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May 23, 2023
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H
So
for
old
business
we
had
staff
Appreciation
Week
the
week
of
May
1st
through
May
5th
on
the
Monday.
There
was
a
grab-and-go
breakfast
for
teachers
on
the
Tuesday.
We
had
a
snack
cart
that
students
like
pushed
around
the
school
for
teachers
on
the
Wednesday
we
had
cards
and
donuts
for
crossing
guards
in
the
cross
garage
Thursday.
We
had
the
lunch
lady
luncheon
and
then
Friday.
H
We
had
the
teacher
luncheon
last
week
during
Keystone
testing
students
from
SGA
handed
out
cookies
to
students
after
school
and
for
our
new
business,
we're
having
a
spirit
week
for
prom
this
week
yesterday
was
College
decision
day
today
was
flannel
day
in
honor
of
Mr
Gentile.
Tomorrow
will
be
Hawaiian
shirt
day,
Thursday
will
be
twin
with
a
friend
or
a
group,
and
Friday
will
be
PJ
day,
and
we
have
also
elected
our
new
e-board
and
Senate
members
for
the
upcoming
school
year,
and
we
had
our
first
joint
meeting
this
morning
and
it
was
successful.
I
J
Hi
everyone
Kristina
Headley
I'm,
the
PTO
president
in
amps,
I'm,
just
gonna,
run
down
for
the
elementary
schools,
names
and
IMS
at
Abraham
Lincoln
school.
They
had
their
annual
sweetheart
dance
earlier
this
month,
families
got
to
enjoy
a
wonderful
evening,
dancing
and
celebrating
with
friends.
They
are
excited
for
their
upcoming
AR
celebration.
Next
week,
Lincoln
will
be
celebrating
students
hitting
their
AR
goals
by
parading
around
the
neighborhood
and
coming
back
to
school,
for
a
tasty
Italian
ice
treat
great
job.
Lincoln
Ben
Franklin
this
year
went
so
fast,
so
many
amazing
events.
J
They
will
be
finishing
their
year
with
Olympic
day
and
a
bunch
of
fourth
grade
celebrations.
George
Washington
Elementary
has
been
very
busy.
Also.
They
hosted
a
through
the
decades
themed
teacher
appreciation
week,
which
included,
lunches
and
snacks.
Where
that
were
famous
for
each
decade,
student
Appreciation
Week
had
the
same
theme
and
included
dress-up
days
and
activities.
J
Student
appreciation
week
was
concluded
by
an
earth
Dome
assembly
where
students
go
to
walk
into
a
large
inflatable
Globe.
While
learning
about
our
planet,
family,
fun
night
will
be
held
later
this
week.
This
event
includes
food
food
trucks,
bouncy
houses,
a
DJ
and
carnival
style
games.
William
Penn
Elementary
had
a
great
year.
They
have
two
of
their
biggest
events.
To
finish
out
the
school
year,
William
Penn's
talent
show
was
Friday
May
19th.
J
This
past
week,
5th
and
sixth
grade
had
their
fun
days
filled
with
relays,
Inflatables
and
other
great
games,
along
with
the
celebration
for
student
Appreciation
Week,
where
each
child
received
eight
raffle
tickets
for
a
chance
to
win
gift
baskets
and
also
had
fun
dress-up
days,
Independence
Middle
School
is
full
planning
mode
for
8th
grade
move
up
day,
which
will
be
held
on
Friday
June
2nd.
Thank
you.
E
I
have
one
on
the
Deni
task
force
we
met
during
April.
Our
primary
focus
on
that
was
Dei
goal,
One
Step
six,
which
was
the
equity
dashboard.
What
an
equity
dashboard
will
do
is
basically
disaggregate
student
data
on
things
like
standardized
test
results,
discipline,
gifted
screening
and
things
like
our
new
past
survey
by
categories
like
gender
and
race
and
that'll.
Let
us
know
if
there
are
any
blind
spots
that
we
have
as
a
district
and
if
any
changes,
May
necessarily
be.
You
know
needed
as
a
result
of
disparate
data.
E
One
thing
that
you
know
came
out
of
the
discussion
that
I
think
was
important
is
that
you
know
Bethel
Park
is
a
rather
homogeneous
District
as
it
pertains
to
race
and
some
other
characteristics.
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
not
identifying
any
particular
students
as
we
work
to
create
that
database.
We're
going
to
be
making
sure
that
any
I
guess
categories
that
are
created
are
not
too
specific.
So
you
know
if
a
student
is
struggling
in
math.
K
Just
one
Pathfinder
it's
on
our
agenda
here
tonight
is
that
their
administrative
budget
has
passed
and
just
everyone
knows
it's
made
up
of
five
other
districts,
Bethel
Park
being
one
of
them
and
for
their
budget
for
this
upcoming
year
is
318
000
and
that's
just
for
them
to
operate
the
school
as
it
exists.
The
rest
of
the
programming
comes
from
the
Allegheny
Intermediate
Unit
three,
but
just
keep
people
updated
on
that.
That's,
okay,.
L
L
and
he's
been
driving
a
school
bus
since
then,
and
he'll
retire
in
June.
After
all,
those
years
of
service
Diane
Jacobson
began
her
career
in
1999.
As
an
aide,
she
moved
into
Health
Services
Aid
moved
to
Lincoln
as
a
paraprofessional
and
she'll
retire
from
IMS.
Here
in
June
as
an
education,
special
education,
paraprofessional
and
Gene
Palumbo
started
in
September
of
2000.
She
was
started
as
a
substitute
aide
and
she
became
a
health
roommate
in
Lincoln
at
Lincoln
and
then
in
2005.
L
L
Second
thing:
I
wanted
to
share
with
the
board
is
just
a
a
long
and
impressive
list
of
awards
that
were
presented
to
our
music
department.
Students
who
competed
recently
on
their
band
trip,
the
symphonic
band,
was
took
first
place
in
their
competition
with
a
superior
rating
concert.
Band
took
first
place
with
a
superior
rating
jazz
band.
Jack.
L
Pardon
me,
Jazz
Ensemble,
first
place
with
a
superior
rating,
percussion
Ensemble
First
Place
Superior
rating
string
orchestra
first
place
excellent
rating
chamber
orchestra,
First
Place,
Superior
rating,
the
top
21
First
Place
Superior
rating
and
the
Jazz
choir
First
Place
Superior
rating,
the
majorettes
on
the
first
place,
Superior
rating
Beth.
That's
you
guessed.
It
first
place.
Superior
rating
the
symphonic
band
also
won
the
best
overall
concert
band
award.
The
chamber
orchestra
won
best
overall
Orchestra
award.
G
M
L
Thank
you
for
this
month's
strategic
planning
progress
report.
I
should
be
focusing
on
the
student
experience
goals.
There
were
three
and
they're
next
in
the
sequence
that
I've
been
following,
but
I
wanted
to
take
a
step
back
or
up
if
you'll
indulge
me
I'd
like
to
take
us
up
to
ten
thousand
foot
view
with
this
month's
progress
report,
we're
just
about
halfway
through
this
time
span
of
the
Strategic
plan,
which
makes
it
a
good
time,
I
think
to
be
reflective.
L
Ask
ourselves
some
more
broader
questions
like
is
this
a
good
plan
and
are
we
moving
the
needle
from
a
broader
vantage
point,
it's
easier
to
notice
the
indicators
of
those
broad
questions
and
looking
at
subtle
moves
and
also
can
see
more
tectonic
shifts
in
the
system
a
beginning.
This
summer
the
administration
will
convene
a
committee
to
more
formally
evaluate
our
progress
and
make
plans
for
a
midpoint
revision
to
the
Strategic
plan,
but
for
tonight
I'd
like
to
speak
more
broadly
about
the
efficacy
of
the
plan.
So
we'll
start
with
question
number
one.
L
Is
it
a
good
plan
adopted
in
November
of
21?
This
strategic
plan
is,
admittedly,
very
aggressive.
There
are
six
distinct
buckets
of
goals,
17
Broad
and
ambitious
goals
in
those
buckets
and
96
action
steps
specified
within
each
goal.
Some
of
these
are
very
focused
on
simpler
actions
such
as
purchasing
welcome
to
kindergarten
signs.
Some
are
more
go-getting
and
broadly
aimed
such
as
incorporating
the
principles
of
Universal
Design
into
our
academic
programs.
L
L
L
L
So
it's
not
specifically
the
range
of
goals
and
action,
steps
that
make
it
a
good
plan,
but
the
significant
and
positive
shift
that
will
happen
to
Bethel
Park
because
of
the
plan.
There
are
other
reasons:
it's
a
good
plan.
First,
it
was
formed
by
many
stakeholders,
students,
teachers,
administrators
parents,
board
members,
Business
Leaders,
each
bringing
their
hopes
and
aspirations
for
a
better
future
in
Bethel
Park.
L
The
process
by
which
the
stakeholders
developed
the
goals
was
not
a
free-for-all
like
throwing
darts.
It
was
a
deliberative
process
that
took
months
we
laid
bare
all
our
warts
and
problems
we
were
exposed
and
vulnerable.
Then
we
called
the
relevant
data,
consumed
educational
research
and
even
examined
our
benchmarking
schools
to
find
the
ideas,
programs
and
services
that
would
leave
lead,
Bethel
Park
to
a
better
future
because
of
our
open-minded
approach,
the
stakeholders,
investment
in
the
process
and
the
deliberative
process
through
which
they
worked.
This
is
a
good
plan.
L
Our
ambition
is
another
reason.
It's
a
good
plan.
We
dreamed
big
and
we
made
big
plans.
We
aim
to
re-examine
just
about
everything
in
the
school
district,
we
seek
to
move
our
people
toward
a
learner-centered
infused
with
engaged,
engaging
21st
century
skill-based
experiences
where
we
can
care
as
much
about
the
academic
achievements
as
we
do
about
personal
well-being.
L
We
want
to
live
up
to
our
age-old
beliefs
and
values,
statements
where
all
children
can
learn.
Everyone
is
entitled
to
be
treated
with
dignity
and
respect
that
a
student's
educational
educational
journey
is
to
be
shared
by
the
school,
the
home
and
the
community,
or
our
teachers
and
administrators.
Our
professionals
who
facilitate
learning
while
continually,
learn
him
or
herself
and
where
learning
is
something
a
child
does
not
something
done
to
a
child.
Academic
Excellence
is
encouraged
and
recognized
and
learning
is
a
never-ending
process.
L
This
is
who
we
are.
This
is
what
we
believe.
This
is
a
good
plan,
because
it's
more
than
just
a
dust
collector
on
our
Shelf,
the
leadership
team
talks
about
it
often
and
refers
to
it
in
our
deliberations.
Every
decision
we
make
has
an
underlying
theme
towards
a
question
of
matching
our
goals
towards
our
actions.
L
This
plan
is
alive
with
with
possibility
and
ambition
with
a
great
team
to
implement
it.
The
plan
provides
a
road
map
where
we
are
going
to
the
new
and
improved
Bethel
Park.
The
second
question
to
ask
from
10
000
feet
is:
are
we
moving
the
needle?
