I'm happy to put that on the agenda. we can discuss it and the committee as a whole can determine if we um agree that that project should be taken on in our name. Um okay. So any other discussion on the the uh revision to the um functions and duties document? One last question. Um, so I read it uh online in advance, but I didn't have it in my packet. Is it in someone else's packet that I could just look at the text of quickly? Thank you. We'll walk around. I just like having it in front of me for this. Yeah, that makes sense. Do you not have it in yours either? Last thing I had in mind was that collaborative so we can look at it together. Okay. Any other questions or comments? Secretary Denive. Um, after we vote, can I add something to new business?
To add on, we had good laughs and had things in common made the experience memorable. I am extremely grateful for that. After the interview, I had no constructive criticism given to me and I got a perfect score. Nice. Personal advice I gave to myself and others was to have confidence and be true to yourself and remember first impressions are important and to stay away stay away from words such as like and as or sorry like and um um also I just use that but and I say to have confidence because I personally feel when you're nervous you're more closed off and avoiding conversations that could advocate you for that job and making those connections. To end, I would like to thank the district for giving us the opportunities because now I feel more prepared and confident for my future. Thank you. I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank John for rising to the challenge to step up and say we can offer mock interviews to all of our graduating seniors.
What's the y ais? Um, so that is frequency. So the overall frequency of what was evaluated and saw I'm not for sure how they put it on the zero to four point but but they have a rating scale that they put it on to connect frequency. Okay. And so um and then the last one was instructional strategies. We did not include the green bars which were several and to celebrate but for this evening I just wanted to really kind of show those areas of where we will be focusing and priority our work when we come back to you to share our detailed plan of action but to just give a brief overview of our next steps is one we will be developing a logic model for the entire project looking at how do we build the capacity of our building leaders in those areas of special education SDI specially designed instruction uction and differentiation.
And I don't recall it being ISB recommending it be moved to the procedural manual because they would it would be an AP. It would be an AP um policy if that's it wouldn't show up in the board policy in press. All the ones that were moved to the procedural manual were at the recommendation of IASB. That's not something that came from us. That's something that came directly from press. And similarly to E1, again I'm I'm indifferent because we will comply with all of these because the law um this would this is going to require updates annually. Um it looks like in previous past there have been some years missed because these re the forms themselves are what has to be posted not necessarily the list of the postings. And so um again we would just need to figure out what the rotation would look like to make sure that this gets brought back before the board when there's any changes that um would apply to this policy or anything that is may be removed.
What what is the reasoning? I mean, I'm just thinking like why would we invite Aldi traffic to come through the middle of our transportation center? Yes. So the reasoning for for that uh uh was when our design team was looking at it uh and uh our transportation staff actually concurred with this uh felt that having uh uh cars uh being able to enter into Aldi uh or exit from Aldi so close to the intersection could cause issues with our buses um trying to approach the the light. um our civil engineer uh felt that in his experience the number of cars that would be looping back to go into Aldi um would be um it's not like it's a full functioning uh street. Uh and it would be more beneficial uh for buses to be able to have clear access going up to that light rather than have to worry about cars pulling out in front of them uh right next to the light.
And the community foundation donated $4,500 to the Special Education Department. 25108's approval of the field trips. Uh, we have an overnight field trip request from high school science olympiad coach Shelby Green to take 12 science olympiad students to be northwest on April 4th and 5th, 2025 participate in the state science olympiad state competition. Dr. Brown, I recommend the board approve with one motion and one vote the consent agenda items 25-101 through and including 25-108.1 as presented. Okay. Thank you. board to entertain a motion to approve 25101 through 25108. Make a motion that we approve the consent agenda. Thank you, Mr. Scott. Do we have a second? I'll second. Chansy with a motion and a second.
The answer is really not much. uh if we have uh 242 kids spread out upon 10 classrooms 245 it increases it by.3 right so so per classroom look at that yeah chart y different color yeah yeah but um yeah it's just because it came from another so I I can certainly have 40 like really would. Yeah, but flip side is you're not adding six seven. No, no, no. That was last year, Mark. It's the FAR column. He's adding them everywhere. That new enrollment. This was last year. I didn't add in these words. Blank. Yeah. Okay. I'm adding five in every grade level except kindergarten and uh third grade for 10 or 10 seats. So, I guess then the the same question is framed just a little differently. numbers black. Yeah, that you got a 197 in sixth grade. Yeah, I would just not want to offer test.
