WEBVTT 00:00:00.354 --> 00:00:07.719 - I'll call this meeting to order. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the 00:00:07.719 --> 00:00:14.870 - flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, 00:00:14.870 --> 00:00:22.092 - indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you all very much for coming. Please be seated. 00:00:22.092 --> 00:00:26.526 - I'm glad that we can laugh and joke when we get started here. 00:00:26.658 --> 00:00:35.467 - Um, please let the record reflect that Mr. Tucker, Mr. Durnal, Mr. DeMoss and Mr. Kerr are present. 00:00:35.467 --> 00:00:44.805 - Um, this is the July 21st, 2026 regular school board meeting of the, uh, Richland Boston Community School 00:00:44.805 --> 00:00:52.734 - Corporation. Were there any visitors who wanted to address the school board tonight? Yes. 00:00:53.250 --> 00:01:03.667 - Okay. Would you please come to the podium and state your name? And we'd love to hear from you. And the 00:01:03.667 --> 00:01:13.780 - microphone is for cats only. It does not project your voice, so you'll speak loudly. Got it. Hello. 00:01:13.780 --> 00:01:19.646 - My name is Tommy Weakley. I'm a former Edgewood graduate. 00:01:20.162 --> 00:01:27.347 - I was an Eli Lilly scholarship recipient at Edgewood. I was the point guard for Edgewood's most winning 00:01:27.347 --> 00:01:34.255 - basketball teams ever, including Edgewood's only boys basketball undefeated regular season. I was a 00:01:34.255 --> 00:01:41.164 - student athlete at DePaul University, where I played college basketball in the NCAA for four years. 00:01:41.164 --> 00:01:47.934 - In the summer of 2024, I was hired as the athletic director at Seven Oaks Classical School, which 00:01:48.226 --> 00:01:56.018 - As we all know, it's just right down the street. We are a public charter school. I had a great experience 00:01:56.018 --> 00:02:03.663 - at Edgewood, and I still have some incredible memories. I saw our community come together in a way that 00:02:03.663 --> 00:02:11.308 - I don't believe has happened since. If you happen to have been around during those times, it was really 00:02:11.308 --> 00:02:17.630 - a special community experience. I've established lifelong memories with my teammates. 00:02:17.730 --> 00:02:26.026 - with my peers at Edgewood, with my teachers, and my coaches. I came here today to address my concerns 00:02:26.026 --> 00:02:34.728 - about RBB's decision to ban Seven Oaks sports team from competing with RBB teams. Specifically, my concern 00:02:34.728 --> 00:02:42.942 - has to do with the middle school Monroe County sports invitationals and tournaments. Until last fall 00:02:42.942 --> 00:02:46.846 - of 2025, Seven Oaks middle school cross country 00:02:47.170 --> 00:02:54.269 - and track and field teams were included in the Monroe County athletic contests. Last year, we received 00:02:54.269 --> 00:03:01.161 - word that RBB would be banning Seven Oaks from any sports competitions at any level. And as part of 00:03:01.161 --> 00:03:08.328 - this, we would be excluded from the middle school county contests. It was even brought to our attention 00:03:08.328 --> 00:03:15.289 - that Edgewood refused to compete in last year's middle school track and field invite that was hosted 00:03:15.289 --> 00:03:16.254 - by Tri-North. 00:03:16.514 --> 00:03:25.387 - if Seven Oaks were included, these Monroe County invites have been open to literally every other school 00:03:25.387 --> 00:03:33.919 - in the county, including private schools, including homeschool teams and including the other public 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:42.452 - charter school, the project school. My first concern is how this has been perceived by our kids and 00:03:42.452 --> 00:03:43.646 - our families. 00:03:45.666 --> 00:03:52.390 - Besides being hurt and a little confused, this has negatively impacted our middle school sports schedules. 00:03:52.390 --> 00:03:58.675 - Having a chance to compete in the county invites allows our teams to have something to look forward 00:03:58.675 --> 00:04:05.085 - to and to strive toward all season long. It allows our kids to compete against other kids in the area 00:04:05.085 --> 00:04:11.998 - that they might already be familiar with. My second concern is broadly about the nature of sports themselves. 00:04:14.946 --> 00:04:22.636 - Sports are about building community. Sports are a unifying force that bring people together who might 00:04:22.636 --> 00:04:30.251 - otherwise be different. Sports are a unifying force that bring, that build friendships and go beyond 00:04:30.251 --> 00:04:37.865 - our ideologies or our politics. Whether it's true or not that RBB has excluded us due to competition 00:04:37.865 --> 00:04:42.238 - for enrollment, I think we owe it to the entire community 00:04:42.562 --> 00:04:50.201 - and to the unique purpose of sports to allow student athletes to participate in sports together. I would 00:04:50.201 --> 00:04:57.550 - be more than happy to brainstorm with any of you individually or collectively to figure out how this 00:04:57.550 --> 00:05:04.898 - issue can be resolved. I brought a stack of my cards in case anybody has any questions or would like 00:05:04.898 --> 00:05:09.118 - to reach out to me. Thank you guys so much for your time. 00:05:33.154 --> 00:05:41.449 - Seeing no other visitor comments, we'll move to our consent agenda. First is the approval of minutes. 00:05:41.449 --> 00:05:49.662 - We have the May 27th executive session, the June 16th public hearing, the June 16th regular meeting. 00:05:49.662 --> 00:05:58.526 - We have the treasurer's report for June 2026. And Mr. Durnall, the claims, please. Thank you, Mr. President. 00:05:59.426 --> 00:06:10.270 - For gross wages, many pay on June the 4th, 2026 is $3,343.37. Gross wages on June the 5th, 2026 is $1,000,000. 00:06:10.402 --> 00:06:23.159 - $10,758.40 for gross wages, many pay on June the 17th, 2026, 2,384.88 gross wages on June the 18th, 00:06:23.159 --> 00:06:30.430 - 2026 for $620,508.41 for total in that area, $1,630,000. 00:06:30.754 --> 00:06:42.942 - $6,995.06 for claims and prepays from 6,126 to 6,3026 is $4,180,378.61. 00:06:43.042 --> 00:06:54.216 - for claims and vouchers on July the 21st, 2026, $1,698,987.46 for total in that area, $5,879,366.01 00:06:54.216 --> 00:07:05.726 - for a grand total of $7,516,361.07. Thank you, sir. We also have personnel, resignations, retirements, 00:07:05.726 --> 00:07:12.542 - non-renewals, leaves and terminations, see one through five, 00:07:13.058 --> 00:07:21.109 - and personnel appointments and transfers, D1 through 23. We have two overnight field trips. These are 00:07:21.109 --> 00:07:29.003 - annual events. The Edgewood High School sophisticated ladies will be going to the Hidden Falls Camp 00:07:29.003 --> 00:07:29.950 - in Bedford. 00:07:30.274 --> 00:07:39.106 - and the Edgewood High School Music Warehouse will be going to Camp Allendale in Trafalgar, Indiana. 00:07:39.106 --> 00:07:48.291 - We are happy to report there are two donations. There is $100 that is going to the Edgewood High School 00:07:48.291 --> 00:07:57.123 - Fishing Team from Tim and Vicki Interkin in memory of Jim Wilbur. And there is also $186.88 that is 00:07:57.123 --> 00:08:00.126 - going to the RBB Lunch from lunch 00:08:00.290 --> 00:08:08.462 - from the Edgewood primary PTO. So do we have a motion on the consent agenda? We also have item E, the 00:08:08.462 --> 00:08:16.554 - personnel student appointments. I just wanted to be sure that was included in the consent. Yes, yes, 00:08:16.554 --> 00:08:19.518 - and those are not listed. I'm sorry. 00:08:20.162 --> 00:08:27.794 - work it out because it wasn't listed, but they're not listed because your students. So I do apologize. 00:08:27.794 --> 00:08:35.352 - Thank you very much for pointing that out. So there is a personnel student employment for educational 00:08:35.352 --> 00:08:42.836 - purposes, but we do not list their names on the agenda because of being students. So I move approval 00:08:42.836 --> 00:08:49.950 - of the consent agenda. Also moved and seconded any discussion. Any offer about the field trips? 00:08:50.402 --> 00:08:56.384 - Do you have anything to offer for the trips? I would say answer any questions you may have, or give 00:08:56.384 --> 00:09:02.666 - information about it, whichever you prefer, if there are any questions. Sure. Let's hear about it. Yeah. 00:09:02.666 --> 00:09:08.648 - So every single year, the show fires take a overnight retreat field trip to a retreat center. We've 00:09:08.648 --> 00:09:14.631 - gone to the falls before, and we've gone to Camp Allendale. And while we're there, we like to start 00:09:14.631 --> 00:09:20.254 - our year doing some team building stuff. We bring our choreographers. We have dedicated time. 00:09:20.418 --> 00:09:25.832 - to work on our shows and prepare for like tis the season and just get to know each other and get that 00:09:25.832 --> 00:09:31.247 - team bond going. This year, both of those groups are the largest they've been in several years. So we 00:09:31.247 --> 00:09:36.608 - have 48 girls since Fiske ladies, we have 44 members of the music warehouse. So having time together 00:09:36.608 --> 00:09:42.288 - to get to know each other a lot better since it is freshmen through seniors has just been really valuable. 