In
other
words,
is
the
plan
working
yes
without
question?
Every
direction
and
decision
can
be
traced
back
to
one
of
the
goals
in
the
plan
nothing's
done
by
happenstance.
Nor
are
we
jumping
on
any
band
any
fat
fad
bandwagon
of
change.
L
With
this
plan
we
laid
out
a
better
plan,
a
better
future
for
Bethel
Park,
and
so
each
action,
each
change,
each
new
hire
each
budget
cut
or
whatever
metric.
You
want
to
use
points
toward
the
Strategic
plan.
We'll
continually
ask
is
this
action
this
person,
this
proposal
going
to
make
us
Best
in
Class
by
that
I,
can
assure
you.
The
plan
provides
strategic
Direction
to
the
day-to-day
operations
of
the
district
and
that
laser-like
focus
is
moving
the
needle.
It
is
our
North
Star.
L
So,
yes,
we've
made
progress,
we're
seeing
slow
subtle
changes
in
Bethel,
Park,
we're
updating
or
outright
changing
the
cornerstones
and
keystones
of
our
curriculum.
We
are
investing
heavily
in
the
infrastructure
of
our
schools.
We
recognize
the
value
and
importance
of
a
great
teacher
in
every
classroom.
L
We
want
to
ensure
the
student
experience
is
personalized
and
fulfilling
we're
maximizing
the
investment
the
community
makes
in
the
district
we're
letting
go
of
old
ways
and
rolling
out
some
new
ones.
In
a
sense,
we're
scraping
the
Barnacles
off
that
big
ship
that
have
accumulated
over
the
years
and
have
been
slowing
down
our
momentum.
L
At
the
same
time
we're
putting
a
new,
Innovative
and
relevant
finish
on
the
hall.
We
will
be
Best
in
Class
while
we're
pleased
and
proud
of
this
progress.
It's
no,
no
matter
how
small
it
looks
from
ten
thousand
feet.
We
can
see
change
to
Bethel
Park.
Thank
you
for
your
willingness
and
support.
Thank
you
for
letting
go
of
the
ways.
Things
have
always
been
done
in
favor
of
ways.
Things
should
be
done
in
2023.
Thank
you
for
your
support
of
those
efforts,
your
commitment
to
being
Best
in
Class
in
every
way
and
for
your
patience.
M
Good
evening,
everyone
good
to
see
everyone
again.
As
you
know,
every
month
we
have
our
five
big
things
and
as
I
say
every
month,
there
are
many
many
more
than
five
wonderful
things
happening
in
Bethel
Parker,
that's
one
of
the
great
things
about
going
to
school
here
or
working
here,
and
the
five
that
we've
chosen
I
think
are
really
special
and
we're
going
to
start
with
something
that
we
haven't
done
before
and
that
is.
We
actually
have
one
of
the
subjects
of
our
five
big
things
here
tonight.
M
Graphite
sketch
no
more
connectors
in
the
coal
mine
Frozen
as
one
of
the
20th
and
fresh
art,
competition
winners,
starting
in
June,
Tatum's,
graphite,
drawing,
will
be
displayed
in
the
U.S
Capitol
for
a
full
year.
Tayden's
piece
will
represent
Pennsylvania's
12th
congressional
district,
which
includes
Pittsburgh
portions
of
Allegheny
and
Westmoreland
counties,
and
so
I'm,
going
to
kind
of
step
up
there
and
just
kind
of
talk
about
him.
N
N
You
should
do
that,
and
so
I
saw
this
when
I
was
like
sure
why
not
and
so
I
filled
out
the
forms
and
I
had
five
days
to
get
this
done
and
I
got
it
done
in
five
and
a
half
hours
and
I
honestly
couldn't
tell
you
where
I
thought
of
it
from
it
was
a
stem
of
a
lot
of
ideas
that
came
together
like
like
many
houses
in
Bethel
Park.
My
house
is
built
on
a
coal
mine
and
we
just
found
out.
N
We
had
miners
insurance
from
the
previous
owners
and
it
expired
my
mom's
like.
Well,
we
don't
need
it
anymore.
It's
fine
we're
not
gonna
if
it
hasn't
collapsed.
Yet
it's
not
gonna
collapse,
you
know,
but
it
was
definitely
an
experience.
I
got
to
meet
councilwoman
summer,
not
councilwoman
wrong,
like
congresswoman
summerly,
which
was
a
definitely
a
neat
experience
and
I
would
not
have
known
who
she
was
if
it
wasn't
for
my
gov
class.
So
that
also
was
helpful.
M
M
Our
second
big
thing
is
this:
past
weekend,
at
the
best
buddies
friendship,
walk
at
Highmark
stadium
in
Station
Square,
both
parts
Julie
Hernandez,
was
named
the
best
buddies
advisor
of
the
Year.
Also
alumni
Harley
vinsler
who's,
a
member
of
the
class
of
2020,
won
the
officer
of
the
year
for
her
participation
in
the
Carlo
College
chapter
of
best
buddies.
You
should
know
that
getting
a
picture
of
Julie
is
like
getting
a
picture
of
Sasquatch.
M
M
But
Harley
was
the
one
who
kind
of
was
the
student
who
kind
of
helped
launch
it
here
at
Bethel,
Park.
So
out
of
that,
and
it's
something
that
I
think
the
whole
Community
should
be
proud
of.
Our
best
buddies
program
is
very
visible
in
our
community,
not
only
the
school
Community,
but
the
Bethel
Park
Community
and
we're
just
it
just
continues
to
grow
I'm
very
proud
of
it.
M
School
Board
as
part
of
a
program
called
operation
recognition,
Davis
dropped
out
of
school
in
the
late
1970s
to
care
for
her
dying
mother.
She
would
go
on
to
found
horses
with
hope,
which
is
a
local
organization
that
focuses
on
improving
the
lives
of
children,
youth.
Well,
it's
helping
them
to
reach
beyond
their
abilities
and
again
by
all
accounts.
Mrs
Davis
is
someone
very,
very
special,
so
congratulations,
Anne.
M
M
Division
and
our
last
big
thing
is
something
that
was
started
last
year
at
William.
Penn
has
now
spread
to
all
of
our
schools,
and
that
is
the
Bethel
Park
members
of
the
class
of
23
will
have
the
opportunity
to
go
back
to
where
it
all
started
at
their
Elementary
School's
respective
senior
clapout
events,
which
are
scheduled
for
Tuesday
June
6th
the
times
vary
by
the
school,
and
you
can
find
that
information
on
our
website.
M
O
The
first
thing
that
I
want
to
touch
upon
is
an
activity
that
is
happening
in
some
of
the
classrooms
and
teams
and
the
Neil
Armstrong
fifth
grade.
So
we
do
a
one-day
event:
kindergarten
screening,
which
I'm
going
to
touch
upon
next
up
at
Neil,
Armstrong
middle
school,
and
when
we
walked
in
to
get
set
up.
It
is
breathtaking
and
just
stunning
these
activities
called
the
volume
zoo
that
some
of
the
teams
of
fifth
grade
have
put
on
and
I
asked
one
of
the
teachers
to
get
more
information.
O
So
I'm
going
to
share
that
with
you,
and
if
you
have
an
opportunity
to
visit
Neil
Armstrong,
of
course,
with
your
proper
license
and
identification.
So
they
will
let
you
in
you
should
go
and
see
this.
It
is
really
the
kids
were
all
enamored
by
it,
as
they
were
waiting
for
those
greenings
and
the
parents,
and
so
I
just
thought
was
really
special
and
something
to
share.
O
They
then
work
through
choosing
boxes
that
would
help
them
construct.
The
form
of
the
animal
communication
and
collaboration
were
vital
to
the
success
in
trading
and
redesigning
their
plans
once
they
collected
boxes.
So
every
single
one
of
these
animals
and
all
of
its
parts
and
pieces
are
made
out
of
boxes.
They
recorded
each
part
and
calculated
the
volume
of
those
boxes.
They
then
worked
with
surface
area
as
they
wrapped
the
boxes
and
glued
them
together
to
construct
the
animal.
J
O
Finally,
students
researched
their
animals
to
create
an
infographic
folder
display
describing
the
animal's
habitat,
diet,
adaptations
and
other
facts,
and
the
students
will
be
doing
a
presentation
to
share
their
research
and
I
thank
Miss,
Kristen
Rylander
for
providing
me
with
all
of
the
details
of
these
animals.
So
again,
each
one
has
that
little
file
folder
with
how
much
volume
it
would
take
up
by
the
cubes
and
then
inside
of
that
they
have
all
kinds
of
information,
and
it
is
just
stunning
so
I
encourage
you
to
go
and
visit.
If
you
can
kindergarten.
O
This
year's
kindergarten
screening
was
held
at
Neil
Armstrong
on
May
16th
and
we
did
one
universal
event
for
all
the
incoming
kindergarten
students.
At
the
five
elementary
schools,
we
were
able
to
screen
200
students
during
the
daylight
hours
and
66
students
were
screened
during
our
two
hour
night
session,
so
it
was
a
very
busy
very
full
day.
O
We
handed
out
266
summer
bags,
which
included
a
book,
a
calendar
of
activities,
crayons
welcome
to
Bethel,
Park
pencils,
and
there
will
be
orientations
at
each
one
of
the
buildings.
So
please
look
for
more
information
on
the
webpage
for
each
building
individually,
as
those
will
be
held
on
different
dates
throughout
the
summer.
O
And
I
would
like
to
thank
all
of
the
staff,
including
Vaughn,
the
office
staff,
Adrian,
Shelley,
Mr,
Patterson
and
all
of
our
student
volunteers.
This
was
a
new
addition
this
year
to
have
the
student
volunteers
from
the
interact
SGA
NHS,
and
we
had
a
lot
of
student
volunteers
that
made
it
such
a
personable
and
relaxing
and
calming
event
for
our
incoming
kindergarten
students.
So
I
cannot
thank
them
enough.
P
Foreign
good
evening,
I
wanted
to
take
a
few
minutes
to
talk
to
you
about
remake
learning
days.
I
had
an
opportunity
to
participate
in
a
remake
learning
event
this
year
and
also
hosted
one
here.
Remake
learning
days
is
celebrated
across
America
in
Southwestern
PA.
It
was
celebrated
from
May
4th
to
May
23rd.
P
If
you're
not
familiar
with
the
Remake
Learning
Network,
it
is
a
local
Regional
Network.
It's
a
non-profit
group.
That's
really
composed
of
not
just
teachers,
but
businesses
and
other
people
who
are
interested
in
advocating
for
youth
programs
they've
been
around
since
about
2007
remake
learning
days
started
in
2016.
took
a
little
bit
of
break
there
due
to
covid,
but
this
was
the
first
year
back
that
they
had
a
lot
of
in-person
events.
P
Bethel
Park
is
Bethel
Park
School
District
is
a
member
of
the
Remake
Learning
Network
from
what
I
can
see
that
was
done
around
2016
and
I'm
in
the
process
of
working
with
them
to
update
our
profile.
