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GOOD AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE JUNE 5, 2023, LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL BOARD STUDY SESSION. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT FOUR OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
DIRECTOR CHOI IS EXCUSED AS WELL AS WE HAVE OUR STUDENT REP HERE
[1. 2023-24 Annual Budget and Planning Process]
THIS EVENING. WE HAVE THE BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.I'LL HAND THAT TO DR. HOLMAN. >> WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION ON THE 23-24 BUDGET AND ONE THAT THE BOARD WILL RECEIVE THE DRAFT BUDGET AT THE JUNE 20TH MEETING.
AND THEN WE'LL TAKE FORMAL ACTION IN AUGUST TO ADOPT A FORMAL BUDGET FOR THE YEAR. AND SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OUTCOMES TONIGHT. UNDERSTANDING REALLY THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT HELP US WITH THIS WORK.
UNDERSTANDING THE POLICY REQUIREMENTS.
THE BOARD IS AWARE OF OUR MISSION AND VISION BUT IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT GROUNDS US IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. AND IT REALLY IS OUR MISSION OF GRADUATING STUDENTS AND OUR VISION OF PREPARING STUDENTS TO BE FUTURE READY. BECAUSE GRADUATION IS ONE HURDLE THAT ACTUALLY BEING FUTURE READY IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT TO OUR K-12 WORK WE DO WITH STUDENTS. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT BEING PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND PERSONAL SUCCESS AND THE WORK PLACE, THOSE ARE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS AND TARGETS AND EVERYTHING WE DO SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ARE PREPARED AND READY FOR THEIR NEXT STEPS IN LIFE.
TO AS WE DO OUR WORK THIS IS ALL IN SERVICE OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCES AND OUTCOMES THEY ACHIEVE.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. SO AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, WE FOCUS OUR BUDGET ON STRATEGIC WORK AND STRATEGIC GOALS.
SO THE BUDGET POLICY 6,000 IS ABOUT OUR ANNUAL BUDGET AND JUST PROVIDES GUIDELINES RELATED TO OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDES FOR STAFF PARTICIPATION, SHARING RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE BOARD, AND CITIZENS PRIOR TO FORMAL ACTION.
AND AS A DISTRICT WE SOLICIT INPUT FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAM MANAGERS AND THEN WE WORK WITH OUR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP TEAM ON BUDGET PRIORITIZATION AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE SHARED A LOT OF THIS WORK IN PRIOR STUDY SESSIONS.
THE OD5 JUST PROVIDES GUIDELINES ABOUT HOW THE BUDGET IS DEVELOPED. I WON'T READ ALL OF THESE.
AND THEN JUST A REMINDER KIND OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET CYCLE IS WE START THE YEAR WITH OUR ACTUAL ENROLLMENT AND WE ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE HOW OUR ENROLLMENT AND OTHER FINANCIAL CHANGES IMPACT OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET AND PROJECTIONS AND WHERE OUR FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO BE. THEN AS OUR LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION FROM JANUARY SOME YEARS IT'S JANUARY TO MARCH, SOME YEARS IT'S JANUARY TO MAY, THIS YEAR THEY WERE DONE ATTEND OF APRIL -- AT THE END OF APRIL AND THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET PREPARATION. AND THEN WE BEGIN OUR PREPARING THE BUDGET WITH ALL THOSE LEGISLATIVE IMPACTS AND OTHER LOCAL IMPACTS AND THAT DEVELOPS AND THEN WE ALSO DEVELOP A MULTIYEAR BUDGET PROJECTION. AND THEN ONGOING WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR BOTH OUR ENROLLMENT AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES. SO OUR OVERARCHING INTEREST AS WE PREPARE OUR BUDGET IS INSURING THAT WE ARE -- HAVE
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SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS AND HAVE GRADUATE OUR STUDENTS READY FOR THE -- PREPARING THEM FOR GRADUATION.SO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS YEAR WITH OUR BUDGET ALIGNMENT WORK. HEALTHY ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE.
TRANSPARENCY AND CLARITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR TAXPAYERS UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR RESOURCES ARE GOING.
AND OUR STAFF UNDERSTAND OUR BUDGET AND WHERE OUR RESOURCES ARE PRIORITIZED. WE WANT TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION. WE WANT TO HAVE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PROCESSES AND RESOURCE ALIGNMENT AND THEN FOCUS ON EQUITY AS WELL. SO THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT SUPPORTING OUR WORK. IT TAKES TIME, PEOPLE, AND RESOURCES AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE PROVIDING OUR SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR BUDGET CATEGORIES. WE REALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THREE MAIN CATEGORIES, ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITIES, RESOURCES WE NEED TO MEET OUR MINIMUM WAYS TO FUNCTION AND THAT'S INSURANCE COSTS, UTILITIES, MAINTENANCE, STAFFING.
OUR STRATEGIC OUTCOMES. OUR THREE GOALS, TSS, EQUITY.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CONTRACTUAL AND HANDBOOK AND WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES WE NEED AND THIS YEAR AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE OUR LWA COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
AND SO NEXT YEAR WE WILL HAVE ONE GROUP OPEN SO -- AND THE REST OF THE GROUPS THAT YOU SEE THERE PROJECT -- THOSE ARE ALL RECENTLY COMPLETED.
SO THOSE WILL BE RENEWED. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THOSE ARE RENEWED. SO JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE BUDGET ALIGNMENT WORK THAT WE'VE SHARED IN THE LONGER TERM PROCESS WE TALKED ABOUT THE -- GETTING FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND I'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE KIND N KIND OF THE STEPS THAT WE'VE DONE WORKING WITH OUR -- AND WORKING ON OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES. WE PROVIDED THE BUDGET ALIGNMENT, THE INITIAL BUDGET ALIGNMENT PROCESS AND THEN STARTING IN AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SALT ON OUR LONGER TERM BUDGET ALIGNMENT NEEDS AND THEN NEXT MARCH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ON GETTING ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON OUR BUDGET OPTIONS.
