001We call the meeting to order. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence. >> [clears throat] >> 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. >> Okay, let's get started. Okay, mission statement, excellence in education, preparation for life. [clears throat] We have all members in attendance. Any public comments? >> No comments. >> Okay, [snorts] we'll move on to the consent items. The approval of May 18th, 2026 minutes, approval of May 22nd, 2026 and June 10th, 2026 payroll, approval of June 2026 claims. Any questions about that? No. Okay, personnel. >> Okay, I have quite a few tonight. So, new hires, we have Abby Hess, second grade teacher, Nina Keister,
002second grade teacher, Ashley Satterfield, first grade teacher, Laura Aberly, middle school art teacher, Molly Grossman, seventh grade science teacher, Jen Holden, sixth grade volleyball coach. Resignations, we have Cole Hayes, seventh grade science teacher, Delmar Bontrager, boys varsity head basketball coach, Cameron Bontrager, varsity boys basketball assistant coach, Braden Bontrager, varsity boys basketball assistant coach as a volunteer, Brett Smith, varsity softball assistant coach volunteer, Stacy Smith, varsity softball assistant coach volunteer, Quinn Kurtz, varsity football assistant coach as a volunteer, Sharon Hart, elementary paraprofessional, and Sierra Stout, our elementary permanent substitute. Uh retirements, we did have one, Aaron Cone, high school English teacher. Um summer school, high school and elementary. We have Amanda Sarver at the high school, Jane Perkins at the high school and CC CC Hon Yea Hon Yea does. >> Yeah. >> At the elementary,
003Chandler Sarver at the elementary, McKenzie Ross at the elementary, Winnie McCray at the elementary and Marissa Terry at the elementary. Tara. And then we do have a summer painting crew. Our staff members who are helping us out, Aaron Carmichael, Alyssa Sanders, Chris Eller, Aspen Nichols and Natasha Ealey. And we do have three high school students helping us out, Liam Henderson, Sydney Walker and Olivia Randall. >> Do you have any questions about personnel? We have a motion on the to approve the consent items. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Hearing a second, take it to a vote. Passes 5-0. And then the action items, Mr. Reed. >> So the only one we have tonight is the second reading of the ISBA policies and adoption of those. So you got a copy of all those for last
004month. I didn't hear from any of you between time, so I'd recommend that we go ahead and approve those. >> Okay. We'll have a motion to approve the second reading and adoption of the ISBA policies. >> Motion. >> Second. >> We'll take that to a vote, please. It's 5-0. Superintendent comments. >> Okay. I'll go around the room first. Brian, you got anything for us? >> Um, yeah. I was just going to say last month our school year ended really strong. We had a good success with field day and grade level awards, um, our quarterly awards and our promotion day. So students got to meet their teacher for next school year, too. Um, we did have some PD on the last couple of school days, so we got to work on vertical alignment within our building.
005Um, and that was really great. I think we're going to continue doing that in the future. Teachers were really receptive. As well as we had someone come in from I-Ready, which is our math program. >> Grade two. uh students in the state have to give a universal screener. We already give the test, they're just renaming it. Same test, but it was nice to have someone in to talk about that data. Um we did have summer school past couple weeks. We had 48-ish students attend on a daily basis. Um and we had our community furniture uh I want to say giveaway, but it's probably not the right term. Um but it was a great success. Um I think Tyler was saying he expected eight dumpsters. I don't think we even need one. Everything was gone. And
006everything was gone within 90 minutes. I mean they were It was crazy. Um yes, we had a lot of smiling faces, some sweaty sweaty faces, but you know, we got a lot of stuff moved out. So, that was really awesome. >> High school. Uh well, year flew, that was for sure. Um but since we last met, we had our service learning day at the end of year. Um kids did a good job, especially the last day. Um same day we had some fun activities. Kids did well on their behaviors, so it was just a nice way to end the year. Um relax a little bit this summer and get back at it next year. >> Um graduation went well. Uh I want to thank our sponsors. Uh King Burrito, Cheap Burrito, those structures were with
007us. It was great, so congratulations. Thank you guys for coming. Congratulations to your daughter Bri. for marriage. And um um no professional development. Vertical alignment um also with middle school teachers and then we went over like eighth grade accountability. Um make sure all teachers were on board and understood that concept and all the new rules and did some different things with Canva. Um had a big discussion on vocational aspect of things where we're trying to get students jobs and just talked about some different things we could do within the school. So, it was a good uh last day of professional development development. >> I was a lot the same as it's elementary except we didn't have furniture pick up. But field day was a success. Kids had a blast. Awards day, albeit long, we were
