001thank you okay it's called the meeting to order we'll start with the pledge allegiance to the flag of States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all we want to welcome everyone to the school board meeting tonight remind everyone that we are live streaming on the school board meeting so um this is recorded I'm going to welcome those who are joining us we do have one board member also joining us um well so the first item on the agenda is to accept a motion to accept the consent agenda items a motion by Earl do I have a second by Chelsea any discussion okay because we do have one board member that is joining us virtual we'll do a roll call for every
002vote so Chelsea if you'll call the roll Marilyn yes Pat yes yes Cheryl yes Earl yes Chelsea yes yes um we'll we will also um because we do have a secretary who is absent tonight I will also entertain a motion to um a make a um temporary secretary for tonight's meeting Alone um he's going to have documents and things signed so I will entertain that motion make motion Chelsea does that okay so I have a motion for Chelsea to be the temporary secretary for tonight's meeting do I have a second I'll set I have a second by Cheryl any discussion Chelsea if you'll call the roll Marilyn Marilyn yes yes um and then we'll first go to community non-agenda items so if anyone is present who would like to speak to something that is not
003on the agenda hearing none I believe we have a presentation for this evening yes thank you so much for allowing us at Brush Creek to entertain you tonight um it's a honor to get to Showcase some of our kiddos for you to die so we wanted to highlight some of the Student Activities that we've had at Brush Creek this year it's been a really great to be able to bring some of those back after two years that have been pretty tough so um if you would go to the second slide there perfect our first club that we got started again this year was our volleyball club that was open in the fall to our fifth and sixth grade students um they taught they were taught volleyball Fundamentals by coach Chelsea Davis and Abby Brown and
004they were able to attend a middle school volleyball game as well as kind of a culminating activity and then our Archery Club um is for fourth and fifth grade students they did have a tryout this year so um and we were able to honor most of those students as well they did find out just recently that they qualified for the um state tournament in March so they are very pumped about that and they are competing in some local tournaments as well our student council is for fifth and sixth grade students um they just sponsored a school-wide random act of kindness day just last week and we were really appreciative of that ripple effect in our school and then there are also student ambassadors at several of our school events including holiday night and our Pre-K
005days where they take our future raise on tours of the building and we'll um have those students help at our Kindergarten Roundup on March 30th as well then we have our National Junior Honor Society oh one more up there you go um that is for invitation only that is for our fifth and sixth grade students that have demonstrated excellence in academics as well as promoted a positive School culture um we were able to induct 17 of our students this year so we're really proud of them for that on the top there are pictures of their visit to Autumn Trace at the holidays and then they also just recently conducted a pet supply um I do have two Club sponsors here um to share some things first is Shelley driver she is our stem facilitator at
006Brush Creek and she wants to speak about our stem Club we call it the stemtastic robotics Club because mostly we work with robots and learn from robots and teach robots so we explore artificial intelligence um a couple of the robots we have are the Vex claw robots that you'll see in the picture that's Aidan mahoy with one of those I refer to him as our robotics president and um so I taught them what I knew when we unboxed it I taught them what I do and they've now surpassed me in the knowledge now I'm learning things from them there's a set of robots that we use coding um with and um we also got some unplug have some unplugged robots that the kids are making robotic hands that will be able to pick up an
007object and perform a simple task and when we get back in the spring we've also have plans drawn up for to build a Stegosaurus dinosaur with animatronics his eyes will light up through what we've learned in stem every day class with with electricity in circuits and we're going to apply that knowledge and the dinosaur is going to be able to raise its head up and down open its mouth and Bang its tail but they have a lot of fun and then finally I want to do a plug for our drama club because they have a performance coming up and they want to give you a little bit of a so without further ado our drama club sponsored by Miss Kelly Clarkson Maybe they're getting cracked that's important oh hello everybody we've got a few little
