Is there any discussion, comments? Just a question concerning the Human Relations Committee. If this is not the proper time to answer to ask it, I answered ask the question later. My question being as we move to going to the different locations for board meetings, are the school equipped to handle board meetings with the microphones? Everything that's going into doing a board meeting at the local schools. So, I'll I can talk about that at another meeting, but that's my main questions. Have we looked into the things that's going to take in during the meetings at our local schools? And I'm I'm really sort of concerned about that. So, if if you we have planned out everything that's going to work out for us at that at those various school, it's okay. But I think I want to go a little bit farther at some other time.
>> Thank you. >> Good evening. So, Muriel, oops, Morel is currently in year two of implementation. Our um basic cell phone policy is during instructional time bellto all cell phones and smartwatches need to be put in their backpacks and turned off. So with the ongoing communication that we provide families, students and um well we we provide first parent um and family communication which trickled down to student communication and we have ongoing efforts as we need to revisit the policy. So as you can see we started with uh June 2025 when we had the incoming sixth grade parent night. Um, we also reintroduced for our new or uh returning families and new families uh communication in parent square. So that was just a memo to families and then our incoming sixth graders um in August 2025. We talked about it again during web day and then it's also in our time tracker which every student um during advisory it was reviewed um at the beginning of the year.
Um, at this time, we're going to go ahead and take public comment from, um, speakers who wish to address the board, uh, for topics that are not on the agenda. Just as a reminder, speakers will have 3 minutes to address the board. A buzzer will sound when 30 seconds of speaking time remains. Um, as a board, we can listen to the public comment, but we're not able to respond to any speakers. So, at this time, um, we have three different speakers. So, um, I'd like to invite Elaine Ward up. At the September Special Board of Education Workshop, in discussing Chromebook usage, President Conkin stated, "I still see great potential for misuse." And President Conkin, you were right. A week and a half ago, one of my children was sent an unsolicited sexually explicit image via their personal email by another peer. This peer was able to take the picture with their school-issued Chromebook, upload it to their school email, and send it to my child.
There's a there's a long list of items that are allowable under the statute 15977. Um it also has a performance pay requirement in there and which AO hasn't included in their class instruction if I'm done correctly. Um that uh proposition prop 301 was extended in 2022 for another 20 years. So this funding source is dedicated until 2042. Um and so again it's it's contingent on sales tax but um the way sales tax has been trending that fund has gradually gone up. Uh and so this funding source will be around for a while saying so how much money does have in this bucket? Um the current roll rolled over amount the ending balance from last fiscal year right which ended June 30 was $1.5 million annually um in this budget allocation under the current budget uh you are getting $842 per pupil and that's on a weighted per pupil basis and so if you have a um special education student that's getting additional funding because of the disability, you're getting that weighted appropriation, too.
Yeah, I mean the wrap. >> The wrap obviously does, but what about the angle iron? >> Yeah, you got two on each end. That looks like they'd be >> Yeah. Gosh darn it. >> Cuz I'm just thinking, you know, like here you have a >> handler here. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> So, I assume there's one or two kind of behind that, right? >> Looks to me like there'll be one just in front. >> I don't know cuz there's not enough room behind them to even get the wall wrap, right? I mean, is there There's not enough space between that wall and that area without being there. I'm trying to think. >> They're pretty tight the walls. >> Yeah. We when we went to walk this, we noted that as a potential trouble area. >> Yeah. >> Comments, questions. I know it's not something we're like deciding or anything like that.
Thank you to the SRO's. You guys truly do keep school safe. Um, we're looking at other things of uh, you know, like $5 million for equipment, hardware, those type of things. My opinion, and this is Chad Cruz talking, not the state of Indiana, people over products. Products are glitchy. products will work sometimes and won't work others. You have an SRO in your building. They will create a bond with your students and will keep them safe. End of story. So, thank you to the SRO's. Um really, we couldn't do a lot of the school safety things without your help and assistance. This is what we do. Um, I'm not going to spend time on this. There are certain things that that are more important. So, I talked about the secured school or the um Indiana School Safety Specialist Academy. One thing to know is we have 4,500 school safety specialists across the state of Indiana.
>> Oh yeah, it definitely was. Oh boy, that is crazy. Oh yeah. Does an uphill and does plenty of aerials. Oh, and a forward smash. Waiting until Deacon Waiting until Deacon got back to the stage to hit him. Oh, looks like Deacon's throwing out quite a bit of frost. Oh my. Yep. shields the initial blow but doesn't shield the other blow. Yep. Does a side be. Does an up air. Does a neutral special. That's good. Look at that. They're They're just throwing They're just dishing out damage like it's a five course dinner. The question is whose dinner party is it? The Deacons or the Kirby's? Whoa, >> That was big. Deacon looking pretty proud of himself. And who could blame him? That was a good That's a good freaking move. That's a good move, I tell you. Mhm. Jumping all over. Yep. Using quite a few aerials.
