN THE, IN THE CLIMATE WE'RE IN NATIONALLY, LET ALONE STATEWIDE. SO YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT JOHN SAID.

THIS WOULDN'T EVEN HAPPEN IF EVERYBODY DIDN'T HAVE THIS MENTALITY.

MENTALITY TO SAVE. YOU SEE IT EVERYWHERE. I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE I REPORT IT.

I'M NOT THE ONE THAT'S DOING ALL OF THIS. IT'S EVERYBODY HERE AT THE DISTRICT THAT'S THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE SAVE, HOW CAN WE NOT SPEND WHAT IS TRULY NEEDED AND WHAT ISN'T SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS HAPPEN? BECAUSE IF EVERYBODY WASN'T ON BOARD, YOU'D BE SEEING A DIFFERENT PICTURE FOR SURE.

SO YEAH. AWESOME. THANK YOU. KIM. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL

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ANYTHING. ANYONE? ANYONE, GET IN LINE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

[5. RESUME REGULAR MEETING]

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING THIS BUDGET LATER ON IN OUR AGENDA.

SO WE'LL GO NOW TO BOARD COMMUNICATION. I KNOW IT'S STILL PRETTY EARLY IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.

[6. BOARD COMMUNICATION]

I'LL GO AHEAD. I, I MEAN, THERE WAS A COUPLE THINGS LAST WEEK.

I DID STOP BY SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

EVERYONE SEEMED VERY EXCITED. ALL OUR PRINCIPALS, I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM SOON.

AND I DID GET TO GO TO HAYES THIS MORNING. I WAS THERE TO WELCOME STUDENTS IN WITH HUGH WYATT AND HIS DOG, SO IT WAS GREAT SEEING STUDENTS, SOME OF THEM INCREDIBLY DRESSED UP IN THEIR FASHION PRIME.

SO IT WAS JUST, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE. SO THAT WAS MY LIMIT THIS MORNING WAS HAYES.

YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE? NO, I MEAN, TRACEY, BAMINI AND I WERE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE BOARD AT THE, THE DISTRICT THE KICK OFF EVENT, WHICH WAS WHICH WAS A GREAT EVENT.

I APPRECIATE THAT. IT WAS IT WAS IMPACTFUL, BUT YET BRIEF ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE COULD GET BACK TO GET BACK TO WORK ON STUFF.

DEREK. I THOUGHT YOUR YOUR YOUR PRESENTATION, YOUR SPEECH WAS PROBABLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF IT.

SO JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.

JUST CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY. 179 TO GO. AND YEAH.

AWESOME. OH, I KNOW THERE WAS ONE THING I WAS GOING TO ASK.

IT'S BEEN WE'VE HAD OUR PLANNING SESSION SINCE OUR LAST TIME WE WERE HAVING BOARD COMMENTS.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT JOHN, MAYBE IF YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE TIMELINE FOR OUR DATA DASHBOARD, IS THAT GOING TO BE COMING ALONG ANYTIME SOON OR.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE, WE WANTED TO GIVE THE PRINCIPALS, OUR PRINCIPALS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DIVE INTO THAT.

AND THEN WHAT'S THAT. 1ST DAY OF SCHOOL? YEAH, JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME.

I WASN'T LOOKING NECESSARILY. NO, I'M SORRY. I WASN'T LOOKING NECESSARILY FOR LIKE DAY 1 INFO. I JUST YEAH, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET GET IN THERE TO BE ABLE TO. YEAH, YEAH. MY HOPE IS WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET YOU GET THAT IN FRONT OF YOU.

I WOULDN'T SAY THE AUGUST OR I'M SORRY, THE SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP, BUT LET'S I'M HOPING FOR THE OCTOBER WORKSHOP.

THAT WAY WE CAN WORK OUT ANY GLITCHES. I KNOW BRIE, OUR REP HAS, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

SHE HAS A GOOD IDEA. WERE YOU ALL ABLE TO GET AT LEAST ANY TYPE OF ACCESS YET OR.

NO? OKAY, SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HER, SHAWNA THIS WEEK, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONE ASK WE NEEDED FROM HER WAS TO MAKE SURE AT LEAST YOU HAD ACCESS TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR DASHBOARD LOOKS A LOT LIKE MINE, IF NOT A MIRROR IMAGE OF MINE.

SO WHY DON'T WE PLAN ON MAYBE THE SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP AND HAVING ONE MORE TIME WITH HER AND, AND SO YOU CAN DIG AROUND A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I KNOW LAST TIME YOU REALLY HAD TO LOOK AT HERS. I'M SURE YOU WANT TO LOOK AT YOURS A LITTLE BIT. SO DOES THAT HELP? COREY. SO WE'LL SEE. OKAY. SORRY. THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO ASK AND HAS ANYBODY ON THE BOARD RSVP'D FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR YOU. DID YOU RSVP? AS THE LEAD DRIP, THEN? OKAY, COOL.

OKAY, SO THEN I KNOW THAT'S COMING UP JUST BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING, SO I GUESS WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW, IF WE NEED TO PASS OFF THE LOGINS AND STUFF TO VOTE ON EVERYTHING.

I THINK IT'S JUST A ONE DAY THING AGAIN, RIGHT? SORRY. BAMINI. ESSER SATURDAY OR FRIDAY? IT'S A SATURDAY.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A FRIDAY. SATURDAY. IT'S NOT THIS BECAUSE I REMEMBER DOING IT FROM 1 DAY THAT I SAW TODAY.

YEAH, IT'S JUST 1 DAY THIS YEAR. OKAY. AND WE'LL JUST PASS OFF THE CREDENTIALS FOR THAT AND WATCH IT.

OKAY. YEAH, IT'S ON SEPTEMBER 9TH. SEPTEMBER 19TH IS WHAT I SEE IN MY NOTES HERE.

OKAY. WHICH IS A SATURDAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO OKAY.

[7. PRESENTATIONS]

SO AS KIM SAID, WE'LL START WITH ENROLLMENT. KEEP IN MIND THIS IS VERY FLUID, RIGHT? IT'S REALLY EARLY. NOTHING IS OFFICIAL UNTIL OCTOBER.

BUT I WANTED TO TO AT LEAST UPDATE YOU WHERE WE ARE.

AS OF THE TIME I PUBLISHED THIS WAS WAS PROBABLY YESTERDAY.

IF SATURDAY I MADE SOME LAST MINUTE UPDATES. SO AS OF NOW, UNOFFICIALLY WE'RE COMING IN AT 6987.

AS KIM SAID, WE WERE BUDGETING FOR 7011. SO WE'RE VERY CLOSE.

WE'RE PROBABLY CLOSER TO THAT NUMBER AS OF TODAY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANYTHING OFFICIAL YET.

SO AS KIM SAID, REALLY COMING IN CLOSE TO WHERE WE BUDGETED.

HOWEVER, A LOT OF THAT IS TOP HEAVY, SO TO SPEAK, WITH OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS RATHER THAN OUR PRIMARY GRADES.

