[00:00:02] MORNING, EVERYONE I'D LIKE TO CALL THE JUNE 21ST, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER. [A. Meeting Opening - 9:00 a.m.] WE WILL NOW HAVE AN INVOCATION BY MS.. HEFFRON, FOLLOWED BY A FLAG SALUTE LED BY MR. HARTER. GOOD MORNING. FOR THIS MORNING'S INVOCATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE, THE PASSING OF EARLENE EPPS, A SIXTH GRADE TEACHER AT FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO JOINED KPS ON AUGUST 1ST, 2017. PLEASE JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. [B. Consent Agenda] TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES AGENDA ADOPTION MEMO NUMBER 091-22 RECOMMENDED PERSONNEL ACTIONS. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FROM A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO SEPARATE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION OR INDIVIDUAL ACTION? HEARING? NONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE. SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. NEXT, WE HAVE ACTION ITEMS. MR. MEISTER. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR. DAUGHERTY, IT IS MY IMMENSE PLEASURE TO COME TO YOU AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR ONE LAST TIME, HOPEFULLY. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG RUN, BUT I THINK WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN FINALLY MOVE FORWARD FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ACTION ITEM. I WILL ADVISE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE THREE KEY PRIORITIES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET, WHICH WERE TO INVEST IN OUR WORKFORCE, INVEST, INVEST IN OUR STUDENT NEEDS AND INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THE BUDGET PUT FORTH TO YOU TODAY WITH THE AMENDMENTS MEET THOSE NEEDS. WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY IS ACTUALLY TWO THINGS. WE'VE GOT A MEMO FOR EACH. THE FIRST ONE IS TO ADOPT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUDGET. THIS IS THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON APRIL SIX, 2022. THIS WILL ENSURE FUNDING, ETC. FOR JULY ONE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WHAT TRANSPIRES WITH AMENDMENTS. AND SECOND, WE HAVE YOUR SCHOOL BOARD AMENDMENTS WHICH ARE GOING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT REVENUE UPDATES FROM BOTH THE STATE AS WELL AS APPROPRIATION CHANGES. AS PART OF THAT, I'LL ASK DR. HOUGH TO SHARE SOME RESULTS FROM SALARY STUDY TOO. THAT WILL HELP INFORM MUCH OF THE NEW ITEMS IN THE BUDGET, AS WELL AS FINALLY PROVIDE THOSE AMENDMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN THEIR 29TH OF JUNE MEETING. SO THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS LOOK AT MEMO 092-22, WHICH SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS REQUEST THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ADOPT THE BUDGET APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON [1. Memo #092-22: Approval of FY2023 Financial Plan as Adopted by Board of Supervisors] APRIL 6TH. IF YOU RECALL, THIS IS BALANCED TO THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS IN YOUR FEBRUARY APPROVED SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET. THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN EXPENSES OF EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION TO ENSURE A BALANCED BUDGET IN THAT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUDGET. AND THE OTHER FINAL PIECES THAT DID ENSURE FUNDING FOR THE STUDENT RAISES THAT WE DID PUT FORWARD A FEW MONTHS BACK. JUST TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT WHAT THAT ITEM LOOKS LIKE. IT WAS ABOUT AN EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION REDUCTION ON THE EXPENSE SIDE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE ESTIMATES WERE PROVIDED IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUDGET, ROUGHLY HALF FROM INSTRUCTION, THE OTHER PIECES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE OTHER APPROPRIATION CATEGORIES, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE FINAL SALARY STUDY 2 RESULTS WERE AT THE TIME. THIS CAN BEST BE POSITIONED AS A BEST GUESS AT THE TIME AND WE'LL ADOPT A OR ASK YOU TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL REVISIONS TO THIS IN THE SECOND PART. BUT THIS IS THE EXPENSE BUDGET AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE SIXTH. YOU CAN SEE THAT DID RESULT IN ABOUT A $67.8 INCREASE IN REVENUE, 18 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY, AND ROUGHLY 50 MILLION FROM THE STATE. AND AS I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES, THAT DID RESULT IN A BALANCED BUDGET IN THAT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTED BUDGET, AS YOU CAN SEE IN SLIDE SEVEN. AND I'LL LEAVE YOU ON THIS SLIDE. THIS IS WITH GRANTS, WITH FOOD SERVICE, WITH THE APPOMATTOX GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL AMOUNT. IT LED TO AN FY 23 ADOPTED BUDGET OF JUST UNDER 900,000,899.7, ROUGHLY AN 8.6% INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS [00:05:08] YEARS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ON 092-22 TO APPROVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTED BUDGET. BOARD MEMBERS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MEMO 092-22 AS PRESENTED. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY, MR. HARTER. SORRY. AND I'LL BE BRIEF. AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH OF QUESTIONS, AS I JUST WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO MR. MEISTER AND HIS TEAM, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING. I THINK ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THIS BUDGET OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE STATE TO FINALIZE THEIR BUDGET AND THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND I'M JUST THANKFUL WE'RE AT THE END OF IT. BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND ALL THE COLLABORATION YOU'VE DONE WITH THE COUNTY TO GET US TO THIS POINT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HARTER. MISS BAILEY. I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT AS WELL, TO THANK YOU, YOU GUYS, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, BUT ALSO TO THANK EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN SALARY STUDY TWO THAT HAS YET TO GET A CONTRACT FOR THEIR PATIENTS THAT THOSE CONTRACTS ARE COMING. MAYBE TODAY, IT'S AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SO I ACTUALLY RECEIVED AN EMAIL LAST WEEK FROM AN I.A. THAT WAS JUST SAYING, PLEASE TELL ME WHEN MY CONTRACT'S COMING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE LONGEST IT'S EVER BEEN. AND I FELT SO BADLY BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT ARE HANGING IN THE BALANCE AND WAITING AND WONDERING AND SO THANK THEM FOR THEIR PATIENCE. THIS PROCESS IS FINALLY ENDING. AND I REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PLEASED WITH THE RAISE THAT'S PUT IN THIS CONTRACTS AND THEN MAKE IT WORTH THE WAIT. BUT THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL. ROLL ON THE MOTION. NEXT WE HAVE MEMO 093-22 MR. [2. Memo#093-22: Approval of the School Board’s Amended FY2023 Financial Plan and Capital Improvement Plan] MEISTER. AND THIS IS THE FUN. THIS IS THE FUN ONE. THIS IS THE GOOD ONE. YES. AWESOME. THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR. DAUGHERTY, THIS IS WHERE I'LL PAUSE AND THANK MY TEAM FOR ALL THEIR WORK AND DR. HOUGH FOR HER WORK GETTING US TO THIS POINT AS WELL AS HER TEAM. OBVIOUSLY, A TON OF WORK WENT INTO THIS. A TON OF WAITING, QUITE FRANKLY, WENT INTO THIS AS WE WAITED FOR THE STATE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO COME TO THEIR FINAL CONCLUSIONS. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT. 093-22 REFLECTS BOTH THE AMENDMENTS TO REFLECT SALARY STUDY 2 AS MS. BAILEY MENTIONED, AS WELL AS FINAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY NUMBERS FROM THE STATE BUDGET. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE ALL THAT IS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. BUT WHAT? 0 93-22 DOES IT DOES PROVIDE THAT UPDATE FOR THE STATE REVENUE CHANGES WHICH WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A BIT, WHICH PRIMARILY IS AN INCREASE IN ONE TIME FUNDS FOR TEACHER BONUSES. THEY APPROPRIATED ABOUT 6 MILLION FOR THAT, AS WELL AS FUNDING FOR THE RECOVERY ACADEMY THAT I KNOW THIS BOARD HAS HEARD ABOUT BEFORE. WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COUNTY FUNDING IN HERE TO OFFSET SOME DECREASES IN STATE FUNDING. ON THE TEACHER SIDE, WE ARE INTRODUCING OBVIOUSLY PHASE ONE OF SALARY STUDY 2 DR. HOUGH WILL PROVIDE A MORE LENGTHY UPDATE ON THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, AS WELL AS SOME MINOR REVISIONS TO THE CIP, PRIMARILY AROUND FUNDING SOURCE RELATED TO SOME SHIFTS THERE. WITH THAT AS BACKGROUND, I WILL PAUSE AND TURN IT OVER TO DR. HOUGH TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SALARY STUDY 20, IN A COMPENSATION UPDATE BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE BUDGET ITSELF. GOOD MORNING. WELL, AS YOU REMEMBER, COMPENSATION WAS A KEY CENTERPIECE OF THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. AND WE BELIEVE COMPENSATION COMMUNICATES VALUE AND REFLECTS THE SCHOOL DIVISION'S PRIORITIES AND INVESTS IN THOSE STRONG LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED. AND WE WANTED TO CONSIDER BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PAY EQUITY AND ASSESS EFFORTS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN A QUALIFIED STAFF. AND AS YOU RECALL, WE IMPLEMENTED SALARY STUDY 2 OR SALARY STUDY ONE, PHASE TWO, AND MADE AN EARLY COMMITMENT TO THE THE TEACHER RAISE. AND THOSE CONTRACTS WENT OUT AND WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR MARKET COMPETITIVENESS AND CONSIDER THE CURRENT MARKET AND THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR SCALE WAS LINKED TO THE TEACHER SCALE WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT. [00:10:06] NOW FINALLY SALARY STUDY TWO, PHASE ONE AND THE GOALS OF THAT WERE TO ADDRESS COMPRESSION FOR POSITIONS THAT WEREN'T PREVIOUSLY STUDIED AND TO PROVIDE A MARKET ADJUSTMENT FOR POSITIONS NOT PREVIOUSLY STUDIED. AND SO BROAD GROUPS THERE AS A REMINDER FOR THE PUBLIC OR CUSTODIAN, CLERICAL ADMINISTRATION, TECHNICAL FOOD SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION. ALL THE JOB TITLES THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN LAST YEAR'S STUDY WERE INCLUDED IN SALARY STUDY TWO IN THE BROAD GROUPS AGAIN ARE LISTED THERE. WE ALSO WERE RECONSIDERING INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE PART OF STUDY ONE BECAUSE DUE TO OUR HIGH VACANCY NUMBERS THERE AND ATTRITION AND WE HAD SOME ALIGNMENT CONCERNS WITH MOVING THEM TO THE NEW RECOMMENDED GRADES. THIS STUDY LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER OF 2021. IT'S A JOINT PROJECT WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND A THIRD PARTY VENDOR AND INCLUDED BENCHMARKING THE POSITIONS, THE SALARY RECOMMENDATIONS, THE BENEFITS AND ENGAGEMENT SURVEY AND RECRUITMENT STRATEGY. AS A REMINDER, THESE WERE OUR COMPARATORS IN SALARY STUDY 2. SO WE HAD 13 SCHOOL DISTRICT COMPARATORS THAT THE CONSULTANT RECOMMENDED AS BEING SIMILAR TO US IN SOME WAYS, AND THOSE WERE ADJUSTED FOR COST OF LIVING IN THE LOCALITY. THEY FOUND THAT OUR RANGES WERE 6 TO 7% BEHIND MARKET AND THERE WAS SEVERE PAY COMPRESSION THROUGHOUT. SO WITH PHASE ONE, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE CCPS POSITIONS CLOSER TO THE MARKET AVERAGE, MAKE COMPRESSION ADJUSTMENTS AND THEN THE PAY SCALE RECOMMENDED WAS A $12 AN HOUR MINIMUM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAY PLAN. AND THAT, AS A REMINDER, IS 2023 PROJECTED MINIMUM WAGE. IN VIRGINIA, WE HAD 184 EMPLOYEES WHO WERE NOT COMPENSATED AT THAT RATE. AS A REMINDER, WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT COMPRESSION, THIS IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF COMPRESSION. YOU CAN SEE THE DARK BLUE LINE IS THE MIDPOINT OF THE SALARY RANGE AND THE DOTS BELOW THE LINE SO THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CORRELATION IN THIS EXAMPLE WITH EXPERIENCE. AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE CENTER OF THAT GRAPH, YOU WOULD EXPECT THEN MOST OF THE DOTS TO BE ABOVE THE MIDPOINT. BUT THAT'S THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING. SO HIGHLIGHTS OF IMPLEMENTATION, MINIMUM 5% INCREASE, A MINIMUM 1000 BONUS FOR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. AND THIS WOULD MOVE EMPLOYEES TO THE CONSULTANT RECOMMENDED GRADES THAT ARE SHARED WITH COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND ARE MORE MARKET COMPETITIVE. AND IT ACKNOWLEDGES SOME RELEVANT EXPERIENCES AND IT PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE LOWEST COMPENSATED ROLES TO MOVE TOWARDS THE MARKET. WE KNOW THAT THE LOWER END OF THE LABOR MARKET IS MOVING QUITE A BIT AND WE WANT TO TRY TO MOVE TOWARDS STAYING COMPETITIVE WITH THE MARKET AND IT PROVIDES A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE PHASES OF IMPLEMENTATION. SO JUST LIKE SALARY STUDY ONE WITH TEACHERS AND SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATORS, THIS WOULD BE A PHASE ONE OF SALARY STUDY TWO THAT WOULD PROVIDE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR MOVEMENT FORWARD. THIS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES BUT DOESN'T ELIMINATE COMPRESSION. IT RECOGNIZES SOME EXPERIENCES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO ROLES THAT EMPLOYEES AND CANDIDATES ARE BRINGING TO CHESTERFIELD, AS WELL AS EXPERIENCES THAT ARE RELEVANT THAT EMPLOYEES HAVE EARNED IN CHESTERFIELD. AND IT ALLOWS FOR MORE COMPETITIVE OFFERS TO FILL OUR VACANCIES AND PROVIDE STRONG INCREASES TO OUR FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES BENEFITS A LARGE NUMBER OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND IT PROVIDES SOME ALIGNMENT WITH ARTICULATION TO AND FROM SCHOOL BASED POSITIONS. BECAUSE AS YOU RECALL, OUR SCHOOL BASED POSITIONS ARE PAID ON A STEP SCALE. THE TEACHER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL POSITIONS. AND THESE POSITIONS AND SALARY STUDY TWO ARE ON A GRADED RANGES. SO TWO DIFFERENT PAY PLANS THAT NEED TO TALK TO EACH OTHER. THE NEW PLAN HAS MORE GRADES THAN OUR CURRENT PLAN, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT MAKES IT MORE SENSITIVE TO THE MARKET AND IT HELPS THE EMPLOYEE PAY TO BE MORE ON TARGET RATHER THAN OVER HAVING TO CHOOSE A RANGE THAT'S EITHER OVER OR UNDER MARKET VALUE. IT HELPS US TO CHOOSE RANGES THAT ARE MORE ON TARGET WITH THE PARTICULAR ROLE. [00:15:05] THE GRADE RANGES DIFFER FROM THE SEP SCALES AND THEY FEATURE A MINIMUM MIDPOINT AND MAXIMUM AND SET OF STEPS. AND AS A REMINDER, WE DID HAVE TO USE SOME LEVERS IN SALARY STUDY TOO, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE ENTIRE RECOMMENDATION DUE TO LIMITED REVENUE. WE DIDN'T ACHIEVE FULL FUNDING FOR PHASE ONE. SO WE UTILIZE THE LEVERS PROVIDED BY THE CONSULTANT TO ADJUST THE PLAN TO REVENUE AND STILL MAKE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. THERE'S A MARKET DISCOUNT CALCULATION DUE TO THE REVENUE SHORTFALL AND IT DOES SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE COMPRESSION, BUT IT DOES MAINTAIN COMPRESSION, ESPECIALLY AT THE TOP OF THE RANGES. IN FUTURE PHASES, WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FURTHER ALONG THE CONTINUUM TOWARDS MARKET COMPETITIVENESS. THERE HAS BEEN A PROPOSAL AS PART OF THE PLAN TO MOVE TO A $16 AN HOUR MINIMUM SCALE ALONG WITH THE COUNTY. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE HOW THE TEACHER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL SCALES ALIGN WITH THE GRADED RANGES TO ENSURE THAT LATERAL AND PROMOTIONAL ROLES ARE PROPERLY ALIGNED. AND THEN WE WANT TO RECONSIDER PERHAPS THE REMAINING COMPRESSION, SO TO HIGHLIGHT SOME PARTICULAR ROLES. BUS DRIVERS WHO RECEIVED A LARGE INCREASE IN AUGUST WOULD BE RECEIVING A 3% RAISE MINIMUM BEGINNING JULY ONE. AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE MARKET INCREASE OCCURRED IN AUGUST 2021 TO MAINTAIN COMPETITIVENESS AND ALSO CONTINUATION OF THE $3,000 IN BONUSES FOR 22-23, AND THAT INCLUDES THE 1000 ENCOURAGED BY THE STATE. THERE WERE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS FOR COMPRESSION AS WELL WITH BUS DRIVERS. AND AS OF JUNE 9TH, OUR VACANCIES FOR FALL WERE 19. AND AS OF YESTERDAY WE HAD 31 FOLKS IN TRAINING AND SOME MORE IN MEDICAL BACKGROUND CHECK, ETC.. FOOD SERVICE ASSOCIATES. THE STARTING PAY WOULD INCREASE TO $14 PER HOUR AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. I BELIEVE IT'S 11.17 NOW. IT'S A PART TIME POSITION. SO THE HOURLY RATE IS VERY IMPORTANT AND ALSO WOULD INCLUDE $2,500 BONUS FOR 22-23, THERE WOULD BE SOME COMPRESSION ADJUSTMENTS AND WE HAVE OVER 100 FOOD SERVICE VACANCIES. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HOLDING A FOOD SERVICE JOB FAIR NEXT MONTH AND HOPE TO SEE A GOOD TURNOUT FOR THAT. OUR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT POSITIONS, THESE WERE POSITIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN STUDY ONE, BUT THEY WILL SEE ADDITIONAL INCREASES TO MOVE TO THE NEW GRADES. THE MINIMUM INCREASE WOULD BE 5%. THERE'S A $2,000 BONUS BEING OFFERED FOR 22-23. WE HAD 93 VACANCIES AS OF JUNE 9TH, AND WE HAVE A SUMMER EVENT, HIRING EVENT SCHEDULED AS WELL. BUT IF FOLKS ARE WATCHING AT HOME, THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR OUR SUMMER HIRING EVENTS TO APPLY. ALSO SUPPORT STAFF. THESE WERE INCLUDED IN SALARY STUDY ONE. THESE ARE POSITIONS LIKE PSYCHOLOGISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, TESTING COORDINATORS THAT ARE ON THE GRADED RANGES. SO THEY WERE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION AS THE IAS BEING INCLUDED AS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS IN SALARY STUDY ONE, BUT BEING PAID ON THE GRADED RANGES WHICH ARE NOW CHANGING. SO THEY WERE DECOMPRESSED LAST YEAR, BUT THEY WILL SEE ADDITIONAL INCREASES TO MOVE TO THE NEW MORE MARKET COMPETITIVE RANGES. FULL TIME POSITIONS IN THESE ROLES WILL ALSO RECEIVE A $1,000 BONUS THIS YEAR IN ADDITION TO A MINIMUM 5% INCREASE. ALL OF THE BONUSES ARE IN ADDITION TO AND NOT INCLUDED IN THE MINIMUM SALARY INCREASES. THAT MAY BE IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW, AND ALL OF THEM INCLUDE A PARTIALLY FUNDED, STATE RECOMMENDED BONUS FOR SOQ POSITIONS. THE BONUS STRUCTURE CONSIDERS WHERE OUR HIGHEST VACANCY COUNTS ARE, AND WE KNOW THAT THE STATE FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER, AND THAT INFLUENCES SOME OF THE TIMING OF THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE. AND EMPLOYEES DO HAVE TO BE ACTIVE IN A QUALIFYING POSITION ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BONUS. [00:20:05] AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAID IN THE SECOND CHECK OF THE MONTH INDICATED. SO THIS IS A CHART OF THE BONUSES BEING OFFERED THIS YEAR. TEACHER AT A HIGH NEED SCHOOL. THAT'S THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THAT'S GOING TO BE A TOTAL BONUS AMOUNT OF $4,000. EARLIER WE WERE HAD OFFERED THE $3,000 LOCATION BONUS PLUS NOW THE $1000 STATE BONUS HAS BEEN HAS COME OUT. SO THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $4000 AND OUR BUS DRIVER BONUS 3000 FOOD SERVICE 2500. INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT WHICH INCLUDES TUTOR MONITORS AND LIBRARY ASSISTANTS, 2000 CUSTODIANS 1500 AND OTHER FULL TIME EMPLOYEE A $1000. AND THIS IS OUR PROPOSED BONUS SCHEDULE. IT SHOWS IN WHICH MONTH THE BONUSES WILL BE PAID. SO THEY'RE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT JANUARY AND MAY ARE HEAVY MONTHS BECAUSE THAT'S AFTER WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THE STATE FUNDING. AND SO THOSE ARE LARGER GROUPS RECEIVING BONUSES THIS MONTH, BUT THEY BEGIN IN OCTOBER FOR A VARIETY OF POSITIONS AND LASTS THROUGH THROUGH MAY. THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER RATE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME. AS A REMINDER, THIS BUDGET DOES INCLUDE A CONTINUATION OF THE 101.50 DAILY RATE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN NOVEMBER, AS WELL AS THE FRIDAY AND HIGH DEMAND DAY RATE OF $203 AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT SUB RATE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE WINTER. THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM AX IS INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET AS WELL. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP US FIND ADDITIONAL SUBSTITUTES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE. SO THE INCREASE OF THE DAILY RATE WAS TO $77 AND THAT WAS FROM A PREVIOUS RATE OF 66 AND 7150 FOR SPECIAL ED INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT. TWA'S, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS A STANDARDIZED RATE CHART FOR TWAS AND WE WANT TO KEY THE TWA RATE TO TEACHER POSITIONS TO CHANGES IN STARTING PAY FOR TEACHERS SO IT DOESN'T KEEP FALLING BEHIND AND KEY THE LEADER SUPERVISORY POSITIONS TO 10% ABOVE THE TEACHER TWA RATE AND KEY THE NURSING TWA RATE TO THE STARTING NURSING RATE. SO THIS IS A PROPOSAL FOR THE TWA RATE CHANGES FOR FY 23. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR OUR STARTING RATES HAD FALLEN BEHIND AND WE WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY PARTICULARLY WITH FILLING ADULT ED INSTRUCTOR POSITIONS. AND SO THE PROPOSED RATES FOR NEXT YEAR KEY THIS TO KIND OF THE BEGINNING SCALE FOR THE POSITION TYPE. WE ARE STARTING TO RECEIVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT STIPENDS. SO WE ARE PLANNING TO DO A STIPEND REVIEW TO MAKE A PROPOSAL FOR THE FY 24 BUDGET, AND WE'LL PLAN ON UNDERTAKING THAT WORK IN THE FALL. STIPENDS ARE RELATIVELY REGIONAL, SO PEOPLE DON'T NORMALLY RELOCATE FOR A STIPEND AND POSITION. AND SO WE IT WOULD BE A MORE LIMITED MARKET STUDY OF THE SURROUNDING DIVISIONS AND WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT REVIEWING CO-CURRICULAR AND COACHING STIPENDS FOR REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND MAKING A PROPOSAL AS NEEDED FOR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. AND WE JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS AT HOME THAT THEY CAN APPLY ONLINE. AND WE'VE GOT A LINK THERE IN THE PRESENTATION. THEY CAN CONTACT US AT CAREERS AT CCPSNET.NET. I KNOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A COMPENSATION AND BUDGET PRESENTATION, BUT I'M A SHAMELESS RECRUITER. WE ARE HAVING OUR NEXT JOB FAIR TONIGHT. FOR CAREER SWITCHERS, IT'S GOING TO BE AT MANCHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL BEGINNING AT 4:00. WE DID HAVE SOME FOLKS PRE-REGISTER, BUT PRE-REGISTRATION IS NOT A REQUIREMENT. AND WE ALSO HAVE EVENTS PLANNED FOR FOOD SERVICE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT SUBSTITUTES. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN THE WORKS FOR BUS DRIVERS. AND SO WE ALSO ARE PLANNING A POSTCARD CAMPAIGN. I WISH YOU WERE HERE CAMPAIGN TO ADVERTISE ANY NEW ADOPTED RATES AND BONUSES TO FOLKS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN [00:25:04] REJOINING CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. NOW I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, MR. MEISTER. THANK YOU DR. HOUGH, NOW I GET TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE GET TO AFFORD ALL OF THAT. SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW A LOT OF THIS BUDGET AND THIS DELAY HAS REALLY BEEN, AS WE HAVE AWAITED, FINAL RESULTS FROM THE STATE A LITTLE BIT AT THE TOP HERE ON WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED RECENTLY IN THE STATE, IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ON JUNE 7TH, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PUT FORWARD A NEW APPROVED BUDGET BACK TO THE GOVERNOR. THE GOVERNOR SUBMITTED 38 AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE 15TH, A FEW TANGENTIALLY IMPACTING EDUCATION. THINGS AROUND LAB SCHOOLS WERE TOUCHED, THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT NOTHING DIRECTLY, MATERIALLY EXPECTED TO IMPACT CCPS. AS OF YESTERDAY, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS ACTED ON ALL THE AMENDMENTS AND THE IT SAYS HERE THE BUDGET AWAITS THE GOVERNOR'S APPROVAL OR VETO. ACCORDING TO THE PAPERS LAST NIGHT. THE GOVERNOR IS EXPECTED TO SIGN THE CURRENT BUDGET THIS AFTERNOON. I THINK IT'S STILL WAITING FOR SOME TECHNICAL STUFF TO ARRIVE, BUT I THINK IN HENRICO HE WILL CEREMONIALLY SIGN THAT THIS AFTERNOON. SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY CHANGES FROM WHAT I AM PRESENTING TODAY, EVEN IF I DON'T HAVE A WET SIGNATURE FROM THE GOVERNOR