001it will be at or just near the same uh results as 2024. Annette and I as we continue to watch this and Matt Taylor as well uh with the impact of raises and then also for uh the impact of transferring the curricular materials to the education fund. Uh we've spent those monies now out of education. So we're not getting we're not getting a separate pot of money anymore from the state of Indiana. It's all being calculated into that education fund. So, we're going to watch that closely as we as we move towards December 31st uh for on for that ending balance. Uh I don't anticipate uh being below that. I think we're going to be right spot on with uh an ending balance somewhere around $6 million to take us into the first six months
002of 2026 or if you think about the 18month budget cycle, the last six months of the 18 month budget cycle. So questions on that? I will say one of the other things that we will be watching is uh we did have a reduction in title dollars and Matt could speak to that a little bit. Uh we've gotten about 95% of our allocation compared to last year. So that may force us to use some of our cash balance to make up that difference from the education fund. So paying for instructional assistance or paying for other items there uh as well. All right. >> Was that an anticipated loss? >> Uh, it was it was less of an anticipated loss than we thought because uh we were really thinking 10% and it did not come back at
003that. Not and Matt jump in if you want to add to that. But the other unknown right now is uh the title two and title four dollars as we go into the future. um if the federal government delivers those to the state of Indiana as a block grant, we're not sure what that's going to look like as far as how they're going to distribute it. So again, those monies are used for education fund purposes with uh professional development and also paying for other items in that in that same sense as well. Um, some of the other things that we've looked at as assumptions for the 2026 budget forecast. Uh, again, I've already said that our our staffing will continue to be evaluated. Uh, we're going to continue looking at uh the membership and then the
004federal funding sources. I really believe our membership for students will stay stable and flat for 2526 because if you study those enrollment numbers, yes, we were going up and down, up and down, but the gap between going up and down is getting smaller. So, I'm I'm feeling more confident that our enrollment is stabilizing in that respense. um some of the other assumptions and some of the other knowns that we have in front of us. We know that the group health insurance premiums this year will only increase by about one will only increase by 1% uh which is outstanding uh because the district is paying 85% of those premiums and our employees are paying 15% of those premiums. uh the group dental insurance premium will increase by 9 and a half% over the next two years
005where last year we did not have a significant increase compared to this 9.5 and it is a much smaller dollar amount uh compared to what we're dealing with with health insurance. Uh I insurance remains stable. uh we are building in the potential increase of 10 to 15% on utilities for each year uh for this year rather because we just we don't know what those costs are going to do and uh we're dealing with the majority of uh Duke Energy and then RMC uh trying to trying to guess and make sure that we're budgeting enough monies for those um property and casualty insurance will increase by about 10 to 15% %. Uh we've already worked through that. We have the premium increase from our insurance provider and it is in that 10 to 15% increase. Um
006one of the things that we're also looking at is also the 50% of the curriculum director salary will come from title one funding sources. That is down just a bit from last year. So, we're having to pull those dollars from um education fund um in order to cover those costs. Uh the other thing to note is the impact of the circuit breaker. The total estimated circuit breaker circuit breaker right now for 2026 is $559,600. That would be the maximum amount of money we could not collect as a school corporation. um for taxing purposes or levy purposes. The current budget cycle 2025 it was $82,000 was the circuit breaker. That concerns me as we go into more so 2627 and really probably the 27 budget than it does for this budget because of what you have
007all done already. We have been frugal and we have cons we've been conservative in saving our dollars so we have a cash balance to deal with the implications of the new property tax uh tax collection process. Uh and I I I hate to say this, but I I'm I'm not sure what it's going to do yet because it's just and I'm not sure that the folks at the Department of Local Government Finance know what it's going to do yet. Um because you know I one of the things I'll point out and give to the board in another in a workshop or additional do documentation but when you think about the homestead property tax dedications and credits right now the supplemental homestead deduction for a homeowner is right about 37%. As we go through the course
