001May I now call to order the Brownsburg Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. To the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please join me for a moment of reflection. Thank you. Communications. We have a commendation for the BHS girls lacrosse team's state champions. Ms. Murphy. Yes, absolutely. I would like first Coach Caitlin Lawson to come up. And then you're right up there and turn around and face the group. And then the rest of the state champion girls lacrosse team would join her up front. Go for it, girls. Come on up. So, girls, I was talking to Coach Lawson before that you're the first ever
002state champion of the girls team. How about that? Yeah, so you started. I want you to hold up how many fingers across. We've got a lot less. Well, let's talk a little bit about Coach Caitlin about how they won this. Because last year, let's see, where we have, where is Addie? Okay. So, Addie, can you tell everybody how last season ended? Last season, it was very. Disappointing losing by one in the state championship. It was definitely hard on all of us, but I think it pushed us to work even harder this year. So this year, how did it end? Being state champions, and it's amazing. How did the game end? Oh, I scored the game-winning goal. With how much time left? 18 seconds. So it was kind of exciting. So whatever the heartbreak was from
003last year, it was all better this year, right? So talk a little bit about what it's like to be a coach of an emerging sport and how you build interest and how you build your team and how you got to this point in such a hurry. Well, first it's also not only were we an emerging sport this year, but it was also the first year that we were a varsity club sport at Brownsburg. So personally, it was a lot of, am I doing things correctly? Am I representing the school correctly? And I think obviously we ended up with the win that we wanted and the state championship we wanted. And I think just in the short amount of time that we were able to get to this point, it was really all about changing the
004team culture. Making the number one priority positivity not just the score at the end of the game But also how we feel and trust each other at the end of the game as well, and I think Prioritizing team bonding really has helped with that And I think that you did you set some record for assists or there was something with assists you had a ton of assists in the final game Yes, half of our goals were assisted in the final game. I believe Grace Grabowski, she's not here tonight. Actually, she has an award ceremony for lacrosse. Her and Madeline Gottlieb. But Grace set the single season record for assists this year with 30. Well, we're super proud of you guys. Let's go over here to Mrs. Heffernan, who knows a little bit about lacrosse. How
005excited are you? Well, thank you, Dr. Jason, for letting me give this award because it is near and dear to my heart, and so I'm very proud of you guys. It's been a long journey, and I'm so glad that you guys have done everything you've been able to do. So this Brunswick Community School Corporation Certificate of Accommodation is hereby presented to the BHS girls lacrosse team for winning the IHSAA 2026 State Team Championship. Congratulations. You can give it to Coach Caitlin. And then we'll let them stay there and parents can take a picture. Come on up and take a picture. Congratulations, ladies. Now on to the Brunsburg Education Foundation report. The Chipping for the Kids Golf Outing is presented by Summers Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling on Friday, June 12th. Registration is now closed. Thank you
006to all community partners, participants, and volunteers. BEF Pioneer Camp takes place the week of June 22nd at the Log Cabin Homestead property behind this building. Exiting 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be participating in the fun, educational, and hands-on day camp experience. Ford Drive for Your Community event presented by Bill Estes Ford is Thursday, September 10th at East Middle School from 1 to 5 p.m. Watch the BEF website, newsletter, and social media for more information. And bags and barrels bingo! Presented by Adelsberger Orthodontics is Tuesday, September 29th, 2026. Doors open at 5.30 p.m. Bingo starts at 6.30 p.m. Tickets include 20 rounds of bingo and are on sale starting in August or September. See the BEF website for more details, updates, and sponsorship opportunities. Thank you. Operations update, Mr. Hacker. Thank you very much. Prior
007to jumping in I would say pretty fun that we opened up the tennis facility had a state winning tennis the doubles team opened up the Multi-purpose field for lacrosse and have a state winning lacrosse team so exciting to see all those facilities open up But also the success and the hard work that that that is that our kids put into our athletics and performing arts and activities Just just really fun to see the success on all levels but very very fun to see it in such a quick fashion on our new facilities as well. So source ops update just a few things here not a ton but I want to talk about a lot of all the Some facility services department all the items that are taking place this summer This is not necessarily a
008comprehensive list because there are certainly several things with deep cleaning and such that's taking place But these are all the other things that we may not be able to get to during the school year that we really try to accomplish with our kind of in-house group some major items here on the list again, some of these are just paint, carpet, some minor things. But we are doing quite a bit at Alpha. You know, Alpha now has been around for several years and really started to identify some needs in that space to help make it a little bit more of a welcoming space and just some things as we've updated other buildings, make sure that Alpha is aligned to that. And so we're doing all that in-house. So really shout out to Buddy Faulkner and his
