The numbers are off. We're seeing completely different [snorts] numbers. Oh, okay. Okay. I apologize for that. Let me go through the numbers again then. Okay, so then that was for heritage. For your Spanish one course that is 52,404 dollars and 58 cents. That is for a six-year subscription for the seat licenses for all of them. I know your number probably is dramatically different. I was able to talk with the rep today. The problem is I tried I had to convey to them the fact of if we're going to Spanish one with them we reasonably have to have the expectation that Spanish two we're going to have to follow suit with this. They're aware of that now. They were able to dramatically you can see change the investment cost of what we would have to and part of the rationale that the teachers were given is they had to find textbooks in both our heritage one same company and again getting them on track of like you know we're buying your heritage version.
So anyway, which one are we doing first? Do we know >> or is it going to be a surprise? >> Let you know. School improvement. >> School improvement. Okay. So, it's a quick little video. You sound on that today at 2011U. We are so excited. Today was an all day school improvement day for all staff. We received approval from our ROE as well as the state in order to develop professional development for an entire day. Hi, I'm Donna Bic. I teach third grade here at uh Creek School District. I teach at Creek Elementary. Today's learning has been wonderful. Our first presenter, Dr. Muhammad, was great. He focused on PLC's and that really gives the teachers support they need. It's a teamwork learning environment. Today's session was really really um special for me when he said the culture is how we behave and the climate is how we feel.
It's scoreboards that you see that have the side panels and these numbers down, all that's incorporated into the into the video board and then also just runs off an iPad. You don't have to shuffle, you know, controllers back and forth everywhere. It's all seamless. >> Um Are those going to be shot clock compliant? >> Like shot >> clock quiet? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So they are already >> Yeah, if we put a shot clock up, yeah, they could be, yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah, everything Daktronics makes is >> is all compliant with all that. You just >> 10 to 15, 10 to 15, 10 to 12 years, 10 to 15. I assume at some point they'll probably be shot clocks. >> Yeah. >> I'd assume sooner rather than later. >> Yeah. >> Makes it more dribble. So dribble in the clock out with 3 minutes left.
Our students need that additional instruction, encouragement, and attention in order to succeed. Thank you for your time and thank you for supporting the students and staff. Thanks, KRISTY. THANK YOU. >> [applause] >> CAN YOU SHARE THAT WITH LEVI SO THAT we can have that copy? Sure can. Appreciate it. Next is the consent agenda, which includes personnel package claims and payroll overnight out-of-state travel Nope. No, we've removed that. And facilities rental. I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda. Second. Moved by Katie, seconded by Gina, to approve the consent agenda. I'll need to abstain on that. Correct. Any other discussion? Ready to vote? All those in favor consent agenda, say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? And abstain? Aye. So, motion passes 6-0-1. Mr. Burlingame, do you have one of your new hires here? Do you want to introduce him? Yes, sir. Uh first of all, before I do that, it's just want to give a shout out to our admin team on both levels.
And they started that program that way and now they're working full-time earning a a good living. And that's the kind of thing we need to do with other companies, you know, and making sure that our kids have an opportunity. Not all about college. It's great when they decide they want to go, but there are other things uh that we need uh to to put them out in the workforce. I can tell you this. I play my pay my plumber as much as I pay my dentist. [laughter] >> It's the real world. So, thank you very much. >> Teaching marketable skills. >> Absolutely. Awesome. When they get out of school, they'll have marketable skills. Thank you. >> Thank you, fellas. Appreciate you. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you. >> Next on the agenda, [clears throat] we go action items 6.01, consideration to award the contract for Stockwell Elementary School flooring renovation project for 2026.
The next item on the agenda involves the administration's recommendation to cancel the teaching contract of Dana Carr. I'm going to turn this item over to board counsel to guide the board to this item. >> Thank you. Members of the board, as you are aware, the administration has made a recommendation that the board cancel the teaching contract with Dana Carr. Before moving the board through this process, the final step, I want to explain for the benefit of our audience, whether they're live stream or in person who may be unfamiliar with this process, how this process works. It is a legal process. It typically starts in Indiana with a recommendation that comes from the principal uh to that they've made a preliminary determination to cancel the teaching contract. There's a written notice that goes out to the teacher from the principal that states the reasons for why the teacher is being recommended for contract cancellation and also advises the teacher of what their due process rights are under the law.
