All right, we'll call the meeting to order for Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 of the Central Dolphin School District Board of Directors. Miss McConnell, call the role. >> Mrs. Bingaman, >> here. >> Mrs. Cavolei, >> here. >> Mr. Dorne, >> here. >> Mr. Epstein,
>> yep, I'm here. >> Mr. Garlic, >> here. >> Mr. Gordon, >> here. >> Mrs. Hanford >> here. >> Mr. Jacobs >> here. >> Mrs. Webster. >> Did we call her in? >> She's >> Yeah, she's joining. >> Mrs. Webster,
>> I know she's online. >> Okay. Can we count her as present? >> I know. >> Yeah. And we're voting on intercom today for the schools. You think we'd have it together? >> We kind of need her. I mean, I don't know how how do we know the texture? The
guys in the back told me she's >> I think we need a little bit more than that to definitely say it. >> She's in. >> Okay. >> Hey, are you in? [laughter] >> All right. >> She said that she's muted.
>> She's present. >> But she's present. >> The mute button. >> No, no, she said >> there. Thank [laughter] you. >> There are nine board members present. >> Thank you. Um, moving to item 301, uh, the pledge. For those able to stand, please rise.
>> I pledge algiance 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. >> I just figured out that clanking noise is your medals.
>> It's a nice sound. Moving on to item 401, additions, deletions, and modifications to this evening's agenda. Do any board members have any? >> Hearing none, moving to item 501, approval of the April 14th, 2026 meeting minutes. Mr. Turman,
>> the administration is recommending approval of the April 14th meeting minutes. >> May I have a motion to approve? >> Motion. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any questions? >> All those in favor signify by saying I. I >> I >> opposed.
>> Thank you. Moving to information and proposals. I'd like to announce uh to those joining us here in person as well as those joining us online that prior to this meeting, we held an executive session to discuss personnel and legal issues. Moving to item 602, student
speaker. I'm pleased to introduce our student speaker from Central Dolphin High School. Please welcome Fiona Royer. [applause] Hello. Okay. Good evening, members of the board, administrators, and community members.
>> You're good. >> Okay. Um, my name is Fiona Royer, and I am a senior at Central Dolphin High School. Each year, I've challenged myself by taking numerous AP and honors classes and am proud to say that I will be graduating as the validictorian of this year's senior class. Throughout my
time in Central Dolphin, I've been involved in Four Diamonds, NHS, and Nexus, our school's connections leadership team. So far this year in Four Diamonds, we have raised 62,652.81. We have had a very successful 12-hour minathon event, but we are still
continuing our fundraising efforts as we approach the end of the school year. Our final large event for the year will be our Powderpuff football game on May 19th. Through that event and other smaller fundraisers, we are hoping to reach our goal of $70,000 this year. In
the last weeks, our Data Jam team has won the Eastern Regional Top Award and the National Fan Favorite Award for their data science presentation. This is a testament to the hard work and dedication they have put into the program throughout this school year. On another note, our music program has had
an extremely notable achievement in the past month. Our CD singers were named champions at the Roxberry Choir Invitational. Congratulations to Dr. Mattis and our fantastic CD singers for this great accomplishment. Choir also has a concert coming up on May 6th where they'll be able to congratulate the
program seniors. In our sports programs, varsity boys volleyball and girls softball both have an 11-1 record right now and are both playing games tonight with the girls softball team having their senior night tonight and coach Sam Hartley making his 100th career win this
past week. Our boys tennis team has won third singles in mid pens. Congratulations to all our teams for their success. Coming up in the last two months of this school year, we have a very engaging schedule of events both academic and extracurricular. With events like prom
happening on May 1st, AP exams starting in a week, the senior art show on May 5th, and the choir concert on May 6th, there are many chances for students to showcase their talents and their personalities as we end this year. Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight. >> Thank you.
>> I just curious [applause] um two two questions. Um to win the validictorian, what was your GPA? Are you allowed to say? >> Um >> not your GPA, but whatever the number is because it's always like over 100 now, right? >> Yeah. So, I had 104 point something.
>> It's a little below mine. That's [laughter] great. >> Uh your temperature. [laughter] No, I did about half of that. Uh, did you know where you're going to school? >> Uh, yeah. I'll be attending Boston University and I'll be majoring in bio.
>> Wow. >> That's a great place to go to school. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations on all your success. >> Thank you. [applause] >> Moving to item 603, superintendent spotlight. Mr. Chairman. >> All right. So, at this time, uh, Mrs. is
live is going to come up and we are going to honor and celebrate the boys basketball team who are state champs and uh have them come up and I'm sure they've been traveling all around the county. Every time I turn them someplace
they're they're being recognized by some place but uh it's our time to recognize them this evening. Shannon, >> good evening. President Jacobs, members of the school board, Superintendent Turman, Dr. Box, members of the audience, and those members watching online. My name is Shannon Live, director of communications and community
engagement. It is my privilege and honor to welcome Seth Leonard, his assistants, and members of the boys basketball team to the podium to be recognized as part of the superintendent spotlight. In his inaugural year, coach Leonard, his assistant, and the members of the team were incredible and their achievements
are incredible. The Rams posted a 29-4 overall record, 13-1 in conference play, culminating in the PIAA 6A championship with a dominant performance over Emoteep Charter. If you direct your attention to the monitors, you can view some of these
achievements by the way of two slides. I will turn the podium over to Coach Leonard and allow him to do the honors. [applause] team. If you guys want to come with me, that would be great. >> President Jacobs, um, Superintendent, Turman, and members of the school board.
>> Hold the mic. Hold. Yeah. >> Members of the school board as well as community members and administration. Uh, we are, uh, well, I would say I'm indebted, you know, for getting opportunity to come here and, uh, do what I wanted to do with youth. you
know, just serve them and let them know that they're capable of of doing more. Um, but we have had an amazing season. Uh, there seems like there was nothing but highs, but at times we were really high and there's other times where we
had character building moments. But I'm going to speak to some of the highlights and our season. So the first thing um that I have to highlight is that this group of young men is bar none one of the best groups that
anyone can ask for. Very high character, um very hardworking and the one ingredient that I think has to do with a lot of our success is that they genuinely love each other. They're that team that didn't get tired of competing against each other, getting tired of fighting for each other throughout the
entire season. So, um, a kudos to this young man in this community. You all deserve a round of applause for what you're doing. [applause] Thank you to our our um, principal, Dr. Shrader. I appreciate that. Um, all of our family members that came u my, my
coaching staff, but here to talk about some of the accolades that we had and I'll we'll pass the mic to our senior last get him ready for some media. But we were able to accomplish uh some
things that a lot of people have not. Um coaches, I'm very blessed to be able to say that we did win a state championship. Um that's an incredible mark because there's some coaches that don't get to experience that. Um along with that state championship, uh we won a district championship prior to that.
uh a midpen championship for a tournament and a league title along with another tournament, the MLK tournament that's honoring Dr. Martin Luther King um over his birthday. So, uh we had a ton of winning, but I really think that
the wins that we had um within this season was doing things for what became of these young men. Not only did they become champions that could be validated, but they became champions in habits, they became champions in the way
that they believe, became champions in the way that they fight when situations aren't going the way that they're supposed to be going. You know, we have a model where we talk about goal set and go get and even though we had goals, we had a lot of adversity and they showed tremendous character um in accomplishing
the things that we set out to do. So, uh, without further ado, I'm going to introduce you to our senior captain to finalize any remarks from the season. [laughter] Uh, I'm Jalani Easter. You know, um, very unexpected to be up here
speaking for you guys, but >> no speech, no speech prepared. No, >> got nothing written down. [laughter] All from the heart. um throughout this whole season, you know, this group of guys, special group of guys. I can't believe how much they've improved, how much they've grown, you know, guys that
are younger than me. I've seen them since they were freshman, seen some of them since they were in elementary school. It's crazy for me, you know, and there's just like there's no other group I would have wanted to do this with, you know, as a senior in my last year, leaving what uh we have behind is just it's amazing to see and I'm excited to
see what they do in the future. Can I ask you two quick questions before you the medals some people have two and some have three. Um is I assume the one has to be for the state championship. >> Oh yeah, the big one right here that says PIAA dark blue. That's the state
championship. Then the district one's right here and this is the mid pen. >> Okay. Yeah, they're a little smaller than mine. So the other question is um you guys lost four games and and you still and that's great that you overcame that. Maybe it's
a learning experience. Who who did you lose to? I'm just curious. >> Oh, we lost to Harrisburg. >> Yeah, that >> Hford and Bonner and Prendy. >> Wow. Is the last one is that a charter school or >> private? >> Private school.
