001like work's crazy right now, but took the day off. Anyways, >> all right, let's go ahead and get started. Now, >> pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Heavenly Father, as we come to do the school's business tonight, Lord, just just ask that you will help guide us the right way to uh help the staff, the students, and all those that are involved with with the school, Lord. And we just have a great school year. Jesus name we pray. Amen. >> All right. Um, call the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. >> I suppose Kirk here you have a special to see you dressed up for the occas got be up here
002on camera so everyone can see us where where everybody's watching from. whatever place in the community or wherever. [Music] >> Yeah. >> So, I just uh want to take a few minutes to recognize Lil for a successful track meet this past school year. Uh like Mr. Lewis said back in the I think the November board meeting when we recognized LI and and Esther for going and uh running in the state cross country meet. I mean, it's the most rewarding uh event that you can do. your very very last the last event and then this is of course her last event of her high school career um here at Eastern Green. Uh she qualified for the 1600 meter run which was the mile um she qualified by placing third in the regional me and she also
003finished third in the sectional. So, the top three individuals get to advance um each week on to the next next event. So, she advanced all the way um to the state meet and along the way this year. I think I've got this right. I think she broke the school record four times this year. It was her own school record um that she got when she was a sophomore. Um, she broke the school record her sophomore year, probably at least once or twice. She broke it again her junior year, probably at least once or twice. And so then she broke it at least four times this year. So over a half dozen times she's broke the school record. She improved on her time every single time. So now the school record stands at 5 minutes, four
004seconds, and just a little bit over that. Um, we'll see how long it stays. >> Um, she was She was seated 18th out of 27 uh runners at the state meet. Uh she even topped that placing 14th right behind some um girls. She almost I thought she was going to get top 15 or top top 10 even because they were really really close. Uh so she'll be off to college this this fall going to USI down in Evansville running track and cross country down there. I'm sure that she'll be gone before our next board meeting. So, I wanted to pull her in today and just congratulate her on a great season, great career, and just overall just good luck. Well, [Applause] >> while I got the floor, if you don't care, I got a couple
005other things I'd like to mention. >> I can sit down. >> Uh, some other things that has happened this summer. Um just here a couple weeks ago um our girls volleyball team uh got an award for being one of the top 60 they're actually in the top 62 um teams in the state on GPA. Um their overall GPA was a 3.711 as a team GPA that's unweighted a weighted GPA of a 3.828 828 and there was we were one of 62 schools that had over a 3.5 as a team GPA. I would assume that we were probably towards the top 35 of those schools in the state based off of that GPA. Um also um last week I took eight student athletes to uh Indianapolis Motor Speedway and we did the 2025 uh leadership conference
006there at IMS. Uh we got to listen to three guest speakers talk about being better leaders um for our school and our community. We also got to take a couple laps around the track. Uh we had permissions. >> Did you run? >> No. Okay. >> We uh I wanted I asked Dennis, I said, "Do you care if we take the bus around the the the track?" And he said, "Sure, why not? They'll let you." Um, I asked the commission if we could do a hot lap around, but he didn't he didn't allow us to take our own bus. They did put us in buses and we went uh two laps around the track and we did sign permission slips for everybody to go. We top speed at 74 miles an hour in in a little
00720 passenger mini bus. So, so, but it was a good time. Um, appreciate being able to go and and learning a little bit more and being better leaders. It's always great for our kids to get the opportunity to do that. As as a principal, I got to go to that a few times and and the IHSA does a really good it's very studentled. There there is a um student leadership group that's comes from all schools across the state about 15 of them and they kind of oversee it and they help run that. So, it's just a great experience for our kids to get to go. about uh almost a thousand kids there from that um we're doing that that day from all various schools um just a few conference schools besides us being um here
008was there and so was um Sha Shakamac um and a highlight is they ch they exchange t-shirts >> they take like they'll take eastern green shirts and you might get a shirt from a kid at Southmont or kid from South Ben Clay or whatever it might be and they they get to share that's kind of A couple of them had talked about how they the the couple of the leaders that were that were moving on in into college next year, they talked about how they met somebody and they're going to the same college as somebody and so they know him and stuff like that from different schools all the way around the state. So it was good experience. So I just wanted to mention those and uh again congratulations to Lil >> and moving forward
009[Applause] and I guess we singled out for having a good spring season. We I mean all of all of our sports had a good spring season. So, girls track had a really really amazing season, not just little. Um lots of kids moving on to regional and for for boys and for girls. So, uh but >> wanted to like I said, it was the last very very last meet of the year and and wanted to congratulate her on that. >> What are you gonna be studying? >> Um I think I'm going to go for early childhood education. been talking out of >> I tried. >> I had one in my house. I said, "Are you sure?" >> We'll probably be good at it, but yeah, I had to do the same. Yeah. >> All right. >>