008of the next six years to 2031, that supplemental homestead deduction is going to be increased every year. So, when we get to 2031, it's almost 67%. So, it's going to uh it's going to it's going to lessen each year as we go through the assessed value of a person's home. It's not going to decrease the true value, but in the calculation process, it's going to decrease the assessed value. So, I mean, I don't know how else to say it, which then in turn is going to force us, just like several other local county agencies and local county governments are going to have to look at our tax rates to see how much we're going to have to request or increase the tax rates to maintain what we have or have the discussion of where do
009we cut back or where do we where do we trim. So, I I don't I'm not saying that to panic. I'm just saying it's I'm going to spend a lot of time working with you and educating you and educating myself really this year and next year on where this is where this may be going. So, I threw a lot at you questions on that. Okay. So, when we look at the education fund over an 18-month revenue flow, we are predicting out a $33 million budget uh with expenditures right around 32 million. Uh and there is no request for a levy. Again, these will be these dollars are coming from membership count also title one, title two, title four dollars and other federal sources that we can spend directly on teachers and students uh on a
010daily basis. for our debt service fund. This is one of the areas where we will ask for a levy or the the permission to advertise a rate to collect the levy. Our revenue cycle over the 18 months is $2,934,000 roughly with expenditures over the 18 months at $4,890,000. So, we need to request to approve or we need request approval to advertise the 2026 levy to capture approximately 3,633,818. We are always estimating high. That's more than we need per se, but we have to estimate high because the department of local government finance will cut us back and make sure that we get what we need and not anymore. So the rate itself will be estimated high so that when they calculate all of this back it will give us exactly what we need. This fund and
011Annette tell me if I correct me if I say this improperly. This fund will be used to pay off all of our loans or debt of the 2012 common loan and then the 2019 2020 2021 and 2024 bonds. So, for example, excuse me, the 2012 loan has a remainder of about $1.9 million that needs to be paid off and it will be paid off and in full by 2028, but it will be done by using this debt service fund to collect those funds to do so. So, those those funds that were used in 2012 for building improvements and HVAC improvements and all of those things, that's what we're paying for. And then the same will metriculate out with the 2019 through the 2024 bonds where if we were to do nothing else as far as
012bonding or requesting debt, all of our debt would be paid off by 2034 questions on that. All right, our operation fund, again, we have an 18-month revenue flow predicted at 10.8 8 million with expenditures of about 16.5 million over that same 18-month period. So we need to request the approval to add advertise a 2026 levy again for a high dollar amount of 6.4 million and a high rate of 7.7839. Again, same idea here that the department of government local the DLGF will cut those rates to make sure that we have exactly what we need, not really any more or any less um in order to operate the corporation. The other thing I will say here is again we have maintained a cash balance right above 20% which is where we excuse me of the 20%
013of the ex the anticipated revenue which is where we should be. So if property taxes fall through or other thing something were to happen, we have dollars there that we will be able to uh ask for additional appropriation or permission to spend to bring that cash balance down. So again, that that's a credit to this board and to the treasurers and that we've maintained our balances and not we've not gone stir crazy or done something that we shouldn't have in spending spending taxpayer dollars. And then last item, I'm sorry, was there any were there any questions? All right. Then the last item here, our rainy day fund. The revenue expendit or the revenue was a $4.7 million revenue. Uh that's our current uh or was our 18-month balance. We've had expenditures of about 2.8. Uh
014again, there is no request for a levy because this is money that is transferred at the end of the 12 month budget cycle from operations to rainy day. and we have not transferred any more than $500,000 in a given calendar year to rainy day. Again, I will say that we've maintain this and it's uh it's a healthy balance that's there to to spend if we need it and when we need it. So, questions on that? All right. Uh again, budget considerations. We're looking at an 18-month cycle and I've already just reiterating the points I've tried to make as we've gone through the the rates will be approved by the Department of Local Government Finance, the DLGF to give us exactly what we need uh for those max levy rates or for the levy rates rather.