>> Yeah, private school. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. The only reason I bring that up because that is demonstrate a lot of character that you would overcome the loss. And I got to tell you, a monumental win for the championship. >> Thank you. >> I rarely say this, but I hated the other team. [laughter]
>> I was I had the opportunity to be at the Giant Center in person to watch the state the state finals and um first of all, the the community support and the crowd was awesome. Obviously, we were lucky close to home uh to have the game. That was great. But to be in the arena
when you guys did it um was remarkable and truly special. And so congratulations on all your success. It's a long season. Um you guys worked incredibly hard. And so um on behalf of the district, on behalf of the board, the administration, thank you so much for representing Central Dolphin the way you did and congratulations on your
success. >> Of course. Thank you guys. >> I got one thing to say. I want to say, Coach Leonard, congratulations. Watching you on Raw Sports all year, like fantastic. you know, seeing the behind the scenes, the interviews been amazing. Like and subscribe if you guys don't know. [laughter] It's fantastic content. It's great
basketball players throughout the state. So, it's really a great thing. So, fantastic. Came in late. Had a lot to do there. The boys, I see you guys at the gyms late at night, 9 10:00 working hard. That all that hard work is preparing you guys for for life. So, see you all the time. Uh almost got
emotional. I see Jackson. He's uh across the street from me. Notices a baby. Hardworking kid. Fantastic. Khalil, I got to coach him in uh baseball. Just one of my favorite kids ever to coach. Uh sorry. Uh messaging him all season long was like, "Hey, it's a team destiny. Play your game." And he's like,
"I got you, coach." Every time I saw him, he I got you. So congratulations, Khalil. Uh fantastic. Uh undefeated this year. And you guys kept saying three for three, right? Mid pen district and state. You forgot number four. The best team in Central Dolphin history. when they hang that banner up in the fall,
you guys are going to be there for the rest of your lives telling your kids and your grandkids. So, congratulations. Fantastic work. >> Well done, [applause] >> gentlemen. [applause] Can I hear a lot of noise? [laughter] >> There you go. There you go. >> All right. All right. You're off the
You're off the board. >> Again, congratulations to Coach Leonard, assistance team members Dr. Trader, his APS, and athletic director Chris Hunter. Um, I'd also like to just give a plug for Thursday evening. We have our first farm to family event, produce market at
Central Dolphin Middle School, 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. And also, um, multicultural night at 6:00, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Hope the community can come out. Um, we're really excited for the event. Should be, um, a big affair. >> What's the date and time for the farm? Uh
>> 3:00 on Thursday, April 30th. >> No. All right. No, I have >> And then right into our multicultural night indoors at CD Middle in the cafeteria 6 p.m. >> I was there before. No auditorium this year. >> It might segue into that for some of the performances, but at least it will start
in the cafeteria. >> I was there last some of the food and events. >> President Jacobs, this concludes my superintendent spotlight for this evening. Thank you. >> Thank you, Shannon. We appreciate it. Shannon, before you go, how do you think the Eagles did in the draft?
>> I love the kid from Nigeria. >> Yeah, >> I think he's hungry and um I don't know. I see us running it back to the Super Bowl. >> I do too. >> Cowboys. Cowboys. >> Yeah, get rid of the Cowboys, man. >> Thanks, Shannon. >> No comment. [laughter] >> Just wanted to rub it in.
>> Moving on to item 604. This is the first of two opportunities for public speakers to address the board. Uh the first of which is for agenda items only and we have one individual signed up to speak, Bill Thompson. Mr. Thompson, but
more on a serious note and I just have some questions for the board. >> Can you hold the microphone closer? Thank you. >> There you go. How many teachers or employees does CD schools have teaching ESL and English language development?
Is that available online anywhere? All right. How many employees the CD school have as aids and translators? How much is it costing the taxpayer to run the identification of English language learners? One of these programs they can
opt out of. I think we're committing social uh and societal suicide. How much did it cost 20 years ago? When my kids graduated from CD, there may have been five kids that didn't speak English. I
recommend, which isn't going to happen, one classroom. All people that don't speak English, you teach them English for one year, you hold them back one year, everybody moves on. It's a distraction having kids that
don't speak English. Okay. I understand there's overcrowding in the CD schools. Why is the CD school district sponsoring Medicaid signups? I understand it's a safety net. I think it's good for people. Uh I went there
and yes, at the end they can ask, you know, are you registered to vote? You present a license, they're good. They send it off to the state. There's a lot of people in this community that are voting that aren't US citizens and a lot
of po postal carriers. Okay. Uh Dolphin County is in the top third for Medicaid and SNAP benefits. Lower Paxton Township has 56,000 residents. In 2016, it was 48,000. There's a lot of families that have two
and three families in a house. I've been part of neutropack for plus or minus eight years. Started with 200 students. Now it's close to 800. At least a third of the parents don't speak English. They're now computerized. They come with
a card. They present the card because they don't speak English. Okay. uh at Thanksgiving cuz I witnessed it. They were upset because many of them that have two and three families in a house, they were upset that they were
only going to get one turkey. And they pitched a fit cuz I saw it. CD is celebrating in recognition of Arab Arab Arab American Heritage Month, which I think is a good thing. I'm not going
to name any names. This person came from Jordan, came here in 2022. This person came from Egypt in 2023, came with his mom, dad, brother, and they both play soccer. My guess is there's a couple parents of CD kids that
thought their kid was going to make the soccer team, but they didn't because there's this influx of people coming to the school. Now, with that said, does CD celebrate Jewish Heritage Month? It's
the month of May. How about ItalianAmerican Heritage Month? It's all October. Polish Heritage Month, it's October. If you did or doing it, I missed it. Uh, have you been to Costco, Burlington,
Coke, Gabes? You would think you're in a different country. That's just my observation. Talking to the police, some say there's over 10,000 Nepali families in lower Paxton Township. I just moved to a new neighborhood of 18 homes. Two of them
have three generations in the home and they don't speak English. What's their income, you might ask? I talked to a branch manager. He's given out 10 loans and their employment is senior care. How many home health care companies do
you think are within six miles of my house? Some might guess 10, 20. There are 60 home health care within six miles of my house. I have a friend who moved here
from England. Dad and brother were MI5. When asked why I came to America and he's now a US citizen and paid a lot of taxes, married two kids, lives in lower Paxton Township. The culture has changed. All of Europe has totally
changed. In England, for example, six out of nine cities are now run by Muslim. Somebody needs to get their hands around this because here we are in lower Paxton Township. We're talking about building one community with another 700 homes and
just saw between Devonshshire and and Earl Drive, another 700 homes. Talk to people who lived down on Dair Street where Blue Ridge Country Club was. Can you just wrap up because your time's up.
>> I'm good. I spoke my piece and just my question is, is there any place that I can get these numbers? Is it 10 million, 20 million that we're paying for this? >> Is there a place where I can find these numbers? >> What are you asking for? You're asking for the number?
>> How much are we spending on teaching English as a second language? We have three programs. >> And how much it's costing the taxpayer? That's That's your request. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Well, I'm sure we can look into that. I
mean, I don't you know, one we always have proprietary issues. I don't know if we can. Is that a personal? >> I mean, we don't have the the the information now, but the budget the budget once the budget's adopted, all that information is available publicly on the website. >> So, >> can I look at last year's? >> I think we also need to be very
[clears throat] clear. Can can we be very clear for a second? Okay. When you talk about ESL, there's not just 71 15 teachers in the district who are instructors of ESL students. All the ESL students that walk walk in this district. All of them are taught by all
of the teachers in the district. Okay? So, there is specific training that teachers have in terms of how they instruct L's when they're in their classroom. So, if you want the budget for L's, you look at every single teacher in this district. We do not as a district seclude kids or segregate kids
and put them in a classroom by themselves. So if you're talking about a specific budget for L's, you need to look at every single person who works in this district because every single teacher and staff member touches every L that walks in the building. We do not
segregate our students. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Moving to item 605, budget presentation. Mr. Barti. Thank you everybody. So, when you look up at the uh the screen up there, you'll
see this is our general general fund presentation for April 28th, 2026. Um, [snorts] if you I'm going to stop as we go through to ask any questions. If you guys have any questions as we go through it really >> um as we go forward. You guys have this presentation at your seat so you guys
can follow along. Um, as some of this stuff, especially as we go through some of the line items, will be a little difficult to see. Um, so as we go through this, um, you guys may see that here. So as we go through this here, this is the key additions to the 2627
budget at the kindergarten center. There are four new buildings where we're st where we work for all day kindergarten. There are 21 kindergarten teachers, six custodians, three health room aids, one certified health nurse, four autistic support teachers, five autistic support
paras, one learning support teacher, one learning support parah, one ESL teacher, one guidance counselor, and co-op kindergarten classroom assistants, which will consist of 90 high school students that are going to be on track or be senior students that will want to be on track for an educational background.
These students >> Peter, can I make a suggestion? Is is this going to be posted on our web? >> Yes, >> cuz I don't know that you need to run through all the maybe you can just hit the highlights. >> Okay, that's no problem. >> I [clears throat] will go through this so you know, but there are a total of 44 new positions, not counting the co-op,
but a total cost of four of 4,672,3162. This was done to bring on all day kindergarten to our to our students. Um the next will be the key additions to the 26 27 for special ed and regular ed. This is a new cost for special education
positions districtwide due to rapidly increasing case loads. Um as you can see here there is uh three occupational therapists, three speech and language pathologists, the two psychologists for grant funded uh that are grant funded as well as a psychologist secretary that's grant funded. Also included in this is
the two JR2 JOTC positions that will be positioned at East High School. Uh however, the CD high school students will also be able to attend and the total cost for these positions are 1,571 5 1.1,571,56360. Um before I move on to anything beyond
the key additions to these positions, uh as you can see, there are 58 new positions that were included into this budget due to our due to increasing uh uh increasing programs and increasing case loads. Does anyone here have any questions about the increasing number of
additions to the uh to the budget going moving forward? I just wanted to point out, Peter, I don't have a specific question, but just for for those listening and for those attending, um this presentation really contextually is the administration's budget proposal, um
for consideration by the board of directors. Accurate. >> Correct. Correct. >> And so I just want everybody to understand that's that's what uh Mr. Bard is is walking us through um and that's what we're taking a look at. So, just for context, >> no, that's good because we'll have a finance committee meeting prior to the
vote and we'll see if it gets out of committee or needs some modification >> for sure. And I also want to emphasize that the special education positions that are included in this budget are based on a the minimum positions that we can handle in the district based on case
load increases. So, as you know, there's statutory limits in in state law that require us to bring on a certain amount of teaching per per uh case loads as well as hours that are required for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy as well as um as
physical therapies. If we did not bring on these positions, we'd end up paying through due process claims and through um through comped times, which would cost us actually more money than bringing on these positions, whether or not we are in-house positions or whether we would we contract these out positions
if we couldn't bring them on. So, as we go through this budget, even though it is the administration's budget that we're presenting to the board for their consideration and adoption, we also have to understand that these are the bare minimum that we can to to successfully operate the district. So, as we continue to move on through
this, the key additions to the 2627 budget, there are 20 there are summer projects that are ongoing. A couple of weeks ago, um Mr. Cresley had submitted to your for your bi-weekly update a exhaustive list of all the projects that were ongoing in 2026. I would refer you
back to that list um so you can see them. It was extensive um and it was very very well put together by him. Um but these are just the highlights of that. the renovations at eh Phillips and Paxton elementary schools. They're not just air conditioning projects. They're complete renovations uh where they're
getting new furniture. They're getting a new uh the board will be voting on a new intercom and clock system. They're also getting the air conditioning systems for those s uh schools. We borrowed $41 million in a bond issue. The debt increased by $1.6 million. However, the total debt service for the district is
5% which is incredibly healthy for a district the size of Central Dolphin, which is a top 10 large district in the Commonwealth. We refinanced current debt as well during this oper during this um during this issuance. We saved over $2.5 million over the course of 10 years,
which we don't experience the savings at one time. It is spread out. So, there will be a reduction of the debt over that time over that period. And there'll also be several key demolition projects over the over the district on two properties that have become decrepit. >> Peter, can you walk people through our bond rating?
