When we see that students are developing these skills to speak in public, to engage, I am always kind of caught off guard when there's like a firm handshake, eye contact, these are skills that, you know, our students have to be taught and our teachers teach them um things from th that level to of course being able to then win awards through Business Professionals of America. And lastly, I would just like to congratulate um all of our teacher of the year, employee of the year, and um of course our admin of the year finalists and nominees. Really, it is such a blessing and it's an inspiration to get to work in Crown Point Community School Corporation. And so to see all that our teachers tackle, how our admins support our teachers, how they work in partnership to consistently be moving us forward. They see where our needs are and they don't pause to take action.
That is fully on us and DEP is overseeing that. So, if we find something, it's not like you would grant us an order of conditions and we don't represent something and it's like, "Oh, you missed your opportunity." No, it's not That that's not how it works. So, we will do a full characterization. We'll talk about that more in detail tonight if you'd like, but we're not going to do a full characterization in the next several months during this public hearing. It's just not customary on any project. Um certainly not one that Callahan or we have been involved with. Well, I agree that and that that was my point is that uh it it is your liability if you find something. So, why wouldn't you want to know what was there? It just And and we can we can discuss that further. But, does anyone else have any commentary on I have some comments or questions.
There are dollars that are supporting that work. >> So I'm going to I'm just going to interject. 100% agree with you Dr. S Magguire. I don't you know you're you're talking you don't have to I don't think you have to convince this group of us. You certainly don't have to convince me. All I'm saying is that somehow whether it's through providing documentation and ultimately it sounds like you know we're kind of split right now which is fine. I just wanted to have the conversation, but it's about educating and getting information out to the 10 10 approximately 10,000 registered voters in this town that are ultimately going to approve an override for us. >> Agree. >> I think that be because we see it we see it here every single day that we every single twice twice a month the wonderful things that the money does that [clears throat] comes into the school department and what it can do to students.
Why we have rolling here I have one question that's sort of budget? Well, ask the question and then we'll see if it's budgeting. Always on TV. Can ask it after. Okay. Well, in that case are we all satisfied in them? Okay, would someone like to make a motion to adjourn? >> Second. All in favor? >> I. I. We are unanimous. We are now adjourned. Let me turn off our recording.
I wouldn't send a teacher. Right. But um Mary, I I agree to some respects because uh I think there's also a need for somebody in that role to also understand what's coming down the pipe from early childhood and a lot of times we do get called to attend I have teachers who attend some of these collaborative meetings. So, I don't want to leave out something like that because again, you know, I don't know Jeff, but I I it would at least open up to like if any of the administrators aren't able to attend, this person should be able to attend, too. Well, I think you know, cuz this is new, right? For all of us. Um and it's going to be new more than likely for people appointed to this role or or uh assistant superintendent or excuse me, assistant principal or principal um likely new.
And even the simple things like adjusting the font size. You know, and >> of us have to do more than others. >> [laughter] >> So, you know, they have become more adept with that and also I think the textbook platforms themselves have become much more user-friendly. It's not the old 200-page PDF file that you're scrolling through. You know, that's not what we're we're experiencing with this anymore and the students um really are finding that barrier. Very few students have been asking for that. Um you know, the the exceptions are students who I've had students who have who have vision issues uh or who have things that suffer with migraines uh and that glare from the computer screen becomes an issue for them or they have an IEP or 504 and they need this in addition to having the online access. Yeah. Oh, just one thing.
I've I'm obviously very familiar with this. There's not too many high schools that have this. This is what will set our kids, and especially our academy, apart from kids going to the tech and all these other places. Why not do that, okay? Medical schools are using these. Uh several high schools are using these. Colleges are using these. This is put put together uh with funding that we found from title monies that are still left in this year. So, this purchase tonight has absolutely no effect, zero effect, on the individuals that are are or are not coming back. But you're There's two different buckets. The the re-nom renewal and renewal of the renewal list tonight has to do with 2026-27 budget. The Nedom Osage tables, we're still in this current year. If we don't use these monies and Garfield historically has had carryover funds, I can almost guarantee that the federal government is going to take away those those carryover funds because they're looking for money, too.
