Some of them are two years long. U in align with the calendar year the school's fiscal year. So the 71 to 630. And it could just be difficult in in trying to parse through what grant is what. So Angela kind of put this together. Um and it shows that the name of the grant um the grant number is just more internal. So um so we can keep track of it in the accounting software. Um and then the the next is the grant type. So you'll see if it's either state or federal and then the person that's responsible really for for the grant itself. and then the award period and the length um is really what's um interesting to me. And then when it expires, the expiration date, and then at the end, we put the the budget, the expenditures, the incumbrance, and the and the balance.
This expose them to moving vehicles, counterprotesters, and confrontations. During instructional time, minor Oh, I'm sorry. I already repeat that. I originally believed this would be a demonstration occurring on campus. I didn't know this was going to happen off campus. This is this was new to me. When large numbers of students leave class at the same time, gather together, and the timing aligns with a known demonstration, the district is no longer simply recording absences. It becomes liable if something happened. Why are we putting a school staff in this situation? Their priorities are teaching, coaching, and educating children not to become police officers trying to control mobs. What a waste of taxpayers money and what a huge liability. Another issue, many parents learned about this protest through a flyer circulating on social media nearly a week beforehand. The original flyer listed a teacher's name and classroom number as a contact point.
We're going to prioritize food. We're going to prioritize ranching. We're going to prioritize conservation lands on on the water system like water sheds. Like I just well, we don't from a CIP perspective, we're not we don't prioritize any of our development things for the appropriated amount listed in the bill. Um, >> that would probably only be enough to cover the systems you got to repair and do maintenance on it. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you, Brian. I know we're running out of time, but thank you. That's all I need to say cuz I'm trying to figure out what we're going to need for the rest. So, I'm sorry, chair. Just trying to get better on this. >> Just a real quick question. It's going to be for everybody. Department of ADC and DNR. You guys are up first. What Senator Decoy's talking about. What number do you need for DAB to fix your irrigation systems?
And so in addition to um but we use surveys and we do um data gathering to really help to prioritize uh what the um kind of the students want to be want to have and and experience on campus. And that is one factor. We take a look at um facilities that are in high use and in high demand. Um and that kind of factors into what becomes a priority. Um in addition to that uh we we do consider where the future growth needs to be. So there is a semblance of a plan. It it probably is um not the perfect plan. Um and so we will acknowledge that and and acknowledge the need to um improve in those areas. Um, but I we'd be happy to provide you a copy of our uh University of Hawaii plan, uh, CIP plan. It's a six-year plan that at least incorporates some of the principles, but probably um not to the extent um that that you should expect or we should expect of of ourselves.
Any questions regarding the education committee? All right, hearing none. Uh up to governance, Mr. Bow. >> Okay. Uh first, um something that wasn't at our meeting, but I just don't want to forget. If you didn't check your email, um we have our new field rep coming to our April meeting at 5:30 for our yearly ethics training. So, put that in your calendar. If you didn't get it, it's it was sent out in an email, so you can find it there. Um we had just two items. One um was something brought to us by administration um actually I think through a parent. Um we talked about adopting a policy naming our schools as an official safe zone for kids. In other words, a place where uh ICE can't come into our schools. Um where our children are safe to learn and they can feel safe that nothing that their family can feel safe that nothing is going to happen to them.
>> Yes. >> All right. Mr. Becker, would you please take those? >> Sure. Uh, I'd like to make a motion that the board of education authorization of the following January 2026 bills list and that the secretary is authorized to draw the treasur to $598,583 >> Mrs. Yes. >> Yes. >> We have our board secretary which brings us to our executive session. >> No. Oh, sorry. There will be other. >> Oh, you're here. Sorry. Thank you. You go. I'm back.
Um this is uh required um and there's the house enrolled act um this is a required Indiana schools performance dashboard and so all Indiana schools have a GPS dashboard on that dashboard um one of of the requirements is advanced coursework prior to ninth grade. Um, and both Center Grove middle schools are below the state average uh on this GPS performance indicator. Um, the state is about 48% um and one of our schools is 40% and the other is 42. And so we have ideas um on how we can add more high school credit as required and measured uh through our accountability A to F grades model um so that we're not standing in front of you uh telling you that we got a a grade lower than what we would expect in Center Grove. So, um I think um yeah, I think we go into uniform.
