001to the flag United States of America and to the rep stand Nation God indivisible andice for all father God we thank you for this beautiful day today that you have given us and this board visitation day that you've allowed us to have I pray that you will guide us through the decisions that we have to make and let them be the best for for All In involved in your name amen amen all right approval agenda of the agenda is first and we are going to add letter e under Personnel Board action items for this evening approval to discuss some issues so with that one addition to the agenda is a motion to approve the agenda I'll make the motion second all in favor I opposed motion carries next we have the approval of the minutes
002that were sent out to us from our February 11th meeting um is there any discussion or Corrections additions that we need to look at okay is there a motion motion I'll second favor oppose all right motion carries okay um we're going to look at our signin sheet here just a second um and public comment is limited to five minutes I'll see how many people we have on there um it's comments only it's not um a time where there's any questioning or addressing any specific board members um but we do want to listen we do appreciate people coming and people calling us and contacting us with um with their opinions because we do listen um as a whole so that [Applause] she all right Mr Mayor good evening afternoon my name is Dan mayor Sheriff here
003M County uh I I am speaking more myself and and not as the necessarily the sheriff even though I'm wearing the uniform U around here it doesn't matter know what I say is going to be coming from the sheriff um I did email you guys uh an explanation of charges uh that Joel was facing and is facing uh I can't ask if you have any questions because you just informed me this about that time um I received some Fe feedback from you guys that's great but I'm here just uh I've known Joel since my part here as as the sheriff six years professionally uh and all I can say is he he does an outstanding job here for this community um the mistake he made doesn't change that fact and it should not cost him
004his job um if you look around I know police officers have been charged with this they keep their jobs this is a misdemeanor on the the way things happen uh you be charged with reckless driving and that's the same charge he's facing and and Indiana criminal code you yes mistakes were made no doubt about that but doesn't change the fact of who he is what he has done and what he will continue to do in this community um he's going to pay his price um there's no doubt he already paid some of but I deal with this every day with people people don't lose their jobs for a mistake they make that's why have different levels in the criminal justice system um and I'm saying you are going to take his job but there's rumors
005going around there's in your windows none of that matters only matters is you people right here and this is why you get paid the big bucks with these type of decisions it it sucks that you're here uh the man made a mistake but it's doesn't change the fact of who he is and what he has done and what he will continue to do I said that once I said said again it's important the system is sit here for a reason if everybody got arrested for that type of crime and we'd have a lot of unemployed people um it's really all I got to say uh I trust him if I had kids still in school I trust him be a superintend my kids no things or butts about that U you guys trust officers been
006uh convicted of DUIs and we still carry gun and badge I can take your civil rights away from you I have a lot more power than he has and we keep our jobs if we make a mistake like this so that's all I have thank you thank you uh Mr TBO um Rick TBO employee here uh been here for a couple years I've worked under Joel um I am here in support of Joel um I think that he has done a great job he is great with the kids um and with behind the scenes of managing all the projects and everything that we have going on you know it's uh it's a tough job but I know there's got to be repercussions but what that you know I don't think that his losing his job
007is should be one of them um I think he does a wonderful job and he's a good guy that's all I got to say thank you um Lindy my um hi my name is Lindsay beer I'm here as a mom I have two boys in Adam Central School District I'm a local business owner I'm a Community member and I respect this me greatly um every morning this is sad that I have to do this but every morning before I send my kids to school I say a prayer over for protection for and that they are good hands and in good hands for the rest of the day when they walk into this building and I don't have any control over them anymore and my heart is at peace when I do that because I know
008whose guidance they're under I know whose protection they're under none of you have an easy job I was sitting back here thinking I wouldn't want to be any one of you today it's not an easy job to have the only person who I wouldn't want to be today any more than you is this gentleman right here because I have a feeling you have been through heck and back in the last couple of weeks and I commend you for the way you've handled it I commend you for being here I commend you for your character I commend you for owning the mistake I think you handled the situation very well so I guess my voice in all of this is who in this room has not made a mistake I know that the mistakes that I
