001I'll call the meeting to order. We'll begin with the pledge. I aliance 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. >> I'd like to welcome everyone to the meeting in person and those joining us online on the live stream. Um, I'll preside over the meeting this this evening until a board president is elected. So, beginning with oath of office, I'm moving beyond that item because there are none at this time. I'd like to ask for approval for conflict of interest forms, the annual forms for Travis and Lorie Shepard and Christy and EJ Sigler. So, I'm asking for approval, please. Chelsea. All those in favor? Any opposed? And abstain. Thank you. All right. Next, um, compensation
002review for the board for the year. First, I'd like to just update every year the state kind of, uh, alters these amounts and what's allowable. There was a significant change this year. It changed to that board members can receive up to 10% of the lowest starting salary of a district teacher. For us, that would be $4,610 for their service plus a perm. The peradium maximum rates would be 150 um and 75. Um however, I'd like to make a recommendation and um this board has kept these rates the same for many years. Um, and I'd like to make a recommendation and based on your feedback, keeping it at the 2,000 year instead of that higher state rate and keeping it for 130 for regular meetings and 70 for special types of meetings. I'll make a motion
003that we do it the same as it is this year. >> Second by Travis. All those in favor? Any opposed? 70. And moves down to the officer portion of tonight's agenda. So, I'd like to open the floor for um nominations for president. I make a motion that we nominate Amy Pett for president. Thank you. >> Second by Pat. Any other nominations? Then closing nominations. Do we have a motion on the floor then for Amy Pettit for board president? >> Second by Travis. All in favor? >> I can vote for myself. >> And I will happily hand that over to the new board president Amy. >> So we'll continue with the slate of officers. We'll take um any nominations for vice president. >> Have a nomination for Cheryl Miller. Are there any others? >> Hearing none.
004We'll entertain a motion to accept Cheryl Miller as vice president. >> So move. >> Motion by Travis. Do we have a second? Second by Mary Lynn. Any discussion? All those in favor? 70. Next, we'll open up nominations for position of secretary. Do I have a nomin any nominations? Pat nomination of Pat Sullivan. Any other nominations? Hearing none, we'll entertain a motion to accept Pat Sullivan as secretary for the board. >> I have a motion by Ker. Do I have a second? >> Second by Chelsea. Any discussion? All those in favor 70. Welcome back everyone. Um so next we'll go down um for appointment of treasurer and deputy deputy treasure. >> Yes. And I would like to recommend Philip Marsh as treasurer and Myra fish as deputy treasure. >> Deputy treasurer. >> We'll entertain a motion
005to approve those two nominations. >> Absolutely. >> I have a motion by Pat, second by Mary. Any discussion? All those in favor? Seven. Next, we'll um entertain nomination for executive secretary. >> Yes. I'd like to recommend Deb Johnson as executive secretary. >> Struggling on my words. >> Salute. >> So, I have a motion by Pat. Do I have a second? >> Second by Cheryl. Any discussion? All those in favor? Seven. Welcome back, Deb. >> Um, keep going. >> Yep. Yep. >> Start with the board meeting schedule. >> I'd like to recommend the board meeting schedule for 7:26 through 6:27 as presented in your packet. >> Entertain a motion to approve that schedule as presented. >> So move. >> Motion by Cheryl. Do I have a second? >> Second by Kurt. Any discussion? All those in
006favor? 70. Legal counsel. >> I would like to recommend Jason Jud as our local council. >> Motion by Travis. Do I have a second? >> Second by Cheryl. Any discussion? All those in favor? 70. ISBA legislative liaison. >> I'd like to recommend Mary Lyn Wickham for that role. >> A motion to approve. >> Motion by Do I have a second? >> Second by Travis. Any discussion? All those in favor? Seven. Oh, you were up right. >> Whatever I'm supposed to do, you tell us what just for the record. >> Okay. So, one abstain. Six. One abstain. ISBA policy liaison. >> I'd like to recommend Pat Sullivan for that. Entertain a motion. approved. >> So moved. >> Motion by Travis. Do I have a second? Second by Mayor Lynn. Any discussion? All those in favor? Seven.
