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[0:00] agenda as presented.
[0:03] Is there a second? Are there any items that we post for individual discussion?
[0:33] with the district. You are asked to limit your comments to three minutes and abide but the public participation policy of the district.
[0:40] Please understand that the board will not respond to your questions and concerns during the meeting. A member of the administration team and or board will follow up with you after the meeting.
[0:50] I think for public comment, moving forward, the school board president's report. I did not receive any self-monitoring report.
[1:01] So we met Tuesday, May 6th, and we reviewed district budgeting stuff kind of like
[1:10] background to get everybody up to speed.
[1:13] So we looked at the sections on the website where financial data can be found.
[1:17] We looked at the current budget and zero end projections.
[1:21] We know a budget must be approved annually, and we looked at the ISB form that's provided.
[1:26] The district will present the attempted fiscal year 26 budget in June, so next meeting
[1:31] and have the public hearing and final approving during the August Board meeting.
[1:37] Next, we reviewed the major capital projects taking place.
[1:40] The digital signs and related landscaping have been completed, yay, at ECC and Greenbrook.
[1:46] Lots of watering going on for the side.
[1:49] The Greenbrook made office expansion project is still taking place this summer
[1:54] and should be completed by August 1st.
[1:57] We watched by it on Mother's Day just to show everybody.
[2:00] The district is working closely
[2:02] with our construction manager on this project.
[2:04] Other projects include painting updates and waterberry
[2:08] and springwood, playground seal coding
[2:10] and striping at all schools and, of course, mulching.
[2:14] The committee also discussed the approval
[2:16] of the three-year technology lease agreement
[2:18] with the American Capital Financial Services.
[2:21] The district's device replacement plan includes
[2:23] through placing devices for Kinder, third grade, and sixth grade every year, so they have
[2:28] a three-year lease. The district will be leasing $500,000, two-in-one, touch screen
[2:34] Chromebooks, but they already have. And associated Google licenses for $67,114 per year.
[2:42] Lastly, the committee reviewed the approval of the resolution appointing this school treasurer.
[2:47] annually we are required to secure a bond in the amount of 10% of our highest
[2:52] projected fund balance in the form of a surety bond for the treasurer, the CSBO
[2:59] brand, acts as the treasurer for the district. So the next finance and
[3:03] facilities meeting is scheduled for June 15th, a still a Tuesday starting at 6 p.m.
[3:10] in this Greenwood board group.
[3:13] Okay, make questions.
[3:17] Okay, I did want to review our
[3:20] board committees given that we now have a couple of new board members just going through
[3:27] all of the committees I will call out who our board member liaison is and the additional
[3:31] board member. For the strategic plan goal area one, which is for teaching and learning,
[3:37] our board member liaison is Amanda Capola and our additional board member is Natalie Kacharski.
[3:43] Our strategic plan goal area number two, climate and culture, our primary board member is
[3:48] myself are on it and Brent C. Hafer is the additional board member for the
[3:54] strategic plan goal area three school community and engagement the board member
[3:58] liaison is Brent C. Hafer and our additional board member will be
[4:02] tear tailor the strategic plan goal area four district finance and facilities
[4:07] our board member liaison is Sarah Delaria and our additional board member is
[4:12] Lynn Steiner for sasset governing board representative our board member liaison
[4:18] on is Amanda Capola and the additional board member is Natalie Kucharski.
[4:22] This task is Board of Directors, our board member is Amanda Capola.
[4:28] The board policy, our board member liaison is Brent C. Hafer and our additional board
[4:32] member is Tara Taylor.
[4:34] For the calendar committee, our board member liaison is Sarah Delaria and the additional
[4:39] board member is myself, Arwa Ahmed.
[4:42] The parent teacher advisory committee, we have our board member liaison is Lynn Steiner
[4:47] and the Additional Board Member is Tara Taylor, the Health and Wellness Committee.
[4:52] The Primary Board Member Liaison is Amanda Kapola, and the Additional Board Member is
[4:56] Lynn Steiner.
[4:58] The IASB Boating Delegate and Alternate is myself as the Board Member Liaison, and the
[5:05] Additional Board Member is Sarah Delaria.
