And if there's no objection, we can do that in one vote. As long as you all understand that you are voting on all three resolutions. >> And that's 6.05. So I moved. >> We have a second, I think, >> to on the adoption of all three. resolutions. We have a motion on all three resolutions. Do we have a second? >> Second, Darren. >> Thank you for the second. >> Okay. Any qu more further questions or comments? Roll call vote, please. >> Secretary de >> I. >> Vice President Moore. >> Hi. >> President Dunworth. >> Hi. >> Trusty Kefir. >> Hi. >> Trusty Hollingsworth. >> Hi. >> Trusty Ragland. >> Hi. >> And Trusty Gley. Uh that passes and we will move now to information 7.01 is consideration to adopt policy 3340 >> from Rick Cameron. Dr. Wood, you hold on. You're coming back. >> Mr.
>> Any opposed? Motion will carry a request for a scoreboard proposed. >> Yeah. So, we've been having been kind of nursing the scoreboard out at the field and track nursing along for for quite some quite some time. And so I've worked with uh Mr. Greenley and tried to identify couple of different vendors to get a quote from for an updated scoreboard play clocks and in your packet is a proposal for that. U it's just by the time you add installation costs the total cost is going to be uh right around 50,000 you know give or take. So that's why I bring it to the board uh for for approval school board itself 43,672.15 um installation $68.5 when we originally looking our first installation what was like $46,000 like that's not going to happen. Uh this gentleman who installed uh the school board out youth field did a good job be the installer for that picture of it kind of in your in your packet.
Currently, we have our partnership with Gallahue. So, we do rely on our therapists to pri- prioritize what those needs are and at to to degree that crisis level. Um we do have some kids that are at a higher crisis level um than others. So, those are some of the pieces we do rely on our therapists to help us determine. And also, we have very good working relationships. So, it is at that building level where there could be conversations with administration needing depending on that need or support or what's happening in that moment. Certainly not easy decisions when we're dealing with mental health matters. Yes, absolutely. When we talk about Adult & Child, can you explain what that what that means? Adult versus child or we're not talking about staff here, we're talking about >> Correct, yes. Um well, one of the things to to note with um Adult & Child, that is the name of the the the organization.
Um I think for a variety of reasons, we concluded that it was a pretty major undertaking >> um that we didn't feel the project uh was able to support. Um it's possible that well just to back up, I think we all agree that the culvert is sort of showing its age. It's it's been around um I don't know significant amount of time, maybe more than a hundred years. Um but it is functioning um in its current capacity. Uh it's a pretty significant piece of municipal infrastructure. Uh it may be that a sleeve could work. The the culvert does have a little bit of a jog in it. >> It does been I haven't seen it. So I >> we've been in it and we've we've walked through it. Um and I and in kind of thinking through uh the your questions, we looked at these photographs again and so there are some protrusions and and things that >> uh you know that that would sort of narrow that um if you were to put in a two uh it would narrow it.
That is not that's not 27 FTE. >> Oh, so all the numbers that we're looking at in the FTEES in the FY27 >> was published is FY26 FTEES. Correct. What I'm saying is we we've added in a PowerPoint the FY27 FTEES and then we have here, you know, an update that shows FY26 original FTEES, which was what you're looking at, FY26 revised FTEES, which is >> since redistricting didn't occur, and then comparison to FY27 FTEES. Um, I just had a question about the budgeting for the high school and you all had mentioned that that came from one of our revolving accounts where it shows it looks like it's a decrease but it's not actually a decrease because it's coming from a revolving account. Can you explain that to me again and why? >> Sure. we use and immediately it's not a lot because what it is again when we look at the personnel changes that had occurred there are there were say higher cost people in FY26 when we built the budget to where the revised FY26 staffing is now but we take some money from school choice we always use the school choice funds to offset the high school and then title one now we've already just discussed title one uh also goes towards regular ed teachers at the high school.
Um can you identify a meaningful discussion that you wouldn't be able to have documented? The um or or if say in a strategic planning session where the management comes through with their squats and they come up with the top priorities and um they want feedback from the regions on you know what what the priority should be. Um a lot of that is um is should be um I would say um if it was in the open session um it could be taken the wrong way. The um a lot of times it's just um discussion but it's not the whole group um wanting to go that way. And then um for um and then you know I'm on the sunshine law I really don't know if it really has helped um or hurt um the um transparency and the efficiency of um those boards. Do you think it's fair that if taxpayers are paying for the salaries of these positions or funding these programs that it would be fair to them that all of those discussions uh be public, documented and for everybody to take away I guess their own perception of it?
