001Algiance to the flag of America and to the stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all >> here >> Mr. for any additions, deletions. >> We're going to merge 6.1 and 6.2 into one one recommendation under employment. >> Thank you. Hearing of patrons, would anyone like to be heard this evening? All right. Thank you. Presentations and recognition. >> Yes. I invited uh Sharon Layman to come and talk about her phenomenal kids and her phenomenal music program. So, she's going to highlight um the Indiana State uh honors choir and also the Indiana State Music Association solar ensembles contest. So, invite you >> to be here this evening to recognize this year's Indiana All State Honor Choir members and thank you for the opportunity. For many students, choir is where they first discover
002that their voice matters and that their voice can be part of something bigger than themselves. That's certainly true in our daily choir classes at Manchester and it's powerfully experienced at an event like All State. So, I'm going to introduce the singers one at a time and when I say your name, just step forward so they know who it is. So, Michaela Hinton, this was her first year in All State. She sang alto. Michaela is a sophomore. She also participated in solo ensemble which which I will talk about in a little bit and she was just a musical or musical the musical. Okay. And then Brunin Brun go ahead and step forward. This was her second year in all state. Bronin soprano and she's a junior. Also did sol ensemble also was just in the musical.
003And then we have Lily Lincoln Hoker. This was her second year in all state. She was in alto. Lily is a senior. She also was in solo ensemble and also was in musical. And then Milo Huff, this was Milo's third year in all state. Milo in spiritone and he's a senior. Also did solo in ensemble and was the techie person for the musical, the main tech person. Go ahead and step back, Milo. So all state honor choir is exactly what it sounds like. Students from all over the state audition for a spot in this competitive honor choir. The state's divided into regions. Each region has a quota for the number of students that can be selected. That's based on the number of singers that audition that year. Our area includes schools in the counties of
004Adams, Huntington, Casiasco, Wash, Wells, and Whitley. Though not all schools send students to auditions to audition. This year we had 41 students in our area from seven different schools audition for all state. So our quota ended up being total singers. Out of that 41, and Manchester claimed five of the 18 spots, about 28% of the quota, one of our students ended up having to drop out. The Altate concert was held in January. It's hel always held during the Indiana Music Educators Conference. It's the final performance of the conference weekend and it's always um just a draw jawdropping experience at least as an audience member to hear 200 250 of the top voices around Indiana joining together. Um they have they bring in every year a very well-known conductor, a different person every year, but somebody
005who is usually nationally recognized. Um and this year they had a phenomenal director and it's just an amazing experience. They bring that energy and knowledge then back to their own local choir program and that helps elevate all of that. Um, and then to tag on with that, these are very busy students. So, not not only are they in music, they are science olympiad and cheer and they work. Some of them they're in theater. Um, they just do all kind of in band. So, the first three here are also in band. So, they go back and forth between band and choir. They're very busy students. Um, and they did participate in solo and ensemble as well. We had 43 students total in grades 7 through 12 participate in solo and ensemble. We had 32 solos and
006five ensembles. 19 of the events were group one which is the highest division you can go and at district all all events earned a gold rating. Now that I say with the background knowledge that at district it has become quite a bit easier to get gold. So that I'm proud of them for that, but it doesn't mean as much to me as the fact that all 17 events that advance to state also earn gold. So we were solid gold across the board. And that state solid gold means a lot more to me because they are judging at a harder level. The judges tend to be college professors from the universities and colleges around Indiana. So we're really proud of that. Um As I mentioned, this musical just happened. If you didn't see it, you missed
007out. It was a phenomenal production. Um, so thank you to Jennifer Reenbach and Kathy Hawkins for that. Um, if you follow or follow Manchester Junior Senior High School on Facebook, you might have seen chamber choir performing the national anthem at the sectional game Friday night. And three of those singers were in that group. We have received so much positive feedback from that performance of the national anthem. They just do a really really nice job with that. And then coming up just this Friday, um it never ends, we have, um Wash County Honor Choir. And this is the 52nd year for that. And all four of these students have auditioned and made it into Wash County Honor Choir. So that performance is at 7:30 on Friday at the Honeywell Center. Super proud of these students and
