modern math course in the curriculum and preparing for college level math for prime math as presented. >> I just had a question before we move. Um so the implementation considerations those are really taken into consideration right and we work on those for these we do and so um I feel like when the board adopts that is just one step of the process and then the next work that has to happen is implementation and so in some of those then we're um we'll get into the deep like nitty-gritty work of the the guaranteed value guaranteed and viable curriculum um and so that the scope and sequences and we also work on how are we going to support and train our staff. Um we don't just want to give them the resource and say good luck um and move on and we also want alignment across our district.
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That's all. And we And we are having we're having lots of conversations around those things. I mean, it's we're getting public feedback Yeah. constantly. >> The The comment, I wish the gentleman were still here, the comment about considering closing a school, that was totally news to me. So, but my my This is not I mean, again, this is going to be part of my comments, I guess, but my under my perception is that maybe he was referencing Traughber. Old Traughber. Oh, I thought it was the long-range facilities plan. >> some of what we can I what I think the $500 million is in regard to the long-range facility plan, and then the school closing is in regard to Traughber. >> Ah. I That's just what I perceive. Old Traughber. Not the And so, that's what I perceive. So, it's what to your point, >> specific specificity of information is also important.
So then it's working with our teachers um and that's ongoing support for implementation. >> Motion by Kim, seconded by Josh. Is there any more discussion? All right. All those in favor? That motion passes 5-0. All right. Item number 10, board member items. Mr. Yoder, start with you. >> Uh, I guess um we'll try to keep it uh short. We had a lot of uh celebrating orals and that's uh fantastic. So, I I will skip trying to reiterate some of that. Just remind that it's um early voting season for uh primaries. Um it's super easy to get in and out of the uh the the fairgrounds um Hendricks County Fairgrounds there words um and I think I was out in under 15 minutes so highly recommend uh voting for primary since that dictates uh who will be on the ballot in November. Um there was a second thing but I forget it so I'm skipping.
And And even the the $500 million was not Well, in our mass facility plan, there is a there is a section where there is a maintenance part. Yeah. Which is you know, a a chunk. And then there is a um a section safety and security part, right? And then there's should be aspirational. >> be completed as one project. It would be very expensive. That That would be us signing on for for a massive, you know, but but that's not the nature of the plan. Right. Yeah, we we've had conversations with lots of community members about the going forward. Yeah. So. Okay. >> That's all I have So, now that actually works out well, kind of tying into tying into what you said about fact-checking. Um kind of on the other side. So, um the day after the last board meeting, I went down to Springfield um for kind of a mini kind of a mini hill day.
>> Um I'm going to say about celebrating Orioles that um I I love that each student succeeds in their own way um and in their own time and in their own thing. Uh we celebrated a lot of Orioles who had a lot of uh diversity uh tonight in the things that they have accomplished and that's always a great thing. Bringing out the best in kids is what we do. Um, I also want to thank uh you, Mrs. Alde, for the thorough um analysis of our curriculum um and for making that accessible um to a lot of people who uh may not have engaged in curriculum review before but are probably glad that they did and really get to see the process. that is a long arduous process and I appreciate the amount of effort and energy that goes into that. Um and then I just want to thank my fellow board members for once again achieving exemplary board status.
Um and and it was interesting because apparently the Village of Oswego decided to do that as well, so I saw a lot of people I knew. Um but one of the things that we talked about is certainly we talked about funding and and all the things that you would expect. Um but one of the things that we talked about that's actually kind of going through um Congress right now has to do with FOIAs, or Freedom of Information Act requests. There are not just in this district, but certainly in this district, um across the state and across different entities, school districts, you know, um villages, etc. Um an inordinate amount of FOIA requests that are coming in, and they're coming in not even from the local community. Um they're coming in from national organizations asking um all sorts of information. Look, if somebody is asking for information that's 80 pages long, they're not reading it.
