00115. We're good. >> All right. Good morning, everybody. Uh I am John Trout, superintendent of Huntington County Community Schools. Um I would like to welcome everyone to this public hearing. Um we have a few here in the room today. So, uh thank you for attending. Uh the purpose of the hearing is for the school corporation and the teachers association to take public testimony on the subjects of teacher bargaining. These topics are teacher salaries, teacher wages and thirdly teacher salary and wage related benefits including accidents, sickness, health, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement benefits and paid time off as permitted to be bargained under Indiana code. Uh this is not a question and answer session rather this is an opportunity for the public to provide their input on the topics of teacher bargaining. If anyone would like
002to testify, uh, we'll ask you to come forward. Probably ask you to sit right here next to me, uh, so we can get you on camera and, uh, and then present your testimony. We'll do this one person at a time. So, with me at the table is for the public to know, Mandy Barnum. Uh, so we have three we have three presidents. And so, >> two presidents and a vice president. I didn't realize that, John. >> So, we have Manny Barnum, teacher at Crestview. We have John Berdau, teacher at Crestview. We have Manny Stevenson, teacher at Lincoln. So, welcome. I'm glad you guys are here. So, at this time, I'll open this up uh for public hearing for the public uh wants to give any testimony regarding teacher compensation. So, do we have anybody in
003the public that would wish to provide input on this topic? Anybody? Okay. So, we will close the hearing then. Um, we officially have closed it. Thank you for coming today. I appreciate it. We are, just so the public knows, we do have our first bargaining meeting next >> next Wednesday. >> Yeah. Wednesday. >> Yeah. next Wednesday. So, we have our first bargaining meeting next Wednesday.