001I'll take one of my all right a little behind if You' like to stand and say the Pledge with us to flag of the United States of America and to the repic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all go ahead and get started with our Spotlight presentation coug Club preschool yes doing something a little bit different this year with our limited number of months our preschool Ro wanted to show us some of the things that they're doing so they took the the date over spring break so thank you kicked off good evening it is my honor to celebrate some of the amazing work that our team and our kids are doing at P cuups preschool this evening with all of you I want to pause for just a
002moment and introduce everyone that is here on staff this evening so I'll start behind me um we have two of our lead teachers Miss Leah Springer and Mrs Stephanie birdie um Leah is at our East location and Stephanie is here at West and then we also have two uh teachers to be on the floor Mrs liot Katie liot she is at East and Mrs Samantha Wilkins is a special education teacher at East so we are thankful to have them and then uh we'll be introducing our friends here in just a few minutes but we wanted to take a moment um to talk with you about one of the um strategies that we have been implementing this school year and this is in alignment with our tier one two and three buildings um at GC and
003this is TBR trust-based relational intervention I'm assuming you probably have heard of that um four-letter acronym for TBR but it is an approach to connecting with students um it empowers their brains and bodies and helps in correcting them in ways that Foster healthy development and there are five areas that we do that in felt safety self-regulation relationships voice and selfworth our teachers do an outstanding job supporting children in resolving conflict and getting their needs met through appropriate behaviors they also help children learn how to communicate and treat each other our teachers communicate with children with respect and they are taught using the alert program to identify their regulation State and life value terms and their interactions with others this is our first year of implementation our staff the majority of our staff were trained during
004the summer and so it's been exciting to see um Amy AEL our TBR uh consultant onsite with our staff as we work through uh what this looks like in preschool so for this being our first year some of our main goals are using life value terms those are just few word phrases that we like to imple implement that are terms that we can use every day our alert program is a um three tier program that has red green and blue the different um for them to express their feelings and then we have nurture group and then weekly parent tidbits um well we all know that like digital um and social media growing up with like a phone based approach um has having a negative impact um on children and building healthy relationships so with the
005nurture group we practice um four major components of healthy relationships and that is um giving care receiving care um negotiating our needs with our voice and um practicing healthy autonomy um so you'll see that demonstrated when we do our nurture group for you today um they get to children get to practice different skills during nurture groups and um they get to um learn um in playful and engaging ways um that maximizes learning so nurture group there are six steps the first step is the rules um so you'll hear Mrs liot here in a minute when they're doing a nurture group she'll go over the three rules with them and then there's checkin um check-in is a question they have an item so they have their Talking Teddy that they'll pass around when they're holding the
006Talking Teddy they'll answer the question that's posed if they choose that they don't want to answer the question then they'll just say pass and then they'll pass the teddy to the next um student and then there is Band-Aids is the part the third part and this is where we acknowledge our hurts and we receive care so this could be done with a sticker a stamp or a Band-Aid the fourth step is skills practice and this is where we teach and we reinforce the skill um in every nurture grou tonight they're going to be doing using their words and gentle and kind voice and then the fifth step is giving and receiving care this helps to form that secure attachment with the teacher and the student um this could be done with a treat or a
007specific item sometimes a compliment or a healthy touch like a high five or a pat on the back and then the sixth step is the closing and that's when you go back over the three rules for the Nal group and then sometimes they might end with um around the CL or pat on the back or high fives so now Mrs liot will do a nurture group all right so I at six of my friends for my classroom so this is Adriel this is stie this is ice miles Clyde and axel so we're gonna do it we're gonna do it like we do in the class okay so we today for arure group we're going to have three rules okay the first one is what s stick together that's right so if I'm talking then you
008guys are going to be listening and if you are talking then I'm gonna have my listening yours on the next one is no hurts we're not going to hurt anybody on the outside with our bodies we're also not going to use any words that hurt our insides okay and also not hurt ourselves that's right that would not be good so we want to we don't want to hurt our hearts and then that's our question and then our last one is okay so I have Talking Teddy I brought him with us today so our question today is what is your favorite zoo animal okay now I was afraid you guys might be a little nervous so I turn it off some pictures okay so you can pick one of them on here or you can say
