001Good evening and welcome everyone. Hello everyone. Good evening. Thanks for coming this evening. We welcome you to North High School. Good evening everyone. We're getting ready to call the meeting to order. As our first order of business, I'd like to ask everyone who is able to please stand and help recite the pledge of allegiance. I pledge to the flag of the United States of America to stand. Thank you everyone and welcome to this meeting of the board of trustees for Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation. We'll begin by calling the role. Miss Lloyd present. Mr. Major present. Mr. Nan present. Mr. Glick present. Mr. Schulz present. We are also expecting Miss Wen to join us as soon as she can. Uh I declare that we do have six of the seven board members here at this time.
002We have a quorum. We are in order to begin the meeting. Dr. Phillips, would you remind us of why we're here tonight? Thank you, Mr. Ster. We do like to begin each meeting by uh reciting our mission, vision, and core values to again remember why we're here tonight. BCSC's vision is to be the choice to learn, work, and play. Our mission is to develop expert learners by partnering with our community to invest in people. And our core beliefs include that we all can rise to the challenge of high expectations. That learning is most effective when we have choice, flexibility, and see relevance. That we thrive when our physical, social, and psych psychological needs are met. That our community and school district are stronger when we partner with one another. that we flourish because of the
003diversity and vari variability in our community. And last, but certainly not least, that our democracy and democratic institutions are strengthened by civic-minded citizens. We have a number of recogn recognitions on the agenda tonight. Dr. Phillips, could you kick us off? Certainly will, Mr. Ster. So, we're going to start first with Mr. Finley and the Huskies from CSA Lincoln and their Math Bowl championship. Thank you, uh, Dr. Phillips and the school board for providing this opportunity to recognize a special group of students. The Elementary Math Bowl competition is one of several programs the Indiana Association of School of Principles host. Schools are e uh are grouped at regional competitions and their scores for the evening determine their standings at the site and then are compiled with other regional locations to determine statewide results. Five classes are
004available for the elementary level of competition with students enrolled in fourth through sixth grade used to determine uh the classification. Blue is the largest class. We are in the green class, the second largest enrollment classification. Four rounds with a max of five different team members competing in each round. Each round consists of eight multiple choice questions. So for all those math folks out there, that means that there are a total of 32 points available. And the CSA Lincoln math bowl team correctly answered 30 of 32 questions. Um, and that's the highest score we've had in school history. And they placed first state champions in the green class, uh, which saw 101 schools compete. And a little extra special piece of uh information this year was that in a total of a total of 488 schools
005that competed across the state, only three other schools scored more points than our group. So, we're really excited for them. Um, our team consists of the following students and we've got some spring sports going on, so we're missing a few team members today. But as I say your name, if you'll just step forward and then just step back. Sounds good. Uh, Parnav, Aki, Raju, Gretchen Beey, Isa Blackstock, Parker, Parker Koy, Andrew Doig, Jonah Gover, Sari Haruoka, Isabelle Kaiser, Aene Carr, Gel, Laura, Dwarte, Bailey Loinger, Amelia Meadows, Anna Reed, Shoki, Sato, Harrison, Severance, Carter West, and you can see some of them wore their team shirt this year, which was pretty fantastic. Uh, this team's coached by Mrs. Clarissa White, and she has taught at CSA Lincoln for the past 14 years, and has served as
006our math bowl coach for as long as I can remember. And she also coached our 2022 Math Bowls team that uh won the state championship. And this year marks Clarissa's last year at CSA Lincoln as she learned earlier this school year that her and her husband Nathan were expecting their first child. She was unable to be with us tonight because Gabriel White was born this past Saturday night. So, u I'm happy to report that both Clarissa and Gabriel are doing well. And we are sad to lose an amazing educator like Clarissa, but we're also excited for her to tackle the great adventure of being a parent. And in true fashion, it's only fitting that Clarissa led this team to a state championship in her last year because uh she always expects the very best of
007her students. And uh we have as many kids try out for the math bowl team as we do basketball. And that says a lot about her. Um and I just want to say thanks again for an opportunity to recognize these amazing uh students um and their coach Clarissa White. So thank you very much. Congratulations. Congratulations. Thanks for coming tonight. Congratulations. Congratulations. Way to go. And I love your shirt. At least we can see. Yeah. Where's the basketball team? Easy. [Applause] And next, another student celebration, academic team celebration. We have both uh state championships from the North Side Middle School math academic bowl team and um the North High School English Academic Bowl team. So, Mrs. Udi, Mrs. Mr. Brandom, Mr. Campbell, Mrs. V, come on up. They're shy. North Side was the first name you
008said, so I'll go first. Uh, good evening, uh, Dr. Phillips and members of the school board. Thank you for the invite this evening. I'm Evan Burton, the principal at North Side. Um, could echo a lot of things that Mr. Finley said as far as how the competition is set up and um, how our students uh, compete. We uh, have four dedicated coaches in each of the four core curriculums at Northside that start meeting when we come back from winter break. Meet about once a week as they gear up for the competition. uh that happens uh later in the springtime. Uh and this year we were fortunate enough to have our math academic team uh win uh the state championship in their math competition. So at this time I'll turn it over to our coach uh
009math department chair here at Columbus North and North Side, Mr. Brad Brandham. Thank you. Good evening to everybody. Drop the clicker. It's my pleasure to be with everybody tonight. These force here had to overcome many challenges to be standing in front of you here tonight. Uh first and foremost, they had to under overcome, you know, 30 other math students at Northside, very talented math students at Northside um to become our representatives for the math bowl team at North Side. Um next they had to overcome a very strong Central Middle School math bowl team. And uh it seemed like during the competition, every single time we would get one right, Central Middle School would also get it right. And you're watching the the score ticker go up. And all of a sudden, we got kind of
010lucky and Central Middle School missed one. We got it right and we had this one question lead. And I kept just hoping Central Middle School give us some breathing room and missed one more question. But they didn't. They just got everyone right the rest of the time. And luckily, uh our team was able to continue getting every single question right. and uh for a perfect score in the math bowl competition of 25 out of 25 questions answered correctly. Um for those of you that are interested, the topics for this year's math bowl competition uh were sector area and arclength transformations, complex numbers, and vectors. In case you didn't know, all those topics are studied in high school geometry, high school algebra 2, and high school pre-calculus. And yet this was these four individuals in front
011of you were the only team in the entire state of Indiana to answer all 25 questions correctly. And they also in addition to that answered all six additional math questions in interdisciplinary competition uh correctly. So I am elated to get the chance to celebrate them tonight with you. So without further ado, let me introduce you to our four team members. When I say your name, please step forward. Um our first team member was the foundation of the team. Her fundamentals are so strong that she was not going to let it let us make a silly mistake and miss a question due to a silly mistake. Alicia Yang, please step forward. These next two students thrive on the gritty, most complex questions and they just love diving into them. Adve Anup and Anna Nila. And last,
012our team captain who is decisive in the most difficult situations and she was not going to let us leave with anything less than a state championship. Vishnavvie Penna, congratulations. I'm so proud of all of you and you are a fantastic rep representation of of BCSC. [Applause] Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. You need to stand back. [Applause] So, um, one of the things is that Central did host this event of 17 teams. So, I want to thank our custodial staff, our staff, and our tech team for helping us host that event. Uh it went off really well and it's it's a lot of fun to watch these kids answer questions that I have absolutely no idea of how to do any of them. I was a math teacher and I'm like I don't remember this stuff. So it's
013very very impressive. So I want to thank all of them. Um also want to thank Mrs. Summers, uh Mrs. Flameon, and Mrs. Kloppenstein who coach our other academic teams. Uh Central was considered one of the top 10 teams overall in the state. Uh we were social studies state champs backtoback. This is our second year doing that and hopefully Mrs. Judy will come back and next year and go for three in a row. So um and our second team would have finished in the top 10. We had two teams compete but only one is allowed to qualify for the top part of the state. Uh so that unfortunately we had one other team. They also would have competed in the top 10. Our interdisiplinary team finished third in the state. Our second team would have finished
014also in the top 10. And as he said our math team was state runner up missing just one question. and our second team is two questions and they would have been third in the state if we would have been able to have that. So, our coaches do an outstanding job. But again, congratulations to Mrs. Judy for her back-to-back uh state titles. I provide the room for them to practice in and some review materials, but they do all the work, believe me. Uh the topic for this year was 20th century Ireland. Um it was a very challenging topic. We had very challenging materials to read. Um uh probably the most challenging academic bull we've ever that I've ever been a part of. And so super proud of our kids. Now, we only have two with us
015today because this also happens to be the day that our band took a field trip to Kings Island and a lot of our academic bowl participants are are also in band. Uh, but I do want to introduce you to Grace Ning and Nihar Kota. Um, Grace was our captain on our first place team. did an outstanding job of leading us creating even extra materials for us to review. I'm very proud uh of the time commitment not only being in high ability classes but then to make an extra commitment to for the most part an extra course that they had no background in whatsoever. Um Mr. Payne said that our second team that was also there placed in the top 10. We actually would have placed third in state if they would have counted us. So