015um the actual funding generated by ADM which also includes our FA foundational amount, the complexity index which takes into account students as English as a new language, our special education grant, our uh honors diplomas that they have earned. Those are all factored into calculating the complexity of the the funding plus our other department of education grants in title one, title two, and title four. Um other things that we will consider is our excise tax and then the fit tax, the commercial vehicle tax and then the local property tax. I will say uh one thing that we will have to prepare for with the local income tax, it will be going away in 2028. Uh, and that becomes important to us because right now we are receiving approximately $420,000 in local income tax on a yearly
016basis. We have used that money to help maintain the tax rate to pay off the debt for the bonds and the loans. About 80% of that has been applied to controlling the debt service fund. 20% of it has gone into education fund to help with salaries and other things. When we get to 2028 where we'll again, it's down the road, but it's not that far away. That source of funding will be removed for schools. It is and it will not be there for us. So, we're going to have to have a discussion about how do we replace that $400,000 per se to help maintain the tax rate and not have to sit here and say we need to raise it by a penny or a nickel or whatever it may be. And I I I
017say that for full transparency because that that LIP money will it just gets it's it's no longer given to the schools. And I I just lost my train of thought on that and I'm sorry. Um I had studied that uh which is you we do not have the local income tax allocated for property tax relief as well. So it will be pushed back into county government or county or city government, town government. Those those monies will go there from that point forward. So questions on that? >> Yeah. Could you explain that we don't have it pushed back into county? Is it does that mean that we haven't went through a process and it's still available or that that it's it's no longer the process is not even possibility for us? If I'm understanding it right
018now, and I've got to study it more, that $420,000, which we have gotten on a yearly basis, will not come to the school corporation. I believe we will have an opportunity to reach out to the county government and say we would like to have a consideration for an allocation of LIP money, but I've got to study that more to be sure. Jack, it we know it's disappearing and it's been told to us by uh our financial advisors and then uh even ISBA schoolboard association in some of their updates and uh the superintendent association in some of their updates. So I I don't it's not going to affect us right now, but I got a year and a half to make sure I got a plan for you all to to make sure that we're doing
019this properly. So there's no room of an additional or a substitute for that source of revenue. >> Not in the same fashion that we're receiving it. The the substitute is going to be me saying to all of you, we need to raise our tax rate by X number of cents in order to make up that difference. So instead of the state level government doing it through property tax, it now becomes the local entities, whether it be county council or school board having to make those decisions. So >> the DGF still has to approve, >> correct? Yeah, they'll still have to approve it. um federal sources will still continue to watch those in this budget consideration and I alluded to that with the the block grants coming to the state if that's what's agreed upon or
020done uh and then state money transfers uh and then again we've continued to watch the operating balances in the education and the operation funds and I will say to you for uh in your board update that will be coming on the the month end uh we should be spending at 58% of our education fund based on a 12-month bal or 12-month budget. Same thing for the operation fund uh through the month of July. We are spending right now at 57.4%. So we are spot on spending all of the dollars that have been allocated to us. We're just a tad low on operations uh at 56. I don't have the me the number memorized, but we're we're not overspending. We're spending right on where we should be to make sure that this 18-month budget takes care
021of our needs. Uh and you know the other thing that will be watched uh and the state revenue collections you know the forecast was to be less revenue connected or collected rather but as you look at the revenue forecast summaries that are coming out at the state level they are collecting more money than what they anticipated. Uh and my hope is that they will have a discussion about that in the short session and maybe give some relief to us as a school system or as county government or town government that they'll help with some of those funds to uh take care of potential shortfalls with the change in property tax collection of funds process. All right. So, uh advertised versus actual rates. This gives you a historical look at how we have maintained our rates
