001all right you good we're good all right good evening so thank you very very much for joining us this is a regular meeting of the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation Board of Trustees and we welcome all of you here with us we do start each of our meetings with Reflections from one of our board members and tonight I'll turn to Dr bills thank you all right good evening so um tonight I'd like to talk about John Dewey am I can you hear me okay John Dewey was a progressive and pragmatic learning theorist he was born in 1859 in Burlington Vermont which I had the pleasure of visiting this year he grew up in a family that was active in the social Community he's a firm believer in groups of people coming together to problem solve I
002talk about Dewey because we hear the word influencer today right so he was the influencer of his time and also of today he felt strongly that people have a responsibility to make the world better through education and social reform for schools this meant experiential learning involving the community the types of experiential learning would include social and an interactive processes where the student has the opportunity to take part in their own learning and students relate to the experiences through Pride their prior learning their prior experiences so some present-day examples would be things like project-based learning which we all know about here inquiry learning Cooperative learning problem-based learning all those types of questioning discussion dialogue experiential learning he also believed that learning is not just about the future it's about the present the processes through which students
003learn whether they're children or adults are just as important as the results of what they learn the processes of problem solving decision making asking questions respecting differing perspectives analyzing data creating Solutions are tools that help Learners contribute to the Democratic to a Democratic Society and this is why your math teacher wants you to show your work in math class why we hypothesize in science why we show cause and effect in history and compare and contrast in English classes in our results-oriented world we have a lot of pressure today not just K-12 but higher ed to prepare children for their careers and for their future even if education is preparation for future careers employers still want critical thinking skills such as decision making problem solving and people who can think on their own however I don't
004believe education is just preparation for the future I agree with John Dewey when he said education is not preparation for life it's life itself thank you Dr bills as you're able if you'd please stand and join us in the Pledge of Allegiance of the United States all right all seven of us are here so we indeed have a quorum so I'll call this meeting to order foreign if you'll notice on our screens and it is before each of us board members as we sit here the vision of our school corporation our mission and indeed our core beliefs those expectations objectives that we think about as we make the decision at each of our school board meetings we are very excited to start with celebrations so I will turn to Mr Clark and Mr Lewis to
005come forward and share with us all the great work here at Columbus North that's the quietest walk I know this isn't a wedding you never know thank you very much we appreciate your board taking the opportunity to recognize our students athletes our coaches and athletic director and the hard work that they put in you know you always hear that they work hard and they put in hours well by golly that's true each one of these groups have gone above and beyond and we're very fortunate at Columbus North to be blessed with the students that we have the athletes that we have and the efforts that they put in makes a huge difference I'm going to get out of the way turn time over to our athletic director who's really kind of run this uh Rodeo
006if you will and let him share some things about our athletes before we get going Brian all right thank you David I appreciate you guys allowing us to step in to um have our student athletes and our coaches acknowledge for the great work that they've done this year I've taken a lot of time to try to go out to a lot of our coaches practice just to see how they interact with our kids and I will say that we have phenomenal coaches in our community here at Columbus North our boys and girls put a lot of time and effort into their craft and it it clearly shows on and off the field um it's not only about the wins and losses but it's about the young men and women that they are becoming I'm proud
007to be the athletic director here I built a lot of great relationships with our coaches and our athletes and I hope we continue to be here after fall spring and winter sports um thank you thank you it's okay what's up I'm not for sure who's up first we'll take the cross country coaches so girls cross country thank you yes so this year our team was um worked hard and very fortunate again to to have a wonderful season first I want to thank our coaching staff uh coach Weaver has been on the girl staff for five years now with he uh coach Weinheimer was back this year helping both teams and Coach key Faber so we worked as a giant staff together so uh thank you to our three coaches uh in addition and then uh
008Mr Lewis and Mr Clark I like saying it that way because I'm a history guy so Lewis and Clark and so um so so thank you and in all seriousness both of these two give us such tremendous support we run a very big home Invitational here they give us tons of support for that and uh Mr Lewis anything I've asked he's tried to make happen so thank you to both of you two for for giving us a foundation and then um this year something that I'm really proud of um and it sets a tone for I think all of our kids to live up to our senior class is graduating this year with um some pretty outstanding accomplishments and um there's always been kind of this this stigma with with female Runners that they are
009better as they're younger and as they get older they're not as good and this group has been one of those groups across the state that has just busted that myth and so our senior class most of them have been on Varsity all four years they're going to leave here with four conference Indiana titles four sectional titles for regional titles four semi-state titles and at the state finals they finished fifth third first and second uh finishing runner-up this year so I just and as important to that are more important to that really is that all of our senior class they're going to school next year um they're all already accepting scholarship offers and different things for academics and Athletics so it's an amazing class and it sets a tone that I think Columbus North is and
010and should be proud of so um thank you for the school board for supporting us and putting us in that position so that's what we have all right congratulations [Music] [Applause] [Laughter] thank you all right so next we'll have coach Keith favor the boys Cross Country Coach thank you thank you school board for having us here tonight I would like all of the girls uh to stand up all the boys to stand up um right go ahead and stand up right now let's get them all around the Applause [Applause] so we the all of the kids boys and girls um both teams they train year round in the success that these men have up here and the girls that represented us at the state finals it was a whole team effort and the whole team
011trains through the state finals and the other thing that's important is the girls and boys workout together based on their their training levels so the success of one team built into the other so I thought it was important that we recognize all of them together you can all have a seat if you'd like yeah so congratulations to all the teams tonight the girls runner-up the boys soccer team runner-up boys tennis team doubles runners-up in the state champion golfer Ava um we as coaches are extremely proud of what these boys were able to accomplish as a team this year winning conference sectional Regional semi-state and overcoming adversity to achieve a fourth place finish at state in one of the most competitive fields ever each of the seven who competed at the state finals I'm going to
012have recognize each of those Mateo Mendez if you could just raise your hand Mateos he um he earned Allstate and was in had an excellent finish of 20th Clayton Guthrie um also earned Allstate at 24th he had a significant calf injury during the race and finished Neil White he greatly exceeded his expectations he was 53rd will Russell overcame severe food illness the morning of the race you finished 58th Adler Larson had a tremendous race he finished 78 78th as our fifth man he did not run the previous year so that was remarkable that he could do so well at the biggest stage and then okay and then we also had Draven Martinez and Kellen hoddle who are six and seventh Runners and Sam Hobe Hadar also competed during the state series he came in and
