okay e e e e e e e this nice May Day first day of May and uh I would just like to take a minute U and thank and say happy birthday to our chairperson of our education committee and thank her for deciding to spend her special day here happy birthday public notice of this meeting was given to all members and Associates in a notice dated April 19 2024 meeting has in this meeting is being conducted it was advertised in the prer post posted in all schools the administration office municipal building the library centered acre elmtown and Township Post Office this is our mission statement the mission of the Township School District a large diverse and growing Community is to educate all students to become independent lifelong Learners critical thinkers and caring and confident members of their Community the district and partnership with the community and in the climate cooperation and mutual respect we provide excers encourag sty for person anding the knowledge the skills and attitudes necessary to contribute positively to a r changing World M Thomas now m is US T she's out but she will be calling in is that correcte she's not in at this moment she's not in yet you'll hear her on the phone next Miss Chico when she does call in okay Miss Chic you the Pres Miss we start absolutely beiss I didn't say hello and welcome to the our mayor May and by two of our Miss C3 which is mine any also Mr um committee thank you 2023 2024 District goals one student achievement continue to implement best practices for delivering instruction students U ilz all Avail instructional models this should include a to increase the graduation rate B decrease chronic absenteeism C increase in benchmark scores in fourth grade ELA by the end of the year D accountability for All District staff and stakeholders number two increase parent caregiver engagement in education provide opportunities for two communication with District stakeholders B Implement culture and climate survey number three Market our strength Andi to all stakeholders to increase capacity for greater care caregiver and Community Support a work with communication consortiums B continue with our public relations and marketing plan C continue to work with our various advisory committees in the district and we focus on refining our communication methods and message better Market thank you moving now to page two Awards and presentations Bo good evening my name is budget Dr MERS of the public our district goals are student achievement increase parenter engagement and education Market achievement all stakers incre capacity for community support and to present schols District enrollments we have the three three the last three years of District enance um from 2022 23 and 24 actual actual the first fulltime students is are students that are on District as you can see we have a slight increase in all three years and between this the student population this year and it's estimated next year is around 50 students this is due to increase in our preschool students we also have sent to private schools and other districts anded and state facilities our private school for disabled students are our students that we sent out to the private private schools and to other districts in other are received mostly also receive other students from other districts and our state facilities and they consistent throughout the three [Music] our sa in our operating budget for the 2425 school year is 53.5 million which is an increase of 5.8 Milli over the over this school year in preschool we have 3.8 million which is an increase over the pr year of 1.2 million for total of 57.3 million and an increase of 7.1 million over the prior year Federal and our general this is our semi Revenue we had an increase of$ 32,44 semi is also called special education medic initiative um this this Aid is for students that services for in our specializ programs loc okay sorry sorry so our includes tax withdraw from reserve for this year our tax levy is 54.7 million which is an increase of 2% the prior year our fund balance is 8.9 million and our for res 13.4 million for a total of 77 M5 I sorry 77 M 5299 which is an increase of 2.6 million here are revenues for our general fund is our operating buget this program into these various funding sources are tax ly State extraordinary fund balance tuition miscellaneous semi withraw from capital reserve our tax levy is 54.7 million our state aid is 53.5 million our extraordinary Aid is 1.2 million and this Aid comes from applications um that we submit to the state our fund balance is 8.9 million our tuition revenue is 1.8 million and this is for our SED relationship with chiselhurst um we have miscellaneous interest this is 8,600 and this is for interest that we receive use of facilities and um un FS our s used 299,000 and our withdrawal from capital reserve is 13.4 million and this is to fund two of our projects capital projects and here is a high chart that shows visual of all our funding sources for revenue and as you can see State a tax they got the B of our Revenue that we receive for the 2425 school year we get 10% in capital capital reserve and 7% balance now fori school year or School four newes new technology sorry new textbook adoptions replacement of technology and continuing to provide mental health and Behavioral Services our capital projects um here are listed replacement of ventilators at the high school which also will include air conditioning School upgrated H system at school 5 