[2:05] Okay, I call this meeting to order. Please make note that

[2:10] all board members are in attendance. I would like to call Billy Holland to lead

[2:14] us in an invocation and please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance.

[2:22] Let us pray. God, thank you for all your blessings. Thank you for bringing us here tonight.

[2:27] Please give the board of wisdom as we make decisions. Thank you for all of our parents,

[2:31] students, teachers, administrators. Uh thank you for the crowd that we

[2:35] have tonight. Please be with our students as we enter the testing season. Just give

[2:39] them peace as they approach their exams. Please be with our students, coaches,

[2:44] uh sponsors as we have many field trips and travels going on right now. We pray. Amen.

[2:50] Amen. Amen. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic

[2:59] for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[3:12] Board members, you've received the agenda for the meeting. May I get a motion to approve? So

[3:17] move. Second. I second. All those in favor of the agenda, please raise your hand. Okay. All

[3:25] right. Thank you, Miss Jackson. Uh first off, what a great crowd tonight, right? Uh we're so thankful

[3:30] to all you could come out tonight. Uh this is a very we we look forward to this board meeting

[3:35] every year where we can recognize our students and u tonight. Uh just so that you know, this

[3:39] is National Music in Our Schools month and we're very honored to be able to recognize a lot of our

[3:44] talented students tonight. Um, what we're going to recognize is our all-state band, our all-state

[3:50] orchestra, all state choir, all state jazz, and our district honor band. So, quite quite the

[3:56] u wide range of talent there, and we're again very very proud of you all and very honored to have you

[4:01] here tonight. Um, at this time, I'm going to ask Mr. Brett Johnson, Marberry High School's band

[4:05] director, to come forward. Uh, each band director is going to uh call our students to the uh front.

[4:10] Guys, if you don't mind, we'll call you up across the front. And, uh, uh, Mr. Johnson, I think we

[4:15] said you get to pick somebody for a speech each time. Is that right? Is that what we said? No.

[4:20] But uh before we get going, just guys, thank you so much for all our sponsors, band directors,

[4:24] choir directors for all that you do. You put in a lot of time. Um you know, I I was always shocked

[4:30] at how much time over the summer that you guys put in and um we just appreciate you and students,

[4:35] thank you for being such a great representation for us all. So, we're we're very honored to have

[4:38] you tonight, Miss Johnson. I'm gonna turn it over to you. We really appreciate our students even

[5:08] excitement within the district. We had a brand new band program this year established at

[5:14] Billingsley and we're super excited about their growth and they're continuing uh to

[5:18] go through music education. It's a wonderful wonderful thing. So,

[5:22] we're going to go ahead and start off with the Marbury Push portion of the recognitions. Uh

[5:26] some of our kids are athletes and they're busy with other academic stuff, so they all may not

[5:32] be here this evening, but we're going to go ahead and call their names as well.

[5:35] So, when I call your name, will you please come up and we'll just kind of hang out up

[5:39] here until we're all done. All right. For all state band and all district band, Jamie Boyer,

[5:58] it just that'll be fine. Yeah. All right. All district band and all state band. Carter Ingram,

[6:16] All State Orchestra, All Region Orchestra, All District Band, and All State Band. Malik Johnson.

[6:31] All State Orchestra, All Region Orchestra, All State Jazz. Eden Lynn Terry,

[6:47] All State Choir. Meline Mosley,

[6:56] All State Choir. Sire Clark,

[7:04] All Region Orchestra. Aiden,

[7:16] all district band Caleb Martin.

[7:26] And I believe that is all of the kids that are here today. Soon, oh,

[7:32] Preston Thornton, all state band and all region band.

[7:43] Miss Williams, the Prattville junior high band director, couldn't make it this evening,

[7:47] but Mr. Handerhan is going to help with her recognitions.

