001It's um it's not L. All right, everybody. Good evening. Welcome. Um, happy last day of school. Way to get the crowd cheering tonight. Uh, all right. It's customary for us to have a well. It's working. Okay. No one needs to hear me more than than once. All right. It's customary for us to have a voluntary prayer before the meeting begins. Uh uh Rick, if you'd lead us in that. Lord, we're thankful for this another day, Lord, that you've given us. Thank you for another successful school year with each of each one in the summer. May staff be replaced, refreshed, and renewed. Amen. And next on the uh order of business is the pledge of allegiance. I'd ask Mrs. Green if you would introduce our two pledge leaders this evening. I've kind of talked to them
002a little bit before, but let's do a official introduction here. So tonight and fourth grader at Spencer Elementary. So all right come on up and wait for Mr. White then we'll go. We'll wait for you. All right. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. As I said to the two of you earlier, thank you very much for taking time to come and be with us this evening and to lead us in the pledge and Mrs. Samic and Mrs. Deio. I want to get a picture in a moment, but can you tell us a little bit about uh who brought you this evening and introduce them if you would? Our dad. John. So
003John, thank you very much for taking time with your children to be here this evening. For both of you, cash correctly a certificate for being here and then as I said taking time out of your busy schedules, a nice chocolate chip cookie from my family with you guys. All right. Appreciate it very much that you taking time to be part of our school processes. So thank you for that. They'll get your pictures here. Thank you both. [Laughter] All right. Uh, I now call the May 22nd uh, 2025 regular session of the SOCS school board to order. Uh, we will start with roll call. Mark here. Chad here. Dina here. Rick here. Liz here. Jack here. Derek is here. We have seven members present. All right. Next on the agenda is the uh recognition of visitor
004patron comments. Uh the public have two opportunities to provide comment at every schoolboard meeting. The first is as it pertains to any agenda item. Um and then the second is after we adjourn on any item. Does anybody wish to make any comment on any agenda item this evening? None are heard. All right. And next on the agenda is recognition for you make a difference award. All right. This evening we'd like to recognize Mr. Roy Sbert. we we can't surprise him because we were attempting to do this earlier and uh things got in the way and in a positive manner, but we want to recognize uh Roy this evening and I'd like to read some comments from Dr. Robinson, the principal of Patrick'sburg, who cannot be here tonight. He is he's actually sitting in a law
005class tonight. So, but want to honor Roy for some of the things that the staff has acknowledged and has u made mention of how you truly make a difference at Patrickburg Elementary. So, uh, indispensable to our school and community. Uh, not only clean and welcoming environments, but you reach out to all students and staff. Uh, again, as Roy is the head custodian, he exemplifies our dedication and integrity to making the building as best as it can be. They also go on to talk about Royy's positive process and being a mentor and an influence on our students. Uh being able to demonstrate hard work and honest behavior and setting that example for our kids. Couple of other items here. Uh still keeping a positive attitude and unwavering commitments even through your challenges for home and being
006at school and never never letting up and always trying to take care of home and work. And the last items here, uh, the true sense of pride and belonging, and I've seen this firsthand, that you create in that building, whether you're in the cafeteria with the kids, where I've seen you the most as I've kind of gone through the course of the day, uh, talking with them or interacting with them or in the hallways helping them tune in front of the rooms or checking on restrooms, whatever it may be. You put everything and every effort into that. And uh, truly do everything you have and are truly caring for that building and those kiddos and that staff. So again, appreciate very much the positive impact that you make for our our kids and our staff
