So, um, when it comes to expenditures, we can obviously just like the rest of the world, we deal with price escalation and inflation, right? I use the example um you know during our work session, right? That $100 you used to buy it. It seemed like when I was a kid, if my parents spent $100 at the grocery store, the cart was full. Now $100 is like three bags. Um and you're like, "What what did we just buy?" Um and so that's no different with school. Obviously, the price of everything just continues to go up. Um whether that's furniture, whether that's books, buses, fuel, um our our electric bill, our insurance is the only thing that has gone down this year miraculously. Um because uh previous years it was pretty significant increases. So um and when I say incur insurance, that's our property and casualty um because our health insurance rates as as our staff knows skyrocketed.
>> So, one of my one of my big concerns and it's been it's been going on forever. Um, it goes back to whenever they reopened the elementary schools is at four corners. There's a pair in each classroom and we always were told that was because ACES was there. There are special ed programs and disabled children at each elementary school. So I really find at this point in my life and as somebody who's lived Greenfield public schools and I listening to all these parents and teachers too, there's an equity in staffing in Greenfield and I would like us to look at um a parent in each elementary classroom. Federal Street has a behavior program which can be intense. Newton has um seeds which is the children um you know who have de developmental needs and it's still a struggle. It's still a fight between the three schools because nobody wants to take a new kid from another school.
All those in favor of approving the change of the title from corporation nurse to director of health services signify by saying I >> I >> oppose. Same sign. >> Extensions. Motion carried. Next is a recommendation to approve the donation of $126.54 from Kroger to Spernica Elementary School Student Activities Fund. Is there a motion to approve? Second. >> I'll second >> discussion. >> Thank you. >> Um, all those in favor of approving the donation of $156.54 to Spernica signify by saying I. >> I. >> All those opposed? Same sign. Abstensions. Motion carried. Next is the recommendation to approve the donation of $200 from Luxury Air to the Brown County High School boys soccer team. Is there a motion to approve the donation? >> Second discussion. >> Thank you. >> All those in favor of approving the $200 from Luxray Brown High School boys soccer team. Signify by saying >> I oppose.
>> I >> opposed. Passes 5-0. Recommendation to approve a resolution for closure of stale funds. May I have a motion? >> So move. >> Brian, >> I'll second. >> Second. Jason. All in favor? >> I opposed. >> Passes 50. Um recommendation to approve a resolution to establish a new fund for allocation of remaining grant balances. May I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion. Ty second. >> Brian, all in favor? >> I >> oppose. Passes 5. >> That was kind of my request. So, I want to thank you both for all the hard work putting water. >> It took a little while to have it done >> getting it researched and cleaned up. I appreciate that. >> That is nice. >> Uh doc, did you >> Yeah. So, I I you want a resolution on number four? >> Yes, sir. So, uh, we have filled out our flexibility waiver to go to a 4-day week.
Um what does it look like in terms of revenue? So three really distinct impacts. one the curricular materials and I'll get into that in just a minute. Um that that has been taken away um you know as as we all know as parents um that we used to pay textbook rental um for our kids. Um that was taken away by the state. It's actually kind of being put back in place again now um because they can't quite make up their mind what they think we should do and shouldn't do. Um so it is actually coming back in but then there is different limits now on what you can charge for. And so it used to be you could charge for curricular materials and textbook rentals and now you can't and then now you can again. So um also the the major driver on revenue for the education fund is enrollment.
That fight is still there. I hear it. And with our special ed numbers of 20 some odd percent population, it makes sense to have supported classrooms. You know, the the class size versus supported classroom. I kind of want to >> look at that. Okay. Because one of the things um when you look at all of the research around improving literacy imp you know lowering our special ed numbers um creating supportive classrooms. Um and then the other thing is more reading specialists at each elementary school. We have to do something different for reading and it really has I think has to do with staffing. Um, right now they're there used to be one reading and one math. I don't know if they're paid out of title one or if they're regular budget. Years ago they were title one, but they've been shoved into classrooms when teachers are gone like they're subs.
Same sign. Extensions. >> Motion carried. Next is a recommendation to approve the donation of $492.82 from Art to Remember to Ver Elementary School Art Fund. There a motion to approve. >> Second. >> I'll second. discussion. >> Thank you. >> All those in favor of approving the donation of $49282 from art to remember to be signify by saying I >> I >> uh all those opposed I'm sign. Abstensions. >> Motion carries. Next is a recommendation to approve the proposed high school agriculture program including FFA to begin at Brownne High School for the 2627 school year. Is there a motion to approve? >> I move a second. >> Discussion. >> Thankful. Wonderful. >> Doug and Denise have been working for this for a really long time. So, It's very exciting. All those in favor of approving the proposed high school agriculture program including FFA to begin high school uh 26.7 school year signified by saying I >> opposion.