[5:09] Any questions?
[5:15] Dashboards.
[5:16] The Financial Dashboard for IAN?
[5:18] Thank you.
[5:19] Pull it up right now here. Go through this.
[5:24] Before you start,
[5:25] Brian's celebrated a birthday this week, so I want to.
[5:27] Yes today. Happy birthday, Brian.
[5:30] Happy birthday, 21 looks good, Brian.
[5:32] Thank you. I'm sure you're kind to you.
[5:35] Oh, thank you.
[5:36] Thank you very much.
[5:37] I appreciate you as well.
[5:38] 21 looks good, Terry.
[5:39] Oh, wow.
[5:40] It's the best day of the year.
[5:41] Great.
[5:44] Thank you.
[5:45] We'll go briefly to the dashboard here.
[5:49] So, this is the financial dashboard that we call actual year-to-day actual is through April 30th.
[5:55] So, in the beginning of the year, through April 30th.
[5:58] So, this is the revenue slide here.
[5:59] The revenues for the fiscal year are through April 30th.
[6:02] We see the budget.
[6:03] We see the actuals overrun in the last columns of percent of budget.
[6:08] So, that first slide local property taxes, we pretty much received all of our property taxes, you know, for this fiscal year.
[6:14] If you look down a little bit, state revenues, we're trending below budget and we'll end
[6:20] under budget on state revenues, large due to transportation claim being less from the
[6:25] state than we'll expect it on that line, but that next line, federal revenues, we're
[6:30] trending above budget, we're going to get more than we budget for federal sources, large due
[6:35] to a COVID grant that carried over to this year and just maximizing federal sources revenue.
[6:42] So total revenues through April 30th, the bottom there are 26 million, 431,307, or about
[6:50] 97.3% of budget revenues.
[6:54] The next slide is the expenditures.
[6:57] So here are the expenditures year-to-date through April 30th.
[7:02] Most expenditures are actually on track for the month.
[7:05] There really isn't anyone to highlight.
[7:07] I'm just something worth noting, the very first line salaries, it's probably maybe slightly
[7:12] under budget, but the very last payroll we actually include the next 20 teacher checks,
[7:19] yeah.
[7:20] So they get paid July 15th, July 31st, and August 15th, so in our books on that June 30th
[7:25] people will actually recognize it on the books, yeah, so that last payroll then captures
[7:29] the next four.
[7:31] And then we actually pay the teachers out on those dates, so then that very first line
[7:35] salaries right at the end of the year that catches up to budget.
[7:39] Again most expenditures are on track for the month total expenditures are 22
[7:44] million, 261 thousand, 641, or about 74 percent of budget expenditures.
[7:53] The next slide is the fund balance, kind of a summary of revenues, expenditures,
[7:57] and ending fund balances. Fund balance for all funds to April 3, and the bottom
[8:03] their total revenues about $25.7 million. Total expenditures are about $21.5 million.
[8:11] You see the fund transfers. We have the ending fund balance for all funds about $24 million
[8:16] and $144,0912. It's like an 85% fund balance. On the bottom right there are operating
[8:24] funding funds. It's 23,310,326, which is like a 86% fund balance. The next couple slides
[8:32] are just a graph for these fund balances. This is the Treasury report for the fiscal year
[8:37] through April 3rd. This is all funds. Again, all funds fund balance. You see at the end
[8:43] of April 3rd, again, 24,944,312 days on hand. You see a following similar trends to previous
[8:54] years as we, next month or two, then we'll spend down that fund balance as we get to the
[8:59] end of the year.
[9:01] The next slide is just operating funds.
[9:04] So what we call operating funds, you take out capital and debt service.
[9:10] So this is 3 April 30th, and you see the operating fund kind of trends throughout the year.
[9:15] The purple is a current year.
[9:17] You see the trend of previous year, we're spending down that fund balance as we get closer
[9:21] of the end of the year. This is in line with what's been discussed with the Finance Committee
[9:27] to spend down that fund balance to be more in line with the fund balance policy. So you will
[9:32] see that kind of go down as you go through the rest of the year.
