0012026. And we'll start off with call to order. We'll start off with the pledge of allegiance. So, please stand. >> I pledge allegiance 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. So, we're going to start this meeting off a little bit different. Um, normally we start it off with student recognitions, but we're going to start this one off with a superintendent recognition. So, we've asked the board to step up there, and we're going to ask Dr. Brown to step up there. Um, we are recognizing our superintendent, Dr. Brown as she was honored as the 2026 Kosen AS AASA Edp Power Superintendent of the Year. Dr. Brown enters her 39th year in education and fourth as
002superintendent at Madison Consolidated Schools where she champions whatever it takes for student success. Madison was named a 2026 best managed school district and received the Indiana Chamber of Commerce Impact Award. We'd like everyone to please join us in congratulating Dr. Brown. Congratulations. >> And she loves Do you have a speech? >> Once again, we're gonna start off with outstanding math achievement and I'll turn it over to Dr. Brown. >> Okay. So we are very excited tonight to recognize the Indiana Department of Education is partnering with the National Math Stars NMS to recognize exceptional mathematical stars across the state in Madison students in Indiana. We have our very own Riker Bridge. Are you here? >> Okay, sure. I first like to say I'm gonna say something that's written down, but I'm pretty sure this child probably
003would have passed. I learned at the beginning of third grade. Um, she is just brilliant beyond words. Um, I'm gonna say something so I don't cry. She's phenomenal. I'm getting ready to say goodbye to her. >> Well, we want to thank you for welcoming for helping me welcome Madison Diamond who is an outstanding Riker student. She is an allound rockar and leader in the classroom. Not only does she persevere during difficult tasks with a smile, but she's also extremely positive and helpful to all of her classmates. She's an absolute blessing to teach according to Miss Thomas and we have no doubt she's going to go on and do great things in the future. We are so proud of Madison and thrilled to see that her hard work is being Next we're going to go with
004Junior High School Super Bowl English language arts team. >> I'm I'm short. I wanted to say the students we have eight study which was a 12-year-old girl who was living in British occupied New York City and she was helping Americans And then we read poetry. >> And then we tell us what was the most important. So they did an out here and they want to the most fun. They laughed all the time. So, congratulations. Have a good night. Sorry, I struggle. CONGRATULATIONS. >> You definitely want to take this team if you want to get in front. You can come down. >> So, next we're gonna come up here for the state unified bowling team. >> Thank you. Uh good evening. Thank you Dr. Brown and the board for allowing us to recognize some very special
005individuals this evening. Our unified teams help promote inclusion through shared sports training and competition experiences. Unified sports brings people together with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team, creating meaningful relationships, teamwork, and opportunities for all students s to succeed together. We are incredibly proud of our team members and honored to participate in the unified sports program through Special Olympics Indiana. Our unified bowling team made it to the state finals again this year and has consistently been a state finals participant, which is an outstanding accomplishment and a testament to the dedication of our student athletes and coaches. This year also marked the first season of Unified Cornhole as an IHSAA pilot program. The inaugural field included just 16 teams from across the state and we are proud to say that our unified cornhole team became
006the very first ever unified cornhole state champion in the state of Indiana. While our bowling and cornhole teams consist of incredible athletes, they are also made up of outstanding individuals who excel in the classroom. At this time, we would like to recognize the students who received unified bowling academic allstate honors. are here. >> Jaden Waldridge, Kennedy Rowlet, Kira Aaylor, Lily Wester, Rachel Couch. Teryn Charl. That's it. And so at this time, we'd like to congratulate the students who received academic all-state from the unified cornhole team. Rachel Couch, she's playing softball right now. She's not here, Teryn. And Kira Aaylor, who's also >> Thank you. Thank you. NCS wear them All right. Good evening and thank you Dr. Brown and the board for having us out here to recognize these fantastic students. Um the band program
007and winter guard programs have had a fantastic year this year. Um, our winter guard went on to be the silver medalist at Tri-State Finals this fall and uh, we're looking forward to another exciting fall season with them. We're looking to have 10 to 12 new marchers added to the color guard. Um, and the band program is continuing to grow. So, without further ado, I would like to recognize the winter guard. First up is Tegan Thacker. Oh yeah, sorry. Naa Thomas. >> Just go right up there. Paige Papuchi. >> You're welcome. Taylor Gorley >> dexterity work. >> Jasmine Bell Nunez, Lillian Jung, >> Emma Kerberg, And last but not least, Josie Scutard. They're not Cool. >> I love it. All right. Um, this year, uh, one of my personal goals for the program was to, um,
008elevate our participation in ISMA events. Um earlier this fall we in marching band received a gold rating with distinction and visual at the prelims level and went on to uh scholastic finals and place seventh out of 16. Um this year we're planning to go and just win it all is our goal. Okay. Uh solo and ensemble we had we recognized those back in March, April. Uh we were going for the all music award. In order to do that, you have to have a golden marching band, a group one solo and a group one ensemble advanced to state. You have to have a jazz band get a gold rating at uh festival for ISMA. And the concert band has to get a gold at ISMA. Not only did we achieve all those things, but we received
009a gold with distinction for the first time in school history and also received two perfect scores from judges, which is impressive for these kids. So, this is the first band in Jefferson County to receive this award. So, we beat Shaw and Southwestern to it. >> So, now we'll go through and announce them. Ban, do you hear me? >> Joselyn Brown. >> This way over here. >> Yeah. Hey, can we like come in towards the back, please? >> Thank you. >> Yes, you go that way and shake all the hands. >> Aaron Brown, >> Leaf Estes. Walk faster. >> Congratulations. >> Joseph Weaver. The rest of you, if you can get in uh class order, juniors, sophomore, freshman, figure it out. Ready to go. MAXWELL WE congratulations >> Ava Thomas Clara Kemp Alli Burch Congratulations Spencer
010Downing Berkeley Glunt. Congratulations. >> Xavier Peterowski. >> Congrats. Keep your hands to yourself. Don't you do it. >> Here we go. Ian Tenorio. >> My fingers would work. That'd be great. I'll set these here. >> That's okay. Isaiah Boyce, >> Ian Thcker, Silus Woodruff. >> Congratulations, >> Mila Boscha. Congratulations. >> Logan, get up here. >> One of our junior high students. >> Go up there. Addison Adams, >> Amy Bson, Wesley Curl, >> Kaden Aers, Kaden. Okay. and Allison NRE, Kayla A. Bear, Alio Perez, Bolivar, James Peters, Alyssa Rush, >> Norita Smith, Macy Smer. Macy. Okay. Christopher Gilbertson. Timothy is not here. Maddox Schwarz. Logan Carson. Scout Porter. Good job. >> Kempton's aren't here. Sophia D. Azie Hendren, Titus Kimler, Peyton Leone, Kimberly Renez, Mack. All right. Uh, you two, you're in concert band as well,
011so go ahead and come up here. Your awards are up there. >> All right. >> In the back, we need three layers. Ready? They may be able to see this. You all turn your left shoulder in. Left shoulder in that closer. >> Turn your right shoulder. Can you say >> everybody SAY >> DR. Got it, Dylan. >> Okay, there you go. >> Well done. I know. So do want to continue on. So this is going to be our last board meeting with our student representative. So on behalf of the board, we really want to say Savannah, you did a fantastic job. when you go over all of your information, it makes it really hard for the rest of us, but that tells me that you're doing a really good job. You know, you're really getting
012us informed. I've known your mom since she was really little. So, it's been really nice to get to know you and I'm very proud of you and everything that you've accomplished. Seeing you grow this year fantastic. As we wanted to give you and say thank you for everything. >> Thank you. This is Dr. Brown. >> Okay. So, we spent tonight celebrating a lot of people doing a lot of amazing things. We're really proud of the last one I have is another one that we are super proud of because we are only one of 15 schools in the nation that is being recognized for theater. department under Kelsey's leadership as we're named as a premier community for theater education from the educational theater of 15. It's a threeear designation. It's a national distinction presented by the