007and that you truly make a difference and we'd ask you to come up to be recognized. I've got a couple items for you. Thank you. So appreciate it on behalf of the district a certificate just to recognize this evening and again everything you've done a nice tumbler also as a as a a gift for again the things that you do that are so positive. We appreciate that very much. Appreciate you all. Appreciate Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you all. Thank you very much, Roy. At this time, uh, tonight we're proud to present a special you make a difference award. Uh, a true surprise to Superintendent Klein. Uh, yeah, you got me. Starting this tradition in 2021, I believe when we started this tradition. Um, complete with chocolate chip cookie. You might have to
008share in the wear at home. Um, is it hot here? Superintendent Klein has made it a priority to recognize uh our uh the sorry recognize those who impact the lives of our students and tonight we recognize him. uh his steady leadership, calm presence, and unwavering commitment to excellence have created a welcoming and safe environment for every SOC student and staff member. The board and central office um staff are deeply grateful for the thoughtful student- centered approach he brings to every decision. Superintendent Klene, thank you for making a difference every single day. I turn it over to Matt. All right. Tonight, actually, I'll stand so I can see your family and I haven't finished your evaluation. I have good things written down here. Okay. Don't forget that April was deeply involved. I finished hers. So, tonight
009we're honored to recognize Superintendent Andy Klein as the latest recipient of the You Make a Difference Award. About Mr. Klein, our central office staff said, "He is the embodiment of dedicated and servant leadership. Hardworking, forward thinking, and unwavering in times of uncertainty, he approaches each challenge with a calm, steady hand, and leads with both heart and purpose. Whether he's guiding district initiatives or rolling up his sleeves to set up track hurdles or wade through gray water during a flood, Mr. Klene is never one to shy away from getting involved. His open door policy and listening ear have made a lasting impact on staff across the district. He's genuinely kind, caring, and supportive. Someone who not only leads but truly connects with those around him. His ability to put people at ease while getting to the
010root of an issue is a rare and invaluable gift. It's not unusual for Mr. Klein to work 60 hours a week or more, although we wish he'd give himself a bit of a break. His tireless dedication and selflessness do not go unnoticed, and we're incredibly fortunate to have him at the helm. Superintendent Klein, thank you for your compassion, your commitment, and your leadership. You truly make a difference. Thank you all. So, you all know this. Thank you all. Congratulations. You come out here. I think we have [Applause] Who did you bring with you tonight? Yeah. Yeah. Uh, we need to know uh who brought you tonight. Uh, what's their names? Well, we didn't know. We do something. My my support here is my wife Beth and my son Lucas and my daughter Grace. Uh, who
011keep us hopping all the time. Uh, appreciate you all very much for doing this. So, I'm trying not to lose the deer. Of course, we're live streaming. So, here you go. And a Tumblr. And the cookie is that you don't have to share with your family. I'll be going by myself. Yeah, we're gonna be in this It's still kind of hot here, isn't it? At this time, I uh we will do things a little out of order here, though. If uh fellow board members would like to have their say, we can go down the line as well. Um or you can wait till your comment at the period is if anybody would like to make a comment now they're welcome to of the board members. So okay all right we will we'll save it to
012the end then. Well congratulations uh superintendent Klein and thank you for your years uh of service here and uh we greatly appreciate the difference that you make. So, uh, you can blame the central office staff for this, by the way. So, yeah, in case you were wondering. Hey, just just remember I have to give a speech tomorrow morning in front of 250 people. So, just remember. So, no. So, uh, best surprise so far? I mean, we had some good ones. We didn't make him prepare a presentation, you know. So, you you got me. So, all right. All right. We we are going to move on now to uh Roman numeral number three on the agenda for additions to the agenda. Uh there are no additions for the agenda this evening. Next uh the consent agenda.
