We currently use middle school math placement as one of our measures for our goal on STEM education and this should feed right into that that process as we keep track of kids all the way through elementary school. >> Thank you, Mr. N and Mr. Major. Yeah, two very quick things. Uh, city redevelopment met uh, this last week and during that they talked about uh, updates for expenses and project management for the master plan for the Milra Park. There were some other updates for some smaller projects, but that was what the meeting focused on. We also met uh, since our last meeting with the health trust and found that enrollment is about flat. Uh, claims are slightly up and emergency room use is lower. And so that's good. People aren't getting hurt. Um that's wonderful news. And uh based on everything that's we're seeing, we're looking pretty close to what we had uh seen last year.
So, personally, I feel very lucky to uh you know, have the opportunity to work with Ms. Bucko for about the last 10 years or so. Um I've really enjoyed working with her, learning from her. I know our elementary leadership team is really going to miss uh her presence and her knowledge on our team. Um she means so much to that MacArthur community. She means so much to our Crown Point uh community school corporation community and uh just wish her all the best. And uh just very grateful for all her service and her leadership and uh an incredible career for her. Um switching gears a little bit. This time of year it is uh our end of the year testing season. Um our youngest learners in grades K through 2 uh will be taking their end of the year NWEA assessments. Um starting that window will open up uh May 4th, um wrap up May 15th.
Okay. Very good. Do we have any other business before the board? I do not have any. Anyone? Okay. Very good. I would I would like to do a shout-out to the high school band for a wonderful concert on Friday evening. But they also came back from contest with straight goals. So, that they did. Kudos to the the band program. Very happy to see that. Sorry. Your phone agrees as well. >> [laughter] >> We do have a We have a very strong band program here. Our choir is very awesome. Currently, we don't have a phone policy for the board. I'm just glad it was yours and not mine. Oh, really? That's so neat. Just we will honor our We will invite our retirees back and honor them in our June our June meeting. Yeah, that's some dedicated And And when I walk past Mr. Phil's room, he teaches today.
It matters because the students walking through the doors at Horseman today are the heirs of the legacy the Bearcats started nearly a century ago. When a student looks at that plaque, they won't just see an old building. They will see that they are a part of a long, proud tradition of learning in Huntington County. They will see that they belong to a community that remembers its roots and honors those who come before. By approving this plaque, you aren't just honoring the past. You are showing today's students that their education, their school spirit, and their history matter. You are ensuring that the end of an era isn't a disappearance, but a transformation into a lasting legacy. It has been our board's great pleasure to look into the past to find this treasure. We are now asking for your partnership to make in making it a permanent part of our future.
And if that is something the board will have to look at or advance, we will have deep conversation as a board as to how we're going to pay our bills. But as of right now, we're making it work. Thank you, Mr. Miles. Thank you. Um good question. Board, any other questions or comments? I do. As we are acquiring um different pathways now, what does it look like for our partnerships? Are we seeing more partnerships coming in from businesses? Have we had those combos concerning some of the changes and and some of the things being brought in? What does that look like? Yes, we are dependent on partnerships. With With all of this, there's also going to be an expansion of work-based learning with the new Indiana diploma. Exactly. >> So, we are working right now with partners to help us provide opportunities for all of our students as they enter into these different pathways.
Maybe next year. >> Maggie, big shot. Big goal by Maggie McInness. She definitely heard me. So, that is Maggie's at second goal. So, she has two goals today. At least one assist. So, I don't really know how many assists because I haven't been keeping track, but Maggie at least has 98 points. 98 points. So, I have a feeling I'll hear we'll hear the crowd erupting if she gets that 100th point either by goals or assists. So, great job by Maggie McGinness coming back from that tough injury last year, I think last spring. Missed most of soccer, but has worked her her tail off to be back in the sport that she loves. So, great job by Maggie McInness. face off one by Westwood Wolverines. Pain trip defending at the side defending behind the net. We have a 178 game. So Ashley needs at least two more goals to get to that sevengoal limit over there.
