001minute early. >> I saw his shirt. >> He was sick last time we were here. >> Yeah, it's his fault. We're all sick. >> I'm still sick. Well, it sounds sick. I'm not actually sick. >> In a minute, You ready? >> Yep. All right, let's call the meeting to order. We have 41 guests, six board members, and Mr. Yol present. If everyone will stand, we'll do the pledge of allegiance followed by a moment of silence and the commission statement. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Clinton Central School Corporation will provide an educational setting that promotes rigor, relevance, and relationships to develop a student's full potential in a safe and
002stimulating environment. Do we have any revisions? >> We do not. >> No revisions. >> Get a motion to adopt the agenda. >> I move we adopt the agenda. >> Second. >> Moved by Amy and seconded by Travis to adopt the agenda as our own. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion passes 6-0. First up, uh, looks like junior senior high school recognitions. All right, we'll start with the junior high student of the month, and that is Grayson Blackburn. Grayson, if you wouldn't mind coming on up here. Okay, thank you, Grayson. I'm going to hold this. If you don't mind, Mr. Lake is going to take a picture. I'm going to say a few things about you. Okay. >> All right. Thanks guys. >> So I thought we got for you.
003So when we talked to the different teachers in the junior high setting, four of them spoke very highly of you and thought that it was very Yeah, absolutely. Big deal. Big deal. And thought that it was really you were a person that really deserved this honor. They spoke pretty highly. They said that you're a very respectful kid. Not only are you respectful to all the teachers, but all the staff members here in the building. That's a good trait to have in today's world. They said that you're kind to everybody, not just your teachers, but all of your classmates. You even go out of your way to ask your classmates for help. Helping people goes a long way in this world and people don't forget that. So, I think that's a great sign. I also heard
004unfortunately sometimes we think that some of your good deeds go overlooked. So that was another reason we thought that you'd be a great choice here to make sure that people see people who good who do good deeds, you know, they are rewarded and people notice that. So those are kind of some of the reasons we chose you, but very good job. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, absolutely. Let's give a round of applause. >> Carter, the high school student of the month is Carter Klein. So Carter is uh one of the first students who actually welcomed me here to Clint Central and uh right off the bat and I knew he was a little bit of a character cuz he was doing the PA announcing at the Powerpuff game and was pretty uh animated with that
005and he's also has done that um for junior high games as well. But he is going to IU East, correct? >> Yes. >> For cross country and track. >> Yes. Um, so we're looking forward to him doing great things in the future. And I asked Mr. Bulling Game if he had any comments for you, and of course he did. So he said, "Carter exemplifies what it means to be a student athlete. I appreciate his leadership, hard work, and example he sets for his fellow classmates." So Carter, here's a certificate for you. And here is a gift for you. >> Thank you. And our employee of the month is Kathy Williams. Kathy, want to come up? So Kathy's a bus driver for us and I think that that's a job that doesn't get near the amount
006of credit that it deserves. Um, and I got an email from a parent of a student who raised your bus. I've taken that student's name out, but I want to read what she wrote because it was a very nice email. So, she said, "I wanted to let you know how much we appreciate Kathy Williams. She's the bus driver for our daughter. School is very hard for our daughter and it can be hard for her to um get her day started. I can't tell you how much we appreciate her starting her day with Kathy on the bus. I think the busyiness of our days, we sometimes forget how important and impactful bus drivers can be at the start of the day for our kiddos. I have no doubt that Kathy prays over our daughter daily. She
007always has a warm and friendly smile and is so patient and kind with our daughter and all the things she has done for her at school and after practices. They have developed such a special relationship. Kathy knows the things our daughter is involved with and doing after school. Kathy also goes above and beyond. Our daughter left her glasses on the bus one day. Kathy called to let us know and I said we could get them the next day, but it was a break. So Kathy personally delivered them to us on her way home. You know who I'm talking about today. Our kids have had different bus drivers over the years in school. Kathy is extra special and we can't say enough great things about her and how much we have appreciated having our daughter start