00:09:42.288 --> 00:09:47.597 - Some of my favorite memories from high school show choir at retreats. So we just really enjoy going 00:09:47.597 --> 00:09:48.446 - on those trips. 00:09:50.594 --> 00:09:58.064 - Yeah, we have parent chaperones, yeah. No. No, the junior high director may come with us and help us. 00:09:58.064 --> 00:10:05.753 - She's been invited to that, and I think she's going to check her schedule, but it is a high school trip, 00:10:05.753 --> 00:10:13.149 - yes. All right, thank you. I've been before. It's pretty neat, and my kids loved it. Yeah, chaperone 00:10:13.149 --> 00:10:17.470 - before. And my kids loved it. Locations are the same, too. 00:10:18.242 --> 00:10:27.929 - Yeah, these are places that they have been to before. Thank you. Anything else? All those in favor say 00:10:27.929 --> 00:10:37.615 - aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. I believe Andy Scholl has some introductions he would like to make. 00:10:37.615 --> 00:10:47.678 - Oh, OK. Good evening. I'm excited to introduce some people to you tonight. Our newest teachers at EIS, but 00:10:47.778 --> 00:10:55.965 - Just as a testament, I'm gonna say this, I'm hoping Kent doesn't throw anything at me because as testament 00:10:55.965 --> 00:11:03.770 - to how much RBB is becoming the premier school corporation in this area, I received 50 applicants for 00:11:03.770 --> 00:11:07.902 - elementary teacher this year. Okay. Which is amazing. 00:11:08.226 --> 00:11:15.111 - 15 or so, we're from MCSESC. I mean, this is becoming the place to be and we're getting great applicants 00:11:15.111 --> 00:11:21.735 - and the people you see before us tonight are the cream of the crop. First off, it's Rachel Hendricks 00:11:21.735 --> 00:11:28.620 - now. She's gonna be a new third grade teacher for us. When I hired her, she was Rachel Morris, but she's 00:11:28.620 --> 00:11:35.243 - been married a week or so at this point in time. She has a year under her belt up at Brownsburg, but 00:11:35.243 --> 00:11:36.030 - her and her 00:11:36.386 --> 00:11:42.926 - husband now are going to be settling in this area and we're excited to have her. She's avid runner and 00:11:42.926 --> 00:11:44.958 - also very active in her church. 00:11:45.154 --> 00:11:50.691 - Unfortunately, Melissa Degraff could not be here tonight. She got COVID and I said, better stay home 00:11:50.691 --> 00:11:56.448 - for that one, rather have you healthy in a couple of weeks. She's gonna be our new fourth grade teacher. 00:11:56.448 --> 00:12:02.040 - She previously taught at the collegiate level of music and this has been a second career for her. She 00:12:02.040 --> 00:12:07.577 - taught five years at Arlington Heights and was excited to come this way. Her daughter graduated this 00:12:07.577 --> 00:12:13.662 - past spring from Edgewood and she's just been so impressed with the community, just wanted to be a part of it. 00:12:14.530 --> 00:12:22.741 - Megan Terrell is coming to us from Southport Elementary. She has 10 years up there. Went to IU Indy, 00:12:22.741 --> 00:12:30.952 - IUPUI, and settled there for a little while, but it was from this area and it was ready to get back. 00:12:30.952 --> 00:12:39.082 - Tired of commuting too. Finally, Mantha Brownson. Just graduated from Taylor University with an art 00:12:39.082 --> 00:12:42.334 - education degree. Her host teacher just 00:12:42.466 --> 00:12:48.962 - could not be more impressed with her, the way she was able to take over the class. She's extraordinarily 00:12:48.962 --> 00:12:55.520 - skilled with ceramics, but her host teacher even said that she's even more skilled at giving those skills 00:12:55.520 --> 00:13:02.202 - to the kids. So we're excited to have all four of these new teachers at EIS this year. And I will introduce 00:13:02.202 --> 00:13:03.006 - Mr. Rinsler. 00:13:05.602 --> 00:13:12.802 - And Andy keeps forgetting to tell you guys is that when you come in and you get introduced, you're each 00:13:12.802 --> 00:13:19.311 - supposed to give a five minute lesson. So we see what you're like in the classroom. So, yeah, 00:13:19.311 --> 00:13:26.303 - maybe not. I will be sure to not forget the part where once we're through this part, you are free to 00:13:26.303 --> 00:13:30.942 - leave and you don't know. Welcome. We're so glad to have you guys. 00:13:31.202 --> 00:13:37.910 - And no, Andy, I'm not jealous of the 50 plus because for ELA, which can be difficult to fill, we had 00:13:37.910 --> 00:13:44.750 - 25 plus applicants for ELA position. So again, we're doing something right to get that many applicants 00:13:44.750 --> 00:13:50.462 - for for junior high. And this is a different world. So something to be said for that. 00:13:50.626 --> 00:13:58.111 - Last month, Madison and I both missed the meeting because we were on vacation, but Madison Shackleford 00:13:58.111 --> 00:14:05.378 - graduated down in Castle, Indiana, or from Castle High School, student taught at Jackson Creek, and 00:14:05.378 --> 00:14:12.645 - now she's going to be teaching eighth grade English language arts for us at the junior high. So. So 00:14:12.645 --> 00:14:17.950 - I think we did a trade. I think we got one from Taylor and we're sending 00:14:18.146 --> 00:14:33.432 - So happy you guys are all with this and then again you can leave if you want to. So you don't 00:14:33.432 --> 00:14:47.742 - miss superintendents report. Okay. All right. Move right along. And so we only have one 00:14:47.842 --> 00:14:58.171 - presenter tonight, so all these will be for Dr. Sanders. First would be the Centerstone memorandum of 00:14:58.171 --> 00:15:08.399 - understanding for the 26-27 school year. Yes, sir. So Centerstone is a regular partner of our school 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:17.310 - corporation, a mental health partner. They provide licensed mental health professionals 00:15:17.794 --> 00:15:27.698 - that provide school-based counseling to eligible students. They work with families, they work with school 00:15:27.698 --> 00:15:37.975 - staff, and this is an agreement that we ask the board to approve every year. There is no financial commitment 00:15:37.975 --> 00:15:44.702 - on our part. They will often bill insurance, Medicaid, and occasionally 00:15:44.802 --> 00:15:56.403 - parents might pay out of pocket for that, but it's mainly insurance and Medicaid. We are required for 00:15:56.403 --> 00:16:07.890 - the school safety grant to have an agreement with a mental health provider, and so we just recommend 00:16:07.890 --> 00:16:12.894 - your approval. I'll second. Any discussion? 00:16:15.618 --> 00:16:28.578 - All right, all those papers say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Now we'll look at the structured 00:16:28.578 --> 00:16:41.926 - pay scale for instructional assistant leads and interventionists. So the rationale behind this request 00:16:41.926 --> 00:16:43.870 - comes from our 00:16:44.738 --> 00:16:55.735 - kind of what we're about, and that's doing business better. And we have some outline positions that 00:16:55.735 --> 00:17:06.732 - we wanted to pull together so that we can, as we consider future salary changes, rather than taking 00:17:06.732 --> 00:17:12.670 - each one individually, we've grouped these six people 00:17:12.770 --> 00:17:23.169 - under one category of instructional assistant leads or interventionalists. And so you will see in your 00:17:23.169 --> 00:17:27.006 - board packet that these are folks who 00:17:27.074 --> 00:17:35.037 - They manage classrooms and small groups independently, so there might not be a classroom teacher there. 00:17:35.037 --> 00:17:43.229 - They plan and prepare lessons and instructional activities. They provide classroom management and maintain 00:17:43.229 --> 00:17:51.498 - effective learning environments, and they must hold a bachelor's degree. These positions are the following. 00:17:51.498 --> 00:17:53.182 - English language art, 00:17:53.282 --> 00:18:05.215 - English language learner assistant position, and so we're replacing two part-time ELL aides with this 00:18:05.215 --> 00:18:17.265 - one assistant position. Our ELL population continues to grow, and so we need that help. This is pretty 00:18:17.265 --> 00:18:20.190 - much a wash financially. 