007>> Um, now we're down to authorizing presidents to talk through that. >> Yes. Um, if someone would like to make a motion, you could authorize the president to appoint individual board members to the committees or representatives to various organizations. >> I make that motion. >> A motion by Pat. We have a second. Second by Cheryl. Any discussion? All those in favor? Seven. So, next we'll come down to committees. These are appointments made by the president. Um, so we'll just run these through these pretty quickly. The essential services committee representative will be Cheryl Miller. The area plan commission appointment will be Travis Shepard. The North Vernon Redevelopment Commission representative will be Pat Sullivan and the Jennings County Redevelopment Commission representative will be Cheryl Miller. All of those remain unchanged from last year. So next we have
008consent agenda item on the agenda. So we'll entertain a motion to accept consent agenda items as presented. >> So second I have a motion by Kurt. I have a second by Travis. Any discussion? All those in favor? 70. And I will ask if anyone is present who would like to speak with any item on the agenda or any other topic. >> My name is George Mans. I'm here for royalty ripping for the S Creek Elementary project. >> Great to have you. Thank you for being here. >> Thank you. Okay. Um I think is that farther down on Great. Hang in there for a minute. Um yeah, thank you. Um so next we'll go down to old business. We have um this is it right the 2026 San Creek Roofing Contract. >> Yes. Our low bidder
009was royalty roofing at $300,398 and I'm asking for approval. We'll entertain a motion to approve. Motion by Travis. Do I have a second? Second by Mary Lynn. Any discussion? >> Is there anything you else you want to add? >> Not really. I mean, unless you guys have any questions pertaining, you know, about us or anything. I mean, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions, but >> might be I mean, we can take it just a couple of minutes. It might be a good time just to share um a little bit about you and or your company. Um, and it it's recorded. It's all live streamed. So, it's a little bit of marketing for you, too. So, >> well, my name is George Vance. I've been with Royalty Ribbing since 2008. Um, Royalty Ribbing
010has been in business since 1986. Um, we are a very large commercial ribbing company. Um, we actually do, um, AutoZone, O'Reilly's, um, Cracker Barrels, Pilots, um, several different commercial, um, roofing projects nationwide. Um, in fact, those I just listed were their soap roofing providers. So, um, we have several different locations across the United States. Um, and they just keep buying more, actually. So, um, but we're happy that we can provide you guys a service in our hometown. Um, glad we were able to uh help you guys. Um, I'm very familiar with the project. I estimated the project, so I know what's in store for what needs to be done. And we look forward to uh working with you guys. And uh hopefully we can put a smile on all your guys' faces when we finish
011up. But um I know who I need to work with and where I need to go forward after this. But um do you guys have any questions? Just want to say it's always nice when we can get someone more local um to work with us. So um thank you for bidding the project. And >> we have 16 ripping crews and they're all out of Seymour. That's just Seymour's location. We have Florida and Michigan and Wisconsin and Minnesota and there's roofing crews that we have there, but there's 16 out of our Seymour office and um we'll be sending obviously one of them over to complete the job for you and we look forward to getting it done. >> Thank you. >> George has been in our community a long time, like a lot longer than 2008.
012>> Said you've been in our community a lot longer than >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. I used to be back in the day I worked with Andy and was a reserve deputy here for a little while and me and Andy's known each other for quite some time actually. So we don't get to see each other very often but I think I just saw him saw some of you at a restaurant or something. >> Travis. >> Oh, try again. >> But anyways, yes, I've been I live in Seymour, Indiana. So um Unfortunately, I don't live in the county, but there's no doubt in my mind that we can take good care of you and you guys are going to be satisfied with the decision that you made. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. >> All right.
013Anything else you guys need from me? >> No. >> All right. Well, I'll move forward and getting everything done for you guys. >> Thank you. Have a good evening. >> You too. >> So, we do have a we do have a motion. We have a second. Um after discussion all those in favor 70. Next we'll go down to new business under programs um false reporting K through2 um student handbooks addendum. >> Yes. I'm asking for approval from uh for an addendum to the handbook. Um it's what we discussed in the work session. um it would be something we would like to share with parents immediately and we would send a to parents square and then we would add it to the physical handbooks next year. >> Okay. >> Again, this was something that was um
014discussed in the work session. Um does anyone I will entertain a motion to approve this as presented. >> So I have a motion by Pat, second by Mary Lynn. Any discussion? All those in favor? Seven. Um, next we're down under professional staff, we have some recommendations. >> Yes, please. Asking for approval for career increment master teacher stipens to be awarded for the 2627 school year through 203031 to Casey Ernes and Sarah Prince. Also asking for approval to um employ David Sheep at the third as the new Jennings County High School family and consumer science culinary arts teacher. Entertain motion to approve those recommendations. >> Motion by Cheryl, second by Travis. Any discussion? All those in favor? 7. So, next we'll go down under um support staff recommendations. >> Just have one this evening. Asking for
