001I was just reading a slide that presents itself. PICTURE. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE MAY 27, 2025 INDIAN HILL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. CAN WE FIRST GO FOR PLEDGE OF RELIGION? WE HAVE A GUEST. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND START IT? OR YOU CAN USE THAT. I PLEDGE RELIGION TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INUSUAL, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I SEE WE HAVE A LOT OF GUESTS TODAY. SO WELCOME, EVERYONE. AND MR. DAVIS, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MR. MARKS? HERE. MR. SINGH? HERE. MR. SUMMERALL? HERE. MR. TULIS? HERE. MR. WARFIELD? HERE. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, CAN I HAVE THE ADOPTION TO ADOPT THE
002REGULAR MEETING AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM? SO MOVED. I SECOND THE MOTION. MR. DAVIS, CAN WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL? THAT'S A VOICE VOTE, MR. SINGH. EVERYONE IS AVAILABLE? YES. OKAY. OKAY. HOWEVER, IF YOU FIND ANYTHING IN FAVOR CAN YOU SAY HI? HI. MR. DAVIS, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTARY? THERE'S ONE FOR THIS EVENING. MELISSA CHEN, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM? WE'LL HAVE YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. AND ONCE YOU'RE READY TO GO, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO END IT IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO LONGER. CAN YOU GIVE ME THE ACTS? OKAY. MELISSA CHEN, 4675 WALTON CREEK ROAD, ANTEEN HILL. GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON TWO VALUES THAT are foundational not only to strong leadership, but to
003the kind of educational excellence we promise here at Indian Hill. Truth and integrity of process. Truth matters deeply, not just when it's easy or convenient, but especially when it's not. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, the time is always right to do what is right. Even small untruths, a half truth, quiet omission, little white lie, can quietly erode trust. In a district like ours, where excellence is the expectation and collaboration is key, trust is not optional. It's everything. Equally essential is our commitment to process. Procedures aren't just red tape. They're the framework that ensures fairness, accountability, and respect. When the superintendent is expected, to consult the board, especially before major decisions like the one that came to us in April, that isn't a formality. It's a reflection of the board's rightful authority and of the
004community's voice. And let's also acknowledge something important. Leaders are human. Mistakes happen. Sometimes in the rush to act or the pressure to solve a problem, a step might be missed. But what separates strong leadership from weak isn't perfectionism. That's how we respond to imperfection. A real leader doesn't cover up a misstep or shift the story in a crafty email. A real leader takes responsibility, apologizes, and grows from the experience. That is truth in action, and that is the kind of bravery we should model and expect from each other. We ask our students to be honest, follow rules, own their own mistakes, and to be brave. So what should we expect from ourselves? What should we expect from our board? What should we expect from our superintendent? We are Indian Hill Braves and being a brave
005means choosing what is right even when it's uncomfortable especially when it's uncomfortable. That's how we lead with honor. That's how we model character and that's how we earn and keep the trust of those we serve. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Davis anyone else? No more public commentary this evening. All right so with that can we move to correspondence recognition and announcement Mr. Keneke. Yes good evening everybody thank you. We have several celebrations tonight and we're going to start off with our monthly welcome home video and tonight we have a special guest here to tune into this newscast. I believe Mr. Duffs is here this evening also so if we could turn our attention to the screens for a few moments. 56 years in education at Indian Hill. 10,000 plus students taught with dozens now at
006networks across the country. 1,212 live productions produced and counting. 150 total IHTN awards won since 1996. Good afternoon, Braves. I'm Indian Hill CEO Superintendent Kirk Konecki coming to you for the special dedication of our final student ambassadors newscast from our Indian Hill Television Network studio. Mr. Denny Dubs has served as a teacher and executive producer, putting together a multimedia program in a studio that could rival commercial stations. As he retires from his teaching role this year, we have a special message for this living legend. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Dubs. Thank you, Mr. Dubs. Thank you for all of the support that you've provided to us and congratulations on your many years of service. And this very, very well deserved break that you're going to get to take. We wouldn't know who we are at
007Indian Hill High School or Indian Hill without you. And we cannot tell the story of Indian Hill School District without Mr. Dubs. Well done, my friend. To the greatest of all time, Mr. Dubs himself, the GOAT. Good luck to you. I appreciate everything you've done. I am just so inspired. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy to
008be here. I'm so happy to be here. I'm inspired by your willingness to constantly evolve, to learn, to empower our kids to do more than they ever thought that they could possibly do. Not just that you have won awards and done great things with IHTN, but maybe most importantly that you've created a special space for kids who maybe weren't connected in other ways to school, ways that they felt like what they were doing was contributing and was important and was, you know, made a difference. I want to thank you for teaching me so much, not just about video production, but about hard work and how to be passionate about everything that you do. Your thoughtful approach, teaching the many subjects that you've become an expert at, are a true inspiration to everyone. Great legacy you've
009left behind. Congratulations. Well deserved. You know you mean the world to me. Thanks for everything, boss. We'll keep this movement that we got going. We'll keep it alive. Your legacy will live on in every frame, every story, and every student you've impacted. Thank you so much for pouring your whole self into your work, into your students, and creating something so special for so many of us. I love you. You're an incredible man, incredible person. I just love you so much, and I'm so excited for you to be able to start yet another chapter of a really incredible career. Incredible life and career. I wish you the very best. I wish you best in retirement. Probably won't be long before I'm along there with you. Take care, buddy. I'm so thankful that I had the chance
010to get to know you, and I wish you nothing but the best. Take care. I'm proud to say that you have set me on a path to success through your teachings in IHTN and so many other things. As I get older, I realize how nice it is to be needed. Well, Mr. Dups, you are needed. Bye. All of us. You changed the trajectory of countless students' lives, including mine. Your presence will be missed, but your impact will continue to be felt. You truly are an Indian Hill legend. It won't be the same without you. In front of the camera, behind the camera, you've completely been an asset through your world of work and your reach in the district. I wouldn't be the person that I am without you, so I think thousands of countless of
011other students would say the same. I have a huge responsibility. I have a huge responsibility and big shoes to fill. And I cannot understate that. So it's been a privilege and an honor to learn from you and co-teach with you. I think about all the pictures on your wall and all the people that you've positively impacted throughout your career. I don't think I've ever met anybody in my professional career that has such an insatiable drive to continuously learn, stay innovative, stay involved. Connect with kids and share their passions than you. Thank you, Mr. Dubs. Thank you, Mr. Dubs. Thank you, Mr. Dubs. Thank you, Mr. Dubs. I first heard of the legendary Mr. Dubs when I was a high school counselor and a senior ran into my office in a panic on scheduled pickup day
012and they said, I have to have Mr. Dubs in my schedule. I have to have Braves beat in my schedule. Fast forward and that student got what they wanted and more importantly, they got what they needed. We got Braves beat into the schedule and from that moment, that was when I realized the influence of Mr. Dubs. Mr. Dubs, you are literally a teacher who has transformed lives, helped students understand the world of possibilities and digital media and technology. You've given students permission to be creative and comfortable expressing themselves on camera, behind the scenes and in front of the camera. My friend, that is truly the gift that keeps on giving. Denny. Denny. Denny. Denny. Denny. Denny. Denny. Denny. Denny. The student ambassador program has been a dream come true for the communications department and none
013of it would have been possible without the foundation you have built at IHTN. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your dedication, for your determination, for your legacy that continues to live through the lives of the students you have taught. We all absolutely have freedom. love you. Kirk, back to you in the studio. Thank you, team. Now, I want to ask our honored guest to join us, Mr. Denny Dups. Denny, for years, you've been giving people the mic, and now it's your turn. I'd love to hear some of your parting thoughts. Well, the most important thing that I can do is thank this district, thank you, thank the administrations, all the administrators that I've had the pleasure of working with. I can't even remember how many. The faculty, my colleagues over the years
