Allen. Uh 7.09 Superintendent Schools, Dr. Terrell. >> Thank you. Uh this evening as a reminder, but also to recognize we are going through the strategic planning process and we have a group of individuals who meet with us. We have a meeting Wednesday night um approximately 40, just a little bit more than 40 individuals every time we get together. appreciate their dedication, their work, a lot of really positive things that have come from that as well as we look to set the uh the plan um as we move forward for the next several years. Want to also uh I mentioned earlier Mr. Warney and I were in a meeting this morning and one of the things that came up uh was all of the challenges that public schools are facing right now. Um Miss Allen mentioned 90% of our students in the state of Indiana are educated through public schools.
Be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> Questions from the board. Thank you, Mr. Sheller. Thank you very much. Uh, next information 7.02 consideration to approve purchase of line wise services. Joe Henman. Good evening. >> Good evening, President Duckworth, members of the board, Dr. Hoover. The office of technology recommends approval to replace our current goardian services with the linewide platform to further strengthen student safety and classroom engagement. Line wine pro provides real time content filtering, classroom management tools for teachers, proactive student safety, safety monitoring, and optional parent visibility in the student device activity. This allows us to better protect students both during and outside of school hours while helping teachers reduce digital distractions and maximize instructional time. The linewise monitor component adds an additional layer of protection through 24 hours a day, seven days a week, automated and human review to identify potential indicators of cyber bullying, self harm, violence, and other high-risisk behaviors.
This is a high achieving high school. Um, when I've been to literally hundreds of classrooms and cell phones out during educational time is not an issue on the majority of classes you would see at Huntington North. It's not an issue at all at our other buildings. And so when I compare what Indianapolis legislates, we will follow, but I will tell you they spend more time on certain things like that that maybe aren't as large issues at Huntington and we be compliant. Um, I have been unbelievably um, impressed with the kids at Huntington North over last year's change. And uh, we don't have as big a issue as what other districts have is what I would tell this board. Um, you can always do it better, but the issues that are in some areas on cell phone and education do not seem to be at the same level what I would tell you in this building.
It looks like you have multiple volunteers. >> I'm going to uh Ken Ken is one. Uh he reached out to me. Um so I I definitely would like Ken to to join in that. Who else is interested? April. April, Courtney, and Mike. >> Oh, great. Thanks. >> Um, >> you could think about it. You don't have to decide tonight. Today was to g to to gather volunteers, not >> you can't have more than two because it violates, but isn't it technically a meeting? >> Okay. All right. >> It's a like a committee meeting. >> Okay. Got it. All right. >> We can arm wrestle. >> I'll beat Mike. >> Good problem there. >> What's that? >> We can arm wrestle. I'll take out my >> I don't want to do that. I don't want to do that. >> Sorry. >> While they do that, I'll just go ahead and >> concede.
>> There any discussion? Yes, I'm finishing my notes here. Okay, I approve of this plan tonight. I will I will be a yes. But I do think and I just have to say that there's been a lot of discussion um not necessarily here but na nationally and worldwide about screens phones students kids the the uh effects that it has um in many different areas and uh I just don't I know we're not going to change in the world or whatever. But um I think it's a cumul cumulative thing with the screen time. I I don't just think it's the phones. I think they are. Yes, students have phones. They have iPads here and that we've given to them. There's devices and and stuff at home. I think it's a a a cumulative thing. Um, it's it's not a choice that I know that my family would make, but that we are grateful that this community has provided to our student to have, but I I feel like not as as an adult.
We're real proud of that. But just looking at how do they get positive messages out? We're able to share some of the things that that we are able to do here in Crown Point and help them. But that positive messaging that goes, yes, Brooke does a lot of that from her department, but her influence into the buildings as we continue to see one of the superintendents this morning said, we try to tell our principles they have to tweet out or put some on social media twice a week or we have to do this. We have so much that um we've come so far that at times we kind of lose sight of how much we actually put out there. And I want to thank all of our uh building leaders, teachers, uh Brooke and her department for all the work that they do. Um last thing, earlier in this month, I was able to spend the better part of a week just going into buildings and spend an hour and a half to two hours with every principal.
