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>> GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR DIRECTOR BLIESNER WHICH IS EXCUSED.
PROCLAMATION 28-115 AS WELL AS EMPLOYEE MEETING ACT AND RECORDS ACT THERE DOES REMAIN PROHIBITION BUT THERE'S AN EXEMPTION FOR MEETING WITH THE GUIDELINES FOR BUSINESS MEETINGS. THAT STATES THAT GOVERNING BODIES MAY OPT FOR IN-PERSON MEETINGS WITH NO RESTRICTIONS AND CAPACITY NO PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
[INAUDIBLE] WITH THAT PROCLAMATION IS SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND THE BOARD, THE BOARD -- [INAUDIBLE] ALL EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR MISCELLANEOUS RELATED TO COVID-19.
THAT IF THAT GUIDANCE CAN'T BE MET THE BOARD MUST HOLD MEETING VIA LIVE STREAM. THAT'S EXPIRING AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THERE'S A PROCLAMATION EXPIRING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
THIS MEETING IS AND THE MEETING THAT FOLLOWS WILL BEING LIVESTREAMED ON THE DISTRICT WEB SITE.
YOU CAN CALL TO LISTEN 425-936-2813.
[1. Budget and Planning Process]
THE FIRST TOPIC FOR THE STUDY SESSION TONIGHT IS BUDGET AND PLANNING PROCESS. WE'RE GETTING A LATE START.I WILL STOP TALKING. >> TONIGHT IS AN UPDATE FOR THE BOARD IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE IN PROCESS.
JUST SOME INFORMATION AROUND UPDATED CURRENT BUDGET AND LOOK AHEAD BUDGET AS WE ENTER INTO THIS VERY UNIQUE BUDGET PLANNING SEASON KNOWING THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT OUR REVENUES E THE LONG-TERM. WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY RETURNING FROM COVID AND IMPACTS OF THAT ARE CONTINUING. AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORTS IN PLACE FOR '22 AND '23 TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL AND STUDENT AND STAFF.
WE WANT TO WALK THROUGH A FEW OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES.
ESPECIALLY SUPERINTENDENT AND I WILL SHARE THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. A COUPLE OF OUTCOMES FOR THE BOARD TONIGHT. ONE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, KNOWING THAT OUR BUDGET WORK IS DIRECTLY TIED TO OUR STRATEGIC EFFORTS. AS WE THINK ABOUT PRIORITIZING OUT BUDGET AND OUR EFFORTS.
BOTH OF THOSE GO HAND IN HAND.
SECOND, WE REFERENCE -- THE POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR BUDGET PLANNING. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GROUND OURSELVES WHAT ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS OUR CURRENT BUDGET SITUATION. IT WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T START WITH A FEW OF OUR GROUNDING PRINCIPLES FIRST OUR MISSION EACH AND EVERY DAY WORKING TOWARDS THE EFFORT TO GRADUATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS. AS WE DO OUR BUDGET WORK AND STRATEGIC WORK. THAT'S A PRIMARY FOCUS FOR ALL OF US. IN OUR VISION MAKING SURE EACH STUDENT ARE FUTURE READY.
THOSE ARE WORDS ON PAPER. BUT IT'S REALITY THAT WE'RE STRIVING FOR. YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE WORK WE DO IT'S OUR SERVICE AND OUR VISION.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY THIS IS SOMETHING THE BOARD HAS PREVIOUSLY SEEN. THE IDEA OF OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY ENSURE ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS BY CLOSING OPPORTUNITY GAPS FOR STUDENTS AND HAVE EQUITABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL.
WE THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COMMIT TO EQUITY?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT DO WE ACCOMPLISH? IT REALLY IS REMOVING THE PREDICTABILITY OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE THAT CORRELATES WITH RACE AND OTHER SOCIAL FACTOR. TO ENTER RUPERT INEQUITABLE PRACTICES EXAMINED AND INCLUSIVE WORKING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS FAMILIES STAFF
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AND COMMUNITIES. WHEN YOU THINK OUR MISSION AND VISION AND COMMITMENT. THE OUTCOMES WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE, THIS IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.TONIGHT IS ABOUT OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE WORK AND WHAT DRIVES OUR ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS. AND SO I WANT TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE POLICIES THAT WE THINK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR BUDGET WORK, SOME OF THE PROCESS AND TIME LINES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
BECAUSE THIS IS AN ACTIVITY THAT WE DO IN THE SPRING.
BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A DUE DATE FOR THIS, FOR STAFF AND THE BOARD. WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WELL ARTICULATES THE FOCUS OF OUR EFFORT.
THAT'S A STRIKE PLAN ADOPTED IN 2019 AND IT CONTINUES TODAY TO HELP FOCUS OUR PRIORITIES.
IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY REMARKABLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE LOT OF THE EFFORTS TO RESPOND TO COVID-19, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONSISTENCY BETWEEN OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING EFFORTS.
WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS AND STAFF.
THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
OUR EXCELLENT STAFF ALL IN SERVICE OF REALLY WORKING TOWARD POSITIVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND SO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN DOES TRULY GROUND US AND GIVE US A GUIDE POST FOR BRING WE ARE GOING IN TERMS OF THE DISTRICT. AS WE THINK ABOUT -- IF YOU WILL. A THEORY OF ACTION.
YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE DO THIS? IF WE IMPLEMENT THE EFFORT WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF EXPECTATIONS WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD THE BOARD RESULTS POLICIES. IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THESE THINGS BEING NESTED TOGETHER BOARD RESULT POLICIES REALLY ARE THE ULTIMATE MEASUREMENT OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IF YOU THINK ABOUT RESULTS ONE, TWO AND THREE. THOSE TWO HELP MEASURE THE OVERALL STRATEGIC EFFORTS OF THE DISTRICT.
POLICY 6,000 IS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE.
BUT AS THE BOARD KNOWS THERE'S CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS THAT REQUIRE A SCHOOL BOARD TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION. IN ADOPTING A BUDGET AND GOING THROUGH THAT FORMAL PROCESS IS ONE OF THOSE.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AROUND THE ANNUAL BUDGET. IT'S TANGIBLE EVIDENCE OF THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT TOWARD FULLFILLING YOUR GOALS AND OUTCOMES. IT'S ABOUT PROGRAM PLANNING AND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE FOR STAFF PARTICIPATION AND SHARING OF INFORMATION ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES. AS WE MOVE INTO THE BUDGET ADOPTION WE HAVE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE WITH THE FORMAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.
THE BUDGET PLANNING CAN PROCESS JUST -- MONITOR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS. AS PART OF THE OVERALL BUDGET PROCESS WHERE WE PROVIDE EVIDENCE TO EACH OF
THESE EXPECTATIONS. >> I WILL REVIEW AGAIN THE BUDGET CYCLE. THE BUDGET PROCESS IS AN ANNUAL PROCESS. WE BEGIN WITH YEAR WITH OUR ENROLLMENT AND HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE HERE IN THE FALL. AND THEN WE LOOK AT OUR PROJECTIONS TO DETERMINE HOW OUR FINANCES ARE DOING DURING THE YEAR. WE SHARED A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IN MARCH. RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE BUDGET PREPARATION PHASE. WE'RE PREPARING THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR THAT INVOLVING NOT ONLY THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR BUT LOOKING THREE YEARS OUT AND BEYOND THAT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WEIR MAKING DECISIONS THIS YEAR KNOWING HOW THOSE WILL IMPACT THE FUTURE.
AND THEN CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND REPORT AND THEN THE CYCLE STARTS OVER AGAIN. OUR INTEREST AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS ULTIMATELY WE WANT STUDENTS TO HAVE SUCCESS AND TO HAVE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS WE WANT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
GOOD STEWARDS OF TAX PAYER DOLLARS IS IMPORTANT.
TRANSPORTATION SPTRANSPAREN AND CLARITY.
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WE NEED TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WITH THE RESOURCES AND THEN EQUITY IS ALSO AT THE FOREFRONT AS FOR GOING THROUGH THESE PROCESSES. HOW WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR STRIKE AND ONGOING WORK, IT TAKES PEOPLE HUMAN, RESOURCES. IT TAKES TIME AND THEN OF COURSE OVERALL RESOURCES TO BRING SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS. OUR TIME LINE IS HERE AND I KNOW THAT THE IN MARCH WE DID OUR STRATEGIC SURVEY.WE LOOKED AT POTENTIAL CONTINUING STRATEGIC WORK FOR THE NEXT YEAR. WE ANALYZED A SURVEY AND RESULTS LEADERSHIP TEAM AND WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GROUP. WE REVIEWED THE SURVEY RESULTS IN APRIL. WE ASKED DEPARTMENTS STAFF TO DEVELOP THEIR BUDGET REQUEST TO SUPPORT BEST PRACTICING. AND HERE WE ARE IN MAY.
WE'RE ANALYZING THE LISTENING SESSION RESULTS.
THEY ARE PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON THE STRIKE WORK AND PRIORITIES. WE'LL FINALIZE THOSE ITEMS IN THE BEGINNING OF JUNE. MY TEAM ARE WORKING ON FINALIZING THE CALENDAR WHICH IS OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING BEGINNING OUR AUGUST PLANNING.
WE WILL BRING THE BUDGET WITH STRIKE WORK ITEMS TO THE BOARD AND THEN THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK PERIOD BEGINS. AND THEN IN AUGUST, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE BOARD TAKES ACTION ON THE FINAL BUDGET. THE OTHER -- WE CAN BREAK OUR BUDGET INTO THREE CATEGORIES.
I WILL START ON THE RIGHT. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE BARGAINING WITH THREE CLASSIFIED GROUPS.
WE HAVE -- [INAUDIBLE] DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM BEING REVIEWED RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE WILL HAVE OUR TEACHERS.
WE NEED TO, AGAIN, KNOW THAT THOSE RESOURCES.
WE ALSO HAVE ORGANIZATION CAPACITY ITEMS AND NOSE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT ARE NEEDED SUCH AS LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, GROWTH SERVICE LEVEL MAINTENANCE, IN PART OF CONTINUING TO FUNCTION AS THE DISTRICT.
EXAMPLES ARE MAINTENANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEN WE HAVE OUR STRATEGIC OUTCOMES.
WHICH ARE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. AND EXAMPLE ARE EQUITY AND
USE OF PRACTICES. >> AS I SAID AS I OPENED, THERE'S SOME UNIQUE ELEMENTS AROUND THIS BUDGET YEAR.
THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING MORE THAN REVENUE THAT'S BEING BROUGHT IN.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS HAVING A MUCH DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF COMING BACK FROM COVID. WE KNOW THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES WITH BEHAVIOR AND THOSE KIND OF PIECES WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A TIME LINE FOR WHEN OUR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES TO NEED TO BE BACK INTO ALIGNMENT, THERE WILL COME A POINT DURING THIS PROCESS THAT I BRING TO THE BOARD A RECOMMENDATION TO DO ONE-TIME SPENDING FOR NEXT YEAR TO INCREASE LEVELS OF STUDENT AND STAFF SUPPORT. BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT, IT WOULD BE A DIRE SITUATION FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS.
