>> Look at him. >> He's just making religion. >> He's just making art over here. >> Mhm. I mean, playing Tetris in itself is an art. Oh, and speaking of art, moderate cape mastered his art of Tetrio and got a point on Stricksie. >> That is [music] the first Cyber Tiger round loss that we've seen tonight. >> That's true. But Strixie is definitely capable of getting all those points back. I mean, he won the first match. So, let's see. Both of these players are have got to be on their game. They got to be on their toes. They got to know when to stack up and they got to know when to dig down, you know. >> Yep. Seen a T- spin triple and a double from Chrissy already. >> Yes. Lot of stuff. Lot of stuff. And he seems to be doing a 4x5 pattern in terms of his stacking again.
>> That I mean, you can crowd down a little bit every year. >> That's over in that south. >> Well, there's two or three spots it looks like. >> But however, I just Well, we'll work with you. >> It's good to know that you're interested in doing that for future information for the board. So, thank you. >> On the motion, the suggested motion here, it does not have a number of years, but his uh bid does say recommend 3 to five. Do we need to add >> That's what we were just talking about. So, we just want to do one year, >> right? I understand that. What I'm saying is is do we need to add that it is for one year to the motion? >> Oh, yeah. I think yes. >> Yes. I You're right. Yes. I agree. >> So would it be okay to say move to accept a bid from Aaron Skilman for a 17 acres north of the HS ball fields in the amount of $15 per acre for one year?
We have hardly any historical sites left in the building, you know, and it's old and everybody wants it to stay. We can't build a building and keep that one because then where would we park? You know, that's that's a problem. So, if we're going to build another building, even if it's just for the police, we have to get rid of that building because we need parking. There's enough there's trouble with the school parking, the drop off. I mean, for a time, they were parking in the police station parking lot, parents, because the parking is so bad for the school. So, that would be a problem. I agree with we need a new place for the police. We need a new place for the burrow because we can't have both. But, I do think the size is excessive. Um, Chief Olsen mentioned that it's 4,000 square feet.
Thank you. >> Good to know. >> All right. With that, I will make um the motion to approve [clears throat] the 2026 2027 certified entry salary schedule as presented. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I item 8C. So, um the my next item is a um is a is an entry um salary schedule for um speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, and physical therapists. And what we in my um investigation and looking at other districts, they clumped them all together. And so um I went ahead and um came up with a um entry salary schedule that is competitive um in our area and I'm asking um that you would approve it and again we um um this is just for entry entry level our new anybody new >> and it's um very competitive in our area.
There will not be any blockades to that. You it just they're going to be allowed to do it. >> Yeah. I mean, we're going to look at their academic records, too. I mean, we have access to our academic records and we're going to have conversations about if you are if you're struggling in the inerson environment. If you're great, if you're getting FS or your attendance, then how is this different? And we are going to have um some upfront conversations about this. So, I I mean, I think there's going to be some navigation of back and forth because we want if a kid makes this change, we're not looking at making this change for two weeks and then coming back. I mean, we want to make sure there is a clarity on both ends that this is a good move for this a particular student. >> And those conversations are happening now.
So, we really look forward to that. Thank you. >> All right. Lots of good information there. Uh, Chip, do you have an athletics report? Has to be exciting to follow the couple we've had already. >> Um, I would be remiss if we didn't start off with obviously the gym video boards has been a huge hit. Um, not just as far as athletics goes. I know the senior class sponsors are excited to be able to break them out for graduation. We've been talking about different creative ways they can do that kind of stuff. So, those were, I think, huge value added across the whole corporation and be able to use for a lot of things. So, those were very exciting. Um, locker rooms were on to punch lists um as far as doing some flooring fixes and decorating and that kind of stuff. So, those are two big projects that were in the usable phase.
um where those numbers were at the approximate end of 2024 and where they were at the approximate end of 2025. Again, I'm using approximate because any snapshot in time is going to be very different from day to day. So, I will also say this, as of I believe I got this information at the end of February, the checking and savings uh was up to $1.3 million. So we have made significant strides there and just getting a better position. Um so that was good news and our uh increase this year was only 4.4% from 24 into 25. So um that was good to see as well. Next slide. Um on this S slide, what I'd like to just point out here is that um the red line there being the kind of the trend uh for health networks and you can see that we are below trend and you can see that last green box is showing the significant recovery that we made last year in terms of our deficit.