009have made and that I have learn from in my life have brought me to where I am today I am a better person because of them and frankly the bigger the mistake the more I grew and there has not been one ounce of this that Joel has not owned um I think that is just amazing it's really this has been a very difficult thing for me because I want to teach my kids that is okay to make mistakes as long as we learn from them I don't expect my kids or any else to be perfect I just want them to take the things that happen to us in life the bad things not repeat them learn from them grow and get better and so that's what I hope happens from this situation and at the
010end of the day um I think Joel that um the way you lead this school the way you take care of our kids the way you attend their events the way you uh address the needs of the public address the needs of parents I have said time and time again with some of the um security things that have happened at the school I wouldn't want my kids to go anywhere else so I've appreciated your leadership I appreciate the way you've taken care of this school and at the end of the day I guess my question is just is Adam Central going to be a better place with or without Joel and I think that's the question that you need to ask thank you thank you um next uh Missy Henry I didn't realize we get
011to write our name on a paper I've never been to a school board um man I it was at 3:00 in the afternoon I wish there was more communication to parents I I VIs e um this was not a sign in but this was um something delivered to me tonight um from one of our fourth grade students um Alison Baker and I've been told that she is here and I wondered if you wanted to read this tonight yes I can I will um it says Dear board members I am very upset with the decision that was made Co Rob was one of the nicest men I've ever known he is a really good man he was even my favorite coach out of all sports we all really really miss coach Rob and are going to
012miss him a lot coach Rob taught us a lot of good fundamentals and skills we all really really want coach Rob to come back sincerely Allison Baker thanks Allison for putting that giving that to us in your opinion we appreciate it all right um I'm going to move on to a public comment now and on to our finance board action items first item here is the approval of payment vouchers and fund reports uh Don's given us the the payment vouchers the fund reports have been sent out um any questions or clarifications about those all right if if not um well Don I'm sorry did you have anything you wanted to say I did not okay all right then we will need a motion to approve the payment vouchers and fund reports I'll make that motion
013second all in favor opposed all right motion carries uh next we have a approval of the contract and this is um Category 2 and I'm think I'm going to hand this over to Greg to explain more about this sure this is a project um for category 2 Funds that this is the last year of the fiveyear cycle and it's complete replacement of our Network infrastructure um access points switched GE I I submitted a u request for proposal for this network equipment um we received three bids back um one being Ruckus the other two were non Rus so not the equipment that submitted my proposal so um I guess I'm recommending that we go with the recus networking and just I I had a little clarification on this earlier so you're saying they gave a quote
014to companies but it wasn't what you asked for a quote on which made it look very different from the one where you had the preferred equipment that you think we need for our school that's correct okay three beds one with the exact Mee M yeah twoim okay okay um any questions or other clarification that we need on that I I just want to thank Greg for all the work he put in on this this was a a longtime I think uh project in the works even from last year we looked at it then we kind of moved it off this year and with the eate funding we had to kind of finalize it at a certain deadline to be able to have access to that money I believe through eate it'll fund about $114,000 towards
015this network upgrade so we're fortunate with that but GRE thank you for all your work to get us to this point all right so um I believe we should go ahead and take this separately from the the next um contract that we have um so this is for the Ruckus network am I saying that correctly all right for that bid um is there a motion I'll make the motion to accept the second all in favor opposed right motion carries next we have our guaranteed savings contract and uh Todd I think I'm going to refer to you on that since you have a lot of experience with that yeah it's um it it's we've done a bunch of these Through The Years um it's a way of doing projects that you don't need a lot of
016money up front to start them it's paid off during a 10 20 year period and they have to guarantee that the project will save you so much money over those 10 years um the last one we did the 2022 the mechanical and that was all done through one of these um we did the pool back in ' 06 we've done numerous electrical and lighting upgrades using these so uh this one's for the uh hbac and the elementary that we approved a few months back so they've been good to work with it's just it's just a good way of doing a project like that and not having to pay it up front it's all open Book pricing um it's a design build type way so I have toal control on everything so me and Joel okay
017all right Heather I should add that any savings from these guaranteed saving projects come directly back to Adam Central so it's we've had some good experiences in the past when we utilize some eser money for a shop project back in the day and Todd thank you for all your work on here okay thanks Todd um all right the guaranteed savings contract it will need a motion make motion second all in favor I opposed okay motion carries um next we have our approval of donations we'll take those two together we have our MidWest America that's our debit cards um that we that that fund some of the funds come back to our school whenever they use the debit cards um in the community um and then we have our um RN supplies for our nurse from
