001All right, I have 5:30. Uh, like to call the Crawford'sville uh, school board meeting to order. All board members and administrators are present, including Mr. Mclofflin, who is zooming in from his vacation. Now, that is real dedication. So, thank you. I ask everyone to join me in the pledge of allegiance. Flag is over here. 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. >> All right. First up, we're going to have a quick spotlight, I guess, a spotlight on admin. We're to address uh today's excitement. >> Dr. Reker. >> Yes. All right. Good afternoon, everyone. Yeah, spotlight on excellence. So, if you haven't heard or experienced it yourself, right, we received a report
002of a bomb threat at CHS today. Um, a students irresponsible comments led to a report to 911. We appreciate that students and a parent followed our call for all of our school community to say something if they hear something, see something, or sense something. While this event caused a major disruption to the school day, such as disrupting AP testing, I'm truly proud of how the entire school community in local emergency responders responded. I ask, other than the United States military, who could evacuate, account for, relocate, account for, and feed 700 people to a building already holding 600 people. other than a wellprepared school. Unfortunately, I took a peek at the uh chatter and saw somebody say, "Well, this is a reason not to send your kids to public schools." And I would say this is
003an absolutely a reason to send your kids a to Crawford'sville community schools and to public schools because only us with our resources and our people could handle such a situation. We have the corporation safety team led by Amber Reid and Dr. Brent Bokart that ensure we are ready for this event. We have an amazing CHS staff and CHS administrative team that responded with complete care and calm. We have a transportation department led by Betsy Ham that had 14 buses on site and ready to roll in 27 minutes. Okay. We have a food service department led by Diana Wilbert Wilbur of Chartwells who was able to relocate and prepare food for 700 people in an hour. We didn't get the food out in an hour, but they were ready. We have an amazing middle school staff
004that prepared um the site for reunification in less than 30 minutes. We have teachers who reported to help during their prep periods as the middle school was still providing school to 600 students. We have a maintenance and ground and custodial team from SSC led by Nathan O'Neal and Andy Wagner who secured two sites until law enforcement could take over. We are blessed to be served by the CPD, CFD, McGomery County Sheriff's Department, the state police, and officers from Typicanw County who responded and secured and cleared our school. Our nurses ensured students with medical needs were cared for appropriately. Even our high school nurse worked with law enforcement. so that they could get into the building to get necessary medication for one of our students. Together, we responded and cared for our students and staff. Again,
005Crawford'sville Community Schools demonstrated what a public school community can do. I'm grateful for how our parents responded and the parents that have encouraged and helped. Grateful for the surrounding schools who offered to help. I'm grateful to be an Athenian and to be a school superintendent with an amazing team. Kind of an unofficial timeline here. We were trying to put this together quickly. Of course, this all happens on a day of a board meeting, right? So, at 11:17, this is unofficial. 11:17, we were contacted by our school resource officer who had been contacted by dispatch. Students were evacuated first to fire drill locations and accounted for. Okay. 11:25 we notified transportation to mobilize. 11:26 CMS was notified to prepare. At 11:27, safety team was mobilized to prepare the reunification site. At 11:35, students moved to the
006CHS athletic complex. Again, staff moved kids out of a building, accounted for, moved them again. 11:38 first parent message went out. Okay, that means in 21 minutes we were able to organize and communicate. So Mr. Strickland grateful for his leadership and Mrs. Strickland grateful for that we have a communications person. 11:52 the first bus left the PT building. 11:58 students began loading the buses. 1229 all students were at CMS. 12:43 all students and staff were accounted for. 12:48 the ready for reunification message went out. We also are so well practiced that parents were already at CMS. So I'm sure that those phones did out there with students helped that. But also I believe because we have practiced this before. So again, and then by 2:30 we were ready to start loading the kids back up
007to bring back to CHS who weren't there. I again ask who else could do this? Not very many. But I know that Crawford'sville Community Schools can do it. And again, I'm grateful to be part of Crawford'sville schools and have an amazing team and staff. Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Riker. And on behalf of the board, I extend the same uh kudos and and a great appreciation to all of the staff and and our students as well, staff and teachers and students um for staying calm and and doing what you're supposed to do and this is why we this is why we drill and this is why we practice. So um glad that it turned out to be for not, but that's what we want. That's that's a good thing in this case. Okay. Uh
008very good. Yep. Okay. Uh we will move on to uh the agenda with our building principal report. Ironically enough of our high school with Mr. Strickland uh to give our uh CHS report. so I've got um three seniors, Mesa Horton, Danny Surface, and Colton Kuster. Uh they're all members of my student leadership team at the high school. They're going to share about their uh experiences at CHS over the last four years. And then I've got Khloe Carter, one of our science teachers, Travis Walton, and Naomi Sanchez are going to talk about the last uh spring break trip with EF Tours where they went over to Europe and had an awesome experience. And they will share all the details from their trip. So at this time, I'll turn it over to Danny. I'll let Danny start.
