001order. Uh let the minutes reflect uh for the board. Four of us are here. Uh Dan could not be here tonight. Uh the next thing we have is the public comments on agenda items. So, we uh there's copies of the agenda that you can grab if you don't have those. If anyone has any comments on those agenda items, we can take those now. >> All right, we'll move on. Uh the approval of the agenda. Any changes? Any changes? >> Oh, I will say that I thought that there was going to be the addition. So, in our one-on- ones, I said that um H was added, but we actually got that in before. Yeah, Gail got it out in before. >> So, no changes. >> All right. >> Make a motion to approve the agenda as
002presented. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Uh, we had uh board minutes uh in our packets from last month. Are there any changes uh to those? >> No. >> I move to approve the uh minutes as presented. >> Second. >> All in favor? Uh next we'll move on to uh the communications routine consent items uh recurring reports and other items and that letter A is the rout routine consent items. Uh we have provided those as our um all the reports and expenditures and things like that. So any questions about about those? >> I move that we approve routine consent items. >> Seconded by Jackie. >> Gotcha. All in favor? >> I I >> uh next is uh not something that we vote on, but it is an opportunity for us to ask questions. Uh
003submission of monthly corporation extracurricular receipts and dispersements as well as the uh fund reports. Any questions on those? >> No. >> All right, we will move on to new business. And uh at this time, I'll turn it over to Dr. Shoemaker. So, it is our tradition that when we have someone who has served the community for a long time that we do a moment of silence. Uh Bob Shar uh passed away. He taught for us for 40 years and he was actually born in 1941 in Portland in J County. And so um he served as the Newcastle High School band director for 38 years. Um on the back of the um agenda tonight, if you picked one up, uh were some of his notable accomplishments. So really fantastic, you know, being a band guy myself
004and and really competing uh during that era. It's pretty uh pretty special what was accomplished there. Uh and um a lot of fun memories there. So if you would um join us in a m moment of silence for Bob and his family. >> Thank you. So, there will be a a memorial service in Bundy Auditorium on April 18th at 1 1:00. Um that the public is welcome to attend, invited to attend. >> Uh next, we will move on to the uh retiree. >> So, we have one fantastic retiree, and that was kind of my miscommunication, but that's all right. We're going to go with it. Um and um um Karen Vmber has been with us for 38 years and phenomenal um counselor, phenomenal friend, uh phenomenal confidant and mentor for our kids as well. Um
005probably and I shared the letter with some of the board members and or at least verbally and um you know with our staff probably the best letter that I got um because sometimes it's just like hanging it up after 38 or 40 you know pretty short and to the point but Karen's was uh thematic in terms of you know going on down the road and I just it was it was really classy and I would expect nothing else from from Karen members. So we're proud of you and and we love you. So, um, yeah. >> So, but I did pull her out and I said, "So, I don't have a certificate for usually we have certificates, but I I don't have one, but we do always do get the pictures." So, I'll still do a
006picture and um we um if you'd have anything to Yeah. Yeah. Let's get a picture >> and we'll just pretend that I'm giving you Okay. >> Thank you, Newcastle. >> Would you like to say anything? >> If I do, I'll start crying and I don't have my hanging. >> Have you seen a few pages since you started? >> Just one or two. >> Oh, yes. >> Just a few. Well, thank you for adjusting to those changes and thank you for your leadership. You will you will be missed. You really will. >> And Jackie, thank you as well because it takes a lot of patience and I always say this uh with every retiree celebration. I'll say this next month when we honor some of the people uh the spouses of the educators. Um sometimes sometimes
007you get the leftovers because that we're working on projects or we're working on lesson plans we're doing you know maybe um scheduling I don't know if that's ever uh you know uh entered the conversation. So uh but there's there's we thank you for your commitment to our corporation as well and and um giving so much of her to us. So thank you. Thank you. >> Um it's kind of sad. Um but how any plans any any travel plans or anything like that? Well, that wonderful grandson that I have in Florida will be going quite often now. >> Yeah. >> Be able to spend time with them. >> Well, we're happy for you. >> Yeah. >> Um, let's see. Next. Um, >> actually, we're ready for the spotlight >> spotlight. So, you may want to stay
