GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE JANUARY 24TH, 2023 SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET WORK SESSION TO ORDER. FIRST, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS FROM DR. BOOTH AND DR. HIGH. GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS COKER. MISS HAINES SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND DR. DAUGHERTY. THIS AFTERNOON WE'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT A YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS UPDATE. WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS BELLWOOD ELEMENTARY AND FALLING CREEK ELEMENTARY AS OUR CURRENT YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS. WE WILL PROVIDE YOU BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON DATA AND PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS, FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS, AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR. YEAR ROUND SCHOOL WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED TO CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND ENRICHMENT TO REDUCE SUMMER LEARNING LOSS WITH A JULY START DATE AND FOR INTERSESSION OPPORTUNITIES. AND IN THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOL CALENDAR, STUDENTS ARE OFFERED A SHORTER FALL, WINTER AND SPRING BREAK. AND DURING THE BREAK, QUALIFIED STUDENTS HAVE AVAILABLE LEARNING INTERCESSIONS. OH, SO SORRY. WHERE'S MY CLICKER? THANK YOU. SO THE INITIATIVE FOR THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS WAS GRASSROOTS. THERE WAS A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL INTEREST, AND IT WAS SPUR THAT SPURRED THIS INITIATIVE. AS WE REVIEW THE SCHOOL BOARD'S INITIATIVE, YEAR ROUND SCHOOL INITIATIVE, WE SEEK TO DETERMINE OUR STUDENTS WHO ATTEND AND YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS EXPERIENCING IMPROVEMENTS AND STUDENT LEARNING AT THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS BEYOND LEVELS IN THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CALENDARS. NOW, DR. BOOTH WILL COME FORWARD TO SHARE DATA REGARDING THE PROGRAM AND FEEDBACK. AND SHE'LL REMEMBER TO CLICK. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT. THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION CONDUCTED YEAR ROUND SCHOOL PROGRAM EVALUATIONS IN THE FALL OF 21 AND 22 SCHOOL YEARS, DURING WHICH THEY ANALYZED AVAILABLE DISTRICT DATA. THE EVALUATIONS REVEALED THAT STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED YEAR ROUND SCHOOL IN 2018 DEMONSTRATED SLIGHTLY MORE GROWTH IN READING, AS MEASURED BY MAPP BETWEEN FALL 2018 AND FALL 2019. THEN DID COMPARABLE STUDENTS WHO DID NOT ATTEND YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE IN MATH GROWTH BETWEEN THESE STUDENT GROUPS. FOR REFERENCE, COMPARISON SCHOOLS FOR THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOL WERE BENSLEY, CHALKELY AND HOPKINS ELEMENTARIES. COMPARISON STUDENTS WERE DRAWN FROM THOSE SCHOOLS AND THEN MATCHED TO YEAR ROUND SCHOOL STUDENTS BASED ON SEVERAL CHARACTERISTICS. ANALYSIS OF ATTENDANCE DATA AS A PART OF BOTH EVALUATIONS INDICATE THAT THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS THAT ATTENDING A YEAR ROUND SCHOOL MAY HAVE A SMALL NEGATIVE IMPACT ON STUDENT ATTENDANCE DURING THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DATA FOR BOTH EVALUATIONS HAS ITS LIMITATIONS FOR THE INITIAL EVALUATION ONLY BELLWOOD WAS IMPLEMENTING YEAR ROUND SCHOOL AT THE TIME, SO IT'S NOT THE MOST ROBUST GIVEN THE DATA JUST COMES FROM ONE SCHOOL. HOWEVER, IT DOES MEASURE FALL TO FALL GROWTH AND THEREFORE CAPTURES THE EFFECT OF SUMMER INSTRUCTION. FOR THE SECOND EVALUATION, WE HAVE DATA FOR BOTH BELLWOOD AND FALLING CREEK. BUT SINCE WE STOPPED GIVING MAP AND SINCE VIDEO HASN'T PROVIDED CLEAR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO INTERPRET FALL TO FALL GROWTH ON THE NEW SOL GROWTH ASSESSMENTS, WE WERE LIMITED TO LOOKING AT FALL TO SPRING GROWTH, WHICH DOESN'T ACTUALLY GET AT SUMMER LEARNING. HERE'S A GRAPH SHOWING STUDENT ATTENDANCE DURING INTERSESSION FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE FIRST INTERSESSION OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THE BLUE BARS REPRESENT STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY TO ATTEND INTERSESSION. THE GREEN BARS REPRESENT STUDENTS WHOSE PARENTS ACCEPTED THE INVITE TO ATTEND AND THE ORANGE BAR REPRESENT THOSE STUDENTS WHO ACTUALLY ATTENDED EACH INTERSESSION. THIS ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT MORE STUDENTS QUALIFY AND ARE INVITED TO ATTEND INNER SESSIONS THAN ACTUALLY OPT TO DO SO. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT FOR MANY OF THE INTERCESSIONS, APPROXIMATELY LESS THAN 40% OF STUDENTS WHO QUALIFIED TO ATTEND ACTUALLY ATTENDED. TEACHER INTERSESSION EMPLOYMENT IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE SUCCESS OF THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOL MODEL. RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS ARE PRESENT AND THE TEACHERS HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE STUDENT LEARNING GAPS. TEACHERS WHO ARE WILLING TO TEACH DURING INTERCESSIONS ARE COMPENSATED ACCORDINGLY. THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS WILLING TO TEACH DIRECTLY INFLUENCES THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO CAN BE INVITED TO ATTEND INTERSESSION. THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE NUMBER OF BELLWOOD AND FALLING CREEK TEACHERS WHO TAUGHT DURING INTERCESSIONS DURING THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR AND THE FALL OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
WHEN ADMINISTRATORS ARE NOT ABLE TO SECURE TEACHERS FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS TO TEACH INTERCESSIONS. SCHOOLS EITHER HIRE INDIVIDUALS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY OR THERE IS A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO CAN ACTUALLY ATTEND. INTERSESSION. IN AN EFFORT TO GAIN STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK ON OUR DISTRICT'S YEAR ROUND SCHOOL MODEL. IF A SURVEY WAS SHARED WITH BOTH PARENTS AND STAFF AT BOTH FALLING CREEK AND BELLWOOD IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. I WILL BEGIN BY SHARING THE RESULTS OF THE PARENT FEEDBACK SURVEY, THEN FOLLOW UP WITH THE RESULTS OF THE STAFF SURVEY. ALL PARENTS FROM BOTH SCHOOLS WERE ASKED ABOUT THEIR CALENDAR PREFERENCES. THE RESPONSE RATE OF 16% IS APPROXIMATE AS MORE THAN ONE MEMBER OF A HOUSEHOLD COULD HAVE RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY. PARENTS WERE ASKED WHICH CALENDAR THEY PREFERRED AND IF THAT PREFERENCE CHANGED BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF INTERSESSION. WHILE 50% OF THE RESPONDENTS PREFERRED THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOL SCHEDULE, THAT DECREASED TO 39% IF THEIR CHILD WAS NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE INTERSESSION. STAFF FROM BOTH WALNUT CREEK AND BELLWOOD WERE ASKED ABOUT THEIR CALENDAR PREFERENCES AS WELL. STAFF WERE ASKED WHICH CALENDAR THEY PREFERRED AND IF THAT PREFERENCE CHANGED, IF TEACHERS WERE REQUIRED TO TEACH DURING AT LEAST ONE INTERSESSION. 54% OF STAFF RESPONDED. AS SEEN HERE, A MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS PREFERRED THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOL CALENDAR, ALTHOUGH THE PERCENT DECREASED IF WORKING IN INTERSESSION WAS REQUIRED. DR. HIGH AND I VISITED BOTH SCHOOLS AND MET WITH PRINCIPAL RUDD AND PRINCIPAL JOHNSON TO DISCUSS YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS AND THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM. IN DOING SO, WE WERE ABLE TO GAIN THEIR INPUT IN SOME BENEFIT ON SOME BENEFITS TO RETURNING TO THE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR AS WELL AS SOME THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED IF THEIR SCHOOLS WERE TO RETURN TO THE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR. SOME OF THE BENEFITS THEY SHARED WERE. STUDENT ATTENDANCE SHOULD IMPROVE BECAUSE FAMILIES WILL ALL HAVE CHILDREN ON THE SAME SCHEDULE. TESTING SCHEDULES WILL ALIGN THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DIVISION. THE ROLLOUT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND RESOURCES WILL BE ALIGNED THROUGHOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COUNTYWIDE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. ADDITIONAL TIME TO COLLABORATE WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM OVER THE SUMMER. SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE PRINCIPAL SHARED WERE CONTINUATION OF ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT STUDENTS RECEIVE DURING INTERSESSION, SUCH AS ART, GOLF LESSONS AND COOKING CLASSES, AND HAVING THOSE CONTINUE IN LIEU OF INTERCESSION. FUNDING FOR BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY WOULD WANT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. COMMUNICATION PLANS AND FAMILIES AND STAFF STAFFING. SOME STAFF HAVE SHARED WITH THEIR ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY MAY LEAVE THEIR SCHOOL IF THEY RETURN TO A TRADITIONAL CALENDAR. CONTRACT CHANGE FOR TEACHERS SWITCHING FROM THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOL PAY SCHEDULE TO THE TRADITIONAL PAY SCHEDULE. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, DR. HOWELL RETURNED TO SHARE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD. SO BASED ON THE DATA PROVIDED BY DR. BOOTH AND MYSELF, THE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, THE INVOLVEMENT IN INTERSECTIONS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF AND THE FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS ALREADY REVIEWED IN THIS DECK, WE RECOMMEND THAT STUDENTS AT BELLWOOD AND FALLEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RETURN TO THE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. BOTH BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS.. BAILEY, HOW ARE YOU? QUICK QUESTION, AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THIS RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, DO WE KNOW FOR. FOR OUR REGULAR SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS ON OUR TRADITIONAL SCHEDULE, THE PERCENT THAT ARE INVITED AND THEN THE PERCENT THAT ACTUALLY ATTEND BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE COMPARING INTERSESSION TO OPPORTUNITY TO A TRADITIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL. I'M WONDERING IF IT IS AS DRAMATIC OF A DIFFERENCE AS IT IS IN INTERCESSION FOR OUR REGULAR SUMMER SCHOOL. SO FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE OPENED SUMMER SUMMER PROGRAMING UP TO ALL STUDENTS, SO IT PROBABLY WOULD BE HARDER TO TELL. I DON'T HAVE THAT PERCENTAGE. I COULD CHECK WITH THE SUMMER SCHOOL OFFICE TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET. BUT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD FACE TO FACE AND VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES, ANYONE WHO WANTED TO PARTICIPATE COULD. RIGHT. YEAH. AND IT'S NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE WHERE IT WAS. IF YOU FAILED A CLASS, YOU HAD TO GO. AND YEAH, THE INVITATIONS ARE NOT THE SAME FOR TRADITIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD MAKE THAT COMPARISON HARD. I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE VERY CRITICAL. THIS IS JUST COMMENTARY FOR THE FUNDING, ESPECIALLY IN THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WE HAVE FUNDING FOR AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING AND
