001[Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Good evening everyone. I'd like to call this meeting to order. If you're able, will you please stand as we have a moment of silence and say the pledge of allegiance. I aliance 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. Thank you. First, we'll have our uh patrons concerns. Uh Brittany Fortner. Hi, I just want to say thank you first to everyone tonight uh and for the board for spotlighting our school and for allowing us to speak tonight. As a parent, as secretary of the Tennyson parent teacher organization and also as a substitute teacher at Tennyson, I have been blessed with being able to see and experience our school from various vantage
002points. The one thing that has always shown clear, it has been the love and dedication that every staff member has for the students of Tennyson Elementary. I have seen teachers and staff clothe students who are in need, brush and style hair for events or for picture day or just for the day just to make them feel good for the day. The teachers show up for the students in school and outside the school to show love and support at sporting events or anything that interests this child. Sometimes even traveling across the state to show the support up to three hours. Our teachers are a cut above the rest. They support and encourage each student in the classroom as well as outside. Tennyson Elementary isn't just a school where all the students learn. It's a family where
003all the students there are loved truly and we are so proud to be a part of the Tiger family. Thank you. Thank you. Next, uh Rebecca Boswell. Good evening. Tennyson Elementary School is more than a school. It's a community of people that care about our children like they care about their own. So, it is I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank each and every one of our staff members and teachers for helping me raise my children because I couldn't do it without you. Thank you. I'm sorry, Jeremy. Is it Jeremy? Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Boswell. Thank you. My favorite thing about Tennyson Elementary is the individualized attention each student gets there. Kids that need extra help get extra help to catch up and keep up on their subjects. And kids that are advanced
004get extra work and assignments to keep advancing in their studies. I appreciate the extra effort that all the teachers put in to get this accomplished. Thanks. Thank you. Next, we have recognitions. Dr. Redmond. Thank you, Mrs. Glover. Tonight, we have a couple of recognitions. First, we're going to start with a student recognition. So, I would like to invite Mr. Drew Girth, the principal at WPCC, to the podium with Toby and Mr. Dedric. Good evening. Uh we are thrilled to be here tonight uh with one of our students um EMT student uh Toby Leonard um and his instructor Chuck Dietrich. Um when he was at Castle High School and not with us, uh there was a substitute teacher uh who had a um physical problem. Uh, and Toby jumped right into action when they called for
005help, assessed the situation, uh, everything exactly like he was taught and, uh, was in control until the am got there and the EMTs took over. So, we're very proud of him for his his effort and his work. Uh, and appreciate the things that Mr. Dietri taught him in class. Toby, if you could come forward, I'd like to give you a certificate on behalf of War County School Corporation and the board of school trustees. app. Congratulations. [Applause] Even though you were my own kid, I'm just proud of you. Toby, one question. Toby, are you a senior this year? Yes. I think I know where you're going. Oh, next we have our retirees, Dr. Redmond. Thank you, Mrs. Clever. Tonight we have the great pleasure of honoring our Warick County School Corporation retirees. This group of people
006has dedicated their lives to the students of War County. They've served as experts in their fields, have functioned as caregivers when needed, have celebrated successes with their students, and have gone above and beyond every day in service of students in Warick County in an honor and in honor of the education profession. I am certain that each of our retirees could write a book about the challenges, the joys, the laughs, the tears, and then the experiences that they have encountered over their long careers in Warick County School Corporation. At this time, when your name is called, please come forward to receive just a very small token of our appreciation for the years of dedication to the students, families, and communities in War County School Corporation. And we will say everyone's name whether they were able attend
007to attend tonight or not. Annie Elorn to come see high school. [Applause] Kelly Chapman, Castle North Middle [Applause] School. Rhonda Kundiff, Tennyson [Applause] Elementary. Jennifer Durr, Yankeetown Elementary. Bridget Fustner, Castle North Middle School. [Applause] Mara Hamill, Castle [Applause] Elementary. Brad Harrison, Chandler Elementary. [Applause] Missy Hchens, Boonville Middle School. Barry Hughes, Newberg [Applause] Elementary. Tina Krebs, Newberg Elementary. Congratulations. Dennis McLemore, Castle High [Applause] School. Kim McLemore, Booneville Middle School. [Applause] Michelle McGinness, Log Elementary. Beth New House, Sharon Elementary. Lynn Pierce, Log Elementary. [Applause] Mark Poston, Booneville Middle School. Becky Raker, Castle High [Applause] School. Tim Recctor, maintenance. Eric Redmond, Castle High School. Linda Schmidt, Castle Elementary. Rebecca Schneer, Booneville High [Applause] School. Bradley Eelhair, Booneville Middle School. [Applause] Curtis Yubalor, Boonville Middle School. [Applause] Christine Woolsey, Toce High School. [Applause] and Dave Wolf, Booneville High School.
