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Rossville Schools - March 4, 2025 - Board of Education Meeting

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YouTube / Rossville Consolidated School District
Date
2025-03-05
Location
Clinton County, IN
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Extent
2,276 words · about 13 min
Collected
2026-06-08

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001e e e [Music] you got it Spotlight first thing on the agenda this evening our uh wrestling program has done a phenomenal job uh this year that's the team picture up from the beginning of season season and just to kind of some highlights the who your Heartland conference champions uh did uh wonderful there and it continued on um the six people that were uh champions in the conference Luke Weaver 126 Jacob Moss 150 Jake Cole 165 Don story 132 jakeob Weaver 157 and Noah Weaver at 2115 he continued on uh out of sectional we had uh uh seven qualifiers luk Weaver 126 uh Dal Lynch 144 Jak Cole 165 no Weaver 2115 Colton C at 175 Jacob Weaver 157 and Donovan story at 132 uh out of that we go on to the semi State

002Regional was at North Montgomery the sectional was at U Frankfurt and then they went to Newcastle uh for the semi State those qualifiers that went to semi state was Luke Weaver 126 Jake Weaver 157 uh Jake Cole 165 and then no Weaver 2115 uh onto the state uh that's a Friday night Saturday at Indianapolis you had to get out of Friday night and then you started wrestling all day on Saturday it's all day wasn't yeah I thought so a long day and uh our folks that were at the state qualifier State qualifier qualifiers Jake Weaver 157 Jake Cole 165 no Weaver 25 and in the evening uh that night um on Saturday we had no Weaver who was the state champion the second time in a row congratulations thank you and then he was also

003the 2025 Ward E Brown mental attitude Award winner for boys wrestling uh that brought back $1,000 to the athletic department I assume you're to keeping it we used toward scholarship the scholarship and then uh Ward Brown was a 193 35 graduate of Rossville just so you know yeah so congratulations gentlemen um I'll turn it over to Mr burkel uh the piggyback on Wy Brown so he actually also was a former ihsaa commissioner um at I think in the late 60s or early 70 it's there's a plaque down by the boys locker room with the main gym there that highlights and his accolades through his career uh but those in attendance tonight colon K chcken Cole Finn Mash Landon yagi um uh oh yeah that no Weaver kid uh don story big Noah Stingley uh Jacob

004Weaver Luke Weaver and then one of our assistant coaches uh Matt Weaver and he'll come up and and highlight some things accomplishments for the team and for Noah well thank you for allowing us to come in and um being able to give some appreciation and honor to these uh young men they've put a lot of work in over the season and uh Mimi Nichols who's not here she did as well I mean being a Freshman and a state runner up is a pretty amazing feat for her um wish she was here toh share some of this but you know for us as the coaching staff we always academics first above the Athletics and so some of the academic accomplishments that I'd like to state that these young men have put forth is we have a

005g a team GPA of 3.52 which is one of the highest in the state um in regards to wrestling and a lot of the other teams as well we had 12 honor rooll students we have six academic all state which would be Jacob Cole Nathan Freeman Jacob Weaver Dylan Lynch Jacob moss and Noah Weaver and then we have two academic all-americans which would be Jacob moss and Noah Weaver um in regards to our season as a whole our dual team record was 25 and four to the second best that we've ever had in history here at rosville um we were back-to-back Conference champions as a team which took the effort of all these young men um we were the first team ever to qualify for the 1A team state in the history at rosville unfortunately

006we lost our first round match by one point which gave us an opportunity to be in the top eight which we did but unfortunately we would have rather been in the finals but that's just the competitive side of me anyway um but as a team after the state tournament with the number of qualifiers and the placements that we had we finished rosville finished 13th in the state within the ihsaa tournament as as a whole so again an amazing thing um we have some 100 win wrestlers one being Will Roberts who is not here Jacob Weaver was a 100 win wrestler and Jacob Cole so we see many more wins to come in their future uh Noah ended up the season I believe 175 and N so that's quite a uh an accomplishment and Jacob and

007Jacob are going to be really close I don't know if they'll get quite there to beat it but I think they'll be in the running over the course of the next year U but then to highlight as far as Noah goes um you know I'm his dad so I guess I can be a little bit biased but these are some these are just some facts and statistics that I personally didn't even know some of them so his GPA is 4.29 current LY number one in his class um two-time academic All State two-time academic allamerican uh just announced as a finalist for the National Merit Scholarship and we'll be attending Purdue uh University next fall uh and in wrestling for them um and there's other accolades too but at the end of the day it's not