013educational theater association to schools that demonstrate exceptional achievement in providing meaningful high quality theater education and access for all students. the educational premier school recognition honors communities that prioritize theater education by the people resources and support systems that help students thrive through the arts. So again, congratulations to our leader of fine arts. routine. >> Thank you for all your work every day with our kids. >> Well, many of the kids that have come through tonight. >> Well, that's why it's just me. Yeah, that works. Now we're going to do elementary school and have come up. >> All right, we don't mind that people left. So anyway, thank you for having us come share. We love um getting to talk about our school and sharing what we're doing um this year. So we want to start
014off with our celebrations. One of the things I'm very proud about is the list of community partners we have. This list grows every year. It is our goal as deputy elementary to become STEM certified. And that's a huge task. It's a big undertaking that will require a lot of um support and help. And so we depend on our community partners, the time that they give to us, our resources they donate um and the experience that they share with our students to help us achieve that goal. The Mass and Community grocery project is one of our many community partners. Um, this is done through Aara or Rico and she came to me a couple years ago wanting to do a kitchen challenge with our students and our parents. And it's an opportunity for them to come
015to school in the evening and have a free meal. They can submit a recipe, a family recipe, and Chef Gabby, which is a chef from downtown, will choose one of those recipes, and she'll cook it in front of uh the parents, showing them how to make it more nutritious and budget friendly. And the kids get to participate and they get all excited because they get to put on the sanitation gloves and they mix and they measure and they make a mess and they enjoy helping her. One of the fun things that she does with them is she'll take one of the menu items and she'll uh create it in two ways. One with vegetables and one without. And she blindfolds them and has them taste. And oftentimes they'll choose the option with the vegetables without
016knowing. And so then she can show parents how to kind of trick the kids into eating vegetables or show the kids that, you know, vegetables really aren't that bad. >> That's awesome. >> So next, Megan McVey is going to come up and share another celebration about the coaches we have in this corporation and how the coaches work together and with our teachers to make our curriculum um much better. >> Thank you, Kathy. Good evening, board. Um, one of our big celebrations that we have at Deputy Elementary is our Shark Tank. It was an idea that was sparked two years ago. And through this, we um Oh, I didn't hit the next arrow button. Sorry. We have um also done story time through STEM. So, we have Mrs. Wright's first graders. They've explored characters, settings, and
017plot by comparing three versions of The Little Red Riding Hood. And throughout this, they've applied their coding skills in order to retell the story of Little Red Riding Hood by navigating the obstacles to Grandma's House. So, a lot of cool ways, like Mrs. Stoner, sorry, like Kathy said, we're trying to become Sim certified. So, just finding different ways to make STEM fun within our core curriculum. Now, Shark Tank. Okay. Um, one of the fun things that I love to do is, um, correlating ELA, math, social studies, and science as we explore our non-fiction um, text features, our practice persuasive writing and analyzing data. So, the students will get to pick ideas that interest them and from those ideas that they have, they have to find a way to solve a real world problem. So, they
018are collaborating with their peers to solve these problems. um they develop a prototype that's going to solve the problem and they're going to make our life easier. So we have I'll get to our um community partners that come in and help. But throughout this process, our students explore um various resources, various content curriculum and all these things while designing their own process for their Shark Tank prototype. And by the end of this project, our students have worked super hard. They've built their prototype. They've developed their slides. They have their persuasion to the sharks. So we actually get some sharks, some judges to come into our school and our second graders present their prototype. They present their idea and they actually get up in front of them, they talk, we record it and at the end
019after their presentation, the sharks get to ask them some tough questions and they have to think on their feet. So it's a really really fun um skill to build um public speaking, all those life essential skills that will help them as they persevere through um their career in school. some of our um community partnerships. Jeremy Lawer who was with Nightcrawler LLC and then we have our own Cara Fox from Little Golden Fox in downtown. They come in and they just share their expert expertise in being a entrepreneur. Uh they talk about what it takes, some of the things that they have to do. They provide feedback, you know, cost efficiency, all the fun things, and they help bring their Shark Tank ideas to life. So, it's a really fun activity. The students love it. They
020talk about it forever. So, And of course, we can't talk about celebrations unless we talk about our test scores. And so, I'm very proud that when we compare our school to other schools similar to us in the state of Indiana that we we performed very well. You can see our math ilearn scores. Last year, we scored in the top 88th percentile and for ELA, we scored in the top 97th percentile. Here are iD scores. Now, the state of Indiana would like for 95% of the students by the end of third grade to show um proficiency in foundational reading skills. And you can see by this uh page that we have increased our I read scores each year. In fact, in the 2425 testing cycle last year, we had 96% of our students passing I read
021and we were asked by Katie Jenner to go to the state capital this year and we were recognized along with Lyd Lydia Middleton and Riker's Ridge as well. And so that was a really fun day to be recognized amongst a lot of other schools there. Uh so far this year for this testing cycle, we're at 89% which was similar to last year. We still have a couple opportunities to take the test and we have a couple kids are within one or two points of passing. So fingers crossed that we will be able to increase that by the end of the year as well. So the next slides we're going to start talking about are going to be our goals and the evidence that we use to align ourselves with the schools or with the corporation
022strategic plan. And so we'll be talking about academic and achievement and growth, recruiting and retention and safety and well-being on the next few slides. So we'll start with academic growth and achievement. So here is our ELA goal for this year. And so we want to continue to make sure we have 95% passing in I read, but we would also like to increase that in iLearn as well. And we plan to do that through our weekly PLC data analysis and also strengthening our tier one and tier 2 instructional practices. Now you can see from this chart that our iLearn scores are not as high as I read. I learn is a much longer and much more difficult test. But what you can see from this slide is the improvement that our kids show. So if you
023will look at 2023 grade three only 50% of the kids passed the iLearn but as fourth graders in 2024 69% pass. So that was significant growth. In 2024 we had grade three 56% of the students passed and last year in 2025 61% pass. So that's one of the things we look at. Are the kids achieving growth? So that's good. But we still have a lot of work to do to be able to get our percentage up to the 95%. And so, how are we going to do that? How are we going to close the gap? Well, one of the ways as a corporation, we've been very intentional with strengthening our tier one instruction. And so, this chart here kind of shows that what we're doing, I believe, is working. We always give a beginning of
024the year reading test. And so in 2024 25 our beginning of the year 38% of the students could read at or above grade level and by the end of the year 49%. So there was an increase. So I feel like what we were doing was working. Then at the beginning of the year we gave the same test. Now there was minimum summer slide which is good because sometimes you come back and they really slide backwards. So we didn't have quite as much work to catch up because they only slid back to about 48%. And by the middle of the year, they they um were 56% of the students reading at or above grade level. And I'm anxious to see what our final scores will be for the end of the year because I know it's
025much higher. And so, as long as we see that progression upward, then I feel like what we're we've chosen to do in tier one is working. So, what are we doing in tier one? Well, we want to make sure we're being focused and intentional in what we're doing is um effective. And so we have asked the teachers in K through2 to make sure they have a systematic phonics program and we chose EUFly. They also spend 30 minutes in their 90-minute reading block working on our reading series which is benchmark advance. And then we ask for them to s spend 30 minutes on a skill group. As the teachers are teaching, they're checking for understanding. They're doing exit tickets. They're gathering information. and as they see students who are not getting it, not keeping up with
