001I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Good evening everyone. We'll go ahead and get started with our spotlight school, Thank you. We have an exciting event for you tonight. We have our robotics team that doesn't know they're coming in right now. So, I'll get them in a second, but I wanted I may not have another chance to tell you thank you for allowing me to be the principal of Eden this year. I've really enjoyed it. We had a great time. I got to I got to work with probably the best administrative team in the state, and I think you all know that from K to 12. Incredible people. Especially all of
002those to my tier one colleagues. They're great to work with. It's been really fun. The staff at Eden is incredible. Um I love my guys, and they love each other, and they love the students at Eden. And they all and the students at Eden are incredible. So, I have had a wonderful year back at the helm, and I've enjoyed it, and I thank you so much for allowing me to do that. And I'm going to turn this over to Mrs. Takacs to talk to you about robotics. I have one more thing to say. You know, having fourth grade come down to the elementary presented some really cool new things. We have robotics club, spell bowl, and tomorrow night we have math bowl competition. So, those things came with fourth grade, and it's been really exciting
003to for the younger kids to see the older ones doing these things after school. So, thank you. Thank you. Um so, this year has been quite an experience for all of us. Um I had never done robotics. I had no idea what I was in for, um, but I didn't want the kids to, um, lose out on the opportunity of experiencing the robotics program. So, we all kind of just went in with the expectation that we're just going to figure it out as we go, and, um, have a great time, and that was really our goal. Um, I had amazing parents. They were so supportive. They were understanding. They were flexible with me when I made mistakes and messed up their schedule. They did everything they could to make things work. So, we would not
004have been as successful this year without their support, and so we have some of them in the audience. Um, Mrs. Colemont, whose son is on the team, um, she has been amazing. She's been at all the practices helping me out. We talked through problems together, so, um, she has been my right hand, and I would not have been able to do it this year without her. Um, so, as her son moves on next year, hopefully she sticks with me. Um, but, like I said, this has been a learning experience for us. Um, when you go to these competitions, they're with other teams, and it's not, "Ooh, I'm going to try and beat this team." They're working together. We would have teams come up to us and give us suggestions on how we could make our
005robot butt better, and how we could score more points. So, this is an amazing experience that the kids are having to learn problem-solving skills. They're making connections with friends and peers. They're working together, and they also have to have time management. At a competition, they can have anywhere from like eight to six matches, and they're timed, and they go very quickly. A typical match is 1 minute. They have 30 seconds, and then they switch drivers, and then the, um, next driver goes for 30 seconds, and they may have 25 minutes before their next competent or their next match, they may have an hour before their next match. So, someone's job on the team was to always keep track of the time, where they were supposed to be. It's all on them to make sure they're
006in the right spot and when they're supposed to be there. So, um they did amazing job. Um I hope they feel like we had fun. Um I also learned a lot from coaches there. They gave me suggestions. Um we learned that robotics is very expensive. So, I've had to learn how to really start begging for money. So, I got pretty good about that at the end of the season. And um I have lots of tips that I'm excited to use next year with the the kids. So, um if what their point would be of their season. So, every season the game changes. So, this season their um objectives was to stack these pins. Guys, if you want to go ahead and show them. So, the different colors, um location on the game board, all would
007give them different points um to try and score. So, April 24th, the next game comes out. So, we learn what we'll get to do next year. Um when the season starts, they send out like a template for a base robot. This year he was called Kiwi. So, you'll notice the robots look fairly similar and then throughout the season the kids just start experimenting on their own. Um how they want to change it, what kind of wheels are going to work better. The girls decided a couple days before competition that they wanted to try and rebuild their robot and put two claws on. So, that was a little stressful for us, but um we got her done and um it they had a good time just trying to figure it out and do it. So, guys,
008do you want to go ahead and take your robots and go show them? Um we will give you a chance to try and drive the robots. The The parents were always in the audience like, "COME ON, JUST PICK IT UP. JUST JUST PICK THAT UP." AND I'M LIKE, "It's not as easy as you think it is." If you just want to go stand and yep, we'll give them a chance. You can Ally, you can put your robot on the ground. Yep, and then just show them how to do that. That piece of came off cuz it's top heavy and it's right. Yes. Yes, the girls put a spinning top hat on there. So, Wyatt, if you want to put put your robot on the ground and then you show them the controls. Hey, do you
