001foreign thank you madam president Dr Smith members of the board at this time I would ask Hannah clendenning of Barnes and Thornburg our legal counsel if she would I just want to introduce her to the to the board she's here for assisting with any questions that may come up and also bellvia Gray from Baker Tilly our bond Council so they are here to assist tonight in uh questions and and with the presentation tonight we're here to talk about our 2023-26 facilities transformation long-term facilities Improvement and buses and Equipment accus acquisition project so that is to say that the district has a need for long-term facilities upgrades major equipment purchases and you have a list in front of you of estimated costs of those purchases that would begin shortly after this were to be approved beginning
002late this year and running through potentially 2027 as you see we've got different projects around the district from an Ln roof replacement site improvements lecc phase two the building we're in our Craig Academy transformation curricular materials bus purchases technology upgrade and replacement extracurricular and equip instructional equipment custodial and maintenance equipment furniture and other equipment Acquisitions and some contingency money aside as well these are obviously estimated costs for future projects and give us some flexibility but all cost of financing and and any financing transactional costs are included as well so it gives you an idea of what we're looking to to do as we move forward through this Bond project or potential Bond project and at this time I will introduce Miss belvia gray to talk from Baker Tilly about what that Bond project would look
003like hi good evening good evening everyone good to see you here thank you Hello Kitty thank you Miss Gray at this time Madam president now we turn it back to you um to you for opportunity for public comment so um I guess I have a few um from the graph that we were by the end of this time period which takes us through 2045. by the end of that time period it would appear that if our tax base remains strong we could be adding financing on top of that at the end without any increase to our taxpayers so we could add further bonds near the end without any increase or taxpayers sure yeah right the two colored bars there were showing we're showing today right so as the shape of that we'll be overlaying the
004school corporations identified needs right in terms of what you need from a facilities perspective they're laying that with the the post Debt Service schedule and if we hear from the school oh we actually have another project that we need to incorporate here because of the off the way these have been authorized we'll be able to Pivot and change to make sure that we're maintaining what's being shared with the public in terms so we're basically funding these the way that we funded the renovations of our schools in the last 10 years with debt that's falling off the books okay all right what we're doing is really kind of some ways yes if you're kind of looking at it from that perspective that's really just because of conservativeness thank you it's the board before well I invite
005public comment does the board have any other questions um yes I just had a couple clarifying questions on slide two on the project costs so line three is the lecc phase two Craig Academy transformation is that some the total of building the new building while upgrading the current LEC okay I just wanted to clarify yes that price will be for the phase two of this uh building turned it back into the school okay okay just to remind the board you've already approved the new building okay thank you okay okay it's a point of clarification okay and then the second question was on number five on the bus purchases is that part of our 12-year um cycle of purchasing new buses so that that number would Encompass all of the buses that have aged out of
006and that we need to purchase in that time frame from 24 to 27. good question this is actually as we're going to talk about here in just a bit with our budget this is on top of our normal bus replacement tons what we've seen uh over the years is that our buses have aged beyond the the recommended 12-year Rec uh replacement plan so this would be a plan to help us get us back on track okay thank you board members any other comments yes thank you so much for this information I am trying to understand also slide two so thank you for your questions I was wondering if you could explain a little bit about the curricular materials acquisition um and line four absolutely so as you may be aware the public may be aware
007uh the doe there's been a legislation change with how we fund our curricular resources our curriculum material this year we are no longer able to charge for that um so a gift to to our families and to our taxpayers but still needs to be funded some way so this is a mechanism that will allow us to maintain the high level of curricular material that we currently expect and and still be able to cash flow those things and then could you explain a little bit about the custodial equipment acquisition because I understand that we Outsource our custodians so could you explain a little bit um why the district is having to acquire that equipment yes it's Outsourcing happy to do so and then this would also the maintenance equipment on the next line item are similar
008um although we outsourced um the the labor that goes along with our custodians and our maintenance staff we the district still owns the equipment um so whether that be um trucks cleaning equipment lifts other things other major purchases those belong those are our assets that we wanted to maintain control and ownership of um for down the road security for the district out of an abundance of caution so that we having ownership of those if there were to be some transition um we wouldn't have to go out and replace all those materials in those supplies thank you yeah good questions great questions um I would open I would open the floor for public comment at this time if anyone would like to comment on the project project costs seeing no one needing to comment you can
009close this meeting this hearing second public hearing VR budget hearing again Mr miles thank you once again Madam president Dr Smith members of the board at this time I bring before you our first public hearing for our 2024 budget uh per state statute the budget has been advertised as required and I just remind the board and the public this budget also includes our bus replacement plan and our capital projects plan that also must be approved by the state with that said as in years past we want to make sure we advertise our budget uh with uh I will say an overestimation of our costs and likewise an overestimation of where we would anticipate local property tax rates to be noting that once the state does their calculations and comes back to us later in the
010year they will reduce that we don't want to get too close to where we think actual expenses would be and potentially risk losing funds and leaving them uh leaving us in a deficit spending or in a shortfall so the board has had the proposed budget um in front of them and it again has been advertised as required uh I would welcome any questions at this time seeing no one here to comment at this time we'll close the budget hearing thank you very much Mr miles thank you now we will open our work session and this is going so fast we'll go to the Blue Ribbon committee Please Mr Smith thank you madam president Dr Smith members of the board just to mention last couple weeks of good weather has really accelerated some of our site
