001France just we haven't the funds have not been rolled out. Hopefully they'll roll out all the funds and not just one year. >> I don't know. I don't know how that's going to work. We're planning as if we're going to have >> So on the title one did we receive the same amount of >> so but yet we're adding in another school. >> We are. That will help a lot because we used to have to I don't know if you recall but we could we for example like we couldn't have a certified teacher for prek and all the school we had to have like a non-certified teacher in in one school that wasn't entitled. So it'll allow us to have greater equity >> as old as supplanting things kind of us with like coaches and
002things like that. So this will actually just put us across the board so we can service each in the same way. And we also learned that I thought till I went to my boot camp um that it took a certain requirement to be schoolwide versus targeted and that's not true. So we've actually now arriving has been a targeted school which means you just you only serve the title funds to those needed needed families schoolwide is you can give every service to everybody. So we actually are attempting and like I said Holl's already submitted to make every school's title elementary and all of them schoolwide. So that'll support also are school lunches affected by not at this time. Not at this time, meaning that there's a possibility that might in the future >> the change in
003Medicaid funding will affect other school corporations, we're luckily certified for C before that happens. So, as long as we can keep our C designation, when we have to reertify it, we things will change for us. But that legislation doesn't take effect for two years, >> right? We have ours is good for three more years this year and two more and then we have discussed that we may reertify before >> the changes go into place. >> We have we can do that. >> We have been able to do it in the past. I will say that that it was available in the past to reertify early. Are there any other questions? Oh, this is perfect. All right. Uh C uh approval of Mento foster care district plan. Um >> that plan is remaining the same other
004than administrator throughout the district. So we'll just see to have that plan. >> Okay. Can you explain just a little bit about homeless about what it really? >> So anytime a family of students who are identified as homeless or in transit between homes or double family there are services that can be provided to them such as transportation or different uh services specific to their their varied needs that the school can provide. in in some ways and sometimes we need to be reimbursed for through different grants but the policy does dictate how we approach those situations for the foster care component. If a student let's say is um placed in in a home outside of our school district um the other the other school district um can provide them transportation to us or we can provide
005transportation back to our district as well. So it it it just opens the door for uh students who are in difficult situations such as homelessness or foster care to get additional services that get to school and get >> what's the funding for this >> specifically for the >> Well, I just Yeah, >> that varies. So >> is it state funded or is it fally funded? >> Primarily state funded. Um and we we more often get additional um funds through different consortiums that we're part of. So we are associate with the service. >> Okay. Thank you very much. Any other questions? >> I move that we approve the maintain foster care district plan as presented. >> It's been moved and seconded. All those in favor. Um D approve the Newcastle community uh school at Hooser Youth
006Challenge Academy Hicka handbook largely unchanged. Uh made one edit this morning uh because we had a change in leadership with our partnership at Hick. Colonel Johnson has resigned his position. He's going to retire. Um, so best wishes to him, but uh updated that name with uh former deputy director Sandra Woods is now going to be the interim director and we will see what they do as far as posting that position. They haven't posted it yet. So she is acting as that director, the interim tag. I move that we approve the academy book as presented second. >> It's been moved and seconded. Other questions? All those in favor? >> I approve the Newcastle virtual handbook K through 5 and 6 through 12. Both of those are also very similar to the uh to the HIKA virtual.
007Few slight differences as far as reporting and check-ins uh because the HIKA or the HIKA virtual is largely self-driven with optional tutoring that you can check into versus the Newcastle virtual which does have daily live lessons. There's a couple differences that way. um 90 95% of that handbook is going to be the same though. Uh one of the things that is nice with the Newcastle Virtual Academy, um this isn't specific to the handbooks, kind of the overall academy with the growth that we saw in the pilot last year in the Newcastle virtual uh we reached a certain minimum threshold of students participating in the academy that we now qualify for what Edenum, our provider, calls a virtual success coach. So they will actually provide us as part of our subscription to that platform with one
008of their staff members who will do periodic check-ins with that student uh kind of provide a liaison between the virtual platform and the family to provide some accountability for those students and connect them with. Now they will have that because of the growth um of the academy which can also be reframed and viewed as retention of students who might otherwise leave or potentially be expelled and not be receiving any education. We can now provide them with not just an option but a really valuable option that provides some of that feedback accountability to >> Can you um explain what Edmonton is briefly? Adminum is a platform. It's it's a company. It's an edtech company that provides online virtual learning. Some of it is in the form of self-paced lessons, which is largely what I was referring
009to when I talked about the HKA virtual program. We use it for many courses at HIKA. We also use it in some of our current schools in Newcast brick and mortar schools for either credit recovery platforms or for students in some alternative placements. Edson has then taken that same framework for their virtual self-paced courses and they have hired Indiana licensed teachers to provide a virtual academy. So where we may only have two or three fourth graders which doesn't necessitate us hiring a full-time fourth grade teacher. We can now pull our resources and maybe Newcastle and Anderson and Indianapolis and Cooko and all of these are sending a a variety of kids or different numbers of kids into the same classroom kind of pooling our resources and events and provides the instruction so it can still
010be live instruction. So our kids are getting a better quality of education than if we just had three or four kids per grade level at a time. is is the virtual where do they attend virtual school >> wherever is most convenient for them whether that's McDonald's the library Starbucks at home grandma's house >> okay wherever they have >> wherever they have internet connection >> okay all right so there is not a brickandmortar location for those schools >> there is not it is remote learn >> all right and oversight is is overseen by >> instruction is overseen instruction and grading is overseen by adventum compliance with the state is overseen by Newcastle staff members uh so I am the principal for the K5 virtual as well as the 612 virtual two separate school members I have
