001at 7:01. I'll call the meeting to order. We have a quorum. We'll start with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance 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. Okay, there are several um amendments to the agenda. Um should have copies of everything in front of you. The middle school out of state field trip to the Miami Rec Center on December 18th. um the non-certified stipens, administrative stipens, and then the Ohio portionment agreement for 2025. And there was a another resation added to the agenda as well. Second Jessica with a motion with a second. Any questions or discussion? All those in favor? >> I opposed. All right, moving on to public participation. We do not
002have anyone signed up. Just want to make sure no one has anything they want to say before that's on the agenda. Just want to make sure no one missed the the signing sheet. Okay, moving on to building updates. Just going to go with what's on top here, the middle school. most exciting news today. Uh we are the same enrollment as we were last month. We are at 279 and we were as a reminder 284 this time last year. Um we did have a move out and a move in so it's kind of balanced out and next month we will have two new additions. So as long as no one moves out we are we're up. So, that's been that's been a positive. We've kind of leveled out. Um, in November, we did have our winter
003dance. My page is printed a little small, but if you look, we at the middle school, we sure do have a lot of dancers. And so, they did have a really great time doing that. Student council list does a great job. Um, we're a little late, but our student of the month for October was Kendall Burns. Um, as a sixth grader, she's already um shown incred incredible positivity, hard work, and kindness. She gives her every day and supports her classmates. Um she is is such a a great student to be our student of the month for October. Um band concert was last week. We are so proud of them. We even had some sixth graders. We had some absences. So we had some sixth graders that bumped up and learned the seventh and eighth grade
004music right after school and got to perform with the seventh and eighth grade. So they are they are so proud. Um and it shows you know a lot of pride for their school, their program and community. So, we are very excited and proud of them. We do have our island checkpoint one data. We are a little bit behind um posting. So, if you flip it over to the back, we do have some deficits compared to the state. Um but we also have some some real growth. Um the checkpoint data, I've answered some questions in that paragraph. Um but we have some teachers that are there's two opportunities that you can take. You don't have to do both. Um but it's just a formative assessment. So, it's just for us to gather data and and inform
005instruction. And so, we do have um make plans for students who um struggled with that and and we've address adjusted their instruction. We have some some things in place. We do have a teacher at least one if not two that are doing um the opportunity too to show growth on that checkpoint one. Um and then we are making currently making plans for how we are um going to process and prepare for checkpoint two. So, our our data there, I can get it to you a little bit larger in digital form so you can blow it up. Um, but we do have some real successes there and and some places that we need to catch up. So, diving into that right now. >> Did you want to touch on the incentive trip? >> Oh, did I
006accidentally Oh, yes. Um, I didn't have it on here. I think I accidentally, but our incentive trip um is for students with no more than five absences from quarter two. um that are not doctor related. We do have some exceptions for some family things that we are going to go ahead and accept. But we do then um for any no ifs, no ISS, no OSS. Um kids that are, you know, coming in doing what they're supposed to from day to day and we're going to take them to Miami Rec Center. they're going to do some rock climbing, swimming, basketball, things like that that we've we've really pushed and and promoted all semester. Um that we were going to do something and we finally um secured a plan. In previous years, we had gone to perfect
007north slopes and they were really hoping to to do that and then with costs and things we've made a pivot um and Emily Snider had kind of investigated this and they've done this in the past too. So the kids are really looking forward to it and so we are back. >> Yes. >> Any other questions? >> Thank you. >> Uh college corner. >> Good evening. Um enrollments at 249. That's pretty steady from what it's been all year. PreK though keeps increasing. So with preK we have quite a bit more and so that's the highest our prek has ever been at 24 currently. Um and it's a special education preschool. So just kind of a interesting uh scenario there. Also three new students after Christmas break coming. So that's positive news. Um and you can see
008our upcoming events there. We're doing Secret Santa Shop this week where um students can buy items for their families. Um and the Christmas concert is next week um at six o'clock on Tuesday. And then the quarter is going to be wrapping up and all those dates for um teacher work days and resuming. And then at the bottom, our pep rally is this Friday um for the month of November. And those are the students who um have earned for the character trait of trust. And so if we usually already have pep rallies by this point, but um this one's a little later, so you can join if if you're not busy on Friday at 2 o'clock. Um on the back you see some pictures. So, we had our first snow day and so I asked families
009to send pictures uh so that I could include them in my slideshow uh in the pep rally. So, I always like to put those in. Um for those of you who don't know, we have a bus waiter program. That's Miss Henderson. She runs our bus waiter program after school because at corner we have to wait for the buses to come back. Um and then that's me with second grade. They won um attendance percentage for the month of October. And I got to put tattoos all over me. Um I don't know if you can see the one on my forehead there. It's kind of small in the picture, but uh they had a blast with that. So that is what's going on at that point questions. >> It's preschool 8 to 8 in your ratio like
010do you have >> I don't know what the state I I believe we cannot deny of course but we have an instruction what you would do >> we have an instructional aid in there with our preschool teacher at all times. Yeah. >> Well I just wonder because you're pm. >> Yes. >> So like if your max is 16 >> then you're going to be getting >> I think we're at like 12. I think both classes are around 12. Yeah. Yep. So that's a great question. >> Thank you. >> High school. >> Good evening everyone. Uh for the third month in a row, we have held our own attendance wise. That is kind of a rarity as far as my experience. Uh I will tell you that in January, we will have some kids that graduate
011midterm and so our numbers will go down, but I'm also expecting a few kids to come back to school in January. So, we'll we'll see how that plays out. Um, few reminders and and just announcements of some things that are going on. Our pay it forward dinner is the 15th of December, starts at 4:30. It's sponsored by student council. The meal is free, but uh there are Goodwill donations accepted and those donations will be distributed to local pantries. And so, there's the menu there. Don't forget the choir concert is the same night. It starts at 6:30 in the auditorium. I would like to congratulate Aiden Vatier. Uh he was named all conference in football and Holden Harvey was named honorable mention in conference football. Junior Tanner Paddock was named to the 2A all state cross
012country team. That's quite an honor. Tanner had a great year. Um there is a sock hop dance this Friday night. We've been having more dances this year. Thanks to those who sponsor them, student council. Kids are enjoying that. There's a picture of the Patriot Dribblers. We're continuing tradition. Um, I'd like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Rester for organizing that this year and for also chaperoning those kids. And also, I would like to thank local law enforcement for chaperoning them, making sure they're safe along the way. That is not the safest trip that kids dribbling down the road can make. So, It is very a very welcome sight to see the local law enforcement help out. Uh I would like to congratulate publicly Trinity Collins who was named employer of employee of the year for the
