Noblesville Schools - April 15, 2025 Board Meeting

001All right. Good evening. We are going to start the meeting with the pledge of allegiance. United States of America to the standy. And now a moment of silence. Thank you. First up on the agenda, we have our project hearing and secondary preliminary determination hearing. Um, as as presented by the administration and its adviserss, there will be an opportunity for the public to make comments about the project. at the hearing will ask each person to limit their comments to three minutes and the topic will be limited to the proposed project under consideration. The notice of this preliminary determination hearing was published as legally required and the first preliminary determination hearing was held March 18th, 2025, which was our last schoolboard meeting. At this time, I would ask Superintendent Dr. Dan Hy and CFO David Hordemiller to

002explain the purpose of this hearing. Thank you, Madam President. Um, as you mentioned, tonight is the second of, uh, two preliminary determination hearings where we give an overview of the the projects that will be funding the bond, uh, as well as a detailed overview of the bond itself. And so, uh, to kick things off tonight, we're actually going to turn over to our mechanical engineer, uh, Miss Kelly Bigler with KBSO Consulting. Uh she's going to go through the the specific details on the high school air handler project, give an update in terms of where we are at with phase one, and then talk through phase two and phase three, both of which will be funded in this year's bond. Hi everybody. Um if you could advance to this next slide. So uh I'll give a

003little bit of history here. We um were engaged uh last year to come through and do a full analysis of the condition of the existing air handling unit systems that serve the high school. And um these units are about 31 years old. And so um we found that they were ready um beyond ready for replacement. They've been well maintained over the years, but they have just gone beyond their anticipated expected useful life. And so, um, like we have some photographs here about the kind of the conditions of the air handling units at the high school. You can see, um, there's some some water damage that would be expected over the course of the years that these units have been in service. Um, some rusted housing and a mechanical or there's water leakage into the mechanical

004rooms. Um, and I would also say that the control systems um are ready to be updated. 30 year old controls are much different than the controls of today. And um so the newer newer controls mean better temperature control, better um indoor air quality and better energy use. So uh those are all kind of reasons that we came up with that um gave us this this opportunity to improve the the system system at the high school. So if you would switch um again so here's some additional photographs of some of the existing conditions. Um so we went through the school we created the report and then we last year uh we started the project we're doing these this is a phase replacement and phase one um there is I can give you a little status update

005about that if you would switch that forward. Um again these are more photographs of the existing condition and in fact you can see the little floppy disc um the orange floppy disc in the one picture and that is how the controls are working still on floppy disc type systems and so um that's just I guess some evidence of the age but um so our effort to date we went through we did the analysis we uh divided this project up into phases so that we could limit the disruption to education at the buildings. Um we have done phase one which was really mostly auditorium uh gymnasium cafeteria air handling units and we designed that project last year. those units that it has been bid. The units have been procured or are in process of being procured

006and in fact a couple of those units were got replaced over spring break. And so you already have a couple of new hair air handling units in place. Um and so now we are embarking on phase two which is a two-year uh project. will be we will split up the rest of the air handling units into two different years so that we can kind of continue on this pace of replacement with minimal disruption. Um and so if you would advance again so this was really um this was our ended up being kind of our guiding document. Um it it documents every single air handling unit, every mechanical room it's in, um the age of the air handling unit, the condition and um the size and what kind of and then also the cost for replacement.

007And so we are proposing um and we are actually starting then um ending the outcome of today that that we will do uh phase two which will be also broken into two bid packages to kind of split up work, get contractors interested. Um and then for the next year um phase three which would be another two bid packages work this means that they would work the construction would go through the summer of 2027. Okay. Uh while uh Miss Bigler is uh at the the podium before I get into the detail of the finances uh board I don't know if you would want to have any questions uh on the detailed uh details of the mechanical side or not. Right. Okay. Thank you, Kelly. All right. Thank you. All right. So, on this slide right here,

008uh what we're doing is really just very much condensing down what Kelly just went through on the the previous slide there to show the the financials now. So looking at all the different air handlers that would combine for bid package three and four uh which would be installed in 2026 and then bid packages five and six with the install of 2027 for a total of about $9.7 million all in for both design and then uh purchase and install of uh the remainder of the air handlers. Moving on then to the next slide. Uh you see right here is the list of all the capital maintenance investment that we would like to include in this year's bond. And so, of course, first and foremost, uh, we have the majority of which is going to be the

009the high school air handler replacement, both phase two and phase three. Of course, we mentioned the fact that phase one uh was a bond of its own. Uh, but with uh both two and three, we're going to combine for uh this year's bond. So, that way we have the funds in line for really what is project horizon of about 18 to 20 months. Uh, so what that'll really allow us to do is also get that design kicked off. We'll have the funds for design uh for phase three as well. Uh next we have sections of roof at HLE Creek and East Middle School. Uh about $300,000 each. Both of these roof replacements come from our last roof assessment that was done about four and a half five years ago uh showing that these would be

010next up on our capital replacement plan. We have flooring. So whether it's carpet, hard surfaces at multiple buildings totaling about 911,000. Painting at multiple buildings as well for about 286,000. Uh paving at NHS totaling $1.4 million. This would be the the southern mo most lots on the the high school campus. We also have a playground at Noble Crossing for about $1.2 million, which of course I know uh the folks out there are very excited about that. That playground is old enough that some of the parts when they are broken, uh they're really hard to get because it's a discontinued model. So, uh excited to get that playground replaced out there. We also have intercom systems at all schools for $564,000. Uh again, another outdated system. Uh you saw the floppy disc at the uh on

011the air handlers. work. It's also an outdated like disc system with the intercoms that it's very hard to replace those and find these obsolete systems. So, uh replacing those at all buildings for $564,000. Um finally, we have other miscellaneous. So, whether it's concrete, furniture, gym floor refinishes, landscape, etc. at about $375,000. So, again, with the amount of property and buildings that we have, uh of course, there'd be some miscellaneous expense uh totaling $375,000 over the next two years. Next, we have the iPads and staff devices for uh 2.9 almost $3 million. So, you see the the breakdown there in grades uh for six through eight in 2026 and then grades four and five in 2027. Uh last year, you recall, was the first year that we put the the four we're on a four-year replacement

012plan for our iPads and staff devices. So, uh that was the first year. Uh so, uh that was effective this year where we replaced uh grades 9 through 12. And then again, as we we show the next two years here for the the bond, uh grades uh six and eight and then four and five. And then finally, buses totaling $1.4 million. That's about $700,000 over the next two years. Uh that will reduce our capital plan uh that is otherwise uh spent out of our operations fund to help relieve the pressures that the operation is uh operations fund is is feeling in terms of uh the revenue shortfall there. Moving on then to the next slide, uh you will see the the legal parameters of the bond. So, uh, these are the the parameters that, uh,

013really are a requirement of this presentation today to show you that the the par amount of the bonds would be $19,725,000. We subtract the cost of issuance, uh, of about $325,000. We end up with the $19.4 million, which is the total of all the projects on the previous screen. Uh, we talked about the fact that um, with with this bond, this would be the essentially the monies over the next two years. So that would be saving us the money of the cost of issuance to not have to do a bond next year. So you can see right there right there that the savings amount is about $325,000 by not issuing a bond next year and rather issuing it all this year. So again, I give a lot of credit to our operations department for the

014the long-term planning that they do to allow us to to know what projects we we have in the hopper for 2027. So that way we can have those proceeds available for us uh come the end of this year. The estimated interest rates uh on this bond is anywhere between two and six%. So, of course, we do need to put a band on this just for the the sake again of the the legal documentation. I fully anticipate that we'll be close to 3%. I'll show you an interest rate slide here in a second as a benefit of really the municipal bond market to get us rates that low. The final maturity, again, as a legal parameter here, we we put this out at 2035. Uh, but ultimately, we fully expect that this would be repaid in

015about four years based on what we're showing right now with our underwriter. Total interest uh estimate is about $2.9 million. uh the maximum tax rate impact is going to be uh.1 916. However, ultimately we we fully anticipate that even with the issuance of this bond that we'll be able to decrease our tax rate next year for the seventh year in a row. All right, so on the next slide, I told you we just show a snapshot uh really over the last eight years of the municipal bond market and where these rates are. So the current rate uh about 2.87% 87% is to say that you know no one has a crystal ball in terms of what this will look like in the in the fall but you can see the volatility there all in uh

016it's it's typically below three and a half% but I fully anticipate that again we'll be in around the 3% range uh for this bond which again debt is is a tool in the toolbox that we have. It's something that's fully expected for a school district our size and uh to be able to borrow at very affordable rates going to the municipal bond market is again a factor of the the market. But then also what plays into that is the fact that we do have a very um respectable credit rating uh that allows us to to also experience more affordable bing borrowing when we go to the the municipal market. Next slide. So I think it's also very important for us to get a picture of what our total outstanding debt looks like. So this chart

017shows our total debt service outstanding uh per year going through 2042. Uh that's when we pay off the last uh current bond that we have outstanding. What you see then in the orange, this would be the anticipated overlay of the debt service repayment. So I mentioned we would repay this in four years. So that's what we're seeing there in the orange. Uh the repayment uh of this this year's bond. So the 2025 bond. Uh what we have been uh doing is really trying to follow a very aggressive payoff schedule. So you see the blue underneath that, the darker blue, that's representative of last year's bond uh on a on a five-year repayment and then of course this year's would be on a four-year repayment. I think it's also important when we talk about our outstanding