013ran at the regional and did a very good job this year he was always ready to go so finally I'd like to thank my fellow coaches um Rick sluder Leslie Weaver Rick Weinheimer it was an honor to coach with you they each had endless support and expertise also thank you to the administration uh Brian Lewis our athletic director also the secretary in the athletic department Bev Addis was amazing of course principal David Clark and our assistant principal Jen Hester who came to a lot of our meets most importantly congratulations to the whole community and the parents who support these young people as they go out every day they run their miles we can go to Parkside we can go out on the trails and we appreciate the whole community's support so thank you very much
014[Applause] congratulations hey good job okay the next thing we'll have is coach Glover the boys uh soccer team I'm Andy Glover I see a lot of familiar faces here I was born and raised in Columbus and I'm very familiar with the rich tradition of Columbus North Athletics I'd like to First congratulate the all the student athletes in the room what an accomplishment the dedication it takes to to delay your gratification in times like these where we have to frequently read things like wait for it well done and well done to the coaches too I know a lot of you have put in a lot of time to support your athletes so congratulations um thank you to Mr Lewis and Mr Clark and the school board to have the school board meeting as a platform to
015celebrate our student athletes um three years ago I reintroduced myself to the soccer team and it has been a delight and a wonderful experience four years ago the team had their first losing season and inside of three seasons they've gone from that to getting to the Pinnacle of our our level of competition and producing great results um which are which are very much worth celebrating so well done to you guys too um one thing that's notable and commendable I think is on the with this platform is to recognize and celebrate our win our mental attitude winner Flynn Keel who was recognized at the State final what an amazing job to complement the team I also think some notable recognitions for for the Indiana soccer coaches association and recognizing our student athletes our top team player
016was Eduardo Cordova a third team placement was Christian cardosa second team placement was Aiden Whitley and the first team placement was Mr Anthony Johnson however last night we had our banquet In This Very Room and what what stands out to me are the the academic achievements we have about 38 kids on the roster and the following were all recognized for their accomplishments in terms of meeting the all-academic standards which is over half of the team Max gruve Mr Michael Wolff Aiden Whitley Flynn Keel Anthony Johnson Nico Goto Noah Marsh Derek arau I'm so glad so glad you could be here tonight Derek um Sam lohide Connor gribbons Leo iorio Keegan Mullins Drew weed Leo peda Freddie Madero Macario Mendez Jonathan Garcia and Ben Stevens so not only are they getting it done on the athletic
017pitch but they're representing themselves with dignity in class in the classroom as well so well done to you guys and thank you all for allowing us to be here this evening thank you [Applause] shut up okay next up we'll have Coast Hammel with the boys tennis I want to thank the school board for giving us the opportunity tonight as well for this I apologize I did not know I was going to be talking so I do not have anything in mind specifically so if I forget anything I apologize now uh first off again as it's been said Time and Time congratulations to all the other teams that were involved this year well done for this team it's a great success for Columbus North and it's a good contribute to our assistant coach and principal for
018all the time and effort they have done for us I know Brian has really put a lot of time over at the tennis courts with us and done a lot for helping us with our program the other thing too is I've got to also thank my assistant coach for many many years Robin Kane he has done so much for this team he does all the extra things that sort of makes me look good I've done this for 20 some years and he's always been there and he does the extra work and gets in contacts with everybody and the team would not go as well as they are without his help a little bit about this team the Columbus North team in general we were ranked third through fifth through the entire season a great season
019a very young team we had a number one player who was undefeated all season long and we had a number one doubles team undefeated all season long Andre Atrium and Amrit Carr as the season progressed they went through the whole season without losing got into the state tournament played all the rounds and got all the way to the state finals where they did lose to the team in final round and finished up the season for 30 and one if I am correct these guys have been a rock for the boys tennis team their freshman year they played doubles together they did a great job last year they were split up a little bit this year they came back together I do not know what's going to happen next year but uh for what the effort
020that they had done for this team and our whole team in general you cannot thank them enough as well as others just like the other sports the time and effort that they put in it goes unknown for what what everyone thinks they do for that stuff so the selfishness the pride of what they do for that is great um can't think of anything else but again thank you to the administration thank you for the board for having us tonight congratulations to these guys who have done a lot of work and worked hard and we hope to be back here again next year as a team or individuals again as well okay thank you very much [Applause] talk for you so much and last but not East Coast Seavers wood girls golf stuff good evening thank
021you school board for your support thank you Mr Lewis Mr Clark appreciate all your help and support and encouragement I also as a teacher can stand here and Ava I'll tell you just a second here I can vouch for all those kids sitting back there I have 90 of them in my class and I can tell you what great students they are and all those things you you just talked about Dr bills with creative uh critical thinking and collaboration and all that I can vouch for them fabulous students but also fabulous fabulous athletes so I appreciate their their efforts in the classroom as well Ava bunker here Ava Ava is terrific she's she's a state champion here winning a state championship as a freshman from Ava is has been done only one other time in
022ihsa history for girls golf she won the state championship this year by nine Strokes and was the only golfer under par in some really really difficult conditions Ava's ultra competitive is committed to continuous Improvement it was really a special treat for me to spend three days with Ava at the state championship this year in preparation and two days at the actual tournament it's fun to watch and just fun to be be there with her watching her approach the golf and and me trying to help in any way possible but but let me tell you she earned the state championship she did I get a lot of messages and emails and texts and whatnot from people and I'm so thankful for that and a lot of people my friends always say Do you ever played with
023her and no are you kidding I don't like getting beat so this she's she's just fabulous fun to watch Ava's at her best when the pressure's on she just knows how to win I'm proud of her uh through this whole thing because not just because she wins but the way that she wins she wins with class and dignity she's a great teammate and a student even Ava is an excellent representative of Columbus and Columbus North High School High School Ava bunker [Applause] congratulations thank you Mr Clark and Mr Lewis the coaches athletes a wonderful fall season here at Columbus North so fitting we're used this room with the extra space we have to to recognize you great finishes there and Coach sluter I think that when I looked at times that our girls also had
024the fastest average time in the state is that not correct so I think we're state champions there as well congratulations again thank you thank you all very much it was wonderful to see each of you and to honor all the great work that you've done as athletes and great to hear as students as well so thank you for being with us in case you have like tons of homework you need to go working on you are welcome to leave that hard work yay check and make sure that clicker is working second yeah [Music] [Laughter] all right we wanted to be sure to give you your due smells better so we'll just very glad to see you miss strong and the entire team for Mount Healthy so we'll turn it to you it's great to follow
025all the athletes I was born and raised in Columbus but through all the schools too so that's exciting and we have exciting things going on at Mount Healthy as well so we're happy to be here this evening have a great team with us so I'm Amy strong principal at Mount Healthy and with me tonight I have Robin Anderson Kim Smith Emily Harris Courtney foreman and other teachers with us Pete law and Ashley shuffett and tonight we also brought to parents with us this is Lindsay and Steve heck so we wanted to talk with you tonight about parent engagement and what we are doing to bring parents and families back into Mount Healthy so first if you've not been to Mount Healthy visit us before then you wouldn't know it's really difficult to describe so in
