November 2025 Goshen Local School District Board of Education Meeting

001Call the November 10th, 2025 Gian Board of Education meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Mr. Shinkle, can you please call the RO? >> Mr. West >> here. >> Mrs. Paprai >> here. Mr. >> Here, Gray >> here. >> We have a motion to approve tonight's agenda. >> Second. >> Bill made the motion. Corey second. Any discussion? Mr. Shinkle, can you please call the role? >> Mr. West? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Wy? >> Yes. >> Mr. Paprai? >> Yes. >> Mr. Rera? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Gray? >> Yes. I'd like to invite everyone to join me in a brief moment of silence. >> Thank you. Please stand and join our Maruk Prince Stevens to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. [laughter] >> I al to the flag of the United STATES OF AMERICA and to

002the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Welcome to >> Okay, I hope you can all hear me. I'm very, very excited for having this opportunity this evening and I'm so excited to see all of my friends and all of my families here. and um this is something that's very near and dear to my heart. So, we wanted to take a moment to highlight some of our other friends in the building that don't really get a lot of recognition. And since we're talking about achievement, we're gonna be talking about student achievement. And I'd like to introduce um my friends out there. So, when you hear your name, if you could just give us all a wave. Ben Omies. >> Hi, [laughter] Emily Hatfield. Good girl.

003>> AJ Lindenburgger. >> Yes. >> Payton Brown. >> And Carara Aki. [laughter] >> And then I also have some very special staff here with me this evening that we would not be able to do any of this without their help. So, our music teacher, Carolyn Petty, and uh our special ed teacher over here, Lissa Hein. That is the letter >> and one of our pair professionals um in one of the units Ashley. So thank you all for being here this evening. So our highlight this evening is about something called adaptive specials and this is blocks of time that we have built into the schedule this year specific for this year into the school day to cater to the diverse learning needs of all of our special education students and all of our students in general

004because as we know not everybody learns the same, right? and a smaller group setting for some of our students to acclimate them and to get them to understand social cues and understand what a classroom looks like is very important so that we can get them moving towards um a better classroom setting. So we we knew that the need was very big and great because we have four unit classrooms which I said Lisa Haken is one of those teachers. Um and we have anywhere from five to eight students in that classroom with aid support and we have a total of 28 students that are in four of our units um with the teacher and a couple of different aid supports there. and it just wasn't real feasible every once in a while to get kids into

005a regular um I guess general education setting for music or for PE or for um library and steam classes. And so we knew that these kiddos needed some fine arts and we wanted to build in time into the schedule. So we did and we built in 40 minute specials blocks for steam music PE and library and the these occur with all of our students two to three times a week which is great. And what what really it is is a lot of communication between the teacher and the um music teacher or the PE teacher to say um can so and so come today? Are they ready to come today? So, a class of eight kids, there might be five of those students that actually go to their 40-minute block of time and have their music

006class in that very small group in that very small setting of five kids, which really developmentally for them if they are not able to communicate, which we have some that aren't um or show signs of autism or are somewhere on the spectrum. This gives them the opportunity to learn with their peers, learn social skills with the school and with the teachers and then be immersed into the regular setting which is awesome. >> Mr. Bailey, next one. >> So, some highlights real quickly. I want to talk fast because I know they're very excited. So, [laughter] really the adaptive specials does all of these things. So, it includes all kiddos. It gives them equal opportunities, gives them skill building, confidence and comfort >> and routine and balance. So things like inclusion, >> every child's included. They get

007a chance to take part in all areas of their learning. They're in specials. Um and adaptive sessions make that possible. We love the fact that it gives them all equal opportunity. Um students receive the same rich learning experiences as all of their peers do in ways that match what their abilities are and their comfort level. Not all kids are comfortable singing. Not all kids are comfortable running around in the gym class. So it just kind of adapts to whatever those kids are ready and developmentally ready and ready, you know, for the needs for them. >> It does a lot of skill building. So adaptive specials help strengthen the important life skills and things that we're working on are communication, teamwork, coordination, and creativity. All of those things that we want every kid at Mark Cook

008to learn how to do, right? Um confidence and comfort. As you you'll be able to tell, you can see some of them out there already that are kind of confident and ready to come out and do this. Um, it provides a very structured environment for them that helps them feel safe and confident and proud of their progress. Here's the big one is routine. Routine and balance. So, regularly scheduled times help students really transition smoothly to build all this consistency so that they're able to do these things. And that's what what our goal is. pictures. >> Okay, we have some pictures here. [laughter] >> Do it smaller. >> Okay, that's fine. >> Something that's not >> Oh, okay. Well, so not every specialist teacher is here tonight. Mrs. Betty, I asked her to come over and

009do the singing because I I witnessed it and thought it was fantastic and I was like, "Wow, they're going to sing a Halloween song for you here in a little bit." Um, but like I said, they have attended library classes with Mrs. Dwire. So, there's some of these pictures of them doing some story time and some of those things there. Those are the music classes. And then I think on the next slide, um, is Jim with Mr. Tisso out there climbing the apparatus and swinging and doing all those things in a smaller group setting. You can go to the next one, Mr. Milly, since um, this will be my last spiel and then I get to turn it over to you guys. You're doing a great job listening. So we like to tie this all

010into our portrait of graduate. So lots of things here for our students. >> Emily's ready. So academically here. This is really differentiated instruction at its highest differentiated instructions >> so that they're able to have hands-on exploration and develop this joy which you can see in their faces right now. Um resiliency. Adaptive specials provide a lot of diverse opportunities for kids because they get all these skills across different settings and hopefully prepare them for lifelong learning. That's what our goal is. Effective communication. Um the students will strengthen their communication comprehension skills by attending, this is a big one, attending to directions, following the directions, listening to directions, um and then routines and learning how to respond appropriately. That's really what we want by the time that they leave out of our building, right? socially responsible. They

011develop self asssurance by participating actively and doing all of these wonderful things in social risks in a very supportive environment because our teachers are fantastic and so are our pair of professionals. And then fearless learners, the adaptive special instruction allows each kiddo to express their ideas personally, which you'll see up here firsthand in just a moment, in meaningful ways. And so the idea here really is that this smaller setting allows our students with special needs to learn the skills that will help them to acclimate to a larger class. Right? That's what we want. We want them to be able to immerse them into the classroom um in the class setting into their assigned home rooms, which some of them are doing very well now because they've had these blocks of time where they're learning how

012to be a student, right? How to be social, how to effectively communicate. >> Okay. Okay. So without further ado, I'm gonna turn this over to Mrs. Penny. Mr. Al, if you get that next slide, [laughter] come on up. [laughter] >> A dot on a dot on a dot [screaming] on that dot. over here. [laughter] Your turn. Ready? >> Can we show what we do with our side whistle? Ready? >> READY? [screaming] SO, we start class with the slide whistle, help get our voices [laughter] ready for music and help get our get us focused. And then we decided we were going to share with you one of our favorites from October, >> Emily and Ben, buddy. >> We decided since November just started that we're going to show one of our favorites from October. And we

013were doing some songs that were minor keys and we were practically moving with the beat. Hey Ben, you see Ben's face on there? Can you help me pick something and PUT IN OUR BREW? >> FACE? >> YEAH. [laughter] >> BEN, what do you want to put in our brew? We're going to stir the fruit. What do you want to put in the brew? >> Stir eggs. >> An egg. Let's put some eggs in the root. Everyone grab some eggs. >> Let's grab some eggs. Ready? Toss them in the root and let's help me sing it. Stiring and [singing] stiring and stiring. >> Stiring and [singing] stiring and stiring. [laughter] >> All right, next one. Let's see who's next. Who's next? We can see it back here, too. >> EMILY, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO put

014in the ice cream? >> You want my chickens in the brew? Ben, can you help me? >> Let's all pick up some chickens. [laughter] >> Stir the room. Ready? Stiring and stiring and stiring the [laughter] >> next one. Who's next? >> AJ, what are we playing IN THE ROOM? PUMPKIN. SO, WE'RE WORKING on communicating and making a choice. Let's put a pumpkin and pick up a big heavy pumpkin. EMILY'S GOT ONE. staring and staring and staring. >> I'm okay. >> All right, let's see who's next. >> Cara's turn. Cara, what are we putting in the brew? [laughter] >> Cara, what are we putting in the ice cream? >> Ice cream. Let's scoop some ice cream. Scoop some ice cream. Let's look and staring and staring. [laughter] >> One more. It's me. >> We got to

015sing our focing [laughter] and stiring and the last one. [laughter] >> All right. You can SEE [applause] my picture. [laughter] Good job. All right. So, I'm gonna ask our friends to come back up one at a time. >> All right. And when you come up, I've got a certificate for you >> for being a fearless learner because it's not easy to come in in front of a big audience with a bunch of adults and do that. So, I'm gonna call you up and I'm gonna ask you if you can tell me who you brought with you tonight, too. So you can point at them, you can wave at them. Mom, dad, grandmas, grandpas, families, thank you for being here with these little guys. All right, I'm going to sit down so the 6'4 guy doesn't

016look [laughter] scary. >> Let's have Ben come up. Ben, you're going to come up and give me a knuckle sandwich. Cece. >> Who's next to >> truck >> and Anna >> and Daddy >> and Papa >> and Gigi >> and Grandma >> and Poppy >> and Pompy. [applause] We have Emily. >> Turn around. [cough] [laughter] >> Good job. Thank you for coming. [laughter] [applause] [laughter] >> Who did you bring with you tonight? >> Say thank you. Thank you. >> You're welcome, buddy. Good job. Who'd you bring with you? Who's this? Who's this? Who's this? >> [laughter] [laughter] >> Come on to me. >> [laughter] [applause] >> Cara [screaming] >> ice cream. Ice cream. [laughter] >> I know. [laughter] [applause] >> And then we also have certificates for our awesome staff. Mrs. >> [applause] [applause] >>

017I will say there are pins in the corner of those. Those those are our go pin. It's going to staff for students that go above and beyond. So you can put that someplace keepsake for them. I don't know. It's kind of like my good citizenship award that I won. >> [laughter] [applause] >> So, I just want to thank you guys all for coming tonight. You're more than welcome to stay. You bring a lovely energy to our meeting that we [laughter] don't usually have. So, um definitely feel free to stay, but if you would not like to stay, this is kind of a great time to sneak out before we continue on. >> [laughter] [laughter] >> Thank you. Awesome. >> [laughter] >> I know. I was hoping he'd get it. [laughter] >> Great job, kiddos. >>

