School Board Meeting 1/13/26

001All right, it is 5:30 and the webcast is live. So, we'll go ahead and call to order um our um I guess it's our public work session. And uh first thing on the agenda is a presentation on the financial condition, our DWAB report. And Mr. Jorski has drawn the short straw this year and gets to uh do that for Dr. I apologize in advance. Uh again, this is there are a handful of things in in our line of work that are kind of we need to check the box, make sure these things are done. This is one of those things. Make sure it's just an annual checkup essentially on our financial situation. Again, we get financial updates every single month. So, none of this should be a surprise. The only thing that's a little weird

002and I'll talk about here is this data is all from 2024 uh calendar year. So, uh without any further, I'll get into it. Uh this presentation is our annual distress unit appeal board or DWAB uh financial condition report. Uh it's required by Indiana law and reviewed by the board of finance. It provides a snapshot of the district's overall financial health using standardized state report indicators. Again, like I mentioned, it's important to note the data shown tonight reflects calendar year 2024, which is the most recent year for which completed and finalized information is available through the state's reporting process. While there is always a timing lag with this data, it represents our most recent complete financial picture and provides a reliable basis for evaluating the district's financial condition. Uh, House Rule Act 1315 from 2018 establish

003Indiana's fiscal and qualitative indicators under the direction of DAP. These indicators are used statewide to evaluate the financial condition of school corporations. During the 2019 legislative session, uh, Senator Old Act 549 added a requirement that during the annual board of finance meeting, the superintendent or designate present a written assessment of the school's corporations school corporation financial condition using these indicators. There's no prescribed format for this uh, report. So this presentation fulfills that statuto requirement and is based on the most for Typton community schools. DAB evaluates school corporation financial condition uh using six fiscal indicators. Uh number one average daily membership fund balances annual deficit or surplus fund balances as a percentage of expenditures revenue by type and then operating referendum revenue as a percentage of total revenue. Each indicator is derived from state reporting data

004submitted by school corporations and compiled through the DOWAP dashboard. Again, all this is public information. I can share that website with you if you wish. Uh the average daily membership indicator uh reflects enrollment trends that directly impact state tuition support. Uh for the 2425 school year, uh Typic School Corporation reported a fall ADM of 1350 students. Over the past decade, ADM has shown a gradual but consistent decline with enrollment stabilizing briefly around the 2022 uh before resuming a downward trend these last few years. Uh this pattern aligns with the broader uh community demographics. District serves as an estimated population of about 10,324 residents and enrollment changes uh appear to be driven by demographic shifts rather than programmatic changes. Because fall ADM establishes funding for the first half of the budget year and spring ADM establishes

005funding for the second half remains a key financial planning priority. The fund balance indicator reflects ending cash balances across all funds. DOAB data shows that total fund balances increased significantly in recent years particularly from 21 through 23 before moderating in 2024. uh these changes uh correspond with capital project activity and timing of bond issuances. Again, it's important to understand that a substantial portion of total fund balance was held in capital and debt related funds. Those balances are restricted and not available for operating expenses. Education operations fund balances remain comparatively smaller and have been monitored closely. Again, overall doub classifies Typton's fund balances as adequate and appropriate when evaluated in context. So again, no surprises here. This is pretty much status quo. Uh this table shows our ending fund balances by major fund category for calendar

006years 23 and 24. So again, we're looking back two years and I'm comparing between the year prior to the one we're reporting on. Uh the most important takeaway here is the change in total fund balance which declined approximately 15 million in 2023 to about 7.5 million in 2024. Uh that change is almost entirely explained by the reduction in capital funds uh which dropped from just under 10 million to approximately 1.6 billion. It's what happens when you spend capital funds is that's not a fund that we hold on to. We spend those dollars. Uh this reflects again the planned draw down of construction and capital project funds as projects progressed and were completed. Uh it's not a result of new operating losses. Uh operational important uh operationally important funds remain stable. Uh the education fund increased

007approximately 676,000 to about a million dollars. Um the operations increased from about 1.2 million to 1.5 million. And again the rainy day fund remained uh just over that $2 million mark. Again, negative balances and federal and uh federal stimulus funds uh reflect timing of reimbursements, not structural deficits. Again, the way that funding works with federal is it's a bit wonky. So, it doesn't necessarily reflect properly here. Um and those are resolved through regular reimburse. So, we pay for upfront, we get reimbursed later in the year. That's why those funds look a little bit off. Uh this table focuses specifically on the education fund cash balance over time expressed both in dollars and as a percentage of the appropriate budget. In 24 uh the education fund ended the year with a cash balance of approximately 1.1

008million representing 9.6% uh of the appropriated budget. Uh this is the highest percentage in the past seven years. This improvement reflects again careful expenditure control, alignment of staffing to enrollment, and intentional rebuilding of education fund reserves after several lean years. For context, prior to 21, uh, education fund balances were consistently near or below 6%. Current level represents a positive trend and supports instructional stability. So again, that's all positive there. Uh, the slide, this slide shows the operations fund cash balance over time. Uh while the operations fund cash balance increased slightly in dollar terms from 23 to 24% of budget declined from 33% to about 27 and a half%. Uh again that decline is expected and appropriate given the increase in operational costs year-over-year. Uh capital maintenance activity and then the intentional use of operations fund

009resources for facilities, transportation, infrastructure needs. Um, importantly, a 27% operations spun balance still represents a healthy operating cushion and does not indicate fiscal stress according to DAP. So again, while that number is decreased, that is still a positive thing for us. We're still doing well. Uh, on this slide table shows overall cash balance across all funds including the rainy day fund as a percentage of the total appropriated budget. So in 2024, the overall cash balance declined to approximately 26.8% % down from uh 26% in 2023 and uh higher levels in earlier years. The downward trend is intentional and expected driven by again completion of construction projects, planned use of restricted capital funds and avoidance [clears throat] of unnecessary accumulation of idle balances. We Dr. Laz and I talk about all the time about want to

010have a healthy cash balance. you also don't want to have this massive you know uh egg that you're sitting on that you know what what are you doing with the public money and not using it appropriately. So again trying to find strike that healthy balance between those again from Duv's perspective that level remains and the acceptable rates and supports uh find of uh financial stability. Uh this indicator compares uh total revenues to total expenditures on a calendar-year basis. From 2018 through 2021, expenditures exceeded revenues reflecting a period of operating pressure. Uh beginning in 22, uh revenues exceeded expenditures resulting in that those annual surpluses you see from 20. In 2024, the dashboard reflects a return to that annual deficit uh driven by the timing of expenditures relative to revenues. Again, the fluctuation is not uncommon

011and does not by itself indicate any kind of financial distress. Uh when viewed alongside fund balance trends and restricted fund activity, uh the corporation remains again financially stable. So again, you're going to have that up and back um between that from a year-to-year basis. This table again compares revenues and expenditures for calendar years 23 24 again in 23 million. read the corporation reported deficit of approximately 7.7 million. Again, it's really important to interpret this correctly. The 24 deficit is not a result of operating overspending. That is not we decide to spend 8 million more than we should have. Uh instead, it reflects again the significant reduction in that debt revenue uh which dropped to zero in 2024. Uh continued expenditures tied to capital and operations commitments. And then the timing of revenues like I said

012uh versus expenditures in the calendar year going back to that whole federal spending when viewed alongside the fund balances and restricted fund usage that deficit does not indicate again any financial distress and aligns with the planned financial activity. Uh indicator four dab evaluates fund balances of annual expenditures to assess sustainability. Uh for TCSC, this percentage peaked above 50% during the periods of major capital activity, declined steadily through 2021 and stabilized between 28 and 30% uh since 2022. The 2024 value of approximately 29.4% again reflects a value uh that is within an acceptable range when considering fund uh restrictions and planned expenditures. Uh this indicator again supports continuous stability while reinforcing the importance of long-term financial planning. Uh second to last one here uh revenue by type includes uh local tax revenue, state tuition support and

013grants, federal revenue, debt revenue and other local revenues that we have. So this is a kind of a summation of all those. The DOA web dashboard shows predictable state and local revenue streams with noticeable spikes in debt revenue during years of bond issuance. So again, when we collect bonds, we see a spike in revenue there. As expected, um, Typton does not exhibit excessive reliance on any single revenue source and revenue patterns aligned with approved capital projects and long range planning. So again, all things are the par there. Uh this table here uh for indicator 5 shows uh revenue by source for 23 and 24. Again the most notable change and we've talked about this before is the elimination which declined from 12.6 million to zero. Um again that explains much of the year-to-year change in

014total revenue and the reported deficit. Uh other revenue resources uh remained stable or increase for example uh state revenue increase approximately 11.7 million. uh local tax revenue increased about 7.7 million. Uh federal revenue remained relatively consistent and then operating referendum revenue remains at zero. Uh again that just confirming that the district does not rely on referendum funding for operations. Uh overall uh revenue patterns are consistent with expectations and reflect the conclusion of a major capital financing cycle. So again all very typical standard stuff. Uh most exciting graph of the entire presentation. Uh TCSC continues to not have an operating referendum. So there is nothing to show in 2024 with related to referendums. Um all operational funding is derived from the state's wish to support local tax revenue and other nonreferendum sources. Uh the indicator confirms

