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[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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SHE'LL BE STANDING BY, AT LEAST FEDERAL AGENTS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WELL, GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO OUR MOST WHITE TOWNSHIP REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING TONIGHT, BOARD MEETING.

AND WE'LL BEGIN OUR MEETING TONIGHT WITH THE GOOD OF THE CARDS.

AND IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR 3 MINUTES AT THIS TIME, FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE, COULD YOU STEP UP TO STATE YOUR NAME? AND HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING IS FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CAUSE THIS EVENING? IS THERE ANYONE THAT YOU CERTAINLY CAN DO SO AT THIS TIME? NO GOOD AT IT. CAUSE THEN THE SPOTLIGHT ON PIKE.

[3. SPOTLIGHT ON PIKE]

SARAH DORSEY.

GREAT EVENING. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.

THIS IS ALWAYS AN EXCITING TIME OF THE YEAR.

OUR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TRACK TEAM, OUR COUNTY RUNNER UP AFTER AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AT THEIR MEET ON TUESDAY.

SO WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM.

OUR PIKE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA AND OUR EIGHTH GRADE ORCHESTRA, SOME GUY IN LINCOLN AND NEW AUGUSTA HOSTED AN OUTDOOR ROCK ORCHESTRA CONCERT ON TUESDAY FEATURING THE WOBBLIES IN OUR STADIUM. IT WAS AMAZING.

APPARENTLY THEY HAD WANTED TO DO AN OUTDOOR CONCERT LAST YEAR, BUT THE WEATHER DIDN'T COOPERATE.

BUT IT WAS JUST REALLY A BEAUTIFUL EVENING AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO HAVE THE PIKE COMMUNITY COME OUT THE WAY THEY DID.

THE STADIUM, THE SIDE WAS PACKED.

IT WAS GREAT. YESTERDAY EVENING, PIKE HIGH SCHOOL HOSTED THEIR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AND IT WAS ALSO WONDERFUL TO HAVE THAT EVENT BACK.

IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION OF OUR PIKE COMMUNITY.

TOMORROW, FRIDAY, MAY 13TH, OUR PIKE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR WILL HOST THEIR SPRING SING AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT 7:00 PM.

THIS SUNDAY WILL CELEBRATE OUR ACADEMIC TOP 30 AND INDEX TO DESERVING ALUMNUS INTO OUR ALUMNI HALL OF FAME.

ON MONDAY, PIKE HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOST THEIR SENIOR SENIOR HONORS NIGHT AT 5:30 P.M.

AND THE PIKE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ON TUESDAY WE'LL CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF OUR ACADEMIC SUPER BOWL COMPETITION, WHICH FEATURES FIFTH GRADERS FROM EACH OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND THIS YEAR YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WATCH THE EVENT VIA A LIVESTREAM IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

IT WILL BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER 9:30 A.M..

THANK YOU. REPORTS TO THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.

[4. REPORTS TO THE BOARD]

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT RECOGNITION.

DR. MUNOZ.

GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT.

MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. YOUNG. THIS EVENING I HAVE THE HONOR TO INVITE MR. INMAN, PRINCIPAL PIKE HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WILL PRESENT TO AWARDS TO OUR YOUNG SCHOLARS.

THANK YOU, DR.

MUNOZ. MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

YOUNG, HAVE THE HONOR TO RECOGNIZE TWO EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS AT PIKE HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT.

MY FIRST HONOR IS KAITLYN COOPER, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD.

KAITLYN IS A NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR.

LESS THAN 1% OF ALL GRADUATES RECEIVED THAT HONOR.

SHE'S ALSO AN INDIANA ACADEMIC, ALL STAR, AND THERE ARE ONLY 40 OF THOSE IN THE STATE.

SHE'S ALSO OUR VALEDICTORIAN.

SHE'S GOING TO ATTEND INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL ON A FULL ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP.

SHE ALSO MENTIONED TO ME THAT SHE HAD QUITE A FEW COLLEGE CREDITS COMPLETED AT PIKE HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE GOING TO IU.

HOW MANY WAS THAT, DID YOU SAY? I BELIEVE I CURRENTLY HAVE 63.

WOW. WOW.

SO AGAIN, DEPENDING ON HER ADVANCED PLACEMENT I'VE SCORED, SHE COULD HAVE UP TO 97 COLLEGE CREDITS.

WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU, KAITLYN.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO.

