001hearing and regular meeting for Wednesday, September 10th, 2025. Uh we'll start off with the budget hearing. So 25-101 uh public hearing on proposal 220 2026 annual budget. Danica for this evening to go over >> I don't want to be um our goal for this evening is to go over the budget process and then the proposed budget for 2026. So, we're going to go over the budget process, the principles, the um actual proposed 2026 budget, and then advertise verse approved, and then our next steps. Um so, this is the timeline for the budget process. So last week um we did a budget workshop at the work session with the board and tonight we're doing the public hearing and then in October the board will approve the budget and then it will be approved by the DLGF
002in December. The budget cycle um so we look at a snapshot of the expenditures and revenue over 18month period. So it's July 2025 through December of 2026. So, we've looked and reviewed at expected expenditures for the second half of 2025, so July through December of 25. Um, and then we work together to collect data for our needs for 26. And then we work on projections of revenue and expenditures for 2026. Um, so when we look at our expenditures, we want to identify and project our needs. So, we want to plan high because December 2026 is a long time away. And then we know we'll have some unknown costs. Um, one of the main things for that just salary and benefit changes. And then we know we may have some unforeseen issues if we have any
003emergencies or like large capital project things that may come up. You never know. Um, and then our revenue, we want to plan low because again, December 2026 is a long way away. And then we look at our average daily membership, which is our student count that determines our revenue for the education fund and a little bit of the operations with the transfer. Um, and so our count is in February and October of every year, which we are up right now still from last October. So that's good news. Um and then we look at our assessed value that support our tax funds which are operations and debt service. And then we also look at our miscellaneous revenues. Um so other local income taxes and um interest. So now we're going to get into the proposed budget
004for 2026. Um so the appropriated funds that we budget are the education fund, the operations fund, and debt service. So this is our actual proposed budget for 2026 that we have advertised. So the total budget is $39,931,875. Um the advertised rate is $1 um 312. Um so the education fund budget is $23,800,000. The operations budget is 10,628,000 and then the debt service budget is 5 million $53,875. Um, and so that has been posted on Gateway and on our website. And so now I'm going to go over some of the expenses that we have in the different appropriated funds. So for the education fund, all of the expenses from there are instructional. So that includes salary and benefits for teachers, ISPs, um nurses, our counselors, the principles. Um then also that includes some professional development supplies,
005um support services, and curriculum materials as well. And then our revenue in the education fund is our state tuition, which is determined by our student count. And then um I left curriculum materials on there. It used to be separate and now curriculum materials actually worked within the state tuition amount that we will receive this year. And then also our interest earning. So any interest that we earn on our um any of these our funds that aren't uh debt related, the interest goes right back into the education fund. And then for the operations fund, the expenses there are non-instructional, so custodial maintenance, um our SRO's come from there, any C our central office, um professional services, our utilities, um insurance like liability insurance, any project updates we may have, um equipment, transportation, and technology. And then
006our revenue for the operations fund comes from uh local property taxes. And then our other local taxes as well. And then also some revenue there comes from the education fund fund, the education fund with our transfer from ed to ops. Um we the state wants us to transfer no more than 15%. We currently transfer a little under 6%. And then for debt service, our expenditures there are our debt payments which we make in July and December of every year. And then the revenue comes from our local property taxes, the license excise tax and the vehicle or commercial vehicle excise tax as well. And so then this is a little breakdown of our debt service budget. So, we have our lease payments, our GO bond payments as the debt payments, and then our anticipated debt. Um,
007our anticipated debt does include the lease that we um are closing on next week and as well as potential tax anticipation warrant just in case we were to need it. And that's what that includes. And then next, we have our debt service lease rental payment schedule. So, this shows all the different leases and go bonds we have. and the payment schedules and how far out they go. And then next we have this is um just a image of the form three that was where the budget was advertised and that is posted on Gateway and on our website. And then also we have our 2026 advertised bus replacement plan. Um, so we are planning on buying one new bus in 2026 and then one in 2027 and then we plan to buy um additional in 28
008and 29 as well. Um, and then we do have one bus that we're replacing early um sooner than the 12 years because of mechanical issues and those I believe is our propane bus, one of them. And then next we have our 2026 advertised capital projects plan as well. So this is any capital projects items that are over $5,000 or any any big projects that we'd have going on that we're anticipating. And so both the capital projects plan and the bus replacement plan are also posted on Gateway and on our website as well. And then now um we have the advertise versus approved tax rate. So this just kind of shows that we always advertise our tax rate to be higher than what we expect it to be approved at and what we want it to
009be. Um last year we advertised a $118 and it ended up being 95. Um and this the next slide we have our tax rate history. So it kind of shows that our tax rate has been neutral since 2022. Um, and we're planning, so last year it was uh 9558 and next year we're planning out to be 9532. And this is a breakdown of a summary just for the last five, six years. I think it has six years on it. um 2019 to 2024 of what our advertised budget was, what the approved budget ended up being, our actual expenditures, our actual revenue, and then a remaining appropriation. So, as you can see, usually every year we have a remaining appropriation because we just overbudget just in case we have expenditure that we need to be able
010to pay for in our approved budget. Okay. So, um, I hope I provide everyone with an overview of the budget and the process. So, we talked about the 18-month projection. So, looking at July 2025 to December 2026, um, conservative approach where we're going to plan for expenses to be high, revenue to be low, and then I talked about advertise versus approved tax rate. Um, so our next steps, again, back to our timeline. Um, tonight we have the public hearing and then in October the board will have a board adoption of the budget and then in December the DLGF will approve. That's all I have. You have any questions? >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Okay. 25-102 public comments. We do not have any. 25-103 adjourn the budget hearing. Can I get a motion
