1 00:00:00,025 --> 00:00:01,575 You are in good shape. 2 00:00:02,235 --> 00:00:04,455 So I'm calling this meeting 3 00:00:04,515 --> 00:00:06,455 to order at Monday the 5th of January 4 00:00:06,955 --> 00:00:10,015 at 6 32. 5 00:00:10,915 --> 00:00:13,935 The year is 2026. We're still here. 6 00:00:15,085 --> 00:00:17,615 It's the Grandville Hancock Unified District Board. 7 00:00:18,005 --> 00:00:20,495 Good morning. Any adjustments to the agenda? 8 00:00:22,505 --> 00:00:27,185 I have only one, which is the addition to discuss 9 00:00:28,205 --> 00:00:31,305 as item 5.3, the superintendent evaluation. 10 00:00:33,545 --> 00:00:35,665 I do not need an executive session unless you do. 11 00:00:36,295 --> 00:00:38,385 Okay, great then I don't think we need one. 12 00:00:39,165 --> 00:00:41,105 Thanks Tara. I don't 13 00:00:41,105 --> 00:00:42,545 Have any of my stuff home with me so 14 00:00:43,935 --> 00:00:44,935 Fair enough. 15 00:00:45,735 --> 00:00:46,945 Okay, so we'll move along 16 00:00:46,945 --> 00:00:49,745 to the minutes from our regular monthly meeting from 17 00:00:49,985 --> 00:00:51,505 December 1st, 2025. 18 00:00:51,725 --> 00:00:55,225 If anyone would like to move. We'll second those 19 00:01:00,695 --> 00:01:02,655 I motion to approve the minutes from 20 00:01:02,655 --> 00:01:04,015 the December regular meeting. 21 00:01:04,435 --> 00:01:06,015 Thanks Samantha. Is there second? 22 00:01:13,855 --> 00:01:16,455 Hearing none. I'll second them. Any discussion? 23 00:01:18,885 --> 00:01:22,215 Okay, hearing man. So moved reports to the board. 24 00:01:22,315 --> 00:01:24,775 I'm assuming Jamie is with our said. 25 00:01:24,835 --> 00:01:26,135 So we will come back to him. 26 00:01:26,735 --> 00:01:28,975 Tara, would you like to take it? 27 00:01:29,955 --> 00:01:32,575 So my report just outlines what's happening as far 28 00:01:32,575 --> 00:01:35,695 as reporting out of the business office during the month 29 00:01:35,695 --> 00:01:40,255 of January in addition to budgets, budget mailers, 30 00:01:41,095 --> 00:01:42,255 multiple drafts of budgets. 31 00:01:43,835 --> 00:01:45,015 So if there's any questions, 32 00:01:47,025 --> 00:01:48,485 Any questions for Tara? 33 00:01:53,115 --> 00:01:55,325 Okay, thank you Tara. 34 00:01:56,485 --> 00:01:58,685 I need to get up actually the, 35 00:02:00,375 --> 00:02:01,925 where are the minutes from last month. 36 00:02:04,945 --> 00:02:08,005 Do I see that? Okay. 37 00:02:08,005 --> 00:02:10,685 So moving right along to the policy committee update. 38 00:02:11,585 --> 00:02:16,565 The policy committee did not meet this past month. 39 00:02:16,945 --> 00:02:18,925 We had a special meeting instead 40 00:02:19,465 --> 00:02:20,805 of the negotiations committee. 41 00:02:20,925 --> 00:02:22,045 I can update you all on 42 00:02:22,045 --> 00:02:24,125 that if you'd like in executive session. 43 00:02:25,425 --> 00:02:28,005 The summary, the summary is things are, 44 00:02:28,005 --> 00:02:29,645 things are moving along very swimmingly. 45 00:02:29,645 --> 00:02:31,405 We have a really good negotiations team 46 00:02:31,465 --> 00:02:34,765 as does the support staff negotiations have kicked off 47 00:02:34,865 --> 00:02:38,485 and they are, we are working really 48 00:02:39,675 --> 00:02:44,205 well and amicably to pull something together that, 49 00:02:44,205 --> 00:02:46,845 tangent aside, we, that means we haven't met 50 00:02:46,865 --> 00:02:49,725 as a policy committee, which means my, 51 00:02:50,815 --> 00:02:53,885 which means I don't have an update other than this is the 52 00:02:53,885 --> 00:02:57,525 next reading of policies 33 C 33 and C 36. 53 00:02:58,725 --> 00:03:01,725 C 33 is the K 54 00:03:01,725 --> 00:03:04,525 through eight inter-district supervisory union transfer 55 00:03:05,465 --> 00:03:06,565 as I mentioned last month. 56 00:03:07,555 --> 00:03:09,725 This one is now in discussion at the full board 57 00:03:09,745 --> 00:03:12,005 and we'll probably come back to district boards. 58 00:03:14,645 --> 00:03:17,685 C 36 was also moved out of 59 00:03:18,275 --> 00:03:19,645 committee at our last meeting 60 00:03:20,585 --> 00:03:23,565 and got its first reading by the full board last month. 61 00:03:23,595 --> 00:03:25,645 That one did not see a whole lot of discussion. 62 00:03:26,485 --> 00:03:29,085 I anticipate now that we are on the other side of holidays 63 00:03:29,085 --> 00:03:33,645 and special meetings, we will see a little more on that one. 64 00:03:34,265 --> 00:03:36,045 If you anyone has questions 65 00:03:36,505 --> 00:03:39,925 or comments on either of those policies, let me know. 66 00:03:43,055 --> 00:03:45,615 I think that this is our third reading for both of them, 67 00:03:45,625 --> 00:03:48,575 which means they may be warned for action next month. 68 00:03:48,745 --> 00:03:51,775 We'll see what happens at the next full board meeting, 69 00:03:51,875 --> 00:03:53,295 but let's be prepared to vote on that. 70 00:03:58,015 --> 00:04:02,065 Okay, we will table 5.1 until Jamie joins us. 71 00:04:02,065 --> 00:04:03,265 Tara, do you know if he's planning 72 00:04:03,265 --> 00:04:04,505 to join us at a specific time? 73 00:04:06,995 --> 00:04:09,335 He was doing act 73 updates when I left 74 00:04:09,675 --> 00:04:11,175 to join you. So I would then 75 00:04:11,175 --> 00:04:12,175 Join us to do them again. 76 00:04:13,665 --> 00:04:18,655 Right, so when Jamie returns we will hear his report 77 00:04:18,655 --> 00:04:22,055 to the board as well as his act 73 update 78 00:04:22,615 --> 00:04:23,815 session starts tomorrow 79 00:04:24,835 --> 00:04:26,335 and I am sure 80 00:04:26,335 --> 00:04:28,455 that we will be hearing quite a lot about that. 81 00:04:29,695 --> 00:04:33,415 So then moving along to 5.2, which is draft number three 82 00:04:34,475 --> 00:04:37,535 of our fiscal year 27 expenditure budget. 