009He's excited about that. Good evening. My name is Daniel Surface and I will be attending IvyTech through an apprenticeship with Newport. During my high school career, I have been involved in four sports: football, swimming, track, and uh baseball. Um In addition to sports, I've been involved in a handful of clubs and teams. National Honor Society, Stu, Student Leadership Team, FCA, Travel Club, and Link Crew are the activities that I've been involved with throughout most of my high school career. With all that Crawford Community School uh schools have to offer, they offer the best staff. From personal experiences, I had the opportunity to see and feel this. Brad Clark being one of the many that I could talk about has been a big inspiration to me. All four years I have been a part of the
010football team under his reign as head coach. He has made every single player feel valued. He develops a personal relationship with every one of his athletes and I am grateful to be one of them. He is a staff member. He is a staff member who cares deeply about each one of his students and has a server first mindset in everything that he does. He has been a great role model and what of what a leader looks like. Um, and he has been the one to push me to my limits on all that I do, whether that's sports, education, or just life in general. Um, Coach Clark is just one of the many staff members who do exactly that. Many opportunities at uh, Crawford'sville have opened up many doors for my education and career. Crawford'sville is
011one of the partners of CT, which has offered many career choices for students to experience. I joined CT my junior year as a student of the Industrial Career Academy program. This program is where I found my love for everything electrical and mechanical. Even better, it has opened a once in a-lifetime opportunity for me career-wise. The big reason for me getting the apprenticeship with Newport was not only because of my good grades in high school classes, but also because I got involved with a program that strengthened my knowledge and what they were looking for. I was able to get hands-on experience in this program as well as well as an internship with CEP in my second year of the course. This opportunity has helped me put my foot in the door and now I have my
012school paid for because of such a great program. I have focused on what Crawford has done for me, but I really want to focus on what they do for others. Our school is a melting pot in which everyone brings their race, gender, ideas, personalities, and ideals into the school. Um, our school does a wonderful job in making sure everyone is recognized and respected. For example, the culture diversity club holds a culture night in which everyone brings their culture into one place and every culture is recognized and honored. Along with the support of cultures, our school offers all kinds of clubs and organizations to make sure there is an opportunity for every student to be involved and feel welcomed. Our school offers a variety of clubs that attempt to suit every student's desires and passions. Another
013form of support is a great administrator who seek to ser and in whatever they may be struggling with with they listen and they address each concern. Crawford'sville High School has done a wonderful job at making sure everyone is loved and supported and Crawford'sville is a school that I would want my future kids to attend. If I could sum up what my experience uh has been at Crawford'sville, I would say as a school and staff that have supported and pushed me to be the best version my of myself and everything that I have done and continue to do. Thank you for taking the time to listen to what Crawford'sville has done for me and will continue to do for others. Crawford'sville is truly the best school around. From the students to the staff, one last thank
014you to all the administrators, staff, and students who have made these past four years unforgettable. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Mesa Horton. Um, I plan to attend Xavier University in the fall and study elementary education. Throughout high school, I've loved getting involved in many sports and extracurriculars. I did swimming, soccer, track, and track all four years, as well as being a member of our competitive show choir here at school. I was involved in student council, student leadership team, student athletic leadership team, interact club, and was also president of bring change to mind, our mental health awareness club. Honestly, choosing to get involved my freshman year of high school and the many opportunities CHS had to offer is what helped me build meaningful friendships, leadership skills, and my confidence throughout my time here. High
015school, high school club, sports, and extracurricular activities have truly been the cornerstone of my personal growth. In terms of the athletic program and clubs offered at CHS, teammates and club members were where I built the most meaningful friendships because of the shared love and passion for the activity, but also because of the supportive environments and strong connections that we shared. In clubs and extracurriculars, everyone was encouraged to speak up and be a leader, which allowed everyone to be a part of something. I know for me I grew significantly as a leader as president bring change to mind because it was a club that I felt passionately about and because of the safe environments of clubs at CHS. I felt comfortable enough to speak in front of other students and CHS provided an environment that they
016felt they could too. While many coaches and administrators made an impact on me, the collective support from the CHS staff made me truly proud to call myself Nathaniel. Mrs. Mrs. Shidler, Miss Smith, and Mrs. Chandler had everlasting impacts on me more than they might know. They were the ones in my corner when I needed it most, providing me a space, a safe space for me, especially during the pressure of my junior and senior years. They allowed me to be vulnerable and offered unwavering support, leaving a lasting impression on my life that I will forever be grateful for. It's because of adult figures in my life like them that I believe I am that person. I believe and hope that I am that person to my peers, friends, and people around me, which I hope is
017a trait that I will always have and that people see in me. Mrs. speech also shaped my growth not only as a student at CHS but also in the things I value as a person acting as a boost for my personal development through her unmatched passion for what she does at CHS. She embodies the culture at CHS where faculty foster trust and genuine connection with their students providing that true academic success is rooted in feeling valued. Witnessing the dedication of her and the rest of my teachers I had and even the ones I didn't that still impacted me in one way or another. Their dedication has inspired my own philosophy philosophy as a future educator. I aim to mirror the lasting positive impact of the CHS staff fostering an environment where my future students feel