011to adjourn the budget hearing? I make a motion we adjourn the budget hearing. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> The budget hearing will be adjourned. So, we'll go ahead and call to order. So, we'll start off by if everyone would please stand and we'll do the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge al 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. >> Okay, we're going to go ahead and start off with student recognition. The Madison Junior High School archery team members. So, we'll ask Josiah to step up. All right. How y'all doing tonight? Uh, we'll go ahead and get started. Just want to let y'all know that they did come like I
012said before, they come in second in the state of Indiana. The junior high and high school did. They did a awesome job. Proud of all the kids. [Applause] We'll get started. >> That's Ka Leech. >> Come on up, Ka. Come on. Nora Melton, >> Adam Morfield, [Applause] >> Rosyn Morfield, [Applause] Connor Nicholls, [Applause] >> Landon Nicholls, [Applause] >> Carson Owen. [Applause] Malia Rogers, [Applause] Sylvia Rogers, [Applause] EMTT Scutter, [Applause] Cashana Vincent, Sabrina Vincent, Zachary Wheatley, [Applause] Haley Wilhelm, [Applause] Mallerie Wilhelm, and Noretta Smith. That's it. That's all. That's all of them showed up. So, >> all right, everybody get up here and get pictures. squeeze in. You all were incredible while you waited. Don't leave till parents get done. Yeah, >> children. [Applause] How's it going? Well, yeah. >> Hello. Good evening. Thank you for
013having the instructional coaches here with you tonight. My name is Jesse Zarat and I'm just one of the literacy coaches for Madison Consolidated and I'm at Anderson Elementary School. And today I am so honored to be standing with a bunch of the coaches that we've hired over the last three years at Madison Consolidated so we can share all of the goodness that we're doing in our schools. So today awesome. Today we're going to go over our student centered goals and how we align to the district arrows. Um so first we are student centered coaches. Um we prioritize student needs and growth every day in our positions. We're also achievement focused. Um, in our coaching positions, we're looking at data. We're setting goals and we're measuring that progress with different assessments. And we're striving for excellence,
014not only with the teachers, but with the students as well. And everyone valued. As coaches, we get to go into every classroom. Um, literacy coach is K3, our STEM coach K4, and our other coaches K12, behavior K4. Um, and it's just an honor to be able to work with so many unique individuals and also all of the students. Um, becoming a literacy coach, it was weird to step out of a classroom and say, "What impact will we have?" But truly being able to go into every classroom and see all of the ways that we're meeting students needs is really awesome. Um, and just being able to respect and appreciate everybody in our buildings and see their work um, in front of us is really great. We also have student- centered initiatives. um this is how
015we're supporting student success together. So throughout the last few years, Madison Consolidated has incorporated lots of things to build our knowledge and success as a team. Starting with PLC's, teams are collaborating for student learning. Over the last two years, PLC's have been implemented in our buildings with the first half year dedicated to learning what the PLC model is. And the last year and a half has been really dedicated to incorporating PLC models in all of our buildings and across the district. so teams can work together. We also have district grade level meetings. This is aligning instruction across all of our schools. So all of our elementary schools have common goals. We're not working in isolation, but all of our teams can work together. This has also been going on for three years. Um and it's
016been tremendous work under Janet and Sean and the amount of things that are working together and grade level teams are coming together as a district instead of just doing something individually. You can really see that in the discussions that are happening and that's also leading to greater PLC conversations. We also have MTSS meetings monthly in our buildings supporting our learners and our data. We redefined and restructured our MTS meetings as a district two years ago. And again, under the leadership of Janet and Shawn, um, building leaders as well as classroom teachers come together monthly to talk about student needs and initiatives that need to happen to promote our student success with academics. We also join the literacy cadre as Madison Consolidated three years ago. We continued that this year with Marian University. Um, our district
017has three literacy coaches, myself, Amanda Laugher, and Missy Perry. And the three of us service the four elementary schools. We also started book studies whether it was the literacy coaches and STEM coach. Um and then last year we added all of the coaching positions and we added some upper admin to our book studies where we can learn and just grow together and provide PD and a space for us to continue learning and growing because we know that our work can only further if we have the current knowledge too. And then our district also added additional coaches. The literacy coaches in STEM started three years ago and two years ago we added well last year we added our TBRI coach Michelle and we added our behavior coach Lydia and our college and career coach Megan Welty
018and together that all of us have been able to collaborate and work together in a really meaningful and impactful way. I'm going to introduce our district positions and then each of them will also introduce themselves with their slides. So, like I mentioned, we have K3 literacy coaches strengthening reading and writing instruction for all of our students in K3. We have a K4 steam coach, and she's guiding the integration of science, technology, engineering, art, and math for all students in the elementary buildings. Jen is very busy. She's in all four elementary schools. We also have a K4 behavior coach, Lydia Rearen, who's promoting positive behavior in schoolwide interventions and is doing a remarkable job working with classroom teachers, ISPs, and students um in coaching set settings, modeling, and just being a part of conversations with parents
019as well. We also have a K12 college and career readiness coach, which is Megan Wely. She's in all of the buildings, kindergarten through high school, and she's preparing students for post-secary success and career opportunities. And when we talk about college and career readiness, she's able to adapt those lessons even down to elementary and have them thinking about really great things for their futures. And finally, we have a K12 TBRI coach. And Michelle is able to support trauma-informed practices to meet students emotional needs, but even further, she supports the adult social and emotional needs. Michelle's a coach to not only our students, but also to the grown-ups in all of the buildings and the admin world, too. And with that, I'm gonna turn it over to literacy. >> Good evening. I'm Amanda Laugher and I'm the
020literacy coach at Riker's Ridge um and Deputy. And my slide tonight is all about celebration. So, we had 95% of our third grade students pass I read this past spring summer. And um us being in the cycles and it's not just us literacy coaches, it's STEM included and all the others um has really made an impact on our students and our teachers because the teachers are able to grow their craft in the classroom and we're also able to share our knowledge that we're learning in all of our PD sessions with them and they're obviously using it because our scores have kind of skyrocketed. So I'm excited to see what's going to happen with iLearn um ELA and with math in the coming couple years. um for literacy, we have been in over 100 coaching cycles.
