001I do the same. 5:30. I would like to welcome everyone and call to order this regular meeting of the Wall City Community School Board of School Trustees. We will begin the meeting with the pledge of allegiance and vision statement led by Mr. WDE Wireball and the invocation led by Mr. Jeff Walmer. Pledge of Allegiance To the flag of the United States of America and to the stands nationy and justice for all. Our students are confident, well-rounded citizens who positively impact their communities. this case and discernment each of our leaders as they wrestle with some of these tough decisions. humble confident actions and decisions that they would act as a whole. Thank you Lord for walking alongside us and community. Now as a part of the meeting that we set aside for patron comments, we allow
002each person 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 person patrons are here to speak on the same topic, I would ask that you choose a representative voice your message. Is there anyone here tonight who would like to make a patron comment? Hello. Before I start, I know I spoke to you last month, but I have long co so I wasn't emotional. I just cannot process all of this around me. So, I really thought I was back on track and I could actually do this kind of stuff. Um, I was let go from a a
003training job. I was a professional facilitator and speaker. And it's really hard. I know how to make contact with all of you, but it overwhelmed me last month. Oh, you were doing fine. And so, I'm just here um I spoke to Emily, but my public comments weren't uh captured. So, I'm here just to do a little refresh of what I said before. So, um let's see. I think we can all agree that all of us in this room tonight in our own way want to support our students and give them the best education possible. But it's getting really difficult for all of us because of three continuous patterns. The lack of supportive action from administrators and leaders for Huawei programs that make us unique are in the best uh interest of all our students. The
004lack of transparency, communication, and community mindedness when referring to yourself as community school corporation. and the lack of awareness for the continued dismantling of public education by our Indiana state legislators. It was indicated at the June school board meeting when I spoke that somebody would reach out to me, might have a dialogue to come um overcome some of these consistent patterns that I've noticed because I didn't hear from anyone. I reached out to Mr. Walmart and we met and we discussed for over two hours some of the tweaks that can be made to the information pipeline at the high school. Our conversation was very productive. How however it was just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to transparency and communication and that and tonight you're continuing that pattern because as of 3:00 today
005there was no information about the live streaming of this meeting on Parent Square Facebook or the new Wawasi website per July the July 1. In addition, I attempted to get a copy of your agenda online and was not able to do so unless I signed in with a Google account. This was an issue before, too. This does not speak transparency to me because it shows me that you are you have the ability to track who accesses those documents. Not to mention that the fact that not everyone has Gmail. I stopped answering your surveys for this exact same reason. Thank you for your service to Wawy Schools, for listening to patron comments, and for opening the door to future conversations about how these patterns can be improved. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay, thank you.
006I'll we are now at um part of the meeting that is good news and I'll turn it over to Dr. Troyer to inform the board about the good news items. Mr. Moart got a handful of good news items for you to update the board on. Um, number one, Wawa City Community Schools is one of 76 awardees of the 2025 digital learning grant from the Indiana Department of Education. This highly competitive grant opportunity continues to support school corporations in blended and virtual learning, artificial intelligence, literacy, and access to AI powered platforms and corporation specific goals u across the state. Um, next, WAC Community Schools Network administrator Matt McNeel received his certification as a certified education technology leader. Congratulations to Matt. Um, here to present Matt with his certificate are Indiana CTO Council members Jeremy Miller, Matt
007Mlin, and Darlene Kennedy. And I did tell um, Mr. Wireball, Matt, that you only had to give a fivem minute speech. So, if you would come to the front and accept your award, uh, I would appreciate it. Uh, Dr. Troyer, thank you for uh, signing the paper that I needed to even get this started. Wade, thanks for encouraging me in the first place to attempt this and the support you gave me throughout the year. um the days off that I took that you guys supported me off uh and my team um and my mentor and all my family and friends. I really appreciate the opportunity. Very good. Thank you. Congratulations, Matt. Thank you, Dr. Troyer, and members of the board for giving us a few minutes tonight uh at your board meeting to present this
