001All right, it is a little past 5:30. I would like to welcome everyone and call to order this regular meeting of the Wise Community School Board of School Trustees. We will begin the meeting with the pledge of allegiance and vision statement led by Mrs. Tammy Hutchinson and the invocation led by Mrs. Emily Warl. I >> pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the which stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Students, our confident, well-rounded citizens who positively impact their communities. >> Heavenly Father, we thank you for bringing us together this evening in service to our students, families, and community. Grant us the wisdom to make the decisions that are fair, thoughtful, and rooted in what is best for those that we serve. Give
002us patience in our decisions, courage, and our convict convictions and unity in our purpose. May our words and actions tonight reflect kindness, respect, and integrity. We ask all these in your name. Amen. >> Amen. Now is the part of the meeting that we set aside for patron comments. We allow each patron to have three minutes to address the board president. We would ask that you stand in front of the board, state your name, and if you reside in the district, and then proceed with your comments. Comments will not include students, personnel, or otherwise frivolous statements. If multiple patrons are here to speak on the same topic, I would ask that you choose a representative to voice your message. Patron comments. >> My name is Rob. I reside in 13720 North 560 East Syracuse, Indiana. Uh
003good afternoon. Thank you for allowing me to share my concerns and questions. I'd like to start by reminding this board who you work for. As an elected board member, your priorities should be to the people who elected you. The constituents who voted you in are and should be whom you answer to and take direction from, then apply within the laws and parameters as allowed. A bigger misunderstanding is the superintendent runs this board. All you board members need to understand you are responsible for the governance and oversight of Wall Community Schools. The superintendent works for and answers to all five of you. The superintendent should be by law Indiana code 20-28-11.5 by4 reviewed annually by this board. That review could be for total transparency discussed in an open form such as a board meeting. Part of
004that review process known as 360 360deree feedback includes feedback from staff without retaliation, parents and community members. Things to be reviewed, policy implementation, operational management, community engagement, strategic planning, and financial oversight. How in the world can we go from 128,000 to 190 in a matter of a few years with declining enrollment among several other issues. I can easily say as a concerned constituent, I have much concern for three of the five of the key responsibilities of the dr of the job our current superintendent's doing. When was the last time the board reviewed and evaluated? If there was an evaluation, where can us constituents find that? As a concerned constituent of this community, I do feel like our voices are being heard are not being heard loud enough. Seems like this board administration have a standard
005policy of decision-making executive session, have no regard for the input of the community. If you board members are embarrassed or ashamed of your decisions and/or votes, maybe this is not an elected job for you. Please stop rubber stamping agenda items such as administrative raises and start discussing the pros and cons of the choices that are being made within the input of the community you represent. This is a huge disregard. There's a huge disregard for transparency among this administration school board. But it seems the only information shared is the information that you choose to share. I can share many examples, but this would take up my a lot of time. A few concerns I have are as follows. The staff is being cut, but the administration central office is growing as as you administrators like to
006call reorganizing. Can you please get can we all please get answers to why this is is happening. I would like details and reasons for the cut and staff side and the reason for the growth on the administration central office side along with the reasoning the pay raises on the administration side. The administration decides a free all para all para and not even give them the 25 cent raise that was already budgeted for them along with the cutting of the stipens. Please explain the reasoning for this but again the this administration still gets their raise. Pairs are vital our school corporation the growth of it. They provide so much to teachers and students. It's imperative to keep our pairs and give them what they're entitled to. Number three WC administration created a position that was supposed
007to start at a teacher salary 40 to $45,000. is now in the second full year. The s this has all of a sudden turned into a 90k plus year salary. Please I broke the salary down if you want want to know that what has this position brought to wall see and how has it been any benefit to students of our community. I would say to this point it has failed some respects. The marketing side of the job is at a dismal performance when enrollment continues to knows that again this is a hot topic for several and I will state that again. Several meaning numerous people in our community. Some are afraid to speak out some some have done speaking out because nothing will get done. Another concern has been brought to my attention is that
008excuse me that must be addressed. There has been several occasions that constituents have emailed questions or concerns within this board and superintendent to receive no response. This must stop. We are driving home communication transparency. So, please be good examples of of that. If you do not know the answers, please seek them so we can get them. In closing, I do not want and I'm not asking for a closed door meeting to hear a bunch of nonsense. My concerns and questions can be addressed as agenda items so the entire community can hear or read your responses. Please refer to last month's meeting regarding the desire for communication transparency. Unfortunately, if the norm is followed, I will not get my hopes up as none of this will be covered or addressed. The concerns are going to continue
009and the rumbling within the community is only only going to get louder if nothing's done. [Applause] Okay, thank you. Anyone else? >> My name is uh Kurt Hersy. I live on the southeast side of Lake Walcy. I have a daughter that is a uh going to be a junior here. Um, we recently got uh notice that the hot topic of the gymnastics got cancelled. Um, I know this was a topic that we fought for last year and then we got the official notice today. In the email that you guys sent out, you had uh after consideration and partnership, what was the partnership? because the students and the families that this directly affected, which would be one of my daughters and and several other of the students here, we weren't part of the conversations. We weren't
010able to pursue any other options. It seems like this just kind of got jerked out from underneath the rug on us. Um I personally have worked with Dr. Troyer trying to find a plan out and doing a combined uh partnership with the building trades program to get a facility that would be just for the gymnastics and could be converted into a storage building after the fact on campus because we were not allowed as a gymnastics family to participate in the annex gym. I have emails from Dr. Troyer after bringing it to the board saying that they wanted to pursue this into the student activity center. But why would we be able to share the student activity center and not share the annex? So it it doesn't seem like we were brought into the full circle
