001All right. So, if everybody could please uh stand and join these uh fine young men in the pledge of >> 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, guys. >> Good job, guys. >> Okay, the uh first order of business is a roll call. Secretary Batty. >> Mr. Arnold, >> present. >> Mr. Lockz, >> here. >> Miss Jackson >> here. Miss Farley present. >> Vice President King >> here. >> President Seabour >> here. >> All are present. >> Okay. Uh first order of business is uh Kesling marching band teacher. Dr. Wood, you have something. >> Yes. So we have our director of K12 music. Mr. Sullivan is here this evening and
002he has some student performers that he is going to introduce us to. >> Good evening. Like Dr. Wood said, I'm Matt Sullivan, director of music. We have some of the members of our leadership team for next year's marching band. Marching band is something that you know from our Fourth of July parade or home football performances. We do competitions in the fall, but we wanted you to know that already in May, really back in March, we started meeting with some leadership training. We've had interviews and already some guard rehearsals. So, I'll let them introduce themselves. >> I'm Marshall. Uh, I'll be a junior next year and I play the trumpet. >> I'm Kathan. I will be a junior next year and I play the sousafhone. >> Hi, my name is Elisha. I'm going into 11th grade
003and I also play a trumpet. >> Hi, I'm Amelia. I'm going to be a sophomore and I play the alto saxs. >> Hello, I am Tegan. I play a trombone. I'm uh going to be a sophomore. >> Hello, my name is Van and I am going into my junior year and I play the clarinet. >> And this is Natalie, our band president and guard captain. and I'll let her talk a little bit about our upcoming season. >> Thank you, Mr. Svin. And hello. We are already so excited thinking about our upcoming season as we've recently announced our show theme to be Dragon Dance. Many of us are excited to see what the show brings. Especially for me personally, I'm excited to see what comes from both the band, The Guard, as we create a story
004for our audience to follow. Also, partic particularly as a guard captain, I'm excited to see what a veteran guard brings to our show this year as many people are excitedly returning from previous seasons. And I believe that this year is bound to be great. And it'll be so amazing to see what we create. And thank you so much for taking this time to listen to what we have in store and what we're looking forward to. Hope to see you guys at some home football games. And go slicers. >> Go Slicers. >> Thank you. All right. Well, thank you very much. Uh, next we have our school spotlight. So, I think we're starting with Indian Trail. >> Ready? Hi, good evening. Um, I'm Mrs. Marks, principal at Indian Trail. So, it's nice to see everyone. I
005am here tonight with Aaron Price. She is our lead for our new garden club. And what she's going to share with you tonight is kind of the growth, no pun intended, of this club that's quickly turning into quite the agriculture hub for us and what our plans are for the future. And then we have along with us Adrian and Nicholas. And Nicholas has something that he would like to share at the end. So, I'm gonna pass it over to Aaron. >> Thank you. Hello, my name is Aaron. Um, as we are going on to our growing of our future here at Indian Trail, um, we have a special thanks with our grants that we've written to the Leaport Healthc Care Foundation where we were able to get a rain barrel, a um, compost bin. We
006also have some raised beds. We were able to purchase, soaker hoses, connectors, the whole thing. Um over the past year we have involved the entire school on this growing adventure. Um the whole point of it is to have a community learning garden. So it's not only a place where we can go outside, enjoy it as a classroom as well, but also incorporate the agriculture to our community and our building and our school. Um next thing coming up, this is beautiful, isn't it? It's our greenhouse. Um it's sponsored by the Jones family grants. made this a reality for us. Um, absolutely. It's in the process. The weather has not quite cooperated in Indiana. I know you're surprised. Um, but thank you to the Mil Creek Lions Club for donating the construction materials. Construction has started. The
007foundation's down and the boards are out. I'm super excited. Um and our vision is to create a meaningful realworld learning experience um to inspire the uh the curiosity, leadership and lifelong appreciation for the agriculture. And the kids will learn all about the nutrition part, but also how to plant, how to care for it, how to harvest, and what to do with next with it, which is really neat. Um we have made great connections with our CKLA program as well with um all the way from kindergarten through third and we've listed a few of the things where we've connected with plants and farming, plants and habitats, relationships in nature as well as seeds and ecology and it um is there another one. >> Oh yes, with our science standards as well. Okay, >> you're fine. Do
008you want to do this one? Okay. So, the the last part in the growth part that we're excited about is actually some partnerships we're currently working on with Leaport High School, their agriculture students, and along with the Purdue Extension Office as well for some lessons they're going to bring in with testing soil, teaching the students best places to plant, times to plant, and just really again making sure that they understand the full spectrum of what we do with the growth and how it can sustain our community and what to do with it next. So, and then Nicholas, would you like to share now? Nicholas, um, we asked some of the students, you know, why they are excited about growing and our future greenhouse. And so, Nicholas is going to share what he wrote. You want
