And you know, our middle schools are more alike than different. I mean, what happens at North to South to West. And it's because of their collaboration and their commitment to the to excellence. So.
Whether it be developing a process or organizing a pitchin, she is a valuable member of the BCSC team. Paula Ladrid, Clifty Creek media media tech specialist. Paula has a special gift for turning every book into an adventure, every lesson into a moment of wonder, and every visit to the library into something our Cougars look forward to. Her creativity, kindness, and passion for literacy help our students build strong reading skills, imagination, and confidence. Donnie Carlock, CSA Fodria, student wellness specialist. Donnie embodies the heart of our school. He supports students well-being and ensures nearly all students in grades four through six are connected to a club or activity. His tireless dedication, deep investment in students and families, and unwavering advocacy for our school community make him exceptionally deserving of CSA Fodria's award. Karen Scarro, CSA Lincoln special education teaching assistant. Congratulations to Karen. Whether it's tackling the heat and sweat of our fifth and sixth grade camping trips, standing in the rain during car rider line, or working one-on-one with students who need additional support, Karen is always ready to lend a hand.
How many I'm Raise your hands. How many of you ever once in a while get on the Indiana look like what else is out there? Yeah. Robbie did a first Jared did the first survey. I'm going to do another one. In this In this room, if you were to see a referendum on your voting ballot next year and you knew it was going to teacher pay, who all would support it? I don't see any. >> of you are paid teachers by that referendum money? Yeah. You can't vote. >> [laughter] >> Yes, they can. Well, I mean yeah, but How many people's property taxes went down? Because of Senate Bill 1, how many people went down? How many property taxes went Your neighbor's property taxes went down. John, how's yours? Mine went up. And not just a little. And not just a little. >> [clears throat] >> Yeah, keep hearing our property taxes are going to go down.
Uh the story is a really really exciting one. Um kind of an adventure story um about [snorts] making friends, uh but I think our district uh our elementary school students are going to love it next year. Uh the administration recommends the school board approve the resource adoption for use beginning in 2026-2027. >> Thank you, Dr. Carney, and thank you for the warning to not name it, cuz I certainly probably would have done that. So, uh board members, you heard the recommendation of the administration for approval of the resource adoption materials for use beginning in 2026 and 2027. May have a motion. >> So moved by Mr. Warne. >> Second by Ms. Bazan.
They're going to complete it in sections. The noisiest work and I don't think it'll be so intrusive is essentially when they secure when they screw in the I don't know the correct terminology. They screw down the board with the backer board boarding. And then in the afternoon or early mid-morning, that's when they'll roll out the membrane and adhere that. And so, they'll kind of do it in in sections. So, that way nothing's exposed to the elements. Any displacement for kids or classrooms or anything? No, none of that. Looks like they'll work around testing days. Yeah, yep. They've all been good about that. If we have because we have some fall testing now. We have to work around that, but again, I don't necessarily expect that it'll be much of an issue. It won't be something like your home where they're nailing into the the plywood and it's very extremely noisy.
So, I know he's well received in terms of our leadership team, but also the community. >> [snorts] >> And I'm honored uh on the fourth person who would not want me to talk too much about her because she's very humble. But Tanya Lot Tanya Lochmyer is uh been several years in the district, has been uh the right-hand uh person of Jay Peters and and sometimes Chuck Brimberry, depending on the the time of year. But I will tell you she is dedicated to Huntington. She's very talented. She is a humble servant of others. She is a great mom, a great She travels with her kids all over, great family in our community, uh Huntington North graduate, and I'm really, really honored to be able to work with her in her new role as executive secretary following another uh awfully good uh person with Cindy Gray. So, board, I wanted you to hear about those four.
So that caused us to have to go back and relook at the resources that we had for K through three because the resources that we had were not on that list. So we started doing pilots in K3 with CKLA and those have been in place for about two to four years. And then we also started and we started with the schools that were below that 70% range to make sure that we were providing the right curricular resources, the IDOE-approved resources for those schools. And then that year we also started a full implementation of phonics resources. It's been a combination of resources. We've tried different ones. We Some schools really latched on to UFLI. Some are doing CKLA skills and Orton-Gillingham, all science of reading-based though. And then in 24-25, we adopted Caminos for K-5 and that was for a six-year adoption. So our current reality, this year was our adoption year and currently our building knowledge curriculum in five is Amplify CKLA second edition.