00:18:20.994 --> 00:18:29.999 - We have a math interventionist at the junior high. Greg Watson, he's worked with the junior high for 00:18:29.999 --> 00:18:37.310 - several years now. He's a retired licensed math teacher. He's actually helping us 00:18:37.474 --> 00:18:46.947 - helping us to not have to hire another math teacher, but his position is kind of one of those outlier 00:18:46.947 --> 00:18:56.606 - positions that we wanted to put underneath this umbrella. And then we have four positions that, they're 00:18:56.606 --> 00:19:04.222 - basically under the Ready Schools initiative where two of those positions will be 00:19:04.514 --> 00:19:15.551 - working with Project Lead the Way and our Makerspace Labs. One of them is Andrea Andrews and she's already 00:19:15.551 --> 00:19:26.381 - been doing that. The other person, we're not replacing Sarah Figgs, thank you. We're not replacing Sarah 00:19:26.381 --> 00:19:34.014 - Figgs, so in place of that we're going to hire somebody to teach the PLTW 00:19:34.114 --> 00:19:43.113 - classes for the primary school. We have Garrett Odulio at the junior highs doing the same thing and 00:19:43.113 --> 00:19:52.113 - then Lisa Wilson at the high school. And so in the board packet also showed the scale for from zero 00:19:52.113 --> 00:20:01.472 - years to 10 plus years. So it's like I said, it's just a matter of trying to do business better. That's 00:20:01.472 --> 00:20:03.902 - the rationale behind this. 00:20:05.058 --> 00:20:17.599 - Second a discussion Discussion with dr. Sanders and miss Barrett today on this I My concern was how 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:30.140 - many people is going to affect which we think is five. There's five people affected by this correct 00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:33.150 - six and I want to speak 00:20:33.282 --> 00:20:39.020 - continue to be cognizant of where we're at with our finances and our budget. The term wash makes me 00:20:39.020 --> 00:20:44.873 - nervous when you say it's a wash because it's technically they're not always as Mr. Federal, Ms. Tate 00:20:44.873 --> 00:20:50.611 - will tell us. We have to be very cautious of where we're at because we got grants that are going to 00:20:50.611 --> 00:20:56.464 - expire at some point. That's still my biggest fear and I always want to make that my point. As grants 00:20:56.464 --> 00:21:02.260 - expire, we're going to have to make some tough calls unless we get continued grants to replace those 00:21:02.260 --> 00:21:03.006 - which I know 00:21:03.202 --> 00:21:09.870 - optimistically, that's what we want. But I just want to put it out there on the record. And we also 00:21:09.870 --> 00:21:17.005 - have a track record of continuing those grants. But it's still not a wash, just so you know, okay. There's 00:21:17.005 --> 00:21:23.740 - a better word than wash. Well, and I'll just point out, you know, we had a, you know, we shared some 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:31.008 - information with you recently. Right. So that's just a, you know, it's just common part of our conversations 00:21:31.008 --> 00:21:32.542 - when we're considering 00:21:32.738 --> 00:21:41.359 - positions, we might have a need. We try to figure out how to meet that need without any additional costs. 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:49.655 - So your point is well taken and it's something that- Yeah, because we added a new position at EPS. We 00:21:49.655 --> 00:21:58.113 - added a new person to help out at the office level. I mean, we still replaced it, but at a lesser value 00:21:58.113 --> 00:22:01.854 - person, agreed? Lesser value as in financial. 00:22:02.146 --> 00:22:08.723 - So we came out a little bit ahead but we did add an extra body. Agreed? Okay. That's what I just want 00:22:08.723 --> 00:22:15.300 - to make sure. We're always cognizant of that. Yes. When we're talking about that because you guys are 00:22:15.300 --> 00:22:21.876 - watching the budget and you know what we got to do. So. It's just and Debbie can attest to that. It's 00:22:21.876 --> 00:22:28.453 - part of our regular conversation. Okay. Of hey, we have Sarah Figg who's leaving the classroom. She's 00:22:28.453 --> 00:22:31.806 - going to be the new student success coordinator and 00:22:32.002 --> 00:22:44.737 - And so we hire an instructional assistant who can adequately cover this teaching of the PLTW. All right. 00:22:44.737 --> 00:22:57.714 - Thank you. Anything further? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Now look to approve 00:22:57.714 --> 00:23:00.382 - our procurement plan. 00:23:01.538 --> 00:23:10.872 - Yeah, this is one of those items we bring to the board. We have to have a procurement plan so that we 00:23:10.872 --> 00:23:20.572 - could show how school nutrition lunch funds that are complying with federal, state, and local procurement 00:23:20.572 --> 00:23:28.350 - regulations. And so this must be reviewed and approved by the school board annually. 00:23:34.658 --> 00:23:45.569 - Any discussion? All those very say aye. Aye. Opposed? Aye. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Okay. Any opposed? 00:23:45.569 --> 00:23:56.481 - Motion carries. Next is the approval of the Robert bolting house contract. And I do want to go back 00:23:56.481 --> 00:23:57.790 - real quick. 00:23:57.922 --> 00:24:04.046 - quick because of the order that that was set in. I want to make sure the motion was to approve 00:24:04.046 --> 00:24:10.556 - the procurement plan and it was a seconded. So all in favor say aye. I oppose. Motion carries. Okay. 00:24:10.556 --> 00:24:17.195 - It may have sounded odd on the record. So I just want to clear that. Okay. Now moving on to the Robert 00:24:17.195 --> 00:24:24.286 - bolting house contract. Yeah, this is a technicality when we when you approved Robert's appointment to be the 00:24:24.418 --> 00:24:33.102 - principal at the high school, his contract was not included in the board packet. So we're just bringing 00:24:33.102 --> 00:24:41.620 - that contract, the actual contract, to you for approval tonight. Any discussion? Yeah, I just thought 00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:50.137 - you were going to work for free. It was kind of a surprise, wasn't it? Yeah, it was pretty. Okay. All 00:24:50.137 --> 00:24:53.310 - those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? 00:24:53.890 --> 00:25:03.552 - Motion carries. Next is our revisions to our Neola policy, volume 38, number two. This is the second 00:25:03.552 --> 00:25:13.214 - reading, so it is an action item this evening. Yes, so like President Kerr mentioned, these policies 00:25:13.214 --> 00:25:22.398 - were brought to you last month for first reading. And just as a reminder, every time we look at 00:25:22.530 --> 00:25:33.971 - policy that we utilize, NEOLA, and NEOLA is an organization of attorneys that review recent changes 00:25:33.971 --> 00:25:45.527 - to state law, court cases, and advises school corporations all across the state of Indiana that part 00:25:45.527 --> 00:25:51.934 - of their policies may need to be revised. And so I just 00:25:52.034 --> 00:26:11.113 - bring those to you tonight for approval. Any discussion. She told me she enjoys. All those in favor 00:26:11.113 --> 00:26:17.790 - say aye. I oppose. Motion carries. 00:26:18.530 --> 00:26:30.644 - Now it's consideration to confirm or revise policy 5136, which is in regards to personal communication 00:26:30.644 --> 00:26:42.406 - devices. Yeah. So as you know, the state created a law that says that cell phones have to be out of 00:26:42.406 --> 00:26:47.934 - sight, inaccessible, turned off, bell to bell. 00:26:49.314 --> 00:27:00.711 - I did take our policy a step further, and my rationale for that, well, the step I took beyond the state 00:27:00.711 --> 00:27:11.780 - law was to say that they should, that the keeping the cell phones inaccessible and turned off should 00:27:11.780 --> 00:27:17.150 - also apply on the school bus to and from school. 