001We're learning of our trustees meeting for Hanover for March 24th, 2026. If everyone can stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Welcome. Bielke. Here. Berdan. Here. Haskell. Here. Kuzma, here. Baliska. Here. Uh you have all approved the report. Uh tonight under commendations, we are recognizing some of our wonderful second grade students who have accomplished quite the feat. Mr. Zaremba and Mrs. Delgado. Thank you, members of the board, and Dr. McCallie. Uh our second grade students take the I-Ready assessment. Uh for those of you unfamiliar with that test, it's actually designed for third grade students, but our second graders take
002it. Uh and they perform very well, so we're very proud of how our whole student body performed. But, uh we have a few students who actually scored a perfect score, which means that they didn't miss a single problem on the test. So, that's very remarkable, and we want to uh commend them and and give them a pat on the back for all of their hard work. Um and also, I always have to thank parents because we know very well that um in order to have kids perform like that, there has to be a lot of support at home. So, thank you very much. Uh and then also, some of our second grade teachers are here. So, uh I just want to point those out. I know Mrs. Manix from Lincoln is here. And then, your
003teachers? >> Mrs. Neanthir and Mrs. Tegner. All right. So, thank you, SECOND GRADE TEACHERS. SO, WHEN WE ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME UP AND get your certificate, and then we'll have you line up and we'll get a picture, okay? So, from Lincoln, we have Ethan Almeida. Congratulations, Ethan. Go ahead and stand right here. And then, Connor Warren. AND THEN, WE'VE GOT THE GIRL POWER OVER at Jane Ball. So, first up, we have ANNELISE RAMIREZ. AND KAYLEE HANSON. ALL RIGHT, KAYLEE. COME OVER HERE BY THIS POSTER, and we're going to take a picture over here by the big poster, okay? Don't usually have candy sitting here, but parents Good job. Nice job. Trick or treat right now. You don't want one? Good job. Good job. You want a piece of candy? No? Wow, you guys really
004are Stand up, okay? Hold up your certificate so I can see you. Mom said, "Don't take candy from Yeah, don't take candy from All right. 3 2 1. All right, GOOD JOB, GUYS. WOW. THAT IS SO ALL RIGHT. OKAY, PERFECT. UM UH PARENTS, COMMENDATIONS, you are welcome to leave after this um or you are welcome to stay for the entire meeting. That's entirely up to you. No judgement, Al. Not you, teachers. No. I know she wants to come up here. That is so cute. That is cute. I love that it's pointing to you. I'll just I'll just flash for you right now. Head bows for the principal. She's telling you bye, Mr. Zaremba. Oh, bye, Mayomi. Right, yeah. Yeah. Full house for four kids. That's nice. We have nobody signed up for comments relative to
005the agenda. So, moving on to approval of the agenda. Who would like to make a motion to approve the agenda? I'll make a motion. Anybody want to second? I'll second. Comments or discussion? Roll call. Bielke. Yes. Berdan. Mhm. Haskell. Yes. Kuzma, yes. Baliska. Yes. Board has voted 5-0 to approve. We have no administrative reports tonight. Do we have any town reports? No? All right. Brenda. For approval of the consent agenda? Oh. That's that's fine. Sorry. I'd like to make a motion to approve the consent agenda. Anybody want to second? >> Comments or discussion? Roll call. Bielke. Yes. Berdan. Yes. Uh Haskell. Yes. Kuzma. Yes. >> Baliska. Yes. Board has voted 5-0 to approve. Thank you. Um I'd like to take this opportunity before we go on to uh recognize Mrs. Jansma. Um she's going to
006be with us the remainder of the year, fortunately, but I just want to thank her for all of her work, and this is a real loss for the district. And just want to thank you for everything you do for us. BUILDING UP. OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST approval of the revised 2026-2027 school pricing fees and charges. Uh we did revise it with an addition of CPR certification training for $10. This will require formal board action. Anybody want to make a motion? I'll make a motion to approve the revised 2026-2027 school pricing fees and charges. Anybody want to second? I'll second. Comments or discussion? Roll call. Bielke. Yes. Berdan. Yes. Haskell. Yes. Kuzma. Yes. Baliska. Yes. Board has voted 5-0 to approve. Our second action item tonight, I'd like to request approval
007to apply for the spring 2026 common school technology loan in the amount of $85,000. Uh as they have been in the past, this will be for a term of 5 years at 1% interest in per month. Uh this will require formal board action. I'll make a motion to approve the spring 2026 common school technology loan in the amount of $85,000. Anybody want to second? I'll second. Comments or discussion? Roll call. Bielke. Yes. Berdan. Yes. Haskell. Yes. Kuzma. Yes. Baliska. Yes. Board has voted 5-0 to approve. Request approval of the following school board meetings for the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year. Tuesday, April 14th, Tuesday, May 12th, and Tuesday, June 9th. This require requires formal board action. Um previously, the school board used to meet once a month. Um it was changed to twice a