010Congratulations. >> Thanks for coming. >> If you don't want to stay, it won't offend us. >> You've got fair. So, >> it will cross country. >> All right. Thank you. >> Thanks, guys. >> Okay. Is it recommended that the agenda for the July Huh? >> Anybody have any >> I don't think anybody's here to all our employees. >> They may want to say >> I don't think you have anything to say. >> Yeah, I got a distinct eye so I'll just move on. Is recommended the agenda for the July 14, 2025 meeting be approved as presented with additions, corrections, or deletions as recommended by the board. additions. We don't >> uh we don't have additions, but we do have some late items that we will >> Okay, we'll do that. >> Yeah, we'll do we
011do have some late. >> All right. Do I have a motion? >> Sure. Second, Dennis. Poss 70. Does recommend that the meeting the minutes from the June 9th and 30th, 2025 meetings be approved as presented? Do I have a motion? Other second, Natalie? All those four >> I have to abain after the 30th. >> Oh is recommend that the claims number 20371 through >> 20577 >> approved as presented. Do we have any comments and discussion about any of the claims? Okay. Do I have a motion? Kim second Heather all those four. Okay. Now I've got to do a little reading here. So if you all bear bear with me. Okay. The next item on the agenda is for the board to hold a hearing of the amended and restated lease agreement in connection with the
012proposed project. If you're interested in speaking at the hearing, please make sure you have signed in or have signed the sign-in sheet. It should include your name and address. There will be an opportunity for the public to make comments about the lease rental to be paid under the lease. At the hearing, we will ask that each person limit their comments to three minutes on topic be limited to the lease rental and appropriation of funds under consideration. The notices for this hearing were published as legally required. Pursuant to Indiana Code 20-47-3 before a school corporation may enter into a lease with a nonprofit building corporation, the school corporation must conduct a hearing regarding the execution of the proposed lease agreement and whether the rental to be paid to the lesser building corporation under the proposed lease
013is a fair and reasonable rental for the proposed improvements. We'll now open the public hearing. Remember, if you would like to speak, please sign in on the sheet which is located at that table back there. As I mentioned earlier, we ask that you state your name and address. Limit your comments. The pros rent to be paid under the lease. Keep any comments to three minutes and avoid being repetitive if possible. Um, no signin sheet, so I won't >> We do need a formal motion though on the agenda here. to open that. >> Oh, we do. Okay. Sorry. Okay. So, I do have a motion to open. Sorry, I didn't realize. Okay. Um, sure. And my call is for this. Okay. Nobody wants to speak. Anybody else like to speak? So, please state your name and
014name. Nope. Thank you all participating hearing. We'll now close the hearing and reopen the regular meeting. >> I got if I got to read the statement legally. >> Okay. Oh, it's just um so as required by Indiana Code 20-47-3, after a lease hearing, the school board must approve the lease and authorize the schoolboard officers to execute such lease. This lease is the agreement whereby the school corporation will levy the required property tax to pay the lease payments throughout the life of the bond issue. The lease payment will be paid to the building corporation and used to pay the bond holders to repay the proposed bond. It's legally required that we share the purpose of the of this um lease. Okay. >> So now we need a motion to exe to authorize. That's where we're >>
015Okay. Okay, I have a motion and second to adopt the resolution authorizing execution of the lease. Natalie second Kim all those four >> and then we close >> and I have a motion to close the hearing. Dennis second Heather all those four >> and then I take over here. >> Yep. >> Okay. Uh so I seek a motion to approve the first reading of the Niola policies as presented. Um we have several Nola updates. Um as you could see it was a very lengthy document if you had a chance to glance at those. Um, this is just the first reading of those and we will have multiple NEOLA updates over the coming months to try to get that caught up, but all I need is just a an approval for the first reading of the
016policies. >> Anybody want to discuss it? >> Had a question about >> Sure. >> I read them today. >> Okay. >> It was a lot, but um I was familiar with most of them so that it's not um I guess the main question was were you person went through and did the green highlight and chose >> no options. >> The green highlight is from >> the lawyers at Niola. Those are the changes. Now, I did in consultation with um our rep >> on some of them picked >> chose the option >> and there's a couple that I have questions on that I didn't include in there that we will discuss later in executive because it had more to do with >> like hiring a superintendent and I didn't feel as the superintendent I should make
017all of those decisions on how you hire the superintendent but Any other discussion? >> Okay, I have a motion to approve the Dennis second. >> Sharon, all those four. >> Okay. >> I didn't find the email after Doug and I talked yesterday. Okay. >> This morning, >> if you don't have that, let me know. I >> Yeah, I was looking at I sent it out Friday afternoon with >> I didn't send my normal memo. I said >> delayed a weekly July 11th. >> Yeah, I sent it Friday evening >> and then I I came in Saturday morning and did the actual Friday memo. Saturday morning >> there weren't that many really major changes. There were a lot of >> very small language >> language kinds of things. Uh the next uh item I have for