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And I think that is a credit to our kids, parents, teachers, and then the administration here. You're always going to have a little, but I will tell you it's not been a disruption of the educational environment in this building. Uh, bar of the 60 classrooms I've been in, I might have seen a couple during educational times and it's dealt with very professionally. Uh, very it's non-threatening and they handle it well. So, I would tell you Ryan, we will definitely be compliant in the future. We'll follow it. We'll communicate well, but it's not a big jump for us. >> Very good. >> Thank you, Mr. Brimberry. Um I would just like to draw attention a little bit to the over the last month there have been several um organizations um teams that have had a lot of success. Um looking at Mr. Carl because he's follows the wrestling programs pretty closely and we had a lot of success in the wrestling programs both boys and girls.
You can go. >> Um there there are some upcoming things that the board members are going to be asked to to join another committee and I had had specifically thought of potentially April and Katie serving on those. Um but Mike could also serve on that too. Um, April, April, why don't you and Ken join and you guys can do the parent teacher advisory committee and Katie and Mike, I'll uh have a conversation with you about uh future committee opportunities. >> Sounds good. >> All right. Thank you both. Or thank you. >> Thanks for the interest. That's good. That's That's good. It's It's much better than the opposite. Good news is it comes around every year, so there'll be other opportunities. Uh foyer requests, we receive them, we respond to them, we fill them, they're posted on the website, too. >> All right. Consent agenda. Okay.
I was once a kid with ADHD, but now, you know, this would not have been something that would have worked for me. this um I know it causes stress at home for families and I feel really bad. It the dynamic between parents having to police this um probably staff as well um tension and stuff and I feel really bad and um this plan tonight doesn't add anything. It's not asking for anything more and I'm going to support that so we can I'm taking a breath so we can continue to educate the the students. But it doesn't feel good. I just want to say it doesn't feel good inside to think that somehow in some kind of way that I can be contributing to um negative effects on students. Um I don't I just have to get that off my chest and um appreciate this time.
No agenda, just show me around. whatever you want to show me, we can do. Um, we're able to be in multiple classrooms that week. I left feeling um, humbled and honored to lead this district, but so impressed by our teachers and our administrators and our staff and our buildings and how hard they work. Um, we were in one elementary building and they were coming right up to ending the day. And we like to say in education, we teach bell-to bell. I promise you they were teaching bell-to-bell. But it wasn't just that the teacher was unbelievably on target uh with where she wanted to be in that classroom at that end of the day. The kids were so dialed in that it was almost like no, you have to go now and get your stuff ready so you can leave on time. Um but just reminded of the great kids we have, the great efforts that are put forth on a daily basis.
>> Any questions to Mr. Hay? Uh yes, I um uh attended the legislative state house day and uh it was interesting what we're doing because um there's there's a bill in the house because a senator that's a parent saw that his child was on YouTube during the snow days and supposed you know doing work and um was you know proposing a bill in which the filters and you know adult parental involved. So, I sounds like we're kind of ahead of the >> Yes, this would put us at a game. I believe that was Senate Bill 159 uh they're putting forward. Uh and this will uh make us compliant with that if that does move forward. >> Any other questions or comments? >> Thank you, Joe. >> Uh 7.03 consideration to approve the curriculum adoption for English language arts. Dr. >> Thank you. Good evening, President Duckworth, members of the board.
Uh congratulations to them. Uh I did see yesterday or last weekend our our drum corps uh was in a competition. Uh it's one of the first times they've been be able to do that and that's very exciting I think for for that group. Um our boys and girls basketball teams had some success this year. The boys actually start sectional next week or is it this week? I guess >> week from Friday. >> Oh week from Friday. And so, um, then this weekend, the Midwest Showcase is going on with Varsity Singers, Viking Volume. If, uh, if you want something to do all day from 5:00 in the morning till about 2 o'clock in the morning, uh, you can volunteer to help. Um and and also I'd like to thank the athletic department because I know the um 1A semi-state was here in Huntington over the weekend and um seeing the hearing about the gym being full or nearly full and all the people that spend literally a full day in Huntington County um spending their money at our restaurants, spending their money at our places.
Um before we vote on the consent agenda, is there any agenda item a board member would like to pull out of the consent agenda for further discussion? >> Hearing none, can I get a motion from the board of education to approve the consent agenda as presented, which includes item A, personnel report, leave of absence certified, appointment classified, transfer of position classified, B, personnel report, retirement administration resignation certified, retirement certified, retirement classified, resignation classified. Item C, January treasures treasures report and financial pages. Item D, student trip and item E, acceptance of donation, Dominic Retta. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Ken moves. Chris seconds. >> Thank you. Ken Dawson. >> I. >> Mr. Espinosa. >> I. >> April Fein. >> I. >> Michael Riskey. >> I. >> Cara Casten. >> I. >> Katie Courtourtney. >> I. >> And Don Rener. >> I. Motion carries. And thank you very much for the donation.
