001Welcome everyone. Um this begins our monthly board meeting and combined work session. At this time we will start with our blue ribbon update. We have some new faces at the deis and around the room and we will start with Dr. Grant Nesbet. >> Thank you President Norman, members of the board. Dr. Smith. Uh it's my pleasure to present to you the blue ribbon 2 uh update. I want to start off a little overview to c we got a lot of stuff going on. Busy summer 12 projects. So here's just a quick snapshot. So Bells are fall middle schools. That renovation we wanted to wrap up for the school year. We're on target for that. We'll have substantial completion. We'll be occupying the space obviously for the start of school and no doubt we'll have a
002few things we're buttoning up as through we get through the fall. Uh Craig Academy. This building, if you hadn't noticed, it's under some pretty heavy construction. That's why the plastic's up. Uh rooms are getting knocked down and cleared out. Uh classrooms being converted. We're going to be ready for LAA this uh here in a couple weeks. So, I have classes there. Our guaranteed energy savings. We're tackling four of the 15 buildings right now under that project. Uh mainly that's roofing and HVAC, uh heating, ventilation, cooling systems going in. We'll get see some pictures of that soon. Um, and then of course our classroom additions. Four classrooms at Crest View, six at Forest Glenn, four at Mary Castle, and that will go on through this whole school year and we'll be ready for a year from
003now. We'll be wrapping that up. And then, of course, our new LACC uh we'll get to see that um next month when we have our first board meeting there. So, let's take a look some pictures. Beler Middle School, check this out. That is uh artificial turf inside one of the two courtyards. And uh that's that's really nice. I I walked it and it's going to be a great addition. They'll get a lot of use out of that what would have been unused and hard to maintain space. And then here's our cafeteria. It's uh the flooring is going down right now. That's where they're prepping the floor uh that few days old. Here's a bathroom on the left. We're doing what's called sanaglazing that bathroom. So, taking that old tile, making it look new. And there's
004the other courtyard that's being prepped for the turf going down. Craig Academy. Uh new sign out front. That's a temp sign. We'll have a more permanent one, but it looks good. And I just want to show you the building is still in completely in use. Uh it'll be used a lot over the next two weeks as we have our back to school meetings. And uh we've maintained that and some other functions still here while we have construction going on. Uh here's a look at the classroom. Uh that's the old special ed area. Floor is torn up and new floor going down. And then we go upstairs. Here's one of the LA classrooms. That classroom is actually really close to being done. That's uh new LED lighting. The walls have been skimmed and painted. And the
005new flooring is down. There's a little closeup so you can take a look at what that floor looks like. Fall Creek Valley Middle School front being done. There's the main entry, believe it or not. Really wide open. Could be a nice inviting place for us. And then there's the receiving dock. Don't take that first step. It's a doozy. Uh just need to put the steps on. The steps are the last thing to add in there. And then there's a excavator cleaning out what where the construction trailer was in the staging area. Uh LEC, the new LEC. There's that really nice looking uh ceiling going in there. We're getting really close to being done there. Uh furniture coming a week from today and uh we'll be in that space uh by August 1st is our plan.
006And then there we the conference space is being used. Office furniture is in um in heavy use already. Cresby Elementary, there's a look up on the roof. Uh guys at work and we're we're moving through that. And then here is a new sanitation line. And so we need for the new four classroom edition that we're putting in. And that was work on uh last Sunday they were doing that work. Harrison Elementary also up on the roof there getting all new roofing. And there's a look down the hallways. Brand new water lines cooling and uh heating lines going through the hallways there. And Indian Creek they uh there's a temp cooling unit there. And those those refrigerator looking things, those are called variable uh fan coil units or BCU BFUs. And that's what heats and cools
007the classrooms. And that's what we're putting in all these projects are all new BFUs going into all the classrooms. And there's Forest Glenn. We've knocked out a vestibule. So that's looking in and out. And you I'm sure if you've driven by Lee Road, you've seen a big excavator there. And they're prepping that for the sixth classroom edition. And Mary Castle Elementary. Uh we're prepping there. You can see Stone coming in getting ready for their renovation or addition. And then finally, Scal's test new rough going on there. I'd be happy to field any questions. >> Thank you, Dr. Nesba. Board, are there any questions about the blue ribbon updates? It's done. >> First of all, welcome. It's so great to have you and it seems like you were left quite a number of projects to keep
008going. So, thank you for your due diligence with all of these. Just a quick question about I love the turf um for Bowser. a great way to make sure that that's utilized um with students and maybe that's something Dr. Smith or um Mr. Noter do we know what plans are is there going to be um picnic tables or I know at some of the other spaces we've seen um some really awesome use of this space and just kind of wondering what the vision is. >> We've taken we've taken a look at furniture for that. So these interior courtyards uh there we basically had to do them. We did a cost analysis of turf versus trying to maintain them and we know historically the spaces have been very underutilized. So we looked at it and it