009me to hold your paper? You want to set it up here? Why is learning to the garden of and farm important? It is important to know what plants need to grow. We need to learn how to tend to tend the gu to tend to gardens so they don't take over all the other plants. We also learned when it is the right time to harvest clearing vegetables. We are going to learn how to test soil to get the best from your plants. We all need the right things to grow our mind and our muscles and learning about all of the this is doing that and then we can't eat we can eat all the vegetables and get bigger muscles. I'm excited about the greenhouse because now we have a home of for plants. The whole school
010will have a part of the growing process. >> Very good. Nice. >> Great job. >> And then our last part, Adrien is a student who's in Mrs. Price's class and beyond the garden, we are actually working on hatching ducklings. Oh, wow. >> And chickens. So, Adrien, can you tell them a little bit about what you did with the candling? Can you tell them what that meant when you candled the egg? >> When you candle an egg, you get to put it on a light and then you can see what's inside of the egg to see if the chick is in there. >> Did you guys see them? >> Yeah, but one didn't um make it all the way. >> Oh, yeah. So, we learned a little bit about that, too, didn't we? >> Yeah. So,
011they're hoping that they're going to hatch pretty soon. >> They're already shaking a little bit. So, all the excitement they're great. >> All of them starting today. >> Okay. >> Tomorrow morning. I have some ducklings sitting there. >> All right. Thank you, boys. All right. Thank you guys all for your time. We appreciate it. >> At the end, we've left some planters and some vegetable. So, when you guys make your way out, if you want to plant them, they'll be some of our first. >> Okay. Awesome. Awesome. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> All right. Next we have the Kesling campus. >> Good evening. I promise uh Melissa Morzinski, Lorie Scrogan, and Jessica Banick I would not talk long so I'm not going to. So we're going to go from agriculture to kindness.
012Here he goes. >> I told you I could do it. >> Good evening. My name is Lori Scragggin. Thank you for allowing us to speak tonight. I am one of three co-sponsors of the Kesling campus kindness crew. Um Melissa Mzinski and Jessica Banick are also co-sponsors. We have sponsored this club for five years. Our club is a whole campus club. So all students in grades five through eight are invited. We kind of modeled this club after um at the elementary level. The three of us are former Hyman Huskys. And at Hyman we had um we were involved with the K kids. And when we moved to the intermediate level, we didn't really have anything because we were kind of all coming together um from all the different elementary schools. Um we wanted a club that
013would bring all the kids, the staff, the whole campus together and also introduce kids um the like introduce them how to volunteer and to kind of give towards their community. So I will turn it over to the girls. And so tonight we brought two of our sixth grade students, Payton and Kennedy, to share some information about our club. >> Oh things. What things have we done? We've decorated lockers with hall and halls with motivational messages, greeted students with high fives, ranging bells for the Salvation Army, complete tasks for staff, clean spaces around the campus, chalk the walks, and staff appreciation days. Who are we? Students in grades 5 through 8 submit applications at the beginning of the school year in order to participate in our kindness crew. Those that meet the criteria are invited to
014join our crew. >> What is our mission? >> Our kindness crew through their compassion, empathy, and good character will inspire classmates to spread positivity on campus and make it a good make it a kind and loving community. It is the mission of this club to create a safe and judgment-free space for everyone to be themselves and feel accepted while also making lifelong friends in the process. And thank you. >> Okay. So, uh if any of you are here with as parents of uh the students, uh feel free to take off. Uh nobody's going to be offended at all by that. So, um next we have public comment. So, we have one public comment. Uh Melissa Becker. Is Melissa Becker out there? >> Bless you. >> Melissa Becker. Okay. Well, somebody came and signed up for
015Melissa. So, um Okay, moving on. So, we'll move to the consent agenda. Um you've all seen the uh consent agenda. There's 10 items on there. So, I'll read through those and then we'll look for a motion and approval on this one. Is approval of the minutes of the April 13, 2026 schoolboard meeting. Uh, financials for ratification and approval. Treasurer's report, transfer of funds, correction to bank reconciliation, memorandum of understanding for contracted services related to the project aware grant, correction of 2026 raise approval for LPHS assistant principal, salary adjustment for Kesling intermediate assistant principal, personnel recommendations and professional leave requests, and 2026 summer school personnel. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> I'll make a motion. >> All right. Thank you, Nate. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Tucker. All those in favor