which also will um include air conditioning School five grease trap replacement one through four roof replacement at the J hall in high school pull bar for the High School athletics and the roof placement at the administration building the first two projects are listed of the 7.1 million and 6.2 million are that is that total is the amount that we're withdrawing from capital reserve the other amounts the other projects are being funded through our budget mostly with the fund balance what has not changed in 20425 support staing needs no charge to participate in extra cular activities investing in District technology infrastructure investing in current upto-date educational resources investing in performing arts and supporting the best outcomes of our students budget Appropriations in these categories this is where we're spending 13, 63350 of Revenue that we're collecting for this year it includes instruction at 42.8 million tuition at 13.9 million student support at 11.6 million um admin and infot infotech at 7.9 million operation and maintenance of 10.5 million student transportation at 11.1 million benefits at 17.7 million food service at 25,000 interest earned maintenance Reserve $500 Capital out 17.7 million and transfer to Charter School 54431 for a total of 134 mil 63350 in instruction we that those costs are for regular construction special ed construction curricular activities extracurricular and Athletics our tuition is for the cost of sending students to private school for the dis um schools sending our kids to County VCH and special services school districts and other leas our student support is cost is spent on services for services for students including um child study team speech our district teams come out of there and and other support our administrative infotech is our Central General Administration and our techology staff operation maintenance our custodian maintenance upep of and also upep of the building and security our student transportation is trans students to to and from school and to Otherside school districts and private schools our benefits our benefits for all all St service for Food Service capital is all of our the add for school bus our trans are um what we spend to pay our students for the and here is all the in based off of what I just discussed and if you can see as instruction tuition support student support transp student transportation and transer that makes around 6 % of our budget supports teach supports the teaching and support for students in the district our threeyear comparison as I discussed in the previous SL expensive sorry these are the um this is a I explained the details what that we're doing in the First Column the 2 23 that's actual expers that we've done in in that school year the revised um column is the 23 24 school year now and then the budget is our last went those specific line items and other slides as you can see we've done um increasing more expenses and revenues um in the last three years so anp3 million tax ly of 4.7 million a special of 10.1 budgeted and anticipated Rees these speci are Grant Federal are the titlea and we also have preschool and based youth so for9 46546 and our tax 4, 73449 we have a reduction 76155 for a transfer the General fundal Revenue fund for preschool for a budget of 144 milon 12463 um anticipated Reven of 89 Milli 389 691 and tax levy of 54,7 34949 the tax impact these numbers come from our countship so we have a net value tax of B44 17,200 for tax rate 1.75 if we increase our um if one penny increas 27,41 so with average up in 2023 177,000 taxes is would be 3,443 with the average since 2024 of 17,200 the taxes would be $3,500 for a tax increase in approximately $57 and that my presentation for all right here we goship of Education of citizens decisions that affect children of our community we also to observe to ensure that all have the opportunity to attend meetings and others excuse me and offer comment and to that business of the will recogn indidual who wish to make com please respect the F following procedures number one attending treat each other and conly St your full name and address number three please limit your comments minutes number four kindly submit your question to the Board of Education with your name address tone number however tonight presentation so if you have questions you can just step up and questions this evening and not to make personal on District employe or M public at this point promotion moving open public comment is there a motion second move by second by Mr as all in favor any okay so um ladies and gentlemen this time we show this SL of our Bud um does anyone this time before I call a motion to approve it does anyone at this time have a question about the budget going forward Mar you explain reles to the levy what the uh relationship between the levy and the tax M Chic so the we are that we the sorry doing for 23 24 24 2 so for so we add thank you very question we go Service as you can um appr we are um we are so this involves foodice so that we do it's just students school because haveed not so [Music] we that's I havep I know last year at this time when they was call talking about the the audit we had one little finding that we had that we had a over in thato category that the money needed to spend not that none was being priv prous or anything like that but we needed to spend that money had we solved that came a plan to make that that money is or has or that issue won't happen again um I um