WHAT HELPINGS FORM THAT RECOMMENDATION WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN, WE ASK AND I HAD TWO DIFFERENT DATA SETS THAT I WILL GO AHEAD AND HAIR -- SHARE WITH YOU.
WE ASKED OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO RESPOND TO THE SAME SURVEY, IF YOU WILL JUST TO GIVE US FEEDBACK AS TO WHAT ARE THE EXPERIENCES OF SCHOOLS. YOU CAN SEE HERE, HOW THEY RATED A FEW DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
NUMBER ONE, BEING RATED THE HIGHEST IN BOTH OCTOBER AND IN MARCH. OF SUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH
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SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIOR NEEDS. THAT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IT'S PROBABLY RELATIVELY REASONABLE TO THINK WE HAVE SO MANY STUDENTS THAT WORK OUT OF SCHOOL OR YOU KNOW 16, 18 MONTHS.AND SO YOU KNOW PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIORS, PRO-CLASSROOM BEHAVIORS. ABILITY TO INTERACT SOCIALIZE APPROPRIATELY. WE HAD FIRST AND SECOND GRADE STUDENTS THAT HADN'T WITHIN IN SCHOOL BEFORE.
IT'S REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THOSE BEHAVIORS WOULD BE MORE CHALLENGING. BUT WE ALSO KNOW MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE PRESENTING MORE CHALLENGES WITH HAVING INCREASED BEHAVIORS THAT WE TYPICALLY DON'T SEE IN HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
THIS IS TRUE ACROSS THE BOARD.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, SOME OF THE TOP NEEDS AS INDICATED BY OURED A MINUTE STRAIGHTORS.
SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIOR NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, WELLNESS. STUDENT ACADEMIC NEEDS, THEY ARE CITING THOSE AS CHALLENGING.
AND THEN COVERAGE FOR CLASSIFIED PHYSICIANS, THEY ALSO THEN LIST A COUPLE DOWN COVERAGE FOR OUR CERTIFIED PUBLIC SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. THIS DATA HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE VOICE OF OUR LEADERS IN THE BUILDING BUT THESE DATA HERE ARE THEMES THAT WE HEARD FROM THE LISTENING SESSIONS THAT WE JUST CONCLUDED WITH STAFF. AND APPRECIATE THE TEAM THAT ACTUALLY WENT AND US THE PRO GRISZ -- CONSISTENTLY REPORT THE INFORMATION. YOU CAN SEE THE MOST COMMON THEMES WE SAW. STAFF NEEDS, WORKLOADS.
SUBSTITUTE SUPPORT. INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS.
THE SYSTEM TOLD US THE ACADEMIC NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS ARE MOST IMPORTANT. SCHOOL STRUCTURES, AGAIN, THINGS LIKE WORKLOAD, PLANNING TYPE.
CLASS CONFIGURATION. WE HEARD QUITE A BIT FROM OUR STAFF LISTENING SESSION. AND THEN THE SEL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL IMPACT ON STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS.
IT'S INTERESTING THE CONSISTENCY THAT YOU KNOW THAT BOTH OURED A ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF ARE CITING WHAT THEY SEE. WITH THAT, YOU HEARD BARBARA SPEAK TO THE REQUEST FOR WE CALL THE BUDGET ACT REQUEST.
BUT IT'S REALLY JUST THE IDENTIFICATION OF NEED AND WHAT'S THE SUBSEQUENT FISCAL IMPACT AROUND THAT ITEM.
AND WE WENT THROUGH THAT FROM PROCESS.
WE RECEIVED 10 MILLION WORTH OF ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS.
IT'S BEEN ON US TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THE DIFFERENT STAPLES OR GROUPS TO REALLY UNPACK THAT TO UNDERSTAND -- WE ALSO IN THE BUCKET OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. WE CAN'T DO IT ALL.
IT'S IDENTIFYING THOSE AREAS THAT WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVERAGE OF SUPPORT FOR THE SYSTEM.
AND SO THAT'S THE WORK WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE JUST HEARING THE VOICES OF OUR STAFF AND OUR ADMINISTRATOR ENSURING WE CONSIDER STUDENT BEHAVIORAL NEEDS. SUBSTITUTE SUPPORT AND THE PROMOTE LEVELS OF CLASSIFIED STAFFING TO THE DEGREE THAT WE CAN THAT IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AT THIS TIME.
BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE ARE NEEDS ACROSS THE SYSTEM THAT WE WILL HAVE TO SAY NO TO THIS YEAR.
THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF THE BUDGET SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN. WE HAVE RECEIVED THOSE.
WE DONE A PROCESS WITH OUR STRATEGIC ADVISORY LEADERSHIP TEAM. WHERE WE PROBABLY SPENT HALF A DAY JUST UNDERSTANDING THE REQUESTS, OUR TEAMS GOT TOGETHER TO EVALUATE THEM. THEN THEY ACTUALLY HELPED US WITH PRIORITIZATION. OUR OVERALL DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM. BECAUSE IT'S JUST THAT IMPORTANT. TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THE REQUESTS AND THE NEEDS OF THE SYSTEM.
