projecting a year and projected actual versus the budget expecting to have a net loss of about twenty two thousand dollars generated from savings expenditure side of about fifty five thousand offset by a revenue shortfall of about thirty three thousand just looking at the instruction of the expenditure side starting with instructional programs  a lot of activity between three schools everybody going up and down whereas some might have savings they may be offset by another school some taking them altogether is three in these and notes that i've put to the side here  the primary cause for the instructional program deficit long term substitute and we also had more retirements and we had budgeted for career and technical education deficit exist to speed to where the tuition rate had actually gotten to so in fiscal year fifteen we were a little bit short as a result of those two that those two items acting in combination the health services we had savings r secretarial service is a combination of savings on wages medical benefits and also the equipment budget line wasn't fully spent operations maintenance or plant  pretty much across the board three schools it was property insurance and rubbish removal property insurance or move to a new carrier with a new carrier our property insurance was higher but our workers comp was lower so it was a little bit of an offsetting combination there that you would see amongst all the salary lines throughout the district so you wouldn't see really a big change in the sally and fringe benefit area where that would show up  fuel costs we had a cold winter some of the schools had more of an issue with keeping buildings warm and they did run over on their fuel budget lines transportation services we had assessment taken as a result of the diesel fuel savings that have occurred i think we budgeted about three dollars a gallon and think we're closer like to twenty or two and a quarter a gallon about ninety thousand dollars savings in transportation just on the fuel alone so applied or reduced the assessment to all the districts to take advantage of it saving us revenue rather than two thousand we did do the transfer from the reserve to to help assist that and that was because of the building needs as i mentioned we had some a small contribution that was received was on budgeted  and the interest about thirty eight thousand dollars we did not budget in fiscal year fifteen for any interest you know what it to help with the situation that developed in fiscal year fourteen when we changed from the usual loan and investment type borrowing for the tax anticipation no so we had a lot higher interest cost and no investment in earnings together if you look at the variance as a group it's only about fourteen thousand different at this and this projection medicaid is about twenty thousand dollars lower that's a conservative  estimate last year we accelerated some of the claims process and bring more revenue into fiscal year fourteen so we're going to do the same effort to bring you know the revenue once you do start you have to kind of continue it but just for the purposes of this projection i just estimated what happens if it is does come a little bit lower so i think that will be a reasonable number i don't think will be processing as many claims as we did last high school completion anything listed on the exceptional the extraordinary is whenever a student has expenditures over fifty thousand dollars the reimbursement rate changes to ninety percent from the fifty six then it would go to it would be go to the beginning balance or if it's the last spending that would take place in new unified district one of the things bob and i were going to recommend is that the board consider approving if we use any surplus dollars to offset any deficit that we hadn't seen food service because we are going to run i think we're the issue around food service in terms of running a deficit do you see that is improving or is this something that we may just come up now and again you know regardless are there any changes that could prove it well the work we have a few few problems one is you know our revenue has been pretty flat but our costs keep going up you know food prices have gone up some of the requirements from  s you know they it's more expensive than it used to be food's better but it's more expensive and we still wages are going up and health care costs are going up so the only way to offset that in a self sustaining program is to have more revenue so i do think it's going to be something the world will need to talk about in the next budget year to we've we're trying a lot of different things more trying to generate more revenue and cut costs so into next year we do have a reduction in some staffing but it's just really challenging because you don't want to put the prices so high that people don't program in the program you became more and more healthy and we took that money away over in the budget over the last probably five years to this year i don't think we're supporting it at all in the having said that i think even though it's a change and change is challenging i think you know i mean that sincerely i think being able to unify these two campuses brown's river and camel's hump is it it is going to save us money i mean there's no doubt about that and that well that savings will flow through the system and that will that will just make us healthier it's part of the deficit are the shortcomings are there more students participating in free and reduced lunch and therefore that the costs to to prepare the food is higher it's got to have as many students to dilute it through you know that that's actually the actually the opposite we have the last free and reduced lunch students and they typically they they folks they they take lunch and you get reimbursed for that and so that's actually that's what that's a really good question that's one of the issues that we've been facing is actually a free and reduced lunch has shrunk a little bit and that is because that has hit the revenue  they tend to be more the kids would buy i would think that's just my life you know that's you know the people i was asking we've been able to generate some more revenue at the high school over the past six months that's helped everybody  yeah absolutely no it's much better yeah yeah yeah and so now i think i do think in the unification i think it has the potential to help but i would say more than potential it will help i don't know if it'll help enough for it to be self sustaining but we will i think it will definitely will save money and then i think down the road we'll  really consider some other options around food service as far as some of our other elementary programs do we want to do we want to satellite is that something that we want no there that was part of their issue that they have a very good cafeteria program or hot lunch program young and they do they have an excellent program and they in they  they subsidize it over thirty thousand dollars a year or do they think it's closer to thirty eight thirty eight yeah so that's a big investment and but it's a great program but that know we had it we had a really tight budget the finance committee did a good job and the administrative team involved did a really good job of watching every nickel and when i say that i mean after january so but the result was good and again i think the finance committee there's no fluff in this budget i mean i think a lot of times when you look at a budget of twenty over twenty seven million you think you cou she should be able to squeeze a thousand here in a thousand there but you know bob we really can't squeeze a thousand here or there and we were lucky with the diesel fuel that hello that was really  plus but it's really i'm grateful to bob's hard work in the principles because you know we could have easily gone the other way and people weren't watching the spending so we're going to lose her and she's been a really great addition i'm very sad to see her go but i'm happy for her it's a great opportunity for her so we're going to be looking at you know really over the summer to look in to hire an assistant principal probably i want to win year basis so we can go out in the middle of next winter and just see what the pools like so we need to be doing that i'm happy for her then of course we had to we vermont it's a wonderful place it is great but it