Uh two, don't forget you're special. Uh you not everybody feels that way, so celebrate your victory, but you know, recognize. Um but then I would say, you know, wait till organic chemistry or wait till calculus. Uh you you all you you you've done it. You've exceeded all of those. So, um I'm not sure when the challenge will hit for you or if you've already experienced it. Um but you've you've already surpassed what we were throwing at you uh from the best of our hearts. So, congratulations um achieving at such a high level in all of the ways. Um and uh 4 years uh guaranteed, that's that's a pretty amazing feat in and of itself. So, um a whole life ahead of you and starting off on the an amazing foot. recognizing our retirees. So, and families, you're welcome to stay, but if you also need to scoot, now would be an an okay time to do that.
It highlights the value of bilingualism in a global society and enhances college and job opportunities for our students. And then in a diverse city like Columbus with its many international communities, the certificate is especially meaningful here. It honors the linguistic and cultural assets that students bring to our schools and prepares them to thrive in a multicultural world. This year we've had an increase of 12 more students, so we keep growing every year. We have 41 students that have got the award. Um they have received the award in the languages of Spanish, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Hungarian, and Ukrainian this year. So, the administrators from the high schools are going to come up and announce, and then our students will come up and stand in line for us to be recognized. Good evening. I'm Kelly Wilson. I'm the assistant principal at Columbus East, and I have 11 students here with us tonight from East that will come on up.
>> Do you have any questions? >> And I have asked uh ED to uh join us for a little bit of time during our annual board retreat to give us some detailed information on the with the data. >> Okay. I see. >> So, we'll see you there. >> going to ask if that would be available for the board. >> Yeah. >> Okay, great. Thank you. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Dr. Zupanc. >> Okay. >> item C3, engineering presentation. Mr. White Moth. Excuse me. >> I am excited to be here tonight to just share some awesome information. Really good news, good things, amazing things happening. Um the big thing up there on the board is something that I would have never expected to have happened. Um we we've worked with Ad Kev for a long time. If you don't know who Ad Kev is, they're an injection molding company over in Woodland.
Any questions? Seeing none, is there a motion to We're going to All those in favor of approving the motion, say "Aye." Seeing none, I. I. Opposed, say "Nay." Abstentions? Motion carried. Next, superintendent update. Hi, I just wanted to take a a minute before we look at the financials for the month of April. I just want to be able to go recognize the kids and everybody that put together for TEDx this past Saturday. Um, it was our third event. It was a really incredible day. A little scary in the morning with the storms that that went through, but um we did it on time and people still came and it was really really great to see those kids up on that stage. I think the the common thing that that I have heard is that those kids each year just blows the previous year out of the water.
And so, then every grade level will get a grade, and then that will create your overall um school grade. So, for instance, on the left-hand side, you'll see your initial grading scale. That's for the grade we get this year. Um and then at the bottom, you can see where it says, "To ensure that rigor continues, if 25% of schools earn an A, the grading scale for everyone will increase by 2. 2.5 points." Um and then this can occur twice before the the scale reaches the final grade of 90 to 100. Okay. Okay, so um the K-3 model, again, um for it really starts in in grade three is where they will get their first score. Um and again, it starts with the academic mastery. So, kids will get a score based on that, their ELA and their math scores. And then they can get um the success indicators.
>> That's what I was going to say. Let down right now. >> WELL, I was going to have to pull him off. >> We're going have to make Mr. Beckman go last for now on our senior high student of the month, I don't believe, is here. Nariah Harvey was who we selected this week. this month. >> Um, so Nariah is involved in multiple sports. She's involved in volleyball, basketball, wrestling, and softball. So B winter season for her was very, very busy with basketball and wrestling at the same time. Um, she's involved in learning to lead student council, national honor. What drew us to selecting the rise was we had a lot going on in the office one day and we had some two boys in there who can be a behavioral challenge for anybody even people who are veteran teachers and we noticed that Nariah had taken both of them under her wing and was helping them with their schoolwork and they were responding to her and that that's the type of leader that I think we need to promote a student that you know is successful in the classroom.
I'm ask coaches if you wouldn't mind say a few words about your team. We'll finish up. >> Okay. I'll go I'll read the commendation first and hand out their awards and then if you could say a couple words at the end would be great. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I know said it before, but it's the season where there's a lot going on. So, I'm sure we don't have perfect attendance for everybody here this evening. That's understandable. They're out doing a band concert. So, resolution accommodation. The Crown Point Board of School Trustees is honored to commend the 2025 2026 Taff Middle School academic Super Bowl team for notorious achievement. Be it hereby resolved that the board of school trustees for the Crown Point Community School Corporation wishes to express sincere congratulations to the 2025 2026 TAP Middle School academic Super Bowl team for being named state runner up in the science category for class one and first place in Lake County in the English category for class one at the Indiana Junior Academic Super Bowl competition.