011on this. It seems like it was a knee-jerk reaction and it was put on the back burner from last year because you guys got a lot of resistance from it last year and we were able to show that the program can thrive and survive and it just feels like we were not able to build upon that. It was devastating to the to the students and the families and I would just be curious to know what the partnership is and the consideration that was used to make this. Why were we not directly involved in this decision? Has anyone talked to the students at Paxton students more than anybody? So where was the partnership that is in the very first line that came to this decision when I've been talking with Dr. Troyer since going back to
012January on this and he brought it to you guys as a board and you guys as a board shut it down because you're going to look at other options. Well, instead of going to those other options, it was just canled. So I I would be curious to understand the thought process on that and what can be done to move forward because what's the next thing that's going to get cut without any community feedback or student feedback. It's not fair when these kids are looking for scholarships and they put their entire life into this for you guys to just rip it out. I yield my time. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else? Hi again. My name is Lisa Crawl. L I SS AA. Last name is K R U L. Just to make it clear from
013last time. This is my third consecutive meeting where I have both attended and spoke spoke. And I'm here tonight because I can't figure out how you do business. Um and as a disclaimer, I've told you before, but I have long COVID. It's hard for me to make eye contact or look at your screen, so I'm going to read my um comments. The Open Door Law, also known as Indiana Code 5141.5, mandates that governmental bodies, including school boards, conduct their official meetings publicly. However, it also provides specific exemptions for executive sessions or closed dooror meetings. These sessions are not open to the public, but they must be for specific legal defined purposes. For today's purposes, I will only be making comments on Indiana Code 514-1.5-6.5, the executive session section. For those of you playing along in
014the audience, that's the top part of the agenda. These sessions are not open to the public, but they must be for specific legally designed purposes. Executive sessions are for discussing sensitive matters such as personnel issues, negotiation, or legal matters that would be detrimental to the scope corporation if discussed publicly. They are not work sessions. They are not the meeting before the meeting. When approving your board minutes, you in fact are saying no other business was conducted during the executive session. School corporations cannot take final action like voting in executive sessions. All decisions must be made in a public meeting. The notice must state the matter of this the specific matter of the issue. This board and administration is very good at posting their executive sessions. However, they meet for executive sessions before each board meeting
015for about an hour, sometimes an hour and a half. In the past four years, four and a half years, that's 88 regular and special meetings combined, there was not a regular meeting without an executive session. In those executive sessions, the Wawasi school board met 75% of the time to discuss job performance evaluations of in individual employees. They met 58% of the time to initiate litigation or discuss litigation that is either pending or has been threatened specifically in writing. They met 47% of the time in these executive sessions to train schoolboard members with an outside consultant about the performance or role of members as public officials. What that tells me that there are a whole lot of employees in our corporation that are getting consistently reviewed. The board must be extremely well trained and knowledgeable with
016all that training they get and that we are involved in a ton of active litigation. I come to you tonight to remind you that you are approving and some of you are also signing documents that attest that nothing outside of the cited reasons are discussed during an executive session by board board members in good standing. If this not the case, you are breaking the law. As the school year starts, my suggestion to you is to start having actual public work sessions, put up agendas on the work on the website, and plenty of time for the public to know what will be discussed and what part of the process that issue is at. To document all admins in attendance in your minutes, you only write two of them for the last several uh consecutive meetings. And
017to make sure all your board members are in good standing. When board members are not in good standing and when you are purposely making decisions outside of public meetings, you are violating the law and those decisions that were made. Looking at Indiana case law could be voided. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else? Anyone else? Okay, thank you. At this time, I'll turn it over to Dr. Troyer to inform the board about the good news items. >> All righty. Thank you, Mr. Bart. Wy Community School Corporation would like to recognize Jim Heelman. Jim has worked as a Northwestern Elementary custodian for 10 years. Uh we want to thank him for all the work that he has done for the students of WC schools and best wishes in retirement. And Jim is here and we
018have a gift for him. So Jim, come on up. [Applause] Thank you for your years. You can hear me. [Music] All right. Thank you, Jim. Okay. Okay, on to other good news items. Kaziasco County Community Foundation donated $2,000 to Waly Community Schools to help programs affected by state and federal funding cuts. Thank you to the foundation for this generous donation. Uh WC received a $160,000 grant from the Deco Foundation. This grant will be used over the next three years to help fund our middle school instructional coach. Uh, next up, Wavesy School Corporation had its annual bus inspection on July 8th and 9th. Indiana State Police uh, initially approved 58 of the 61 total buses. The three that were not approved were waiting on parts to be repaired and will be and were inspected. Um, Todd
019over there let us know via email last week. I think that the remaining three had uh been inspected and were ready to roll. So, all of our buses uh did pass inspection. Then, uh head mechanic Todd Rob right over there said the inspection process was very smooth and he was pleased with the results. Uh thank you to Indiana State Trooper Travis Herald for running a great inspection. And then we usually try and bring that to the board for good news to let you know that we've got great folks in transportation uh getting buses ready to roll on Wednesday. So they are working tirelessly to be ready. Uh donations were received from the following people, organizations and businesses. Wise high school cross country uh program received $5,750 in donations from Pollywood Syracuse Buds Body Shop, Syracuse
020Volunteer Fire Department, Doug Slaybaugh and Lucas and Elizabeth Duncan. These funds will be used for course improvements. Wahi band received $11,950 in donations from Lions Karate, American Endowment Foundation, Dynamic Spine, Northern Lakes Realy, China Seas, Thomas and Cynthia Herald, Brew City Roasting Company, First Source Bank, WC Alumni Association, Kyomi, and ERRA Crossroads. Was FFA received donations totaling $800 from Knights of Columbus 6323, Morehouse Grain Farms, and Casiasco County 4HD DCFS. These donations will help this school year's events. Thank you to Sherlock Holmes of Indiana for a donation of $300 for Wise cheerleading. Lasses Brothers donated $1,000 to Wise Community Schools to help with the school supplies project. And finally, the angel fund received $1,000 from Cury Roofing Sighting and Insulation. The Angel Fund helps support unpaid student meals. Mr. Bokart, that is the good news.