016very proud of our social studies group this year. Thank you girls. [Applause] Good evening. Two weekends ago, the Columbus North High School academic Super Bowl teams competed in the state finals at Purdue University. in the social studies and interdisciplinary teams each finished third in the state. The math team was a state finalist this year as well. Tonight, we're recognizing our English team coached by Miss Ali Vway, which finished first and won the state championship in group one. This was North's first English state championship in over 10 years. This continues a long run of Columbus North winning a state championship and academic Super Bowl over the last several years. I'm going to have Brian Campbell say a few words about the season and also Ellie Vway who coached the English team. I'm really proud of this
017group of individuals and both of our coaches. Dr. Phillips School Board, thank you for inviting us. And I just want to say Mr. Payne, Mr. Brandom, can you get those kids my number because they're in the junior division. We need them like next year, the year after to keep our tradition going. So, um, thank you for having us. We had a phenomenal season. We were one of the top teams in the state. In fact, at districts, we missed qualifying two teams for state only by a tiebreaker question and one question, we would have been the only team in the state with five teams at the state finals. Um, that was kind of very impressive. We did very well this year. I wanted to thank Mrs. Hester, Mr. Clark for the support they've given us. Um,
018I kind of wanted to throw in and I have to thank two people. Uh, Cheryl Broy's here going to be retired. She thinks that's the case. I will offer to come pick her up every day next year if I have to because without Mrs. Broie and Mrs. Garrison in the front office. Uh, we would probably be a hot mess. They're always double-checking us. Uh, Cara is so kind. We uh, literally had this situation. I had to call her two days before and could we switch our transportation? we've got more kids going than we think and Cara always says, "Yeah, let me look into that." And she always comes through and Mrs. Broie always double checks all our paperwork and make sure we have it. So, without those two ladies, we would be in uh just
019thank you to them. They are very, very good at what they do. So, greatly appreciate and I'll pick Cheryl up if I need to next year. Not a problem. Um, our math team again was a state finalist. Social studies, which is normally not our strength, was a state finalist. English, first time in 10 years we've had an English team win. It's just been a really good season. I was looking back for the past 14 or 15 years, we've either had a state champion or a state runner up from Columbus North. So, it continues a pretty good tradition here. And we're always one of the top teams in the state. I'm very lucky. The coaches I work with are always really, really good and the students are outstanding. I just, like I said, just make sure
020we get places. So, I'm going to let Coach Vway say a few words here about the team. Good evening. Thank you for having us again here today to recognize this awesome team. Um, I want to take a second to recognize my B team who also participated in our district competition. Uh, while they did not make it to state, they still had a ton of hard work that they put into the competition. So, Ava Burbrink, Alicia Singh, Manisha Mohatnney, Serenity Arnold, and Mia Anagua Gutierrez, which I hope I didn't butcher her name um were all a part of our B team. And again, they put in an immense amount of work to make it through our district competition as well. Here with me today, I have Addi Hobbs, Carrie Wang, Brian Wei, and Shrien Bethula was
021not here able to make it today. Addie, in addition to winning state for our English team, also placed third on our interdisciplinary team and third on our social studies team in the state competition. Krie was our team captain and she also placed third with our interdisciplinary team. I absolutely loved our season this year with my team. This was my first year coaching, so a lot of the um vibe this year was just to go try new things, hope that we have fun, hope that we're able to learn something along the way and then try to improve for next year as well. Uh so I'm really thankful for the awesome work that they put in this year while draw juggling extracurriculars, juggling juggling family responsibilities, um and just showing up for me in immense ways. So
022I'm very proud of them. I'm happy that they get to get recognized for their hard work today as well. Thank [Applause] you. Congratulations. Congratulations. looking at the crowd. All right. Thank you very much. Um, academic teams, um, I know Mrs. Yudi joked that she just gives him a room and someplace to study. But please join me in thanking the coaches for all these teams one more [Applause] time. And next, Mr. Edwards and Dr. Hack, we have our uh recognition. This is the second year that we have had students that were able to earn a work ethic certificate in sixth grade, 8th grade, and then also 12th grade. And so this will be our second year of being able to recognize those students efforts. Good evening, and thank you uh school board members and Dr. Phillips
023for allowing us to present tonight. Um, as Dr. Phillips mentioned, this is the second year that we've actually had this is the eighth year that the governor's work ethic and has been in place. For a quick review, it is awarded at the sixth, 8th, and 12th grade. And so it's the mayor's at the sixth grade. And at the eighth grade is the chambers, and then the governor's is at the 12th grade. At this time, we had 29 students this year that earned this certificate and this recognition uh all three years. Uh just to give a quick quick recap, the student has to uh have three members uh sign off on seven different areas of those members inside their school that know them. And they have to meet nine criteria along the way as well throughout
024the year. At this time, I'd like to read the names of the recipients and if they are here, if they will please come up and shake and line up right here to my right and then we will move forward and shake hands if they're here. They did receive their c uh certificate today and their cord that they'll wear at graduation during their high school uh senior awards today at their high schools. So uh they will be presenting those and wearing those in the graduation. Grant Barker from North High School. Emily Beaver from North High School. Elizabeth Bodart, North High School. Nicole Bront, North High School. Grace Connor, North High School. Kate Franklin, North High School. Amber Gibby, North High School. Meline Handelan, North High School. Lindseay Hartwell, North High School. Lucas Howen, North High School.
025Regina Hulligan, North High School. Ray John, North High School. Morgan Johnson, North High School. Cammy KFman, North High School. Callie Mlan, Columbus North. Yashidka Metha North High School. Aa Sada North High School. Parth Sha North High School. Shurakasha Servan North High School. Benjamin Stevens North High School. Cole Stevens North High School. Annabelle Sun, North High School. Emily Wart, North High School. Natalie Lewis, CSA New Techch. Lucas Edwards, Columbus East High School. Emily Haynes, Columbus East High School. Cesar Quantero Chavez, Columbus East High School. Elanie Elanie Wagner, Columbus East High School. and Alex Winsler, Columbus East High School. These 29 students were one of 358 that attempted it and only 175 earned it this year. So, those 29 students earned it all three years. So, at this time, if we could have a round of applause
026and then Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations Take pictures. [Applause] While they're making their way back back to their seats, um let's also both students as well. Before you sneak out, um please join me in recognizing all the work and mentorship and leadership our parents of these students gave to these kids this year as they uh they triumphed in their success through this work ethic certificate. Thank you parents. And next we have this will be our first year that we're recognizing um the students uh who've earned the certificate of multilingual proficiency on their diploma for this year. Mrs. Chaff and team did I start already? Okay. Thank you. Tonight, um, we recognize the remarkable achievement of 29 students who have earned the Indiana Certificate of Multilingual Proficiency. This is a prestigious award that honors our students who
027have demonstrated high level proficiency in not only English, but at least one other language. The Certificate of Multilingual Proficiency celebrates the value of bilingualism in our increasingly interconnected world. It not only strengthens intergroup relationships, affirms diversity, and honors the many cultures and languages within our community, but also equips our students with vital 21st century skills. By certifying their multilingual abilities, we provide these students with a distinct advantage as they pursue higher education and future careers. In a diverse city like Columbus, where global connections are a source of strength, this recognition is especially meaningful. These students have shown exceptional dedication and talent in attaining proficiency in not only English but also in Spanish, Japanese, Haitian Creole, Portuguese and Hindi. We commend them for their hard work and linguistic accomplishments. The principles from East North and CSA
028Newch will announce their school's recipients. Please hold your applause until all students have been announced. All right. From Columbusy's High School, if you happen to be here students and if you want to come up when we call your name, that would be great. But from Columbusy's High School, we have Casey Clap, Adeline Logos, Mendoza, Selene Gimenez, Lea Tamara Ruiz, Jixia Chrisville Vasquez, Batista, Alexandra Ramirez, Rosario, and Caesar Canaro Chavez. And from North High School, Jacqueline Hernandez Ortiz, Rebecca Natalie Cantu Garcia, Manuela Elizabeth Hernandez, Karen Kawamura, Ayan Umamura, Mia Michelle Auanaga, Gutierrez, Diego Cotera, Tapia, Yoki Murabayashi, Mariana Duca, Htor State, Avani Cabra, Shaoli Vas, Cabero, Kota, Condo, Vtor, Doy, Swalli, Gage, Yadna Patel, Ashley Vazquez, Rosetta, and Anderllay Axilian. And from CSA New Tech, we have Ingred Ibara Vasquez, Mitchell Martinez, Viviveros, Christopher Ortega Gonzalez,
029Lindy Rodriguez Herrera. Please join us in congratulating these students on their outstanding achievement. awards for him tonight. That's amazing. in Spanish. A lot of [Applause] All right, we're getting our uh hand shaking ready for this this Saturday during graduation. We get the get the hand ready for all the hands we'll be shaking in the days to come. Congratulations to those students and families. Um what an advantage you have going forward. not only in your academic career but in life with being not just multilingual but multi-iterate. Uh next we have another recognition and this one is um mine to share with you. Um about a month ago we figured out that uh we we got a message that the state of Indiana had started a new recognition um for the chief technical officer of the year.
