And the students do then transition to Crestview as middle school students. please. Okay. So, I truly believe a change is needed in order to serve our students in the best way possible. Um, this is something that is dear to my heart. As I said, it's my why. It's been something I've been thinking about and um really really pushing for since I was able to come into this role. And I really hope that making personalization is part of our why as a school board and a district. Thank you, Angie. Thank you. Uh so tonight board we are asking permission uh to pursue the option of designating designating uh Lincoln Elementary School as our hub uh for our EL program. You will see later on the consent agenda we're asking for an additional EL teacher. So I just share that with you so that you're aware due to the population and the growing population that we have of our EL students um we would like to add an additional EL teacher.
Uh I want to say because Mrs. Jarger is here in our audience she has been exceptional to work with. uh her and Angie have done a masterful job of looking at implementation plan, looking at classroom space, uh office space for our EL staff and uh excited about moving forward with this program and tonight we're just asking for your permission uh to have that opportunity. Thank you, Mr. Peters, and thank you, Mrs. Groo. Um I'll entertain a motion reference this item. Motion to approve the 2526 English learners program as presented. Thank you, Mr. Meltchure. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, Mr. Wall.
Any questions or discussion? Mrs. Gub, we're all running out of room right in our buildings. Um, we definitely have room with our kids districted to us without having to district any of those. It will affect the number of kids I can accept on a transfer. Um, but all the kids who are districted there will still be able to attend there. Yep. Anything else for Mrs. G, Mrs. Jarger? Thanks for looking at the program and coming up with a resolution. I do like it. Thank you. And I did want to mention pending board approval. Um, Mrs. Jarger and I will be going out tomorrow to visit every family and let them know that this is this is the direction we're moving if this is approved. I'd just like to say I appreciate your efforts. I know this is a real challenge. Um I also know that the way you were doing it was much more of a challenge.
So um let's vote on the motion. As we're voting, I would also like the fact that the community now knows if if they need these services, they have one place to go and don't have to hunt around and you'll be able to support them there, too. Motion passes 70. Mrs. G will be anxious to hear the updates. This should be really something to see. Absolutely. Thank you so much. Thank you. Moving on to E E1 students in 2025 kinder camp. Uh tonight board we're asking for your approval uh to allow us to continue our kinder camp program that we have offered um for several years. This will run from July 21st to August the 1st Monday through Friday from 8:00 in the morning till 12 um noon at all of our elementary locations. U they students will receive um breakfast and lunch. Um, want to just do a shout out to our United Way, Sarah Kemp, our executive director, uh, for their funding of this program and also Huntington County Youth Services, uh, for their partnership, uh, in providing materials and supplies for the program.
So, just tonight asking for your approval to continue. Thank you, Mr. Peters. Would anyone like to make a motion reference the kinder camp program? I make a motion to approve the 2025 kinder camp program as presented. Thank you, Mrs. Heim. Is there a second? Thank you, Mrs. Miller.
Any questions or discussion before we vote? Thank you, Mr. Peters, for keeping this thing going. I know that there's a lot of kids that enjoy it. And when it was uh Did we miss it last year, year before, two years ago? Yeah, that was a deal. So, any other have questions, comments? Now, let's vote on the motion. Motion passes 70. Moving on to E2, calendar committee survey. Mr. Trout. Yes. On uh May the 12th um the uh we sent out a parent square um to students in grades 6 through 12, all parents and all staff. And the survey uh remained open for one week. The question was pretty simple. Um, would you prefer to have the district implement traditional makeup days that are bu built into the school calendar rather than current practice of implementing virtual synchronous learning days for closures? Uh, we had 1415 responses um to that.
So, each email address could only have one response. Um, and um what we received was 51.9% 51.91% of uh the participants answered no to the question and 48.09% answered yes. So in other words, based on that vote, we will um be building three years of calendar starting for the school year after next year based on this information. And I just wanted to share that with you so you were aware um of the results. If you're like my office, you will have a conversation among yourself to say if you thought that that's how it was going to come in or not. Um decisive. Decisive. But that's um that's the results of that survey. People been Thank you, Mr. Trout. I'm I'm I'm I'm stunned that it's that close. I I just I I'm I'm surprised. Um so just to be clear, what they've decided is or the no answers are no to changing it to traditional makeup days.