Ball got away. Back to Bridget, one of the top scorers for uh Westwood today. Good defense by Ashley Forester. >> 12-7 still competitive game. Good defense again by Ashley. Good shot over there. >> All right, so let's go quickly finish up the uh what's going on in Ashland. So we talked about baseball boys uh five and three record. They're at Denim. Um boys tennis, they're playing denim. They're actually I think they're at denim. They have a 24 record. The girls tennis um 0 and6 now. Actually, I think we're going to be uh debuting Wednesday. WACA will be uh showcasing the girls tennis. So, I think that's a 4:30 start. We have a new broadcaster June. So, I think she'll be making her debut this year on the girls tennis. Definitely watch that if you can't make it to the that's at the Ashlin Middle School.
Couldn't have felt good. Ben Savarese really look appeared to lay into that shot. Did you see who it was? And the verdict is back. What do we got? And the judge has it. >> Atwood, okay. You made it suspenseful. I was almost thinking you couldn't see it. Good job, Ken. >> Yeah, no, so Atwood had a nice shot on it and actually got his own rebound and just tucked it away real quick. >> Oh, nice. Oh, good defense from the Blackhawks there, but Olsen able to get it. Fowler's pass deflected up high and who's going to get it? >> Nice check. >> Maybe? They're still fighting for it. It's good to see a freshman with that aggression. Ben Savarese going for the check. >> Yeah, it was a smart play right there. >> It was, yeah. Number 17, Zach Hughes, was going for the ball and Savarese was there to just knock him off it.
Northampton comes up with the ball with the ball. Same spot. >> Good job by Kylie Marino. Nice nice little goal by Green. Seen that four times that I that same move every single time. I'd like to see the Spartans if they face them again in the playoffs. Know that play is coming and almost kind of send that second player back to to help out. I'm sure Northampton is going to watch >> everything what they can do to try to stop Mac on the draw. >> Northampton cuts the lead. Spartans up 14-7 with 13 seconds left in the third quarter. >> Plenty of time for the draw. Get the ball up the field. second. >> A good heads up play by That's a good smart play by Hannah Eddie to get that call against her to stop the play to not let Northampton get a final shot.
Thank you. >> Thank you. I got it. Um what is the percentage in resource classes versus um you know we have co- teachers and special ed kids in the the mainstream. >> We have for for your core subjects we have very very low percentage of students that are in small group classes. >> Okay. >> Um we do pull for instructional support. We're using the smarts curriculum for executive functioning skills, but not for core academics. I would I don't know the percentage off the top of my head, but I know that in our junior class, we have about 55 juniors. We have three students that receive small groupoup instruction for ELA and math. >> So, they probably come in with being in from their other schools integrated with the mainstream. These three specific students do all have intellectual disabilities. So, typically our students in a small group class would be a student that has an intellectual disability.
Okay, so that's where we are and what we're looking at. Um I want to just remind us why we do our work and what we do and and how important it is for us that we prepare all students to be problem solvers, critical thinkers, creative thinkers, collaborators, and change makers. Um that's essential and really guides the work that we do every day. It's why our staff come in and what we hope to support our students to be able to achieve before they leave here at Brookfield High School. So, when we talk about reducing a budget a half a million dollars from an already reduced budget of 6% down to 4.86 and now another half million, we are talking about significant things and staff that we need to reduce to get there. Um we want to be able to have the means to be able to support our students to achieve this and I know our staff will work hard with what they get and we all will too at this table.
Mr. Storms is at a track and fields event. Um so I am going to be reading his words. Um what Mr. Storms says about Joanna is very, very nice. It is truly a pleasure to recognize Joanna Tomaskovic, our April student of the month. I've had the opportunity to work with Joanna both as your school counselor and as the manager of our boys varsity basketball team. And in every setting, she consistently stands out for her dedication, work ethic, and most importantly, her character. Joanna is an exceptionally responsible and hardworking student who maintains an impressive 4.29 GPA while challenging herself [applause] with honors, dual enrollment classes, and advanced placement courses. For Joanna, the hard work paid off as she will be attending Stevens Institute of Technology in the fall. >> [applause] >> Outside the classroom, Joanna has been invaluable to the basketball program. She never missed a game, handled her responsibilities with precision, and always took initiative to ensure everything ran smoothly.
