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You can see that staffing, as we've discussed exhaustively, makes up the majority of our expenses. So 54 cents of every dollar goes to pay for staffing salaries. That doesn't include benefits. When you include benefits, which is in the second number there, that number balloons to close to 75% of every or 70 cent 75 cents of every dollar that we spend goes towards salaries and benefits for staff. all staff uh included in that district number. That's a significant increase from the March number, but I've included in that capital outlay. So, the additional money that we've identified for the from the uh tax levy authority that we're going to put towards much needed infrastructure improvements of this district is included in this district cost number here. So, you're going to see it significantly up. But other things that are in this cost are health benefits, prescription, dental, um health, our FICA costs for all employees, our PERS obligation annually, as well as uh our insuranceances for the district.
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Um there's a lot of work that gets done throughout the weeks. Uh I think a lot of it looks like it's you know on an agenda rubber stamp stuff and there are things that are mandatory and things that happen but um I will say that for for most of the members here that I've worked with now uh over two boards now um they are are very in tune with what's going on um Mr. Folkino especially um and uh to to be able to honor him tonight with this is uh is something that uh you know as a board president board president gets to do. So uh so thank you. I've learned from you these past past year I've been here. So [Applause] congratulations. All right. And then just um just wanted to go over um something that's on the agenda uh that I wanted to talk about.
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Th those have been turned in. Um there has been a stay put on by a judge so we'll see where that's at but know that ours have been turned in and we comply by what we need to comply by. So with that that's all I have. Thank you Dr. Cto. Next up, we have governing board update. So, over the last period, I I just want to say I I attended the Diceard Heroes event, and I thought that was spectacular. First time I've ever been there. Um, I want to thank anyone who had any anything to do with putting that event on, any anyone who donated to that event. Um, the silent auction uh seemed was really fun. Uh, especially when you got over there with a uh a microphone trying to call some people out. Um, that was good. Uh I appreciate our uh mayor u who actually won two prizes because he uh he was part of the silent auction.
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Please note that comments are limited to three minutes per person. The board does not participate in discussion during public comment. Comments should address the board of education as a whole and not be directed to an individual board member, audience, or staff member. Followup to your questions or concern concerns may be addressed by administration through the contact information provided on the comment card. Thank you, Nicole Johnson. Good evening. Good evening. My name is Nicole Johnson. I have two daughters in school district 308, currently in 10th grade at OS and first grade at Foxchase. I, along with many other parents, and guardians tonight, seek help and additional support for all students, teachers, and staff at Foxchase. We have more than 60 signatures attached to the statement I will read next representing those that express their full support of what I'm sharing along with others also speaking seeking help tonight.
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And my favorite teacher is Dr. Harrison because he makes English a lot of fun and he always is kind and compassionate to his students. Hi, my name is Sophie Anderson and I plan on attending the University of Dayton in the fall to study biology and minor in neuroscience and psychology. My favorite BCSC experience was definitely cheering at Northeast Gaines and then also getting involved in unified track and helping them out. And then my um favorite teacher here or like the teacher that's had the most impact on me um would definitely be Mrs. Moral cuz she definitely introduced me to the medical field very well. She's a biomemed teacher here and I had her freshman year and then junior year too. So she definitely introduced me to that well and as well as my future career plans which is genetic counseling. I'm Tabitha Martin. I'm going to go to college for atmospheric sciences.
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Any questions or comments? There being no questions or comments, we'll move the matter to a vote. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Vote carries. 5. Action item 4.07 OPTIM agreement Walgreens class action lawsuit. Back to you, Mr. Thank you, Mr. President. This is the agreement with OPTIM to provide services for us in perfecting our claim to the Walgreens pharmaceutical settlement. With that, anticipating receiving a little under $1.8 million as part of the settlement we've identified but with that optimum has to gather up all that information that needs to be submitted. So with that, we're asking for your approval, recommending your approval to the class action for the Walgreens class action. Thank you, Mr. Class. Question 4.0 support service center. to the support services. So, how cold is that? have to get back. Was it used for something? Yes. Anybody? I'm just curious at this manufacturing facility.
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Um one is not just based on uh their population of students and their um is not bigger. And we've also had some more Indiana schools. So these are just first numbers that we went through. So one of the big things for us was how can we have our kids to be included? Um how can we have a bit. And so you have a lot of um a lot of reasons on these next two slides, but I'm actually for time sake going to fast forward um to the most important one for us is as we've been doing data over the past um two weeks really having conversations with students. This freshman class coming up in 29 has um 33 students that are in that excelling um top ranking. And in our current system, going to be fighting for 10 to 11 spots. If we move to the Latin honors, we can acknowledge and and recognize students in a lot of levels.