Um to be one of five boards out of 290 in the state of Indiana is um a high honor and um the great thing about it is that we couldn't individually do it. Uh we had to collectively do it. So, thank you everyone for their engagement in that. >> Uh, celebrating Oreos is my favorite part of any meeting. Um, also Mrs. All day like thank you. I appreciate all the work that goes into the curriculum and also for the transparency that we have for our parents that you offer different ways for them to be able to review that curriculum and >> uh certainly Dr. Finley and all the bus drivers who are present and have been present at other schoolboard members. Wow. Am I ever appreciative of you all for the reasons that Dr. Finley identified? Uh he said it very well. When you are the first and last faces that our children often see at the beginning of our school day and at the end of the school day, you have uh done a remarkably good job of bringing uh forth to all of us the importance of some cl some clarity and transparency.
I mean, it's it's it's kind of it's over the top, let's put it that way. But additionally, what I think people don't realize, particularly, and again, I'm going to focus now on our district, what people don't realize is that these FOIAs, although some of them are are are, you know, individuals are entitled to ask for information, but they take hours and hours of from our our FOIA person, from legal. Um so, not only time, but it costs a lot of money, especially when we're going to our attorneys. So, i- if you And again, they will all become public after, you know, after they're approved and and all that type of thing, but um I just want to emphasize that we do have If you have a question, ask us. Um Dr. Martin just kind of gave a list of ways to contact us. Um I I'm not sure I'm not sure what people are necessarily looking for, but the requests that are coming in are very vague, uh very non-specific, very um involved.
It was overdue. Um and thank you for doing that. I am also glad to hear because it always makes sense to do a look around and see how we are doing compared to some of the other school corporations. We don't always get it right. We're not always perfect. We're not maybe always at the absolute top of the pay scale. We try to be wherever we can be. Uh, but I'm glad that we are able to do what we are able to do and we want to continue to have the kind of conversation we're going that we've been having involving transparency and clarity because boy, you matter a lot to us. The second thing I want to say is that there is an special event occurring that many people in this room know about, some might not know about. On Wednesday night, um, there is an event called TEDex Live that is occurring at Hendricks Live in Planefield.
If you have a question, just please I- anyone out there, please ask us. Um we're happy to answer to the extent that we can. We just don't want to be spending thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars um on on unnecessary requests. That's my comment. Well, and what I think is really important, just our work with Dr. Dr. Burkey, and we started talking about that publicly in terms of how we make decisions, how we engage as a board, and how we follow very specific protocols. And so, there's more to come with that, but I think um that's great for public perception, too, so that they can understand that we aren't just randomly making decisions, that there are protocols that we do follow. And so, the more I think we discuss that openly, the more the public can understand that there are rationales in terms of, you know, how we're going about making decisions.
if you haven't had the opportunity to be there for any events, concerts, comedy shows, it's quite an amazing, it's a pearl of our county. Um, it's right on Washington Street, Main Street, and Center Street, right at that intersection. Our high school um is a young man named Jay Desai, who you met tonight. Um, is the leader of this group. This was his brainchild. Uh, there have been a lot of people who've been involved, including but not limited to Mrs. Woodward. Um, that we're going to have this wonderful presentation. It will start at 6 PM. And if you've I'm sure many of you have seen TED talks on YouTube. This is TED talks, but it's live and it's going to involve both students and adults. And some people like Dean Westman and Matt Haroff among others are going to be presenting. Uh there's going to be a scientist from IU uh School of Medicine saying we're all scientists.
And protocols that must be followed, more importantly. Amy? Sorry. You want everything else right now? Thank you. Okay. And 10.1, the minutes from previous meeting. Are considered read. >> after if anybody wants to speak with me. Um consent agenda. Minutes from previous meeting. Do you want to make a motion to approve the consent agenda? Oh, yeah. Approved. Can I have a motion to approve consent agenda, please? Certainly. Uh I make a motion to approve all items under consent, including 10.1 minutes from the Board of Education meeting on March 23rd, 2026, open and closed sessions. 10.2 to acknowledge the FOIA requests received by the district. 10.3 to approve field trips for overnight and or more than 200 miles. Second.
uh there's someone HR director with Eli Liy who's going to be talking about the importance of coffee even in a technological world and a lot of really fascinating uh components and so each of these talks if you know the way uh YouTube talk the way that TED talks work on YouTube they're usually 10 to 15 minutes we're going to do it the exact same way so come prepared excited and it's free you need to get a ticket but it's an absolutely free ticket you're a Google search away from finding that free ticket and Mr. Carr has done a great job of of uh publicizing as well. Would you like to add >> almost sold out? >> Get on your phone right now. >> Yeah. So, got that that I think Hendrick's live seats about 600 people. So, that's really impressive. >> That's a good problem to have >> though.
