We've seen the the photographs and um the video of what happened at the site uh down by the at the public safety building. Um certainly want to make sure that nothing like that uh happens on our site. We've talked about how our two sites are different um and some of the challenges that that site had that our site um does not have. But uh putting all that aside, we certainly understand that and um that's why we've we've sort of taken gone the extra step of putting, you know, just in this last iteration trench drains at the bottom of the driveway to capture that last bit of runoff uh at the bottom of our driveway. I think if you compare we've increased the size of that subsurface structure as will mentioned um significantly um and if you compare the footprint of that structure in the first set of plans that we submitted to uh this last iteration it's uh four times larger um precisely to try and get at that.
I don't think anybody wants to do any of that. But like private healthc care is taking your child's education. So, if the Greenfield Brain Trust that I know exists here can put as much energy as possible as citizens to working on universal healthcare and on making your voices heard, like now's the time because this is just going to get worse every year. Like, what is it going to be next year? 30% increase. I don't know. But it's just never going to stop. And it has to start like now, not when the budget is about to be signed. Like, we need to do it now. So, if you have been wanting to throw your hat into local government or like help us, do that. Send us emails, talk to us. Like, take all the energy you put into the town Facebook page and direct it to Boston and tell them, please do it because we can't get this money for you all.
So why do you need this bill though? Can't you do that now? Well, what's happening is that um we have to go through actual hurdles just like any other commercial entity. We have to get the proper permits in place and things like that, which kind of drags it out. So it doesn't help us really to be to react as fast as we would like to. And so this this bill will definitely help us to um be able to pivot faster, to react, to work force and be able to support it cuz every time yeah, there's always the lag with CIP cuz construction takes so long, but just even aligning programmatically being able to start would be great. Okay, well, sometimes we we pass these measures that seems like it's innocent enough and then there's unintended consequences that happens. I'm looking right now where these activities authorized under this section shall be exempt from county zoning and ordinances, land use restrictions and requirements for special permits, conditional use permits, or similar county level land use approvals.
Thanks. Our next speaker is Chrissy White Kendall. >> Hi. Thank you so much. My name is Chrissy White Kendall. I'm speaking up tonight because I also really love this town. I'm borderline obsessed with it. When I moved here in 2021, I quickly realized that Betavia holds many different perspectives. I saw rainbow flags outside one coffee shop and then just around the corner, back the blue signs on the other coffee shop. You know, Betavia is a place where people do not have to agree on everything to live well together. We value community and the common good. In 2024, my neighbor flew a take America back flag. So, I put up a sign that said, "We're not going back." You know, but we don't let that stop us from seeing each other and saying hi and being civil and being cordial and being respectful and enjoying the sun set together on Maine and Blair.
So, we have had them come off of their point sheets, but they continue that mentor relationship with their adults. Um, we also are working to support inclusive opportunities for students, and I'll go more into those in goal three in a minute. Um, so in goal three, workforce, our team leaders are really an integral part of, um, um, guiding our building level decisions. Whether it be data analysis protocols, our PBIS systems, our building level professional learning, or just school-wide systems, that group really meets and collaborates in order to lead those initiatives. Also, our PLC meetings, we work very hard to structure them to make sure we have instructional planning and data data analysis embedded weekly into our meetings, and to make sure that our special education staff and our multilingual staff are able to um be part of those in order to plan for both inclusive opportunities for our students.
Okay, well, if you run three sections, you're going to have really low numbers. It some of that comes out with the divisors and how that plays out. >> Okay. >> Some of it though from the freshman level, we have set lower seat counts on some of our incoming freshman classes to try to help some of those out for the students first coming in. So. >> Okay. >> What do our transfer numbers look like? They do Is that taken into consideration as we're looking at this decline of the 150? Just in what do we see for kids coming in >> I have to get you to >> year to year at the different high schools. >> Um if you give me a second, I can >> While he looks for that, we do we do factor that in from year to year keep [clears throat] seats available for classes that students typically transfer into as they come in at each grade level, especially in the ninth grade level, but it's still it is it is a lot of chance.
All of these come with the teacher resources and access and professional development and then the last one was the AP psychology and that is 120 copies of the textbook. There is not an online resource for that one again for 26,456 dollars and 85 cents. That does not come with professional development the same as an online platform where student the teachers get training on how to access the material what resources are available. It's a little bit different. Okay. Did that help? Yeah, thank you. Yeah, no no I I get the the error on the one side but I wasn't real happy with some of the numbers and then personally made some phone calls this afternoon. Um Keep making those calls. >> [laughter] >> Well, the other side is like the the teachers you know we've been in in conversations and the credit needs to be given to you know Aneta Bliss and and Juana and you know Jen Bustos and and all the different Spanish teachers that were involved with those selections our Tyler Clark and and the different teachers that were involved with psychology and government.