Um your your voice is referenced. So we, you know, like, but but Dominic. No, no. You know, like, so not but Dominic, but you know, like I'm >> And Dominic, [laughter] you know, um so I just wanted you to know that. Um so it's we we take everything you say. Um try to absorb it. So. It makes it past these meetings. Yeah. So. We talk about you behind your back. That's what he's trying to say. [laughter] Oh, in a good way. >> That was the deal. In a good way. Yes. Yes. Yeah, absolutely. And in a well-intentioned way. In a good way. Um So I don't think there's anything else. Um 8.3. We're having our a board for continuation of our board discussion. Um Yeah. And Heather will be leading us today. >> All right, so last time we did this was I believe last month.
Any questions? I had a couple questions. Um the percent passing at South uh 56.4 to 50 50.9. Do you think um what was some of the aspects of that? Was it adding 6th grade? I mean, what do you think? No, this is actually just the when we mixed kids up. Mhm. It's really all the same kids. But, when we mixed them up, different kids then are at South. Right. So, I didn't know if there was something else that played a factor into that. >> No, it's really just I mean, different kids are at South now. It's just a little bit different. It's just the same data organized in a different way. >> sorry. Yeah, makes sense. Yeah. Yeah. Makes sense. No, but yeah, that's it's really it's just the same data organized in a different way. And we'll get this year's ILEARN results they're saying in the fall, probably August.
We are fortunate to have her as part of our team. Charlotte Johnson, Mounty Prime Time Teaching Assistant. Charlotte has been a dedicated member of the Mountalthy family for 20 years. Over the two decades she has spent with us, she has become an absolute staple of our community. Whether she's interacting with students or staff, Charlotte is known for showing up every day with a genuine smile on her face and a positive attitude that lifts everyone around her. Angelica Simpson, Parkside parent engagement interpreter. Angelica is a great asset to our school and families. She is always ready to help anytime she is needed. Her positive demeanor is felt among all staff members and students. She is much appreciated by our Spanish-sp speakaking families and teachers when translations are needed. She goes above and beyond her role as our school interpreter to help our entire community. Susanna Gonzalez Lur Richard's parent engagement interpreter.
This is why for I get a school letter. It's not always awesome. A lot of it is at the state level, political law. It's We're kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place, you know, they're trying to make the property taxes go down. A, they don't go down and B, [cough] we're asking to [clears throat] raise them to pay our teachers. So, I mean I don't know what what we can do, frankly, down with Well, when it's going down 250,000 every year, close to 400, gets to 250,000, what do we do next year? What do you do the year after that? What do you do the year after that? I think there's a sandwich that tastes too good coming down the road here and I don't see a resolution for it without a referendum and I'm not sure the community is for it.
Are there any questions or comments? >> I just want to say thank you. You know, I think I've said every year this is my favorite time of the year, although it can get a little chaotic at home trying to get those chapters read um in time each night, but um this is such a wonderful collaboration, and I have love how much in the past our community has even become involved with local businesses. So, um thank you for your continued efforts on choosing a great book. I haven't been disappointed yet, so I'm excited to get into this one. >> I think everyone's going to love this one, and Dr. Carney has already been in touch with uh the library to get some plans together for that partnership for next year. So, thank you. >> Yeah. Fantastic. With that being said, uh we'll move to a vote.
There are some layers of separation ceiling and things of that nature between the roof and classroom. So. And when when do they anticipate to finish? Uh it's sometime in the fall. Yeah. Yeah, I think it was might have been like 120 days I think. >> it's somewhere around 120. Yeah. So, goal is to have it finished in the fall and in a in that sense maybe even finish a little bit a little bit early. I think the most difficult thing I have to do at this point is is select the color. Purple. So, it won't be a it won't be a custom it won't be a custom color, but And we're going to have the cartoon tiger kitty up there, too, right? Absolutely. >> Absolutely. I thought so. And will there be like fencing around the staging area? So, as far as that, the staging is probably be pallets of materials, so I don't know that they'll necessarily be fencing around uh the materials itself.
We'll take some pictures after the vote, but uh to be honest with you, I'm humbled to bring you this talented team tonight for your consideration. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Brimberry. That's a jam-packed full uh consent agenda. On that note, I have of course open for a motion to approve the [snorts] consent agenda. Motion to approve the consent agenda. Mr. Melcher. I I got Gary over there. Any item that you would like pulled off the consent agenda before we vote?