009was actually a cost savings over a 10-year period. We'll get a rate of return on that turf and that turf will probably last 20 30 years particularly because it's not like football field use. Um and so we don't know and I don't know what curriculum uses we'll use it for. But we there's no doubt that I think on a nice fall or spring day, a a teacher might very well want to take a classroom outside and get some fresh air in a safe environment that's you know not exposed to the rest of the outside. >> I mean it's just it's beautiful. That's why I was just wondering if there'd be any kind of furnishings there so that because I know as a teacher I would definitely want lessons out there and get >> it will
010get used board. I hate to tell you they weren't used before. They weren't very nice comfortable places to be used quite honestly. They were horrible. Uh so we have decided to make them into spaces that teachers and staff administration can use because if I took a picture three months ago, it wouldn't be a pleasant sight for your view. Trust me. So this is the way we're going to go at it to really encourage him to use these. They're very nice spaces that we have at at Belle. Just the way the building the building the way it's been added on to for this is a very old building. I hate to go back in history. I think it may be one of our oldest buildings. Dr. But it is so we've been able to transform this
011into space that can be usable for the school. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Thank you board. Are there any other questions on the blue ribbon updates? >> Um I did have a general question because this is a major voting site. I assume the location of the voting will not be transferred. This will still be a voting site but the name will be updated with the election board. Okay. Very good. Okay. Thank you. All right. Well, yeah, thank you for that. Um, we will move on now to student achievement part two with Mr. Noter. >> Thank you, Madam President, members of the board, and Dr. Smith. It's my pleasure to bring to you student achievement part two. And this is a report on our iLearn data. um attaching it to your board goal which is
012increasing by 10% the number of students designated as approaching at or above proficiency on the annual iLearn assessment. So these are district-wide English language arts highlights. Um 10 of 13 of our schools had grade levels schoolwide that met the 10% growth goal in ELA. So to do that schoolwide is significant. 10 of 13 of our schools. We did see a significant increase in third grade students scoring at uh approaching at or above a positive 8%. However, at the same time, we saw a decrease in our seventh grade students scoring approaching at or above and we lost 9% there. And just as a a state comparison, there were significant drops in seventh grade across the entire state. And that was a a subject of conversation at the state board of education meeting last week. So because
013of the the drop in seventh grade, we saw overall growth district-wide scoring approaching at or above of plus one. I do want to point out to you just a specific program um that we're seeing a a big difference and that is our dual language program for our English learners. We did see an increase, a one-year increase of 5% of students in uh English learners in our dual language programming that scored approaching at or above. So that's a significant increase for that program. This data set, there's a lot here. Um and this um models after the state board of education and looking at five years of data going back to 2021, which is the baseline year coming out of the the pandemic. And if we look at the the last three columns, that's the change from
01421 I learn assessment to 25. And there were some changes to the 25 assessment uh different than uh 24. So that's just a side note. Uh but as we look at the columns, you can see the change in total number of students tested. So significant increases in our Hispanic subgroup, very significant increases in our English language uh English learner students as well. That middle column is the percent increase of uh students reaching approaching at or above um on the island proficiency. And you can see uh with the exception of our Hispanic subgroup um everything's green uh for us as a district. If you look at the next column over, you can see that compared to the entire state. Um and so we we are outperforming the state. Um the Hispanic subgroup is one that we're
015concerned about. As we have an increasing number of Hispanic students, we really want to um work through that as well, but there was a a minus 4% at the state level. As we move into math, we had eight of 13 of our schools that had individual grade levels schoolwide that met the 10% growth in math. We saw a 3% increase in third grade. very pleased with a 5% increase in eighth grade. Overall, district-wide growth scoring approaching at or above was a plus two. Um, of note, we had an increase of 178 English learners from 2024 to 2025 and we did increase our proficiency or students in approaching at or above. And so very pleased with that and again saw the improvement um in math as well for our dual language program. So you can see
016much more growth in math uh both at the local level as well as the state level. And so for us um we've got double-digit growth in several subgroups um showing increase in all of our subgroups. So um and you can see the next column over then the comparison to the state where um we're doing quite well compared to the state. So, next steps, um, we've got to dig into our seventh grade ELA data and determine, um, root causes. Um, again, statewide conversation, but we need to make it specific to Lawrence. And that will be a a primary focus of our English language arts program review that we'll do um throughout next year. um focusing on core instruction in English language arts, research-based interventions as well as training for our instructional coaches, particularly at the middle