018Guys, have a happy Thanksgiving. >> That was great. >> [laughter] [laughter] >> Okay, you guys are you going to sing your report? >> Come up to the circle. >> Come up to the front. >> You don't want to hear me. [laughter] >> A >> I know. >> Yes, it is. [laughter] All right, we'll try to be a little energetic tonight. >> There you go. >> Come on, Melinda, you first. [laughter] >> All right, moving on to um old business uh agenda item 7A, facilities update. Mr. Bailey. >> Yes. Um Charlie's here, so he'll chime in as I uh go through this. Just giving you guys an update on where we're at. Obviously, both projects we've been working through design and development, which you guys have seen a couple of times. I'm just reminding you really

019the structure of the inside of the buildings have not changed a ton. Remember we were on to interior finishes and that kind of stuff, but we did just recently approve a final current design uh after walking it last week uh with with SHP. So that's that blue the blue one. So you've got the original existing plan and you can see pretty much gutted it and what we're doing on the inside is going to be pretty dramatic from you know from the Mark Cook side. Todd side is obviously getting the most with classrooms can put in and then my office trees is down that side getting uh renovated there as well. So a lot of work in this process. Um where we're at is budget side and what we're heading out to bid with. Uh, as

020we talked to you guys originally, very high level was about a $2 million investment including the building uh up at Patricia. Right now, we're pretty close. Um, we're going to be heading out for a U guys will approve tonight or it's on the agenda to approve uh the bid package for the Patricia Boulevard. Um, you know, it's at about 1,ion56,000 um advertised. It's about $131 a square foot. When you talk about building new, I mean, we know that that was the the route to go. Currently, we still have a few steps left with Mar Cook, but it's right around 490 um as it's advertised bid with some steps left in there to look at for MAR. Obviously, the scope changed a little bit from, you know, just profiting those to understanding where electrical, HVAC, plumbing,

021those need were that are not seen when you're when you're walking it, but we're very close. and with a hungry market as we go out to bid. We hope you know that that'll help us as well. Um, so the next steps and I just kind of going to go through both of these and then you guys can ask questions as you may have them. Uh, tonight is board approval to bid. Um, on by Friday there will be CD documents and those are construction documents will be available. We will advertise that on our website in the Claremont Sun over the next two weeks. um where folks can go get the bid packages and the construction documents. On November 20th, uh at 3 pm, there will be a pre-bid uh meeting, on-site meeting where potential biders can

022walk the site to see what it entails. So, that will happen down there. That'll be advertised as well. And then December 5th is a public bid opening at the board office when bids are due. And then December 8th, uh, you will have approval of that construction bid as we go through that process. Um, next step, just kind of tenative with Mark Cook. I've got them in red because obviously some things can change as we go through this, but same process just different month. Um, the BOE the ETH meeting will have a bid approval. Uh, and then CD documents and publicizing it on the website, newspapers. We have not determined the pre-bid meeting date. We will have that by the time we publicize this. And then uh January 9th, we will public bid opening and that

023will be at the board office as well at the current board office. And then January 12th BOE approval of construction bid for Mark Cook. So with that [clears throat] said, questions you guys I do have a questions you guys have on that. It's moving along. I think we're I had that blue and red document to start to kind of scoped out this whole thing and we are on target. I do appreciate Charlie and his team for keeping us on pace. You know, there was decisions that had to be made and they were always um readily available to answer questions we might have as we went through this and have been a tremendous help getting these two projects ready to go. So, Ryan's done talking. Any questions you guys have? What's uh what's the uh biggest

024challenge that Patricia addressed? >> Um probably just you know this we have to get that done by I think we're targeting um >> March. >> End of yeah April one is what I was going to say. It's always fun to have it on April Fool's Day. [laughter] So getting that done so um so we can then move the admin office and then giving May one the next contractor May one to August one to get Mark Cook done. So they're pretty compressed but in reality but actually um um >> timeline >> so the timeline like if so if we we're gonna we're going to be done by this Friday. We're going to be out for a week, two weeks plus a little extra time. Thanksgiving week's kind of a funny week. Um, so I think we're

025going to get good interest. The market is hungry. There's not much out there and so we're seeing, you know, really good coverage on bids, which means it brings the price down. Um, so if if um if we can open up bids on December 5th and they're within the allowable threshold and within the budget, you know, we're going to give good signs to that contractor. It's going to come to you guys on on December 8th. if you guys approve [clears throat] um the um entering into an agreement, that contractor is going to be ready to go. And so there's really kind of a couple bonus weeks ahead of it. So um somebody actually emailed me today if if we get a green light December 8th, when can we start? I was like, let's just tatively December

02615th. So there's kind of like two weeks of extra time that built in there. And that's when demo would happen, procurement would start happening on some of the stuff that might have lead times, but then everything else is readily accessible. So, um it's a great time to bid because companies are usually construction companies are on the calendar year and they're looking to fill their books for 26. >> How does word get out >> to the two ways to sign [laughter] not going to get money out there? Honestly, there's two you have to do two things. One, you have to advertise in one newspaper. It doesn't matter the newspaper. We say Claremont Sun just because it's faster. You're local. Um and then you have to post on website. So, those are your two methods. There's um

027listing agencies that are out there that charge. And so, I one of like me emailed me today, are those going to be ready? Can we advertise, you know, on the 14th? Yeah. And they were the ones that said, "When can we hypothetically start?" I said, "Maybe the 15th of December." So, um they start spreading it and one picks it up, the other picks it up, another picks it up, and then in reality there's a website of a printing company in Cincinnati that aggregates. It's one of those things where it's you can literally tell two you can publish it twice and then it'll be in 20 picks. So >> have another question challenge question. Um at the Patricia location um HVAC electricity I mean how >> Yeah. So the Yeah, good question. Yeah, the electric is

028a residential that's there and so it's 120 u singlephase and we're designing the new system to be 120 single phase. We um Troy looked at uh doing it upgrading it to a three-phase. It's just not necessary. So um so really the electric capacity that's there is sufficient for the use that we're going to you guys are going to provide. Plug loads are a lot less than when that building was designed in 1988 or whatever it was. And then HVAC uh we're going to utilize the existing system. It has new units that supply all the air heating and cooling. It's all around the the border of the property of the building. And then we're going to provide some supplemental cooling in the middle uh for some spaces that just don't have those vents. So, um so

029>> circulation the offices I mean that's that'll be good. >> Yep. It's it's all it's all it's it's in ground. It's so it's it's a slab on grade but there's duck work cast the concrete the [clears throat] air gets distributed today. So the as far as challenge the other really big challenge is actually Claremont County getting a permit. That's always my biggest worry here in this county. It takes a long Yeah. Yeah. >> And then >> you've already applied for it and haven't heard back. [laughter] >> I have one um as well is I know one of the things that we were considering when we it was proposed that we wanted to plan for a little bit of growth. The new facility plans for a little bit of growth in terms of office space in

030there. >> Yeah. Um do you guys know the exact head count offhand of one two three four five six seven eight nine 10 11 12 13 14 17, 18, 19. There's 20 offices with desks. Then there's a potential additional one um of 21. Um so, and then the other thing is the current plan you're getting uh really one, two, three, four, almost five meeting areas and right now you really have one. So, there's a lot more ability to meet. Um and that's that's the biggest thing we find in any office we design is people need more flexibility. So, parking spaces. Are we good? Did we look at that? >> Um um >> yeah, we've we've double check. We've checked it, but I there wasn't an initial, you know, like an event like this, there might

031be some folks on the street, it's for 20 minutes or or half hour, but for the dayto-day use, there's sufficient parking. So, >> is there room to expand it just in in case we [clears throat] had to? Yeah, there probably there there is >> there is I think it would be down the side or out to the front street. >> Keep that in mind. >> If we do have like meetings and whatnot, we don't really want people parking on the street. >> No, I don't want to do that. >> It's not like a busy busy road, but >> Yeah, but it could I think that'd be a future consideration if we did everything up there. >> Y >> it's good for the dayto day. >> Yeah. Yeah. And then this building will be like um

032you advertise it more to like a just a normal office building type construction company where the >> this base. >> So yeah, this is this is seen this is you know this building is wood wood framed and wood trusses and drywall. We're going to go in with steel studs um for for electric and data, you know, things that we're going to go in the walls. So that's easier. But um it will attract it'll attract a smaller scale builder who likes working for public entities. So um Mark Cook on the flip side will attract about that same that same builder. There's folks who like to work for public entities. Um believe it or not, public entities pay their money's there and they pay faster. So they lean towards working for public entities on a hard bid

033and private. Sometimes private money might be a little different flow. So >> yeah. >> So it in theory it could be the same contract. >> It could. Yeah, it could. And we, you know, we talked about packaging it, but um it since it's two sites, it's going to be two separate permits. It just makes more sense for you guys for a costwise. you'll get a better bang for your buck just going out and bidding twice >> and trying to get two independent rather than buttoning it all up. So, >> yeah. >> Um, and then do you need um do you and Todd and kind of handle the opening of the bids and stuff or do you need anyone do you need the facilities committee that >> Yeah, it's generally it's generally at a minimum. It's

034usually someone from my company describing it and the treasure at a minimum. interested parties always kind of show up just want to see but you know the actual bid opening is a fiveminute exercise and we can take a picture of it text it as soon as we know the >> I don't think I would have anything to add to it but I just was an official business of the committee >> yeah I mean they're read out loud but it's yeah it's uh >> it's not as uh exciting as you make it [laughter] >> it's not super exciting I think the thing that tickles me is I I remember when we was doing all the field turf they all set out in their cars Yeah, I meant like the same time and I I still to

035this day don't know >> well they what what they do is they fill it out. They get the um all the certifications and and um everything's done filled out and and a lot of them they're adding it up the final bids that are coming into their office. Like some of them still use fax these things called fax machines [laughter] and uh and then they call the person on site and say all right like we have 105 1 million 56,000. Let's say someone fix it, figures it out. 9 million 56. All right, we added it up. Put put in 956. So, they'll sit there and write it in and write and then close it and lick up the envelope and then walk in and hand it over. >> Yeah, [snorts] that's usually what it is. That's