018you is the administrative contract renewal. Um we've listed them all together here. Uh this is just for the uh current school year. We've also listed their um salaries next to this. These are the exact same salaries each of them had last year with the exception of Allison Clary because she did not have the full lensureer and she does now. So, we put her on the same level um that uh would be that that the elementary teacher or elementary principal Dustin was paid last year. Um I thought that was only fair. So, that's the only change to any of those uh salaries. And uh Cara is on here. We've already approved her for the year, but she is listed there and her salary is listed on there. And that's where Allison was for the 2425 school
019year. So again, that mo just a motion to approve the following contracts for our admin staff effective July 1, 2025 through June 30th, 2026. Um Lindsey Bailey at 83,000. Aaron Buskerk at 76,000. Um and Lindsay is the special ed director. Aaron is the high school athletic director. Allison Clary, middle school principal at 84,800. Ken Howard, um assistant principal at the high school, 80,000. Eric Kirkindall, high school principal at 93,000. Gretchen Morgan, assistant uh principalcurriculum director at the elementary and for the corporation is at 78,000. And Cara Quimby, who has already been approved, but her salary will be 75,000 for the year. >> Any discussion? Oh, okay. If not, I entertain a motion to approve. Heather second Dennis. All those four seven. >> Thank you. Uh next we have a motion for the athletic trainer. Um
020I seek a motion to approve Brandy JW and Jwitt Sports and Occupational Health Services as our 2526 athletic trainer provider. Uh we contracted with uh JW Sports and Occupational Health last year as well. Um, we did check around with um a couple other options. Uh, Green County um, hospital. They don't they're not staffed to do it. They had one additional and um, Bloomfield. They offered that to Bloomfield before we had a chance to to take that. Um, and then we also checked with IU Health and Sports Med. Um, and Bry's ultimately cheaper. Um, we will basically get coverage at all home events. Um, I think on I think Erin, correct me if I'm wrong. Um, traveling for football games and some tournament games. >> All all tournament games should be covered. >> Yeah. And also
021Brandy or she contracts this out to other trainers. Um, and Nikki does a lot of this for us. Um, and Nikki is Nikki Clark. Um uh she she did most of it this past year and uh they're also here on Wednesdays to check on athletes, you know, if they've had a twisted ankle and they're, you know, to follow up on that as well. But that the the fee for that for the year, it's not on here, but it's right at $30,000 and that's about what we paid last year and the corporation pays that, not the athletics. >> Any discussion? >> Okay. uh entertain a motion to Mike second. All those four I think we've talked a little bit about this. The next motion I seek is a motion to approve the memorandum of understanding between
022Eastern Green Schools and Jobs for America's graduate program. We'll refer to that as JAG. Now, uh, JAG was unfortunately cut at the state level out of the budget. Um, however, uh, we've had success with our JAG program. Uh, we were one of the first in our district, southern Indiana, to add JAG. So, they approached us um and offered a memorandum of understanding that we would set this up as a reimbursement. So, basically, we would pay the person, they would reimburse us. Um, and uh, >> so do they come on as staff? >> They they technically they're our staff because we're paying them, but there's there's no expectation that they have a teaching license. And theou clearly states this is a one-year position. Um, because basically what they're doing is pooling all their funds, putting them
023in a a count, I guess, and then they will just pay us. Um, we do not have there is not a recommendation for a person for that position tonight. I'm just getting approval for theou if we can find somebody and I want to clarify a few things. Um, Mr. Kirkindall and I will have a conference call with u the director of JAG in the next couple days to get some clarification. But we do have a couple candidates that might potentially be interested in this position >> and they've guaranteed us the funds. theou the signing of theou would guarantee the funds at 42,000 for the year. >> Okay. >> And I have some some like benefit questions that I need to ask them. >> Okay. >> High school position only. >> It was a high school
024position only. Yes. >> Yeah. The middle school is eliminated. And I do know that many of most of the other schools if not all that had it in our region um coach Iel his wife ran it at Pike Central. And I know that she was told that it would not they they are not getting to keep it. I believe it was cut at Washington as well and some of the other schools. >> So, will they will it just be like in school? All the >> they're they're going to get they're going to do some of their outside programs as well. They're still going to take the field trips. They're still going to get in touch with industry and the the format will stay the same for one year. And it is important for us to
025keep it because we do have a handful of kids that hit that pathway. >> And we have I mean, you know, I I don't have the exact statistics in front of me, but we have a handful of graduates every year that because of their involvement, JAG has helped keep them enrolled and and helped get them to the finish line. And we've had several kids who have gone out and been successful, gotten jobs and and moved on. And, you know, I mean, from a personal standpoint, my son was pretty active in it. and um you know he just learned some leadership skills that that will serve him well as he moves on. >> Where do the funds come from? Is this through >> it? It it started out the money I think it was workplace development
026is where the initial money was from and this is dollars they had already gotten. >> So it's DWD funds. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> And um they have some other minor funding that comes in and it's it it really our region is ran through Vincens's University. I don't know. Yes. >> I don't know if it's statewide is run through Vincens. I I don't know the answer to that. I know that Vincens takes the lead on ours. >> Right. Okay. That was why I was trying to connect this point between >> my conversations with some folks at Vincens versus this. Okay. >> And I'd be more than happy to share that with you, the the theOU, but we're not going to sign that formally and and and um commit us to anything. I I