008award to Matt. Uh my name is Matt Malden. I'm the director of technology for school Mishawaka, a member of the board of directors for the Indiana CTO council and a mentor to CTOs to be. And my name is Jeremy Miller. I'm the director of technology for Middlebury Community Schools and I am also a member of the Indiana CTO council board of directors. Today we uh celebrate Matt McNeel's remarkable accomplishment which is earning the certified educational technology leader or seedal certification. This prestigious credential offered by the consortium of school networks recognizes mastery in three critical areas. That of leadership and vision, understanding the educational environment, and managing technology resources. Matt's dedication to excellence shines through in achieving this certification. It underscores his commitment to advancing student learning and his understanding that technology is a powerful tool
009to maximize learning opportunities, not goal within itself. By effectively leveraging technology, he empowers students, educators, and the entire learning community. This CL or Cedal certification signifies that Matt has developed a mastery of these essential skills, positioning him as a leader who can drive educational success through strategic and thoughtful technology integration. On behalf of Kosan National and the Indiana CTO Council, congratulations once again on this remarkable achievement. We look forward to witnessing the continued positive impact you will undoubtedly brings to students, educators, and the future of education itself. Matt, we'd like to present you with this commemorative paper weight from the Indiana CTO Council. [Applause] Matt, can you come up and we'll offer you congratulations. Thanks, guys. All right, on to the next item. Was Community Schools received a total of $35,000 in grants from the
010Deco Foundation uh that will be used for the lead learners program. We um do kind of host that program um and um anything financially related to lead learners uh comes through us. So uh the grants came to us as well. Um, next up, Wy Middle School Student Council raised $5,274.83 for the family of Angie Chavez. The funds were raised through a school dance, a penny pitch, and other various activities. Angie is undergoing cancer treatments and she will be a freshman next year at Wise High School. And finally, donations were received from the following people, organizations, and businesses. Uh, WC band received $250 from Clayton Garden Center and $250 from Team Tuttle Mortgage for band sponsorships. Uh, and WC boys golf received $1,200 from the WC Alumni Association to be used for a golf league. That
011is the good news. before you um accept that. Mr. Bokart, uh I do want to apologize to Mrs. Kroll in the back. Um I was the one who was supposed to contact you and u did not see that note after the board meeting. So I did u send myself an email and have that I'll be in contact with you tomorrow. So we'll uh get in touch and see if we can't schedule a time to get together. Okay. Thank go ahead. Emily, do you know we'll get you an update on that? Yeah. Okay. At this time then, I need a motion to approve the good news items. Have a motion. Second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. opposed. Motion carries. This brings us to the report section. First up for our reports, we have
012Dr. Wilong with her learning report. Great. Thank you very much, Mr. Bkart. Um, today I want to talk to you just uh very quickly about what what is going on this summer or what has already taken place. Uh, summer school has concluded. It was uh successful uh at both the elementary and the high school. Um, next uh the next state board of education meeting going to be on July 16th and that's when I learn results will be released. Um so once uh those are officially released I will be sure to um notify uh you of what those are um along with working with Emily to get that out um to the public. Uh since it's kind of in the middle of between board meetings, um we are uh going to shift our universal dyslexia screener
013to Aadian. Um the state of Indiana has um identified this as the preferred dyslexia screener. So we are moving away from uh reading foundations from NWA and u moving to Aadians. Um and and we feel like overall this is going to be a very good move and um we'll be able to get more support from the IDOE on Aadians. Um and this is for all K through2 students. So that's a state mandate that um we do that every year. Um and then um we've had a lot of special ed education training going on. Um Jennifer Phillips had put together a series of different trainings for uh PAR professionals, special ed teachers, administrators and there were over 40 people um participated throughout uh the month of June on these and I believe it was 990 hours.
