001Good morning every or good evening everybody. Uh if you'll join me in a moment of silence. Thank you very much to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Please be seated. >> Call our role. Dr. O'Neal. >> Mrs. Barns Griffin >> Dr. Washford >> present. >> Mr. Irvick >> present. >> Mr. Lev >> present. >> Okay. Uh we'll call our meeting to order. Um Mr. Heater is I think somewhere >> near near the South Pole. Uh the uh so we'll keep him in mind. It is a safe journey through the Drake Passage. Um Dr. Reynolds. >> Yes. >> Your report. >> Awesome. Thank you. just just a few updates and celebrations today. I'd
002like to share. Um maybe our first event is um a Spanish dinner is is being hosted at North Side Middle School on Thursday from 4 to 8 by Mrs. Riley. She's a Spanish and and dual language teacher at North Side. hosted hosted the Spanish dinner for many years as a high school uh Spanish teacher at Southside High School and then started that tradition back last year at North Side. And just a really tremendous evening that that gets our families into the building to um to celebrate the our our um Spanish classes and dual language classes over there. Just uh be a wonderful event. If you get a chance to check that out, that'd be awesome. Um I'd like to thank Mrs. Dhy and all of our art teachers, all of our art teachers. Um they
003uh they had they put together that display for the community sing. Um and then I asked them to bring it over. What uh we we were so fortunate to uh to enjoy their art from a a fall display they did with uh with Ball State and they brought it over here. just just brightens up the entryway and um just another way to celebrate the great great things happening in our art classes around the district. So, every school is represented in in those displays, 10 to 15 pieces of art from each school. Um so, if you get a chance, please stop out there and check that out before you take off. Um want to recognize Mrs. Hoffman. She is our dual language math and physics teacher for Muny Central High School. Um if you recall, she
004was part of uh Mr. Walker's presentation last year to the board. Um she was a Ball Brothers Excellence in Teaching award winner and this year she was recognized as um one of the outstanding dual credit teachers for IvyTech. So, she was she was recognized with the president's award, one of um one of 19 um to be recognized across the state. She's just a a fantastic teacher and certainly deserving of the accolades. Um we were able to celebrate with Mr. Walker at the uh the um chamber dinner, the annual chamber dinner, and he was recognized for his work and his leadership and the progress Muny Central has made um with an e excellence in education award in in the 10 years. This is his 10th year at Muny Central. So like to congratulate congratulate Mr. Walker
005and that award of course he he always recognizes the impact that his team has made too. Not just that's just not his award. He certainly recognizes all of the help that um that uh his his folks provide him along the way. Certainly have to thank everyone for all the time and effort that they put into the 89th community singing. Just a tremendous afternoon of of celebrating our students performances and um the just the holiday season bringing folks together. We had a tremendous crowd, just a wonderful performance by our students. just so proud of of all the work that our teachers and everyone is um are are do are doing with our students. Our choirs have been the biggest that they've been in a number of years. We you know the the uh four the elementary
006choirs are are are voluntary choirs. We call them honor choirs where they where they um sign up to do that. That's not all of our fourth and fifth grade students. So they elect to do that. and we had over 300 students. I think last year we were about 250 or 220 or 250. So, um that program is growing and just, you know, the the more we can get kids engaged and involved, the the better their academics and we have data to back that up. So, and and finally, I'd like to to see if Mrs. Schaefer would bring Jose up to the microphone. So, Jose was our art winner from South View Elementary School and his artwork is depicted on our holiday cards. So, if I could, I'd like to present you a little gift from
007us. So, the district sends out holiday cards to a lot of our partners and friends. Um, and this year, Jose's artwork was selected for that. And we would like to present you and your family with some of those some of those cards. Uh oh, we we had some picture time. There we go. All right. So, congratulations and thank you so much. Wonderful job, buddy. >> So, where's Jose? >> Jose. Hi, Jose. Merry Christmas. Uh, >> tell us about yourself. Where do you go to school? South View. >> Southview. And is this your teacher? >> I'm the art teacher. >> Art teacher. Well, can we see your art? >> Oh my gosh, that's so good. >> And it's up on the display as well. >> Yeah, Jose. That's just fantastic. Where did you learn to draw?
008>> I draw it. I try my best to draw it. I did well. >> You did very well. So, we painted it and then we uh the next class we worked with some paper to cut out some trees, doing some symmetry and just practicing a fold and cut to create these really cool trees and then we glued them down to build our snowy scene. >> And Jose, did you bring some family with you tonight? >> Yes. >> Can you introduce them for us? >> There's Matia right there. Crystal and Ashley right there. >> Hello everybody. Hello. Welcome. Well, you should be very proud. That's going to go out to how many people, Mr. Dr. Reynolds? >> 120 people are going to get your art. And maybe I'll get a few and send a few out.