because sufficient a [Music] lotone but they use that we can't free uh money yes to the okay just what has not Chang I just like little on what does investing in technology look like what's investing perform supporting saying once not I would just like and a stakeholder to know what that look like when we invest in these type of educational programs to promote student achievement okay okay um support the more better so we are um as far as are concerned they are mandated I believe Toast of that's not that is training that [Music] younot and that's we have char to partipate whatever thank always am on and to ask participate in so we and we had all [Music] we are well things that we're looking at in terms of our technology infrastructure making sure we have the funds to support the hardware as well as the software so a key example is today when I walk in Walking in the technician is walking in with me telling me that we need to replace a server so we just had a server that went down at number five U so we have to have money in the budget because everything is so unpredictable but we don't know when something is going to go bad so that's what we mean by supporting the district's technology of Hardware software licenses operate throughout the district making sure that we have the appropriate firewalls in place uh that we have coverage and can continue to have the wide area network wirel connectivity so that's what we are supporting there Mr thank you great yes that's resources sta children take we purchas also a compon parents [Music] well educ and we all again that um again pay to we make the continue scho from the top bottom has young people to do [Music] [Applause] [Music] Behavior Support for our schools and this budget for 2425 we are looking to increase am like staff inclusive some questions and just another cheap plug that I do talking about the mar machine B I just want to make sure that we're alloc some funds and make sure that they are part of this I [Music] it is the thank you hi sorry um I was looking over the power slides I just had a couple questions one um I get the supporting extracurricular and not playing the pet playing and I understand believe me I get it my daughter's in three Sports she's in Maring band um however I I do want to emphasize that because of budgetarily for high school in particular the athletic department isn't analized by um sport I'm still not 100% sure that every sport has exactly what they need and by that I mean matching uniforms that fit our children so I get that we're not pay um I'm to unifor equipment and football at the end do your most purchas [Music] [Music] so's withan um as we going through the budget process and she is developing rle okay I think we just have to also be mindful and I'm hoping that the new P pull Barn that I see is beinged um that the distribution of equipment to teams that have boys and girls teams is Equitable yes sometimes the first team to get there gets equipment shouldn't be I know swap athletic directors there for a bit but that is something the I was looking at of things that are added to the budget and I just want to make sure so we got a 12% increase from the state when one of the right we got a significant increase from state from not everybody um and I see new scho buses and new taex what this wasn't because I feel like bus so the fact that we have buses I don't know if that's in addition to already budgeted fory feels like and what exactly are you looking at when you say we're increasing and continuing to provide Mental Health Services and I say this because I think one of the things that we all established and we've all talked about is our concerned about the safety of our students right and I believe very strongly that what we're seeing Asal epis fighting or excitement in the middle school high school has developed as young as second third and that is because they don't have Services they need in those lower Ander elementaries when I tell you what some of the students Upper Elementary are dealing with social media um what I'm looking for drama Instagram posts about fourth graders about a fifth grader like these are things being posted and there's one guor one principal and a halftime assistant principal in those uper elementary schools to deal with 500 students and how I think we need to start developing or teaching those students at the kindergarten third grade fourth grade school middle school not deal with this anymore it is we have kids five minute busri fighting in bus cussing at the bus driver the dress driver's like I can't do this anymore I can't wait for to day off we do of areal however so if provide and I'm yes but those I know Dr also is going to respond but I I just feel and I and I agree with you Dr Po and I want to also mention that this is not and I want to say with the capital notot A Winslow issue right in every school and I'm not at all cleaning I'm not playing exactly however is and what could be considered a is is the lack of response until it okay before you came in this mer I talked about services that we had in place for this school year and that we were looking to expand those um for next year so we've included that in the budget so with regard to students getting the services at an early age they do so we have guidance counsel at all of our schools in addition to that we this year we have mental health service providers starting from um all of our schools Middle School all the way every last one of our schools