Thank you so much. >> [music] >> without it all. Baby, keep the music. [music] Come on. Come on, keep [music] it up. It's fun if you break the floor into a zoo. [music] Everything [music] Thank you. Now we will be doing our signature boulder hill dance. Five, six, seven, eight. We are B. We are B of hell. We are B. We are B. Accountable, respectful, engage. SP. One more thing, we will be doing the SD308 version of it. Now, the same thing but with different lyrics. If you may please join in the second time that we do it. Okay. 5 6 7 8 D 308 SC 308 S308 SC 308 accountable respectful engage Go. Thank you. And um I would please um take all the applause to our um director, Miss Chie. >> Thank you and have a great night. >> No, you were supposed to do the SC 308 with them.
Hi, I'm Peyton and then our question was how have we learned to work well and listen with others? What I said is I learned to listen to other people's viewpoints and teach them new ways of solving problems if their original solution doesn't work. Okay, thank you so much. Uh can I have Murphy Muralists representative please stand up? Hello, everyone. I'm Adam one of the Murphy Muralists at Murphy Junior High School. Perfect. Um how have you learned to listen and work well with others? In order to listen or work well with others, you have to make that you have to make sure that you can cooperate with others to make sure no consequences can happen. Before starting a mural, you have to also make sure all stuff fits in its place before you start to avoid more consequences such as paint spills. That's good. Okay, um do you guys have another representative?
So, good luck and thank you for coming. >> Nate, great to see you again. We met again last year exactly this time for exactly the same reason which gets me to this point. Winning anything backtoback. I don't care if it's the best brownies in the neighborhood contest. It's so hard to do because you have such a target on your back. Um and also not being just satisfied with winning it just once. So as much as I uh really met my admiration for you last year, this year is more than uh because doing it twice is really something spectacular. It's a rare person and I'll be careful about this because I know we've had a lot of good wrestlers in the past, but you've got a real strong resume for being the greatest wrestler in the history of Avon High School. And those aren't those aren't small words.
She's shown this by being in the top 10 rank and an A+ average. Equally important, she is always willing to lend a helping hand and can be counted on when others need support. Maddie has a positive personality and a genuine desire to succeed, which is evident in both her work ethic and the way she carries herself. She is the type of student who quietly excels, respected by her peers, humble and kind, never seeks recognition, and becomes involved or becomes involved in high school drama, which might surprise you. There's a woman in high school, she is never there. Maddie leads by example through her character, consistency, and integrity. Truly embodying the role of a sil silent giant inside her classrooms. This is why she is being celebrated. All right. Now, for our staff members, Mr. Ben Gleason, come on up. This year, Mr. Gleason masterfully navigated the transition to the state's new IEP system.
And then we created a stakeholder group. The teachers, the principles, and myself created a list of about 50 community members. Some of them, many of them were parents. Um, some of them were people that have helped us with grants or have helped us with a PBL in the classroom and they're experts in the community. One of them was a ELELLL specialist that worked with us from HU. So that we had different eyes on the the work and then we made the final decision and now we're seeking board approval. Cindy, if you would pretty please. Thank you. For middle school, there were seven companies on the approved list. We immediately gave the middle school science teachers all seven companies websites and their sales pieces and they went through those and they determined whether they wanted to throw any out like they could just tell from what was sent online in the the flyers that it was no good.
We'd recommend the purchase of five air brake school buses from Pland Bus uh bus sales and leasing, which follows the state bid for school buses. And it also includes an estimated $20,000 per bus uh to the account for anticipated 27 Cummins engine price increases. >> So move that. >> Dan Christie. All in favor? 70. >> We'd recommend that beginning June 1st, 2026, the school corporation begin the summer work week schedule.
So, it's a good time to tune in and listen to the changes. >> Um, not many, just one big one. Um, so we talk a lot about safety, we talk a lot about mental health, but we don't talk a lot about health safety. So, I just want to take a minute and just um, let you know our school corporation, we're very blessed. Um, in Indiana, we receive a standing um, a state standing order for emergency medications at the beginning of every year. Um, Dr. Dr. Lindseay Weaver signs it off at the state of Indiana um Indiana Board of Health. And um this year, epinephrine, which is a medication that we use for acute allergic reactions, has been um approved in a nasal form. Now, rather than getting an injection, there's a nasal spray for it. So, we've had a very difficult time getting EpiPens replaced.
