001that's good call the meeting order and we'll start with the pledge IED Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all want to welcome everybody everyone meeting tonight remind everyone that we are live streaming the event um so we'll also welcome those who um have joined us on um we'll start with approval of consent agenda items a motion by Earl do I have a second second second by Cheryl any discussion all those in favor seven o next we'll ask if anyone is present who would like to speak on any item that on the agenda or any other topic we do have one uh Rod Li um I just feel that the summer break is being
002cut too short on your kids when I was in school if your summer break June's Li we bringing the kids back when it's still hot weather out and you're you're cutting their time short I mean you're not even get them a chance to be a kid and then as far as like the technology you guys are sending all these laptops Chromebooks all that stuff and you're expecting the parents to be responsible for all this expensive equipment instead of doing good oldfashioned teaching open up some books teach the kids I feel like you're actually dumbing these kids down by using too much technology have these kids can't even open up a book you send them into a library to find a book and try and look something up they can't do it because the teachers aren't
003teaching them you spend way too much time making them just oh here's a tablet or a laptop do it on this you need to go back and start teaching the kids again open up some books go back the way it used I mean I'm not against computers on abortion but you're becoming way too reliant on it I mean it's like the teachers are like you know let's just hand a laptop um thank you for coming to the board meeting tonight sharing thoughts um we'll definitely take it under advisement um and um if you have any additional feedback um you can most definitely reach out to Nikki um schedule the time to sit down and talk with her I'm more than um happy to sit down and hear additional thoughts or U maybe come up with
004some solution so thank you I mean it's part of the summer break thing I just feel like they shouldn't go back to like the first week let them be kids and I I would just mention that we are required to have 180 days of school and we adhere to that with our calendar um we don't have additional days in the calendar and so we end here in May um and then when you count the days forward with the breaks in for holidays it's August early August when we go back which is similar to most school districts never was before thank you so we'll move down under old business we have um some Neola policies yes so asking for approval of the second reading of the Neola policies listed do I have a motion to accept
005those policies so have motion by pth we have a second second second by Mary Lyn any discussion all those in favor seven po next we have um done under program some textbook adoption yes I'm asking for approval for the jchs textbook adoption for AP US History AP World History and the new CNA textbooks approval for all those we entertain a motion to approve motion by Travis to have a second second by Earl any discussion just to reiter we did have Community involvement when reviewing the text book again I I appreciate that the community members who were involved and you asking them to be involved it's ined to give that additional feedback so thank you for that any other discussion hearing done all those in favor seven next under property we have some technology department recycling
006yes uh I'm asking for approval for the tech department to recycle various electronic items there's a list there and um that's the first one guess entertain a motion to approve I have a motion by Chelsea second by Mary any discussion all those in favor seven of chome vote bu back the next one has to do with the Chromebooks we've offered Chromebooks when we did the swap out last year and everybody that has o had an opportunity to buy one now we're just left the leftovers for this the company we'd like to go with is BMW they are the one company that guaranteed us nobody else would and then they've also got an option that depending on how they evaluate they could go even higher so we have guar a guaranteed amount which the other two
007did not do asking approval for that program too have a motion to approve motion by Cheryl I have second second by Travis any discussion all those in favor s permission to purchase yes last meeting it was done inform to purchase two vehicles with mckenny vento funds that was brought forward due to a change in mckenny vento how they process things and they had additional money available that Todd was able to secure and we'd like to purchase two vehicles with those dedicated to just the Kento I have a motion to have a motion Pat I have a second second second by Cheryl any discussion all those in favor 70 next is just an update on the CTE project now that once school was out they immediately started uh working in the other two areas which is
008Health Science and The Culinary area they both those rooms have been completely gutted uh they're currently working on tearing out the flooring and we already they've already knocked out door and it's moving along nicely we'll have our meeting there Monday you got the pictures um available that I gave you and the other area the advanced man area they've also got some other openings done and they've started working on the vent hoods for the welding area and it's moving along nicely at this point so that was just an update does anybody have questions from this nurse super excited expect good team members from that program um so next under operations a Content filter update technology yes I'm asking for the approval of content keeper um an updated content filter um to help with our security and