ACTIVITIES BECAUSE I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR THAT COMMUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO. AND THEN ALSO IT'S CRITICAL THAT WHATEVER THE I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN AN EMAIL ABOUT THE PAY FOR TEACHERS AND THE FLUCTUATING CALENDAR, IF IT CHANGES THAT, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A BIG GAP. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW FINANCE WILL WORK THAT OUT, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT. WE CAN'T HAVE TEACHERS GOING WITH BIG GAP IN PAY BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE IN THIS IN THE CALENDAR. YEAH, WE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FINANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. WHAT SHOULD IT BE HAPPENING? OK THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I'LL MISS HEFFRON FIRST. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GROWTH IN LANGUAGE AND READING, BUT NO GROWTH IN MATH FOR THE 28, 29, 2018, 2019 SCHOOL YEAR. RIGHT. BUT WE'RE COMPARING THESE SCHOOLS TO COHORT SCHOOLS, RIGHT. THAT ARE IN THE SAME YEAR. WAS THERE ANY COMPARISON DONE TO LOOK FOR GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR AT BELLWOOD AND FALLING CREEK? I'M GOING TO TURN TO ERIC, WHO DOES A LOT OF OUR DATA CRUNCHING OF NUMBERS TO RESPOND BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF THOSE. GOOD AFTERNOON. JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, THE QUESTION WAS, WAS THERE AN ATTEMPT TO ANALYZE COHORT GROWTH FOR THIS OR STUDENT? SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF STUDENT GROWTH. SO TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, WAS THERE GROWTH IN 2018, 2019 AT THESE TWO SCHOOLS COMPARED TO 2017, 2018, AT THESE SAME TWO SCHOOLS? SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT POPULATION. AND STUDENTS WHO TESTED ON MATH GROWTH, I'LL SAY WE DIDN'T DO THAT ANALYSIS AND THE RATIONALE WAS IT WOULD HAVE LARGELY BEEN A DIFFERENT POPULATION OF STUDENTS BECAUSE PARTIALLY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT POPULATION OF STUDENTS. GIVEN THAT MAP, TESTING DOESN'T BEGIN UNTIL THIRD GRADE. SO YOU WOULD HAVE NOT HAD THE STUDENTS BEFORE THAT. AND THEN ALSO THE THE RATE AT WHICH STUDENTS GROW, IT'S NOT COMPLETELY LINEAR, SO IT WOULDN'T BE IF YOU GREW LESS. IT'S NOT YOU MIGHT EXPECT LESS GROWTH AS YOU GET OLDER. SO IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DO A COMPARE LIKE THIRD TO FOURTH GRADE GROWTH, FOURTH TO FIFTH GRADE GROWTH BECAUSE THE GROWTH TRAJECTORY IS, OH, WE COULD COMPARE LIKE THIRD GRADE COHORT FOR 1617 AND THIRD GRADE COHORT FOR 1819 AND HAVE A REASONABLE IDEA OF THE OUTCOMES FOR THIRD GRADERS. IT WOULD BE RIGHT. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING, LIKE THIRD GRADERS WHO WERE IN TRADITIONAL SCHOOL AT THESE TWO SCHOOLS AND THEN THIRD GRADERS WHO WENT THROUGH YEAR ROUND SCHOOL AT THESE TWO SCHOOLS, YES, WE COULD DO THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T DO THAT. BUT BUT YES, IT'S POSSIBLE. OKAY. I JUST WONDERING IF THAT WAS BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE OF AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON OF TRADITIONAL VERSUS YEAR ROUND AS OPPOSED TO LOOKING AT COHORTS AS A WHOLE. YES. SO THE THE TECHNIQUE WE DID USE, IT'S ONE OF THE COMMON TECHNIQUES IN EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION CALLED PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING. SO WE MATCHED STUDENTS ON A NUMBER OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS, THEIR PREVIOUS OR THEIR PRE TESTS, IN THIS CASE, FALL 18 TEST SCORES AND OTHER FACTORS AND OBTAINED STUDENTS WERE MOST SIMILAR, WITH THE DIFFERENCE BEING ONE ATTENDED A YEAR OLD SCHOOL AND ONE DIDN'T. BUT. BUT YES, WE CERTAINLY COULD DO THE OTHER ANALYSIS. I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE AT LEAST ME A CLEARER PICTURE OF OF JUST BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRADITIONAL IN YEAR ROUND. SO IF WE COULD JUST SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN BETWEEN HOW THOSE TWO ENVIRONMENTS IMPACT. I JUST CHOOSE THIRD GRADE BECAUSE IT'S IN. YEAH, WE KNOW THAT THEY ALL THIRD GRADERS START THERE SO MAYBE FIFTH GRADE WOULD I DON'T I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU. WHAT WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE AND THEN THE INTERSESSION ATTENDANCE I'M WAS THERE ANY IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME GROWTH OVER TIME IN PARTICIPATION OR AT LEAST AT BELLWOOD THAT YOU KNOW 198 KIDS IN FALL OF 22 WERE INVITED AND 83 PARTICIPATED OVER. AND AS OPPOSED TO FALL OF 21 OR 194 WERE INVITED AND 71 PARTICIPATED.
I MEAN, THAT SEEMS POSITIVE TO ME, BUT. WAS THAT THE ATTENDANCE? THAT'S THE ATTENDANCE OF INTERCESSION. ATTENDANCE LIKE INVITED AS COMPARED TO WHO ACCEPTED. SO AT BELLWOOD IT LOOKS LIKE, I MEAN, BELLWOOD FLUCTUATED PRETTY DRAMATICALLY. SO THE ORANGE IS LIKE ACTUALLY WHO ATTENDED. RIGHT. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE THAT WERE WERE REGISTERED IN THAT WERE WHO QUALIFIED, THERE IS THAT COMPARISON YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT DRASTIC IT DOES DECLINE LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT SUMMER 22 COMPARED TO THE SPRING. YES. SO SEE WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING IN. I WILL WRITE DOWN OTHER QUESTIONS FOR. IT'S LIKE I'M SEEING MORE PEOPLE ACCEPTING THAN WE'RE INVITED. AM I NOT READING THAT RIGHT? NO. SO THE NUMBER THAT WERE INVITED THAT WERE QUALIFIED? OR WHICH SCHOOL ARE WE LOOKING AT ON PUTTING THE SLIDE UP ON. OH, SORRY, SORRY. I'M LOOKING AT IT WHEN I LOOK THERE ON THE SCREEN. THAT WAS THAT WAS UP THERE. I CAN'T SEE MY LIPS. THANK YOU. SO THERE WE GO. OKAY. SO I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR FALLING CREEK AND FALL 21. WINTER 22. THE GREEN BAR IS HIGHER THAN THE BLUE BAR. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE LIKE, AS THE PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDED STUDENTS COMPARED TO QUALIFIED STUDENTS. SO. SO FOR THOSE TWO WINDOWS, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE QUALIFICATIONS WERE BASED ON A CERTAIN SOLE SCORE THRESHOLD OR A CERTAIN MAP SCORE THRESHOLD, DEPENDING ON WHEN IT WAS. BUT THEY HAD A POLICY TO INVITE ALL STUDENTS, EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T, THEY DIDN'T ALL MEET THAT THRESHOLD. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. THAT FALL. AND THAT'S HOW THEY THEY NAVIGATED THAT. SO NOW I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THOSE FIRST TWO. CORRECT. SO STUDENTS WHO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO QUALIFY PER SE, IF YOU WANTED TO COME, THEY WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT FIRST YEAR. YEAH. I MAY BE READING THIS WRONG. IT'S BEEN KNOWN TO HAPPEN BEFORE, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE GREEN BAR COMPARED TO THE ORANGE BAR. AND AS A PERCENTAGE, IS THAT DROPPING OVER TIME? THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY BETWEEN REGISTERED AND ATTENDED? IS THAT DROPPING OVER TIME? OKAY. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO TELL JUST BY EYEBALLING IT. HUGE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? THAT'S LOOKING FOR THAT PATTERN. AND THEN JUST TO GO BACK TO THE COMPARISON. BELLWOOD AND FALLING CREEK ATTENDANCE NUMBERS NOT NECESSARILY THE INTERSESSION ATTENDANCE. AT SOME POINT. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT OVERALL ATTENDANCE. NO. YES. IT GOES BACK AND WE COMPARED I'M TRYING TO FIND THE SLIDE NOW, BUT WE COMPARED BELLWOOD AND FALLING CREEK ATTENDANCE. BUT NOT AS AN IMPROVEMENT FROM BELLWOOD AND FALLING CREEK TRADITIONAL AND BELLWOOD AND FALLING CREEK. YEAR ROUND ATTENDANCE. SO WE COMPARED. AGAIN, THE COMPARISON WAS BELLWOOD AND FALLING CREEK TO THE THE COMPARISON SCHOOLS, WHICH I BELIEVE WERE BENSLEY, CHALKELY AND HOPKINS. SO WE COMPARED THEIR ATTENDANCE FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS TO THOSE COMPARISON SCHOOLS, AND WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY DIRECTLY COMPARE THE ATTENDANCE RATES. WE COMPARED THE DIFFERENCE IN ATTENDANCE RATES FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS VERSUS THE LATER 30 DAYS OR AFTER 30 DAYS, WITH THE IDEA BEING THAT THE FIRST 30 DAYS ARE KIND OF DURING SUMMER BREAK FOR OTHER SCHOOLS. AND THE HYPOTHESIS THERE WAS WHAT DR. BOOTH MENTIONED EARLIER THAT I BELIEVE IS ON THE PRINCIPLE SIDE, THAT PARENTS MAY HAVE OTHER STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS, AND SO THERE MAY BE MORE INCLINED TO TAKE A TRIP THEN. AND THAT WAS WHERE WE FOUND A DIFFERENCE, A SMALL BUT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE THAT THE THE GAP, THE ATTENDANCE GAP BETWEEN THOSE SCHOOLS WAS LARGER DURING THAT FIRST 30 DAYS, WHICH WOULD SUPPORT THAT HYPOTHESIS ALIGNMENT, VERTICAL ALIGNMENT OF THE CALENDARS. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. I APPRECIATE IT. MS.. HAINES MY QUESTION IS ON SLIDE SIX. IF THERE'S ANY CONJECTURE AS TO WHY IN THE INITIAL EVALUATION THERE WAS SLIGHTLY MORE GROWTH COMPARED TO THE SECOND. AND IF COVID HAD ANY IMPACT ON INTERSESSION ATTENDANCE, WHICH COULD HAVE AFFECTED SCORES, I'M JUST CURIOUS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO EVALUATION YEARS.