036that's a small shop who bids a lot and some of these guys their hit rates, they get one out of 10. So, just they they're pretty regimented. >> Okay. Y >> but we're we're excited and and uh pale will be the pre- bid when I when we have the pre-bid [cough] we have three four or five companies that's a good sign that there's good interest. So but it's a clean job. It's you know like I said it's really it's the schedule and um it's the time of year it's a good time to bid. It really is. >> So that's really smart of them to show up to the Oh yeah. walk. Oh, the walk they need to because hopefully hopefully that'll inform uh like they they look at, you know, they look at where where

037they're going to park their trucks, where's the dumpster going to go, how what's the in-n-out, what are the neighbors like, you know. Yeah. >> So, pretty good. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> Who might bring him cookies or something, right? >> Y >> where the coffee shop is. >> So, um it's a, you know, construction design. It's like a team sport and we're just trying to build that team and get the right players involved and then and then we have the team on bid day and it's go time. So we take a pretty active role during construction. We're watching on behalf of the district making sure that the things are putting in is meeting our specs at the quality and standard that we that we expect and um and then we answer questions during it. We ultimately

038produce a punch list the district and uh get it to the finish line. So, so it's going to be an interesting year because on April Fools, you might have a new office [laughter] and you guys have to figure out the actual move moving in and then cleaning up the old Mark Cook area and then we'll do the same um song and dance there. So, >> I'm anxious for this side of it to be done because we are >> one month grace between >> we have a one month grace. Yeah, we have a month a month period in the event that like >> like like sometimes oh geez can't even get I can't even get that equipment for 14 weeks you know so >> yeah okay >> gives us and then we also are targeting Mark

039Cook to be done by August one >> knowing that I also had to with that >> I'll tell you I got really [clears throat] uh was it last month when you showed us the >> Yeah I got excited because once you see it like you know, with the colors of the the space. I mean, it was really like I mean, an overhead shot is like, all right, there's a classroom, right? But then you see it's really and then, you know, it just seems like some of the sometimes classrooms can kind of seem like kind of like a I don't know, >> and you see that with with everything, you know, the carpets and the colors and the furniture and it's it gets it gets exciting. >> Yeah. No, I mean, I applaud you guys for

040for doing what you're doing. You're doing it in a real fiscally minded way and kids are going to benefit by adding more education space and and for you guys professionally, you're going to have more opportunities for professional development, more collaboration with administrative team. So, it's it should be a win-win. >> Yeah. At the end of the day, >> I tell you with with you guys too, um, last, you know, few weeks for the elections and everything, spoke to a lot of co-workers or other people talking know that I'm on school board and ask, you know, hey, what's go doing? How you doing this? And people, you know, trying to pass levies and bonds and other districts and uh, and what they growth and how they handle that. And I I brag about this project right

041here. How >> you doing this for half of what it cost to add space on just because you >> kept your eyes out on that spot and Patricia all become available. >> Jumped on it. >> Um and and to remodel that there and it's a cross street and for doing it is the best bang for the buck responses responsibility. I mean, that's, you know, and and sometimes, uh, some districts just, uh, I don't know, seem to throw money at things without really saying, "Okay, wait, this is the best use of our dollar." >> Yeah. I appreciate all all your guys hard work, too. Stay on top of that. Thank you. >> April is gonna be a good big day because we'll >> make sure [laughter] the firehouse completion dates expected >> in a ribbon cutting.

042>> Yeah. Got it. >> I was just thinking that they're not really moving except their fire trucks. I was like, they're moving this way and like we could move our stuff on the fire truck. [laughter] >> Sure. The cost of the fans. >> Yeah. Okay, >> any more questions, >> Charlie? Thanks for >> Yeah. Thank you. >> I mean, you weren't as lively as the last group, but you're welcome, [laughter] too. >> Hope you enjoy. >> I've seen most of you guys in Columbus. Thank you. >> All right, moving on. Um, go new business. Uh we will now move into the scheduled public hearing regarding the 2026 27 and 2728 academic calendars proposed by our district calendar committee. This hearing has been properly noticed in accordance with state law and district policy. The purpose of

043this hearing is to receive public comments and input from members of the community. So I work with our calendar committee and Donna Tedric to create our uh academic calendars. We take three um different calendars to our committee and the committee is comprised of teachers from every building, guidance counselors, athletic directors, um administrators. We try to I think there's about 25 of us that sit on the calendar committee. Um, I got that job because I gave Brian my opinion when he was the assistant superintendent. [laughter] So, uh, I've been encouraging all my friends to give me their opinions, too, because then they end up on the calendar committee. Um, but we looked at last year like which days were our lowest attended days by students. What were um, we asked teachers to say what's their preference?

044So, overwhelmingly two weeks of Christmas is the number one. Um, for three of the four buildings, the high school wants to be out by Memorial Day. uh people want a fall break. Um so we try to keep all of that in mind as we create these calendars. And I think what we've created is probably their most favorite calendars I've ever seen, but it's because Memorial Day is late. >> So we were able to get some extra time off at Thanksgiving and such. And I want to I want to retire from the calendar committee after these two calendars. I don't know if I'm gonna be able to do it in the future, but um we're starting August 10th on the first calendar, but they get a fall break. They get the week at at Thanksgiving. They

045get two weeks at Christmas and they get an extra day um with spring break. >> This stays with the same number of instructional days we've always had. That's the [clears throat] the piece. >> 175 student days and stick to them. So, yeah. >> Yeah. February break. There's a 4-day weekend for February, too. So, it's um what we basically do, though, is we put the holidays that we know that we have to have off and then we kind of work backwards from there. But it is the same number of student days, the same number of teacher days as we always have had. >> Um it's just that because we're starting August 10th and they get out a late Memorial Day, we were able to squeeze all this in. I don't know if we'll be able to

046do that in the future or it's going to take a long time to get back to this one, but um that's for and we we tried to do two years because people like to try to plan and I honestly too with graduations getting our um scheduled time is important as well. So, if we got two years at a a time, we can kind of plan out for the future. So, you guys have any questions about this calendar? We had to Don and I looked at this probably I don't know hundred times each and then we sent out to the teachers and they looked at it and then we found another mistake but it's fixed on these. So, um it's like one of those things when you write an essay and you make a grammar mistake

047but in your mind you read it the right way. So, this is what we're proposing for our um calendar for the next two school years. So again, we'll just this will come back for board vote in December. Yeah. So it's really just information >> post this, right? >> Yeah. It'll be tomorrow that you know public hearing was held and the calendar will be out there for draft statement. Yeah. >> Um, it is, you know, it's I've told Teresa and that committee, I mean, it's not an easy job to get that many people wanting different things, but I think that committee looks at instructional time with kids. You got to look at state testing windows. We do have holidays that, you know, are contractual for staff as well as uh teaching staff. So, it's not easy.

048Uh, and those with Labor Day being where it falls, um, or sorry, Memorial Day being where it falls, made it a little easier to do a few of the things that they've always wanted. I'm not going to say it's going to be that easy two years from now because on the calendar updates, but you know, I think two years, like Teresa said, does give good planning. So, you guys have any thoughts, questions? I'm not really on the this calendar and I I probably know the answer, but is there any way to get graduation not on a week night or are we because we're a smaller school, do the bigger schools take the weekend? >> If we stay at ENKU, generally they are week nights. Um, Centa centers are only on the weekends. So, it you're

049starting into a lot of competition [snorts] with sights >> and cost. Yeah. >> Yeah. And I think MKU [clears throat] >> does a very nice job but generally those so this will allow us to talk to them and get out in front of it at least two years on the good. So [clears throat] like you location >> so yeah I take the location. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Over a date >> day of the week. So yeah >> like those long weekends in October and February it's a nice break kind of spreads. I mean, that's kind of nice. Just get it on there. >> Yeah. >> Charge for that for the staff and students. >> Yeah. >> Thanksgiving. >> Yeah. >> I'm just kind of jealous. [laughter] >> Yeah. Where were you four years ago or

050five years ago? Just kidding. >> Just when Brian was in charge. [laughter] >> Oh boy. >> Guilty is charged. >> Memorial Day. That ending date makes all the difference in the world. Yeah. [laughter] >> Can have your cake and eat it too conversation many many times. >> Obviously >> on this one you can [laughter] >> every couple years >> resign from the committee after the second hang >> I'd say where whenever you want to post something that you really want people to read post it wherever you post this because I think people really care about that don't they? Yeah, >> I actually search this more than anything as a parent. >> That should be our >> Don't use the district >> like in order to get the link to the calendars this first and then

051get the link. So, >> all right. >> Any any questions? >> No, that's great. >> We'll bring those back in December. >> Good job. We'll vote in December officially. >> Y >> All right. Good job, calendar committee. Moving on. Um, new business bead public participation. Mrs. Sherzinger, do we have anybody signed up for public participation? >> There is not anyone signed up tonight. >> Thank you. Moving on to new business C Treasury Court. Mr. Shankle, it's all you. >> Okay. Well, there has been u a ton going on up up north legisl legislatively and um there's been changes. House Bill 186. This is probably the biggest kick um to us as you can see. So basically what what is happening is is they're trying to re get rid of property tax. Bottom line and uh

052in doing so when they take that away they're showing the impact to different districts. For us we're at the 20 mil floor. So everything that they're they're really looking at is hitting us. So we're here negative 1.1 million. What they're looking at taking away from us in that in this fiscal year and then or not this this year and then next. And what they plan on doing is having the state kick in the difference of money for us so that we don't have a loss. But they are going to re I mean as if right now they they show us getting a loss on our real estate taxes and that amount. So there's been a ton of stuff going on. The big thing is is uh House Bill 186 will result in an estimated payment

053of free $158 million in 27 and in 2028 and they're going to pay it out in August of 26 for 104 million and then uh the remaining balance in 27. What they plan on doing to fund that is, you know, you have your uh Ohio tax free day is that they're going to not have that anymore. So the money that they collect in taxes, that's what they're going to use to offset it, which to me the other is sales taxes. >> Yes. Yes. So there's a lot going on there because when they take all this money away, it's >> it's either going to have to come from income tax, sales tax. I mean, they got to they got to do something to replace the money that's going away. So you can see we really got

