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And that was one of my questions was how does this plan address mental health concerns with some some of our students have some mental health issues? And so you're saying that you will address that in this plan also. Correct. >> Dr. Jones and and and Bobby Kipper are really looking at the prevention side looking at threat assessment. We know you've introduced some there's modeled u some different models. One of the things that we talk about well what what are the models for threat assessment? Uh Dr. doing Cornell's Sea Stack model is one we're very familiar with. It's highly researched. But what we have found is fidelity of implementation in that as well. Uh whatever model you address for threat assessment, are you following those practices and protocols? Because what we've happened is seen some of people slip through the cracks when those aren't implemented with Fidelity.
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Um and and just dozens upon dozens upon dozens of hours. And this is our first run through it. And she did an amazing job. But one of the things that grant expects you to do is have a small uh percentage allotted for the person who does the grant because it is a tremendous amount of work. And so she didn't do that and uh I asked her to come forward and amend that uh grant so she could pay uh herself uh 257397 which is expected in the Perkins grant except she's also asking for onethird of that allocation $12,86.98 for Peggy who also helps her with the grant. Uh please know this didn't come from Principal Drummond. This came from Chuck Brimberry because that is very standard with the amount of work that you do. the grant assumes that percentage for the grant writer. And so, Principal Drummond, you can answer all the questions on the Perkins grant that they might have, but I appreciate you being here.
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Again, thanks to to Dr. Almire for that. Um, and I just wanted to share a few thoughts. Um, and and also again recognize that it is is public school week and how deserving it is that we celebrate it. Um, because our our public schools are where our students build relationships, they build their dreams and aspirations. Um they really develop the skills that will carry them into adulthood. And so the work happening in our public schools is truly transformative. And um my background is actually you know teaching in post-secary ed and my my research was around the community colleges. So the history of community colleges. So I also want to say that public education does not stop at high school. It continues uh with community colleges, places like IvyTech, public uh state public community college system and that extends the education and training and opportunities and career development beyond you know grade 12 and um you know so we have a a wonderful system of public institutions and how important they are uh for economic mobility and for our communities.
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So even within the base plan it still actually offers more coverage and more services than our current visas. And so we think this will be a welcome benefit to our employees. Next is also an entirely voluntary um coverage that employees can choose to opt into. So that's their voluntary um accident insurance through Colonial. Again, no plan changes and no rate changes for the coming year. We will also continue to provide for group term life insurance through Symmetra as well as accidental health and dismemberment insurance through Symmetra. And again, with no design changes and no increases in costs. And then here's just an additional summary of all the various plans that we do offer within our district benefits packages to our employees. And so no changes in any of the vendors noted there. Um but just wanted to provide the governing board an overview of all the different voluntary programs offered.
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So when you stack that up over a teacher's perception over a night of teacher conferences, the majority of the students that they see are doing well because the majority of our students are doing well. And what we also find is that the teacher in a in a class where a student is not performing well, those teachers are reaching out early, often frequently. So when the parent is given the opportunity to come in, they're not picking that teacher to come talk to because they've already talked to that teacher. They know how things are going, it's probably not going well. And if you're going to prioritize your time that night, that's not the teacher you're necessarily going to choose to go talk to face to face because you you've been dialoguing for weeks with that teacher. So, um, and if a student is failing multiple classes, you're already intervening with the counselor, and that's not a great night for a parent to sign up for.
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uh not [clears throat] the least of which is checking the building for uh asbestous containing material. We have a sense of what we have there uh and and we'll provide them with all of the school district's documents, but also soil borings and soil contamination and those kinds of things. Um, but they've been working through this process with the village in terms of what the village will allow them to do and I think they the village has wanted them to reduce densities and I think they've worked that out. So I think it's now a lot about the property and about the terms of the redevelopment. >> Okay, that's all I have. >> Thank you. >> Um, >> okay. But I didn't have I didn't uh share this question earlier but I just wanted to get an understanding and since I have you here um so section five it discusses um you know the board incorporates by reference herein all terms blah blah blah provide developer's decision to proceed with this village zoning.