009want to give the drivers a chance? Okay. Are you ready, drivers? Here we go. Yep, Wyatt, you can put it right there. Yep. He's a natural. Look at that. I wasn't expecting that. Sorry, Mr. Terry. I can recommend the culture of life to you as well. >> So, that would have been 30 seconds and that's how long they would have had to try and score the points and then they would have had to switch drivers. So, it goes very quick when you're there in the moment. Did I break the Did I break the robot? If this WAS A SPREADSHEET SO, IT WAS FUN TO SEE HOW all the different schools We saw schools that had conveyor belts that would lift the pins. We saw schools that had flippers that would grab them and flip the
010pins backwards. So, it was really cool to see what all the different schools came up with and their ideas and things like that. So, So, in the competitions there's different things. They have the game play and then there's different kinds of judging. They can get judged on the creativity of robots. They have notebooks where they have to keep You can get judged on your notebooks. They do interviews with the kids so they get judged on their interviews. So, there's a lot of different awards at different events that they can get so they get judged on their scores, creativity, all the different things. >> That's the statue. Push it up. Now, what do I do with this? Okay. Well, and that's one of the important parts to use as a spotter because you can't move from
011your spot on the game board. You have a very limited area, so you have to count on your partner to It's like the claw game. Yeah. Got it. THERE WE GO. I KNOW. OKAY. I KNOW. PERFECT. WELL, THANK YOU guys so much. We appreciate YOUR TIME. OH, SORRY. I DIDN'T GET YOUR TIME. YES. UH RIGHT HAND. YEAH, WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND. There you go. Let's just do this instead of this. Hey, have you had some experience I I have. They never let me get that close. Remember, my job was to drive them and get them there. Okay. How do I go up? Oh, I'm going up. No, no, no, no. Yeah, you got to you got to hold it there. I know he knows what he's here. You're right there. Well, that that I can't
012do any better. Are we correct? THANK YOU, GUYS. Thank you. You get lucky every once in a while, that being said. Thank you. Thank you. We'll move right along. Was there any public comments this evening? No one requested to speak this evening. Okay, we'll move right along to um matters of the board for this administration, routine matters. Uh can I get a motion to approve the regular meeting March 19th, 2026 and the executive session March 3rd, 2026? 2026. I move that we accept the minutes from the two meetings listed. Is there a second? I'll second. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed, same. On to claims, Mr. Day. Yes, included in your board packet are regular claims, accounts payable claims, payroll claims, and a tennis project construction claim at the end. Happy to answer
013any questions that you have about these. Um I ask the board approve the claim docket as presented. Do we have any questions or comments? Can I get a motion to approve the claim docket as presented? Motion to approve. Second. Second. >> All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed, same. On to old and unfinished business, financial matters, Mr. Day. Yes, included in your board packet are final February February and nearly final March receipts and expenditures. Um noted a couple items there, many of them repeats from last month, just to keep them on your radar. Um we did get a uh updated SEA 1 report from Policy Analytics, and I made some slight adjustments to our property taxes. I included that report in this packet. I'm not going to go through all of it. It's a
014number of the same chart you saw generally. Um it's it's which I it's slightly better than the original projection but not overall change very very much from the original projection. Didn't get worse which is always nice. Um Some nice comparison data there with us and comparable schools that I think you'll find interesting. Yep. Yeah. Um If you ever have any questions about that, feel free to ask. Um and then the final thing that we have this month um that we spoke about a little bit last month is approving a lease with Apple for new student devices in grade 7 through 12. Um Mr. Thompson can speak to the technology side of the uh of the purchase but I've included the lease documents. The payment's going to be approximately $277,000 a year for the next 5
015years. No, sorry, 4 years. 4 years and um we'll make that uh we've got that payment in here ready to go as soon as those items are delivered. Mr. Thompson, what are the estimated delivery dates? We had 1,945 delivered this afternoon. We have another 185 roughly that are coming this week. So um I know that our our our group of teachers and administrators who had a chance to look at this product coming in are really excited about it. I just think it'll be really great for our students. Anything you want to add? I do have one with me. Uh if you guys are interested in seeing what that looks like at the end, I'll have it and you can take a look at it. I mean in short, it's a a light version of the
016the MacBooks we've had in the past and as you know, we've used the iPads for a number of years but in terms of getting our kids college career ready we feel like it's a better tool for us and Apple just gave a or put out a price to educators that we just couldn't pass up. It's a It's an outstanding product. I know a couple of people who have already bought some for their kids getting ready for college. So. Um I just ask the board approve that lease and and then the other items are just informational for you. Yeah, if we have any questions or comments, can I get a motion to approve the lease with Apple for the new student devices? I move that we approve the lease with Apple. Second. I'll second. All in
017favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. Thank you, Mr. Dean. Thank you. On to the instruction and program report. Dr. Carey. Yes, sir. Uh good evening, board. The first part of our instruction report revolves around a grading change that we are proposing for the junior high and the high school. Many of you remember that about 4 years ago we really took a look at our grading as a district and high school and the junior high at that time decided to kind of get away from 100-point scale and move towards more of a letter-based system. And so they implemented that in the fall of '23. We have enough time and enough data that leadership teams of both buildings got together and said, "Hey, is this Is this working? Is this what we want to
018do?" And so they believe that they can improve upon the work that was done a few years ago. And so they are going to both request to shift back to a 100-point scale under more of what we call a minimum F where students can get uh no grade below a certain number. And so this is something they've been working on for the last several months. I want to uh commend Mr. Wallbaum and Mr. Cleveland and their staffs. They've done a lot of work on this uh talking to a bunch of different stakeholder groups to to make sure this was what was best. They believe this is going to increase engagement while also improving communication with grades for the students and the parents. And then so that's something they've got in the handbooks that we're going
019to talk about later, but just wanted to put that on your radar. They would like to move that back more to a 100-point scale for next year. Happy to answer any questions about that change. Our schools sort of all over I mean presumably you have some who shifted like we did the four years ago and others who use this 100 point scale. Is it Is that the case? You have kind of a mixed bag out there of what >> Yes and yes and no. I I think we were I don't know if creative is the right word for my high school people back there. Um Our scales that we came up with that were more of a letter grade input and output back then were were new in Indiana. They were a little more popular
020nationwide but there weren't a lot of schools in Indiana that did that. And so really tried to be reflective of what a grade meant and how that communicates and what that looks like. Um so it I would say this is going to be moving more towards something a little more popular, something that parents and students are a little more comfortable with. So I believe from that aspect it'll be it'll be an improvement going forward. I think we tried something and uh I believe it helped in many ways but I think if we we know better, we do better. We say that all the time in our office and I I think this is a a welcome change for building. This system still doesn't allow for a zero on a 100 point scale and that was
021the big problem with the traditional system. If there was something that was not turned in on time, impact of a zero on a 100 point scale. So the the minimums the minimum F does take care of that. Um so still takes away that impact and we can kids not getting discouraged if they have too big of a hole that they built for themselves in that first nine weeks for instance. So feel like the high school's done a lot of great work with the junior high. And and this is one that obviously Dr. Carey and I were very invested in in 2022 when we were doing this work. We just feel like this is that next right step for us. The new next Next item revolves around our e-learning day we had last week. Just wanted
022to update you on the professional development that our teachers and staff participated in. I know 7 through 12 the high school and junior high staff worked together for the day. They had a presentation by Chief Quinn Dobbins on school safety. They had time later to work in their departments just talking about increasing that vertical alignment and some of those instruction pieces between the junior high and the high school. It was a time well served. Dr. Marine from a K-6 perspective. Yeah, our K-6 educators primarily focused on reading and math as a continuation from our first two e-learning days. So, trying to put all those three pieces together to have a continual plan throughout the school year. I would just like to pipe in. We do appreciate the board's support in the e-learning days. It does
023give us an opportunity to provide that professional development in a way that we can't otherwise. Obviously, we do things over the summer both at the end of the school year and prior to the school year. But, in terms of getting all of our staff together, these e-learning days allow us to do that. We did talk to you earlier in the year that next year we will likely move that to our our request is for two days instead of three. We don't have any in large textbook adoptions or major changes. So, we feel like we can do that in two days knowing that we're going to likely have some e-learning days related to weather. So, we don't want to be too much of a burden to our community. But, it is essential for us to get