027did have the question about the benefits. I mean, you know, if I hire somebody and they need benefits, that's an additional cost that >> Could you provide us a copy of theou and the next board packet? >> Absolutely. >> Yeah, I I'll send that this Friday. >> Just whenever. >> Yeah, I can send it this Friday. >> I almost sent it this time, but I I want to get some clarification. >> Sure. Absolutely. >> But I I at least want permission to proceed to to work on this because if if we do find somebody and everything works out with theou and I will share that with you, I want to be able to get that person hired for the start of school year. >> Okay. Any other questions? >> I'd like to make a motion
028that we approve the >> Okay, Kim second. Sharon, all those four. >> Um, now we have several personnel um items here. Uh, I seek a motion to approve Marissa Feifer as an early learning lead teacher effective August 1st, 2025. Um, a little bit about this position. Uh, one, we had a position open up, but we did add a classroom. If you recall, we've talked about adding that third preschool classroom. So, one of these is to replace someone who left and another I mean, you'll see the next one is also a lead teacher is, you know, I don't know which one's going into replace and which one's brand new, but we we that's why we have the two positions for lead teachers. >> All right. Do I have a motion? Dennis secondly all those four. >>
029Thank you. Uh next I have a motion to approve Julianne Cedon as an early learning lead teacher effective August 1st. >> What's a lead? >> Lead teachers. The reason we one they are in charge of their classroom. They're like the lead teacher but it it is paid differently. It's paid as a facilitator. Correct. >> Yeah. >> It's paid as a facilitator. It's a a higher rate. They're basically supervising the um uh ELC like instructional system like the next one that we're having on there. So that's how it works. >> Okay. I have a motion. Natalie second Kim. All those four. >> Okay. Next. As I said, I have an early learning center instructional assistant. A motion to approve Jill Hayes as an early learning instructional assistant effective August 1st, 2025. >> Oh, a motion. >>
030I have a question. Is that a replacement or an ad? Do you know >> replacement? Yeah. >> Thanks. There's a motion second by all those four uh 7-14-5419 is stricken. Um that person withdrew their name before we had the board meeting. So >> um so we will jump to 714-5420 bus driver. I seek a motion to approve the hiring of Rachel Prince as a corporation bus driver. She did sub a little bit for us in the spring. Did a nice job and has worked a little bit um on and off just doing some cleaning and stuff of the buses, but to be a formal bus driver. I seek that motion. >> Okay, have a motion. second Jim. All four. >> Okay. Next, um I have an elementary library STEM position. I seek a motion to
031approve Jennifer Taylor as an elementary as the elementary library STEM facilitator effective August 1st, 2025. Um this position we do categorize it as a facilitator because it is paid at the same level as the uh lead teacher in the early learning center and Jennifer was an IIA last year. Um and we were able to reduce some of our IAS but nobody lost a job. We just reshift uh reposition people in positions that work for them. Do >> I have a motion? >> Sure. Second Dennis all those four >> and I will add that our new elementary principal was involved in this transition piece as well. >> Uh next um uh seek a motion for an elementary instructional assistant. Um a motion to approve Rhonda McN instructional assistant effective August 1st, 2025. Rhonda's worked for us
032as a sub and filled in for a couple of maternity leaves and has done a great job and um >> yeah question. >> Yeah. >> Was the library stem was that a replacement position? >> Yes, we we had a we had a person Yeah. It's not a new position. That's what I thought. >> Yeah. We had a person that chose not to >> this next IIA is a replace or an ad. >> The the IIA that for Rhonda is replacing Jennifer's position. >> Oh, gotcha. Okay. Thanks. >> All the dominoes are falling. >> I know. Just trying to keep all those good question. >> Do I have a motion? >> Dennis second Natalie. All those four. >> Okay. So, next um I seek a motion to approve Tim Moer as a middle school instructional facilitator
033effective August 1st, 2025. This is a one-year position and I will give some background. This is a created position. However, we didn't replace art which was a certified position and we've lost Jack. So, we've lost two sets of elective classes and Mr. Moer was a student teacher for us. So, he is a licensed teacher, but he will be serving as an as a facilitator and will oversee some um online courses that some of our middle school students will take. The eighth graders will get those for credits at the high school level. Um and he's also going to do a couple elective classes. I believe there's going to do like a current events um uh and I think it was just current events as well as some of the online courses that they were doing >>
034and we just really need a person to supervise those kids and um I do want to thank uh Allison and her team for working with us and and you know it's been a challenge with their schedule to absorb those changes. >> Okay. Do I have a motion? >> Second, Natalie. All those four. >> All right, we'll move on here. We've got again more personnel. Most of these are athletics. Moving on here. Um, I seek a motion to approve Haley Bowers as the middle school eighth grade volleyball coach for the 2526 season. Aaron, you might know she did that last year, too, didn't she? So, >> have a motion. Second Sharon. All those four >> another middle school volleyball motion to approve Darcy Vine as the middle school 7th grade volleyball coach for the 256 season.
