001all right first thing on the agenda this evening is the Pledge of Allegiance and do I have Mr hartner or Dr Arthur tonight thank you president Alexander Dr arkanov members of the board I'm proud to introduce Middle School noise student 8th grader Joshua mukes Joshua's that model student that every teacher wants to have in their classroom he's a leader who contributes to class discussions and helps other students without being asked to do so he goes out of his way to greet his teachers to thank them and make them feel appreciated every single day without fail Joshua is a member of our National Junior Honor Society and his mother and father are here with us today they are both army veterans and his dad is still serving we thank Joshua's whole family for their service to
002our country and we're thrilled to have him here to lead us in saying the Pledge of Allegiance so if you would still please stand and join Joshua as he leads us I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice and for all don't go anywhere [Applause] next thing on the agenda is the adoption of the agenda do I have a motion to adopt the agenda go ahead okay I move that the agenda for the tonight's date regular meeting to the board be adopted as presented second all those in favor signify by saying aye aye aye all those opposed motion next up this presentation of the outgoing president Mr Hubbard come forward Joe I think I was not legit so
003it's been the board tradition for ever since I've been on the board since we always present a plaque to the outgoing board president because when you're the board president you take on a lot of extra responsibilities that year I want to thank you for your four years that you spent on the board it was a pleasure getting to know you and I learned a lot from you and I wish you luck in your next endeavor [Applause] next up on the agenda is public comments we've had five people sign up to speak this evening um just a reminder anyone any person or group wishing to place or any person wishing to speak this evening has three minutes and we have five people that have signed up I had a conversation with Mr Lawson he was a
004sixth person to sign up when um if everybody uses all their time we won't have time for Mr Lawson to speak this evening um each participant needs to give their name and address any group affiliation if and when appropriate the agenda item to be addressed and first up is Mr Collins I didn't see Mr Collins [Applause] next up was Nicole Kim thank you president Alexander Dr arkanov and board members my name is Nicole Kemp I'm a graduate of and a parent of a Center Grove student I'm also an advocate for public education and most of all I'm fiercely protective of those who do the educating our teachers as most of you know I stood at the polls for a little more than 30 hours during the elections I did this to protect and ensure that
005we did not lose one of our educators I also did this so we did not lose any of our board members but now it's time we get down to business it was so disappointing to see the approval of administrative raises on the agenda tonight I know that the school board and the utacg reached an impasse yesterday I cannot comprehend approving any use of educational funds until this is resolved this takes away the ability for fair negotiations to be reached we cannot keep prioritizing administrators and letting the true heroes of our district go unpaid the superintendent of our district has had an increase of 72 thousand dollars in the past seven to ten years the teachers have seen less than a nineteen thousand dollar raise and that is not across the board this year we also
006use money that could have gone to them to remodel a building I find this unconscionable that money needs to be invested in the heartbeat of our schools and that's our teachers as a district we take pride in what we invest to ensure the safety and security of our buildings and children but let's not forget our first line of defense is our teachers they're the ones who see firsthand when a child is withdrawn or angry they're the ones that know what's going on with our children sometimes before we do they see when a child needs them and they are the ones who can comfort and de-escalate situations before they become dangerous they will also be the ones standing in line of fire if God forbid anything should ever happen in our schools yet we can't find
007a way to compensate them fairly against other districts teachers make so many prayer juices out of pocket to make their classrooms better and enrich our children's lives in Center Grove we love our Sports we have some of the best program programs in the state the long game is how we win titles and championships if we do not invest in the long game to retain teachers we will lose them like our sports teams our teachers are the best in the state our test scores prove it everyone in this room knows for a fact no one will win when we start losing teachers without a raise the question is not if but when we start losing them our district will suffer all of us parents students and our test scores and why are they not getting this
008respect they deserve what they're asking for is more than fair a wage worthy of the work they do and what when it comes down to it the board will be to blame if we lose anyone I'm asking you in good faith to cancel the administration of raises tonight and if not we will have no choice but to see we don't have a funding problem the board has a priority Problem [Applause] thank you [Applause] next Up's Missy spitler I'm Dr Misty spitler I'm a licensed clinical psychologist and I work with in Johnson County full-time serving active duty soldiers Garden reserve my husband and I have lived in Center Grove nearly 20 years and our Three Sons attend Center Grove Elementary we were disappointed to see approval of administrative raises on tonight's agenda the Optics alone are
