The district did not receive a request from Miss Reed for the additional private conference with the governing body by the end of the day yesterday, which was the fifth day following her private conference with me. Indiana Code 20-28-7.5-3 states that the first public meeting following the private conference with the superintendent. If no conference with the governing board is requested, then the governing body may cancel the contract with the teacher by a majority vote evidenced by signed statement in the minutes of the board. The first public meeting of this board following Miss Reed's private conference with me is tonight. Therefore, in accordance with Indiana Code 20-28-7.5-3, I am recommending the board approve the preliminary decision and my recommendation to cancel the teaching contract of Trisha Reid for the reasons stated in the written preliminary decision. Thank you, Mr. Terrell. Dr. Terrell, the board. You've heard the recommendations of the superintendent that the board approve the written preliminary decision and his recommendation to cancel the teaching contract of Trisha Reed for the reason stated in the written preliminary decision.
Hearing none. All those in favor? Any opposed? Motion will carry. All right. I have an approval request for the high school honor system. Yep. So, uh, last month, uh, Mrs. Good Pastor. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Last month, Mrs. Good Pastor, uh, and her team, uh, came and shared a little bit, um, about some proposed changes to the high school honor system. Um, and I believe at this time we are seeking approval to move forwards with the updated honor system, but that's beginning with the class of 2029. Is that correct? 2029. And so the next year's freshman would be the first first group. All right. Can I get a motion? So I have a motion in a second. Do I have any further discussion? I just think it's it's the right right time and the right call to be doing this and I compliment the high school and their staff on all the hard work that went into putting this proposal together.
Um and it was important we we everyone worked together to to make sure that that was um you know represented in this for instance drinking water and waste water and so forth. So so there's a slide about public works. I won't really get into that. As I mentioned, the schools um are are indicated here. Um the stadium will be on the next slide. So, we'll we'll see that in a minute. Um again, the so these just have a very brief description of the individual situation with uh each of those school buildings. We've sort of lumped Dlo and Potter together because they're kind of lumped together. They were built at the same time. they um are in pretty much the same exact condition and um you know should be addressed at approximately the same time. Um so those are those are listed here. Um community what what we're calling community services.
Now that's really all I have. But I want to know because I heard over the last few months there's no money. Are there any positions being cut to free up money? Anybody can answer that because I I don't expect the new ones cuz they haven't really been here that long. But we were all about to cut these teachers benefits not too long ago. Not totally, but change them. And the board members that were here, I'm getting blank stairs. I just want to know how do we continue to rehire people of madeup positions. We never had a human resources director ever. And yes, I will say that position. And now we do making like what? 140,000 a year. That's two teachers right there. Ruby probably with perks. We There's I'm I'm a little bit disappointed tonight and I expect some answers cuz I know when this my taxes are going to keep going up for irresponsible spending.
Uh goal two was throughout the 2425 school year we'll identify and implement additional safety protocols, policies or procedures as necessary to current industry standards and practices. Um there's actually four goals in this goal C. Goal uh goal three was throughout the 24-25 school year 100% of all non-compliant items that require immediate attention is identified through the safety drills um inspections and audits will be addressed. And uh goal four was by the end of 2425 school year training will be expanded to ensure all groups are performing safety measures successfully with immediate support and feedback. So progress towards goals um on track to meet or exceed this goal. Um part of that evidence was uh last uh board meeting when you had the opportunity to have an executive session on a lot of the safety things um and the audits. So that we had eight campuses fully uh completed with the safety audits.
And even that that said, I wasn't at the meeting, but I heard somebody didn't like the last calendar. That was that you, Dr. No, I don't want to go there. I thought it was, but if you wanted more involvement in a committee like that, you want to assign a board member or two board members, you could. So, it's up to the board. There is one Griff I've heard exists, but I haven't been able to see anything out of the threat assessment, the safety committee. a safety committee. We do have a a safety committee uh and we have union involvement for the first time. It's a emergency preparedness committee. Is that what you're referring to? Absolutely. Right. And we do have that in place. Uh so that is something that if the board wants to be involved, they could. Yes. Absolutely. No. No problem. How how often does that committee meet?