It
speaks
very
highly
about
what
was
happening
here
in
2015-16
with
the
Innovation
stations
and
different
grants
that
were
happening
at
the
high
school,
but
I
think
it
needs
a
little
bit
of
an
update
to
show
some
of
the
amazing
things
that
are
happening.
District-Wide.
P
One
of
the
things
that
I
was
able
to
attend
was
something
called
a
flex
space
Summit
at
the
AIU,
and
this
was
really
really
well
attended.
There
were
over
200
people
there
that
day,
and
this
was
we
were
invited
as
Educators,
but
there
were
also
designers,
researchers
and
Architects
there
and
really
what
they
were
wanting
to
do
was
to
Showcase
different
ways
to
make
your
learning
spaces
innovative.
P
P
P
So
we
really,
during
our
presentation,
took
time
to
share
what
we
had
been
learning
and
doing
while
we
were
collaborating
with
the
Children's
Museum
and
draw
a
collective,
and
we
really
took
some
time
to
show
them
some
of
those
Innovative
spaces
that
we've
been
working
on
like
the
steam
rooms,
the
library
center,
the
literacy,
the
primary
Literacy
Center
at
The,
Outdoor
Classroom.
So
we
were
really
really
excited
to
share
our
experience
and
our
journey
hosting
event.
P
An
event
here
at
Bethel,
Park
remake
days
was
the
Arts
Fest
and
steam
Expo
and
I
have
to
give
all
of
the
credit
in
the
world
to
Kent
wallish
and
Paige
landay.
They
are
behind
the
scenes
putting
all
of
this
together
and
it
is
truly
magical
to
see
the
things
that
our
students
create
is
unbelievable.
I
think
what
you
saw
today
was
just
a
small
taste
of
the
talent
that
exists
in
this
district
and
each
year.
For
this
there's
a
flyer
prepared
by
a
student
this
year.
P
The
student
was
Ariel
dunworth,
you
have
displays
of
student
artwork
that
are
done
in
the
classrooms
from
K
to
12..
Here
you
can
see
some
things
that
were
done
at
the
middle
school
and
also
High
School
displays
this
covers
not
only
right
when
you
walk
in,
but
also
the
entire
cafeteria
full
of
the
students
artwork.
P
The
elementary
schools
do
individual
art
shows
and
science
fairs.
So
a
lot
of
their
work
is
displayed
there,
but
they
did
put
together
a
mural
where
the
students
Drew
self-portraits
within
it,
and
it
was
really
cool
to
see
the
kids
coming
in
with
their
families
and
looking
to
find
their
faces
that
they
had
drawn
within
the
mural.
P
We
were
able
to
really
showcase
a
lot
of
our
artists
at
work.
This
is
the
first
year
that
we
ever
had
live
music.
We
had
PB
and
J
Jazz
duet.
They
were
fantastic.
We
had
students
who
were
doing
Pottery.
Demos
live,
painting,
screen,
painting
students
who
were
painting
henna
tattoos
and
face
painting,
and
we
also
had
two
students
who
were
in
The
Musical
this
year:
do
a
steam
story,
time
activity
and
perform
a
story
for
our
students.
P
P
It
started
when
during
covet
and
she
was
looking
for
things
to
do
to
engage
the
students
at
home
and
it
has
evolved
over
the
years,
but
it's
a
digital
music
project
where,
at
the
end
of
that
unit,
students
create
a
concept
for
a
video
game
and
they're
doing
the
plot,
they're
doing
the
characters
and
they're
doing
animations
and
adding
music
all
through
scratch
programming.
So
it
was
a
really
really
interesting.
P
Interdisciplinary
project
also
miss
christensen's
TCAP
students
with
their
pixel
art
and
Miss
moochie
was
there
with
the
moochie
crew
to
show
the
students
using
Minecraft
and
education.
We
had
a
great
turnout
and
we
were
really
really
proud
to
showcase.
The
amazing
work
of
our
students
and
our
teachers
save
the
date
dot
day,
September
15th
every
year,
but
next
year
will
be
our
third
book
in
the
trilogy.
The
book
is
called
Sky
color,
so
September
15th
get
ready
and
get
your
polka
dots
ready.
L
A
F
C
Q
Q
Q
L
We
got
a
lot
of
suggestion
from
various
Corners
in
the
district
to
look
at
that
here
for
Bethel,
and
so
I'd
like
to
request
that
perhaps
the
board
nominate
one
or
two
members
to
sit
with
members
of
the
community
faculty
staff,
students
Federation
to
investigate
the
possibilities
and
what
our
options
would
be
for
something
that
could
happen
somewhere
down
the
road
for
Bethel
Park.
To
do
the
same.
E
R
E
Agreed
I
think
the
data
is
pretty
overwhelming
at
this
point,
whether
it
be
physical,
mental
health
student
achievement,
pretty
consistently
points
to
better
results.
Just
the
question
of,
like
you,
said
getting
all
the
logistics
handled.
If
we're
looking
for
people
I'd
be
happy
to
serve
them
as
well.
Hampton,
my
alma
mater
switched
their
start
times
back
and
I
believe
it
was
2020
now
so
I'd
be
happy
to
kind
of
pulse
people
in
that
community
and
see
what
worked
well
with
them.
C
L
A
Think
I
think
it's
I
mean
my
opinion.
Is
it's
a
good
thing
to
consider
now
I
think
as
we
look
to
the
future
with
the
new
Elementary
Center,
we
have
the
possibility
cutting
down
on
bus
runs,
so
we
have
a
little
bit.
We
can
compress
that
time
of
getting
students
to
school
and
away
from
school,
so
we
have
more
of
an
opportunity
now
to
shift
that
start
with
three
bus
runs.
It's
you
there's
more
constraints.
E
L
T
U
T
T
B
T
T
A
B
V
Hello,
I'm,
Keith,
Walters
I've
served
this
past
year
as
a
seventh
grade.
Counselor
IMS
I
welcome
the
opportunity
to
move
into
an
administrative
position
with
the
district
and
I
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
continue
to
grow
as
an
educator
and
support
the
mission
of
Bethel
Park
in
the
high
school.
Thank
you.
Congratulations.
S
W
A
D
D
A
A
A
X
Okay,
we
just
have
a
short
presentation
here
myself,
along
with
Larry
stellatano,
who
is
the
Mets
regional
manager
and
I'm
sure
most
of
you
have
met
Brandon
agostinelli.
He
started
with
the
district
in
February
and
replaced
Joe
console
Magno
as
our
food
service
as
director
and
we
work
hand
in
hand
together
on
a
weekly
basis
to
make
sure
the
cafeteria
is
running
smoothly.
X
X
This
is
the
2223
projected
profit.
This
is
the
district
projected
profit,
so
there's
some
items
included
in
here
that
are
not
just
the
Mets
budget.
You
can
see
the
profits
have
decreased
from
the
prior
year
with
the
elimination
of
the
universal
free
lunch
program,
so
the
reimbursement
rates
are
not
as
high
as
they
were
in
the
past,
but
we
are
still
projected
to
make
a
profit
this
year.
X
Just
a
couple
items
to
consider
when
you're
looking
at
these
numbers,
the
Mets
budget
does
not
factor
in
the
free
breakfast
initiative,
because,
although
it
is
in
the
state
budget,
it's
not
yet
been
approved,
so
that
hasn't
been
considered.
There's
an
unknown
out
there
with
the
change
in
direct
certification.
That
now
includes
reduced
students,
we're
not
sure
if
that's
going
to
result
in
increased
revenue
or
not
or
if
it'll
be
a
wash.
It's
definitely
a
benefit
because
fewer
households
are
going
to
have
to
fill
out
the
free
and
reduced
paperwork
as
they
will
automatically
qualify.
R
Y
So
the
key
points
are
whole
products
locally
sourced
products,
which
is
what
we
do
when
we
were
100
compliant
with
that
your
total
amount
was
close
to
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
at
Bethel
Park,
the
school
district
alone
per
year.
So
it's
it's
a
pretty
nice
incentive
and
that's
included
in
the
first
slide
of
numbers
that
you
did
receive.
So
there
was
a
good
boost
to
the
school
districts
to
make
up
for
the
1920
deficit
school
year
and
the
school
food
account
because
of
the
shutdown
of
the
school
and
the
pandemic.
X
Okay,
like
I
like
I,
mentioned
earlier,
we
don't
still
see
the
need
to
increase
the
base
price
for
lunches,
because
the
increase
in
the
federal
reimbursement
rates
for
free
and
reduced
is
enough
to
cover
that.
However,
the
rate
increase
will
not
cover
the
cost
associated
with
tiered
lunches
due
to
inflation
and
the
additional
labor
required
to
prepare
the
meals.
X
Y
Thanks
a
lot
Sharon,
so
we
offer
such
a
variety
of
different
meal
choices
to
the
students
here
at
Bethel
Park
that
have
been
very
successful
for
many
years
that
we've
been
partnering
with
the
school
district.
What
a
tiered
meal
is
the
is
the
top
level
meal
that
we
can
offer
under
the
national
school
lunch
program.
It's
a
luxury
item.
It's
something
that
a
student
does
not
have
to
purchase.
It's
an
enhanced
meal.
It's
a
deli
sandwich!
Y
It's
made
to
order
by
the
staff
members
which
takes
a
lot
more
labor
to
prepare
a
deli
meal
to
order
in
say
in
the
high
school
cafeteria,
some
of
the
more
expensive
items
that
we
put
on
there,
such
as
we
just
did
a
display
with
chicken
wings
and
things
of
that
nature
that
students
can
choose
from
the
variety
of
different
options
that
are
out
there.
So
it's
an
enhanced
meal
by
role,
any
student
that
qualifies
as
a
free
or
reduced
students
can
receive
that
tiered
meal
at
no
additional
cost.
So
there's
an
incentive
to
that.
Y
So
we
do
provide
that
universally
throughout
the
district.
It's
just
a
way
to
help
generate
some
additional
Revenue
to
offset
the
costs
of
the
program.
So
what
we're
looking
at
is
what
the
what
the
federal
government
and
then
the
state
of
Pennsylvania
does,
is
they
take
any
additional
Revenue
associated
with
Alucard
adult
meals
or
vending
Revenue
to
a
school
district
in
a
national
school
lunch
program
and
they
assess
the
dollar
value
that
that,
in
turn
turns
into
what's
called
a
meal
in
the
world
of
national
school
lunch
program.
Y
So
when
you
add
those
three
Revenue
sources
together,
you
need
a
total
of
4.81
cents
to
equal
one
meal,
which
is
up
17.6
from
this
time
last
year.
So
that's
a
pretty
significant
increase,
so
we're
looking
for
ways
to
increase
that
Revenue
without
taking
17
out
of
every
student's
pocket
every
day.
So
one
idea
is
to
increase
the
tiered
Meals
by
20
cents.
We
haven't
raised
the
tier
meal
prices
here
for
as
long
as
mets
has
been
here.
Y
What
what
a
tiered
meal
means
is
that,
from
the
base
price
of
a
lunch,
currently,
the
cost
is
80
cents
more
and
next
year,
it'll
be
a
dollar
more
from
the
base
price
of
the
lunch,
so
those
are
advertised
and
the
students
understand
what
they.