054hit on that quite a bit. >> I do I mean going back to this, we talked about this for two months straight. We talked about it for a while. I mean this house bill 186 after meeting with legislature was favorable to districts and I think we agree with it regardless of the loss. There needs to be something. We've said that with property tax reform. I'm not sure in the end what that is. This is sitting in the Senate. The Senate has been tweaking this. I'm not sure what it'll come out looking like. Um but I think they did understand to give you a two-year bianial budget and then um you know that you've planned for and build a fiveyear forecast on but there you know there's still a lot of unknowns. This isn't done. So,

055you know, I just think this piece of it, um, as Todd said, if you're going to stop the expanded sales tax, the tax has to come from somewhere to, [laughter] and we've said this, police, fire, libraries, parks, senior services, and schools are all property tax. So, [laughter] it's got to come from somewhere. Um, but that's, you know, we'll see what what comes of it. We'll continue to work with legislators and, you know, where the impacts are for us. And you know, I think we've all said something needs to be done, but we're not, you know, there. But it needs to be a collective and measured approach for all those entities, not just schools. So, okay. Still more out there. >> Yeah. So, we even hold our breath on that one because there's different ones going

056on. The House actually passed these and so now they're sending over the state senate to be to be looking at all the stuff that they're they're looking at. I I can tell you one little soap box here is normally they have they they all go through the budget process. The governor goes through vetos or whatever he does it in and it's done and that's what your budget is. I mean, this everything's been done and then they're all doing changes and tweaks to try to get this back and it can go all the way until December of of uh next year and it's, you know, it just really makes budgeting so difficult because normally you have your number there. We've already signed our contracts, everything for the year for teachers, busing, all that kind of stuff.

057So now anything that happens we're going to be reactive instead of proactive which is you know really not >> not like us. >> Yeah. Not like us. >> We've obviously looked at 335 129 309. There are not huge impacts on the district. There are some um but really there's not because we don't have u emergency levies or different types. Some of that's levies that can be on the ballot. some of its caps on inflation which would you know in the future capped inflation where you know we've talked about 35 40% reevaluation then it needs to cap at that as far as monies to districts and that those things will have impacts but that's future which it should. So >> yeah and that's a big impact on the districts that do those fiveyear emergency levies. They

058go and they come back and they go and they come back to run it. Well, now they're not going to give them the growth on it. I mean, it's it's really going to have a major major impact a lot of those schools. So, >> okay, >> fiveyear forecast. With that said, >> yeah. So, thing I just really want to point out is I really have not changed this because I'm waiting for something solid to come down from the Columbus. You know, we have our numbers here. We know that we came down a little bit this year on our restricted grants and aid. Same thing here. I mean unrestricted and restricted. Then on our forecast, we're showing those numbers down. That's kind of right now how they got us got us projected. You can see we're

059really getting into our cash. We still have about $8 million at the end of the day, which is a good thing because we have some districts instantly. I mean that >> in our county that went to a fiscal emergency. I mean, just on this last election. So, >> but looking at this in 2032 are >> likely we'd be out of the general fund if it stayed >> the track that that we're >> correct. If we continue on I mean, you know, there's a lot if we know up front. We're going to look at contracts. I mean, we know we got some people like the STRS 32 years. We'll have people retire, have some turnover there. I mean, it'll really be we'll we'll take a big >> There's going to be some shifts. >> Correct. I

060don't know that this revenue and and but this is a done deal on this, but it's just still >> you're going off of what was projected. It is. >> Yeah. So we're I mean we're trying I mean really with this trying to paint like worst case I mean you can sit here and see I mean 39 39 38 39 39 39 I mean that's our revenue you know I mean so it's very I mean like to me if that happens I mean it could happen but I mean that we are kind of looking at our worst case and you can see that we still have some cash. >> I think you almost have to look at it that way because remember local revenue then you get less state at least the way it's built right

061now. So you can't you can't project like it is it was projected consatively flat >> dollar per dollar. I mean >> I wish I could figure out that fun. [laughter] >> Yeah. I mean that's I mean you know local revenue we get a dollar say a dollar. I mean that's not that >> I mean regardless they're going to rob you to pay some >> I think that's the big thing you know when you sit there and look at that I mean like they're wanting to do property taxes. I mean that impact on everything else then it'll trickle back down. I mean, it's just really, >> it's just real difficult to, you know, to track it. Everyone's doing their best guess, I guess. >> It's almost like they're trying to do like a reset, some some

062sort of reset or time to >> Yeah. I think the thing that's so frustrating to me and Mr. Mr. B, we actually went and heard some of the people talk, some of the people that's on the committee and going through on the different options and that they can do to offset like the the homestead roll back number and they got all this money in the rainy day fund and it I mean one of the one of the people there said it's pouring right now >> and actually >> what's it at right now? >> Huh? >> Six six five six >> billion billion. Yeah. Yeah. I mean to me that's just it's harder to heaven. So >> but anyways I just thought that heaven >> just cash >> I mean they and they were tasked quite

063a long time ago with looking at school funding and they just for you know decades they haven't done anything. >> Well I think if you go [clears throat] back three years and just don't let 40% 30 40% increases in happen [clears throat] you probably don't have this problem. So, a lot of states don't allow that. >> Correct. >> Yeah. >> Well, and I [laughter] can tell you I mean like I reached out I mean Mr. Melman who's the chief deputy at Clark County Auditor's office. I mean they were saying like do not do this phase it in over three years all these different not just hit them with the 40% increase that they got and that's I mean it hit everybody when we're at the 20 mil floor you I mean like anything any increase

064times 20 that increase and I think that's probably the most frustrating thing. It's like you know we really did try now they're being reactive on the whole thing. they're just hearing them talk is that they're just legislators are throwing out a house bill and they really don't know the total rep, you know, repercussion on that. So >> without understanding school funding itself, they're >> right. I mean, it's not just the services and everything. >> Yeah, there's a lot to be discussed and I I think there it'll continue for a while. This isn't I think we've got our two-year operating budget from the state and what comes of property tax reform. We're just going to have to keep an eye on which brings us to >> keeping an eye on it before financing the future. Yes.

065>> Any word on what uh DeWine's committee that he had I mean he >> Yes. his his committee came out with several suggestions which were looped in though a few of those house bills. The suggestions if you want them I can send them out. I mean they've looped them into a house bill to 335 or to 186 the committee [clears throat] recommendations. >> Okay. >> Yeah. The one thing they put in there too is that you know they're talking about like a percentage carryover. I mean the one their recommendation was 100% like you should have a year's worth on there you know as far as like in the bank. >> Yeah. >> So close to three months which some of them are. >> Right. >> Correct. >> So >> Okay. >> So financing the future.

066>> Yeah. So really on on on that, you know, originally we went out was worried about that we are going to have too much carryover. So they're going to whack us. So that was one of the reasons like you know like trying to fund our project ourselves. Well that was before all this started happening. So, I'm sitting there thinking, "Oh my gosh, you know, I mean, you you we're taking basically $2 million, moved it to PI to to make those expenditures where next year we have our last cops issue falling off, which it's kind of like a home equity line in in simple terms. We get that paid off. The hope was then is that we have about $300,000 to our general fund that would free up the that we had on this 10-year cops,

067which at our audit finance committee meeting, we talked about reissuing a cops issue. We've already we're already paying the $300,000. That'll keep the $2 million in our account. So, like on our spreadsheet where all of a sudden we're down to 8 million, we can keep that balance up if we do another cops issue on that. And the interest rate right now is about 4% on that. So anyway, so just looking at it so far, we've spent the money out of general fund to purchase the building up as a green property. So we've we've done that side of it. We've got the remaining renovation budget. And I think the big thing that we've talked about and what I've heard from Todd all the way through this and we've said it anytime we've talked about expanding this

068place is it's hard for us to invest operating dollars and infrastructure. I think with all those unknowns that we're hearing and not knowing where this is going to fall, that's the reason why we've prepared. So, what Todd's talking about there is really I think the board has two options. Um, and we talked about we met with audit finance. We got the audit finance committee together and ran through these options. Um, we do have a debt issue falling off. The 2017 debt issue is going to be paid off December of 26. next year at this time. Um, we still have renovation costs we could pay cash that we've set aside. I don't know that right now. Um, kind of as we talk through that, I don't know that that was Todd's recommendation or committee recommendation, but

069we can do kind of a stop gap there, which I, you know, I think Todd, if you want to explain that, it's >> Yeah. So like like on the on the cops issue, I mean like it used to be you go out there and you do your best estimate [laughter] on what your cost your project's going to be. You write it up and then you get those funds from a bond sale and you're never going to hit it accurately. You know what I mean? There's either going to be more or less. And so what this particular uh thing does now I mean what they have now this cops issue is you do your project once it's done you can go out and say all right it was $2.165 million whatever that number is and then

070that's what you issue your debt for like kind of like you know retroactively and then so what they uh our bond council recommended is like why don't you just take it to $3 million in total that you could go out there and it in case there I mean just for change orders or any of that thing just to keep it you know clean and then once you're finally done then you'll settle it for the actual amount of that but she did say like two we could go out there and say like we needed to do a roof for 250,000 we could take those monies and roll that in as well if you know what I mean if we if we wanted to fix the roof instead of using our PI fund we could issue a

071little bit more on the cop's issue on that because it's it's tied into your building that's the asset that's kind of given uh what you're what you're on there. So, >> and this is the same thing we did when we did like the HVAC energy saving whole system. >> Correct. >> It's the same thing. >> It's exactly the same thing. The thing that what Deb's saying there is like when we went out and we did HVAC, the money we saved on utilities paid the debt. >> So now we have this one falling off next December where we was going to have like 300,000 is basically going to just keep paying this right here. So, so tonight is a reimbursement resolution for up to three million. It is not cop's issue. essentially saying we go through

072plan the projects out, look at our capital plan, look at our district capital infrastructure plan, and at the end of fiscal year 26 or fiscal year 27, we can be reimbursed for the projects that we do during that, including Patricia, the Mark Cook renovation, and anything potentially. Uh, and I I think Todd as he's looked at this and talked through it with audit finance and with bond counsel, we have a second debt issue that falls off eight years from now. So, this would be an eight-year cops that is at the same payment that we're already making on the one falling off in 17. So, he's budgeted for it. So, we're making that debt payment now. So, would would not be an increased debt payment as to what we're making currently. Does that make sense? >>