AND ADOPT KIND OF A FINAL RECOMMENDATION AND THEN APRIL AND AUGUST WE'LL DEVELOP THAT FINAL BUDGET.
>> YEAH. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT PHASE TWO, ESTABLISHING SOME ADVISORIES.
WE'RE STILL DETERMINING THE IMPACT ADVISORIES THAT WILL BE ESTABLISHED BUT AS WE THINK ABOUT LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR BUDGET OF OUR WORK OF OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, THESE ARE NOT ESTABLISHED FOR A SINGLE POINT IN TIME. BUT ACTUALLY DEVELOPING AN ONGOING CYCLE OF COLLABORATION WITH THESE GROUPS SO THAT IT IS NOT LEADING TO ESTABLISH FROM TIME TO TIME BUT WE ALREADY HAVE ONGOING ENGAGEMENT CYCLES THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND BUDGET AND THINGS LIKE FACILITIES BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE CAN, A, GET GOOD FEEDBACK AROUND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, GET GOOD ADVISEMENT AND IT'S ALSO A WAY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL MESSENGERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE THE MESSAGE AND SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE LEARNING AND THEY'RE ENGAGEDED
IN, IN THOSE COMMITTEES. >> A QUICK QUESTION.
COMMUNITY BUDGET ADVISORY. WHO IS ON THAT?
>> WE ARE WORKING TO ESTABLISH THAT.
SO THAT'S OUR WORK THIS SUMMER BEGINNING IN THE FALL.
I ANTICIPATE ESTABLISHING A GROUP.
>> OKAY. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR ON OUR BUDGET ALIGNMENT PROCESS IS WE IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH WE PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY WITH TWO BUDGET MESSAGES, DID SOME VIDEO MESSAGING.
WE LAUNCHED CHANGES IN MARCH. WE IMPLEMENTED OUR SHORT TERM BUDGET ALIGNMENT ALSO IN MARCH. WE MET WITH OUR IMPACTED PROGRAMS AND STAFF. AND THEN WE SHARED THAT BUDGET ALIGNMENT AT THE THE END OF MARCH ON MARCH 27TH BOARD
MEETING. >> IN A SLIDE WE PROBABLY SHOULD
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HAVE INCLUDED WAS MY SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT I SHARED A COMMUNICATION AND PROCESS THAT WE WOULD HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO AS WITH WORKED THROUGH ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM. BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO BUDGET UPDATES, BUDGET CHANGES.STRATEGIC DIRECTION IS HAVING A PROCESS WHERE PEOPLE FEEL INFORMED. THEY FEEL ENGAGED.
THEY FEEL KNOWLEDGEABLE. EVEN IF IT'S DIFFICULT NEWS TO HEAR, WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THERE'S A FORE SHADOWING THAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP US WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
>> SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE JUST SOME PRELIMINARY BUDGET INFORMATION. SOME OF THIS SIMILAR FORMAT WAS SHARED AT OUR MARCH EXTENDED STUDY SESSION SO WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATES. JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE DATA THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET. LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.
WHERE WE'RE AT. CHRIS AND THE TEAM ARE STILL CRUNCHING NUMBERS, WORKING ON GETTING THE BUDGET BALANCED SO WE'RE GETTING THE NUMBERS FINALIZED SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ON JUNE 20TH AT THE PRESENTATION BUT RIGHT NOW WE'LL SHARE CHRIS IS GOING TO SHARE KIND OF OUR ENROLLMENT UPDATES. KIND OF WHERE WE ARE ON THAT.
>> SO FOR NEXT YEAR, THE APOLOGETICED HEAD -- PROJECTED HEAD COUNT IS 30,000 AND THERE'S A DECREASE -- WITH MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. THERE WAS A LOSS OF 222 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY FOR FALL WILL CONTINUE SO WE'RE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON ACTUAL REGISTRATIONS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY FOR THE FALL AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE THOSE.
SO THERE'S A THREE YEAR LOSS DEMONSTRATED ON THE SLIDE HERE OF 677 STUDENTS SINCE THE PANDEMIC WHICH IS 2.2% DECREASE.
THERE'S A FOUR YEAR LOSS OF 885 STUDENTS WHICH IS 2.8% DROP.
THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WAS ALL ABOUT HEAD COUNT.
THESE ARE NUMBERS BASED ON ANNUAL AVERAGE -- THAT'S HOW WE'RE FUNDED. THERE WAS A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.
YOU'LL NOTICE THE 208 DROPPED TO 192 DECREASE IN FTE.
THIS IS ABOUT 574 STUDENTS ABOVE OUR BUDGET FROM THIS 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR. SO BECAUSE WE BUDGETED CONSERVATIVELY LAST YEAR, OUR ENROLLMENT WAS UP FOR THIS YEAR BUT IT'S STILL REPRESENTING A DECREASE IN OVERALL FTE OF 130 DOWN COMPARED TO 208 HEAD COUNT. SO WITH THAT WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE DOWN 192 FTE FOR 23-24 AND JUST BUDGET TO BUDGET THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE ABOVE 380 STUDENTS UP FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
>> CHRIS, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE BUDGET? THE PROJECTION SLIDE? YES.
THIS SLIDE. EITHER CHRIS OR BARBARA, CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THE -- WHAT OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING? IF WE'RE EXPECTING 2. -- PROJECTING 2.8 LOSS SINCE 1920 SCHOOL YEAR WHAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS EXPERIENCE IN THE SAME
AMOUNT OF TIME? >> WE'VE ACTUALLY -- WE'VE HAD THE LOWEST ENROLLMENT DECLINE OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE EXPERIENCED UPWARDS OF 10% OF ENROLLMENT LOSS. I DON'T YET HAVE DATA ON WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING FOR FALL, THE CHANGE FOR FALL, BUT, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE A VERY MINIMAL IMPACT FROM THE PANDEMIC. AND WE ALSO -- AS YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE GROWING AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART TOO, WE WERE GROWING SUBSTANTIALLY. THE PANDEMIC SORT OF PUT A STOP TO THE GROWTH AND WHERE OTHER DISTRICTS WEREN'T GROWING AS FAST AS WE WERE AND SO THEY LOST, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCED A GREATER LOSS. WE'RE STILL THE SECOND LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE STATE. THAT RANKING HAS NOT CHANGED.