009whatever one you want okay so put that out in the middle if you guys need it all right so my favorite zoo animal is the dolphin I love watching the Dolphins here you go my favorite animal is my favorite one is a cheetah my favorite I like fings like gonna say put that one on for C all right I'll talk take Talking Teddy all right so now that we have had our check-in question now we're going to go around and we're going to check if you guys have any hurts okay so um and remember these hurts can be on the outside like we might have a scratch or it might be our hurt that's hurting so it could be our insides okay so I'm going to go around and ask you if you have a
010hurt and if you do and we can give you a little bandaid you like that okay Adriel do you have any hurts today NOP nope who do you talk to when you do have a hurt um we all hurt sometimes don't we no matter who we are all HT sometimes with Mom and atol you hurt at schol so like when you're the the week and you're hurt yourself mommy and daddy will help Mommy and Daddy might be in our classro but what about but if if you have but that's right if you're at school and you have a hurt I would be more than happy and any of your teachers would be more than happy help you right do you have a hurt nope nope so glad we are definitely on spring break aren't we
011have a HT Mommy Daddy what about it when you're at school that's true they're here tonight aren't they that's pretty special isn't it my mommy and daddy when they came was sad that was that was an inside hurt wasn't it that was your heart that was hurting I do you have a hurt today nope nope who do you talk to when you do have a hurt though I talk to Mommy and are good people to talk to you if okay all the teachers I love that miles do you have a HT yeah yeah is it on the outside or the inside outside the outside would you like a Band-Aid yeah I'm sorry you're hurting Miles when you see this bandaid I want you to remember that your teachers and your friends at school care and
012love about you so much Clyde do you have a hurt today no no who do you talk to when you [Music] deal you're at home oh we'll give you that situation you talk to you if you're at home and you have her I good person all right Axel do you have a hurt today yes yes is it on the inside or the outside outside the outside I'm sorry you're hurting today would you like a Band-Aid yeah when you see that I want you to remember that your teachers and your um friends care and love you about you so much okay all right so now we're to the have fun part right but we have to practice while we're having our fun so we are going to practice our gentle and kind words so we're going
013to practice like please and thank you okay and can I have one and yes may I have one so I'm going to ask you if you would like a chocolate chip I know okay so I have a whole bag I came through all right so I'm gonna start on this side okay so Adriel would you like a chocolate chip thank you STI would you like a chocolate chip yes please thank you is would you like a chocolate chip you're welcome where's your giggle at normally there's a giggle miles would you like a chocolate chip yes pleas forgot to say thank you and I did all thank you fly would you like a chocolate [Music] chips and then Axel would you like a chocolate chip yes please what about you I would like one thank you
014for checking on all right you guys did a wonderful job of doing our three ghouls our three rules sticking together no hurts and have fun that's all we had to do my job nice job good job I you ready miles Andel perfect what are we going to do now do you mind introducing our friends that are here this she did did I think we did yeah I couldn't remember I said their names quite a few times so as you can see this evening this is nurture group it's one component of TBR that we've been implementing this school year just to help with those relationships the life value terms she chose to integrate we're saying um please and thank you so there are different skills that we can inter integrate into that group just to build
015empathy among our students so we're super excited about the work that we've been doing and also the fact that it aligns with the work being done in our tier one two and three buildings so thank you for letting us share this evening thank you [Music] all right we'll move right along um we have someone that was want to speak tonight [Music] we move right along then to uh blue team matters I can I get a motion to approve the regular meeting February the 10th 2025 and the executive session febrary second second say I say uh claims Dr yeah the claims have been uh shared with you here in the board pack and there about 30 pages of those certain happy to entertain any of those items that are in there if I don't have any
016questions or comments can I get a motion to appr approve the claim documents as presented make a motion to approve the claims document as presented second second all in favor say I I I all oppos same uh third item appoint representative to the Redevelopment commission board I believe Clark Smith is Will to take that on so we get a motion to approve Clark Smith as the Rel development commission move that we appoint Clark Smith to the RDC thank you Mr Clark for doing that I will notify the city that you'll be there all right thank you and I will email you writing using something to do send it over all right oh no enough bet buiness financial matters you see the the report that Mr day had put together for you simply referencing the ADM
