001Okay, we're live. >> All right, first part of our meeting is public comment. I don't believe we received any requests for public comment. Carla, did you want to uh >> Well, I just want to say congratulations to Dr. Hannah for surviving 25 years here. >> Okay. All right, first item on the agenda is September 16th regular session meeting. Uh you have the minutes for that. You have claims and payroll as well. Board members receive the claims docket, payroll claims, and the minutes from in advance of the meeting. September fund balance, bank statements are also provided for your review. >> I move we approve the minutes, claims, and payrolls as presented. >> Second. >> Been properly moved and seconded to approve the minutes, claims, and payrolls as presented. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All those
002in favor signify by saying I. I. Oppose. Same sign. That motion carries. >> Next is uh new business personnel items. Uh negotiations. Um factors in negotiation. The contract of limited salary, wages, and wage related benefits. The contract language must comply with Indiana law. And once we're done, it's submitted to the Indiana Educational Employees Relations Board for compliance determination. School corporation may not deficit financing. The main revenue generator for the education fund is student enrollment. The legislative branch of the Indiana government develops a bianual budget um and is limited to that bienium. So uh we could add a two-year but generally we've been going one year because of unsuredness from the state uh and enrollment and everything else. Tenative agreement was approved on September 17, 2025 between representatives from the teach classroom teachers association and the
003board of education. Indiana law requires school employer to hold a public meeting which is this is that public meeting discuss tenative agreement. Next several slides review the tenative agreement which has been posted on the corporation's website and the state gateway site. T of agreement was posted 72 hours prior to the 9th's meeting and the posted contract is for the 2526 school year. So, uh the main components the teachers association ratified this last Friday on October the 3. Uh the major components of the agreement are being presented to the board and you'll consider that ratification of that contract on October 21st meeting and that meeting begins at 7 PM. Uh health insurance, health insurance actually goes up uh for the 2526 school year only. Uh we will continue on our current um contribution up through December
00431. uh employees that have insurance or they have the opportunity to get insurance have an election period coming up this November uh and they'll have to choose whether or not want to get on. They will start their new rate come January 1. The board's contribution to health teachers health insurance premiums will be at $8,500 beginning January 1 for single plan and 15,500 for family plan. It's prorated based on the number of pay periods remaining in the contract. So uh for the next from January on it's it's that amount and but it's prorated. So they kind of split the difference between the two. Uh compensation um the compensation plans outline the funds to be distributed to eligible teachers for the 2526 school year. That's in appendix A of the contract. The board of education shall employ
005new teachers and their base pay shall be determined as outlined in appendix A as well. Uh that's attached and it's incorporated in the agreement. The board will also pay teachers portion of the Indiana State Teachers Retirement Fund. the salary range from last year or for this year um after the 25 26 increase is outlined appendix B and that's in the comp contract as well and then extracurricular siphons are in appendix C. uh for the details. Beginning the 2526 school year, the base uh the eligible returning full-time teachers will receive that was last year. So last year the salary range for the 2425 school year was 20 $44,500 and the top end was 76855. Starting this year, the 2526, it's 46,000 uh for the first year teacher and 78,55 for the top end. That's the range.