026the initial initial literature that was published in 1972 when Mount Healthy opened it was called a bold architectural experiment and in a way it still is it went underwent renovation in 2013 and hasn't gone undergone any recent renovation but we are trying out new audio system in classrooms recently to help and we liked that so far um this year we have 26 certified staff 64 staff total and we are running around 423 students and our diversity is increasing slowly but increasing over the years this is one of our core beliefs as well I'm not healthy we really missed having parents and families in over the covid years and I think actually a positive coming out of those years was that we realized we missed them coming in we missed them being a part we miss
027conversation with them we miss that direct feedback from them so we knew that we wanted to focus on how do we get families back in the door and a part of our community in order to make that a clear Focus we listed parent engagement as one of our goals on our school Improvement plan simply put just to engage parents increase that parent engagement so we strategized at the beginning of the year of things that we could do events that we could hold and the first thing that we did of course was the typical traditional open house if it's been a while since you've been to an elementary open house um you're welcome to join us next year it's kind of like organized chaos it's so great to see the kids coming back but the hour
028flies by and there just really isn't time to connect with parents it's hello here's your classroom here's your teacher put your stuff down and we'll see you tomorrow so we were looking for a way to really connect with parents and give them some information about who we are how things run so what was consistent about to the eagle information nights was which were the nights we decided to host once the school year got underway was information around the schedule curriculum our PBIS system a little bit of information about the new report card and perhaps most importantly we wanted parents to understand what can you do at home to support learning so each of our grade levels are grade level bands hosted a an eagle information night this year and I'm first so I've been at
029Mount Healthy for 23 years and out of that I've taught kindergarten for 12. so I have an idea of what they need to know than how to move on um what we ended up talking about was just the beginning of what to expect in kindergarten the end of year expectations that kindergartners do not have a long attention span if you're working with them at home it's their age plus two so likely six to seven minutes use it wisely so in kindergarten we move a lot and I talked to that about parents that when you're working with letters and sounds play games but use that attention span wisely give them a break and then let them come back a couple things I talked about with parents that I brought with me um is grasping the pencil
030and how important that is when forming letters and their posture having a quiet spot to um to work with less distractions and then I also talked about googly eyes tracking those words when they're reading or when they're reading to their child hi thanks for having us um so for me Eagle info night was really important to have the students in the classroom showing their parents a little glimpse into our day we showed them things like how to log on to it's learning some of the things that we would do there we also did hegarty with our parents I hadn't initially planned on doing that but then I had some of my students say you forgot to show you know their parents this so we did hegarty with them we talked a little bit about some
031things that we do in class like math talks fluency games and I was hoping that parents could then take that information home and use it with their kids at home hi I'm Emily Harris thank you for having us I teach third and fourth graders so I have both in my classroom my favorite part of our Eagle information night was teaching the parents about number talks which if you don't know it's a way to teach kids mental math strategies and verbal reasoning they support their answers and we actually did a lesson with the parents where the parents were able to participate in that and it was really fun seeing the kids get excited to see their families answer questions and when I would call on their parents and they would have to come up and write
032things on the board it was just exciting to see the kids kind of take ownership of that and teaching their parents something and I am Courtney Foreman I teach sixth grade we in addition to all of the information that was shared we didn't do as many primary things but um we talked about a lot of things that can be done at home we sent home lots of information about how to question your child when they stumble which is something that we do every day instead of just giving them an answer or giving up we also focused on IXL which is a program that we use at bcsc and um we taught parents how to get on to IXL and showed them the appropriate skill plans to follow we also had some connection activities or problem
033solving activities I'm sorry um so in addition to one of our goals being family engagement we also have a goal for highly effective staff and one of the strategies that we have been using to meet that goal is number talks so we're using number talks K through six and so we've had the opportunity to share those with families so we've shared our learning with families and we have also shared what we're doing with kids every day hi um I'm Lindsey heck this is my husband Steve heck and um we're invested in a five-year-old that goes to Mount Healthy this year um as a parent um you know you take your kid to school and you drop them off and you don't you don't know what to expect um we really appreciated having the opportunity to
034go and actually see the class specific like they said the the open house was was great but it was very general so some of the takeaways and we've not seen this presentation but they nailed it um they made us feel more comfortable with him being in class in school it gave us a familiarity to the the parents and and the layout of the classroom and just the general um idea of what he was going to be doing every day um also it gave us insight and more understanding into the expectations for us and for him for his kindergarten year it allowed us to see how much the teachers put in to these kids I'm a nurse practitioner I have no background in education whatsoever and I think what they do is phenomenal the decorations the
035assignments the preparation they made for the class Mrs Anderson on the end there is Kobe's teacher and she gave us a laminated thing to put on the refrigerator of all of his passwords and sign-ons which is just above and beyond um then last understanding as to what parents and Guardians and families can do to help so that engaged my husband and I to be active in the PTO be more active in the school activities so their goal of getting families more engaged 100 for Mount Healthy and to be fair when I called and was seeking parent feedback from parents and I had the conversation with Lindsay um we asked for constructive feedback as well and the constructive feedback was primarily do it earlier the sooner the better I think we started September 6 somewhere around
036there was I was Kindergarten so fairly early but we do understand that as a first-time parents the more information the student can have it makes you feel better so so that's something we'll take into consideration next year this video is just a one minute video showing you um number talks as demonstrated by Kim Smith and um Liz Sanchez so show me how you would show me if you have an answer yes show me that you're thinking show me that you agree with something that said into yeah and show me that you have another strategy or another answer okay what'd you get seven how did you solve um okay so not six seven is the best all right is everybody here to say I know that four plus four equals eight and uh I only have
037a few of you in here but what do you guys think like I think one of the things the math things that you notice I see that there's um three ones one two one three so there's three blocks that have a number one there's only three if anybody notice anything different okay those are really important not very good here there we go um so we also held a fifth and sixth grade math night and student-led conferences together um this past week I think um and our goal was to demonstrate engaging and connection-based activities that can be done at home and we also wanted to make sure that they were inexpensive ways to practice at home and then our student-led conferences we wanted to provide time for our celebration and really let the kids decide what
