001hours of orders from Ryan Johnson and his little child. >> Thank you. >> Pledge allegiance. >> to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Please be seated. Call the roll. Dr. Neal. >> Present. >> Mr. Heater. >> Present. >> Ms. Barnes Griffin. >> Present. >> Dr. Washburn. >> Present. >> Mr. Irwin. >> Present. >> Mr. White. >> Present. >> Welcome everyone. Uh we are here for our meeting this evening. Um Dr. Lennis. >> Sure. All right. Well, good evening everybody. We'll make uh we'll make my comments uh brief tonight. We have a lots of visitors and lots of celebrations to do. So, um just want to first shout give a shout out
002to uh Ms. White, Mr. Graham, and all of the art teachers, and high ability folks, dual language, um our um Montessori classroom that um were celebrated at Celebrate Excellence and the all our all city art show. Um just a tremendous opportunity to showcase all the great things going on across the Muncie uh community school district. Um speaking of great things across the district, the um Department of Education conducted a visit last week at um at our at our SIG schools, our school improvement grant schools, and just had a wonderful visit from all of those wonderful individuals. Got to showcase our classrooms and the progress we made have make and are making. And just very impressed by all the work and and just a wonderful showcase of of what's going on in those buildings. It's a
003wonderful time of year to go out and celebrate um in one of our buildings through honor honors and awards programs, senior nights at at the high school, our our Latin we have a special Latin honors award banquet which is tomorrow. That senior class is the first class to transition to the Latin honor system and move from the traditional ranking and valedictorian salutatorian system. So they're going to have a special program tomorrow night to celebrate students for that endeavor. Um but a great time to get out and check things out across the district. So make sure you take a little time to do that. Um we had we had a near space experience at Northside this week. So we had a launch of a near space balloon. It was about 90,000 ft at the peak of
004the balloon where we we partnered with near space out of Upland and the Ball Brothers Foundation and had a launched a balloon, had to chase it down. I think they caught it in a tree in Ohio east of Dayton but it and it has lots of experiments attached to it, lots of microprocessor microbits where were they running experiments. So we'll do that at Central on Thursday. They have a balloon launch and it was sponsored by the Ball Brothers Foundation and gifted to near space and then near space gifted it to those buildings. So very cool. Looking forward to seeing the video. I've not seen the video yet but it is um, neat experience for our students and looking forward to that, um, at Central. Mr. Graham, still have opportunities for our summer camps and programs
005online. I know that that school is drawing to a close, so make sure you sign up for all your summer school program and experiences. And then, um, speaking of the last days, enrollments for next school year. Make sure you get on. Um, we are just about where we were last year at this time, so still need, uh, still need lots of folks to continue to register and sign up so we can be prepared for next school year. So, that enrollment window is open. If you're a a current student and you and your family needs to complete the enrollment forms, it takes just a matter of minutes. If you're new to our school district, it takes just about maybe maybe 7 to 12 minutes to complete. So, get online and complete those forms. And then, of
006course, our last day of school, um, is Friday, May 22nd. Um, the only thing that I thought that might compare in excitement to the last day of school is, uh, showcasing our, um, Northside Middle School eSports state champion team in Marvel Rivals. So, Mr. Harter, could you want to come up and just do a little introduction of folks and talk about talk about the team, maybe introduce the students real quickly. >> Do you want me to like maybe on mic? >> Yes, please. >> Okay. Can I just talk just like this? Okay. Sorry, I've never never done anything like this before. Um, first of all, thank the school board for inviting us over here. Um, I'll go through and if I say your name, just want to stand up, wave, and then sit back down,
007okay? Or you can like say your grade, kind of like we did at the actual championship. Um, so, first up, we have Avon. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Tanner was our seventh grader. Okay. Bryce is another seventh grader. Dean is one of our seventh graders. Uh, Max is a sixth grader. Alexander is a sixth-grader. Lucas is an eighth-grader. Charles is an eighth-grader. Parker's an eighth-grader. And Jason as well as an eighth-grader. Um they apparently didn't want to stand up. So I I understand. I understand. Um yeah, each one of the kids so we played Marvel Rivals for people not familiar based off like Marvel comic books. Um each kid gets to play as a certain character. We play against like many different middle schools throughout the season. We had a seven and one season um
008ending up winning three to yeah, three to one in the state finals. So the kids worked really hard. Um being able to work with Coach Harder has been amazing. Him inviting me into the uh esports program. Everyone at Northside's been so supportive. We hope to continue this tradition of excellence as we're on to our second state champion in just a couple years. >> Yes, awesome. >> I brought the trophy. Oh. >> I I take autographs. >> So has Mr. Potts gotten a photo of the entire team surrounding the trophy? >> Yes. >> Yep, I think they they ended up I think Andy left before the end of the match but they got one after the match and um yep, we've got it up there posted on socials. >> No, do we have one here tonight?
