001[Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Was it your fault? >> No. Did you guys burn the popcorn? >> Eric did. >> Oh, Eric did. >> He says he never does anything. >> He didn't. >> He says he never does anything. >> I don't know what that means. >> I think I have to work a concession stand tomorrow night. So, I'm trying not to burn the We have >> good seat. >> My wife will let me know. I'm going to call to order the October 21st, 2025 Lamesville Community School Board of Trustees >> meeting. The first order is pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the one indivisible. Board members, you received the agenda in advance of tonight's meeting. You have had time to
002review, research, consider the matters to be voted on tonight. Board members, do you have any questions or concerns to be addressed before we proceed? If not, the third item is approval of the minutes from the September 16th, 2025 finance and board meeting. Make a motion from the September 16th. I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. The approve. The fourth item is approval of claims for the month of October. Could I have a motion and second to approve? I'll make a motion to approve. >> I'll second. Any discussion? >> If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. The next item is principles report. Get ready. [Music] I love you. [Music] Get that. [Music]
003Everybody, [Music] It's working. >> All right. So, if a picture is worth a thousand words, then what's the value of one minute video? Come on, mathematicians. Anybody? Anybody? Google says 1.8 million. So, you all really don't want to hear me talk 1.8 million words. So, we wanted to sum it up in that video. But that video is worth so much more to our students. And our first quarter this year, we really came together, teachers, as families and students to just really celebrate learning. And it was just awesome to see all of the events come together. Um, all of the new staff blend and we're just really starting to make a difference. And it's just been a very positive start. Um, in addition to the video, we also had 174 hours of afterchool tutoring provided by
004our teachers. Um, so we really are just going above and beyond for our kids. Um, we've kicked off athletics enrichments. Um, we had our camps over fall break. Um, we just finished checkpoint one and we're eager to watch our students just learn and grow to see how that progresses throughout the year. Special shout out to Samantha Steel and Sarah Smith for organizing all of that testing. Um, with everything there's just a huge learning curve. Um, in addition to that, a special shout out to our staff because we adopted a new ELA curriculum and it's been a huge learning curve for them too. So, they've all put in extra time and effort um to just make sure they're doing everything they can to help our kids. Um we're just we're in the middle of field trip
005season and we have so many parent volunteers that are making these things happen and we just really look forward to next week Red Ribbon Week and our holiday parties. So, we've got lots of great things happening this quarter as well. Thank you. >> What was your testing that you did today? >> We did um we did uh NWA for our kindergarten first and second. Um, and we've done checkpoint one for our third through sixth. And then kindergarten just kicked off today. They're doing their dyslexia screener. Um, and so we we each grade level will have had one test at least. >> Yep. Thank you. >> No, thanks for the question. >> Good evening. Um, here for the junior senior high school report. We are wrapping up our PSAT testing. Um it is testing season. We're
006in the middle of I learn testing that has kept us really busy since fall break. I mean it seems like getting to fall break takes a long time and then once you get to fall break it just kind of seems like everything flies by and so we're in that that quick pace there. Um I want to thank Sarah Smith, Candace Kalin, Robin Morgan on our side, the tech team for helping make sure testing has been going smoothly. Um, we had a couple things I want to talk about. I don't have a lot to speak on tonight, but we had uh one thing I do want to mention is IHSAA exemplary behavior behavior report filed on behalf. I think some of that got shared out with some of us, but our volleyball team during sectionals against
007Christian Academy. Um, not to get into the details, but basically a an official um had a little bit of a medical episode. our team and um you know acted very compassionately. They kind of surrounded they kind of blocked the view so people couldn't see. Um we got nothing but compliments on how well our kids behave. And it's one of those things that I say all the time. It seems like it's redundant or I'm overdoing it. But I'm not even telling when I get up here for these reports the amount of times that people compliment our children and our students at Lanesville. It is all the time. And I mean that it is all the time. We have the best some of the best kids. Um, and I would put Lanesville kids up against any group
008of kids on planet Earth. And I mean that. Um, so I, you know, thank them for that. We have a fall fall sports recognition ceremony at our school happening during our home room time, a little bit before our home room time this week. Um, this Friday. Great seasons this year. Juliana Kokamire won the state title in cross country for the junior high uh, middle school level. I mean, so she beat out 456 other students in the state by like 8 seconds or something was the next closest time. So that's really exciting. Kind of think about where we could be headed with that. Proud of all the other students that participated. Lucy Schneider, Olivia Spencer, Josie and Jayla Kolkmire, Kaylee Middleton all did really great jobs. Basketball season is starting up. As I'm leaving the building,
009sometimes I hear, you know, Kolk in there yelling or Kurther's in there yelling at the kids. Like, I'm watching a little bit of the practice. They're working hard. So, I'm excited to see where they go this season. Um, as far as schoolwide, we have RTI, our response to intervention that we implemented this quarter. We've seen a lot um fewer as compared to last year at this time, D's, Fs, and I's. And so that's something that um I'm hopeful we continue down that road. There is a a long-term plan for that. Basically what it is for those of you who don't remember or know is that it's a time where teachers pull students in who are struggling academically having a DNF or need to do something turn it in during that home room time. Um we