009quite ugly a school board that has yet to settle the teacher contract with the Teachers Association officially entered impasse with bargaining and therefore has to move to mediation chooses instead to prioritize administrators one week before Thanksgiving it certainly doesn't seem in the best interest of retaining teachers to approve use of any part of the education fund where the teacher contract hasn't been settled it will be challenging for utacg to maintain a fair leg in the fight concerning bargaining as the board continues to pull funds that could be used to improve teacher salaries when a superintendent's salary is increased by seventy two thousand dollars in 10 years but the average teacher's salary has increased by less than nineteen thousand a clear message is sent as to who the board holds in higher regard board approval in
010May of more than 450 000 to renovate and redecorate parts of this building a building that's Young by any standards and looked quite nice prior to renovation reflects a prioritization structure inconsistent with teacher retention even if renovation expenses come from the operations fund we know money is moved out of the education fund to cover budget shortfall in the operations fund year after year Trends in spending for administration and lack of teacher contract with move to mediation are certainly a black eye for our district and not consistent with values myself my family and other families in this District hold I'm fortunate to have engaged in volunteer activities for years helping in my son's classrooms on committees and on the PTO board like many moms I do a lot and I am tired a lot but nothing
011wears me out like volunteering 45 minutes in a kindergarten classroom you practically have to peel me off the floor I watch Mrs Natalie with 17 years teaching experience manager classroom like the exceptional professional she is this year's kindergarten cohort is certainly not the kindergarten class my oldest son entered into five years ago or even last year's class of the year before behaviors are different level of Readiness is different class sizes demands on teachers are increasing overall and yet in the midst of all these challenges and put upon teachers and more and more asks of teachers the board is poised to reward administrators handsomely tonight we Value Center growth teachers their teaching strategies creativity energy classroom management compassion their Supreme management skills and their commitment to our students is unmatched I'm keenly aware the qualities I
012see and admire in our Center growth teachers are qualities that many employers are currently seeking because they value all the teachers are in due I respectfully ask the board not to approve administrative raises until the mediation fact by any process is over [Applause] next is because Amanda ship [Applause] good evening members of the board my name is Amanda Shep I am a lifelong resident of Center Grove graduated in 2002 and now I'm a mother of three students two at Walnut Grove and one at Middle School Central I came out tonight in supportive teachers I'm Gravely concerned about teacher turnover and and the district's strained relationship with teachers right now during the recent campaign for school board it came to my attention that our district lost 63 teachers last year since that time I've heard that
013even more teachers have been lost and numerous others are actively seeking employment elsewhere at first I wondered is this due to budget strains Workforce challenges that we see across so many sectors right now but upon further digging that does not seem to be the case in other schools in the area of Brownsburg Plainfield Carmel HSC all paid their teachers more while receiving less funding than Center Grove our teachers are truly the backbone of the school system and they have to be prioritized and I understand the impact firsthand of how awesome and amazing our teachers are I am a first generation in my family to attend college let alone law school and I credit that to the deep personal connections that I formed with my teachers during my time in this District many of which I
014still keep in touch with it's the type of quality relationships meaningful relationships that only can be achieved through longevity and through reasonable class sizes it's what allows teachers to push their students and hold them accountable long after they leave their classrooms it's that longevity of the relationship and teacher retention has to be a priority it is the Hallmark of this this community and the strength of our teachers so really to that end I'm just asking the board to really think about this not approve the administrative raises until the mediation in fact finding process is over because actions speak louder than words if you prioritize teachers if you prioritize teachers think about the impact the message that that sends they have to be a priority [Applause] thank you Amanda next to speak is Becca Smith on