00:27:17.314 --> 00:27:28.995 - And the reason I wanted to add that is, you know, a bus driver's number one priority is keeping their 00:27:28.995 --> 00:27:41.019 - eyes on the road and safety. But there's also kind of, to me, a hidden safety issue in terms of students 00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:46.974 - having access to their cell phone while on the bus. 00:27:47.106 --> 00:28:01.163 - nobody to monitor what they're looking at, who they're talking to, what they're sharing with other students, 00:28:01.163 --> 00:28:14.317 - and it's sometimes difficult to prove. And so my rationale was that I felt like it would make a safer 00:28:14.317 --> 00:28:16.638 - environment if we 00:28:17.026 --> 00:28:27.871 - said that students could not have access to their phones on the bus unless there was an emergency. We 00:28:27.871 --> 00:28:38.716 - did get some pushback from some parents on that. As I look at announcements from school corporations, 00:28:38.716 --> 00:28:44.670 - there's a lot of people who aren't happy with that law. 00:28:45.282 --> 00:28:56.386 - And when I look at the comments of other communities, they often blame the school for that law. And 00:28:56.386 --> 00:29:07.491 - quite frankly, my personal opinion is I like it. I think it'll help students to be more focused and 00:29:07.491 --> 00:29:13.598 - engaged. We also know that social media often leads to 00:29:14.050 --> 00:29:23.015 - some behavior issues So personally I I like the law In our case, we're making those phones They were 00:29:23.015 --> 00:29:31.892 - just saying they have to be out of sight inaccessible turned off But in our case we added we went a 00:29:31.892 --> 00:29:40.768 - little bit further added on the bus so I wanted to bring it back before the board to see if there's 00:29:40.768 --> 00:29:42.366 - any discussion on 00:29:43.490 --> 00:29:51.666 - adjusting that, the part about the to and from school. Having the cell phones inaccessible. We have 00:29:51.666 --> 00:30:00.168 - to do bell to bell, that's the law. But I wanted to bring it before because we, just to let our parents 00:30:00.168 --> 00:30:08.426 - know that we do listen. You know, we pay attention to their views, their comments, and just bringing 00:30:08.426 --> 00:30:12.350 - it back. What I would like for the board to do, 00:30:13.826 --> 00:30:23.852 - So in past practice, if you look on our website, it actually is probably still on there. Under 00:30:23.852 --> 00:30:34.406 - transportation, it states by practice that elementary students shouldn't have their cell phones out 00:30:34.406 --> 00:30:42.110 - on the bus. Junior high and high school can under bus driver discretion. 00:30:42.914 --> 00:30:51.692 - The current practice is it depends on the bus driver for junior high and high school. To me, I feel 00:30:51.692 --> 00:31:00.645 - that's a little inconsistent. We ought to say that they're allowed or not allowed. But I just want to 00:31:00.645 --> 00:31:09.422 - hear what the board has to say and if there's anybody who wants to have a conversation about it. Is 00:31:09.422 --> 00:31:12.670 - there any buses that are monitoring? 00:31:14.050 --> 00:31:26.703 - A few, mainly special education buses. My talk with the bus drivers was that we're not gonna tell them, 00:31:26.703 --> 00:31:39.235 - I don't expect them to be walking up and down an aisle looking for cell phones. A driver, like I said, 00:31:39.235 --> 00:31:42.398 - my number one priority is 00:31:42.594 --> 00:31:51.363 - driving the bus, but they also have to monitor behavior of the kids. And so a skilled bus driver knows 00:31:51.363 --> 00:32:00.303 - how to do that, knows the right time to be checking and seeing if the students are up and running around 00:32:00.303 --> 00:32:09.412 - or doing something they shouldn't. And I've been told they can't monitor, really monitor whether a student 00:32:09.412 --> 00:32:12.222 - has their cell phone out or not. 00:32:12.482 --> 00:32:21.231 - I think that also is an argument that they can't also monitor what they're doing on their cell phone. 00:32:21.231 --> 00:32:29.979 - And we're really giving students an opportunity, a time, not very long, but time on the bus when they 00:32:29.979 --> 00:32:38.814 - have, they can get on their cell phones without any supervision. But I could see both sides of it too. 00:32:39.522 --> 00:32:45.213 - The board thinks we need to just go with the state law, which is bell to bell. I'll support that. 00:32:45.213 --> 00:32:51.427 - My thoughts, if you make the decision, you have to stick with it. But I don't want it to be a joke either. 00:32:51.427 --> 00:32:57.235 - You know, where they say, you know, we're not, I'm on my phone every day. You know, they don't know 00:32:57.235 --> 00:33:03.101 - anything about it. So, but I think if you made that decision, you had a reason to make that. I think 00:33:03.101 --> 00:33:08.734 - it's a good one. And I think we should stay with it. I guess my question is, you've had a policy 00:33:10.338 --> 00:33:20.972 - bus drivers discretion. Right. How did the bus drivers what was there? Well, that works out for you 00:33:20.972 --> 00:33:31.818 - know, some drivers just that doesn't bother them. And they don't have an issue with it. So they allow 00:33:31.818 --> 00:33:39.262 - the cell phones to be used. Others are probably a little more strict. 00:33:39.362 --> 00:33:49.293 - just like teachers. So. I agree with Joey. I think whatever we need to make a decision, that's it. I 00:33:49.293 --> 00:33:59.322 - just didn't get it. I think at least give it a semester and see how it works out after the first year 00:33:59.322 --> 00:34:07.582 - and then go from there. I don't know about it. Things that I wonder about are like, 00:34:08.002 --> 00:34:16.464 - So is this where only the students that would obey the rules anyway are the ones who won't have their 00:34:16.464 --> 00:34:24.843 - cell phones out and the ones who always push the envelope are the ones that are gonna get by with it 00:34:24.843 --> 00:34:33.886 - because they can't, it's gonna be hard to monitor. I mean, the seats are purposely high on buses for safety. 00:34:34.178 --> 00:34:44.768 - And so it's very difficult to see and monitor. So, you know, it's kind of, to me, a perfect opportunity 00:34:44.768 --> 00:34:55.052 - for good kids to be penalized for being good and allowing kids that push the envelope to get by with 00:34:55.052 --> 00:35:03.198 - it with no recourse. And, you know, then I just worry about the equity in that. 00:35:03.618 --> 00:35:13.855 - So that's something that bothers me. I don't know how that weighs. It's just a thought, you know. 00:35:13.855 --> 00:35:24.824 - So it's, you know, I don't know. That's just something that bothers me in trying to look at the fairness 00:35:24.824 --> 00:35:31.614 - of it. Is it really fair because they're, you know, like I know, 00:35:33.346 --> 00:35:39.503 - Again, some good kids are going to say, I'm not going to do that, because that's not the right thing 00:35:39.503 --> 00:35:45.660 - to do. And they won't do it. And the other kids that push the envelope are going to be sitting aside 00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:51.756 - and getting by with it. And it's going to be frustrating. So that's a concern. To what extent is it 00:35:51.756 --> 00:35:57.913 - making bus drivers' job harder? I'm sorry? To what extent is it making bus drivers' job harder, too? 00:35:57.913 --> 00:36:01.022 - I'm inclined to go along with Jimmy. Let's try it. 00:36:01.250 --> 00:36:09.445 - see what happens if we need to come back and revisit it. Maybe evaluate and get the bus drivers input 00:36:09.445 --> 00:36:17.479 - on it. See what we hear from parents and students as well. Maybe revisit it mid semester at the end 00:36:17.479 --> 00:36:25.513 - of the first term. Pretty much. This is really not just what happens on the bus, but this policy is 00:36:25.513 --> 00:36:30.494 - new law and how we're implementing it. I kind of figured that 00:36:30.594 --> 00:36:41.690 - there would be a trial and error really for a while. Some schools are saying the phones have to be in 00:36:41.690 --> 00:36:52.786 - their locker. They're very specific where they need to be. We just made it more simple, out of sight, 00:36:52.786 --> 00:36:59.966 - inaccessible, turned off. But when you put something in practice, 00:37:00.642 --> 00:37:11.049 - Sometimes it looks great on paper, but Not in the implementation You should have coaches and chaperones 00:37:11.049 --> 00:37:21.156 - well that that was my Like I said, I had reasoning whether it was good reasoning or that's the guess 00:37:21.156 --> 00:37:30.462 - that's up to everybody, but my thinking was after school There's a greater need for you know 00:37:30.626 --> 00:37:38.884 - a group of students coming back from a trip and they're back early or they're gonna be later, a lot 00:37:38.884 --> 00:37:47.555 - more communication that has to happen than a ride home. And I thought, yes, that there would be coaches, 00:37:47.555 --> 00:37:55.813 - there would be somebody other than the bus driver who would be able to monitor what a student is or 00:37:55.813 --> 00:38:00.190 - is not doing on their phone. That was the rationale. 00:38:01.762 --> 00:38:09.620 - I definitely don't have a strong enough opinion to do something different. I'm just glad I actually 00:38:09.620 --> 00:38:17.557 - had the discussion out in the open. I think that's important. And I have heard out there that, well, 00:38:17.557 --> 00:38:25.651 - the teachers ought to have to abide by this, too. That is the silliest thing I've heard. Sorry. I just 00:38:25.651 --> 00:38:31.230 - want to put that on the record. That is the silliest thing I've heard. 