BUT WE ANTICIPATE, I DOUBT ANY OF YOU ARE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT WE'RE STILL REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO BUILDING THAT'S HAPPENING,

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SO UNTIL THINGS STABILIZE MORE, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE LESS AND LESS KINDERGARTNERS COMING IN, WHICH IS REALLY THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE DISTRICT. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE 20.

WELL, AS OF THIS THIS PRESENTATION, 26.5 OVER BUDGET WITH SECONDARY AND JUST UNDER 24 KIDS UNDER BUDGET IN ELEMENTARY.

SO REALLY, IT'S A WASH THERE, SO TO SPEAK. I'M LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, CONNIE, PRIOR TO ANY PULLOUT FOR RUNNING START 2124, SO ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMP FROM AGAPE HIGH SCHOOL CLOSING. AND ALSO IN TALKING TO SOME FAMILIES, THEY'VE ALSO PULLED OUT SOME OF THEIR, THEIR YOUNGER KIDS BECAUSE THEY'RE ANTICIPATING THE HIGH SCHOOL NOT BEING THERE.

SO WE ALSO SAW A LITTLE BUMP IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL.

DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT 225 AS OF THE TIME I PUT THIS OUT AND HAYES FREEDOM.

143 WE'RE ANTICIPATING BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS WILL GROW JUST LIKE THEY NORMALLY DO IN THE FALL AND THEN PROBABLY LATER ON IN THE SPRING, IF THOSE TRENDS CONTINUE LIBERTY CAME IN AT 727.

AND THEN YOU SEE SKY RIDGE OVER 800. SO THEY HAD THAT, THAT BUMP MOSTLY EIGHTH GRADE, BUT ALSO THE 5TH GRADE CLASS.

THAT BUMPED INTO 6TH GRADE WAS PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD SIZE 5TH GRADE CLASS.

SO RIGHT, RIGHT. OVER 800. WE DID ADD 1 FTE, I BELIEVE I TOLD YOU IN BRIEFINGS TO SKY RIDGE, AND THAT WAS THE ONLY FULL 1.0 THAT WE ADDED TO ANY SCHOOL.

CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL, WE ADDED 0.4. AND LIBERTY WAS, WAS STABLE WHERE THEY WERE AT.

ODYSSEY CAME IN AT 295. SO IF YOU COMBINE ODYSSEY AND DISCOVERY, YOU'RE TALKING OVER 500 STUDENTS, 05, MAYBE FIVE AND A HALF. THAT'S ABOUT THE CAPACITY.

SO CAPACITY PHYSICALLY IS 600. BUT WE REALLY, REALLY WANT TO STAY RIGHT AROUND THAT.

550 MARK SO, SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL THE DIFFERENCE WHEN IT'S AT 550 AS OPPOSED TO LESS THAN THAT, RIGHT? ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THERE'S BEEN KIND OF A SHIFT HERE OVER THE LAST YEAR.

YOU SEE, PRUNE HILL NOW IS THE LOWEST POPULATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE, IN TALKING TO HISTORIANS, PRUNE HILL AT 1 POINT WAS THE LARGEST. SO YOU CAN SEE THE SHIFT IN DEMOGRAPHICS.

THE SHIFT IN HOUSING HAS REALLY CAUSED PRUNE HILL TO SHRINK.

AS FAR AS THE SIZE GOES. THAT'S WHERE LACAMAS LAKE WAS LAST YEAR, RIGHT? RIGHT AROUND 401. LACAMAS LAKE HAD A NICE BOOST.

WE, WE ANTICIPATED THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING EVEN MORE AS THOSE PROPERTIES START TO BUILD OUT, BUT THEY'RE AT 424. WOODBURN IS STILL OUR LARGEST.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SOME SHRINKING THERE AS WELL. THAT WAS THAT SCHOOL WAS AROUND 550 LAST YEAR AND THEY'RE OPENING UP WITH 512.

SO YOU SEE THOSE ELEMENTARY NUMBERS. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STRUGGLING.

WE'RE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. WE'RE PRETTY STABLE IF NOT GROWING.

SO VERY INTERESTING HOW HOW REAL ESTATE HAS JUST A MIRROR IMAGE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT.

AND THEN WE DID HAVE A NICE BUMP IN PRE-K. I ALWAYS SAY, AS A CAVEAT, WE'RE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS WILL COME INTO OUR KINDERGARTEN OR 1ST GRADE PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE STUDENTS FROM ALL AROUND THE REGION.

SO, YES, IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THE SCHOOL IS GROWING, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN IMPACT ON KINDERGARTEN BEING OPTIMISTIC.

I HOPE THEY DO. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONVINCE THOSE FAMILIES TO TO STAY WITH US.

BUT AGAIN, EVEN ON BOUNDARY EXCEPTIONS, WE'RE LIMITED ON HOW MANY STUDENTS WE COULD TAKE.

RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON ON ENROLLMENT? I THINK KIM REALLY SUMMED IT UP.

THIS WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED. I'LL HAVE BETTER NUMBERS FOR YOU NEXT MONTH.

AND THEN OF COURSE, SOLID NUMBERS IN OCTOBER.

JUST TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT REAL ESTATE. THIS IS PRETTY UP TO DATE NUMBERS.

IN JULY IN CAMAS, THE CITY SOLD 59 HOUSES AS OPPOSED TO JUNE 56TH.

SO ABOUT THE SAME STABILITY IN THE SUMMER. IT'S UP 5% FROM ONE MONTH TO ANOTHER.

BUT NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT REALLY. BUT IF YOU LOOK, ONLY 48 HOMES WERE SOLD IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF A BOOST IN HOME SALES, ABOUT 23%.

THE INTERESTING THING IS THE MEDIAN SALES PRICE AND THE MEDIAN LIST PRICE.

NOW, FOR THOSE OF US THAT OWN HOMES IN CAMAS, THIS ISN'T EXACTLY GREAT NEWS, BUT IT'S A CATCH 22 BECAUSE AS EDUCATORS, WE WANT TO SEE THOSE THOSE HOUSE PRICES DECLINE A LITTLE BIT, MAKING IT MORE AFFORDABLE.

SO THE MEDIAN LIST PRICE IN JULY WAS 7.95, AS OPPOSED TO ALMOST 823 IN JUNE.

SO EITHER PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING, HEY, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELL THIS HOUSE IF WE KEEP THIS PRICE POINT OUT OF OUT OF RANGE FOR FAMILIES.

SO THAT'S A 12% DROP FROM JUNE TO 2ND JULY. LOOKING AT LAST YEAR IN JULY, IT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE SAME AS JUNE.

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AND I'M WONDERING IF PARTLY IN TRACEY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS, IS THAT BECAUSE INVENTORIES MORE.

AND SO YOU HAVE TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE. I DON'T KNOW, BUT AN INTERESTING NUMBER I'M LOOKING AT IS THE EVEN THE LOWER OF THE PRICE.