>> REAL QUICK QUESTION. [INAUDIBLE] YEAH. WE'RE KIND OF GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW. WE HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY SAID NO TO ANY BUDGET REQUESTS. WE'VE BEEN UP FRONT WITH OUR LEADERS AT THIS POINT, SPECIFICBLY AROUND JUST THE
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BUDGET PICTURE THE FACT THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING. BUT SOME OF THAT IS REQUESTS ESSENTIALLY AS WELL TO RESPOND TO SYSTEM NEEDS, SOME OF THEM ARE SCHOOL-BASED NEEDS.>> GREAT QUESTION. >> BARBARA WILL WALK THROUGH THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET INFORMATION.
STARTING WITH SOME LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT, WHICH AS YOU KNOW ENROLL DRIVERS OUR BUDGET.
THAT WILL HELP PAINT THE PICTURE FOR WHERE WE ARE AND
IDENTIFY STAFF. >> WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO GET PRELIMINARY NUMBERS AND WE'RE STILL NUMBER CRUNCHING GETTING READY FOR THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE BUDGET. WEED HAD OUR BUDGET MEETING HERE AFTER 30 YEARS HERE. [INAUDIBLE] WORKING THROUGH THE DATA. I WANT TO JUST START WITH OUR ENROLLMENT DATA. THIS SHOWS HISTORY, CHANGED OUR TYPICAL CHART THAT WE NORMALLY SEE TURNED INTO A CHART ACTUAL NUMBERS TO SHE WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE FALL OF '19. WE'VE SHARED WITH THE BOARD.
WE LOST ABOUT 500 STUDENTS THE FIRST THE YEAR AFTER THE PANDEMIC. ALSO A LITTLE BIT IN '21 AND '22. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF LARGER DECLINE FOR BUDGETING.
>> IT'S ALL STUDENTS THAT ARE REGISTERED AND
PROJECTED. >> I WILL JUST WALK THROUGH.
I GOT TO REMEMBER WHO IS CLICKING HERE.
JUST TO FOCUS ON ELEMENTARY IT KIND OF CHANGES.
YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR ELEMENTARY PROJECTIONS HAVE DECREASED AND IF YOU CLICK ONE MORE FROM ABOUT 15,347 AND THEN NEXT FALL WE'RE PROJECTING ADDITIONAL DECLINE OF 630 STUDENTS. CUMULATIVELY WE DECLINED 1700 STUDENTS. AND SOME OF THAT ABOUT HALF OF THAT IS DUE TO -- GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
IT SHOWS THE CURRENT STATUS OF KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION. WE TODAY HAVE 1500 STUDENTS REGISTERED FOR KINDERGARTEN. BASED ON THAT WE'RE PROJECTING ABILITY 1800 STUDENTS AND THESE ARE ABOUT -- THESE NUMBERS ARE ABOUT TWO WEEKS OLD BASED ON WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET. WE LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS EVERY WEEK. AND ACTUALLY AS OF THE LAST -- THIS MORNING NUMBERS, WE BELIEVE WE COULD BUMP THAT UP TO 1900. WE WILL MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT FOR THE BUDGET. BUT OUR TYPICAL KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT IS 2300. WE STILL EVEN AT 1900, WE'RE STILL LAGGING BEHIND OUR NORMAL KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT. AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS BEEN FAIRLY THE MOST LEVEL.
IF YOU REMEMBER TOO, THAT WE ARE OUR BUBBLE SO TO SPEAK.
OUR LARGE CLASS WAS MOVING THROUGH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S THE SECOND YEAR INTO OUR HIGH SCHOOL. YOU WILL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT DON'T GO THERE YET.
172 STUDENT DECLINE AT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN INCREASING.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE OF THAT FALL -- [INAUDIBLE] THIS FALL WE HAD 84, WE'RE PROJECTING SLIGHT DECLINE OF 8372.
[INAUDIBLE] I CAN'T PREDICT WHY THAT IS? WE DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA.
ATTENDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE DONE -- SHANNON AND
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HER TEAM HAVE PUT OUT COMMUNICATION TO REMIND FAMILIES TO REGISTER. [INAUDIBLE] ALL BUT ONE SUPERINTENDENT REPORTED A DECLINE IN KINDERGARTEN WE ENROLLMENT. THE ONE DISTRICT REPORTING LEVEL THEY ARE DISTRICT OF ABOUT 500.AND SO WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE REGION SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT.
I COULD BE THE RESPONSE OF COVID AS WELL.
THOSE PIECES COULD BE PRIVATE SCHOOL.
MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. IT'S ALL OF THOSE COMBINED.
PROBABLY NOT JUST ONE. >> SO THE NEXT CHART -- JUST -- THIS IS A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. THE FIRST COLUMN IS BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU BUDGET TO BUDGET DATA SO THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE 21-'22 BUDGET ENROLLMENT. BUDGETED OF ABOUT 29,777 STUDENTS. YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S BROKEN DOWN. 29,000 ALMOST VARIOUS LEVELS AND THEN THE SKILL CENTER AND THAT WE CALL ELE ALTERNATE LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
EMERSON K-12 STUDENTS ARE IN THAT PROGRAM.
IT'S FUNDED DIFFERENTLY THAN OUR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. OUR ONLINE SECONDARY PROGRAM IS FUN TO BE ABLE -- THE ELEMENTARY IS NOT FUNDED SAME AS BANK. AND THEN THE NEXT COLUMN SHOWS OUR ACTUAL ENROLLMENT. WE DID IF THE 22-23 COLUMN SHOWS WHAT WE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
JUST REMINDER, WE'VE BUDGET CONSERVATIVELY.