009maintenance team to, you know, putting up drywall and changing some walls up and adding some storage and some different furniture. So we are doing a few things there with some of the dollars that we have within our construction funds remaining to update alpha a little bit. And it's very, very exciting. And we'll have pictures when that is all said and done here to share at a future ops update. I'm also doing some paving asphalt repairs corporation-wide really three major areas white-lick Eagle and a little bit at Reagan so just some areas that over time become a More of a safety issue again. These are not operations dollars, but these are the From what I call the operations support that we utilize through the bond construction projects as well To make sure that we can continue
010to keep our grounds looking as good as possible and again These are more safety concerns, and they are just aesthetic Every year we also pick out some gym floors that need resurfacing. Again, thinking back to if we do a couple every single year. And then we space that out over the course of probably about six years to get through all those at the elementary level. Or excuse me, elementary and middle school level with all the gyms. And so we do a couple a year to make sure that we just stay on top of that. We are doing the second floor art rooms beginning to shift furniture up there in the new space. And I was over at the high school today. The demo is already taking place at the two remaining classrooms at Brownsburg High
011School that have not been touched through any renovation. It's two art rooms downstairs. And so, again, after the summer, every single classroom will have been touched. And very, very exciting to report that. So we're also at Reagan doing the new playground. Refurbishment like we have at some of our other spots Lincoln still is the final Playground there other than white lick that has not really been touched with the the new pour in place again We're holding off on white lick for a future expansion potentially knowing that Once we get the softball fields done across the street We know eventually as the bus fleet continues to increase in size. We may have to expand the bus parking lot If we do that, that brings the bus parking lot in the current Whitelick Playground, and where the
012current varsity and JV softball fields are would become the new Whitelick Playground. So we're really not trying to spend money just to turn around and tear it up in a few years, which is why that will remain in the same spot without the pour in place at Whitelick. But after this summer, we will just have Lincoln, and that will take place next summer. We did not have the dollars to do both this year. We will wait until next year to finish up with Lincoln. Really nothing else too major that's on this list. Wanted to highlight those. But again, these are all things that are going to be accomplished this summer. And very, very excited to share those results with you at the end. Some fun numbers here. I think we shared this last year as
013well. But obviously, very, very exciting commencement ceremony on Saturday. Again, fingers crossed. We always appreciate. I don't know who's in charge of the weather that day, but it had a few sprinkles, but ended up being just a beautiful day and a very, very nice ceremony. And I appreciate the support from the entire community to come out there and support our graduates. It's a very, very fun event. But we also, it's not just those who are showing up in our stadium and in our community. We are being viewed across the world with our live stream of that event. And so you can see here that we had over 1,500 unique visitors that tuned in to the live stream compared to just under 1,200 last year. And again, an increase in total devices as well as that
014from over almost 2300 different devices that were accessing the livestream graduation. So also pretty fun to know that probably a little difficult here to share. I don't know if I can zoom in here. Oh yeah, look at that. is these are all the different countries where live streams take place, from Canada and Chile, Curaçao, Germany, Dominican Republic, Spain, Finland, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Ireland, Mexico, Nigeria, Netherlands, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Sierra Leone, I think that's a new one there, El Salvador, United States, and Venezuela. So really appreciate Jason Starkweather and Robbie Donho and the entire live streaming. group there with the CSC TV to make sure this happens and that our kids can be celebrated across the globe. So pretty, pretty fun information there. Thank you Jason for your work. Switching from fun stuff
015to more of the finance side of it, which I know is everyone's favorite, but typically in May each year the circuit breaker report comes out, so we try to reserve June as an opportunity to share that. This was provided when that report came out in a Friday note, but wanted to also send that or go through it here today. So this is just the county. You know, sometimes we've used other comparison groups from the HCC and things, but again, because the assessments and such each year are very That's kind of can be county specific. Just kind of providing an update here with our county schools, Avon, Brownsburg, Danville, Mill Creek, Northwest Hendricks, and Plainfield. I'll try to go through the columns here. Hopefully we've talked about this enough through community engagement and board meetings that
016a lot of this should be familiar language. But the first column there is what we refer to as the certified max levy. So as we've discussed many a time, that is a number that is ultimately provided to us by the DLGF. So there is a growth percentage. Each year that is given to us that schools cannot increase the amount by us by that percentage can't go over that And that represents and that's really a number that shows up on our budget forms within gateway of this is the maximum amount within the operations fund levy that we can ask for from taxpayers Here locally so you can see your Avon a little bigger than us You know so a little bit more dollars. We're eight little over 18 million there Danville just under 5, Mill Creek
