I'll call this meeting to order. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
 Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it
 stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
 Thank you all very much. You may be seated and please, I'm pleased to welcome you to the May 2025
 regular school board meeting of RBV Community School Corporation and please let the record reflect
 that Mr. Tucker, Mr. Durnall, Mr. Kerr and Mr. DeMoss are all present this evening.
 Do we have any visitor comments? No. I am glad to see so many of you here tonight. That is great.
 And I know you're going to find this so riveting that you'll be back next month and every month
 thereafter and you know we love that we love a crowd.
 So so glad you're here. And so I'll turn it over to Dr. Sanders to start us off with our mustang
 moments.
 You know usually when they're standing room only at a board meeting that means it's it's up there's
 a problem. And it's all good tonight. So I appreciate everybody coming out tonight. We're going to
 start off with the Edgewood foodies.
 Right.
 Now that sounds like a rock band.
 I think you're going to find this be a very interesting presentation Mr. Scholl.
 Introduce some pretty amazing people. This started probably a year and a half ago when high school
 student Maya Gill came to us came to me with an idea about a group where she could help kids who
 may or may not have dietary needs to help them create
 recipes things like that. The best part about it for me was that I just had to say yes to the idea.
 And I think it's a testament to what's going on at the high school and just kind of the shift and
 how things are are going as far as being able to see a problem and do something about it.
 So I'm going to introduce Maya and her team and let her tell you all about it.
 All right. Well thank you for having us. We are the foodies club. I'm my girl I'm a junior at the
 high school and I wanted to design this club for students in grades three through six with gluten
 or dairy allergies.
 And we've been supported by Mrs. RG and Jill Cronin and thanks to Mr. Scholl we've been able to be
 mostly funded by the I.S. color run so that was great this year.
 Our purpose is to help students feel more confident in managing food and allergies.
 And to create a fun supportive space to make and try healthy foods.
 Encourage curiosity and learning about food and nutrition.
 So the reason I wanted to start this club is because I've been gluten and dairy free since I was
 seven.
 And during the pandemic my grandma taught my brother and I how to cook.
 So that's kind of how I got into that world.
 And I wanted to give back to kids who are the age I was when I started having allergies because
 this was like a sort of club that I would have loved to be able to have when I was that age.
 And so I wanted to create that for them.
 We have meetings that are held once a week during the spring season.
 Those meetings include activities like snack making label reading and discussions and eating.
 All meetings have a safe and positive environment for all participants.
 Some of our guest experts that have come are Rachel Dahlner from Indiana University who is a lead
 dining hall dietitian for students with allergies.
 Molly Osgood, the Vita dialysis, registered dietitian, supports patients with kidney issues.
 Amanda Waits, RBV culinary skills specialist, creates authentic food for Edgewood students.
 Nathan Carney and John Lark co-owners of Brightside Cafe.
 Brightside Cafe is a gluten-free, dedicated restaurant with dairy-free options.
 Feedback and impact. Enthusiastic participation from grades three through six.
 Parents and staff report increased awareness and confidence.
 Club members enjoy learning through hands-on experiences.
 I like foodies as much as I like cats.
 I didn't want foodies to end last year.
 And Lindley's quote was, "Eat, love, laugh."
 Our kind of next steps are to hopefully find some funding for foodies next year.
 And we had an idea recently of a program we could start within the school corporation
 where each school would have a stash of allergy-friendly snacks and treats
 for if some sort of celebration was going on in the school so that everyone can participate.
 And there's even been a little bit of talk of how I can incorporate this into my college experience
 and maybe have like a gluten and dairy free stand on the campus or something like that.
 So that is foodies.
 And thank you for having us.
 And especially thank you to Mr. Scholl for helping us through this year.
 And yeah.
 And we have some examples of things we've made in foodies this year for you guys to try if you
 would like.
 This is becoming -- this is an amazing thing, but I'm going to use a word that sounds kind of
 average.
 This is becoming common on our Edgewood campus.
 And by common I mean where instead of the teachers up in front of the classroom lecturing to the
 students,
 the students are figuring out real world solutions to everyday problems.
 And I'm not surprised that we have these students involved in this project.
 And I think it's an indication of what's to come down the road.
 Okay.
 Thank you very much.
 You have two?
 Can we have two?
 How many are in the group?
 Is this the complete group right here or do you have others?
 This isn't everyone.
 We have a couple more people, yeah.
 My wife and my daughter have bad food allergies.
 And so I think what you're doing is amazing.
 And it was a great idea and the fact that you took the initiative to implement it
 and involve so many students and really make a big difference in all their lives.
 So we appreciate you and appreciate all the foodies that help work with you
 to make these great treats.
 Thank you.
 It's been very fun, I would say.
 Yeah.
 All right, that's good.
 That's good.
 Thank you.
 I feel more energetic already.
 Thank you.
 So did you enjoy coming down to work with EIS?
 Sorry?
 Did you enjoy coming down to work with the EIS students?
 Oh, yeah.
 Yeah, it's been great to kind of get a different environment as well.
 Were the trees prepared in the kitchen at EIS?
 Yeah, well, no.
 We meet in Mrs. RG's classroom, so we made them during our club today.
 Thank you.
 Some of the young men and women will be at the junior high next year, maybe?
 Yeah, we have.
 We have Jasmine and another one of our members come from the junior high after school, so, yeah.
 Yeah, thank you.
 Thank you.
 Our second group tonight is from Edgewood Junior High School,
 and these are the journalism students who went to Seattle,
 and they're giving a report tonight on their trip.
 Well, good evening, and thank you for having us.
 My name is Stephanie Eyre.
 I teach English and journalism over at Edgewood Junior High School.
 This year, we had our second opportunity to go to the National Journalism Convention for student
 journalists.
 Last year, we went to Boston and took five kids.
 This year, we were able to take 12 kiddos out to Seattle,
 and, you know, it's a high school journalism conference,
 but I said this last year, and I will say it again this year.
 I am just always so impressed -- oh, I'm sorry.
 I am sorry.
 You're fine.
 So impressed with our kiddos at the junior high level.
 They just show the same maturity, actually more maturity, I would say,
 and just dedication and just focus and that just desire to learn things about journalism
 that a lot of the high school kids don't even show at the convention,
 and they are just right there, and they fit right in.
 So I'm always impressed by them, and this year is no exception.
 So I'm just going to let them kind of tell you about their experience of being out there
 and going to the conference and some of the extra fun things we got to do as well.
 I think they prepared a little slideshow to show some pictures of the things.
 There's mostly the fun things.
 We did a lot of work while we were out there, too, but yeah.
 So I'll just let them take over.
 Okay, so to start it off, we're going to show you the slideshow,
 and that's like more of the fun activities we did, but we still learned a lot at the convention.
 So after this introduction slide showing like where we went, this picture is from our hike.
 So this next slide is pictures of us starting at the Indy Airport
 and then some pictures of us on the plane to Seattle, and that is us in the tram at the Seattle
 Airport as it started going.
 Yes, please.
 And then this was our first full day there where we went to a mountain and we hiked up that.
 We had a picnic at that waterfall, and in the evening we made it to the famous Space Needle
 and to the convention center to visit different informational booths from colleges and businesses
 and the journalism field.