022or maintained our tax levy. Let me say it that way. Uh our advertised rates in 24 and 25 were at 1.228 and then 1.227. The actual rate that the department of local government finance gave us was 88 cents per $100 of assessed valuation and then 82 cents last year. That's because the assessed value or the certified net assessed valuation of the county has continued to grow. If you remember when I talked about it at the beginning of the school year or yeah, the beginning of the school year that the evaluation of the county went over a billion dollars for last year, 2025, which is the first which is it's great. you know, we've got growth, we've got new homes, we've got new businesses or maintaining businesses, which allowed us to decrease the rate so that
023we were not taking any more than we need per se from the taxpayers to cover our debt and to cover our operations. So, that will be the same goal here as well is that we we have that rate set so that it captures what we truly need and not any more, not any less. So, questions on that. Then on my last slide here, my permission to advertise. You will notice that when we look at the debt service and we look at the operation funds, both of which are the two that we need to capture additional funds or levy in order to pay our debt. I would ask that or I will ask here in a moment that we have a uh advertise rate of 1.227 227 in order to capture 10,61,951 at a maximum. We
024will not need that much, but I need to set it high so when they cut me that we get the appropriate rate and we get the appropriate levy amount. I'm going to guess, and this is a guess, we're at 80.823 for the 2025 uh tax cycle. I I'm going to guess we will probably be when they cut us somewhere around 80 cents or 79 cents as far as the per valuation because the assessed valuation is still high and it doesn't start kicking in with what I alluded to the homestead uh the supplemental homestead deductions and those numbers affecting uh dropping down the assessed valuations as time goes on. They're going to help homeowners in that way. and then 2% and 3% with rentals and farm property uh in a similar manner. Do you have have
025any questions? All right, that's my presentation. Let me get out of this and and this will be put on the school website and if and paper copies will be made available here as well. So, >> okay. Thank you very much, Superintendent Klein, for that. I appreciate your diligence on that. Uh, next up on our agenda is the consent agenda. >> Uh, if it's the pleasure of the board, I would ask you to approve the consent agenda with items A, B, and C, which include the minutes from our previous meeting, July 17th. Okay. >> Is that Chaz? >> Second >> and Mark as a second. Any discussion? Okay. Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Uh next up is our recognition award. >>
026Uh there are no recognition awards this evening. We will begin uh uh bringing back the you make a difference award uh with our second meeting in August here in a couple weeks and then we'll carry those through the school year. >> Okay. Uh next is old business. >> Uh there are no old b no old business items tonight. >> Okay. Next under new business item number one. Item number one is my request for permission to advertise the proposed 2026 budget, capital project plan, bus replacement plan, uh, which must occur at least 10 days prior to September 11th, which will be the public budget hearing. >> Okay, further request. I have a motion on that request. >> Move to approve. >> Thank you, Dina. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Chad. And
027is there any discussion? Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Uh, next uh item two, donations. Excuse me. Item number two is a list of our donations for this evening. Uh if it's the again the pleasure of the board if you would like to take uh all all four items as one motion would like to recognize those first with uh the donation from Boston Scientific uh in the amount of $1,000 for Backpack Buddies. Uh the second item there is the donation from New Beginnings Pregnancy Center in the amount of $1,186 for Backpack Buddies. The third item is the donation of $8,000 from the Owen County Community Foundation for the Book Buddies program uh that Mr. Bill Grande uh Chris Samk help
028oversee with uh reading to our kindergarten students in each of the buildings. And then our last donation that I'd like to have recognized this evening is the uh two-part donation, excuse me, uh yeah, I'm sorry, a two-part donation from the Shiloh Wesley uh church. First, the $2,000 for to be applied for insufficient funds to cover meal cost. Then also a $1,500 donation for Backpack Buddies. >> Is there any objection to taking them all together? >> All right. Uh, at this time I'd entertain a motion on those requests. >> Move to approve. >> Thank you, Jack. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Mark. >> Any discussion? All right, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Next up, item three,
029field trips. Uh item three are uh three field trips that are overnight trips that we would ask the board to approve. All are involving the high school FFA program. Uh the first being the trip to uh the leadership camp October the 3rd through the 5th in Trafalger, Indiana. Then the second item is the national convention in Indianapolis the 29th through the 31st of October. And then the last item is again a return trip to Trfalder for the FFA fired camp November the 7th through the 9th. Again, these are historically uh trips that are taken each year and they will need your approval since they are overnight or out of state. >> Any objection to taking them all together? Okay. None heard. Uh at this time I entertain a motion on the field trips to approve.
