>> Thank you, Mr. Brimberry. Sorry, ladies. I was afraid I was going to turn him loose. I never I never intended to. Really didn't. Mrs. Miller, you have something? >> I do. if if you don't mind. Um because this is my bailey wick before I retired. This is what I did um for Pearson education. And there's an analogy that helps folks who aren't in education. You you hear well you're just passing them on and then you hear you're just testing them to death. This system is based on a tremendous amount of research dug deep over a lot of years and it's a medical model. So if you think of it like that, something's wrong and you don't know what it is. So, you go to the doctor, a professional, and they take your temperature, formative assessment, short, quick formative assessment, and they find a problem and they give you a prescription, and things aren't coming along as well as you'd hoped, so you go back.
It's not your problem. Anyway, we're going to work on a process because I'm not going to be put in a position again to vote on something that's due tomorrow. So, I don't think it's coming from you, but we'll work with Mr. Crack. I was going to talk to him today, but uh he's not here. I'll talk with him more. Um but we don't take this stuff lightly. So, again, thank you for bidding. Um any other discussion, comments? No, I I would just say that, you know, we're feeling with the with what's happened with the state of Indiana and just how, you know, money that we had before is not there in all areas, we need to be a little more cognizant of what how how can we save money in all these places. Make sure we're getting our best bang for the buck for school, for our teachers, for our students, and everybody else.
Um, but he's still he's still stacking up so many different pieces. He just made another T-pin, man. I wonder how many freaking T-pins that was. >> All the T-pins in the world. And I wonder what that timer that he just switched off of his tab was for. >> I don't know. All right, he's speed running at this point. He's speed running. Goes for another T-pin. And a third T-spin. That was only a T-pin single this time. All right. Trying to figure out where that piece goes. Oh, that wasn't a T- spin. He missed the overhang. Unfortunately, there's two parts of the T-pin. The overhang and the T-shaped hole. And you need both of those. There's a fourth T-pin right there and a fifth T-pin on top of that. Look at that. >> You're way more qualified to talk about T-spin than I am. >> Yep.
>> Oh god, I always forget the consent agenda. Thank you. Yes, I decided to go ahead and add them. Um, I move to accept the consent agenda. Second. Thank you. Uh Sarah Bess, >> yes. >> Jenny, >> yes. >> William, >> yes. >> Rachel, >> yes. >> Margaret, yes. We accept the consent agenda. Five, nothing. All right. >> And then you also have future agenda planning on the agenda. >> We do. Um I will I guess I would say that we have a meeting on Thursday. We have a budget hearing on the 26th and we have a regular school committee meeting on April 7th I think and that is when we will do the vote on the budget. >> So I would just only feature agenda item I would add would be if we can have some clarity and understanding or presentation on the school cameras that were just presented to us on a feature.
They did a one time one time only one time one time only help with it with with I shouldn't say I shouldn't say raises a stipen or a bonus if you will just one time money >> motion to increase develop staff's wages by $1 per hour as >> second discussion hearing none submit your vote >> [snorts] >> 6. I have one question. I'd like to know because you put in a report about seven staff members that you like to know what other employers in the county wolf creek etc. Just be interested to know. >> Okay. >> It would affect all the employers. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Next one is curriculum leadership institute. Anybody have any question there? That's what I was talking about earlier. I said it's nice to see that they haven't went up since 2024. >> I've sat in on lots of these meetings now >> and the lake is just >> Yeah, very involved.
All that being said, I think what this petition and certainly my letter the other month or so ago was just to tap the brakes to give us more details like some of the questions you had. How much did cost for second floor or rental space? We don't have those answers. There there are a number of guests here or guest units or educated guests. We want we would like to know the answers and better idea of the options. So um the other thing that's changed since that meeting is the 460 signatures has grown to 600. Um, if you adopt this ordinance tonight, we're going to submit those submission. We're going to submit those that petition. It's likely the forces go to random referendum. 600 people that sign this. If this referendum gets shot down, you got to start over again. And that's just not in the best interest of anybody.