018debt that just to get perspective uh we do like to just look at where other districts are. Now of course every district is going to be different based on where they're at in their growth cycle. Uh but you know, for us right now, the total amount that if you're looking at this screen is about $255 million. Uh Brownsburg right now is about $813 million. Avon is at $537 million. And another similar size school, Westfield, um is at $686 million. So again, it's maybe asked, well, what is an appropriate amount of of debt to to have? And I think that the best answer there is, you know, looking again at your credit rating and and again the fact that we do have a very uh respectful credit rating is to say that uh borrowers or um

019lenders out there are more than willing to to lend us money based on how much debt we have outstanding. So I think we're in a very good range when it when it comes to our total debt outstanding. The next slide you see then what our tax rate would look like in 2025 uh or what our current tax rate is right now at the$125 in 2025. Now, our tax rate is going to very much correlate with our debt outstanding. So, that graph on the prior slide uh was was our debt uh decreasing year-over-year. And so, again, our tax rate is going to follow that for the most part. Now when we go to the next slide, what you see is the overlay of the repayment of the when we talk about the repayment then of the

020of these bonds over the four-year period, we we then go ahead and put an estimate in there uh that would represent what our tax rate then would look like year-over-year. So our tax rate then of course is going to m maintain stability with probably a slight decrease uh next year in 2026 leaving us plenty of uh capacity then in future years should we need to to issue additional debt to always uh be able to to have um management over our tax rate and make sure that we're we're uh maintaining that in a in a reasonable amount year-over-year. When we're we're talking about tax rates, actually, it's it's also important to to ask the question, too, whether or not when it comes to issuing this bond, what if we were to not issue this bond, what

021if we were to allow tax rates to to decrease, what would that look like? What would that impact look like, especially for for taxpayers as well? If we were to to forego the the bond issuance and defer the investment in the capital. Um the next slide shows uh first of all what we are looking at when it comes to tax rate management for all the overlying overlapping taxing districts in uh our taxing um taxing district as in a whole. So that would include the city, county, the library, the township uh as well as the uh the library. And so what you see year-over-year, our rate in the yellow, so there is our rate decreasing year-over-year. The the red rate is the city. So the the red line there shows that the city has been maintaining

022a flat rate of a$110 cents year-over-year, the county in blue, and of course the library and the town and the uh township. So what you are seeing here is very consistent rate management by all the overlapping taxing districts, which is not something you're going to see in every taxing district throughout the state. A lot of times you see a lot of ups and downs. Uh but what we're able to do is all strategically manage our rates to maintain stability. And what this does is it helps to manage the circuit breaker impact or that property tax cap loss that we all experience because many prop properties are at the cap. So with that being said to still answer that question, well what if we were to allow that rate to decrease and not issue the debt

023uh we go to this final example here of a very very basic homestead that is assessed at $100,000. It would be capped per the statutory cap at 1% so $1,000. So if we did again a hypothetical example here in the red and we have a a tax rate of 40 cents for both the city and county as well as the school totaling a $120, the total levy or the total amount of payment for that property would be $1,200. The the property tax cap would kick in. So then uh what the unit would lose would be $200. So that loss has to be allocated. Uh and so that way that the property only pays the $1,000 which is the cap. uh by the time that that loss is allocated proportionately, the net levy for both for

024the city, county, and school is then $333. Moving over to the blue, you see what happens if we if the if a school would decrease its tax rate, the total tax rate would be a$110. You see the levy uh calculation there is is now $300 only for the school for a total of $1,100 for the property that would only pay $1,000. So, the $100 has to be allocated. You see the allocation there in the loss column and then finally the net levy in the far right. What you see then is of course the school receives less in the net levy but the other units receive more. So the the the kind of the moral of this very basic example is to say that you know if we were to significantly decrease our tax rate because

025so many properties are at the cap. It's not that the property taxpayer would pay less money. it's that the property tax cap allocation is going to be allocated differently and um ultimately going to to property tax cap relief to these other units as opposed to uh the school itself. So that's why on the prior uh slide you saw uh all all the overlapping taxing units like to maintain that flat rate strategy and continue to keep circuit breaker impact uh stable throughout the uh the district. And finally uh we wrap up with the 2025 bond schedule. So February 24th, we of course did the authorization to advert advertise for the public hearings. March 18th, we we same public hearing and then um and um tonight uh of course after this hearing, we'll have our first vote

026on the bond for what I like to call procedural resolutions. So these are all resolutions then uh related to really the next step in moving the bond forward and allowing us to stay on schedule to ultimately uh go to the market this fall uh to um uh receive the proceeds then sometime in in September to begin the projects for next year. So with that board, I'd be happy to answer any questions. Any questions? Thank you. At this time, um we will open the floor for public comment on this topic. If there's anybody that would like to speak, they can come forward. All right, seeing none, we will move on. Um the project resolution is required when the school is planning to spend more than a million dollars per building. It contains the estimated hard and

027soft construction costs and the cost of issuance and establishes the total project costs. It also contains the estimated tax impact. May I have a motion to adopt the project resolution? So move. Joe second. Misty. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. The preliminary determination resolution is required when a school is planning to finance uh more than the non-controlled threshold for a given facility. It contains the total project costs, maximum annual payment and lease term and other financial terms such as the estimated principal amount and tax impact. May I have a motion to adopt the preliminary determination resolution? Motion Stephanie. Second. Second by Joe. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Moving on. The preliminary bond resolution establishes the maximum amount to be borrowed, maximum term of repayment,

028and maximum interest rate. May I have a motion to adopt the preliminary board resolution? So move. Joe Misty second. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Last, the reimbursement resolution relating to the financing of the construction project. This resolution permits the school corporation to reimburse itself from bond proceeds for any cash which it might spend on the project prior to the closing of the bonds. It is required by federal tax law in order to preserve the school's corporation's ability to reimburse itself. May I have a motion to adopt the declaration of official intent to reimburse expenditures resolution? Misty second. Joe second. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Thank you. All right. Uh Dr. Hyle, recognitions. All right. Good evening board and good evening to all of

029our guests. Thanks for being here tonight. At this time, I would like to invite Mrs. Julie Thcker, executive director of student services, up to the podium as we do some very special staff uh recognitions tonight. Good evening. At this time, I'd like to invite the following people to come forward. Abby Hazel, Carrie Gibbons, Sandy Bernett, Justin Beaver, Bryce Ferguson, and Kristen Boyce. These are very humble people that aren't super happy with me, as you can tell. But I'm excited to share and honored to share actually that on Saturday, March 22nd, nurses Abby Hazel and Carrie Gibbons were working at an extracurricular event at our high school. Our nursing director, Sandy Bernett, was also in attendance. During the event, an adult participant collapsed. Abby, Carrie, and Sandy immediately responded. Initially, the individual was responsive, but his

030condition quickly deteriorated and he began to seize. The nurses promptly called for the school resource officers and initiated an EMS response. Remaining calm and composed, they provided care until the ambulance arrived and took over. After being transported to the hospital, it was determined that the patient had suffered a brain aneurysm. Thanks to the nurse's quick actions and intervention, the patient received the critical care needed, ultimately saving his life. SRO's Justin Beaver and Bryce Ferguson were on duty and responded swiftly, providing essential support to the nurses as they worked. Understandably, the incident was traumatic for the students from the other district who witnessed their show choir director collapse. Kristen Boyce, a parent and a mental health professional, stepped in to provide crisis support for the students during this difficult time. We are so grateful to each

031of you for your leadership and your willingness to step in and support. Thanks to your efforts, the choir director is on the road to recovery and it is a testament to the compassion of our extraordinary community. Thank you. [Applause] Thanks again for that awesome thing. I was I was there that day. I found out about this hours after it happened, but I will tell you on a personal note, um the superintendent from that school corporation has reached out multiple times to say how blessed their community was and just to once again praise the the compassion and care that these folks share to their students. So, thank you again. All right. At this time, we have some student recognitions to to do tonight. So, I'm going to invite uh Mr. Eric Thornberry up to the microphone.

032He has we have several groups of students we're gonna talk about tonight. Thank you. Um I was remiss last board meeting and we left off an amazing middle school student um and uh their director. And so I'm going to invite Mr. Dan Hedland from East Middle School Orchestra up to talk about Thank you. Um, is MMA solo ensemble is an amazing event and group one is the highest level for students high school or middle school. Group one is usually uh reserved for high school students. And I want to recognize Evan Feliciano this evening for two years in a row as a middle schooler earning a gold uh in group one. And this year he gold with distinction and a perfect score at state level. [Applause] That's amazing. didn't want to go out of order. Um,

033all right. At this time, this is very exciting, historic. Um, and I'm going to call up our guard director, uh, Mr. Jeff Welsh, to talk to you about what has been happening with the Noblesville High School Winter Color Guard. [Applause] We've had a very exciting year with the winner color guard from Noblesville High School. We were uh completely undefeated this season in the Indiana High School Color Guard Association shows. Every show we went to, we won the show. And then we also did um three WGI qualifying regionals. um one at Avon High School, one at Warren Central High School and one in Chicago at Lincoln Way East and we won all of those regionals as well and we went into nationals as the number one seed which was pretty exciting. And then out of the

03454 color guards that came from all over the United States to compete in Dayton, Ohio, they were the U bronze medalists and that's why they're wearing their bronze medals from WGI. And then when we went to state competition, of course, after winning the preliminary competition um on March 8th, we went on March 22nd to the IHSCGA state competition and we also won there. So we are the state champions again. This is the third time in the last four years that we were the state champions. So that's pretty [Applause] exciting. And I get the pleasure of working with these terrific young students. They work very hard about 14 hours a week of rehearsal every week starting on November 11th and ending on April 5th in Dayton, Ohio. And they worked very hard obviously to get where

