We did the same thing. I made a formal recommendation to you in the fall with the community service pathway that came out of this group. Ms. Collins, along with members of the FACTS department at MCIT, LNA, and NLC, reviewed resources for early childhood education, Ed Professions, which is provided by Indiana State, Fashion and Textiles, Interior Design, Social and Community Services, Hospitality Management, and Culinary Arts. As you can see there, we offer a wide range of pathways within our current tech ed programs. The recommendation for Family Consumer Science, Goodheart-Willcox Publisher with Early Childhood Education, Fashion and Textiles, Interior Design, Social and Community Services, and Hospitality Management. And then ServSafe will help us with the National Restaurant Association within our Culinary program. Again, I can't see that far back, so I apologize. I'd like to recognize anyone who's in the audience that helped with our CTE review.
Who's that on >> either on Ashley or Samantha Scot? Not sure. I missed it, but that's okay. All right. So, let's see. That is number two Bridget Hughes. One of the top scorers for today. Going to go high, then fake then low. It's goal by Bridget Hughes. So that's a 17-7 lead right now. Eight minutes left. Think 17-7. My score might be off a little bit. Maybe it's 16-7. So the one team I didn't get to on all of Ashlin spring sports is our girls softball team. So huge shout out to them. They are eight and one. 8 and one. They were not above 500 last year. That is a huge I know we have a new coach, but that is a huge turnaround for this young Ashlin softball team. So, definitely try and come out, support their games. I know Mike Kyra has been calling a lot of their games.
Well, that's one way to stop Eddie. >> All right. Got to check the Savage. Oh, centering pass and what a goal. What a pass. 11 to 14. Yeah, another Yeah, 14. Another one for Bellingham. That's just uh nice to start getting them. So, once you get that initial monkey off your back, usually more come. Yeah, 14. The mystery man with the nice goal there. See? Looks to be a little too late for this though, you know. Since Oh, yeah. No, it's a 13-point lead with under 4 minutes left. >> Yeah. So, yeah, with this one, Raiders are going to go up 5 to 3 on the season, which Cam's very excited about. >> [laughter] >> And Bellingham's going to be >> better than the office. It's better than a loss today. So, Yeah, I can't live without that. Oh, look at that. Number two with the chop.
We do have slides up in English for anybody who wants to follow along. Um, and then we come into the um the four winds for a great um bilingual conversation and food and snacks. >> No, I'll let them ask their questions first. >> Yeah, thank you. Um, similar question I asked regarding the teachers. >> Sure. >> You said there were seven Yep. yellow teachers and how are they divided amongst the different grades? >> Sure. So, it does depend on the numbers in each grade level. Generally, um this was kind of a question Mr. Jones, you had asked about like students kind of um exiting out of having um special education services. We noticed that our numbers, so we have 95 freshmen right now. Um if you look at our numbers, those numbers get smaller as um the years go up because students are exiting from um being identified as an English learner by the state.
So, for children that were had that interest, that they could then pursue that. We do have a lot of books still in our library, the school library, um as well as still some classroom texts. So, this would not eliminate the opportunity for students to pursue additional books on that interest. This was to just supplementary. >> All right. And that that was going to be my question cuz I'm sure I mean there's massive amount of books on things, but this was in a in a particular reading format that we're teaching. Is that what we're saying? >> Yeah, particular contexts. Yes. To to align with the curriculum as supplemental reading opportunities for students that wanted that that just really had an incredible interest. This the um contexts are very engaging. So, the students are really very interested in it. So it would be an opportunity within the classroom to have some additional texts that would be related to that context.
So, we've been working with six of the elementary schools and the high schools uh to provide clinical musical therapy for the neurodivergent special needs population. And just to give you guys an insight into exactly what musical therapy is. Musical therapy uses licensed musical therapists to help students improve communication, focus, behavior, and give them emotional regulation. Music therapy is not a music class, but it uses it uses music as an intervention to help them develop in those specific key areas that I just stated. Um and so, without any further ado, before I say anything further, I'd like to really play our video, uh you know, for the district and all the classes and everything we offer. We do a mini somewhat documentary to show the impact of the work. And so, this is a video that's on our site. You can on the on the YouTube page where you can see us our work in the elementary, high school.