021>> All right. Thank you. Any questions? All right. Well, thank you, Dr. Troyer. At this time, I need a motion to approve the good news items. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Opposed. Motion carries. Brings us to the report section of our board meeting. First up for our reports, we have Dr. Wilfong with her learning report. >> Thank you very much. Um I am uh really excited to tell you about some uh evaluation changes we're going to have with the with the um teacher evaluation uh process that we have. Uh I've been um consulting with uh the WCA co-presidents uh as um this has been developed and it's really in response to House Enrolled Act 102 which
022has changed the and modified the uh criteria in which we have the ability to evaluate our teachers. And so uh what we are um revising is um really creating three major components of this evaluation system. One is that all of our teachers will uh create at least one professional goal and this has been done um inconsistently throughout the district um throughout the years. Um and uh this is really a driver of improvement um teacher improvement or or personal professional improvement. Uh and the second one is an observation. Um it will will be conducted on a two-year uh formal observation cycle uh instead of an every year uh cycle uh for the formal observations only. And then um continuing with the the uh yearly summitive evaluation, uh the state has um require now only requires us
023to have a summitative evaluation and um report to the state what uh uh category uh uh the teacher is in. Um and so uh that's that's kind of the the gist of what our uh teacher evaluation will be. Um the rubric, the observation rubric and the performance evaluation uh pieces uh there's will not change and there's three domains for that. Uh domain one is about purposeful planning and uh that really fits very well with our emphasis on the professional learning community process. Uh domain two is really what happens within the classroom and so that's where our formal observation uh really occurs and then domain three is uh teacher leadership. And so, uh, by, um, by focusing more on professional goals and by putting, uh, teachers on a two-year cycle, uh, it will allow us a
024lot more flexibility in, um, in how teachers are, uh, observed. So um you know formal evaluation happens um uh every currently every year for about an hour. Um the now going on a two-year cycle uh it will allow uh principles uh it will free up some of their time to do more classroom walkthroughs uh more informal observations so that they can provide support um as um as needed. uh in a much more timely manner. >> Um we also believe that um this will by by emphasizing the professional goal setting, it will allow our teachers as professionals to uh take more control over their professional growth and what is important uh as as they look at improving their practice. Uh it it's not it it's really um done as more of a collaborative effort with the
025principal. uh evaluations become more of a discussion on uh professional practice improvement >> and um as you look at best practices in teacher evaluation, I feel like we've been able to take what we previously had and now uh make it into something that is going to be more valuable for uh for everyone in the district. And so that's uh what questions do you have about the evaluation? >> Uh I I >> I'm going to work backwards because you're the teacher voice thing intrigues me. >> Could you speak more to how that's going to work and what what actually you mean by more teacher voice in the evaluation process? >> Yeah. So, so one of the things that um we do as administrators is every year we have professional goals that we have and and we
026have to set out uh how we want to grow and improve as a professional. How we what are we what are we going to do to to do that and then metrics to show that we uh did improve in those areas or didn't improve in those areas. And so um when you when you look at goal setting for any professional um that is what truly gives people the efficacy uh to really feel like they can take ownership of their professional practice. And so throughout this process, what what's going to happen is um the the principles, all the principles actually today uh shared in their building um what their 90-day improvement plan is. So So what areas does the school need to improve on and what are they going to do in the next 90 days
027or the first semester to reach those uh reach those goals, >> right? teachers can then take that and or or another area that they feel like they really need to improve on and they will create a goal around that. So perhaps it could be uh I want to uh focus on student engagement strategies and uh I want to um make sure that that all of my students uh are participating in a class discussion. Um so perhaps their goal is is around that. Um and then they'll create like a um a plan for how they're going to grow in that area and then how are they going to measure that. >> Um and so um each teacher will submit a goal uh with the metrics uh to the principal. Principal will look at it, provide feedback,
028say, "Hey, you know what? This is too broad of a goal." Or, "Hey, have you thought about doing this?" uh teachers who are um uh in a needs improvement or maybe a new teacher that might need a little bit more guidance. That principal will talk with the teacher to come up with a goal that they both feel is really something that they >> so kind of be some more u in essence it's almost like a pre-conference before the >> Yeah. >> before the evaluation. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Or or it's the beginning of the year. So, so this is something that >> uh teachers will have in place uh by September 1st, right? >> So, they'll have a few weeks to think about it um decide what they want to really focus on. We can
029all the the teachers can also use it as a grade level uh create a goal as a grade level team. So because we use professional learning communities in um in our district, if we are a third grade grade level team >> and we we all feel like we need to learn and grow in a particular area and we want to focus on that then they can have a team goal as well. >> Sure. And then I think I understand a two-year cycle um that some teachers will only be instead evaluated every year every >> So the first two years they'll be evaluated um both uh every year >> and then in that third year they will be on cycle. So they'll actually get observed three years in a row and then on the even numbered
030years it'll be off of a formal evaluation. They'll still have inform >> for everybody >> observations >> for all teachers or for highly effective >> for effective and highly effective teachers. >> Effective and highly effective >> uh needs improvement uh teachers will still have to have that uh that formal observation every single year. >> Sure. >> Um the the hope is that if they're on needs improvement for a year that we can get them off, you know, that we can have them improve enough. But yeah, so uh on even numbered years starting in year four, they won't have a formal observation, but they will have classroom walkthroughs, uh teacher discussion, uh discussions with the principal, and it becomes more of a conversation about growing and learning as a uh as a professional versus I'm going
031to go in one time, observe you formally, and be done with it. >> Well, that answers my last question I was going to ask. For those people then that are off effective and highly effective um what opportunity will they have to be given positive >> critiques but you're providing that with the walkthroughs and more info. >> Yes. And so the the goal of this is to allow uh principles the flexibility to go into classrooms and observe >> in areas where they of most need. Right. And um this allows them a little bit more time to be able to do that. Uh so evaluations are really going to become not a box they check off. Okay, I'm done with that. But rather an ongoing um observation and an on ongoing um view of what >> what's
032going on in the classroom. Teachers also have the ability to even even in those in those um even numbered years they have the ability to say hey I want to be observed by you I want to have a formal observation great >> so so teachers have the uh have the ability to do that as well >> and I think we oftentimes speak in as you speak is that a word uh we have a lot of people here tonight could you explain what a what a walkthrough is >> yeah so a walkth through is just simply a shorter um shorter observation where uh teacher will come into the classroom uh spend 10 minutes >> I'm sorry principal will go into the classroom spend 10 minutes 5 minutes 15 minutes however long uh they want to in
033a classroom work interact with the the the uh teacher and the students in the classroom and um and it's really done um it's not uh something that is uh scheduled Um it just they just pop in um at various times. >> Sure. Okay. And they get feedback as a result. >> Yeah. And they can either give feedback written or see them in the hallway and talk to them, send it in an email. Uh there's variety of ways they can give feedback. >> I'm hogging all the time. Anybody else have questions? >> Actually, I have a question. >> So is there a is there a fail safe? So you have this group of highly effective or effective teachers. Could sometime within the actual time frame of a school year, the calendar year, could they slip into
