001Okay. Ready? >> Yep. >> All right. We're going to call this meeting to order here at 6:30. We're going to say the pledge of allegiance. If you'd like to join us, please stand. >> Ice to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. Are there any amendments to the agenda, Dr. Schaefer? >> Uh, Mrs. Chair, I have none request this evening. Thank you. >> All right. The first item on the agenda, students of the month. Dr. Schaefer. >> Thank you, Mr. Cherry. And we're pleased again to have our students of the month uh here in May. uh recognizing uh the month of April. So, we're going to begin with Mrs. Perkins and our North
002Elementary student of the month. >> Good evening. I'm excited to introduce North Elementary student of the month, Mila Bennett. Mila is a kindergarten student in Mrs. Pritchette's class who loves learning new things. She loves math the most, but she also likes to go to computer specials. If Mila could make one change at North Elementary, she would make sure that everyone is kind to one another all of the time. At home, Mila enjoys being younger sister to Eli and Alia. And she loves spending time with her golden doodle, Leo. She likes playing outside, whether she's roller skating or help wearing out her energetic dog. Mila admires how her mom takes such great care of her and her siblings, and she treasures going on hikes with her dad. When she grows up, Mila wants to hopes to
003become a librarian so she can be surrounded by books all the time. She's already a really good reader and enjoys reading chapter books on her own. If Mila were in charge for a day, she would make sure the weather was warm and that the Danville pool was open so she could spend the day swimming and having fun with her friends. Throughout the year, we have focused on developing learner learn learner traits at North Elementary. And Mela consistently demonstrates many of those qualities. As you will hear in Mrs. Pritchette's nomination, Mila is not only a strong learner, but also a positive and valued member of the classroom community. Mrs. Pritchette wrote, "I am a proud to nominate Ma for student of the month. She is bright. She is a bright and hardworking student who consistently gives
004her best effort in everything she does. She approaches new learning with curiosity and determination, always applying herself fully. Even when something feels challenging, Mila never gives up. She perseveres, asks thoughtful questions, and keeps trying until she understands. Her positive attitude towards learning is truly inspiring. But as wonderful as Mila is as a learner, she might be even more amazing as a friend. She has a heart as big as her smile and is always looking out for others. If someone needs help with classwork, Mila is right there. If someone needs a hug, she's already on her way. And if someone just needs a good laugh, Mila somehow always knows exactly what to say. She has a special way of making everyone feel included, supported, and cared for. Mila brings kindness and positivity and just the right
005amount of sparkle to our classroom every single day. We are so lucky to have her, and she is more than deserving of student of the month. Mila, we are very proud of you. Congratulations for being our student of the month. Congratulations, Mila. Now, we're going to recognize our excuse me, our South Elementary student of the month. And I also wanted to point out, too, that we are recognizing the skill of collaboration this evening with our students. >> South Elementary is proud to introduce Reese Brady as this month's student of the month. Reese is a student in Mrs. Carlson and Mrs. Rogers fourth grade classes. Reese lives at home with his mom and dad. He loves to play soccer on his travel soccer team where he is the goalkeeper. He has four dogs, two cats, one
006snake, five fish, and five hermit crabs. When Reese grows up, he wants to be a professional soccer player. This month's Warriorway skill is to success is collaboration. And Ree has shown collaboration by working well with his classmates, sharing his experience with others, and ensuring everyone gets the chance to participate within group work. Reese's favorite class is math because Mrs. Carlson makes the content so easy to understand. Ree said that Mrs. Carlson has a way of explaining things so well that when it comes to independent work, he finds it very easy to complete. He also loves PE and music. Reese's favorite part of South Elementary is the way he feels inside of the building. He said that at South everyone makes you smile and you want to come to school each day because everyone is so
007happy. If Reese was in charge for the day, he would have an early field day with a Gaga pit competition. If you haven't heard, we have a new piece of equipment at South Elementary called the Gaga Pit. And it's a big hit, right, Ree? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Ree was nominated by his home room and math teacher, Mrs. Carlson. Mrs. Carlson had the following to say. Ree is a student who collaborates well with his classmates, listens carefully when others are speaking, and shows great respect to all students. Ree is willing to help others understand and ask great questions. During group work, Ree will stay focused, share responsibilities, and be a great teammate. Reese has amazing life experiences, and he will often share stories that relate to the topic, like seeing amazing rock formations in Iceland and
008bringing in a few into our class for our rock show. Ree shows kindness, patience, and responsibility daily, making him such an enjoyable student to have in the classroom. Congratulations, Ree, on being South Student of the Month. Congratulations, Ree. And Mrs. Burke is going to introduce our middle school student of the month. Sorry. This month, I'm proud to recognize Brad Samore as our student of the month for demonstrating the war warrior way skill of collaboration. Brad lives with his parents, Gina and Wendy, and was especially excited to share about his brother, Lelay Wendy, who is in 8th grade here. He shared that he and his brother both love soccer and spend time together at home. Brad's teachers, Miss Wilson and Mrs. Smith, shared the following as part of Brad's nomination. Brad Seammore runs all the time
009and everywhere in the hallways not a good thing, but figuratively running toward an academic goal. Absolutely. Watching Brad grow in his individual academics has been an amazing experience. The beautiful thing about his running toward his academic goals is that he does not travel alone. He brings his people with him. When Brad gains understanding, he shares it collaboratively with anyone who needs help. When he succeeds, anyone near him succeeds as well. This is why we chose Brad to be our student of the month. He embodies collaboration in the best way. Brad's multilingual teacher, Mrs. Bush, also highlighted the way he works with others, sharing that he is a caring, hard-working, and kind student who collaborates by speaking kindly to his peers and setting a positive tone for his group. She noted that his work ethic and
010respectful communication help others stay engaged and successful, which allows him to stand out as a strong collaborator in the classroom. During our chat, Brad shared that his favorite subjects are art and math, and he hopes to one day become either an artist or a teacher, possibly teaching one of those subjects. When I asked if there was anything else I should know about him, he said, "I don't give up on what I do or my goals I like or the goals I like to make. So, I keep going and going until I get there." That persistence combined with his willingness to support others is what makes Brad such a strong example of collaboration. It is an honor to recognize you, Brad, as our student of the month. Congratulations. Congratulations, Brad. And Mr. Cloudfelder is going to
011recognize our high school student of the month. We are pleased to recognize freshman Tate McDougall is the Danville High School student of the month. Tate was nominated by his teacher, Mrs. Sonia Dashiel. And here's what she had to say about him. Tate consistently strives to do his very best in everything he does and approaches his work with a high level of care and responsibility. As a conscientious and hardworking individual, he takes pride in completing tasks thoroughly and to the best of his ability. Beyond a strong work ethic, Tate stands out for his kindness and character. He is polite and friendly to everyone he encounters, and he genuinely cares about others. It is not uncommon to see state Tate smiling, checking in, and asking others how they're doing, which creates a positive and welcoming environment for