What
is
tier.
What
is
not
certainly
if
a
parent
doesn't
want
a
student
to
purchase
an
additional
tiered
meal.
They
would
just
let
us
know
and
would
make
sure
that
they
didn't
spend
extra
money
if
that's
necessary.
Y
Okay,
so
we're
trying
to
close
that
Gap
in
the
difference
so
that
it
doesn't
impact
globally
at
Bethel
Park,
the
reduction
in
Commodities
that
you
would
receive
it's
all
about
how
many
meals
that
we
serve
at
Bethel
Park
and
our
participation
is
super
good
here
at
Bethel.
Park,
we're
very
proud
of
the
program-
and
you
know
we're
just
looking
for
ways
to
close
some
of
the
gaps
in
some
of
the
assessments
that
the
federal
governments
put
in
place.
Y
This
slide
shows
what
the
federal
reimbursements
rates
increase
from
last
year
to
this
year.
These
are
the
preliminary
rates
because
that's
what
they
provide
to
you
during
the
renewal
process,
the
state
of
Pennsylvania
will
come
out
once
it's
given
to
them
from
the
federal
government.
What
the
final
Federal
reimbursement
rates
were
sometime
in
probably
June
or
July-
that's
typical
for
each
year.
Typically,
they
go
up
a
couple
of
cents,
but
the
federal
government
really
identified
the
school
districts
needed
help
in
raising
these
prices.
Y
These
reimbursement
rates
at
the
federal
level
and,
as
you
can
see,
the
paid
reimbursement
through
school
district,
so
student
has
to
pay
for
a
full
price
lunch
I
mean
we
only
get
77
cents
reimbursed
next
year.
It's
gone
up
significantly,
but
it's
not
enough
to
cover
the
inflation
and
increased
costs
that
have
compounded
gone
up
at
least
15
percent.
In
the
last
two
years.
Y
So
what
we're
proposing
is
no
change,
obviously,
to
the
breakfast
prices.
The
elementary
lunch
Middle
School
lunch
in
high
school
base
price
lunch,
but
the
new
prices
for
the
tiered
meals
will
be
375
for
elementary
and
390
for
middle
school
and
405
for
high
school.
The
price
does
reflect
the
20
cent
increase
that
we
propose.
Y
Y
They
did
increase
a
performance
base
for
lunches
by
one
penny
last
year,
so
that
does
help
a
little
bit,
but
not
as
significant
as
the
Federal
reimbursements.
The
total
revenue
we're
expecting
is
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
1.738
million.
Our
total
expenses
are
just
over
1.7
million
dollars,
which
would
leave
an
operating
income
that
would
go
directly
to
the
school
food
account
of
35
332
dollars.
Y
We
look
to
be
at
that
number
somewhere
in
that
neighborhood.
The
other
complex
issue
with
the
federal
Commodities
that
we
participate
in
is
that
all
school
districts
are
going
to
fall
short
of
the
allocated
Commodities
this
year
because
of
the
inflation
the
state
stopped
buying
certain
items
such
as
beef
and
cheese
that
we
allocated
for
Bethel,
Park
and
you're
not
going
to
get
about
thirty
thousand
dollars
worth
of
Commodities
this
year
because
of
the
inflation.
Unfortunately,
so
they
did
kick
that
can
down
the
road
to
next
year.
Y
E
Y
Y
E
I
think
the
way
that
might
be
best
to
handle
this-
and
let
me
know
if
anyone
disagrees,
is
you
know
once
I
read
out
items
two
three,
four
five
and
eight
move
those
discuss
seven
and
then
move
to
Mr
mccotslin's
presentation
for
six,
because
seven
has
kind
of
direct
ramifications
on
the
presentation
for
six
is
that
okay,
yeah
I'm,
fine?
Okay,
great?
E
As
its
alternate
member
mr4
approval
of
student
services
contract,
the
board
of
school
directors
approves
the
administration's
recommendation
to
approve
the
student
services
contracts,
AIU
2023
2024
member
memorandum
of
understanding
for
title
III,
Consortium
item
number
five
payment
for
the
new
K-5
elementary
school
project.
The
board
of
school
directors
approves
the
administration's
recommendation
to
approve
payment
for
invoice
number
170662
to
Herbert
Rowland
and
Rubik
Inc
in
the
amount
of
26
271.22
for
the
new
K-5
elementary
school
project.
Item
number:
eight:
payment
for
the
bus
garage
renovation
project.
E
The
board
of
school
directors
approves
the
administration's
recommendation
to
approve
payment
for
invoice;
invoice
number
2134
tac10
to
the
Hayes
Design
Group
in
the
amount
of
808
dollars
and
12
cents
for
the
bus
garage
renovation
project,
the
funds
will
be
paid
from
construction
fund
32.,
so
I
move
to
approve
items.
Two
three:
four
five
and
eight
second.
E
L
Thank
you,
Mr
grisbeck.
So,
as
in
the
early
part
of
the
budget
development
process,
we
were
identifying
all
the
ways
that
the
district
could
bring
a
budget
forward
to
the
district
to
the
board.
That
would
be
under
the
Act
1
index
and,
at
the
same
time,
moving
all
the
priorities,
the
things
that
we've
been
talking
about
in
our
strategic
plan,
keeping
those
moving
forward.
L
One
of
the
things
that
was
concerning
to
me
is
that
this
is
the
first
year
of
our
District's
new
teacher
contract
and
included
in
that.
This
is
the
first
time
that
coaches
and
sponsors
of
clubs
were
given
a
raise
from
their
for
their
stipends
for
coaching
that
at
about
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
this
year's
expenses.
Another
hundred
thousand
next
year,
and
also
a
concern
to
ours
of
ours,
is
the
fact
that
diesel
fuel
prices
have
skyrocketed
and
were
so
we're
paying
quite
a
bit
more
to
run
these
programs.
L
I
think
we've
heard
pretty
clearly
from
the
community
that
it
is
totally
objectional
to
do
that
at
this
time,
given
the
amount
of
costs
that
they
were,
that
they
were
putting
up
in
their
booster
program
fees
and
equipment
and
all
the
other
things
they
have
to
afford.
So
it's
probably
a
Dead
on
Arrival
here,
but
that's
where
it
came
from.
Thank.
E
You
very
much
and
I
would
just
like
to
add
that
you
know
I
know
this
is
maybe
getting
into
the
weeds
a
little
bit,
but
the
way
in
which
we
kind
of
conduct
items
as
a
board
is
usually
they'll
be
for
a
vote.
This
was
just
presented
to
us
as
a
discussion,
so
I
think
the
goal
was
to
kind
of
you
know
present
this
as
an
idea
get
the
board
discussing,
get
the
Public's
involvement,
so
I
I'm,
just
going
to
speak
for
myself.
E
I
very
much
do
appreciate
all
of
the
feedback
that
we
received
via
email.
I
think
it
was
very
good
to
hear
because
for
me
as
someone
who
does
not
have
kids
yet
it
was
very
loud
and
clear
that
you
know
this
would
be
a
significant
burden
on
families
and
that
the
exorbitant
increase
is
not
really
doable
for
a
lot
of
people
in
Bethel,
Park
and
I
know
it.
It
probably
wasn't
fun
to.
E
You,
know,
see
that
agenda
item
and
be
like,
what's
going
on,
I'm
going
to
have
to
incur
all
of
these
costs,
but
with
you
know,
operating
fully
in
the
sunshine
act.
In
my
opinion,
this
is
really
how
things
should
be
operating.
Administration
should
be
giving
us
ideas,
and
you
know
we
discussed
them
in
the
open
and
determinants
merits.
U
L
Yeah,
that's
why
I'm
asking
the
collection
goes
straight
to
the
general
fund
to
offset
the
expenses
that
the
district
incurs
operating
the
programs.
It's
fractional
I
mean
this.
Next
year's
budget
proposal
is
1.3
million
dollars
worth
of
funding
for
athletic
programs.
I,
don't
know
the
collection
rate
current.
E
Right
so
I
think
it
makes
it
very
clear
that
you
know
the
overall
Mountain
that
are
going
to
these
programs
exceeds
the
amount
collected
by
orders
of
magnitude.
The
vast
majority
are
being
spent
through
tax
dollars,
I
mean
just
some
quick
back
of
the
napkin
math.
What
you
said
about
twenty
thousand
dollars,
ten
more
so
we're
looking
at
1.2
million
I
mean
that's
percentages
of
the
overall.
A
E
A
Of
the
comments
that
we
heard
were
that
you
know
we
heard
a
lot
about
the
booster
fees
they're
getting
high
for
some
sports
into
the
hundreds
500.
You
know
and
a
lot
of
fundraising
you
know
maybe
a
way
to
address
this
is
to
you
know
whether
we
have
a
committee
here
or
is
the
administration
or
the
athletic
department,
maybe
convene
the
boosters
also
and
maybe
try
to
come
up
with
kind
of
some
overall
guidelines,
for
you
know
not
to
exceed
proposal
or
something
like
that.
A
H
A
E
Think
for
this
one
I
can
speak
for
just
about
everyone
that
that
is
obviously
the
opposite
of
what
you
know
we
and
administration
wants
I
mean
if
you
look
through
the
Strategic
plan,
that
the
feeling
of
belonging
and
acceptance
and
involvement
in
the
school
district
is
the
one
of
the
top
things
that
we're
trying
to
promote.
So
just
from
that
perspective
and
what
we've
gotten
back,
I
I'm,
not
in
favor
of
any
increase
to
the
current
fee,.
F
D
Money,
that's
collected
from
ticket
sales,
go
to
the
general
fund,
they're
accounted
for
within
our
budget
as
Revenue
source,
and
so
we
don't
say,
oh
money
coming
from
the
musical
goes
to
this
particular
program
or
this
coming
from
this.
All
of
the
revenue
coming
in
is
accounted
for
in
the
general
fund
and
it
pays
for
whatever
expenses
sit
on
the
other
side
of
the
balance
sheet.
So
that's
just
how
it
works.
We
don't
say,
oh
because
unless
it's
a
specific
grant
that
is
given
for
a
specific
purpose,
then
we
we
code
it
as
such.
D
If
we
get
a
source
of
grants
for
let's
say
for
title,
one
that
has
to
go
toward
the
title:
One
Reading
Program,
then
that
money
is
spent
in
those
particular
areas
or
if
we
get
a
local
Grant
to
be
used
for
athletic
scoreboards
I'm,
making
this
up
now,
then
it's
it's
coded
and
used
for
those
expenditures,
specifically,
but
the
musical
or
athletic
ticket
sales.
Those
all
fund,
whatever
programs
we're
offering
to
kids,
we
pay
for
the
sponsors
for
the
musical
we
pay
for
the
the
scripts
for
the
musical.
E
I
guess
the
only
thing
that
I
have
that
I,
you
know
can
think
of
that
would
still
need
to
be
addressed
and
kind
of,
like
you
just
said,
there's
no
particular,
oh
well.
We
get
this
money
in
and
allocate
it
for
this
particular
thing
it's
all
coming
from
the
general
fund,
but
you
know,
as
we
will
see
as
you
go
through
the
presentation.