Now, the one that we'll bring next month will be a little different. For the month of March, I think the CPI for that month which will be in the next month's uh memo was 90 basis point, which uh is the highest it's been since 2022. So. It's and mostly due to oil prices and Yeah, I think that was yeah. Absolutely. [clears throat] Oil prices, energy prices is the uh the big driver that increase. Yeah, with War Dogs down, I you touched on the things that I had looked at.
>> Excellent. >> Thank you, Miss Lloyd. Uh Mr. Now, >> the IU Columbus Advisory Board met on April 8th and former our former superintendent, Dr. Roberts, led a brainstorming session on Quest, Envisioning Columbus's future. Um the advisory board members sat at tables with current and past um IU Columbus students and in the discussion there was an emphasis on providing early childhood education um for our community and preparing high school graduates for next steps and providing local postsecary opportunities. So there were many BCSSE connections there. Um, on April 16th, um, this in in regards to my role as the legislative liaison for the board, on April 16th, Mr. Major, Mr. Glick, Miss Wen, Miss Lloyd, Mr. Stenner, Dr. Phillips, and myself attended the Indiana State School Board Association spring regional meeting. Um, we received an update on the 2026 legislative session, and I have three things that impact us.
Uh I'm excited to announce that not only does this lock in our life insurance and AD&D rates for 45 months until December of 2029. It's kind of hard to believe that's on the verge of 2030. Um but we lock in our rates and with this save the corporation about $14,000 over what we're paying currently with those two vendors. So combining them into one from an administrative perspective it's going to really streamline uh what Karen Peace Pierce can do in our benefits department can do. So we're finally excited to bring this to you uh to move uh all of our life and AD&D to Madison National Life. >> Thank you, Mr. Reese. Uh board members, you heard the recommendation of the administration for approval of the termination of the Sun Life insurance coverage and to join the Madison National Life uh life insurance coverage plan. Do I have a motion?
Any questions? Hearing no questions, can I get a motion? Motion. Motion. Do I have a second? Second. Motion and a second. Any further discussions? Hearing none, all those in favor? I. I.
It was a productive and incredibly encouraging meeting. They saw the value in this tribute and suggested that our next formal step should be to present our plan to you, the board. In the folders presented to you tonight, you will find the fruits of our labor. Evidence that this is professional, fully vetted, and community-backed project. First, you will see a photo of the original Huntington Township School. This is the image we intend to preserve. The We have worked closely with the Huntington County Historical Museum to ensure that we are using a high-quality, historically accurate representation. This draft honors the years 1925 through 1966, the years of the first and last graduating classes. It proudly displays our mascot, the Bearcat. It serves as a permanent record of a time when Bearcat pride was the talk of the township. Second, we have a provided a photo of the proposed location.
Is anybody there? >> Ms. Collins couldn't be here. They're at home already, but that's okay. They were They may have been here earlier. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. Okay, thank you.
Um, I think Mike and Josh Abrams, my 516 brother, just means we're both birthdays on May 16th. They called the game on Saturday. Got some great field interviews with a few of their players. I know Jeff and Paul were kind of sharing that with me a little bit. Not going to say I'm a little jealous of that. That's the cool thing about the WACA team. They're always very innovative with the technology and just kind of thinking outside the box, indoor, outdoor, playing around with different tools, technology, the uh wireless headsets. So, but Mike Cars called a bunch of the girls softball games, so definitely check them out. 8 and one. Definitely playoffbound. They got a some really top pitchers, a young pitcher, um, one of the freshman. I'm drawing a blank on her name. Great turnaround for that program, though. Good defense by Ashlin, but uh, got the call.
>> All right. >> Oh, but then he turns it over. Hart with the pick, passes off to Ben Severice. Bringing it back, has some time. He's going to wave his teammate in. Look for the pick. Ben trying to go in and good save from Landrigan. Under 3 minutes now left to go in the fourth quarter. Ben tries to bump Eddie, but Eddie, couple nice spins there. Eddie's still with Eddie. Who is this guy? Eddie coming down. Oh, good takeaway by I think that was uh Nostrum. Finally got it from Eddie. Eddie's still working it though. He's kept the ball alive. Get it to Baker. Baker nice little hockey pass. The 14, now 17 with the Hughes. Has it at the top. Eddie's quite the dynamic player, isn't he? >> Yeah, I mean >> [laughter] >> He's fun to watch. >> [clears throat] >> He definitely turns >> Eddie!
