001of 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 very much. >> Good job, guys. >> Okay, let's do the roll call. Secretary Batty. >> Mr. Arnold. >> Mr. Box >> here. >> Miss Jackson >> present. >> Myself. Vice President King >> here. >> President Eberg >> here. We have a corn. >> Okay. Next order of business is Slicer Performing Arts Spotlight. >> We have some students with us this evening. Our K12 music director, Matt Sullivan, arranged for some students to come and share some information about the musical. >> Okay. [clears throat] >> Hey all you wild folks. Our lead actors, Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montes, are about to meet for the very first time in a
002karaoke flashback scene. They bump into each other back to back. The lights change and like an avalanche, it's love at first sight. >> Hi, I'm Troy. I can't see. >> Gabriella. Me either. >> They're all looking at us. >> I will if you will. Living in my own world, [singing] you can understand that anything can happen [singing] when you take a chance. I never believed in what I could see. I never opened my heart [singing] to all the possibilities. Oh, I know that something has changed. Never felt this way. And right here tonight, this could be the start of something [singing] new. It feels so right to be here with you. [singing] And now looking in your eyes, I feel in my heart. >> I feel in my heart the start of something [singing] new.
003>> Well, folks, what exciting adventures will Troy and Gabby get up to next? You'll have to come see High School Musical to find out. We have shows on March 27th and 28th at 6 PM and March 29th at 2 p.m. Thank you very much. [applause] >> Yes, >> that was great. >> Yes. >> All right, here ends the meeting. [laughter] >> All right, so the uh next order of business is school spotlight, the Kingsford Heights Elementary School. We have Mrs. Holly Wyman here with us this evening and she has some guests from Kingsford Heights that she is going to introduce and share some information about Kingsford Heights. >> Good evening everyone. >> Hello. >> Um so every school gets up here every month and talks about different things that we're doing and I kind of
004wanted to go a little bit more in detail about our reading program that we're using. So, we have Amplify, which is also CKLA. Um, and we're kind of going to dig a little bit deeper into that and tell you what all of our schools are doing, especially what we're doing here. And we're going to kind of challenge three of you. So, we're going to need three volunteers here in a minute, so be ready. Okay. Um, Amplify is our reading curriculum. Um, it is designed to support all of our kids with science of reading. Every kid in our corporation is learning the science of reading through Amplify CLA. Um, each kid K through two also has the Boost Reading program which is an online program. It's the same as kind of like I Ready, same interactive
005thing. Um, but they get to do it through Boost Reading and it's actually pretty neat and kids actually really love it. So, it's neat. Uh, what we're here to talk about today is MClass reading. Um, and this goes off of our title crew. I guess I can tell you a full circle here. 20 years ago when I started in this corporation, I was the literacy coach and I was giving the dibbles test to kids during that time. and then dibbles went away and the dibbles came back. So, it's kind of neat to be able to go, "Oh, I remember giving that test 20 years ago." Um, and so here we are again. Um, so here's my title group. We have Lana Te, who's our teacher. We have Andrew Clearary, title assistant, and we have Ali
006Grat, title assistant. Both of these ladies are also working on their elementary lensure. Next, please. Um, so the intervention every 10 days, our students K through two are working on stuff. So every day our title crew meets with um kids for 40 minutes every single day. So while you're meeting with us Monday through Friday for 10 day set for two whole weeks after that 10day set they have to get together with you and give you a one-on-one test. Okay? And it's a whole interactive program with the iPads and they're literally like quizzing and testing you every single kid K through two especially at the beginning for the beginning of the year time for the middle of the year. If your grades are your score is green, correct me if I'm wrong. If your score is
007green, then you don't get to do that in the middle of the year. But this is how we keep track of kids and exactly where they're at, how they sound things out, if they know their letters, any everything that you can think of. Next, please. Um, in class intervention, each student profile is then updated. Each kid, I can click on each kid's profile. So, if you have kids in our corporation, I can click on each one of those kids is and tell you exactly what they're missing, what part they're struggling with, what part we can do better with. Um, next. And so, we focus on that. The ideal focus for each tiger after that 10day lesson set and after we do that quick little diagnostic um with each student, we then put the tell the
008program, hey, run a new set. So, if you four are my set right now, I can run the program again. It'll tell me exactly what I need to do with the group. And each one of our teachers has this access. My resource teacher has this access. Obviously, my title crew has this access. We are able to use this not only for ourselves to make sure that our kids are ready to go for I read testing and I learn testing, but we can actually also use this for RTI, our resource or response to intervention. Next, please. So, what I thought would be fun today is that we're going to take these three ladies and we're going to give three of you this fun little test, the nonsense word fluency. I know some of you know this
009and some of you going, "Oh god, don't pick me." [laughter] Okay, this literally is a minute test. And I can tell you the fun part. Dr. Tonigle came in a couple months ago and he was challenged by our first graders to go against him. Do you think Dr. Tigle did well? >> I believe in him. I did my best. >> Yeah. >> So, we're going to see if you are because I can tell you Dr. Tigle goes like, I missed one. Which one did I miss? >> I knew I missed. >> Tell me which one I missed. I can't do this. So, what these ladies are going to do is they're going to come up to one of you. If you'd like to volunteer, raise your hand now. Okay, we got one. Come on. Two.