IT WAS ON THE MARKET FOR 49 DAYS. SO SO LIKE TO ME THAT'S LIKE, ARE THINGS RIGHT? RIGHT. SO PEOPLE ALMOST FORCED TO LOWER. MAYBE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW LAST JUNE THEY WERE 822 FOR 25 DAYS ONLY.

SO MAYBE PRICES ARE COMING DOWN. YEAH. INTERESTING.

AND THAT SOURCE IS SOTHEBY'S REALTY. SO WE CAN PROBABLY SEE DIFFERENT NUMBERS WHERE WE LOOK.

BUT I FOUND THAT THIS WAS ABOUT THE, THE MOST COMMON NUMBER.

SO AND THEN LOOKING AT RENTAL NUMBERS, WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, WHAT ABOUT RENTALS? WELL, LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS. I MEAN, SOME OF THOSE ARE ASTRONOMICAL TO THINK THAT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME COULD BE $3,000 A MONTH.

I MEAN, FAMILIES NECESSARILY DON'T EVEN HAVE A CHOICE.

OKAY, WELL, I'LL JUST RENT. WELL, CAN YOU? AND SO THAT'S, I THINK IMPACTING OUR YOUNG FAMILY ENROLLMENT AS WELL.

SO I DON'T WANT TO HARP TOO MUCH ON THIS. I'M NOT A REALTOR, BUT I DO THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT HOUSE WAS REALLY PRETTY. SO I PUT THAT UP THERE. SO THAT ONE, I MIGHT PAY 3000 BUCKS A MONTH FOR, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY, SO BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, CLOSED CONTRACTS.

SO REALLY THANKFUL TO OUR CAP TEAM AT THE TIME, LED BY CLINT AND AMY HOLMES.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO SETTLE THE CONTRACT. IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE BOARD AGENDA TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO OUR, OUR BUILDING LEADERS FOR REALLY COMING TO THE TABLE AND WORKING THROUGH A CONTRACT WHERE THERE WILL BE A PAY FREEZE FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THAT WILL REALLY HELP US. I CAN'T REMEMBER FROM KIM'S NUMBERS, BUT IT'S ABOUT A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION SAVINGS FOR THE YEAR.

SO REALLY, REALLY IMPACTFUL. AND A SHARED SACRIFICE THERE.

WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO SETTLE ON OUR PSE CONTRACT, WHICH AGAIN A SHARED SACRIFICE FOR, FOR THEM AS WELL.

IT WASN'T A FREEZE NECESSARILY, BUT DEFINITELY SOME CONCESSIONS WITHIN THE CONTRACT THAT WE APPRECIATE.

AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, REACHING A VERY CLOSE TO BALANCED BUDGET.

AND WE AGAIN, APPRECIATE KIM'S WORK AND EVERYBODY'S SACRIFICE.

COST CONTAINMENT, WE WILL CONTINUE THAT. WE ARE CONTINUING TO SCRUTINIZE EVERY SINGLE FTE, EVERY SINGLE AD, EVERY RETIREMENT RESIGNATION THAT COMES ACROSS THE BOARD.

THERE IS NOTHING THAT POSTS WITHOUT IT COMING THROUGH OUR STAFFING TEAM.

AND AGAIN, THAT IS NOT TO BE A MICROMANAGER. THIS IS NOT AN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THIS IS REALLY TRYING TO YOUR POINT, COREY REALLY LOOKING AT EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S BEING PUT OUT AND IS IT NEEDED? AND IF IT IS, WE WILL GO FORWARD WITH IT. IF WE CAN FIND A DIFFERENT WAY, WE'LL DO THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S HELPING KEEPING OUR HEADS ABOVE WATER. THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY CONTINUES. OUR LACK MOSTLY LED BY OUR FAMILIES.

CLINT'S BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS FROM THE ADMIN SIDE AS WELL.

HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE SANTOS, WHO, AS YOU KNOW, IS A BIG PLAYER IN OUR STATE, ESPECIALLY ON THE EDUCATION SIDE OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOME PUSH AND PULL IN THAT MEETING, WHICH IS HEALTHY AND GOOD, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND OUR NEEDS, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HER PERSPECTIVE IS.

BUT KEEPING THAT CONVERSATION GOING. OF COURSE, DEREK'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HER AND THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL TO HAVE CAMAS. AND I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, TO HAVE CAMAS HAVE SUCH A VOCAL SEAT AT THE TABLE IS REALLY, REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF FUN, ACTUALLY, TO BE AT THE TABLE AND HAVE OUR VOICES BEING HEARD AND RESPECTED AND KNOWN.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE HAVE ALL THE POWER IN THE WORLD, BUT JUST TO BE AT THAT TABLE IS IMPORTANT.

AND THEN OF COURSE WE WILL HAVE OUR LEGISLATOR RECEPTION THAT THIS IS GOING TO, I THINK, BE OUR 4TH YEAR IN A ROW DOING THAT IN NOVEMBER.

AND ONE OF THE COOL ADDS IS OUR LAC IS STARTING A IS ORGANIZING A CANDIDATE FORUM IN OCTOBER, WHICH WE HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE HERE IN CAMPUS SINCE I AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND IT'S ALL BEING LED BY THE BY THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WHICH IS PRETTY NEAT.

AGAIN, CONTINUING TO SHARE CELEBRATIONS, I, I REALLY DEPEND ON ALL OF US, YOURSELVES, MYSELF, ALL OF US TO SHARE WHEN GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GET THAT WORD OUT.

WE'LL HAVE A LEVEE COMING UP BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR PUBLIC KNOWS ALL THE GOOD AND THE HARD WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS THE SYSTEM.

ADDING STAFF AGAIN, THAT OVERSIGHT IS VERY STRONG.

WE'LL CONTINUE THAT. FTE SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR BUILDING LEADERS ARE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL WITH THIS.

THEY UNDERSTAND THE, THE SITUATION, THEY UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING LANDSCAPE.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOLDING AS LONG AS WE CAN SOMETIMES BEFORE ADDING FTE.

AND I KNOW THAT'S A SHIFT IN PHILOSOPHY, BUT BUT I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP IN DOING SO AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE TRY TO BALANCE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO UPSET THE APPLE CART AND START REARRANGING SCHEDULES, BUT PRINCIPALS ALSO KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE LANDSCAPE WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

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THAT STABILITY WILL HELP US STAY STABLE IN OUR CORE SCHEDULES.

AGAIN ENROLLMENT SAW A BOOST. I ALREADY POINTED THIS OUT.

I DIDN'T MENTION LACAMAS LAKE. I DID MENTION LACAMAS LAKE.

I DIDN'T MENTION GRASS VALLEY. THEY ALSO HAD A SMALL BOOST.

AND AGAIN, SKY RIDGE AND CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL. WE ARE ACCEPTING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BOUNDARY EXCEPTIONS AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE CLASS SIZE CAPS SO NOT EVERYONE CAN COME IN.

OUR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY GRACIOUS WITH US WHEN WE'VE HAD TO DENY AND UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD WE WANT TO BE IN, BUT WE ALSO WANT SMALL CLASS SIZES.