008for this, but um after after this um you're well, you're welcome to leave at any time, but um the best part of the agenda is next. So, the spotlight, we always spotlight um um over the last year or so, we've been spotlighting programs, programs that are innovative or new or that have changed. And so, um one of the things that we're really proud of is our um our new program on workbased learning, and that's our internships. So, the first semester we had about um 70 to 75 interns that go out in the community and and partner with um different businesses and whatnot. It's been a a phenomenal experience. And so, uh, this semester is about the same, 70 75. We've, that's kind of our sweet spot in terms of, um, how many people that we
009can support. Um, and Abraham Haylor is our, uh, our coach that does that, career coach. He's phenomenal at what he does. um and works with all of our interns, makes the matches, um communicates with the businesses and matches up uh student um interests with uh the availability of professionals out in the community. And one of the things that that is I think phenomenal in this is is that the kids have a network once they get done with this, they have a network of people that um they can come back to. And I think it's going to be a big draw in terms of the future of drawing students back to Newcastle because once they have those networks um in communication with u business leaders, then they've got somebody that they can call and say, "Hey,
010you know, um are you looking for work or you're looking for um you what are what what vacancies do you have?" And just have that that kind of a mentor uh that's built in within the community. So, I really think this is is phenomenal aside from all of the experiences that our our students get. So, at this time, I I'll turn it over to Abraham. He will introduce the the students and they'll do a brief presentation. Then, I've got a couple of comments after that. >> You want us to just kind of stand on this corner right here? Is that okay with you guys? All right. >> There you go. There you go. You guys got your order. All right. Well, good evening everybody, folks. Um, board members, thank you guys for having us. Um,
011again, my name is Abraham Haylor. Um, I serve as the director of workbased learning here at the high school. And, uh, what an honor and p privilege it is to to be back at Newcastle. Um, I came back two academic years ago. Um, I was working in higher education for five years and stepped into a role as a college and career coach. And then in November of the fall 25, um, I stepped into this role. And um I'm not going to cry because I love this town and I love these students and I love what we're doing. Um but it is an honor to be back um serving in this role and working with these kids. Um I shouldn't call them kids, these young men and women that are so strong and so great. Um
012and so we're just going to kind of talk a little bit about our workbased program here at Newcastle High School. Um and what the students are doing, what they're experiencing, and some of the some of the highlights that these students have experienced um through our workbased learning program. again, I started um took took a position in November and we've just been running and gunning ever since and it's just been it's been awesome. And so, a lot of the bulk of my work um is summed up at these four points. Um I can't put it all on one page. Uh but there is just a lot that goes into this role. Um the the biggest thing that I think that I prize myself on and that really is rooted in my heart and and and my
013values is the relationship with the students. Um, without our students and without having those relationships, I'm not going to know where to place them and where to to make the connections in our community. I know these four individuals very very well. I prize myself on getting to know a student and getting to know who they are. Um, and and and being friends with them in in a way that is not unprofessional, but it's a way that that connects a a a real relationship to the work that we're doing. Um, I do a lot of community connections within our our our county. um and even extending our county north of of Henry County and Muny and Delaware County. Um we do a lot of work with our community partners here in the county. And so just
014building those relationships, maintaining the partnerships with our businesses, both current and hopefully new partnerships that we have within our workbased program and then I serve as the bridge between our community partners and our school corporation. um that is a really key essential part of what of what I do because when there are um concerns within our students performance or praises those employers and those business partners, they're coming to me um as the as the middleman to help coach and to help nurture and build those students up and help them in their professional experiences. Um a lot of compliance as well. This is a key aspect to keeping our students safe, keeping our schools safe, also our community partners, um making sure that our our our um resources are um everything is following both state and
