I'm like, why are you wasting our time now? Well, that's where it's it's like what are you trying to do here? Because are you trying to score? You were doing a fine job just killing the time and you got the lead. That's a minute you're never going to get back. Yeah. Well, no. It's I mean I'm okay with that cuz it's a nice enough day where I guess you just enjoy Look at that bird on the tree right there. You know, beautiful blue sky. But it's also like I just wonder as like as an observer what was the point of that as the coach? She'd be like, "Okay, so let's we've done this well. We've done that." Well, you like good takes from the game maybe. Yeah. I don't know either. Cuz you're also giving them another chance to like gain their energy. Like I mean, I know Kelly's in their net so he's not scoring, but it's like you're giving him more time to get over.
You have the opportunity to take a break, confer with each other, amend the resolution. I want you to remember your sto stewards of both our schools and community dollars. Financial discipline and thoughtful planning are not wrap up. They must go hand in hand. Thank you. Hello, I'm Miss Donnie for 22 years at Eastam Township bus driving way back when my mother was a East Township bus driver when there was a shift gear. I was born and raised on Marbal Avenue. I would like to begin with ex apologizing to all the parents and the students for being where am I? I would like to apologize to all our children and parents we have grown to know and love for how horrific the past few years have been and for most of us trying to use our sick days. A lot of our old-timer bus drivers have over 180 days and this is what we get for being dedicated and loving our job.
I'm asking you to correct things. Mr. Garto, please. You have to have the court. please. Okay. So, um I'd like to thank those of you that won your election. I look forward to working with you in the future regardless of my stance in whatever it is in in this position on this board. Um I'd like to thank the community for coming out. I'd like to thank the community for expressing their concerns and their needs. Uh regardless of everything that is going on, we look forward to serving the community in whatever capacity that we're able to as well as everyone else that's that's here. Um, I thank you for your time and I hope you guys are able to enjoy the rest of the week. We look forward to seeing you again for the second reorg of the year next week. Thank you. At this time, I'd like a motion to close the meeting.
So we do have a crossing guard at Fifth and Bluegrass. So it is not considered as hazardous intersection. Can I can I say one more thing about that one because I think I think that was the same one where it was students would have to cross only at one section of the road because there was three different sections that they could cross. Yeah. two of them we would have to advise them not to cross there but only to cross at the one that's deemed non-hazardous. So immediately my thought was how are we going to do that? But but but I didn't know how how to in practice how will we execute that and keep kids safe. So one of the things we are doing is working with the village on creating safe walk paths that will be on our transportation website and so that families will know what that safe walk path is within that mile and a half.
Oh, I'm good on this topic. I appreciate it. Okay. Thank you. All right. Next, we have new diploma requirements. Next is the new diploma requirements. Okay. Um and so I'm going to start by giving an overview. Um so next slide please. And I I think it's um the first important thing that needs to be pointed out is that starting with the class of 2029, uh the current eighth grade class, all students will be required to earn the new diploma, uh the new Indiana diploma by meeting new graduation requirements. And it's also important to note that um the requirements are set by the state. So, all schools issuing an Indiana diploma must meet these requirements. Uh, and the schools and districts may offer different courses that meet those requirements, but we don't get a say in the structure of the new diploma. So, I think that's really important and a little bit critical to point out.
But Pat, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Trout. The motion passed 6. Move on to H2 Pinnacle Mailing Products and HCCS. H1 or I I1 sorry or excuse me, you're right. H2. Yeah. Pinnacle Mailing Products. Mr. Mclofflin. Yes. So, uh we are at a point where we need to uh renew our lease with our uh postage meter and uh mailing services that we uh use at the central office and here at the the high school. And uh we had two presentations and quotes provided to us for that uh machine and the Pinnacle uh mailing products uh agreement is in the board packet and would recommend uh approval of that contract. Thank you, Mr. Mclofflin. I'll entertain a motion uh reference item. Motion to approve the Pinnacle mailing products and HCCSC lease agreement for postage machines for Huntington North High School and the administration center. Thank you, Mr.