015that the district is not dependent on a single funding source, specifically referendum funding for day-to-day operations. In summary, uh DOWAB fiscal indicators show that TCSC is financially stable. Enrollment decline remains the most significant long-term challenge as we know. Uh fund balances are adequate and uh 2024 annual deficit does not by itself indicate any kind of financial distress. The deficit for 24 is again largely due to that absence of a debt revenue that was present in prior years combined with the use of those capital funds. Um again therefore no corrective actions are required at this time. uh administration will continue to monitor ADM and demographic trends uh align staffing expenditures with enrollment uh as appropriate and then provide transparent financial updates to the board monthly. So uh that is it for that presentation. Thank you all

016for your time. Uh does anybody have any questions related to our like I said all this information is publicly available so go do website and your with all the information that's available there. It was it was a fun little project. I appreciate Dr. Blroo and me allowing me to present this and kind of coaching me through some of the finer interactive website. So if you want to go in and play, you can do that. Um it's uh again the reason why we have to do this report is because of school corporations that have been taken over by the state because of financial stress and uh which I don't there's anybody in that world right now. Uh but um that's the reason why we do this and so I appreciate Scott jumping in and doing other

017questions. >> All right. Uh thank you Scott. Next on our agenda is a presentation about the US infrastructure company. Uh Darren and Eli are here to uh talk to us about that. So if you turn on your mic, Darren, uh the floor is yours. Thank you so much for allowing me to present today. Um my name is Darren Haynes. I'm the senior manager of career and technical education for USIC, otherwise United States Infrastructure Company. Um, I do have a a little video queued up [clears throat] that'll tell you a little bit more about what we are and what we do. So want to play that [clears throat] a small town main street a backyard barbecue but it's beauty runs deeper than that alone surface where every day 20 million underground infrastructure unite this country and

018other communication lines that connect us to our daily lives and electric give us our power US we make that something worth protecting. So every day everywhere in America over 10,000 of us are out in force locating marking mapping and safeguarding this invisible network that unites us all. But what's below the surface stays up. What's above it keeps growing, keeps moving forward. Joints [clears throat] from the ground up. Sorry, Eli, you weren't in that video, but uh he'll be in one a little bit later. Um [clears throat] but that's that's what USIC does. And um so back in 2019, CO hadn't really taken us uh by storm yet, but we were struggling to hire. We were struggling to find qualified candidates to do this work. Um and it is a niche skilled trade just like being

019an electrician or a plumber, uh a welder, an auto mechanic. Once you learn the skilled trade of underground utility locating, you can do it anywhere in the country for any number of companies. So, we thought um and and actually my wife uh kind of prompted me on this idea. She said, "Have you thought about getting into the CTE arena at schools?" And so, no, I hadn't because I'm not as smart as she is. But, um, so I went to my boss and we kicked around this idea [clears throat] and I just happened to, uh, be good friends with the school board president um, and Lwood at the time and he said, "I can get you a meeting with uh, the Hines Career Center director and we can talk about it." So, we met with them.

020Um, they thought it was a fabulous idea. But, of course, no one at the state schoolboard level knew what we were. So after a long uphill fight um you know I did get uh some audiences with the department of workforce development uh Dr. Jenner and her her team uh up there and um we made it happen. Uh Tony Harl was a big help as well uh with the state CTE department. Uh we ran a trial for two years at the Hind Center highly successful. Mr. Eli was in the uh first year of that trial and uh we hired we made offers to all but one student in our class. We had 12 students total. We hired 11. Uh we've seen that same success year after year. The students that go through our program, it's free

021for them. They don't it we provide all the PPE, all the training. Um we actually hire them in March. So, the kids who are in our program now, um, here in about a month, they're going to get a job offer from us, and if they want to accept it, um, we will start paying them to go to school. They come to school, they get paid 20 bucks an hour. We give them a company truck to drive to and from school. We pay for all the fuel, the maintenance, everything. And then when they graduate, they have a full-time job offer waiting for them. So back when COVID hit, uh we learned uh very quickly that this country did not have the underground infrastructure to support sending everyone home and working from home. The broadband just couldn't

022hold up. So we seen what's called the fiber wars between companies like Windstream and Comcast and Google um racing to get new infrastructure in the ground so that they can offer their services to um to homes and businesses. What that caused was that said, "Okay, we don't have enough underground utility locators." Um, fortunately for us, we were deemed an essential service. So, the government said, "Put this little form in your vehicles so you can go out and work and you're not going to be stopped when we told everyone else to stay home." Um so fast forward u 2023 uh after running the the program for a couple of years at the Hind Center um our program was deemed a locally created pathway um and was voted on by the state board. Um Dr. Dr. Jenner

023asked me an interesting question and uh don't take this the wrong way, but she asked me, "Why don't more businesses partner with education to do things like this to train um students to hit the workforce right out of high school?" And I told her, "You guys make it too hard." And it is. It's extremely hard. you know, the Department of Workforce Development, uh, as great as they are, um, you know, to become a locally created pathway, we had to offer industry recognized credentials. Um, so the locating industry does not have an industry recognized locating certification. So I had to, you know, get creative. Um, and all of our locators are credentialed through FIMSA. BIMSA is the pipeline hazardous material safety administration which is an arm of the DOT. Any locator who locates gas pipelines and

024their components have to hold four credentials from Fenza. Um so that's how we were able to get in with the DWD and get our credentials on the state approved uh industry recognized credentials list. Therefore that gave us that pathway approval. So my problem now is I have this opportunity. I don't have the students from Typton. Um I run eight schools uh seven schools currently. I have two new schools opening in this fall. One in uh Katy, Texas and one in Denver, Colorado. Um Lwood, the Hind Center. Um have Eli was in the first pilot group. I've had two other students. I had one um the same year that he was in and I had one last year. The only problem with that is um they were not employable. Um you know, one of the things

025that Dr. Jenner made clear was I couldn't use my program as a as a hiring pool. You know, I couldn't say, "Okay, you can come to my class because you meet all the USIC criteria to be in the class." just like, you know, uh being uh in the welding class or the auto mechanics program, you have to allow kids to take your class just for the fun of it if they want to. And so we do uh we hope that they learn enough throughout the school year that they make a decision and say, "Hey, this is something I might want to try." But there are certain criteria that they have to have to get a job. One of them is a driver's license. Far too often, a lot of seniors nowadays don't even have their

026driver's license, which is crazy. Our whole social life when I was young was, you know, revolved around having that driver's license. Um, so that's why I'm here today. I'm here to ask for your help and and ideas on how I I've talen I I've talked with um you know, Mrs. Glassburn and Mrs. uh Capshaw, and I I just don't think nothing against them. I don't know if I'm just not doing a good enough job of getting in front of the students and and letting them know what the opportunities are with this program. Um, and I I'm open for suggestions to do that. In front of you, you have a folder. Um, it's kind of it's what I call my promo pack. These are the things that that uh a student who finishes our program can

027expect to be offered, you know, if they do choose this this pathway. Um, one of the one of the great things is this new this new promo that we have now at Indiana Tech. So, our curriculum has been approved uh through Indiana Tech for 12 credit hours towards a degree. That's one thing that, you know, I've I've struggled with is um a lot of times they ask me, "Well, is your is your program a dual credit course?" and I had to tell them no, you know, uh we don't we don't discourage college. Don't don't take that, you know, that I'm saying that. Um but we we want to offer them a pathway for kids who don't want to go to college, who don't like school. And you'll probably hear that from this young man behind

028me when he when he talks. Um school was just not his thing. You know, we don't have the opportunities that we used to have when I was younger. You could get out of high school and go to work at a factory and make a decent living. You can't do that now. Um the factories that do hire kids right out of high school really don't pay a living wage either. Um like I told you before, these students, they'll start making $20 an hour while they're in school. Um and they get raises every year. There's never there's not a cap there's not a pay cap on um utility locating position at our company, which Eli will attest to. Um, I don't know if he'll tell you how much money he made in 2025. I'm kind of curious

029to know, but you know, uh, they make great money. You know, we have some utility locators that make six figures. Um, and they didn't they didn't have to go to college. Um, everything that they need to know, we teach it to them. Um, so I have, um, I'm a member of uh, ACT, which is the Association of Career Technical Education. Uh, both the federal chapter and the Indiana chapter. I do have the privilege of talking with uh lawmakers on February the 5th down at the state house um Senator Jim Buck and Representative Van Natter about changes that we can make um to help CTE in Indiana. Um I told you I have seven schools total. I'm at the Hind Center in in Lwood. I'm at Area 31 at Ben Davis Pike Career STEM Center. The

030area career center in Hammond and Elcart Career Center here in Indiana. I mean, two locations out in Oklahoma. Um, this fall I'll be in Texas and and Colorado. But I have to admit, when I go out to Oklahoma and I visit those CTE centers out there, they are doing something different. They I don't know where they get their money, but they throw a ton of money in CTE. Those CTE centers out there look like college campuses. Um, and the the thing that blows me away the most is the sending schools that send their uh uh students to these career centers don't have to pay the career centers a dime. Career centers are funded by the state. And I know that's probably not, you know, feasible here in Indiana. Maybe maybe uh Senator Buck will listen

