And during these tours, they show them around DOD, give them little tips and tricks, maybe teach them how to work their locker. And um also we held the sixth grade orientation. So with um families with upcoming seventh graders got to come to DOD and learn what they should expect next year for their student over the next two years at DOD. They also got the chance to meet a lot of our great staff. This winter at DOD we had an amazing sports season. This winter both boys and girls basketball and cheerleading were available for students all of which were rather popular. This year about 30 students tried out for cheerleading. Over 60 students try out for girls basketball while roughly 70 students try out for boys basketball. For starters, cheer had an amazing season winning second in their tournament. Furthermore, both boys and girls basketball teams performed amazingly.
So the offsets from the potential these are not approved part of the energy performance contract but these have been removed from the plan um is about $20 million. >> So does this represent the current year column that's missing on the larger >> Yes. So this these are not this doesn't show up in the ma the master plan the primary plan. This has all been taken out because they could be covered through the energy performance contract. So we would not need to request the money in the capital expenditures plan. So >> 252. So where's 2526 on the master plan? >> Oh um this one the it would be plan year zero. So because we're in that year now that was already approved. >> So plan year one is for next year for the capital plan, >> right? Yep. >> But it's 2425. That's why I was confused.
>> I figured. Yep. >> Yep. All right. My apologies for that. I tested it like three times today. I was like, it works, >> but I was by myself. So, all right. So, this is something I wanted to talk about here. Uh, this is going to come up again in sites uh Wednesday prior to our BOE meeting, but um I know we're really going to be stretched for time on Wednesday because we are meeting at Hasttown. Um, you know, assuming we start on time, there's a number of business items and updates that I want to provide the committee and we're going to be doing a little tour of the school uh with myself, Rich Gelbert, Sean Hanley, and uh, Principal Ellen Palino. Um, so I just want to make sure we have time for everything. So, I I thought I'd start with this tonight because in my view, this was probably one of the biggest items um that was on the updates list for sites.
I I kind of let everybody know that I was going to be updating some policies shortly and so this is the first reading for those. Number two on the next page is fundraisers. Number three is uh guest speaker approval for um for our parents who are coming to speak to our students for career day um at down at JFK uh next month. Uh item number four is approval of the 2027 uh 2026 27 district school calendar. Item five is to approve uh yet more advanced approved volunteers. We have so many every month. >> Uh G1 is the approval of a field trip. This field trip actually already happened. It kind of came up pretty quick, but some of our students went to see um some of the Little Mermaid at Overbrook. He said it was a a great preview of the show. Uh H1 is to approve two stipen positions.
Okay, at 35th and I'm going to pass it over to Mr. Yates. All right, good evening everybody. Um, before we get started, I just want to stress to the public, anybody watching from home, those in attendance, for our staff as well, that tonight's presentation is in regards to the tenative budget. It's called tenative for a reason. The board will be submitting it tonight. Uh, that meets our statutory requirement to submit to the county for review, but the board still has the ability to make changes to this budget. I also would like to say that the board is divided on this budget. So, this budget that we're presenting tonight is the board that was um compromised on and settled through the finance committee, but the board as a whole would like to spend more time working on certain aspects of this budget. We for adoption excuse me 102,274,1002.
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Girls soccer plays Downer's Grove South tonight and baseball hopes to start its season tomorrow against Downer's Grove South. To conclude, I would like to thank the board for the opportunity to share exciting news from Samberg. Thank you.
>> Any questions or >> I don't have any. >> I'll entertain a motion to accept the out of district transfer dates 2627. >> So move. >> Second that. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Next on the agenda is a personnel in report or end of employment. Like we have a couple teachers wanting to >> we do like I said these are these are bittersweet. Very excited for our teachers. um you know when they get to the point when they know that they're ready to to take the next step in whatever they want to do in their their career or in their life but at the same time always sad for us as well. And so tonight we have J.R. Perkins who has been a teacher with us. He's has 30 years of service and to me that's just remarkable. Um JR has served in many roles for us in the elementary.