035they are. They are extremely talented but also extremely dedicated. Our show this year was called 12 and it was a look into the ominous world of addiction with the hope of recovery. So there's quite a bit of education behind what we did and depicting the whole concept of addiction in a very tasteful and personal way and they did a great job with that. And the the great thing about it was that we had so much positive talk from within the color guard community and other shows. People would come up and say wonderful things to us. So, I just want to thank obviously the students first because I love these kids. I can't believe like how much they put in and they kind of like me too sometimes. Um, usually after rehearsal's over and they go

036home and think about it, but um really definitely they're terrific. The parents that are here, I have so many supportive parents. I just want to just say that ever since I came here six years ago, I've just watched that parent group get better and better every year. I want to thank Mr. Thornberry, of course, because his support with the band program. And I want to thank the school district and the school board because I just got to tell you that coming from Florida, seeing the way you support the performing arts in Noblesville, Indiana is mind-blowing and wonderful. And you know, I'd love to say that we all remember algebra and we all remember world history and we all remember biology, but that's a lie. We do remember our activities in school and those things that

037made us better and push us further forward, teach us goal setting and make them employable human beings. That's what really matters. So I just want to like thank you all for supporting that and we're very excited. But obviously with this year coming to that kind of end, they have been promoted into the world class. So they are now in the world class along with Avon High School, Center Grove High School, Fischer High School, and Carmel High School. So we're right there in the big leagues. So um wish them luck. Are they just learning that? Well, they knew it was coming. Hey y'all, you got in the world class. I didn't tell you. And I do want to present the board chair with this medal for wherever you display things because I'll tell you this has

038been 25 years since my last national medal. So it doesn't happen that often. So, we want to pass one [Applause] on. Congratulations. How amazing. Congratulations. Great job. Congratulations. Great job. Amazing work and dedication. Thank you. You guys all congratulations. Good job. Both winter guard and winter percussion um compete. There's really only one national circuit. It's not um something that um there's different circuits like there's some activities where everybody claims to be the national. This is it. WGI is it. Um and the classification system there are three. There's scholastic A uh which is like the beginning class then open class which is the middle and then world class. Um so Jeff and the color guard this is the first time um I've been here in 12 years in the history that we have a worldclass um

039color guard um or world class anything in that category and it is an honor in the state of Indiana there's hundreds of color guards uh competitive winter guards and there are five worldclass guards and now Noble is Phil is one of them. So that's pretty exciting. Congratulations, Jeff. And thank you. And at this time, I'm going to bring up our percussion director, U, Mr. Cal Lennon, who is in charge of our open class percussion. Hey, uh, percussion kids, if you want to come on down. Hey everyone, I'm Mr. Lennon. I'm the percussion director at Noblesville High School. here. I'm also the associate director of the marching band. Marching band. Um it is not a secret that indoor percussion is my favorite after school activity. Um I absolutely love it. I also help coordinate at a

040couple other high schools. We have 50 students. Um in my three years, we've continued to grow in the volume of the students, uh the volume of the parent support. It's really been amazing and so much fun. We have a couple of our captains here this evening. Grant Alexander, Katon Orf, Vincent Tyson, Tanner Schwarz, Izzy Craig, Addie Thompson, and Addie White. Sorry Addy for always spelling your name wrong, but there's a couple different Addies. Um, we this year set two goals as an ensemble. Um, besides always just having fun together and loving one another, which we always do. I love this group so much. Uh we'll miss all the seniors and we very fortunately have a banquet for the first time in our three years next week. So I'll be able to give more recognition to

041all of you guys then. Um but the goals were to be top two in our state which we did achieve. We were silver medalist at our state championships which is fantastic. And then we always set a goal at the national level to be top 15 in the country. We fell a little short of that this year. I think about 20th. So we're hungry for more. Uh we believe we can bring a state championship to the district. Um, and that is a goal of mine and ours to continue to work towards. Um, I love this group very deeply. Being my third year here, being able to build the relationships with so many of the seniors and the families and we spend hundreds of hours together. Um, I I really can't speak enough to how much I'm

042going to miss the relationships I've been building in those regards. And we have a couple seniors up here. So excited to share more things with you guys at the banquet about that. I would also like to say I direct a college ensemble that this is kind of a feeder program for. We're hopeful all Indiana groups are a feeder for it. We have two Noblesville alumni um who have done this group who were in that ensemble and we actually did win a national championship this past weekend in the college division of percussion. Um so Ryland Kripe and Sam Neil who were former students of mine were able to win a national championship. To Jeff's point, it's hard to win a medal at those championships. It's my first one um ever before as well. So I'm very

043happy for those students and hopeful that my students potentially look to join that ensemble in the future. Um, we're very proud of our inter percussion and we can't wait to be even better next year. Thank you guys. We love you very much. And as they're giving handshakes and doing all these things, I want to say to Jeff's point as well, um, Joan Lawrence, our spaces coordinator, Holly Leeb, um, the superintendent, Dr. Hy, all the all the fantastic, wonderful people. We couldn't do it without you. We feel very supported. We feel very loved. So, thank you guys all very much for giving us that support. And um yeah, you guys have been fantastic. So, thank you. Yes. Amazing. All right. Well, congratulations again to everybody um that we recognize this evening. So, at this time, I

044would like to invite Mrs. Callie or or is Ginger doing this? Oh, I'm sorry. Excuse me. Miss Ginger Emz is going to come up as we do our hair teacher spotlight. So, as they're getting set up here, want to uh remind everyone that the hair Chevrolet teacher spotlight program highlights three teachers every month and provides $1,000 to their school for student academic and extracurricular achievement. So, at this time, turn over to White River. Hi. Can you guys hear me? All right. I'm not going to repeat all that. I think you all heard me. All right. Here we go. We have three teachers to highlight tonight. And our first one is Courtney Goodman. She's standing right here to my left. She's one of our learning specialists and she has been a teacher for 14 years. She

045became a teacher because her mom is a teacher and she's always had a passion for teaching. Um her goal for students is to help them grow academically and for them to have a lifelong love of learning. Um her advice to parents, I always appreciate this part. um would be that she knows life can get busy, but take that time to ask kids about their day and what they've learned, just to get them talking. More than a yes or no answer is something that's helpful. Outside of the classroom, Courtney likes to exercise and to read and spend time with her friends and family. Um Courtney was a college cheerleader. She's she's nice and active. We get her to tumble sometimes. Um, she thinks Noblesville Schools is special because it's a place where we keep students at

046the heart of everything we do. Courtney Goodman. All right. And then Julie Julie Gunning is next to her and she's a second grade teacher and she's been teaching for 33 years. A couple second year and second grade. Julie, she was in fourth grade for a really long time and she made the jump down to second grade, which doesn't sound like a big jump, but it is. Second graders are much different than fourth graders and she's doing an excellent job. Um, she became a teacher because she likes to accelerate the love of learning in others. Outside of school, she likes to cook and bike with her family and read. Um, Julie also likes to write. You didn't put that in there, but she's a writer, too. Um, Julie thinks Noblesville schools are special because of the

047temperament of our people and our we can attitude about everything. Julie Gunning. All right. And last but not least is Sarah Smith. And Sarah is a third grade teacher and she's been teaching for 21 years. Sarah became a teacher because she had a sixth grade teacher who made learning incredibly fun and inspired her to do the same for other children. Her goal for her students is to create a supportive and engaging environment where they're encouraged to explore and grow. Outside of the classroom, Sarah loves spending time with her family, playing basketball, tossing the football, and going on bike rides. Seems like a theme. Um, and Sarah loves Nibles schools because of foster strong relationships with students and families to ensure their success. Sarah [Applause] Smith. All right. And then I think we'll invite the rest

048of the team up to do our spotlight. Congratulations. All right. Well, good evening. I'm Calli Vandermark and I am the proud principal of White River Elementary. I want to first thank the board and Dr. Hyle for allowing us an opportunity to share a bit about our school tonight. So, each year we choose this spotlight to share the ways that White River connects with our community and our family to enrich student learning. Um, and that is a consistent focus for us here at White River. And I am especially excited tonight to shine a light on our related arts team who works hard to connect um in the same way through movement, through creativity. And um I am truly honored to um introduce them all tonight. They are a vital part of what makes White River so

049special. Without further ado, I'll turn it over. Hello. Um I'm Mrs. is Dhy, other known as otherwise known as Captain Dhy and I'm the music teacher at White River Elementary and we have a full schedule of programming by our related arts team at White River that builds connections with our school community including our annual Veterans Day program, winter singalong, variety show, art shows, gym shows, the list goes on and on. But tonight, I'd like to spotlight our Eagle Choir musical. This year we performed Pirates by John Jacobson and Roger Emerson. Uh, putting on a musical is such a fun way to connect students, families, school staff, and the community. Uh, Mrs. Shell Johnson, our art teacher, led the art club to create props and decor for her art show that we could reuse as set

050pieces for our play. Uh, choir family members, volunteered for rehearsals and stage setup. Two former White River students, Dax Gustin and Drake Lockwood, who had siblings in the play, volunteered to take photos and video of the performance, which was just so sweet. And this year, the district purchased a new really high quality portable sound system for the White River music program so that we can have music class and rehearse in the music room and then transform our gym into a theater for all of our programs with all with the same equipment. And it's just had a massive positive impact on the quality of the amplified sound during our classes, rehearsals, and performances. Uh last but certainly not least, the Noblesville School's Education Foundation funded our Let Shine on Stage grant. Um, our new stage lighting