012those around him. Tate is motivated to succeed and puts his puts in the effort necessary to achieve his goals. His drive, determin determination, and positive attitude set him apart, and it is clear that he has the qualities needed to go far in life. Tate is truly deserving of this recognition. If you get to know Tate, you will quickly learn that he is someone who's who thrives on staying active and pushing himself physically and mentally. He loves lifting weights and running. And one of his favorite places to spend time is Dell Hollow, where he enjoys getting out on the water and surfing. His favorite class is weightlifting because it puts him in a good headsp space and helps him feel focused and motivated. Tate really looks up to his older brother, Lake, who sets a strong
013example by always giving his best effort while training for the Iron Man. In the future, Tate hopes to pursue a career in nursing so that he can help and care for others. Congratulations, Tate. I can't think of a better student to represent. Congratulations, Tate. and to all of our students of the month. And again, I want to thank our our teachers and administrators for recognizing them and and for your parents for bringing us such great kids. We appreciate it. >> All right. The next item on the agenda is staff commendations. Dr. Schaefer. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. >> And Mrs. Berkkey, can I have you join me here? Thank you. Well, we are uh very excited tonight to have a special accommodation to give and this one is a staff commendation and uh we have
014with us one of our teachers, Billy, if you would come on up, please. Billy Carlton has been recognized as the 2627 Armstrong Teacher Educator uh award from Indiana University. Uh Indiana University gives these awards annually and is to recognize uh our teachers uh who are from IU but also uh using them in a very positive way to work with pre-ervice teachers and connect them back to the university. uh and we're just trying to recognize teaching excellence and that's what IU is doing through their Armstrong Educator Award and really we really appreciate and congratulate you on that award and for representing Danville Community School so well >> and I don't know Mrs. Berky, you may want to have a comment or two. >> It'll be quick, but um I Billy is so deserving of this and
015so many other things. She's a teacher who constantly looks for opportunities to um make herself better and learn new things and then always brings them back to our students in the building. And so, um with this, she's brought students to IU. She brought seventh graders last year. They got to go back as eighth graders and present, um at the GO Summit. and um she's going to Gopagos this summer to do some training there. And so um just really proud of all of the things that she does for to better herself, but then also share with all of the kids at DCMS. >> So Billy, on behalf of the board of trustees, we want to congratulate you and thank you for uh representing us so well uh to be recognized in such a a wonderful way
016from IU. >> Thank you. All right. The next item on the agenda is community input, but no one has signed up to speak. So, if anyone would like to share, please step to the microphone and state your name and address. I see no one running to the podium, so we will move right along here. The next item on the agenda is approval of the April 13th regular school board meeting minutes. So, I need a motion to approve these minutes as presented. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Mr. Hempil. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mrs. Ward. Comments or questions? >> All in favor? I. >> Any opposed? That passes unanimously. Next item on the agenda, consider approval of financial reports. Mr. Herbert. >> Thank you, Mr. Cherry. Uh, for the month of April, we had
017a balance in our property and state supported tax funds of 8,734,152. We had educational fund expenditures of 1,761,256. We had no expenditures out of our debt service fund. and we had operational fund expenditures of $688,768. Uh we transferred $285,000 from the education fund to the operations fund and that brought our total transfers for the year to 13.24% of our total education fund revenue and 14.01% of our total state tuition support. I would ask for the board's approval of our April financial reports and happy to answer any questions. All right. I need a motion to approve the financial reports as presented. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Mr. Bryant. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Hempil. Comments or questions? >> I have a question, Mr. Herbert, on the fund report. >> Mhm. >> I noticed
018that uh here of late. I've been watching last month or two. So, the 24 and 25 construction project lines >> and those are both now well into the negatives. How? I thought those projects had a set amount of money you could spend. And are you saying now that we've we're over budget? >> No. No. Those are actually just dollars that we pay locally and then we will get reimbured from the dollars that we have at US Bank. So those will just waiting on reimbursements. Those will be cleaned by the end of next month. We don't have we will not carry forward any negative balances once we get to the fiscal year end. >> Okay. And when will those disappear from the funding report? >> Uh as far as the funds themselves, they'll they'll remain on
019the report. >> I'm sorry. >> As far as closing them out, they will >> they'll remain on there until the projects are done or until those dollars have been spent at US Bank. So, we still do have some dollars left there. >> Thank you. >> Mhm. >> All right. Any other comments or questions? All in favor? I. Any opposed? That passes unanimously. Next item on the agenda, approval of claims. Mr. Herbert. >> Thank you, Mrs. Cherry. Uh we do have pre-written claims this month for $138,2128 and we had traditional claims of $699,727.34. Uh bringing total claims for the month to $837,93962. So I would ask for the board's approval of our April claims and happy to answer any questions. >> I need a motion to approve the claims as presented. So moved. >> Thank you,
020Mrs. Ward. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Bryant. Comments or questions? >> A question here. Uh, empower learning. What is What's that? >> I typed that up and then I had to come back and find out myself. Uh, that is actually the screens that we are installing here at the middle school. Uh, it's the touch screens. That's We're doing the upgrades from the old uh overhead projectors. >> Yep. So, that's what those were for. >> Thanks. >> And then what is the description? The last one. pass through. >> That is uh one of our food service equipments. It's a pass through. That's what it's called. It's essentially I think this is a cooled one. So, what they do is they can prepare the food and then they stick it in either a a heater
021or a cooler. This one being a cooler and it can sit there, but it opens on both sides. And so, that's why it's called a pass. >> Thank you. >> Good. >> I have a question that the power school group that's our new that will be our new infinite campus. Is that a >> That is but this is our schooly subscription. So this is >> this is schooly. >> Yeah. This is the software that we've had for >> Is that yearly or >> It is. Yes. Learning management system. >> Okay. All right. Any other questions or comments? All in favor? I. Any opposed? That passes unanimously. >> Next item on the agenda, approval of payroll claims. Mr. Herbert. >> Thank you, Mr. Cherry. Uh we had two payroll claims here for the month. We had
022an April 24th payroll of $852,83454 and we had our May 8th claim of $851,428.78. Uh, two claims for the month totaled 1,74,263.32. So, I would ask for the board's approval of our payroll claims and happy to answer any questions. >> All right. I need a motion to approve payroll claims as presented. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Mrs. Ward. Second, Mr. Bryant. Any comments or questions? All in favor? I. Any opposed? That passes unanimously. Next item on the agenda is old business. Seeing as we have none, we will move right along >> to consider approval of personnel recommendations. Dr. Schaefer. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, the personnel report is before you. Um I recommend approval of the personnel report. Uh this evening we are recommending approval of 12 teachers. Um nine of those um
023are filling either retirement positions or positions due to typical turnover this time of year. Uh three of the 12 are new positions to address growth at South Elementary and at the middle school uh for next year. Uh we are also filling the newly expanded to full-time uh career and college readiness position. We are welcoming back Mr. Jesse Howard to fill that position at the high school for us. Um, additionally, we are recommending Mr. Caleb Olden and Caleb and family are here this evening uh for the position of the Warriorway Academy alternative school teacher and Danville Community High School boys head basketball coach. Uh, Mr. Olden comes to us from Fischers High School where he has spent the last several years as a varsity assistant and junior varsity head coach at Fisers. Uh he helped guide