021And these cycles, um in the past two years have taken place over like a four-week to a six week period. Um now we're kind of changing our mindset a little bit and we're kind of starting to focus more on tier one. Um so I'm excited to see what that's going to, you know, kind of put in place and um the things that our teachers can learn from us as a grade level. Um in these hundred coaching cycles we work on the five pillars of reading which are phmic awareness um phonics we have fluency vocabulary and um comprehension and um all of these play a huge factor. We we realized early on that our foundational skills, so the phmic awareness and the phonics were kind of weak and that was our area of focus for a
022while. But we're also starting to kind of come into play that we can't just focus on that. We have to stay with um the kids reading the higher level um texts and asking those higher level thinking questions. So we're also focusing on that comprehension piece and the fluency piece because that's going to help them. Um I read is kind of focused more on the foundational pieces. not a whole lot of big vocabulary words and things, but the I learn piece is going to be huge. So, we're gonna try to kind of step that up a notch this coming year. Um, those coaching cycles also do not include all of the PD that we have given across the board to the corporation and been involved in um with our corporation. nor does it include um some
023of the um let's see we have PD and then we have like the data dives like the MTSS meetings and um our PLC's. Thank you. >> Good evening. I'm Missy Perry and this is new to me. I'm new in this role after being in the classroom for 32 years and I'm very excited about it. Uh my part tonight, oh they didn't go to the slide. There we go. Is the professional development that we do. So we do tons of professional development. We've had a lot on our PLC's. Um a lot of literacy professional development we've done. We started with youth lie a couple years ago and we've had that in the classroom and as coaches we go into the classrooms. We model a lot of the youth for the teachers and it's going really well
024and we're seeing a lot of that going now that the students have had it for two or three years. We're really seeing a growth in it and the students are doing really well with it. We partner with the Wilson Center for a lot of our professional development also and we are in collaborate with the learning communities online. We also did the science of reading PD a couple years ago and a lot of us are getting our literacy endorsement from that. We also do admin partnerships where we meet with our cadre once a week. We meet with our collaborative network twice a month for an hour and a half. We meet with our principles regularly, usually like once a week or once every other week. And we meet with our admin and we do our book
025studies once a month. And with teachers, we actively meet with our grade levels. Um, we attend our MTSS meetings monthly to review the data. We co-plan with our teachers. We co-e with our teachers. and we model lessons for our teachers. So, just getting in those classrooms, meeting with the teachers um is just really helping us all grow. And with our new cadre this year, it's looking into our tier one. So, that's something new. So, that's helping us to see those kids that aren't in intervention. There's still some of those kids that are on a bubble and we don't want them to fall. So, the new cadre is helping us to really look at those kids and how can we help those kids and not let them slip. So that's been really exciting for us with
026our new cadre to see what we can do with those kids that aren't in intervention but are right there on a bubble and could slip. So for us that's going to be really exciting to see where this new cadre takes us in a different way. So lots of PD for us and every year it's a new learning and we are loving it. So thank you. >> Thank you. >> Hello. So, I'm Jennifer Coen and I am the STEM slash steam coach. So, I will flop up several times and refer to STEM or STEAM. We're kind of using it interchangeably and it's just a habit. So, um this year we actually decided to add the arts into um our initiative because we have such an amazing fine arts program. um I mean K I would even
027go with preK preK all the way through high school and we really want to be able to integrate that into curriculum purposefully. Um so so now the new acronym is STEAM science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Um so I partner with K4 teachers across the district. I'm at all four elementary buildings. Um and we work together to integrate steam concepts um create realworld um opportunities and applications into curriculum across all different content areas. Um we do a lot of combination with like um ELA and STEM um collaborations. We've done a lot of math science. Um so we're trying to integrate it throughout the day so students are being immersed with more um real world content like how am I going to apply this to real life like why what does this mean to me? Um
028I have collaborated in over 200 steam cycles with teachers in 20 um 24 to 2025 which is a lot but a lot of them are multiple teachers in the same in the same area. So all right um part of our steam initiative is to create community partnerships. Um and I have listed just a few. I know that is not a conclusive list. So um I just wanted to share a few things. Um we have partnered with the Madison Community Garden Project and we now have school gardens in all four elementary schools which is amazing. Um yeah I think that's a clap. I think that's a clap. So they have helped us with funding. They've helped us with education. Um that's kind of where the 4 extension office has come in. Um Britt and his team
029at the 4 office has provided lessons um for our third grade students across the district. Um and so they are getting to plant, grow, harvest, and eat what they um what they grow in these gardens. So lots of great learning happening there. Um we could not do it without these with the without the community garden and the 4 extension office partnership. Um another fun partnership has been big creek metal metal works and they operate out of deputy and they are actually who we worked with to design and build the chicken coupe for deputy elementary school. um they came into the classroom and we together with the third graders worked through the engineering design process. We talked about what we needed, what we had to have likes, um criteria um and all different things and they
