it was a lot of really good new learning for many of us here on the board um but I I was most impressed with the caliber of of candidates... I'm very very excited about uh welcoming Andre to the uh the the V here um in February and um just a huge thank you to the community for trusting us on the board to make that decision.

we have spent nearly every Tuesday and Thursday [laughter] um in the month of January in this very room. And it's been um it's been a big-time commitment for all of us and um like Alyssa said, everyone approached it with professionalism and integrity and and wanting the best for the district.

In the current year, your district did receive more than 750,000 in federal funding. So, there's a separate single audit of those federal awards... that is because the federal government had a delay in issuing what was known as the compliance supplement. That was not issued until the very end of November. Um, so that federal audit report still needs to get wrapped up and there'll be a separate audit report that you're going to be receiving with those audit opinions.

relating to former board member Winehagen. Um, as part of that engagement, we did complete or conduct interviews with schoolboard members and district staff... The payments that were identified and reviewed as part of those procedures were all supported with proper source documentation had the proper approvals from management. Uh there were no reportable defi deficiencies that changed our reporting with the audit process relating to that agreed upon procedures for us to be here tonight to present the audit results for the year ended June 30 2025.

to just assure the public and to kind of reestablish that trust when when something like what happened happens. um it it does put question marks in people's minds um and appropriately so and so to um be able to go back um 11 years [laughter] and and do a whole you know deeper dive um to assure that um the the finances in this district are on the up and up um just means a lot um and made me even more proud uh to be a part of this district that takes takes the financial responsibility so um so so seriously.

Where you spend your time and your money is a big deal and um we have over the years been successful and been able to manage our budget and our finances well by being very conservative in our estimates and I'm very pleased that we are have conservative estimates once again in revenue and I think we'll uh always be able to adjust because of those. So thank you very much.

Our goal is to expand career pathway opportunities for high school students in a way that is intentional, equitable, and sustainable. This means not only increasing exposure to a wide range of careers, but also helping students make informed decisions about their futures earlier while reducing uncertainty and opening doors to meaningful options um after graduation.

We've seen about 90% of our seniors have logged into school links right now. And so the vast majority that's left are PSCO students typically and we'll get to connect with them on the back end of the school year here. And so we're really excited with where we are right now currently.

I remember being surprised at um the students lack of knowledge of kind of some of our existing pathways that we thought were pretty solid... part of the planning is to be in more intentional and if, you know, if a kid is going to take a student's going to take two or three courses within a pathway, consider offering the the certificates of some kind that that would they could work towards.