026the class, and they might pull them in a skill group. In GA grades K through four, it looks a little bit different. They spend less time on phonics because we're hoping by the time they get to third grade, they're getting that. So, we include morphology, the study of how words are formed. They also spend a little bit longer in their benchmark advance where they're working on comprehension, vocabulary, background knowledge, and oral language. And then they too spend about 30 minutes on skill groups as needed. We know how important reading is because if a student is struggling in reading, it's going to affect the other areas as well. You have to read in math, you have to read in science, and you have to read in social studies. And so if they're struggling in reading, that's
027going to cause issues in the other curricular areas as well. So we want to make sure that we have a strong tier one reading program where the kids are purposely reading, discussing, and writing. And so I ask my teachers to make sure that kids are reading at least 60 minutes a day across the curricular that 40 minutes of their day is spent writing in large part in response to what they're reading. and to make sure that we're sticking to the five pillars of reading which is phonics phmic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Now, you're still going to have those students who are just are not getting it in tier one even if you do your subskll group. So, that's when our interventions for tier 2 and tier three come in. I have my interventionist
028push into the classroom that maximizes our instructional time because it's less time of them moving and going elsewhere. And it also helps with behavior because you have more than one adult in the classroom. The interventions we use are dyslexia approved and they have a strong effect size, meaning research shows that if you use that intervention, you're going to get maximum growth out of your students in the year. And we have a short road that we have every year to get those students up to where they need to be. So, we need to make sure the interventions we're using are successful and um they're effective. Now, Camille is my third and fourth grade math teacher and she's going to talk about our math goal. Good evening. Thanks for having us. So, this year I got to
029switch from reading to math, which I love. More of a math person. Um, and so I was asked to point out that on this chart in 2024, we switched to reveal, which is a new math program. Um, and so every year our hope is the teachers will become more familiar, the students will have stronger foundations, and we'll continue to see those scores go up. Um, so in our math instruction, we have 60 minutes of groups, our own small group interventions. But next year we'll get to add interventionists to that because the state changed a few of those laws that we're following. Our third goal is our attendance and you can see where COVID hit and our percentage has dropped but every year our percentage continues to climb and so our goal is that we will
030get 97% for this year. um which is much much higher than what it was. And when Kathy took over, she implemented a lot of fun things to get the kids to come to school. And so some of the things that she implemented were brag tags. And you might continue to see some brag tags on some of the slides to come. So they have a keychain that hangs on their backpack and every time they accomplish something or do well, they get a new tag to show off and brag about. Um, so one of those is attendance related and she does perfect attendance, but she also does excellent attendance because sometimes we're sick and we don't want them to just give up coming to school. Um, and then she has a traveling attendance trophy and she posts
031the percentages on the hallway wall so kids can walk by and see our classes winning or come to school cuz we're losing. Um, so that's really cool. And then she does a really good Wednesday where she runs around the hallways with music blaring and and awards the top behavior class on Wednesdays. The kids get so excited and she takes them out of work. So they love that. Um they're like, "We hope we get to quit working. We hope she'll come in here." Um she draws for prizes on Fridays. She has Facebook Fridays. So they go home and tell their parents, "Share what Mrs. Stoner posted to Facebook because we might win a prize for Facebook Friday. So, she's got them all sharing what what great things we're doing. Um, we have an inchie book machine.
032They get to go pick out books for reading. Um, so she really just throws in a lot of fun through the week to get the kids to want to come to school all week long. And we have a house system and club days and STEM projects. You saw some of our coaching cycles with Mrs. McVey. Um, so those are things we're doing to get our kids to come to school. And then I'm gonna introduce Senorita Stewart. Once a teacher, always a teacher, and she was one of mine. So, >> I'm still trying to convince her that she can call me Michelle. >> All right. I'm going to disagree with Camille that she is a math person because as her Spanish teacher, she excelled with language as well. Goal four for our school was improving behavior
033systems through our TBRRI or trustbased relational intervention programming and deputy has done an amazing job implementing and truly embodying these procedures. Um the goal is by the end of 2526 we will improve schoolwide implementation focusing on student and adult self-regulation and providing positive behavior supports to our students aligned with our TBI goal TBRI goals and practices. Um you'll see an example of how we check in with students asking them are you feeling in the green just right? Are you in the blue, tired or sad, or in the red? That nervous energy is causing me not to be able to focus. Once students can identify their state of being, the staff is able to teach them coping skills and productive skills to return to that state of regulation, which positively impacts their ability to learn and
034achieve. We measure these things through behavioral data tracking, through instructional walkthroughs, during our PLC times, and three times a year through staff surveys on TBRI practices. How are we meeting the need? First semester, Kathy came to me and requested that every student receive a tier one TBRI lesson each week. Students have continued to do that through the form of a skills-based nurture group. Three times a year, we have had consultations with Katie Brennan, one of our TBRI practitioner partners, and we have focused with teachers and students on balancing their structure and their nurture in their procedures in the classroom. Um, we utilize a student behavior process document. So students who might need a little more attention, this allows us to play detective and identify the need behind the behavior. And once we've done that, we
035can put a plan in place to help that student gain skills to be more successful in the classroom that is specifically based on their needs. In addition, our wonderful social worker, Sherry Moore, meets daily and weekly with students during small lunch groups. And I believe the last I heard Sherry is meeting with 18 small groups which is incredible. One of my passions as well as Kathy is one of our goals is staff well-being. We were excited to see that none of our staff at Deputy identify as being disregulated the majority of the time. In this work, we often say that a disregulated adult is not able to co-regulate with a child. So, keeping our teachers in a regulated state is highly beneficial. You'll notice 0% are chronically disregulated. I think that's amazing. 56% are showing
036regulation during times, but 44% nearly half are regulated the majority of the time. And those are great improvements that we have seen over the past two years. We've identified staff supports and also barriers. Excited to say that 56% of our staff members say there are no major barriers to their implementation of our programming. There are some small pockets that we are addressing and working with teachers to correct. effective strategies. Our staff have done an amazing job teaching consequences and moving from a punitive system of the behavior is sanctioned with a punishment to using this as a teaching moment. And 100% of our teachers report that they are using consequences directly tied to the behavior and helping those students to form beneficial relationships and to move forward with positive behavior. Alrighty. All right. So, with the
037initiative of PLC's we started last year and have fully implemented this year, we have intentionally focused on supporting Nope. Go back. intent intentionally focused on supporting staff's well-being through PTO appreciation, fund staff challenges, and relationship building activities, collaborative PLC's, and ongoing support from our TBRI STEM and literacy coaches. These efforts are intended to help our staff feel more supported, connected, and equipped throughout our school year. It's really been um a great time to be able to lean on my peers. If I'm having trouble with a student with team teaching, I'm able to converse with her and see if she has a strategy that might work. So that's been able to really benefit us with the implementation of TBRRI. So full stem ahead deputies really trying hard to become STEM certified and that's something that we're