013oil per petroleum company. Uh she's one of our students and so we're very proud of her. If you've ever been to a local gas station where she works, she will treat you like a prince or princess depending on how you want to be treated. and uh we're very proud of her. We have three students who attend IU East in the education department. They're trying to see if they want to be teachers or not. So hopefully they complete that journey. They just recently participated in an education panel in November. You see their topics listed there, but they were commended for choosing topics that impact school communities. And from what I hear, they did a great job. I didn't get the chance to see their presentations. While I have the podium, there's only one of these gentlemen
014here tonight. Uh I would like to say thank you to department chair Jeff Cura, Rick Hill, Joe Elellman, Jenny Dunning, and Jim Magosski, as well as Ryan Overold. Those people and the people that work in their departments keep this school running year round. And thank you for your work. There's a picture of Ryan right in the middle of uh basketball game. He's on the court wiping the floor. He was down there, I'd say, a good minute wiping the floor. I don't know if he just liked his reflection or what, but >> I was a tow boy, too, when I was little. >> I Well, I'm not talking about when you were little. I'm talking about now. He was a good tower. I do remember. >> Yeah, >> that was good. >> Um, so thank you
015for what you do. There's a picture of Bo Tedro who was recently recognized as student of the month for the Whitewater Career Center. I hear great things about what Bo's doing over there. And then uh we had a great weekend. There's a picture of Carly Woolly, Jesse Kepler, Evie Growan, Autumn Van Winkle. I don't think Autumn's in that picture, but she was with them. Cameron Higgby, Bailey Bean, she's here tonight. Uh I apologize for my typing errors there. The man He types my letters, has some short fingers, and sometimes he messes up. So, I apologize for that. But our global marketing team got second place and Desi Kepler got second place in interview skills. So, if you're in the top three, you get invited to compete in the state business professionals um association meet in
016March. So, we're excited to see Desessie and Desi Desi actually gets to go in two categories. Uh, if you turn the page, there's a picture of Superintendent Jo Jones in the cheer block. I'm not going to be surprised when I see him out there in the Patriot uniform sometime. I've worked for many superintendents. I've never seen one get involved with the kids like he does. So, Steve, I I appreciate that. Keep it up. You're setting the bar pretty high for the rest of us. >> Mascot. Um, we had some great FFA success this weekend as well. Uh, Jordan Loe, Lily Hunt, LA Frasier got fifth place in their soil judging competition with McKenna Gillespie, Casey Klein, Bryley Burns got 19th place place. Um, Chelsea Stevens, Cali Pasco, and Ava Wesler got 22 out of 37
017teams. So, soul judging had some great success. And then our our welders. Every welder that competed this weekend will advance to the state depending on what division they're in. I'd like to congratulate Noah Wooie and Samuel Rdnick. They placed first in the beginner division. Ryan Brookbank and Wayland Outform placed third in the advanced division. And then Zayn Rutell and Ray Carter placed fourth in the advanced division as well. So we're seeing all kinds of success in all kinds of activities. I would like to thank all the ICC students and their parents for being here tonight. I won't steal the thunder about what that means, but uh it's great to see all the kids and their families here to be recognized tonight. So, I won't cover all the events listed, but there's the events for December,
018the home events. Any questions? >> Thank you. Okay, moving on to accept donations. We have a total amount of $3,000. >> So move with a motion. >> Second. >> Susan with a second. Any questions or discussion? All those in favor? >> All those opposed 60. >> Moving on to consent agenda. We have a claims docket of 2,221,000. So that's a 49524. Entertain a motion for the agenda. >> Is that Michelle? Second show motion drew with a second. Any questions or discussion? All those in favor. >> All those opposed. Any abstain? 600. Moving on to old business. Warner board updates. >> We didn't have a whole lot tonight, but our uh we had a levy on the last election and it did pass. Um and we have Susan and I were both up for reelection and
019we both made it again and Shannon will be taking Mike Sim's place and tonight was Mike Sims last meeting. All right, moving on to new business. Uh, performance services. >> Good evening everyone, members of the board. Uh, my name is Tony Kaiikondall, business development manager with performance services. Uh, and this is Pete Barraer, uh, our project development engineer who's kind of handing out kind of our >> job I can do >> presentation or notes for this evening. Um, a little different. I know many times I'll have like a PowerPoint and share lots of pictures. >> Um, but just have a short update for you. Um, a couple months ago we were able to kind of meet with one of your interim superintendent and went over some of the results on the on the solar project
020and I actually kind of watched the live stream and I thought some of the information maybe not have been shared that it was accurate, maybe misrepresent representative. Um, so I just wanted to kind of walk you through the the actual facts of what your solar project is doing, how those arrays are benefiting uh your school district. And I have a lot of great information to kind of just walk you through and you can kind of review that at your own leisure. But um so to kind of begin too and I also should say too kind of in light of what's happening right now with you know Senate bill the legislation that's out there and how it's affecting school funding the energy savings that I'm going to walk you through here is is making a huge
021impact for the district. So the overall goal is to make sure that that is maintained long term and that those energy savings remain in effect for your school district. So, first things first, um, kind of when you first open your packet of information, you will have two sheets. They look very similar to one another. Yep, you guys are looking at them right there. So, what I'd like to point out and just kind of share some of those facts about about your system, about the arrays. This is a line by line kind of every single month since those solar arrays uh were installed. The first sheet will show it month by month kind of what we projected or predicted and what the actual kilowatt hour pro production was from the system. Off to the side, it
022just kind of shows the percent above or below the prediction, right? We can't guarantee sun. So, some months could be sunny, some months could be, you know, more more cloud cover, so on and so forth. The main takeaway for you all as a schoolboard member looking at that bottom, we're actually in and your systems are producing at 105% of what we predicted. So you are outperforming what we thought this what the solar arrays would would produce. This actually comes from the meters. This comes from the data points. That's not just us kind of saying we think it's going to be this. Uh that's from your array. So that is fantastic news. I think what's even more important in some of the better news as well, this is kind of page two and that's kind of
023highlighted. It says energy savings results very similar format to to the graph as well, month by month. It kind of shows what the impact is or what the avoided cost is of what you would have been paying on your utility bills. And you can go month by month and you can see over the course of this installation it has saved $528,00057. So over half million dollars in energy savings has been realized. And as we all know, right, utility costs continue to kind of creep up. That's just that's the world we're in. You're going to find more and more value, more and more energy savings as your utility costs continue to increase. The third kind of the third item. I thought this is kind of a fun one. If I'm a schoolboard member, I kind of
