e e e e e e e e e I would like to call to order the June 18th regular Schoolboard meeting of the
mountains view school board good evening and welcome the first item of business is agenda item 1.2 adoption of the agenda I'd entertain a motion so moved second the agenda has been moved and seconded any discussion hearing none all in favor I I
any opposed motion carries uh we'll move on to item 2.1 uh announcements shaa could you please read the gifts yeah there were 16 gifts for schools and programs received this period for a total of 28,200
$44 and there were 12 gifts received for the real freeder food shelf for this period for a total of $9,350 it's recommended that the board accept these gifts and extend our thanks to the donors thank you shaana upcoming
meetings uh just a reminder we um have the month of July off there will be no work session or meeting and our next regular um meeting of the school board will be on August 20th at 700 p.m. here at the district Center uh next we'll move to agenda agenda item
2.1 superintendence report great thank you Diane yeah since school ended I actually have a couple uh state tournament sports updates for all of you and the public this evening uh first the mountains view baseball team is going to be playing for the state championship
this Friday they were scheduled to play uh yesterday rain out so they pushed everything uh to Friday the game is scheduled for 7:30 at Target Field against Eastridge High School uh in addition one of the MS viiew players Tyler garan was also named Star
Tribune's Metro player of the year so we want to congratulate Tyler and uh wish the team good luck as they compete on Friday and in track and field news irell athlete uh gerod Hughes Jr won the state won three state titles uh last week so
he took first place in the 100 meters in the 200 meters and in the long jump where he already owns the state record uh in that particular event so congratulations to him uh and we want to wish him well because he's actually going to be attending college at the
University of Arkansas next year and competing for them so best wishes to him and congratulations to everyone good luck go Mustangs on Friday great thank you superintendent Lennox now we'll move on to item 3.0 approval of the consent
agenda I entertain a motion so moved second the agenda has been moved and seconded any discussion hearing none all in favor I I any opposed motion carries we'll move on
to item 4.1 and welcome up Miss Bernice hnik Executive Director of Business Services to give us an update on 2023 24 budget amendments thank you this evening each quarter we do a budget update to
Prov provide opportunities to review budget variances and make amendments when information becomes available this evening there are two budget amendments for this reporting period specifically an increase in construction fund revenues due to this uh sale of the ltfm
2023 Bond proceeds and that's 45,5 40,42 and on the expenditure side we will increase the fund uh constru ruction fund expenses for the 2023a dispersement schedule of
5,332 754 the other one that we will have this evening will be the building generated and will increase the general fund Revenue by 486,000 12 at this time we're seeking
approval of these amendments all right any questions for brunes we did talk about this in length at our uh recent work sessions so we are um very familiar with it but just wanted to give the opportunity for any of the board members to ask questions I just
want to acknowledge Bernice and her team again for uh the Exquisite work that you do um on all of our budget stuff uh it's all very complex and you do an amazing job an amazing job of making it
understandable for those of us who are not in the finance field so I just want to say thank you thank you and I have great Partners in the Pro process thank you so much so I'd entertain a motion that the board approves the budget amendment as
presented so moved second the motion has been moved and seconded any discussion hearing none all in favor hi hi any opposed motion carries so we're going to keep Bernice up here again and we're going to move on to 4.2 fiscal year
20242 budget thank you in your packet this evening you will find an update on the following budgets the general fund nutrition services community service fund building construction fund Debt Service and post employment benefits
Debt Service fund on page one there will be a summary of the information by fund the general fund and I'll be rounding these numbers for ease so the general fund will be made up of Revenue of 1999 million the general fund
expenditures will be made up of 204 million nutrition services will be made up of 8, 34,42 for revenue and for expenditures the community service fund F will be
made up of Revenue of 7,937 593 in revenue and 7,937 593 in expenditures the building construction fund we'll see the revenue you approve
the revenue this evening as part of the amendment and now we'll be working on the projects so the in anticipated dispersements will be 2,574 408 The Debt Service fund will be made up of$
15,21 4,781 in revenue and 15, 334 648 and expenditures for a summary of $231 million in revenue and a summary of $257 million in
expenses on page two we'll talk about the um we'll highlight the budget assumption that have were developed W with input from the school board through the work sessions and school board meetings wait waited pupil units are projected at
12,156 this information is based on the October 2023 enrollments with a natural loss of 12th graders and incoming kindergarten students at its December 12th meeting the school board passed a resolution
resolution opening enrollment to non-resident students in K through 12 where or where we have capacity student enrollment um unweighted is projected to be at
11,095 the general education formula allowance for 2425 is set at $7,250 and increase of 2% or $143 pupil waiting is 1.0 for K through
6 and 1.2 for 7 through 12 operating referendum is $1,734 $354 adjusted for inflation special education will be based on the state
formula instructional expenditures continued on page three of your packet include K through 12 will be based on school board class assumptions size assumptions superintendent Lennox will