GREAT. THANKS. SO.

I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU LOOK THIS WAY REAL QUICK.

THANK YOU. MY NEXT HONOREE IS RYAN CONWELL.

RYAN, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE STADIUM OR TO THE PODIUM.

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RYAN WAS THE MARION COUNTY BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR, RIGHT? YES. AND HE WAS RECENTLY SELECTED TO THE INDIANA ALL STAR TEAM.

ONLY 12 ALL STARS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF INDIANA.

RYAN IS GOING TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA ON A FULL BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP.

HE WAS ALSO SELECTED TO THE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE TEAM.

SO TREMENDOUS YOUNG MAN, AND I'M SURE THAT SOME NIL DEALS WILL BE IN HIS FUTURE.

SO WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF RYAN.

THANK YOU, GUYS.

JUNE, JUNE 10TH.

WHAT'S THE DATE OF THE ALL-STAR GAME IS JUNE 10TH? WELL, HERE WHEN WE PLAY HERE WILL BE JUNE 11.

GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENCE ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND SO I'M GOING TO INVITE MS..

MAGEE, THE PRINCIPAL AT CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE OUR GUEST.

GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT.

MADAM VICE PRESIDENT.

DR. YOUNG, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

I AM HERE TO JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND RECOGNIZE MISS REGINA NEAL.

SHE IS A THIRD GRADE TEACHER AT CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE A FEW THINGS THAT HER COLLEAGUES SAID ABOUT HER.

SHE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL TEAM PLAYER.

SHE IS EXTREMELY RELIABLE.

SHE IS DEDICATED TO OUR STUDENTS.

SHE HAS A POSITIVE DEMEANOR WITH THE STUDENTS, WITH THE WITH HER COLLEAGUES, WITH OUR FAMILIES.

HER CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT IS EXCEPTIONAL IN TERMS OF BEING HELPFUL TO HER COLLEAGUES.

SHE'S EXTREMELY CREATIVE, AND THE LIST COULD GO ON AND ON.

I HAVE SO MANY EXAMPLES THAT I COULD SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT MS..

NEAL. SO ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS AT CENTRAL, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THIS HONOR OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MS.. REGINA NEAL.

OH.

38.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND SO TODAY, ACTUALLY, I HAVE THE HONOR TO PRESENT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD TO MR. STEVE LAZARD. HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT.

THAT'S WHY HE'S HERE TODAY.

WHO WHO SERVES AS A SCIENCE TEACHER AT PIKE SUPPORT ACADEMY? MR. LAZAAR STARTED TEACHING IN ANOTHER DISTRICT IN 1967 AND RETIRED IN 2000.

IN 2018, I MET MR. LAZARD AND OFFERED HIM A SUBSTITUTE TEACHING POSITION AT LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HE WENT ON TO HELP WITH SEVERAL LONG TERM LEAVES COVERING SPECIAL EDUCATION AND SCIENCE CLASSES.

HE DEVELOPED A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH STUDENTS, STAFF, PARENTS AND QUICKLY ACCLIMATE TO THE SCHOOL.

HE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND EACH DAY IN MENTORING STUDENTS, SUPPORTING THEM, GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDENTS WHO MIGHT NOT BE AS EXCITED TO LEARN SCIENCE.

THIS YEAR, HE JUMPED IN TO HELP AS A SCIENCE TEACHER AT PPA.

HIS PRINCIPAL, DR.

PERKINS, SHARES.

MR. LAZARD HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE THE SCIENCE CREDITS THEY NEED TO GRADUATE.

HIS PATIENCE AND DRY WIT HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE IN HELPING US ALL MAKE IT THROUGH THIS YEAR.

MR. LAZARD HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP TO ALL OF US THIS YEAR.

HE'S ALWAYS READY TO SHARE HIS LIFE EXPERIENCES, BRING IN A JOKE FOR A QUICK SMILE, OR LEND A SUPPORTING HAND TO STRUGGLING STUDENTS.

HIS CONNECTION SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT HIS CARE FOR WHAT WILL HELP OUR STUDENTS SEE THIS FUNNY, KIND AND A GREAT COLLEAGUE.

HE ALWAYS BRINGS SUCH POSITIVE ENERGY, MAKES US ALL LAUGH, AND WE'RE THANKFUL TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF OUR STAFF.