I just wanted to offer my my gratitude and thanks for all the work that you all do on that as well. Means a lot. >> Yeah. Thank Thank you very much. I mean Kevin, like I said, I just get out of his way and you know certain people it's their destiny and he's it's more as a good manager. You get out of great, you know, he takes charge and he takes the leadership on it and it's it's pretty awesome to watch and he's got control of it and it's it's pretty awesome stuff. the line painting. He'll bring in the line painting company and we'll get reimbursed, you know, from the BAA and all that. So, and then the paving, you know, it's we get reimbursed for that. All the overtime. Um, one year they got us shirts >> and the shirts they were like running shirts and they were I mean they're like like towel or like >> sleeveless sleeveless.
I am looking to do the same thing uh at both our middle school and our elementary school and we're in the process of accomplishing that. Um, as much as I like to get around to meet everyone in person, and I am trying, um, I can't get to everyone in an introductory video, I thought would be a nice way to to still introduce myself and still try to get around to everyone personally. Um, with that, I would also like to um, give a shout out to Mr. Wa, our technology education teacher, who really helped to organize that whole thing along with Mr. Banda. So, uh, right from the start, before I even began, uh, that was the first thing we started organizing and, uh, they both, uh, took that and ran with it and helped me out a great deal. So, I'm thankful to them. Uh, and obviously Leah for her work in it.
>> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yes. Um, so we had SLR and they did the work that that uh quote for $ 1.5 million for the mccclary renovation um where they had they had scoped out a diff couple different um potential options for that from the track and field all the way to like every athletic field at CHS. Um then we had Vanesh submitted as well and Laurio submitted a proposal by our deadline which was January 31st. uh with the three proposals and this included design work um construction management like all comp walking us all the way from the design through project completion. Um SLR came back with a quote for $30,000 for that work. Banesh came back with a quote for $120,000 for that work and Laurio came back with a quote for $92,500 for that work. So again, we're talking all the way from like, you know, design, uh, pre-bid, and then construction management and all the permitting, everything in between.
Um again, with any of these reports, Angela and I are happy to change them around as you see fit. Um whatever is most um beneficial for the board, we're more more than happy to do.
Later versions removed the name but kept the room number. Schools sent notifications about the protest after the fact. What bothers me the most is that responsibility shifted onto the minors. Students absolutely have free speech rights, but schools also have a legal duty to educate. Demonstrations should occur on campus in a supervised setting during recess and or before after schools. Listen, when a school allows one cause during class time, it must allow all causes. Campuses then become recurring protest venues instead of learning environments. To the parents who kept their children in class, thank you for prioritizing safety and attendance. To the students who stayed, you show independence and critical thinking. To the teachers who continue instruction, thank you for prioritizing academics over ideologies. We need more teachers like you in this world. Parents should also understand when minors participate in off-campus public demonstrations, they enter spaces where the school cannot reasonably ensure their safety and their privacy is not protected.
Give me a round number right now. I'm looking at you, Brian. >> Um, let's see. We're in our testimony here. We're [snorts] looking at an additional I think 13 million on top of that for certain projects. In addition to that, it's probably I would guess probably closer to 65 million or so. >> Okay. 65 for DAB. Um, ADC and DNR. I need a number. Thank you. >> Can Can I add chair to that as well? I noticed that um on page two on section >> second, Senator, let me finish my question. >> There's also the funds separated. >> Senator Richards. Um, Dylan, we don't have an exact number, but we don't have >> I don't expect an exact number. you know, the 14 mil is going to be enough to at least get us, you know, >> that's not what I asked. I asked what to fix.
So, we'll work on that. >> And then last followup, chair, thank you so much. Um but then I also think within your folks plan um that the legislature appropriates the funds but then uh you folks can move those funds onto other projects and other priority areas. So I think that with the plan in place there has to be accountability uh to ensuring that the money and funds that we are appropriating it's going to these specific areas. Um, so I think that a lot of that has to do with making sure that that communication is across the board and us not finding out next legislative session and we're like, "Whoa, what happened to the other building? We thought that that was the priority." So, I think a lot of it is really um ensuring that the projects are being completed in the timely um phase. Thank you, Chair.