018as Memorial um CPR items thermometers um all these things the debit card idea the the the donation from as Memorial we want to thank those um organizations for giving us the opportunity with the debit cards and for giving us the supplies we just have to vote on accepting the supplies yes um The Lily what did you just say it's from Adams Community Health Department oh Adams oh okay Adams say that again Adams Community Health Department Adams County Health Department we'll go with that okay sorry I just saw Adams Memorial there all good all right so we want to thank the health department for those those items that they have donated to us all right is there a motion to approve the donation I'll make mtion I'll second all in favor I opposed motion carries all
019right next we have the first read of the 2026 budget calendar um Don you might have something to say about that this is um every year the dgf which is the governing body of our budget puts out a calendar for the entire year then the um school systems and townships they then adjust their procedures to fall within that calendar to make certain that we hit all of the deadlines that are necessary I try to build in some space just in case there's questions problems um and this is just a first draft of when I would like to start holding um a budget Workshop that will go over with you as far as past and what we're asking for um and then board meetings where we have that we have to go through to approve there's
020some advertising that we have to do so this is just a first draft to see to let you guys know of some very important dates coming up um in the fall in regards to our budget so if there are any questions or conflicts please let us know so that we can go back and adjust accordingly okay thank you Don does anyone have any discussion about that um um the the draft that was sent out okay we'll need a motion to approve the draft make the motion second all in favor I oppose okay motion carries next we have our policy board action items and approval this is our textbook adoption we have um grades six seven and eight science uh textbooks and then we have a high school math textbook recommendation I Mrs is would you
021like to speak to that certain so the science textbooks actually already at pre and we were just waiting on um the approval from idoe to come through and that has already been taken care of now so these are updated quotes we had to request new quotes um from those same companies so that's the same as we had looked at last year actually um then the math textbook is looking at our Mass um High School curriculum for Algebra 1 geometry and Algebra 2 um we looked at multiple companies narrowed it down to two choices that look the best we had presentations from both companies got samples from both companies now teachers took a day to look at curriculum together to discuss um which ones look the best and they are recommending that we stay with Big
022Ideas which is what we have had but we did pretty thoroughly um consider the other options okay thank you um any questions on that information that was sent to us about the science and math textbooks okay if not then we'll need an approval for the textbook adoption I mean we'll need a motion sorry I'll make the motion I'll second all right all in favor I opposed all right motion carries all right approval of the resolution of the the 1003 waiver these are our flex days our waiver days uh where we submit to the state approval for those days I don't know who might want to talk about that uh first I want to thank Mr Adam Yates he's our elll teacher Adam has been charged with taking care of our Flex waiver application to the
023Department of Education um we are applying for four flex days or waiver days uh for next year those days will be utilized for professional development activities for our teachers so there there will not be any school for students on those days as part of the requirement is that the board pass passes a resolution to show your support uh for those four days to be applied to the 2526 school year all right is there a motion to approve the resolution for the waiver days I'll make that motion second all in favor I I opposed okay motion carries um next we have approval of the handbook this is our special education preschool handbook and um we were given some information from Mrs meringer on that and I don't believe she is not here to speak to that
024today correct yeah I don't see her in the audience but there were some changes that were sent out and you had a chance to look through that um any questions about anything that is being changed if not then we'll need a motion to approve this handbook commission second all in favor opposed okay motion carries uh Personnel Board action items first we have the approval of leave um Mrs Christy beer or one of our third grade teachers has asked us to um approve a leave for her is there a motion make that motion second all in favor I opposed motion carries next we have oops we have five resignations um our first let's see first we have Miss Gabby Landis assistant high school track coach um and then miss Cassandra Layman assistant track coach um we
025have Mr Rob Earl varsity girls basketball coach and um just because I I just want to mention that we did have a you know I had a letter and I know like others on the board there had been phone calls and things and I just want to make sure um that I state that he has asked to resign and that is what was brought to us his resignation letter that's what that's what we received um that that's what how that's how this works we have the recommendation brought to us and then we either you know we accept we we vote on it as you see but just to make sure everyone knows that that was brought to us as a resignation um M Rosie Schwarz a bus Aid and then we have Miss Mandy Newton