I received an email late this afternoon, literally hot off the presses. Uh, the, uh, state board of education replied back to us that that 4-day waiverss will not be considered because there is a senate bill currently in the house, sorry, in senate. Uh that is uh very interesting to me because I have been following that legisl the legislation and the updates quite frequently and have heard nothing about this particular one. So that tells me that probably don't have a lot of footing. However, it requires as it's currently written that schools who want to go to a 4-day week provide provide transportation to any kid who wants to go to a 5-day week in any district. Uh it requires that as it's currently written uh be placed in the highest uh performance group for uh their testing categories. Uh meet the minimum teacher salary and um provide enhancement and enrichment activities on the day that you don't have school.
Um you know so we'll get to that in just a minute. And then sea1 senator rolled act one um which is the property tax law changes um taking place in Indiana. And we we'll get to that. And then what are some action steps? quite simply reductions are just necessary um to to all things um that we do here in the school district as a result of that. So staffing programs um purchases equipment things like that. So um getting into that just a little bit more. So when we talk about the education fund um so curricular materials is a source or used to be a source of revenue. Okay. Um so I went back for five years 20 through 24 it was an average of 138,000 a year and change. Um, in 25 we didn't get that. Obviously, in 26 we don't get that again. Um, but we will probably have to look to start charging again for some consumable items and things like that to generate some revenue.
Um, so kids haven't gotten those services that that need to have services. It's happened year after year and then that's just because we don't have enough people. Um, and I'm not criticizing that because but it's bottom line is a good strong reading program takes reading specialists. If we could hire two more reading specialists, it's definitely for Newton because it's the most underperforming probably federal and I don't know how high Four Corners is scoring, but at least two more for each of those schools. And then you have supported classrooms. the teachers really I think it would take off. We put in a new reading program. It's a core and there's no magic core. Um, a lot of money was spent on it, but what really needs to happen is to give the teachers the support they need. And everything I'm hearing is class sizes up. We don't have enough paras.
Motion carries. >> Next one is recommendation to approve the creation of the middle school softball and baseball program at Brown County Middle School Middle School. >> I move to app middle school baseball and softball. >> Second >> discussion. >> Yeah, we had a presentation about this at the last meeting and uh I think it's really exciting to be able to offer it in the school now. So, all those in favor of approving the creation of softball and baseball at Middle School signify by saying I >> oppose. Same sign. >> Motion carried. Next, we move on to our consent agenda. Starting with separations at Brown County High School track coach Don Ham effective February 2nd, 2026 through transfer. So through appointments of Brown Kimberly fulltime with benefits 35,84 days per year effective March 2nd. A motion to approve the consent agend um all those in favor of approving the consent agenda signify by saying I >> opposed same sign abstensions.
Uh I was a little frustrated. I'm going to be polite here. I was just a tad frustrated because I received a phone call probably within 36 hours of when we had submitted the grant and the lady asked me all the questions that we had addressed in the grant. So I have no question at all about how much time they had invested in that prior to that phone call. Um and I feel bad for the people who spent significant amount of time on that. Uh Mr. stuck and and some of the other folks in the office and Sean uh spent some time on that and I'm just a just a tad frustrated that uh that was not even I it may have been considered but I don't think it was considered very seriously. So uh that being said with that all that information you can literally pull that off because we do not need the resolution because it's not going to matter anyway.
It will nowhere be be near the 138,000. Um, but we'll have to try to generate some revenue with consumable materials. Um, if you look at the education fund in in 26, so 878 was our student count um, last school year uh, in both the fall and the spring count. Um that was the highest student enrollment here since before COVID. Um and and so our budgeted revenues based on that number because again you do budgets before you get student count days. And so um that was seven you can see that 7,460,000 and some change, right? Um our October one count was 855. Um brings us down to our budgeted revenues 7,93,000. Um and then we just completed our February 1 count. we were down to 835 and so that'll adjust again accordingly. Um Clint Central is no different than about depending on what kind of numbers you see from year to year basically 80 to 85% of the districts in the state of Indiana that are just declining enrollment due to birth rates, population shifts, lack of housing, things like that.