008able to recognize a lot of students for just a variety of different things. So that was good. Seeing a senior walk through. Enjoyed seeing the kids walk through. Enjoyed staff breakfast and we had a little staff activity the last staff They were here, everybody there. >> [laughter] >> last and the staff was you know, had a lot of fun with the things we did there. Vertical alignment did some stuff with the high school and also did some stuff inside of our school which was was successful. It's just good getting people on the same page and doing a lot of talking. And then specialist Angela Snyder and then I got Brian said summer school the past two weeks. Real successful and the last I guess the last bit we're doing a bunch of construction in the
009school at the middle school. So I just plug along just kind of keep it things going there and trying to get ready for next year. That's what's been shaking. [clears throat] >> Couple of comments. >> Go ahead. >> What was kind of maybe you had announced last time what was kindergarten round up number wise? >> You know off the top of my head I don't know. I think it's I want to say it's around the 80 mark in the 80s but I'm not 100% >> Just to follow up on Brian's comments about the furniture. So I'm really pleased that the community could use that stuff and it sure beats going in the ground. So yeah, quite the turnout a lot different from the middle school. I thought we had a good turnout at the middle
010school but I think yeah >> Yeah. >> So yeah and we'll have that one more time probably >> Hey. >> Yeah, it's all good. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> See what See what what happens at the high school level. >> [laughter] >> There must There must be a market for that elementary size furniture, too. >> Yeah. >> Because Yeah. >> High school >> [laughter] >> Um at your seats, I left to a copy of the bus driver manual. Um we're not going to take any action on that tonight, but I want you to look over that in the next couple weeks. Let me know if you have any questions. The changes are in red. Um page 11 is one, and that's talking about um getting prior approvals of personal days before vacations. So, that's going to
011kind of match up what we do with our teaching staff. Um page 13 is another change. We should e-learning days that they're going to have to do something online. If we have one of those three e-learning days to get their pay for that day, that they're going to have to do something there. And Galen will have that lined up for them. And then page 21 is the last one, and that talks about um paying them for their unused days. So, trying to get some incentive for them to uh save their days. So, obviously, we don't have a lot of subs for bus driving. So, [laughter] if we can incentivize them to be here and not use those days, um then we'll just pay them back and see if that that works out. So, those are
012the three changes, but if you want to look over that over the next couple weeks, and again, let me know if you have any questions. And uh we'll go from there. Okay? Um project update over at the high school, uh press box, press box is gone. Uh they're working on remodeling that concession stand right now. Um after July 4th, I believe July 5th, they're supposed to be here. Maybe not the 5th. Is that a Saturday? Not sure. Anyways, right after the 4th, they're supposed to be here, and the new press box will will get installed. So, I think they're working on concrete uh footings and uh the new support beams for the press box right now. Um so, that's moving along. Um inside the school, um all the ceiling grid lights, they're being demoed. A
013lot of those are already gone. We have one classroom that has new grid up. So, that's rolling right along. Over at the elementary, like I said before the meeting, the playgrounds, they're gone. The asphalt back there is gone. So, Brooks Construction is ripping all that out and they're working on the new base for the playgrounds and the new asphalt right now. So, in the middle school, actually still at the elementary, we don't have anything on the roof yet. I think June 22nd is a start date for them on the roof over there. So, at the middle school, carpet's going in. I think they had three crews here today working on different areas. So, the library and the band room are kind of two of our first focuses because those are the big areas and I
014will tell you whoever laid the carpet 25 years ago, there was no shortage of glue cuz it's pretty rough to come off. So, >> Is there a process? >> They're having fun with that. But, I think the the library is about half done. The new carpet's laid, so it looks good. Yeah, so so that's moving right along. The summer painters are moving right along. So, yeah, things are progressing and hopefully they keep progressing and we'll be on time for things. A lot going on. So, questions on anything? >> Okay. >> All right. >> That's all I have. >> Meeting adjourned at 5:10. >> [clears throat] >> Smile for the camera and say cheese.