034the other bucket of being needs improvement? >> Is that possible? Is there a fail safe there, you know? >> Yeah. Yeah. So, so the way the evaluations are done now is is they have a endofear summit of evaluation and that's when they are determined if they're effective or ineffective. uh under this particular uh model um it's that more ongoing feedback with the teacher so that if a um if if a principal uh feels like a teacher is starting to slip then like that they will be able to have the ability to go in and say hey look like I'm I'm concerned about this uh we need to work on this and that that sort of thing. So, so it's really again designed to be more of an ongoing type of thing instead of this one
035big evaluation that's done uh one time or two times a year, but it but rather spread out over over the entire uh the entire time. >> That makes sense. Thank you, Dr. >> Any other questions? >> Three domains and how they're weighted 30, 50, and 20. Mhm. >> Did we establish those? >> Yeah, those those are the same. So, we did not change any of that from the rubric. >> Okay. Does that change at all by the nature of a class? >> Like let's say a class is so in the evaluation. Another thing that has not changed is uh the role of professional judgment. So, um the principal has the ability to to say like, "Okay, uh this is a special ed teach uh a special ed teacher. They're going to have different dynamics in
036their classroom than a fifth grade teacher." Okay. >> Uh PE teacher is going to have some different dynamics going on. >> So, there's there's room for some discernment. >> Yes. Yes. Thank you, Dr. Wil. Thank you, >> Dr. Troyer. Superintendent report. >> All right. Thank you. Um really want to just spend a little bit of time talking about the beginning of the year here and what's coming up. We had our kickoff today um and welcome teachers back and um are very excited about the start of the coming school year. So, um I want to begin by thanking our staff for an outstanding opening day today. I know that it was busy. It started um fairly early. Um but the uh the um WAY High School um gym was filled with staff uh and we began
037shortly after 8:00 um and it had a great session. So, we hosted our district-wide uh opening day kickoff at Wawasi High School. Um the event had the energy of a Wawasi High School pep rally, cheerleaders, uh music, and a gym full of enthusiastic Wasi warriors. Got back together uh for our first day. Uh cabinet members welcomed staff at the doors. Administrators were around. We had vendor tables. Uh breakfast filled the commons. And the morning was built around celebrating our people. Um, crazily enough, we introduced or introduced 34 new staff members across the district this morning and they've gone through our uh on our new onboarding process uh which we're really excited about. Uh teachers, pair professionals, support staff, and leaders uh each one bringing unique talents to the Wawas family. We also shared stories that
038embody the warrior experience. Moments about when our staff went above and beyond to show care, connection, and commitment to one another and to our students. It was cool to share a couple specific stories about two of our staff members today. Uh and the impact that they made on students um was really powerful. Our opening day theme um the way we work affects the work we do. um reinforces our five foundations for creating exceptional experiences in our schools. As a reminder, um the five foundations of the warrior experience, welcome like a warrior, connect as a community, lead with positivity, respond like it matters, and be the warrior difference. I issued a challenge to our staff to take one intentional step this year to strengthen our school community. For me, that means having a meaningful personal conversation
039with every staff member in the district before the year's end. Um, also we've got back to school nights uh happening tonight and tomorrow. Uh, and then our first day of school is right around the corner. So, our middle school and kindergarten families uh will attend back to school night tonight. Our elementary schools will welcome families tomorrow and our first student day is on Wednesday. Uh and I can assure you that our buildings are ready to greet students. Uh and they are uh excited and positive uh in the same way that we felt this morning. So, we're looking forward to the start of this year. Um, I'm excited for what lies ahead. Our staff is energized, our buildings are ready, and our focus remains creating safe, challenging, and supportive environments for every student. So, that's the
040superintendent report. I'd be glad to answer any questions that you may have. Otherwise, we will continue to move forward with getting ready for the oncoming school year. >> Okay. Thank you, Dr. Sher. How many did you say new staff? 34. >> That's what I thought. 34. >> Yeah. Tammy said that she's hired probably 32 of them in the last week, it feels like. So, I shouldn't say hired. Onboarded. >> On board. Yeah. Right. >> So, as a as a quick reminder, we changed up or we're changing up our onboarding process um so that um number one, we had uh a new staff orientation um for this large group of people that um we always bring on more people at the beginning of a school year. Um and for maybe the first time ever, I'm not
041sure. I don't know whether I can confidently say that but certainly for the first time in a long time uh we we did an onboarding session with all the staff members and not just the certified staff. Uh so that was really cool that we were able to uh bring everybody together um custodians, pair professionals, uh lunch personnel, uh computer tech folks um all together uh in one room with our teachers and administrators. Um and uh then the certified staff ended up doing another three days after that uh in which we do uh some more classroom focused stuff with them. But uh following each board me meeting then each month we will be doing a modified a bridged version of that onboarding day in which we bring any new staff in that was hired in that
042month's board meeting um to get a similar uh type of program that all the folks got at the beginning of the year. And that is something we have not done before. So >> um we're really looking forward to that. We think it's going to help our staff be a lot more informed, >> a lot better connected to um what we're trying to do as a district and we're looking forward to seeing how that rolls out this year. Uh so that'll be happening. Um Tammy, are we doing that here this week or or are most of those folks taken care of? >> Okay. All taken care of. So that'll start in September uh that that process begins. Great. Any questions? Okay, so that brings us to group action items and uh included in those group action
043tonight are probably a number of those new hires going to be approved in there. Um we've all received these in our board packet. We've had an opportunity to review and we also have one layown tonight and Dr. Troyer, if you could explain that for us. the lay down. I asked them to do it in grouped action items as part of that. Is that okay? >> That's fine. >> Okay. Um I am going to offer some explanation on the layown though. >> Okay. >> Um I uh gave you some information uh about a uh a program switch I suppose you would call it. Uh we had our athletic uh administrative assistant at Wallace Middle School um resign recently and earlier in the year um we'd actually had uh a teacher that's at the middle school express
044interest in becoming uh more involved in uh some athletics management type of things. Um um former athletic director uh teacher in the building. Um, so we saw this as an opportunity um, not only to um, get him involved in a way that he was interested in, but also um, save some money. Um, so we are going to be not replacing the athletic uh, administrative assistant position there and instead we will be um, asking Josh Moore to step into an athletic support role >> um, at the middle school. in addition to his duties as a teacher in the building. So, uh, Dr. Wilfong worked on this last week, um, provided you with a memo, uh, detailing the plans of that, and I would be happy to answer any questions about that, but otherwise would ask the
045board to approve that along with the, uh, other grouped action items and, uh, the personnel decisions that are included in those. >> Besides the cost savings, what other advantages do you see to this? Yeah. So, we made some administrative changes um at Wawy Middle School uh as we prepared for this new school year. One of those changes was um the removal of the student coordinator, student service coordinator position in that building. Um the athletic director responsibilities has always traditionally fallen on our assistant principal there. Um, and for the last few years, we've had the student service coordinator position as well to help with student services, primarily in uh student uh discipline and attendance. Um, with the removal of that position, um, we see that this move uh with Josh will allow him to take on