016say I. >> I. >> Opposed. >> All right. Motion carries. Uh there is no special personnel recommendations. So we'll move to superintendent report. Dr. Wood. >> Thank you. Um tonight I'd like to begin my superintendent report with an update on our administrative leadership transitions for the 2627 school year. So, as the board knows, last month we approved a restructuring of our district leadership model, including the creation of the director of curriculum and instruction position and the director of business position as part of our transition to a single assistant superintendent structure. With tonight's approval of the personnel report in the consent agenda, we have now filled two key leadership positions that are directly connected to that transition. First, I would like to officially welcome Kristen Smith as the new principal of Hileman Elementary School. Kristen, if
017you could come up and Sherry has a fan. >> All right, good start. >> Um, so I'm going to share just a little bit about Kristen and then I think she has a few words that she'd like to share as well. So Kristen joins us with more than 20 years of experience in education with her most recent administrative role as principal of Edgewood Elementary in Michigan City. She brings a strong background in instructional leadership, student achievement, and school improvement. And we are excited to have her leading Hileman as Zach Huber transitions into his new uh district leadership role. One piece of her story that I especially love is that Kristen herself attended Hileman Elementary as a student. So, this represents a full circle moment for her professionally and personally. So, I will allow Kristen now
018to introduce herself and share a little bit about herself. >> Good evening and thank you to the board, Dr. Wood and the entire Leaport Community School Corporation for this opportunity. As someone who calls Leaport home, I'm truly honored and excited to join the district and become part of a community that means so much to me both personally and professionally. As shared on the Hileman website, once a Husky, always a Husky. I take great pride in having the opportunity to positively impact my previous elementary school. I want to acknowledge the work of Mr. Cuber that he began and I look forward to continuing to build upon the foundation while supporting our students, staff, families, and community stakeholders in meaningful and collaborative ways. I believe in that strong ski schools are built through relationships, communication, and a
019shared commitment to helping every child succeed. Throughout my career, my passion has always been ventured in creating positive learning environments where students feel supported. teachers feel valued and families feel connected. I'm excited to bring that commitment to Leaport Schools. Thank you again for the warm welcome and I look forward to listening, learning, and moving forward together. >> Next, I would like to welcome Christ Bruin as our new director of business. Chris brings extensive experience in school finance operations, budgeting, and long-term financial planning through his work with MSD of New Durham Township along with prior experience in private banking and financial services. As we continue strengthening our long-term financial planning and operational systems, we are very excited to add Chris to our leadership team and believe his experience and expertise will be a tremendous asset to
020our district moving forward. Chris is not able to be here this evening because he is currently out of the country on his honeymoon. Um, but we will plan to bring him to the June board meeting so that he can meet the board at that time. >> And then finally, another full circle moment for our administrative team. I also would like to recognize the addition of Chris Stos to our Leaport High School administrative team as assistant principal. Chris, can you stand up? Many in our community already know Chris well as he previously served as an assistant principal at Leaport High School from 2015 through 2021 before he moved on to leadership roles at New Prairie where he served as both an assistant principal and a principal. We are very excited to welcome Chris back home to
021Leaport and know he will be a tremendous asset to the high school leadership team. So welcome to Chris. I want to thank all three of these individuals for choosing Leaport and we look forward to the leadership they will bring to our district in the years ahead. Second, I want to sh briefly share an a positive update regarding the district's extracurricular accounts audit which was recently completed by the Indiana State Board of Accounts. The audit re reviewed our extracurricular accounts covering a period from July 1, 2022 through June 30th of 2024. And I'm very pleased to report that the audit came back completely clean with no reportable instances of non-compliance identified by the state board of accounts. So I want to recognize and thank our treasurer's office, building administrators, secretaries, sponsors, and everyone involved in managing
022extracurricular AC accounts across the district. Maintaining compliance in these accounts requires significant attention to detail and oversight. And this outcome reflects the strong financial practices and accountability systems we have in place throughout our corporation. Okay. And that concludes my report. >> Okay. >> I know many of you came to congratulate the people we just recognized. Feel free to leave if you want. Um, no one will be no one will be offended. >> They're like, >> okay, now I'm slightly offended. >> That was everyone. >> Yeah, mostly. >> Okay. Okay. So, next uh order of business, assistant superintendent of student learning report, Dr. Tonagle. >> Well, they're leaving during my report. >> Don't don't feel so bad. So, I'm I'm really excited uh to start my report out with a special national uh recognition for eight