026um who is one of our custodians I do want to say to all these these people thank you for giving your time to Adam Central thank you for um doing this work it's not easy work um especially those coaching positions can be very challenging um and then when I see a custodial position I know that that's very challenging in school and um sometimes those things go unnoticed and we do want to thank them for their time they had at Adam Central um is there any are there any questions or discussion about those five resignations if not we I got is there are we going to do all five of them together could we pull number three out and do that one separate I guess I'm asking sure in case someone wants to vote differently on
027that for the approval of it okay we can just do them all separate that work all right we'll take Miss Gabby Landis first approval of the resignation is there a motion that motion second all in favor I opposed okay motion carries Miss Cassandra Layman the assistant track coach is there a motion I'll make a motion second all in favor I opposed motion carries Mr Rob Earl is there a motion I'll make a motion I'll second all in favor I opposed M Rosie Rosie Schwarz is there a motion motion second all in favor right opposed motion carries M Mandy Newton I'll make the motion second all in favor opposed okay motion carries all right uh next we have approval to hire and we have first M Madison Herring and this would be for grade three the
028long-term um sub Institute teacher and Mr Riley I didn't give it a chance to say anything earlier I apologize did you did you have anything you wanted to say regarding the resignations or for for this position this position just super excited to recomend great job she's great individual and she's kids okay thank you um then we have uh Mr Ethan Davis who High School assistant track longdistance coach and Mr Ben micheller volunteer girls tennis coach and I probably should have asked if there was anything passed along about those coaches that we needed to share or wanted to share we just feel very fortunate to bring them on board um at this point it it is difficult to find some of these coaching positions and then when people surface and they're willing to donate their time
029or volunteer their time um for our our student athletes we we greatly appreciate that um but other than that we want to welcome AB board and um thank them for their dedication to our athletic programs okay all right we we'll just go ahead and take these separately as well um is there a motion for um M Madison Herring for the grade three longterm Sub make that motion I'll second all in favor opposed okay motion carries Mr Ethan Davis make that motion I'll second all in favor I opposed okay motion carries Mr Ben michler I'll make that motion second all in favor opposed okay motion carries all right next we have the approval of the coach's roster and this would have um these changes made to it that we just voted upon so we need to
030approve the spring 2425 coaches roster we'll need a motion I'll make that motion second all in favor opposed okay motion carries next we're going to move on to our addition um as board we appreciate all the feedback we've received from staff and Community after two executive sessions to discuss the conduct of our superintendent and its effect on our School Corporation um we want to open up discussion on this matter within the board um I will just start by saying this is weighed heavy on every single one of us there's not one more than another um that's how I'll start so anyone else on the board wants to share feel free I think for me one of the um big things that we have to remember is that we are setting a precedence um moving forward
031for um situations like this and um that will outlive us probably and I I don't take that lightly um I feel like that that's a very heavy burden um and you know I have concerns about some of the responses from students um I I know I'm lucky enough to be able to have convers ations with my my kids to talk about the gravity of this but some kids aren't lucky enough to have parents at home that do that um so I feel like moving forward that we there would have to be some some education that happens at our school with us um and that would be um non-negotiable for me there's been uh eight hours of discussion in two executive sessions like I I think we've really hashed over and done a good job as
032a board listening to every Viewpoint and every uh and and you got to take it all kind of you know how relevant can you make it you know there's a lot of positive uh feedback and a lot of you know people second guessing things and um yeah you know I just want everybody know that we have spent and a significant amount of time weighing weighing both sides of everything that's been brought to us I would say we are very unified in in the fact that we can make a decision here um that's really it I don't think there's any doubt that the seven people sitting up here love Adam Central and it's not a needy decision either way and no matter what we do they're going to be happy people and there's going to be
033angry people so don't think because we voted one way or the other that we're tickled with the decision but we have to do what we think's best for Adam Central I had three boys go through here I went through here my dad went through here there's a long history here I love Adam Central I want to do what I feel is best for the school anyone else like to add anything any of that I don't want anyone who called any of us wrote us an email um there might have been some that we missed responding to and I apologize if that happened tried really really hard to not let that fall through the cracks I don't want anyone to think they were not listened to um and that it wasn't factored into um just just
