outside this room in the entry area and hand it over to the district admin assistant Amy sitting to my right. The first item on the agenda is the approval of the agenda and the consent agenda items. Consent agenda items are considered routine in nature and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a board member so requests in which event the item will be removed as a consent agenda item and addressed. This is true also of the meeting agenda as well. The consent agenda and the meeting agenda items are listed in the materials. The recommended action is to is to approve the agenda and the consent agenda items. Is there a motion? >> I so move. >> Moved and seconded. This will be a roll call vote as well. Then colleagues, Carus Bendy, >> yes. >> Sheila Prior, >> yes. >> Heidi Kedar, >> yes. >> Valentina Ays, Valentina is absent. Dan Janestra, Dan Janestra votes yes. Alicia Little, >> yes. >> Milan Sahony, >> yes. We have an agenda. Thank you, Dan. The next item on the agenda is recognitions. I believe we have one employee that is to be recognized and so Dr. Virgin and I will go join we'll go to the podium and make the presentations. Hello and good evening. I'm Rob Burgon. I'm the proud superintendent of Weisetta Public Schools. And a tradition I've observed here in our school system is that each month we take the opportunity to recognize an employee or employees for their excellence in their service to our students in our community. And I'm happy to continue that tradition tonight. The buildings and grounds department is pleased to recommend Karen Schwenderman as the July July employee of the month. Karen, I invite you to come forward to stand with Chair Sahony as we honor you. [applause] Thanks Karen. I'll read a few remarks that were prepared by your departmental colleagues. The employee of the month should be someone who stands out among their peers and makes a difference. Karen Schwenderman has been that person. Karen has worked for the buildings and grounds department since June of 2016 as our department administrative professional. Karen has a great can do attitude that is very contagious for everyone and anyone who has worked with her. You often hear people ask, "What keeps everything running so smoothly and together around here?" From the operations perspective, that's an easy answer. Karen, she has a great understanding of what it takes to do a good job. One of Karen's best work attributes is that she has the ability to pivot and redirect as needed. She uses this quality on a daily basis as members of the buildings and grounds team look look to her for assistance in ordering time sheets, benefits, building activities, schedules, keeping everybody in line, and the list goes on and on and on. She provides the assistance needed without hesitation or delay. Her unsurpassed commitment to excellence has earned the respect and gratitude of her colleagues, staff, and district administration. That understanding combined with her positive attitude and willingness to go the extra mile makes Karen an outstanding choice to be honored as Weisetta Public Schools July employee of the month. Congratulations Karen. Thanks for all you do for our students and community and I welcome you forward to share a few remarks if you'd like. >> Um good evening uh Dr. Virgin, school board members. Um, I'd like to thank you all for this great honor. I would also like to thank John Deutsch and members of my team. To quote Aristotle, "Please in the job puts perfection in the work. I have always believed that no achievement is truly solitary. Any success I have had is a direct reflection of the dedication, definite patience from my team, and support of those around me. I want to express my deepest gratitude to my team, Mr. Deutsch, my husband. Your belief in me has been the driving force behind this journey. Thank you again. Congratulations. >> I'm sorry. >> Okay. Before we move on, I'd like to take a moment to recognize another important milestone for our district. This evening we have had the opportunity to celebrate one of the many extraordinary people who make Visetta Public School such a special place. It is our students, our employees, and our community that define who we are. That makes this a fitting moment to officially welcome our new superintendent, Dr. Rob Virgin, to his first school board meeting. Dr. Virgin, on behalf of the Wisetta School Board, welcome to Wisetta Public Schools. Following a thoughtful and intentional transition over the past several months, we are delighted to have you officially leading our district. Since March, you have spent time listening, learning, and building relationships with students, staff, families, and our community. Those efforts have already laid a strong foundation for the work ahead. You're joining a district with the proud tradition of excellence and we look forward to partnering with you as we as we continue that tradition together. Especially excited about the opportunities ahead including welcoming students into three new schools over the coming years and about what we will accomplish together. Dr. Virgin, welcome. We are delighted you are here and we wish you every success in this new chapter for Viserta public schools for the board of >> Thank you chair Sony and thank you board colleagues. Uh I really appreciate your warm welcome uh not just tonight but uh over the last several several months. Uh I also want to take a few moments to express my sincere gratitude and excitement as we begin this journey together. Uh lots of folks to recognize, but a few that um jump out to me right away is uh I want to thank the board uh as the elected representatives of our community. Uh thank you for entrusting me to lead this organization and for your collaborative approach you've already taken as I've come on board. It's clear to me how you want this partnership to look and I'm fully committed to that. I also want to thank Dr. Anderson for his mentorship uh over many years and for his generous contribution to a smooth transition that set not just me but our entire school community up for success and I will be um forever thankful for the work he did. Uh to the strategy leadership team uh our our SLT our principal team Amy G thank you for everything you've done. you've all gone above and beyond to make this transition as smooth as possible and to onboard me and to continue to be uh kind to me and to help me as I as I get the lay of the land. Looking at the bigger picture, uh I'm so grateful for the entire leadership team, for this board, boards that have come before, our dedicated employees, our broader community, our business partners, our students, our families. Uh because of your collective stewardship, we're in an amazing place right now. and we are just so well positioned. And as I visited schools and met with community members and met with students and met with families, uh it's just abundantly clear that our foundation is rock solid. With that foundation, I've reminded a few folks, a great foundation is me meant to be built upon. And that's exactly what we'll do. Together, we'll protect the standard of excellence that has made Wata public schools what it is, and we will evolve it. uh we'll challenge ourselves to find new ways to ensure that we unlock the highest potential