017the state a couple years ago started going to two enrollment counts one in September which they actually moved October this year and then another one in ADM and they do adjust our our state aid based on that it wasn't a substantial change by any means so it doesn't really impact us on that education Fund in any adverse way as you can see we also have the information there about the operations fund and the education fund from the historical perspective we're tracking along it's early in the year but tracking along as anticipated certainly happy to answer any questions that you would have at this time any question comments for Dr move on to construction update let's jump back to instruction report and actually G give Mr Marine opportunity to highlight a little bit on Irene thank
018you so last week was a was a big week for our second third grade students our second third graders took I their I assessment last week uh preliminary results are have started to come in so we got those um uh over the weekend they said they were going to be Rel today but a little bit early so uh we've seen a a pretty good increase in our numbers from last year our second grade numbers have a pretty large increase about 12% increase from last year so that's good and our fourth I'm sorry our third grade numbers have about a 4% increase so far from last year so we're pretty pleased with that um new this year our second grade students will get a second opportunity to test uh which they didn't have that opportunity last
019year so we'll test them again uh our students who did not pass and then our third grade students they will have at least one more opportunity to pass and probably two if they attend summer school so we're starting the plan for summer school now and uh get those um that support ready for students and we'll be ready to go for summer school so I want to applaud our our tier one principles and teachers for all the work that they've done preparing for us for I it's a pretty stressful week right being that first high stakes test for third grade students and second grade students I think uh our elementary teachers and principes would tell you it is helpful that our second graders took it last year so we have a better idea of of students
020that need more targeted support through that third grade year and our teachers and prps work probably hard on on that and we're pretty pretty pleased with the the growth in addition to that you have noticed in your your packet on the instruction report just the the conversations we've been having over really the last year about grade configuration potential restructuring just kind of going back to the study that administrator assistance did for us last year in the spring taking a look at the facilities that we have the enrollment that we have the trends that we have in place also mentioning that the study that Dr Jeremy kiban did for us really recognizing that we peaked in our enrollment back in 2012 and we've had just subtle decline really over the last decade so that being our
021case our reality looking at our facilities how do we best meet the needs of our kids specifically looking at our students in grades four five and six and are there ways that we can find some efficiencies in operations and on the education side so really having that conversation it really pushes us to to consider what that best placement for our fourth grade students would be long term uh being one who's been here since the year 2000 I can tell you for most of of Greenfield Central's history since 1969 our elementary schools were K5 we moved to that K3 structure in 2010 because of the the 20 years of consist growth we had up to that point so looking at what research is telling us in terms of where kids learn best just in general the
022research will point to the longer kids stay in an elementary set setting their attendance Behavior Uh and academic performance tends to to be better so if that's the case knowing we have space in our current K3 schools I think we really need to have that conversation about what is that next right step for Greenfield Central as as we talk about fourth grade students specifically so yeah I I know we've talked about this a little bit as we got those results back last spring talked about it a little bit more here with the demographic study as well as some work that we had done here U with Higher Achievement through Dr Jim snap it really puts us in a position to to answer some of those questions about next right step so I throw that to
023the board just kind of seek some some guidance and input I just know that that I read up on it it it does say that fourth grade students does better when they're in the elementary set um and I would kind of be in favor for it forward if we chose to do that I think we're we're stepping in in the right direction on this part I I believe that I think some of the historical we've talked about I think some other corporations are doing what we did 15 years ago and one thing they'll stud's really revealed as we are plateauing and so now I think it's thinking what do we do now that you know I think it's pretty obvious unless something changes we will be plateauing and then thinking you know listen to a