YET. I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT TODAY. THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS WE'RE SHOWING YOU TODAY DO REFLECT THAT JUNE 7TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVED BUDGET. AS I MENTIONED, THE AMENDMENTS DON'T SEEM TO IMPACT CCPS IN ANY MATERIAL WAY. IF THEY DO, IT'LL BE ON THE MARGIN AND WE CAN COME BACK AND DO AMENDMENTS LATER WHEN WE GET OUR FINAL, FINAL CALC TOOL. A FEW OF THE BIG THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED IN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET, AND I MENTIONED SOME OF THESE IN OUR PREVIOUS BOARD DISCUSSION THE TEACHER RAISED FUNDING WAS REDUCED IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUDGET AS THEY BEGAN THE RAISE FOR FY 23 ON AUGUST 1ST. INSTEAD OF WHAT WAS PRESUMED ON JULY 1ST, THAT RESULTED IN ABOUT $1,000,000 REDUCTION IN FUNDING. I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN SEPARATE PAGES THAT THE COUNTY HAS COME FORWARD AND HAS AGREED TO HOLD US HARMLESS FOR THAT REDUCTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO WHILE IT'S A REDUCTION ON THE STATE SIDE, WE DO ANTICIPATE AN INCREASE ON THE COUNTY SIDE TO OFFSET THAT PARTICULAR PIECE. THE OTHER BIG PIECE OF THIS IS STATE FUNDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHESTERFIELD SCHOOL OF RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL 864,000 NEXT YEAR, 500,000 THE YEAR AFTER, AS WELL AS SOME REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL NEED TO BE MET IN THE INTERIM. NOT MENTIONED ON THIS PAGE, BUT THE OTHER BIG THING IS ABOUT 6 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR A ONE TIME BONUS FOR STATE STOCK POSITIONS. THAT DRIVES A LOT OF THE AFFORDABILITY OF THE BONUS PLAN THAT DR. HUFF TALKED TO YOU ABOUT A FEW MOMENTS AGO. ON THE OPERATING FUND SIDE, THIS IS SLIDE IS LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM WHAT I PRESENTED EARLIER THIS MONTH. I WILL REMIND YOU THAT THE FUNDING WAS PROVIDED FOR THAT 5% TEACHER RAISE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, 5% IN YEAR ONE, 5% IN YEAR TWO, WITH THE ASTERISK THAT THIS YEAR'S DOES START ON AUGUST ONE AND NOT JULY ONE, WHICH MAKES THE EFFECTIVE PAYMENT FROM THE STATE AT ABOUT 4.6%. AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE COUNTY HAS STEPPED FORWARD AND AGREED TO MAKE KPS WHOLE FOR THAT ROUGHLY 0.4% REDUCTION OR JUST OVER $1,000,000 WHEN BENEFITS IS INCLUDED. THE OTHER BIG PIECE AND BIG WIN FOR KPS IS AN INCREASE IN ESSENTIALLY SOC INSTRUCTIONAL POSITION AFFORDABILITY. YOU'VE HEARD OF THIS AS THE SUPPORT GAP WAS PREVIOUSLY AT 17.75 POSITIONS, IT WAS INCREASED TO 20 SUPPORT POSITIONS. THAT DRIVES CLOSE TO $6 MILLION OF INCREASED FUNDING THAT SOME VERSIONS OF THAT HAD BEEN IN PREVIOUS VERSIONS FROM THE GOVERNOR AND THROUGHOUT. BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT THAT SUPPORT CAP REDUCTION WAS INCLUDED IN THE FINAL, FINAL VERSION. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL HOLD HARMLESS PROVISIONS AS WELL AS SOME SMALLER CHANGES IN FUNDED POSITIONS FOR THINGS LIKE READING SPECIALISTS IN THE LWL TEACHERS AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE BUDGET AS WELL. SO WHAT DOES THAT ALL ADD UP TO? YOU CAN SEE THE BASIC AID STATE SALES TAX ON THE STATE SIDE IS DOWN ABOUT 844,000. THE BULK OF THAT IS ROUGHLY THE MILLION DOLLAR OR SO REDUCTION FROM THE JULY ONE TO AUGUST ONE TEACHER RAISE COMPONENT. THERE ARE A FEW OTHER MINOR ITEMS THAT OFFSET THAT WHICH LEAVE YOU WITH ABOUT, AS I SAID, 844 K REDUCTION ON THE STATE BASIC AID SIDE THE 6 MILLION JUST OVER $6 MILLION TO FUND THE ONE TIME BONUS FOR US. SO Q POSITIONS THE TOTAL COST OF THE BONUS POSITIONS OR BONUS PROGRAM THAT KIM LAID OUT IS NORTH OF THAT. WE'VE GOT A PROPOSAL, THE FUND THAT WILL MENTION THAT A LITTLE LATER. THE OTHER BIG PIECE IS THE 864,000 FOR THE CHESTERFIELD RECOVERY ACADEMY, WHICH LEAVES US NET NET ALL IN ABOUT A $6 MILLION INCREASE IN THE OPERATIONS SIDE FOR [00:30:04] CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN THIS BUDGET. AND THE OTHER BIG CHANGE IN THIS BUDGET, WHICH WAS SIGNALED AGAIN IN JUNE, IS A REDUCTION IN STATE FUNDING FOR THE CIP OF JUST RIGHT AROUND 5.8. BILLION DOLLARS. WE'VE COME TO THE BOARD IN THE PREVIOUS MESSAGE WITH A PROPOSAL TO USE END OF YEAR FUNDING FY 22 SAVINGS TO ESSENTIALLY OFFSET THAT STATE REDUCTION TO HOLD THE SEE THE CIP NET NEUTRAL. THE PROPOSAL AT THE END OF THIS WITH RESPECT TO CIP, WE'RE REALLY ONLY REFLECT THAT FUNDING CHANGE AND I'LL MENTION THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. COUNTY REVENUE. I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE COUNTY HAS AGREED TO INCREASE OUR TRANSFER BY 1.1 MILLION TO BASICALLY HOLD US HARMLESS FOR THAT JULY ONE TO AUGUST ONE CHANGE IN THE STATE FUNDING ASSUMPTION FOR THE TEACHER SALARY, WHICH BRINGS THEIR TOTAL INCLUDING ONE TIME FUND CONTRIBUTION TO CCPS AT JUST OVER $363 MILLION. SO YOU PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER. ON THE OPERATING FUND SIDE, THIS COMPARES TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTED REVENUE, WHICH WAS THE SAME AS YOUR SCHOOL BOARD REVENUE AND WHAT YOU JUST ADOPTED EARLIER TODAY OF AN INCREASE ALL IN OF ABOUT 7.1 MILLION, THE BULK OF THAT BEING THE INCREASE FOR THE ONE TIME BONUS AND THE RECOVERY SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE EXTRA OFFSET FROM THE COUNTY TO BASICALLY REPLACE THE REDUCTION FROM THE STATE SIDE. PULLING ALL THE WAY BACK. WE STARTED IN FEBRUARY WITH THE SLIDE THAT LOOKED VERY SIMILAR TO THIS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT OUR THREE KEY PRIORITIES. ONE, INVEST IN THE WORKFORCE. YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS BUDGET, WE'RE ABLE TO INVEST CLOSE TO $57 MILLION IN OUR WORKFORCE IN THIS BUDGET. THAT INCLUDES BOTH THE TEACHER STUDY, PHASE TWO, THE PHASE ONE OF THE SALARY STUDY TWO THAT DR. HUFF JUST TALKED TO YOU ABOUT, AS WELL AS THAT STATE SUPPORTED BONUS THAT CAME IN. AND RIGHT AROUND $57 MILLION IN THIS BUDGET INVEST IN STUDENTS REALLY ABOUT STUDENT GROWTH AND HELPING SUPPORT POSITIONS THERE. JUST OVER $21 MILLION IN THAT BUCKET. THIS BUCKET NOW INCLUDES THE CHESTERFIELD RECOVERY ACADEMY AS