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>> THANK YOU. SO THIS IS JUST SOME OTHER DETAILED ENROLLMENT WITHIN THOSE NUMBERS.
SO WE'RE NOT PROJECTING ANY CHANGE FOR CTE.
SPECIAL ED WE'VE SEEN A DECREASE, PROJECTING A SLIGHT DECREASE IN SPECIAL ED AND MULTILINGUAL IS RELATIVELY FLAT EXPECT WE'RE PROJECTING 100 MORE STUDENTS.
SO -- >> BEFORE YOU GO FURTHER CAN WE GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE? SORRY.
HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE ACTUAL HEAD COUNT GOES DOWN BY 208 BUT OUR SUBTOTAL CHANGE FROM BUDGET TO BUDGET GOES UP BY 400?
>> SO WHAT THIS SLIDE DOESN'T HAVE THE BUDGET ON IT BUT IF IT DID, YOU WOULD SEE THAT WE HAD BUDGETED ACTUALLY LESS THAN THAT 30,423 AND OUR ACTUAL ENROLLMENT CAME IN HIGHER THAN THAT.
SO LET ME GET MY POINTER. YEAH.
>> I RECOGNIZE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS.
IT'S JUST THAT IT LOOKS LIKE OUR FORECAST FOR THIS COMING YEAR IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DECREASE ENROLLMENT YET SOMEHOW OUR
BUDGET IS INCREASING. >> SO THE BUDGET --
>> I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. >> YES.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I SHOW THIS SLIDE, IT'S CONFUSING. SO I HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB.
SO MAYBE SOME BOXES. TY NEED SOME RED BOXES.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT -- SO LAST YEAR WE BUDGETED 28,800 STUDENTS. THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD 29,300, ALMOST 400 STUDENTS. SO WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS THAN WE PLANNED ON. IT'S STILL A LOSS FROM LAST YEAR SO WE ACTUALLY ESTIMATED A GREATER LOSS LAST YEAR WHEN WE
PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER. >> SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE OVER 500
SO I WOULD HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER COLUMN.
WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 22, 23 AND ACTUAL BUDGET. THAT'S THE 500 LOSS CHRIS WAS
>> 500 GAIN CHRIS WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT.
THEN WHEN WE COMPARE IT TO WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS FALL, IT IS A DECLINE OVER WHAT WE HAD THIS YEAR BUT IT'S GREATER THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED. SO THE 292 COMPAREDED TO CURRENT IS A LOSS OF 192 STUDENTS. THE 29.2 COMPARED TO BUDGET IS A
SO NEXT TIME YOU SHOW THIS THIS SHOULD BE TWO SLIDES BECAUSE I'M NOT FOLLOWING WHAT THAT 382 MEANS.
I DO SEE THE MINUS 192. >> OKAY. PERFECT.
WE'LL BREAK IT OUT. MAKE IT CLEARER.
>> WE DIGITI MORE CONSERVATIVELY FOR ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR. I KNOW YOU MAKE ASSUMPTIONS.
>> SURE. >> THAT'S A WONDER THAT I HAVE THAT WE ARE BUDGETING OUR ENROLLMENT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.
QUESTION REMAINS THE SAME. ARE WE MORE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR
BUDGET THAN LAST YEAR? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND I DON'T HAVE THE SLIDES WITH ME BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO THE MARCH STUDY SESSIONS WE TALKED ABOUT KINDERGARTEN DILEMMA.
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATIONS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THE AMOUNT OF FAMILIES REGISTERING EARLY HAS BEEN CHALLENGE SOING OUR ABILITY TO PREDICT THE FALL, WE DON'T VICE PRESIDENT GOOD HISTORY ON THAT. AND SO WE PROBABLY WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE IN PROJECTING OUR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE ENROLLMENT LAST YEAR.
THIS YEAR, WHAT WE ALSO SHOWEDED IN THOSE MARCH SLIDES WERE -- PROJECTING ABOUT 21,990 STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN.
OUR REGISTRATIONS WERE COMING IN ABOUT 2100 BECAUSE WE REALLY WENT OUT TO OUR FAMILIES AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DID A BIG PUSH THIS YEAR TO TRY TO GET FAMILIES TO REGISTER EARLY.
WHICH ALSO COULD THROW OFF YOUR TRENDS.
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SO WE'RE -- FOR OUR BUDGET WE KIND OF SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE AND SO WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT 2,050 STUDENTS FOR FALL WHICH IS HIGHER THAN WE GOT THIS YEAR. SO WE'LL SEE HOW -- WHAT OUR ACTUAL -- OUR TRENDS ARE ON TRACK FOR THAT NUMBER.SO WE RUN OUR REGISTRATIONS WEEKLY AND LOOK AT DATA AND I BELIEVE WE'RE ON TREND FOR OUR DATA.
>> WE'VE BEEN ON TREND. IT'S STARTING TO TREND DOWN A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW BUT FOR THE MOST PART --
>> THANK YOU. >> WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND WE'LL SEE. AND AS WE'VE SHAREDED WITH THE BOARD BEFORE, IT'S -- WE DON'T WANT TO OVERPROJECT ENROLLMENT BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE PLANNING FOR REVENUES THAT AREN'T THERE AND THEN YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE -- SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE CONSERVE TIFF IN OUR ENROLLMENT SO WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON EXPENDITURES WHEN THE REVENUE DOESN'T SHOW UP. IT'S EASIER TO ADJUST.