024lot of stuff at the state level just know doing what's best for the kids and as Mr Brown said I don't think you presented any evidence to us and I don't think any of us have found any studies and said it wasn't good for fourth graders to be or kids in general to be in the elementary setting as long as possible obviously there's a cut off point there at some point they're not going to be freshman in elementary schools but I think just looking at fourth grade fifth grade sixth grade that if we're looking at that transition that moving there there's no research that indicates having fourth graders in an ele setting is going to be bad for students and so if we look at it from the student perspective it's a good one I
025think everything we've seen is showing us that it would make sense for our fourth graders to to have that Elementary experience a little bit longer I think um I personally just want to make sure that all of the the stakeholders if you will have a chance to um absorb that information I wouldn't want to see us make a decision based on studies alone right it's important that the people who are directly impacted have uh some input I think you know that obviously is parents it's teachers those those are the groups that I'd like to hear I do think it's important to note that the studies have been done showing that there is room within our current elementary schools to reabsorb the fourth graders back if that were the decision that that would be made without
026affecting class sizes at the other grade levels and that was a consistent piece both from the administrator assistance study that was specifically looking at the facilities and then we had Jim snaps lens on that really thinking about from the instructional lens but also looked at that um capacity piece and the reality is we use our current elementary schools less than 60% capacity uh some of them much less than that and certainly we're very creative in using that space for small group instruction and and stem rooms and things along those lines but we we definitely have space to put more students back in in those elementary schools and again just want to note that there are a number of school corporations in Central Indiana and really throughout the state that have chosen to implement intermediate schools
027generally that was done in a period of time when their enrollment was was increasing they needed the space it was easy to add an additional building and not upset the apple cart for the probably K4 students in in most districts in our own County Here Mount Vernon School Corporation going back to an intermediate school Model F and sixth grade Southern Hancock should say New Palestine schools uh now has that model as well so a lot of places have done that because of enrollment changes few places would say they've done that specifically for instructional purposes for us to dig a little bit deeper including that fourth grade which is really unusual we needed the space at that time that's just not our current reality and I assume we'll gather responses from staff teachers administrators parents you
028know that would certainly seem to be a next logical step for us to get that we've been very objective about it in terms of looking at facilities and yes there is space there uh we've done a cursory look at what the the research shows on that but certainly every Community has its own identity its own realities in terms of existing facilities and and things that that a community depends on so I think we need to seek that input certainly from those that would be impacted by that third grade parents teachers at that Intermediate School administrators as well so and while to to I think most of us this seems like a logical First Step but it's by no means the last step in our look at you know what makes sense for our student population
029and our configuration but it does seem to be a logical first I think going back to those three questions that we've been asking it's really it's bigger than fourth grade it's what what is that best setup for our students really at that middle level grades four five and six what does that program what should it look like in addition to what that setting is so it is a much bigger uh set of questions we need to answer I think there's a bunch of ifs but I think one if maybe you can help confirm this but that would not impact class sizes if if there was a move from the fourth grade from the intermediate to the elementaries we're not talking about larger class sizes we're just physically moving where they're at correct correct that would
030also be a consistent theme you would have seen from the two studies that were done where we were commended for our our very small class sizes compared to most schools around us whether fourth graders are in an elementary school or an intermediate school we would still T keep those target class sizes in the low 20s and I I I think that we had talked about this once previously but and you know we may not know all these answers tonight but um other opportunities that have been made available to fourth graders in the Intermediate School setting we would Endeavor to to keep those opportunities as well I'm thinking spell math those kinds of things I think that's one of the pieces that came out of that initial study from administrator assistance and that trying to find