010Oh, got three right there. They're going to go up to all three of you right now and they're going to give you the test. You have one minute to sound out all these letters. >> You go ahead. >> I'll [clears throat] read this. This is what I was read. >> Your turn to read this word. Make sure you say anything. [laughter] >> That's right. the best you can. >> We're going to go from here across the page. Once you finish, you're going to start. >> When I say begin, put your finger on the first word. >> Start the top across the page. When I say begin, read the words the best you can each letter and tell me the sound. Read the word. Put your finger on the first word. Say dog cross Um speed
011north [laughter] or twist. rotist gent. [laughter] So first of all on that last sound [laughter] thank you so much I guess thank >> [laughter] >> So for years they may be speak as a part [laughter] of our speech >> for radio for radio is the best annunciation >> I don't know what to say >> the question is who won [laughter] >> well it's not a competition between each other you had a benchmark goal you were trying to get Yeah, >> it was Amy. >> So it was me. [laughter] >> From what they said is Terra goes to silent E. So good job. >> So just so you know that our kindergarten through second graders do this every two weeks and they have to do this and it's based off of how fast you can do
012it. So this group right here does a, you know, awesome activity almost daily of who can do it the fastest and they change up the word sets and everything else and they do it all the time. So, this is something fun that not only we do at Kingsford High School, but we do at all of our elementary schools. And I figured it'd be fun to kind of share with you guys. >> All right. Thank you. [applause] >> Okay. Uh, next order business is uh public comment. There is none. Um, so we'll move to the consent agenda. There are 10 items on the consent agenda that you've looked at. Uh, the approval of minutes of the February 9th, 2026 schoolboard meeting. The approval of minutes of the February 11th, 2026 schoolboard meeting. The approval of minutes
013of the February 12th, 2026 special school board meeting. The approval of the minutes of the March 3rd, 2026 special schoolboard meeting. Financials for ratification and approval. Treasures report. Out of state and overnight field trip request, weight listed applicants for teacher retirement incentive. Personnel agreement for employee number 997347 and then personnel recommendations and travel requests. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda? So move. >> Thank you, Tucker. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Jen. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. >> Motion passes. >> Uh there is no special personal recommendation. So we'll go to our superintendent report. Dr. Wood. >> All right. Well, this evening I have two very special celebrations that I'm going to be sharing as part of my superintendence report. Um, so first is a recognition
014for Don Sprouse. So I'd like to ask Don and anyone who came with her this evening if they'd like to stand or come forward. [applause] >> [applause] >> So, Don Sprouse is the secretary at Kingsbury Elementary School and she has been named the 2026 Above and Beyond Secretary of the Year by the Indiana Association of School Principles. Dawn received this recognition at the IASP Secretaries Conference on February 27th. This award is given to individuals who go far beyond the expectations of their role in supporting teachers and improving student learning. Recipients are recognized for taking initiative and demonstrating the courage to try new approaches that make their school better. Anyone who knows Dawn understands how deserving she is of this honor. She is an essential part of the Kingsbury community and consistently goes above and beyond
015for students, families, and staff. We are incredibly incredibly proud of her and grateful for the impact she makes every day. Congratulations, Don. >> Thank you, DON. [applause] [applause] >> And next, I would like to ask our Leaport High School girls basketball coach, Adam Nice, to come forward. And I think he's got a crew with him, so come on up. [applause] >> Let's go. >> Yeah. So, Coach Nie is a new to Leaport coach for us and in his very first year here at Leaport is receiving a very wonderful honor this evening. So, Coach Nie has been named the 2026 coach of the year by the Northwest Indiana Times. So, Coach Nie took over the program in the summer of 2025 at a time when the team had struggled in recent seasons, hosting a combined record
016of 2 and 66 over the previous three years. In his first season, he led the Slicers to a 12 and 12 se season record, the program's first winning season in the last five seasons. The team also secured its first Dunland Athletic Conference win since 2021 and earned a sectional victory over this over Southbend, Washington. Beyond the wins and losses, Coach Nie has helped rebuild the culture around the program. [clears throat] You could see it in the stands, in the energy of the players, and in the excitement from younger students who came out to support the team throughout the season. His leadership has helped create momentum that will benefit our girls basketball program for years to come. And we are very proud of the work he is doing with our student athletes. So, congratulations, Coach N.
017>> CONGRAT [applause] [applause] some of his team here this evening. So, anybody who wants to pose for a picture so we can blast this out. Very proud of this accomplishment, especially in his first year as coach. >> [clears throat] >> Come on. Come on. Everybody involved with this family. two [clears throat] very well-deserved honors and these individuals represent the best of what we [clears throat] have happening here in Leaport. So very proud to share those celebrations with you this evening. >> Thank [clears throat] you. >> Thank you, Doc. >> I want to um then briefly share an update and an agenda item that we will be presenting later in the meeting um for action. Um, so as you know and as we've spoken about um, in several meetings prior to this, we have just wrapped
018up the legislative session. And during the session, the Indiana General Assembly passed Senate Bill 78, which requires school corporations to implement bell-to-bell restriction on student cell phones um, during the school day beginning with the 2026 2027 school year. So in preparation for that requirement, our administrative team has been evaluating several options for how we can implement this in a way that is consistent, practical for staff, and supportive of a strong learning environment for students. So after reviewing a number of approaches, we are recommending the use of the Yonder Pouch system for students in grades 5 through 12. With this system, students place their phones into an individually assigned pouch when they arrive at school. The pouch is locked using a magnetic locking base and remains locked throughout the school day. Students will keep the pouch
019with them, but the phone cannot be accessed until it is unlocked at designated stations at the end of the day. So, we believe this solution allows us to meet the requirements of the new state law while also significantly reducing the burden on teachers to moni monitor phone use in classrooms. More importantly, it aligns with our belief that students are better able to focus on learning, collaboration, and and engagement when personal devices are not accessible during the school day. So, later this evening, you will see an action item on the agenda recommending approval of the purchase of the Yonder pouches for grades 5 through 12 for implementation beginning in the 2627 school year. Approving the [clears throat] purchase now allows us to receive a 15% early order discount and gives us the time we need to
020prepare for implementation next year. And then if approved tonight, we will be working this spring with staff to train, update our student handbook policies, and clearly communicate expectations with students and families. We will also be reviewing our communication [cough] procedures to ensure parents feel comfortable and confident in how information will be shared during the school day when phones are not accessible by students. And that concludes my superintendent report. >> Okay. Any questions or comments for Dr. Wood? We'll talk about the yonder pouches a little later, but any any other questions or concerns? >> Okay. Um, next is the assistant superintendent of student learning report, Dr. Tonagle. >> Yeah. Good evening everyone. I have an act action item on the agenda that I want to provide some context to before we get to that point. So,
021um this is an update for you on our PLC foundations uh institute that we're planning in August. We're really excited. Plans are starting to come together. Um we this is a one-time special conference that we're developing specifically for Leaport educators. We took a team of principles and data coaches to Lincolnshshire, Illinois last year to really start to build that foundation for professional learning communities or to strengthen them. We've taken some action over the years, but we're really kind of beefing that up. Well, now we have this really unique opportunity to bring the Lincolnshshire conference to all the port teachers in August. So, the first two two of the three staff days of the the new school year will be spent um on the PLC structure, the PLC process. We're going to have four keynote speakers
022that come from a national organization. We're going to have breakout sessions that are going to be customized and tailored to the needs of our corporation. So, our coaches and our principles have been providing me with feedback on kind of where we're at in the various uh collaborative teams in our um corporation and then I'm taking that information and I'm working with their event planners. So, really excited about how this is coming together. All our attendees um are going to, like I said, get professional speakers, breakout sessions, they're going to get one of the PLC resource books, conference bag, a t-shirt, lunch will be provided, which is exciting. And again, we don't have to travel. These um speakers and um experts are coming right here to Leaport. So, we'll be hosting at Leaport High School and
023wanted to give the board an update about um this information before we get into an action item on adjusting next year's calendar. I'd be glad to answer any questions about the conference um or the action item when we get to it. Okay. Anything else? >> Okay. Any questions or comments for Dr. Tonicle? [clears throat] >> Okay. Um thank you Dr. Tonagle. Next uh is the assistant superintendent of operations report. Dr. Onie. >> Uh yes. I've got two items. First I want to go over the financial dashboard for this month. Um so we can go to the next slide. Thank you. Um so for February uh we have a total cash balance of 8.49 million uh revenue of 5.25 million expenditures of 4.92 million. Uh this represents 14% of our overall annual budget. On the next
024slide you'll find the overall fund activity. Um for February we had a net positive cash flow of approximately 334,000. Um so this is about 107% of what is spent during the month. Um there was no activity in rainy day. Both the ED fund and the operations fund are pacing appropriately for the year. Um they're aligned with the spending in our budget at this point in in the school year with the February being the second month of the year. Um in the next slide we have uh budget utilization through February. The ED fund has an annual budget of 44.95 million with 2.95 million spent in February. That's 16.9% of the budget to date. And then the operations fund has 15.71 million [clears throat] uh 1.34 million spent to date, which is 16.5% utilized year to date.