[9:37] So a quick note on CPI, we do every
[9:39] month. The latest CPI for April shows a 2.3 percent on a year-over-year basis. This is actually a
[9:47] decrease from March, which was 2.4 percent. So that's good news. This is actually even below what
[9:53] economist for forecasting is actually the lowest annual CPI since February of
[9:58] 21 so that's 2.3% is fairly low positive news it's trending towards the
[10:04] goal of 2% the Fed share reiterate they're waiting for greater clarity on the
[10:10] impact of tariffs before deciding on rate cuts they suspect maybe two or three
[10:15] rate cuts for 2025, but that 2.3% is good news.
[10:22] And then I tried to do this every, it's in the report, but just a high-level, every board
[10:26] meeting, Greenbrook made office expansion project.
[10:30] Crews have made some great progress, I mean, every time I drive by, I mean, the foundation
[10:38] and the, for the news section was done within like, first two weeks.
[10:43] weeks. So now they're working on the walls as you can see. The district meets weekly with
[10:49] bear construction in Arcon. We discuss students to have safety, project updates. The upcoming
[10:54] weeks here, they're going to continue working on the exterior walls, insulation, what's called
[11:00] the brick veneer, kind of that finished brick. They're installing electrical rough-in and
[11:05] installing structural steel for the roof and that'll all happen in the next two or three
[11:10] And then once school lets out, then they're going to go inside and really, you know,
[11:15] working the interior in a really good town.
[11:18] But yeah, very excited about the progress they're making.
[11:20] So I just want to share a little bit about that.
[11:24] Any questions in the board?
[11:27] Thank you.
[11:29] Okay, thank you.
[11:30] I have a student and staff dashboard.
[11:33] Yes, for the attendance dashboard.
[11:35] The month of May's report is pretty easy to read.
[11:42] That's after all the kids have stopped getting sick.
[11:46] And so if we look at Greenbrook,
[11:49] and you'll see the same thing for all three buildings,
[11:51] there's one day that we go over the 10%,
[11:55] that Monday after our spring holiday,
[11:59] which was the 21st this year.
[12:01] Remember, that was a day that we built in the snow day, and since we were out for one
[12:06] of those days, we had to come to work that day in school.
[12:10] So that's for all three buildings, we're going to see the same thing above 10 percent.
[12:15] So a lot of people were out that day.
[12:19] But it's still not, you know, a lot other than water barrier was at 14 percent,
[12:27] but everybody
[12:30] that you know kids are sick or the same for every building and you know exactly why exactly
[12:38] so that's that's easy to read for staff if we look we go to the table okay there's 194 days
[12:51] and if we look how on the next slide you'll see how it compares to previous years it's definitely
[12:57] a lot better than last year which is 210 and way better than you know two years ago where we're at
[13:02] 316 those days in May or what we report in May for April just because of how spring break falls
[13:12] sometimes some of those days could be off so that's why we see such a big jump during that one
[13:18] two so I just want to make sure you you know that but that concludes my report for attendance any
[13:24] question.
[13:33] So I have some quick items just to point out. So during consent agenda, you
[13:39] approved the resolution to support Vision 2030. So what is Vision 2030? So at the joint annual
[13:46] conference, you know, every 10 years, the five big organizations with education and the state
[13:51] get together. And it's the Illinois Association of School Administrators, IASA, the Illinois Association
[13:57] Association of School Boards, IASB, Illinois Principles Association, IPA, Illinois Association
[14:03] of School Business Officials, Illinois, or ISBO, and the Illinois Association of Regional
[14:08] School Superintendents, you know, introduced Vision 2030, which is a blueprint for excellence
[14:15] in K-12 education here in Illinois.
[14:18] So it provides, it's a, it's a, it's three things.
[14:21] Provides a roadmap to enhance K-12 public education through future focused learning, shared
[14:26] accountability and predictable funding. It articulates a shared commitment to putting
[14:32] systems and processes in place that support all school districts throughout the state
[14:37] and sharing what works for our kids in our communities, and then it details a plan
[14:42] to advance policy, legislative fiscal solutions, leverage public resources, and preserve local
[14:48] flexibility and leadership so that the important decisions that occur or that have to occur
[14:54] for curriculum and finance are made here in our local school districts so that's division.
