001e e welcome everyone to the regular business meeting of the board of school trustees held today Monday June 24th 2024 here at our administration building uh if everyone would please rise uh Mr Smith would lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance then a moment of silence pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for it stands one nation God indivisible with liy and justice for all thank you you may be seated uh patrons registered oh I'm sorry missed one skip right away to three sorry and I missed the most important one of the night our accommodation award our Board of school resol resolution of accommodation Awards uh we have won tonight 2.01 our community business partners for going above and beyond to host our 18 to 22y Old
002transition program students we have Kid Zone Early Learning Center Culver's gel saso Station 21 in the YMCA may I have a motion to approve this combination award so moved second motion by Mr Vasser second and by Mr Smith any questions all those in favor please signify by saying I I I nay carries 40 I will now present those Awards individually I forgot to do resolution accommodation Crown Point Board of school trustees honored to commend these businesses and Community Partners for Meritor support and dedication we are hereby resolve of school the Crownpoint Community School Corporation wishes to express sincere appreciation the crown from the Crownpoint Community School Corporation Community for going above and beyond to host our 18 22y old transition program students the board of school trustees publicly recognizes this achievement and renders it permanently
003to its minutes to be preserved public posterity this 24th day of June 2024 that all right I I do not have the individuals Nam but I do have so first one is Culver Joel SOS J thank you Jennifer don't yeah you're Kids Zone Early Learning Center [Applause] Station [Applause] 21 and our [Applause] YMCA but I would first I'll make please I just want to thank all of you for I mean this is just one of those things that just warms your part knowing that we have Community patrons that are going to allow individuals to make that transition and I visit these establishments and in these locations and there's nothing better that can't brighten your day is when one of the individuals that is just furthering their their uh life path and by working out there
004and you know co-mingling with the community and I mean I can't say how happy I am to thank you and on behalf of the board to congratulate you all for that opportunity you are giving to these indivual ual and I have to mention Marissa dubbad is here she's our transition coordinator she works hand inand with our local businesses to secure these positions so thank you [Applause] Marissa um but I thank you all for uh carrying on our mission and vision of inclusion into the community because we know that's the destination for our students so it doesn't end when they leave us at age 22 um so the fact that you include them and make them um feel that sense of belonging I really appreciate that so thank you so much for your efforts [Applause] uh
005item three on tonight's agenda is our Patriots comments we have none this evening thank you Diana we'll move on to item four our consent agenda Dr ter thank you for your consideration this evening we have our regular business meeting minutes from May 20th and our executive session meeting minutes from June 11th uh 4.02 our Personnel agenda and then 4.03 the voucher registered checks as listed for your consideration this evening you've heard the recommendation of the administration for approval of the consent agenda may I have a motion so moved second motion by Miss Basin second by Mr Smith uh questions yes Mr Angel would be able to take 4.02 separately please thank you Mr Vasser uh so we're going to go ahead and move forward with the consent agenda items 4.01 and 4.03 may have a
006motion for approval of those two items make that motion second motion by Mr Vasser seconded by Mr Smith all those in favor of approving items 4.01 and 4.03 please say I I those opposed motion carries 4 z uh item 4.02 the Personnel agenda may I have a motion uh so moov second motion by Mr Smith second by Miss Basin questions all those in favor please signify by saying I I those opposed nay motion carries 31 thank you item five tonight is our action items 5.01 we're going to see a lot of Mr Hardman here for the next few minutes approval to apply for and receiving funding from Project Lead the Way launch Elementary Grant in the amount of $4,900 uh per Elementary School Mr Harman can this count as a buy my comments we could
007work that out we we just mentioned in a brief executive session about how um if anything should be allowed by the state it should be to put all the grants together being that you're not going to do it so but obviously we'll worry about that after the election in November all right well the first item I'm bringing to tonight for approval a grant from Project either way plw uh with the U Elementary School stem program that is going to be starting this coming year that kind of finishes out the entire PLT uh uh we have pltw at the high school for College and Career Readiness courses we have pltw called Gateway at the middle school that we have had that for a few years and this will complete it and this is the elementary plw