015federal guidelines, workplace guidelines and safety. And then um maintaining those those compliances to protect um my I love to protect our kids and the experiences that they're in. We don't want a student to go to a place they feel unsafe or anything like that. And so a lot of compliance goes into that. And then I think the piece that um sums it all up is just the collaboration. Um I think it's kind of about point two, but the collaboration with our our school, our teachers, our administrators, counselors, community partners. There's a lot that goes into the workbased learning and pairing students up. And then just the overall guidance that I provide to our students um not centered around work-based learning. Um my door is open to our students in M 105. Um and I want
016them to know that. I want them to be seen. I want them to be heard. and I want them to be valued and loved. Um, and so that is the whole point of M105, my room with our workbased learning um, program. So that's just a little bit of about what I do. Um, and so I'm going to let the students kind of take it away from here. There little bit of a lag. >> See, it happens to him, too. >> No, he's okay. Go ahead. >> Do I need a mic? >> Yes, please. >> Oh, yeah. >> Just hold it. >> Okay. So, I'm going to start off with a little right there. >> I'm going start off with a little paragraph about like overall what I do and about the, you know, part that
017Mr. Hiller has uh included me in throughout the workbased learning in the Trojan internship network. Um the program empowers Trojans to step beyond the classroom and in professional environments offering a customized bridge between academic knowledge and real world application. This uh initiative provides the flexibility for students uh to explore diverse career pathways allowing them to test drive potential industries and refine their professional identity before graduation. Now first I want to start off with thanking Mr. Haylor and uh Mr. Burus last year for getting me into this program. I went to Mr. Bur last year and told him what I was interested in and this is what all the students do and we kind of just sat down and we talked about you know where I could go in the future and what my plans were
018and I told him I was really interested in optometry because of my uncle and what he does with that and so we reached out to different optometry offices and found that Lamerson Malot was the perfect match for me. U Mr. Haylor has now helped me throughout the year learning more about the workbased learning and Dr. from a lot has really helped me and Brenda Sparks has helped me a lot too. I love her. I love being around all of them there. She's an amazing person and they've just helped me, you know, put me in real life situations within the eye doctor office and they've made me realize what it's really like to be there. And it's given me the opportunity to, you know, realize if this is really something I want to do or if
019it's something that, you know, I just I really enjoyed it, but maybe it wasn't something for me. And I found that it is something for me. and they've given me uh opportunities throughout the summer for um a paid summer job. And this is something else that the internship program can give towards our students is summer work and stuff like that. And I also wanted to note that what Dr. Shoemaker said about the, you know, the network system, this is a really good example of that because I can come back and I'll know the doctors. Dr. for Williamson. N William Williamson is going to be there this summer and I can come back in eight years whenever I'm done with college and if this is a place that I see myself I can come back and
020you know I have that um I'll have that you know relationship with them already. And also I wanted to state this this is the I'm the first person that is doing the optometry program and this is building on for our future students that want to you know go into this and it's already built that relationship between >> awesome >> uh I'm Carter Leuk I'm a senior and I do my internship every day from 8 to 11 at Draper in accounting >> and so what I'm going to be talking about is these capstones. So these capstonones go along with our graduation pathways that will be implemented next year. And these capstones give students the opportunity to take technical skills that they learn in the classroom into uh the real world you with these Trojan tailored internships.