011two people with stipens um providing some engagement with families when we have attendance issues I also have someone monitoring test compliance and scheduling for high school courses, making sure we're meeting our graduation pathways and all credits are met. Um, and and it sounds sometimes we're we're talking more about the the punitive, you're being forced into a virtual, but there's a lot of really great opportunities for kids kids. one example that of a student here in Indiana that I won't go too in depth, but this student was a high level hockey player was on the the national junior circuit and was traveling all over the country to play hockey and was going to end up becoming a professional professional if they continue the same trajectory and and Ed Mson has gone through and made sure they
012have all the appropriate NCAA certifications on their courses and credentials. So this student not being a counselor a different school district in the same ed options platform can still pursue those opportunities. So it lends itself really well um to unique circumstances like that not just a a holding ground for kids who from a disciplinary standpoint couldn't make a brick and mortar bill >> and um they have the same requirements in terms of graduation pathways. >> Absolutely. All right. I move to approve the virtual handbook K5 6 through 12. Second. >> It's been moved and seconded. All those in favor? >> I f approval of centerstone memorandum of understanding. So for many years we have partnered with centerstone for family support specialists that work in our schools. Um we changed it a little bit last year.
013This year it looks the same, but last year we actually um pulled a little bit of our investment piece, meaning that we no longer have to contribute financially. The memorandum of understanding allows them to work with their case loads in our schools and as needed with some other kids when there's time, but they have a percentage of time they have to meet with their case load. But what we found is we have 100 plus students in our system on their case loads. So we wanted to continue that partnership but also trying to be as fiscally responsible as we can. So there's really no investment moneywise for us. Um but it is just the agreement of them having space in our in our um schools and communication and you know who they report to but they
014are actually um employed by and we don't pay for insurance. We do not pay by insurance. >> Yes. Correct. But we can make the referrals. There is a um actual certified therapist. So we can make referrals through our schools. It just kind of eliminates some of the steps that maybe wasn't happening years before with for families to get them to centerstone for that initial intake and all that. We can do that within our buildings. >> Any questions? All right. I need a motion. >> We approve the center. So moved and seconded. All those in favor. All right. G. We're moving along. Approve contracting rules for vouchers for clean service. Yes, we have several that uh have uh our first one is our group purchasing organizations. We do all the procurement for us for um food
015supplies. Um we've worked with them for at least 11 years and before I became you were working with them. Um food service is our primary vendor for food and supplies. Commercial food service is our secondary vendor. Great farms does our dairy and smart systems is our kitchen and the shrimp and supplies. We've worked with all of the companies and they're all very reliable. We did see an increase in our food prices. Even though all of our food has to be um procured from US vendors, the packaging that they use is usually from overseas. So we did see a hefty increase in some products. So we are currently looking through the price list to figure out what we what we need to change. But some of them uh GFS has been very good about letting us
016know the price if the price increases due to tariffs. So we can try to look around and see what but latex gloves are not p are not manufactured in the United States at all. So >> luckily we repurchased >> yeah we pre purchased quite a bit of this. Do we uh use any local I'm thinking for the particularly fresh? We do. Uh we've used some of the different uh farmers. Um they have a hard time providing us with enough produce, but um we have worked with them. Uh especially with our fresh fruit and vegetable program. We're all about using as much as we possibly can. Okay. So, looks like we need to do this one one at a time. So, G is renewal for vendors. Signing a motion. >> It's been moved and seconded to
017approve contract for renewal for vendors. All those in favor. >> Uh, fresh fruits and vegetables. Yes. So, we have participated in this program for the past two years. Uh we were very happy to hear that they were having it again and that all five of our elementaryaries were approved again. So I just request that you accept the grant um for 90,675 so we can do it again this year. The kids love it. Um it's very interesting to hear their feedback when we try new fruits and vegetables that some of them have never seen before. We get um good feedback and we get bad feedback. >> Yeah, it's a great program. >> I move that we approve the fresh fruit and vegetable grant. >> Moved and seconded. All those in favor? >> I adult meal prices
018and student public heart meal prices. So, uh, the USDA pretty much sets what we have to charge adults for meals and I think I included that formula. Um, we had had a rate of $5 for the past well during for last year and just request that we keep it the same. And then um the student allocart lunch would be increased to $4 at all grade levels. Uh this would be if a student wanted to buy an extra meal. So their first meal would be free. If they wanted to buy a complete other meal, it would be $4. And we do have some middle school and high school students who do that on a regular basis. Um but all the rest would be all under CP. Okay. So move >> second. >> It's been moved and
019seconded to approve adult meal prices. All cart meal prices. All those in favor >> I >> J approved community eligibility programs. That's the program that we operate under so we can provide free breakfast and lunch to all the students. Like I said we reertified last year and this is our second year. Um I just request that we are allowed to continue program. Are we doing summer meals? >> Yes we are. >> Is this the same program? Uh it is a it is a different program but you know basically the same thing. We've uh did around 22,000 meals so far this summer and we have four more four more days I think. So it's it's gone very well and we've got a lot of good feedback from it as well. Thank you. Okay. Um I need
020a motion. >> So move. Second. Okay, it's been moved and seconded to approve the community eligibility program. All those in favor? I >> Okay. Approve food service equipment contract. So, uh this is a new contract for us. Uh Smart Care uh would be a company that we used for equipment repair for the cafeterias. Um we have used them in the past just not under a contract with a set price. So, um, this would allow us to know exactly what they were going to charge us when they came out, how much it will be an hour and it'll help us a lot more with budget. >> Is that all time of materials or do they come out do PMS? >> They do come out and do preventative maintenance as well on what equipment we ask them