WE KOENLT WANT TO -- WE MAKE PLANNED EXPENDITURE SHOULD WE NOT RECEIVE THAT. WE BUDGETED CONSERVATIVELY, WE PROVIDED CONTINGENCY IN THE BUDGET TO INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS COME IN HIGHER THAN WE PLANNED.
YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGE, BUDGET CHANGE FOR ACTUAL AND THEN THE CHANGE FROM BUDGET TO BUDGET.
AT -- BUDGET WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 500 STUDENTS AT THE MIDDLE LEVEL. 170 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FAIRLY FLIGHT. FROM BUDGET TO BUDGET, WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT 650 STUDENTS DOWN.
BUT YOU CAN SEE AT ALE BECAUSE OF THE ADDITION OF THE ALE IN SECONDARY WE'RE INCREASING SO THE NET ENROLLMENT CLANLS. THAT SHOULD BE ANYING TIR ON THIS AND THAT IS DRY THAT'S ABOUT YOU KNOW, YOU DO YOU RECEIVE LESS FUNDS FROM THE STATE.
BUT YOU ALSO HIRE LESS STAFF TO FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
BUT IT'S STILL WHEN WE WERE GROWING YOU HAVE KIND OF A NET INCREASE. A NET IMPACT TO THE GOOD.
WHEN YOU ARE GROWING. WHEN YOU DECLINE YOU HAVE A NET LOSS. PROBABLY 2-3 MILLION DOLLARS. THEN THE NEXT WE WILL PROVIDE DETAILS TO THE BOARD.
JUNE DETAILED BUDGET. OTHER ENROLLMENT CHANGES THAT EFFECT THE BUDGET ARE CTE ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE WITH OUT ENROLLMENT IN 230 THIS HIGH SCHOOL.
SPECIAL EDUCATION ENROLLMENT IS INCREASING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. TH SLIGHT DECLINE THERE.
AND ELL IN THE BUDGET, WE HAVE MORE ENROLLED IN ELL AND LESS STUDENTS EXITING THE PROGRAM.
THAT'S HASN'T REMEDIED BACK TO US.
WE RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THE STUDENTS WHO WERE EXITING THE TRANSITION FUNDS. [INAUDIBLE]
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YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO REDUCTION IN OUR ML STUDENTS EXITING AT THE LOWER RATE.THEY TEST STUDENTS ON THE SAME CYCLE.
WE'RE ABLE TO EXIT THEM. SO MORE STUDENTS -- THAT'S -- [INAUDIBLE]
>> IT'S DUE TO COVID, YES. OUR ENROLLMENT IS -- LET'S SEE OUR ENROLLMENT WE WON'T HAVE THE DATA UNFORTUNATELY UNTIL LATER. THAT'S THE CHALLENGE IS THAT WE'RE CONSERVATIVELY BUDGETING BUT WE -- WHEN IS THE TEST GOING TO HAPPEN? [INAUDIBLE] ENL TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THE REST OF THE PROGRAMS. [INAUDIBLE] OKAY. THAT'S MULTILINGUAL, I
BELIEVE IS THE CORRECT TERM. >> YEP.
>> ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE IS JUST -- THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.
WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR FIXED COST ARE GOING UP. IT'S TYPICALLY UTILITIES, IT'S INCREASING. IT'S INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY FOR OUR LIABILITY.
634,000 INCREASE EXPECTED. OUT OF 5 MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT NOW. UTILITIES IS INCREASING.
WE'RE RUNNING MORE AREA AIR. WE'RE HYY COLD.
IT JUST ADDITIONAL FEATURES. WEST PARK AND OUR YWCA, AND THEN FUEL FOR OUR BUSES AND OUR VEHICLES.
AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO ANALYZE THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET SO THE NEXT WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS ELC, AND THEIR COD THE -- THE GOOD NEWS WE WILL GET ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR TRANSPORTATION. SO WE CAN OFF SET SOME OF THOSE NEEDED BUDGETING BUDGET INCREASES IN
ADDITIONAL REVENUE. >> TRANSPORTATION REVENUE?
>> TRANSPORTATION REVENUE IS A COMPLICATED FORMULA TO REGRESSION ANALYSIS BASED ON PRIOR YEARS SPENDING.
WE'RE WELL BELOW OUR REVENUES ARE BASED ON
SPENDING. >> WE'RE PROJECTING WITH THE CURRENT EXPENDITURE WE EXPECT THE EXPENDITURES TO BE HIGHER -- LOWER. THIS IS MORE OF A CALCULATED FORMULA. AND THIS YEAR EXPENDITURE -- [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T -- WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO CLAIM FOR THE ACTUAL COST.
THE LEGISLATURE DID -- DID PUT ONE-TIME FUNDING IN FOR THE WHOLE COST THAT DISTRICTS CAN APPLY.
LIKE FOR SPECIAL ED. THE CALLINGS THEY PUT IN THERE SEATTLE SAID THEY COULD USE ALL OF IT.
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY PUT IN THE BUDGET FOR THE STATED WILL NOT GO AS FAR AS WHAT IT COSTS DISTRICTS TO
TRANSPORT OUR STUDENTS. >> YOU'VE SEEN THIS CHART
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BEFORE. IT'S A REMINDER, GOOD FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND NOT -- INCREASING THE FUND BALANCE. YOU KNOW BEING CONSERVATIVE IN SPENDING. AND LAST YEAR, REVENUES EQUALED EXPENDITURE. WE KNOW GOING FORWARD.WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE THAT INCREASE THE BALANCE TO HELP TIE US THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. AND WE THE EXTRA COST WE HAVE THAT WERE FUNDED. WE KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN BUDGETING MORE THAN OUR ACTUAL REVENUES.