030And um it took me about three seconds to realize that we needed to submit a an application for um Mr. Nick Williams, our um techn technology and innovation director for the district. Um I shared that application with a few others across the district and um asked them if they could help us put together the materials for this application. And I was overwhelmed the day that the application was due and I was to submit it. I went on to the Google the Google doc to to put the all the letters of application in. And they didn't have a place for you to upload attachments. And so I started copying and pasting from these letters of recommendation. And um it we ran out of room. I hit the limit on the number of characters that were allowed
031in the submission. And that speaks to um not only Mr. Williams leadership within this district um from a technology standpoint, but the people who wrote letters of recommendation from not only within our district but across the state um spoke to to Nick's um mentorship of others um his willingness to be patient and listen and be helpful and kind as he approached his work. Um, so needless to say, Mr. Williams was named the state of Indiana's first ever chief techn chief technology officer of the year. And I will share the fact that when they contacted us and said, um, you know, congratulations, your your CTO is the chief technical officer of the year. Um, we also need to tell you that he is the one who helped us at the state level actually put this award
032in place to recognize someone and so he needs to go to Hooers and pick up the award that has his name etched on the front of it. Mr. Nick Williams, everybody, it's up to you. I'll be brief. Um, I just wanted to say 10 years ago I was just teaching down the hall. Um, and ever since taking a district role, being surrounded by such supportive people, including the board, cabinet, all the principles here I've worked with for almost 10 years now, the staff combining that with a world-class technology department has just kind of helped us move the district forward. And it's an honor. Thank you. Stand by yourself. [Applause] All right. And for our next and last recognition of the evening, our 2025 retirees, Dr. Stal. Yes, thank you. Um, good evening. Thank you board
033and Dr. Phillips for the honor to present our 2025 retirees with 721 collective years of BCSSE experience. Our retirees have made countless connections with students, families, community members, and colleagues. Even as we are wishing them well in their retirement adventures, we will miss their passion for students dedication to the mission of the corporation and their overall expertise. As I call each retiree present this evening, I will share their years of BCSU service along with sentiments from their colleagues. I ask that the audience hold their applause until the end so that each retiree can hear those kind words. Once all retirees have been called, we can collectively demonstrate our appreciation for them as they embark upon their retirement journey. We will begin with Cheryl Broceie, Columbus North, administrative assistant to the principal for 31 years. Cheryl
034is the consmate administrative assistant. She is thorough, dedicated, never misses work and the reason CNHS sails smoothly. We are blessed to have her as a part of our team and she will be missed. Brent Chitty, Columbus East PE teacher for 15 years. Brent Chitty has been a dedicated educator. His passion to serve is evident in the meaningful relationships he has created over his tenure as a teacher and basketball coach. Carla Craig, Mounty, media tech specialist for 33 years. Carla has dedicated 30 years to Mount Healthy and 33 years to BCSSE overall. She has been a staple in the car rider line and is always willing to help staff and students no matter the need. Carolyn Harper Richards, second grade teacher for 22 years. Carolyn's gentle guidance and unwavering support for her students has left a
035lasting impact on every student fortunate to learn from her. Russanna Hendrickson, Parkside, sixth grade teacher for 28 years. Russanna is known for her dedication, deep knowledge, and her caring student centered approach. Her service to the school community has been marked by professionalism, warmth, and an unwavering commitment. Rhonda Lazwell, administration building UDL coordinator for 19 years. Rhonda has been one of the driving forces behind the district's implementation of universal design for learning. Through her coaching, professional development sessions, and ongoing collaboration, Rhonda has supported countless teachers and administrators in deepening their understanding of UDL for students. Paulie Major, Southside, third grade teacher for 28 years. Throughout Paulie's career, she has been a beacon of inspiration and a blessing to countless students. Her unwavering dedication, compassion, and commitment to nurturing young minds have left an indelible mark on
036the community. Deborah Maher Schmidt, PE teacher for 40 years. Debbie Maher has impacted thousands of students through both her teaching and coaching. Mrs. Maher is known best for the connections she makes with kids, especially those who need it most, and has truly gone above and beyond in every way. Andrew Ortman, Columbus North C4 technology ed teacher for seven years. Mr. Ortman began his teaching career as a student teacher in the C4 program when he was changing careers from a machinist. He was passionate about helping students learn life and technical skills during his career at BCSC. Michelle Puit Schmidt, Title One teacher for 33 years. A true master of her craft, Michelle will certainly be missed for so many reasons, but most importantly, her unwavering support of students and colleagues alike at Schmidt. Pamela Smith, Smith
037Elementary, PE teacher for 31 years. Pam Smith has dedicated many years to physical education and student wellness that have made a lasting impact on our school. Whether she's helping students improve their fine and gross motor skills or encouraging lifelong healthy habits, Mrs. Smith has always led with heart, energy, and purpose. Penny Snder Richards media tech specialist for 25 years. Penny has shared her passion for reading and learning with many classes at Richard's Elementary. We have been blessed by her care and concern for learners of all ability levels, as well as her willingness to assist teachers and staff. I would also like to honor those retirees who were not able to join us this evening. And if you were able to join us later, then please step forward. Kelly Anderson, Richards, kindergarten teacher for 26 years.
