001Hey, hey, hey. [Music] I've never done that. That's what it is. It's just an announcement. >> Hey Tim, >> I'll send that all to you. We are going to begin with our bargaining opening hearing. Uh this process is a little different than in the past. used to be we would have uh the bargaining opening meeting at a different time. The state legislature has dictated now that it has to be during uh regular board meeting. Uh so at this point in time when we bargain it is the the school corporation, the board of trustees and the uh local teachers union in our case the Lanesville Education Association. and they are uh the bargaining unit for all teachers and counselors that fit in it. Um what we are allowed to bargain are salaries and benefits related to
002salaries. This is notification that we by law are now going to start the bargaining process over the next several weeks and months. Um it's something that we have to have done by November. Um, any questions from the public? Miss Shagger, you guys have any? Oh, Miss Garlock. With no questions, I will adjourn the bargaining opening hearing at 602 or 6:32, not 602. That would be problematic. the school bus replacement over the next three years. Um, I've got a sheet here for you guys that would need on it. Um coming up here we are significantly last few years knowing that the price of buses have skyrocketed over the last bus for $112,000 a few years ago same bus is now $185,000 contract drivers can't keep up with that. So, we are anticipating the conversation we've had
003with our uh with our bus drivers. We last contract we had all of our route drivers were contract drivers. Now, we're sitting three uh drive for us, the corporation, and four were contract drivers. We're anticipating probably picking up another three, if not all four on the next time. Uh we've got this year into next year on the on the existing contract. So, we've got to prepare for that. We've got a couple older buses uh that maybe have one or two more years left in them. And you'll see that down here on um bus 10. That is our oldest in the fleet. We got rid of a bus a couple years ago. It was a pusher rear rear engine bus flat nose. Uh but what we're anticipating, we bought a couple buses the last couple years
004in 26 and you'll note and we'll talk about it in the budget hearing on um on our operational funds. Uh you'll see a significant increase, but a big chunk of that is coming from uh buses that we have to buy in 26. Uh and then one more in 27. Uh some people do bonds for buses. Uh we do not here in Lanesville. We buy them outright. Uh some people rent buses. We buy them outright. Um and so you'll see that. Then once we get into um 2028, then we'll get into cycle. We'll start replacing some buses. Um bus 10th and that's the one that we've run back and forth across for years and years and years. Uh and then for a long time we had 1011 were our two main buses for most people on
005activities. And so it's got a lot of miles on it. uh been beat up going back and forth from crosser. So we're looking to replace that one in 28. Uh and then in 29 we just recently purchased another midb. Uh we've increased our fleet there from three to four because we were always short. And once we hit 29 and 30, we're looking to replace midb one and then midb 2 uh to keep that fleet at four. Depending on what happens, population changes from year to year. Uh but this is this is our three-year plan as of now. >> Like I said, when we get to operations, you'll see a significant jump. Uh part of that is is this >> seven routes is what we have. >> What we currently have? Yes. >> Okay. So, you're
006anticipating those contracting routes going to school corporation routes >> at least. >> That's why you're purchasing these buses. >> Yeah. And does that factor in an inflationary factor of those buses increasing? >> Yes. >> So 26 purchase too and that those contracts. >> Yeah, we know. We've had those conversations. Uh we just bought one this year. Uh and so we know what that is. We talked to them as we build our budget. We're very fortunate here. Um, we've got uh Dick Fman who works with Midwest Transit. Uh, it used to be same day and so we know them really really well. They are community people so they they give us this information on where we can safely put our bids. Uh but if something were to happen like on this last bus there was a
007um few thousand and 6500 for tariffs that we had to pay. Something like that happens. The way that it works is you're not locked into 200,000 and 200,000. Let's say there's a war and and whatever it might be and a bus is 210,000. You're not locked into 200,000 operationally. You can still pay for that $210,000 bus. It won't go that high. >> I can lock in now. >> Well, is can you contract and say buy this bus $2,000, but we'll take out. >> We can and that's how we typically do it. And it'll probably be 18. The last two buses ago was 18 months before we ever take possession um because of all the supply shortages. But what'll happen is once we do this, then we'll make the orders and they'll lock us in and
008we run through um the Wilson Education Center. They do all they handle all the bus bids and so it goes by year and so as long as we get it in then we can pay for it in 2016. We'll pay for the buses to get delivery on >> but the Woodland Education Center does all of the bidding on them. They lock them in each year so we know it's not going to move >> and then we can really do the purchase order of 25 but pay with 26 budget. >> So, we've got a purchase order out there right now. >> We don't because they're going to approve this plan today. If they approve this plan today, then we'll start working on that. >> But in 18 months, you might not get that. >> But they
009they locked us in. >> Yeah, I know. >> They have in the past. Any [Music] further questions on bus replacement? >> Correct. They're buying it. >> Yeah. Now, every once in a while they have where they run over production or whatever, they might have one or two sitting there, but typically we're buying a bus that hasn't even been welded on yet on the frame. >> Maybe the over. >> Well, what happens then is then they they know that if you need immediate possession, they kind of stick it to you a little bit. What happened a couple years ago. Any further questions on bus replacement? All right. Hearing none, moving on to capital projects. Um, this is again a three-year plan. A lot of things happen with capital projects. This is what we're anticipating, but as
010things break, as things happen, sometimes you have to divert funds from one year to the next. Uh, but this is a three-year plan for capital projects. We know each year we have significant HVAC um needs that we address. We've got these cafeteria tables and chairs. uh knowing full well that this space might even starting this winter be also used as our wrestling practice room. We were bringing middle school wrestling in this year and high school and middle school will be here next year without any real space. A lot of places use the cafeteria for that to clean out one of those and store them there. But these chairs, they break constantly. You can ask these people here. Um it's wear and tear. What we're looking to replace them with are the ones that fold up.
011They have the seats already on them. If you've been to Clarksville High School, somebody mentioned to me recently, they've got some and we've seen some mockups where a few of the tables have logos on them and that really make the cafeteria look nicer for our kids. Uh but we are anticipating replacing in the next few years all of these with those. Uh and really the tables are in pretty good shape. Uh the chairs we go through a couple orders of 30 every year. The legs break. Uh so that's a significant cost for us that we can eliminate. Uh we'll we'll figure out what to do with the tables because they are still been here a long time, but they are still very very functional. Um a couple big ticket items that we've got the buses.
012You'll see that uh playground fencing sidewalk and secured entrance around the elementary. We're hoping to get that done actually. We weren't able to. It's still in the budget capital projects. That way our kids are safer on the playground. Um and it's not really I'm afraid if anybody's steal a kid. What makes me worried as I'm driving down or wherever balls will go out in the parking lot or they'll go out in the drive going down. You always get nervous about that kid running down. that that's really what is leading that. But we're trying to set it up where and then it's a secured entrance into the playground from the building so kids don't ever have to walk through the parking lot. Uh but then also gates on the sides where then on nights and weekends
013it can be unlocked. So even can still use the playground and the ball court like they they do current. And the biggest and most significant impact that we're going to see over the next few years, it's time for our parking lots to be resurfaced, uh, including the lane that goes back by the superintendent's office where the buses are in the back. And Metoark is owned by the school corporation as well. So that needs to be redone. Uh, so we're factoring in 500,000 uh, at least for year one on that. um as we get through this and we'll start getting some quotes and some dips and see what we can do. If it has to be a a multi-year phase, make it financially viable and that's what we'll do. But we'll start getting those quotes as
014soon as the capital projects are signed off, but we know that's going to be significant. So really when we go through the budget here in just a second, you'll see a huge jump in operations, but that comes from the purchase of those two buses and then some large capital projects that we have to do. And also something we kind of punted off of 25, but uh we know we need out front. We've looked at them, had people talk through with us. We had some things come up that we shipped some dollars. We put that on on the table for that. The place will be right over here on the corner where you can see it from the parking lot. You can also see it from the soccer field. You can see coming up both ways.