Good evening, Madam President, Dr. Smith, and members of the board. Back in February, you might remember I came to you seeking approval to put out an RFP for student devices. Um there's a little timeline there that just kind of shows we did have a um we submitted the uh request, we received bids, uh opened those bids, and then spent some time evaluating the bids from the different vendors. Um and of course, this evening I will be bringing to you our recommendation. On the next slide, you can see we um do use a rubric for uh different point totals. Um of course, taking into consideration cost, but also making sure that the bids that are submitted meet our requirements for the devices, for warranty, um ease of getting parts and maintaining [snorts] the devices uh as they are being used by students and sometimes can take a beating.
I know that uh when I was before the select board uh uh to talk in general terms uh the concern was how can you and you've heard me say this before how can you take that much pvious surface and make it impervious and not flood everybody down at the bottom of the hill and I wasn't able to to effectively discuss that in that meeting but uh just so that we're all clear on this is it it is through infiltration bas for the most part um that collect this water and infiltrate it back into the ground instead of having it running uh down the driveway and down the roads. Uh that's what we've worked uh really um long and hard to get right and we appreciate you. I know it's been uh something that we've talked about a lot. We appreciate you working with us on on those issues >> and and we want to make sure that we get it right also and um we certainly understand the commission's concern.
>> If you give me a >> Oh, you take your time. You can email like you don't need to tell me now. This could be future. >> Continue on and I'll have it for you uh by the end of this meeting. >> Oh, okay. All right. Yes. I appreciate that. Um I guess I just when I read the executive summary, I was thinking this isn't any different than any of the other times. Like it's always 5 to 10%. It always always always is. this is just what you expect and you know that it's going to get cut, right? And that's just life. But I guess I just was thinking today as I was going over all these materials that like nobody here wants to cut any education for any of our students. Like we're we're all committed to that. The city is committed to that.
And then what happened was we got our industry partners, the hot um hotels, to come in and sponsor the rooms and they outfitted the rooms at their cost. And so that was really good and that it saved us some money with the CIP, but it also provides our students with um you know, just an actual real-world sample room that they need to work in, kind of get trained in um before they can start doing their actual internships at the hotels. Um but what we wanted to do was be able to bring in now guests um you know, actual people from um the community into that facility. Um but again, it's it's in no way will it ever mean to compete with private sector, but it is it allows us at least to generate some revenue. Um but again, more so it's for the hands-on training.
But I know that it could be a lot worse. Um, today I reflect on that post about Sarah McBride who is somebody like my sister. My sister is also trans and I was really excited to see that post and I was like, "Wow, that's so cool." And then I saw the comments and I saw the post get deleted. And I hope that the board remembers that when you make posts like that, you are putting a sticker on the school or putting up a flag that says, "Hey, we care about you and you don't have to drive an hour and a half away to find people who love you and care about you and support you." And I think that's what that post was. I think it was really awesome. I think it really sucks that people kind of poo pooed on it. And um I hope that you keep making posts like that because students in Betavia deserve to feel welcome the way I feel welcome in Battavia.
So, in the past, we have had, um, monthly rewards where we have recognized students for following our expectations. This year, we um, wanted to recognize more students on a more consistent basis. So, I've been able to recognize about 400 students this year with a positive referral that students can that teachers can fill out, um, weekly. We also have monthly assemblies where we are recognizing students' um, positive choices and achievement. And a change this year is also is our student council is leading these [clears throat] assemblies in order to incorporate their voice and leadership into our learning community. We also work on strengthening positive connections with our students and staff. Um, so we started, um, as Forest described, our tier two check-in check-out system this year, and have about 7% of our learning community, um, participating in this system. And something to note with this is our we have students that have come on the system and off the system, and a lot of our students that are ready to come off of the system, they're asking to keep their mentors and continue that mentor relationship with their adult.
And it is, they put so much effort and go through so much to get to that point and it really builds really strong strong character kids and students who are going to be successful when they leave here. We do want to keep it strong. >> You said you're down 150 students next year? >> About. >> Overall? >> Yeah. >> Does that Does that have any like measurable reduction in overall class size on an average basis? Is that number going to make a significant difference >> Well, I can tell you that if you look at our class size numbers right now that are projected, they are pretty low relative to some of the ones we had last year, but it it depends on the class, right? >> So, like it some of that is when you when you sit and you've got your let's say it's 57 kids who sign up for the class and you've got a divisor for 28, so now you get 2.1 sections.