034thinking about and valuing the community opinion parents students um but I will say that um it's just been really disappointing the divisiveness that this has caused and I just want us to move forward whatever decision is made I want us to move forward in a positive way and everyone up up here wants that for our school we want to make it better each and every day just a little bit better each day um I think we all have that common goal in mind mind and whatever whatever is best and works out um we are all going to work hard to make that happen um this is not just shoved under the rug as I've heard people say it's not it's not Ben believe me it's not been we do think that um we've established that
035Joel's been an effective leader um you know over the course of the last six years six years six six six years um we've um I think also that there's um things that we should look at moving forward of how can we improve in that area um I know we discussed different things um to hold him accountable moving forward that we could potentially look at doing um to hold to help with decision making and um making good choices um moving forward with making uh good choices for our school um I don't know if we anybody wants to go more into or should I keep going okay floor rolling I don't want to take take all the time um just like some of the things we've talked about is that there there needs to be a face
036to face with kids um there needs to be a face tof face with with the staff there needs to be a face Toof face potentially even with public um and um and it needs to to to be genuine um and um that we you know obviously I feel like all the conditions obviously of the case have to be followed um and that are set forth there um if counseling is recommended we I think we should highly recommend that um moving forward and obviously um in my opinion like there is not a second chance after this like if we decide to retain and move forward um you get in trouble with the law again it's that's it um I don't know if anybody has anything else to add so so from a standpoint of a couple
037things for me that stick out um in doit I I agree with jery um and I agree with one with Heather's comments um as well as you know we're not looking at sweeping something under the rug that a lot of our community just feels like oh it's Adam Central they're not going to do anything and it's it's like that's not the case um for me anyways um the the probably the thing that sticks out the most to me is H how have we gotten to where we are today at Adam Central um there was an incredible Foundation laid many years ago by lots of people well before me on this board that put Adam Central on the map and has continued to guide them to get to where we are today some with absolutely incredible
038leadership and it's not a secret that we've had some with not some great leadership um in doing it um either way as a community as students as staff we all have one thing in common we want it to be the best for our kids we want our kids to be safe like like Lindsay said um you know part of me too is is challenging the parents um when things like this happen outside of the school walls you talked to your kids about it don't rely on the school to talk to your kids about it because it doesn't necessarily have to be the school's responsibility to do that now again going back to what Jeremy said do I think that there should be some some public Outreach from our superintendent yeah yeah absolutely um in doing
039it I think there's some credibility there that that that needs to happen um but to but to look back at where we were six years ago I see some staff in here did you like where we were at six years ago I mean some some may like it some may have liked it others maybe maybe have not liked it um in doing it um do you where we are today as a school I mean there's there's a lot is everybody happy with the way we're at today probably not is 100% of the people going to be happy 100% of the time absolutely not um in doing it so you know part of me when I look at you know the situation that we have and and the way I want to go what you know
040what do I tell my kids in doing it be honest there's a few things that that has probably prepared me for this and I didn't even know that it was happening um in doing it um some messages that I received of you know Second Chances whatever you want to call it um for me it's it's two words that continue to stick out for the last week and a half is grace and mercy um to see it happen happen within to see it happen within your own family and then have to sit up here and try and make a decision of giving him a chance or not giving him a chance it have been tough for someone in my family not to have that second chance and I only share that cuz I had permission to
041share that um I wouldn't have told anybody that story but again to be one of seven people people that sit up here that again loves this school more than anything um one of the reasons I got on this board was not only to help Adam Central grow but be in a position to make it better continue to make it better for the community for the staff for the students for the administration um it's tough man this last week and a half is it's been tough um to sit here and maybe hear some rumors or hearsay or whatever it is out there that we're not going to do anything and we don't we don't care that much and that's a lie I I care a lot about this school um and I care about the direction