073Totally off when? December 26. >> 26. Yeah. >> Yeah. So, we're making that now. So, really, it's just kind of reinvesting that debt payment for another eight years, and then both of those debt issues would fall off eight years from now. >> So, that really free up some money for the general fund, >> which I I can show I mean, if you guys would like, I could bring the amortization schedules. It shows like how it's, you know, it's getting paid down if you'd like just to see where we're at on that. So >> we paying interest on the the loans going we pay [cough] >> they're at about 4%. >> Like paying that back versus just doing the three million. How much are we paying back versus just taking the three million? Is it >>

0744% on that? >> Yeah. >> And interest you mean? >> Yeah. >> Some interest. Yeah. I think you're probably gaining that with dollars to the bank on the interest rates you're getting on the investment. But I I really do feel like as we look at that five-year forecast, you know, I think the big piece is the comfort of knowing >> what your monthly. It's almost like knowing what your monthly is versus dispersing all the cash. >> We save more by spending the three right up front or will it would it be better to pay? >> Well, the thing of it is we can keep it in the bank once we sell them and we get the proceeds. I mean, we'll keep in the bank. Now, right now, we have most of our money at Star

075Ohio. It's about four and a quarter. Now, Star Ohio is a very short I think a 90-day maturity. So, the interest rate, you know, we just had an interest rate drop. I mean, it could start to go down, but right now, I mean, it's a great question because like really on there, do you spend additional money and go ahead and do it and not invest it or >> So, I know what you're saying there. >> At our audit finance, um, Dennis did that math and it was roughly it it ended roughly the same because of what the money that's in the bank and what we're making off of that. Okay. >> In the long run, okay, >> makes about the same that we would end up paying. >> Okay, that's what I was a great

076question. >> Yeah, because we had that same >> question in the audit finance. And then the other thing about that >> because of the five-year forecast, it gives us the safety net of like having actual money in our bank if there's a need and then figuring that out on the safe side. >> Star high is four and a quarter, cops is four. >> Four. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> So, that's how close those are. what's coming in and what's going out are trending down so we can refinance halfway through it. >> Yeah, I mean we might get out there in the bond market drop a little bit more and we're 375 or something like that. I mean >> I would drop some. And the other thing that we ask that might be helpful, actually I had

077this in my audit report, so I'll just say now [laughter] finance report is that ultimately >> say schools are funded differently and by next December we know the reality, you can pay it off early. >> Okay. All right. >> Yeah. >> So like if we have it there ultimately we could pay it off in four days. [cough] [clears throat] >> If we wanted to. Yeah. >> And no penalty. Yep. Those are all great questions. I mean, like, you know, and we did run through those. I I just think the biggest thing at the end of the day is that >> if the state does do a lot of cuts, I mean, this will keep us another $2 million. >> Yeah. >> To help, you know what I mean, >> on down the road that we

078can kind of weather the storm type thing. So, >> so those two items that we talked about, bid and reimbursement resolution will be on tonight's financial section. >> Financials. Yep. >> I think that was it. All right. >> Any any further questions? Great discussion. Thanks, guys. Moving on to um new business, financials, um which we have those three important resolutions in financials one through nine. Do we have a motion? >> So moved. >> I'll second. >> Bill made the motion. Um Lisa second. Any further discussion regarding the financials? Can >> you just touch on seven? That's what we just talked about or no? >> Well, seven's the resolution declaring transportation and practical. Eight. Eight is the reimbursement resolution, >> right? >> And then nine is the advertisement to bid for petition to go out to

079bid for the >> And what's seven? What's that? >> Seven is um resolution declaring transportation impractical. When we have a Oh, student out. That's route transportation. Yeah. >> Cool. >> Any other discussion? >> Mr. Shinkle, can you please call the role? >> Mrs. Lurkey? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Papari? >> Yes. >> Mr. Rivera? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Craig? >> Yes. >> Mr. West? >> Yes. >> Moving on to new business E personnel 1 through 7. Do we have a motion? So move. >> Second. Please submit the motion. Melissa second. Any discussion? >> I just wanted to um let you know that we the student teacher we're approving will start in December and they're um special education certified. I keep trying to get because they're so hard to find to hire. Um so, and then also

080the stipen for Kelly Pearson, that's title one neglected money and we we have more money come into our fund. So that's why she's getting more hours than Midwestern. Um, we brought her I think in September for a different amount, but it was additional funding. So, I thought maybe I should clarify that with you guys. >> Thank you. Any other discussion? Mr. Shankle, can you please call the role? >> Mrs. Paprai, >> yes. >> Mr. Rar, yes. Mrs. Gray, >> yes. >> Mr. West, >> yes. >> Mrs. Burky, >> yes. Moving on to new business F, athletic personnel three. Do we have a motion? >> Move. >> I'll second. >> Make the motion. Melissa second. Discussion. >> The powerlifting coach. Is that a new new position or how's that? >> We've had that on the last

081agenda. Uh Coach Hen was the powerlifting coach and Andrew was getting supervisor. Um, coach being coach wanted the younger guy to get more. So, it was just a flip-flop. We've had powerlifting. There were 45 kids there today. >> Yeah. So, we've had that. That was actually added to our agreement during the supplemental review committees process back in June. So, just a flip-flop of who's getting the actual coaching statement. >> Shane to Andrew. So is is the supervisor position needed as when you have a coach? >> Yeah. Okay. Yes. There. Yeah. It's part of the upkeep of the weight room and outside the part of the travel piece. Yeah. >> It couldn't be one position. >> I think the more bodies in that weight room with all that's going on probably the better. >> If we

082didn't have as many students coming out, we wouldn't probably hire both. But because there's 45 students, >> you got >> Yeah. I mean, the uh keep track formies, you know, having some jerking stuff around and hurt themselves. And so, [snorts] it's probably good to have uh more people in there along. >> Well, we have 45 students on that team. >> Can you imagine? Well, then we we we definitely need to [laughter] because you need maybe more than one bus and stuff, >> right? >> Yes. >> Hopefully they all stick with it. I mean, I think they're growing that program. >> Oh, it's huge. >> That's really great. >> Good. I like to see kids involved. >> They all uh they're all playing football, right? [laughter] >> They can do both. >> Any further discussion? Mr.

083Shinkle, can you call the role? Mr. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Gray, >> yes. >> Mr. W. >> Yes. Mr. >> Wkey, >> yes. Mrs. >> Yes. >> Great. Moving on. New business. T miscellaneous. We have donations from PTO and Stanley's driving training. Do we have a motion to approve? >> Yeah, [laughter] I'll make the motion. >> Okay. Lisa made the motion. Second. >> I'll second. >> There you go, >> Lissa. Any discussion? >> Are we having a lot of interest in the Stanley? Are we are we getting giving them a lot of money out for this? >> We are. I think our grant dollars that we had from my driver's ed grant are dry. >> Oh, yeah. There are, but we are out of dollars. So, it's I guess we'll just have to see what

084this next wave grant dollars looks like. >> It's good to hear. Yes. >> Any further discussion? Mr. Shankle, can you please call the role? >> Yes. Mrs. Gray, >> yes. >> Mr. West, >> yes. >> Ricky, >> yes. >> Mrs. Pra, >> yes. >> All right. Moving on to new business age policies. We actually don't have any to vote on tonight, but we have 37 [laughter] in our um first reading. >> Our policy committee meeting was thrilling. >> Yes. >> Sorry. There are 37 new policies and all of it is basically from house billow >> Iowa code changes etc. And it's nothing nothing big like it's just a bunch of [laughter] >> little details like the first one on on the slide drug testing for motor van drivers. [clears throat] So we've always had to

085drug test our bus drivers. Now anyone who's certified to drive the school van has to be drug tested when they go for their physical. So that's a Ohio law. We changed all of that to kind of go with that. Were there any on there that caught your attention that you want to ask questions about or um it's really just like I said changes in law >> and there's not really anything I felt like would be a lot of >> nothing jumped right out at me. But I wanted to thank you. I don't whoever put the summary together. >> Yeah, the summary was good. OSBA you someone you >> Thank you. [laughter] >> It was a little cheat sheet because it was a lot. >> Yeah. Yeah. I mean it's a lot to read through every

086single one of those in detail and try to figure out the change. So a little summary is very nice. >> Yeah. It was amaz I mean I clicked them open and I was like oh my gosh it is amazing. Yeah. Just how that but some of them were quite different. I mean the um I don't know [clears throat] different but the wordings changed. The words changed a lot. >> It's interesting because since I went through the whole update like I I was like these are all kind of fresh in my mind like okay well now this one's changing language changing. Oh, >> um, [clears throat] >> yeah, >> there was one had a whole whole new paragraph of stuff and I was like, it said the same thing in my mind, you know, but it

087was just a lot of new >> changes. I mean, that's something that we had to just update our our policies for. This is the first reading, so if there are um questions, you can always bring them back next month, too. Or just feel feel free to email me and we can kind of talk through it if you want, but it was all kind of >> required. It's been good to have committee look at those with principles, directors, people involved >> to make sure that as those changes are made, we're making >> making them in the right departments as well. >> Right buildings, right areas. >> Well, the cyber security one um it makes us establish a cyber security program. We've already implemented it um because we kind of had to. So, uh all of our

088staff's doing cyber security training virtually now. So, we we're already kind of making steps to make sure we're complying. Good. >> Any other discussion? >> So, I wasn't able to um attend the policy committee meeting because I was out of town. So, I attended the um OSBA virtual policy update and that was riveting. [laughter] So, um I would like to um recommend that between attending one by led by Teresa and one led by OSBA. Teresa's are um he summarizes it for you. >> Yeah. Or better. [laughter] >> I watched that one TOO AND I WAS LIKE, "OH, >> I know. >> High is what I'll say." [laughter] >> It was not >> I mean, it was really good because they they really did a great comparison of the >> of the two like the the