008If we could give the retirees one more round of applause and please come shake hands. [Applause] Good for you. [Music] No, he's moved on. Good luck. Thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations. You had my daughter. [Applause] That's right. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Congratulations. Next, we have our school spotlight, Dr. Redmond. Thank you, Mrs. Glover. Tonight, we have the Tennis and Tigers with us, and we're excited to hear all about their school spotlight tonight. Uh, Mrs. How, the principal, will get things kicked off for us. Good evening. Thank you, Dr. Redmond, and members of the school board for giving us this opportunity to highlight all of the great things happening at Tennyson Elementary School. I know that I might be a little bit biased, but you have truly saved the best for last. Our
009top priorities at Tennyson are academic excellence, high student engagement, character development, and community involvement. We love to show our Tiger pride. Oliver and Lily are going to share what Tiger Pride means to them. My name is Oliver and I think and I am a fifth grader. I think having Tiger Pride means that I'm honored to go to Tennyson Elementary. My name is and I am a third grader. Tiger pride means to me that I'm proud of my grades, my friends, and my kindness, and to others in my [Applause] community. We are very proud of our academic achievements. For example, Tennyson Elementary is the only elementary school in Warick County to obtain a 100% pass rate on iided for the last school three school years. Abigail is going to come and share with us what she
010loves about her class. My name is Abigail and I am a third grader. I like my class because we are small and not as loud as other classes. We get to switch classes and I like social studies. We have lots of fun [Applause] teachers. At this time, I'm going to turn the presentation over to Mrs. Buyers. Good evening. I want to start off by showcasing two of our fifth grade students, Oliver Boswell and Lauren Stewart. Oliver and Lauren began learning how to play their recorder when they were fourth graders. And at elementary karate program as fourth graders, they became black belts in the karate booklet. And then this year in book two, they are double belts. They made it to the level double black belt. So tonight, um they're going to play a selection from
011two. It's a big accomplishment to get this far. So I'm very proud of it. [Music] [Applause] Next for you, we're going to um do a little teaser. We're having a spring program this Thursday called Wing It. And um Kindergarten through third graders have been working on this musical and we're going to do two selections tonight for you. They have decided it on their own. sing. All right. Please, please. [Music] We're [Music] feather depend We [Music] will sisters and brothers sing our song for you along sing. our way into the sky so you know it [Music] [Applause] [Music] usies on your We're feather all kinds of weather. You'll see that you can depend on never sing for you. Yes, we'll keep singing strong. [Applause] [Music] All your friends around you. And we did it. You [Music]
012must sing loud and high. Swing it. You got to swing it. You got it. You got to bring [Music] it. And trouble seems to go your way. Just believe in yourself and get up off the floor and stay [Music] calm. Sing [Music] it. You got to try it. You got [Music] it. Swing it. Sing it. Swing it. It's time to fly. [Music] [Applause] Thank you again for having us here tonight. I would like to thank the award publication, the WPF, sorry, for awarding me $500 to fun in the music classroom. And have you enjoyed using the puppets? And if you want to see more of this wonderful musical, you can come this Thursday. Thank you students and Mrs. Buyers. We are also committed to developing character in our students and everything we do is focused
013on helping them be good people and be future productive citizens of our community. Natalie and Addie are going to share with us a little bit about their Tiger Pride. My name is Natalie and I am a third generation tennis and student. I like helping the teachers because they need help. My favorite Pride Pass reward is eating with my principal. [Applause] My name is Addie and I am a kindergartener. I like to eat with the principal and I like to bring a fluffy friend. They were sharing a few of their favorite Pride Pass rewards. We are blessed to have an outstanding support from our community. You won't find a more supportive community than the community of Tennyson. For example, our most recent TPT spring festival in auction cleared over $9,000 in profit. Matteline is going to