035>> Dennis second Jim all those four. Um, now a motion. I seek a motion to approve Jake Cole as the middle school head boys and girls cross country coach for the 2526 season. Um, I don't have the numbers right in front of me, but I know it's in the contract that since he's doing both, he basically gets the a stipen and a half is the way it's set up in the I just don't have those exact numbers, but that's that's the agreement with EGTO on how we do those. >> He's doing a great job. >> Okay. Okay. Do I have a motion, Sharon? Second, Dennis. All those four. >> Um, next, uh, Gimme will stay with middle school cross country. A motion to approve Karen Dunar as the middle school assistant boys and girls cross
036country coach for the 2526 season. >> Have a motion. Second, Dennis. All those four. >> We'll move on some more middle school sports here. A motion to approve Jason James as the middle school head football coach for the 2526 season. I believe Mr. James also coached last year as well. >> Okay, have a motion. Dennis second all those four. >> Uh next, some additional middle school football positions. A motion to approve the following as middle school assistant football coaches for the 2526 season. Chad Dorman as an assistant coach and Caleb Hamilton as an assistant coach. >> Have a motion. Sharon, >> second all those four seven. >> I seek a motion to approve Brie Johnson as the seventh and eighth grade uh cheer coach for the 25 26 season. I believe she did that last
037year as well. >> Okay. Do I have a motion? Natalie second. Dennis all those four. Now we have a high school football assistant. A motion to approve Scotty Mullet. Colette. Okay. Molette as a high school assistant football coach. This is a volunteer position. >> Okay. Do I have a motion? Dennis second for 70. >> All right. Next, we have some donate donations we'd like to recognize. I seek a motion to approve the following donations. $100 from H&J Maintenance LLC to the Eastern Green High School Palms and $200 um from James Hacker to the Hunter Roberts Nancy Hacker Fund in memory of Roger Hacker. >> Do I have a motion? Heather second chair all those four as always we thank all of them absolutely we appreciate everybody's donations that they they provide to the school um
038we do have a handful of late items I believe you have uh those there with your packet there is um there's four there and there is a fifth one that we will read when we get to it so we'll start out here um we have An additional memorandum of understanding. I seek a motion to approve the memorandum of understanding between Eastern Green and the Supportive Community Innovations LLC. This agreement sets forth the terms of standards under which the contractor agrees to provide mental health services to students and the board agrees to support and collaborate with the contractor in delivering these services. So basically we had adult and child last year and the uh supported community innovations has agreed to kind of replace them and it will not be exactly like adult and child did but
039there will be no cost to the school. Um they build um all of their own. They can even build to regular insurance um and they will begin to develop their uh the list of students that will receive their services. um they are very excited about this opportunity and uh we are excited to get somebody here to meet help meet those needs of our students that are just tough for us to do. We're just tough to be staff to do that. So, this is certainly a welcome um opportunity for us to to better meet the needs of some of our students. >> And this will be throughout all three schools or >> Yeah. But probably primarily K to 8 because we do have the high school. We we've already received a an anonymous donation and hired
040a position for that. >> Yes. So, and where are these folks out at? >> Are they my next question? I don't I'm not from student support. >> They're out of Bloomington. >> Okay. >> Um Julie Chaplain and Fritz Krugal. Those names ring a bell. >> Chaplain or Chaplain. >> Chaplain. >> I know. Julie Chaplan. I don't know. >> And I I can also share this. I mean, it really it just goes over what they would provide. And we're really doing nothing more than providing them a location to do it. They will uh and we will probably assist them with some students that could benefit from the services, but then it would be up to the parents to agree. >> What's Fritz's last name? >> Uh Julie Chaplain and Fritz Krugal. K R U G. Any
041more discussion? If not have a motion second sharing all those four. >> I will add um a thanks to uh Don Hosteder who worked with several different entities to try to find somebody who was willing to step in and meet some of those those needs. And um she worked exclusively with this this supportive community innovations to start this process. So I appreciate that. Um, next, uh, we have a motion to approve moving Amy Deckard to a 260day position as middle school guidance secretary and special education secretary, combining those two positions. Um, it doesn't say here, can can I add that it's a one-year position and revisit? Can we add Can I add that? >> Yeah. >> Okay. We I would add that that is a one-year position. Now, she already is an employee, but we're
042changing her classification to do this. Um, Ariel Busenberg is at the um high school, and this position will mirror in our classified handbook. So, we're not creating a new classification, but we're just adding another person to that classification. Um, and I I will go into more detail on why we're doing this when we do the next uh um the next motion on here. >> Yeah. Any discussion? >> And I think I outlined it in your memo. Why we need >> Okay, I have a motion. Dennis second, Natalie. All those four. >> Okay. So, the next um I seek a motion to approve a $12,500 stipen for Lindseay Bailey as she will absorb task of the school psychologist for the 25 26 school year. Again, this will be a one-year position. Um and let me give
043you a little bit of background. Um our school uh psychologist um has chosen not to come back. I still waiting on a formal letter of resignation, but we will get that. but she's choosing not to come back. Um has some family health issues. I just leave it that, you know, protect privacy there. But um so Lindsay approached me. Lindsay is actually trained as a school psychologist. That's what she did before she became our special education director. Um and and she said, you know, I think I could potentially do those duties in addition to mine with some relief and probably some compensation of some type. Um, we paid $55,000 a year for our school psych. Um, and that came out of the education fund. So, uh, we are, while we are paying $12,500 stipen to Lindsay