024like to see some of these too. And um I know Miss Blakeley probably seen some of these as well. When you see all the utility bills that kind of come through the uh through the business office, I just highlighted a couple things on here. Um, it's going to be hard to see, but that very first chart that has the 12 year history on there, if you see on there where it says July 0, August zero, September zero, like there's there is no usage for this meter at the high school, which is what your solar arrays are connected to. It is actually completely satisfying that util or that entire load for that meter. is actually generate and then above and beyond that it generates excess kilowatt hours that are actually stored via net metering to be
025used in the future. So you can then follow that at some point in time when those reserves are expended there is some utility bill and then as we get back into the summer months which are traditionally your more sunny months your utility bill drops back down to zero. page three of that document, there's just some highlights on there as well. So, if you're wondering, you know, how is this kind of tracked and what is Duke looking at? That first line item on there says build KWH zero. That's zero dollars. Okay. So, um and basically the kilowatt hours that were delivered, that's the power delivered to the building by Duke. Those were wiped out by your solar arrays. And in the kilowatt hours received, that's the power received from Duke. So the excess is actually carried
026over for future months to be used by the buildings. So for this month, your total current charges were $2763. And that's just your that's your connection charge from Duke. If you look back on the same month that I shared earlier, that July 2025, if you would have been paying for those util for those kilowatt hours, your utility bill would have been $25,000 565. I'm throwing a lot of numbers at you. I hope it's kind of hope I hope it's kind of sinking in there a little bit. But I wanted to bring this information to you because this is this is the true result of how that project is performing. Um I do want to say what what was valuable in in having you know interim superintendent null kind of ask questions about this. It did
027allow us to sit down with your team with Mr. Curwa Mr. Mosowski. We went through kind of redid the training on the dashboard system so that they make sure that they're notified anytime that there's an issue or alert, things of that nature. So, we went ahead and did that as a as a refresher. Um, it allowed us to kind of review that service agreement that you have in place, not with our company, just a third party service agreement. We always want to make sure the system's up and running at its full potential. Uh, we provided some more additional kind of stock panels. Um there was some concern about panels being damaged or not working. That's that is not the case. Um there there were a handful of them that weren't at full capacity. That happens
028over time. You just kind of swap out. Instead of 2,400 panels, you have 2,399 that are operating at full capacity and you swap those out. Um and then we also made sure of Miss Blakeley correct if I'm wrong. I think with the renewable energy credits, I think those are continuing to be set up too. So being a a renewable project, you get a little bit of benefit if selling some of the green energy portion of that, it's not much, but I figure every little bit helps. So if it's a couple thousand dollars over the course of the year, those kind of slowly kind of come back to the to the school's accounts and can be used for other purposes as well. Um the last page in there too uh is just more more or less
029a and I wasn't going to go through this tonight but you do have a summary. So over the last kind of two summers two years performance services we've been implementing kind of the latest round of improvements and upgrades throughout the district. So there is a summary of those on there. Um we are actually holding some of our closeout meetings here in the next couple weeks. So that that is coming to a close. The projects have gone well. We were fortunate to have kind of had the same team to work with, you know, working with Jeff Surqua and really working with all the building principles. Um there's always challenges, there's always surprises, we're still working through a few of those, but just like you probably see me more more times than you like. We don't go
030away until everything's kind of working properly and we're always committed to that as well. So, that's just for you to kind of review. And I think that's the information I was hoping to share with you all tonight. We're we're very proud of the solar project and its performance and the impact it's having. I just want to make sure you heard some of those facts directly from me to make sure that it's you're getting that information and have an opportunity to ask me or Pete, our design engineer, on any of those questions that that you may have. I will pause there. Do you have any questions for me on All this information I just threw your way. >> I do. Yes, sir. >> Because you did throw a lot of numbers out. >> Yes. Yes. >>
031The page here. I'm going to refer back to this page says kilowatts or whatever delivered and received. So when I add those two numbers, I get to your 192 number on your spreadsheet on this. Right. >> Tell me the difference. The way I'm reading it, power delivered to building by Duke and then power received from site Duke. So, are we sending them 95 and they send us back 87? >> I'll try to figure out how you count your production and then how you count your savings. >> So, we Yeah, that's a good question. Um, get my sheet back out here, too. On the production side, we go off of the meters that are installed at the solar arrays, >> right? So, >> they're out there. >> We have we have commercial grade meters. They need
032to be kind of certified because when we sell the renewable energy credits and when we're transferring energy back and forth to Duke, >> they can't just be a meter that like feet design, you know, like >> So, on that meter, are you reading, hey, this power was generated here and we're sending it to Duke? That's I would say production produ on the production piece. So on the on the spreadsheet that has the green column right in front of you. >> Yep. I got you. >> It should be awfully should be awfully close. Should be awfully close. >> Right. So both delivered and received are productions for us that we send to Duke. I'm just reading that where it's one is sending it, one is bringing it back. Right. So we're producing we're producing what I
033show is we're producing 95,000 power received from site by Duke and then power delivered back to building is your 87. Right? >> That's how I see it. >> Right. So how is your production 192? What do those two add up to? Is your >> I'm hope I'm guessing it's 192 because in your spreadsheet here in July of 25 you show what production 192841. I don't know Michelle you got your calculator out. I'm not that good at calculating but 87 and 95 come up to about 192 >> 182 756. >> I guess it would be 182. Right. >> Check the check the previous months because sometimes the the bills lag. See, this it's a it's a great question. The the the challenging part is since we don't manage the Duke utility bills and you may have
034carryover like net metering credits from previous months, it's not going to be a linear match on the spreadsheet >> because there is some carryover and credits that will that they >> and we can we can discuss later. I don't everybody, but when you tell me in July of 25 I say $25,000, >> I'm trying to figure out where that come where I would see that or how I would how you are proving that to me that I didn't pay Duke $25,000 that because of you I would have. >> Sure. >> Does that make sense? >> Yeah, it does. It does. And and I just don't have a good I'm not just going to make up an answer for you tonight. It's not a madeup answer. What I can assure you is the production is accurate.