 But there's not a picture of that.
 Next slide, please.
 All right, so the next day we made it to the different breakout sessions at the convention.
 After almost a full day of that, we walked to the Pike Place Market and saw the gum wall.
 We made it to the dinner and had a debriefing session where we enjoyed hearing each other's
 takeaways from the day.
 On our last full day in Seattle, we went to more breakout sessions, went on a boat tour of Seattle,
 and rode on the biggest Ferris wheel on the west coast.
 And these pictures show what was just explained for the last full day in Seattle.
 And this last slide here, that's just our plane ride back from Seattle.
 And now we'll have some speakers tell us about their favorite things they learned from Seattle.
 I learned so much at the JEA Journalism Convention this year.
 The convention was really interesting and it taught me how to be a better reporter, leader, and
 overall a better journalist.
 We also learned how to increase readership and so much more.
 This trip was so much fun and I learned so much on the trip.
 And my favorite part was probably going to the Space Needle or going out to dinner every night with
 all my friends.
 For me, the JEA Journalism Convention was a great opportunity and experience.
 I really enjoyed all the sights of Seattle and all the fun activities that we got to do.
 I learned so much from the conferences I went to.
 I learned how to be a better leader in my journalism community and how we can work together to make
 our journalism and media programs more viewed.
 This convention was very useful to our journalism and media classes.
 The sessions that we went to taught us things like how to better our newspaper, how to keep a
 productive and fun environment, and how to increase readership in our newspaper.
 Not only did we learn new things about journalism, but we got to see the amazing sights of Seattle.
 We saw the Space Needle, beautiful mountains, and lots of more amazing views.
 Personally, I learned a lot from the key speaker who taught about writing reviews.
 She was a professional who had been doing it for, I can't remember now, like 30 or 40 years.
 Writing reviews is my forte, so learning about that was very helpful.
 But I learned about conducting many interviews, increasing viewership and readership of Edge Media
 and Colts Chronicles, and how to write various different pieces for the newspaper.
 My favorite part about the convention was during one of the breakout sections, there was people
 from a lot of different schools.
 It was mostly teachers, but it was all of middle schools, and that helped us see a lot of how far
 we've gone.
 I thought it was really cool to see other teachers around the country, what they're doing.
 I think my favorite part of going to the convention was being able to learn all the new things from
 professionals and being able to interact.
 Some of the breakout sessions, you got into little groups and explained about your newspaper and
 stuff, and I think being able to share connections with other people from so far away was important
 and special to learn.
 Well, I think I have two favorite moments from the convention. One, every day we would gather
 around in one hotel room and pile in there, and we would do our high lows for the day and just
 listen to the kids.
 I don't know, I think they really enjoyed that part of it. We really just talked about the good
 things and the bad things from the day that we enjoyed.
 And then my second favorite was a couple of our girls were doing an article for the newspaper on
 the convention, and we're getting ready to get up from a breakout session.
 And I look over and they had pulled some high school kid over and were interviewing her. I think
 maybe that picture was up there at some point, but interviewing her about the convention just unprompted.
 Like, that's the kind of thing that just impresses me so much about them. Like, I didn't tell them
 to do that. They just they take initiative and they've just become more confident with talking to
 people.
 And it's just it was a really proud journalism teacher moment for me to see them do that. But we
 just want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts again.
 I think I sent Jen a text during the trip that said it's just amazing to be a part of a district
 that gives kids amazing opportunities.
 And, you know, just like listening to Maya to talk about her. She had an idea.
 And we just we I don't know if I want to tell this to everybody, but like we work at a yes, man
 district.
 Like, yes, if we can do this for kids and we can make it happen, we want to hear all your ideas and
 we want to make all the opportunities possible for kids that anybody can think of that's going to
 benefit them.
 As individuals and in the future. So again, thank you for allowing us this opportunity and all the
 opportunities that you give these kids in the district to do to just follow their dreams and follow
 their passions.
 So thanks a lot.
 Do you guys have any questions for them? We did. We barely caught that. That was right at the end
 of the day. And we got a video of them throwing the fish over to the gum wall. Have you heard of
 the gum wall? It's disgusting.
 It's just a huge one. I mean, we did it. We went up and put our gum on the wall. It's just nasty.
 But you probably saw my piece of gum.
 Oh, like, yeah, we got so blessed with weather. I kept telling these kids prepare. It's gonna rain
 like it's gonna rain. No, it was like 65 and sunny every day. Not a drop of rain on us. I think
 they just they knew all these kids were coming to Seattle and they ordered the weather. So yeah, it
 was it was beautiful out there.
 So all right there, she said better than I could. But I think it is pretty awesome that our kids
 get to do these things. And, you know, month after month, we sit at a board meeting, Matt and I
 were talking about this today, that month after month, we have these Mustang moments where students
 are talking about either some activity that they are involved in or a project or internship.
 And so what you're seeing tonight now we usually don't have three presentations, but but every
 month and just I'm so proud of our students for how hard they work and they're so brave to come to
 go on a trip like that and have the courage to get up and speak at a board meeting.
 Things that I never thought I could do as a kid and especially want to thank Mrs. Air and for her
 dedication and the extra mile she goes.
 She sees me come and she starts to cringe because she knows I'm asking her for money and they tried
 to tell me no last year and I think it was a miss Josephine Buckley wrote a nice long letter that
 just convinced we had to take kids and we all went so no but thank you Jen for always always
 telling us.
 If I can so yeah all right well thank you guys.
 See you all back next month.
 For our last three big kids who are going to present.
 We have our three school resource officers.
 And I talked to Alec about this because I just think it's really important for our community to
 know all that we do to provide our students and staff with a safe environment.
 And the biggest part of that effort is our three SROs and I don't know if everybody knows this but
 we write a grant through the Department of Homeland Homeland Security and the key part of our grant.
 In our program is our SROs building relationships with students and and we certainly got the right
 three guys to do that.
 And they do it very well.
 They're really the most popular people on campus.
 So I'm going to turn it over to Alec Jason and Shannon.
 Thank you. Like Dr. Sanders said he asked me to come to the board meeting and just kind of give a
 rundown of myself and then the other SROs.
 So before or some of you might not know but I've been a police officer since 2012. I've been with L.L.P.D.
 since 2014. I worked patrol until 2020 when I took the second SRO job.
 And then in twenty three I got promoted to sergeant over the SRO division.
 So speaking about the SRO program it started in 2014 with one part time guy that later that year he
 was elevated to a full time position.
 And then it was one guy from 2014 to 2020 when I was hired.
 In twenty three we were extremely fortunate to bring on the third SRO. I can't speak how great this
 is. We're able to focus on building the relationships in our own buildings versus having to cover
 multiple buildings at once.
 Obviously I do cover three buildings but I feel like I do a pretty good job of splitting my time
 between all three of them.
 We get a lot of questions about what we do and to be frank we do a lot of talking.
 We talk with of course the students but staff and the admin on a daily basis.
 When I'm at work I want people to know they are appreciated and they can trust me.
 I'm a very happy-go-lucky type of person so when I'm talking my goal is to make you smile.