038they wanted to celebrate uh we had one room that played board games common board games that could be found at home uh we played working memory games in my classroom and even though it didn't look as flashy they were excited once they got there um we played guess the number in another room and that has become a quick favorite that deals with place value and lots of math vocab and then we also played card games and dice games which would be easy to play at home and then we jumped into student-led conferences we had a really great turnout and lots of positive feedback we plan to host a reading night in the spring and not to be left out our related arts teachers are also working hard to engage parents so last Friday we were
039able to have our first Veterans Day in person program in three years which was really exciting to see our gym filled with lots of guests and you know lots of veterans and active service members and part of that is everybody every grade level was assigned a song to sing or an activity so everybody was involved one of my rules in my classroom is the basic improv rule of yes and so uh they don't say no a lot so they are everybody was a part of it and that was able to bring a lot of people something that I'm working on right now with a group of students I will have about 40 students with cast and crew we're doing a Christmas Story the Musical and it will be a month from now Lord help me
040and um we'll get there uh but um we uh something that we um you know something I believe in is live performances I bring in lots of people it's a lot allows kids that normally don't have the things they don't have the sports they have lots of other out this is an outlet for them and something else that we're doing is a couple of our staff members are going to be the adults um I'm playing the dad and another Allison Hill fifth grade teachers playing the mom and uh Susan suits is playing the teacher and then we have cameos from other teachers and staff members in our building so I thought that would be a fun way to let the parents the students get to see us in a different light also Kathy Henderson our
041stem teacher will be offering a stem family night second semester um and um more information about that will come along as she you know asked him kind of builds their program and um I'm very excited to be able to have live in person audiences and letting kids be able to be an audience and know what that's like hi I'm Ashley sheff and I'm the art teacher and this year on the same night as the performance of A Christmas Story we're also going to have an art show so I'm really looking forward to Bringing whole families in and allowing students to show off all of the hard work that they've been going to this year so far in art and I think one of the best things about an art show is just seeing that pride
042and excitement that students have when they show their grandparents their parents and everyone what they've made and our PE teacher Jerome wood he will be hosting a Zumba night in the spring so that's something else that we're really looking forward to and last we are also working hard to revitalize PTO so as Lindsay said we've got a big strong group who's come back this year so that's exciting as well what questions do you have for us nice so I have a couple any questions I wonder if you could elaborate describe the student-led conferences how do they go do mine so we work on those during writing time and the week leading up to student-led conferences and they're taking a look at their report card data they're also taking a look at IXL which I mentioned
043earlier and nwea which is an assessment that we take three times a year and then they're also talking about goals that they have outside of academics so they can share with their families something that they would like to do or like to achieve and it doesn't always have to be related to academics those were super eye opening for me to look at before we approved them for um to be seen by families but and we made some changes in my classroom so that we can explore some of those passions as well nice so only sixth grade five and six okay awesome so just generally a percentage of your families that are involved in all these activities we for Eagle information night as I was keeping track um we ran a little over half um in
044total so really good turnout um and for the five six student-led conferences the cafeteria looked full great Criterion I did it standing I appreciated the conversation about number talks and I was curious is that a program we buy from a vendor or something that you created at Mount Healthy how do number talks come about um and they've been around for for years the concept our elementary conference this past summer brought in um Jennifer Bayer to speak about math and she talks about number talks quite a bit and so we invested in some resources and really it just came about organically honestly at the during summative conferences with teachers a lot of teachers on their own accord said that that was going to be a focus just based on our our data and knowing the needs
045of our students and so they were kind of taking that on on their own and when I realized so many were doing that as well combined with the Summer Conference it just seemed like this is where we need to go collectively as a group k6 and then as you track results in your continuous Improvement Council you'll be able to see what kind of an impact these number talks and some other efforts have had that's the plan yes yes hopefully awesome yes Miss Dale I just have a comment um mainly for our parents that uh You are not alone when it talks about you know when you mention about taking your kids to school um it is it is a different feeling but then as you go it gets exciting because it's like having two homes
046because your kids are safe and everything there and you become evolved into a part of that structure and my kids were in fourth grade and I Google my kids are in fourth well we're in fourth grade they graduated in 2019 but for the longest time um we were struggling in math and so it's interesting seeing this I really appreciate what they did what you guys are doing with having the parents come in and walking them through that because Jim Coleman Mr Coleman had Elizabeth and I was emailing him because I was in tears because I couldn't figure out how to do the math I had to do it that way my kids were very much when the teacher says this is the way you do it there's no other way and I could do old
047school but I wasn't allowed to so we had to do it that way he invited me in and I sat and they had math at the end of the day and I sat there and the kids loved it because Mrs Dwyer could not seem to get the man Mr nailing this is for you I told you about this math and numbers deal so um after we worked on it and worked on it I don't really think I got it I finally just gave up and the kids did not get homework that night so they told me since I didn't get it that day maybe tomorrow I should come back so it's one of those that I look at what we've done and how we were taught years ago and our kids have so much support
048now and everything that at some point I feel like it's hands off because as long as they have to teach us and that was always my thing with Mr Coleman I said you have to teach me because I can't teach at home and stuff and he figured out real quick that math was probably not my thing um so we just I don't know how we got through it but I appreciate your comments and um and I appreciate what you guys are doing at Mount Healthy because you know I know being at South Side and stuff the the schools do surround their arms around parents and the kids and it becomes it your second home you'll be spending more time there than you will be at home and it's a good place to be so thank
049you Miss Dale are there other questions um I just had maybe a comment I as a working parent who I don't have a lot of flexibility during the day to get away as much as I want to be involved and so I really appreciate all the activities that you do at different times to accommodate you know parents like me that maybe will struggle sometimes we still want to be there we still want to understand it's just sometimes so thanks for taking that into consideration and there's so many things you do I have to believe that has grown over time and so like what are your what are your growth prospects for for next year in terms of different ways of Engagement do you have anything in mind not yet the eagle information nights were hit
050so we foresee at this time continuing those um right now we are still just at most of our cic meetings still just kind of brainstorming what else or what else is there that we can do to bring parents in thanks I have a comment and a question first of all that's great that you're doing all these great activities with parent engagement and I'm just to the parents mister and Mrs heck right what I guess I want to ask you what um kind of was the Catalyst or the the what made you get involved I guess is what I'm going to ask like what was was there something that specific that you wanted to get involved or you said that you were earlier you said you just dropped you know somehow you just drop your kid