021to. >> Yeah. And right now this is just the hot side of our equipment. They once they look at all of our old equipment and if they want that portion then we would renegotiate the contract. >> Thank you. >> Are there any questions? Do I need a motion? >> I move to approve the service equipment contract. Second move and seconded. All those in favor >> I thank you. Thank you. L um approve the middle school's Washington DC trip. >> Mr. uh we went this past year. We're proposing that we go again uh May 13th through the 15th. This year that would be transportation via airplane. So it would eliminate one day. uh the cost comparison between the two trips would uh was about $150 $200 difference. So we're presenting that as an option to move
022forward. That's budgeted on $400 of airfare which would be confirmed in September. We inform all of the parents are back to school night just that proposed um timeline as far as when we finalize pocket numbers. >> Who qualifies for that? >> So we uh any eighth grader is welcome to go. Our expectations they meet 94% attendance. That's subject to review in case there's an outstanding circumstance. Um students can have zero vape offenses and uh no days of out of school suspension. They've had two or more days of in school suspension. That's also for >> and passing and passing all all classes. So we still had uh there are 45 attendees that went last year this past May. >> Um are there any other questions? You said a $200 difference higher or lower? >> Uh, it
023was actually $150 more to fly, >> but a total one day less. >> Correct. So, we get back late. It'd be a very early Wednesday morning departure and a very late Friday night return versus a late Saturday night. And what we're doing that the week, they'll come back and start finals on Monday. So, we have two days. >> Drop off and pick up. Yes. would be at the airport. >> That's our proposal. >> Any other questions? >> Do I have a motion? >> No. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded. All those in favor? >> M first reading of the schoolboard policy batch number six. >> So, uh this I believe is the final batch that we get from church church hill. Um and uh it's the first reading so it doesn't require a
024vote. We do have a few um changes to make there. So also batch five will be included in this um agenda as well. Any questions at this point? um first reading of revised policy D325. >> Right. So um we actually already approved D325 in probably our our second or third our third batch and um and so it's really about background checks and mandatory reporting. But we had some feedback uh since that time and thought you know we got together and and really felt like we needed to revise it so that it was it um encompassed a few things and so at your desk um we got I think we talked about this one but it indicates that and I've got it highlighted for the board. It indicates that well first of all there's a an
025item that we're going to be looking at and it's under volunteers where it says superintendent designate is to inform each volunteer that they and then it's got five options or five items numerated there it says uh we highlighted may be asked to sign a form for the corporation of any obligation should the volunteer pay as a result of their volunteer services. We have not done that to this point. Um and so um we're going to look and see we change it to May because it says will. Um so we'll between now and the next meeting we'll be looking um to see what what's our best option in terms of should it say shall it say shall may um etc. So we marked that for highlighted so that you know that we're that's under consideration because
026we currently don't do that. And then um I've underlined in bolded uh the any arrests. So with any corporate with any employment of the corporation employees to require any arrest and then the last um item in this is uh it's really about moving traffic violations uh because we do have bus drivers. We do have many bus drivers and that is if anybody has um is is one of our drivers and well I'll just read additionally employees who transport students um and corporation vehicles as part of their job responsibilities such as bus drivers coaches and many buses are required to report all moving traffic violations andor change of restrictions the status their driver's license to their immediate supervisor and the corporations HR specialist two business days that way we know if there's and if it's just
027one speeding ticket you know people get those but if it's an accumulation over a year of six speeding tickets um then you know we have an issue is that somebody that we want direct our students so at least it gives us that option I will say one other thing that we're doing and we have this conversation it's not here but it's one of our our administrative guidelines and that is before anybody is scheduled for well actually each season we're going look at um the mini bus and bus drivers driver record on their BMD report. So we'll we'll pull out and see if they've got moving traffic violations so that we can evaluate that because it's you know we haven't done that in the past. So moving forward and we thank God we haven't had an
028issue in terms of you know an accident or anything like that but it's good to be cautious and this was a suggestion that was made a good one. So, um, that will be done. It's not going to be in policy, but it will be done and letting the board know that. So, that is that doesn't require vote either, but it's it's we resubmitted it for next month. Well, it'll be second. Any questions? Sounds like a good O. Approval of revised middle school and high school handbooks. Yes. And uh kind of in we in in tandem with the changes to policy B 325 uh and we would need to include in our handbooks for middle school and high school uh language that stipulates that any payments that are made for school events or school sponsored activities
029need to go directly through the school not through a volunteer or staff member's personal. Any questions about that? >> Sounds very appropriate. >> I move to uh approve middle school and high schools. >> Second. >> Been moved and seconded. All those in favor. Okay. PE and additional appropriations hearing. >> And this is the script. >> All right. The next item on the agenda is for the board to hold a lease hearing an additional appropriation hearing in connection with the proposed bond projects. If you are interested in speaking at this hearing, please make sure you have signed the sign-in sheet which should include your name and address. After the presentation, there will be an opportunity for the public to make comments about the lease rental to be paid under the lease and appropriations to the bond
030proceeds. At the hearing, we will ask that each person limit their comments to three minutes and that the topic be limited to the lease rental and appropriation of fund under consideration. The notices for this hearing will published as legally required pursuant to Indiana code 204720-47-3. Before a school corporation may enter into a lease with a nonprofit building corporation, the school corporation must conduct a hearing regarding the execution of the proposed lease agreement and whether the rental to be paid to the less or building corporation under the proposed lease is fair and reasonable rental for the proposed improvements. Similarly, before a school corporation can appropriate any dollars it directly receives as bond proceeds, it must conduct a hearing on these proceeds for the additional appropriation of these funds. We will now hear from the administration. Okay.