015approval, please, for Kendall Wildy to be uh employed as a Jennings County High School assistant softball coach. A motion to approve. >> Motion by Travis. Do I have a second? >> Second by Cheryl. Any discussion? All those in favor? 70. Um, now under finances, we have some donations. We're missing Phillip tonight. >> Yeah, I'm going to do my best, Phillip. uh asking for approval to accept these donations for Hayden Elementary, Ed and Lisa Beely, $4,000 for student lunches or any kind of student assistance. Cynthia Chambers, $200 for student lunch debt. Jennings County Community Foundation, $200 for student snacks and the student care closet. Uh Jason Skaggs, $300 to use for any student assistance. For the Jennings County School Corporation, Hope Food Program, Wesley D. Jones, $150 for the Jennings County High School. Jennings County pallets,
016$1,000 for winter formal. Keenan cast and family, a large box of food items for the food pantry. Lost Chalupa's restaurant, $797 to the Jennings County High School faculty, PBIS. Mother Bear's Pizza to the Boys Volleyball Club, $175. Uh, Jennings Church of Christ, $200 for the Panther Pantry. Jared of Bergmmyer Moore Fund, Avenue of Flags through the Jennings County Community Foundation, $200 for Panther Pantry, Texas Roadhouse, $13 to the Jennings County High School faculty PBIS. And for North Vernon Elementary, uh, Sherid B Sherid Bergmmyer Moore Fund, Jennings County Community Foundation, $200 for student snacks. >> I entertain a motion to approve those donations as read. >> I have a motion by Kirk. I have a second. >> Second by Any discussion? All those in favor? 7. Next, we're not down under operations. We have a resolution.
017>> Yes. The first resolution is for the Southeastern Career Center to adopt a new operating agreement. This requires all member school district school boards to unanimously approve updating some language um which would also allow new members to join. Asking for approval of First resolution. We'll entertain a motion to approve as presented. >> Have a motion by Mary Lando. I have a second. Second by Cheryl. Any discussion? All those in favor? 7. Next resolution. The second resolution is also for the career center and that is to add Madison Consolidated Schools as a member. Um the addition of Madison has several financial advant advantages for James County schools. Um one is that they have a back amount of $598,000 and um that reduces the other corporation members financial obligations for some facility needs. It also helps keep
018the tuition cost at the career center steady by state helping stabilize enrollment. Um I would note Jennings County Schools has had stable to increasing enrollment at the career center but that's not been true for all member corporations. So asking for approval of that resolution adding Madison as a member Motion by Pat. Do I have a second? >> Second by Chelsea. Any discussion? >> Question about that. So if any school pulls out of that, it cost $500 to get back. >> So there is a buyback amount, but that's dependent on different factors like how what their enrollment was when they left, how long they were gone. There's multiple different factors that go into it. >> So how long was Madison out? We know. >> I don't remember off the top of my head, but it has
019been some time but is less than 10 years >> expensive per year though. >> Okay. >> Any other discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? Seven. Um next we go down under relations. We have anou. Yes. I have severalus. The first one is between the University of Indianapolis and Jinx County schools. Um and it's for an internship and special ed. It's just a standard agreement when we um have Entertain a motion to approve. Motion by Travis. Do I have a second? >> Second by Kurt. Any discussion? All those in favor? 70. >> And the second one, it's another standard agreement for student teaching. It's anou with Indiana Wesleyan University and County Schools. And this one is for counseling. >> A motion to approve. >> Motion by Cheryl or sorry, Chelsea. >> Second. Second by Pat.
020Any discussion? All those in favor? 70. >> And the last one is anou with Indiana State University and County Schools. I entertain a motion to approve motion by Cheryl and a second. Second by Marilyn. Any discussion? All those in favor? Which brings us to the end of the agenda. together. I want to celebrate um all of our staff, but I really want to celebrate our high school um staff, students, and parents this evening. Um I was able to bring to you last year exciting graduation information. The state just officially released the next year. We've had continued improvements. We were as close as you could get to 96%. We were 95 when you could round up, but it's awfully close. So I think it was 95 >> I thought it was 93. >> Yeah, I think
021it was 95.93. I mean we were so close. >> Um but still I to put that in perspective that outpaces a lot of other um public school corporations in our region. And in our region we have the highest rate of poverty and yet still um really knocked it out of the park. And that is not a one time thing. That's not a one test. four years of hard work from parents, from kids, and from staff. But the way that's happened is by meeting the need in each kid and trying to find solutions with each kid has a struggle or a barrier. So, I can't say enough about the work that the high school's doing to engage kids and keep them engaged and we are just so very proud of them. So, just want to publicly
022recognize that continued hard work. Very good. Hearing nothing else to come before the board. We'll entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> Motion by Pat. Do I have a second? Second by Cheryl. All those in favor.