018as supported and empowered as I have felt here. Reflecting on my time at Crawfordville High School, although it may be cliche or too basic, transformative is truly how I describe my experience. This was fueled directly by the environment, sports, and activities I was involved in and mentors here at CHS. Engaging in clubs and sports sharpened my leadership and communication skills while teaching me the true value of teamwork. What's more, the dedic dedicated faculty and coaches demonstrated how meaningful connections form the foundation for lifelong success. I step into the future deeply grateful for the friendships and mentorship that shaped who I am today. Thank you. Hello, my name is Colton Kuster. I will be attending Purdue University next year to study first year engineering. Um, first I want to talk about how I'm heavily involved in
019lots of sports and activities such as golf, track, cross country, and soccer. I was able to gain 11 letters in my time here at CHS and it taught me so many lessons. U I was able to meet so many new friends and meet so many people from cultures that I would have never people I've never talked to before. Um I also learned things like pushing yourself to your limits and never quitting and never finding the easy way out. I had many coaches, Marcus Hail and Roger Zar, who helped me be my best when uh when I thought I couldn't be any better. Um I'm also involved in lots of clubs, some including Interact Club, National Honor Society. Uh I was part of Chess and Games Club and also a bunch of um volunteer clubs like
020that. I like to spend my time volunteering because I see that people help me and I would like to give that help back to others. Um, lots of teachers shaped my time here at CHS. They helped me push myself to my limits. And I came into CHS as a student that accepted B's and thought okay was enough. Now that I'm a senior, I realized that pushing yourself to your limits. And um, being the best student you can be is positive because it shows the students around you that they should push themselves as well. I think that it's not okay to be mediocre and pushing yourself to be the best you is u the best you can do. Our principal Jay Strickland had the biggest effect on me because he taught me many things about leadership
021and how to be a positive role model. Um I remember a time where I was at my lowest after um our fall season my junior year. I had two allconerence awards and soccer and cross country and I remember getting a note in the middle of class. This note was by Mr. Strickland and it told me how proud he was of me and it recognized my achievements that I thought no one else was paying attention to. This really allowed me to see that all teachers are looking at my awards and recognizing me for my achievements and who I am. Uh he also taught me that a leader is not someone who just is the best person. It's just the um just an amazing person that helps others become the best them. Um, also I had teachers
022like Mrs. Race who set me at high standards for excellence in the English part of um, our college work. And I had other teachers like Mr. Lynn who really allowed me to find my interest for a um, a class I enjoyed. um he allowed me to find u subjects and things that uh I like to listen to and he allowed me to find my passion for finding out history and uh things that happened in our past. I would just um like to share a moment that I felt very proud of our school. I won sectionals my freshman year playing soccer and our seniors who were obviously graduating. Just to win that game for them felt like the greatest achievement I could have ever had. Just the smile on their faces, the families hugging each other.
023But then after losing the regional game, I I felt a deep regret in my heart for losing. and um it just showed me what it meant to be part of a team almost like a family and I just wanted to give that back to the freshman this year and it just showed me how valuable teammates and connection are. Uh I would just like to thank everyone that supported me here at CHS and everyone that allowed me to be the best me I could be and allowed me to get to my future career as a Purdue engineer, which is a hard acceptance rate. Thank you guys so much for your time. Hello everyone. My name is Chloe Carter. I run the travel program. I have some pictures for you guys if you want to pass those
024around. Two months ago, we took 90 Athenians to four countries across Europe. There were 77 students, 12 chaperons, and myself. and every single one of us and all of our passports made it back in one piece. I could I I could stand up here and talk about the highlights and I could stand up here and talk about the low lightss, but the biggest impact this trip has is something you have to watch over time. I watched students go from completely shut down, closed off, didn't know everybody, first time on an airplane to navigating the streets of Barcelona on on their own. and that kind of growth is not something that I can give them in my science classroom. Um, so in order to kind of get a more personal connection with some of those experiences,
025I have two students, Travis Bolton and Naomi Sanchez, who are going to talk about their experience on the trip. >> Hello, my name is Travis Walton. I am a senior here at CHS and I did not write anything for this because I think that it would be best to give you my raw unfiltered experience with the trip. So, uh we had a stress-free morning getting to the airport with uh Miss Carter. She was handling everyone really well and we got to the country of Italy and we met our first guide. His name was um Danielle and we immediately started to uh engage in the culture of Italy and uh we then got to experience some free time in the shopping district which I'm sure people like Mesa would enjoy. And as I my shy little
026self went around uh trying to engage in the area I felt a little disconnected until I started talking to other students students that I had never talked before talked to before students that I hadn't really even known and then I started to feel that I was connecting with people that I never knew I would be able to connect with. Uh for example another who I who I can mention here is Daniel. I barely talked to Daniel before this trip, even though we've been going to high school together for four years. But once uh we were on this trip together, we were making jokes, we were having a great time, we were engaging in uh jokes that Miss Carter wouldn't like. Um, but speaking on that, uh, when people would act inappropriately or immaturely, Miss Carter
027handled it beautifully. And I am, I think, the only student to have Miss Carter three years in a row for three different classes. And I think she was the absolute best choice for this type of job. She is able to handle connecting with her students uh in the best way possible and balance that with dealing with students who don't really want to connect with others and dealing with students who uh may want to act inappropriately or um kind of hold us a little behind schedule. Uh we did have some points where Miss Carter had to yell. Um but you know that's necessary with high schoolers. Um following Italy uh then we went to France, took a brief visit to Monaco, then Spain, and um our guides were amazing at their jobs. They they told us