Yeah. >> You know what might be good, Evan? Oh, perfect. Okay. So, you got those two. >> Where where are you at? I see her. I see on the thing, but I'm looking at the document and I'm Oh, there you are. >> Good. >> Yeah. >> Ask a question. >> Yeah, please. >> Um, what is what is an instance in which um a police interview would a parent be getting a notification of a police interview or what is that? I don't understand what that means. >> So, there's kind of two times that the police might come to the school. we might have a concern in which we call the police and ask them to like come because maybe there was a threat made on campus and so we need to report it. Very very rare occasions the police will sometimes come to our school and say that they need to speak to somebody based on something that happened outside of the campus.
It's about building systems and and learning environments that provide equitable opportunities and meaningful access for all learners. Through collaborative partnerships between our school teams and our families, we continue to work to ensure that supports are individualized and responsive to student needs. So now I'd like to highlight some background data for context. Students with IEPs make up approximately 16.6% of District 62 student population, which is slightly above the state average of 16.3%. Our students represent a wide range of strengths and needs across academic, communication, developmental, behavioral, emotional, and health-related areas. The most common disability category in District 62 includes developmental delay, which is a disability category for students ages 10 and under, specific learning disability, speech language impairment, and autism. And some disability categories occur much less frequently, which you can see reflected in the slide. Together, this data highlights the importance of maintaining a continuum of services that is supportive and can be responsive to a diverse student body.
That's also probably a goal personal goal for me. Um but um Mark Brandon and uh Jen and uh Uh, Dave have done abs- absolutely great work with this as well. I'm just one person standing up to represent the five of us, so. Keep up the great work. Yeah, fantastic job. Thank you, Ryan. Thanks, Ryan. I have a quick question. >> Yeah. Um, I really like how you present. Oh, where did he go? Ryan. >> Ryan. Ryan. Ryan. >> [laughter] >> You you just missed him. He was done. He was down for a second. >> [laughter] >> Here you are. So, I really appreciated how you have the data set up. It's very easy for us to see and to know what the questions were. And I'm thinking back to a few to 2 weeks ago, I had um, asked for some raw data for the different surveys that we had presented then.
And so, we want to get used to the cadence and I don't know how Amy's going to want to do this, but I don't see every meeting as doing board policies. I I I in my former districts, I did it quarterly unless there was something absolutely pressing that we needed to get done immediately. But otherwise, you're going to get them trickling in and it's better to do it in chunks. >> Mhm. >> So, that's my recommendation, but Amy, you'll be sailing the ship, so whatever you want to do. >> All right. Next we have our information items, the FOIA report, inner enrollment report are both included in the board packet. And now we go to our agenda items for the June 15th board meeting, which right now we have fuel bid, paper bid, the architect presentation, policies update that we just talked about, and check signers, and then can we just add again, I know that we won't have a lot of committee meetings in the summer, but can we add just a discussion for the board on kind of updating the committee meetings and who can attend and who's going to be assigned cuz we do have some newer board members that would like to jump in.
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>> Right. >> Yeah. So, we will vote on this next month. So, if there are any small changes or whatever, then we'll communicate that or if you have questions, you can always ask. >> Would you like us to clean it up in the fact of what I Oops. Um take out what we've marked out, unhighlight things, and change the page numbers or is that something you want us to do it after you approve it next month? I don't know. >> I would wait until I go over it and approve it. That way they can decide for >> in the old and new. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Thank >> Yep. >> So, then as the junior senior high, it's basically just fine-tuning things, but the cell phone policy is the biggest. >> Yeah. Large um majority of our changes were just reflecting the 94% percent attendance.