010are also starting out for kids that want to advocate for themselves on Fridays. We're starting up our win time, what I need time. And so students are going to get to select on Fridays moving forward areas that they feel like they need help with. And so it's an opportunity for students to advocate for themselves where they want to go and what they want to do with their own education. If if they need extra help from a win or from RTI time, Friday is the day for that. Um, also want to thank everybody for uh thank the board and and kind of make note of Maryann Blevens. She's been really helpful in the nurse's office helping out both sides. So, she's been helping um Kristen Cantrell. Um she's mentioned that to me several times about how
011much she's appreciated having her to to help. Um and for this first nine weeks, um it was really well well done. I'm going to bring up AFA Garlock now to talk about a graduation celebration that took place last um at the end of last year during graduation um between the senior class and the kindergarteners. >> Question >> um I learn testing 78. Yeah, we're in the middle of it right now. >> You're in the process. >> We're in the middle of it. Yep. They're doing it right now. >> We're doing it right now. >> Math is next. >> Checkpoint one. Yeah, >> you do that twice. Twice a year. >> Three. Well, we're gonna do it three times because we have three checkpoints. So, we're going to be >> Yeah. And then a summit of
012the It's different this year. >> First one now, >> January. And >> Yep. >> Okay. Yeah. >> Perfect. >> Hello. Um, so one of my favorite aspects of teaching at Lanesville and raising my children at Lanesville is that we are a K12 community. And I know it causes a lot of headaches, especially scheduling and making sure our teachers are everywhere we have to be. And, you know, library, art, music, juggling 375 kids. But it is really cool to see when our high schoolers can go and interact with our littles. And so my AP literature students this year for their graduation project, they had to they had to create a capstone um memory token symbolizing their journey from kindergarten through their senior year and it was very special for them and for me because I've had
013a lot of these kids for four or five years in a row and so it was great to give them a time to just reflect and they either had to craft their project or they had if they purchased it they had to include something unique maybe a handwritten letter or um a typed up essay reflecting on why they chose chose this item? What was the significance of this item? And then at the end of the year, we had a little ceremony and our kindergarten teachers were so good to just work with me and bring the kinders in right before graduation practice when the kids were all gowned up and they got to each have a kindergartener and we called up the kindergartener to the stage and our senior kind of spoke some words as to
014what this object symbolizes and what their wish was for the kindergartenner as they grew up in Lanesville. And then we took their picture and those who was parents had authorized the use of their photos, I kind of made a poster and we hung it up in my room to just show how fast 13 years goes by. >> Yeah. >> So, and it's our hope that these kiddos as they grow up in Lanesville, you know, will keep the momento, maybe pass it on themselves 13 years later or make a new one. And my lit kids are already talking about how excited they are to continue this. >> So, just wanted to kind of share that with you. We're in a very unique position that way. Okay. The next item is number six, the superintendence report. >>
015Yeah. Um I'd like to start off with a a little recognition of the Harrison County Community Foundation. Um those that come to senior award night right before graduation, those people usually hear and see people from uh Harrison County Community Foundation. But just wanted to run through just in the in the calendar year 2025 um how we have partners partnered with Harrison County Community Foundation on on several uh projects. Um first off the the Centiggics program uh that we are for safety uh in the midst of installing the hardware here. We're going to go through training administrators are this Friday uh and then we will train the rest of the staff uh shortly thereafter. Um but that is a significant um contribution from the Harris County Community Foundation. Uh they're paying for the first year of
016service and all the installation on that. Uh so we were able to to move funds from our school safety grant um away from resource officer to uh we put the the 3M film on all of our windows uh and doors to to try to help safety there. Um we were able to do that because the county council picked up the resource officer. Um and we got to pick that back up moving forward. Um but but trying to do a lot for safety. Another thing they've done um total this year we've utilized during 2025 $54,58.78 uh of Harrison County Community Foundation funding. uh $10,932.96 for dual credit. Um those are our high school kids getting dual credit uh to help shorten the time that they have to go to college uh and significantly helping them out
017financially because college is getting way out of hand. Um $24,951 for property maintenance, critical repairs of soccer bleachers, trash, concrete pads, and spraying of athletic fields. uh $3,237.65 to help support the FFA program, $3,828.87 uh for miscellaneous support for our library assemblies, those kinds of things. Uh and then $11,18.30 for athletics, uh baseball and boys basketball, uh and volleyball jerseys came from that. So, you know, they're kind of the unsung heroes uh financially of what we do around here. And when you look, $54,000 uh went a long way. Uh we greatly appreciate the Harrison County Community Foundation uh for not just helping Lanesville, but the impact that they have across our entire community of Harrison County. Um, a couple more financial things want to want to talk about during the first quarter of of this