025So we're roughly 2 months into the fiscal cycle, which should average around 16 to 17%. We're right on track where we need to be. Um the cash balance has increased from 8.15 million to 8.49. 49 million. So, we're trending in the right direction for cash balance. Um, so let's see what else do I want to point out. Um, operations fund, you'll notice a decree decrease there, that will continue until we get our property tax draw in May. So, um, something we're watching, but just want when you see that dwindle each month, that's why it's dwindling until we get that draw back in [snorts] May. >> Any questions over the finances? And then the only only other comment I have is the fire marshall did finally visit us. I think Ryan Kim is is finally able
026to breathe again. Um we did get an email report from him. He said it was refreshing to see a school system putting so much common sense and safety at the front of the line. So um he did find some things that are very simple, easy fixes that I think Ryan's going to be able to take care of pretty quickly. Um but that's just uh the update for the month. That's all I have. Okay. Any questions or comments for Dr. Morning. All right. Good [clears throat] news on the fire marshall. Good guy to keep happy. Uh, okay. So, moving on. So, next is Niola board policies. >> Uh, this is a we have two items. I'll let you go, Dr. Wood, that are uh at second reading. Uh, we'll we'll approve these one at a time.
027So, go ahead. >> Yes. So, these are two policies that we pulled out separate from the Neola update cycle. Um and these are both policies that we needed to make some adjustment to that just um needed an update and that at board requests we want to revisit. So um the first is policy 142.3 which is on vacancies and appointments of board members. Um having just gone through that process we realized that our policy had not been updated to reflect changes in legislation um that had occurred a couple of years ago. So, this update will um moving forward in the event that a vacancy occurs on the board, it will allow the board to select the top three applicants for interview instead of a requirement to interview everyone um that applies. Uh and then the second
028policy is policy 167.3, which is public participation at board meetings. Um, and this was a policy uh that we are looking at to update so that we no longer will include the requirement that individuals wishing to um talk during public participation have to fill out a form online by noon on the day of the meeting. And so now um anyone who wants to speak during public comment time will just be able to sign up when they come to the meeting um before the meeting begins. So we will have a procedure in place for individuals to sign up when they arrive and then that information will be brought to President Seabourg. Um and all other portions of that policy remain the same. So it will retain the 3minut um limit on individuals who wish to speak.
029Um so we had first reading of these policies last month. This is second reading and they are now um up for approval at the board's discretion. >> So we'll start with the first one policy 142.3. Is there a motion to approve that? >> So move. >> Thank you, Monica. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, doctor. Any discussion on that? >> Um I I do have a question. So, who chooses the three that you'll interview? >> The board does. >> Just the board. Okay. They'll look through all of the uh applicants that choose. >> Yeah. So, the our our own our own our old policy said we had to interview everybody. [clears throat] >> And the state law changed to allow us to only the board would pick the top three. Those top three would be
030interviewed publicly. Y >> um and then we would be able to go from there. >> Any other questions or comments? >> All right. All those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> Okay. Motion carries. The next item uh is there a motion for 167, the public participation of board meetings. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Tucker. A second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Jen. Uh discussion. Anybody got anything on that one? For anybody watching, this this just mimics the I think policies that the city has and everyone that I know uh has as well, just that you can fill it out when you get there, right? >> Yeah. I I don't Yes. I don't know what their policies are specifically. >> Yeah. So, but yeah, anybody come in up to 6:00 and and sign
031in to speak and they got 3 minutes and have to keep it clean and >> it works well. So um my personal opinion was the old one was a little restrictive made it a little challenging. So we want to you know encourage people to come and participate. [clears throat] >> Okay. Anybody else got any? [clears throat] All right. Is there a motion or motion and a second have been there? So all those in favor say I. >> I opposed. >> Okay. Motion carries. Uh okay. Moving on to new business. Uh the first is consideration for recommendation to approve the acceptance of grants, donations, gifts, and bequests. Dr. Wood. >> Okay. We have three uh donations this evening for the board's consideration. First is a donation of $493 from the Slicer Performing Arts Club for the
032spring musical LPHs High School Musical. The second is a donation of $420 from Emanuel Lu Lutheran Church to LPHs Choir for their show choir performance at a recent event. And third is a donation of $250 from Analisa Ner of Ner and Associates to Indian Trail Elementary to cover costs for five students to attend Camp Tecumpsa in April. >> So we want to make a motion to approve these donations. >> I'll make that motion. >> Thank you, Nate. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Amy. Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. >> Motion carries. Next order of business is the consideration for the recommendation to approve the purchase of Yonder cell phone pouches for the 2627 school year. Dr. Wood. >> Okay. So, as I mentioned earlier during my superintendence report,
033this item is the recommendation to approve the purchases of the Yonder phone pouches for students in grades 5 through 12 in preparation for the new state requirement restricting cell phone access during the school day beginning next year. So administration is recommending approval at this time so we can receive the early order discount and begin preparing staff training and policy updates for implementation for the 2627 school year. We are currently working on reviewing grant opportunities for the purchase of the pouches. And if grant funds do not become available, we will [clears throat] use our 2025 geo bond for the purchase to ensure funds are not utilized from the education or operations fund. >> Right. All right. So, I want to make a motion to approve the recommendation to approve the purchase of Yandere cell phone pouches.