024that professional development. Do you remember the grading scale when I first started teaching here? Mr. Rum was asking about the grading scales at Greenfield Central when he started. I'm going to guess it was probably about 95 to 100 for a day. >> wasn't it when I first started here? When I first started here, anything below 70% was an F. I think that's what he was saying is we'll go back to that grading scale piece. There has been a lot of research done on the grading over the last few years. We spent a lot of time with Dr. Guskey out of Kentucky uh University of Kentucky. Um Mr. Brooke a big part of that Yes. Mr. Brooke a big part of that work. Um we just want to make sure that we're doing the right things
025for our kids that we're measuring the right things. You know, if the student is having success in the classroom, we'd like to think that success would also show up in standardized tests where they're assessing those same things. So, we've really come a long way. since this started. I don't say that we have arrived. I think we're going to continue to learn things. We're going to look at at research and make sure that we're doing the best things for our kids. The last thing that you have in that report would be an ILEARN update, which I'll also turn to Dr. Marine. Uh just quick update on ILEARN. Uh we our students in grades 3 through 8 completed the three checkpoints that were new this year. So, we wrapped those up a couple weeks ago. Uh learned
026a lot through throughout the checkpoints. So, we're just talking about making some adjustments for this next school year and how we do those and and the windows that we use for uh checkpoints so that we can actually use the data better to inform our instruction. And then uh this week actually today started our uh ILEARN summative window. So, that's what we've been trying to gear up for uh throughout the checkpoints to this week. So, these results won't be released until September uh this next school year because of the standard setting. So, it's going to be delayed. So, uh but we're working through it right now. All right, thank you. So, we have an instructional report. We'll move on to vote on the construction project update. A few various items here. And I'll start with the
027first one, which would be the construction related to our restructuring plan. We do have those bid documents. This would be for Weston Harris, the current Green Forest Intermediate School, and Maxwell. Those are out and vendors had an opportunity to learn a little bit about those. There weren't a lot of questions, although there were many contractors that showed interest in that. That's the the benefit of working with a group like Skillman. They have a lot of contractors that we would expect to to bid on that work. Those bids should come in April 28th. We'll have that right here in this room. We will open those sealed bids at that time. We have no reason to believe at this point that those bids would be much beyond the scope of what we've talked about at this point.
028Again, the reason why we have Skillman and Lancer working together on that, but happy with where those documents are at this point. The second item I have there, we've been talking about the Greenfield Central High School West project where the tennis courts are. You'll notice that those tennis courts are not yet sealed or striped. We're not quite ready to do that because we've been waiting on the temperature to get above 50° on a regular basis without precipitation. We think that should happen here within the next week. Of course, I know our high school athletes, Mr. Manning, very eager to use that. It's going to be a fantastic facility for us. We're just not quite there. We have a few things we need to knock out with the the landscaping, the building that's out there for
029storage and restrooms. We have a few things we need to take care of. I mentioned the punch list meeting that we had. Mr. Day and I were out there. There is still some work that needs to be done there that shouldn't stop our students from utilizing the the tennis courts in the next couple weeks. Mr. Day and I are happy to take any questions about really either of those first two items. We're getting next on this. The third item that I listed there was the potential solar project for the Greenfield Central Junior High School, something we've looked at for the last couple months. Want to make sure that you've had that information in front of you and it is in your packet again this month. The fourth item and last item in your construction piece
030here would just be a a construction wish list as we think about things that currently we have some bond proceeds for that we will be utilizing those for. There are other things on that wish list that as things get a little bit better on the financial front, some things we would like to look at. I know we get a lot of questions about the Greenfield Central High School West property. There are some things we would love to do there. We have some things that we really need to do prior to that including some boilers, chillers, parking lots, restrooms that are you'll notice are on that list. As we shared with the community in our November meeting, and there are some things from a restructuring standpoint long-term we would take a look at as well. We
031wanted the board to see that, just a remind you to remind you of some of the things that are on on that wish list. Mr. Day and I are happy to take questions about that as well. And and and we'll probably bring this back a couple more times just because um things come up as we are out there and and take a look we we already had a conversation here in the last hour or two minutes. Just a painting at the high school on the exterior and somebody brought up the old floor, you know, tile floor outside the old concession stand that's starting to deteriorate at the high school. You know, so there's there'll be more things that we add which just means we have more projects than we have money. We have to prioritize.