046um some of the um responsibilities that the assistant principal would be asked to take care of. Uh and essentially that frees the assistant principal up uh to do more work with our teachers and teacher evaluation and students and uh all the other responsibilities that the assistant principal has. So um yes, we have some cost savings. We also feel like it's of great benefit to our new assistant principal there um and and ultimately benefit to our students and teachers because it frees her up to do the work that she needs to do. >> Excellent. Yep. Any other questions? Then at this time I need a motion to approve the group action items including the layown. Is there a motion? >> I make a motion. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Have a motion and
047a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I opposed. Motion carries. This brings us to our additional action items. And first up under additional action items presented by Dr. Penrod is item 8A, the financial report. >> Good evening. Thank you. Uh we'll do uh our appropriations, our authority to spend here for July of 2025. Our appropriations have not changed since the beginning of the year when they were uh set. So, our month-to- date expended at a million60799808 in the education fund. That brings our year-to- date expended at $13.2 million. Our unexpended balance at just under $9 million and our outstanding outstanding encumbrance at $524,000. Our unencumbered balance then at 8,41629719 and that's 62% expended. uh no activity in the debt service fund this this month and so we have that still remains at uh
048unencumbered at 6 million5820489 53.28% expended so the next time we'll see activity there would be on the appropriation side anyway would be December uh when our next uh debt payments are due on the operations fund our month-to- date expendited at 689,52682 our year-to- date expendited at just under 5.25 $25 million. Our unexpended balance then at just a little over $6 million with outstanding encumbrance of $430,6995 and the unencumbered balance at 5,586 40582 and 50.4% expended. Uh no activity in the rainy day fund. So that uh that budgeted amount still remains at 750,000. As far as cash on hand, our fund report uh the beginning of the year balance obviously has not changed in any of those funds. So, we'll start with education fund year-to- date revenue. Again, uh as a reminder, that comes mostly from
049state aid. Uh we're at 12,819,64259. Our year-to- date expenses at uh just over 13.2 million. Our beginning of the month balance at 3,43,48877. Our month-to-ate revenue again state supported at 1,81396965. month-to- date expendit expenses, excuse me, at a million60799808. So, our current balance as of June 30 or July 31 of 25 is just under uh three and a quart million. Uh no activity in the debt service fund. So, that balance remains at 2,68784239. In the operations fund, we uh have received year-to- date revenue of 5,396 39325, expenses of 5,2462408, beginning of the month balance at 5,992,85142, month-to- date revenue at 22,79550 and that would be uh that would be on the miscellaneous revenue side because our tax our tax money won't arrive again until December. And then our month-to- date expenses at 689,52682 for our
050current balance on July 31 of 5,326120 and 10 cents. No activity in the rainy day fund. So that balance remains at 2,463 23191 and be happy to answer any questions. >> The 62% in the education fund. You comfortable with 62%. >> Yeah, that's uh that's a little high. it'll uh likely continue to stay in that uh because we spent about six 7ish% from this year to last year or this month to last month and so it'll kind of stay in that range. We will bump up a little bit when we have a three pay month later this year and then we'll um continue to monitor when we get in November, December to make sure we we are at that 100 or right below it. >> Our uh um yeah, our June was 54.58. were >>
051right >> 6 and a half 7%. >> Uh, any other questions on that one? >> Nope. >> Okay, then we need a motion and a second to approve item 8A, the financial report. >> Got a motion. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Got a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Opposed. Motion carries. Item 8B is the second semester ECA filings. Dr. Penrod. >> Thank you. So ECA is extracurricular accounts in this situation. And so our ECA comes from our building treasures. Uh so these are the state required uh reports that they file every se every every semester. So every six months and this is uh basically just a I wouldn't say a list, but an accounting of everything that's happened in this past in this past
052second semester. So, uh, this came to you last summer as well, uh, right when we were getting started with the school year. So, we would just ask if there are no questions to approve those as well. >> Sure. >> Questions? >> Nope. No questions. I need a motion and a second to approve the 2024 25 second semester ECA filings. >> I make a motion. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Got a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. Item 8 C, consider bond approval. Dr. Penrod. >> Thank you. So, uh, at this time we're, uh, discussing and and asking for approval to move forward with the hearings and the process to, uh, to go through and look into a, uh, a, uh, small bond issue
053for 2025 that would start to be repaid in 2026. Uh, that process, uh, begins tonight um, if there's a motion in a second, of course, with a vote with a voice vote. So, there no no resolutions tonight, anything like that. uh as we get as we move forward um we would you'd look to the same process, same hearings, same uh opportunity for public input and then uh and then if they continues to go forward resolutions etc. Again, small bond and looking for what's called deferred maintenance. So like right now we've got a chiller that is uh kind of on its last leg. Uh there's some uh some cracks in the asphalt. There's some uh miscellaneous type of projects to be done in and around in around the district. And so, uh, nothing real, um, you
054know, nothing really that sticks out as one particular project like, uh, uh, but but a lot of deferred things that that are going to add up to, uh, the amount of this bond. So, again, no action tonight, nothing definitive tonight, just looking for or just looking for some sort of approval to at least advertise and start that process in September. So, are you looking for a >> Yeah, just permission basically like something like a uh a motion to grant permission to the administration to proceed with the >> You said approval. Yeah. Okay. So, sorry. >> Sorry. >> Well, no. Go ahead. We'll have a a breakdown of what's >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Once we get into the actual process, we'll do the hearing where we'll present what the parameters of the bond are, what the
055bond's for exactly, uh the amount of the bond, the amount of uh interest that we expect to pay back on the bond. U everything that everything is kind of typical to the to the bond process. >> Anyone else? So I I think I'm asking for a motion and a second to approve the bond approval >> to give word correctly. >> Give permission to the administration to give the advertising >> what you said. >> Yes. >> Okay. Do I have a motion for that? >> So move. >> Is there a second? >> I second it. >> Have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I opposed. Motion carries. Item 8D, budget workshop slashoverview and request permission to advertise. >> Okay, so this one uh going to ask at the end
056of this, we're going to ask for permission to advertise uh what's called the uh form three, which is our budget form, which will have u uh the dates of the hearing and the adoption. And then uh also we'll ask for permission to advertise the capital projects plan and the bus replacement plan. So as we move forward here, as we move through this here, um we'll look at the process first. And so the process here is the uh DG DGF, which is the Department of Local Government Finance. They kind of uh coordinate this for the state and then end up with the approval. Um so we have ongoing communication with them at various dates, some of it formal, some of it informal, uh via phone calls, Microsoft team meetings, emails, etc. So, uh, just kind of
057keep in touch, just making sure that everybody's on the same page so we don't get to the end and have any surprises. So, uh, this the, uh, notice of public hearing for, uh, for WAC has to be entered into Gateway and that's that form three I'm talking about. Gateway is the state site where taxpayers can go to look at what what's advertised and then where the hearing is going to be, where the adoption will take place. that needs to be in the uh in gateway by August 29th, which is 10 days prior to the uh public hearing, which in this case will be at our next board meeting, which is September 9th. Uh that third bullet there, we're going to ask to post the uh budget, the bus replacement plan, and the capital projects plan.