00:38:33.538 --> 00:38:40.747 - on this, 2020 was a stinking hard year, 2020. You remember why? Yes. Why was it hard? Because I retired. 00:38:40.747 --> 00:38:47.682 - That's why we had to wear those masks every meeting. And why do we have to wear the mask? Because it 00:38:47.682 --> 00:38:54.548 - was the county ordinance. The health department said we had to do it. So we did it, and we enforced 00:38:54.548 --> 00:39:02.238 - it. Because that was our job, to enforce it. And the school, and I hated dealing with it, but we dealt with it. 00:39:03.554 --> 00:39:09.415 - If the lawmakers said bell to bell, they spent a heck of a lot more time doing prepping for this than 00:39:09.415 --> 00:39:15.334 - what we did at a school board meeting. I'm fine with going by the letter of the law, bell to bell. And 00:39:15.334 --> 00:39:21.253 - as far as the buses are concerned, I'd be curious if you looked at the numbers, what percentage of our 00:39:21.253 --> 00:39:27.229 - kids ride the bus to and from school every day? And those kids that aren't riding the bus with parents, 00:39:27.229 --> 00:39:32.286 - they're on their cell phones just the same way. So you're concerned about having social 00:39:32.834 --> 00:39:39.601 - can have from some kid riding in the back of his mom and dad's station wagon to school, takes somebody 00:39:39.601 --> 00:39:46.631 - in the station wagon behind him. We've got enough problems to do with the school corporations for teachers 00:39:46.631 --> 00:39:53.397 - to take on more headaches that's not governed by law. That's my thought process. I'm cool with waiting 00:39:53.397 --> 00:40:00.230 - and revisiting this in nine weeks, whatever. After the first nine weeks, that's fine. But I have a hard 00:40:00.230 --> 00:40:02.398 - time going above and beyond that 00:40:02.882 --> 00:40:11.027 - because there's so much gray area on the school bus travel from point A to point B. So that's my take 00:40:11.027 --> 00:40:19.252 - on it. And my rationale there is, and Christine could tell me if I'm wrong, but you can always be more 00:40:19.252 --> 00:40:27.556 - strict than a law. So we can have rules that are more strict than the law. We can do that. And we chose 00:40:27.556 --> 00:40:31.070 - not to be more strict on how it's enforced. 00:40:31.266 --> 00:40:38.670 - with using some common sense at the last board meeting to where we're not gonna require and put them 00:40:38.670 --> 00:40:46.001 - in a pouch or stuff them in a locker. So I think we've used some common sense. I hope we use common 00:40:46.001 --> 00:40:53.478 - sense on this bell to bell rationale that the state has put down. Well, I appreciate the comments and 00:40:53.478 --> 00:41:00.222 - I'll give you a kind of report from time to time on how it's going and not only on the bus, 00:41:00.578 --> 00:41:08.892 - question, but during the school day too. From school. What's that? What if there's tricky weather to 00:41:08.892 --> 00:41:17.452 - or from school? Well, that would say that would be an emergency. Yeah, just kind of wondering different 00:41:17.452 --> 00:41:25.683 - things flashing through my head. That's and that's kind of I think Brad's right. You know, you have 00:41:25.683 --> 00:41:30.046 - to apply some common sense to all this. Also, to me, 00:41:32.130 --> 00:41:41.697 - I just worry about students. A cell phone, a student can just do just about anything and connect with 00:41:41.697 --> 00:41:51.921 - any website, any person, and I just worry about the safety of the kids. And that was my number one rationale 00:41:51.921 --> 00:42:00.926 - of extending it to the bus because I thought it was going to create a little safer environment. 00:42:04.450 --> 00:42:12.125 - as you've got, they're under our two leads for about eight hours a day. So the other 16 hours a day, 00:42:12.125 --> 00:42:19.800 - somebody else is what, are they being watched at home? That's really not our role, is to babysit the 00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:27.626 - kids 24-7. Okay. Good discussion. I like it. I think, you know, it's a discussion we can continue with 00:42:27.626 --> 00:42:29.982 - as we see how things play out. 00:42:30.306 --> 00:42:42.288 - I'll just maybe in my super tends report in October November. Kind of share with you on how it's going. 00:42:42.288 --> 00:42:54.615 - Yeah. It's just a yeah, just a discussion. We're doesn't appear to be ready to take any action on tonight. 00:42:54.615 --> 00:42:56.574 - Okay. So next is 00:42:57.218 --> 00:43:10.775 - the revised Ready 2.0 resolution. Okay, so back in April, I think it was, we were asked by the Indiana 00:43:10.775 --> 00:43:24.990 - Economic Development Corporation to have a resolution approved by the board that we were going to authorize 00:43:25.314 --> 00:43:39.196 - $2,255,500 from our 2025 construction bond proceeds for the Ready 2.0 Biomedical Life Sciences project. 00:43:39.196 --> 00:43:52.678 - As we continue to work on the design of that project, the final cost that we were submitting for the 00:43:52.678 --> 00:43:54.814 - grant was less. 00:43:55.490 --> 00:44:03.514 - and we were a little worried about that because We were kind of worried that we would not qualify for 00:44:03.514 --> 00:44:11.931 - all the five hundred thousand dollars but we got some good news in that the cost of the biomedical project 00:44:11.931 --> 00:44:20.034 - or Working you know doing the band and choir areas and transforming that into the biomedical labs that 00:44:20.034 --> 00:44:23.102 - that cost came down to two million and 00:44:23.714 --> 00:44:35.597 - $101,110, and we will still get the full $500,000 grant for that. But we have to submit a revised resolution, 00:44:35.597 --> 00:44:47.157 - so I ask for your approval for that tonight. I move to approve the revised 2.0 resolution. Any discussion? 00:44:47.157 --> 00:44:51.262 - It's nice to get good news like that. 00:44:51.938 --> 00:44:59.821 - Yes, it's great to receive that money and it's also great to come under what was estimated, so that's 00:44:59.821 --> 00:45:07.009 - awesome. We're going to continue sometime over the end of fall to try to get this memorandum 00:45:07.009 --> 00:45:14.892 - of understanding. Yeah, we're working with Christine on that. Okay, so will we have any progress with 00:45:14.892 --> 00:45:15.742 - that? Yes. 00:45:22.338 --> 00:45:36.875 - Motion carries. Next is the approval of a cross crop cross crop lease agreement. Yeah, so we are bringing 00:45:36.875 --> 00:45:49.630 - before you a new agreement that we have with Nailer Farms who leases our property around the 00:45:49.762 --> 00:45:59.302 - elementary schools and the preschool, and also down by Harmon Farms. And the terms will stay the same, 00:45:59.302 --> 00:46:09.120 - which is $190 an acre, and they're farming 58 acres for a total of $11,210. This will go back to November 00:46:09.120 --> 00:46:17.086 - 1st, but then Christine added some language in there to make it an automatic renewal. 00:46:17.346 --> 00:46:28.940 - if there aren't any changes to the terms. So I wanted to bring that before you tonight. Any discussion? 00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:40.199 - Yeah, just the 58 acres. The field that's closest to Reeves Road, is that just like fallow this year 00:46:40.199 --> 00:46:45.438 - or are we, is he just not gonna be farming it? 00:46:46.434 --> 00:46:53.899 - Right in front of the no, yeah, yeah. No, they're going to. He's going to mow it for us, but not far. 00:46:53.899 --> 00:47:01.509 - OK, OK, I just noticed that he's picking up some other area. So it was pretty much a wash on the nerve. 00:47:01.509 --> 00:47:09.120 - OK, yeah, I wasn't sure he was doing that stuff out by Herman Park because it didn't seem like anything 00:47:09.120 --> 00:47:13.438 - was coming up. Yeah, I didn't see if it's planning or not. 00:47:13.602 --> 00:47:25.505 - Yep. And as you think, you know, but we're going to tear down the farmhouse and the barns and the silos. 00:47:25.505 --> 00:47:36.955 - And Scott Naylor is in the process of removing his equipment that he had left in the garage area and 00:47:36.955 --> 00:47:41.150 - also taking down the silos. And then 00:47:41.762 --> 00:47:51.527 - We had a test, the house tested for asbestos, so once all his equipment is removed, then we'll go through 00:47:51.527 --> 00:48:00.924 - the process of removing the asbestos, and then we'll seek some bids or quotes on tearing down all the 00:48:00.924 --> 00:48:10.782 - structures. What does that say? Do we have any plans for that site? Well, we've talked about, and this is, 00:48:11.042 --> 00:48:21.949 - probably going to take a little bit longer, but the original idea was to turn it back into farmland. 