Barbariki here. Sheila Bernett here. Thank you for all for being here and Sheila, thank you for rejoining the board and thank you Fred for being part of her swearing in. Appreciate that. Absolutely. My pleasure.
Happy to answer any questions if you have them. >> Can I get a motion? I move that the governing board determine that s sufficient funds are available to pay the second retention incentive stipen of the 20 2526 fiscal year to all eligible employees. >> Can I get a second? >> Second.
Any discussion? All those in favor? Seven oh. Next, we'll move move down under support staff. Again, permission to post. Yes, I'm asking for permission to post one um high school summer school parapro position for the re-credit credit credit recovery summer school. I'll entertain a motion to approve. So [snorts] moved. I have a motion by Kurt. Do I have a second? Second by Pat.
We You got this. >> You got this. Play some defense, >> Hunter. You're my grandchild. We got this. >> Nice. >> Oh, Jordan from the long run >> with the assist from Carter and Carter getting the demo. There a huge list pop up on the side. >> 47 mph shot. >> No one could see it, >> but Father Jama was just like cheering over there. >> It doesn't matter. >> He was very triumphant. >> Yes. >> In his expression, >> unlike you this morning, the >> Yay. >> After I congratulated you on >> Good. >> Oh, Jordan not winning that aerial again. Well, >> Hunter coming at the save. Jordan passing it back up. >> Oh, they hit it backwards though. >> They did. They hit it backwards. >> But that might have been intentional to get it to their teammate. >> Jordan. >> Oh, they can't they can't demo chase Jordan.
Um so staff are split between the three districts and the most common percentage that we use is 54% in the region, 42% in Amherst and 4% is charged to Pelum. There are some staff in central office that um are not don't have that same split and it varies based on their workload. There are some that are um 5050 Amherst and region because they don't have any involvement in Pelum. There are some staff um principles fall under um well I guess not in this case cuz this in this budget the school administration is set is separate. So uh the principal of Pelum would fall under there but it's mainly it's like the IT HR business office superintendent office. Oh, actually we also separate out it on this one. They're all a little different. >> Okay. >> And then for the expenses, it's just the expenses of those uh staff members.
That's sort of the h that's sort of the happy medium between growing quickly, recovering from the transplant, but still being a decent size. >> So, for the planning board and anybody watching, um a 2 and 1/2 caliber tree, very dependent on the species, but it's going to be about five feet tall or so. That that's the height of the tree that you're probably looking at. If you've gone to the Ashen Arboritum uh before all the snow hit, mo all the trees we planted there are 2 and a half inch caliber. So you'd be looking at a tree of that size. It's a it's a good size. Um but you don't want to go very large with your tree plantings because it it's actually much more stressful for a tree. And I explained this to um to on the sitewalk on Tuesday. Yes. Um, and I'll explain it here as well.
So that's 11th or 12th graders who did a could have qualified for a couple different things. On the SAT, if they hit both math and reading at a certain benchmark or scale score, you had to hit it in both. Same on the ACT, you had to hit a three or four on at least three out of the four exams on the ACT. And then if you scored a three or higher on your AP exam and if you earned three or more college credits during your high school experience. So you can qualify through several different ways. You know, as we continue our dual credit programs and things like that, our classes, we're going to see this number go up and and um we're already seeing um uh that increase happening. So the next piece is graduation and post-secary entrance. So this is whether or not you're on track to graduate as well as what our graduation cohorts have looked like.
From the perspective of the public, the situation on the Tucson campus raises serious concerns about leadership, accountability, and stewardship of a specialized public institution. Over the past few years, following administrative leadership changes on the Tucson campus, staff have observed noticeable shifts in leadership presence, communication, and administrative support for student programs. The current campus principal is now in his third year of leadership on the Tucson campus. Concerns related to communication, administrative respons responsiveness, and campus morale were already being raised at the beginning of the previous school year when the morale on the Tucson campus was widely perceived to be at a significant low point. Staff attempted to address many of these concerns through internal communication channels prior to raising them publicly. These conditions were present well before later discussions regarding reduction in force and proposed lease changes. At times, staff have experienced challenges receiving timely responses to request, limited communication regarding decisions affecting campus programs, and inconsistent leadership presence.