051that we were able to purchase really sets the mood and allowed our students to be seen on stage in their best light and there's a few pictures here as and you can see the impact of the lighting firsthand. I mean it just that's a gymnasium and I mean we made a theater out of it and you can see the passion and the joy on those kids' faces and um it was just wonderful. And now I have four of our Eagle Choir pirates here to perform a very short scene and a few pirate jokes for our school board. All right, we have Cameron Okada, the queen of the high seas. Connor Murphy, our parrot. Olivia Olivia Welch. Uh she played Blue Beard and Madison Hornicle who was our stowaway. Take it away. Stow away. [Laughter] Let's

052give these guys a big round of applause. They work super hard. All right, I'm going to let them file on pass and shake hands and then I'm going to turn it over to Miss Mr. Lefallet, who is our tech teacher and helps us out a lot with AV. You got to shake wings. Good evening. I am Mr. David Lefallet. I am the technology teacher at White River Elementary. I get the awesome privilege to help with AV support and tech support um for the the different things that we do. Um I was able to run sound, set up sound, um help um uh the story find the lights. I get to do edit videos and support my team um outside of those events with any technology needs that they need. So, thank you very much for

053having us. Hi, I'm Jenny Shell Johnson and I'm the art teacher at White River Elementary. I've been at White River for three years now and with me I have four of my awesome art students. I have Hunter, Parker, Ben, and Chloe, and they participated in my art show committee, ECA after school club. So, they're here with us tonight. So, um I'm here to tell you a little bit about how I connected to the community as the art teacher. I put on our first underwater wonders art show this year. So, it was a schoolwide event. I proposed this idea to my principal with the goal to celebrate the hard work, creativity, and growth of our artists at Way River. I was awarded a mini grant from the foundation which allowed me to transform our media center

054into an immersive experience. With this funding, I was able to purchase items beyond my normal budget such as tablecloths, black lighting, display materials, additional art supplies, and more. Each year I put on two art clubs, one for my kindergarten through second grade artists, and one for my third through fifth grade artists. This year I put my um third through fifth grade artists as the art show committee. So these are some of my friends. I had 22 students participate and we turned our media center into an underwater wonders immersive experience. Our students created large scale sculptures, mural paintings and more to bring our media center to life. The remaining four sessions were were displaying the artwork, setting up the show and tearing it down. The art show was a huge success. Every student at White River

055had one to three artworks. Our White River families that attended our schoolwide game night event were able to visit the art show. And the following school day, if any students didn't get to come, they got to do a walkthrough with their classroom teachers. Our students and family at White River were thrilled, and it was truly special to celebrate all the amazing things we do in the art classroom. I have the best students in the world, and I love White River. So, here's some photos. And while I'm sharing some photos, I'd love for my four friends that came tonight to share what their favorite part of the art club committee was. to you guys for being here. You guys are awesome. Yeah, let's get a hand. Um I also have some photos of just in the

056making some of the art projects we made this year. And then I also wanted to include some other events I do. So, I put on um two cookies and canvas events each year. This is where students just come with a parent or guardian and they paint a canvas and enjoy some cookies. So, my kindergarten through second graders did a koiish pond and then my third through fifth graders did a seahorse seascape. So, great. Thank you so much. And on to PE. Joe wants to be invited. Thank you so much for having us this evening. Um, this is my 22nd year at White River and my name is Beth Huitt. I'm the PE teacher and I have to say I I feel like I have the best job and my gym and the students that we

057have at White River, we have the best time. As you can see, this is one of our programs. This is our first tease schools golf program. It's run by Indiana Golf and this was new to our school last year and the students have really enjoyed it. And one of the things that really incorporates our community, if our students are showing a lot of promise or they're really interested in it, they have scholarships that the students can go to golf lessons through those um area golf courses through the summer for no cost, which is really nice and how that integrates with our local golf courses. And there's also um chipping, not just the putting portion. So, this is a really neat golf opportunity for our students. And this is new and all of our um elementary

058schools now have it. So that's pretty neat opportunity for our kids. And we also have archery in our schools. The National Archery in our schools program. All of our elementaryaries have it and we run it with our SRO's. Officer Zach Bush runs it with our school. um fourth and fifth grade um participate with us and I think they've really enjoyed having this opportunity and when we look at this the opportunity for them to go into the community at Katiwi Park is how that can blend with our um community and the kids who really show interest there's a place for them to go with that so that's really awesome and then we also have a tournament and you just saw a class winner Hunter Goodman was just up here. He was a class winner for fifth

059grade this year. So, congratulations to him. And then going on to another activity that we have that really blends our community. This is our first grade PE showcase. This was from last year and we are getting ready to hold our first grade folk um showcase next week for our first graders. And this is where we use our state standards and activities that we've done throughout the year. And we put each class on the gym floor and the parents get to came and come and watch the kids. And then we do a great big activity with all the first graders at the end with that parachute and their favorite Olly the octopus and we get to showcase with that. So, a lot of teamwork and cooperation. So, those are just some things that we do in

060PE that showcase how we work with community and ways that we can blend our students with that. So, um I'm kind of the tail end of our related arts, but I know that I can speak for our entire group. We really, really enjoy what we do, getting the opportunity to work with all of our students and obviously our administration. So, thank you so much. We appreciate having the opportunity to be here. Thank you. Yes. I want to come back. Right. You want to pay? You want to pay? All right. Thank you. All right. Next under reports. This is going to be a hard act to follow. We have our strategic plan update and this meeting is academic excellence. Dr. Ryan Rich. Yes, I have no pirate jokes. I am the worst joke teller known to

061mankind. So, I will not be able to top that at all. Um, good evening everyone. Excited to be here talk about academic excellence strategic plan. Uh before I start with the formal presentation, I just want to say um academic excellence starts with passionate, dedicated educators. And each month you all get to hear folks like we just heard talk about all of the things that they do and how passionate and dedicated that they are. And we are truly blessed to have so many outstanding educators, teachers, administrators, support staff in this district. They are at the heart of academic excellence and how we're able to make that happen. And also it's about the engaging, relevant, meaningful, diverse experiences that we provide our students. And look, just in that short period of time, um what we heard from

062uh educators at both the high school at White River about all of the great things things that happen here in Noblesville. It's a it's a truly a great place to be. Um, with AGMic Excellence, I want to remind you all of our commitment to equipping all students for the dynamic challenges of the future. And within academic excellence, that area of our strategic plan, we have identified a specific measure of success, which is that students are provided just what I said, relevant, engaging academic pathways that allow them to pursue individual interests and achieve their personal potential. And along with that measure of success, identifying a specific strategy, which is to increase always academic programs, pathways allowing students to earn those valuable experiences and credentials beyond just earning an Indiana diploma. And so I could talk about

063any number of exciting things that are happening uh within the world of academics. um it would be unlimited because we have so many exciting things happening right now in Noblesville. But we have decided tonight to hone specifically in on how we here locally are leveraging the new Indiana diploma requirements to help us achieve that academic excellence goal. It was about the same time or around the same time generally that you all established the strategic plan that Indiana approved these new requirements. And so I wanted to take that opportunity to share that with you, give you some updates um on that this evening. So when it comes to how we are leveraging using these new requirements here locally to help us advance our mission, vision and our strategic plan, it's helpful to first understand as a

064board that there are three systemic shifts that are occurring moving from the current core 40 diploma requirements to the new Indiana diploma requirements which will start will go into effect with this year's eighth grade class as they move in to become freshmen next year. So, of those three shifts or significant changes, the first is credits and how we define credits here in Indiana. The second is something you've probably heard a little bit more about recently, which is seals. We're going to talk a little bit more about that. And the third is this term that you're hearing more and more often out there, workbased learning. So with credits number one take a look at the definition here and I I would challenge you to think about your own conception of credits forever and ever has probably

065been when you think about one credit equals one semester's worth of work or time within a particular course. So credits have always been kind of connected to this timebound uh concept that you have a semester or a year-long course and you get one credit per semester and if it's a two semester course you get two credits. But when you look here credit means demonstrating proficiency against academic standards in a course learning activity or experience meeting the following requirements. to notice course or learning activity or experience meeting the following requirements. It aligns with a state approved course description for those courses which have Indiana academic standards attached to them because some do some do not. The course is consistent with those standards and for courses learning activities and experiences uh with an end of course assessment

066the required proficiency is equal to or greater than that. So what that means is that no longer are credits necessarily bound to time. What they are bound to is students demonstrating proficiency against the standards that are established that define what that course is. So that gives schools, including Noblesville, more flexibility to think about experiences, opportunities where students are demonstrating proficiency and can earn credits that may be outside the traditional realm of one semester equals one credit. So that's a significant change and that's a little bit of a paradigm shift that folks are still going to have to get get used to. Number two, the seals. So we are right now used to core 40 diploma, core 40 with academic honors diploma, core 40 with technical honors diploma. Those diplomas will be no more starting with

067the next year's freshman class. Moving forward, instead students will have an opportunity to earn a seal on their diploma. There are three of them. The first is the enrollment seal, the second employment, and the third enlistment and service in Indiana. Right now, these seals are available, but they are not required. Now, we're going to return to that concept here in just a minute, but technically, students do not have to earn one of these seals in Indiana to still get the new diploma. They have to still complete, they can complete the current pathways, but I'm going to talk a little bit more about that here in just a minute. Here is a breakdown or a drill down into the seals. Um, we could do a full two-hour presentation just unpacking all of this. We are not