028that we were their biggest group ever and their I think they said most mature and easy to connect with group to the point where they ended up telling us that something that they never told another group and that they were actually a couple and um of course everyone went and um we even got to connect with them in beautiful ways to the point where uh I think almost everyone including myself has um kept in contact with both of our guides. And um a personal experience from that off the top of my head that really helped me feel like I was connecting and learning from this from this entire trip was when I was worried that my own um career passions wouldn't be taught because they're kind of niche. Um I really interested in politics as
029um someone like Susan would know. I met Susan at our uh Montgomery County legislative breakfast and she got to see I'm a little outspoken. Um, and I was worried that we wouldn't get to see any of uh indulgence in my personal passion. But then when I was alone with both of the guides, they did not even hesitate to uh help me open up about it. And they even shared their own uh experience with uh politics in their own countries. And it was just amazing and it made me feel really welcome and Uh my first experience being out of the nation was the absolute best I can ever think of for any type of trip I've ever had. And it's all because I did it with CHS and EF tours. And I think that's all I
030have to say. I'm sorry, I'm so nervous and I also I don't have a script. So tell you what happened. But hi, I'm Naomi and I'm a junior from CHS. So basically the trip went really good. I love the whole experience. I love the students, all 77 students. That's crazy. the chaperons and I'm so grateful for the chaperon. So basically starting off with the trip was filling with so excitement led to some chaotic part if you guys might have known I was the only one that didn't have my luggage for two days in Italy because it was just so chaotic how Chicago and all that. But I loved how the teachers tried their Especially the day that I was felt really low, they I had a whole shopping spree in Italy. So, it was it
031was some good parts, some good um impact even though I had some negative impact. Um I was able to connect with so many students, especially people I didn't know. Um same with teachers, like even with spending with them the whole entire week, it was a little chaotic, some conflicts, but at the At the end of the day, we were all able to like resol and it was just something that I really like especially for the first time going somewhere new like a foreign country and also seeing the beautiful cultures, the architects. It was it was amazing. I just I don't know. It's just filled with more excitement. Um I don't know. I just especially with the tour guys, they were so kind. Like they felt like if there were one of us actually just a
032whole community and it was just something that like I would want to experience again that I would go back. Thank you. >> Well, thank you uh to all of the students and Mr. Strickland for that. fantastic report. Super exciting. I just want to say how impressed I was with all of our speakers, uh, our student speakers, and makes you all make me proud to be an Athenian even more so than I was before. And I just know that I'm looking at a lot of our future leaders right here in this room. Um, really impressive. Great, great job everybody. So, thank you. All right. So, uh, moving on, we will start with, oh, I will announce that the, uh, the students, you are more than welcome to hang out and and visit a schoolboard meeting, but
033you do not have to if you, uh, have other things to do. I know it's finals time and AP time, so you're welcome to uh, excuse yourselves. >> All right. So, we'll start with uh consent agenda. First thing on our business meeting portion of the agenda, uh entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Move to approve. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Thank you. All right. Seeing no old business, we'll move on to new business. Uh first up item of business is to consider the CHS drum line trip. Mr. Chubby is good. All right. Hey, thank you all for having me tonight. Um, Lot of Steve virtually. There you go. Um, I know we've talked about this a little already. I'm going to go ahead and present
034it to get approval. Um, long story short, I have a student in the high school by the name of Tyler Karns. Uh, Tyler's dad currently lives in Clawwalk, Alaska, which is on Prince of Wales Island. And in a Fourth of July planning meeting for the 250th celebration, uh it was brought up that this island doesn't have any marching bands that can really perform in the parade. And they thought it'd be great if they could find a a band to perform. And u Mr. Karns popped up in the meeting and said, "Well, my kid is in a marching band in Indiana. I wonder what it would take to fly them out to Clawwalk to uh to perform for us." uh when they discovered that we had 70 kids in the band program, they decided just to
035invite the drum line, which makes sense to me. Um so the current plan that last time I discussed this with Mr. Karns, uh earlier in the week, I believe believe yeah, Wednesday, so yesterday. This time I discussed it with Mr. Karns. Uh we'll be flying out of either Indianapolis or Chicago. He's in the process of getting um tickets right now for the 16 of us. We'll be flying out of uh either Indianapolis or Chicago the evening of July 1st we'll be landing in Ketchacan Alaska the next day on the 2nd from Ketchacan there's a three-hour ferry ride through the through the harbor and the bay to a town called Hollis Alaska and then from there he will have some of the community members and other people with buses to pick us up and take us
036the 30 minutes across to the west side of the island to Clawwalk the plan while we're there because we'll get there on the second um kids are probably going going to want to rest on the 2nd. On the 3rd, and then the 5th, the days bordering the 4th of July, he is trying to put together some different cultural experiences for us, some different environmental experiences since Alaska is so different from Indiana. Um, you know, environmentally, obviously, mountains and bears and things that we don't have here. Um, Clawwalk is also primarily still a Native American population with the Tinglet people um, who they helped fund the plane tickets to get us out there along with the city. So, we're going to have some different cultural experiences with them. Again, something that we don't uh we don't
037always get here in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Um, and then we'll also be performing in their Fourth of July parade and celebration on the 4th of July. Uh, and then we'll be flying back into either Chicago or Indianapolis. again, whatever is cheaper for the the city and the peoples there. Uh on the 6th of July, um while we were there, the the city of Clawwok and the native tribes that are there put together the funds to buy the plane tickets for all of us to go out there. By all of us, it's the 14 that are currently in the CHS percussion class in the drum line. Um with one exception, we had one student that couldn't go and I replaced them with another student that's a senior that I, you know, I know her and the family.