[15:00] A reminder, we will have a summer school again this year, so that will be housed at Waterberry
[15:06] for this year due to the construction at Greenbrook. So our two principals, summer school principals
[15:12] are back this year, Ms. Agabruck and Ms. Farrigan, so they're very excited to get this going.
[15:18] And we will have the exploration camp in the afternoon for all students that was a great
[15:23] success last year. So just a reminder for that.
[15:27] And one item that I'm going to include here is, I want to talk a little bit about our
[15:31] dual language program, okay.
[15:33] So as you know, our dual language program continues to be a powerful asset for us.
[15:39] It offers our students a chance to become not only bilingual, but also by literate in English
[15:44] and Spanish.
[15:46] This program not only boosts academic achievement and cognitive development, but it also prepares
[15:51] our students for success in the global society.
[15:53] So, we are very proud to be the only feeder district in the area offering this opportunity.
[15:59] It sets our students apart and reflects our commitment to innovation, equity, and excellence
[16:03] and education.
[16:04] So, please, there's still, I know, our programs are very strong.
[16:09] There's still some room in our program, especially at Waterbury.
[16:13] So all of our Waterbury parents who want to be in that program, please sign up for it.
[16:16] It is really, I mean, having your, our students or your child be bilingual is priceless.
[16:24] So, and that's a program that we offer here, and in the area, or at least the feeder
[16:29] districts, there's no one else that is offering that, and it's a great opportunity for our students.
[16:35] And the last thing in closing, obviously the closing of the school year is coming.
[16:38] So Thursday, May 29th is our last day at school.
[16:41] Our district administrators will be out at every building, you know, seeing our school
[16:46] take our students awaiting summer break, so I would like to take this opportunity to wish our
[16:52] school community a fun and safe summer. Thank you. And then the other reports are written reports
[17:00] unless you have a question about them or we will not have oral reports for other administrators.
[17:07] Thank you. Thank you. Moving forward with some action items. Now,
[17:11] have a motion that the Board of Education approved the tech lease agreements as presented.
[17:15] So
[17:18] moved. So moved. All those in favor? Yes. Stay. Maria please call the role.
[17:27] For the SDHAPER. Yes. Amanda Follah. Yes. Linda Siner. Yes. Natalie Ficharzi. Yes.
[17:32] Mary Taylor. Yes. Far one Mad. Yes. Sarah Pilaria. Yes. Okay. Motion carries.
[17:38] May I have a motion to the Board of Education approve the Sassad governing board
[17:42] appointment resolution as presented with Amanda Capola appointed as the
[17:46] the governing board representative
[17:47] and Natalie Kucharski appointed
[17:49] as the governing board alternate representative.
[17:54] All those in favor?
[17:56] Yes.
[17:58] Staying Maria, please call the roll.
[18:00] Amanda Kupola?
[18:01] Yes.
[18:02] Liz Siner.
[18:02] Natalie Kucharski.
[18:04] Yeah.
[18:04] Very failure.
[18:05] Yes.
[18:05] R1 med.
[18:06] Yes.
[18:07] Sarah Valerian.
[18:07] Yes.
[18:08] Okay.
[18:10] Motion carries.
[18:12] Now have a motion that the board of education
[18:14] adjourned the meeting.
[18:15] Thank you.
[18:16] I just want to thank Ego Zoto from driving home from his home back here as you've
[18:22] checked.
[18:22] Oh, wow.
[18:27] Oh, wow.
[18:28] Oh, thank you.
[18:34] Thank you.
[18:35] You're right.
[18:36] Okay.
[18:37] You're right.
[18:38] That's a cool point.
[18:40] Okay.
[18:41] We have a motion that the Board of Education adjourned the meeting.
[18:43] So moved.
[18:45] Second.
[18:46] All those in favor?
[18:47] Hi.
[18:48] I'm opposed.
[18:50] Motion carries.