You
know
this
funding
was
kind
of
counted
as
part
of
the
budget.
D
Well,
one
of
the
things
we
talked
about
as
an
administrative
team
is
that
we
probably
need
to
look
at
our
rental
policy
as
well.
It
has
its
somewhat
outdated
and
especially
for
for-profit
groups
that
are
using
our
facilities,
we're
probably
compared
to
most
districts
around
us
grossly
under
charging
them.
So
we
need
to
sit
down
and
go.
Take
a
look
at
that.
There
might
be
additional
Revenue
that
we
can
gain
in
that
area
rather
than
in
this
particular
Arena
that
we're
talking
about
with
Athletics.
D
So
that's
one
area
there
may
be
other
areas
that
we
can
cut
other
expenditures,
we're
not
we're,
probably
talking
about
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
or
so
that
has
to
be
shifted
around
in
the
budget,
and
we
are
permitted
to
make
changes
between
the
time.
You
approve
the
proposed
final
tonight
and
the
final
adoption
in
June,
so
we
have
30
plus
days
to
make
those
changes
and.
D
E
L
I
E
D
D
A
lot
of
people
have
sometimes
asked
because
it's
the
first
year
that
this
board
has
adopted
The,
Resolution,
Act,
One
resolution
back
in
December,
I,
believe
or
January
that
we
would
not
increase
taxes
beyond
the
allowable
Index
this
year,
and
in
doing
that
we
did
not
have
to
prepare
a
preliminary
budget.
We
could
follow
a
more
traditional
route
of
preparing
the
budget,
so
this
is
really
the
first
time
we
publicly
displayed
the
budget
for
the
public.
D
D
D
How
did
we
get
there?
What's
happened
over
the
last?
You
know
six
to
eight
months
in
the
budget
development,
just
a
little
bit
of
a
look
back
on
where
we
started
that
blue
bar
that
you
see
there
on
the
left
is
kind
of
where
we
started.
We
started
with
about
an
eight
million
dollar
deficit
when
we
did
the
initial
well
I'm.
Sorry,
the
initial
draft
of
the
budget
I
know
my
fault.
D
That
blue
bar
represents
the
original
deficit
of
about
eight
million
dollars
from
there.
We
we
went
to
work
and
that
that
draft
really
does
include
things
like
every
every
wish
thing
that
was
out
there
and
at
the
time
we
did
that
draft.
There's
a
lot
of
unknowns
that
we
didn't
have.
We
take
a
very
extremely
conservative
approach
on
revenues.
We
don't
know
much
about
insurance
rate
increases
at
that
point.
We
don't
know
much
about
Personnel
changes
that
are
going
to
happen.
What
retirements
are
going
to
come
in?
D
We
also
have
this
looming
case
out
there
with
Allegheny
County
called
the
CLR,
which
is
the
common
level
ratio.
There
was
a
court
case
that
lowered
the
percentage
that
properties
of
percentages
that
is
applied
to
the
properties,
assess
the
values
in
Allegheny
County
and
it
dropped
approximately
20
percent.
D
When
we
looked
at
that
eight
million
dollar
deficit,
and
so
we
went
to
work
and
some
of
the
things
that
we
did
over
time
and
those
red
bars
represent,
decreases
that
we
made
to
cut
into
that
that
deficit
and
the
green
bars
kind
of
represent
things.
We
had
to
add
back
in
that
increased
the
deficit
over
time
and
some
of
those
bigger
things
were
fortunately
we're
seeing
interest
rates
climb,
we're
getting
a
significant
amount,
more
amount,
more
of
Interest
Revenue,
where
interest
rates
were
less
than
a
percent.
D
D
D
So
when
we
did
that
analysis,
what
I
ended
up
doing
in
the
end
was
it
was
about
just
a
little
under
a
million
dollar
swing,
I
had
to
account
for
what
I
thought
were
going
to
be
some
reduced,
assessed,
values
and
also
some
increased
tax
refunds,
because
they
could
go
back
to
2022,
I
believe
in
the
court
case.
So
we
accounted
for
that
in
this
budget
as
well.
D
We
had
to
make
some
changes
in
the
technology
area.
We
had
some
redundant
software
that
we
we
found
in
the
district
when
we
started
to
centralize
that
all
and
look
at
it.
Our
Tech
director
did
an
excellent
job
of
going
through
that
we
were
able
to
make
some
Cuts
in
that
area,
and
we
also
were
able
to
reduce
some
of
the
supplies
that
we
purchased
in
the
district.
D
Also
in
there
is
that
pay
to
play
and
Rental
increases
that
we
just
discussed
so
we'll
probably
end
up
making
some
adjustments
between
now
and
and
the
final
budget
in
June,
and
if
you
have
any
questions
while
I'm
doing
this,
please
interrupt
I,
don't
have
a
script
I'm,
just
kind
of
just
Wing
at
it.
Yes,
I
think
I've
been
living
in
it
long
enough
that
I
kind
of
have
a
sense
of
what's
in
here.
So
this
is
the
I
guess
cutting
to
the
chase.
D
What
is
the
millage
increase
for
next
year
to
cover
this
budget?
It's
a
4.8
percent
increase,
which
is
the
pde
index,
which
is
1.12
Mills.
That
will
generate
an
additional,
almost
3
million
dollars
in
our
budget,
which
will
make
the
millage
rate
for
next
year,
24.5526
Mills,
and
for
this
District
a
mill
generates
about
2.6
million
dollars.
The
medium
median
home
value
in
Bethel
Park
is
154
000,
which
means
that
the
tax
increase
for
that
home
would
be
173
dollars
or
about
1440
per
month
14.40
per
month.
D
That's
the
median
household
assessed
value.
Yes,
just
a
little
history
on
the
millage
rates
over
time
that
first
bar
over
there
in
20
what
year
is
that
2012-13
you'll
see
a
decrease
from
that
year
to
the
next
year?
That's
when
we
did
the
county-wide
reassessment,
so
we
had
to
re-establish
new
millage
rates
throughout
the
district
so
that
there
was
no
windfall
of
taxes
for
the
district.
So
that's
why
you
see
that
drop,
and
then
we
have
not
had
a
reassessment
since
then
a
county-wide
reassessment.
So
then
you
see
the
actual
millage
rates
in
2015-16.
D
C
D
There
I'm
glad
you
asked
that,
because
this
slide
tells
me
a
little
perspective
on
what
the
opportunity
lost
may
have
been
again.
The
blue
chart,
the
blue
bars
in
this
slide,
represent
the
actual
tax
rates
or
millage
rates
for
each
one
of
those
years.
The
orange
bar,
on
the
other
hand,
represents
going
back
to
1516
if
you
would
have
increased
your
tax
rate
just
one
percent
every
year.
Over
that
same
time
period
you
would
be
at
about
the
same
millage
rate.
D
S
U
E
B
E
D
To
give
you
another
little
bit
of
perspective,
these
are
every
school
district
in
Allegheny
County
and
where
your
millage
rate
and
I
know,
this
is
kind
of
hard
to
read.
But
I
put
an
era
where
Bethel
Park
is,
and
you
can
see
that
your
millage
rate
really
is
pretty
much
dead
in
the
middle
of
the
County
right
now,
not
the
highest
you're,
not
the
lowest.
D
Looking
at
the
revenues,
this
is
really
you
see
this
every
year
that
I've
been
here,
there's
nothing
Earth
shattering
here,
your
local
taxes
make
up
the
bulk
of
our
Revenue
sources.
That
would
be
the
same
for
probably
every
District
across
the
state.
71
percent
of
our
budget
is
funded
by
local
resources,
whether
that
be
real
estate
being
the
primary
win
or
earned
income
or
property.
When
properties
are
sold,
we
we
get
those
fees
as
well
interim
taxes
and
then
local
collections
as
well.
A
State
funds
in
the
waterfall
chart
that
you
showed
earlier,
yes
are
federal
funds.
That
was
a
fairly
I,
can't
remember
if
you
mentioned
or
not,
but
it's
a
fairly
significant
contribution
to
the
increased
deficit.
Also
right
because
weren't
we
taking
in
a
million
or
two
in
in
the
federal
funds
through
the
cares
act,
yeah.
D
D
These
are
the
significant
changes
that
happen
in
Revenue
again,
I've
mentioned
a
lot
of
these
already
EIT
went
up.
Interest
rates
went
up,
there's
the
pay-to-play
rental
facilities.
There's
an
additional
120
000
in
there
that
will
make
an
adjustment
for
one
of
the
other
things
happened,
is
that
we
paid
off
the
2012
bonds
and
the
2016
bonds
are
still
eligible
for
State
reimbursement
when
you
did
the
high
school
we're
going
to
be
paying
a
higher
percentage
or
a
higher
principal
amount
on
those
bonds
next
year.
D
So
therefore,
your
reimbursement
from
the
state
has
gone
up.
134
000,
as
a
result
of
that
I
already
talked
about
the
CLR
and
the
rate
change
from
81
percent
to
63
percent
that
resulted
in
a
500
000
loss
in
Revenue
due
to
reassessments,
and
then
there's
also
a
swing
on
the
expense
side
of
an
additional
400
500
000
for
additional
refunds.
So
it's
about
a
million
dollar
swing
in
total.
D
We
are
now
we're
not
getting
rid
of
the
pre-k
program,
but
we're
going
to
have
the
AIU
take
the
primary
role
in
that
program
next
year.
So
we're
not
going
to
be
collecting
the
revenue
for
that
particular
program,
even
though
we're
still
going
to
be
housing,
it
here
I
believe
it's
going
to
be
at
Washington
Elementary.
So
the
program
isn't
going
away,
we're
just
changing
how
we're
funding
it.
D
It's
going
to
go
the
money's
going
to
go
directly
to
the
AIU
and
the
AIU
will
pay
us
for
the
costs
that
we
incur
for
housing
it
in
this
program,
the
in
federal
funding.
We
had
a
drop
in
total
federal
funding
of
265
thousand
dollars.
Most
of
that
is
the
result
of
esser's
funding
starting
to
deplete,
but
we'll
see
a
bigger
drop.
The
following
year.
D
These
are
your
major
expenditures
again,
nothing
earth-shattering
here,
other
than
Personnel
costs,
make
up
74
of
your
budget
or
about
75
and
a
half
million
dollars
of
that
101
million
dollars
that
we're
talking
about
debt
is
the
next
biggest
contributor
at
10.1
percent
or
10.3
million
dollars.
And
then
you
can
see
the
rest
of
them
down
the
line.
Tuition,
Professional,
Services,
I,
I
use,
Services
supplies
and
utilities.
E
D
It
is
a
self-funded
program.
We
have
about
91
entities
in
that
program
and
we've
and
we
cover
about
60
000
lives
across
Western
PA.
So
it's
huge.
We
pay
out
about
400
million
dollars
plus
in
claims
annually,
and
we
pay
out
claims
about
at
the
rate
of
about
1.2
million
dollars
a
day,
so
it
there's
a
lot
of
money.
Moving
through
that
organization.