030>> Thank you, Rick. Do I have a second? >> Thank you, Jack. Any discussion? Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. All right. Next on the agenda is item four. Uh item four, you have before you the request to approve the ticket and pass pricing for the high school and middle school athletic events uh for the 2526 season. And uh thank you to uh Mr. Arthur, Mrs. Totten, Mr. Green, and Mr. Bolting House for reviewing these and uh giving you updated uh options for families. >> Okay. All right. Uh at this time, I'd entertain a motion on that request. >> Move to approve. >> Thank you, Dina. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Mark. Any discussion? Okay,
031hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Next on the agenda is item five. >> Uh item five is a request to declare the uh Owen Valley High School athletic department surplus items that were presented to you uh for disposal or uh uh excuse me for disposal or storage for uh sale at auction uh at a later time. >> Okay. >> You've heard the request. Do I have a motion on that request? >> Move to approve. >> Thank you Mark. Do I have a second? Second. >> Thank you, Jack. Uh, any discussion? Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Uh, next item number six. >> Uh, item number six
032is a request to approve the transportation department pay structure updates. again the the four main pieces that highlighted in the memo covering that we're looking at a a four tier four tiers for our daily general education route drivers. So those drivers that are driving in the morning and the afternoon only uh with adding a year two of service uh additional pay daily pay of $100. Also looking at our special need drivers for AM and PM uh based on the six hours a day, 30 hours a week with the additional compensation for midday trips as described in the chart. Uh and also defining a daily and hourly rates for specific trip types that are included that are also would be applicable to both route and special need drivers uh to complete those necessary midday and ECA
033and Hooser Hills trips. Uh and also the last item there is special needs aids compensation being increased to match the hourly rate of the classroom instructional aids who are working with the same students on a daily basis. Uh was one of the things that we uh looked at as well. Okay. >> All right. You've heard the request. I have a motion on that request. >> Thank you, Liz. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Dina. Is there any discussion? Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Next item on the agenda, item seven, uh, excuse me, item seven is a request to approve an adjunct instructor's permit and then the contract for Jeremy Hamilton. This would be for Mr.
034Hamilton to teach the industrial maintenance and construction classes at the high school. Uh, okay. All right. Further request. I have a motion on that request to approve. >> Thank you, Rick. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Mark. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Next on the agenda is item eight. >> Uh item number eight is a request for high school curriculum materials. The novel called Station 11 by Emily St. John uh Ma Mandal. We would ask for you to approve those curricular materials and I believe uh Mr. Taylor can speak to that uh here in just a moment. >> Okay. You've heard the request. I have a motion on that request. >> Thank
035you, Liz. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Mark. Is there any discussion? Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Next is item nine. >> Item nine also is a request to approve a middle school curricular material. the novel called City of Ember by uh Jean Dupra. I think I said that one right. Uh again, here in just a moment during discussions, Mr. Taylor can ask or answer any questions if you have additional on that. >> Okay, further request I have a motion on that request. >> Thank you, Mark. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Jack, any discussion? Okay. Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes
036seven to zero. Uh, next up, item 10. >> Uh, item 10 is the request before you to approve the first reading of the Neola July 2025 special update. Uh there is one question that I will pose to the board here a moment in discussion uh with respect to the mandatory curriculum policy 2221 but we would ask for first approval reading uh once we have that discussion or any any further discussion on any of the other items. >> Okay. And uh we need to take a motion to wave the reading first >> and then we don't take We don't don't have any other motions after that. >> This time I'd entertain a motion on waving the first reading. >> Okay. Jack and Chad has a second. >> Uh any discussion? >> Okay. >> All right. >>
