I know Steve, you helped to everybody that helped clean up the snow. U, there's still piles of it everywhere, but um, I was glad we were able to get get kids back in school um, you know, just a week after that that snowfall. Uh, winter homecoming did didn't have the dance or or the celebration afterwards. I was glad we were able to have a winter homecoming. Dr. Schlottman and her her kids always do such a good job of getting that set up. So, I appreciate that. Uh I want to give a shout out to our high school girls basketball program. Um if you followed our high school program, they had some devastating injuries to end the season. Um seniors that you didn't want to see um not be able to play basketball. But our girls went out and battled. if you weren't there on Friday.
So grateful to Stephen and his team and Ryan Williams and his team for all that they did to make that happen. And lastly, I want to thank Traisha Brooks who on our end, she's our liaison working with the mayors with the mayor on we read. We had this idea um last year that we wanted some more intentionality around engaging our families and our community in early literacy efforts. And so Tradition has really done an extraordinary job making those things happen and thankful to the mayor for highlighting this importance and getting our whole community involved in that. I think our district and our whole community rallying around kids and reading is is going to result in good things for young learners. So that's it for me. >> Thank you, Dr. Hoover. I I'd like to kind of piggy back on that in regards to the snow removal and I know you've always got people that are going to second guess um you know whether or not you should have school or not have school.
I'll make a motion. >> Motion by Becky. Is there a second? >> Second by by Vicki. Any further discussion? >> With none. All those in favor signify by sign of I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Same sign. With none. Those policies are also approved. 5-0. All right. No more policies. We're up to department. Mr. correct is the Bahamas or somewhere. Where's he at? >> Florida. Okay. Close. Close. >> You might be online watching. >> Might be one of the four. >> You never know. >> One of the four. >> I just got an email from him. I'm like, enjoy your vacation. >> Look for sealass or something. >> Mr. Fall, you're up then? >> Nothing to report this evening.
Um you know and this and it sounds like it's been very well received. >> Absolutely. >> So just congratulations once again to all the students and um for the uh the teachers as well and to you. >> Yes. Thank you for this presentation. It's just so great to see the range of things that you're doing across grades, across subject matter uh and making learning so exciting for the students. So, thank you very much. >> Yeah, I appreciated uh in particular the voice and choice for students and giving them a questionnaire so they can have input into their learning. Um, also it's great to see the outcome of CKLA and see how that's working. From what I've seen when I visited schools and tonight, it seems like it's a very well-received program. Are there any negatives or are there anybody that doesn't like it? It just seems really wonderful.
So, everything's taking longer. So, it the routes have become a little bit uh less predictable and parents got to go to work, so they want to come and drop off. So, um, so from from season to season, beginning everybody wants to drop their stu their child off at the beginning of the year. Um, and then in the winter you start to see a little bit more and then in the spring, you know, it that changes also. But in terms of the writership on the buses, um, you know, they the the bus company try like part of the rule is less than an hour. So they don't want students on for for more than an hour. And um so depending where student we're coming from traversing across the city, the routes are designed to keep it keep the riders, you know, under an hour. And so packing uh the buses in some cases, unless it's really isolated to a particular area in town, um creates inefficiencies and so and very long rides which causes, you know, break in our contract and others.
>> They're going to correlate that 45. >> Yeah. Modified put 2025 something like that. That's not a number. >> Question. Is that what I'm hearing from the board? >> Either remove that or 2025. Okay. >> Uh something I mentioned with Greg on number seven. Uh and just because it's a survey and people are going to be fill out survey, but they're not going to know unless they have the paper from what that number is. 15ear ball 20 year ball 25 year. Someone was in parentheses outside what it's gonna be. >> And this question is that again seven question seven >> just so they don't have to go reference another document unless you attach another. >> Well, yeah, but I don't know how what how they use that number if we don't have a dollar amount. >> I know. >> Is that what you're saying? >> Yes.