WE USE THAT FUND BALL ANNIVERSARY.
WILL CONTINUE AND WE WILL NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY IS THE DETAILS.
WE'VE SHARED SIMILAR NUMBERS WITH THE BOARD BEFORE.
THESE ARE UPDATEDED WITH PRELIMINARY BUDGET NUMBERS.
AGAIN WE STILL HAVE ADDITIONAL ENROLLMENT THAT WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT. WE STILL HAVE TRANSPORTATION NUMBERS. WE STILL HAVE BUDGET ADD, REQUEST TO REVIEW. THOSE THINGS ARE STILL IN THERE. JUST REMINDER OF THE FIRST AND THE SECOND COLUMN THE '21-'22 ESTIMATED COLUMN THAT IS OUR WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY.
IN MAY THIS YEAR WITH YOU WILL SEE ON THE BOARD MATERIALS TO NIGHT THERE'S A BUDGET EXTENSION.
THE BUDGET EXTENSION IS HIGHER THAN THE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SO CLOSE AND WE'RE HIGHER CAPACITY THERE. WE'RE PROJECTING THAT ANY FUND BALANCE OF 17 MILLION. WE KNOW THAT TYPICALLY OUR PROJECTIONS ASSUME THAT EVERY PROGRAM, THAT'S EVERY DOLLAR, THAT'S EVERY DOLLAR WE KNOW THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE IT. THERE WILL BE CARRY OVERS.
WE ARE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'RE ANALYZE WE WANT
TO BAITS ON THAT BUDGET >> A SLIGHTLY HIGHER NUMBER KNOWING WE HAVE CARRY OVER EACH YEAR.
WE'LL BE AGAIN REVISITING THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEK. FOR 22-23, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUE DUE TO STATE ALLOCATIONS FOR LEAVEE DOLLARS AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES.
FOR THE COST OF THE IPD, THE COST OF THAT AND ADDITIONAL THE FIXED COST THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE MAJOR PLAYERS ARE THOSE NUMBERS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WE'RE PLANNING ON SPENDING DOWN OUR FUND BALANCE. AND NEXT YEAR, AND THE YEAR AFTER AND THEN BY '24-'25 WE WILL NEED TO BRING EXPENDITURES BACK IN LINE WITH REVENUES.
>> IS THIS SCHOOL YEAR OR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR?
>> MCCLEARLY IMPACTED US IN THE '18-'19 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> RIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] I KNOW THERE'S A WORK GROUP THAT'S LOOKING AT MCCLEARY SALARIES, BUT THE FUNDING WE'RE RECEIVING FROM MCCLEARY IS CONSISTENT MOVING FORWARD UNLESS THERE'S A WORK GROUP THAT MAKES A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION THEN THE LEGISLATURE DEAFEDINGS TO
ACT UPON ME. >> FOR US IF YOU WILL DROP OFF, IT IS THE END OF OUR RESERVES.
BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FUND OUR EXTRA EXPENDITURES.
IN TERMS MCCLEARY MONEY THAT'S RELATIVELY STABLE.
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THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT WERE GRAND FATHERED.THOSE GRANDFATHERING OF WITH LOWERED OVER TIME.
>> RIGHT. THE 5% CARRY OVER, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW AND WHY --
[INAUDIBLE] >> OUR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE. THERE'S A POLICY THAT OUR MINIMUM ENDING FUND BALANCE SHOULD BE ABOUT 5% OF REVENUES. THAT'S AROUND 125 TO 27 -- 25 TO 27 MILLION. WE NEED TO BRING EXPENDITURES BACK. REALLY THAT 5% FUND BALANCE IS THERE IN CASE THERE'S EMERGENCIES, THERE'S SOME DISTRICTS. WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR A ROOFING LEAKY ROOF OR ROOFING EMERGENCY. OR BOILER EMERGENCY.
SOME DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE THOSE EMERGENCY FUNDS.
YOU USE THE FUND BALANCE. YOU HAVE THAT 5% TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES AND FLUCTUATIONS.
THE NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN OR 2023.
THOSE INCLUDE THE ONE-TIME ADDS YOU ARE SAYING YOU
EXPECT TO SEE? >> THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE. IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE ONE-TIME ADDS. I DOES NOT INCLUDE AN ADJUSTED BEGINNING FUND BALANCE.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE WILL BE HIGHER AS IT TYPICALLY IS.
BECAUSE NOT ALL STAFF POSITIONS ARE FILLED.
WE KNOW THAT WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER.
THERE'S ENROLLMENT ADJUSTMENT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR LIKE THE KINDERGARTEN PROJECTION LISTED 1800 JUST AS OF TODAY.
THOSE ARE PIECES THAT ARE ALL STILL IN PLAY.
SOME OF WHICH REDUCE THE BUDGET.
>> OCTOBER ONE IS THE FINAL. WE DON'T KNOW.
LAST YEAR IT WAS 14 MILLION. [INAUDIBLE] I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY. CARRY OVER IN TERM -- THAT'S A TERM THAT OUR BUDGET SPECIFICALLY AROUND PROGRAM BUDGETS AND THINGS -- IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE ASKING
THOSE ARE THE BUILDING BUDGETS.