017level. Uh continuing our school specific focus on supporting rigorous core instruction, aligning it to iLearn and the type of tasks and assessment questions that we see on iLearn. And so that is uh differentiated by school based on the school needs. but uh aligning it to our instructional framework. Uh based on the data, uh the continued expansion of our dual language programming, we know that it's working. Um the next one, uh the state board of education talked a lot about uh I learn checkpoints and iLearn checkpoints um is new this year. was a pilot that we entered into as a district and it's where students are assessed three times throughout the year on checkpoints on specific standards that are unique to that particular test. And so then there's still the sumitive at the end of the
018year, but it's shorter than than what it has been because of the I learn checkpoints. And so, uh, now that we've been through the pilot, now that we've learned about some of the improvements that the state's going to make to the, uh, data reporting that we can get out of the checkpoints, um, we really need to build that checkpoints data into each school's data system and use the information that's coming out of that to drive intervention support for students in both ELA and math. We're seeing results with our early literacy development um in third grade. Uh really really pleased with that 8% growth. So we know that's working and so we want to continue and grow that focus um and grow the datadriven reading interventions to all levels. Um and with a particular emphasis on
019our middle schools. um we've had a successful school improvement process and so building on the lessons learned through that process and then applying it to all schools. And just a quick example of what we've learned through that process is um a student specific short cycle data system. So where a a teacher is monitoring students learning in the moment and then immediately acting on it. Not waiting a day, not waiting for an intervention program, but immediately acting on the learning produces results. And we saw that in several schools um that showed significant growth in iLearn this year. And then the the last one is perhaps one of the most important getting our kids to school. So implementation of the district's comprehensive plan for next year to improve our student attendance. That is the foundation of of
020student learning. Be happy to entertain any questions or discussion. >> Thank you Mr. Noter and board. I am sure there's some discussion or questions on the data which is great. Um any would anyone like to go first? >> I do have Go ahead. >> Um uh concerning the NEC first off just thank you. It's just so much going on just the state level on down and so just thank you for the time and efforts and bringing this data. It's appreciated. Um for the next steps, has there been conversations with any other school groups concerning because you had mentioned that statewide that there has been a decrease concerning our middle middle schoolers. Do we know I know we said that that we're going to study and look and see, but are there any other factors that
021we may know now of why that's why that's happening? >> I think one of the first places is we talk with our principles that we look at is staffing. And so what did our staffing look like in seventh grade ELA? Um and so that's always a foundational place to start. Um and then we begin to look at uh differences between last year and this year um in terms of the exam. And so there were some differences um between the two years. And so we we've dug into that with um in conversation as well. Um and then really going through the data points with our principles. And so we've begun that conversation with our principles as well. Uh but primarily up to this point it's been focused around staffing and ensuring that we've got um really
022really solid staffing plan for 2526. >> Thank you. >> Um thank you. you had mentioned that for the seventh grade ELA um and some of the interventions that would involve training for ELA instructional coaches and just um as a new board member and also for the public um would really appreciate hearing more about the school specific focus work examples that you had shared for the seventh grade that might be helpful for us to understand um some school specific strategies. >> Sure. And as we're talking about our middle schools or really any school it begins with core instruction. So what happens during our core instructional time ensuring that our curriculum is tightly aligned to the type of tasks that we see on iLearn. So this is part of the analysis that we've been doing in our
023division um and making plans even this week in supporting teachers in professional development to ensure that the tasks that we're giving students, the questions that we're giving students align to the rigor of the iLearn assessment. Um, one of the things we've discovered, and this is true in seventh grade as well as other grades, that the ILR assessment actually assesses students at a higher level than what the standard calls for. And so just teaching to an academic standard is not enough. We've got in many cases to go above the academic standard and give students the type of questions that they're going to see on iLearn as in order to practice and make sure they're becoming proficient. And so that happens during core instruction. Um students that need some extra time and maybe a smaller group to
024work in grade level material would be in an intervention what's called a tier 2 intervention. Um and that is curricular based. It's based on the needs of each student. Um students that are further behind and need some foundational reading skills for an as an example would be in what's called a tier three intervention. And that is a really a programmatic research-driven programmatic um method of teaching students. And in seventh grade, we're in some cases still teaching students some of the foundational reading pieces. Maybe they didn't get the science of reading when they were in first and second grade. And so we've got to catch them up with that. And so that's called tier three. And so looking at all three levels for really every grade, but specifically for seventh grade because we saw such a