009I love it. >> So, thank you very much. Are you looking forward to Christmas? >> Yes. >> Do you have anything particular that you're wanting? >> Um, no. >> Nothing particular? Well, so you and Dr. Reynolds, this is Dr. Reynolds, are the best dressed people here tonight. So, thank you again. Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year. >> Thank you, Jose. >> And that is it for me. >> Did you say 300 people? 300 students now in the music programs >> uh in the elementary choirs. Yeah. >> Elementary choirs. So that's at an average of 50 people per school. That's pretty good, right? >> Y >> um so in terms of um the art work out there, would encourage uh people who are watching at home tonight to take a look at it.
010I spent a bit of time on the way in this evening and it's just so heartwarming uh to see that artwork. It's it's very well done. I specifically I really like the one the candle with the holly and I think it's on that far end. >> Yep. >> I'm just proving actually I did stop and look. So, but it is really remarkable. So, thank you. Uh and art teachers, how many art teachers do we have here tonight? >> Just Sarah and I. So would you pass along to your colleagues uh how much we appreciate >> your work? Thank you so much. >> You're welcome. Um okay, Northw Elementary, the floor is yours. All right. Good evening everyone. Thank you for the opportunity to share about Northview this school year. Um, as you can see from
011our slide here, we are invested in our path to purple and making sure and ensuring that our students and families remain engaged in our schools early on from preK all the way up to high school. And I love this picture of our um past graduating class. Those are nor former Northw students. They weren't there when I was I mean I wasn't there when they were there, but it was nice that um Miss White has them come and walk the halls um so that our younger kiddos can see um and experience that each um year. So, I just wanted to show that and um making sure that you know we're we're keeping our kids engaged in Muny Community Schools. All right. We are proud to serve 367 students from preK through grade 5. Our school serves
012a diverse population of students across cultural and economic backgrounds. Learning takes place across many different platforms at Northw, which keeps students actively engaged um in learning. As you can see, our teachers like to have a little fun with some of our um CKLA units. So you have Miss Miller who is working on um some phonics skills with Heggery Hedgehog there with her kindergarteners and then um Miss Pitts there having some learning time outside. She just felt like her students needed to have a change of scenery and sometimes that's just best to keep students engaged there. Um, we consistently receive positive feedback from families and teachers about the benefits of manageable class sizes, including stronger parent communication, more direct and personalized instruction, improved behavior management, and stronger studenttoteer relationships. We offer unique learning experiences here at
013Northview. Um, we try to intentionally connect classroom learning to real world applications. We also promote academic competition and exploring new opportunities and we're trying to currently trying to get a math bowl team started. Um, that is one goal I want to kind of we have some competition within the school but we want to expand and um do some competition outside of the school academic wise. Um we offer a variety of athletic opportunities among the elementary schools. We were one of the first to have a pep squad um at the elementary level and that has extended to all the elementarymentaries now. And uh we're currently headed to the championship tomorrow. Our boys basketball team will be playing against Longfellow Elementary. So hopefully we'll see some of you guys out there wearing some red, right? Um, we
014also prioritize creating opportunities for students to um participate in the performing arts. Last year, our music teacher, Mr. Hacker, who is one of the who is a mentor teacher for the music teachers um in the school district along with Miss Smith, a second grade teacher, and Miss Pittz, a fifth grade teacher. We were able to put on a schoolwide musical um Willy Wonka in a Chocolate Factory. and we're going to do the same this year. We're going to be um they're going to be performing performing Finding Nemo. So, that will take place in the spring. So, look for communication for that. So, we're excited about all the different things that we offer our students um at Northview. Moving on to academics. Um daily instruction is centered on strong academic foundations and student engagement. Our tier
015three instruction supports students with the highest needs targeted intensive interventions. Um we utilize our um volunteers that we have. Some of our volunteers are retired teachers and community members. We also have utilized this year um the Ball State work study program where we have um a tutor come in and work with some of our students um at the second grade level and third grade level. Um and then we have another one who I just reached out to and we're going to get started and she's going to come in January. So we'll have two tutors u from Ball State with the work study program and we we've really liked that so far. Um we have a strong focus on student connection to the curriculum and peer collaboration which ensures learning and both meaning u meaningful and
016engaging. Um as you can see from the pictures like that we like to have um provide our students with neat um opportunities for instruction also that peer collaboration and teamwork um with them during their curriculum time. Um, we like for students to have that peer collaboration and conversation which helps build vocabulary. Um, that's beneficial for English language learners and then also for students who may have a limited background on different topics that they're learning about um, in class. A lot of time sometimes students learn more from their peers and how their teacher is presenting it to them. So having that opportunity for them to work together, group work is very important. Okay, moving on to professional growth. At this time, I invite Leah Britain, our master teacher, to come talk about some of the professional