034>> So moved. >> Thank you, Jen. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Monica. Are any discussion? We have any questions or comments on this? >> How do you lock them? >> So, they kind of just push close. So, when you put the phone into the pouch, you can just push it close without a use of any special device. Um, so when students arrive in the morning, they said usually they like to have the the magnet stand sort of set up at arrival because a lot of times they'll put the empty pouch in their backpack and then it kind of gets pushed closed. So then they need to open it when they arrive, put it in and then it's the the magnetic devices used to unlock them then at the end of the
035day. And so that we'll have stations set up at the entrances. Um, there will be magnet devices available that teachers can sign out if there's a specific project or something that's approved in advance that the teacher wants the students to be able to utilize the phones for. Um, and also they will set us up with a station outside the building in the exterior so that if for some reason a student leaves at the end of the day and forgets to unlock their pouch and then gets home and realizes they can't access their phone, they can come over to the school and they'll be one posted on the exterior of the building that they'll be able to utilize during off hours. >> What about the kids with like Dexcoms or diabetic? So they they have velcro
036pouches that can be utilized for approved cases for students with medical needs or 504 situations where access is required. So they will be able to have a pouch that's more accessible but still serves the purpose and also there's discretion then for students that you know their peers. >> This is maybe an obvious question but I I guess I can think of it. H how do you know if a kid has a phone on them? it's going to kind of just be do they get caught or not. So, you know, we we know that with every rule that we have in place within the school, there's going to be students who test those rules. So, um part of the success of this process is going to be incorporating um the appropriate level of consequences that occur
037if they get caught. And so, um, that's going to be a process that our administrative team, um, at the secondary level will be working on this spring, um, to establish sort of the protocol and updating our handbook to implement the proper responses that, you know, on the first offense of getting caught with a phone. Um, this is what the the um, disciplinary action will be and so on. And so, we'll have to take a really good look at that. um because those those uh disciplinary consequences are really going to be the piece that serves as the deterrent. >> So I see um kids younger and younger with cell phones. >> So um why um like honestly I see kids like four and 5 years old >> in the ER with cell phones and what about
038the younger kids? So we kind of started this being the first year we we talked to our principles in the buildings and more or less we all kind of came to the conclusion that the the largest area of need is going to be in the secondary buildings. Um and I think we're going to assess then and see as as this kind of plays out and progresses. Um our elementary principles felt at the time that they using the policies that they have in place. They all acknowledge there are kids that have phones, but for the most part, all of our elementary principles felt that procedures that were in place at the elementary level were working to keep kids to keep them turned off in backpacks. Now, the legislation still applies though. So, this legislation is K12.
039So they are going to be held to the same standard but more or less we felt that at this point in time. Um the elementary buildings are better able to control that just maybe the smaller numbers and expectations and so on. Um so for now we're going to implement that at the elementary level just with the current protocol that we have in place. >> Uh Sandra too uh the legislation that's coming down the line was that approved then in this session? >> Yes. So schools will be mandated to do something about phones. We're just trying to get ahead of it a little bit. Correct. >> Yes. I think you know that and that's part of the reason we were offered the 15% discount was that we had reached out to the company kind of anticipating
040this legislation was coming. Um, and so because we had reached out early, they are trying to start the process of getting orders and accounts moving because they're expecting a lot um of schools in Indiana to sign on with this product because this is a statewide legislative requirement. >> And the the other thing I have is I I respond um my text through my phone a lot and things like that. Are you are we smartatch smart? >> It will it will include smart watches. It will include AirPods. It will include smart glasses because that's a new thing, too. Um, so all of that is going to have to be written into the policy to be all-encompassing of any smart devices. Well, and the pouch is large enough to fit a phone and all of those devices.
041>> Is every student issued a pouch regardless of if they say they have a phone or not? >> And is the expectation like a student is not able to just say, "Well, I'll leave it turned off and in my backpack." The expectation is when you come to school, it goes in the pouch. is the expectation, you know, there will be a level of, you know, we'll have to, you know, take students at their word for how they're managing that and so on. And we know that some students don't have phones. So, um, there there will be some level of that, but again, building in the the tiered structure for consequences if they're caught and if anyone's tempted to be dishonest about whether or not they're utilizing the pouch and so on. So, we'll be working
042through that to ensure that we're going to try to make it as seamless of a procedure as possible and it will be new. Um, so as with anything new, there's going to be certainly a learning curve that we'll [clears throat] have in place at the beginning of next year, but I think we have a good team and the ability for us to move forward with this initiative now is going to give us a lot of time to really work through the planning stage. Are I [clears throat] don't want to get too far into the weeds, but are pouches labeled for individual students and what have like is there a similar situation of if they lose one, how to get another one or all that stuff? >> Yes. So, it does have um a little window
043on it so they're issued student ID um or we can create additional cards to distribute to the students can go right into it for identification purposes. um for damaged or lost pouches. Um part of the contract, they give us a 15% um excess sort of supply that's built into the contract. So, we will have the ability to set that up. I believe the pouch um the value of one pouch, so if we do have a student that damages and we need to charge for a replacement pouch is $30. >> Okay. >> I anticipate Sorry. Go ahead. >> Yeah. I anticipate explaining a lot of these procedures when we bring in the handbooks to you guys probably in May. probably not April, probably May, but we'll have all this spelled out. And [clears throat] >> my
044my worry about I guess to that is when you've got 60 60 kids getting off a bus at one time going into the school and you've got 15 buses and [clears throat] everyone, you know, how do you not have, you know, just a bunch of kids waiting to get into the school because you're trying to give bags out or do they just keep the bag at the >> They keep the bag. Yeah. So in the morning, morning arrival will only be those kids that may be stuffed in a backpack and it automatically closed. So I would anticipate that as kids figure it out, they'll figure out how to put it in their backpack so it doesn't lock closed so they don't need to go through that step in the morning. After school, that's a part
045we'll we'll have to talk through and how we want to arrange that. Um we'll have an onboarding call with their team that they'll talk us through some different options and different ways we can do this. I know they told us initially there are a couple different ways that we can structure it. We can have a home room model where the magnets are provided to home room teachers so that they could do that in the classroom um and [clears throat] open them up under the superv supervision of the teacher right before they leave which might help with some of the bottleneck that would happen when they're exiting or we mount them at the different exits. It might be a different procedure at Kesling than it is at the high school. We're going to talk with our