83 00:04:37,765 --> 00:04:38,855 Tara, back to you. 84 00:04:42,995 --> 00:04:44,675 I won't be able to see you once I switch 85 00:04:44,695 --> 00:04:47,755 to my other screen so if you have questions 86 00:04:47,815 --> 00:04:49,555 We smiling, we'll be smiling brightly, just 87 00:04:49,555 --> 00:04:50,555 Yell at me. 88 00:04:53,245 --> 00:04:58,185 So what I have updated in this draft since our last review 89 00:04:58,925 --> 00:05:02,225 is only the SU central office 90 00:05:02,445 --> 00:05:04,465 and special education assessments 91 00:05:05,005 --> 00:05:08,665 and those are based on the SU approved budgets 92 00:05:08,665 --> 00:05:09,905 from the last board meeting. 93 00:05:10,365 --> 00:05:12,625 So you'll see central offices down 94 00:05:12,845 --> 00:05:15,425 and special education is up for an overall 95 00:05:16,305 --> 00:05:18,985 increase in assessments of $543. 96 00:05:20,535 --> 00:05:22,035 As you all may remember 97 00:05:22,795 --> 00:05:25,795 'cause you are veterans to the board announced tuition rates 98 00:05:25,795 --> 00:05:27,595 have to be set by the 15th of January. 99 00:05:28,455 --> 00:05:32,475 So I will be making adjustments to the tuition 100 00:05:33,015 --> 00:05:34,715 for the next draft of the budget based on 101 00:05:34,715 --> 00:05:36,555 what those announced tuition rates are. 102 00:05:36,925 --> 00:05:39,355 Right now we're using a 6% placeholder, 103 00:05:41,725 --> 00:05:44,345 didn't make any changes on the revenue side of things. 104 00:05:44,345 --> 00:05:45,465 Just that one on the bottom. 105 00:05:45,645 --> 00:05:47,705 And now you can actually, this time you're gonna see your 106 00:05:47,885 --> 00:05:50,905 tax sheet which has some pretty 107 00:05:51,435 --> 00:05:54,425 basic information in it for the time being. 108 00:05:55,795 --> 00:06:00,765 Again, the yield is still the December one yield letter 109 00:06:00,765 --> 00:06:03,765 that the December one letter yield that we are using, 110 00:06:05,875 --> 00:06:08,045 your long-term weighted average 111 00:06:08,835 --> 00:06:11,485 dropped from 1 92 0.43 112 00:06:11,985 --> 00:06:14,165 to 1 78 0.40. 113 00:06:15,955 --> 00:06:17,735 So your education spending 114 00:06:18,435 --> 00:06:23,175 is at $13,493 and 18 cents. 115 00:06:24,035 --> 00:06:27,655 We take that education spending per pupil cost, we divide 116 00:06:27,685 --> 00:06:31,255 that by the yield 117 00:06:31,355 --> 00:06:34,775 and that gives us the equalized residential tax rate 118 00:06:35,195 --> 00:06:37,575 of 1.5248. 119 00:06:38,515 --> 00:06:42,695 The ACT 1 27 deduction is still in statute 120 00:06:43,535 --> 00:06:47,615 A OE just hasn't given us any indications if they're going 121 00:06:47,615 --> 00:06:49,815 to change the formula being used for that. 122 00:06:50,235 --> 00:06:53,615 So right now I just have it in as it was 123 00:06:54,115 --> 00:06:55,495 for fiscal year 26. 124 00:06:55,685 --> 00:06:57,935 It's highlighted there 'cause that number may change. 125 00:06:58,995 --> 00:07:03,815 So that gives you an FY 27 preliminary equalized tax rate 126 00:07:04,115 --> 00:07:06,255 of 1.5137. 127 00:07:07,775 --> 00:07:11,095 I do not have yields, not yield, sorry CS yet. 128 00:07:11,795 --> 00:07:16,615 So all I am using is a projected CLA that was given to us 129 00:07:16,755 --> 00:07:19,255 by the tax department with the December one letter. 130 00:07:20,315 --> 00:07:24,455 And as you can see they both are at 76% currently 131 00:07:24,715 --> 00:07:28,135 and that's still using the statewide CLA adjustment, 132 00:07:28,305 --> 00:07:31,415 which is projected to be 70% this year. 133 00:07:32,315 --> 00:07:35,455 So we take that equalized preliminary tax rate of 134 00:07:35,455 --> 00:07:37,295 that 1.5137. 135 00:07:37,595 --> 00:07:41,495 We divide it by the current projected CLA 136 00:07:41,495 --> 00:07:42,815 of 76% 137 00:07:43,195 --> 00:07:46,095 and that gives us a homestead tax rate in each town 138 00:07:46,675 --> 00:07:48,975 of 1.9917. 139 00:07:50,555 --> 00:07:53,095 And then that gives us an increase 140 00:07:53,275 --> 00:07:56,895 of 30.09 cents in grandville 141 00:07:56,955 --> 00:08:01,095 and 30.93 cents in Hancock equates out 142 00:08:01,095 --> 00:08:05,535 to $300 and $309 at a hundred thousand dollars in value. 143 00:08:07,035 --> 00:08:11,295 So all of those numbers are still subject to change based on 144 00:08:11,585 --> 00:08:15,335 where we actually end up on the cs. 145 00:08:19,025 --> 00:08:21,805 Do you know when the final CLA numbers are expected? 146 00:08:22,125 --> 00:08:25,605 I usually have them by now, so I'm surprised that I don't, 147 00:08:25,665 --> 00:08:28,165 we usually end up getting them right around the end 148 00:08:28,165 --> 00:08:29,485 of de mid to end December. 149 00:08:29,745 --> 00:08:31,805 So I would expect them anytime. 150 00:08:31,965 --> 00:08:33,365 I know it's been a conversation 151 00:08:34,075 --> 00:08:36,285 that multiple business managers have brought 152 00:08:36,285 --> 00:08:37,365 up throughout VA sbo. 153 00:08:40,875 --> 00:08:42,375 Any questions for Tara? 154 00:08:46,885 --> 00:08:50,585 Oh, I also wanted to know, I'm assuming that this 155 00:08:51,295 --> 00:08:52,385 does not reflect, 156 00:08:52,385 --> 00:08:56,685 because it hasn't happened, the governor's proposal 157 00:08:56,865 --> 00:08:59,915 to buy down by 50% 158 00:09:02,095 --> 00:09:05,075 the deficit that the, the deficit in the ED fund? 159 00:09:05,455 --> 00:09:07,955 No, 'cause this is still using that 12 one yield. Okay. 160 00:09:08,615 --> 00:09:10,955 So any changes that they make throughout the legislative 161 00:09:10,955 --> 00:09:13,875 session or any of those budgets will end up like we did 162 00:09:13,875 --> 00:09:17,275 several years ago with the different yield amounts. 