>> Our bond rating is double A2, which is one of the highest that a school district can receive. Um, so it being high, that does decrease our um that does decrease our in our interest that we received on the debt, saving us uh several hundred,000 on the debt
issuance. The reason it's one of the highest a school district can receive is because the state's credit rating is poor. Um, and we are locked into what the state uh credit rating is as well um due to the fact that we receive 35% of our revenue from the state. So that's
why we're kind of chocked to what the state's credit rating is. So >> does anybody have any questions on this before we go into the the the nitty-gritty of the line items that's very detailed oriented here? So when we go into the detail oriented, these are the two largest pieces of the
budget by far, which is the function object listings for the 1100s and the 1200s. These are where the personnel salaries and professional services, technical services are for the budget. As you look through here, I want to drag here. I'm not going to go line by line for this because I will seriously put you guys to sleep if I do that and
nobody will get anything. Although that might not be that bad of a thing. Um, when you get through >> Yeah. Yeah. So the the personnel services piece here is where you'll see a decreases in the 1,200 300 object uh function object function and the
1100300. You'll see decreases in there. And the reason you'll see decreases in there is because we took all of the parah professionals that we've had contracted out and we put them all into our own personnel services budgets and buckets. The reason for that is because
we have a significant we have a serious amount of people that are contracted out in our schools because of the positions that we have not filled. We put them into the personnel services so that we'll make a considered effort to fill all of other positions with our own
people and then we will once we once we fill a position with one of our own people, we will then fall away with the um with the services with the person that is on our personnel budget. um and we'll get rid of the contracted services. We will then every three
months round out the uh if we have a contracted service, we will then transfer money from the personnel services budget into the 300 services budget to to fill that out. As you can see, the increases in there are driven by the increase the contractual increases as well as the health
insurance increases that are that have been a standard in the budget ger increases as well as the increases to staffing. So, are there any questions on this on this sheet as we go along? The transfer would be come from where on the personnel? >> Um they would come from the salary and benefits piece. So from the 100s 200s on
each column into the the 300 object. >> So the salaries and benefits and would also that when you move it would be covering salaries or would be >> so what would happen is so what would happen is we start July 1 with every position being budgeted for in the in in
our own internal uh in our own internal budget. when we go out and we have openings that we need to be filled that we have no applicants for or we just can't fill the positions we would contract them out with one of our staffing agencies as we go forward with that and we get the bills in every 3
months I would go through we can't do any budget transfers for the first 90 days in any event after those first 90 days are through and and every subsequent month beyond that we would look and see what the difference is in the 11 in the in the 1200100s and the 1200200s and see what the savings are
and transfer the money into the 300 so there's not an unfunded. >> So there is not an assumption when you do the transfer that the jobs are being filled by um full-time district employees. >> Yeah, we will get the list from HR and what what were being filled. There won't be an assumption. We'll know by facts what's being filled and what's not being
filled. So we'll know who what's a contracted position and what's not a contracted position. But this will give a a good list to our union our union leadership friends that they know that we're making a concerted effort to fill all of the positions with our own internal positions.
So the next slide is the 1300s, 1400s, the 13 through the 1600s. Let's round out the instructions. The 1300, the only thing that invocational ed is the payment that we make to DCTS. This number will be revised slightly lower for the reducing of the payment that is
um that DCTS came out with. So this will be about $30,000 lower in the in the May presentation. Um the vocational the the 1400s 1500 and 1600s the 1400s are the the alternative ed placements for things that we do internally in in alternative
ed not the outplacements any outplacement education is placed in the 1200s and the 1500s and 1600s are just um pl uh items that are not cannot be accounted for in the other object codes. The total amount for instruction uh went
from 180 million to 19141819 or an 11 million9 $11 million $5,400 increase from the previous year. >> So just one question on that. So on the uh vocational tech, just want to commend
you for going through and looking um at the reconciliation and if I recall um there wasn't any excess funds that the technical school kept uh this year. >> Correct. There isn't and if there is we we always go back every year and check and then they will issue the check if
there's any excess. >> Thank you. >> Yes, sir. So when we get to the 21 through 2300s, these are the support side of the expense ledger for support services. In the 2100s, that's where the nurse the nurses, psychologists, counselors are.
Um, and then 2100s, we'll have the the ner the increases you'll see in there are the increases for nursing services, uh, psychologist, counselors. Um, that's why those increases are there. The 2200s are for instructional staff and support services. and the 2300s are where the
superintendent's budget is and where the school board's budget is. Now, the principal's budgets are also in there. So, before any members of the public think that the school board has a $15 million budget, that is completely uh false. They have very they have no budget, but they do have we do budget legal fees and different things of that
nature into the 2300s. So, you will see legal fees budgeted in the 2300s. Um and that's where all the principles and all the admin and the central administration except for the business office and the maintenance office are held in the 2300 object code. >> Where would legal services be?
>> Uh 2300300. >> All right. >> Yes. And we can get a breakdown for uh costs if you guys request it. >> You read my mind. >> So if you need that, just make sure you send an email and I will get that for you for you guys. Are there any questions? And a lot of these increases
when you get into the 2200s and 2300s are all contractual increases and uh insurance increases. >> Personal services is that people that we're contracting out to >> um >> because we had other I mean when you look through this what's confusing is there's a lot of personal service
designations. It's hard to tell one >> which which line are you looking at? Like what was the function object? What I'm looking at is actually the last three pages where you had personnel services and then the next page we had personnel services and then the next page personnel service. So it's obviously for different personnel I I
would assume. >> Yeah. So each each personnel line item is covered um by its own. So each personnel line item is covered by its own uh account code. So for an example, Mr. Turman's salary is covered under um the 2300100.
he wouldn't be in the 1100100, 1200. My salary is covered under the 2500100. Um, so it's it's covered under a different accounting. >> I gota So who's covered under,00100 is all the teachers. >> Okay. And then the following page, who does that cover?
>> The 1,200 are all the special education teachers. >> Thanks asking for some clarity. >> Yes. [snorts] When you go to the when you go to the next page, it's the 2400s and that's where you will find the pupil health. So when you say pupil health, you're
thinking they're thinking different kinds of nursing services. These are the nurses services that deal with the school individ. So these are be people that are physically dealing with the the students
individually in the schools themselves. So when we talk about nursing services in the 2100s, they're the the nursing services that are contracted out. These are the student the services that are dealing with inside of the schools. So these are the nurses that are the certified nursing aid the the the
certified nurses there. So these are the >> just let me just so >> the nursing services we also provide to parochial schools. >> Yes, that would be in the 2400s here. >> All right. So, how many schools do we provide nursing services to that aren't
within the public school system? >> I will have to get you that number off. I will have to get you that number. >> Thank you. >> Yes. >> The uh the 2500s is the business office. That is also where we pay for our tax collecting services off of as well. And
the 2600 is where the physical plant is. So the physical plan is where all the custodians all the maintenance services are paid for as well as the director of of buildings and grounds is paid for out of there. Also paid for out of there is the utilities and buildings insuranceances. So that is where um
primarily another huge chunk of the budget comes from probably the second or the third largest or the third the second largest chunk of the of the budget comes from at 22 million. Um, as you see inside of there, you'll see the increases for bringing on four new buildings online with the utilities and
with the insurance cost um to bring those four buildings online and adding them. Um, that is why you see the the increases that are larger than normal um larger than a previous normal year. This is a place where the administration also cut $880,000 from capital projects that were
requested by the maintenance department. um we are going to move them forward to the next year um simply because uh that would have thrown the budget out of whack this year. So we did postpone those projects to the 22728. >> So just uh for clarity the money that we borrowed for the air conditioning and
the elementary schools really wouldn't be reflected here except for uh our total amount of borrowing. >> Correct. None of that is reflect none of that is reflected here. >> Yeah. No, I said that >> debt service. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Yes. No, none of that is reflected. None of that was reflected.
>> Thank you. >> Are there any other questions on this? >> So for [clears throat] the next slide here is the transportation services. Um this is the money that we have uh we contract out to Christ transportation um and any other services that we use
outsourced. Um I want to give credit to to Christ. Uh I worked very we worked very hard with them to uh keep their prices even though they're adding uh five new routes for our kindergarten students. They went out and they've only uh they have not increased our budget
number. Uh they have only taken their what was required in their contract which is a 2.7 uh increase which is the consumer price index increase for their busing. And so I want to uh publicly thank them for that. And so that is why the the number has actually gone down
because that is a a trend uh a budgetary trend where >> does that cost include fuel purchases? >> No, the fuel purchases is actually the line below that cuz we purchase fuel at 2700600. Um and that is why there's an increase of 120,725 for diesel fuel. Um diesel fuel has
spiked over the last 6 weeks um as it has gone everywhere. Um we are taxfree entity so we do not pay the price that you see at the pump. We pay a significant amount of less than that, but it's still a significant increase for us that we've paid year to date. Um, but we're still
>> Why has why has transportation not why would it not decrease with the new kindergarten centers? Because we're not or we're not doing all the runs. >> Um, because we still because we have to get all the kids into school early. uh we don't have so instead of having say
we have a thousand kindergarten kids 500 in the morning 500 in the afternoon we have all thousand kids coming at one time so we have to add routes to get all those kids into the school >> but the way the project was advertised by the admin is that we would reduce rates and save money so what you're
saying with the opening of the four kindergartens we're not reducing roots yet at the same time I heard we're doing five new routes so those roots are not for the kindergarten is that Right. >> I don't know what I I don't understand.