021And it's really just a great opportunity to talk about what I've done. You know, a lot of these capston get um wages and I get paid $1850 an hour. Mr. May made you say that. >> Yeah, it's and also just like Mason, I've been given the opportunity to uh go in the summer full-time, >> which is an awesome opportunity, especially because, you know, going to college next year, everyone knows that's a huge expense. >> And there are just many reasons why these internships are so great. I think what really makes them great is when a student is very um passionate about what they want to do and the employer is just as passionate. You know, it takes two sides and I think that's exactly what I have and it's a great opportunity I can say
022and it's just working with the professionals every day, gaining those soft skills. A lot of people prof in the professional world don't get this till their junior or senior year of college and I'm getting this as an 18-year-old in high school. It's just awesome. Even my boss back there when uh when I interviewed the first time, she said she's either gonna make me love or hate accounting, which is just a total like such a good thing because I mean, I'm only 18. Maybe that maybe I would have hated it and known that that's not what I want to do with the rest of my life. But I love it. And you know, just the experiences and the opportunities I've gotten are awesome. like at the end of the year when we did year end at
023Draper, she really did the work. But I got to sit in with her and the CFO and get a seat at that table and really listen to them talk over the financials. Really helped me understand what I'm getting myself into in the professional world. And >> I'll hand it off. >> All right. Fine. I guess a little more interesting or not. >> What's for Mr. >> What's the word? >> Like >> diverse diverse like different different than the other ones. Right. So I've had three internships these past years. Not more interesting. Okay. I've had three internships these past two years. My first one was with the internship coordinator. And so that kind of got my foot in the door. I was with Mr. Burus and that kind of brought me to all these meetings. um
024especially like the education transformation team meetings and that kind of got me just already started to network and so that was about an hour a day my junior year I didn't have a car or anything and so that was good in school um internship now earlier this year about August through November I was at B Memorial Hospital B Memorial Hospital um and there was about four rotations there and recently I kind of struck up a passion for the medical field um I've been all over the place on what I want to But being a radiologist is what I kind of settled on. And so at Ball, they put me in four different rotations and only one of the rotations was radiology. And so Ball Hospital helped me realize that yes, I want to be a
025radiologist. But it also let me know what I don't want to do. Like uh there's there's different jobs for everyone. And I knew that I didn't want to like be a nurse, for example, or maybe be a physical therapist, but it helped me find out what I wanted to do. And so now this year I'm at the Henry County Lift Coalition, which is a nonprofit uh pro wanting to get teens not to use drugs. There's a better word for that, a substance use prevention. Um and mental health advocacy. >> Um and so that has been a really good time. I get paid for that as well. um which I haven't gotten paid before, but it's nice to take two and a half hours out of the day and get more community experience, but also get
026compensated for it. Um but what the Lift Coalition has allowed me to do, find out that I want to come back to Newcastle in the future. Um originally I might have thought like, I don't know how I feel about staying in Newcastle, but being in the Lift Coalition has made me want to stay in Newcastle and be a big part of my community in the future. >> Um and so as you can see this picture, Mr. McDaniel nominated me for warface winner of the year and so went up for a little lunch in award ceremony um in Noblesville earlier this year around that time and um yeah so that was a good experience. It it makes you feel like uh your hard work pays off. Um, you know, honestly, sometimes I don't feel that way,
027like my hard work doesn't pay off, but that has led me to like understand that and be able to do that. >> And yeah, >> pretty good. >> Let me go back to the here. Sorry. Do it. You can do it. >> Yeah, you got it. >> Okay, I'll go ahead and talk. >> Yeah. >> Um, so this year I have been with the Courier Times as a student correspondent for our internship program. And last year I was with a school corporation social media with Raymond McGlover, >> learning kind of the ins and outs of what it is to run social media and that kind of led me to fall in love with journalism and photography. Um, which is what led me to where I am. So, what I'm really going to talk about is
028our Inlaze app and kind of the stuff that goes along with the internship program, not just the work, but the behind the scenes. So, we have training agreements um and evaluations that keeps the school as well as the students and the workplace all correlating together, making sure like Mr. Taylor said it follows all the workplace standards, the school standards, keeping kids as well as employees um and employers safe. So with that, I received evaluations before, especially last year, and it really helped me find what my strengths and weaknesses might be. That's what helps I feel like most students figure out what do they need to work on and what are they doing so far. There's also the fun part of it, >> the Emblaze app. I wouldn't really call it fun, but we're able to
029track our hours for our internship program. And each semester, we have to receive 75 hours and we just get to clock in and clock out and it records them. For me personally, it's Trojan tailor to what I need. And as a journalist, I spend a lot of outside time >> working. So I can just clock in and clock out multiple times a day, but it fits just what I need. And that's beforehand. >> So beforehand, we just had stacks and stacks of papers that we had to record our hours. And I know we probably all lost our papers before. >> Yeah. >> Not me again. as the supervisor and Blaze has really taken over and and made things streamlined and uh we don't lose things anymore. >> Um it's able to track where we are.