009>> Can we have one with Can we have one with the school board members? >> you want to get down here in front of us and then hold the trophy up and we'll be behind. >> Yeah, that'd be great. >> Yeah. Oh. Mr. Williams, I'm sorry. Mr. Williams, I didn't see you over there. I'm sorry. You're hiding behind the monitor there. >> Awesome. >> Tony's in the front, Ali's in the back. >> You want us to go behind? >> Yes, take a knee. >> How about How about well, I don't know how we get everybody here, but You all wanted to be >> Yeah. >> in the last row, we can make that work. >> Oh, there we go. There we go. We got it. >> There you go. >> Oh, yeah. That's That's not
010bad. >> Thanks, Mom. >> All right, in 3 2 1. All right, great. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I'm curious, how many teams across Indiana are in middle school e-sports programs? >> Yep, go ahead, yeah. Nope, that's perfect. >> 5 years ago, 6 years ago, when Mr. Grimm was like, "Sure, go ahead." I started working with the Indiana e-sports network. At the time, they had 30 something middle schools and 60 something high schools. Now, that number is close to 150 high schools and almost 80 middle schools. >> Okay. >> And that has just kept growing every year. >> And we were state champions. >> Yeah. >> Wow. >> That's awesome. On the back of your t-shirts, uh does that include everybody's names that's on your team that would participated? >> Everyone that is on
011the Marvel Rivals team is on the third shirt. Of course, depending on the season, like fall we play different games and spring we play different games. So, like we also have like a chess team and Minecraft team, Mario Kart games like that. Yeah, this is just a small percentage of the kids that represent the total of the Northside eSports program. Have we done banners for you guys? Like Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Just want to make sure we're getting banners. Just Any of you want to tell us what your favorite thing about eSports is? Anybody want to talk about that? Come on, Lucas. So, you were talking about it on the bus. Come on, Lucas. Yeah, there you got it. Yeah, right. I don't know what to say. I don't know. What What did you say
012on the bus if it's printable? and having Just what you can say. What is tank? It's like You know Thor? Yeah. It's like a big guy and so you just play like a lot of HP and a lot of like you just support. You help with the supports. And just pretty much just block damage. Okay, block damage. So, you did a lot A lot of blocking and damaging. Mhm. >> especially in a game like Rivals where you have tanks that are the ones up front that can take the damage. The supports are behind them healing them and helping them and supporting them. And you also have DPS damage per second which actually hurts the enemy. So, if they all work together in a certain way, they can win. >> Mhm. >> Okay. Okay. Well, sounds
013like you guys have mastered it. So >> Yeah, no kidding. >> And they play really well. They play really well. >> Awesome. >> Thank you. Thank you for bringing glory home and the trophy and we're looking forward to you coming back next year. Maybe >> All right. >> Maybe a twofer. Pardon me? Rocket League? >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. >> Okay. Well, I thought Hey, that that's I can't beat that. All right. Let's just call it a night. >> Yeah, there we go. >> Thank you. Great guys. Thank you. So, if there are folks who wish to take their exit, you're free to go now. Don't feel compelled to. Or you can stay and >> Thank you all again. We appreciate you all. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Okay. So, we are moving on to
014Southside Middle School. >> Yay. >> Another another great showcase. >> Yes. Come on out. >> Good evening, JD. >> I'm JD Craft. I'm the proud principal at Southside Middle School. Um where our motto is hold fast, stay true, and be relentless. I That motto means quite a bit to me. As you probably noticed, I have a couple tattoos, and those things are are tattooed on me. So, uh hold fast. I'm a nautical guy. I love I love being around the water. I love being on boats. So, hold fast is uh what your what your crew is going to do in rough waters, when times gets tough, when there's challenges. And uh staying true, that's kind of for the captain to make sure he keeps everything pointed in the right direction. Um and then being relentless,
015we know that that's just their constant pursuit of uh whatever you're trying to get after. And for us, that's that's education. >> Mhm. >> I do have uh my team here this evening that I couldn't do anything without. So, I want to showcase them a little bit. I have Mr. Hayes, our Dean of Students, and Mrs. Ashley Barr, our Assistant Principal. I have some other special people here that I'm going to get into here briefly. A big highlight for us this school year was our mock trial. We had 22 students participate in this mock trial, uh our eighth graders. It was all formed in their social studies classes. Uh we had Judge Judy Calhoun. She worked with her her staff and her court. They brought them to Southside Middle School, and we ran an entire
016proceedings. Um I would like to bring uh I have Mr. Jeff Beach and Mr. Olivia Bossman. They helped collaborate to make this come to life. And so, I'd like to bring them up and uh have them say a couple words about that, if you don't mind. >> Hey guys. >> Hi. >> Hello. >> Ladies first. >> Oh, all right. >> Go ahead. >> Thanks, God. Uh we were approached for um an awesome opportunity from Dr. uh Judge Calhoun. Uh she closed her court down for the day um to allow us to do this. Uh and when we said we had 40-some students, we actually had the whole eighth grade. >> Mhm. >> Uh so, all of the kids participated, uh even the ones that were out in the auditorium because you and I know when
017we go to jury duty, um if you're sitting in the in the the back seats, you have to appreciate, be quiet, and she treated that way. We had bailiffs We had kids in all of the positions that you would see in a courtroom. A prosecutor, um defense attorney, uh a judge, one of our um she was her nickname is Tiny and literally the the robe was too big for her. Uh but um our bailiffs were the funniest. Because if a student was getting out of line, the bailiff had to go out and escort them all the way to ISS. Uh because Judge Calhoun said, "You will act like you are in my courtroom today." And so the kids got real-world experience, immersive learning, even the ones watching. Uh because we we told them, "You're going
018to be called for jury duty." Uh hopefully not in front of the judge, but she'll get to know you if if that's the case. Um and it was an amazing 2 hours. The uh the prosecutor, the defense attorney coached our kids in the trial portion. We had a a full jury who went back and deliberated afterwards and came back. We We thought they would come back with a guilty verdict. And they didn't. They came back with not guilty. And so um it was all the kids could talk about all day long. Um I'm talking more than I normally do. >> I'm not one for talking first. But um yeah, the kids worked really hard. We prepared them in our social studies classes. We also took them for a few of our preps. So we pulled
019them once or twice from their classes, their various classes, and we went over the entire trial with them, how a court hearing works because for some of them they had no idea how a court hearing works. They didn't know what all of the different roles were. And so, after that, then we went through the case, what their parts were. We also worked on making sure all the kids were dressed professionally for it, too. Like, that's a big thing. We wanted the kids to feel good while they're up there, right? Like, not sweatpants, sweatshirt, which I know is comfortable, but we wanted them to look nice, be presentable. And so, they also had fun picking out clothes that they also could keep, which made me feel very fulfilled with that. And yeah, when they came back
020with the verdict, those jury kids took that very seriously. They were writing down questions. They each had a whole notebook. They were writing down questions. They were asking questions. And so, I mean, they were thoughtful, as well, which I was really impressed with. And they were deliberating it. I could hear them and see them kind of look at each other throughout the court trial. And overall, I was so very impressed with those eighth graders and the time that they put into it and the effort that they put into it, because it was relatable to some of their life, because we used the scenario scenario, and we used characters from Stranger Things. Kids were not using real names, obviously. And so, one, that caught their attention pretty quickly. And two, using a real-world scenario that some
021of them, like, a traffic stop. They've probably seen someone or in a show or know someone who's been stopped in a traffic stop. And so, using a traffic stop and then substitute found in the car, some of them, one, the kids listening in the audience are going to be like, "Wait, what? What? Found something in the car that's I don't remember what it was. >> Methamphetamines, yes. Yes, so they used methamphetamines as what was found in the car. And so, then it's like, "Okay, it's intriguing." Using real-life examples got the kids in the audience to also want to pay more attention and listen to it. So, overall, I was very proud of the students and the effort they put in. >> I think we were a little nervous at first with the the weight of