008just about him uh as a coaching staff we're very blessed and privileged to have these young men and women uh to be able to work with them help them become better as individuals and as wrestlers that's our main objective Ive and goal and there's a lot of work to be done but um they're definitely driven and they have a purpose and a vision on where they want to be as as individuals and as humans and we're just grateful for that so again thank you for the time to address the school board and um we appreciate all that you've done for us allowing use of facilities at times uh bringing in outside people to help teach them and give them uh some instruction it's it's proven to be very very beneficial so thank you on behalf

009of the wrestling team thank you so you don't go away empty-handed um Mr Burkle has something he'll hand you and then also just from uh the standpoint of following wrestling uh some uh 6 minutes not a long time but a long time yes if you're on the map is that right yeah so uh and some of these people uh did a phenomenal job well everyone did a phenomenal job was really impressed we had seven go on out of our sectional uh and the fact that we have a tough sectional uh you're up against Westfield right so Westfield carel fers Hamilton Southeastern Lebanon and then all of our County Schools right then we beat carel I know correct and um Regional I think we were fifth does that sound right yes yes we're just a few

010Point shy of surpassing or placing that top four position and they give you kind of a Brownsburg kind of dominated this year in team wise they had 240 at one point I saw 243 I don't know if it's more than that I think they broke the actual record okay so um so ridiculous yeah yeah and there were some very interesting matches not only ours but the ones on the floor where the kids L all over the other kid interesting just bring that up his Bulldog at the end was red at the top but it was uh see are they purple they're purple yeah so thank you guys for coming and and if you want to stay you can not to say that most do most don't but if you more than happy to stay if

011you want thank you thank thank you I would say but I have a lot of work to do uh if no one wants to stay out somebody can drop them all no okay I got a little bit of Bio to do okay thank you very thank you comments huh yeah you good yeah I don't think you have any anybody last chance nope so you don't have to re I think we'll just continue on uh first item on the agenda is approval minutes consideration claims and payroll uh February 4th a regular session February 4th was an executive session uh board members received the claims docet payroll claims and minutes in advance of the meeting fund and Bank reports were also supplied for the review so I have those for your uh review and and consideration this

012evening I move we approve the minutes claims and payrolls as presented second been properly moved to second to approve the minut claims and pay rolls as presented as any discussion hearing none all those in favor signify by saying I I those oppose same sign motion carries next it on the agenda is the resonation U Haley saladik submitted a resignation as an elementary teacher effective at the end of the 2425 school year uh also FMLA Le ohin kinsky F now September 2nd through the 19th of December and she'll return to work first day of second semester January 5th 2026 FML uh Mr Dennis recommending Kathy Jackson for uh to fill in as a sub suit for her at a rate of $239 125 per day summer assistant position Mr gorett requested adding the position for assistance

013during the summer month in preparation for the school year individual would be employed a maximum of 25 hours per week in a rate of $14 an hour duties begin June 2nd and will conclude July 25th and that's the personal items I have for you I move we approve the Personnel items as presented second been 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 I those same sign motion carries uh updating the policy manual we utilize the services of NE school boards Association that keep the policy manual up to date and uh we have a uh every quarter we will receive uh policies that that uh as recommended for review there will be more coming out of legis maybe

014more coming out of legislative session uh once that's concluded we have a few this evening for um that are new and a few for second read the first is use of equipment that's a new policy uh recommendation of isba to establish that and then uh I reviewed student searches um um they proposed a policy I had uh duly review this policy and she said it was a fine the way it stand stood so that's just up for review so those are your first two first reading policies the next one is uh 3220 professional development conferen and meetings that has been revised and then uh 5510 education related activities has been revised those changes uh basically I'll still come back and Report uh the conferences previously it was overnight and out a state that uh we

015brought it to the board uh a good example would be the wrestling program who wrestled before the and they went down State Overnight so uh it gives me the authority to approve it and I'll bring it back to the board for review I move we approve the policy items as presented second it's been properly moved and secondly to approve the policy items as presented is there any discussion hearing none all those in favor signified by saying I I I those opposed same sign motion carries audit results uh the district candidates audit uh conducted by at the direction of the Indiana State Board of accounts uh performed by uh Crown LLP uh the audit period was from July 22nd to June 24th audit draft is presented to the board as an informational item the final audit