089previous and why it's changing. So, you know, like it's good to know that that background and and why the the language is changing and why we have to update, but >> I'll choose Teresa's from now on. [laughter] >> And this is one example like why you >> belong to OSBA. I mean, this alone, why would you not >> do your own policies [clears throat] or have a different or three. >> Any other discussion? All right, moving on. And we'll vote on all of those next month. And like Teresa said, if anybody has questions, reach out to her in advance through this. >> And then moving on to um new business eyes, Board of Education reports. Melissa. >> Okay. Um so I hope you loved the student achievement that we had today. Can't do much cuter

090than that. Um but um so at the um student achievement fair um next week um the GNN will be um showing um their great work um at the um yeah um OSBA conference. So that will be great to see them. Um so um they'll be our superstars there. Um and then at the middle school um had some great um success. Um so the um seventh grade football team was undefeated. Um and the eighth grade football team had a great year as well. Um GMS middle school um placed first in a competition and had some other great um wins [clears throat] as well. The eighth grade trip was successful, uneventful. Um and then um and they also have um had their sources of strength training. Um so anything we do for mental health is great at

091the middle school especially. Um and then upcoming um is a the cafeteria openhouse um on Thursday um so they can um show off um the new murals and um just how upgraded um and a better look of the middle school cafeteria. So that is on Thursday, November 20th. >> You guys should have got invites >> to go on 6 to 7. >> Yes. Six to seven. >> Six to seven. >> All right. Anything else, Melissa? [clears throat] >> No. >> All right, Bill. >> Um, we have our Great Oaks meeting this week. Uh, we had a one last month we had before last meeting. So, I already gave a report on that one. So, nothing new there. But we >> did I see I saw and also go post on their website about the uh

092>> the junior ROC about it once again. So, I'm sure we're gonna talk about that Wednesday night sometimes. >> What a great program that is. And now have a program they start up at Laurel Oaks. So, that'd be cool because I think it'll be good competition between Laur. >> Yeah. So, next month we'll have uh more to speak on good. >> Y have that meeting later this week? >> Yeah, Wednesday. >> Okay. >> Y >> um Lisa um so I would like to thank Todd and Brian for covering the um property tax and the financial portions because that they explained it much better than I understood it. Um so [laughter] but also um as they mentioned with the uh the property tax committee based on um the House Bill 96, we're starting to see different

093committees um and working groups being formed um to address some of that stuff coming out of that budget bill. So um and one of them is the um ODW student transportation work group um which reading through that we are very fortunate that we have our own transportation um department in our district because when you're looking at districts like Cincinnati public and um some of the other ones like the huge cities where they're using um like >> city buses, >> like city buses, different transportation um companies and trying to figure all of that out with decreasing money coming from the state to pay for all of that. We're very very lucky that we've got that contract um nailed down. Thank you, Todd. And and all that. I mean, it's just it's amazing that we're that we're

094in such a good position with that. cell. Um so there's that and then um a few of the other ones um bills that have been introduced lately [snorts] that jumped out at me is um Senate Bill 290 um that was introduced. It requires public and chartered non-public schools to install a master key box. Um there's also a um safety grant that is supposed to be a school safety grant rolled into that. So to help schools purchase and install these um and inside those boxes there should be um master key access card and maps to the buildings. And I mean thinking about like our district that you know like we're small the public um like firefighters and police and everything they know our buildings but when you're thinking about like the hu the bigger districts and

095things like that that don't have that um intimate relationship it's this is something that's definitely needed um outside of school hours and things like that. So, um, and then the other one that I thought was really interesting is Senate Bill 276, which it's entering Ohio into the compact for compact for school psychologists. Um, and that is um it provides more access to mental health and psychological needs for students um members of state the the state members. So, Ohio, the state of Ohio by joining this compact, it um provides reciprocal and equival equivalent licensed [clears throat] school psychologists from other states to come and help practice when there is a need in your district and you don't have um those staff those that staff on on uh payroll. And >> so, this is huge like in

096nursing now it's like um counseling and psychologist. So you can practice outside of your state >> lines. [clears throat] Yes. So >> it's good that we have entered into this compact to um I mean this is the bill for Ohio to enter into it. So it needs to be approved for for us to fully participate as a state. But I was very pleased to see that based on the things that we're doing here regarding mental health. also allows them to use like online tools. So, so like right now like for you see the example, our counselors can only um serve students who like live in state and reside in state. And so you think we have students like in Northern Kentucky who drive to campus that >> um so we just went contracted with a

097company that has compact state >> licensed therapists that counselors that can actually serve our online student population that are all over. Right. So yeah, >> I mean this is really it is really great for kids. >> Yes. And um just little update with Mark Hook. They um had their um family night or carnival the other week and that was that was really good and thank you to everybody who um came out and made the PTO trunk retreat >> a success. It was cold. It was a little bit drizzly. Um but it was it was great that we were still able to have it and have all those kids come through. It was it was a lot of fun. >> So yeah, >> they started lining up early too. There's a lot they start like 5:15.

098[laughter] >> Yes. Yes. Yeah. So, >> cuz all our kids on the football field wanted to go. >> I know. And you know, a couple years ago they had uh trunk or treat on Wednesday. Yeah. >> And it was still like an issue with practices and all that. So, I mean it it it stinks that they weren't able to, but yeah, >> we did something. >> But I know I know I saw that which was really great. I'm glad that the parents um coordinated that for them. >> Yeah. Yeah, >> Corey. >> Oh, yeah. Uh, so I just I talked to Bob and Lisa just kind of what's going around at the township. Um, not a lot going on. They said um firehouse construction. Obviously, the the comb stump is getting getting picked up, you

099know, for a cost, but hopefully they'll uh recoup some of that. But other than that, they just wanted to congratulate the Warriors sports teams and all their successes. And so that was uh that was nice to be recognized there. Uh and then we also did have three pee-wee teams go to the Super Bowl. They had a 7U team, the 10U team, and the 11 12 year olds. And 11 12 year olds ended up winning it. So um they're 59 and one in their peewee career. >> That's pretty good. That's Hoover's team, so it's that's good. But it was uh Goa was not well represented in the CCFL turnover. So >> good. Good. Where was where was the Super Bowl where they held it? >> It was that but we had the we hosted the second

100round. >> Yeah. Yeah. So, which I still will never understand why we have a Super Bowl on a grass field. I'll never understand it. But, >> you know, [laughter] it wasn't too It was a nice day on Saturday. >> All right. So, audit finance I already shared um and we heard the the summary pretty much that over there. Um, we were typically we only post that maybe once a year unless we have to, but with everything going on, um, Todd asked if we would be willing and, um, it was a great meeting, very much needed. Public relations committee, we haven't had a meeting since last. And then Gian Education Foundation, um, meetings coming up on December 1st. Um, so don't have much to report here. did want to say uh the 250th memorial that's on

101Goan Grind was beautiful. If you haven't got out to see it, um it's very incredible and it's just nice that our community comes together, >> not only like as individuals, but like everybody was there, right? Our choir was there singing, which is really nice. um and people from, you know, all over our >> community. County commissioner. >> Yeah. Claremont County. Um it was really nice. And then this weekend it's made my eyes kind of open up because when we went to I went to the um SBAC um first team banquet and on the way back I saw one right there in Bethl. >> Saw what? Oh, what' you see? I'm sorry. >> America 250. There's like there's multiple >> there's going to be 11 total and I'm like I don't think I would have noticed

102that >> unless I had just come from the ocean one. So >> it's huge >> right there on the corner. >> I don't know how I missed it. [laughter] >> Ben Franklin store. >> It's really nice for that. >> It is Ben Franklin. [laughter] >> I miss Ben Franklin. That was that was the store right there. I definitely didn't see it. So, >> yeah. Um, any questions from each other's reports? Good. All right. Moving on to new business. Um, Jay, superintendent report. Mr. Bailey. >> Yep. Someformational first two holiday lunchon December 15th at Weiss Baker. You guys are all invited. I'm sure I get a paper copy of your email as well. So that's where we administrative team invite back retirees and other folks to the lunch and then some district staff as well. Um

1032026 high school graduation. Mark your calendar. That one is set and once we get these other two calendar set we'll set it for the next two years. But May 20th at 7 o'clock at ENKU. And then we have a business item that is, you know, not um it's in my report, but we need a resolution of appointment to Great Oaks for the next three-year term. Um and that resolution after tonight. I know that you guys discussionwise, but we do need a motion second discussion on that for appointment. I'll make a motion to appoint Bill to continue that role of great um board rep. >> Get a second. >> I second because he does an outstanding job. >> And goes to all the extra meetings. >> Yes. [laughter] I also I mean part of the discussion

104part of why I'm >> nominating you is I feel like our enrollment at Oaks has went up because of your investment to um the Oaks and all that you do. I know that you're valued member of the board there as well. For sure. So, thank you. >> I say I I really enjoy it. Uh my path to my career is a little bit different than a traditional one, you know. um started university and then decided to go into the trades, you know, and uh and uh just, you know, having these opportunities for these kids to find their uh their path, you know, I mean, sometimes it's uh >> I don't know, they just do amazing things, you know, and we do amazing things here, >> right? >> Yeah. But every kid, just like you saw

105today, every kid's Nolan's got A's and B's right now in my books, so that's >> Does he really? >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. I mean, it it it really is. It just And uh somebody uh the other day uh they went to Live Oaks for the first time since the remodeling of that and they're just like and it's first time since they since they were in high school. Now, they didn't go to Live Oaks, but they visited there when they were >> and it just amazed them that >> the entryway there just really cool, you know, and the kids have such a sense of pride walking into that building. It's just it's really neat. It's >> same with Scarlet. Scarlet Scarlet. It's not nice. >> Yeah. Yeah. In Scarlet, we're getting ready to do a lot

106of work at Scarlet. Yeah. Um >> going to expand the uh the a lot of money into healthcare programs [clears throat] there and stuff. >> Yeah. So, it's we're gonna discuss that tomorrow. >> Yeah. But it's it's pretty awesome and uh just they they do uh a great job at the Oaks like we do here. And I uh I spoke highly of Mr. dubs what he does amazing. Um and and same with the O just I mean just just the always staying on top of it and seeing what opportunities are out there, you know? We're never resting. You know what I mean? We're like I mean that's that's that's one >> because this isn't the end game. That's the I think I love how Mrs. Walker says that like yeah, >> this isn't it. They

107got to go >> make a living and live and >> open up doors to all different opportunities. Yeah. So, a great partner and we do appreciate your service on that board. Sure. Can I get just a all those in favor of bill say I >> all those opposed? >> Motion carries. Thank you. >> All right. Um talking about some scheduling of upcoming meetings. I just kind of wanted to um we need a little bit of a change but I we've got our Monday. I put that on there because I didn't know if we were going to back need to back up the December meeting for some of this construction. I do feel like the ETH is still good. Um but organizationally and then our January meeting um with some obviously some swearing in and some

108steps at the organizational that we'll do. I ask that we move that to Wednesday, January 7th or Thursday, January 8th to be outside of, you know, sometimes we piggyback organizational to uh regular, but I I think we'll just do organizational the week before so that we get everything done and then carry into our regular meeting. So, does either of those two dates conflict with you guys? one better than the other for the seventh or the eighth to do organ and that's probably a really usually 20 25 minute meeting. It's not horribly long. It's committees and all those pieces. >> I'd prefer the seventh if others could do the seven, but I could make it for work. [clears throat] >> I may be in DC that week, but I'll uh see if I can do something.