 Of course there's lots of high-fives, fist bumps and hugs.
 I start every day by directing or start every starting in both my day by directing traffic
 at the corner of Reves and Sycamore to get all the parents in and out safely.
 After directing traffic I head inside and check in with my staff at EIS since that's where my home
 base is at
 and then move my way over to EIS or EPS.
 Lunches run typically between 11 and 1 so I try and be at all those lunches but the key words try.
 Sometimes I get pulled a different direction.
 I love checking in with teachers in their classrooms and getting to interact with the students on a
 daily basis.
 Some of the other things that I'm a part of, I assist the SEL teams as much as possible.
 Anytime there's a kiddo that's out of control I try and assist any way I can.
 Most of the time that's just being there with the staff while they deescalate the situation making
 sure that they're safe.
 Two years ago I created the Ride to School with Officer Alec program.
 Our parents can bid on them through Santa's Workshop, the top earners for the color run at EIS,
 and then I've even had a couple teachers reach out where they've had a student that's been
 struggling in class
 and this is like an extra thing to motivate them.
 The past couple years I've done pizza lunches with the top earners in the fund run at EPS.
 I'm an ALICE instructor for the corporation, one of the school safety specialists for the
 corporation,
 and I'm a member of our school safety team.
 I truly believe that the SRO program has done amazing things for our community and schools.
 I personally can't go anywhere without being noticed.
 Any time I go to Chick-fil-A I hear somebody over in the corner.
 That's Officer Alec and that's the police officer at my school.
 One of the funny stories I like to tell is last year I was camping down at Spring Mill.
 I couldn't even get my camper backed in and there was probably a group of 20 kids.
 That's Officer Alec, that's Officer Alec.
 But one of the highlights that I think really shows the connections that we make here at the school
 is
 there was a group of, or some sisters that would run away constantly.
 And so two or three years ago they had ran away.
 We got intel that they were in Bloomington and I went to follow up on one of those leads.
 I found the girl and when I went to recover her, she initially resisted.
 And when she looked up and saw who it was, she said, "You're the police officer from my school."
 And then all was well after that.
 And then just being involved in the community.
 I'm always in attendance at the Bloomington Touch-A-Truck.
 I attend the City of Bloomington Fourth of July Parade.
 I'm a certified car seat technician.
 So I'm extremely excited to team up with Heather this coming school year
 and do like a car seat clinic offer to check parents' car seats at the open house.
 And then just community engagement.
 I can't tell you how many times people love seeing our marked Mustang mobiles,
 is what we call them.
 So anyways, I just thought I'd bring this in and show everyone.
 My wife started this a couple or three years ago,
 but this is just all this stuff that the kids have made me over the years.
 So obviously I'm not going to get all that out, but I mean, it's just endless.
 And I just thought I would share a couple notes that some kids have left for me.
 Dear Officer Alec, so first of all, I don't know how you stand outside in the cold and direct
 traffic.
 You lighten up my day and all the eagles in this school.
 I think you are the best officer ever.
 And no, I'm not just saying this to be nice.
 It's all true.
 I really remember back in kindergarten, you gave me a sticker and I cherished it.
 I cherished it.
 I still do.
 But basically what I'm trying to say is you're the best officer ever.
 Dear Officer Alec, thank you for protecting our school.
 You are very nice, funny and cool.
 We are very thankful for you sincerely.
 Thank you for protecting us and EPS.
 And thank you for being cool, flexible, friendly and funny.
 I feel secure when I see you.
 So that's all I have.
 I'll let Jason.
 All right. Hey, my name is Jason Brown.
 I'm the school resource officer up here at the high school.
 I'll kind of keep mine a little bit shorter since majority of my accolades and certifications are
 kind of things that Alec has already said that he is as well.
 But I will just say I'm glad that he mentioned that the SRO program started in 2014 because that's
 whenever I was a student here.
 So I remember as Jared Myers at the time, I remember seeing him during the school day, whatever,
 and like I assume kids do now.
 I loved going up and talking to him just about anything random.
 It didn't have to be about being a police officer or whatever.
 He was just a good presence to have in the school.
 And I really enjoyed having him in the schools.
 As far as my law enforcement background, I've only been an officer since 2020, so I'm still
 relatively new.
 And in that time, I started in the schools in the spring semester of 2023.
 So this is my third school year, but only second full school year up here at Edgewood.
 And as I had mentioned, I'm a student, former student from Edgewood, so very invested in the
 community.
 My literal entire family is pretty much from right here, so this is my home, will always be my home.
 And I truly feel honored to be able to protect and serve the future members of Ellitsville, Indiana,
 whatever community you want to put in there.
 And this, I could not think of a more rewarding position, being able to interact with the students
 of Edgewood High School.
 I tell pretty much everybody whenever I get to talking about what I do for a living that we've got
 an absolutely amazing school.
 The students are wonderful, and that's really the most I can say about it.
 It's just, there's nothing else that I could picture myself doing where I'd get as much enjoyment
 as working for Edgewood.
 But as far as my relations with the kids, my biggest goal is just to be out, be visible.
 If they want to talk to anybody about anything, I typically always try and lend my ear first.
 If they want someone more specific, then I try and help them get to that person.
 I work very closely with our admin team up at the high school,
 whether it be sitting in whenever they talk with kids about school discipline stuff,
 or if there is anything more police-related that I need to get involved with,
 obviously they have me in on that as well.
 But I would say with the people that are at the high school right now, we all work very well
 together,
 and I guess Mr. Yules right here can kind of attest.
 I feel like I've done a pretty decent job of getting to know the students
 and being someone that they can approach and not feel scared to talk to.
 But, yeah, that's pretty much all I got on my end.
 Apparently, I didn't get the memo on what to wear.
 Hi, I'm Shannon Bunger. I retired from IUPD last summer.
 I did 28 years. Usually when I'm in a room like this, nobody has more time on,
 with a badge than me, than Insert Chief Durnall,
 and I have no desire to get to how many years he's got so he can have that title,
 but I got a phone call in January that asked me if I would be interested
 in working part-time as a SRO at Edgewood, and I said, "Sure."
 And the next thing I know, I'm hired full-time, and, well, here we are.
 I start my morning out on 46th and Smith Pike,
 educating the public on stopping for school buses.
 Mr. Irwin can attest that I probably have at least one or two customers a day.
 Yes, and so they learn real quick that we need to get stopped for that because
 protecting our kiddos is the most important thing.
 When I retired at IU, I was the Deputy Chief.
 There's a little less stress in my life right now, and I like that a lot.
 I can enjoy football game days, but it's a different stress here because
 we want our kids to be safe, and so I take that pretty serious.
 My wife is a teacher in Bloomington, and unfortunately,
 their resource officers are spread thin, and so, you know, again,
 we just want to make sure all the kids are safe.
 So I can't thank Chief Durnall enough for hiring me.
 I met him a long time ago.
 I was working a traffic accident.
 He got out, put that campaign hat on, walked up and said, "What do you need, son?"
 I'm like, "Okay, boss, here we go."
 So thank you, Mr. Rentschler, thank you for making me part of the family
 at the junior high.