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And then I'm reminded of, wow, there has been a huge lift the past three years. in Kyrie 26 is doing great work and many many many other districts are recognizing that and seeing that and that's why they're asking to come here to see what we're doing to help support their growth within their own districts. And then lastly, communication from schools are coming out to parents regarding five essentials. We've wrapped up access and I Ready. Um however, I Ready in Spanish is about to take place and launch and I is next week. So if you have questions about any of those, please reach out to your schools. >> Thank you. Just a recap of the committee at the whole. Um we discussed uh we had a review of the bills. We discussed uh the construction bid approval for the summer 2026. Discussed uh facility usage fees, the staffing plan, and the tech plan.
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>> So, yeah, the the laptops are universally more expensive right now than they have been in past because of the different costs of things like the memory. Um, so yeah, they're a little bit more expensive this year than they have been in the past, >> but it still falls within the technology budget and our five-year refresh cycle. >> What What kind are is the are they HPs or >> uh we we are purchasing Lenovo currently. >> Okay. Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. I I don't even know if it falls within the tech plan or finance, but the there was one recommendation that the auditors uh brought and that was uh security ensuring that that the district's technology was secure. Is all of has all of that been addressed? Is it here in the plan? Do you have everything needed? Does it not have anything to do with the plan?
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You don't have to go on that June 6th date or whatever that June date was. And then also one day later coming out J coming back give teachers and parents more time to adjust and prepare. And that would be applicable to both essentially the same. >> Is there what is the time frame to finally come to approval so to speak? >> Our our plan is this evening unless there's further conversation. Keep going round and round. Literally we spent another hour with all of Kevin this morning. So um we we've hit it any time. a break and came back to it even to try and come up with different different opportunities. So >> That's a good point you just made though. If so, if if you guys spent an hour on this, it wasn't easy, right? Otherwise, it would have been a five-minute conversation. You've been done.
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But looking at social, emotional, mental health, I mean, you have kids that are come to schools and in many schools, I'm sure here within your community, they're hungry. uh that the school is the safest place not only for them from in their communities but maybe in their own homes and and that's a lot to carry. So we the first thing that we ask at each building is what do you have that's working well and tell us about student supports. We'll get to the cameras later. >> So how much of this plan are you going to have a portion of this plan that you'll want us to share with parents? That is totally up to you what you share. My advice to you without overstepping my boundaries is if it's security sensitive, I think it that's why I set the expectations, >> but you can tell the slip of the lip >> is a ship, right?
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And I also am amazed at the amount of work and excellence on the Perkins grant you were able to pull off this year. And um I know you had a lot of people doing a little bit, but you and Peggy did amazing job. So, thank you for your work. >> Thank you. And it's nice to see you all now.
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So, I I wanted to celebrate again that we have a public education that is an ecosystem working together. We're we're so lucky to be in the Lawrence Township public school system and um it reminds us that we need to invest in strong public K- through2 schools and postsecary education pathways because we can strengthen the long-term vitality of our entire community and the futures of every student we serve. Thank you. Well said. As parents, we appreciate the partnership with IvyTech, too, and the dual credits earned. So, thank you, Miss Pucket. >> I have nothing to say. >> All right, Miss Dunn. Uh just I know we uh have our consent agenda, but I would be remiss if we did not give gratitude to Caston Christian Church for their donation for staff appreciation at Crestview Elementary. Much appreciated. And also I think many of you know that recently we celebrated the birthday of the wonderful Sheila Blankenship.
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So one other thing there will be a change in our teleaalth services. So for this coming year, if you recall, we did have to enact a $67 deductible to the employees if they opted to receive telealth services. Um there has been a federal regulatory change for the coming year that now allows employers to um include teleaalth in high deductible health care plans like our HSA if we so choose. So we do uh are proposing to provide this benefit which will now allow our employees access to teleaalth visits at no cost to them. We think that removing this barrier will definitely allow employees to receive those services as needed and a $0 co-pay is a great benefit for them. So in summary, we will see the increase of 9.6 6% in our medical plans with the district and the trust absorbing all of that increase. So employees will not see an increase to their premium amounts for this coming for this coming year.