037Go ahead. My my one question uh and for the board on policy 2221 on the second page uh there is an option that is I have left blank and I'd like you to give thought to and I don't need an answer today but before we do consecut reading it asked the question when required by law the board shall approve the course of instruction period the option is whether or not prior to to its use in the classroom. Would you like me to include that or we can have further discussion? So, if I were to include that, it would read when required by law, the board shall approve the course of instruction prior to its use in the classroom. And I I'll leave that to you to kind of discuss and we can come back to
038it here at the second reading in u in a couple weeks. >> Okay. Is there any other discussion? Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Okay. Uh, next on the agenda is item 12. Uh item 12, I would ask you to approve the school smiles oral health program memorandum of understanding which would indemnify the school corporation for services that would be provided by school smiles uh as we look to uh promote uh dental uh opportunities for our families in the district. >> Okay, you've heard the request. I have a motion on that request. >> Thank you, Liz. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Dina. Do I uh is there any discussion? Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to
039vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes 7 to zero. Uh next on the agenda is item 13. >> Uh item 13 is a request to approve the purchase of the educational steel products band tower bid recommendation. This bid did come in at an amount of $69,925. We did plan for this in our 20 our current 2025 capital project improvements. Um, what I did not anticipate when I first started this in February and then turned around and called them back as soon as we got back from spring break in April that they would have already filled up all 25 spots over the summer in order to purchase this and install it at that time. And as their salesperson said to me, this was the first time in 20 years that this
040has happened. So, I'm asking to purchase it now so that we can get this installed uh in March or April of next spring. Um, I will say also for uh we did seek a second bid uh and it did exceed $100,000. So, I will not bring that bid to you even for review. >> All right. You've heard the request. Do I have a motion on that request? >> Thank you, Liz. Do I have a second? >> Second. Thank you Mark. Is there any discussion? >> This is a permanent tower, right? >> This is a permanent structure. This will be um you know where the band practices already in the student parking lot in the grass on the east side of that parking lot closest to the cook facility. That's where it would be put with
041a concrete foundation uh structure and the the picture that is there. Uh it would be secure so that you cannot you can't enter the tower unless you have a key to unlock it and go in. Um and that would then finally uh we would sunset the uh the mobile tower that we have right now on wheels and uh dispose of that. So, it would be within the student parking. And then the one item that I will defer to, if you approve to Mr. uh Kramer and then Mr. Bolting House, I'll let them kind of duke it out. What color do they want it? Do they want a royal blue or do they wanted a red? So, because we can choose that as they manufacture it. So, >> now are you referring to east of Jim
042Fulper Drive? I'm driving down Jim Fulfur Drive. >> North or south? >> It'd be right to my right inside the student parking lot. >> Okay. >> On the west side. >> Yes. Yes. Yes. On the west side. >> Okay. Any other discussion? >> I'll just add that this is what all the band members came in. >> Yes. that board meeting last year. Um there's about 30 kids and and adults that were concerned about the safety of the portable one. So I'm glad that we're able to give this to them. >> Yeah. And I I again I will say I was dumbfounded when I spoke to the lady in February and then uh she sent me all the diagrams and all the materials and then came back the Monday after spring break and was ready to
043get a quote and she's like I can't do this. We're we're booked with 25 people already. And uh the other company, I will say this very quickly, the other company covers the West Coast uh where this company, which is an Indiana company, covers basically central United States and the East Coast. Um the West Coast company was in Texas and it just it was $160,000 for basically the same item. So it it's just uh I'm I just want to I'm seeking your approval so I can make sure that we are on the calendar for March or April. So, >> and I don't want to get too deep into this. I know we do that sometimes and that's not really my intention here. The ground is not not saturated. It's not it doesn't stay wet. >> We
044will have a concrete uh we'll have a soil test and then the concrete company will do all those uh reviews before we do that. So we will take care of that to make sure that we don't end up with the leaning tower of Pisa in Owen County. Okay, any other discussion? Okay, hearing none, we will proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Next on the agenda is item 14. Uh item 14 is forformational purposes only. You have before you the 24 2024 extracurricular accounting risk reports for each of the buildings. And here in a moment with discussion, I'll defer to Annette if you have any questions on any of those items. >> Uh for information purposes only. So is there any discussion on that? Okay,