030were able to show them like how they can use CAD to design different things online. So we got a little taste of that too. Um so they're kind of bringing their expertise into the classroom which is super exciting. Um, we also assembled a STEM advisory board for the district last year. Um, and this is in the beginning stages, but the purpose is kind of to hear from our community partners and some business leaders about feedback about STEM programs, like what can we do in the STEM realm for our students um that will help prepare them for future future jobs. Um, so projects that we've had, I've said school gardens, chicken coop, we did um a lemonade stand. One of the third grade classes planned and built and created and marketed this um lemonade stand to
031fund raise for um their classroom books. And then we did a shark style shark tank style presentation um where second graders had to come up with a product. They had to create a pitch, they had to market, make a presentation, and then we had a few community actually shooty, thank you for that. We had some um school and community members come in and they had to like actually give them the pitch. So that was super exciting, too. But just creating some real world opportunities for our kiddos. All right. So, Megan Welty is our college and career readiness coach. She operates kindergarten through 12th grade, so she has a lot of ground to cover. Um, she was not able to be with us this evening, so she did do a recording, so I'm going to go
032ahead and play that for you. Good evening. My name is Megan Wely, and I am the college and career coach for the district. And I do apologize. I'm not there in person tonight. I am taking college classes to become a school counselor and we have class tonight. But I do appreciate the opportunity to share an update on my role and the initiatives we're implementing across the district. So my job is to help our students at every level start building the skills, knowledge, and confidence they'll need for success beyond graduation. This doesn't just mean preparing our seniors for college applications, although that is part of it. It means introducing skills early and building them step by step from elementary school all the way to high school. So at the elementary level, we are continuing to learn
033about our work skills or what we call agilities and how we can grow them. I've been in 23 classes so far and so far our lessons have focused on using our managing agility and how we lead others. And then at the junior high level, we are continuing to use Zello as our comprehensive college and career readiness program. The junior high is a crucial time to learn more about what they want to do in high school and then beyond. So just helping students discover that is a big part of what we do for college and career readiness. And at the high school level, the need is clear. Our counselors actually sent out a needs assessment to students at the end of last year and an overwhelming response was that they wanted more college and career readiness
034support. So in response, I'm pushing into classrooms more often so students know that there are resources here that they can access. Also sharing that information with teachers so that they know what is available to students as well. We are continuing to work with Zello um as our comprehensive college and career programming. working with local partners to complete state requirements for career discovery meetings, continuing our partnership with IBTech for opportunities for our students, pushing out scholarships to make college more financially accessible, and this year working with the UNDY Cell program to become endorsed as an early college high school. Much of that work has already been done by our amazing counselors and teachers, but we are just putting some final pieces together to hopefully become endorsed. Ultimately, my role is about helping students see the bigger
035picture. How the skills they're building today, from organizing a desk in second grade to drafting a resume in 12th grade, connect directly to their future success. By embedding college and career readiness into every grade level, we're not just preparing students for the next step, we're preparing them for life. So, thank you for your support as we continue to grow these initiatives and create a strong, intentional pathway for all of our students. >> Good evening. My name is Michelle Stewart. I am the district K through 12 TBRI coach and we have had an incredible first month of school. We're seeing increased interest in partnering with coaches across our district from prek through 12. Teachers are for the first time collaborating with multiple coaches and we have a we are rolling out a grade level initiative where
036each coach will be involved. Our amazing third grade teachers are doing a novel study where um children will read the book. They will learn about empathy based on the characters with the help of Mrs. Colon. They will be creating using their engineering skills and hatching duck eggs, learning about the duck life cycle. Mrs. Welty is going to bring in professionals from our community who will will allow our kiddos to see what college will allow them to do in their career pathway if they're interested in animal science careers. And we've also seen great attention to our specials teachers um especially our music teachers who have been creating programming to help ease the transition from fourth grade to the middle school by using music as a regulatory skill. Um this year um in the first month we
037have provided 35 nurture groups to classrooms. We have had 137 points of contact helping teachers, students and staff members. We've been working collaboratively with parents, consulting with them on their needs. And we have continued our therapy dog program with our standard poodle clementine visiting K through2 classrooms. We have been able to instruct staff and faculty with 57 hours of inservice training including three two-day trainings, two half-day refreshers, five small groupoup trainings, and we will continue that as the year continues. We've been very pleased with the buyin this year. We have a tier one focus looking at the instruction our students are getting with fidelity across the curriculum and across the district so that each child is emotionally and socially ready to be successful in the classroom as well as in the world at large. Thank