018year and uh, Miss Smith utilized a lot of it at the elementary. Uh, Miss Brown is putting uh, PBIS into effect at the junior senior high school level. U, but we spent $129.28 on PB PBIS efforts. That's positive behavior intervention supports um, for our kids. We always we put a lot of money in uh kids that that are struggling, kids that uh need those supports. Uh we're also trying to focus a little bit and you can tell hiring uh of somebody to work more with high ability also with these PBIS efforts really acknowledging the kids that are going above and beyond the kids that are coming in every day and doing the right thing that are working hard on the academics. um you know, it doesn't have to be the best student, but but with
019the students that try, uh students that help each other out, those kinds of things are what we're trying to to acknowledge more and more and more. We put significant money uh in that pot, and we're starting to to utilize that. Uh also during quarter one, uh corporations spent $2,6148 on tutoring services. Uh something we talked about quite a bit last year. Um really a majority, if not all of that money was at the elementary level. Um, but that's a significant amount of money. Uh, and I appreciate those teachers taking advantage and working with kids. And hopefully over the next few years, we'll really really see the academic impact of that tutoring. Um, but you know, $2,600 during quarter one on tutoring is is pretty significant. Um, Niola um policies that have been approved are going
020to start going up on board docks. Uh, it's been a process. Uh and part of that is is on me. Uh my perception was then it went from Yola to board docs then up on the website had some conversations there and some some people out but is I had to put it give it to board docs. Uh and so we started once we got that hammered out. So those will start going up in November and hopefully by the 1 of December be finished. Um we are and here in a minute we'll talk about um a ten of agreement with our teachers association. Uh but we're also working hard on our noncertified positions um currently and hopefully in November we'll have something uh to present to the board to help those people out as well. Um,
021if you came in, you notice that uh work on the roof we're hoping is going to be done before fall break was over with some rain and some other things. Uh, it's almost finished, but some roof work is going to be is almost finished uh to be able to put solar panels on so we don't have to take them off in a decade and put them back on. We went ahead and did that. Um, and so that's that's really significant um conversation with our insurance uh corporate insurance. Um once that that roofing is done, we're going to let them know what that impact is and then over the next few years as we address the rest of the roof and hopefully that that will help us out some. Insurance- wise, we are looking at a
022little over 17% about 17.7% increase on insurance uh for the coming year. That was um matched by a 13 I think 6% increase this past year. So you're looking over the last two years about a 30% increase. um which is better than most school corporations. I know some of our neighbors took an over 30% increase on their premiums last year. Uh one of our neighbors to the north, the increase on their premium was more than we paid total for our premium last year. Um insurance companies aren't really wanting to insure schools as much as they have in the past. Uh part of it's because we're lawsuit magnets. Um and those are very expensive. Um buses are more and more expensive. Um damage to roofs and that kind of stuff are pricing people out of that
023realm as well. But that's what we're looking at as far as uh insurance premium hike for next year. Um and then the last thing I've got in the next few weeks they'll be completely redoing the sound system in the gym. That's something that's need to be addressed as long as I've been here. Um, sometimes it works wonderful, sometimes it doesn't. Um, we've got a lot of the parts in waiting on the speakers now. And as soon as that's in, uh, Mr. Hancock and, uh, Mr. Crawford are going to supervise that getting done and and hopefully it will be finished by basketball season. >> Thank you. Um before we go to the PTSO report, we need to add uh number 24 which will be u uh sub permanent um oh there subs that's pending and background
024checks Brooke McDaniel Sophie Hill McKenna Magner and Sydney Stafer. So that'll be item number 24. Okay, next item is number seven, the PTSO report. Well, we've welcomed back our um teachers and staff from fall break with coffee and muffins in the lounges, both high school and elementary. Um, we've also decided to do boograms again this year. So, those got sent home and those will get returned and we'll send them out to all the students. Um, we are going to be doing two different um fundraisers in the coming weeks. This week, we'll be sending out a Frost Buddy cup fundraiser. I don't know if you've seen those before. They're like stainless steel cups and it'll have Lanesville Eagles on it. Um, so we'll have those and then we're going to do the spiritware shop again. Um,
025and then we have the junior high dance coming up on November 8th. It's a Saturday this year. And then um right now we've got our holiday shop crew um working on the holiday shop, going shopping and getting things ready for that. We have right now >> When's the holiday shop? >> It's the 15th through 17th. 15th or 17th in the weight room. >> Yeah. >> I can't wait. I just get excited that we used to do the this Santa super sad. We made pancakes back there for years and >> and this place was crazy. I mean, you had So, I'm kind of glad I don't have to do the pancakes part. That's okay. I'm all right with that. It's a It's a good thing. Yeah. Okay. The next item is number eight. Public comments related
026to agenda items only. Public participation policy will be in place. I did not see any on there if anybody's got any. Okay. The next item is uh number nine, the approval of the 2026 LCSC budget. Yeah. Um, it's the exact same numbers that we went through the hearing at that presentation. Uh, referendum fund $500,000. Uh, adopted tax levy 604,839. We know that'll be cut down. Adopted tax rate is at 17. That is the max uh for the referendum as as in the language. That will not be 17 cents. Uh, every time we go through it, I cap it at 500,000 instead of taking the 17 cents. And so, wherever it shakes out is where the the state will will put it. It's usually around 13 cents or so. Um, 13 to 14 in that ballpark.