058Uh do all of that on August 29th in Gateway, but also on the Wawa City Community Schools uh website. So everybody is kind of aware of where uh where that is, as far as that goes. And then all of that will be out there. The public hearing then takes place December or I'm sorry, September 9th of 2026. And then we'll ask for adoption at the October board meeting, which is the 14th. And that that one will take place with the or we'll ask for adoption of the 2026 budget, which you'll see is form four, which will include uh levy rates and and appropriation, the capital assets plan or capital projects plan, bus replacement plan, and then three additional supporting resolutions. one for intra fund transfers of resol of appropriation, one for uh inter fund transfers
059between the education and operations fund, which we currently already do, and then one for uh granting the uh treasurer and superintendent permission to modify what's called uh line one, line 11, or line uh line one, line two, or line 11. And so, and what that is is either um the remaining 2025 uh budget, the all of 2026 budget, or the cash balance that that we expect to see on December 31 of 2026. And so, I'll go into that more at the hearing to make sure that everybody's understands that. But those are the six resolutions we'll ask you to pass on October 14th. And then all of these have to be uh passed in in early November. So, we'll put them on gateway right after we uh right right after the adoption. And then uh the
060DLGF will kind of take over from there. We probably go back and forth with them a little bit on some questions they might have, but they'll issue what's called a 1782 notice sometime early to mid December usually. And then we have 10 days to respond to that before that becomes official. And so uh that's kind of the process and that again doesn't matter what school you are. That's kind of the process you have to follow other than the dates. Obviously the dates will be a little different per school. >> Couple things. >> The budget process follows the calendar. year, not a school year, right? >> Correct. Yep. January 1, July. >> So, we're forced to to gap a school year in >> Have they ever considered mating it up to the year that you're in?
061>> There are certain schools that are on a fiscal year, which would be more of a July 1 to June to June 30. Uh uh for most of the schools I'm aware of, though, I don't know how many are on that. Most of the schools I'm aware of are still January 1 to July to December 31. >> And uh and you're right. You're exactly right. You're kind of doing an 18-month process here. and you're um and in that second year the 2026 you're not sure what ADM looks like obviously because >> yeah we don't know ADM we don't know AV so we're creating a budget >> correct >> based on hope and >> yeah with a lot of lot of estimates because ADM ADM obviously is not official till October um AV is not out
062till uh anytime now should be out in August at some point but it's not >> I'm more raising that question for the room and whoever's watching is the budget process is fraught with the state not getting us some data in a timely manner to be able to make an educated decision. >> Yeah. And even the ADM when we used to get it September 15th, which is still obviously after the hearing here in this case, but now they back that up to uh we'll see it on a couple slides later, but I believe it's October 2nd. So, uh it used to be a little bit closer, but now we're, you know, three weeks past almost a month past the the hearing itself here. Uh okay. Okay. So this next one um is the uh the framework
063of the uh of what's required and so again state required per or state prescribed forms for uh for the school uh submitted through gateway like I said the form three and all the other uh 1 2 3 4 4 and then the other the other associated resolutions. uh everybody has to advertise the hearing capital assets and bus replacement and then hold the hearing and then adopt the hear adopt the budget uh before the beginning of November and then submit that via gateway to DGF. Uh DGF then reviews and modifies sets the final tax rate and then delivers the budget order which is a 1782 notice. And then um this uh typically school budgets um you know just because they're funded are real similar in structure to the prior year. So the 2026 structure of the
064of the budget will look real similar to 2025. Uh one thing that that one of the things that will uh be an additional uh item to consider in the 2026 budget is how we end up uh negotiating with the teachers association in 2025 which takes place from September 15th again a after the uh after the hearing to November 15th. And so we've got two months there to negotiate and uh and then and then that becomes that becomes final at some point in time in November. Uh specifically to each fund then the education fund uh need to point out that's not supported by property tax. Uh the foundation amount of 6967 is 4.3% higher than last year which was you see 66.81 81 uh fiscal this is a 2-year budget at the state and so it's
065um so we already know that next year the fiscal year 27 is um is 1.5% higher at 70 or 70 7071 excuse me $7,71 that 6967 is 4.3% higher but there's a little caveat to that because that includes the curricular materials uh reimbursement which was a a separate line item in 2024 so last year when we got Uh I don't I don't remember the exact number we got, but let's say it was 2.5%. In addition to that, we got another amount of money on the curricular materials, which I think was about $151 per student. So that $151 per student multiplied by your ADM gives you another another big uh influx of money. Uh that money at WC last year was about $425,000. And so um >> that that needs to be netted against this. >>
066Correct. So, in in a in a you know, not great scenario, if we got $400,000 in new money, quote unquote, new money based on this formula, but we don't get an additional $425, we really start down 25, right? And and conversely, if we start $500,000 up, we're really only up 75. So, um so there is a little bit of a caveat there. uh that 4.3% just based on the you know the math on the screen is obviously correct. But to back that curricular materials out um does does influence that quite a bit. And then uh that's also why you see the education fund on our on our financial report. You see the education fund is quite a bit higher this year than it was last year at this time because when we um when we
067switched the calendar year to December I'm sorry December 31 of 24 to January 1 of 25 we eliminated the 900 fund which was the curricular materials fund. So whatever that balance was in this case over a million dollars got flipped into the education fund and then this year again they're they're not uh increasing that they're actually rolling that into that 4.3%. So um so the budget for 2026 uh is expected to increase over uh over 2025. Uh salary and benefit items are typically the ones that are increased the most. Salary uh or supply items remain kind of the same maybe a little bit higher than last year but typically those are the ones that are going to remain uh relatively flat because salary and benefits obviously we're expecting those to grow. Uh this revenue again