024the program to a 4A state championship, a state runner-up title, and a 43game winning streak. Uh Mr. Oldm is regarded for his ability to develop player talent. He's a strong teacher of the game and his ability to form positive relationships with students and student athletes, and we welcome him and family uh to Danville schools and wish him much success. Also, I want to thank the committee members um who have been involved. We've had a lot of committees working doing hiring here as of late um for hiring and doing all the interviews for the positions we're bringing forth tonight and um that that takes a tremendous amount of time and collaboration. We value the effort that has gone into bringing us excellent candidates across the board. So thanks to all of our teachers, administrators, community folks
025who have helped in those processes. Uh again, I recommend the approval of the personnel report. >> All right, I need a motion to approve the personnel report as presented. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Mrs. Ward. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Bryant. Comments or questions? All in favor? I. Any opposed? That passes unanimously. >> Congratulations. >> Yeah. Welcome. >> All right. The next item on our agenda, consider approval of summer school personnel courses and cost. Dr. Walker. >> Thank you. Um I have attached a recommendation for all of our summer school courses for this summer and the personnel. Um our elementary and middle school courses are review classes for students who need additional support. Uh the state does now require us to offer summer school for second and third graders who don't pass
026the i3 assessment. The high school classes include supervision and support for students who need credit recovery through our egenuity software. And then we will submit all summer school costs for state reimbursement and then the district will pay the remaining costs. So tonight I request your approval of the presented summer school personnel courses and estimated cost. >> All right. I need a motion to approve the summer school personnel courses and costs as presented. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Mr. Hempil. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mrs. Ward. Comments or questions? All in favor? I. Any opposed? That passes unanimously. Next item on the agenda, consider approval of consumable fees. Dr. Walker, >> thank you. Um, at the April board meeting, preliminary information was shared regarding the addition of student supplemental fees due to updated state
027guidance. We've now finalized the proposed fees for the 2026 2027 school year and are requesting board approval for both the initial fee amounts as well as the implementation process outlined in your board packet. As new courses are added or the needs of existing courses change in future years, these fees may be adjusted, but any future changes will be brought to the board for approval. All of the proposed fees have been reviewed by legal counsel to ensure that they meet the state criteria for allowable supplemental materials and consumable supplies. So, our proposed structure would be that North, South, and the Middle School would pay one low standard fee collected at the beginning of the school year. At the high school, we would have course specific fees that are collected in two installments. So, in the fall
028and spring, due to varying cost courses and then schedule changes that sometimes happen midyear. Uh, our reduced fee structure. Um, students qualifying for reduced lunch would pay 75% of the fee amount. Students qualifying for free lunch would pay 50% of the fee amount. So, what you have there is a list of the supplemental fees per class. again at the bottom of the high school. Um I use those same students that we had before um with their schedules and just kind of put some fees. You'll notice some of those students don't have any fees at all. Um the highest of those students and as I went through I tried to pick a student that would possibly have a higher fee. Um so that the student with the highest fee there is taking two science courses. Um
029not something that is necessar necessarily normal, but sometimes does happen. Um, and so it gives you kind of a good range of what those fees may be for students. So tonight I ask for your approval um for the consumable fees as presented. >> I need a motion to approve the consumable fees as presented. >> So move. >> Thank you, Mr. Bryant. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mrs. Ward. Comments or questions? >> Question on the reduced fee structure. Is that state driven on how you're supposed to do that or did you guys come up with that on your own? >> No, we could charge the full fee to all students. Um but we sort of internally felt like having some sort of a reduction for students on reduced or for free lunch um was the
030way that we wanted to go. >> Okay. >> Has anything changed on the attached document that you gave us in comparison to last month or is this the same amounts per line item? >> No, these are not the same amounts as last time. So last month those were the old fees that we charged the last time that we were able to charge fees. This is the new fees and this is the final list for next year. >> So last month the first reading in our exposure was the >> that was actually last month was actually the second exposure. >> Okay. Yeah. Because we we did not have the new fee amounts at that time. We're just trying to give an idea um moving forward. But the these are the updated fee. This is exactly what
031we would be charging for next year. >> Okay. First of all, thank you to everyone involved in this because these look very reasonable, I think. Yeah, they are very reasonable. >> Um, the one question I have just because I've had experience with this is what happens in the high school if we have a kid that starts in in a class and two to three weeks in says, "Yeah, this isn't for me." Or the teacher says, "Maybe this AP class or ACP class isn't for you." Is that a refundable fee or is that a fee they've paid? So, they're >> So, it depends. It depends on what the fees are and the treasurers are really good about this. Um so for instance for a workbook maybe um if they have if a student has paid for
032a workbook, they've been given the workbook, they've started to utilize the workbook, that's something that we wouldn't be able to use for another student. >> Um but maybe a dissection kit of something that was coming up at the end of the semester. They're very good because all these are itemized. Okay. >> Um and so the the treasures will work with students to to try to reduce fees where they can. If we could just make that painfully clear to high school kids that once you set this course, >> this this is the course and you may or may not get a refund if you change your mind at some point in time because >> then we're letting the parents know >> and the parents Yeah. Yeah. the parents. But it would be Yeah. As long as
033we express that to them that >> Yeah. >> We can't be wishy-washy with some of these. We need to be >> if you go out of district, you're not going to get like, you know, say kindergarten's like 20ome dollars. Well, if you move at the semester, you're not going to get that money back. >> Right. Right. >> So, having some kind of clause in there, I think, is important. >> Yeah. To make sure they comprehend that. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And I guess I think if someone were to come in in the middle of the year, what would that look like? >> They do prorate the fees. Having heard you said that looking at the document though I guess for like the kindergartener because it talks about in there taking the total amount and talks
034about first half second half if they were leaving at the clean break of semester >> why couldn't they get the last half of the year back >> for kindergarten it would work the same way because they're itemized um for things like workbooks that would be you utilized for the year they they won't get those those fees back but the other items they they possibly could. So there may be there may be a small refund for like a kindergarten class. >> I'm only asking because of the way it's presented on the document. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> All right. Any other questions or comments? >> All in favor? I. Any opposed? That passes unanimously. Next item on the agenda, consider approval of the 2026 2027 breakfast and lunch prices. Mr. Herbert. >> Thank you, Mrs. Cherry.