035So that's what the system produced. But to kind of walk to kind of go back through how Duke shows it on their invoices or on their on their billing, that would be a definite a good opportunity for to do a a follow. >> Jeff, do you understand what I'm talking >> because he's got production at 192. >> I see what you're Duke is saying we delivered 87 >> and and I >> I feel the same way as like going back to May because it was over 116%. >> So I don't know how that all equals out, >> right? >> But I see what you're saying >> and I'm just trying to get a good number on this because are we trying to think about maybe expanding or whatever we want anyway, >> right? So I'm
036just trying to are you taking the savings? Hey, if you multiply this 182 by production rate, that's what it would be. Or is the 25,000. Hey, if we didn't, what we used in July would have been 25,000. >> So, Miss We There's a couple good points here that I think we can talk about tonight. I don't want to take more time tonight than I need to, but on those first two spreadsheets, y >> we just go month by month. So, the first of the month to the end of the month, right? >> And it's simply on production times your utility rate. That's a simple, quick, easy way to kind of look at the cost savings on your utility bill. And I don't have my performance assurance team here. They they do all these numbers, so
037I'm sharing that with you. But this service date is June 18th through July 17. So it gets a little bit murky when you try to align the exact production numbers because we're not exactly July 1 through July 31 versus July June 18th through July 17. And then the carryover with that metering, it it can get a little bit kind of convoluted on your utility bill. Does that make sense? >> Yeah. Your your calendar months here be 17 to 17. But if I even look at June, I'm about that. I'm just trying to figure out I'm in sales too. So you can make numbers kind of look well you want numbers to look. I'm just trying to figure out how you're figuring out the savings of 25,000 in July and 26,000 in August. Is that our
038savings from Duke or is that based on production and they buy some back? I'm just trying to figure out where you get the 25. I want to make sure this is a good month that that was that month of savings >> is how I take it. >> Okay. >> That's how I take it. >> Yeah. And it's it's both avoiding it's avoiding cost. So you just have to that's what you would have been paying to the utility company. Instead you had your own generation to offset that. Um >> so Duke charges us the.1326 per kilowatt whatever >> kilowatt hour >> right >> and that goes up um yeah I was going to see it's gone up since kind of the inception of that project right >> but that is correct. Okay. >> Sorry, I don't
039have all if I didn't mean to confuse it or make it confusing. >> No, I I'm just trying to make it so I'm all about keeping it simple. >> If you just tell me, listen, >> Duke would have build you $25,000 based on your Duke bill and you got for zero, >> then I'm good with that. >> I don't need to know all the the back. >> I shouldn't have said that. >> All right, great question. >> Any other questions? >> Uh, I apologize. cuz I wasn't here at the October meeting. Um, I tried to listen to it. I know there were things said in that meeting that obviously you came back pretty quick and sent us an email saying, "Hey, not exactly correct." Um, are the panels operating as they should now? And how
040was that overlooked at that time? If they weren't operating, >> they're operating the fine. >> Okay. Were they down or something wrong with them? I mean, was that true? >> Three. How many panels? >> So, let me talk. Okay. Dan had said 19 panels were down. >> Okay. >> And he said 2/3 of the solar array was not working, which is 66% of the field. >> Yeah. There were actually three panels that were working twothirds of the way out of 2,000 >> close to 2,500 lb. >> Okay. >> So, the other six I think you said 19 panels were bad. So, the other 16 anomalies supposedly >> Yeah. >> were bird droppings or grass clippings or something like that that that showed on their thermal imaging. >> Okay. So, three panels, two/3 were working. So,
041>> so it wasn't as bad as what? >> No, not even close. >> And it sounds like we have a better way to keep track now. >> Oh, yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> We're more comfortable with it. >> Yeah. Yeah. We've been we went through it again with them and we can log in and check and just >> Okay. >> Alarms us. >> Okay. >> And my intent was not to like point fingers. It was just, hey, when there's information out there about a project that we installed, >> I just wanted to make sure you had the actual facts and the information to go off of >> and just kind of, you know, correct that and have allow you guys the opportunity to ask those questions. >> Well, I know it was discussed, I
042think, in a previous meeting just how is it being tracked, who's tracking it, who's keeping tabs on it to make sure it is operating the best it can. So, >> and Jeff or Jim and I both are are paying attention to it now. Okay. like by the daily. >> Okay. >> Especially Jim. >> So, >> well, I would say too, you know, anybody representing us that misspoke, I mean, we we owe you an apology if something was misspoken. So, we're sorry about that. Um, but I think that the information is good and if we're getting better, then that's that's the goal. >> It's definitely more than what they predicted is >> both on the production and on the savings. >> Yeah. On both. And I'm assuming your projections are based on the type of equipment
043we have and the age and and average sunlight per month, right? >> So it was supposed to >> you're in year out. It can go, you know, it's not going to be high. When you're selling a unit, you got to kind of say this is what we predict projected. I'm just trying to figure out, you know, >> if the projections are set real low, the actual isn't really as act good as a production. if the projections are accurate. That's all. >> So, what we we spent what 2.5 million maybe on the field and it was supposed to have about a 13 and a half year payback I think and I think we're on track for close to 12 year if if it stays the same as far as production and your prediction. >> Yep. And
044there everything >> well we're right on pace here. You got three years, five, you know, half a million. >> Yep. >> 2.5. All right. >> so right around where you >> it's doing Yeah. So, I just want to It's doing what it should be doing. It's outperforming projections. So, we're pleased with that. I just wouldn't pass that along and certainly if you would like to have a separate followup conversation on how to read some of those utilities. >> No, as long as I got the final answer, that would have been my Duke bill, I'm good because that's truly our actual >> s. There's potential the middle school. I mean, middle school has a good spot where just >> legislation is changing very quickly on I sorry to interrupt, but legislation's changing very quickly on that.
045>> The program that you were in, you got in within that metering before that expired. That was a really wise decision. That's kind of why we're seeing some of these numbers and some of these savings. That model has changed. So if we would run rerun anything for you, it would be under a new model uh that involves tax credits and different thing. It's it's different than what you have right in front of you today >> in a better way or worse. >> It's actually very comparable, but this is not need right to sell anything, but they're looking to make changes by like June or July of 2026 to some of that legislation. That's >> projects being completed by then. It's a very quick uh turn to design develop a project like that. >> Yeah, that's
046real quick. >> None other questions. Things change. >> And I wasn't on the board when obviously this was done. So the 2.5 million that he says it cost us. Did we get a grant for that? Did we get capital expenditure? How did >> that was part of a bond? >> Okay. >> So that that includes like uh some of this with the current project summary. >> Okay. entrance wise. >> A lot of just upkeep to the buildings pretty much. Yeah. >> Yep. >> Thank you all for your time. If you have any questions, please please let your superintendent know or we'll follow. >> So you gave us kind of said it will get worse >> or you're under a plan now that could take a benefit. Is there a time that you think something's going
047to change that if we were thinking about expanding? Right. So, are we on a timeline? Hey, if you're really thinking about it, you should do it by X date or it's not >> especially if we have a bond coming. >> I'm just trying to give you >> good guidance on this part of this whole big beautiful bill thing and there's things that keep getting changed within that related to renewable energy. Yep. >> And it's we just got two projects secured last month and they're probably going to have new guidance on that come out in January. So, I would My recommendation is if there is interest, I would we could circle back in January and see what has changed and then give you at least a good recommendation on how to proceed forward because one thing
048we do not like to do is when they have those incentives like the investment tax credit which now is kind of they have a cash payment option for public entities. We don't want to ever take a risk that that would not be there if the board would say let's try to expand this and leverage that further. We want to make sure it's there. >> Okay. >> It's just a tight window and I would say January is when I would feel more confident about that. >> Thank you for your time. >> Thank you guys. >> Thank you for coming. >> You'd like to stick around for Thank you. That's fine. Good evening. I came last year around this time and I talked to you about um the Indiana College Corps and how we were just getting
049ready to start last year offering the Indiana College Corps and um I'm proud to say that within just last year just starting it and go ahead we had 11 students earn the Indiana College Core that group of 30 credits that go to Indie any Indiana public colleges. We even had a junior, where is she? Jada Davis. She finished it all within just last year, her junior year, and it's going to start at Miami in January. She's going to graduate in December, start at Miami. Your classes are all going over seamlessly to Miami, and she's going to be out there. All of our students got to um participate in the commencement at IvyTech. So, they got caps and gowns and they got to walk graduation. They saved over $70,000 in a year or more of college.