023Leaport schools who were recently named Project Lead the Way distinguished schools. So, for the sixth year in a row, all our elementary schools have been named distinguished schools, which is quite an honor. And then for the first time ever, Kesling intermediate school was named a distinguished uh project lead the way gateway school. So a big accomplishment. Um this award is a national award as I re as I mentioned. It recognizes schools who demonstrate a strong commitment in providing students with engaging real world and career connected learning experiences. So I'm really proud of our project lead the way staff, our STEM staff, our principles, our data coaches. Um many of our teachers had a hand in this. So, it's a nice uh recognition for our schools and uh we celebrate that and we'll have banners on
024the websites. Each school, I believe, has a banner that will go up inside the school and then we'll have a press release that goes out following tonight's board meeting. My second uh report is I want to give the board an update on the iD assessment. As uh I've reported on in the past, this is a second and third grade assessment that is administered in March. And so, uh, I'm not able to share publicly those results, um, due to state embargo requirements. Um, but as we look at the data, I wanted to share a couple highlight uh, points. So, our second grade proficiency rates continue to increase each year. We've given that assessment three years now. It's an the I read used to be called the IE3 assessment, but three years ago, schools could opt in
025to start giving it to second graders. And so I've been looking at the data and each year that number uh climbs and I'm really proud of our staff and our students uh for that. Secondly, our third grade assessment rates, proficiency rates, they appear to be consistent with previous uh overall past results and those will continue to climb as the I read summer retest window actually opens up this week and that window extends into our summer reading program. So, it's really important that any students who did not pass the assessment as third graders uh receive targeted instruction um individual reading plans and other supports from our teachers prior to retesting which again that window opens now. That will take us through the summer and students can test at the beginning of the window and then this
026year is new that they can test at the end of the window. So, I expect those third grade rates to continue to climb. Again, I can't publicly say where they're at right now, but they're in line with where they've been in the past. And then lastly, a really neat statistic that I wanted to share with the board is we had eight students in the third grade cohort score a perfect IED score. >> Wow. >> It's pretty neat. I would love to get them here at some point again when we can actually share uh results and highlight them in front of the board. A perfect score on that assessment is is really impressive and when you have eight students do it, it's even more impressive. That concludes my report. >> Okay, >> any questions for Dr.
027When do you anticipate you'll be able to >> So after the summer retest administration in July and that window goes through summer school. So summer school ends in late June. They'll open it up sometime in early July. Okay. So we'll we'll get those aggregate uh percentages and um share those with the board. Uh the iLearn assessments going on right now. The state's going through a new cut score um process. So, unfortunately, I learn scores won't be available until the fall, but we will be able to give you those I read scores come July. >> Okay. All right. Uh, next order of business, assistant superintendent of operations report. Dr. Oie, thank you and good evening. Uh, just a few things before we get into the financial dashboard. Uh, just wanted to mention that the fire marshall
028did return to just kind of do a final check and there were zero citations. So, want to give a shout out to Ryan Kim, our director, and then all the building principles for their help in that. Um, mentioned as as Dr. Wood mentioned earlier, the ECA audit came back with no findings there. Uh, so that's a shout out to our business department treasurer. Um, and then, uh, final comment is performance services has met with all the building principles, kind of put a plan together of what they would like to see in each building. So, they're working on a comprehensive uh building facilities assessment for us and they should have that within the next couple of weeks um so that we can kind of prioritize the needs across the district. Um getting into the financial dashboard
029for the month of April. Uh our first slide, you can see we have $6.46 million in cash balance, uh revenue of 4.94 million. April expenditures were 6.82 82 million which puts us at uh 10% of cash as a percentage of the budget. Uh for our fund summary, you can see each fund broken down there. Um just mentioned in the operations fund, it continues to go negative until we get that uh tax draw. Hopefully very soon. I think taxes were due today. So hopefully we'll get that very soon. Um and no changes in the rainy day fund. Uh so for the uh last couple slides here we have the education fund is at 4.69 million in spending for the month of April. Operations is at 1.51 million for April spending. Couple of insights for the month.