014share her favorite thing about Tennyson. My name is Maline and I am a second grader. My favorite thing about Tennyson is my small class and everyone gets more education. Also, the food at Tennyson is the [Applause] best. We are going to conclude our presentation this evening with a video that our Girl Scout troop put together to spotlight our wonderful little school. What do you like about elementary school? The teachers are nice and they help you with problems. I love my teachers. I like Mrs. Beer. What I love about Tennyson is my teacher, all my friends in gym class. My teachers are great and my school is how nice all the teachers are. I love because the teachers are great. Teachers help us all in attendance elementary. [Music] I love tennyson because we get PE every
015day. I like tennis because we get to do all the sports we want in third grade through fifth grade. I love about tennis and Tigers is I like um recess and PE. [Music] seen a lot of good teachers come through this school and the community really supports the school. I love Tennyson because of all the extra events and I get to play Giant Plinko at the carnival. [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] What do you like about the teachers? What I love about Tennyson is that I went to school here and my kids go to school here and there's no other better place that I would want to send my children. It's like a family. It's like coming home and there's no place better. Teachers and staff are not just teachers and staff. They're more like
016family. The love and support that they give kids is just like mothers give our own. I like art. I like how all the teachers are nice and they fill us with joy. I like that the school is unique. I like that everyone feels like a family. is the kids that that don't have an opportunity at the bigger schools to be in sports. They get more of a one-on-one with their school teachers. And yes, the school teachers probably know a little bit more about their lives than possibly at other schools, but it's a community. The reason I love Tennis Elementary School is because it's not just a school, it's a family. But recent because of my friends. This is probably the prize school in War County as far as I'm concerned. I went to school here
017for nine years until it consolidated. And I had two three sons and six grandchildren that went here and a little great granddaughter that's looking forward to it. These smaller schools I think do better long run as far as your education because you know kids are more learning plus the personal experiences of more teachers and stuff. I think Tennessee's a great school because you get So many opportunities with the teachers. They give you a lifetime experience of fun. I love Tennyson because of the sports and the teachers and you get one-on-one time. It's just a really good school. [Music] What I like about Tennyson is that there's smaller classes so we can learn more. I like Tennyson because there's a lot of cool family events. I like because they help us a lot. Is the [Music]
018best. Thank you. any of the students, everybody did an outstanding job, but any of the student speakers and the students who performed, if they'd like to come shake the hands of the board members, that would be great. Thank you so much. Good job. [Music] That was fun. Are you twins? Nice job. Good job, bud. Good job, bud. Nice firm handshake there. Good job. Thank you again, everybody. [Applause] Yes. God bless his last name. So cute. Danny. Yeah. See him for 50 years. Mila and last year and this year Titus. She's awesome. Next item on the agenda is consideration of routine business. Dr. Redmond, you'll see tonight that routine business that routine business will only include the minutes tonight. you have a memo in front of you from Amy Smith and she noted that there was
019a statewide outage today for the financial software. So the docket will we will not be approving the docket tonight. We'll move that to next week. Okay. So routine items tonight include one item approving the minutes of the schoolboard meeting held on April 28, 2025. I recommend the board approve the routine items as presented. So move second. Have a motion from Mr. M seconded by Mr. Baker. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carry. Agenda item 81, approve impact statements for new policies. Thank you, Mrs. Glover. The policy committee is submitting three proposed policies via board policy 1300, board policy development guidelines. Each of the three policies has an impact statement that you will find within your board packet. The policy committee asks the full board to vote on each impact