068going to do that here. We don't have that time. Um, but what you will see in the document that I provided to you, the honors seal for enrollment, employment, and listment. You have those listed criteria there in terms of the credits and experiences that students need to earn to be able to earn one of those seals. students can earn more than one of those seals depending on uh those criteria that are met. But those are all listed there for you. And if you are familiar with the current core 40 academic honors diploma, you will see that that pretty closely u mimics what is currently on the enrollment seal. There are some some differences, but in general kind of in the field of education right now, people are kind of looking to that honors enrollment seal

069as being kind of that replacement um diploma for um what is currently the Indiana academic honors diploma. In addition to these seals, Indiana has also created what's called the honors plus seal, which means in addition to earning the seal, if you meet these additional criteria, you can add the honors plus designation. So, for example, within that enrollment seal to meet the honors plus designation, that would include also earning a credential of value such as um an associates degree, a technical certificate, um being designated an AP scholar with distinction, plus completing work-based learning hours. We're going to talk about that here in just a second. So you can see within the presentation um what those additional criteria are that are included. So obviously our high school team has done a phenomenal job of really over the

070last couple of months really even longer ago than that as soon as the first iteration of this before it was even approved was out really starting to unpack this dig into this and figure out how are we going to operationalize this at our high school. Make sure that we're prepared ready to go. So the seals are that second significant shift. Shift number three is the idea of work-based learning. And it's defined here. Um and what that really means is that students um are engaged in experiences that are either authentic or can be simulated in a workplace environment. And so students um can have these work-based learning experiences earned, tracked, and then those hours can count towards the criteria in those seals um that you just saw a few moments ago. What is also really interesting

071about this shift is that when you see at the bottom the the last um sentence, work-based learning requires a written partnership agreement and plan between the participant, the parent or guardian, the school, and the employer partner. What that means is that students who in general are just going out into the workplace as students who are working a job, if we can capture um those experiences through a partnership agreement, those students can count those hours for having work outside of the school day um towards um their completion towards a seal. So, as we move forward um and talk about how again we locally here in Noblesville are leveraging all of these changes to help us promote what we have defined as academic excellence, you definitely want to keep those three major shifts or changes in mind.

072So, circling back to SEAL completion, remember I just had said before in Indiana technically a student could graduate without But our our high school in here in Noblesville, we have a goal, we have set a goal that all students will graduate with a seal. So, we are setting that as an expectation to start with the freshman year as our high school team has done a really great job of mapping out what four-year plans could potentially look like for students based upon their interests. They've thought about what types of courses we want our students taking starting that freshman year to set them on a path so that that path is at least aligned to the honors enrollment seal scope and sequence to start. So that is not something that we are required to do but that

073is something that we have really said we want to do for our students moving forward. And our expectation would be that we really want all students to learn to earn at least one seal um to meet requirements here in Indiana. Okay. So I also want to talk about CTE. So here in Noblesville, this goes back to the idea of the change or the shift in credits and how credits are defined to be earned. One of the really innovative things that our high school team has really worked hard on is looking at again with thinking about getting students engaged in something that freshman year that they may be interested in pursuing through one of those pathways, those CTE pathways that exists that one of the new requirements within the Indiana diploma is that all students will

074graduate by taking as a course preparing for college and careers. When you look at the standards for preparing for college and careers, a lot of those standards are the same standards that are embedded in every principal course of a CTE pathway. The principal course is the first course in a CTE pathway. The way that works is there's a principles, then there's a concentrator a course, concentrator B, and then there's a capstone experience at the end of that CTE pathway. So what we have done is we have started to build a crosswalk where students are able within the same time period to earn what I call stacked credits so that they are both earning the credit towards the preparing for college and careers course and a principal's course starting that freshman year. So in essence, killing

075two birds with one stone, opening up more space in their um schedule so that they have more flexibility for those um spaces to be used for other things. So um again, the goal all students take at least one principal course to explore explore and earn credits while also exploring the pathway world languages. We all know we made a a tough decision to shift away from Spanish as a core subject in 8th grade. That was a tough decision. I was principal at Noblesville East when we brought that program. I was I was um that was a good move for us to make um a little over a decade ago now. Um so this was a very hard decision to make. However, when you look at the new requirements for the diploma, um that honors seal designation,

076enrollment seal designation, um reduced the credits from six to four away from that academic honors diploma. But beyond that, what is also important is that if we were to continue to require all students to take Spanish in eighth grade, it would almost certainly force them to have to take Spanish, too, in their freshman year. That takes up a space in their schedule, but also it removes the opportunity for them to select either French or German. And also it could create a larger gap at the end of their high school career where then if they're looking at enrolling in college they may have to retake the course or test out as a part of being admitted into that college experience. So by making this shift, while it was a hard decision to make, we believe ultimately

077it positions our students better um because now that world languages placement can still happen that freshman year, but it can also now hold until that sophomore year and still give that students an opportunity to take either two years or even three years or if they decide they want to take it their freshman year, even moving into that highest level world language course offering that we have at the high school. So again, it builds in a little bit more flexibility for our students and allows us to achieve some of the other goals that we've established for our freshmen by setting them on that course to earn a seal and to explore a pathway. Another change that we are making that we're really excited about is um we are moving the computer science which is again another

078course new course requirement for the new graduation um requirements um to middle school. So all middle school students starting next year will earn their required computer science credit actually by the end of 8th grade. And the way that we're going to do that is we will divide up and attack those standards, teach to those standards in grade seven and then again in grade eight. So by the end of that eighth grade year, they will demonstrate proficiency against those standards, earn that credit and have that credit in their pocket before they walk through first day high school. Now we do know and we do value the personal financial responsibility experience. we've learned so much about um in our middle schools. What's interesting is that personal financial responsibility again as a part of the new diploma is

079actually now required for graduation. So what we are going to do is we are doing us in essence a little bit of a flip-flop where now students are still going to get personal financial responsibility but they're going to take that course in high school instead of taking it in middle school. And what's really excited exciting about that as well going back to the idea of that opportunity to stack credits is while economics is no longer technically required as a part of the new diploma requirements, we can now again crosswalk like we did with preparing for college careers and pathways. we can do a crosswalk which we are working on with economics and also PFR so that students can earn stacked credits within that same time period for both of those. So that's something that's very

080different that we are also making a shift to make happen. The Indiana College Corps, you've heard a little bit about that. You received a presentation on that from the high school administration a year or so ago. We're really excited to ramp that up. We have engaged in that strategic partnership with IU Cooko. Students will have an opportunity to graduate with up to a block of 30 credit hours or an associates degree and those credits are transferable to all Indiana public as well as some private colleges and universities. Um, we have really worked to develop the course catalog so that we have the right kinds of AP and dual credit course offerings that students will be able to take that will count as well as the experiences that they will need to have to fulfill those

081um criteria for the Indiana College CPS. So, we're really going to start to see that ramp up starting next year with students enrolling in courses that will not only count to graduate from high school, but really exciting are going to also be able to count towards that college credit and admission into college. Also, we've talked a lot over the last several years about um our robust internship program. It blends really really well, pairs very nicely with our work-based learning um needs that we have now under the new diploma requirements. So, we are going to be able to um leverage that robust internship program that we already have as well as the the really strong CTE program that we have to capture those hours. So again, now not only are students just earning credits, but they're

082also earning the hours towards that SEAL completion um and especially that SEAL um plus completion, which those definitely require work-based learning hours to be included as a part of that criteria. So um again, we have great people at the high school. I work closely with them to make sure that we're constantly thinking about how are we ramping up these opportunities for our students. So, for example, in CTE for next year, we're going to be adding exercise science, fashion and textiles, and digital designs as new pathways that we'll be offering our students. Also, as you well know, with the um really exciting renovation that's happening at the high school, we are greatly expanding the access that our students are going to have to welding and also to our constructions trades pathway. And then it's really exciting

083to see that starting next year overall at Noblesville High School, students are going to have access to now 30 different career technical education pathways where they're engaging in courses that are doing all of these things for them simultaneously in terms of building towards credentials of value, work-based learning experiences plus credits as well. not only for minimum diploma requirements but also for those seal designations. So, a lot of this is really strategic in terms of how are we best maximizing the resources that we have available so that we're hitting all of these different um things for students simultaneously. So, when it comes to some measures of success, here are just a few things I wanted to share with you. Um, we have recently added, you may remember, we had quite a long list of courses that

084we had you approve early this fall. We will have added 71 new courses to our course catalog for students to have access to at the high school. As of March of this year, more than 300 students have had 175 work-based learning experiences or placements, excuse me, that have resulted in over 33,000 hours of experience. Um, we have organized access to over 30 Indiana College Core courses and next year we will be shifting pre-cal to a dual credit course which is going to give more than 350 students next year the opportunity to earn six college credits at a savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars to our students here in Noblesville which is really really exciting. We want all of our students to take four years of math. So that is a progression that is a

085reality for most of our students. It's algebra 1, it's algebra 2, it's geometry, and it's pre-cal. So that pre-cal year, boom. Now with dual credit, all of those kids are having that opportunity to earn that college credit. Um, we've been working closely um to identify teachers who need credentiing to teach AP courses, to make sure that we have teachers ready to go to teach dual credit. As you can imagine, this requires a lot of coordination. Again, much credit, all credit really, to our high school team for really working through this diligently. We just registered four more teachers to receive advanced placement certification this summer. Uh to be very honest with you, our list was much longer than that, but really in terms of just cost effectiveness and being a good steward of the dollar. We're

086really trying to think about how we slowly scale this out in a way that we're getting what we need, but we will do it responsibly in the coming years. And so we could have sent um I think the list was up to nine or 10, but we paired it back to four um just to continue to get those teachers up to speed so they can teach these classes. So again, I just want to reiterate the new diploma requirements. There's a lot of exciting and new um that is involved, but it really is locally our decision to look at those requirements and decide how are we going to take these requirements and make them our own in our own way to meet our goals here in Noblesville. And um there will be much more to come.