>> The the question is this. The way the kindergarten full day was advertised is that we would need less buses. Ergo, there would be less trips. So, what I'm hearing is that there aren't going to be less trips. >> There's going to be there's going to be less trips in the afternoon. So, we're not going to have um as many vehicles
moving around in the afternoon. So, there is going to be a transportation decrease in there. But we have to add five routes for AM and PM routes because we're going to have more kids coming back and and forth. So, we're not And >> I got that. What I'm saying is the savings from the afternoon does it and
and and I I thought I heard you say that we weren't being charged by uh Christ for >> a decrease of $21,000 in the budgeted number there >> and that's attributable to the kindergarten afternoon runs not being needed. that that's attributable to a
couple of things. Also, Christ not charging us for um buying having to buy five new buses as well. So, it's attributable to a couple of factors. I don't want to give it to just one factor um as being as >> I'm just wondering, do we have a situation where Christ buses were
purchased by Central Dolphin School? >> No, not not at all. Okay. >> No, we have no none of that stuff. No. in the 2800s [clears throat] um we have that's where the IT budget is that's where the in uh informationational technology budget is exists and that is all the increases and
decreases there um I want to thank uh Chris Lopez for reviewing the budget a short notice when she took the position and making uh streamlining the budget as well as she could and moving forward with that 2900 is just a for anything that really does not fit in 2100 to 2800
and 3200 is for clubs those extracurriculars, student organizations, uh field trips, that the non-instructional portion of field trips, band, music, drama, and student events. Um so that is where those salaries invent. That's where those uh portions of
>> that's under the 3200. >> The 3200s that that section right there, >> that's extracurricular, >> correct? And that's not um that is not athletics. Athletics has its own fund. And I will touch on the athletic budget in a second. when you do I I'm going to
ask you what the total cost is for extracurricular >> the the athletic budget I could tell you is 2.5 million. >> Okay. But what's the the salaries for extracurricular? >> Um I don't have that number off the top of my head. I will have to get it for you. >> Yeah. Okay. >> I don't I won't know the entire number
for all those off the top of my head. When you go to When you go to 33, when you go to 3,300, that is for community- based services for anything that we do in the community that comes out of the general fund. That is where we would budget those those
items there. That's not a a lot of money there. The LA the big items here is the 5100 and 5100 and 50 the 51800 800 and the 5100 900 is where the debt service exists and that is where you'll see the
transfer and the use of funds. The 2.5 million is the inc is the debts or not the debt is the athletic fund transfer. We operate the athletic fund as a separate fund fund 29 and that is as you could see in your in your treasures report that is where the athletic fund
exists and where the fund the money gets transferred out of. >> So for the financial product we just financed I think I signed off on um includes two schools elementary schools for air conditioning and then also four million for kindergarten. >> Correct. >> Okay. Yes.
So the total general fund uh the total general fund budget for 2627 is 292 million 15,471 or a 19,367 324 increase. If you look at the budget for the AFR number from 2425 it was 25884,
uh86. >> Peter, could you tell people what AFR stands for? >> The annual financial report. Um and the the budget from 2526 was 272 648 147 and that's so this is actually considering everything that we have done is in line
with previous years u expansion which I think is a big testament to the administration and the work that we have done for this. Um when we scroll to the next slide this slide is very difficult to see on the screens that is why I've given you a handout with it. Um this is
the best I can do with the font. This is a summary of all the object codes from 100s to 900s. Uh personnel service uh services salaries are all the salaries throughout the district for every salary. The benefits includes health insurance uh retirement um and any any
type of benefit that is provided. The 300 are professional and technical services that includes uh contracted out services as well as professional development. Um the 400s are the purchased property services. The 500s are where uh tuition exists both cyber
charter and out outplacements. The 600s are where you would find utilities and also um where you will find any supplies that we purchased for the schools. The 700s will be where you find property purchases such as furniture or anything that we will capitalize on in our audit.
the 800s and the 900s are where you'll find our our um debt service payments and and other transfers in and out of the uh general fund. And that will come to the total of 292 15 uh 15,47066.
>> So this is where I'm confused with the other objects you're saying is for debt service, but we had another line item I thought in the 2700s for debt service or No, not 2700s. I guess 3,300. No, there's only only the debt service lines
are in the 5100s. >> All right. So, okay. So, I I'm think I may be on the wrong page. So, the 5100s I get they had debt services, but on the page that I can't read. It looks like McDonald's menu. Is there also debt service in in that? >> No, there's only debt service on the
page where it says 5100. >> Okay. I misunderstood you. Thank you. >> Yes. So the next page is the cyber school piece that is that is driving the cost that is driving costs throughout the school district uh throughout school districts throughout all Pennsylvania.
But I wanted to touch on this as well so that um we the board has and and the public has an understanding of what this was. In 2021 we had 1100 1141 students at a cost of 14,939. it has gone up to a [clears throat]
excuse me an enrollment of 12 of 1285 or a cost a budgeted cost of 19 million220. So the reason that it has gone up costwise by only a about a 100 students is because every time our budget costs have gone up. So that's why I pointed
out what the in the 20 the 23 24 AFR and the budget costs have gone up. Our PD 363 that sets our that sets our um our cost uh as also goes up our tuition rates go up as well. So that is important to note as our budget goes up
our tuition rates go up as What hasn't changed is our tuition rate goes up every year and then the amount we pay for special education is almost double our tuition rate. And so what confounded me is that at some point I have two questions for you. The first one is how
many students are enrolled in our charter school? >> I could get that number for you, but our enrollment um is actually on our website under enrollment and you could find out how many students are on our uh go to our chart our cyber school website. So having that school likely precluded a
larger increase and so if you follow that logic if people knew that was available perhaps we could reduce the number of folks going to charter. >> Correct. I actually went to a um a seminar or pres a session at Paso on my annual Paso conference that showed how
we can market our our cyber school and do a better job at at doing that and getting more kids attracted into coming back to our district. I think that's a big thing and Mr. Turman could talk on that a little bit too, but this is a big uh thing to happen. There's 500 kids.
>> Okay, there's 500 kids, but in ours, so if you look at the percent of our budget to gets diverted to pay for charter schools, it's like five or six%. And we only have a limited amount of discretionary spending. So that one of
our priorities should be making sure we're doing everything we can so we don't have this. >> Correct. Absolutely. It's also disruptive kids popping in and out. >> Correct. Correct. >> Um, Peter U, Miss Webster, I don't think was able to uh speak over the phone to you, but she did ask where she can find
the piecers contribution in all of this. >> Um, the Paser's contributions are in the 11 the anything that's listed as a two a 200 object code. That's where the Paser's contribution is. And you will find the state's reimbursement to us on the revenue side when we get to that point. And I'll show you where the
revenue uh reimbursement is. that will be in the 200 object code, but it's it's not segregated out. It's baked into the the benefit piece of that. >> I'm sorry to ask this because I was distracted. Um why is the cost per student higher every
like this year? Like why is this the highest year ever? >> Um because every time our every year that our budget goes up, our PD 363 is a form that the business office fills out and sends out to the cyber charter schools. It's based on our budgetary expenses. So every year our budget goes up um whether it's special ed or regular
ed our tuition rates go up as well. So >> is there like so there's a formula for that? >> There is a formula. >> Do you mind sending that along? So >> yeah I could send that out. And so one thing that was brought up was so I'll touch on this. The cyber charter reform that helped us um is it actually gives us a cost avoidance of about $2 million
or 1.9 million roughly. If we didn't have that um if we didn't have that legislation passed this year, this number budgeted number instead of being stagnant at 19,220,000 for the number of students that we've had, we would probably be somewhere
around $21 million budgeted for cyber tuition. So we had a cost avoidance of $ 1.9 million. It just didn't show up as like a a true savings. It showed up as a cost avoidance of $2 million. So next year, if you look at the trend, you're going from 147 176 to 192. This maybe
shouldn't have been a surprise. I mean, it's been coming. I mean, it was a surprise to me. And um so the tuition is going to go up every year for for cyber charter. I mean, that's we're locked in on that. Nothing we can do for both regular and special ed. Next year, if we
have another increase in students, that means there's another coral area increase in basic ed students and students with special ed. >> That that that would be that's fair to summize that. Yes. >> So, it could be worst case scenario, we would be up to 21 or 22 million.
>> In the worst case scenario, that's a possibility, but we have to work as hard as we can to make sure that we mitigate those that number increase and to stay on top of it. And obviously we you know with respect to the state the commonwealth and their budget you know Eric you and I have talked about and
there's been discussions around um you know caps um you know and and capping the dollar amount that public institutions pay to the the cyber charters. Um that hasn't been done. I don't know that it will be. But if something like that were to occur
obviously our costs would probably dramatically decrease. >> Correct. We are sensitive to that if that were if that were to occur, especially on the uh especially on the special ed side. Um our regular ed tuition rate is not uh is not as high or as sensitive. >> What is our regular rate right now?