014that helped support me in these endeavors, the staff, support staff, maintenance that did immeasurable things to help build this program physically, and most of all, the students. 10,000 students that I've been able to work with and touch and meet, and their families. And then I can't go beyond the parent groups, the PTO, the boosters. In the beginning, they were the real backbone that got me financial support. And then you came along and saw value in this and helped perpetuate this program. So I'm going out feeling really great that things are going to continue. Sustainability is really important. But actually, after 56 years, I think I can say, I am and always will be a Brave. And as an outpouring statement, go Braves. So once again, Denny, thank you for everything. I know you're going to
015be close by, but, and I can't wait to see you again. But this has been such a privilege and an honor, and I know all of our students and our families and our staff are so proud to know you. Let's tell everybody, have a great summer. Have a great summer, everyone. Denny, you can't leave yet. Just so you know, you can't go anywhere for a few minutes, okay? Thank you. Okay. Moving on, and we'll get back to some of our guests here in a few minutes. We wanted to celebrate the official grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony that took place Tuesday, May 13th, of our new Blooming Braves area. This community celebration marked the realization of a student-led vision that took root when the Blooming Braves were named finalists in last year's big pitch competition. And
016with the help of our IH Foundation, Brave Day of Giving activity, the new wellness space was imagined as a place for relaxation, reflection, and connection, accessible to all students and staff at IHHS. It was a great morning. Some of you were able to be there with us, and what a great event that was. Next, I want to celebrate two student group winners for the third annual Big Pitch program. For those of you who were not able to make it, students who presented both the Brave Room, earned a $5,000 grant to fund a dedicated student wellness space, and students who presented the Brave Room, earned a $5,000 grant to create a more functional and beautiful outside commons area during the school's Shark Tank-style competition finale on April 10th. Winning for the Brave Room included Ardisha Thirani
017and Grace Zhang. Winning students for the commons included Arpad Lalima and Michael Miller. Congratulations to those students, and again, thanks to our CFO, Mick Davis, and all of our celebrity judges for the Big Pitch. We'll look forward to next year's version. I want to celebrate and thank our students for their hard work, and I want to thank our community for showing up on April 26th for our Conquer the Hill. It was a record-breaking participation this year, over 435 individuals, which was an increase of over 100 participants compared to last year. 100% of all race registration fees were donated to Braves Helping Braves, a fund that was created kind of during the COVID era, and our Director of Pupil Services, Erica Leppard, had a lot to do with that, raised over $8,500. That fund provides confidential
018support to district families in need. So again, thank you to everybody who participated in Conquer the Hill. Also would like to announce the Indian Hill Arts Conservatory students, staff, and programs received 12 Blue Chip Awards that I think Mr. Duff's had something else to do with at the 2025 Blue Chip Awards ceremony that was held April 30th at Northern Kentucky University's Griffin Hall, earned accolades across an unprecedented 28 finalist nominations, the most in district history. I guess that's a good way to finish with those for now, Denny. Demonstrating the depth of talent and creativity cultivated through Indian Hill's acclaimed arts and media education programs. Want to congratulate 15 Indian Hill High School DECA students on their exceptional achievements and prestigious DECA International Career Development Conference presentations held in Orlando, Florida from April 26 to the
01929th. They competed amongst more than 22,000 attendees from across the globe. And Indian Hill students demonstrated outstanding business acumen and professional skills there, with several of our students placing in the top three or four of their categories. So, thank you to all of you for participating. or four of their categories. I want to celebrate our Indian Hill High School Latin teacher, Melissa Burgess, I think she's there in the back, named the 2025 Marins Award recipient by the American Classical League. Congratulations, Melissa. This prestigious honor, the highest presented by the ACL, recognizes Melissa for her sustained and distinguished service to the classics profession and her exceptional contributions to ACL overtime. Congratulations. Moving on, I want to congratulate 10 of our Indian Hill High School students who are planning for Futures in the Arts and Military. Those
020students were recently honored at a signing ceremony, includes our seniors Carolyn Michelle Grace, Rafi Jacques Hogopian, Emma Hobbs, Freddie Kong, Patrick Langworthy, Jules Levine, Aidan Auk, Whitley Shoney, Scarlett Starkey, and Lillian Waltz. Additionally, five of our students participated in the fifth annual Arts and Military Signing Ceremony on the 8th that was held on the 8th. I'm proud to announce that once again our District CFO Treasurer, Mick Davis, has been honored with the Ohio Auditor of State Award, this time for fiscal year 2024. A representative from the Ohio Auditors of State Office presented the award on Tuesday, May 13th to Mr. Davis. The award recognizes exemplary financial reporting in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles and notes the citizens you represent are well served by your effective and accountable financial practices. Congrats to Mick and
021the entire team again for all their hard work. We have five businesses receiving recognition certificates this evening from the Ohio School Board Association Honor Roll. The OSBA offers sincere thanks to our partners Maximum Potential, Franklin Covey, the Green Acres Foundation, Fleet Feet, and 50 West Brewing Company for their strong support of the Indian Hill Exempted Village Schools as partners this past year. I don't know if anybody is here from any of those organizations, but I have certificates that I will make sure all of our partners receive. We celebrate the outstanding achievements of our educators with the 25 Teacher and Superintendent Award winners and the Distinguished Awards of Excellence. Among this year's honorees, Indian Hill Primary School teacher Amy Campa received the Ohio Master Teacher Award of Excellence presented by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, a
022prestigious recognition reserved for Ohio's exemplary educators. One person wins this award every year and I'm sure Amy could win it every year, but congratulations to Amy Campa. We are also proud to announce that our Chief Communications Officer Heather Higdon has been honored with the 2025 Public Relations Association Gold Medallion Award for her innovative entry, Student Ambassadors Developing K-12 Communications Experiences. This top national honor recognizes exemplary strategic school communication programs and is the only award of its kind in the field of school public relations. Congratulations to Heather, all of our ambassador students Lateef Johnson, Rachel Price, Heather's team, thank you. So, so wonderful that program. We're proud to announce a team of five outstanding educators from our elementary school, Lonnie Jackson, Amy Zieg, Marie Milam, Adrian Scott, and Kelly Vaughn have been selected as a recipient
023of the George B. Milbourne Teen Teachers Award of Excellence presented by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. This distinguished honor is awarded annually only to five teams across the state of Ohio and recognizes exemplary collaboration, innovation, and dedication to student success. Very proud of that elementary team. While we're doing some awards, we'll move on now to our annual board awards. This is the second annual evening of giving our board awards and we're going to start this evening, I believe, with Mr. Werfel. So this one is in absentia. So the Board of Education will present Brian Shaw with the Brave Champion Partner Award and annually this is to the Brave community member or organization demonstrating unwavering commitment and positive support to the district, its students, and staff. So this year's Brave Champion Partner Award is to Brian
024Shaw. So unfortunately he can't be with us this evening, but please give him a round of applause and recognition. Brian, as many of you know, helps put on our Athletic Hall of Fame program every year, does an amazing job with that. He's been a coach in the district for years, has children attending the district. He will be here in August to say hello and thanks everybody. He could not make it this evening. Next up is my award, the Superintendent Stewart Award. This is selected by me and presented by the Board of Education. This award honors a staff member or partner community organization that clearly demonstrates positive leadership of students and champions our community. This award is for the they are today. And so I am so grateful and anything that I gave to the school,