051off at school you don't know what's going on well yeah so so we're older parents um we didn't start having kids till we were in our 40s um so we're older but um which made it kind of weird you show up and some of the other parents could be my kids or our kids um so that was kind of different um but the first PTO meeting we were sitting down to have dinner and I mentioned to Steve I said you know the first PTO meetings tonight and he said oh yeah and I said yeah I said you know we can't complain if we're not involved and and not to be negative but you know I just I I feel like so many people complain about school they complain about the homework they complain about the
052teachers they complain about the buses and as a parent blessed to be a parent at my age um I just decided that I was going to be involved as involved as I could now I work 12-hour shifts so it makes it hard and then dad's home with three we've got two Littles that are two and then Kobe who's five and I just feel like you get one shot and that investment and your we feel like you get one shot and that investment in your kid includes the people who care about him and around him or her so if we're not involved we have nobody to blame but ourselves and then that also has a ripple effect with other parents because you kind of hey let's go hey let's go and that's kind of how the
053ptos worked because now we've got a lot of parents who are are involved in dads that are involved that we can make do all the heavy lifting and you know then moms can have fun so uh yeah all right thank you so much it was sorry I would like to know when the date and time is for the musical and the art show I won't come out see some rembrands or something it's December 16th um have you decided exactly when you're your musical is going on seven yeah we said seven and then the art show will be five or six it'll be probably at five we'll say we're nailing down the time seven o'clock as a union uh Union uh sag after remember it's exactly at seven it has to be at seven or the
054kids don't go on or I don't go on thank you for asking Mr Bryant thank you a lot I appreciate it very much [Applause] in case you have play practice it makes sense that you would go home all right next on our agenda are board Commendation so I'll turn to my colleagues I have a few oh good go for it they're General but I was I saw Dr Parsons this week they had a great Thanksgiving movie night we wanted to mention that and faudria created some letters and some pictures for the Veterans Day I know a lot of schools did this but these are the ones that I know Justin too so and then I saw this great article about Columbus East and the planetarium and um you know I just it takes me back
055kind of when we I went to Columbus East so I love the planetarium so I'm glad it's still there Commendation too I think it's Bob okay still kind of comes in there and volunteers so accommodation to him and I think that Lincoln is an espelable competition that right CSA Lincoln anybody knows okay sense okay so to say good luck to them I don't know what happened I'll just see here that's it go for it so obviously it's going to mention a spell Bowl but you go right ahead oh no go ahead no okay I was just going to give accommodations uh to Central Middle School because a student there arranged or partnered with some teachers set to give all the teachers and staff and that served in the military on Veterans Day gave them got
056them flowers and was able to recognize them and give them flowers and my daughter she was subbing that day and she came home and it really touched her and she thought it you know was a really cool thing for them to do because a lot of times we forget that our teachers and staff that work for us whether they drive a bus work in the cafeteria help keep things clean so we're healthy actually like Mr Phillips have served in the military and we certainly appreciate it because we would not have what we have today without them so thank you absolutely so just one and then it's all yours okay and that's a segue so I just wanted to share our Central Middle School spell Bowl we have two teams that competed at the regional levels
057they took first and second and they will be moving on they are two teams in the top ten and they will be moving on to the virtual State final competition on Wednesday all right so we've covered spelling and Central and now Mr Grimes yeah excuse me I feel like I've been kind of skimpy the last couple meetings on these so um I'm not going to do more than make up for it I'm going to leave several things out but I do have a pretty healthy list um so I was reminded just how of how much the sros do each day when looking through uh Sergeant quisenberry's first quarter report and so again thanks and commendations to the sros and work they do each day to keep our students safe um accommodations to those responsible for
058making producing The Parkside Elementary project overview and the transition videos very well done and informative this next one is perhaps a bit unconventional but I think it's very important I just wanted to Echo the sentiments um from a report from Mr Jensen our director of secondary education in commending both the Indiana Department of Education State Board of Education for expanding their efforts to consider more than just standardized test scores in regards to accountability metrics for high school performance it's certainly going to be a long process to collect accurate meaningful data in regards to how students are performing um after they graduate but again I just want to join with Mr Jensen in applauding their efforts and willingness to examine our graduates performance post high school as a part of school accountability moving forward um also
059and this one has gotten a little bit quite a bit of it well deserved attention from the Republic recently but Mr Steele English teacher and Ms Alexander social studies teacher at CSA new tech co-teach a course called American heritage and they collaborated on a project to interview veterans and put together the school's first ever Veterans Day program just this past Friday Mr Steele shared with me that he thinks that the program is the beginning of a new tradition at CSA new tech and he applauded the efforts of the Juniors as they were essentially put in charge of everything regarding the program and that they learned so much from interviewing veterans and seeing the pride and appreciation of all the veterans that attended so thanks again to Mr Steele and Miss Alexander and the Juniors at
060CSA new tech um and recently uh reached out to I recently reached out to all the principals and other program directors um asking them to share some good news and I got an overwhelming response and I promise I'll only share some of those tonight and save probably the other half for December's for December's meeting so I apologize to anybody listening any of those principals directors listening tonight if I if you're left out tonight I'll get to you sometime I promise um so I'll start with Mr Newell principal at East Mr Greg Lewis retired social studies department chair last year actually has just been named the Indiana academic Coach of the Year retired last year after many years as a department chair at East Central and was a long time academic coach and well-deserved honor for
061Mr Lewis congratulations to him from Mr bockmeyer at Southside Mr bockmeyer reports that it's great to have the elementary basketball league back in Action playing games at their home schools this winter he says the crowds have been really good the first few weeks and the elementary kids are all in joy uh really enjoying playing throughout bcsc a couple things from Jay Payne uh principal at Central this one's not school related but it's a it's a pretty remarkable achievement oh and Sullivan an eighth grader at Central I just recently won the grand national cross country championship for 250 CC four-wheelers in the age 13 to 15 categories so congrats to Owen and then in addition to what uh has already been said about the central spell Bowl um the the one team that had the highest
062score in the district competition that participated at Purdue this past weekend with the 29 highest scoring teams across the state they placed into that placing fourth overall so congrats again to Mrs Summers English teacher at Central coaches the the spell Bowl teams there um and then I will wrap up with this one this is lastly and I know this person was it was reluctant to share his good news as he certainly I think would prefer the spotlight on his staff and students but Dr Gene hack C4 director has been named the Indiana acte administrator of the year and the uh according to the iacte website the award recognizes significant contributions to Innovative unique and effective CTE programs and Dr hack let me know that the award was a total surprise and not surprising that he
063feels that others are more deserving than he but he was truly humbled by the recognition so you know I think bcsc has a lot to be um proud for in regards to the C4 forward program so congrats again to Dr hack and all the other staff and students of C4 for having such an impactful program for so many students here in bcsc thank you since Dr Roberts has that wonderful photo up there I'll uh send out commendations to the staff and especially the parents that have been involved with sound and spirit of Columbus which is the combined High School marching bands I've got a Mellophone player and one of the silly traditions that these bands have I guess it goes back to Mr Brown maybe before even Mr stulse but on senior night one of