>> I I don't want to speak to it if I don't have it in front of me. I don't have that in front of me right now. I could I could send it out like Dave had requested. >> No, no, no. I just want to do this for the public. So I think we're probably between 11 and 13,000 astute. And so what was proposed in the legislature was an $8,000 cap, right? And the problem is
when you look at the formula, charter schools getting reimbursed assuming that they're brick and mortar, they have transportation, and they have food services. So there's more work we could do to make it equitable. And that's really, I think, what most people are saying, you know, let's just make it
fair. >> Yeah. Yep. Could >> Could you also like So our average is what did we budget student-wise for for next year? Like how many students did you put in the budget? Um we put in a budget that we're going to add um that we're going to add n I think 93 students
um because that's what we trended for and >> 93 off of the 1285. >> Yeah. So 93 more and that's how we got to that 19 million.220 number because we budgeted they budgeted the the 1285 and we budgeted a 93 more students. I worked with EDM on this number and that's how
they came to me and saying that we had a cost avoidance number that we can budget the same stagnant number because we saved the 1.9 million. Um they did the analytics on the the invoices that we had for the last 6 months and what we brought in. Um because I had EDM take a
look at EDM is by the way for the public. EDM is our interim uh director of business services who's filling in for uh the position that's been open for the last uh five months. So they looked at the data and said that this number would be solid because of that increase. They said if we were stemm the tide or
not have that many students that we would experience a savings in that number. But they thought that number would be a safe number to budget based on historical trends and based on these trends and based on the trends that they saw in our invoices in our invoicing um from the cyber charter schools from the
brick and mortar and the uh um this this the cyber. Could you also get what the state average is for special ed and for regular ed and then where we compare to that? >> Sure, I can I can work on that. Um guys, also before I wrap this up, I have more data, but could you guys also send me
these questions in an email too as well? Um because I'm not obviously not writing anything down. So >> don't worry by the time you get home the questions will be there. >> That's fine. That's good. That's what I want. I want that so I can get them the information for you. >> Be careful what you ask for. But David, there's also a link on PTE that has
every school district and it gives what they pay for charter and what they pay for special ed. So maybe we can find that and send it out. >> Yeah, I just want to I just want to make sure that I get I capture all the questions you guys have so that I can answer them in a timely manner. So >> there it's a disturbing number. Uh
>> well I'm talking about all the questions too. So yeah. So I want to get to this. This is the state revenue. Now I'm also starting backwards. Usually it goes local, state, federal. I'm starting with the local last. So I want to go with the state revenue first here for 2627. Um this is where we get about 67 to 60
67 to 68% of our revenue from local. So we get the other 32% um from the state side of the house. So we'll start with this. The numbers that are in italiciz are the governor's proposed budget um or numbers that are fluctuate from other from other functions. But the state basic the basic education funding
formula is the basic education funding [clears throat] and that's at 30,264 806 and that's what governor uh Shapiro had proposed in his budget. I feel pretty confident that we could put that in there. The basic education funding for social security that is the 50% social security they get reimbursed from what
we pay in um at payroll time. The 7820 at the bottom, the state share of retirement contributions at 19,390 395 is 50%. So this is where if Miss Webster wanted to figure out what the Paser's contribution is, you take 19,390 395 double that and that's what our Paser's
contribution would be. Um, so that is where the 50% of the of the uh retirement contributions is. >> So that's 50 we you double it, but we only pay half. >> We only pay half. So that's why the 19 million is 19 million 390395.
>> Peter I the with respect to uh 711 um so just to reiterate you took what the governor proposed in February >> I put it in here. So, I just have some concerns. Um because as someone who professionally is
involved in the state budget process in a whole another area of the budget um the conversations that I have been privy to with respect to the overall state budget proposal particularly on um the education space when they find out I I'm
a sitting school board member even though I was there talking about a completely unrelated issue. Um, I have some significant concerns that the number that he put in his budget is the one that we're going to see what's passed in July. Um, and so
[clears throat] I just I don't have intel. We're too far away from it, but I just I have a little bit of concern that that's the number where we're going to land. And I and I just worry from a
budget perspective that um we're going to overshoot potentially the revenue. I'd rather heir the other way. >> Are the italicized Michael has a really good point. So the italicized that's the governor's budget >> correct
>> which is a fantasy. So um the 29 is what? The 29 is that from the following year >> previous >> previous year. >> So previous year I I've said this before and I want to agree with with with uh Mr. Jacobs is that I would never construct a budget off the governor's
number because it's never realized. I mean, that's something you can bank on. >> Well, I I would just say though what has transpired in the last couple state budgets has been fairly beneficial driven primarily through the adequacy dollars. um because it
disproportionately benefits like school districts like ours who have been shortch changed for a multitude of years with respect to you know both the the the poverty levels increasing in our district as well as the the population increases but to Eric's point I mean I
think that um we may want to just think about keeping it flat from previous year to this year and then be surprised come July 1st because it's more than that um just I I only say it
because I've I've been privy to conversations with respect to those in legislative leadership and and on state budget related issues and they [snorts] made a point to say there the the governor's education budget is >> okay so >> well that's actually the opposite of what I heard that's why I put that in because I was when I was at PASA that's
what they said it was okay to go with these numbers but I will and that's the rale for but you heard something different so I mean we could as an administration scale it back that will also change the rationale for the rest of the deficit numbers. >> No, I get it. I I just I would I I would
and and I'm one of nine, but but I I feel like I' I I'd be a little bit more comfortable being a little bit more conservative with respect to the one of the main revenue drivers um in the budget. Just >> okay perspective. Just one person's perspective. >> It's not a real big difference. No,
>> no, but that but when you add it up and when we get to the later slides, the um you know, when it's $400,000 here and then $300,000 for special ed, um that's $700,000. And then when you're adding a talking about how close you were to the to the to balancing the budget, that's
would add to the financial pressure that the district's under. >> The proposal tonight is the administration's budget. >> Well, correct. Yes, it is. Um >> we're not at the real number. >> Okay. So in other words, we get so when you total up all the state revenue, you get the $92,65,048.
And that would be what this uh the state revenue proposal is for for this particular for this particular uh slide deck. When you get to the federal and total revenue for 2627, this is where we have the increase in title money. Um the title money has been confirmed for this
year. So this stuff is solid at 5,48 $4,0008$879. The title 2 money is at 5 thou 500,375 excuse me 500,37,927. The title 3 money at 301,832
and the title 4 money at 238,163. The school-based access program uh reimbursement stays consistent and 8810 and 8820 are basically the same thing, but they have to be separated out for accounting purposes. Um 8820 is
basically the accounting for how much we can charge medical access for the administration of the program. Um we hope that in the fourth quarter that that number becomes rising because of the the the consultant that we hired to help us drive that revenue up. Um but
the total federal revenue is 6,8864,387. Um and that's the total federal uh federal revenue. The consultant was to increase the amount of revenue we got because they would either expedite or be more inclusive of Is that correct? >> Correct. Yeah, but there's it's a lag
process. So, we shouldn't see it. We won't see the big increase until 2728 because of the lagging of billing and and different things of that nature. >> Wow. >> That was my question. Okay. >> Yes, there's a lag there's a lag in billing um and different things of that nature. So when you look at the enterprise fund transfers and the inter
and the internal service fund transfers um the internal service fund transfer is our health insurance fund um we bill and everything out of our uh health insurance fund. So the money goes to our internal service fund then it pays out to pik or benacon to pay our health insurance claims. We took $2.5 million
out of that the same as we did last year. This is not a fund that comes out where we just pay it at one time and transfer it right into the general fund. We do that at audit time. If the budget if the if the uh if the uh general fund is in a deficit at audit time then we
make the transfer the transfer at that particular moment. And to do that there's also three columns here. Just focus on the one column here where the total revenue comes out to 288 024 462. So the reason there's four different categories you'll you'll understand why
in the next slide u moving forward because that's where the local revenue comes into play. But that is why the uh the the 2880244 462 uh is here for that. Are there any questions there? So we go to the next slide here. This is
the local revenue piece and I'll put the microphone back up on. But this is the local revenue side. So I'm showing multiple scenarios here. Um, in this picture, I'm assuming a 96% collection rate with a 3% increase in
the growth of earned income tax and an increase in the facility rental charges due to the new software that the board and the district has enacted. The 2526 budget is shown in the far left. The 2627 uh with a 0% tax increase is shown in
the second column. The third column is the one is a 1.9% tax increase. the 26 27 uh the excuse me the 2.9% is in the second and last on the right and the 3.5% uh tax increase is shown in the far
right >> I requested and for the next finance committee meeting to use a 2.5% model to include it in both the levy scenarios and also the resource >> okay >> that that may be a likely option >> okay
>> and then Peter just uh the cap um the act one index >> the act one index is 4.4%. [music] >> Thank you. >> So, this will show you that the local real the current real estate taxes went up um from 2526 to 2627 without a tax
increase. And the reason that happened is because our assessed values throughout the throughout the district has increased uh in large part because we have reverse tax assess tax appealed uh certain commercial properties in the district thanks to the vision of Mr. Epstein who has really spearheaded that
over the last several years. Um so we got a lot of that revenue online. Um so that's why the current real estate went up to 110 million 32,907. The current the u the earned income taxes is another large chunk of this which is 59 million8.881863.