 My first day, Sarge took me around, introduced me, and slapped me on the back
 and said, "Well, I'll see you later."
 And the next thing you know, we had like 650 kids running through the hallway,
 so it was kind of on-the-job training, but everybody's been great,
 not only in the building, but Dr. Sanders, Mr. Irwin, you guys have been great,
 and it is truly a family over here, and I appreciate that.
 I feel welcome, I feel appreciated.
 I wasn't really surprised about how well the kids interacted with the police,
 but it did make me feel really good that, you know, even the kids that cause us trouble
 will come up and talk to you and give you fist bumps,
 and so that tells me we are doing something right, but, you know, it is what it is.
 So I can't thank everybody enough for putting a little more fire.
 You know, I wasn't ready to fully retire,
 and I said the good Lord was going to take me where he wanted me,
 and he's got me where he wants me, and that's at Edgewood Schools,
 and I'm just glad to be a part of it, and I look forward to a lot more years.
 Thank you.
 I want you to know I am so proud of this program that we've put together.
 Alec, of course, was a big factor in getting the third officer,
 and, you know, I've watched Jason grow up and known his family all my life.
 Alec I've known since 2015, and he's always been bubbly.
 I mean, when he walks into the room, it just lights up.
 Shannon, we met, again, a long time ago, worked a lot of football games together,
 and, you know, I'm just so proud to have you over here.
 It's such an honor to have you here with us.
 So, again, I appreciate all three of you so much.
 Jason called me one day and said, "Is there any part-time stuff going on?"
 And that was in November, and we ended up hiring in December, didn't we?
 Full-time in December.
 So it worked out so well.
 I knew Jason wanted to be in the community, and so we worked that out for him.
 So we're happy with you.
 We're tickled.
 We're so proud of you.
 Thank you for coming tonight.
 So happy to be back in the building now.
 Do you guys feel comfortable with our staffing level, with SROs, to handle everything?
 You're talking like the preschool?
 Yeah.
 Yeah, no, we'll be fine.
 Good.
 What's that?
 That's one of the greatest things about Edgewood Schools is, yeah, we have different buildings,
 but we're all contained right here.
 If something were to happen at the junior high or the high school, we can skip on over
 there.
 Yeah, very close.
 Very close.
 That's good.
 When I went to my SRO school in March, there was a lot of people that was covering 19 buildings,
 one person, and it wasn't like it was one building here.
 I mean, it was like a cross town and stuff.
 So I came back and said, "We're lucky to have one in each building."
 And if something does happen, I mean, we had an allergic reaction today at the junior high,
 and if that would have been worse, I mean, all I got to do is get on the radio and both
 of these guys are going to be in my building or I'm going to be in their building just
 like that.
 So we're pretty fortunate.
 I love you talking about the relationships building with the students because I recently
 started working with the city of Bloomington and one of the areas is community and family
 resource department, and they deal with a lot of people that are scared of the police.
 And so knowing that our schools, we have police officers that these kids can talk to and respect
 and, you know, just try to take that element of fear out of it.
 So we really appreciate you guys and your willingness to interact so well with these kids.
 That's critical.
 And, of course, keeping them safe is number one, but your interactions with them mean
 a lot.
 They really do.
 I hate to give Ali any more credit for things, but we're so proud of our Mustang mobiles,
 no doubt.
 And he designed, he actually designed those for us.
 Sergeant did.
 Yeah, Sergeant.
 Yeah, he designed those.
 And he's my fleet manager for our cars.
 And he and I are like a couple little kids when we started ordering cars, you know.
 So we have a lot of fun with that.
 So, yeah, they're all great, great guys.
 So glad to have you.
 Yeah, the Mustang mobile, I won't take any more time, but that took a lot of convincing.
 I had to get a graphic in front of him, and then it was, then it was sold.
 And you might know he could sell it, so.
 Well, thank you all very much.
 Thank you, everyone.
 Now that I've heard you call Sarge.
 That's gonna stick.
 Thanks, fellas.
 Awesome.
 Okay, wow, 641.
 Let's see if we can get fast through this.
 Okay, we'll move forward quickly.
 We have the consent agenda, and that's the approval of minutes for the April 21, 2025
 regular board meeting.
 We have these treasures report for April of 2025.
 And Mr. Durnall, the claims, please.
 Thank you, Mr. President for gross wages on April 11, 2025 of $816,851.91 for gross wages on
 April 25, 2025, $118,084.78 for a grant for a total there of $1,628,936.69.
 Vouchers from April 1 to April 30, $1,190,854.04 for regular vouchers from 5/20/2025 is $555,987.33
 for a grant for a total there of $1,746,841.87 for a grand total of $3,375,778.56.
 Thank you, Mr. President.
 Thank you, Chief.
 Next, we have personnel, resignations, retirements, non-renewals, leaves and terminations, C-1
 through C-19, and personnel appointments and transfers, D-1 through D-37.
 Luckily, we have a donation this month, and it's $226.12 from Donors Choose to Stephanie
 Truax's class for classroom supplies.
 And there is one field trip, which is the Edgewood High School Marching Band to Vincennes
 University for their band camp.
 And Dr. Sanders, would you like to acknowledge Teresa Steele?
 Yes.
 So, we have a retirement that I would like to recognize tonight, and that's Teresa Steele,
 34 years as a speech and language pathologist.
 And I don't know if you know this, but my absolutely favorite teacher that I had when
 I was a kid was my speech teacher, and Mrs. Thorpe.
 So, Teresa Steele is a very special person, and we wish her the best of luck.
 Yes, I have known Teresa Steele for many years, though she looks a lot younger than I am.
 We actually graduated together from high school and known her for a very long time, and she's
 such a wonderful person, and I know she was very, very dedicated to her work here at Edgewood
 Schools.
 Okay, do we have a motion on the consent agenda?
 I move approval of the consent agenda.
 I second.
 Moved and seconded.
 Any comments?
 I would, in addition to, you know, I agree with everything you said about Teresa Steele.
 She's been a terrific asset to the corporation.
 I also want to acknowledge the departure of Jenny Althoff, department head of the special
 ed department of high school, and I worked with Jenny for a number of years, and she's
 been terrific.
 I don't begrudge her reason.
 She's been commuting from Petersburg for the last year or so, and I know that this is going
 to be a good move for her, but, boy, we're going to miss her.
 Okay, now the assistant superintendent's report.
 Mr. Irwin?
 Yes, I'll run over the cash flows with you here real quick.
 You have the education funds sitting there on top for you.
 Revenue in April was only a couple thousand dollars different than projected, so that
 was about as close to on the dot as we could get, so that's fantastic.
 Our interest on cash in the bank was a little bit lower than projected, still fairly high,
 but it was probably one of our lowest ones in well over a year, and that was something
 that was expected we'd been talking about and not continuing to count on that, so when
 you look forward in the cash flows as it relates to interest on cash in the bank, you see that
 that number is always a little bit lower moving forward, but again, that's something that
 the last couple years have been pretty fortunate with the interest that we've earned on cash
 in the bank, but we didn't expect that to continue on for forever.