038you. That's where I come into play. I'm the behavior coach, Lydia Rearen. Um, last year was our pilot year for a program we called restart at Anderson. Um, this year we are hitting year two. So there are right now my focus is K4. I'm still at the elementary level, but I am providing consults for preschool um, and the junior high and high school as needed. But Michelle and I collaborate a lot with she's where the tier one is occurring. And I'm really diving deeper with families when we get to the more intensive behaviors. So last year the major celebration was we were able to have over 2,000 interactions with students. um reducing those repeat behaviors that we saw and really increasing instructional time. This year, comparing the data from last year, we went from 138
039data points in August to this year, we've gone to 204 interactions in August alone. Um, in September, we've only been one week, I didn't count this week, we've had 91 interventions already, which is a lot, but I will say overall, we've only had seven four level four behaviors, which is kind of like the crisis. I mean, we're talking really big behaviors. So, for me, I think that's amazing because we're catching the challenging behaviors right there, and we're starting straight with the family. So translation to that means students are in class, the teachers are teaching and learning times preserved and we're really connecting with families and community and saying okay let's come together to solve this. It's a it's a skill deficit and we'll work together. So Michelle is a great partner in that because we're
040able to come together with a family being very trauma informed and meeting the need that we see and meeting the family where they are. The next part is increased teacher collaboration. Last year was a little bit different. We were building a program. This year, consultations has spiked instantly. There's a built rapport between my team and the teachers. Um, we're meeting them where they are. We're providing the service and what they see. We're consulting. We're co-regulating together. And we're working on training the students and all the staff. Right now, my focus is on our instructional personnel. My teachers, they have trainings, but our instructional support people that we bring in, they don't have as much training as everyone else. So there's been a big focus on coaching with them, working alongside together and showing them in
041real time what does this really look like, which is really important. So we've seen a lot stronger communication and collaboration among that. And we're balancing the support. It's not just a focus on behavior level one, two, or three. We're looking across the board at all of our data. So far in August alone, we have over 108 hours of instructional time that was preserved. Now, that doesn't mean all of it was was fixed. I mean, we had we had a lot of admin come over and see the struggles that we're dealing with, but 108 hours preserved of instructional time where we had behaviors that we have to handle and we have to work together with our community partners. And I think that's really important. We've been utilizing our sensory spaces with Dr. Fish and Shelley Lovado
042as our OT and really creating sensory diets for students and collecting the data to show this is a need and we need to meet the kids where they are. And if we do, we can get them back in the classroom and get real instruction with our other coaches. So, I think that's a positive. Um, if any of you ever want to sit down with my data, I believe data or it didn't happen and we have it and we have countless hours and every day we're looking at different ways to look at the data to drive what we're doing. We want to be aligned. We want to look at the need and we want to see it. So, overall right now, our data is showing a very positive trend for this school year. We're making a
043lot of increased proactive interventions. We're reducing those repeat offense offenses essentially um and using a lot of corrective teaching in the moment that the teacher doesn't have to do so they can preserve that learning. So this year my closing for that is our research program is not just reacting to the behavior we're preventing the escalation strengthening our collaboration and tracking the outcomes so together all the coaches we can work in tandem to make sure the kids are getting the most value out of their instruction. So thank you >> Lydia. I got a quick question >> of course. So you started this last year at Anderson. >> Yes. >> Okay. And now you're doing it for all four elementary. >> Just Anderson still. We're still It's a year two of pilot. Um and I can tell
044you a little bit of why that's changed. So the corporation has provided me with a lot of new training. Um I don't know if you guys are fully aware, but the Bethany Foundation grant um allowed another spot for another TBRI practitioner, which is what Michelle's been trained in. Um, so over the summer and actually next week, I have done a 40-hour course to also become a TBRI practitioner. So I will be traveling to Tennessee to get more work so I can also be a trainer in TBRI. And there's a lot more practices that I've had to take behind the scenes to align more of our PBIS, our Boytown models. And so there's a lot more alignment that we need to do to be able to expand it outward. And we want to make sure that
045we're doing it right first before we add more to teachers plates. >> Okay. I was thinking you were doing the other elementary which my question >> Michelle and I are consulting with other buildings. Um but right now we're we're focusing on Anita Anderson. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Thank you. Next steps. >> As the literacy coach team, we are on year three and I have a life motto of year one you live, year two you learn, and year three you grow. and we finally made it to that year three and we have next steps and goals that we collectively share and we're excited for. So our first is coaching cycles. This year partnering with Marian University we have a goal set that we will be in 100% of K3 classrooms um in coaching cycles in different
046capacities whether that's co-eing with a mini cycle of one to two weeks a longer coaching cycle of four to six weeks. We just want to be an asset to all K3 teachers and all of our students. We've already hit the ground running this year and we've been in so many classrooms and we've been with so many teachers and that collaboration is just enhancing and I think part of that is because we're part of these grade level district meetings and our PLC's where we're really diving in with grade level specific teams that we can be there ask questions answer questions be a thought partner and really dive into data and start coaching cycles a lot sooner. Our second goal is for iid we want to continue to meet that 95% or higher pass rate in third