025large decline. >> Thank you, Miss D. >> Thank you so much for this data. It's very very clear that our educators have worked diligently along with you and your team to see such positive positive results. Um and we're talking about seventh grade because it is there is some concern there. I do wonder just as you were talking about the school specific strategies understanding um lattis um also known as MTSS for those that are not in Lawrence Township. Are students in the tier three? Is that during a um what would be considered u related arts time? Are they missing something to take that or what does that look like? >> So number one, they're not missing core instruction. that that is a non-negotiable. Um, every student deserves grade level instruction. And so the tier three, it
026happens at various times in different schools. And so for our middle schools, it's a scheduled class period. >> And so it's into their schedule so they're not missing other classes. for our elementaryaries. And we'll talk more I read three as we get into um August, but particularly for our second and third graders, there's a built-in tier three time, but students who need even more may be coming out of related arts in order to get additional. >> I know that we have a large population of English learners, so just curious. I know ENL is not an intervention. That's >> right. But have there been thoughts about because what I guess what I'm getting at is that I know that one of the things at least in my current role is that I'm really concerned about students
027that are really far behind. And so we know that they have their core classes then they might be in a developmental reading class then they might be in an ENL class and then they may not be so you're talking about attendance right and then they may not be able to take for example a fine arts class. And so coming to school feels like it's just all we're doing is instruction instruction, which I understand our goal is student outcomes and getting students to read, but we also want well-rounded students. So are students having access to opportunities outside of just like if you're behind, are you doing all of these things to catch up? And h are you still able to have access to things like music, PE, all of those other things that sometimes make kids
028really excited to come to school? >> Sure. And specifically for our language learners, um we look at them through a different lens. Um as you know, it takes up to six years for a student to um learn English. And so we we've got to keep that in mind as we're giving additional support. And so we do know um there's a correlation between LETA scores and specific outcomes on standardized tests. And so we look at all of the data to make that determination for students. And so um most of our English learners are receiving the related arts classes that you're talking about. Um, however, there are times when they may miss related arts at the elementary level, particularly in second and third grade, um, because of the high stakes that we're dealing with in in that
029grade level. for our um middle school students specifically. Each of our middle schools have the lattice process that you're talking about, but they also um have a um ENL department chair um who leads that process of looking at the data and making those decisions student by student. And um certainly a consideration is that engagement for a student and what is it that makes that student tick that is going to turn on their passion. And so uh it may only be one elective. It may be two electives that they get um in addition to some of the intervention support but that is certainly a consideration for much. Thank you. But I had to ask three. Yeah. >> No. Well, and one of the things that we've justified, we've started to developmental reading in our English as
030a new language classes because we have so many students who are coming as you've talked about with interrupted formal schooling and so forth. So, trying to give them that opportunity to also get those related arts classes because we know that helps with attendance, but you know that. So, um the other question I did have was in um relation to interim assessments. I know this year we did two um as we were waiting to find out if iLearn checkpoints were kind of the direction that the district is going. Will we still be having two interm assessments or are we going to be going with ilearn checkpoint points solely? >> We're in conversation around that now um and really working with each principal around their system that they have. Um, we've been an I Ready district for
031for many years and we have principles who've built their entire data system around that tool. And so as we continue to expand checkpoints um and as we um confirm that what the state has told us is going to happen really happens, then we'll be able to make that transition. >> That makes perfect sense. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good questions. Two quick Oh, yeah. Two quick questions. Um, one of them being in terms of our uh, support services and interventions with our teacher Kadre Huntington. Um, and this is for my own knowledge. Do we staff the schools according to the need or is it just kind of something like, hey, well, we're uh coming into this school, that school. How is a the need for those services determined? Is it from the test scores? Is
032it how is that? So the the way that we did that for this school year, particularly at our elementaryaries, was based on I read three data from the previous year and built each school's budget around their data. >> Oh, that's good. And then my team supported each principal in developing um exactly what their their additional programming would look like, whether it be retired teachers, uh Huntington you mentioned and supporting our principles in making sure that they had everything that they need in order to produce great results in second and third grade. >> Well, that's great. Thank you for that. And then one more thing, if I am a parent, PFO member and I'm following what's going on statewide and seeing that our public schools are having to do more with less. I'm seeing different things.