and so they serve the students through out in addition to that we provideers with a list of resources where they can get help out school so we can't do anything about what takes home provid in the home parents have to do that but here we are providing the services so you mentioned that the elementary schools Adat in the park well that's true because they have an administrator days a week so it is not fair for us to have a lower elementary schools and some of them their student population is as large as almost as large as who 5 and six so we made sure that everyone would have support in addition to that our central office administrators come into the buildings to assist the administration at the lower school so in this budget for this year we are looking to increase Behavior Services by at least two additional mental health um providers we also have the youth B Services here at the middle school and High School each one has a mental health provider so I think the services are there and we are providing any other okay um is back to the lch Bal um it's we stop notifying parents their students had a balance um I know we're that's going to be a problem kids want to go on field we didn't stop notify the notification still came through so principles stop addressing the students because it really was service issue so there were forms that still went out here and we CH and it was much larger and it clearly implicated and theing I've talked to several parents and they haven't got anything and I'll include why do they think they have an outstanding they think they have an outand I don't think they know I happened to L go into my kids Parent Portal or real time portal I had done so you I had one of my children had A50 balance but again which is but forunate right um that that we have deal with just unaccept um we have it and because at this point um School dist um take that and purch all right with um but again um I used remember last year that was my to like little come home this year I haven't gotten one let me this year CH the color we'll check one was middle schol so I know doesn't come home for the Middle School okay next question yeah and this is probably an oversimplified version of what Murphy asked but with that increase to to St where in pie chart did that seven million kind of end up um answer I think had um you have down for those particular so this of M but I my and I made yes don't and one more maybe kind of picky back off and I agree that we are putting more money into you know the mental health services I appreciate that and I know we give those resources those children who find themselves in Need You Know perhaps we might want to contribute to more broad Services where we're ining all of the population as oppos those who are in crisis one particular time whereas more acoss building everybody getting Ty whether it be an assembly something like that to kind of keep the whole school on so if I could respond to that if you're referring toties in mental health decision so we cover that out of our title so out of title four and for life of the better term there are specific identified specific uses and the percentage of funds that we can spend on those things so it's more of a discretionary fund for some things and we covered some of the mental [Music] health and just going back to the I just want to confirm for the public so School six should be air conditioned by this summer right we we're as then you're right do some so School five and high school that something um we so this um we can say is unfort but whenever M will be there these projects after today's approval CP products that you just mentioned not school not the high school but the other ones are they for the summer25 so we're gonna replace already a year from now no we are probably I would say most those Ro projects probably next summer some the small to get done at point if I could give you a I would we going to address the active we um well we go not all right what is what what steps and what processes are you guys need to go through for these contracts to get this work done because I do state in federal contracts and I'm trying to understand why is it taking so long for our school district to be able to get things happening and get well put and as we need [Music] asate abely so then and then once um the cont then they have process either having subract purchasing materials that a lot of these large large units so at this those Mr we've been trying to five six years then hadon once we went million a matter but at this have toy go through process the respons you guys need some assistance with that no okay at this time I'm asking for motion to comments motion to comments move by m second by ask all in favor thank you me this time I'm asking for a motion under the business administrative board secretary's report to approve our School District budget 2024 2025 under letter a number one numers two numbers three numbers four number five which Contin is there a second move by second by wish to ask you any further comments questions hearing on roll call please Mr ask yes Miss Dre Miss Martin yes Miss NE Miss Peterson Mr Shaw yes Miss Thomas yes Mr Thomas yes Miss pit yes motion is car thank you at this time board members I'm Ming for motion toour this public hearing meeting on the budget is there a motion motion to public perod second move by second by Mr as all in favor thank you motion approved and meeting ised thanks everyone for coming out thank you for