I'M NOT SURE WE COULD EQUATE IT TO WHETHER IT WAS THE COVID OR THE PANDEMIC THAT HAD STUDENTS LESS STUDENTS ATTEND THE INTERSESSION. WE ARE LOOKING AT ABSENTEE WHAT ATTENDANCE RATES WERE IN COMPARING ATTENDANCE RATES BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STATISTICALLY COULD DO. SO THE THE THE ATTENDANCE DATA PRESENTED THERE AND I CAN LOOK AT YEAR TO YEAR DIFFERENCES IF THAT'S USEFUL. WE KIND OF AVERAGE TOGETHER THERE. SO IF THERE WAS AN IMPACT FOR COVID, I GUESS IF IT DIFFERENTIALLY IMPACTED THE YEAR SCHOOLS COMPARED TO THE COMPARISON SCHOOLS, MAYBE THERE'S SOME KIND OF AVERAGING IN OF THOSE EFFECTS THERE. BUT I DON'T I DON'T OFFHAND KNOW WHY THERE WOULD BE A DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT FOR FOR THOSE SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF COVID, WHICH IS WHY WE ANALYZE IT THAT WAY. AND THEN WAS YOUR OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN YES. AND IN READING VARIES. YEAH. WHY THERE WAS SO IN THE LITERATURE ON YOUR ON SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH GENERALLY FINDS THAT EFFECTS ARE STRONGER FOR READING ACHIEVEMENT COMPARED TO MATH, SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE. SO THAT KIND OF TRACKS WITH WITH OTHER RESEARCH THAT WE FOUND SOME EFFECT THERE AND NONE IN OTHER SUBJECTS OR IN MATH BECAUSE THAT WAS THE DATA WE HAD DID THAT ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT NOT IN THE SECOND. OH, SO NOT IN THE SECOND ONE. DR. BOOTH KIND OF MENTIONED WE HAD TO SHIFT FROM USING MATH SCORES AS OUR OUTCOME TO THE VIDEO AS WELL. GROWTH ASSESSMENT WRIT OR SORRY, NOT A VERTICAL SCALE SCORE AS OUR OUTCOME BECAUSE WE OPTED TO STOP GIVING MATH MAP TO THOSE GRADES DO TO TO REDUCE SOME OF THE TESTING PRESSURES. SO THE SECOND EVALUATION ONLY USED FALL TO SPRING GROWTH AS OPPOSED TO FALL TO FALL BECAUSE VIDO HASN'T ISSUED GUIDANCE ON WHETHER YOU CAN DO A FALL TO FALL GROWTH KIND OF EVALUATION USING THE SCORES OR WHAT'S APPROPRIATE AND WHAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. SO WE DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT. SO WE WERE LIMITED TO TO FOLLOW TO SPRING, WHICH AGAIN, LIKE DR. RUTH MENTIONED, DOESN'T GET AT KIND OF THE SUMMER PIECE OF IT. SO THAT COULD BE ONE REASON. ANOTHER REASON COULD BE THAT THERE JUST WASN'T AN EFFECT. IT'S HARD TO KNOW, IS THERE? AND I GUESS MY FINAL QUESTION IS KIND OF KNOWING WHAT I READ, KNOW, I'M NOT AN EXPERT, BUT WHAT I'VE READ ON YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS IS IT'S THAT THEY WORK WHEN YOU INCREASE HOURS, RIGHT? SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE INTERSESSION ATTENDANCE THAT'S ROBUST, THEN THEY DON'T ALWAYS WORK AS EXPECTED. SO MY MY THOUGHT IS THAT OUR ROBUST SUMMER SCHOOL OFFERINGS COULD WORK LIKE AN INTERSESSION BUT POTENTIALLY BETTER ATTENDED. SO IS THERE ANY IS THERE ANY SURVEYING DONE ON IF WE SWITCH TO A BACK TO A TRADITIONAL. WOULD YOU PUT YOUR KID IN SUMMER SCHOOL? IS THERE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR SUMMER SCHOOL OFFERINGS HAVE CHANGED BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN OUT OF THAT CYCLE, THAT THEY'RE NOW FULL DAY, INCLUDING THE RICHMOND WHERE IN THE PAST THEY WERE HALF DAY TRANSPORTATIONS? IS THERE ANY WHERE DO WE GET THOSE EXTRA HOURS IF WE'RE LOSING THEM, AT LEAST FOR SOME KIDS THROUGH INTERSESSION? HOW DO WE MAKE THOSE HOURS BACK UP AND POTENTIALLY EVEN HAVE MORE HOURS BECAUSE OF THE POOR INTERSESSION ATTENDANCE AND JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS, IT'S THE SAME NUMBER OF DAYS AS OUR TRADITIONAL IT'S THE INTERCESSION TIME. AND SO IN TERMS OF SUMMER SCHOOL, WE ARE WE HAVE ADDED TIME TO THE DAY FOR THERE TO BE THAT ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THERE'S ALSO GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT BOTH BELLWOOD AND FALLEN CREEK WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO FOR THAT AFTERSCHOOL TO DO SOME OF THAT ENRICHMENT FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO MAYBE MAKE UP SOME OF THAT THE ACTIVITIES, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY THE TOTAL TIME, BUT IN THEORY, GIVEN OUR ROBUST SUMMER OPTIONS, THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS AT THOSE TWO SCHOOLS TO HAVE MORE HOURS BECAUSE THEY COULD GO TO OUR NOW FULL DAY. THAT'S CORRECT, YES. AND ARE WE AT ALL CONCERNED ABOUT PROVIDING THE NUMBER OF OF SEATS WITH INTERCESSION WE TALKED ABOUT IT WAS HARDER TO FIND THE TEACHERS TO STAFF. ARE WE DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS ABOUT SUMMER SCHOOL OFFERING FOR THOSE KIDS? YEAH, WE ARE. AS WE BEGIN TO PLAN FOR SUMMER SCHOOL, WE ARE LOOKING AT IF WE IF ALL SCHOOLS ARE ON A TRADITIONAL CALENDAR, HOW CAN WE MAKE SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE SECURE THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTION FOR FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND LOOKING AT SOME WAY TO PRE AND POST TEST FOR GROWTH AS WELL. THAT MAKES SENSE. SO YOU CAN KIND OF LEVERAGE ECONOMIES OF SCALE A LITTLE BIT BETTER IF EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME SCHEDULE.