044to pick up those duties, I'm not paying $55,000. Um, adding the position that you just approved for Amy Deckard is a cost of about $7,000 for the year. So, we're we're spending $20,000 this year to meet the needs that we were spending 55,000 last year. Now, this is a patch. This is why it's a one-year. I mean, I I don't I think it would be unfair to ask Lindsay to try to do both these jobs long term, and she doesn't necessarily want to do them long term, but the nature of school psyches right now, if we post that position, we may not find anybody anyhow. And there is a slim chance that after some of the medical concerns that the school site was having before, once that gets worked out, she might be interested in
045coming back, even if it was a reduced to three days a week as opposed to four. Um, in conjunction with that, we will shift a few duties internally that that Lindsay was doing to take some things off her plate. But I think the the $12,500 stipen is very fair for the extra duties and the responsibilities. And I I will say that u a person who is versed as more of an expert in special ed than I am um reminded me that having that spending that $12,500 >> bargain >> would would is a bargain if you don't meet a criteria and you have to go for a lawsuit and Lindsay does know the law. She does understand it and and she is very diligent and will so question. Yes, >> I don't have a problem with
046the 125, but now she's gonna be making $2,500 more in >> Kirkindaw >> and I would consider the high school principal like the number two position in a school district. >> I I I don't disagree with you and I was concerned about that. Um >> concerns me. >> Yeah, it but the reason that the difference in this is it is it is a stipen so it's not going to go on her base, >> but it's still part of her salary. >> It is part of her salary. So, at the end of the year, she's got 95 and he's got 93. >> She's doing two people's jobs, >> right? >> Well, but they're taking some stuff away from her. I'm sure Kirk doll does two or three people's jobs. I'm sure he puts in more times
047than most employees. >> Well, >> and just like you, if we give a principal >> 10,000 more than you're making, you wouldn't like it. I I I would not. And and that was a concern that I had. That's my concern. it. I think the fact that it is a stipen and I I will say it's >> still a salary though. It's you know >> it is it's it's reported one time. It's not that's why I didn't want to put it on a salary because if we change this and I >> I'm not taking it away from her. I'm sure she weren't qualified. Just the appearance between the salaries it just doesn't seem right that we got to that he getting less and >> somebody basically supervising. I think one one caveat to that that I
048would say she is a corporationwide employee and he he spoke and I agree. I was a high school principal so I know the time and effort that our high school principles put in. I I don't disagree with it. >> It doesn't seem fair for him. So what I'm saying >> it's it's a they're two different types of jobs. Um the high school does come with some supervisory duties like nighttime supervisory that this position may not. But what I will say this, what Lindsay won't do in supervising events at night, she will do in paperwork and and doing the the the school psych. So we we have to test kids. If a parent wants a kid tested, we have a we legally have a window that has to get done and then there's reports that have
049to be filed and and there's time that goes in that. And on top of that, she still evaluates our special ed staff. She provides professional development to them. Um it it is a big job and um I would >> and so is it. >> It trust me I've done it. I haven't I haven't done a >> It just doesn't seem fair to him to me. >> It's not like apples to apples though. It's like >> I think that's that's what I'm trying to say. I guess I'm not doing that. >> But you got a you know you got a Manning chart, >> right? >> I don't I don't think it is a Manning chart though. I think it's I think it's like there's Doug and then there's Lindsay and there's Eric. I think they're side
050by side. I don't think I don't think it's Eric and then Lindsay under Eric. >> Well, She does not she does not >> she don't know where to take the responsibility that Eric would take over the whole high school and all the students and all the staff. >> She's over special ed over all the special ed students. >> I don't have any how many? Well, I mean we're probably 20 to 25%. >> And how many kids does he have in high school? >> It would be about they'd be almost equal >> because he's probably responsibility. He he's I mean we have 350 375 and we probably have close to 300 to 350 kids who are identified um >> and our special ed program is well known like people bring their kids here. >> I'm not
051arguing that point. >> Yeah. >> The other piece that >> and I hear what you're saying. I hear >> I don't think it's fair to Eric. I mean I just don't think it's a >> Well, think about this too that when we were still with the North Lawrence co-op that special ed director was on the same we're talking about hierarchy she was on and he was on I guess it's she most of them was on the same level as this all the area superintendent so as far as hierarchy goes special ed directors are not the same as principles they're more in line with superintendent and the kindies I I don't understand where you're getting on it. Where does Trump come from >> in in the duties that are types of >> I made my point.
052That's my point. >> Well, and I I do also want to add too that >> I don't agree with it, but >> I understand. I just I want to share that that Lindsay's that that 125 will come out of special ed dollars and not >> it's not the idea. I'm not making I want everybody to understand the budgets. It's not going to directly impact our education. >> I wasn't making an issue of paying her, right? I'm sure it's an important position. and she deserves it. I'm just saying it doesn't look fair to Eric >> and that was a concern of mine. But I think when it's all said and done, I think to protect the school and that's my job. I think we need to make sure that we compensate well enough that she can
053adequately do that. And I don't know if I go a whole lot less if she would do it and then we don't have anybody or I'm going to pay 70 80 90,000 to get somebody come in to be our potential. I'm not saying take her salary down or take this type down. I'm just saying it's not fair to Eric. >> So you want to pay Eric more? >> Yeah, he should be. >> How is that fair? >> He's basically the number two person in in Eastern Green School. >> No. >> So that's not but that's not a basil. >> Most people see that >> right? Am I right? >> I mean it depends on what the format I mean what the >> how the schools aligned. I mean, some schools have a >> I mean,