[7:53] Oh, that whatever. Well, since we have the Marberry people up here,

[7:58] we'll go ahead and knock Marberry Middle School out first. Um,

[8:01] we will start with this is All State Honor Band and District Honor Band. Uh, Claire Mullins,

[8:12] District Honor Band, Khloe Henley,

[8:20] District Honor Band, Hannah Rhodess,

[8:26] District Honor Band, Nathan Roberts.

[8:34] Then we have All State and District Honor Band AJ Roen.

[8:41] We have All State Choir, All State Band and District Honor Band, Lachlan Johnson.

[8:51] We have All State Band and District Honor Band Maline Odell.

[8:58] We have District Honor Band Landon Johnson.

[9:05] We have all state honor band and district honor band Vilen Baron.

[9:14] And then we have uh district honor band Alexy

[9:20] and All State Choir Rachel Wright

[9:26] and All State Choir Justice Ellerson.

[9:32] One more All State Choir, Caroline Finley.

[9:39] All right, that wraps up the Marberry crew. Um, do we just want to go ahead and have everybody come?

[9:43] All right, so Proud Junior High people going to go ahead and apologize for any misprononunciations,

[9:48] but here we go. Uh, district and all state alternate would be Reagan Glover,

[9:59] district honor band. Leah Kitchens,

[10:05] District Honor Band and All State. Chaon Lee,

[10:13] District and All State Honor Band. Bryce Coach,

[10:20] District Honor Band, Hun Jang,

[10:27] District Honor Band, Anna, All State, Alternate, Michaela Kitchens,

[10:36] District Honor Ben, Yuck Jang,

[10:43] District Honor Ben, and I'll State alternate Jessica Huffman,

[10:50] District Honor Band and All State Honor Band Titus Hubard.

[10:58] And District Honor Band, Caleb Hubard.

[11:03] Oh, sorry. It was what was written down. There you go. Caleb Jefferson. Jefferson. Caleb Jefferson.

[11:20] All right. I'm Chris King from Pratville High School. Uh we have we had TW uh 32 selected for

[11:28] district honor band. Um and all all of them are not able to come tonight, but we have we have a

[11:35] few. And so I'll recognize those as as they uh as as you're called come up and uh I guess we'll

[11:42] just stand in in front or I don't know. All right. So um we'll start over here with um James Wright

[11:55] district honor band.

[11:59] Oh, okay. I thought you did. All right. was his brother Matthew Matthew right come up

[12:08] district honor band and all state uh Katherine Lynn uh district honor band and all state

[12:20] uh Dominic Frontier he he made district honor band all state band and all state orchestra

[12:31] Jonas Tuck, District Honor Band.

[12:37] Trinity Smith, District Honor Band.

[12:45] Charles Glover, a District Honor Band and All State Alternate.

[12:54] Tyino Tilman, District Honor Band.

[13:01] Joshua Shashidto, District Honor Band and All State Band.

[13:10] Mia Hernandez, District Honor Band and All State Regional Orchestra.

[13:20] Tristan Godfrey, All State I'm sorry. District honor band and All State.

[13:31] Anna Lance, District Honor Band and All State Alternate.

[13:41] And Ian Hathaway, District Honor Band and All State Band.

[13:53] Do we have somebody walk in? Oh, Jenna Lewis, District Honor Band and All State Band.

[14:03] Oh, two more. Sorry. Yokyang Wong District Honor Band

[14:15] and Sawi Park District Honor Band.

[14:23] Thank you so very much uh to the to our district uh for the county for recognizing school

[14:31] uh the music in our schools month. Uh it's just really a positive thing we feel like that

[14:36] that we're doing in these uh young people's minds and and and our community representing

[14:43] um our community the way that we are at these events in Tuscaloosa, in Huntsville, in

[14:51] um Mobile where All State is coming up in April. So we just thank you again

[14:56] for your support and um let's give them all another round of applause.

[15:14] What's next? We we uh we can't see you guys. So,

[15:19] um Mr. Johnson is I'm sorry. Is that We're getting a good picture here. Sure, that'd be good. Yeah,

[15:26] let's let's Miss Thomas I again I'm sorry I can't see you. Let's uh let's get a good picture here

[15:31] and then uh Mr. Johnson, when when y'all get the picture, let us know and we'll go from there.