031to me and say, "Hey, let's use some of that $5 billion surplus that you guys talk about at the state level. Let's use some of that on CTE because it's needed. But I need some ideas. Um, all of my students currently in the class at Hines are from Lwood and Alexandria. They send, you know, I have a full class and um I know that there are other kids like uh Eli here in Typton. I know I live here. I didn't grow up here. I finished my high school career here, graduated in Tipton in ' 89. Um, I call this my home and I I I know a lot of people here and I see a lot of the kids that uh leave Tipton. Um, funny story is my stepson Ben Scott, he graduated uh from

032Typton, went to IUK, got his degree in sports management. He works for me. He works for USI as a locator. um makes great money, you know, supporting his family, about to have his second child. Very proud of him, but he makes a living wage. Um I just I I need help, guys. I don't know what to do. Um I want to see more kids from Typton succeed. Um I just need your help in getting them there. So, I know Eli is not he told me how he's a terrible public speaker. So, I told him if he wanted to come up and talk with me, I'll ask him some questions and he can answer them. Um, mostly I just want Eli to talk about what this program did for him and and um you know what

033your what your options were. I know when I talked to your mom and dad um you know they said that they didn't know what your options were going to be after high school. They really didn't. And uh so what what did the how did you like the class? What did this class mean to you? >> I absolutely loved the class. Personally, I'm a very hands-on kind of person. I did not do well behind a desk at all. And what what about the what what what was it about the class that made you engage? You know, we're going to see a video in a minute. Although you don't talk in the video, we can see you in the video, but you're very engaging in the class. I remember because I started off being your instructor before

034I hired an instructor, >> you know, and uh >> like you and James Brander made the class fun >> like you guys are why I would so >> what's some of the things that um if you could talk to a a junior right now, what's some of the things that you would tell a junior who um might not want to go to college, might not want to go to the military, they want to take that other path, they want to take the employment pathway and say, you know what, what what would you tell them, you know, about the program that would interest them. >> Uh, money. >> Yeah. Obviously, >> all the kids like money. >> Money. >> Uh, I have a new truck that I just recently bought. So, money is definitely a really

035good front of that. Um, >> do you live at home with your parents? >> No, I moved out almost as soon as I could. Uh, and just the future that this company could bring you is just great in general. >> How old are you? >> I'm almost 22. February. >> Yeah. >> How long is the program? They start as a junior and they finish as a senior. >> No, it's senior only. They start only start their year academic school year. >> And the reason because you know some of the things um you know we obviously we don't have enough curriculum to to be a two-year program. Sure. >> You can learn all of this in six months and that's what we try to do. We start with the the inclass instruction. Uh we have VR

036training. We've got a lot of state-of-the-art equipment but then the second half of the year like what students are getting into right now at all the schools is they're going out and they're doing actual 811 tickets with their instructors. It's it turns into more of a workbased learning scenario then because hey, we're going to pay you. We're going to give you a company vehicle. You're going to be one of our employees that just still happens to be in school and so they need to have a driver's license. So that's one of the main reasons why we said, "Well, we we need to stick with seniors on this because um they have to meet that criteria." >> Darren, do they have to be 18? I know that's a big thing with right now with the legislature

037>> and you know insurance. So that's great. >> No, they can be 17. Um the only uh stipulation with our compliance um insurer is that they have no moving violations on their driver's license at 17. >> Um and then you know we follow all of the um the minor work laws and things like that. We in school you get you know two and a half hours a day >> of work. So you know we don't we follow all those >> that's a big thing right now in the legislature. I know they're >> that's been the issue with more of a work based hands on is because so I'm glad that that's worked out because that's great. >> Darren, when you say I need your help, what do you can you like practically tell me what

038you mean by that? >> I would like some ideas on how I can get my uh program uh in front of the students. Um you had um you had an event over at the 4 building a couple of months ago. I attended that and sadly uh like I said I'm not throwing anybody under a bus here but every student that I talked to said one they knew very little about the Heine Center and two none of them knew anything about my program. I take that back. One young man Gel who happens to be in my wife's choir came to see me because maybe my wife is >> see this guy. But yeah, um it's just I think we're still stuck in a in a day and age where um the trades are are still kind

039of second, you know, option to a lot of people, you know. Um I wish Eli would have wore his work clothes here because he would have been dirty and covered in in paint. But a lot of times a lot of times we uh you know they take our young people and they point to people like us dressed like us say that's success. Well that's success too because he's making great money. He's working in a career that he's he likes. Um, and he really, you know, it's it's sad that, uh, I can't get to, you know, and I'm not I'm not asking you to fill my class up because I still have eight other sending schools that send kids to the Hind Center. But if I could get one or two a year, it just, you

040know, my heart would feel better because I know that there are kids in Typton that that I could help. There are. And if it takes me sitting at a desk or a table outside the lunchroom to ask juniors, hey, come see me. You know, I know we have a day Friday where students are coming to the Heine Center, some juniors. So, I'm going to be there and I'm hopefully I can lasso a few there. Um, just and and also the other thing I I would like some ideas on what I can take to Senator Buck and Representative Vanatter. What What do we need? I mean, is it a funding issue? I mean, because looking at the report, I know the dollars are not there to just say, "Yeah, let's just send all the kids to

041the Hein Center because I know you have to pay for that, you know." Um, and it's and it's not like, you know, this is a very niche trade, you know, it's not something that you guys can do here in your building. You know, I remember being a senior and being in Mr. Brown's wood shop class. Um, you know, I loved woodworking, but I didn't want to be a cabinet maker when I graduated. So, I know that there are kids that are maybe juniors in the auto shop class or the woodworking class that they're not going to they don't want to do woodworking. >> Not not to take any of your kids. I don't want to I don't want to >> I don't want to deplete your programs that you're trying to do here. Typically, >>

042well, I think I I will say that, you know, as changes are coming down, I mean, we send a lot of kids over two months and we're we're glad to do it. I mean, that's that's an opportunity for those kids. And um I think I think the hardest thing with um with guiding kids is just exposure, teaching them about what's out there and what's available. One thing I think we could do a little better is to begin those conversations a little earlier. Um particularly with um you know, eighth grade into college and careers and and different different classes like that. And I al but I also think too the way the new diplomas are structured that should work in your favor. Um because with with the employability factor in in the diploma, I I believe

043that, you know, I think that really does put employability at the forefront of of getting in your diploma. And uh so you know I I think if if you're talking to uh you know legislators you know again it's hard to get that it is hard to get that bill you know from Hines Career Center because they're they're taking almost half of our ADM but we pay it because we we know that's opportunity for our kids. And uh so um I you know I know that in Ohio and you know some other states they do fund CTE a lot differently. Uh like you said it it does come directly from the state. Um and those facilities in other states are are better than ours. And uh you know, again, it would probably do some legislators some

044good to go and check out some of those places because um I think that I think they would be amazed at what some of these are what some of these places are doing and then ask questions on how they're funded. >> Yeah. And and my biggest uh promoter is is the students themselves. Word of mouth, you know, um Like I said at the beginning of March, kids are going to start driving their USIC trucks to school. And when their friends see that, then they're like, "How how can I get in this program?" Well, I don't have any trucks showing up at Typton any after his after his senior year, which was 22. >> Well, thank you everyone for uh your time. And if you want to play this last video, this is the Hines Career

045Center video. I I did this video the very first year of the program. So you'll see uh and we ended up hiring all of these guys that are in the in the video. Uh Eli, you'll see uh you'll see the classroom as well. Over at the high center, the construction companies can be safe while they work and so that they don't cause any problems out in the public or cause any damages or anything like that. Got like gasp fiber and copper line. They come every day. I can see the motivation. You have to troubleshoot a lot of things like that. Walk in that door. We're going to go out and check a ticket, get your stuff on and roll out and get your stuff and go and then work with your crew, get all of

046it done, paint it out, mark it out, come back, talk about it for a little bit, see what you did, see if you did a good job, and then you're out of >> That's our VR simulator that we have in class. versus a factory or something like that. >> I always remember my dad talking about it like this outside. You're not stuck in a house or factory all day working out. >> I just want to know one thing because I'm always amazed when I when I I see you guys out on the field and how do you do that that flags in the ground? I am always amazed by that because I don't think I'm smart enough to do that. I'm always just amazed by >> I know. I mean, it's pretty amazing. >> Takes

047a little bit of practice. >> I know. Yeah. It's such a It's such a cool thing to watch. >> Like a first semester skill that you learn or learn. >> That's what they do. They go out there outside class. >> Very good. >> Well, thank you Darren and thank you Eli. appreciate you guys coming in today. Um, next on our agenda is a recommendation regarding the field trip, the extracurricular activities, and the transportation fees. So, Dr. Glaze, I will uh let you have the uh the floor. >> Thank you, Eli. >> Thank you, bud. >> Hold on. Brotherhood. There we go. Okay. This was easier to do when you were doing it, Scott. [laughter] I'm technology challenged on this >> this. Okay. That's right. >> He knows how to do the technology stuff. That is