163 00:09:17,455 --> 00:09:19,395 So if he makes those additional changes then 164 00:09:19,395 --> 00:09:20,635 we'll get a revised yield. 165 00:09:22,025 --> 00:09:25,435 Okay. I Stacy, yeah, this is Samantha. 166 00:09:28,395 --> 00:09:30,355 I think that I, 167 00:09:32,885 --> 00:09:37,625 I'm pretty sure that state finance officials 168 00:09:38,445 --> 00:09:42,385 may discussed already in like pre-session hearings 169 00:09:42,855 --> 00:09:44,025 that they would be looking 170 00:09:44,285 --> 00:09:47,185 to do a buydown in the annual budget adjustment. 171 00:09:47,725 --> 00:09:51,515 So that happens. I mean typically it happens 172 00:09:51,515 --> 00:09:56,275 before February last year there was no budget adjustment 173 00:09:56,275 --> 00:09:59,995 that was approved by the governor ultimately, 174 00:10:00,055 --> 00:10:03,715 but, so if that did happen we would have, 175 00:10:04,545 --> 00:10:09,315 Tara would have updated yield projections 176 00:10:09,985 --> 00:10:13,955 like before March if they do it in the budget adjustment. 177 00:10:16,095 --> 00:10:20,515 Okay. Thanks for that Intel. Hi Jamie. 178 00:10:24,475 --> 00:10:29,445 Well yeah, I, I mean we'll have 179 00:10:29,445 --> 00:10:31,525 to see what the final numbers do to this. 180 00:10:32,525 --> 00:10:35,865 Speaking personally, you know, I don't know 181 00:10:35,865 --> 00:10:37,265 that I could look anybody in our town, 182 00:10:37,265 --> 00:10:38,665 including myself in the face 183 00:10:38,845 --> 00:10:42,065 and try to justify an almost 60% increase in two years 184 00:10:42,925 --> 00:10:43,985 in property tax rates. 185 00:10:44,095 --> 00:10:48,385 Like it just, and I don't know if 186 00:10:48,385 --> 00:10:52,385 that means we need to go, you know, try 187 00:10:52,405 --> 00:10:53,785 to testify in front of committee 188 00:10:53,805 --> 00:10:57,145 and show them what this is looking like, you know, 189 00:10:57,145 --> 00:11:01,305 because I, I do feel like part of part 190 00:11:01,305 --> 00:11:03,025 of the problem is they're not looking at these tax 191 00:11:03,025 --> 00:11:04,865 calculations and understanding how we're getting here. 192 00:11:09,575 --> 00:11:14,425 Yes. Jamie, you I, we can't hear you. 193 00:11:40,435 --> 00:11:42,515 It's very quiet. It got very quiet. 194 00:11:42,755 --> 00:11:45,635 I think he'll come back. Oh, Brittany's coming on. 195 00:12:12,965 --> 00:12:16,815 Oh. But thank you Tara, as usual. 196 00:12:17,075 --> 00:12:19,055 You present this in a way that's really clear 197 00:12:19,055 --> 00:12:22,455 to read even if the numbers 198 00:12:24,775 --> 00:12:26,255 don't, don't do what we want them to do. 199 00:12:27,445 --> 00:12:28,655 Yeah, I'm with you on the numbers. 200 00:12:32,095 --> 00:12:33,535 I have a, I have a rogue question. 201 00:12:34,995 --> 00:12:36,815 Are do any of the Grandville members know, 202 00:12:37,435 --> 00:12:39,255 do you have an appraisal underway right now? 203 00:12:40,375 --> 00:12:41,375 A reappraisal? 204 00:12:43,215 --> 00:12:46,175 I believe we do. I've, yeah, I've been apprised. 205 00:12:48,055 --> 00:12:50,255 I think Cheryl announced something about it at time 206 00:12:50,255 --> 00:12:51,495 meeting last year. 207 00:12:54,165 --> 00:12:58,455 Okay. I'm not sure if I do to be honest. 208 00:12:59,115 --> 00:13:02,535 Hi Clayton. I, 209 00:13:02,555 --> 00:13:06,375 if there is a town wide reappraisal underway are, 210 00:13:06,555 --> 00:13:07,575 are the new, 211 00:13:08,195 --> 00:13:11,535 do the new values go into this fiscal year's projections 212 00:13:11,555 --> 00:13:13,215 or is that, I'm I thought 213 00:13:13,215 --> 00:13:14,575 that would take a quite a few years. 214 00:13:14,995 --> 00:13:16,655 It depends on when you finished. 215 00:13:17,245 --> 00:13:21,135 Okay. Yeah, if they finish it, so the grand list, 216 00:13:21,575 --> 00:13:23,655 I think currently the statutory deadline 217 00:13:23,655 --> 00:13:25,175 for the certification on the grand list 218 00:13:25,955 --> 00:13:28,415 is ev either April 1st or April 15th. 219 00:13:29,555 --> 00:13:32,855 So if, if any towns reappraisal is completed 220 00:13:33,075 --> 00:13:37,775 before that recertification deadline, then it would impact 221 00:13:38,555 --> 00:13:41,215 the school, the that year's upcoming school budget. 222 00:13:41,845 --> 00:13:45,415 Okay. So in theory, I mean I don't know, 223 00:13:45,415 --> 00:13:49,575 that would be like pretty wild for, for our unified board. 224 00:13:49,815 --> 00:13:54,055 'cause there could be a scenario where like Greenville's 225 00:13:54,615 --> 00:13:57,255 CLA is a hundred or like 105 226 00:13:58,595 --> 00:14:02,295 and tax rates are adjusted favorably in Grandville. 227 00:14:02,315 --> 00:14:04,295 And then, I mean God knows, 228 00:14:04,375 --> 00:14:06,615 I think Hancock's last year was like 64, 229 00:14:07,065 --> 00:14:08,065 Right? 230 00:14:08,065 --> 00:14:10,375 Yeah. Okay. 231 00:14:10,635 --> 00:14:12,535 We have that in another district in RSU 232 00:14:12,735 --> 00:14:14,815 where one town reappraised and the other didn't 233 00:14:14,915 --> 00:14:16,095 and that's the exact scenario. 234 00:14:16,605 --> 00:14:17,605 Yeah. 235 00:14:18,765 --> 00:14:21,935 Okay. Lemme text Jamie, 236 00:14:22,155 --> 00:14:24,095 I'm assuming he's restarting some stuff. 237 00:14:25,335 --> 00:14:27,225 Oh hi Jamie. 238 00:14:29,165 --> 00:14:30,585 Am I back? You're back. 239 00:14:31,015 --> 00:14:34,625 That is me being as tech savvy as I can get to figure out 240 00:14:34,965 --> 00:14:36,665 how to turn a microphone back on. 241 00:14:37,245 --> 00:14:38,665 So you threw your computer out the window 242 00:14:38,665 --> 00:14:40,505 and then went outside to fetch it and then it worked. 