[15:47] Squeeze in best.

[15:58] Here we go.

[16:32] Thanks, sir. Yes, sir. Thank you.

[17:40] Uh guys, as they uh clear out, guys, you're welcome to stay if you want to. We appreciate

[17:44] you guys. Um as they're clearing out, I do want to say parents, thank you. I know you log a lot

[17:49] of time in vehicles taking kids all over the place and uh we appreciate you and again thank

[17:53] you to our our sponsors and directors for putting in the time with our students and you know as you

[17:59] saw tonight board members are our kids are great kids. They represent our district the right way

[18:03] and we appreciate everything they're doing for our our schools. Uh the next item on receiving

[18:07] his information is a facility update with Mr. Bington. Uh Mr. Bington, are you are you ready?

[18:19] Good evening.

[18:22] Uh Mr. Woodin asked me to update you guys on some of the facilities. Um some of the ones that we

[18:28] last spoke about that were in the process. Uh we're finishing up and um others uh Billings

[18:35] Lee and Pratull um Fieldhouse in particular. Um I got we got the new All right. So, we'll start with

[18:45] Pratt Fieldhouse. Um, already started the process of moving in and finishing up there. We got a few

[18:53] punch items left and um some graphics. Uh, they were supposed to start today. We didn't get a

[18:59] chance to uh he didn't get a chance to do that, but um we did I got two pictures here. This is

[19:05] your front entrance into the building which you're going to see. I don't know if you remember Prat

[19:09] High School Fieldhouse. I do vividly from my days there. Uh we did change the uh the front foyer as

[19:17] well. Um I think last time I spoke with you all, I showed you the demo pictures. So that demo picture

[19:26] there on the left is the old um locker room. Of course, now you see how it opened up with that

[19:33] beam and now we've got um expanded locker room. These are just two more pictures of that same uh

[19:41] area. So, uh overall just added more space um for all the players and um opportunity for everybody

[19:52] to have a a locker, I think, more importantly, and be able to put your equipment in there. Um

[19:59] this was the bathroom, so they actually tore out the foundation in there. Um that wall behind those

[20:08] uh that piping there was taken out as well. And that's the uh finished product there. We

[20:16] have uh I think we had three showers in the one previously. So now we've got enough showers for

[20:22] everyone in sinks and bathrooms. Uh this was the outside. Uh to the left there was the construction

[20:32] of a new training facility for all athletics um which is tied directly to the facility which is

[20:38] right there on your left and he has moved in uh and I've got some pictures of that too. We've

[20:46] got a new front entrance and gateway into the park now. So uh able to set up tickets. They've already

[20:53] done so in the start of the baseball season. and that's where they start collecting those

[20:57] tickets going in. Uh that's a rear facility. Um in addition to it providing training facility,

[21:05] it also provides the bathrooms for baseball. So right there on the end water fountain and uh

[21:13] restrooms. And that's a picture of the inside of that facility. This was that one uh room that had

[21:23] several walls. They took that wall out and then that beam carried throughout the whole building.

[21:28] That was the one that opened up the locker room, but it also opened up this front area, too. So

[21:32] now there's a meeting place for all the players to come in at one time. Um, it has a divider wall so

[21:41] they can they can split that meeting area into to two spaces. Um, this is the exit coming out

[21:49] of the locker room into the indoor facility. So now they have um they have a nice place to play,

[22:00] needless to say. So that like I said, that's uh we're at the tail end of that and uh the next is

[22:05] going to be the graphics coming in uh throughout the building. So that one's almost uh got a period

[22:14] behind it. So the ribbon cutting will be March 17th uh next week 10:30. Everyone's invited.