This is a review and adopt if preferred. Uh it does just kind of go over the definitions of what AI is and and the way that it needs to be used in a school. Um it talks about while utilizing approved AI tools um demonstrating honesty, integrity and responsibility in the word only using AI to the extent that it supports learning. Um talks about the usage of understanding what the AI technologies are supposed to be meant for and not to supplement actual human instruction or supervision or judgment. as well talks about the cons uh maintaining consistency with board policies uh citing and disclosing the use of AI generated content in assignments if it's if it's deemed acceptable by a teacher only using uh AI for generating editing or skill development when permitted by a teacher and then it goes through the prohibited use as well um anything that violates academic integrity generating um completed assignments and using them as your own work uh falsifying data.
But it, you know, that h it has to be done and we've been um I guess ever since when ever since I can remember, we've been trying to tackle that. um absenteeism and so it's just um I appreciate that you're doing this. Um and then I know it's more work. it it's a lot more work than you know we should have or you should have to be doing but it also goes to show that it's not just verbally telling the community that we're trying to do something that it actually shows documentation that there are steps and you know and as Sylvia mentioned whether or not our students we want them to have that secondary education But yet some of them are going to go into the workforce and and yes, you're right. With that many absent sisters, they're not going to be able to hold the job, you know, because u employers need those students there on time every day.
So, we've finalized the floor plan. Um, the site surveys been done, the soil conditions, the environmental engineering have all been accomplished. those things were it was determined that there would be extra funding needed because of the just the nature of our soils and things like that. So I believe at the March meeting of the state school facilities board they'll um be asking for more money um for that. But the new building will be going out here adjacent to the tennis courts and they'll need to build it up a bit there. It's in a um like a detention area for runoff. And um right now we're looking at having a loop come around the tennis courts like a fire lane loop um that would go and it would because it's elevated enough our buses that deliver our students who have apparatus and wheelchairs wouldn't they wouldn't need to put the lift down on the bus.
trying to really hone in on both the the planning and the reflection as we're offering students all these different um strategies, which ones are working, which ones are not. Um, and really trying to help them help give them some guidance on how to reflect on their own learning. >> Wonderful. So, as Maggie just said, this level up, taking action is a piece of that mindset pillar. That's really that decision making and offer for resilience. And so as we've evolved in our learning together and just based off of our students work that we're starting to fill in more of those pieces of the mindset pillar with the goal setting and planning aspect to then the reflecting aspect. So this was coming off of first semester into the first week of second semester and we asked our students of habits that they wanted to keep from first semester.
So, we're going to look at some data today from first semester. You may recall last year we looked at first semester data as well that was sort of setting our baseline data and um we work very closely with the buildings on this. Obviously, our associate principles for curriculum instruction, um, Jay Giblin and Keith Pal have been instrumental in really looking at the data and how we can improve um, our our our communication with students and with families. So, this chart here is obviously North High School. Um, and as you look at this chart, and obviously there's seven years of data here, but as you look at this chart, the higher the number, the better. And you can see that this year, first semester, so just uh the semester the end of December is the highest of of all the years um at 95.81%. That's an increase from last year of 0.57% and the highest uh from all the years that are there.
A committee that includes parents, educators, administrators, and community members. A committee that ensures consistency, visibility, and the meaningful engagement across all schools. and that continues supporting our students beyond a single week. We cannot be broken. Not when it comes to our kids, not when it comes to inclusion, not when it comes to doing what is right. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um 8.1 student board member reports. Good evening board. Um we just want to give you a an update on what SAC has been doing. You know, it's the funny thing is because like at the start of the year, we had the idea of hosting a lunch and learn all have um been with us on and the progression that we've you know embarked and the amount of effort we've put into it and now seeing the action plan come into fruition is it's really beautiful moment.
>> Thank you board members. Any questions? So when you do the behavior academy, what time a day do you normally work with those students? >> That's a great question. So it's going to depend on the grade level in the master schedule. We really look for the times that have the least impact on the academic day. There are certain like no touch spots in the schedule that we're going to stay away from. Um when is a fantastic time for us to use because sometimes what I need now is more instruction and support on behavior. And again, this is a shortterm kind of intense invention intervention twice a week. So, we want to get in, hit it hard, and then get back out of it again so they can show us that they get the skill or do they need even more help beyond that. So, we try to work with the teacher very, very closely to make sure that we're not pulling them out of that core ELA or that core math.
