001To the flag of the United States of America and to the for it stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Sorry, I should have checked before. >> Yeah. >> All right. So, I'll go ahead and recognize that we have a quorum this evening. We have um Ray present, Amy present, Scott present, and myself present, and Chris is out this evening. So, we will go ahead and um if I can get a motion for for approving the agenda as is, please say I. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> I'm sorry. >> Oh, approve. >> I got to get my mind on the Sorry. Please >> make a motion to approve the agenda as written. >> I'll second. All right. Thank you. Any discussions on the agenda? All right. All
002those in favor for approving the agenda for this evening, please say I. >> I oppose. Same sign. [clears throat] All right. Okay. And we have um this is our time. We open it up to audience for agenda items. We go back to non-aggenda items at the end of the meeting. Nobody. >> Okay. All right. So, our routine matters. B1 is the regular minutes um from our last meeting in our work session on November 17th of 2025. If I get a motion for approving those minutes. I'll make a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting and the work session of November 17th. >> I'll second discussions, comments on those minutes. All right. All those in favor for approving the minutes of our regular meeting work session on November 17th, please say I. >> I
003oppose same time. B2 is our vouchers and financial reports and A motion for approving those for the month. >> I make a motion to approve this month's vouchers and financial reports. >> I'll second to point out. >> All right. So, all those in favor for approving the total vouchers of 2,469,34616, please say I. >> I. Oppos. Same sign. Great. So, we will move on to our communications donations for BC. First, um there are several here. Girls wrestling had a donation um for uniforms for $5,45 and then $400 FFA. The boys wrestling had a donation of 500. Cat had a donation of 500. the class of 27 of 216. Athletics department had thousand donation and I'm actually sure it's the club of some sort. >> Is that the bike? >> That's the auto shop. >> Auto
004shop. Okay. All right. And the auto shop had a donation of $100.75. Prairie's donation was applying to the student accounts that had negative balance and that was $300 and um the Ottoman Elementary student activity fund had a $100 donation as well. So we greatly appreciate all of the donations that come through each month. >> Just for clarification that VICA stands for Vocational and Industrial Clubs of America. Okay, >> it's like a lesser known version of FFA, but it includes all the trades, masonry and construction trades and everything encompasses into that. >> And that fund was just labeled that well before I started. >> Okay. >> Years ago. >> No, I had seen it come through that way. Okay. Thanks for clarifying that. Glad there's somebody here that knew. >> All right. So, we had um
005C2 is our fundraiser update. And we didn't really have a whole lot for um as far as current activity going on for fundraisers except I think [clears throat] um the varsity JV and varsity cheer have a camp that happens in January. So um but as far as everything else I think that was those are things that are there's some things on the screen here but those are things that should be ending or have ended. Right. >> Does that sound about right? Then we will move on to our principal report and Cyber. >> Yes. I'm privileged this evening to have Mrs. Watt and Mrs. Rhodess here this evening who are going to talk to you about the ever moving target from the state. Um I am privileged to work with them each day and they are
006extremely knowledgeable. Without further ado, I'm going to shut up. We're going to share. We just made folders to you guys because it's the easiest with the new diploma. It's the easiest way to kind of understand all the new components of it. So, we're going to walk you through it. >> Need all the stuff I can get. >> I was going to say several of you have freshman that are >> I had it all started out and they changed it. >> So, we've got several things in here. I'm not trying to overwhelm you, but just trying to I guess educate as best we can. So, the first part of your packet is the basics of the diploma. So, um I don't I won't walk you through like everything, but like English is the same. Um however,
007they are now requiring a speech credit for students. So we are fortunate that we are able have a been able to turn one of our semesters of English 10 into a speech class and it is dual credit um through IvyTech. For math um not nothing has changed from the 440 except for they are adding a personal finance requirement. We are hoping to kind of pair that with econ. Um, as students get into that upper level, we feel like the personal finance is probably more useful for them as they're older rather than trying to shove it into a junior high or an early high school type of class. Um, science and technology still um, still the biology, chemistry type classes, but they have added a one semester computer science class that we have added in in
008the eighth grade um, year. Social studies and they kind of reduced that a bit. um PE and health. They've reduced that just one semester of PE rather than two um personalized electives and then they are now requiring preparing for college and careers which we are teaching at the eighth grade level as well. That is the basics. Then on the back you'll see there are all different kinds of seals that students um sorry the back yeah this first page all different kinds of seals that students can get depending on whether they're going into um college they would be looking at the enrollment seal. if they're looking at going straight into the workforce, the employment seal, and then looking at going into either public service or the um military, we'll be looking at the enlistment seal. And
009there are an honors seal and an honors plus. Um the state is kind of redoing how they're going to do funding now. So only the plus seals will be getting any kind of money um start when these new diplomas come into full force. So no longer do we have the academic honors, the technical honors that give us money. We have to look specifically at the honors plus seals on each of those. Um employment and enrollment will both give us um just under $2,500 at $24.95. The enlistment seal will give us um $873 per student. And then the Indiana College CPS, which is um we came and talked with you last spring about this. It's the group of 30 college credits that students can get across like six different areas. that will give us um an