030Uh just as I already mentioned, our deficit grew in the operations fund. Um and we're going to expect to see that continue until we get that tax draw. um for the expenditures in the in the education fund. Um those are mostly due to curricular materials and um I I task the principles by April 17th to have all of their supply orders in so that this month is a little higher than what we would normally see uh throughout the rest of the school year. Any questions on the financial dashboard? That's all I have. Okay. All right. All right. Moving on to new business. >> So, uh the first order of new business is consideration for recommendation to approve the acceptance of grants, donations, gifts, and bequest. Dr. Wood. >> Okay. So, we have two uh donations
031that we are asking the board to approve this evening. First, um we have a $250 donation from the Leaport Lions Club. And these funds have been donated to the Indian to Indian Trail Elementary to be used for their library. Um second, we have the Aldi community gift card program which has provided a $500 gift card donation to support the Slicer Resource Closet at Leaport High School. Um it is somewhat unconventional for a donation to come in the form of a gift card rather than a direct monetary contribution. Um, but this format actually allows the staff the flexibility to purchase food and essential items for students as those needs arise throughout the school year. So, the gift card will be used to help keep the resource closet stocked with non-p perishable food items and basic necessities
032for students in need. And we are very appreciative of all these support for our students and our families. So, in addition to asking the board to accept the donation itself, we are also requesting approval of a resolution authorizing the district to utilize the gift card for these specific purposes that are outlined in the accompanying documentation. >> All right, sounds good. Um, why don't we do these separately? So, let's do is there a motion to accept the donations as laid out by Dr. Wood? >> So, move. >> Thank you, Jen. Second. >> I'll second. >> Thank you, Nate. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I >> opposed. >> Okay. Is there a motion to uh accept the resolution to use the gift card? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Tucker. A second. >> Second.
033>> Thank you, Monica. Any discussion on that? >> All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> All right. Both of those go. All right. Next, uh we have consideration for recommendation to approve incentive for special education pair of professionals. Dr. Wood. Um so next I'm bringing forward a recommendation that was uh presented by Rob Richards as director of our special education cooperative. This is related to recruitment and retention efforts within some of our highest need special education programs. So as the board is aware districts across the state continue to face significant challenges in recruiting and retaining paraprofessionals particularly within specialized programs that require intensive student support. So this proposal would establish an incentive stipen for paraprofessionals working within our special education programs in life skills, ESC, ELBS, unity, and little learners beginning in the
0342627 school year. Under the proposal, eligible prayer professionals would receive a stipend of up to $300 at the conclusion of the school year based on attendance, completion of the full school year within the program, and successful performance evaluations. Um, the recommendation does also include a PR-rated structure for mid-year hires. Um, while this is a relatively small financial investment, we believe it sends an important message that we recognize and value the hard work that these staff members do every day in very difficult um, programs with some of our most vulnerable students. So, at this time, I'm requesting the board's approval of the proposed special education paraprofessional incentive plan as presented. Does someone want to make a motion to approve the incentive as laid out by Dr. Wood? >> Thank you. Do you have a second? >>
035Second. >> Thank you, Amy. Any discussion, comments? >> All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. >> Motion carries. >> Uh, next order of business is a consideration for recommendation to approve submit intent to apply as new career and technical education district. Dr. Wood. Um, so next I'm bringing forward a resolution requesting permission for Leaport Community School Corporation to submit an application to the state of Indiana to pursue designation as its own career and technical education district. So this really represents the next step in a journey that began in May of 2024 when this board approved this building, the former middle Boston Middle School building as the home of Slicer Career and Technical Education. Since that time, we've continued expanding programs, increasing student opportunities, building business and industry partnerships, and working to better align our
036career pathways with the needs of our local community and workforce. As we wrap up the end of this school year in this building, we are now housing three classrooms for health careers co courses, our welding lab, and two classrooms for robotics. Next year we will be planning will be a planning year as we look to prepare additional space for the Microsoft data center academy and our engineering pathway in the near future. So the resolution before you this evening authorizes us to begin the process by formally submitting an application to the state for consideration. From there the Indiana Commission for Higher Education will review our proposal and determine whether we are approved to move forward to the next phase of the process which can take a year or more before final approval is granted. We believe
037taking this step positions our district to better align our resources, strengthen long-term planning, and continue building a future focused CTE model designed specifically around the needs and opportunities of Leaport students. So, at this time, I'm requesting the board's approval of the resolution as presented. >> So, moved. >> Okay. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Monica. Any discussion? >> I just think it's a great opportunity for us. Thank you. Okay. All those in favor say I. >> I opposed. >> Okay. Motion carries. >> Thank you. >> Uh, next is consideration for recommendation to for approval of the updated summer school compensation schedule. Dr. Tonagle. >> Yes. If this action item looks familiar, it is because it is. Uh, it was an action item I brought to you in April. This is just an updated schedule. Following