016report will be posted to the state and District website once completed so they we just had a exit interview and it's still in the review process uh so once that happens it it gets posted any questions about that one uh fund closure um the district just completed the audit period fiscal year 23 and 24 ending June 30th 2024 several funds that can be closed due to his inactivity or zero balance One Fund has 16 cents balance uh and request authorization to transfer those funds to the operation funds and close that account uh the resolution was provided for your review another Financial item Farmers Bank has donated $150 the academic honors program and so uh that's what I have for Financial items I move we approve the financial items as presented second been properly moved and

017second to approve the financial items as presented is there any discussion hearing none all those in favor signify by saying I I those oppose same sign motion carries Mr Hammond requested $6500 more scholarships and five $1,000 Luella D Davis and ever D Davis Trust scholarships should be awarded to students in the 2025 class scholarships to recipients will be selected by the scholarship committee so that's a miscellaneous item also in the miscellaneous overnight field trip uh again this is a retroactive one um and since we since you just changed the policy I brought it forth the wrestling team requested permission for an overnight field trip to attend and compete in the 2025 Isa state championship three individuals qu ified the event was held at gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday the 21st through Saturday the 22nd uh and

018then recommending retroactive uh they start Friday at about 1:30 in the afternoon uh our kids because they were all above 150 lb weight class didn't start till like 6:30 that evening then you came back the next morning and you started at 9 I think 8 or 9 o' 9 o' and then um I think Noah Noah was the only one at the time wrestling and so he wrestled around 11: and then again at 2:30 and then he had the championship that match that night championship match in the circle 7:30 so when I said it was a long day it was a long day and overnight field trip The Varsity junior varsity cheerleaders requested to attend on overnight camp July 22nd to the 25th of 2025 at Anderson uh University recommending that over night trip and

019out of state conference um requesting approval to travel and lodging expenses to attend the trans your handle conference in Nashville Tennessee March 30th through the 2nd I was awarded one of three scholarships uh covering the full $1,275 registration fee which I thought was high uh and seeking so support just for travel and lodging um the originally I saw it I had been before and I thought about it but the registration fee was just too much um and then they came out a few weeks ago and offered free scholarships um and you just had to write a page about yourself well the AI conference I went to I created song and I submitted the song uh and my wife says you'll never win they won't take that well she was wrong point that out if you

020see her and uh so so they picked it they loved it and I told them this is in National Tennessee it's a music Capital USA Music City USA what a better way and so then afterwards they asked me to send it to them which I've done so I won't be surprised if I hear it at the conference so um with that just asking for transportation and housing uh for that conference then overnight conference request Tommy Dillingham requested officer Mitch Catal to attend basic basic school resource officer training in Michigan City it's the week of June 16th to the 20th it aligns with the uh the Indiana um school resource officer training um they have a conference up there and that's it aligns with that and you can get your certification for that training it's mandatory

021for officers who will work regularly in school so with that that's the miscellaneous items I move we approve the miscellaneous items as presented second been properly moved and second to approve the miscellaneous items as presented as there in discussion hearing none all those in favor signify by saying I I those opposed same sign motion carries uh before I get into field trips I will tell you that uh the auction concluded for the tractor it sold for $7,600 um which was my understanding pretty good pretty good it was a 4010 I have no idea um and it was a purchased by gentleman from uh Louisville which I was happy with because the other bid was from Alaska oh really yeah that been so with that rosille singers uh went to the circle state song in Crawfordville

022on the 15th February work-based learning on the 20th CTA Cooperative of Frankfurt the seniors appeals on Wheels they go to a court case in Frankfurt on the 27th soils team competed on the 3rd of March and and coming up on the 7th is life skills headed The Oasis Park in Lafayette more field trips the FFA and Barth contest on the 12th of March monello AP environmental science on April the 9th at caterpillar AP English uh at Indianapolis or Indiana reparatory theater uh on the 22nd um kindergarten kind of threw me when you did that kg uh May the 14 the Bowling in Columbia Park in Lafayette third graders profit now in bowling on the 15th second grade Children's Museum in Indianapolis on the 15th as well conference request uh Casey Hall headed to practice test

023uh 3555 L Lafayette excuse me and Dustin Shad bolts the Indiana CTO clinic in nolesville on um May 1st no now first and second and that I think is all I have okay our next board meeting will be Tuesday April the 8th at 7 pm here right here right in here yep yeah motion to close the meeting I move we close the meeting second and properly mov in second to close the meeting thank you for attending

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