014Did I read that correctly? Okay. And um a lot of the training revolved around student behavior um and how to um to help students um help disruptive students um and also uh RBT training which is the uh behavior therapy uh training for Paris. So that's uh it's been a bit busy a busy year summer this so far. So, looking forward um to um the start of the school year. Um believe it or not, uh we are um getting ready for uh the start and August 7th uh is kind of a kicking off uh our events with the 9th grade and new student orientation. And then Monday, August 11th, the first day for teachers, uh we'll um we'll begin at the um high school in the auditorium and then uh they'll finish the day in their
015respective buildings and we'll have kindergarten openhouse that evening. Uh August 12th uh will be uh the back to school night for grades 1 through eight. So we last year we uh split up the kindergarten into its own evening. U it was a little bit less overwhelming for new parents definitely for the kindergarten students that uh that can be an evening where we we just really focus on the newcomers into um into our district and then August 13th we welcome our students back. So uh that is my board learning report for this evening. Thank you Dr. Wiler superintendence report. Yeah thank you again Mr. Um, getting the slide deck up here. Okay. All right. Um, so we've talked um at length this spring and into the summer about our family feedback survey and the uh data
016that we collected um over the course of that administration. Um, and we spoke in um, May, if you recall, about kind of our plan to bring you additional information. Uh, followed that up in June and kind of introduced uh, the warrior experience um, and said that we would have additional information again um, here this month. And so that brings us to this evening where we can kind of lay out exactly what this is going to look like. So, uh, the work I'm talking about is is um a little bit of a not a little bit, it is a culmination of um really work that's happened over the last six to nine months um you know going back to last winter um and and we're excited to bring that to you um and continue that dialogue.
017So last month I spoke about the results of our family feedback survey and um insights that we had gathered from over 400 voices across the district uh parents, staff, alumni and community members. That survey was a key part of our work to understand enrollment patterns. Uh but it also revealed something more foundational which was the need for a consistent, welcoming and connected experience across every corner of Wawasi Community Schools. Um so tonight I want to share what the next steps of that work is going to be and we are calling that the warrior experience. Um this is not a theme for next year. So, I think I want to start by saying that um a lot of times uh we look at um themes or projects um or or special things that we're going to
018focus on. That is not what this is. Uh this is not a feel-good campaign and it's certainly not a quick fix in response to challenges that were identified during our survey process that took place um during the last school year. Um what the warrior experience is is a district-wide model for service and culture. Something that will become part of how we do business at Wawee uh and what we hope to be for years to come. Our goal is simple but bold. Whether you are a student, a staff member, a parent, or a visitor, we want every interaction with our schools to feel welcoming, consistent, respectful, and hopefully positive. This approach touches every person, every building and every role in our organization. Uh from our front offices to our classrooms, our office, our our cafeterias uh
019to our buses. At the heart of the warrior experience are five foundations uh which are core behaviors and mindsets that we define that define how we interact with each other and with the broader community. Uh these are the following. Welcome like a warrior. Number one, uh this is um an emphasis for us to make every interaction feel warm and professional. Whether that be interaction uh between employees um interaction as we onboard u new employees into our organization. um things that may happen or conversations that may happen between employees and community members, employees and uh students or their families. Uh we want those to all feel the same way. Uh number two, connect as a community. Um this is an intentional focus on building relationships and not transactions. Uh so much of our uh lives in