022it, you know, methamphetamines. then, we were going to try to do like a cartoonish >> Yeah, we were going to try that for >> And with our eighth graders, they want real world. >> It's how they make the best connections in class. >> Exactly. And they saw that and when you have pictures and this and that and and the uh testimonies from the they saw how hard it is to get up in front of someone and ask questions, answer questions, go through a um we we taught them a little bit about everything. Socratic, you know, questioning, things like that. So, we've been able to parlay that out into our classes throughout the semester. Uh if we I we can't wait to do something else. Um I know Judge uh Calhoun wants to do this again
023with us next year uh and get into the classrooms. So, we're really excited about what that looks like. >> Yeah, we talked about this earlier today. I was going to mention this really quickly. Um and how it was an experience that was able to be brought to our school instead of our kids having to go out somewhere, which made it a little easier on us and all of the eighth graders could enjoy it, not just a select few. And then, because Judge uh Calhoun also offers students to go and visit the courtroom, which I think would also be an incredible experience for students maybe in the future. So, then not only okay, go through a case within the school like at the classroom level, then go and see where she works, right? And let's put
024it together. So, it really brings it all home for them. >> We have two of our participants here. Excuse me, Honor Westney and Faith Galbreath. >> Hello. >> What were you going to What What What were you going to job shadow and give me a little bit of insight on >> Um I was the acting prophet here. >> Okay. >> It was a really interesting experience, actually. While it was something I didn't expect to have liked as much as I did, it was pretty fun. And I do wish I was more thoughtful about what it was actually going to be like and I actually kind of decided this season my other friends and other grades could do that next year or the year after. And she mentioned going to the judge's courtroom. I would have
025loved that. That sounds actually very fun. Um so >> Um I was court reporter and I also agree with how it was very interesting and I really enjoyed it. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much like honestly as much as I did like Honor said. Um I definitely agree with Honor again because I agree with everything she said. But I'm really excited to see where if we start doing this every year, I'm really excited to see all the experiences people get to have especially in the grades below me. >> Did the jury vote to convict? >> What did you say? >> Did the jury vote to convict? >> Uh no, they voted not guilty. It was very surprising to me. I definitely thought they >> Spoken like a prosecutor. Yeah. I mean they were
026in handcuffs, right? Did you have handcuffs? >> We all did. We had handcuffs. >> No, no, but they brought me in and bail was you got to wear and do all of that. One of the things I want to bring out is the ones who actually got to get up and go over and get questions from my jury. And just about everyone was shocked at not only the way they were presenting, but the intellect shown by our students in the questions they were asking about the trial, about certain things that were said. Each one of them had notebooks and writing down and she said, "You guys you guys are better than most of my juries." So we were really really uh, about that part. and, uh, the kids were a talking to >> So, uh,
027>> Absolutely, yeah. >> Um, actually, I did get to hear most of the questions cuz I was right there and I would definitely agree with that. A lot of the kids were so into asking questions, especially the jury. I really I really like seeing that and I really like how everybody was engaged with it. >> So, what what did it make you How did it make you feel about the justice system overall? >> Um, that's an interesting question in itself, I guess. Um, >> And and I I I'm really curious to hear your answer about that. Yeah. >> Um, it definitely made me I already I'm going to think about that stuff, even if that sounds a little weird, but >> No, no, not at all. >> It It definitely made me think about it
028even more because it just changed a couple of viewpoints on how I saw the prosecutor's job or even uh, what she was doing the court reporter or even some of our peers, actually. Uh, I heard some of their ideas about it and the questions that they were asking how nervous they were to be up there and even judge not actual judge, fake judge, Tiny. >> Ha. >> She was also quite intrigued. Like, it was a very interesting experience made me want to dive deeper a little bit into the court system. The logistics of it. >> I definitely agree with that. I definitely think that it helped me see what an actual courtroom looked like and I found big interest into it. >> But, one thing I do wish would have happened, there was a lot
029of kind of mimicking where the pro- prosecutor was kind of telling me what to say and I wish I kind of could have done and was able to ask questions myself cuz I also had a lot of questions about her job and the judges down and a lot of things. So, I hope there's an opportunity in the future to do that. But, it was just something that's really interesting. >> Yeah, so you had an actual prosecutor coaching you and >> Yeah. >> Who was that, if you remember her name? >> quite remember her name, but >> Marisol? >> Yeah, she mainly was uh doing the defense. Um and I know Sam from a long time ago. I had a young lady who was the prosecutor who was amazing. >> Marisol Humphrey? >> I don't remember
030her name, unfortunately. >> Driscoll? >> when we were asking about that and the the folks Judge Cannon said, "Folks in my my court, I'm bringing all my people." They don't have any other word to say but yes. I think she showed them the the not only the strength and the power that a judge has. >> Yeah. >> But, she really did a great job and she really made sure that we did a video call, conference call with her one day in my room. We did other stuff back and forth with her office. She was right there every time we called. We really appreciate it and hopefully this was a quick and we got this done in 2 weeks um because of some timing restraints. I think our plan is next year to walk a little
031slower in this and do some of the things that Honor was talking about, giving them time to work one-on-one with their shadow. Because this was something they judged. Um I wouldn't have been able to do it without the help of the staff. >> Did they bring a packet for this or did you Did they give >> Yes, sir. Uh we we um we had like some of the Oh, partial script. That's kind of what we did during their prep was we walked them through the why you asked this, why you asked that and >> How to address everyone. >> Right. Oh, that was a good >> individual roles. >> Yes. >> Yeah, the addressing individuals like the yes, there is honor, etc. Cuz it was it's joyful to see when the kids are up there
032talking to them, and then they're kind of oh Like they take a they kind of not cower back a little bit, but they realize this is a professional setting, and they have to act in a bit of a different manner. And then you see some of them step up to the occasion, and kind of step into that role. And it was wonderful. >> Um one thing that I found particularly interesting was the order / sequence that the question and the activities were happening. I say activities, but one one thing. Um Just that was really interesting to me. I don't think any of me or my peers knew at the time. It was very different from what you see on the show, people being pulled up, what kind of rhetoric was being used, and what kind
033of rhetoric was being used. >> But it was going to be different, and it was. And just something I very much liked. >> Have you either of you thought about why the level of formality in terms of the structure of how we address one another, the order that's present, why that's a critical part of how we administer justice? >> Um >> I personally believe that addressing someone the correct way is just a respectful thing, and I believe that it helps really show the power that someone has over you. >> Yeah, I mean, it conveys the seriousness of what you're doing. >> Right. >> And ultimately, when you're in that courtroom, um you're not there's you know, there's a degree of freedom. Judges They control armies. Mhm. They don't control the state. They're an independent branch
034of government. And so ultimately one of the sources of their authority is the dignity with which they conduct the process. And once that goes away and it starts becoming more chaotic or or hurly-burly, then the process loses that grandeur that makes people want to obey it. So, the same rule applies in school, by the way. So, uh Mr. Kraft, thank you for bringing >> Thanks, guys. >> I appreciate it. Great job. >> I have a question. Did you video tape it? Did you video tape this? Is it available? >> Well, uh we video taped it and we were going to live stream it and we had a sound problem. So, we have You can see it. >> You can't hear it. >> We can't hear it. That's the >> Yeah. So, what what our Panther