 I did update our expected tuition support based on what the legislature passed as it
 related to the school funding formula, so I recreated that in my spreadsheets, and then
 I pushed that out through the first six or the last six months of this calendar year,
 so that's reflective of that new formula.
 Those numbers are also reflective of everything being flatlined, so we took everything static
 as they were from counting day and what our current tuition support grant numbers are.
 That's what that number would be, and then along with that, built into that number is
 the curricular material appropriation.
 That is something that they just moved that into the formula.
 That's not actually new revenue, so when you look at the income pieces, you'll see
 about the fifth line down, fifth or sixth line down, there's state curricular material
 reimbursement.
 At the end of that, there's nothing there anymore because that number got pushed back
 into the monthly tuition support payment, and the difference of that is about $175,000
 as far as a downturn on year and cash balance, and mostly that's related.
 Instead of getting it in one big drop from the state, it's being built into the monthly
 piece.
 Again, on average, if everything is static, it's about 1.4% of an increase on tuition
 support based on what the legislature passed for us.
 I've already started working on 26 as far as a detailed look like this and some of those
 pieces, but that is an updated number as it relates to what the legislature passed.
 Then when you get into our expense side of things, those came in a little bit lower than
 projections, which I always like to be a little bit high on those things.
 I'd rather project a little bit high and stay on the safe side, but I did tweak some things
 as far as expenses moving forward, just trying to key in a little bit on some of our numbers
 as it relates to staffing and payroll.
 Then again, just a reminder, in years past, I've typically projected some sort of uptick
 in salary increases already at the end of the projections.
 I've not done that this year.
 Everything is static as far as it relates to what you see in the projections as far
 as the look into as far as how much cash we're eating into.
 We are in a great place cash-wise, but I would rather put it like that right now so that
 you guys are seeing that as it moves forward.
 I'd just like to remind you of that.
 That's something a little bit different than what I've done in years past, but we've
 been pretty aggressive in the raises that we've given the last couple of years as it
 relates to new money.
 That's just reflective of that as we move forward into the ongoing year.
 Again, we're in a great place with cash.
 We continue to be mindful and strategic about how we handle things moving forward, but we're
 in a good place.
 I'll move over to the debt service fund.
 No revenue into the debt service fund in April.
 You guys know that that's very typical.
 We did pay a small trustee fee, and then the DLGF released their circuit breaker report.
 They released that for essentially every county in the state of Indiana, and that circuit
 breaker report gives you an updated expectation on what to expect as it relates to revenue
 loss for numbers that are above the circuit breaker cap, so that's the money that comes
 off of your levy, and so I've updated our debt service fund based on that circuit breaker
 report, which we ended up a little bit better off based on what we showed when we did budget
 back at the end of last year versus what the circuit breaker report shows right now, and
 that's just updated numbers.
 I look back on historical trends as far as what we've seen the last couple of years as
 it relates to this report and what we've actually received, and in debt service, it's been pretty
 true.
 I mean, it's not to the dot, but it's pretty true, so it is a pretty accurate report as
 it relates to debt service, and then, you know, when you get into the operations fund, I'll
 just kind of slide off on that because that is one of the big differences in the operations
 fund is that is our other tax levied fund where we receive property tax dollars, and
 so I did update those numbers as it relates to the circuit breaker report for the operations
 fund, and that's just that top line at the top of the income section on your cash flows
 report.
 Again, we ended up a little bit better off than what the DOGF projected and what we thought
 we might see when we did budget, and so it's always good to see those numbers come in as
 far as the loss goes, being a little lower than what we anticipated, so that's a good
 thing for the fund.
 As it relates to everything else in the operations fund, you know, we are again sitting in a
 great place as we're working on, and we're going to ask for approval tonight to create
 the position for the daycare, but we're going to be ready to make hires for that here soon
 for the daycare, and so we'll layer those numbers into the operations fund.
 The daycare will function out of the operations fund, just like what our before and after
 care does.
 The preschool functions out of the education fund, so those exist and account for in two
 different fund structures as it relates to what State Board of Accounts asks us to do.
 So, with that, we're gearing up for summertime.
 We've already made our list of all the things that we want to try to get accomplished around
 campus as it relates to operational and just ongoing upkeep of the school corporation,
 and so our teams, whether that's maintenance or technology or custodial, are ready to go
 for next week when the kids aren't in the building as much.
 We're not going to have summer school, but ready to start tackling summer projects and
 gearing up for the next school year.
 So, with that, I'll take any questions.
 Do your operations fund projections include caring for the new building?
 Yes, so those are layered in.
 As far as when I created the budget back in the fall of last year, that was something
 that counted for ongoing utilities to start layering in into the budget as far as it relates
 to appropriations.
 I'll come back as we get closer and relook at those numbers to make sure that I feel
 good about what's in there.
 But that's just something that's a continual process throughout the year, as when we close
 out the month in, I'm taking a hard look at what those month in reports say and then
 looking at numbers if something catches my attention and say, "Hey, is that something
 I missed?
 Is that something that maybe happened a little bit differently than what we expected?"
 And then we just continue to roll that forward and make changes and tweaks to it as time
 goes on.
 So I feel good about where we're at.
 We're in a great place.
 And so we'll take all the curve balls that are coming our way and we'll try to continue
 to hit them out of the park.
 Now permission to create the position of a daycare lead.
 Yeah, so gearing up for that new building to open for the preschool, which will include
 a daycare for our staff.
 And so we need to create the position of a daycare lead.
 That's the only position that necessarily needs to be created because we already have
 positions for instructional assistance, which is the other position that will exist within
 the structure of that programming.
 So just asking for your approval to create this position.
 The job description and everything, pay rates, all those pieces are in there.
 And that's something that's been looked over by our administration team, by Heather Kenzik,
 our preschool director, and everyone here in central office.
 Approval of creation of the position of daycare lead.
 I'll second.
 Any discussion?
 So there will be one daycare lead.
 And then on your description, it says we need to hire three people into this position.
 Those are the people, the actual instructional assistants.
 Infants one and twos, yeah, there's three rooms.
 So there'll be a lead for each room for infants one and twos.
 And then they'll have aides that will work in those rooms at various times throughout the day as
 well.
 You have to maintain a certain staffing ratio.
 And so we'll have to make sure that we have the appropriate staffing in place to make sure that we
 have the right student to teacher ratio in those rooms.
 Thank you.
 Report to Ms. Kenzik.
 That's correct.
 Okay.
 Okay.
 Anything further?
 All those in favor say aye.
 Opposed?
 Motion carries.
 Now to renew the ALICE agreement.
 So this agreement has been reviewed by Christine.
 ALICE, if you remember, is our response protocol to violent critical incidents.
 Something that we've been implementing for the last few years.
 It's something that we've rolled out with staff and students that we train with.
 We send information out to parents throughout the year as well.
 But this is just a renewal of that agreement that allows us that access to the e-learning course,
 as well as we have a number of different people in the school corporation that are trained
 to teach the programming to staff and to people around the corporation.
 So this is recommended for your renewal.
 I move approval.
 I second.
 I move to second.
 Any discussion?
 Sarge was trained.
 Hearing none, all those in favor say aye.
 Aye.
 Opposed?
 We're serious.