That is driven by employees that work inside of Central Dolphin School District. They pay a a uh an earned income tax. It is not 3%. That is a 3% increase in the growth of the earned income tax. The IDA pass through funds is actually a federal fund, but since it's passed through through the IU, it
ends up in a local fund and that shows a slight decrease. And I also wanted to show the rental increases here. It goes up from 20,000 to 100,000 thanks to Mr. Cresley and his department running the uh the rental program. Um so does anybody have any questions on the local
revenue for 26 27 >> for next year? the the amount of money we get from reverse tax increases [clears throat] that we keep increases until we get to year 10, but we won't really see the full impact for another year or two in in the reverse taxes. And
I hope this year we can pursue the pilot, the payment in the LO um because that's been static forever. >> Correct. >> I think that's the hospital. >> Yeah, it's the hospital and there also um a there also is a few other small properties, but mainly it's UPMC uh campus. Yeah, that that assessment is
way out of line. >> Correct. So, we will get to the levy scenarios that Mr. Epstein had alluded to that he would like to see at the finance committee, which we will certainly do. So, this is a the levy scenarios and what their impact would be on the on the taxpayer in the in the in
the district. So, when you look at the 1.9% tax increase, the dollar increase is the yearly increase to a tax bill. The median assessed value is what the average homeowner in the district is their property or their homeowner the home is assessed at is 120,000. If we
only want a 1.9% dollar increase would be4171 for the year or $348 a month. A 2.9% tax increase would be 6366 for the year or $5.31 a month or a 3.5% tax
increase would be a 7683 cents per year or a $6.40 40 cents a month increase and that is what and we will show at the next finance committee which is on May the 14th we will show a 2.5% increase in what that impact would be but in in theoretically it will land
somewhere between 1.9 and 2.9 I would probably estimate around $5.15 a month or >> in terms of scheduling is when's the next board meeting? >> May 12th. >> All right. All right. So yeah, >> it was May 12th. You corrected me. I thank you for that. >> Right. Yeah. So it's May 12th. Finance
Committee on May 14th would mean that we should vote on the budget on May 28th. >> Correct. >> We could do that. Yes. >> Yeah, we are going to do that. >> Okay. So, the next slide will be the administrative uh recommendations and these will be what we have put together
as an administration team to balance the budget. Now, this would be if the board did not raise taxes at all. So, if the board decided they didn't want to raise any taxes, there would be a 0% tax increase. the deficit would be $4,35,44. All these positions are vacant uh with
the exception um there's one dean of students that is in a in a position. Um the co-op positions would be eliminated at $525,690. Three new kindergarten teachers would be reduced from the from the request at $330,000. Three new custodians at the kid the
kindergarten centers would be reduced at $276,000. Three deans of students would be reduced at a cost of 330,000. Seven elementary positions that are currently open would not be filled at $770,000 for a total savings of 2,231,690,
leaving a balance that we'd have to take from the unreserved fund balance of 1,83,354. >> Can I ask why the administration did not include any administrative positions in the cuts? >> Because the administration does not uh we are extremely uh understaffed in the
administration position role. that can't be >> extremely understaffed. >> So the dean positions are quote unquote they are in the in the teachers bargaining unit but they are administrative positions. So all these positions that are here are basically
coming from the kindergarten center for the most part. So instead of having a class size of 20 then you class size will go up to 23 24. Instead of having the co-op students who would support the teachers, you wouldn't have that. Instead of having two custodians at the
building, you would only have one. So for the administrators who we were going to put at some of these centers, we would be eliminating those positions. >> So what I'm saying is these are positions that you would propose to cut. And as someone who's done this before,
you try to spread the pain and and I'm not saying that. The other issue is you're just looking at personnel in terms of cuts, right? You're not looking at anything else. We just added a whole fleet of vehicles. I mean, so we'll get together and chat, but I think um there
are other options. I the board may be fine with it, but that Peter, that's my initial response. >> Okay. So, the the 1.9% tax increase, the deficit would be 1.847 47,441.
The revenue increase would be 2,187,604. The following pos the following issues would be uh the following things would be reduced. One HVAC position, one electrical position, one project custodial positions would be reduced. They are currently vacant at 335,132.
Uh Chromebooks would be or touch panels would be reduced at 500,000. This would make it if we reduce the Chromebooks, the fifth graders going to sixth grade would no longer be one to one. if this would if this cut was uh uh adopted and there would be no professional conferences districtwide um for
administrators or teachers at a at a reduction of $347,900. This would reduce the budget by 1,183,32 and we take from the unreserved fund balance at $664,49. >> Yeah, I don't know who came up with the
cut and professional that that ain't happening. You know, all we get lectured on is curriculum and curriculum development. The question I had for you that still hasn't been answered when you look at all these scenarios and you have the from the unreserve fund to balance
the budget but the numbers decrease. So you started I think 1.2 million go to 650. I'm just trying to find the logic between in your proposal decreasing 4 or 500,000 with every iteration. >> When you raise when you're raising taxes
you're increasing revenue so you wouldn't have to take from the fund the unreserve fund balance. But I'm saying if you used a static amount, a static amount for all, then I think that's something we can talk about what we see. Um because I gotta tell you, I I just find the proposal the way it is
unsettling. >> So are you saying are you saying, Eric, if you if you took the balance from the unreserved fund balance of 1.8 that is listed under the zero tax or something like that
>> and kept it static. >> And so regardless of what potential tax increase >> then then the cuts would be mitigated to some extent because that other source of revenue is balancing out whatever's
coming in from the tax increase. Correct. >> I'm not cutting teachers or text folks. So I asked Peter to look at we have I think 31 million in our uh reserves >> the the full reserve is 30 a little over 33 million. >> So with 18 million which you you know is
out there I asked him to and we're at a 6.8% funding level. We can't go above eight. Uh we've never we've been in the high five. So I think Peter when we looked at it we looked at how much money drawing
it down would be. I I'm not sure I completely understood and I appreciate you going through the exercise but what I was saying is we get that number we know what we are dealing with what people have the appetite for so the amount of money would be dictated by if
you're at 6.7 6.6 normally there's a couple hundred grand there if you draw down >> correct so the unreserved fund balance is 18659500 which is 6.4% 4% of our 292 million
proposed budget. So if we were zero, if we drew down 664 409, that would be a.3 reduction percentage point reduction of our unreserved fund balance as it stands. Thank >> that's what I've been looking for. >> Okay, that that's what I >> Yeah, thank you very much. >> So So help me understand real quick. So
the percentage of the unreserved fund balance as a percentage of the overall budget expens this is not is not a this is 6.4%. So the Z reserve fund balance is 18,659500. That is what was in the previous year's
a uh annual financial report. It is 6.4% of the proposed 20 uh 2627 budget which is what you have to go by. It is so that is 6.4%. We are barred from by state law to go over 8% of the unreserved fund balance.
The board at a discretion can label any amount of its total uh fund balance which is a 30 33.1 million into different categories committed assigned and so Mr. Epstein had asked me to what would happen >> it's Epstein I'm sorry I don't want to be confused Mr. I'm sorry Mr. Epstein
had asked me to what would happen if I reduced the uh what would happen to the percentage if we reduced it by the 1.9 or 2.9% of the unreserved and so I did that quick and if we reserved if we unre if we reduced it by 664 409 and we could
increase this by anything you guys want to um it would be a.3% reduction of that 18 uh it would go down to 179591 or 6.1% of the of the of the fund of the net
yield. What would the amount be? >> Would the amount be 17,95? Is there >> the amount we're taking to balance the budget? >> Um the amount would be the unreserved would be 664 409. >> So that's what gets you to 664. Taking 310 of
>> No. Yeah. 310 of a percent of Yeah. 310 of a percent. >> Okay. I I'm need to review that, but thank you. Could could you walk me through the administration's like rationale or philosophy on what number would you feel comfortable? Why are you at this number? You know, it's whatever
you say 65. Like what's what's the range? Like why do you guys have it there? >> Um the range what we feel comfortable asking for in terms of a tax levy to to balance. >> No, no, no. On you said it's at six and why aren't you at 5.5%. like what's >> so I did so I would feel comfortable
with the unreserved fund balance to be anywhere um around 5% to to 7% I'd be comfortable with it because the overall fund balance is 33.1 million so we have enough cash on hand when you when the fund balance depletes lower than 20 million you start getting into cash flow
issues when you get later in the school year >> so if you feel comfortable at five then why would you need to raise taxes if you can >> so there's there's there is a very logistical reason for that um when We talked about that with their credit rating. The credit rating agency made it very clear that if we draw too much on
our cash reserves that when we go out to borrow more money that there's a a strong possibility that our credit rating could decrease and if our credit rating decreases then we will pay more for the borrowing. Um next year >> I guess I get that. So what what number did they say that we should >> they will not give a number because they
will have to they'll have to evaluate the portfolio >> but they normally evaluate based on what other school districts have and we're high. So I mean we're not going to be at the same level as dairy. Nobody's at eight. We used to be in the low sevens but we
usually you know we're my comfort level is never going below six. So we could be at eight if the board decides they wanted to be at eight because we have $33 million in total fund balance. >> So what that does, it increases our bond rating and then increases the discomfort for our personnel, you know. So what
we're looking at here basically, and I think this is what Dave is saying, you can draw down on that, not hurt our bond rating and then minimize the amount of money for a tax increase. Philosophically, you may look at a different Peter. I get that. But the
board has that option, that discretion. You know, I don't see us go if we go with 6.0. It's not I don't see it affecting if you you think it we just have a different opinion. Um but right now, compared to our norms and our comps, we're we're
healthy. >> So, we go to the 2.9% tax increase. The budget change, the deficit is $696,000 um $696,70 and the revenue increase with a 2.9% increase is 3,338,974.
The deficit reduction strategy here would be postponing the new social studies curriculum by8 by $188,000 and the unreserved fund balance reduction would take it from the unreserved fund balance would be $58,70. If we did this, that would be a two a2%
drop in the unreserved fund balance. So that was another >> here's my confusion. In every option, you're cutting different programs. You know, there's not there's not one program that's consistent. So I have no idea what is a priority and social studies curriculum.