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If your student's having a lot of struggles and is failing multiple classes, it's not a fun night for an adult to come in and hear over and over again that things aren't going well. Um, those families usually reach out to us in different ways. So, I don't know if that answers your question. It does. But I just Yeah. Just the idea that we're just making sure parents are able to get in when they need to. And we talked about that in the last meeting as well. >> Yeah. There's going to be a lot of outreach on our part of of helping parents understand, and you you'll see this in the family feedback is there's not a clear understanding that our teachers are standing by. Like if if you would like to reach out and have a conversation with the teacher, reach out. And our teachers contractually are required to make that connection and talk, but they love to talk to to parents about how things are going in their classroom.
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The board at it sole discretion due to changing cir circumstances decide not to convey the property to the village or the developer and the developer has the sole risk of anything. >> I got them playing behind. >> Oh. Oh, maybe I'm not loud. Basically, in the agreement itself, it says that developer, you know, has a sole risk in cost. And then in the memo, I saw something along the lines of uh during the purchase and sale agreement that we should enter into an agreement or have a written understanding with the developer that developer undertakes the next phase of the zoning process at its own risk and expense. So >> will there also be something between us and the developer during this part of the process? >> No, it goes through No, we are not >> okay. >> This would be so under the purchase and agreement.
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Next up, we have the consent agenda. Included are those items that are routine in nature. Should any board member wish to remove an item from the consent agenda, the item will be discussed at the end of section 8. Um, before we start, I am asking that 7.12, 7.13, and 7.14 be added as 8.5, 8.6, and 8.7 as those are traditionally looked at twice before we vote. Is the board okay with that? >> Yes. 7.1 close session minutes from January 5th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 20th, and 21st, 2026 special board of education meetings. 7.2 is the open session minutes from January 5th, 9th, 12th, and 21st, 2026, special board of education meetings. 7.3 is the open and closed session minutes from January 26, 2026, regular board of education meeting. 7.4 Four are the total bills and payroll for approval are in the amount of 2,151,55810. 7.5 is the treasurer's report.
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Does it have to do with the whole different office? >> So, a lot of those um those requests that were made by our auditor for for uh tax security, we currently already do. Uh and Mr. Fitz Simmons does a very nice job of making sure our network is is secure. Uh the recommendations that were in our report were more universal in nature. Those were uh comments that they were placing in um just about every district's uh report. uh due to the fact that we've seen an increase in the amount of uh tech crimes out there but uh a lot of the suggestions uh um that or we're get Simmons and currently do quite a few of them. >> Thank you. >> There are no other questions. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Next up we have close session for the purpose of discussion the appointment employment compensation discipline performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body 5CS120-2C1.
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>> So when you took your room, it was probably a 60 40 70 30 split. And if it was, you know, if it was even that tight, what we're potentially saying isn't off base by any means. It's like it's like, okay, flip the coin at this point. we going to go with and and I still think that we're not making light of of it, but this is so important for everyone. We're just talking about a calendar, but again, this is everything that you guys do that with the us at board members have had the opportunity, the privilege of learning that it's not out there in the community. They don't understand conversations that take place day in and day out in all these topics. I said what I need to say about it, but you know, I really think that's true that sure at times there's a stone unturned, but it's it's not often.
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So, we don't want to say too much. But will you will you have a recommendation for parents? >> There are going to be many things that you could share to parents. >> Good. That's >> because parents want to know and they should know. I mean I agree one of the things that we talk about is >> what we call my colleague Chuck Hibbert actually in his district his district the district in which he worked as he reminds you it wasn't his district he was Chuck was spent 21 years in Wayne Township schools in Marian County after retiring from Indiana state police and they created what's called the fiveminute rule they take five minutes at the end of every faculty meeting and talk about one thing about school safety take five minutes at each departmental meeting. We've even had boards that we've worked with where they adopted five minutes at one portion on the board agenda to talk about one thing at safety.
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Um I'm happy to take any questions that you have about the grant request. Could maybe you summarize uh Tiffany a little bit of what the Perkins grant is used for? >> Absolutely. Yeah. So the Perkins grant is the result of um the combination of our comprehensive local needs assessment. So we did that uh last year for the first time. Um we br invite in industry stakeholders and our CTE partners and our teachers um to look at what the needs are for our district. um we summarize that into some goals. Um the primary one being um supplies and equipment to help modernize our our our shops. So that's what a lot of it is. Um Mrs. Easley does all the ordering for all of those pieces of machinery. Um it's added quite a bit to her plate. Um and we are grateful for her work on that.
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