046administrative team, but there's some options that we can look at um and how to structure it so that we try to maintain as smooth of a flow through the process as we can. And >> I assume other schools are figuring these out already. >> We met is Fort Wayne Community Schools, which is much larger than the board. And so we're able to learn from their implementation and some of the best practices that they put together. >> Yeah. So we we we we started talking about this like back in December or November. And uh Fort Wayne did a seminar. I can forward it to you like a webinar for like an hour. I watched the the uh uh principal of Schneider talked quite a bit and uh uh first of all he said that the teachers
047really appreciated him because it wasn't it wasn't on them to police phone. It was basically if they see somebody with a phone out of a out of a pouch they send them to the office >> and the office deals with it. But he said the thing that really important is that this group supports this. >> Yeah. like top down, we have your we have your back and we're going to get complaints from people on this once we start to implement it and that these folks are pushing it down and all the way down. So everybody knows there's consequences to this. He said it was very difficult for about 4 weeks. >> Yeah. >> And then he said he said the parents were the challenge. >> Oh yeah. >> The kids were real quick to to
048embrace it. Um but then he said the thing that really resonated with me he said was that after several weeks he realized something was different in the hallways and he realized that he was seeing kids faces. >> Mhm. and their [clears throat] heads were up and their eyes were up and he said that when they went to the uh cafeteria everybody was talking and laughing and joking and not not down on their phone, right? Those things really resonated with me personally. Um the other thing that he said too that I I've already heard people complain about this who've caught wind of this is like what are we going to do in the case of an emergency? Like parents will say what do I do in case of emergency? I thought his comeback was great. If
049there's an emergency going on we want your kids undivided attention. >> Yep. I >> we don't want them on their phone. That's right. >> Right. And that resonated with me. Right. So, um, there was a lot of good advice there. The Honor Company's got good advice. This isn't their first rodeo either. So, I think I think a lot of these things I I felt pretty good about bringing this up. So, >> uh, Ben, do you do you have a list on your I know I'm putting you on the spot, but do you have a list of some other schools that are already doing this, especially in Indiana? >> We we do. I don't remember. >> Yeah. I I know we I think I don't remember exactly [laughter] the one that did the the webinar and
050and their story is kind of interesting because they're a very large district and they implemented this before there was even discussion at the state level about implementing a ban like this. So they really took a stand on this on their own um and and implemented it very successfully. And so hearing from their administrators and their teachers talk on that webinar was pretty p powerful. And you know, the the reality that we're in right now is that this has been imposed by our state legislature. I think there was a big study out of Florida, I think, that just came out um last winter. That was when we started talking about it. Our legislators down in Indianapolis also saw the same study and that's when the the legislation came through. Um and it just is that if
051we remove access from cell phones in a real tangible way, um student outcomes just improves tremendously. So removing that distraction. We know there's legislation out there that's dealing with social media impact of our adolescent youth and just how addictive it can be and [clears throat] how challenging it can be for for our kids. Uh and we see that with adults too. It's hard to put the phone down. And the algorithms are built in a way that that keep drawing us back in. and we um by creating this physical barrier and forcing them to not have have that >> temptation to to get on the phone, I think we're really going to see a lot of changes with academic outcomes and just overall success in our schools. So, >> yeah, the uh the Fort Wayne Schneider
052principal talked about that their uh their GPA rose and their discipline face discipline cases went down. >> Yeah. >> Right. So you think about people taking videos of fights and >> whatever and then posting them on social media. He's like that that's you know virtually eliminated. >> And so he said that just a high level like you know kids are doing better in school and there's less discipline problems to deal with. >> Yeah. And again if parents need to get a hold of their children there's still a way to call the school. Right. >> Exactly. So that sounds >> and we're, you know, we took the step last year to implement parent square across the board. And so, you know, part of our ability to utilize that with all of our staff so that when
053changes come out with, you know, I know one of the biggest things that I've heard is that, well, if a practice gets rescheduled or if a practice gets cancelled or or my child something changes about an extracurricular activity, they usually text me about that so I know when to pick them up and that kind of thing. And this is where I think we're fortunate that we've already jumped on board with Parent Square and we're going to really work this summer to reinforce with our staff the importance of our staff members using Parent Square to communicate those things so we're not relying on the children to send those messages. >> I think that's huge. I've actually had a couple situations this year with my 10-year-old where I was like, her cell phone cannot be the source
054of truth with what's happening at the end of the day. So, this is that's good. >> Yes. Yeah. >> Yes. Absolutely. >> Any other questions or comments? We have a motion. We have a second. All those in favor of the uh approval of the purchase of the under cell phone pouches say I. I. >> Opposed. >> Motion carries. Next item is consideration for the recommendation to approve the updated 2026 2027 academic calendar uh as a result of the submission of HA10003 flexibility waiver. Dr. Tom. >> Yeah. Thank you. M [clears throat] so in our February board meeting, you approved a resolution for the administration to submit a waiver to the state board of education in Indiana to uh restructure instructional minutes for staff professional development. I submitted that and we'll be uh hopefully receiving word
055from the state board of education after their next board meeting. They go on a rolling basis, so I'm not exactly sure where we're going to fall in the line of other waiverss that are being requested throughout the state. But I mentioned the professional learning community time because this new calendar that we're asking you to approve includes eight 2-hour early release days that are built into the calendar from the month September through April. So we're looking at uh just 16 hours throughout the year. I went ahead as part of our plan and calculated um how many minutes of instructional time we currently offer what's the statutory requirement and would reducing um those 8 days by uh the two hours still meet the statutory requirement which they do at all levels. We kind of have a various
056schedules when you look at our structure our configuration of K4 5 6 7 8 and then 9 through 12 but every single level we meet the instructional requirements even taking away those minutes. So, we already had an access built in. So, as a part of this request, I'm asking that the board approve the updated calendar. We also have another change that uh is very important that we want our families to be aware of, and that's moving graduation back one week for the senior class. So, we would be moving graduation to Thursday, June 10th. So, still on a Thursday evening. And that's in order to give us more time. If you look at the calendar, it's really tight from our last student day to that turnaround for graduation. and some great certification um tasks and responsibilities
057by the counseling department, the high school administration. Um it wouldn't give us any room uh if there was emergency, if there were weather complications, if we had some sort of unexpected uh situation arrive. So moving it back one week will buy us a little time and uh um give us just some some flexibility in case we need to use that time. So th those are the major parts of this calendar. Uh moving forward, we would love to have an adoption of a two-year calendar that's a little bit more advanced so we're not springing this on our families at the last minute. Um, [clears throat] but we do think it's really important to offer our staff this two-hour release time to reinforce the things that we're trying to build into our school. And that's uh, you