038Jill Arnhol, Columbus East, hearing impaired teacher for 30 33 years. Beth Brunaw, Clifty Creek, special education teacher assistant for 17 years. Beth Burbrink, Northside Middle School guidance secretary for 44 years. Kim Cox, Columbus North custodian for 30 years. Amy Darling, Northside Middle instructional teacher assistant for 26 years. Katherine Foreman, administration building accounting specialist for 22 years. Sherry Glowaki, Columbus East Spanish teacher for 13 years. Jennifer Gagan, CSA Lincoln, media tech specialist for 15 years. Sherry Hettesimer, Clifty Creek primetime teacher assistant for 22 years. Mo Humphrey, Marian or Columbus East custodian for 26 years. Janet Jackson, Richard's special education teacher assistant for 16 years. Joel Lei Schmidt, second grade teacher for 15 years. Michael Metsz, Columbus North C4 construction teacher for 19 years. Kathy Moore, Central Middle Special Education Teacher Assistant for 21 years. Billy Park,
039Richard's kindergarten teacher for 17 years. Brenda Taylor, Columbus North custodian for 15 years. Betty Wishman, Central Middle Kitchen Assistant for 15 years. And Kimberly Wolford, operations bus driver for 16 years. At this time, I ask that you please join me in thanking our BCSC retirees. [Applause] Thanks, sir. No worries about that one. Thank you. Congratulations. You'll have fun. Congratulations. Whatever. Whatever you want. Congratulations again to each of our retirees and their families. Go out there and have some fun for the rest of us. school board member reports. Next item on our agenda this evening is school board member reports. Uh Mr. Major, any reports this evening? Yeah, there was no redevelopment committee uh redevelopment commission or health trust in the last two three weeks. So no update. Understood. Miss Lloyd, any meetings to report on
040tonight? Um, Council for Youth Development um will be announcing their new student co cohort in the next two weeks. They will also be celebrating their graduating cohort with a ceremony at youth camp next week. Um, both teams will participate in team building activities um in the next month. Just a thanks to the students who have given a lot of their time and talent over the last year. Um, the school foundation is set to meet this Thursday and preparing for an annual campaign solicitation. That sounds like fun. Thank you, Mr. Non. Um the the high ability broad-based planning committee met on May 13th and I wanted to share a couple of challenges and how they're meeting them. Um, one challenge is that in the for the past I'm not sure how many years, we've used the
041NWEA as one of our identification tools for identifying students as high ability and the state is transitioning that to um I learn quarterly checkpoints and so that so so the committee um along with Amy Ellisberry's leadership is looking at how to change the identification to incorporate those um Another challenge is fitting in professional development and um and Amy Ellbury and her team have done an excellent job of encouraging all teachers to take courses towards the high ability license. Um currently through the high ability grant um teachers and teachers counselors can take courses, get reimbursed and also um get a stipend for taking the courses and the courses through Ball State are all online. It takes four courses to actually get the high ability license. Um two two of our teachers just completed it and several
042others are in the pipeline to do that. And finally, I want to add that this is Amy Ellbury's first year leading that committee um and that work and she has done a great job of transitioning from many years of Gail Kors filling that job. We're we're partway through the minutes. Uh minutes can note that Miss Wen has joined the meeting. Uh on this end of the table, we've done the board member reports and we're moving to Mr. Glick and Mr. Schulz next. So I uh we're going to vote on it later. U but I went ahead and participated in the district and facilities uh committee. Was it week and a half ago, I believe? and main discussion was discuss all the new resoning and potential re new building projects on the west side of of
043uh the county and then primarily envision 2030 update along with discussing and coming up with a new name for the new elementary and that's pretty much all we we came up with the DNF. CCIC met on May 14th. Uh we walked through Dr. Stalbomb and the group walked through opportunities to better assess employee engagement. Um this year there was kind of an intentional pause not to have a um vendor in place to really allow us to understand what's the needs and how we're going to provide for those going forward. Uh which you may notice we have not received those like data packets. I think we got them once every nine weeks or so. Um and so the team reviewed three solutions um is providing feedback to the employee engagement council and then the other area
044of business is that we passed all waiverss that were submitted at that time. I do not have anything to report. Uh the diversity council is meeting on Wednesday. Okay, you take it from here. Relining the meeting to me. That's lovely. Thank you, Mr. Stanner. Um, cabinet reports our next advanced STEM achievement, Mr. Williams. Thank you. Uh, today we're going to talk about our third student achievement goal for the district. So, along with found fundamental reading skills, uh, graduating students, we're going to now talk about advanced STEM at the end of the year here. So, we do want to be the STEM capital of Indiana out of all of our schools and like sizes and that is going to involve uh making a commitment to helping students reach their potential in STEM. So, these are our
045goals that we're going to go over tonight. Uh to get here, there's a lot of measurements that we have discussed and gone over uh to how to best showcase our STEM achievement. And a lot of people have been involved in making these decisions. And what we have decided are these three main goals around advanced STEM achievement, which is to prepare students for algebra and pre-alggebra by seventh grade. Increase the percent of graduating students who've at least earned 10 STEM credits in high school, which is equivalent to five classes, and improve the percentage of students passing STEM AP courses. And actually these all kind of fit nicely with the new graduation requirements and uh bill 1634. So diving into the elementary base goal or more elementary based goal is to look at the numbers of students
046going into seventh grade who are ready for pre-alggebra and algebra. So to my knowledge, we haven't looked at these numbers before and these are the last four years and in graphic form uh they're here as well, but you can see that it's actually fallen off this past year. So we're currently looking at strategies on how to increase that. We did inquire about next year's pre-alggebra and algebra 7th grade courses. The middle schools were not confident enough to give us a number yet, but they said the sections will be the same. So it'll be at least similar to this past year with elementary readiness for middle school pre-alggebra and algebra. Moving on to secondary, we are looking at advanced STEM credits and the measurement that we're coming up with is 20% and AP exam uh at
047least one or at least earning one passing score on advanced STEM AP exam and 17%. So what do we mean by advanced STEM course? And this has taken a little bit of debate between several departments, but the math department decided that it would be anything above uh your core math classes. Science was very much similar, the biology, chemistry, and physics, any class above that and any STEM related C4 course. So there's actually a long list of these courses. It gets a little complicated with um the CVP courses with independent study courses. So, we had to look at quite a few courses that are offering for our students. If you do look at the last three-year trends on how many students have reached that mark, um we've been just at 20 or below it. And again,
048this past year was a little lower. And to my knowledge, again, we haven't looked at this before. And if you look at the 2B seniors, juniors, and sophomores, this is how it breaks down. So we have already worked hard with counselors uh and giving them information of students who are close or who have already exceeded that uh to help with scheduling that occurred in January and February. So this is something that we will look at and continue to look at and encourage students to take which again will help them with their honor seal and potentially their honor seal. Plus the AP STEM course offerings um are a little bit more concise. So, these are just with math and science. Both high schools next year are offering for the first time an AP pre-calculus course. Uh,
049and there's a long list of science ones as well. And looking at passing rates there, we actually had 650 uh AP science and math tests taken this last year with about uh 396 of those being passed. So, those are the percentages of students taken versus students passed. They're open for everyone, um, which is not typical for every high school in the state. So, it doesn't matter your background, you're able to take and have access to these AP courses, uh, which is which is going to help us in the future with those. And then we need to celebrate. So we are going to do a lot to celebrate our advanced STEM achievements on top of these three metrics which you know we've already heard several even tonight and we'll continue uh to highlight over the next
050year and working on marketing strategies and other pieces on how to make this uh more of a public view as well to all of the great things going on in BCSSE for STEM. So we're going to start tonight. So I have a senior whose last day was today and she's at the board meeting. So thank you. Um so Ashita Kud is leading all the way in STEM excellence going come up here. So looking at the goals, she's graduating soon um and had her last day in high school. She was in algebra uh by seventh grade. She's actually taking Cal 3 and linear algebra through Ball State. the last two years. She's taken seven AP STEM courses and passed them all. Will earned 24 advanced STEM credits, has been with us uh all the way through
051Southside, was in the AC program, did girl up. She's taken advantage of CVP classes to fit all the courses in her schedule. She's taken C4 classes, just the entire gamut that we offer. She's really been able to model. and I'll have her say a few words, but if you would please welcome Ishita. Hello. Um, my name is Ishita Cout as Mr. Williams um said earlier, but I just think BCSC has provided me with ample opportunities and resources to explore various pathways, specifically the C4 pathways and has helped me find the area that I'm truly passionate in. So, I primarily explored the C4 biomedical pathway. I took classes in 9th and 10th grade. Um but at the same time I also took various AP computer science and high level math courses. So what I found was
052my passion truly lied in more problem solving areas which I found um very heavily in the field of computer science which is what I'll be studying in the future. So that's a lot but do you have any questions for either of us Purdue or Cornell? When will you know? Um, I actually just decided recently because my deadline was going to be passing really soon. So, I'm actually going to Purdue University in the fall. There's an extra. Congratulations. It's quite impressive. Crimson questions. I'm laying it on Dick with the Purdue, aren't I? It's okay. I'm just heartbroken because of our brother. Congratulations. Thank you, Mrs. Mil. Yes. Thank you. Right. Thank you for the opportunity tonight to discuss our program for the year. The BCSC food service department uh administers four federal programs through uh the
053child nutrition programs. We have the national school lunch program, the school breakfast program, the afterchool snack program at schools that qualify and the summer feeding program. Our funding uh we don't operate out the operations fund. We operate from receiving federal cash reimbursements from the federal government based on our meal participation by our students and then of course sales to um adults and for allocart and catering sales. This is our just a snapshot of participation from August through December of this year. Um we are on a steady incline in participation in both breakfast and lunch. So glad to see that. Um we are currently participating in four community eligibility provision schools. Um that's where we are able to with the if they qualify then we can provide free breakfast and lunch to all the students in