064the seniors parents has to perform the entire marching band routine subbing for their students and I got to do that last Wednesday we have forgotten already yeah what the what the kids do is amazing and the parents and the staff that are there to support them I think the picture's probably up here because Saturday Thursday Friday Saturday bands of America had their annual competition up at Lucas Oil and our band represented itself very well among a hundred other bands from across the country so congratulations to everyone involved with sound and spirit of Columbus thank you thank you and you're good that would not be me all right we have had no one sign up for public comments so we'll move on to school board member reports Kali okay Miss day off dryer I just wanted
065to announce that on the 29th of November the education Hall of Fame committee will convene and we will start reviewing the nominations for this year's educator of the Year award awesome thank you Mr Grimes the school Foundation met last Tuesday just a few items to note German thanks to German American Bank for agreeing to find the third grade architecture tour for yet another year the major saver discount cards have been a major success for the school foundation and the nine participating schools so far this year several hundred more cards have been sold over last year's totals with the final numbers still to be tallied and then lastly I'll go ahead and promote this one because I think it happens before our next board meeting the school Foundation is going to sponsor a cookies with Santa
066event Saturday December 10th from 9 to 11 at the old Jeep dealership next to Kroger kids and families encouraged to show up free photos activities and obviously cookies for for kids and their families thank you are there others I'm looking all the way down this time Mr Brian I do want to report that the ccic met on Wednesday November 9th we talked about the professional development day that is coming up on Monday November 28th right so a nice long weekend for families our teachers will be hard at work on professional development day we also got an update on the facility construction and the the program for November 28th sounds very insightful and very meaningful so we I'm sure we will hear more reports about that effort it is time for our quarterly reports Mr Phillips
067good evening Dr shed members of the board what a great meeting so far it is I am going to ruin it by talking about finances for just about five minutes but since I have the microphone we're in the black so it's never that's bad not bad news not bad news at all but since I have the microphone just what a tremendous meeting so far great to see all these kids and hear that loud Applause in this great room see Mr Weinheimer back in the building and then it just got barely mentioned but I don't know many schools that have as many mental attitude Award winners the hsaa state championships then Columbus North High School it just seems like every year or two there's another student and proud parent back here Mrs keel's son was the
068the winner for the men's soccer this year so congratulations to all them and a reminder from some parents I know they left but we got the reminder why we all still come to work and we do this work every day from from those parents so what a uh what a great night so far and I will summarize very quickly because there are not um very many variances at all to point out to you from from budget or expected through the third quarter of 2022 um sometimes there's a delay don't worry helps if I turn it on there you go got it there we go so uh revenues are up exactly as expected through the third quarter of this year primarily due to an increase in state support and assessed value I'll also mention I apologize
069for anyone buying a house or a car right now but our interest earned is actually not a negligible amount through through the third quarter of this year which is which is nice on the expenditure side I will point out that we do remain just behind schedule and behind budget from a salaries and benefits perspective but again that's because that that second two I'm sorry the second three pay month is not until December this year and it's usually one of the first six months in one and the second six months so once that comes around we will be right where we would expect to be expenditures from all tax supported funds uh same thing on the operation side I'll just point out on the operation side for expenditures the average of 11 increase for all support
070staff went into place July 1 and so that large cash balance should start to draw down a little bit as we continue to uh to pay support staff significantly more with the increase in minimums and the the support staff study that we conducted operating referendum fund expenditures the same exactly as would be expected uh this one's the opposite an increase in the amount of salaries because of the increased number of teachers who qualified for the referendum increase or the next step in referendum increases from the 5 000 to the 10 000 to the fifteen thousand dollar mark so can I I noted that one so can I does that correlate in a positive way with our intent towards retention of our great teachers I would argue that in many cases yes um we still had
071a large number of new teachers this year it's one of those it's one of those efforts that it's hard to know what would happen had we not done it similar to some of the interventions we put in place for um you know for students if we weren't doing those things what would happen with test scores and other kinds of things attendance and other metrics metrics that we use for students but anecdotally I know that we have teachers that have stayed here or moved to come here from another District because of the referendum pay uh one slight anomaly there on the Safety and Security side we've had a slight delay in the delivery of this year's buses that will catch up on the safety security expenditures for this calendar year as soon as those buses buses
072are delivered and we pay the bill uh cash balances remain up across all funds with the exception of the Health Trust and again that is because every payroll is a few million dollars and we we have an extra payroll that we haven't hit we won't hit until December 30th and the health and dental trust is actually the opposite it's the one that goes up when we pay ourselves from a payroll so that will catch up eventually as well in the last slide these are cash balances without the tax anticipation warrants and so you can see that we are down just a yeah down just a a tad bit um no I apologize just again in the health and dental trust it was the last slide that we were down with tax anticipation warrants because we
073didn't borrow nearly as much this year we only borrowed the education fund and the operations fund didn't borrow against any of the debt funds or the operating referendum fund cash balances with once the tax anticipation warrants are paid back are up a little bit and should remain that way through the end of the year happy to answer any other questions you might have yes Mr Grimes I've got one question it's somewhat related to this and it might be more of a doctor complete question do you know about what percentage of teachers were new to the corporation this year I think our retention rate was around 89 90 for this year something like that so and the good news is when he was out talking about the referendum he captured it with saying we have teachers
074coming from other corporations for that and I would even think that Dr hack with C4 with teachers coming in to help the CTE courses the referendum has also helped us attract some great experienced teachers for our C4 program as well as others and would you all would you happen to know off the top of your head Dr palika ballpark number for how that compares to the year prior the retention rate it depends how it's figured each year that's why we're trying to get into a standard way of capturing the data each year so what we are the way we're figuring it is the number of teachers that taught on the first day of school compared to the number of teachers that taught the year before so we had I think around 91 92 percent a
075year prior we did not have as many retirements this year but we also had some people who are now their spouses could work remotely or so so some of them returned to like their home States and so we had some of that that was probably more out of the ordinary than typical thank you another question all right thank you good evening we're excited to be in front of you this is Kristen Beck director of Wellness next to me in her first year in this position in the first year for the position when we hired Kristen one of the first conversations I had with her is please help me find a comprehensive EAP program for our staff that they can utilize so a little bit about the employee assistant program we've had our current one I