025I got that temper. So thank you all so very much. Thank you. Thank you and congratulations Monique. So next one is Brave Team Career Achievement Award. So the Board of Education will annually celebrate an employee who exemplifies excellence in impact in the field of education, skills and leadership in the classroom or on behalf of the district throughout their career. So this year's recipient is someone who is leaving behind an incredible legacy and we hope he is equally proud as we all are here for the program he has built for the present and for the future generations to come through. We are deeply grateful for your unwavering dedication and invaluable service you have given to the Indian Hill School District. Thank you for your hard work. Thank you. Thank you for everything Mr. Dennis Dup. And
026it is my absolute honor to present the Brave Team Career Achievement Award to Mr. Dennis Dup. We just, we can't tell you how much we appreciate you. I know all the Board's been talking about this but I remember a couple years ago when the Foundation presented an award to you and I got to hear and see the videos and it truly was, I might get a little bit emotional, it was inspiring. You could have retired, I mean at, 20 plus years ago and after that I had a chance to talk to one of my business partners, Jeff Gibson who is in his 50s and he says you know the whole reason why I got involved with technology was Denny. And that video didn't share how many lives you've impacted and to me, the most powerful
027thing at the end when Kirk asked you to speak, everything that I heard was around service and thanking others and if there was an educator that people would emulate. You're that person, so thank you so much. Well, you took my words away from me. Thank you. Seriously, I mean, the thrill of being in this district from the time I was 21, you know, I was lucky to land here, and once I found out how wonderful it was, it certainly wasn't a place to leave. And believe me, there were opportunities along the way. Things kind of come and go, and there were some offers, and I just couldn't do it. This is home. And so thanks is the only thing I can really say, but endings are not good. You know, when you end, it's just
028not good. So for me, it's a new beginning. Okay, so you did too much for me, but I really do appreciate it, sincerely, and the tears, you know. So I think I'll vacate and go back in my studio if it's okay. Jenny, I'm just going to tell this quickly, okay, before you walk out. That door, some of you may know this story, and some of you may not know this story, but when he was 21 years old, the Little Red Schoolhouse was where Mr. Dups went for his interview. Some of you have seen that place now. Nothing against Denny. It's a museum. But when Denny left there, he also went and interviewed in another district that we will remain unnamed. But I want to thank the assistant principal of that district who was unsure about
029why Denny would even interview, because he had an interview over there when he had left Indian Hill and had a chance to work here and gave him some advice, and Denny took that advice and also made the best choice that we could ever have coming here. So thank you. So the next and the last award of the night is the Indian Hill Alumni Connector Award. This description doesn't really do what this award means justice, but I'll read it anyway. Board of Education will honor an alumni who regularly connects the district after graduation with regular participation as a member of their brave alumni class. This may come as a surprise, but there's a lot of competition for that award. We are a very lucky community to have many, many people who devote countless hours to this
030district to make it a better place. And we could think of nobody who represents what this award is more than Brad Motz. Brad has been a tremendous ally to the district since he graduated just a few short years ago. I got to work with Brad. During the beginning stages of the plans to build this building and make the other campus renovations, his insight was invaluable. He has been a wonderful both professional and volunteer contributor to the schools, and we could truly think of nobody better to win this award. And I mean it when I say it's a crowded field of people we consider annually. So very proud to share this award with you. Brad, would you like to say anything? Well, I did have Denny as an instructor. So, so, so. So, so, so. So,
031so, so. So there's that. I guess two things. And first of all, thank you very much for this award. I'm completely undeserving. Thank you. I would just also point out, I think Bear mentioned this, and I think Mick and I both know this. We went through lots of meetings with lots of partners to build these buildings and this project. And Brad gave us wonderful advice all the time and was somebody we could always ask questions. And I'm sure he helped us save a ton of money. So thank you, Brad. You helped build a legacy here. Okay. Moving on. So before we move on, I just want to say a few things. This is probably one of the best meetings because we have this many people being recognized for doing so many great things. So for
032the Blooming Braves, I just want to say thank you to the foundation partners and the donors who have helped created the space for our Blooming Braves. It is just beautiful. If anyone has not seen it, I would highly recommend going and checking that out. And congratulations to all our students. Who are being recognized today for the great work that they had been doing. My gosh, I'm losing track of people. So if I miss somebody, please, just want to congratulate our CFO Treasurer, Mr. Mick Davis for continuing to do an excellent job. I think we won't be able to do anything here without Mick Davis. He is one of the best. So thank you, Mick, for everything that you do. Thank you to all our support partners. What? Who help a district a better place for
033our kids. Thank you for all the work and the support that you give to the district. Next up is our staff. I see there are a lot of them. Amy Camper, absolutely. She can win this award every year. If it is multiple times a year, I think she will win it every time. Heather Higdon and her team, outstanding job. Thank you for all the work that you do, Heather, with your team. Ambassador program is one of the favorite programs that I really enjoy watching them. And it just gives them a voice in the confidence. And you see it from the beginning to the end, the transformation that they have had when they first did the ambassador program. Versus now, the confidence that they have is just remarkable to see. All of the educators, congratulations for
034doing an excellent job. This school district is a great place. Thank you. A great school district, number one. It is just because of all the hard work that you guys do here. So thank you to all our staff for an excellent job. Now we can move on. Thank you, President Singh. Moving on. Next up, we have a vision of the future. And this evening, we have Mr. Gruber and his team from IHHS to talk about the IHHS Media Center. Welcome. Thank you. We appreciate you having us. We have a vision. So we've had a team from the high school. Miss Danielle Lintz, our assistant principal. Sherita Malone, Mark Atwood, and Adam Walter. We spent this year researching potential options for the future of our library. Our media center has so many possibilities. So we're excited
035to present it. And with this vision, we were ensuring that our high-yield approaches were definitely in foresight. Forefront of what we were planning. So we're excited to present it. And with this vision, we were ensuring that our high-yield approaches were definitely in foresight. So we're excited to present it. And with this vision, we were ensuring that our high-yield approaches were definitely in foresight. So we're excited to present it. And with this vision, we were ensuring that our high-yield approaches were definitely in foresight. So we're excited to present it. And with this vision, we were ensuring that our high-yield approaches were definitely in foresight. So we're excited to present it. And with this vision, we were ensuring that our high-yield approaches were definitely in foresight. So we're excited to present it. And with this vision, we
036were ensuring that our high-yield approaches were definitely in foresight. So we're excited to present it. And with this vision, we were ensuring that our high-yield approaches were definitely in foresight. So we're excited to present it. And with this vision, we were ensuring that our high-yield approaches were definitely in foresight. that are around the area that are inspiring, where we think we could potentially go with it. We're just presenting a vision of what we hope this space could be. Students is our focus. Creating a space that when you see what the middle school has put together in terms of their village green, I think it's called, it's inspiring, right? The work that has been happening to really reimagine some of these spaces, our high school, the core, the center of our building, we think has some
037room to grow. And so we're here just to present what that potentially could be. So to lead it off, Mr. Karp. Yeah, so it's been about a school year in the process of developing this vision. First, we went to some institutions around the community. Can you go to the microphone just, only because if people are at home listening, they won't hear you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's been about a school year developing the vision. Our first step was to visit some institutions around the community who have either just underprivileged, undergone renovations of spaces similar to this or have features in their spaces we thought would be applicable to our space as well. We'll talk about those. We gathered some student feedback, some faculty feedback, and we're gonna present you with some takeaways and then hopefully