035Uh our Danville Food Service Department is requesting a 25cent increase to our paid breakfast and lunch prices for our 2627 school year. Uh although the food service fund is currently in a positive position, rising costs, particular the need to replace aging kitchen equipment, as we discussed with the pass through this evening, have made continual annual increases necessary. Uh the middle school kitchen equipment is over 20 years old and is going to be requiring significant upgrades including dish machine and a refrigerator. uh with these units having values of over $100,000. Additionally, Danville receives lower federal reimbursements due to higher percentages of paid meals. Uh for lunch, the district receives roughly 66 cents less per meal compared to the free meals reimbursement rate. And for the breakfast, the gap is roughly 41 cents per meal. Uh increasing
036these prices helps offset this gap and supports the financial stability, food quality improvements, and the expanded scratch cooking here at Danville. Uh these adjustments align with neighboring districts and will help fund a portion of the upcoming equipment needs while maintaining a sustainable food service program. So I would ask for the board's approval of the increase in the prices. And again, happy to answer any questions. I need a motion to approve the 2026 2027 breakfast and lunch prices as presented. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Mrs. Ward. Second. >> Second. >> Mr. Bryant, any comments or questions? I >> have a question. How did you arrive at the rate 25 cents and 41 cents and then how much revenue are you projecting that that's going to raise? Um, so where we came up with that was
037looking at recommendations from DOE. Uh, their current recommendation is that it I don't have should have had that number right in front of me. There's roughly 410 per meal. Uh, so we're still well below that average. Uh, if you remember in the past, we have typically uh, going all the way back to CO DOE has not come out and said that you have to raise these prices. However, we have done so slowly over the last several years. uh just trying to make sure that we avoid any substantial huge jumps uh that we could potentially be putting on our parents. Uh and so obviously this is a little bit higher than what we've done in the last couple of years. Um and so it's really just trying to find that balance of where can we get
038closer to what DOE is recommending but also not make it a financial burden to our parents and to our families in the community. Um just if I if I might clarify the 40 cents we're just asking for 25 cents on each of the meals. The 40 cents is a reimbursement we already receive and that's why u Mrs. Dempkkey included that in her recommendation. I know that that can there's a lot of moving parts there but the the increase request tonight is just 25 cents for all meals. >> And so this going to help offset purchase of equipment. Can't we purchase that equipment though through geo bonds as a onetime expenditure? >> Uh that is a a item that we could purchase. Um but at this point we don't have the geo bond dollars in order
039to be able to do that and that's why Stephanie uses her food service funds to help fund that equipment. Um now we have been so for example like at the high school as we're going through the project we're using project dollars to help re or um refurbish a lot of that equipment and get it replaced because >> So what is the total cost of the equipment we're replacing? >> Uh it right now it's just the 27,000 you've seen for the pass through. Uh but there are other pieces of equipment specifically here at the middle school. Uh we are right now in the process of changing out one of the coolers uh because it just went down. I believe the cost on that, the quote on that was roughly 25,000. Uh that won't be finished until
040the end of the week. So, we'll get a a full estimate on that or I guess the full price on that to let you know. But it's again, it's just the little things that are starting to nickel and dime us. Uh and for this equipment, the the lower end of the price for those is roughly 25,000. Some could push up to 50,000. And I don't question need for increase. I'm guess I'm trying to get to understanding where we get the increase and then relationship to the definition of public education. >> Sure. >> Um and then you know I'm calculating that if all students like I did a calculation using 3,000 students >> if all students ate lunch every day 180 days a year >> you're pulling in just over $100,000. And then so again I'm
041kind of wondering and then as you mentioned here how healthy the food service fund is already. Is that did you look at any other numbers besides 25 cents? Did you look at say a calculation of 15 and say where that would get you to of 18 cents or 20? Alisa, we do know that over the past several years with the increase in uh expenses that have been coming through and with the reduction in the amount we're getting reimbursed from DOE, then that is where we look to see again something that's maintainable. Uh something that's affordable for our parents. Uh but also trying to not go fully to the DOE's recommendation of the 410. Uh because if you look in here, you can see we're getting to 375 is the most that we're getting on the
042lunch at the high school. Um so we're still well below what DOE is recommending us charge. Uh and we've also seen again as the the um equipment continues to break down uh that her fund balance and I think that's why she was trying to make the point was even though it's still healthy, it's not as healthy as it has been in the past. And so we want to make sure that we don't continue that downward spiral. We want to make sure >> I guess my last comment would be I hear a lot about the what the DOE is recommending, but >> I would think we'd be looking at taking our looking at our community and trying to be more accurate in terms of what the need is versus what it's going to turn into a
043lot. >> Sure. >> Because again, prices are going up for parents in a lot of other areas as well. just now we're assigning supplemental fees. Now we're giving them an increase in the lunches and then they got just like the rest of us expenses going on the rest of the community. >> Sure. >> Okay. Any other comments or questions? >> I will say it's still where else can you go and eat for $3.75? >> It's it's still very good. I guess it just kind of catches me off a little bit offguard concerning that when you talk about a lunch increase, it's for the equipment, which I think school corporation would be providing as opposed to saying you're given an increase because the actual food and purchasing is going on. >> It probably is too. So,
044>> oh yeah, yes, that's definitely part of it. >> But there's no mention of that here in >> getting it delivered. You know, that's going up. The delivery >> gas is going up. >> Yeah. Thanks. >> All right. All in favor? I. Any opposed? That passes unanimously. Next item on the agenda, updates on bakery, milk, ice cream, produce, and snack bids. Mr. Herbert. >> Thank you, Mr. Cherry. And speaking of food, uh this would be the our we are a part of a co-op. Uh and so this again is just forformational purposes. This does not require board approval. Uh but the vendor list is attached here uh with the different um bids that have gone out through the co-op. Uh so they go out and solicit the best price for uh all of these types
045of items. So you can see uh what they have been approved here. Again, this is just more for general information for the board. Uh if we were not a member of the co-op, then that's where these this stuff would come back uh for contracts that would need to be approved by the board. Uh but since we are a member of this co-op uh that that kind of alleviates that from us. I will say that we do receive significant discounts by being a part of the co-op. I've talked to other uh school districts around and it is a very advantageous to be part of a co-op. So again justformational purposes only. Uh nothing that the board needs to do with this this evening. >> Thank you Mr. Herbert. >> Next item on the agenda, school board
046policy review. Dr. Yes, thank you. And this is uh this is review tonight. Nothing here for requested action. U and the first three policies uh 4222.2, 4421, and 4424 are just for our ongoing annual review. Um and those policies as I've went through them, which are on controlled substances and alcohol policy, compensation and benefits, and the support staff agreement. Uh those all look to still be in good order and I don't really see those needing changes or updates at this time. Uh the fourth policy for review is a first reading uh on the now required by legislation wireless devices prohibition said differently. It's the cell phone ban for next year. Uh but I I do want uh the board to understand that this does include more than cell phones. It's cell phones, smartwatches, basically any