Kids are kids. They are nurtured in whatever environment they're nurtured in and they come to us with certain needs. And the more we can work together to identify those needs, pull our talent and resources, overcome those needs, keep a healthy attitude, we'll be more effective at our job. >> It is important that this day reflects our purpose as educators to make sure that we are elevating ourselves to give our students the very very best. >> Our goal is to ensure that teachers can work together and collaborate. The most important part of our activity today was really the shift of thinking from the adult perspective to really thinking about our student experiences. We learned about all the different ways that we can give our students who speak another language access to the curriculum. Gave us some ways to look back at ourselves and our teaching styles and ways to grow and improve.
So >> Did we get anything from Varsity Sports that it only lasted 3 and 1/2 years, 3 years? >> Well, there was no warranty on those as far as >> Okay. >> No, so we didn't we we Yeah, I don't know if we I don't know if we debate the department if it's in a certain Thanksgiving break or not the little scoreboard. I don't know but >> [clears throat] >> No. No. >> [clears throat] >> Thank you. >> Yeah, thanks. >> Sure did you? >> No, I was just going to say sadly these are the kinds of things that as we look at budgetary restraints and you you still have to do the business part of our jobs in school and you know, we're in a position now where we can't like we would be hard-pressed to host varsity basketball games, varsity volleyball games right now given the equipment we have.
He's going to provide um a lot of knowledge and hard work when it comes to our strength and conditioning program. Um we spent a lot of time talking about that. And uh I just look forward to all the great things that you're going to do for our for our team and our school. And uh congratulations, sir. THANK YOU. AWESOME. >> [applause] >> ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE HIM A TOUR AT LEAST SO HE KIND OF KNOWS HIS way around? Yeah. Probably should, right? Thanks, guys. Awesome. No, I need to get out from behind the tie and behind the whistle. Thank you. Uh next step, finances. Yep. So, in your guys' packet, you have the March um budget report um including fund report, appropriations report, bank report. Um just and a summary on the screen. Um looking at expenditures after a couple months, you'd be right around that 16.67%.
>> Is the other uh company a local company? They are fulerson. >> And and did you discuss to them with them your your concerns and and all that? >> We did. >> Yeah. >> Any other questions or concerns? >> Roll call vote, please. >> Um Trustee [clears throat] or Secretary Dere's um video not on. So I will go ahead and go to Vice President Moore. >> Hi. >> President Zuckworth. Hi, >> Trusty Kefir. >> Hi, >> Trusty Hollingsworth. >> Hi, >> Trusty Ragland. >> Hi, >> Trusty Gamblin. >> Hi. >> And I see you, Secretary Moore. Now, how do you vote? >> December. >> Thank you. >> Okay, looks like that uh that passes. Thank you very much. Uh next, we'll move to 6.02, 02 consideration to approve purchase of Linewise Services. Good evening. >> Good evening, President Duckworth, members of the board. Dr. Hoover, in our February 23rd, 2026 board meeting, you were presented with anformational item concerning the purchase of the Linewise platform to enhance student security and safety, instructional focus, focus, and parent engagement.
The board is permitted under Indiana law to meet in executive session to consider all evidence that's been submitted before ultimately then have to come to a public meeting to make a decision on the matter. So it is a process for sure. It's not something that happens quickly. It's not something that happens lightly. And I just wanted to give an overview of that process so that our audience understands generally what that looks like. So in this case that's currently pending before the board, Mrs. Carr in accordance with Indiana law did timely request a private conference with Mr. Gib as well as a private conference with the school board. And as you all know, you held a private conference last week on March the 11th in order to provide that opportunity for Mrs. Park to be heard. That conference lasted a little over three hours as you all know.
Board, any questions regarding Yes, Ms. Lawrence. I just have one point of clarification. Mr. Harsha, could you please talk about the federal funding uh discounts and why they're so critical as we go out to um to pursue these devices? And also, if you might talk about the equity component when we think about all of the students within Lawrence Township. We are a one-to-one uh school district, which is somewhat unique or maybe maybe unique um compared with other districts. So, I wonder if you could speak to both of those. Well, the To your first point, um I think what you're asking about is um different vendors that can provide us with discounted pricing. They might be members of um different um co-ops, different organizations that allow them to provide us with um some additional um discounted pricing since we are a school uh district, and so we always want to um leverage that.