Kids need more support. Behaviors, you know, again, more support for the behaviors. Um the high school also um feels they're vocal [clears throat] about it that they don't have support parent support in the eighth grade which they had for those kids when they were at the middle school. So I think there's it would lower a ratio adult per child. Um, but it also might also solve a sub problem by putting a parent in each classroom because we know at Newton there were two third grades that just didn't have a teacher all year because people were out for different reasons. >> And then then we're looking at their scores and saying you're underperforming but you didn't have places. Right. >> Right. So it's kind of like at least with a parent in that classroom there's some consistency some routine for those children when instead of all of a sudden >> then when you eliminate a building based sub >> I don't know if that's ever been effective because the original plan because >> I mean there is a building based sub you know and >> so like if I if you're >> they really exist.
Motion carries. Next is our superintendent report. >> Yeah. Thank you so much. Um, first I want to thank Lizzie Roush um for all of the hard work um from last summer and the work to be able to get this research proposal and then to come and present. Um it is just an incredibly proud moment to to see a former student come up here and and want to pour back into the school and into the community. And um I think it's amazing timing for our program and I think a lot of really really great things can come out of this. So thank you so much um for your desire and um drive to do this. I also want to welcome back students tomorrow. Um we did not have kids in in session today. It was our second district professional development day. Um, so I'm excited to hear from the principles and the teachers of of how it went today.
So what we will do is we will look at that. We'll keep track of that bill and we'll see what happens and if it come back next year we will probably bring it forward again if we if that's worth doing. >> Just clarify four day school 4 day school week is not a possibility. >> It is not a possibility for the fall of 20 six >> and it sounds like it may not be possible. >> Well, it sounds like it may not be possible until we find out what goes on with that bill. If that bill passes, then I think people have shots, but not not right away. >> Do we need to make a motion to get this removed from >> I I literally I don't think it >> just turn over. >> Uh may I have a motion to remove action item number four for the approval of resolution for the pursuit of an AA 10003 flexibility waiver removed?
So um so we're going to have to be very mindful of that. I I you know um our our budget number per kid is about $7,500 basic tuition support. Um once you go all in with all the other types of education funding it's somewhere around 8,400 but that number varies quite a bit. So 7500 is a is a is a good clean number. Um so again you multiply that by another 20 you're you're down another 140 150ish thousand. Um so you know when when you start to look at that um down 370 down another 150 you know you're down down over a half a million dollars um in from student counts from what was budgeted. Um dig into the operations fund sea1 it begins phasing in this school year. Um and and and that's a that is a scary thing because it's not like it's a one-time deal, right?
>> Yes. >> Yeah. Oh yes >> they do. >> Yep. >> No I wouldn't. Well, if you have a look at all this, >> but every time we turn around, we use an IIA for something that's not supporting a child. They're at recess. They're in the cafeteria. They're subbing. Meanwhile, the little child who needs somebody to say to them are the words of a child at the middle school. I just didn't know what a word meant. I needed somebody to help me, but there was nobody there to help me because the teacher was busy with that's straight from a kiddo. I know at the high school when I sat there and I knew how hard it was for her to learn to read because I was her elementary principal and here she is at the middle school going really succeeding but she just needs a little so I think I think that's what I'm hearing now what it costs I don't know I think it needs to all be laid out to look at um because we've cut teachers as we've had declining enrollment and I get that, but we've added a lot of other things and I'm not sure those other things really make a difference to a child.
Um, it was completely building based. Um, I know Middle School High School got to share some time um, in the afternoon today, but um, so excited just to hear the feedback and um, grateful that the staff get the opportunity to come together a couple days um, during the school year. Um I wanted just to give I have a few updates on the construction around um the district uh because we've got a lot going on um at the high school here. I think the the biggest thing we have is the renovation to the restrooms. Um and uh if anybody the board um would like to see the progress on the restrooms that are up by the comments um I'm sure Mr. Steel will will let us in there. But um they we have tile that is up now and so it's slowly you're starting to see some changes um which is really cool to see.
May I have a motion? >> Yeah. Due to the email Barry received before the meeting, I make this motion. >> Second. I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I oppos. Passes 5-0. Unfortunately, >> thank you. And again, my apologies to the people who work hard to try to get that together. >> Um Barry, did you want to touch base on the summer? >> I do. We have a we have a memo of understanding from the Boys and Girls Club of Goan, uh Elkart County, sorry. This is uh something that we did uh last year uh and it was met with I think pretty much uh solid reviews. Uh the Boys and Girls Club of Elar County will provide our summer school teachers on curriculum. Uh and they they actually run a nice uh fiveweek summer program. It's four days a week, three hours a day.