has its challenges like all places to do so we lost water yesterday i but a pipe broke and it jane the holes all the water out of the system so we had to close school yesterday if we don't have water then we can't school because we can't flush the toilets you know that's just impossible to  o so they're one of the things i was going to ask the board to consider was waiving that student day at the end of the year i mean it's challenging for families and the timing is just horrible so waive instead of students having to go on friday the way that student day so kids can get out with everybody else you know to do is like i thought it was just some special student no no no good question  school and they talked about what they would be using it for and some of the opportunities for the school and could we work together to try to to to make this  possible and so this was all grassroots community volunteers taking a look at this and trying to make it happen and so over the course of really probably the last year or so there was we had mentioned this several times too we always wanted to to think about maybe purchasing some property back there so we could make those ball field regulations make them more appropriate for the much just we had facilities a group from richmond that came about putting in a tennis court where was that time remember where it was going on there is it but you know the softball and baseball of the generous of the school and this group of work really well together there's going to be a lot of opportunities for the richmond community and other communities to utilize this property forever years and the other big advantage that i see is that it would if the parking lot and the other access that you were talking about it provides an emergency exit that isn't available now yeah i mean experiment one time i don't know whether it was the tower of the state or whatever several we could send kids down through the cemetery you know and that's tough going in right  hungry for the whole community really whole richmond crew community and jericho i mean they really were clear that they want the whole chinese community be able to utilize this land and i would ask of work to consider allowing us to use any surplus funds to offset that deficit and we need a motion to that effect yes  is there a second thank you this question goes in favor of the motion as expressed indicate by saying i  waiving that student day that would be applied on friday because the we were we did not have water yesterday in richmond and i think for many reasons i would ask you to consider that number one you'd have richmond camel's hump students going to school when nobody else was in the whole system and i think folks who have made plans anticipating getting out on thursday next week as well as i don't think this is a good reason to do it but just to let you know we'd be running by paying people and so there david yeah exactly and judy we talked about students i think i can just really mention it in one session just very generally that we may need to have a special meeting in the i just wanted to plant that seed with you before the end of the month that's it and we have no need for an executive meeting tonight executive session we have a tentative agreement though the teacher salaries could be about that in the negotiations team did a really great job michael a lot of sign once we've been able to review the whole master agreement myself and our legal counsel so it's going to be my my recommendation and my request on monday night the teachers i think are going to be looking to ratify it really next week and then i think huntington will consider it next week as well we could turn around yes and the supports  s also imminently the agreement is imminent as of now i hope we're going to work as hard as we can before the end of the month and i'm very optimistic i was just going to say if there is need for another meeting it sounds like there is i would almost make the suggestion that you get a response from every board member well whether they will or will not attend because you don't want to get into rice that would be good we would have all make sure we have a twelve town boundaries would dissolve and a commitment was made for an equitable educational opportunity process to after nish of success grades five to six were added throughout the long history together since the m m you school board understood governance of schools must be the means to improving the quality of education for all students and not it and in itself governance is not a result of rather a means to greater productivities the direction of governance needs to address efficiency in prudent use of limited resources decisions regarding how to govern all schools and any school district must be driven by core values and what is considered best for the entire system in all students across all schools furthermore the m m you school board and its sister he understood that we are all colleagues and neighbors throughout the chitlin the school district dedicated to assuring that we educate each and every one of our children and role the c s u to the fullest of his or her potential in addition the m m u school boards understood for over fifty years that c s could at the grade five to twelve level serve as one all students and taxpayers to improve and enhance educational opportunities by improving efficiency and by big being better use of all our financial professional professional resources the m m u school board showed successfully a unified system and enable the district to address student needs with a governing system that allocates resources and set priorities were needed well that impacting local troll no matter what of what town a board member represented for the m m u school board always understood all the students in grades five to twelve where their responsibility and thus should and would be provided with healthy and strong to be sure chief success in addition it is the m m u school board's trust supported success for all those years that instilled a sense of pride and conviction in voters last november and they were able and c s u to create the new mountainous feel modified new school district educational community for all our children and our taxpayers to tackle is one of the complicated rapidly changing financially challenging dynamics of preparing all our children educationally and addressing students needs from the start of their education great breakthrough to graduation furthermore the m m u school board showing openness togetherness trust and support for so many years as now with the creation of the triple m presented the entire c s to school community a golden opportunity to reassess the individual strengths of all our school districts and determine how they can all be leveraged to better provide learning opportunities for all the children and all the district knowing we could and should continue to do our absolute best to serve as one all students in taxpayers and a community of neighbors that has a long excess focus group working together so tonight is the one nine hundred seventy six graduate have been my meal as a parent of two students have been educated by c s u and graduated from m m u and as a school board member for the past fifteen years i'd like to express a deep and sincere gratitude serve the entire c s t district but most importantly i extend the deep in sincere gratitude on behalf of all the students president past where been prepared to understand except and be successful in their world upon graduation therefore as the m m u school board existence comes to a close please be proud of the impact in the differences you have made and know again all the c s u ski school community are internally grateful thank you for being said i would too like to express appreciation for the opportunity that site had over the last twenty years as a school board member and as the school board chair it's been a learning experience and when the knife deeply appreciated and will miss i appreciate all the help that everyone has given and how well we have all worked together in concert very few acrimonious moments and those that have occurred have been levelled out over time so again thank you very much that being said graduation is your b m ten o'clock on saturday morning there's lots of room for everyone so anyone would like to spend an hour watching the last means union high school as such