So, uh I we want to recognize her for an outstanding professional achievement that reflects both her dedication to literacy and her impact on her school community and Center Grove Community Schools. Lisa was recently honored with the science of reading champion award from the reading league Indiana. This award recognizes Indiana educators who demonstrate exemplary leadership in implementing evidence aligned reading instruction grounded in the science of reading. Out of educators across the state, only three winners were selected and they were announced at the organization's annual conference in February. Each recipient also received a $1,000 prize in recognition for their work advancing literacy instruction. Have you received that yet? >> Okay, we're still we're still waiting on that. Well, while this is an impressive honor, those of us who work with Lisa know that this recognition reflects what she does every day. Lisa is truly a science of reading champion.
Um, >> when this first came up and we heard his name, absolutely no question. Sure. Let's keep involved, right? They love what he did, the fact he wants to stay involved and the reservation that we had was we want to make sure anybody wearing that badge was fully trained because we know you guys are fully trained. We have confidence in what you do and even reserve is something happens, they're going to look at that person like they're one of you guys and they're going to expect that person, he or she to react as if they're one of you guys. >> So my my only reservation was I wanted to make sure we had these folks fully trained. So I'm glad to hear that they're going through the 480. I'm glad to hear they're having these ride along with you guys in advance. And I'm assuming too there's going to be some people out there like Ray Jackson >> that whether they're a retired police officer or whether they just want to do that will have already had this training completed >> and that could be Yeah, that could be a factor as well.
>> Oh my god. >> And so on the checks and balances side, we we're at a little deficit there. Yeah, I'm really glad you brought that up because it plays right into these other topics under the umbrella documents required by law letting the people speak. And I've got some examples of what happened to me. The strong town manager form of government spending without town meeting or select board approval and uh anyways. All right. So, documents required by law. So, I enjoy talking to people and if I see someone in other town doing citizen engagement stuff or I see they've written a letter the editor, whatever, I will contact them. And so I'm so glad I did because I learned from someone I met another town that by state law it's chapter 40 section 49 we are supposed to have an annual an annual town report before I believe the >> yeah and that that law that state law it's interesting I don't think it said like it didn't come with a table of contents you shall include this >> but what we found was the examples we looked at towns were very comprehensive.
All throughout this winter season, our athletes improved teamwork, developed skills, and made new friends. There is also an upcoming spring sports season. Very soon, students will be able to try out for baseball, boys and girls, uh, track and field, and softball. It seems like the spring season is going to be just as popular as 58 students are already lined up to try out for baseball. It's safe to say there will be more opportunities for students to learn and grow. >> Um, I just want to say thank you for having us back and we really hope you've enjoyed hearing about all the great things happening at DOD. >> Thank you. Um yeah, we will see you on April 16th to share more of the things that are happening at DOD. >> Awesome. Any board members questions? Miss Kauer, >> thank you for that. That was wonderful.
>> This is 2425. >> Oh, sorry. That just means that that's just a typo. >> Okay. So, this is technically 25. >> Sorry about that. I'll make sure that's corrected. >> So, so at a very high level, you're thinking potentially up to $20 million for the performance contract unrelated >> to solar, which is kind of an expensive thing. This is this is more efficiency. >> Yes. >> Mechanical stuff. Wow. >> Right. And I and I don't know that this will all be covered. Um but I think for the purposes of the capital plan, you know, I I have this set aside so in the event it doesn't get approved, we can push things back in. Um you know, there's a lot of renovation product projects um that have higher dollar values. I think um notably we've put in here, I know we have talked about uh the Highland roof replacement, how that came back uh a lot higher than initially anticipated.
So, I thought if we talked about it here, then um you know, it it might just take a little bit less time uh when we get into sites on Wednesday. So, this is something we've been talking about now for probably two years. Um as we knew the board of ed offices were going to be opening up at our new at our current location at 40 Apple Ridge. Uh we knew that we would be vacating the building at 63 Beaverbrook. And the big question, of course, was well, what's going to happen to that building? And over the course of the last year and a half, we had a few different ideas for it. Uh we thought about putting a region endeavor in there at one point and then ran into some um challenges with zoning. Uh and then uh with the adult education program, we realized that that was something that we could do.