032Yep. So we had for the construction report. Let's move on to new business, business information. Mr. Day. How's it Yep. Um So as you remember December 2024 we made a change to our charging and collections policy food service and the board asked us to to keep you up to date on that and now we've had a time to kind of live and breathe with that for half of the school year and then you know three quarters of the school year I'm just giving you some information and updates on that. You see our debt sent to collections has increased a little bit in 2025 26. We have used feed the future funds and we've been you know greatly appreciative of our community and and people within our community who have stepped up to continue to donate
033to that fund and and helps people in times of need. Overall the impact on operations is minimal and and it's cut down on the amount of legwork we've had to do on collections overall. So you know generally the change in 2024 is positive. The next item I have is a conversation about a bond refinancing. I've included a resolution your package that approves the refinancing and directs the school building corporation to to move on that. A refinancing is just like you know redoing your mortgage. Interest rates were higher when we when we took on those bonds back in 2016. They've come down a little bit comparatively. We're going to be able to flush through you know somewhere between half a million and three quarters of a million dollars in in proceeds by doing this and we
034will lower the amount we owe to bond holders. So a net positive school corporation. I asked that the board approve exhibit A resolution as presented. Okay if we have no questions or comments can I get a motion to approve the exhibit A resolution as presented? I move that we approve the exhibit A resolution as presented. A second. A second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. I. those opposed say And as we talk about our building corporation, um, I'd like to report to the board that Digby Terry, a long time member of that building corporation dating back to, um, you know, kind of a 2006, 7, 8, 9 time frame, when we were working on the junior high and high school projects back in there has, um, notified us that he will be resigning. Um,
035just would like to thank him for his long time service. You were talking about almost 20 years working with the school corporation through multiple projects. Um, always was thoughtful and brought a lot to the table and it was a great member of that board. Um, with him resigning we we do need to replace, uh, that board member and we had some conversations internally and have reached out to, um, former assistant principal of the high school, Dave Beal, who still lives in our community and he is interested in being on that board and, you know, he would love to be part of it and help us out. Um, so I'd ask that the board approve Mr. Beal as a new building corporation member member. I would interject that Mr. Beal just checks a lot of the
036boxes. He took part in almost every construction project we had at the high school, very civic-minded and love to to have a way to to give back. Okay, get a motion to approve, uh, Mr. Beal as a new building corporation of the board. Motion to approve. Second. Second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed say Thank you, Mr. Beal. Thank you. We'll move on to student handbooks now. Yep. You'll notice this was a really large load and it it kind of how quickly you looked at this, it was a 292-page document one point. We did break that down for you, but you do see that we have a lot of language in each of our our handbooks. What we've presented for you, tier one, tier two, tier three, tier four, as well
037as our preschool. There's a cover sheet which highlights the changes. The changes are fairly minimal this year for those. We do have representatives from all four tiers that are happy to answer questions. Again, I acknowledge it's a lot. We've typically brought that to you one month and then brought it back a sec- the next month for a second reading. If you want some more time on that, just feel free to put the brakes on there, but there really aren't any substantial changes this year. We'll take any questions that you have at this time, but the plan would be to bring that back to you again next month. Yeah, any questions or comments? We'll just move on to out-of-state overnight field trips. Just two of those this month. We have our football coach from the high