On behalf of my trans loved ones, I can tell you exactly how hard it is. It is hard to face rejection and harassment for simply living your life. It is hard to avoid restrooms and locker rooms all day out of fear of humiliation and violence. It is hard to hear cruel words from people you thought loved you unconditionally. It is hard to be bullied by your peers and sometimes by the adults that are supposed to support you. It is hard to hear about the assault and violence inflicted on other trans people and to wonder if tomorrow that will be you on the news. It is hard to pray every day that you won't lose access to your life-saving healthcare. It is hard to constantly be the punchline, to see hate spewed by adults that want people like you to disappear. And on top of all of this, we ask these kids to go to school every day, forget about all that fear and that pain, and do their best in class.
Below is behavior interventions committee, which is what our PBIS committee has always been managing. Uh that group I've I've come to think is that what we've come to is we think in May we would like to two reports coming to the school board. Uh one coming from House of Representatives and Parent Teacher Advisory Committee, which is also being fed by the Behavior Interventions Committee. So, I think you can look forward to that in May. And a lot of what teachers have have shared with frustration is a lot will be part of that conversation. >> I I feel like we do I feel like the committees have a place and the more I just This is a hot take and this is just my opinion, but I feel like when parents there was a time when parents stopped being in the building, stopped participating so much, stopped participating so much and I feel like that has kind of taken away from community with our schools.
They may have been on the three-year track, um, and they're being recommended for renewal. Um, some of those people who are being recommended for their fourth year might be on the old Now, I guess they wouldn't be on the old track cuz they might have had a three excellents which would have made them the, uh, uh, portable not portable but accelerated tenure. But, so this is the last year we got to kind of walk in both camps there, which I'm looking forward to and is and Wendy is too. She's keeping track of who's on which system. So, starting next year everyone who's being recommended for tenure will be from the new three-year model which allows them to attain it after their third year, um, or as early as two years if they have, uh, two excellents with what's I mentioned earlier as accelerated tenure. So, those are all of the things that are before you for your approval this evening.
And first off, let me applaud the district because you'd be surprised how many times district really fixate on the shiny new object and not to do the assessment. Um in in recognizing that the only way to create a sustainable holistic uh plan is to really incorporate uh taking care of what you have. You have a huge commitment and a huge investment in that. So, it everything has to be treated equally. I think the other thing about all our data, it applies to World's data and STR's data, is that all of this is new data. It doesn't depend on any previous studies or anything like that. So, it's all current data and looking forward data. I think that's maybe one of the key key points about the whole operation here. Um building evaluation in terms of capacity and utilization. Uh some of your previous studies, it was a hypothetically evaluation of capacity, maybe by square foot.
I know uh there's still a balance hanging out there for Burns and Jones for their final payment. >> Are the punch list um taken care of both on that building and then if there I know we're waiting for spring to happen for the punch list if there are any on the sports plex. >> Uh the building, yes, we're still working through it because as you alluded to, we haven't opened up everything for the spring season. So, we're going to get through that and see if anything comes up. But, we started working on the punch list from the fall. Continue working through that. Continue to make our way on it for the remainder of the sports bugs. >> So, the contracts at least still have their 10% left or their final >> Yes. >> All right. >> Okay. Any other questions, concerns? If not, roll call, please.
So, that is a total of $285,000 that was saved going into the school year. Go ahead. Sorry, I shouldn't say saved. That's those are those are cost avoidances. Um So, what happens next? So, I asked Kim to work with the DLGF, the Department of Local Government Finance. And I said, "What if we don't do anything? What if we just stay the course? Our expenses stay the same and our enrollment stays the same." And basically, what happens is when we would prepare the 2028 budget, we would go into deficit financing in the DLGF, Department of Local Government Finance, which is way in the weeds, which nobody really cares about, but that's who approves our budgets. Um we couldn't do that because of deficit spending. Now, we are preparing the '27 budget right now. So, that means that in a year from now, basically 15 to I suppose on the outside 18 months, we have to have a plan for how we're going to not go into deficit spending.
And then the other I would be checking accepting the total bid because again we're going to pick up the remaining portion that doesn't fall within E-rate. So, Sorry. No. I started to talk about that earlier. Any other discussion? If not, proceed to vote. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Opposed? Motion passes 7-0. Next order of business is 7C Yeah. 7C. Oh, that's the revision. >> Yes. So, revision 7C would be consideration of approval for use of a activity bus. So, there is a group of students going to Washington D.C. over spring break. It is not a school sponsored event or trip just due to liability reasons and all those other things that we've talked about last year. But to get transportation to and from the airport the group has requested to use activity bus. A parent who is also a current employee has volunteered to drive them to the airport and then that group would just pay reimburse the district at 49 cents per mile for both trips.