058know, data decision, you know, data meetings to um, improve our instruction time, collaboration, monitoring what we're teaching and how kids are learning it, assessing, intervening, that whole process. And so, in order to do that, we think it's important that we provide the time to teachers to do it, structured time. I'd be glad to answer any questions. [clears throat] >> Is there Let's do Let's do a motion. Is there a motion to approve this? >> I like that motion. >> Thank you, Nate. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Amy. All right. Any questions or comments? >> Yeah, Dr. Um, so I I did talk to a principal here in our our elementary school that is very excited about um having extra time with their staff, and that's one of the things I think that they're really
059yearning for. Um, but is is this going to be contingent on the approval of the state or did you want to do these half days regardless? >> So, I made an assumption that we were going to get approved when I talked to you about it a minute ago and I forgot to mention that part. So, thank you, Nate. So, um, we're assuming that we're going to be approved just looking at past applications from other districts. Um, most of them get approved. if they are not approved and we receive word back that the state board of education does not approve it, we'll revert back to the same calendar but without the day. So, we'll still have graduation June 10th. Um the calendar beginning of the year, end of the year will stay the same. We just
060won't have those two hours released. So, thank you for bringing that up. with [snorts] the um extra time before graduation. I know this year we made the decision to do the synchronous learning days um when we had exhausted those asynchronous. Is there a change in um philosophy around using that like would we add days to the end of the year instead of doing synchronous? Is it just kind of a we'll see what happens when it happens? So, I think that that's a big piece of the conversation that we had when we looked at that graduation date. And, you know, we're we've had a bad winter. This year has been worse than the last several. And so, I think we all recognized that we kind of hit a point where we felt like the virtual days
061aren't the best option right now, but because of the way our calendar was structured, we didn't really have that space to be able to add additional days at the end of the year. So, this will allow us the opportunity to determine. Now, um you know, we haven't proposed a formal policy that says this is how we're going to handle all of the weather days that occur in the future, but we think moving graduation is the first good step. We do have a couple of still snow makeup days built in um in February. So, we'll have some opportunity to do some snow makeup days. It's always a balance when it comes to this because the the reality is making up the days at the end of the year in June sometimes is not the best choice
062because you're past all of your testing windows [clears throat] and you lose then that instructional opportunity that occurs. So there are occasions when having an online day in February is beneficial because it that's you know the critical time right before testing window starts that you really want to have that connection with kids. However, also if you have three days in a row of bad weather, three days of virtual altogether is not effective. Um, and so in that case, having the flexibility to say we're going to do one virtual day, but then we're going to do two snow makeup days, that kind of thing. Um, might be a consideration. So, you know, a lot of it really is based on the circumstances, what happens, what kind of winter you have. Um but this just allows us
063the opportunity to make the decision that we feel is best whereas this year we felt we got kind of trapped here as the as the days started acrewing. >> Makes sense. >> Any other questions or comments? [clears throat] All those in favor of passing this say I. >> I opposed. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. >> Okay. The next uh item is consideration for recommendation to approve the athletic handbooks for Leaport Middle School and Leaport High School. Dr. Oni. Uh so this is an annual review. Um both middle school and high school athletic handbooks um have been reviewed by our athletic directors. They do that every year, submit to the board for approval. Um so after those handbooks were reviewed, there were no changes for both of those handbooks. So, this is just approving um
064for the next school year, the middle school and high school athletic handbook. >> We're approving no changes. >> No changes. >> Okay. >> Is there a motion? >> Thank you. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Tucker. Any discussion? >> All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. >> Motion carries. Okay. Next order of business is consideration for recommendation to approve audio upgrades for the boardroom. Dr. Onie. So, this is to improve fix the overall audio and video quality of uh the boardroom as well as create a system that's portable to allow for mobility across the district. In regards to our board meetings, if we have any other um large format meetings, this system would be able to uh be relocated uh and movable. So, it gives us a great deal of flexibility in moving forward
065with board meetings. Um if for some reason we can't hold them here or we need to go to a different location. Um, so our technology director, uh, Mr. Waltower, obtained quotes from Advanced Communications and Communication Company. The winning bid was from Advanced Communications for $73,482. Uh, this will be taken out of the remaining geob for 24. So, this is a request to approve the audio upgrades for the boardroom. >> Is there a motion to approve the request? Thank you, Jim. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Tucker. Any questions or comments? I I think our our system is a little lacking. So, I'm excited to see that. [laughter] >> Yes. >> Yeah. Yep. >> Yeah. This will be really good. So, uh just kind of scrubbing this just a little bit. We're going to have, you
066know, much better microphones. We're going to have uh some video switching so we can switch things up a lot better. So, I think uh for those of you at home, which is most of the community, like this will be a much better viewing experience. Um, and then I think it's important that we're able to be mobile with it as well. So, if we want to have a board meeting at a elementary school gym or if we have a large format meeting at the pack like we've had in the past, like we'll be able to broadcast from there as well. So, >> and it's cameras and microphones, right? >> Yeah. Yeah. Includes everything. >> Um, um, when when is the timeline for installation? >> Uh, that's a good question. I don't I don't know. The reason
067is right now because of all the the shortages on RAM and those kind of things. Right now electronics are kind of a hot mess with shipping and getting them in. So I don't they don't really have a timeline right now. They'll order all the processor audio processors and everything as soon as we put the PO in but they don't have a like definitive timeline as how fast the hardware will come in. >> Okay. Any other questions or comments? All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. >> Motion carries. [clears throat] Next item is consideration for recommendation for approval of -ate switch project. Dr. Oni. >> Uh so this is uh from our tech director again uh Mr. Wal Tower. He's requesting approval to award the 2026 network project to network solutions incorporated or NSI. Uh
068the total amount of the project is 1.2 2 million roughly. Um but it's through a federal rate program. Um so the district would only pay 314,000 of that. Uh the remaining 951,000 would be covered by the program. [clears throat] Uh this project is going to be upgrading the district's network equipment across all the buildings uh in this building as well um to prevent it improves reliability and cyber security for our switches. This is kind of outside my purview. So, if you have any questions, I'm glad that Mike is here um to answer those questions. But the 314,000 that we will be uh paying is going to come out of the geo bond 2025. Try to keep as much of it from hitting operations as possible. [clears throat] Is there a motion to uh approve the