WELL. INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT 7 MILLION HASN'T CHANGED. RISING COST OF SERVICES, THE 2 MILLION HASN'T CHANGED. AND CONTINUING TO HIGHLIGHT THE REDUCTION IN THE CONTRIBUTION FOR THE SRP AS A RESULT OF THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTION A WHILE AGO. NOW, LAST YEAR, WHICH WE'RE REALLY CONTINUING TO SEE THE BENEFITS OF IN THIS BUDGET THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. PAINTING ONE STEP DEEPER PICTURE ON THIS. YOU'VE SEEN MOST OF THESE SLIDES THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS. I'LL HIGHLIGHT WHERE THINGS HAVE CHANGED. THE SALARY STUDY, ONE THAT 36 MILLION HAS REMAINED LARGELY UNCHANGED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. SALARY STUDY TWO, THE COST OF THE PROPOSAL THAT DR. HUFF PRESENTED TO YOU CAME IN AT JUST OVER $14 MILLION. THE STATE SUPPORTED BONUS OF ABOUT 6 MILLION IS SITTING THERE. WE'LL FUND THE REMAINING ABOUT THREE THAT ISN'T FUNDED AS PART OF THIS, AS PART OF YEAR END FUNDS, WHERE WE'VE ASKED THE BOARD TO SET ASIDE WHAT WE'VE CALLED THE COMPENSATION RESERVE, WE'LL FUND THE REMAINING PORTION OF THAT BONUS PROGRAM OUT OF THAT COMPENSATION RESERVE. TEACHER ONCE AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, THE SLIDE HASN'T CHANGED FROM PREVIOUS VIEWS, BUT JUST TO CONTINUE TO REINFORCE THE STATE BUDGET PROPOSED INCLUDED 5% FOR THIS YEAR AND 5% FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE FORECAST OR IN THE TEACHER SCALES THAT WE HAD PUBLISHED A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK. AND IT DOES INCLUDE THE STEP INCREASE TEACHERS TO MAKE ABOUT 8.6 OR 8.8% MORE THAN PREVIOUS YEARS, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE ON THOSE SCALES. WITH THE BACHELOR STEP ZERO INCREASING FROM 46,000 TO JUST UNDER $49,500. ONE TIME BONUS. I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS SLIDE. DR. HUFF DID A GREAT JOB OF WALKING THROUGH THIS, BUT JUST ONE MORE TIME TO REITERATE THE ROBUST BONUS STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE WITH THIS BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES 3000 FOR BUS DRIVERS AND THE 3000 PLUS THE 1000 OR 4000 FOR THOSE TEACHERS AT HIGH DEMAND SCHOOLS, FOOD SERVICE AT 25, INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS AT 2000, CUSTODIANS AT 1500 AND ALL OTHER FULL TIME AT 1000. AND ONCE AGAIN, THE TOTAL COST OF THIS OVER AND ABOVE WHAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED IN THE 6 MILLION OR OTHER ESSER FUNDS, WILL BE ABOUT $3 MILLION THAT WE'VE ASKED YOU TO SET ASIDE AS PART OF THE FY 22 YEAR END FUNDING TO COMPLETE THE FUNDING FOR THIS FULL PACKAGE. INVEST IN STUDENTS. THIS IS ABOUT THE $21 MILLION WE TALKED ABOUT THERE. MOST OF THE ITEMS ON HERE HAVEN'T CHANGED. YOU'LL SEE THE CHESTERFIELD RECOVERY ACADEMY OF $864,000 THERE. AND THERE'S ONE OTHER ITEM ON HERE OF 1.6 MILLION, WHICH IS LABELED ADDITIONAL STUDENT SUPPORT POSITIONS FROM WHEN WE CAME TO YOU IN FEBRUARY. WE'VE SEEN NEEDS FOR THINGS LIKE ESL, SPECIAL ED AND OTHER POSITIONS LIKE THAT HAVE INCREASED OVER TIME. [00:35:02] SO WE'VE HAD A CARVE OUT SOME MONIES TO HELP ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR THOSE INCREASES IN STUDENT DEMAND AS WE GO INTO NEXT YEAR. AND THAT'S THE 1.6 THAT YOU SEE UP HERE TO GET TO OUR TOTAL FUNDING FOR THIS CATEGORY OF JUST UNDER 21 OR JUST UNDER 21 MILLION. INFRASTRUCTURE, NO CHANGES IN THIS PROPOSAL. I WILL ONCE AGAIN HIGHLIGHT THAT THE NEGATIVE HERE ON PAY-GO MAJOR MAINTENANCE LOOKS LIKE A RED FLAG. WHY ARE WE DECREASING PAY-GO MAJOR MAINTENANCE? WE'RE NOT. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS CAME WITH AN ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY TO OFFSET THAT. SO NET NET THIS YEAR, DESPITE THE NEGATIVE THREE HERE, WE'RE ACTUALLY UP TWO IN OUR MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUNDING IN FY 22 AS A RESULT OF THAT ADDITIONAL COUNTY CONTRIBUTION FROM OTHER SOURCES, OTHER AREAS LARGELY UNCHANGED AT ABOUT 2 MILLION AND AGAIN THE ROUGHLY $11 MILLION IMPROVEMENT FROM SRP SAVINGS AS A RESULT OF THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTION. SO WHAT DOES THIS ALL ADD UP TO? IT ADDS UP TO AN OPERATING FUND INCREASE OF JUST UNDER 75 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE IN THE BUDGET THAT'S FOR YOU ON THE MEMO IS BALANCED AT $836,266,600. AND YOU CAN SEE THE CATEGORIES THERE WHEN YOU ADD IN GRANTS, FOOD SERVICE AS WELL AS APPOMATTOX, THAT PUTS YOUR TOTAL BUDGET AT JUST OVER $907 MILLION FOR FY 23. THAT'S A NINE AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE ALL IN. ONE LAST THING TO TALK ABOUT, THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD FOR QUESTIONS. IS THE CIP ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S NO FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE TO THE CIP IN THE TERMS OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE PRESENTED HERE. THE FIVE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE THREE NEW OR REBUILT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION ALL REMAINED UNCHANGED FROM PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS. AND WE DO HAVE A GOOD RUNNING START WITH THAT. WITH THE BOND REFERENDUM PLANNED IN NOVEMBER TO COMPLETE THE FUNDING FOR THAT, WHAT IS IN 93-22, HOWEVER, IS A SLIGHT SHIFT IN FUNDING SOURCE WHERE IF YOU REMEMBER, I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT A $5.8 MILLION REDUCTION IN STATE FUNDING. WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THAT WITH $5.8 MILLION FROM FY 22 YEAR END. AND THAT IS THE CHANGE IN THE CIP. THAT IS IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU TODAY. ONE LAST TIME, A LIST OF THOSE PROJECTS. I WON'T READ THEM TO THE BOARD, BUT I'LL KEEP THIS UP HERE FOR A SECOND. YOU CAN SEE THE MIDDLE GROUP OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE INTENDED FOR THAT BOND REFERENDUM IN NOVEMBER. THE FALLEN CREEK IN WEST AREA MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE WELL UNDERWAY, AS WE SEE NOW WITH THE VPSA FUNDING. SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, THANK YOU TO DR. HOUGH FOR COMING IN AND PINCH HITTING ON THE COMPENSATION PIECE. MEMO 93-22 IS IN FRONT OF YOU NOW WITH CHANGES TO STATE REVENUE, ADDITIONAL COUNTY FUNDING FOR THE TEACHER RAISE AND ADJUSTMENT TO EXPENSES AND APPROPRIATIONS THAT REFLECT ALL THE ABOVE, INCLUDING SALARY STUDY 2, AS WELL AS THAT REVISED REVENUE FOR THE CIP. WITH THAT IN FRONT OF YOU, I ASK FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATIONS AND QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MEISTER. THANK YOU, DR. HOUGH. BOARD MEMBERS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MEMO ZERO 93-22 AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. BOARD MEMBERS? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. HEFFRON. SO, MR. MEISTER, YOU MENTIONED THAT 363 MILLION IS THE COUNTY TRANSFER. DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE COUNTY BUDGET THAT HAPPENS TO BE OR. JUST OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD MS. HEFFRON, I WOULD HATE TO MISQUOTE THAT NUMBER, BUT I CAN GET THAT TO YOU OFFLINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY. AND THEN DR. HOUGH, MY I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT SOME OF THE SOME OF THE SALARY INCREASES. THE MINIMUM RAISE IS GOING TO BE 5% ACROSS THE BOARD. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE INCREASE THAT WE WOULD SEE WITH THE SALARY STUDY TO. I DON'T HAVE THAT. SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO THROW OUT LIKE. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NUMBER FOR US TO CONSIDER. BUT THE $14 AN HOUR FOR FOOD SERVICE, AND YOU'VE ADJUSTED THAT FOR COMPRESSION THROUGH IN THAT CATEGORY. IS THAT CORRECT? THE $14 AN HOUR, THAT WOULD BE A MINIMUM. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME COMPRESSION ADJUSTMENTS, BUT THERE IS SOME COMPRESSION MAINTAINED AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE SCALE BECAUSE OF THE MARKET DISCOUNT AND THEN MOVING IT BACK UP TO THE MINIMUM AND SOME AT THE TOP. BUT THERE THERE IS SOME COMPRESSION ADJUSTMENT THROUGHOUT. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. AND THEN WHAT IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT MINIMUM HOURLY RATE? I MISSED THAT. [00:40:02] AND IT WAS UP 5%. BUT IT'S. IN BETWEEN IT'S IN BETWEEN 15 AND $16 PER HOUR, I BELIEVE IT'S 1550 SOMETHING. THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT I HAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M SORRY TO THROW THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE COUNTY BUDGET, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE EVERY YEAR IT SEEMS THERE'S A GRAPHIC THAT FLOATS AROUND A PICTURE OF A DOLLAR BILL. AND I'D LOVE TO SEE WHERE WE LANDED ON THAT THIS YEAR. EXCUSE ME, MISS BAILEY. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT TEACHER RECRUITMENT. RECRUITMENT FOR I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 360 VACANCIES FOR TEACHERS. AS OF THURSDAY WE HAD 317 317 OK. MR. SMITH MAY ANSWER THIS QUESTION BETTER THAN YOU. I'M NOT SURE, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A POLICY QUESTION. I KNOW THAT THE POLICE FORCE IS ALLOWED TO HIRE RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO RETAIN THEIR PENSION. AND THEY DID THAT AS A RECRUITMENT TOOL TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HIRES THAN POLICE. WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FROM A POLICY LEVEL AT THE STATE OR AT THE VIDEO? IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR OUR RETIRED TEACHERS, I THINK YOU WOULD GET A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES IF THEY ARE ABLE TO RETAIN THEIR PENSION AND YET STILL COME BACK TO WORK TEACHING. AND I'M JUST CONFUSED AS TO IS THIS A GENERAL ASSEMBLY? LAW OR IS THIS SOMETHING YOU CAN JUST DO A POLICY CHANGE OR REQUIRE LAW? THERE'S A THERE IS LEGISLATION IN PLACE AND IT'S FOR IDENTIFIED SHORTAGE AREAS. AND I JUST SAW LAST WEEK WHERE THEY IDENTIFIED WE IDENTIFIED SHORTAGE AREAS FOR 22, 23, AND THERE WERE TEN SHORTAGE AREAS. IT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF. ELEMENTARY AND PE ARE NOW ON THE LIST. WOW. BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BREAK IN SERVICE OF AT LEAST A YEAR. AND IT HAS TO BE A FULL RETIREMENT, NOT A REDUCED RETIREMENT. SO THERE'S A CHECKLIST THAT WE GO THROUGH WHEN FOLKS APPLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET ALL OF THE CRITERIA AND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO IMPACT THEIR RETIREMENT. SO IT HAS TO BE A SHORTAGE AREA, YEARS BREAK IN SERVICE FOR RETIREMENT, AND WE GO THROUGH THAT CHECKLIST AND THEN THEY CAN BE REHIRED. SO I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT I'M A FULL TIME RETIRED TEACHER AND ON A SCHOOL BOARD AND WASN'T AWARE OF THAT, I THINK MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK TO PUBLICIZE BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF FULL TIME TEACHERS OUT THERE THAT FOR THE MONEY NOW THAT IT SEEMS IT'S NOT ENOUGH YET. BUT COMPARED TO PROBABLY WHAT THEY RETIRED FROM, IT'S GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY BE MORE. THEY MAY BE INTERESTED IN COMING BACK IF THEY WERE AWARE THEY COULD AND KEEP THEIR PENSION. SO MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF PR WORK ALONG THOSE LINES MIGHT BE HELPFUL WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS. YEAH, WE DID SEND THE LETTER LAST YEAR AND WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AGAIN TO ALL OUR RETIRED TEACHERS. AS YOU MENTIONED, WITH ADDITIONAL INCREASES, IT MIGHT BE MORE ENTICING. THANK YOU. THE SAINTS. SHE LEFT, WOULD YOU LET HER PROBABLY SEE IN 2024? A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. AGAIN, I CALL MY COLLEAGUES INCREDIBLE WORK. SO THANK YOU. FIRST, I THINK IT WAS SLIDE 13, IF I WAS COUNTING CORRECTLY, THAT LISTED. ALL THE POSITIONS. YOU. 17. IT WAS THE ONE THAT LISTED ALL THE POSITIONS THAT WERE. YEAH. OKAY. SO ALL JOB TITLES NOT INCLUDED IN LAST YEAR'S STUDY WERE INCLUDED, BUT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT ALL TITLES? BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND ANY OTHER POSITIONS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN SALARY STUDY TWO. DO WE KNOW WHICH POSITIONS BASICALLY OTHER THAN THOSE TWO OR NOT INCLUDED IN A SALARY STUDY? AND YOU MENTIONED THE AND THE STIPEND OBVIOUSLY FOR COACHES, ETC.. RIGHT. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT ARE THE ONLY POSITIONS THAT AREN'T INCLUDED IN THE GRADES, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER POSITIONS THAT WERE GRADED POSITIONS, AS OPPOSED TO THE ONES THAT WERE ON THE STEP SCALES THAT WERE STUDIED LAST YEAR WERE INCLUDED. AND I MENTIONED WE HAD THIS TWO KIND OF CROSSOVER GROUPS, INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT THAT WERE RECONSIDERED. [00:45:01] BUT EVERY OTHER POSITION THAT'S NOT ON THAT TEACHER STEP SCALE IS ON THE GREATEST SCALE. SO THEY WERE ALL THEY WERE ALL CONSIDERED OTHER THAN JUST THE TWO THAT WE HAD THAT'S THAT ARE UNGRADED. OKAY. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE NOBODY WAS LEFT OUT. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE SOME PEOPLE NEED TO BE MOVED TO THE TOP SCALE THEN, IS THAT CORRECT OR NO? NO. WE HAD SOME POSITIONS INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, ETC. THAT WERE ACTUALLY ALWAYS ON OUR GRADED SCALES, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE STUDENT FACING DIRECT CONTACT INSTRUCTIONAL POSITIONS, THEY WERE ABLE TO BE INCLUDED LAST YEAR WITH SALARY STUDY WHILE THEY DIDN'T TRANSITION TO THE STEP SCALE. BUT NOW THOSE GRADES ARE GOING AWAY, SO THEY NEEDED TO BE RECONSIDERED TO PUT THEM ON A NEW STRUCTURE RECOMMENDED BY THE CONSULTANT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THE SECOND THING, I REALLY WANT TO APPLAUD OUR WORK TO MOVE THE LOWER END OF THE SPECTRUM. I THINK NOW THAT I HAVE TWO KIDS WORKING, I'M VERY AWARE OF WHAT THE HOW THE MARKET IS MOVING QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, A KID WHO IS HIRED AT A TRAINING RATE AT 11.50 AN HOUR, THEIR MINIMUM RATE, IT WAS $12. NOW HE'S AT 14 AN HOUR. SO IT JUST AND THIS WAS NOT YOU CAN STILL MAKE MORE THAN THAT. SO THIS IS NOT A HIGHLY PAID MARKET JOB. IT'S JUST A INDUSTRY THAT IS BEING FORCED TO MOVE OR THEY CANNOT BE FULLY STAFFED. SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF US. AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT THE PRIVATE MARKET, BUT IT'S IT'S A HEAVY LIFT AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF US. AND THEN MY LAST REQUEST IS AND MAYBE THE BONUS AND THE RAISE, WE'LL DO THIS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS, BUT I NOTICED THAT THE SUB RATE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AREAS IS HIGHER THAN THE STANDARD RATE AND FOR SUBS. AND I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST KEEP AN EYE ON WHETHER OR NOT THE INCREASE IN PAY AND THE BONUS WILL HELP FILL SPED IAS WHICH TEND TO HAVE LARGER VACANCIES THAN OTHER IAS. SOME KIND OF SAYING LIKE, LET'S WATCH AND SEE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES THE TRICK SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ALL IAS, INCLUDING HARDER TO STAFF IAS, ARE FILLED. I THINK. AREN'T ALL THE INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES NOW GOING TO 77? YES. SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IS LAST YEAR, SO ALL THE EVERYONE'S NOW GOING TO $77. RIGHT. AND THE VAST MAJORITY MAKE SURE YOU READ AT THE BOTTOM THERE. THANK YOU. SO I GUESS LET'S MAKE SURE THAT MAKING IT EQUAL DOES THE JOB. AND JUST IF WE HAD TO ADD MORE I KNOW FOR TEACHERS AND HARD TO STAFF SCHOOLS JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL OF OUR IA'S STAFFED ACROSS THE BOARD. THANKS. I JUST HAVE A I GUESS A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, NOT REALLY QUESTIONS. FIRST, JUST BACK TO YOU, MS.. HEFFRON, YOU ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT A MAX PERCENTAGE. I THINK GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH A VARIETY OF STARTING POINTS AND THEN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, THAT TO SET A MAX IS A LITTLE, LITTLE HARD LIKE ACROSS THE BOARD MAX. SO THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO GET A MAX PERCENT AT THAT POINT. THE OTHER THING I JUST THIS IS MORE FORWARD THINKING, JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE LOOK TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WHERE THE STATE DID COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING. THEY DID COME BACK WITH ONE TIME $6 MILLION. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN OUR STATE BUDGET COMES BACK NEXT YEAR, IT WON'T HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL 6 MILLION, UNFORTUNATELY ALREADY BAKED IN. SO I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK IN THE FUTURE. SO AGAIN, APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND FOR ALL OF THE HOURS THAT I KNOW YOUR TEAMS HAVE PUT IN VERY LONG AND ASKING FOR REEVALUATION OF INFORMATION AND ALL OF THAT TOO. SO I JUST GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL. ROLL ON THE MOTION. APPROVED. NEXT WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS AND SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS. [D. Announcements, Communications, and School Board Comments] SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS? THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL RETREAT AT NOON ON AUGUST 15, 2022. [00:50:06] IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BUSINESS MEETING AT 6:30 P.M.. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC BUSINESS, WE WILL NEED TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONFERENCE ROOM. [E. Adjournment into Closed Session] MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE ITEMS FOR TODAY'S CLOSED SESSION. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 223711 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AND SPECIFICALLY UNDER SUBSECTION ONE, THE EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF A SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE INTO THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTERS AND THE MATTERS THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT RECORDS. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU HAVE JUST HEARD THE ITEMS REQUESTED TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD? SO MOVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION. SESSION. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.