015But it's another way for us to share information from school um school closings or events or those kinds of things. And almost every school that I can think of has those types of signs where you can program different things into it. And we're about the only one that can pick up a dozen, but it's time for us to do that. Uh so we we've got that budgeted. Um 75,000 I think it costs that on the safe side on that. Any questions on capital? Yeah, 250,000. >> We are, but you never give us some push in case we're sitting, whatever it might be. >> So, you don't foresee anything? >> No. But I always build that in. Always build it in just in case. Just curious how firm those numbers are and then what's priority. Can
016you talk about a capital project? What ones are first, second, third, fourth, fifth? You know the parking lot has to be redone. I'm glad you said that because >> yeah, three three years ago I think was sealed was the last time and so it needs to be done. That's that's priority one. Uh the gym sound system we're hoping to have that done before basketball season starts. Um it would be nice if they had gears so it would be a little bit easier. >> Yeah. So unfortunately some of them are multi-year project you're put $250,000 in every year for maintenance or >> just like the cafeteria tables too. We we've talked about a threeear plan with those. Uh depending on where the money sits. If you're if you're doing pretty good, then we can go ahead
017and and do two/3 of them or maybe even all of them. But if not, we've already planned a third, a third, a third if we have that. That's the reason that is the way it is and that's how that works. Uh I got one more in the past project on there for a couple years. A few more years. We think we can get another year out of the floor, but we're going to get an estimate. So, we're not going to do it now. Not planning on it. But again, you put these capital projects in there. These are things that you hope to do. As things happen, they shift some get done. for the project. Now we're going to open up the 2026 budget hearing. You'll see a significant jump in the budget uh for this
018year. A lot of that comes in operations because all our education fund is up pretty significant. We'll get that to it and all the things that come from that. Uh the debt service is up quite a bit and that is because of the solar panels and the roof uh that is being done that is handled through debt service. Operations took a significant jump. Uh, and in our referendum fund, we're going to keep it the same at at 500,000 is where we lock it in at. These tax rates that you see, they're a little misleading because you advertise at that tax rate, but that's not what it's going to be. Um, so like you see operations fund tax rate at 86 cents. It'll be nowhere near that. It'll be somewhere probably around 25 to 30 cents.
019Uh the referendum fund is capped at 17 cents, but it'll be somewhere in the 15s or 16s. Uh and the debt service comes in where it comes in at. So these are our current fund balances as we sit today. The latest print off our education fund is sitting at $4,37,000. Referendum fund $164,000. debt service fund $258,000 and our operation fund is sitting at 1,896,000 and then we've got investments $4,388,630 uh and that's money that is sitting in Trust Indiana uh it generates good interest there uh we utilize that uh some of it for staff members uh for what's a 401A for retirement. Some of the goals are stipens and pull interest off. Um Mr. Moors moved four million several years ago into that. The last several years we pulled a third of the interest generated
020each year off and that goes to 401A and uh then what's left over that third goes to teachers in the site our education fund. This is what we get. The money comes from student enrollment. Doesn't matter where the student resides. You get about $7,000 from the state of Indiana based off of your October 1 ADM. And so October one is known as the count day. However many students we have enrolled on October one set your education fund for the year. So you anticipate, you look, you can run some uh simulations and try to predict what you're going to get. But then there are also some factors um kids that get an honors diploma that a little bit more money. There's some CTE dollars of kids that go through a programs bring in a little bit
021more dollars. So the base is right around 7,000 on the basic grant. Uh there are payments each month that come in on that and that's what you utilize. But what we use on this salaries, teachers, secretaries, um nurses, librarians, assistants, counselors, um most administrators, uh those come from there. Uh benefits come from there as well. They do not come from there. Um we do some utilities, others come out of operations, constructional supplies come from there, insurance comes from there. One thing now that we have to work with are textbooks where those of you that have kids, grandkids, whatever, you remember paying textbook bills. We no longer pay textbook bills in the state of Indiana. Textbooks are free for parents. We get some money from the state to help offset that, but it's nowhere near uh
022what it is that we need. We're looking at like $140,000 um for what it's going to cost for textbooks. We get some of that back from the state, but probably about half of that will get eaten out of that education. >> So that's not >> No, it is. >> Yep. >> It is. >> Yep. It's all in the same pocket. Uh you notice that this year the proposed budget, you remember 8,169,290 2025 was $7,629,025. Last year we took a a pretty big jump in our education fund and we knocked our operations fund down a little bit to try to stay uh about the same, try to stay under 11 million. Uh this year we clearly weren't going to be able to but we know we've got a lot of people that that deserve raises and
023we're going to try to do that for them. Um but also a lot of operational things that we have to do. So both went up a little bit. Um but it's to try to take care of of our people. Um one thing again these are the things crosser tuition. Each kid that goes to Proer about half of their ADN money we send them to Auburn. Now, with new career pathways and new uh graduation requirements, it's extremely valuable for the kids and for us, but also we have to realize that half of their EDM dollars go there. And there's going to be an increase this year from Pro. Uh it's been years since there's been one, but every year there's going to be uh we do credit recovery and professional development. Some out of that, some
024out of title dollars. Uh network support, computer hardware, textbooks, athletic coaches get paid out of there. Media services get paid out of there. Uh we're part of the Harrison County Exceptional Learners Cooperative. Uh and so money that comes in into our education fund and we have to help pay to the co-op uh for special education services. Uh the things that we either contract through them or that we just do jointly. And so speech language um services come through there, OT comes through there, ET comes through there. All those services come straight from the co-op, but we pay a portion of our ADM fund to themucation fun. debt service fund. And really all this is is uh paying off your bonds. It's it's exactly what it says. You you've got debt and usually for the sale
025of bonds, you get the dirt cash from bonds that goes in. Uh we were very very fortunate because of the financial situation of the corporation. uh our interest rates on the bonds that we've got um for the 25 series which is going to address the roof and uh the solar panels up there which will then eventually pay for the entire project. Uh but we were take under 4% on the interest rate which is which is extremely good. We were eight plus on our rating uh from standard reports u which was wonderful and helped us out a lot. uh debt service comes from property taxes, excise taxes, commercial vehicle, and then uh one thing that's on there, county debt reduction. I want you guys to to pay attention to this and I'll spend a lot of
026my night tomorrow working with county council uh and the other three or the other three superintendents in the county. County debt service reduction is something that was put in years and years and years ago when the river boat came in. Um, when I first got to Lanesville, there was a pool of $3 million. And those of you that live in the county, whether you live in Franklin Township or you live somewhere else, if you lived in the county, the county council helped offset your debt service payments, whatever corporation you lived in, a million was pulled a couple years ago. The impact at the time for Franklin Township was about 5 cents. So, everybody who lives in Franklin Township saw 5 cents. South Harrison is a little bit larger. North Harrison about the same center larger
027conversations right now. There's talk uh from some council members of maybe taking that other 2 million uh away and so that would greatly impact corporation and taxpayers. So we would have to run the numbers in the next week or two. But you're looking in it was 10 cents still there then two years ago. Now you're looking probably Franklin Township 12 from 12 to 15 cents. Um your your taxes will go up, property taxes. Uh where that hurts us as a school is if you're ever looking to do a referendum, those tax dollars that we've been very very fortunate uh that the county picked up, but it makes it more difficult do that. So I just bring that to your attention. Uh and again just our bond series that's that's what comes out of there. Um
028you can see a significant jump this year to last year but that's because we issued a new bond. We had some that was uh closely expiring. So that brings it up to where it was about two years ago. Two years ago the budget was almost 700,000 on debt service. And then there are the bonds again operation funds. And you can see down here, this is the one that has the most significant hiking. Um, and that is because I think we've already talked about the purchase of two buses, all the paving that we're anticipating having to do in the next year. And so that's where a big chunk of that comes from. uh where this comes from property tax, excise tax. Um you get two payments on those June and December. Uh what comes out of
029this? a lot of your building improvements, equipment that we buy, architectural fees, maintenance costs, utilities, uh technology fees, and some of those are split between different funds depend what they're used for, transportation cost, and then uh my salary and people who work back in superintendent's office, they come out of operations as well. Uh this is one that you know this this 2,38 from last year was down quite a bit from the year before just because trying to keep the overall budget under 11 million last year and then we had to take a larger jump in education. So we pushed it down there. Uh one thing that we are allowed to do and you'll hear here in a little bit because you get more money in your education fund even though your expenditures are significant out