D
We're
really
like
every
other
organization
are
caught
up
with
inflation
and
covet
expenses
that
we
didn't
anticipate
over
the
last
three
years.
We've
had
to
pay
for
vaccinations
for
testing
kits
and
I'm,
not
saying
it
was
a
bad
thing.
We
certainly
needed
to
do
it,
but
we
had
to
pay
for
that.
So
when
the
rates
are
determined,
we
as
a
set
of
Trustees,
set
those
rates.
D
We
set
those
rates
to
anticipate
how
many
claims
we're
gonna
have
to
pay
out
in
a
given
year,
and
if
we
don't
collect
enough,
then
we
have
to
pull
from
our
Reserves.
At
one
point,
this
Consortium
had
well
over
100
days
in
reserve,
which
was
probably
much
too
high,
so
we
have
been
using
over
the
last
10
years,
a
portion
of
that
Reserve
to
keep
rates
low
for
school
districts.
However,
at
this
point,
in
the
last
two
years,
we've
had
to
pull
out
almost
30
million
dollars
of
that
Reserve.
D
We
are
down
to
probably
about
30
days
of
Reserve,
which
is
probably
parisly
low,
because
if
we
get
a
ton
of
shock
claims
in
any
given
year,
we
don't
buy
stop-loss
insurance.
We
usually
have
enough
reserves
to
cover
anything
like
that.
So
the
concern
was
that
we
were
going
to
have
to
make
some
type
of
an
adjustment
this
year
to
try
to
get
that
stabilized
and
maybe
build
up
those
days
in
reserve.
D
A
little
bit
more
so
that
in
future
years
we
can
get
those
rates
more
stabilized,
so
it
has
been
a
program
that
has
worked
very
well.
We
have
made
some
significant
changes
to
the
program
and
probably
we'll
see
more
changes
of
that
program
right
now.
There
are
two
standard
plans.
There
is
a
lot
of
discussion
about
making
it
just
one
plan
instead
of
two
do
obviously
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
more
discussion
about
how
we
share
costs
and
that
board,
if
you
don't
know,
are
made
up
of
equal
parts
of
management
and
labor.
D
It's
done
like
a
Taft
Hartley,
there
are
12
representatives
from
management
and
12
representatives
from
the
labor
unions,
so
we
have
both
parties
have
equal
representation,
and
one
of
the
advantages
of
having
that
group
is
that
we
don't
have
to
sit
at
a
negotiating
table
with
our
labor
unions
and
argue
over
planned
benefit
levels.
Whatever
this
trustee
board
argues
about
and
decides,
is
how
the
districts
run
all
we
all
you
debate
at
the
bargaining
table
are
how
much
your
employees
are
going
to
contribute
toward
the
health
plan,
so
we
don't
get
into
that.
D
So
that's
a
little
bit
about
what's
going
on
with
the
with
the
Consortium,
but
if
you
have
any
questions
about
it,
I'm
happy
to
to
give
you
more
details
again.
It
gets
pretty
complex.
We
get
to
the
point
where
we
review
drug
formularies.
Every
quarter.
We
actually
tell
the
pharmaceutical
companies
which
drugs
we
want
on
the
formulary
which
level
they're
at
and
it
gets
kind
of
crazier
I.
Think
the
most
recent
change
we
made
this
year
is:
we've
eliminated
the
use
of
weight
loss,
drugs
for
just
weight
loss,
so
they
were
very,
very
expensive.
D
D
Yeah
Charter,
Schools
or
special
placements
for
special
needs
students
with
that
we
have
to
plan
because
the
rate
typically
goes
up
every
year.
We
have
to
do
what
we
call
PD
363
form
and
it's
based
off
of
your
prior,
your
expenditures
and
since
your
expenditures
go
up
as
a
district,
our
rates
end
up
going
up
as
a
as
a
as
a
district
as
well.
So
a
lot
of
times,
Charter
Schools
will
advertise
that
it's
free.
Well,
it
is
free
for
the
parent,
but
their
taxes
are
helping
to
pay
for
that.
D
D
Back
yeah
and
they
enrollment
I,
think
is
holding
pretty
steady.
We
haven't
seen
a
large
increase
and
with
special
ed
I
mean
Dr.
Mench
could
talk
about
it
more,
but
you
know
we
have
students
that
come
in.
We
have
students
that
leave
it
fluctuates
and
at
any
given
time
you
might
have
a
special
needs
student
that
comes
into
the
district
that
needs
to
be
placed
somewhere.
They
have
those
are
all
done
on
an
individual
basis
and
they
do
their
best
to
try
to
accommodate
those.
But
those
are
all
handled
through
IEP
meetings
with
the.
L
L
G
L
D
Okay
back
to
the
Staffing
changes,
there
were
some
significant
Staffing
changes
in
the
administrative
area.
As
many
of
you
know,
our
assistant,
superintendent,
Dr,
Jan
Sandy
is
retiring.
We're
not
replacing
that
position.
We
did
we're
also
had
our
director
of
Transportation
who's
retiring
and
our
director
of
buildings,
grounds
who
resigned.
We
combined
those
positions
and
made
it
into
one
position
for
your
new
assistant
superintendent,
who's
sitting
right
down
there,
so
that
saved
you
money
as
well.
We've
had
a
couple
principals
resign
as
well.
D
Again,
we've
changed
the
one
high
school
assistant
principal
has
taken
the
job
as
the
assistant
superintendent
for
operations
and
then
the
two
other
positions
we
are
replacing
with
new
people,
I
believe
that
we
just
hire
the
one
tonight
yeah.
Okay,
all
right
support
the
support
staff
positions
and
administration.
We
had
an
HR
administrative
support
positions
who
resigned
this
year.
We
did
not
replace
that
position.
Those
duties
were
reassigned
among
the
staff
that
exist
in
administration.
D
Additional
Staffing
changes.
We
had
seven
faculty
members
retire
this
year.
Six
of
those
positions
are
being
replaced.
One
position
was
absorbed
and
eliminated,
which
resulted
in
six
hundred
and
fourteen
thousand
dollars.
In
Savings
in
the
paraprofessional
ranks
we
had
13
full-time
paraprofessionals
retiring.
We
are
going
to
move
some
part-time
positions
up
to
full
time
and
then
reply
and
and
eliminate
six
part-time
positions,
one
computer,
paraprofessionals
retiring
and
the
position
was
eliminated
and
we
have
one
Health
Services
nurse
retiring
who's
going
to
have
a
position
filled
the
custodians.
D
E
Could
you
go
to
the
previous
slide,
real
quick
sure,
I
think
the
thing
that,
for
me
was
really
helpful.
Looking
at
this
is
just
looking
at
the
combined
on
the
you
know
the
bar
chart
on
the
left
on
the
light
and
dark
blue,
and
you
can
see
just
compared
to
other
districts
how
much
of
our
overall
percentage
of
our
budget
is
directly
on.
You
know
our
staff
who's
providing
the.
H
E
D
Yeah
exactly
that's
kind
of
where
this
is.
It
just
took
the
light
blue
and
the
dark
blue,
and
then
the
next
slide
basically
shows
you
all
the
other
costs
that
we
spend
per
student
and
you
can
see
from
that
standpoint
we're
much
lower
on
the
scale.
So
it
didn't
surprise
me,
but
I
just
wanted
to
run
those
charts
to
see
if
it.
If
my
thinking
was
correct,
so
I
think
those
are
the
types
of
things
that
we'll
be
looking
at.
A
A
An
overlay
it's
an
addition
to
to
what
we
do
and
it
might
help
us
kind
of
uncover
some
metrics
around
just
our
operational
cost
model
for
regular
Ed
and
then
for
special
ed.
But
since
our
special
ed
population
is
at
least
compared
to
some
of
the
districts
around
us
higher
there's
did
you
already
do.
D
This
is
just
a
simple
staff.
Comparison
and
kind
of
shows
you.
If
you,
the
green
bars,
really
represent
the
number
of
staff
that
you
have
in
the
district
and
again
this
is
really
hard
to
read.
But
what's
important
are
the
dots
that
fly
around
there?
What
is
your
student
to
staff
ratio?
Do
you
have
a
high
student
to
staff
ratio,
or
do
you
have
a
low
student
to
staff
ratio
we're
sitting
toward
somewhat
the
lower
end?
D
That
is
yeah,
but
that's
all
staff.
It's
it's
it's
a
little
bit
skewed
because
you
can.
What
we
have
to
do
is
start
drilling
down
like
how
many
are
special
ed.
How
many
are
you
know?
Educational
and
again,
you
probably
have
additional
music
staff
or
or
special
area
staff
that
you
may
not
need
to
have
as
many
phys
Ed
teachers
if
you're
in
one
building
versus
having
five
buildings.
Again,
it's
easier
to
schedule
so
excuse.
D
And
this
is
just
a
graphic
that
kind
of
shows
you
average
salary
again,
not
a
shock
that
we're
toward
the
top,
because
again
we
have
the
people
at
the
top
of
the
scale.
So
these
are
just
examples
of
some
of
the
the
things
we're
hoping
to
incorporate
into
a
long-range
budget
so
that
we
can
see
some
comparisons
and
Trends
over
time.
D
All
right,
let's
talk
a
lot.
We've
already
talked
about
medical
insurance.
We
have
a
slide
here
on
why
they're
going
up,
but
I
just
went
into
that
in
length.
Some
of
the
other
benefit
things
that
were
changed
that
we're
seeing
in
the
budget
pieces
rate
actually
is
dropping
next
year,
which
is
a
first
time
in
a
long
time.
It's
dropping
from
35.26
to
34,
which
generated
about
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
savings
for
us.
We
also.
A
D
It
went
down
because
again,
interest
rates
are
generating
more
money
at
the
state
level
as
well,
so
they
they
I
it's
going
to
go
back
up
next
year
right
now.
It's
anticipated
to
go
back
up
above
35
next
year,
but
I
have
to
assume
that
whoever
the
trustees
are
that
made.
That
decision,
probably
based
it
off
of
some
of
the
interest
income
they're
earning.
C
D
D
D
Telling
no
don't
get
used
to
it:
workers,
compensation,
compensation
rates,
drop,
20
percent,
you
have
an
excellent
experience,
mod
and
if
you
know
anything
about
workers,
comp
mods
one
is
the
average
for
people
in
the
educational
industry.
That
means
that
your
rates
are
pretty
much
you're,
paying
the
right
premium
for
your
industry.
You
have
a
mod,
that's
like
lower
than
that.
D
D
D
Debt
Service:
these
are
your
debt
service
issues
that
are
out
your
2012
series
was
retired
this
year,
which
I
mentioned
earlier.
Your
2016
series
is
your
debt
on
the
high
school.
Your
22
series
is
your
annual
debt
payments
for
the
IMs
Renovations
that
are
going
on
right
now,
and
we
also
again
there's
nothing
in
here
for
the
2023
series
for
next
year,
because
we
decided
to
split
that
in
half
and
capitalize
that
interest
for
the
year,
so
we'll
be
able
to
phase
that
in
over
the
next
two
years.