015the teacher appreciation Grant 2010 the Indiana legislator has provided money for the teacher appreciation Grant this grant is paid out to teachers who are effective or highly effective the state mandates a 25 differential between the two ratings last year Center Grove teachers who were rated highly effective on the teacher evaluation rubric received money for the tag Grant equaling 1.25 of their annual salary and effective teachers received one percent teachers rating below effective did not receive the grant the board has a history of striving to treat all School Employees equally and a 2019 board meeting while discussing the distribution of the tag Grant and how we can ensure that all employees would receive a stipend one board member stated we want to treat all of our employees the same we want our custodians the bus drivers
016administrators everyone to be the same it is similar when we give raises we try to do the same thing for everybody so that it's consistent with the board policy that we are all one team because the tag Grant is specifically for teachers who are employed in a classroom the board has made it a priority to give our administrators a performance stipend of equal percentage with money from our cash balance assuming the grant will be paid out and the same percentage this year the superintendent stipend will be 3 375 dollars assistant superintendents will receive 2138 dollars with 25 years of employment at Center Grove and a highly effective rating I will receive one thousand three hundred fifty dollars I only teach fourth grade math but I'm confident these numbers are not equal Additionally the differentiation of
017the classroom teacher tag Grant is statutory but we do not believe there is any differentiation between administrator performance stipends the money was set aside by the state to encourage Highly Effective Teacher performance should our board who's making a priority to our pay our administrators double and even triple the amount that a 25-year veteran teacher will receive by pulling money from our cash balance the board Prides itself on equality but the actions of the board do not make teachers feel equal public documents reveal that administrators can receive over ten thousand dollars annually in retirement benefits some advice is guaranteed and without employee matching from the corporation while teachers can only receive 825 dollars a figure that is remained constant for several years there have been years when the association bargained for another 25 dollars of matching
018money for an annual matching total of eight hundred fifty dollars but the offer was rejected by the board recently several people in the community have said to me that at least one board member has responded to their email supporting teachers stating that they do not know what teachers want teachers want to be respected we want to be addressed as professionals and valued we want you to acknowledge us we want to be a priority please show us Respect by not voting to approve using funds that could be used to retain teachers until we have settled our 22-23 contract foreign thank you Mr Smith next up is Mr Lawson wants to talk about the admin raises my name is David Lawson and thank you again Mr Collins I appreciate that um this month we find ourselves at
019impasse with the board in bargaining because our members rejected the board's one and only offer of increased compensation in the amount of 5.65 percent in the coming weeks we'll engage a mediator and likely in a process called fact-finding which will include a public hearing during which we will lay out our reasoning as to why the board can't afford to offer larger increase in compensation to teachers in an effort to retain them and the board will either justify why their proposal is in the better public interest or lay out the reasoning why our offer puts them in deficit financing or in the red for all the accountants in the room tonight the board will vote to provide an increase of 5.65 percent to level A and B administrators in addition to whatever other increase in benefits
020contributions they will also receive in part this is happening because the board adheres excuse me the the board adheres to the practice of providing the same percentage increase in compensation for all employees despite the fact that both the board and the district leaders have acknowledged that this practice perpetuates an ever-widening disparity between administrators and teacher pay it's also happening because providing the increase before the beginning of fact finding will commit additional money from the education Fund in less than the amount of tuition support available for compensating teachers making it far less likely that fact-finding will yield a positive outcome for teachers and by extension for students certified classroom teachers are still not the priority despite the fact that we continue to lose even this semester our certified staff to other districts and other professions and
021despite the fact that we will still have an abundance of Administrators the Board needs to prioritize retaining teachers before we find ourselves in a situation where kids suffer the loss of qualified classroom professionals nearly 90 percent of our membership rejected the board's offer clearly that is a harbinger of difficult bargainings to come we ask the board to wait until after mediation in fact finding to approve any other increases additionally we ask the board to seriously study additional ways to increase revenue for the corporation be it by running a referendum or by increasing local property tax levies which have remained static since 2008. with additional Revenue the board could find could fund adequately all priorities rather than risk the quality education the students of Center Grove deserve thank you Mr Lawson next on the agenda is
