001I 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. >> Okay, we'll start with consent agenda items. I have a motion. >> Have a motion from Travis. A second. Second. >> Second from Pat. Okay. Any discussion? All those in favor? Okay. 60. Okay. Um, is there anyone in the crowd that would like to speak on any items on the agenda or any other topic? Hearing none, we'll move on. We'll go to old business. And this will be Nikki with the Neola. Yes. I'm asking for approval tonight of this group of policies. This is their second reading. >> Do I have a motion? >> Okay. Mary, make a motion. I have a second. >> Second. >>
002Kirk makes a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? 60. The second thing we'll go to is programs and Krie has a presentation. >> Yes. I'm asking for um course approval for James County High School for the 20 26 2027 school year um that were shared with you. Um these will help with the addition to the new diploma. It gives us a little more flexibility and some options for the students to take some other classes. >> Right. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Okay. Pat made the motion. Do I have a second? Second by Travis. Any discussion? All those in favor? opposed 6. Okay, we'll drop down to the property and Philip has a presentation. >> Yes. Uh this is just an inform. We the roofing project for Sand Creek. We've been
003doing roofing ever since I've came here, you know, and this year we're doing the second set of Sand Creek. We did A, this is section B. Nine contractors attended the pre-bid. Uh six of them returned bids. Royalty roofing was the lowest bidder at 300,398 and I will bring that back for approval in the January meeting. Just wanted to inform that. >> Thank you. And the next on the item is under new business. Uh we have some programs and Nikki will present this. >> Yes. So Southeastern Career Center, I have an update. We're a member of the Southeastern Career Center and in January maybe bring back to you an updated operating agreement. Madison Consolidated Schools has to rejoin that cooperative. The benefit to us of um allowing another member to join is that it would keep
004our enrollment tuition cost stable by keeping enrollment stable there. Um and it would also give funding for some facility needs in that aging building for some updates. Uh they have a buyback amount of almost $600,000 and so those funds will be put to use to support some of those projects. Um so I'll bring that back and ask for approval in January. Thank you. The second item is the McKenna Vento grant and pod. >> Yep. So, we applied for the fiscal year 26 McKini Vento grant and were awarded $21,232.50 to help remove barriers for students who uh are experiencing homelessness to to attend school. Uh so, this grant will be used to help with our prek tuition, clothing, supplies, and transportation for students who qualify through McKini Mento. So asking for permission or asking for approval
005to accept the McKinto grant. >> Okay. Do I have a motion? >> Okay. Motion by Chelsea. Do I hear a second? >> Second by Pat. Any discussion? >> I just want to say that's that's awesome. We can we got those kids. >> All right. All those in favor? Motion carries. We'll drop down to professional staff and Lisa. >> Um I have I have one recommendation making please for Nicole Being to be approved um Jennings County High School guidance counselor to have five additional days redistributed to her um calendar. >> So I hear any discussion all those uh all those in favor? Any opposed? 6. >> Okay. And permission slips. >> Permission to fill. Yes. Asking for permission to fill positions prior to the next board meeting with us being one semester moving into the other
006winter break. Want to make sure we don't any gaps in classroom coverage. So asking for that permission to fill positions. >> Okay. Do I hear? Do I hear a motion? >> Okay. Travis, do I hear a second? >> Second by Mary Lynn. Any discussion? All those in favor? Any opposed? 6. Okay. And now we'll move on to the title one non-public services. Karen. >> Yes. I'm asking for approval for St. Mary's tutors. This is part of our title one non-public services. Um, and the following tutors are Gretchen Hughes, Lindseay Morris, Angie Kelly, Sa Sandy Kushner, Jennifer Sanders, Abigail Erdle, and Abby Capes. >> You want to hear a motion? So moved. >> Uh I have a motion from Kurt. Do I have a second? Second from Pat. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> Any
007oppose? Motion carries. Um then next we'll go to support staff and Lisa has some recommendations. Yes, please. Asking for approval for the following recommendations. Gavin Baitman, Jennings County High School volunteer boys wrestling coach. Nathan Caps, Jennings County Middle School assistant boys basketball coach. Bes, Jennings County High School volunteer girls wrestling coach. Maline Karee, third grade volunteer girls basketball coach. Billy Fusion, Jennings County Middle School uh second chef custodian. Shelby Grimes, third grade volunteer girls basketball coach. Harry Hall, Grand Creek Elementary custodian. Amy Henderson, Jennings County School Corporation transmission, I'm sorry, transportation administrative assistant. and Sarah Robbins, Brush Creek Elementary custodian. >> Okay. Do I hear a motion? Motion by Mary Lynn. Do I have a second? >> Second by Kurt. Any discussion? All those in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. 60. And now we'll move
