001for [Music] for [Music] he [Music] he [Music] student oration all right we're ready okay all right it's 7 o'clock and I'm of the school board we thank you for being here in person or virtually I'm Heather Stags president of the school board and to my left is Luke Jackson Vice President Dan Conway secretary Jackie Deckard member and Matt henkins member to my right is superintendent Eric Bolan and assistant superintendent Susie lips so if you will all please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and moment of silence to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all all right thank you first up we're going to have staff recognition Mrs lips good evening everyone tonight I want to
002recognize John R wooden Middle School social studies teacher Josh Bane please come forward Josh we are proud to announce that Josh Bane has been nominated for the Gilder lman National history teacher of the year award started in 2004 the history teacher of the year award High highlights The crucial importance of history education by honoring exceptional American history teachers from elementary school through High School Josh who has been a teacher in the MSD of Martinsville since 2001 was nominated by a parent of one of his students con congratulations tonight Josh Bane let's all hear for him Josh you want to say something here thank you I happy to be here everyone face almost of children for your support well with over 20 years of service to the school district you have impacted a lot of students
003and a lot of families so we greatly appreciate your investment here thank you [Applause] congratulations all right next up student recognition tonight from Martinsville High School we have Mr Jeff Bell our high school principal with us this evening he's going to introduce Mr craigan and his group of deca students let's welcome Mr Jeff Bell just like say High School U they will be ad they Advance the national competition for de here at last part of April first part of May and you know one of their projects I I'm not sure mrra they turned just making all slushies General slushies into big business with you know a lot of strategy it wasn't just a fundraiser it was thinking how to do it when to do it looking at products who's your who's your Market when are
004we going to do it I know there were a lot of football fanss during the hot months that were very appreci at football games be buy your guys slushies but they were recognized by the state as a gold standard for that project and they have advanced Nationals and we're very very proud of them they are just great representative Martinville High School un like Mr Craig to come in up here and tell you a little bit about them and introduce the students thank you Mr B uh first off I want to thank the administrative staff High School here creating a and it's got to the point years teaching kids have self initiative self motivation before school starts grab product mix product next day after scho clean Ma so uh my president andot and then Andrew is
005our vice president and he probing up to the president Ro next year years and then we got newes this year [Applause] [Laughter] uh the kids made had an opportunity to go Nationals last year that was held in in California possibility at all the cost travel and things and with this being the second year that they've qualified for national competition and rajy being a senior she's taken it upon herself to contact I don't know how many businesses on her own I'm finding out things after the fact that she's got dying to donates going on and all kinds of stuff and that's what I want out of out of deca I want kids taking the initiative not being told to hey go here go there but I bet she's contacted over how many businesses have you contacted
006handwritten letters to 20 different businesses and contacted restaurant owners and things like that so like I said leads by example and I just can't say enough good things about her so does a great job so go ahead r hi my name is Raj V Patel and I'm a senior at Martinsville High School I'm also the DEA president chapter president for Martin V DEA I would like to say some things about ICD so ICDC is international Career Development conference ICDC is a life-changing opportunity that can help students develop marketing management business leadership and career skills while representing our school at an international level and um as Mr kraan said about Dy to donate uh it's at Tres Caminos April 1st from open to close and we would like for all of you to join there and
007help us fund raise that's all thank [Applause] you thank you Mr kraan and the DECA students for being here this evening yes so at this time if you don't want to stay for the regular meeting you can run but feel free to stay if you want this is your exit strategy right now thank you for coming thank you thank you all right Corney do we have any comments okay all right so moving on we have aranson agenda which consists of um board minuts payroll claims check claims budgetary claims Personnel report and consent agenda do I have a motion I make a motion we accept the consent agenda okay I'll second okay and any discussion all right all in favor signify by stating I I I and opposed motion passes okay overnight um stay we have