035TV's going to do is um they're going to take So, we have the entire thing filmed. There was a sound issue probably 15 minutes into it. So, what they're going to do is they're just going to We're going to put together a 5-minute or 10-minute collage and then kind of have the have the teachers speak over it and have people add to it. So, it'll be a nice little production. >> And the reason I ask is well, two-fold. It would be fun to watch it. Second, it takes me back to the kids that went Mrs. Snyder's >> class. >> That went to city council to introduce a resolution. >> Yep. >> Introducing them, the kiddos, more and more of that. That type of opportunity is wonderful. And if kids could see what went on at
036city council meeting, the same thing here, what a great learning experience. Um but you had everybody in there. The assembly was over there. The auditorium was watching this. Okay. Okay. >> This is great. >> I love it. >> Thank you. >> Fantastic. Yes. >> Nice job, guys. >> Uh looking at some of our our goals uh for Southside Middle School uh for this year, uh what what you what you see right here is our attendance. Uh we looked at the last couple years in comparison comparison to this year. You can look month to month. We just we stayed ahead of where we were the year before. Uh it seems as though uh at the end of the year here we're going to have a lot of 3% increase in our attendance rate. 3% might not
037seem like a bunch, but that's a pretty big jump. And uh we're going to continue to to do things to make sure those attendance uh numbers keep keep rising. And I'm just really proud of that to to grow that number right there. The next one you'll see here is our our academic goals. So looking at our checkpoints, we take checkpoints at the middle school. Uh we'll take three checkpoints throughout the year uh before the summative. Those checkpoints encompass particular standards for math and English. So it's tough to kind of compare checkpoint one to checkpoint two cuz this is different set of standards. However, we we set our goals to want to grow each checkpoint. So what I have highlighted up here are just some uh situations where we actually grew. If you look at that
038eighth grade math, at checkpoint one we were at about 7.5. We jumped at 19.7. That continued to be the theme for that grade level going into the third checkpoint as well. In terms of math, each check or from checkpoint one to checkpoint two, we grew each time. Uh much larger percentage. And so I I'm confident that we're going to continue to grow that number. Uh but really proud to to make those jumps from one to. And we're excited to see what our scores look like for the summative. So we're expecting some uh some growth there as well. Uh behavior goals, we want to keep kids in school. Kids' lives are better when they're in school. They're learning when they're in school. Our job is to try to keep them there. Um so, we're pretty proud
039of the work we've done here as well. If you look at what's highlighted, those are the months that we stayed below where we were in previous years. So, we're just making sure that we're keeping kids in school and we're growing. This last couple months there, um we we jumped up just a touch. Uh but overall, right now we're looking at a 6 and 1/2% decrease in out-of-school suspensions. So, again, what we're getting close to that that 10% um is a is a goal for for our school. Uh 6.5 is growth. We kept more kids in the building this year than we have in previous years, which means more class time and more learning being done. So, again, proud of that. We're we're looking to grow and move the needle in in all three of those
040categories, and we're doing that and and plan to continue to do that. Our ECA involvement, extracurriculars we know that students do better when they're involved in the life of the school socially, mentally, and academically. We had about 70% of our students involved in an extracurricular or co-curricular. Uh so, next year, we want to we want to jump that up, right? We want to keep growing that and get 100% of our kids um eventually involved in something other than just coming to school and then going home. Uh and we have a an array of things that we offer here that you can see the latest and greatest uh addition to Southside Middle School is uh Panther TV, which I have been extremely impressed with. Each week putting out awesome productions. Um you see these kiddos uh
041in the hallways and in the classrooms, and then they put this production out on Fridays, and it's amazing. Um it's just phenomenal. I try to get people uh in my family and even outside of education to log on and watch these kids. They're awesome. So, uh really really proud of that, and we want to continue to grow our ECA and co-curricular involvement. So, here's a thank you. The projects we have going on at Southside Middle School. I couldn't be more excited. Right now, that's an actual picture of our our gym floor. It doesn't look like that now. They've pretty much taken that entire first layer off. But, we will have a brand new gym floor heading into the next school year. Really excited. Been great working with Brad on that. And you can see the
042end product. And our our basketball players, volleyball players, and cheerleaders are are going to be super excited to see that as well. We will also be doing a track renovation. So, our track needed a little work. We were fortunate enough to get that done this summer. So, that'll be looking good next year. We sent all of our track meets away this year. So, next year my goal would be to bring 100% of them back and and run on that track. So, looking forward to that. Tennis court renovation. So, we all know pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the world right now. So, getting those redone will allow us to look to add some tennis. Maybe it starts off in-house and we we grow to a team. And also gives us an opportunity
043to be a part of the pickleball community and grow that with our kiddos as well. So, thank you for your involvement in that. We we appreciate it. I truly feel that I have one of the most beautiful schools in the district. And and having these things updated just just makes it even better. So, much appreciated. Looking forward. We want to continue we call it the the swag bag or your bag. That's your behavior, your attendance, and grades. Next year, we're going to back checks. Where our counselors will pull kids down. They'll check their behavior, attendance, and grades. And we'll set goals with kids as we move on. So, we want to continue to grow all aspects of the bag there. A personal goal for me is increase our honors numbers. Those honors students, those scores
044and all the state test matter, uh classroom performance matters. So, raising the bar for our students, we believe when we raise the bar that they will meet it. Um if you keep that bar low uh and think the students can't, they won't. So, we're going to continue to raise the bar at Southside um and I think that'll increase our honors numbers in the years to come. Uh like I said earlier, we're going to get every kid involved in in an ECA. Uh I know when I was a student uh that was what got me to school and it kind of ties together with your attendance. Those students that are involved in more will be there more often. Um so, we want to continue to push kids into those. They find their people, their niche. Um
045we know that that's going to get them to school. Grades are going to be a lot better when you have kids involved cuz they have to have an act as an academic state to be a part of those. So, real excited to continue to grow that. A big thing heading into next school year, uh some of our eighth graders are going to be able to earn high school credits uh while still in middle school. Uh it's a great opportunity. We think that is going to directly impact graduation rate for Muncie Central, so happy to be able to help with that and also get our kids ahead of ahead of the curve. Um band, PLTW, uh PCC project or uh prep for college and careers, PE, health, Spanish, and bio will be opportunities for students to
046to earn those high school credits. Our goal is for students to leave middle school with at least two high school credits. So, we will continue to uh push forward on that this summer and uh get kids these high school credits as they head into their freshman year. One extra thing uh that I wanted to add that wasn't on that frame uh that's going to I think it's going to be instrumental in the academic success of Southside is the addition of we'll have a full-time math coach in our building next year working directly with our math teachers and our students. Um this year was kind of on a part-time basis. We shared one with Northside Middle School. We'll get one full-time in-house next year. I think that's going to have a a big impact on our
047math and math scores. Same thing with the the English side of things. We'll have a full-time literacy coach in our building next year. So, between those two coaches working with our teachers and students, I expect to see some some growth in ELA and math. So, very thankful for the addition of those positions in our building. I just want to say I'm very proud of of what we've done this year. I think we're just getting started. I think the best is yet to come and I'm just still grateful for the opportunities that's been given to me and we're going to keep pushing forward on the Southside. >> Thank you. Questions for Mr. Graham? >> Tell me the percentage again that you said of kids who participate in extracurricular activities. >> Pretty 70% this year. >> 70%?