069-ate switch project? >> I'll make that motion. >> Thank you, Nate. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Tucker. Any discussion or questions? I think it's really important to say again that it's $1.27 million worth of work for $350,000. That's a that's a great value for us. So work on that. [snorts] >> I think it's worth noting too that this includes uh 5 years of support as well like uh I know in that networking world the ongoing manufacturer support is really important. So that's that's included here as well. >> Any other questions or comments? All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. [clears throat] Motion carries. Next order of business is the uh consideration for recommendation for approval of Chromebook purchases. Dr. Oni. >> Uh so before I get into the action item, I just want
070to give a little bit of background on uh why I'm asking for an action item on this. So we obviously [clears throat] have recent positive news regarding our part partnership with Microsoft. It's an awesome um time to be a slicer. Um, it creates an opportunity for us to begin planning for stronger integration with Microsoftbased student devices because right now everything we have is Chrome. Um, over the last 15 years, uh, our current technology director and his predecessor have been working around that technology ecosystem for Google. Um, so in order to make that shift to Microsoft, which we want to do and we want to plan for, it needs to be done with fidelity, um, and responsibly and smoothly, um, we can't just turn around and give all our teachers PD on a new device, expect
071all of our students to know how to use a new device, have our network infrastructure ready for new devices. So, um, the intention is to over the course of the next two to three years transition the district over to Microsoft products. So, we're excited for that opportunity, but in the meantime, to get to that point, we still need to kind of keep up with our current tech plan so that we still have devices in kids' hands. So, that brings me to the agenda action item. Um, we are requesting approval for 1450 Chromebooks from SHI. They are the current holder of the State Indiana QPA contract, so we didn't need to do a bid process. We got the lowest deal possible with them. Uh the total amount is 481,000 for the Chromebooks. This action item also
072includes um a quote for cases as well as insurance and that amount is $137,000 to be split across four payments annually and that will come out of operations. So just to clarify the $481,000 for the actual devices will come out of Geo Bond 25. the cases and the warranty will come out of the operation slot. >> Is there a motion to approve the Chromebook purchase? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Amy. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Jen. Any questions or discussion? >> Okay. I I have a question. Uh sorry. Uh how many So we got 1450 new Chromebooks, correct? With this. How many Chromebooks do we have? right about now because we still have some that we keep in spares. So, we have one for every student and we have probably
073about 500 devices that are kind of like floaters that are loaders. So, right now we're sitting at about 65 to 6,500 to 7,000 total, but it just depends. Uh we there's [clears throat] been a kind of a big influx of full device loss this year. So, we've had quite a few that we've had that not necessarily replace, but the insurance is paying out and we're spying for those [clears throat] devices. So, this essentially covers it. You know, just kind of give you some background. This is first grade um the fifth grade and ninth grade grades. So, every uh 12th grade, eighth grade, and fourth grade, those phase out at the end of the end of the season and then or end of the school year. And then those are usually either we do a sellback
074program or we end up um doing a those as loaders. It just depends on the age of the device and if they're still covering the previous devices still. So >> and I [clears throat] guess this is for you Dr. or you make uh is this is this a typically an annual contract or an annual upgrade? So we have we upgrade about 1,400 to 1500 a year roughly. >> Y >> All right. Thank you. Any other questions or comments? All those in favor say I. I. >> Motion carries. >> Next item is consideration recommendation for approval of the ratified tenative agreement for SC1 maintenance and custodial union. Dr. Rooney. >> Yes. So uh negotiations for the school custodial alliance of Leaport we started uh Wednesday November 19th and we concluded on Monday February 2nd. Both parties
075agreed to the tenative working agreement. Um members from the scal one were with along with Tom Johnson bargained on behalf of custodians and then myself and Ryan Kim bargained on behalf of the school district. Um, so in your board packet and board docs, it does spell out all the items that will be added or changed. So I'm looking for approval to um ratify I'm sorry to approve the ratification of the scout and tenative agreement. Is there a motion to approve that agreement? >> I'll make that motion. >> Thank you, Nate. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Monica. >> Monica, thank you. Uh, okay. Any questions or discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. All right. [clears throat] Next order of business is accuration of the recommendation for approval
076of the ratified tenative agreement of the Leaport LP bus drivers union. Dr. Oie >> along the same lines uh negotiations for Leaport ESP working agreement uh we began on December 9th and concluded Wednesday February 25th. Both parties agreed to a tentative working agreement. Uh members from the LPESP along with Tom Johnson bargain on behalf of the bus drivers and then myself and Bill Kaminsky along with Carrie Brinkman bargained on behalf of LPCSC. Again, same as the last one. All the details to the changes and additions are in your board packet. If you didn't want to go over any of those, I'm looking for approval for the ratification. Is there a motion to approve the agreement as laid out? So move. >> Thank you, Tucker. A second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Jim. Uh, any questions
077or comments? Dr. Onie, I just want to say good job. Uh, I know that sometimes these can be uh challenging. Um, but seems like everybody walked away happy. Is a good good agreement, right, Jim? Um and so uh so so thank you. >> Are these the two other than the teachers union? Are these the two other main unions we have? >> Yes. >> Okay. And you got them uh till 2029 uh an agreement that everyone's happy with. >> Yes. Right. Yep. Thank you. >> I think it's worth noting it's going to be a rolling two-year which is good because has that hasn't always been the case but that'll align with our uh our budget uh that we get from the state. So that's really good. >> Um so thank you. I'm grateful for both of
078those unions and workers that are doing that for me. I'm glad everyone's happy. >> Yep. >> Yes. >> All right. All those in favor say I. >> I opposed. >> Okay. Uh the last order of new business, the consideration for the recommendation for approval of vendor [snorts] for the energy savings RFQ. Dr. the last one. Uh so back in December uh 25, the board approved the issuance of an RFQ for energy savings performance contract. uh we collected proposals through February 9th. We received a total of six qualified vendor propo proposals. Each submission was evaluated uh using a structured 100point rubric and it was designed to assess each vendor's scope of their proposal, the technical capability, their financial strength, their project execution and long-term reliability. So uh the evaluation categories included firm qualifications for K12 experience,
079financial stability, technical approach, their guaranteed savings structure, their project management references and past performance specifically with K12 schools. Um so from this assessment, three vendors separated themselves at the top of the field and those top three all being within a few points of each other. Um, we vetted their references in K12 and of those top three performance services demonstrated uh several strengths that align closely with our district's long-term needs, including extensive experience in K12 school environments, a broader potential scope of facility improvements uh that they identified. They also delivered a detailed report that showed where the district can find immediate savings. Um the relationship that we have uh provides practical value including institutional knowledge and familiarity with our K12 school me funding mechanisms and uh the reduced impleation ramp up time which means like how