010just about just under $1,500 per student. Um so that is where we are going to need to be focusing our time is working with students to try and help them get to that level. Um enrollment honors plus seal that is guarantee the state says that guaranteed admission to an Indiana public school. Um, so if you they have if they meet all the requirements of the enrollment honors plus, so the honors and the honors plus information here, they are guaranteed enrollment to in any Indiana public college or university, not necessarily the major of their choice. Um, not going to get probably guaranteed admission into Purdue engineering. Um but it is guaranteed admission to Purdue and then they can um try to code it in or whatever transfer into some of those programs if they should want
011to. Um so there is a lot of moving parts as you can see all of these different requirements um take a lot of tracking for each of us and we've included um copies of how we track that. Um these are our credit tracking forms um that we have one for each individual student. we share with them and um if they have a teacher of record we share as well and every semester we go in and manually update this because this does not talk with Harmony. So this is something that we go in and update every semester once grades are posted and so students um and if the students share it with their parents can see you know as up to date as possible as to how they are doing towards um how they're working and
012progressing towards their diploma. So, um, that is one of the things we we get to, um, keep track of. And Kyra's going to move on to the next. >> Do you guys have any questions about the diploma piece? So, the next thing we're going to talk about are credentials of value. And so, credentials of value are required for students to complete if they are going to complete the um, honors plus seal. So, the diplomas that are funded require credentials of value. Um so looking at the list these two lists here you can see at the top that one is for honor or one is for enrollment and one is for employment. Um so a co a credential value must meet a f final credential score to count towards a diploma. So each of these lists
013has a column on the right hand side. So each COV is given a point score and at the top of these documents it lists what those point score or point totals have to be to count towards each diploma. So um we have kind of done a preliminary run through of what we think that we could offer at Benton Central, what those point scores would be, what those totals would be and how we can offer those out to students with our teachers. Um these lists or these scores and these lists are determined annually by the commission for higher of educate commission for higher for education CHE. Um and they are deter determined by the employment demand in our region and if a student will be able to earn a living wage. The priority is placed on
014if a student can earn a living wage. So this list is for the current class of current freshman class of 2029. So each cohort will have a new list. So the list will change every year. So these are >> 14 pages and >> pages values will change, credentials could change. Um it will be kind of a moving target. >> Yeah. Um most of the COVs that Bitten Central can offer will be through IvyTech and will be dual credits. Um so will require us to continue with that piece and partnering with IvyTech. Um I I think all of them actually right now is that's what we've identified as what's going to have to work. Um the [clears throat] >> there were a couple of through the employment maybe a couple of Mr. Whit's like end of
015course assessment things through project lead I think might qualify but they I don't think they're enough on their own. >> They're not enough on their own. Yeah. Um the second kind of set of documents I gave you with that paperclip stack is um what IvyTech gives us as the list that we have to go through and sort through to determine what courses to offer and what our students will need to um earn to earn each different credential. So the first one on top is the Indiana College Corps which you guys have had the presentation on. This is most likely what students on the enrollment honors plus seal will get. Um, if they're going for that 30 that box of 30 core college credits, then that will count towards the enrollment and hopefully we can knock
016it out that way and get a large group of students that way. Um, the second one is an example of the an or the A seal. This is only applicable to the employment um honor seal and it has to be combined. So seals might not meet an individual score, but if we can combine them and they're in the same career pathway, then we can count that though. We just have to make sure that we can keep track of all that bundle and keep track of the score, their college credit, and their high school credits as well. Um and then the last one is an example of um a design technology. Um this is our engineering class which we do offer a lot of the classes. Um, for currently for dual credit, we just have to
017work with IvyTech and um, Mr. Whitoft to see if these last two courses are even applicable to his classes to see if he can offer them in the classroom. They are on the dual credit crosswalk. He's likely able to teach them, but it just deter depends on if they're applicable to what he is teaching his students and what he can do. So, it's all kind of figuring out what will work with our teachers and our students and what we can track and offer. Um, and I guess I will say with this also is since these are going through IvyTech, we have to kind of count on IvyTech to to help us with these as well. So, um, sometimes we think we've got everything on our end or we're keeping track on our end, but we
018have to also make sure that when we work with our college connection coach that everything is being seen the same way on their end because we don't have access to that side of things. >> The other thing is this credentials of value will also play into our um 12th grade accountability score. So our overall school score the credential value that's another point as well whether students get that or not. So it's >> it's indicator. Yes. So it is a priority just a lot to so um and okay the next any questions on COVs initials value >> I don't really have a question on COVs necessarily except with the Ivy techch component is has there been changes to like the u teachers uh prerequisites or whatever to become a dual credit teacher is there if that
019becomes a struggle >> because it could >> it's supposed to be ending but >> we're still >> battling that. >> We're just still pushing through and no one has ended the teachers that are supposed to be ended. So, we're going through. So, >> yeah. For those of you who don't know, teachers are supposed to have a master's degree with so many credits in their >> content area. Um, we have been able for the past I mean, I'm not sure how I can't as long as we've been doing this, I think, been able to have teachers sign a plan saying that they are agreeing to be working towards getting their masters. Um and that has been able to be extended for years and years and years and years. Um they said that this year was supposed