008our softball team it's going to terot they do that annually uh no District funds are expended I recommend approval of this overnight for the softball team do I have a motion I'll make the motion we approve the softball overnight I'll second it Heather okay and any discussion all right all in favor signify by stating I I and opposed motion carries the next one is school nutrition association annual conference uh in San Antonio Texas no District uh funds are expended and I recommend approval of this conference I'll make the motion Heather to approve the school nutrition association annual National Conference I'll second all right do I have any discussion all right all in favor signify by stating I I and opposed Carri the next one Dov tales with our presentation there with Deca the national competition
009that's held in orlandoo Florida it'll take place April 25th through the 30th uh I recommend approval I know who's going to jump on that one I planning on it I'll make a motion that we approve Deca to go to the ICDC competition in Orlando Florida I'll second it all right any discussion all right all in favor signified by stating I I and oppose should have asked if we could go Cher motion carries the next one is the usad Nationals uh that's April 29th through the 4th in De Moine Iowa and no District funds are going to be expended for that that's our decathlon so I recommend approval for that I'll make the motion to approve the usad national I'll second all right any discussion all right all in favor signified by stating I I and
010opposed motion carries the next one is the sprung system Aquatic Center visit in Idaho I recommend approval for that one do I have a motion I'll make a motion we approve the sprung system aquatic Center visit I'll second it and any discussion all in favor signify by stating I I and opposed motion carries okay next up we have our curriculum report thank you very much starting tonight uh we have a programming presentation and tonight we are going to share a short animation overie view of the MSD of Martinsville Police Department please enjoy at the MSD of mar Bel the police department has an essential role in keeping our school Community safe officers are always on the move and ready to respond to any situation the MSD police area certified receiving the same level of training
011as City police officers with two Kine officers trained in Narcotics detection the team is fully equipped to handle a wide variety of calls for service officers also support various programs to promote student safety through stop it an anonymous reporting app students can report bullying safety concerns and more straight to the officers the district save program educates students about the dangers of vaping through after hours classes officers are also the Le on pency and work closely with the district and city courts to address attendance issues SA at the MSD of Martinsville is the number one priority and proactive customize security plans ensure that all staff are prepared for various emergencies and situations following the Alice protocol regular safety drills are conducted to certify everyone is prepared the MSD of Martinsville is dedicated to creating a safe
012and secure environment for students staff and families safety is everyone's responsibility and the MSD police are here to help okay I would like to make a couple of comments on that here real quick and address the address our audience address our school Community address our families uh especially the ones out there in Virtual land we really need your help this week has been a trying week uh for our schools uh with the the threats the comments uh the social media post that type of thing where students feel Cavalier just to make comments back when a I was a kid you might make a comment to a buddy I'm going to kill you that's not the same today it's unacceptable to say I I'm going to go I want to go to the school and shoot
013it up I'm so mad I could blow it up I'm so mad I could do you can't make those kind of comments today because that's serious stuff because kids' lives are in Jeopardy it throws everybody in turmoil it causes issues where we have to expand resources and time effort and energy to try to guarantee that our kids are safe and that our staff is safe that's our most important job outside of educating our kids to give them the best educational environment that we possibly can this is where we need your help parents you talk to your children about this social media uh Pariah that is upon us they have got to get off of the social media to where they're making comments about um dissing the other their colleagues their friends their peers The Bullying
014aspect but the threats those kind of threats let me just give you a for instance the last threat that we had and I'm not going to go into great detail but I'm going to give the public enough to where you can appreciate what this board has done uh prioritizing safety and what our Police Department dep has done to ensure that safety we had a a report that come from federal agency that came to our 911 dispatch 911 dispatch contacted our police department and said that there's a possible gun issue at the high school and within four minutes four minutes we were able to have our law enforcement and our administration at the high school have the situation contained um under control and ensuring that there were no weapons or issues that was going to put
015our kids and staff in Jeopardy four minutes I can tell you this four years ago that would have been impossible how is that possible today because we have our own police force we have a a police officer that's there every day at the high school we have two other officers that are ours and a part-time officer that's in our rotation now and we have two officers from the city uh or the county that are filling in the contract so this board has um prioritized that put monies aside to ensure that and then on top of that we invested in the new radio system that you guys might remember uh just two years ago and got it up implemented last year and we implemented the new camera system and I can tell you this we were