008her day with Kathy. Kathy told us today that she's moving to another route, but wanted to make sure that to let you know what a great job she does. So, I'm going to give you the actual email. Okay? And here's your certificate. And here's something you can have dinner on us. Okay? AWESOME. >> We appreciate you. Mrs. >> Okay, I will start with Mrs. Campbell and then you have slides. >> Mrs. Campbell, come on up, please, if you will. I always write notes because I don't want to forget anything. And this year is extra extra special because she has the privilege of having my own kiddo in her room. So, God bless you. So, um it is uh an honor to recognize Tammy tonight. Tammy is someone that um we've worked together for years and
009both various roles together. Um she goes above and beyond in every single way. Um she's now one of our early kindergarten teachers and I would say kind of the epitome of what early kindergarten should look like. Um it's not anymore just about learning letters and numbers, but it's those basic foundations that kids need in life. Um again, I've seen it myself this year. confidence just that the daily routine um and just growing that love for school is so important at that age and Tammy does such a great job of doing that um all at the same time very beautifully. So, thank you. Um she's also one of our teachers that we lean on the most heavily when it comes to Orton Gillingham or OG instruction and um just recently opened her classroom since I've been
010back from maternity leave to other teacher teams that could observe her work in action. Um they left talking about their biggest takeaways, what they learned, what they wanted to implement in their own classrooms, and that kind of leader, the kind that's just quiet but confident. Um just very student centered, it just shows and it makes such a lasting impact on our on our whole building. Beyond her classroom, Tammy supports our school in other ways. Um as the wife of our transportation director, she's always behind the scenes as well in that way. And people never see that. Um but we do and we want you to know that as well. We're very grateful. Tammy's very creative. Um, she handles discipline with consistency and with care. Um, and again, I can say that because I know firsthand.
011And I can assure you if anyone needed strong classroom management, um, it might be the principal's kid, you know. So, Tammy is a ray of sunshine on on another note. Um, just literally for everyone, she takes everything in stride, pushes her students forward. She has very high expectations. Um, and she prepares our kids exceptionally well for kindergarten. So, we are very lucky to have you and thank you for all that you do. So, very deserved of our bulldog of the month. Thank you. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. >> OKAY. OKAY, so for January, our lifeline was empathy. So all of our teachers um take the time and they pick out a kiddo in their classroom that they feel like has shown this lifeline throughout the year. And then we take time to um make sure that we recognize
012them for that. And I think empathy again is something that it's it's hard to to teach in kids especially nowadays. And so it's definitely something to be rewarded. So, in early learning, Abby Shipley, Alex Bolero, Reese Ashlock, and Jeffreyku. If any of you guys are here, come on up. Is there anybody behind you, Cheyenne? Okay. Um, in kindergarten, Brighton Doolittle, Miley Lucas, Evelyn Simmons, and Kora Coder. In first grade, Kinley Rule, Maddie Whiteitman, Malachi Lucas, and Clark Pitman. That's for your parents card. Don't let them not put it on there. Okay. In second grade, Hazley Davis, Corbin McCoy, Dalton Kriswell, and Mason Frell. In third grade, Sarah Sweet, Leah Selenus, Abigail Smith, and Serenity Gascal. In fourth grade, Cynthia Mlan, Paisley Parish, Dylan Blackburn, and Amos Lee. Sweet girl. You're welcome. In fifth grade, Maisie
013Galvin, Charlotte Rothenberger, and M Patel. Congratulations. And in sixth grade, Grayson Johnson, Gracie Hoyen, and Emma Sato. >> Congratulations. Thank you. >> Congratulations, parents. Thank you guys so much for bringing them out tonight. >> Awesome. >> Yeah. students and parents, thank you for joining us tonight. Certainly, you're welcome to stay for the board meeting, but if you would like to leave, you're certainly welcome to do so now at this time. But thank you. And then I'll stick to your driver cuz they're all aluminum. somebody like during during our like shares either of my wife like >> Yeah, it'll go in the fridge. Yeah, >> it still wouldn't stick to the fridge, but they change that. >> All right, next up is uh public comment. Uh we have Carrie Kirkall signed up to uh comment on
014the school calendar. I just have a quick comment. Um, I heard that you guys were talking about when you're going to hold graduation for next year and we heard that it was going to be the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. And the parents, the senior parents that I have talked to would prefer not to have it on Memorial Day weekend because there's so many sporting events already going on for sectionals of baseball. There's softball, track probably. And we've moved it away from Memorial Day weekend in the past couple years, I believe it's been. And if we would move it away, I think it'd be better for um rescheduling in case we do have the baseball or softball sectionals or whatever it is that we don't have to move graduation so that the kids can actually