And you know, you got to give it to Will Landergen, the Bellingham goalie, cuz it could have been even more out of control, honestly. >> Yeah, he might have even had an assist on that last one. >> I know, he was in there. >> So. >> Got to you know, Bellingham, although they lost, it's a good learning experience for them. They have some good players on their team, especially Eddie. And uh Yeah. >> Yeah, there's more. >> No, I know there are more. >> But yeah, no, we thank you for watching. Uh this is Cam Crandall, joined along Brad Crandall and Elsa Sukso on camera today. >> Yeah. >> Sienna Peters on Instagram. That is DSKBTV, all one word. >> Follow us. >> Follow you back and feel free to leave a comment or whatever you want on there. And that is the end, folks.
So, uh congratulations to both of them. We're very fortunate to have you and the future looks bright for us no matter who they send us next year. Thank you. >> We are prepared. >> Yes. >> Questions? Bring more. Okay. >> Yep. Oh, this is only the se Oh my goodness, you asked such a great question. This is only the senior level. Um we have um we already have 27 rising seniors next year who have already met the requirements. So now they Sorry, I'm yelling. Now they just need to I get excited. I get really excited about this. Um, so we already have 27 juniors who when they become seniors next year, they already have met the two test um test requirements, the MCCAST and the language assessment. Um, they'll need to just make sure that they pass their classes and are eligible for graduation. Um, but then we'll run another round of testing in the fall and any additional seniors.
So, I wanted to make sure that that wasn't any of that curriculum. >> Yeah, and I and I appreciate the questions. Um this was really specific to vocabulary and grammar um and there really are a lot of non cost um you know, resources out there that we can utilize in addition to the you know, the quantity that we do still have in in the school. Casey, have you been trying to say something? >> Nope. >> Are there any other questions on items on page one? >> I Sorry. I've got I I was going to ask I mean since the PSAT I mean what does the 2500 represent? I'm I'm not sure who to direct that question to. I I have a I can't tell if it's on. Is it on? Is it up or down? >> Up. It's on. >> With a line? >> We usually can't get >> All right.
But, for today, this is a wonderful uh just occasion to be here honoring the uh teachers and the uh power professionals, and we're just happy to be able to contribute. >> Thank you. Well, we appreciate your partnership over the years. Thank you. >> [applause] >> All right, I have one more point of order, and that's the um HIB self-assessment grades for 2020 through 2025. This is basically our scores of how we feel that we performed through our harassment, intimidation, and bullying policy. It is not um it's not an official score based on how many um you know, uh cases there were or whatnot. It's really based on professional development and policy and and and how the board reacts to certain things. I just want to say this and I I usually say I don't think I said it last year, but I have said it in my career.
Now that you know it's the gym. The original That was the intent. I mean don't they have grass >> only two gyms that we have that have ever had were fancy. I have I have spent some time at a grade school in Yorkville that also has carpeting. So yeah, in their gym it's not just us. Not that that's anything to be proud of. That's right. Yeah, let's just to confirm we're replacing it with flooring, correct? That is correct. Not like shag or a >> [laughter] >> I was I was I was wondering why it um you know, kind of leap leap frog some of the other items but it sounds like we had a grant. So that's how we it's a We actually have one of my team members in the finance department who went to the school who remember uh playing in the carpet.
And so we do have more meetings scheduled for this year obviously. And we hope to be able to maintain uh the good track record with cost that we've had. So thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Major. Uh yeah, we all hope the containment cost can continue. Good work. Uh, Miss Wen, >> no updates from my committees. >> Very good. That concludes schoolboard member reports. Uh, Dr. Phillips, before I move on, I should mention for anybody that's following along on the, uh, printed agenda this evening. We skipped item 2C, uh, governor's work ethic certificates, and that is being moved to our May meeting. Is that right, Dr. Phillips? Correct. >> So, next are our four cabinet reports. Thank you, Mr. Ster. Mr. Edwards and uh his team, if he has a team with him tonight, will come up and share just a brief update. Uh the board has requested multiple times that we not wait until the data is final, but give updates throughout.