 Now to renew the Sheldon photography agreement.
 Yeah, this was something we did for the first time last year.
 And so the buildings would like to continue to do that.
 This is something that costs us no money.
 It actually generates funds back to the school.
 He donates funds back to each school based on the orders that he gets,
 as well as he provides perks to staff in the building as it relates to picture packages for staff
 as well,
 which is a nice perk for the people that work here as well that have students that go to school
 here.
 So with that, asking for your renewal of this agreement with Sheldon photography.
 On the approval of the agreement with Sheldon photography.
 Any discussion?
 All those in favor say aye.
 Aye.
 Opposed?
 Motion carries.
 Now the Ted Everett's auction agreement is next.
 Yeah, this one is that would be the first time that we're using this auction service.
 This is something that we feel was worth trying.
 We've heard good feedback from other school corporations that have used it as it relates to getting
 money back for their buses and or other equipment.
 And so Christine has looked this over.
 We're going to take two of our older buses and the old white semi trailer over there that we use
 for the band to see what type of return we get on that.
 The funds that are generated from that, they end up coming back into the operations fund, which
 funds transportation.
 So when we had listed the white band trailer old band trailer, we got zero bids on it on our old
 site.
 And sometimes that's hit or miss on there.
 Sometimes we get great traction and times we don't.
 So we wanted to try this option to see if we get a good good return.
 So asking for your approval for that, please.
 Treader over to Monrovia, right?
 That's correct.
 Yes.
 Along with two buses.
 Get over there.
 Yes.
 Okay.
 Good.
 All right.
 All those in favor say aye.
 Aye.
 Opposed.
 Motion carries.
 Now move on to the EHS Cafe Furniture.
 Yeah, so this is for the new cafe furniture for the renovations that are being done at
 Edgewood High School with the expansion of the cafeteria seating area.
 And so this is to replace all of the furniture that would be in that space, including for
 the new existing the new space that's being added.
 Some of the old furniture is definitely showing its wear and tear.
 We have seats that are falling apart.
 And so it's it's time to replace it.
 We went through a couple renditions of this plan, trying to work it into a place that
 we felt was reasonable as it relates to costs.
 The first time we went through it, we were pretty excited about it until we saw the sticker
 shock and we had to quickly go back to the drawing board.
 But we feel like we have a great option here that will create a much more welcoming environment,
 enjoyable environment for our high school students.
 The seating capacity capacity on it is well over 400 students as it relates to the entire
 area.
 And so it should be something that is a great thing for our kids in the cafe as well.
 And so this is have this has already been competitively bid is through a co-op, the omnia
 co-op, which we are a member of.
 And so it's already gone through the competitive bid process.
 I didn't notate that highlighted it in the board packet so that if it were to get pulled
 in an audit, they know that we've followed our our procurement policies as it relates
 to just competitively bid on those pieces.
 So the total quote is two hundred and forty eight thousand nine hundred sixty dollars and
 ninety eight cents.
 That does include freight and installation.
 That's turnkey.
 It is a more than what we had originally budgeted for in the twenty twenty three bond as it relates
 to that project.
 But we do have sufficient funds as it relates to just interest and where we stand in current
 budget now that this is definitely doable.
 I didn't feel comfortable coming to you to say let's buy a portion of furniture furniture
 and a brand new renovated space and then leave old furniture in there.
 That has been seen better days.
 So I feel like if we're going to do it we need to do it right the first time.
 And I think that we are in a place with that bond as it relates to interest that we've
 earned on the cash in the bank that we can do that.
 So recommending your approval please.
 The purchase of the high school cafeteria equipment.
 I'll second.
 Any discussion.
 That much.
 Yeah, about 90 grand.
 Yeah, just the furniture of any value.
 I think we'll surplus it.
 Well, you'll see that a future meeting will surplus it.
 Once we know for sure the exact timeline of when this furniture will show up and then
 we'll take whatever recoupable value we can.
 Because we could transfer to the junior high probably.
 Yeah, Kent would love to have the junior high.
 I mean, how it is the furniture?
 I don't know.
 Driving a hard bargain back there.
 Yeah, we'll see.
 You said that what we're talking about purchasing is more durable than what we currently
 have.
 Yes, that was one of the things that we talked about specifically.
 I'm glad that you brought that up is getting into the structure of the attachments and how
 they function on the actual furniture itself.
 And that's a much more sturdy setup than what we currently have.
 So they've had great reviews and great experiences from customers that have that ordered that
 furniture.
 And so we feel really good about the direction that we're headed.
 Well, I also like the idea of having a variety of seating, the chairs with tables, the booths,
 the stools.
 And it can all be moved around, you know, and so all those pieces and that'll make for
 that additional dining space that we have to be a little more flexible at times, depending
 on how the high school chooses to use it for after school activities or maybe in-day activities
 outside of, you know, lunch.
 And students will be eating in the lunchroom instead of the commons.
 Eating in the lunchroom instead of the commons.
 Sure.
 Yes.
 Okay.
 That's a good thing.
 That'll be fun policing the first week of school, I'm sure.
 If we state the full amount, I may have missed it.
 248.
 One second.
 I'll pull back.
 $248,960.98.
 Yes.
 Absolutely.
 Okay.
 Any further discussion?
 Hearing none.
 All those in favor say aye.
 Aye.
 Opposed?
 Motion carries.
 Thank you.
 You can take a breath now.
 Now we'll move over to Jerry and Dr. Sanders for the approval of the Cascade Golf Course
 Rental Agreement.
 So this agreement provides an opportunity for Edgewood High School golfers to participate
 in competitive team golf at discounted rates, and except for the Mustang invitation and
 the WIC conference tournaments, Cascade does not charge Edgewood High School to use the
 course, and that's for practice and team competitions.
 Athletes can purchase a membership at a reduced cost, I think it's $150, and so we really
 appreciate the partnership we have with Cascade Golf Course and the opportunities that our
 athletes have to go to a quality course, so I recommend your approval.
 Any discussion?
 All those in favor say aye.
 Aye.
 Opposed?
 Motion carries.
 Now we'll look at the price increase to school lunches.
 Yes, so Vicki Coffey, our Director of Nutrition Services, is asking the board to approve a
 price increase of 30 cents for school lunches, and it's important to note that Edgewood schools
 have not increased the cost of school lunch for the last 10 years, and we're just doing
 that by 30 cents, so at the secondary level, it'll be $3, and at the elementary, it'll
 be $2.85, and we will still be offering free lunches at the elementary level for the 25-26
 school year.
 We definitely know that.
 So I think it's pretty good how well I think we work to provide our students with healthy
 meals not only during the school year, but even during the summer, and so I recommend
 your approval.
 We move approval of the proposed price increases for lunch.
 I'll second.
 Any discussion?
 I just appreciate what Vicki has done over the years, and yeah, it's taking 10 years
 between price increases.
 It's remarkable.
 I mean, when she took over, it was over a quarter million dollars in the red, so, you
 know, she's done fantastic with it.
 Yeah.
 Definitely.
 Okay.
 Any further?
 All those in favor say aye.
 Aye.
 Aye.
 Opposed?
 Motion carries.
