001all right okay can we call the meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance please United States indivisible liy well thank you and welcome to the October regular meeting of Mo of the Green Castle School Board have a short staff tonight here but first thing on the agenda there adjustments to the agenda Mr Gib yeah so I'd like to add item 8G and that would be to move the November board meeting date from November 27th to November 20th um due to Thanksgiving break that'll allow um adequate time uh for board packet preparation um to take place and it also helps a little bit um with our December me board meeting date being a little bit earlier in the month as well so November 27th to the 20th that would be correct good okay can I
002get a motion to approve the adjustments so move second here move motion is second all in favor I all opposed motions passes next item on the agenda is public comments regarding tonight's agenda items we have any comments okay he you n moving on next item on the agenda is recognitions Mr Gibney yep so we'll begin with recognitions here um Mr McHugh is ill today so we have Mrs Hill uh representing dear Meadow hiil this is Abigail Newman she has been recommended um by multiple staff members this year so far for student of the month so we're super proud of her but I want to read a little bit about what um adults has said okay says Abby has shown herself to be courteous kind and respectful towards teachers staff and peers Abby always has a
003smile and a good morning for everyone in the building she is respectful and kind to the students as well um when asked to help she's always eager to do whatever is asked of her and Abby is always one of my first ones that I go to for to be a here helper too so um we're super proud of Abby congratulations [Applause] for yeah and we have our f parents and student want to go down the hallway and you're welcome to come back in after the photo we also recognize that being a school night you may need to get your student home uh Mr Roberts ridpath hello I am excited to have Miss Millie deer here with me she is our September students of the month at rth and I'm going to read some words that
004Mrs Hayes her second grade teacher wrote about her Millie is a great second grader she loves to learn she works hard she loves to laugh and have fun and is an amazing helper she volunteers to help others in so many ways she will tie shoes for students that are still learning lend a hand to clean up even if she didn't make the mess she shares kind and calm calm words when someone is having a hard day and she's always willing to help others with their work when they are struggling she's an outstanding member of our class and we're so proud to have her at R first Mrs elridge te and also seged by other so it was only this CLS so we have Nadia Wagner here she is popping over here because she is uh
005working on the High School Musical so she's busy schedule so thank you guys for making that happen we had tons of um our entire seven grade um staff said she's High achieving academic student a band member who's always kind to her class classmates um she is helpful goes out of her way to help everyone she always is enjoyable and a happy demeanor she is outgoing and positive in the classroom and she's a pleasure to have in our building not [Applause] yet Mrs good pastor the high school would like to recognize Grace long um Grace was nominated by Mrs pin for the character tradeit of responsibility Grace is an asset to the ghs in many ways she's a responsible student inside and out of the classroom she always steps up when is needed she's often um
006there to help solve problems throughout rehearsal of the musical Grace has worn many hats and she's a one-of-a-kind student and I will say the two times I've had to well a couple of times I've had to fill in for U music or French Grace happens to be in the room and takes over and love that those are two of my weaknesses so we would like to recognize [Applause] Grace and then uh not necessarily a student recognition um but I want to recognize our uh Alumni Association um they've been working with our our school system specifically our high school to help develop uh school spirit and so if you'd like to come forward and make a few comments for you I'm John I'm currently the president of the Green Castle alumni and the Green Castle alumni
007has been around since 1993 and uh we've given out several scholarships but along with the scholarships um we want to be more involved with the students we just recently helped out with some Spirit shirts uh donated money help pass them out and we we wanted to come and let the school board know that the Green Castle and I are out here and we're trying to plan different events to help our students now are any of you familiar with a program that Karen Haven runs it's called The Haven college career services we had taken this to the school a few months ago now and I understand it was uh in the hands of Adam Mr MCM mcml yeah Adam mcml and I had not heard back from him so we thought we'd come and present the
008information to the school board for they to look over have just a small one page actually two pages yeah you can give it to us yeah all5 cost per year but it's been discounted but 1500 year would be the alumni pick up okay there would be no to school they would have to facilate Workshop again all these workshops are not included in but see what and it's just College figure schar what have you [Music] and currently we have involved in the airport appreciation days just to get out meet and greet people uh always looking for new members always looking for new people to help out on the board as sure any board in puam County can attest it but uh along with me today I have H Catherine Lowry no and Jan Hansen and an
009bar all currently board members come come come up does so much for us if he wants well that's okay I need to done so much for it she's always willing to volunteer for anything even if she doesn't know what it is the only thing I would like to add is we are struggling to get recognition from the school and we'd like to know what we can do to get that recognition to help more and we are talking about the high school yes School yes at the high school in other words when we try to do something it seems like we get a roadblock that the school is not behind us we'd like to get the school the high school involved with us so when they get out they can be a lonni I mean I