048Okay. Is that increased from last year or you increase increasing it slowly? >> Yes, it's increased since last year and a big part of that plays attendance and grades. If kids aren't meeting the criteria to participate in extracurricular, unfortunately they have to be cut from the team anymore or not make the team. So, it kind of goes hand in hand having that number means kids are passing classes. So, >> Talk about that bag being in their bag. Where'd that Yeah, I like that. >> Yeah, behavior, attendance, and grades. Those are the three things that we think will will promote student success is having good good behavior, good attendance, and good grades. So, like I mentioned, our our counselors will take the the charge and lead the charge on that, pulling kids down and looking into
049the ages, the attendance, and grades, etc. So, we want to keep those up. So, we expect them to continue to grow. >> So, based on what I heard as part of your presentation, we're seeing growth across grade levels. Is that accurate? How many levels? Yeah, okay. Math and English language arts or I'm trying to see here. Um >> So So what you're looking at is you're looking at from checkpoint one to checkpoint two, those are the same as tend to go up. There's a couple spots where they tend to go up, but it's kind of tricky cuz like I mentioned, it's not the same set of standards they're testing. So but I think the growth stems from from the teachers really digging into those standards, having good peer one teaching and then following up with
050the mediation and getting buy-in. That's going to help lead into that next checkpoint. So though they're not directly related, overall I think it is it speaks to to growth in the classroom. >> So on your math checkpoint two, you had significant growth from checkpoint one, correct? >> Uh yes, and and if you look at checkpoint two for our eighth grade, our goal was 13%. We hit about 19.7% on that one. So we exceeded our goal there. Um and and I'll say we did that in the grade that that has some challenges with with having many of those eighth graders went a long time having a teacher in the classroom or someone leaving and trying to get that spot filled. So um one of our our eighth grade teachers was really This was Zane. He really
051took charge in there, brought kids from that classroom to his classroom, and just really worked really hard to get those kids where they needed to be. So we're really proud of him as well. >> Is there anything you need? >> Um not off the top of my head. I'm just really thankful for the support that I've had this year. Mr. Grimm, Mr. Poliquin, Dr. Reynolds, Dr. Bell. I have felt a ton of support. Anything I've asked for, they've responded. So just really excited to continue to grow as a leader. Thankful. >> Yeah, we're we're thankful as well. I mean, I think you've had a really uh good year down there. Uh it's your first year, right? As you're leading the building. So, uh yeah, I think first year is hard, and they're all hard, but
052but first year is maybe a little harder. Yeah, no, I think uh from what I've seen when I've been in the building, it seems like you're continuing to make progress and growth and again, where we were in 2018 in between. Uh so, thank you for your work. Any other questions? >> Just something that I've forgotten to mention. Elementary's are feeding into Southside in the building. South and Some of the feeder there. >> The South and a few from West View. >> And some from West View also. >> Any further questions? >> I just a comment. Just want to say thank you for being your authentic self. I love that you show up who you are and that our kids talk about it all the time. And so, yeah, kudos to you. Thank you. >> Thank
053you. I appreciate that. Anything additional? Yeah, thanks for your work. >> Thank you. >> And um thank you for all of you who support JD. >> Mhm. >> Um we appreciate it. Uh I'm down there with some frequency and uh I just feel very, very affectionate and fond of of that building and enjoy uh coming down. And Panther Pantry is amazing and uh so, yes, thank you for your work. Um and for staying with MCS and our families and our students. So, Ashley, this is How many months have you been at this now? >> It'll be what? You mean the school year? >> January. So, you're coming back, right? >> Absolutely. >> Okay. Enough to put you on the spot. >> I have to say, I say thank you. None of them. Well, I've I've
054heard through those tin cans that we put to our ears that we're pretty darn fortunate to have you. So. Um yeah. And uh yeah. But so thank you and uh if there's anything you need that we can provide, let us know. Moving forward. Okay. Um Which cross Do we have any public participation? Okay, we're on to our consent agenda. And we have uh as part of that, a Muncie Public Library Board Reappointment. Um is Jennifer here? No? Okay. Um any other questions regarding the items in the consent agenda? If not, we'll entertain a motion to approve. >> So moved. >> A motion I hear second. >> Second. >> All those in favor signify by >> Aye. >> Those same sign. Uh >> Make that Jennifer our next mayor. >> Yes. Please do. Um financial report,
055uh Mr. Duran. >> Thank you. Uh presented in your board packet was our um brief summary of our results for the uh month of April. Uh still receiving our state basic grant each month and uh starting to uh get a little more clarity as um our February ADM count has now started to impact our first 6 months um state basic grant revenue from the uh Department of Ed. That number right now is about $219,000 less due to our February count of our ADM count. It was down uh 40 uh 50 students in February versus October, so we saw that impact in the most recent uh state uh monthly revenue report. Um still still receiving our state basic grant. That's that's still good. And um uh still tracking our payroll still still um because we've onboarded
056the facility maintenance and custodial folks, still tracking uh you know, $100,000 less um in the operation fund because we onboarded those. Um still still tracking um uh cash balance um still uh just over what for the education fund, a little over expected little over 13.8 million for this particular year. Our overall cash balance in April um for the education fund was a little over 14 million. The overall cash balance little over 36 million at the end of April. So um talking about the state $12 million loan, I didn't know if I wanted to pivot that to uh Mr. Jim Williams to report uh perhaps on our our excursion today down in Indianapolis to talk about the state loan. >> Sure. All right. So the $12 million common school loan was granted as part of the
057statute forming the partnership in 2018. We started receiving disbursements what, 2019? >> 2019. >> Uh, on that loan and it was used uh, to assist with operations and education fund needs during that early period. It was essential to um, our ability, frankly, to survive at that point. Um, and that was granted by the state. We started repaying it in 2020. >> That's correct. >> And >> Yes. >> so we had an 8-year term on the repayment, meaning our final payment was to be June 30th of 2028. As we begin looking at cash flow analysis, particularly with regard to SEA 1 on the property tax reform and the issues that was going to cause for us, uh, specifically, uh, we thought about the number of tools in which to reduce pressure on both operational and educational