017growth opportunities we have at Northview. Hello everyone. How are you? >> Good. >> Great. Okay. So, as Mrs. Alan stated, I handle most of our professional development um at our school and so most of you know we've been a part of the literacy cadre for the last three years. So we've carried on in that endeavor and pushing out more um teacher knowledge when it comes to the science of reading. The first year was like all first years is those training years. And so next and then the next year was tweaking and this year we feel like we've gotten kind of a welloiled machine going. Um, we have more coaching cycles going on than we've ever had, at least since I've been in Muny Community Schools. I've been able to get into classrooms and work with
018teachers individually on specifically what they need. One of the things I was thinking about while I was sitting there was the program that allowed one of our teachers, our current teachers, do our student teaching and her practicum at B um at Northside all last year. we were able to hire her in and how much easier it has been to help her get adjusted to our school with professional development because she's been there and so she's heard all of my spills and she's been in all of my PLC's and so that was a real blessing for us. So we're continuing to do PLC's every single week with our teachers developing them in different areas. This year we've stepped out and instead of doing one PLC for every grade level, we're trying to tailor it to each
019grade level and each classroom if possible. that's stretching a little bit further and a little bit wider, but I think it's beneficial for our grade levels. In addition to that, we are also um pursuing professional development with our instructional aids. These people are very instrumental in helping our students learn. They're taking out small groups. They're working with students one-on-one, and we want them to support what's going on in the classroom and not just have a bunch of fluff. So we started um using reading universe has a pair professional modules about the science of reading. Each module is about three hours long and so I've been kind of having many PLC um sessions with our IAS now. So they've been assigned these modules. They're working through them. We're coming back. We're talking about them and it
020is making a difference. It's kind of our first round with that. But I do see a little more confidence and them being comfortable with taking those students out and being able to carry on what's happening in the classroom in a smaller setting. It has allowed us to do a little bit more intensive work when it comes to tier 2 and tier three instruction. And so I'm really excited about that. We're targeting our sped population as well. We have expectations for our sped students. We just because they have some issues does not necessarily mean that they can't achieve. So we're working on our sped population as well with those teachers. developing them in the science of reading, trying some things in that area as well as intervention. We've had several teachers who have completed the 40
021hours of training for the science of reading and are also taking the practice test and have passed. So we have some teachers who are adding that to their lensure um this semester and so we're really excited about that. So professional development is what we need to continue to move forward. It's going very very well at Northwood View and we hope that it will show up in our test scores this year. >> Thank you. Um, go ahead. >> All right. Thank you, Miss Burton. I appreciate it. All right, we'll go ahead and move on to >> I I'm I'm sorry. Could I could we ask her a couple questions? >> Oh, yeah, sure. >> So, >> uh, what what's practice reading? So um the state has now if you are going if you're going to be
022teaching reading they would like for you to know about the science of reading and the foundations of reading. So they offered a module through keys to literacy um 40 hours of instruction in this area. um as a part of the literacy cadre, we had already started the work with the collaboration network that we attend every other week. And so we were allowed to use those hours and once you've been trained in those 40 hours, you will take a practice reading test to uh make sure you know all of what you need to know about science and reading. Once you pass that, you can add it to your license. >> So your license, >> yes, >> you have to pass the practice. So is Prais just a brand name? >> Oh yes. >> Pardon? >> It's
023the company that delivers. >> It's the company. Yes. >> Okay. I thought it had some other significance perhaps. Okay. So that's just the state's u stamp of what we had already started doing. Correct. >> So are they going to screw it up or >> hope not. We put a lot of time into this. They better not. >> I have. So, >> thank you. You're welcome. >> Okay. All right. Moving on to our schoolwide goals. We have goals in ELA, math, and attendance. This year for I read, we do have a goal of 55% of our second graders passing. it was important to us to um implement a goal to for our teachers to work towards for these second graders um this school year and having um having a goal of 55% um passing by the
024summer um opportunity. It gives our um it gives a little bit of reprieve for our third grade teachers when those kids move into third grade. Um but also we want to have high expectations for them as well. So, uh we thought that it was important that they had a goal to work towards um with the iAre score. Um and then also we all have our um a 75% passing rate for our third graders for this upcoming school year. Um we are working intensely um with this group and pulling in all of our stakeholders, our support staff. Um, like Miss Britain mentioned, you know, we've been doing professional development with them because we felt like, you know, that instruction um, needed to be um, a little bit more rigorous. And so, we're pulling in support staff,