027Uh, debt service 757,000. Uh, adopted tax levy 788,473. Adopted tax rate 22 cents. Um, that's the same way. That's uh the debt that you have off of bonds. Um, and you you get what you get on that, but you can make sure that you rate high enough that you get what you get. You have to pay it. So, that money has to be there. Um, education fund 8,169,290. That coming the way it does, not from local property taxes, has no levy and has no tax rate. Um, one thing I didn't mention and was on my report, um, for enrollment this year, uh, we we stayed steady. Um, last year we had 733 students. This year we're 731. Uh, and so that that helps the education. We were looking a few weeks ago at 719. Uh,
028and several kids have come to us in the last, you know, probably month. Uh, and so that that really helps with some of the things that we're we're getting ready to do and talk about here in a little bit. Um, and that's >> October the 1st on that count. Was that October one? And that is significant. We've had backtoback really low kindergarten classes of about 40 uh graduated some pretty large classes. And so in the middle, we're we're bringing in kids to offset that. Um, most people around us are are losing um and significantly over the years. Um we're we're we're doing okay. Uh and so just wanted to to make sure that I mentioned that. And then operations fund. And again, this is quite a bit larger than in years past, but we've got
029some buses and a few other things that we need to take care of uh before local income tax gets cut out from us uh in 28 unless our county government wants to to reup that. But all that got cut immediately, and I don't foresee them taking that step. um will get cut out of of of quite a bit of property tax dollars. And so there are a few things we need to make sure that we take care of now. New buses and a few other things. And so it's significantly higher this year, 3,46,940. Um with an advertised tax rate of 86 cents, uh it will be nowhere near that. Um that's one of those things that that the state cut you. They get you get what you get, but if you don't advertise high enough,
030you're not going to get what you're supposed to get. Um and so our total budget uh is advertised at $12,833,230. Uh adopted tax levy $4,463,71. Uh and the adopted tax rate um as advertised is $125 essentially 1.2544. We know that that tax rate is going to be nowhere near that. Uh traditionally we're one of the five lowest in the state. uh somewhere between 50 and 55 cents uh will be in that ballpark I assume again this upcoming year and so you advertise this um but you get what you get from the state um but you got to make sure you you advertise high enough. What I do need on this though, um, whenever you vote here in a minute, um, at the end of the night, I need everybody's signature. And if you voted yes
031or no or if you abstain, and then Miss Stiller, I need your signature on it as well, uh, for an assessment. That is the proposed budget for your approval. Could I have a motion and second to approve the 2026 LCS SC budget? >> I'll make the motion to approve the budget for 2026 for Lanesville Community School Corporation. >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. We'll sign that after the meeting. >> Okay. The next item is number 10, the LCSC tenative agreement meeting to discuss a tenative agreement between the Lanesville Education Association and Lanesville Community School Board of Trustees regarding a two-year tenative contract agreement. >> Yeah. And I'm going to go through some specifics with you guys. Um, and then
032one thing I will ask um because then we have to meet again to officially adopt the agreement uh into a contract. Um, I would like for you guys to look next Wednesday potentially for that time. Um, six o'clock if that's okay. Um, I think I think we've got a really good contractor and I want to thank our our teachers union Lanesville Education Association. Um, they worked really really hard with us uh myself and and Mr. Lind and uh Miss Rothrock on coming together for a contract that we believe is is mutually beneficial for the corporation as well as for the teachers. I know a lot of hours were put in by a lot of people uh and at the end of the day we got some really really good people that we want to take
033care of uh and at the same time be uh be fiscally responsible for the school corporation and I think both sides uh did a really really good job on that uh and and just really really pleased with uh our teachers uh and and those of you that helped me out on it. Um going through some some things on it 2526 school year which we've already started. And so the way that this works is once it's approved, then we do what's called back pay. Uh and so this contract, even though you do it over a quarter of the way through the year, it covers the entire year. And so salary then will get back paid uh for people, but what we're looking at is a $3,100 increase across the board. Uh we've got to add some
034things. Uh we'll get to that here in a minute, but that puts our starting salary at 47,000 and our very top salary at 80,200. Um everybody will get a $1,200 should everybody. Um there there are a couple instances maybe where it wouldn't happen, but a majority of the times everybody gets also a $1,200 step increase. Um and so really that increase is more like um $4,300 in year one. Um for everybody across the board. Um and then year two, you're looking at a $2,000 increase across the board. That step is still in play. Um that puts us at $49,000 at the bottom, which is close to to to where we want to be. The state says we've got to be at least 45,000. Um hopefully that that next contractor we can be above 50. Uh
035and then 82,200 at the very top. Uh one thing that the state said that we had to do is have a significant and meaningful um addition to the contract, not a stipen, but a a base raise for people with a literacy endorsement. Um and so that that has worked in as well, and we're settling on $200 on that um for everybody. Um, one thing that we we've decided to do, uh, and and really the teachers brought this and it's a very very good idea. A couple of you sitting on the board have been teachers in the past. And what happens is is you get to the top of the pay scale. And you get the raise, but you don't get the step. Everybody else gets the step. And so, everybody else might get $3,000 raise,