SO FAMILIES HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND THEY DO KEEPING AN EYE ON, ON INTEREST RATES AND HOME SALES.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER KIM MENTIONED OUR END FUND BALANCE BEING AT 5%.

IT'S STILL UNDER BOARD REQUIREMENT. BUT, BUT IF WE CONTINUE TO HOVER AT 5%, I THINK.

AGAIN, WE CAN HOLD PRETTY STEADY. WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT IS [INAUDIBLE]NOT DIP TOO FAR UNDER THAT.

AND THEN PSE AND CAP CONTRACTS AGAIN. I APPRECIATE THAT SHARED SACRIFICE.

JUST A COUPLE UPDATES AS FAR AS HOW OUR COMMUNITY CAN HELP WORK TOGETHER TO SUSTAIN OUR BUDGET.

I THINK BEING A PART OF THESE COMMITTEES IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO JOIN THESE COMMITTEES, WE DON'T JUST STICK TO, YOU KNOW, ONE LITTLE GOAL.

WE TALK ABOUT A RANDOM THINGS, A PLETHORA OF THINGS, INCLUDING THE BUDGET.

AND SO WHEN MORE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND THEY KNOW HOW TO HELP US WITH THAT THEN THEY CAN BE HELPFUL IN THE LONG RUN.

SO CITIZEN ADVISORY, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SOME NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, LEGISLATIVE AND ARTS COMMITTEE.

THE ONLY ONE THAT WE'RE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OPENINGS FOR THIS YEAR.

IS OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE. WE REALLY WANT TO STAY STABLE WITH THE PEOPLE WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO A LEVY CYCLE AND A POTENTIAL BUDGET REDUCTIONS.

SO WORKING WITH KIM, WE'D LIKE TO KEEP OUR SAME CREW AT LEAST ONE MORE YEAR BEFORE WE OPEN UP APPLICATIONS, BUT ALL THE OTHER ONES WILL BE A DEADLINE OF SEPTEMBER 21ST, AND MOST WILL START TO MEET IN OCTOBER.

MATTHEW, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD, I KNOW IT'S NOT FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT STUDENT ADVISORY IS FULL AGAIN.

SHAWNA RIGHT? AND DISTRIBUTION FROM REPRESENTATION FROM ALL THE SCHOOLS AGAIN.

SO IT'S NOT LISTED HERE, BUT I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S NOT ALL OF US. AND I KNOW THAT OUR PLANNING SESSION, WE ALL OF US WERE ORGANIZED TO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AS WELL.

SOME OF US STICKING ON, BUT SINCE WE HAVE PRESENCE AT ALL OF THESE THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS WELL.

SO IT IS NOT I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME PEOPLE, THEY SAY IT'S JUST ADVISORY.

IT'S JUST WE GET TO, TO TALK LIKE, NO, THEY'RE BRINGING IT DIRECTLY TO US AND WE'RE BRINGING IT AS WELL.

I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BOARD COMMENTS TONIGHT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REITERATE THESE AREN'T JUST PERFUNCTORY.

IT IS THE GRATITUDE THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE THAT THEY REALLY HAVE FELT A TRUE VOICE AT THE TABLE.

IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, BEING TALKED TO WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, INTENTIONALLY TRY TO MAKE THOSE VERY COLLABORATIVE BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO SPEND THEIR EVENING JUST BEING TALKED AT. RIGHT. AND SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO I WOULD SAY THEY'RE ALL VERY COLLABORATIVE.

IF I WAS SITTING ON THOSE COMMITTEES AS A PARENT, I WOULD WALK AWAY FEELING LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WAS HEARD I. SO I TRY TO LOOK AT THAT FROM THOSE PERSPECTIVES.

AND APPLICATIONS FOR THOSE ARE IS IT GOING OUT THROUGH PARENTS? LIKE, HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN APPLY THROUGH PARENT SQUARE? OKAY.

OKAY. LEVY DOLLARS AT WORK. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING, GETTING THE KIDS OUT ON THE FIELD.

I SAW A SOCCER PRACTICE HAPPENING YESTERDAY, SO KIDS ARE OUT THERE ALREADY USING THE NEW FIELD.

IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.

OF COURSE, THE BOOSTERS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT IS GOOD.

GOOD PARTNERSHIP THERE. SO YEAH, IT SHOULD BE A GREAT A GREAT FALL SEASON TO GET THE KIDS OUT THERE AND ENJOY THAT.

I DID PUT A LITTLE BIT OF HIGHLIGHTS THERE WHERE YOU SEE OUR CONTRACTOR WHO WE USED AND ALSO THE TYPE OF, OF TURF IT IS NOT THAT ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT CARES ABOUT THAT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING.

PROJECT COST JUST UNDER $600,000. AND THAT INCLUDED THE "C" IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD THERE.

AND THEN THE ADD ON FROM THE BOOSTERS WAS ABOUT $53,000 THAT COVERED THE END ZONES.

AND THEN AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE CAMPUS COMMUNITY FOR THIS.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE THROUGH LEVY DOLLARS.

SO WE'LL HAVE A BANNER WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK TO MR. WILLIAMS ABOUT THAT. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A BANNER OUT THERE BEFORE FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS.

THAT ACTUALLY HAS A LITTLE WATERMARK THERE. SO AND WE CAN CHANGE THE WATERMARK.

I DID THAT DOREEN AND SHE'S PROBABLY LIKE, WHAT THE HECK? I WAS MESSING AROUND WITH THAT THE OTHER DAY. TODAY. BUT ANYWAYS WE'RE HOPING TO DO MORE OF THAT.

I THINK THE BOARD WOULD LIKE THAT AS WELL TO HAVE MORE VISIBILITY.

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I JUST WANTED TO ADD THIS, THIS WASN'T A NICE TO HAVE REFRESH.

THIS WAS A END OF LIFE AND SAFETY ISSUE, RIGHT? LIKE OUR STUDENT ATHLETES NEED TO HAVE A SAFE, WORKABLE FIELD.

YEAH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOME LITTLE DIVOTS AND SPRINKLER HEADS AND THE GRASS OR THE TURF ITSELF WAS ALMOST LIKE CONCRETE TOWARDS THE END THERE.

SO YEAH, A LOT OF STUDENTS EXCITED ABOUT GETTING GOOD FIELD THIS YEAR.

GOOD. IT'S PRETTY SOFT. WELL, THERE WAS A COUPLE THERE WAS LIKE A COUPLE OLD HEADS.

YEAH. THAT WERE IN, IN A, IN AN AREA. I WAS LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT? YEAH. SO JUST OVER TIME, I THINK AS IT GOT LOWER THINGS POP UP.

SO YEAH, EXCITING, EXCITING PROJECT GOING ON THERE.

CAMAS TENNIS CENTER IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.

YOU SEE JUST A RENDERING THERE. BUT AS AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH GETTING THE CONSTRUCTION MADE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE SIDE TO BRING IN FUNDRAISING AND DONATION DOLLARS.