020uh the busy world that we live in today can feel transactional. Um and we really want that to feel less transactional and more focused on the on the humanto human relationships uh that come with being a part of Wallace schools. Number three, leading with positivity. Uh we would like our folks especially our employees uh to show up with solutionoriented attitudes um and uh bringing solutions to um the table when we ultimately uh encounter and experience problems. Sometimes I feel like my role uh as superintendent and maybe perhaps your role as board members, you feel the same way is that you're chief problem solver. And um what's always nice is when people show up saying, "Hey, this is a problem. This is a challenge. Um and here are some thoughts about how we can go about
021solving that uh in in the best way collaboratively." Number four, um respond like it matters. We want to be able to anticipate the needs whether that be employee needs, student needs, family needs, community needs, etc. Uh, and to follow through um with what those needs need uh and then when possible even go one step further uh and try and address that in such a way uh that that provides clarity and a positive outcome. Finally, we want to be the warrior difference. We want to turn ordinary moments into extraordinary ones. We know that's how uh we ultimately have the most success, especially when working with students. Um we want to create those moments that uh are memorable and last a lifetime in some cases. So to bring this to life, we built a full onboarding experience
022for our new staff. We've included a uh including a printed handbook, a series of training sessions, and a series of training sessions that are designed to connect new hires to our culture from day one. Uh for existing staff, we've mapped out a full train training calendar for our 2025 2026 school year. Uh that's going to include sessions for all of our employee groups, certified and classified. Uh and we will be exploring topics ranging from first impressions to service recovery, internal culture, and celebrating exceptional experiences. What we're building here isn't unlike what the best companies in the world do with their customer experience culture. This is our version of that, but it's rooted in public education. We believe how we treat people is just as important as how we talk about our schools. And that brings
023me to the bigger picture. We believe this work will have a direct and lasting impact on how our schools are perceived in the community. When families talk about Wawa, we want their stories to reflect not just great academics or extracurriculars, but ultimately to reflect how they were treated and how they were made to feel. These are the moments that build loyalty, generate positive word of mouth, and shift public narrative. We believe this work will improve the everyday interactions that families, students, and staff have with our schools. We know from the feedback we've received that consistency, communication, and tone matter deeply. I think Mrs. Krill alluded to that um earlier tonight. Uh and this initiative um ultimately provides training, expectations, and support to raise the bar across the board. Ultimately, we believe that a stronger warrior
024experience can stabilize and even grow our enrollment. When families feel proud of their schools, when new residents hear good things, and when small positive experiences are multiplied across hundreds of interactions, that becomes a reason to stay, a reason to come back, and a reason to choose Wallace. Again, this isn't just another initiative to check off the list. This is who we are and ultimately who we are becoming. The Warrior experience is the foundation beneath everything we do from academics and athletics to operations and outreach. It is the culture that will define us moving forward and we are going to spend the next year working relentlessly to make this shift real. We'll uh be building a new standard for how we treat people, how we lead, and how we serve. This is not a side project.