050We had an ICC dinner in May where we celebrated with those students and their families. last year's data just showing you the dual credits earned in the A department business um the ICC again that Indiana college core our teachers at the high school versus what we have to pay out because we don't have teachers that teach so those are online teachers and then our dual credits from WCC projections for this year. 10 seniors will graduate with the ICC and two juniors potentially are going to finish it this year. Next year are our junior class. I have around 22 students that are projected to graduate with the ICC their senior year. Last week I was uh just fumbling through some numbers trying to figure out because we go to all these meetings and we hear about
051these schools that are graduating students with associates degrees and I'm like how how do they get there? Like I want to get there. So I started looking and Luke Mills Luke he wouldn't let me put his picture on there. He threw an absolute fit today and he told me I could tell you that. So Luke right here is going to graduate this year with an associates degree in general studies from IvyTech. That's two years. So we are extremely excited to start. I met with my juniors today that are IC students and talk to them about the opportunity to um earn the associates degree. And I've already got six or seven signed up to meet with me to learn how they can do that. So, we're really excited for the future here. Projected for this semester,
052you can see our a dual credits business. Um, again, the ICC with the Union County teachers versus the online teachers that have to supplement. And then our dual credits projected from WCC this year for first semester. for you. It's important because the House Bill 10001 gives you the academic performance grant. And so it shows you that for dual credits in 2526 this year, you get $40 per credit hour that the students have earned, $1,200 max per kid. Those students that earn the Indiana College CP, you're getting $1,491 per student. and those that earn the associates degree are $2,486. And then it just changes for the next year. This is also the associates degree line is also where um the new Indiana diploma, the students that are going to graduate this year or next year, starting
053next year with the new Indiana diploma, we're going to get that same amount of associates degree money back per student. >> And that money helps us pay for credits that we don't have teachers to teach it here. we can pay some of their tuition with that money. >> So, right now, we've been fortunate enough that all of these students are able to take and earn these credits and these um degrees for free for we are able to pay with this money and other grant money. How we're doing that, we became a group. We've joined a rural early college network. We're a partner school. We uh Mr. John and I applied in the spring and it's through the center of excellence and leadership and learning at the University of Indianapolis and they received a $10 million
054federal education and innovation grant to begin rural Early College Network 2.0. It's a five-year grant. I was part of one of the original Rural Early College um grants back in 2014 at a previous school. And so, um, I'm able to work with a lot of the same people that I worked with back then. And so, we're excited because this is going to help us implement these early college programs. We're going to use the money to help hopefully help get our educators um, credentialed so that they can teach more dual credit courses so that we don't have to pay for them outside of us. Our mentor school is Rising Sun. We were able to go down to Rising Sun last month down on the river. We are in a quad with Rising Sun, Rushville, and Brownstown.
055Some of the benefits, we have professional development, so we get collaboration time with all of these other Rucken schools, the other 20 schools. We have a cart that meets um four times a year, which our counselor action and renewal team group. And then we also have a teacher leadership academy that we've sent three of our high school teachers to four times a year to help them with this grant. Um we're going to get $120,000 to help complete this research grant. So, we have a research grant we have to perform and we will start with our current eighth graders and we had to look at a bunch of data and we narrowed down and we sent that list of students off and we've got a blind list, a lottery list of 20 students that we're going
056to start work. We're going to meet with their parents and see if they're interested. But the goal is that next year as freshmen, we work with these 20 students and we provide them with study skills and extra um time after school, before schools, um lots of skills so that when they become sophomores, juniors, and seniors, they are really ready to go and jump into these dual credit classes. Um so, it's a whole research study. We're going to learn. We're going to have 20 control students and 20 treatment students, and we're going to look and see what we do, if it helps prepare these students for college. At this time, I would like to recognize all of our associate degree and ICC students. Please stand up. I'm so proud of them for putting in the time
057and um energy and effort it takes to complete these college level courses while they're in high school. While they're holding down jobs and sports and plays and dramas and musicals, they're still finding time for their college classes. So, I want to thank you and your families all for coming tonight to show support of this program that we've started here. >> Can I ask one one of you, any of you, a question? You don't have to say yes before I ask the question, but I'll my question is, do you feel like although this is all great, do you feel like you're missing out on any type of your high school experience? >> No. >> You're preparing yourself for your future? Like you're multitasking while also doing like you're not missing out on any extracurriculars. You're still
058in high school classes, giving credit, half high school, half college, but you're still gaining intelligence for your future and furthering your timeline to get there quicker. Anybody else? Any other questions? Anybody else? >> Well, I thank you for coming. So, we do have a few goals. Thank you. We do have a few goals. We would love to see more teachers credentialed to teach dual credit so that we can offer the ICC inhouse. It's hard to take a math class online without a teacher. We we have a teacher with the students, but it's hard. Okay. So, we would love to see that. We would love to see more associates degrees. I think we are going to see those rise rather quickly here. Um, Mr. Jud kind of to co coined the term Patriot University and we'd
059love to see like a student study area. There's some places where they have, you know, just rooms that are designated just for these students, kind of like a college lounge where they're able to go in and really study and do some things on their own. We want to overcome barriers that prevent our rural students from attending and succeeding in college. We want to connect CTE and IC because our students that are earning their career in teched credits, whether they're in here in business or agg or whether they're over at WCC, those classes and those dual credits that they earn can seamlessly fit into the associates degree. Um, I think I met with a student today who's going to graduate with 18 dual credits from the career center in health science. So, she only needed 22
060more for that associates degree. So, her So, she's like, "Oh, well, I've already got this ready to go for my senior year." So, we want to just break down that the miscommunication or misnomer that WCC students and, you know, don't earn dual credits here. And we would love to get 100% buyin from our staff and community on the importance of dual credits. What does it take to be a credentialed teacher? >> It takes a master's degree in the subject area or a master's in an area and 18 credit hours in that subject area. So right now Mrs. Barnheiser is credentialed for English. Uh Casey Brewbaker is credential credentialed for science biology and chemistry. Nick Shank, biology. Um, Pam Shaws in business. Um, Debbie Albbright, humanities. >> Mr. Green, physics. Cassidy Red and Peter Bulk both