047wireless device that would carry have a data package with it. So it could be potentially glasses, it could be laptops, iPads, any of that nature that a student might be bringing to school. So this law goes into effect July 1. So boards are advised to adopt policy, you know, leading up and being prepared for that. Uh the Indiana School Board Association has provided us two model policies here. Uh we have option A and option B. Um I am recommending option A to focus on primarily. Uh option A limits the prohibition of use during the school day only. In other words, student arrives at school, they can have their cell phone with them. They arrive at school that after they arrive at school, that cell phone then goes in an quote inaccessible in quote area. That's
048the language in the law. Then accessible area. Uh it stays in that area turned off, powered down throughout the school day. Then at the end of the school day, the student can then access their device, take that, you know, on the rest of their day after school. Um option B would completely restrict a student from even bringing a wireless device at school. In other words, they couldn't bring it with them. So younger children would have to leave it at home. uh older students depending on you know what we decided might be able to leave it in a vehicle but it couldn't come into the school. So just understanding our community and understanding student safety and those things. Um I think um option A is probably the the better one to look at so that students
049coming to and from school would be able to have a device with them. But yet according to law, we would restrict that use during the school day only. As we worked through the session, the legislative session, uh what came to be understood um and as was suggested by the authors of the bill in the House and the Senate at the time was two areas that were considered to be inaccessible were a locker uh or a backpack. And there's a lot of questions about backpack. Was that going to be considered inaccessible? And to date, we still understand that yes, that's inaccessible. Not in their back pocket, not somewhere they can easily get a hold of it, but if it is a backpack, you know, it's in there, it's powered off, that's considered inaccessible to the student.
050So, as we worked with the building administrators, uh what we have drafted into the policy because ISBA left that for us to to fill in um which is the second paragraph on option A was during the school day the wireless device must be stored away in a locker, backpack, or similar inaccessible location as approved by the superintendent or designate. is what's going to happen is let's take an elementary classroom for example. An elementary classroom is not going to have lockers in it, but it's going to have cubbies in it that are back out of the way. They're going to have a shelf. So, you know, we're thinking, would it be acceptable for a student if if they put the phone up on the cubby, powered off during the day, just like a locker in high
051school or middle school, and it's it's out of their way, out of their reach, and accessible during the day. Yes, that that would that would meet the spirit of the law. Uh and I think we're going to run into some other things like that that would generally consider to be fine and meeting the spirit of the law, but we can't think of those all today here in in June. Uh but we know that locker or backpack, those pass the test. Uh I'm told by our building administrators that well over 95% of our elementary students u wear backpacks to school. Uh we also have, you know, cubbies and in some of our classrooms we have the the pocketed um especially an elementary classroom where kids aren't changing classes. If they put that in a drop pocket
052during the day, that would be fine. Uh for high school students, many of them are going to have a locker. They might not all have a locker, uh but they would have a backpack in one of those two scenarios would would be fine. Uh middle school, uh nearly all of our students have a locker. Again, there may be a few that would need to need to utilize a backpack. Um but as we think about it and trying to look forward on this, we feel like that's probably the best advice to follow right now. Uh then it allows us a little bit of flexibility uh to make a decision if if we need to use a you know a cubby or something similar to that to store the device throughout the day. So and there are
053as you can see there in items A B CDE E and F there are um uses of the wireless device that do not violate this the spirit of the law. um if a teacher gives permission because sometimes uh we may have to have a um a text to log in uh for a standardized test for example. So a student may need to receive a text to log in. Just using that as an example, the teacher could give permission for the student to access the device, turn it on, get the login, log in, power it back off, put it back away. uh if we have a student with a with a health need to use the the uh phone to monitor um health conditions throughout the day. If you have a student on an individual education
054plan or 504 plan, uh those are all acceptable. Um so again, there are some exceptions in the law. Uh this is just a first read. Just want to see what kind of questions the board may have and to kind of give you the general direction we're seeing this policy moving. So I guess I think it's ridicul I think it's ridiculous but we have to do it right. >> We are required. >> I hope that we don't spend money or time micromanaging policing. Like our staff have jobs they need to do. Our police officers have jobs they need to do. They don't need to be micromanaging this. This is how I feel. Like >> I agree with >> I mean I think it's ridicul There are things like I mean I've had multiple parents already come
055to me >> coaches are not communicating. They don't know if their baseball person is going to the away JV game or the home varsity game until they get to school and they get an email that there I mean how do they how how do we abide by the law have a policy but also assure our parents and our kids we can't have is what's going to happen is they're all going to need to go to the bathroom right in between classes to get on their phones. They're they're all they're going to find a way to get around it, but um we can't have a whole bunch of kids in the office either trying to call home to say, "Oh, now mom, I have this or now I've got this or practice is canled." Like, how
056do they communicate? Because they can't email their parents from their school account either. I I mean, I don't know. Have we thought about that? Parent Square actually has a um a new feature that they've added. I know Bill and I have we've emailed um about um that would allow us to like add something to their Chromebook so they could send something like messages through the parent square app almost a messaging >> asking on building on that on option A. Does that include lunch time? >> Yes. It's prohibited during lunch time. It's from bell bell to bell. >> So then how how are you going to police? >> Yeah, that's lunch hour. >> I don't want to spend money and time on resource officers. I mean they have a lot better things to do than that.
057>> The law stipulates no lunch not during lunchtime years. >> Bel what is the history for why the legislature thought this was needed because I personally think that our policy was working well for here. >> As I understood it had to do with >> concern over screen time. >> Why do we have >> we we heard a lot of different things from a lot of different people through the session. Uh what we know is there have been a couple of other states that went to this model. Um, and Indiana seems to be following suit with that. I will say this, this is a lot more flexible than what was started out in the session. I think when we started out in the session, we're looking more like a policy B here with no phone, no
058device whatsoever. And what what we're told is that students are more interactive at school. They spend more time talking with each other instead of being on their screens. Uh, cyber bullying and things like that decrease, etc. So that's what we're hearing are the positive attributes of this. I I certainly uh agree with the comments I've heard here from the board. Um this will be a challenge I think across the state to implement and it's going to be an adjustment for everyone involved uh parents, students, um school officials, teachers, etc. Um unfortunately we don't have a choice in terms of implementing it. We have a little bit of choice in how we implement it. Uh but to the the questions that were asked on policing and that is something that our administrators are working on now.