015participate in graduation, not have to choose between, you know, softball, baseball, and graduation. I mean, we're a small school, so I think if we could just maybe do a little bit of forward thinking, maybe it wouldn't be um bad. like last year having to move multiple times to try to get a date that worked for everybody. So, I just ask that you guys just think about that. Just move it off of Memorial Day weekend and try to um come up with a date so it's the same time every year so everybody knows. So, it's like the Sunday after Memorial Day weekend. So, just everybody has that already in their mind. So, um, planning forward would just be a lot easier for the families and everybody involved. I think I know it's hard to do with
016scheduling with everything, but >> were you saying for 27s or this year's >> for 27? >> Okay. >> For 27. >> Yes. Sorry, I should have >> No, I think you did. I just just wanted to make sure. >> Yes. >> It was on Memorial Day for many, many, many years. like me going through but I think the athletics shifted later. Do you think that >> baseball sectional was always Memorial Day weekend? >> Was it always Memorial Day weekend? >> I don't know about the others. >> Yeah, it it is a challenge. >> It's a ch I understand it's a challenge. I just thought if we could, you know, do some scheduling now, maybe it' prevent something in the like next year trying to if if our teams ever got that far and we wouldn't
017have to worry about scheduling issues then. That's all I have. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Uh consent agenda. We get a motion to accept the consent agenda. We approve the consent agenda. >> Second. >> Moved by Katie, seconded by Bryce to approve the consent agenda. There any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed? Motion passes 6. Is the out of state travel in that? >> Yes. Okay, next would be the uh budget report. >> Yep. So, I have a little lengthier budget report for this evening. Just wanted to share some information. Um so, there is our um end of January um end of month um budget numbers. Um just a few things there I guess specifically. Um one we start over obviously with the 26 budget. Um again, school school
018year July to June budget calendar year though. Um in here if you go back and happen to look at 1782 notice which is our approved budget by DGF um one thing you'll notice is our debt service appropriation is considerably higher than our 1782 notice that but we encumbered um some debt service payments. So we included that in our additional appropriation or sorry not additional but that got included in our appropriation number 426. So, if you if you happen to go back and look at that, I wanted to point that out um because that that appropriated number from the 1782 was about two two and a half millionish. Um but we we carried over um our debt service payments from the end of 2025. Um excuse me. Um encumbered percentages right there in the first month
019a little high. We, you know, you take 100% divided by 12. Um so you're basically at 8.33% a month. Um January was a three-pay month though, so that that throws that number a little high. Um I would say when you look at this um and and it'll be something we'll talk about here in just a second, but um this is a great financial position for a school district when you look at our balanced budget ratios. Um I I would say most districts um across the state of Indiana would be would be thrilled to have um that kind of cash balance on hand um as a as a ratio in regards to your budget. Um so that being said, do want to jump into kind of I guess outlook. Um so finances just in generally um
020our the current state of our finances are very strong, very stable. Um certainly um appreciate the work that's been done over the years um you know from going back 10 years ago when when Mrs. Boon started and the district had to borrow money to make payroll um to being in a very strong and stable position today. And so, um, that's obviously kudos to Mrs. Boon, but also, you know, previous superintendents as well. And so, um, the current state is very strong and very stable. And again, I think the position we're in would be a position of envy for a lot of small school districts. Um, and and when you talk about percentages and ratios, even for larger districts necessarily. Um, what does the future look like? So, um, when it comes to expenditures, we can
021obviously just like the rest of the world, we deal with price escalation and inflation, right? I use the example um you know during our work session, right? That $100 you used to buy it. It seemed like when I was a kid, if my parents spent $100 at the grocery store, the cart was full. Now $100 is like three bags. Um and you're like, "What what did we just buy?" Um and so that's no different with school. Obviously, the price of everything just continues to go up. Um whether that's furniture, whether that's books, buses, fuel, um our our electric bill, our insurance is the only thing that has gone down this year miraculously. Um because uh previous years it was pretty significant increases. So um and when I say incur insurance, that's our property and casualty