022the consent item do I have a motion Mr President they have a motion in a second all those in favor of approving the consent items signify by saying aye aye all those opposed motion passes 4-0 I just want to say this evening you've recognized Mr Proctor's resignation as principal at Walnut Grove I think Mr Proctor's been with us for 15 years yeah and so just want to wish him well he is moving into the private sector and I don't think he made it tonight but his position is posted and we'll begin that process soon and Mr Proctor's last day is December 31st yep yes is that correct yeah thank you next action items 7.1 to prove the teacher appreciation Grant stipend and performance stipend for other employees Dr arkanov yes thank you Mr Alexander tonight
023I'm recommending that the board approved the employee stipends and Mr Taylor will provide you with some additional information thank you Dr arganoff teacher appreciation Grant or tag provides 30 dollars per student in the school districts throughout Indiana and it is the amount given to each district is paid to teachers state law requires that the board policy for the distribution of the tag and we do have a board policy in place for that it's 32 20.01 which outlines the distribution of the tag each year the grant totals total will be used to pay stipends to teachers who received a final Effectiveness rating of either either effective or highly effective for last school year the Indiana Department of Education has not released the tag amounts for 2022. We Have Heard they'll be in tomorrow's update so we
024should get that information tomorrow therefore the percentages and the amounts below that I'm going to share are based off what our internal estimates are of the amount we should receive tomorrow once we receive the final amount we'll adjust the percentages accordingly to spend all of those dollars and the amounts below to match any changes to our estimates as they become actual amounts from the doe the final amounts will be included on the January Personnel report for the board's final review as per our policy and statutory requirement stipends will be differentiated by 25 between highly effective and effective rated teachers I've estimated the tag stipends per the current qualifying teachers and approximate approximated the grant dollars we shall receive tomorrow teachers will either receive a 1.25 stipend no less than 750 dollars if rated highly effective
025or a one percent stipend to be no less than 600 if rated effective for the 2001-2002 school year again those could change 21 22 school year thank you we're also asking the board to approve a stipend for all eligible employees and levels a b c and d as well as one level or as I'm sorry A B and C as well as one level D employee who meets the evaluation requirements the level a and level B employees will either receive a 1.25 percent stipend if rated highly effective or one percent stipend if rate it effective level C and D employees will receive a 1.25 stipend across the board no matter how their evaluation came out they don't use the effectiveness system as much employees assigned to work less than four hours a day will receive
026a minimum of 250 dollars and those are in that level C and D categories those assigned to work four hours or more per day would receive a minimum of three hundred fifty dollars and if an employee had to change an assignment we will use the most recent one for the calculation pending your approval and payment from the state the stipend will be paid to all eligible employees by the end of 2022 we do have to disburse it within 20 business days of receiving the funds and that concludes my presentation thank you thank you Mr Taylor do I have a motion Mr President I move that we approve the employee's taxons as presented discussion all right all those in favor of approving the teacher appreciation Grant stipend the performance typing for other employees second five is
027saying aye aye all those opposed motion passes 4-0 7.2 approved statement of benefits and compensation Dr arkanov thank you Mr Alexander this evening I'm recommending the board approve the update to the statement of benefits and compensation for non-teaching staff and Mr Taylor provides you with some additional information thank you Dr arpanoff um this is something that we have brought in past years after approving raises we did that in September for level C and D employees and so we're bringing it back at this time some of the other changes include a salary increase of 5.65 percent for level A and B employees also a change to health insurance premiums our health committee has met and recommended a premium increase to get us back to the reserve level needed for next school year the up we updated
028those premiums to be in a total of 5.10 and that will be paid by the school corporation however the employee premium would increase by 2.06 percent uh we hope to maybe I'll set that someday with a holiday as well next year that works out but it's a modest increase to get us back to where the the revenue needs to be and the reserves need to be so that would apply just to level a b and c employees we don't have any benefit employees in Level D we do have some name changes in the document as well tonight some changes to holidays including New Year's Day at this point um sign on referral bonus this is new for the Food Service employees we have great response to this for our bus drivers and we're adding that