HE CAME WITH YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND HE TRULY ENJOYS INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS AND THEY ENJOY INTERACTING WITH HIM.

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TO DATE, TODAY, WE HAVE RECOVERED 109 SCIENCE CREDITS UNDER MR. LIZARD'S LEADERSHIP.

AND FOR THESE REASONS, TODAY WE HONOR MR. STEVEN ELEAZAR WITH THE SUPERINTENDENCE ABOVE AND BEYOND.

THEN WE WENT FOR.

YOU LOOK OVER HERE. PERFECT.

BIG. THANK YOU. AND THEN IF YOU'D LIKE TO.

IT WAS FANTASTIC.

MY JOB AS A FORMER AND PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER IS TO HELP FIND SOMETHING BAD ABOUT THIS TOWNSHIP.

AS TIME GOES ON, CLASSES GET SMALLER BECAUSE WE'RE DOING OUR JOB.

THAT'S RIGHT. KIDS COME BACK AND THEY THANK US AND WE HAVE THOSE CERTIFICATES THEY GIVE YOUR TEACHERS.

I'VE GOTTEN FOR THIS YEAR FOUR STUDENTS AND TWO OF THEM OVER FROM STUDENTS I NEVER HAD IN CLASS.

I JUST DEALT WITH. CAFETERIA IN THE MORNING.

YEAH, WHATEVER.

THEY CAME IN AND WE BONDED.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY GAVE ME THIS.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.

WHEN I GO, HE SAID.

HIS JOB IS TO FIND SOMETHING BAD ABOUT PIKE, AND HE HASN'T FOUND IT YET.

SO THAT IS. THAT'S A GREAT STORY.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON, WE MOVE NOW TO SUPERINTENDENT I'M SORRY, THE WEBSITE UPDATE WITH NICOLE FALCON. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. SCHOOL BOARD. DR.

YOUNG, I'M HERE TONIGHT.

I'M SORRY. I THINK WE HAVE DR.

MAGGIE BISHOP JOINING US, TOO.

THANK YOU. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR WEBSITE MIGRATION TO OUR NEW WEBSITE PLATFORM.

SO SOME UPDATES.

WE'VE CREATED THAT WEBSITE GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR OUR SCHOOL WEBMASTERS.

THIS DOCUMENT IS GOING TO ALLOW OUR WEBMASTERS TO BE ALIGNED IN THEIR PRACTICES, KEEPING CONTENT UP TO DATE AND ACCURATE AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR TEACHERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY.

FINAL SITE IS OUR NEW COMPANY.

LIKE I SAID, THEY BEGAN OUR CONTENT MIGRATION ON MAY 2ND, SO THAT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN OUR ALL OF OUR CURRENT DATA THAT'S ON OUR CURRENT WEBSITE AND THEY ARE NOW PUTTING THAT INTO OUR NEW WEBSITE.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL IN THAT PROCESS.

IT'S JUST BEGINNING. IT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS, BUT IF ALL GOES WELL, WE HOPE TO HAVE OUR FIRST WEBMASTER TRAINING ON JUNE 1ST AND THEN ON JULY 26TH AGAIN PENDING THAT MIGRATION.

IF THAT MIGRATION RUNS LONGER INTO JUNE, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO POSTPONE THAT FIRST TRAINING DATE.

WE HAVE MET WITH THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF OUR FOCUS GROUP AND GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK IS REALLY GOOD RICH DISCUSSION ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR NEW WEBSITE AND SOME IMPORTANT KEY FACTORS WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT INTO THAT.

WE HOPE TO MEET WITH OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF FOR THAT FOCUS GROUP BEFORE THE YEAR IS OVER.

WE'VE ALSO BEGUN THE PROCESS FOR CREATING A PYC APP THAT WILL FEATURE OUR WEBSITE CONTENT THAT WILL BE A PIPE SPECIFIC APP THAT FAMILIES CAN DOWNLOAD FROM THE APPLE AND ANDROID STORES, AND THAT WILL FEATURE OUR WEBSITE CONTENT.

FAMILIES WOULD BE ABLE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR SCHOOLS.

ALL DISTRICT INFORMATION WOULD BE MANDATORY.

THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THAT.

BUT IF THEY WANTED ONLY NOTIFICATIONS ON NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THINGS POSTED FOR NEW GUESTS AND NORTH AND FISHBACK, THEN THEY COULD OPT THOSE IN AND IGNORE ALL OTHER SCHOOL NOTIFICATIONS.