030So if students were to click in and not really get their internship, Mr. Haylor can see which is really good. Um we can track our hours. I have 65 hours so far this semester. So it's able to kind of see what I still have to work on. um and how much time I truly have left because the school year ends in just a month and a half. >> Um the app also helps us document um progress and that can show our professional scope. We can leave notes in there, show how many hours we get and that's like the cool thing. I've seen your progress from where you started to where you are now. It just helps keep us responsible responsible and keeps others responsible too. With the Courier Times, I would say it's been the
031best thing I've received. This year, I've had eight articles make a front page so far. Um, and I cannot wait. I'll continue writing for them this summer and then also hopefully into next school year. >> Thank you. that emblaze aspect um is really important for for us because um it's teaching kids workplace skills, how to clock in and out, how to receive evaluation. Um and so not everybody's going to start off with a big salary position. You some some positions you have to clock in and out. Um and so this is a really great workplace tool that students are learning. Um and it's helped us tremendously. It makes our there's an accountability aspect too. Yes, there it's tracking via GPS. Um so that way we can help hold kids accountable. Um their employers and their
032supervisors at their site um can check the night of their their clock in and clock out to ensure that it's valid and accurate. So it really is a great accountability piece for our school corporation. The school has invested in that app so that way we have this accountability aspect for for me for the students and for our supervisors offsite. So um super proud of these kids and all that they've done and accomplished. We have partnerships like crazy at the high school um both here in Henry County and like I said up in Muny. We have two Muny partners, Evolve Medical Spa and Ball Memorial Hospital. We're constantly growing looking for partnerships. We're excited for what's to come. Newcastle Community School Corporation is cutting edge. We are we are being proactive um with the workbased learning
033as the new Indiana diploma requirements um have come forward. So, props to Newcastle Community School. Props to these students. Um and thank you guys for being here. Appreciate it. Thank you guys for your time and your expertise. >> Make us proud. Thank you so much. Um, one one cute story and that is I went in to pick up my contacts about two weeks ago and um Mason was in there and Brenda behind the counter said, "Thank you for this internship program. It's amazing. The you know, it's wonderful." And she said, "And we just love Mason. Good job, Mason. That's That's good. Um I I do want to I would be remiss because probably four years ago, we put the um this forward in in a grant and it was the um school improvement grant and
034Adam McDaniel, Sherry did, too, but Alan was Adam was kind of the engineer behind this. And it's got to be it's got to be it everybody. It's rewarding for everybody, but as the former middle school principal >> and to be able to see what opportunities have happened >> um because of the screen, it's pretty cool. >> Very cool. So, you can tell it's cool. >> You make us proud. Thank you. >> All right, Karen, Jack, it's your time to go if you want to go, man. >> Yeah. Get some Get some pictures. Yeah. >> No. >> Okay. Slimmer and >> Well, is not he didn't join it this year. It's the senior assassin. So they >> didn't So they have to they have squirt guns and they squirt they have like somebody they have to
035get and down like one of their students there's like 65 of them and um the Optimus Club is the one in charge of it. They all pay $5. >> Oh my god. >> And whoever's left at the end but they're they wear goggles or wings like swimming wings. >> Then they're immune. >> Oh I saw >> I have a walk. >> So Mason's trying like Mason tried to get his guy the other day. Um, and he was outside knowing, "No, you don't know who's after you." Oh my god. So, he tried to get him and then the mom was like, "He was he was at work right now. You can't do it while you're at work. Can't do it around." >> So, like, what? >> Yeah. >> I think that's I think that is a
036>> does not Yeah. >> Mason's like, "Come on. How do I know that he's not?" >> So, it's pretty funny. But Fridays there's no nothing you can do. So, like you can get anybody on Friday. >> Oh, fair game. >> So, like Mason and Kate are like, "We're going to be in the car together all night. Never. They made like a pack. >> That's great. Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, sure. I think we can move on. >> We'll move on to letter G and that's the approval of the final reading for the school board call if you need one. >> Yep. Um, that is I don't even think I need to make a comment. Joel revised it for us. So it's we're just voting on on that revision. >> I move to approve the