Give you some details of the things the PTA at Healthy Park did for the teachers that week. Uh Monday, we served a breakfast. Tuesday, we had a snack cart we took around all the rooms. Teachers could pick snacks. Wednesday, rock, paper, scissors contest at lunch. We provided prizes for the for the winners. Thursday, B.J. Brew House, restaurant on the east side. The manager is married to a teacher at Helfer Park, so they gave us a special deal on that a meal. So, we served a meal on Thursday. They went and delivered it. Friday, El Charro gave us another special deal, so we served another lunch on Friday. Uh a special thing, one of the members sat at the door for recess and had a stack of thank you cards and asked the students to sign a card on the way out to recess. And she said that was well received.
Hearing none, uh, we'll move on to the approval of consent agenda existing meeting minutes from regular board meetings. April 27, 2026, allowance of plans, financial report, personnel reports part one and two. >> Yes. Hello everyone. Um, as usual, we're going to start with some payrolls um, for April 2026. The first one's going to be on F1 in your finance packet. It was dated the 10th of April 2026. payroll of $497,449. If you want to move um forward to F3, that's going to be the um taxes and retirement for the payroll on the 10th. Total for uh taxes and retirement 151956. And then the second regular payroll for April 2026 was dated on the 24th. $474,51.78. And once again, we have the taxes and retirement. The total for that payroll was 136321.96. And then we're going to move forward um to some prepays that I did for April 2026.
Mr. Brown is on there. So, um you uh did you say you're going to abstain from from the vote because of that? Is that correct? >> Yes. Okay. So, that's that that's the why and the reason behind that. So, anything else? Yeah. I I would like to ask that we do look a little bit into our our hiring process and you know, making sure that we're doing everything that reflects well um on the board. Um I had asked for um some some line items to be uh voted upon separately and I was denied that request. So, I will abstain. Thank you. Okay. And I got a uh Is the the middle school baseball season over with? Yes. Okay. And we're just now approving baseball coaches for the past year. Why weren't they approved before? Um that that was something that that we missed. Uh both of them are in our corporation.
Smith, Madame President, and school board members. It's my great honor to present the 2026 Indiana VEX Robotics Middle School State Champions, the Fall Creek Valley Gearcats, Team 1024 Generals. We have Sergy Cuan, Ryland Singh, Luke Stratton, Tucker Caster, Then we also want to recognize Noah Short who couldn't be here this evening. The Gearcats are coached by their head coach Adriana McCulla and assistant coach Alex Tol. ACTUALLY, COACH, if you want to come. Next, we are proud to uh celebrate our Indiana Esports Network Middle School Super Smash Brothers Ultimate State Champions for the state of Indiana in 2026. We have Aiden Pearson, Gavin Graham, Joshua Cervantes, Deas, Kaden Edwards, who couldn't be here tonight, Parker Cannon, Samuel Sigru, Simon Reynolds, and our Super Smash Brothers state champions were coached by coach Annie Moore, and assistant coach Samuel Moore, who is coaching golf tonight. We are also proud to recognize iz that we had a fall state champion in esports as well.
If I've got a silicone one that's reusable, washable, you know, carrying stuff in in metal and glass and some of those, you know, it's kind of hard cuz it's heavy or you know, Could you substitute with a cloth bag or If something's yes, salad's a little difficult. But is neither the question though more of a storage issue rather than a cooking issue, right? Yes. I mean, they make these out of different I mean, it's less than it's less likely to leach or otherwise degrade in the absence of Again, it's probably better than most plastics, but I don't think we have the evidence at least, you know, I don't know that from being a doctor just from being on these listservs and being absorbed in this that it's not Is this film available online somewhere? Yes, it's available if you have a Netflix subscription. It's on It's on Netflix, yep.
So, uh the first fact was that most of the uh or a large portion portion of the site uh was within flood plain. March 2nd, uh Mr. Lucas agreed to >> I think we the plan represents the portion of our site that's in the flood plain. >> you're you're saying >> We're stipulating that part of the site is yes in the flood plain. Okay, and number two was that the Conservation Commission has jurisdiction over activities that alter for flood plain. You're agreeing to that as well. >> Uh number three, I'm skipping number three, I'll come back to that. Number four is the site is contaminated. There is a RAM plan um that was submitted to DEQ. That's a yes or no answer. There is contamination on the site. Okay. And number four was the site is within the 200 100 and 200-ft riverfront area. Yeah, we would stipulate to that.
