001Let's try. Something like that. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Roll call, Miss Lovelace. Mr. Nelson. Here. Mr. Franklin. Here. Mr. Buchanan. Here. Mr. Franklin. Here. Mr. Holland. Here. Mr. Ross. Superintendent Dr. Ross. Here. Are there any additions or deletions to the revised agenda? Yeah. I'll entertain a motion to accept the consent agenda as written. I'll make But, I will make a motion to accept the consent agenda as written. I'll second the motion. Any further discussion? All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed. Hearing none, the motion passes. New business, Dr. Ross. Okay. Start with that. I
002want to uh recognize Steve Glatz who's here tonight. We've hired him as uh elementary teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. Um He's going to be working towards his master's degree in elementary education. So, thanks, Steve. And I said 6:05 or 6:01. You're saying He did a wonderful job in second grade for us last year. And uh he's going to be going up to fourth and fifth grade, I believe. So, uh excited to have him in the hallway here. Maybe that that Thank you. Uh first item of new business is we do six tutorials for our staff. There are six tutorials that our staff they complete before the school year and there's a stipend that we attach to that. This year I'm recommending $60. It'll be coming out of our professional development grant. So, uh $60
003per employee that requires them to do the six tutorials uh before August 13th when it starts. I'll make a motion to approve the safety tutorials stipend for staff of 5.56 school year. Motion to approve. I'll second that. Any further discussion? All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed? Same sign. Motion passes. Okay. Last item of new business is our high school principal recommendation. Um I've got it just a little I'd like to add into the minutes here. Uh we're thrilled to announce that Allison Kegg has been recommended as the new principal of Hebron High School. This decision came after thorough selection process that began 19 applications. Our search committee was composed of 15 faculty and staff members and they volunteered their time and conducted six initial interviews. Narrowing the field to two highly
004qualified candidates. Following the second round of interviews with the school board, Ms. Kegg is being recommended to lead Hebron High School. Allison brings a wealth of experience to MSD in leadership. She began her career in education in 2002 and again 19 years in the classroom uh in the school town of Highland. 2020, she earned a master's degree in educational leadership. For the past 4 years, she served as an assistant principal of Calumet, most recently Westville. She has experience in areas that are a great fit for our district. Uh, she served as a test coordinator, where she managed standardized tests such as NWEA, I-Learn, SAT. Um, she is a certified Indiana school safety specialist, and received training through Crisis Prevention Institute, and has been an active member in, uh, anti-bullying efforts. Beyond her administrative and safety
005credentials, Allison is highly skilled in academic team coaching, curriculum development, response to intervention, and the analysis of student data. So, at this time, I would like to kindly ask for a vote on the recommendation for Allison Gady as the new high school principal. I make a motion to accept Allison Gady. I'll second that. I'll make a motion to accept Allison Gady as our new high school principal. I'll second that. Any further discussion? All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All those against say nay. Motion carried. Thank you, Allison. Do you have anything you would like to say? I just want to say I'm very thrilled to be here, and thank you so much for choosing me and believing in me, and I could not ask for a better team to be a part
006of and start this journey. And I see you here for a very long time. So, thank you. Thank you. Welcome. Thank you. All All Any public comments. Superintendent comments. I have no comments. We uh I got that. Wow. What? Screech cuz I said it. It's all over time. It's all over on double time for both of you guys. It's privilege. Administrator comments. I didn't know. That's how long you want I talked to the man. All right, you go. Anything to say? I'll save it for next. Yeah, great. You? Sorry. All right, any more comments? Congratulations. Yeah, both. Thank you. Thanks for letting me be part of the interview and vote. I apologize for my attire today. All right. Sorry, everyone that's viewing. I'll be like this for most of the sporting, so sell that. I'll
007trade you one. Yes. I'll trade you one. Yeah, great. I'll trade you one. All right, no more comments. All right. What's your name? Congratulations. All right, that's it.