That is correct. So our future calendars will look very similar to what they are currently. Okay. So um you know, we've been hearing some discussion in the community about the importance of having makeup days. So that's why before we build any more school calendars beyond next year. Let's see what the community had to say and this is what they have told us. Thank you, Mr. Trouts. Move on to E4 2025 2026 foundational program. Mr. Brimberry. Thank you, Mr. Allen. Um wanted to ask for a board action item tonight on really a topic that uh I think Lynn Brown and I spoke of a couple years ago, maybe three. Len and Mr. Trout and I have spent some time talking about um which is intentional programming to make sure we look at the years of transition which would be grades fifth to sixth and grades 8 to nine for us.
We are well aware of multiple interventions that occur. Well, what we try to do is have intentionality of programming uh once we understand some of the challenges our kids have of trying to make sure that jump to the next building uh is more and more successful each year. So with tonight's uh board action item, I'm requesting that you approve which will be paid for by a school liaison grant in uh combination of our group was Meg Fson, Dr. Diggins, Miss Wapus, uh Mrs. Rachel Jarger, Miss Brown, and consultation with Mr. Trout. But the idea is that for fifth to six, we'd identify um some kids through Mr. Peters and his principles and MTSS process and that we would encourage them for a couple days in late July with some teachers that we would pay through the grant to come in look at uh uh two days um where we encourage them through executive functioning skills, organizational skills, relationship building, uh counselors, nurses, SRO's, teachers, all working together for a small group of kids that maybe we've identified coming from fifth to six.
We would do a similar thing once they get to the high school with some programming for kids that we know might need some little extra from our staff. And so we look at how we would schedule classes which teachers would have a few of the kids commonality some success classes that might be able to um encourage them. We know and I've spoken to Mr. trout at length in our three years back together or together um that we know there's some interventions that help when they make these transition years. It's primarily do with culture. It's self-esteem building but it's also foundation educational skills. So the programming I'm asking for your approval is step one and that's why it's called foundations program. And again, it won't cost us anything, but it literally is uh it's a pretty progressive idea in terms of what can happen with a small group with intentionality of program for a few of the kids who need more and we're going to try that with some fifth to sixth and some eighth and ninth next year.
I'll bring you back the results as we will track the data closely. Um, I will tell you our previous uh attempts at successful intentional programming. If you watched graduation, uh you saw the dividends of some intentional programming with some of our staff. Uh Angie was here tonight, CES Academy here tonight. Lots of different pockets and buckets of kids. And so this is another attempt with another group. And I would ask for your um approval tonight for what is the first step called a foundations program which will begin uh late in July. and take effect next school year. Thank you, Mr. Burberry. I'd first like to apologize, Mr. Peters. I skipped over your item. I will get back to it. I'm sure Robert's rules will forgive me. I will entertain a motion for the uh foundational program. Make a motion that we uh approve the 25 2025 2026 foundational program as presented.
Thank you, Mr. Wall. Is there a second? Thank you, Mr. Mlullen. Any questions or comments before we vote? How many students do you think you're going to try to target this? For sure. Um, right now, at least talking to our group. Um, it's an it is a voluntary program because the kids will be coming in 5th to 6th. I think we will are hoping for around 25 kids for a couple of days that will take place at Crestview. Um, and train some of our teachers as well. Meg Fzen will be instrumental in working with um our audiences as well as uh with teachers and so on and the high school will identify somewhere between the 20 to 30 that are transitioning there. We will keep close data um these programs have been successful uh highly successful. So we hope that not only successful but we bring back next summer with a larger version of this.
Thank you. Thank you Mr. Anyone else have a question or comment? Let's vote on the motion. Motion passes 70. Moving on to the consent agenda. Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot Mr. Peters. Yeah. Thanks, man. I'm so sorry. No, it's my fault. I'm not trying to dominate. No, no, we we we're not sick of it yet. Um, go ahead, Mr. Mr. Peters. We'll move on to E3, applied skills classroom for 2025 2026. A lot of things happening in the elementary. Uh again, as we go back and align ourselves with the mission of our district of every student every day, I'm asking tonight again permission to pursue the moving of our applied skills classroom at Horseman to Salomony Elementary for the 2526 school year. We were having space issues at Horseman. Uh the essential skills program continues to grow in need, requiring the addition of a third classroom section of which you approved last September, and we just finally filled that with a teacher.