047grade. Our third grade teams are very motivated and excited to see the data from last year and grow from that and also just ensure that our kids can and will do that again this year. Moving forward though, we noticed that iLearn doesn't necessarily have a goal in our district. So we want to be mindful that I read is I read but I learn is also very important in third and fourth grade. So we need to create goals and plans for our iLearn three and four with both reading and math. We also have an MTSS goal of creating a better system to track student growth and achievement year after year. Last year, um, Sean really helped us create data docs and track data. Um, and we refined those for this year and we're still learning and
048growing with that, but we want to make sure that the data we're collecting is meaningful and impactful and purposeful and driving our discussions. We collect data, data or it didn't happen, like Lydia said, but what are we doing with that data? We don't want to collect and put things on teachers and on ourselves just to say, "Hey, we have it, but we're not doing anything with it." And finally, our coaching cycle integration. All of these coaches have mentioned that that collaboration piece with other district coaches to strengthen instruction and support student growth areas across all content areas is very beneficial and important. And also, it's fun. We love getting to collaborate together. And this year, Jen has created a um sheet where it shows all of her coaching cycles from the past for STEM. And
049then I've replicated that for literacy. So teachers can go in and see what were literacy coaches doing in a different building at this time last year. Oo, that's something I want to do, too. So we're not only integrating what we've done and working together, but other buildings are seeing what other coaches have done in their classrooms, and now it's being replicated in multiple buildings. So going back to those pacing guides and aligning, we're seeing coaching cycles happening not just in one isolated building, but all of the buildings for the same common goal. All right. Goals this year for the steam world is working together with the grade level teams to integrate and other coaches to integrate meaningful steam activities and curriculum um into the classroom. Um, so we've done a lot of that, but we
050definitely have room to improve. Um, so we're going to continue that. Um, we are going working on integrating computer science opportunities intentionally um, within the classroom. Um, kindergarten through third grade have already met this year and they have a great start on um, creating some lessons that they can incorporate in their classroom that can give that computer ex those digital literacy skills um, for their students. um community partnerships. I named a few, but we really want to increase and expand that reach. Um you know, STEAM all in all is building skills for the future. We want um to cultivate creativity, problem solvers, um communicators, and have kiddos that have good collaboration skills. Um and then on kind of the official front, we are working and this is building specific but each building is working towards
051um STEM certification from Indiana. Um each building is at a different place in that right now. Um but all of that is in the works. So thank you. >> Thank you. >> I'll bring a stop. I promise it'll be quick. Um, so Michelle and I are working in tandem working on really creating consistency, proactive support, and really connecting student skills. And for us, that's a lot of training. So we want to ensure that we're being clear, we're doing schoolwide initiatives, and we're expanding our coaching into everything we do. Um, so hopefully our goal is just to strengthen regulation and all the strategies that we're doing across the board, academics, regulation, social, emotional, and just bring it together to make sure our whole district is trauma-informed and we're using our resources as we can. So, thank
052you so much today for hearing from the coaches and we appreciate all the opportunities you've given us. >> Thank you very much, [Applause] >> coaches. Outstanding job. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> I'm really proud of you all. >> Now I have to follow that. That's going to be hard to do and stuff. So, great job. So we'll move on to the consent agenda. 25-104 approval of agenda September 10th, 2025 budget hearing and regular meeting. 25-105 approval of minutes of the August 14th, 2025 work session, August 20th, 2026 regular board meeting and public hearing. 25-106 approval of payments and claims. 25-107 approval of financial report. 25-108 approval construction payment. Uh it's one Smith Associates uh 172,311.98. 25-109 approval of personnel report. 25-109.1 Addenda personnel report 25-10 approval of donations and grants for the district. First
053one, Bronner Farms donated watermelon to all schools in the amount of $125. Number two, Liberty Christian Church donated $500 to the food service department to be used to help pay owed meal balances. Number three, MCS received a grant up to $4 million from the Bethany Legacy Foundation for the Madison Consolidated High School Corporation Early Learning Center for the indoor playground, community sensory room, and outdoor playscape. Deputy Elementary School, one uh Coffee Creek Church donated $250 to be used for student needs. Riker's Ridge Elementary School, Dr. Paul and Sherry Cronin donated $1,500 to be used in the principal fund for students and staff rewards decided by the principal. Madison Junior High School, they have six. The first one is Brighterway Electric. Fred Kimmel donated $250 to the girls soccer team. Second one, off Broadway tap room.
054Miss Libbyy's on Maine donated $150 to the girls soccer team. Third one, Mason and Meford donated $50 to the girls soccer team. Fourth one, Butler Dentl PC donated $250 to the girls soccer team. Fifth one, L&M machine donated $250 to the girls soccer team. Number six, Arvin Sango donated $250 to the girls soccer team. Madison Consolidated High School, uh first one, Dr. Robert Canada donated $700 to the volleyball team to be used to purchase equipment, shirts, and team bonding activities. Second one, Joe and Kate Jenner donated $400 to the girls soccer team. Third one, Dr. Ben and Rebecca Canada donated 500 $500 to the girls volleyball team to be used for equipment, shirts, and team bonding activities. Thank you for all those donations. 25-11 approval field trip request. 25-11.1 Add agenda of field trip request.