038Um, we replace them, they're fly us out as as well as me and one female chaperone since we obviously have, you know, females in the drum line. Uh, so Amy Dennison will be joining us. And then I also have at least one parent, Lindsay Wilds, that has said that she's going to fly with us as well. So it puts the student toteer ratio at four to four to one, give or take. I think there's a decimal point in there, but four to one. Um, so we'll be fine from that aspect. uh the students and the you know whoever here is responsible for um anything that they might need while they're there. So Mr. Karns told us that we would be responsible for food, but knowing the island and in the research that I have done,
039um I we were told not to be too worried about it and make sure that we that the community would take care of us, make sure that we would be prepared. Um, and then the only other thing that we have to consider is getting the drum line equipment on a plane to Alaska, which does come with fees, but I just received a donation of $2,000 from one of the grandmothers of the students to help cover that. The final cost of that I do not know yet. Um, but with the private donation of $2,000, it could probably will get us pretty close if it doesn't um to cover all of that stuff flying there and flying back. So, I'd appreciate your consideration on this. I think it's going to be a fantastic opportunity. Um I've never
040been to Alaska. None of the none of the kids with the exception of Tyler have been to Alaska. I think it's going to be a great opportunity to travel for them to experience a lot of the things actually that um Miss Carter and her students were talking about um cultural experience, you know, learning about different parts of the world. Uh and another opportunity to perform and showcase, you know, Crawford'sville, Indiana, and how great our school corporation and our students are as a whole. So on on top of that, I want to take it a second that's kind of a side point to talk about students. I was I have an opportunity tonight since I'm here to talk about it today with with the situation that happened at the high school. There's one student I wanted
041to bring up specifically. So I was out of the building at the time during third period. I was at the middle school um talking to a couple of middle school kids that I think needed some persuasion to to be in high school band. Um, and obviously I had coverage, you know, I'd done all this stuff through the office. Um, but when everything happened, I obviously was not able to get a hold of Renee since she was in the front office and was dealing with everything. Um, one of my senior students, Maximo Hakoma Hueesca, got a hold of me personally because he knew I wasn't in the building and said, "Hey, this is what's going on. We're being evacuated. I have the entire drum line here. Andrew Hurt was absent today. Like, everybody's here. Everyone's accounted
042for. I took attendance. let me know what was going on and kept me updated during the entire process um since I wasn't able to get a hold of my wife. Um and then when we got to I was one of the first high school teachers at the middle school since I was already out and about. Um and when he got to the high school, he walked in with my sign that we used for reunification, my red bag with all of my medical equipment, handed it to me and had taken care of everything. >> Wow. taking care because he knew exactly what I would have wanted done in the classroom and what the policies were and I was so so impressed with that student and that's part of the reason why I'm willing to take the
043drum line to Alaska and do this is because of leaders like Max and the steps that he took in a situation that he was probably pretty scared also and he took care of everything for me because I wasn't in the building. So, I wanted to take the opportunity to mention that while I was standing here, but I would appreciate your consideration on the Alaska trip. And if you have any questions, obviously, I'm happy to answer them. >> I do make the recommendation that the board approved the trip. >> Do we have any second? >> Any discussion? >> All those in favor? I I >> Any opposed? >> Thank you. Very exciting. I will Thank you all so much. >> I will say that when we first got the information about this and and I immediately
044after I read it um sent a text to Dr. Riker and was like, "This is an amazing. I can't believe this fell into our labs." >> I couldn't believe it. It was right before spring break and Renee actually texted me and was like, "Tyler's in the cafe in the library. You need to go talk to them right now." And I was like, "All right." I thought it was too good to be true, but it looks like we're going to do it. So I appreciate all of you. Thank you so much. >> Very exciting. >> But also like to point out that John has shown >> John has shown amazing growth. He's a big idea guy and he gets a lot of things done. Occasionally as an administrator, he doesn't really follow the steps, but he
045followed every step. Early communication, responded well to questions. I'm just so proud of this young man. So yeah, now I think Jay still keeps working him, but it's good. So we're it's all good. >> It's outstanding. >> Everything is an opportunity to grow. So >> thank you so much. >> A true Athenian. Thank you. >> All right. Okay. Next order of business, we have the um CHS student handbook. U Mrs. Alrech was reviewing that. Do you have uh comments on that? >> I do after some last minute small changes. appreciate the efforts of uh Jay and Chris and Brent and Rex to make a couple of changes I thought needed to happen. Um I definitely I recommend approval of the new handbook. >> Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those
046in favor? I >> I. >> Any opposed? Thank you. All right. Next item is the uh member memo of understanding with the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation. Dr. Bokart. >> Yeah. So this is our anonymous reporting system and our initial uh was for three years and we are coming to the end of those three years. So this would be for a renewal of another three years for this anonymous reporting system. It will also bring in Athens virtual academy. So those students will have access um as well. And then it will also be onboarding a summer bridge team to assist uh for parents and students throughout the summer as well. So I would recommend approval of the renewal of this Sandy Hookou. >> Any questions for Dr. Bookart? >> Consider >> Oh, sorry. >> Go ahead. >>