for each and every student, staff member, community member in this next chapter. Finally, and most importantly, I want to thank my family, my wife Tara, uh our son Teddy, and [clears throat] our daughters Rory and Maisie. They are always my biggest fans, my top priority, and have had their constant support through always, but particularly this spring has been has been so appreciated. So, thank you. I am deeply honored and humbled to serve as your superintendent. As we move forward, I pledge to approach this work with connection, clarity, and care, anchored by an unwavering commitment to excellence. Thank you again, and I look forward to us writing this an incredible next chapter for Wisetta Public Schools together. Thank you. >> Thank you. [clears throat] >> Next is the audience opportunity to address the board. Looks like we do not have any any requests today. So moving on, next item on the agenda is the administrative reports and recommendations. First we have superintendent reports and Dr. Virgin will recommend the reauthorization of the Minnesota Department of Education's identified official with authority also known as Iowa resolution. Dr. Virgin. >> Thank you, Chair Sony. This is a uh annual order of business and I will read the resolution prepared for the board packet. The Minnesota Department of Education requires that school districts annually designate the identified official with authority or the IWA or Iowa to comply with the MNIT enterprise identity and access management standard which states that all user access rights to Minnesota state systems must be reviewed and reertified at least annually. The identified official with authority will assign job duties and authorize external users access to MDE secure systems for their local education agency or their LEA. The board recommends to authorize me, Rob Virgin, to act as the identified official with authority for Wisetta Public School District 0284. Turn it back to you, Chair Sahony, for the recommended action. >> Thank you, Dr. Virgin. Um, so board colleagues, the recommended action tonight is to approve the attached resolution naming Rob Virgin to act as the identified official with authority or Iowa for Visetta Public School District. Is there a motion? >> I so move second. >> Moved and seconded. And is there a discussion? Want to say something? Okay, looks like there are no questions, no comments. So this is going to be a voice vote. All in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Oppose. Nay. The motion passes. Okay. The second one for Dr. Virgin will be the presentation of some policies for approval. All yours. >> Yes. Thank you, Dr. Sony. We have two policies for approval tonight. These are policy 403, harassment and violence and 510, sex non-discrimination policy, title 9, grievance procedures and process. They're attached in the board packet and the policies and regulations were reviewed as part of our review regular review cycle and using the Minnesota school board association model policy or MSPA where available by district administration and other district stakeholders where necessary. A final review is completed by the policy committee of the school board. Our executive director of human resources, Dave Loots, has led this review process. I've invited him to provide an overview of how we arrived at our recommended actions. as well as address some of the questions that board members have shared throughout this multimonth process. So, welcome executive director Loots to the table to provide us a little bit of an overview uh to how we arrived at the recommended action before you tonight. Mr. Loots, >> thank you, Superintendent Virgin, uh members of the board, Chair Sahony. Um I'm going to provide a summary overview of of these two policies and then open it up for questions. So, as the board considers approval of the two policy recommendations tonight, a quick reminder that these policies have been reviewed at length by the policy committee of the board, Superintendent Virgin, and myself, executive director of human resources. The policy committee also had the opportunity to meet with the district's legal council to gain additional insight into the purpose of the policies, the legal requirements they fulfill, and their implementation in our district. The primary recommendation go guiding the adoption of both policy 403 harassment and violence and policy 510 sex non-discrimination policy and the corresponding title 9 grievance procedure is to closely follow the guidance of the district's legal council ensuring the district is in compliance with applicable law. While the diff while the district often utilizes MSBA model policy policies, policy language may be modified to fit its local context, including the removal or refinement of unnecessary or confusing language. Due to the need to ensure strict legal compliance with these two policies, the recommendation is to adopt the policies according to the virgin virgins virgin versions sorry been working with Rob a lot. Okay. Uh [laughter] according to the versions provided by our district's legal council, uh policy 403, harassment and violence. Uh this policy closely mirrors the MSBA model policy 403 with only one minor update recommended by legal counsel in response to a board member question identifying potentially confusing language. A reminder that while this policy is specific to harassment and or violence of individuals within a protected protected class, the district has additional policies and procedures addressing the harassment or violence against any individual. Policy 510 title title 9 sex non-discrimination grievance procedure and process. Uh so a summary on this policy. While this policy includes much of the same content as the MSBA model policy, our district legal council recommended their V version of the policy uh which is in compliance with Title 9 regulations but also separates the grievance procedure from the policy and instead includes it as a regulation. [snorts] While a portion of the MSBA model policy will be identified as a regulation, the superintendent will notify the school board if a regulation was necessary to change. In the case of this policy, it would be at the advice of the district's legal counsel. [snorts] Because our district relies on our legal counsel to provide training, guidance, and support with Title 9 complaints, utilizing a policy version that they support will ensure we maintain strict compliance with the law and are able to navigate investigations effectively. It's also worth noting that this policy strictly addresses sexual harassment and does not govern athletic participation, which is regulated by the Minnesota State High School League or the MSHSL. for both policies. If a report incident does not meet strict the strict federal Title 9 definition of sexual harassment or does not meet the standards of harassment or violence under uh of a protected class, the district still has mechanisms to address concerning behavior depending on specific contexts. Examples include 401 equal employment, 513 hazing, 528 bullying, harassment, 532 equal educational uh opportunity. Student conduct could also be investigated in the context of behavior standards and student handbooks. Employee conduct could be investigated in context of our employee