020to be the last one that they could do that. We have, you know, we're hoping that they continue to expand it. But if if it isn't, then um we could be in a in a world of hurt. I think with our dual credit, >> we would lose two significant ones. We would lose um probably foreign language and speech and that would be a real that would hurt a lot. So yeah, we wouldn't be able to offer Indian College Corps. We'd have to speech. Yeah, >> students would have to pay on their own and do it separately. So, >> okay, next one is >> workbased learning. [clears throat] Okay, >> on the um honors plus seals and I guess with the employment just honors seal, they do require some work-based learning for um for students. For
021the enrollment honors plus seal, they need 75 hours of documented work-based learning. Um, it can be in multiple experiences, but no more than three. And each one has to be at least 25 hours. For the employment honor seal, it's 150 hours. For the honors plus seal, once again, that one that will get will pay us, the honors plus seal for employment, um, needs 650 workbased learning hours. So um that is something that will get to be tracked. Um we do have with our internship program we have students who are getting you know hours that way. Um but not all of our students do internships and don't have room for them. Um it's not possible for Ashley to have every senior or every kid in the high school to be have their own. >> Yeah. And
022have their own transportation. So we are working to you know embed some workbased learning hours within our classes and things like that. But each experience has to have a training plan and that is what we have. We have attached two training plans examples of training plans from the state. You'll notice that they are lengthy. Um they require multiple signatures for every student um parent student um employer or the person who is supervising and the teacher typically. Um so that is something something that we are going to have to try to figure out how we can um how we can make that work. These will be entered have to be entered on the interest report which is the report we send to the state regarding all of our current teched um course work, how many credit
023students are earning and everything like that. That's how the our Perkins money comes in. But this is that's how we will report this. Um and we're kind of, you know, we're trying to work, you know, how are we tracking these hours? How are we tracking summer hours when we students aren't necessarily in their internships but are working summer jobs? How are we getting these taken care of so that we can enter those in ins over the summer? Um training agreements, how are we getting all these signed? Um who's establishing all these partnerships? All of that kind of thing. So, those are things that we are are trying to work through um and and plan because we know that this year's freshman class is the one that is starting with this and some of them may
024have be in some classes that have some work-based learning already or getting a summer job this coming summer, things like that that we um need to kind of figure out how all of that can be manageable. The state marketed this as, you know, students can um mow in the summer and count those hours as work-based learning, but then they later came out and said they have to have these training plans. Well, then who is the if they're mowing on their own using their, you know, personal mower, then who is the training partner and the employer supervising that? Um we gave an example um with the director of CH or not CH CTE um in the workbased learning program of a student locally who um has a lemon shakeup stand and does that in the community
025at the fair at Dan patch days etc and asked you know those hours that she has done would that be applicable and you know he kind of even questioned that and we asked who would the partner be because she's doing her own marketing and doing her own thing and there's just not a lot of guidance on these training plans. So, the training plan is going to be the difficult piece to get the multiple signatures, but the workbased learning hours also play into the accountability for the school as well for 12th grade. So, it's another success factor. So, to figure that out, too. Yeah. >> Yep. >> Do you have because it's the nth grade, do you have a percentage of students who are in this path in your head? >> Um, no. We realistically we
026will probably after in January we will start figuring that piece out. Um seeing how grades look and like seeing like who we asked them all last spring when they um were scheduling what diploma they wanted to because we went through this. Um I'm not sure that students gave it a ton of thoughts as to what. So I don't know how much I trust those. We kind of want to wait and see what grades look like is to make sure that those who said they were interested that are not sitting at like you know three D's and an F or something like that that that won't work. >> We didn't have COVs and stuff like that either then as well. Um, another piece is that which we have talked about and they haven't opted in yet,
027but any any cohort can opt in early to this. Um, and so we've also talked about when schools like Carmel and Fisers and um those larger schools outside in Indianapolis area once they start opting into the um honors enrollment plus diploma there. We have no idea if that is going to take spots for our students that are the automatic enrollment. Will that take spots for Ben Central students? if we're not opting our students in as well. So we need to have a plan for our students to get the 75 hours now so that if that would happen then our students have that fair option to get admitted as well because I don't know >> I mean there's only so many >> admission so many thoughts so >> yeah [laughter] >> hopefully they're preparing as well
028>> you know um when we met with Purdue and IU this fall um they still seemed pretty um naive about it maybe is a word to say like they or uneducated. They like yes we're doing this but we're not exactly sure how this is all going to play out as as time goes on. They know that you know for this year's senior class the number that opted in were minimal. We I think we only have one student um that is opting in at the senior you know the senior year. Um I think we have a few more that are interested, you know, the coming years, but um it's going to just depend on how that all kind of plays out and I think how how um even more competitive maybe some of those spots then
029can be at at IU Purdue, you know, some of those bigger schools. [snorts] >> Maybe they figure it'll just go away. probably once we figure it out. >> Yeah. >> That's kind of what scares me is once we get this figured out like huge influx. It could be a huge influx. >> Yeah. Yes. >> So the next part is um accountability. I know you guys talked about this a little bit last month um but we feel like this is something that we also need to bring up because it is going to impact scheduling and things like that. So, um this is what's current what the state has as their draft right now for accountability. Um it is still I think there are still they're still taking public comment for another week or couple weeks maybe