008all of my choir students. And let's give them a round of applause. >> Are you going to ask questions or anything? >> I warned them that you might ask questions. So, go for it. >> If you have any >> I just want to say I'm shocked at how quiet they're being the last five or six weeks with them. >> It's just they are not always But I will say this, having been with them the last five or six weeks, the future is in good hands. But not only this group, but but really just the collective group of our students that are in the performing arts. They're outstanding students, very talented, outstanding academically. >> Absolutely. I would say that 20 or 30 years ago, you from now you're going to get together with your friends that
009have gone through these programs and you're going to laugh and and think back at the great time you have. So, just enjoy the ride. Enjoy every minute of it. >> No senioritis, right? >> No. No. I got to know this. Like, who do you give credit to for your voice? Your mom or your dad or someone else? Okay. Some of us have parents in here, so it'll be >> Milo grew up in a grown up in a household of all kinds of music. So, your pants are right there. This is your chance to shout them out. Sorry, I didn't mean to. >> No, that's totally fine. >> Awesome. >> I like a little bit. >> Thank you so much for the opportunity. Moving on here. Financial report. Thank you. >> Good evening. So again, keep
010this short and sweet numbers pretty much reflect last month. As you go this um total revenue, we're down about $700 total expenses we start,000. So when you get on down the bottom for the projection we are projecting month end to be year end to be around 1923 and right now we're education. So we're holding our own on that operation. pretty much the same picture. So when you look at our revenue, we were down about 8,300. When you compare that, we overestimated our expenses. So we were 73,000 in the black. We do all the math. We ended the month about 64,000 in the black compared to what we were anticipating. Now just want to point out uh right now we're showing an actual of 379,000 Last year because of the bond we did not go negative
011until May we will probably go negative maybe at the end of this month definitely in April the reason if you recall we had about 170 shortfall in our collections from 25 taxes we didn't carry over 170,000 so that means that we didn't have those funds up front to balance out. So hopefully those funds will show up this year with tax collections. Usually what happens is if you're short one year collections are a little higher than next year payments. That's what we're hoping for. But I just wanted to point out that we will be negative again month. Uh the other thing is We are reworking cash flows. So um probably next month um these will look a lot different but our building out we are building out for the next five years. So we're looking at
012that same thing you've seen in the past 27 we're building out through 2030. Any questions on any of that? Okay. The next thing is additional appropriation public hearing. That's basically just asking the public to respond to the advertisement we put in place for the addition and that hearing will be closed and then Stephanie from Torber is here for the final paper for the $2 million we've been talking about first and then come after that calling to order. com. >> Thank you. I'll make this nice and short. Last month, you already did a preliminary determination for these bonds. So, what you're doing right now tonight is to actually approve the bond resolution to go forward with the bonds. Um, And those are for an amount of not to exceed 2,40,000 with a rate not to exceed
0137% with a final maturity of January 15, 2031. And so the first resolution that you can act upon is the actual bond resolution to approve those bonds. And then the second resolution would be to appropriate those funds to be able to use them for the project. So those are the two resolutions that I have with me tonight. Copies Any questions? Any questions about make discussion is just trying to for the public safes of capital. >> Okay. Any additional comments? Motion to approve the appropriation resolution. Make a motion to approve. All in favor bond. We'll come back. Thank you. Want a copy of this? You need all copies, right? So, so Michael straight. Thank you. Any discussion? All in favor consent items and retirements. We have three Nancy Hamburg teacher at MIS after 33 years total