>> YEAH. >> OKAY. SO THEN I'LL GO OVER KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ASSUMPTIONS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> SO COLA IS ONLY PROVIDED -- WE'VE GOT
>> WE'VE GOT TWO DRIVERS. IT'S LEGISLATION AND ENROLLMENT
ON THE ENROLLMENT, WE ASSUME THE .5.
TYPICALLY WE'VE ASSUMED THE .5 ENROLLMENT EACH YEAR BUT WE'RE SEEING A DECREASE WHICH IS ABOUT 880 STUDENTS.
AND THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH FLOW ANALYTICS PROJECTIONS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE OF BEING DOWN 292 IN OUR LEGIS LEGISLATIVE IMPACTS. ONLY PROVIDED IN A PROTOTYPICAL SCHOOL MODEL. THE REVENUES DON'T GET APPLIED TO ALL THE STAFF. SO ON THE REVENUE SIDE IT'S JUST FOR THE FUNDED TEACHERS AND STAFF.
THAT'S PROJECTED FOR EVERYBODY OF A 3.5% INCREASE FOR EVERYBODY. THERE'S A SLIGHT BENEFIT IN THE PENSION RATE. SITE BENEFIT INCREASE AND DECREASE IN PENSION RATES AND THE PROTOTYPICAL SCHOOL MODEL THAT STARTED LAST BUDGET CYCLE CONTINUES ON FOR 23-24.
AND IT WILL BE FULL STAFF FOR THOSE SEL STAFFING AND THEN THERE'S AN INCREASE IN THE SPECIAL ED FUNDING FACTOR THAT DROVE OUT AN ADDITIONAL $2.8 MILLION.
AND THEY HAVE CHANGED THE RATIOS ON SOME OF THOSE.
LET ME -- IT'S NOT INCREASING FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH THE IPD INCREASES. SO THIS IS SOMETHING TO POINT OUT THERE, OUR LEVY EVEN THOUGH WE'RE COLLECTING MORE IN LEVY DOLLARS, IT'S NOT KEEPING PACE WITH THE INCREASE ESPECIALLY THE 5.5 LAST YEAR AND THETHERE IS , THINK THAT IS IT.
>> A REMINDER, AS WE'VE SHARED, WE STILL NEED TO BRING EXPENDITURES BACK WITH REVENUES IN THIS PART OF THE PLAN.
REDUCTION WILL BE REQUIRED OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT FIXED INCREASED COST?
>> SURE. FIXED INCREASED COST, ESTIMATE 1.5 MILLION. THE BOOK IS INSURANCE PROPERTY AND LIABILITY GOING UP. THE NEW ESTIMATE WE ARE PROVIDED IS AN INCREASE OF OVER $1 MILLION.
ABOUT 28 PERCENT INCREASE. AND OUR INSURANCE HAS NEARLY DOUBLED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS SO IT CONTINUES TO BE A BIG COST FOR US. WE ALSO ESTIMATED $400,000 OF INCREASED COST FOR UTILITIES, AND AUDIT COST OF 24,000.
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>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MATT AND SCOTT EMERY, THE RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM, WE DID PUT INTO PLACE, WHAT WE CALL SELF-INSURANCE. WHAT IS THE R? RETENTION! WITH THE LONG TERM, IS NOT A SHORT-TERM, IMMEDIATE IMPACT BUT OVER THE LONG TERM, WE LOWER INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND RESET RESERVE ASIDE SO WE ARE SELF-INSURING OUR COST UNDER 250,000, ANY CLAIM UNDER 250,000, WE ARE REALLY SELF-INSURING.
AGAIN, IT IS NOT AN INITIAL SAVINGS, BUT OUR HOPE IS THAT IN THE LONG TERM, IT WILL REDUCE OUR COST SO WE ARE CONTINUING, WE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTING THAT LAST YEAR, IT WILL TAKE US A COUPLE OF YEARS TO SEE THE FULL IMPACT OF THAT.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE ARE DOING TO REDUCE COST.
>> HI, ME, THANKS. JUST TO MAKE SURE.
THESE ARE JUST THE INCREASE AS TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY.
BUT WE WOULD BENEFIT THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT IF THE ACTUAL INCREASE. OTHERWISE, I CAN'T TELL WHEN I
LOOK AT THAT. >> THAT'S GREAT.
THAT MAKES SENSE. A SMALL DISTRICT, IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN A LARGE DISTRICT.
>> AND GET PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES.
>> WE SPENT ABOUT 5 MILLION ON INSURANCE EACH YEAR ON OUR PROPERTY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE.
UTILITIES ABOUT ALSO, $6 MILLION.
BUT AGAIN, WE WILL PUT THAT TOGETHER.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT, THANKS. >> OKAY, THEN THE DAY THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE I JUST GOT TO SLIDES ON THE CHANGES IN REVENUES THAT WE ARE EXPECTING RIGHT NOW.
AND EXPENDITURES. WE SHARED A SIMILAR FORMAT TO THIS STUDY SESSION. WE GET QUESTIONS AND SOMETIMES, ROMAN IS DECREASING, WHY ARE YOU GETTING MORE MONEY OR WHY ARE YOU SPENDING, ENROLLMENT IS DOWN.
AND SO, THIS JUST KIND OF SHOWS HOW YOU CAN, HOW THE REVENUES CHANGE. IT IS REALLY WHAT DRIVES A LOT OF YOUR REVENUES, BUT ALSO THE STATE IPD OR COLA.
I WILL NOT GO OVER ALL OF THIS. BASICALLY, OUR CURRENT REVENUE, CURRENT REVENUE BUDGET OF ABOUT 519 MILLION, IS BEING INCREASED BY COLA, IPD. COAL IS INCREASING REVENUE.