MR. HARTER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST A QUICK QUESTION. THIS MAY BE MORE IN JOSH'S LANE, BUT WITH ANY OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO GO BACK TO A TRADITIONAL SCHEDULES, ANY IMPACT ON TRANSPORTATION YET? I WOULDN'T THINK ONE, BUT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THAT WANT JOSH. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MR. HARTER. IT WOULD UNIFY OUR TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS IF WE WERE TO MOVE TO THE SAME SCHEDULE FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS. WE DO HAVE TO BRING IN DRIVERS, ESPECIALLY IN AREA ONE, DURING THE SUMMER, TO START THEM EARLY. SO THOSE DRIVERS THEN, OF COURSE, WORK FULL TIME. DURING 183 DAYS, WE DID A COST ESTIMATE. IT'S NOT A HUGE COST DIFFERENCE. IT'S ABOUT 35,000, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THAT WOULD BE SAVED. BUT IT IS NOT THE EASIEST THING TO STAFF. IS THAT HELPFUL? I'VE SEEN. NUTRITION WORKERS. SIMILAR. BOB SAID YES. MY QUESTIONS WERE TAKEN. SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENTS F FY 2024 PROPOSED FINANCIAL PLAN AND FY 2024 PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. DR. DAUGHTERY AND MR. MEISTER SIT BACK AND RELAX. GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TELL HOW TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN. WE'RE BACK AGAIN FOR OUR OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE OUR BUDGET. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS FOR FY 24 OPERATING BUDGET. WE KNOW THIS THAT FAMILIES SEND MOVE HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO CHURCHVILLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. NO MATTER WHAT ELSE WE HAVE TO OFFER IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. WE KNOW THIS FOR A FACT AND WE KNOW IT EVEN MORE AFTER THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH THAT WE ARE SEEING AS BEING ONE OF THE FEW SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE EXCEEDED PRE-PANDEMIC NUMBERS AND ARE CONTINUING TO GROW AT A VERY RAPID RATE. OUR WORK STAYS THE SAME, OUR VISION, OUR MISSION AND OUR GOALS. IF I WOULD SUM THIS UP IN ONE VERY SIMPLE POINT IS THAT ALL MEANS ALL, ALL OF OUR CHILDREN ARE IMPORTANT TO US. ALL 64,000 PLUS ARE IMPORTANT TO US. WE CONTINUE TO GET BETTER EVERY DAY. BUT I DO BELIEVE WE IGNITE PASSION. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR SCHOOLS, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PROVIDE, THE INTEREST THAT OCCURS AMONG OUR STUDENTS. SO TODAY WE WILL SHARE THE PURPOSE OF OUR BUDGET. AND IT HAS THREE PILLARS. WE HAVE THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF OUR WORKFORCE. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVELS GIVEN TO OUR STUDENT GROWTH AND INFLATION. AND I THINK EVERYONE CAN ACCOUNT FOR THE INFLATION PROBLEMS THEY ARE HAVING IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS AND ADDRESS CRITICAL NEED. SO YOU SEE A NUMBER OF 64,000. LET'S JUST A PLUS OF STUDENTS THAT WE EXPECTED BY 2028. THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US BY STRATUS FROM THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT. AND WE ARE EXPECTED TO GROW ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 1600 NEXT YEAR. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A DIP IN THE LINE GRAPH AND THAT WAS THE PANDEMIC. BUT YOU ALSO CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE SURPASSED WHERE WE WERE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND THE ANTICIPATION IS CONTINUING TO GROW. IT'S INTERESTING, THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE LAST 22 YEARS, JUDGE FILLED COUNTY OVERALL POPULATION HAS GROWN 43%. WE ARE NOW AT 371,000 RESIDENTS IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. THEY ALL DRIVE ON HALL STREET. WE KNOW THAT CHESTERFIEJLD COUNTY IS A VERY DIVERSE SCHOOL DIVISION OR HISPANIC POPULATION HAS DOUBLED IN THE LAST DECADE. ARE FAMILIES THAT SPEAK MULTIPLE LANGUAGES OR OTHER LANGUAGES OVER 100. WE KNOW THAT 35,000 PLUS STUDENTS RECEIVE A FREE MEAL FROM US. THAT IS LARGER IF THEN RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG TOTAL POPULATION OF STUDENTS COMBINED.
SOME POINTS OF PRIDE FROM ACCREDITATION TO OUR GRADUATION NUMBERS. IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IN OUR REGION WE HAVE MORE GRADUATES AND SEVEN OF OUR SCHOOL DIVISIONS HAVE STUDENTS. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR PROGRAMING, OUR OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE COLLEGE CREDITS, AP CREDITS, THE RECOVERY ACADEMY OR OUR VIRTUAL SCHOOL. I CAN GO ON AND ON, BUT WE JUST HAD A FEW IDEAS WE WANTED TO PRESENT. WE WANTED TO SHOW THAT. ESSER THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM RICHMOND ABOUT SCHOOL DIVISIONS NOT SPENDING THEIR ESSER MONEY. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT BY THE TIME THE DUE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 24TH, IT WILL BE A ZERO BECAUSE WE HAVE WE ARE SPENDING AND ALLOCATING THAT FUNDING FOR PURPOSES TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM BETTER AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO TO GROW IN THOSE AREAS AS WE HAVE ALLOCATIONS AND STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE WILL WANT TO PULL OUT OF THE ESSER TO PUT INTO OUR GENERAL BUDGET WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. SO WE KNOW WE HAVE MANDATES AND REQUIREMENTS AND IF YOU'VE BEEN IN EDUCATION LONG ENOUGH. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE MANDATES FROM OUR GENERAL EDITOR TO OUR SPECIALIST, TO OUR RESOURCE, TO OUR COUNSELORS, NURSES, ALL SUPPORT STAFF AND SALARIES. AND WE KNOW THAT THIS YEAR, NO CHANGE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE. WE TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME. ON OCTOBER 1ST, WE SUBMITTED A LETTER TO ALL OF OUR LEGISLATORS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON THIS FIVE POINTS THAT WE FELT LEGISLATION WAS IMPORTANT FROM THE SUPPORT CAP REMOVAL TO LOOKING AT THE RATIO OF ASL TEACHER TO STUDENT RATIO TO LOOKING AT SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND ALLOCATIONS TO LOOKING AT BASIC AID OF THE LOCAL MARKET VALUES. AND I BELIEVE WHEN YOU OFFER A 5% RAISE, YOU SHOULD PAY FOR THE 5% RAISE AND NOT GIVE HALF OF IT TO THE COUNTIES. WE, VASSE AND THE SBA ALSO SUPPORTED THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY WERE PLACED IN THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. WE SPOKE ON BEHALF OF 133 SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS. I AM PLEASED TO HAVE THE VIRGINIA CODE 22 192 FOR ME TO PRESENT A NEEDS BASED BUDGET, I WOULD DO THAT WITHOUT THE CODE, BUT I THINK THIS IS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION, ALL SCHOOL DIVISIONS. THIS IS OUR TIMELINE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS STARTING TODAY INTO THE END OF FEBRUARY. I DO APPRECIATE THE THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DR. CASEY AND MATT HARRIS. THEY DO HOLD PRECAUTIONS BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS WANT TO SEE WHAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE GOVERNOR ARE GOING TO AGREE ON. AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THEY SETTLE THIS BEFORE JUNE, NOT LIKE LAST YEAR, WHEN IT PUT A DAMPER ON EVERYTHING WE WERE TRYING TO DO, AND ESPECIALLY IN HIRING. BUT WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGREEING NOT TO GO PAST THE FEBRUARY DATE, WE ARE EXCITED THAT AND HOPEFUL THAT THERE WOULD BE A BUDGET EARLY MARCH. SO WE ANTICIPATE ONGOING SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY, FROM OUR COUNTY PARTNERS. WE WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY DO. WE WORK WELL TOGETHER. WE TRY TO COMMUNICATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW THE BOARD MEMBERS SPEAK WITH HER, THEIR COUNTERPARTS, AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I MEET REGULARLY WITH DR. CASEY. I KNOW JOE TULLIS AND BOB MEISTER MEET WITH MATT HARRIS, DEALING WITH FINANCES. AND SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY DO FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE JUST BELIEVE THAT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS GOING TO REQUIRE US TO MOVE FORWARD AND NOT STAY IN THE SAME PATTERN OF OF THE PAST. SO THIS DIAGRAM IS FROM THE COUNTY INFORMATION. YOU'LL SEE THREE DIFFERENT DOLLAR BILLS HERE, THE FY 21, FY 22 AND FY 23. I THINK THE IMPORTANT PIECE HERE IS TO KNOW THAT IN FY 21, WE RECEIVED 43% OF THE COUNTY BUDGET, AND IN FY 22 WE RECEIVED 44% OF THE COUNTY BUDGET. AND IN FY 23, WE RECEIVED 41. EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTY WENT UP OVER $385 MILLION, IF WE WERE TO RECEIVE 44% OF THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE
HAD ADDITIONAL $27 MILLION. WE WOULD NOT BE IN THE SITUATION OF ASKING FOR MONEY THIS YEAR. SO THE ONGOING OPERATING BUDGET AND YOU CAN SEE THE FUNDING ASPECTS ARE SIMILAR. BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE THE THREE YEAR PERIOD, THERE WAS AN ANNUAL 12% GROWTH AND WE RECEIVE THE 6%, 9% AND 3%. NOW, WE APPRECIATE WHAT THE COUNTY DOES FOR US IN ONE TIME FUNDING, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. SO WITH THE MAINTENANCE, MAJOR MAINTENANCE BOND, BIG HELP, THE TRANSFER OF FEDERAL SUPPORT, NOW THAT'S FEDERAL SUPPORT. THEY CAME TO THE RESCUE WITH THE BUS DRIVERS. WE APPRECIATE THAT. THEY SAW THE NEED TO RESOLVE THE SRP TO HELP US IN FUNDING. WE WE WORKED RIGHT ALONG WITH THEM. CONSTRUCTION BONDS AND REFERENDUM FUNDING. NOW LET'S REMEMBER WHEN BONDS AND REFERENDUMS WE PAY BACK SO IT'S NOT FREE MONEY. AND THE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS, LOOKING AT THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH GETTING MORE ROOMS IN OUR SCHOOLS, THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS FANTASTIC. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. BUT LET'S REMEMBER, THERE WAS A DECADE OF NEGLECT IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP AT A RAPID PACE AND THEY'RE HELPING US AND WE APPRECIATE IT. THIS DOCUMENT IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FROM VIRGINIA FOR 2021. THIS IS THE MOST RECENT DATA WE COULD FIND. IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF ON PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE. SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET LOOKS TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING THE MEET THE STATE REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES TO MEET THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS. ADDRESS ENROLLMENT CHANGES. SERVE OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY, RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY WORKFORCE, AND ALIGN STAFFING WITH STUDENT AND SCHOOL NEEDS. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES OF COST OF DOING BUSINESS FOR US TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN, WE HAVE THREE PILLARS AND IT'S RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVELS AND CRITICAL NEEDS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN WE PUT THESE THREE POINTS TOGETHER, THERE IS A INCREASE OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET OF 63,000 EXCUSE ME, 63 MILLION AND CHANGE 63 MILLION IN CHANGE. AND WE WANTED TO SHOW IN THE PIE CHART HERE WHERE THAT MONEY IS DISTRIBUTED. REMEMBER THIS PIE CHART BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE SOME OTHERS WITH SOME SIMILAR INFORMATION. SO WHERE DOES THE $33.8 MILLION GO FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STEP SCALE POSITIONS AND THE WHAT'S GOING ON, WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE AN OVERALL 6.5% INCREASE IN SALARY IMPROVEMENT. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE GRADED RANGE POSITIONS. THAT'S 11.4 MILLION AND WE'RE LOOKING ACROSS THE BOARD AT EVERY POSITION THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT SUBSTITUTE PAY AND LICENSURE. SO $27 MILLION OF THIS IS FOR THE INCREASE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DIG INTO WITH THE WITH THE SALARIES AND THE STARTING SALARY WOULD GO FROM A LITTLE OVER 49000 TO 52000. AND THIS DOES NOT PUT US FIRST IN THE REGION. IT PROBABLY KEEPS US ABOUT SIXTH OR SEVENTH IN THE REGION. BUT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. THE GRADED RANGE POSITIONS 6.8 MILLION AND CHANGE. WE'RE MOVING TO A $14 PER HOUR. YOU'LL SEE THIS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION. BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT, AGAIN, INCREASING SALARIES ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THIS 6.5 TO 6.8 OPPORTUNITY. INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS LOOKING TO INCREASE THEIR SALARIES THERE. IS IT A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GENERAL ED HIRE AND A SPECIAL EDUCATION? I. BUS DRIVERS. WE ARE LOOKING TO GO TO $23 AN HOUR. DO SOME STRUCTURAL CHANGES WITH THE STIPEND AND GO FROM A SIX PAY STIPEND TO A TWO STIPEND A YEAR OPPORTUNITY. WITH THIS. FOOD SERVICE. YOU SEE ZERO COST BECAUSE THE ENTIRE FOOD SERVICE EFFORT IS OUT OF THEIR THEIR BUDGET FOR NUTRITION AND THEY ARE MOVING
INCREASING STARTING PAY TO $15 AN HOUR AND THEY ARE RETAINING THEIR RETENTION BONUS AS WELL. SUBSTITUTE PAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO $117.19 A DAY. AND WE WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE KNOW THAT OTHER REGIONS, EVERYONE IS RUNNING REGION IS GOING TO INCREASE THAT AS WELL. BUT WE WERE EXTREMELY LOW. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH SUBSTITUTES RECRUITING THEM, ESPECIALLY ON THE CRITICAL NEED DAYS. BUT WE DO FEEL THE NEED TO INCREASE THIS PAY. THE LICENSURE. WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW OUR OWN IN ONE SENSE AND HELP OUR STAFF MEMBERS GET TO THEIR PROVISIONAL AND THEIR LICENSE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TO DO THAT AND THE NEED OF US TAKING OVER CONTROL OF PEOPLE WE CAN HIRE AND NOT WAITING FOR THE COLLEGES TO GIVE US PEOPLE TO WORK. THIS IS A REDUCTION OF 6 MINUTES WAS THE STATE BONUS LAST YEAR. IT JUST FITS INTO THE BUDGET CATEGORIES WHERE WE ARE. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING TO OCCUR WITH THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS, BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD THAT THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD VERY SWIFTLY. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO GO. MOST COMMENTS ARE JUST PLACED TO GIVE IT TO THE SYSTEMS. LET THEM FIGURE IT OUT. STOP DICTATING THE BONUSES BECAUSE THE BONUSES FROM LAST YEAR DID NOT GO INTO THE OVERALL SALARY. SO SOME PEOPLE FELT THEY LOST THEY LOST FUNDING THEIR. THIS IS JUST A POINT OF TO SHOW YOU WHERE OUR PROPOSED BONUS AMOUNTS ARE. AND WE DID NOT CHANGE ANY OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TO MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVELS. ZERO IS 23 MILLION DEALING WITH STUDENT GROWTH, RISING COSTS AND SOME STATE REDUCTIONS. AGAIN, THIS CHART KEEPING IN MIND WE ARE GROWING. ENROLLMENT ADJUSTMENT IS 13 MILLION AND CHANGE AND IT'S 165 ADDITIONAL FTES. THAT'S HOW MUCH WE'RE GROWING. AND WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO THE GENERAL ED, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THE LANGUAGE LEARNERS WHERE THEY WOULD GO. THE ALSO IN THE POPULATION OF 3.8 MILLION, IT'S 48.5 ADDITIONAL FTES. TO HELP US WITH THE RATIOS. AND LOOKING AT THE LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO ENROLLMENTS HAVE INCREASED 26%. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE SPIKING RAPIDLY IN THIS AREA. UTILITY COSTS ARE GOING UP. FUEL PRICES ARE GOING UP. OUR CUSTODIAL CONTRACTS ARE GOING UP SO MUCH. IF YOU HAD YOUR OWN CUSTODIANS, WELL, THAT OF COURSE, WOULD BE A FOUR OR FIVE TIMES MORE WITH EVERYTHING WITH THE COST AND THE CHECKS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BE PROVIDED. SO THAT COST WOULD BE QUITE A BIT MORE OUR MEGA TRAILER LEASING. THIS WILL NOT BE THE ONLY TIME YOU WILL SEE THIS AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW. THERE'S NO ROOM IN THE END AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ADDITIONAL MEGA TRAILERS COMING AS YOURS COME. THERE'S ZERO MONEY PLACED IN THE PAY GO FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE THIS YEAR. AND OUR HEALTH COSTS. THIS IS A AN AVERAGE ESTIMATION. IT COULD GO UP, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE WERE GIVEN AS A NUMBER. AS OF THE TIME FOR THE BUDGET, OUR REGIONAL TUITION INCREASE. IS A MINIMAL AND WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING PROGRAM OVER. AND IT'S NOT JUST $170,000 FOR THE PERSON. IT'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. AND I KNOW HR IS JUST ECSTATIC ABOUT IT. SUMMER SCHOOL. WE LOST 1.4 MILLION. IN ONE SENSE, IT WAS A REDUCTION. THIS WILL NOT AFFECT US WITH OUR SUMMER SCHOOL THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE ASKING THE STATE TO REEVALUATE HOW THEY SUPPORT SUMMER SCHOOL AND THE FINAL ONE IN CRITICAL AREAS. SO HERE IS WHERE THE STATE. WE'RE LOOKING AT 20 FTES FOR READING SPECIALIST K TO FIVE. WE'VE HEARD IT'S GOING TO GO TO EIGHT. THAT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL READING SPECIALISTS FOR US.
AND IT'S A $2 MILLION, COULD BE A $3 MILLION EASILY COST TO US. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET 30 ADDITIONAL READING SPECIALISTS, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM TO US. HEAD START. THIS IS WE NEED THEM FOR OUR BUSSES TO RUN OUR HEAD START BUSSES. IT'S MANDATORY. OUR DIGITAL RECORD OF RETENTION AND CONTROLS. THIS WAS AN AUDIT FINDING THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE RECTIFY WITH THIS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE RATIOS. AS I SAID, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY OF A 1.5 1.5 MILLION OPPORTUNITY. 18 ADDITIONAL UNITS. PROOF COUNSELING COVERAGE MOSTLY IN THE ELEMENTARY WITH THE GROWTH. AND THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THE RATIO OF 1 TO 325. IT JUST HELPS US STAY AT THE RATIO WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE ARE HERE. WE ARE SEEING GENERAL EDUCATION. YOU'LL SEE THE GROWTH THERE OF 1750S AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, EXPANDING SES INTO CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL. SECURITY ENHANCEMENT TO PEOPLE WHO DEAL WITH ISSUES AROUND OUR SCHOOL DIVISION IS JUST NOT APPROPRIATE. WE WE NEED ADDITIONAL WE'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE COULD FIT INTO. THE COST IS NOT JUST THE PERSON IS MAKING UNDER 65,000. THERE'S OTHER COSTS DEALING WITH THIS AS WELL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR EXPENSE SUMMARY IS 63 MILLION AND CHANGE FOR AN INCREASE. THE THREE PILLARS TOTAL THAT UP, YOU'LL SEE THE OVERALL PIE CHART OF 79% OF OUR MONEY GOES TO PERSONNEL IN OUR BUDGET AND 21% TO NON PERSONNEL, THINGS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED. 16 OUR MINIMUM PAY RATE THAT ACTUALLY COSTS WOULD BE $16 MILLION FOR US. ONGOING MAINTENANCE BUS REPLACEMENT INCREASE OUR BUS REPLACEMENT WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE TRYING AS OFTEN AS WE CAN. WE PUT MONEY INTO THE BUS REPLACEMENT, THE ABSORPTION OF THE ESSER PEOPLE, SEAT ENHANCEMENTS, INCREASE THE TEACHER MENTORING STIPEND AND TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL STAFF NEEDS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL REASONS. THAT'S ANOTHER 32.9 MILLION THAT WOULD HAVE PUT US OVER ROUGHLY CLOSE TO 100 MILLION REQUEST OF CHANGE IN BUDGET. THE REVENUE TIME LINE SHOULD BOTH STATE LAG OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL. WE ARE ALREADY OUT THERE WITH A BUDGET BECAUSE OF TIMELINES AND RULES THAT THE STATE HAS PUT IN PLACE FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SUBMIT TO THE COUNTY ON TIME AND THE COUNTY CAN DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO. SO WE KNOW THAT THE COUNTY USUALLY WAITS FOR THE STATE TO FINALIZE THEIR BUDGET BEFORE THEY WILL FINALIZE THEIR BUDGET. SO THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL GIVES, PUTS, PUTS TO US 34 MILLION OF THE REQUEST. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE FUNDING IS SET AND THIS ABSORPTION HERE, STUDENT GROWTH. THE 5% RAISE SALES TAX. OTHERS, YOU NOTICE THE $6 MILLION THAT WAS THE REDUCTION. THAT WAS A BONUS ISSUE. AND SO WHAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE OUT OF THE STATE IS A 29 FOR WHEN YOU PLACE EVERYTHING TOGETHER, WE HAVE A BUDGET OF ALMOST $900 MILLION. WE ARE RIGHT NOW SHORT 33.9 MILLION. WE MET WITH THE COUNTY AND THE. FOR US TO MEET OUR. GO FOR THAT 63 MILLION. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PIE CHART, THE LOCAL FUNDING WOULD HAVE TO BE 43%. AND YOU SEE THE STATE AT 55%. AS WE MANEUVER AROUND, THIS CHART IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. WE DID MEET WITH THE COUNTY. WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, THE MINIMUM RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING TO 17 MILLION. WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ON THE BUDGET PROCESS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE 16, ALMOST $17 MILLION THAT WE HAVE NOT COVERED. THAT IS IN THE RED. THAT IS A 2% RIGHT NOW. OUR COUNTY TRANSFERS 41% AND WE'RE ASKING FOR A 43% COUNTY TRANSFER. THIS IS NOT POINTING THE FINGERS AT ANYONE OR ANYTHING. WE DID ANYTHING WRONG. IT'S THAT THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST US TO DO BUSINESS NEXT YEAR WITHOUT AFFECTING THE CLASSROOM AND THE SCHOOLS DIRECTLY, WHICH IT WILL.