01419 years at Manchester Community Schools. Pierce Manchester senior high retirement after five years at Manchester and Madison report. Okay, for this month, $500 to the junior senior high for the H physics trip west from various donors. $200 to the junior senior eye for the FSA program from an anonymous donor. $500 to the junior senior high for the AP Bio Florida trip from the Jones Rafinsky Corporation. $395 to the Junior Senior High Library Fund from from Manchester Junior High School Library and audio visual endowment facilitated by the Community Foundation of Wash County. And finally, $2,650 to Manchester Community Schools for school lunch from the North Manchester Congregational Christian Church. Total amount We have one facility request youth group April 5th Sunday. They utilize the gymnasium common. They do this on a regular basis and it's for
015their youth group all over the area to approve it. >> So move in favor. Employment. We have Heather Terling, our MISA basketball coach. Ali Coffman, MISL basketball coach. Kimberal basketball coach. general basketball coach Bradford Johnson, junior senior high junior high track coach senior high junior high track assistant MI longterm subca treasure that's a maternity leave assistant coach junior senior high and kagel one pair professional discussion. Welcome aboard everyone here. All favor. Next is the food to school cooperative contract. This is a contract we sign every year. Um operated through make sure I get this right. I think it's Southwest Allen acts as the agent. Northwest Allen, sorry. Northwest Allen acts as the agent. Multiple school districts um come together create a cooperative that makes our purchasing power stronger for commodities for the lunch program. So
016it's just to approve to continue to work with food and school cooperative um for our 2026 2027 participations amendment >> motion to approve school. This definitely helps keep the cost down. >> Yeah, exactly. >> And there are multiple cooperatives that we could in the area that we can resource from if need be. So it definitely helps purchasing power to buy quantities. All in favor more questions than the second read. Um but the you have before you the junior senior high handbook, athletic handbook, the parent student handbook, MIS parent student handbook, and MEES parent student handbook. As you review those between now and second read changes are highlighted in yellow. The bulk of the changes are what I consider administrative changes, changing dates. Um if teachers names change, etc. Um there's not a lot of the
017structure of the books. I went through them all actually one final time again today, but I would just encourage you to review them. Um, formulate any questions you might have and then when we do our second read, we'll make sure all administration is here, they can answer any questions if need be. Uh, we try to get those approved. Then that way they're uploaded when we start our online registration process. part of that process that is students have access to that when they they sign off on that they have received those those are also online on our website too so they're accessible in that form too and there's no action on these but along that line with the new legislation new policy I know Casey and both talked about being willing to like set on a
018polic and just kind of go through some of that stuff. >> Yeah, there'll have to be an amendment. We're waiting on for example, you know, they have beefed up the cell phone usage, electronic usage in schools. Um, we're waiting on guidance from ISBA and our school attorney. Once that guidance comes out, we'll have a committee get together. We'll probably do some surveying and we'll formulate a policy that that meets the the letter of the law, you know, to the best of our ability. So, Yep. Still y was flying through that the other day and putting ones that I know we need to get together on the clarification. I would assume these are building level typically with teacher input, administrative input and then also anything that like there's a change in the law something like that.
019Those changes will be made then you guys review them and then we do a second read and answer any questions and then we approve them they get uploaded finalized The changes are highlighted in yellow as you go through them. So again, I would say the bulk of the changes have been more administrative like administrative changes. >> Have you ever students ever involved in some of the discussions? >> I I know not at the probably not at the MISE level. >> I can find that out and I can I can send a message out to you guys. Let me know if that's So we actually had a discussion today having like parent committees for like book reviews and things like that but also kind of having them take a look at policies and things. I mean
020you can look at this why do we have separate ones? I think the schools are different enough probably in the administrative where they want you know autonomy as far as the handbooks go as far as We're have to give a lot of weight to the administrators and teachers at those various levels. We don't do this for a living. So >> you are the community. So the things we hear we should go through these right maybe these up and then next we come back with some recommendations or in the past we've had some policy committee where some of me served and just kind of review things. you know, give a little bit of initial feedback on things like that. Ready for update? >> I am so ready. Just a lot of great stuff going on in.