Um, Thursday, the high school along with every emergency management group uh in Loganport here, including the hospital, are going to do a mock drill um from the high school, a mock evacuation drill. And so that'll be interesting. It'll start at 4:30 and uh end hopefully by 7:30. So, um they're going to uh emulate like some kind of um hazardous issue with the pool and so they've got students and so it'll be interesting. Um it'll be good for us to to do um evacuate to their offsite and find out what we need to work on and where we need to go. We have not we've done we've done these um at Fairview and LIS. Um, we have not done one. Obviously, the high school's pretty big, the biggest school we have, so it'll be interesting, um, to to do. So, they have lot students signed up and parents are going to help.
And it seems to have paid off cuz he's got another point on the board. That's awesome. Yes, that quad gets him up to two to one. He needs one more round off Moderate Cape to move on and survive. >> Yep. Well, Moderate Cape needs one needs two more rounds to win >> Consecutively. He can't drop a game. And he's already in the red. But look at that. Time for him to start down stacking. So Jordan's got to stay pretty low to the board cuz a lot of garbage is going to be sent his way. >> This is roughly the position that moderate Cape likes to be in seemingly. >> Mhm. Oh, Jordan is doing his own version of that. Oh, it seems like he mis drops. Either that or Jordan just sent a ton of garbage and he ends up winning. Jordan ends up winning.
>> Yes. >> Okay. >> And then assuming we have more of a decision that longterm makes more sense going forward. >> And I understand all the circumstances of everything going on. >> I was hoping by now we could have given you a solid answer but >> I'll make a second. >> Yeah. Motion second. Second. Okay. Post second.
They're only occupying 2,000 square feet right now. The other 2,000 square feet you said is unusable. So, technically, we're going four and a half times higher than that by going to 9,000 square feet. That seems a little excessive to me. I'm sure that that could be looked at again and possibly be cut. And I also think that the um burrow, I agree, that could be smaller. So maybe maybe if we just downscale a little bit, we can all come to an agreement. Take a look at that. >> No, you I'm sorry. No, >> I want you back there. >> So, just for clarification, um, with the math, so the footprint of the building is 4,000 ft. 4,000 square feet. When I say usable space, what I did was I subtract hallway space. I I can't put offices in the hallway, the lobby, the massive generator room that somebody decided to put inside the headquarters.
>> Any questions? Yeah, we try to aim for the middle not be like comments. Well, I'm thinking having a four day school day four day school week has helped bring people into >> they're not willing to take a pay cut for it though, >> right? Yeah. No, but [clears throat] I'm just saying that he can help bring life in the big >> and it's really important um with the amount of students that have um special needs that we get those specialists that they um need in order for them to make um progress. >> Okay. >> All right. I'll entertain a motion. >> I'll make a motion uh to move to approve the 2026 2027 speech pathologist occupational therapist and physical therapist entry salary schedule as presented. I'll second that. Marty, >> all in favor? [laughter] >> item 8 D, classified hourly rate increase. All right, since we made our entry salary schedule for classified staff increased by 50 cents.
>> It they're coming in and saying we we want to do virtual. And without saying names, many of the places that they're going to when we have looked at what this program offers compared to what we know some of these other programs are offering, we believe this to be a far superior program. So right now if they come in the counselors, the assistant principles will talk with them about it, but ultimately parents will just say we're withdrawing to enroll in X online school that we saw advertised on TV and um it's not necessarily a program that's aligned to the standards and offers offers the type of instruction that we feel like Indiana online does. So this we do feel like this process is happening as we speak. It's just this would give us an avenue for those counselors and our administrators to say here's an option that that we have that still keeps you connected with Avon that's a higher quality program.
one one completely done and one that's usable and we're just now cleaning up little things. So, those are two very good news. Um, I've had some really good IHSA news. Again, one of the big things we've been doing is trying to get our voice heard uh down at the state level. Um, so I was invited to go be a part of the sectional realignment committee. So, that was one of 32 schools in the room. Um, we carved up all the sectionals in one day. I was shocked we did it in one day. Um, but it's probably the best meeting I've ever been a part of with the IHSA. It was very productive. Um, and then on the other side, then I was also at that at that meeting, they asked me to be um an assistant tournament director for the wrestling state finals for the boys and the girls.