087This is just helping to get us started for next year with that first class. We will continue to work on this. And like I shared before, there are a whole laundry list of other things happening that are really exciting right now that we could have talked about, but the timing of this, we wanted to focus academic excellence tonight, specifically on how we're using um these new diploma requirements to move our organization forward for our kids. So, questions. Thank you. I mean, you've done a lot of hard work and I'm sure with the high school, it's it's a lot, but it's amazing. And I I really do want to give all credit where credit is due to. We have an amazing high school team. We have amazing department chairs and our administrators and counseling team over

088there. Um, Julie Thcker and student services as well. It is a truly a team effort trying to digest, consume and digest all of the new and all of the implications because um everybody is involved in in working together to make this happen. So so many moving parts to all of this. There are so many moving parts. Yes. Yeah. And you guys are handling it very well from, you know, from our perspective anyway, from my perspective. Um great job. I mean, I don't know. I It's hard to wrap my brain around all that stuff. So, kudos to you guys and the high school admin. Um, I do have a couple of questions. Um, who So, for the job work hours to be included in that, who initiates that agreement if there isn't already one? Yeah, that's

089that's a great question. So, I've been working really really closely with Dr. Smethers. He's one of our assistant principles at the high school. He really leads up our CTE workbased learning efforts. Um we also have our internship coordinators at the high school as well. And so um he's actually already been working on what that partnership agreement will look like, what our system is going to be as well to make sure that we can make that happen. So behind the scenes, he and other members of the team are already working through um the paperwork and you know, all of those types of things to make sure that we capture those hours. Um, I was just more curious. So, if you have, you know, obviously it doesn't apply, you know, to my daughter that's already there because

090this is the new stuff. So, but if there is a student that already has a job and then this takes place, but it's not under an agreement, is that something that could be done? Yeah, the the the agreement is def the partnership agreement is definitely a prerequisite to being able to count the hours. So that's why we're working now because it you're right, it will begin with next year's freshman class. Yeah. But then moving beyond, we will want to do everything we can to make sure we we promote that and we're facilitating that so that kids can capture those hours for themselves. Um and then with the computer science, um so you said that it's um geared for seventh and eighth grade students to get that going into high school. So if it's just starting

091next year, what about the current seventh graders that are missing seventh? That's a that's a great question. So we've looked at because we taught coding in sixth grade as a nine weeks rotation, we've crosswalked the coding curriculum that they already had in sixth grade with the standards for the computer science course. We feel like we we're confident that we can count that experience plus what those students will get in eighth grade next year so that they will have it. But the reality is for one year we will have a gap year. Sure. And so we will teach sections of the computer science class for one year at least at the high school for those students that they fell in the middle. Yeah. Yeah. And what's been really neat about that is in developing and establishing

092the curriculum for the course, we've had several sessions, work sessions together, and it's been our middle school business teachers and our high school computer teacher as well as our depart business department chair working together. So, it's been a really good uh 612 collaboration. Okay. I I have no doubt that you have everything handled. I just these are questions that came up and I knew you'd have an answer because that's just what you do. So, yeah, absolutely. Thank you. Good good job, Ryan. You know, since the Department of Education started this, I I've tried to track and follow it and and put us into the enrollment or the employment or the enlistment categories. And I think I hear you say that as much as possible, I think crosswalk is the term we'd like to keep everybody

093in four years of math if possible. Yeah. the the new Indiana diploma, it it doesn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. There are still those minimum credit requirements that need to be met. Um, so those things will still be there. Um, but they're they're different. They look differently than what they did under the current core 40 diploma. For we academic bloomers who didn't decide we wanted to keep going to school until later. Yeah. I was I was concerned from the get-go from the state that some people would start down other avenues and then say, "Well, I can't get back there." But it sounds like to me from your perspective, we're going to try to drive kids to keep all doors open. Is that a fair way? I am so glad, Dr. for you that

094you said that because that has absolutely been at the heart of a lot of the conversation we've had in the planning is that we absolutely recognize that we're talking about students that are 14, 15, 16 years old. I mean, they still change their majors in college. So, what's to say they're not going to change it after their freshman year? And now, are they off track? Yep. Yeah. No, absolutely not. No, we've definitely planned for that and we will absolutely make sure that we're not pigeonholing a student early on into a a track that they can't get out of. There's enough and there's more than enough flexibility. Um the credits requirement under the new diploma is technically 42 credits. students have an opportunity within their schedule in four years to earn 62 60 or 62 if

095my memory serves me correctly. So we'll have plenty of flexibility but absolutely and we have great counselors at the high school who will be working with students to help them facilitate and navigate all this and family. Thank you and thanks for the explanation about the eighth grade Spanish. It makes a lot of sense. Um I mean my kids are older but I experienced that they took the Spanish they took Spanish didn't take another language took it early on so when they get to college they've forgotten. Yeah. Right. So yeah and and and it and so you can see that there was no one reason. It was all of this um these these reasons kind of coinciding at once that just made it so that in good conscious we had to make the we had to

096make the decision to make. Well, and I mean, and I got to say, I've never I've always wondered I've never really been crazy about the idea that we only offer and require Spanish in 8th grade, but then when they as a freshman, they open it up to several different languages that they can take. Well, they've already started in Spanish, they're not necessarily, I guess, motivated to take any other language. It's it's wonderful that every student has an opportunity to be exposed to learning a language, but one of the drawbacks is that it's the same language and there's no choice, right? Yeah. Plus the gap it can create between when they finish and when they go to college. Yeah. Stephanie, I know you question. Well, I won't ask all. Um, so I guess I'm a little

097concerned about the workbased learning situation. Um so your very last slide mentions how many students um is there a way to pull it up? I can go back. Yeah. Okay. So more than 300 students at this year. Is that what you're saying? Yeah. Have 175. How many students do you think in four years are going to want to get the enrollment seal or I guess the employment seal? and need those work-based learning hours. Like right now we have 300. How many do you think we will have? I have no idea because we've not lived to this before. But actually, let me take you back real quick to We can just take a look at that real quick. So, when you look at the honors seal designations and you look at the enrollment designation there, um

098that's going to give you in general what students deems in terms of credits. It's not until you get into the enrollment honors plus seal that they add in the requirement on workbased learning. So you ask a key question because that has been a concern across the state from the beginning is do employers have the capacity to be able to take on all of the need that might exist depending upon what the demand might be. And the reality is I just don't think any of us know yet at this point in time what that's going to look like. What has been a a recent just as last week interesting development is that you may have heard um the public universities across the state also announced a partnership with the state where if a student graduates with

099the enrollment honors plus seal they will have automatic admission into Indiana any Indiana public university. So that will most certainly, I imagine, drive um an increased interest in students earning work-based learning hours because that honors plus seal includes a 75hour requirement. So So I don't know if I'm answering your question or not. You are. So the partnership, what's what what do companies, businesses have to do to get that partnership? What hoops do they have to jump? Is it or is it Yeah. So that's in development right now. So we are currently developing what that what that agreement would look like. Um our team has been looking at what other schools have putting been putting together. Um we really don't have at this point in time enough clear guidance yet where the state has said here's

100a boilerplate example that you can use. You know that type of thing. It's still so early on. So, as a reminder, you know, these requirements were only just approved by the state board of education on December the 12th. So, um that has been one of the concerns from the beginning that we'll just have to navigate. We're no different than anywhere else that it's really hard to turn on a dime. Yeah. And not really knowing definitively what these requirements are going to be until December the 12th and then having to prepare. um we start scheduling or at least preparing for scheduling in December, January for the next year because it takes that much time to prepare the schedule. So I find it remarkable and kind of crazy that they're making you implement this that quickly. That's

101we are. It It truly is like trying. I keep thinking about if you've ever seen the the world's largest cruise ship and how long and how many motors it takes to turn. It's really like asking us to turn a cruise ship on a dime like you would turn a a fighter jet. So, but we're doing it. We're doing the best we can with that. So the state doesn't isn't giving you any kind of guidance or they they are but it it just I mean well I mean for the like for the workbased learning for those contracts those agreements are yeah a lot of the a lot of the really finite detail in terms of how all of this will be implemented. The other thing that really complicates this is, and a lot of folks don't

102realize this, not only do we as local public districts take our cues from the Department of Ed, but now also from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, which is another uh agency within state government that also has a hand in this, specifically when it comes to the workbased learning piece and the career technical education piece. And so um you know every Friday we administrators and leaders get a big long update. You probably see it as well from the DOE but we also get updates like that from the commission for higher education consuming all of that and trying to then distill that and then determine how we're going to implement this. It's we're doing it. We have a good team but it's a lot. So, are are you saying that the partnership agreement like could it

103be something like working at Culver's like absolutely summer like that's a potential that your summer job would qualify? As far as it has been explained to us up to this point in time. Yes. Okay. Well, that's that's encouraging. Yes, it is. Well, because there are some students that maybe wouldn't be a good fit for an internship or leaving school during the school behavior issues or liability issues with the school. So I saw that there were simulations that you might be able to do which someone's going to have to make those simulations, right? But well and that and that could be for example in an internship setting where the student is maybe not directly doing the work but they're observing the work. Um because not sitting in a classroom and like doing like a simulation on

104their computer. It'd be like being there and That's right. Okay. Yep. Yeah. Do we know how this new diploma requirement for the state um compares to other states? Um no, I've not really look I mean I've not looked at that comparison to see um uh we we can we certainly continue to hear that Indiana's kind of on a leading edge when it comes to reinventing high school. Um and this is a little bit of a middle ground where we landed. the earlier iterations of this were really really pretty far out there and created a lot of concern um that maybe a lot of us was maybe a bridge too far. So they've we they've listened the state has listened to what the field has had to say and the feedback that's been provided by by

105parents as well and I feel like we've landed at a good spot. So yeah, that was my next question is are you happy with where we Oh, abs. Yeah, absolutely. And I I think this is I mean you Ryan Rich, me just individually as a human who lives here in in Indiana and has children who go to school. Um I'm really excited for my son who's going to be able to experience this and my daughter who wasn't because she's a little older. And so yeah, I think it was t change was needed and it was it was time. So this has been good. Yep. Okay. Anything? Dr. Rich, I've got a question. Um the for the honor seals plus associate degrees. So, we're partnering with IU Cooko that will um have the testing for that.