013I would ask the board uh to approve the consent agenda as submitted which just includes the regular minutes of the May 8th meeting. Heard the request. I have a motion on that request. Move to approve. Thank you Mark. Do I have a second? Thank you, Jack. All right. 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 up, old business. Uh, there are no old business items for this evening. All right. Uh, next up, new business item number one. Uh item number one is a request before you to approve the Hunter Education uh curriculum for use at Owen Valley Middle School for the 2526 school year. This would be embedded into the uh the regular day as part of
014the patri oraming. Thank you. Part of the patriot hour. I I didn't want to say the All right, you've heard the request. I have a motion on that request. Move to approve. Thank you, Chad. 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. Uh number item number two, excuse me. Item number two is a request before you to uh approve an online vape cessation program uh for use at the middle school. This program would be put in as a a teaching tool uh to work with students who uh have a disciplinary infraction for possession or use of a vape in the building. Um and in lie of uh the current
015um consequences of $150 fine, uh this would be a preventative measure of complete the course and pay the cost of the course $25 um without incurring that $150 fine. All right, you've heard the request. Do I have a motion on that request? Move to approve. Thank you, Liz. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Chad. Is there any discussion? All right. Hearing none, uh, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Next up is item number three. Uh item number three is again a request from our middle school to uh approve the installation of electronic payment options for the vending machines for Coca-Cola products in the building. Uh that does require the approval of the board to allow us to release our account and
016routing number so monies can be exchanged and received uh through this process. All right, you've heard the request. Do I have a motion on that request? Move to approve. Thank you, Liz. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Jack. Is there any discussion? What products will be available? Uh, in those two mach machines, correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Arthur, you have Dani water uh in the machine at the front entry of the building. And then at the back entry of the building, you have three uh offerings of power zero. So, there's zero sugar in it. So there are no carbonated drinks available in the middle school or would be available in the middle school. Yeah, but staff lounge was which is off limits to the students. So any other discussion? All right, hearing
017none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Next up is item number four. Item number four is a request for the board to approve the contract for Medicaid reimbursement services through the company uh known as Relay. Uh this has been uh Relay Hub, excuse me. Uh this work has been done by Mr. Tragister, our director of special education to uh seek out a reimbursement company uh to provide us our maximum efficiency on returns and minimize our cost. uh and would ask you to approve this evening. Okay. All right. You've heard the request. I have a motion on that request. Move to approve. Thank you, Dina. Do I have a second? Second. You mark. Is there any discussion? Okay. Hearing none, we'll proceed to vote.
018All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. Uh next up, item number five. Uh item five is the request to approve a to approve position control 11671, which will be a one-year temporary computer science teacher at the high school. As I've alluded to you in the uh memo and also in updating you in my board update, this would be a one-year position to take our current eighth graders to the high school to complete their computer science course, which is now part of the new uh graduation requirements. that will be taken care of from this point forward with the current seventh grade and sixth graders who will be seventh graders at the middle school uh moving forward with that. All right, you've heard the request. Do I have a motion
019on that request? Move to approve. Thank you, Jack. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Mark. Is there 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 number six. Item number six is the request to approve our reading textbook adoption curricular materials for grades K to six. And I will defer to Mr. Taylor who led this process for the district to uh give you the additional information before before I would ask you to approve this. Um the textbooks and reading curricular materials that uh we are bringing to the board this evening uh were uh voted overwhelmingly in favor of by um our teachers uh and in addition our reading textbook um committee which met throughout the
020year this year. um and they will provide new curricular materials for students in uh grades K through six. These materials are also identified on the Department of Education's um reading highquality curricular materials advisory list. Um and so those were the ones that we began with. And so there was an extensive process throughout this. Um, and in addition to our uh reading committee, we also had 54 teachers that responded uh in the survey. So, um, if you have any additional questions, have Okay, thank you very much. Uh, you've heard the request. Do I Is there a motion on that request? Got Liz and second. Second. Dina is a second. 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. Okay. Next