008props here so do I need to talk about it anything um so good evening everybody my name is Kelly Clarkson um I am the drama club director at Brush Creek and I also I don't know in here right here um this is Shelly driver she's like one of my co-directors and helpers and another person who wasn't able to be here tonight is Miss Melody Boyd she's our seamstress and does all of our wonderful costumes um but information about drama club it is open to Fourth through sixth grade this year we are doing Willy Wonka Jr the musical um so we're super excited we have 32 cast members and information if you would like to attend right now we have it set for Saturday April 29th at 4 pm it will be at the high school
009auditorium and we're going to charge five dollars per ticket for kindergarten and up um but yes the kids are super excited and I've got them back here ready to come in and perform a little bit for you I really enjoy some of the traditional characters from the movie and recognize a couple of the little song Snippets they're going to sing for you make sure that's good [Music] foreign [Music] imagination I am Willy Wonka the greatest candy maker of all time welcome everyone is there a droop here their name is I just love Wonka Bars I eat them by the sack Charming next we have the salts oh right here Mr Wonka uh say how would you like to partner with me in the nut business we've got cashews Brazil That's yeah what's about me but
010just a moment dear no nap my name's Ruka I love your factory Mr Wonka can I have it please my such a pleasant child you're being sarcastic daddy he's being sarcastic moving on we have I'm Mrs Beauregard and I teach geography and this is Arcana mama I can introduce myself pilot beauregards the name and gumptu into my game clearly that remember what your purpose say about the gum oh here seems to be a pleasant young man ah shut your pothole I'm trying to beat the boss in the final level Mike don't be so rude I miss a TV and this is my TV and I'm gonna miss my second favorite show just to tour this stupid Chocolate Factory Michael don't talk to him like that what's this world coming to hello Mr Wonka I'm Grandpa
011Joe and this here is my grandson Charlie he's such a wonderful boy we shall see about that I'm so excited to tour the factory thank you for giving me this opportunity welcome now that you're all here let's proceed foreign [Applause] [Music] thank you [Applause] and parents that will be on YouTube so you want to show anybody to look it up thank you so really quickly for those in the room and those that are live streaming just a reminder Willy Wonka will be at the jchs auditorium April the 29th at Saturday 4 P.M tickets are five dollars each for kindergarten and above so what a great afternoon to take the kids the grandkids the neighbor anyone looks like it's going to be a great performance I'm super excited so thank you all for coming and making
012sure that we and our community members are aware of all the great things that you all are doing um so now we'll move on to Old business looking at operations yeah I've been asking permission to purchase four 2024 lit school buses okay do I have a motion I have a motion my Chelsea do I have a second second by Mary Lynn any discussion Chelsea if you'll call the roll yes yes business under our programs okay this is an inform um the curriculum committee you met at the end of January and considering our social studies textbooks are not even in print anymore at the elementary level they have decided to move on with textbook adoption this semester um they will have everything they need surveys will go out to teachers next week to give in their
013input on our options and then after that we will have time for community and parent reviews of the text and we'll send out multiple in forms so that they know where it is and they'll be able to come here and give their input also right so that item is an is in a form again Social Studies textbook adoption for K through six um if parents or community members are interested again there will be communication that goes out to make sure that you are able to provide input into that adoption of those textbooks yes ma'am thank you um and then we're moving down under professional staff recommendations for approval police for the following recommendations career increment Master teacher stipends to be awarded for the 2023-24 school year through the 2027-28 school year for the following individuals
014Leslie Brown Darian castetter Charlotte Cummings Ryan Cummings Paula ertle Justin Smith and Suzanne Wilson also we're asking that Lacey Cockrell be approved as the Jennings County High School assistant softball coach for the 22-23 school year Justin Earl be approved as a Jennings County High School volunteer boys varsity assistant coach Leah Lane be approved as a Sand Creek Elementary co-student Council sponsor for the 2223 school year Samantha Lau be the Sand Creek Elementary Coast student council sponsor for the 2023-20 22-23 school year and that Jack Sinclair from Sand Creek Elementary be approved as the math book coach for the 22-23 they have a motion to accept those as presented have a motion by Cheryl do I have a second by Earl any discussion Chelsea if you call the roll please Maryland yes that that yes staff