048for sure. >> All right. Hey, thank you very much. Um, so um, as as you all are aware, we've had some discussions as far as impacts on um on our our funding with SEA1. So, uh, tonight we're just going to walk through, um, with you all and as well as with the community on a proposal to implement, um, participation fees to help cover the cost of student transportation for curricular uh, co-curricular and extracurricular activities. Um, again, we don't want to we don't want to limit any opportunities for our students. That's not what this is about. Uh but we do have to figure out a way to to be able to continue to fund uh what we've been doing with with knowing that we're going to be losing funding through SEA1. So essentially we're we're basically

049looking at a way to cover some of these costs um through a couple of these fees. So SEA1 has significantly reduced the operation fund uh that pays for the daily school operations including transportation. Um to keep field trips, athletics, band, FFA, and student activity or student competitions intact, uh we need a way to offset transportation costs without cutting programs because again, we want our kids to be we want our kids to be active. We want our kids to participate in in activities and uh but we also need to have some ways to recuperate some of these funds. So part of what we've been doing um and some of you are a member of this committee uh is the expense review and reduction committee and uh so we have shared a lot of information um within

050this committee and it's been a great committee. You guys have been wonderful as far as uh really taking some thoughtful looks at at how we are a spending our money and how we can look at reducing some of our expenditures and and I definitely appreciate um all the work you're doing. So essentially what we are looking at is a really a recommendation that comes from more of a cost sharing structure um that charges participant participation fees to families and those that are using transportation or um extracurricular activities. So once again, you know, every dollar collected in in transportation costs uh for field trips, contests, competitions, and performances. Um again, that's just going to go to pay for uh just general transportation. It doesn't buy doesn't buy uniforms. It doesn't pay people. It doesn't do anything.

051It's just a way for us to break even, honestly. And so, um, as we as as this becomes, you know, a bigger part of what we're doing, we're not looking to make money off of this. This is just an opportunity for us to figure out a way to reimburse ourselves for this expenditure. And uh one thing that you know we will have the ability that you know if there's situations that come up you know the the superintendent or designate would have a way to uh to wave those fees in order to you know make something work. Um and those things will happen and will come up throughout this whole this whole experience. So essentially just kind of the raw facts. So these are financial impacts that we're dealing with. So transportation costs uh that the

052district incurs and this is just for extracurricular co-curricular um and field trips is around $70,000. Uh roughly 50,000 of that is athletic travel. So um and basically we're getting those figures from the averages of the last three years. So um they're rough because there are some years that are a little bit more than others and some of course that are going to be a little cheaper. Um but that's just generally where we are. Um those costs have been historically absorbed by our operations fund. And um so as we're as we're looking at this, we want to be able to do a couple of things. First of all, we don't want to do anything that disrupts transportation for our students to and from school. Um I know that with with some other school corporations uh in

053the state uh they they're looking at just not having student transportation. Uh so parents would be responsible uh to to bring their school their their kids and you know to and from school or they're looking at a partial reduction in uh transportation by creating walk zones. Um, and again, I, you know, I remember when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when I was in school, we had a walk zone. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I walked to school almost every day because, unfortunately, I was one of those guys that lived, you know, two blocks away from the elementary. Um, but I also remember we had really nice sidewalks and, uh, we had people that actually cleaned their

054sidewalks in the snow in in the snowy weather. Uh, that doesn't happen so much anymore. Uh so I'm always a little reluctant to even consider uh creating walk zones for those issues because if the sidewalks aren't cleared off or uh they're they're not in a in a good in a in in good condition, kids are going to walk on the road and and that's dangerous in my opinion. So essentially what we're looking at is the impacts of SEA1 uh 26 or 2025 is a reduction for us of around $280,000. This is the first year. So we're dealing with that as of January 1. This will grow to about 1.8 million uh by uh 2031. So the impact is significant. Um, and I think it's important to remember this is not theoretical. This is the reality.

055The the laws already been passed and uh so it's up to us to figure out how we're going to um how we're going to still offer as many services as we can um but also look at some different ways to fund them. So basically um we want to understand we want you to understand that we didn't jump directly at fees. This we've had a lot of conversations. So we've looked we've we've had conversations about how we've uh reduced expenditures through reducing some routes. Uh we've also you know talked about you know how you know we with the reduction of routes that also makes bus rides longer. that's reality in in a a rural district like we live in. And uh and we've also uh looked at a myriad of other opportunities that we're going to

056share when we come back in February about other ways that we will need to reduce what we're spending. Uh so the February meeting um there will be further recommendations. We want to get out in front with this one because we want to give people time to plan. So, if we're looking at um charging um students for participation in co-curricular or extracurricular activities, we want to give people time to get plans in place to cover th that funding and also want to make sure we give people time uh to to appropriately budget for those. So, in the summer of 2025, we eliminated two robust routes. We mentioned that earlier. Um and and so we've started to make these reductions. Uh but we do want to maintain the current levels of student transportation to and from school.

057Um and so the recommendation came down to really just charging u maybe a participation fee for co-curricular curricular and extracurricular transportation. So estimated reimbursement would be around $70,000. and this is how we get there. Doesn't mean this is the perfect way, just means this is a way. Um, and I'll be glad to take any kind of feedback. Um, so we are recommending two separate structures. Uh, one would be kind of co-curricular extracurricular participation fee and the other would be more of a curricular field trip fee. And this is how we would go about assessing them. Um, so first of all, we want to make sure this is legal. So we did get a um an opinion from Churchill and Antrum and they are in agreement that this is something that we can do. Um, you're

058welcome to read that. That's a very long and drawn out document. Uh, but um, you're welcome to let you know if you have questions, let me know and we can definitely take a look at that. So essentially what we're looking at is a free structure a fee structure that looks like this. So we would have a single student participation fee. So this would be you know you have one student that is you know playing football. Okay. And so for that for football we would assess a fee of $75. Um, if you have a single students that's doing football and basketball, instead of charging double the 150, we would look at going at 125. Okay? So, we're trying to be cognizant of kids that are doing multiple activities. And we've got the data. We have about

059a third of our kids that are doing a single um activity and really about twothirds of our kids that are this is the kids who have filled out event link uh information are doing doing two or three different activities. Some of them are doing like six. I don't know how in the world they can do that but they are. Um but again good for them you know so if they're doing b they could be doing basketball and cheerleading and all these other things. So it's not sometimes they're doing double duty um within a specific time period. Um we also want to look at it from the family perspective. So we understand that you know this is going to be a cost that we're going to ask parents to pay. So, um, we're looking at if

060you have a family that is in a family, um, that you have two children doing one event, we would have a a P structure for that. If you have multiple events that a family member is participating in, so you've got one kid playing volleyball, uh, doing wos, doing, you know, FFA, there would be a structure for that. So again, we're trying to make the fees accessible and attainable for families uh so that they have an understand, you know, understanding of of where we're coming from, but also knowing that we're looking out for them and trying to make this as affordable as possible. So again, what qualifies for co-curricular extracurricular? You know, again, band, show choir, FFA, athletics, uh just different different activities like that would be considered co-curricular, extracurricular. So fee examples, I just came

061up with the Smith family, and they're they're a generic family. They have one child in middle school, volleyball, and they're going to pay $75. So that is their transportation fee for their one child. The Jones family, they've got one child that's playing volleyball and basketball and FFA, so their max is going to be $125 for their transportation fee. The Glaze family, they are a crazy bunch of people. Uh they're band kids. They've got all three kids in the marching band and so they're going to pay $125. Uh the Campbell family and they're just like all these rambunctious boys. I'm just kidding. They're not rambunctious. uh they they would have a max of of $200 for for that family as far as the transportation participation fee. Um again, the second part of this would be a

062field trip uh fee for uh curricular activities and essentially this would be or you know trips to the zoo, trips to the children's museum um that we're doing as part of the curriculum. And so part of part of that fee would be the cost of the bus driver plus4 cents per mile uh for the bus or whatever we're using to transport. We would have put a maximum cap of $5 on that per trip. So, if you've got a um kids that are going to the zoo in the fall and they're going to the children children's museum in the spring, it would be $5 for each one of those activities. And the other part of this is with our activity buses, uh we would basically charge mileage for the activity bus. Um we do train uh

063our we do train people to drive those activity buses and most of those are driven by teachers. However, uh there are some that are a little concerned about doing that and so in that case they would have to have a driver and that would in turn uh be a charge for for that event. So just some general idea, just some general thoughts on what are field trips and what we would consider field trips and um just just basically some examples there. Basically how it would look for field trips that with larger groups or classes that are going. And again, the one thing that we want to make sure and and understand is, you know, we want to get with our we want to get with our people early so we can say, you know, Tessa

064or booster groups or athletic foundation or whatever, we are looking at assessing these fees. Um, is there a way that we can direct some of the funding um so that we can help offset some of these costs uh to our parents? Um, that's why we're talking about this now and why we would not put it into effect for the extracurricular co-curricular until July 1. Um, so we just want to give people some time. Obviously, if we have students that are on free and reduced lunch, um, that would be that they would we could not force them to pay that. Uh, but it would be nice if we could get some of the some of the groups and organizations to offset those costs. And again, this is why we're trying to do this early. Um, we