008which is called launch and you can see the sequence of the courses that will be uh part of that with that the uh pltw organization does offer $4,900 per Elementary School for Teacher participation professional development and that is the grant that I'm seeking your approval tonight to apply for and receive the funding you've heard the recommendation of the administration to apply for and receive funding from the Project Lead the Way launch Grant in the amount of $4,900 per ele Elementary School for staff participation and professional development expenses may I have a motion so moved second motion by Miss Basin seconded by Mr Vasser question or discussion all those in favor please signify by saying I I I those opposed motion carries 4 z Mr can you move the mic closer to you I move closer
009there thank you item 5.02 approval to apply for and receive funding from the Challenger Center Grant Mr Harman since the Inception of the Challenger uh Center uh cown Point schools has participated in the uh invest or the simulations that are there uh we actually a few years ago Incorporated the GR five um um simulations into the into the curriculum at uh the elementary school and so every year there's a grant that's offered to offset cost for that and that does include uh uh the way it's calculated is they do try to get business donations for the Challenger Center and then that amount of money is divided among the schools so again this year we bring uh to you the Challenger Grant uh for our fifth grade students uh for them to uh participate in this
010to participate with the support of the Challenger I would uh say that when you look at the documents that that are part of that MacArthur does not show this the simulation that is because U because of their longstanding U participation with the Challenger Center there was some money that came through from the to the Challenger Center with which they provided to MacArthur to actually offset the entire cost uh of that so uh so if you see that uh just know that that was why that took so we're seeking your approval tonight uh for to apply for and receive the funding uh from the Challenger Columbia grant for our fifth grade students you've heard the recommendations of the administration for the approval to apply for and receive funding from the Challenger Columbia Grant to support fifth
011grade students attendance at the challenging Learning Center during the 2024 25 school year may I have a motion move second motion by Miss Basin second by Mr Vasser question or discussion all those in favor please signify by saying I I I opposed motion carries 4 Z Item 5.03 Federal title grants pre-application Mr Hardman yes thank you um as we approach the uh allocations for our Title One title two title three title four uh grants these are federal grants that are distributed through the state of Indiana there is a pre-application process and in the in the over the last three years instead of uh having uh information that was pretty redundant in number of the grants they buying them for this preapplication and uh as you took a look at that there's amount of a lot
012of information that that we provide about our programming uh and how we're going to use the funds what our goals are and uh we are now once we I submit that uh pre-application uh Pere approval uh then we are in line to receive those allocations and begin actually uh doing the budgeting with the the allocations that we'll receive from those from those grants so tonight I'm ation uh to submit this 2024 2025 preapplication for the federal funds you've heard the recommendation of the administration for authorization to file for the 2024-25 pre-application as the first step to complete and submit applications for the federal 2024 25 title grants I 1 a i c 2A 3A and 4 a may I have a motion for approval so moved second motion by Mr Bor second by Mr Smith
013question or discussion all those in favor please signify by saying I I those opposed motion carries 40 5.04 approval to apply for and receive funding from the Indiana Department of Education formative assessment Grant 2024 2025 Mr harv yes thank you Mr President uh again this year we do have an opportunity to uh apply for funding this is the non- competitive grant for our formative assessments a change this year uh with the formative assessment Grant uh especially for Crown Point schools as I've mentioned uh in a meeting last meeting we're going to be moving towards the I learn checkpoints which is a pilot uh and therefore we will not be giving uh nwaa map growth which we have been giving in grades three through eight so therefore this grant uh that we're seeking approval to apply
014for is for kindergarten through second grade this is going to be for the NWA map growth for K2 as well as the Early Learning Suite that we'll apply for and then we also are will be applying to receive the funding to administer the PSAT grade 8 and the PSAT grade n we will not be asking for any funds for grade three through eight none of the approved things we F us and the checkpoints are going to be given to us from the state to be able to use thank you Mr Harman the administration recommends school board approval be granted to apply for and receive funding from the 2024 2025 Department of Education formative assessment Grant motion for approval so second motion by Mr Smith second by Miss bason question or discussion yeah Mr Herman you