009functionality motion to approve motion by Travis to have a second second second by Pat any discussion mommy all those in favor s next to firewall a question way more exciting isn't it um I'm asking for the approval of forade as our new firewall I have a motion by Earl do I have a second second by Chelsea any discussion from the front row of the audience hearing none all those in favor seven now under new business we have some additional Neola policies yes this is just a first reading for this group of um Neola policies a lot of them connected to new legislation so if you have any questions please reach out and that was just a first reading so next down under programs jcsc Elementary handbook yes this is just an inform there are minimal
010changes in all three of our handbooks um most of them are trying to align with the new policies um so this is just an inform and we'll come back for approval next meeting perfect so everybody has the jcsc elementary the jcms and the jchs handbooks and all three of those again will in um so next we have a formative assessment for K through two just asking for an approval for mclass Devil's formative assessment um this will take care of our un Universal screener for dyslexia as well as uh Universal or the diagnostic one and two levels um so I'm just asking for approval for this do I have a motion to approve motion by Cheryl do have a second second by Travis any discussion all those in favor seven next we're down under professional staff
011um asking that the following recommendations be approved please for a career increment Master teacher stien that will um run from the year the school year 20242 through 2028 29 for John brigh Morgan lyans and Paula Moore asking for approval that Ashley hindle be hired as the jinnings county middle school science teacher asking for approval that Tevin Schultz be hired as a jinnings county that should be Middle School just knows it says HS but JC Ms oh no I'm sorry now I know now I see what's happening here it's a transfer from Jennings County High School teacher to Jennings County Middle School principal and then lastly asking for approval for Cassidy reaker to be hired as a summer tech support person entertain a motion to accept those items as red motion by Earl second by Mary
012thank you any discussion so do our administrators get the same option as the teachers on the prer in I mean is there St all right as long as they the any additional discussion hearing none all those in favor seven of and we're very blessed to have our newly elected Jennings County Middle School principal here with his family today Mr T schz [Applause] I see and also one of the uh the new the new science Middle School teacher Ashley hindo was sitting back behind him I didn't and I'm G to give a shout out because it was under consent consent agenda items but Miss Molly Mrs Molly Von's here and she's going to be transferring from a sped teacher position to the sped coordinator position at the middle school so come upend item that introduce your
013families you brought with us with you to us please do you mind [Music] how's with you this evening um so I've got my mom l with me my dad John stepmom Jenny sister Tori and then this is my bonus mom friend Sophia and then little Caroline thank you for coming with to support him this evening and Ashley who's with you brother Zach this is my grandma is my mom my other brother Kevin and then my dad yes well we just want to say um congratulations to the two of you and others that are on the list and also thank you to the family members for sharing your family member with us um because um really they become our family as well so you you don't know this but you now have an extended family so
014um congratulations to to both of you that are in the audience and thank you for your dedication to caring for our kids fantastic so now we'll move on down the agenda under support staff and we have several recommendations yes please asking for approval for Christopher Riley Alman to be hired as Jennings County um J jcsc summer mowing crew Christina Conrad to be hired as JCC elll instructor asking approval for Gracie Earl to be hired as nve summer custodial intern phills to be hired as Jennings County Middle School seventh grade volleyball coach Ashley hindle is going to be busy again as the Jennings County School Corporation summer central office assistant McKenna hooton as the Jennings County High School summer custodial intern Brock I Jennings County School Corporation summer Tech intern Kesha little St Creek Elementary summer
015custodial intern Gavin L Gavin now excuse me I just happened on Keesha Little's um that should be cpio Elementary and it says SC so we need to make that cpio Elementary please Gavin La as jcsc summer Tech intern Sarah May Jennings County high school custodian second shift Sarah Patt as the San Creek Elementary summer custodial intern and she will be splitting that position and I will read the other name in just a moment Jun Ry as junix County High School volunteer assistant volleyball coach coach Julia Robertson will be um the uh split position with Sarah Patt for the San Creek Elementary summer custodial intern Ariana Spalding as the Jennings County Middle School summer custodial intern Zachary Thorp as the Jennings County Middle School 8th grade head football coach Jeremiah Wade as the Jennings County School