031Dr. Shoemaker about the proposed projects related to the lease and the additional appropriation. >> Absolutely. I think you've had them. We we you talked about the last week before that too, but they're going around and people as well. Not one for every person, but enough for us being so we typically, as the board knows, we we typically have geo bonds every three or four years. And we were due for a 2025 geo bond uh and a 20 30 geo bond. in in consulting with Eric Long, which is um Ice Legal Council in in consulting with their underwrit that's um but in speaking with them uh they recommended to go to these finance model of funding for this. So this is our third meeting and there's a requirement and it's kind of wrote in terms of
032what we're supposed to do and the hearings what we're supposed to say. So um I will say one of the things that Greg um has um Dr. Prior has has emphasized in the past couple of these and she would do so if he was here that would be this is a tax neutral uh process and so um we evaluated our current and future needs uh and also with the consideration of Senate Bill one and how that might impact us down the next few years. Um this is not certainly a wish list. It's more of a needs list and so you're not going to see anything on there that people are going to say my dreams have come true. You know, buses, new buses, roofs, whatnot. So, um I will go ahead and >> except for
033So, we'll we'll go through this um because I think it would be good. I know the board knows this, but so the ERS camera project and I know officer Koker's excited about this. He may not look it back there, but he's excited about this because it is it's it's really I'm off guard. It's it's going to keep our people safe. There's a lot of um great aspects to this. It was about half of it was already paid for out of the 24 g bond, I believe. So, um well, actually, yes, it was. Um and so this is the remainder of it. Uh and so uh they've already started this work and u the board is familiar with the fieldhouse floor that's cost of $200,000. Uh the center uh the career center roof that's 1.2. We
034we use moisture management. They give us really good estimates. These have been off sometimes high, sometimes low. This is probably not not on the high side. If anything, it's on the low side, but that's our latest estimate. So that's what we went with. um bus replacement. Uh Miss Oric indicated or MRO Oregon had indicated that you know tariffs uh impacted the cost of gloves. Well um I was with another superintendent in a meeting and we heard that um there's a bus company with an assessment tariff assessment of $30,000 per bus. So when you when you look at a a tariff assessment of 30,000 in addition to the 110 115 that a bus cost that's a substantial increase. So we've got a half million dollars but this this is for the next five years. Um concrete
035and asphalt projects um those are are continuing and I think we've made progress there but um they do cost money and we do keep up with that. uh Westwood Elementary partial roof, Sunnyside Education partial roof. You can see that's 250 and $400,000 perspective. And then the last two were high school and Green Street partial roofs uh for 400 and 100 estimated. So the total right now is 4 million 555,000. That leaves us a little bit of uh wiggle room in terms of if the costs go up on these, number one. Number two is, you know, if we have I'll give you an example. We had a gas pipeline that needed to be repaired and that's right at $9400,000. Um, and we can't not repair a illegal gas pipeline. So, we did that immediately, but those
036kind of costs are going to be covered and that it would be covered out of here. Um, any any questions or HBAC is a big one. uh eating. So when those go down, we've got to pay those bills. >> Like I said, I don't think goosebumps >> got goosebumps, but they're unique. >> It keeps the buildings >> and safe. >> Would you say a word about Senate? How how Senate Bill affect this kind of what the connection is? You mentioned it. in passing. >> Well, we're we're looking at um things that we know that we will need. A good example is is the fieldhouse and that is we really believe that we had and it's an estimate, but we we felt like in talking with the flooring company there was going to be one more
037sand, but in in 10 years when we needed to do another sand, I can't guarantee that, you know, there's going to be money available for that. What do you do when you need to move forward trust? This is we knew the time was coming. So we're we're paying for it now and being proactive now so that that that time that's going to be good for the next 50 years. That's what the estimate is. And as long as we take care of it, it could be longer. So, um, you know, that's that's one of those things where, um, if we had geo bonds and we knew that we could go to them in the future, then that's something that can be used to just say we're going to pay that out of a geobond in 20
038whatever it is, 2035. I just don't know that that's an option. Um I do think that um future geo bonds beyond this um our debt services is at a good point right now but future geo bonds um in the future um we may have to get a refle that that makes it >> so last year the legislature changed the way geo bonds are allocated >> geob bonds will now in the future as of I think May currently but May of 2025 going forward gonds have to sunset for a year and then once they're off any gond issue after that so um taxes have to go down and then go bond would be in taxes right now we keep things steady so that we and I will say you know while we're talking about this we
039have received a lot A lot of our um upgrades have become have been a matching uh a result of matching donations from great stakeholders. You know, when you look at funding half million dollars for tennis courts and a lot of our parents uh g together and we received over $200,000 for a field and Joe Py $400,000 did a lot of work there. um friends of use over $125,000 did a lot of work there. So um Neil Field was another one. So we just continue to partner with um great community members and stakeholders and that's how we're doing a lot of the the work. >> This is you know as there's nothing else we will now open the public hearing. Remember, if you would like to speak, please make sure that you signed in with your