008on to finances with Phillip. >> Yes, we have an entire sheet of donations because of the great people of this county. >> [clears throat] >> and I will try my best not to mess any of these up. All right, so I'm asking board for approval of the following donations. Brush Creek Elementary anonymous, $500 for student activities and snacks. Backwoods Sister Boutique, $260 for student activities, sixth grade. Chick-fil-A 13538 for student activities. Zenus Baptist Church, $100 for extra student clothing in the nurse's office. At Hayden, we've got anonymous $100 for student activities. Barley Construction, $500 for use for the sixth grade field trip at Graham Creek. Tea Creek Baptist Church, $200 for student needs. Uh, Corporationwide Hope Food Program, Graham Bapt Graham Presbyterian Church, $550. Jennings County High School Girls Basketball Duck Race, a th000. [snorts]
009Steven Malone, $40. And Marcia Thompson Faithful Friends Book Club, $300. Cypio Geneva Fire and Rescue. 6D coloring posters and Stephanie Sitz and the Jennings County community members. 304 complete meals donated for students at the high school. Donald Jr. and Deborah Chalet, $50 for the kindness closet at the high school. Diana Kent, three bags of groceries for the Panther Pantry. Graham Creek Presbyterian Church, $550 for the high school panther pantry. The high school athletics girls basketball duck race, $500 for the junior class of 2027. Lost Chalupa's restaurant 66065 for the high school PBIS. And >> pause there. >> Yep. Pause there. >> Okay. Do I have a motion to accept these donations? >> So move. >> Okay. made the motion. Do I have a second? >> Second by Kurt. Any discussion? All those in favor? Any
010opposed? 60. >> I have another high school uh donation. Marilyn Wickham $1,000 for the Panther Pantry. >> Do I have a motion for us to accept that donation? >> Okay. Pat the motion. Do I have a second? >> Second by Travis. Any discussion? All those in favor? Any opposed? One of state motion carries. And >> and I have some additional >> donations. Uh middle school anonymous $200 to student PBIS. North Vernon Elementary anonymous $50 to pay on negative lunch balances. An anonymous $20 to pay on lunch account balances. And at CPIO retire Indiana Retired Teacher Association Foundation $500 for a classroom grant and the Cypio United Methodist Church $100 for student meal accounts. >> I have a motion to accept these donations. >> So moved. >> I have a motion from Kurt. Do I have
011a second? >> Second from Mary Lynn. Any discussion? All those in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries >> and now we'll go to a resolution approval. >> Next up, I've got the standard resolution because there's more than two weeks between the next board meeting. And it's the resolution authorizing the treasur, deputy treasur to make payments and claims without board prior action to January 8th of 2026 and to allow deputy treasure to or treasur to make transfers of appropriations within education debt service and operations in order to balance major class account classifications. >> I have a motion from Travis. Do I have a second? >> Second from Pat. Any discussion? All those in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. >> All right. The next resolution is a standard one for the year end. It's always done at our
012December meeting. It's a resolution authorizing the treasur deputy treasur to make temporary transfers from a fund having a sufficient balance to help fund one having a depleted balance for 1231 of 25 cash flow purposes. >> Okay. Do I have a motion to accept? >> So moved. >> Okay. [snorts] Do I have a second? Okay, Maryland. Second. Any discussion? All those in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. 60. Uh, next we're down to property. And this is Phillip. >> I'm still at it. Yep. Uh, got a presentation, I believe, for this. I was trying to get a copy for myself, but we'll just go with what's on the board here. All right. Uh this has a this presentation is about the HVAC uh proposal at Brush Creek which was the purpose which was the main purpose of
013the 2025 bonding we just completed. So just want to give you a little rundown of why why we're doing it and what we've got going on here. Performance services have been has been working with us for the last 20 years I believe on a variety of HVAC and building issues and this is the team that has helped us. Next slide. This is the topics we're going to cover here. Past projects, as you can see, they've helped us for looks like 25 years now in a variety almost every building. They've helped us with uh energy efficiency is the is the main focus uh between lighting and HVAC and just we got audio, we got sound at the high school. So, they've been involved with a lot of things. A very uh very good group of people