Go ahead. Um, on this graph, um, it's a little hard to see where I'm sitting. I think you probably have that on in front of you, but the yellow line, I believe is the color of it, um, is showing since basically 2018, we've been running at at deficits. I think we had maybe one year of a of a surplus, but and then of course last year was the surplus, but it been running at deficit over and over and over again. Um, and then like I said, we recovered last year. Um, yeah. So, last year, I guess the big thing is last year was a significant improvement on our on our position. So, this is 2024. Um, and you can kind of see this is a month-by-month graph showing kind of where we were budgeted. And the dark dark green line is the budget and the light green is what our expenses were.
Um, and then, um, to kind of cap everything off, um, la a week ago, we celebrated Felix's 100th birthday on Friday night. It was a wonderful night in the Berry Bowl. Lots of people, lots of visiting mascots. um just a a great night um for for nostalgia. Um it was it was awesome. And then we kicked off our very first LHS alumni gala on Saturday. Um it was it was so it was awesome. We had about 220 people in attendance which we felt pretty good about for our first one. And uh we we talked about maybe that's something we do every five years. We got lots of feedback we need to do it sooner than five years. And there were all ages there. Like my 82-year-old mother was there. Like people like she went to school with were there clear down to, you know, um >> these guys were all there.
Congratulations, Trixie. [music] >> Surviving that challenge is Jordan. Congratulations to him. He moves on in bracket. >> Yep. Even when I leave, there's still a Jordan. Absolutely dominating in Tetris. >> There will always be a Jordan dominating in Tetris. >> Yep. The g the name is just the name is synonymous with the game. That's the There's a name of the game and it's Jordan. [clears throat] Now, here we are in the evil bracket. >> Oh my gosh, look how evil. Look at all that stuff being verified. >> Exactly. >> Yep. There's the There's uh there's Hunter's victory and um there's Hunter's victory and uh Clay's victory over there. Just being verified real quick. Notice how they're also three and 0. Pretty crazy over there. Got quite a got quite a few people over here. >> A lot of people. And a lot of people over here as well.
Any discussion? Okay. Vote. >> I'm taking that motion. >> Yeah. I felt like I had to do it. It's the first motion I ever made. Kind of feel like I own it now >> because I thought it was so ridiculous. >> My first I already got that. I hate you. >> Thank you very much for that. >> It just seemed like such a ridiculous thing. >> What we got left? >> Oh, yes. We need an executive session for 10 minutes. For 10 minutes. >> Hi everybody. >> We come back. >> Have a good night. Thank you for >> unless you want to come back to the meeting. >> Mr. I'll leave you. >> Motion. >> Thank you. >> We'll get it to you tomorrow. >> He wants no executive session for 15 minutes. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Excuse me. I'm sorry. >> I'm sorry. I didn't hear that.
bizarre. But anyway, when you start subtracting those spaces, we're left with actually the exact number was 235 square feet of usable space, the locker rooms, office space, the bathrooms, and in that I I want to make another comment about um classrooms and and the meeting room. So although that appears to be not necessary or I'll use the word excessive, it's great to have those spaces now because we don't have any areas to meet. We don't have any areas to train. And I can go down a rabbit hole to to even explain what that looks like. But it when you heard me give my statement before, the last renovation did not allow any future expansion. Zero. The day we moved in, remember I was there when we moved and I helped move in to the new facility. We were at capacity. Back then, I think we had 13 or I think we had 13 officers.
We want to do that also for our staff, our current staff um so that um that they don't um we wish we could give them more, but this is what within our budget. We feel like it we're comfortable with it. If we're doing it for entry level, we want to do it for all of our um classified staff. and um and work closely with uh John to make sure that we can afford this and we appreciate his input. >> For sure. >> I'll make a motion to approve the 2026 2027 classified wage increase beginning July 1st, 2026 as presented. >> I'll second. All in favor? >> I I item 8E are contract renewals for certified staff this. So again, district staff is recommending approval of a certified staff renewals. Um staff is re recommending an increase of um $1,500 from M and $250 from our classroom site fund um for our eligible employees.