040name and your address and um limit your comments to the proposed uh rent to be paid under the lease appropriation and bond proceeding for proceeds. Keep any comments to three minutes and avoid being repetitive if possible. Um, is there anyone may I have the sign sheet now speak well thank you all for participating this we will now close the hearing and reopen the regular meeting. All right. Um, so it says Dr. >> I I can handle it. >> I just I was told to read what it said. >> There's a change in the script. >> I can mess up. I can read the script. So, okay. Could you please summarize the resolution authorizing the execution of the lease? >> Sure. As this is structured, as Dr. Shoemaker mentioned it's going to be through a lease
041bond arrangement is what's typically called and the lease is it authorizes the the resolution authorizes the school board to execute the lease. Um the lease is the agreement under which the school board agrees to levy taxes of a certain amount to support the payment of bonds. As mentioned this will be tax neutral. So it'll be basically continuing with the current rate. It won't have an increased rate anyway. It's just a promise from the board to on behalf of the school corporation to levy the correct amount to pay the bonds. >> So we don't default. >> Correct. >> That was not in here. >> Okay. As required by Indiana Code 20-47-3. After a lease hearing, the school board must approve the lease agreement and authorize the school board officers to execute such lease. This lease is
042the agreement whereby the school corporation will levy the required uh property tax to pay the lease payments throughout the life of the bond issue. The lease payments will be paid to the building corporation and used to pay bond holders to repay the proposed bonds. Could I have a motion to adopt the resolution authorizing the execution of the lease? >> And a second has been moved. All those in favor? >> Any opposed? >> All right. Um Joel. >> Okay. >> Could you please summarize the additional appropriation resolution? >> Sure. The additional appropriation resolution is what allows the school corporation to spend the money on the projects that we talked about that's required to be uh adopted because it is in excess of what's in your normal budget. Uh the resolution is specified funds are placed in
043a specific construction account and the funds will be used to construct improvements on the buildings that are detailed in this resolution. >> I will too much. >> Okay. Um are there any questions? Could I have a motion to adopt the additional appropriation resolution? So move a second. Second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> Any opposed? >> All right. Joel, could you please summarize the resolution reapproving the building corporation? >> Sure. The building corporation is an entity or a board that's created in connection with these bond issuances. Uh the building corporation is required to be established for federal tax purposes that's advantageous when the bonds are being sold. Okay. Um, are there any questions? Okay. Could I have a motion to adopt the resolution reapproving building corporation? >> A second. >> Second. >> All those
044in favor? >> Any opposed? All right. Joel, could you please summarize the resolution assigning bids? >> Sure. The uh building corporation will be the nominal record title holder of the properties where these improvements are going to be constructed. Uh the school corporation though because this is using what are considered public dollars, the school corporation will still have to bid out contracts as required by state law. And then this resolution authorizes the assignment of those contracts to the building corporation. >> All right. Could I have a motion to adopt the resolution assigning GS contracts? Is there any other discussion? All those in favor? >> Any opposed? >> Joel, would you please summarize the resolution authorizing the six supplement to master continuing disclosure undertaking and issuance of bonds? >> Sure. When the school corporation has issued bonds
045in the past, some of those bonds have from time to time been sold to public investors. And as part of that, you have to agree to disclose to public investors any material event, any material change in financial events or certain other events. This is the sixth supplement because it's been done five other times, each of which details each of the bond issuances. So this would be the sixth one that would be listed within that disclosure undertaking. And your financial advisor will tell you if in fact you have to disclose something. >> All right. Can I have a motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the sixth supplement of the master continuing disclosure undertaking and issuance of bonds? >> Move second. >> Are there any questions? All those in favor? >> I Any opposed? >> I have
046one more actually. It's not on the script, but Dr. Crier asked me to bring it up tonight. The building corporation recently met too because it has to have do certain things in connection with the bond issuance. And because of Jamie taking a seat on the school board, a member had to be replaced and his replacement was Joshua Blesinger. So I would request a motion from the board ratifying the appointment of Joshua Blesinger to the building corporation. >> All right. A motion to approve Joshua Bleser. >> So move discussion about that. Okay. All those in favor. >> That's it. That's a lot of hoops. >> Yeah. >> All right. >> And I have a lot of documents for you and Jackie to sign after the meeting. So, don't take off. >> All right. >> Okay. So,
047we are down to >> Oh, >> no. >> Well, we did all of those. We're down through you, aren't we? >> Yes, ma'am. That's it. We're back. Okay. >> Buildings and grounds. We're back to our normal. >> Yes. Uh, a couple things. Uh, as we are finishing getting close to the finishing out the summer, uh, it seems possible. Uh, but the maintenance teams and custodians, transportation working really hard to get things in place for students to return. uh transportation, working on student pickups and drop offs, getting those routes figured out, sending that preparing to sending that out to parents now that the rollover school is taking place, sending that information out families so they know when to expect those buses in the mornings and then when they should return in the afternoons, working on with
