001foreign welcome everybody who's joining us tonight for the school board meeting and we are live streaming the event so please note that green light is on so we are live let's also welcome those who are joining us ing as a web so the first item on the agenda is the consent agenda items I believe Earl that you want to make a motion to remove yes I'd like to remove some of the claims there on the agenda okay so the first thing we'll do is we'll take a vote to remove claims bill has made a motion to remove claims from the consent agenda so I will need a second I have a second from Tony any discussion all those in favor and then now I need a motion for the additional consent agenda items okay so
002I have a motion by Travis do we have a second second by Earl any discussion all those in favor um so now we'll move down to community non-agenda items so I would ask present to speak on any item that's on the agenda or any other item item hearing none we'll move on a couple of things that we want to voice our appreciation tonight is Tony and Susan's last board meeting so I think I'm going to have you stand up and come to the middle of the tables so we won't face you all so because you y'all now but Susan and Tony have served of course the school board and um I know that not everybody is on a board or especially not on the school board this takes a lot of dedication a lot of
003work and I know that both Tony and Susan have the heart for this community and for our schools for our Public Schools so I just want to personally thank them for the work that they did it's been a pleasure getting to know the two of you as a co-board member and it's been great to work with you all so thank you both very much [Applause] foreign and I know Nikki shared but there were cookies and some lemonade or some punch out in the hallway so grab those cookies as we celebrate these two moving down to new business under Administration curriculum and instruction yes I'd like to recommend Carrie manowitz as the Director of curriculum and instruction and I'm asking for approval of that I have a motion by Earl I have a second by Pat
004any discussion all those in favor 7-0 [Applause] yes thank you I'm super excited about this opportunity and I appreciate your support well we're excited to have you in this different role so thank you foreign I can't believe you didn't bring any singers with you that is that is our go-to sometimes sorry they were still performing yeah and if we are dedicated to making this upon transition for Hayden Elementary so we will make sure to search and we'll support them during that process add a priority under programs food we have a food service presentation yes Stacy Green's here to share with us some exciting options that we are going to have available for the high school yes I'm excited um hello everyone good evening I'm excited to present um you have in front of you I
005believe in your patents a serving Line This is what I would like to present um for the high school I'd like to implement two serving lines which you see one here not the long ones that one jutted out with a um registered a double register stand and I would like there to be two of these two fruit and vegetable bars so that they can be self-served by the students we would give them their main dish item and let them just help themselves to the fruit and vegetables I did this where I came from and it increased student participation immensely and that I also implemented Works bar and The Works bar would have it would be full of fruits and vegetables to kill your burgers their sandwiches up this would allow us to also increase our
006menu options from two to three with the addition of scratch and homemade items we have currently implemented lasagne chicken alfredo Asian chicken nachos I'd like to make sure that every day there's a homemade or scratch item available at the high school level for sure the little ones they just love the ancient important you know corn dogs but I will work with the high school first and then hopefully Implement something like that at the middle school going into the first of the year they're going to try pot pie buffalo chicken Subs I'd like to add country fried steak chicken parmesan enchiladas and assorted sub this will cost in the area of two hundred thousand dollars on which food service has the fund balance to offset that so I just I just wanted to share with you
007the excitement I want to make it a warm and welcoming experience for the students and not so institutionalized um so when they walk in it's a place they feel that that is their time to eat and to enjoy their experience in um in the cafeteria and their fellow students and Friends Stacy has done a fabulous job making that food service balance have more opportunities for the kids and done some Innovative things so we appreciate for bringing those our kids so we will bring this back for approval our next meeting if you have any questions at interim please just reach out let us know yeah please do thank you so much I also would like to share our um it's kind of remained steady um the jcsc staff principals Administrative Assistant secretaries Nikki and I are
008all working together as a team to make sure that we communicate with the households Keith and it has also been a big part of that making sure emails are sent home to the parents um phone calls are being made at the um and this is all for our policy phone calls are being made at the school level um and daily emails like I said when the when they fall below was zero in their account we do want to make sure and we are making sure that all students do get a full reimbursable meal if they want one so the state says that they can't charge their Gatorades and their chips and things but if they want a full meal they are getting a full meal um so that is where the charges come from but
