At first, I did what most kids would probably do. I acted like everything was fine. I remember being at the school for an eye test with the school nurse. The kid in front of me was reading the chart, and I just memorized what he said. He said, "A B C D E." So, when it was my turn, I confidently went up, and I said, "A B C D E." That was the problem. The nurse had changed the chart. She asked me to try again, and I once again confidently said, "A B C D E." Because I didn't know she changed the chart. Now, it's pretty much the moment where I got caught. I failed the eye test, and the school nurse told me to go back to class and called my mom. From there, my family and I began going to different doctors and trying to figure out what was happening with my vision.
Any questions regarding the consolidated district plan? Hearing none, would anyone like to make a motion to approve? I'll make the move. Thank you, Tyson. Second? Thank you, Adam. Roll call, please. Braden? Yes. Kipken? Yes. Moyer? Yes. Corey? Yes. Schumacher? Yes. Search? Yes. Meyer? Yes. All right. Item B is establishment of the public hearing date and time. Yeah, we posted the budget on May 18th cuz our June board meeting is June 18th. I recommend that the board um set the public hearing date and time to amend the 25-26 school budget on June 18th, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. with the regular board meeting following right after. Are we pretty good with the date and time? Hearing no complaints, would anyone like to make a motion to approve the public hearing date and time? I'll make the motion. Thank you, Lisa. Second? I'll second. Thank you. Maureen, Adam, roll call, please.
They have both been highly impacted over the last two years and continue to grow at a rate that is making it difficult to reduce these cost. I will also say the slide I have up does not include any of the reductions that these two ladies and their teams have been working on this year. This is data from the fall um that we report now. We'll do it again next year for you. Um but it's everything we had spent in a fiscal year really. And so I wanted to share it with you in that forum. You will see the bottom line bottom far right column is the shortage in this area. So we we have tried to reduce these fees every year. you'll see the funding was about half of what we needed per student and it remains at that level. And so what we're forced to do is make up that shortage because we don't want to do without these resources and that money comes from the education fund and the majority is coming now from debt service as it's really going to the devices and software.
Any discussion? All those in favor? 7-0. Another resolution. Asking for approval of a resolution authorizing the treasurer deputy treasurer to make payments of claims without board action prior to June 11th, and to allow them to make transfers of appropriations within the funds in order to balance major account classifications. We'll entertain a motion to approve. So moved. Have a motion by Kurt. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Cheryl.
Um still two walks, but we're we're minimizing the damage on the free passes so far. And it seems like coach Sasso makes his bench players uh run out to touch the foul pole and then run back in the middle of an inning, maybe to keep them warm. Yeah, it's something they've been doing all year long. I I've seen a few different uh teams do that. I think it's more of a softball thing than a baseball thing, uh but I have seen that happen throughout the year. Um Not necessarily know how the girls feel about it. They're able to just take a little jog out there and they're usually smiling when they're doing it. So, I think it's a it's also probably a team building activity as well. Carri shoots it down a second to get this thing started and we're going to get to the top of the third with a three to one lead for the Clockers.
In the narrative report you can see the accounts and I did this last month as well. The most The accounts with the most significant differences between budget and actual expenditures. These are the same as last month. They are the tuitions and the outplacements, the textbooks and software, the transportation and the capital equipment. These don't all carry the same weight. Obviously the budget for tuition and outplacements is a lot at 2.8 million is a lot larger than the textbooks and software budget at 300,000. But what you can see in this table is the budget appropriation, our projected year-end balance, and then last year's projected year-end balance. So there's some pretty big swings in these line items. I wouldn't say at this point in the year that they were unpredictable, but you can see pretty big upticks in tuition and outplacements and transportation. So tuition and outplacements with our projected year-end balance of 400,000 dollars, transportation at 600,000 dollars, and capital equipment at 194,000 dollars.
So, what we challenged them to do was to kind of like the theme be aware if you're in the hallway and you you notice a classmate behind you to kind of just take that extra time to hold the door or things as simple as like if they're at lunch, you know, and they notice that their table's all messy, there's all this trash. It's really easy for elementary students to grasp kind of the idea of like, well, I can notice that and I can kind of take the idea that we left them of like, see something, do something, right? you see see trash left out, I'm going to do something about it. And with this kind of idea of see something, do something. The theme that we really really pitched to them and that actually I think resonated the best was this idea of what to do if you see a classmate who might be by themselves or might might not be taken care of.