017just over 3, Ortho-Sandrick 5, and then Plainfield at 10. So what is new this year and why we wanted to kind of show this is that supplemental homestead credit? So this is beginning the first year of the implementation of Senate enrolled act 1 so that is a new credit and we talked about the up to $300 10% of or up to $300 that is being ultimately removed from all local taxing districts and So what you'll spine there is the dollar amount out of that 18 million that has been removed with that new supplemental home credit. So for BCSC and Brownsburg, that is just over 2.5 million. It was nice to know that our projections and the groups we work with were right on target with that number for us. So knowing that our projections, what
018we thought would happen, did actually come to fruition on this report. Again, that varies dramatically based on the number of homesteads and things that are within each of those taxing districts. Obviously, the more homes that you have and the higher home value, the more credit that unit would receive removed. So that really doesn't have anything to do with the tax rate. That really has to do with just the number of homesteads that exist within the area there. So that's new. Circuit Breaker, that is calculated the same as always has been. So for us, that is unfortunately the largest number on that page. And so you can see for Circuit Breaker for us, just over 8 million. Avon dropped this year to just under 3, 2.6. You can see, again, we always compare ourselves. Plainfield especially,
019knowing that they can ask for over $10 million and they're only losing $1,000 of that to Circuit Breaker, where we are asking for $18 and losing $8 million. And so what's the reason for the difference? Ultimately that has a lot to do with the composition of the taxing unit, right? So if more of your dollars that you're receiving locally are coming from the 3%, much like some of those other districts have more of that than what we do, then obviously your tax rate does not have to be as high in order to receive as much money. For us to receive the amount of money that we need from the operations fund and also the debt service fund, that increases our tax rate, which again then increases the number of folks and units that are at
020the tax cap, thus increasing the circuit breaker loss there. So that's the difference. I really think if you looked across the state, the tax base ultimately is the determining factor for circuit breaker. And that plays a large factor again for us as we've talked about ad nauseum here throughout the last several months. So when we add those two together, you'll see the total deductions. Those are dollars that are ultimately just being removed from that certified max levy number that they show us at the beginning of the budget season. And what's left is the net levy or the revenue that we have for the operations fund. So again, we start with 18. We end up at 7.5. That was for 2026. And that percent loss, so we are losing 59% of the dollars of that max
021levy where someone, you know, That also includes the new homestead credit where someone like a Plainfield now is losing a little bit more than they have in the past when you add the two together there. But we go very across the board, but obviously Brownsburg has hit the worst. And when we look at that dollar per student, and this is from K-12 students from... for each of those school corporations you can see where where we fall and you can see that very similar to the information shared at the community engagement meetings but you talk about even up the next lowest spot which is danville at 300 more per student if we receive three dollars more per student ten thousand students that's three million dollars in additional and additional funding so um again something that uh
022that is a challenge each and every year and we continue to work through we really appreciate the town and townships this year partnering with us to help offset this hit especially from the uh the circuit or the excuse me the new supplemental homestead credit um we're so thankful that uh it's been a lot of time a lot of effort by a lot of people but cannot be more thankful and more appreciative of that partnership that we will continue at least the town for one year because they can only offer it one year through tiff and the township will be for three years and that'll start here in 2026. so again really appreciate that Happy to answer any questions. The last bit here is just a reminder that with this as being a Senate and World
023Act I transition, 2026 does allow for us to reallocate some of that dollars from the supplemental home credit from debt. So this year, while the $2.5 million is the full hit, the senate enrolled act one transitions in for this year so we were able to take another 1.8 out of debt service and keep it in the operations fund that is not new that's the way that senate roll act one bill was always written so that's again that doesn't feel like new money that's nice for this year but it's not new money because that's what has always been in our projections the entire time and in 2027 again this will no longer be allowed so if you think back to um the community engagement meetings or some of the charts and graphs we've shown that the
024increase in 2027 why do we have to cut more in 27 26 it's for this reason right here is that 26 they gave us the opportunity to reallocate some of that loss where in 27 that's no longer allowed so one of a couple of things that we'll be pushing towards at the legislative session in 2027 for sure but again just wanted to share that happy to answer any other questions you might have Uh, Shane, so circuit breaker tax caps are, I mean, the difference is stark, right? Yeah. Between us and the other towns. Um, do you have projections of when some of our commercial property, uh, is coming off of TIF? Um, never. So, well, the reason I don't. I'm pretty good at TIFF, but to know the exact reason why... So the way TIFF