047I move. >> Move approval. >> A second. >> All those in favor? I >> I Next item is consider public works project. Dr. Bokart. >> Yeah. So a few things in here. Uh most of this will pertain to some parking lot work that we will have uh done uh this summer. So um this work will take place at Hose Nicholson uh Hoover Field. So the the parking lot section in between Hoover and the transportation building and then CMS and CHS. So you'll see in your packet there uh there were bids uh from um triangle asphalt price excavating and automarking. So um I would just note on a couple of them the scope of work is a little bit different which is why the amount is uh the the bid that I'll be recommending is higher
048compared to uh the other bids that were brought in. So it is a more milling, more long-term uh maintenance that will be better for uh what we're doing this summer. So that is the reason for the hose, the Nicholson and the Hoover work specifically uh where the the bit that will be recommended here is is higher. So um and then CMS and CHS is um just doing some crack and seal and striping. So um the final project that is there is for the high school uh fire pump. So um we have been working through that one a lot. Amber Reed's been uh working with with Steve and the fire department and um our test results indicate that our flow rate is not meeting the the required uh to keep the sprinkler system pressurized. So uh
049we need to look at replacing that pump. So, uh, you will see the the bids in there from New Jack Industrial, Ry Ryan Fire Protection, and Corson, which Corson we did not hear from. So, um, for the fire pump, yep, I would recommend New Jack Industrial Fire Protection receive that bid. And for our parking lot work, I would recommend that auto um parking and parking receive um those bids for the the work this summer. >> Any questions? Entertain a motion to approve. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? I >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Thank you. >> My microphone's not on. It was unanimous. My microphone wasn't on. Sorry about that. All right. Moving on to uh consider resolution for scholarships and award. Mr. Nicodemus. >> Yes. This is just one
050of our standard resolutions that we have every time in May. Uh this is to be able to pay the scholarships and awards to the higher education selection of the students choice. Uh so we would recommend that the board approve this resolution. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Thank you. >> And next up, consider resolution for transfer of funds. Also, Mr. Nicodemus. >> Yes. So, also another standard resolution that we do twice a year. This is to transfer funds from the education fund to the rainy day fund. Um, this time we are looking at a $1.5 million transfer due to the healthy nature of our education fund. So, we would recommend that the board approve this as well. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I.
051>> Any opposed? >> Thank you. Unanimous. Thank you very much. All right. Uh, moving on to personnel. Do you want to take the two retirements together, Dr. Recker, or or individual? >> No, I think it's fair for the board to take those together. Definitely thank both of them for their years of service and Sy's several years with us um in the middle school and Carolyn has been a therapist for us, serving our school community for a career as well. So, I do recommend the board accept their retirements. Entertain a motion to approve. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? I >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Thank you. >> Uh and resignations. We have a group there as well. A through G. Anything on there, Dr. Riker? >> No. I recommend that
052the board approve the resignations A through G. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> All right. Thank you very much. And moving on to hiring. Always this time of year, lots of movement going on. Uh we want to take those three together. Do you have comments? >> Yeah, I I'll give comments on A and B. And then we are lucky to have um Lana here. So we'll do C separate. But um A is a return. So Mr. Hyatt is going to return to CHS as a science teacher. um was a well-loved um science teacher by the students. So, this is an excellent um opportunity for us and for him. So, we've had a few teachers over the years who try to the larger school world and come back to us. They get
053to their senses. Um and um also Lena Helers, a new science teacher um was excellent. you know, trying to find a science teacher in this modern era was it was a little nerve-wracking, but we had options all with license. Um, and so this is exciting. So, I recommend the board approve A and B. >> Make a motion to approve A and B. >> All those in favor? I >> I >> Any any opposed? Thank you. And then C's. >> All right, Lena, anything you want to say? So, welcome. Um, I'll let you introduce yourself. That'll be good for you. Thank you so much for coming. I think a that's just a class act. Um, you see a lot of our we don't see it as much, right? I think when some of us came in,
054you would never have not come. So, but if you want to give any sort of statement to Oh, Jay, would you like to say anything? >> You drove. You came here for this just to sit quietly. Yes. So, we are excited for her to join the CHS team. Um, she has been down and has done some work and everybody has been very impressed and um so she's been in, you know, this will be her first time in the high school world. So, but she her references were phenomenal. Um, and I'm really excited to see the work that she does. So, I recommend the board approve. >> Lena Bible. >> Steve, he finally got figured it out. He had to go early. That's good, Steve. >> I. >> All those in favor? I >> I. >>
055Any opposed? Thank you. Congratulations and welcome. >> All right. Um, change of position again. No action needed. Chris Sims is moving from the assistant principal role over to the new and exciting work-based learning coordinator position. Um, so this is out, you know, workbased learning is becoming a huge thing. Um, we decided that we needed a full-time person because, you know, we are talking that all of our kids in the new SEAL world need 75 all the way up to 650 hours of work-based learning experience if they want to get the top seal. Um, and that requires that we have somebody that can be in the community and connect with workforce to provide opportunities for our students. And so Chris has already started making those connections. So appreciate him trying to juggle the world of an