065don't want students denied um, participation due to financial circumstances. So we'll put in some just like very much it says with the the church title and antrum opinion. We have to make sure that we we're being very proactive in talking to people about if there is a financial need that we will work with you and and help your child to be a part of this. And that is essentially it. So, what we're looking at and and I I know you'll have some questions and and I'll answer those in a second is we would like to be able to implement the field trip uh curricular field trip part of this starting February 1st and look at the extracurricular co-curricular um July one and um and understand that this is not something that any of us really

066want to do and in in my conversation with Rob as we were going over the um the agenda, this is not what I went to superintendent school for. Um and uh so I I I hate this. This is against every fiber of my being, but I also understand that um we're to a point where we just can't continue to absorb these costs. So any questions? just from the committee and looking >> we have to look at ways to make significant changes to the budget with the new legislation and if we can spread the pain out thinly >> yes >> and make a $70,000 difference this is exactly the kind of thing we're looking for >> hopefully without causing a burden and in doing just some research I travel around the country I ask people yeah

067>> and not to pick on Minnesota they're having a bad week but um in a small town outside of Rochester Innesota. Some friends of mine, kids play sports. Middle school basketball, $400 to cover uniform and referees and transport. Like they fund the entire the entire sports programs out of [clears throat] fees. And I said, "Doesn't that cause people to not play?" And he said, "Oh yeah, like they have trouble fielding some teams and they've lost tennis and and some sports because of of the fees. Um, and we're trying very hard not to do that. But the other option is what? Not have extracurriculars because it's the money just may not be there. So I hope people understand uh it's also not why I joined the board. >> Exactly. [laughter] Exactly. >> And and I did

068share some examples. There are other schools and other fees where what we're we're looking at would be in line with what most of them are charging. Um everybody has a little different way of doing it. I fully no it's fine. I fully support this idea. My question is for those kids who are free and reduced and don't have it. How are we going to make sure that they know you know when they come in and they see like hey I want to play that and the first thing they see is a fee and they turn around they walk home because they think my family can't afford this. >> How are we going to make sure that those kids are really aware that that is not a no to them? >> Part of it is just

069kind of a check and balance. um we we know of kids that that qualify um for you know TANF being reduced whatever um so we have that information um we can't of course you know outwardly say to them >> u but we can be on the lookout and and I think that um it's going to have to be a um a communication level between um the coaches and our administration to make sure that we're not we're not denying a kid the opportunity because they can't afford it. So, we want to we'll be transparent with if you do qualify, you know, for this or that. Um, you were not expected to pay this fee. Um, but, um, again, and we also will do our best to communicate that verbally as well as in writing, >> right?

070because I mean there's a fine line there that I understand, right? Because then everybody might want to qualify and then this would be ineffective. But I just think if I'm an have an incoming sixth grade student who's never played basketball for our school before, >> we might not know or a coach might not know, oh, this student wants to play basketball because he saw the fee and right >> walked away, >> right? Um then my other second question just comes what about clubs that like I think you mentioned show choir and since I'm familiar with that >> right >> we don't like we never travel with the school transportation so what happens in a group like that are they still participate >> if they're not doing if they're not using school transportation >> then there

071would not be a fee okay >> yeah um and and again uh the I I just tried to give a wide >> sure >> you know variety of different organizations that could fall into that. >> When are those fees assessed? So for a field trip is at the beginning of the year, you'll say has the zoo in the children's advance, so it's $10 or >> um I think you when you get your fifth, you have to kind of say what? >> Right. Right. >> Or someone could say I'm doing two, but then do one or or add on one. How >> when do you plan to assess those? >> We'd prefer to do that in the in the beginning. >> Okay. Um, now field trips might be a little different because of the um the

072timing. So if you're doing a fall field trip and a spring field trip, then it may be at the time of the fall field trip and then again at the time of the spring. Um, which again would lessen that burden. we're going to work with people and you know understanding that this is going to be expense to people and so you know ideally it'd be nice to have it up front but if we can't as long as we get it at some point we're probably going to be happy. Um, and that's something that our treasurers will track and they're probably going to um, you know, that's going to be another burden on them, but they will be able to track that and then also keep that communication going with u with admin. >> If a

073coach or the whoever's in charge of whatever club activity um, decides they want to opt out of school transportation, will that be an option? >> Um, is that a liability? >> That's a liability that Yeah, we that's not really an option. Okay. Um we we want our kids to be you know again we don't want them riding in personal vehicles as various other >> you know the committee is about cutting expenses and raising revenues this is one way of raising revenue. We have talked about getting creative in raising the revenue. So I was just thinking down here if there was a company that didn't feel like they were as well known in Typton schools as they'd like to be trying to get their name out and do some marketing and they wanted to sponsor transportation.

074We would love [laughter] to take a check from any company that wanted to work with us >> in full or in part if you could think of anyone. [laughter] >> There there is a bill in the legislature to advertise on school buses. So yeah. So whether that actually happens or not, I don't know, but uh yeah. >> Yeah. >> So someone else is thinking the same thing here. >> So that wasn't as subtle as it was in my head. [laughter] Any other questions? All right. Well, then I guess that uh seeing as how we're four minutes into our next meeting, we're going to go ahead and wrap up the work session and um I'll go ahead and call to uh call to order the uh >> um the January 13th Typton Community School Board meeting.

075And uh that'll begin with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> And now our vision statement. Growing empowered, future ready students who are prepared for a lifetime of opportunity [clears throat] and success. >> Thank you. All right. Next on the agenda is the proclamation for schoolboard appreciation. Um the honorable mayor Schmicker is here. Um and I believe if you hit the button and the green light comes on, you are >> ready to rock and roll. >> All right. Thank you. Yeah, President Cochran. Uh this is my third time doing this and uh I I come to you today actually with a renewed uh appreciation because I

076have a daughter who's in kindergarten this year. Uh and so while I've always appreciated the school corporation, its board, uh having a kindergarten giving gives you that sense of true appreciation seeing her go to school each and every day riding the bus uh and coming home talking about her day. So uh this year's maybe a little more special to me uh and just want to offer you guys and your participation contributions. Whereas the Typton Community School Corporation Board of Education plays a vital role in ensuring every student in our community receives a high quality education that prepares them for success in life. And whereas school board members are elected to represent the interests of students, parents, and the community. And they dedicate countless hours to policy development, budget oversight, and strategic planning to maintain excellence

077in our schools. And whereas these individuals dedicate their time and expertise, often making difficult decisions that impact the future of our children and our community. And whereas January is designated as school board appreciation month in Indiana, providing an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the commitment and the service of our local school board members. Now therefore, I, Keegan Schmicker, mayor of the city of Typton, do hereby proclaim January 2026 as school board appreciation month in Typton, Indiana, and encourage all citizens to join me in expressing our gratitude to the members of the Typton Community School Corporation Board of Education for their dedication and leadership. So again, a sincere thank you from me to you and I do have this formal proclamation to deliver to you. >> Okay. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you so

078much. Thank you so much. Would you like a picture or we can do a picture with Rob and >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> picture. >> Yeah. Sure. Or we can do it in front of the vision statement. Yeah. >> Thank you. Right. Thank you, uh, Mayor Specker. And, uh, next on our agenda is the annual reorganization of the board. And with that, uh, I hand the, uh, reigns over to Dr. Glaze again. [laughter] Okay. Uh at this time, the board of trustees will elect officers for president, vice president, and secretary for 2026. Uh candidates must be nominated, then seconded, approved by the majority of the board of school trustees. Um so we have the election of officers. At this time, the chair will accept n or nominations for board president. >> I would like to

079nominate Rob Cochran as president. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. >> Sounds like he's our president. Okay. Congratulations. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Hey. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Um at this time, the chair will accept nominations for board vice president. >> I would like to nominate Jennifer Hummer House. Uh, all of those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. All those opposed. Cool. Awesome. Okay. Congratulations. >> Yes. Um, at this time, the chair will accept nominations for secretary. >> I would like to nominate Kim as secretary for 2026. >> Second. >> All those in favor? Second by saying I. I >> opposed. >> Congratulations, Kim. >> Okay. Uh, so I'm gonna turn it over to Rob. >> All right. Next

080is the appointment of the treasurer and executive secretary of the board. It is recommended that Brooke Clever uh be again appointed as treasurer and Don Benille as the executive secretary uh of the board. I'm looking for a motion and a second to um have Brooke and uh Dawn assume those roles. >> I would like to recommend Brook Cleber to be appointed as the treasurer and Don Benfield as the executive secretary of the board. >> Second. >> All right. I have a motion and a second to uh approve uh Brooke as the treasurer and Dawn as the secretary. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. I. >> Any opposed? All right, congratulations again. Um, and then, uh, it's recommended that we maintain our current meeting date and time of the second Tuesday of each

081month at 6:30 p.m. Look for a motion and a second to continue that. >> I move to continue our meeting date and time is the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. >> All right. Thanks, Tam. We have a motion and a second to maintain our current meeting date and time. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> And any opposed. All right. The schedule remains the same. Uh the only thing I think we did differently last year was around 4 the fair. Is that did we >> I don't think that's going to be an issue. >> Okay. Yeah. >> Okay. Perfect. Yeah. >> Excellent. All right. Just all of a sudden had one one good random thought. >> Always good. So, >> um Okay. Okay. And then uh the