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Kinler, Mrs. Dei and I are all three planning on going regardless of the number of kids we have. Um the cost for this trip is um for students right about $4,100. Um, if students sign up before May 2nd, still they can get it for $200 off. Um, EF does split this up into payments for the parents depending on um when they sign up. Right now, we're looking at right around between 250 and 300 um per month depending on the specific day they sign up. Um, students can also apply for a $1,000 global citizen scholarship through EF. Um, and then we are planning on doing some different fundraising as well. One of the fundraising options that EF has is students will get a personal financing fundraising page where they can like post a link on Facebook, post a link out to their friends, send letters, um, and get support and donations.
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So, at this time, we will move on to our action items. We will go to our approval of our diploma task force recommendations. Mr. Noter and Mr. Knik. Good evening, Madam President, Dr. Smith, members of the board. At the April 14th work session, our team presented an update on recommendations from our diploma task force team and I recommend the board approve the diploma task force recommen recommendations as submitted. Thank you, Mr. Knik. Um board, any comments or actually um I'm sorry I'm I'll entertain a motion. I got out of sync there. My brain got a little heat fried from tennis. Okay, I'll entertain a motion. So move. Second. All right. properly moved. Miss Pucket, seconded, Miss Dunn. All in favor of the diploma task force recommendations? I I All right. All in favor and none opposed. Okay.
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It was it. He must have heard you, right? Hey, I don't mind jinxing people when it's good. Oh, and Hartin it now getting beat up, but gets it to Atwood. Atwood up to Fowler. Fowler on that 25 yd line. Casually walking. Going to let Hart get into the play. Pass to Sullivan who I swear looks bigger every time I see him. Sullivan now. Nice swim move there. Back to Atwood. Atwood right out in front of Hartin. Oh my goodness. Close, but Olsson now. Oh, two shots just missing. Kelly on the ground though. Hartinet trying to get up. Quick thinking though from Greenberg and he gets it and passes it to Mcllig. They got gets hacked away there. And great back check from Fowler. Fowler now getting chased. Fowler stops, waits for a line change. Some fresh mitties. Yeah, get Hart there with the the extra speed.
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Westside with the ball. Quickly gets the ball back to Davis. Davis behind the net. You saw me swarming them. They get the ball over Hermovic. Hermovic looking to make quick space of everybody. She gets the ball up to Canada. Canada gets the ball over the restraining line, gets the ball knocked away by Addie Jordan, and it gets a call. And Canada will get the ball at the 25 yd line, setting up the Terriers offense. Canado over Hermovic. Herovic with the ball getting pressed by Grace Howard. Back to Hermovic. Feeds the ball into Chapman. Chapman gets a turnaround. Gets a shot off pass Jenna Holly for Westside. Fourth goal of the game. 9 to4 Spartans. 645 left in the second quarter. goal number [Music] one with the assist. It's Chapman's eighth goal on the season. Second goal this year against the Spartans. Ball's up. Ball's knocked around.
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Our three recipients are Hayden Castle, Lara Codney, and Matthew Dean. These the following students have earned their certificate as a certified nurse aid while in high school. And just stand at your seat. They are Zale Allen, Lara Codney, Matthew Deckit, Khloe Gosny, and Isaac Rinker. Two students earned their cert certificate as a certified medication aid while in high school. They are Zaye Allen and Larry Cotney. These students earned their CPR certification while in high school. Sage Faer, Khloe Gosny, Aiden Mcmanis, and Addie Van Patton. The following students earned their OSHA 10 certification while in high school. Zalee Allen, Olivia Bangs, Tori Burbridge, Cole Carlson, Ezra Crutchfield, Landon Ernst, Sarah Gford, Khloe Gosny, Emtt Hazen, Chance Heg, Key Hobach, Tagert Ish, Madison Kim, Casten Per, Braden Riggs, Tim Saunders, Ty Stephins, and Kent Stuki. [Applause] The following students will complete the theory class training for their commercial driver's license.
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So, we have to ensure against risk and loss. All of that's included in this district cost number. District costs are going to capture anything that's not identified below that that the district has to spend on. Think of things like software that we might need to maintain our facilities or software that we might need that's non-educational. All of those things would be budgeted for here. Curriculum and technology, that number has not changed. Our special education number has not changed. Our elementary and middle schools number and our operation has not changed. Our operations and transportation number has gone up somewhat because we are putting some money back towards utilities as a result of this additional authority. clubs and activities has changed. The district is putting, we were previously budgeting for $100,000 in this expense category. We as a part of this additional authority are putting back in um elementary clubs and activities.