 Okay.
 Now we're going to look at the K-12's Leading Indiana Cooperative Grocery/Dairy Bids.
 Right.
 So, we have joined a co-op, it's called CLIC, which stands for K-12's Leading Indiana Cooperative,
 and so we, that's just a good way for us to get quality state approved bids, and so that's
 what we're asking for tonight, all the bids that were presented to the board in the board
 packet are coming from this co-op, and so we're asking the board to approve those lists
 of bids.
 Accept the bids for the grocery/dairy bids.
 I'll sign it.
 Then second it.
 Do we need to list any of these out publicly on the record, or?
 I could list the bids out, the companies, which would be the US Foods Premier Company, Piazza
 Produce, specialty foods, Prairie Farms, Closterman Bakery, Commercial Food Systems, Velvet Ice
 Cream, and Smart Systems.
 Now, I have those here, and they will go into the record for this meeting.
 Is that acceptable, or would you like -- Would the amounts be easy to include, or?
 Not really.
 Okay.
 It's up to you.
 Well, since we have them here, and anybody who wishes to look through them are welcome
 to do so, since they are extensive, it would take considerable time.
 Is there -- and this board, the minutes, it will be part of the minutes, right?
 So it will be posted on our website as well, the minutes.
 So -- and again, they are here tonight for those who would want to go through them tonight,
 so I believe we can move forward with that, because again, they will be public record
 and they will be available for review easily.
 It's not easy.
 It's not as easy as just stating those to you.
 Yes.
 Yes.
 I'm sorry?
 Individual milk gardens, yeah, well, and they are already -- the cooperative is recognized
 by the DOE and then -- They're listed on a state-approved site.
 Right.
 Okay.
 Yeah.
 I think that's the best we can do to satisfy it in a reasonable manner.
 Okay.
 So we have any discussion?
 Hearing none.
 All those in favor say aye.
 Aye.
 Opposed?
 Motion carries.
 No.
 We'll look at the Relay Hub, LLC Service Agreement, and this is for Medicaid building services,
 billing services.
 Right.
 So we are moving to a new company for the purpose of helping us to bill for Medicaid.
 It's called Relay Hub, LLC Service Agreement.
 And so with this new company, it's going to really provide a more efficient way for us
 to connect our processes and be able to use our Harmony student information system to
 be able to help with the entry of services and then be able to record for Medicaid billing.
 The cost for this new program will be $7,500, and that'll be annual.
 I move approval.
 Any discussion?
 It is a very specific process that you must go through and extremely detailed.
 So definitely need the help with that.
 It's one of those things where you have to get it right, and it could provide significant
 funds for the school corporation.
 And most importantly, if you don't do it right, we would miss out on some significant funds.
 Have a good success with is that part of the reason we're switching?
 I'm sorry.
 The previous provider was not.
 This just provides additional services to that will make it a little more efficient.
 Help our staff who are entering that information, it'll be make a little more automatic.
 It's creating a new special programs, IEP platform that it also will connect with.
 So there's already some built in integrations that will be useful because it's a time consuming
 process.
 So I think that our providers will be thankful for something that maybe saves them some time.
 Any further discussion?
 All those in favor say aye.
 Aye.
 Opposed?
 Motion carries.
 And our last action item of the night is to consider a contract for a deaf and hard of
 hearing teacher.
 So basically we're renewing the contract with Amy Green.
 She does a really good job for us and so I would recommend approving her renewal of her
 contract and how much are her services?
 With us?
 Yes, we pay her.
 Okay.
 All right.
 It's a fairly limited amount if I, yeah, necessary but not something she's doing full time for
 us.
 Anything, any further discussion?
 All those in favor say aye.
 Aye.
 Opposed?
 Motion carries.
 And now on to the superintendent's report.
 Yes this really won't take a lot of time but I wanted to make sure that highlighted something
 special that I think occurred at the honors night last week.
 As you know every year we have a night where we honor our graduating class and we give
 out scholarships and we gave from dollars for scholars alone 78,600 dollars in scholarships
 from their efforts and Mr. Ackerman is really an active member of that organization as well
 as Dennis Faust, Brittany Tuckers on there too and really it's a year round effort for
 that but over 78,000 dollars and in total scholarships is over a million dollars.
 So a million 38,781 dollars in scholarships overall was given out last night.
 That's pretty cool, something we should be proud of.
 And the people that, if you've never been to Honors Night, each organization personally
 gives a scholarship and they do it with great sincerity and it's not, they know the students
 and they know why they're getting those scholarships and so I really appreciate all the community
 members who come out year after year and provide our students with these really important dollars
 to help them as they go off into their next career.
 And I put here a list of end of the year celebrations like some of them happened like the high
 school
 was last week and then today we had second grade awards and third grade awards but there
 are some other award ceremonies yet to come this week.
 If you have some time in your schedule I would just encourage you to come to one or two of
 these if you can.
 I know it's a busy time of the year, kind of broke my heart this morning because I could
 see one of the students who was crying and I couldn't figure out why he was crying and
 come to find out he didn't have anybody there and so it's very important that the children
 notice when there's a big crowd of people there and so if you could come out and support
 them that would be a great thing to do.
 Last day of school is Friday and of course commencement is May 31st at 11 o'clock and
 I would like to invite each of you as board members to come to our end of the year staff
 celebration on May 27th.
 There will be a sandwich station in each school to thank our teachers and our staff for all
 their hard work this year and then at 12-15 we'll have a celebration of festivities in
 the high school gymnasium where we'll recognize our retirees, recognize teachers for years
 of service and there'll be a little bit of a competition going on there too so it's always
 a fun way to end the year I really enjoy it and I wanted to invite the board to that tonight.
 And then finally the Indiana School Board Association gives out awards to school boards
 for their involvement in terms of activities and supporting legislation at the government
 level, going to training sessions, we and our board particularly visits and participates
 in the regional meetings that we have twice a year, we also have board members who attend
 the law conference that we have every year and so as a school board you guys do a really
 good job of keeping up with what's going on at the state level with the new laws, what's
 happening in the court levels and at any rate last week our school board was given the commendable
 award for 2024 and so I just wanted to recognize that, you know we used to have a plaque in
 the old building and I got that out and it's just outdated so we're going to get a new
 plaque and start brand new with this commendable award for 2024 so congratulations to all of
 you. The ILC probably can make that for us, can't they? That's a very good idea. Sounds
 great, sounds great. Okay, now RBBEA comments and we've got our team here tonight. Oh we
 made it near the end here, good evening everybody. Reflective time of year, I'll quote Dr. Sanders,
 we've got three days left. Whether it's kindergarten, first grade or I have a lot of seniors, they're
 either checked out or they're locking in. It's one of those two phrases they've been
 using a lot but it's finals time so looking forward to that and having good conversations
 with them on kind of our quote downtime as we review. Also looking at some of these names
 on the personnel list, I can't help but mention Teresa Steele, I didn't work with her, my
 wife did forever so I knew her forever. Very beautiful person without a doubt so I congratulate
 her. Obviously Jenny Althoff, geez oh Pete, an advocate for her kids. I'm sure Mr. Ackerman
 could say the same. He's had many more conversations with her than I care to want but she was
 always
 there for her kids. I can't say enough but I congratulate her on her move, she always
 said it was a difficult decision without a doubt. And also Becky Myers who is moving
 away from our SPED department as well, we have big shoes to fill without a doubt. Appreciate
 all your professionalism and all that as I'm stepping down from COPRESS. We have a more
 than capable person here. I've done this way longer than I thought I was going to do,
 it's probably Larry DeMoss's fault. But anyways, I appreciate all your help. I think good relations
 are a vital part. Like Dana Kerr always says, it's we're a family so I think that's a big
 part of it, keeping the communication going. So that's the big piece I wanted to say and
 there you go. They have to vote me in first, I keep saying that. I just want to extend
 my gratitude to Doug because yes, he has been such a support for all of us and those are
 big shoes to fill and I know he's been trying to find someone to fill that spot but it could
 be me for a while. So speaking of new people, we have a relatively new bargaining team this
 year. We had a few members step down and so with legislation things are kind of on hold.