020statement. We'd like to do that in whole if that's okay with the group in order to move forward with the three new policies. I'm just going to give a brief summary of the three impact statements just for the good of the group. Um the first impact statement is in regard to internal controls. The school corporation is to adopt and maintain a system of internal controls as described by the Indiana State Board of Accounts. The impact uh will of the policy will promote accountability, transparency, and ensure effective and efficient use of public funds. The search and seizure policy. The need is that the Indiana School Board's Association has a list of required policies by the state and federal law that include searches and seizures of student belongings and lockers. The corporation already has procedures in place
021but would like to have a policy to cover these procedures. And the last impact statement is in regard to artificial intelligence. The technological advancements and the ability to access artificial intelligence programs and software has exploded. The school corporation needs to address the positive uses of artificial intelligence and remind everyone that the negative uses will not be allowed. I recommend the board approve the impact statements as presented. Motion to approve. Have a motion from Mrs. Wilhelm, seconded by Mr. France. Any discussion these impact statements just to move I guess moving forward. Yes, let's create the policy. Is that what the purpose of this is? Yes, we it simply means we're sending these three items to the policy committee to create and work through the creation of the policy. Then they will come back just like always
022we'll do a first and second reading. Thank you. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carried. And in that vein, I do we have a motion that uh to authorize the policy committee to prepare these policies based on these impact statements. I'll second motion by Mr. Baker, seconded by Mr. Mosby. Any other discussion? Those policies will be done individually, correct? Yes. Okay. The AI one will take a little longer than the other two. So these will not be coming to you the next board meeting. This is this is just setting up the need for the policy so that we can continue working. Maybe we could have AI create the AI policy. I I mentioned that and Mrs. Glover mentioned it again tonight. So it will assist. All those in favor say I.
023I. Any opposed? Motion carried. Agenda item 82 approve course addition. Thank you Mrs. Glover. Director of learning Mr. Jason Fischer is asking the board to approve the addition of the following high school course offering for the 202526 school year digital design. I recommend the board approve the request as submitted. So move have a motion by Mr. Baker seconded by Mr. France. discussion. I just have a question. All three high schools available at all three high schools. Thank you. It was submitted. It it was came as a request from one high school, but once we go through the approval, then it's available to all three high schools. All those in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion carry. Agenda item A3 approve for the Sharon Elementary rack ramp replacement. Thank you, Mrs. Glover. Assistant Superintendent, Mr. Todd
024Armstrong, is recommending the board to award the bid for the Sharon Elementary ramp replacement to Danco Construction, Inc. as the lowest responsive responsible bidder. I recommend the board approve the request as submitted. So, second motion by Mr. France seconded by Mr. Mosby to approve this bid for Sharon Elementary having a discussion. So, so what is the reasonable just a repair? I'm not. Their condition is uh deteriorating. It has been for a couple years. We did repairs on them about eight years ago and now they're starting to have brick crumbling and things that we're getting concerns over. But it isn't an emergency situation which is why we went ahead and bid both of them not knowing what they would cost. Um price was pretty steep and so we're going to do one this year and then
025in the next year or two we'll try to do the other but we've already got design. So it's just a matter of getting. So point of clarification, Mr. Armstrong, this is for 30 $160,000 for the north ramp only. That is correct. Even though you bid both and you Yes. You've got those numbers, but we're just doing one for now. Just doing one of the ramps. Okay. These are behind the school from the back side. They're on the north and south side of the school. The second story. They're the very long concrete ramps that run all the way up to the second floor. Okay. And these are required by ADA guidelines. We actually investigated a number of solutions to eliminating the ramps. Um there was none that was more cooperative with price than replacing the ramps.