SO A LOT OF IRONS IN THE FIRE RIGHT NOW. US OPEN, AS YOU KNOW, STARTS IN JUST A WEEK OR SO.

AND THAT GOES FOR A FEW WEEKS OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

SO I KNOW THE USTA HAS SOME POTENTIAL DONORS GOING TO THE US OPEN IN QUEENS.

AND HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE COMING TO THE TABLE.

I'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS. WELL, AND SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMITMENTS, I CAN'T REALLY SAY FOR SURE YET UNTIL PUT PEN TO PAPER, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL REGAIN SOME OF THE COST BACK TO CAPITAL.

ONCE EVERYTHING IS SAID AND DONE. I KNOW MR. WILLIAMS HAS BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN BEING OUT THERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, GETTING THE CREW GOING, SO OUR END WILL HOPEFULLY BE DONE ON TIME.

WE'VE HAD SOME DELAYS AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW. IT'S IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED.

BUT WE KNOW THERE'S THOSE THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPEN DURING THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION.

THE GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET THE THE COURTS ACTUALLY ACTUALLY REDONE AND CURATED THROUGH SEPTEMBER WHEN THE WHEN THE TEMPERATURES ARE WARM ENOUGH FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

AND THEN THAT BUBBLE IS GOING TO BE TRUCKING OVER HERE IN OCTOBER, WHETHER WHETHER WE'RE READY OR NOT.

SO WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR IT TO, TO BE PUT UP.

AND THE HOPE IS THAT WE'LL HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING PROBABLY IN LIKE LATE WINTER, EARLY SPRING AND GET THE GIRLS, THE GIRLS SEASON GOING INSIDE THE BUBBLE. AND JUST ANOTHER SLIDE.

I REALLY WANT TO KIND OF YOU KNOW, IMPRESS UPON THE PUBLIC THAT OUR LEVY DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT WISELY AND HOPING THAT THEY'LL SUPPORT THE LEVY SOON HERE IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE START TO CAMPAIGN FOR THAT A STATE BASED ALLOCATION.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH OUR CERTIFICATED STAFF AVERAGE IS 90, A LITTLE OVER 90,000.

AND WITH 31,000 IN BENEFITS. AND YET THE REALITY IS THAT THE STATE SENDS ABOUT 118 BEFORE BENEFITS.

I'M SORRY, REVERSE THAT. THE ALLOCATION IS 90 AND WE PAY ABOUT 118.

WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE ALLOCATION. SO AGAIN, I SAY THIS EVERY YEAR, THIS IS NOT TO BEGRUDGE ANY, ANY OF OUR BARGAINING UNITS. ALL IT IS, IS THE REALITY.

IF WE WANT TO HAVE A COMPETITIVE STAFF AND A DESTINATION DISTRICT CONTINUES, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE COMPENSATE OUR PEOPLE.

THE STATE JUST NEEDS TO GET ON BOARD WITH THAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY EMPHASIZING WITH THE STATE.

THE LOCAL LEVY SQUEEZE LOCAL LEVY DOLLARS ARE INCREASINGLY PULLED IN TO COVER THAT DIFFERENCE.

RIGHT. AND WE KNOW THAT AND IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY UNFUNDED STATE MANDATES AND SPECIAL EDUCATION IS ANOTHER ISSUE, WHICH IS WHY IT'S AGAIN, ENDING UP ON THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM ACROSS THE STATE.

LEADING REGIONAL SOLUTIONS, SO HERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING OBVIOUSLY CONNECTING DIRECTLY WITH SANTOS, WITH WELLMAN. THOSE ARE VERY BIG POWER PLAYERS IN OUR STATE.

DEREK IS AGAIN INSTRUMENTAL THAT WE HAVE HIM AND THAT HE'S ON SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES.

AND THEN OF COURSE, REALLY, REALLY HAVING THAT AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLETELY TURN THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL ON ITS EAR.

AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN SINGING THAT FROM THE ROOFTOPS FOR A LONG TIME.

CONNIE. AND HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIFETIME, WE'LL GET THERE.

REGIONALIZATION. I KNOW THIS BOARD. YOU'RE KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THAT AS WELL.

IT'S NOT THE END ALL BE ALL, BUT IT COULD HELP US SO TREMENDOUSLY IF, IF WE WERE GETTING THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT REALLY IT TAKES TO LIVE AND WORK IN CAMAS. THAT WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER. I'M HOPEFUL THAT REGIONALIZATION WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE 2027 SESSION, BUT I'M SURE WHEN WE GO TO, WE'LL, WE'LL GET A BETTER FEEL OF WHERE THAT IS IN THE, IN IN THE CONVERSATIONS.

AND THEN AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, CONTINUING TO CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSES, I THINK REALLY BEING FOCUSED ON THAT, WHERE ARE THOSE DOLLARS GOING AND HOW IS IT IMPACTING YOUR CHILDREN?

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I WON'T GO TOO DEEPLY INTO THIS. YOU CAN READ THE CONTRACTS IF YOU LIKE.

BUT AGAIN, THAT 26-27 FREEZE FROM CAP, WE REALLY APPRECIATE.

AND THEN IN THE FUTURE THE INCREASES WILL BE THE STATE'S ADMINISTRATIVE APPORTIONMENT.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT IPD WOULD BE.

IT'S WHAT THE STATE ALLOCATES AS A COLA, SO TO SPEAK.

RIGHT. AND SO THE BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS AGREE TO THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

THERE'LL BE SOME STRONGER CAREER GROWTH SUPPORT FOR OUR PRINCIPALS, CLEARER LANGUAGE FOR VACATION USAGE AND LANGUAGE ADDED TO THE CBA THAT REFLECTS APPLICABLE APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. SO REALLY JUST SOME CLEANUP ALONG WITH THE SALARY PIECE FOR PSE.

AGAIN, THE NEW AGREEMENT SHIFTS FROM A FIXED PERCENTAGE INCREASE TO THE STATE IPD.

AND SO THAT AGAIN WILL HELP US. SO IT'LL JUST BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

THAT WILL BE DONE IN THE PAST. THERE'S A NEW VEBA BENEFIT VACATION CARRYOVER HAS BEEN REDUCED THAT WAS AGREED UPON.

AND THEN DISTRICT REQUIRED TRAININGS. THE DISTRICT CAN NOW REQUIRE UP TO 32 HOURS OF PAID TRAINING OUTSIDE OF CONTRACT TIME.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR PSE MEMBERS AND WE WERE ABLE TO AGREE ON THAT. SO. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN JUST SOME SUCCESSES HERE.

REALLY, REALLY FUN SUMMER FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE PICTURES THERE OF THE KIDS.

OVER A 1,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN OUR SUMMER CAMPS ACTIVITIES.

LEMONADE STANDS, ART PROJECTS, GYM GAMES, WATER ACTIVITIES.

AND IT'S SO COOL TO SEE THE TEENAGERS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR YOUNGER KIDS.

