June 27, 2024

• Rocketry Team 4th in the country at American Rocketry Challenge
• Jameshia Patterson named to the Post-Dispatch All-Metro girls track and field team
• Carson Driemeier named to the Post-Dispatch All-Metro boys track and field 3rd team
• Hayden Bates named to the Class-5 All state baseball team as an infielder. Mason Schirmer is a 2nd team pitcher.
• 221 students graduated on May 21. Jimmy Wacker was named the Tommy Alexander Award winner.
• 5th grade students graduated from the DARE program.
• 236 kindergarten students were promoted to the 1st grade.
• 5 elementary school students had lunch with Dr. Siefert and Mrs. Benack as a reward for having perfect attendance for the 2023-24 school year.

The board unanimously passed the consent agenda. Items were:

• May regular session minutes
• Bills payable for the month
• May Financials
• June Ledger Subtotals
• First Reading of BOE 2024B Policy Updates: BDC, DFI, FFA, GBEBC, IND, JEC, JECA, JO, KH, EEA-AP1
• Approve Girls XC Surplus
  
• Approve 2024-2025 PDC Handbook
  
• Approve Mens Wrestling Overnight Trip to Harrisonville, MO
  
• Approve Budget Amendment for FY '24
  
• Approval of Prepayment of Series 2021B Certificates - Resolution & Escrow Agreement
  

• Today (June 27) was the last day of summer school. We started summer school with 1264 students and ended iwth 1204.
• Upcoming important dates: Activities dead week is the first week of July, next board meeting is July 18, Jefferson County Mental Health & Safety Summit will be July 23 at the Performing Arts Center, First day of school is August 19

Facilities Report and Recommendations

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There is a lot of work happening on campus this summer. Work is progressing inside the Middle School to add classrooms in the old multipurpose area and expand the kitchen and cafeteria. They are still on schedule to wrap up in early August, before school starts.

The work is progressing on the 6th grade expansion.

Middle school restroom renovation is also well underway.

Changing the paint color in the intermediate school cafeteria.

Tuckpointing and brick cleaning is also happening outside the intermediate school

HVAC units are being replaced in the 3rd grade wing

3 new classrooms are ready to go at the early childhood center

The proscenium at the Performing Arts Center has material breaking away from the wall. This will be fixed in May 2025 in order to avoid disruptions to use of the PAC during the school year.

Had the first meeting about needs for adding classrooms in the intermediate school. 8 classrooms will be added (4 upstairs and 4 downstairs) in the current 6th grade wing. Some of that will be accomplished by converting the locker rooms downstairs to classrooms.

The timeline as it stands now, 6th grade will move to the middle school in Fall of 2025, 3rd grade moves to the intermediate school in Fall of 2026, resume the HS gym project in Spring of 2027.

Curriculum Development Cycle

Approved the Practical Arts and School Counseling Standards that were developed over the last year.

Approved the 2024-25 Perpetual Calendar

Approved the 2024-25 Board of Education meeting dates. All will be held on the 3rd Thursday of the Month with the exception of October 2024 and June 2025. October 2024 will be held on October 17. June 2025 will be held on June 26.

Fiscal Year 2024 Budge approved

FY '24 ended 6% over estimation on revenue and 0.67% over in expenditures

Ended with year with a large balance in Fund 4 (capital) which is intentional to pay bills for construction that is currently underway.

For FY '25

Revenues are projected to be $45.6 million

Expenditures are projected to be $48.1 million

The deficit will come out of Fund 4 (capital) for construction projects

We have 34% reserves at the end of FY '24

Projected to have 31% or 32% reserves at the end of FY '25

Fund 1 and Fund 2 will end FY '25 in the black