010know over the years things have changed but still there's a lot of things that we could help with if we had the backing of the school sure sure and there again we're looking for things to do we're looking for that shirt that needs to be bought or somebody that needs some help you know anything that we can do to help is what we want to help them sure and just wanted to come in and say hello and get to know you and put you know some fa with the names yep okay well we certainly do appreciate it y we will we'll make sure you get a response we look into that all right thank Youk you thanks for what you do next item on the agenda is the approval of the consent agenda which consists
011of regular board meeting minutes from September 25th 2023 the allowance of claims to financial report and Personnel reports part one and two which are found on the website and the door to the boardroom this is room yes hello everyone first in our packet tonight we've got um three regular payrolls two times a year we have three payrolls and September was one of those months so the first payroll was dated um September 1st for a total payroll of 467,000 63490 and along with that payroll came the um uh taxes uh retirement total on that payroll 131 9761 second payroll was dated 915 for a total payroll of 48,900 and then the third and final payroll for September was dated the 29th for 47473 14 and the taxes in retirement for that payroll were 14759 excuse me
012that is incorrect yeah no that is correct I'm sorry that is correct 147 5098 my bifocal kind of failed me for a second sorry old lady proms were there any questions about the payroll for September okay we're going to go ahead and move on to some prepays um if you had a chance to take a look at any of the prepays did anyone have any questions we had several this month as you could see no to me to ask no okay total for prepaids for September 2023 $313,000 72 cents and then we have a list of claims that are dated today October 23rd 2023 looking through here there's nothing unusual on this list but happy to answer any questions if you would like any uh clar clarification on any claims from this month no total
013claims for today October 23rd 2023 is 4,793 65 and then we'll go ahead and move on to the fund report uh total excuse me the balance in education fund the end of SE September was 3,444 11283 balance the end of September 2023 in operations 895 98287 the final page for the fund report is going to be you'll see page five total in all funds is 7,699 95062 next in the packet is going to be the top depository statement showing the uh balance and all bags to all funds you'll see that those Balance to the penny and then next in your package you're going to see the fund transfer report nothing unusual on these transfers it's just the usual for school lunch education Ops and then of course um the um oh just a transfer from
014one bank to another which we normally have to pay for our claims a total on that was $ 73,5 40 and if we're ready to wrap up here the last thing that's going to be in your Finance packet is going to be expenditures for the bonds Bond 2021 total expenditures um for um LTE I'm struggling today I can't see I think I need I think I need to clean my glasses total for total for 2021 is going to be um at the end of September 2023 is 26 milon 14324 and then you'll see in bond 2022 there were no expenditures during the month of September so the total balance um so far year-to-date expenditures for Bond 2022 remain at 3 million 75197 and pending any questions and my ability to read my paperwork I would
015like to submit for approval okay any questions comments okay hear none all in favor of the approving the consent agenda second motion be approved second okay Motion in second all in favor motion or all opposed motion passes next item on the agenda is reports and first is the Green Castle Teachers Association report evening hi there everybody U no big news to report with this uh gcpa and board meeting um I am happy to say though that we are going to start our negotiations tomorrow as far as the uh teacher contract is concerned uh looking forward to positive experience that maybe a bit long but POS so other than that though we're looking forward to presenting our teacher nominees for you for October we'll start that in November and other than that no news is good
016news okay thanks next item is the assistant superintendent report hello um so I'm just going to share um an announcement that we are going to be partnering with Jag Indiana beginning next school year um so Jag is jobs for America's graduates and uh we've met with their um our person there with the high school administrative staff as well as the Middle School um because one of the fabulous things is that we will be the very first Middle School in Indiana to have a Jag program so they do not have any middle schools yet in our state so we're going to be the first ones um Jag has been around in Indiana since 2006 and Governor hul announced few weeks ago that he wants to increase in the number of programs in Indiana schools from 125
017to 250 um and so we rest on to that and in the high school it's a multi-year program we're focusing on our Juniors and our seniors um it's going to um help develop career Readiness life skills and um postgraduation activities and one of the perks is that the Jag specialist actually works with the student for one year after graduation because often that time can be where you know if they're not being successful if they choose the college route or in the job they can be somebody who's a support for that person and for those students and then for the Middle School um since it's brand new we're kind of making it as we go along um with our Jack Partners but it's really going to focus on transitioning those students to high school so um
018really giving them skills on organization the importance of school what type of career um are they looking into to how can their High School classes help impact that or help get them there and they also um will work with the student as a freshman they'll meet with them four times a year their freshman year to make sure that that transition is going smoothly so we are really excited about this partnership and to see what it's going to look like next year we've been trying for about a year now to you're little over year to try and bring this program uh to Green Castle where one time we did have a program so we can definitely see the benefits of the mentor mentorship and the funding um that we received from the Department of Workforce Development