Look at both of these guys. They both have really high They both really have one stock, but Link has high damage. Let's see if Asher can get this last stock. Oh, and he does with another forward air. Okay, pretty hap and Asher looks pretty happy with that. King K Rule and uh the member of our team is moving on so far. That's freaking awesome. We're going to see who Franklin County counterpicks to. Let's see who they counterpick to to take out to take out Asher. Alrighty. All right. Yeah, King Kru looks really happy with himself. I mean, he's smiling, [snorts and music] so that's that's the thing, you know, when you're happy. All right. So, while we're waiting for [music] them to fund it, why don't we shout out one of our Why don't we give a quick shout out to one of our otherwise known as auction?
And we have we're in we're going to be entering year two of our transportation contract. So, there's an increase to reflect that change. And then, of course, the health insurance which started out really high. It's still high, but it's better than what it was, and it's at an increase of eight and a half percent. So, that's the major amount here. Um, and then I will scroll down to so in the next couple pages in page six and going on, you'll see more detailed of the line by line. I'm not going to walk through that. Um, what I just showed you was a summary of this information, but I want to bring us down to page 10, which says Pelum Elementary funding the budget. Um, so on here on the left hand side, everything in this column will be for FY26 and then everything over here is for FY27.
We used to take now district kids then we took out our district kids something and then now we're back to taking out district kids but like if we are like if the capacity of our in district kids is filling us up it might have to go back to our district as at the preschool level and we have to wait till kindergarten like that might need to be a decision that we make so that we're making, you know, to serve our own population first and we can look at those kids because we have more capacity once we get to kindergarten because [snorts] we have three sections. >> So that is my next question. So what I and I don't remember what the proposal was in the new school bill, how many preschool kids could we take? I think we still have like we had three rooms but like again we only have two teachers so that wasn't we might have space for an extra section >> budget question.
Local schools provide this critical foundational framework allowing staff to build layer upon layer of cognitive skills. It is important to maintain these tight-knit educational building blocks in the neighborhoods and communities of all sizes. They produce strong productive citizens. they have in the past and they can in the future. Thank you, Superintendent Murphy, for choosing to work in this district. You in your first assignment as a superintendent, you've been engaged and invested. You've tried to build community connections and you've searched for alternative solutions. Your work is much appreciated. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> May I say something? One more thing. How will this building be used should there not be a school here? >> I have other questions, but I don't know if you want to give me the time to to present them or can I >> You have two more minutes. >> Two more minutes.
Thank Thank you. And uh how about letter H >> to accept the spending plan. >> Yeah, the spending plan is pretty much the same plan that was amended to the uh original plan. It was written by Kendra Lily and it basically what it does is it is an estimation of how much money we should realize from developer fees which would then go into a trust fund that we could use to meet future expenditures that the burrow is in is has to meet as a result of the fair share housing plan. In other words, legal fees, uh administrative fees, and so on. >> Okay. Um, of all the hearings I've been to, I I don't recall ever hearing a number uh that's going to be related to this uh um spending plan. >> If you hold on for a second, I'll get it for you. >> Okay.
>> Any question on that? Next item is spring interession employment for 2026. >> Mr. President, members of the board, the spring inter session employment. You have the dates there. March 16th to the 19th, the staff reporting times, student times. There you have our teachers, four days, five hours per day at the hourly rate. We have a good group of teachers and we also have an instructional leader in Miss Williams. And I believe we also have some spring intercession pair professionals um in UC as well. And so, uh that is to follow. We should have the names for you for for Wednesday. So, um this looks really really powerless and they have a real good team for uh for spring interession. >> What do we average student wise in those inter sessions? >> What's the question? >> What do we average? What's the enrollment for how many students do you >> about 70 I believe 70 80 that's usually our average position >> we're hoping to have more when we come back it's already we hope to have more participate this time compared to the Any other questions on that item?
So just just everybody kind of now knows what unified is which I'm really proud of. That goes back to that cultural thing. We continue with academic competitions like spelling be and math leads. Math leads this year took 30 kids. We didn't win, but we win. Uh, we continue to recognize student of the quarter and we are celebrating benchmark growth. I got the idea from Miss Bryce. We're giving him ice cream. Thank you, Miss Bryce. I would like to show you an example of some professional development. So, the byite-size learning to ignite the spark. This is one hour monthly PD teacher choice, which I want I'm pushing them a lot to have student choice. So, teacher choice. It's led by small groups. There's no more than about eight teachers per group. And this is led by um our own teachers and then like I have Mr.