Thank you. >> You There's no other comments. If we could take a vote, please. >> Katherine Potter, >> yes. >> Jason Jansik, >> yes. >> Darling, >> no. >> Mindy Hartman, >> yes. >> Bridget Sandlin, >> yes. >> Stacy Salt, >> that motion has passed. Next up, we have there no further topics for discussion. Next up, we have close session. uh for the purpose of security procedures, school building safety and security and the use of personal and equipment to respond to an actual or threatened or reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the public or public property by ILCS120-2C8. May I have a motion to adjourn to close session? >> So moved. >> Second.
Um kind of helps, especially in the middle of this legislative session, just kind of bring you back why we do what we do and appreciate everybody here, the board as well and your support as we're able to do that each and every day. Thank you, Dr. Terrell. All right, we'll move on to 8.01, other business of the board. We'll start with Mr. Vasser with the legislative report. Mr. Vasser, I know you have it and I know it's it's fluid. It's always changing. So, my understanding is some of these bills have are no longer being pushed, things like that. So, as you're talking, you may just indicate if it's not there anymore. If it's changed, we'll try to let you know. So, >> thanks, Mr. Smith. I typed this up uh last Thursday, so things could have changed, but contrary to popular belief, there's more going on in Indianapolis than just seeing if we get the Bears to come to fan of that myself, but I don't really care.
Now Hoover, the Office of Schools and Instructional CPS recommends LOS My View Literacy K5 and My Perspective 612 as a district's core English language arts reading um curriculum. These programs comply with Indiana code and are featured on Indiana's highquality curriculum advisory list. These curricula integrate uh reading and writing to build deep background knowledge on identified topics and ensure instructional consistency across all grade levels. This unified adoption provides rigorous standards aligned literacy framework for students from kindergarten through graduation. Teachers are provided with instructional supports and resources to differentiate learning for a range of student needs, including scaffolds for developing readers and multil- language learner supports. The curricula includes assessment resources, access to the Savas realized digital platform, and opportunities for student collaboration and discussion to strengthen comprehension and communication skills. To ensure successful implementation, the cost includes professional development for administrators and teachers. The total cost for these six-year contracts is $4,857,72.76 funded through the education textbook fund.
It's pretty exciting and so well done. Mr. Allen, if I could ask for forgiveness in my excitement of being here at the board meeting. I left off the high ability handbook that when we were talking about handbooks, we also I need board approval for our high ability handbook. This was the second read and it is revised and we're ready to go. And so I know this is out of order. So I do apologize. Um I was thinking of the word FAPE FA is free and appropriate public education. And that was what was in my mind and FURPA wasn't. So again, as I'm getting older and maturing and uh having learning opportunities, um that was what was coming to my mind. So um >> so Jay, what I heard is he asked you a question and they just blew threw everything off. So it's all Tim's fault is what I'm hearing.
Greatly appreciate it. Okay. Um, turning to item eight, recommendations for action. Can I get a motion from the board of education to approve the contracts for life safety work at North and South High in the aggre aggregate amount of 3,779,864 with an additional contingency allowance of up to 5% of the aggregate amount if necessary. >> So move second. >> Car moves. Mike seconds. >> Thank you. Cara Casten. >> Hi. >> Michael Riskey. >> Hi. >> Katie Courtourtney. >> Hi. >> Ken Dawson. >> Hi. >> Mr. Espininoza. >> Hi. >> April Fein. >> Hi. >> And Don Rener. >> I. Motion carries. >> And may I also get a motion from the board of education to approve the proposed restructuring of teacher conferences beginning with the 2026 27 school year for a minimum of two years as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Chris moves.
>> Any discussion? Take a roll call, please. >> Indy Hartman, >> yes. Bridget Sandlin, >> yes. >> Stacy Salt, >> yes. >> Katherine Potter, >> yes. >> Jason Jansik, >> yes. >> Darling, >> yes. Motion is approved. Open session ends at 7:18 p.m. Thank you everyone. Have a nice evening.