Osborn Elementary District board meeting, date not confirmed yet
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Board approves annual financial report and preventive maintenance plan 1:00:50
- A district staff member presented annual reports on the bond, the DAA override and the M&O override, and questions were asked about what the override funding covered. 44:02
- Rhiannon Ford opened action item B, approval of the 2026-27 annual financial report, and a district staff member presented financial highlights. 1:00:50
- The board also approved the fiscal year '27 SFOB preventative maintenance plan. 1:22:32
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Item by item (10)
- Opening and internet safety hearing 0:17
- Rhiannon Ford, the board's clerk, opened the meeting with a hearing on compliance with the Children's Internet Protection Act. 0:17
- A staff member said the district has monitoring systems in place 24/7 and web filters, and said contact information for the IT department is on the district's website. 0:34
- The meeting continued with the Pledge of Allegiance, and Rhiannon Ford read a statement recognizing the original inhabitants of the lands where the district is situated. 1:35
- Board member reports 2:10
- Ben Blink encouraged the community to read updates from schools in the board packet, which is available online. 3:39
- Ed Hermes said they attended a parent event at Clarendon and helped organize a bike rodeo at the Encanto school with the Phoenix Fire Department. 5:34
- One board member said the board held a retreat and is beginning to write a strategic plan, and said they would like to work on developing AI guidance. 8:27
- School spotlight and recognitions 13:47
- A Longview staff member presented Spread Love Awards to 5 staff members tied to the district's core values. 13:47
- A staff member presented on the SEAS program at Longview Elementary School, which the staff member said primarily works to help students with emotional disabilities gain emotional control and social skills. 21:29
- A district staff member recognized school principals for National Principals Month with framed images of school mascots. 33:43
- Consent agenda 36:59
- Annual bond and override report 43:40
- A staff member said the district's previous $50 million bond program has been fully funded, with total expenditures to date of just over $49.9 million. 44:02
- A speaker said the speaker was not happy with how Pueblo Mechanical handled the Solano HVAC project, noting $1.34 million was spent on that system. 48:26
- A staff member said the district is withholding final payments until contractors resolve the issues. 49:49
- Annual M&O override report 50:36
- A staff member said the M&O override generated just over $2.6 million last fiscal year and that the total amount expended was $2.9 million. 50:39
- The staff member said the $2.9 million is part of total M&O expenditures of just over $21 million, not on top of it. 52:53
- Asked about $304,000 for gifted resource services, the staff member said it covers stipends and a portion of teacher salaries and benefits. 55:13
- Employee association update 56:39
- A representative of the Osborne Education Association said the association has 9 active cases and has supported a total of 13 distinct cases since the start of the 2026-2027 school year. 56:59
- A second representative said the association selected a facilitator for meet and confer and that staff want site-level input on bond projects. 58:29
- Annual financial report 1:00:50
- A staff member said maintenance and operations expenditures were just over $21.28 million, or just over 62% of expenditures from the funds shown. 1:01:57
- The staff member projected total classroom dollars at 67.7% and said direct classroom instruction was 47.5%. 1:06:32
- Ben Blink asked about the strategy for the classroom site fund, and the staff member said the fund balance of $3 million is planned to sustain teacher salary increases. 1:15:14
- Rhiannon Ford announced that the motion to approve the annual financial report passed. 1:22:32
- Preventive maintenance plan 1:22:32
- Future agenda items 1:23:29
- Ben Blink asked for a presentation on any pressures new facilities would put on the M&O budget and raised enrollment strategy as a future agenda item. 1:23:40
- Ed Hermes asked to evaluate the district calendar and to discuss a heat mitigation and safety policy. 1:25:52
- Rhiannon Ford asked for an update on gifted education services and adjourned the meeting at 6:58. 1:26:49
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Video: posted by the district as “Governing Board Meeting 10/13/26”