[22:22] uh our Billings of the A building. Now, here's some before and afters. I think last time I spoke

[22:27] with you all, we were there on the left breaking ground. Now, we we've got the buildings up. Uh

[22:32] they just finished a pre- roofing um meeting and they'll get started on that here shortly.

[22:42] Um just another picture of that ground breaking and uh from the u east side of the complex.

[22:53] This is the um storage area, feed, um equipment, that sort of thing. All the access stuff will be

[23:02] a separate building. Again, on the left, that was the uh last picture I think you all saw was the

[23:08] uh foundation there. And then this back side here, this is the norththeast side of that building and

[23:19] then finishing up with the uh the northwest side. So, the Billingsley project's coming along pretty

[23:25] quick. Um we're hoping that it'll be done by the end of the school year into the summer. All right.

[23:35] These are some of the other completed projects that um we've finished up or in the process of

[23:41] finishing up. Our roofing um we've gone over those uh re um before the painting is ongoing.

[23:48] Our flooring um fencing projects, general cleanup around all our facilities, um insulating those uh

[23:57] areas, gyms, those sort types of buildings. And then our MHS Marberry High School erosion project

[24:04] is finished up. Um some of the projects in the works right now are the multi-purpose buildings

[24:11] um which are targeting our title nine at the um Fratwell High School and other places. We got

[24:20] Billings we got Marry High School and then some um storage areas. Uh paving is we've got it on paper.

[24:29] uh that's um taking a look at that. I don't know about uh where we are with that as far

[24:35] as the funding and and and a start date for that, but it's laid out for those projects to begin. Um

[24:42] and we also have the uh paint flooring, which are I think are going to always be ongoing, constantly

[24:48] trying to rehab a lot of these facilities. So, that's where we are. Uh any questions?

[24:57] Thank you.

[25:01] All right. Thank you, Mr. Bington. Uh board members, a few things here. Uh first off,

[25:05] just a reminder, all the projects you saw for most part were paid for with state money,

[25:10] the advancement technology funds. Um that is one area that next year, you know,

[25:15] um this well, let me back up. This past year, we received right at 9 million. We're expecting to

[25:20] receive about 7 million. So, that's being cut a little bit next year. Um, but that pot of money

[25:25] is what is funding all the projects that you see completed. Uh, also I want to point out

[25:30] on the paving part, uh, got to give Miss Camra a huge shout out. He, uh, he's done a lot of great

[25:35] work, Mr. Bington as well. Uh, but way Mr. Chimera is setting that up is we're ranking,

[25:42] uh, kind of like we did the roofs, you know, we're ranking what is our biggest need with the paving

[25:47] issues. once we get to the end of this fiscal year where we know exactly where these bids come in and

[25:52] how much money's left, then we'll start picking off what we can. Uh so if there's $100,000 left,

[25:59] we'll hit as much as we can in in that cycle. So we'll set up the paving the exact same way that we

[26:05] did u the roofs. And again, we're we're completing the roofs now. And um that's that's that's the

[26:11] the paving portion of that as well. Um any any questions on anything on receiving information?

[26:17] got correction on that cut made. It's on the 19th. Yes, sir. The ribbon cutting. Yeah. Yeah. The the

[26:24] uh the ribbon cutting for the fieldhouse is on the 19th. Um all right. So, there's no questions

[26:32] on receivers information. We will move on into the uh excuse me, the consent agenda. Uh item

[26:38] number two contains all athletic and field trips for this month and the coming months. Item number

[26:43] three contains supplemental pay requests for summer summer learning, instructional services,

[26:47] school activities, and other services. Item number four contains a list of items that are no longer

[26:52] in working condition and need to be disposed. Uh item number five, I need to explain a little

[26:57] bit. Um, so with the social studies textbook adoption memo that you have in your packet,

[27:03] the the Alabama State Department of Education uh is scheduled to vote on the social studies

[27:08] textbook adoption on March the 12th. Um, at their work session last week, Dr. Mackey emphasized that

[27:14] his preference is for boards to approve the state committee's full K12 recommendation. However,

[27:20] some board members um requested the option of separating the vote, approving grades 6 through

[27:25] 12 while delaying action on K through 5. So that led us to the memo that you have in your packet.