016able with the radio system to find out where the kid was or the kids were and be able to help get the police and administration where they needed to be in that 4minute window so the radios were essential in that on top of that the video cameras that we have we have the state-of-the-art number one uh rated ra uh camera system out there we went with the iPhone version and I'm not saying iPhone because it's verata is our system that's the one we utilize and with our capabilities we have facial recognition and we were able to determine uh the path to make sure that nobody had done anything prior to the uh students being apprehended or being uh coralled they were able to find their path every camera they touched through the course of the
017day and every action that they possibly did and that was done in the matter of minutes they were able to determine that that's ensuring the safety of our students and our staff so I want to thank the board for investing in that prioritizing safety I want to thank our police we just put that up there but I want to thank them for their efforts and I want to thank the administration team for carrying out the protocols and ensuring the safety of of our students and our staff and I think it it would behoove us as a community to applaud them right now as a big thank you for all that and I'm going to lead the charge on it so thank you very much I think we also need to the prior board too was
018big Michelle B and Don lips they really pushed for this as well so this has been a long time coming but it doesn't happen in a vacuum and uh this is an important step for us so thank you all thank you Mr Bolan also tonight we want to give a big shout out to the MSD of Martinsville transportation department the transportation co-directors Brad Beaton and Lisa Callahan bus drivers and other Transportation staff members all of the MSD of Martinsville buses have passed the 2025 State Police bus inspection at 100% that's rare congratulations to the transportation department also a shout out goes to Smith Fine Arts Academy principal Ray Floyd musical director Ki Palma and participating students and staff the Smith School students Annie production open this week at Martinsville High School and was a huge
019success congratulations to that group group of students in that school open enrollment for 2025 2026 began in February open enrollment is the time period that parents in our district or from other districts can enroll their children in Martinsville schools for next school year families can enroll by clicking on the enrollment icon on the district website kindergarten enrollment the district continues to welcome all kindergarten students at kindergart orientations at all seven Martinsville elementary schools if you want to enroll your 5-year-old in kindergarten please reach out to the district at 342 I'm sorry 765 342 6641 or any one of the other elementary schools popsicles for prek is our event that is scheduled for April 2nd the district will begin enrollment for prek students who will be four years years old by August 1st 2025 popsicles for
020prek enrollment Fair will be at Central education center on April 2nd from 5: to 7 p.m. we're excited to see you there upcoming events other than the prek enrollment is the state math bowl competition at Bell Intermediate Academy at on April 15th and of course our class of 2025 graduation on May 23rd thank you everyone for attending this evening okay the next thing we have is first read only uh these are the the policies you'll have those if you have questions comments or something let us know what those might be and then we would entertain those in the next board meeting for second read old business since I covered the uh police aspect that's it you're not going to hear me anymore Mr Deckard try to get that clock ticking right thank you very much
021she's subtle isn't she okay the next one is second read items for policy or items one through make sure I get it right seven um and I'd like to see if we could pass them all at one time unless you want to separate any out so I would recommend approval items action items 1 through 7 policies for second read right do I have a motion I'll make a motion Heather to accept the um the policies that have been placed before us all right and a second I'll second any discussion all right all in favor signify by stating I I I opposed motion carries okay the next thing we have is approval of uh Martinsville High School e CA Club environmental Club I recommend approval of that right do I have a motion I make a
022motion that we approve the Martinsville High School ECA Club environmental Club okay a second I'll second all right and discussion all in favor signify by stating I I opposed motion carries the next one is the approval of Martinsville High School ECA Club the Key Club I recommend approval I have a I'll make a motion to approve the Martinsville High School ECA Key Club I'll second thank you and any discussion all in favor signify by stating I I I and opposed motion carries the next one's the approval of the project lead to way training Grant $2500 recommend approval I'll make a motion that we approve the Project Lead the Way training grant for $2,500 all right a second I'll second all right all in favor signify by stating I I and opposed motion carries the next