025our volunteers, our work study um, students from Ball State are all supporting our second and third grade students um, in ELA um, instruction. We're also utilizing the MTSS process um a little bit more with fidelity to help identify students who have specific needs so that we can provide targeted support for them as well. So this has been a key factor with you know um individualizing you know different plans for our students so that they can be successful. We also have our iLearn um goals that we want to increase by 10% from last school year and we've been doing our iLearn checkpoints and based on our iLearn checkpoint data um especially with ELA uh we are currently about halfway to our target with our third fourth and fifth graders they're nearing about 30% so what that
026says based on their checkpoint information if they were to take the summitive today about 30% of our students would be at proficient level. So that's kind of a good thing. Um whereas our goal is at 43%. So we have about we want to keep trucking and get closer to that as the um school year goes on. Um same thing with our math. We want to get up to 48.5% of our students at the proficient level. uh right now based on our checkpoint data with grades um third and fourth graders are very close to this goal while our fifth graders are about halfway there. So we still have a little bit more work to do um when it comes to math but we are you know working on that and diving into those standards with our
027students. Uh we are proud to report that our attendance is currently averaging at 94.9% and we're right on track to meet or exceed our goal by the end of the school year. Uh we know that strong attendance supports um academic success. So our students and our parents and our families, you know, we're they're really good about getting their kiddos to school. Um even if it's a little bit late, they're still present and they're still there to learn. So, we're right on track with that. Next up, I want to talk about family engagement. Um, this is another major strength for Northw. And this is why this year I invited one of our um one of our the members of our PTO leadership team, uh, Miss Jamie Jones, to come up and speak a little bit about
028um, our PTO because they're doing some really great things. >> Hello. Thank you for having me tonight. Um it's always a joy to sing the praises of North View and Mrs. Allen and the teachers there. Um we just really we love it there and so it's easy to be a part of PTO. Um our PTO has monthly meetings and we usually um this year we've had a really great turnout. Um we offer child care while the parents are there. So that is a great incentive for more parents to come and join us. Um we try to do um an activity about once a month. We've done things like trick-or-treating and pumpkin carving, decorating. We do donuts with grown-ups. We have a holiday shop where the kids can come in and we have items there that
029they can purchase for their family members and then we wrap them for them and send them home. Um, we offer those at a very low cost at like a dollar a piece or something so that they can feel like they are um shopping for their family and and can have presents for them. Uh we do a talls and smalls dance uh in the spring and um and then we also uh work with the teachers with uh field day in May. We do two major fundraisers each year. One in the spring or one in the fall that is with Otis Spunkmeer and then one in the spring with uh world's finest chocolate. And with that money we are able to do several things that support the teachers. We offer grants for them. Uh we can do
030a single like a classroom grant, a grade level grant or a schoolwide grant. Some of an example of that is we just bought a Lego table and some manipulatives for a single classroom. We have um helped with the cost of busing for a field trip for a for a grade level. And then for the schoolwide, we have given grants to uh Mr. Hacker and Miss Smith for the uh play that they did last year. And so that covers the entire school. So we try to do things that um help at a variety of levels for the teachers. We also um provide teachers with a monthly gift each each month. We do something. It might be a a classroom supply type thing. It might be a personal item. It might be a gift card to something.
031that we try to support our teachers each month. Um we know that they are doing the hard work, the heavy lifting and so if we can support them and as much as we can, then ultimately our kiddos are the ones that are benefiting from that in the end. So it's just a really good uh relationship between the teachers and the parents. Um we're very happy to to support them and to do what we can to make their job a little bit easier. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. Okay. All right. Okay. I want to talk a little bit about Ball State um which is one of our community partners. Um our partnership with Ball State University greatly enhances um our instructional support um at Northview. Uh we host participants from the residency program. Last
032year we had two who participated at our school in a residency program. So, they were with us from August all the way till May. Um, one of them I actually hired on as a teacher. Her name is Michaela Rush. She is currently teaching first grade and she's doing great her first year. Um, and I really love that program that they that they have and it has been beneficial. like Miss Britain spoke, she was one of our staff coming in during this residency program and then onboarding her as a new teacher was seamless because she had been in our district. She had been in our school. She knows our routines, our procedures and everything. And I just think that it is just a great program and I'm looking forward to having more um residency students um