109So they'll be swearing in will be >> swearing in would be the seventh or the organizational. Yes. >> Okay. Okay. >> I'm fine with >> I can do either one. >> I can do >> we'll go with the seventh for now. What I'm hearing >> January 7 >> and then our regular meeting will be >> regular meeting will be the 12th. Yes. >> Okay. So that's just >> So then the 12th Yeah. I'll be >> Yeah. country. >> Okay. January 12th is the So that's kind of like normal. The second Monday. >> Yes. >> Got it. Okay. [cough] >> 6:30 regular. >> The organization will be at 5:30. >> Okay. >> And I'll I'll publicize that as well. So, okay. All right. Thank you guys for that. And then just want a quick update. And

110I I know it's getting late here, but I had held my first uh superintendent leadership council on Friday. Uh great group of 6 through 12 kids. Uh it was a joy to do it. Just kind of let you guys know what I did with them. Not going to go through I had an hour and a half with them and I will tell you preparing for an hour and a half class, 26 kids brought me back to a classroom and um it was fun. But we kind of did some lunch, introductions, little icebreaker, human bingo, which they enjoyed getting up, moving around, meeting each other. We then kind of talked what the superintendent leadership council is. We mapped our future, which I'll show you here in a second. And then I gave them a Q&A time

111to ask me anything except for when how do I call snow days and can I [laughter] call it? >> But it was it was fun. >> One today. Uh yeah, right. >> Yeah. [laughter] I I kind of explained to them, you know, that this group is really to advise me and and administrators in the district on could be things like strategic planning, student support, school climate, curriculum, two-way communication, school safety, but it I took about five minutes and this is probably the boringest time for them, but I think they understood it to talk to them why we do what we do from target areas to the portrait of a graduate to building our legacy so that they can understand when we make decisions, we always fall back two target areas or portrait of a graduate

112that I make goals, you guys make goals, principles make goals, teachers make goals, and it's all around those key areas. Um, so then I asked them, and this was probably my most nervous part. I said, I gave them sticky notes. Um, so my channel 5 news reporter sticks a microphone in your face. Tell me the three things about Goan that are the positives that you love about Goan. Um then flip side of that after they did that I gave them three more sticky notes and I asked them to write down any issues, ideas or topics they feel are important for the school district to consider moving forward. So just kind of giving them that open slate of what are your issues, ideas and topics. I then took about a five minute break and let uh

113Mr. Sliggel compute it and they then took a survey. They took their answers off the sticky notes, put it into a survey, and then we let um our good friend um AI kind of tabulate it. And I'm not going to go into details because I haven't done them with them yet. But really what it did was it broke our strengths in five areas and then it broke some of the ideas for future or needs improvement into some areas and you can see the opportunities and activities were strengths which they were you had a bunch you had 26 different three positives, right? So it kind of grouped them into opportunities and activities, academics and learning, staff and faculty, community and environment, and athletics and sports. So those were the positives that they gave. Now when you

114drill down into those, and I don't have time to do that with you tonight, it reaffirmed a lot of things that we always talk about um from community to our staff to the offerings we give kids. Um from there um it was ideas for getting better that talked about physical space and logistics, scheduling and time. Believe it or bell changes being longer were one of the scheduling and time. Um discipline [clears throat] and safety, academic and career offerings, recognition and environment, and administrative issues. Um, so when you when you kind of what we're going to do with this next is I'm going to meet with them at our next council meeting and as I said to them, you're going to give me things that we [clears throat] want to build on that are great and

115then we're going to have some things that we want to work on and are you comfortable when I say work on these that we're going to develop a studentled initiative to do this. This isn't me saying here's the solution. this is you guys looking at our target areas, our portrait of a graduate, the way we make up the district and the decisions we make to then look at how we do this. They all said yes. They don't know what they're getting into yet, but really the next step is we'll get together, problem solve on how we implement initiatives that build on the positives and bring the ideas to life. Can't be all the ideas. It's going to be a collective group of what do we want to attack? Some of the things that they brought

116up are lowhanging fruit that I can meet with my administrative team directors talk about the lowhanging fruit of some things we can improve. So it was really good, great student voice, great opportunity to meet with kids and um I think they enjoyed it. I do have some followup with them um through email. Coolest thing is I emailed each of them and their families and made them respond to me that they wanted to be on the committee. Uh, I will say I had one mom call me on the phone and said, "You picked the right Luke." I said, "Yes, I picked the right." [laughter] It was just she was surprised. So, you know, it's a different mix of kids and um really cool to get some different perspective. So, my hope is this will continue. It

117was the first meeting. Um, hoping to do it quarterly throughout the year, so four times a year, and try to come up with something that culminates it. So, questions on that? I think that was it. Maybe we hear maybe someone come in and speak to us. >> That's what I told him. I think we'll have to see where we get for this first year of it and what are you know where we see the you know the initiatives and the positives and building on um I think it's just taking a little bit time to get them there of what how do we really impact change >> um and do it right. So possibly that would be the end result. It may be a request from the board. I don't know what that looks like, but

118if it gets to that point, um, my goal would be yes, they are presenting to the board at some point. Um, whether it be this year or start of next, I'm not sure. The goal is for them to be on it from sixth grade to 12th grade [laughter] as we go along. So, I have, >> you know, familiar faces that have been through it. Um, so this was I mean it was you know sixth grade it was three sixth graders 37th 38th 49th 410th 41 11th 412 so good >> and you got some teacher >> teacher recommendations and principal recommendations >> and you got some >> criteria got a good been a good mix video games to sports to reading to you know so it's a mix [clears throat] to have them join us, not

119this year, but maybe next year for our board retreat >> um for section >> some kind of an activity with them. That would be >> I'm still I'm still building it. I don't know what this one [laughter] looks like. >> It was It was a good first >> building. Yeah. All right. Uh last or not, not not last. I'm sorry, guys. This my others keep going on here. We did do a startup survey. Um, SHP's been working to tabulate it all and Teresa is going to go through a high level overview that we are drilling down into right now as well. So, cool picture, but we have >> Y >> we had 450 parent responses, a 63% completion rate. I think some of them started and didn't finish, but we'll take all the feedback. Um,

12063434 total surveys um across the buildings. So, um, from that information, we're gleaning like what areas parents feel like we do a really good job in and then some areas that we, um, need to improve on. And we've already kind of put into motion some of those ideas based on their feedback. The the strengths they talked about was strong communication. 91% of parents agree the district keeps them informed about activities and back to school information, which that's a pretty good number. Nay. So, [laughter] I was excited about that. Um, 83% of parents agreed the first few days of school were well organized. Um, 81% found open house valuable, and we'll touch on that in the improvement area. And then 86% said that these events help their child feel more comfortable at school. Um, another highlight

121or positive was a smooth transition and readiness for the next grade level, the next building. 91% agreed their children's transition to a new grade went well. Um, technology comfort. 96% of families reported feeling comfortable using online tools like Final Forms, Progress Book, and Class Dojo. So, I think that's definitely a win. Also, um, because that's a lot sometimes as a parent, you know, if I'm learning this platform and that platform, but they felt pretty comfortable with our um, technology usage. Instructional confidence was rated pretty high, too. Parents rated the district's efforts to build reading comprehension and writing skills 4.2 out of five. and uh critical thinking 4.3 out of five and then attendance and student success parents rate the district's efforts to promote good attendance and reduce truency 4.4 out of five indicating strong awareness.

122It's interesting um that a lot of a lot of attendance things aren't really our choice. We have to follow state law and do what they ask us to do. So that the fact that most of them were okay with that um was kind of positive I think for us too. our areas of growth. Um the first one was event success structure and accessibility. Parents appreciated school events but reported elementary open houses felt crowded and rushed particularly for families with multiple students or those needing additional support. So we are talking about um finding a way to stagger it a little bit um so that maybe kindergarten, third grade, the the new to the building would have more time individually. Like middle school has sixth grade for an hour first and then the other kids come in

123so that sixth graders really get that individualized attention. So, we've been talking with Shelley Stevens and Ashley Andrews about what can we do to kind of make the elementary um feel more not as rushed and then also if parents have multiple students, how to kind of help them navigate. Um, another area of growth and improvement was transportation and traffic. There's a challenge with bus route consistency and pickup drop off congestion, especially at the start of the school year. Well, we know pick up and drop off is always going to be a problem while we're dead locked in our current situation. Um, transportation, you know, we we had um I think a couple bus subs in the beginning of the year, but I feel like that's probably handled now. So, we've moved on from there. >>

124We also Teresa, I've got to talk with her. We're looking at with Peterman Bus Zone, which is an app that >> Oh, yes. >> allows a couple things. parents to kind of track the bus to >> um but also a sign in sign out on the bus type of thing, but got to look at pricing and actually is it possible. So to go along with some of that driver stuff. So more to come on that. >> More to come. >> Yeah. >> Career awareness. 65% of parents were aware of age appropriate career exploration. We feel like this needs to be um maybe better communicated our early elementary grades. Mark Cookook and Spalding broke it down by building. Those are the parents that didn't know a lot of career exploration was happening with their students. So,