026Thank you, Mr. Armstrong. No further discussion. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carried. Next item is approved donations. Dr. Redmond. Thank you, Mrs. Glover. Donations tonight include Newberg Elementary School, $4,73259, a donation from the Newberg High School Alumni Association to purchase items that will benefit the needs of the school. We have a second donation, $9,263, also from the Newberg High School Alumni Association to purchase items that will benefit the needs from the school. And just for clarity, one of the it's the same group. They were closing out one account, which accounts for the first donation number. The second one was coming from the same group through our through the community foundation. So that's why we split them out. Um, also at Newberg Elementary School, a $600 donation from KM Specialty Pumps
027and Systems to purchase the Writing Revolution 2.0. And at Boomville High School, a $500 donation from the Red Cross High School Scholarship Program to be given to a VHS senior. I recommend the board approve the donations as presented. I make a motion to approve the donations as presented. Second. I'll second that. Motion by Mrs. Wilhelm, seconded by Mr. Id. Any discussion? All in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion carried. Next item, consideration of personnel recommendations. Dr. Gresian. Thank you, Mr. Glover. The human resource office has the following business to bring before the board tonight. Agenda item 9.1, consideration of employment, certified staff, and all of these are for the 2526 school year. Christina Alvarado, Spanish teacher at Castle High. Jennifer Thompson, third grade teacher at Newberg Elementary. Jessica Spooner, halftime special education teacher at Log
028Elementary School and halftime at Lynville Elementary School. Randy Jill Prior, special education teacher at Log Elementary School. Addison West, fifth grade teacher at John H. Castle Elementary School. Kayla Stallings, first grade teacher at John H. Castle Elementary School. and Landon Wagner, third grade teacher at John H. Castle Elementary School. Ashley Harts, elementary teacher at Tennyson Elementary, Joey Peridan, athletic director at High, Sarah Smith, elementary learning specialist. Lindseay Freeman, special education teacher at Oakill Elementary School, and Alexis Austin, fourth grade teacher at Chandler Elementary School. Motion to approve. Second. Have a motion by Mr. Mosby, seconded by Mr. France. Any discussion? All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carried. Thank you. Non-certified staff include Michaela Coulter, a part-time school nutrition field specialist and trainer. Shelby Knight and Emily Esparza, ABS program assistant at John
029H. Castle Elementary School for 2526 school year. Lean Titer a 3.75 to 5.75 hour cafeteria position at Boomville Middle. Jennifer Sweat 3.5 hour cafeteria position at Newberg Elementary. Dorothy Morris ABS program assistant at Log Elementary School for 2526. Annette Marorrow, an ABS program assistant at Log Elementary School for 2526. Nicole Gillespie, full-time custodian at Newberg Elementary. Caitlyn Smith, Alyssa Masky, and Jordan Hendricksman, program assistants at Newberg Elementary School for 2526. David Dich, the inschool suspension supervisor at Castle High School for 526 and a varsity coach, Brian Kelly Allen, varsity girls golf coach at Boonville High School. Motion to approve non-certified staff as presented. Second. We have a motion from Mr. Seconded by Mr. Skinner. Any discussion? Favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carried. Thank you very much. Item 9.2 leads Ron Leech, custodian at
030Johnn Elementary School and Jane Shou, program assistant at Chandler Elementary School. Have a motion. So move. Second. Motion by Mr. Baker, seconded by Mr. Mosby. Any discussion? All in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion carried. Thank you very much. Agenda item 9.3, report of transfers. Ryan Frasier, assistant principal Castle High School to assistant principal Castle South Middle School for 25.6 school year. Adessa Rhodess, 6.5 hour cafeteria position at Castle South Middle School to 6.0 hour cafeteria position at Castle South Middle School. Elizabeth Carter, 4.75 hour cafeteria position at Castle South Middle School to 6.5 hour cafeteria position at Castle South Middle School. Rabbathy Janali, 3.5 hour cafeteria position at Castle South Middle School to 4.75 hour cafeteria position at Castle South Middle School. Nicole Fesner, 3.75 hour cafeteria position at Bloomville Middle School, 3.0 hour
031cafeteria position at Chandler Elementary School. Stephanie Dupont, library attendant Elementary School to program assistant at Log Elementary School for the 25.6 school year. Agenda item 9.4 Four, report of early returns. Katherine Alto, JC Turner, and Jessica Hurley have all filed appropriate paperwork to return early from approved leave of absences. Agenda item 9.5 resignations. Karen Wallace, 6.0, sorry, 6.0 hour cafeteria position, new elementary school, resignation effective May 22nd, 2025. Kelsey Davis, program assistant at WC, resignation effective May 2nd, 2025. Britney Jackson, program assistant at WC, resignation effective June 1st, 2025. Cherylyn Pratt, special education teacher at Castle North Middle School, resignation effective June 1st, 20.5. Cheyenne Young Bloodood, program assistant at Boonville High School, resignation effective June 1st, 20.5. Taylor Freeman, program assistant, Newbury Elementary School, resignation effective June 1st, 2025. Kayn Higgins, program assistant Yankee