D
D
So
we
took
a
strategy
of
starting
to
build
up
a
series
of
four-year
leases
so
that
we
could
refresh
the
technology
every
four
years
for
staff
and
students
we're
in
that
we're
coming
up
on
that
fourth
year,
so
you'll
start
to
see
that
Debt
Service
payment
kind
of
stabilize
over
time
so
as
leases
retire
we're
putting
be
putting
new
ones
on.
So
you
should
start
to
see
a
stabilized
line
item
in
your
budget.
D
D
The
line
on
the
far
left
represents
your
current
debt
service
payments
for
the
2016
and
2022
issues,
and
then
we
start
to
add
the
additional
Bond
issues
for
the
Upper
Elementary
as
we
move
through.
So
you
can
see
you're
going
to
see
some
significant
increases
before
it
levels
off
in
the
next
several
years.
It'll
be
2051,
I'm,
pretty
sure
I
won't
be
around
by
then
before
you
pay
off
all
the
debt
and
again
these
are
just
estimates
because
we
do
not
have
final
costs
on
the
project.
A
C
D
Is
just
a
quick,
quick
comparison,
some
other
districts
in
the
county
with
how
what
percentage
of
your
budget
is
paying
for
debt?
You
can
see
that
we're
right
now
sitting
at
the
lower
end,
but
after
we
do
the
the
issues
in
23
24,
it's
going
to
put
you
toward
the
middle
of
that
chart
and
then,
once
you
do,
do
the
bond
issues
for
the
the
new
elementary
school
you're
going
to
reach
toward
the
left
edge
of
that
scale.
A
D
E
And
to
your
point,
you
know
about
our
typical
operating
costs.
If
we
kept
the
five
building
structure,
you'd
be
looking
at
substantial
increases,
like
Mr
McCausland
said,
because
you
have
inefficient
use
of
resources
due
to
unequal
class
sizes
and
having
to
staff
more
of
those
Specialties
and
things
like
that.
D
Just
a
little
snapshot
on
special
education,
total
spending
for
special
education
is
a
little
over
16.3
million
dollars.
Of
that
again,
no
surprise.
Personnel
makes
up
the
majority
of
it.
It's
about
12.8
million
dollars.
You
can
see
how
we're
staffed
currently
in
the
budget.
Tuition
dial
side
placements
is
about
1.2
million
dollars.
There
are
about
770
or
about
just
under
20
percent
of
our
student
population.
This
special
needs.
D
D
A
D
I
think
a
lot
of
that
like
when
you
look
at
someone
like
Woodland,
Hills
or
Wilkinsburg.
A
lot
of
those
students
are
not
serviced
in
the
district
they're
placed
outside
the
district
they're,
not
providing
the
services
within
the
district,
so
it
is
going
to
be
much
more
expensive
to
do
those
types
of
things.
So
that's
one
of
the
things
you
have
to
consider
yeah
and
again
Staffing.
D
In
the
curricular
area,
these
are
the
expenditures
that
we're,
anticipating,
or
at
least,
are
accounted
for
in
the
budget.
There
were
some
and-
and
this
bigly
only
may
have
to
help
me
out.
I
know
that
we
made
some
purchases
this
year
out
of
this
year's
budget
for
next
year,
with
some
math
curriculum
and
some
was
there,
some
reading
curriculum
as
well.
D
So
we
use
funds
this
year
to
purchase
some
some
additional
items
that
we're
going
to
be
using
next
year.
But
these
are
the
items
that
are
in
next
year's
budget.
There
are
a
number
of
things
up
there
that
are
asterisks
that
are
waiting
board
approval,
I
think
you'll,
probably
see
those
coming
up
in
the
next
month
for
approval.
D
Equipment
purchases
in
the
district
are
in
the
budget
again
there
they
are.
Technology
makes
up
a
large
portion
of
that.
Surprisingly,
almost
half
of
that
1.4
million
dollars
is
software
purchases.
We
spend
more
on
software
than
we
do
on
Hardware
it's.
What
makes
them
makes
them
tick.
I
guess
is
what
I'd
say
so
software
expenses
are
are
rising.
The
other
thing
that
we
see
rising
in
the
technology
areas
that
we're
spending
more
and
more
funds
for
cyber
security.
We
are
beefing
up
our
firewalls.
D
We
are
beefing
up
our
endpoint
detection,
we've
put
in
dual
authentication,
so
as
a
result
of
all
those
changes,
and
we
continue
to
make
changes
to
it.
We
didn't
really
see
an
increase
in
our
cyber
insurance
this
year,
because
they're
very
happy
with
the
types
of
things
that
we're
doing,
but
it's
a
never
ever
changing
world
and
Mr
sleazak
is
completely
on
top
of
it
and
really
doing
a
great
job.
We're
going
to
be
doing
some
work
on
upgrading
some
of
our
switches
as
well.
D
A
lot
of
the
switches
are
go
back
to
when
the
high
school
was
built
and
again
they're,
not
even
under
warranty,
anymore,
they're,
so
old.
So
there's
a
lot
of
infrastructure
changes
that
are
going
to
start
to
happen,
especially
at
the
high
school
and
the
middle
school.
The
middle
school
they're
happening
with
the
renovations,
but
we
still
need
to
go
back
and
update
some
of
the
High
School
Technology.
That
was
there
when
it
was
initially
put
in
where
there
are
some
other
items
in
there
for
HVAC
repairs
and
updates.
D
So
we
need
to
put
some
cooling
into
one
of
the
server
rooms
that
doesn't
have
backup
cooling.
There
is
some
other
equipment
for
operations
and
maintenance.
There's
a
mower
in
there,
a
new
truck
that
will
not
pass
inspection
that
we
have
to
replace.
There's
a
golf
cart
that
they
use
for
getting
things
around.
The
campus
there's
also
some
increased
equipment
for
security
in
the
form
of
metal
detectors
and
some
other
devices.
D
D
A
lot
of
that
is
going
away.
What
you
see
in
this
graph
are,
the
red
bars
represent
the
money
that's
been
expended
to
date
from
those
grants
and
the
green
bars
represent
the
money
that
will
be
carried
over
in
next
year's
budget.
We
have
received
just
under
four
and
a
half
million
dollars
in
total
funds
from
different
sources,
whether
it
be
pccd
or
essers.
D
Special
ed
mitigation
grants
different
different
areas
of
operations
that
the
grants
were
released.
In
most
of
that
has
been
spent
on
initially
PPE
cleaning
supplies.
When
the
pandemic
first
started,
we
purchased
a
lot
of
classroom
supplies.
A
lot
of
things
were
purchased
for
remote
learning.
When
we
had
to
go
through
the
remote
learning
process,
there
was
some
additional
technology
items
purchased.
We
funded
some
additional
social
workers
now
for
mental
health
reasons.
Within
the
district
we've
done
things
like
hands-free,
Vision,
screeners,
we've
done
some
cleaning
areas
for
athletic
areas
for
sanitation
purposes.
D
D
If
you
want
to
see
it,
but
I
just
want
to
give
you
a
sense
of
how
the
money
was
spent
over
the
last
several
years
again,
this
money
will
be
going
away
in
September
of
2024,
so
all
of
this
will
have
to
get
expended
next
year
and
then
we'll
we'll
have
to
see
how
we
make
up
that
deficit.
From
that
point
briefly,
on
fund
balance,
that's
how
your
fund
balance
breaks
down,
there's
a
little
over
six
million
dollars
or
about
six
percent
of
your
total
budget
in
undesignated
fund
balance.
D
D
This
shows
you
the
fluctuations
and
fund
balance
over
the
past
several
years.
The
blue
bar
represents
what
the
change
in
fund
balance
that
was
budgeted
was,
and
the
orange
represents
what
actually
occurred
to
fund
balance.
So
it's
interesting
going
back
to
the
original,
the
bar
on
the
left,
that's
really
short.
D
We
were
so
and
we
got
all
the
additional
essers
money
and
all
the
the
funding,
so
we
ended
up
actually
turning
it
around
into
an
increase.
So
that
was
a
good
thing.
The
last
couple
years
you
can
see
the
variances
are
much
lower
because
we
were
budgeting
a
deficit.
We
had
a
deficit,
but
it
wasn't
really
that
great.
D
And
then
this
year
we
budgeted
a
balanced
budget,
but
we're
anticipating
a
minor
increase
in
fund
balance,
and
those
increases
have
now
dropped
to
about
one
to
two
percent
variance
every
year,
which
means
that
hopefully,
we're
doing
a
much
better
job
of
balancing
our
budget
and
projecting
what
our
costs
are
going
to
be,
as
well
as
our
revenues.
We're
not
over
taxing
people
we're
getting
what
we
need
to
run
the
operations
of
the.
C
Y
A
That'll
tell
us
I
mean
you
did
some
magic
this
year
with
the
bond
prices.
You
know
our
bond,
you
know
interest
costs,
it's
not
going
to
happen.
It's
not
going
to
be
so
easy
next
year,
so
we
do
expect
over
the
next
two
years.
I
think
it's
reasonable
to
say
that
we
are
going
to
draw
from
this
fund
balance,
so
we
can
get
through
the
next
two
years.
A
To
that
point
where
the
teacher's
contract
expires,
we're
going
to
see
a
very
large
amount
of
retirees
and
we're
going
to
be
rehiring
people
at
a
much
lower
rate,
and
so
after
two
years
we're
going
to
start
to
create
that
cushion
to
finance
a
lot
of
the
you
know:
interest
payments
that
are
a
part
of
this
construction
project.
So
that's
where
that
balance
is
going
to
probably
end
up,
but
I.
Think
we'll
see
that,
as
you
put
together
your
you
know,
long-term
plan.
Okay,.
D
D
D
In
your
other
capital
reserve
account
fund
32.
We
have
done
a
number
of
substantial
projects
this
year,
the
biggest
one
being
the
renovations
at
the
bus
garage
to
my
knowledge,
it
hadn't
been
updated
in
if,
if
ever
ever
updated-
and
there
was
basically
just
dirt
and
gravel
down
there,
so
we
went
through
updating
all
the
drainage,
putting
new
fencing
in
some
new
security
we've
put
in
conduit
for
bus
heaters,
but
we
also
allowed
for
the
infrastructure
to
be
there.
D
If
we
decide
to
switch
to
electrical
Vehicles
down
the
road
we
put
in
some
new
cement
pads,
we
did
a
lot
of
Milling.
Everything
got
paved,
the
lines
got
painted.
So
it's
it's
quite
a
remarkable
turnaround.
If
you
haven't
seen
it
it
it.
It
looks
spectacular
so
and
I
have
to
thank
the
bus
drivers
who
had
to
endure
a
number
of
changes
this
year,
putting
buses
temporarily
at
the
mall
and
cooperation
with
the
people,
the
mall
that
allow
us
to
park
them
over
there,
but
the
bus
drivers
were
and
the
the
AIDS
were
just
remarkable.
D
D
We
also
purchased
a
number
of
buses
and
vans.
We'd
actually
approved
the
purchases
of
these
Vans
over
two
years,
but
because
of
covid
and
delays
and
receiving
them
and
getting
them
manufactured.