So that's a lot but do you have any questions for either of us Purdue or Cornell? When will you know? Um, I actually just decided recently because my deadline was going to be passing really soon. So, I'm actually going to Purdue University in the fall. There's an extra. Congratulations. It's quite impressive. Crimson questions. I'm laying it on Dick with the Purdue, aren't I? It's okay. I'm just heartbroken because of our brother. Congratulations. Thank you, Mrs. Mil. Yes. Thank you. Right. Thank you for the opportunity tonight to discuss our program for the year. The BCSC food service department uh administers four federal programs through uh the child nutrition programs. We have the national school lunch program, the school breakfast program, the afterchool snack program at schools that qualify and the summer feeding program. Our funding uh we don't operate out the operations fund. We operate from receiving federal cash reimbursements from the federal government based on our meal participation by our students and then of course sales to um adults and for allocart and catering sales.
May I have a motion? Miss B stated. May I have a second? Second by Mr. has been moved and seconded that the board cancel the teaching contract to Trisha Reed for the reason stated in the written preliminary decision. Are there any discussions or comments? No comments or questions or discussion. We'll move to proceed to a vote of the motion say I. I. All oppose say nay. And the motion passes 5 to terminate the contract. Indiana law requires that the decision of the school board be evidenced by a signed statement in the minutes of the board. Therefore, I ask that the superintendent secretary Diana, if you could please note in the minutes of the board this decision this evening and that signature lines be provided for the board to sign those minutes affirming the action of the board this evening. Also, please attach a copy of the written preliminary decision and the superintendent's recommendation to the board meeting minutes for our records.
A lot of changes for the class of 2029. Yes. Be some big time down the road. Very good. All right. So, I have a motion and a second further comment. All those in favor.
Um they've incorporated Memorial Stadium on there with a couple of other projects. Um, we have a timeline showing the dates that are really reflected on that priority top 10 priority sheet. Some discussion here related to schools and payment options. It does reference the MSBA and our the nec the necessity for us to move forward and and do that. So, I may have mentioned this before, but I do think that in the next regular MSBA cycle, it would be time for us to um initiate a statement of interest for the Dartmouth Middle School property. And so, we'll we can talk more about that, but um I you know, I think that that would be something next year uh to do. And then finally uh that group is hoping to have a series of uh forums in which folks can come out and learn more uh about the projects and ask questions, have some dialogue.
I saw everybody's contracts, all these new contracts. People had a lot of nerves to complain about my salary when I got hired here making 113,000. But yet all you old board members voted for these big contracts. You didn't see a problem with that? None of you. I know. Radio silence. But hopefully that'll change. I'm going to keep coming to these board me board meetings to see what happens with these people. But apparently they got rehired tonight. Some of them. If not, explain it. to kind of continue a tan in 93 Spring Street to kind of continue where uh Mr. Barber left off. How are we supposed to know if there were any jobs cut or if you stop some of this wild spending? You know, this board had a lot of nerve coming in and wanting to take away the teachers benefits, but yet I don't see any cuts on on this unless unless there's cuts and you don't put it in in the minutes, which is wrong.
Again, those safety audits are very comprehensive as you saw. Um and that is an ongoing part of our three-year implementation cycle. Um, and we will have two more of those by the end of this month. So, they did one the other day and I think they have one more to go before the end of the school year. Um, we had 527 random safety checks by our safety team. They have been uh conducted averaging 17 sites per week. So, that that is a great feat by our safety team. Um, each sites checked at least once per month, sometimes more. And all locally scheduled weekly drills have been verified through completion records and a action afteraction reviews um which serves as a centralized hub for drill related documentation. So they review those drills and move through there. Goal two was identifying and uh additional safety protocols. Uh the safety teams implemented multiple system updates and cross departmental processes um with regular cabinet updates.
Brian's a chair of that committee. So, has any any board members ever attended any one of one of the meetings? Okay. We have police and fire department involved in that committee at every every meeting. Correct. want to be on. Oh yes. Okay. So yeah, again I would just ask the board if you with now seeing these committees plus the committees that we were currently that we had just assigned people to. If you would like to be on one of these committees or attend one of them, let me know and we'll we'll put um the list together.
This is our just a snapshot of participation from August through December of this year. Um we are on a steady incline in participation in both breakfast and lunch. So glad to see that. Um we are currently participating in four community eligibility provision schools. Um that's where we are able to with the if they qualify then we can provide free breakfast and lunch to all the students in that school regardless of regardless of their meal eligibility status. Um Clify Schmidt Smith and Taylorville are currently participating. We have seen this is just our participation increase um compared to last year. of course they weren't on the program but we have seen a considerable increase in breakfast participation at those schools. This is a snapshot of for those four schools um their monthly revenue average um compared to last year when they weren't on it compared to this year and we have seen an increase some in the uh revenue end of that.