068is based upon student enrollment uh special education um CTE the foster students and SNAP tanniff and the honors diploma. So those last uh those last four or five things mentioned there are um are what's called the uh the categorical grants. So the student enrollment would just be your ADM or basic tuition support. Anything else listed up there the special ed CTE foster SNAP and TANF and then honors diploma are the uh are the categoricals. uh ADM count as I mentioned is in October and then another one takes place and that's a funding count in February of 20 uh February 2 of 26. I make sure we say that's a funding count because there was a time it was information only but it is definitely a funding count this year. Uh and then the resolutions as
069far as transfers we uh resolution we requested to move not to exceed 15% from the education fund to the operations fund. That's similar request to this year. And then the uh the use of transfers. Um in the past we've transferred a little bit more than we are this year uh because of um because of the uh the educa the state of the education fund which again is uh kind of leading to some of the discussions we've had in the or based on some of the discussions we've had in the past. And feel free to stop me. I've got slides for each fund. So, if there's any education fund slides, that'd be this might be a good time to ask or any other any education fund questions might be a good time to ask. On the
070debt service fund, we expect a budget of $17,54,400. Uh may advertise higher than that due to some uh kind of quirks of the AV not being out and uh trying to protect the school in a worst case scenario. Uh there's a listing there of the lease rental bonds the uh uh 14 15 17 18 20 21 23A and B 24 and 25 and I put refund after 25. That's the bond issue we did just now. it refunded or refinanced the 2015 bond issue and that um saved us a little over $800,000 or no we thought it was going to save us a little over $800,000 kind of again worst case scenario when we went through it actually ended up saving us about a million one and so um so that uh that refunding there was
071definitely important on the general obligation side the go bond we've got 21 22 and 24 outstanding and then anticipated debt service which is the amount of money we put in there to um to allow allow for a an appropriation that's large enough if we end up selling a bond that we can pay back the bond at the parameters that were advertised. And so there's some flexibility there to make sure we hit the levy andor rate that we want as far as the tax rate for 2026 and the levy for 2026. The other key component of that is the operating balance. And that operating balance is what I referred to on line 11 earlier on that resolution that we can modify if that if we see that balance is going to get too high in December
07231 of 26. we can modify that down during the uh during the um uh 1782 period during that 10 days which will basically eliminate some levy which will then you know give the uh the taxpayer the taxpayer a break in addition to what they're going to receive on Senate rolled act one debt service questions on the >> the anticipated debt service you said that's so we have an opportunity to to buy back a Say it again. >> Wouldn't be it wouldn't be buyback. It'd be like um you want to make sure when you go to sell bonds that you've got some flexibility to uh get the payment you want to hit the rate and levy you want in 2026. So if we said uh if we said there's an anticipated bond or anticipated debt of
073of $500,000, then all we have is that $500,000 to work with. And if we put 500,000 in 2026 as a repayment and that say makes the levy or the rate go quite a bit higher and we don't want to do that, we don't have any flexibility to move that 500,000 to uh to something different. And so in this case, what we would do is uh advertise that quite a bit higher than what we're expecting, put that in the parameters of the bond issue and the resolutions that we asked the board to pass and again as a worst case scenario. And then once the bond's sold, then we can ask for then we can ask the bond buyer or tell the bond buyer this is how we're going to pay that back. And um and then
074they can they can kind of bid on that accordingly with their interest rate that they want to that they want to bid on. On the operations fund side, we've got the uh this I say this still just to remind people, but it's it's been quite a while now since this has happened, but there used to be a capital projects transportation and bus replacement fund, and that's all that's all combined now into the operations fund. Uh the 2026 proposed budget advertised higher than expected which is kind of typical again to protect the school and then up to 15% allowed to be transferred from the education fund to the operations fund to uh cover expenses that used to be uh in the general fund but now are moved to the operations fund. So what happens there, the
075um the general fund was paying stuff like uh the best example I could think of is custodial salary. And then when that became the education fund, they no longer classified custodians as educational and moved that to the operations fund. But because it was it was funded with general fund money, which was state money. No revenue followed that to the operations fund. And so they allow the 15% from the ED fund to be transferred to the ops fund to car to cover things that used to be paid for in the general fund that are now paid for in the operations fund. Uh and then that last bullet on the left, the uh MLGQ and the Senate enrolled act one. MLGQ is the maximum levy growth quotient. That's uh like in the past that's been 4%. Believe
076that's what it's going to be this year. And so whatever um that's that's one of the taxpayer protections. Whatever we whatever we're looking at passing, we can we can ask for a 24% raise or or a 74% raise. And the most we're going to get is a 4% raise in the operations fund. And so the other protection there is another protection not just the other one other protection Senate enrolled act one. Senate rolled act one was just passed here in 2025 session and that's the one that um that is going to uh uh offer a supplemental um supplemental deduction on the homestead credit. So you've got a homestead credit that everybody gets and then a supplemental deduction as well. And that supplemental deduction will phase higher and while the homestead deduction phases lower and eventually
077there will be no homestead deduction. It will all be considered supplemental and by 2031 it'll be a supplemental deduction of 20 of 66.7%. So by 2031 a home value that they're being taxed on would be 33% of of what their actual um of what their actual AV is. >> So 33% of the home value would hit the AV. >> Correct. not not not next year, but over time till 2031. So, if you were in a $300,000 house, you're you'd be taxed on $100,000 with the intent that that that lowers your the homeowner's tax rate. >> What's that same house today? >> Uh right now the the homestead exemption or the homestead rate is I think 48,000 maybe and this or no the 35% on the homestead 48,000 on the supplemental I believe. So, it's kind
078of a blend of of rate and flat amount, percentage and flat amount. But, um, but yeah, at when it's all said and done in 2031, you're it's a 66.7% uh cut. And that's regardless of of, you know, of the home value. So, again, that could be, you know, when I said 35% I think, and 40ish% or $40,000, if you're at a $100,000 house, that's going to lower your pretty much. But if you're at um if you're in a million-dollar house and you got a 67% cut, now you're it's a flat 67. There's no flat dollar figure to it. It's just a 67% cut. So or 66.7%. So >> So every place in the state's going to see an AD drop >> in theory. I mean, that's the intent of the of the of the law.