054that may looks like from But I mean, why why is Eric's job any more important than the the middle school principal or the elementary principal? >> Who takes over if you're not here? >> Basically, >> I did many times. >> Yeah. >> Well, I mean, I genally look at the high school principal. >> Generally look at the high school. >> It it it varies. I mean, sometimes >> I mean it could be Dawn. It could it could be >> Yeah. But but your your point is valid and it was something that I did consider. I >> All right. >> Absolutely. Okay. Do I have a motion to approve this? >> Kim, do I have a second? Sharon, all is for 70. >> I'd love to give them all graes, but you're not giving money from
055anywhere to do that. >> It's not falling from the sky. >> Uh the ne the next late item I have here is cafeteria meal prices. I I seek a motion to approve the meal rate for uh 2526 school year. Students paid lunch rate is $3.25 and the adult rate is $460. Breakfast will continue to be free. A few of the alle cart items have increased by 25. Um chips, ice cream, chicken sandwiches. Kids cannot charge allocart. Um they have to have money in hand. Um, can you tell me what that is? Is it a 10 cent increase? The the 325 is a 10-centent increase over what it was. Correct. >> Actually, it was $3. >> It's So, we've we've increased that by a quarter. Um, and then the adult rate, is that up a quarter
056as well? >> We did not change it. Okay. And and one one additional thing I will add is we do make some money off of the uh but but we the money we make goes into account and uses we use all that money to update and maintain our cafeteria equipment and nowhere near are we bringing in enough money to maintain that. I mean it helps offset it. So that that minor increase is to further help us do that as we look at ways to um combat some of the changes coming with operations. >> Well, let me what's the thought process on not changing the adult rate? >> That's why I want to ask >> I I think they just I I that was Chartwell's recommendation to us. >> Raise the adults and leave the kids
057$3. >> I think it's and that's the paid rate only. So like a kid that's free and reduced does not pay that. That was like you know um >> 40 cents for a reduced rate. >> Excuse me. >> 40 cents is what a reduced >> for the free is free and then reduce is 40 cents and then >> we typically work off their recommendation. >> Yes. And that's this is their recommendation as well. Was there also a over the past couple years were she >> um mandated to start raising the rates on the lunch to get them to some level? >> Normally we did 10 10 cents. >> Okay. So are we now at whatever level the state was saying? >> We recommend 360. >> Okay. >> So we're still below the we're >> Thank
058you. baby steps up to it, but that's that's why when we're still below what the the state recommends, but this is Chartwells is fortunate that they have the buying power and we can stay in that area and still and they're paying their employees and we're still be able to maintain our equipment. >> Any other discussion? >> I would Can I make a recommendation to change for this or could we bring this back or is it timesensitive? need to have the rates. I mean, I don't see that you couldn't make change now on it, but I need those rates right away, at least by the end of July. >> I really still have a problem with not changing the adult rate. >> We can bump them both 25 cents. I think we don't sell enough adult
059meals for that quarter to make a huge difference. But the >> I understand that, but the the burden to the parents versus the adults in the room. >> You I mean, if you want to make a motion to amend it, we can >> I'd like to make a motion that we also add 25 cents to the adult rate. >> Okay. Do I have anybody that can make the motion? Anybody that'll second that? >> I'll second that. >> Okay, Natalie will second that. >> So, we're not reducing the kids. >> Kids will stay at 325 and adults would go to 485 is what I'm recommending. >> Okay. So, what we have to do is make the motion and vote on amending it and then we have to go through and vote on the motion. >> Okay.
060So, I have a a motion. I have a second. Um, so Kim made the motion. Um, Natalie seconded it. Okay. Now we're voting on just to change what's in here and then we'll vote on here. So, do I have >> I got a question. >> Yeah. >> Okay. With that change, will the dollars the bottom line still be the same? >> I mean, we would probably bring in a little bit more because we do sell some adult meals. I don't I don't know what the total number. I mean you you probably have a better idea. >> We don't sell a lot of adult meals. >> Okay. >> So So even if we do or don't change the adult, there's no way of lowering the the students to kind of keep it where it is. >>
061I I think to help the parents out >> it would have to be raised a lot higher than that. >> We can't make any difference. Well, and the thing of it is we don't know Chartwell's bottom line. >> Right. Right. >> And I don't want to risk losing >> No, no, no. Me either. So, >> since we're under the state what state recommends, I'm >> I don't know what the purpose. >> I mean, they they came in with those numbers, right? >> Um and I think part of the reason maybe they didn't change the adult one is because their the volume of cells is so little. It wouldn't have made a huge difference. >> Like would you say there's one adult mill to every what 20 kid mills? I would say >> don't know. We
062may do >> errands over there. 15 total. >> I'm counting how many teachers eat probably at the high school. I'd say that number is probably less than 15. >> Okay. So 15 total meals. So 25 cents on 15 total meals. Gosh, somebody that's better at math that for me. >> It's not so much for me the the >> money. It's more the principle of we're we're asking our children and families to increase and we're not asking the adults going through the line to do that. >> I was looking at it. Could we increase the adult enough to offset increasing the kids? But >> you won't have to do that. >> That's not going to happen. So I was just trying to help the kids, you know. >> Okay. So >> it doesn't affect the kids
063that get free. Those are reduced lunches, right? >> No. >> So, they can't afford it. >> So, we're going to vote on whether we amend this. So, I have a motion if we want to vote. >> Okay. So, we've had the motion >> afford it. >> Um, everybody to approve >> the amendment. >> Amendment, sir. >> Which one? Which a new amendment? >> Yeah. To raise 25 cents. So, we're just voting if we can change that number. So, okay. So, 70. >> I'm not sure. >> Okay. So, now we just voted to make the change. Now, we're going to vote to change that to 4. You >> want me to read the motion here again? You want me to read? Got it. >> You got it. Okay. >> Okay. So, a motion. Okay. So, now