 I know that we've submitted our first formal bargaining which is due at the end of June
 and at that time I'll start working with Nancy on future plans but in the meantime our new
 team will be and it only consists of two, I mean this will be my second year so I consider
 myself new as well but we will be attending trainings that Nancy Guyatt will be holding
 so to educate and I hope a lot of us, they're virtual so I'm hoping that the whole team
 can attend a few of those before we start meeting in July to really, really get things
 started.
 Yeah, I've got plans to hopefully have a survey to give to teachers when we get back to just
 get the ball rolling on that.
 A couple things from this evening, I had Maya Gill as a first grader when she started experiencing
 those health issues and so it's just amazing to see where she's at now.
 That was such a huge shift for her and her family as they've been good friends of ours
 for a long time so it was just great to see her up here.
 We are really excited to have the seniors walk through our building on Thursday.
 I'm excited to see some former first grade friends of mine but we've been wanting that
 for a long time so that'll be great.
 And then finally I couldn't be here last week to welcome Matt to our team but you know today
 was our--or welcoming him into our new--his new position but today was our retirement
 party for Brenda and Vicki and that was very bittersweet but I know we are just so ecstatic
 to have Matt stepping into Brenda's shoes.
 You know I was on the interview committee and again thank you Mr. Irwin and Dr. Sanders
 and Matt's interview was two hours but it was just mesmerizing.
 You know Matt is very thoughtful in what he says.
 He very eloquent in the way he speaks and his answers were so genuine, very humble,
 too humble at times I think.
 But what really hit at home for me was when someone asked how he is going to separate
 himself from Mrs. Whittaker because I think we all know they have a very long relationship,
 working and personal relationship and he said I share the same values as Brenda but my leadership
 style will be different and you know to me it takes a lot of courage to share your convictions
 of your values and those values are at the heart of what our school has, at the heart
 of our school for 18 years so it's peace of mind for me and I think everyone else to know
 that those values will continue to be held at our school so welcome Matt.
 Thank you so much, thank you so much.
 Now it's board member comments so we'll start with Mr. DeMoss.
 Well first I'll echo what Brandy said about welcoming Matt and I agree with you it was
 he is a very thoughtful person and his answers were very genuine and well thought out and
 well placed I was very impressed with him and I've known him for a long time but it
 was just it was quite an experience listening to what he had to say so I'm looking forward
 to his coming on board as the principal of EPS.
 Thanks for the donations from DonorsChoose, welcome to the other new folks including our
 basketball and wrestling coaches, goodbye to others that's always a bittersweet time
 but a lot of people are going on to bigger and better things and congratulations to Mr.
 Yules he's served with me and he was it was just so great to have him with me and he's
 continued to lead the teachers well and I'm sure Brandy will do very well but he's done
 it with a great deal of class over the years.
 On a sad note I want to mark the passing of Sarah Robinson, Sarah Bruner but she was
 Sarah Robinson to all of us who worked with her, she died on Good Friday, she was a long
 time chair of the English Department at Edgewood High School, good friend and mentor to me
 and others and she was just a very special lady and she was 89 years old, she graduated,
 she retired in 2000 which was the year that my older son graduated and I was glad he got
 to have her, my poor second son had to put up with me but anyway I do have to report
 that the General Assembly completely failed in their mission this year, they will tell
 you that they raised funding for education, that is a half truth, they raised the basic
 grant but they cut what schools can get in property taxes and that's going to be, thank
 goodness we are in better shape than many of our neighbors and it's still going to be
 painful but they did manage to find a way to give welfare to the wealthiest of Hoosiers,
 90 million dollars so that people that are already going to private schools don't have
 to pay for it anymore so I think it's disgusting and they should be ashamed but the ideology
 of ignorance is alive and well in our General Assembly.
 I am looking forward to graduation, I'm glad to hear about the scholarships, well deserved
 and over a million dollars is great, dollars for scholars, thank you Mr. Ackerman and also
 I just want to note that Mr. Tucker was instrumental in getting that going here at RBB and so thank
 you Brad, yes and just watching the students this evening and it's as we approach graduation
 I can see the school moving to what I think I always dreamed it could be and it's just
 so exciting that it's moving in that direction and I'm just I'm so grateful to be here so
 that's all I got.
 Thank you Mr. President, Doug, thank you so much for all you've done for us, appreciate
 that, not that you're retiring but you're getting out this, I wish Mrs. Whitaker well
 as well, I didn't make it up to her party today but I'll try to get up and see her before
 she leaves, Dr. Sanders and I had several talks over the years about safety and one
 day he told me sometimes he has a hard time sleeping at night worrying about our safety
 and that's what initiated the extra SROs and then he was successful in doing the third one
 and Matt thank you for your involvement in that as well, that's all I have.
 Thank you.
 Mr. Tucker?
 Did what Larry or Mr. DeMoss and Mr. Durnall said and I would do a thank Mr. Yos for his
 leadership with the ISTA over the years, followed Mr. DeMoss' place, correct?
 They were good to work with, Mr. DeMoss you were good to work with back in the day too
 so I appreciate all you do and Ms. A well I know you'll fill the shoes well so I am
 not going to repeat what Mr. DeMoss said because I'd say something I probably shouldn't say
 so I'm going to pass on that regarding the legislature but I do want to also thank all
 the local businesses that gave back at the senior honors night.
 They give back to help these kids out and hopefully the kids take the time to thank
 them and we'll continue to grow the dollars for scholars to look for ways to help the kids
 as well.
 So everybody be safe the last week of school and administrators catch your breath this
 summer rest a little bit but don't forget you still got to hire some people too a few
 of you so have fun with that, thanks.
 >> I do agree with everything that's been said tonight, Mr. DeMoss said it very appropriately
 and I agree with him 100%.
 Matt I'm sorry I wasn't here last week out of 18 years I've only missed two or three
 board meetings but I would vote for you so I want you to know it was 5-0 you know so
 you have my support too so I just wanted you to know that.
 I just ask that there be blessings on all the staff and teachers and students and graduates
 and that the graduates you know excel at their next step in their lives and we just appreciate
 them and appreciate all of you who made them who they are.
 With that we will adjourn.
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