029in our food service area where any Center Grove employee can recommend someone to work for food service and receive that referral incentive and there's also a sign-on bonus for folks who come on and stay on for a period of time finally some changes to the technology certification and some changes just in language for our transportation employees and Level D so a lot of things to match correct also include some increases for the substitute teachers as needed so I believe that covers all the summary do I have a motion Mr President I move that we approve the revised statement of benefits and compensation as presented to have a second I'll second just stop act like grown people any any questions or discussion for Mr Taylor all right we have a motion in a second all those
030in favor hang on I gotta make sure I read the right thing all those in favor approving the statement of benefits and compensation signify by saying aye aye all those opposed motion passes three to one next 7.3 additional Appropriations for teacher appreciation Grand stipend new employee salaries and staff raises thank you this evening I'm recommending the board approve the additional Appropriations for the teacher appreciation Grant stipends new employees new employee salaries and staff raises and Mr Taylor will provide you with that additional information however I will say this is a public hearing this evening and it is will be turned over to you at this point thank you Dr arkanov this evening's board meeting has been appropriately advertised as a hearing on additional Appropriations I now open this public hearing I would like to call
031Mr Taylor to provide information about the additional Appropriations thank you Mr Alexander asking for additional Appropriations in the operations fund and the education fund Appropriations follow on the budget creation and any new staffing needs or salary increases it's key to note that the appropriation we're asking for this evening assumes that if we were to settle a contract by the end of 2022 we could also spend that money in 2022. there is a limitation from the dlgf on Appropriations they must be advertised and they must be approved by December 15th and so we're bringing it this evening to get well ahead of that date so we can put this on public record you'll see the amounts listed on the screen that Ms Howard's sharing this all goes to new employees new positions that were created in
032both funds including 13 new teaching positions four classroom aides two full-time custodians two part-time custodians and two bus drivers the amounts are also reflected on the screen individually by the programs these would go into this money will come from a combination of cash balance and new formula Revenue as student growth has taken place in this in the second half of the calendar year 2022. and there's a resolution attached that we would ask the board to sign this evening following the meeting so we may upload that to the dlgf thank you this is a time for members of the public to comment on the additional Appropriations or information presented on the additional Appropriations this evening are the members of the public present who would like to comment on 7.3 okay seeing none I now close this
033public hearing are there board members who have any comments or questions okay I need a motion I move that we approve the additional Appropriations for teacher appreciation Grant stipend new employee stipend and staff raises do I have a second I'll second all those in favor signify by saying aye all those opposed motion passes four zero next up 7.4 approved certified staff handbook Dr arkanov thank you Mr Alexander this evening I'm recommending that the board approved the certified staff handbook and once again Mr Taylor will provide you some information on them oh thank you Dr arkanov just a lot of language changes we have shared these with our utag leadership for their input we're bringing this this evening sometimes we get this done by October this year it took till November we have quite a few
034language changes you'll see there a lot of informational things changes like our workman's comp location definitions of serious health conditions um and then some new policies that we always like to add to make folks available as policies have changed to make it a priority the summary is provided on the screen thank you Mrs Howard um and that's it I believe just some corrections like to health care and things like that some Lane change I'll entertain any questions if you have any on specifics but go through all of them yep thank you Mr Taylor any questions from Mr Taylor Anita motion do I have a second second we have a motion in a second all those in favor signify by saying I all those opposed motion passes four zero 7.5 authorized two 2023 tax anticipation warrants
035Dr arganoff thank you Mr Alexander this evening I'm recommended that the board approve a resolution to borrow money from the Indiana Bond Bank and Mr Taylor will provide you again some information thank you I won't belinger on this one this is one we do every year um it stinks we don't like it we have to do it this basically allows us to loan money from the Indiana Bond Bank which is controlled by the state government in case our local property tax revenues don't come in time for us to pay the bills that we need to pay on our debt service and so you can see the amounts well within line with what we've done in Prior years again this is something just to make sure we have enough cash on hand when the bills come