042it's going to go in I care about the community that supports it they're the ones that put us up here in doing it so I guess one of my challenges is whatever decision we do make I hope the community can stay behind us continue to support us continue to support Adam Central continue to support the staff um and continue to support Joel if that's our if we decide that that's the way we're going to go and retain him or if we decide we're not going to retain him I I think there's still support that needs that he needs um and doing it I'll step off my so box and let anyone else and I guess I'll jump in and just say it is hard balancing for me the grace and mercy as well as the
043pr like Jeremy was saying and I think that's the toughest part is just you know making sure we do show grace and mercy and know that that decisions happen and that there are consequences for them but we also have a school and we have children and we have you know a lot of employees and we have to set a precedent for how we want to move forward and what we expect from those that lead I'm the only one that hasn't say um I just kind of want to Echo what they've said it's been hard it this has been very hard and lots of sleepless nights lots of Tears lots of anger um but I agree with then we want to forgive um regardless of which way we go um I do appreciate Joel the I
044mean day he called every single one of us individually and told us exactly what happened and I'm sure those phone calls were tough um s a text out or how Comm communication through Facebook however um went out to all of us I mean sitting at a ball game that was that was fun everybody around you you know what's going on here but he wanted that out to the community so everybody knew um so yeah yeah I just hope that you guys will back us on which way that we go we thank you for all your emails text phone calls it's it's not us it's not it is a community and that's one thing that by AC we've always we've always had a community whether it's sporting events or anything we always have the biggest crowd
045there the best crowd parents nights when you see that parking lot full and you go to other schools and they can't really get a parent show up I mean it is this is a great community and we don't want it to divide the community I just want to say one one and last thing maybe last thing I do absolutely 100% believe in forgiveness but I also believe very very much so in accountability from leadership and integrity and um I hold this position a very very high this is a very important position to set the tone for our school so I'm I just just just want to throw that out there is there any other board member that has anything that I would support what Heather said too there as far as leadership and attitude of
046the board attitude of the school staff the community all reflects there's only one guy sitting at the top of the Heap here and uh I mean his leadership is being questioned here so that that's been the real struggle right like I mean forgiveness is one thing I can really appreciate uh what Ben's saying there uh and I think we all agree with that but on on the same token I I I appreciate what Heather's saying there too um Joel's leadership is going to reflect the attitude of this entire place so mistakes happen I I I'm good with all that and I'm good with the Forgiveness um and I'm sure he's probably had as much thought about this over the past uh six or seven days as we have right I mean so yeah that we're
047we're we've had both sides of it laid out and discussed to the utmost degree we good well if we're to the point I'm going to make a motion to retain Joel as Adam Central superintendent based on past performance I'm also basing on that uh I'm also basing that on my opinion of his ability to continue to lead here at Adam Central um and that he follow a maybe a performance Improvement program um that Jeremy kind of had laid out with some ideas that we had behind it that'll be my motion I'll second that motion all in favor I opposed I I motion carries all right moving on uh we have our administrator reports Elementary School um so the big news in the elementary school right now we're wrapping up the I testing getting some of
048those preliminary results in um we've got the majority of the kids done um as of today uh parents will be informed soon of what those results were for their students as a reminder we did have our second and our third grade students take that um you in alignment with the state guidelines there um what's uh I think exciting um is the work that's already being done with those preliminary results uh to support kiddos that maybe didn't pass or in second grade that were um you know apparis on that bubble uh that we we're already working on creating remediation groups to help those kids with those foundational privacy skills um so we've already got some work going on that um one of the adjustments that was made at the idoe level is they did allow for
049an extra opportunity for that I testing to be done in the spring um so that'll be close to the end the year following some of this remediation um and then for those third graders um if they don't pass that we've got summer school programming and then another opport to take that high test so um you know even as parents uh do find out the scores of their students we do have plenty of opportunity and there's already a lot of work being done to support those kiddos um when it comes to the I learn um I know our fourth grade just wrapped up uh the third I learn checkpoint I was looking at some of their math data earlier uh the checkpoints is something that we opted into the pilot for this year um and I
050believe next year is going to be mandatory so we're just jumping in to see how this this helps um the for those checkpoints isn't as granular as we thought it would be um but it does give us a pretty good sense of where our kiddos stand um in regard to the state averages on some of those standards that they're tested on on the iar um and it uh also does give us some areas that we we know hey here's some places we need to support that to get ready ready for that big testing because the real deal is next month um so we'll be doing the iser next month the other great thing about doing those checkpoints is it's helped us do a little bit of troubleshooting on some of those testing works in the