021And I'm serious. What the A teacher and a number of her students decided that maybe they'd like to farm the 32 acres surrounding Heartland precision a program. They came and made a presentation and probably 15 to 20 students and as many adults have a really strong advisory board you would know the names there donations from those board members being made in terms of fertilizer you know and other things so anytime I feel anytime we can support young people and what they'd like to do I think it's just a great opportunity even drones I mean this is going to be So that is in the works. And I think the other item is Hartland applied for permission to submit a grant to to the Don Wood Foundation and one of eight institutions selected to actually submit
022the grant. So we're going to be working through that process and Tony maybe I don't know who the other seven are. I'm not sure the other seminar, but I think we discussed this last week. This was a planning grant that we submitted for $50,000 to then move forward with planning with a focus from the Dwood Foundation on manufacturing, entrepreneurship and leadership. So we will start that process as a group involved all county schools and also 3D foundation assisting some of the writing. So it'll be exciting to see where that goes and it's the potential for a1 million and there there's quite an emphasis on industrial internships. I was listening to the radio the other day just driving along. They were talking about that and some state some states are giving stipens to the employers $3500
023a year take on not Indiana but >> sounds like a good legislative proposal. >> Well, what do you think? >> So there you go. I'm just really great management team. Great leadership. People are excited about what's going on and And that guy, how many times do you hear his name? >> What a legacy, right? A little bit, right? It's kind of cool. But I had a good interview with the Farm Bureau group today over the state senate race and we were talking about these same issues, right? Farming is a business. So what I mean, it's still like what are we missing? Like critical thinking, right? That's You know, we're addressing that in the CTis update. >> Less exciting news. As Tony mentioned, the SB78 cell phone restriction um kind of more of an expanded on
024bell to bell ban. um basically they can't have any type of personal devices, phones, smartwatches, tablets out um during the instruction period. Um it's got to be stored away somewhere for the entire day. So um I'm sure that'll be fun for the teachers to fight each day. Um another kind of more broadly impacted bill is the F accountability change on House Bill 104. shift the state school grading system to a new framework that calcates points based on individual student performance rather than relying solely on a schoolwide average test scores and that's to add to that the accountability for students showing up. So attendance is rolled into that as well. So um having students be at school will impact our grade not just student learning but also just in attendance. So huge um roll out and
025I think when we get a grade as kind of the baseline grade this school year but then they'll kind of use that moving forward to kind of recalculate. Tony, is there any thing you want to add to that or still kind of too much money? >> Yeah, I'll talk a little bit about the lieutenant comments, but yeah, they they just approved it. It was approved last week finally supposed to initially be approved in November. They kept getting feedback and some push back and trying to refine So yeah, baseline this year and then and then from there build off your baseline. And I think the good thing about the uh the accountability model is there are a lot of ways for for schools to show improvement through their individual students. So just typical growth it could
026be that a student maybe doesn't pass but they grew. Maybe they, you know, are approaching passing. They can they can they call them points, but they can get points toward their total, you know, for the school toward that letter grade attendance courses they take. Do we offer any high school courses that eighth graders take, you know, those are all like bonus points, right? The steels. Uh, so there are a lot of factors and I'm going to talk about we're gonna we're actually going to meet with someone to refine that and make really fine tooth and understand a little bit better here in a couple of weeks. So, a couple more. And this one I did not research much, but I found it pretty interesting that there's a SB309 charter school restriction still implementing a 5-year
027moratorum on charter schools um after June 30th, 2026. So I don't have much details on that if that was actually went I mean assuming it what I found it went through. Um so another one Senate Bill 130 allows schools to permit chaplain volunteer to provide secular or non-secular advice and given parents permission. So that was something prior to I think that's a step in the right direction when it comes to um I guess emotional support and and those that need that kind of instead of a counselor but maybe there's other avenues to help with that um services of students need that was everything I've got notable for the most part I don't thinking of a legisl There's a whole lot of noise like usual and at the end a lot of stuff falls off. Even
028the the junk food one that I kept bringing up, you know, restricting certain food types that went in and that didn't go through. So, >> I'm still disappointed that they didn't make the tenderloin. >> Yeah. >> They try every year. >> Important topics of the world. Can you share a little bit more about the charter school? >> I I don't I didn't do a lot of research to know exactly the fine points, but that's what was pulled up. I don't know much about that. >> The moratorum is basically they're not going to approve any new ones coming charters requesting to to be established after June 30th for five years. Might be one to look up if you want to see what that's about. But definitely kind of a shift when it comes to public school,
029private school funding. So >> I think part of the shift model, you know, so in adult education, right, the point systems for funding adult, what do you think? Is that like is that a positive thing or is that a change thing or both? So when I think about our students, some of them that have retention issues, some of our schools that have inequity, like so if you get an A, is that a positive thing? If you get a D and an F, is that a negative thing? Is that the point behind it? >> Well, I mean, I'm just doing that, right? >> Yeah. >> It's been seven years since we've had a letter. So, you know, we saw accountability models. I I do think the expansiveness of this could be a positive thing because I