006It does not that number does not include teacher retirement fund. Minimum salary again is 46,000. Uh to be eligible for the increase teacher must have been rated either effective or highly effective or not been rated as ineffective or needs improvement the prior year. So last year they have been employed for 120 days this last year and if they didn't meet those requirements then are ineligible to move up. Uh everybody met those requirements. So it's really doesn't affect anybody in that category. Evaluations defined a teacher received either a highly effective or effective evaluation. Academic needs shall mean a teacher who meets one of the following criteria. Uh qualification either they have a literacy endorsement on their license. They teach a high need area and a high need area meets one of the following uh description. A
007teacher's qualified teacher upper level academic courses limited to Indiana college core dual credit classes and or advanced placement courses uh of equivalent value or they're licensed in special education or if you we have a teacher that is below the 46,000 it brings them up to 46,000. So minimum is at 46,000. uh the agreement again the uh compensation under the academic needs cannot exceed or does not exceed $600. So let's say they've got a literacy endorsement and they've got a special ed license. That person would be $300 for the literacy endorsement and $300 for the academic needs or for the um upper academic courses or the special education lensure. And then u that other category of bringing them up. So uh the most an individual could get would be $1,800 uh which I think I get
008to this slide. Um so the maximum for the for the academic needs area is $600. Uh and one of those categories being the literacy endorsement. It's for the initial determination. So, in other words, it's this pay period or this contract. If they have uh let's say a literacy endorsement and we have that on file, it's also on their teachers license, then they would get the $300. That doesn't compound. It just goes to their base. So, they had to turn that in by October 1. Uh, and upon verification, they would get that. Let's say they they haven't taken their test yet or for some reason they don't have their list endorsement, they turn it in next year to go on the base for next year. So, um they would basically miss this year because they didn't
009meet the timeline. Uh factors of distribution. So, the base pay for evaluation uh was $1,200. your academic needs, maximum $600. And within that $600 or $300 for literacy endorsement or the high needs uh areas such as the dual credit courses, advanced placement or special education or under that $46,000 category. Um so with the uh and I know this seems redundant, but this is what's in the contract as for the compliance rubric. So, uh, the total base pay increase that would be available to anyone is $1,800. 67% of that is $1,200 for the evaluation. Academic needs had to be at least 10%. Uh, here we are at $600 or 33% of the increase. Those two areas are there. And then, uh, I have academic needs also is 33%. There is zero for education experience. And the
010reason that's in there because they're limited uh to 50%. So we have 0% for that area. Um new hires the range is 46 to 49 for 0 to four years. Uh 47 to 52 for 5 to9 years, 10 to 14 for 49,000 uh dollars to 58,000 if they're 15 more years experience. When we hire them in, it' be 51,000 with 62. uh ever um the depending on the need uh whether it's a high need area, the one we identified, or um we have three or fewer qualified applicants for a category, we can go I can go up to $3,000 on their base. Uh appendix C is the extra cruise schedule and that really basically goes up from 45,000 to 46,000. Um and the terms of the contract July 1 25 through June 30th 26. So
011it will be a retroactive once the board approved we'll go back probably the first pay in November and make that up. So um other new business uh Jessica Kelly has submitted a resation as seventh grade volleyball coach effective September 23rd and Eric Snyder submitted his resignation as a school bus driver. If anyone's interested out there uh in driving a bus, please feel free to get a hold of me. We'll be happy to talk to you. Um and then positions uh to maintain consistency oversight and ensure safety and well-being of our children, recommending creating a child care assistant supervisor. Uh our current supervisor is Gretchen Ford. Um and that role would proide adult coverage both before school and after school. Um, we're also currently exploring expanding that program to the summer. So, if we have enough
012interest, last count that I saw was eight. So, we're probably looking for 10 kids that would be or 10 or 12, probably 12 kids that would be interested in partaking in that. And we would provide child care during the day throughout the summer. Um, basically, I think 7 to 6:30 or 6 around in there like we currently do, but it would be all day. um not ready to bring that to the board yet, but that's something we're currently looking at. We've sent a flyer out to see how many people are interested and the job description uh I have for your review. Um also appointments, Mr. Merkel volleyball. Kelsey Chapman, seventh grade coach, boys basketball court. Done, varsity head. Brian Skinner, varsity assistant. Brent Tons, uh JV coach, Brad McGriff, ninth grade coach. Dawson Jacobe, eighth
013grade coach. John Jacobe, seventh grade volunteer at seventh and eighth grade is Jace Jacobe. Braden Wman at sixth grade coach. Matthew Ford is a volunteer at sixth grade. Matt Brett at fifth grade coach. and Tommy Dunningham as a fourth grade volunteer coach. Girls basketball, Jennifer Jacobe is a head coach. Katy Deo is assistant. Uh Judy Hamco is a varsity assistant. Uh Brad Mohler is a junior varsity coach. Caleb Stevens, seventh and eighth grade coach. Um Shun, I believe it is fifth grade coach. Brianna Harper volunteer prairie league and Carol Carolyn Rudd volunteer prairie league. Tyler Rudd voluntary per prairie league and Kayla Nichols is voluntary prairie league wrestling whole slew of these folks Thomas Lynch boys varsity uh Chase Thompson boys varsity assistant coach Steven Back girls varsity assistant coach Matt Weaver is volunteer assistant
014as is Max Lion Steven Back middle school coach Ty Sloan middle school coach and varsity assistant volunteer um Brett Wilson uh volunteer middle school. Tyler Nick Taylor, uh, middle school volunteer coach, Spenc Conor, middle school and girls volunteer coach, and Rachel Hos Hospital, middle school and girls volunteer coach. Cheerleading, Laura Wilson's varsity and JB coach, Jamie Gore, seventh and eighth grade. Uh, Amanda Parsley's fifth and sixth grade coach or cheerleading. and other personnel items. Appointments of school safety specialists. Uh myself, uh Mr. Shadel, uh Mr. Hammond, Mr. Dennis, and we're all certified uh school safety specialists. That is the personnel items for this evening. Yes. >> In the beginning, you said we have to have a public meeting on the contract. That's not a public hearing, right? >> Um you're going to open it up
015to the public, >> right? >> Did I Yeah. Did I not? I should have stopped there, right? >> That's fine. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Go ahead. So at this time uh we will have a public hearing on the teacher contract. So we will open the floor to anyone who would like to address the board to speak publicly uh about the teacher contract and only about the teacher contract. Please make yourself known and we will recognize you hearing no one. We will now close the public hearing part of our meeting and move on to take a motion about the pol uh personnel items. I move to approve the personnel items as presented. >> Second. It's been properly moved and seconded to approve the personnel items as presented. Is there any discussion? >> And I just have
016one question on the school safety specialist. I'm assuming the officers are also included in that. Is that correct? >> Their SRO's the school safety specialist was was a designation by the Indiana Department of Education. >> Uh that got moved over Indiana Department of Homeland Security. Okay. So uh basically there is a basic training they've gone through. Everybody that's on that list is advanced. Okay. >> Um so it's a different destination. >> Okay. >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. >> That motion carries. >> Policy items. Uh we continue to work through policies as we go along. We have a uh a good working relationship in the school board association and we're a part of the comprehensive review uh policy review and one policy this evening. It's a
017second read. It's the attendance policy which has been revised to align with the change in state statute. >> I move to 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. Oppose. Same sign. That motion carries. >> Budget items. Uh so you are up for your budget hearing this evening. Um I believe it is right. Let's get there. Four separate funds. The education fund basically used for teachers, support staff, building administration, salaries, benefits, and supplies. Operations fund is the lights uh transportation maintenance expenses, utilities, central office, transportation, uh school plan operations, school bus replacement plan, technology services, and purchase supplies and equipment. Debt service, think of it as your mortgage on
018your house. Um and that is we the debt that we're taking we paid off from the from the expansion project. Um the 2020 project is is for your debt mainly and rainy day fund is any repair replacement due to failure of any part or any structure equipment that is from uh unused and unencumbered um funds from one of the other categories except for debt service. So either from the education fund or the operations fund the way it's source the funds state funds is uh provide for the education fund and operation funds there's a monthly transfer up to 15% from education to operation uh the other local property tax take care of operations fund which is a monthly transfer that I spoke of and then also debt service so that's coming out of local property tax
019and then transfer of rainy day uh and is unencumbered and unused tax fund go to rainy day state supported uh which is education a portion of operation you have an October uh count uh we just finished our October count our count is up uh which is fabulous um 952 I believe it was that includes everybody also includes I believe preschool so you take that out and I think for onsite Tonight we were at 919. Uh that's up from 9004 from last year. So that's a blessing. February count. So they'll take it again and they'll pay off uh the the fall with the October count. Do the spring with the February count. You also get funding for academic honor diplomas. That will change. Special education count comes in December. We get funding for those individuals. career
020and technical education that was it's called a 30A that we will report here come uh this October and then non-Englishly speaking uh count as well. We've got some miscellaneous fees, license excise tax, commercial vehicle tax, financial institution tax, and local income tax. The way that I create the budget, uh it's a pretty lengthy uh spreadsheet. Um it's built around expenses. I take the those funds from 202526 and what I believe is going to be the base salary add in the projected increase uh any other projected compensation the health insurance cost life insurance costs LTD teacher retire or yeah teacher retirement or PEF and FICA and then I do the same thing uh for the following year and then I do an average or calculate that out. Uh there are 611 rows in that spread that