038a proposal or a vision for what's next. This is still me. The first place we went was the Dream Center at Mason High School, the Research and Innovation Center at Wyoming, the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, School of Art, the School for the Creative and Performing Arts and CPS, and finally the 1819 Innovation Hub at the University of Cincinnati. Okay, so I'm gonna share some highlights from our visit at the Dream Center at Mason High School. It is a space that reimagines what a modern learning environment can actually look like. It blends creativity, technology, and collaboration together. As you can see in some of the pictures, you will see things such as a green screen studio, recording equipment, places where you can do podcasts and media production, flexible collaboration areas with writeable services and
039tech integration, makerspace with tools for hands-on design and creation, learning commons with soft seating and library access, and a clear emphasis on applied technology and real-world problem solving. Also a student cafe where students can learn to run their own business. It's a space where students don't just learn, but they create, they can build, and they can lead. We also visited Wyoming High School and checked out their Research and Innovation Center. That was already an established place, and they took it and reimagined it, redesigned it for what they were looking for. They have technology rooms off to the side for podcasting, for makerspace. They have areas across the back for larger group gatherings and collaboration. Then they have lots of flexible seating ideas and around for everything else. They have a really cool tree-top establishment at
040the top where they get comfortable seating for the kids to work and study individually or with groups. So the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, obviously not a high school, but as you know, they just underwent a massive renovation of their space. The director of the museum center is a community member here. Both of her kids came through the Latin department, and so we got a really warm welcome when we went there. What impressed me with the Cincinnati Museum Center was intentionality. Intentionality behind the design of their spaces to bring people through, but also intentionality with the idea of engaging with the community, a lot of different components of the community, and drawing them into their space, which I think is a real potential with our own community here with the redesign of this space.
041The next location we went to, the 1819 Innovation Hub, was a space that our entire high school faculty had a chance to visit a few years ago. And when we hosted the 1819 Innovation Hub, we brought leaders from all over the nation to this space. So obviously they're doing some really great things right. When you see this space, I found this, and I thought it just really captured a lot of great things that connect with what our strategic plan is hoping to do. I won't read the whole thing, but seeing words is entrepreneurship, cutting edge, state of the art, groundbreaking, culture of creativity, innovators, partnerships, co-working spaces. It's truly an incredible resource. And so I think that's what we're trying to do here. It's truly an incredible resource that one of our partners offers up
042for our community to use. So how could we take some of those elements and make it part of our own high school? And when we visited the School of Creative and Performing Arts, in their lobby connected to their theater space, they have a walk-in dedicated space art gallery where students can show their work. When my wife and I go, we're always impressed with what we see there. But imagine, if you will, when we have visiting artists here, that instead of perhaps showing us slides of their work, the work is there. It's not in a hallway. It's protected. We can invite the community in. We can build relationships. We can have gallery talks. We can have kids curating the space, making decisions about how to run a space in an art world that isn't just about
043making art, but is about the business of art. So when we did survey our students, first a couple things about the methodology and the numbers that you're looking at. We opened up a survey with possibilities for what this space might be to all of the students. It was an opt-in survey. So the survey was available to them for about a week and made available during a period of the day called Flex. But the students who responded were the ones who opted in and wanted to do that. The largest group of respondents were ninth graders, followed closely by students who were in the class, followed closely by our sophomores and our juniors, which makes sense because they've got the most skin in the game and they're going to benefit from a remodel the most. And in
044that survey, what we really did was we took all of those elements or features of these different places that we saw, the ones that could fit in our space, and we just asked them to select any item that they thought would be vital to a learning environment here. And so important to know on this slide, as well, is it wasn't a vote. We weren't ranking. Students could choose zero, one, or all of them that they thought were vital. We do not have the space for all of these things. Think two or three of these things in that space. But they were presented with ideas like the podcasting or recording room, small stage presentation, place, an art gallery, tech support hub, Genius Bar. Imagine that run by students in a place for tech help and troubleshooting
045throughout the day. A maker space, a coffee bar, which we won't mention on every single slide, but it was popular. Green screen room. A quiet study space, which was really, really quite popular among them, and a research center. But again, this wasn't a vote. Then we asked them just two simple open-ended questions. Why they wanted the spaces that they did select and how would they use these spaces. Those answers were robust. We've collated them and sort of summarized them. They're at the end of this slide show. You can go through them at your own. We don't have time to go through them all, but Ms. Malone is going to sort of summarize the spirit of those responses for us. Going along with our district divisions of building thinking classrooms and project-based learning and student leadership,
046you can see all of the ideas that the students came up with of what they would like or part of that space. And then we also have a lot of resources for us over the next few years, from the podcast and recording studios, the flexible seating, the coffee shop. That's the last time we're going to talk about that one, right? And then obviously the Connect Hub for the students. Everything's being aligned with our district divisions so that the kids can get the most out of that space. We also invited teachers to the space to talk with us about what they envisioned and get their responses on the things that we had seen. You can see here we had about half of the group then fill out an optional survey so that we had stakeholders investing
047in it and that they represented the entire building, the staff and support staff and faculty as well. When they looked at what they wanted to see in the space, what they would use in the space, there's a support for all of the options that are there. And then when they were presented with the similar questions that the kids were presented with, they came up with responses that fell kind of under three categories on the next slide. That they wanted the space to be a flexible space, not dedicated to a few things only, but that it could be flexible for the future so that we can grow with the space. Obviously we want this space to be welcoming and inclusive to everybody. And that ultimately they want this space to look and feel and represent what
048we believe in, what is important at Indian Hill so that when people come and look at the space, they see something and they say, wow, what a great place. A library can be a media center, a commons area, could be a symbol of free speech, thought, wonder and knowledge. We want to project that when we design this new space intentionally. And of course any redesign of that space has got to be driven by curriculum and the curriculum that we use and the technology that we have needs to draw students into the space. There are scores of stories and lessons and things that we could tell each teacher about how we could bring students to that space or how a new space would enhance what we do. I teach the Latin language in Latin 3 in
049the fall. We do a focus on Roman comedy. There's a project-based learning. They read a Roman text or an adapted Roman comedy and they do their own production. What you see is just snippets from our awards ceremony at the end of that unit. Students choose live action things. They choose digital animation. They choose stop motion things. A lot of their filming takes place in the hallways or outside the building or at home or in disparate sort of areas. Just imagine how cool it would be if there was a space that would be a place for them from the research phase to the collaboration phase to the production phase that we could incorporate, not only in this unit but in the, like I said, scores of units that all of our teachers have throughout the year.