033What could community do to come along and support with our testing scores to continue to support our schools in this? What would that look like? I think the first piece is around our messaging that um students are much more than a test score that um and we're going to see this as we talk more about the new accountability system that we'll have in the state of Indiana A to F letter grades. Um we're through that program and and I'll talk more about that later, but we are measuring more aspects of a student as opposed to just one test score. And so I think that's number one, letting our community know that this is one test and it doesn't define who your ch child is. It doesn't define whether they're going to be successful in the
034future or not. I think the other piece is tapping into the expertise that we have within the community and we've seen that as we have brought on our cadre of retired teachers and we've had other volunteers that have come and helped with tutoring. Um, we had fluency buddies in all of our elementary schools this year where everybody all hands on deck no matter who you were and what your role was. And so I think community could help with even just fluency buddies which is where you read with a student for 10 minutes. So it's not a big time commitment, but it really does take an entire community to support the achievement for students. Absolutely. >> Thank you for that. Yeah, it was I was talking to some peers and just talking about the importance of
035grassroot efforts and now is it's the perfect time for those efforts to come along alongside our schools. So, >> thank you for those points, >> Dr. Mo. >> I appreciate your question. Um, and just to follow up on that, um, when you talk about the, uh, staffing needs and being able to kind of assess that based on the scores, um, I'm guessing that the the need to respond with that immediate action kind of in right right at that time um, is an important factor in that staffing. >> Absolutely. >> Yes. and and that's really a skill that is developed over time and and it's been a focus of our professional development for a couple years now. Um because that's not how we were trained. You know, we were trained with quizzes on Friday or common
036assessments every couple weeks and really moving to that what we call monitoring in the moment, verifying student learning in the moment is a skill set that that we have to grow and we've made great strides in that and and that's why we've seen significant success at several schools because that's been their focus. um and really monitoring those systems um so that we can in the moment intervene with a student and not wait for them to fail on Friday, not wait for them to fail in two weeks. We know exactly where the skill is that they need support on and then through various different staffing models. Co-eing is an example where we have um maybe a special education teacher with a general education teacher, English learner teacher with a general education teacher. Working together, you can
037really really get down to what students learn, what students know in the moment. So, that's a an example of a staffing model that we really have to look at school by school, teacher by teacher to make sure um that we're getting the most that we possibly can. >> Okay. Appreciate that additional detail. Thank you. >> I also just wanted to give you a shout out as well. I know that this begins the LT summit and saw some amazing amazing posts on social media. Um and so I just I as I think about all the things that is that are happening here in Lawrence Township to see these results, I think it's important to really give you and your team kudos on the incredible professional learning that's taking place. I know um that title two funds
038are being held up currently and I just wish that more people understood the value of developing our educators and so thank you Lawrence Township for the incredible work that is done um to really develop our educators because it definitely is seen got to equip them with the skills that they need to see the outcomes in the classroom. So kudos to you and your team. >> Thank you board. Um thank you Mr. Not. Um, my questions were already asked by my colleagues, but I did have a comment. It was fascinating to see the jumps in math because I even saw it at our home level with my um rising fifth grader how she jumped up made big leaps on the math test. Yes. >> But to your point about not teaching to just the test, like
039her mastery of math like in the classroom and her confidence level grew and I know she's just one of thousands, but the data is showing that's happening. districtwide, too. So, thank you. >> All right. Well, if we don't have any other questions, we will move on to the transfer of funds update with Mr. Miles. >> Thank you, Madam President. Dr. Smith, members of the board, at this time, I report back to you uh on our transfer of funds. Uh at the June 23rd board meeting, the board approved uh a resolution to transfer funds between our education and operations funds, which we do uh semianually. So at this time we report back of what what that transfer amount actually was. You have those numbers in front of you. Education fund to operations fund always is greater
040than uh operations to education. Our net transfer amount just under $9 million 8.908611 uh for a net percentage of uh transfer of 12.52%. And the state does limit us on the amount that we can transfer. That's a 15% limit uh by statute and we are in line uh roughly with where we were last year. We were about 12.25% um right at 12.25% in 2024. So we are um in a good place and uh just report this back as information. >> Thank you Mr. Miles board. Any questions on the transfer of funds? We will continue with you Mr. Miles 2.4 before on the proposed 2026 budget adoption calendar. >> Thank you once again, Madam President. Uh this time of the year, we are beginning the exciting uh process of putting our budget together uh which is