030I think and then they're hoping at the January um department of education or school board state board of education meeting that it will um they will be able to vote and finalize this is is my understanding of the timeline. But there are um once again a lot of moving parts with this. Um making sure that you know students can be either you know above expectation at expectation approaching or below expectations. Above expectations they must have at the ninth grade after the ninth grade year at the end of nth grade students must have completed at least 14 high school credits total. We are fortunate that we have some credits that are given in junior high. So we have a little bit of built in there for for a lot of our students. Um but it must
031include both credits in English, the two credits in math and the two credits in either a science, social studies or foreign language or combination. So, um, you know, a student that fails a semester of English nine, um, you know, if we don't have them remediate that at the end of summer school by the end of their their ninth grade year, then they are automatically dropped down to at the best approaching expectations. They're not even at expectation. They they they fall two slots down to the approaching. Um, so ad expectation is 10 high school credits but less than 14 and it has to still be the two English, the two math and the two science, social studies or language or combination thereof. Approaching expectations completing at least eight high school credits and below is completing um
032less than eight high school credits. And then we have the success factors. Um attendance right now it is set they have it set at like a 94% either in ninth or tth grade. That can be a success factor. Um meeting um college ready benchmarks on the PSAT and MSQT which we give all students in 10th grade. For EL students um scoring at a expected growth level on the WEDA. Um passing the biology ECA for all of our students. um completing two credits of career or college coursework with a greater C or higher. Um completing two non-duplicative advanced CTE courses with a C average. Or for those students designated up below expectations in the nth grade, if they can get to 20 credits by the end of grade 12 and have their four credits in English,
033four credits in math, and four credits in their science, social studies, or foreign language, they can get some success factors there. Um this once again while it is great that we are looking at the individual student rather than everybody as [cough] a whole the tracking of this could get quite interesting as well. I'll let Kyra talk a little bit about the senior just then. >> Um 12th grade um for the key outcomes. It's I think it's important to note that the diplomas that are either at expectation or above expectation are only the diplomas that are on the back of that document. The Indiana diploma is an approaching expectation diploma. So I think that they're wanting us to push students for the either honors or honors plus seal. That's the goal. Um and they've said we
034have flexibility to do that. So that is what you know I think the approach we're taking as well is that every student should be either on the honors seal or the honors plus seal um for graduation as well. Um the success factors um some of them are the same. We mentioned the credential value the 150 hours of workbased learning um and it more benchmarks regarding um you know passing the biology ECA meeting college board benchmarks, benchmarks, um, attendance benchmarks, etc. So, it's similar to the 10th grade ones as well. >> There you go. >> Is that great next fall? >> Yes, that comes out in the fall. So >> yeah, with us not even really being able to help students schedule to meet, like obviously we we're helping kids schedule to graduate, but um you
035know sometimes if we have a student that you know did not pass either semester of algebra um they traditionally have been in the core 40 which needed algebra 1, geometry, algebra 2, you know, we would maybe have them just retake algebra their sophomore year and then do geometry junior and algebra 2 senior. Well, if we continue to think that way, we are we are putting those kids automatically um at at an approaching proficiency at best um if not below proficiency or below expectations. So where you know I think we need to we are going to have some discussions here about how we are going to schedule moving forward how we're going to use Apex how we are going to have students double up or you know um you know summer school is hard for kids
036they work they um live out in the country don't you know can't get into town to catch a bus you know those kind of things. So there you know summer school is just not an option for for everybody because there are some barriers that way as well. You guys have any comments? I have a couple. Do you guys have any words of wisdom as to how to [laughter] take my question? So, I a couple things. I think it is um going to be challenging to simplify this for parents because it there's so many and it affect it depends on what that student >> is interested in, but it also depends on whether they're passing or if they need to to to go into another one. So I I think it's it used to be here's
037the diploma and you give it to them and then the parents help but this is this is difficult. So um I don't have a solution yet but I'm just telling it's difficult and then the um you know back in the day it was you need 40 credits period and now it is all of these moving pieces. So I know you have talked about the difficulty in tracking. Have you heard from any other schools? Because I equate this to the TAG grant. You know, we all we do is talk to the other schools to say what we're going to do and and there's just not a lot of of answers. Is it like one point of contact? Is one person designated? Are they are schools thinking about getting a secretary? Who tracks this stuff? And it
038and did you say it doesn't fit in Harmony or is there software to >> um we have like Harmony does have a four-year plan embedded in it but it um issues that we have found is you know like a like an advanced life science ad class. It can be a CTE like it can be a CTE course that helps them with their CTE pathway or for some students they use it as a science course. We can't label it >> ways. You can't code it both ways. So if you code it one way as as a science course, then it looks like when they're completing their CTE pathway, it looks like they're a class short. If you code it as a CTE course then and they use that as a science credit, then it looks like