038your approval of the compensation schedule for summer school, we revisited two employee classifications. One being the summer school administrative assistant position and the other being the summer school principles. We're recommending updates to both of those salary schedules, $2 more per hour for administrative assistance. Um, and the stipens for the principles are increased. and we revisited and pulled previous reports for those compensation amounts and then looked at the principal's work calendars which in many cases those calendars go into the month of June. So by looking at the amount of work that's uh being required or asked of them during the school year and then looking at their summer calendars uh those recommendations to increase those amounts are on that schedule and I recommend that you approve it as I presented it to you. Is there a
039motion to approve the updated summer school compensation schedule? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Nate. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Amy. All those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> Motion carries. All right. Next order of business is a consideration for recommendation for approval of the Boys and Girls Club summer learning lab memorandum of understanding. Dr. Tomle. >> And thank you. One one more comment. as that is updated in our pay schedule, I have um suggested to our team and to our principles that like any employee pay that we revis revisit that every few years just to make sure that we're being um fair and comparable and competitive. So tonight I have a uhou with the Boys and Girls Club of Leaport County that I'm bringing to you. If you remember a couple
040months ago uh you approved the summer school learning program through Leaport Community School Corporation. We're partnering with the Leaport County Public Library and I mentioned to you that we intended to partner with the Boys and Girls Club of Leaport. And so this recommendation is to pass theou which would acknowledge the Boys and Girls and Boys and Girls Club of Leaport as our official partners for uh morning academic programming and then afternoon enrichment programming at the Kesling campus. This complements our summer reading program nicely since we offer reading for our elementary schools and we don't offer anything at the middle level. This program is free. Leaport Community School Corporation employees most often are hired by the Boys and Girls Club. So, it's really nice that the curriculum is implemented by our teachers and we provide breakfast
041and lunch. And so, the all the details of that are uh incorporated into theou for you. And again, I just want to point out that this year we're taking it a step further and um aligning all our efforts for the summer reading program so that if you enroll in our uh boys and girls club program, you're also enrolling in the summer reading program. And that's really good for kids because there's this thing called the summer learning slide where kids uh check out for the summer. It's very common. And so we're trying to close that gap a little bit. Um and I think that's one thing that can help do that. >> Okay. Is there a motion to approve the Boys and Girls Club Summer Learning Labou? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Tucker. Second. >>
042Second. >> Thank you, Jen. Any questions or comments, discussion? I know the library is very excited about the summer reading program, so I'm excited to see how it goes. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Okay. Hearing no more comments. Uh all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. >> Motion carries. All right. Consideration for recommendation to approve the 2026 2027 handbooks and athletic handbooks. Dr. Tonic. >> Yes. Thank you. Student handbooks are reviewed, updated, and improved uh by the board annually. So in front of you, you have the 2627 elementary student handbook, the uh elementary athletic handbook for uh for 2627. You have the 2627 Kesling intermediate school handbook, the Leaport Middle School handbook, and then the Leaport High School handbook. I'm not going to go through all those changes. I do want to
043bring to your attention that you will be approving if you choose to pro approve this the yonder pouch program which addresses um the bell restrictions being placed on electronic devices. And so we've our teams put a lot of work into this. Our ad citizen principles and building principles have worked together to um draft this uh policy which includes procedures for checking in and checking out their phones securely using the yonder pouch system. So, I won't go into all those details, but that's one of the major updates of the handbooks, grades 5 through 12. Okay. Is there a motion to approve the handbooks as laid out by Dr. Tonigle? >> Thank you, Jim. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Amy. Uh, any discussion? >> How soon will this be available to parents so they can start
044to get introduced to this? the the pouches themselves, >> the rules around them, that kind of stuff. Yeah. >> Yeah. So, as soon as you approve it, we will work to update those student handbooks on the school website. So, our principles really as soon as they're um able to blast those out in school newsletters, um that sort of thing. So, this summer, I would say >> Yeah. And I think we also talked about getting a link as part of the registration process so that when parents are filling out the annual registration forms, there will be in particular with the yonder pouch policy because especially because it's new >> um to be able to make sure that they have easy access when they're going through that process of filling out the required forms. So, we'll work
045on that, too. We were one of the earlier school corporations to um you know work with Yonder. So I imagine we'll be able to get those pouches >> pretty quickly >> following this approval. >> And we will have intentional kind of education for families and everything closer to the school year and Yep. Okay. Great. >> Any other discussion hearing? None. All those in favor say I. >> I opposed. >> Motion carries. All right. Next order of business is a consideration for the recommendation to approve the memorandum of understanding between the Leaport Community School Corporation and the Leaport Federation of Teachers for additional positions on the extracurricular schedule. Dr. Tonagle. >> Yes, thank you. So, thisou seeks to address or correct um a few positions that were uh inadvertently left off the EC schedule, which as
046you know we completely revamped at the beginning of this year. So, we're still kind of going through that process of um figuring out, I guess, if there were any omissions. And so, we recognized that the JV flag football coach was missing from this list. And then the elementary athletic manager, because that position was split in the past, it was listed as two um stipens. We intended that to be one stipen. So, by approving this memo, we are including these positions back into the original that was approved as a part of the negotiations in the fall. And then each time that contract is revisited, this process will update. So we're not looking to add things. We're just looking to correct omissions. Okay. Is there a motion to approve the extracurricular changes as laid out by Dr.