054that school regardless of regardless of their meal eligibility status. Um Clify Schmidt Smith and Taylorville are currently participating. We have seen this is just our participation increase um compared to last year. of course they weren't on the program but we have seen a considerable increase in breakfast participation at those schools. This is a snapshot of for those four schools um their monthly revenue average um compared to last year when they weren't on it compared to this year and we have seen an increase some in the uh revenue end of that. Um we are basically saying that's from the increase in breakfast participation is what we're noticing and and lunch as well. Um we are hoping to add Mount Healthy and Richards also to that group for next year. Um all of those schools will be
055evaluated on a yearly basis to see that it's cost effective at at all of the schools. Uh for our participation we do um our menu planning is basically based on a survey that we do every year for the children. and we survey the third through sixth grades and the middle school students. Um we take that data and we basically make student driven menus. So anything that's on the menus the kids have chosen, we take their top 30 favorites for the year, that makes our menus and then we fill in with new items throughout the year. As you would expect, we're evaluating currently this year's um survey, but as you would expect, pizza and chicken nuggets have been the favorite. cheeseburgers, um our uh dumplings, and our smile fries as far as a vegetable. So, we
056last year hosted a culinary event for um southern Indiana. We had two chefs come in and they taught culinary school skills, new recipes to 10 of our participants from BCSC, but then also about 20 other participants from southern Indiana. uh we chose to highlight those chef driven um recipe items on the on the menu. These were some of the uh ones that we did. My favorite is to the left, which is the Korean barbecue beef tacos with cilantro lime sauce. Those are delicious. Um we had Tuscan white bean salad, Mexican street corn, chicken schwarma was popular. We did a Nashville hot honey sandwich, a Cuban, and a poboy. Our summer feeding program, that's kind of what we're ramping up for now. That will start May 27th at some of our schools and different places throughout
057the community, lasting up until about the first day of August at some of them. Um, this kind of really focusing on the participation in 22 and 23, we went kind of back to the normal regulations where the children did have to eat on site. they had to uh be in certain district areas that qualified for that. Not all of our districts qualify, but we have seen a steady increase uh in those two years. Right now, for the summer feeding program, we're also partnering with Indiana grown and at a lot of the sites, we will be passing out um it's basically called season your summer. So it's it's little seed packets on growing basil, how to grow them. And then each week at the some of the sites, we'll also provide different activities for the children
058centered around that, just um letting them know about farm to school, learning how to use um seasonings instead of salt in their meals and that type of thing. The summer feeding program, we also partner um with the library with the bookmobile that come around and kind of encourages free books and reading for the children at a number of the sites. updates for this coming school year and in the future. Uh USDA has um impos started a new limit on the amount of sugar and breakfast cereals, yogurt, and flavored milk. We think we won't have any problem uh meeting those regulations for next year. For 207, they're planning a decrease um in total calories in breakfast. So that's overall. Um, budget-wise, we have had um a 13% reduction in our entitlement dollars. The entitlement dollars are
059what the it's based on how many children you fed last year. The government gives you entitlement dollars and use that to purchase your commodity items. Commodities are foods and things that are excess in the federal government that then we can provide to the school children at a lower cost. For example, we might get um a case of chicken patties from them and it would cost actually $2.50 for a case of them compared to $60. And so having a cut in that really decreases the amount of money that we can spend on our foods for next year. In the same time, we've also been notified of a 2% increase in pricing from our main distributor. um USDA canceled egg commodities, which is the fluctuating egg prices and with bird flu and all that's going on, they
060really couldn't commit to um how much that they could put towards eggs. So, what that basically means is products made with eggs, um a lot of our breakfast items or even just things are made with eggs, it's going to cost um we're going to pay street price for it rather than the $2.50 a case. Um, also there are some proposed federal budget cuts that is being kicked around and that could possibly cause a 12 billion cut in federal funding at the school meal that is kind of center out around C um at the national level. So, we don't know what's going on with that just yet. Just like everybody else, we're kind of waiting and hearing from that. The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act is um basically put into effect to ensure sufficient funds are provided
061for school services and we are mandated to raise the price if we don't meet the national level. The national level for this year I have not seen released yet, but the 2324 was $3.85. We're still kind of chasing that. Um, so we are asking to um a proposed meal price change for next year about 10 cents across the board to kind of meet some of the um budget issues that are going to pop up with that. And I am available for any questions that you might have. I already told Nancy that I was asking all the hard questions to Brett. So, uh, if you can go back to the financial comparison slide, I think the one for the C So, if I recall correctly, I think when we originally estimated this in June of 2024,
062it was like 86 85,000. So, what explains kind of like right now I'm looking at it looks like it jumped to about 250ish favorable over the whole period. So, like what what drove that $338,000 savings swing, so to speak? two two things that we think uh this is our first year with C so we're certainly learning um two things that we think are you've seen in a previous slide that participation participation rates were up tremendously um Nancy can help me but I think the estimated increase was around 4% 4% and maybe 8% on the breakfast side and we were 32% average on breakfast and 14 or 15% on on lunch so the number of students participating increased uh well above what was expected. Um and the other item was when we had um sent in
063our application our calcul I don't have it in front of me right now but our calculations were about 54.48 if I recall in the ISP and the state um qualified us at about 58.5 and some change. So we our ISP qualification was higher than we had anticipated which was the factor we had given you um back when we had done this presentation a year ago. So and because of that increase that you that you asked about Mr. Schultz we were um able to um as you've seen add um now healthy and Richards which we anticipate to be at a loss but because of that offset it um allows us to do that. And then just from a transactional standpoint, one of the benefits that I recall us was talking about at the time was, you
064know, it helps with flow, right? There's no checking out children in terms of lunches. There's no chasing down free and reduced application. Is all those benefits helpful and going as expected? I'm sorry, I did. So, as far as the some of the benefits to being on CP? Yeah. Um, one of the things that they advertise is that you will have less paperwork because the families don't have to fill out the free and reduced forms. Um, we didn't actually see that this year because they also then linked the the forms with the Sunbox and then um, so we had a lot of the families go ahead if they wanted to participate in SunBucks, they needed to fill out the forms so that we would know eligibility. So I don't it didn't really seem like a decrease
065in paperwork on that end for us. But then um Indiana has chosen not to participate in Sunbugs this summer. So if that carries over, you know, I think for next year that would be I think we would see less people applying and then you know this batically be getting the meals for free and that's very unfortunate. Yes. The one thing we also talked about was that you know this study increases achievement, increases attendance, reduces behavioral issues. At the time I believe Dr. Boseman, you mentioned that the entire district it would cost nearly 600,000 I think was the number at the time. Is there an updated number maybe just on the elementary side that you have? I don't have an updated number across all buildings. What we did to get where we are now is we
066um we took the next two highest um schools um for their qualifying rate from the direct certification rate and there's a few other factor numbers that McKinto that that factor into that um and we took those down until it was we what we predict to be a break even between those title schools that we were financially benefiting from and those that I mentioned would be at a loss. The next school that we considered was Parkside. It was the next one on the list and that was um again at our calculations was a rather substantial loss. So um but as Miss Milsp said, we'll we'll do this for a year and evaluate it and and if participation rates jump at those schools as um as they have in the others, then then we're certainly eager to
067add more if we if we can. But to answer your question, no, I I haven't done a full comparison of all elementaryaries um this year. Any questions? I don't have any questions. I just want to say thank you. As a parent of a extremely picky eater who is no longer a picky eater because of school lunch, I owe you a debt of gratitude. Thank you for what you do. Appreciate that. Thank you. Other questions? Thank you. Thank you, Miss Ba. Okay, Dr. Boseman. Good evening. As is the norm, I have an Envision 2030 update for you tonight, although this is somewhat of a brief one. This this slide has not changed since the last time you've seen it. Um, but the only one item that we'll be speaking of tonight is the new elementary and
068the request to actually name the school. I'll talk about process here a bit. Uh this indicates completed steps that we've been through um and a snapshot overview back to when we acquired the property through some facility master plan studies that you all are familiar with. We do every four years data planning in calendar year 2022 with the board and the districting and facilities committee. Uh at the end of 2022, you may recall that the board had asked us to get feedback from additional stakeholders, which Mandy Keel from CEA and I did and some others. Uh we met with essentially all the elementary um staff members were invited, but especially teachers and principles. We had 20 we had 40 community feedback sessions, Dr. Phillips and I and some others. Um and then work with the school
069board on developing what that action plan was to address $36 million worth of work which we later tagged in vision 2030. 2024 um snapshot that you're familiar with the selection of the design architect for the new elementary metro school, the selection of the construction manager or constructor and then now we are finishing up design. Um actually just uh today Mr. Sprrong and I and from some others were with Cso and consultants all day working on final selections and decisions on um construction documents before they are presented to the public and to you all for review and feedback tomorrow. Next steps. Moving ahead, we have an item for your consideration of naming of the school tonight. Tomorrow we have a public reveal event at the Westside Community Church. I'll speak to that more in a moment.