039they're a science credit short. So Harmony like you can put stuff in there. Um that is why we use those um credit tracking forms that I attached to that first packet. Um it does take time on our part to um hours on our part every semester to hand enter all of that stuff in for every student, but it is the best way that I feel like with some of our >> you know it could be this or it could be this. I feel like that's the best way for us to track it. Um, >> so this would be every semester taking the time to track >> all of these different things that can happen. >> And sometimes there's a plus. I'm thinking about the dashboard, too, because we talked about that last month. And you
040can get bonus points or whatever, but you can also be taken down if you're not on track. >> And that's where like we haven't even started figuring out how to to track. it affects our >> we haven't even started to figure out how to how to track >> a lot of that will be in data exchange but I don't know that for sure I don't know enough about data exchange >> and the the some schools have indicated that um the system that we use for um our um >> evaluation standards for success they have a graduation component which we did have that piece graduation graduation tracking component we did have that but it does not talk with Harmony. It only talks with P school. And we had gone back and forth with um Robbie Grimes
041multiple times and basically it's not going to talk with Harmony. It will not talk with Harmony. It talks with P school. The schools that have P school say it works wonderfully. Um but basically if we were to use that then we would have to enter everything in Harmony because that's what our that is where our state reports are pulled from and that's where it has to be. But then we would also have to double enter everything into standards for success. So it's just we're just entering it multiple times. So >> and I assume that this conversation comes up all the time with fellow counselors from other schools. >> Yeah, I think I think everybody right now is kind of dear in the headlights a little bit with all of these credentials of value and um
042I mean I am not sure and I would guess even just this semester we've been on I say I think I've listened to a couple lectures. I but I've I've spent >> I've had 10 10 webinars maybe that I have watched or gone to a meeting about or something like that talking about these new diplomas and depending on who's presenting. >> You can get little nuanced different answers um as to how to track or what or what that specific thing means. I mean, even on this first thing with the diploma, it says um for science, it says on the back on the honor seal, it says, "Complete at least six science credits, biology 1 plus chemistry and physics or any advanced lab science credits aligned to their course of study." Okay, that's what the state
043has put out on their little one page, this little thing that they do. However, if you read the law, it says two credits from biology, two credits from chemistry, and then two credits from physics or any other lab science. So, like even what they are putting out is not I don't think written super clearly to make it >> like so that parents and and school employees know exactly what they are looking at. So yeah, we've even had to reference go back and reference the actual text of the law to to double check some things. >> It's the same with the COVs. We business administration with marketing um is a technical certificate that we could offer our teachers dual credit. She does marketing, she does business. She's great, does a wonderful job. So we're asking um
044our K14 director. She's not sure. So she asked the dean of the school um the business school at IvyTech. It's not even a real technical certificate. It's on the on the COV list. They're not sure how it got on there. It's not a real thing. So, um it's just a lot of time spent looking all of these up then to is this the correct one? Is this the incorrect one? Like are we going to send kids down this pathway to complete this but then it not be the one that actually counts or is not even a real one. So yeah, I have asked them multiple times if they would link the actual correct credential. So they said maybe in January. >> So how successful are you in getting freshman to >> visualize where they want
045to be in four years? >> Well, we're supposed to start with seventh graders, but [laughter] seventh graders is where we're >> successful as we've always been. >> How many How many people change majors in college? No, >> you're talking six years early. >> I mean, with all this, I don't even know if this is what I want to do. [laughter] >> What do I want to do when I grow up? >> Do you guys have a a solid resource for questions? >> Can you call somebody that actually knows the answer? >> We have people that I feel like we trust more than others. >> Yeah. That we trust more than others. But, you know, it's they continually say, you know, this is this is what it is. Like credentials of value. This is what it
046is right what what it is right now. Um this is how it's being interpreted right now. You know credentials of value. This is this is the credential of value for the ninth graders you know and this and though the class of so they're the class of 30 29 29 29. Yeah. So um you know this is for the class of 29. But if it changes for the class of 30 then but we can still if they started off with one list we can still use that list which is good in some ways but then it means we're working off of potentially four different lists for four different grades. Is there any type of survey or like in the past like with the companies that I've worked with like a disc profile that kind of gives
047them some sort of guidance on where to go or what they should do with their future career path? >> The students. >> Yeah. Like in seventh and eighth grade just just a general survey like that kind of >> and prepar like you just said. I mean, you even get the college and you change majors two or three times before you, >> but at least it kind of >> for their personality. If you take some survey, it kind of gives you an indication whether hey, your best fit is going to be working in a factory or hey, you you show signs of intelligence that you you're on the, you know, four-year master potential or >> Yeah, >> I don't know if they have that or not. >> They do in preparing for college careers. I think
048they get a lot >> that clear, but Yeah, it's all Yeah, they're eighth graders. Said he was going to be a sniper or CIA and then [laughter] it comes back and tells them, "Hey, you should >> I don't want to." >> Yeah. It's It's a little alarming to me that they can say, "I don't want to do I don't want to go to college and do this." And then they can be a couple years into it and then they're too late and they can't switch to a different path. can't try and do >> and that that worries me and that is one thing um >> we believe that there is somewhere that >> every time a student change like we have to document and date every time a student okay I I want to like