041our annual process dictated by the state of Indiana uh the department of local government finance. We work closely with them in this process. And in July, we bring to you at this time for your uh information now and later approval uh this evening the budget adoption calendar or the schedule uh which includes tonight but really gets into what are the next steps as we move forward in the budget process. Again, these are all dictated by um statute and a timing that's uh dictated by the state. We have to uh complete our budget process to issue levies by November 1st. So this puts us in a great position to do so. Tonight's step is approval of this calendar. Um the next step in the process will be in August um as an introduction uh of the
042budget and permission to advertise um the process. So um we will um talk regularly up now through uh that November uh first uh deadline. We actually build in a little cushion in our calendar in October. We just have the one board meeting in October this year. Um, so we intentionally don't schedule anything for that date. Uh, noting that if something were to come up, we need to push something back if there was any kind of a reason for that. We do have some cushion in there. So, um, that is the reasoning for the dates that you see and all um, fall in line with statute. >> Thank you, Mr. Miles. Any questions, board, about the budget? We're gonna have our own Susan Jordan reading challenge coming up soon when we get the packet. So, um
043to go along with policy, too. Yes. Um any questions? Okay. I did have one, Mr. Miles, just to clarify. So, the uh proposed 2026 budget will be available late August on the website for the public to view. >> That is correct. That is all I had at this time. We'll move on to 2.5 cyber security updates with Mr. Andy Harsha. Good evening, Madam President, Dr. Smith and members of the board. I'm here this evening to pres present uh recommendations from our cyber security pilot grant. And just a little bit of background, as you can see there, um this is a federal -ate grant program that is supporting schools and libraries across the country with boosting their cyber security initiatives. Um schools were allowed to apply and my predecessor Dr. Gaggline and his team um created
044an application and you can see there we were excited to learn that MSDLT was um awarded up to $648,000 for these efforts. Um at the April 28th board meeting, we grant asked for your approval to put out RFPs and get bids on that project. And just as a reminder, there are two main areas of focus for this um project. The first is network and endpoint protection and the second is data loss prevention. On the next slide you can see um on both of those projects which were put out to bid separately um those are the um list of vendors alphabetically that did submit a bid for either one or both of the projects. And then on the next slide you can see here uh our division created an evaluation system that was based on points
045so that we had a good uh objective way to evaluate those bids as they came in cost um whether or not it met the specifications of our needs. The ability for their programs to integrate with our current systems. Um, we did want to make sure that it included a central dashboard for uh, easily monitoring for our team, which is important so that we can learn things and act on them quickly. And then lastly, uh, any references or experience that we've got um, with any of these vendors. And of course, you can see there was a total of 1,000 points um, possible. So on the network and endpoint security, we had a number of uh, vendors submitted bids there. And you can see um the scores are off there to the right. In short um see
046there our network solutions incorporated uh was our highest score for that category and it's broken down there by point. On the second slide you can see there in the data loss prevention also network solutions incorporated uh received the highest score. So uh my recommendation this evening is that we consider uh awarding this project to Network Solutions Incorporated. The total quote was 562813 and86. And just as uh a little bit of additional information that does include installation, the hardware, the software, any training necessary and service for three years uh as we implement that cyber security uh project. And again just outlined a couple of the key factors. Cost of course we had a budget to work with based on the grant. So cost was a significant consideration. Um but also how that system integrated with our
047current environment. So we weren't having to run into compatibility issues across the the board. And um Network Solutions Incorporated is a uh company that we have worked with in the past and have had very successful um relationship with and they understand our system and it worked out nicely that way. So that is our recommendation and I'm happy to answer any questions. >> Thank you Mr. Harsha. Any questions? >> Just one quick question >> that the amount is under the awarded amount. What do we typically do with the excess funding? >> So um actually we we are uh the the funding will um not be awarded to us that we will just get the um 562813. Um, we're actually very excited that we had some bids that were quality that fell under that. Um, let's say
048the bid had come back at 800,000. We of course would have been responsible for the difference. So, um, we're happy that we had good quality bids that were underneath um, the budget. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions? done. >> I know that Lawrence Township is a proud member of the Indianapolis Public Library shared system and so um I'm assuming that the shared system is aware and are extraordinarily happy about this development as well. >> Uh I would assume so. I have not had direct conversations with them, but um they are a proud partner of MSDLT and as we strengthen all of the different systems that we have and all the programs just like that one that are operating within our network, uh I'm sure they will be through. I would say so for sure.