But for the time being I if the bus drivers are comfortable with it, like crossing the road in the morning, whatever, I just shrug my shoulders and say, "All right." I wouldn't want to be a bus driver. I thought the lot behind the Waco building that on the corner of Highland and San Mag was bigger. It It's not that big. The Waco building? You mean where East Coast is? >> Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I don't think it's I don't think it's all that big. >> It's not that big. Well, the Are we talking about You're saying >> The existing parking lot behind the building. >> Yeah, no, it's not big. It's not that big. It's very small and >> I expected it to be bigger. >> This would also include spaces for electric electrical charging for vehicles if that was something you wanted to entertain with DECCO.
You've been hearing about this all year as they've gone from regionals to state and now on to nationals. And so we're sending a good number of these students to um Atlanta this summer. And the other neat thing this year is for the first time we're sending um middle school students as well. So we had middle school students participate and they just did fantastic. Many of them earning gold at the state level. And so mixed in in kind of order of their competition from Napa Valley High School, 22nd Elevator Story gold medal winner Josiah Ford from Sandia Academy. CO2 dragster and design. Allison Arana >> for Granite Hills High School. a pair who will represent their school as the chapter excellence award winners Brianna Canela and Natalie Nurano in the precision machining pathway from Apple Valley High School. Gold medal winner in the CNC twoaxis turning program.
But I also want to encourage you to remember this as you move into the next chapter. Success is important. Achievement is important. But the way you make people feel, the way you serve others, the way you use your gifts to uplift your community, that is what leaves a lasting and true Viking legacy. Congratulations to all of tonight's scholarship recipients, to our Key Club adviser, Mrs. Gregoire. I can't see you because of the lights, but hopefully you're in here. You're rad. Um, as well as every educator and counselor who guided and supported these students, and to the families who have encouraged them every step of the way. Lastly, a huge thank you to all of our incredible Key Club members for committing to continue to embody what service and leadership truly look like as they enter their post high school journeys. Now, without uh further delay, I'd like to present our first scholarship to Paige Kennedy.
He was an active member of St. Philip's Knights of Columbus uh 11671 and the Italian-American Family Association of Clifton. He also served on the Board of Directors at Four Seasons including 6 years as Vice President and previously contributed to the Building and Grounds Committee. Mr. DeGiao also was a member of the Veterans Club at Four Seasons. Be it further resolved that the contents of this resolution be noted in their entirety in the official minutes of the Clifton Board of Education for future generations to peruse. Dated May 21st, 2026. Thank you very much, Commissioner Esther Barnes. I'm going to look for a motion to move uh B1 through B8. Motion. Second. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't hear you. Uh first by uh Commissioner Brunciak, second by Commissioner Paris.
I'm not an expert. I don't do construction on, you know, playgrounds in different areas. But you look at certain some of the items and things and involving with it, especially one line item really sticks out to me is the amount of mulch and the cost of the mulch. Why is the cost so exuberant for us where we can probably pick up a local vendor and get mulch at a much more affordable option. Yeah, it's certified playground mulch, um which is what we're required to use. It's what we've done before in the past. It's inclusive in the the proposals themselves. And the only thing I would say, too, there's certain requirements that particularly preschool, you're like connected to Eckers, you have to have a certain like inch level and all the different rules that go with it. So, it has to be done by the installer to kind of be in alignment and I guess proof that we're following all the requirements per per preschool.
At the time, I did not understand how big of a moment that would become. I just thought I was getting away with something. But looking back, that little stupid eye test was the beginning of something much bigger. And when you are young, that is very scary. It is hard to explain what it feels like when something is changing and you do not have a clear answer. You do not always know how to talk about it. You just know that things that used to feel easy are starting to feel different. For a while, I tried to keep doing everything the same way as I had. But eventually, my vision loss affected the sport I loved. In the eighth grade, I was told I had to stop playing baseball for safety reasons. And that was really hard for me. But I want to pause here because I know a lot of you probably understand that feeling in some way of your own.