Um we do have literacy coaching cycles with Miss Amanda Lawer. Um she is um she designs cycles to provide intentional job embedded support for every K3 classroom. Uh, Miss Laugher partners with each teacher to plan high quality standards um or highquality standard align instruction that analyzes student data, identify targeted next steps and growth. But the nice thing about this is through co-eing and micro ma micro modeling, she demonstrates the instructional strategies in real time for our teachers, allowing them to see to see practices in action and they can immediately apply them. Um, coaching conversations also include support with classroom management structures that maximize instructional minutes and student engagement. These collaborative strike cycles ensure continuous reflection, strengthen instructional practices, and improve literacy outcome for all of our students. And you can see these are just two of the cycles she has done. At one point we had I think it was like um 72% that were u mastering and when she was done with the cycle and they were progress monitored again we had 100% with the post test.
You don't have to show how or what or why it happened. But the other side was trying to argue something, you know, metaphorically speaking. Well, because it was a diesel ship, then we have to prove how diesel ships are unsafe >> for all people. And that's not the case in in our legal case. It was, you know, but for that ship hitting the bridge, bridge fell in the water. That was the case. and they kept refraraming it to make us prove the science of that whole ordeal. And so ultimately that's what that's all that the PUC kept trying to argue was was but you know because of that RF effect and all the science was never our argument to begin with. So the Commonwealth court seemed to more or less just jump over all of that. They didn't address any of that. They just our page numbers were off and we're close enough to the Pobatch case.
We chose to use turf grass because if people fall, they won't get severely injured, and for wheelchairs, it can be more accessible, and it's easier to maintain. No, I don't think So, this is our 3D model. There is a actual 3D model right there. There's a canopy. There's the canopy. These are the details we made. Awesome. Conclusion. Our design is fun and educational for everyone. We met all three requirements, seating for at least 20 people, a covered space, and a new garden area. We also added sports fields for people who want to be active and a relaxing koi pond. Now, the AMS courtyard can be accessible for everyone and a spot that people want to spend time in. Wow, amazing. Thank you. Thank you for listening. Very impressive, girls. Are you available for hire at McDonald's? All right, and Becca >> done. Thank you. Becca and Ariel are going to present their their version of their design as well, just so we can get representation from each team.
And um the the the kids love it there. um after a couple of weeks they're they're comfortable there and and like teacher Squirreloff said I I would it's an open invitation for you all to come and visit um during lunchtime during dismissal during arrival um during recess um and see see what's going on there. So you can um this is our accountability percentile growth. So in 2022 we were at 3%. So a lot of other schools were doing better than us in the state and then um we had some incremental growth over the next four years that put us at 21%. And that um that has allowed us to exit the the status of the state. Another um area we had to focus on was attendance. And so, um, we have a robust comprehensive chronic absenteeism plan at GMS, um, that involves a lot of incentives, a lot of parent meetings, um, and a lot of student meetings, um, to figure out why kids are having a difficult time coming to school.
And, um the the the kids love it there. Um after a couple of weeks, they're they're comfortable there and and like Teacher Skriloff said, I I would it's an open invitation for you all to come and visit, um during lunchtime, during dismissal, during arrival, um during recess, um and see see what's going on there. So, you can Um this is our accountability percentile growth. So, in 2022, we were at 3%. So, a lot of other schools were doing better than us in the state. And then, um we had some incremental growth over the next four years that put us at 21%. And that, um that has allowed us to exit the the status of the state. Another, um area we had to focus on was attendance. And so, um we have a robust, comprehensive chronic absenteeism plan at GMS, um that involves a lot of incentives, a lot of parent meetings, um and a lot of student meetings, um to figure out why kids are having a difficult time coming to school.
Uh right now, I'm not going to uh accept uh exhibit 26-20. So, it's a part of the consent calendar, but I'm just not voting on that. What I What I hear you saying is typically you will vote on the consent calendar as a whole. And I hear one of your members saying that she's not comfortable voting in all in favor with the consent calendar as a whole because of I think you may mean 26 >> Exhibit 26-20. >> 6-20. 20 or is that That's a community relations? Mhm. Community relations. Mhm. Minutes. Right. Where the meetings are? The meetings >> the back of the page. So, right. So, I I do think Let's see how this is written. Um Right. So, the consent calendar is asking you to vote on the minutes. So, I think what might make the most sense is if you are if you don't have an objection to how the minutes are written, you can vote in favor of the consent calendar.