022um because our health insurance rates as as our staff knows skyrocketed. Um what does it look like in terms of revenue? So three really distinct impacts. one the curricular materials and I'll get into that in just a minute. Um that that has been taken away um you know as as we all know as parents um that we used to pay textbook rental um for our kids. Um that was taken away by the state. It's actually kind of being put back in place again now um because they can't quite make up their mind what they think we should do and shouldn't do. Um so it is actually coming back in but then there is different limits now on what you can charge for. And so it used to be you could charge for curricular materials and
023textbook rentals and now you can't and then now you can again. So um also the the major driver on revenue for the education fund is enrollment. Um you know so we'll get to that in just a minute. And then sea1 senator rolled act one um which is the property tax law changes um taking place in Indiana. And we we'll get to that. And then what are some action steps? quite simply reductions are just necessary um to to all things um that we do here in the school district as a result of that. So staffing programs um purchases equipment things like that. So um getting into that just a little bit more. So when we talk about the education fund um so curricular materials is a source or used to be a source of revenue. Okay.
024Um so I went back for five years 20 through 24 it was an average of 138,000 a year and change. Um, in 25 we didn't get that. Obviously, in 26 we don't get that again. Um, but we will probably have to look to start charging again for some consumable items and things like that to generate some revenue. It will nowhere be be near the 138,000. Um, but we'll have to try to generate some revenue with consumable materials. Um, if you look at the education fund in in 26, so 878 was our student count um, last school year uh, in both the fall and the spring count. Um that was the highest student enrollment here since before COVID. Um and and so our budgeted revenues based on that number because again you do budgets before you
025get student count days. And so um that was seven you can see that 7,460,000 and some change, right? Um our October one count was 855. Um brings us down to our budgeted revenues 7,93,000. Um and then we just completed our February 1 count. we were down to 835 and so that'll adjust again accordingly. Um Clint Central is no different than about depending on what kind of numbers you see from year to year basically 80 to 85% of the districts in the state of Indiana that are just declining enrollment due to birth rates, population shifts, lack of housing, things like that. So um so we're going to have to be very mindful of that. I I you know um our our budget number per kid is about $7,500 basic tuition support. Um once you go all
026in with all the other types of education funding it's somewhere around 8,400 but that number varies quite a bit. So 7500 is a is a is a good clean number. Um so again you multiply that by another 20 you're you're down another 140 150ish thousand. Um so you know when when you start to look at that um down 370 down another 150 you know you're down down over a half a million dollars um in from student counts from what was budgeted. Um dig into the operations fund sea1 it begins phasing in this school year. Um and and and that's a that is a scary thing because it's not like it's a one-time deal, right? It phases in over five years. And so you can't say, well, you make some changes to adjust to SEA1, but
027then that continues to phase in. And there's some different pieces to it as well. we had policy analytics back here in I think December to come present um on the full property tax analysis of the district and and so you guys obviously have a lot more information and um in those packets um from them but um just just knowing that that starts so pending legislation the reason I say that's pending right now is because the thing we've talked about all along was whether they would protect the debt service fund or not right when they when they make the cuts this year in 26 as written the law does not protect the debt service fund fund. So a portion of our property taxes that you know so basically we get two pots of money from property
028taxes to operations fund and then to debt service fund, right? The cuts are not protected in the debt service fund. So it'll cut both. Well, if you don't have enough money to make your debt service payments, that's a problem, right? And so um again, not just a Clinton Central, not just a Clinton County, state of Indiana, all 92 counties, um and not just schools. This is all taxing entities. Um and so it's an it's an issue and and right now um as the short session begins here to wrap up in the next two to three weeks hopefully we'll get a lot of clarity. Um my understanding is the most recent recommendations are they will not protect it in 26. They will protect it in 27 going forward. And so we will have to start to