[27:30] Because of that possibility, districts have been encouraged to move forward locally so that we do

[27:35] not lose another month of planning time. So uh as a reminder, adoption simply gives us the authority

[27:40] to use state textbook funds. It does not obligate us to purchase any resource. Our local textbook

[27:46] committee has completed an extensive review and tonight we're asking you to approve the top three

[27:51] recommended programs for each gradspan. This approach gives us the maximum flexibility and

[27:55] it allows us to move forward immediately after the state vote whether they approve all grade levels

[28:00] or if they only approve 6 through 12. So that's what you see. That's why there's a little more

[28:05] language in that memo than what you know normally we have. Usually it's pretty cut and dry, but

[28:09] again we're waiting on some final guidance there. That list gives you everything that you need to

[28:14] know and uh gets us where we can be ahead of the curve. Item number six, uh really excited about

[28:19] this request approval of the 2026 new teacher academy. uh for presenters and their stipen.

[28:24] This summer, the district will host a new teacher academy designed to provide incoming employees

[28:29] with a strong foundation for a successful year. Uh the academy will offer targeted

[28:33] sessions that introduce new staff members to our district's instru in instructional expectations,

[28:37] curriculum resources, and operational procedures. Um to ensure the training is closely aligned with

[28:43] our established practices, several of our own district employees, teachers, instructional

[28:47] leaders, and support staff will serve as the presenters. Each presenter will receive a stipen

[28:51] of $250 to $500 depending on the amount of time it takes for them to prepare for the content. And

[28:56] we will use title two funds to cover this. So, you know, been in the district 20 well a long

[29:01] time. I don't want to say how long. Um, you know, we've always said we've got to do a better job of

[29:05] of introducing people to how a county should work. Um this is another emphasis which you

[29:12] guys have have really helped me with as well of hey instead of paying everybody else to come in

[29:18] and do the work let's use our experts. We got the best teachers we have the best people let's

[29:22] let's reward our people that we trust to teach to teach others. So u really excited about this. You

[29:28] know we did this with symposium as well uh as a way that we can reward our teachers as well. And

[29:32] u who else better to learn from than the people that know our system better than anybody else?

[29:37] Item number seven contains a special education agreement and contract with the Bailey Educational

[29:41] Group LLC. This contract is for services provided to the self-detained classroom at Marberry Middle

[29:46] School. The contract will be paid with state funds. The contract is for $90,000 and it will

[29:51] run from February 27th, 2026 to May the 22nd, 2026. Item number eight contains a proposal for

[29:59] the YMCA to use six of our buses for summer camp. This is something we've done pretty routinely.

[30:04] um it really helps them out and obviously we want to work with our uh local entities as much

[30:08] as possible. We we we've done that the last few years. Item number nine, request approval

[30:13] for the renewal of the districtwide egeneuity 6 through 12 comprehensive site license and

[30:18] enhanced CTE site licenses. That's a mouthful to say that's our program that we use for our

[30:24] uh TOGA virtual academy and our second chance program. Um, this is another cost that the public

[30:30] needs to know is a lot bigger than what people give it, what people understand. It's $56,59157.

[30:39] Uh, we're going to use the same funds we were talking about a minute ago,

[30:42] the advanced technology funds. Again, what we're trying to do is anything that we can use those

[30:46] funds to protect our general fund. That's what we're trying to do. So, that's what that is.

[30:50] Item number 10, uh, request approval to authorize me to ne negotiate price or other items for

[30:55] purchase of land that the board seeks to acquire that is located nearest various schools. Uh,

[31:01] just like we discussed before, this is no final dis uh decision or commitments will

[31:06] be made without further review. This just authorizes me as things pop up that I can

[31:10] have those conversations with them and then bring you back anything that may be of relevance. So,

[31:14] it's just again authorizing me to be your your voice, so to speak. We obviously you

[31:20] guys would still have to approve anything before it would be filed. Are there any questions with

[31:24] the consent agenda as presented? All right. Being no questions, I recommend approval of the consent

[31:30] agenda as presented. Board members, you have heard the superintendent's recommendation. May

[31:36] I get a motion to approve? Motion to approve. Second. Second. Is there any discussion?