106It'll be just automatic. They won't have to go through like an ACP test at the end of or calculus. Um well, the tests will be connected to the courses that they're taking, those those assessments that they're taking. need to take those. Yeah, absolutely. Yes. So, like for example, students who are taking an AP course that also counts towards that college credit, they'll still take that AP exam, if they're taking a dual credit course, they'll tell they'll still take that exam for that course. Okay. The um the auto acceptance, thank you for mentioning that because I forgot where the honors plus seal that seems like that's really gone up as far as the requirements um to to actually get that. This is not out of reach then your mind. So um actually you're talking about the

107honors plus seal. Yes. Yeah. So those those those requirements are rigorous. There is no doubt about that. So for example um the AP scholars with distinction um uh of our graduating class of what was it last year? 700 plus somewhere around in there. Yeah. Oh Dr. Moy's back there. She says, "Was that about right?" Yeah. Below 800. Uh, we had 53 students who were able to earn that distinction. It's a really, really rigorous distinction. The reality is kids that are doing this were probably going to be admitted anyway to any state university. Um, but yeah, but the work-based learning piece is new. that's new as a part of this requirement and that wasn't in place before. So, students be educated on what the AP scholar with distinction is because I'm not sure many of the

108like right now that students are super educated. Yeah. And and so before when I mentioned this is a partnership deal with student services as well. Uh Julie's team, they lead and work directly with all of our counselors and the counseling team at the high school. And uh we've set in on multiple meetings now with our counselors and admins at the high school. They're currently working on a system um to be able to internally track all of this which is wow a bit of a a beast and um our counselors are phenomenal people and we need to take good care of them because they've got a big load on their plate for sure to track all of this. But Julie's team's been doing a great job working with counselors to make sure we're ready to go

109and powers school and we're set and we have tracking systems in place for all of this. So, and just to clarify, you're you're encouraging fresh incoming freshman to take one of those principal courses as a freshman at the high school. Yeah. Are those principal course I can't remember they one semester or are they all year? Well, remember and again you can stack now because the idea of a credit is related to proficiency relative to standards, not necessarily time bound. But yeah, typically a principal's experience is going to last over the course of a year and then you're going to move into those concentrator experiences and then from there if we have a capstone experience, it's going to end with that capstone course. Okay. Yeah. I have an incoming freshman. I don't think she's got principles

110on her. So I'll have to Yeah. being encouraged to to do to start that path from the jump. Well, and and remember there's there's going to be this interesting kind of transition because for example, she would have had Spanish, correct? Right. Yeah. So, she'll have some flexibility. She can double up maybe. So, if right she needs to. Yep. Okay. Do you have the like the sideby-side comparison of our current diploma requirements versus the new that you could send us or me? I don't know if anyone else. I will resend. So, I put in a board packet right after the December state board of ed meeting. There's a nice side by side. So, I can resend that to you guys. And it it does a really nice job of doing a comparison of the Core 40

111against the new Indiana diploma. Yeah. Thank you for appreciate everything. I've got one more question. Sorry. I I I love answering questions, so I'm I'm good. So, we've got for the Honors Plus seal, um we've got six high schools in Hamilton County. They need 650 hours of work experience. How many companies do we have lined up? Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Or seven. Excuse me. I forgot that. Yep. Yeah. Absolutely. That's that's a lot of hours and a lot of a lot of That's why Culver's and Taco Bell and all that's going to matter, right? Because that potentially could qualify your summer job. that tr that truly has been from the beginning one of the the most serious concerns about all of this is does Indiana have the economic bandwidth to be able to meet all of

112these work-based learning demands and needs that are going to exist so those employers up to speed on what it's going to take because right having an apprentice is is quite a bit of work too shift is going and Dr. Rich is exactly right. This has been this has been talked about since the beginning. Um, and you guys know most of my career has been in rural Indiana and I know that doesn't necessarily apply to us here, but this is an even higher concern in rural Indiana who may not have any employers within driving distance or very few and they're going to be competing for those spots. But even here, but even here in Noblesville where we have a lot of choices, I would say I think your last point is very relevant in that um

113what's interesting about all this is employers sometimes will say, "Well, we we want all these kids with experience and then when it comes down to it, they want that, but they don't want to actually partner and have children come work in their place." So part of this shift is going to have to be employers also stepping up a little bit and coming alongside us and being a little more open to welcome students to come spend some time with them because this only works and works well if we're all on board and we're all engaged. So yeah, and that's been discussed ever since this started. So we'll see because now here we are. You have to assign one of their workers to take care of that. So yeah, whatever that looks like and that looks like

114different things in different places, but at the end of the day, you know, we we need them to make this happen. So I think I now hold the record for the longest strategic plan update. So I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but longer. Yes. Thank you. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Um, next up, public comment. We did not have anybody sign up for public comment. So we will move on to consent. By a single motion, the board approves and adopts the following items or actions which reflect the application of board policy in Indiana code. Those items mark consent. Those are claims, donation, minutes from our last board meeting, overnight and out of state trips, and personnel listing. May I have a motion to

115approve the consent items as listed? Motion. Brett. Joe. Uh, any further discussion? Yes. George Cristo donated $1,000 for the Leo Club and we appreciate all the community support. Okay. Thank you. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Uh, next we're in action items. Um, in accordance with Indiana state law, schools are now required to utilize a more comprehensive expanded history background check for unemployment. The new law law prohibits school corporations from employing or contracting with spec specified individuals without additional review and approval by the board. May I have a motion to approve the separate personal listing as related to additional background check information. So move Joe second. Second by Stephanie. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Next up we have uh school calendars. May I have a motion to

116approve the school calendars for the 2526 26 27 and 2728 school years? Motion, Stephanie, second by Joe. Any further discussion? A quick question. Okay. Um, is it typically Heather, is it typically this time of the year um when we approve like the professional development days, the e-learning, that sort of is that typically? I don't I guess it's not really last minute, but I'm calling it last minute. Okay. Okay. I just I wasn't sure if it was due to involvement from the state dictating certain things or Okay. Yes. Yes. And I think graduation is on there now, too, which is which I think is good to know. Also, I mean, it's helpful that it's on there, but it's only helpful if it gets read. Correct. The other right. All right. Any other questions? All right. Thank

117you, uh, Dr. Hendrick and Stephanie. The committee for that. I can't imagine how Jason Katzen Cats for calendar committee got it has to be Dr. Hendrick deserves an award, right? Yeah. All right. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Up next we have um administration is requesting approval of the resolution authorizing for non-standard course waiver. May I have a motion to approve the resolution authorizing for non-standard course waiver? So move Joe second. Second. Stephanie. Uh any further discussion? Right. All those in favor I opposed. Motion carried. Uh the district's property and casualty insurance runs through May 1st through April 30th renewal year. Um and the annual quoting process concluded with another favorable review. May I have a motion to adopt the entrance quote for the 2526 plan as provided? Misty second. Joe um any

118further discussion? Um just want to say thank you to Davis today. Yeah. Just got saving us money on a regular basis. Correct. That is correct. Yeah. So, our workers compensation insurance um we're working with uh so we work through a broker then every year for this renewal process. Our brokers assured partners and uh they work with about 30 schools in the central Indiana region. So, a lot of big schools. So, of course, they have a large book of business that certainly helps them uh get leverage in the marketplace. But in addition to that, um as we all know with insurance, it really comes down to experience and history. And so, uh we've been very fortunate in terms of some of our our history. uh on all of our lines of coverage. Uh so property uh

119insurance, for example, we've we've not filed a claim in in more than five years. So uh that's, you know, a perfect example of where uh a lot of districts are are seeing very sizable increases. In fact, I I know I told you last year that our burger told us that we had his best renewal and he came back again to say that once again we had his best renewal in in terms of their book of business. So again, that has a lot to do with our experience, but then also with some of the the carriers that that we went with through renewal. So, in that renewal process and getting quotes, uh, the biggest change that you'll see is in what I call really our our primary casualty insuranceances. So, our our general liability, our auto,

120we switched from EMC to uh, Liberty Mutual. Uh, with that switch, actually EMC decided they're actually out of Iowa. They're not no longer going to write Indiana schools. So, that was just something where we we obviously needed to pick someone up and uh, Liberty Mutual probably didn't know that we were not going to go with our incumbent. And so, with that being said, they came in with a very favorable quote for us there. And then again across the the line very minimal increases for a 2% increase overall uh compared to again a book of business uh his book of business seeing anywhere between tw 10 and 20% for school districts. So um that helps out on the budget side when I was certainly budgeting for more than that that we're seeing a very minimal increase