056assistant principal and make connections for our work-based learning program for next year. Um Amy Cox, who is the administrative assistant at Hoover, um is will be our new deputy treasurer uh here at the administration office. Mr. Nicodemus did a great job leading that um search and put together. We had several applicants um and great interviews and Amy we had in multiple times and had the finalists even do a project reviewing three years of our electric bills um for to recognize any thing that stands out and to pro also to provide a um prediction of where we were going and suggestions. So she did a great job with that. So looking forward to her working with our business team. Mr. Nicodemus, anything you want to add? >> I had in my report, but yeah, so we're
057excited to bring Amy on um as the deputy treasurer. She's going to be focusing mainly right now on cash flows and monthly board reports, working with Baker Tilly, our consultant, on that and learning the ins and outs there. Um, we have a pretty robust training program for her to go through in her first couple weeks to get up to speed with where everyone else is. And I think she's up to the job. So, >> there we go. That's the end of staff reports. >> Thank you very much. Uh, and Mr. Nicodemus, you are up with the business manager report next up. >> Thank you. So um the next item I had was a group of us from central office attended the annual IASBO state conference last week. Uh it was a jam-packed three days of
058learning, networking, and fun in the evenings for the entire team. Um we will take what we learned there and try to put it into play. There's a lot of new things around the bend. So we're looking forward to new adventures and ways of creating efficiencies for the entire corporation. Um on Tuesday I did learn that we have ended our locked interest rate period with Tri County Bank. We had 120day lock rate. Um so that on our primary money market account that rate will go down to 3.3% from 3.91. So we will see a slight decrease in interest income. Um but it is still higher than our current secondary money market rate at HHSB at 3%. Um, we will continue to track those as we continue through the year and if rates seem to change, we
059may look at a change in location of funds. Um, we are in the final stages of our negotiations with SSC for our contract renewal. Uh, we are to the point where both legal teams are reviewing language and we should be able to have a full contract for you soon. We're hoping. And then the last thing I have is on your cash flows report this month. We did see an increase of 220,000 in the balance of our key funds that are reported there. Uh we did also see an increase in our percentage balance to expenditures for the past 12 months to 13.92%. That is a 1.07% 07% increase from the prior month and we are projecting to end the year at about 20.1%. Uh which we would be quite a bit higher than we ended 25.
060Uh that is really good news. Um we are currently 95.5% higher than we were last year at this point. So we last year at this point we were at 7.12%. So that is a really good growth rate. uh mainly due to ADM increases, but then also trimming that we've been able to do along the way. Um, as always, we're welcome to answer any questions that you have regarding this report. And if there's anything else that you want to see in these monthly reports, we are happy to work with our consultant to get those added for you. That is all I have for my report. >> Thank you, Mr. Dick Neimus. Uh, up next, assistant superintendent report, Dr. Bokart. Thank you. Uh first up and just in the operations and school safety realm um Wilson reunification
061and um given today what Dr. Iker laid out beautifully how impressive the the team responded and and the reasons why we practice right and so one that we had not practiced yet uh with our re reunifications was Wilson. And so, uh, we did a partial reunification drill there on April 30th, which which mainly consisted of evacuating and loading buses. So, um, with the the preschool and the daycare, um, different just different things to consider. So, um, definitely was was beneficial and and some takeaways and and probably working towards an eventual full um, reunification drill. So um again grateful grateful for for why we practice those things. Uh graduation preparing for graduation setup. So appreciate um Andy and Dawn with SSC and their work with their team and um they are on on top of it
062early and preparing uh for uh what we all look forward to and and seeing kids cross the stage uh for both of our graduations um with Crawford'sville High School and uh Athens Virtual Academy. So uh summer school planning around that. So we are completing our second round of iid testing this week. So that is the big one with summer school planning is we will finalize um our class rosters then based off of our iid testing. So um summer school will consist of K camp grades two and three um and then high school credit recovery for summer school. Uh curriculum instruction assessment uh elementary vertical alignment seminar. This past Monday, K6 teachers and instructional coaches got together uh with a focus on vocabulary and mapping with our new reading curriculum. So, always really, really good work
063um and and energizing days to see our professionals collaborating. Um our instructional coaches, Suzanne Fergie, Morgan uh Thompson, and Britney Reef all did an excellent job leading that and planning that and uh preparing for that. So uh grateful for that work is that will benefit what we do in the classroom. So Mrs. Hos, Mrs. Galowski, Mrs. Hall and I attended a assessment PD at Wabash Valley. Uh beneficial PD a big turn and focus for us is um our assessments and what are we assessing and uh using the right assessments and the reliability of those and then the data analysis of that for uh reteing in the classroom. So uh we were also able to hear some updates from IdoE on assessment. So that was beneficial as well. Um saw some reporting coming. So appreciate um