032Town Elementary School, resignation effective June 1st, 2025. Cara Sergiskar, job share program assistant, Johnny H. Castle Elementary School, resignation effective June 1st, 2025. Caitlyn Bogle, third grade teacher at Newberg Elementary School. Resignation effective June 1st, 2025. And 9.6 retirements. Rebecca Schneer, science teacher at Bloom High School. Retirement effective June 1st, 2025. Thank you, Dr. Next. Agenda reports. Mr. Redmond. Thank you. We have two reports tonight. Our first is coming from Looks like Mr. Fiser. Guys can duke it out back there. Who's gonna go first? Good evening. I'm very pleased to be in front of the board and want to give you an update on the student learning and growth committee. Uh most recent meeting. At our most recent meeting, uh we discussed the brand new JAG program that we have currently at Booneville High School.
033Some members of the board, you may remember last year we approved that partnership with JAG. And JAG stands for jobs for America's graduates. It's a partnership with Workforce One. And this particular program is specifically designed to help those students who may be experiencing difficulty within their life, attain graduation status, and put them up for success in post-secary education. Some of the components of the JAG program um are work-based learning. It offers opportunities for students to have apprenticeships through the JAG program. One other key component of the JAG program is they have several trips where they go out and visit job sites, employment um opportunities and they have a lot of guest speakers that come to the classroom at Bloomville High School and share their experiences with the students and present you know give them an
034idea of the possibilities that also exist. Another component of the JAG program that we're very proud is uh during their class time with their instructor, they have opportunity to work on resumeumés, interview skills, employment skills. They work on teamwork and how to attack things and critical thinking in a collaborative situation. And I think as I uh was talking with the committee, one of the parts of this program that is most unique is A lot of times in our schools, we focus until graduation and then the support ends. And one thing about the JAG program that we're really excited about is these seniors who are graduating at Greenville High School, who are part of our JAG program, they do not lose contact with this teacher for over a year. This teacher continues to check in on
035them to see how they're doing in their postsecary studies or how they're doing with their employment. This teacher serves as a mentor. And it's something that we're really proud that we have brought to War County. I know Mrs. Kemp and Mr. Palace have really um enjoyed this program. They have nothing but praise about this program. And also with this JAG program, we have um added two additional pathways. One of the pathways we've offered for graduation is the employability pathway and another pathway we've added this year which is brand new to the state of Indiana. It's called the JAG pathway. There's a lot of components within those pathways, but when we were speaking with the committee, we wanted to provide an update on this program. And I do want to thank the board for allowing this
036partnership to occur with Workforce One. Thus far, a year into it, we believe it has been just a remarkable success for our school and for our community and specifically for our students uh who need this this support the most. One other thing that we also talked about was the standardized assessments that we're currently uh take partaking in in the state of Indiana. Last Friday, May the 9th was the closing of the ILR window. The iLearn assessment is administered in grades three through eight throughout the corporation. We had approximately four weeks of ILarn assessment. We administer ILarn in grades three through eight in math and English language arts. Grades four and six, we administer the science assessment. and in grade five we administer social studies. Those scores are slowly beginning to populate due to a field
037test uh with the English language arts. We're having a little difficulty throughout the state with our individual student reports uh that we send home uh to parents. We're hoping that all of those results will populate by the end of the week, but due to a field test that is a little slow coming in, but uh all the schools are completed now with iLearn and got finished with iLearn and today we began I read two and three. Uh so uh some of our second grade students and some of our third grade students have began the I read three assessment. The i3 assessment window, the summer retest is from May 12th until May 27th. One thing that is unique this year is for second grade students, it is now mandatory that they take the I read assessment.