Where the hell did that come from? I'm just Are you putting numbers up there based on if y'all if you needed to cut 188 that program would be closer to how much it actually is to run? No, we were taking we looked at the
holistically what we needed to do to reduce things that we could postpone for a year and re-evaluate that program in a year and that's the things that we put up there. It wasn't just let's throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks. These were things that we can postpone um for time to see what we can do to get
>> it kind of it kind of feels like that. But um can we get a list of all the different things that you think that we could cut or delay? So we have like a full menu of says here's all the different things that we see. Um I think that's really helpful in kind of determining what we need to do is here's
the different options and so we can have some some different ways to look at it. And I would always ask and I'm sure Christ probably got to ask is like is there anywhere else that we're looking to cut that's waste? I know there's not a ton. I know like 90 some% of our budget's like spent but is there anything else that we're missing? You
know is there has there been an exercise to look at those? Yeah, there is. I mean, you guys can look at all I've given you guys all the data and the budget. You guys have you have it all at your discretion in your >> I got it, but I got a full-time job. I can't read. >> No, no, I understand that. But if you looked at it, there's not the expenses and the increases are not very high. So,
there's not there's this budget is cut. >> I understand. I'm just asking the question, have we gone through the exercise to make sure that we're looking Yes. Under every couch cushion for >> we have and that's why the budget was two weeks later than you guys have normally got it. So, that's why it was two weeks later than we normally got it. >> Thank you. When did we have a new social
studies curriculum presented? >> It's part of our curriculum cycle. It's the middle school social studies that was postponed last year. So, this is something we're looking to to we're proposing to move forward with a pilot this coming year for the program to be purchased for the following year for middle school social studies. >> I think what Dave is asking for is a
menu and not just item 68000. Um, do we have a listing a menu of the cost for specific projects? not minimum but you know bigger ones whether it be curriculum or uh substitute teachers
>> well I think I think everything that you've listed in the bubbles right on each sheet that is our >> building building and sort of putting that all in one document so without reference to this in level increase or this level increase but just here are things from the administration's
perspective that we view as potential um decision points that we could make with respect to postponing something for a year or not doing something or not filling this position or whatever and just sort of so that the board has the entire picture not segmented by maybe uh
each each increase scenario >> for like not like the French laundry where you got like three choices like I want a waffle house of like here's all the different things that I can I want this smothered I want it covered I want that you >> sure I could do that no problem can just as easily be the custodial or could be the Chromebook correct
>> in Sure, I could do that. That's no problem. I I could make a list of those things >> for menu, I believe. Yeah. >> Yeah, I could do a list of those things. >> What's a French What was that? >> French Laundry. It's a place in Napa Valley. It's very good. >> Oh, it's a restaurant. >> Very high. So, >> Michelin Star is very delicious. >> So, here's the last one. The 3.5% tax
increase. It provides a 4 million It provides a 4,29,796 revenue with a balanced budget. There will be no reductions that would be necessary for this. Um and it will provide uh there's so some of the talking points that we had for this the healthcare savings we came through are
we were trending at 13.9% uh increase however we got it down with bringing Scott Lere in and assure partners we got that down to 8% going with a going with Capital Blue Cross. >> How much savings was that? >> Uh it was it was about it was a little over a million dollars. >> Right. Thank you. >> So there's a lot of So we've cut a lot
of things from the budget that did not show up in these >> but that's not a cut that's a savings. a savings. You're right, but there was a savings in the budget that did save us money, though. So, a savings or a cut are the same things. When you reduce the expenses, you spend >> Actually, they're not. A cut is eliminating a program. A savings is
providing the service at the same level without increasing the cost. But we can debate that later. >> Yeah, that's sure. We adding air we added air conditioning in two buildings. We had an increase in special staff or special ed staff and we had full day kindergarten. And we and by over by adding full day kindergarten, we addressed overcrowding at several
buildings throughout the district. And so by doing all this and only needing a 3 uh 3.5% tax increase, I think that is a substantial effort and deserved uh a significant amount of of praise to the administration team and I'm extremely proud to work with this administration. >> Well, you're not going to get a
significant amount of praise. >> Well, that's fine. That's fine. You can ask for, but for instance, you just said one of the pro with the budget is we're doing the air conditioning. It's not reflected in here. That's that's debt service. And there are things that you've done that are really good. I
appreciate, but this is what happens when you don't have a finance committee meeting to discuss it. You know, we're left juggling balls. So, I think at the next meeting, we can probably work through all this, if not most of it. We have to because we have to get a budget done by the end of April. and I'll send
you those questions as a followup, Peter. >> Um, and then just one thing, I know Dave said this sort of generally speaking, but as we look in the the technology budget, I remember last year when we were going through there was a lot of programs that I know when Matt was the director was going through and looking
at the utilization for them and it was I I kind of thought there were some that it was like in the middle of the cycle and we were going to look at it more for next year. I know you're very new to this position, so you probably didn't have a whole lot of time to really review everything, but I just wanted to make sure that since I remember that being one that was a potential area for
for savings just because they weren't being utilized that we've we've kind of looked at all of those. >> So on that um that was something that before I took this position while Ryan was the acting director, he did go through and he had found a number of things and was able to already cut them. >> Okay.
>> Um so there were things that have been cut already from technologies budget. >> Okay. I appreciate that because you know >> absolutely sure because when you're looking at total numbers instead of all the details >> do we do we have a um I know like we did for the technology in the classroom we now have a inventory do we have like an
inventory of all the different softwares we have like how many licensers >> we we do have an inventory I can go through what we have and what's included in technologies budget if you'd like to see those different things >> that would be wonderful thank you we don't have a tech committee we can't ask
these questions anymore so uh >> I I'm always free to to ask [laughter] questions. Sure. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> So, [clears throat] I wanted to show you the act one trends for the act one index. This is the last five years. Um the actual 4.2% uh a couple years ago in 2223 all the way down to this year at
4.4%. You saw that it did get uh really big in 2425 at 6.6. The uh forecast for the next four years, this came from the independent fiscal office from the state. Um it looks like it will to uh dovetail down a little bit to 4.1, 4.2, 4.2, and 4.0. Um and finally the last
slide. >> Is there a formula for like why is that 2022 it was 4.2 it went up and now we're >> it's based on the uh the average weekly wage in the state. Um so it's based on economic factors throughout the state. Um and when they got when the co money
was it's a delayed it's a delayed uh index. So when the co money came in and everybody and the state's unemployment dropped to a record low number that's why the 6.6% was high. But once um things cooled off in the state, that's why it's dropping back down to low to lower levels to more realistic lower
levels. >> There's a direct connection between employment >> does have anything to do with cola at all? >> Um no, it has nothing to do I could send you the the independent fiscal forecast. It does have the formula in there and um I did adjust that to our adjusted base because we this this is based on our
adjusted act one index which does increase from the base. Um the base index is about 3%. and ours goes up a little bit higher based on our economic condition. So this is the last one. This is a lot of data on it. Um so you guys might want to take this and look at it um to study
it because it does show our assessed value over the last 5 years. It also this is basically the moral of the story is um if the district had uh raised taxes 2% over the last uh for the last 5 years what the increase of additional revenue would be. And that's in the la
in the bottom right hand corner of what the additional revenue would have brought in. $2 million, $4 million, $6 million. Even with the increase last year, additional $3 million on top of that and this year uh would have been an additional $1.7 million with no tax increase. Um the reason I put that >> on my Nvidia stock, I'd be on a yacht
right now. I mean, we can't look back. I mean, it's >> Well, I understand that, but I just wanted to show the cumulative effect of what happens when taxes are when the money's left on the table. There's a cumulative effect to it. So anyways, the next please if you have please uh accumulate your questions, send them to me. I will get the answers out to you.
Um obviously the third bullet point does not need to happen and the final the last this the fourth bullet point does need to happen. We have to have a final budget by by June 30th though. >> Yeah, I would recommend we're going to do the budget I think but what is that? The 26th is the last meeting in May. >> Yeah. Uh June. Yes.
>> Yeah. Let's shoot for that because then we can have a uh finance committee meeting and then work out all the differences so we can have something recommended uh for the meeting. >> Okay. >> Thanks uh Peter. >> Thank you. >> Nice job, Peter. Thank you.
[clears throat] >> Moving on to unfinished business. Uh, I would like to propose a consent agenda vote for items 701 through 709 as they were all given first
read at the last board meeting. Um, so I'm looking for a motion to approve motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I >> opposed. Thank you.
Moving on to new business. Item 8001, personnel report. >> The administration is recommending approval of the personnel report as discussed in executive session. >> May I have a motion to approve? >> So move. >> Is there a second? Thank you. Questions? >> Is there a corollary increase based on
the salary change to any of the positions? >> I mean, so if you're changing the name of the position, >> we're in the We're not on that. You're you're ahead of us. >> We're on 81. 801. >> Yeah. I'm only off by eight. Any any questions?
>> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. >> Item 8002, supplemental staffing provider agreement. Mr. Bard, >> the administration [clears throat] is recommending approval of the supplemental staffing provider agreement with AA Healthcare, Inc. This item will
Never mind. Skip that line. >> You're as bad as new. Yeah. >> Peter, do you want to explain this because this is the first time it's appeared on the on the agenda and and we're moving from uh not just a first read but an immediate consideration. >> Correct. So, we have a um this will be paid for out of the psychologist grant
that we received um from the federal government and this uh provider AA Healthcare has a uh as a an in-person psychologist available to start tomorrow. So, that is why the administration is asking for the board to vote on this tonight. Um, and that is
also why we didn't have time to present it for a first read last week because the inerson person um just got uh came on board like within the last week or so and they've been vetted out and everything. So, it's it's a benefit to our students. So, >> may I have a motion to approve the
recommendation? >> Motion. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any questions? All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Opposed. >> Item 8003, adjudication of student case
1352. Just for the public's information. We do not use student numbers for privacy concerns and therefore each student is assigned a number. Mr. Chairman, >> the administration recommending approval of the adjudication of student case 1352
as discussed in executive session. May I have a motion to approve the recommendation? >> Motion. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> Opposed. >> Thank you.
>> Moving to item 8004, treasury report for a month ending March 31st, 2026. Mr. Bard, >> the administration is recommending the approval of the treasures report for the month ending March 31st, 2026. This item will appear on the May 12th board agenda
for approval. >> Again, not not a voting item for today. If you have questions between now and the next meeting, certainly let um Peter know. Item 8005, proposed schoolboard meeting dates for 2627 school year. Mr. Turman, >> the administration is recommending approval of the proposed schoolboard
meeting dates for the 2627 school year. This item will appear on the May 12th, 2026 board agenda for approval. Moving to item 8006, Dolphin County Technical School Budget for the 2026 2027 school year. Mr. Bard.