047Tonagle? >> So moved. Thank you, Nate. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, doctor. Any discussion? Is I I just have a a secondary question. Is flag football is it an IH IHSAA sport now? >> I believe it's in the the emerging category. Okay. Right now. So, it's not officially sanctioned, but it's on its pathway to being I I see it's growing like crazy. So, >> right. And to add that position recognizes that there's a lot of student interests. >> That's great. >> Any other discussion? >> All in favor say I. I. Opposed. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. Okay. The uh next order of business is consideration for recommendation for approval of Leaport High School ELA and World Languages textbook adoption. Dr. Tanagle. >> All right. So, as you know or aware, we no longer
048follow the traditional six-year textbook adoption cycle that used to be purchased through the textbook uh rental account. So, instead, all our resources now are paid out of the education fund, and that fund is only partially uh reimbured right now. And so we're le we're seeking to balance um the needs that we have but while also keeping our our resources and our curricular materials updated uh while being good stewards of our district uh finances. So in front of you we have recommendations from our administrators at the high school. Mr. Up and the department chairs are recommending the following ELA and world language textbook adoptions. Uh on your chart you will see the different courses that are affected by these recommendations. there's a one-year um cost column. That's just for you to see the comparison compared to
049the six-year. So, in this in most of these cases or in all of these cases, we are recommending that we adopt a six-year. Um there's a considerable amount of savings if we go six years instead of that one. So, I'd be glad to try to answer any questions about uh these resources for English um and Spanish and French. Is there a motion to approve the uh ELA and world language textbooks adoption? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Jen. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Amy. Um any discussion, questions? >> The this is an absurd uh difference between one year and six year. Am I reading the math correctly or >> So I believe the reason for that and I had to do a second take on that as well. the in most
050cases we're getting uh textbooks, hard copies for the classroom. So that's a one-time purchase and then after that it's a digital subscription. And so that's why um it's to our advantage to keep that over the years. Um but except for the Spanish, my understanding is all of those are classroom sets, but for Espanol, those students actually get a copy of that book to go home along with that student workbook. So no digital access for uh Spanish or French I believe. >> A question Dr. Tomical too then. So then if there's digital let's say changes or growth or evolutions each year then that come uh do they update then those things or >> I I believe so that's part of the subscription far right. >> Right. >> Yeah. So just for people at home it's $198,000
051for six years and $96,000 for one year. So it's roughly half for >> Yeah. So the length >> Yeah. Correct. Um Yeah. >> Any other questions or and this comes out of our education fund. Correct. >> Right. >> All right. Any other questions? All right. Is there we already had a motion a second. So all those in favor of the ELA and World Tech Language Textbooks adoption say I. >> I. opposed. Motion carries. And next year, social studies will will be revisiting and doing the textbook caravan and updating their curricular resources. >> Okay. Thank you. Yeah, that's look forward to and >> all right. The next order of business is consideration for recommendation to approve the purchase of frontline time management system. Dr. Oni. >> Yes. Thank you. So, we have uh we currently use
052the frontline absence management uh program. This would kind of go alongside of that. It is also uh it will integrate nicely when we transition to voice with our financial and HR system. Um basically this is taking the uh current system that we use with using paperbased time time sheets um for our non-certified staff and we're moving that to a digital v version. Um it'll help with uh payroll time that the the time that the staff puts in efficiency accuracy um anytime there might be mistakes. So it overall work workflow efficiency um the first year is $21,0007 $21,799 with an imple implementation fee of eight or roughly $9,000 uh three-year total initial contract. Um so any questions about that? I'm just seeking a request to go ahead and purchase this frontline time management system. >> Let's
053get a motion in a second. Is there a motion to approve the timeline management system? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Tucker. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Jen. Any questions or discussion? >> I have a question. We're very close to hiring an HR director. I is is there any wisdom to waiting for an HR director's input on some of this? Um because if somebody's got experience in this I I don't know who picked this system and what was the reason why we picked this system but I I didn't know you know the thought behind that. >> So I just to share a little bit of background. So because we're already using a frontline product with our absence management, which is the system that ma monitors and manages all of our substitutes. >> So it
054is the system which our teachers use to request a day off and so on. But it also has the component that then our substitutes have an account and then they can pick up those absences as jobs. >> So this will be an additional add-on to that same product. So, I agree that in in some cases it might make sense to wait, but in the case that we're looking at here, because we're already using a frontline product for that piece, and I think Frontline offers probably the most commonly used system in schools when it comes to substitute management. Um, this is an add-on to that product that we're already using and we know that it works well with Boyce. I think that it's probably the best choice that we have. >> That makes sense. Thank you.