025Ultimately, it becomes the work that we do. We're excited about the work that's gone into this already, and I look forward to sharing how it continues to shape uh take shape throughout the next school year, how it embeds into our strategic plan, and how it becomes um woven into the fabric of Wallace schools. I'd be happy to answer any questions that the board may have. Um otherwise um looking forward to this work that will happen and um I'm looking forward to a year from now being able to revisit this and and give a really good update on how the warrior experience project has uh unfolded over the previous 12 months. I would look forward to hearing some comments at the August board meeting on how your new onboarding experience worked as you roll that out
026for the new teacher, new employees. Uh, also is it going to touch on um like onboarding kindergarteners and new students as well? Yes, to all of that. Um so regarding the employees, we do have um a large um kind of kickoff event for our new employees that will take place the week of uh the 29th, 28th, 29th, the last uh week of July. Um, so we've got a a schedule planned out that is not only going to include our new teachers, which we've historically done a really good job at uh onboarding new teachers, but we're also going to include all of our uh non-certified employees as well into that. Now, they may not be uh a part of all of those teacher centered uh and teacher focused sessions that we have throughout the week, but
027the main things um all the new employees are going to be a part of. I'll take that a step further and say one of the things that we're going to be doing and a commitment that we're making is to have an a bridged version of that onboarding process take place every month. So any new employee that comes online with us uh following the board meeting that they are approved, they will have a a training session with us in which they'll come and spend uh a half day approximately um and get get some of that essential information about the uh warrior experience. So yes, I would see that also um working and being rolled out to our incoming kindergarten students. That really started uh with our kindergarten roundup experience in the spring. Um and then will
028continue in the buildings and in individual classrooms as we look to uh welcoming them into the uh into the student mix uh as official students in the fall. That would as much for the new um parents of kindergarteners to Wall City Community Schools. Absolutely. Yep. So th those things will um will unfold with intentionality as we start the new school year and bring into uh into the district new families, not just kindergarters, but all new families. Um also want to say and and point out too that um we've been doing a lot of work as we register students and we enroll new students that touch point uh really is the kickoff for uh the warrior experience. So um you know in our office in central office where uh where families come to register as new
029as a new family or a new student into our district um that is the beginning point of the warrior experience. So we're we're um we're building that into the system as well. Can you make a random not random but an educated guess how many of our kindergarteners are First time, how do I say it? First- time parent. I mean, first time a parent. First time student. Yes. Yeah. A first time student for a family, right? I don't know, Emily. Do you have an educated? I'm looking at Emily because she's involved in our our enrollment of new families. Those kindergarten teachers come out and say, Oh my gosh, I've seen a lot of those families before. And then they'll come out the next year and say those are all brand new families. So it just kind
030of fluctuates by heamilies. So anything else? I do have one additional item. Oh, you're not. Okay. Um Dr. Wilong is gonna advance, I think, to um show a video. So, uh it's been a little while since we've shown a a construction update. Oh, nice. And we we get these monthly um monthly updates uh sent to us from NKS. Uh this is the Milford project and they do some drone footage and um I watched this this afternoon and just realized how long it had been since we had kind of shown a a public update of the building. So uh a lot of progress has been made and uh it won't be too long and the building's going to be buttoned up from the outside and we're they're they are going to be moving into uh the
031internal components of the building. So really um outside of the gym and that um the end of that hallway on the north side of the building uh it's going to be enclosed here shortly. So a lot of progress being made over there and if you have not been out there uh it would be worth taking a drive through the parking lot and checking out the new building. So really cool stuff happening at Milford and at the high school as well. I just don't have the drone footage from them at this time. It lived close fairly close to the high school and it was really cool seeing the crane dropping those iron trusses. Yeah. For the auditorium. Yeah. And those had the arch on. So you can see that kind of begin to take place which
032is really cool. Wanted to share that as well this evening. That is superintendent report. Okay. Thank you. This brings us to our group action items. Uh we all received these in our board packet and have had an opportunity to review. Also tonight we have two laydowns. Um Dr. Troyer, you want to address those for us? Yeah, we um typically this time of year we do occasionally run into a lay down. Um between the time that we put together and finalize the board packet and uh when we have our board meeting um there are occasionally um some hires that we want to put in front of the board to um process through so that we can get those taken care of before the start of the school year. uh and in particular before the August board
033meeting which is two nights before uh the first day of school. So uh I did provide you with uh two additional employment uh packets uh recommendations for uh teachers. Uh one of them is for our high school health services 50% time uh teacher and the other is for a Wy middle school teacher and wanted the board to be able to consider those this evening as well uh as part of the group action items. Okay. Thank you. So if there aren't any questions, I need a motion at this time to approve the group action items including the two layowns. I make a motion. Is there a second? Second. Have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I opposed. Motion carries. Additional action items. First up under additional action items presented by
034Dr. Troyer is item 8A, the financial report. Dr. Troyer. Yeah, Dr. Penrod is um unable to be with us this evening, so you get to hear from me on the finance report. Um I do want to um point out that uh we do have a uh a large amount of revenue that was uh collected as seen on the bottom of that um that chart there in the uh month-to-ate revenue. So uh on the operations and debt lines in particular 8.68 million uh received in in our debt fund and 5.27 279 received in our operations fund and that is due to our property tax settlement that came right at the end of the month. So, uh wanted to point that out as I'm going through this. Um just to uh to discuss a couple of these
035items. Uh starting up at the top in appropriations, our education fund uh net appropriation was 22.148 million. Uh monthto date expended was 1.881 million. Year-to- date expended was 11.6 million. Uh the unexpended balance uh in terms of appropriation is 10.548 million. the outstanding encumbrance of $488,259 an unencumbered balance of 10 million60,155 and that is 54.58% encumbered um on the debt side uh operation excuse me the appropriation of 14.088 million uh monthtoate expended was 7.425 Um year to date expended was 7506. So we did have uh debt payments that were due in June. Uh unexpended balance of 6.582 million. Uh no outstanding encumbrance uh unencumbered balance that leaves an unencumbered balance of 5 6.582 million uh for a total of 53.28% encumbered. In operations our appropriation again was 263 million uh $845,414 of uh monthly expenditures.