037final reading of school board D 100. Second. >> All in favor? >> I'm not saying. Uh, next we have the uh letter E, approval of the 2627 Chromebook purchase. >> So, this was was um previously approved, but we went back and look to see if we can save money and we were able to save between 70 and $75,000. >> $76,580. >> All right, good. Yeah. So, um, without losing, um, you know, much in the process, um, our our, uh, I want to thank Dustin for, uh, going back to the drawing board because as a reminder, now the instructional materials come out, you know, everything's put into the education fund. >> So, um, uh, we're cognizant of that because those are that's also the teacher and principal where where the pay comes from for majority of
038our our, uh, personnel in in our schools. Maybe we approve the revised Chromebook purchase agreement. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> And then next we'll move on to letter F and that is the uh approval of - category 2. >> So this is for network switches and access points for a special ed office in Bundy Avenue. Don't ask me what network switches and access points are. >> They make the internet work. >> Okay. Sounds >> any questions about that? >> I move that we approve EA category 2. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Thank you very much. >> And then next we have the approval of the resolution uh amending the Newcastle Community School Corporation 403b plan. >> So these are required changes. Uh we are the administrator of the 403b
039plan. So, um, Shelinda or Shelinda Schaefer is the attorney from ICE Miller. Um, Megan and I met with her, um, on a, uh, meets and she recommended the changes. The board received those changes. They were the red line changes. Nothing really substantive. Um, I think more procedural in in my mind >> and changes in regulations of the RPA in compliance. >> Yeah. Right. Make a motion to approve the resolution on the amendment of the 403b. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Uh next we have letter H and that is the uh approval of the high school PE to uh NCMS course offerings. >> So this offers high school uh PE credit at the middle school. Um it's now approved by the state. It also helps us uh and permits us to use our staff
040more efficiently. number uh two and then number three is that um one of the success indicators on the new accountability system is the number of um high school credits received in uh middle school along with it that they've got to have a seventh grade plan. Um we'll talk more about that. We'll actually talk about the accountability uh restructure. Um so um so yeah, moving that that PE to middle school um admin pages in May. >> All right. Do we have uh a move that we uh approve the high school visad middle school course offerings? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. and we will move on to the building grounds transportation support services. >> Yes. So, not not a lot of huge updates, just a couple things. Uh multi-purpose purpose restrooms, you've seen those
041out by the football field. Um going really really well. The the team has done a fantastic job working on uh the sidewalks now and you've probably seen those from the old tennis courts to the facility, but they are going to wrap around all the way to the new tennis courts. So, they're currently working on that piece right now. probably going to punch that next week. So hopefully have that done. The high school restrooms, they had they were open, but then we had to close the bottom floor. They were working on scoping the drain on the bottom floor to figure out why we were having issues just on the bottom floor. The other two floors are still open. Career center roof and track resurface and new asphalt around the bleachers at the football field both start
042in June. AC is on in all buildings. I know that's surprising given what it feels like in here right now. Um, but AC is on in all the buildings and uh we did just hire a new mechanic and a new courier. So, we're excited about some new folks joining the team here in the operations department. That's it for me. >> Yes. You don't usually get that. >> Next, we'll move on to the superintendent report. So last month we talked about um the HIKA closure and that I was still hopeful that we were going to be able to keep it open. I did um that was on May March 9th on March 11th. Few days later I met with Senator Ross um you know Mr. McDaniel and I, Craig Belt, um, and we met Steve Dillinger,
043um, to see if we can make the youth detention center, um, out north of town on three, um, as a possibility for HIKA. Um, I'd had at least two other conversations with, uh, Senator Roz. I want to thank him for his involvement and his advocacy. He he really I I know that you know that the program um is near and dear to him and he he favors the work that we were doing. I explained um you know that the success that we've had um and you know I explained that also only 25% of the budget was coming from the National Guard. But it is it is a National Guard program. It's not it's not the governor's program. It's not the anybody else's. So I did talk with the on two occasions with the National Guard.