So we have three teachers working just with freshmen right now and the others are spread out over 10th, 11th and 12th grade. We also um have our students organized by their overall proficiency level. So it's not a group of students who are um identified as being level one English proficient two and three all in the same class. We have our groups of students at a early beginning level all the way up to the advanced level in separate courses. Then um we have them paired with that content teacher for the co-eing. um it's not necessarily the same students they have in their EL class, which is great because it gives our students an opportunity to interact and engage with multiple teachers at the school and not just have one teacher that they kind of follow for the whole day. >> You're welcome. >> Um and this is probably a silly question, but in terms of the ELLL teachers, >> um are the teachers bilingual, multilingual, or just >> singing?
>> Okay. And do you know if So it's just for the knowledge component? >> Yes. >> And do you know how many like it would be cuz I know the books can get pricey like is it one copy? >> I don't know the answer to that. No. >> So Stephen I have two questions specific to these cards. So line item 33 which is Boomerang Web Training which is new to WMS I think through a Brookfield Education Foundation grant where everyone belongs. So are they eliminating that? Is there teachers able to deliver the learning to other teachers or are we just getting rid of it? >> I can speak to that as well if that'd be helpful. Um as you know in Whiscomier the web program is something that they're doing in order for the eighth graders to basically be mentors to you know our sixth and seventh graders.
Hit play. >> The fact that you guys know what you're getting into, I mean, understanding our population and their needs and and organized chaos really helps us cuz we don't have to feel like we have to train you. You guys know what you're getting yourselves into, which really does help us and it makes the children feel more comfortable. >> A lot of people may think when they see someone come in with a guitar and shakers and instruments that, you know, you're a music teacher. And music education is wonderful and essential. However, music therapy and music education are two different things. The way that I like to explain it is that music education, music is the end goal. So, let's say we're working with a client on playing piano. The end goal in music education is for the client to play the keys on the piano.
So, did anybody have any any questions um written down or anything? I don't like paper. I just fly through it. Written >> [laughter] >> written down on like paper? We have the internet. You could have typed it. No, I yeah, [laughter] I just No, I'm glad that I I made sure to look at it. Everything for sure. All right. Um Going to 10.2, the Lakewood Creek and the Wetlands carpet and gymnasium flooring re- flooring replacement RFP. And is that also you, Mr. Owen Family? I will I will take it up and then I'll have uh Mr. Shaw to uh close it out. Oh, okay. So, um what uh we did an RFP for the uh replacement carpet at Lakewood Creek and um and Wetland. Those carpets are original to the building. And we can only imagine that's the same carpet they used to eat on and also to to play sports on.
Couple of them, Mr. Glick already referred to um the the new there's a new digital device legislation that bans cell phones, smartphones, and other student-owned devices during the school day from bell-to bell. Um the law requires that students leave devices at home or the devices are stored in a way that students cannot access them. The challenge for us at BCSSC is the number of students who move from one building to another during the day. But there has been a committee that's been looking at that ever since the last legislation about cell phones came out. So we are um on track to move forward with that. >> That was the collective grumbling of every high school student in the town. >> Um and the other technology um related law that Mr. Glick referred to um it place it requires that schools place the ability to control school devices on um with parents and um BCSC is um prepared um we're getting prepared to do that.
>> So moved by Ms. Brazeau. >> Seconded by Mr. Angel. Are there any questions or comments? >> Mr. President, I'd be remiss if I stepped in to second. There are no changes to the benefits for any any of the groups. That was the largest piece to get through with the different classes of employees we had. Getting them to match those benefits for everybody was the the most difficult. So, no change to any of our employees, their cost, or the benefit that we're providing. Just wanted to make sure I made that clarification. Sorry about that. I think that was a question that was going to come your way. Thank you for your due diligence on that and thank you for continuing to proactively look for ways to save the corporation money. >> Thank you, Mr. Reese. With that being said, any other questions or comments? All right, we'll move to a vote.