076believe since 2006 it's pretty much hasn't changed since that time so we're looking at with our strategic plan with healthy safe and welcoming environments when we did our focus groups and we got a lot of information from staff as well as from our engagement surveys the thing that kept coming out is Teachers trying and employees trying to find work-life balance trying to help meet the needs of everyone and their families and home life as well as meet the demands of being in the classrooms or on buses or with our students each and every day and our strategic plan our Focus area healthy safe and welcoming environments ironic same one that male healthy chose to focus on this evening we wanted to make sure our staff have Equitable access to necessary resources and in our current
077EAP system it is typically about Counseling Services mental health and that is an issue and it is widely known and a lot of people need to have that available to them when needed but we want to look at more of a comprehensive impact of it's not only the mental health a lot of things cause the mental health issues at the point so can we be more proactive in helping people get different assistances I know she's going to talk more about it more but more of like Financial advice because that causes a lot of stress on life legal advice Wills health I want to not take all that from her but in charging that last spring I met with Heather down in our benefits specialist Kelly Thompson our director of Health Services anjanae Norman our employing
078Student Assistance coordinator and just said here are a few companies please check them out vet them for us listen to their presentations see what they have to offer but which company would have the most robust comprehensive accessible platform they came with strengths and weaknesses for all but hands down they were most excited about the Lifeworks proposal that we are bringing to you this evening and with our Lifeworks program in your packet there was a lot of information as far as the contract and the overwhelm the overall program with it but the one thing we are most excited about is something that Kristen continues to talk about is we have employees anywhere from the age of 18 years old into you know close to 80 years old and everybody uses different modalities to access resources some
079people want the phone calls some want to make the visit where they go in person but we're in a day and age where some people would prefer video chat in a day and age that some people would prefer texting so all of this is allowed with Lifeworks program is easily accessible to them um I don't want to go too far because I'm not about it but also if people do not want to reach out and actually meet with anybody for this there are self-guided programs so if I want to go on and look for an article about anxiety or how to loved and aged on you know when people are going through in medical emergencies if I want to get on a read articles that have been vetted by experts in the field rather than
080getting on Google and just Googling something and trusting The Source this is something that is allowed to us so it's very accessible very handy it's an app or an online version that our employees will be able to use with their you know single sign-on or if they do the app and all that but don't want to go too far because I know I'll get right into what she's talking about good evening thank you for allowing us to be here yes I'm very excited about the potential of the Lifeworks EAP here are some services that are included they have 24 assistants through a toll-free number individuals can also live chat or text via the mobile app 24 7 365 days a year they will do an assessment right then if that individual is in crisis they
081will connect them with the provider then not get off the phone to make sure that those needs are being addressed up to five in-person visits as Dr pleek mentioned these could also be done virtually if the individual prefers that or through a live chat but up to up to five in-person visits per presenting problem per year and that's for employees dependents or other household members they include a work Life Services component and this this includes information and referrals if necessary on Elder Care Child Care Financial Services legal services so it is very holistic as Dr pleek mentioned those kinds of things can create stress in one's life they also have 51 languages that are available through the platform they have an interactive website with access to articles self-assessments they even have some online legal tip
082templates that individuals can access they have self-guided modules through their self-care component and that feature they have self-guided digital components in areas such as communication anxiety depression divorce grief so it covers a wide range of topics that people might want to access on their own they also have an automated virtual Fitness Journeys that users access through their mobile device this includes a fitness assessment that can be done as well as digital Fitness training sessions that are available through the mobile app or through the website at any time for individuals there are over 460 counselors in Indiana there are several within our ZIP code and area neighboring counties zip codes we did ask about that we will receive quarterly reports it's all aggregate data we'll receive information on the utilization emerging issues and what has been
083most used through the work life services the cost is comparable to what we're paying now for our current EAP it's of with Lifeworks it would be 1.99 per employee per month and then the like I mentioned before those services are provided for all employees dependents household members if whether they're on bcse insurance or not any questions yes go ahead Mister I've got a couple questions how how much was the EAP program utilized under the old provider on the quarterly reports I looked at for the past year year and a half it was about two percent utilization so we would we are hoping having this um this approach and having multiple modalities as well as a more holistic approach we could increase that utilization I feel like the need is there so that's a goal when
084as a follow-up to that so I guess my question is moving forward how how do you plan to educate and inform employees about this new change and all these Services well we plan to take our show on the road and go to schools talk to everyone that we can I'd like to meet in person as much as possible they Lifeworks provides an implementation manager to help with the process and to help encourage a smooth transition so they do provide sample emails Flyers brochures so they they will help in that process as well thank you sure I was curious if there are other school corporations that have bought in yes there are Dr pleek spoke with a couple individuals I think at two or three at least all had positive information one school had just transitioned
085so it was relatively new but so far so good um someone one school corporation did comment that the implementation had been very smooth and that they do provide that guidance and assistance so that feedback was all positive I'm going to say this but then I don't remember so there were interesting add-ons you know and they they sound like really helpful so I was curious your assessment of them or you're just going to wait to see how the implementation goes and maybe add them don't ask me for an example because I forgot all five of them no that they sounded very cool yes they have a lot of options but you know I have had conversations with Mr Phillips so I know sort of our budget parameters do for right now but yes but quite a
086lot of the features are already embedded and we did work with them a bit to get the five person versus a four-person and and so we were happy to be able to have that change from four to five right yes they have a lot of wonderful features all right thank you yes um the vendor that does this for the hospital where I work you talk we talked a little bit about how to promote this and how to they had a one-to-many I think I think registration for the financial household budgeting class maybe it was 25 and I think they did it in a series of four meetings after the first 25 got through word of mouth about how productive it was I don't know if it's the same vendor or different vendor but it was
087Word of Mouth that really drove that program which then of course you know they log in through the website so they start to see some of the other tools and benefits that are available so once you have a couple of people that are willing to give testimonials I think that will go a long way toward making sure we get the 1.99 per member per month is that what it was yes yeah yeah I agree I think that is the the best way to spread the word is through personal testimonies and they did we did check with them as well they said on average when someone contacts them to set up uh counseling services typically that is all done within three to five days they can anyone else foreign thank you all very much I appreciate