handbook, which also addresses harassment in the workplace, or in other standards established in law. An example of this would be the Minnesota Teacher Code of Ethics. policy committee. Thank you for your diligent work in inquiring about these policies, learning more about their nature um and purpose and recommending the version uh ver version. I'm going to stop doing that. I think I'm saying it right and then in my head. Okay. Uh recommending the the version that we have before the board. At this time, I will open the floor up for remaining questions from the school board. >> Thank you, Dave. And thank you, Dr. Origin. I'm going to read the the recommendation first and then we'll open it up. We'll get a motion for a second and then we'll open it up for discussion. So the recommended action is to approve the policies as presented in the attachments. Do I have a motion to approve? >> I move second. [snorts] >> Moved and seconded. Now we can have questions. >> I need I think I need to wave the second reading as well. >> Oh, you do. >> Okay. Yes. Thank you. I forgot about >> getting that. And you second that as well, Alicia. >> Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. Now we can we can go ahead and ask questions, make comments if you'd like. I'll just say as chair of the policy committee that um these policies were reviewed in depth and as um director Lootz mentioned um we had our legal council have a look at them and so I feel like what we have here is going to be you know going to protect the district really well and be a good policy so I I will be supporting them. >> Anyone else? Okay. Okay. So, I'm going to read that recommendation. Okay. Again, is is to approve the policies as presented in the attachments. This is a voice vote. Again, all in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Nay. The motion passes. Thanks to the policy committee made up of the three members to my right. Right. These are the three members. Thank you for your due diligence. Okay. Moving on. There are no teaching and learning reports this evening. Uh the next item on the agenda is the finance and operations report presented by executive director Trevor Peterson. Trevor will first present the combined financial reports for the month ended May 31st, 2026. driver. Good evening, Chair Sony, members of the board. Dr. Versian, welcome to you by the way, first meeting. Um, tonight, uh, we are going to, uh, ask for your, uh, review of the monthly financial statements for the month of that ended May 31st, 2026. Um, this is a report that we bring monthly. um there will be no action required but certainly um a few points that I want to make and then inter uh entertain any questions that you might have about it. Uh first um is looking at the statement of revenues. Um so our general fund at this at the at the end of May we had received 88.7% of our general fund revenue as um compared to budget. Um that is a little bit lower than previous years of 89.9% from last year. Uh there are a few things um that make up for that. Most of it's just a timing thing. Um there's nothing that um we see that is um off from our budget or uh revenue that we are expecting that we h that won't be coming or anything like that. Um so the first one if you look at the property taxes of 97.5% compared to 100.4 of last year. Uh we did receive our June settlement. Um so that was not reflected on this since this is only through May. Uh so you will see that be 100% um once fiscal year comes. The other one too is uh the one that stands out as miscellaneous local revenue. Uh we are at 100.8 108.5% um as of budget as of this year and 120.5 last year. Uh the reason being there were a few items that were not included in the budget last year that um we opted to put in this year. Uh so because of that that just kind of threw off the percentage when you compare from previous years. So um all in all um revenues are coming in right where we expect them to be. um not only with the general fund but also with the other um non operating funds, the food service fund, the community service fund, and then the debt service fund. Uh moving on to the expenditures, uh similar story. Uh we're at about 77.2% of our actual expenditures compared to budget. Um and that's running a little bit lower than 77.8% last year, which is good. Um and also 77.3. Uh a couple items that stand out here. Um if you look at capital expenditures this year we were at 67.5% of of our budget where last year we were a little quite a bit less than that at 49.5. Uh the biggest reason being for that is then if you scroll down or look down at the food service fund >> [snorts] >> um you can see that one's a little bit less than what we've seen in the past two at 80.3% compared to 92.8. Uh there are some expenditures of the the capital project that was done at the high school for the serving lines over there that was coded all to the general fund, but there's going to be a a cost share of that between the general fund and the food service fund. So um at the end of the year, we'll see that shift take place. Um that hasn't happened yet. So that's going to increase the food service expenditures and decrease the general fund expenditures. [snorts] Uh the next page um is the new report that was entered maybe about four or five months ago. um where we broke out the unrestricted funds from the restricted funds uh just to see where we might end up at the end of the fiscal year for those uh varying uh fund balances. Then the last page um we look at our cash balances. Um one thing to point out here and and before I forget I will remind everybody that this was looked at um in a little more depth at our finance committee of the board meeting last Thursday. Um, for the Mizlaf liquid and the Mizlaf Max account, uh, we we like to see the majority of our funds in those top three be into the max account. It's just a higher interestbearing account. As you can see where it's 3.5, uh, is it 3.58 compared to 3.49. Not a huge difference, but we certainly want to maximize that much as much as we can. Um, so having 27.5 million in our liquid um is more than what we have seen in recent months. And the reason being um we made a transfer from liquid to max on May 29th that didn't did not get posted until June 1st. So again, that's just one of those timing things where um there's a little bit more in that account than we would normally see, but um by the matter of one day. Um, also a reminder that our alternative facilities bonds that are held with MSLAF, that $558,000 is the remaining amount we have in there for our abatement bonds um that were sold few years ago um for parking lot projects. And then the last one on there is our capital facilities bond, the $3.2 million. That is what we have in our um held with our fiscal agent to complete the projects at West Middle School. Uh we don't expect these to be zero at the end of the fiscal year um as those projects will continue on a little bit through the summer but we do think by the end of the summer into the fall um those accounts will be depleted to zero. So with that again uh no action but certainly entertain any questions you might have. Any questions comments? Okay I have I have a couple. Can you go back to slide slide one or two the revenue side? >> [clears