Braden? Yes. Moyer? Yes. Corey? Yes. Meyer? Yes. Schumacher? Yes. Braden? Yes. >> Search? Yes. All right. Item C is a consideration of contract with David Mason Associates. >> So, David Mason Associates is the um civil engineering group that had a intern this year. We had one of our high school students that did classes over there or not classes, but went over there and actually worked with the civil engineers and learned how to read prints and everything, and it went very very well. Um, we want them to look at our middle school ADA. One of the first projects I did when I got here was fixing that bridge between the multi-purpose field of the high school and the um and the middle school. However, it is not ADA accessible and it really needs to be. There's slopes there, but basically what they're going to do is come up with a plan that would connect the back of the um middle school parking lot and connect it with the proper slopes and everything down to the bridge.
>> So there is I want to ask this there are students that are still going to have charges >> at this time. We'd really only charge for lost or damaged. We would charge for college credit and some really special unique situations. We have not returned to charging any types of fees. It is something we will continue to consider year after year and many of our neighbors and around Marian County have decided to start charging additional fees back. We are still charging very charge because of >> Yep. >> a unique situation. >> Correct. It's typically loss or damage that we're charging the most for. But but some courses just have that extra >> Yeah, dual credit is a good example. That's that student and family's choice. And so we do pass that fee along. It's not a requirement that we have to graduate from here at this time.
Any discussion? All those in favor? 7-0. Which brings us down to relations. Yes, I have um asking for approval for a MOU between Clarity of Central Indiana and JCSC. This is the same MOU as last year and we're just asking for approval. Okay? Entertain a motion to approve. So moved. I have a motion by Mary Lynn, a second by Pat.
And Usaris will face nine, one, and two at least here for the Gators. It starts off with Lexi Derry, the first baseman, then back up to Kryschinski, and Tosques. So, a lefty at the plate here in Lexi Derry. Yeah, first left first lefty of the game, I believe. Yeah, had one yesterday. That was the pitcher, Alexis Cahill. And that one is ball one, close pitch. >> Yeah, I'm not [snorts] quite sure where that one missed. I I just can't seem to figure out this guy's strike zone. Um sometime he'll call strike is called, sometimes it's a ball. I really cannot figure out where the ball is supposed to go with this guy behind the plate. It's a it's like a coin flip. It really is. So, that was a good pitch there, swinging a miss by Derry. So, a ball and a strike here for Usaris.
And so the question is when we have these projected year-end balances, how are we balancing our budget? And so if you look at the first table on the first page of the budget narrative where you can see the On the right hand side is the variance. And so our projected year-end balance for our certified salaries and our operations and maintenance lines are carrying the negative or the deficits in the outplacements and the support services is where the transportation lives. So at this point in the year we, you know, still have some strong controls in place. I'll talk about some more specific parts of this the budget and expenditures, but some things that we've put in place is, you know, we have increased the expenditure cap, which has been held at 60% all year, even though we're, you know, less than a month away from the end of school.
So, I'm going to introduce Hunter now. Hunter actually has a really great story because if you guys don't know Hunter, Hunter is exactly the type of person that if he notices someone by themselves, he's the first person to go over. So, it's it's fitting that he's going to talk about this example. But, this story really helped kind of ground our strategy of like a great way to be aware is if you see someone by themsel to just go engage with that person. And I'm gonna turn it over to Hunter to talk down. >> All right. >> Good afternoon. How's it going? Um, so I'm here to talk about being aware. And at the lunch table, me and my buddies, we usually sit at the same table together because we known each other from sports and from activities outside of the high school. And me and my buddy Seb looked over and noticed that there was a kid sitting alone whose name was Nas.
That makes sense because there's a bigger footprint for that. Yeah. >> Because it's not one five-minute fueling station, it's park it in a you've got a porous cement pad, put the equipment in and then it stays parked for eight hours or whatever it is. >> more space, right? >> Exactly, that's my point is you're pouring a you're pouring a cement footprint cement pad as compared to one diesel fueling station where people can run through probably every 10 minutes, fill up, and you just need one fueling station for 35 trucks. Might take a few hours to get them all filled up for 35 buses. Might take a few hours total, but literally you can't do that with the electric unless you go really expensive, which is not going to happen. And I think that like, you know, the town you like you all approve a five-year plan even though it's really year one, right?