021one spreadsheet. There are several tabs underneath that and there's 35 columns. So that'll give you an idea how big it is. Um and there may be just a little chance that something may be off but surely not. Um education fund for 26 is uh uh salary and benefits. You can see those are your two highest. It's it's uh you know the majority of the funds going to that purchase services and then I've got like 4% of supply. So there's very little supplies that come out of that. So if you're looking at either reduction or changes, it's it's people. Um and then I give you the total there. And again, it's filled around expenses. Operations funds a little bit different. Uh salary and benefits. um you got 43% in those two categories. Um purchase services uh
02220%, equipment's 19% and with the equipment that includes a school bus in there. So that'll give you an idea. Uh and then professional services and utilities and dues. So that's a smaller percentage. Debt service, this kind of gives you an idea where we are. Gym entrance uh is 63% of the budget here. Uh the entrance uh and the egg area and the field wait and uh gym was 2018 that pays off in 2037. Uh the fieldhouse um is 2021 and that pays off in 2040. And our parking lot that we did and outside facilities it pays off in 2028. So, that's the first one that we've got. We got some minor fees there as well. Um, but that's that'll give you a gist of it. Rainy day. Uh, I set aside this is for the
023allocation. It may be spent, it may not. $185,000 just in case um it is a quick turnaround. If we need more, then we would do an additional appropriation. So, with that consideration of the school budget, you're looking at the 2026 school budget. um the school bus replacement plan and the 26 through 28 capital project plan. They were advertised on the Department of Local Government Finance website and posted the district website. Budget adoptions are scheduled for the 21st at 7 p.m. The public's afforded the opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed budget. So, >> this time we'll open up the meeting. If anyone would like to address the board concerning the school budget, please make yourself known. Hearing no one, we will close the public hearing portion of our meeting and move on to additional financial
024items. So, consideration of a resolution reoccurring transfers. Um, this will also come up on the 21st. Uh, House Enrolled Act 1003. School corporation expenditure targets require each school corporation to specify information concerning the transfers of the education fund to operation during the budget year and acknowledge it's budget hearing whether the transfer for the current year exceeds 15%. We do not foresee that. Uh we foresee up to 15%. Uh this last year uh we were at 14.72 as far as transfer. Uh the adoption meeting on the 24th the board will consider a resolution to transfer up to 15% monthly. Uh and receive the um that's received from the uh Indiana Department of Education basic grant reimbursement transferring that to the operation fund. So that's coming up here at the next meeting. Um financial items. Also section
0254018 requires the board to approve all transfer students. So as of as late as the 30th of September, we took our last transfer student. Um and we've had students enrolled since the last meeting. So uh requesting approval for those individuals as well. Then financial item. After submitting their 2025 annual financial report, Indiana Department of Education advised that we would need to make the negative food service balance food service account fund positive. Uh permanently transfer can be made donations account general fund and operating recommending transferring $17,684 from operations to fulfill the requirements set forth by the Department of Education. And that's my financial items. >> I move we approve the financial items as presented. >> Second. >> Property moved and seconded to approve the financial items as presented. Is there any discussion? >> Hearing none. All
026those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Oppos. Same sign. And that motion carries. >> Field trips. Looks like the FFA is going some places. um five county soils contest Frankfurt soils judging Rochester store into Faler uh they'll go the feast set up on the 8th and the 9th of uh October um that's this weekend isn't it um state livestock on the 11th feast of the hunters moon on the uh 11th and 12th and then the national convention is in Indianapolis on the 31st uh conferences Uh Kate Washburn to AP TIP fall conference is virtual on the 28th of October. Dustin Shad Shadbull is going to the HEC conference in Indianapolis the 5th through the 7th. I'm headed to the Indiana Associated Public School annual meeting in Indianapolis on the 11th through the 13th
027and Kyle Etherton's headed to the teaching American uh history in Greenville, Ohio on March the 5th, 2026. And that's All I have. >> Okay. At this time, I'll take a motion to adjourn our meeting. >> I make a motion we adjourn our meeting. >> Second. >> With properly moved and seconded to adjourn our meeting. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Oppose. Same sign. That motion carries. Our next meeting will be this month, Tuesday, October 21st at 7:00 p.m. in this room at the media center. We'll be to adopting the 2026 budget and ratify the collective bargaining agreement. public here. Thank you all for attending.