THEY FIND OUT VERY QUICKLY WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE IN EDUCATION OR NOT OR NOT.

SCHOOL YEAR PREPARATION FOCUS FOR THIS YEAR, ENRICHMENT.

I KNOW RACHEL AND HER TEAM WANT MORE THOUGHT, WANTED TO PUT IN MORE FALL CLASSES FOR ENRICHMENT OFFERINGS AND THEN AN EXTENDED DAY.

SO PREPARING TO SERVE OVER 350 STUDENTS, WHICH REALLY STARTED TODAY ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AND THEN THEY'RE, OF COURSE ENJOYING THE NEW FACILITIES.

AGAIN, WE HAD OUR SEVERAL OF OUR GYMS, GYM FLOORS THAT WERE, THAT WERE REDONE.

THOSE TO MATTHEW'S POINT, THOSE NEEDED TO BE DONE.

IT WASN'T JUST A LUXURY AND ADDED A NEW FALL VOLLEYBALL SEASON, WHICH WILL BE STARTING HERE REALLY SOON.

NOT TO MENTION THE STAGE AT GARVER WAS REPAINTED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE IT OPENED.

IT LOOKS REALLY. IT LOOKS BRAND NEW. HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CHECK THAT OUT. THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND EARNED AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.

AT THE PRESEASON GAME, I BELIEVE A WEEK OR SO AGO.

THEY WON THE NIKE 11. 11 ON COMPETITION. AND THE SEAHAWKS INVITED THEM UP.

SO THOSE ARE ACTUALLY OUR KIDS THAT ARE HOLDING THAT GIANT FLAG WAVING IT ON THE, ON THE FIELD.

AND SO PRETTY COOL EXPERIENCE FOR THE KIDS THERE.

AS COREY MENTIONED, WE HAD OUR KICKOFF WE MENTIONED THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE REALLY EMPHASIZING A CULTURE OF CREATIVITY AND NOT JUST ARTS, BUT ALSO JUST IN YOUR CLASSROOMS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, REALLY FOCUSING ON BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN OUR KIDS AND ADULTS AND MAKING SURE THEIR CREATIVITY IS SHOWN IN EVERYTHING WE DO. THAT CONTINUED FOCUS ON MTSS ACCOUNTABILITY, MATH INSTRUCTION RESPONSIBLE, KEY WORD RESPONSIBLE AI INTEGRATION, WHICH I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO LEAD THE REGION.

SO I KNOW, CONNIE, YOU'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, I ALWAYS PUT THIS ON HERE.

SAFETY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE OUR NUMBER ONE AND WE CONTINUE TO LEAD IN THE REGION.

AND NOT JUST THE TECHNICAL THINGS WE DO, BUT THE PHILOSOPHY AROUND SAFETY AND BELONGING.

NEW ERA IN FOOD SERVICE. SO WE ARE NOW SELF OP.

AS YOU KNOW. AND THAT WENT WELL KIM. I THINK SO AT LEAST A GOOD START TO THE DAY.

I MET WITH SOME OF THE NUTRITION SERVICES STAFF AND THEY SEEM REALLY HAPPY.

SO WE KIND OF CUT OUT THE MIDDLE MAN, SO TO SPEAK.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S A FINANCIAL DECISION. AND SO I DON'T SEE ANY DROP OFF IN THE QUALITY OF THE FOOD OR THE SERVICE.

AND THEN WE'RE HAPPY TO ROLL OUT THE NEW APP.

MY RIDE K-12, WHICH PARENTS WERE ABLE TO GO IN AND SEE THEIR ROUTES, THE TIME, THE DROP OFF TIME, AND HOPEFULLY SOON THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY TRACK THE BUS.

SO THAT HELPS, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR YOUNGER KIDDOS WHERE IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE RIDING THE BUS. I KNOW WE CAN USE LIFE360, BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS THAT. SO THIS IS KIND OF EMBEDDED IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO I PUT THE WEBSITES THERE JUST SO PEOPLE CAN CHECK THOSE OUT IF THEY'RE WATCHING AT HOME.

THERE'S THE NUTRITION SERVICES SITE. AND THEN OF COURSE OUR TRANSPORTATION SITE WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T DOWNLOADED THAT APP, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A KID IN THE DISTRICT, IT'S PRETTY COOL. AND I THINK HOPEFULLY OUR PARENTS WILL REALLY ENJOY IT.

I HEARD FROM SEVERAL FAMILIES TODAY ABOUT THE BUS APP THAT LOVED IT.

SO JUST PEOPLE BROUGHT THAT UP ABOUT HOW IT WAS.

IT WAS THEY COULD FIND OUT EXACTLY WHY THEIR BUS WAS LATE OR WHERE IT WAS, AND IT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

SO OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS THE 1ST DAY OF SCHOOL, BUT SUPER EXCITED FOR WHERE THAT IS GOING AND IT'LL HELP THEM WITH,

[00:50:01]

OFF TO A GREAT START. OF COURSE THE, THE TYPICAL 1ST DAY AT PRUNE HILL SIGN.

YOU KNOW, I, I DROVE BY THERE VERY SAD THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A STUDENT THERE ANYMORE.

I'M LIKE, OKAY, I'M GETTING OLDER NOW. I DON'T HAVE ANY ELEMENTARY KIDDOS, BUT I HAD TO STILL TAKE THAT PICTURE.

BUT ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT, REALLY GOOD VIBES FROM OUR STAFF.

REALLY EXCITED. IT ALWAYS IS. BUT THE SMOOTHER IT IS SOMETIMES THE BETTER THE, THE FEEDBACK IS SO REALLY GOOD THAT WE HAVE SOME STRONG SYSTEMS IN PLACE.

AND OUR STAFF, AN INCREDIBLE STAFF. I DO WANT TO REALLY POINT OUT OUR ELEMENTARY SPECIFIC OUR ELEMENTARY OFFICE STAFF OF WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD OUR DISPATCHERS YOU KNOW SHERMAN, CLINT, JP I MEAN, THE WHOLE CREW WORKING SO HARD.

A LOT OF EXTRA HOURS OVER THE WEEKEND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROUTES WERE CLEAR THAT EACH STUDENT THAT NEEDED A ROUTE HAD A ROUTE.

PARENTS QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN JUST IN A 9 TO 5.

THAT IS EVENINGS. THAT'S WEEKENDS. INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE WORK.

AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OFFICE STAFF HERE.

THEY WERE THE ONES WHO REALLY MADE IT HAPPEN TODAY.

BECAUSE ROLLING OUT A NEW APP, ROLLING OUT SOME NEW SOFTWARE COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY, REALLY ROUGH.