015anticipate grad 338 what would be used if it's the it's going to be the I learn checkpoints which are going to be three times a year it's based on a Continuum of the curriculum uh we we know that from a certain point in school year till sometime in November these academic standards and learning goals are to be uh covered by in the school corporation and then there's a checkpoint that we'll be able to use to measure how our students have learned and then you can actually give that checkpoint again to to measure again interventions and things that might have be happening for our students thank you that's very clear thank you uh all those in favor please signify by saying I I I those opposed motion carries 4 z i .05 thank you Mr Harman
016for all your help on those 5.05 textbook and resource adoption for the Elementary Mr China thank you Mr Angel and board members for your consideration this evening is a resource adoption for our elementary schools the resource listed supports our elementary school's reinforcement of reading instruction family engagement and building a community of readers through the one school one book style approach for the first time next year all seven schools have chosen the same book title uh the recommendation from Administration is that the school board approve the this adoption for use beginning in 20124 2025 you've heard the recommendation of the administration for approval for the textbook resource adoption for use beginning 2024 2025 may I have a motion second motion by Miss Basin second by Mr Smith question or discussion yeah Mr kacina is this for
017all K through five yes so for a few years now each school has chosen their own title and the entire School kind of reads that book at the same time K through five yes but this year all seven schools have uh we had a process to choose book choose the book title and all seven schools will be reading the same book so it's kind of one district one book yeah how hard is that to do to to make that selection we sat in this room uh we had representatives for each school and they had a process before kind of district meeting where they had some parents involved and teachers involved to kind of bring their short list of books and then we kind of narrowed that down then we all read three books and we
018landed on just Harriet so how'd you like that it was good yeah it's it's about a third grader um I think our kids are really going to like it thank you for that thanks all those in favor please signify by saying I I I those opposed motion carries 4 Z before and after school child care fees Mr G anderby thank you Mr President board members um since 2000 uh crrom Point School Corporation has been providing before and after school child care this is a self-funded program meaning that the fees that we collect for the program is what pays for all the staff um it has expanded greatly in those 20 plus years we started out a couple elementary schools we at every Elementary School now um so that requires more staff and of course we've
019had some pay rate increases over those 20 years for our support staff so in order to get closer to self-funding the program the administration is recommending a um increase of $1 per session from $7 to eight a session thank you Mr Jan fery the administration recommends approval to increase the cost of Crownpoint school corporation Child Care by $1 moving to $8 per session starting in the 20242 school year I have a motion so second motion by Mr Smith second by Miss bason questions yeah Mr Jan FY I noticed that it says in my line here that the fees have not increased since 2000 so it's it may be percentage wise a large leap here but they haven't been raised in 20 years is that accurate that's correct everything else is expanded except we have not
020raised that and it's still very I think think it's very competitive with any other kind of before after child care that's offered out there certainly seems so thank you yeah Mark so being uh eight per session how long is a session well it it it all will depend on what time they drop them off there so some children can be there for an hour or two especially after school because it depends when the parent will pick them up so um one of the things that we've prided on the the programs were very flexible so we we open up at six and they can get them in there and as soon as they can until school starts so it could so usually two hours you're thinking can that's a pretty good deal it is it really
021is and I just have one quick question so it does say in order to attempt to have it be self-funded so we are self-funded then at the eight per student so it's hard to really tell for sure because we'll have people that will register but they don't come every day so it's really sometimes we'll have up to close to 900 kids registered but it's just so flexible that we only charge them when they're there so which is very nice to not have to pay for that regardless thank you for that good all those in favor please signify by saying I I those opposed motion carries 4 Z thank you thank you 5.07 the ESS contract agenda Mr ke thank you Mr President and board members um not sure that all of you are aware but
022the crowno Community School Corporation we do utilize the SS for substitutes during the school year um every once in a while in this case it's been two years since we've had to adjust for competitiveness in the substitute Market I can share that uh this will certainly help because we've lost over 60 Subs due to a little bit of price competition with some school corporations in Northwest Indiana so we have a new rate sheet for our substitutes uh which basically is a $10 per day increase across the board uh on you know the various levels depending on what degrees they have in training so we're asking theard to approve this new ESS addendum with updated rates for the 2024 and 2025 school year you've heard the recommendation of the administration for approval of the esss addendum