Uh and uh um one of those site positions you'll see is the volleyball club advisor and that's actually replacing our um our track that we used to do because it's we didn't have as many students who were interested. Um there's no local uh competitions like it's it's a very difficult it's hard to get staff to do it because it's a difficult. So we came up with a volleyball club and Miss Bick said that she would run the volleyball club after school. So we're looking forward to that. Uh, H2. >> Okay. >> H2 is the hiring um of one new staff member. >> And that's it for my section.
So the budget overview just budget as a whole. Some quick points here. Our projected revenue show an increase of 1.35% that also represents about 1.35 million because we have a hund00 million budget. State funding increased for us 6% in yearover-year dollars. That's 429,594. That's an important distinction in year-over-year dollars because we're going to talk about what state aid actually uh how it actually impacts our district in a few slides. And then our local tax levy, as proposed tonight, is increasing uh 2% to maintain essential educational services. And that's $1.78 million for us. So, here's a summary of our revenues as presented. You'll see that tax levy makes up the lion share of our budget. We also receive state aid. This is a number that is outside of our control. Tax levy is the only real number up here that we're able to uh control ourselves.
>> Good evening everyone. This month has sparked at the beginning of spring, bringing the exciting events in sports, theater, music, and so much more. As spring break approaches, the Chargers have been working extremely hard and continuing to represent our school with pride. Last weekend, our business casual Chargers and a capella group had the opportunity to compete in their final competition in Lockport. This amazing program is under direction of Mr. Betts. The group is made up of many talented Charger students including several ILMA state and all state qualifiers. Mr. Betts is an amazing teacher and conductor who always motivates his students to con to pursue music their musical passions and has helped many of them qualify for IMA. Furthermore, our music program reached new heights this year. Our band students delivered an exciting performance at the annual D230 festival at Wheaton College. The atmosphere was amazing with Stag Samberg and Andrew students cheering one on one another while per showing off their tal musical talents.
JR has done ECAS. Um he's been very involved in our running program and he's always been here for the students. He's always been here for the staff. So I'd like to thank JR for all of his time that he has given to our corporation and to education in general. And then also the same for Mr. Steve Bulock, middle school, high school CTE construction teacher. Steve is going to be retiring with 29 years of service, 14 of those here at Bar. And again, Steve is one of those guys that, yes, he's in the classroom and and he's teaching classes, but he's also helping out in different areas. He likes to organize pitchins for us. He will pull the grill out and he'll cook for the staff. He'll cook for the students. Whatever you need, he's all hands on deck. He's a great guy. Um, great educator.
She's a lifelong learner who continually studies the research behind effective reading instruction and then works alongside teachers to bring those best practices to life in the classroom. What truly sets Lisa apart is her deep passion for supporting teachers. She invests time, energy, and caring into helping educators grow in their practice. Knowing that what knowing when teachers feel confident and equipped, students benefit. Her passion for coaching directly translates into stronger instruction and improve student outcomes. And she works tirelessly to ensure every child has access to quality literacy instruction. Through s through student- centered coaching, collaboration, and professional learning, Lisa supports her colleagues in refining instructional practices so that all students can become stronger readers. Her ability to translate research into practical strategies has helped strengthen literacy instruction at North Grove Elementary, also indicated by their data. Center Grove Community Schools is incredibly fortunate to have educators like Lisa Lefavers leaders who not only pursue excellent in their excellence in their own learning but also lift others along the way.
>> So, I appreciate all that you put into this and I feel a lot better hearing the more robust program. >> I that was my reservation. It wasn't Ray Ray's 100% you love the guy. It's the let's make sure if we put a badge on somebody they're fully trained. >> I think we get to to have a lot of say so of course right but if we don't want them to be in the reserve program or you're not a good fit for the department or the center corporation it's easy enough to say this isn't working out whether you made it through 460 hours of your training like this isn't the personality that's going to mold well with the corporation. And so, uh, again, that's the give and take of people doing it for free or giving their time is you got to understand that this is, uh, this is something to take serious and this isn't a sidekick, you know.