243 00:14:41,205 --> 00:14:42,545 So I was just gonna say to the board, right, 244 00:14:42,545 --> 00:14:45,185 we had a 30 cent increase two years ago 245 00:14:46,245 --> 00:14:50,945 and then last year the tax rate actually we saw savings 246 00:14:51,305 --> 00:14:54,885 and now we're at 30% increase again, which I just got asked 247 00:14:55,025 --> 00:14:58,525 to testify to senate it in on Friday afternoon. 248 00:14:58,765 --> 00:15:02,645 I was gonna speak to the fact that one of the issues I, 249 00:15:02,805 --> 00:15:04,045 I think that Vermonters have 250 00:15:04,045 --> 00:15:07,285 with the ED funding system right now is how unpredictable 251 00:15:07,865 --> 00:15:11,645 the tax rates are due to the variables that are outside 252 00:15:11,645 --> 00:15:12,805 of the district's control. 253 00:15:13,335 --> 00:15:17,975 Right, right. 254 00:15:22,915 --> 00:15:26,485 Yeah, no, like I said, I'm just not sure what to, 255 00:15:26,665 --> 00:15:28,605 I'm not sure what to do with this information at this point. 256 00:15:28,705 --> 00:15:29,565 So we'll see what it looks like 257 00:15:29,565 --> 00:15:30,645 when the final numbers come in. 258 00:15:31,815 --> 00:15:34,805 Sorry, I know you just took it off the screen Tara, 259 00:15:34,905 --> 00:15:37,405 but what, what's our real projected budget increase? 260 00:15:37,405 --> 00:15:41,315 Is it 11% for expenditures? 261 00:15:48,275 --> 00:15:49,815 6.15? 6.15, 262 00:15:49,915 --> 00:15:50,915 6.15. 263 00:15:50,915 --> 00:15:53,215 That's, I don't, sorry, I'm switching. 264 00:15:53,725 --> 00:15:55,615 Yeah, well I mean we're kind of going out of order 265 00:15:56,195 --> 00:15:57,935 and when Jamie gives his report, 266 00:15:58,795 --> 00:16:01,135 his written report talks about some of the reasons 267 00:16:01,155 --> 00:16:04,175 for the tax increase that are beyond what's going, you know, 268 00:16:04,675 --> 00:16:06,935 so maybe what we should do is backup 269 00:16:07,035 --> 00:16:08,855 to Jamie's superintendent report 270 00:16:08,855 --> 00:16:12,295 and he can talk to some A DM numbers that have come in 271 00:16:13,605 --> 00:16:17,255 because I think that also is a factor. 272 00:16:20,625 --> 00:16:24,155 Yeah. So I mean in general across the entire supervisory 273 00:16:24,155 --> 00:16:26,835 union we've seen a decrease in our long-term weighted 274 00:16:26,835 --> 00:16:29,475 average daily membership, which is made up 275 00:16:29,695 --> 00:16:34,315 of our average daily membership, which is a spotlight 276 00:16:34,575 --> 00:16:35,715 of, well it's, it's 277 00:16:35,715 --> 00:16:37,715 how many students you have enrolled in your district. 278 00:16:37,775 --> 00:16:39,795 But the average daily membership is taken 279 00:16:40,375 --> 00:16:42,035 during three weeks in October. 280 00:16:44,095 --> 00:16:46,835 And so if you have a student move in 281 00:16:49,555 --> 00:16:53,375 in September and then you had two students move out in 282 00:16:53,375 --> 00:16:58,255 October and one of those is that student that moved into 283 00:16:58,935 --> 00:17:01,375 September for example, like you don't get credit for 'em, 284 00:17:01,375 --> 00:17:03,735 you only get credit on average for the students 285 00:17:03,735 --> 00:17:06,935 that you have in your district 286 00:17:07,235 --> 00:17:08,735 for the three weeks in October. 287 00:17:09,235 --> 00:17:11,575 And the long-term weighted average daily membership 288 00:17:12,115 --> 00:17:14,375 is made up of average daily membership 289 00:17:14,755 --> 00:17:18,055 and weights from a two year rolling average. 290 00:17:19,245 --> 00:17:21,105 And so what we've seen is, is 291 00:17:21,105 --> 00:17:24,705 that our average daily membership is down in our districts 292 00:17:26,085 --> 00:17:28,105 in addition to our weights are down 293 00:17:28,735 --> 00:17:32,025 because we've seen a decrease in the number 294 00:17:32,025 --> 00:17:34,425 of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch. 295 00:17:35,205 --> 00:17:39,665 And a big chunk of that is due to the fact that less 296 00:17:39,685 --> 00:17:44,065 of our students appear to be getting direct served due 297 00:17:44,065 --> 00:17:46,065 to the fact that they qualify for Medicaid 298 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:48,545 because of some of the sunset language 299 00:17:48,545 --> 00:17:50,685 that occurred in regards to Medicaid. 300 00:17:52,585 --> 00:17:56,365 We had families who were still being served via Medicaid due 301 00:17:56,365 --> 00:18:00,605 to parameters of the pandemic previously 302 00:18:00,605 --> 00:18:04,005 that have now sunset for this current year in regards 303 00:18:04,025 --> 00:18:07,765 to calculations of free and reduced lunch numbers. 304 00:18:08,235 --> 00:18:11,765 Because families either no longer qualified due to income 305 00:18:12,505 --> 00:18:16,645 or didn't take the opportunity to refill out the forms 306 00:18:16,865 --> 00:18:18,605 to requalify for Medicaid, 307 00:18:18,605 --> 00:18:21,445 they may actually still even qualify financially 308 00:18:21,465 --> 00:18:23,685 but didn't reapply. 309 00:18:24,825 --> 00:18:28,085 And so we have seen direct serve numbers across the SU 310 00:18:28,445 --> 00:18:29,805 decrease for free 311 00:18:29,805 --> 00:18:32,845 and reduced lunch categor, you know, Cate 312 00:18:34,735 --> 00:18:38,765 being categorized as qualifying for free and reduced lunch 313 00:18:38,765 --> 00:18:41,765 because the Medicaid direct certain numbers have decreased 314 00:18:41,765 --> 00:18:42,805 across the SU 315 00:18:43,425 --> 00:18:44,565 and a reminder 316 00:18:45,515 --> 00:18:49,485 that lunch now is free universally across the state. 317 00:18:50,665 --> 00:18:52,725 So we actually ask families to fill out 318 00:18:53,665 --> 00:18:58,485 and districts that you send your kids to are annual income 319 00:19:00,035 --> 00:19:01,085 declaration forms. 320 00:19:01,085 --> 00:19:03,365 They're no longer free and reduced lunch forms. 