We have an item on the agenda for new business. Yes, we can discuss that at that time. Anything else? Okay. Secretary Gene, will you call the vote? Chair Johnson Msad. Yes. Vice Chair Saxon, abstain. Secretary Denim, I will also abstain. Member Goodwin abstain. Member Childs abstain. Mayor Disorger. Yes. And member Martini. Yes. Okay. Passes. It does with Yeah, because abstension is is saying that you're not Oh. participating. Okay. Thank you for that point of clarification. Appreciate that. All right. It passes with three votes. Um, let's see. I'd like to hear um um a motion to charge the redistricting and reorganizing ad hoc committee with revising redistricting and reorganizing plans to include the elimination of one or more schools in light of reduced budget and enrollment numbers. I'll make that motion. Motion from member Charles. Is there a second? Second.
I think it was a great experience and not only did he step up to this challenge, he went above and beyond things that I didn't even know he was going to do. The interview experience was a 20-minute experience. So, they do the interview and then they have an opportunity to sit and talk with that person and they give them feedback. I'd had this experience previously, but that was never a component that I had had in my prior location. And so to I was like, "Oh my gosh, he's how is he going to do that for this many kids, that much time for them to get that feedback?" but he did and he scheduled Adel. Those little cards, that's him and his team getting that done. Um, so I really appreciate it and I'm very excited about what we saw in our data report and about how CTE is rated a little bit higher.
How do we support teachers in the area of understanding special education law in especially around SDI and differentiation and Ore and then identifying what does it look like when we know we've achieved that so what are those knowledge attitudes skills aspirations and beliefs um and then how will we measure our improvement and growth will also be identified in that logic model um Miss Rivera if you want to go over accelerated placement that's next steps yep absolutely so we talked about a logic model for all of it. We're going to create a little baby logic model specifically for accelerated placement and enrichment. Um, notice I have now officially shifted the way that I am describing that. Um, and so our focus within that logic model, which is basically an action plan, right, for the goals. Um, we want to look at the programmatic structure to support accelerated placement and enrichment for all, including students identified as gifted, yes, but even students who are not identified as gifted.
This policy would have to be again if we're talking again I just want to be clear that 22 250 E2 regardless of what manual it is in is going to have to constantly be updated and it's annoying right but what I'm saying is but it would then we can't just update it and move forward with that as procedure because it's procedural to update these on the on the website and to get to make sure that they're posted. But anytime there's a change to required posted material, we will need to bring this list back to the board to update this list because it exists in policy. If it exists in procedure, we don't have to bring it back to the board on the month of the board meeting to get action. We can make those changes, update those um documents. Then again, if the board chooses, I'm bringing that information to not again, it's I'm not in part of the decision-m.
Couldn't they just put a little stop sign there? I mean, to me, it I like to me, I wouldn't want cars coming through at the top part of the middle of all of our activity going on at the at the bus at the transportation center coming out of that parking lot. Just me personally, my also and Mr. Shepard, you may remember this better, but I also believe in our conversations with Aldi's in order to get the agreement to move forward with the project. They were thinking more of that being for their delivery trucks and and service vehicles. So, they preferred also that back link versus the front link. So, they're going to so maintenance on that road is going to be shared between Aldi and us with their semis coming through. So the the thought process as part of the IGA was that maintenance of the that access point was going to be shared by not only us and Aldi but if there's any other developers of the front two parcels.
We have any discussion? Seeing no discussion, all in favor of approval, signify by saying I. I. Any oppose? Agenda is approved. Any public comments? I would just like to introduce and welcome our new school resource officer, Mark TR. Um he's here tonight I believe with his family and we want to welcome Mark. He has 25 years of experience uh with the Indiana State Police and he's going to be joining us in in short few weeks. So welcome to Mark. I'm glad you're here. Any tips? I was a SRO for about eight months. Mark I give some insight but no we're very excited to have you. Um Looking forward to it. Sure. Yes, Cody. While I'm here as the lead SRO and I'll talk about that briefly. Um the SRO, we work on the triad. The triad is law enforcement. Mark brings 25 years, 19 of that being with the SWAT team, um with the state police.