036and you might get a $1,800 raise. Uh, but yet you're the person that's been here the longest. You've you've stuck with the corporation. your longevity should be rewarded. So, we're going to give a stipen, that same $1,200, a stipen to anybody that's at the top of the the pay scale. Um, and and you know, the the teachers union brought that, and that's a wonderful idea, and I appreciate I appreciate that uh from them. Uh, another stipen that we're going to give um is a $500 stipen for anybody who is dually credited certified. Uh, and those are high school level teachers. Um, state of Indiana has kicked the can down the road for over a decade now. Then you're not going to give just the dual credit anymore. You have to have certain certification, go through
037some steps. Uh, Miss Garlock has done that. It It's It's not easy. It's not like just getting a regular master's degree and something else. You have to do it in your con content area or have another 18 hours on top of whatever master's degree you have. um we want to make sure that those people that have done that get rewarded because if we can't offer that to people that suffer our kids and so if we've got we've got kids you know at Lanesville uh through our AP courses dual credit courses and through proer that will graduate with 30 plus credit hours uh we had a young lady a couple years ago because she took advantage of IvyTech in the summertime uh graduated with I think just shy of 70 um we want to make sure
038that we can continue to do that and so that's important uh that we have that for for those high school teachers. Um another area that we looked at was insurance, health insurance. Uh we had a very good year with our health insurance uh in our insurance trust. Um the old system, the old contract stipulated that anything from a zero well 0.1% rate increase uh to an 8% rate increase would be a corporation picking up 60% and teachers picking up 40%. uh looking at the numbers and we looked really really hard at this. We thought, you know what, if it's between zero and three uh and we've got some teachers that have done a lot of good over the last few years. Um some of the programs that we've brought in the trust uh initially only
039really work with those that are closer to the the Bloomington Indie area. They eventually funnel their way down. Uh but knowing that our teachers initially don't get some of those rewards, but they they went along because it helps keep the rates manageable uh give a little reward for that. Uh and so you know what we uh what we proposed was anything from a zero to 3% the corporation would pick up 100% of that rate increase. Uh 3.1 to 8% uh the teachers we'd go to that 6040 that we had. Uh and then the teachers worked really well with us. Um and our goal is to always keep it between three and seven. Good year two and a half to three. A bad year no more than seven. Uh but we know some of our neighbors
040are looking at double digit increases. Um, but anything between 8 or 8.1 and 10, we'll we'll split 50/50. And if we hit 10, if we hit double digits, we need to open up our contract and figure out how we might maneuver some things around uh to help. Um, and so they were great partners on that. Um, a couple benefits uh that we need to discuss. Um, teachers are going to be able to come in um an extra day during the summer. um to work on what they need to work on because there's never enough time. Um we're going to pay them that that that daily stipen of $150. Uh what they've agreed to do though is to make sure that you know they're here six hours and they give a a a detailed report of
041what they were going to be work working on that day. Uh and that way it's not just you know somebody says, "Hey, I was here on Monday. I need $150." Uh but I think that was a good idea. That was something the teachers brought and I think it's well well needed um because there's never enough time and we want to reward them for that time. Uh one thing we're going to pick up um vision and dental insurance um we've never picked it up. We've offered it but never picked up any any of the cost on it. Uh for the employee we're going to pick up 50% of that vision and dental. Um for the corporation and for the teacher I think that's a win-win. um life insurance. Uh we've offered we've had $50,000 policies on
042our teachers in the past. Um you never know, you never hope to have to use it. One thing that that uh was important to them was was open at the 100,000. We talked through the tax implications. Uh everybody was was in agreement. Uh and that's where we decided to go. So that's going to be up from from 50,000 to 100,000 on those policies. Um, parental leave is something that was addressed. Um, we're going to give five extra days of parental leave. It was at 3 days. Uh, that's going up to 8 days. Uh, and I think, you know, for those of us that are old like me, you have a ton of days built up. Um, sometimes for young parents, and I was a, you know, a young parent as a teacher, you may not
043have as many days built up. And, and so that will really help um, some of those. And it's not just the birthing process. And it's not just mothers, it's it's parental leave. Uh and that includes adoption as well. Uh and so um I think that would be great for our our people. Uh one thing that we addressed, uh we started a 401A last year for our teachers. Um we take 33% of all the interest that's accumulated over the calendar year. And uh what we did in the past is we put 1% of that towards the 401A and the rest was a stipen uh that went to the teachers. Um the teachers wanted that one-third instead of being 1% in the stipen take that entire one-third and put it towards 401A. And I think that is
