Overall, the levy went up in a very similar way um to the um what the tax base went up. We always talk about that pie growing and we want to grow at the same rate. So, uh, tax base went up 3.5 and our levy is currently sitting at 3.75.

We always talk about why we certify the maximum. If you certify a number and something changes in any one of the 42 pages of math calculations that go into the levy, then you're unable to adjust for that. So that's why you want to certify the max. It doesn't saying you're going to do that. You set your rate in December.

At times we decide at this point it might be a good time for us to just in order to maintain our classroom environments and to keep class sizes in a comfortable place. Um we entertain the the the notion of closing open enrollment in certain schools.

It can be very difficult for staff as well. Teaching staff, people that work in the building, the makeup of the classroom. all of a sudden we have an influx of a student from here or there from other districts. And I think at this time of year, particularly when classrooms are getting settled down and teachers have a lot just building that community and all of those relationships that just adding people that are coming from their own district into ours is just kind of unnecessary and puts undue hardship on the teacher in the classroom.

And I would also add that we when we set our budget uh last year we staffed our district for a number of students under where we're currently yet. And so we want to at this point I would say because we're we're over we'd want to preserve any seats in our classrooms for families who live in our district.