058funding. Uh, one of those was to perhaps extend the payoff term for the common school loan by an additional 24 months from June of 28 to June of 2030. At the end of this June, the current balance or the balance on that loan that remains to be repaid is 4.6 million. We've been steadily making payments over the course of the past 6 years. Uh, those payments would though were heavily back-ended and it was going to cause significant pressure on our education fund because those funds are drawn out uh, of our draw to the education fund before it ever gets to us. And again, as we looked at the need to um, take the 15% off the education fund to move over to operations uh over the course of the next few years uh we determined
059that creating uh a bit more cash during that period of time would be beneficial to our ability to apply those funds more fully to the welfare of our students and their their learning. So we started this conversation I guess in February with DoE AB the executive director and uh initially the the thoughts were that that would not be possible but eventually as we kept talking it became uh a greater likelihood. Uh we went down this afternoon and presented to the DoE AB board over the course of about a half an hour. Uh they had brief discussion and they granted our request. So uh we are um now it has to go to State Board of Finance. My understanding from email just received from DoE AB is that we will not need to attend that State
060Board of Finance meeting and I'm hopeful that uh they adopt DoE AB's recommendation. That will uh it's just one of many tools that we're having to utilize but it will add just shy over the course of the next 30 months uh it will add positive cash flow um to the tune of about 2 million just under 2 million. Uh which is real money um when we're talking about uh paying our people um in terms of those that educate our children our teachers and staff and providing for um those items that uh absolutely are essential to their education. So I I thought uh at the end of uh the discussion the board was extraordinarily complimentary of our leadership and I mean particularly the folks who work in this building and what they have been able to
061accomplish both academically and financially over the course of the last 6 years. And they That was frankly that was the reason they granted the request. It was an extraordinary request. I don't know that it's ever happened before. Um and they made very clear that it was a vote of confidence for what has occurred in Muncie Community Schools over the course of of those those last uh Actually, it's been 8 years now. 8 years, sorry. I misspoke. Um So, thank you, Brad. Thank you, Chuck, for and thank you, Andy. Uh we had I thought very, very good materials that were put together and uh it went it went well. So. >> When is that When is that finance year? >> May 21st, May 19th. It's a couple of Uh it's right around the corner. >> Thanks.
062>> Any questions? >> Yeah, it was extraordinary because it will save us uh that payment the payback instead of being over 220,000 a month will drop to 96,000 a month. So, it saves us this year 2026 it'll save a little over half a million dollars in cash flow for the education fund. The very next year it's 1.1 million. Uh so, that really helps us. Really helps us in our education fund cash flow. And a great effort. So so many nice words were said from the original member of that DOAE board. She was there Correct. Chastain was there. And extraordinary comments of complimentary for all the board members and the effort. So, certainly I did not want to miss that opportunity to talk about the state fund level like that. And um So, once again they
063saw our charts and graphs the same charts and graphs basically you see here. They saw those They saw those today and they saw the trend of where we've made it go. So, they were very complimentary in that pretty much ends my report today. Very very positive report. >> Let's Let's talk just a moment further while we have everyone's attention. >> Sure. >> Um this morning before we went down and Baker Tilly has been very very good in getting us information. Baker Tilly is a group of accountants and consultants that provide municipal financial financial advice. They gave us our updated cash flow analysis which is uh a bit more positive for a number of reasons than the one we received in December. Um it still shows us in the operations fund um in a positive place
064through 28 but just by a whisper. Uh but 29 uh gets uh very ugly and 30 is positively horrendous. So, we will have hard choices to make if the legislature does not revisit um SEA 1 in this coming session. Um 2027, we will have a tough choice to make in 2028 and we've signaled that uh in any number of ways through the years but just by way of example, the um the deficit in 20 in the operations fund uh even with many of the cost-saving measures we've implemented this year uh will be just shy of 6 million. We you cannot cut your way out of a 6 million dollar deficit in the operations fund. It is fundamentally impossible to do. Um and the reason in part we're we're able to now make it through 28
065is again a testament to the work that's been done around this table and in our buildings in terms of some of the austerity that has taken place and the planning that has taken place over the course of what next 12 months but I don't while it's a positive day, um understand that we still have um some very, very serious looming challenges. We're not alone in that by any stretch. My understanding is there's at this point 60 plus referenda scheduled for this November uh as school corporation thought. >> So far? >> 60. Around the state. >> I read the paper article that it could be up to 100 over the next 2 years. >> Yeah, so >> And to be clear to address this, they have to do it in the long session. >> Correct. >>
0662027 it will have to be done. >> then it's it's it's not good. >> Then everybody's going to we're we're going to all be figuring out how to make it work. >> Mhm. >> And so Okay. Um Sorry, I did not want that to get away. >> That's okay. >> Thank you. >> Go ahead, Mr. Brown. Anything else or you good? >> I'm good. >> Okay. >> I'm good. >> Uh we are on to food service project. >> again. >> Yes. >> Um the next thing I had on your board agenda, uh this is an action item uh awarding construction manager as constructor for a food service project for this particular summer project. Not a big project. Uh some revisions to the serving line at Southside Middle School and revisions to adding uh new dishwashing
067equipment at Muncie Northside. The the guestimate for that particular project in total might be 800 to a 800,000 to maybe a million dollars. Uh Core Construction um we're bringing them as the recommendation tonight. We conducted uh the bid process. Um it's 5% is the fee that they're going to charge us, which is would be roughly $50,000 for that particular project. Um they're already our construction manager in place at uh throughout the district. Um they're able to help provide that service. It helps protect me um because it would be spending federal funds out of the food service fund, so when we have to comply with the Davis-Bacon uh, wage act, this provides a better way to do that because of tracking of that. So, that's my recommendation to the school board tonight is to award the
068CMC contract to Core Construction for this food service project. >> Okay. Um, you have heard Mr. Duron's recommendation. Do you have any questions? If no questions, I would entertain a motion. >> Move to approve. >> Second. >> Been moved and seconded. All in favor signify by eye. >> Eye. >> Opposed, same sign. We'll show it passing. Uh, we're on to the employee handbook. Dr. Bell. >> Good evening, President Williams, Board of Trustees, Dr. Reynolds. Um, I'm asking that you approve our updated handbook. You know, last time we updated it was May of 2025, and so we'd like to update it including those um, three areas down below with the custodial staff will be on a 90-day probation period. Um, follow the completion of their 90-day probation period, they will be eligible to receive vacation and