throat] >> Okay, couple of questions on that on the federal aids. >> Yeah. >> What what is the what is the primary reason that we are doubling now of the of the year to date percent of budget from 12% last year to 24% this year. >> Yeah. So we're we're we're doing things a little bit differently. So that 7.9 I'll put you back to two fiscal years ago in fiscal year 24 you see the 7.9%. Um that was probably average for us or pretty common for us for the last few years. Last year in 2425 um we did have um some expiring COVID relief funds that we needed to draw out. [snorts] Um so that was a little bit earlier. typically um because of that 7.9 that I referenced um we have been a district because we uh the federal fund is federal aids are not that large of a a revenue portion of our budget. Um [snorts] we typically wait till the end of the year to when those expenditures are finalized to make a draw. Um so federal funds are 100% reimbured. Um we have found it's it's a lot easier with all of the changes that happen that it um to do that at the end of the year. So, we're only doing one draw. Um, this year we we did try to do it a little bit differently where um we looked at it in the middle of the year. Um, I think it was December or something like that that we did make a mid-year draw just to um it's definitely better for us to have that revenue in our bank account than for um it to be kept at at the state level. So, that's why it's a little bit higher. Um just trying to change a little bit more things. We want to do be a little bit more frequent on our draws. Um but find that balance too of of when it makes sense um [snorts] and and when not. >> Okay. The second question I have is about the miscellaneous local revenue. I don't know if I asked this question last year, you know, you had 120% uh over you know actual versus budget. This year again we have 108%. So what why why is it? >> Yeah. So the majority of that is our interest or investment earnings. Um, so as we develop our budget, um, that is one of those items where, um, this year is a perfect example. Um, if we looked at this about 10 months ago, I think the interest rates were over 4%. Um, we knew that was pretty high compared to what we have seen historically. And now when you look at that cash balance sheet, you can see that we're down to 3.5. Um, so because of that, we we did want to ensure that we weren't overly aggressive on our interest earnings. Um so a little bit more conservative on that. Um and that is also true from what happened last year with we were when we were at 120.5. So again the majority of that is just investment earnings just to make sure that we uh we don't be overaggressive and and miss that mark. >> And and so are these numbers the actual numbers that were used when we approved the preliminary budget in June? >> Um no. So the preliminary budget approved in June is for next fiscal year for 2627. We're still looking at fiscal year 2526. >> Okay. All right, thank you. That's all I have. >> Okay, if there are no more questions, let's move on. Thank you, Trevor. >> Um, the next item for Trevor is to present the fiscal year 2028 10-year LTFM plan for approval by the board. >> Yeah. Um, I got a quick presentation here. very similar to what we've seen in the past, but um every July, school districts are required to have the board approve a long-term facilities maintenance plan in order to continue to receive long-term facilities maintenance revenue. Um that's a lot to say, so I'm going to keep calling it LTFM from now on. So when I say LTFM, you'll know what that means. Um [clears throat] so quick agenda. We're going to talk about what is LTFM. We're going to look at our 10-year overview. Um we're going to look at the 10-year a little more um specific into the revenue and expenditure projections and then talk about next steps and uh certainly open up for questions then. So um LTFM is a program under Minnesota statutes. Um revenue can be used for the district for by districts for those following items that are listed on there. I won't read them for you, but um the the bottom line is LTFM projects um are required to prevent further erosion of facilities. So, um there are some specific things that are excluded um such as parking lots, those kind of things, but um for the majority of any items that would further um for lengthen the the life of your facilities would be eligible under LTFM. Uh I talked a little bit about this, but the 10-year overview, um all school districts and intermediate school district as well as cooperatives are required to annually submit their 10-year plan to MDE by July 31st. If you do not, you will not receive any revenue, which uh would not be good for those districts. Um so the 10-year expenditure plan, uh the spreadsheets that we have to submit to MDE are very thorough. They're very uh there's a lot of numbers on there, a lot of calculations. Um but the the gist of it is is that we as a district um are to project out 10 years of what we might see um for facility projects across all of our sites for the next 10 years. Um yes, that is very difficult to do. MDE understands that um priorities change as things come up. Um but we are asked to do the best we can as how that looks in the next 10 years. Um assuming all goes well and the board approves this um Dr. Version will be asked to sign a statement of assurances that will be mailed in with all of our documents um that essentially say we will operate accordingly based on the statutes um that we looked at earlier. Um the LTFM projects are all to be broken out into different categories. Um in in our world there's a UART finance code. So all of the plumbing for example plumbing projects need to have a finance code of 381. U fire and safety 363 roofing systems 383 etc. So all of the projects that we do have to be broken out into these uh 15 or so categories. Uh the revenue plan again the revenue plan and the expenditure plan there are a lot of attachments into the board packet and this is one of them. Um but the revenue plan um is initially calculated based on pro um projected pupil counts and then it takes um a district's average building age and project cost into consideration as well. Um is one of the 28 districts across the state that is a 1A district. Um and what that means is you are we are eligible to um do pay as you go um funding through the LTFM. Um with that we identify um projects that we need in our expenditures and then we identify the revenue to match that. Uh the expenditure plan I already talked about this a little bit too. um based on those codes that we looked at earlier on the plan that we submit, we have to break out the 10 years by each of those codes uh the best we can um with the understanding that um it can change not only in the total dollar amount change but the dollar amounts within each of those codes uh can change as well. So the next steps um we will submit the approved LTFM tenure plan to MDE. Um and that includes a schoolboard resolution, the statement of insurance as well as those uh in-depth expenditure and revenue plans. >> Questions about that? >> Hold on. I'm going to read the recommendation first, Trevor. >> Yes, please do. Uh the recommendation is to approve the resolution adopting independent school district number 284 fiscal year 2028 long-term facilities maintenance 10-year plan. Is there a motion? >> I so move. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Now we can go ahead and start the discussion, ask questions, make comments. [snorts] >> I have a comment really um just because it's worth repeating. Um, the LTFM funds, do they, actually, this is a question. Do they show up in our general fund balance? Like, are they often when we look at those, you know, pie charts and stuff, are they often included in there or do we usually separate them out? >> Um, yes and no. So, yes, they are included. Um and our LTFM has been um because of the way our bond or not our bonds but the way our pay as you go revenue was structured in the past um we were at the liberty of some adjustments because some projects did not get done. So we identified a dollar amount um and I'll use specific dollars that we um we had planned for $15 million uh to spend one year um and we did not spend $15 million. So we are only able to receive revenue equal to the amount of the project's expenditures. Um therefore all of this is on our levy. Um [snorts] in the subsequent years after that then there was negative levy adjustments um in order to rightsize that budget. So it is considered a restricted fund balance. Um that is really why we chose to uh create the new um revenue and expenditure uh report for you every month because um when you take a look at just total revenue and total expenditures of the general fund, it looked a little bit goofy just because our extend expenditures were exceeding our revenue because there was the large negative revenue adjustment to our LTFM. Um so that is the main driver of what that report is. Um the other thing worth um mentioning um because that is not ideal to have such negative um revenue adjustments, we are um our 10-year plan does look a little bit differently this year. Uh so in the past few years, we we have had um about $15 million flat across the next 10 years. Um and for easy math, that's about $150 million spent over 10 years. Um because we are going down a path of having a lot of projects done from the the passage of our bond referendum. Uh we are looking to take advantage of uh those opportunities when schools are already um being closed for construction to do more LTFM type projects that were not part of the bond um at the same time. So in order to accomplish that, we are not able to do $15 million every year for the next 10 years. uh we have identified $89 million worth of work um that coincides with the bond work over the next four years. Um so what we will see uh in the form of selling bonds uh coming up in the future is those $90 million worth of projects so to speak will be frontloaded into the first four years and then the last six years um will be less than the $15 million annually seen. uh when all when all 10 years are done, it'll probably still be about $150 million. And therefore, um in order to fund the upfront cost, we are going to bond so it does not affect our taxpayers um at when it comes time for the truth and taxation. >> It's a good reminder that the LTFM funds come from the state and are not part of the bonds or the referendum that was passed and it's going to be used for different things but possibly at the same time. >> Correct. as other the other work. Um and then also a good reminder that LTFM funds cannot be used for teacher salaries. So >> that is correct. >> Can only be used for the designated designated stuff that you said in your presentation. >> Yep. And while there is um [clears throat] definitely going to be some overlap between the bond work and LTFM as far as funding, it is really really important that some bond work is not eligible for LTFM and some LTFM work is not eligible for bond. Um so we are going to need to keep those separate and and have some tracking mechanisms set up to that just to make sure that uh what we have on paper on our on our plan um comes to fruition for the next 10 years. >> Thank you. >> Mhm. >> Okay. So I have a question. Do you have a question? Yeah. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> Uh more a couple comments than questions. I just want to lift up um because this might be the first time especially for Alicia as you're seeing this come through. Um this will come up every July that we approve this. It's a rolling 10 years, so there's always a 10-year plan in place. Typically, like years 1 to three are the most accurate, and then it gets less and less accurate as you go on. If I recall correctly, during facilities at some point, I remember hearing that we have much more than $15 million of LTFM that could be done in any given year. But 15 million is just kind of the average amount that we average out over the course of time. So saying that we have 85 or $89 million worth of LTFM in the coming four to 5 years is not an outrageous number. Um the other thing I just want to lift up is that our buildings are assets and they are a community resource and so it's an incredibly important that we continue to maintain these and that we continue to access the LTFM funds that are available to us. So that again these are separate funds that are provided to us by the state to ensure that the assets that we have in our community are remain useful and we've got buildings in our community that are from the 1950s that are still functional and serving our students. So we want to keep doing this. >> Yeah. and and and maybe to add a little bit um I know I think John is still here that um his team does a really good job even though um you are correct um years 4 through 10 are are best guesses at a moment in time which is a week ago um there is still some thought as to okay when is the last time a roof was done on this building when was the last time carpet was replaced in this building so it's not like it's just stuff thrown on the wall there is some um some replacement cycles put into there. Um so it won't be, you know, straight numbers all the way across, but um yes, that those priorities can and will change um as we go too. >> Okay. I have a question related to Sheila's last comment about LTFM. >> Yep. >> And bond. Did I hear you say or maybe I misheard you say that we we will be using some of the LTFM money into the new bond referendum projects? Is that is that true? >> We will be doing LTF we will do bonded LTFM projects simultaneously with the the bond referendum >> but not on the new buildings though, right? >> Um not on the new buildings. Correct. Nope. You are right. >> Okay. because that's that's where I want >> every other building will have some LTFM and and I did not uh talk about that either, but in your board packet um the team has worked on identifying um those projects that are going to be part of the bond and those projects that are part of LTFM. Um it it's a pretty extensive list when you look at it. It's five pages worth of of projects to be done in the next four years. A little daunting, but uh we're up for the challenge. It'll be exciting and and like Heidi said that is um those are community investments that we know we need to take care of and we have a great opportunity to do so and excited about um what this brings. >> So I have a couple of more questions based on that those five pages of building projects. So can you put that