WE HAVE FOUR. THIS IS ONE OF FOUR WORK SESSIONS. WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. WE HAVE EIGHT TOWN HALL MEETINGS. PEOPLE CAN COME OUT AND HEAR MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET. IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME PRESENTATION. BUT KNOWING THAT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THE BUDGET, IT'S GOING TO ADD TO THE DEFICIT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME ON. THE BUDGET. THANK YOU, DR. DARDERY. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE FY 24 OPERATING BUDGET? YEP. OKAY. SORRY, MISS HEFFRON. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. SO THIS BUDGET MAINTAINS STATUS QUO AND JUST KEEPS KEEPS OUR BOAT AFLOAT, SO TO SPEAK, AND ADJUST FOR THE ADDITIONAL ENROLLED STUDENTS IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE IT'S HARD TO WE CAN'T SAY THE STATUS QUO WHEN WE'RE GAINING 1600 STUDENTS. RIGHT. SO SO WE KEEP WE KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. WE KEEP WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND KEEP THE BOAT ABOVE WATER. OKAY. AND THEN AND THEN THE ADJUSTMENTS, THE ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE THAT WERE NEEDED ARE FOR THE ADDITIONAL ENROLLED STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION AND INFLATION THAT'S HITTING EVERYBODY. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THAT'S PERFECTLY STATED. THANK YOU, MS.. BAILEY. I HAD TO PROCESS FOR A SECOND. SO I'VE PROCESSED I WAS WONDERING AND IT WOULD TAKE SOME BACK OF THE ENVELOPE MATH FROM BOB, I'M SURE, BECAUSE YOU PRESENTED THIS WITH A LOT OF THE GROWTH AND EXPENSES AS A RESULT OF THE GROWTH GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL COUNSELORS AND AND OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED BECAUSE OF NOT JUST THAT ONE NUMBER, WHICH WAS THE GROWTH OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF WHEN YOU ADD IT, BECAUSE ALSO I WOULD EVEN SAY YOU COULD ADD THE ADDITIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL THAT'S NEEDED BECAUSE OF GROWTH. AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WERE IN THERE THAT YOU COULD DIRECTLY TIE TO GROWTH. WELL, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT OF THAT 63 MILLION TAKING OUT THE INFLATIONARY PIECES WAS JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE OF OUR GROWTH. YOU FOLLOW ME BECAUSE THERE WERE LOTS OF CATEGORIES OF NUMBERS THAT REFLECTED. WE'RE GROWING. AND AND I THINK THAT THAT NUMBER IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY TO UNDERSTAND. IF YOU TAKE AWAY YOU WANT TO ROUGH NUMBERS I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU. YEAH, I GOT YOU THAT. GO AHEAD. SO FIRST OF ALL, STUDENT GROWTH TAKE WRITE IT DOWN, 13.3 MILLION. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NOW, REMEMBER, THE MORE PEOPLE YOU HAVE, THE MORE STUFF YOU USE. BUT WE WILL TAKE RISING COST OUT OF IT FOR YOU, RIGHT? OKAY. SO THIS IS TO MAINTAIN SERVICES. ALL RIGHT. THE OPPORTUNITY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MAKING SURE WE HAVE APPROPRIATE STAFF, RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE TO COUNT THE FUNDING, BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT PAY PEOPLE, THEY WILL GO OTHER PLACES BECAUSE OTHER PLACES ARE GOING TO INCREASE SALARIES. SO THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE FOR YOU THERE. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SCALE THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE GREATER RANGE THAT WE'RE GETTING. SO LET'S SAY WE DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITH BUS DRIVERS AND THEN PEOPLE CAN START CALLING AND COMPLAIN ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH BUS DRIVERS OR ENOUGH INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES OR ENOUGH NURSES OR ENOUGH COUNSELORS. THAT'S THAT'S BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL GROWTH. LET ME. SO TRAILERS YOU COULD PUT DOWN AS A GROWTH EXPENSE. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YOU JUST BUZZ RIGHT BY TRAILERS. TRAILERS. THERE ARE SO MANY EXPENSES IN THERE. I SAW THAT IF WE WERE TO SHRINK AS A COUNTY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE. BUT BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING, WE'VE GOT ALL THESE OTHER EXPENSES THAT ARE HERE. SCHOOL BASED STAFFING NEEDS THAT BECAUSE OF GROWTH, WE NEED MORE COUNSELORS. WE'RE GROWING. DION SPEAK. HE RAISED HIS HAND AND THE TEACHER IN ME HAS TO CALL ON THE EAGER STUDENT IN THE FRONT ROW. KNOW, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE 13.3 MILLION, THAT'S THE BASE MODEL GROWTH NUMBER. SO AS DR. ALREADY SAID, THAT'S INTERPRETED CORRECTLY.
THERE'S NOT MUCH ELSE IN HERE THAT IS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH GROWTH. YOU MENTIONED TRAILERS. THAT'S ONE I WOULD POINT OUT, THE ONES THAT DR. DAUGHERTY WAS JUST POINTING TO AROUND THINGS LIKE. L RATIOS, COUNSELOR RATIOS, THOSE AREN'T DUE TO GROWTH, THOSE ARE DUE TO THE NEEDS IN THOSE AREAS ARE EXCEEDING WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. SO THOSE ARE ACTUALLY INCREASES IN SERVICE LEVELS FOR SOMETHING LIKE COUNSELORS, RIGHT? IT'S FOR AN ADDITIONAL COUNSELORS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL TO AVOID THE COUNSELORS WHO NEED TO BE ITINERANT BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THE L. IT'S ABOUT CHANGING THE RATIO FROM 1 TO 44 LEVEL THREE FOR I THINK IT WAS TO 1 TO 35. GIVEN SOME RECENT FEEDBACK WE'VE GOT ON AUDITS, RESULTS FROM THAT POPULATION, ETC., WHERE WE KNOW WE NEED TO INVEST TO IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE SPECIFIC CHILDREN. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR GROWTH, I'M SURE THERE'S A COUPLE OF DOLLARS ELSEWHERE THAT WE CAN PROBABLY FIND TO HELP PAINT THAT PICTURE AND WE'LL COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT AS WELL. BUT YOU SHOULD REALLY THINK ABOUT IT AS THE 13 THREE AND THE TRAILER NUMBERS ARE REALLY WHERE THE TRUE IMPACT OF GROWTH. 100% AGREE WITH DOCTOR DOUGHERTY THAT WITHOUT THOSE PAY INCREASES, WE DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS 100%. BUT THAT'S THE WAY I WOULD INTERNALIZE IT. AND THE SECURITY PERSONNEL, IF WE WERE MUCH SMALLER, GLENN, COULD HANDLE THE COUNTY BY HIMSELF. WE'RE NOT. HE NEEDS EXTRA HELP. THAT WOULD BE MY INTERPRETATION OF THAT. YOU CAN TELL GLENN THAT, RIGHT? I'LL TELL GLENN. BUT BASICALLY, I THINK MY COMMENT, DR. DARDERY, IS WHAT'S MOST INTERESTING TO ME IS FOR A COUNTY THAT'S GROWING EXPONENTIALLY AMAZING NUMBER OF STUDENTS MOVING INTO OUR COUNTY. AND I BELIEVE YOUR FIRST STATEMENT WAS ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE. PEOPLE MOVE HERE FOR THE SCHOOLS. AND I MEAN, YOU CAN FIND POOLS AND PARKS ANYWHERE THEY COME HERE FOR THE SCHOOLS. AND YET THE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET THAT THE COUNTY HAS ALLOCATED TO SCHOOLS HAS GONE DOWN WELL, YET THE COUNTY'S NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP IN GROWTH. SO FROM 21 WHERE WE HAD 43% OF THE BUDGET IN 20 TO 44% OF THE BUDGET IN 23, 41% OF THE BUDGET. AND IF WE CONTINUE TO GO THAT TREND AND YET OUR NUMBERS GROW TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY DO, WE OBVIOUSLY AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WITH FEWER DOLLARS. IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE THAN WE NEED. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE SAME QUALITY OF SERVICE. AND ANYONE OUT THERE IS WATCHING OR HEARS THIS. JUST REMEMBER IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR. SO VOTE IF YOU WANT YOUR DOLLARS TO BE REFLECTED IN EDUCATION. THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR AND HOLD THESE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THIS BUDGET ACCOUNTABLE. WE NEED THE BUDGET THAT DR. DAUGHTER HAS ASKED FOR EVERY PENNY. SO THAT MEANS WE NEED TO ADVOCATE STRONGLY FOR AN ADDITIONAL $17 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT AT THIS POINT IN MY FROM WHAT I'VE JUST HEARD, COME THROUGH WITH WHAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE SAME QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER RIGHT NOW. THAT'S. WE BELIEVE, MS.. BAILEY, THAT IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY NOT ONLY OF THE COUNTY, BUT OF THE STATE, AND THE STATE CAN. I KNOW IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR, AND SO EVERYBODY IN RICHMOND IS GOING TO PLACE BILLS INTO THE HOPPER TO VOTE ON. BUT AS I'VE BEEN TELLING THE STAFF, THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR BUDGET. SO WHEN PEOPLE GO OUT AND THEY'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, THEY SAY THEY SUPPORT EDUCATION. DO THEY SUPPORT EDUCATION AND KEEP THE UNFUNDED MANDATES AT BAY, PLEASE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE 20 ADDITIONAL READING SPECIALISTS ARE EXACTLY A RESULT OF AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE OUR LEGISLATORS UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY YEAH, IT'S ALL GREAT TO HAVE ALL THESE READING SPECIALISTS THAT HAVE PARTICULAR QUOTA, BUT YOU BETTER BRING THEM WITH FUNDS. IN ANY ITEMS THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YET, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE FUNDED AS WELL, BECAUSE THE UNKNOWN IS ALSO A LITTLE SCARY TO MERCEDES. I WANTED TO KIND OF GO LINE BY LINE AND POINT OUT SOME THINGS THAT HELP PEOPLE WATCHING UNDERSTAND HOW TRIMMED DOWN THIS BUDGET IS, BUT THEY CAN DO THAT AT HOME. SO I JUST WANTED TO READ WHAT ONE OF OUR CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS SPOKE TO THIS BOARD LAST YEAR BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THE SAME THING, HE SAID. THIS BUDGET IS NOT ENOUGH TO PROVIDE REMARKABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE AMAZING LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