070We will we anticipate going to bid end of June, early July on this project over the course of two days. Construction starting in August of 2025. redistricting efforts late 2026, early 2027 in anticipation of the school opening in the summer of 2027. You may recall that our BCSC districting and facilities committee was interested in CSA students helping compile a list of possible names of the school um back a little bit less than a year ago. So that's what we did. We worked with all three CSA, all four CSA schools, excuse me, and each had a different role and they spent September through December working on those, bringing that list back to the DNF committee, which they had filtered through. Uh the DNF committee had um some good feedback for that team and had asked that
071we put together a community survey, which you had as well. That was administered in February of 2025, was open about a month or so. We had a little over 1300 responses on that survey. Those survey responses were analyzed by UCSC cabinet back to the DNF committee as Mr. Glick mentioned just the other day. And now to you board members for your consideration. Our recommendation and the recommendation of the district and facilities committee is to name the new elementary school Maple Grove Elementary. Um this is a nod to a few different a few different items. Uh first of all uh the school is being placed in an area that is very nature centric. So lots of windows looking out to the nature to the south with uh maple trees that will be that are already present
072and will be more present within the landscaping of the property. Um so we want to honor that and and uh the grove and the ravine behind the school. This is a photo of of Charles Sparrow who was one of Columbus's early architects well before the Columbus Foundation and Mr. Miller and and others got involved in that in that interest. Um Mr. Sparrow uh designed several school several buildings across Columbus including a few schools McKinley Washington the original post office the original city hall uh first United Methodist Church and others. Um, this is a photo of the administration building, current administration building of BCSE, which at one time was Maple Grove School in 1896. And on the right, um, a flyer that you've seen, a reminder that we will have a public reveal session tomorrow evening
073at the Westside Community Church that will highlight Maple Grove Elementary School pending your approval. Happy to answer questions you may have. questions from the team. Okay. Not a not a question, but uh congratulations on the groundbreings held last week. Smith and North Side. I wasn't able to attend either one, but I've gotten lots of positive feedback from stakeholders. It was much appreciated, and I think it's a hopefully a new tradition for us when we kick off projects. Yes. Thank you, Dr. Volta Smith and Mr. Burton at Northside did all the work uh for those and they were very well attended and thank you for mentioning that. Thank you. Okay. Uh next on the agenda is public comments. If you ever want to speak at a board meeting, um please sign up on a blue sheet
074when you enter the room and and we will call you up. No one has signed up to speak tonight, so we'll move through this agenda item and go on to um request for approval. Thank you, Mrs. Wielen. Under uh requests for approval under old business, we have the minutes of the April 28th regular school board meeting as well as the May 5th um work session uh for on the handbooks. So, I request approval for uh item 7A, old business. I move that we approve the minutes for the last work session and last board meeting. Second. Thank you, Mr. Glick and Mr. Nell. Are there any questions or comments from the team? Okay. Motion and a second to approve item 7A, minutes of our last board meeting. All those in favor, please say I. I. I.
075All those opposed, please say nay. Motion carries. Thank you very much. under request for approval for new business. Um the the lack of a better term consent agenda, the normal items, um supplemental contracts, field trips, and professional leaves, school fundraisers, and also the claims and payroll uh for the May 19th docket. Um that is a total of 1.3 just over 1.3 million. Uh the pre-runs for the month of April, uh 3.75 million. And then the May 2nd employee payroll is just under $3.8 million. Items E through J include the test some technical corrections to policy 8500. Um those include a change of the maximum amount to be charged um for u lunches to change that amount from three meals to $20. And then also to correct uh for our current practice that the um the
076chargers do not continue to acrue after that $20 item $20 maximum. Item 8F uh sets the meal prices as per Mrs. Milspaw's recommendation the required increase of a dime. Item 8G is the secondary and elementary handbooks as amen amended in the board packet with the four changes following the work session from a few weeks ago. Also the naming of the 12th elementary school to Maple Grove Elementary. The formal appointment of Mr. Glick to add uh to join Mr. Ster as a bo board representative on the district and facilities committee. And then last item 8J is to add Richards and Mount Healthy Elementary to the community eligibility provision for the 2526 school year. I'm going to ask that item J be voted independent versus the consent. Could Could I also ask for H as well, please?
077So H and J. H and J. Okay. And so I will request approval then for items A through G and item I. I move that we approve items A through G and I under new business. Second. Thank you, Mr. Nellen and Mr. Major. Are there any questions or concerns on items 8 A through G and I from the team? One thing maybe just to clarify for for the record. The change from three meals to $20. Dr. Phillips, can you say a little bit about why we made that change? This was an outcome of our work session, but I just wanted that to be more known. Thank you. We discovered um that our administrative guidelines and our policy were different. One was listed at at $15 and the one was at the other was at $20.