031some ways to provide even more ECA opportunities co-curricular opportunities for our students in that fourth fifth and sixth grade timeline we had a lot of those for our students when we were in uh K excuse me K5 we used to have fourth and fifth grade basketball for boys and girls for instance math bow spell Bowl um some of those things for sixth graders having most uh of those opportunities from Athletics and the Performing Arts in the Middle School setting as well so I think those are things regardless of where we end trying to find ways to provide those opportunities for students again resetting to some of those things that we were doing back prior to 2010 well again just kind of for your information today and we will follow up with some more information uh
032as we Garner more information from our our vested parties now let's move on on to uh instruction report this time we are going to do that that construction report there and I've listed a couple things they're just trying to give you updates as we talk about the the frost property and that we continue to work with our team from Bart kilma A&Z engineering as well as working with the city of Greenfield on what that design would look like and it would be our goal to get those documents out for bid a little bit later this spring there are some things we're working through um just making sure that we're meeting code we did meet for tech review with the city last week so our team is making some adjustments there but just trying to continue
033putting that timeline in front of you of how we would like to move forward with that as we approach April and May and then on that next page actually that's the primary one that's for informational purposes only on on that item if no questions we'll move to that next one which would be the uh the high school flooring and this is one as we approached our project really three years ago and did our bonding for we were hoping there would be some proceeds left over to uh attack I use that term the the gy for at the high school which really hasn't had any substantial work done to it since uh we're being told somewhere around 1972 so it's time you know most corporations addressed that um probably after about years so we do have
034some proceeds we have a very short window to accomplish that after hosting a regional um this Saturday and getting that done before uh our commencement and then all summer we have programming through there so we would like to move forward Mr Manny's done a lot of the leg work on that in terms of bringing contractors in getting competitive bids Mr Manning and anything you want to say about that specifically no I mean I I appreciate the opportunity to that Dr enan gave us to go and kind of walk the facility down at Cincinnati flooring and Robins flooring um you know we had a good meeting with them uh they came and took a look at our floor a couple different times uh made a recommendation on on what they what they would see or would
035like to see in our facility and um you know I have a I have an example of what we're going to get um we move forward with this um it's going to last us about 50 years so um this project is not just a a 10 year or 12 year deal like some Turf might be this is a a long-term investment that uh is going to benefit a lot of kids a lot of lot of different groups moving forward what about the design I know the key point I'll be honest with you I have not seen a a design yet uh I keep harping on them to to get us design we have until uh they get through the sanding phase uh really to come up with the design so we've got a month and
036a half uh to really nail that down obviously we have a few people that uh have opinions about what that might look like fear not yeah so we we'll get that we'll get that put together and uh make sure that the appropriate people uh see that so Dr R I'll make sure that you get a copy of that I don't have the strong opinion that some people have on that one will there be a wheat shaft in the [Laughter] sun we remove that didn't we it is one that an expense that you don't do very often and cor we've done a lot of Maintenance to that over the last 50 years we joke about that but we have sanded that down and and taken care of that to the best morbility you get to a
037point where you can't do that any longer just the way that the the nails are are in there you start getting into nails at some point and that that's really where we're at here so I know this is is uh looks pretty short here in terms of bringing this to you this evening is something that's been on our radar for a long time um just didn't know that the the proceeds would be left to to finish that you see a second piece there one of the the advantages of of moving to the new Auditorium the existing Auditorium the scene shop that is directly behind that we would like to transform that into uh really a the a dance studio for our dance team that is really one of our few ECA programs that doesn't have
038the designated space at the high school um just feel like that's a a really easy space for us to to to turn on pretty quickly and make that work you don't put a lot of flooring in that area compared to a gym Flor it's a a fraction a very small fraction of that cost to do that but while we would have that that other team in feel like we would have the economy scaled to get the best pricing at that time so you have two projects there that that we would like to to move forward with I guess on the Jared or Mr Manny did they give you any indication where it's manufactured at and why the freight is so expensive why the freight so expensive yeah it's all it's all um B um service