079So because we're dealing with assessors and you know, human humans and everything else, I I I wouldn't guarantee that, but but that's the >> set up, >> right? But that's the intent of the law is that AV drops. >> Correct. >> Now to levy >> and now you Yeah, you'd likely manage to levy because rate will be too tough to to guarantee so to speak. Yeah. Uh other items like I said over there on the uh items of note, the capital projects assets plan and then bus replacement plan. Uh this is what a capital project or capital asset plan will look like. So, we'll uh we'll fill these in obviously before the hearing and this but this is kind of the sample of what this looks like. Same thing with the project plan. Assets and
080projects are slightly different and the projects are more public works. Uh assets are just things you buy, but both of those have a $10,000 threshold. So, whatever is listed here will be uh will be done with anything over $10,000. And then I've got a sample bus replacement plan similar to and so this is a five-year plan. Uh buses are expected to last 12 years, but this is a five-year plan and that's kind of what that's going to look like once we once we get that finished. Uh rainy day fund. This is uh funded through transfers from other funds. We've not done that in quite a while, but there are no tax dollars that go to this and we're going to likely request another $750,000 appropriation there. Uh some notes there then. Uh slight budget on
081a slight decrease in ADM. Again, kind of a kind of a conservative estimate there. education fund will see an increase likely as discussed based on ADM. The operations fund sees that increased levy on the based on the MLGQ uh the increase in gross AV, but I got a question mark by the certified net assessed value because there's a chance like uh Mr. K just said that AV actually drops because of the uh because of Senate rolled act one. Our total tax rate right now is 0 5399 and our our 26 will be yet to be determined. uh because of that uh Senate enrolled act one we were just discussing a little little more difficult to target a tax rate because we don't know what that AV is going to look like based on a law
082that is all of you know 3 months old at this point in time it's been a law for it's been in effect for about 30 what 35 days 40 days something like that uh some historical advertise rates just so we can kind of see uh we do advertise high every school I'm aware of advertises higher than what they intend their rate to be and so I've got five years of data there just to show that that we've advertised anywhere from the you know 62 63 all the way up to 83 and 89 but we always bring that back down. The last four years we've been consistent at 0.5399. The 2021 was a 5711 obviously but my my kind of intention of this slide was just to see just to say that we advertise high but
083it does always come back down to where uh where it's way more reasonable than what what you'll see at that 78 cents or the 83 cents. So that's all I have. Any questions? Be glad to answer. But again, more specifics, much more specific once we get into September at the actual hearing um at the next board meeting. >> And you're you're including the this has to be advertised and so the permission advertised as part of this. >> Yes. >> So we'll advertise by se by August 29th for the September 9th hearing. That's at least 10 days prior. >> Yeah. There. >> Any other questions? Then I need a motion to approve item 8D as presented by Dr. Penrod. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in
084favor signify by saying I. >> I. Opposed. Motion carries. Item 8E. We're back to Dr. Wilong with her 2025 ELA 6th grade 6 through8 curriculum adoption. >> Thank you very much. I presented last time and >> yes, last month I uh presented to you the um the request to adopt SAS my perspectives for the grades 6 through 8 uh ELA curriculum. So I'm just coming back now this month and asking for approval of that. >> Any questions? I think we kind of questioned you out last meeting and I think we're set. So, we need a motion to approve the 2025 ELA curriculum adoption. >> So, >> is there a second? >> Second. >> We got a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I >> I opposed. That motion carries. Item 8F.
085Approval of the 202526 WC middle school handbook. Dr. Troyer. >> Yes. As you remember, we approved uh most of our handbooks at the last uh July meeting. Um but the one that didn't get approved was was the Wawy Middle School handbook due to the onboarding of new principal there, new administrative team. So in your board packet, you will find an updated student handbook for Wasy Middle School. Uh Mrs. Nathaniel and her team finished updating this document over the last month and are now seeking your approval. We'd be happy to answer any questions you may have, but otherwise would recommend approving the handbook as presented. >> Any questions about the handbook? >> Nope. I need a motion to approve the 202526 middle school handbook. >> I have a motion. Is there a second? >> A second.
086>> Got a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I oppose. Motion carries. Item 8G, approval of the 202526 meal prices. Dr. Troyer. >> Thank you, Mr. Bkart. Uh in your board packet, you found a me a memo from Mr. Wireball with recommendations for meal prices for the 2526 school year. This would include elementary breakfast at $160, elementary lunch at $2.95, middle school and high school breakfast at $1.85, middle school lunch at $3, high school lunch at $35. Um, I will say that for the most part those were uh those prices were raised approximately 10 cents um through that uh through those um levels. Additionally, we would ask the board approve adult breakfast at $2.70 and lunch at $5. I think that was just a hair over maybe 15 and 20
087cents on the breakfast and lunch for the adult prices. I would recommend the board approve the prices as presented unless you have any questions. >> How does that is that pretty? How does that compare to other schools? >> Good. >> Yep. Okay. Uh we need a motion and a second to approve the 202526 meal prices. Yeah. Motion. Is there a second? Got a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. >> I. Oppose. Motion carries. Last item. Item 8 H. Approval of the 202526 dairy, food, and produce bids. Dr. Troyer. >> Before I get into this, um, I will add to Mr. K's question. Um, we are a member of a co-op with the Northern Indiana Educational Service Center. Um so we uh do business a lot with them in cooperation
088with them. Um and they meet regularly monthly I think even um to purchase food together um and to make decisions and training and do all all sorts of things. So um it is one of our most collaborative departments with other entities around us as well. Um they and and we're also uh if I'm not wrong uh Mr. Wireb um doing a small uh or we have a small training contract with them to have one of their people working uh with our food service folks to make sure that we're um in line with what the rest of the schools in the co-op are doing. So there's some additional built-in um coverage I guess into that particular relationship. Okay. Uh finally then the approval of the dairy food and produce bids. Um in your uh board packet
089uh you'll found you found information on cafeteria bid awards and renewals for the 2526 school year. Um all bids were procured through the Northern Indiana Educational Service Center. They do uh group bidding for us and so um we take what they uh get for us and pass that along to you. I'd recommend the board approving the bid awards and renewals as presented. >> Questions? Oh, we need a motion and a second to approve item 8H as presented by Dr. Troyer. >> I need a motion. >> Got a second. >> Second. >> With a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I opposed. Motion carries. Other items. >> Sorry, I'm reaching across Shelly again. Um, numerous questions asked during public comment um this evening. Um, I don't want to ignore those,
090but we also want to have an opportunity to go back and listen to those questions, gather some information, and I'll include that as part of our report next month. >> So, um, if folks that talked like to meet with me individually, I would be happy to do that. Um, but otherwise, we will pull back some information >> um, based upon the questions that were asked tonight. Yeah, I knew you were going to do that and I was going to mention it as well and then it slipped my mind. And one other item I have was I was um excited to see that the cross country teams are doing the Dave Stie >> Invitational. I think it's this Saturday, Saturday morning. Um Mr. Suki was a 50, correct me if I'm wrong, a 50 plus year
091involved in coaching at Wall City Community Schools, a long time cross country and track coach. And I was really excited to um to read about that. So I I'm going to try to be there anyway. But and I think they're going to those of you that go on the Melford Syracuse road or down uh down the wall road there. the the Melford Syracuse road noticed the field actually Kern Road um kind of mowed up there. They got a new cross country course. So, it's kind of kind of an exciting thing to see that from Mr. Stookie. Um any other items? Then I need a motion to adjurnn. >> Is there a second? Got a motion to second. All in favor signify by saying I. I opposed. Thanks everybody for coming.