064we have a motion to approve the meal rates for 2526 school year, student paid, state 325. The adult will be modified to 485. Um, breakfast is free. A few of the allocards will stay the 25% increase. Okay. Do I have a motion for this? Kim, do I have a second? Now, all those four. >> Okay. >> So, no confusion there. >> There you go. >> And I do have one additional late item. Um, I seek a motion to approve Emily Hudson as an instructional assistant at the high school. um she kind of filled in as a sub at the last part of the school year when um Macy BS who we have since hired as a special education teacher kind of shifted into that role. So she's been there as a sub but we need
065to formally approve her and she will work in that same capacity as an instructional system at the high school as a formal employee not a sub. >> Okay, I have a motion. Sharon second Kim all those four IS items. Any discussion? I have just a couple things. Uh we do have our county safety training. Um they do that every year. Uh this year we are hosting it. Um it will be primarily on our middle school campus. Um we have law enforcement from across the county and across the state. uh they will come in and uh thank you do the training. They will do some training the night before. Uh then they will work with county educators from across the all schools in the county will come in. I believe we had approximately 20 of our
066staff members already signed up. I anticipate we'll get a few more. Um that will happen on July 22nd. If you're free and you would like to come take part in that, it it is kind of interesting. Um they put you through some simulations on why it's important to lock the doors and so forth. Just it's a it you know you'd be more than one time. Um I believe is it 9:00? >> Yeah, I believe it's nine o'clock. Michael has taken the lead on most of this. I just wanted um the board to be aware. Yeah, it is the 22nd though. >> Middle school >> and it will be done by noon. They'll get us done by noon and we do compensate our staff. Um the certified staff gets professional development money for that and um
067our nonert staff that goes through that. We do get them their hourly rate. Um I also want to take some time to thank all of our custodial maintenance crews as well as our transportation crews. They've worked all summer getting buses ready. Um a lot of different maintenance things have been addressed. Uh custodial um has worked really hard to get the campuses ready. Uh, it's starting to come together. Looks good. There's always a lot that goes into that. We are hosting a lunchon for them this Friday. Um, they're going to have some homemade brisket and pulled pork. I heard it's halfway decent. Um, so you're making >> If it's not, I didn't have anything to do with it. Um, but no, we we we do thank them for their time and effort. Um, uh, they really
068do come in and just hit the ground running with that. Also, we have some training this week for our bus drivers. Uh we will spend a couple days kind of changed the format of that a little bit. Um we're going to bring them in day one. They're going to get some kids at Hope training um and get some time to work on their their liability assurance videos that we have to do. They have to watch the old bloodborne pathogen and all those videos that a lot of us had to watch. So they're going to watch those and take care of those. And then the second day they'll come back and they'll get their route information, student information, talk about safety and protocols. And we've we do have some personnel changes. um we'll go through all
069that with them and that'll be Thursday and Friday. Uh I did want to share that uh I want to thank my admin team. Uh we I I came up with the idea to do an admin retreat. It was probably February. Started putting some things on paper and working through it and didn't really know how it would go. Um we had a great day today. They came ready to work. It was casual but we we got some work done. We we we didn't just do managerial stuff. We talked about some leadership principles and and characteristics and things we want to do. We kind of reminded each other why we are in education in the first place. Um sometimes you get caught up in the nuts and bolts and the the task and each of us administrators
070are very task driven. At the end of the day, a kid's not the task. That's our job to take care of them and and we we tried to revisit that. I also want to give a huge thank you to Commander Martinez um from Crane uh military base. He came in and spoke to us. Uh he's a very busy guy and uh uh he he came in and had a great message, a lot of little nuggets of great leadership principles and uh a lot of good stories and uh just a very humble um very much a servant leader and and talked about some of those principles and I'm I'm confident that we have I'm confident to say we have a lot of our administrators already do a lot of those things, but it's nice to get
071somebody who's in charge of such a large group to share some of those um characteristics that we know are in the the right direction. So, I appreciate the uh the board doing that and and a couple of you were able to join us this morning. It was really laid-back and um thank you to to Kim and her family for allowing us to use um the ridge their facilities to host this and it was just a great day to sometimes we again we get so wrapped up in our task we don't take time to do some professional development for oursel and we also set the groundwork. We're going to do an administrative professional learning community once a month. We're going to meet on Wednesdays with me and we're going to do like we're going to do
072a little bit of a book study and just kind of take time to breathe and not do managerial stuff. There's it's not we're not going to talk about emails and stuff like that. We're going to talk about leadership things. Um and they were on board to do that. Um so I appreciate their willingness to do that. Um, final thing I have is if there's anybody out there that's seeing this the first time, if you're new to our corporation, you're interested in enrolling um, enrolling here, contact our our school offices or contact me directly at the central office and we'll get you to the right person and we'd love to have you come join us. We do a lot of great things here. That's all I've got. >> All right, Sharon. Jim, >> just thank you,
073Doug, for coordinating the day today. So excited looking Professional development, leadership training. Awesome. Awesome group of team members. >> I don't have anything. >> Yes. >> Hello. Okay. Um, we uh was recommended the meeting journ be at 7:33 p.m. Have a motion. Dennis. Second. Jim. Close four