050So other things that we had to think about. You heard tonight about the big pitch winners who want to take that outdoor courtyard area commons space and improve it. Here's a chance for us to collaborate with students and make that design something that everybody owns. The sound. Lots of teachers want this space to be an option for testing, which would alleviate the need to displace people from gymnasiums and things like that in the future. And of course, we need to know what we're going to call this space. What is it? How do we brand this? So we've got a great marketing team here that'll come up with a wonderful name for the new space. So there's lots more to think about. We just thank you for your time. Thank you, Dr. Crosby. Thank you, Dr.
051Crosby. Thank you for the time to share. We're definitely in the discovery phase of all of this. I just appreciate all the work this team did in terms of going out and, you know, taking this information, collecting the data, and again, just for your time allowing us to present. We hope to be able to continue this work and maybe provide an update in the future. Thank you. I'll just add I want to thank you. I applaud the effort. I think it's a great, great exercise for you guys, and I appreciate the time and energy you put into this. And trying to think about, I equate this to a voice of the customer exercise in the business world. It's the same thing, but you got the students and the faculty both, so that is fantastic. And
052just thinking about what the next steps are and to continue to challenge you guys as the leaders of this, how we can truly make something a special space and a flexible space for the future, and how do we continue to innovate? And I love that. So I really appreciate all that that you guys put into this. Wonderful presentation. Yeah, thank you. Could I add to that and ask a question or two? First of all, if anyone wants to see what our strategic plan is all about, it's this exercise, bringing in the kids, saying, you guys figure this out, let's see what you want. That's going to get us the best result no matter what we end up doing. I love the idea of making it kind of a community space. I've always felt that's one
053thing we, to a degree, lack. I think with the entrance to the Sue Harder now, we've got that. But having something that feels like a community space, that feels a little more confined, the options are limitless as to what you could do, what you could host. Apparently we need a Starbucks in there, which I guess you know. Have we looked at all, I'll ask this question before Mick does, a potential budget for this project or what we think we're talking about? Because that's obviously the important part of this. I know there's been a team in the past who researched potential. We haven't taken all these designs and decided which pieces we want. I think this has the potential to be a pretty expensive project or it could curtailing to where we want it to be
054in terms of narrowing down as we were sharing what would be the pieces that we would certainly want in the space. We don't have those numbers at this point, but it's certainly something, if we have the opportunity to dive in deeper with an architect or something to get better numbers, I think we'd like that opportunity. I would say at this stage, dream big. Let's worry about cost, not to say later, but at some point, let's come up with what we really want to do. I would say that it's our job to figure out the money side of things and perhaps with some partnerships we could figure out a way to get us to where we need to be. I do think that's got potential to be a transformative space and much better utilized than what
055it is today. What's your timeline on this? What are you thinking, like next steps? Well, we want to continue. Well, hopefully we want to, you know, we'd love to work with some of our partners that we've been involved with in the other buildings. So we'd love to, you know, potentially get to connect with them in a deeper way rather than just their thoughts and opinions, but maybe sit down and really start getting some potential drawings and things like that together. You know, at the end of the day, every moment that that space isn't reimagined, I think we're, you know, we're wasting time. So I would love for it to be sooner rather than later. But that's what's, you know, guidance with the leadership team from the district we'll be working with closely. Is the only
056entrance to this space in the lower level, that door right there? Correct. There's a door on both sides, the one you can see and then one tech left. Oh, sorry. Yes. And the courtyard, the commons. Yeah, nothing from the top. Yeah, nothing from the top. Yeah, that's just looking at value. Because I think it's worth looking at. I always thought where the Entrepreneurship Center is housed, that's an area that could use a little attention to. And maybe there's some way to collaborate on all of that to make that more of a direction, you know, getting in there, making that more of an entrance feature. Just thoughts. Yeah, that's great. I love this idea. And just to bolt on to what Bear is saying, I think once we condense this down a little bit to a
057couple ideas, I like numbers, so I'm always about ROI, what's the return on investment look like. And it will be good to have them to be a part of this to some degree, because I think it will be good for you to understand what the cost is and what that benefit's going to be. So we can talk about that as we get a little bit further down the road. That would be great. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Appreciate it. I would just say, just final thought, thanks for all the work that you guys put in. And I would say, man, our high school's what, 22 years? How old is that? 22-ish. Yeah. And I've always felt like having two boys that have run through, been with some of you all, but that space has
058really been lacking. From an educational standpoint. Like, I feel like when we designed the high school 22 years ago, like, that was designed for the past versus the future, right? And I think we're constantly, whenever I've been over at the high school, we're constantly, that ability to collaborate, right? And we did a good job, I think, with the remodel, and they're using that space more. But I think we should, and the facilities committee, think about adding that to the agenda. And thinking through, maybe in the summer, as we look at all the projects, you know, thinking about renovations and things we might do in the future, adding that to it. So, thank you for your guys' work. Again, thank you to the team. I think Mr. Marks is correct. Board members, just to remind you,
059we had Dr. Owens and Mr. Gruber, oddly enough, research the media center at the primary school and put a budget together for us two years ago. And so Mr. Gruber's been through this exercise. I know they spent a lot of time and hours this year together, the team and with the students. We really appreciate you bringing the student and staff voice into the room. Thank you. And I think we'll get into this, and we'll be in touch about the next steps. So, real quick before you go, I want to thank you for the presentation. Well done. Well thought out. And my thought and my role has always been I want everybody to dream big, because I want, I continue to use the word evolution of education. And it goes to Mr. Marks' point of 25
060years ago, when we designed that space, we designed it for how education was then. And I think that's what we're going to do in the next two and a half decades into the future. And that's what I want everyone to continue to do here. And as we think about that, you know, we've talked about the space at the primary school, and there's other opportunities that we have. We're putting that plan together. We're trying to figure out the best way to get it. It does absolutely come with a cost. But again, that's our job and our responsibility to make sure our students are getting the things they need to succeed moving forward, not just for 2025. But for the next two and a half decades beyond that and even further. So again, thank you for this
061wonderful presentation. We are going to approve some things hopefully here later on that are going to make that space a little better for the short term as we talk about these other ideas moving forward. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks, everybody. Next up, we have Dr. Stewart. And she's going to share with us a strategic plan update, our by the numbers, to do some celebrations here at the end. And we'll talk about that at the end of the school year along with Whitney Buell. Thank you for joining us. Before we get started, I just want to publicly say thank you to Whitney Buell for stepping in and doing such a great job making sure that we didn't lose focus on this strategic plan during my absence. And if I'm allowed, can we just give her a