049they come in their freshman year I want to do the honors um plus enrollment seal and then they then they come back like you know what I only want to do the the enrollment honors I don't want to do the plus we have are supposed to go go in and document that every time a student changes their mind because the state is supposedly going to track. >> And right now that is what you're saying is manual until there's some kind of a >> that will be manual. >> I think that'll just be like a log of >> Yeah. >> We talked about having them sign a like if they sign up as a freshman to do a particular diploma. We talked about how we would sign something that says realize when you were ninth grade
050you said you wanted to do the employment seal >> because you wouldn't be taking you know foreign language to be in or you wouldn't be taking the math path to be eligible for a four-year school >> is just student or parent and student >> ideally I think it should be both >> that's collecting >> yeah which is fine >> along with their training plans and along Yeah, all those other signatures. >> There's lots of questions, but the administrative piece is huge on roles and responsibilities. >> Terribly huge. >> It's very manual. >> I've been in this I've been a coun school counselor for 9 10 years and I've only had one school year where the entire 9 through 12 was on the same diploma. >> So maybe it won't last. >> Chance of that >>
051one school year. So, >> holy cow. Jeez. >> So, >> well, we look forward to an update. [laughter] >> We do, too. We do, too. >> Yeah, we could potentially see the like the not getting funding at the end of this school year. >> No, >> for the 29 kids 2029. >> No, it won't. This won't come into play until they actually graduate. >> Yes. Okay. So, four years. So like the academic honors funding will still be eligible >> until those >> I think you should say as of right now >> because they could change that at the next legislative session >> but the accountability >> want us to 10th grade will happen this year. Yeah. And I will say the for students able to get the technical honors and the academic honors which is
052what we've known for all of these years prior is I think does not have as many hoops as now the honors plus seals do. There wasn't the workbased learning that was involved with it there. Um you know some of that kind of stuff this credentials of value. So um it it has I I think we will see those numbers potentially drop some especially because they like they the enrollment honors you know that's the basics can like should should get them into you know a lot of colleges it's you know that honor that that plus part where they have to have work-based learning and credential value and and things like that. I think that's where where we can lose some kids and um you know because we have we have kids right now that get an
053academic honors diploma but they don't get the Indiana College CPS because they um they want to go into engineering they've taken physics um physics is a dual credit so you know they still get their six science credits they still get all the stuff they need for the academic honors we get that money but now um looking forward to the freshman class that kind of situation would not get any funding because they wouldn't have that dual credit science piece that meets with the Indiana College Corps unless they do some other kind of COV on here to do that. So, I think we could see those those numbers drop. So, we're going to encourage >> Thank you for the update. [laughter] >> Merry Christmas. >> And you do not need to stick around. you guys trying to
054navigate through all of this and >> you guys come up with questions and stuff, please don't hesitate to reach out. We'll answer as best we can, but um it might be and we're not sure, too. >> You have more answers than the beginning of the school year, right? >> Yeah. [laughter] >> Thank you. >> People wonder why homeschooling is increasing. All right. Our curriculum update. Um, you didn't have anything. Oh, were you sure you didn't have anything else to add? >> All right. >> Well, I will be very brief. Um, but I do come bearing good news. So, [laughter] um I also would encourage you to um the window for commenting on this is still open. >> And so even comments like um you know, is it fair that our students have to make these
055decisions that lock them in? I mean, when you go into a classroom of eighth grade students, a lot of them have ideas that they change in just a year or two. So I know but um and the fact that you know here's another very cumbersome unfunded mandate for small schools uh to manage. So I would encourage you to comment on that. So, what I'm bringing today, I just wanted to show you um this was a comparison that was created um and just focusing on growth for the last five years um with comparing iLearn and the SAT. And you'll notice at the bottom, this analysis used data focused on these peer groups. Uh districts with sim similar economically disadvantaged populations, districts in the Wabash [clears throat] Valley education, uh so our area in the state, districts
056other districts in Indiana and our school corporation. And so how did our proficiency shift year overyear? Uh, we looked at growth in ELA growing by 6%, science growing by 5%. How does BCSE's proficiency compared to their socioeconomic group? Last year we outperformed by 10% in ELA, outperformed by 21% in math. Science outperformed by 12% and social studies outperformed by 5%. So, good good news. And that was against our our neighbors, so to speak, our >> people of our similar >> socioeconomic groups, other schools that shared our between 50 and 60% economically disadvantaged. >> Um, which grade saw the most year-over-year growth? That was ELA third grade growing by 43% in ELA, 50 35% in math for third grade and then grade four science grew by 14%. So, good news, good news that we um are
057seeing the movement uh from the efforts that we're making as far as the high quality curricular materials, the professional development um the turn away from COVID years um to just get things moving in the right direction. Now, that doesn't mean that we don't have goals. Uh we are looking to improve with math growth especially um and it's not that we're um or in big trouble, but we are we're not showing progress the way that we would like to. Um and some of the things that are going to happen next year, there will be math screening much like reading screening that we already have that will start taking place. Um and so we'll have we'll be focused in on those interventions a little more for early learners. Um but we are celebrating today. Um we have
058100% of our students and teachers using um K to five using CKLA which is our new reading program and moving through units and um making progress our sixth grade ELA program and then our new curricular materials um or current curricular materials are being put into place and used. Looking ahead, we have our Benton community teacher collaboration days next semester, January 19th, February 9th, and April 6th. And the focus this semester, we're doing our continued curriculum mapping and bringing in instructional supports for all. At Benton Central, we're taking some time to look at AI and um the way that our teachers can use AI. Um we're having a visitor from Renolier High School come and talk with us a little more about KIGO which is a program that um Renolier's put into place. We had some