036due so it's just a bridge loan exactly the money yeah and in this case we typically would do this in May or April in lieu of ahead of a June disbursement if we see it's running behind possibly in November if we don't think we'll receive the December disbursement as well thank you as I've stated on numerous occasions this is one of my three least favorite motions that we make on every year do I have a motion I move that we approved the resolution authorizing tax anticipation warrants and authorize the president and secretary to sign the documents as needed do I have a second we have a motion in a second all those in favor signify by saying aye aye all those opposed motion passes 4-0 thank you 7.6 accept bids for 20 22 23 food
037service thank you Mr Alexander this evening I'm recommending that the board accept the bids for the 22-23 food services for our new food service Co-op HPS Dr long will provide you with some additional information let's let's take a take a pause recess to let it quiet down so we can hear Dr long okay it's not bad at all I've never seen men like children thank you sir thank you tonight we're asking the board to approve the bids from our new Food Services Co-op HPS we had previously belonged to the West Indy Co-op and recently changed to this new co-op and we now have their bid prices even though we belong to a purchasing Cooperative that handles all the bidding requirements the State Board of accounts requires that local school boards approve the bids from the
038co-op tonight I'm recommending we approve the bids from the HP HPS Co-op thank you Dr long do any questions for Dr Long is there a motion I will do the acceptance for the 2022-2023 services for our new first food service Co-op HBS we have a motion in a second all those in favor signify with saying aye aye all those opposed motion passes 4-0 7 accept bids for soccer parking lot and maintenance Road Dr arkanov thank you Mr Alexander and this evening I'm recommending that the board accept the bids for the soccer parking lot and the maintenance Road and Dr long will provide you with some additional information thank you on November 10th of 2022 we opened bids for the sucking soccer parking lot uh how's that for the soccer parking lot located on Morgantown Road
039just south of the Emergency Operations Center and we also open bids for the maintenance roadway Improvement we had nine bids for each project and after a d-scope meeting with AECOM hunt and Crossroad Engineers along with the low bidders we're recommending the board approve the following bids for the soccer parking lot the bid from Fox contractor contractors Corporation in the amount of four hundred and six thousand six hundred dollars and for the maintenance roadway Improvement the bid from sub Services subsurface of Indiana in the amount of nine hundred and twenty one thousand dollars including accepting the alternate bid number one which is a deduction of eighteen thousand dollars to build a berm rather than haul away the excess soil the the parking lot project is expected to begin in early March and should be completed by
040July 31st 2023 and the maintenance roadway Improvement will begin later this month and should be completed by June 30th of 2023. thank you Dr alone any questions for Dr Long time um the the parking lot is almost right at what we had budgeted um and then the the transportation parking was was just a hair above but Mr Thompson has money in his his account to take care of the difference right yeah I think we were really pleased I forgot to introduce uh Chad Peters here tonight um Jim Jim Gully couldn't make it he was afraid Scott would ask him when we were going to start and when we were going to finish so he didn't come tonight but Mr Peters is here representing AECOM hunt yeah I thought we were very pleased that we had
041nine bids for each of the projects and that they were really fairly close together the one thing that we are hoping to see is to see the contractors do a combination bid where they would you know do a bid with both of the projects but none of the nine did that so we ended up with two different contractors for two for both projects the last time I saw Mr Peters he was dressed in a disco outfit so I thank him for his support of Encore which I know his son participates in India in the show fire but I almost didn't recognize you without being aware tonight all right any other questions for Dr Long do I have a motion parking lot and maintenance Road in the amount of 1 million 327 thousand six do I
042have a second second all those in favor signify by saying aye all those opposed motion passes four zero thank you 7.8 approved new high school course proposals thank you Mr Alexander this evening I'm recommending that the board approve the new high school course proposals and Dr Hooper will provide you with some additional information okay thank you each year the high school makes course proposals to add courses to that would be available to students in future years the course requests are vetted through Department chairs as well as the high school administration and this year additional courses to support and expand Next Level programs of study in both the business and fax departments are among those that you'll approve tonight there's a chart below this chart summarizes all seven courses that are up for your approval tonight