062round of applause? Oh, we can go to the next slide, Mick. Oh, the clicker's up here? There we go. So how great it was that we got to hear about the three high-yielded schools. Thank you. So we have three high-yield approaches that we have. And I just want to share how exciting this is. This has created such an opportunity for vertical alignment as we think about our students starting in kindergarten and going all the way through graduation in 12th grade, how every single child is going to have an opportunity to learn about project-based learning, building thinking classrooms, and leadership all the way through as they transition through a set curriculum. It's so exciting to be able to think about that. And just today, we had the principals and the teacher leadership teams meet and come
063up with what we call WIGS, wildly important goals that are measurable in each one of these three areas. And then we shared them out together so that we can make sure we're working as a solid K-12 team. It's such an exciting time for us. When we think about the next part of it, this is a real celebration to think about problem-based learning. And just to make sure that we all have the same idea in our minds about what is problem-based learning, it's an active learning method where students gain knowledge and skill by working on real-world engaging projects that emphasize content standards in that grade level or in that course. And so I don't want to read all of these bullets for you, but if I could just highlight really quick the fourth bullet, and I'm
064thinking about Mr. Summerall and the conversations we've had in the past about return on investment. And I'm so happy to say that in the last couple of years, we have built such internal expectations. We have built such expertise in these areas. We are no longer hiring agencies from outside the school district to come and to teach our teachers about project-based learning. Our teachers are teaching teachers about project-based learning. So it's such an exciting time for us. And I'm going to turn it over to Whitney to talk about the other strategies. Before we do that, I just think it's important to note that I appreciate the work that you all have done, but one of the things that I think is important is that we did hear feedback. I know that you heard feedback from parents
065around how excited they were about project-based learning. But also the need for additional professional development. And so I just think it's important to note that while we may not always be able to publicly share, hey, we've heard this from parents, we've heard this from faculty and things, that's always taken into consideration. And I know that we had stuff planned long in advance of hearing from parents, but that we're excited to be able to offer that professional development to our teachers that are already at an elite level, but help them up. So thanks for planning that. Yeah. Absolutely. That was hard to do. And I think that the parent voice is really important to us. Like we want to know how it's going for students. And because of some of that feedback, we can say 100%
066of our teachers were able to get professional learning and project-based learning this year. 100%. It's incredible. Nope. Wrong button. So building thinking classrooms is something else that's part of our strategic plan. And what that does is, and we, there's a book about this just in the area of mathematics, where you ask a child a thinking question and not just a right there question. And so they really have to think about the process and what they're doing and apply all of the learning that they've had. And not only are we doing that in math classrooms, but we're doing it in every classroom in the district. So I've seen it in Spanish classrooms. I've seen one of our intervention specialists do it. But it's really deep thinking about what you're being asked to do and applying your
067knowledge, because as we know, we have AI and all of these things that are giving us all of the answers. But our kids need to really be able to think deeply and to understand. And so we have started this. There are three toolkits all together. Our teachers this year in phase one were tasked with learning toolkit one, which is what is a thinking question. It's also vertical learning spaces. So instead of having students sit at their desks, all the time, it's getting up. It's using a whiteboard. So in a lot of our classrooms, you'll see whiteboards all over. Or you'll see kids writing on the windows, standing up and doing that work together. And there's a lot of methodologies within that as well. But there's also randomized grouping. So you're not just putting the teachers,
068not just placing the children in the groups that they think are the best, but you're putting kids in random groups all the time. So they learn to work with everyone in the classroom. And not just like-minded peers. Or not just, oh, this child needs help, so I'm going to put this child with them. But every group is randomized. So there's a lot of research behind it. So that's toolkit one that we have done. And then today, as Melissa shared, the building set goals for how are we going to get to toolkit two and toolkit three so that we can expand all of the strategies that are mentioned in there. But 100% implementation of building thinking classrooms for this year in toolkit one. There's also two days of learning that our staff is going to lead
069this summer. So we had sent people off to some of the trainings. And now we have the people here that can train the teachers, new teachers, teachers that just want more. And so they can sign up over the summer to do that. So that's exciting as well. And then finally, oh, that's them writing on the window. So when we don't have whiteboards in there. And then that's a PBL project. That was the third grade food trucks. Finally, leadership. So these numbers come. Well, first of all, 100% of primary and elementary school teachers have been trained in the leader in me and the seven habits of highly effective people this year. And then next year, the entire middle school and high school staff will be trained. We had two days of counselor retreat so that they
070could understand this. And so that they can implement it in some way. And then the other thing is that they can implement it in some of their short-term and long-term planning as well. The numbers that follow are from a survey that we sent out not long ago to all staff, to parents, and to students in grades 4 to 12. And so that is what our community feels where we are. So 77% of our community, our school community, feel that we provide opportunities for staff. And students beyond formal leadership roles. 78% feel that we're cultivating a culture that supports personal growth, sorry, collaboration and well-being for students and for staff. And then academics, 76% of the school community feels that we foster a learning environment that promote academic achievement, goal setting, ownership of learning, and so
071on. They break these down into three categories. One is the learning environment. The other is the learning environment. And then we break these down into three categories for the leadership component. There's a student leadership component, a staff leadership component, and then a family and community engagement component. And then under culture, there is a supportive environment for students and a supportive environment for staff component. And then academics, it's goal achievement, empowered learners, empowering teachers, and life readiness. So those are the categories that go, you know, beyond just the title of leadership, culture, and academics. So what we did again today with our teams is we gave them all of the data, not just these three numbers, but there's, you know, I could give you a whole bunch of numbers within the survey. But, and they were
072tasked to pick at least one that they were going to work on for this school year. So their student belonging was one. There was a school that picked the community engagement in their building. So we're really looking at that. And then the other thing that we're doing is we're looking at the community engagement. And so we're really looking at the community engagement. So we're really going to start kind of honing into that and using this. And then we'll give this at the end of next school year, I guess. Whitney, just to double check, this is our district level DLT. These are the teachers that just finished work last Friday? Yes. Back in, back in session today? They were back in session this week. Planning for the future? Yes. Awesome. All day long. Yes. So they'll
073be here this week and then they come back the week before we start again. So, is this survey just, just issued at the end of the year? Or when was this, the date of the survey? So, you carrots appreciate that last bit. these numbers when were these generated um in may so it was just generated and then we'll do it again um the elementary has numbers because we knew we were going to go through this so that the primary and elementary have numbers from last year and then again this year so we used those numbers to see like where we grew where there were dips and things like that to set our goals and then this was new for the high school and middle school so we'll continue to do that it gives us a