[31:45] All those in favor, please raise your right hand.

[31:50] All right. At this time, I recommend approval of the personnel report as presented.

[31:57] Board members, you've heard the superintendent's recommendation.

[31:59] May I get a motion to approve? So move to approve. A second. Second. Is there

[32:05] any discussion? All those in favor of approving, please raise your hand.

[32:13] All right. I recommend approval of the employee action as presented. Board members,

[32:18] you've heard the superintendent's recommendation. May I get a motion to approve? I make a motion to

[32:23] approve. Second. Second. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, please raise your hand.

[32:34] All right. This next item uh before I recommend approval, um we are struggling to to um staff our

[32:44] uh schools with special education teachers and um hold on to teachers. Um surrounding

[32:50] districts have started instituting a uh supplement um that we do not have. Um the reality is special

[33:01] education numbers are increasing. there's fewer and fewer people going into the field on the

[33:05] teaching side. I would really hope eventually the state will maybe go to a team's contract there.

[33:10] We're lobbying hard for it. U but the supplement proposal that you have for the 26 27 school year

[33:16] uh gets us where we can compete a little bit. Uh obviously much better than what we're competing

[33:22] right now. Um obviously there was a cost associated with it and but the biggest

[33:28] cost right now is um we're having to outsource areas to to fulfill the needs. We're having to

[33:34] hire in companies and again it goes back to that thought if if if we're going to have to

[33:38] do that. Let's try to let's try to give it to our people and recruit the best and hold on to

[33:43] the best. So that was rationale behind this the stipens schedule you have in your packet. Um,

[33:48] I recommend approval those fed stipens that again will begin in 2627 as presented. Board members,

[33:55] you've heard the superintendent's recommendation. May I get a motion to approve? Motion to approve.

[34:02] Second. Second. Is there any discussion? I just want to say, you know, all of our teachers are

[34:09] valuable, but it to be physically responsible. I agree, you Mr. Woodin of with the contracts

[34:15] we're paying out because we got to have these teachers, we we need to do our best to to be

[34:21] competitive with our neighboring school system. So, um wish we do for all of our teachers, but um

[34:28] we have to be targeted at times, but yeah, and I I appreciate you saying that. I would also just hope

[34:33] that our employees know too. I mean, we we have drastically overhauled even on the instructional

[34:39] side the supplement schedule that's there. you know, we are to the best of our ability,

[34:44] we are trying to funnel as much money back into our classrooms as possible, trying to trying to

[34:49] help our employees, trying to help our kids. Um, you hit the nail on the head, Mr. Allen. It's it's

[34:54] a fact of of the way it is right now with SPED. Um, but I I appreciate you saying that and again,

[35:00] I you know, this is another step forward. Is it where we want to be? Not entirely. It's

[35:05] a lot further. It's a lot better than what we were. And I think that's got to be the message,

[35:09] you know, moving forward. Anyone else? All those in favor of approving, please raise your hand.

[35:22] All right. Uh, at this time, I would like to ask Miss Wallace to

[35:26] come forward and provide us with the FE February bank and financial statements.

[35:38] Good evening. Um so today we're looking at the month of February which takes us to our

[35:43] fifth period within our fiscal year. We should be operating with that 42% of our um expenditures in

[35:50] our budgeted revenues. According to your snapshot in your packet in February we were at 51% of our

[35:56] budgeted revenues which is 46 million for our district expenditures. We were at 42%

[36:03] um or 42.4 million of our total budgeted expenditures. So you can see that we're

[36:08] tracking and on target with our expenses. Um our fund balance ended at six at 66.3 million for the

[36:15] month of February. The payroll for the month of February totaled 6.9 million. Local revenue

[36:22] analysis in your board packet shows year-to- date local revenue collected is 15.7 million.