WE HAVE A PENSION REDUCTION THAT IS ACTUALLY DECREASING THE REVENUE THAT THE STATE IS PROVIDING US.
AND IT ALSO REDUCES EXPENDITURES.
THE STATE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL SHORTFALL STAYS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING. AGAIN, THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENDING THESE FUNDS. SPENDS BAND WITH THE STATUS FUNDING US. OUR ENROLLMENT, WE GAIN REVENUE THIS YEAR WITH OUR HIGHER ENROLLMENT.
WE WERE LOSING REVENUE NEXT YEAR WITH LOWER ENROLLMENT.
THOSE TWO THINGS ARE ENROLLMENT BASED.
SECOND YEAR OF OUR FULL LEVY, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES FOR SPECIAL ED.
EVERY THEY PROVIDE A SMALL INFLATION ON OUR NON-SALARIED MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND OPERATING COSTS, TRANSPORTATION, A PORTION INCREASE THIS YEAR ABOUT $2 MILLION.
EVERY YEAR WE HAVE GRANTS TO GET ADJUSTED UP OR DOWN.
, WHEN INCREASE REVENUE YOU WILL SEE THAT SAME INCREASE OR DECREASE. ON THE EXPENDITURES.
THERE'S NOT FINAL, WE ARE STILL CRUNCHING NUMBERS.
WE WILL HAVE THE FINAL DRAFT IN JUNE.
THEN JUST CHANGES IN EXPENDITURES.
SO, OUR CURRENT EXPENDITURE BUDGET OF ABOUT 547 MILLION, WE HAD SOME ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES IN THERE.
4 MILLION, AS I MENTIONED, THE STATE COLA HEALTH AND PENSION.
3 MILLION FOR THAT, THEN WE HAVE LOCAL COSTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. THE COLA, BENEFITS, LABOR CONTRACTS, AND THEN THE NEXT TWO ARE JUST AGAIN, EXPENDITURE CHANGES RELATED TO OUR HIGHER AROMA, EXPENDITURE CHANGES TO LOWER ENROLLMENT, WE MADE A BUDGET ALIGNMENT DECISION 4.8 MILLION, TO REDUCE EXPENDITURES, THEN 1.5 MILLION AND FIXED COST INCREASES. THE SELF SUPPORTING 1.8 MILLION FOR GRANTS. WE ARE ESTIMATING ABOUT 551, AGAIN, STILL FINALIZING THE NUMBERS.
AND OUR EXPENDITURES ARE YOU KNOW, LOWER BECAUSE OF THE
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BUDGET ALIGNMENT. BUT OVERALL EXPENDITURES ARE STILL MORE THAN REVENUES, WHICH IS WHY WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THE BUDGET ALIGNMENT WORK. SO -- JUST, AGAIN, SAME CHART YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CURRENT NEGATIVE GAP WITH REVENUES BEING LOWER THAN THE EXPENDITURES. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THAT BACK INTO ALIGNMENT. AND THEN, JUST THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST REALLY WHAT OUR ASSUMPTIONS ARE BEYOND THE 23/24 SCHOOL YEAR. OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS FROM FLOW, WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT.THE PROTOTYPICAL MODEL WILL CONTINUE TO PHASE AND THROUGH ONE MORE YEAR. THERE ARE FOUR YEARS WERE THREE MORE YEARS OF ESTIMATES FOR IPD.
AND I FEEL TO HAVE A TYPO THERE.
WHAT DID I DO? THESE ARE THE LAST THREE YEARS.
THE STATE IPD, 3.9 PERCENT FOR 24/25, 3.7 PERCENT THIS YEAR.
3.9 PERCENT 24/25 THEN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AGAIN, 1.9 UP TO 2.4. THOSE OF ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW.
THEY CAN BE HIGHER OR LOWER, THAT WILL IMPACT OUR OUTCOME.
THE LEVY AMOUNT IS BASED ON APPROVAL.
CONTINUE TO ALIGN STAFFING WITH GROWTH OR LOSS.
AND, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE COSTS OVER OUR STATE FUNDING FOR SALARY BENEFITS AND RETIREMENT.
AND WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE FIXED COST INCREASES.
AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO STOP THE INSURED INCREASE OF 28 PERCENT EVERY YEAR, OUR RISK POOL KEEPS IMPLEMENTING IT.
SO, IT -- WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR THAT.
AND WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FUEL INCREASING AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE LONGER TERM.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS THAT WILL BE NEEDED OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. SO, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NEXT YEAR? WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS YEAR, WE WO OPTIONS FOR OUR FUTURE REDUCTIONS. AND CONTINUE OUR PROGRAM AND DEPARTMENT REVIEWS. THAT WILL HELP US WORK ON THE BUDGET ALIGNMENT.> CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING ABOUT
>> YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE THE -- >> OKAY.
>> THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
>> THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
>> I THINK I'M FINE RIGHT NOW. >> DIRECTOR STEWART?
>> HOPEFULLY, WE CAN KILL SOME RUMORS OF PROGRAM CUTS.
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TEACHERS.
[INAUDIBLE] RUMORS START FLYING SO MUCH WHEN YOU SAY ALIGNMENT OR CUTS. EVERYONE GETS A LITTLE BIT SCARED OF THEIR OWN PROGRAM THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH.
I HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE FUTURE SCHOOL BEING ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK AT ALL. MAYBE YOU KNOW, AT LEAST 23/24.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, I REALIZE WE HAD A SITUATION WITH REALIGNMENT OF THE ORCHESTRA AND, MUSIC TEACHERS.
HAD TO SPREAD THEM OUT A LITTLE BIT.
BUT I WANT TO KILL THOSE RUMORS.
BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T DO ANYONE GOOD.
IT JUST IMPLEMENTS ANXIETY FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
>> IN REGARDS TO THE MUSIC PROGRAMS ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE ARE GETTING. ON ONE OF THE SLIDES IT SAYS, ALIGNMENT OF ENROLLMENT IS STAFFING.
ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, WHEN WE WERE IN BETTER BUDGET TIMES WE WERE ABLE TO FLOAT SOME POSITIONS DIFFERENTLY THAN WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVING FORWARD.
AS WE GET A LITTLE TIGHTER ON OUR STAFFING MODELS, AND REALLY DO ALIGN OUR STAFFING WITH ENROLLMENT, THAT MEANS THAT AT TIMES, THERE IS DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE.
I KNOW AT A HIGH SCHOOL, CONSOLIDATION OF COUPLE OF CHOIRS INTO ONE SECTION, SO THEY CAN MAINTAIN CHOIR.
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BUT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN THAT PROGRAM, TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY RUN TWO SEPARATE CLASSES.AND SO, THE CONSOLIDATION, IS THAT A PERFECT SOLUTION?O, NO ONE WOULD AGREE THAT BUT IT IS BETTER THAN ELIMINATING THE PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE CONTRACTUAL LANGUAGE, THAT WE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO.
AS, THERE IS REDUCTIONS IN STAFFING LEVELS, DUE TO ENROLLMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEN WE HAD TO GO TO THE TEACHERS CONTRACT TO KNOW HOW DO WE MAKE SHIFTS AND ADJUSTMENT IN STAFFING LEVELS? AND SO, WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT.
WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A SAY IN HOW STAFF ARE SHIFTED.
AND SO, THAT'S ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT I KNOW A BELOVED TEACHER MAY GET MOVED TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL OR THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THAT IS PART OF THOSE REASONS. THE FUTURE SCHOOL IS, I MET WITH PRINCIPAL CLAPP, HER SUPERVISOR, DOCTOR LIVINGSTON, AN ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT. IT IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH FUTURES AND WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF THINGS.
T HAS REALLY BEEN UNDER I WILL SAY, AN EVOLUTION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THEY USED TO HAVE 75 PLUS STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM AND IT HAS BEEN DWINDLING OVER TIME. AND SO, I HAVE ASKED THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROGRAM, TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT WAS THE SERVICE THAT WAS BEING PROVIDED? AND WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CONTINUE THE SERVICE? THAT WAS SO BENEFICIAL TO STUDENTS, AND CAN WE GET OUR STUDENTS AROUND MY STUDENTS AREN'T ACTIVELY ENROLLING IN FUTURE SCHOOL? THERE ARE NEW SOME NUANCES EVEN WITH THE FUTURE SCHOOL. IT IS PART OF ONE NEED A HIGH SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SEPARATE SCHOOL.
I HAVE ASKED THEM TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT IT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE SUPPORTS THAT WERE BEING PROVIDED, BUT YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT THERE IS NOTHING PER SE CHANGING FOR FUTURES. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S BEEN DECLINING ENROLLMENT IN THE PROGRAM THAT IT HASN'T BEEN AN ACTION OF A STAFF MEMBER, ADMINISTRATORS.
IT JUST KIND OF OCCURRED OVER TIME.
AND SO, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE SUPPORT THE FUTURE SCHOOL
PROVIDED WAS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL. >> MY GUT REACTION IS THAT IS PERHAPS A STIGMA ATTACHED WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.
BECAUSE THAT SUPPORT IS VITAL FOR THE STUDENTS.
IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU GET DOWN TO IT, I THINK THE REASON WE GET THESE RUMORS, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE SCHOOLS CLOSING IN BELLEVUE, MARYSVILLE JUST ANNOUNCED STAFF CUTS.
I THINK THE NATURAL EVOLUTION OF FEAR FACTOR.
BUT THE QUICKER WE CAN NIP THEM IN THE BLOOD EFFECTIVELY, THE LESS ANXIETY OF PARENTS, STUDENTS AND FOR THAT MATTER, STAFF. ALL OF A SUDDEN, STAFF START HEARING FROM PARENTS AND IT'S A VICIOUS CYCLE.
>> WHO IS FIRST, CHRIS OR ERIC? >> I HAVE TO GO WITH -- AND
BOUNCE BACK TO CHRIS. >> IT WAS ON THE FUND BALANCE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAD A SLIDE ON THAT TODAY.
I'M JUST LOOKING BACK TO WHAT WE HAD FOR MARCH.
WE ESTIMATED A BEGINNING FUND BALANCE FOR 23, 24 I THINK MY QUESTION THE END WILL BE, HOW THE ESTIMATES CHANGE FROM WHAT
WE SAW IN MARCH? >> THE ESTIMATE FOR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE HASN'T CHANGED. I ANTICIPATE BRINGING THAT SAME NUMBER FOR THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE TO THE BOARD.
AGAIN, ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS FINALIZED THEN WE WILL
GIVE YOU A COMPLETE PICTURE. >> OKAY.
ROUGHLY, 49 1/2 MILLION WILL BE THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE.
>> JUST A REMINDER. THAT'S OUR ESTIMATE.
ASSUMING NO CARRYOVER AND ALL-AROUND MONEY IS SPENT.
WHAT WE DO SEE THE END OF EVERY YEAR IS A CARRYOVER.
HAVE UNSPENT GRANT FUNDS. ACTUAL FUND BALANCE MAY END UP TO BE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE BUDGET.
WE ARE ALSO HAVING TO SET ASIDE THAT RESERVE OF CARRYOVER.
ANTICIPATE, DIFFERENT WAY, ANTICIPATE FUND BALANCE BEING HIGHER THAN WHAT WE PUT IN THE BUDGET.
BECAUSE WE HAVE -- IT CREATES INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES.
>> GREAT, THANKS. >> I ACTUALLY JUST WANT TO SAY, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE ARE SHIFTING OUR GEARS ON THE FORECAST OF ENROLLMENT. BECAUSE NOW WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT A TREND. THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT. WHEN I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, AND
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MAYBE THIS IS FOR THE FALL ENROLLMENT DISCUSSIONS.BUT AS WE DROP, ARE WE SHEDDING STUDENTS COURSE GRADES ARE JUST A NUMBER OF KINDERGARTNERS COMING IN AS WE HAVE SEEN IS GRADUATING OUT? I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT, I DON'T THINK THAT THE BULGES GONE THROUGH YET.