033in our building. We also host student teachers. We have four student teachers coming to us in the spring at all grade levels. So, we're looking forward to that. And we also have the support of our practicum students. We love to emerge them into um the classroom so that they can get some hands-on experiences working with students collaborating with teachers. We think this is important before they start their student teaching. it gives them a clue as to whether or not this is something that they want to continue on with or if they want to go a different route. So, we love having practicum students in the building as well. Um, and Boston State provides that. And then recently, um, I talked a little bit before, but our work study tutors, this is a new program where,
034um, Mr. Grim has worked with getting that off the ground. And so far we have two work study students who um come into our building and tutor our kids. Um and we love the flexibility because one of them does an afterchool tutoring but she can also come during the day and do some tier three supports too and so can the other one. So we really have taken advantage of that program and it is something that I would love to continue uh with next school year too. Um, these partnerships allow us to increase instructional capacity while also mentoring fu future teachers. And it I think it's a great experience. We try to utilize all the uh resources we can at Northw. Um, we are a smaller school. We don't have as many instructional aids um and
035support staff. So utilizing these work study students, our practicum students, student teachers has been very beneficial for us. We've been very creative with that. All right. Thank you all so much for your continued support at Northview. We're proud to um of our progress and remain focused on our academic growth, staff development, and family partnerships. >> Thank you so much. >> Do you have questions? >> Do I have questions? >> Anybody have questions? So could you go to goals for a second again right there? So I read three is obviously still such a critical component based on where we are with the statute. Um I thought your your passage rate on uh I read three was above 80%. >> It was last year. Yes. This is our goal for this year. Yes. >> Okay. So why
036going down? >> It's a different group of students. We analyze their data and their I already from last year. And so we use these uh we used our um data at the end of the school year to come up with these goals for this coming school year. >> Okay. Okay. Just wanted to check that because I knew that last year >> now I I'm not saying that we won't hit 80%. That would be amazing. But we also are being realistic and looking at each individual student. And I mean just last year, yes, I had over 80%, but the year before I only had 63%. So it changes with each grade level and each group of students. >> Okay. Um, any additional questions? How many student tutor work study tutors do we have across the district?
037>> Only a handful right now. I'd say about five. We're hoping to have more in January once they have uh their their new course scheduled. So that idea actually came from you, Mr. Williams, last year kind right >> challenging us to use Ball State people to to tutor in our building. So we've kind of worked to put that in place. So this way they get paid to come over and uh tutor in our schools. >> Okay. Uh thank you for following up on that. Um, anything you need? >> No, I think we're doing well. I think >> Thank you so much for all your work for your team. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Clots. Any public comment? >> Okay. Uh, we will proceed to the consent items on the agenda. Uh, you've had an opportunity
038to review those. There is one change uh to the personnel items on recommendations. The final matter on personnel items recommendations part B. Uh the last item on the custodian at Southfield Elementary School Winningham uh has been removed. So that is not there and the agenda had gone out prior to that change. So please note that on your agenda or on your doc your documents. Uh, with that, any other um questions regarding the um items on the consent agenda? No other questions. >> I'm excited about the avoided checks. >> That's found money, right? >> So, 18,000 bucks. So, good work. serious every >> well I'm always pleased and I think I'm surprised every year too but um it's good work uh okay with uh that out of the way uh any motion >> move to approve
039>> okay we have motion second >> all those in favor signify by I >> I post same sign okay uh also note Mr. below uh your reappointment to the redevelopment commission. Appreciate your continued service on that because I know it it does take time. Uh in new business, um Mr. Dome, we have the financial report, then the ever popular uh insurance premiums. >> Yes, thank you. In your board packet, uh this month we have the November uh financial report. uh this represents 11 months out of the calendar year. So we're fast approaching the end of the calendar year which we're on a cash basis of accounting for for these purposes. So we we come to the end of December for the snapshot of our final balances. So we're almost almost to the end of appropriations
040and so good things to report. Um I'll hit some of the highlights here. Uh we now are receiving um our estimate of our state basic grant about it'll be about 47.7 million. Uh that was up about $150,000 because of our um enrollment that even though our enrollment was down 14 compared to last year uh Dr. Reynolds and I had forecast slightly lower on the uh the number that the state was using. So uh it resulted in more money for us for the last two months of the year. Um, anyway, our cash balance is probably the highest balance you've ever seen uh here at Muny at 42.6 million and I can explain that we just received 9.9 million of bond proceeds. So, that's the oneoff big change. We just received those bond proceeds in November. That's