009we want to make feed our kids and that we have fun doing it so um that's we've had a lot of Success With It we have to brag on our principals to help families and Community donors who've been angels to us and filling in those needs and helping pay off some things when kids need it so it's oh it's a it's a huge team effort and the principles and there's because they have the hardest job of making those home they know their parents best and I did a hobby oven I swole over Christmas break in the combi oven then that will just have since that since the state took the um Friars out years ago it's just been really hard to get that whole grain breading to the Perfection it needs to be in the
010taste this will help with that and so I'm helping I'm hoping that I know the quality will be better so that'll be implemented and have already that's actually was purchased gosh gosh I want to say eight or nine months ago what has taken that long with covid with but thank you any questions on anything no thank you so much for your time happy holidays thank you thank you thank you so again I uh thank you very much for coming we appreciate that all of the great information this was an informed item and this will come thank you grab some cookies on the way out thank you next under professional staff we have recommendations you have several record his first recommendation is for Haley Gibbons for Jade BMS English teacher asking for approval okay I have
011a motion my path do we have a second second by Travis any discussion all those in favor 7-0 next is our annual High ability contacts this is a stipend this is part of a ECA annual position and so those are for Brush Creek Cody Robbins Graham Creek Teresa Ragsdale Hayden Luanne Gantt nve Casey Downey Scipio Emily ponsler Sand Creek Abby capes Middle School Sabrina Nicholson and Tara Kelly that split and then at the high school Charlie wolf so I have a motion by Tony do we have a second second second my path any discussion all those in favor and the next is for our Title One tutoring program with St Mary's for the school year we do this at each year as part of our in-kind services for the title so asking for those tutoring
012positions for Meredith inman's second semester only Liz Morris Angie Kelly and Sandy Kershaw had a motion by Earl do we have a second second by Susan any discussion closed in favor then we go down to support staff recommendations a list of recommendations asking for approval for Ralph Baird for Sand Creek custodian full-time depart-time Savannah Kinnear Sand Creek Elementary parapro full-time depart time Pamela Craven as a district sub nurse cheyanna Cravens as a high school special ed parapro Rhonda Daniels as a Scipio special ed peripro James fuels the corporation bus driver from eight hours to six hours a day Leah Harriman as a high school music parapro and Jason Jennings as a corporation bus mechanic do I have a motion to accept those recommendations I have a motion by Susan do I have a second by
013Travis any discussion all those in favor um and then under finances we have several donations yes Coffee Creek Church 250 to Grand Prix pre-student and students in need nbic 250 to nbe for the title books and supplies Jennings County Public Library 500 to the Scipio Elementary Scipio Methodist Church 100 to the Scipio students in needs instructions and lunch Jennings County Purdue Extension Office 45 dollars in canned foods to the high school Panther Pantry Rose Acre Farms a case eggs to the High School culinary arts class hardwood Farms a thousand dollars for the to the high school for the winter formal Emily and Mark Greenwald five hundred dollars to the Jennings County High School alternative education Thanksgiving dinner Leanna Matt matern 100 to the alternative education Thanksgiving dinner Tempest tool and die 250 to the high
014school black cat racing team local mowing services a hundred dollars to Black Cat racing team at the high school Steve elsner five hundred dollars to the High School culinary arts class Mid-American Safety Solutions 500 to the high alternative education Thanksgiving dinner James County Community Foundation 2022 classroom Grant to high school teachers Pam lovegrove 364-42 Debbie Jackson 297 70 and Tracy Martin 57 and 26 Cents Zion Baptist Church 500 to the hope food program joys of giving thousand dollars to the Hope food program and joy of giving from an anonymous donor in honor of Bob Kent three thousand dollars to the Hope food program asking for approval to accept absolute second I have a motion in my pad I have a second by Tony any discussion all those in favor 7-0 [Music] sub pay rate so
015asking for approval to increase our sub pay rates are having quality substitute teachers in our classrooms is absolutely critical we think that increasing our rates will make us become communities so that our teachers need to be out for illness or for training that we make sure to have someone in qualified with our kid so asking for the high school someone with a high school diploma for the rate to go from 70 a day to 95 an associate's degree 75 to 100 bachelor's degree from 75 to 105 a teaching license 90 to 120 and recognizing needs for licensed teachers as expected by the state are retired teachers Jennings County retired teachers in good standing asking 238.39 and that would begin on day one with no more delay of when that pay rate could change so asking
016for approval of those rates motion by Tony do I have a second I have a second by Chelsea any discussion just a comment that we're right at or above anybody around around us aren't we so I want to make sure everybody hears that if you want a good job we pay more and there's people from yeah should be here any additional discussion hearing none all of those in favor next we have the ready Grant match commitment letter we have reached the exciting point and the ready Grant process that we are ready to ask for approval of our match commitment so this is a letter that will make sure that we can get the matching dollars from the so we are committing that we will bond for one million one hundred and thirty six thousand one