So, we want to make sure that that area at the entrance uh to the project site uh is dry and is safe. Uh and and we think uh the plans that we've the design changes that we've made um go to to all of that in addition to uh the replacement of that uh concrete pipe. Uh which I should also mentioned um as an additional improvement that we've talked about. Uh we're putting in a new catch basin and sewer manhole at the near the entrance to the site. Again, sort of improving that overall condition uh at at that location. >> Okay. As you know by this time in in your hearings both with us and the ZBA, probably the two outstanding concerns of the town are traffic and storm water. Uh we don't have any jurisdiction over traffic, but we do have jurisdiction over storm water.
Like, we try, but we need you. So, please do that. And thank you, Andy, for looking up that information that you can tell me later. And I'll give Mr. Messing the credit for this. Uh, current year FY26 9,944,779. 9.28 was last year. >> Thank you. Questions from other members? Yeah. Remember what >> um I just to say what Stephen said the title one is 85%. But um do we know how many full-time employees we are paying out of title one funds or is title one funds mainly for some of our afterchool events? >> It's a combination of personnel, supplies and materials, but currently we have allocated for nine positions out of title one. with with the title one funds being cut, would we be able to sustain those nine positions? I think that would be our priority with the funds that we do receive. I think our goal would be to maintain those positions that are funded or look at positions that were allocated that might have been vacant for a period and obviously prioritize the keeping maintaining the positions that have been filled first if we had to look at uh personnel cuts through that.
I mean, this is broad broad kinds of exemptions, which I'm not sure um how that would into what would entail as far as some kind of activities down the line that all of a sudden we say, well, that bill was never meant for that to happen. I mean, I think that the the one hopefully will bring a little bit of comfort is just the fact that this was never on a campuses be able to scale up, you know, to be anything that is competing with commercial industry. You know, but again and but keep in mind too, this would not we did not intend for this to exempt us from any type of building permit, yeah. So, definitely if it's a kitchen or anything like that, it would be permitted as such and we would get the proper approvals for that type of operation. So, never to jeopardize health and safety.
Betavians, we care about this stuff. We donate to Mother's Club, Chip and Betavia, the food pantry. Our library is a haven for families seeking warmth, belonging, and connection. Our schools create opportunities where kids can try new things. My son did second grade cheerleading alongside his stepsister this fall without issue. My neurodeivergent child scored a touchdown this season after countless tries because the coaches here did not give up on him. That is the community I know, one that makes room for kids. So I ask us tonight to be mindful, not fearful. We live in a rapidly changing world and it's okay not to understand everything about gender identity. I'll admit I didn't always understand it myself. I've asked questions. I'm still asking questions. I'm trying to understand more. But more importantly, I've listened. As a family law attorney, I had the chance to attend a P flag gathering where families spoke openly about loving and protecting their children in the LGBTQ AI plus community.
Um in the area of goal four, families and communities, we've always had a super strong partnership with our PTO, but we continue to work on strengthening that collaboration and partnership. Um another unique thing, like with goal two, is we have our student council also volunteering at some of these events. So, up there you see them um helping to pull out the bingo um boards with bingo night or handing out the candy at our trunk or treat. Um our staff also leads very engaging events, and we're excited for our variety show um coming up this week. Um a growth area for us was trying to figure out how to engage more of our families on a more consistent basis, so we've been gathering input with this year from all of our different stakeholders, our teacher community as well as our parent community, to figure out um time of the school year, time of day, days of the week that works best so we could try to engage as many um stakeholders as possible.
I think this year at at North High you had a a bunch of move-ins into what was it AP biology? >> Yeah, so I can I can give you a We've been doing that at North as we'll take a look at we'll take a look at a department overall and I'll sit with the department chair and we'll go through projecting the number of sections for a particular class and if the numbers aren't like a simple like oh it go this way or that way, what we've done as we'll we'll take a look at what we sectioned at last year. So I'll go into last year's document and then I'll pull up the actual roster for the class right now and we'll look in real time as to where we sectioned and where we are to help inform us on what direction that we should advocate for the building on.
They're the ones that are doing the research where we required them to still go through three different textbooks and review them side by side by unit by lesson and the pros and cons of each one. So this is not an easy task in any sense of the term of like we just asked teachers to put their input and voila we run with it. They're they're going through unit by unit for each thing as it aligns to our curriculum and how it works. So and that's both on the electronic side and not. There is a more premier online access. We're starting with this one to financially >> [clears throat] >> stable and then we're going to still investigate the additional bells and whistles that could help our students of course but right now this is the platform that we want to have an online resource with as many textbooks as possible not just on decreasing the weight but the quality of what support material can support all our kids especially in the world language area where all students now for us are going down that pathway of the two years.