061teach a dual credit courses. I really need a math teacher. That's a That's a hard one. Um, we have a teacher who, um, is going to take six classes January through the end of July so that he can teach the history 101 and 102 next year for us, the US history course. So, um, so we don't have to pay for that online. >> What is our online cost on an annual basis? >> Depends. Right now, it depends on grants. Last year we had a $50,000 grant and we used all of it to pay. Um this year, first semester, the bill that I just sent Jennifer was >> it's on your for >> or IU um I it's Indiana online. Yeah, it's Indiana online. I think it was >> 13,000 I think. >> Yeah, I think
06213,000 for first semester was what? um paid out. We're going to have to pay out for the dual credit >> still in the black with the man we're giving credits to kids, right? >> And we do have the money from the rural early college network. We get 34,000 this year. It has to be broke down in certain areas, but we can use that for some of these school credits as well. But with that academic performance grant money that comes back to us from the previous year, we are. So if you're a teacher and you may be the only one in your specified area that has the master's degree, are you going to be placed in that role or is it is it up to you if you want to take it or not? if you
063want to >> if you want to participate like if you're really passionate about something else that you teach, you know, like is this going to be like push? Do you see where I'm going? >> We haven't had to do that yet, but who knows what the future would would bring. If you're certified, we can we can ask you to teach that right now. We don't have a lot of people certified, so we're not in that situation. and the ones who are certified, there's a stipen for teaching those classes. So, it's probably not enough for the extra work they have to do, but that's our goal to increase that stipen over time. So, that's it makes it more attractive and more of our teachers will be interested in teaching dual credits. But no, I don't think
064we've forced anyone teaching dual credit. We've asked and beg sometimes, but that's our goal is to have it all in house so that we don't have to someone else to teach our kids. Right now, our teachers get a $500 stipen for their first class >> and 250 for every class after that each semester. So if you teach three dual credit classes a semester, you get a decent won't necessarily pay for the $10,000 you had to spend on a master's degree, but we are putting some of this money towards classes for some of our newer teachers to get credential. So they won't have to spend 10,000 or 15,000 for a masters. Hopefully we'll be able to help at some level. Any other questions? >> Yeah, I have some because this has been a topic I've been
065hit with a lot and I'm just trying to learn as I go here and I have all the resources I need. If I take a dual credit class, is that also am I also able if I wanted to take the AP test, do those two classes have to be completely separate or can they be the same? So, I'm taking English AP. >> We have that. You understand what I'm asking? Can that be also a dual credit? So if I want the automatic, I get the automatic. But if I want to take the AP test, I can take the AP test. >> What we did last year is we offered that out and anybody who wanted to take the AP test, we just told them they had to pay for the AP test. Yeah. >> And
066then I had a few that did that. Yes. >> Okay. This young lady's going to Miami. I went to Miami, too. I know that is in Ohio. Mhm. >> So the other thing I heard was the dual credit was just for Indiana colleges. Has that expanded in recently or >> the Indiana college core is what it's called in Indiana? But I worked with Miami. I've worked with Ohio State. Um I reached out to University of Michigan recently and found out how all of our courses through IBT transfer to their courses. >> Do you have any issues, Jada? >> No. I would just say that Miami did recently pick up a bunch of counties in Indiana to be as considered instate tuition. So even though it's technically another state >> I in my past life I
067had a student that had 64 college credits. It's over two years. She went to University of Iowa to be a science major. She took every one of her credits at face value. They want they want students. So they're not going to say, "Well, we're not going to take those." Because they know the students choose to go somewhere else. So there almost every college that we talk to takes all of our dual credits at face value >> and they'd be silly not to in today's world >> private colleges >> 97 $100 or >> I thought they were two separate things. I'm like Jerry. I didn't know that you could take the dual credit and the AP test you can because the teacher sets the rigor. The teacher in the dual credit dual credit IvyTech gives you
068like the floor. This is what you have to teach. You can teach as much above that as you want. The I mean the teacher has the ability to set that rigor in their classroom. >> In the dual credit, all I have to do is pass or is there a certain grade I have to get in that dual credit? You have to get I mean you have to have for the ICC you have to have overall AC average. >> Okay. >> Um but as we know D's occasionally at the college level happen. So if it if it you balance it you know average a D out with an A you're okay. So overall has to be a C average. >> Okay. But that let's say that one class I took I got a D. Does that
069go or not? it does go. >> Okay. >> Now, if it's in a major area, they may say probably take this over again, >> right? So, each college will have its own. >> If you don't have the 30 credits to get the ICC, it might not go. >> Yeah. But if you have it should, right? >> Yeah. >> See, and colleges pass. >> Any other questions? Just want to thank everyone again for coming tonight. Uh I know students probably so excited to say let's go to a board meeting. Uh but thank you the students. Uh we wish you all the continued success. Uh and one more round of applause for all of you. >> Luke, I got your picture there. should pick it up. >> Congratulations. Good job. >> I say don't feel obligated to
070stay for the rest of the meeting if you don't want to. You're not going to hurt our feelings. >> Thank you. went to South Alabama and transferred to coast to Carolina. So the school just can't see that it being that easy. My daughter was a junior and they cut her program so she had to transfer and like I text university. >> Oh my god. like that. >> My son My son had 29, >> right? >> Got savings on there, not actual, >> but we need to come back. >> They should have been able to >> I didn't think that Okay, we'll continue the meeting. U moving on to item 10, the second reading of uh volume 38 number one. And we're not voting on this tonight. This is just this reading. And then item 11,
071the second reading of volume 38, number one, file two. Again, we are not voting on these tonight. Do we read them out loud? >> Um, no, this was all sent to us. We should have all >> I don't think I >> No, this was uh previously this was >> forget the date. Yeah, >> I didn't get a packet until >> Right. You wouldn't have got it in this packet. >> Yeah, it was last second. You would have got it. >> I wasn't quite done. I I didn't get a packet today and I wasn't sure about where to find volume 38. So the second reading would have done it in October. >> It was the November meeting. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Then I need to go back. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Moving on to item
07212. Uh recommendation to approve resolution for 2025 budget appropriation transfers. something we do every year budget by chance we go over the budget in one area or salaries we can make it up for something we didn't need all in the same fund so it's just a routine I may have like $40,000 for library stuff and it only comes in at 35 I can move that 35 to another place >> for the current budget >> for this year. I won't do it till December 31st. December >> a motion. >> So moved here with a motion. Second with a second. Any questions or discussion? >> All those in favor? >> I. >> All those opposed? On to item 13. Recommendation to approve resolution to transfer amounts from education fund to operations fund. >> I just that same
073She just counts. Okay. >> Motion >> seven. >> Susan with a motion. >> Second. >> Michelle. >> Yeah. >> Michelle with a second. Any questions or discussion? >> Yes. So, do we think we're going are we going to be doing that this year? >> Yes. >> How much? because this is what I'm trying to eliminate. And I don't know how we work on that or whatever, but when we're taking education funds and going to operations, correct me if I'm wrong, I'm taking money out of teachers hands or learning hands to operations. >> Well, we're we're working at a couple different things that we're trying to reduce the amount on the operation side of things. Um, you know, we I mean with But one, I mean, we are trying to avoid cutting at the classroom level