017hundred and one dollars which we matched by the Community Foundation so asking for approval of the official letter that we can send that we are in agreement ready to move forward asking for emotion motion by Travis we have a second by Pat any discussion just to make it clear this is uh directed towards skilled trades is that right that is correct skilled trades any additional discussion hearing none of all of those in favor 7-0 we have a resolution a couple of resolutions yeah the normal resolution because our next meeting will be till January treasure death prior action to the January 12 2023 meeting and allow the treasurer Deputy Treasurer to make transfers of appropriation within education Debt Service and operations in order to make balance major classifications okay do I have a motion Emotion by
018Susan do we have a second second by Tony any discussion all those in favor 7-0 second resolution is the normal year-end resolution with uh getting things balanced for the form nine it's a resolution authorizing treasure Deputy Treasurer to make temporary transfers from a fund to having a sufficient balance on having a depleted balance for the 1231 cash flow motion by Travis do I have a second by Susan any discussion all those in favor um next we go down to property yeah um you have the proposal from I'm asking the board this proposal is for Architects and Engineering Services roof replacement work at Grand Creek Elementary School area 5 which is just the canopy by the gym roof repairs at Brush Creek Elementary Sand Creek Elementary Hayden Elementary and masonry related work at home for development
019so this is just the engineering and services I have a motion by Pat do we have a second second by Tony any discussion all those in favor thank you um and then under operations let's talk about the calendar yeah asking for approval of the 23-24 school year Master calendar it's been selected from three options by the jccta and discussed by administrators so asking the board for approval okay do I have a motion to accept the 2022 or 2023 2024 calendar have a motion by Travis do I have a second second by Susan any discussion all those in favor 7-0 and then next under the agenda is claims and I believe a girl you wanted to make a motion to remove one item from the claims list yes to table it uh the Indiana School Board
020Association do sometimes okay and that is for 250 yes so the motion on the floor is to remove the isba dues for 250 dollars to table that do I have a I have a motion do I have a second a second by Chelsea any discussion yes then meeting yes correct any additional discussion all of those in favor to table this item s about that seven uh and then we'll take the rest of the claims all together as a group so now I'm looking for a motion to accept the additional claims from I have a motion by Tony do I have a second I have a second bite then Susan Susan we'll text Susan um any discussion okay all of those in favor now we're down to other nothing Well if there's nothing under other then
021I will entertain a motion to adjourn just one quick I'm going to miss these two I really am they come up with some good stuff that make you listen and some cases make you change your mind but I they're really dedicated people and I'm very proud to get to know them and be associated with the thank you yeah I like to say also that I appreciate all the support in the past 16 and a half years notice my wife she stayed she came to two meetings [Laughter] laughs [Laughter] she's out in the hallway enjoying the cookies I just appreciate board has been you know really enjoyable our ups and downs but everybody came together and did what was fascinating first I do appreciate it I've been looking looking around and seeing the people that you
022know you know and in two years I taught schools and Susan probably more than that but they're [Laughter] mean it though [Applause] you're on camera Tony don't worry about it Hi man watch that over and over and over foreign [Applause] foreign but anyway real real quick you know and nickels you like come up and take it over to the system and moving into the positions they're in it's great because you know I knew those kids years ago and and they're not kids anymore I think man how old am I but anyway I remember Carrie Carrie you're sitting out and this was back in the good old days we had to change we've moved around on health and PE so we we just put wherever we were at so we were in the old cafeteria at
023the old school and she had to remember it but we used to have to go in and clean the tables uh of ketchup and french fries and all stuff the kids would help so you know those are good old days but anyway I just I appreciate it I will miss it but I won't miss it so you know it's it's time and I'm glad I see this two new members coming on so it's definitely a great experience thank you all speech I follow Ed I don't know I just thought about all my individual members on this board and I really appreciate Tony he's The Voice now he always had Pat you couldn't ask for anybody to even to be more passionate about patient s Travis he's the best desert and Angus got outstanding leadership skills
024so nice that she here's our industrial inside because she doesn't come from the world of Education she can give us all that's awesome insight into how the real world works and she's also what our Millennial is that right it tells us that you know we don't do chalk and chalkboards anymore and then Earl yeah girl you know there nobody like her I'm barbecue Barbecue League so uh four years on what Tony you know fill in the pencil paper mode and I think that's the thing that I've enjoyed working with everyone I think Nikki's done a tremendous job stepping in stepping into the new role and I'm very encouraged by all the new things that I see happening and good luck girls I think it's worth recognizing of course the board members that are are leaving
025and this will be their last board meeting but again the two have who have been elected to join us um starting in January so we'll look forward to um board training with the two of you and then onboarding you and we'll we look forward to learning from you all because for me all right then I will entertain a motion to adjourn I have a motion from Travis do I have a second second