121for next year. And um I think we had this question earlier that I think that you helped us with. Can you talk briefly about the fact that our broker then takes takes our different lines of business out to different companies and and gets and is gets competitive quotes? That's right. Yeah. So he he will certainly quote it and uh and in the case of then of like the workers comp like that's where we were able to to quote with another carrier and and seeing that that quote we went in then back to our incumbent and that was the again apology for the the late uh change there to to the uh the document material but it was just trying to get all that information and we're kind of at the mercy of the carriers where

122we went back and and they came back to to to match or get come very close to to that other quote. So yes indeed they they go out and quote against other carriers. Yeah, you can change it anytime you save us money. You can you can change anytime. Yes. Yes. All right. Um any other questions? All right. All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Um next we have um administration is requesting approval of the engineering contract for the high school air handler unit replacement pro project. Held Kelly hostage all this time. She is still here. We see you out there. So sorry. We're so sorry. May I have a motion to approve the KBSO contract for the Noblesville High School air handler replacement project? So move. Joe Misty second. Any further discussion? All those

123in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Thank you. Great job, Kelly. Um about the new diploma. Thought about that, didn't you? May I have a motion to approve the agreement between the Noblesville Youth Baseball NYB and Noblesville Schools? Motion Misty. Second. Second. Stephanie, are there any further discussion? All right. All those in favor? I. Those opposed? Motion carried. Um, policies are required by Indiana Code and must be updated for compliance. The following policies were presented for the first read at our February 18th board meeting. May I have a motion to adopt the policy as presented for the first read at the March 18th regular board meeting? its policy A300 responsible use of technology and internet use policy. So move Joe second. Second Stephanie. Any further discussion? All those in favor? I I opposed. Motion carried. Next

124on the agenda is public comment for non-aggenda topics. And we did not have anyone that signed up. So we're on to committee reports. Dr. Hy. All right. Thank you board. And as I always say, thanks for the few that have stuck with us the whole time, even if you were being held hostage because you want to know how that vote went. Just a few quick items for me, board. I hope everybody had an amazing spring break. Um, we are now in the final push to the end of the school year with a lot of activity happening. I actually just mentioned to somebody uh earlier today that that this is the fun time of year, but it is one of the fastest and busiest times of year because this is when all the ceremonies start and

125end of year programs. But it's a lot of fun. But buckle up because it'll be it'll be over before we know it. So, um, I do want to share that my superintendent advisory council will be wrapping up. its first year up in May. Um we're going to do so we are going to have a few open spots next year specifically in fourth six and 9th grade. Um so we'll be sharing out some new information and the applications. Uh oh we just sent it out yesterday. I actually forgot we had already voted. So yeah that's going out. We're we're recruiting some new some new folks. Um and I am we are going to look to do a little special um event at the end of the year with them um that we'll talk more about next

126time. Uh, we have also opened applications this week for incoming junior and senior high school students who want to audition to be the next Miller Man. So, if you know any incoming juniors or seniors, they could go down in Noblesville history for that. So, tell them to get ready to audition. And then, uh, last thing, um, and again, we we're not sharing it tonight, but it won't be much longer. We're getting really close. The first draft is just about wrapped up on our new financial education website. Um, we're affectionately calling that dollars and cents. So, we're going to start getting some feedback board. You're going to get to take a look at it very, very soon because I really want to get your thoughts on some things and make sure um that it makes sense

127for the public. Um, and but the goal is still to have it ready to launch to the public before the end of the school year. So, look for more information on that very soon. All right. Thank Thank you. ISBA legislative committee. All right. The legislature lap wrapped up their 14th week and we're coming to an end and we might know what's going on. The S uh uh Senate Bill One did pass. that's got to be signed by the governor yet and uh it's going to affect us some and I I'm not sure we know but the numbers I have from ISBA which may be a little different than than what we finally get down to is that the operations fund is going to be about 3 million less in 26 4 million plus less in

12827 and and 6 million in 28 I I pulled this from the ISBA I don't know if it's quite right but the gist of it is it's going to be less is that a fair statement sure you're I know we I don't know if those numbers are runs and yeah, that's a whole that's a whole topic. But yes, and I know they add things in the last minute that we don't quite even know about. And in fairness to our legislators who are not here. I think they prefer that we describe it as it's a decrease of the increase. So I don't know. It would not be a fair state that way. It would not be a fair statement to say that we're getting less money because currently it's projected that we will still see an

129increase, but it will definitely not be the kind of increase that would have normally happened. And and I got to say, and you know this too, it was four times worse than this when when the bill started out. So our legislators did help us out to get this down to a doable number. Maybe that's not even the correct term, but it's not where it could have been when we started out. Uh the education our education fund or tuition support look like it's going to go up 2% for the next two years, but we're going to subtract 160 million for textbooks out of that, which adds to that. You want to comment on that just a little bit? I do. Um so yes at the moment they have shared I'm going to call them the preliminary

130numbers for what we think will happen in the education fund. However this week they are going to get the updated revenue forecast for the state. So as soon as that drops we will find out if those numbers are going to be the numbers or if they're going to have to backpedal and make some changes. So I forget David. I don't know does that I think maybe tomorrow or Friday. I I keep hearing conflicting dates but so it may yeah maybe as early as tomorrow they're going to share that. And again, for those for those who are watching these kind of things, I mean, that's the revenue forecast for the state budget. So, if they find out they're gonna have a bigger shortfall, they will have to scale some things back. So, we'll see. We'll find

131out. So, we know it's all kind of tentative till we get the final updates, but we must say it's better than it could have been along the way. So, we got to we got to appreciate what our legislators did for that. Uh, and I'm not sure, and you may have to help me on this one, that uh Senate Bill 287, which related to partisan school boards, I I don't think it's gotten called up yet, has it? Do you know today? I don't think it got called up as of I think. Punch your buttons over there and tell me. While we've been sitting here, I just got an update on this bill. I didn't think I knew you. Um, and it is anticipated that it may be having a hearing on Thursday now, but we'll see.

132Okay. And we'll watch for that. But all right. Anyway, it's been an interesting session and anybody doesn't follow it. It is interesting to follow from start to finish how we get here. So, we'll have more information and I think David and you will both have your work cut out for you as we move forward on that. And I'll move right into parksport. You go, you go right ahead. I'll go move right into parksport. It's a great day to go to the park. Okay. Uh all the parks are open for your enjoyment. Uh the golf courses at Foxbury and Forest Hill are both open. The pro shops in both of them have new paint, new carpet, and new lighting. They're ready to go. We got summer concerts uh approved for both Federal Hill Park and Dylan

133Park. Youth programs are filling up fast. I think the ones at uh at at Forest Park might already be full. So, if you're interested to get there, if you want employment, they're still looking for some. And all you runners, uh we are working on a 5K in Forest Park September 27th. So, I'll sign Miller up for that. And our super I've already got it figured out. They're going to just run down that right right on the river circle South Park and get back. And that's 5.1 miles. That's all I got. All right. Noblesville Youth Sports Alliance, Misty. Okay. Um it looks like there are some improvements coming to Fifth Finch Creek Park and will be um they will be able to accommodate various events such as the Panty Festival and some other things that the

134uh community city does. Um and a few features that are making this um of great interest for various youth sports programs in the community. But the concern with that is that we need to be extremely careful as to not compete with tournaments that maybe NYB or Babe Ruth hosts because you know that'll conflict with those organizations making their money. Um this could potentially they're comparing it to being more like a smaller scale grand park. Um but that is a little bit tricky because they've got neighborhoods so close. So they have to be careful with the lighting in the evenings in addition to the um added traffic and noise that brings. This is still in the design phase, so nothing is finalized or even etched in stone as far as a design goes at this point,

135but I'm pretty sure they're going to get something worked out for everyone involved to be happy. So stay tuned on that. Uh the pickler has actually made the decision to move forward with helping for a form a youth pickle ball league. Um, so stay tuned for more information on that as that evolves. And you might be wondering where the NYSA gets money to provide the sponsorships that I provide my commercial for every month. Um, they get their money, a majority if not all funds from the mayor suare and the legacy fund. So thank you to Mayor Jensen for that very generous donation every year. and they also receive funds from the Hamilton County Sports Authority. So, we want to be sure to show some appreciation to them as well. Um, and for this reason, we're

136able to provide financial assistance to those in need um to help cover registration expenses for youth sports here in our community. To find non-school related sports of interest for your child, visit the website at noblesvilleports.com. And there are about 16 different sports opportunities. um anything from track to football, baseball, there's wrestling, there's all sorts of sports in there for the ghost. Um and you can also find a master calendar of important events or dates for each of those organizations and links to those organizations. Next meeting is tomorrow. Okay. Thank you. I would like to report that on March 11th, the board along with Dr. Hy, we met to create um our board of trustees shared commitments. So this is something that the five of us and Dr. Dr. Hy sat in. Um the purpose of

137this document is to establish clear expectations for our for our board and ensure ensure respectful collaboration with the school board. Um we're going to sign the commitments tonight. Um they will be posted on the website on on our um schoolboard page. So you guys should all check them out because it took us a long time to do them. But it was a really really good exercise. Um we have the role of the board, general board conduct, governance, trust, communication meetings and professional development. So we will review these on an annual basis and update them. Um so please for those of you that are left, you can review those. Um yes, our next meeting is Tuesday, May 20th here at 6 PM and we will on strategic plan we'll hear about celebrated school culture. So may

138I have a motion to adjourn? So Misty, any further discussion? All those in favor? I opposed. Motion carried. Thank you.