011work so we continue to make it Dusty around our district site where continues at LC on the North End actually this new parking lot was paved they finished it up today one half of it nice Elsie Poole the Dig has started so we continue to move dirt and soon we'll have a pool there the weight room uh continues on Ln baseball Turf is in they will be moving to softball uh the next slide shows you um that field is being prepped finalized and we'll start this week the first of next baseball soccer parking they started stoning that area and we'll soon to have asphalt there we're hoping this week new weight room upgrades continues on Ellen pool tiles the big one so they're moving very quickly trying to get that done and water yet to
012come they're hoping here within the week Belzer Auditorium uh they're almost done raising trusses there I think we have four to remain and then all the sub brace goes in and Roofing on that new addition uh roof on the existing building continues and special needs turn around uh also hopefully we'll have asphalt there in the next couple weeks Fall Creek Valley new Clinic area and exceptional learner area space continues on uh all likewise the project lead to Rooms there's about six rooms that they're working on right now soccer field continues the underground is almost completed and then uh the base and final dirt will go in LACC you've seen a lot of uh pipe out there the storm water goes in once that's in they'll be ready to start asphalting both the North End and
013the West End the track uh I believe will be finished this week with paint providing the weather holds out tomorrow and Tennis Courts continue on exciting day on Friday that was uh getting ready for the event there and just so excited moving forward with the new lecc Ward are there questions for Mr Smith Miss Dunn first of all uh Mr Smith I felt like I was watching you on uh Christmas morning on Friday morning Your Enthusiasm um was contagious and so thank you for all the incredible work that you continue to do around our district to ensure that we have such incredible facilities um I did this is super exciting Project Lead the Way thinking about technology and Innovation can you just explain a little bit how those rooms might differ from a traditional classroom
014and what makes them projectally the way rooms number one being a quick properly to house all the different types of equipment going in there you'll see the electric and the air from the ceiling just gives them so much more flexibility the new type of furniture that will go in there to help them accommodate what they do with Project Lead the Way super super exciting to have such a dedicated space so again thank you for all that you continue to do comments on the side of the board questions thank you very very much Friday it was very exciting well I'll leave that for comments okay okay great so we will move on to early enrollment window updates um that would be good evening Madam president Dr Smith members of the board whether or not it is
015already time to start planning for next school year so the current window is still open for our current school year where all the way up to the last day of school on May 23rd we allow on new applications and enrollments we want to bring to your attention tonight that starting on March 1st of 2024 the non-resident application window will open running all the way through the last day of school of that school year and then registration for all grades for the 24 25 school year will begin on Tuesday January 9 2024. we bring this information to you tonight asking for approval later this month at the board meeting later this month board members do we have any questions about these windows um you all have been doing this successfully for several years so you have
016our trust we know we know you understand those windows and and why they are um why they are the way they are so yes please uh-huh so one question that I have is um this I love we're already thinking about the 24 25 school year do you keep any reserve seats for individuals that might be coming into the district later so let's say that I am moving here to work at DFAS and part of the reason I've moved to Lawrence is because it's a district of destination um are there seats that are held back for any people that move in after the enrollment window starts Elementary there's no need to hold back we will find room okay I mean we will work with families and give tours based on east or west or programming that
017they might have attended somewhere else okay so we accommodate families every day all year long awesome thank you and those are the families that choose to live in Lawrence Township there may not be seats held for families that want to come here from outside the township all right these windows right thank you that's so important thank you any other questions we will look forward to revisiting this later in the month um we're to our action items already board should I believe it or not um our personnel report Miss Johnson greetings Madam president Dr Smith and members of the board um we present the Personnel report as submitted for your approval so moved properly moved and seconded is there any discussion all in favor of approving the Personnel report aye any opposed and we are we're
018approved um we board are already to our board comments isn't that exciting I see a smile from the page okay I'm gonna let you raise your hand first who wants to go first okay then I choose it's done I don't really have much to say other than what I've already said uh to Mr Smith also want to extend just gratitude to the entire cabinet it is always a great day in Lawrence when you hear about these wonderful reports that we have so thank you for your continued leadership superintendent Smith that's all I have all right I um I believe we have a birthday yes that's part of our boardwork yes um I want to wish Miss Dunn our fellow board member a happy birthday and um I believe she even brought Miss Gabby with her
019in the crowd we always love having kids in the crowd um so I just wanted to do that and then um just the past two weeks have spoke for themselves all the great things going on in the district um so I'll just leave it at that thanks to everybody for all the work that's being done I know you know I will say I thank you Laurence just reminds me even for the game we know Lucas Oil was awesome I think Lawrence for my family even getting together my kids came home from school as just another reminder of just that connecting piece so I thank you all it's a good time for just my family and just to see all of you all so I'm grateful for that so I thank you so I thought I
020had no comments sorry that's always yeah uh Lawrence Lucas was spectacular from the the musical arts and the the the Gladiators I mean the football players they you know they just gave it their all and I think everybody had a good time and as it's unfortunate that maybe one team should win and another team should lose uh Lawrence Township was winners at every game so um it was terrific thank you so much Dr Nesbitt Mr Smith it was terrific um I would also like to um highlight a Gala that we went to sponsored by the Indiana Department of Education in which two of our schools received um really top-notch honors of the thousands of schools in Indiana there were maybe 23 schools maybe 30 schools that received these kinds of honors and um Forest Glen
021was recognized for early literacy and Mackenzie was recognized for College and Career pathways and we couldn't have been more proud so um they represent the rest of our schools as well we're all doing they're all all who are doing such a great job and who knows I might have a couple more next year you never know Mr Smith Madam president board they not only received Awards it took away a half million dollars of recognition so we got the money also so we're ecstatic about that and I board I will bring those two schools to be recognized before you with their Hardware at our September 25th meeting so we are excited about that and that's all the comments I have Madam president we're going to make record time tonight if you so choose I'm gonna call
022Miss helmets [Laughter] um with that our next monthly board meeting will be held on Monday September 25th and it will begin at seven o'clock is there a motion to adjourn second probably moved in seconded we are adjourned