078And then also, I'm sorry, one was 10 and one was 15. Um, and the discussion of the board among the board members included the fact that, um, with continued inflation, um, it was appropriate to not only adjust that amount, but also make the two match between the handbook and, um, and the administrative guideline. And then um I'm sorry, also to um make it the dollar amount is much easier for our food service folks to track as opposed to the number of meals. A number of meals may differ in dollar amounts depending on the level that you're talking about. And so by making it $20, it's much easier for the folks in the cafeteria to identify if a student is is at that maximum or not. Okay. Um, all those in favor of approving items 8
079A through G and I, please say I. I. All those opposed, please say nay. Okay. Motion carries. Thank you, Mrs. Wielen. And so I'll take one of these at a time then and request approval for item 8H, naming of the 12th elementary school as Maple Grove Elementary. I move that we approve line items 8H as presented regarding the 12th elementary school name. I second. Thank you, Mr. Schultz and Mr. Non. Any questions or concerns? No, just to make a general comment. Uh consistent with all my votes in the past for the 12th elementary school and the uh demographic studies that we've had that show declining enrollment, um I won't vote yes on anything with a new school. So, thank you, Mr. Major. Okay. All those in favor of approving item 8H um the 12th elementary
080school name, please say I. I. I. All those opposed, please say nay. Nay. Thank you, Mr. Major. Thank you, team. And then last, um request approval for item 8J, adding Richards Elementary and Mount Healthy Elementary to community eligibility provision. I move that we approve item 8J um adding Richards and Mount Healthy to the C program. Second the motion. Thank you, Mr. Nalen and Mr. St. Are there any questions? I actually have a motion to amend if possible. I'd ask that we amend the motion to consider all 11 elementary schools pending a full budget review of the impact um to the budget. Second. Okay, Mr. MacGyver, I want to make sure I do this right. So, there was a motion and then a second motion. Do I have to do them in order or can I
081just do the approval with the amendment in one vote? So, Mr. Schultz has made a motion to amend the current the init the initial motion that was made was to approve adding uh Richards and Mount Hely. Mr. Schultz has made a motion to amend that approval adding any other elementaryaries that would not be in there. So the first vote would be on Mr. Schultz request to admit with the caveat with the caveat of the additional stipulation of an internal budget review on top of the state approval. I just want So if we do the budget review and we can't afford it, but we've already approved it. What would that look like? Well, you that's that's why it's a contingent upon that budget review. Okay. So, the budget review would occur and it would need to
082meet what criteria? That it doesn't cost us money. That it's neutral budget neutral or that there's funds in other areas to offset that cost. Yes. I I'd be interested to know the answer to that question. With $35 million in reserves roughly, we've we've got to have some money somewhere because we're not talking about $4 million to for food. I I think it's probably much less than what probably close to half a million or less, if that. Yeah. So, I mean, at the end of the day, I mean, we made 250,000 on four schools. I would just think it's wise to have the analysis of all 11 and the I mean my my feedback to this motion really was I mean and this is a passionary of mine is to talk it was looking at like
083there's only a very few things that have almost I would say unrefutable evidence of increased student achievement reducing class sizes is very expensive as the something that Dr. Phillips and I have discussed this one appears to have the opportunity and has almost nearly as much sound evidence behind it. I think giving all the students that opportunity and knowing that there are opportunities with students at each of these schools, I would say if it's in the $300 to $400,000 range and we're bringing in about $4 million in reserves on annual every year into additional reserves, I'm willing to give up 10% of my reserves for that and have that conversation. Yeah. And I think one of the things, you know, in my past, I worked as a United Way building champion with Whitney when she was
084at the United Way. And one of the things that I heard consistently from the United Way, and it is, as uh Logan's mentioned, been referenced in numerous studies is that kids with a full belly at the beginning of the day and throughout the day that don't have to worry about food uh usually perform better. And me being the most conservative person up here, not wanting to spend money in certain areas because I don't believe it should be needed, is certainly willing to spend a little bit of money to make sure that the kids are fed well uh because their performance will be better. So, so one of the things that have has always been a concern of mine in terms of um our school district is the wide range of free and reduced lunch rates
085among the elementary schools. Um I would be interested in hearing from Mrs. Milspa or Dr. Boseman about the implications of implementing this in some of our schools that um don't have as high of the free reduced lunch rate. Is there is there a reason to not go to all 11 12 soon? All 11 elementaryaries 11 today. The um let me let me try to clarify a couple things. So the um to a couple of your comments, if if you were going to run if you're going to run the program in the red, the the losses have to come from non-federal funds to correct that. So you're correct in the fact we would have to pull those funds from somewhere else. Um I have not run that analysis. Have you as you've asked across all elementary
086to see how how quickly the well runs dry in that situation? Um I certainly can the um I mentioned earlier um we typically try not to run anything in the red just from a sustainability standpoint. The um the reason we've recommended Mount Healthy and Richards is because we think that's about a break even um as I mentioned and the next uh school that we considered I don't have the spreadsheet in front of me but was Parkside and that was um substantially run the program in the red if we were to add Parkside as well. That was the that was the next tiered school in terms of uh direct search rate. Um and just one item for your awareness, the application window closes June 30th for this. So uh if you did want to reconsider or
087gather more information or table whatever action you want to take. Uh we we we would have a little bit of time to do so, but that June 16th date would be um the the deadline unless you want to call a special board meeting. Can I ask Mr. Schulz, could you repeat your original question? I heard Mr. Major's response to it, but I didn't hear the question, your first question. I just want to make sure that that Mrs. um Chrisman had it. What was original question? I don't know what it Oh, the original motion was to essentially here I'll I'll just read it for the record that to strike the current language as the approval and say BCSC food services is seeking the permission to add the remaining elementary schools to the community eligibility provision application
088for the 2025 2026 school year. This action would bring a total of C schools in BCSSE to 11 in parenthesis all elementary schools pending both the state approval and an internal budget review to be held prior to the June meeting and presented then which would be ahead of the June 30th application window. Thanks, Mr. Non. I'm not sure I answer your question. will the um so the relatively speaking the lower the direct search rate is for a school the lower the reimbursement is for those meals. Um so as obviously the title schools have the the highest DC rate so we put them in first and as you go lower you're being reimbursed less for the same meal at other schools. So, if I just want to make sure I can clarify administratively, if we approve
089Logan's motion, Mr. Schultz's motion, sorry, I sometimes get that wrong. That uh you're going to go off and do your analysis. That's what we would approve or ask for you to do if we approve this motion. we would come back June 16th and we would see that analysis and we would have an item on the agenda on on that meeting to approve or or deny or the re or the recommendation therein. Right? If you say, "Hey, this doesn't work." And we draw the line at Richards or we draw the line at Parkside. I mean, that's fine. I just think I want to know what I'm I'm building $4 million in reserves every year across these funds. I don't have a good explanation to the public why I don't pursue what is arguably one of three
090fundamentally agreed upon things that improve student achievement. Okay. So, go ahead. So, I two things. Um I wonder if it might be more efficient to approve these two and then you bring us more information next time and we we consider expanding it in our June meeting. The other thing is I appreciate that that doing this increases student achievement. I would assume that um if you looked at individual schools and the impact of this that the the rate of free or reduced lunch would be a factor in in that whether it um actually improves student achievement or what or the strength of that effect. Um, so it's not quite as simple as doing this across the board will improve school achievement. I think it varies from school to school and I would assume based on free
091reduced lunch rates is a big factor. And I will say one of the things I agree with you 100%. I the one thing that's a caveat to ours that's similar to some schools across Indiana is our early start times and the breakfasts. And so I would say that's probably the only outlier in the analysis that I've seen is that our because we have such early pickup times like so for example mine are like mid 7:05 710 for or 710 for elementary by the time you a lot of people aren't getting a good breakfast and so I think that's one thing that you won't see on just the free and introduce you'll see that across the entire population. Yeah and Dale to your point about data and analysis um if you go to Indiana GPS. doe.in.gov.