AND I KNOW CLINT AND I TALKED ON FRIDAY, WE WERE, WE'RE BOTH FREAKING OUT, BUT IT CAME TOGETHER AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE AND, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D AGREE WITH THAT, CLINT, BUT IT REALLY, IT TURNED OUT IT TURNED OUT WELL. AND WE WERE. THAT SECOND ROAD WORK DIDN'T HELP EVERYONE, RIGHT. I KNOW THE FOLKS AT DOROTHY FOX WERE WORRIED BECAUSE THAT WAS LIKE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. NO, WE CAME TOGETHER.SO THAT DIDN'T. YEAH. NO, I, I KNOW THAT LOOK THAT SHAWNA HAS WHEN I WALK IN THE OFFICE AND, AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY. ANZALONE. YEAH. YEAH. RED ALERT, RED ALERT.

SO GATHERED THE TEAM TOGETHER AND LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER REALLY NICELY.

AND, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, TO THEM.

AND AT SOME POINT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HONOR THEIR WORK, BUT NOT THE FIRST DAY.

THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO DO. AND THEN NEW TRADITION HERE FROM LAST YEAR.

GOT TO RIDE THE BUS HOME FROM LACAMAS LAKE. AND I'LL TELL YOU, THAT IS KENDRA IN THE MIDDLE.

SHE IS A PRO. AND SHE'S BEEN DRIVING THE BUS FOR US FOR 14 YEARS.

HER KIDS WENT THROUGH OUR SYSTEM. SHE IS SUPER PRO.

SHE HAD A NEW ROUTE AND IT IS TRICKY. IT'S ALL THE WAY UP TO JONES CREEK, WHICH I'VE NEVER BEEN TO.

THERE ARE SOME TWISTS AND TURNS THERE AND HOW SHE IS MANAGING THE KIDS ON THE RADIO, DRIVING THAT BUS LIKE IT'S NOTHING AND DEALING WITH THIS GUY, RIGHT? ASKING HER ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS. IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY AWESOME.

AND AND WHAT'S THAT? YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH.

ANYWAY, SO WE HAD, WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION UNTIL SHE TOLD ME A LOT ABOUT HER FAMILY.

AND ULTIMATELY YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OTHER PICTURES WHERE I JUST LOVE WHEN THE KIDS RUN UP AND THE PARENTS GREET THEM, BUT ALSO THE STAFF, THE STAFF AT THE SCHOOLS HAVE THEIR CLIPBOARD.

THEY BRING THEIR KIDS OUT THERE. IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM.

AND OUT OF, YOU KNOW, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY 3000 RIDERS.

WE HAD A COUPLE THAT WERE A LITTLE LOST FOR A MINUTE.

PRETTY DARN GOOD FOR A FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH, WITH THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

SO AGAIN, KENDRA, MY NEW BEST FRIEND AND TRANSPORTATION, NOT TO SAY LAUREN IS NOT MY FRIEND ANYMORE, BUT I'M MEETING THESE DRIVERS AND THEY'RE PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

SO AND THERE'S MANY. SO THANK YOU GUYS.

UP FOR OUR REGULAR BUDGET REPORT. THANK YOU. THANKS.

BUT I DID PROMISE YOU GUYS A PROJECTION OF WHERE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO END THE YEAR.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MINUTE. SO NOTHING'S CHANGED ON THE ENROLLMENT.

THIS IS HOW THE YEAR ENDED. 7027 FTE SPED ENROLLMENT.

ALSO STILL THE SAME HERE. WHERE IT'S INCREASING.

STILL LOOKS LIKE THOUGH IT MIGHT BE KIND OF STARTING TO MAYBE FLATLINE.

THIS ALSO IS HOW THE YEAR ENDED IN REGARDS TO ADDITIONAL REVENUES BASED ON INCREASED ENROLLMENT IN THE BASIC ED JUST OVER 100 STUDENT INCREASE, AND THEN SOME AREAS WHERE THERE IS A DECREASE.

BUT OVERALL AS WE ALL KNOW, OUR ENROLLMENT WAS HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS BUDGETED.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS A POSITIVE. AND THIS IS JUST SHOWING OUR REVENUE THROUGH JULY.

AND COMPARING DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, IT JUST COMPARES IT TO THE PRIOR YEARS.

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AND THEN THIS IS THE EXPENDITURES, WHICH WE LOVE TO SEE GO DOWN.

SO THAT IS NICE. AND THIS IS THROUGH JULY. AND.

THERE'S THAT DECREASE THERE AS WELL. AND WE'D LO VE TO SEE A CHART WHERE THE EXPENDITURES ARE LESS THAN REVENUES.

AND SO THIS IS WHERE THE PROJECTION IS RIGHT NOW.

I'VE BEEN SEEING THIS FOR QUITE A BIT OF THE YEAR BUT HAVEN'T SHARED.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE THIS IS MY 1ST YEAR HERE.

NOT KNOWING WHAT THE TRENDS ARE DURING THE YEAR, CASH OUTS, WHAT MIGHT POSSIBLY HAPPEN.

I MEAN, WE DID HAVE THAT $500,000 LOSS OUT OF THE TRANSPORTATION REVENUE FROM THE STATE.

SO THOSE ARE THE SORT OF THINGS THAT YOU DON'T EVEN ANTICIPATE.

AND THEY JUST DECIDE ON THAT CAN REALLY BLOW YOUR BUDGET AND WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.

SO BUT AT THIS TIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT A NET INCOME OF OVER JUST OVER $1 MILLION.

SO RATHER THAN THE, WHAT WAS IT BUDGETED AT $400,000 ROUGHLY THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE? SO THAT IS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR REVENUES VERSUS OUR EXPENDITURES.

AND SO HOW THAT WILL LOOK FOR OUR FUND BALANCE.

NOW THIS INCLUDES ALL OF OUR FUND BALANCE, RIGHT? THIS ISN'T JUST THE UNRESTRICTED, IT'S THE ENTIRE THING.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S HOVERING AT THAT 6%. I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW OF THAT 8.7.

THERE'S ABOUT $850,000 OF IT. THAT IS THE RESTRICTED STUFF WITH PREPAIDS AND CARRYOVER FROM VARIOUS GRANTS.

BUT LOOKING REALLY GOOD. THIS IS A POSITIVE FOR US.

AND AGAIN, LIKE JOHN WAS MENTIONING BEFORE, THIS IS FROM EVERYBODY JUST REALLY WATCHING HOW THEY'RE SPENDING SOME OF THE MAIN AREAS I LOOKED AT TO SEE, OKAY, WHERE WERE THEY REALLY WHERE IT PANNED OUT? DEFINITELY A MILD SEASON. SO OUR UTILITY BILLS WERE LOWER THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED.

WE ALSO OBVIOUSLY HAD HIGHER ENROLLMENT, BUT WE ALSO HAD THEN SOME INCREASED EXPENDITURES IN THOSE AREAS.

BUT THE NET OF THAT STILL, WE HAD SAVINGS THERE.

AND LET ME REMIND MYSELF HERE. OH, SOME OF OUR OUR, OUR REVENUES AND THE FEES AND FINES THAT INCREASED MORE AS WELL.

AND YEAH, THOSE ARE THE MAIN FACTORS. FOOD SERVICE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF REDUCTION IN COSTS AND SAME WITH TRANSPORTATION. SO OUT OF ALL THOSE AREAS, IT NETTED TO THAT.