023one is donation from Anonymous to the Martinsville dance marathon in the Staggering amount of $5,000 I recommend approval that's nice I'd like to meet Anonymous do I have a motion I'll make a motion Heather to approve the donation to The MHS MHS dance m Maron all right I'll second and any discussion all in favor signify by stating I I and opposed motion carries that's all I have there all right all right Courtney do we have anybody for comment okay all right so during our public uh comment portion a visitor that wishes to speak regarding any any District topic may do so according to policy 167.5 the district will be required to state I'm sorry the visitor will be required to State his or her full name and address and will be given a three-minute allotment
024of time feedback or answers to questions will be provided before the next board meeting and or during old business section of the next board meeting it should it shall not be permissible to orally present or discuss complaints again against individual employees such charges or complaints shall be presented to all board members in writing and shall be designed by the person the charge or complaint we appreciate everyone's cooperation and look forward to working together for the betterment of the district hi my name is Georg Edgar I live at 490 North Maran Street I am employee of MSD I'm happy to be employee of MSD um I have never been to a board meeting except for when they did a raise and I didn't do anything I just sat back there and be good like I always
025do but um today I don't know what this is about and I'm out of line I want you to tell me but um I'm not coming as you as a driver I'm coming as to you guys as an issue it happened at school over my granddaughter and we have reached out to several of the members of the board and we haven't got any recalls back so do I ask a question here or do you want me to wait you would uh if you would please you can get a hold of me and I would I would be glad to talk with you about the issue okay would that be okay that's fine and what we'll do is I will be um on a u trip tomorrow not a vacation trip but uh project trip tomorrow
026out of out of state but I will be back next week uh during spring break uh that we can talk unless you're going to be gone but then we could also I'll be here because this really needs to be addressed um you and I then can communicate next week and get a time to sit down that' be okay okay I'll hold you that thank you thank you okay superintendent comments well I don't have much here but I do want to remind everybody the high school is hosting the state chess tournament again this year we did that two years ago unbelievable turnout from around the state and uh our our host team there at the high school our chess club and the volunteers the parents the whole group they do a fantastic job so looking forward
027to that um my wife and I are on concession duty uh Saturday so it's going to be a lot of fun to see the kids competing doing something I would never be able to do I can barely do Checkers uh but they they do a fantastic job and we're proud to host we had so many compliments from the uh visitors two years ago that's why they wanted to come back because our team did such a fantastic job not talk about just the the players I'm talking about our host team did a fantastic job putting Martinsville in a perfect light uh to shine on our hospitality and uh that's that's a great thing for Martinsville so if you get an opportunity to come out and support the chess club or to buy some concessions to support
028the team in that way come out and see us it's going to be at the high school Saturday obviously spring break we mentioned uh next week don't send your kids to school um I know some of you might want to but uh enjoy the break enjoy the respit with your family friends uh and colleagues then we have prek enrollment starts April 2nd right that's actually all that I have so I know it's a surprise that is I am shocked okay good job can I can I say one thing about prek enrollment just in case you're wondering about cost and that kind of thing we do have um free vouchers free uh scholarships and reduced rate scholarships available for families and every family is welcome to to um sign up and to explore that opportunity thank
029you okay do I have any board member comments I just want to congratulate all the kids who recently took the IAD did really well on it worked hard on it uh so kudos to them and their teachers absolutely and then as uh superintendent Bolan mentioned spring break is next week so if you are traveling uh safe travels and enjoy time with your family and friends if you do get to go somewhere but uh hopefully you can have the time to refresh and come back renewed and finish Strong finish strong I also had some comments I wanted to make real quick I was really pleased to see that we hosted again the ihsaa boys uh Regional and I was told by the members that Kip and Jeff did an excellent job with that and it brings
030a lot to the community when we have those schools here and puts a good light on the Martinsville Community uh I also was really pleased to see the Academic Decathlon and deca both going going to State and national competition and also I wanted to remember a former teacher who passed away she had several years of service was Marilyn Rose mom at Smith Elementary all right I will take a motion to adjourn I'll make a motion to adjourn okay all second all right all in favor I I I oppose MO carries thank you all for coming