025would work is if you continue to have to take bonds, from what I think I know how it works, is if you continue to take bonds out within that TIFF. is that it basically resets. So the way that those TIFs were written is they're essentially never going to sunset. And so I do not believe that any of the TIFs that are currently written will, we will receive, or any of the taxing units, not just us, will receive that additional dollars that come back. The new one might be. I'd have to dive into that. But when talking to Deb, she does not anticipate any of the TIF dollars being passed through for us. So, yeah, my understanding where they were 10 or 20 years. They're supposed to be. But when you continue to take bonds against
026within that TIF district, then I believe that it resets it. So I don't know exactly. I'm going to have to dive in a little bit more of the ins and outs as to why. I'm certainly not an expert there. But that is not something that we can anticipate happening for us. that will help offset this like some of our other communities have fallen we're feeling you know some where like northwest hendrix they uh had a county tiff come out Recently come off and that's the reason why their circuit breaker actually began to fall And so so those are all positive things But again right now we cannot anticipate that happening for for us or any other taxing unit. We'll see that I mean I looking at playing field obviously they have a lot of commercial
027property and So I'd like to know did they not develop any of that with? tax increment financing or no they did um it's just they they get they get both passed through and they get programmed so like playing field my wife works playing field my kids attend playing field so i know some of this um the annual replacement of laptops just like the program-based tip that we just requested um that takes place every year for playing field they play pay for all the laptops and then tiff dollar pass-through is also utilized um to the schools as well i don't know exactly what they use that for but or that helps them lower their tax rate ultimately But yes, those warehouse area there by the airport, that will begin to fall off. And quite honestly, what's
028going to happen in Plainfield is they're worried about can they keep their tax rate up because they're going to have so much assessed value come off is keeping your rate up in order to capture enough money. That's something that they're actually working towards. But typically in that situation, what the school and the TIF will do is that will happen over it. It will transition in. So you will not receive, if it's a billion dollars of assessed value in warehouses, that won't all come to you in one year. They'll transition that probably over the course of five to ten years, and that way the taxing unit isn't also hurt. But, yeah, that's going to be a benefit to the taxpayers and also the schools. If they continue to grow, they'll probably be able to do that
029without raising their taxes and without impacting circuit breaker, those things, as that assessed value continues to push down. Thank you. Yep. Any questions? Great. First reading of student handbooks. Mr. Hacker. forgot them up again um attached in the uh your board packet or all the new all the handbooks for the 26 27 school year um did a lot of revisions this year needed to as we especially going through the policy updates we wanted to take a look at attendance and some of the the discipline behavior consequence Language there as well as especially things like drug testing process at the high school level so Lots of updates and changes and happy to answer any questions you might have in general. No, no what I'd call major program type adjustments you know major major things it's just
030revisions within the wording um and making sure there's alignment essentially from the handbooks and the policies is really making sure that we're uh we're in alignment there so um but have to answer any questions again no action right now first reading tonight we'll do a second reading in july with approval but happy to answer any questions that you might have are we going to educate the upcoming students a little bit more about the upcoming changes with the cell phone a little more publicly yes that will that will clearly be a major topic especially at the high school level it's really not going to be too big of an adjustment at the middle school they've really been implementing the no foam been in lockers and such and so we're working with dr b and the entire
031administrative team at high school as well as looking at guidance from the department of education to ensure that uh that what we have in place will uh will be communicated to its highest level not only just with students but also with our families to make sure everyone's on the same page Thank you first reading of policies a three one three zero one see 200 see 350 see 375 see 425 see 500 d 200 and d 225 dr. Jessup Thank you. This is the first reading of these policies. I'm going to go through and just say very quickly what these policies are. They're the wireless communication devices, anti-bullying, student discipline, suspension and expulsion, student suicide prevention and awareness, school trips and privately sponsored activities, standard of care and supervision of student and staff, staff ethics. We
032will bring these back next month for a second reading and approval. No, I need no action at this time, but I'm available for questions Thank you comments from patrons we have one Mr. Wyatt Please state your name address and just a reminder you have three minutes Good evening. David. Why in to peel box 513 a Brownsburg, Indiana. I Wanted that thank cat in her team for being responsive I mentioned after one of the meetings the other day that the copies of the policies in the handbook were not in the They're in there this evening. And despite what you might think, I read those. I read the policies and I read the high school handbook. I'm not sure I could be a high school student this day and age after reading all those policies. But I