We're also buying this for our Spanish one plus the likelihood that those 42 students are going to continue into heritage two then the likelihood that our Spanish one students are going to go into Spanish two really being bringing that point home to the salesperson and being like, you know, I I think there's something better you can do here. You can see that reflected in the numbers that I'm sharing with you verbally. I was able to take care of that this afternoon and so I hope we appreciate where we're going and the direction of that investment. Cuz I believe that that savings alone is going to assist us on next year's investment in that single course that has that higher number. The AP American Gov 34,629 dollars and 43 cents is the cost. That again is a six-year it has the electronic version three sets of classroom sets of 30 30 and 30 90 hard book covers.
That was a big takeaway for me. What stood out to me today was our commitment to grow. It wasn't just about PD for men. It really was about watching the collective agreements, watching teams reflect and grow together and even push their thinking because ultimately that pushes our students thinking and what I walk away with is are we believers? >> One session that I attended was the ELLL workshop and in that session they discussed small things that you can do in your classroom to make the day go by a little bit easier for them. um just small things like incorporating pictures or symbols or hand gestures just so that they can understand things that you are doing in your classroom a little bit easier. What I want staff to get out of most is that they are the balance or the difference between success and failure.
>> Yeah. >> Yes, it is. And I've actually done something I'm looking into as well as well as the life of the old backboard. The backboard is a >> condition >> Well, this comes down to doing things right the first time, right? >> Yeah. >> And we avoided this years ago and done it right the first time, we wouldn't be in this boat now. Like there's a lot to be said for spending the money where it needs to be spent. >> Right. >> All done. Done good good things. >> So we We had junior high basketball tournament that we hosted for first round but that little tiny scoreboard versus the big one didn't work. And so we I know the components to replace both those. I replaced we I I think the components replacing the small one at least once every year. So I know they they've done both of them for that.
It's really nice to hear so many positive things going on at both schools. So, always love to hear all the positive things that are going on in Clinton Central. So, um it is my honor to um announce our new head football coach, Mr. Michael Griffey. Come on up, Michael. >> [applause] >> Um just a couple things. Coach Griffey's been with our football program for 8 years. He has invested countless hours um in developing our student athletes. Um his commitment to our players, our community, our school have built a strong foundation for our program. What I'm also excited about um for Michael is like like we talked about, we we have a little bit of stability with our program. He also has a vision for continuing that program forward in a positive way and taking it to the next level. And I have absolutely no doubt that he's going to do that.
Steve Sheller. Good evening. >> Good evening, President Duckworth, members of the board, and Dr. Hoover. Stockwell Elementary Flooring Project 2026. Notice bid was advertised on January 9th, January 16th, 2026. A pre-bid meeting was held on January 20th, 2026. Bids were received on February 4th, 2026. Our recommendation is to award the contract to Razer Floren for the base bid amount of 249,950 plus alternate bid number one for $29,100 for a total of $279,50. [snorts] Move >> second. A [clears throat] motion and a second. Um, that was not the lowest bid. >> It was not. Can you uh for the record give us some idea as to why we move the way we're moving? >> Yes, sir. So, we had a meeting after the bid opening with the architect and we kind of went over the the bids that came in. Uh the low bid was substantially lower than the architect's estimates and we had uh issues with whether they could do the project actually for that amount of money.
From there, the teacher can move to the next step in the process if the teacher chooses and make a request to have a private conference with the superintendent. If that occurs, then the superintendent meets with the teacher to give the teacher an opportunity to tell the teacher's side of things and how the teacher would like to see the matter resolved. The superintendent then takes that information that the teacher provides under consideration and then ultimately is required by the law to make a recommendation to the board. The teacher is permitted to ask for a final private conference with the board before then the board has to make a decision under the statute. And so now you all know what that process looks like. But in that process, it looks more or less like an informal hearing where both the administration as well as the teacher are permitted to present evidence to the board and the board then ultimately considers that evidence.
Um so, those are the results of our um evaluation, and so um later this evening I will be uh making a recommendation that we contract with Verticom for our touchscreen devices for grades two through five, and with the Repair Depot for our non-touch devices, which are used in grades six through 12. Thank you, Mr. Harsha.