051system so um that that's good and um just gearing up for for highler next month um couple other notes um we did have our fundraiser that just wrapped up um it was uh it was successful all in all uh brought in over $20,000 um now that's uh to fund the day of Awesomeness that we have at the end of the year which the kids last year had an absolute Blass it was a really cool event for students and staff um and then uh those funds uh come back to the school for investing in like the rock wall and Mr Richie's gym and a couple other things that that that'll be use for so on that I just got to say two huge thank yous uh one to Mr Richie for all the work that he
052put into that price really is passionate about the kids here um and passionate about uh you know being able to support them and give them great opportunities um but also the bigger thank you is to the community um I mean that's that's a big deal that we can uh do a fundraiser like that and and raise that amount of money um again it just shows how many people care about the kidos here so that was super exciting stuff um and then final note uh we just wrapped up the robotics Club um for our fifth grade students they uh were staying after school on Mondays to work on some robotics kids in the stem room it's always a good time it's always great to see the kids working with that they're super excited um and uh
053you know I Genie Steph and our stem teacher has done a great job establishing that program um and we can't thank her enough for the years of work she's been putting into that and just how awesome she is with the kids um this or last year Jamie Miller also jumped into assist with that and she's done a great job uh so this year it was mostly that work being done by Jamie Miller um and then we had um Jackson ranker rinken bger on loan from the middle school high school help us out so we just appreciate Jackson um helping with that as well the kids had a blast and um it's just a great stem learning opportunity this is is so just for the scheduling update at the high school and middle school um our
054counselors have been able to go into all of the classrooms to get student requests which means that they're able to see how many different classes are requested for next year in the process of tallying so we see how many students there are we determine our sections um and that's where we're at right now determining those sections so I'm just slightly behind we couldn't get in the classrooms with the 2our delays maybe quite as early as we normally would but we're still looking really good um getting that done in time so that's going really well thanks to our guidance Department they've done great with that and so we appreciate that we had sat day for juniors last week on last Tuesday so we appreciate the work um again the guidance put into getting that organized and
055our Junior teachers and students um for the the focus they put on that test we won't get those results back for a little while but I do want to recognize we did get that done um successfully quarter four amazingly enough began yesterday so for people who are power school Checkers for those kids grades in U middle school and high school they're due tomorrow morning so nothing's really finalized yet teachers are still getting in those grades that could have been still taken last Friday but then they will be finalized at 8:00 tomorrow morning middle school students will get those um grades atent home on Friday and high school students this is really a midterm check because rolling grades their final grades are not until the end of the semester so won't be sending them all B
056definitely encourage people to check power school and if you don't know how give us a call we'll help you get set up it's pretty handy and I saw BPA students coming into school right as everyone else was leaving they had the ones that talked to had a great trip we'll get more results they had some communication but we'll say that recognition for the next board meeting but um spoiler alert some people didn't make it to Nationals so we're really proud of our our BPA team thank you all right um Tod maintenance okay um as far as daytoday work goes status quo and uh we're transitioning from Winter to Spring which is uh a lot of work with the ball fields and stuff and all that and second guess in the weather but we've been through
057it before so on the construction side everything uh continues to go very well in the 400 uh ceiling tiles going in final finishes are going on uh C the cabinets come in they start installing them um the tile people are here in the restroom uh the concrete polishing in the art room they got the art room done is outstanding looks beautiful um they're working on the science room tomorrow um all the patol people and HVAC people are going to be here we're going to start all the equipment up so that's a pretty big milestone um spring break coming up we're going to have to shut the electrical down one more time to get the Transformer moved out of the guidance Department um outside lighting on the building is on working if you've been by here
058at night we got a couple pools to set yet but then that'll be done and the West Entry down here spring break is when they're going to start that uh the pool area has really picked up um locker room and restroom um all the in wall Plumbing's complete Masons have everything pretty much put back together um they got to we had to remove one of the locker Islands due to some settling issues this being built back back up now the scaffolding is all complete if anybody hasn't seen that that's pretty impressive to see the scaffolding back there um the dry ice blasting of the steel um on the ceiling and structural Steel's done everything looks good we did run into some peeling paint on the wall that may require a little bit of additional blasting