So that's another 1.1 million. So together these these are 15.7 million perish. So, any questions on where we go? If we do that, we spent 32, we add 15 to it, we're pushing $50 million and a half years from the state. So, there was a well, there still is the lawsuit in place, but this extreme support might mitigate some of the lawsuit facts because we've been very well supported. >> That's all I have. Seeing none, we're going to move on to item C2, which is the student activity funds. >> Student activity. We have uh starting the year with 166,000 right now after incumbrances, after these expenses, 136,000. And I thought I would just let you know how this works. Uh I believe every school has a a variation of a student council where the students fund raise and get to spend those dollars on students.
We know we have school um some students going to charter schools or other public schools. But we also notice a big um increase in virtual schools and our students attending there. Um I'm highlighting this the students were 100% sure they're virtual on here. So, this estimate is not I wouldn't say is 100% accurate because we know we have students at Franklin, we have students at Wayne and those schools also have virtual schools. The tra the transfer report doesn't go that far into it saying what if they're in the inerson or virtual or what grade. They just give us basic information. But we know we have over 170 students who reside in Avon and attend other virtual programs um like Cloverdale, Union School Corporation, Clarksville, and Connections Academy. When you think about that number, we also know that the state funds a child in virtual at 85% um of the tuition rate.
I move that we approve the consent items A through L as presented. Second. There any discussion? Okay. All in favor of 5 A through L as presented say I. >> I. I. >> Opposed. >> All right. Motion carries. >> Okay. Uh number six, we have the school presentation that for the DCHS, Mr. Long, he's ready. >> Oh, yeah. Pull this up real quick. Should be short and sweet. Uh do some celebrations. Uh first off, uh thank you and thank everyone for being here tonight. Uh next year, uh we've had discussions from all the way from our superintendent down to all sixth grade teachers and staffs of six through 12 about just revamping our bell schedule. Um there over over my tenure here, there has been some uh concerns with our Wednesday schedule of it being so short uh with timing in each class. um as well as there were some inconsistencies of some classes had 40 men or 45, some had 35 and so we tried to clean that up.
Well, they have to test and see if that prescription helped, right? And again, that's why we have multiple formative assessments. They're different for different children or cohorts or groups of children who are suffering from the same malady, whatever it is. And so if you you've heard the term multi MTSS, um, multiple tiers of student success, that's exactly what it means. There isn't one prescription that fits everybody. That's what we were accused of years ago. You They used to call it the shotgun approach. You just put it out there and hope it sticks, right? We don't do that anymore. So, we stay with the application of prescribing, testing, checking, prescribing. And that's what the system is. It's just based on a medical model. I hope that analogy helps. I used to use it all the time, but um if you think of it like that, it makes it a little easier.
So it's just part of that too that just to make sure that we're you know sometimes we get kind of used to doing things the way we've always done things and we think you know um we don't know the state is going to continue doing things the way they used to do things. So we need to make sure that you know >> that we are being responsible with the fiscally responsible with everybody's money. Again procedural on our end not you Michael. My comments are geared towards you. Um any further comments? Anything from you Michael? Um open up for vote. All those in favor signify by sign of I. >> I.
And there's another T-pin. Oh my gosh. And ever since the game uh got a new update, I'm pretty sure T-pins are more powerful than all clears at this point, actually. >> Well, they they made them better. >> Yeah. Well, no, they made all clears worse. Instead, [music] instead of sending eight lines of garbage, it just sends four now. >> About the same as a quad. >> All right. I thought they buffed the chest thing. >> Oh no. Oh no. All right. And another T-shaped hole, I tell you. Look at all these freaking T-shaped holes. Hunter has probably got all these T-shaped holes down to a sun. I mean, look at that. He uses a J piece, [music] an S piece, and a Zpiece to make that T-shaped hole. He is so locked in with these patterns and making all these holes for that maximum damage from the T-pin double after T-pin double after T-pin double and now he's one.
>> Okay. Yes. >> That recommendation. Thank you. All right. >> Wasn't easy signing up. >> I'm not done. >> Comments from the peanut gallery. Yes. Um All right. Now I make a motion to adjourn the meeting. >> Second. >> All right. Uh Jenny. >> Yes. William, >> yes. >> Rachel, >> yes. >> Sarah Bess, >> yes. >> And Margaret, yes. Thank you all.