We could I I just we could I I when I looked at under one, you know, I predicted 190 uh but it's lower. I I took those I could I could do 20 at, you know, third grade, too. Um it was just numbers. when you when you get to get to 20, you're talking about one per class, right? Right. And and pretty much every class. Um I I don't think changing the cap from five to 10 in any likely to generate probably just isn't. But kindergarten still just have one person taking us up on it. I mean kindergarten is the class the grade level that we tend to get the most and then they stay with us forever. Yeah. you know, five for five, 100% fill rate and and are we confident that the projection for where we are this time of year showing below number for Yeah, it's it's on par with last year this time.
Any discussion? Can I ask a clarifying question? Yes. Is that description as read, does that mean that any plan that this committee or this ad hoc subcommittee puts forward must include a building closure? Um, let's see. I think it well, we might want to revise it if it if you're having that question. I think that we want you to we I my intent was that the the ad hoc committee include in its deliberations the possibility of the elimination but it not not that it not that we are necessarily charging you with eliminating one or more schools. Okay. Thank you for that clarification. Okay. I have a question along those lines. Glenn. Yes. Would you accept a friendly amendment to add the word possible? Gladly. Possible elimination. Yes, that motion. Thank you. That's very helpful. I appreciate it. Wait, that was I asked someone else to make the motion.
That means there's more challenges that could potentially come in the future. So, thank you, John. So again, um you know, we we have this we we kind of live by that in our department. Um and you saw it and this is why we do what we do is because we want our students, every student, uh to have that experience that they're having. Um you know, they got job offers that that wasn't the intent of the the interviews. That never is. Um but they shine, right? And they made an impression and and our folks in the community are noticing that. So, hats off to all our our English teachers, our CT teachers, and everybody else. I will tell you that thanks for I appreciate the the accolades, but it was a team effort. Uh there were a lot of people involved that that all the pieces had to fall in place and um and it and it did.
So just referencing and looking at what we currently have in place and how can we tighten things up. We also want to continue to build capacity and support our educators with identification of children demonstrating those high abilities. U making sure that we are uh paying attention to the other side of the diamond. Um another area of focus for us when it comes to accelerated placement and enrichment is that windtime block during uh grades three and five. How are we utilizing that time to delve deeper into learning on both the ELA side and the math side? And then last thing is the continued professional learning for our teachers who are gifted enrichment teachers and or advanced ELA and math teachers at the 6th 8th grade level. Last year they had the opportunity to partake in No, it's that was not last year. That was this year.
I just want the board to be clear on if we move forward with this what that looks like. I am totally okay with whatever the board decides. I don't have a dog in the fight whatsoever. I just want you all to understand what it means if we do move forward. Right. So for the reason of the simple reason of transparency, I am in support of keeping them in here as well as in the procedural because otherwise we are not going to be aware of any of those changes if they're being made without us knowing about it or being informed about it. I agree. I agree with you, President Darling. And I think that personally I think that we all just heard why this was getting moved into the AP manual and that's just because then it can be changed on the fly. It's not something it's not no as it's happening and not and not waiting to bring it to the board.
Okay. Can we get that in writing from Aldi? I believe that's that was part of the the IG. Okay. I just want to make sure because otherwise we're stuck with it. Do you know what I mean? Um, and then this is are are they absorbing any of the costs to get rid of this demolishing the the road at the bottom or is that all on us? That would be on us. Okay. All right. And so, um, I had the same thought as as you D about the conflict there, but I I have to remind myself at times that when our buses are running are not the peak times for grocery shopping. So, we're not going to see the heavy traffic and Aldi. Um, so we have to keep that in mind, too. I'm just thinking even after hours, like when we're not there, we've got people driving through our parking lot and I don't know why they would need access to that to that portion of the transfer, like driving right through the middle of our property.
Uh when we go to the mentoring and counseling piece, I have to look at his children. Uh Tracy TR is a second grade teacher at Anderson. Uh Landon with his athletics and academics. Um I'm excited to see him go uh to the next level. And then we got Izzy. She's a freshman, but he cracks me up each and every day. The mentoring, counseling, law enforcement side, and the educating piece. He also brings um he's a instructor as well with the state police. So I'm very excited to have him with our team. Um and I can't wait for him to start. Absolutely. Thank you so much. I would like to say something on behalf of that, but I want to say also that a lot of people don't know this, but where I work at, he actually came and helped us with our active shooter program.