And so we're really excited about that. But this third section will need the space that is currently apply occupied by our applied skills program. Uh the essential skills students have have the handicapped accessible playground at horse man, the adaptive impact classes through grants. Uh the teachers at horse man have been awarded uh the home location of our OTP staff. Um so leaving them there at Horseman makes the most sense and to receive those services. There are 18 applied stu skill students that are self-contained for part of their day. uh then they're out in the regular classroom for the other part of the day. Um these are students are next level support up from resource. Um they have a mild intellectual disability but they are on the diploma track and we're excited about that. Uh the teacher and two pair of professionals would go to salamony to support our applied skills students.
Uh Mrs. Kitchen is in the audience tonight. We've met with her uh as well as Mrs. Roy. There is space at uh for this and so um they approve working with them. uh would approve this and so just asking tonight your permission uh to continue moving forward with moving the applied skills classroom from horse man to salimony for the 2526 school year. Thank you Mr. Peters. I'll entertain a motion reference to this item. Motion to approve the moving of applied skills classroom for 2526 school year from horse man to salamony elementary. Thank you Mr. Meltchure. Is there a second? Thank you Mr. Mlen. Um I was wanting to ask uh transportation. That's a great question. Uh I've met uh along with Mr. and myself met with Mrs. Fields in transportation. Her and her staff are working out the logistics of routing and what that would look like.
Uh obviously there are guidelines that we need to follow there to stay within those guidelines as far as the number of minutes that students are on buses. And so obviously adhering to that, but again um with your approval tonight, pursuing that logistics of routing and what that would look like for our students. Thank you, Mr. Peters. Any further questions or discussion?
Hearing none, we'll vote on the motion. motion passes 70. Moving on to the consent agenda items 1 through 15. Um for your approval tonight, we have 15 items listed. Uh Mr. Peters, I do like you, so I'm coming back to you here. Um, so you can help us out with this. Why don't I know you want to make uh draw the board's attention to one item specifically in the personnel report? We do. Um, I would like to introduce and obviously pending your approval. Uh, tonight we have with us Lauren Hogue. Uh, she has over 19 years of experience. Um, I'm recommending her for our elementary professional development coordinator. Uh, she has a gifted and talent endorsement with her license. Past six years. She's been a fifth grade teacher at Andrews. Uh she's been for the past two years providing professional development at Andrews. Uh last summer, Lauren also presented at the national schools national model schools conference uh on differentiating uh using data.
So uh excited to bring Lauren on staff for elementary PD coordinator. So once approved, if Mrs. Hog would like to say something, she could come up. Absolutely, Mr. Trout. I let her know that you might be asking her to do that. Uh and that you might want a too, but I wasn't sure. Yeah, we we want a picture too, Mr. Peters. So, um, you want to talk to a little bit, Jay, about number six, the additional 2025 summer school staff? Yes. Due to the increased population of our EL staff, uh, Angie will be doing summer school as well as Annette Little. Yeah. No, just Angie. Uh, Jeannie Poff, we've asked for additional support for Angie and her name was not on the original list uh, when we brought it to you uh, last board meeting. So, we're just asking for Genie Pop uh as she will help and support Angie during our IE summer school.
And board, I want to draw your attention to number seven, which was previously mentioned as the new certified position for the English learner teacher that is there, but I'm requesting um your approval of all 15 related items there this evening. Thank you, Mr. Trout. I'll entertain a motion reference the consent agenda. Make a motion that we approve the consent agenda as presented. Thank you, Mr. Wall. Is there a second? Thank you, Mrs. Miller. Would anyone like to pull any of the items from the consent agenda and vote it separately?
Is there any questions or discussion about any of the agenda items? Thank the four groups that uh donated to the school corporation. Again, as always, Yeah, that's um pretty amazing the amount of support we get from the community. It's really it's impressive and so important. Any other questions or discussion? Let's vote on the consent agenda. Motion passes 70. I was distracted by the squeaky chair. Is that Mr. Is that Mr. setting in? Sorry about that. You weren't going to get away that easy. Uh Mrs. Hogue, I'm not going to make you. Is there anything if you'd want to come up to the front that you would like to say? How about a nice round of applause? Um, just thank you to the board for your approval and I'm so honored to be serving our community and our staff and our students in this role. Very excited.