Are there any Are there any questions on the consent agenda? I just wanted to say that I'm really excited that the softball team is going to the national tournament because I went to that tournament when I was in high school, so I hope they have a great time. All right. Missy? Aye. Dr. Collick? Aye. Dr. Martin? Aye. Mr. Syracuse? Aye. Ms. Winnett? Aye. Dr. Mario? Aye. Motion passes 6-0. Information item 11.1, the school calendar 2026-2027 amendment. Thank you, Board. Um Dr. Kincaid? So, Dr. Mitchell um will be sharing additional information, but I will kick us off for the >> [laughter] >> amended school calendar. Here she is. I don't want to steal any thunder. There is three areas of which um we are proposing some changes to the upcoming 2026-2027 uh school calendar, focus on school um improvement and when the April elections are, some 5-hour attendance days, and then parent-teacher conferences.
That's the sold out for this event. Okay. All right. Excellent. Okay. That is all. Thank you. >> That was actually my item, but I can piggyback off that. The donation report was amazing and many of the items on there were to help with that TEDex event. So I think love seeing the community rally. So that's all I have in the interest of time. So >> if you can't remember the day, it's tax day, April 15th. So something good that happens on tax day is TEDex Live at 6 PM and it's free and we all need a little free on tax day. >> Dr. Windham, bring us home. >> Thank you for a great meeting. We covered a lot. Thank you.
So, with that, I would like to turn it over to Dr. Mitchell um with some recommendations from her team and committee. Thank you, Dr. Kincaid. Didn't hear everything she said, but I think she set the stage that these are outcomes from the calendar committee. Included on that committee is OEA, members of DAC, and members of um building leadership. The uh first one that Dr. Kincaid named was school improvement days and election days. So, um the rationale to minimize the impact on student learning while prioritizing safety, the calendar committee believes that scheduling a school improvement day on the April 6th, 2027 election day would best serve the school community. The school improvement day is currently scheduled for April 16th. The recommendation is to move the April 16th school improvement day to April 6th on election day. The next item that Dr. Kincaid mentioned is the 5-hour student attendance day.
So, through the collaborative efforts of the district leadership team composed of members of OEA, OESPA, building administration, and district leadership, there will be a relaunching of the school leadership teams for the 26-27 school year. The recommendation is to add three 5-hour student attendance days in order to increase teacher and staff collaboration and planning focused on outcomes and supports for all students. The recommendation for the addition of the 5-hour student days is September 21st, 2026, February 1st, 2027, and March 8th, 2026 2027, in addition to the existing sit day. The third proposed change is around parent-teacher conferences. The calendar committee recommends, based on multiple years of feedback from teachers, to split parent-teacher conferences into two different periods based on the unique concerns of the early childhood and elementary building and the junior high and high school building. Early childhood to fifth grade teachers requested a later conference date that is reflected in the calendar by a November 19th and 20th, 2026 date.
And this allows early childhood and elementary teachers to have completed the first trimester with a full set of data and feedback to present to families. The junior high and high school teachers, who teach on a semester schedule, believe that a November date is too far in the year and they would miss an opportunity to meet with families and intervene sooner in the school year. This is reflected in the calendar by an October 22nd and October 23rd, 2026 date, aligned with the current practice. So, student attendance for the parent-teacher conferences essentially would look like um on October 22nd for EC, student attendance all day, elementary all day, junior high and high school would have a 5-hour student attendance day. On October 23rd, EC all day, elementary all day, junior high no attendance, and high school a 5-hour day. On November 19th, EC no attendance, elementary 5-hour, and junior high and high school all day.