321 00:19:04,745 --> 00:19:07,565 And so we're relying on families filling out those 322 00:19:08,385 --> 00:19:12,205 family income forms or qualifying for free 323 00:19:12,205 --> 00:19:13,805 and reduced lunch due to direct serve. 324 00:19:13,825 --> 00:19:15,725 And what we've seen is not 325 00:19:15,725 --> 00:19:17,445 that less families are filling out the income forms. 326 00:19:17,455 --> 00:19:19,605 We've seen less families qualifying for free 327 00:19:19,665 --> 00:19:21,765 and reduced lunch due to the fact 328 00:19:21,845 --> 00:19:23,925 that they no longer qualify for Medicaid. 329 00:19:28,865 --> 00:19:33,645 So those weights have impacted us as well in our long term 330 00:19:34,165 --> 00:19:35,845 weighted average daily membership. 331 00:19:38,785 --> 00:19:43,485 I, So the big two reasons 332 00:19:43,945 --> 00:19:48,285 for your taxes going up as much as they are of course is CLA 333 00:19:49,745 --> 00:19:51,485 and a loss in pupils, 334 00:19:52,815 --> 00:19:55,565 which you would say means less tuition spent 335 00:19:56,305 --> 00:19:58,485 but not necessarily right, 336 00:19:58,485 --> 00:20:01,245 because it's the long-term weighted average daily 337 00:20:01,295 --> 00:20:05,285 membership, not necessarily enrollment into schools, 338 00:20:06,355 --> 00:20:10,255 not enough to offset, you know, 339 00:20:10,765 --> 00:20:11,815 what we're expecting 340 00:20:11,815 --> 00:20:15,095 to be announced increases in in tuition and things of that nature. 341 00:20:15,375 --> 00:20:16,695 'cause your budget's still up 6%. 342 00:20:17,995 --> 00:20:22,065 Right. Tara, can you remind me of our actual 343 00:20:22,895 --> 00:20:24,745 student population this year? 344 00:20:30,205 --> 00:20:33,945 As of November 26th, I had 85 students 345 00:20:34,095 --> 00:20:35,465 that had been confirmed 346 00:20:35,605 --> 00:20:40,345 and I still had eight 347 00:20:40,345 --> 00:20:43,345 schools that I hadn't been invoiced from yet. 348 00:20:44,965 --> 00:20:46,065 So that number could rise. 349 00:20:46,445 --> 00:20:48,885 Yep. We have 91 in the budget currently. 350 00:20:49,475 --> 00:20:51,835 Okay. And that's 91 351 00:20:51,855 --> 00:20:53,835 and that's down from enrollment from last year. 352 00:20:54,415 --> 00:20:57,595 So right now from 1126 we had 85 353 00:20:57,665 --> 00:21:00,435 that had been counted based on tuition invoices. 354 00:21:00,975 --> 00:21:03,995 We had 90 in your fiscal year 26 budget. 355 00:21:06,765 --> 00:21:07,665 And then I have, 356 00:21:11,625 --> 00:21:13,535 there are five 12th graders leaving 357 00:21:16,755 --> 00:21:19,925 from it and I had four 358 00:21:21,425 --> 00:21:23,045 coming into the tuition pool. 359 00:21:25,875 --> 00:21:28,895 So once I have all the tuition invoices in, 360 00:21:28,895 --> 00:21:30,615 which I believe I do now 361 00:21:30,855 --> 00:21:34,815 'cause I was waiting on Middlebury, 362 00:21:35,965 --> 00:21:38,015 I'll be able to update that for our next draft. 363 00:21:38,725 --> 00:21:40,935 Okay. 'cause I think everybody else has since come in 364 00:21:42,045 --> 00:21:43,715 maybe R one of the Randolph schools 365 00:21:43,835 --> 00:21:44,915 I might still be missing. 366 00:21:46,145 --> 00:21:46,435 Okay, 367 00:21:50,745 --> 00:21:51,615 thank you Tara. 368 00:21:51,995 --> 00:21:53,495 Any other questions for Tara? 369 00:21:53,625 --> 00:21:55,535 We're kind of, we're a little bit all over the place 370 00:21:55,635 --> 00:21:59,735 but we're discussing, we are on 5.2 371 00:21:59,875 --> 00:22:03,695 and also back to 4.1 Jamie's update at this point. 372 00:22:04,495 --> 00:22:06,695 So I would take questions on those, Jamie, 373 00:22:06,795 --> 00:22:10,175 if you have anything to add to your report to the board 374 00:22:10,175 --> 00:22:11,335 or you can also jump in there 375 00:22:14,205 --> 00:22:18,495 Just that, you know, it's, it's really 376 00:22:19,015 --> 00:22:21,815 challenging in regards to what we can control locally 377 00:22:22,035 --> 00:22:24,895 and expenditure budget to make up 378 00:22:25,935 --> 00:22:28,975 a drop in our long-term weighted average daily 379 00:22:28,975 --> 00:22:30,335 membership like that. 380 00:22:30,335 --> 00:22:34,535 Is it, it is really hard if we lose a chunk of students in 381 00:22:34,535 --> 00:22:37,735 that count to be able to curb enough in revenue 382 00:22:37,875 --> 00:22:42,255 and expenditures to not have it result significantly on an 383 00:22:42,495 --> 00:22:43,135 increase in taxes 384 00:22:48,515 --> 00:22:50,295 of which I think argues for the fact 385 00:22:50,295 --> 00:22:52,375 that we gotta figure out a better way 386 00:22:54,675 --> 00:22:56,455 to address the ED funding formula. 387 00:22:56,795 --> 00:22:58,935 And I think that is what taxpayers have been asking for 388 00:22:59,515 --> 00:23:01,815 for a while now is more predictability. 389 00:23:04,025 --> 00:23:06,415 Right. And so what I see, 390 00:23:06,415 --> 00:23:10,495 because I, you know, as we've long discussed as a board 391 00:23:10,635 --> 00:23:13,615 and as members of the RSCA is 392 00:23:16,435 --> 00:23:18,415 the implementation of ACT 73 393 00:23:18,475 --> 00:23:21,535 or as much as we know of how of, you know, what 394 00:23:21,535 --> 00:23:23,255 that implementation looks like, which is still a little 395 00:23:23,525 --> 00:23:26,345 init, doesn't promise any cost savings. 396 00:23:26,805 --> 00:23:28,345 So like pa you know, like we, 397 00:23:29,125 --> 00:23:33,865 our towns passed our budgets two years ago at I think 38 398 00:23:33,865 --> 00:23:37,665 and 36% increases per town based on the fact that 399 00:23:39,125 --> 00:23:43,985 there was a big mandate to make changes 400 00:23:44,255 --> 00:23:47,205 that would fix the out of control spiraling 401 00:23:47,205 --> 00:23:48,885 of property taxes unrelated 402 00:23:48,885 --> 00:23:51,405 to the increased cost of like raw education. 