029look at do we have enough money built up in our debt service fund to still cover all our debt service payments. Um or we may have to look at using rainy days. um or something like that to cover those payments. Um but pending legislation basically sea 1 cuts about 165. That's that's estimated because obviously property taxes is always an adjusting moving thing, right? Every time a home buys or sells, property tax changes, right? You you build a new barn at your house, your property taxes go up, right? You know, so there's always things like that that are affecting property taxes. So, um but right now, that's an estimated 165,000 less in 26. again continues to phase in all the way through 2031 and there's some varying there's some varying changes in there right it's not
030like it's 165 every year because again property taxes will continue to move um but the other two pieces in there in sea 1 that will be big um the first one if starts in 2027 which is the business personal property exemption um right now the floor is 80,000 so if you own and I and I'll use the the speed shop I always use it kind of example because I can look out my window and see it. But any equipment that they own, right, that that is that is above $80,000 in value, that goes into their property taxes in 2027, that goes to 2 million. So anything now it's got to be worth more than 2 million to get taxed, right? And so um that will cut a significant chunk of property tax dollars again, not
031just from schools, but all taxing entities. Um and then the other one is our local income tax. We have one here in Clinton County. um that goes away in 2028. So, we will get that revenue in 26 and 27. For us, that's about 150,000 a year as well. Um and so that also goes away. Um you're saying to yourself, man, that sounds like this is bad. Yes, you're right. This is very bad. Um and so, um the the the revenue piece of this um and then the referendum fund. We have a referendum, 15 cents on every $100 of assessed value. Um certainly appreciate community and our and our and our um you know folks taxpayers supporting our school district um through that. Um SEA1 also starts to to drop that number as well. Um 2026
032is good. We actually get a smidge more in the referendum fund than we got in 2025. Um but that will start to um decrease starting in 2027. So um that'll that'll decrease every year. Uh like I said, estimated 60,000 um in 2027 that kind of decreases a little bit every year until 2031. Um once all those exemptions are in place, you'll start to see net assess value start to tick back up assuming, right? I mean price escalation never stops. Whatever whatever our grandparents paid for homes, it was cheaper than our parents, was cheaper than us, right? And so um you know you will still you will continue to see um you know price escalation in terms of assessed value but you won't see that really until 2031 after sea 1 fully isn't phased. So that's
033that's that piece um kind of on the revenue piece. So um finances what are some action steps in process? I know we we as a board have talked about this um for a few months now and and different things that we're already currently doing. Um because this is not just a you just change one little thing and you're like, "Oh, problem solved." Um it it is looking at anything and everything we do. And I and I met with our administrators um it's probably been a month ago now, but um was using an example of a maintenance contract that we had on on our lifts um lifts elevators. Um, it was a contract from 2008. It's only $475 a year, but again, we're looking at that level because again, there's not the one magic thing you're
034just looking for to try to cut that much money. And so, um, these are things we're already doing. We're reducing custodial expenses by eliminating custodial services to the district office. Um, changing up the way we do it in the high school office. Um, we've eliminated that maintenance contract successfully. We, not that we're not going to maintain things, but we have brand new lifts installed um with 5-year warranties. We didn't really needed a preventative maintenance contract on something that had a 5-year warranty in place on it. So, um we were we talked about revising our bus replacement plan, and currently we will not purchase buses in 2026. Um we we may at the very end of the year. We'll wait and see how much leeway is there. Um but that just kind of buys us a
035little time and and some uh opportunity to look at things. Um, we're not replacing one certified position that was a recent resignation. Um, right now we're reviewing three fairly large contracts. Um, I won't go into the specifics of those because we're reviewing them and I don't want to necessarily share like what services or industries that we have contracts with because we may try to renegotiate those contracts. Um, but they're fairly large contracts, tens of thousands of dollars a year, um, that we're going to try to look at and and can we just can we do we need them at all or can we just renegotiate them or can we reduce the services within those contracts? Um, reviewing debt strategy as we've talked about um, with with you guys with the board um, how we would