041why it's much higher than it was to start the year. Um but those monies will be used for purposes of uh fixing things in the buildings and part of our projects that we've already identified. And then of course we will sell the remaining 9 million in bonds in the uh first or second quarter here of 2026. The state loan outstanding is now below 6 million at 5.9 million. Uh if you remember that started out at $12 million back in 2019. So, we're um paying that off based on our uh original amortization schedule that comes right out of the education fund. Um they just subtract that out. So, that's a positive thing to report there. Um payroll is up just because we've added the additional uh former SSC maintenance facilities and custodial employees. Uh we're doing
042well on the um uh limiting our spending on rainy day and operation fund to stay within our appropriation limits. Still expecting our cash balance at the end of December to be um over 30 30 million and education fund balance will probably still be under 15 million at the end of December. So those are positive items to report. The last thing about property taxes, we did we so far through November, we've received a little over $10 million in local property taxes. So, in December, uh, we'll probably receive approximately another probably almost 2 million in property taxes. So, good thing to report there. Um, I like the charts and graphs that come up. It just shows where we're at on the trend. Obviously, that's the big number on the far far right. That blue bar, you can
043barely see it. That's 42 million. Um that reflects that 9 million bond proceeds that's in our um regular normal bank account. Uh I shouldn't say regular normal bank account. We've isolated that in some higher earning um higher earning uh interestbearing things that provide us more money. Uh but it's certainly we're positive to report that. Uh appropriations, I've mentioned that already. we're we're staying within our limits of where we're allowed to spend. Um, so I'll be able to come back to you in a couple months with the final December final December uh report. So that pretty much concludes my report for the month of November. >> Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Don? >> So the projects associated with the bond um when do we expect those to commence? That's a that's a good question. This
044first section uh representing that 9.9 million of project. Uh this first bundle is pretty much isolated almost at the um the Muny Fieldhouse. Uh where some work obviously has already been witnessed in some new um the old old bleachers were taken out. We'll see uh heating and cooling installed um this summer at the fieldhouse. This will be our third and last winter of using temporary heat on a semi-truck. Um we'll take bids for some of the remaining pieces of the roofing projects in February and also um bids for the the work that will be at Southside Middle School for the track and tennis courts. And we'll just keep uh providing the bids with the construction company uh when they're ready to to issue those. >> The chiller was included in that North Side, right? >>
045That is correct. Okay. Yes, that is correct. That work will be at North Side Middle School and once again that work >> that will not commence till this this summer. >> Yep. >> Okay. Any additional questions for Mr. >> Summer 26. Yeah. Some of this work though, some of the roofing projects, um, some of this work could extend almost for two years. But, uh, for the heating and cooling of the fieldhouse, since the fieldhouse has never had cooling, it's had a lot of heat, had a lot of heating, uh, that work uh, that goal for the fieldhouse. We'll obviously get that finished by next fall when you need to have the heating and cooling for next winter. So, Okay. Tell me about the tennis courts at Southside Middle School. >> Yep. That's part of that
046will be part of the project um to get those all resurfaced and redone. >> Did we talk with the folks down there about use and expectations? I just I continue to wonder what that usage is going to be down there. >> Yeah, they have not been used for two years now. But even prior but even prior to that look tennis is on the decline. >> Um generally I just curious about the needs of the community. >> Are are you taking it down to the subbase? >> It's it's being all redone. Correct. It's pretty >> because it's uh it was just not filling cracks. I mean it was too extensive. >> Right. If you're going to use it, you have to make it work. They they had to really redo it. >> We could we deviate
047from that if we determined that that was not effective use of the homes. >> Well, we have not taken bids for that piece of the work. I mean, that's still upcoming. Our construction manager is working with that. >> Yeah. I mean, I would I think I would encourage what other possibilities could be. >> I wonder how a I they've just they've been in such disrepair you couldn't you couldn't use them. They could the summer programs out out there two it was two years ago the parks came in and ran a program out there but just not usable. >> Now the pickle ball courts are they the same >> same surface >> surface as tennis courts? Yeah, just different line. Different lines. >> But you can put pickle ball lines on >> on a tennis court
048and use it for both. Correct. >> Yeah. >> I think the tennis >> you do the pickle ball right on the tennis. >> Pickle ball users then occasionally run into conflict. >> They do. I mean, you have to have a different net that goes up there, but uh pickle ball people are pretty violent. >> It's a dangerous sport. >> It is. >> You get hurt? >> I I don't know. I just would I would encourage you please take a look at that. >> Sure. >> I have a question about the um employee total head count of course 68 higher than last year. >> Yep. >> Like what? >> Yeah. >> What do I mean by that is uh we've obviously brought them on board July 1st. When we brought them on board there were like