038So some of our students who were really close to passing, we're going to use this additional opportunity before school ends uh to hopefully uh get them passed and so they can focus on their grade three studies and not have to worry with this. And then we have grade three three students, pardon me, who are also testing. uh any grade three student who is not successful, we will invite them to i3 school at Chandler Elementary. That begins May 27th and we will conclude with that in June 6th. We currently have about 45 students signed up. We have three educators who will be providing services and foundational literacy skills, but that number could change because some students who are signed up could pass the assessment and therefore they would no longer need to attend i3. We're also
039offering I read 2 summer school to students who earn a designation called at risk and we have 110 students signed up for i2 summer school at Oakdale Elementary. We have eight educators who will be providing those services at the high school. They did not get out of the testing either. Uh we are finishing our AP window this Friday, May the 16th at all of our three high schools throughout county. the board have any questions for me about all this funware? So, there was a question about whether with the state funding the JAG program is going to be able to continue. Have we determined it's going to be able to continue? We are hopeful that it will. Uh we have not received an update definitively if that um those funds are going to be allocated for
040JAG moving forward. We are hopeful that that will be the case. I know we've had a lot of coordinated efforts throughout the state letting our voice just how valuable this program is. But I have not received an update since the last meeting. Mr. Becker, I encourage people if they're listening to contact state and legislators and tell them how important this is because, you know, we talk about getting kids to be able to go to work. That's what this program is and also gets them a chance to get their diplomas. So, it's a very important program. How many students are currently in that JAG program? Currently at Booneville, we think we have somewhere around 15 approximately, but we're looking to expand that next year. We believe we can double those numbers. And this JAG instructor, part
041of the requirements for this is that they have a period set aside each day where they're doing nothing but checking in on students. So, for example, some of the students that are in this instructor's class right now, if they're having any attendance issues, they're another layer to Mrs. Kemp and Mr. palace and their guidance counselors at the high school. They're calling in. They're checking in on the students. Hey, everything at home uh going okay? Is there anything that we can do for you? And it's really intensive targeted support on these students who are enrolled in that program to help them obtain uh graduation and post-secary success. Mr. Fischer, a quick question on Irene. Is this still the case that a second grader could pass that then they don't take it as a third grader? Yes,
042that is exactly correct. And we're happy to report these scores aren't finalized by any reason, but we're approximately at 60% of our current second grade has passed question. Okay, that's good. Great. About about 60% before this additional testing session, have passed it, and you are correct. Once you pass the assessment, you were through with it. Got those third grade students who participate this summer didn't pass the IE third grade, but I read three, they I read again at the end of this I read three to pass and if they don't what happens? Yes. Um we have testing uh on the Thursday and Friday of i3 summer school. So that's um on June 5th and June 6th I believe if I have my dates correct. If they do not pass, we're hopeful that they will have
043what's called a good cause exemption that will allow them to be promoted to grade four. It's something that is new for this year. Even promoted to grade four, you continue taking the i3 assessment until you pass it or you enter grade seven. Even with the exemption, even with the good cause exemption, that is correct, thank you all. Thank you, Dr. Lambert. only have a minute since [Laughter] um policy meeting. Uh we met tonight. We you see the fruit of some of the things we're working on from the three impact statements that we have coming. The internal controls and the search and seizure one should be relatively easy to get through. I wouldn't say they'd be ready by the next month, but they'll the next couple months. AI is going to take a little bit longer
044just because nobody in Indiana that I have found yet has a policy on this. Um there are articles at the college level about having policies on the at colleges on how to do this. And it's not going to just be a policy on why you can't use it. We want to make it also a policy about appropriate ways to use that uh technology and then you know what what issues might come about for somebody who's not using it appropriately as well. So I'm going forward with that. We also worked on the secondary agenda book uh this evening. We should have that ready soon. Um it is an electronic copy only. So it is not a printed copy like the elementary one. Remember a few several weeks ago we got the elementary one through. That's because