038pretty proud of. Um we're in the process of it. So we're constantly coming up with ways to check those boxes and make it happen. One of the things that we're super proud of is our club days. So our children have the option at the beginning of the year they get a little snippet of we have history and art, crocheting, cooking, science, Legos, robotics. I might be leaving one out, but they're gonna come out. Art, thank you, Art. And it is, they live for club days. They get so excited. We have some team leaders. They call their number for their specific um club day. They meet in the hallway and then for the next 45, 50 minutes, they are fully immersed in that activity. So during this day, they'll um go through that club. They'll be
039able to form different activities. What's nice this year is we've kept each student within that activity that they select at the beginning of the year so that we can slowly build upon what we're teaching from the beginning to the middle to the end. Um it's always fun the week after they're still talking about it. Hey, we got to blow something's up in science or hey we made no bake cookies for the entire school which were delicious or you know what crocheting really helps me stay regulated. I love it. It was so much fun. So, we also had there's some pictures of our robotics, our garden club, our Legos. They just they love club days. Um it's really special at our school. So, um that's just something um one of the things that we're doing to
040continue to become STEM certified that we're proud of. I went to Oh, is this me too? Yep. So, another thing that we do is garden club. I think this is year three for us. And at the beginning of the year, I think we had um we did signups and we asked them to come clean out our garden beds and they were roughish. Um they pulled weeds, they put their gloves on, they get down in the dirt and they get dirty and they have a blast. But thanks to the junior master gardener classes, we were able to get two new garden beds. Um this was done through our third grade class. They've raised several cool weather crops and they'll be able to p participate in a salad party by the end of the school year. So
041that's something that they're super proud of. I love seeing them out there during our recesses. Third grade's working with them. Um, each year we send out before school's out, we send out summer signups. And so families will sign up their student to come out and do a summer garden checklist. So there's a checklist for them to complete. They go and work on our garden beds to make sure there aren't any weeds to water, to nurture, to help things grow and thrive. So when we return from school, we then take them during their recess time to harvest and they get to feed the school. It is something that they love, they're proud of, and they also get a brag tag for it. So, it's something really cool. But this is achieved thanks to our students, our
042families, and our sponsors through the Nutriane A Solution, Marian's Greenhouse, and the Madison Community Grocery Project. And I would like to introduce our awesome kindergarten teacher, Miss Katie Sour. >> Good evening. We saved the best for last. maybe. Okay. Where Sim and feathers meet. So, this has been a big initiative at Deputy um the coupe and the ability to have this was made possible by all these wonderful community partners. Big Creek Metal Works, Growing Minds Farmtop, um Madison Community Grocery Project, and Neutrorain A Solutions. So, in 2023, it was my third year teaching preschool, and I decided that my classroom needed two hatch chickens. Um, I was ecstatic that Miss Donor agreed. And this learning experience has transformed into one of the most cherished times of the school year. Um, extending beyond just the four-year-old
043classroom. Students from both lower and upper grades along with family members and community members, they all eagerly anticipate Hatch Day. Um, our Oh, I missed that slide. Sorry. So, it all started with a question. We wanted to keep the chickens. Um, it took us a little bit to convince Miss Stoner that we could keep them. So, our STEM coach, um, Miss Coen and teachers worked with our third graders and community, um, partners, Jacob and Sarah Dart, through the design process of building the chicken coupe. Jacob was a former deputy student, and their family owns and operates Big Creek Metal Works. Um, students were presented with the problem to design a coupe. Um, they researched chickens and designed the coupe that fit the criteria needed for the project. And when they finished it, the darts constructed
044the C coupe and brought it out to the school and we got to see him haul it and drop it off. It was really cool. Um, let me see. Deputy is in the process of becoming SIM certified and this was a big key step for that. Um, let's see. So, full circle, here's our little hatchers. Um, these were my prek stu four students last year who are now my kindergarten students. Um, we kept these chicks in the classroom for about a week and then I took them home, raised them over the summer. When the coupe was brought and everything was ready to go, I brought them in. Uh it took a little bit for us to swap out some of the roosters and hens and stuff when they grew up. And then our flock was
045complete. And our little kindergarten friends turned into chicken tenders where they have helped take care of the chickens. They go out and they feed them and they collect the eggs and they get so excited about how many is out there each day. And I think we're up till 8. So every hen is laying eggs. Um we have the friends of the flock and they are friends in the community and they donate money to help fund the monthly supplies to care for the chickens. In exchange they receive fresh fresh eggs. Um some comments that have been left for our students from our friends of the flock. I am so happy to participate in the friends of the flock program. The chicken tenders in deputy elementary school are awesome. These memories of caring for chickens will last
046forever. Keep up the good work. I'm so proud of the students for taking on this new task. It is so heartwarm heartwarming to see our deputy students so excited to feed, take care of, and collect the eggs every day. So, if you would like to participate with Friends of the Flock, reach out to Mrs. Stone. That's our presentation. If you have any questions or >> Thank you to deputy. >> So, we'll move on to the consent agenda. 26-101 approval of agenda May 13, 2026 regular meeting. 26-102 approval of minutes of April 2nd, 2026 work session, executive session, and April 8th, 2026 regular board meeting. 26-103 approval of payment of claims. 26-104 approval of financial report. 26-105 approval construction payments. We have three of those. Landmark Aquatics uh $41,38711. Number two, Smith and Associates, $63,83911. Core
047Construction $478,170.114 26-106 Approval of Personnel Report 26-106.1 Add agenda of personnel report 26-107 approval of donations and grants for the district. We have six. The Community Foundation of Madison, Jefferson County donated $490 from the Food for Students Fund to be used to help students and their families with lunch expenses. Number two, the Community Foundation of Madison Jefferson County donated $900 for from the for the Little Ones Madison Schools pre kindergarten program endowment to be used for pre kindergarten program. Number three, the Community Foundation of Madison, Jefferson County donated $2,800 from the Food for Students Fund to be used to help students and their families with lunch expenses. Number four, the Community Foundation of Madison and Jefferson County Bob and Brenda Eversol Endowment donated $600 to the Growing Minds Farm Stop. Number five, MCS has received
048a grant from the USDA farm to school grant program totaling $221,250. MCS was one of 50 applicants throughout the count county count to receive the competitive award. Funding will be used to sustain and enhance an operational capacity of the growing mine farmtop. A special thanks to Laura Oraco for for her partnership and work on this project. Number six, the Growing Minds Farmtop received a donation in the amount of $500 from Grody Quarter Century Club. Riker's Ridge Elementary School, they had one the Madison Area Running Club donated $250 to be used to help pay for running club fees. Madison Consolidated High School. Uh the first one, the Community Foundation of Madison, Jeff County, Nathan Hadley Memorial Fund for Career Readiness donated $3,600 to be used to fund career readiness programs. Second one, the Community Foundation of
049Madison Jefferson County um Mary Battles Canada Memorial Endowment donated $3,900 to be used for academic teams. Number three, the Community Foundation of Madison, Jefferson County donated $5,200 from the Madison Con consolidated high school special education endowment to provide support for special education services. Fourth, one, New Steel Gallatin donated $350 to the after prom. Number five, Arvin Singo donated $100 to the after prom. Number six, B&E Ponler Farms, Inc. donated $250 to the FFA to be used to support FFA activities. The Community Foundation of Madison Jefferson County Lou Noble Gift of Art Fund donated $700 to the fine arts academy to be used to support arts enrichment experiences and special programs for the students. Number eight, the Community Foundation of Madison Jefferson County Jonathan Minky Memorial Endowment donated $2,100 to the theater department. Number nine, McKay