The teachers are very involved as well. >> Yeah, I think it's a good thing. Sure. I hear a motion. >> Yeah, I'll make a motion to approve the CLI contract for the 2026 27 school year in the amount of $19,975. Motion seconded discussion. >> Just one more comment on that. For that price, you you can't employ somebody to do that job and be as in tune as that lady is for that amount of cost. It's a good bargain. >> And correct me if I'm wrong, but Darla Stacy has been with us from the beginning. She has been the I mean the constant provider. We haven't had like five or six different leaders >> from the beginning. >> Okay. Next one is the KSB contract. >> Yes. And you can see some information. Again, Christie, thank you for the historical knowledge there. They have a slight increase but uh not very much at all.
And you got to get police out. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? Yes, sir. Yes. >> I'm trying to be polite. >> Uh George Tibo 636 Susan Lane. Uh first I start off with a question. I sent uh a letter to the co-star last week. I sent the same letter to the town council. Did you get it? I sent it to the website within with an Adobe attachment. >> I read it on Coast. >> You read in a Okay. Well, I sent basically it's the same letter except the last sentence saying come on out and come to the meeting. Uh to to directly to the council on the website. So you I'd ask you to double check that. Okay. Because I didn't hear it back, you know. no type of thing. >> I I can resend it, but you got the co starts. It's it's the same thing.
I just took a quote from a [clears throat] a policy here about how difficult it is to make student activity work and how many people have to be involved. And here's my question. Student council is sponsoring a dance and has hired a DJ. Can the DJ be paid cash from the dance proceeds after the dance? So survey says >> yes or no. Everybody says no. No is the answer. Cash dispersements are not allowed. So, a person in my office that's the purchasing director for the school district keeps on her own spreadsheet with uh QuickBooks behind it with a bank account behind that just down the street at the National Bank. She keeps all these funds in a separate bank account. So, when students want to spend it, they have to go through her with exactly my answer. No, cash dispersements are not allowed. You can't just pay the DJ after the dance proceeds have been turned in.
So if we were to say what's that financial impact of the students leaving Avon, that's over a million dollars. And again, that estimate I would say it's really probably greater than that um because we know if we have other kids in virtual schools. And when we think about that impact, what we what our demographic studies showed and just our numbers have currently showed us, we are a district that's starting to just be steady and not see as much growth. So, if we continue to lose students, that will that will impact even what we're able to offer in our in-person environments um in our classrooms. So, when I mentioned about the 85% um when I shared this a couple weeks ago to the board, I shared that we currently had 49 virtual students and I had Dr. P's um who oversees that right now to share what's our current number and even from this a couple weeks ago, we're up to 55 students.
Um and what we really wanted to do was to get more time in the classroom. So we've taken our home room period and shortened that down. Uh 6 through 12 will all have forth the same home room. Now that'll help with some convocations. Uh some other things that we try to do 6 through 12 that will help with that. But the biggest thing is we're actually going to be gaining um on our regular day five more minutes in each class which if you multiply that I didn't do the math but uh over the entirety of a year that's a lot of class time for our teachers to have with our students. So we felt like that was important on Wednesdays because on the other schedule it was only 35 minutes. That's very difficult on a teacher uh to get kids settled down get them in and then teach a teach a lesson.
>> Thank you for letting me do that. Mr. Thompson, Mr. Allen, ladies, thank you. Um, I come from a uh teachers perspective and uh we're talking about all of these levels of kids and having a lot of data and I would think it would be easy. Let's just say for example, a teacher with a classroom of 18 kids probably in the first few weeks of school they have to dis differentiate four different ways. by March. Is it possible then with all of this data that they will have to differentiate 18 different ways because of all of this data? Are we creating nightmares for our teachers? >> I think the answer is yes. Um because we all learn at a different pace and a different time. However, those 18 kids are all in the second grade or the sixth grade or the seventh grade. And in most cases, it's not just a teacher that's helping them.
Any opposed? >> With none um our insurance renewal is approved. And again thank you for covering us. Um, next up is the another action item, recommendation of consideration to approve resolution 0309 2026 authorizing the submission of the one 1003 flexibility waiver. >> Can we explain that? >> That'd be great. Yeah, >> please. So, this is I have to have a resolution in order to be able to apply for the flexibility waiver, which is um we've done it the past two years, which gives us the three days gives us three full days of professional development um where teachers don't have where we do not have to have virtual learning on those days. Um, and the reason we're able to do that is because we already, even by taking those three days out, we already exceed the number of minutes, uh, required by the state of Indiana at each level.