045hearing none, we will proceed on. Uh, next under personnel. >> Uh, again, as as excuse me, as I have always asked, if it is the pleasure of the board, if you would uh request to take all items under Roman numeral 10 or Roman numeral 9, uh, A, B, C, and D with resignations, leaves, transfers, and employment, I would ask you to do so. or if you have an individual item that you would like to vote on, we can do that as well. >> Is there any objection to taking AB C and D together? >> Okay. Hearing none. Uh at this time, I'd entertain a motion on ABC and D. >> Thank you, Rick. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Dina. And any discussion? Okay. Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All
046those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Okay. Uh, next on the agenda is board comments. And just a reminder, please use your microphones. Make sure the light is green. Uh, so next, uh, where we'll move to Mark. I would just say congratulations on getting another school year off to a good start and so thankful for all the donations from our community. And that's it. >> Thank you, Mark. Chad, >> comment. >> No comment from Chad. Dina, >> it's kind of same thing with as Mark. Um enjoyed seeing all the pictures on the first day of school and students and pictures from the buildings and seems like things have started off well. Wish them a great school year. >> Thank you, Dina. Rick, >> no comment. Okay, >> Liz, >>
047no comment. >> Jack, >> I'd like to thank Mark Rogers for taking my two speaking points here because that's exactly what I was going to say. I think we've had an excellent year uh kicking it off here and congratulations and thank you to the the staff for for that and the people keep donating to the to the school corporation especially Backpack Buddies is just it's simply awesome. So thank you to them. >> Uh and part of my comment tonight, Jack, I will uh promise to start with you at the next you can seal all of Mark's comments. So, um, yeah, I like to thank everybody who put all the work into getting the buildings ready o over the summer and, uh, cleaned and and, uh, sorted and and all all the stuff ready for the
048kids to come back in. I've heard nothing but positive things for everybody coming back in. And I I thank the staff and everybody involved in um you know, I'm sure for some kids back to school is a stressful time for various reasons and I feel like I've just seen staff who have gone above and beyond to make sure those kids felt welcome. So, I appreciate all the work on that and um yeah, the the folks who donate and I feel like every agenda we have somebody donating something and um and as a rural community like ours, it really does matter when people band together to support our kids and I appreciate all that uh they do for for our kids. Okay, we will move on to administrator comments. Uh, so actually we need uh Matt,
049would you go to the mic if you have a comment? Matt Floyd is for transportation. >> I just want to thank you guys for your help with trying to improve this. Is it green? >> Okay, it is there. There you go. um for all of your help and trying to improve the transportation department. Um helping my staff and hopefully the changes will help us get some staff coming in. I'm still down two. Um but we're making do the best that we can and overall I think it was a it was a safe and good start to the school year. So thank you guys for everything. >> All right. Thank you Matt. Uh next, uh doing double duty, uh Chris Samk, our district communication director and pees principal. >> Well, thank you for allowing me to
050go out to my old stomping grounds out of Patrick'sburg. It's been a really good start and it's nice to be around kids again. And uh just to echo kind of what you guys, you know, school is a safe place for a lot of these kids and and I see that every day now and it's it's a good reminder that, you know, they really depend on us. But um been a but it's been a great start and everybody's been super great out there and and so I think it's been pretty smooth for only knowing a couple days ahead of time was going out there, but that's fine. Um but anyway, and Mr. client's been great and the principal has been real supportive. But I did want to thank um the community foundation for that $8,000 grant
051for the book buddies because that is a big deal to the kindergarteners. It's it's a really big deal and sometimes that's the only book they get to take home, you know, and so um and when I contacted um Janet, it she just was immediately like, "Yeah, let's do it." You know, and so I I appreciate that. And boy, all the kindergarten teachers are excited. So, thank you for approving that. That's it. >> Okay. Thank you, Chris. Next, we'll move on to Matt Taylor. >> Um, thank you very much for approving the curriculum materials. Um, I'll echo what Mrs. Samk and you all have said. Uh, it's been a great start to the school year. Um we and my hats off to our um teachers and principles who have really uh worked hard to um create