074good picture of this is where you were this is where and it tells you where you grew where you didn't and you know helps you get next steps we can also see the questions um that it asks each parent and student and staff member so that we can really delve deep into that to see like and get just not belonging but how the students don't feel like they're belonging and things like that so some of the uh yes yes and we'll continue to do that thank you this is for all the four schools this is for the district right this is for the district so again though it's um four to twelve students because the littles they have a hard time taking a survey like that um and then all we sent it to all
075parents um and then all staff got it as well but as we head off i just want to thank the board of education for your support of these three high yield strategies and what it's doing for our students we asked you to support us by sending people to go get training in this so that we could have a high level of expertise ourselves and now we're starting to see some of that it's really exciting i also had an opportunity this week i turned the corner and there were three recent alumni's that were there to visit us they came to see the senior projects it was shout out to arjun verma and nikki cody and joseph bishop and they are either just graduated or in their final year before they graduate next year and all of
076them talk to me about you know when i see an alumni i'm like oh i have to hear all about your experience on what we could be doing the same or different and they did such a nice job of explaining um that really indian hill has done such a nice job of making sure they had all of the content knowledge that they needed in order to access the education but that you also need to be creative you need to initiate your own learning you have to be innovative like you have to be a thinker and all of these strategies are going to allow our students to be the best thinkers that they can be and that's what we're doing today so we're going to be the best thinkers that they can possibly be so we're
077really appreciative of your support well i think it's important right like we everybody sees our math scores and our language arts scores and our act scores and sct scores and how many ap credits we offer but the investment in the durable skills is huge i know like bear and i were having a conversation we were talking about i don't know if you remember this but we were talking about attorneys coming and interviewing and their resume gets them in the door but it's all the durable skills that decide whether or not you're going to hire them as a lawyer and i think about the intentionality that district has with our strategic plan and how important it is that you know critical thinking collaboration communication all those skills that we're able to measure those now and to
078be able to say okay when a child is graduating here is the academic side the quote unquote non-academic side all those soft skills or durable skills what are we doing to prepare them whether that's going to the military going direct into you know into the workforce going to post-secondary education or you know you know like we have that obligation as well and so appreciate you all leading the efforts but that strategic plan that goes back you know four or five years ago but i think it's critical the investment that the district's making and you know kirk and mick helping us you know fund some of those i know we've gotten a lot of grant dollars to support that but thank you all very much for that work i will just add to that that it
079is really important for kids to think deep and learn how to learn this is a very important skill once they go to college or once they go out district. So it's good to see that all our 100% of our classrooms are learning that. So that is really nice. And thank you for your presentation, Whitney. Just want to say thank you for all the work you had to do. You had to jump in and switch gears, and we really appreciate you being able to do that. Thank you. Thank you both. Next up we have under number seven tonight, the first reading of a textbook adoption. This is kindergarten through fifth grade ELA. Based on some of the new legislation, we also did a review. Science of reading, as all of you know, is something that our
080staff has been responding to. And so this is the first reading of the new textbooks, and we will listen for any feedback, and then we'll bring this back to the board next month. Moving on to the superintendent's report. Under number eight, A, we've got another resolution declaring impracticability. Yes. Impracticability of transportation offering payment in lieu of transportation. Letter B is annual. These are the next few are annual approvals of salary schedules for administrative assistance. Letter C is maintenance mechanics. Letter D is bus drivers. Letter E, approval of athletic supplemental salary schedule. Letter F is approval of academic co-curricular and club salary schedules. E and F, you might remember, board members, we were charged a few years ago with looking at the competitive cycles of these and updating them. And so we're bringing them forward again
081for the second time now to make sure that we have all of those covered. Letter G is the approval of overnight field trip for HOSA coming up here in June. Letter H is again reimbursements for professional development related to science of reading. And then a letter I going all the way through 1 through 18A are personnel actions, tuition reimbursements, and performance. Letter D is the approval of the student's professional meetings all the way down there to that next page. Mr. Kaneki, there's also some items on the addendum. Yes. And on the addendum, we have items 8I, 19A, and D, and J. Board members, if you don't have any questions on any of these, I would ask that you consider 8A through IJ at this time, inclusive of the addendum. I'll make a motion to approve
082the subterran's report. Subterran's report, 8A through J. Second. Mr. Marks? Yes. Mr. Sumrall? Yes. Mr. Tullis? Yes. Mr. Warfel? Yes. Mrs. Singh? Yes. Thank you. With that, can we move to treasurer's report? Mr. Davis? Mr. Hurt, before you do that, yes, I did. One more time. Well, I think it's important you do something. Yeah, that's what I was going to ask, if that's okay. Thank you. I think we have a couple of people here in the audience tonight. First, I'd like to welcome and celebrate our new primary school head principal, Mr. Cash Hayden, who's with us. Cash, would you like to say anything? My wife's outside. I was trying to get her to come in. No, I am truly excited to be here. I am returning home. I was the little drummer boy at the
083primary school back when I was a little, little, little, little brave. So, to be able to say that I'm going to be the building principal at the primary school is exciting, and I can't wait to get going next year. We're excited to have you. Congratulations. Wish you all the best. Thank you. And, Cash, I think you're going to have a new partner, our former dean of students, K-12 dean of students, and now new assistant principal of the primary school, Ms. Christina Smith. Do you want to say anything? Would you like to do any introductions, Christina? I'm proud to have my husband here with me tonight and all the support he's given me this past year, so thank you. And thank you so much to the board and administration. It's been an incredible year as dean
084of students, and I'm thrilled and honored to be able to serve as the assistant principal at the primary school. So that was my home for 16 years, and then I had the privilege, of course, this last year to be K-12, so I got to visit it a little bit, but to be there every day is going to just be... It's a joy to my heart. And I believe wholeheartedly in meeting the individual needs of our learners, especially our youngest ones. Being the gateway to the district, I think it's just going to be an honor, and I look forward to serving alongside Cash, so thank you. Congratulations. And board members, as you know, Mr. Nate Iger, who has done a wonderful job as the primary school assistant principal, has been transferred and accepted a transfer to
085go to the elementary school, where he will work with Principal Buell, and again, I think we've got some amazing teams. And I can't wait to see you guys hit the ground running. Congratulations. Congratulations, and welcome to the team once again. So with that, can we move to the treasurer report, if anybody has anything? Okay, thank you. Under the treasurer's report for this evening, I've got the approval of two minutes for meeting on April 8th regular meeting, May 19th special meeting, the financial reports for the month ending April 30th, 2025. There's one classified staff contract to approve under my section. It's for the new payroll and benefits coordinator, Mimi Black. Very excited to have her on board. She's already been working with our current payroll and benefits coordinator, Beth Caudill, and doing fantastic. Item E is