have nine FTE available for targeted instructional intervention compensation for employees will be at the mid-range of the comparative market um compensatory Revenue will be based on the state formula and fees for
transportation will remain the same for 20 for 2425 at $225 per student with a family Max of 500 the high school activities budget will be maintained and the family Max is set at
700 on page four of your packet you'll find that Supply allocate Supply allocations will remain the same for 2425 and superintendent Lennox will have $30,000 to address School Board developing
priorities on page six of your packet is the general fund Revenue summary of 199 million highlights from the general fund for 2425 include 53 million in local
Revenue 142,00 425 674 from state revenue 3 million 3.9 million will be Federal revenues through mde 24, 370
will come directly from federal sources $684 will come from Insurance Recovery or local sales the federal revenue reflects the elimination of the pandemic relief funding I think Bernice that that was
142 million in in state revenues correct correct and that's that's I just wanted to make sure that was clear because thank you perfect thanks I appreciate that thank you page seven includes the general fund fund Revenue detail
and highlights the general fund 2425 Revenue details 142 million or 25674 makes up the majority of our funding which is based on the formula 53 m577 311 is local Revenue
made up including taxes the 3.9 million um is from federal revenues through mde includes title grants and those and those items 24370 is Direct Federal sources and
$684 is from local sales and Insurance Recovery again this reflects the elimination of the pandemic relief funding page eight and N include the expense detail um you can see the expense
summary on the bottom of page six the highlights on the bottom of page six include 15 55 m831 333 for salary and benefits 38 m340 871 is for purchase
services or fee for service 7,567 is for supplies 3,354 654 is capital and other expenditures the purchase service and fees for service line item reflects the
impact of inflation unfunded mandates for businesses including ESS earn sick and safe time and transportation costs page eight and N of your packet includes your expense
detail and numbers will be summarized for ease 7.8 million is District School administration 6.5 million for district support Support Services
84.9 million supports Elementary and secondary regular instruction 2.7 million is for vocational education 3 36.7 million is exceptional instruction including special
education 233,000 is for Community Education 16.9 million is for instructional support 23 .1 million is for pupil Support Services 17.4 million
is sites and buildings 1 million for fiscal and other other costs including Insurance 6.8 million is for Capital and ltfm the dollar view of the 2425 budget reflects that the majority of our resources are spent on
instruction and support specifically 75 cents of each dollar page 10 of your packet will move us U move on to nutrition services and that reflects 8, 34,42 in revenue and reflective of the
same in expense the majority of the revenue for nutrition will come from a combination of State AIDS and federal AIDS and some local um revenues the expenditures are
made up of salary and fr at 3.4 million purchase Services of 794k th000 um food and supplies and materials at 3.5 million Capital at 224,000
392 and other expenditures at $958 page 11 nutrition services continues with a breakdown of how the revenue is received we're part of the national school lunch program and that's where the majority of our funding comes through um we also have the school
breakfast program we have the summer school program and an all car program the expenditures by program majority of our expenditures are spent on the national school lunch program and that expenditure is at 7 million after
school snack program is at 27,1 $89 School breakfast program is $271,600 443 alart is at 640 552 for an overall
total of expense and revenue of 8, 34462 for nutrition page 12 of your packet includes the community service 2425 budget which includes $7 million
93759 in revenue and matching in expense the majority of that is made up from local Revenue participation in our community service programs um property tax levy is set at one million State AIDS at 1.4 million
Federal AIDS at 79,2 40 expenditures again are spent on um salaries and Fringe at 5.5 5 million other purchase Services make up 1.1
million supplies and other at 1.2 million in capital at 25,000 for an overall budget of 7 7,937 593 page 13 of your packet includes the 2425 update on revenue and it's detailed
out there for you to review page 13 also includes the Community Serve expenditure P program and it provides the detail of the expenditures for the community ed program page 14 includes the
construction fund um the revenue was the sale of the bonds in 2023 24 we are reflecting 21, 57 for an expense for 2425 and it includes um with the bond
sale we will do three projects the iron Dale High School geothermal project which is set to be started in 2024 the High View Middle School geothermal project which is set to be started in
2025 and the Pinewood geothermal project in 2026 for the 202 2425 we anticipate 2,574 408 to be um expensed and that
will be mainly for iron Dale High School and High View Middle School page 15 is The Debt Service budget The Debt Service includes 15.2 million in revenue and 15.3 in expense page 16 is the
OPB the principal and pay the principal and interest payments have been completed OPB stands for the other post employment benefits which are benefits paid to eligible retirees after the employment ends these benefits are not
considered a pension and so this this um has been um this has matured and so we will not there will not be any future principal and interest payments on that page 17 shows a summary of uh The
Debt Service funds by principal and interest and uh for future years and at the end of your package you'll find a revenue analysis of all funds by categories of property tax levy State