050Accounting Services LLC donated $500 to the boys golf team. Number 10, Castleman's Eminence LLC. McDonald's donated $1,000 to the elite choir to be used to support the choir program. Number 11, Julie Moore donated $200 to the girls track team to be used for track apparel. 26-108 approval full trip request. Uh, number one, we have an out of state field trip request from Amy Whitaker, L coordinator, to take 40 MCHS Latino Club members to Kings Island, Mason, Ohio on May 23rd of 2026. It's a non-school day. Number two, we have a request from Kelly Kimpton, biology teacher, to take 25 students to Kentucky Kingdom, Louisville, Kentucky on May 23rd, 2026, non-school day. The students will observe different types of motion that they study in theory throughout the school year and observe Newton's law as they pertain
051to force, momentum, work, and power. Number three, we have two out of state field trips. Uh request from Marsha and Madison Junior High School grade fifth grade team leader to take fifth graders uh to follow followed by a lunch to Joe's Crab Shack in Louisville, Kentucky. On May 12th, 2026, 105 fifth graders and May 15th, 2026, 85 fifth graders. uh splitting the fifth graders in two separate days. We have an out of state field trip request from Madison Junior High School principal Jordan Warner to take 150 seventh graders to Malibu Jacks, Louisville, Kentucky on May 19th, 2026. This is a good behavior and incentive trip for seventh graders. Number five, we have an out ofstate field trip request from Jenna Carter Junior High College and career readiness teacher to take eight students to the Louisville
052Science Center on May 15th. We have an out ofstate field trip request from high school band director to take 9inth through 12th grade band students to Kings Island on May 9th of 2026. Dr. Correct. >> I recommend the board approve with one motion and one vote the consent agenda items 26-101 through and including 26-108 as presented. >> Can I get a motion? >> Make a motion we approve 26101 through 26108. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> Okay. So, we'll vote. Uh signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Passed. Okay. the introductions >> and then I'll turn it over to Dr. Brown. >> So, we would like to introduce and welcome uh we have some new employees in the audience. Hannah Hardy is our new occupational
053therapist. Is Hannah here? Welcome to Hannah. Sean Barnes, he's our new esports and computer science teacher. Sean and then also uh Devin, do you wanna is Deon still? Yeah. You want to introduce a new coach in the audience? >> An old new coach. A new old coach. Something like that. >> Stop saying old if you graduated with me. >> Again, thank you to Dr. Brown and the board for having me here. Um, I'd like to introduce and recognize our new head volleyball coach. We're very thankful to have someone stepping into this important role who already understands our school community, our student athletes, and the expectations of Madison athletics. Uh, Coach Tim Whitaker is a teacher in our building and a longtime Madison employee, and he has spent the last two seasons assisting with our volleyball
054program. He also brings previous head coaching and assistant coaching experience within Madison volleyball has won three sectional championships over the last 20 plus years in 1997, 1998, and 2017. And coach Whitaker was part of all three championship teams, serving as head coach in 97 and 98 and as an assistant coach in 2017. He also led Madison to a regional championship in 1998. We appreciate his willingness to step forward and lead our program and we are excited for our student athletes to continue learning and growing under his leadership. At this time, please join me in welcoming coach Tim Whitaker as our new head volleyball coach. Okay, we'll move on to action items. 26-109 Approval for superintendent to hire summer school staff. Dr. Brown. >> Yes. I'm asking for approval from the board to hire summer school
055staff. Summer school will begin prior to the next uh board meeting. So, asking for permission to do that. Then I would bring them to you for the June board meeting. >> Can I get a motion? >> Go ahead. >> I make a motion that we approve 26109. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? Okay. will vote signify by saying I I any opposed >> pass 26-109 26-110 approval to recommend early release dates for 2026 2022 27 school year Dr. Brown. >> Yeah. I'm asking the board to approve our early release dates for 2627 school year for the 2627 school year. We are asking the board to approve a 45minute early release for each Wednesday for the entire school year. We have done that for the past two years and found
056it incredibly beneficial for our staff to work together collaboratively. In an event that a two-hour delay is called on Wednesday, we would not release the students early on those days. Uh, the early release days are allowable and MCS would continue to meet the minutes required by the Department of Education. The early release days would be used to allow staff an opportunity to meet together to review student data and make plans to address student needs. The team meeting times would be sacred and allow for our district to improve teaching and learning across the district. So, asking for permission. Okay. Can I get a motion? I'll make a motion to pass 26-110. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Sorry. Go ahead. Got that one. >> Thank you. >> Any discussion? >> Okay, we'll
057we'll vote. So, signify by saying I. >> I. Any oppose? >> 26-110 pass. 26-11 approval to submit and receive recurring grants. Title One, Title Two, Title Three, Title Four, Formative Assessment Grant, Non-English-speaking Program, High Ability Indiana Lit Literacy Early Intervention Grant, Alternative Education Program, Special Ed, Part B 611 and Part B619, Safe Haven Grant, School Safety and Security Grant, WH, and then McKenna Vento, Dr. program. >> Yeah. I'm asking the board uh to give approval for us to be able to submit each of those grants and receive the reoccurring grants uh that we receive each year. >> Okay. >> Can I get a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve 2611. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? So, we'll vote signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? 2611
058is passed. 26-112 approval to bond ECA clerks assistance to the chief financial officer, payroll and accounting specialist, chief financial officer, finance assistant, and director of human resources, and finance assistant. Dr. Brown. >> Yeah. I recommend the board approve to bond the director of human resources, chief financial officer, assistant to the chief financial officer, payroll and accounting specialist, finance assistant, and the ACA clerks. Bonding these positions is the standard practice to safeguard the school corporation's financial assets and ensure accountability. Provides financial protection in the event of any potential loss due to employee dishonesty or errors. Given the sensitive nature of these roles and their access to financial records and resources, bonding is a prudent measure. The requested bonding will cover the following positions. ECA clerks, assistant to the chief financial officer, director of human resources, finance
059assistant, CFO, payroll and accounting specialist. Recommending assistant to the chief financial officer 100,000 payroll and accounting specialist 100,000 chief financial officer 100,000 director of human resources 100,000 finance assistant 25,000 and the ECA clerks at 25,000 each. So asking for approval to do the bonding process. >> Okay. >> Can I get a motion? >> Make a motion we approve 26112. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. Any discussion? Okay, we'll vote. Signify by saying I I. >> Any opposed? 26-112 is passed. 26-113. Approval of cafeteria line item bids. Dr. Brown. >> Yeah, I'm recommending the board approve the cafeteria line item bids. Um, dairy prairie farms from the Wilson Center, bread from Clustermanman, and uh the line items that were presented. So, we're asking for approval. >> Okay. Can I get a motion? >>
060Make a motion that we approve 26113. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? We'll vote by signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> 2613 is passed. 26-114 approval of handbooks for the 2026 2027 school year. A Maza Junior High School and Maz High School student athletic handbook. B. Elementary student handbook. C. Mass Junior High School student handbook. D. MCHS student handbook. E. MCS student code of conduct. Dr. Brown. >> Yeah. I'm recommending the board approve the handbooks as presented. We do anticipate needing to bring back uh an update on the cell phone policy once we get the guidance from the Department of Education. >> Okay. Can I get a motion? I'll make a motion to pass 26-114. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >>