069um, receive their benefits. And then the second is the official closing days. Their delays and closing um, has been in our handbook, but Dr. Reynolds came out with a spreadsheet back in December, and so we put this in the last page as amendment A. So, that is there that covers all of the staff, um, support staff, teachers, certified staff, and administrators, so that everyone's clear. For those delayed days, our custodial staff and maintenance staff are considered essential. So, whether schools are closed or not, they they show up to make sure the buildings are in good conditions during those difficult weather days. And then the last thing is page 24 with attendance and tardies. The first paragraph talks about attendance records will be taken into account when considering employees for promotions or advancements or pay increases
070or transfers. And actually we will now evaluations, attendance and evaluations will be a part of that. >> Mhm. Okay. Any questions regarding those proposed changes? Hearing none, will entertain a motion. >> So moved. >> I hear a second? >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. All those in favor signify by >> Aye. >> Opposed same sign. Family and student support guide. You? >> Yep, that's me. President Williams, board, Dr. Reynolds and cabinet. Thank you. Tonight making a motion to um present the 26-27 student and family handbook updates. We update this every year in the spring. I appreciate all of Cindy's hard work because the handbook was a several hundred page document that was not ADA compliant. And now it is. So looks a lot better on our website if you go there. It is easier. It's
071a little simpler to to get through. So it's taken her a lot of work. So I do appreciate all the work she's put in to do that. Just some updates to go through. A lot of these we've been doing throughout the year, but they kind of match the the laws that went in effect in July last year that didn't make it in our spring handbook. Not that we haven't been doing them, but now they're officially in there. One of that's on bullying. There's just some new language as far as how quickly you have to update parents of the accused and the victim. There for bullying. Uh that new language is in our handbook. Uh probably the one that uh the handbook committee talked about the most was the cell phone policy. So, we had to
072update our high school cell phone policy uh to actually match the middle school. Uh those devices uh will have to be put in lockers for our high school students next year, just like they are for the the middle school. Um and it also includes uh lots of different devices that weren't in the previous policy with uh like smart watches and things like that have to be have to be put up as well. So, they have to be powered off and inaccessible during the school day. So, our language now reflects that. Uh there are some criteria where a student could have their cell phone depending on their IEP or 504 plan or some different things like that, translation device for multilingual learners, but for the most part, they will be issued a school device and that
073is the only electronic device they should have with them during the school day. So, we've kind of laid out the plans for what happens if they are are in violation of that. Uh they're in the handbook for the administrators to follow. Uh attendance, we updated that to the new attendance law. Uh there's been some new definitions around what counts as an absence, what doesn't over the last year, when we notify uh those our attendance as Mr. Craft spoke up tonight is getting better across the district, not just at Southside, but in all of our schools. Attendance is Uh it's been a after COVID was a definite key uh thing we were working on and uh we've schools have done a really nice job in increasing attendance. Uh we've had an attendance kind of security officer
074that goes out to homes this year and he uh he's made over 300 visits. He had his 300 visit last week he texted me. So, uh those kinds of interventions have made uh have made uh a good uh impact in our attendance. And then finally, the last addition is we've added some guidelines for AI. AI is something that was not found in our handbook. So, kind of looked at some different school corporations around the state, Carmel, Noblesville, Fort Wayne, some different schools that have some AI policy language in their handbooks for students and staff. So, we have some just general guidelines in there now. Just to kind of guide staff and students in their use of AI for our students and families to see. So, just ask that you adopt the handbook for for next
075year. >> Any questions concerning those changes? >> How do we communicate this to the families? Do you send some just what you went over here? Some document out with the kids to take home to families. And do you offer hard copies of the guide for families to take home? >> It's It's accessible online. >> Yeah, but it's accessible online. And then they will um uh when they enroll, they of course they sign off that they got it. So, they can access it that way. Um we we have used Parent Square in the past to send that out. Um most folks check it online. Every once in a while we'll get a request for a hard copy, but um the accessibility online is greatly improved. It is super super user-friendly. >> And you get a metric
076from the number of families that actually pull it or access it? >> You can see. Okay. But what what is online and our physical handbook have to match. So, they will match. So, if you guys do ask for a physical copy, we'll give it in the staff order >> Well, more so I think you you answered that at the start of school, they sign off that they had access to >> Yes. Big deal. >> One of One of the things we'll cover in our administrative retreat back to school with administrators are these changes. They'll get things like this, and then they'll start to share those out. >> back to school >> Uh to their families, back to school nights, and with their uh parent square, and and kind of the opening thing when they start
077to meet with class meetings with kids and everything like that. So, they'll they'll be a huge push, especially around the cell phone policy, uh especially at the high school because uh that's where the the biggest change is. So, >> Yeah, the AI policy. >> It's going to be interesting. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. >> Very. >> I I was just going to point out that these are things that I excerpt in the in the back to school version with uh of the quarterly newsletter that goes out to parents and families. They'll They'll have a new this year section all staff >> Just a a question with AI policy. Is it more related to like what the kids can use, or is it a combination of it like what teachers are using and >> So, there's some
078staff guidelines there uh that go through um kind of the tools. We don't name a specific tool as a as a corporation saying you have to use magic school or chat GTP or anything like that. Just some general things as far as compliance, appropriate and ethical use, uh communication of it, uh obviously protection of confidential information is very important with staff and what they are feeding into those because you can't feed in into that like any student date student you know student information and things like that. So, some guidelines around that. And then for the students, just that appropriate and responsible use, academic integrity and honesty, that's probably one of the biggest ones with students is they are just wanting to put that in there, and it gives them the answer, and that's that's how