019um helps pay for the these staff members in our school so it's a totally a win-win for Green Castle and our students great thank you that's all I have next is the superintendent's report Mr Gib yeah so just just a couple of items uh this month brief items obviously we're meeting with gcta tomorrow for negotiations looking for another uh positive session uh with them um have started to Begin work on the master calendar uh for next school year um so it's my goal to uh have a uh proposal for the board to approve at our November meeting um don't really expect any major changes uh moving forwards and then um recently obviously we recently approved our foundational statements the board uh approved our mission and vision and core beliefs and so we've continued that work
020uh with our staff and uh are moving forwards with um developing goals um and priorities and so we're really excited to continue to move forward and use that work to um develop our longrange strategic plan for the district that's all I have for this month okay very good thank you next item on the agenda is old business and we have no of business so brings us to new business and the first item is an approval request for the adoption of capital of the capital projects plan School Bus replacement plan and the 2024 budget related resolutions yeah so we've met all stat story uh guidelines deadlines U work through the County Council um to uh adopt um our 2024 budget essentially this is the last step um in completing that process and so it would be
021my recommendation that the board approve those items as presented is this basically same plan that we've been following for the last couple three years the capital projects plan it's a continuation of the of the things that we've completed and the things that we'd like to complete thank you MH okay can I get a motion to approve the three plans so move okay we have a motion the second all in favor all right all opposed motion passes next item is an approval request for the disposition of surplus property being weight room equipment and cafeteria tables yep so uh just obviously given the given the upgrades we're going to have some equipment that we want to declare as Surplus and then we will work uh to dispose of according to our our board policies um through a
022s sale could potentially be sealed bids um we definitely um are going to find a way to see if there's any other school that can make make use of these items and it would be nice to recoup a little bit of funds as well so it would be my recommendation that uh the board approved this request is presented motion to approve second okay have a motion in second to get rid of the Surplus property all in favor I all opposed motion passes third item under new business is is the approval request for Jag of Indiana first being the Middle School partnership between vincon University and gcsc and the high school the partnership commitment between Western Indiana Workforce Development board and gcsc giving you yeah so um we've already kind of shared uh a lot of
023the different information um about the Jag programs and this is an exciting opportunity uh for our our kids in our community and so it's just the formal time to approve moving forwards in these Partnerships and so I'd make the recommendation that uh the board approve uh these Partnerships I make a motion is to approval be made approve please second I'm sorry okay sounds good to me um have a motion a second all in favor I all opposed oppostion passes next item on the agenda is approval request for a new athletic corporate sponsor in Meyers market for the amount of $1,000 so move I'll second give a motion second um all in favor I all opposed motion passes Jeff do you know how many corporate athletic sponsors are I'm not sure but I can work on
024getting account we I know we definitely have a lot of support from our community because it seems like every month we're approving in a few minutes yes we are I'll see if Mr Greenley can get us count I appreciate that that's a it's nice okay next item equally is easy to approve is an a an approval request for some donations um all being from the Mary Allison trust fund first one to Green Castle High School for 4,000 or yes $4,799 125 the next from Mary Allison's trust children's trust to Green Castle middle school for $2,873 and a third B from Mary Allison children's trust to rid paath Primary in the amount of $735 or S make a motion to be approved second a motion and second all in favor I all opposed motion passes and
025very much appreciated next item on the agenda is the second reading and approval of several theola policies the ones we had first reading of last meeting does anyone have any questions or comments on the mo the old the policy changes prior to approv make a motion to approve second okay motion a second any questions or discussion comments on the changes most of these changes were just the very minimal technical Direction update on all yeah okay we have a motion in a second all in favor I second all in favor all in favor I'm sorry hearing AG is not good I am in favor hey we have Vision PRS hearing PR sorry we're all good tonight okay I believe the motion passes um next last item on the agenda is an approval request to move the
026November school board meeting scheduled for November 27th move it up a week to November 20th same time same place I make a motion that'll be approved second okay a motion in the second all in favor I all opposed motion passes okay last item on the agenda is other business does anyone have any other business to discuss Mr peerce any other business yes say again any other business yeah I make a motion yes second no just just any other to disc okay sorry um I have a question for you Jeff sure um when again remind [Music] us program be that was King some just yep so latest update I have and this something I touch base with them quite often um is one of our first buses is sitting on their sitting on their lot in
027Silver Lake the other ones are off of the production line but are still waiting for like a part um so it's it's not too different than um kind of what's out there right now with just the supply chain and things are things are delayed um but we are touching base regularly with our our sales rep and expect those to eventually um make their way to us um I'm just thankful that we purchased them when we did because had we not we'd be waiting for long long time okay yeah I was just curious I that should be happening soon yep okay anybody else Mo next item on the agenda is adjournment I'll make a motion will be adjourned a second okay a motion and a second all in favor all right all opposed motion passes we
028are adjourned thank you very much thank you everyone thank you be careful going home and see you on the 20th of November