092I can give you this later. Uh, Taylor'sville free or reduced lunch 77%. This might be last year's data. It's whatever data is on the website. Their iLearn proficiency for math is 32% reading is 31%. You contrast that with uh where is it at? Uh, Southside that's free or reduced is under 20%. So 78% versus 19.4. Their math is 63 versus 32 and reading is 57 versus 31. The highest is actually CSA Lincoln which has free reduced at 26%. They are um 83% math proficiency 76% reading proficiency. So I think if you look at those numbers there you could probably draw a correlation that you know the lower the free or reduced launch probably the better the scores are that seems to trend uh across the board here. So yeah, that's that's a national correlation that
093is universal. If we can solve that problem, we that's the million dollar question. But and I also will just add to that, you know, the data conversation is that we just have to make sure we understand that there are lots of inputs and moving parts that happen all at the same time. For example, in 21 and 22 and and the beginning of 23, all the schools in the country, I believe at least in the state were on community eligibility provision, but because of the other factors happening at the same time, um scores and performance locally and statewide were declining dramatically. So, it's a lot of different inputs for sure. And certainly students who come from poverty benefit from free meals. Absolutely. Yeah. But I don't I don't think the assumption can be that anybody who
094is suffering from food insecurity is on free and reduced. There's still a large standing population that sits on the fringes and there's still a large population like I know like I've talked with my in-laws and others like that grew up that would never apply for it due to the stigma. And so although I hear you there's there's children right there on the fringe and I mean that's one reason why I bring this to I think we owe it to them. do the analysis, see what the opportunities are, especially given the reserves that we're building up every year. Okay, Miss Wen, I'm not a parliamentarian, but um since we're waiting for additional information or or we might be waiting for additional information before we make a decision, would it be appropriate to table the votes on
095the amendment and on the motion until our next meeting? I mean, I think argue that mine's basically a table. That's really why the why how it was designed as a table to pin that budget review. Yeah, I think it's effectively the same thing too, Mr. Stener. Mr. Macgyver, would you agree the way Logan worded it? I I think Mr. Schultz has made it clear that part of the motion is the pending the budget review component that based on Dr. Boseman's input that is going to show a loss. Period. So, I think you all are going to have to have a conversation about that. that that analysis will not be a positive where they move forward with the application on their own. So I think it has to come back then at the June meeting for
096action and not that we have ever had a problem but you all would need to make sure that you have a quorum here at that meeting to be able to act on it given the end of June deadline. Well, and in good faith, right? We could not I mean, the reason why I tied it to a budget review, we could not necessarily hold the school accountable without providing the incremental budget revenue as a part of the coion. So, I think that's one reason why you'd have to do the analysis first. Oops. So, I'm not sure I understand with with this amendment. We are approving it for um for the two schools and maybe approving it for the others, but we will decide that officially at the June meeting or no, it's an amendment to remove
097the words basically Mount Healthy and Richards and replace with all elementary schools pending a budget review at which point we can take the action on Mount Healthy and Richards. So, we're not approving it for any, but we're going to get another report and we're approving based on the condition of Sounds like tableabling. I think I think it is and I I think everybody needs to have that in mind when they cast their vote when I ask for the ask for it. Okay. It's effectively tableabling it for our June 16th meeting. Okay. What we're voting on that we have a motion and a second is to approve item J amended with removing Richards and Mount Healthy. We have to vote on the amendment first. Right. Right. That's what I'm trying to get to. Sorry. The amended
098Richards and Mount healthy approval to include all schools pending financial review by our next June meeting. All those in favor, please say I. I. I. All those opposed, please say nay. Okay, we got there eventually. It's It's a very valid I mean, obviously your your peers all agree it's a valid analysis to do. Thank you, Dr. Boseman, for helping us prepare for that conversation in June. Okay. Now, you have to close out the motion, right? Uh, yeah. I don't know. That was just the motion to amend, not the motion to close. We need to vote on the motion with the amendment. Yeah, we just voted on the amendment. Okay. And now I'm going to ask for approval with the amended motion for items 8J. All those in favor, please say I. I. I. All those
099opposed, please say nay. Okay. Motion carries. Thank you all. Dr. Stal. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Uh the 20 human resources recommendations consist of four retirements, three resignations, nine appointments, one withdrawal, and three leaves of absence. And there are no additional personnel recommendations. I request that you please approve items 9A and B as presented. I move that we approve items 9A and B, human resource recommendations. Second. Thank you, Mr. Nell and Mr. Schultz. Any questions or concerns from the team? The the only thing I want to say and unfortunately she wasn't here tonight to tell her I even wore my Rose Hullman shirt for her daughters is that uh you know I'm sad to see Mrs. Anderson on that list. We had her as a kindergarten teacher. Absolutely wonderful teacher. Mrs. Harper was also on
100there too. So, Richards is losing a couple of really awesome teachers as well as all the other schools that are uh seeing these wonderful teachers retire. So, okay. All those in favor of approving items 9A and B, please say I. I. I. All those opposed, please say nay. Thank you. Motion carries. Dr. Stop bombard input and review. Mr. Schultz, can we start with you, please? I was just going to say uh thanks to all those that were recognized, the years of service to BCSC and all the stories. I know my daughters were talking a lot about Miss Major and all her impact that they that she's had on them. Um and just, you know, congratulations to Nick. um he continues to teach me things on the all the technology as I'm not even very tech-savvy.
101So trying to uh he's always been quick to ask answer questions or accommodate uh myself on travel and I really appreciate that and all that you do. So thank you Mr. Glick. Just want to say uh congrats to all the academic teams and honores that we recognized this evening and a big thank you to all the teachers and staff that are retiring. It's uh what was it? 741 years. Yeah, it's it's crazy. Uh congratulations to the Central and Smith Cyborgs on their success at the Worlds down in Dallas. I believe Smith finished 31st in the world, which is pretty phenomenal. Uh this weekend, congratulations to all those graduates from BCSSE and uh go on to do great things. This week also, Parkside fifth grade Odyssey of the Mind team will compete at Worlds up in
102Michigan at Michigan State University. So, good luck to them. I actually had the opportunity to meet with them and it was pretty interesting to see what the project is that they had to come up with. And so, they had to come up with their own vehicle that they have to sit on actually. and they developed a hoverboard that they stuck a chair on and they maneuver with PVC pipes and everything and kind of made me reminisce of my Odyssey the mine days where it was balsa wood and and super glue that you had to figure out how to create a strong structure out of balsa wood. Um and then congratulations to all the recipients of the mayor's chamber of commerce and governor's hard work ethic awards. So thank you to all the presentations tonight. Um
103and I want to add congratulations to Nick Williams. Um 10 years ago when he got that position um my my reaction was that oh North is losing a really good biology teacher. But I think the district was the winner in the long run. Um, and this is just a great time to celebrate all the achievements and I'm looking forward to celebrating that even more Friday and Saturday with graduations. Um, in addition to um, congratulations to all the graduates, we should also recognize all the teachers, administrators, everybody else that have gotten those kids to the to the stage. So, I'm sure it's quite an accomplishment for for everyone that's been part of their learning experience and thank you all for that. Yeah. Uh, agree. Great recognitions uh at this meeting and the last couple of meetings
104we've had here. What what occurred to me during the recognitions tonight was how much of a part the teachers and staff who were retiring had played in the successes of the students that we recognized earlier in the meeting and how it's all uh all tied together. So we appreciate the staff and teacher partners for everything that they do. Yeah. So Tom stole the robotics thunder I wanted to share but just to give a little bit more background on that uh central for design placed 53rd out of 83 teams. Smith for technology was 31st out of 82 teams for skills. Uh Central scored 112 out of 327 and Smith was 111 out of 347 and that's in the world. So I mean that's that's nothing to be upset about if you didn't get first or second
105because that's uh that's out of the world. So I mean it's a really big deal. So great job to them. uh thank all the coaches, teachers, parents, and students for uh making BCSC look good in the state of Indiana. As well, I also wanted to say a special thank you to Alex Duncan, Alex Winsler, Jonathan Ruck, and Tyler Ernst. Uh this last week, I was able to sit down and eat lunch with them and and tell them thank you for all their hard work and efforts. Since they were unable to attend the last board meeting, I felt that uh uh I wanted to in some way, shape, or form recognize them. So, I sat and ate lunch with them uh last week and and it just made me think a little bit about the uh
106the assembly line process we have here where everybody just kind of walks through and you don't really get to spend a lot of time with these people. So, what I would ask is over the course of the next year if we as a board uh could think about um doing some kind of lunch where we can actually sit with these kids and talk to them and get to know a little bit more about how they got to be almost perfect, right? It is so hard to be perfect. And these kids in the top 10 have done that over the course of their high school career and probably all the way back to kindergarten. And so I think it'd be really cool for us to spend some time. I know the the half hour, 45 minutes
107I have with those four kids were great just to learn a little bit about how they want to go into engineering, personal finance, and law enforcement. So it's really cool cool that uh they were able to spend some time with me. So I certainly echo all the wonderful sentiments that have been shared. We have a lot to be proud of and a lot to celebrate. Um, I think the only thing that that wasn't mentioned that I'd like to celebrate are the eighth graders at Central Middle School. They put on a wonderful carnival for a cause last week, raising a lot of money for Riley Children's Hospital. So, kudos to the the teachers at Central for doing that in the last couple of weeks of school. That probably took a lot of extra energy, but they
108did a wonderful job. So, congratulations. Thank you, Mrs. Wen. Um, unfortunately, the the last board meeting, we um took a moment of silence to um recognize uh we had an active student and also an active staff member who had passed away. And unfortunately, a couple of weeks ago, we had another um beloved um teaching assistant down at Mount Healthy. Um it was an active employee for us that also passed away very unexpectedly. So, if you wouldn't mind just joining me in a brief moment of silence to honor Tina Mitchell and her over two decades of service to our um to our students. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Wen. I I forgot one. I got a nice note from uh Dr. Hack, Dr. Laura Hack, asking that we recognize to tonight Jenny Demer's leadership.
109So, didn't want to forget that. Thank you. Okay. Our next uh school meeting on June 16th at 5:15, we have an executive session. So, um that will be school board members only at 5:15 in the administration room. And then our regular board meeting is immediately following June 16th, 6:30 p.m. We will be back in the administration building for that. That meeting's adjourned. Thank you.