079they do their their work. So, uh just some things uh aligned to that or some guidelines around it. And as we go along and AI becomes, you know, more prevalent, cuz it's not going to go away, we'll probably have to put some further further steps in or more specific things in as we we start to battle that going forward. >> So, there's uh in higher ed after making themselves extinct probably 15 years ago, blue books are making a comeback. >> I can believe that. >> uh blue books >> Oh, blue books. >> Yeah. Um because you can proctor blue book exam. >> Yeah. >> Um you don't have the computer. >> Yep. >> And you have to hand write it. So, I mean, I suspect we're going to be looking at from the pardon me,
080the ELA perspective. Handwriting essays in class. >> Yeah. >> Uh using that time to >> I think we've seen a just in the last couple years a greater pushback toward paper pencil >> Yeah. >> kinds of things in our classrooms. So, >> I was asked at a presentation um for lawyers about AI and and particularly, and I said from my perspective, having practiced for 35 years, it's if I have you know, enough information to write an effective prompt, um it's a it's a reasonably good tool. Uh but understanding how to write a prompt, what questions you need to be in a position to ask, is critical, and you don't understand how to do that if you haven't done your push-ups. >> Yeah, exactly. >> And you know, I just think our students have to understand
081that um it is not to their ultimate benefit to go down that path because they're going to fool themselves. My brother called the other day firmly convinced that he had his health insurer on the ropes from Chat GPT. And uh he talked to me for a few minutes about his argument, and I said, "That's fine, except it doesn't apply to you." And he was like, "Why?" And I said, "Because you don't have um Obamacare. The the regulation you're talking about was particular to that statute. And uh he was like, "Oh, darn you, Chat GPT." >> I fight Dr. Google every day. >> Yeah. So, >> One of the interesting things going through the scholarship process was essays. And you know, a lot of them went back to handwriting the essays because you know, they're writing
082their essays in Chat GPT. >> Yeah. >> Well, it's an interesting time. Did you use AI to write your AI policy? >> We did not. >> Thank you. >> Hey, I'll tell you what. We had a we had an issue at our church with our uh some of our technology for our music and well, audio and video stuff that I've been working on and getting consultants and all that for probably two or three months. And I just didn't automatically think about AI. But somebody suggested it, and I just talked to my phone. And it just went do do do do do do. I did exactly what it said, and it solved the problem just now. It's pretty impressive. >> Well, that was the speaker that >> Yeah. >> Um and the speaker was he was
083fabulous, but made me think about AI in a completely different way that it's but it's coming. >> He's got a book out already. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> And I just bought the book. >> It's it's an extraordinary tool. >> It is. >> So, it's teaching our our students how to use it appropriately. >> Yes. That's right. That's why >> So, and it's it's if you think of it in a more or perhaps a less frightening way it's not that different from punching in an internet search >> Correct. >> and getting documentary results. It's just putting it in narrative form but it's it is still it's not fail proof. >> Put that information in >> in that bad information out and you have to be in a position where you have enough foundational knowledge to be
084able to know what you don't know. So uh okay any additional questions? Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> We'll entertain a motion to approve. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor signify by >> Aye. >> Those same sign. Okay, board dialogue couple things. We go ahead >> to go back and approve the financial report. >> Oh, Brad's financial report? >> I move approval. >> Okay, can I hear a second? >> Second. Oh. >> We have a second to motion. All in favor signify by >> Aye. Aye. >> That's all right. No, I appreciate the catch. I was completely absorbed with talking about the cash flow. We have um graduation at Central June 1st. um Board members need to be there between 6:30 and 7:00, no later than 7:00. um And then you'll be
085ready to go on stage at 7:20. So exciting time of year. Look forward to that. I want to take just a moment and recognize again the leadership group sitting around this table. Dr. Reynolds Mr. Drum, Dr. Bell >> Yes. >> Mr. Grimm >> Mr. Spoke me. Heidi. When we I represent some school corporations and when you talk about updating your employee handbook, updating your family student support guide and handbook on an annual basis and what we've done over the last 8 years in terms of cleaning out some of the old that is unique. in the world where I live. You will find policies that go back to the old township schools and some of those books. So the fact that you have kept them up to date, we've updated them, you've kept them up to
086date and you deal with it every year is a remarkable accomplishment. It's good for our families, good for our students. It helps us remain focused. So thank you for that effort. Second point on with regard to the meeting at DuPage today. Courtney Courtney Shafts was there as a board member. She was the executive director in 2018 when at that time I believe Steve Edwards and I went down early in this journey and she could not have been more kind. I mean I certainly recognized her and chatted and and just there are you know, we often times find ourselves in positions where we may question the wisdom of the state. But with regard to the partnership and as it concerns that DuPage board and many other branches of state government are we have been recognized and
087they have met us more than halfway in a number of occasions. So, I don't want to leave without recognizing that because that's a testament to both the wisdom of those folks who work in that state office building down there and to the work that has been done around this table. With that, is there anything further that anybody wants to talk about? Anything at all? Um Okay. We have our next meeting is what day? >> June 7th. >> June 9th. So, we have a little bit of a break here. Any media this evening, Mr. Potts? Would entertain a motion to adjourn. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor signify by eye. >> Eye. >> Opposed same sign. You know what I'd love to have? >> Tango. >> I'd love to have media at our
088meetings. And I'm wondering if we could have Central Star a newspaper >> Yeah. >> There's app production. >> And and attend our >> Yeah, we have say back at broadcasting >> They will be off and running next school year. >> Okay. Well, I think they should attend our board meetings and write articles. >> I think that's a great idea. I like it. >> Oh, yeah. We could get Titan TV in North and Southside news. >> Yeah. >> Thank you, everyone. Have a nice evening. >> I did I was listening to a podcast today and it it's an Ohio State podcast and they were talking about football. And so, they're going through each of the games. So,