403 00:23:51,905 --> 00:23:55,885 And I don't have any, I personally don't have any belief 404 00:23:55,885 --> 00:23:58,685 that what's happening now is gonna change this. 405 00:23:58,725 --> 00:24:01,685 I think we'll be sitting here in a couple, like, I I 406 00:24:02,325 --> 00:24:04,525 I just don't think it's, I don't think that what 407 00:24:05,225 --> 00:24:06,405 is being proposed is going 408 00:24:06,405 --> 00:24:08,085 to fix the property tax increases. 409 00:24:08,085 --> 00:24:12,555 And so asking people to pay another 410 00:24:13,595 --> 00:24:17,835 18% increase when I cannot pr when I don't have any faith 411 00:24:18,105 --> 00:24:19,475 that the system is gonna change is, 412 00:24:19,535 --> 00:24:21,355 is PR is a challenge for me. 413 00:24:22,005 --> 00:24:23,275 Prima, we, 414 00:24:24,355 --> 00:24:27,035 I think that's partly why they gotta talk more instead 415 00:24:27,035 --> 00:24:31,035 of talking about possibly governance. 416 00:24:31,285 --> 00:24:34,175 Right. Although I think most folks think 417 00:24:34,175 --> 00:24:36,255 that we don't need 52 superintendents 418 00:24:36,715 --> 00:24:38,055 and I think there are places in the state 419 00:24:38,055 --> 00:24:39,935 where we don't need 52 superintendents 420 00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:45,845 that, and I think there are places where we need 421 00:24:45,845 --> 00:24:49,445 to do a better job of working together to curb costs 422 00:24:49,675 --> 00:24:51,045 that are, are outta control 423 00:24:55,435 --> 00:24:58,815 and we need to, that we ought to be able 424 00:24:58,815 --> 00:25:01,815 to have a funding formula that provides more predictability. 425 00:25:01,865 --> 00:25:04,615 Right. Right. And what the issue I think we have right now 426 00:25:04,615 --> 00:25:07,535 with our funding formula is your taxes went up, 427 00:25:07,735 --> 00:25:09,095 I believe 30 cents one year. 428 00:25:09,325 --> 00:25:10,935 Tara, how much did they go down last year? 429 00:25:13,295 --> 00:25:14,515 10 and 12 respectively. 430 00:25:14,895 --> 00:25:17,715 10 and 12 cents and now we're back up 30 again. Right. 431 00:25:17,715 --> 00:25:22,475 Like and so you know, the one plus of the foundation formula 432 00:25:22,615 --> 00:25:23,995 for a district like yours is 433 00:25:24,655 --> 00:25:26,235 the weight just falls the student, 434 00:25:27,155 --> 00:25:28,155 Right. 435 00:25:29,455 --> 00:25:34,155 You're not left to the devices of whatever other districts 436 00:25:34,935 --> 00:25:39,555 try to make up possibly for, you know, 437 00:25:40,485 --> 00:25:42,915 shortfalls in regards to revenue and 438 00:25:42,915 --> 00:25:45,875 or increases of expenditure via announced tuitions. 439 00:25:46,085 --> 00:25:48,275 Right. 'cause the weight would just follow the student 440 00:25:48,295 --> 00:25:49,435 to that receiving school. 441 00:25:53,745 --> 00:25:58,665 Samantha? Yeah, I'm just, I'm gonna go back a beat. 442 00:25:59,325 --> 00:26:03,785 So our long-term daily average is 443 00:26:03,785 --> 00:26:06,505 calculated during a period of three weeks in October. 444 00:26:07,365 --> 00:26:09,665 Yep. The whole state. But it's 445 00:26:09,995 --> 00:26:12,585 Calculated Currently January 446 00:26:13,325 --> 00:26:16,185 and we are showing a 10% 447 00:26:17,315 --> 00:26:20,945 lower enrollment than we know our budget will carry. 448 00:26:24,015 --> 00:26:26,825 Your LTW ADMs not even made just off 449 00:26:26,825 --> 00:26:28,105 of those three weeks, Samantha. 450 00:26:28,175 --> 00:26:29,945 It's made off of last year. 451 00:26:30,215 --> 00:26:33,665 It's three weeks and this year's three weeks, which 452 00:26:33,665 --> 00:26:35,385 Is your but in October. Every time, 453 00:26:36,035 --> 00:26:37,035 Every time. 454 00:26:38,295 --> 00:26:40,865 This is So what, This is what I'm saying this is, 455 00:26:41,255 --> 00:26:45,485 this is part of the problem is how we go about 456 00:26:45,995 --> 00:26:48,045 finding L-T-W-A-D-M 457 00:26:48,105 --> 00:26:51,685 and then you add onto it lots of different 458 00:26:52,675 --> 00:26:56,765 weights on top of your A DM based on things like sparsity 459 00:26:56,905 --> 00:26:59,365 or whether the student's in elementary school versus high 460 00:26:59,365 --> 00:27:02,565 school or whether the student qualifies for free 461 00:27:02,565 --> 00:27:03,645 and reduced lunch or not. 462 00:27:10,755 --> 00:27:12,085 Tara, do you have on hand 463 00:27:12,195 --> 00:27:14,805 what our long-term weighted daily average is? 464 00:27:16,355 --> 00:27:18,045 It's right on the tax sheet. Oh, 465 00:27:18,045 --> 00:27:19,045 Sorry. 466 00:27:19,045 --> 00:27:21,485 It, it dropped from 1 92 0.43 467 00:27:21,545 --> 00:27:23,445 to 1 78 0.40 468 00:27:36,345 --> 00:27:39,605 And you don't have expenditures to cut 469 00:27:40,065 --> 00:27:41,925 to rectify that. 470 00:27:42,025 --> 00:27:44,045 That's my point. Like that that is where 471 00:27:45,255 --> 00:27:46,805 we're in a rock and a hard place. 472 00:27:47,035 --> 00:27:51,485 Like when we lose students in your district via L-T-W-A-D-M, 473 00:27:51,635 --> 00:27:54,045 it's, it's, it's a killer 474 00:27:57,875 --> 00:28:01,805 because it drops your per pupil cost from 11 7 9 4 up 475 00:28:01,805 --> 00:28:03,125 to 13 4 9 3. 476 00:28:13,475 --> 00:28:16,355 I mean your, your tax increase is the change in 477 00:28:16,715 --> 00:28:18,995 that plus you know, accounting for 478 00:28:18,995 --> 00:28:22,035 what we're seeing is 6% increased announced tuition. 479 00:28:22,035 --> 00:28:23,155 Hopefully that stays true. 480 00:28:24,775 --> 00:28:27,195 But you, you know, Tara does a nice job there of showing you 481 00:28:27,195 --> 00:28:29,675 that that change in the equalized tax rate 482 00:28:29,735 --> 00:28:33,355 before CLA was 1.37 up to 1.52. 