016Corporation summer mowing crew Amanda Waldo with the nbe summer school perah serving as a summer school perah and Evan zor lot as the Jennings County School Corporation summer Tech intern I will entertain a motion to approve those recommendations as read motion by Mar ly do I have a second second second by Pat any discussion all those in favor seven and then we have one addition yes we have an addition this is a contract extension for one of our coaches for Christy Sigler we're asking for approval for her uh her to have her contract extended as the Jennings County High School head girl basketball coach and this would be through the 2526 school year entertain a motion to approve that motion by P do I have a second second by Travis any discussion all those in
017favor seven and now we're down to fin yes we have a you got list today a very generous Community all right here we go I'm asking approval to accept the following donations nvic Grant $250 to Hayden for schoolwide Hayden 500 project scod sorority $1,000 to Hayden for the 2425 school year Art Club 3rd through6 Dollar General $2,000 Grant to jcec for adult Literacy for essential education PR programming for Student Success Air1 heating and air conditioning $50 to the the high school sophomore class Kona Ice fundraiser order police $50 to the s High School sophomore class Kona fundraiser JC Foods 23 packages of hot dogs and condiments for the high school 2324 end of year PBIS cookout Lowe's Distribution $100 to the sophomore class Kona Ice fundraiser Rose acres two cases of eggs to the panther
018Pantry spring fever Custom Calls $250 to the high school band Department Festival of Arts t-shirts and then the rest of the long list of these is all for staff appreciation week so the rest of these are the ones I may be talking about staff appreciation Arby's 12 sandwiches 12 free sandwich gift cards AutoZone $25 Casey's for $25 gift card Dollar Tree $10 gift card fresh print two backpacks filled with t-shirts talans hats cups and hitch cover Indianapolis Zoo four tickets to the zoo and a parking pass Jackson County Bank $50 Visa card notepads Koozies pin and other items JC $25 gift card K&G Sports two men's Panther polos and woman's hoodie Pretty Nails two free manicures sisters floral $30 gift card y Subway six 6 in free dinner for two and two dinners for two
019Taco Bell six combo meals Thor bread Express two $25 gift cards VIP nail $50 gift card Wendy's two free combo meals and 22 free breakfast sandwiches and lastly Watts electric five used file cabinets and and hanging folders to jcsc asking for approval to accept all those entertain a motion to approve those donations as motion by Chelsea do I have a second second by Cheryl any discussion all those in favor seven now we have a transfer inform yes this inform next meeting I'll be bringing the uh normal transfer to transfer Ed funds to oper operations this has to do with the uh fund changes that happened in 2019 and the way they've redesigned how they hand out the funds so it's been we've been doing a standard entry on this for the last five years it
020is an in so we'll vote on that the next time so now it looks like we're down under operations summer school transportation sorry yes uh I'm I'm asking approval for the summer school transportation uh request for two drivers 6 hours a day two runs a day for May 28th to June 7th and then two drivers eight hours a day three runs a day from May 28th to June 7th this is for to support the summer school oh and lastly requesting two drivers six hours a day two runs a day from June 10th to the 28th a motion to approve I have a motion by Pat I have a second second by Mary Lyn any discussion all those in favor s down under relation have several this evening the first one is anou with Grand County
021University for field placement with student teachers so asking for approval a motion to approve motion by Earl second by Travis any discussion all those in favor seven next next is anou with um IU Columbus and our school district for lless admissions for our students which means direct enrollment for our high school students who qualify to what was iupu is now IU um this is really exciting you might have seen newspaper articles with them doing this in Indianapolis with um some school corporations so basically our seniors who qualify won't have to go through the admissions process nor pay that fee um to go to IU columus so excited about this and we can begin that opportunity by approving an so asking for that approval great I have entertain a motion to approve pass motion by pass
022second by Cheryl any discussion in favor 7 next up is our annual agreement with Centerstone so approval of anou with us and Centerstone have a motion to approve motion by Travis do we have a second second by Pat any discussion all those in favor 70 last one and our final M of the evening is our annual agreement with Jag for Jag programming at the high school I have a motion to approve motion by maryn do I have a second second by Pat any discussion all those in favor seven which brings us to other two other items this evening under personnel um the first please I'm asking for approval for Mike Kelly to be hired as the Jennings County Middle School seventh grade head football coach motion by hurl do I have a second second by
023Travis any discussion all those in favor seven and then second I would like to ask approval for Christian Stewart to be approved as a Jennings County Middle School assistant football coach and that would be pending hiring requirements okay I have a motion by Travis do I have a second second by Chelsea any discussion all those in favor seven no okay hearing no other items we'll entertain a motion to adjourn motion by P second second by Mary Lynn all those in favor for