082board's going to recess from our regular meeting right now for the purpose of conducting a brief board of finance meeting. Can I get a motion for recess? >> I move to recess from our regular federal board meeting. >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. We are in recess. Okay. The board of finance I get to speak again. It's so much fun to get to be this the the talker. Uh tonight's meeting is in two parts. Uh the second part is the meeting of the board of finance that we are required to hold annually in January. Uh we have three functions. We need to elect a president and secretary and then to name a depository for corporation funds and then to receive and review um the investment report. So uh we have

083the election officers. Uh the board of finance must elect a president and secretary. Uh, president and secretary may be the same board members elected as president and secretary of the board of trustees. Um, we will now open the floor for nominations for president and secretary of the board of finance. We have any nominations? >> Uh, I would like to nominate Rob Cochran as uh, president and Kim as secretary of the board of finance. >> Second. >> Okay. Do I have uh we'll go ahead and do our vote here. So um everybody in favor, please signify by saying I. I. >> Anybody opposed? Congratulations. And uh so also we have the designation of depositories. Uh First Farmers Bank and Trust is the depository for the corporation funds. Uh we currently have a checking e funds for

084school lunch, student fees, tech repair, replacement fees. uh sweep account savings. Um it is recommended the board approve first farmers bank and trust as a depository for the corporation funds. Do I have a motion to accept? >> I move to approve the per the first farmers bacon trust as the depository for corporation funds. >> Second. >> All those in favor signify signify by saying I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed? >> Okay. uh review investments. Uh the investment report was made available to the board members on the during our monthly uh financial report. Uh this month's report for December also is is the report at for the end of the school year. Uh that'll be something we'll review as part of the agenda later. Uh the 2025 investment earnings totaled around $268,000. Uh Typton Community School

085Corporation maintains a rep purchase agreement account which is a charge card uh through Harris Bank. There's no action um as far as reviewing. Uh you're welcome to look at that as part of the uh regular monthly meeting. Uh 2026 expenditure and review projections attached are detailed projections of revenue and expenditures for 2026 as set out by the 1782 notice uh from the DGF. Our final 1782 notice is attached in your packet. Approved appropriations for 2026 is rainy day 250,000. And just as a reminder to the board, we did that just because we're a little unsure on how things will flow with the changes in property taxes. Um we have debt service appropriation of 3,7 or 727,870. education appropriation of 11,786,25 and then operation fund appropriation of $5,210,010. Our approved tax rates as part of the

0861782 our debt service was 39.89. So 39. Um the um the operational fund uh tax rate was uh 4666. That kind of sounds a little scary, but we shouldn't be too fearful of that. Um and then our total levy is 86 cents. Uh so um once again being able to maintain that lower tax rate. Uh the 2025 expenditure and percent of appropriation spent. Um I have to uh thank Brooke for doing an outstanding job of budgeting uh once again. So education fund uh we spent around 11,773,581 um and 21 cents. Uh we spent uh 96.4 uh% of the appropriation. uh debt service. We spent uh 4 million uh 21,750 basically about 99% of the appropriation. Again, we those are budgeted pretty much to the penny because we have debt service that our payments are due

087and that's pretty much what we have um within our budget. And then we have um operation fund. Um we spent uh 5,46,680 and 94% of that appropriation was spent. Just kind of a historical um tax levy over the last few years. Since 2020, basically in 2020, our our tax rate was 94 cents. 2021 93 cents, 2022 96 cents, uh 2023 88 cents, uh 2024 90 cents, and then 2025 85 cents and then 86 cents for this year. Um earlier in our meeting, um in our work session, uh Mr. Jorski presented information on our DWAB report and uh as he mentioned everything is as good as it's going to get um in that area. So that is the end of the financial um part uh board of finance part of this meeting. Do I have a

088motion to adjourn the board of finance >> to adjourn the board of finance meeting? >> Second. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I >> Anybody opposed? >> Do you feel like you know so much more about finance and all the fun stuff that goes on in finance? >> Well, the good news is you don't ever have to do that again. >> I know. Isn't that an awesome thing? I I think it's a totally ridiculous thing to do in the first place. So, I feel good about not having to do that again. So, yeah. >> All right. Well, I would like to call recall to order the regular business meeting. I would like a motion and a second to restart the regular uh board meeting. I move to restart our regular board meeting. >> Second.

089>> Have a motion and a second to restart the board meeting. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Any opposed? >> All right, we are back in session. So, the next portion of our agenda is uh what we call tell me something good, which is an opportunity for the board uh to to talk about something they've seen either athletically, academically, or something on campus um that uh that has caught your attention. So, the floor is open for that. >> I would like to acknowledge uh Patrick and Preston Lancaster for their golfing expertise and the donation that they've made back to our community, which will help our kids. That was great. >> Yes, absolutely. >> We have two senior wrestlers. Um, one hit his 100th win and one I I don't know if

090he's wrestled yet. Probably probably has now. Um who should hit his 100th tonight. Uh so that Will Wolfford and Joe >> Clauser >> um I don't know a lot about FFA just because my kids haven't participated, but as far as I understand it, um there's a group of kids students both in middle school and high school that begin practice in September at 7 o'clock in the morning for parliamentary procedures, right? And so it sounds like really something super exciting at 7 o'clock in the morning. But these kids have just shown to me just a real discipline and um a lot of effort to something that they enjoy, something that matters. I've been told that if you watch them run a meeting, it might put our board meeting to shame a little bit. No offense, the

091superintendent, >> what I was saying. Anyway, so from my understanding, there's um kind of a competition that they um both participated in both at high school and middle school level. and the middle school advance to the next level. And so I just wanted to recognize that. I think that's um it's just really just a great opportunity for them to have life skills for maybe later on. And then second of all, I would just want to um recognize just Mr. Bales again as he prepares for this eighth grade, I believe, uh Washington DC trip and just all the effort that goes into that. that is um I think it takes a lot and it's such a neat opportunity for our students to be able to experience that and >> um yeah just a huge thanks to

092him. Um we have two foreign exchange students here for a month from Brazil and um I had the opportunity one of them stayed with me for a couple days um until they were with their uh their family for a month but um the person who was kind of in charge of coordinating that Teresa um whatever school it was kind of fell through and they were kind of uh you know kind of scrambling to find find a school and just so happened she ran into one of our commissioners at a meeting and they put her in contact I think with Dr. Glaze and she just said how how easy it was to work with with Dr. Glaze and Mr. Leech and how they were accommodating and they you know both these boys are in the school

093now and I think it's going great. They're about a week in. Um I met both of them. They're super sweet. But um it's just nice to hear how how easy Typton is to work with. >> Good. The one I had is over the holiday um there's a partnership between the school and the uh local theater um that's gone on for many many years and um this year during the Christmas break uh we worked with Jenny and Lisa to to gain access to the uh to the auditorium uh the theater community theater came in at no cost to the school, sanded the entire floor, repainted the floor um and really um spruced up the auditorium. Um and so I wanted to acknowledge that partnership between a community organization and the school. Um and uh they do

094really sincerely appreciate the partnership we have and I thought it was great of them uh to come in and help us uh take care of uh of the floor that way. So awesome. Shout out to uh to the the theater and uh um Chad and Rick and all the guys that were in there. So if you notice a little more sawdust uh uh than than was normal on in January. So great. Any other uh uh um tell me something good opportunities? All right. Um next we move on Dr. Glazier back on the hot mic with the blue future awards. >> All right, we'll have our elementary go first. >> And the people back there in the dark. We do actually pay the light bill. Um, [laughter] for some reason the light didn't come on. I

095don't know why. >> This is a way for us to cut costs. Uh, we're part of the [laughter] >> All right. I think Mr. Jorski has uh the voicemail um up ready to go. So, what date was it that you guys went to the was it in November, early December? Early December. Uh, kindergarten went to the Indianapolis uh Children's Museum. And um they weren't quite back from the trip yet. And I uh Jen Cox, our one of our secretaries, says, "Hey, Brian, you have a voicemail you need to listen to about the field trip." And I'm like, "Oh gosh, what didn't happen? [laughter] what happened? And I said, you know, so um I I uh listened to the voicemail and it was a a professor from uh Butler University and she had been there with

096some of her uh practicum students talking about methods and so forth of education and she had nothing but amazing things to say about our kindergarten uh kids, our staff, our chaperones and so forth. So, I wanted uh you guys to hear it's about 2 minutes, a little bit over two minutes long, and there may be some parts you're like, "Oh, the the message is over." But it's not. I really want you to listen to the end because it's it's actually a it's a great message, and it's a little bit funny towards the end. So, variety of wonderful things. But your kindergarten any better coming through. Please, please tell those parents. They did a great job. So, feel free to documentation standards that were mentioned. So, any thoughts reach out to her or hear compliment and

097then at the end she actually yeah she gives her phone number but then at the end she says you can look me up my picture's on the website I'm a real person I promise Um, and so the other the second thought I had whenever they said somebody called from Butler, I'm like, I'm pretty sure I I've paid all my bills. My [laughter] all my bills. >> Yeah. >> Nobody's coming after me. >> I think I paid mine, too. So, >> but anyway, so this uh today I just wanted to recognize all of our kindergarten staff, uh, teachers, and PAR educators. So, uh, the first one, um, if you want to hand them, uh, Valerie Boyd, she's a kindergarten pair educator. >> Yes. Erica Hawkins, kindergarten pair educator. Madison Holloway, kindergarten pair educator. And the last