125we got to do a better job of promoting that at our elementarymentaries. Um digital safety and mental health education. Lowest rated item on the survey was online safety and social media impact on education. As we all know in here, we don't give the students those platforms. We don't give them Facebook or Instagram or Snapchat or any of that, but um sometimes that bleeds over into school. And so um I think our parent education team that's doing some of those trainings in the evenings for parents will be touching on digital safety with parents as well. Um so you know, we took all of this feedback. Um we're already working on ways to improve the areas they told us that maybe weren't so good. So the overall takeaway is that uh the parent feedback showed a strong

126confidence in Goan's organization, communication, instructional quality. Uh we need to continue our attention to event structure, communication alignment, transportation, and parent engagement opportunities. But overall, I was I was very pleased with um the feedback we received. And well, like anything else, our report card, we find ways of improvement. We're going to look at these areas and try to find ways to improve in those two. You know how there's a separate college and career readiness communication. Is there a way that just even the link to that could be embedded into the principal's >> communication? The where to Wednesday? >> Yeah. >> Into the Friday principal newsletter. >> Yeah, >> probably. >> I mean, just I mean it might help the the early >> I think probably at the elementary you're probably going to have to do

127it at the teacher level. >> Yeah. And because it's Dojo and it's >> they don't they do a monthly newsletter at the building level. Yeah. >> So have to look at >> where it age appropriate wise where >> parents where they are. Yeah. Yeah. >> Do the elementary um parents receive the where to Wednesday weekly emails. I believe that goes to all mass, but I don't know that they're >> because some of that you really >> I'm wondering like if it's when they look at it, they think this is for me. >> Yeah. This is for the the high school parents. >> This is for the middle school high school and they don't look at it. So maybe that's >> that might I mean there's a lot of really good information in there. Absolutely. But

128I know I mean like if I had an elementary age kid, I probably would [laughter] >> and say, >> "Oh, I've got 10 years." >> I'm going to just put this aside for now, you know. So just >> Okay. >> wondering if that might be some of the >> where they're um saying that they're not aware of the the opportunities >> because I feel like it's out there, but >> Well, yeah. I mean, we absolutely do because of the the age [laughter] and and I think a lot of this we've we've digested it. Our next step is to meet with all of our directors, principles to go through it together. That's where we just got it back and finalized it. So, lot to come from it, but I think there's pieces that like anything else

129we get feedback. If we can make changes, we will. If that makes sense for the masses and I think we are >> open house feedback. I rolled into our our calendar committee meeting >> because I knew that that group could probably solve together as well. So, we have some ideas and they kind of make that better, too. >> Oh, nice. >> All right, I got two more. I promise. This one's quick. I I don't want to make it quick because I do think we've got, you know, Veterans Day tomorrow. We're off. I think there was a lot of great ceremonies in our buildings today. But just to draw a little attention to our staff that are also veterans. >> I'll send them something special tomorrow. But we've got Mr. Edwards here at the high school,

130Mr. Tapen, Mr. Meyer here at the high school, Mr. Tutor, Mr. Morris, Kevin Rutowski, he is our new high school custodian. Um, and he is Army vet as well. Beth Douglas at the middle school. And then Aaron Walker uh at the middle school. He was just currently advanced to chief logistics specialist for military sea left command. And he's in the guard now. I'm sorry. >> Maybe. But then hard so [clears throat] chief logistics. So you know those people serve our kids every day have served our country and I think you guys know we're you know military community and >> knowing those staff and thanking them. So do thank them. And then lastly, just real quick, informational. Todd, uh, Troy and myself were invited to a meeting with the township um, with um, trustees and Bob

131Rose um, their planning um, road department, you name it. We're >> sat down. Yeah. County engineers. Uh, they had a meeting with ODOT just to talk about Go Township and where we stood. >> Nice. Um, from a project standpoint, we went through a lot that day. Um, it was good just for us to hear. Um, what I will say, current projects, they looked at, you know, where we're at as far as resurfacing projects. Um, looking at the district map, where it fits into OT state routes. Uh, they looked at current known permits and developments and what impacts those would have. Um, not to get in because it's not our side of it, but looked at Eagles's Nest residential development off of short 48. Um, [clears throat] Patricia and Lakeshore, uh, residential development off Kazadale, kind

132of where they are in that process from traffic studies to whatever those developments. Uh, they looked at safety issues. Basically, we started at um Deerfield and Donna J and worked our way all the way up 28 for safety concerns. They listened. Obviously, they've made uh some attempts with stop lights and spots. But, you know, I think they're also looking at Cedar Lake and the soccer complex that's there. Uh Cedar Lake Lane. Um they talked about addressed pedestrian accommodations, talked about Lenton Road, um and the fatality that was out there. Um Shiloh, Edens, Pleasant Plane. [cough and laughter] Um then they talked about other topics um that they asked us where our you know as a school district where our concerns, asked county where their concerns were. It was a very healthy meeting. >> County was

133there too. [laughter] >> County was there too. >> County engineer was there. Yes. Um, long story short, when you deal with ODOT and state dollars, they've got a three to five year plan and they've got certain dollars allotted. There are other, you know, grants, um, different things that they pointed the township towards, which, you know, one of them was us reooking at safe routes to school, which is a grant from the district. We didn't have enough rooftops close to school. Troy has started to work on that currently. >> Oh, yeah. um with Linton being there. So there there may be some dollars for that type of infrastructure and working with the township on that. >> Um talked about needing they put a turn signal coming 28 to turn on to Gan Road. >> We had

134said that one to turn left out of Goan Road would be healthy. They said they would definitely look at that. Um, all in all, it was a very good conversation knowing that there's only so much funding and there's only so many ways the township can get funding. Uh, which some of that is, you know, tiffs and different things that they'll have to do as they work with developments. But, um, you know, it was I think one, you know, I I appreciate it. I know Todd did and Troy to sit down and just listen, give some input. I do appreciate our, you know, trustees and township administrators for advocating for some things out here, [laughter] but in the end there's, you know, the dollars come from somewhere. >> You know, as we just talked about, you

135know, that's an unknown. So, we'll continue to work. I think, you know, things will happen, but just wanted to update you that we, you know, was a good meeting. Anything I missed there? >> I think you hit the nail on the head. We're definitely behind the Bench Bridge, the one on Broadway. [laughter] So, really >> just a little bit. But I have to admit the thing that was really great is that they really did sound like they were going to be somewhat proactive other than reactive. I mean they know that I mean what's going on Eagles Nest they and going right down the street they were very very well informed with that. I think the big thing with like Eagles nest was they need if they're going to do a repaving at 28, it should

136be looped in with that repaving so you don't repave and then >> so tie those dollars together from a planning stand. >> Can we do it out the week coming back to school? >> Yeah, [laughter] >> that was that was fun. >> We learned a lot about the township [laughter] last >> Yeah, that's probably the bus route issue is really construction. >> We could use more roundabouts on 28. That would slow people down. >> Hey, now wait a minute. Let me just >> I'm just saying a roundabout a roundabout on a state road. [laughter] >> Learn this. A roundabout on a state road to four million. >> Is it really? >> Because you got to stop a state route. >> Regular roundabout. >> I think it was half of that. >> No kidding. Deerfield or

137something. >> Yeah. >> So the what they have to do on a state route as opposed to a county must have a >> different road. Yeah. had a million dollars cuz >> but if it saves one life on 28 I kid you not on Shiloh right there just within that five miles where we lived on 28 there's like eight fatalities >> so what they're talking about right now with those there's a study going on in North Carolina and I didn't you guys can get into this because I figured out a little bit was four-way stops on these types of roads they're finding them very powerful and stopping those types of crashes >> really just stop sign four-way stops all the way up those [laughter] >> not all the way I'm just >> the but the

138intersections those have to go through there's a governor's >> um safety >> they call it highway safety >> there's a governor's top 10 list if you're on the top 10 list it is by data there are dollars that them put to that there is a process for that on that list I guess that's who's in whose ear and how much you're in the air >> so this so ODOT took the lead about their projects that the county engineer It was there. They talk about any kind of or was he more ODOT had to say >> that? Well, I think that was more about >> that go roads, county road. Yeah. >> Pike County. I mean, >> those conversations got into funding. Okay. Different funding mechanisms that the township and county could collaborate on. Okay. To

139find the funding. Okay. >> Does that make sense? As you look at it, the traffic studies, if it warrants it, you then have to have the dollars to do it, >> right? Uh, and where it's not just a county road budget because theirs is much smaller than even ODOT. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. >> Um, so, but yeah, there were it was good. I think, you know, it opened the door of communication for the township and county as well. >> The county, I mean, they they even said they put tons of their money in 32. That whole 32 corridor going out east, you know, >> big. That's big. Those overpasses. >> No, but those weren't those weren't all county. Those were a lot of these grants, >> right? There was different stuff. I just suggest keeping

140whoever designed the 32. Don't don't Yeah. Don't bring them in. [laughter] >> The 32 is such a disaster. Hope. >> Yeah. >> That's all I had. Great. >> From a board member standpoint, I think that it's great that you guys were invited and given a seat at that table >> so that you know, >> you were able to voice some concerns >> and um help shed some light maybe on the township concerns and district concerns. So, >> thank you for Yeah, thanks for >> taking the time to participate in that. And maybe you should bring this to your calendar and stuff. Don't do things [laughter] when we have stuff. >> By the way, >> here's our calendar. Work around us. >> Yeah. >> That's [clears throat] all I have. >> Can I uh can I

141just congratulate the three guys for getting back on school board and thank all five of you. I mean, a lot of stuff went on around the state, you know, levywise and board race wise and stuff. The fact that our community is sticking with you guys, I think speaks volumes. So, hats off to all of you. I mean, I think, you know, just seeing what we did, the little things that make a big difference. You know, we we got money going for 28 kids there, but what life changing at the beginning, you know, our meeting here today and clarify that. But, I mean, those kiddos, you know, that we're putting money towards those programs. So, hats off to all of you. I think it's great. So, congrats. >> Thank you. >> Anything else? All right. Do

142I have a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> So moved. Second. >> Bill made the motion. Cory second. Do we have any discussion? >> Mr. Shinkle, can you please call the role? >> Mr. West? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Murphy? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Prai? >> Yes. >> Mr. Raer? >> Yes. Mrs. Gray? >> Yes. Meeting adjourned at 8:27 p.m.