052that kind of excellent environment, welcome the students back um and to ensure that they have um a wonderful start of the school year experience. Um we've had training related to our new uh language arts reading series at the elementary level. Um, and we had over 65 staff members that came in uh right at the end of the summer, right before school to participate in that. Uh, and then we had some extra time during our first two staff days for them to continue to um familiarize themselves with that curriculum and to work on that. And then today, um, Mrs. Breedlove and I met with 15 of our elementary teachers uh along with Mrs. Samk and Mrs. Green and our literacy coach uh to work on some writing training and implementing um students uh to improve students
053writing skills and so working on that. So um teachers are off to a great start. they're engaged and and I'm so appreciative of their willingness to um participate in our professional development opportunities. So, thank you. >> Yes. Thank you very much, M. Mr. Taylor. Next on the agenda is the superintendent report comments. >> Again, I'll echo what was already been said, but it's been a very good start to the year. Uh was pleasantly surprised with all the children and being out in each of the buildings uh the first three days of the school year. I mean, they were on it and our staff was on it. I mean, learning was already taking place and not only routines and procedures, but, you know, hands-on math or hands-on science or physical education. And it didn't matter if
054it was kindergarten up to to the high school level. They we we have started and hopefully, you know, we don't slow down. Uh just keeping engaging our students and our staff in those opportunities. Uh I also want to congratulate uh since they were officially released earlier or late last week earlier this week each of the elementaryaries uh for their uh really their excellent performance on the I read three uh assessments for last year. Uh each of our buildings had increased uh pass rates and um I I'll just share them now with Patrick'sburg at 88% proficient. Uh Gasport at 100% proficient, Spencer Elementary at 91.6% proficient and McCormix Creek at 95.6 95.6% proficient. All increases from last year and all is a testament to our teachers and their training and the delivery of instruction as well
055as a testament to our kids and their and their parents and guardians for making sure that uh that they're valuing their time with time here at school and taking some time at home to read and uh take take uh value of education there as well. So, we look to uh challenge that this year. And really, I'll say it here since it's being live stream. I'd like to see all four of our elementaryaries at 90 or 95% or higher uh as we go through the the the school and into the spring season. So, uh we will also look forward to Gossport and McCormix Creek being represented at the state house uh for their recognition for achieving 95% or higher as well. uh which for our corporation we have been represented at the state house on a
056yearly basis since they've begun doing that. So either by any of the four elementaryaries. So congratulations to all of them. Also want to thank again uh Matt Floyd for uh the startup of all of our buses and traversing uh the challenges there with uh uh drivers may being sick or spouses may being sick. uh you know they where there's a well there's a way and they found a way to make sure we get all of our kids picked up and all of our kids home uh safely. And also want to give a shout out again to the maintenance and grounds crew uh for all of their work uh to finally knock on wood uh get ahead of the grass and get ahead of the upkeep of the buildings and all of those challenges. That's just
057been a relief for a lot of us here in this office worrying about air conditioners or worrying about other things, making sure that they're all running and taking care of the kids' needs. So, um, good luck, uh, this tomorrow evening to our football team at the high school level as they begin their, uh, scrimmages. I believe tonight is the first volleyball match at the high school. I think that's why Mr. Bolting House and that crew is not here this evening. And then uh good luck to our middle school cross country teams Saturday as they open up with their first invitational here on campus at the middle school high school. And uh that is all I have at this time. >> Okay. Thank you, Superintendent Klein. This time I'd entertain a motion on enjo. >> Thank
058you, Rick. And that was Liz. As a second, any discussion? Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor of adjournment, please raise your right hand. Motion passes 7 to zero. Any other comment from the public? Uh, no comments. Our next meeting is August 28th here at central office at 7 p.m.