098five here are all of our uh kindergarten teachers. So Josh Ireland, Jenna Smith, Mara Eisenhower, Natasha Surface, and Ashley Win. There you go. Ready? Hold on, guys. Thank you. Mayor five. >> Mayor high five. Gotta love that. Miss Henry is going to be very mad at me. Mrs. Mast is supposed to join her here. So, I was going to be honoring both Mrs. Mast and Mrs. Miss Henry. But then Mrs. Mast told me that because of her husband's work schedule getting complicated. She wasn't able to make it. She had to be mom tonight. So, I'm just going to honor Miss Henry here tonight. So, Miss Henry, come on up for me. Okay. She'll have to go ahead and stand in for two teachers at the middle school this evening. So, um, she hates it. She

099she she never likes, but anyway, I'll stop talking about it because I think I'm only making it worse. Um, I am here this evening to chat with all of you guys about something that I thought was really great over the course of the last uh month and that is related to iLearn checkpoints. Okay, as you all of you guys know, especially if you have students between third grade and eighth grade, these checkpoints have been a new thing that have come up this year uh from the IdoE. Uh, and one of the big puzzles that I had this year is, okay, how do we take these new assessments that we have to do? Make them meaningful, make the data actionable for our teachers. Just what do we do? How do we respond to these in real

100time in order to make these something that's meaningful? And so, uh, again, Mrs. Mast and Miss Henry, uh, recently did something with them that I was very proud of and that I wanted to make sure that I showcased. So, um, I'll talk about Miss Henry first. So um after our first island checkpoint that happened back in October um I went ahead compiled all the data for the teachers gave all the data to the teachers and then they said okay seeing what standard students did well at what standard student uh students do didn't do well at let's go ahead and make sure that we're enacting two things one let's make sure that our uh spiral review inside of our classes are happening well that they are targeted at the standards that students are really struggling with.

101I know that Miss Henry as well as everyone in the math department made sure they were really taking a look at that and making that look uh good. And then the other element is our acceleration periods which happen in the mornings from 8:00 to 8:41 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Uh we made sure that we are pulling targeted students to say hey we think that you are close to being able to make sure that you are meeting these standards. Let's go and pull you target some instruction directly towards you guys. Miss Henry, what she did with her acceleration period students is at the end of that time period that we had and before we went on break, she said, "I want to take those students that we targeted and I want to go ahead and use

102the opportunity for a second uh test, a second opportunity for them to take the test." And her students did phenomenally well. Of those eight students that she retested in that way, seven of the eight of those kids showed growth and six of them, who, let's not forget were not passing before, passed for that first island checkpoint. Right? And so, uh, a quick round of applause for making sure she can bridge those gaps. Uh, Mrs. Mast, if she were here, went even one step further. She did everything that I was talking about, but then she said, "You know what? I am not content with just looking at my acceleration period, kids. Let's get everyone back in here for a retest." So, actually on the Wednesday and Thursday before we went on break, she went ahead and

103had every single eighth grader retest. And uh what ended up happening the first time that the students took that checkpoint, 32 out of 110 kids, not a great percentage, uh went ahead and uh uh passed that checkpoint. The next time around, she got 14 more kids to go ahead and be passing. And of those kids who took it, um 75% of them all showed growth from the first time to the second time, which is great and absolutely what we want to be uh seeing happening. Um, now especially for someone like uh Beth Wolfford who's been in the classroom and kind of seen the way that I learn kind of works with uh with kids, there are some questions that I have from and we always are going to have questions that we're asking of these.

104Um I I know that probably Miss Henry even, you know, we celebrate the growth that happens, but you know, what could we do more and what could we be doing differently? We've got our next island checkpoint test coming up next week, so don't worry. We're going to continue working there. Um I do definitely think that there are some uh struggles with the test, but I appreciate uh Miss Henry, Mrs. Mast and all the rest of our teachers at the middle school are making sure that we're contextualizing this appropriately of kids utilizing that data to bridge the gaps for students. I want to congratulate and thank for that service for our kids. >> Yeah. >> Thanks. Let's get our picture here. And uh I have the final blue future award for tonight. And uh some of

105you may have heard and hopefully we've put this out there, but uh we had a 100% graduation rate uh with our our class of 2025. That's pretty darn impressive. And uh and again uh we want to we want to congratulate the class of 2025, but also thank the people that helped them to get there uh which is the ths staff um and particularly our guidance counselors because um man it is a a weave of craziness as part of uh you know the graduation process and the pathways and making sure kids have what they need and uh so that is that is a crazy thing and we are so fortunate forunate to have so many people that are out and willing uh to help kids to get to that uh point. So again, 100% graduation rate

106is very impressive. Uh we went from, you know, basically a 97 to a 100%. Um so again, I'm very proud of our students for doing that. I realize that this may not happen every single year and I think that that uh but I I am very excited um to to talk about this um here in January. And again, this has been totally certified by the IDOE, so we know it's official. And uh we we've kind of known it for a little bit, but sometimes the DOE will find a few little things in there that might make that percentage change, but they did not this time. So, uh Mr. Leech, if you'd come up, I will be glad to present this to the high school. Congratulate you guys on a great job. Thank you. >> Thank

107you, sir. >> All right. Well, uh, thank you. Congratulations to all the Blue Future Award winners. Um, this is the point where I usually make a public service announcement that if you were here just for the Blue Future Awards, you should probably leave now because we're going to get into our consent agenda and uh approval of claims and things. So, thank you guys for coming out and and participating and um uh again, congratulations on on those awards. So, um with that being said, we'll move to our consent agenda. Um we got the approval of our agenda this evening. the approval of our minutes from uh December 9th, the approval of claims uh payroll from December 12th, 19th, and January 2nd, and the accounts payable claims for uh January of 2026. We have the approval of

108the personnel report, which I will read at the conclusion of this, um the approval of a field trip for the physics class to Kings Island in April, and the approval of the acception of some donations. And as a board, if you haven't had a chance to look at that, uh again, the open-handedness and the generosity of our community is on full display uh within there. Um so get a get a chance to take a look at that. But be looking for a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda for this evening. >> I move to approve the consent agenda. >> Second. >> Have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda. Any questions? All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? Consent agenda is approved. Um

109here is the personnel report for January 13, uh 2026. Um retirements uh from our certified staff. Uh Diane Deganb, second grade teacher, and Jenny Haynes, our choir director from the middle and high school. Those will both be effective uh June 1st, 2026. classified staff. We have a termination of Ronald Alexander, resignations of Brandy Hart and Cheryl Cheryl Emert and a transfer of he Heather Goodnight from um third shift custodian to first shift custodian in the elementary school and a transfer of Amanda Steiner from a substitute bus driver to a corporation uh bus driver effective the 5th of this month. Uh we have recommendations for uh Charlotte Scally uh to be our physical education assistant in the high school. On our ECA staff, we have the resignation of Sam Williams as a JV baseball coach and

110Adam Gillum as a girls varsity tennis coach at the high school. We have recommendations of Bryce Brown for a JV baseball coach in the high school. Uh Nathan Gonzalez for the boys assistant basketball coach in the high school and Autumn and Ringson >> Ringheisen. Thank you very much. Uh for the girls assistant basketball coach in the high school as well. And then approval of volunteers for James Routabush for a wrestling volunteer and Andrew Frankie for a wrestling volunteer uh in the middle school. That is our personnel report for uh January. I do want to mention one of the donations was um a virtual kind of a virtual reality welding simulator. That's so neat that our students are going to be able to use that and kind of >> um >> get to kind of try

111it out without actually using a welder and kind of see if they like it. And it just what a great opportunity for our students. >> Totally agree. >> You bet. >> All right. Next on our agenda, thank you for that, Andrea. Uh next on our agenda is the superintendence report. Uh Dr. Glazer again. >> I know front and center. I feel like I This is my meeting anyway. Okay. Um so first of all, just kind of update you on the playground. We did receive a $200,000 check from the Tipton County Foundation. Uh we paid uh before uh January 1. Uh $249,586. Uh that's the invoice essentially for the turf and and some other pieces of equipment. um as part of the playground. Um we did have a conversation with Tesso and they will present us

112a check uh in this meeting um in a couple of months and then uh all that we will have left to pay would be just essentially the labor for installation. Um so good progress there and uh thank the board for helping us make that happen. Um we the auditorium sound system I put this in our weekly update. Uh we we approved the quote for $66,000. We paid it a positive 33. Um installation is really going to start happening here in phases. Um cuz honestly the spring is a pretty busy time for the auditorium and uh so um hopefully have everything completed uh by spring break. Really before the high school musical is really what we're shooting for. Uh so they have some opportunity to learn the system and learn how to make it all work.