043and below that there's actually highlighted you can see which ones which are expanding our next level are in LPS courses um this year the high school would like to add those seven descriptions for potential courses at the high school in the future these courses match the course descriptions as outlined by the Indiana Department of Education we don't have a lot of leeway in that these course requests include from the following one in the art Department one in business one in English three in family and consumer science and one in physical education a decision to actually offer these courses is determined through the scheduling process based on request numbers from students Staffing student needs academically and instructor availability if any textbook or resources are needed in order to offer these courses those requests would be brought
044to the board for approval in the spring semester during the textbook adoption process as a reminder during the implementation of next level programs of study approval for additional courses may be requested in the spring or summer and the board's understand and flexibility is appreciated and I can already tell you there was just some very recent doe additions and changes that we would like to probably take advantage of next year in our course catalog so I will likely be bringing things to you as early as we can get that information together so we can get those offered to students but for tonight it's just these seven thank you Dr Hoover any questions or comments no not this time so the only um as I traded emails with you about I understand it's an idea we requirement
045on that I.T class and that's how it's written at Ivy Tech but I would encourage us to find a database other than Ms access so the kids are a little more Workforce ready um access is enough necessarily an accepted scalable business database but I I get it it's it's it's the way it's written with the idoe it's really it's written by Ivy Tech we need to get them with the times so if um if you were to scroll down to the pathway pieces that's the second course in the pathway oh no farther up sorry second page um in the business pathway there that's highlighted so that's the second of three courses right so in that third course they may have some opportunities to go into additional databases and that of course is going to get
046even more specific so we'll see what we can do in that one and also um as we can offer that third class as the Capstone see what other opportunities we can have for students okay I appreciate the input thank you Dr Hoover and I know I owe you a contact number all right anything else on 7.8 do I have a motion do I have a second all right we have a motion in a second all those in favor of approving the new course proposals for the high school signify by saying aye all those opposed motion passes 4-0 thank you 7.9 first Mr Robinson at a point new board member to fill the board vacancy thank you this evening I'm recommending that the board appoint a new member to fill the vacancy and with that I
047know the board has received a number of letters with interest we received a total of including Mr Robinson's nine letters of Interest three from former board members three from former board candidates and two from the public and Mr Robinson and we're going to appoint you know based on the results of the election so uh thank you to all those people that have reached out to do that and with that I think all we need is a motion Gary Robinson a second we have a motion in a second all those in favor signify by saying aye all those opposed motion passes 4-0 just as a kind of a matter of record keeping Mr Robinson is also going to fulfill the vacancy at Central nine as well as he comes onto the board so we're anxious to
048let him get started on that and then we will do the formal board reorganization in January welcome aboard [Applause] all right announcements um quite a few this evening Thanksgiving break no school for students November 21st to the 25th for Thanksgiving break the December executive session and regular board meetings have been canceled as as we don't have any current business for the board no school for students December 19th through January 2nd for the holiday break our next regular scheduled meeting is January 5th 2023 we have an executive session followed by the board reorganization meeting Then followed by the board of refinance meeting um any board member comments this evening uh Center Grove Knight with the Pacers this is for the Education Foundation uh it's Friday December 9th and I think you can get those tickets online
049uh their trivia night is scheduled it is a new date for February 3rd 2023 that will be at the barn at big horse and then the gala for the Grove April 22nd 2023 so make sure that you have those um dates on your calendar and their board meeting last night they approved all of the the teacher grants and professional development grants so I know that they're eager to get out into classrooms to to get those presented so do you know how many won how many grants and two kind of the aggregate dollar value so I know that this is the biggest year that they've had they had 33 applications 74 000 requested and I might be stealing during Thunder I don't know if she's out here yeah she is I was sorry am I allowed
050to say this Jen okay okay I was like am I stealing am I ceiling or thunder I could just leave it at that too um but they they did approve just that I I think a tad over it was about 40 000 I think last night that they approved so it was a significant dollar amount and the events that we talk about are the events that raise money to provide for those teacher grants so um you know please get out there and and sign up and do those events and do the silent auction things and everything else that Jen has has put together they work really hard on it and thank you Dr arkanov nothing this evening all right then we are adjourned