I'll second motion and a second. All in favor of accepting boys wrestling overnight stay before the semi state in East Chicago on February 14th. All post we are down to public comments. Is there any other comment sign? >> What's not non agenda items? Okay. Um board comments, superintendent comments, questions. >> We're good with the colors. >> Good to go. Short and sweet. First two pages.
>> No, it's 9:00 in the morning. Right now, >> if it's during the school day and we have students in the building, this is the system we're using for any visitors. Where do they normally come in? >> Yeah. >> Down here >> or where we just came in tonight? >> Right here. >> So, there'll be one here at this entrance. >> Yeah. So, it'll be a quick and easy. Um, >> but I guess what I'm asking, you want us to do it every time or can we do something that's more permanent than that? Any visitor will have to come through and that would be a visit during the school day with students. >> Basically, if you leave the building, you'll need another badge when you come in. >> It's not good for a certain amount of time. >> One day, 24. I'm not sure. >> I'm guessing not.
They went out and battled Evansville Christian and it was a game. It was I was standing up in the corner. People were laughing at me because I was so nervous. But uh Coach Powers and and her girls have everything to to be proud of the way that they finished the season. Um and then a shout out to our women memorial middle school girls basketball team. They played blue chip. Uh they beat Lagod by nine points on Tuesday and then beat North Knox by nine points on Saturday morning and they came out ready to beat Dub Boys and started with a 21 nothing lead and ended the game 42 to 19. So uh it was their third blue chip championship in a row. They had an 18 and one record this season. They lost to North Co early in the season and u that's an extraordinary group of of young ladies.
I will tell you as the former city and county transportation director that every one of these events are different. Um, this one here, more than I've ever seen, did not melt. The temperature was so low, it just was extremely difficult to to even get to the secondary streets, much less get the primary streets removed. And I think crews did as as well as they could. But as far as the decision to stay out of school, I think we did exactly what was right because uh our our students and our bus drivers and our teachers and everyone's safety is first and foremost. I'll I'll take the criticism every day. We had no one hurt. We had, you know, no episodes. So, to me, I think it was handled great. Tonight, we're looking into buying more computers. That's why we do this. That's why we have uh take-home laptops for kids.
just our phone system is going to be migrated over spring break and we just completed our server migration that was due this year and we were able to complete that without any interruption to class time so it's a success no updates sometimes good update any questions for Mr. Well, thank you. Our double-headed curriculum report going on here. >> Two for one. >> I I have nothing to report. I'm just kidding. >> I was going to say, wait a minute. >> Me neither. We're done. Eating a jerk. >> I got him under control over here. >> There was a math to >> um No. Last Wednesday we had our uh final professional development day of the year and um I think it went really well. Um preschool so they have their curriculum is Frog Street and with that they do the AIM assessment. So they looked at that assessment along with um state standards and sort of made a plan for next year going forward.
That's it's very engaging. >> It's it's fascinating because we've been in classrooms with young children who are taking on, you know, ancient Greece, uh the you know, the Roman Empire. um you know, they take on uh a astronomy. They're they're looking at all of these different things. And I've never engaged in a conversation with a student who wasn't didn't have something to share and wasn't excited about it. And that we we thought this is going to be really good. We piloted at at DLO last year and it was very wellreceived. But the kids can all talk to you about what they're learning. I had so much footage from just talking to kids. What did you learn in CQLA? what's the favorite thing you learn? What's the like the biggest vocabulary word that you love to use? And everyone went on and on and on. So, you know, it's been a heavy lift for the teachers and we knew that it would be and they're doing such a great job and every CKA lesson that we walk into, there's engagement and the kids are learning and they're talking about it.
But the the the our transportation uh director is, you know, she's very good and she does do a great job of consolidating and they're always looking at other ways to consolidate um the runs. So, um, you know, with the addition of the with the addition of Danbury High School West and students coming from all over the city for two different buildings, that does create a little bit more um traffic across all parts of the city, which is why some buses are more full than others. Um, you know, we've had some some we've combined last year to build efficiency. We combined the high school run and the middle school run it which saved us I think almost 10 buses. >> Wow. >> So, you know. >> Okay. Yeah. >> You know, and there's still some, you know, gruffling around having combined with middle school, the high school and the middle school.