048principles. We're going to start uh making sure the traffic flows at schools are figured out, communicated completely to parents, and then also a lot of driver training as we get to the start of the school year high school restroom work that's happening. working through a bit of a road bump that we've had, but contractors and architects are helping to facilitate some conversations, some solutions to get that uh figured out and make sure that we have everything that we asked for in the project for the track project at over at Neilfield. The the company has done some borings and into the ground and have identified that there are some places where we need to have some conversations about next steps. So various pieces that we might need to revisit and and look at uh possibly taking
049some different directions with with this project. Uh but all all things that would get us what we were looking for. But you know when we get to the ground figure some things out we might have to change some directions. U multi-purpose restrooms. Uh every time we have talked about this project there seems to be something kind of new and different with it. and this project in general when we look at including the students in this project and having them as part of this work when we talk to our attorneys as well as our architects and potential contractors uh we decided the best course of action right now is to look at bidding that out at the end of July to uh some contractors with the uh with within the package being bid out including language
050about working with our students and having them part of it as well as our maintenance team. So in order to make sure that according to state board of accounts we're doing a uh the way we need to. We're going to fit that one on July. The Pasman gym currently is uh being painted. Those bleachers are gone. We mentioned that last time we met, leechers were gone, but pas gym is being painted right now. The pool is room, the the niatorum itself is being painted currently. They have one corner to finish and then will be all done. It looks really nice right now. If you haven't had a chance to stop by, you can see that as well. And Tasman, they're getting that they started painting that today. And then uh the floor will be refinished
051in the next few weeks with it looks like uh having the new bleachers in in the middle of August. Uh landscaping, we want to send a big thank you to Keith Royals. Um he has done every time we ask, can we borrow some equipment or use something to to help us get something done saves us a lot of uh money uh to utilize what he has and so we're thankful for the partnership he provides. But landscaping of the high school is gonna you're going to start seeing some changes there. They've already taken a lot of stuff out and we're going to be putting some new things in that are easy for us to manage and m and provide maintenance but also follows through with all of our safety protocols we need to have in terms
052of the height of those plans. Uh Bundy Auditorium, we do have a new manager that will be starting tomorrow. Thank you for that approval. Um is actually a first day will be on Wednesday, but people can be coming for paperwork tomorrow. Uh, we do have some new programming, some exciting things coming up in November, a new jazz festival. Thank you to Judy Hubard and all her work to support that as well as aid and strain. And then August 16th, Kinsey Brown is going to be sponsoring a free concert at Fundy Auditorium. We're excited about that partnership. It's going to be a free concert for the community to come sponsored by Hindy Brown and their 30th anniversary. uh fieldhouse floor um that has that project is delayed right now as we're working with humidity to make
053sure that it it we have the right conditions to get that floor uh replaced. And then uh another piece that we come up every couple years uh we're gearing up for another auction. We have a lot of stuff that's over at Green Street that we need to to pass on and uh we will be looking at doing that prior to the start of the school or purchase auction. >> Okay. >> So, first welcome back Jamie Martin as our board member. How long has it been? Eight years. >> Eight years. >> So, welcome to stepping up and concerned. So, our next board meeting is August 11th and um believe it or not, we will um before our next meeting, we'll have kids and teachers and yeah, I know. So, um July 28th is the the back
054to school festival. Hatel and Judy Hubard um always um provide backpacks and you want to say a few a few things about what they can experience there and maybe it'll happen. Maybe we'll get it in the >> uh we've got uh it starts at the um >> Christian Love Center from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Uh people should go there and pick up a backpack filled with uh grade appropriate school supplies. At 11 o'clock, students will be able to in the uh renovated library. So, we're excited we're back in the library. >> Uh they will be able to get um free haircuts from 11 to 1:45. Uh the and some uh vision and dental uh checks. They're free. And then from 12:00 until 2 o'clock, uh students and students do have to be present at
055the noon 12:00 at the arts park where that they go around and pick up even more of their uh school supplies. They're able to get uh play some games. They're able to get uh free lunch. Um there are shoes there that they can get. So just lots of different things. So that's from 12 until 2. So and then they can meet all their administrators grow to be about the biggest in the state or so. That's it's huge. >> Yeah, it is huge. >> So guys, >> uh last year we were really close to a thousand. >> It's an all year thing. It's not >> Yeah, I shop all year. >> It's all year. I saw this as a buy backpacks. >> Well, Jackie buys most of those. >> I mean, she buys most of those
056backpacks. >> So, it's it's to get some additional support because we want it's great. >> We got we got people that come in from not just >> Yeah. Yeah. Other counts. We have them used. >> Yeah. So that is July 28th. Um first day back for teachers is August 4th. Uh and we'll have a welcome back practice the day after that which is August 5th at 8:30. Um a few state and federal changes. I won't go into great detail about that, but we previously talked about Senate Bill one. We're continuing to evaluate um you know our projects and our funding as we look at our operation budget going forward. PreK is one of those things that was um since our last meeting uh was reduced I'm going to say approximately by about twothirds um the
