[00:00:14] I WILL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE PRESENTATION OF SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET TO ORDER THOSE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY 2020 TO PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. STAND FOR THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM THIS EVENING. MS. HAHN, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES, SIR, I DO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE MRS.. ALLEN'S PARTICIPATION BY ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION MEANS DUE TO A TEMPORARY MEDICAL CONDITION THAT PREVENTED HER PHYSICAL ATTENDANCE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 25TH TWENTY TWENTY TWO PER SCHOOL BOARD POLICY B, D D BOARD MEMBERS. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR IS THERE A SECOND? UH, SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR? SAY I, I THANK YOU SO FOR THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, ANY AMENDMENTS? COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA OR ADOPT THE AGENDA SO MOVED? IS THERE A SECOND SECOND MOTION, SECOND TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PROPOSED ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE, HI, THANK YOU, DR. REILLY. I'LL HAVE YOUR POPCORN AND WELL BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM BECAUSE I KNOW FROM THE BUILDING LEVEL TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE, THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT AND I HAVE BEEN ON THAT TACTICAL EFFORT BEFORE AND I UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT'S INVOLVED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. THANK YOU, MR. NEWMAN. I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS AND THAT'S WHERE I WANTED TO START MY REMARKS THIS EVENING AS WELL. IT IS MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO PRESENT YOU WITH MY RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR THE TWENTY TWENTY TWO TWENTY TWENTY THREE ACADEMIC YEAR. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY THESE DAYS, SO TO BUILD A $36 MILLION BUDGET CERTAINLY HAS TAKEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH AS A SCHOOL DIVISION. BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT BEGAN IN EARNEST IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, AND WE REALLY ARE ONLY AT THE MIDPOINT OF THIS PROCESS WITH ULTIMATELY ADDITIONAL DELIBERATION FROM YOU PRIOR TO YOUR APPROVAL IN FEBRUARY AND THEN SUBMISSION OF THAT BUDGET REQUEST TO THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. ULTIMATELY, WITH AN APPROVAL IN MID-APRIL, AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THIS AUDIENCE WHO ARE WITH US TONIGHT STEVE GEYER, DEBBIE WHITE, ANDY ARMSTRONG, JEN WAGNER, PETER MARTIN AND BRUCE WATSON'S NOT WITH US THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT SHOUT OUT TO MATT CARATACHEA, WHO TOOK THE CRAZY IDEAS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT WERE IN SCRIBBLE ON PAPER AND PUT THEM INTO A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION FOR YOU TO SEE THIS EVENING. IT'S A TESTAMENT OF THE EXCELLENCE OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION, AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS TEAM PULLS TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOL DIVISION CONTINUES TO SHINE IN SO MANY WAYS AND IS TRULY A PLEASURE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE THEM. SO LOTS OF FOR US TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING AND. ULTIMATELY, WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS AS WE GO ALONG. FEEL FREE TO WRITE YOUR QUESTIONS DOWN, JUMP IN AS I'M PRESENTING YOUR PLEASURE. ULTIMATELY, I WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION THIS EVENING THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS REGARDING MY PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION TO YOU. SO THE THEME FOR THIS EVENING IS PAVING A PATH FORWARD. AND SO WE KNOW THAT CERTAINLY THE LAST TWO YEARS IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING, BUT WE'RE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE. OPTIMISM CERTAINLY IS ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES. AND HERE WE ARE IN JANUARY OF 2020 TO FORECASTING REALLY A BUDGET THAT'S GOING TO LAST [00:05:01] FOR THE NEXT 15 MONTHS ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 2020. THREE. SO THE RECOMMENDATION I'M ABOUT TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING CERTAINLY IS A SPENDING PLAN THAT ALLOWS OUR SCHOOL DIVISION CONTINUE ON OUR PATH TOWARDS EXCELLENCE AND PAVES A PATH FORWARD FOR THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. A LOT TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. I'M GOING TO START WITH OUR BUDGET PHILOSOPHY. SHARE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR SCHOOL DIVISION AND THEN BREAK OUR BUDGET DOWN INTO OUR THREE STRATEGIC GOAL AREAS, DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES FOR STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THE REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST. LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN THIS SCHOOL DIVISION, THERE IS NOT ONE DOLLAR THAT IS SPENT THAT IS NOT ALIGNED WITH OUR VISION TO INSPIRE THIS NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENTS, AND WE SERVE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE WORLD. EVERY DOLLAR IS ALIGNED WITH OUR CORE MISSION THAT DRIVES US EVERY DAY TO INSPIRE AND MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL OF EACH AND EVERY LEARNER. WE HAVE FIVE CORE VALUES THAT ARE ON DISPLAY IN EACH AND EVERY ASPECT OF OUR SCHOOL DIVISION SUN UP AND SOME DOWN, REGARDLESS OF ANY SORT OF ASPECT OF WHAT WE DO. YOU SEE EXCELLENCE IN ACTION, CREATIVITY, COURAGE, HONOR AND OPTIMISM. AND OUR CORE GOALS THAT WE'LL DISCUSS IN GREATER DETAIL TODAY LIVE AND BREATHE IN THIS BUDGET REQUEST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. SO ULTIMATELY, WHAT THIS REQUEST DOES IS IT TAKES OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES, ALIGNS THEM WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES, OUR BUSINESS, OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES, AND WE HAVE RESOURCE ALIGNMENT SO THAT EVERY DOLLAR IS DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE FEEL IS IMPORTANT SPENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAXIMIZING THE POTENTIAL OF OUR LEARNERS AND GAINING THE GRACE GREATEST EFFICIENCY THAT WE CAN IN EACH ENDEAVOR. FINANCE FINANCIAL RESOURCE AS WE HAVE AND AS WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO EACH AND EVERY DOLLAR WE JUST SPENT THAT WE SPEND MUST BE ALIGNED WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE DECISIONS RELATED TO THOSE EXPENSES ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THOSE PRECIOUS STUDENTS WHOM WE SERVE DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AND WE'LL SPEND A FEW MORE MINUTES ON THIS SECTION OF THE PRESENTATION THAT I INITIALLY ANTICIPATED. BECAUSE BOARD MEMBERS, I'M PRETTY PASSIONATE RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHAT OUR SCHOOL DIVISION HAS ACCOMPLISHED. I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR PUBLIC KNOWS THE AWESOMENESS OF WHAT OUR SCHOOL DIVISION HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE COURSE OF THE PAST TWO YEARS AND WELL BEFORE THAT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE A VERY STRONG SCHOOL DIVISION RIGHT NOW. WHEN SCHOOL DIVISIONS ARE CHALLENGED NOW MORE THAN THEY HAVE EVER BEEN. OUR SCHOOL DIVISION HAS KEPT OUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE. WE HAVE FOCUSED ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT. WE HAVE STAYED OUT OF THE MEDIA BECAUSE WE ARE PRIORITIZING OUR CORE MISSION IN THAT SERVING THE STUDENTS AND MAXIMIZING THEIR POTENTIAL. OUR TEACHERS WAKE UP EVERY MORNING, THEY GO TO WORK AND THEY DELIVER AMAZING EXPERIENCES TO KIDS. OUR BUS DRIVERS SERVE OUR STUDENTS SAFELY, OUR CUSTODIANS CLEAN OUR BUILDINGS. OUR NURSES ARE WORKING 16 AND 17 HOUR DAYS. OUR SCHOOL DIVISION IS EXCEPTIONAL AND WE DON'T EVER GIVE OURSELVES ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT HAPPENS DAY IN AND DAY OUT FROM EVERY ASPECT OF WHAT WE DO. OUR CLERICAL STAFF, OUR MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION STAFF, EACH AND EVERY PERSON IS DELIVERING AN AMAZING LEVEL OF SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY EVERY DAY. AND AS I'M ABOUT TO SHARE WITH YOU, IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE ACCOLADES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST. WE FORGET ABOUT SOME OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT THIS SCHOOL DIVISION ACCOMPLISHES. WE FORGET THAT WE ARE AMONG ONE OF 500 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE WORLDWIDE THAT HAVE EARNED AN APPLE DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL RECOGNITION. WE FORGET ABOUT THAT. WE NEED TO BRING OURSELVES BACK TO REMIND OURSELVES OF THE AMAZING THINGS WE DO. WE FORGET THAT WE ARE ONE OF THREE SCHOOL DIVISION OR ONE OF 19 SCHOOL DIVISIONS WHO HAVE EARNED PERFECT ACCOLADES ON COMPLIANCE IN ACADEMIC METRICS. WE DO WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT. WE ARE IN FACT THE BEST SCHOOL DIVISION, AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHY WE ARE THE BEST SCHOOL DIVISION. NOT ONE, NOT TWO, NOT THREE YEARS IN A ROW, BUT FOR FOUR YEARS IN A ROW. WE CONTINUE TO SHINE AND IT IS OUR TEACHERS. YES, BUT IT IS. EACH AND EVERY PERSON WHO PUTS ON THAT BADGE EVERY MORNING WAKES UP, DRIVES TO WORK AND DOES GREAT THINGS FOR OUR SCHOOL DIVISION AND OUR SCHOOL AND OUR COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES THAT. AND FALL, IT WAS A REFERENDUM, NOT ON THE PROJECTS. THIS VOTE WAS A REFERENDUM ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE VOTERS SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN YOU AND WE BELIEVE IN THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR FUTURE WORK. I'M PROUD OF THAT BECAUSE IT WAS THE HIGHEST APPROVAL RATING OF ANY REFERENDUM THAT WAS ON THE BALLOT ACROSS THIS COMMONWEALTH. BUT AS I SAID BEFORE I STARTED THIS SECTION, IT'S NOT THE ACCOLADES, IT'S NOT THE AWARDS, IT'S NOT THE PLAQUES, IT'S NOT THE FANCY TWITTER POST. IT IS THE WORK THAT HAPPENS EACH AND EVERY DAY IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION THAT WE SHOULD ALL [00:10:04] BE PROUD OF. IT'S ENGAGEMENT LIKE THIS. IT'S INNOVATION LIKE THIS. THESE ARE EXPERIENCES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THIS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE'RE DOING AMAZING WORK. BOARD MEMBERS. THERE ARE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS SCHOOL DIVISION WHEN PUBLIC EDUCATION IS UNDER ATTACK AND A LOT OF WAYS I WILL TELL YOU THAT GOOCHLAND COUNTY CONTINUES TO DO IT EXTREMELY WELL. WE ARE A MODEL OF EXCELLENCE AND THERE ARE EXCEPTIONAL THINGS HAPPENING IN EVERY ASPECT OF THIS SCHOOL DIVISION ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE HAVE THE VERY FIRST ENERGY ACADEMY IN THE COMMONWEALTH EXPERIENCES THAT STUDENTS ARE SHINING IN SO MANY WAYS, WORKING WITH OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS. WE ARE A MODEL OF HOW IT CAN BE DONE AND HOW IT CAN BE DONE WELL. AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS THE SCHOOL DIVISION. SO THIS IS JUST A SNIPPET OF WHAT FOLKS DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT I'VE HAD THE BENEFIT OF BEING A PART OF OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. AND IT'S JUST A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN SO MANY PLACES ACROSS OUR SCHOOL DIVISIONS. SO HERE WE ARE NOW CELEBRATING THE EXCELLENCE OF THIS SCHOOL DIVISION, PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT ULTIMATELY, THERE ARE FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK AND TAKE OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE TO AN EVEN HIGHER LEVEL. SO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHARE WITH YOU ARE THE NEEDS BOARD MEMBERS THAT I'M RECOMMENDING TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS WE BUILD THIS FINANCIAL PLAN FOR OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THESE NEEDS ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND JUST TO REMIND US ABOUT THAT, WE HAVE THIS BRIEF VIDEO JUST TO BRING US BACK TO GROUND ON WHERE WE ARE IN OUR GOALS. THAT'S EXCELLENCE, THAT'S EXCELLENCE IN ACTION, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, EACH AND EVERY DAY THAT OUR STUDENTS ARRIVE ON CAMPUS, THAT'S THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY GET. SO AGAIN, A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MET AND MADE THAT HAPPEN. I HAVE GOOSEBUMPS WATCHING THAT, SEEING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF IN ACTION WITH THE MUSIC JUST A TREMENDOUS WAY TO TRANSITION INTO OUR IDENTIFIED NEEDS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. SO JUST A REMINDER STRATEGIC GOAL AREA ONE IS MAXIMIZING EACH STUDENT'S POTENTIAL IN PREPARATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE. SO SOME ADDITIONAL NEEDS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO INSTRUCTION IS INCREASING THE TUITION COSTS FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ATTENDING MAGGIE WALKER AND OR GOVERNOR MAGGIE WALKER, MAGGIE WALKER, REGIONAL GOVERNOR, SCHOOL, SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND OUR BUDGET WORK SESSION LAST WEEK. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS THROUGH THE USE OF THAT INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE, AND WE'LL HIT SOME OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS IN A SECOND. AS WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, OUR CURRENT LIBRARIANS, OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, ARE USING THEIR OWN SCHOOL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OUR READING OLYMPICS PROGRAM. THIS BUDGET DOES INCLUDE THE RESOURCES FOR US TO PAY FOR THOSE COSTS FROM A DIVISION LEVEL STANDPOINT RATHER THAN AT A SCHOOL LEVEL STANDPOINT. THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES AN E-SIGNATURE PROGRAM FOR IEP APPROVALS. WE HAVE FOUND THROUGH THE PANDEMIC THAT THIS HAS INCREASED EFFICIENCIES, INCREASE TRANSPARENCY THROUGH THE PROCESS. [00:15:01] IT ALLOWS OUR PROFESSIONALS TO DO THEIR WORK A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY RATHER THAN PASSING PAPER BACK AND FORTH. SO SOME NEGLIGIBLE, NEGLIGIBLE INCREASES IN COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WITHIN THE SCHOOL AREA. THERE ARE ALSO SOME RESOURCES FOR US TO CONTINUE TO ALLEVIATE THE SUMMER SLUMP THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED PUBLICLY IN SEVERAL SETTINGS. THERE ARE RESOURCES IN THIS BUDGET FOR US TO EXPAND OUR SUMMER OFFERINGS AS WE POTENTIALLY TRANSITION TO A MORE LONG TERM CHANGE IN OUR CALENDAR. THIS RECOGNIZES THAT STUDENTS LOSE SOME OPPORTUNITIES ACADEMICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER. THIS IS UPDATED DATA RELATED TO OUR MAP PERFORMANCE IN READING IN THE UPDATED DATA RELATED TO OUR MATH PERFORMANCE AND MAP, AS WELL AS AS YOU CAN SEE SOME GAINS MADE DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS SOME DECREASES MADE OVER THE SUMMER. AND SO RESOURCES IN THIS BUDGET INCLUDE CONTINUATION OF THE KINDERGARTEN COUNTDOWN CAMP. BUT AN EXTENSION OF THE POWER SCHOLARS OPPORTUNITY FOR FOUR WEEKS TO FIVE WEEKS CERTAINLY FOUND THAT VERY SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR. AND SO WE HAVE SOME DOLLARS IN OUR BUDGET TO INCLUDE THAT, AS WELL AS PILOTING SOME INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE CAN EXPAND UPON THE CURRENT SUMMER OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST AND EXPAND THOSE A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN PROVIDE MORE EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS FREE OF CHARGE, UTILIZING OUR STAFF AND PROVIDING SOME ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SO THIS IS A SUMMARY BOARD MEMBERS OF ALL THE INITIATIVES IN GOAL ONE. I HAVE HIT SOME OF THOSE FOR YOU ALREADY TODAY, INCLUDING SOME OF THE EXPANDED SUMMER PROGRAMING YOU WILL SEE ON THESE SUMMARY SLIDES A COUPLE OF SECTIONS. THE FIRST IS OUR FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS AND ARE BEING RECOMMENDED AS ADDITIONS INTO THIS BUDGET, AS WELL AS THE LOCAL AND STATE RESOURCES. AND REALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME PLUSES AND MINUSES THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS BUDGET. SO OF COURSE, REDUCTIONS OR YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGES THERE. AND THEN THE FEDERAL BUDGETS INCLUDE NOT ONLY OUR TITLE 6B SPECIAL EDUCATION, BUT OUR TITLE ONE BUDGET, OUR TITLE TO BUDGET AND ALL THE COVERED DOLLARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IN SEVERAL SETTINGS. SO FEDERAL MOUNT IS A PRETTY LARGE CATCH ALL AREA. AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THESE INS AND OUTS ARE. AND OVERALL, WE'RE USING STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS THIRTY THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE FOR THE INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER. GOAL TWO TO CREATE AN ENGAGING AND RESPONSIVE EXPERIENCE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS INFORMED, INCLUDED, VALUED AND EMPOWERED AND BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF VISUALLY REPRESENTING THE EXCELLENT WORK OF OUR STUDENTS. WE HAVE THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALS IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION WHO DEDICATE TIRELESS HOURS TOWARDS THEIR CRAFT, WHO ARE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, CHECKING ROADS, WHO ARE MAKING REPAIRS TO OUR BOILERS ON THE WEEKENDS. WE HAVE FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WHO EXHAUST COUNTLESS HOURS OF ENERGY TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED THE ABSOLUTE BEST EXPERIENCE THAT THEY CAN. AND SO YOU GET A CHANCE TONIGHT TO SEE SOME OF THESE FACES, MANY OF THESE, YOU KNOW. BUT THESE ARE FOLKS DOING AMAZING WORK, BOARD MEMBERS. GREAT THINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE SOME ABSOLUTELY AMAZING EMPLOYEES DOING THE WORK OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION. AND SO WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON IN NEXT FEW MINUTES ARE SOME OF THE REQUESTS RELATED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO RETAIN THESE AMAZING PROFESSIONALS THAT WE CAN PAY THEM. A COMPETITIVE SALARY AND OVERALL COMPENSATION PACKAGE, AND THAT ULTIMATELY WE CAN RETAIN THOSE FOLKS AND RECRUIT OTHERS TO THIS EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOL DIVISION. YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE NOW MANY, MANY TIMES. AND SO THIS IS AN ANALYSIS OF OUR CURRENT TEACHER SALARY, A TEACHER WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND WHERE WE RATE IN OUR COMPETITIVE MARKET. YOU'VE SEEN THIS MANY TIMES NOW, AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE ARE AT SIX PLACE AS WE ENTER INTO THE SALARY SCALE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND WE ARE FIFTH PLACE MANY PLACES ALONG THAT SCALE AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE RATE IN COMPARISON. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT OUR MARKET COMPETITIVENESS AND HOW WE PAY IN RELATION TO THE MEDIAN. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE REGIONAL MEDIAN IN THE GRAY, WHERE WE PAY IN THE WHITE AND WHERE THE DIFFERENTIAL FROM THAT MEDIAN IS IN THE YELLOW. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT RANGES FROM A LOW OF TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE DOLLARS TO A HIGH OF TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY TWO DOLLARS CURRENTLY IN THE MARKET. AND YOU'VE SEEN THIS IN THE PAST BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL, WHERE EVEN WITH OUR BEST OF EFFORTS WE HAVE, WE'VE HAD SOME SALARY IMPROVEMENT PACKAGES IN THE PAST AND WE'VE WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PAY OUR TEACHERS WELL AND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES WELL. BUT EVEN WITH THOSE BEST OF EFFORTS, WE STILL HAVE NOT MADE THE GROUND THAT WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE EMPLOYEES AND PAY THEM THE WAGE THAT [00:20:02] THEY DESERVE. AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE BELOW THE MEDIAN AT ALL BANDS FROM ZERO THROUGH THE TOP OF THE SCALE. IT'S MORE THAN OUR TEACHERS, IT'S ALL OF OUR TEAMMATES. IT'S ALL OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, OUR PSYCHOLOGISTS, OUR SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST. AND YOU HAVE SEEN THIS AS WELL IN THE PAST BOARD MEMBERS, BUT THIS IS A REPRESENTATIVE MATRIX OF WHERE WE RANK IN COMPARISON. OF COURSE, THE GREEN IS WHERE WE'RE ABOVE THE MEDIAN YELLOW IS AT THE MEDIAN, AND RED IS WHERE WE ARE BELOW THE MEDIAN. WE ALSO HAD THIS DISCUSSION LAST WEEK AND WE RECOGNIZE THE INFLATIONARY FACTORS THAT ARE IMPACTING US ALL PERSONALLY AND HOW A GALLON OF MILK DOESN'T COST WHAT IT USED TO. NOR DOES A GALLON OF GAS OR ANYTHING THESE DAYS, QUITE HONESTLY. AND SO YEAR OVER YEAR, WE'VE SEEN SEVEN PERCENT INFLATION. AND SO THAT IS THE HIGHEST SINCE DATING BACK INTO THE NINETEEN EIGHTIES. AND THAT'S REAL. THAT'S IMPACTS US ALL. AND CERTAINLY, AS WE THINK ABOUT AN IMPROVEMENT PACKAGE FOR SALARY, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THOSE CONSTRAINTS RELATED TO INFLATION. SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOUR BOARD MEMBERS TONIGHT INCLUDES A MINIMUM FIVE PERCENT RAISE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. THAT'S A MINIMUM STARTING POINT. AND SO PACKAGING THAT RAISE A DIFFERENT WAY IS A THREE PERCENT MERIT INCREASE FOR A YEAR'S WORTH OF SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE, AND IT'S A TWO PERCENT MARKET ADJUSTMENT. I SAY THAT AND I FRAME THAT THE WAY I DO, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW OUR COUNTY COLLEAGUES USUALLY DISCUSS THEIR RAISES WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES. SO A MINIMUM FIVE PERCENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, AND YOU CAN SLICE THAT AS A THREE PERCENT MERIT INCREASE IN A TWO PERCENT MARKET ADJUSTMENT. AND AGAIN, THAT'S FOR EMPLOYEES WHO EARN A YEAR'S WORTH OF SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE. YES, SIR. WITH THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT HAPPENED REGARDLESS OF YOUR EVALUATION STATUS, THE WAY WE HAVE INTERPRETED IT IN THE PAST, MR. IS IN ORDER TO EARN THIS FULL FIVE PERCENT AND EMPLOYEE MUST EARN EITHER A SATISFACTORY OR EXEMPLARY RATING. YEP. YES, SIR. GOOD QUESTION. SO BOARD MEMBERS, YOU SEEING THIS INFORMATION AS WELL IN THE PAST AND JUST SHARING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE DO HAVE MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES, SPECIFICALLY OUR TEACHERS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY. AND SO WHEN THEY TRAVEL INTO OUR COMMUNITY, OF COURSE, THERE'S AN INCREASED COST ASSOCIATED WITH MILEAGE AND ALL THE OTHER FACTORS OF LIVING OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY, TIME WEAR AND TEAR ON VEHICLES. AND SO THIS IS JUST AN INDICATION OF HOW OUR OUR WORKFORCE IS DISTRIBUTED ACROSS OUR REGION. AND CERTAINLY THAT'S A FACTOR BECAUSE THESE TEACHERS, WITH THEIR EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS, CAN WORK ANYWHERE THEY WANT. THEY CAN WORK ANYWHERE THEY WANT, BUT THEY CHOOSE TO WORK HERE AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. AND ULTIMATELY, WE CAN'T TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED, AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THAT HERE IN A MOMENT BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT MAKE GOOCHLAND EXTREMELY SPECIAL. THERE ARE. WE HAVE SMALL CLASS SIZES. THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE AUTONOMY TO DO GREAT THINGS WITHIN YOUR CLASSROOM WITH A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY. WE DO FOCUS ON NOT JUST THE SOIL TEST AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT WE LOOK AT WHERE STUDENTS HAVE COME DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. WE FOCUS ON GROWTH OVER ACHIEVEMENT. WE HAVE STRONG TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE BEST TECHNOLOGY THAT STUDENTS CAN HAVE AND TEACHERS CAN HAVE. WE HAVE STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT, BUT AS WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, HOW LONG CAN WE CONTINUE TO RELY ON THAT BEFORE WE'RE PINCHED BY SOME OF THESE EXTERNAL FACTORS? ULTIMATELY, WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE CHOICE AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT GOING TO DRIVE THAT FAR ANYMORE BECAUSE I CAN WORK FIVE MINUTES FROM MY HOME AND I CAN MAKE MORE MONEY. SO I ULTIMATELY DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE REACTIONARY. I DON'T WANT TO LOOK DOWN THE ROAD THREE YEARS NOW AND SAY, WHY DIDN'T WE DO SOMETHING THEN? SO I'M GOING WOULD BE PROACTIVE IN OUR APPROACH AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE CAN'T REST ON OUR LAURELS. AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY AWARE OF SOME OF THESE CHANGES IN SOME OF THESE PINCH POINTS, POTENTIALLY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. SO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU THIS EVENING IS THE SALARY SCALE THAT IS NOT AT THE LEVEL THAT WE DISCUSSED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST TWO WEEKS, SIMPLY AS I SHARED WITH YOU, WHERE YOU'RE CONSTRAINED BY SOME REVENUE. SO AS I PRESENT YOU A BALANCED BUDGET THIS EVENING, THIS IS A SALARY SCALE THAT DOES ALLOW US TO USE ALL OF OUR REVENUE APPROPRIATELY AS A BALANCE. THE POSITIVE IS THAT THIS IS A RAISE THAT EXCEEDS FIVE PERCENT FOR NINETY FIVE PERCENT OF OUR EMPLOYEES. I DO KNOW OF SOME SCHOOL DIVISIONS AROUND US THAT HAVE RECOMMENDED A FIVE PERCENT, SO THIS IS HIGHER THAN AT LEAST ONE OR TWO SCHOOL DIVISIONS I'M AWARE OF AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN THEIR BUDGET PROCESS. BUT IT IS NOT NEAR THE LEVELS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN OUR WORK SESSIONS IN THE PAST. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE ASKED OURSELVES, WELL, WILL WE GAIN GROUND IN THE MARKET? AND SO AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST, WE DID AN ANALYSIS IF WE'RE ABLE TO AWARD A SIX POINT ONE, FOUR PERCENT RAISE FOR EMPLOYEES AND WE COMPARE THAT WITH OTHERS WHO ARE GIVING A FIVE [00:25:02] PERCENT RAISE. WILL WE GAIN GROUND IN THE MARKET? AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE GAIN NEGLIGIBLE GROUND. WE DO NOT GAIN NEARLY THE GROUND THAT WE NEED TO GAIN AS A PART OF THE OVERALL COMPETITIVE MARKET. THIS IS OUR CURRENT DIFFERENTIAL FROM THE MEDIAN AND THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD BE IF WE PROVIDE A SIX POINT ONE. FOUR AND OTHERS PROVIDE A FIVE. YOU CAN SEE THAT GAIN A LITTLE BIT OF GROUND ON THE MEDIAN BASED ON THESE ASSUMPTIONS. BUT WE ARE NOT AT THE MEDIAN AT ANY STEP BASED ON THIS ANALYSIS. SO ULTIMATELY, WE REMAIN RED WITH THIS PROPOSAL. ULTIMATELY, BOARD MEMBERS, AS YOU WILL FIND LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS PRIORITY ONE FOR ME. IF WE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE CERTAINLY WANTED TO BE MORE MORE THAN WHAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU. THE POSITIVES IS IT IS A RAISE. IT IS GREATER THAN FIVE PERCENT AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND PROVIDE MORE FOR OUR OUR TEACHERS SPECIFICALLY IN THE FUTURE. THE POSITIVE IS, AS WE HAVE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AT ANY SORT OF DOLLAR THAT OUR EMPLOYEES EARN AS A PART OF THEIR SALARY PACKAGE I'M RECOMMENDING CONTINUES TO GO TO THEIR BOTTOM LINE, CONTINUES TO GO TO THEIR BACK POCKET AND IS NOT OFFSET BY HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE OUR FINAL HEALTH INSURANCE RATES. HOWEVER, WE ARE FORECASTING A THREE PERCENT RATE INCREASE IN RATES. THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SCHOOL DIVISION ABSORBS ANY SORT OF INCREASES AND WE CAN WE DO NOT PASS THOSE OFF TO THE EMPLOYEES ULTIMATELY SO THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE ANY SORT OF SALARY IMPROVEMENT DIRECTLY TO OUR FOLKS. WE HOPE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC COSTS IN MID-FEBRUARY. HOPEFULLY, BY THE TIME YOU APPROVE YOUR BUDGET AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, WE'LL HAVE FINAL DOLLARS FORECASTING A THREE PERCENT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ABOUT HAVING SUBSTITUTES IN THE CLASSROOM AND HOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE COMPETITIVE AS OUR SUBSTITUTES CERTAINLY HAVE CHOICES AS WELL. THEY CAN DRIVE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST AND EARN A COMPETITIVE DAILY RATE. AND SO WE CURRENTLY PAY NINETY FIVE DOLLARS FOR OUR DEGREED SUBSTITUTES. YOU CAN SEE THOSE RATES AND HOW WE RATE IN COMPARISON ACROSS THE REGION. THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL DOES INCLUDE A ADJUSTMENT TO OUR SUBSTITUTE DAILY RATE, AND YOU CAN SEE IN THOSE COLUMNS WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING FOR THOSE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. AND THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE SAME THING. SO SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS THERE TO HELP US MOVE THE NEEDLE TOWARDS INCREASED COMPETITIVENESS IN THE MARKET. SO THAT WAS OUR TEACHERS. WE MUST NOT FORGET THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, SPECIFICALLY OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WHO DO AMAZING WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT JUST LIKE THE REST OF OUR EMPLOYEE BASE. I WANT TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THOSE THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED AND SO BOARD MEMBERS, AS WE HAVE SHARED WITH SOME OF THE SAMPLES OF POTENTIAL SALARY IMPROVEMENT FOR THESE EMPLOYEES. RECOGNIZING THE CHANGE IN MINIMUM WAGE, AS WELL AS WHAT OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE, EMPLOYERS ARE PROVIDING TO EMPLOYEES WITH THESE SAME SKILLS. THIS IS A VERY AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN RETAIN OUR HIGHLY TRAINED AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES STARTING OFF AT THE LOWEST END OF OUR SCALE AT GRADE A WITH $12 AN HOUR AND THEN PROGRESSING TO THE NEXT STEP OF OUR SCALES, WHICH INCLUDES OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS AND OUR CUSTODIANS. AND THAT'S THIRTEEN FIFTY AN HOUR, SO WE GO FROM 12 TO 13 50. THE NEXT STEP IS GRADE C AT FIFTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR. IT'S IN OUR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS OR CLERICAL TWO AND OUR PERMANENT SUBS. AND THEN GRADE D, WE HAD DISCUSSED SIXTEEN FIFTY AN HOUR. BUT IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET NEEDED TO REDUCE THIS TO SIXTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR CLERICAL THREE, OUR CAFETERIA MANAGERS AND OUR DIVISION WIDE HEAD CUSTODIANS. SO IT'S A VERY AGGRESSIVE INCREASE IN SIGNIFICANT YEAR OVER YEAR PERCENTAGE BUMPS TO THESE EMPLOYEES THAT CERTAINLY ARE WELL DESERVED IN THE MARKET. IN ADDITION, AS WE THINK ABOUT THEIR OVERALL COMPENSATION PACKAGE, IT'S MORE THAN SALARY. IT'S MORE THAN HEALTH INSURANCE. BUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO EMPLOYEES. SO THIS BUDGET INCLUDES SO FEW FEW DOLLARS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH OUR TEACHING STAFF AND OUR OPERATIONAL STAFF. WE DO HAVE MORE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS, SO THE INCREASE OF COST TO US IS $5000. WE ULTIMATELY GET REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE FOR THAT, LOOKING AT FEDERALLY FUNDING SOME ADDITIONAL TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUR STAFF. WE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST THAT RETIREE HEALTH CREDIT AND HOW THAT CAN BENEFIT SOME OF OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. SO $5000 FOR THAT. A FEW DOLLARS FOR BUS DRIVER INCENTIVES AND USING FEDERAL FUNDS TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF TO DIFFERENTIATE AND RECOGNIZED THEIR WORK IN RELATION TO WHAT THEIR COLLEAGUES ACCOMPLISH ON A DAILY BASIS. [00:30:02] SO USING FEDERAL FUNDS RATHER THAN LOCAL FUNDS FOR THAT, THE LAST ASPECT OF THIS SCHOOL GOAL TOO IS CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE OUR PRIORITY ONE FIELD TRIPS RECOGNIZING INFLATIONARY COSTS, RATHER THAN PASSING THAT OFF TO OUR FAMILIES PICKING THAT COST UP. AND IT'S A NEGLIGIBLE INCREASE OF TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, PICKING UP THE COST OF THE INCREASE IN VOLUNTEER BACKGROUND CHECKS. AS WE DISCUSS, WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY A NEGLIGIBLE COST, BUT IT IS BUILT INTO THE BUDGET OF $2000 AND THEN RECOGNIZING FUEL COSTS AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A FEW MORE SPORTS TEAMS RECONCILING THAT BUDGET $5000 IN ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THAT. SO IN SUMMARY, BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INITIATIVE IN THIS BUDGET GOAL TO OVERALL AND USING LOCAL AND STATE RESOURCES IS NEARLY $1.8 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES. THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FEDERAL RESOURCES, YOU CAN SEE THAT $1.2 MILLION IS FOR THE THREE PERCENT MERIT INCREASE, WITH THE TWO PERCENT MARKET ADJUSTMENT TO ACCOMPLISH THE TEACHER SALARY SCALE REVISIONS, AS SHOWN EARLIER TONIGHT. IT'S AN ADDITIONAL 180 $5000. YOU CAN SEE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THE TUNE OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THOSE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES, AND THEN THE EXPECTED HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE IS ONE HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO YOU CAN SEE SOME BIG NUMBERS IN THERE AND ULTIMATELY HOW WE GET TO THAT $1.8 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES. GOAL THREE ENHANCE AND SUPPORT THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEARNING NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF WITH SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THERE. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE A VERY ROBUST TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IS WE HAVE LOOKED AT USING. FEDERAL RESOURCES, AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL RESOURCES AND LOOKING AT THE BEST FUNDING STREAM FOR THESE BASED ON WHAT THOSE RESOURCES REALLY ARE IN THE LONG TERM, ARE THEY SHORT TERM NEEDS OR ARE THEY LONG TERM NEEDS AND USING FEDERAL FUNDS FOR SHORT TERM NEEDS AND OPERATIONAL DOLLARS FOR LONG TERM NEEDS? SO WE SCRUBBED EACH AND EVERY BUDGET LINE WITHIN TECHNOLOGY. YOU CAN SEE THIS BUDGET INCLUDES A REDUCTION IN OPERATIONAL FUNDS ON THE FIRST BULLET OF $6000 AND USING FEDERAL RESOURCES TO THE TUNE OF TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, LIKE WE ALWAYS DO, WE LOOK AT EVERY LINE AND STRATEGICALLY ABANDON WHERE WE CAN, AND YOU'LL SEE A DIFFERENTIAL OF FORTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS LESS IN FEDERAL FUNDS AND THEN JUST IN OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET, JUST IN GENERAL, INFLATIONARY INCREASES JUST AS A RESULT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE MARKET. SO THIS IS NOT ADDING ANY NEW SERVICES. THIS IS JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS AND KEEPING THE COMPUTERS RUNNING AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS RUNNING THE WAY THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. LOOKING AT OUR SUMMER LABOR AND SHIFTING SOME GRANT MONEY AROUND THERE AND USING USING THOSE FUNDS AND OPERATIONS. SO THAT'S A LONG TERM NEED THAT WE HAVE WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS CERTAINLY RELATED TO OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS. AND SO WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING FOR NEXT YEAR AS FAR AS EXPENDITURES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO COVID 19 RISK MITIGATION. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WE'VE MADE A LOT OF INVESTMENTS IN THIS ALREADY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING USING THOSE FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR FOR NEXT YEAR. WHAT YOU WILL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS A REDUCTION OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE PROJECTS ARE DONE. SO WE LOOK AT THE INS AND OUTS OF ALL OF THAT AND THE GRANT FUNDS THIS ONE TO BE EXPLICIT ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECT TO USE THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR NEXT YEAR, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO INDOOR AIR QUALITY COVID 19 RISK MITIGATION. SO THIS IS A SUMMARY A NEGLIGIBLE INCREASE IN INVESTMENT IN GOAL THREE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET TO THE TUNE OF TWO HUNDRED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, A LOT OF THIRTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR INFLATIONARY INCREASES FOR ACA PROGRAM AND OUR FOOD SERVICES BUDGET. YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL STATE DOLLARS TO THE TUNE OF SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND STATE DOLLARS FOR FUTURE TEXTBOOK RESOURCES. IT IS. IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE PUT THOSE RESOURCES BACK IN RESERVE. WE HAVE THE ABILITY WITHIN OUR TEXTBOOK BUDGET TO CARRY THOSE DOLLARS YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. SO WITH THAT ADDITIONAL STATE MONEY COMING IN, WE DO NOT HAVE A TEXTBOOK ADOPTION THIS YEAR. I'M RECOMMENDING WE PUT THOSE BACK IN RESERVE FOR WHEN WE DO HAVE A TEXTBOOK ADOPTION AND THAT WAY WE CAN DO IT WELL. SO YOU CAN SEE OVERALL IN THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, A DECREASE OVERALL IN THAT BUDGET OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS AS WE HAVE COMPLETED SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS. SO STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT, I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS I'M BLESSED TO SERVE NOW IN MY SIXTH YEAR AS SUPERINTENDENT HERE, AND EACH YEAR WE WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANYTHING LEFT THAT WE CAN STRATEGICALLY ABANDON. IN TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WE WE'VE GOTTEN THE LOW HANGING FRUIT OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT THERE ARE STILL OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO REALLOCATE SOME OF OUR [00:35:03] RESOURCES TO ULTIMATELY OUR OPERATIONAL GOALS. AND SO ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, SOME OF THOSE WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT IN THE PAST ABOUT SCHOOL AIG AND HOW WE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR THAT IN THE PAST. BUT NOW THAT'S A FREE RESOURCE, SO WE DON'T NEED TO PAY THOSE FUNDS. SO WE'RE REDUCING THAT BUDGET BY NEARLY $18000. CONTINUING THE STRATEGIC INNOVATION GRANT PROCESS, BUT USING A THIRD PARTY TO FUND THOSE THE ABANDONMENT OF OUR SUMMER FURNITURE PROGRAM, LOOKING AT OUR GIFTED SCREENING TOOLS DIFFERENTLY AND SAVING SOME RESOURCES THERE. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE RECONCILED OUR FIELD TRIP BUDGET A LITTLE BIT AND WHERE WE HAD $10000 BUDGETED FOR SOME ASPECTS OF THOSE FIELD TRIPS, RECOGNIZING IT'S NOT GOING TO COST US THAT MUCH. SO WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE $5000 THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN SOME MINOR CHANGES, BUT ULTIMATELY ALL THAT ADDS UP TO NEARLY SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN REDUCTIONS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO STRATEGICALLY ABANDON AND LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS TOWARDS, ULTIMATELY THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. SO IN SUMMARY, THIS IS A BUDGET THAT INCLUDES TWO POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION, JUST A NEGLIGIBLE INCREASE IN FTE. THAT ONE FTE IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE DEAN OF STUDENTS AT GOOCHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE POINT FIVE SEVEN FTE IS A POSITION THAT WAS NOT IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. IT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AS AN UNBUDGETED EXPENDITURE AND RECOMMENDING THAT WE CARRY THAT FORWARD. SO THIS IS NOT A BUDGET WITH AN INCREASE IN PERSONNEL NEGLIGIBLE. THERE IS ONE POINT FIFTY SEVEN, BUT IT'S VERY NEGLIGIBLE IN THE MAJOR SCHEME OF THINGS. SO THAT'S A SUMMARY OF THE EXPENDITURES BY GOAL AREA. SO LET'S LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. LET'S SLICE AND DICE THIS PIE TO SEE HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE RECOMMENDED TO BE SPENT. AND AS WE ALWAYS HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE THE CLASSROOM AND EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE CLASSROOM. SO SEVENTY EIGHT OVER SEVENTY EIGHT CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR GOES DIRECTLY TOWARD THE CLASSROOM FOR INSTRUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY. THAT'S OUR CORE MISSION, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR DOLLARS ARE GOING. WE ARE ALIGNING OUR RESOURCES WITH OUR PRIORITIES. IT DOES TAKE OPERATIONAL DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND RUN OUR SCHOOL BUSSES. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE PERCENTAGES PALE IN COMPARISON TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR RESOURCES GOING DIRECTLY INTO THE CLASSROOM. IN THIS GRAPH SHOWS AN ALIGNMENT OF OUR RESOURCES VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, REFERENCED MANY TIMES THE AMAZING PROFESSIONALS THAT DO OUR WORK. AND SO WE ARE A PEOPLE HEAVY BUSINESS. WE ARE NOT RUNNING MACHINES. WE'RE NOT PRODUCING WIDGETS OR PRODUCING STUDENTS WHO ARE PREPARED FOR THE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT TAKES PEOPLE RESOURCES TO DO THAT. AND SO TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A MULTITUDE OF INDIVIDUALS AND SO THEY'RE SOURING. COMPENSATION IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET AND OVER 80 PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE SALARY AND BENEFITS OF A HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS. SO THE BIG QUESTION IS NOW HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT? DR. ELY, YOU SAID WE HAD $2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES. WHERE'S THAT OTHER MONEY COMING FROM? AND I WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU THIS EVENING. SO HOW DO WE FUND THESE NEEDS FOR OUR SCHOOL DIVISION? AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED, WE EXPECT TO BE THE BENEFICIARY OF A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN STATE SALES TAX. AND SO WE PROVIDE A CONSERVATIVE BUDGET RELATED TO THAT. NINETY SEVEN POINT FIVE PERCENT OF THE PROJECTIONS IS WHAT WE BUDGET FOR. JUST TO GIVE US A LITTLE LATITUDE IN CASE THOSE PROJECTIONS ARE NOT CORRECT. WE'RE EXPECTING NEARLY AN EIGHT PERCENT INCREASE IN ALL OTHER STATE AID, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE STILL HAVE FEDERAL RESOURCES THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE TOWARDS MEETING OUR OBJECTIVES, AND THAT'S AN INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR THAT WE'RE FORECASTING AT FOURTEEN POINT THREE PERCENT. THIS GRAPH SHOWS OVER TIME IN BLUE, THE STATE SALES TAX REVENUE, AS WELL AS THE OTHER STATE REVENUE THROUGH FY TWENTY TWENTY ONE. THOSE ARE ACTUAL NUMBERS. TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND TWENTY TWENTY THREE ARE PROJECTED. AND IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE BUILDING THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, WE WERE UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHAT STATE SALES TAX REVENUE WOULD BE. THAT BLUE IS OUR BUDGET, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I BELIEVE WE ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO RECONCILE WITH A MUCH HIGHER NUMBER, BUT THAT'S WHERE IT IS FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES THIS EVENING. AND BASED ON BUDGETARY FIGURES, WE BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO BENEFIT GREATLY FROM ADDITIONAL STATE SALES TAX REVENUE NEXT YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW. WE WE'RE EXPECTING AN INCREASE IN OTHER STATE REVENUE. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO ALLOWS US TO ACCOMPLISH OUR OBJECTIVES AND OUR MISSION. THEY THIS COMMUNITY SUPPORTS OUR SCHOOL DIVISION EXTREMELY WELL. I TALKED TO ONE OF OUR TEAMMATES TODAY AND I SAID, HEY, WHEN IS YOUR ORDER COMING IN? AND SHE SAID IT'S COMING IN IN 30 DAYS AND I SAID, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE. [00:40:04] AND SHE SAID, WELL, SHE SAID, THANK YOU. SHE SAID, I'M JUST THANKFUL TO WORK IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GET THOSE RESOURCES. AND SO IT WAS A VERY POSITIVE CONVERSATION AND RECOGNIZED THE SUPPORT THAT THIS COMMUNITY DOES FOR US. THIS BUDGET IS BUILT OFF OF $1 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL INCREASES FROM THE LOCAL GOOCHLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. CERTAINLY THANKFUL FOR THIS BUDGET FIGURE AND RECOGNIZE THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE IN ORDER TO BALANCE THEIR BUDGET. BUT USING THE ONE MILLION DOLLAR FIGURE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE DISTRIBUTION IN COLOR HAS CHANGED IN TIME. AND OVERALL, THE LOCAL COUNTY TRANSFER IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS BUDGET, AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT THE RESOURCES PROVIDED BY GOOCHLAND COUNTY COUNTY FACTORING IN MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE. STATE REVENUE, COUNTY TRANSFER AND FEDERAL REVENUE. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE INCREASE IN REVENUE IS GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYED HERE. OVERALL, THE DISTRIBUTION HAS NOT CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY AS A PROPORTIONAL SHARE, BUT GRAPHICALLY REPRESENTING THOSE MULTIPLE SOURCES OF REVENUE AND BOARD MEMBERS. THIS IS A BALANCED BUDGET. OUR PROPOSED INVESTMENTS, OR MY PROPOSED INVESTMENTS TO YOU THIS EVENING MATCH THE REVENUE THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER TO FUND THOSE NEEDS. AND I'M PROUD TO PRESENT YOU THIS EVENING WITH A BALANCED BUDGET THAT ULTIMATELY IS ALIGNED WITH THE MANY NEEDS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THOSE RESOURCES PROVIDED TO US SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THESE OBJECTIVES. I WANT TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A LONG TERM PLAN BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, I'VE TALKED PROBABLY MORE ABOUT FEDERAL RESOURCES TONIGHT AND MAYBE I HAVE IN MY EIGHT YEARS OF PRESENTING SCHOOL BOARDS WITH WITH BUDGETS. WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE FUNDING CLIFF ASSOCIATED WITH THE CURRENT SOME OF THE CURRENT GRANT FUNDS THAT WE GET. MANY OF THESE RESOURCES ARE YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT RESOURCES, FOR EXAMPLE, TITLE ONE TOTAL FOR TYPICALLY THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS DON'T CHANGE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION IDEA TITLE SIX DOLLARS. THOSE RESOURCES USUALLY DON'T CHANGE. IT'S THE COVID ARPA FUNDS THAT WE KNOW HAVE A SUNSET, AND SO WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR WHAT MAY HAPPEN WHEN THAT FUNDING CLIFF ARISES. SO NEXT YEAR, WE'RE PLANNING BASED ON THIS RECOMMENDATION TO FUND TEN AND A HALF FTES OUT OF THOSE COVID FUNDS, YOU CAN SEE THE DEAN OF STUDENTS THAT I DISCUSSED EARLIER TONIGHT, THE DIVISION SOCIAL WORKER WHO ALSO SERVES IN A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT CAPACITY, A COUPLE OF INTERVENTIONISTS AT OUR SCHOOLS, A TOTAL OF NINE INTERVENTIONISTS. THAT'S THREE POINT SEVEN ONE FTE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALL FULL TIME PERMANENT SUB AT EACH BUILDING. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S PROPOSED WHAT WE SPEND THOSE FEDERAL RESOURCES ON FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT. THE OTHER FTES THAT YOU SEE ON THIS GRAPHIC ARE ONES THAT WE HAVE PAID FOR IN THE PAST OUT OF THOSE GRANTS AND RECOMMENDING WE CONTINUE TO DO THOSE. AND SO WE NEED TO THINK LONG TERM ABOUT THE FUNDING CLIFF AND HOW WE TRANSITION SOME OF THESE POSITIONS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT WHERE WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT, OF COURSE, WE FUND THESE POSITIONS FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO TWENTY TWENTY THREE. BUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WHEN I'M IN FRONT OF YOU, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT WE DO WITH THESE RESOURCES. DO WE DO WE DISCONTINUE THOSE THOSE EXPENDITURES OR DO WE MAKE THOSE OPERATIONAL DECISIONS AND CERTAINLY DON'T NEED TO DECIDE THAT TODAY, BUT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT EVENTUALITY COMING DOWN THE PIKE? AND SO THIS IS JUST A WAY OF GRAPHICALLY REPRESENTING HOW WE MAY WANT TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION. SPENDING $1.9 MILLION NEXT YEAR, SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE THE NEXT YEAR AND THEN MAYBE $0 THE NEXT YEAR. AND THAT'S WHERE WE JUST NEED TO PREPARE FOR THAT TRANSITION. AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION NOW SO THAT IT DOESN'T CREEP UP ON US. TYPICALLY, BOARD MEMBERS, AS YOU KNOW, I PROVIDE WHAT'S NEXT. SO IF WE ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM ANY SOURCE, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND WOULD BE CONSIDERED INITIALLY. AND SO THE FIRST THING AGAIN IS GETTING THAT TEACHER SALARY ABOVE WHERE WE HAVE IT NOW. ULTIMATELY, MY GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE THAT STARTING TEACHER SALARY FIFTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. THAT'S PRIORITY ONE FOR ME. THE NEXT AFTER THAT WOULD BE A FULL TIME FTE. FOR COURSE, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, IN A HIGH SCHOOL, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE PLACE AN EMPHASIS ON STUDENT SERVICES WITH SCHOOL COUNSELING READING SPECIALIST SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF OUR GIFTED LEARNERS AND THEN TRANSITIONING TO A BETTER STRUCTURE FOR OUR ATHLETIC COACHES. TIER TWO MANY OF THESE WE TALKED ABOUT IN GREAT DETAIL LAST WEEK, SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A GREAT AMOUNT OF TIME ON THEM, BUT WE HAVE I HAVE TRIAGE THESE FOR CONSIDERATION [00:45:03] AND THESE MAY NOT BE FUNDED CURRENT YEAR, BUT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO, POTENTIALLY IN FUTURE YEARS AND JUST BE AWARE OF. THOSE RESOURCES MIGHT BE COMING DOWN THE ROAD. SO TIER TWO HAD SO MANY, IT TOOK TWO SLIDES TIER THREE. THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING WE'LL SEE IN THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS, POTENTIALLY, BUT THINGS AGAIN THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS NEEDS BY OUR LEADERSHIP. IF WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IF WE HAVE RESOURCES LEFT THAT WE CAN MAYBE LEVERAGE SOME ONE TIME EXPENSES, THIS MIGHT BE A PLAN FOR THAT. SOME SOME HIGHER DOLLAR FIGURES HERE. BUT THESE WOULD BE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES THAT WOULD NOT SHOW UP ON AN ONGOING OPERATIONAL BUDGETS. JUST A LIST FOR US TO PUT IN OUR BACK POCKET. IF WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE CAN CERTAINLY PULL OUT THIS LIST AND SEE WHAT WE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FUND THE BOARD MEMBERS. AGAIN, I'M THANKFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY RECOMMENDATION WITH YOU THIS EVENING. THIS HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. AND AGAIN, A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM BEHIND ME AND TO MY SIDES THAT HAVE REALLY PROVIDE A GREAT COUNCILWOMAN FEEDBACK. THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I WILL TELL YOU WE HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM DOING THE WORK OF THIS SCHOOL DIVISION. IT TRULY HAS BEEN TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION AND PUSH AND PULL AND ASKING TOUGH QUESTIONS, AND I'M PROUD AND HONORED TO SERVE WITH THESE FOLKS AS WE PAVE THE PATH FORWARD. THIS IS A BUDGET REQUEST. THE FOCUS ALL FOCUS IS ULTIMATELY ON WHAT MATTERS MOST. THAT'S THE STUDENTS WHO WALK THROUGH OUR DOOR EVERY DAY AS WE PREPARE THEM FOR THE WORLD AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND WE MAXIMIZE THEIR POTENTIAL. THIS BUDGET ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH OUR VISION, OUR MISSION AND OUR CORE VALUES AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IN MOST AS A SCHOOL DIVISION. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHERE MEMBERS THAT YOU MAY HAVE TALKED TO REALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH AND AGAIN, TO ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM BOARD MEMBERS. ARE THERE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE? DO YOU WANT TO START WITH THIS? ALAN MRS. ALAN, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, DR. REILLY. ONE IS MORE OF A CLARIFICATION IN THE STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT. THERE WAS THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS TO STOP SOME GIFTED SCREENING, AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT SCREENING ARE WE STOPPING AND HOW WILL THAT INFLUENCE DECISION MAKING FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE SELECTED FOR THOSE PROGRAMS? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION, MS. ALLEN. AND WE'RE NOT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SCREEN. WE'RE GOING TO USE A DIFFERENT INSTRUMENT IS LESS EXPENSIVE. SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO USE A DIFFERENT INSTRUMENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. A QUICK FOLLOW UP, IF I MAY, ACTUALLY ABOUT THE BUS DRIVER INCENTIVE FOR PERFECT ATTENDANCE. I LOVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN MAKING SURE DRIVERS ARE AT THEIR BEST WHEN THEY GET BEHIND THE WHEEL AND NOT NECESSARILY DRIVING WHEN THEY MAY NOT BE UP TO IT, JUST TO EARN THAT MODEL. SO JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF ANY EXPECTATIONS WE'RE SETTING THERE. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE, MASALAN? NOT AT THIS TIME, MR. CHAIR, I WILL LET YOU KNOW IF SOMETHING ELSE COMES TO MIND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP. I CAN'T SEE YOU. THIS HORN? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR. DR. RARELY FIRST SAY THAT WE ALL BENEFIT IN THIS COMMUNITY WHEN THE FOCUS IS ON THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR THANK YOU. WE ALL BENEFIT IN THIS COMMUNITY WHEN THE FOCUS IS ON THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENT. SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE THAT DOES THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR FAMILIES AND CERTAINLY OUR STUDENTS COME IN READY. THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE AND THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO MEET THOSE EXPECTATIONS. SO THAT'S. I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU BEGAN WITH THAT AND TALKING ABOUT OUR PEOPLE AND THE FOCUS ON OUR PEOPLE. I CERTAINLY I WAS WRITING DOWN PRIORITY ONE ON THE SALARY, SO I WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT NEAR THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS UNDER GOAL ONE, THE SUMMER PROGRAMS AND THE INTERCEPTIONS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT FOCUS HERE IS REALLY ON LITERACY. SO THAT IS, UM, CERTAINLY HIGH ON EVERYONE'S LIST. SO I APPRECIATED THAT. SO MUCH OF THAT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY IN THESE KINDERGARTEN COUNTDOWN POWER SCHOOLS, THESE THESE ALSO INCLUDE MATH. BUT I DO SEE, I GUESS THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME IS LITERACY. SO THAT IS A REALLY, UM, THAT'S A GREAT FOCUS THERE AND THE MOVE OF THE [00:50:05] INTERSECTIONS AS WELL AS THE POWER SCHOLARS EXPANDING THAT TIME. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND LETTING PEOPLE KIND OF EXPERIENCE A CALENDAR THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH THAT. IS THAT THE INTENT THERE? YEAH. SO AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, IT'S A PILOT OF THE INTERSECTIONS. AND SO WE HAD A PLANNING MEETING YESTERDAY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY HAVE SOME STRUCTURES IN PLACE THAT BEING OUR STEM CAMP AND OUR FINE ARTS CAMPUS. SO INSTEAD OF CALLING IT FINE ARTS CAMP AND STEM CAMP, LET'S CALL IT AN INTERCESSION OPPORTUNITY. IT'S JUST NAME CHANGE, BUT IT STILL CAN'T THE SAME KIND OF EXPERIENCE. BUT WHAT ARE SOME OTHER VALUE ADDED EXPERIENCES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO KIDS? I THINK WE DISCUSSED UPWARDS OF FIVE OR SIX. AND SO KEEPING IT AT TWO WEEKS, MAYBE WE HAVE TWO OR THREE WEEK ONE, TWO OR THREE WEEK TWO JUST TO SEE WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE IS. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I THINK IT WILL GIVE US SOME, SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION AND FULL TRANSPARENCY. YOU SAW A PRETTY BIG DOLLAR FIGURE ON THAT FEDERAL SECTION RELATED TO THIS INITIATIVE. PLEASE KNOW THAT WE DO NOT EXPECT THESE COSTS TO BE THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT'S SIMPLY A PLACEHOLDER. IF THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT EXPENDED, THEY REMAIN IN THAT GRANT AND WE'RE ABLE TO USE THOSE IN FUTURE YEARS. SO THAT WAS JUST AN INCREASE IN THAT IN THAT SPECIFIC BUDGET LINE. SO I WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT THERE, BUT WE KNOW THROUGH DATA AND JUST EXPERIENCES THAT WE'RE HAVING IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED ADDITIONAL TIME WITH US. AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY OF MOVING THAT NEEDLE IN THAT DIRECTION. WELL, THE MAJORITY OF THESE STUDENTS BE THIS WILL BE A PROCESS THAT THE PARENTS CAN CHOOSE. WILL THERE BE STUDENTS THAT WILL BE RECOMMENDED FOR ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS OR THE POWER SCHOLAR STUDENTS WOULD BE IDENTIFIED AND RECOMMENDED? ULTIMATELY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN ANY STUDENT AWAY, BUT POWER SCHOLARS DESIGN FOR STUDENTS WHO REALLY NEED SPECIFIC, INTENSE ACADEMIC SUPPORT. OF COURSE, THE KINDERGARTEN COUNT ON CAMPUS FOR STUDENTS WHO WITH NO PRESCHOOL EXPERIENCE. SO THAT'S THE AUDIENCE THAT WE'RE SEEKING THERE. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THE INTERSECTIONS ARE OPEN TO EVERYBODY. THERE IS NO CRITERIA OR REQUIREMENT. AND SO ULTIMATELY, WE DO NOT WANT ANY SORT OF FINANCES TO GET IN THE WAY OF STUDENTS EXPERIENCING THAT IT'S BUDGETED FREE OF CHARGE TO OUR STUDENTS. WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS YESTERDAY AND WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE AS MANY STUDENTS THERE WHO WANT TO ATTEND. OKAY. AND IT CERTAINLY COVERS ALL AGES HERE. SO THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. WILL STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS BE INCLUDED IN THESE PROGRAMS? YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. OK. SO EVERY CHILD IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS FOCUS. YES, MA'AM. AWESOME. UM, I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON YOUR YOUR GOAL, TOO. AND I CERTAINLY LIKED THE PREVIOUS, I GUESS, WISH LIST, UM, PLAN FOR INCREASE IN SALARY. SO I'M GLAD THAT, LIKE I SAID, THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT COME OUR WAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES, MA'AM. UM, OTHER QUESTIONS. THE COOLING TOWER ON THE FACILITIES THAT IS THAT IS A DEFINITE MUST HAVE. IN ORDER FOR THAT BUILDING TO BE SECURED AS AN OPERATION, CORRECT, YEAH, LIKE US SHOWED ON A PUBLIC MEETING LAST WEEK, WE NEED TO GET THAT THROUGH ONE MORE COOLING SEASON. YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT'S IT'S IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR AND IT IS AGED, SO I'M CONFIDENT WE CAN GET IT THROUGH ONE MORE COOLING SEASON AT LEAST. I HOPE THAT WE CAN AND WE NEED TO GET THAT REPLACED. SO THERE'S FEDERAL DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND WE HAVE REQUESTED FROM THE COUNTY MATCHING FUNDS IN ORDER TO TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT. WELL, THE STAFF AND THEN THE SUPPORT OF REACHING OUT FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ALL OUR FACILITIES. I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL AND REALLY GUIDED YOUR WORK IN THIS BUDGET AS FAR AS WHAT WE NEED FOR OUR FACILITIES. SO THAT WAS VERY, UM, VERY WELL DONE. AND JUST IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU'RE JUST LIKE, OH, THAT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. THERE WAS A THERE'S A STUDY THAT WAS DONE AND EVERYTHING WAS ANALYZED. AND SO YOU HAVE MADE GOOD DECISIONS BASED ON YOUR STAFF, THE FACILITY STAFF, OUR MAINTENANCE, UM, THAT HAVE THEIR HANDS ON THAT AS WELL AS OUTSIDE PEOPLE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. IT'S BASED ON AN EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ANALYSIS OF ALL THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CERTAINLY RISES TO THE TOP. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT A VERY AGAIN, A VERY THOROUGH DECISION. YES, MA'AM. SCHOOL-AGED GLAD TO SEE THE STATE IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING FUNDS FOR CANVAS. THAT IS A VERY NEEDED COMMUNICATION TOOL INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE [00:55:07] GETTING SOME STATE SUPPORT FOR THAT. SO IT'S GOOD THAT WE CAN ABANDON SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO PAY FOR FOR SOMETHING EVEN BETTER. SO APPRECIATE SEEING THAT, UM, GROCERY TAX HOLD HARMLESS. THAT IS NOT GOING TO LAST. AM I CORRECT ON THAT? WELL, WE WILL SEE, I MEAN, PURE TRANSPARENCY. BOARD MEMBERS. THIS BUDGET PRISON TONIGHT IS A BALANCED BUDGET BASED OFF OF GOVERNOR NORTHAM RECOMMENDED BUDGET. HE'S NO LONGER IN OFFICE. SO WHAT WILL GOVERNOR DUNCAN INTRODUCE? WHAT WILL THE SENATE INTRODUCE THE HOUSE? WHAT WILL THEY APPROVE? AND ULTIMATELY, WHAT'S THE FINAL VERSION? BUT PRESENTING YOU JUST A BALANCED BUDGET AND TRANSPARENCY BASED OFF OF THOSE FIGURES? CERTAINLY, THERE IS AN INCREASE IN STATE SALES TAX REVENUE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO GET TO THIS POINT. A REDUCTION IN THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, AND WE GOT TO START TO SCALE BACK ON EVEN WHAT YOU SAW TONIGHT. SO WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO MONITOR CLOSELY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN RICHMOND BASED OFF OF ANY SORT OF BUDGET ACTION WRIGHT. SO WE STILL DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SUPPORT THAT CHANGES ANYTHING AND SOTU CHANGES AND THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THERE AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS IN SESSION. YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF CONJECTURE, BUT I KNOW THAT MY STATE ASSOCIATION IS GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR A REMOVAL OF THE SUPPORT CAP. WE DID SEE HOW THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BRING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE DOLLARS TO ACCOMPLISH ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVES IN THIS BUDGET. SO I'M GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR REMOVAL OF THE SUPPORT CAP. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THROUGH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. OKAY, GREAT. AND ONE LAST QUESTION ON SLIDE 99. THERE WAS RANSOMWARE MITIGATION. THE UM LEGISLATIVE SERVICES WAS CERTAINLY AFFECTED GREATLY BY THAT THIS YEAR. SO WE KNOW LOCALLY AND MANY PROBABLY PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING OR ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE HAD SITUATIONS THAT THEIR WORK. SO THIS IS A SLIDE 99. IS THAT A IS THAT A PRIORITY ONE OR IS THAT A WISH? THAT'S ALL. OKAY, THAT IS ON THE UNFUNDED ITEM. SO BUT IT IS YOUR FIRST. IS IT YOUR FIRST ONE BECAUSE IT'S THAT IMPORTANT OR WELL, IF WE IF WE ARE ABLE TO USE ANY OF THE YEAR FUNDS, WE'D BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT INSTALLED THIS FISCAL YEAR RATHER THAN WAITING UNTIL NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY AT THE TOP OF THAT FOR A REASON. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M THANKFUL FOR THE WORK THAT MR. MARTIN AND HIS TEAM DOES, AND WE DO HAVE TRAINING AND WE HAVE STRATEGIES FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHARE PUBLICLY, BUT CERTAINLY WE WANT TO REDUCE ANY VULNERABILITIES THAT WE MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. MR. CHAIR THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. HAHN MR. WRIGHT MISTY. YES, MA'AM. BAREFOOT-REID YEAR AFTER YEAR. WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED STARTING SALARY FOR TEACHERS? I MEAN, WHAT? WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE TO TRY TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL? YEAH, I WAS HOPING YOU WERE GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION. AND YOU KNOW, REALLY WELL, WE HAVE IS A BALANCED EQUATION. X PLUS Y EQUALS Z AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO TO MANIPULATE THOSE VARIABLES, WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT EQUATION. AND SO IT'S EITHER REDUCING OUR EXPENDITURES. ARE GETTING ADDITIONAL REVENUE. AND SO I DID ASK MS. WHITE TO RUN AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR US TO GET TO THAT FIFTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED STARTING FIGURE AND IT WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS IN NEW REVENUE. SO SHOULD WE GET ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM ANY SOURCE LIKELY? IT WOULD BE BETTER TO GET THAT REVENUE FROM A STATE OR LOCAL SOURCE, SO IT'S SUSTAINABLE WELL INTO THE FUTURE. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU THAT WE LEVERAGE THAT REVENUE TO INCREASE THAT STARTING TEACHER SALARY, WHICH WOULD HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT ON THE OVERALL RACE, OF COURSE, AS STAFF SALARIES GO UP. UNFORTUNATELY, IT INCREASES EVERY YEAR, AND THAT'S THE BIG MONEY ITEM, REALLY. IT WOULD BE AN ONGOING OPERATIONAL IMPACT. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF CHATTER ABOUT POTENTIALLY USING SOME FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR COMPENSATION, A LITTLE WEARY OF THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE LONG TERM IMPACTS. SO SHOULD THAT BE THE CASE, WE CAN TALK STRATEGY ABOUT HOW WE'D WANT TO APPROACH IT, BUT I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL SUSTAINABLE REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT LONG TERM NEED. I'D LIKE TO SEE US REACH THAT GOAL. YES, MA'AM. ME TOO. MR. WRIGHT MR. CHAIR THANK YOU. I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF HEADING DOWN THE RIGHT PATH FOR ME. SO WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING JUST NOW FOR SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND TO GET US TO THAT STARTING SALARY OF FIFTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED. I'M SORRY I COULDN'T REMEMBER AND I DIDN'T TAKE GREAT NOTES. WHAT? WHAT ARE WE PROPOSING RIGHT NOW THAT FORTY NINE THOUSAND TEN, SO [01:00:02] BASICALLY A THOUSAND FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS BASICALLY IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YES. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. UM, OKAY. WHAT I WAS WAS KIND OF WHERE I WAS HEADED WAS WHAT IS A ONE PERCENT RAISE. IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU'VE GOT PROPOSED, WHAT IS THAT DELTA? AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT IS CLOSE TO OR SIMILAR TO THIS FOR SIXTY EIGHT OR NOT. YEAH. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA? WE COULD CERTAINLY RUN THOSE NUMBERS AND BRING THEM BACK TO YOU ON MONDAY. YOU KNOW, WE HAD TALKED AT ONE POINT IN TIME ABOUT A $50000 STARTING SALARY. SO $50000, WHICH WOULD BE A $1000 INCREASE, WAS THREE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO WE CAN PROBABLY JUST DO THE MATH AND ASSUME THAT FOR EVERY DOLLARS OR ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AN INCREASE, WE CAN RUN THAT ANALYSIS. BUT I ASKED I ASKED DEBBIE FOR THOSE TWO DIFFERENTIALS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PUBLICLY. WRIGHT YEP. AND IF WE WERE TO GET TO THAT FIFTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, WHERE WOULD WE THEN BE ON THAT SCALE? AND OF COURSE, I REALIZED THAT THAT'S EVERY OTHER NUMBER ON THAT IS ALSO MOVING WITH US. YEAH, I BELIEVE WE SHOWED LAST WEEK THAT THAT GETS US ABOVE THE MEDIAN AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY FIVE YEAR INCREMENT. SO IT REALLY, REALLY MOVES THE NEEDLE SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE COMPETITIVE MARKET. OKAY, I'M GOING TO SHIFT GEARS JUST A LITTLE BIT. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. SO HEALTH INSURANCE, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS, AND THERE IS A NON BUDGET SEASON SLUMP IN OUR LEARNING JUST TO HIT THAT. SO MAYBE WE NEED SOME TRAINER SESSION COURSES OURSELVES. BUT UM, BUT I I THINK I REMEMBER THAT WE'RE NOW ARE ON A JULY ONE RENEWAL. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY THOUGHTS SITTING IN JULY OF WHAT OUR RENEWAL WILL BE. NOBODY'S GOING TO TELL US THAT. YEAH, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT RENEWAL. OF COURSE, IT'S ALL BASED ON PROJECTIONS AND USER EXPERIENCE AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. WE'RE WHAT I HAVE IS AN INITIAL FIGURE. WE'RE HOPING TO GET IT HERE AT THE END OF JANUARY, MAYBE MID-FEBRUARY. I LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU BOARD MEMBERS WITH A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE AND CUT IT CLOSE LAST YEAR. BUT TYPICALLY I LIKE TO SAY PROJECTING THREE PERCENT COMES IN AT TWO PERCENT. AND OH, BY THE WAY, NOW WE HAVE 100000 MORE DOLLARS THAT WE CAN USE. SO WHEN I WAS STARTING TO BUILD THIS BUDGET, WE WERE AT FOUR PERCENT. IN ORDER TO BALANCE IT, I NEEDED TO BRING IT DOWN TO THREE PERCENT. SO I THINK THAT I'M STILL OKAY WITH THREE PERCENT, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE FIGURES ROLLING IN HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. OKAY. WELL, AND I DIDN'T GET REALLY A CHANCE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS AND I WAS TRYING TO GO ACROSS THAT. BUT WITH OUR PROPOSED THREE PERCENT INCREASE IN INSURANCE AND YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE EMPLOYER THAT WE WOULD TAKE ON WHATEVER THAT IS AND NOT PASS ALONG ANY COST TO OUR EMPLOYEES. DOES THAT HOLD EVERYBODY AT THE SAME DOLLAR FIGURE, WHETHER YOU ARE A PLUS EMPLOYEE PLUS ONE OR EMPLOYEE AND FAMILY? IS IT IS IT PRETTY LINEAR ALL THE WAY ACROSS THERE? IT IS. IT IS. IT MAY BE 50 CENTS HERE OR THERE, OR FIVE DOLLARS HERE OR THERE, BUT IT'S IT'S IN. SOME MAY EVEN GO DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE RECONCILE IT ALL. BUT YES, IT KEEPS IT REALLY AT THE SAME SAME BOARD WRIGHT. SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO NOT AFFECT THE THE NET PAY OUR EMPLOYEES GET OTHER THAN BY RAISING IT. CORRECT. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE ANYTHING BACK OUT. OKAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN IT JUST A LITTLE BIT? THE SCALE THAT'S ON THERE, SO THEY SEE WHAT WE'LL TRY TO DO ONCE WE GET THE RATES. YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME ON UP BECAUSE ANGELA WON'T HAVE HAD ANY PRIMER ON THIS. SO AS SOON AS WE GET THE NEW RATES, HERE WE GO. AS SOON AS WE GET THE NEW RATES, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THIS AREA UP HERE ON THE TOP IS GOING TO CHANGE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE UNIFORM. IT WON'T BE. UM, THE THE THE DIFFERENT PLANS WILL HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT RATE CHANGES. SO BETWEEN KEY ADVANTAGE ADVANTAGE FIVE HUNDRED AND THE THE 250, SORRY, THE THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE IS THE FIRST ONE THERE. SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL COME DOWN AND I'LL SAY THIS IS THE ONE I HOLD STEADY. [01:05:02] SO THE KEY ADVANTAGE FIVE HUNDRED IS WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR BASE PLAN FOR EVERYBODY. AND SO I WILL TRY TO HOLD THE SIX FORTY TO THE NINE, FIFTY SEVEN AND THE TWELVE NINETY. EXCUSE ME, SORRY, THE TWENTY DOLLARS, THE TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT AND THE FOUR POINT NINETY SEVEN, I WILL TRY TO HOLD THAT THE SAME FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, RIGHT? AND SO TO KEEP IT NEUTRAL, WE THEN TRY TO GET THE KEY ADVANTAGE ALSO TO STAY NEUTRAL TO THE EMPLOYEES. AND SO WE MIGHT ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE HSA. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS YOU COME ACROSS HERE FIVE THIRTY EIGHT PLUS ONE OH FIVE IS ALMOST THE SAME AS SIX FORTY TWO. YOU'RE USING THE HSA TO SORT OF BALANCE THAT EQUATION FOR YES, FOR THE THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE A DISADVANTAGE IN IN WHAT WE'RE PAYING AS THE EMPLOYER. RIGHT. AND AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS IF SOMEBODY CHOOSES THE 250 PLAN, THAT IS THEIR OPTION, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD WHATEVER THAT NEW EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION IS TO THAT WHATEVER RATE WE SAY, WE'RE PAYING FOR THE FIVE HUNDRED. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION FOR THOSE THAT CHOOSE TO GO TO THE TWO 50 PLAN IS WHAT DR. REILLY SAYS. ARE WE ARE WE INCREASING IT MAYBE 50 CENTS, MAYBE FIVE DOLLARS. BUT THOSE PEOPLE WILL GET A CHANGE IN RATES, WHEREAS THE OTHER TWO WILL PROBABLY STAY ALMOST EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR. AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I GET THE NEW RATES I'M GOING TO I'M I'M GOING TO PLUG THAT JUST LIKE I DESCRIBED INTO THIS FORMULA. AND I'LL COME OUT WITH PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT HAS SOME PINKS OR SOMETHING HERE THAT SAYS, HEY, THIS GROUP GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A RATE INCREASE. SO DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? YOU THINK YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY SEE SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS? WE SHOULD HAVE SOME FINAL NUMBERS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. OH, WE MIGHT. SO WE'VE GOT A HINT RIGHT NOW THAT IT'S IT'S ONLY A ONE PERCENT, BUT WE'RE IN WE'RE IN SOMETHING CALLED THE LOCAL CHOICE. SURE. HMM. STOP, STOP. BUT WHAT? THAT'S WHAT I SAY. THREE PERCENT THAT COMES IN AT ONE PERCENT. WE CAN USE THOSE RESOURCES FOR SOME OTHER THINGS. BUT BUT WHAT? SO DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE. NO. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS NUMBER HERE GOES UP ONE PERCENT WRIGHT. BUT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO ABSORB IT ALL AS THE EMPLOYER, THEN OUR PERCENTAGE IS NOT ONE PERCENT. IT MIGHT BE TWO PERCENT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SPLITTING THAT. YEAH, THAT EQUITABLY BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS. SO THE PROBLEM IS IS WE ARE IN THE LOCAL CHOICE. AND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THEY THROWN IN A FEW LITTLE ADDITIVES SO THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO EXPECT AND SOMETIMES, UM, THE THE UM DRUG DOLLAR. GOES UP MUCH HIGHER, AND IT'S NOT BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE, IT'S BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF EVERYBODY IN VIRGINIA THAT'S IN THE PLANT, SO WE CAN'T ALWAYS KNOW HOW THAT ONE'S GOING TO GO UP. WE CAN'T KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIAL COSTS THAT THEY'RE THROWING IN. SO, UM, I THINK IF THEY'RE SAYING MAYBE IT'S ONE PERCENT NOW, IT MIGHT BE TWO PERCENT. THAT'S WHERE WE GOT CAUGHT LAST YEAR. THEY DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE AN INCREASE AND THEN THEY THREW IN SOMETHING RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, COVID. UM, THAT THAT THREW US, THREW US INTO A SALARY INCREASE OR A PREMIUM INCREASE. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. AND I ASSUME THAT AT SOME POINT WILL COME BACK WITH THE TRUE SIDE TO SIDE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, NEXT YEAR? SORT OF, YES. HERE'S HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK. GREAT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S A VERY HELPFUL SWITCH TO SOMETHING ELSE. SORRY, YOU HAD ON SLIDE. ISD WHERE YOU WERE PUTTING IN? UM, I THINK THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. YES. INCREASE A RESERVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 FOR COVID EXPENDITURES. CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU GOT TO THAT NUMBER AND WHAT IS? I'M SO SORRY. YEAH, YOU PROBABLY, WHILE I'M TALKING, PROBABLY NEED TO STAY CLOSE BY BECAUSE I'M GOING TO ASK THE WEIRD QUESTIONS. BUT THE. SO WHAT LED US THERE OR WAS IT JUST SORT OF A DELTA NUMBER? IT'S A DELTA NUMBER. SO LAST YEAR, WHEN WE BUDGETED, WE KNEW THAT WE HAD THIS NEW ARPA FUNDING. [01:10:09] NO, WE WE KNEW WE HAD. LET'S CALL THE C RSA OR S OR TWO FUNDING THAT WE GOT IN DECEMBER. AND SO OUR VERY FIRST BUDGET PASSED. WE GO, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THAT ALL THAT IN TWENTY TWENTY TWO. SO WE SAID, LET'S SET ASIDE THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND. AND SO NOW YOU KNOW THAT AT THE BOTTOM, I SAID WE WOULD SPEND SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE THOUSAND FOR NEXT YEAR. AND SO THE DELTA IS BECAUSE THESE BUDGET SUMMARIES ARE AN INCREASE OR DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. AND THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T ADD. SO IT'S JUST A DELTA WRIGHT, IT'S A DELTA PLUG FIGURE. YEAH, IT IS. ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE ADDING LAST YEAR WE HAD THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE WERE SETTING ASIDE FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THIS YEAR, WE'RE ADDING ON ANOTHER THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX TO THAT TO GET TO THAT SIX FORTY ONE. SO LET'S LET'S FOLLOW THAT TRAIN OF THOUGHT THROUGH. SO NOW WE HAVE SIX, FORTY ONE OR WHATEVER THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING TO SPEND, BUT IT HAS A FINITE AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPEND IT RIGHT. THAT'S BY THE END OF TWENTY FOUR WRIGHT BY SEPTEMBER. TWENTY TWENTY FOUR. OKAY. SO REALLY BY THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL IN 2024 IS, WELL, WRIGHT THE THE TWENTY TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FIVE SCHOOL YEAR WRIGHT. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WE CAN ROLL IT SLIGHTLY INTO THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR, BUT NOT A LOT IS THERE. HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT PULLING SOME OF THAT BACK AND INSTEAD OF HOLDING OFF THAT FAR USING SOME OTHER DOLLARS SOONER? SO WE HAVE EVERY BIT OF OUR FEDERAL DOLLAR IS CURRENTLY EARMARKED. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE NOT DEVELOPED A PLAN FOR. HOW COME I CAN'T? THERE WE GO. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, WE HAVE WE HAVE APPLICATIONS IN PLACE THAT SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE USING THIS MONEY FOR. THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. IF WE DO NOT WANT TO USE THE FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A BALANCED CALENDAR OR A SUMMER INITIATIVE, THEN WE MUST APPLY AMEND OUR APPLICATION TO VIDEO AND THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE. IT'S NOT IT. IT'S NOT A SIMPLE CHANGE OR WRIGHT. SO WHEN WHEN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OR WHEN POLITICIANS OR WHEN EVEN OUR OWN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SAY WHY, WHY DON'T YOU JUST USE YOUR FEDERAL MONEY? WELL, THIS IS OUR PLAN. THIS PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE STATE. WE DON'T HAVE, I SAID, IT'S A RESERVE. FOR THE TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR SCHOOL YEAR IS A RESERVE BECAUSE WE HAVE TOLD THEM THIS IS WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IN TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR. WITH THAT MONEY? OK? WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT, WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD OR BACKWARD, NOT BACKWARD, BUT FORWARD. AND YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE WITH THE FEDERAL DOLLARS BOARD MEMBERS IS WE HAVE APPLICATIONS THAT WE COULD GRANTED MAYBE TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK OR WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT ULTIMATELY WOULD RESULT IN BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND SOME OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO THERE'S THERE'S REALLY A LOT OF FLUIDITY WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE THOSE RESOURCES RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? WE OKAY. WHEN IN DECEMBER, WE SHOWED YOU AN APPLICATION THAT HAD A LOT OF ASK REQUESTS FOR A GRANT THAT WAS AN ARPA GRANT, SO IT COULD BE USED IN THAT TWENTY THREE, TWENTY FOUR SCHOOL YEAR UP TO THAT YEAR. RIGHT? UM, THAT MONEY HAS NOT BEEN ALLOCATED YET. AND SO WE DO NOT KNOW. WE WERE HOPING THIS WEEK WE WOULD KNOW, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WITH THE TRANSITION THEY'RE HOLDING OFF AND THEY'RE LETTING THE NEW TEAM REVIEW THAT THOSE APPLICATIONS. SO, UM, WE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE MIGHT GET OUT OF THAT, WHAT I CONSIDER THE FINAL ROUND OF FUNDING. WRIGHT ALTHOUGH DR. REILLY, HE HAD THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHERE THE STATE HAS SOME MONEY. YEAH, THAT IS NOT EDUCATION RELATED. [01:15:03] THERE'S A THERE IS SOME TALK ABOUT USING SOME OF THAT STATE MONEY TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SCHOOLS FOR TEACHER RAISES. SO IT'S ALL TALK, IT'S ALL TALK, IT'S ALL TALK. SO THAT'S NOT MONEY THAT I HAD HAD ON MY RADAR AS AVAILABLE, BUT WE DO HAVE THIS ONE APPLICATION OUT THAT MIGHT GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY, EITHER FOR THE TWENTY TO TWENTY THREE SCHOOL YEAR OR THE TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR. AND WE'LL HAVE SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE. YOU KNOW, SENIOR STAFF, IF WE DO GET MORE MONEY, WHICH OF THOSE PRIORITIES MIGHT WE WANT TO FUND AS A STOPGAP, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR? OR DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE DEAN OF STUDENTS FOR ONE MORE YEAR? YOU KNOW THAT THOSE TYPE OF DECISIONS WILL NEED TO MAKE, AS YOU KNOW, WE'LL BRING THOSE DECISIONS. BUT AT THE STAGE, IF THE STATE GIVES US THAT MONEY FOR TEACHER RAISES, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP OUR SITUATION BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET IT. EXACTLY. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S THE FEAR, RIGHT? SO YEAH, THEN YOU'RE RIGHT. EXCEPT EVERY TEACHER IN THE STATE BENEFITS. YEAH, YEAH. IT RAISES THE THE PROFESSIONAL EXPECTATION, BUT IT ALSO GENERALLY COMES WITH THE HOOK OF A NEED FOR A MATCH. AND SO IT DOESN'T HELP US IN THE END, IT HURTS US IN SOME WAYS ALONG THE WAY BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO FIND THE MONEY TO MATCH MATCHING FUNDS. THE PROPOSAL SAYS THERE IS NO LOCAL MATCH. IF THEY HAVE THAT NEW DOLLAR COME OUT, BUT IT'LL BE BASED, IT'LL IT'LL BE SPLIT OUT BASED ON NEED. YEAH. SO IT'LL BE BASED ON LIKE TIDAL ONE DOLLARS WRIGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING. WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. OK, WELL, SO LAST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU DON'T HAVE TO STICK AROUND FOR THIS ONE. CAN WE ADD DOLLAR FIGURES TO OUR WISH LIST? OUR TIER 1S, 2S, THAT SORT OF STUFF SO THAT WE BECAUSE WE HAD IT ON THE. MAYBE IF WE CAN DO IT WITH TURNBACK, BUT CAN WE HAVE IT ON THE OTHER ONES TOO? SO WE SORT OF KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SURE TO MOVE FORWARD. HAPPY TO BRING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU ON MONDAY. YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. DR. ALY, JUST ONE QUICK THING IF YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE NINETY NINE, I THINK THAT'S YEAH, UNFUNDED ITEMS. WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE INSTRUCTIONAL. AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IS ANY CURRENT LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION DIMINISHED IN ANY WAY BECAUSE THESE THINGS CAN'T BE ADDED OR I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE, BUT THE ART SUPPLIES, THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE THERE SCIENCE, CONSUMABLES AND THAT TYPE OF THING. I DON'T THINK I REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IMPACT THIS MAY HAVE IF IT ISN'T FUNDED. YEAH, NO NEGATIVE IMPACT. IF IT'S NOT FUNDED, WE'LL CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITH THE BUDGETS THAT WE HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE TO STRETCH THOSE DOLLARS FARTHER THAN WE ALREADY DO. YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SCIENCE CONSUMABLES IS JUST AN INCREASE RECOGNIZING INFLATIONARY FACTORS AND, YOU KNOW, BUY A FEW MORE BEAKERS THAT BREAK AND SOME OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND THE MATH MANIPULATIVES WE'RE GOING TO FIX CUBES GET LOST AND THOSE THINGS JUST HAPPEN OVER TIME. AND OF COURSE, THE COST HAS GONE UP A LITTLE BIT, SO NO NEGATIVE IMPACT. THESE WOULD BE VALUE ADDED ADDITIONS TO OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. AND SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE CTE USED BULLDOZER WITH IS THE EXPERIENCE THE STUDENT WILL HAVE GOING TO BE MORE THAN IT IS NOW WITH THE BULLDOZER OR IS THERE EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE HAD? I THINK IT'S NOT AS STRONG A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AS IT ONCE WAS OR SOMETHING, BUT HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THAT PROGRAM? YOU'RE VERY KIND WHEN YOU SAY NOT A STRONG PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. I SAW IT TODAY AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT BELONGS IN THE SMITHSONIAN. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO OPERATE OUR PROGRAMS WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN LEVERAGE ANY SORT OF SIMULATOR POTENTIALLY TO GET STUDENTS EXPERIENCE ON A BULLDOZER. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PRIVATE PARTNERS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT THIS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VERY STRONG PROGRAM. THIS WOULD BE A NICE WAY TO FILL IN SOME GAPS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO USE THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT. OK, THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. CHAIR, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, I DO HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SALARY FOR THE TEACHERS AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE DATA YOU'VE SHARED WITH US. IT SEEMS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER A STEP CHANGE BASED ON TENURE, AND THAT MAY KEEP US BETTER ON PACE WITH OTHER LOCAL SCHOOL DIVISIONS BECAUSE IT AROUND YEAR 10 IS [01:20:02] REALLY WHERE YOU START TO SEE THAT DELTA AND THEN THE GAP JUST WIDENS IN YEAR 15 AND 20 AND SO FORTH. SO I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO RECOGNIZE AND REWARD IF I'VE BEEN A TEACHER, A SUCCESSFUL TEACHER PERFORMING, YOU KNOW, EARNING ALL OF MY MERIT INCREASES AND GIVING SATISFACTORY REVIEWS FOR A DECADE. THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING MORE THAT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THOSE NORMAL YEARLY RAISES. MAYBE YOU'RE 10 AND AGAIN AT YEAR 15 AND 20, AND THAT COULD ALSO POTENTIALLY DETER PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS FROM EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF EDUCATION AND STAYING IN TEACHING FOR THE LONG TERM. JUST SOMETHING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS. YES, MA'AM. LIKE THAT CREATIVITY. AND SHOULD WE BE THE BENEFICIARY? MAYBE SOME ONE TERM DOLLAR, ONE TIME DOLLARS, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LONG TERM A STRUCTURAL CHANGE WHERE YOU GET INCENTIVE PAY FOR REACHING THOSE MILESTONES? POTENTIALLY, YES. SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE INSURANCE. GO AHEAD. WHERE DO MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES CHOOSE? WHAT BAND ARE THEY IN? WHAT WHAT UM, PLAN DO THEY CHOOSE? I WOULD SAY I DON'T HAVE. I DON'T HAVE THE DETAIL. DEBBIE MIGHT HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE THE VAST MAJORITY IN THE $500 DEDUCTIBLE PLAN. IS THAT ACCURATE? YES. AND UM, EMPLOYEE ONLY, UM, WE HAVE A PRETTY YOUNG WORKFORCE. AND SO IF YOU HAVE TWO PROFESSIONALS, GENERALLY ONE WILL TAKE, YOU KNOW, BEING THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER'S PLAN. BUT YES, THE HUNDRED IS DEFINITELY WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR FOLKS ARE. WE HAVE A PRETTY, PRETTY LARGE GROUP THAT'S IN THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE. YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING. AND SO THEY'RE THEY'RE CHOOSING THAT PLAN, ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNGER EMPLOYEES. AND THEN THE COUNTY ACTUALLY HAS A REVERSE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEIR STRUCTURE IS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT 250 PLAN, BUT WE HAVE NOT INCENTIVIZED SOMEBODY. WE DON'T WE DON'T ABSORB MORE COST TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE 250 PLAN, BUT THE COUNTY DOES. THEY PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THAT ENCOURAGES MORE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES TO GO TO THE 250. OKAY. BUT ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. WE ARE WE ARE NEUTRAL IN THE CHOICE. WE CHOOSE TO PAY THE SAME AMOUNT REGARDLESS AS THE EMPLOYER, REGARDLESS OF WHICH PLAN YOU'RE IN. SO IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO TO 50, YOU'RE PAYING A HIGHER PREMIUM, SO YOU ARE CHOOSING WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU RATHER THAN CHOOSING WHAT'S INCENTIVIZED. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? OKAY, THANK YOU. WE DO. WE DO INCENTIVIZE. WE DO PAY MORE FOR SOMEBODY THAT CHOOSES AN EMPLOYEE PLUS ONE OR EMPLOYEE OR A FAMILY PLAN. WE DO. WE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF. ARE EMPLOYEES HAVING FAMILIES, YOU KNOW? THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU, DEBBIE. DR. ALI, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THIS WHITE THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION TODAY, AND I KNOW THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE DISCUSSION IN ONE SHORT WEEK AND BEYOND. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, DR. REILLY? YES, SIR. BOARD MEMBERS, THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA PORTION OF THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT THAT WE ADJOURN? SO MOTION TO ADJOURN? IS THERE A SECOND SECOND MOTION IN THE SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN YOU STAND? * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.