039all their wood from the United stat so it's I believe it's Wisconsin uh Minnesota area um I do not know why the freight is expensive of seems a little bit high in my opinion I mean that's I just didn't know if they Justified why it was so much and I don't know if that's part of that competitive bidding that it definitely takes care of the materials that that's competitively bid out um and the the Consortium I don't know if there's any room on that Freight side it's something we could certainly like like check I guess I'd like to ask that before I gave a definite seems a bit high in my opinion that's me I don't know what everybody else wants to do get motion approv I mean I think hearing the timeline can we
040approve and just have Mr Manning ask the question on the the freight just to at least get a clarify you know why our approval could be tentative on just getting that second opinion but I I think with the timeline we unless we're just super uncomfortable but we want to have it done yeah I just want some clarity on it it's clearly it's a lot of pallets right it's still high that's my opinion I mean I've had a lot of stuff trucked in and out and never seen fright that eye yeah I think one of the things that obviously the system that we're going with is not just it's not just going to be the maple it's it's the sub floor as well true so you're not just getting one shipment understand right a couple different
041shipments so I I don't know if that's why why it's higher than than normal but that could be if you can find out I just appreciate it y I'll go ahead and to make a motion yeah I'll go ahead and make a motion to approve the authorization for installing replacing FL and also doing the do the workshop with second oh fa say I those say have one more question I know talking to some folks who did redid their floor recently like probably not going to be NBA level but what level it's clearly going to be an upgrade from where we're at but is it like D1 D2 D3 like system the floor we're getting um according to the the information that we were uh told um can be seen have it here hang on a
042second have a lot of pro teams on their gym for stadium um Gonzaga Assembly Hall that's the level of system we're getting that's awesome there is quite a science behind a gym floor I I learned a few years ago Brownstone redid theirs and I've learned way more about gym floors I thought I ever would yeah a number of the NBA teams had their practice facilities with it as well it's like the soccer Turf I learned so much about soccer Turf this year right move on uh let's go to the 2026 2027 school calendar second reading you know this would technically be the the third time we've brought this up if you remember last month well just in January we had shared a proposed calendar and then we got a lot of feedback from our community
043we shared that feedback with you last month and we had what was it 14 pages of 15 a lot of comments and if you remember remember we did have a number of people who love the idea of going back to or going to a onewe spring break a lot of people wanted to remain with the two weeks in your packet here you see not only the original proposal I shared with you in January and February you're also seeing really a a hybrid that still allows us to meet the needs the the goals that we had and that was to start school the same week that our County peers were starting in August to end the same week before Memorial Day in May and that we would overlap with the other schools on their seasonal breaks
044fall winter and spring it does allow us to keep a two week fall break we would still overlap with our peers we would just have an additional week there to accommodate that on that second calendar option we would start on a full week in August we would also have us in school the day before Thanksgiving which we would tell you we would probably recommend an eing day for that so there are a few adjustments that we would make to accommodate that but I wanted to make sure that the board had some options here as we we looked at at calendars for the 2026 27 school year I'm happy to take any questions that you have anything that I didn't spell out in that cover sheet by looking at the the second one I feel like
045it gives kind of the community and the staff everything without giving up everything that's from feedback I've gotten from parents and community members as well as teachers let I know I agree with them this kind of like is the best fit for all can I can I ask a question about that because one concern I had about the second calendar is you know one of the things that I thought was helpful about the first calendar is that um teacher work day at the beginning of the and that's gone it is and then the uh essentially the the day before Thanksgiving even if made any learning day sort of takes that day away so those were the two I I guess biggest things that caught my eye about that second calendar and I just want let
046me address both of those the the January 4th you spot on it doesn't provide that opportunity so for our teachers uh they're basically going need to do some record keeping over their two week winter break right that is what it is on that if we go to this but if we want to be done before Memorial Day and not start in July there's just so many days that we could have we do have the three uh professional days excuse me four professional days we front loaded those at the last couple days of July and then we had the other one that would be June 1st so students would not be in session July or or June staff would have a few of those days now I think we can find some ways um to show