00:48:21.949 --> 00:48:31.991 - But there's some environmental work that has to be done to make sure it would still be good, 00:48:31.991 --> 00:48:40.414 - healthy farmland. There's another outlying project out there that may give us 00:48:40.546 --> 00:48:53.444 - of use for that property, but that's just kind of pie in the sky thinking right now, but what's that? 00:48:53.444 --> 00:49:06.216 - Yeah, yeah, but you know, right now, it's all about the idea to turn it back into farmland. Early on 00:49:06.216 --> 00:49:09.630 - to cancel them if need be. 00:49:09.858 --> 00:49:19.670 - So we'd need to be forward thinking if it comes up that we determine there is a use. And I really appreciate 00:49:19.670 --> 00:49:28.762 - Scott Naylor. He's really good to work with. He's been great. Absolutely great. He's looked over the 00:49:28.762 --> 00:49:38.034 - agreement, the lease, and that's acceptable to him also. Anything further? All those in favor say aye. 00:49:38.034 --> 00:49:39.294 - Aye. Opposed? 00:49:40.322 --> 00:49:51.709 - motion carries. And now we have the 27th budget calendar to discuss. Yep. So Debbie mentioned to me 00:49:51.709 --> 00:50:03.325 - today that she gave you these dates, but it wasn't on the agenda. So I wanted to put it on the agenda 00:50:03.325 --> 00:50:09.246 - to make it official. But the dates haven't changed. 00:50:09.474 --> 00:50:18.479 - The regular school board meeting on August 18th will, Paul and Debbie will be sharing information on 00:50:18.479 --> 00:50:27.573 - education, the current status of our education fund, operation fund, debt service fund. We'll look at 00:50:27.573 --> 00:50:36.222 - the school bus, five-year school bus replacement plan. We'll look at capital projects and we'll, 00:50:36.514 --> 00:50:45.899 - seek permission to advertise for all those items I just mentioned. And then that advertisement will 00:50:45.899 --> 00:50:55.471 - be August 24th, which would be 10 days, more than 10 days before the public hearing that is required. 00:50:55.471 --> 00:51:04.574 - And that public hearing would happen on September 15th, and where the budgets will be presented. 00:51:04.674 --> 00:51:14.995 - The proposed budget for 2027 will be shared with the board and along with the capital projects plan 00:51:14.995 --> 00:51:25.730 - and the five-year school replacement plan. And then on Tuesday, October 20th, would be the date, that's 00:51:25.730 --> 00:51:32.542 - also a regular board meeting, but that would be the date we would 00:51:32.674 --> 00:51:49.972 - asked the board to approve the budget for 2027 and then we would submit the 2027 budget to Gateway. 00:51:49.972 --> 00:51:53.086 - Okay and our last 00:51:53.922 --> 00:52:05.791 - item for this evening, is consideration to approve the reclassification of position for Nader Erlmann, 00:52:05.791 --> 00:52:17.661 - our Google Systems Administrator, and I believe for that we actually have someone besides Dr. Sanders. 00:52:17.661 --> 00:52:22.270 - We have our tech director, Rick Rappen. 00:52:24.002 --> 00:52:29.982 - So Nader's been with us for about seven years, six years or seven years, I can't remember exactly the 00:52:29.982 --> 00:52:35.903 - date that he started, because he was a five star, then he came to RBB employee. In that role, he was 00:52:35.903 --> 00:52:41.942 - always just a technical support specialist. I shouldn't say just. He's always been doing way more than 00:52:41.942 --> 00:52:47.805 - just a technical support specialist. And over the last few years, his role has really changed since 00:52:47.805 --> 00:52:53.726 - we have had the privilege to have additional tech supports in our office. And so I've really had him 00:52:53.890 --> 00:53:00.931 - focusing more within the Google and the systems administration of the servers and the applications and 00:53:00.931 --> 00:53:08.383 - things that take a lot of time. And that is something that is really required and needed for our corporation 00:53:08.383 --> 00:53:15.219 - to continue moving forward with all the stuff that we're doing and propose to do in the future. And 00:53:15.219 --> 00:53:22.191 - so when he does this, the title really does mean something to someone. And there's a lot of different 00:53:22.191 --> 00:53:23.422 - titles out there. 00:53:23.714 --> 00:53:29.605 - And it really made sense because he does so much in our Google administration console, and he also does 00:53:29.605 --> 00:53:35.382 - so much on our systems, which are all the servers that we rely on to do our jobs on a daily basis. So 00:53:35.382 --> 00:53:41.443 - I combined it and called it the Google and Systems Administration title. And so he's really well deserving 00:53:41.443 --> 00:53:47.220 - of this because of how much he does and how much he works on keeping our network, or not the network, 00:53:47.220 --> 00:53:53.054 - that's Ashley, our systems running. Then he also works with Ashley, which is the network's specialist, 00:53:53.570 --> 00:54:00.173 - network security administrator to make sure that we have the security and the communications that are 00:54:00.173 --> 00:54:06.646 - required for the servers and then for our links to all of our applications that we use on our daily 00:54:06.646 --> 00:54:13.249 - computers. That really does make a person feel better when they have a nice title behind them and not 00:54:13.249 --> 00:54:20.240 - just I'm technical support specialist. Also, it elevates him a little bit because his job is much different 00:54:20.240 --> 00:54:21.470 - than the other two 00:54:21.602 --> 00:54:31.803 - three technical support specialists we have and so they do look up to him so I think it's it's really 00:54:31.803 --> 00:54:42.805 - deserving for him to go and be have a different title than just technical support specialist. Any discussion. 00:54:42.805 --> 00:54:51.006 - From a teacher standpoint knowing how crucial the computer system became as I was 00:54:51.362 --> 00:55:00.618 - And toward the end of my career, it started to settle down a little bit. And since I've been on board, 00:55:00.618 --> 00:55:09.784 - you rarely hear other than just niggling little complaints. It's running so smooth. And I just really 00:55:09.784 --> 00:55:16.254 - appreciate what you guys do. Thank you. How would you like position? So 00:55:16.386 --> 00:55:22.771 - All of us came together for this. We just got done installing 1800 Chromebooks at EIS and EPS. That 00:55:22.771 --> 00:55:29.221 - means we took 1800 out of the Chromebook carts and put 1800 new ones in the carts. So we're starting 00:55:29.221 --> 00:55:35.861 - the new year at EIS and EPS with brand new Chromebooks. The seniors at the high school are not seniors, 00:55:35.861 --> 00:55:42.630 - but the high school. This will be their second year with the brand new Chromebooks. We also just finished 00:55:42.630 --> 00:55:46.014 - installing 45 brand new interactive monitors at EPS. 00:55:47.234 --> 00:55:55.061 - Yes, plus I have more in the works, but right now we were maxed to the deal with getting that done in 00:55:55.061 --> 00:56:02.735 - time. I was out walking the dogs and saw two highlights of Chromebooks and nobody ran. And so I was 00:56:02.735 --> 00:56:10.409 - first, I kind of walked up, I walked up toward them just to see what they were. And about that time 00:56:10.409 --> 00:56:16.318 - somebody popped out of the door at EIS. Those are the those Chromebooks were 00:56:16.418 --> 00:56:23.053 - bringing them in and they were they were on top of the alarm to me we have 8. How lots of use Chromebooks 00:56:23.053 --> 00:56:29.438 - sitting in poor Audrey's transportation building right now. Yeah, I saw Carolyn. Yeah primary and she 00:56:29.438 --> 00:56:35.760 - was she was chasing around. So yeah, we've been it's been a very busy summer and it was all hands on 00:56:35.760 --> 00:56:42.270 - deck. But we also had stuff behind the scenes that had to get done. We've been working on that as well. 00:56:46.722 --> 00:56:53.098 - Right now, we're trying to determine what we're going to do. There is some value to them. And so we're 00:56:53.098 --> 00:56:59.413 - looking at all options right now. Unfortunately, we have a lot of work ahead of us before we can even 00:56:59.413 --> 00:57:05.851 - do anything with them or donate them or anything we want to do is we have to what's called decommission 00:57:05.851 --> 00:57:12.414 - them from Google. So we get our licenses back. And that is a very time consuming process. So we're trying 00:57:12.414 --> 00:57:16.190 - to figure out how we're going to best handle this situation. 00:57:16.290 --> 00:57:21.350 - Right now I've talked to Arnold. We're looking at probably using one of the shipping containers that 00:57:21.350 --> 00:57:26.409 - is sitting in the parking lots to get them out of Audrey's Way, put them in the shipping containers, 00:57:26.409 --> 00:57:31.519 - and then as time allows, we'll probably pull one out, bring it into the maintenance bay or something, 00:57:31.519 --> 00:57:36.528 - because we have to take them all out, open them up, power them on, do some key commands, wipe them, 00:57:36.528 --> 00:57:41.738 - and then there's a lot of work to it. So we're just trying to figure out how we're going to incorporate 00:57:41.738 --> 00:57:43.742 - this into our daily task going forward. 00:57:45.570 --> 00:57:55.186 - I can't send them off to another school or to another anything with our license on it. It won't work 00:57:55.186 --> 00:58:05.182 - for them. So we have to do a lot of work just to even get him out of our possession. Yeah. And you know, 00:58:05.182 --> 00:58:12.894 - it's as we keep expanding, everything we expand has technology in it and there's 00:58:13.474 --> 00:58:23.128 - more and more need and it just becomes more and more advanced and I I'm just always amazed at how you 00:58:23.128 --> 00:58:33.445 - guys are able to to keep up and you know I I worry when I worry about staffing I worry about your department 00:58:33.445 --> 00:58:42.910 - I really do because I just know that there's got to be so much that you guys are doing all the time 00:58:43.714 --> 00:58:49.254 - So I do worry about your department in that way. Thank you. Thanks for Audrey and Arnold for all their 00:58:49.254 --> 00:58:54.632 - help, because if it wasn't for the beautiful transportation building that we have, we wouldn't have 00:58:54.632 --> 00:59:00.118 - a place to put some of our stuff during these transitions. And Audrey's always been very helpful with 00:59:00.118 --> 00:59:05.496 - us getting that in and out of there. And then Arnold and his staff have helped us a lot getting our 00:59:05.496 --> 00:59:07.486 - products to and from every building. 00:59:07.682 --> 00:59:14.801 - It takes a while to transport from the transportation building down to EPS on a forklift. It's not a 00:59:14.801 --> 00:59:21.990 - it's not a quick run, I'll say. So he has been and his career has been very helpful in getting all of 00:59:21.990 --> 00:59:29.249 - this organized with us. So thanks to Arnold and Audrey, too. That's awesome. OK, anything further? All 00:59:29.249 --> 00:59:36.297 - those in favor say aye. I oppose. Motion carries. Thank you very much. And now we have our business 00:59:36.297 --> 00:59:37.566 - manager's report. 00:59:37.826 --> 00:59:46.555 - And we have Debbie Tate. I gave you guys some updated reports from the original board packet that was 00:59:46.555 --> 00:59:51.518 - sent to you. It's the revenue report and the fund report. 00:59:51.618 --> 00:59:57.490 - I made a few corrections after I sent it to you where there were some posting corrections with the 800 00:59:57.490 --> 01:00:03.647 - fund and a grant. So we just had to move some of that money around. And then there was a posting correction 01:00:03.647 --> 01:00:09.405 - with the interest. It was posted in a different fund and it should have been posted in the education 01:00:09.405 --> 01:00:15.277 - fund. So it just shows where the money is now. And I wanted to give you those totals because those are 01:00:15.277 --> 01:00:18.014 - the totals that will be reported on our Form 9. 01:00:18.146 --> 01:00:26.176 - and at the close of June 30th. It was different from what I had originally sent you, so I wanted to 01:00:26.176 --> 01:00:34.608 - make sure you guys had the most current information. When we are looking at the cash flows, just looking 01:00:34.608 --> 01:00:43.362 - at the education fund and the operations fund, one thing that Paul and I were talking about in the education 01:00:43.362 --> 01:00:46.654 - fund, we started the year off in January 01:00:46.978 --> 01:00:54.550 - 3.6 million of a cash balance. And at this moment we have 3.9 million. So we've increased that fund 01:00:54.550 --> 01:01:02.273 - balance and we're just, you know, keep looking at those totals. And then in operations, we started at 01:01:02.273 --> 01:01:09.921 - 2.1 million and we're sitting at 3.5 right now. So we're just, again, and you guys, you know, we sat 01:01:09.921 --> 01:01:15.070 - down and showed some of you guys how those funds are being assessed 01:01:15.522 --> 01:01:24.088 - every day between all of us. We're trying to save as much, but we're also trying to just make sure those 01:01:24.088 --> 01:01:32.573 - funds are staying solid. We received all of our tax money that we had anticipated, so that was on track 01:01:32.573 --> 01:01:40.894 - for those funds. One thing, and some of you, we talked about the state is changing how we are funded. 01:01:41.026 --> 01:01:49.620 - with the operations fund. So basically we used to get 4% and we're going to get an increase of 6% of 01:01:49.620 --> 01:01:58.980 - income into the operations and this is hopefully supposed to help that difference that we're gonna experience 01:01:58.980 --> 01:02:08.510 - with all of the tax changes and everything happening in the future. So it'll give us some extra cushion but not 01:02:08.962 --> 01:02:16.343 - not to use, but to just help us with that for the future. And one thing they've changed is the CVET, 01:02:16.343 --> 01:02:23.870 - the FIT, and the excise taxes. We used to put that all in debt service, or some of it in debt service, 01:02:23.870 --> 01:02:31.323 - and now it's all going into operations. Again, that's another place where they're trying to put money 01:02:31.323 --> 01:02:38.558 - into the operations to kind of offset where we're gonna lose some of that money. So yeah, I think. 01:02:39.426 --> 01:02:48.590 - I think that's all I have. Do you guys have any questions? Thank you so much. Thank you guys. The assistant 01:02:48.590 --> 01:02:57.329 - superintendent is not here this evening and we did make sure that the superintendent knew that she did 01:02:57.329 --> 01:03:06.323 - not yield her time to him or is she allowed to. So he is limited to his own time for the superintendent's 01:03:06.323 --> 01:03:08.190 - report. You have like 01:03:08.322 --> 01:03:18.934 - until 730. So the way I see it, I've got 27 minutes. Oh, it's 710, not 710. Well, this won't take very 01:03:18.934 --> 01:03:28.722 - long. Congratulations to our High School Music Warehouse group. It's hard to believe, but they 01:03:28.722 --> 01:03:35.934 - are celebrating their 50th anniversary. And this Saturday, July 25th, 01:03:36.482 --> 01:03:45.542 - I just put the special concert that's going to happen at 7 o'clock, but I believe the public can come 01:03:45.542 --> 01:03:54.424 - over at 4, and there's supposed to be some memorabilia that you can take a look at. But the special 01:03:54.424 --> 01:04:00.286 - concert's at 7. I'm really looking forward to that this Saturday. 01:04:01.122 --> 01:04:10.560 - Just some real brief construction updates. I know that Martin Truesdell from Skillman is often, he's 01:04:10.560 --> 01:04:20.278 - here every other month, but there's a lot happening, so I just really wanted to share with you the roof 01:04:20.278 --> 01:04:29.342 - projects at the EPS, EIS, and the junior high are in process and should be completed mid-August. 01:04:30.114 --> 01:04:38.730 - Softball baseball turf project has started. And if you drive up there, you can see that they basically 01:04:38.730 --> 01:04:47.346 - are at taking the top layer of the soil off. And it's a real interesting process to watch them install 01:04:47.346 --> 01:04:56.046 - turf. So I would just encourage you from time to time, drive over there and see what's happening there. 01:04:56.046 --> 01:04:57.886 - It's pretty exciting. 01:04:58.562 --> 01:05:08.319 - I didn't tell everybody this in time. Some people found out by accident that we added some new speed 01:05:08.319 --> 01:05:17.980 - bumps around the high school. And the idea is we're going to continue to, we'll move up towards the 01:05:17.980 --> 01:05:28.510 - junior high next with some speed bumps. But I've observed that and it really does help slow down the traffic 01:05:28.994 --> 01:05:37.939 - Going around the school and So I just want to let you know about that The additions and renovations 01:05:37.939 --> 01:05:46.885 - project to junior high and high school which is involving At the high school expanding the front of 01:05:46.885 --> 01:05:56.009 - the high school for a new band and choir area and Then where the current band and choir area is right 01:05:56.009 --> 01:05:58.782 - now. That'll be our biomedical 01:05:59.138 --> 01:06:07.888 - sim labs that will be have available for our students and students in that pathway and then up at the 01:06:07.888 --> 01:06:16.810 - junior high will be expanding the high school for a new band or the junior high school for the new band 01:06:16.810 --> 01:06:25.817 - and choir area and then where the current band and choir area is right now will be additional classrooms 01:06:25.817 --> 01:06:28.734 - and a special education classroom 01:06:29.314 --> 01:06:38.971 - We had a pre-bid meeting today, and the bid advertisements are out there, and one was last Friday, and 01:06:38.971 --> 01:06:48.722 - I believe the next one is this Friday. And then on August 6th at 2 o'clock, we'll have the bid opening, 01:06:48.722 --> 01:06:54.910 - and we're looking at probably starting that project in September. 