483 00:28:34,335 --> 00:28:37,275 The biggest, the biggest piece to that is 484 00:28:37,275 --> 00:28:39,235 that drop in L-T-W-A-D-M. 485 00:28:40,305 --> 00:28:40,595 Yeah. 486 00:28:48,865 --> 00:28:52,755 Okay. I don't think there's much we can do with this 487 00:28:52,845 --> 00:28:55,715 until we see the final CLA numbers. 488 00:29:00,575 --> 00:29:01,715 My guess is we'll have 489 00:29:01,815 --> 00:29:05,075 to have some conversations about using the rest 490 00:29:05,075 --> 00:29:07,805 of our tuition reserve fund, 491 00:29:12,505 --> 00:29:14,525 but I think we can have that conversation at another time. 492 00:29:14,745 --> 00:29:16,245 But I do want you to think about 493 00:29:16,245 --> 00:29:18,285 that 'cause that's the only thing we have. 494 00:29:24,855 --> 00:29:28,025 Okay. Anything else on this? 495 00:29:30,175 --> 00:29:31,455 Samantha? Still have a question? Oh 496 00:29:31,695 --> 00:29:32,695 Samantha, do you have your hand up 497 00:29:32,835 --> 00:29:34,055 for a new question? No, 498 00:29:34,195 --> 00:29:35,575 That's all. Thank you. 499 00:29:36,005 --> 00:29:39,615 Sure. Okay. Thank you again Tara. 500 00:29:39,615 --> 00:29:41,470 Thanks for going back and forth on this with us. 501 00:29:42,485 --> 00:29:47,045 Thanks Jamie. So superintendent's report 502 00:29:47,105 --> 00:29:49,525 and then Jamie, we had also passed over 5.1, 503 00:29:49,585 --> 00:29:52,205 the ACT 73 update, if you have anything to add, 504 00:29:56,435 --> 00:29:58,245 session starts tomorrow. This 505 00:29:58,245 --> 00:29:59,605 Is why we're talking about it. 506 00:29:59,605 --> 00:30:04,365 Right? I mean so within 507 00:30:04,465 --> 00:30:07,525 my report I think I'll, I'll focus on the act 73 update. 508 00:30:08,505 --> 00:30:11,085 So session starts tomorrow. 509 00:30:13,015 --> 00:30:14,095 I fully expect 510 00:30:15,525 --> 00:30:18,055 that the governor will come out pretty strongly 511 00:30:19,675 --> 00:30:23,255 in opposition to the task force report. 512 00:30:23,395 --> 00:30:26,815 Not even necessarily based on a policy perspective, 513 00:30:26,995 --> 00:30:31,215 but focused on the fact that the task force did not 514 00:30:32,645 --> 00:30:35,215 provide a map 515 00:30:36,115 --> 00:30:37,815 of which they could have just provided one. 516 00:30:37,815 --> 00:30:41,935 Right. That included SU I think you're gonna hear a lot 517 00:30:41,935 --> 00:30:44,295 of language around they didn't fulfill their obligation 518 00:30:44,835 --> 00:30:47,415 and less focus on actual the policy report they 519 00:30:47,655 --> 00:30:50,495 provided, which there's a lot of good there in regards 520 00:30:50,495 --> 00:30:51,535 to the policy report. 521 00:30:52,955 --> 00:30:54,815 And so if you haven't had a chance to read it, 522 00:30:54,915 --> 00:30:58,895 I'm more than happy to send you a copy if 523 00:30:58,895 --> 00:31:00,335 that would be helpful for board members 524 00:31:00,955 --> 00:31:02,335 to have a copy of that report. 525 00:31:03,065 --> 00:31:05,815 Would that be helpful if I just sign, send the PDF? 526 00:31:07,505 --> 00:31:09,315 Yeah, I think if you sent it I've looked at it, 527 00:31:09,315 --> 00:31:11,435 but if you send it around, it's sometimes not easy 528 00:31:11,435 --> 00:31:12,875 to navigate that website. 529 00:31:12,875 --> 00:31:15,355 Yeah, I'll send it. So it's in your emails in boxes. 530 00:31:17,015 --> 00:31:20,275 The only other updates I have is I did get invited 531 00:31:20,275 --> 00:31:24,035 to testify in front of Senate ed on Friday at three. 532 00:31:24,255 --> 00:31:27,995 That's after the VS. Will have testified on Thursday. 533 00:31:28,075 --> 00:31:30,595 I think that they're, that's a positive opportunity 534 00:31:30,595 --> 00:31:33,355 to be able to respond in regards to 535 00:31:33,355 --> 00:31:35,475 what testimony they provide on Act 73. 536 00:31:37,485 --> 00:31:40,105 That's this Friday. That's this Friday at three. 537 00:31:40,705 --> 00:31:41,945 I have a half hour with them. 538 00:31:45,245 --> 00:31:47,945 The other thing I guess I can update is 539 00:31:47,945 --> 00:31:49,025 that I am gonna be joining 540 00:31:52,945 --> 00:31:57,745 WDEV on Thursday morning with Zuckerman on his radio show 541 00:31:59,175 --> 00:32:02,065 with David and to discuss ACT 73 542 00:32:03,215 --> 00:32:05,665 from 10 to 11. 543 00:32:10,295 --> 00:32:12,475 You know, I, I think there's gonna be times we're gonna need 544 00:32:12,475 --> 00:32:15,355 to be active and educate our elected officials 545 00:32:17,565 --> 00:32:21,035 about why the policy within the task 546 00:32:21,035 --> 00:32:22,195 force makes a lot of sense. 547 00:32:23,815 --> 00:32:28,315 And I think that it's going to be another long 548 00:32:29,235 --> 00:32:34,125 marathon slug fest in regards to where we end up with 549 00:32:35,685 --> 00:32:38,165 I, you know, I think that 550 00:32:41,275 --> 00:32:43,045 that there right, we could get to 551 00:32:43,045 --> 00:32:44,685 that maps actually hit the floor 552 00:32:46,305 --> 00:32:47,765 or there could be a real likelihood 553 00:32:47,765 --> 00:32:51,245 that Act 73 has changed some to more align 554 00:32:51,245 --> 00:32:52,445 with the task force report 555 00:32:52,545 --> 00:32:54,165 and that maps may not even hit the floor. 556 00:32:54,345 --> 00:32:59,175 So stay tuned. I think as we finalize budgets 557 00:33:00,045 --> 00:33:03,375 it's gonna better dictate what direction that may go. 558 00:33:04,825 --> 00:33:09,675 Okay. Meaning I think if budgets are 559 00:33:09,675 --> 00:33:10,835 up and people are unhappy, 560 00:33:10,995 --> 00:33:12,515 I think there's gonna be more political will 561 00:33:13,075 --> 00:33:15,835 to push toward maps hitting the, the floor. 562 00:33:16,385 --> 00:33:20,215 Yeah. No other W-I-V-S-U districts have 563 00:33:20,215 --> 00:33:21,935 passed their budgets yet. Is that correct? 