044a very smart idea. Uh you you burn through that stipen pretty quickly. Uh but that extra money going into that 401A will build interest year after year after year. Uh and as everything gets more and more expensive, retirement seems like it's further and farther away. Uh and and I think that's a real real smart thing for the teachers and I applaud them for wanting to take that money and instead of getting a stipen that's burned through quickly, putting it towards retirement uh to hopefully set themselves up for the years after work. Uh, and I thought that was really really smart on on their part. Um, another area that we're addressing in past contracts, we've had an attendance bonus uh for $250. Anybody that missed five days or less uh were awarded that bonus. Um, wanted
045to up that a little bit and so we got that to $500. Um, for anybody that misses five days uh or or less, anybody that doesn't miss any days, and two years ago, we had two people that miss any days, uh, give them a $1,000 stipen uh because we know the impact of a teacher uh is tremendous uh on the education of our students. And I, like so many of us, have students in this corporation uh and they have wonderful teachers. And um, you know, if they're here every day, and then sometimes it doesn't happen. uh you know I've been there too but we want to reward those people. Then the next thing we looked at was u ECA. We didn't address ECA extracurricular last time. So we did this time. Um what we proposed
046was a 10% increase across the board on all ECAs. Uh with the exception of varsity coaches. Uh it's getting harder and harder to find varsity coaches and our pay was not um was not competitive. Uh and so varsity coaches, we would like to uh to move to 15%. Instead of the 10. Um another thing that that we did, um is we didn't have any offseason pay for those varsity and JV coaches. Um most corporations do and so we wanted to make sure that they were rewarded because there there are some coaches that we lost out on because we did not. uh and so 20% of their pay they can earn during offseason as well. Uh now they will have to show uh that they're actually working during that time. That's not a given. Uh but
047they all do. Uh and cheerleaders are included on that because they work their tail end off as well. Um couple things that that we upped. Now when I say we upped it, we're upping it now and then the 10% will be added on to that. Um, academic bowl coordinator moved that to a thousand dollars. Uh, that was grossly underpaid. Robotics, uh, that is something that and Mr. Kramer can attest to. We have a ton of kids that are interested in robotics. They're moving from the robotics club to competitions. Um, and we now are going to have elementary and middle. We anticipating and looking to move that to high school as well. Uh, and so we're looking at at three different positions for that and putting that at $1,000. Um, and then the 10% will go
048on top of that whenever that that works out as well. Um, but that's another way, you know, not everybody is athletic. Um, some kids are are athletic and love technology, but it's a wonderful way both the academic bowls uh and uh and robotics to get more kids involved. And we all know that the more kids involved, the better that they're going to be. Another thing that we u are looking to add is an elementary yearbook position. Um we've always had a high school yearbook position. We've always had two yearbooks. Elementary never got paid and they put together a heck of a yearbook for free and that's just kind of kind of not right. Um and so we're adding that elementary yearbook position um as well. And then uh looking to adding some ECAs besides the
049ones I just mentioned. Um, middle school wrestling, we looked at putting at the average of the fifth and sixth and seventh and eighth grade basketball. Um, 1,612.50. The 10% will be tacked on to that. Um, high school varsity wrestling. Um, won't have one this year, potentially have that next year. We want to make sure we get that into contract. Um, $3,480 as the pay. 10% will be added on to that or the 15% but that's the same as the soccer seasons are about the same length. Um high school assistant wrestling coach again the same as the assistant soccer coach uh 1,850 and then the 10% will be added on to that. Uh, and then elementary volleyball. We've started elementary volleyball. Um, fifth and sixth grade, comparable to fifth and sixth grade basketball. Uh, and so
050that comes in at $1,360 and then 10% um will be added on to that. Um, really, really good work. U, really hard work. I think this contract is very, very fair to both sides. Uh, everybody worked together um to help move Lanesville Community School Corporation forward. Uh, and um those are the details. Everything else in the contract will stay the same. Um, these are the areas that that were moved and adjusted. All the other language from the previous contract, uh, most of it will will stay the same. There are a few areas pull up the other form here that need to be addressed. Uh just some some language that needs to be worked on. Um a couple of those things. Um we had on paid leave where it said injury uh or maternity that causes
051some issues. So we're working just the language on that. Uh you'll have that on on the next time around. Um and that's really really about it on that. Um Miss Garlock, is there anything you can think of that I'm missing? That's the maternity. >> Yeah. Uh >> Yeah. But >> yeah. >> And so you guys will we'll run through those last few things. Uh but you know again Miss Garlock and and Miss Shiger uh from a different perspective this time. Uh she's doing an internship with the ISTA. Uh but but both of them and their team worked exceptionally hard and uh you know the corporation did and I want to thank uh Miss Simler and uh Mr. Khorn as well. Uh they went through all of this and so uh I think it's a really
052good contract. I'm really real proud of it and um I think it rewards our our people uh and helps put us in a position to be the the leading school corporation in southern Indiana. So, we're looking at voting on that Wednesday at six o'clock. Is that >> Yes. >> Okay. The >> And we will then we'll have to post again. Um but we got you got to wait 72 hours and there's some legalities. That's why you can't do it now. You have to have the hearing like we did here. Wait 72 hours at minimum. U but I think next Wednesday is our best just in case something takes a day to get published wrong or whatever. I think that's our best bet. Right. Thank you. Next item is discussion of HVAC service agreement. >> Yep.