059teachers visit the Purdue AI workshop and so they brought back lots of ideas and um so we'll be sharing a lot of those. And then within the elementary schools, um this semester we turned to of course more instructional supports but also uh pulling out the power standards and um really doing doing some targeted work before we head into the summit of iLearn. As far as training goes, we have a group, small group of teachers from Prairie Crossing going through SCOP training, which is for language acquisition and um we have continued intervention for math instruction happening and our conscious discipline grant we received um we do have um a coach on January 5th, AM for Button Central teachers, PM for elementary teachers, and an end of the day session for the administrators. Our focus now turns
060to connections and as you know when you feel connected in your job you come to work when you feel connected as a student you come to school and great we have greater um possibility of making those ac academic um successes happen with attendance improvements. So that's one of the things that we're working on. And finally assessments. Uh we're currently in the middle of the island checkpoint number two and we're preparing in January to take the WEDA which is about 100 plus students um between our three schools. Uh we'll take the SAT school day for all juniors March 4th. And our goal we're working toward for our grades three through eight is that summitive I learn which will have a big impact on our school grade. And we are talking this semester about doing lots of
061things to make sure teachers have right there on their desk those power standards, making sure that they're hitting them. Um, making sure that parents are aware of that testing that's coming up and and that we really give our kids opportunities to get pumped up and know that this is your chance to show what you know and what you can do. And that will be in April. So looking ahead looking back a little bit over the last five years with some good news and then looking ahead to next semester >> the conscious discipline on January 5th. Is that the same speaker that was here? >> This is actually not Katie. This is um one of her colleagues. It's Jackie who was here in the summer. >> Okay. So the the presentation that she did um that
062when Katie was here it was that was a good um session I thought >> yes >> she has a way of um just I don't know communicating and connecting that was like oh that seems so simple but I I totally got what she was saying and made a connection. >> Yes and actually Katie is the one who will be coming back in um March. Okay. >> So, she'll be here for three days again in our schools, but um she's hoping to work more in the classrooms. Um but we will have another parent when she's here, too. So, hopefully >> she'll have an impact again. >> Good. Okay. Any other questions? >> Well, thank you. Okay. >> Yeah. And and you can stick around if you want or you can take a call. But thank you
063for your wonderful planning and all the intentionality. Appreciate that. >> I have some really exciting news, too. Our chemistry teacher got engaged. [applause] >> Congratulations. [laughter] >> Very exciting. >> You got her all red. >> Merry Christmas. >> Everybody's [laughter] got to pay attention now. Oh goodness. >> Uh just a quick update on the uh projects and facilities. First for the projects at uh the athletic storage they're doing the back foundation the CMU foundation the poring the porn peers uh they're going to bore in conduits for the new transformer and install a sanitary uh under the um future concrete slab. And at Ottoban Elementary, they're still doing the CMU block walls. And we've seen some pictures and they're making progress even though we've had some weather, but we had good weather to start with. So,
064um, making good progress. And then a facility update. I mentioned this last uh a couple months ago, I think, but it's time to address the future of the Fallon Storage Building down here because we are building the the new storage. Um, here's the issue with the building. it's it's no longer centrally located for any of our school. It does lack climate control for proper storage and preservation. And so our plan is to begin sorting through the items in Fowler uh to determine relocation or disposal. Um and the target completion by August or September coinciding with the completion of the new annex building. And Bruce Flynn will take the lead on that. So I just wanted you to know it's time to start sorting and purging if we need to. So hopefully we can coincide and
065then once that is um done and that's empty then we will look into what to do with that and and I think right now one of the options would be to sell that and there are proper channels to go through. Um but we won't do that until we get a handle on things and we know that building's done. When that comes to fruition, is that handled by a typical real estate agent or or a real estate process or does it go through that surplus auction kind of thing? >> I don't know if surplus would do that, but there are certain legal statutes that we follow and so Jud would help us with that. >> There's advertising so many times and Yeah. >> Is that kind of how the Bosle school went then too, right? Same
066process. >> Yeah. So you guys have done that It's like 30 days. It's only available to a certain pool of people and >> it would be the same statute that we were following. Yeah. So, just a heads up on that. And then I have a communication on the athletic trainer. Um, as you know, we are we do not have a an athletic trainer. Uh, Franciscan Health uh does not have one available. and uh Jared Hall, athletic director, sent out a survey to our um athletes families to find out what their thoughts are on having one. Um it the the survey also served to also let the families know of all the different things that play into um the trainer. And so it served a dual purpose. Basically, the survey indicated that our our families desire
067one, and that didn't surprise us, but we just wanted to make sure. >> So, now I do realize that I don't think a lot of them knew what the costs and other things associated with that are. >> Um, but they they do indeed uh desire a trainer. So, we will continue to look for a trainer and we may need to do that on our own separate than um Francis can help. But to be honest, that's what a lot of schools are moving to because we're not alone in this situation. So, just wanting you to know that the survey indicated what we thought. >> Confirmation is never bad. So, >> we'll keep working. >> See the dollar amount. >> Yes. It's not going to be cheap. >> Yeah. >> Are are we are we um >>