SO AND SOME OF THOSE LIKE THE FOOD SERVICE AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND THE UTILITIES, ALL THOSE ARE LIKE, YOU'RE WAITING UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. YOU CAN'T REALLY THOSE ARE HARD TO PROJECT OUT.

EVERYTHING ELSE KIND OF WAS IN LINE WITH WHAT WAS BUDGETED.

SO IT'S THOSE LIKE DISTRICT WIDE COSTS THAT WE REALLY SAW THE REDUCTION TO HELP US WITH OUR FUND BALANCE AND MOVE ON INTO NEXT YEAR. AND ALSO THAT 4 MILLION, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT REDUCING, MAKING AS MUCH OF REDUCTIONS BECAUSE OF HAVING THAT INCREASE INTO OUR FUND BALANCE. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE PAD THERE WHERE WE COULD UTILIZE SOME OF THAT AND NOT MAKE AS MUCH IN REDUCTIONS.

AND I THINK. OH YEAH, MY, ALL MY LINES, I FORGET ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST WANT TO CONSISTENTLY SHOW LIKE WHAT THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE LIKES TO LOOK AT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT OVER 60 DAYS OF FUND BALANCE OR OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

WE'RE HOVERING IN THE 20S. I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE FOR WHAT WE NEED TO COVER OUR COSTS.

WE JUST DON'T WANT TO DIP INTO THE TEENS. YOU KNOW THAT'S WHEN LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT COREY.

THAT'S WHEN WE START DIPPING WHEN WE HAVE TO START BORROWING.

BUT IN THE LOWER TEENS BUT THROUGH THESE SITUATIONS HERE, WE'VE HAD ENOUGH IN OUR FUND BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO HELP MANAGE THAT.

SO THAT'S IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. STICKING WITH THAT 5% FUND BALANCE.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST OUR OPERATING MARGIN. AND YOU KNOW, JULY'S ALWAYS IT GOES BACK UP AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THAT 10% OF THE STATE APPORTIONMENT THAT THEY GIVE US IN JULY AND AUGUST, EACH GETTING 10%.

SO THAT ALWAYS HELPS GET US BACK UP TO A NORMAL FUND BALANCE AMOUNT.

AND THIS IS JUST SHOWING, WITH THE PROJECTIONS THAT I HAVE, ABOUT A 6.3% IS WHERE WE WOULD BE ENDING THE YEAR

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IT'S GOING UP WITH THE FUND BALANCE. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT.

OKAY. GREAT. THANKS. THANK YOU KIM. AND THAT BRINGS US TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYONE. NOBODY SIGNED UP. GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE CONSENT AGENDA?

[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

I'LL SECOND. MOVE. WHAT? SECONDED. MOVED BY MATTHEW.

SECONDED BY TRACEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY.

POLICIES FOR 1ST READING. WHERE AM I? HERE WE ARE.

[10. POLICIES FOR FIRST READING]

WERE THERE ANY OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS WE WERE WAITING TO HEAR BACK ABOUT.

EVERYBODY GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM? NO, I THINK EVERYONE WAS BRIEFED ON ON THOSE QUESTIONS.

OKAY, SO IT LOOKS LIKE. SO EVERYTHING REMAINED THE SAME FROM WORKSHOP.

WE JUST PULLED THAT ONE ABOUT FROM THE 1000 SECONDS.

RIGHT. FOR MEETING ORDER. OKAY. CORRECT. OKAY.

SO DO WE HAVE TO. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A MOTION? YEAH. OKAY, I GOT THIS ONE. I MOVE TO APPROVE POLICIES.

1320, 1321, 1732, 2022, 2100, 2161, 2230, 3120, 3122, 3246, 4300, 5280, 5406, 6020, 6100,6530,6910. MOVE ALL THOSE FOR 1ST READING.

AND I'LL SECOND. MOVE BY TRACEY. SECONDED BY BAMINI.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. NO. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, NOW WE HAVE OUR POLICIES THAT ARE READY FOR 2ND READING AND ADOPTION.

[11. POLICIES FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION]

I MOVE TO APPROVE POLICY 5410 FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.

I'LL SECOND. MOVED BY BAMINI. SECONDED BY COREY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. KNOW OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT.

[12. PROPOSALS FOR ACTION]

I DO THEM IN A DIFFERENT ORDER. RIGHT. THE PROPOSALS FOR ACTION, THE BUDGET ADOPTION FOR 26-27 AND THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE HAD TODAY, WE'RE VOTING ON THAT BUDGET, AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE. BOARD RESOLUTION 26-01 AS PRESENTED.

I WILL SECOND THAT MOVED BY COREY, SECONDED BY TRACEY.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. NONE OPPOSED. THAT PASSES. OKAY. BOARD RESOLUTION 2602.

FOR TEMPORARY UTILITY EASEMENT WHILE THE CITY PUTS ADA CURBS BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE BOARD RESOLUTION 2602 AS PRESENTED.

I'LL. SECOND. MOVED BY. SECONDED BY MATTHEW. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. NO OPPOSED. NOW LET'S GO TO SEE ADOPTION OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FOR CAP CAMAS EDUCATION, CAMAS ADMINISTRATION ASSOCIATION OF PRINCIPALS.

LET'S GET THAT RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? STOP LAUGHING AT ME.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 26 THROUGH 29 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN CAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CAMAS ASSOCIATION OF PRINCIPALS.

I'LL SECOND. MOVE BY TRACEY. SECONDED BY COREY.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUSLY VOTED.

11 CONTRACTS FOR APPROVAL. WE HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH OETC ZOOM PHONES.

[13. CONTRACTS FOR APPROVAL]

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AND I'LL. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COREY, SECONDED BY BAMINI.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.

I THINK THESE ARE REPLACEMENTS OF THE ONES WE JUST SURPLUSED A FEW MEETINGS AGO.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY MOTIONS? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE INSIGHT FINANCIAL SERVICES 57 MONTH CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $372,750.40 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF 1600 CHROMEBOOKS AS PRESENTED TO BE PAID THROUGH THE TECH LEVY FUND AND I'LL. SECOND. MOVED BY MATTHEWS, SECONDED BY BAMINI.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT GOES DOWN UNANIMOUSLY.

NOW THERE'S A CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR THE 2ND AMENDMENT TO THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE JIN GROUP, LLC FOR THE WHAT WE CALL OUR KARCHER PROPERTY.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I MOVE TO APPROVE JIN GROUP AMENDMENT 2 AS PRESENTED.

I'LL SECOND THAT. MOVED BY BAMINI. SECONDED BY TRACEY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. UNANIMOUS. LAST CONTRACT.

PEARSON, TO RENEW 3 YEAR CONTRACT WITH PEARSON.

EDUCATION FOR PERSONAL FINANCE SITE LICENSE QUESTIONS.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE PEARSON 3 YEAR CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.

I'LL. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COREY. SECONDED BY MATTHEW.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR MEETING.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. GO OUT AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.