036That brings our year-to- date expenditures to 4.556 million. Uh an un unexpended balance of 6.706 million outstanding incumbrance of 459,857 and an unencumbered balance of 6.246 million. on the operations side that is 44.54% encumbered. Uh rainy day did not change at all during that month. So our percent encumbered is still 0% uh for the year. Looking at cash on hand, beginning balance in the education fund of 3.63 million. Uh we had year-to- date revenue of 11.0 0 million year-to- date expenses of 11.6 million. Our beginning of the month balance was 300 3,129,569. We had month-to- date revenue of 1.795 million. Month-to-ate expenses of 1.881 million. That leaves us with a current fund balance at the end of June of 3.043 million in the education fund. Uh on the debt side, um beginning of the year
037balance was 1.513 million. Uh we've had year-to- date revenue of 8.68 million, year-to- date expenses of 7.5 million. Our beginning of the month balance was 1.432 million. Uh again, month-to- date revenue uh after our tax settlement 8,680,490. We had monthto-ate expenses uh with debt payment of $7,425,611. That leaves us with a current balance in the debt fund of $2,687,842. On the operations side, our beginning of the year balance was 5.175 million. Year-to- date revenue 5.3 million. Year-to- date expenses 4.5 million. Our beginning of the month balance was 1.558 million month-to-ate revenue. Uh we brought in 5,279,824 and our month-to-ate expenses was $845,414 uh leaving us a balance of 5,992,851. And again, as Dr. Mr. Penrod reminds you, uh, we receive that tax settlement. So each month that goes by on the operations side, you'll see
038that balance come down, uh, until we get our next tax settlement at the end of the year in December. So rainy day again did not change, leaving us a total balance of 2.463 million in our rainy day. Any questions? Okay, then we need a motion and a second to approve item 8A, the financial report. Have a motion. Do we have a second? Second. Have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. Item 8B is to consider the 20 25 ELA grades 6 through 8 curriculum adoption. Dr. Wilpong. Um, at this time, um, it it actually isn't any action on this item. Uh I'm you'll be take you'll be taking action on it next month. Okay. So uh I'll come back to you in August for approval. So
039um you have in your board packet our recommendation for the adoption of the new ELA curriculum materials for grades six through eight. And I want to highlight a few key aspects of the process and rationale behind our decision. Uh first, this adoption is part of our scheduled curriculum adoption cycle. Our middle school ELA teachers were at the center of this review, meeting multiple times to evaluate options listed on the Indiana highquality curricular materials advisory list. Uh we made it a point to align the materials with both the 2023 Indiana academic standards and the science of reading to ensure strong alignment with best practices. We did intentionally delay the final decision to allow our new middle school principal to be a part of this conversation and I believe that that helped us reach a more unified
040and confident recommendation. The committee selected SAS my perspectives as the program that best aligns with our instructional goals. It provides rigorous standard aligned content while supporting student voice choice and engagement. We plan to bring uh begin the implementation uh close to the start of the 202526 school year pending your formal approval in August. And this would be a traditional six-year adoption cycle. Any member of the board or community that would like to have more details about the SAS perspectives can go to savas.com which is savvas.com or they can just simply email me or contact me and I can get them some information. And so I at this time I'd also like to thank our teachers and administrators for uh their thoughtfulness and professionalism throughout this process. And if there are any questions, I'd be more
041than happy to address them. Just when did actually when did you start the process? Pardon? When did this process actually kind of officially or unofficially begin? Well, u in other words, how long have you been working on this? Yeah, this uh this one was a pretty shortened uh cycle because the uh state did not come out with their curriculum advisory list until uh I believe it was April. So, so they worked through um after spring break. Um they worked several times and then they also met um after school is out in June a couple of times as well. Any questions, comments? Okay. Thank you. Then we will move on to item 8 C and that is to consider the edgy staff agreement extension. Dr. Troyer. Thank you, Mr. Bkart. Since the spring of 2022, we
042have worked with EDGS staff, which is a staffing company that recruits, trains, and places substitute teachers for Wise Schools. We've been happy with this relationship and after three years are looking to another three-year agreement uh with the same company. We consistently get strong placement rates and have been pleased with their quality of service. I'd recommend the board approve the extension on the staff agreement through June 30th, 2028. questions. Uh it was like April 2022. Yes. Prior to that, we had um for lack of a better way to describe it, one individual employee who was responsible for trying to Yes. internally trying to place the sub placements for the day or week. And Tammy, what? Remind me. Our our placement rate was 85. It was pretty high. Yeah. Yeah. They've told us that that it's a
043really good placement rate. So, we've been pleased with them. We meet with them regularly and they've done a good job. Okay. At this time, I need a motion and a second to approve item HC, the EDG staff agreement extension. Have a motion. Is there a second? Second. Got a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. That motion carries. Item 8 D is approved the two-year Polywood Academy grant agreement. Dr. Troyer. Yeah. Uh the Don Wood Foundation uh has awarded Wallacey CTE Pathways a grant totaling $499,694. Uh this grant will support the Polywood Academyy's advanced manufacturing program which is a partnership between Wise Pathways Polywood and Purdue Inmac. The program allows students to earn an advanced manufacturing M NLPS uh next level program of study pathway and CNC certification preparing