044Um I did explain that um other states like Tennessee are adding programs. States like Kentucky have two programs. So um we had good dialogue um but in the end they just said it no longer meets the mission of uh the National Guard in Indiana. So you know we'll um we'll take um you know what we've done and be proud of it. One of the things that I would say is and I explained to Senator Roz that the year before we took over um there was a charter school running the program and they had two students for the year that graduated not just the the the program for the cadetses um but also graduated high school. Um this past year um this this past semester we had 26 students that graduated with a high school diploma
045and we're probably going to replicate that again. So, you're talking about over 50 students that graduated with a high school diploma. We gave tremendous opportunities for kids. Um, we staffed it. Um, and it's one of those things we can be proud of it. It wasn't just um for two the two of the last three years we broke even um because we had such a robust staffing, but that produced the results and and we're there for kids and so we we ran it right and and we ran it well and that that's you know what I'm proud of. Um, so it it's going to be a loss to our kids throughout Indiana. Um, I want to credit our fantastic staff. They did a wonderful job. I went on on two occasions and thank them personally. I
046want to thank Lori Huddleston and Mackenzie Jackson for their efforts at the very beginning because without them program wouldn't have made it. you know, just it was, you know, questionable as to whether we were going to even be able to handle the we already had the the um the high set um or the former GED program, but we didn't have the high school credit program. So, it took a lot of work to get that going. So, I appreciate them. Appreciate um Grant Fulton and Colonel Joselyn for their leadership. Theresa La La Lau and Craig Belt for theirs as well, especially for hanging in. They're they're doing a great job, you know, finishing that this out. And that's not easy either because the staff really hasn't left. You know, they're they've been told essentially that they
047don't they don't have jobs and they're still there. So, we're going to do everything that we can. Um, you know, I went out and I told them they they can apply for whatever they think they they um within the corporation um that they can do. And and there's one person that, you know, was looking at another place. So, I called that superintendent and said, "Hey, I I'd really count it as a personal favor if you'd look at this person." So, we'll do everything we can uh to help them. On to to more positive u news. Ethan Hut Hutcherson, congratulations to him. Nan Pulk. Um Ethan was the winner of the Chamber of Commerce young professional award. Nan was the citizen of the year. Last year it was Judy Huard. So, we're really proud of our
048our representation there. Jackie was awarded the exemp Jackie Hatzel was awarded the exemplary governance award. So, congratulations. And that's by the Indiana School Board Association. And um kindergarten roundup is Wednesday. Um we're looking for a good turnout. Pardon? >> And pre-K >> and prek. >> Um thanks to our teachers for the TAG grant. Um we had new state rules to go by. I'm not sure every teacher um really knows um fully that we you know what that meant. And last year, for example, we had 28 teachers that received the tag, while this year we were limited by a state to 24. So we went from 208 to 24 um and um we had four or five meetings with the teachers association uh in preparation for this um had a lot of great conversation and as
049always you know I think that we addressed a very difficult challenging task. I'm biased. I think you're probably biased too but I think that we did the best that we could um given the situation. Um we did hold a general meeting in Bundy that was on June or January 30th and explained everything. Um and so in the end we invited our eligible teachers to apply. That was 103 of the our eligible teachers. On Thursday we selected 24 in a random f fashion that that applied for it. Um, so we congratulate those that that um received the tag grant and um you know I'm just sorry that we couldn't give it to more um but I do think that we we did the best that we could given the the constraints. Um I learn testing window
050is open today um >> glitches. >> Yeah. And we're looking forward to good results. And then um now we go to the slides. Yeah. So, I don't Oh, you know what? I don't have the um the summary. All right. Well, this is Wilbur Wright, not of the arts. I'm going to wing it. Wilbur, right? None of the It might even be better. Who knows? Wilbur Wright, none of the arts. It'll be quicker. I can tell you that. >> Yeah. >> Tricky little leprechauns. Um this is >> Eastwood. That's right. Eastwood. Um, and that's that's I do know that that's it looked like it was Oh, thank you. It looked like it was it looked like it was sugary. It's actually vinegar. Uh, but they're they're working with there. So, um, looking at the impacts of