Thank you. We're going to move on to item 7.01. Superintendent discussion groups. Thank you. Nope. Nothing going on. Construction time. Mr. Basser, I can't give any specific answers tonight. Um, not that I'm aware of, but I'll have to look into it and get back to you. Anything else? Moving on to uh item 7.02, director of grants and assessments, Mr. Hardman. Wow. Uh we have come to the end of a uh very successful test season. Uh last uh last time I said that we were halfway through it and now we are completely done with our testing for this year. Would like to thank uh students and parents and staff and uh administrators for uh having this successful time. takes a really a team effort to be able to uh to complete the tests in efficient uh manner. Uh we normally uh do receive uh we are monitored by the state and uh annually are uh uh percentage of students who take the test is uh well above what the the necessary rankings are to be.
Any opposed? That motion will carry approval request for permission to pay late arriving invoices for May of 2025. Jump. Did I miss something? Okay, I'm going to go back one. I don't know how that happened. Request for surplus equipment. Yeah. So over time, um, we've had some things that are either outdated or no longer useful to us. Some of these things that may have already been declared surplus, uh, a time or two already. Um, but we just want to make sure that we declare the rest of these items as surplus. So there miscellaneous tools. U, we have, you know, things like small trailer. There's a full list in your packet. Couple mowers, meat slicers. nothing that is a ton of value. Um, but what we'd like to do uh if the board approves this is work with an auctioneer u make these uh items available for purchase so we can recoup some funds and just invest those back uh into our program.
Um there are no dates here. We're talking about in September. Um September's a a busy month shockingly for us, right? We're just getting back to school. We have two school committee meetings on uh September 8th and the 22nd. Um we have all the back to school nights and lots lots of lots of stuff going on. Um I was looking they like to publish a date when they make this presentation. So, we can take a look at our calendars and see how that um maybe the third week in September um looks because that would be in between school committee uh meetings and after um back to school nights. So, the week of uh September 15th is a Monday. It doesn't have to be on a Monday. In fact, I think they're shooting for Wednesdays. they're talking about or Thursdays kind of midweek. Um maybe Wednesday, September 17th.
How is the public supposed to know what's going on? Um I I didn't have time to go online and read today, but from what I'm understanding, all of the people that work for the district were rehired tonight. Was anybody cut? Were any jobs cut? Were any salaries cut? And then what are you going to do come the next school year say there's no money? I If that's the case, I'm really disappointed in the three people we just endorsed for this election. I really thought you were going to come in here, sit down, try and work with this board and start cutting where they where we needed to cut. There's plenty of fat in this budget. And you know, Dr. Tomco, I know you came before the council. We would really like to work with you, but you know, the community has a big issue with the way this board spends money.
We constantly have safety updates in cabinet um which provide uh the new new additions and implementation plans um and we demonstrating ongoing progress in improving district-wide safety and emergency management. We're always looking for better ways to do safety and things we can do to make sure uh we meet those goals. Uh goal three, 100% of non-compliant items. Very important that we go back and address those. So all non-compliant items that were found at any of the safety checks, the audits, um they were reinspected and resolved within 30 school days, um as uh evidenced by the 30 6090 audit reviews. Again, you got some of that information last week, uh data was recorded and reported monthly on items needed attention uh with resolution summary via the tactical audit briefs. Um and those are tracked extensively. It's not something we go do a check on a campus and then we say, "Well, you need to do better." They follow up.
Any questions or discussion on any of them? All right. Everybody knows their assignment though, correct? Yes. And I will I will email it out again so that everyone's clear and that you have an assignment. And then uh Chad, I'll get with you on if you you know what committees you're interested in. And then moving on to agenda items for next meeting. Uh if there's any board members that would like to suggest uh why ask Mandy what are the typical uh June meeting agenda items? Uh so currently we have a number of annual finance office approvals. I won't go through the whole list unless you'd like me to but just annual approvals that happen every year. Um, addition, we anticipate bringing school lunch fees, the student family handbook, uh, update from the Northern K EF 110, the contract with service concepts, and potentially contract with superintendent search firm.