Last thing you said I don't Sorry. Have we gotten Have we gotten any emails Okay. They are attending summer school at this time. So Um at first I said it was only going to be summer school but did we offer summer school last year? Yes. I mean, we had less than 20. Probably 20, but it was just our 11th and 12th graders. >> No. No, bars So, this is different than Barry Summer School that you were talking about. This is just uh Monday through Friday, 8:00 to noon. We have teachers who will supervise them. So, they support it through the program that's online curriculum. >> [laughter] >> They can take almost any class that's offered under the Apex curriculum. Everything and anything from language arts to math, social studies to health, driver's education. Thank you, Carol. I appreciate your patience. Jamie, I am going to scoot out of here.
and they know how to do hard work to overcome obstacles and to really collaborate. So, I'm just very grateful um to get to work with not only the secondary teachers but with a fantastic team um people that are in this room who you know continue to contribute every day to the commitment of excellence in Crown Point. Thank you. >> Thank you. Director of exceptional education. Good evening, President Smith, members of the board. Uh, last month I mentioned a project with Ben's Blue Bags, which is um a first responder, Matt Kotichek, in the area who builds these sensory and communication tool bags filled with um all kinds of goodies for students who might have issues with sensory needs, communication needs, and they are in all of our first responders cars here. While with uh Wheelers, NJHS, Darlene Varga, and Patty Croll, the sponsors, we had four students go to five of our elementaryaries and make deliveries to the applied skills classrooms.
Um from what I gather of the information you provided, including the most recent information, there's been no testing out there since what? 2022? 2016? 2010? I don't know. It sounds like it's all pretty old stuff. And that there hasn't been any new testing of any sort. Is that correct? No. No. Um a lot of >> That's not correct. No, that is not correct. There was quite a bit of sampling done between 2022 through 2025. So, we have sampling data as of a year ago. So, we have current data um particularly for the groundwater. >> Sampling from existing hole borings and wells and such? I mean, no new sampling points have been created. Is that correct? >> Um that's not correct. No. Um Yeah. Um starting in 2022, you know, in anticipation of you know, redevelopment of the site, um we've sampled both up gradient and down gradient with new monitoring wells that were installed.
We just saw it, like you said, we just saw it tonight. And I don't And for me, that that is I see it. I see it every day. I see it in the communications. I see it out in the public. I see that. So, this isn't coming from me. I'm in my head. I'm thinking about what can we do to educate the 10,000 registered voters in this town ultimately, one for a possible override, and two, eventually debt exclusions for a new school. So, I guess if we can package it up what we already have, great. And that's something that we can we can have that conversation about. Um, but I certainly appreciate the dialogue uh this evening uh especially in anticipation of our um our meeting tomorrow. >> And I just want to follow up, Mr. Oliver. I know that every member of this committee supports the work that we do every single day.
I think initially at the very least, I would probably want both people to attend if they could so that there's a deep understanding of what like the expectations are. Uh I appreciate your point about administrators representing the school system. That's a that's a good point. Um because in fact, I mean, that's really what you're doing when you go there. Um and I I agree that um the admin's admin side should probably be representing us. I also think that the teacher, you know, if available should be at that one at least initially, too, so that there's a real clear understanding of like what state expectations are. So, we have two people taking it in and processing as much as we've done this before. Spark starts been around for 10 years now for us. I I also when we were drafting this, so we were talking it through, I'm seeing that we have an immediate hole to fill.
Yeah, no problem. But so in the past, textbooks would go to the library. I should have asked my question. What is the process? Yeah, how are we going to do that? We can provide I'm not saying we should. Like I mean we're changing. I get it. No, but I think that's I think we put a message at the library just like we put the book at the library. >> Okay. Where we give them the URL with a with a little QR code that they can go and they can access it. We'll do the same thing And you have to bring it back. We'll do the same thing. I'm just thinking maybe in the future like for us, right? For voting on this. Like if we could see some of it, you know, if we actually because we would go through the textbook here. Oh, I think I can pull it up.
So, I don't know what else to say except that we this board has talked about keeping programs, expanding and enhancing opportunities for kids. Again, these are title monies. I would I don't know why you would want to use them. I really don't. So. But thank you. Okay, we're going to move on to resolutions. Can I have a motion for um personnel? Can I So so moved with the amendment Yeah, as amended. As amended. To number 8.15, restoring summer hours for the full summer to certain employees. Yeah, Alan, I can't hear you. I'm sorry, I thought I was too loud. I'm making the amendment to 8.15. So, I'm making the motion to approve the resolutions with the amended 8.15 restoring the summer hours to certain employees. I don't know what's wrong. I can't Did you hear me? >> Yeah, he's he's he's He made the motion to approve as amended.