059Uh just trying to develop some reasonable guidelines. Uh I agree we don't want them to have to become the wireless device police. There are too many other things um during the day that I think are just more important. Uh we're going to try to keep a modicum of control on things and make sure that you know students are generally complying with it. Um and you know we'll work into this and kind of see how it goes and make some adjustments I'm sure as as we move through time. And one thing I I didn't hear because again it's going to be a lot about the administrators, teachers, administration, and again I didn't hear a lot from ISBA, but did the other the Indiana Principal Association, the Indiana Superintendent Association, the Urban Superintendent Association, did they give
060opinions to the state legislature as to what they thought regarding the work to create the disabilities. >> I I will say in general, I don't want to speak for any one particular organization, but in general, uh I think the educational community felt like this was something that probably wasn't necessarily needed and I I do believe voiced that and many offices and on the floor. Um we also saw what happened in some other states and what many of us were were told by leaders in those organizations is that this is this is probably going to happen. Um it was a low enough numbered bill that we believed this was going to move through and in fact it did. >> What what in this a bare bones what is what what are the bare bones that the
061law requires us to say about this >> uh powered off inaccessible bell to bell >> because I'm going to tell you I don't care how you edit this. I won't vote yes for this. This is the state legislature doesn't need to tell us what to do with our kids. This is >> Well, this this comes from ISBA. This is where we put >> But the law came from the state legislature. >> Yeah, but they have to take the law and put it into a >> Do they really need a phone at school? >> Yeah, >> you do. >> How' we get through without I mean >> Yeah. Well, technology uh dependency is a little bit different than when we were in school. >> Yeah, I get that. >> That's the biggest difference. >> You know,
062they're not going to power them down. >> I mean, they're going to silence them. >> Yeah. Yeah. I mean some some of what you're talking about >> like the announcement to letting players know if practices can ever even with late coaches that goes with communication via regular phone from that late coach to the principal's office the ad so there's an announcement made by the start of sixth period and that I mean >> I remember being in middle school and practice gets can track practice gets rained out in middle school we're all at Anna Hopkins office a whole line of us because we have to call them home. >> I mean, is that really what we want to go back to? >> I get it's not going to be as convenient for sure. >> I mean,
063you think about after a game. >> I can't speak to that cuz I had to walk uphill >> both ways of snow and five foot of snow, >> but after like even practice gets over early, practice gets over, game ends. >> I I just worry about somebody having to police this. >> I do too. >> Take time away from what they're really there to do than police. I think we have a policy and we have the policy and I hate to say that because you have a policy for a purpose and you want to follow the policy but I don't want us to spend time policing this. I don't I feel like what we had worked >> and I think we need to let our classroom teachers you know manage it and our administrators but
064we can't I mean have more time or spend more resources managing this and there is a safety issue to it. I mean I know I've had to communicate with Carter when we've had a several evacuations at the school at the high school. you know, there's a recent issue at Avon in Zansville. Um, as a parent, you want to know like, are you okay? And it's I mean, that's a I mean, to me, it's not safe for them to >> be able to use I mean, that's how I feel having a high schooler. And I mean, I don't communicate with him on the daily >> at school, but there are times where things have changed. Games have been cancelled. Um, now we have practice after school. Practice is canled and not everybody drives. you're going to
065have it's I would hope that your son and you do the appropriate texting and communication during casting periods knowing what how the schedule works but you still have a number of those parents and students that irregardless think that the school day is just a casual day home and they will take in be texting back and forth irregardless of what time of day it is what's going on in the classroom and I think the parts under this law is written for Again, I think you're going to find that however you write this um based upon what I understood you to say that working through this with your administration principles and so forth um this year is going to be irregardless of what the policy states is going to be a lot of verbal wounds >> maybe.
066>> And I think I would like to see a little bit more of the what we're talking about discipline. I mean, we got it laid out step by step by step for absenteeism, but we've left this wide open for a cellular device. >> It'll be in the student handbook. >> I'd still like to see it before I >> It needs to be referred to though, like the, you know, we need to have the student handbook as a reference in here. >> Yeah, we can um I think we can we can get something drafted by then that will go in the student handbook and provide that before we do a second reading. So, what's the consequences if we all say no, we don't approve this? We say we're not doing this. >> Well, then we'll we'll
067find out who the uh wireless device police really are. >> That's what I want. Why do we have to have a policy? >> Well, because the law mandates it. That's that's the the short answer. >> Does the law mandate that we have to have a policy or is the law the law? >> The slippery slope is, for example, in the personnel report, it's in the law that we have to approve the personnel report. Although we don't aren't the ones actually doing hiring. We're just approving the recommendation. Had that conversation with ISBA. It's law, so you got to do what it says. So the slippery slope is if you're not going to follow this law, what other laws are we going to say that we're not going to long follow? >> That's why I said, what
068are the bare bones that we have to put in a policy to make the state legislature happy to meet the requirement of the law? What what's the minimum we can put in there? >> The requirement is that we have a policy. I don't disagree with the premises of what you're saying, but the answer to that question is to me the slippery slope is as in we need to go through each of the laws on the books and decide as a corporation which ones we're going to choose to follow and not follow. >> Well, why can't the policy be during the school day wireless devices must be stored away blah blah blah powered off inaccessible to students period. >> I think that's a question for Dr. Sch would take the ISBA about their >> I mean
069is that the bare bones? >> Yes. I mean you we you can do that. That's why I brought this is our suggested language as to what inaccessible is because those are the two locations as we've worked through the legislative session that we believe to be. Now DOE later may come out with more guidance on that. They may begin to enumerate well here's more things that will match that and that's why we put a little bit of general language there or similar inaccessible location I i.e. the cubbies, things like that that are they're reasonably inaccessible as comparable to the backpack. >> Um that >> I think the other thing is from a policing standpoint, if students are putting those in a place that's I'll just say not real handy, >> then it it decreases some of
070those things you're going to bump into throughout the day. >> But we already have that. Like Carter has study hall and he can't have his phone in study hall. He's got to put it in the pot. like we already are doing that >> you know and at an elementary level all the way up >> right I think what the what the the I'm not justifying well I'm just explaining what as we understand it the difference in this is students cannot have it during passing periods they cannot have it at lunch that's >> does it say that specifically or is that how we're reading it >> no it's that's specific they they cannot have it from the beginning of the day to the end of the day it must be powered down turned off inaccessible is
071addressing this much like offsides in a football game. It's not the person that was off sides that has to go back 10 yards. It's the entire team has to move back. >> But at least then you know what the penalty is for not following the law. We have no idea what the penalty is for not following this. >> I think that that's part of the guidelines they're have to put in the handbook along with everything else that's in there. The first instance is verbal warning. The second instance is verbal warning. And third is the subverbal warning before it gets to a parent call or >> but what's what is our what how do we get dinged if we don't do this? What they what do they do to the school? Do they hit us financially?