044them for the growing demand for engineers in our region. Uh the funding will be used for necessary equipment and program expansion. We are grateful for this generous contribution and the support from the Donwood Foundation which will provide our students with invaluable learning opportunities and advanced manufacturing. I recommend the board accept the grant agreement as presented in your board packet. Uh I will also add a big chunk of that money is going to be spent on a giant CNC machine and we have to figure out where it's going to be at, but 350,000 uh of the 500,000 allocated to that machine acquisition. I have no idea. I don't know. It's It's not It's We're going to house it. It's not going to be housed at Hollywood. We're not sure yet. Okay. Correct. We'll get you some
045more information on that as well. How many students? There's two sections, right? A morning section and an afternoon. Do you have an idea? Um, I think there was only one section this year. Okay. Um, but next year the plan was that we had that second year. Oh, that's what it was. Um, so they're transitioning to to a and is it 10 two section 10 students or I don't think there were 10 in the program this year. Um, first off they were really selective about who was going into the program and two they needed to keep it or they wanted to keep it small while they built it, right? And and so it was intentionally small. I think uh potentially upwards of 15 to 20 students total in the morning and afternoon program is kind of
046the target that we were looking at long term. Right. Okay. Sounds great. It's been it's been a really uh cool partnership so far for us and this grant will um go a long way to helping support that program. Is the grant or is that just our choice? I think they wrote the to get this the piece of equipment. Yeah, that was part of it. I think Tina also told me that part of the grant looked at maybe paying for a building to house the thing. So, they didn't they didn't fund that part of it, I don't think. So, we're working on finding a location for it. I don't know. Okay. We need a motion to approve the 2-year Polywood Academy grant agreement. Is there a second? Second. Got a motion and a second. All in
047favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. Item 8 is approval of the 202526 handbooks. Dr. Troyer. Yeah. Each summer we ask the board to review and consider approving the updated handbooks for the upcoming school year. Over the past few years, we've done a lot of work in updating and aligning and in some in some cases creating new handbooks for different groups within our organization. In your board packets, you were given the updated handbooks for elementary and high school students, high school athletics, uh which by the way, we did pull high school athletics out of the high school student handbook so that it's its own separate handbook. We felt like that was uh worth doing. So that's a change for this year. Uh non-certified employees, certified employees, and administrators. Uh if there were any
048significant changes, those were outlined in the summary at the end of the provided documents. The high school student handbook had the most significant revisions as the administrative team did a full review uh and in some cases an overhaul of the handbook this summer. Uh, I'd also like to point out that the middle school handbook has not been completed yet as they are still reviewing things with their new administrators. Uh, so we will have that for your consideration at the August board meeting. Be happy to answer any questions. Uh, but otherwise would recommend approving the handbooks as presented in your board pack. Questions? Okay. And then I need a motion to approve the 202526 handbooks. I'll make a motion. Is there a second? Second. Got a motion on a second. All in favor signify by saying
049I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. Item 8F is approval of an overnight field trip. Dr. Troyer. What? What did I skip? No, no, you didn't skip anything, but I got the information for Mr. Kra. It's a CR on CNC machine with vacuum pump. There's a lot of options. What what what is it? What specifically are you looking for? Just table size. Okay. How much movement it can actually I will find out. I'm just curious. Yeah. We just want to find out your answers. Thank you. Poke the bear. Okay. approval of a cross country I believe boys and girls cross country overnight trip to Angola. Yes sir. One overnight trip or overnight trip um for boys and girls cross country uh to travel to Pagan State Park July 28 through the 30th. Uh this is an annual
050cross country trip that they do. State Park is in Angola, Indiana, and they have arranged formale chaperons to supervise the trip. So, I'd ask that the board approve that trip. Any questions? If not, we need a motion to approve the overnight cross country trip to Angola. I'll make a motion. Is there a second? Got a motion, a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Oppos? Motion carries. This brings us to other items. Does anyone have any other items? One other item for next month. The August board meeting is scheduled for August 11th instead of August 12th. That's a Monday. Uh we did that purposefully this year when we did um original meeting advertisement during board uh realignment in January. We do that. We did that this year. made that decision this year to
051try and avoid uh back to school nights, which the majority of that takes place on uh Tuesday the 12th. So, the August board meeting will be on Monday evening in here uh August 11th at 5:30 regular time. Anything else? N then I need a motion to adjurnn. So, is there a second? Second. Got a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I opposed motion carries. Thanks everybody for coming.