055First one we have an out ofstate field trip request from high school theater director Aaron Kelsey to take 35 students to the Aeronoff Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 21st, 2025 to attend a professional tour of a Broadway show. Second one, we have an outofstate field trip request from deputy elementary school teacher uh Megan McVey and Cararissa Wright House to take 45 students to the Louisville Zoo on April 30th, 2026. Third one, we have an overnight field trip request from high school cross country coach Chris Sandlin to take nine cross country athletes to Upland, Indiana on August 29th through 30th, 2025 to compete in a cross country meet. Fourth one, we have an out of state field trip request from Riker's Ridge first grade teacher Angie Kelly and Lori Hatton to take 30 first graders
056to the Louisville Zoo on April 23rd of 2026. Fifth one, we have an out of state field trip request from Haley Story, grade three teacher at Anderson Elementary School to take 115 third graders to the Kentucky Science Center on November 7th, 2025. The students will explore the exhibits and experience an IMAX movie. Number six, we have an overnight field trip request from high school cross country coach Chris Sland to take nine cross country athletes to Terraote, Bloomington, Indiana on October 4th through 5th of 2025 to participate in a Nike Nike twilight meet. Number seven, we have an out ofstate field trip request from Eric Figgan, junior high art teacher to take 24 eighth graders to Cincinnati, Ohio on November 18th, 2025 to visit an art museum. Number eight, we have a request from high school
057girls cross country coach Brett Kahhal to take 12 cross country athletes to terote Bloomington, Indiana on October 4th through 5th, 2025 to participate in a night twilight meet. Dr. Brown, >> I recommend that the board approve with one motion, one vote the consent agenda items 25-104 through and including 25-11.1 as presented. >> Can I get a motion? >> Make a motion. We approve 25104 through 25111.1. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> Okay. Signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Passed. >> Public comments? None. So, we'll move on to the action items. 25-112 approval of uniform conflict of interest disclosure statements for the 2025 2026 school year. Dr. Brown, >> I recommend the board approve the uniform conflict of interest disclosure statements for the 202526 school year
058that were included in your packet. >> Can I get a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve 25-112. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? signify by saying I I any opposed passed 25-113 second reading and approval of revised MCS policies so I will go through the policies by number so policy number 2220 2221 policy number 2410 policy number policy number 2416 16. Policy number 2461. Policy number 2623. Policy number 3220.02. Policy number 5111. Policy number 5200. Policy number 5223. Policy number 5517.01. Policy number 5600. Policy number 5605. Policy number 5610, policy number 5611, policy number 5771. Dr. Brown, >> yeah, I recommend the board approve the revised MCS policies as presented. >> Can I get a motion? >> Make a motion we approve um 25113. >> Can I
059get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> Yeah, I'm just curious. This is the first time that I've seen these policies read where it was just a policy number and we didn't give any description. Is is that something new? >> We read them at the last board meeting. We read all of them at the last board meeting. So for the second reading, we typically just adopt them as they've been presented. >> Oh, okay. Good discussion. Uh signify by saying I >> I >> Any opposed? No. Pass. Okay. 25-114 Approval of transportation joint program fund agreement for transportation to Indiana School for the Blind and the Indiana School for the Deaf for 2025 2026 school year. Dr. Brown. >> Yeah. Can I recommend the board approve the transportation joint program fund agreement for transportation
060to the Indiana School for the Blind and the Indiana School for the Deaf for 2526 school year with Southwestern Jefferson County Consolidated School Corporation. >> Can I get a motion? >> I'll make a motion that we approve 2514. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> Signify by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? Passed. 25-115 Approval of Central Indiana Education Service Center Grant. Dr. Brown, >> I recommend the board approve the Central Indiana Education Service Center grant. The CISC has awarded one of six grants to MCS to help our district with AI integration. This grant will include on-site professional development, give assistance to our AI leadership team, assist with hosting an AI community event, and give access to AI tools, lessons, and strategies. And we are one of six in
061the state to receive that. >> Good. >> Can I get a motion? >> Make a motion to approve 25115. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? Okay. Signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Pass. 25-116. Approval ofou with big brothers big sisters of South Central Indiana. Dr. Brown. >> Yeah. I recommend the board approve theou with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of South Central Indiana between Madison Consolidated High School, Madison Junior High School, and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Southeast Indiana. The purpose of this agreement is to create and confirm an effective working relationship between Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Indiana, MCHS, and MJHS. The Big Brothers and Big Sisters will provide professional program manager to implement their evidence-based sightbased mentoring program which has been shown
062to affect positive changes in school attendance, attitude, self-confidence, and avoidance of risky behaviors. So, asking for approval of that. >> Can I get a motion? >> Make a motion we approve 25116. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? Okay. Signify by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? Passed. 25-117. Approval of resolution authorizing tax anticipation warrants. Dr. Brown. >> Yeah. I recommend the board approve the resolution authorizing tax anticipation warrants. This would allow us to borrow funding to pay for expenses from the debt service if expenses must be met prior to the receipt of the final settlement of taxes for the year 2026. This is merely a precaution and really it's in response to uh the impact of the potential with Senate Bill one. >> Can I get a motion? >>
063I'll make a motion to approve 25-117. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? Okay. Signify by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? Passed. 25-118. Approval of school AI admin product design partnership with MCS. Dr. Brown. >> Yeah. I recommend the board approve the school AI admin product design partnership with um MCS. >> Can I get a motion? >> I make a motion to approve 25118. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> It's pretty cool opportunity. >> Yeah. Exciting. >> Okay. signify by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? >> Passed. 25-119. Approval of job description farmtop coordinator. Dr. Brown. >> I'm recommending the board approve the new job description for a farmtop coordinator as presented. >> Can I get a motion? >> I make a
064motion we approve 25119. >> Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> Signifies by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? Pass. Okay. Reports now. So, we're going to go ahead and start off with student uh representative and I'm going to turn it over to her to introduce herself. >> Hello, I am Savannah Hall. I am the 2025 2026 student representative and I am a senior attending Madison Consolidated High School and over this year I hope to highlight student accomplishments and great achievements around the MC MCS districts. Thank you. >> Welcome aboard. >> Any public comments? >> No, no public comments. So, we'll go ahead with board member comments. We'll start with Mike. >> Thank you, Mr. Story. Um, couple shout outs. First, I want to acknowledge again the uh instructional coaches
065that came this evening um and your wonderful presentation. Um, I think it should also be highlighted what our IT department was able to do because you wouldn't know Megan wasn't here physically tonight. So, that was pretty cool. Um, in addition to that though, um, I just want to give a big shout out to what I call our our uh, background staff. And I look at that as being food service folks, custodial staff, transportation, nursing, maintenance, and then our various admin clerks. Um, they may not be doing daytoday instruction, but we as a school district can't survive without their presence. >> Thanks, Mike. Jody, >> I just want to thank you guys for coming um and not only for taking time out of your night tonight, but for all that you were doing for the district.