047some flexibility on that one in in June provided recordkeeping was done so if teachers wanted to to do that obviously prior to if they want to spend some weekend time to do that to get their grades and they just have to have their grades done for permanent records the the day before Thanksgiving if we make that an asynchron e-learning day where teachers are posting task and they give students a week to do it state allows you to do three of those I think that does give staff and families a lot of flexibility if they want to travel on that day and you've got a week to do it so I think we would make that agreement with our staff up front I I I think you'll find an experience that I've had two years in
048the classroom they would gladly give up that well a lot of them are probably going to do a lot of like end of the semester we going to do a lot of work over Christmas vacation anyway I know I would come back for a teacher day in January and honestly because you had it done you already had it done you just got it done and uh I think knowing that that they have that two weeks in the fall is easily going to make up for those other issues one other teacher perspective question if I may I'm going to pick on you a little bit Mr R um the the other change is that full week of student days at the beginning of the year as opposed to you know a three-day student week with the
049two teacher work days at the beginning thoughts on that I don't think it would make any difference I think for I would say as as a teacher as well for many years we started with a full week yeah it's just become a tradition here in Greenfield for the last probably 101 15 years we do get a lot of positive feedback from staff and from families because let's face it kids don't necessarily go to bed at a regular time all summer and then all of a sudden you're starting on a a full week by the end of that first full week kids are wiped out and to be fair I think a lot of our teachers and staff are as well so I mean that is a trade-off here it is I mean my first week
050was always no voice at the end of the week but you didn't use it all some long I don't know if if anyone here can answer this question but I also was curious whether we anticipated that one or both of these calendars would change anything with respect to the athletic calendar maybe that's a question from Mr Manning but I it to a certain degree the athletic calendar doesn't necessarily match up with our calendar anyway a lot of it is set by ihsaa I understand that I just wondered if we think there would be any shifting because I mean I know frankly for those of us who have student athletes fall and spring break are just theoretical anyway so I don't know if anything would change I guess my question is do we think anything would
051change there Mr Wings not here but I'll speak for I think he would actually like a few more days of of Camp before school started and I don't know how our coaches in the fall would feel about that the fall schedule our first day of practice is is always set by the Issa so it does not matter when we go back to school um like this this upcoming year we have those two or three days that week and then we start practices the following Monday um there's been years where we've started the first day of school has been our first day of practice um and it just sometimes it falls that way and sometimes it doesn't um unfortunately Athletics the fall season gets impacted by fall break the spring season gets impacted by with spring
052break and that kind of stuff so and I know I said Athletics I should have said extracurriculars because certainly I don't want to same thing in a sense could happen to a student that's at the career center it already happens a war you know our two week break and maybe their break their schedule is a little different than ours student might lose a week of vacation because he's got to be at the classes at the career center that's already happening and always probably will yes the goal goal was never to have the exact calendar as our peers the goal was to have more commonalities and in both of these I think help with that I'll beat the dead horse one more time but just the two we fber I know that was the big sticking
053point was a two week fall break and we heard from several groups who wanted it I'll speak for I think we heard this but I'm in the camp of have a kindergartener two we fall break have a threee or yeah three year old daycare is still in session we're not going on a two week vacation uh so finding child care for so I think we've all basically beat this dead horse we're going to have to pick what the best option is and it's not going to be the best option for him sure like to make a motion I'd like to make a motion that we approve the second calendar with the twoe fall birth second say I I'm going to vote aay but I support it but I'm voting a just for the the group
054that did support the first one we heard 50% of people supported it I'll vote a for that group but I support vot I would just commit that next year when I bring this to you we make sure we're listening to our our community and and maybe that opinion will change after we've we've lived into this now obviously this won't impact people for 17 months so they won't see this calendar till 26 but I think we need to continue to to listen to the community every Community has some different expectations about things that they would like I wish this was more clear that it was 90% one way that just wasn't our reality so I think maybe delaying such a change for another year might have some some wisdom to it I'll commend everyone who took