074as much as possible. Um, you know, I mean, I think I talked about it last last month, but uh, you know, they're right now they're figuring from my asbo, they're figuring that there's going to be over 100 districts that are going to be basically pushing referendums just so they can make their budgets. >> I mean, it's it's getting it's ugly and uh, you know, we we've talked about it. Um, you know, I wish I We're not going to be cutting at that, you know, building level, but right now we I mean, we're trying to get some things in place that we can reduce that the the expenditures in uh in operations. >> So, help me just a little bit through this process because now you know you're setting a budget, you're trying to do a
075budget. Do we and we're also trying to negotiate a contract with teachers or payer staff. Okay, I'll just say staff. Do we budget more than what we contract for with the teachers in our education fund knowing that we're probably going to grab some from that education fund and put in the operations fund or somehow I'm just trying to figure out how we always have money in the education fund that can go to the operations fund but yet we have problems paying teachers. That's my highlevel look at it. >> Right. Right. Um, I I I wish I had an answer to that. I wish I had a better answer to that. Um, you know, give me a little bit of time to look at the last couple years and see what, you know, what it's looked
076like. Um, this is kind of an anomaly this year with where we're at as a I mean, I say as a district us, but like I said, it's all across the state, right? that it's going to be. I mean, this is going to be something totally different from what anybody any district's ever dealt with. >> I agree. It's a new game. >> So, I So, I don't have a a great answer for you. Um, but like I said, as you know, I said earlier, we're working on some different things to see if we can eliminate some of those expenditures that are are, you know, in our operations, >> right, >> to so we don't have to continue to do that. So, Let me ask you this. So, is is the age of some of our
077stuff around equipment around here or things that we use chewing up a lot of our operations because it's an hour weighted or it takes more maintenance or I'm just trying to figure out ways myself, right? So, I've got a bond. I can put a bond out here, update some things, but then reduce my oper, you know, get my bond approved, but then reduce my operations cost and then have more funds for education if I'm Does that make sense or no? Or I mean, I'm just trying >> Well, I mean, I mean, the answer is I mean, it's a couple different pieces there. Um because when we negotiate with teachers, we talked about you know that you know we had some you know younger we'll say less experienced teachers leave and they got replaced by more
078experienced and so it wasn't like a apples to apples. It was like hey we're just you know 44 now we're at you know 67 we'll say. Um so there's a lot of factors play into that. Um, you know, like I said, there's, you know, when you look at operations, I mean, I, you know, I I talked to Jeff Circle the other day. Um, I said, you know, facility wise, where, you know, where we at? How's that looking? Are we efficient? All that. Um, you know, I mean, you guys are I mean, we're in pretty good shape, >> all the way across. So, it's uh, you know, there we just got to figure out how do we, you know, how can we do things better? How can we, you know, cut I mean, and I don't
079want to say nickel and dime, but how we can um, you know, cut some of the waste and you know so we don't have to move as much money over there. That's that's the thing. I mean we're we're I mean we've talked about it. I mean we we met the other day as as a team and it's just like holy smokes and we're trying to you know think of anything anywhere >> that we can we can cut just so we're not cutting at the at the classroom level or the at the school level. >> So and I mean we are all ears that if you you got to suggest I mean nothing's you know totally crazy >> nothing's off the table because What can we, you know, what can we do differently? Um, which and
080I mean, so like we're we're open to any suggestions. >> Okay. I'm just trying to learn too. I'm still a little new to this. >> This is also mandated by the state board of accounts. You don't have to take up to 15% from the education fund to the operation. But you have to approve this in December or you can't do it at all. So if your operation gets in trouble next year, there is nothing. >> Right. I'm not saying I'm not voting yes for I'm just saying I'm going to vote yes. I'm just trying to figure out. >> Yeah. >> I remember when I first came here and I asked the question and it was just like, oh yeah, we just bought 300 400 a year. >> Like it was just common play. >> Well,
081I'm just trying to get rid of that common play so that three to 400 can go or figure out. I don't know. I don't have all the answers. I just know >> if we don't transfer, we don't get to use it in operations. Is that what basically you said? >> Okay. >> And you put that in the budget. But if you transfer it, you also don't get to use it to pay your staff and pay >> Yeah. >> But when they split everything out where education fund was the general fund and everything together, the state board of accounts and the Indian department of education broke that out so you can use up to the 15% of that because there's there's too many. >> Right. So my question is when you set a budget, do we
082say, "Okay, here's what we here's what we think our education cost is going to be," and then do we add 15% to it for our budget so we can pull it later? >> I I think I heard John say that to me a couple times or bring that up. >> Yeah, that's high. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I don't think we're taking out anybody's hand necessarily. >> No, but I'd love to get that extra 15% and if we only use five, then we have 10 to play with on the education side, right? Like I said, we are open to any any suggestions. I'm meeting the principal tomorrow. We're going to talk, you know, talk a little bit about that and >> right as we look at things, you know, trying to attract teachers and pay and
083everything. I'm just trying to >> right >> just play with stuff and see what happens. >> Well, it's it's good points. >> Okay. >> And I would love for us to get to a point like we used to be where we had this staples and that stayed here for a long period of time. you know, the Jane Bales, the Mrs. McCormack, the Tro Hayes, you know, so many of these teachers names are mentioned, I don't even know them. And that's fine, but I want them to stay. You know, if this is going to be their place, I want them to stay. So, I'm not even as worried about attracting new teachers as much as I am as retention of good staff members. Um, I think that's something that has to be a high priority for
084our small district is keeping those good teachers because we don't want them to go elsewhere. We want them to stay here. >> And a lot of the younger ones that we've had, just like the one tonight, they got married. They're moving away. >> Yeah. Military spouses, whatever. >> Okay. I have a motion uh by Susan, second by Michelle. Any other questions or discussion on this topic? If not, all those in favor? >> All those opposed 60. Moving on to item 14, approval of Jim Williams, uh, school attorney. We are not approving a contract per se tonight. Uh I'll let >> no once um once we uh we approve that then we can move on and and uh get a contract in place. Uh one of the things that uh I know a number of of
085you all um you know were kind of disappointed with the service we were getting from our our current attorney. Um so I I listened to you. We you know went looking and we were very fortunate. Uh Jim also uh represents firm represents Muny and some other places. But when I so we talked to him uh you know he had you know he said I got some ideas when it comes to budgeting on what we're seeing elsewhere across the state and different places. So it wasn't just an attorney we were getting it was somebody that's got a lot of experience across u you know especially uh east we'll say east central Indiana on what some other districts are doing. So, um that will be, you know, very helpful because like I said, we're we're looking for