030of operations. We are allowed to transfer up to 15% uh of our education dollars for that year into operations. Uh for the last few years we tried to keep it under 15. We're going to try to do the best we can. A lot of the reason that we're doing some solar and some other things but what you need to be aware of and this is just in the next three years because of Senate and rolled act one that went through where a state legislature wanted to do tax reform. The average homeowner in Indiana is going to see about a $300 difference in their home taxes if that's about it. Uh the impact for us though is almost $600,000 lost over the next three years. And this is um the Indiana Coalition for Public Education. This
031is this is their estimate on it. And you can see we're right here, but over the next three years where that's going to fall off on what we're also going to lose out on, what's not on here because another three years and I'm hoping it doesn't happen or something happens. There's a a local income tax that's levied on you guys as well uh from the county. They've been very very generous uh and lame gets a portion of that and it's about $111,000 each year. Sen Act one ends that come 2028. So new legislation isn't imposed that's another 111,000 uh that the corporation won't be getting. But what you have to remember here is as things sit today, the estimates of three years, but unless something changes, it's not like that's going to all of a
032sudden vanish. That's going to continue. Um, if things like tiff districts come in, that would be another significant loss. If they do more tax reform in 28 or in 27, that would be more significant loss for the corporation. We're very fortunate here at Lanesville. Um, we're very frugal with our money. We worry about the bad days. The bad days are coming. Um, we I sit in a lot of meetings with a lot of panicked superintendent. Uh, those that are close to retirement age, a lot of them are going because they don't want to deal with these ramifications. Uh, a lot of board members are really, really worried about that. Um, it's a significant impact for us. And so you're looking just at Lville about $600,000 loss anticipated over the next three years. And that's if
033nothing else changes. That's if counties, everybody else can can levy other taxes, whether new local income taxes or whatever else and try to make themselves whole from the losses. The one entity that cannot are schools. So your fire department can levy a local income tax. They can try to make themselves. We cannot. There there's no avenue for us without help from somebody else to try to redee any of these dollars. The fear that we have is that others will do that levy some other form of taxes where your property tax may drop a little bit. They're going to get you somewhere else which might infuriate some legislators which may create more of a divide on property taxes that we won't be able to recoup. So we are preparing for that. Um knowing that as that
034another reason why you see spike in operational cost this year even though that's happening we know things we have to take care of we need to do it now just in case it gets worse just in case there's another piece of legislation that really hurts our property taxes. I know one thing they're looking at uh what they wanted to do is take property taxes all the way back to 2021 which would be significant. They're working on the tax as well um and trying to rework the tax caps which then would generate less revenue for us in that area. potentially. >> Yes. >> Unless unless you're like Floyd County or Clark County and they start doing residential tiffs in which case no then at that point in time you don't get one thing that counties can't
035do those tiffs and we've been very very fortunate everybody else deals with them all the time. Harrison County hasn't had to. There's a provision in there that says that they may provide up to 15% of generated tax revenue with the schools. Uh we're working very hard to get that to be out. As we sit today, we don't have one in Franklin Township. Uh but in the last 6 months, there's been talk in the county of putting tiff districts in um conversations had greater park now much larger. Obviously, they figured last year they lost about six and a half 7 million dollars. Uh Parksville figure they lost about three three and a half million dollars. Uh so lo significant money as well. Um the residential tiffs are the ones down Floyd are fighting hard in greater
036Clark because like you said build those homes you anticipate but if it's a residential tiff out you don't get them unless they give you the 50% that's not what you're going to get. And so you hope and pray those things don't happen but you always have to plan for the worst. Um these things we've already talked about uh the local income tax loss 111,000 that will be on the table 28 additional tax tax cap losses and then u corporation a referendum fund. This is something that it's on its second goround. Um, it's got two more years on it. 2027 is when it sunsets. It's capped at 17 cents. Uh, since I've been doing the budget, I've stopped at 500,000. Um, if you've been to any building projects, any of those meetings with us, this is
037something that I'm anticipating in 27 to let sunset. New legislation. Now, you have to let suns set a year anyway, but we had these conversations before that simply because we want to help the taxpayers of Franklin Township the best that we can and still provide a building, a new building for our kids. We need more space. The plan was to let that drop. That would be another 13, 13.5 cents, 14 cents that would come back to the taxpayer to help offset that to not make that impact as great. Now, what we're looking at if uh that service and that tax goes, then if we let this go, essentially wash. Uh it will still be a way to help offset for Franklin Township. As we sit today, the operational referendum isn't something that that we typically
038that we necessarily have to have. Uh when it was enacted, it was 100% because they were coming off um years where they let off every structural system brought stuff back, but it very very lean times. And that's where this came in at. These things aren't designed to be there forever. Uh this had two runs, seven years, seven years. a situation now that we don't we don't have to have it as we sit today. Five years from now, I can't guarantee that. But if it's a situation where it's not something that is a necessity for us to operate daily, you want to give that back to the taxpayers. You want to be good stewards of taxpayer money. You don't want to just bring in and bring in and bring in if you don't have to. Um,
039we pay a lot of benefits out of every one thing. They kind of got us when new legislation came in. we were paying a lot of benefits for teachers out of that. U and so last year there's new legislation they have to get 62% now it'll be 65% of your educational dollars that come in each year have to go to teacher salaries. We were at 61 and a half roughly. Um we didn't meet the 62. We didn't meet 62 because we were pulling uh some benefits and other things out of that operational referendum. So, we switched them. Um, we just got word a couple weeks ago from the state that we would have been 63.8%. If they had been in the education fund, neither here nor there, but we learned that lesson. We've already been
040through capital projects, some of you that weren't here. Some significant things. You saw the operational fund balloon a little bit. Um, we've got to redo the paving. We've got to redo the parking lot in the back and front side. We got to do metal lark because that's a school owned property. We've got to do all those things in the next couple years. Um we may have to do it in phases just to try to keep the cost down so we're not absorbing that all at one time. Uh we always put in money for HVAC repair. Never know what's going to happen, but you need to have that buffer. Um some things that are still sitting on double-sided LED parking sign gym sound system. you've been to ball games, you know what needs to be redone.
041We're gonna get that done hopefully before basketball season. Um, and then these cafeteria tables and chairs, the tables are in really good shape. The chairs are awful. They break constantly. Um, we spend thousands and thousands of dollars each year doing that once you just fold up. The chairs are already on them. That's another reason makes it easier for standing and hurt. Um but then probably have to use this space for wrestling or something else as well. So we need to make it easier and quicker on those things. Um those of you that are new bus replacement, we're anticipating running most of our fleet if not all of our fleet two years as contract driver or not contract driver but corporation drivers. They can't afford buses anymore. Um, in just four years they've gone from 112
042to $185,000. Contract driving can't afford it. And so transport to do that. We got bus 10 is going to need replaced in the next couple years and then start replacing mid buses. We purchased the brand new mid bus to bring our fleet up for you. Think that's going to do us good right now? If that needs adjusted, then you redo it next year. Still looking at growth. Still trying to figure out what that's going to look like. Still trying to position ourselves. That's why you heard me talk a lot about cactrance. Still trying to position ourselves the best we can for building project in 26. Um expand educational program have more room added staff to help address my ability and do different things. Add some special education staffing. What we can't do and what I
043hear all the time is, "Well, what about, you know, I got 31 kids in my kids' classroom. I don't have another classroom. I can't move." One thing you notice when you walk around our facility, we don't have a sprinkler system. Had a lot of conversations lately with, "Okay, if this happened, talking to architects, what can we add here? What can we do here?" Every last one of them can't really add on right now because you don't have a sprinkler system. Everything would have to be gutted and a sprinkler system have to be put in or built. I've heard two different numbers. 25 ft and 30 ft away from the existing structure which would uh give us that parking lot out field and that's about it. Uh but it's an option. So we're going through all
044of those options with everybody. Never would have thought having a sprinkler system would cause that much grief. Um but it does. uh technology integration. We just did brand new uh technology devices for everybody. That's essential for us. Uh upgrading for our teachers. That was essential because we noticed our teachers were giving us feedback when they had they not um they couldn't communicate well. We got to get that fixed and I think we did, but that's still going to be something we have to keep in our in our minds. uh and all costs on all certainly just keeps going up and up and up and up and up and you accept the adjust anything that you saw here. Nothing stops secret. It all gets uploaded. But if you want a copy of this presentation, email me.
045I can email it straight to you. All the slides, everything, no issues. Uh, if you have any questions, just get a hold of me. But if you want the presentation, um, just let me know and I'll email that to you. Any questions? doesn't >> there's a well right now. >> Yeah, it is. And that's why whenever you heard me talk about the tax rate, >> we always advertise higher, but it is >> as far as new development going. It's not spread out. Yes, your tax rate is lower. >> Yeah. >> You're not getting any. >> Yeah. But the homeowners lose it or they will it will reduce. >> Yes. >> I'm not trying to steal the show everybody thinks that apologize, but want to confirm what he says and then clarify a little bit. There
046is going to be a tip district established in the county. It is it is generally it is designated to be right 135 intersection right now. There's a lot of interest. So that is the only consider set up to where increase. Once a district is developed, they're going to estimate what tax revenue that area fund payments are issued to the developer to make that development happen because they can't for the last over and over and over. I'm not >> You're correct. The discussion in right now that's on there. This is we don't like the tables much. We realize the development won't happen without it. So it will correct somebody% >> I know right now. >> Any other questions? >> Thank you. [Music] Yeah. Call to order the Lakewood Community School Board of Trustee September 16th. I'll
047call to order the Lville Community School Board of Trustees September 16th, meeting. The first is called order. Second, please stand nation. >> Board members, you have received the agenda in advance of tonight's meetings. you have had time to review, research, and consider the matters to be voted on tonight. Board members, do you have any questions or concerns to be addressed before we proceed? >> No. other concerns or questions. Okay. And the ne next item I'm just kind of putting putting in I'm going to introduce Donnie Hussong as our new board member. Give him a couple few seconds to say something. >> I just want to say thanks me guys. agenda. Everybody else think a lot of people express congratulations. I appreciate that. >> Thank you. Okay, the next item, uh, August and early September was
048a long month. Um, approval for the minutes from the August 3rd, August 19th, August 27th, and September 2nd, 2025 board meetings. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> Motion to approve. Did you second, Sharon? >> I will. >> Okay. >> I'm sorry. I didn't mean to step over. >> Okay. Sharon, you're second. >> I'm seconding. >> Okay. Uh any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. The next item is approval of the claims from the month of September. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> I'll make a motion to approve the claims for the month of September. >> Seconded. >> Is there any discussion? >> If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. Uh oppose. Same sign.
049Motion passes. Next item's principal's report. Happy Post Heritage Week. Um it was a very busy week. Um our third and fourth graders had a great time going on the field trip again and we just can't thank because of our schedule changing. Being able to move all those field trips to Wednesday um was just a great blessing and we had great weather and so um really all in all it was a wonderful day. We also had over 200 parent teacher conferences on Thursday. Our teachers are busy. Uh we want to give a shout out to our teachers and our parents for coming together to talk about academics and behavior. Um we had um student profile sheets where each conference kind of led through some of the strengths of their kids, their academic strengths, some behavior, and
050then what I need like what interventions and things that our teachers are working on. So just a shout out for all of our families coming together. Um, we also want to thank PTSO for our dinner. That was a wonderful blessing as well. Um, in addition, we had our sixth grade girls won the Crawford County Volleyball Invitational on Saturday, September 6th. Um, and then on Monday the 8th, they partnered with the Harrison County Community Services to assist serving a warm meal to our less fortunate. So, way to go girls. What an awesome job on and off the court. So, we're super excited for them. Um this week is I learn checkpoints on Thursday and Friday will be the first time that Lanesville Elementary has taken part in the checkpoints. So we've been working hard and we're
051looking forward to those results and then just what those next steps will mean for our teachers and our students for quarter two. Um it's just two weeks until fall break. Um eight more ups if anybody's counting. Um but we really plan to wrap up quarter 1 with a lot of celebrations. We have our field trip to Possibility Park coming up for kindergarten to fourth grade. We also have a quarter one celebration for our fifth and sixth grade here who have earned success cards and they're also going to have an opportunity to celebrate here on campus. Um and just can celebrations continue. So at this time I'm going to turn over the mic to Mrs. Wheeler and she's got some fourth grade celebrations to share as well. Go ahead and give her a round of applause.
052She's really shy. Before Mrs. Wheeler comes up, I do want to say that no, you're fine. You can have se uh the the kids came down on uh at the Heritage Grounds on Wednesday. It was really good. The kids were wonderful, by the way. Did a great job. Uh and Jerry Reinhardt has a lot to do with that. Guy Keford has a lot to do that Shelby kids were wonderful. Did their job well every year. They did again this year. And I just want to thank you for sending the kids down. They were very attentive. They listen. They act like they were interested. It was good, you know. So, so I appreciate that. It was good. >> Thanks. I got to go. It was great. >> I learned a lot. >> Yeah. >> Um, so
053this is just like a positive shout out. Um, I'm Miss Wheeler. I'm a fourth grade teacher at Lanesville. And every morning our kids say the Eagle Pledge. And the G in eagle stands for good citizenship. So, I just wanted to shout out for our fourth graders. Um, they've been doing a phenomenal job at representing that. um citizenship component of our pledge. We recently got to go to a field trip to the Falls of the Ohio and then to the Howard Steamboat Museum. And as a kid, I remember thinking museums were really boring and our kids loved it. Um we got two amazing compliments. They said that we were the some of the best groups they've ever had. They look forward to Lanesville coming every year. Um so I thought that was a a big um
054you know, pat on the back for our parents and our community. And then um this past weekend, the fourth grade participated in the heritage parade. We um the kids worked together with us and we built a really cute float, had a big birthday cake on it. Each kid created a candle that we put on there representing what they loved about Heritage Weekend. Um and so there about half of our uh well over half of our students actually showed up to represent um the the Lanesville schools. They did a great job. They waved. They you know smiled. They loved it. they they ate it up. Um and so along with the parade, we also had um a writing contest and a drawing contest um that the heritage committee put on and asked for submissions for. And
055so um we had first, second, and third place from both C all categories were from Lanesville. I am not sure if St. John's competed against us or not, but they were also invited. So I just like the the whole community was involved. So, I thought that was great for our kids. Um, and so I brought along my first place winner, Miss Em Emerson Tarman. She's going to share with you her um piece that won first place. Um, and it was all about what they love about heritage and why heritage is important to them. And they're fourth graders. So, it it was impressive. I was very impressed with what they came up with. Can you see it? Do you want me to hold it down here? Easier. into the title. >> Why I love Lesville Heritage
056Weekend. Does your town do any special yearly traditions? Well, Lanesville does. It's called Heritage Weekend. This year, we are celebrating our 50th anniversary. In my opinion, the best part of Heritage is gathering as a community. Lainsville Heritage has something for everyone. There are booths, rides, food, the parade, and a lot and a ton more. September is the month Heritage is in. Because of this, Heritage is crowded with people gathered to see the amazing sites and smell delicious food. The Lanesville community puts this spectacular event together yearly. It makes many volunt it takes many volunteers weeks to prepare. So with the money earned, the Lville Heritage Community Committee helps the community. They do a lot of activities and events for the residents. Wainesville Heritage is amazing and thrilling. A ton of families and friends gather to
057see the to see the entertaining parade and spend time together. A lot of people come and go, but they all remember the fun time they had and the memories they made. In conclusion, Lanesville Heritage Weekend is a great way to spend time with friends and family. Think about going to Lanville Heritage this year. Try to me try to make memories with your family and friends. Gathering is my favorite part of Lanzo heritage weekend. [Applause] So, the kids actually won t-shirts, which I think she's sporting one of them, right? Is that the one you want? Yeah. And then um they won wristbands for you know the much the rides the much desired ride wristbands. They won some of those. So it was pretty cool. It was a really great thing. >> Was that the I read
058these several essays? >> Yeah. >> She the one who said the smelly food and stuff. >> Yes. Yeah. The food was a big deal. Rides and food were were in the top two. >> And the smelly food. Yes. Thank you. >> Could almost leave the mic where it was, but that's okay. I'll pretend like I need to lift it up a little bit. Um, I don't have a whole lot to talk about. We are chipping away at towards the end of this this um nine weeks. So, great time for parents. Just a reminder, check harmonies. good time to get in touch with teachers. I'm telling teachers um on our PLC that they also need to be reaching out with any kind of grade issues or any of that. So, um also want to welcome Donnie
059um who glad you're here. I know you are qualified to sit in this capacity and I know that you're going to help keep this place great and so I appreciate you being on the board. Um obviously, Heritage wrapped up the festival that we've all heard about um this weekend. The kids come in just like you can tell the ones that were there all weekend because they are just absolutely gassed out. Um, but they had a good time. And not only are they just there to have fun and celebrate and hang out with friends, but a lot of those kids are working, they're volunteering their hours, they're giving up tons of their time um to pass out drinks and raise money and fund raise and help pick up trash. And so, you know, just a shout
060out to those kids for all the help and support they give the community. Um, I want to thank people that were a part of the heritage community, uh, memberships. Um, the people that used our facilities, um, they come in, they use the facilities, they clean it up immaculately. Um, it's like they weren't here. So, I definitely appreciate that to help us out. Um, keeping it wrapped up for, you know, things like sports and everything's ready to go. We have had in the past couple weeks and this next week is college go week. We're going to have some colleges come in. We've had like Butler come in, Ball State, IUS to come talk to our students about some great post-secondary options for them if they are thinking about the college pathway. Powderpuff is coming up the
061last week uh the last Friday, the 26th before fall break starts. We have got sports happening. I mean, our volleyball team's doing really well. Right now, we're currently 11 and seven, so that's a great record. Um, sounds like we're winning this one. I don't know. And then soccer has also improved a tremendous amount from last year. And so, I'm excited about that. We also have a teacher spotlight this evening, and I'm going to bring up Kyle Brown to help show what some of his kids are doing in um his classroom and the great stuff that Lanesville kids are doing. Also, before you come up, I want to mention that that same comment about how well behaved the students were at Heritage, every time I've ever been out with students, we get the exact same compliment.
062People approach us to just to tell us that they're so impressed with how well they behave. So, it's awesome to be a part of that. >> Was going to compliment you on compliment her kids. Those eighth graders came down and they were wonderful this year. They were on it. >> And uh your FFA kids, >> we love them. I mean, they get up on that wagon and, >> you know, it's wonderful. And they they, you know, they they bail. They get dusty and dirty all day. >> They're in it, aren't they? It's awesome. >> They they don't complain and they, >> you know, they have a good time, but they work hard, too. So, I just appreciate those kids coming down. >> Yeah. >> And I wanted to just give Shelby again another Yes. Thank
063you. >> Awesome. And thank you, Mr. Brown. I will try to keep this brief. I know it looks like I'm moving in up here. Um I don't need that. Uh so eighth grade um US history uh at the very beginning of the year it's a second chapter we get to um deals with the age of exploration and eighth grade US history is from the beginning of our country through the Civil War. So we kind of have to get to being a country before we can worry about you know any of the rest of it. And I I just find that a lot of our kids really think that Christopher Columbus might be the only explorer that ever existed. Um and we try to you know teach that maybe there are a couple more. Uh so
064what what I started doing uh this is the fourth year I've done this is when we're in that chapter uh we put groups together and we do an it's called an explorer project where each group gets their own explorer um and they just present it to the class and it gets gets them a couple different things. Number one, it gets them to research um you know research skills. Um public speaking uh because each member of the group has to speak and eighth grade kind of still in that shy we'll talk with our friends but we'll not say another word if anybody else is around. Um also gets them into some essay writing. Now I'm not an English teacher. However, I can pick out spelling and and grammar and things like that. Um, and I'm not
065looking for pages upon pages, but basically their presentation boiled down into like a a one-page essay type thing where we're trying to to get some writing across the curriculum. That's something that we've been pushing and that we want to make sure that we're getting a lot of. So, so some English in there, um, some math involved as well because we're, you know, we're doing timelines and things like that with these explorers. Uh, so just trying to to just build some different skills while we're still in the social studies, um, setting. Uh last thing that they do is uh shows their creative side uh because they put together different artifacts from their explorers and they put them all in a treasure chest type thing. And really the treasure chest can be a shoe box or an
066Amazon box uh that they kind of just decorate up and then that's what they they present. And I brought a couple of examples. Uh, you know, this is just kind of your your bare basic shoe box that they they've painted and, you know, they put some artifacts in there and that's really that's kind of what we're looking for and I thought that was a pretty good one. Welcome to pass those down. Um, I do say and this one I've kept for a couple of years because I kind of say this is the gold standard. Uh, this this young lady that did this box for her group spent an enormous amount of time on it. Um, and I thought you're spending so much time on the box that the inside is going to be kind of
067less than. Uh, but I should have known. She you created a map. Um, very distressed looking map. Burnt edges, ripped edges. Um, just a terrific allaround. And that's kind of what I show the kids when we start. Like I don't expect yours to be this, but man, this is something to shoot for. Um, and so like I said, I've kept that one back for a couple of years just because again that one's that one's pretty cool. Um, I will say that my favorite one from this year uh was this one and it it's awesome. It it really is. Um, but it's the story behind this one that kind of makes it my favorite. Uh, the girl that did this one uh was out during the time for a few days that we started this project.
068We got into groups, kind of missed all that. And so her mom was emailing me and I was like, "Listen, I've got some some alternative stuff she can work on until she gets back. We'll kind of just we'll kind of give her a different path for this one. Uh so we don't need to worry about doing any of this. We'll just kind of kind of worry about the other part." Um and then she shows up when she shows up back to school, she comes in carrying this um with just all sorts of of maps and flags and and and and all sorts of things with it. And I emailed the mom and I said, "I I'm sorry. I you must have misunderstood or I wasn't clear enough uh that she didn't have to do this,
069like that that wasn't part of it." And the mom emailed me back. She said, "There's nothing to apologize for. I got to spend time with my daughter working on this." And she said, "It's just time that we don't ever get." And you know, I'm not going to name names or anything like that, but I was telling some of the admin earlier, uh, the name on that one would surprise you. Um, but when I told her how much I appreciated that box and how awesome of a job she did, you could just see on her face like just she doesn't get compliments very much apparent. That's just it was just a very apparent. Um, but it really showed her creative side that I didn't know existed. Um, and hopefully we've kind of built a little bit
070of a bond and uh and some trust and things like that uh through that project. So, um, again, it just, uh, you know, public speaking, research, essay writing, creativity. Um, I do random partners, so no one gets left out. Um, and also, it's a way for me to say, you know what, you're going to go to to the job force one day. You may not like everybody that you work with, but you have to find a way to get along. And this is a way, you know, you may not hang out with everyone in your group, but for a week, you're going to have to figure it out. and they do a really good job at that. Um, so, so just again, English, math, life skills, we're trying to do it all. Um, really to
071just show them that there was more than Columbus that sailed and found some places. Uh, so it's something I really do enjoy. Um, and it's at the beginning of the year, so I don't really have it to look forward to. We kind of knock that out first thing and and then we move on. Uh, but it's uh it's something that that our kids have have really taken to and they do just an excellent job. and I could have brought 15 more boxes that looked very similar to that because they all really put a lot of work into it and I was very proud of them. So, uh that's that's what we do downstairs [Applause] when you work with them. I mean, they they step up. Kids step up. >> Absolutely. >> And you never you
072never know. And that kid will remember that. I'll tell you right now, you get, you know, in my years, I've had kids come back 30 years later and go, I remember the time we did blah blah blah, you know, and and they said, I go, I don't even remember that. I do. I remember it a lot. And, you know, so they'll not forget that. So, good job, Kyle. >> Thank you, everybody. The next item is superintendent report. >> And I uh I don't have a ton here, but uh I sound like a broken record, but Mr. Hong, welcome. >> Um, looking forward to to working closely with you over the next few years. Um, one thing I want to point out to everybody in here. If you look up at the ceiling, you see a
073couple new things, little white squares. We've spent a lot of time talking about Cintiix, uh, the program that alerts quickly. um administrators if there's an issue or heaven forbid if dispatch is ever needed um they are already installing a system we will train teachers and staff when I say staff I mean everybody doesn't m coaches custodians cooks teachers instructional assistants administrators you name it still Miss Stiller back there is going to have a badge too everybody Um, we've given several presentations, but but the reason I wanted to point that out and they will be in the gym, the hallways. I've been in a conference I'll talk about here in a minute. I came back into my office after that today. Sitting in my office, there's one. There's one as soon as you walk in the
074door there. Everywhere. The beauty of that, uh, about a week or two ago, we had a little little mishap and we accidentally hit 911, uh, from a phone. The current system then sends everybody into lockdown through the phone every time it's hit. What we were doing is testing. Make sure it went to dispatch. Make sure you didn't have to hit eight. You could still dial 911 doing some of those things. This system will replace that system. But what we know and what we saw again when you had a cafeteria full of kids or you're in the gym, couldn't hear it. Had no clue. This will remedy that for us. I mean, you can see just as I'm looking here, I can see one, two, I can see five of them just in my immediate sight
075line. I think there are probably some back there. They're in the hallways there absolutely everywhere. If that ever happens again, you won't be in a situation where you don't see it. Uh they're outside as well. Uh and so we will all be notified. Uh and so that the work on installation on that is being done now. Um right now we are The community foundation is picking up the installation costs in the first year. Uh we were looking at potentially using school safety grant to pay for it moving forward. Um that may not be an option. Uh the county council was wonderful and picked up our school resource officers this year. Uh truly a blessing that nobody ever anticipated or expected and it was wonderful. That may go away moving forward. So the school safety grant
076will have to go back to the resource officer. uh but we will find a way to make sure that we pay for this and so then again kind of looking in operations budget we're trying to pad it there to make sure that some of the safety things uh that that we're doing stay but I just wanted to make sure I pointed those out uh they are not in here when kids are in here during the school day they're doing all the work at night trying to keep them you know away from kids we always try to do that with with contractors when they come in if possible just as little crossover as possible but I just wanted to point that out to everybody that that is going on um the board and myself spent two
077days in Indianapolis at a conference. It's a school board's association and superintendent association have a joint conference uh each fall. It's a wonderful time. Um you learn a lot more than anything else like most other conferences being able to talk to other superintendents, other school board members, the things that they go through, the things that they see. Um that's probably where most of the the learning goes. What I always pick up when I have those conferences or study councils or whatever else and I hear what's going on in other corporations, it reminds me how how lucky I am to be here because our craziness here is not even in the top 10 in most places craziness. So, I'll take that every day. Uh, but it was a good time and it allows us to spend
078a little bit of time together uh just getting to know each other as people uh which then makes the hard work that we do together and that they do uh easier. And then uh I mentioned to some of you guys I'll be talking with county council members tomorrow and at the general meeting tomorrow night uh myself and uh Dr. Mark Eastridge and uh Tim Lraange who's the new superintendent at North Harrison uh just to try to work with the county council um they've been very generous in the past uh do great things for our kids in our community just trying to make sure that partnership stays strong and some of those things continue. That is my report, sir. I went to a president's meeting this morning and uh I haven't had a chance to tell
079you, but the number one concern or number one thing being talked about was funding there. So, it's is on everybody's radar. and it legitimate reasons out there. >> That's a book in itself. >> Is is there public comments at that meeting or >> I don't I don't think I don't think there's an advertised public comment. It's a budget session. They're calling com. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Just be told no, but it is a public meeting. >> All right. Thank you. Next item is PTEO report. >> Right. So, um, like April said, we provided lunch for the teachers for the parent teacher conferences this year from 1816. Again, um, this Friday, the 19th, we are going to be having our parent perk up. So, any parents that want to come and just hang out, get
080to know us, and just kind of talk about what the PTSO is all about, you're more than welcome to. It'll be at Kent Java after drop off. And then currently we have a group of um members that are organizing the junior high dance that will be at the beginning of November. Um and then we're going to start working on the um the holiday shop as well. And then other than just we still have a vice president spot available. If anybody wants to join, you're more than welcome to. Do they still do the sand super Saturday? They still do something. >> Yeah. >> Do they still do that? >> No. I just remember that because I made pancakes back there for about 10 years in a row. Oh, yeah. >> I'm still learning all that's okay.
081>> You're good. George brought me home a piece of candy. Bought it last year. Yes, I for the gifts. Yes. >> Okay. Uh Chip said he's going to pass. So there's no public comments u relating to agenda items. The next item is approval of transfer from education fund to operations fund in the amount of 200,000. That's what we do quarterly. >> Correct. >> Did I have Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> To make the motion to approve the transfer from the education plan to operations, $200,000. >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> All those in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Okay. And number 10, the next item is approve Brooke Clayton as proer bus driver. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> I'll make
082a motion we approve Brook Clayton to be the bus proer bus driver. >> Seconded. >> Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Approve number 11. approve Randall Hussong as a substitute teacher. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> I'll make the motion to approve Randall Hong as a substitute teacher. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> If any other discussion if not all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Approve Karen Johnson as cafeteria substitute pending background check. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> I'll make a motion we accept Karen Johnson as cafeteria substitute. >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? >> If not, all those in favor say I. I. >> Oppose.
083Same sign. Motion passes. Approve Steve Price as special education preschool midb driver. And I have a motion and second to approve. >> I'll make a motion to approve Steve Price as special education preschool Midwest Bus driver. >> Seconded. >> Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Number 14. Approve the resignation of Sandy Denny as food service director effective at the end of school year 2025 2026 or sorry end of school 2025 2026 school year. >> I'll make the motion. and I just don't want it to happen because >> second it >> she's going to she's going to do this but Sandy Denny is loves kids >> and she loves to cook and I've eaten a lot of her food and it it caught up
084with me so I had to stop. But anyway, but uh she loves her job and uh I know uh that uh she's going to do other things. She'll continue to work but not in that capacity. But I just wanted to thank Sandy for the years of service that she has given this cafeteria and this school corporation. She is wonderful person and you're lucky to have her here uh with your kids every day and she loves your kids and I just wanted to echo that. So thank you Sandy Denny for all you do for these kids at Lanesville Community Schools. [Applause] And uh like Mr. Bridges said, Sandy would like to stay on um and we'll we'll work through all that as a um as a cook. Um just the the paperwork, the administrative role. She's
085ready to step back from >> I'll second. >> Okay. Any more discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Number 15, approve. high high ability enrichment contracts over fall break for Brook Kramer, Leslie Holddrich, and Bethany Miller. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> I'll make a motion we approve the contracts. >> I'll second it. >> Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Number 16, approve a school nurse assistant. I do have a name with that at this point. We did not at the time of publishment. She had not accepted Miss Maryanne Blevins. >> Maryann. >> Blevens. Blevens. >> Okay. Approves school nurse assistant Maryanne Bleven. And I have a motion and second to approve.
086>> I'll make a motion to approve the school nurse assistant. >> I'll second it. Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Discussion number 17, discussion of substitute teacher incentive pay based on days work. >> Yeah. And uh on 17 and 18, um not looking for a vote tonight, but just have a discussion with the board. Um we are looking at potentially the substitutes that we have and of course substitute pay will be worked out um when we do contracts. Uh but we're looking at potentially an incentive for people when they sub 10 days potentially a $100 bonus just to give some incentive for substitutes uh to continually come to us and to work uh at Lanesville. Um, we think that it's very beneficial to try to
087get the best people in here we can, but as often as we can as well. Uh, and we know that that it's not a ton of pay that a substitute gets, but they are invaluable uh, for our students and our staff. Uh, but we would like to those that that are here routinely uh, day in day out or or, you know, at least once or twice a week do some type of incentive pay. And what we're thinking is, you know, every 10 days potentially $100, uh, that would be tacked on to to that 10th day. Uh, but just a way to say thank you, uh, for coming in and working with our kids and to hope to incentivize them, uh, moving forward. And again, not looking for a vote today. Um, depending on discussion here
088with with you guys, that'll probably be on the October board meeting if if we want to go down that road, but it's just something different. And so I I would uh like some input from the board or answer some questions uh from you guys as we're thinking about this. >> It's a daily rate. >> We do. Yep. We we do not go outside. we had in the past. >> But that day we used >> 10 days straight in a row just when they are here for 10 days accumulate 10 days of substitute. >> Yeah. I I think that's a good way to to incentivize and to say thank you because it is a difficult job. >> Oh yeah. >> It's a very difficult job. But if we can get good people here and and fill
089our classrooms and makes it easier for everybody involved, the classroom teacher, the kids, the substitute, everybody involved. >> Clarify not consecutive days. >> No, >> I work one day a month for 10 months. >> During that school year? >> Yeah, >> it it very rarely because we have we usually need one or two subs a day, but some days we don't need any. And so it's very difficult to do 10 days in a row. Usually on that, that's a long-term sub. We kind of work something out with them anyway if if they're um if they're able to. Um but but truly getting anybody in here is so difficult. Uh and we've got some people that only like to do high school, some only like to do elementary. And so 10 consecutive days, I don't know
090that we'd ever have anybody in consecutive days unless they're doing a maternity leave or something along those lines. Uh but truly, if you're here 10 days, we only have 180 days. Uh and then if we, you know, have some snow days and some other things, but but you know, 10 days is probably a good good window. subs we actually had. >> I don't know that number. It's low. We talked about it uh two Tuesdays ago. I mean, it's I don't know that we're double digits at this point. >> Good. >> What's the daily rate? >> Uh is it 80 or 85 at this point? 80. >> Okay. That'll give us some >> some ideas to think about. >> Okay. The next item is discussion on bus driver benefits for full-time bus drivers. >> Yeah, this
091is something that we never really had before. Uh but as things start shifting and we start moving, uh we we've got it now. Um with Brook Clayton running our proer route, he runs a morning route for us and a proer route. He qualifies as a full-time employee. Um, we've got now a couple special education routes that we haven't really had in the past until the past couple of years. Uh, one of those people uh work for us. They drive a morning route for us and that and one's a contract driver. But we're going to start seeing more and more and more of these. One thing we're not currently doing is we're not paying into Perf for retirement. Uh, really any benefits for them. Uh we've got one corporation driver who works full-time in the in
092the building who now qualifies for insurance and that kind of stuff. But those those drivers who are now corporation drivers that are either running we may have to add another special education who are running those in between their morning routes or running that in Proser. Um they qualify for PEF uh at the minimum and I can get a a print out sheet for you but that's what we're really talking about. uh that and they're truly we we've had it worked out before where they were last year a corporation driver and somebody that worked in the building but they met it because of that combination. Now we're hitting the point where with Mr. Clayton truly our first full-time bus driver uh and so you know instructional assistants get retirement think they they deserve that as well.
093Um, it's hard to find. >> And that proer route, if you run a morning route and a crosser route, it truly is a full-time. You get one little window in the middle of the day, but you can't do anything because you got to then run back up to Proer, get those kids. >> The cross route is a fulltime job. >> It's a full-time job. >> But it didn't qualify by hours. >> Now, when you when you throw >> the u the morning route, the pay and the hours qualify for some some perfect, especially the the time part. Um but want to look at retirement for them just to help incentivize that. >> They're they're a W2 employee. >> They're not contract. >> No, >> but so the school corporation you can determine. No, there's a
094formula uh and Miss Simler would have to give you those exact numbers, but so she runs it with um with Boyce or our our system uh and and with their their people and they'll tell you if they are, if they're not. >> So approving this would automatically get them perfect. But right now, if they work certain combination of hours or paid, they qualify and we give it to them anyway. >> Yes. >> If they qualify, right? Yeah. And where we've been so far is the combination came in the building as an instructional assistant and a corporation driver. So, they were already getting the Perf. Uh, and so when when the one then was doing that, now she switched to a different job that's full-time anyway, but still driving that route. It didn't really affect us.
095This is the first time that we've got somebody who will probably qualify for PRF just as a driver. >> Is there pay based on hours or a daily rate as well? It's a daily rate as well. >> Yeah. And so we will the way that we we've done it the last several years, uh after we get teacher negotiations settled, then we move on to our classified employees, which will include bus drivers and that kind of stuff. But then everything and administrators and uh then everything starts in January. And so we're having this kind of discussion now. I can get some more numbers for you guys. we can continue discussion. Uh we kind of need to know though because it takes a number of days for it to to take effect. Uh probably October uh would
096be be the time and I could have those numbers for you. Uh if if you need them generated from Miss Similar uh but this would be the first time that just a truly driver would qualify for that and it's probably going to happen more and more combination that they qualifies. We're not having to worry about >> at this point in time. >> No, not yet. >> There's not that power. >> Yeah, they're still under 29 and a half. Now, that could change >> uh depending on if a route gets lengthened or whatever. And we pay by the day for our corporation routes. And so that helps there. Also, >> finding drivers is is a issue. >> Oh, it's a nightmare >> everywhere. Everywhere. Not just here. >> It's a nightmare. But, you know, they had
097to cut I forgot who we talked to. >> Uh, New Floyd. It was It was Joe Beler. They had to cut 60 routes, >> drivers. You know, that's big right there. And they had they had to com had combined routes. So, these guys are running four, you know, four routes at a time. I don't know. I don't know the corporation. We're talking small and rural school breakfast this morning. Uh, a school board in the state is currently working on a resolution to cease uh transportation >> because they can't find drivers and they can't afford the the buses and they can't do all of it. Uh so and some incentives help. >> Well, some have gone to mid buses, you know, because they can't afford bus drivers and no contract drivers anymore. >> And we've looked
098at one point in time uh for our proer bus a couple years ago and couldn't fill it with talked with Miller Transportation to see if they could even run it for us and we could rent. They didn't have drivers for it at the time either. >> Uh so it's difficult, but I wanted to put that on your radar. Uh discussions, any any information you guys need. uh and then revisit that in October probably uh so we can get some things set up. But I just wanted some discussion tonight. >> Thank you. >> Item number 19, conflict of interest for Audrey Brown. >> Yeah. And and she'll get that and you guys sign it. Uh that is because Kyle Brown is her husband. Uh she's an administrator at the high school. Uh he's a teacher. U
099needs needs to be filled out. And so then I will upote that in gateway. Okay. 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. Conf. Uh number 20, conflict of interest for Donnie Hassan. >> Yeah. And uh and Mr. May want to speak as well. um just there there are a number of personnel um either daughter-in-laws, nieces, whatever it might be that we have to do those things over, but his is a little different as well. Uh Mr. Hong um works at the bank, First Harrison. Uh we do business with First Harrison and so we just want to make sure that it's on file that we
100we recognize that we have a board member who works at an entity that we do business with and so we need to get that. So his is a little bit different. uh and and he'll do one for everybody, but I just wanted to make sure that we all knew that that it wasn't just a personnel thing on this one. It was also the financial institution that he works at on his full-time job. Uh we do do business with them and so we'll need to do that as well. >> I'll make the motion for Donnie Hos conflict of interest for Donnie Hos. >> Yeah, I guess second. Okay, >> second. >> Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. >> I oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Number 21, approve the resignation of Brooklyn Booby
101as girls softball coach. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> I'll make the motion to approve the resignation. >> Second. >> If Okay. Any discussion? >> If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Approve the following coaches for the 2025 2026 season. Devin Huron as JV boys basketball coach. Sean Krells as varsity boys basketball volunteer coach. Chris Gay Hart as varsity boys basketball volunteer coach. Griffin Reynolds as varsity boys basketball volunteer coach pending background check. Mason Miller as varsity boys basketball volunteer coach. Connor Nolot as boys volunteer basketball. No, sorry. As volunteer boys basketball. Let me get start over. Connor Nolot as varsity boys basketball volunteer coach. Pending background check. Matthew Beckman as fifth grade boys basketball coach. Ava Hilden >> as varsity girls
102C team basketball coach. Caleb Dodson as eighth grade girls basketball coach. Robert Smith as sixth grade girls basketball coach. Eric Hess as fifth grade girls basketball coach. Adam Beldon as athletic supervisor. Could I have a motion and second to approve all of those? Could I >> go ahead? >> Could I ask a question or make a recommendation >> only because I want explanation of what the job is. Can we leave Adams out? What's an athletic supervisor? >> What what he does we've had it for years and years. That's what Jerry Gwine did for ever. Jerry. >> Yeah. There are times that to help work and supervise ball games and stuff like that. >> Yep. And and Adam's been doing it the last few years and has done a fantastic job. Ever since Mr. Swine um
103resigned from it. He picked it up and he does an excellent job. They help supervise athletic events. Uh and so sometimes you need either an additional person if it's a boys basketball game or something along those lines. Every once in a while we're pulled in different ways, meetings, whatever. And so like tonight there's a school board meeting and if you had both gyms going, uh then Mr. Payne would be primarily in one and you would have that person primarily in the other. Um because springtime in particular, you might have a softball going on down there and a baseball going on down here. And so to help split those duties up, that helps. >> But Jeff, go ahead. >> He does the uh equipment manager. He washes all the uniforms, does those things. >> He had
104both of them. Yeah, >> they split it. It it was it's always been two separate pays. It's he just Mr. Guestwine just had them both. Um they're not that way now. They haven't been for the last several years, but they were always listed as two separate pays. He just had both duties. >> Does that make you comfortable, Donnie? >> Yeah. Understand? >> Um any other discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. I. I. Oppose. Same sign. >> Motion passes. Number 23, approve the motion. >> We didn't We didn't make a motion. >> I made a motion. >> Oh, sorry. >> Let me Let me make a motion. I'll make a motion that we accept all these people. >> Okay. >> Approve the following coaches for 2025 26 season. >> I'll second. >> There
105you go. Now, >> discuss. No discussion. No discussion. >> Yeah. I have a conflict of interest form though as well. >> There you go. >> Yeah. >> Any more discussion? >> Okay. Any more discussion? I was I was asked jokingly by someone, what in the world does he need all these volunteer assistants for? And I said, if you've met coach, >> you don't want to do anything to dampen this guy's enthusiasm and if he wants these and it works out and I don't think you're going to see all 27 of them is sitting on the bench. But I met him at Heritage and he is a very impressive young man and I'm familiar with his parents. I think we're going to see great things just based on his enthusiasm and desire >> and the and
106the young coaches really want to be around him and they really want to do this work and um it's it's exciting. We'll see what happens with that. But uh that's why you have so many. They're not all going to be on the bench because there's no room for them all. >> There's one for each kid. No room. There's no room. They're tutors. >> Yeah, they're tutors. Yeah. >> Okay. Okay, I've got a motion and a second. Any more discussion? >> If not, all those in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Number 23. Approve the following fundraiser. Soccer to sell popcorn. Could I have a motion and second to approve? >> I'll make a motion to approve popcorn fundraiser. >> I'll second it. >> Okay. Any more or any discussion? If not, all
107those in favor say I. I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. >> The item number 24 is additional public comments. Doug was the only one signed up for that. It's >> all right. You can talk to us. We're okay. these board meetings. I swear to God. >> I get colder as I get older, I think. But >> first, I want to congratulate Donnie >> uh to the board. Uh as you know, I was contingent in that position, but uh I'm happy for you and I know you'll do a great job. >> Um also want to thank the board for uh putting their pictures on the website. I've been waiting and waiting and waiting and you all look good in your picture. So, that's nice to have, I think, for the public to recognize who the
108board is other than just a name because a lot of people don't know the name with the face. So, I think that's an excellent uh additive there. Um, there is one thing, however, that's missing, I think, on the website that needs to truly be on there because I don't think we're fair to our parents and in the community when we have passed all the board docs, all the board policies, and they're not on the website. And it's been months now since the policies have been approved. And I would encourage the board to get those posted because I think you leave yourself in a very vulnerable situation uh when the public or the parents don't know when a decision is made and why it's been made. It's because the board policy and that protects the board.
109So, I'd strongly encourage the board to uh get those uh on the website as soon as possible, but I think time is enough times gone by now that that they should be on there. >> Which brings me to um board powers and um I just want to read just an excerpt from uh policy 0122. The school corporation shall be a body, corporate and such capable of suing and being sued, contracting and being contracted with acquiring, holding, possessing, disposing of real and personal property and taking and holding and trust for the use of the benefit of the corporation, any grant or device of land or any donation or bequest of money or other personal property. And I'll stop there on that board policy because I've been here to several board meetings and it seems like we
110have a list of items that personal property is being disposed of because it's broken, it's trash, we need to get rid of it. But my question is, and I don't know that you have to put that on the agenda because you hold the powers to dispose of that property. It's good information for the public to have, but I am inquiring about what happened to the old bleachers that we did we throw them away? Did we think about selling them? Did we get trade in value? I'm just curious because that's a large large expenditure of $400,000 and I feel like the bleachers should had had some value of maybe being auctioned off or another startup school might an auction house might have bought them. I don't know what happened to the bleachers. I >> think they
111could >> Yeah, they they're not able to be used again. uh the frames of them as they take them out. They need to cut them out. A lot of them uh the frames were about done anyway. And so if you were here whatever and Mr. Brown can attest to this, getting them in and out was very difficult most of the time. >> I'm not questioning why we got new bleachers. I just wonder what happened to the old I'm telling you they they weren't able to be sold at they took them with them. They they were disposed of by the company. >> Okay. Well, that's never been on the agenda item is and I thought that would probably be on the agenda item is that we trashed the bleachers. You know, we got rid of them.
112We we put on there chairs and copy machines and what I would call very insignificant pieces of property and I I just never heard what happened. >> I think we explained that when being put in we explained that when they were being put in that they were going to take them with them. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> All right. Um board policy 0131.1 uh the board shall adopt bylaws and policies for organization operation of this board incorporation. The balls and policies may be adopted, amended, and repealed at any meeting of the board provided that the proposed adoption amendment or repeal shall have been proposed at a previous board meeting and once proposed shall have remained on the agenda of each succeeding board meeting until approved or rejected. Except the board may upon vote where compelling
113reasons exist cause to suspend at any time of operation by the bylaw or policy hearing contained provide the suspension does not come conflict with law and such suspension shall terminate at the next meeting the board for such earlier time as specified in a motion to suspend. Just want to read that excerpt of the bylaws and policies and then apply that to board policy 0144.1 compensation. the school board the school board members shall receive each year specific compensation of 1250 um as well as perdm and the amount stipulated by the board resolution accepted upon annual organization meeting and so on so forth. My point there being is last meeting uh the board approved um pay increase to $4,000 which is 320% pay increase from the 1250. Um, I'm just questioning why that wouldn't have to be
114on the agenda and then because it's amendment to the policy, why it wouldn't have a first reading and a second reading. That's the way I would interpret that. A 320% pay increase is pretty substantial in my book. I know the board. I've set sat on boards with zero compensation before and uh given of my time uh as a civic duty and I understand the compensation is not much anyway for the hours and time that you all put into it. I I get that. I understand that totally. But when we have teachers here and other staff members, 320% is pretty exuberant. Uh my suggestion would be I don't know when 1250 came in but to me it'd be more appropriate to say okay if it was 10 years ago that 1250 was established I don't know
115when I'm just using that as a thing >> was the last increase 2008 >> 2008 so if we went 2008 >> 17 years right >> 17 years >> okay >> if we went 2008 >> what was the pay increase for the teachers and staff in 200 09 it was at 2 and a half% 3% I would apply that to that 1250 rate to keep the board at that level. So no one got a bigger increase than somebody else. It might tabulate out to be reached that $4,000 and I'm okay with that. I really am. I'm okay with the $4,000 because I know it's it's a tough job. but at least justifies to the public and to the faculty and teachers of why that exuberant amount. Not that legislation has passed and we can now get
11610% of the lowest paid teacher and we're just going to pass a $4,000 pay increase. To me as a public and a taxpayer on the other end, I'm thinking, whoa, I never got a 320% pay increase. Um, and so on so forth. So, um, that would be my question there, I guess. You know, um, it's pretty hard take that jump percentage wise. So, anyway, and my comment about does it need to be a first reading and a second reading since an amendment to a policy. That's the way I interpret the board policy to read. I could be wrong. >> Thank you. All right. Any more additional comments? >> If not, took care of all clean up. So they need to be clean throughout the year still. Everything else they give you >> 30 out of
11730. >> But I'm not disagreeing with maintaining. We'll do that. But I'm just saying we got pretty good we got pretty good length out of those, you know, and they were maintained periodically because Brother Fred did that underneath there, too. I know he did. >> Yeah. Okay. Any other additional comments? If not, all those in favor of adjournment. >> Oh, I guess now I have a motion. Motion to adjurnn. I'll make a motion that we adjurnn. >> Okay. Got a second. >> Second. >> Okay. Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion passes.