We
really
got
them
all
this
year,
so
it
ended
up
coming
out
of
this
year's
funding
and
it
would
have
came
out
the
same
over
two
years
anyway,
but
we
only
pay
for
them
when
we
receive
them.
So
you
see
a
larger
number
there
than
what
you
probably
anticipated.
D
Seeing
there
was
some
additional
work
done
done
for
some
water
retention
area,
some
Landscaping,
some
other
things
that
happen
across
the
district
and
then
one
that's
still
in
the
works.
Is
the
high
school
concession
restroom
building
that's
going
to
be
put
down
at
the
high
school
site
by
the
the
practice,
turf
fields
and
the
and
the
baseball
software
I
guess
softball
field!
D
That's
going
to
be
about
three
three
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars,
but
that's
really
gonna
help
get
funded
through
a
high
Mark
Grant
of
fifty
thousand
and
about
150
000
that
we
anticipate
getting
from
the
municipality
to
help
fund
that
project,
so
that
still
hasn't
been
paid
out.
But
we
anticipate
that
coming
coming
to
fruition
over
the
summer.
So
it
should
be
in
place
by
the
next
next
season
in
the
fall
long
time
coming.
I
guess.
D
This
is
your
fund
balance
that
sits
in
the
capital
reserve
right
now.
The
one
thing
I
will
say
that
is
for
next
year.
What
went
too
many?
We
may
need
to
do
a
transfer
at
some
point
from
the
general
fund
to
the
capital
reserve
fund,
just
because
we're
we're
paying
right
now
for
the
new
Elementary
School
costs
out
of
this
fund,
and
if
we
don't
do
the
bond
issue
soon
enough
we'll
deplete
these
funds.
They'll
eventually
get
replaced
when
we
do
the
bond
issue.
D
Final
budget
will
be
approved,
June
27th.
Your
approval
tonight
does
not
approve
the
millage
rate.
It
does
nothing
with
that.
It
does
nothing
other
than
saying
we'll
put
it
on
public
review
for
30
days
as
it
sits,
and
then
we'll
continue
to
make
changes
and
updates
and
come
back
to
you
in
June
with
the
final
budget
and
at
that
point
you'll
make
the
motion
to
set
the
millage
rate.
D
E
I
think
it
was
really
interesting
and
you
can
see
how
much
went
into
it
from
the
very
beginning
to
where
you're
at
right
now
and
I
think
it
gives
some
insight
into
you
know
where
recommendations
like
you
know.
Our
discussion
on
item
number
seven
about
the
pay
to
play
game,
there's
a
lot
of
different
things
that
you
all
have
brought
to
the
table,
and
most
of
them
have
been
very
good
and
stuck
and
every
once
in
a
while.
There
will
be
one
that
you
know
might
not
quite
stick.
R
F
J
O
I
I
D
A
U
A
D
A
AA
AA
AA
I
then
asked
Mr
janicek
because
he's
on
Council,
if
he
knew
about
the
task
force,
he
said
he'd
heard
about
it
emailed
the
school
board
because
he
wanted
to
be
on
the
task
force,
but
he
received
no
response
at
the
next
Planning
and
Zoning
meeting
Mr
Christensen
said
that
the
task
force
had
been
created
in
the
same
manner
as
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion.
This
is
absolutely
not
true.
The
Dei
task
force
was
created
by
a
public
school
board.
AA
AA
AB
Thank
you
for
your
comments.
This
is
not
a
super
secret
task
force,
although
I
certainly
understand
an
outward
perspective
of
not
being
sure
what
it
is.
The
board
organizes
itself
and
and
delegates
work
in
various
ways.
We
do
that
by
different
board
policies-
and
you
probably
see
there
is
a
board
policy
about
ad
hoc
committees.
AB
The
district
and
the
board
has
the
authority
to
to
gather
input
in
different
ways
and
some
are
more
formal
than
others,
and
so
my
understanding,
having
spoken
to
the
board,
it's
leadership
in
the
administ
registration,
is
that
there
is.
There
is
a
subset
of
working
group
that
is
working
together
with
various
stakeholders
to
just
delay
some
foundations
to
understand.
As
these
projects
move
forward
kind
of
what
some
of
the
options
are,
nothing
can
happen
within
that
group.
AB
That
is
determinative
the
board
and
only
the
board
has
the
legal
Authority
acting
as
a
whole
to
to
dispose
of
real
estate
or
to
make
ultimate
plans
with
respect
to
real
estate.
Same
goes
for
municipalities
and
I
understand
that
the
municipality
has
has
some
Representatives
on
in
this
group
as
well.
So
it's
working
together
to
form
some
understandings
come
up
with
some
ideas,
understand
and
get
information
from
stakeholders,
and
there
will
be
points
where
that
is
shared
with
the
board
and
it'll
be
shared
with
the
public
I'm
sure
as
well.
AB
A
One
additional
comment,
as
I
explained,
to
both
zoning
meetings.
You
referred
to
the
primary
purpose
of
this
committee
is
to
develop
a
process
for
how
we
arrive
as
a
community
to
an
answer
that
we
we're
all
comfortable
with,
and
that's
really
important,
that's
more
important
for
this
subcommittee
than
the
actual
recommendations.
I
think
everybody
in
here
probably
has
some
ideas.
Some
suggestions,
okay,
we'd,
be
happy
to
hear
your
ideas,
okay,
but
what
we
have
to
do
is
have
a
process
of
how
we
collect
ideas
and
develop
priorities
from
a
community
of
what
35
000
people.
A
So
that's
the
number
one
objective
for
this
group
is
to
lay
out
the
Milestones,
the
timing,
the
decisions
we
have
to
make
when
we
have
to
make
them
and
a
framework
for
how
we
collect
input
and
prioritize
those
inputs
and
come
up
with
a
recommendation
that
we
can
all
be
comfortable
with
okay,
I'll
be
happy
to
entertain
any
other
questions.
If
you
want
to
email
me
or
call
me.
AC
On
a
lighter
note,
Kristen
nurse
248,
Oakland,
Road
and
I
am
a
bus
driver,
and
let
me
tell
you
that
lot
is
phenomenal.
When
I
first
started
working
there
well
16
years
ago,
it
was
gravel
and
dust,
it
was
mud
in
the
wet
and
dust
in
the
summer.
When
it
wasn't
raining,
people
got
hurt,
but
cars
got
damaged.
It
is
phenomenal.
The
root.
AC
Thank
you
for
that
amazing
job
that
we
have
here
at
that
bus
garage
I
mean
there
are
still
a
few
little
things
that
need
to
get
done
in
the
building,
but
outside
the
building.
The
phenomen
I
have
to
say
the
mechanics
that
we
have
now
went
way
above
and
beyond
what
they
should
have
done.
They
were.
They
were
bringing
gas
up
to
the
high
school
to
put
fueling
our
buses.
It's
the
mall.
They
made
sure
that
everything
ran
smoothly
and
they
will
still
do
anything
you
ask
them
to
do.
AC
I
Z
Jim
means
3485
South,
Park
Road.
First
of
all,
I'd
like
to
thank
Mr
McCausland
for
the
excellent
presentation
he
made
I
think
most
people's
eyes
equalizer
plays
over,
but
I
really
enjoyed
seeing
all
the
numbers.
I
have
one
question
this
committee,
which
is
looking
into
the
use
of
the
buildings.
Will
they
be
making
a
recommendation
to
the
school
board.
A
I
actually
I,
don't
know,
I
mean
really
we're
three
years
away
from
having
to
have
a
decision.
What
we've
asked
them
and
I've
talked
to
Kim
about
his
first
lay
out
the
process.
What
are
the
Milestones?
What
we
have
to
do
is
figure
out
how
to
get
the
input
like
I
said
before
from
30
000
people
around
Bethel
Park.
How
do
we
get
the
inputs?
The
best
ideas,
because
there's
like
six
or
seven
people
that
are
thinking
about
this
now
you're?
A
Looking
at
the
buildings,
making
sure
that
people
who
aren't
familiar
with
the
buildings
at
least
have
some
understanding
of
them,
then
we've
got
to
figure
out
a
way
to
collect
the
ideas,
develop
the
priorities
and
select
the
best
options,
just
like
we
did
with
the
the
options
to
get
to
where
we're
at
with
the
the
Elementary
Center.
Okay,
we
had
ideas
generated
as
a
part
of
our
strategic
planning
process.
A
AB
So
whatever
so
I
I
understand,
I
hear
different
words
associated
with
this
I've
heard
committee,
I've
heard
subcommittee,
I've
heard
task
force.
We
can
put
whatever
words
to
it,
but
legally,
it
does
not
appear
to
me
at
this
point
to
be
a
committee
subject
to
the
sunshine
love
the
right
to
know.
Law,
though,
is
different,
so
to
the
extent
that
the
district
possesses
records
we
view
those.
A
If,
if
what
we're
hearing
is
a
is
a
desire
to
get
some
updates
fantastic,
but
right
now,
there's
been
a
meet
and
greet
session
and
two
field
trips
to
look
at
buildings
to
get
the
rest
of
the
group
familiar
with
them,
I
mean
we
can
you
can
give
a
trip
report,
I
guess
if,
if,
if
that
adds
value,
I
mean
I,
don't
care,
but
what
we're
ultimately
after
is
defining
that
process.
The
timeline,
that's
what
I
think
what
people
care
about,
not
what
they
had
for
lunch
when
they
went
to
visit
a
building.
Z
I
A
I
mean
I
think
the
zero-based
budget
that
you
implemented
a
couple
years
ago
takes
a
lot
of
the
fudge
out
of
the
budgeting
process,
and
so
every
department
leaders
are
putting
together
the
budget.
They
know
what
they
need.
They
know
what
they're
going
to
spend.
We
know
what
they
need.
We
know
what
they're
going
to
spend
I
mean
it
just
takes
all
the
the
fudge.
A
It
takes
a
lot
of
the
guessing
out:
hey
Mr
chromie,
when
you
showed
the
highlighted
this
steam
program,
I
gotta,
say:
I,
don't
know
how
many
people
went
to
that.
But
I
was
amazed
at
some
of
the
media
medium
that
was
used
for
the
art,
like
the
corrugated
cardboard
cutouts,
where
they
take
the
skin
off
the
corrugated
cardboard
and
make
art
out
of
it
like
wow.
A
R
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
our
wonderful
administrative
team,
especially
especially
you
Doug.
You
are
the
budgetary
hero
and
thank
you
to
all
of
our
staff
and
our
teachers
and
all
of
our
parents
and
families
and
caregivers
who
support
all
the
kids
hang
on
there's
just
a
few
more
days
enjoy
those
days.
R
A
lot
of
you
are
doing
fun
and
cool
and
exciting
things
in
your
field,
trips
and
your
move
up
days
and
your
tours
of
buildings
and
saying
goodbye
to
your
teachers
and
don't
forget
to
thank
them
for
the
wonderful,
wonderful
instruction
that
they've
given
you
and
the
support,
and
thank
you
to
our
families
for
hanging
in
there.
We're
almost
at
the
end,
get
ready
and
enjoy
your
June
thanks.
Okay,.