036use geo bonds and that debt capacity um, instead of maybe being able to do projects, you're going to have to supplement your operations fund with that. Um, and then we're also reviewing a county contract right now as well. And so, um, those are just things we're currently doing and we'll continue to do more. Um, the administrators, um, myself and Mrs. Boon will continue to have very hard conversations about, you know, programs and and staffing. Um, certainly, you know, I appreciate everything our staff does in every position, right? And so, um, some assumptions have to be made, right? We I think we all everybody no matter what job you do, you wake up in the morning and you go do your best, right? And so um but when you start talking about making cuts that becomes
037it it becomes personal. It feels personal. Um it feels like it's maybe a a conversation about a performance and it's not necessarily about a performance. It's sometimes just about dollars, right? Um you know I so I think that's an assumption that has to be made. um there is an assumption that has to be made that yes this I mean people will be upset right and so um no matter what person program contract position whatever it is some somebody thinks that's really really important right and and they are because otherwise we wouldn't be doing them but again if if everything is important then that means nothing is important kind of right I mean you have to look at things you have to make some tough decisions and so there are going going to be a lot
038of very challenging conversations and challenges challenging decisions that have to be made. But again, I kind of go back to where I started. We're in a really strong stable financial position, right? And and and we want to maintain that. We don't want to be back in a situ situation where we were 10 years ago borrowing money just to make payrolls. And so, um that's that's obviously not something we want to do, not something the state would allow us to do anyways. But, um so just kind of wanted to go through that. Um, and happy to answer any questions that you guys might have about that. So, and that's a lot. Sorry. >> Anybody got anything? >> Not at this time. All right. Next item on the agenda, new business. >> We need to approve the
039budget report. Sorry. Oh, we need to approve that. Sorry, that was so long. I just kind Sorry. >> Need a motion to approve the budget report. I move we approve the budget report. >> Second. >> Motion by Bryce, uh, seconded by Katie to approve the budget report. Any other discussion? If not, proceed to vote. All those in favor say I. I. >> Opposed. Motion passes 6. Now, new business >> 26 27 school calendar. >> Yep. So, you guys have the calendar. It was approved back in October. Um, the only reason I'm bringing it to you for consideration is just down here at the bottom. Um, and Carrie, I appreciate I don't know where you're at. There she is. Thank you for your comments and questions. I will answer a couple of them. Um, but I
040want to real quick the reason it's here, um, the 2526 calendar in two different places. Last Friday and actually today it says no school or makeup day. Um, I read that like steak or chicken. Somebody some people told me they read it like no steak or no chicken like and I was like, "Oh, see I didn't see it that way." So I changed the wording here to put no school parenthesis possible snow makeup day or whatever. Possible makeup day. So, uh, just clarifying because we have four of them next school year. So, um, that that was the reason, um, for me just bringing that back up. Just wanted to change that. Um, in regards to, you know, Carrie's questions. Um, I I would say a couple things. I think I I know baseball um, sectional
041is always Memorial Day weekend. As a as an assistant principal and principal, that was always fun for me. Um, trying because we're constantly moving ball games and changing stuff. Um it was it was sometimes a challenge depending on what teams were in your sectional. Um it well I shouldn't say sometimes it was always a challenge because everybody seems like they have graduations that weekend and so you're like well these two teams moved forward they both graduate on Sunday Saturday so we're going to play them Friday night. These two teams moved but they you know graduated on Friday so okay they're going to play. You know I mean it was a nightmare. We we always hosted sectionals at at a previous school district. So that is certainly a challenge. Um, I have no problem with, you
042know, sending stuff back out. We've already sent that once. Um, I I sent surveys to parents. I don't know if you got those. And just trying to feel, um, I know we asked kids kind of. I don't think the kids really cared. Uh, you know, whatever. They're like, I just give me my diploma. Like, whatever. Um, part of it I think too was um because of Memorial Day weekend having it on that Friday night so that way you had Saturdays for open houses and parties and all that stuff and Sunday after church you could have parties and stuff or whatever too. Um, so I I agree there's not like a perfect time and place. I think you could move it off Memorial Day weekend altogether and just say you're always going to have it the