049>> Any other questions or comments, board? >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Harsha. We will move back to Mr. Miles with our financial update 2.6. >> Thank you, Madam President. At this time, I bring to you for information our June 2025 financial report. And in front of you, I have your our general fund report. uh again for the halfway point of the 25 calendar year. Um and again at this time this these reports tonight also reflect the transfers that we just spoke about. Um so keep that in mind as we're looking at total revenue total expenditures. Our revenue just slightly below where we projected uh prior to the year beginning. And really it's not our state number. Our state revenue our state tuition support is actually uh exceeds what we had projected. It's really related
050more to that transfer. So really an internal number not not anything of of significant concern. Again our miscellaneous revenue exceeding just where we want it to be. Same similarly with expenditures. We have seen an uptick and I think we've talked at previous board meeting some of our supply and materials costs going up a little bit just like you're seeing other places um as well as our contract services are up a little. We've we bumped up our substitute teacher pay this year. So that's a good good thing that's that's sort of driving that. So our total is uh is below projected but not a major concern. It is something certainly we will watch going forward um throughout the rest of the year. And similarly on the transportation side you see a lot of good things there
051uh revenue exceeding our projection and our expenditures uh less than projected. So a net positive result uh specifically for our transportation fund balance of just over $2.4 million in that fund at the end of Thank you, Mr. Miles. Board. Any questions on the financial update? >> Um, thank you again. At this time, we'll move on to 2.7 on our board committee chair reports. We'll start off in order with the foundation, Dr. Mhalland. Okay. Well, I briefly mentioned this at our last meeting, but I wanted to mention again that the Lawrence Township School Foundation will also be having its new office on Wheeler Road at the new LACC. So, you can find them on the first floor. Um, just want to make sure everyone knows that, you know, don't come here. Um, they are already now
052at the uh Wheeler Road. >> Thank you. And will they will they be keeping any of their supplies here too as well or is that it? >> Okay. So yeah, >> but if you want to talk to the staff, they are now fully moved. Yes. Okay. >> Okay. >> Staff is there, but they do have uh one of our rooms downstairs has an overhead door we is going to be their storage room. We we outfitted with shelves a few months ago and that's where they're keeping a lot of their stuff. >> Maybe that's what I was thinking. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thanks for the update on their new address, too. Um we will move on now to Lawrence Parks and Recreation. Miss Dunn, >> thank you very much. As a reminder, the Lawrence Forever
053Young Club meets on Thursdays at Community Park from 11 to 1. We also have our farmers market at Fort Ben. That's from 4:00 to 7:00 every Thursday. We also have Fridays at the fort this Friday from 6:30 to 900 p.m. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. And then on Sunday, July 20th, we have a back to school um celebration at 49 Charnie 4902 Charnie Avenue from 12 to 2 with free giveaways. Um and that should be a really great event. >> Thank you. Now we will move on to policy with M Pucket. The fun part. Dr. Harshburg Barger and I have um our second revision packet update 2025 that we will be going through here. Um it is currently oh it it is a follow-up to the spring revision packet volume 37 number two and it
054contains 30 policies four forms that that require revisions andor updates. And at this time, Neiola revision edits have been completed and are ready for division leader review, after which the policy committee will begin its review process, which is pretty awesome to see that you are an effective machine with that on getting everything out and bringing it back. Um, the first reading for this special update is currently scheduled for August the 18th board meeting. And lastly, a new revision packet volume 38 number one, yes, number one will is planned for September release. Did I cover everything, Dr. Hashburger, I'm looking forward I'll get my K Cups ready. So, thank you, sir. >> Thank you. It's a It's a busy year. Uh, speaking of policy, um, as you'll notice, Miss Lawrence um was unable to be with
055us because we all have professional roles outside of our our board work, but we are within policy. It's 0162 a quorum. A quorum would be three members or more. So, we're good to continue uh conducting the the business of the of the school. All right. Um thank you again for your updates, board. At this time, we will move on to our action items. 3.1, approval of the proposed 2026 budget adoption calendar. Mr. Miles. >> Thank you once again, Madam President. Earlier this evening, I shared the 2026 budget adoption calendar, our schedule. And at this time, I ask uh for the board to approve as submitted. >> So moved. Second. >> Properly moved. Miss Pucket, seconded, Miss Dunn. Um board, any comments before we move to vote? >> All right. All in favor? >> I. >>
056Any opposed? All right. The eyes have it. >> Thank you. >> All right. 3.2 to approval of the cyber security RFP. Mr. Harsha. >> Evening again, Madame President, Dr. Smith, and members of the board. I recommend that MSDLT award the cyber security pilot project to Network Solutions Incorporated as submitted. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Properly moved. Miss Dunn and seconded, Miss Pucket. Board, any questions or comments? All right, we will move to vote. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? The eyes have it. All right. 3.3 approval of board minutes. Dr. Mahalland. >> Okay. So, I present for the board's approval the board minutes for June 23rd, 2025. >> A motion. >> So, move. >> Second. >> Properly moved. Miss Pucket and seconded, Miss Dunn. Um, any questions or comments? All right. All in