Um we will send home parent reports to our K2 parents uh at the conclusion of that testing window. Um for our older elementary students in grades 3 through 5, they have been working really hard uh on their ILEARN assessments. Uh typically, we receive results for those ILEARN assessments during the month of May. Um this year's a little different, however. Uh the state is doing something this summer called standard setting and they're creating new cut scores for those ILEARN assessments. So, we are not going to get ILEARN results um until uh they haven't said exactly, but uh one document they sent out today said September. So, um it's going to be a a wait uh to get those ILEARN results. Except in science, they did new cut scores in science a couple years ago, so uh science scores will be rolling in uh during May, but um that is a big change.
Sure how he talks to the wild kids. He's that energized and eager and ready to go. The kids are like happy and It's awesome. All right. Anything else from the board before we proceed to close? Nope. All right. Hearing nothing, can I get a motion to adjourn? Motion. A motion. Do I have a second? Second. Does anyone want to discuss that? Hearing no discussion, all those in favor? Aye.
We respectfully request your approval to proceed with the installation to of the Huntington Township Memorial Plaque. We would like to have your support so that we may share it at our 38th and final alumni banquet on May 9th this year. Thank you for your time, your dedication, your dedicated service to our children, and for your consideration of this request.
Most of them will enter into an opportunity within their pathway. Others will go work and learn those skills on a job that may not necessarily align directly with their pathway, but we are getting them out there achieving those skills that are called for with the new diploma. That's awesome. Okay, that's I just wanted to know if we were going to have or if we were seeing the expansion in these partnerships with the changes. So, that's good to hear. Thank you. Madam Vice President, one thing we like to do when we talk to our partners is when they say they're willing to take one of our students, we say, "Hey, how about five? How about How about 10?" You know, >> [laughter] >> we have 1,200 in each grade. So, we like to remind our community that we have a lot of students who are looking for work-based opportunities.
Definitely have to start pressuring a little bit. There's the pressure. Hard part is if you miss it then Westwood's so efficient with their scores with their goals I should say or their shots shots on net >> there might be the turnover we needed see who's ball Ashlin Bar right good defense by Ashlin defense coming through over here clock is running right now 3 minutes and 40 seconds. Ashlin. So, both teams are playing for something right now. Ashlin definitely wants to try and score. They want to try and break it. So, it's seven points or less. That looks like Alyssa, our freshman, lost the ball, unfortunately. I think that's Alyssa. White ball. kept with it over to I think that's Aaron Hickey to Ashley Forester. Paint trip is open. Has has some room over there to Lily Vidy. Maggie had some space. That's going to be a shot though for uh Payton Trip.
So, I'm hoping we break 45 for next year. We'll need a bigger venue for the celebration, but that's what I'm hoping for. Thank you very much. Uh, Principal Jackson, I'd like to thank you very much for bringing this team together and bringing them before us to give us the feedback on all the programs that we that the superintendent pushes to get squared away for the special uh education department. >> Every one of them every one of them touched base on how this committee has stood by him. Thank you for bringing him for the feedback. That's very important to us. No, >> you're welcome. And it's part of when Mr. Lavoy and myself uh communicate and think of ways we can do come back to the committee and celebrate our students work and our staff work. It's by design. Um and I think we look forward to coming back with members of our team.
>> That was usually >> Okay. Um so uh it's my understanding and I and I want to just also sort of step back for a second and um and and sort of reframe the discussion because I do understand that when the board looked at these cuts as a whole, a lot of these items were bucketed, right? They were instructional supplies for a certain amount. In the subcommittee group, we sort of got into a little bit deeper about what that meant. Um but field trips again reduced 50 50% so that, you know, full disclosure, that is not the administration telling the school um that 50% reduction was at the high school. It's not saying which field trips you can or can't go on. It is just that you requested x number of dollars, $32,000, 50% is what you will have going into next year and so then they will make the decisions at the building level on which um field trips would be funded through those funds.