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There are a few different positions that are posted and I wanted to kind of go over the process of how it it's um you know how it should be done with regards to budget and um uh especially since this will be my first May personnel um recommendations to the board and whatnot. um when when the board or the administration through the board decides to propose a new position, first thing the board has to do is open up what they call a position control and then offer a job description. Right? You really shouldn't be applying for a job unless you know what the job entails, etc. Um over the past year, uh the board and I have been talking about some reconfigurations of uh current descriptions of jobs, adding adding specific jobs, going to something what is known as a two-house model, uh where there are uh there is an elementary and a secondary program that gets to articulate with itself um a little bit smooth more smoothly.
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Always a good cause and I appreciate you know city and the school board working together as well. And that's that's really what I wanted to say was you know that's a really great event and I I just want to make sure that we publicize that as much as possible how we we honor our DACAR heroes. Um, on the 9th of April, I and I attended the Ginger Lee Francia Awards ceremony. I just want to say thank you to Sarah Rivera for inviting me. It was an honor to be there. And congratulations to everyone that was recognized who went above and beyond for supporting our students with disabilities. It's a great opportunity if you ever get to go. Um, and I also attended the Daizart Hero Awards. Congratulations to all of our award winners. um rightfully deserved. Um thank you for your hard work, dedication, and support you give to our students.
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As a community, we are deeply concerned and increasingly distressed by the persistent challenges affecting our children's educational experiences and emotional well-being. Over the past months and in some cases years, we have made consistent efforts to raise these concerns through meetings, emails, phone calls, and participation in community forums. Despite the good faith efforts, collaborate and efforts to collaborate with school and district leadership, the issues we have brought forward remain insufficiently addressed. One of our most pressing concerns is the ongoing presence of extreme behavioral disruptions within classrooms. These incidents have become frequent and significantly impact the learning environment. There is lack of effective and consistent behavioral management, limited implementation of meaningful interventions, and insufficient administrative follow-through in actionable responses. Based on our children's experiences, these issues have not improved and continue to go unressed in any lasting or measurable way. Students are increasingly exposed to environments that feel unstable and at times unsafe, not due to academic difficulty, but due to unchecked behavioral incidents that disrupt learning and and elevate stress.
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I'm still deciding between Purdue and IU. My favorite part of school was my seventh grade field trip where we went to the fairgrounds in Indianapolis. It was I think it was called the ethnic expo and we got to walk around and learn about a bunch of different cultures and they had things we could buy and we got to eat at the mall afterwards. My favorite teacher is Mr. Lenant because he got me really interested in science. I had him freshman year for chemistry and then because of that I took AP environmental. I've taken a lot of science classes since then and I really enjoy all of them. Hi, my name is Aubrey Tyler. My future plans are to go to Ball State to major in earth space science teaching. My favorite BCSE experience was going caving with the Hamblings. And my favorite teacher is Mrs.
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I'm just more curious if I can add this is really exciting because once this building is done every [Music] facility we have these up for small projects. Great news. Very excited. Superintendent social. She said, "Talking All right, moving on to item 5.02 director assessments. I want to comment on a couple things. One assessment thing and a couple of grants that are coming up that we will not be will have. First of all, we are in the midst of IM testing which is our alternative education testing for special needs students as well as our iLearn assessment place. We'll just give you some percentages. We started with IM on March 31st and we give 237 IM tests. These are all done individually to our students and as of Friday we were at 68.4% complete on that. I learn uh we give a total of 19,696 assessments to grades three through eight and as of Friday uh we were at 43.5% complete.
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Um, Mrs. Shuy and the middle school staff has been seeing what would the kids be interested in a big portion once the honor seal, but it's pretty divided up um faithfully and evenly with enlistment, enrollment, and and employment. Um, that's just never been an option before for students. So, this system allows us to recognize students, allow them to explore courses, allow them to have um courses of interest, allow them to have flexibility, and do um some additional things that they wouldn't necessarily have done before with our current system. Lastly, Thursday, IHSA had a conversation about some changes within their bywalls, and one of the changes that is probably going to be approved um on their main meeting is that a senior that's on track, if they're in two or more courses, they can still compete in sports. That's going to be huge for us. If we have an athletic um if we have an athlete that is trying for that top ranking in our um current system, they would be a full-time student taking seven courses trying to still compete for that spot.
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Um, when we get back to school in the fall, we're planning on doing some group fundraisers where the funds would just be divided up between everyone. Um, we are also adults are welcome to sign up as well. So, if there's parents that want to go, um, their cost would be 4,800. Um, EF does require anyone over the age of 20 to have a background check, though, so we have that security there, too. Um, with this cost, like I said, everything's all inclusive, so students really don't need to bring a ton of money with them. Um, this does include the airfare, hotels, transportation while we're in Ireland. We'll have an Ireland based EF tour guide with us the entire trip. Um, they lead everything there. We also will have access to um their 247 support lines in case of any emergencies. Um, there's also different insurance policies and everything that they include.
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