033did in fact read that, but thank you for providing that to the public and actually reading those titles again so people knew what was going on here this evening. If one of you folks, if that can be Kat or Shane, can provide a general assembly update to the board and to the public and to those watching. What are the likely or anticipated actions next session that we think our public servants are going to use to approach revenue shortfalls that make Brownsburg so unique? Because as some of Shane's numbers indicated, not everybody's getting hit with SCA1 like we're getting hit. So how maybe some insider knowledge or what you anticipate the General Assembly going to be doing in the next session? I would appreciate it. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Consent agenda. Dr. Jessup.
034Thank you. At this time, I ask for the approval of minutes from the May 11, 2026 meeting, the approval of claims, and the superintendent report. So moved. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Old business. Second reading and recommendation to approve boost teacher and support staff handbooks. Mr. Hacker. In the board packet, you'll find the handbooks listed there for Boost, our teacher and support staff handbooks. This is the second reading. Happy to answer any questions. I know Mrs. Gordon is also here. But if no questions, certainly ask for recommendation to approve those handbooks for the 26-27 school year. Questions? Motion to approve. So moved. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? version passes second reading and recommendation to approve policies a 175 a 225 a 275 a 325 a 285 a
035300 a 350 b 125 b 200 b 250 c 100 c 150 c 175 c 450 c 475 c 550 c 600 d 150 and d 325 dr jessa Thank you. This is the second reading and request for approval of the policies that you just shared I'm going to give the titles of those very quickly It is whistleblower protection reporting of suspected child abuse or neglect school wellness No distracted driving responsible use of technology communicable diseases civility and decorum school board leadership and support membership school board ethics entrance requirements homeless students attendance and academic engagement drug testing prevention and drug testing, school sponsored publications and productions, search and seizure, withdrawal from school, board superintendent relationship, personal background checks, references, and mandatory reporting of convictions of substantiated child abuse and arrests. I ask for approval at
036this time. Salute. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. New business. Recommendation to approve resolution authorizing disposition of school buses. Mr. Hacker. Thank you. In the board packet, you will see that we did a request for bids on three different buses. Again, we have... Utilize this process the last couple years and had a higher level of success with dollars received versus just looking at a trade in value so bus 28 48 and 14 are those that we've deemed that need to be replaced and So we put those out for bid and you can see the with two different groups Received the bids there of filth Philip Morton Powell in Tennessee and Kevin Amador right way bus lines and so asking for your approval for us to let those buses go for
037those dollar amounts, accept that dollar amount for those buses, and send them on their way. I was impressed with the... Dollar amounts that came across on some of those top bits. Yes. Yeah again probably I'm guessing two to three times more than what we would receive on a trade So while this is a lot more work on mr. Meyer rose and the Transportation Department certainly well worth it and and these are dollars essentially they go right back into the operations fund that assist with the transportation costs So it's a win-win for sure. Great. Do we have a motion? So second all those in favor aye opposed Motion passes. Thank you. Recommendation to approve supplemental fees for 2026-2027. Mr. Hecker. Thank you. From our last time, I believe, operations update, or excuse me, communications, we discussed
038the potential supplemental fees for the upcoming school year. As we think back when curriculum material fees were taken away from school corporations, the Department of Education has come back and said that there are some supplemental items now that schools can charge for. And so I believe the full list was. put into the board packet, but when we think about the ranges they're listed, from elementary really is, the fee is really associated with the grade level and the activities that are associated with each one of those grades. At the high school level becomes very difficult because it's not just the grade, but it's the specific course. And so we've. I'll go through the ranges here for you. Again, the full list is available. But at the elementary level, we're looking anywhere from $22.68 to $32.26 per
039student, again, based on the grade level. At the middle school, we're looking anywhere between $20 to $27 a student that'll be assessed. And in grades 9 through 12, anywhere from only $5 to $53. So in the $5 would be kind of like the lanyard cost for the IDE and lanyard. And we have some students that might be in a work-based learning program, half day, and a couple classes that don't have the fees associated with it. So that $5 would be that smallest amount, all the way up to some of the students that might be involved in more of higher advanced classes that are using some big-time labs. that to that $53. So that's the range that will be assessed. Again, appreciate Mr. Ebert and the business office, not only their time spent working with the
040Department of Ed, but local school districts as well, to try to come up with our best plan of action. But these will be assessed, again, starting in July for the upcoming school year and asking for your approval of those fees at this time. Questions? When will the fees need to be paid by by each? So if we think back to the similar time frame Those will be sent out really once schedules especially at the high school level once schedules are settled It won't necessarily be right at the start of the school year. We will do it the start of school year at middle school and an elementary and so typically we would like to see that paid here within the first quarter and then very similar to Previous years if that's not paid then we