I HAVE THE SENSE THAT THIS IS BLEEDING ACROSS THE SYSTEM OR PERHAPS, IN SPECIFIC GRADES AND I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW
WHAT'S HAPPENING. >> AGAIN, I DO HAVE THE CHART WITH ME TODAY BUT REALLY OVER TIME, OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN INCREASING, MIDDLE SCHOOLS INCREASED AND LEVELED OFF AND WHERE WE ARE SEEING THE GREATEST DECREASE IS AT OUR ELEMENTARY LEVEL. THIS IS BEING DRIVEN BY ELEMENTARY, KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT AND RUNNING THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY. OUR BUBBLE THAT IS REALLY HITTING OUR EIGHTH GRADE AND NINTH GRADE RIGHT NOW.
IT IS MOVING THROUGH OUR HIGH SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW.
THAT BUBBLE OF WHEN WE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING IN ELEMENTARY. SO, TIME WILL TELL IF THAT, AND THAT IS WHAT KIND OF FLOWS PRODUCTION.
THE LOWER THE ENROLLMENT IN ELEMENTARY WILL START TO FEED
OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. >> EVAN.
>> OKAY, I JUST KIND OF NEED YOU TO HELP ME WALK THROUGH THIS. BECAUSE THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I'M GETTING A LOT RIGHT NOW. OING TO WANITA.
ARABELLA RIGHT NOW, IS JUST HITTING THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
RIGHT? WE SAY WE ARE TRYING TO ALIGN OUR ENROLLMENT WITH, I MEAN STAFF WITH ENROLLMENT.
SO, THE IMMEDIATE QUESTION THAT COMES UP FOR ME, WHY ARE WE THEN CUTTING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL? IF THAT'S WHERE CURRENTLY, WE HAVE NOT HIGH STUDENT NUMBER.
>> AND SO, OVERALL, THE OVERALL DISTRICTWIDE ENROLLMENT IS AGAIN, INCREASING AND HAS BEEN INCREASING IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT WHAT I THINK THE DR. TALK A LITTLE ABOUT IS BASED ON ACTUAL REGISTRATIONS TO INDIVIDUAL CLASSES.
IF CERTAIN CLASSES DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH REGISTRATION, THEN OTHER CLASSES HAVE MORE, WE ARE BALANCING TEACHERS BETWEEN YOU KNOW, THOSE CLASSES. IT ISN'T THAT WE ARE -- WE ARE BALANCING TEACHERS BETWEEN THE CLASSES THE STUDENTS ARE
REGISTERING FOR. >> I ALSO WANT TO ADD, OUR BUBBLE, WE WILL JUST CALLED THE BUBBLE.
HIT HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
SO IT'S ABOUT THE JUNIOR CLASS RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, IT ISN'T JUST YOU KNOW THE CURRENT FRESHMAN PATCH.
IF THE INCREASE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WE ALSO HAVE OVERSTEPPED OUR SCHOOLS.
THAT IS THE OTHER PIECE. WHEN YOU OVER STAFF, THEN YOU START ALIGNING YOUR ENROLLMENT AND STAFFING, IT FEELS LIKE A CUT, EVEN THOUGH MAYBE CONDITIONS DIDN'T CHANGE ENROLLMENT WHY IS PROVEN OVER STAFFING ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. AND SO, KNOWING THAT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S INCREASED EXPENSES.
THAT COULD ALSO BE WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING NOW.NOTHER FACTOR FOR SECONDARY, IS VERY UNIQUE, OR DIFFERENT FROM ELEMENTARY. WHEREAS, ELEMENTARY, YOU CAN HAVE A DECREASE AND MAY BE LOSING TEACHER OR TEACHER RESIGNS OR RETIRES. YOU CAN SHIFT YOUR STAFF AROUND IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHILE AT SECONDARY, YOUR ORCHESTRA TEACHER CAN'T TEACH SPANISH.
AND SPANISH TEACHER CANNOT TEACH ELA.
THOSE ARE FACTORS THAT ARE DIFFERENT AS WELL.
AND SO, A SLIGHT CHANGE IN SECONDARY, CAUSES SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY LEAVE THE SCHOOL, TO MAINTAIN THEIR FULL CONTACT.
THAT IS ANOTHER ASPECT THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.
>> I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO PERFECT SOLUTION TO ANY OF THIS. AND I KNOW THIS DELVES L'AMOUR INTO THE NEXT MEETING UNFORTUNATELY I WON'T BE HERE SO I WILL MAKE SURE I SAY IT. AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO PERFECT SOLUTION. BUT EVEN IF IT IS JUST FROM A, THE DISTRICT TRYING TO SHOW WHAT IT VALUES, STANDPOINT.
MORE OF A -- OVERARCHING FEELING GOOD STANDPOINT.
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I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL THE FRUSTRATION OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE AT MY SCHOOL. THEY ARE ALREADY PAYING FOR ALL OF THEIR INSTRUMENTS, AND ALL OF THE TRAVEL AND ALL OF THE REGISTRATION FOR COMPETITIONS, THEN ON TOP OF ALL THE THINGS, THERE ALREADY FOR FUNDRAISING AND PAYING FOR, WE'RE CUTTING THEM FURTHER. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ISN'T A PERFECT SOLUTION. BUT IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE ALREADY CUT THEM SO MUCH AND ASKED THE INDIVIDUAL, AT JUANITA OR ANY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY IN THE FINE ARTS.WE'VE ALREADY ASKED THE INDIVIDUAL TO DO SO MUCH TO SUPPORT THEIR OWN PROGRAMS. AND NOW, WE ARE TAKING ANOTHER STEP FURTHER AND I CANNOT HELP BUT FEEL THAT FRUSTRATION THAT
THEY ARE FEELING. >> THANKS FOR VOICING THAT.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR STEWART? >> I THINK IT WAS 7 TO 8 OR 18
NUMBER 90 SAY -- [INAUDIBLE] >> GO AHEAD, JOHN.