AIDS federal aid local and a total by fund the next page has and has a graph that shows you how the dispersement is by fund the next page has an expenditure
analysis for 24 25 of expenditures as you can see the majority of our resources go to salary and benefits 64% purchase Services make up 18% for all funds supplies and other 5% capital
and debt is 14 and that's a breakdown of general fund nutrition services community service building construction Debt Service and po employment services at this time I'm requesting for
the fiscal year 20 20242 that the budget was based on assumptions provided by the school board through several board meetings and work sessions over the past six months the proposed budget rep represent
the financial projections for the district in a general fund nutrition service fund community service fund construction and debt service at this time I'm asking for adoption of the 20 2024 25 budget as
presented are there any questions any questions for Bernice no just a note and Bernice did mention this and we talk about this all the time um this is a project that goes on every year it's a year-long project we spend a lot of time looking at the
budget from uh what we pay for uh buses to what we uh how many students we have in a classroom and so it's a very long process tonight it might seem like hey yay yay yay but um it's a long process
and you know as as Alysa said we really appreciate the work of all the staff on this this is a massive Endeavor and um probably the most important policy document that we have at the school board so thank you and and especially challenging given so changes with the
from from the legislature so I just want to say as well thank you so much to you and your team for all the work that you did to to make sure we stayed stayed very balanced like I said before great partnership appreciate the great partnership and teamwork thank you so
I'd entertain a motion um the that the board adopt the 20 2425 budget as presented so moved second the motion has been moved and second any discussion hearing none all in favor I any opposed
motion carries thank you Bernice thank you thank you now we'll move on to item 5.1 um superintendence evaluation uh report so every year um the board evaluates superintendent Lennox and we
provide a a brief readout um to the public um to the community to let everyone know how superintendent is doing on um our our district operational plan and Heidi and I had the opportunity to meet with um superintendent Lennox a
couple weeks ago to go over that and I've asked Heidi to to give an update so I'll turn it over well just uh to help the public understand as part of the superintendent's annual review each member of the board completes uh a superintendent appraisal form evaluating evaluating superintendent lenx
performance for the past year the board then met in closed session to review these and then as Diane said uh she and I met with Chris to share the feedback um I'm pleased to report to everyone tonight that superintendent Lennox and his team have met all of the dot the district operational plan goals for the
2023 24 year uh those goals are in the areas of meaningful family and Community Partnerships healthy learning climate shared leadership and accountability and financial oversight and stewardship of resources and for all those in the community um the full doop plan goals
can be found on the msew public schools website under this School Board section under the dot goal um if you want to see those goals and how they've been met uh we also had the opportunity to review superintendent lennox's leadership management and decision-making skills we as a board continue to appreciate
superintendent lennox's leadership among these schools he demonstrates clear strategic Vision integrity and professionalism and transparent communication with staff board and the community and ensures decisions are made with the input of all relevant parties he's proactive responsive and
prioritizes the best interest of students and staff so in short we're grateful for the work of superintendent Lennox over the past year and look forward to his leadership in the coming year as well thanks all right we'll move on to 6.1 um
updates um amsd and legislative Jim um last meeting I reported on our latest amsd meeting but um so there's nothing too new there except we're already starting to work on legislative agenda items uh have a call tomorrow on that so
uh those types of thing even though legislature adjourned a month ago there's just more meetings and Outreach and things like that going on so thank you thank you uh shaa any new updates for 916 I do not have any new updates and again we don't meet in July either
for 916 so I should have an update when we meet again in August wonderful thank you um next item is 7. one Schoolboard member reports does anyone have any updates well I think uh there are a couple people in this room who had graduating seniors this year and I think
a number of us got to attend graduation ceremonies we say this every year this is our favorite part of the job is when either the students come present to us or when we get to go and celebrate with them at graduations um so congratulations to all of the students who graduated this year the class of
2024 it was great to see them celebrate at the graduations I was able to attend and uh we just look forward to to what's next for them yeah I got to say say my face hurt so badly for several hours after um after the the ceremony that I
got to hand um diplomas out to including my own daughter which was an amazing experience um and you know every child that walked um across that across that you know stage and and Podium and whatnot it's just it was it was really
really neat um to be a part of that and to be able to celebrate not just their graduation from high school but you know what truly is a transition into adulthood in our society and so you know every one of them is is sort of moving
beyond and I don't know I it was it was incredibly emotional and quite an honor so uh I now concur it is the best part of the [Laughter] job agreed all right anybody else all right if there's nothing else
to come before the board we are adjourned e e