086any any answers we can get. I mean, as well as every district in the state, we're looking for any answers we can get. Um so, he was very excited and and the fact that um granted being still someone new, our current attorney, I kind of looked at it as that we were kind of an afterthought. Um other districts were, you know, a higher priority. And Jim came in, he goes, he goes, "No, he goes, I my heart's here because I whatever I can do to help help, we'll we'll do it." And uh you know, I just I mean, I can figure we're better than that. That I mean, that's we're better than an afterthought. So that was what what we did. So >> good move. >> Yeah, I'll entertain a motion. And again, we're not
087approving the contract. We're just approving to move forward with it. So moved. >> Show with a motion. >> Second. >> J with a second. Any questions or discussion? And just to clarify, AJ is our attorney through the end of the year. He's still under contract currently. So he's going to finish out the year. So just to clarify that. >> Would you like Drew and I to abain? I think we're >> Are we far enough apart? >> I don't know. >> This is our sister's brother-in-law, >> but our sister's deceased. So, that probably doesn't matter, does it? >> I'd prefer, >> right? Then we can't. It doesn't matter or not. He's still okay. All right. So, I have a motion by Michelle, second by Jerry. Um, all those in favor >> I >> All those opposed
088abstain. >> I guess go ahead. That's fine. >> It doesn't matter. We do have more. >> Well, it's >> you just put me That's fine. >> Okay. Get AJ on the phone. What should I do? >> He wouldn't be able to figure that. >> There you go. >> Okay. Moving on to approval of non-certified uh personal stipens. Uh what we looked at is after we got done with um we completed our negotiations uh with the teachers, we felt it was very important to take care of our support staff as well. Um and I don't know with when we're talking budget wise, I don't know what this going to look like next year. Um you know, we're going to be looking at some uh a lot of different alternatives uh if there are some. Uh but
089what we're looking at is uh for group A and I I won't read it to you about part-time employees, non-servive personnel working less than 20 hours a week, 184 days or less, a $250 stipen. We're not we're not doing raises, just doing one time. Um group B, full-time employees, 40 hours per week, 184 days, $350. Uh, group C, full-time employees, non-certified personnel working 40 40 hours per week, less than 42 weeks per year, $500. Uh, group D, full-time employees, non-certified personnel working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks per year, 750, and that was the same that the uh, teachers received. Uh, and group E, directors, department heads, and assistants, non-certified personnel working more than 40 hours per week, 260 days per year, $1,000. And group administrators uh administrators be given the same amount that certified
090staff received as an increase. This be onetime stipen with no salary increase. As you see the total cost of tip $43,425 education fund 22,100 operations fund 17,125 fund 4200. We just believe it was right to fair and right to I said take take care of the um support staff as much as possible. So, this is a one time stipen. >> Yes, ma'am. >> When would it be paid? >> I'll I'll entertain a motion first. Uh, and again, we're doing separate the non-certified be item 15 and 16 will be the administrative staff. So, I'll entertain a motion that item 15 approval non-certified personal personnel stipens. >> Drew with a motion. Second, >> Michelle with a second. No. Any questions or discussion? >> When would they receive it? >> Will this be the lump sum? Just >>
091Yes. >> When y >> when I didn't hear >> December 19th, >> just in time for Christmas shopping. Great. Okay. Motion by Drew, second by Michelle. Any other questions or discussion? All those in favor? >> I. >> All those opposed? 6. So, approval of administrative staff stipens. So, you went over the numbers already for administrators. You have those in front of you. Entertain a motion >> to move. >> Second. >> Motion >> Susan with a second. Any questions or discussion? >> All those in favor? >> I. >> All those opposed? Moving on to item 17, approval of the Ohio aortionment agreement. And everyone should have got a copy of it. >> And I have the sign. >> You have the sign. Once everyone's had a chance to review that, I'll entertain a motion. So moved
092>> Susan with a motion. >> Second >> Drew with the second. Any questions or discussion? As always, thank you to everyone that works on this. No other questions or discussion. All those in favor >> and I vote on this side. >> So, can Susan do the motion? >> I probably should not. >> She can make the motion. >> Yeah, she can make the motion. >> Okay. So, Susan with the motion, J with the second. All those in favor? was opposed and then two abstain. >> Okay, moving on to superintendent comments. >> You know, I just want to say I mean I I uh just the amount of people welcome I've gotten in in the past six weeks. Um, I I small town. I love it. And uh I kind of, you know, I think Sarah
093laughed to me the other day because, you know, she we were talking to some other this is a dream job. I said, "This is awesome." Um, you know, we we were uh here pretty much all weekend. I did not do the run, which as I told Drew, next year I will be in better shape. I'll be ready to go. Um, you know, just all the stuff. And although I I was asked on whether or not I bought the boots special for the the Purdue and for the the Wilbborne game, but I said no, I've had them. I just don't get a chance to wear them. So, um but uh then don't get me started on the ice cream. Uh I I got in trouble for my daughter because we there was a home game one
094on Friday and I was like, "Yeah, there should be ice cream." You know, and because when I got it and this is a great story. I was at the uh Wizards when these three girls brought it up, you know, ice cream to me. And I, you know, being from, you know, Fort Wayne and Richmond, they're like, "Welcome to Union County." I said, "What's wrong with it?" And they're like, "Nothing." I said, "What'd you guys do to it?" And they're like, "Nothing. We just want to welcome you to Union." I said, "Okay." I said, you know, I said, "I've been up in Richmond in, you know, Fort Wayne." And I said, "The kids usually, you know, here's an apple. It's a bite out of it, but here's an apple." you know, um and so I give
095the girls a hard time, but uh that is I mean they say world famous and it is it's amazing. But um I mean just you know uh you know getting a hug from Susan the other day she came over here with on Saturday at the olive olive juice. Am I correct on that? >> Yeah. and she came up and she goes, "Hey, welcome to you know and and uh I just I it's just crazy how great the the feeling is of everything around here just and just the the you know the feel of family. Um and I just appreciate it. I mean I can't thank you guys enough because this is like I said this has been just amazing. So it's just going to keep getting better. So that's all I got. Uh board comments.
096>> I want to I want to apologize to the teachers union. I reached out to Megan after the bargaining to no one's fault. Absolutely nobody's fault. A change in command all of that. We the bargaining team was unaware of meetings. Mr. Jud, I want to make sure you know. I know you sent an email and the bargaining team was unaware of meetings until the day of the meeting. So, uh for somebody like me that if a meeting's at 4, I'll never be here. You know, I'll never be here. Um and so my apologies because part of my role in this, you know, is bargaining is to be a voice for for us all. So, um I'm sorry that I wasn't a part of that. Um and I appreciate the communication from the central office. Um
097everybody was sorry and and I was like, I think I missed something. That's why I'm always like, did I miss something? Where did I miss it? Um, but the bargaining, it bothered me that we weren't there for you. So, um, big apologies for that. Any other board comments? I do want to thank uh AJ Sigman for his service to the school. uh did provide us um with good things for the last couple years. So, uh you know, some comments were made tonight that I don't think reflect our board, but do want to u thank him for his service and we look forward to working with Jim. So, there's nothing else. We will adjourn at 8:27.