113Uh the quote includes sound system and then some wireless microphones. When we updated the system, we did have to go ahead and get some new wireless mics um which will be very much an upgrade uh for us um as far as our production value and everything else. So all around um a good process and we've had a lot of uh good luck with uh Sound of Music. So we're very excited about this uh moving forward. They want to congratulate Li Lillian Cloud uh for the Lily Endowment Community Scholarship. Once again, it's great to have a Typton student uh as the as the award winner in that. And also want to congratulate uh Josie Butler, Grant Day, uh Broen, always have trouble with this. For dang it, Alyssa Hoover and Noah Walker. Uh they were awarded

114five of the six Tipton scholarships for the Meerly uh Meerly scholarship. So, uh, five out of the six were, um, TCSC students. So, congratulations to them and, uh, what a great opportunity. Uh, would wanted to mention a little bit about, uh, girls wrestling regional and state. That is so early, it doesn't seem like it makes a lot of sense, but that's where it is. Um, and so Annalie Hood, she's a regional qualifier. And then Emerson Atkins, uh, regional qualifier. She placed second overall in regional and will be a state finalist for the second year in a row on Saturday. So, that is pretty cool. And I know we will be doing some blue future awards uh for them uh once every the season is completed. And again, uh we're having a lot of success with

115our girls wrestling program and uh certainly excited to see how these ladies are doing. Um the re- roof update, uh construction continues on the auditorium. We've had some delays with holiday and uh with some weather. The wind has has really made things a little little challenging and I don't blame them to not want to be up there when it's crazy windy. Um there there is uh we are starting the gutter and downspout work uh this next week. So you should see the brown coming down and the blue going up. Um so excited about that and once again we're still very much ahead of schedule and uh everything with that has gone extremely well. Um upcoming agenda items. Uh we'll have the recommendation from the expense reduction and review committee in February. Um we will also

116do permission to advertise for the two-year mowing bids. And then we also have a presentation by policy analytics. So uh that's coming up for the February uh board meeting. And that's it. >> Great. >> Thank you. Any questions? All right. Next on our agenda is the departmental reports. in your packet uh was the assistant superintendent uh the food service technology and our athletic uh report. Um and uh you've had a chance to go through that. If there's any questions, I know Adam is here. Um but uh if there's no further questions, uh we'll move on to the financial report from newly minted and voted on for another year from Clever. [laughter] >> Thanks for having me back. >> You bet. >> Okay. Okay. Um, as you know, we received a majority of our property tax

117draw in November, December 11th, we received um the remainder of that debt service, just over 304,000 and operations totaling 298,000. The state board of accounts um audit fees for the 2224 audit were withheld from our operations um tax draw. Those fees total 50,75297. Um, we received license excise tax of 222,857 split between debt service 104,000 roughly and operations 118,000. financial institution taxes were received totaling 26,38 deposited to operations and um in I believe September or October we received a bulletin from state board of accounts advising they would no longer permit public school corporations to put um CBET or FIT proceeds into the debt service fund. It all has to go to operations now. So that took effect in the last six months of um 2025. And for the year we transferred 525,000 from education to

118operations and ended the year with balances just a little over a million in education operations um a smidge over 1.2 million. Debt service 532,748 having made payments of 2 million7,025 and rainy day balances at 2,35,83341 interest for the year totaling 268,77062. >> Good. Any questions for Brooke? >> All right, having none, we'll move to old business. We have the second reading for batch 10 of the CCHA board policy administrative guidelines and forms. Uh the following policies are for uh second reading and adoption this evening. Um they are the pledge of allegiance, moment of silence, advertising, sponsorship and naming rights, the prohibition of unmanned aircraft, intellectual property ownership and revenue, corporation support organizations, public records, questioning of students and relations uh with special interest groups. Uh this is batch 10. So, I would be looking for

119a motion and a second to approve upon second reading batch 10 of our of our new board policies. >> I move to approve batch 10 of our um yeah board policy. >> Second. >> Right. I have a motion and a second to approve on second reading batch 10. Are there any questions or comments? All those in favor of approving upon second reading these batch 10 policies, please signify by saying I. >> I. I. Any opposed? Batch 10 is approved. Um, new business. Uh, moving on to the consideration to approve the mileage rate reimbursement for 2026. Uh, as of January 20 or January 1st, 2026, the federal mileage rate reimbursement increased 2.5 cents to 72 1.5 cents a mile. Uh this is the rate that our employees can use to reimburse travel related to professional development

120and meetings not held on our campus. Uh the recommendation before us is to increase the mileage reimbursement to the 2026 federal rate of 72 cents per mile. So I'd be looking for a motion and a second to approve our rate to 72.5 cents. I move to approve the mileage rate to 72 and a half cents per mile um for reimbursement for 2026. Second. I have a motion and a second to approve the mileage rate reimbursement for 2026 to 72 and a half cents. Uh do do any other questions on that? All right. All those in favor please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? The rate is increased. Um, next is our conflict of interest disclosure. Indiana code 35-44-1-14 requires the the board of schools trustees annually to sign and approve and submit

121the uniform conflict of interest disclosure statement. It's recommended that the board of school trustees approve the uniform conflict of interest disclosure statements completed by Tammy Brown, Andrea Campbell, myself, Jennifer Hummerhouse, Kim Beth Wolfford, and Eric Underwood. Um, I need a motion and a second to approve the in uh conflict of interest disclosures. >> I move to approve the conflict of interest disclosures by the board. >> Second. >> Have a motion and a second to approve the conflict of interest disclosures. Any questions or further discussion? All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? Disclosures are approved. Um, next is consideration to approve participation fees to cover the transportation cost. Uh, during our earlier work session, the board heard the recommendation of the expense review and reduction committee regarding the implementation of

122participation fees to cover transportation cost due to revenue loss from the implementation of sea 1. We are recommending two fees. Uh a fixed participation fee for co-curricular and extracurricular activities effective July 1st and a field trip fee for curricular activities effective February 1st. Included is your packet is a memo outlining how fees are assessed and the amount. And there is also an opinion from CCHA in there uh on the uh you know the legal uh precedent for this. So, I'd be looking for a motion and a second to approve the participation fees. >> I move to approve approve the participation fees to cover transportation cost um for activities and field trip. Second, >> right, I have a motion and a second to approve the participation fees. Any questions or further discussion? All those in favor

123of approving the fees, please signify by saying I. >> I. Any opposed? Fees are approved. um consideration to reprove ref reps uh athletic officiating class in the second semester. Uh with a growing shortage of athletic officials at all levels, the IHSAA is encouraging high schools to offer officiating classes and certifications to fill the needed positions. At the end of the fall semester, announcements were made to gauge interest in the class and the results were 18 students with interested in completing the officiating course at ths uh beginning second semester. This course is being taught by Mr. Veester. Uh Mr. Leech is here as always uh to answer questions regarding the class or curriculum offered by refs. Uh it is recommended that the board approve the class for uh the second semester of the school year uh

124before asking for a motion. Are there questions on this for uh Mr. Leech? >> I think it's a great idea. I just curious did they provide like a curriculum then like a whole pro? >> Yeah, that is the reference curriculum. U we will look at trying to get kids certified in three sports. Mr. will kind of work with the kids to see what those are. Uh the vision for that would hopefully be like like softball or baseball and then football like things that help with sports in the area. So those 18 kids should walk out with an entry level certification that get them into youth leagues and things like that and then hopefully they keep going with it. We get some younger officials watch some of our events. We need some younger officials. Yeah, there's

125guys like me covering the whole basketball court. It's not pretty. >> Are they paid >> the officials? We We want them to be >> the students. >> Not not for the curricular piece of it or what we're providing. We're paying for their seats, but yeah, when they go out to I mean, if the the youth league for baseball wants to hire them as officials, then I assume they would be paid to those organizations. Okay. >> Not through the school. But then we'd also be able to count those work learning hours. They're doing it as long as they track it. Okay. >> Really can work out well if they take what they learn and actually go use it. >> Thank you, Mr. Leech. All right. With no further questions, I'd be looking for a motion and

126a second to approve RefREP's athletic officiating class for the second semester. >> I move to approve Refreep's athletic officiating class for the second semester of the 2025 2026 school year. >> Second. >> Great. I have a motion and a second to approve RefREPS. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Right. Curriculum is approved. Uh other matters to come before the board. Uh that there's one advisory committee again for the expense reduction and review committee uh meeting January 19th uh at noon. And the following is our schedule of events for January uh and and into February already. Uh January 19th, we have no school for uh MLK day. Uh on that day, the expense reduction and review committee will meet here at noon. Uh the 26, we do

127have an executive session at 5:30 um for um uh for all of us. Um and then February 9th, we have our staff PD day. Uh there'll be no students, but I would take you up on Mr. Jor Jorski's recommendation in his report to try and attend one or two of those uh and kind of see our personal development days in action. Uh they're it's really pretty cool. >> The nth >> February 9th. Yeah. Mhm. >> And then uh February 10th, you can just stay here at the school because we'll have our next monthly board meeting. and February 16th, barring uh no winter vortex or problems like that, we will have no school for President's Day on February 16th. Uh so that is the upcoming agenda. Um and uh there's no other business to come before

128the board. I'd look for a motion and a second to adjurnn. >> I move to adjourn the meeting. Second. >> I have a motion and a second to adjurnn. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. I. >> Any opposed? We are adjourned. Thank you. That's a lot of pressure that day and then I have to run the meeting, >> right? >> I got to get on this last week and >> so you got to