AGAIN, HAVE TO PULL OUT MY K-12, THEN IT IS VISUALLY, YOU CAN SEE A LOT BETTER. OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING, OUR ELEMENTARY BUDGET HAS MOVED -- OUR ELEMENTARY BUBBLE HAS MOVED THROUGH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HAS BEEN AS DOCTOR ALLMAN SAID, ALREADY BEEN IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. IT IS MOVING THROUGH.
AND THE BUBBLE ISN'T JUST ONE GRADE.
IT'S ACTUALLY MULTIPLE GRADES. SO IT IS MOVED OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, AND RIGHT NOW. AND AGAIN, I WILL PULL OUT, I WILL SEND YOU THE CHART THAT IS, I'LL BE THE CHART BY GRADE LEVEL. YOU CAN VISUALLY SEE IT.
>> I THOUGHT I HEARD ONE EIGHT, NINE AND 10 AND 11.
>> I APOLOGIZE. >> MAY BE MY HEARING CHANGED.
OVER STAFFING, YOU WERE SAYING. CAN YOU GIVE US A FOR INSTANCE WE TALK ABOUT OVER STAFFING? JUST THE IDEA, WAS IT THE STUDENT RATIO? I'M CURIOUS.
>> IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD I WOULD JUST SAY MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH OUR BUDGET. WE HAVE A HIGHER FUND BALANCE.
WE WERE NOT PROJECTED TO BE KIND OF AT THE POINT WE ARE RIGHT NOW, NEEDING TO MAKE SOME RELATIVELY SIGNIFICANT CUTS.
AND SO, WE HAVE STAFFING PROCESSES.
PART OF THE PROCESS IS FEEDBACK FROM SCHOOLS.
AND THERE WAS TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE INSTEAD OF MAKING SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT EVAN WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, WE WOULD JUST FUND THOSE POSITIONS. TO KEEP PEOPLE WHOLE, TO KEEP PEOPLE IN PLACE, SO THEY WEREN'T SHIFTS GOING ON.
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT ACROSS THE DISTRICT AT EIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, FOUR CARBONS OF HIGH SCHOOLS, TWO TWICE HIGH SCHOOLS, EMERSON. IT ADDS UP REALLY QUICKLY.
WE WERE, YOU MAY KNOW THE NUMBER OF WHAT WE WERE ACTUALLY OVERSTAFFED BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS NORTH OF EIGHT OR NINE, 10 FTE. AND SO 802 MILLION 800,000 $2 MILLION OF OVER STAFFING. TO KEEP PEOPLE WHOLE, TO KEEP POSITIONS IN PLACE, AND SO, AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR BUDGET ALIGNMENT WORK, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT TO THE SAME DEGREE.
WE DO HOLD SOME STAFFING BACK. E DO HOLD A POT OF STAFF SO WE CAN FIX PROBLEMS HERE AND THERE.
BUT IT IS MUCH LESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
>> MY CONCERN WAS, AS WE GO FOR INCLUSION, WE'RE GOING TO BE NEEDING INCREASED STAFFING, WHETHER IT'S POWER SUPPORT, IA, I DON'T KNOW. IT WILL BE MORE -- IT KIND OF PEAKED MY CURIOSITY MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT THOSE SUPPORTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE CONCLUSION WORK.
IT WILL BE TOUGH AS IT IS. THEY WILL NEED ALL THE SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. >> I AM NOT HEARING ANY OTHER
>> THANK YOU. THIS WAS THE ONLY TOPIC ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING IN REGARDS TO BUDGET.
BUDGET WILL COME BACK. THE THING I LIKE TO ADD TO ALL OF THIS, AND I THINK IS A PIECE THAT MIGHT TIE SOME OF THE
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SPIRIT AS YOU TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS COMING OVER THE BUDGET COMING FORWARD, THE KEY COMPONENT OF DOING THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK MOVE THEY TALKED ABOUT AND SOME OF THE BUDGET ALIGNMENT I THINK, DIDN'T OCCUR THAT WAY AS EFFECTIVELY AS THEY COULD HAVE.AND SO POTENTIALLY PROVIDES MORE FRUSTRATION IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS COMING THROUGH THAT WAY.
I APPRECIATE THE LEARNING FROM THAT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION.
YOU ARE GOING TO ENGAGE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
YOU WILL ENGAGE POST DECISION, THAT IS A MUCH DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. OR YOU ENGAGE UP FRONT.
AND SO, I CAN TELL YOU, WE ARE STILL ENGAGED WITH A NUMBER OF GROUPS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT AROUND SOME OF THE CHANGES TONIGHT. GETTING OUT AHEAD OF THOSE THINGS, SO THAT ANY GROUP THAT IS EXPERIENCING A CHANGE, THEY HAVE AHEAD'S UP IN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AT SOME LEVEL, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
>> THANK YOU. WE ARE NOT QUITE DONE YET.
>> WANT TO PUT IT BACK UP? ON OUR DRAFT WORK PLAN, OR THE ONE, THE MOST RECENT UPDATE I HAVE.
THERE IS AUGUST 7, WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION ON BUDGET, STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS. IS THAT STILL THE TIMING WE SHOULD EXPECT TO HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE?
>> IS SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE. >> AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
>> AUGUST 7. >> IT WAS AUGUST.
WORKING ON IT THIS AFTERNOON. STILL THE SAME.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN THE STUDY SESSION FOR THE EVENING. THERE IS A RECEPTION GOING ON OUTSIDE FOR OUR LAKE WASHINGTON
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