053I want to get this get this ball rolling. Um over the next few months going to bring in some companies. Our contract with train is ending. Uh they've been doing the controls, the heating, and the air for us. Um there have been some significant issues. uh part of it just the system they weren't really compatible with. Uh we've opened up those bids. Uh we're going to over the next few months bring some people in. Will end up happening because that contract ends at the end of this month. So we will pay just for the service moving forward over the next few months until we get this settled. Uh but it's better to do it that way than to to rush it. We've had a lot of conversation with a lot of people over the last
054six months just trying to narrow it down to get as close as we can. A lot of people don't want the controls. We got one company that wants it all. Some want bits and pieces. Um it it's it's a lot more intensive than I've realized. Um you know, a lot more intensive than calling the guy to come to your house. Um, so we will bring start bringing people in to uh talk with you guys here in an open meeting uh to give you a rundown of their proposal. That way you guys have the information. That way the public has the information. Um, and we will move from there. But just know that over the the next few months if we have any issues, we'll pay a little bit more on a premium, but it's better
055than rushing into something that we don't want to rush into. >> How long was the train contract for? three years. Yeah, Mr. Morris, I think reuped it right before the last one. >> Dr. Apple, it's set up as a a base retainage and then an hourly rate depending on the service call. >> You mean between now and when we settle >> how it's going to be built? It'll be a base retainage fee and then the bill is reach >> between now between now and the new contract awarded or what we're looking at we're looking >> it's across the board. >> Uh some offer new compressors and some are seem extremely low but I want them to sell and some are a lot high. It's not it's not comparing apples to apples. >> It's not a
056it's not an ongoing maintenance contract. It's coming in and upgrading our system. >> Depends on who you go with. >> Okay. Some will keep the train controls, some will want new controls. Um, some again, it could be working on all three. >> Is it going to be high enough to meet the bidding threshold? >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. It uh it it'll blow it out of the water. >> Uh so, just want to make sure that everybody's got that because again, it's not comparing apples to apples. >> Yeah. So there will be a lot of conversation what we need, what's important, do we want to bid all free components out to different people. Uh there are some that they don't need the controls, they'll just work on the boilers. Some will work on the chillers
057and the boilers. Some just want, you know, the control. It it's it's a mess. Who's writing the specs? You or or you got somebody coming in. How are we going to know what the right specs for when I'm a banker and he's a retired teacher? We're looking at our entire HBA system. >> We've got advertised bids and everything. >> Well, we we'll look at the bids and what comes in. We know that the issues that we've had uh we know and really what we're looking at are the controls, the the uh the boilers and the and the chillers. Uh, as far as the specs go, I'm not sure exactly what you're asking. >> Well, if it's over $300,000 for public school corporation, you have to put it up for public bid for anybody to look
058at it. >> And prior to that, you have to write what you are looking for. >> I thought you meant the specs on the equipment. >> So, the way the way that most people have gone now and what we have done, which means the the all the legalities, uh, is run it through the Wilson Center. the Wilson Center takes the bids and so that then holds us harmless on that. >> Uh there's not a chance of us messing it up because they do other intricate whenever you're getting bids for all kinds of different proposals. And so all that is run through the Wilson Center. The last few years we've done all that uh through the Wilson Center. Uh it also helps with the the rates and buying power because they they work then with the
059central Indiana Education Center, the state of Indiana, and then there's a a conglomerate of Midwestern states that all uh use some of the same bid and so they they take care of all that for us. >> We're kind of like contractor with the Wilson Center to VR. >> Yes. That through the procurement process. >> Uh and we do that. We we tried to move all of our procurement through there. Part of it because the buying power is better. Part of it because they know that the legal steps on all bidding processes. >> What simplifies the bidding process if you don't have to have an architect or an engineer to write everything. >> Uh so that's where we're going on that. Again, no no votes or anything tonight. Just wanted to make sure everybody was was
060on board with that. Okay, the next item is number 12. Approve increase in student tutor pay from 750 an hour to $10 an hour. Last increase was in 2020 from $5 to 750 an hour. >> And what this is is uh mostly some during success center after school and then some working with kids um during breaks. Can't find kids to do it. Um It just the 750 isn't appealing to them. Uh and hopefully this will help get some assistance. >> Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> I'll make a motion approve pay tutor pay increase from $750 to $10. >> I'll second it. >> Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Number 13. Approve Janice Kirkham as an instructor instructional assistant K through
061six. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> I'll make a motion to approve Janice Kirkham as instructional assistant. >> Second. >> Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Except number 14. accept the resignation of Candy Cook as part-time cafeteria worker. Did I have a motion and second to approve? >> I'll make a motion to accept the resignation of Candy Cook as part-time cafeteria worker. >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. >> All oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Number 15, approve Teresa Tracy Davis as a part-time cafeteria worker. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> Make the motion we approve Tracy Davis as a part-time cafeteria worker. >> Do I have a second?