030think now it's you know when you look before let's say 55% of your students pass I learn in a certain grade level right it was what it was now if 55% pass but others show growth there's a benefit to that to them showing growth it might take some students longer to get to a certain place you know others and they still I think get some you know recognition in this model for that which I think has been lacking and also the courses that kids take what schools offer when so it's definitely broad and I'm sure once we get the final view of this and gain we'd be glad to present something on that model so that community and the board has a a strong understanding of what the new accountability model is I'm just going
031sometimes but it is directly related to attendance right so there's the other thing on that is so there's threats like okay throw you in jail or whatever when do we what do we change in this school inside the classroom and not knocking what we're doing right but what do we change in the future to engage kids or is that even possible? That's like the question that always comes to my mind. Why do we have to worry about attendance? So, I kind of bored in high school, right? So, I mean, when do we talk, you know, anyway, we'll move on. Superintendent. >> Yeah. Um, just cover a lot of things. I've been wrapping up and getting ready to start winter sports wrapping up. Tomorrow's the last middle school wrestling match. Mr. ran a very successful voice
032sectional this past weekend. Manchester hosted and went off without an inch was very well run sports practices are underway. Track teams already had some indoor competition as you heard from Mrs. Lman spring took place this past weekend. They did because of sectionals Friday night, they did a Saturday night performance on a Sunday m Sunday night performance and had really outstanding crowds. As I said before, the students just excellent group of kids very proud. It was good to see the community support of our arts arts department. Uh the color guard performs in their last competition this weekend high school. Mr. Layman mentioned the bash honors choir and band concert will take place this Friday the 13th at 7:30 at the center. I believe the mission of that is free at tax out. It's a wonderful opportunity
033to hear a really talented group of students from the county under the direction of again directors. So they they came here for practices band together brass practice together and all the directors work together to do that and then they'll come together for a day or two under the direction of the director who's going to be directing at the honors choir and band concert. So that is coming up. Also, this is an important one because I love it. FA fish and chicken fry is Wednesday the 25th. Pick up between 4 and 7 p.m. and tickets are $13 a piece. The earlier you get there, the less of a line you have to wait because last year I had to get in line on Market Street my way around, but that's coming up March 25th. Academically, a
034high school recently wrapped up ACT testing. The school is completing I read some of the results have already began to come in. We've had a lot of sickness pushed through MIS and MES especially but also the high school that's impacted some of the timing of of getting some of that testing done. So I know I was in a meeting yesterday with Miss Watkins and some teachers and they are pushing to get those final testing free to go. So hopefully you know with the way the weather is. It's, you know, 70 today and 20 Monday. I'm hoping this illness eventually works its way out. I know we've sanitized buildings over the last several days. Uh the NAPE test was given today to a group of eighth graders. That's it's the national assessment of education progress. It's
035called the nation report card. Congressionally mandated low stakes assessment that measures student academic achievement across the US in grades 4 provides a consistent national benchmark for subject math and science. So they pick out out of all our eighth graders they might pick 47 or so students to take it doesn't hold any gives a nation report card they do it all across the United States on how they perform in those areas. Um, Tuesday morning, March 24th, so I think two weeks from today, uh, the administration will be meeting with Mr. meeting with Mr. Steve Baker. Mr. Baker is a retired school principal from Bluton. We'll be meeting with him to hear final details on the new accountability model. It was approved by the state board of education earlier this month. Steve hasn't been traveling. He's already
036been here once and he spoke on our um on our professional development day 12 our teachers because the model at that time we thought was fairly close. He's going to come back in now that it's been finalized and meet with some key staff members just to make sure we have a really good grasp on the accountability model and he's been doing those presentations all over the state of Indiana. Um, and other than that, you know, this is the time of the year when things really start to move quickly. Um, lots going on. Spring break's fast approaching. Before you know, we're celebrating with the class of 2026 on May 29th for graduation. And it's it's go go time now. We will not end. for today. >> You want to retract charter school? I'm not real sure
037for sure on that one. It looks like it was proposed. I don't know if it actually got passed through. So, >> yeah, I I don't think it did after, but yeah, interesting. The one the website that I pulled up had that one there. So, I'll get further clarity on that one. >> Yep, you're right. everything on graduation kind of squared away as far as dates and things and all that stuff. Come on. I will mention sorry think of it. We we did have four really good interviews yesterday for DI teachers. We have I think maybe a few more than might be coming. So excited about that because often it seems like it's late April or May and we're in scramble mode and uh we're definitely ahead of the curve. Thanks to this, thanks to Cur
038just for being persistent and getting the word out there and reaching contacts that you know we've developed and have and are developing. So we had some really good we spent four hours four and a half hours yesterday conducting Zoom interviews with individuals from here in the states and in Mexico. So it was good good experience. >> What are we missing?