061Any discussion? >> Okay, we'll vote by signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? 26114's passed. 26-115 second reading and approval of new CCHA MCS policies. Dr. Brown. >> Yeah. I recommend the board approve the new MCS policies from Church HD and Antrum. A100 non-discrimination and anti-harassment. A200 firearms, weapons, and destructive devices. A225 reporting of sus suspected child abuse or neglect. A250, no tobacco. A275, school wellness. B200 membership. C125 admission to the corporation legal settlement. C200, anti-bullying. C425, Student Suicide Prevention and Awareness. C500, School Trips and Privately Sponsored Activities Involving School Corporation Employees and Students. D200, Standard of Care and Supervision of Students. D225, Employee Ethics, and D400, Family Medical Leave, FMLA. I'm asking for uh the board to approve the new policies. >> Can I get a motion? I'll make a motion to
062approve 26115. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> Okay, we'll vote. Signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? 26115 is passed. 26-116. Second reading and approval to delete the following. I'm not gonna say that right. >> Yeah. MCS policies. Dr. Brown. >> Yeah. I'm recommending the board delete the following current MCS policies from Niola that correspond with the uh ones that we've just adopted from CCHA. So MCS policy 1213.01 staff student relations MCS policy 1200 administrator ethics MCS policy 1521 personal background checks references and mandatory reporting of convictions and substantiated child abuse and arrest. MCS policy 1613, student supervision and welfare. MCS policy 1617, weapons, MCS policy 1630.01, family and medical leave act, uh, FMLA, MCS policy 1662, anti-harassment, MCS policy 2266, non-discrimination on the basis of
063sex and education programs or activities. MCS policy 2340, field and other corporation sponsored trips. MCS policy 3121, personal background checks, references, and mandatory reporting of convictions and substantiated child abuse and arrest. MCS policy 3210, staff ethics. MCS policy 3213, student supervision and welfare. MCS policy 3117, weapons. MCS policy 3362, anti-harassment. MCS policy 3430.01, family medical leaves of absence. MCS policy 4221, personal background checks, references, and mandatory reporting of convictions and substantiated child abuse and arrest. MCS policy 4213, student supervision and welfare. MCS policy 4217, weapons. MCS policy 4362, anti-harassment. MCS policy 4430.01, family medical leave absence. MCS policy 5111, determination of legal settlement and eligibility for enrollment of students without legal settlement in the corporation. Proof of Indiana residency. MCS policy 5512, tobacco use prevention. MCS policy 5517, anti-harassment. MCS policy 5517.01, bullying. MCS policy
0645772, weapons. MCS policy 6250 required ADM counts for the purpose of state funding and verification of residency for membership. MCS policy 7434 use of tobacco and school property. MCS policy 8462 child abuse and neglect. MCS policy 8510 wellness. >> Is that it? >> I could do it again. Wait to the next page. >> Yeah, we we got Yeah. Um, can I get a motion? >> Make a motion we approve 26-116. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? We'll vote. Signify by saying I. I. Any oppose? >> Uh 26-116 pass. 26-117 approval of revised 2026 2027 school calendar. Dr. Brown. >> Yeah. I recommend the board revise the 2627 approved school calendar by adding the three approved IDOE release dates for teacher professional development. The dates are August 5th, 2026, September
06518, 2026, and February 5th, 2027. The first student day will be Thursday, August 6, 2026. So, asking for approval of that revision. >> Can I get a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve 2617. >> Can I get a second? I'll second. >> Any discussion? Okay, we'll vote. Signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? 26-17 is passed. 26-118, approval of bid package number five, general trades. Dr. Brown. >> Yeah. I recommend the board approve bid package number five, General Trades to the Pool Group, Inc. in the amount of 8,146,000. Again, that's for the Early Learning Center. So, asking for approval of that bid. >> Can I get a motion? I'll make a motion to pass 26-118. >> A second. >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> We'll vote. Signify by saying I.
066>> I. Any opposed? >> 26118 pass. 26-119. Approval to bid package number six, masonry. Dr. Brown, >> I recommend the board approve bid package number six, masonry to the pool group, Inc. in the amount of 1,599,000 for the Early Learning Center. Can I get a motion? >> Make a motion we approve 26-119. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> We'll vote. Signify by saying I. I. Any oppose? 26119. Pass. 26-120. Approval of bid package number 7 fire suppression. Dr. Brown. I recommend the I recommend the board approve bid package number seven, fire suppression to quality fire protection in the amount of 224,750 for the new Early Learning Center. >> Can I get a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve 26120. >> Can I get a second? >>
067I'll second. >> Any discussion? Okay, we'll vote signify by saying I. >> Any opposed? 26120 pass. 26-121 approval of bid package number eight plumbing systems. Dr. Brown, >> I recommend the board approve bid package number eight, the plumbing systems to needing mechanical incount 2,16,45 for the early learning center. >> Can I get a motion? >> Make a motion we approve 26121. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? Go vote signify by saying I. I. Any oppose. 26121 pass. 26-122 approval of bid package number nine HVAC systems. Dr. Brown. >> I recommend the board approve bid package number nine HVAC systems to Cook Mechanical in the amount of $3,969,000 for the early learning center. >> Can I get a motion? >> I'll make a motion for 26-122 HVAC systems. >> Can
068I get a second? I'll second. >> Any discussion? We'll vote. Signify by saying I. I. >> I. >> Any opposed. 26-122 pass. 26-123. Approval bid package number 10 electrical systems. Dr. Brown. >> I recommend the board approve bid package number 10 electrical systems to ETC Systems Inc. in the amount of 2,830,000 for the new Early Learning Center. >> Can I get a motion? I'll make a motion to approve 26123. >> Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Okay. Signify by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? 26-123 passed. 26-124. Approval of contract with Vector Solutions. Dr. Brown. >> Yeah. I recommend the board approve to renew and expand the contract with Vector Solutions in the amount of $12,60.70. This platform provides district-wide online staff development training and compliance management for approximately 516
069employees. The system allows employees to complete required annual training modules electronically while providing the district with centralized documentation, accountability tracking, and reporting capabilities. The updated subscription includes expanded training opportunities, including employee safety and compliance, cyber security awareness, positive school climate and culture, inclusive instruction and intervention strategies, facilities and maintenance safety, transportation safety and driver training, special needs transportation procedures, student athlete health and safety, and AI supported professional learning resources. The expanded platform supports the district's goals of improving employee preparedness, increasing operational consistency, strengthening safety procedures, and maintaining compliance with required training standards across all departments. In addition to required compliance training, the platform provides students with provides staff with ongoing professional learning opportunities that support student safety, instructional practices, and workplace safety and operational effectiveness. It's an annual investment and allows the district to continue
070utilizing a centralized training system while expanding available resources for employees across all areas of our district. So, asking for approval. >> Can I get a motion? >> Make a motion we approve 26124. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? We'll vote signify by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? 26-124 passed. 26-125. Approval of Jefferson County Public Library Trustee. Dr. Brown. >> Yes. The board's been asked to reappoint um Mary Kay. Butler to the Jefferson County Public Library Board as a trustee effective July 1 to 2026 to June 30, 2030. So asking for approval of that appointment. >> Can I get a motion? >> I make a motion we approve 26125. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. Any discussion? We'll vote signify by saying I. >> I. Any
071opposed? 26-125 passed. 26-126 approval of memorandum of understanding between MCS and the Jefferson County Youth Shelter. Dr. Brown. I recommend the board approve the memorandum of understanding between MCS and the Jefferson County Youth Shelter for the purpose of achieving the various aims and objectives related to the Madison Consolidated Schools intervention program. So asking for approval of thatou can I get a motion? >> I'll make a motion for 26-126. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? Vote signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? 26-126 passed. 26-127 first reading of new CCHA MCS policies. Okay. A125 nepotism conflict of interest gifts and use of corporation resources. A175 whistleblower protection. B250 schoolboard member ethics. C350, student discipline. C400, use of restraints and seclusion with students. C550, student search and seizure. D275, drug-free workplace.