055And Boyce is our new financial system, correct? So, it holds on to that. Okay. >> And the timing for Boyce at this point, um it looks like we'll be looking at a go live date in probably late January of 2027. So, bringing this um product on board now allows us to get it implemented for the start of the school year, work out any of the kinks, figure out our procedures and things like that. And then we'll have everything flowing smoothly by the time we transition to Boyce. And all of the data that's running through the absence management, the substitute management, and the time clock system then will flow directly into Boyce and allow them to process payroll um all digitally. >> Yeah. And the fewer the software is the better. So this is >> and
056Chris De Bruan, our new business operations uh manager we just hired has a lot of experience with Boyce, correct? >> Correct. Yes. Yes. So the timing of of his onboarding in July is also going to give us a really good opportunity to have him here through um some of the data transfer has already started with the transfer over to Boyce. That's the stuff on the back end that we don't really Mike's just working on that behind the scenes. But um so some of that's already in process, but it will be probably this fall and winter that we'll start actively um transitioning some systems over. So, he will be um a huge asset to us through that process to make sure we get everything set up appropriately. >> Any other discussion? >> Hearing none. All those
057in favor say I. >> I opposed. Motion carries. Uh the last order of new business is the consideration for recommendation to approve the SIP project bid posting. Dr. Onie. So we are seeking approval to move forward with the SIP project in 2026. Um this is going to transition our current PRI and copperbased it's our phone lines to a digital system. Um the existing infrastructure is increasingly becoming costly and outdated rising expenses and limited availability for maintenance and expansion. So this upgrade will reduce our long-term costs. It'll improve system reliability throughout the district by increasing capacity, allowing more concurrent calls at the same time without physical line limitations. Um, so we would like to post the bid on 512 tomorrow, close on 6:15, and then bring a final recommendation to the board at the July meeting.
058Is there a motion to approve the SIP project bid posting? >> Thank you, Jim. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Tucker. Any discussion >> uh for the timeline? Sorry. The timeline for this. Is this going to be able to be implemented before we start the school year? >> Yeah. I'm not sure if we could get it completed. >> Okay. It'll probably start. So that's part of this project. >> All right. Thanks. >> So yeah, I was going through the appendix. Uh, well, I just noticed on appendix A the link wasn't working properly. I don't know if it's just been not since you haven't posted yet. It doesn't but it's like the the I just wanted to give you the heads up. So, >> any other discussion hearing? None. All those in favor say I. >>
059I opposed. >> Motion carries. There is no other business. Board comment. Anybody got any comments? >> I got to go to the Jazzfest. uh this this what a week ago and we've been doing it for years and years at Leaport but my kids are only just recently involved in these things and uh it is incredible to see all the community come and support it. Um the pack is just beautiful. Every time I go into the pack it's just beautiful and um they bring these musicians, these incredible jazz musicians in from Chicago and our kids are just ecstatic. The music is wonderful and I just want to give a shout out to our music department because uh they just make you proud to be a part of the school system. Um they do a great job
060with that. >> Awesome. >> Anybody else comment? So uh my son Jay and I got to MC the Ladies in Orange uh event uh at Kesling. If those of you that don't know what Ladies and Orange is, it's a lot of fun. It's um a I would say special needs uh pompom squad and cheerleading squad and they did a great show and it was a tremendous amount of fun and uh we are hosting the unified track uh DAC uh track meet on Thursday night uh at Leaport. So I'm super excited. I'm uh I would say the assistant to the assistant coach the uh of the unified track which is a great time if any of you uh can make it out there. When is that again? Thursday night. >> I think 4:30. They never seem
061to start on time, but uh that's the posted time. I think >> always seems to be. I've also come to find out that we uh our transportation problems don't seem to be as bad as other school districts for whatever it's worth. Um >> it's pretty universal. >> Yeah. Um and when when these things start late, you you kind of learn that. So, >> uh, okay. Our next any other comment? >> Yep. >> Just as a reminder, filing opens for school board a week from today and it goes for one month June 8 June 18th. >> Yep. >> So, get your pencils out and find out if Republican, Democrat, nonpartisan, independent, or whatever. >> Okay. Uh, next meeting is June 8th, uh, 2026 at 6 PM. Is there a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved. >>
062Thank you, Jen. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Tucker. All those in favor say I. >> I. Hear anything?