064that the the state and and is coming through on the promise of um the the increased reporting and the information we will have. So I think there were some early frustrations with the learn checkpoints in the first year um as the the data was pretty lean. Um this year there was some added and there are teacher reports coming next year that will give much much deeper information uh that we'll be able to use in terms of being able to help kids with the standards and skills that they're successful in as well as um what we need to go back and keep working on. Uh and the last piece is just um digital leadership and AI. Um it is part of our strategic plan. It's an area that has moved very very quickly. Um and so
065been working with Doug Linger on getting a leadership team of administrators and teachers together to help lead this work. So uh we have an upcoming meeting scheduled that will be our first meeting, but um I think as we all know AI and how quickly it's moving and um we'll be exciting to to get a framework uh together for uh for CCSC on that. And that is your assistant superintendent report. >> Thank you Dr. Bokart. And our uh next up superintendent report, Dr. Reker. >> All right. Good evening. Again, I'll keep it short um since I took my time earlier, but and we want to go out and watch Crawford'sville baseball defeat North Montgomery. Um all right. So, first uh if you haven't had a chance to check the Oracle um high school senior Bristol Presley
066um won the Congressional Art Contest and that has been in the news um and is will be in display in Washington DC. So, our arts program uh excelling and achieving that's wonderful. Um you know, today was a lot of pride. If you need your heart filled, please uh check out the story about the Allstar Field Day. Um this is for our essential skills kids throughout the county and some neighboring county. essential skills kids came for um a day of um kind of Olympics type um activities and great thanks to North Montgomery because the weather was a little bad and when we're some of our students are um have some fragile health conditions so having them outside in low 40s upper 30s was not um ideal and North McGomery offered to host in their fieldhouse So,
067it's a reminder to our taxpayers that we do not have a fieldhouse. Um, but so just outstanding. So proud to see what our staff um through West Central and from Crawford'sville schools worked with others to put on and how our students were just full of joy. and also our high school kids which several of them were here earlier um who helped um and served as kind of peer tutors to that event. So it is wonderful. Um in the community world, I attended the last legislative breakfast. Um do enjoy that we host now at CMS while the elevator is out at Fusion, but hopefully we can continue because it's a great space for it and it also again the community gets to see that the schools are used for things all the time. So, um, Hose
068had their second annual special person day. Um, just wonderful to see that, you know, it's kind of a grandparents day ideally, but make it a special person day so that all the kids can have someone come in and we have staff that step in for any kids who um may not have a parent or family member that's able to make it. um really thank the board and so many members of the community who provided treats and items for our teachers and staff during teacher appreciation week. So I appreciate them appreciating our teachers. So um you know we've been um interviewing um we've covered that in the hiring um doing some you know teacher recruitment um high ability we had our elementary high ability placement meetings. Those are, you know, that's hours of good conversation. Um,
069looking at aptitude and achievement. Um, I also attended a preh highability program grant uh webinar launch. Um, CTE governing board. Um, you know, had work um force signing tonight and then we had an awards night at Western Boon. Um, I did get to go as a parent and superintendent to my daughter's fourth grade field trip to the state house. It was a quiet day at the state house. Felt like we had the entire building to ourselves and such a majestic, beautiful building. And it was good to watch the kids walk around and see how beautiful of a state house we have. So, um, yeah, doc almost five of us out of this office were able to go to the Asbo annual conference. Um, Andrew presented multiple sessions. Um, so appreciate how he's becoming a leader
070in that organization. Um, yeah, and you know, had somebody reach out today ask if I could send the presentation that Andrew and Brock from Baker Tilly presented. Um, so that was great. And our strategic leadership team continues to meet along with our admin cabinet. We'll say that our strategic leadership team, one of the first things meetings we had this year was on rapid response and had an a retired officer from the Marine Corps in and we'll say that the Marine Corps rapid response is anything under six hours. So I think uh again just very proud of our folks today. Reminders next board meeting is June 11th. Linda's retirement party is May 29th. CHS graduation is May 29th at 700 p.m. Gather in the office area around 6:45 6:30. Yeah. And then AVA graduation is the
071next morning at 11:00 a.m. again 10:30 10:45 gathering time and we have our board retreat on July 30th. I initially had that down as June 30th. So, um, grateful to be your superintendent and proud to be an Athenian. >> Thank you, Dr. Rager. Uh, any other business? No. Moving on to board member communications. >> I do have something on board member communications. We had at the Carnegie Museum, we hosted eight groups of Nicholson third graders and four groups of hose first graders uh in the last two weeks. So, it was a lot of fun for me uh getting to put both of, you know, my work hat and my schoolboard hat kind of come together in that sense when we do that. And it's really fun to see the kids and and really appreciate the
072teachers and all the chaperones that volunteer their time to come and give those uh give all of our students those extracurricular activities getting out, walking around. The third graders walked all around downtown Crawford'sville and and did a number of things. even despite some some iffy weather, we had to use a rain date. And then uh this week, Tuesday and Thursday today, we had first graders and and visiting the museum and the library. So, uh appreciate those teachers doing that and the kids being well behaved and and love that we do that for our kids. >> Yes, we can. >> Okay. Appreciation I als >> I agree. agree that was a really fantastic story. All right, thank you. Uh moving on then to patron comments. Hearing none. Okay. Uh then we are ready for adjournment. Entertain
073a motion. >> So moved. >> Do I hear a second? Second.