[36:28] That's 73% of our budget. Now remember we received the bulk of our ad valorum in January. So you'll

[36:35] start seeing that that percentage level back out. Also keep in mind that um our local revenue is

[36:42] there to meet and allocated to meet the required state match for our foundation program. Our public

[36:48] school capital funds and our capital bond debt. Um of February of the 15.7 million February's

[36:55] collections were at 1.2. Are there any questions on February? All right. Thank you. All right.

[37:03] I I recommend approval of the February bank and financial statements as presented. Board members,

[37:08] you've heard the superintendent's recommendation. May I get a motion to approve? Motion to approve.

[37:13] A second. Second. Is there any discussion? All those in favor, please raise your hand.

[37:23] All right, Miss Wallace, you can come on right back up. Uh I would like to ask you to present

[37:27] the fiscal year 2026 budget amendment. Well, it's that time of year that we take the opportunity now

[37:33] to review what our original budget was, what changes, what modifications we adjust. Um,

[37:38] as always, this is the time to reflect upon um new needs and new state grants and federal

[37:45] um carryover funds. So, with that, we'll look at our uh amended 2026 budget. So,

[37:51] first of all, in your in the original budget, I'm estimating what I think our beginning fund

[37:56] balances will be. So once fiscal year end closes and once I get our final approval from the state,

[38:02] it gives me the opportunity now to make those corrections and to make our beginning

[38:05] fund balance exactly what it was a year end. So with the general fund, um, we increased

[38:11] general fund 6.2 million. Originally budgeted was 54. Now it's at 60. And special revenue,

[38:18] remember that's our federal revenue including CNP, child nutrition program, and our local

[38:23] schools public monies. Um, we adjusted that fund balance to increase 2 million from 2.8 to 4.9. Um,

[38:31] with our debt service, our adjustment decreased um, 93,000. So, we were at 5.9 and now we're at

[38:38] 5.8. Our capital projects fund, we adjusted uh, fund balance to increased by 218,000 from 7.1 to

[38:46] 7.4. and our expendable trust that is our local school non-public and our scholarship account

[38:54] that we managed the trustee over. We adjusted to increase 85,000. It was at 489. Now it's at 575.

[39:03] So the highlights of what caused our expenditure and revenue changes for our budget amendment was

[39:10] we received numerous state grants for our literacy and numeracy acts. They totaled around $286,000.

[39:17] We received some sped classroom grants around 30,000. Um and then we received some more recently

[39:24] in excess of that gifted grant 29,000. We did receive a school safety grant designated for AEDs.

[39:31] Um and so we used that for the 118,000 for that and it was also to protect our schools. So we're

[39:38] using our new circle program, our new visitor login. So that's a part of that school safety

[39:44] grant. We received the state college and career readiness that was 98,000 that is applicable to

[39:51] our career tech um department so they can do the testing for those students. Um we got we received

[39:58] career coach funding that was 106,000. This is our second career coach that we have with ACTC.

[40:04] The first one is grandfathered in now and that's one of our units. This is additional funding that

[40:09] we get from the state to support that career coach. Then we have some local grants. We had

[40:14] some RC and D grants that we get and I if you'll recall we received a cere we had a ceremony for

[40:20] some of those at Billingsley. So we had numerous this year. This is the first year I've been here

[40:24] that we've had so many. Usually we've had one or two. I think this year we have eight. So it was

[40:29] really good and it spread out district-wide. So that was really good to see. We received

[40:34] state funding for our national board certified teachers and then we had some adjustments just

[40:38] within the changes of expenditures and revenues for our local daily business

[40:45] with our special revenue fund which is where our federal programs are held. We now now that

[40:50] the fiscal year closed we had some carryover money from last year that we get to spend in

[40:55] this year. So we allocated for those accounts title one at 249,000 um which is the carryover

[41:02] fund for title one is divided back out among the local schools and it goes toward any um district

[41:09] initiative that we're using um we're updating our website that's part of our district initiative and

[41:14] then the rest is going out to the local schools to meet their local school needs. Title two,

[41:19] which is our professional development funds. We um 189,000. Title three, which is our EL

[41:26] um 6,000. Title four, that's our well-rounded student um grant that we received. That's 10,000.