086an annual approval to participate in special programs. Those are federal funds that come through those programs. Item F is to approve the following contracts. We have HVAC equipment. We have carpet land. That's high school media center carpet. Just to give you a little bit of background. Just a quick, we talked about the media center earlier and a lot of long term ideas for that area. That area for the last, well actually two and a half years, while the eighth graders lived in that building, served as a cafeteria. So it's had a lot of rough use over that period of time. We feel like this is a good time to get carpet in, walls painted, freshen the area. So that's why we're doing this. Those are also things that should be done. Okay. Should we do
087any kind of update in the future, carpet in the painting will stay. So we felt like that was a good investment at this time to refresh in that area. Item three is for Forward Edge, video surveillance servers. Those are new servers that we're replacing outdated servers. It's just time in the life cycle of those to get new and updated. Item G is contracts for the 26th school year. These are services mostly for students. We have nursing services and a master service agreement with Warren County. The Cincinnati Center for Autism, Educational and Behavioral Services. The MOE Business Group, which does a lot of things for us, as you can see, in the special education area. And again, item four is MEO again, with some hourly items that they do for us. Item five is private duty
088nursing for two students. Item six is for Hamilton County ESC. Frontline product. Those are some HR software items that we use. Instructure Incorporated, Canvas subscription and support. Hamilton County ESC on behalf of all saints. And then again, on behalf of St. Vincent Fair. These are monies that we manage for them for the auxiliary funds. These are contracts we hold for them annually. Item 10 is Frontline Technologies Group. These are some items for the treasurer's office that we have an annual subscription for. Item 11 is the Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities as needed. No students currently referred in that service. On the addendum, we have Hamilton County ESC Early Childhood Special Education Program. That's for special education seating for preschool students. Item I is to close two banking accounts at Park National Bank. One of them was
089for an account that was created by the high school. To do some fundraising. They no longer need that account. And the other account was for the Adam Clapp Scholarship. That has been a great boon for our students over, I believe, the 20 years that it's been in existence. Unfortunately, this is the last year we'll have funds for that particular scholarship. But that has helped a great many Indian Hill students over the years. Item J, finally, is the acceptance of donations. We have four of them this evening. They are Greg Booch, Soccer Field, $700. Empower Youth Sports Incorporated for the Karate Club at the primary school. Matthew and Sarah Walker, Athletics for Boys of the Cross, $1,000. And then on the addendum, the Indian Hill PTO did a Class of 2025 Senior Week Celebration. They are
090donating that to the Unified Arts. And it just happens to be $2,025 for the Class of 2025. Pretty exciting number there. So, once again, acceptance of the donations, always the best part of my report. I'd like to thank everybody who continues to contribute and donate to the community and make sure our students get all the great things that our students really, really need to help round out their education. So now I'll entertain any questions. Does anybody have any? Any questions? So, if none, thank you for all the donors for the donation. We really appreciate that. And with that, can I make a motion to accept the treasurer report, including the addendum items? Can I have the motion for that? So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Warfel? Yes. Mr. Tullis? Yes. Mr. Marks? Yes. Mr. Summerall?
091Yes. Mr. Singh? Yes. Thank you. Mr. Singh, before we move on, I just want to publicly recognize a couple folks. I think it's important. You know, all of our educators spend a ton of time. In addition, they've got spouses and partners that we've got a lot of our teachers here. A lot of times our administrators, folks out there that are outside of education, don't realize the long hours and the burden that that puts on spouses. And so I just want to – I saw – I know, Mrs. Smith, you have your spouse here, and I just saw Mr. Hayden's wife walk in. And so I also want to thank both of you. You're the unpaid administrators. You're the unpaid administrators that help with your families and everything else. And so we just want to tell
092you how much we appreciate you all as well. So thank you. With that, can we move on the other businesses by board administration? Yeah, we do in – this part first, we do in B. We can do letter B. We have a resolution this evening to adopt special education model policies and procedures. This is an annual resolution. Board members, I'd like you to consider. The motion, Davis, will it be? Mr. Tullis? Yes. Mr. Marks? Yes. Mr. Summerall? Yes. Mr. Warfel? Yes. Mrs. Singh? Yes. Thank you. Okay, next item. We have a resolution to accept a settlement agreement, and whereas a public board of education may hold executive sessions only after a majority of the forum of this board determines by a roll call vote to hold such session, and only at a regular or special
093meeting for the sole purpose of consideration of the following matter, which is specifically here matters required to be kept confidential by federal law or rules or state statutes. So just a note of clarification. There is an agenda item for a resolution to accept a settlement agreement. That's for an employee. There's also an item that's not on the agenda that would have been included under other business. That's a settlement agreement with a family. I just wanted to clarify which one we are going into executive session to? The second. Okay. So will we handle both settlement agreement resolutions when we come out from executive session? We can look at A if we'd like to accept A now before we go and do this motion if you'd like. Well, if we're going into executive session to speak on
094both, then we'll need to include both as part of the executive session. Let's just move both of them into executive session. Yeah, let's just include both to avoid any ambiguity or uncertainty on that. So, Mr. Tullis, could you add to your motion, if I can find the, that one will be item G1. Okay. Item G1 to consider the employment of a staff member. Thank you. Go back and state that to add it to my motion will be the item G1, which is to consider employment of a public employee. And then also G5 will cover the second. Correct. And G5 matters required to be kept confidential by federal law. I'll second the motion for those two items for executive session. Mr. Tullis? Yes. Mr. Marks? Yes. Mr. Warfel? Yes. Mrs. Singh? Yes. We will now enter
095into executive session at 7.53 p.m. All right. You all are welcome to stay, but, you know, we understand you all have work. So, thank you all for coming. We really appreciate all of you. Thank you. Good night. That was a long time ago. Yes. Our kids were . And now your kids, your kids, yeah, your kids are like, what is this? Congratulations. Congratulations. Thanks for your comments. Appreciate it. Thank you. This is by board administration. Can I have a motion to accept resolution A1? So moved. Second. Can I have first and second? Can I have Mr. Summerall? Yes. Mr. Worfel? Yes. Roll call, Mr. Summerall? Yes. Mr. Warfel? Yes. Mr. Marks? Yes. Mr. Tullis? Yes. Mrs. Singh? Yes. For that, we have one more resolution to adopt special education model policy and procedure. We did
096that. We're covered there. We're just looking for other business now. Okay. Under the other businesses. Just a note, since this is our last meeting of the regular school year, I know we have our June meeting, we just want to make sure that it's, we're just looking for other business now. Okay. Okay. Mr. Warfel and Mr. Marks. Yes. Mr. Tullis? Yes. Mrs. Singh? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Ms. Tullis? Ms. Williams? Yes. and we have our june meeting uh a special thank you to everybody up here with us uh we i say it all the time and i believe it with all my heart that we have the best administrative team around uh without your all's leadership none of this happens and i can't thank you all enough for my
097children for all of our children everything you all do we're lucky to have you all i will second that one late thing i just learned um our chl baseball team in the playoffs and coach carrie daniel was named chl coach of the year so congratulations to carrie and good luck to all of our student athletes still competing at the state level we've got several athletes still competing even though school's out jv baseball coach we know pretty good pretty good that's it all right i think i'm a better treasurer than i am a jv baseball coach with that at this time i would like to adjourn the meeting can i get a motion all in favor all right good night everybody exclusive coverage on the indian hill television network has been a copyrighted presentation of the
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