088the information thank you thanks have a great night thank you thinking about future reports on the employee assistance program will that go to the Health Trust then and then come to us annual reports here as far as the reports or the information from the employee assistance program like like we do on the cafeteria services um just it's more less about metrics and regarding population health and those kinds of things could possibly integrate it into usually usually Mrs Thompson does an annual nursing report something like that or around maybe Wellness in gen to the board once a year great starting was a conversation at the Health Trust meetings a concern about the topic of mental health and service to our members but this is available to all of our staff and and their family members whereas
089the Health Trust is only those individuals participating in the insurance program that we offer to um we do have a district Wellness committee it's getting there right yes thank you yes I was Gary say the information will be shared at the wellness Council meetings as well to keep all informed and we can also do Friday notes um currently I think Janae shares a lot of Friday notes and things like that so we can our quarterly reports we can look at sharing Friday notes of the board that way as well thank you we're down to the how we are I have a number of items for requests for approval tonight starting with the minutes of our last school board meeting on October the 24th you have a list of supplemental contracts as well as field trips
090professional leads in in front of you tonight as a change just a change of dates for one of the trips so the accurate information is in front of you for field trips and we also have school fundraisers you got a list of those claims in payroll we have claims for November 14th dated today of about 1.6 million dollars pre-run covers the month of October so about 2.5 million dollars payroll just have one for you from the last meeting since the last meeting a little over three point one million dollars we also ask for approval of the employee assistance program that you just received information about you've had a contract in your packet also approval of the guaranteed maximum price for educational improvements another set of those from Dr Bozeman we have another recommendation from Dr
091Dr Boseman for an agreement to participate in the motor fuel budgeting program from the Indiana Bond Bank also approval to donate obsolete Chromebooks from our technology department to the transportation department and we have a resolution for the 2023 tax anticipation warrant as well as approval of the Health Trust broker slash consultant Services agreement and again that one is specific to the Health Trust and who they're using to help with decision making that is the list of items that I have up for your approval this evening all right thank you so I'll entertain a motion for approval of 3A through K as they are presented to us so move thank you Mr Bryant is there a second thank you Miss day hothwire are there questions about any of these items to ask the peoples whose name
092is in parentheses I've got one doctor yes Mr Phillips this is for you in reference to letter k for um self-funded plans like the one here is it typical to have the Health Trust broker consultant or we would do most self-funded plans have such a thing I guess it's what I'm asking it's every District that I know of on my colleagues I'll use a broker consultant to help them navigate decision making and bring things from the market to the trust to consider to implement programs that has been my experience too Mr Grimes even even consortiums that have maybe a number of Corporations tied to it will have a that broker other questions hearing none all those who approve items three a through K as they are presented to us if you'd signify by saying I
093I those opposed all right that's a pass for you Dr Roberts thank you Dr should Dr Peak I request approval the HR recommendations as presented this evening thank you I'll entertain a motion for yes entertain a motion for the presentation of the human resources recommendations that we have them so moved thank you very much Miss wielton is there a second second thank you Mr Grimes any questions for Dr pleek okie dokie then those who approve the human resource recommendations as presented if you'll signify by saying I I those opposed there you go thank you Dr pleek lastly the opportunity for us to share our thoughts input and review from this meeting Mr Bryant I just want to say congratulations to all the Columbus North athletes who came here tonight it was great to see them
094and imagined some of them going off to college next year because they looked like they were about six thank you to Amy strong and her Mount Healthy team for their presentation on parent engagement and I did owe Mr Bryant's congratulations to the athletic teams also senior projects are coming up kind of midterm Columbus North so I wish the best to all bless you um wish the best all those students who are presenting and I get to to ring on one other Bryant we're getting old that's what that is Sir I appreciated having the parents come tonight that's really a nice touch and way and way to kind of bring that home for me so I thought Mount Healthy did a great job tonight I appreciated hearing from Mr misick awesome thank you Mr Grimes um
095yeah thanks to Mr Clark I believe he's still in the back there and all the others involved in putting together the meeting for here tonight at North it's nice to have a little change of scenery it's very good uh congratulations to again to the many North athletes recognizes this evening thank you to Dr bills for her thought provoking reflection on John Dewey is insightful contributions to education uh thanks to Mr strong and the healthy staff and parents and their presentation on their intentional efforts to include parents and families and then I would also say congrats to um three newly elected and one recently re-elected board members look forward to working with you at the beginning of next year and then I want to close with something I got from a principal this is from Mrs
096Detmer The Rock Creek principal she said she has a celebration from the end of October that she's been wanting to share for a long time and she says and I quote this this experience truly reminded me of the of the why behind the work I do each day and and she shared a story about a group of rock Creeks Rock Creek students who recently went to the Columbus Rock Gym and several of the students were interested in trying the most difficult climbing wall but we're nervous about it and Mrs Detmer reported that the cheering and encouragement that she heard from all the students made her principal heart happy and at the end of the day all who wanted to try the most challenging wall tried it and even if they weren't successful getting to the
097top the encouragement she heard from the students was great great job for trying and then lastly this is a quote from Mrs Detmer it was one of those moments where you smile look back and think how great watching kids grow and mature is so thanks to Mrs Detmer for that thank you yeah thank you Mr certainly Mr Grimes is always hard to follow and I think we need to uh change the accommodations to Todd's accommodations so I appreciate him for always sharing things that's going on within our district I too also would like to thank Mr Clark for hosting us at North and all the athletes and Dr hack for his uh award and it's just truly a good night to be back at my high school my kids high school um and um but
098anyway it's uh it was it's good to be here thank you yes sir Stenner yeah I'm sure everyone on the board we all appreciate everybody that was involved in putting the meeting together tonight thanks to you all right I just want to remind her and I appreciate this about this particular meeting that um I the coaches referred to all of our athletes as student athletes and the fact that so many of them are also Excel academically speaks to our commitment to the whole student and our approach to learning here in bcsc this meeting had just covered all the stuff that school boards do which I appreciated so honoring our student athletes the coaches learning the status of our finances it's wonderful that we retain a very proactive healthy approach here and then the work for
099our staff that we are equally committed to doing well for all of the staff that are part of bcsc so I appreciate the effort that we have a robust EAP program so this modeled what our work is and it's great where it's it's just so cool to do it for bcsc this is a great place our next meeting is December 12th oh just to add Dr it's hard to add anything to the summaries you all have provided but it does take a lot to put together a meeting that's not in our building and so to want to commend those individuals who are involved in doing that during the course of the day from Sherry to Nick to Brett John Green the custodians here others I'll miss somebody as I as I keep trying to give
100names but also to Dustin who came in and pinned for us to make sure that we could also continue our streaming work as we change locations that's one of the extra variables becomes a little bit more difficult so thanks Dustin for also putting together the streaming for this evening thank you awesome sure sure so calendars December 12th 6 30 we will be in the Terrace room of our administration building that is our next meeting so thank you all this meeting is adjourned foreign