up on the screen for me please? Uh, can you maybe is that all okay to >> I think that's the last attachment right in that item. [snorts] >> Can you I'm sorry. Was that >> I'm sorry I did not get a chance to ask you those questions before because I saw this afternoon as well. Yeah, sure. Mhm. >> Okay. [snorts] >> It's okay if you cannot find it. I I'll just go by from memory. Uh so the first question I have is about the single use restrooms. Mhm. >> Now, if I remember, we are required to have it in every building in our school district. Where are we in that project? Are we close to finishing or we have just started? I don't even remember when that bill was introduced. Was it two years ago? >> Yeah, it was about two years ago. Um, thankfully John is here. John, can you maybe help out where we're at with that? I don't I don't know this the status of where we are with that in our buildings. >> Okay. But we are we are okay as far as legalities are concerned. Oh, that's the one. Yeah. >> Uh, every one of our buildings would have currently a single-use restroom. Now, in terms of that, we have new standards that we've created for restrooms. Um, and that's what we're kind of pushing through. So, instead of restroom partitions, we're going more structural walls or more solid walls, those types of things. So, from a from a legal standpoint, that's a that's like a very bottom point. We're we're there. Now it's just that where else? >> Good to hear that. Okay, so page four of this attachment. I think there is something that's highlighted. CMS roofing replacement. So for the last few years, I and John knows this very well. There has been a push to try and get sustainable, you know, stuff in our buildings, specifically solar panels on on buildings and all that. So [clears throat] none of the LTFM money can still be used for that, right? >> No. >> Okay. >> No. Energy conservation is not part of this. Um but uh what we've talked about in years past is as we replace roofs, that's the time that you would then give that consideration. I can't put an asset on top of another asset unless that that first asset is is solid, right? >> So that's where that's coming. So, this roofing replacement at Central Middle School is does that qualify for solar panels or does it not? >> I'm sorry, what' you say? >> At Central Middle School. >> Yep. >> If that would qualify for >> you have to replace the whole roof, right? >> Well, there's more than just the roof and we'd have to look structurally to make sure the building can handle it and all of that. >> Um, when we replace roofs, uh, we're able to bring it up to current energy code and things of that nature. Um I we would look at it. We have you know in the past we have a sustainability plan from 2019 I think that looked at central as being uh a possible roof that because of the just this massive square footage of that roof could be um something that's looked at. >> Okay. And then the last question I have is I think on page five and I don't know if I remember the question. Uh, oh yes, the Wisetta High School proposed scope. So, why is that first project being canceled out? >> Um, great question because that's happening right now. Um, and we thought rather than deleting it, it might be fun to keep it on there and just cross it off so we can look back at all the things that we accomplished four years from now. >> Okay. >> And in fact, we might go back a few months and add a few more things on here to make us [laughter] >> and cross them all off. Yeah. Yeah. So, that one is already in progress. I don't know if it's close to being done. They're painting. >> No. >> Okay. Makes sense. That's all I have. Well, thank you on that. >> Yeah. Go ahead. >> Yeah. Thank you, Chair Sony. To build on Thank you, John, for jumping uh up impromptu. And Trevor, thanks for the the presentation. And just to build on the last part Trevor shared there. I appreciated that he had that on that page still documented and and crossed out. is one of the things that the community is going to see here. Maybe multiple of the things is a lot of construction happening over the next several years. And we're accustomed to that here and you know schools across the you know all schools are doing that. We just are more accustomed to that here and this documenting these and keeping track of these is going to help us in our trust building strategies moving forward. So, as we develop our regular cadence that we've talked about as a bond oversight committee and Amy Parnell and I um have been in conversation about that as well, as we develop our regular cadence for updating the community, we want to make sure we're not losing sight of some of these other pieces and so that people can really get a whole picture because this isn't just a summerlong push. This will be a multi-year push. And so that'll be our commitment is to have regular cadences as well as a careful documentation um all toward just the opportunity we have in front of ourselves here following the referendum to really accelerate and promote trust. >> Thank you. I that's I think that the community will be appreciative of that for sure. Yeah, >> we discussed that actually in a facilities committee meeting I believe two three months ago. Remember Paris? >> Yeah, we did discuss that. I was just going to say I know Trevor summarized it at high level but in our finance meeting we had lot of detailed discussions. Obviously there is overlap between finance and facility committee and what can be done in LTFM versus you know referendum money and how do we keep it separate yet find synergies so we can use that money effectively. So we deep dive at really great length just to visually see how that can be done what oversight uh what type of project management is required. So again just wanted to share that with board. It wasn't just the presentation. We had lot of deep dive topics offline. So thank you [clears throat] for all your help and support. I know finance team was all prepared. So questions whether should we create bonds for LTFM to how do we combine these two together and execute as you know one unified project if you will big project. So um all the answers were satisfactory. Uh really great conversation. So, thank you finance team and facility team. >> Maybe one thing to add. Oh, I'm sorry. Um, there was one question that I did not know at the finance committee and somebody had asked I think what the total square footage of our buildings was. >> Um, so of the 14 buildings that we educate students directly in, um, it's about 2.1 million square feet. Um, and then between this building that we have, the district service center, central services, some of the other ancillary buildings, that's about another 120,000 square feet. So, we're over 2.2 million square ft um across the district in our buildings. >> I'll ask I'll quiz Teddy on that when I get home. Uh the uh Paris, I appreciate you bringing that up. Uh I think the strategy that I've already seen in place here is just making sure is that we're seizing this opportunity from all lenses. And I think Jon, that's where I see your question, that's how I'm interpreting your question relating to central is is now the time to be having these conversations. And uh that's what we're seeing as a leadership team too is now is the