043next weekend. the challenge. I mean, there's always a challenge with the calendar because um like I'm trying to think off top of my head, but um on this particular year, we end way early. That's why we do have the four built-in makeup days just to kind of stretch the year because otherwise we were going to get done really early. Um I I agree with Mr. Rule. I know he would love to start school much later and and I would too because I'm I'm a boat we're a boating family. We would love to start school much much later uh because August is a great boating month. Um but because of our alignments with some of our co-ops um and then and then trying to get as many instructional days in before state assessments um things like
044that and then also to try to balance semesters. I know um that's something you know some of our high school dual credit teachers always have to work with partnering universities about trying to balance semesters and how many um grades and how many assessments you're supposed to have per semester. There's just a lot of challenges um with that. So, I think you could and and I don't know that I'm ready to give you a recommendation to do that right now because I would want to kind of go back and look at maybe another two or three calendars moving forward too and just say you're always going to punt it to the weekend after Memorial Day. Um because I think sometimes you may run up where there are years where that would only leave you a day
045or two. You know, if you just said you're always going to have it on the Friday after Memorial Day, for example, then there would be some years that you would be like, "Oh, shoot. That really puts us up because school would get out really close. Other years you're like, we've been out of school for like a week and a half. Will, you know, will they come back and, you know, how how do we get the kids back to get them to graduation? Uh, and and I think probably the average person says, "Kids will come back and graduate, right?" Yes. Yes. We'd have time to have to drag them back like, "No, you still have graduation. Remember?" So, um, but I would like to at least go look at a few of those. Um, just to
046make sure before I would just say, "Hey, just, you know, always put it on the Friday before something like that or always put it on the Saturday after, you know, or whatever." Not before, sorry. But, you know, to always just say, "Let's put it on there after. I don't want to just change it right now to some random date and then all of a sudden it doesn't work." Um, since we've already put this out since October. Um, I would like to go look at a few more, but I I am not opposed. I've gone to graduations the weekend of the weekend before. I mean, for 15, 17 years now or whatever. Um that I've been doing these. It matters not to me when we graduate. Um Memorial Day weekend's always too cold to vote anyway.
047So I don't, you know, it doesn't bother me. So >> So the way this is it's going to the last day of school is going to keep getting closer to that Friday night date, right? So we couldn't be consistent with that, >> right? Yeah. So like on this particular one, it's the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. Um, and again, this is a really early one. Um, you know, I think sometimes it's much later than that, you know, whatever. I And I know there are some districts that punt it, you know, a week or two after school gets out and they that way if you have snow makeup days at the end of the year, you just never worry about having to move it. You know what I mean? There there have been different, you know,
048things I've seen at different districts over the years. Um, one district I worked at, it was by God come hell or high water, Saturday of Memorial Day weekend at 11:00 a.m. I mean, it just was, you know what I mean? Um, but in that county there were four high schools and everybody had their time slots and nobody moved them. You know, everybody had agreed for teen years that's when graduations were going to be. So, um, but I would like to at least go take a look, you know, a few more years to come. >> You looked into that, too, when the county schools have theirs. Didn't you do that last time? >> We did that with this one. Yeah. Trying to see who else. move. >> That's what I thought to get it away. >>
049So, but I'd be happy to go look at those. But I would like to approve this change revision just with those snow makeup days just so that's out there. That hasn't changed or whatever because I know like this time around I think we had a few staff members that have kind of planned like four day like little mini holiday weekends things not reading the calendar that these may be snow makeup days. So, >> can you add snow on that perfect? I can, but we might make them up for other reasons, too. Like we might make them up for fall or ice or >> if Yeah. the flu or if we had a if we had a water man burst or you know what I mean? So I just >> Yeah. >> I move we approve