057number of vouchers that families receive will be res reduced by about 60% or so somewhere in that. So we will still have a prek for this year. We're going to evaluate it and um look at the impact because we really don't know what percentage of our students had will receive vouchers and what won't, but we'll we'll evaluate it. As mentioned before, we are paying that out of title one funds. So, it's not coming out of the educ education fund. So, we've got a little bit of flex in there to to see how that's going to impact us. Federal budget, adult basic ed, um that is under review. Those monies have been withheld until further notice. Um but we do have some adult basic and state funding so we we're limited on limited basis. Um we're
058continuing that work. U McKenzie Jackson's the director of adult basic. She forwarded me information. We had 40 adults last year that earned their high school equivalency which is the former GED. Uh we had 30 adults obtain industry recognized certifications and 12 students became clinical certified medical assistants. So, um they're doing good work and adult basic. We want to make sure that's continuing at all possible to do that if possible. Um professional development um as was mentioned is under review and um we are grateful that um we we the lion share of our money comes from title one and special ed and both of those um we have received. So, we're grateful for that. So, let's go ahead and look at the slideshow. I'll quickly go through this. Uh, and we got you doing it. >>
059I did it for you. >> Okay, that's all right. I felt like something took control. All right. So, this is the Riley group and they're having leader and me meetings in the form of the professional development. Um, that is one program that I continue to thank Jean and Mallister for her leadership in this. It really has been a transformational program. And if if you've spent time at at Wilberg, that's one of the things that we asked, you know, the new principal um are you committed to carrying on this work? And you know, L had previously done the work and so it's a great match. But this these are teachers that are planning for additional leader in the projects for this year's team. I think that was taken sectional. They did move on to regionals. So
060proud of them. We've got summer camp. Uh this is the second year of camp better futures. Want to thank Kylie Brown and Molly Bates for their leadership in this. They were not expecting this, but they got to go to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame and the pool on their last day. So that's fun. But they had a lot of great hands-on experiences there. This is our tiny coaches. They went to Tennessee and um I got I got a feel for Danny over there on the right. It's just like everybody else has is dressed up and and he's looking good. He does a great job for us. All of them did a great job for us. So, we actually have added um the additional classroom at Parker and that will be for three year olds
061and Taylor Lucas is going to teach that. That's exciting. She's excited about it too. She's coming from the high school. She did a great job at high school of course. Uh the next one is soccer camp and Tyrone Rainer has done this for many many years. Uh so a lot of happy kids there. They look wiped out mostly well that night but I want to thank Tyrone and his his crew for um for meeting that providing that opportunity. Here's food service um and some of these employees. And so um off to the left you can see um TashaRandle and and the summer um meal program staff. So, we want to thank them and we just kind of heard about that. So, thank her for her leadership in that. And then, uh, Cynthia Walls and Emily
062Ashley are off to the right and that is a training. So, I think four people in that training if I saw it correctly. So, the last one, not the last one. Uh, this one's cool. The car actually got a couple. So, the car show. I'm gonna turn this one over to Gil because this really I I mean what's phenomenal to me is look at the it looks like Matchbox cars but look how many cars how many cars are there and and that was really the first year here not a whole lot of publication not a whole lot of just kind of um uh a lot of work I'm sure I'm not saying but I'm like that you put this together in the first year so take it away Um, back in 2023, we started a
063quick um, car club called um, I'm the untouchables rod and muscle >> and my husband and my son are big into cars. And that's kind of how it got started. Well, we had a lot of people wanting to join us. We have people from Anderson in our group who actually loves the Hill House and we kind of kicked in the door when we were passing out our check. Um, and had a good time. And Nick said, "Let's do a fundraiser. Let's talk with Corey so we can donate money to the athletic department. Nick was a basketball player. That's how the idea came up. We just did flyers, handed them out at every car show. Nick was going to be happy with 125 cars. We had 265 cars. They're not that box. They were really car.
064>> And you can see we donated um to Oregon and the athletic department $4,226. the charge and booster club. They did the um concession stand and immediately when it was over came straight back up and said, "We want to do this next year." >> Oh. >> So, we're already committed. We already have a date >> and breakfast next year. >> Well, that's what you mentioned. >> Had a good time. That >> thanks to Gail's family and everybody else that participated. It's great. is >> um so the next one is we want to thank Bastian Solutions out of Greenfield. Um they are donated um like some huge beans, metal beans. Those are not cheap. So um I I told Brandon I said you know they had to use a forklift. They asked Adam and I to
065go blift for them, but I said so. So, also special thanks to Jame and Track for coordinating and giving us support for whatot. So, it's it's these kind of things that help our programs grow and sustain themselves because we've got to have this got to have partners that that help support our program. So, really cool. What were the number? >> Our welding program. >> So, Mr. McDaniel mentioned um the pool, you can see the top left corner has not been there. I can't zoom in, but uh that's that was taken this morning, you know, when I was in middle school this morning and then they were rolling in to take down the donors, start and so once upon a time it was yellow since a year before you did when it was yellow. the walls.