[41:34] And then we have the CRI um we have 37,000 for that. We um received a homeless grant for 35,000.

[41:42] And then we had our regular adjustments to the child nutrition program in the local schools.

[41:48] So for all funds together, our beginning fund balance was 79 million. Our revenues are now

[41:54] adjusted to one um 112 million. Our expenses 123 million and our ending fund fund balance

[42:02] will be at 68.9. Now I like to remind us throughout this whole year it's like

[42:07] a broken record. Last year we received that 9 million in the advanced technology funds

[42:12] the revenue. This year we're spending it. So, you're going to see a lopsidedness to

[42:17] the expenditures and the revenues with this budget amendment. Any questions?

[42:25] Yes, Miss Wallace. I and I know I know the answer, but again, we believe in transparency and we're

[42:30] live streaming this meeting. So, I just if I'm a viewer at home and I see expenditures and revenue

[42:35] 11 million difference, just say it one more time. we everything we're right where we need to be as

[42:42] far as our day-to-day operations, but again, just I know you've said it multiple times. Just one

[42:46] more time, explain it so everybody knows. So, our beginning fund balance was at 79 and part of last

[42:51] year's money is incorporated into that amount, but the expenses are in this fiscal year. So,

[42:56] therefore, you'll see the fund balance adjust back to your normal daily business and not the

[43:03] excess additional funding that we received last year that we have to spend this year.

[43:08] Very good. Thank you. As I take it out. Any questions for Miss Wallace? All right. At

[43:18] this time, I recommend approval of the fiscal year 2026 budget amendment as presented. Board members,

[43:23] you've heard the superintendent's recommendation. May I get a motion to approve? Second. Second.

[43:30] Any discussion? All those in favor, please raise your hand. All right, just a couple quick things

[43:39] on on my end. Um, we're again, huge shout out to Mr. Conurs and his team. Um, we've made

[43:45] some adjustments with our uh registration um u company that we use and things like that. Our

[43:52] our our kindergarten registration is going very very well right now. Parents have reported that

[43:56] the new platform is a lot easier to navigate. So, uh you know, we're right in the middle of

[44:00] kindergarten. We always phase it in. you know, we'll be expanding registration for next year as

[44:05] we move forward, but we encourage our families to uh visit our website and work through that

[44:10] process. Um, just a reminder, tomorrow is an early dismissal for students to um allow for a workday

[44:16] for staff members. Uh, that's something that, you know, we started a few years ago. Uh, trying to

[44:22] allow teachers to have the room, the time they need to get done, things in the classroom. Um,

[44:27] they also have some things as far as deadlines they got to hit. So that that time helps them

[44:31] out a little bit. Um last thing, u we will be doing summer feeding again um this summer. Um

[44:38] Miss Seagars and her team does a really great job with that program. Um a lot of you in attendance

[44:42] helped out last year with volunteering. It is it is a massive massive operation. Um so you'll see

[44:48] some information coming out soon about uh if you want to volunteer or if there's any civic groups,

[44:53] things like that. Uh but it's a great service. It it helps our community and it also helps us

[44:58] uh financially. There's there's a a plus side to that as well. So, it helps fund some of our

[45:03] positions in in CMP. So, uh that's all I got on my end. Um any questions for me? All right.

[45:13] Sorry. With there being no further business, may I get a motion to adjurnn? Motion to

[45:18] adjurnn. Second. Second. All those in favor, please raise your hand. Ajourned. All right.

March 2026 Board Meeting

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