050the calendar with the verbage change of the makeup days. >> Second. Moved by Katie, seconded by Amy to approve the calendar with the uh change in wording for makeup days. Any more discussion? So, we're planning on going back and revisiting graduation date. Okay, there's no more proceed to vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> Opposed? Motion passes 6. All the business we have items from superintendent. >> Yep. Uh just a few different things. Um the Michigan Town lift station improvement. I shared that with you guys a couple times now. But um the um they have approved for all their permitting. So they're in that process right now. And so again, we have a lift station on the back uh east of the bus barn lot um that is owned by Michigan
051Town. Um they've received some federal grant dollars and so they are proposing some different projects within the wastewater system, but um that is still slated for this summer. Um assuming you know they get all their permitting and all the stuff um that's required. But they did we did get a notice they had applied since it's on our property. Um, and so, um, I believe I shared that with you guys, but, u, proposed technology project update. Mr. Solomon and I had our our bid date, um, last weekend. Um, we did receive only one bid, which was frustrating, but it was also under budget, which was good. Um, and so, and it was by a good, reputable firm. Um, we're still kind of, um, looking at that and and taking a look to see um, because it
052was a pricing bid. It wasn't, um, you know, just like an all-inclusive like, yes, we're going to do X and this is the price. It was a pricing because of different technical components. Is that am I am I saying that the right way, Mr. Solomon? >> Basically, you just put a price for each individual Yeah. machine. >> Yeah. So, there's several different pieces and so we're we're taking a look at that now with um with our our different consultants that we would use um to see how much of that we want to do. Um we'll bring that to you guys hopefully at the March board meeting. If not, we may have to have a special board meeting between now and then because again we uh the federal rate um is used on that. So, trying
053to make sure we're hitting their timelines, too. Um, want to make sure I share March 10th, certainly excited about that. Our school safety summit, um, thanks to Michelle Cooper, thanks to Dr. Chad Cruz, they're going to be there presenting. Um, and so looking forward to that and we we sent that out today. Um, but looking forward to uh that here. We're going to also have representatives from law enforcement. Um, I think I'm going to I know I've already invited the other districts um in the county as well. Um, so really looking forward to that evening. Um, SBOA audit, um, state board of accounts audit. The DOE reviewed that. I know Mr. Davidson, you got emails, um, as well, but the DOE reviewed it, um, agreed with the SBA finding on our our um, all the
054um, oh, what's the word I'm thinking of, Mrs. Boon? What's the word I'm thinking of? Corrective action. Thank you. So, um, we sent that into them and they closed that out and so we're good there. We did get notified this week that our ECA audit now is starting up. Um, so it just must be audit season for us. Um, and so now we'll get ready for that one. Um, and then legislative update just the short session um is going to be wrapping up, I I would say an incredibly fast, furious pace. um they wanted to be done by the end of February and since we're halfway through um and they're just now starting to switch houses um so House bills are going to the Senate, Senate bills are going to the House um and they
055have two weeks before their their deadline. Um it will get I would say really crazy really fast. Um that's a little concerning because sometimes they just start approving stuff and they don't know what they approve, but also they just start throwing stuff in there too that they're not sure that who read what. So, um, tracking a lot of a lot of bills. Um, just to give some, I think, perspective on it, I I just literally read this today. Um, the general assembly has passed 92 different K to2 education laws in the last two years and more than 300 over the last eight. So, there's a good change, a good chance there's going to pass a lot of laws in the next two to three weeks. Um, and and then hopefully some of them will give
056you time to phase in. Others, um, there there's one out there right now about tag. Um there is one out there about sea1 and the debt service that they will go into effect immediately. Um and so there those will be a challenge to try to comb through. Um again we have partners with school boards association, superintendent association, the principles association that will that will read those quickly and say here's the ones that got passed effective immediately. Here's the ones that phase in July one or maybe in 27 or things like that too. But um but it is it is it will be a fast and furious ending. So just want to share those few things. Appreciate your time. That's all I have. >> Thank you. >> Items from board members. >> No. >> Anybody want
057to move to adjourn? >> I move we adjourn. >> Second. >> Move by Amy, seconded by Travis to adjourn the meeting. All those in favor say I. I. >> Opposed. >> Motion passes. 6. Meeting adjourned. Thank you all for coming.