072D325, employee background checks and mandatory reporting. D350, fitness for duty leave and examinations. D375 employee discipline. D425 employee benefits. D450 resignation. D475 justifiable decrease in teaching positions. G125 criminal organization activity. G150 registered sex or violent offenders. Dr. Brown. Yeah, we are continuing to convert and transition our board policies with church church hidden. This is a first reading. No actions required at this meeting. Okay. 26-128 first reading to to delete the following MCS policies. MCS policy 0144.2 board member ethics. MCS policy 1411. Required required reports and protection of whistleblowers. MCS policy 3131 reduction in force riff and certifi certificated staff. MCS policy 5600 student discipline. MCS policy 5610 suspension and expulsion of students. MCS policy 5610.02 in school discipline. MCS policy 5630.01 01, use of seclusion and restraint with student activity. MCS policy 5771, search and
073seizure. MCS policy 5840, criminal organizations and criminal or organization. >> Yeah, gotcha. >> Sorry. >> MCS policy 7530, lending of corporationowned equipment. Dr. Brown. >> Yes, we are in the process of converting to CCHA. So therefore, we need to delete our current policies as we approve the new policies. No action is required at this meeting. >> 26-129 approval to purchase high school journalism lab computers. Dr. Brown, >> I recommend the board approve the purchase of new Apple iMac workstations for the journalism program. The current inventory originally purchased in 2017 has surpassed its functional life cycle. The resulting performance lag now significantly hinders classroom instruction and student productivity. This is a $32,940 investment and it will be funded through the 2026 27 technology budget ensuring students have access to industry standard hardware essential for modern editorial
074production. So asking for approval of those slabs. >> Can I get a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve 26129. >> Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Okay. Well, signify by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? 26129 passed. 26-130. Approval to declare tech equipment obsolete and of no further use to the corporation. Dr. Brown. >> Yeah. I recommend the board declare the following tech equipment obsolete and have no further use to the corporation. End of life hardware, decommissioned laptops, desktops, servers, and Prometheium boards. We have also nonfunctional components like broken monitors, damaged chargers, and non-working keyboards, mice, and printers, and technical scrap, miscellaneous non-usable parts, and cabling. So, asking for permission to uh to clear it obsolete. Can I get a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve
07526130. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? We'll vote signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? >> 26130 pass. 26-131. Approval of engagement letter with Baker Tilly Investment Services. Dr. Brown. >> I recommend the board approve the engagement letter with Baker Tilly Investment Services related to the new construction funds. This agreement is separate for our existing investment services contract with Baker Tilly for operating funds. Notably, the fee for the construction funds is 10 basis points, which is lower than the 12 basis points currently applied to the operating fund. So, asking for permission to enter into the new engagement letter with Baker Tilly. >> Can I get a motion? >> I'll make a motion for 26-131. >> Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? Okay, we'll vote signify
076by saying I. >> Any opposed? 26131 pass. 26-132 approval of mini grant from Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction. Dr. Brown, >> I recommend the board approve the mini grant from the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction in the amount of $5,000. The grant will be used to expand sources of strength at the middle and high school alongside hosting a sources of strength workplace well-being training for all certified staff. >> Can I get a motion? >> Make a motion we approve 26132. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? Okay, we'll vote signify by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? >> 26132 passed. 26-133 approval of job descriptions. There's three. First one is farmtop manager. Second one is farmtop assistant manager. Third one is student success specialist. Dr. Brown.
077>> Yeah. I'm recommending the board approve the job descriptions. Farmtop manager. This is um a revised job title from farmtop coordinator to farmtop manager. Then adding a farmtop assistant manager. It's a new job description. Um the farmtop assistant manager is design designated as full-time and salaried and funding for that position would be sourced from the growing minds farmtop profits and the applicable grants. Um and then third, a student success specialist. I'm recommending the approval of a new student success specialist job description. This specialist will lead a comprehensive student support system integrating academic intervention with career readiness and work-based learning. The position requires leading datadriven intervention systems and coordinating the workbased learning placements to ensure compliance with school goals and DOE expectations and CTE standards. And since the diplomas have moved from seven to 27 diploma
078types, having um this individual will help coordinate those for our students. >> Can I get a motion? >> Make Go ahead. >> Go ahead. >> Want me to do it? I'll make I'll make a motion to approve 26133. >> Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Yeah, I would just like to say I I think it's important that we uh have a plan in place for continuity of this program. Um it's just been an outstanding program for for the students and and for our community. So, um I appreciate uh our leadership looking ahead and uh planning for the future. So, I'd like to see this thing continue to grow and grow as it has. I enthusiastically endorse it. >> Yeah. >> Anything else? Okay. We'll vote. Signify by saying I. >>
079I. Any opposed? >> 26133 passed. 26-134. Approval of memorandum of understanding between MCS and first steps. Dr. Brown. recommend the board approve theou between MCS and first steps for early intervention and development services. This is an annual agreement. >> Can I get a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve 26134. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> Okay, we'll vote. Signify by saying I. >> Any oppose? 26134 passed. Any Okay. Yeah, there we go. Got mixed up there. So, we'll start off with Savannah down there. >> Thank you. Um, to start off, I'd just like to say congratulations to all the students uh and staff that we've honored tonight and said hello to through the new faces and stuff. Um, starting off with uh stuff from M MJHS.
080The MJHS livestock team advanced to state. So, congrats to the to the students on those teams. Um, congratulations to everyone who participated um and helped with the production of Into the Woods Junior. It was a fantastic performance. Um, and then congratulations to all the statewide testing uh students that had worked hard for those. So like all of the ones like in the elementary schools, middle school, and even some high school just I know it's really hard to do that. So I just wanted to throw that out to congratulate the students. And then on to the high school, make sure to go and support your fine arts department tomorrow at 700 p.m. There will be performances from the Madison band and choir as well as a full art of as well as an art show full
081of works from all the high school arts classes. Um, congratulations to the Madison School Theater Department for being honored with the national recognition um for theater education program. Congratulations to all the AP testers who are still um who have finished their test and who are still taking those tests. Um, congratulations to all of those who were awarded um and represented MCHS at the community foundation scholarship event. I know all of the my classmates worked really hard for those and I was really proud to see those achievements. And then I'd like to wish all the students and staff a great end of our year. And then finally, I'd like to st thank thank the board for having me as this year's student school representative. It's been a wonderful opportunity and just thank you for letting me
082do this. >> Absolutely. >> Thank you, Mike. Well, I'm going to first say um thank you to this wonderful young lady here. Um I don't think I'm going to ever change my seat on this board. I like sitting on the end sitting next to the student rep. Um, this time of year is is both exciting and sad in that it's it's the end of one school year and you get kind of um hooked on certain kids that are seniors and stuff. So, knowing that this is the last uh board meeting before uh we have graduation, I just want to say a hearty thank you to uh this year's senior class um and all the year-end events. Um it was really fun to look on Facebook and see all the prom pictures um that were posted.
083Uh obviously this last weekend there were a lot of uh our students who also graduated from IvyTech. Um we have sectionals coming up so uh a lot still to happen um before we start congratulating them uh across the stage. And um I'll tell you what, I don't ever remember a year like this year where we uh as a corporation, Dr. Brown as our superintendent um have received so many wonderful awards for for all the achievements and excellence that's gone on. Um that just doesn't happen by accident. So um I think life is really really good at Madison Consolidated Schools and I'm looking forward to uh the success continuing. Thanks, Mike. John, >> I too would like to uh congratulate our students that were here tonight and honored with all their hard work. It's just always
084amazing that every meeting when we do honor them uh how many moving parts and how many different programs we make available for these for these kids and uh it's just uh just very rewarding to see them come in and be recognized for for all their accomplishments. Deputy, you did a great job tonight presenting their school. That's that's another thing that takes us back every month. Just amazed at our schools and how many innovative programs they implement uh to keep the students engaged. So would like congratulate them as well. Miss Savannah, we're going to miss you. You know, I give you an open invitation. You can come back to the school board meeting anytime you want and hang out with us. Okay? But uh I know your future is going to be very bright and and
085we're all excited to see where life takes you. But uh but I know it's going to be great. So, congratulations and uh and thank you. Also like to give a shout out and a thank you to Connie Huntington. Connie oversees our backpack program. It's a program we do at the clearing house. Um a lot of volunteers meet down here every Thursday and make sure that the sacks are full and and some kids in need have their have their backpacks filled with with food to get them through the weekend. So, a lot of hard work and I'd like to recognize Miss Huntington for for all the wonderful job she does down there. And Dr. Brown you continue to amaze us. We we appreciate you and uh and thank you for all your hard work and dedication.