04963. Uh so that's why that number reflects higher at this point. Uh so in I don't have a it's not a good apples to apples comparison because we've added those folks. How >> many that number? >> Yeah, it was we brought them on board at like 63. >> There's still a significant savings associated with that. >> And I know that's counterintuitive. It sounds it sounds like a counterintuitive argument, but our our savings with that contract versus bring them on board is still reflecting $100,000 a month savings versus contract. >> The the payroll um is less than what we were paying on the contract when it was an independent contract and being performed by outside entity. >> Yes. Once we brought those the employees uh under the MCS umbrella, the actual expenditure for the corporation is
050significantly less over a million dollars a year about $1.2 million per year savings. Correct. >> That's correct. >> So that's >> No, you go. I'm sure people >> Yes, we have a couple um positions at the middle school that we're working on, but we have those filled starting for January. And so there will be two PE positions at North Side. Um we're working on a social studies position for Southside. other than that where there's a couple that have will have resigned at semester break but due to class sizes in those elementary schools classes will be combined and we work with Miss White and the principles on doing that. >> Any additional questions would entertain entertain a motion to approve the financial report. >> So moved. Do >> I hear a second? All those in favor
051signify by I. I >> I post same sign. Okay. Uh Mr. Dome, the uh insurance premiums. >> Yeah. Thank you. Uh presented also in your board packet. This is always the time of year in December, usually December and June, where we bring to you the property and casualty workers comp and cyber insurance uh premium quotes for the upcoming year. That's what you have in front of you. Um we're still utilizing USI as our local ins um insurance agency who goes out and gathers uh this these quotes in front of us. The the bottom line is the premium goes up slightly a little over 7% to $978,000. Uh this passover is like $913,000. Uh obviously the big change which we knew uh because just as we've talked about bringing on board uh the custodial facility and
052maintenance was going to increase a little bit of our workers comp. That's what some of this increase is uh reflected in that. It's reflecting a 7% increase, but uh we knew we were a part of that bringing that additional payroll on board. And um so we're asking uh permission to accept that uh tonight and this coverage would start uh on January 1st. >> Yeah, that's that's their the verbiage that they used. um for our employees and folks who work uh for the school corporation. >> That is correct. So justification they gave you >> well that would be because of claims or potential claims. >> I don't necessarily think it was anything >> I don't think it was anything directly related to what >> I can't I can't point I can't point anything singular. Yeah, that
053was something. >> Um, >> it in my past history with this, it just seems like these things never go down. The premiums certainly never go down. Um, >> so 2022, >> yeah, >> my memory is our total premiums were shy just shy of 400,000. >> That is that is correct. It made that big jump over 300,000 in the year 2024. We've gone from 333,000 to doubled >> to 655. >> Y asked the same question last year when that happened. Is >> is there a big savings to jump your deductible from 100,000 to like a quarter of a million or whatever. >> Uh there's some but it's not it's not drastic. No, I mean and we tried to get a better understanding of that when that happened back in 2023 and 4 and it was the
054it was the economy, it was the hurricanes, it was losses all over the country which had nothing to do nothing to do with Muny schools. Um, obviously it was still in our loss history for a while, their tornado damage that we had at the fieldhouse. And usually, uh, they always tell me those things go off where they're after about five years on your loss loss claim history. Um, so, um, that is, you know, you're kind of burdened by your history a little bit if you have a lot of claims, but just the overall market, it just never seems to go down. Last year, uh, we went out and solicited a total competing quote from the, uh, educational co-op of the the consortium of schools, and that was not a turned out that was not an
055option either. That was even more higher. It was higher than what our quotes were from our through our USI agency. So, >> so, but that when it doubled went to 655 or thereabouts, yep, 23 or 24, >> right? Uh, was that just property and casualty? >> That was that was the whole bundle. Property, casualty, workers comp, and the cyber. And the cyber by itself, as you can see, just a little over $20,000 on that piece. So, we've added effectively these have increased by a factor of three in three years. >> Oh, yeah. Yes. >> So, we've gone from 330,000 um to 900 78,000. >> Yes. >> Over the course of 36 months. >> That is correct. And that particular bucket that pays for those, it's the operation fund. >> Correct. And that was my next
056point was this is the operations fund which has to um pay for these premiums which is under uh immense pressure as a result of uh the legislation that was passed this past spring. You know, we continue to look at increasing inflationary costs as it concerns obtaining um necessary and required property casualty insurance, which by the way we do have to have as a condition of our bonding among among other things um in order to function. So this there's this is completely as Mr. Jerome has described uh subject to variables outside of our control. >> Yeah. Because because all these various construction projects that we have done each year over the last three years, those separate bond projects, those require builder risk insurance which is separate from this which we pay out of the bond proceeds.