021up, personnel. Uh under excuse me, under personnel Roman numerals 7. If it's again the pleasure of the board, I would ask you to take items A, B, A, and B uh resignations and considerations for employment uh in one motion. Or if it's also you'd like to take them one at a time, we can do that. Is there any objection to taking them all together? No objection. All right, you've heard the request. Do I have uh does anybody wish to make a motion on that request? Move to approve. Got Mark and Rick as a second. And 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. Okay. Uh we are now to board comments. We will start down with Mark. Congratulations
022to everybody on getting through another year. Fantastic. Thank you so much to our Make a Difference Award winners, Roy and this Andy Kid down here doing a good job. And uh also want to welcome Abby. So glad to see you. Saw you on the agenda. Great to have you. Thank you, Mark. Chad. Well, Mark said everything I was going to. There you go. So, I don't have anything to add. Welcome aboard and congratulations Andy. Thank you, Dina. Yeah, same with me. Uh, congratulations Roy and Mr. Klein and thank you for everything that you do um for the entire entire corporation. Um, congratulations Abby your new Abby was at McCormix Creek as a young end years ago and glad to have her with us. Um, and I know there was just looking at Facebook and just
023hearing through my grandkids lots of uh things that went on the last few weeks of school to make it a a good closure for them and memorable year. and appreciate everybody who um all of the administrators and everybody involved with um teachers and and all to uh make it a good end of year. Yeah. Thank you, Dina Rick. Thank you for the award winners. Thank you. Thanks again uh for the award winners and uh wish everybody have a successful uh summer. refresh and thanks to for the successful year. Thank you very much, Liz. Well, on our one of our make award make a difference award members, Roy, I know he's gone, but um I substitute uh taught a lot and it was incredible how awesome he was with those children and how he integrated education
024into the facilities. Like, who would have thought that so many children didn't know how to wipe down a table properly? Like, he was a guy that would show them how to properly wipe down a table, how to properly ring out a mop. Like, I've seen it with my own eyes. It's incredible. We're lucky to have him. Um, Andy, thanks. He's so organized. It's It's just awesome. He's a great human. Um to all the teachers and principles, you made it through another year. I'm sure you're glad to finally get a break and I'm I'm happy for you for that. That's all I got. Okay. Thank you, Liz. Jack. Well, I also have witnessed uh Roy Sbert's excellent work ethic and and the way he handles himself firsthand. And that was a he was very deserving of
025that award. Uh sometimes during the the school day, we'll have something happen, a a roads closed or something and throws a wrench and everything. Everybody here works so well together to overcome whatever the issue is. And I think that's because of the guy in the middle of the the bench share. Uh the way you have these these guys running like a old Singer sewing machine is is phenomenal and I I certainly appreciate everything you do. And one more guy back there in the corner has got the high school looking great through all the rain and everything. He's they have worked their tails off out there to to get ready for uh graduation and it it looks great. So, thank you to the maintenance department also. Got a little more time. All right. Thank you, Jack.
026Um yes. Um, I I worked with Roy at the high school whenever I was up up there. And um, every single employee of this corporation makes a difference in some small way of whatever role, whether central office, custodial, maintenance, um, support staff, teachers, custo, uh, lunch folks. I mean, and at the end of the year to kind of see all the posts like Dena mentioned and um the celebrations, I mean, all of that's possible because of the work of everybody in this corporation. And I appreciate everybody who's put in uh all the hard work this year. And uh but to to Roy and to our other uh well-deserving award winner here who uh will get his picture up on on the board, not just the the one uh giving the certificate, but holding the certificate.
027Uh I thank you uh Superintendent Klein for all that you do. Um and hopefully uh continue to do over the next uh however long we get to keep you here. Um but teachers, administrators, um I hope you enjoy a restful summer. I hope you have a restful summer here and uh uh can't wait to celebrate at graduation there at the high school uh this weekend. I know we've got uh I believe a good chunk of the board uh participating this year and I appreciate uh my fellow board members for uh pitching in and um supporting our graduates here uh this weekend. Okay. Uh, we have a long list of administrator comments here. Uh, we'll start over there with Britney. Oh, actually, I'm sorry, Britney. Uh, we do need administrators to use the mic because we
028are live streaming. So, you can either pass the mic around. You can either pass it around, folks, or you can uh sit there at the table. Okay. Uh well, is it on green? Thank you. Try this third time. Congratulations, Andy. Um congratulations uh to our other Make a Difference award winner. I appreciate him so much because when he was at the high school, my little Rugrats would run around and he was always playing with them and interacting with them. Um and I know my other half isn't here, but he would definitely say he enjoyed working with him as well. um with the athletic department. We've had a great last week of school. Started with field day. Beautiful day. Um kids running around playing. We we played kickball in the rain the other day, slipping and