Um, as we feel needed, if we're having to talk to students, uh, frequently about cell phone usage or it being out, uh, Miss Mayor and I will have an assembly, um, just to follow up with students and remind them what the expectations are. Um, teachers also reminded families, the parents that came and the students that came, uh, what the expectations were during back to school night. Okay. And as far as so we are in year two and so the you know this year students are more accustomed to the policy uh compared to I'm sure when it first began and so um the students are pretty well aware even coming in again because with the newer student sixth graders we are providing the information as they are transitioning into our middle school. Um but basically this is the um format that we follow with the policy.
Luckily, I was able to intercept the photo before my child was able to see it, but one question remains that perplexes myself, this peer's parent, my friend that helped me navigate through the shock of the situation, and my child's school assistant principal. How did this happen? How did Securly not stop this? In September, Mr. Vincent said repeatedly that Securly is in place to keep kids safe, a secure, safe environment. Clearly, Securly was not as safe as parents were made to believe. I recently spoke with Mr. Caldera, who informed me that recent technological advances have allowed for Securly to identify inappropriate pictures, and Mr. Vincent is working to have the update in effect within the week. According to the Children's Internet Protection Act, schools and libraries are required to adopt and implement an internet safety policy addressing, quote, the safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms, and other forms of direct electronic communication.
So, um, but 842 per pupil when you take the math um against your enrollment, you you get right now you're currently getting appropriated about $500,000 annually. In addition, you do get to collect interest on your fund balance. That is an allowable rule and statute. And so, that interest gets to be added back onto the budget balance recorded. So last year you collected $40,000 in interest on that. Basically 1.5 million. I understand that's not a huge amount, but that's restricted to the Arizona uh county treasur's office on what they can allowable investments, but that 40,000 gets added back on top. And so you take your in balance plus your 26 budget plus your interest earned. Um your total budget going into this year was about $2 million. Now, per your salary schedule and your pay performance plan, you obligate about $290,000 in uh expenditures from this bucket.
I just wanted you guys to time like what's timeline look like? >> I think it could be done in the summer. It you'd need to do a lot of summer to it though. >> Yeah. Um, >> obviously it's going to be messy, right? So, I mean, you're going to have to seal up spaces as much as possible. I mean, we wouldn't be able to do it during square, I think, just because of the mess. >> Yeah. I don't I don't know how you noise >> how you be able to be shut down that long, >> right? >> I think it have I think it have to be a summer project. >> So, I mean, I guess barring unforeseen, I mean, two-month timeline, is that something that can get done? >> Yeah. I I don't know the fabric piece like how long of an application process that is or I would probably if you want to try to get done in the summer I'd probably give yourself a little bit of a buffer you know I don't know when sports are done when you're done using that gym give it you know you probably got two weeks in scaffold setup and scaffold dismantle >> before you so you can start doing so you're really only a month of work time yeah >> graduation >> again I was going to say graduation >> you're done >> at the end of I mean you're done now early March right then you're graduation again.
That's very significant. That means that we have 4,500 people in public schools, charter schools, nonacredited public schools or not accredited um institutions, private schools that have some kind of training in school safety and security. We have a basic class, we have advanced, we have regional trainings. I was just talking to Dr. Hannah about um the funds that we can give for training uh at the school level. We can do that across the state. Um we can absolutely bring that here to Clinton Central as well or any school. We do have an allhazards approach. I'll be quite honest, my phone has been blowing up for the last six hours or so about tornadoes coming in. Uh I am on the situational or the uh situational awareness team that all the information goes to the governor been blowing up about tornadoes. The number one thing in Indiana is you look at armed intruders, you look at tornadoes, earthquakes, anything like that, the number one probability is that you're going to have severe weather tornadoes.
Just trying to rack up that damage. Rack it all up. Looks like both of them are on their last stock as well. If Deacon wins, that's the first round to our team. Okay. >> But if the Kirby takes uh one of Deacon stocks, then we have to send in one more of our players to see if they can deal with the Kirby. That was going to be my next question. Jordan, what's our Cyber Tigers way of picking our next player? >> Our way of picking our next player? Well, honestly, I'm not I'm not the I'm not that sure in terms of uh in terms of like how they do it considering I haven't really been part of the varsity team myself. I don't really know their thought process. >> Okay. >> Yep. But they're but what you can see is uh Jaden in the background watching the match.
So we're very very excited what she's doing with our classes. Um with math we use uh we have reveal math which is being used with fidelity. We also have um which offers individualized remediation of the standards, but it also has a diagnostic arena and if we just use it for 10 minutes per week, which every every one of our teachers has that built into their classroom time, um they it continually updates the individual student learning where there's still missing gaps, where they need to look at. The teachers could actually go in and look at these standards and create small math groups to help with those. So we are also using reflex and fracks which is gamebased on fact fluency. And then we have our STEM coaching um with uh help me out >> Jennifer. Yes, sorry Jennifer Colon. Yeah. Um and she also gives hands-on real world problem solving.