Does anybody have any questions on the February employment recommendations? >> Sorry. >> Because there is none. That would have been funny if someone said, "Yeah, >> I know, right?" >> He was testing you out. >> The administrative assignments for 2627 are Dr. Biancalana, elementary school principal, Miss Jess KTO Scott, EL coordinator, Mr. Josh Cornwell, middle school principal. Miss Kira Denovo, student services coordinator. Miss Sarah Kala, elementary school assistant principal. Miss Liz Larkin, middle school assistant principal. Miss Amanda Mcdana, middle school assistant principal. Mr. Matthew McCully, assistant superintendent of business and operations. Miss Rachel Mullen, primary school principal. Dr. Aaron Pitman, assistant superintendent of student services and human resources. Miss Nicole Stroop, teaching and learning coordinator. Uh we have reduced the admin positions by one for the 20 for next school year. Uh school fees exhibit 8. >> I think you need a motion. >> Oh, we have to approve it.
Okay, so everybody needs to stand up. Okay, and she's going to guide you. Okay, ready? We're going to go slow and then a little faster. Three, two, one, go. S308 SC 308. S30A SC 308. Accountable, respectful, engaged. Go SCA. Thank you very much and have a great night. >> Take another boat. >> Take another very carefully. We're going to exit the same way we Could we give a round of applause to the amazing Boulder Hill dancers one more time? I just want to say I hope you guys learned something from the event today about the >> We hope you're able to learn something about the many activities and programs that exist across our district. What we shared tonight was just a small sample of the many opportunities we have for our students in school. These spaces matter because they allow students to learn about their interest and build friendships and connections that create a real sense of belonging.
Okay, perfect. How have you learned to listen and work well with others? Hi, I am Clara, the other Murphy Muralist. We are able to be taught independence and how to communicate in smaller groups without the teacher. It also helps when we have to clean up messes on our own because then we have to learn a sense of responsibility and how to wipe it up and what to use. >> [laughter] >> Thank you so much. Okay, moving on to our next section, our next attribute of portrait of a learner, which is innovative thinker and problem-solver. Starting off with the third question, how has your club or activity helped you think in a new ways in new ways? Can I get Long Beach Diversity Club representative stand up, please? This club has helped me think more carefully about other people's experience. I learned that everyone has their own backgrounds and story that you can't cannot see right away.
So, congratulations. Keep it up. Go do great things. The last thing I'm going to say, I so admire you because you have always seemed so polite and humble. And it's an amazing balance for someone in a sport like wrestling to have the kind of confidence you have to have. you know, you can win. Coach John's made it real clear you were going to win. And yet to be humble um in the aftermath and beforehand, and you balanced that wonderfully, that's a great human trait. Keep it up. >> Mr. Yoder, did you have any comments? You're on mute. The dreaded words. >> You're good now. >> Sorry. I just want to say congratulations. I saw you stands last year. I was so blown away by your way and your time supports all that wish in the future. Not many people get in your shoes. >> Great.
We can agree upon that, right? >> Yeah. And complex policy changes, ensuring our staff and students remained on track beyond the paperwork. He is gifted communicator who has built profound trust with parents and strong rapport with the students. What truly defined Mr. Lee however is all man spirit. As you can see he just came straight from baseball. Whether he is leading his department or volunteering his time in athletic events, pep sessions, he consistently goes above and beyond his role as a teacher. Mr. Gleason, thank you for your dedication to the school culture and your unwavering commitment to our students. Congratulations. Chuck Snow. >> Mr. Snow is in his first year and the results speak for themselves. In only one year, the welding program has seen substantial growth. Mr. Snow hasn't just stayed within the classroom walls. He has been proactive in reaching out to industry resources and searching and securing partnerships necessary to strengthen our welding pathway for the future.
Um we got down to about four of those four we asked those companies to come stand in front of the teachers and present. We used to go to a caravan and there wasn't one available so we just had our own caravan and they came to the learning center and they had a half an hour to present and a half an hour for our teachers to ask questions. After the teachers went through the four pieces they ranked them one, two, three, four and then we had a discussion about the top two and the top one was Savas. That's really good news because not only is it a a very wellrecoognized company, but it was about $400,000 cheaper than the number two which was imagined. So that was kind of nice when we found out that we saved $400,000 right off the bat. Cindy, could you advance one for me, please?