066>> So, it'll look nice. It's gonna get a really nice face. So um >> um on the child care for yours for this year there is going to be um a summit and I'll go ahead and um it started the community foundation initiative and the Henry County child care network. We're going to have a summit about that later, but just an interest >> and we we remain hopeful that we're going to have a child program as well. So that's still being worked out just >> All right. Um Megan is not here. She's online. Is she online? Megan, do you want to ask us to transfer something? >> Actually, it's just a it's a report back. Um, in June, the board gave me authority to make a transfer to close out the physical year financials, and
067I'm just reporting back to the board this month of that transfer from the education fund to the operations fund in the amount of $200,000. >> Well, thank you for doing that. All right. So, that finishes the agenda. So, we are open for public question and comments. Um, if there are any, would you please stand and state your name and address and um we have three minutes. Three minutes you like to the open discussion. >> Yeah, that's what that means. This is my first meeting. Uh my name is Holly Poe. Um uh I'm an owner of the ABA uh basketball team, Indiana Legends here in Henry County. Um this is Adam Spears. He is my head coach. Brought him tag him along with me. Um I'm not good at public speaking. Promise my face is probably
068looking like a tomato. Anyways, uh so I I'm here today because I want to create a partnership. Um, I want to get kids in the door. Um, so I don't exactly know what that would entail, whether um, you guys could possibly approve a trial run where we have a game at a school. Um, our home venue is the Church Street Gen. Uh, put a lot of work into it so far. Uh, this is our third season. Um, does anybody know what ABA is? I'm wearing it on my shirt and it's red, white, and blue. It's not the globe trers, I promise. Um, back in 1976, NBA and ABA separated. >> So, ABA kind of fell off. Um, NBA picked up with Pistons, Nuggets, 76ers, and the Pacers. Um, I brought a book here. Keep it
069three minutes. I'm sorry. Um, if anybody would like to look, this is the first ABA, actual ABA, uh, annual book. Um, it shows all the teams, um, any Pacers players, um, anything like that. But that's that's what I'm trying to create basketball again is the fieldhouse used to be playing pack. You used to have to stay in half the time. Um, I know especially when I was young. Um, so that's that's just kind of the environment I'm trying to bring back. And it's different rules. It's not your traditional NCAA rules. You have it's a dunk fest. I mean, sevenfooters, it it gets crazy. It's a lot of fun. Uh we have halftime performers. Um your three-pointers become four-pointers if it's stolen on the back court. It's very interesting. High pace. I think one one game
070was 175 to >> Yeah. I mean, it gets absolutely it's fascinating. Okay. Anybody that likes basketball, it's very fascinating. But um thank you for allowing me to be here and taking the time to listen. >> What's the age range? >> So we are 18 and older. Um for my venue, um I do obviously people pay to to you know watch. So adults are $10. Um if you ain't got it, I usually just let you walk through unfortunately. Um kids 12 and under are free. Um gosh, I think our attendance policy runs about 75 in the Church Street Gym. We have Elsie's Cookies. They usually sell out. Um it's a lot of fun. >> What's your season? Like are you in >> So we are from October. I'm year >> October to March. >> Same here.
071>> Um our championship game this year is either going to be in Las Vegas or Orlando, Florida. We are televised. We have a minutear streaming. Um, I brought a packet in a couple weeks ago to be uh presented. Um, please check it out. Scan our QR codes. We have over a thousand followers. We have a lot of eyes on us. Um, I've got one player right now that's uh NBA GLeague. He actually just got a message this morning uh an invite for him to come out to Las Vegas, which he's already there because he's doing a Tyrese Hallebertton boot camp. Um there's so I can go on and on longer than three minutes >> ask is >> any way that we could create partnership of >> either one advertising in the schools allowing us to
072put on a show for you guys a game um even if you want to advertise for the kids to come to the church street I I'll let any kid that is a Henry County school repres representative, even a uh a worker. Um local people on the team. >> What is it? >> Any local names or any local? >> David Fro, we just picked him up this year. Um last year we had a couple >> Smith Johnson playing for you. >> Yes, he is. >> You want to hold that against me? >> I'll play. >> Okay. Yeah. No, he's he's a fascinating player. We got the these guys. I mean, they they barely, you know, we had some that uh Charles Peterson, he's from Conerville. He's he was the assistant coach for what six years or
073something like that. >> Um he had opportunity to go overseas, blew his knee out, things like that. I mean these guys have the potential of I mean they are incredible athletes. Um if you see one and it you're like really they made it usually because we can't let them go. >> Absolutely. And you can you can blame Miss Hatel there because she took me to my first Purdue basketball game in like seventh grade. >> I remember that. >> Is there anyone else? Yes. >> Yes. >> Like falling off.