023may have a motion so mov motion by Miss Basin second by Mr Smith question or discussion um no I do just want to mention obviously it's never ideal to pay more money or have a greater expense to the corporation but the importance of being able to be competitive and bring in good subs and make sure that our students are receiving a quality education on days when their their normal classroom teacher is out is extremely important so I I appreciate that you guys are addressing making sure we're competitive um within our neighboring community so we can draw in the best of the best and make sure our sub positions are all filled with the highest quality that we can pull so thank you for that thank you any other questions all those in favor please signify
024by saying I I those opposed Mo carries 4 Z student handbook revisions and additions approval Mr Kiwa uh thank you very much uh Mr President and board members of the Crown Point Community School Corporation leadership they've been working in the spring months uh to update all student handbooks for the next year you will find any number of directory changes local adjustments spelling changes some some things to kind of bring to your attention um across the board we needed to um you know change vocabulary in there largely with Power School uh and RDS uh there's also some uh updates for attendance and wireless devices so there would be no additional resources required and we want to thank our administrators for taking the time uh to update these handbooks for us we're anticipating that they will be
025formatted and made web ready uh for the first part of July up on our website uh that's according to Brook Allen's communication with me very recently so uh tonight uh we are looking to wave the reading of the handbooks and approve the handbooks with it suggested additions and adjustments you've heard the recommendation of the administration for a wave wave waiver of the reading of the handbooks and approve the handbooks with the suggested additions and adjustments we have a motion move to wave the reading of the handbooks and improve the handbooks with the suggest I conditions and adjustments second motion by Mr Smith second by Miss Basin question or discussion I do have two questions about the high school um student handbook with this information the cell phone wireless devices that's that's a state policy yes
026sir and we're moving forward with that of course uh is there any plan to get this information out to the parents and the students prior to school stud yes there will be an acknowledgement of the handbooks that every student and parent needs to take or should engage in for registration uh there'll be communication with students and resource periods and whatnot talking about the updated language but both of these will be highlighted in some messaging to parents prior to the school year excellent second question if I I'm not sure if I read this correctly student IDs are those being done away with they have them yeah it's a great question Mr basser and you and I work together in the past when those student IDs were I think pretty much originating um the manner in which
027the student IDs are are used is is much different it's kind of evolved from from there no longer are students scanning in for meals they're not scanning in in the library that's all done with thumb printing now and Biometrics um but they do use them to get into school events school dances to get discount on tickets so they need the ID they just don't wear them and use them like they did you know years past yeah thanks for clearing that up because it was a little fuzzy when I was doing that but that's that's it any other questions all those in favor please signify by saying I I those opposed motion carries 4 Z landscape 5.09 Landscaping at MacArthur and Timothy Ball Elementary Schools Mr Reese thank you Mr President members of the board tonight
028we bring uh the last step at a couple of our Construction as required by the development of those properties we are required to do some Landscaping at them to finish them off and with that uh we've done a bid and recommending hubing or Landscaping at MacArthur Elementary in the amount of 8,592 and Timothy ball $1 129,290 you've heard the recommendation of administration for approval of the contracts for landscaping at MacArthur and Timothy Ball Elementary Schools as follows Landscaping hubing land Landscaping Corp the amount of 8,592 at MacArthur and 9,283 at Timothy all elementary may have a motion for approval so move second motion by Mr Vasser second by Mr Smith questions or discussion all those in favor please signify by saying I I those opposed motion carries 4 Z thank you to hubinger being a
029local company always helps when we have a one of our local patrons uh putting in those bids and then being approved for them uh 5 510 purchase teacher laptops Mr ree thank you Mr President members of the board it is that time of the cycle to replace all of our teacher laptops and docking stations throughout the district uh we used a Cooperative to get exactly the make and model that we want with a specific specifications that our teachers uh desire and so with that we are recommending approval of 8 lapt Dell Precision laptops and docking stations from electronic strategies Inc at 864,000 by Mr Smith second by Miss Basin question or discussion I do have a quick question Mr Reese is that for the entire Corporation for all of our teachers so we do it