055the time staff and the community to send those in I mean we all spend a lot of time reading them dissecting them so and next time we do ask for whether it's calendar or something else please take the time to do that because we certainly listened and appreciate a whole evening or something to do well we will post that that new calendar for our community thank you we'll move on to a student athlete Campa second reading no changes from last month and and as the cover sheet shows you there really only two changes we made there that was on page three the rule one code of code violation and Page Six rule four the code of conduct violation no changes since last month you don't have any questions I'd recommend approval no question comments going
056to get a motion approve the athletic handbook as presented I move that we approve the athletic handbook as presented you got a second I'll second all in favor say I I I on to overnight out of state fill can we jump back to business information sure on we did you have U three grants that are in there one from Friends of TC steel one from ninar connect and one from Ahri I would simply recommend the board approve these grants and donations and they total $2,000 can get a motion to approve the grants of donations as presented make a motion to approve these grants and donations as presented second I say I to cancelations of old checks and as we do we we uh issue checks and sometimes they're they're never cashed and at some point
057we have to reconcile that that in our books and so at this point you do have a list of those fortunately always boggles my mind that that we have some of these but um fortunately none of them are for a really large number $864 okay understand $2,400 but to reconcile our books and to make sure that we can do everything we need to with the State Board of accounts it has exceeded that period of time and we would ask the board would go ahead and approve that list of old checks to be cancelled yeah can I get a motion to approve the list of checks to be canceled as presented move second say I say I want to out of state overnight pH yes we have the similar role we've done in the past the
058academy which which works out of this building uh through Simon Youth Foundation is offering to send students and staff to Washington DC for that annual trip April 13th through 17th that would have no cost to us as a a school corporation and the group understands expectations we have for overnight out of state fil trips I have no reservations and recommending that can get motion to approve the over for night fil trips as pres we approve the overnight trip as presented a second second all favor say I I say on to contract recommendation resignation leaves and retirements okay we have uh leave of absence Lindsay poke certified recommendation Melissa Beck and Christy bis certified resignations Josh Holden Josh McIntyre chish voles administrative Lea Carrie Bowman Carrie Downer ECA recommendations Laura manah Morgan West ECA resignations from
059Will C Josh Hol Bill Roberts my recommendations that the board approves the Personnel report as presented as well as providing us with the opportunity to hires needed for the duration of this school year and for next year of course we would bring all those uh candidates to you at the next regular scheduled board meeting you a motion to approve the personel report as presented I'll move that we approve the Personnel report as presented and authorized hiring in the room all in favor say I I all post say on to Greenville Central Junior High School principal recommendation well you see a familiar face in the in the board packet here the principal recommendation for the junior high school shared with you Jim beaver's retirement letter a number of months ago we did post for that Junior
060High vacancy had great interest in in that I went through a long process a couple rounds of interviews of which three of you participated in at the end we had uh one candidate that emerged that we'd like to present to you this evening and that would be Mr Jeff Cleveland would recommend a two-year contract for him and certainly I'm willing to answer any questions about that process and uh if you want to you can even grow Mr Cleveland because I believe he is here this evening any comments or questions for heard it was pretty positive response Happ yes it was make any motion to approve Jeff fman as the principal of Greenfield Central Junior High School make a motion to hire Jeff Cleveland as principal of Greenville Central Junior High School second all favor say
061I I those same congratulations [Applause] see if you're so happy to he now we don't have any other further discussions Mr President yes you did ask at the beginning if anybody wanted to speak John had a question he I I don't remember hearing that I just want to make sure that weide that opportunity yeah we did yeah I asked earlier and no one no one just want to verify that for Mr R I appreciate that I appreciate that old and deaf here uh uh important date spring break March 10th to the 21st regular scoreboard meeting April 14th uh e-learning day April the 8th um future agenda there's nothing there can I get just a motion to approve or adjourn this meeting I move we adjourn can I second second favor say iosing thank you everyone