057So, so none of that construction work on the insurance ever impacts these numbers. And it should because the construction work we've done has actually improved uh the durability of the buildings and should in theory reduce the property and casualty coverage but it doesn't. So I'm not telling you >> the the other thing is is this not true just like your home every year the insurance agency is looking at replacement value of buildings which are radically going up in cost. It's not just sort of speak assessed value. It's whatever it takes to replace that is just climbing rapidly. >> Yeah. They they call that the the val um yeah >> the replacement values of our property. Um and obviously we're spread among a multitude of buildings and a multitude and the fleet which we was were
058already covered on our insurance even when SSC was our outside facility maintenance company. We we covered all that fleet before because we had the title to almost all the vehicles except for one. So any of these increases we bring to you tonight um just reflects I guess the market. It reflects uh the level of coverage they said we we need to have. Um we don't have other places to go. >> It reflects inflationary pressures in the insurance industry which have >> mirrored the rest of society. But uh we are in 36 months going from 350,000 in premiums to 978,000 in premiums. Um so I just think people need to understand um that these prices are not going down as we attempt to manage the operations of the district. So I said enough uh entertain a
059motion to approve. Do I hear a second? All those in favor signify by I. >> I. >> Thank you very much. It carries. Um, Mr. Derome, anything further? >> Nope. I appreciate that. Thank you. >> So, we're on to board dialogue. I think we have some guests tonight. Uh, who all's here by show of hands for uh class credit? >> Okay. Do you guys want to come up and introduce yourselves? Come on up. Come on up. Yeah, come on up. Oh, we have >> Yep. >> In order to get credit, you have to come on up because we have to s we have to sign something. >> Did they give you the thing to sign? >> No, >> I'm joking. >> Tell tell us who you are and where you're from. >> I'm Haley Rollins
060from Central. >> What What grade? >> I'm senior. Oh, Haley Rollins, a senior. What do you plan to do? >> Um, like after school. >> After school. >> Um, hopefully nursing. >> Nursing. Where are you? Where do you want to go to school? >> Um, I'm thinking about UNCC or John Hopkins would be pretty cool. >> Good for you. Good for you. Who's up next? >> I Okay. Hi, my name is Anthony English Davis. I am a senior student at Muny Central and I want to go into cyber security or digital design which I was here all day today. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> So, welcome Anthony. >> Uh my name is Chloe Miller. I go to Central. Um >> senior. >> Mhm. >> What do you want to do? >> Uh respiratory therapy. >>
061Where you want to go to school? >> Um I'm not sure yet, but thinking Ball State. So, >> okay. Well, welcome. I'm Ariana Ker and I go to MC Central too. Um I'm also a senior. Um and I'm planning to go to Ball State for business. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Hi, my name is Morgan Kerr. I go to my central. I'm a senior and I'm planning on doing predental at Ball State. >> Okay. Thank you. Wonderful. >> Hi, I'm Nia Prior. I also go to Central and I'm a senior and I want to be an elementary art teacher and I want to go to Ball State. >> Wonderful. Well, you can come back here in maybe four years and get a job. >> I'm Jayla. I go to Central and I'm a senior
062and I want to go to Purdue. >> Congratulations. So, uh, congratulations all of you on being in your senior year. Thank you for setting through this meeting and uh we we're just very proud of you and your classmates and and so you know thank you for all you do to make Central a special place and uh let us know if you need anything. We wish you the best. Thanks for showing up tonight. So, um I want to go back to something briefly >> for the benefit of everyone at home and that's the the cash balance uh and Mr. room indicated uh that it was at a a sign very significant number. Uh again that is a result of bond proceeds coming in uh which are designated to be used for capital improvements in buildings at
063buildings in the district where maintenance has been deferred. Um and don't let uh that cash balance uh fool you regarding uh the weather on the horizon. Uh, I was thinking as you said that, you know, I I love history and when the Edmond Fitzgerald left two harbors in western Lake Superior 70°, everything looked great. 24 hours later, it was battling 30oot waves. So, that's our 30-foot waves are out there. And I I know I keep telling you all this and I I just want people to continue to understand the challenges that are just over the horizon for us. Um, so anything further? >> Chromebook. >> Yeah. >> So, this is my Chromebook. We'll tell you. >> Uh, so when we got the Combs Chromebooks, I remember somebody saying, "Well, that's kind of like a Chevette."
064>> Well, see, let's see if we can get Watasha. Maybe I think there's some place here in town that upgrades Chromebooks. >> We have our next wave of Chromebook purchasing coming up in uh February. Okay. Well, there you go. >> Mandatory all >> Okay. No media inquiries. I take it. Um Rhonda, uh what are we looking at for February? Right. >> Are we doing the door decorations? >> Okay. >> And we're going to have a meeting. We're going to have everybody meeting, right? >> Okay. >> So, MLK citizenship awards are is that this 8 17th Saturday? Okay. >> Okay. >> I will be flying out that day. It's my 60th birthday celebration with Jennifer. >> Going to Palm Desert, California >> where that jacket would be popular. >> Okay. Could Could I have a motion
065to adjurnn? Second. All those in favor signify by I. >> Post same sign. Okay. Thank you. Good evening everybody.