029sliding all over in the grass back there. Kindergarteners singing and um awards presentations for our sixth graders. Our sixth graders just um just got back. I think they just pulled in the parking lot from their holiday world trip. And so they're all back safe and sound and mine should be wandering in here any minute. But um yeah, it's been a great end of the school year. Enjoyed it. Love the children. Glad it's over. Want some rest. We'll start back again next year. So thanks. Thank you, Britney. Uh go Jeff back there. Congratulations When I lost to high school, congratulations. Thank you. Thank you, Jeff. We'll go uh with uh go Matt Floyd next. Everybody else several Thank you very much. Go with Brady. [Laughter] Like everyone else, I want to congratulate the collaboration that we've
030had with each other through the hard times and not so easy times. we've been able to make it appach just zero. Yeah, you're welcome. Yeah, you're welcome. Yeah, you're welcome. We are looking for a little bit more rest before we have to start You got a little bird break before January. Okay. Uh, whoever you want to hand it to. Do I have to hold it? Yeah, we we're ironing out the kinks here. Uh, yeah. I mean, I I've worked with Roy. He's uh he's topn high school, but when Mike talked to me about him, I said, you know, he's our loss, but he'll be be your blessing. So, take him and you do what's best for your building there. It's very very deserving. Andy, we've talked a lot in the last couple weeks. Yes, we
031have. I mean, a lot. Yes, we have. I don't know I've ever seen your face as red as it was tonight. It's probably going to get red again. So, very deserving. Appreciate your support and guidance. Um, and I would You know, there's there's a lot of us here tonight administratively. Um, our job's not easy. And if you're not hearing from people and seeing people, that's a good and it means people are doing their jobs. And this is a great group. Freddy touched on it. You know, to have a group that we can fight in and talk to. Andy's part of that, Matt's a part of that. Um, that means a lot. And and I said it when I was hired here. I left a very good situation to come here and it was a very
032good situation because the support I had. I feel that support throughout the district here and it does mean a lot. So, I'm appreciative for everybody I work with. This wasn't an easy year and somehow we made it through and I think it's because of this collaborative group. So, thank you to Matt, take it away. Well said, Robert. Um, I was here tonight to introduce Abigail, but did a better job than I could. Former McCorm Elementary student, stellar student then went to IU Valley High School. and I volunteered countless hours in our building before she even knew of her position and then taught with great stellar student. You want to introduce your support here? This is who brought me tonight. [Laughter] I'm incredibly thankful to come back home, the school that I went to. And then
033Miss Kennedy, she couldn't be here tonight, but she filled in for So I'm not going to give percentages, but her I read scores that exceeded third grade state in second grade. So she was a great addition to our staff. And it's not all about shed light on both Mr. [Laughter] Okay, Tom. Yeah, why not? Like everybody said, it's been kind of a challenging year at the middle school. This is my third year as administrator, assistant principal, principal, and I've had three different offices. So, I'm hoping there's no more We're all set. But everybody settled. I met with our our bookkeeper for this year, Savannah, and we we kind were kind of reminiscing on the year. And I said, "Oh, I mean, it has been a year that we started in one of the science classrooms
034when we started the year. So, it's it's really nice." And so, when parents now walk in, they're like, "Wow, it's just really fresh, clean, nice." So, we do appreciate the with a few minor things. We're wrapping it up. The library is coming together. So, if you walk in, it does look like a organized mess, but I know Mary's working on trying to get the books put back on the shelf. So, Megan, it is kind of special to come back to your home school. A little congratulations. I appreciate Andy's leadership. works for a lot of superintendants and and he has one of the levelst kids and staff at heart every decision that he makes and I do appreciate that I get the 6:30 but as far as at the middle school I know our band and
035choir just got back from a little competition they had Holiday World a couple weeks ago where the choir finished third, band finished fourth. And I when I met with Mr. Harvey, he's kind of excited because they love just getting that independent data back, just judging what they need to work on, what they need to tweak so it goes next year. Those are the kids that work at marching band and so that also um Tuesday night we had our awards night and this was and we had our show was an awards night and I was blown away. We had over half of our seventh graders qualify for some kind of an award and bulk of our awards are academic excellence awards which means they had to earn A's in a core subject all four quarters and
036then we have several teacher awards that we give away and out of 150 kids I think we gave 80 kids some award that they had earned and so it was really great and then we recognized the whole eighth grade class and gave several of those awards also. The gym was packed. I think we had all but maybe 10 or 12 kids out of 15 that qualified. So, it was really exciting and and even the art show because I told Miss we got to pair this with something. we get and everybody was just amazed by how hard and then on Saturday we have six athletes who are competing in I believe I counted right five events at the middle school state tracked for that so our boys 4x 100 and 4x4 it's the same team they