THIS COMMITTEE BELIEVES THIS BUDGET IS ALREADY BELOW WHAT IT SHOULD BE. CUTTING ANY MORE WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR CHILDREN AND ANOTHER SHAMEFUL MARK UPON THIS BOARD. WHILE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY HAS ENJOYED THE GOOD FORTUNE OF PROSPERITY AND GROWTH RECENTLY, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT THE GROWTH HAS IN LARGE PART BEEN BECAUSE OF THE PEAL OF OUR SCHOOLS. THIS TREND CAN REVERSE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT AND TIMELY INCREASES IN FUNDING TO KEEP UP WITH THE RISING COSTS AND TO MEET EVER EVOLVING NEEDS. I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME TEAM. I JUST HAD TO READ THAT BECAUSE OUR CITIZENS ARE ON OUR TEAM. THAT IS REFLECTED, I THINK, IN ALL THE FOLKS THAT TALK TO THE FIVE OF US UP HERE AT THE BUS STOP, AT THE REC CENTER, AT THE SOCCER GAME, AT THE TRACK FIELD. AND ON AND ON AND ON. OKAY. ANY MORE DISCUSSION TO AGREE? THIS IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD BUDGET. IT COVERS OUR OUR NEEDS AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION AND THE CONTINUED BUDGET SESSION MEETINGS IN THE NEXT MONTH AND ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO COME TO OUR TOWN HALLS AND TO LET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. I GUESS NEXT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CIP PRESENTATION. IS THAT DR. DAUGHTERY OR MR. MEISTER? OKAY. YEAH. YOU'RE UP AGAIN. I WAS TOLD. YES. YES. THAT'S HOW I WAS TOLD. IT'S OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO WE KNOW THAT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IS GROWING. JUST FROM OUR LAST PRESENTATION. BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION. AND OUR SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE ALSO NEEDS TO GROW AND BE MAINTAINED. SO FROM THE COUNTY STATUS MODEL, WE KNOW THERE'S GROWTH COMING. AND. TODAY, WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR BOND REFERENDUM, WITH PAST VERY SUCCESSFUL VOTING IN FAVOR OF PUSHING THIS TO HELP US GROW. AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT'S WHAT'S OCCURRING, WE WILL IDENTIFY THE ONE NEW AND THREE REPLACEMENT ELEMENTARIES, THE ONE NEW AND TWO REPLACEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THE ONE NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND ADDITIONAL EXPANSION, PLUS SOME OTHER OTHER NEEDS THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS WITH YOU. THE BOMB WOULD WOULDN'T BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT. WE APPRECIATE THEIR ONGOING SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND CAN'T CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR THEIR SUPPORT WITH THE REFERENDUM. SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE SAFE AND MODERN FACILITIES. THAT'S NOT ONLY WITH OUR C CIP, BUT WITH OTHER FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE. AS I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WITH THAT ONE TIME FUNDING, ALSO THE GOAL WOULD WE WOULD LOVE TO GET RID OF THE. TRAILERS. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE, THE PORTABLE CLASSROOMS. BUT THE WAY THE GROWTH IS OCCURRING, THAT WILL NOT BE IN MY LIFETIME. THEY WILL BE HERE FOR A WHILE. I THINK WE PASSED THE THRESHOLD OF TRYING TO CATCH UP. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE EFFICIENT FUNDING FOR A MAJOR MAINTENANCE AS WELL, TO KEEP OUR BUILDINGS ACTIVE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. SO OUR LONG RANGE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLANNING, WE PROMOTING THE CIP AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK EXTREMELY HARD TO SPEND THE MONEY WISELY, TO PLAN WISELY, AND TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK. I THINK THE EXAMPLE IS AT THE LAST, I THINK FIVE THE SIX SCHOOLS THAT WERE BUILT, WE CAME UNDER BUDGET. THAT WAS SCOTCH TEAM AND THE MANAGEMENT TEAMS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD THE CORRECT SCHEMATICS AND THE DESIGNS THAT WERE MOVING FORWARD. SO DISTRICT WIDE, WE ARE 96% AT CAPACITY. AND WHEN YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT LET'S MOVE STUDENTS AROUND, THERE'S REALLY. NO CORNERS OF THE BUILDINGS TO MOVE. WE HAVE 239 INSTRUCTIONAL CLASSROOMS. TRAILERS. OUR GOAL WAS TO TRY TO MAKE THEM MORE SAFE. AND BY PUTTING MEGAS IN SO THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN RESTROOM, STUDENTS WOULD, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WOULD BE WOULD NOT BE RUNNING IN OUR
BUILDINGS. SO WE HAVE TWO ONGOING PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, FALLING CREEK, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT. THEY ARE MOVING DIRT AND MOVING EVERYTHING AROUND AND WESTERN AREA. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IN THE SPRING WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A GROUNDBREAKING. THE PROJECTS. DAVIS ELEMENTARY. BENSLEY ELEMENTARY. THE WESTERN AREA HIGH SCHOOL. WESTERN AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MIDLOTHIAN, MIDDLE GRANGE HALL AND THE THOMAS DOE EXPANSION ARE IN THE REFERENDUM PROJECTS. THE NON REFERENDUM PROJECTS. THE OLD 100 ELEMENTARY AND MATOACA MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPLETION. THEY'RE ALL EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. SOME. SO THESE WILL COME FROM FUNDING OUTSIDE OF THE REFERENDUM. BUT WE ALSO KNOW WE'VE HAD TO ADD OTHER PROJECTS. THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT'S OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS HAS BEEN PRETTY OVERWHELMING, ESPECIALLY IN THE THE DALE DISTRICT. OR WHEN I SAY ALSO IN THE CHESTER AREA, IN THE BERMUDA AREA AND MATOACA AREA, THE CLOVER AREA IN THE AREA, IT'S IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE FIGHTING THE FIVE FRONTS HERE RIGHT NOW. BUT THE DEL DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. THE THE SCHOOLS IN THAT ENTIRE AREA, THAT CIRCUMFERENCE IS THAT THAT AREA, THE NORTHERN PART, ALL HAVE TRAILERS IN THEM. THE THE EXPANSION OF THE THOMAS DALE SITE WOULD OPEN UP SOME RELIEF FOR OTHER POSSIBILITIES. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED, THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR US. IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED. AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED ON THE NEXT THIS REFERENDUM PACKAGE BECAUSE THEY'RE DESPERATELY NEEDED. THE TIMELINE IS AS FOLLOWS YOU'LL SEE WHERE IT'S WHERE IT'S MARKED IN THE COLOR OF THE START DATE. THE FINISHED DATE IS RUNNING AT THE TOP OF THE CHART. AND SO THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE NEW FALLING CREEK MIDDLE OPENING IN THE AUGUST OF 24 TO SCHOOLS IN 25 AND HOPEFULLY FOR SCHOOLS IN 26 AND CONTINUE TO RUN. THERE IS A GREAT NEED. I WILL SAY THIS THIS WILL NOT REDUCE THE OVERCROWDING IN OUR SCHOOLS. THIS WILL HELP US STAY AFLOAT WITH THE OVERCROWDING OF OUR SCHOOLS. IF THE GROWTH CONTINUES. SO WE CAN SEE WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM. FOR THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS. WE HAD THE VP ESSAY, WHAT, 130 MILLION. WE WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED HOW FALLING CREEK THE BID CAME IN. WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT BID AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BID FOR THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE WESTERN MAGNOLIA AREA. THE BOND REFERENDUM, 375 MILLION AND OTHER FUNDED PROJECTS 200 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS. AS FAST AS WE'RE GROWING. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE WERE PUTTING UP OPENING UP A NEW SCHOOL EVERY YEAR FROM NOW UNTIL. THE END OF THE DECADE. OR MAJOR MAINTENANCE. SO WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATIVE. THE COUNTY HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WELL WITH JOSH AND HIS TEAM. THIS IS THE THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER IN THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF UNDER 37 MILLION. THIS IS HOW WE HAVE SPENT THE FUNDING, REALIZING THAT YOU YOU HAVE WE HAVE HAD SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, MAKING SURE WE GET THE RIGHT BIDS. AND WE STILL HAVE WITH THE REMAINING ABOUT 52 MILLION. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW THE NEXT TWO YEARS ARE. MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUNDING PROJECTS FOR 23 AND 24 WILL OPERATE. INTO THE FIELD. AND AS WE GO FORWARD, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AS WE PUSHED OVER THE PAST 24 TO 25. SO THESE ARE PROJECTS AND DETAIL. AND AS SCOTT AND HIS TEAM AND JOSH PRESENT AT THE SEVERAL NEXT WORKSHOP MEETINGS, THEY'LL GO INTO DETAIL ON EACH PROJECT AND ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE PROJECTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO THIS WAS AN OVERVIEW OF THE CIP, ESPECIALLY TO SHOW YOU THE TIMELINE, ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS TIME?
THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COMING. THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL BEHIND THIS FOR FOR EACH SITE. BOARD MEMBERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MR. HARTER HAS THERE HAD BEEN ANY MOVEMENT ON THE WESTERN AREA HIGH SCHOOL YET? MOVEMENT IN THE LOCATION. AS FAR AS A LOCATION, NO. EXCUSE ME, JOSH, AM I CORRECT? REMAINS UNDETERMINED. JUST FOR POLITICAL. UNDETERMINED. UNDETERMINED. THE ONLY REASON I JUST SAY THAT IS I HAPPENED TO BE BY COSBY AGAIN THE OTHER DAY. AND IT'S JUST KIDS ARE PARKING OUT ON FOX CLUB PARKWAY. I MEAN, IT'S JUST PRETTY MUCH COULD BE PARKING IN THE PUBLIX PARKING LOT BEHIND IT. SO IT'S JUST I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, JUST THE SAME AS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL UP IN THAT AREA. COSBY IS IS BUSTING AT THE SEAMS. I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF THERE'S BEEN ANY MOVEMENT. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS FOR A WHILE ON IT AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE AN AREA THAT WOULD WORK OUT BE THE MOST SUITABLE LOCATION. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THE LAST MONTH OR SO IF WE'VE HEARD ANYTHING NEW. SO THANK YOU. I HAVE NOT. OH, GO AHEAD. THANKS. SO NOW YOU SAID THAT THIS IS JUST KIND OF AGAIN, WE'RE MAINTAINING WE'RE MAINTAINING THE OVERCROWDING BY BUILDING THESE SCHOOLS. AND I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT YOU'VE GOT THIS NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. BUT AT 68,000 STUDENTS, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT THE CAPACITY WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH JUST YOU KNOW, IN A WITH SEATS OR. THE DISHES HERE. DAVIS. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. MS.. HEFFRON WE DID MAKE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT CAPACITY WOULD LOOK LIKE IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS OF MOST OF THESE PROJECTS, AND THAT WAS IN THE CIP PREVIEW THAT WE DID IN DECEMBER. I BELIEVE IT SHOWED THAT THE CHART SHOWED THAT ELEMENTARY CAPACITY WOULD ACTUALLY THAT UTILIZATION GOES SLIGHTLY UP FROM 92 TO 93%. SO AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO, BUT HOPEFULLY A LOT FEWER TRAILERS, MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPACITY, THAT UTILIZATION AND THE HIGH SCHOOL CAPACITY WOULD DROP SOME FROM THOSE CURRENT LEVELS. I DON'T WANT TO RECITE IMPROPER NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT YOU COULD PROBABLY FIND THEM IN AND I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO GET INTO THAT DETAIL AGAIN. I REMEMBER THAT PRESENTATION NOW. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THAT WAS THOSE WERE SOME VERY INTERESTING NUMBERS. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AND ALSO TO STATE APPRECIATION FOR ADDING THE DALE AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EARLY ON BEGINNING IN 2024. IT WAS NEEDED YESTERDAY, SO WAITING UNTIL 2024. BUT BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT IN OUR INITIAL BOND REFERENDUM, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE FINANCING OF THAT. I MEAN, WHERE IS WHERE IS THE FUNDING COMING FOR THIS FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS? WHAT DID SHE SAY? YES. GOTCHA. OKAY. I BETTER START SAVING. SO I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN THE BOND. IT CAN'T BE PAID FOR WITH BOND FUNDING. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND, BUT ALSO TO UNDERSTAND IT WASN'T IN THE BOND BECAUSE WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED THIS LIST OF NEEDS THAT DALE DISTRICT JUST BOOMED IN NUMBERS OVER THE PANDEMIC, ACTUALLY. AND THEN REMEMBER, WE PUT OUR BOND ON HOLD AND WE DIDN'T GO TO BOND THE YEAR WE WERE GOING TO. AND BY THE TIME WE FINALLY WENT TO BOND. THE DALE DISTRICT WAS MORE CRITICAL THAN WE HAD REALIZED. SO IT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED. BUT IT ISN'T GOING TO BE FUNDED BY THE BOND REFERENDUM. YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT. AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE BOND REFERENDUM, THOSE BLUE ITEMS ON THE SHEET ARE REALLY THE ITEMS THAT ARE SORT OF EARMARKED FOR THE BOND REFERENDUM. AND UNLESS THERE'S FUTURE BOARD ACTION TO SWITCH THINGS OFF, WHICH WOULD BE RECOMMENDED AT THIS POINT, THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED. I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ORANGE OR THE OLD. 100 AND MATOACA ALSO ARE IN THE SAME SAME PLACE AS DALE RIGHT NOW, WHERE THAT FUNDING IS TO BE DETERMINED. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE WE'LL NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE COUNTY FOR OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY COME UP. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT MR. HARRISON GANG TALKED ABOUT AS THEY PUT THE BOND REFERENDUM OUT, IT WAS REALLY PUT OUT WITH THE IDEA THAT THIS DOES NOT CAP THE COUNTY, THAT THEY
DO HAVE OPPORTUNITY AND CAPACITY TO DO OTHER THINGS. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE THEY DID WITH THE VPC BONDS NOT TOO LONG AGO WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO LEAN INTO SOME OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO FILL SOME OF THOSE GAPS. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES GOING BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THAT. SO THEY HAVE SHOWN THE ABILITY TO LEAN INTO NEEDS AS THEY GO FORWARD. THESE PROJECTS ARE THOSE NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. I WANTED TO SHARE A SOURCE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE STRATA, SCHOOLS OR COUNTY BECAUSE MAYBE WE'RE BIASED. UVA'S WELDON COOPER CENTER HAS A DEMOGRAPHER, HAMILTON LOMBARD, WHO STUDIES DEMOGRAPHIC MOVING TRENDS IN VIRGINIA, AND HE WAS INTERVIEWED BY AXIOS. AND IT JUST A FANTASTIC ARTICLE THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS, I WOULD LOOK IT UP. AND HE SAID THAT IT'S NORTHERN VIRGINIA. WHEN THEY TRACK THE DATA, NORTHERN VIRGINIANS ARE MOVING TO CHESTERFIELD. AND WHAT HAS CHANGED? BEFORE PEOPLE MOVED INTO RICHMOND, IT WAS PEOPLE WITHOUT KIDS. THE CITY POPULATION DID NOT GO UP DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT IN CHESTERFIELD IT HAS AND IT IS PANDEMIC ERA. NOVA TRANSPLANTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE YOUNG COUPLES WITH KIDS MOVING TO THE SUBURBS AS OPPOSED TO 20 SOMETHINGS MOVING TO THE CITY. SO THIS IS THIS IS A REAL THING THERE. I HAVE NOTICED THERE IS A PERCEPTION BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF VIRGINIA IS NOT SEEING GROWTH, BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE FOR THE RICHMOND METRO AREA. AND YOU CAN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT, YOU CAN TAKE THE UVA DEMOGRAPHERS WORD FOR IT. IT'S THERE COMING AND WE ARE ALL FEELING IT. CAN I JUST ADD JUST ANECDOTALLY, THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY THE THREE FOUR STORY CONDOMINIUMS WHICH HAVE BEEN STATED, CHILDREN DON'T LIVE THERE. THAT'S NOT ACCURATE BECAUSE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA, THAT'S THE HOME STYLE THEY'RE USED TO AND THEY'RE ACCUSTOMED TO LIVING IN THE BIG THE FOUR STORY CONDOMINIUMS. AND THEY LOOK LIKE APARTMENTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT. AND SO THEY'RE COMING IN. AND IF YOU'VE DRIVEN IN ANY OF THE WESTERN AREA OF THE COUNTY, THEY'RE BUILDING THEM EVERYWHERE AND THEY'RE FILLING UP WITH FAMILIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. IS THERE ANY GENERAL DISCUSSION RELATED TO THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET? OUR PROCESS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS OR THE WORK IN FRONT OF US. MS.. HEFFRON, I'M SURE YOU WILL SHARE A CALENDAR. FOR THE MEETINGS. THEY GOT IT FOR GOOD. IT WAS SHARED. AND THE PRESENTATION. THANKS. YOU'RE WELCOME. BUT I CAN REMIND, THOUGH, OUR WORKS, OUR BUDGET WORK SESSIONS ARE ON TUESDAYS. THEY WILL BE OUR NEXT ONE WILL BE ON JANUARY 31ST. OH. YES. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, SEAN. JUST A QUICK UPDATE. I KNOW WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION AND WE'VE SHARED WITH FAMILIES REGARDING FEBRUARY THE 21ST. AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL SEAT THAT DAY. WE HAVE MANY SCHOOLS THAT ARE IMPACTED BEING POLLING LOCATIONS. WE'RE SHARING WITH FAMILIES AND STAFF FOR CONSIDERATION FROM THE BOARD AT YOUR FEBRUARY 7TH BOARD MEETING. THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE MOVE THAT DAY SO SCHOOLS WOULD BE CLOSED TO STUDENTS AND STAFF. 12 MONTH EMPLOYEES WOULD REPORT TO WORK. WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THERE'LL BE SOME QUESTIONS FROM STAFF REGARDING WORKLOAD CAPACITIES THAT DAY. WE'LL HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT. BUT THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD AGAIN BE COME TO THE BOARD FEBRUARY 7TH. THAT FEBRUARY 21ST WILL BE CLOSED TO ALLOW THE SCHOOLS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE THAT DAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. SO WE'LL VOTE ON THAT IN OUR NEXT BUSINESS MEETING. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS AND SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS. ANY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS? ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. HEARING NONE. OUR NEXT SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET WORK SESSION WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, JANUARY 31ST, 2023, AT 4:00 PM HERE IN THE COUNTY MEETING ROOM. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE FOLLOWING BUDGET WORK SESSIONS ON THE FOLLOWING TUESDAYS THROUGH THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL? ROLL IN THE MOTION. DOT HEFFRON. HI, DEBBIE BAILEY. HI, RYAN. HARTER. HI KATHRYN HAINES I AND COKER I. THE MOTION CARRIES THE JANUARY 24TH, 2023 SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET WORK SESSION IS ADJOURNED.