Whether it's on the volleyball court or a tennis all-star or volunteering for over 40 hours in town camps, food drives, Sophia always shows up for our community. Her teacher describes her as a student, but not only as a student, but as a problem solver who transformed our school's digital voting and scoring process for the senior capstone project. In the words of one of her teachers, Sophia is one of the most mature and reliable students I've had in the senior class. She has been the go-to person for logistics and for her ability to comm uh communicate, problem solve, and think reasonably. She is level-headed, a friend to all, and a bright light on everyone's day. Sophia is off to UNH to study nursing in the honors program. Sophia, your contributions have left a permanent mark on DHS, and it is my honor to present the certificate of excellence.
I speak sometimes, sometimes the others speak as well, too. But, this is done with everybody, right? With our administrators, with our business manager Andy, with Steven Solomon, our assistant superintendent, with our Vera, our assistant, with lots of other people. So, you know, while I sit here and maybe sometimes you take the good and the bad, and I don't know if this is good or bad, right? But, you do this, I'm presenting this to you. And and we know that in the future cuz I don't just do this today to take care of today's problem. Cuz I don't want to create problems for our future superintendent, right? Or future anybody who works here, whether they're different department heads and everything like that. It doesn't look like next year's budget will get that much better. But, in life things are cyclical. So, we know someday at some time, right?
And uh, far be it from Marlene as I and I as, uh, school counselors from, you know, being told people can't, uh, lead outside of their area. Once you get into a leadership position, you're always dealing with, uh, more diverse, uh, almost always dealing with more diverse professionals than you did previously. So, um, aside from that, her, uh, her interpersonal way, um, the way that she was able to express herself, um, eloquently, confidently, but also, uh, in a disarming way, was really welcome. And I think reflected the culture we have here in working with our colleagues but also with parents to be able to um you know, share in a way that's that's um genuine um and supportive uh and that those were some of the the highlights of why uh ultimately she was our successful candidate. So, I wanted to give Biata an opportunity to kind of introduce herself as well.
This is on your feet, hands-on, complex thinking. There's a tremendous amount of um preparation that goes into preparing for the mock trial competitions. Um they start at the They start at um one level and then they narrow the teams down throughout the state um to four teams and we've made it to those finals several times, um almost um almost winning um for the year. Um but it's a great experience for our students. Uh we also have an investment club and I will share with you just last week we went to field trip to Yale University's endowment fund, which is the third largest endowment fund, 44 billion plus um of money they managed. Our students learned how they go about um selecting the um investments that they invest in. And one of the number one things they look for in their investments are the people. And most importantly, the integrity of the people.
Uh the purpose of this award is to recognize students who show outstanding educational growth, improvement, commitment, and intellectual development in their academic subjects. It is meant to reward students who work hard, give their best effort in school, and demonstrate the high academic achievement. As I call your name, please come get a pin your pin and certificate from Mr. Schmidt. Elena Aikens. >> [applause] >> Archer Atkins >> [applause] >> Gavin Belcher >> [applause] >> Dexter Burke >> [applause] >> Ashlyn Breece >> [applause] >> Mila Carlson >> [applause] >> David Cottney >> [applause] >> Gemma Cole >> [applause] >> Caden Sparclaw >> [applause] >> CHLOE FERRARA >> [applause] >> AUBREY GOLER >> [applause] >> DEVERY Hernandez >> [applause] >> Ashley Hope >> [applause] >> Zoe McIntyre >> [applause] >> Ona Peterson >> [applause] >> J.J. Pratt >> [applause] >> Paisley Spring >> [applause] [applause] >> Dylan Stewart Kaya Stroud >> [applause] >> and Jocelyn Withers >> [applause] >> The next award is our presidential award for educational excellence.
Uh be it forth be res- Oh, yeah, resolved that the board expresses its deepest gratitude for Mr. Kovach's commitment, sacrifice, and service, which has greatly enriched the Garfield community and school district. But if further resolve that the resolution should be entered into the official minutes of the Garfield Board of Education and that a copy be presented to Mr. Kovac as a token and appreciation of our recognition. Congratulations. >> [applause] >> Mayor, how about I want to say a few words? >> [applause] [applause] >> I want to thank you know, Dr. Tomko, members of the Board of Education, fellow Garfield residents. Thank you to the Garfield Board of Education for this incredible honor recognizing my 50 years of service with the Garfield Fire Department. I am truly grateful and humbled by this recognition. For For five decades, serving the community has been one of the greatest privileges of my life.
>> [music] >> Hallelujah. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] Good evening. [cheering] My name is Coopert Dale and I am the senior class president for Canyon Deloro High School. Please remain standing as the CDIO Army Junior ROC will perform the presentation of colors, followed by the pledge of allegiance and the national anthem. This evening, our national anthem will be performed by seniors from CDL's choir and CDL's advanced ASL seniors will be signing the anthem.