041will have a process to reach out and communicate those we have outstanding fees this year We should be able to implement the parent square pay is that what's called should so it's a direct email Message to a parent that also has the link where they can issue payment. So we are seeing highly level success with that we've been put that this year with some like library fees and such the high school especially so we think that we'll have a nice rate of success but at the end of it if we have folks next year that have not still have a balance we can then implement the um the trex program that we have for several years now which is instead of going to small claims court for those who have outstanding balances we can file
042with trex and trex ultimately then looks um we submit that it looks at state tax refunds and we receive the first dollar amount that we are owed from a state tax return. So again, we won't do that without plenty of communication and reminders on behalf of the school corporation and then also central office if that isn't paid. But that's so we would like to receive payment within the first nine weeks. And those dollars go into the education education fund. Yep. So that'll go directly back into the classroom to help pay for the supplies and such that the teachers will be using to help teach the content. Great. And keep teachers from having to buy some of that on their own, which I know is happening now. Do we have a motion? Second. Second. All those
043in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Recommendation to approve resolution authorizing temporary exemption of policy 3310. Mr. Hacker. Thank you. So, again, brought this up last week in the communications section. As we talked about the ability for us to host the Challenger 75 through the ATP at our tennis facility in August. One of the items that requirements for us to host that is have vendors on site and some of those vendors. There is a vendor that will be selling alcohol on campus. And so as we discussed last time, that would just be beer and wine and a specialty drink. So it won't be a full access bar by any means. And so, but in order for us to do that, policy 3310 right now does not allow for alcohol to be sold on events
044on school grounds where students are present. The resolution that's in front of you would allow for the exemption of that policy only at that facility and only during the dates of which the tennis tournament. um is being held um that would not again if somebody tried to bring alcohol on campus across the street at white lick that would be against the policy and we could we could issue you know a good officer chief dunning involved but this allows only for the exemption of that policy again on the tennis facility during those dates that's it and then once the tennis facility or tournament is over that exemption no longer exists so again this is a um a tennis tournament that's going to bring what we feel like additional dollars to the school corporation as well from
045facility rental fee as well as to the tennis program and are really excited about offering this and asking for approval of this exemption of this policy temporary exemption of this policy at this time Thank you. Questions? I just have one thing to clarify. In terms of any incident that may occur, the school does not hold any responsibility or liability as a result of this exemption. I want to make sure that's clarified. To say that we would not be named in a lawsuit if something were to happen, that's going to happen probably in any situation because it's on grounds. But the liability and the license to sell the alcohol would fall on the vendor, not on the school court. So we are just allowing it to be on campus, but the vendors and such, much like
046our ones, are the ones taking the risk when it comes to selling alcohol and those types of things. Other questions? Do we have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Superintendent Cummins, Dr. Tessa. Thank you. First, I would like to, of course, congratulate the class of 2026 on their graduation this past Saturday. Also want to give high praise to all those who were involved in creating such a wonderful ceremony for our students and their families and their friends to celebrate with students. I love that we are able to have commencement here. I did not realize how stressed I was worrying about the weather all week until we finally got things wrapped up and it was over and I was able to breathe a sigh of relief. So love having
047it here. A little bit of anxiety about it. Mr. Wyant wanted to let you know that I believe it's House Bill 1242. That is a study this year of things like the operations fund and how much money each school district is receiving per student The per student metric is not one that has been used in the past because we don't receive those money those dollars by students But it really is the only way to really accurately assess what's happening in operations fund If you compared how much we receive in the operations fund to a very small school district, it still seems like we get a lot. until you really take into consideration how big our district is and the facilities that we have and all of those things so We believe that this House bill
0481242 has been designed to get this information so that our legislators can have more information To help potentially make a plan our concern is that If a decision is made to bring us up to a floor, so maybe the floor turns out to be $1,400 and for us that'd be $700 essentially per student and that would be seven million dollars is the concern does it come out of our left pocket to go into our right pocket and so until we know for sure what they're doing and where the dollars are coming from we're still going to go through with the reductions that we're looking to make for the 2728 school year so we are hopeful but we're also going to be practical in making the decisions for the district thank you Board Member Comments. Dr.