072Do they >> smack us on the wrist? Do they >> ask a state attorney? >> You know most of us sitting here aren't aren't aren't thrilled about this. So what what is the ding for us by not doing this? board president, you want to ask the school attorney to ask the state attorney to >> I think you just did that. So, I think they'll figure it out. >> Give opinion. >> Well, and I think Dr. Schaefer can ask the various powers that be >> and we don't really want to suspend a student because then that's going to negatively impact our letter grading because any student that doesn't that is absent for more than 10 days is my understanding is going to negative like lose a point lose their student point. Am I right? that. So
073then do you see what >> in general though there again depending on what the law says you can't you can't overlook discipline for the sake of school letter grade >> I know but this is silly >> well it may be >> fight or get past it you have to school letter grade is secondary to proper discipline within school >> does the law say power it off >> yes >> um I I do think it's a fair point to say that when these things are mandated to follow the law. It does become a slippery slope to choose which ones you're going to follow, which ones you're not going to follow. I think we we have a little a little bit of wiggle room here. It's not very much. Um, but that is to define what is
074inaccessible. Again, DOE may further define that. They've been charged with providing schools with more information, but quite honestly, they got so much put upon them that's not come out yet, and I'll be surprised if it does prior to the implementation timeline. And I don't expect that it's going to be a whole lot different than this. Um, ISBA has provided us a pretty basic um, policy here. Just leaving it to us to define where those inaccessible locations are. >> Well, a teacher can approve it >> for instructional purposes. >> And this says the device will be returned to the parent. So, does that mean every time they take a device, the parent has to come to the school to get it back? Mhm. >> That's that's >> and we'll we'll have a progression of penalties that
075is reasonable. Uh as we've talked with the building administrators, they have much of the same concerns that all of you do. Um you know, how do we, you know, enforce this with some integrity as far as the policy, but yet how do we make it manageable? Um not put kids in a jeopardy situation, but not be having to manage it all the time throughout the day. And I think it'll be challenging. >> Kids are going to be kids. Again, I know from having been in an environment where there was a strict policy according according to school policy and then a lesser one whereby >> you can use your phone to listen to music as long as you were able to put a continuous playlist in. You push play at the game period and it plays
076till the end period and they couldn't abide by that. >> So I mean I think the medical condition is important but All yeah, >> these those areas there are prescribed in law, >> right? I mean, diabetics have to have >> I bet almost any 504 or IEP case meeting come up is going to say that the kid can have his phone in his pocket throughout school. >> I just think it's silly. I think that they have better things to conquer than this. >> More significant things they should be conquering. >> I agree. I think it all comes back to parental involvement. Well, >> the education of it, the involvement of it, teaching you. It's just like when you get your license. >> Yeah. >> Understanding how and when to use the car and when not
077to. >> Well, I wondered if there were schools that were having problems. I mean, I don't remember hearing that we have a problem here in our district, that our policy seems to be working great. But I'm wondering are there, you know, is this a case of those who >> yell loudest get get this because it you know and how many of those people in the state legislature >> have been in a classroom? >> This was in the news for quite some time. >> Oh, I know. Or or you know have raised children through the cell phone era or their kids are older. I I think this is them grasping its straws. It's really not an area they need to be in. >> Yeah. To my knowledge, this was not brought forward by schools to say,
078"Help us with this problem." This was brought forward at the legislative level saying, "We have a solution for the problem that you have." >> Well, maybe we should let parents parent their children and not have to legislature parent children. That's really not helpful. >> All right. Well, we look sounds like we have some work to do. >> We'll see where we land with this. for we'll we'll try to narrow down on some guidelines, disciplinary pieces to give you a better idea of that before we do. >> So, as long as we have this passed by July. >> Yes. >> Because it may take another conversation >> before the start of the school year. >> It said July 1. >> Well, you got to have it ready for the student handbook. >> Okay. When we review
079that in July. >> Well, actually at the June meeting. >> June meeting. I knew it was coming up. >> Well, we'll see where we land. you might wanna once you do a little bit more work on it, you might want to send it to us in a >> Friday update. >> Yeah, I I'm just gonna be honest with you. I don't think there's going to be a lot of change to to the base policy. Um fair request can we kind of see what those disciplinary consequences might look like that that piece will try to bring that together. If you want to do something different with this, you know, please let me know. That's why it's here for, you know, for a first look. >> And it doesn't have to be tonight. If you get an
080idea, just share it with me and we will bring it back in June. >> All right. Next item on the agenda, superintendence report. Dr. Schaefer. >> Thank you, Mr. Cherry. Um, just a couple brief updates tonight. Uh, one we do as a public service announcement. I try to do this each election cycle. uh the filing period for the 2026 school board candidates planning to run for the school board that opens on May 19th uh 2026 and it closes at noon at noon on June 18th. So there's a month there where that that cycle is open for filing. So May 19th and then closes at noon on June 18th here in 2026. Um, and the the other uh piece I want to just make sure that you're aware of, uh, this this past Monday, uh, teams
081from five of the six Hendricks County um, school corporations, we met to continue collaborative efforts uh, to develop the countywide workbased learning platform, which is now branded as West Next. Uh, guidance, our guidance handbook for that process has been drafted. uh and that contains a framework for how the industry partners will be paired with schools and students and industry partners have been present at our meetings too. They're working alongside the the school teams. So our work this last Monday, it really focused on developing an action plan uh for four areas and those were as we looked at that um how the the partnership opportunities are created and sustained. In other words, how do we how do schools get partnered with businesses? What's that look like? what's the indoctrination process that needs to happen so that
082school or employers know how to connect with the kids and how to get them into internships and let us know about it. So just sort of beginning to to detail that out. Uh secondly is about how uh we expand highquality pathways in our schools. uh most of our pathways not all a lot of them though are career and technical education oriented but there are also nonCTE pathways but almost all of those have some level of work-based learning opportunity in them so the the connector here is work-based learning opportunities as we look at the new diploma requirements that's if you want to get an honors plus seal on the education pathway or the I said said the enrollment pathway to college uh or into the military at the plus level, then you've got to do 100
083hours of work-based learning. If you're going into work directly, so you're going in employment directly, you've got to do a 100red hours just at the the honors level and then 650 hours to get the the plus seal. So So this isn't going to affect every student, but it's going to affect a lot of students who are this year's freshman by the time they graduate. So, we're we're building this early, but it's not real early because in less than a year from now, these freshmen are going to be enrolling for their junior year, and that's when this is going to start to affect a lot of I think most heavily as their junior and senior year. So, uh just fleshing out more on those pathways, making sure they're high quality. That was our our second effort