037keep the school record week after week after week and last Saturday conference record7 So they beat that record. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Uh I keep forgetting that Chris is over here. The monitor blocks my view over here. Uh but Chris, my mic works, I guess. But um well, I was just gonna welcome Abby. I know Mr. kind and I were able to interview you at the IU and we were very impressed then on the spot and it's always nice to see a local student come back. I'm one Mr. Gazelle, Mr. Arthur. So, it's it's congratulations. I've heard nothing but wonderful things and welcome. You're going to a great school over there. Um and then I'm gonna echo um Tom. I I kept getting all these um texts from Jacqueline. You know, it's amazing how many
038state qualifiers we have. We have for bass fishing, too, I think, Robert. And then, um, it's just we have a lot of really great things going on that are recognized at the state level, you know. So, it's just phenomenal. Um, and then I also wanted to thank Mr. Klein because uh, we may or may not have known about that ahead of time. I cannot confirm or deny, but um, but it's much deserved. And one of one thing that he says he has a couple sayings I'm sure but one that always sticks out to me is you know like when we were laughing before about getting summoned back there you know I know that if if we're called back to the office he is the most methodical person about making decisions and I love he always
039says that he's we're going to do the Paul Harvey thing because you always find out the rest of the story and I I don't you may not even realize you say that but I I really like that because I've heard you say say it numerous times, but you know, he's someone that does not make a rash decision and he takes in all sides and it's thoughtful and I appreciate working with him um when we get to write fun letters sometimes and and like today, but um you know, but you know, he's great to work with and I know I can set something out and he can tweak it and we can go back and forth and he's just I really appreciate it. You make it very pleasant place and I Yeah, he has to hang
040around till I'm ready to go. So that was Anyway, thank you. You you make work a very pleasant place and congratulations administrators. It's been very nice working with you. I'm ready for a a quieter summer, too. So, anyway, that's all I have. All right. Thank you, Chris. Matt Taylor, congratulations to all of our uh administrators. I know the hours and hours and hours of hard work that you guys have put in uh especially over the last couple of weeks. It always amazes me um all of the work that you all do with your staff to recognize and honor our students and to help uh make sure that the end of their year is a great one for them and for their families. So, thank you so much for leading that process and all the work
041that you do. Congratulations to our award winners this evening. Uh to Mr. Sbert, I echoing what everybody says whenever I'm out to visit uh Patrick'sburg, it's fantastic. And um he's a great person to welcome everybody and and building those relationships with uh students. Um, I want to on behalf of our central office, I also want to uh thank the Klein family because I appreciate that you share your dad and your husband with us because I know he is here a lot. Um, you know, he's here when I get here and often late into the evening. So, we appreciate that you share him with us. And congratulations, Mr. Klein. all these words, take them to heart because they they certainly are true. So, um, thank you so much for approving our reading curriculum series for our
042students. We have professional development that's scheduled for our teachers on July 30th, and we're looking forward to implementing those materials. Uh, summer school begins next Tuesday with uh, Spencer Elementary. They'll be hosting our second and third grade students that um are there for iid remediation. Owen Valley High School will be hosting high school students uh seeking uh credit recovery. And then uh we have over 40 staff members from our middle school and our high school that are participating and meeting with their professional learning communities next week uh to collaborate and work on their curriculum maps. So, we're really excited about that. Um, we pay those staff members with stipens through our uh federal title grants that we have. Um, but we're so grateful that they take some time out of their busy summers to continue
043that hard work. You've heard about, you know, the collaborative nature of our school corporation. Um, work can't get done unless we're all working together. So, we're grateful uh for them and look forward to next week. So, and uh looking forward to to graduation. I know it'll be great on Saturday. Thank you all. All right. Thank you, Mr. Taylor. All right. Now, we are moving on to the superintendence report comments. Uh several comments this evening. Um, again, thank you all for the kind words and it's uh it's appreciated very much because it's uh I I've said this to my wife and a couple of you that this job is a lonely job at times and uh I appreciate what you say because uh there are times when it's am I doing what needs to be done
044goes through my mind uh to make sure everything is purposeful for our kids and for our families and uh again I appreciate very much your comments uh to affirm that. So um and I I'm not going anywhere. You the way you guys are talking like not Oh, we expect you to do many many years of hard work. Don't worry. It's I just remember what Dr. Po Dexter told me about 18 years ago. It's when you're asked to leave, you leave and until otherwise you keep doing what needs to be done. So, but uh going on uh I want to congratulate our high school band program. I know it's been already uh pro uh made public, but they have now rec been recognized for the fourth straight year in a row as an all-state uh program.