Cameron, good evening. How you doing? [laughter] >> Members of the board, Dr. Hoover. In accordance with Indiana School Board Association's quarterly comprehensive policy management system update, the Office of Chief of Staff recommends the adoption of ISBA policy 3340, which will replace current policy 6462.
You'll keep the name you know Phil Har Mr. Coach Harson stadium and uh this kind of provide an updated book last for quite some time. Robert apologize for that, but it' be my recommendation that the board approve this request as presented. We'd like to uh finalize our order um so that way we can hit production and be installed ahead of next season. >> Time frame just before next season. >> Yeah, just before next season because uh we want to make sure that the purple color is right. So, it's actually a custom purple paint job kind of match our our purple. Um, so yeah, the goal is if we get it if we place the order this week, we think it'll be in so quite a few months here before that. So, that's the that's the goal anyways to get that done. And um to help kind of offset that cost, we um help work to kind of sell two additional sponsorships to that school board for five years.
So, Oh, sorry. Yeah, I was misreading that email. I apologize. No, that's okay. Um but I am glad you brought that up because um one of the elements with Adult & Child, they are also going through um I'm going to be this is where like a reorganization process in terms of they are going to be coming under a national organization. So, actually by the end of June, they are going to become known as Centerstone. So, it still will be Adult & Child as I like to say but a different a different name. So, I hope that provides further clarification, too. Thank you. I I do have Yeah, I appreciate that. And one other quick question. Um when we So, I know that they're offering different modalities for our students that interact with therapists or or get the kind of services they need. Is virtual care or virtual therapies, are those offered as part of these services?
Uh but it it's possible. We just it's it's a pretty complex um undertaking. uh you and I I think it's the kind of uh undertaking that the DPW should really uh undertake um decide what they want to do if anything at this point is needed. Um the connections into it are also pretty tricky. Um there's a couple there are a couple of different um pipes that connect to it. Uh and you know just for a number of reasons uh it's a pretty complex undertaking. We we feel the the best thing that we can do um is control the the runoff from our site, make sure that we're not contributing any additional flow >> into that structure and and so we've we've done that and with the RCP repairing that piece of it, um it should improve the condition uh in that location. >> Now you to replace the pipe that you've offered to replace, you're going to have to tap into the side.
So that those two combined is a $656,000 and change offset to the regular ed teaching line. Okay. I'm assuming you're saying that that's something that we've done. I've just never seen it actually presented clearly like this. So that's great. >> Yes, it's always >> and that's and we're projecting that's a sustainable practice if presumably it has been for the past several years. >> Well, if you look at that if you look at that combined balance sheet income statement, we are we're reducing those balances substantially if over the two years. is if you look at the school choice sped tuition, transportation, those numbers are going down as far as, you know, what it is that we we're planning on using, what we're projecting to receive. Um I'm just looking over your shoulder. Right. Right. So, we're we're looking at school choice. So, we're looking at a change in school choice for FY26 of a reduction of 40% available from what we started FY26 with.
Well, we put um items for approval and reporting. Those are all agendized and that's open to the public. But you know there's there's certain things or um really when it's um strategic and um and we're not getting anything approved, we just want to know how people feel. That's that's a that's a little different. Yeah, I'm I'm concerned with that use of term on how people feel. Um they're supposed to make their best judgment and decision based on the better interest of the public, not necessarily how they feel. So, I think it's just semantics that we're kind of going back and forth on, but I did want to um mention that I think passing this bill would really lose a lot of public trust. Um, so it might have a huge negative impact on the Board of Regents where there might already be a negative um impression uh on your folks' board and I would hate to have you folks uh be faced with any more contentious uh perceptions.
Around 40% of transgender youth attempt suicide in their lifetime. That rate plummets to 20% when they are accepted by the community surrounding them. On behalf of my trans loved ones from Geneva schools, I can tell you why. They remember every teacher and school official who was kind and affirming to them. They remember every time an adult in school stepped up to advocate for them. They remember what it felt like to go to school less afraid because they knew the administration was behind them. So today, I'd like to thank the Betavia School Board and the superintendent for their post and for the message to all students at Betavia that they are seen, they are valued, and that no matter their gender, their accomplishments as good citizens and leaders are what matter most. Thank you. Our next speaker is Denise Theabald. >> Good evening. My name is Denise Theobald and I am from Geneva.