051vinegar. So, a little science lesson. This is Parker and, um, they visited the brickyard. I did a little bit of research to see what the origin of kissing the the bricks. That was Dale Jarrett, uh, 1996, I think, win or something like that. But the brick, it was originally put down in 1909. So there you go. All right. So Ode um is there in the center. He is always the center of attra attraction. And what a great loving dog. He's he's he's wonderful. One of our new employees there has what be it appears to be a gecko lizard and that is Jester. Um Allison Jester. >> Uh so uh and this is Best Buddies. This is a new program. I I've spoken about it before, but it you can see rock paper scissors there on
052the right. Um I need to get into that championship next time. So I do like that. Um okay, I had a story, but I'll skip it. Um so students versus teachers. Uh this was volleyball right before break and um I think we've been beat a couple of times and so I I don't know if this is fair, but Mr. White did some recruiting. I don't know if it was NIL money or what, but uh brought in uh >> uh Miss Smith uh Leila Smith and you might know that she she yeah she um she got a scholarship to play champion multiple state championship I don't know 63 62 something like that and went to Alabama on a volleyball scholarship and so um he was pretty proud of it. He said we dominated. >> Auntie's a
053middle. That's even >> Right. Right. Right. So, um, March Madness, we actually had some really good competitions. They actually changed theirs, um, and, um, modified theirs. So, it wasn't just about selections, uh, but it was about leader and me and, uh, updating their leader in me goals. So, I thought that was really cool. uh IU Health and um uh that on the left is actually from Ball um Memorial. They went to Ball Hospital and did a tour there. And so uh Abraham, that's another one of the things that he's done. And then on the east or on the the your right side, they went to um IU East and did a a college tour. um our play uh the holes I can't remember what that said about it but we um puppets and 3D printing
054iguanas prisoner yeah crawled through the holes at Bonnie auditorium pit this weekend um and so um good young man on the right there all right um technical high school and demos so all of these students were awarded on March 19th um they're from our career center on the left and um while maintaining a high GPA and attendance. Uh they also um um were honored with the uh National Technical Honor Society. So congratulations to them. And on the right is one of our former students. And that is Madison um uh she was a graduate of 1920 2020 1920 2020. It's been a long day. Okay. It's been a long day. I know she say she she came back in it's Madison Douglas for demonstrating candy grapes. So um there you go. Um and this is the
055final slide or at least it was when I walked in here 2025 I read success. Um Sherry attended that um and represented um us. But congratulations to Kelly Cox. And I I love this picture because those are happy teachers. It's just a great picture. Um and happy teachers u make for happy kids. So >> who could take many people but she wanted to come back and celebrate with her staff. So she came back that day and planned it on the spot. >> Yeah. So >> and that was the last slide. That's my >> next we'll move on to the budget and that is the uh transfer from the education fund to the operations fund. So, the transfer included this month will cover expenses from March 2026. Um, a transfer from the education fund to the
056operations fund in the amount of 330,000. >> I move to accept the uh transfer from um education to operations of 330,000. >> Second. All in favor? I uh next we'll have any public questions or comments? I should have said it while she's here, but um I was a kid when Karen first came here. I was her first class that she had for counseling. So to get to have her her last year and work with her and see a whole new side of her while she's here, but we are definitely losing. >> She's neat lady. >> All right. If there's nothing else, we will adjourn. >> Oh, sorry. I sure might have louder. >> I I just wanted to We have had um a long history of dealing with uncomfortable and difficult situations and the tag
057grant was probably uh one of the most uncomfortable and difficult situations and I was really proud of the way we handled it together. And um as of today uh I had no complaints from anyone which speaks volumes >> of how we handled it. So, I would like to thank both sides for what we did and the work we put in. And um this is my second to last meeting. So, >> talk. >> So, so you'll be you'll be here to get recognized next month. I wasn't on the but I emailed you. I am >> but I emailed you back. >> I don't think so. I just thought you