[INAUDIBLE] IT'S AROUND 14 MILLION LAST YEAR. AS WE GET LARGER THAT NUMBER GET LARGER EACH YEAR. THEY HAVE MORE PROGRAMS.
>> DID YOU SAY IT'S GOING LARGER.
>> YEAH. BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE PROGRAMS AND GRANTS. [INAUDIBLE]
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE -- >> I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
>> I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT ASSUMPTIONS ARE IN THE OUTLOOK BEYOND NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. WE ARE PROVIDING IN THOSE OUT YEARS, JUST A VERY SMALL ENROLLMENT GROWTH.
ABOUT 150 STUDENTS PER YEAR. WE KNOW THE GROWTH IS
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CONTINUING. AND CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IN OUR AREA. WE KNOW HOW FAST IT WOULD COME. IT DOES ASSUME A MODEL CHANGES THE LEGISLATURE YOU KNOW OFFICIALLY ADOPTED THE SECOND-YEAR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR THEY WILL TO DOCK THE FORMAL BUDGET FOR THOSE FUNDS TO BE THERE THROUGH 24-25. THE STATE IPD AVERAGE IS 2% PER YEAR FOR 23-24 AND BEYOND.NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN STATE FUNDING.
THE LEVEE AMOUNT IS BASED ON VOTER APPROVAL.
THE VOTER APPROVED AMOUNT AND THEN OUR EXPENDITURE ASSUMPTIONS STAFFING IS ALIGNED WITH ENROLLMENT GROWTH OR LOST AND STAFFING RATIOS.
THEY ARE -- THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ONGOING LOCAL COST FOR SALARIES BENEFITS AND RETIREMENTS.
IT PRODUCES STRATEGIC ADS AND REDUCTIONS.
>> ENROLLMENT 5% A YEAR IS -- FOR NEXT YEAR WE'RE PROJECTING A DECREASE. THEN THEREFORE WE ARE PROJECTING 5% INCREASE IS THAT RIGHT?
ABOUT 150 STUDENTS; CORRECT. >> THAT'S REFLECTED.
>> YEAH. >> I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. THE LAST YEAR, THE STATE
WHAT WAS THE LOCAL COST FOR THAT DIFFERENCE?
FOR EVERY 1% ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.
SHOULD THE STATE IPD GO BEYOND THE 2% THAT'S ADDITIONAL COST THAT WE DON'T HAVE ESTIMATED RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THERE'S AN ESTIMATE ON GROWTH. [INAUDIBLE] IT'S DOUBLE, TRIPLE OR A HALF A POINT OR WHATEVER.
>> I THINK THERE'S MULTIPLE ANSWERS TO THAT.
>> WE HAVE TO GET -- WE HAVE TO GO BACK.
LIKE THIS YEAR FOR EXAMPLE WE WERE UP ABOUT 100 STUDENTS COMPARED WHAT WITH PROJECTED.
THERE'S BEEN YEARS THAT ARE HIGHER.
WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE. WE'RE WITHIN THAT HALF A PERCENT. AND THAT'S THE REASON WE DO PROVIDE CONTINGENCIES SO IN CASE WE YOU KNOW, WE GET ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES COME IN.
[INAUDIBLE] WE MOST LIKELY WILL BUILD IN ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY INTO THE BUDGET AS WELL.
GIVEN THE ADDITIONAL GRANTS OUT THERE THAT WE AREN'T AWAY THAT WILL BE COMING IN. WHICH KNOW THERE'S SOME ACCOUNTING CHANGES THAT WE WILL HAVE TO REPORT EXPENDITURES DIFFERENTLY AND SO JUST YOU KNOW ENROLLMENT, IF THERE'S SUCH A CHANGE. WE'LL PROBABLY BEGIN INCREASING THE CONTINGENCY SO AGAIN THE BUDGET NUMBERS WILL BE LOOK VERY DIFFERENT IN THE TRUE BUDGET.
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WE ARE STILL ADDING TO IT. BOTH THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE SIDE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF NUMBERS I WANT TO MAKE SURE. I THINK THE STATE HAD 3%.[INAUDIBLE] IT'S ABOUT 700 LOWER NEXT YEAR. AND OUT OF THAT 700 -- [INAUDIBLE] THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 200 MISSING. IT'S REALLY A MAJOR --
[INAUDIBLE] >> THE 600 DIFFERENCE WHAT -- IF YOU LOOK AT ACTUAL BUDGET ACTUAL TO BUDGET, HALF OF THAT IS KINDERGARTEN.
WE'RE AT 2150 FOR KINDERGARTEN.
THAT WILL GO DOWN TO 18. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE ASKING. THE REST OF IT REALLY IS IN GRADES # THROUGH FIVE. WE'RE JUST MOVING AHEAD WE HAVE A CLASS OF 2400 STUDENTS.
BUT WE'VE GOT A GLAD OF 2300 COMING BIND THEM.
JUST THOSE LITTLE BITS PER GRADE LEVEL.
[INAUDIBLE] >> WE ALSO TRACK EVERY YEAR.
I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME.
NUMBERS WERE DECLINING -- FIVE YEARS TO
DUE C-- FUTURE. >> THE NATIONAL TRENDS ARE THAT NUMBERS ARE DOWN. WE ARE WAITING.