038school, Travis Nolter, requesting to take the team to the team camp at Manchester that takes place June 15th through 17th. And then, Janelle Kaish, the FCCLA sponsor, seeking approval to take some students to the national convention. We don't have the exact number of students that's going to be You would have noticed that in the letter. It's going to be probably two to four students that she would take with her. These sponsors have done these trips in the past and understand the expectations we have for both overnight and out-of-state field trips. I have no no qualms with that. I would recommend approval. Right. Yeah, can I get a motion to approve the overnight field trips as presented? I move to approve the overnight field trips as presented. Second. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed,
039say Under contract recommendations, resignations, leaves, and retirements. Under leave of absence, Candy Nemeth, certified recommendation, Susan Lee, certified resignation, Ethan Robbins, certified retirement, Rhonda Fada, and then a number of ECA recommendations including Zack Allen, Reed Dedrick, Chris Gaylord, James Gilling, Frank Guffey, and then on that next page Justin Highnam, and Eric Todd. Lastly, you know there's a lot of these going on over the summer. We'd like to bring those before you. That would include Miranda Anderson, Emma Baker, Emily Batley, Zach Crowder, Joey Dickey, Lindsey Ferree, Shannon Flynn, Allison Freaks, Mikey Geary, William Henderson, Susan Hillman, Sarah Hollers, and then one last page, Cara Martinez, Elizabeth Mercer, Leslie Odin, Lori Odin, Lindsey Ortwein, Rico Santiago, Chris Destino, Jamie Thompson, Jessica Torres, Richard Toomey, Shawn Widmer, Russ Wiley, and Chris Wayne. Of course, we would bring those
040recommendations back to you next month if we have any other needs, but at this point we would ask the board to approve that personnel report as presented. I could get a motion to approve the personnel report as presented. Motion to approve the personnel report as presented. I'll second. I'll second. All in favor, say "Aye." Aye. All those in favor, say On to winter adders. Out of unit coaching. Yeah, right. Out of unit coaching. This would include women's basketball, men's basketball, cheerleading, women's swimming, men's swimming, men's wrestling, and women's wrestling. You do have a report in there from Mr. Manning, as well as information from the junior high school. This is provided as a first reading. Happy to take any questions you might have at this time, but if we are uh recommendation to bring those
041back to you next month after you've had some time to consider them. Questions or comments? We'll go along to uh classified and certified handbook review. Another lengthy item here. We have both the classified handbook and certified broken down for you, but the cover sheet really highlights the changes. Very minimal. Mr. Jack and I are both open to answer any questions you have about those handbooks. Ready to approve this one tonight? I'll bring that back to you next month for a second reading. No questions, comments, we'll move right along. Did I say that right? No, it didn't It didn't do what? It didn't do it last month. It is new, isn't it? I don't think it did. It just said to ask for approval, that's why I was asking. >> bring it back to you next
042month, then. It's the wrong I'm kidding about it. That's what I was saying. It's not It's not on the last one. You said it it was not. >> It was not, no. We'll bring it back next month. If you don't have anything else, we'll move right along to um the important dates. The regular school board meeting, Monday, May 11th, 2026 at 7:00. Um Dr. Drewin? Yes. Yep. Yes. Uh cyber safety presentation will be April 15th, 2026. Uh commencement, May 30th, 2026. If we don't have anything else, can I get a motion to adjourn? Can I just mention the Dr. Drewin piece on the the cyber safety? This is one that obviously, after what happened in in Fishers here in the last couple months, we thought it was important to have a conversation with our community,
043providing that opportunity. Dr. Drewin will be at our schools this week, uh many of our schools. And Miss Leclair put that together, but there will be a community event right here in this room on uh Wednesday at 6:00. All right, thanks for sharing. All right, now, if we have nothing else, can I get a motion to adjourn? Motion to adjourn. Second. I'll second. All right, favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say All right, thanks, everyone. Have a good night.