There was a sample policy in our agenda. Um I think one is going to be written up in >> on the it'll be on the next agenda. Uh the committee read it. We all wholeheartedly approved the policy. I don't know if anybody else has had a chance to look at it, but obviously anything that keeps our students safe and helps them, you know, feel that they're in an environment where it's it's best suited for them to learn, we're all for it. So if there's any conversation on that, we'd love to hear it. But as a committee, we were 100% behind that policy. Um, also we looked at two different iterations of next year's school calendar because um, Labor Day falls on the 7th, I believe, next. I think it's the 7th next year. We could either start on the 3rd, which is a couple days before obviously, and get out on the 18th, as we usually do.
>> Yep. >> So, we kind of alluded to some of these already, but um some of the inequities that we have across Center Grove schools and not only that, but some of the inequities we have within even in within our school schedule at both the middle schools. So, um like Dr. Harp said it would increase language arts with language language arts being reading and writing. Um it's important that we have a little bit more time for that content area because it's uh it takes a little bit longer and if you've ever taught writing, it definitely takes a bit of time to teach writing. So we wanted to increase the eighth grade language arts for two periods to match sixth and seventh grade. Um, one thing that would be reduced would be sixth grade math from um, and and it's really actually a little bit less than 90 minutes because the sixth graders are currently on an eight period day and seventh and eighth graders are on a seventh period day.
Anyway, that didn't work. We don't have a lot of runners at the DPW unfortunately. Yeah. No, thank you guys. It takes it takes an enormous amount of coordination. I think people that come to the marathon, first of all, you know, it is, you know, it's a it's a symbol of pride for Ashlin to be able to to be a a host marathon community. And >> yes, it is. Um and so the people that come to Ashland, you know, we want to make sure it's you know, first and foremost safe and um that you know we have sort of the we've thought through all the details and just hearing how much work goes into the behind the scenes stuff. It's it's pretty it's pretty fantastic. So um thank you guys for all your work. >> Thanks for the support. You know I said I was lucky enough to grow up I was lucky enough to grow up on the grew up on Indian Springs.
Um, principles tonight from BHS, WMS, and CLES will be presenting uh, their school improvement plans, which also includes uh, efforts with our school climate. Uh so their plans will contain both of those and we're really looking forward to those presentations this evening so you can hear more about uh what is happening in our schools uh and be able to ask any questions that you might have. And lastly, I received a warm welcome from so many. But I did put a couple of pictures. CLES was so kind. Uh they created some wonderful banners. So that first day when I went around um I will be honest, the tour of that beautiful building uh really didn't allow me to capture all the banners as I walked by. Um so I was able to uh receive these via an email as well to to get them as in picture format.
So the full package. Um, obviously, Banesh and Laurio were a lot more expensive than SLR. We decided to talk with SLR a bit more um, about some components of their proposal. Um, and ultimately where we landed was $30,000. I will say SLR has, you know, an advantage here because they participated in the first when we built the turf. Um, not the track pieces, which has been around since the 1990s, but the turf itself. Um, so where there were some savings with SLR was a topographic survey that we don't really need because they participated, they um did the design work for the first round of the turf. Um, but what they quoted us specifically for each component of the project, and you have the the proposal in that Google folder, was for the preliminary design, a lump sum of $7,500 for the local regulatory permitting was they budgeted $8,000, but it's really an hourly fee.
um to my committee members as you go through these um at home if you need any additional explanation or you come up with any questions. We don't just end once the committee is over, you know, feel free send questions out anytime. I'd rather have you, you know, understand everything, you know, rather than going through and saying, "Oh my gosh, what was that?" Um so I know it's a lot of a lot of numbers and a lot of information, but you'll get it. >> Yeah, you'll get it. All right. Thanks, Mike. I really like this grant um summary report. This is really it's I think it's easy to follow and and it's really um it's it's got a good explanation of everything, especially for somebody that might not know too much about the grants. I think it's it's easy to follow. So, thank you. >> Agreed, >> Angela.