030every four years for everybody all together that's correct all teachers yes thank you any other questions all in favor please signify by saying I I I I was opposed motion carries 4 Z last of ours 5.11 food to school purchasing cooperative awards for 202 2425 Mr ree thank you Mr President members of the board uh similar to the laptop purchase we also use utilize a Cooperative purchasing service for our food to school purchasing uh these are is all the food that we purchase uh for the school district for our school lunches and breakfast uh they combine uh solicit bids and receive those and then award those based upon uh the prices that they receive so with that uh we're recommending approval of the food to school purchasing cooperative for the 2425 school year I just
031got caught up in the spreadsheet again that was in included so bear with me getting back here uh like to uh a motion for administration recommends approval of the food to school purchasing Cooperative award for the 2024 25 school year second motion by Mr Smith second by miss bason my concerns were just I didn't realize we have like strawberry milk all of sudden become a popular thing I back in my day it was just uh chocolate or V uh white milk so I I got stuck looking at the whole spreadsheet then because I thought there might have been another alternative so it's been popular lucky you had chocolate CH we work we work pretty hard to meet the request of the students all right see see what we do for this community no may I
032have a uh all those in favor please signify by saying I I did I ask one question oh I'm sorry go ahead sorry yes uh Matt is the co-op thing is I think it's great uh but I noticed that in your right up here that only 95 school districts is there a reason why not to join into the schop I cannot speak for other school districts or what their motivation is I can tell you that we found this to be very beneficial to us and uh we want to continue using this Cooperative absolutely they may be part of other cooperatives oh okay well thank you all right all those favor please signify by saying I I those opposed motion carries 4 Z Item six on tonight agenda is our first one is 6.01 our superintendent's
033discussion groups Mr vasher Mr Smith anything from Cedar Lake or the city no nothing to report okay we'll move on I 6.02 that is our director of Grants and assessments Mr Hardman moving on to six I just wanted to just comment on the child care for a moment we have some pretty dedicated staff when you are expected to be at child also leave the school at 9:00 and be back at 3:15 until the last child leaves child care we have some pretty impressive people that do that our site leaders have been with us for number carw significant opportunity for our parents I think the flexibility comment that's as days very for our thank you Mr 6.03 director of Elementary education Mr China thank you Mr President and board members um I'll be quick tonight but
034I do want to thank uh the teachers and staff members who are working summer school um we are finishing that up this week at the elementary level um just want to thank special thanks to the Eisenhower and Jerry Ross administrative and front office teams who have kind of done the heavy lifting and organizing and hosting students from all seven schools um got a few students uh who are attending summer school at those two sites um so thank you to everyone making those experiences meaningful uh last thing for me just kind of thinking back this is uh my finishing up my first year in this new role uh feel really thankful uh for the year we've had and very excited for the future um but absolutely uh really just feeling grateful for the hard work and
035dedication of our elementary teachers and staff members um big thank you to our element team as Mr AA calls them the E team uh thankful for them and their collaboration and hard work this year and finally just a thank you to dror Terell and Mr Gan fery and the entire cabinet uh for welcoming me and supporting me as I trans transitioned into this new role thanks thank you Mr China 6.04 director of secondary education Mr MIRS had another uh thing this evening so we're moving on to 6.05 director of exceptional education Mrs pascus good evening Mr Ang members of the board just an update we are also finishing up our summer programming we have extended school year which runs through this Thursday um and uh this is our last Saturday at the farmers market with
036our adult students selling their dog treats we have one of our biggest sellers right here Henry in the audience if you happen to be in the area we'd love to to see you but um there's group about 60 students that were servicing this summer thank you m thank you Mrs pascus 6.06 assistant superintendent Mr G fery thank you Mr President board members uh real quick uh the summertime you think we shut down but if you get out to our our summer schools you see a whole bunch of Staff working with our kids academically there's all these camps that are going on just so it's a big thank you out to our coaches and our teachers for all they do for the kids just to keep things moving in the summer real impressive and on top