Um would you guys all please stand and say the pledge of allegiance for me? I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Citizens present. We got lots of kindergarten kids here, right? No, Desert Valley. Oh, Desert Valley. Um Cassie did were any does anybody want to speak to the board? Okay. Uh so I'm skipping past call to the public going into donations, right? Yes. Uhhuh. Okay. Um Oh, nice. Legacy is added again, huh? That's amazing. Yeah. Did we just have at Fox Creek? Do we just have to put new screening up or something? We had to have a some back stop for the softball field. Okay. That keeps the the balls out of the parkway. It should help. Or they might end up in Barb's backyard.
>> Any questions? All those in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries. >> J7 discussion and approval of additional staffing. Miss Lancelot. >> Good evening, President M Cronis, governing board members. Tonight, I too bring before you another request for additional staffing. The first is for an adaptive cluster teacher effective immediately at Gladen Farms due to the increased enrollment in that program. In addition, we're requesting the following new staffing for next school year. Morirana Middle School, an intervention specialist, Tangerine Farms K8, a half-time associate principal, halftime electives intervention teacher, and a music teacher. In addition, we're educational support services is requesting four adaptive cluster teachers to lower the student teacher ratio in our adaptive cluster programs where student enrollment continues to grow.
Any discussion? All those in favor? Seven oh. One more? And one more. Permission to post eight elementary school uh parapro positions. This is for I read for second and third graders. There'll be one at each elementary school except for two for Sand Creek Do I have a motion? Motion. I have a motion by Chelsea. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Cheryl.
They ran out of boost. >> Oh, but they can win THE AERIAL FIGHT. >> NO. >> HUNTER. >> CARTER. CARTER. GO. CARTER. CARTER. >> That was perfect. Hunter, please. >> That's Jordan. Jordan, please. I don't know what they're both >> Go Hunter. Yes, Hunter in the air. Go, Carter. Carter has it. Carter, >> just keep it alive. No. >> Oh, Jordan the demo. But he's back in perfect position, too. That was a legendary spawn. >> Let it touch ground. Let it touch ground. >> Touch touch. Spike it. Spike it. JUST SPIKE IT. >> YES. >> THIRD ROUND goes to Bluton. Well played. Over to Scott. Bro, >> play switch, bro. >> That was a very eventful match. >> Very eventful. That was a very good team matchup. >> Add a kid. Carter. >> Oh, yeah. Carter definitely hitting some of the best we've seen. >> Yeah, we can hear them over in the other room.
>> Um not for the staff members but for the department. So non-s salary related things. So um for instance in the business office we use the Munis accounting software. So the accounting software for the business office a portion of that is charged to Pelum. um in HR a portion of the software that they're using for their um professional learning and their recordkeeping is charged to there. Um any audits for the like a financial audit that we have um that's related to the school district also is charged to there. So a student activities audit, an end of year report audit um those are also in those lines. um legal fees. If there's any legal fees that Pelum pays, that's um charged within the um HR department line. Um there are some small supply lines um very small in in there as well. And that's majority of those costs.
The the best analogy I have is um when you transplant a a small tree versus a big tree, um it's like taking a younger maybe elementary school child and transferring schools. They adapt very easily compared to taking a high schooler who's been in one school all their life to another school. It's a bit harder to adapt. Um trees are kind of the same way. you take a small young tree, they adapt very easily to the new site that they're put in. Um, but the older the tree is, the bigger the tree is, um, it's much more likely that the transplant stress will be too much for them and they just would not actually survive. Um so having a smaller number of trees to spread out get the right size 2 and a half inch caliper is a good size um tree so that they can grow fast and fill in the space because they will grow fast um is ideal.