014to work with. Next up, so we've already done this at uh Sand Creek. We've done it at NBE. We've got older equipment that's in the building that is not working as well as what we'd like it to, and it's just a product of time, you know. So, this one's the next one on the list that had the most need being done. So, we're going to be able to get rid of the failing equipment. We're going to be able to improve the learning environment because what we're replacing, you'll see in the next couple pictures, will make the room quieter. Uh so be easier better for the learning process and we're going to be reducing energy cost and reducing operation cost. So this is the central heating plant. That's the existing boiler. And you see the new
015one is what we what we'll be installing. This is going to talk to the uh computers a lot better than what the one that went in there 20 plus years ago did. Won't worry about getting too much in the weeds on that one. Next one I think shows the classroom. You can see the classroom that that's a unit that's in that was in NVE that's currently out of brush. It was in sand. I guess they're a little loud. I don't I don't think I was ever in these as a student. So, uh but we'll be replacing that with what you see on the right side, which is going to be a central um unit, but it's a lot quieter. In the process of that, what you don't notice on that shelf on the right side
016is behind it is going to be some piping and the type of things, but you're able to utilize some classroom space. So, the teachers will be able to gain some classroom space. Every one of them is going to be slightly different because the number of units and the length of what's currently in there is different. So, that'll vary, but it will give them some uh space, additional space. And this is the air handling unit. Just a picture what it show what it's looks like. And the new office blower co will be connected to some of the existing stuff. So we're not replacing everything. We're replacing the things that are in more need that are that only have a 20 year 25 year lifespan. Along with that the domestic water also. Next slide. And the biggest
017thing that's going to help us is the control. The control panel is going to be a give us a lot more visibility, a lot more opportunity to make sure it's doing what we want it to do. And then the second part of the proposal is a rooftop unit at the CPIO. This is for the office area. It's a a lot smaller portion of the project, but it's still an issue that's been causing us a lot of problems just because of its age. and everything else else. Was everything at Cypio done really besides this at one point? >> Yeah, that's over 20 years. >> Yeah, that was our this is our sort of our hold out of CPIO. >> And I think that's the last one. Any questions? Really be ready to answer them because I'm
018not sure I can. >> Okay, this was an inform and we'll move on to the next uh the Brush Creek HBAC upgrade >> in your packet. Uh, similar to what we looked at during the bonding process, I'm asking approval for the performance service contract to do the upgrade at Brush Creek and the small one-off upgrade at Cypio. >> Do I hear a motion? >> Okay, I have a motion from Pat. Do I have a second? >> Second from Kurt. Any discussion? >> All those in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. 60. Okay, we'll move down to relations. And Nikki, you have a presentation. >> I do. So, I'm asking for approval for an extended partnership agreement between JAG and us. Um, we've been working with them this first semester and they found funding for the second
019semester as well um to pay for that continued partnership. So, asking for approval to extend that. >> Thank you. Do I hear a motion? I have a motion from Mary Lynn. Do I have a second? >> Second from Kurt. Any discussion? All those in favor? Opposed? Motion carries. 60. And now Mandy has a presentation. Asking for approval for an agreement between Calman Creations Counseling and Jennings County Schools. Uh this will provide the opportunity for students who can't get counseling outside of school. their parents are paying for their counselor to be able to come during the school day. >> Do I hear a motion? >> Okay. Motion from Travis. Do I have a second? >> Second from Mary Lynn. Any discussion? All those in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries 6. And Mandy has another presentation. Um,
020it's an agreement similar to the one before with the Joshua Center counseling for them to come in and be able to provide the counseling for a student at our middle school travel back and forth and that was special and it is parentally paid again. Do I have a motion? >> I have a motion from Pat. Do I have a second? Have a second from Travis. Any discussion? All those in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries 6. Now we're down to other. Any others this evening? >> Just briefly want to say thank you um to our community. I know this week at our work session had a lot of conversation about tough things including cost containment and then just being reminded of um how blessed we are with the community and the donations that they bring to
021us every meeting and seeing another full page tonight. So just appreciate our community >> agree 100%. So uh if there's none other I will entertain a motion to dismiss. >> Travis makes a motion. Do I have a second? >> Second by Chelsea. All those in favor?