>> Mr. Board, the administration is recommending approval. >> I said Bard. I didn't say board. >> Well, I'm just >> I saw that it said board late and I spelled it was the wrong board. Anyways, >> I just wanted Listen, I just want I just wanted Mr. Epstein to get a laugh out of me. That's all.
>> All right, dude. I'm all right. I know. All right. The administration is recommending approval of the Dolphin County Technical School budget for the 2627 school year. The contribution for CDSD is 8,29,415 or a 4,000 or 400,63
$463,37 increase from 2526. This item will appear on the May 12th, 2026 board agenda for approval. >> You did a great job, by the way, on the uh the to make sure there wasn't a call back. How so how many what percent is of
the the students are ours is like 40 >> 43 >> yeah that's what >> 43% 43% >> and then Harrisburg >> of all of >> all the students yeah all the students so we by far are the largest um uh sender of students there >> so this is a public complaint but so
we're the largest so the largest contributor yet when we vote we have the same votes as smaller districts. It would just seem to me that's something we need to remedy in the future. >> I know that this that conversation did happen and uh the superintendents from
the other districts um that conversation went nowhere. >> Well, there's a charter that needs to be renewed coming up and I think we can use that leverage for it to go. Why would they want to do it there? >> We could just not vote on it. No, there
there I there's going to vote come up and Jeie or Janelle can let us know where they need to renew. I think it's the charter or something else and so yeah, we can throw it out there, but it's it's it's financially it cost us. >> Okay. Uh moving on to item 8007,
approval of food service management company. Mr. The administration is recommending approval of the nutrition group as the food service management company for the 2026 2027 school year. >> Bless you. >> God bless you. This is a cost reimburseable one-year contract requiring annual board approval. This
item will appear on the May 12th, 2026 board agenda for approval. >> So, Peter, I hate to monopolize your time, but next year we will have to put this out for RFP. >> Correct. This is the last one-year renewal we have on the on the agreement.
Item 8008, unified strength and conditioning opportunity. Mr. Turman, >> the administration recommending approval to establish a unified strength and conditioning team at both high schools. This item was reviewed at the April 22nd, 2026 personnel committee meeting.
This item will appear on the May 12th, 2026 board agenda for approval. Um, this will be two stipended positions. One for East High School, one also for CD High School. Uh, goes along the line of botchi. uh would be through special Olympics where regular ed and special ed
students will be able to participate in activities together. >> Moving on to item 8009, job description revisions. Mr. Turman, >> administration is recommending approval of the following revised job descriptions. These items were reviewed at the April 22nd, 2026 personnel
committee committee meeting. These items will appear on the May 12th, 2026 board agenda for approval. coordinator of curriculum development, instructional practices, digital media and branding specialist, building and grounds coordinator or house supervisor/copy shop supervisor. Um when these were
discussed at the HR meeting, the coordinator curriculum development instructional practices um is just replacing uh Chris Lopez's old job description. The digital media and branding specialist and individual is at the warehouse now. uh we will be coming over to this building to support uh the
technology department building and grounds coordinator. That individual is in this building and would then transfer to the warehouse to be the supervisor there. >> So I guess would be appropriate to ask the question now. Do any of the new job uh definitions uh include increases?
>> First two do not. Third one uh the individual will go up one band because now that individual will be supervising, right? Okay. Moving to item 8.10, first reading of board policy. Mr. Turman,
>> the administration recommending the first reading of the revised board policy 237, electronic and personal communication devices. This item was reviewed at the April 22nd, 2026 policy committee meeting. This item will appear on the May 12th, 2026 board agenda for
approval. Um, this is going after the basically cell phone usage and personal devices by students in all buildings. Uh, really is looking bellto. Uh, we're talking glasses, smart watches, cell phones, the whole nine yards. Um, where they will not be permitted for students
to have them out uh, when they enter the building and to and also will be a permitted to use them once they leave. >> So, I wasn't able to attend that. Is that going to be in line with the governor's or the the legislaturator's thing? >> Correct. >> Okay. >> And that's due to come out for the 2728
school year. >> But we are we this policy will be going into effect once it's approved. >> Yes. We're going to focus on communication and then also working with all staff and we're going to start it the beginning of next school year. >> And the just so everybody is aware the
state the governor's plan requires a policy to be put into place for this coming school year. and then it be enacted for the following school year. We are just doing it all at one shot. I I um when I was at the capital area intermediate unit um meeting, I talked
to the Derry Township rep because they've had the policy in um and basically they had three weeks with lots of discipline and then it just died off and most of their um
issues came um from parents, not kids. So, so it didn't it did work out well. They didn't require special bags. They they just had to be away and they uh only allowed them to use them at the
after school activities for contact, you know, then you can contact your parents, let them know your pickup times and stuff like that. >> So, they said the parents were more resistant than the kids. >> Yeah. the the kids once that you know they said it was the teachers supported
it because now all of a sudden it's a standardized policy so you can't you know do your own thing. Um and then the kids got used to it after you know seeing enough of them get punished um that it wasn't an issue after about that
third week. >> Yeah you probably don't want to read on Facebook comments but it's actually a lot of parents that are said hey I want to be able to communicate and let things know. So a lot of the comments the parents actually want the cell phones >> and that's >> which was I was surprising when you got on some of those things >> and that's what he he verified that the
parents cause more issues for them than the kids. >> And if you take a look at the policy there are certain obviously exceptions when uh students have you know I you know um you know it's a could be a medical or health issue or or whatever. So you know there are exceptions built into the policy.
>> Okay. >> Guidelines is that it goes beyond cell phones as well. of watches because I know a lot of people would say if you don't have your phone >> metal glasses. >> Yes. >> Well, metagasses record. As far as I know, I'm not a techie. The watches don't do anything, right? If you don't
have a phone, >> if you have a phone without a cell phone plant, but they bake Apple watches and other ones. >> I just wondered if the law the legislation actually states like other things or if it's specific to cell phones. >> Go back and
>> I have to go back and look at it. >> Yeah, I don't remember. No, you can't catch your steps now, >> right? I think where it's going to be policy. So, yeah. >> Yeah. I don't know if what what he put out as law. I can't remember if it included everything. >> Okay. Moving on to item 8.11, agreement with school scheduling associates. Mr.
Chairman, >> the administration recommending approval of the agreement with school scheduling associates. A consultant will support the district creating a master schedule for all secondary students. The cost will not exceed $27,000 for the 2726 school year. This item was reviewed at
the April 22nd, 2026 academic committee meeting. This item will appear on the May 12th, 2026 board agenda for approval. Um, this individual will support myself and then also the administration in basically gathering a team uh to really look at what we want
for schedules for our high school and middle schools. Um, so there will be community involvement, uh, there'll be teacher involvement, some student involvement, and we will really take our time to make sure the schedule that is created for all of our secondary schools that every that there's buy in in terms
of what we would like as a district for our kids. >> Moving to item 8.12, technology purses purchases. Mr. Turman, >> the administration recommending approval of the following technology purchases to the lowest responsible biders. The purchases are being funded by title one. These items were reviewed at the April
22nd, 2026 academic committee meeting. These items will appear on the May 12th, 2026 board agenda for approval. 123 iPad keyboards to STS of Education. $84.89 each for a total of $10,44147.
44 classroom charging carts to Trfera. $628 each for a total of $27,632. 249 indirected panels from Trafera $1,932.50 each for a total cost of $481,29252.50.
>> All right. I don't want to belabor this this meeting, but uh Mr. B, since we're pulling forward some technology purchases we probably had scheduled for next school year, is that reflected in the budget that we're not going to need those for some of those? >> Yes. Yeah. So, that's that is reflected
in the budget. >> And these are strictly for elementary. The ones that potentially could get taken out of the budget were for secondary. >> Item 8.13. This is the second of two opportunities for the public to address the board and we have no one signed up
to speak. Item 8.14, board representative reports. Are there any? >> Um, I just wanted to report that I had the pleasure of taking part in the uh STEM summit at Central Dolphin High School two weeks ago that was for all of the ninth graders. They were able to get
involved in some real hands-on activities to learn about the careers in the STEM. And I wanted to thank all of the community volunteers that came out to work in all of those stations because without them these days wouldn't have been possible. And it really gave the kids a great opportunity to have some
different level of engagement with some hands-on science things. And then today and tomorrow um the 11th graders at East High School are participating in the real life uh financial literacy also through junior achievement. And um I was actually there today and it was just a great experience for a lot of these kids
to again have amazing community volunteers come from banks and other you know local businesses to share budgeting and um some real life skills for them. So I just wanted to um to point that out that our kids are really getting some extra um things and learning
>> outside the classroom. >> Other board representative reports. >> Yes. over the weekend. Uh I was not able to attend, but I I brought this up before, John Kramer, a former teacher and wrestling coach. >> Uh basically a rock in this district. Um and uh just a quick story, he after
wrestling practice, he would would do 50 pull-ups after doing the entire wrestling program or uh practice with us. He was honored uh uh inducted into the I think it's the Pennsylvania Coaches Hall of Fame >> last night. >> He was intimidating. I mean, he was a
very effective coach and math teacher. >> Good math teacher. Just a good, >> you know, the 50 pull-ups after practice is amazing in any >> era. >> Other board representative reports. >> I wish I would have known. >> 8.15 board committee reports.
>> We have a finance committee coming up. I'm going to say the 14th of April. >> 14th. Dony's grounds right after that. >> May. May. >> May 14th. >> Yeah. May not April. >> Yeah. I'm hitting all cylinders. May >> May 27th >> for policy is that May 27
[clears throat] >> I think it's May 27th 4:30 and five for personnel policy and academic >> academic >> I think it's May May 27th >> we have those posted >> yes they are >> yeah they're on the website >> item 8.16 sympathy sympathy resolutions
Mr. Sympathies are extended to the family of Jonathan Ariyaga, a CD cyber student on his passing. Sympathies are extended to the family of Shirley Eckard, former teacher on her passing. >> Item 9.01, adjournment. May I have a motion to adjurnn? Is there a second?
All those in favor? I opposed. Meeting adjourned.