080quickly they can get started on the project. Um that was a reduced factor as well and then established communication channels. So for these reasons uh I I would like to propose from uh Leaport administration uh performance services to be awarded for the RFQ. >> Is there a motion to approve uh performance services for the energy savings RFQ? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Jen. Second. [clears throat] >> Second. >> Okay. Thank you, Amy. >> Did I steal it? >> Yeah. No, good. Uh okay. Any notes? >> Any any uh questions or comments? >> Uh yeah, you you said this a rubric, which I really appreciate. I love a good rubric. Um but um who came up with the rubric and who determine the scoring for the rubric? >> So we just I put that uh
081information into chat and had it design a a rubric for us. And then [clears throat] we took each of the proposals and ran it through that same rubric cuz I don't have any experience with RFQS. RFPs a little more, but that's you just taking >> pretty much the lowest bid. >> Um, this factored into all the the components of like um relationship and their experience with the district, experience with K12 specifically. >> Yeah. So, >> that makes sense. >> Yeah. And and this just to be clear, so this is a little bit of a different process than maybe other projects where you already kind of have a scope identified, right? Um because this is, you know, kind of going into this, we said we know that we have some ability to align our systems to
082save some money in our NIPCO build. Like that's where we kind of came into this with. Um and there are a number of other vendors that we utilize for mechanical systems and maintenance systems that we believe if better aligned we could reduce costs specifically out of our operations fund. So, this was a conversation where we said, "What we need to do is identify a company that can come in and do a comprehensive district-wide analysis of our entire um every building within our district and make some recommendations as to how can we save um through utility costs, how can we save through maintenance costs and so on. And so, with with this process, we we didn't put out, you know, we want to do X, Y, and Z project. We said, "We want you to come
083in and tell us what we need to do and look at." And they'll do everything from reviewing our our NIPCO bills by building and they'll do some analysis to see where we have capacity. And so, um, we aren't [clears throat] approving or requesting approval for any specific projects tonight. Um, this is just to move forward with bringing this company in and then they will start the process of doing an assessment of our entire district. And then from there they may recommend projects and we'll look at to do that you know within the scope [clears throat] of our current geobod or if there are other structures we can utilize. Um but that will all be and that can be a phased project too that we might decide we'll do a little bit now and do a
084little bit later and so on. So >> uh that's helpful uh cuz I was kind of viewing this as like a phase one kind of. Um >> so then [clears throat] once they come back with their assessments you know and again look at all the light bulbs we have here. there's there's so many potential avenues to maybe you know when you go through eligibility then do you open all of that up after this phase one and say okay here's the com here's the assessments they've made um you know replacing all of the light bulbs with a specialty light bulb or something then do you put all those out to contract to bid then or like individually or >> so typically it with an energy savings type contract like this it kind of runs typically through
085a design build type process So we would look to performance services to say okay we've identified these items for phase one performance services then will go about contracting that part of the project out and moving forward and then at any time if we decide we're not happy with the way performance services is handling it or if we decide we just want to go in a different direction then we can put out a new RFQ or an RFP for phase 2 3 4 or however we decide we want to do that. So we're really not locking into anything with this. We have the ability to pivot at any point. >> Yeah. We're just logging into their assessment. >> We still also maintain full control. So if they recommend a certain group to do the work, we
086can thumbs up. That's >> Yeah. Thanks. >> Anybody else have any questions or comments? All right. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. >> Okay. Motion carries. Uh there is no other business. uh for comment. >> Um I attended the 8th annual state house day at the uh at the school board association and pretty interesting but as you know the session is over. It was a quick session and uh pretty contentious session. only two major things that really came out and you discussed and they went to school with talked to Senator Ratch for a while down there about it was his bill and being chairman of the education committee he had some he had a tough getting that bill through [clears throat] committee but it went through and it's now in effect the other
087bill that I want to bring up to the board is Senate Bill 25 sponsored by Senator Burn Garrett about that deals with school board elections which is going to be about less this uh because it was a mixup and a lot of misunderstanding of how these people were going to be listed on the ballot when you file. You know, [clears throat] now you have to you you have to more or less declare yourself either a in a Republican, Democrat, independent, or nonpartisan. There's a lot of mix up of how they're going to be listed on the ballot past this year. Now, it's going to be the major parties first, the Republicans, the Democrats, independents, and then nonpartisan. That's the way they're going to be listed. So, those of you that are thinking about seeking re-election
088this year and filing it for, keep in mind because uh this is this is a bill was not not my life or a lot of people's life because of the fact it's bringing politics. you throw it back in the school board, but you're going to have to declare. And keep in mind that time and time studies have shown that a person that's at the top of the ballot when they don't know who they are, he's going to never they're going to get that vote, you know. So, >> says the A. >> Pardon? >> Says the A, right? [laughter] >> So, I just want to bring your attention. Get prepared this year. If you're going to run, you're going to have to put one of those ballots on there. and people with the major political parties
089are going to be listed first. So >> it's it doesn't um it's not part of the straight ticket voting though, right? If someone straight ticket votes one way or the other, >> you can't >> you still have somebody still has to make a selection for school. You can't that's not a straight ticket. Anyway, it >> was the thing. I'm sorry. >> I want to compliment whoever put the new pictures. Beautiful. >> I thought that I didn't >> Erin Meyer. >> Aaron. [applause] [laughter] >> Where's your picture up there? Great job. >> You're always taking everyone else's pictures. Where's yours? Yeah, >> I miss seeing Superintendent Carter up here, but I do like seeing her. >> Yeah, it's great. >> Thank you. >> So, I would like to recognize and uh congratulate Bonnie DeWolf. Uh [clears
090throat] she was nominated and won um teacher of the year award through the BFW >> and uh she advanced to um um district and then state and now she's headed to uh nationals in Washington. >> Awesome. Congratulations. She's awesome. [clears throat] >> Where does she teach at? >> Uh Kessling Intermediate. >> Okay, sweet. >> She took me to the middle school. I'm sorry. Middle school. >> Yeah, she always ran the the eighth grade social studies. >> Got it. That's awesome. >> Yep. >> So, where is she's up for the national teacher there? Okay, cool. >> She's headed to Washington DC. >> Very cool. Amazing. >> Awesome. >> Anybody else have anything? So, uh, we have, uh, ISBA dinner on April 7th, right, for any of the school members that want to go. Um, okay. So,
091the next, uh, we have a work session on March 19th at 4:00 here in this room. Um, and then our next board meeting is April 13th at 6:00 p.m. Is there a motion to adjurnn? >> Dinner will be provided at that dinner for you. >> All right. Awesome. >> Thank you. Yep. >> So move. >> Okay. Second. >> Second. [laughter] >> Are we good? >> All right. >> He mentioned dinner. We just started talking about dinner. >> There will be dinner at the uh at the work session. So um all right. So we have a motion, a second. All those in favor of adjourning say I. >> Opposed. Here is the meeting. >> [clears throat]