086We certainly wouldn't be where we are today without your leadership. So, >> thank you. >> Thanks, John. Jody, >> well, there's not much left to say. Um again, just congratulations to all the successes today. Um from, you know, student successes, um academic, Dr. Brown, um you know, all of it. It's just it's it's great. It's um love to see all that stuff that's going on um for our students and our staff. Um thanks to Deputy again. It's always so fun to see the different um like John said, the different ways they're doing things with their curriculum and stuff and just making um you know, school fun for those kids um because I think that that helps a lot with like they said, attendance and just being engaged. Um just want to kind of say a
087shout out to Lydia um today. Lydia Milton, they got their new playground or they they finished the playground. Um haven't gotten to see it um live yet, but saw the pictures and the excitement on the faces of um some of our staff and especially the kids. Um so that was really exciting. Um and then Anderson will start working on that this summer. So um that's, you know, amazing. Um big thank you to Bethany again for helping us um you know, be able to do that for the the elementary schools. Um you know, fun stuff. Um, and Savannah, thank you for all you've done for us this um, school year. We've really appreciated um, all the information that you brought and made things um, you know, informative for us. So, thanks and good luck. >> Thank
088you, Jordan. Dustin, >> I think opposite what Mike said, the farther I slide this way, the less I have to say because everybody just by the time it gets to us, it's just like kick it to Dr. Brown. But, uh, I mean, I just think what we see tonight and kind of to echo what you guys said, it just continues to show how strong our school corporation is. And, you know, for whatever a family would be looking for in the area, you know, we provide top-notch, whether that's like our academics with our dual credit program at IvyTech, I sit on that graduation this past weekend. you know, our fine arts that we honor tonight through band, theater, those things, sports, agriculture, uh, workforce development, any of those things. I think we just continue to show
089by the number of students and programs we honor at every board meeting just how great our school corporation is. So, congratulations to everybody tonight that we honored and kind of what Mike said, I'm excited to see the future keep growing for Madison Consolidated School Corporation. Um, Savannah, congratulations. Uh, I've watched Savannah grow up with my daughter, so it's even a little more special. And this week, uh, Savannah and Sophia, Devid and Colton have been over at the Boys Club volunteering, doing a theater workshop every day. So, the kids are dying to get there every day. They're they're latching on to them. We're dying to kick kids to them every day. So, it's it's working out perfect for everybody. So, thank you for that this week, Savannah. We appreciate it. Dr. Brown, congratulations again. Kind of
090just your leadership's been tremendous. We appreciate it. Uh again, we kind of go back. So I've always looked up to you a lot as a leader. So thank you for everything you've done for our school corporation. >> Thank you. >> And then the next time we meet, graduation will be done. So graduates, congratulations. Good luck. I know this is our first one. I'm getting ready to go through with my daughter. So >> yeah, >> we'll have tissues. Dustin, >> that's right. There you go. Thank you. >> What do they come home from college for the first time? >> Yeah, that's right. Um just went, you know, Dustin sort of said it. you run out of things by the time it gets to here. So, uh, Savannah, great job. We're gonna miss you. Just like everyone
091else has said, thank you to Deputy. Congratulations to Dr. Brown. Uh, she loves getting up there and center of attention. Um, I threaten her with some spotlights and everything else uh to go along with that. So, she loves that kind of stuff. Um, but I do want to say something to the seniors. Uh, everyone always gets excited uh, as it gets closer to graduation. I can remember my grandfather telling me when you're sitting down there on the floor at graduation, just take a second and look up. Look at your family. Uh, because it only happens once, you know. So, do take the time, take a breath, Savannah. Look where you're at, >> you know, because everything's getting ready to change and stuff. So, soak it all in. Enjoy it. remember it. Uh because I can
092remember my graduation like it was a year ago just because I took that time to do that. Uh the board will conduct a work session on Thursday, June 4th, 2026 at 400 PM. The work session will be held at the Growing Mind Farm. Once again, the work session will be held at the Growing Minds Farmtop on 602 West Main Street, Madison, Indiana. I repeated that for myself as well. Okay, that Pam will remind me. The next scheduled meeting of the board of school trustees will be held on Wednesday, June 10th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. And that's right after my birthday. and it made me remember happy belated birthday Mandy and stuff from earlier this week. So I'll turn it over to Dr. Brown. >> All right, so lots going on this time of year. First
093of all, we did open the Lydia Middleton playground this morning. Was a beautiful morning for it. Um there was just so much joy. I watched from the preschoolers to the fourth graders as they came out and every single one of them were equally excited, very joyful. Um they all were touching the turf. They couldn't quite figure out why it wasn't feeling like grass. Um, and they were very anxious to play on their new playground today. It was really fun to watch. So, I want to congratulate them on getting that done today. So much excitement. We did receive then news this morning that uh we have another grant from Bethany that we were awarded today for Anderson and uh they already have their designs picked out and they'll start their construction this summer. So, the beginning
094of the school year, we'll have another new playground to celebrate. Uh this is the last board meeting before school is out and I want to thank our teachers and students for the end of the year testing they've been engaged in. Um it is a hard time of year for a lot of reasons. Um and I think that they've just been doing a beautiful job of showing that they have prepared all year long and uh we're ready to show what we know. Many end of the year activities happening in our schools right now. Lots of recognitions and celebrations. Certainly you're invited to those. Uh June 2nd, we'll be having strategic planning here uh Jod and Mike. Uh just a reminder about that, nine o'clock that morning. Graduation is Sunday, June 7 at 2:00 p.m. So we
095look forward to celebrating our seniors um coming up. And then also Savannah. Um Savannah, we appreciate everything you've done on the board. You've been a tremendous asset. Really enjoyed you. And I was very glad you invited us to your open house. I thought you were just inviting Pam and I was a little hurt. So, >> I really was. >> I was. So, thank you for the invitation. Um, I'd also like to congratulate our students who were recognized tonight, state champions in English language arts at the middle school level. When I read uh the list of schools that we defeated, um, it was incredible. Uh, just so much good work happening. Ruthie McGary led and I was really proud of them. And I and our principles know that I have a little bit of a competitive
096streak and so when I get notices like that, I just usually send back I love winning. So um yeah, it was it was really cool to find that out. And then also um national recognition within our fine arts program being a premier community. Again, just really proud of everything happening. looking forward to celebrating with the fine arts team tomorrow night at 7 for their uh showcase. So, I invite everybody to come see them, our award-winning programs. Certainly, I want to thank uh Kathy Stoner and the deputy team for an outstanding presentation. Um I always enjoy seeing what they're doing at Deputy. So many good things for kids and hands-on opportunities that are just really connected to the real world. Just good stuff going on. May 27, it's our senior's honor today. And then May 28th,
097we will be celebrating our staff um and our end of the year celebration. So for retirements and years of service. So uh look forward to that. And then also thank you to our board for another amazing school year. Appreciate what you each do as well. >> That's all I've got. >> Okay. Can I get a motion to adjourn the regular board meeting? >> Make a motion we adjoin the regular >> adjoin >> adjourn the regular board meeting. I want to go home. Want to go home? >> Can I get a second? Anyone but Mike? >> I second. I'll second. >> Can I uh Let's vote. I signify by saying I I >> Yeah.