time to be having the conversations from all these angles to find our best efficiencies where's our synergies and not miss these opportunities on all fronts. So appreciate those perspectives. >> All right. Thank you. >> Okay. So yes, >> um thank you. I uh thank you for the excellent uh meeting in committee uh just last week. Um, I recall asking about um, uh, you know, one of the great privileges I have is being Wisetta's representative on the district 287 school board. And I recall you mentioning that part of this approval is our portion of the lease levy um, toward district 287. I was curious if you could talk a little more about that. >> Yeah. Um, we do get those documents sent directly from 287. So, uh, 287 has LTFM authority as well that they, um, basically [clears throat] prorate out to their member districts, um, based on a number of factors. Um, so their obligations this year, um, we do, we are responsible for about $171,000, I think, is the number for this year of [snorts] that. So, that number is included. There is a line item on there for cooperative districts or intermediate districts um, for their LTFM portion. So we take the number that they give us based on all of their calculations and put that in there and that's included on here as well. So um one other thing too I I I wanted to really make sure we use the word as we look at these five pages worth of stuff. It's going to be a lot to manage and you know scheduling is going to be um very very important as well as um finding ways to maximize capacity of contractors all of that kind of stuff. The timing of this. So, um, by doing what we're talking about doing with with kind of hybriding the the LTFM funding sources, um, allows us the flexibility that we need. So, that's kind of a key word in this where, um, if if we were to utilize only the pay as you go method. We're we're we're pretty much stuck into that. And that does not allow for the flexibility to do more on any given year or less in any given year um, without some some harder conversations to have about that, how that looks with with our taxes. So, um I I think that's really important to note that this the flexibility we'll have with this plan going forward is um the key to all of this. >> Thank you. Okay. So, if there are no more questions or comments, um again, the recommended action is to approve the resolution adopting independent school district number 20 284 fiscal year 2028 long-term facilities maintenance 10-year plan. Uh this is a roll call vote. that. >> All right, colleagues. Uh, Heidi Kar, >> yes. >> Valentina Ays, Valentina is absent. Dan Janestra, Dan Janestra votes yes. Alicia Little, >> yes. >> Paris Bendy, >> yes. >> Sheila Prior, >> yes. >> Melan Sahony, >> yes. The motion carries. Thanks again, Dan. All right, [sighs] the next item on the agenda, I think that's the final item on the agenda tonight is human resource services reports and executive director Dave Ludz um of human resources will present supplemental salaries for 2026 27. All right, [laughter] members of the board, I am recommending uh supplemental salaries for your approval for 2627. Uh just a reminder, we do this annually and these are the pay rates that are not established in uh any collective bargaining agreement or any handbook. So uh these are some of our casual employees. Um so we'll start with reserve teachers. Uh the reserve teacher uh recommendation represents a $5 increase in pay for level one substitutes. $5 increase in pay for level two substitutes. um and individuals move between those tiers by subbing uh a certain number of days. Off the top of my head, I think it's 35, but I didn't grab that. Um in the district, uh district reserve teachers. So, this would be we also call these are building subs. So, these are uh casual substitutes that are guaranteed work every day and they report report to a specific building, although they can be deployed to other areas for need. An increase of $200 per day. um that would place them closer to to a starting LTR rate that that we have currently um in between the level two sub rate. Uh the long-term reserve teachers have a have a modified low pay uh low pay from $220 a day uh for days 1 through30 um to WA contract BA step one at 284 a day and we lowered the cap from uh MATE 3 to um that would be the highest a long-term reserve could earn to BAP one or MAP1 depending on if they have they have their match masters or a bachelor's. Uh the number of days that constitutes a long-term assignment. So we've increased that from 10 days to 20 days. Part of that is because the statute around how long a casual sub can subconsecutively change to 20 days. So we we've put that in place uh so that most of those jobs again are are uh in the casual rate category. And then for half day rates, the coverage rate has decreased from 70% to 60 60%. So if a sub comes in for half a day or less, we used to pay them 70%, we're going to move that to 60%. And so what you're seeing here is you're going to you're seeing some things that are increasing in their rate of pay to remain competitive. Um and other things are are going down. Um, and again, part of this was from a comp analysis, really looking in great detail of what are other districts doing for substitutes. Um, the districts where our subs can also work. Um, that's the thing with being a casual sub. You can choose which district you're going to work in. So, we've really looked at, okay, how do we do reasonable increases in the areas that matter most to to get the the most uh sub coverage or in the areas that we struggle to get coverage the most? I should say. All sub coverage matters 100%. We love our substitutes. Um, but where are we struggling the most and where can we put some of those money to monies to prioritize that? Um, so in all, we estimate about a 3 to 4% uh increase. Um, when you consider the things going up and things going down. Um, and again, the board was given a comp study that shows, you know, we're we're not at the top when it comes to sub pay. Um, we try to stay competitive. We also know our subs choose Yisetta and we want them to continue to choose Yisetta. Um and so this this represents a reasonable increase. Um we're not going to be at the top of the the sub pay um category, but we want to stay relatively comp competitive um for the technology department casual employees. So we have to change this every once in a while just to keep up with with um the minimum wage requirement. So those had that rate's been bumped bumped up 50 uh 50 cents per hour. Uh increasing the cap um but then also making sure the starting pay uh is at minimum wage for classified staff. Um we align the rates for our substitutes for classified staff with the contracts that kind of correspond to it. So whatever percent increase those contracts get, we usually apply to the substitute rate. So the dollar amounts that are not tied to a specific rate in a contract. Um for work study students it reflects a 5% increase which was the same increase that the food service uh increase for for fiscal year 27. And then RN and LPN health office subs rate increase by 2% which again was the same as the admin proera increase for fiscal year 27. Uh the activity fund, we did not recommend any changes, so we felt like those set rates were still appropriate for the activity assignments. Uh community education facility attendance represents a 3% increase. Um and that is attached as well. Resicate site managers represents a 3.4% increase for fiscal year 27. Uh and uh 10-month employees moving from 42 weeks to 45 weeks per year. Um that's a shift that we've kind of done for consistency. Um in in our unaffiliated group, um we we we're trying to move to two categories. So your 52 um or your 45 um and that just helps with all the benefits draws, all the pay pay uh schedules, but it also helps ensure consistent coverage during the school year um etc. So that's the the change there. 