068only obligated to go with Franciscan or is there like IU? we can go with other organizations. Um, and the contracts you can usually give a 30 or 60 day out. Um, but I am going to tell you that, um, >> I don't think that IU Health or let's say we were in Fort Wayne, Park View, I think they're all in the similar positions. It's just hard to find them. And then um, they they don't subsidize them as much. So that the trainers you can't afford to work for the kind of money. That's why they're jumping ship and going to the schools who outright employ them. >> And so when you say outright employ them, it's kind of Don't we do that with one of the speech? >> That's a contracted service and that's an individual
069I believe. So we could contract individually or we could just hire them as an employee. Now some schools are very fortunate where they have a trainer who teaches half day. So they get some CTE money uh for the training class and so that that would be good. >> But um so there are advantages to having your own but it comes with a cost but I don't think even IU Health where you see we're uh in the third year it's going to cost us over $70,000 or we could we could have paid for that. >> Yeah. And and and do our own creativity in the scheduling. So >> yeah. >> So we'll move forward with some creativity there. All right. Then we have um so we're done with communications. We're moving into new business. Our E1
070[cough] is our uh monthly consideration for the staff report and other personnel items. If I can get a motion for that. >> I'll make a motion to consider the staff report and other personnel items. >> I'll second. >> And any discussions on that? Okay. All those in favor for approving the staff report and the personnel items, please say I. >> I opposed. Same side. >> And our E2 is the consideration for the approval of field trips. Spitten Central has a soil judging team um that will be going to the National Judging Competition in Oklahoma City on May 3rd of 2026 through May 9th of 2026. If I get a motion for that field trip, >> I'll make a motion to approve the following field trip for Central Soil Judging Team to the National Land Judging
071Competition Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, May 3rd, 2026 through May 9th, 2020. >> I'll second. >> Any discussions on that? Great. All those in favor of the field trip for the soil judging team and may please say I. >> I opposed. Same sign. All righty. And then we have our E3 is the consideration for the approval of the Neil policies. They're volume 38 number one. Um we had a mess um our kind of our first read communications last month. So they're on the screen. You want to give? >> Uh no they're the same. However, um I do want to just point out for the future that one of those new policies is for board members to be compensated. There hasn't been a change in that in years. Uh and and they have some parameters there. And next
072month is our reorganization meeting and I will be making the recommendation to follow what the state statute um provides us. Just wanted to highlight that and prepare everybody. >> Now it looks like they could be 18 instead of 21. and and there are the the partisan um requirements on there. So, a lot of board uh new board member policies, >> but yes, I'm asking for approval because we had the first reading last month. [clears throat] >> I'll make a motion to approve the policies volume 38. Okay, [snorts] >> I'll second. [cough] >> All those any other discussions on that? All those in favor for considering the NE policies for volume 38, please say I. >> Opposed? Same sign. And our E4 is the consideration for the approval of the weather cancellation policy that includes the
073synchronous learning. shift tonight. >> Yes. At least be prepared for it. >> Yes. >> I'll make a motion to accept the weather cancellation policy slashsynchronous learning. [snorts] >> I'll add to the discussion piece here. I um that we had talked about this in November and was ready to to share this out after Christmas, but in light of the um weather. So, thank you to our uh teams at the schools who quickly formulated a plan. Haven't used it yet. So, just to make sure, here's their current status. I had to wait till today to change to make sure. [laughter] So, we have one more snow makeup day and that can be added May 28th. So, after the next snow makeup day, the one after that would be synchronous learning. >> And if you recall, the calendar
074for the next two years already has builtin snow days. So, for the future, we will exhaust our e-learning and we will use those built-in days and we won't add at the end because we we have the built-in days, but we didn't have those this year, so we had to make a good effort to to add days. >> Will we still be using the e-learning first, then the built-in days? >> That That's what most schools do. Yes. >> I know we we did it backwards before. We use the built-in days, then we go to e-learning. We did that. >> Did we do that a few years ago? >> Yeah. But I I think the using the e-learning first makes most sense. >> It always seemed backwards to me >> because you could handle things. >> Okay.
075>> Now, I'm not saying that we will I mean, we could always change that, but I think that was our thought was >> No, I think that makes sense to >> It's the easiest to understand. >> Yes. >> Yeah. So essentially what this is kind of saying with our current status with this approval would be we won't be going any later >> than they correct parents kind of know. >> Yes. >> And then the next calendar when you see the end date on 2627 that is the last date because we won't add any at the end. Yeah. Good question. >> All right we Okay. So we just have um our final approval. So all those in favor for the weather cancellation policy with the synchronous learning, please say I. >> I opposed. Same sign. And
076E5 is um just our approval of the updated increment weather policy. Kind of goes along with this, right? >> Yeah. Because it dictates how our pair of professionals can work on e-learning. It will be the same for synchronous learning. We just wanted to make sure both were in there. I'll make a motion to consider approval of the updated inclement weather policy. >> I'll second. >> All those in favor of approving the updated inclement weather policy, please say I. >> I opposed. Same sign. >> Our last one here is the consideration for the approval for permission performed year and transfers that we each year. Here we are already at the end of the year. I'll make a motion to approve permission to perform year end transfers. >> I'll second. >> Did you have anything to add?
077>> I mean, normal standard and then next month the transfers will be brought to you guys to approve. >> It really does feel like just a month ago. >> I know. Tell me about it. >> Okay. So all those in favor of approving the uh permission to perform the year end transfers please say I. I oppose same sign. All right. And our F1 is just public comments for any nominated items. We didn't have anything anyone signed up. So um any other board? Okay. We will go ahead and hear.