564 00:33:22,835 --> 00:33:24,615 No, no. We've got, Tara 565 00:33:24,635 --> 00:33:26,335 and I have a sprint 566 00:33:27,075 --> 00:33:29,975 of a marathon over the next three weeks to try to get us there. 567 00:33:30,845 --> 00:33:33,095 Good luck. You know, 568 00:33:33,095 --> 00:33:36,335 in general we have several districts at the expenditure 569 00:33:36,335 --> 00:33:38,055 budgets are actually under 3%. 570 00:33:38,645 --> 00:33:41,855 Okay. But, but, but like you, we are, we are faced 571 00:33:41,855 --> 00:33:45,175 with a decrease in L-T-W-A-D-M this year. Yeah, 572 00:33:45,725 --> 00:33:46,725 Okay. 573 00:33:47,515 --> 00:33:49,495 Of which the governor had that information. 574 00:33:49,645 --> 00:33:52,375 Just so the board knows, they know 575 00:33:52,605 --> 00:33:55,335 what the district's L-T-W-A-D-M will be when 576 00:33:55,335 --> 00:33:58,335 that D one letter comes out or at least the estimates. 577 00:33:58,755 --> 00:34:00,575 And when he talked about average 12%, 578 00:34:00,635 --> 00:34:03,455 he knew in general multiple districts were gonna be losing 579 00:34:03,615 --> 00:34:04,615 L-T-W-A-D-M. 580 00:34:04,625 --> 00:34:06,415 Right. There's very few that gained any. 581 00:34:10,175 --> 00:34:12,505 Okay. Thank you Jamie. 582 00:34:13,965 --> 00:34:15,505 Any questions for the superintendent? 583 00:34:19,335 --> 00:34:23,345 Okay. Hearing none. Thank you. You are off the hook. 584 00:34:24,685 --> 00:34:27,425 The only other agenda item we have was this 5.3, 585 00:34:27,425 --> 00:34:29,305 which is the superintendent evaluation report. 586 00:34:29,855 --> 00:34:33,545 Just to note that if you haven't completed that, 587 00:34:34,855 --> 00:34:36,265 when you go to complete it, 588 00:34:36,265 --> 00:34:38,025 it says this thing is due on 589 00:34:38,265 --> 00:34:39,785 December 15th or whatever the deadline is. 590 00:34:40,175 --> 00:34:44,065 That has certainly prevented a couple of people from 591 00:34:44,905 --> 00:34:45,985 clicking the button and doing it. 592 00:34:45,985 --> 00:34:47,105 Anyway, please do it anyway. 593 00:34:47,205 --> 00:34:48,505 If you could please do it this week. 594 00:34:48,505 --> 00:34:51,545 If you haven't, I would love to get 595 00:34:52,795 --> 00:34:55,305 those just done so that we can get to the other side of 596 00:34:55,305 --> 00:34:56,945 that process and not have to worry about it. 597 00:34:58,385 --> 00:34:59,945 Actually the new form, I went and did it 598 00:35:00,165 --> 00:35:02,865 and the new format is a, 599 00:35:02,965 --> 00:35:04,825 is a little bit faster than the one we were using. 600 00:35:04,845 --> 00:35:06,185 So the Google form we're using is 601 00:35:06,345 --> 00:35:07,865 speedier than SurveyMonkey. 602 00:35:07,865 --> 00:35:11,905 So get it done. Please let me know if you need help. 603 00:35:12,205 --> 00:35:13,865 I'm happy to come round with tech 604 00:35:14,125 --> 00:35:15,145 or meet you in the library 605 00:35:15,335 --> 00:35:17,185 with some technology if that's a problem. 606 00:35:17,805 --> 00:35:19,265 But please try and get it done. 607 00:35:19,705 --> 00:35:21,665 I will send an email reminder in a couple of days, 608 00:35:21,725 --> 00:35:24,665 but hopefully that can just, you can feel really good 609 00:35:24,665 --> 00:35:25,825 and virtuous because you'll read 610 00:35:25,825 --> 00:35:27,105 that email and you'll have already done it. 611 00:35:29,245 --> 00:35:30,385 So thank you for that. 612 00:35:32,045 --> 00:35:34,025 We don't need an executive session tonight. 613 00:35:35,365 --> 00:35:37,105 And our next meeting is warned 614 00:35:37,165 --> 00:35:40,005 for the second over in Grandville at six 30. 615 00:35:40,705 --> 00:35:43,725 Is there any other business or any future agenda items? 616 00:35:47,065 --> 00:35:49,515 Okay, I will be watching some 617 00:35:49,515 --> 00:35:53,395 of the hearings this week if you need, if anyone wants 618 00:35:54,355 --> 00:35:58,195 a play by play, please let me know that there will, 619 00:35:58,195 --> 00:36:00,035 you know, everything will be live streamed of course. 620 00:36:00,575 --> 00:36:03,535 And Jamie will be testifying on Friday 621 00:36:04,115 --> 00:36:05,695 and carry on. 622 00:36:06,815 --> 00:36:08,495 I just had a quick remark to make. 623 00:36:08,615 --> 00:36:10,295 I had heard that this was being floated, 624 00:36:10,295 --> 00:36:12,455 but it's now being reported on by Vermont Public 625 00:36:13,245 --> 00:36:18,195 that Senate Pro Roof is considering a bill 626 00:36:18,375 --> 00:36:22,235 to push forth hard caps on school district budgets 627 00:36:24,735 --> 00:36:26,315 for this year and next. 628 00:36:28,805 --> 00:36:32,085 I had heard that that could be a possibility that 629 00:36:32,085 --> 00:36:35,885 that might be introduced and they did seem to report on it. 630 00:36:40,335 --> 00:36:45,195 And so with that, I actually, I would say to you, I don't, 631 00:36:45,215 --> 00:36:47,195 I'm not in support of a hard cap, 632 00:36:47,575 --> 00:36:52,195 but I think that signals that there could be movement to try 633 00:36:52,195 --> 00:36:55,675 to pursue an alternative to school redistricting maps. 634 00:36:55,875 --> 00:36:58,355 I actually could foresee that as a positive 635 00:36:59,125 --> 00:37:01,875 leadership is signaling that this early in the session. 636 00:37:04,335 --> 00:37:08,435 Thanks for that. And that is, yeah, you can find that on. 637 00:37:12,625 --> 00:37:17,155 Okay. Any hope for the business? 638 00:37:18,825 --> 00:37:20,395 Okay. Hearing none, I would enter turn a motion 639 00:37:20,395 --> 00:37:24,955 to adjourn at seven 10. So moved. 640 00:37:25,165 --> 00:37:27,875 Thank you Julie. Thanks everybody. Get home soon. 641 00:37:27,875 --> 00:37:30,355 Goodnight. Thank you. Goodnight.