015recommendations uh after the approval at this time for the following recommendations Dylan Boswell as the Jennings County High School assistant football coach for the 23-24 school year Cole Elmore as the genius County High School volunteer assistant football coach for the 23-24 school year Neil Graham as the Scipio Elementary parapro Sarah McLean as the Jennings County High School cook Brady Shepherd is a Jennings County High School volunteer assistant track and field coach for the 22-23 school year Janice Smock as a Scipio Elementary Esther parapro and Catherine Todd as the Jennings County High School volunteer assistant softball coach with a 22-23 school year will entertain a motion for those as presented I have a motion by mayor Lynn do I have a second tell me any discussion you call a roll Marilyn yes that yes the board
016to approve the donations from Rose Acre Farms 600 to Brush Creek student snacks nvic 250 to nbe for Intervention Program church at Nazarene Pavilion Ministries thirteen hundred dollars to Sand Creek for student lunches Brian Bowman Incorporated five hundred dollars to the high school current Vision Care 200 to the James County high school supply shop Pfeiffer jewelry 25 to the James County high school supply shop Walmart one thousand two hundred fifty dollars to the Jason my shop Cummins 600 to the James County High School black cat racing team First Baptist Church of North Vernon 1 331.86 to the Hope food program and Lord of life Lutheran Church 100 to the Hope food retain a motion to change motion by Chelsea do I have a second by Cheryl any discussion unless you can call the roll please
017yes that yes we did receive our bids on the roofing the masonry related project we had 11 contractors that got plans for the project we had nine contractors that showed up for the pre-bid conference and we received six bids on the two projects four beds for the masonry two bids for the roof or yes for the roofing project and uh they actually came in under architect's estimates so we're very pleased with that and we'll be bringing the information back to the board at next meeting for the approval of the business thank you thank you Roy next under operations we're requesting the addition of an additional sub bus driver and sub bus Aid to start a new sped route here and that's due to increased numbers to asking for approval make a motion I have a
018motion my Earl do I have a second so second by Mary Lynn any discussion I'll see if you call the roll please Maryland yes yes [Music] asking for approval of the sih CDC ready sub Grant agreement this allows us to move forward in the next step it's a sub-grant company group that we will work with to process our approval through our ready Grant monies so asking for approval of that agreement okay looking for a motion for approval I have a motion by Chelsea do we have a second by Cheryl any discussion Maryland yes asking for an approval of an agreement with the shield up defense for a school safety consultation so this would be an official agreement to work with the company head Derek Simpson to come in to help us with Consulting on school
019safety and guidance do I have a motion to accept that agreement so moved have a motion by Maryland do I have a second by Chelsea any discussion I will point out that Mr Browning was here at our last school board meeting and don't see him here tonight um but um as a parent and Community member he was obviously concerned about school safety as are all of us both on the board and I think members of our community and school corporation so this is a great first step so I want to thank Nikki and the work that she's doing also thank Derek Simpson for agreeing to come in and share his expertise in knowledge so that we can have Direction moving forward any additional discussion Chelsea if you call the roll please yes yes and then
020one Spectrum do you have ABA therapists come in to help transition to student from an ABA Center into our Public Schools do I have a motion to accept that agreement no motion by Earl do I have a second by Mary Lynn any discussion to just to be clear we have a student who's transitioning from an ABA into one of our schools and this individual is just going to help that one student with that transition yes and we have an eight-week plan to to slowly stair step them out so that they'll be in our school or the the ABA therapist will be in for eight weeks okay okay and Chelsea if you would call the roll please Ireland yes yes and then it looks like we're down under utter I don't have any other fantastic that
021I will entertain a motion to adjourn motion by Chelsea do I have a second second by Cheryl I'm sure there's no discussion so Chelsea if you will call a roll please Maryland yes yes