049Friege. All right. Just got a couple points. One, congratulations to a successful 2026 graduation. Wish all our graduates future successes. Two, congrats to all our girls, lacrosse team, coaches, and families. Look forward to many more years of success. And three, thank you to all our students and staff. And remember to have a very safe summer. Be careful. Thank you. Mr. Herbert. Yeah, I do want to congratulate our newest state champs the girls lacrosse team that's really really exciting I want to thank God for holding off the rain there. It started to drizzle a little bit we were talking about the umbrellas and and He provided a perfect weather for graduation day, and I really that's one of my favorite days so for that I want to thank Kat and Shane and the entire administration staff
050and in fact our entire staff for getting through what was a very difficult year financially in particular and working through all that, the community engagement meetings, getting the funding from our town board and our Brown and Lincoln townships to avoid a referendum and that was just... That was a job very well done. So thank you very much for all that hard work. And as Matt said, I want to make sure everyone has a safe and enjoyable summer. I'm going to start with the not-so-fun stuff. Thank you guys for all that you've done because I know it's not been easy. It's not easy to deliver that news. It's not easy to share that with everybody. So thank you for everything that you've done and all the information that you've shared to educate everybody. Awesome for the
051girls lacrosse team. Coach Hansen has been, I think, here from the start. And my son played for 12 years. And so seeing where that program's come from the time he started playing to now and just being able to host so many home games and seeing him so much more his senior year this year than... any year almost all the years combined was pretty awesome and the kids getting excited and the students getting excited and having like a fan base like it was a pretty special like senior year for this this group of kids so and awesome for the girls to win state so awesome for the lacrosse team and excited to see what they're gonna do in the future um everybody has supported the 2026 class from administration awesome um the d dowler he's an
052amazing ap The administration staff Danielle King who I don't know how she has a patience to deal with all our kids But she does somehow and she does it with a smile on her face. She's amazing Scott for keeping all our kids safe and I appreciate all you guys and everything that you do and lastly for the rain holding off. I'm with you I was holding my breath the entire ceremony. We did it summer for everybody and the class of 2026 all going off on their different adventures wishing them the best I also want to echo graduation was fantastic I think we've heard lots of positive comments about the students reading the names I talked to Ms. Murphy earlier today about the photos that she was able to get and I've seen several of them
053and they're fantastic the presence of BPD with support from other groups I felt like there was a strong support Crossing the street was safe for everyone involved and and you know there it seemed like everybody was just having a great time and I think that doing it on campus is really important to our students and I Said on Saturday and I'll say again. I think nobody does it better. So Though mr. Hacker did tell me 1105 was the official time that the graduation was completed so They they do a nice job getting all the kids through and let them have their moment. So It was a good day. Also, congratulations to the lacrosse team. I know we go through all of the different policies and reading the numbers and everything, and I think that it's
054important to note that that's to streamline it because, as Mr. Wyant said, there's a lot of policies, and we need to be able to make sure that we are... Familiar with those and having those streamlined is really important just like the handbook being streamlined and checked every year for the students to make sure that it's a hold everyone accountable to make sure that we're being consistent and I know that seems like a lot but but the transparency is important and I think that the policies that we have Working now are improving and it's getting easier to maintain. So thank you for the work done on that I know that's a team effort Kelsey. I'm sure is part of that as well So thank you for that. That's all I have motion to adjourn Meetings adjourned.
055Thank you