066Um I know it's a lot of hard work. Um and you know Dr. Brown has shared a lot of like you know the the you know what the basics of how it's it's you know this is what we're doing this with but to hear you guys come and and how excited you are and I mean obviously with the scores the I read scores um you know it's it's obviously working. So um just kudos to you um and thank you for doing what you're doing. >> Thanks J Dustin. >> Uh kind of echo what everybody else said. Thank you instructional coaches. Uh but specifically Miss Stewart, Miss Rearan as a guy with his background in behavior and special education. Uh knowing that, you know, 15 years ago we were pulling kids out and now that we're
067pushing in and training the whole staff and not just trying to train the student, we're training everybody. So that means a lot. Trauminformed care, TBRI, Boytown. Love it. Love it. Love it. Keep going. Super proud. Happy of that. Um, the athletic donors, thank you to all the athletic donors. As a former coach and a still currently always hitting the streets trying to make money for the wrestling program, we always appreciate the families and the community members that step up and support our athletics. Um, Bronner Farms, uh, the watermelons are fantastic. A couple have landed on my porch every morning. I'm not upset about it. So, thank you for donating to the school. Uh, we really appreciate it. Bethany Legacy, uh, a big, uh, get there. we got with them and helping out our early education
068center. We really appreciate that. And then a personal thing, uh, as a Boys Club CEO, uh, I was in a pinch and I reached out to Ashley Shy and Adam Dennis and they came through clutch today. Mr. Cub showed up at the Boys and Girls Club and some members of the girls basketball team showed up and participated in literacy day and read a book and took pictures and we gave out toys. The Indiana Pacers donated 250 toys to our local Boys and Girls Club and it was just a fantastic, very hectically thrown together thing, but once it all kind of came together, it was like 30 minutes of pure magic. So, thank you Ashley. Thank you Mr. Dennis. We really appreciate that. And then welcome Savannah. We appreciate you having on the board. >> What
069Dustin just said is it takes a team, it takes a community and that's just proof of it. So, um, welcome aboard Savannah and stuff. So, thank you Danica for your presentation and district coaches and want to congrat congratulate all the archers and then the donations. You know, it takes a little bit of time to read through that, but I think it's worth it. You know, because we need to do a shout out to all those donations that the school system gives. So, we do appreciate all that. And then anyone that knows me, I love to hear all the elementary schools with the gardening. You know, that's a big part of my life, you know, my kids' lives when they were going through school. So, love to see that. Anyone that knows anything about a chicken
070coupe knows that chickens are very expensive right now and stuff. So, hopefully those are protected really good and stuff out there in deputies. So, uh, keep up the good work. Love hearing about all the gardening and the chicken stuff that's going on out there. So, there will be a work session on Thursday, September 25th of 2025 at 4:30 p.m. The next regular board meeting will be Wednesday, October 1st, 2025 at 6 PM. Dr. Brown. >> Right. So, first of all, um I would like to echo a big thank you to Bethany Legacy Foundation uh for giving us $3 million and a $1 million match. We do currently need $390,000 still to make our $1 million match. So, this is my plea to anyone listening, watching, or having friends that they can send this to that
071we would greatly appreciate your support for our early learning center for Jefferson County. Um, it's not just the school district, it's for all of our kids in this county and to have that impact and work together is really important at this point. Um, also the other donors that were on the list today, it's just incredible the support we get in this community. Uh, I'm just, it's just incredible. >> Yeah. Um, also welcome Savannah. Um, she already endeared herself to Miss Pamela from wearing her Bengal shirt when they when they met. So, there we go. >> Seriously, >> she did. I'm sorry, Mike. It is true. I witnessed it. >> Um, and then also, this is sort of kind of a well-kept secret, but we're going to go ahead and put this out there. Uh, later
072this fall, we're going to be um voting. we've determined to rejoin the career center um in vers sales. So, we're really excited about that. I'm putting that out there today because while it's not uh formally um officially adopted yet, that's going to be coming this fall. We want our students and families to be thinking about it because it's going to be an opportunity to actually begin this winter signing up for those pathways and certifications uh that will start next fall at the career center. So, be thinking about that. lots of opportunities, 14 certifications, um additional ones that our kids will be able to earn. So, we're excited about that. Um also, school is off to a great start. Um our fall sports are in full swing. First home football game this Friday night. Our enrollment
073is steady and it continues to grow actually about five more kids this week. So, um yeah, good things happening. I appreciate that. Big thank you to our district coaches. Um, I just was spellbound with your presentation. It was just and I'd even seen it before you gave it, but it was just incredible. Um, the work that you're doing with our kids, with our staff, and boy, you're really moving the needle. Um, it's just incredible. Um, a big thank you also to Mandy Holcraftoft. Um, she's our um, MTA president, and I really appreciate the relationship that we have. We work out things together collaboratively, just very positive. So, I appreciate her and her team and we'll be looking at beginning negotiations um in a couple of weeks. So, looking forward to that. And as always, thank
074you to this board. I appreciate all your support and your help um in getting all of our work done. And that is all I have. >> Okay. Can I get a motion to adjourn the regular meeting? >> Make a motion to adjourn.