057favor? >> I. Any opposed? All right. The eyes have it. >> Madam President, I move that we treat action items 3.4 through 3.9 um as consent agenda. >> All right. I'll entertain a motion for the movement of the uh consent agenda. >> Second. >> All right. Properly moved, Miss Pucket and seconded, Miss Dunn. All in favor? >> I. >> All right. I move approval of consent agenda. >> Second. >> All right. Properly moved, Miss Pucket and seconded, Miss Dunn, for the approval of the consent agenda. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? All right. So, that is the approval of the consent agenda. Again, going back to policy for the public's awareness, that is our policy 0166.1 consent agenda. And within the body of the consent agenda that we just approved are the minutes, claims,
058personnel report, and field trips. This is accessible on the website on the public meeting documents if you have questions. At this time, we'll move on to our administrator and board comments. Um, I'll start down on the end. Dr. Mahaland. >> Well, you did mention the Susan Jordan reading challenge. Very excited that we were able to participate in that. And just a friendly reminder, you know, everyone who got to chance to get involved with that. Um, really fun way to kind of set a goal and and do that as a family and read together. So, um, just get your forms in so we can celebrate your reading and and if you didn't do Susan Jordan challenge, that's okay. you know, just um finding those times in the day um or night to to to read together
059is is always a great thing to do. So, I'm glad that we could participate in that district program. >> Thank you for that. It is a great program, Miss Pucket. >> Um not a whole lot to say other than did we have a summer? Like it seems like summer like zipped by and so just uh thank you all for gearing up for another year. So, looking forward to it. Miss Pucket, I do want to remind you school does not start for the MSD of Lawrence until August 6th. So, we're still on summer vacation. >> I know some of our colleagues I do want to put in a plug. Some of our colleagues start next week >> and so we start in two weeks. Some >> teachers return. >> Oh my god. Yes. We don't start
060until August the 6th. >> So, you can take your family to the state fair this year. >> Yes. Miss done. I just again want to reiterate the gratitude for all the hard work because I think people have a misnomer that educators that summers are just spent in our offices. I actually had an employee that just hired he's like you know I'm just excited to see what people do in the summer at the district office and I was like just buckle up buttercup because it is a ride. Um and it's hard to get time for yourself. So, I really really hope that you have taken meaningful time for yourself to rejuvenate and refresh as we embark on another school year because um seems like every year we're being asked to do more and more and more
061and more. So, please make time for yourselves in the few short weeks that are left if possible and then if not over fall break. >> Um my only comment is I'm looking forward to the meet me on a Monday. I think it used to be together on a Tuesday, but now it's meet me on a Monday for the elementary and ELC. So, looking forward to that. The back to school lists are already ready. This is our exciting time as parents. May is the staff's exciting time. So, I just I just I appreciate the the work that I know that you all are doing to prepare um getting ready for the school year. So, um Dr. Smith, >> good point of privilege, Madam President. Mr. Odor share the wonderful opportunity we have this week. We're going
062to let our secret sauce out. The Lawrence Learning Summit. Troy, will you share with the board the highlights and how many teachers do we have registered? Sir, >> we have a total of 718 teachers that have registered for at least one session at the Lawrence Learning Summit. Um we began with an excellent keynote this morning from Ken Williams and he really spoke to the power of teachers and the difference that teachers can make when they have the power. Um and so another highlight um over the course of the week we have 15 sessions on AI um and I think that is cutting edge in terms of professional development and support for teachers. So that's a significant focus for us this week. >> And madame president, I don't want to overstep protocol, but a little birdie
063told me this is the last board meeting in this building. >> That is correct. How many years? >> It's been 15 years. Grant Nesbet to be exact that we've been in this building uh from the closure of the old administration building for those historians was located the softball fields at Bzer Middle School. And so we have been here for 15 years. This is our last meeting as the new address is on Wheeler Road. We're excited to move into the new LEC. So, the next time you see us live, we'll be on the 18th for our first board meeting in the new LEC. So, we're excited about that. So, board, if you wouldn't mind just staying a few minutes. We're going to take a last picture here. We'll close this out, put it in the history
064books, and we'll turn to a new chapter in our new building. Exciting. The new LACC will be officially open on the 18th of August. Thank you, Dr. Smith. Yes, we will be meeting on the 18th at 5:30. Um, I was also reminded to refer this now, this building now as Craig and then LEC is the 5720 Wheeler Road. >> So, I don't know if Google Maps has updated it, but just letting the public know. >> We believe it's already updated, Grant. I believe we already have it updated. All the addresses have been changed. And for you historians, this is back to being Craig. Okay. As it was built in 1970, Troy. So, it's back to being correct. So, we're excited. >> Okay. At this time then, I'll entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> Seconded. >>
065Properly moved. Miss Pucket and seconded. Uh Dr. Mhalland. We are done. When's our office meeting?