084in terms of planning. Uh third was how to deploy the technology platform to facilitate the data tracking and the scaling of those workbased learning experiences. How do you keep track of it all? uh how do you communicate and coordinate with employers? How do the intermediaries which are designated in law and for us our local intermediary is is uh Andrew College Network HCN in uh we've gotten a ton of support too from our central Indiana educational service center um they've been really helpful in bringing this together so that our schools here can have a plan for doing this because it's a lot and for schools to do this by themselves is is is even more. And then the third area was providing signature experiences for how students and teachers experience the work-based learning process. In other
085words, what are those experiences going to be? Because there are some leadup experiences you want, career fairs, things like that. uh job shadow experiences, things that might not be the actual internship itself, uh but opportunities at each grade level that would lead up to having a better understanding of how careers work, what careers are, what options are out there, and then being able to make better selections then as those kids come into that four-year planner um and then really start into some of those work-based learning experiences uh that are consistent with the pathway that they choose. So, that was our work um on Monday. Uh again, with tonight's hiring of our first full-time work-based learning coordinator, uh Jesse Howard at the high school, I think we've taken a significant step in the right direction here
086to being able to pull this together, not only countywide, but here at Daniel Community High School. I think it's going to be uh I'm I'm very happy with where we are with the process and building this out and um making it pretty robust moving forward. So, how does this intertwine or be separate from what you mentioned in your Friday update about another educational piece that you guys have hired a consultant for, but to have a principal Baker walk through? >> Thank you. >> That what is that? >> Yeah, that that one that is on the new accountability role, the A tof accountability piece for schools and out Morgan if you want to mention a little bit more about that. Yeah. So, the new accountability rule um is is interesting. At each level, there are different
087ways to sort of get some base points and then get some bonus points for kids who make high growth or have great attendance. There are all these sort of caveats for each grade level. Um, and so this is someone who's going to come in and help our um, instructional admin team to try to figure out look at our data and figure out where we may have some growth areas there and explain the process in detail um, ahead of our goal setting for next year because we will utilize they'll utilize the data from this year to kind of give us a a first glance next year at A throughF. It's sort of our our base year and then from there we'll kind of have to figure out like what tests do we need to add to
088make sure that you know students are prepared. >> So do we need a consultant in the fact that he's retired and he's got more time to read through all of this to to disseminate what's in it? No, >> he was he has been on state board committees. So he was on the committee that helped with the accountability rule. So, sort of an inside person who heard all the conversations and knows exactly how this is all going to kind of work from start to finish. >> And how are we paying for that consultant? >> Title two. >> We don't have any other money that could be used for something else in there. >> I mean, it's >> How much is it? >> Uh $250 maybe or something like that. >> It's it's a very low price.
089>> Yeah. I think to answer your question where the intersection of this is as we build out workbased learning experiences that those experiences um and certifications that come out as a result of that workplace certifications the hours the courses all of that help to fulfill some of those growth areas that you must demonstrate for each student. So for each student in order for them to maximize their points on the new state accountability model they'll have an academic portion that may be I learn may it's probably going to be I learn or SAT and how they're doing there academically then there's a I'll call it a growth area supplemental area there's multiple areas or maybe one two or three additional areas where they can earn more points and they do that through these types of experiences
090uh taking career and tech ed course hours um earning a a workplace certification, things that will back this process will help more kids achieve. >> Does anybody here view this process as being silly? >> I think I mean I I mean I've just heard of it like as a teacher, right? You know, and it's like as a school you can earn points and then students can earn points and then that kind of like pulls up to your like overall grade. Um I don't know. I'm only asking again that it goes back to the previous conversation. If you're going to try to deny following one law, then why wouldn't you be willing to step forward and say that this is either we want to do our own thing and we're going to do it or >>
091you don't have to have a policy for this? Like this isn't like that's >> requirement. >> It's going to be part of the just the accountability model. each student up to 100 points and they they accumulate points through that combination of efforts. >> And what they'll do at the end is they'll take all of your students, they'll average the scores to come up with with one number and that will then be your your rating. >> And if and if they notice that schools are doing too well, like there's too many that are doing well, they're going to change the score. You know, they're going to make adjustments. >> Part of why I'm asking you, you think it's silly. And so I do think there is some good in like accountability because like if a student
092is absent for more than 10 days, excused or not excused, they don't get that opport that attendance opportunity point. Um so like trying to hold them more accountable. I'm just going at Avon where we have two weeks of spring break, two weeks of fall break, two weeks of Christmas break. I had a student who had three weeks of spring break. They took them out three weeks and they've taken them out here and I mean >> compared to the alternative environment that's short. >> I mean they probably have missed 20 extra days, you know. So I I think there is a little bit of accountability like putting it back on the kids but I think it's can be a headache for >> I was just curious to know the connection there and why we given all
093our doctorals and EDH degrees why we needed a consultant to get through that. >> Sounds like a reasonable cost $250. Yeah, it's it's just getting a head start because you have somebody right now who knows quite honestly more about this than most people in the state do. So, it allows the schools that are working um with uh Mr. Baker the opportunity to get a little bit of a head start on figuring some of the details of this out. >> All right. Anything else? >> That's all I have. Thank you. >> Right. Any other questions? All right. Next item on the agenda is announcements. Bear with me because there are a lot this evening. The students last day of school is May 21st. The end of the year staff breakfast and acknowledgement of retirees is May
09422nd at 7:30 a.m. at the middle school cafeteria. High school graduation is May 22nd at Warrior Stadium at 7:30. >> Can I can I make a comment there? Yep. >> Just to clarify because I think we bounced back. It is at 7:30. Graduation at 7:30, not 7 o'clock. 7:30. And if for some reason the weather is not cooperating on Friday night, we will move it to Saturday, May 23rd at Warrior Stadium at 10:00 a.m. And if the weather is still not cooperating, we will go inside to the gymnasium at the high school at 10:00 a.m. All offices will be closed on Monday, May 25th, which is Memorial Day. Our next regularly scheduled schoolboard meeting will be June 8th at 6:30 here in the Danville Middle School training room. And on June 8th, we will also
095hear the announcements of the library board candidates that the school approves. All right. And the last item on the agenda is we need a motion to adjurnn this meeting. >> So move. >> Thank you, Mrs. Ward. Second. >> Second. >> All in favor? I. >> Any oppose? We are done with this meeting at 7:42 p.m. Thank you everyone. Thank you.