You're giving him like letting people rest, you know, all this all this stuff. And it'd be one thing if you were going to just go in with all the subs here, but they didn't. Yeah, that's a big thing that in basketball and such is you call the timeout and you just to get the studs. Yeah. You get a whole all your players to rest and get everyone else out there on the field or court. All right, Sullivan on that far side now on the 20. Little juke move. Sullivan getting hacked. Passes to Atwood. Atwood up to Sullivan. Sullivan scores. All right. So maybe the there was some good strategy involved in that timeout and I apologize. You know, I think they could have did it either way. Yeah, Sullivan fine in the back of the net, but you know, I am not the ex-p profofessional.
Bus drivers and aids have been trying to work and fix the problems, but due to the issues from the superintendent and business agent, I'm here to tell you at this moment, we are also dealing with no running buses. The ones since last the week before Easter had a flat tire, still was sitting there this morning with a flat. They couldn't get nobody in during Easter break to fix a flat tire. Or a bus that was fixed, broke down on Thursday and had to be towed, still sitting there waiting to be towed. and all the other buses that need to be fixed. Also, our CB radios are no better. The cameras aren't no much better. There is a lot of fixing up to do there. We all wrote emails, had meetings, spoke one-on-one trying to help and explain how this department can work. It always he says, she says, who knows?
Got it. And like I said, I was going to wait. So, um there's others that has um you know, it's at 12, but like um I think it was Long Beach had one as well where on the individual, you know, slides that we have um where it has a half it's it's designated as three, but then because but we could do have a crossing guard there and it would be a half point. Correct. So therefore if you say so why are there why are there slides that having a crossing guard there doesn't reduce the it does hazard does so when the engineers did so this one I'm just saying there's others that that that half point isn't in parenthesis so so I'll explain that because when the engineer did their study they did not have a a list of some of the student schools that had crossing guard guards.
Um, so everybody must earn the base diploma. That's another thing that is is important. Um but there are options of adding on uh what are called seals and seals are earned through specific coursework, academic performance, uh attendance and then different seals have different requirements. Next slide. I love this slide. Um I love it. You can almost feel the anticipation looking at it. So the stage is set literally like uh there's fl there are flowers on the stage. There's you know uh I think Mr. Clark's standing on that stage. There are some uh chairs in the background. The crowd is gathered. The band is waiting. Uh the the the band director is waiting for his queue. Everybody they're they're ready. And so this is my way of saying we're in the same place. We're we're ready. There are a lot of things flying at us and there are a lot of new requirements, but we've done a lot of work and I feel like we're ready.
Melture. Can I get a second? Thank you, Mr. Mlullen. Any questions or comments for Mr. Mclofflin? Mr. Allen, can I say one thing? I would like to thank Cindy. uh she did most of the leg work uh organizing the two companies to come in and bid that. Um and all I had to do was show up. So, I like those kinds of things. So, I do appreciate Cindy's uh she's got the knowledge of the machine and and what we've received in the past and and she set those up and uh we were able to discern which offer and which product was the best for our needs. So, thank you, Cindy. I'll take back my thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Gray. Uh let's uh vote on the motion. Motion passes 6. Moving on to item I, policies, I1, volume 34, number two, and volume 35, number one.
It's just an ex player. High school player. Yeah, maybe could have went pro, but we'll never know. Never know. It wasn't what you stuck with. I could have been a contender. So, this game now seems uh a bit out of hand, but it has been a lot closer than it looks on the scoreboard. Yeah, Raiders kind of just took it away here in the fourth, especially with four goals. Yeah, Raiders started this uh game the way they finished it, which was a couple of good quarters and then some seriously Good and close lacrosse for the middle of the game. Yes, Hart now with it. Hart's just going to center it up to Hart to Atwood. Just about a minute left to go now. Goes behind the net to Olsen. Olsen getting poked. Olsson spins up. Defenseman loses footing. Olsen tries to find Sullivan. It's rolling all the way back though.
All we know it can be done. Mount Laurel, Mefort, Lenipe has proven this. Why can't this township with with the right leadership who understands a contract with a built-in late run who knows to use a driver that's on a standby hiring people that want to work and available to work all hours not pick and choose. That's what Senarity is for. This could be a good running department like it used to be. If we had individuals that didn't want to just throw it all away, individuals that actually think they will be saving money. Well, good luck with that. Yes, I will miss my job, but most of all, I will miss all the children and families and friends I have made in the last 22 years. Thank [Applause] you. Good evening. My name is Sandy Student and I sat where the board members are sitting for many many years and no one realizes you don't get paid and it takes time away from your families and your office.