059but they're still deciding what to do as far as that and the pool people are here working on the pool equipment as far as the boilers and UV lights and all that so all in all things are really do good thank you thanks Todd Mr Happy yeah I have a boy I have a lot of thoughts going through my my mind right now but first I want to thank the board uh for retaining me in this position um I truly care about this community um our partners our families our students our staff over the last six and a half years aside from one very ugly moment I feel like I have led with quite a bit of integrity and I put first the best interest of this school corporation first and foremost um I wasn't
060anticipating that that would occur at this board meeting but I I do have a statement that I do want to read that I did prepare um first I want to begin by saying how deeply sorry I am for my actions um looking at your faces I can I can see the disappointment um looking at the mirror every morning I can see the disappointment as well um I hold a position of a lot of trust and responsibility in this community as your superintendent um I made a very serious mistake and one that I take full responsibility for uh obviously it was a in judgment um that could have had many more serious consequences than it than it has right now and I'm truly sorry for all of the concern and the divide that has caused this
061community if I could go back and change it I 100% would um I'm aware that leadership is also More Than Just Words uh 22 years of school administration I think apart from this ugly situation I think I've represented leadership More Than Words um it's about actions setting an example and owning up to the mistakes I want to assure you that I'm taking this matter very seriously and I will do everything um above and beyond than what's expected moving forward um that includes whatever legalities I have to go through or whatever expectations that you put in front of me I'm committed to moving forward and to take the steps to ensure that this never happens again um and I'm dedicated to working to regain the trust of this board and Community I wanted to add a
062note to our students um cuz it's not easy walking back into the building and walking into the student population and seeing those little eyes look at you from Mary Beth how old are your students four from four to 18 19 years old um walking in owning this horrible decision um you know through those students who look up to the Educators and our leaders um I hope they know that you know mistakes will happen even serious ones like this one but they don't Define us what defines us is how we learn from them take responsibility and work to be better I hope to use this experience to not only grow as a person but to contribute to the ongoing conversations with teachers staff our community and students face- Toof face conversations with which I know they're
063not going to be easy but I'm going to move forward I'm going to have them because I do not want this to Define me as a leader or Define this school corporation moving forward I want people to learn from this and I want to become better I want to do better and I want to help other people realize decisions they make can have some very serious consequences like this one I'm grateful to be part of this community and to continue to be part of this community I do not take any of your trust for granted I never have um and I humbly ask your understanding and your patience as I work to earn everyone's trust back um that includes my three children myself my boys so um I'm just greatly appreciative that you're standing behind
064me in front of me along with me as I continue to move forward um I will come out of this a much better person father Christian and superintendent I can assure you of that um and as always I I do want to thank Lily and all her work for setting up the board meeting and the visitation day and taking care of all the small details so that uh you could be with us today that's that's all I have thank you um I don't think there was any other sign in that happened while I wasn't paying attention um but um just a a couple more things today we were able to while we were here have recognitions during the sap for some of the kids and that was probably the highlight of my day we got
065to see wrestlers music band students FFA and they shared with us just some of the things that were going on and in th those kinds of things are why we're here you know we support them 100% And I just I kind of wish they could have been here tonight with everyone um so that everyone could celebrate them but we it was great to have them with us today um anything else from any other board members and I would like to say to the the teachers and staff that we did not get around on our board visitation day like normal and um so I'm really sorry that we missed going into some of the classrooms we were lucky enough to be able to go to LifeWise for a small bit we had that arranged and got
066to see um and everything in action there um but I apologize that we did not get into classrooms like normal today um and I hope that the next time we come or some of us you know we might even be able to schedule some other time to come here and let you know ahead that we are going to be here so that we can that we can be here and actually be present in the classroom um is there a motion tojin the meeting I'll make that motion second all in favor oos motion carries thank you our next board meeting is April 8th at regular time 700 p.m.