008month, and we decided to go back to once a month. Um with that, uh we're starting that in April, and then it will we'll get a whole new schedule in July. If we like it. Sure. If we like it. Uh anybody want to I'll make a motion to approve the updated school board meetings for the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year. And I will second. Any comments or discussion? Roll call. Bielke. Yes. Berdan. Yes. Haskell. Yes. Kuzma, yes. Baliska. Yes. Board has voted 5-0 to approve. Thank you. Request approval of the following board policies. Revised policy 2221, mandatory curriculum. Revised policy 2410, audio, video, and digital recording of meetings. Revised policy 2414, reproductive health and family planning and human sexuality instruction. Revised policy 2416, student privacy and parental access to information. Revised policy 2461, recording
009of IEP team meetings and case conferences. This require requires formal board action. I'll make a motion to approve the revised policy 2221, revised policy 2410, revised policy 2414, revised policy 2416, and revised policy 2461. Who would like to second? I'll second. Comments or discussion? Roll call. Bielke. Yes. Berdan. Yes. Haskell. Yes. Kuzma, yes. Baliska. Yes. Board has voted 5-0 to approve. Thank you. Request approval for the acceptance of revised policy 2623 on student assessment, revised policy 3220.02 on supplemental payments for teachers, and revised policy 5517 on anti-harassment. This requires I'm really struggling with network tonight. Um requires formal board action. Who would like to make a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve revised policy 2623, revised policy 3220.02, and revised policy 5517. Would anyone like to second? I'll second. Comments or discussion? Roll
010call. Bielke. Yes. Ferdinand. Yes. Asmus. Yes. Kuzma. Yes. Poliska. Yes. Board is I voted five votes to approve. Thank you. Our fifth action item tonight, I'd like to request acceptance of donations in the amount of $8,000 from the following families and businesses. The money will be combined with a grant through Crown Point Community Foundation to purchase metal interchangeable signs to create STEM stations and projects along the outdoor trail at Lincoln Elementary School. There's quite a few here and I am going to name them all. A lot of great people and businesses here. Uh Hanover Junior Wildcat Football and Cheer, Edward Austin Family, MI Box of Northwest Indiana, Centier Bank, Cedar Lake Lions Club, Tech Credit Union, Demotte State Bank, Bigby Coffee number 890, the Shepherd Family and Adeline Ott, Lighthouse Church of Cedar Lake, Horace
011Mann, Head Games Salon, Metro, John and Jim, Sheehy Well and Pump, Sons of the American Legion Post 369, Debbie Lucia and Kinsley Rhodes, Mike and Amanda Nick Nicolau Nicolou. Sorry if I butchered that last name. Lincoln Elementary PTO, Bethel Church and Ministries, 41 U-Lock Self Storage, Edinburgh Exteriors Incorporated, The Corner Store, Floors and Kitchens LTD, American Legion 369, the Ott Family and Adeline Ott, American Legion Unit 261, Who's Your Postal Plus LLC, the Rick Larson Wrestling Club, uh Metro, Patricia Metro, Advance Care Medical Specialists, Ziggy's Fun Land, Katie and Kyle Rhodes, Kinsley Rhodes, New Chapter Real Estate, the Diana Sutton Team. This will require formal board action. I'll make a motion to accept the donations in the amount of $8,000. Anybody want to second? I'll second. Um this is fantastic. We have a great community.
012Thank you to all those people, but who do we have to thank for actually getting all of those? Because I know that took somebody a lot of time. Um I don't know who Denise Courdray and Alicia Darnstadt. >> I was going to say I don't know who else was involved beyond Alicia Darnstadt, but I don't know many people that can say no to her. Myself included. Um but yeah. But that takes a lot. It absolutely does. It's a lot to ask for donations. I don't know if you've ever had to do that. It's It's hard. It's hard. Yeah, and that's a lot of work went into that, so And I have to give kudos to Denise Courdray, too. She's just wonderful. I think both of them did. All right, roll call. Bielke. Yes. Ferdinand. Yes.
013Asmus. Yes. Kuzma. Yes. Poliska. Yes. Board is voted five votes to approve. Our final action item tonight, I'd like to request acceptance of the following donation, a donation in the amount of $50 to the Jane Ball Tree Huggers Club from Emily Levin on behalf of Meadow Miller. This will require formal board action. Would anyone like to make a motion? I'll make a motion to approve the donation. Would anyone like to second? I'll second. Comments or discussion? Roll call. Bielke. Yes. Ferdinand. Yes. Asmus. Yes. Kuzma. Yes. Poliska. Yes. Board is voted five votes to approve. All right, and nobody has signed off to um discussion relative to items not on the agenda. Do any board have any comments they want to say? Discussion? Go for it. Tomorrow is our very first junior varsity and varsity volleyball
014game. Aw. I'm glad they brought that back. >> Me, too. That That's been quite a few years since they haven't had I think what, 2014 the last time they had it? Somewhere around there. Boys, right? This is for boys. >> Boys, yeah. This is for boys. And I also want to remind everybody that uh the best of the region voting, you can still vote every day. Sunday is the last day to vote. You can vote for the Hanover Learning Academy and Hanover High School. Um so try to push get those votes in. I've been voting every day. Vote early, vote often. You can only vote once unless you have one email doing that, another email doing that one. All right. I think that's it. Anybody want to make a motion to adjourn? I will make
015a motion to adjourn. Everybody ready to adjourn, say aye. Aye. Meeting closed. Thank you.