I DON'T THINK. I THINK THE STAFF FOR THIS YEAR'S NUMBERS WHICH WILL GIVE US 20 OR 21 FIRST HAVEN'T -- I THINK WE GET THEM JUST IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEK. [INAUDIBLE] ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S THE OTHER AGAIN THE ONE YEAR OUTLOOK AND WHAT WE DO FOR BUDGETING IS DIFFERENT. WE ARE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR BUDGETING WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE FACILITIES. WE TAKE A LITTLE LESS CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE STUDENTS THERE WHO ARE EXPECTED TO
COME. >> I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S APPROVED. KNOCK ON WOOD.
[INAUDIBLE] WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE THE STUDENTS WENT I'M STRUGGLING --
[INAUDIBLE] >> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
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AND ONE WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE.I THINK, YOU KNOW THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE ALSO TAKEN AWAY OUR TREND DATA BEING THE TRENDS ARE NOT WE DON'T HAVE TREND DATA FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
USED TO PREDICT. THE MOST IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
WE KNOW LAST YEAR WE WERE IN THE SAME PLACE CONSERVATIVELY PROJECTING KINDERGARTEN.
AND YOU KNOW, EVERY MONTH WE CLOSED THAT GAP.
AND WE REGISTERED 2100 STUDENTS.
WE ACTUALLY OUR KINDERGARTEN NUMBERS ACTUALLY INCREASED IN 21-22 OVER 20-2 #. WE HAD LIKE 2150.
THE YEAR BEFORE 2120. NOT THE 2300 WE WERE AT.
WE BEEN AT LEAST LEVEL THE LAST TWO YEARS.
>> WE'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH.
>> I THINK THERE'S A FEW DATA POINTS FOR ME.
ONE OUR DEMO GRAPHER THEY CONTINUE TO POINT TO GROWTHS IN THE REGION. THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
IF YOU ARE DATA POINT TONIGHT IN THE BOUNDARY PRESENTATION THAT YOU SEE AND BARBARA WILL REPORT.
WE'RE TRACKING OVER 100 DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES RIGHT NOW.
WE KNOW OUR LARGE TECH COMPANIES, THEY ARE EITHER BUILDING NEW OFFICES PRESENTLY OR HAVE PLANS TO.
THERE'S SIGNS THAT GROWTH WILL CONTINUE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN OUR REGION.
ALL OF THAT PUT TOGETHER WE SEE ANOTHER DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT OR IF OUR PROJECTED DECLINE COMES TRUE WHICH I CERTAINLY HOPE IT DOESN'T.
THEN WE MAY HAVE TO ASK OUR DEMOGRAPHER TO GIVE US A DIFFERENT LOOK. I'M SURE THERE'S QUESTIONS WE COULD ASK OF THE DEMOGRAPHER ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE HAVE GONE. [INAUDIBLE] WE JUST ENGAGED THEM IN YEAR BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
WE JUST DID OUR FIRST TEN-YEAR REVIEW.
WE'VE BEEN ACCURATE WITH A PERCENT TO PERCENT AND A HALF. WE BROUGHT THE DEMOGRAPHER TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE BEING TARGETED IN THAT GROUP AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE IN A WEIRD SPOT RIGHT NOW. THAT WHOLE ENROLLMENT PIECE.
>> I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE CONCLUSION OF THIS FOR ME THE BOARD CAN EXPECT TO SEE SOME ADDITIONAL SPENDING FOR NEXT YEAR IN THE KEY CATEGORIES THAT I SPOKE TO.
IT'S NARROWING ON WHAT ARE THE SPECIFICS THAT WE BELIEVE THE HIGHEST LEVERAGE OF SUPPORT KNOWING THAT, AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE ONE-YEAR ADD.
THESE WILL NOT LONG-TERM ADDS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THERE'S SPECIFIC AREAS WE CAN ADDRESS.
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[INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] I THINK THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN IS. WILL IT BE NEXT YEAR WE START TO SEE INCREASE AGAIN. I'M CURIOUS IS IT NEXT YEAR?>> ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH KINDERGARTEN NUMBERS BEING SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER, WE DON'T HAVE DATA IN THE FIRST PLACE TO EVEN KNOW -- IF THEY WERE IN THE SYSTEM, WHERE DID THEY GO? WHAT WAS THEIR REASON FOR SUPPORTING A TRANSFER. DID THEY SUBMIT A REQUEST TO HOME SCHOOL. ALL OF THOSE PIECES WHICH WE HAVE FOR ALL OF THE OTHER GRADES.
KINDERGARTEN -- AT LEAST AT THIS POINT.
THEY ARE JUST NOT SHOWING UP WITH THE TYPICAL PATTERN THAT WE'VE SEEN NOW. [INAUDIBLE] WE HAD LOWER STUDENTS THAT WERE -- FEE BASED STUDENTS.
IN TERMS OF OUR PROGRAMS IT'S BEEN RELATIVELY CONSISTENT. [INAUDIBLE] IT'S NOT AS SUBSTANTIAL AS I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS.
TO SEE IF WE COULD PULL THAT INTO SOMETHING COHERENT.
>> IT'S WORTH DOING. [INAUDIBLE] IT'S ABOUT 10 TO 15% GROWTH IN THE KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE. THAT'S STILL HAPPENING, NOT AS MUCH. FOR EXAMPLE WE 2100 KINDERGARTEN AND 2350 FIRST. PREWE HAT 25 TO 2600 PER GRADE LEVEL. NOW WE'RE AT 23 TO 24.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM.
ANY LAST QUESTIONS ON THIS? >> FOLLOWS TODAY'S STUDY SESSION THERE'S A BOARD MEETING AT 7:00.
THE STUDY SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.