3.4% as you'll recall was the unaffiliated increase. So, it matches that. Um, and then high school event workers represents a 2% increase in rates of pay. Uh, this was a group that was pulled out of the WA contract last contract cycle because these rates don't really uh have much to do with the WA contract. So, we pulled them aside. Um, but the recommendation is to match the same increase that was provided to the appendix D of the WA contract last cycle. So that con that's the uh summary for supplemental salaries. At this time I'll open it up to the board for questions. >> Thank you Dave. So the recommended action colleagues is to approve the 2026 27 supplemental salaries as recommended. Is there a motion? >> I so move. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Now we can have a discussion. Have any questions comments for Dave? >> Yeah. Um I think the answer is yes but wanted to confirm. So all these increments are in line with what we were budgeting in 2026 2027 preliminary budget. >> Yep. So these recommendations were generally included Trevor in our uh budget proposal for fiscal year 27 and I confirm that with him as well. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yeah. While you mentioned that there were um you know these are were kind of pulled aside from regular collective bargaining. Um I was curious just how you facilitated feedback um in terms of you know the the wages um as they're being proposed to be increased in addition to looking at your comparative school districts. Was there any way that you took feedback on um you know just the the terms of this proposal? >> Yeah. So again, while many of them are linked to existing kind of contracts and we've kept that over time, it's been a way to ensure consistent increases. Um I'd say the biggest area for feedback is in our reserve teacher group. Um our HR team really engages closely with our reserve teachers. Um and have have worked to make sure that we have enough to maintain really high coverage rates. Wisetta has uh really strong coverage rates historically when we compare to other districts. Um but part of that is really engaging in retention. Um we've invested in other areas like continuing professional development for our casual substitutes which not everywhere does. Uh but then also making sure that we're asking about okay what would make you take this job right? What what would help us land you and so or land you in this position? Um and so it's through that feedback really the individuals that we've been able to put together kind of this shift in structure um where yep we know we we need to bump up here to stay really competitive but we're all pretty we're pretty strong in this other area and could afford to come down a little bit again. So really it comes through feedback with trying to cover all of our positions. Um we've we looked at last year and kind of ran a bunch of scenarios based off of these rates and making sure that not only would we hopefully stay within our our budget parameters. Again, subbing is really kind of unpredictable. We don't know how many leaves we're going to have. We don't know what the nature of those leaves are, what license will be required. All those are really hard questions to predict. But we can look at a year of data and say, "Okay, if we ran the same scenario of of increases on that year, how would we look?" And so that's really the feedback that that we've gathered the HR team. Individual connections with substitutes. Um, and again, some of the really hard to fill jobs are what we're narrowing in on to make sure that we have coverage for our kids. >> Excellent. Thank you. >> Okay. So, I I had two questions. I Parus already asked the first one and then Dan asked the second one but I'm going to just reiterate that comparative analysis is great but feedback is I think very very essential. So if you are getting feedback otherwise we are just making up numbers in space without consideration for what the other side is thinking about what they want or what they would like right so so I think feedback is good is that a structured feedback or is it just informal it's informal and it it really should stay informal again these are not collectively bargained agreements they're rates of pay that we establish so informal feedback is good um and you know whenever you're talking about wages Everyone wants wage increases, right? And so we really need to make sure that we structure our questions specific to again the greatest need areas, the ones that are hard to fill. Um what would help individuals choose Weisetta? And we're we're always asking that question. Why do you choose Weisetta? And sometimes it's it's dollars, but again, a lot of times it's that overall experience. And so how do we help, you know, pay attention to the dollar side of things, but then also what are some of those other things with relationships with our substitutes? Making sure they come in every day. Do they have really good sub plans that they can rely on that make the day doable? Um what are their connections in the district that again we're we're trying to say, "Oh, you signed up for this 5day job. We got another five after that." and just try to keep these individuals coming back into our district because the coverage is one of the things that makes this big machine work. So, um, yes, we do solicit feedback. It is it is relatively informal by the nature of these positions. Um, but again, we're we're diligent in making sure we have that retention piece. Even they're even though they're casual employees, we want them to come back regularly. >> That's good. Okay. Thank you. All right. If there are no more questions, uh the recommended action again is to approve the 202627 supplemental salaries as recommended. This is again a roll call vote. Colleagues, Valentina, Valentina is absent. Danestra, Danestra votes yes. Alicia Little, >> yes. >> Paris Bendy, >> yes. >> Sheila Prior, >> yes. >> Heidi Kedar, >> yes. >> Milan Sahony, >> yes. The motion carries again. Thank you Dan. All right, there is no board action and thank you Dave. There is no board action and no board reports this evening and once again welcome Dr. Virgin. We are excited you are here as well. So this concludes the Visetta Public Schools regular board meeting there. There will be no work session this month. Instead there will be a collaborative leadership retreat on Wednesday, July 29th at 4 p.m. Is there a motion to adjurnn? [clears throat] I so move a second. >> All in favor say I. I >> oppose. Nay. The motion carries. >> The Visetta Public Schools Board of Education regular regular meeting for Monday, July 13, 2026 is adjourned.