01:06:56.386 --> 01:07:03.700 - Believe it or not, the 2026-27 school year is right around the corner, and I just wanted to share with 01:07:03.700 --> 01:07:10.942 - you some of the start of the year dates and important happenings that are going on around the campus. 01:07:10.942 --> 01:07:18.185 - We sent out the Welcome Back to School letters. The meet and greet and open house dates and times are 01:07:18.185 --> 01:07:25.854 - on our website, and have also been communicated to parents. The school calendar is on the website, and then 01:07:26.082 --> 01:07:34.498 - if they come in on time. The goal is to have, which we do every year, we have the calendar put on magnets 01:07:34.498 --> 01:07:42.756 - that parents could put on their refrigerators, so that'll go out on the first day of school. Principals 01:07:42.756 --> 01:07:50.855 - and secretaries reported yesterday, and they're already busy sending me emails about new enrollments, 01:07:50.855 --> 01:07:54.110 - and that's always good to see. And then, 01:07:55.554 --> 01:08:05.131 - There's not a student in Edgewood schools that will go without school supplies. So that's the and we 01:08:05.131 --> 01:08:14.709 - can say that because we have people from the community who can continue to contribute to the student 01:08:14.709 --> 01:08:24.286 - assistance fund. Also Tri Kappa provides funds for school supplies and we also let parents know that 01:08:24.418 --> 01:08:32.634 - There's a backpack giveaway with school supplies at Ellisville Christian Church this Saturday at 10 01:08:32.634 --> 01:08:41.506 - o'clock, 10 to noon. And so that's open to the whole public. Registration window open today. This Thursday, 01:08:41.506 --> 01:08:49.804 - we'll have our administration retreat. And since we have a few new administrators, that'll be really 01:08:49.804 --> 01:08:52.926 - important for us to come together and 01:08:54.018 --> 01:09:02.632 - The feel like it do some team bonding activities and talk about some new initiatives going on in the 01:09:02.632 --> 01:09:11.161 - school corporation. The bus driver back to school meetings July 28th a new teacher orientation days 01:09:11.161 --> 01:09:19.775 - are the 30th and 31st. Nutrition Service Department their back to school meeting will be August 3rd. 01:09:19.775 --> 01:09:20.798 - And then on 01:09:20.930 --> 01:09:29.728 - The morning of August 3rd, we'll have our back to school breakfast and meeting for staff and teachers. 01:09:29.728 --> 01:09:38.696 - We'll introduce our new teachers, staff members, and administrators. And I usually try to give a welcome 01:09:38.696 --> 01:09:47.323 - back to school speech. And then, so August 3rd and 4th are teacher work days. And then the first day 01:09:47.323 --> 01:09:50.910 - of school will be August 5th. Here we go. 01:09:51.042 --> 01:09:58.344 - Thank you so much, and it's 710, good job. Appreciate that, appreciate that. Did you have one before? 01:09:58.344 --> 01:10:05.931 - I'm sorry? Did you have any before? Yeah, I did. All right, Mr. Durnall, RBBEA? No? Okay, so Mr. Durnall. 01:10:05.931 --> 01:10:13.018 - I'd like to welcome the new teachers, but they left on us, but that's all right. We'll have those, 01:10:13.018 --> 01:10:20.606 - and Tommy, thanks for your comments, appreciate you coming up, good to see you, haven't seen you forever. 01:10:21.666 --> 01:10:28.426 - Just like to just thank the administrators who are here tonight. Thank you so much for being here. It's 01:10:28.426 --> 01:10:34.991 - so good to hear from you. Thanks for introducing us. That's really nice. And Rick, thank you for the 01:10:34.991 --> 01:10:42.075 - update on all of this. I saw that palette, but I didn't think much about it. Larry's more of an investigator 01:10:42.075 --> 01:10:48.770 - than I am. He's already got more time on his hands, maybe. That's all I've got. Thank you, sir. Tommy, 01:10:48.770 --> 01:10:50.590 - I was sitting here thinking 01:10:53.218 --> 01:11:00.591 - Treasure the memory of when Washington. We had a full house. And Tommy hit three pointers over 01:11:00.591 --> 01:11:08.508 - the outstretched seven footer Tyler Zeller and we ended up winning that game. Most exciting moment in 01:11:08.508 --> 01:11:16.347 - Edgewood Hot Basketball history. I think that that's something all of us remember, but yeah, I just. 01:11:16.347 --> 01:11:21.470 - The excitement of another school year is always something in the. 01:11:22.274 --> 01:11:33.202 - This year's I'm looking forward to it. I think it's been just be terrific song. I can't wait until August 01:11:33.202 --> 01:11:44.130 - 3rd and I'm hoping maybe what time do the new teachers get here on the 30th? They'll be here. Yes. Early. 01:11:44.130 --> 01:11:49.182 - I think. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Tucker. 01:11:53.026 --> 01:11:59.992 - Good to see you again, Tommy. Grown up. You're grown up a little bit. That's good. That's good. So thanks 01:11:59.992 --> 01:12:06.629 - for the discussion I had about the cell phone policy. That's something that just all these things we 01:12:06.629 --> 01:12:13.201 - get dropped to our lap. It's all school specific. I get it too. But I'm glad we are going to follow 01:12:13.201 --> 01:12:18.590 - the letter of the law. So I'm looking forward to some continued discussions. Yes. 01:12:19.810 --> 01:12:26.144 - We do have good discussions, and we end up making a combined decision, and we make the best decisions 01:12:26.144 --> 01:12:32.416 - that way. So I appreciate the board for that. Right. And I want to echo what Dr. Sanders said. There 01:12:32.416 --> 01:12:38.812 - are so many giving groups in this community to help kids out with school supplies and so forth. So get 01:12:38.812 --> 01:12:45.270 - out there and use them. And there's a lot of these places that have leftover supplies, and I think they 01:12:45.270 --> 01:12:48.126 - might bring them back to you guys' buildings. 01:12:48.386 --> 01:12:57.466 - There's always a lot of things out there to help kids out. Thank you. Thank you. I, too, want to appreciate 01:12:57.466 --> 01:13:06.545 - you coming in and talking with us and gave us definitely something to think about. I, too, enjoyed watching 01:13:06.545 --> 01:13:14.952 - you play. I believe that you can't remember if you were older or younger than my kids, but John and 01:13:14.952 --> 01:13:17.054 - Rebecca around your age. 01:13:17.154 --> 01:13:27.700 - So, it was fun to come to the games and be a part of that. So, enjoyed it very much. As always, we appreciate 01:13:27.700 --> 01:13:37.576 - the donations that come in. And, you know, the community is always great at supporting and supporting, 01:13:37.576 --> 01:13:45.246 - helping with the school supplies. There are numerous avenues that are available 01:13:45.602 --> 01:13:54.535 - For new teachers, make sure they know about the teacher's warehouse and that's a great resource for 01:13:54.535 --> 01:14:03.737 - them to have. I also believe the IU surplus this week is having a sale for teachers, like a half price 01:14:03.737 --> 01:14:13.027 - sale on certain things. So if teachers are needing things, that might be some place they can go as well 01:14:13.027 --> 01:14:14.814 - to look for things. 01:14:15.234 --> 01:14:23.180 - I just want to make sure that everybody's careful as the start of school will happen before we meet 01:14:23.180 --> 01:14:31.364 - again. Be careful with the buses out there. Give extra time getting to and from work and wherever else 01:14:31.364 --> 01:14:39.309 - you may be going. You know, we do have a great resource officers and police departments that really 01:14:39.309 --> 01:14:41.534 - help monitor to keep people 01:14:41.762 --> 01:14:48.941 - doing the right things by not passing our buses with arms out. But so, you know, keep alert and watch 01:14:48.941 --> 01:14:55.417 - out for those kiddos getting on and off the bus and walking to and from school. So be safe. 01:14:55.417 --> 01:15:00.414 - And with that, thank you all for coming and this meeting is adjourned.