And so they were giving you examples of if there is no crossing guard, it just says three point because if you look there, there's no no points or no um intersection controls. So that would be three points. But when they there's a crossing guard there, that's only a half a point. So in areas where you saw that there was 12 points because there was no uh intersection controls if you had a crossing guard there would be only a half point which took it down to 9.5. So this would that would apply to any location or is it just the ones that that's any location if you had a crossing guard in that area. Yes. If again depending on how many points this was. So again well obviously yeah yeah again you want to stay under 12 points. the the rule is 12 points or higher is hazardous and so some areas a crossing guard even if you had a crossing guard wouldn't make it non-hazardous right yeah I'm not going to do 30 and prior to so even though it would get it down right or no actually to 12 and a half it still wouldn't okay so homestead again this is another intersection half of white horn we are recommending that that is a hazardous area.
Next slide. So, this is a kind of a timeline um and I'd like to go through it and kind of talk about what we did when we found out and kind of where we find ourselves right now. So, in summer around August is when we found out uh or when we started to pick up uh some steam here. we received the second iteration of the new diploma and the first iteration uh we had received was not a non-starter and so this one was better uh it was a vast improvement over the first draft um so then starting in September what we did or what I did rather was put together uh some secondary administrators it was all of the building administrators uh and the department chairs because they were critical their voices were critical in this process as well and we met on a weekly basis.
Yes. Uh board, this evening, this is our second reading for these administrative guidelines. And so I am seeking um your approval uh of all of those guidelines that are listed. Thank you, Mr. Trout. I'll entertain a motion. Make a motion to approve policies as presented, including volume 34 number two, volume 35 number one, AG, volume 35, number two policy pack and special update policy pack July 2023. That should be I1 and two if I did that correctly. Or is that going to mess you up, Sydney? I don't know. We're going to combine them since there's no I if you just do I1 because the the first one is strictly just the AGS and then the second one is actually the policy packets themselves. Okay. So I'll amend my motion to just do I1 which is volume 34 number two and volume 35 number one which is the administrative guidelines.
Richards doing a good job. Richards with a hack. Nice defensive play from Ronin. But ball still loose. But you know, time is withering away. And this ball goes to Fowler with 30 seconds left to go in this game. Fowler down in the corner gonna run it around the net or behind the net. Speed right there. Still has it in the tank as you can see. Yeah, he's he's just killing the clock now. He's going to run all the way home. Run home. Nice. All right. Passes to Hart and to Hartnet. And that is the game, folks. as time officially expired. Final score here was 11 to6, but you know, you said it, Cam. Um the score, you know, 11 to six sounds like a blowout, which I mean, it ended up being one, but it was very close at times. Yeah. And what a great game it was.
But as Mrs. Bernardi said, this budget process has been fraught with disregard and sort of reminds me of a child in a candy shop just grabbing everything they can. I think you've used a poor choice of words when you've said whatever we can imagine we wanted to do. If my recollection is correct and you go to referendum with the capital improvements, the state would pay 40% of that. I know you don't answer questions. I got that. And that would reduce your expenditures by over $3 million over this budget that we've seen tonight. and you have a history of passing a referendum. Most other districts can't say that. The other thing that really troubles me is Mrs. Null asked a question and your business administrator said, "No, we're not going to spend everything right away. So, why are we raising the funds for it now if we're not going to spend it in the following year?" It's very, very troubling to me.
Um, and we'll keep it at the recommendation as hazardous. There's your Long Beach at Douglas at Long Beach. That is 12 points. Again, um, if there's traffic controls there, so they only assess two points there, right? If we added a crossing guard, that'll take it 11.5. and I'm assuming we are not recommending. I'm gonna wait till the end. We're going to again this these are 12 points and we're recommending that they stay hazardous in those areas. Um Murphy Junior High again, Papa Crossing at 127, 12 points. That's our recommendation that we consider that hazard based off of the engineer study. And Ridge Road at 135th on the south leg is 13 points, which is hazardous. We're recommending that that remain hazardous. OPOS Douglas Road at 34, that is hazardous at 14 points. We're recommending that that stay hazardous at in that area. Yeah, that wouldn't change if we added across the board.