045we have to get that printed in a timely manner so it's ready to go on day one for the kids. The high school one is and this one is just electronic and so the kids get a copy of that um when they come to school in the fall. So that's all I have. Any questions? Thank you. I believe Mrs. Wagner has announcement. I don't think it's a report. Just wanted to let everybody know this Thursday, May 15th, at 10 o'clock, they're having a project search achievement ceremony, which is the graduation of our project search student interns who are at Deaconist Crawl. This is our partnership between Warick County Serves and Deaconist Hospital. And so it'll be at 10 o'clock on this Thursday. And I'll send you guys additional information. Held at the same location at
046the hospital. Yes. We've been trying to highlight a few things that are happening over these last few weeks. So, just a couple of other items to put on your calendars. Of course, we heard uh about the sneak peek of the Tennyson spring musical. That's this Thursday at 6 o'clock. Uh we also tomorrow night high school bands. All of their programs will be performing at in the stadium tomorrow night at 6:30 for their year end event. I've been to that many times and that's always a lot of fun. Of course, we have graduations coming up this week. Uh this Friday, May 16th at 7, we're at Tecumpsa High School. And then on Saturday the 17th at 9:00, we have Boomville High School at the in their stadium. And then Castle High School, uh we're going to
047try it out at the Ford Center this year. And then next week on May 22nd, Thursday, May 22nd, we will have our program at WPCC at six o'clock. Send us dates. And you have an a packet that um Oh, okay. that Laura prepared for you that has all the details in regard to timing, rides, all of those things. And if something looks uh if something's changed in your plans, just please let us know. We just want to make sure we don't leave anybody or we don't forget anybody. Those other dates, is that in this packet? I'm not talking about graduation. I'm talking about the different Oh, yes. Yes. Yes. We can send those to you. Yes. Yes. Yes. Sorry, I misunderstood. And then I just had one quick announcement to make. I'd love to have
048uh be able to invite these two students to attend a board meeting. Um I'm not sure if it will work out or not, but I don't know if you remember a few weeks ago, I believe in the Friday update, I had a picture of our two Castle High School students who participated in the innovation social innovation challenge at University of Evansville. So they were the winners locally and so the first the top teams locally. Then they were submitted to the national level and we learned yesterday that um our two students Addy Cron and Pogne Patel are going to be invited have been invited one of 15 total groups will be going to Atlanta, Georgia to participate and compete at what is called Futurebound. This is through junior achievement. Uh they will demonstrate their skills on
049a national stage showcasing their mastery of entrepreneurial, economic and financial thinking. And um in case you don't remember, their whole pitch had to do with uh creating a bakery where people who have been incarcerated can transition and have an opportunity to work and then get themselves a skill set to come back out into the workforce. Um, and if we can get them here, I'd love to have them. Their presentation's only like five minutes, I think. So, they have they have to be timed, so it was five or six minutes. So, um, if we can get them here, we will. I just don't know because I think one, if not both of them are seniors, so we'll see. Maybe we get the presentation. Oh, sure. Yes. If they they did they do a live presentation, but
050let's I'm sure it's recorded somewhere, I think. Yes. Okay. Thank you. And that's all I have. Will they bring with them? Um, they did bring baked goods to the committee because we teased that they were, you know, influencing the judges with their any other reports policy. Our next policy meeting will be June 9th at 5:45 near this building. And student learning, help me out with the date and time on that. Is that 28? May 28th. May 28. 11 at the central office or at the central office tomorrow morning May 13th 7:30 construction committee at the administration building and then personnel committee will meet uh next month on June the 9th at 6:30 p.m. right here at this building. That's all I got. Anything else? Our next board meeting is scheduled for May 27th, 7 o'clock
051here at Central Services. And then we'll take a short after this meeting adjourns, we take a short break and we'll go into executive session to continue superintendent evaluation. So there being no further the ISBA Monday night, that's May 19th. Is that scheduled in here when we're meeting? I didn't look Um it's it's not in the graduation packet but I will it's in Friday update but I will send us an email but I will also include that in the dates that okay have anything else you have words of advice none thank you getting burned. [Music]