062>> I'll second. >> Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Approve MS Simco as FFA volunteer. Could I have a motion and a second to approve? >> I'll make the motion to approve MSMCO as an FFA volunteer. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> If not, all those in favor say I. I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Approve Jessica Thompson as a substitute teacher. Could I have a motion and second to approve? I'll make the motion to approve Jessica Thompson as a substitute teacher. >> I'll second it. >> Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. Post. Same sign. Motion passes. Approve Sydney Stander as a substitute teacher pending background check and valid substitute permit. Can I have a motion and
063second to approve? I'll make a motion to approve Sydney Standard for as a substitute teacher pending background check and valid substitute permit. >> I'll second it. >> Any discussion? >> If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Approve FFA to attend the Indiana National Convention October 29th through the 31st at Indianapolis Convention Center in Indianapolis. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> I'll make a motion to approve the FFA to attend >> the Indiana National Convention. >> I'll second them to >> any discussion. >> It's all good. >> If not, all those in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Approve egg science class to attend the North America Livestock Expo at Freedom Hall on Monday, November 20, sorry, November 10th to
064watch a dairy cattle show. Could I have a motion second to approve? >> I'll make motion to approve. >> All those in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Accept the resignation of Chrisina Christina. Sorry, can you talk tonight? Christina Orner as high school track coach. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> I'll make a motion to accept the resignation of Christina Ordner as high school track coach. >> I'll second. Any discussion? I just want to thank Christina for doing that for several years. Uh she was track coach for how many years? Uh Ryan was she uh Dr. Apple, do you remember? Five, six years maybe. >> Yeah, she took it over I think when I got here. So I think it's been for five years. >> Okay. So we
065appreciate her her effort. She has a lot of work, new track. So >> all those in favor say I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Approve Matthew Militin as girls junior high basketball volunteer coach for 2025 2026. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> I'll make the motion to approve Matt Middleton as junior high girls volunteer coach for this season. >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. approved the following fundraiser. High school boys basketball to sponsor a team store online. Lanesville athletics to sell t-shirts. Library and athletics to sell vintage items and feed the Eagles to raise funds for feeder athletic teams. >> I'll make a motion to approve all those fundraisers as read. >> I'll second. >>
066Any discussion? >> If not, all those in favor say I. I oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Okay. Um, number 24, approve Brooke McDaniel, Sophie Hill, McKenna Magnner as substitute teacher pending background check and valid substitute permit. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Okay. All those uh oh any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. >> Number 25, additional public comments. >> I think Doug was the only one signed up. >> I'm glad they're going to be um online so everybody can see. The other thing that you addressed tonight, which I'm happy to hear, is the question I got when I was trying to fill the vacancy on the board, was the chiller uh
067question. You know, spent two $262,000. So, I hear the chiller situation is going to hopefully be resolved through the new contracts and and so on so forth. We get that up to snuff. Um, couple items I have that are still concerning is uh last month I brought to the board uh policy 0131.1 which is addresses bylaws and policies and in conjunction with that uh policy 0144.1 which deals with the board compensation. I was in hopes that I would see that on the agenda being addressed tonight. Um because the way I interpret read it is that when you're making a um change or an addendum to the policy or bylaws, it has to have a first reading, a second reading, and that certainly hasn't happened yet. So, I I'm hoping that the board will revisit those
068two policies and hopefully um have a resolution there uh for the next meeting. Um the other thing I had concern about is I came to the public meeting uh when the solar panel representative was here and if I understood him right that he would do an analysis of the building uh looking at controls, looking at lighting, looking at efficiencies in the building along with the solar panels and they were going to do that and maybe that we should look at that maybe before the solar panels but obviously the solar panels are being put on. >> It wasn't before the solar panels. for all of our other >> So, has that analysis been done? >> They're in Bedford now. >> Do what? >> They're they're working at Bedford now. >> Okay. So, they're coming here >>
069to do an evaluation of the building and and what other efficiencies that that >> I understand. >> Okay. Good. Um the other thing was I know we've addressed a lot of safety concerns with the film on the glass and the monitoring and all that and I think that's super and great and very well needed. Um, the other thing though I I I the comment that was made last month is we can't build onto this building because this building is not sprinkled. Uh, implying that if we would go forth and build a new building, that building would have to be sprinkled. However, I still have safety concerns about the children in this building, this building not being sprinkled. If this building would catch fire, Lanesville Volunteer Fire Department, God bless them, would not have the equipment
070or the manpower to put out a fire if this building caught on fire. So, I think that we need to address that, too, is making this building as safe as possible as we would make a new building as safe as possible from fire. So, uh maybe that's something you guys can look into and investigate. Uh because all children are important. Doesn't matter if they're in this building, that building, wherever they're at. Fire breaks out. We want to do our best to save our children. >> Brick and mortar can be replaced. Children can't. >> Thank you. >> Any other public comment? If not, could I have a motion and second to adjurnn? >> I'll make the motion we adjourn the meeting for this evening. >> I'll second. >> Any any discussion? All those in favor say
071I. I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes.