001Are you ready? >> Ready. >> You ready? >> Do you want to start or you want to start the video first? >> No, I'm going to do this first. >> Okay. >> All right. Hello. >> Hi. On behalf of the elementary staff and students, I would just like to take a moment to thank each of you and recognize you for your leadership, your commitment, and interest to our educator, students, and our school community. I know your job's not easy, but we want you to know we appreciate you. Your hard work for to provide resources, a safe learning environment, and quality educational opportunities for our students does not go unnoticed. Your unwavering commitment to our school helps us to appreciate your service and positive impact you make on all of us. So, we have a small
002token of appreciation that I'm going to give you. And then we have a small video and some signs back here that our students have signed. So, thank you for your commitment. I told Dr. Hannah when I came in, I I don't know why I never realized that the schoolboard meeting was at 7 o'clock, which is about my bedtime. So, we appreciate you for coming this late and doing all the things you do for our school. So, You were talking about my shopping. >> Let's see. I have a Dr. Pepper for you. I have um an unsweet tea for you. I have You don't drink pop? No. >> So, there's your coffee. Gorgeous. >> I have a Dr. Pepper for you. >> And a sweet tea. >> Let's see. And you're going to get Oh, no.
003That's not yours. >> That's yours. >> You're going to get How about that? >> Is that better? >> Okay. If this is wrong, it's fault. >> All right. We got some peanut M&M's for you. >> And look at you. And then we have a small video. >> Thank you. >> Ready? >> Yes. >> Hey girls, can you tell me what you think the school board does? What does our school board do? >> They like decide on things we like should do for our school. decisions and >> make decisions for our school. Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mom. >> Thank you, school board. >> We appreciate you. >> Okay, fifth graders, what do you think our school board does? >> Um, I think they make decisions for the school. And um they probably like uh
004they probably choose the twoour delays and stuff. >> So if you could ask them for one thing, what would you ask them for for our school? >> More twoour. >> I think that was up. >> Probably our better lunch. >> Better lunch. All right. Thank you. Okay. What does the word appreciate mean? >> Appreciate means when you do something very helpful, the person likes what you did and says thank you. When whenever someone's nice, then you appreciate them. >> Thank you. >> We appreciate you. >> So, thank you. >> Thank you. Pleasure, sir. >> Okay. >> Public comment. Were there any Okay. Uh, in order if anyone would like the rest of the board, you do need to fill out a quick form, uh, which is supposed to be turned in by now. If somebody
005missed that, raise your hand and I'll stall for a couple minutes so you can fill out the form. But if not, okay, we'll move on. First item on the agenda is approval of minutes, claims, and payroll. January 6, you had a regular meeting, and they also had the board of finance meeting. Board members received claims, docket, payroll claims, and minutes in advance of the meeting. Uh, the fund balance or the fund and bank reports were also supplied for review. I move we approve the minutes, claims, and payrolls as presented. >> Second. >> Properly moved and seconded to approve the minutes, claims, and payrolls as presented. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> Oppose. Same sign. That motion carries. >> So, originally, Mr. Fac submitted his resignation for
006I think it was the 20th of January which we were out uh we were able to get him to stay around until um the 27th and then he had a uh to revise his uh retirement date to the 29th of January requesting to be able to do that. Um and then uh summer school programs 25 26 school year. Each third grade student who does not successfully pass I read 3 is required to take a the test during the summer session be retained or be eligible for good cause for exemption. Mr. Deenson's recommending a 2526 summer school program. uh students that didn't pass uh would likely u actually would likely like to hire uh up to two qualified teachers to provide interventions and proctor the retesting uh that included third graders uh who will be selected
007and second graders who were scored at risk on the test. So that's the the next item. The next item is uh appointees and substitute teachers Mr. Dennison for Corin Gabe and Sarah Jansen and Mr. Dennis or Mr. Hammonds for Noah Vanderwal and then recommending Vince Mccclure for homebound instructor for Rosville Middle Senior High School students two days a week for 1 hour per day. Assignment began on January 12th. He would be compensated at a rate of uh 3224 per hour requesting retroactive approval of that. Other uh appointments Mr. Mr. Burke's recommending co-ed track. Darren Hopper, varsity head coach. Julie Molson, varsity assistant, Josh Rishi as a varsity assistant coach, and uh Amanda Mulligan as a middle school coach, volunteer high school assistant. More coaching, uh co-ed track, middle school. Brianna Harford, volunteer assistant. Pton Smith,
008volunteer assistant, middle school. Edy Yoder, volunteer coach for middle high school. Neil Steve, uh, Middle Senior High School, uh, volunteer coach, and Nick Sager, volunteer coach from Middle Senior High School. >> I move we approve the personal items as presented. >> Second. >> Properly moved and second to approve the personnel items as presented. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Oppos same sign. That motion carries. So policy items are worked closely with the Indiana school boards association uh to update the policies and uh we're part of a process with ISBA um quarterly they meet with us and and send out policies to review and update uh and also new ones that come out of legislation or out of court cases. First one is these are for
009first read 1106. vacancies on the board because of the change of Indiana law. As far as partisan uh positions and nonpartisan position, that policy has been revised. Social media policy used by board members is a new policy recommended by ISBA. Child abuse and neglect neglect policy was reviewed. Use of exclusion and restraint was revised. Prepayment of invoices and claim is a new policy. We didn't have that one before. fixed asset inventory was policy was reviewed. Other policies, this one's up for second read is homebound instruction 5350. Uh that policy was revised. >> I move we approve the policy items as presented. >> Second properly moved and seconded to approve the policy items as presented. Is there any discussion? >> Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I both same sign. That
010motion carries. >> Uh consideration of bus purchase. Submitted a request for a quote for one 78 passenger size. Put 72 seats in it. Give us some more leg room for students. Uh conventional school bus through this uh central Indiana educational service center. Um and it's their cooperative service pro cooperative purchasing program recommending purchasing a bus from Midwest Transit. The bust price with the trade is $175,768. Uh, and the other one that you saw, um, which was Blooper didn't have all the, um, items listed. And if you notice the other one from uh Kurland's uh that price had included uh the tariff charge the new emissions charge and it went from 175,000 about to 195,000. So um if we order by July or March one we'll get into this pricing. So since this is the lowest
011most responsive bid meets their district needs recommending purchasing that bus and trading in bus number four fundraiser. Uh the board previously approved the use of rainy day funds. Oh not fundraiser chancer consideration transfer of funds. Uh board appre previously approved the use of rainy day funds support the track renovation project 2025. Rainy Day funds served as a primary savings reserve. Uh recommending transfer funds from the educational fund to the rainy day fund to begin building back that reserve balance. Uh proposed a resolution uh is in your packet to um authorize the transfer of $100,000 from education fund to rainy day fund. And that's the financial items I have. >> I move we approve the financial items as presented. >> Second. been properly moved and seconded to approve the financial items as presented. Is there any
012discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I oppose. Same sign. That motion carries. >> Uh consideration of obs surplus equipment. Uh I have a list of equipment for you that's been provided in the in your handout. Um and request disposing of those items per Indiana law. I move we approve the miscellaneous items as presented. >> Second. Been >> properly moved and seconded to approve the mis to approve the miscellaneous items as presented. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Oppose. Same sign. That motion carries. >> Field trips or conf request. Uh Abigail Funk to the MIAT school visit in Lebanon. Um, and then Chris Landis, an all day uh all AI day of play at West Lafayette through WB Valley Educational Service
013Center. That's March the 5th. Uh, Live Classic Edition, Aubrey Buck on the 12th of No, March. Uh, Mandy Pennington through the 80th annual conference in Prince Lick and that's the U May 5th through the 8th. Dustin Chadville, Indiana TCO Clinic in Oldsville and Tommy Dillingham, the Indiana SRO conference in Michigan City. Uh, field trips, uh, FFA state welding contest in January the 17th, the fourth and fifth grade, the symphony on the go program in Lafayette, and the 6th of February theater performance, the murder mystery performance uh, which is coming up uh, this weekend, Friday and Saturday. Um and that's at the Deli the Deli Opry House. >> Yep. >> Um and then wrestling team um forward thinking for the semi-state meet at Newcastle and then uh also um so that's the state the semi-state and
014hopefully somebody will go on to the state meet. So that will be there as well and then middle school stairs to the circle stay with song festivalsville on February the 14th. other field trips. There's the state wrestling. It's on the 20th, 21st in Indian in Indianapolis. Uh speech team, speech national qualifiers for Bloomington. Um fifth grade are headed to Macki Arena to Tourett PBIS is headed to Lebanon to the uh Leprechaun's um fieldhouse, gym, whatever facility. Third grade Indianapolis Motor uh Speedway on April the 16th, 7th grade to Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. That's with the charter bus on the 5th of May. And then kindergarten to the zoo circle in Lafayette on the 13th of May. >> Okay. Any questions >> with that? >> Any questions? >> Questions. >> Okay. >>
015Hearing none. With that, I will entertain a motion to adjourn our meeting. >> A motion uh we adjourn our meeting. >> Second. >> Properly moved and seconded to adjourn our meeting. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> I. Both. Same sign. We are adjourned. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 3rd at 700 p.m. right here in this same room. Thank you all for attending. Appreciate it. Thank