So when we're talking about on track to graduation, what they do is they take our ninth graders and they say who earned enough credits to become um a 10th grader. So when you're looking at what the graduation requirements are, you have to have at least six credits to be able to move into 10th grade. So this is how many students were able to do that. We have seen tremendous changes in this area. So we increased 11.1 percentage points. I know they're doing a tremendous job with the ninth grade academy of really looking at and supporting students of how they're passing courses and whether or not they're enrolled in the right courses and are they in school and all of that. So, as we get students ready to think about their pathways, they're also highly engaged in what the work needs to be for their nth grade experience.
These conditions created barriers when educators and service providers are attempting to coordinate program, address operational issues, or respond to student needs in a timely and effective manner. Staff meetings have also reflected challenges with collaborative problem solving and two-way communication. Operational concerns affecting student services or programming have at times been raised during meetings, but received acknowledgement without clear follow-up guidance or resolution. Efforts by staff to support student life and campus culture, including Cubs, clubs, extracurricular activities, and staff team programming has struggled to move forward due to the challenges obtaining administrative coordination or approval despite strong interest from students and staff. When a school serving deaf and blind students struggles to support basic community building activities such as clubs or student programming, it raises important questions about leadership priorities. The public expects the leadership of a specialized state school to advocate for students and build a strong campus culture.
Yeah. I was going to say I'll just stand over there with my mitt and I can catch them as they come over. Yeah. Right. Um I heard about this thing at Sunrise. She has $500 for books for new books. Wonderful. I heard about that. And that was just a she kind of made it sound like it was just a fluke that somebody applied for something and we were chosen. Yeah. Uh, and I think it's a she told me it was a national thing. So, yeah. So, we were one of like 3,000 schools in the country or something to get this neat. Well, these are very nice. Thank you to the community. Thank you to uh Legacy and Martin's Equipment. Thank you for whoever applied for the the literacy grant. Thank you very much. Appreciate that. Um, item 2.7, adoption of the agenda. Um, I would like to move forward the kids stuff tonight.
I'm happy to answer any questions you might have. Can I get a motion? >> I move that the governing board approve the following additional staffing. one year end adaptive cluster teacher at Gladen Farms Elementary School, effective immediately, and one intervention specialist at Morirana Middle School, 1.5 FTE associate principal, 1.5 FTE electives intervention teacher, one music teacher at Tangerine Farms K8 School, and four adaptive cluster teachers for educational support services effective for the 2026 2027 school year. Can I get a second? >> Second.
Any discussion? All those in favor? 7-0. And now we have some recommendations. >> Yes, please. Asking for the following approvals to be or recommendations to be approved. Regine Otterson, Jennings County High School Middle School Music Accompanist parapro part-time. Ellen Geringer, Jennings County High School sped parapro termination. Jonathan Kipper, Jennings County High School assistant boys track coach. Samantha Smith, Jennings County School Corp bus bus aid. And Scotty Willis, Jennings County High School volunteer assistant softball coach. We'll entertain a motion to approve those names as read. Motion by Mary Linda. Do I have a second? Second by Chelsea.
>> They are indeed cheering because that was a very clean, very awesome sweep. Thank you to Scottsburg again. And they might actually be coming in. >> Yeah, we might have someone. >> Round one and zero into overtime. >> Yep, it's Carter, of course. >> Round two, four and three. Round three into three and two. That was a very good game from our Rocket League players. >> You dare step on this camera. >> I will. >> He's allowed to. >> He has pizza. >> Okay. Thank you again and shout out to all of our sponsors that you hear so many times throughout our stream. >> We sadly can't do any sponsors right now. >> Unfortunately, I don't have them memorized anymore, >> but thank you to Frederick's photography. >> And then thank you to Adam's Wells and thank you to >> Auction there. >> Ah, I remember two of them.