045So, congratulations to those young men and women for their work. Uh also, congratulations to the graduating class of 2025. We will be having rehearsal tomorrow and we have approximately 150 150 plus graduates that will be participating in that commencement on Saturday. Looking forward to that. Also want to uh really commend uh Mrs. Schaefer, Mrs. Samk. Uh they took our Patriot Manufacturing students up to the West Central Education Service Center governing board meeting last week uh to do a student presentation in front of about 22 superintendent and several other folks. Mrs. Green was there also uh talk about that in just a minute. But uh on on another mission for us, but uh those kids were outstanding. uh the superintendents that sat in front of them had very deep and meaningful questions. They were impressed by
046our presentations and uh what our kids have accomplished. And you know, we've we've promoted that in the newspaper and we've talked about uh sales of Patriot Manufacturing exceeding $100,000 last year and anticipated sales that will exceed that this year. And that's all well and good uh that we're showing uh earnings that is going right back into the to the program, but I think it speaks volumes for Mr. Bolting House and his staff, Mrs. Schaefer and the other folks of Patriot Manufacturing that they are pushing those kids and well-rounding those kids to uh be contributors to society with all the job skills and sets that they are learning as they're going through that. So, uh, my hats off to them. And we did receive confirmation, was it Monday, I think it was Monday, that we will
047be presenting our students and Mrs. Samk and I, Mrs. Schaefer at the fall superintendent and schoolboard conference. So, we will be one of the 46, I believe it was 46 presentations. Uh, and I believe this will be the first student presentation for this statewide conference. So, we'll we'll be prepared for that as we get to that. Uh, Abby, I want to welcome you. I'm going to tell on you a little bit. Uh Abby has been here at McCormix Creek student teaching and all of those things, but um when Mrs. Samic and I were at the Indiana University career day uh trying to seek potential candidates. Um we had five or six graduating seniors seek us out on purpose because they had heard great things and they had seen great things about Spencer Owen schools. Abby
048was also an ambassador in as much that there were a couple of other folks that came up and were listening to you intently talk about what made on valley own valley so to speak and uh but I I appreciate that and being able again to come back and uh uh serve your community. I mean 18 years ago I went home and served my community and it was a was a blessing and uh then the opportunity afforded itself for me to come here and serve this one. So never let it set never let it be said that you can never go home. So you can go home and congratulations for that. So, um, uh, looking for or looking ahead here, uh, just a couple other things. We will begin to start unpacking the iLearn results and
049the I read results. I think those are rolling in and Mr. Taylor, u, Betsy Breedlove, and then the principles have begun looking at that information for, uh, curricular purposes, and we'll start, uh, informing the board and the public on that. And then also uh I want to thank uh I think I want to thank the West Central uh governing board uh because they have promoted me or nominated me to be the presiding president for next year. So um we will uh take on that task and represent the school and the governing board uh in that fashion as well. So, but again, congratulations to all of our students, all the staff, uh, for completing the year. Uh, it's been a it's been a whirlwind to finish the year. Uh, and looking out at the administrators, it's
050like, yeah, I have called you at 5:00 and 6:00. And last night, I was getting out of my car at 6:30 and one of you called me and we didn't get done till about 10:00 last night, taking care of some stuff. But we do what we got to do and we make sure we get done what's in the best interest of our families and community. So appreciate all of that and uh wish everyone a restful summer as uh we get ready for 2025 2026. Thank you very much. Uh Superintendent Klein uh at this time does anybody wish to make any public comment? I think most of the audience has had a chance to speak at least once. So okay. All right. All right. At this time, I'd entertain a motion on adjournment. Move to adjourn.
051Thank you, Rick. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Liz. Any discussion? Okay, hearing none, we'll proceed to vote. All those in favor, please raise your right hand. Motion passes seven to zero. We are now ajourned. Oh, I'm sorry. That's we did a comment uh at the wrong time. Got out of order there. Um, our next meeting is June 12th right here at central office at 7 p.m. So, thank you everybody.