037of that we have our administrators that are really reaching into not only the the learning part but then taking on that role as learner we had about 40 of our building level administrators here in this building today going over various topics that they identified that they wanted to improve on such as observations some some school safety things um HR things that we're working on with them and uh it's pretty impressed to see them they they've got vacation days but they're they're coming in and not missing that those opportunities to work with us and the cabinet and directors that are are putting that together I appreciate all the hard work they're doing as well so we are getting ready for next year as we speak thank you very much Mr Gan fery 6.07 Chief human resource
038officer Mr Kiwa uh thank you Mr President and board members sticking to that theme of getting ready for next year um I would like to thank the HR department uh Jean Lang and Renee Rich Mary hurt Donna Golding um for all the hard work they put in uh setting up interviews getting uh those interviews taken care of and scheduled in here and also with onboarding uh for our new staff uh that congratulation has to continue to go out to uh all of our leadership team here uh Administration for uh finding so many great candidates for us uh in in roles next year um and finally uh tiing our hat Jeremy walker uh Annie basser and Susan Valentine who have already hosted um some training sessions this summer getting them used to the learning management system
039so it's just amazing what our faculty and staff um do to support our new folks coming on board and um we're excited to have them uh engage in the new teacher Academy which will kick off Wednesday July 24th so final touches on that uh coming up here in the next day or so so just thank you to all involved with bringing so many new great folks on board to the Crown Point Community School Corporation thank you Mr Kiwa 6.08 Chief Financial Officer Mr ree thank you Mr President members of the board I'd like to recognize Mike molaski and his staff um what they're doing this summer with the what I'm going to call oppressive Heat at this point and uh keeping the Lawns mode and and moving all the furniture in and out both the
040furniture that we're disposing of and making arrangements for that and then also coordinating the uh new furniture coming in that they need to get set up uh they're doing a a fabulous job of getting things ready to go for for next school year and I can't thank them enough uh doing it in some un unfavorable conditions thank you Mr ree 6.09 superintendent of schools Dr Terell so this is the first time we've been together since our school year wrapped up for the 23 24 school year want to thank our teachers administrator students parents uh for a successful year and and all the work that went into it um hard to believe we're already looking at starting the next school year but it happens that quickly also graduation want to commend the high school admin team
041teachers uh maintenance custodial staffs everybody who out put on that great event um just a just another example of Crownpoint schools and the Excellence that we strive to obtain on a daily basis so thank you to all of them thank you Dr Terell uh item seven other business of the board um other than finishing up uh Dr Carol's uh evaluation um hasn't been anything recently um got some other stuff starting up here in July um keep you a brush of that information but anybody else have anything else that we could think of it's summertime right we're supposed to have it off as board members as well I uh item eight board statements of appreciation and recognition Mr baser anything this evening nothing this evening thank you Miss bason uh I just wanted to quickly say
042um I know Dr Terell already spoke to graduation that went off wonderfully and for the second year in a row that I've been a part of it there have been weather delays um where a call has had to been make made to change that date and obviously that's never ideal for the families involved having to postpone those things and they've got you know family possibly coming in ETC but um second year in a row I have to say you made the best call so I'm going to ask you what you're using for your weather prediction service because I've never seen anyone so accurately get a prediction and make those kind of calls so um kudos to you for making that hard call and obviously the right decision for everybody it was um a wonderful event
043Mr Marik did a great job um heading that up but obviously can't be done without all the manow behind getting everything set up but um it was a wonderful event so thank you again for for making those tough calls and and please share where you're getting your weather advice from it's acuweather.com and thank you for Sing singling me out as the one who made that I'm just kidding it happens that's right it happens one way or another so thank thank you m b when I received the text to relay to the board the meeting of it I said uh I am just checking in Mr marsenic on what the plan was I said I one nothing to do with in in making anything towards this decision if you could just let me know so I
044could relay that information to the board I would greatly appreciate it and the next thing you know I was in a conference call because he was having a meeting 20 minutes later with all of his staff to determine what they were going to do so just to give you a little behind the scenes on that's not one individual's call but yes yes all right we will um Mr Smith anything I do not have anything else this evening please enjoy your Summers as um obviously there's not much time as Dr Terell mentioned before the start of the next school year so with that I'll look for a motion to adjourn motion by Miss Basin second by Mr Smith all those in favor please signify by saying I I those opposed motion carries 4 Z for