SO THAT'LL BE REALLY HELPFUL TO PINPOINT AND GET THOSE SPECIFIC SCHOOL INFORMATION.

AS ALONG WITH OUR CURRENT METHODS OF COMMUNICATION, WE'VE ALSO SENT A WEBSITE SURVEY TO STAFF IN FAMILIES.

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I'M GOING TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF THAT DATA HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.

AND WE'VE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL INTERACTIVE MEDIA AND GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDENTS.

THEY WERE VERY, VERY GENEROUS WITH THEIR FEEDBACK OF THE WEBSITE, BUT THEY MOSTLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD MORE INTERACTIVE PIECES IN THAT WEBSITE WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN INTERACT WITH AND MAKING A MORE MODERN DESIGN.

SO THAT WAS GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THEM.

OUR NEXT STEPS.

WE HOPE TO LAUNCH THE NEW WEBSITE PRIOR TO THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO SOMETIME THIS SUMMER WILL LAUNCH THAT AGAIN.

WE'RE STILL IN THAT MIGRATION PERIOD, SO THAT TIMELINE IS STILL UP IN THE AIR.

WE ARE GOING TO CREATE AN OVERVIEW, VIDEO AND DIRECTIONS FOR ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO SHOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT NEW WEBSITE, WHERE TO FIND THOSE IMPORTANT THINGS, THOSE KEY CONTENT PAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR WEBSITE, THE NEW WEBSITE, USING THE WEBSITE GUIDANCE DOCUMENT.

SO THOSE ARE OUR NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD.

AND THEN JUST A COUPLE THINGS HERE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS FROM OUR FAMILY SURVEY.

AND YOU'LL SEE HERE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS OF WHAT OUR FAMILIES WOULD LIKE TO MOST, LIKE WHAT THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO SEE.

AND SO THE TOP ITEM BEING CANVAS SKYWARD AND CLEVER QUICK ACCESS LINKS THERE.

AND THEN FOLLOWED BEHIND.

RIGHT BEHIND THAT WOULD BE OUR CALENDAR AND OUR HOURS OF OPERATION.

WITH OUR PRELIMINARY FOCUS GROUP FEEDBACK, WE HAVE FOUND THAT OUR CALENDAR IS NOT AS USER FRIENDLY AS THEY AS OUR COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.

SO THAT'S SINCE THAT IS OUR SECOND HIGHEST INTEREST, WE KNOW WE NEED TO WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE, ACCESSIBLE AND UP TO DATE WITH CURRENT INFORMATION MOVING FORWARD.

AND THEN AS WELL AS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND REGISTRATION WAS OUR NEXT BIGGEST TOPIC.

SO THAT WILL BE A PROMINENT AND A PROMINENT SPOT ON THE WEBSITE ACROSS THE DISTRICT SITE AND ALL SCHOOL PAGES AS WELL.

AND THEN GOING TO OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF, THAT WEBSITE, THAT SURVEY, SAME QUESTION.

A LOT OF OUR STAFF WANT TO BE ABLE TO FIND THAT PAYROLL PORTAL AT A QUICK ACCESS AND THEN ALSO THAT CALENDAR.

HOURS OF OPERATION. SO AGAIN, WITH THAT PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT'S ACCURATE AND UP TO DATE.

AND THEN THE TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE AND WORK ORDERS IS THE NEXT BIGGEST THING THAT OUR STAFF GOES TO OUR WEBSITE FOR.

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME GOOD INFORMATION FOR US.

SO WE KNOW THOSE ARE THE BIG KEY HIGHLIGHTS TO MAKE SURE ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE ON OUR NEW WEBSITE.

SO WE WILL BE RECONVENING WITH OUR FOCUS GROUPS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ONCE WE'VE ROLLED OUT.

AND WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AS WE GO.

THANK YOU. QUICK QUESTION.

YES. WHEN YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC AND THEN THE TEACHERS AND STAFF, WILL THERE BE AN INTERNET VERSUS INTRANET PHILOSOPHY OR HOW WILL YOU? IS THERE A NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE? I THINK MOST OF THE THINGS THAT ARE INTRANET WITHIN ARE ALREADY WITHIN.

I THINK IT WOULD BE OUR REPORT SYSTEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THOSE ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AND OUR STAFF THAT KNOW OR THAT NEED THAT ACCESS KNOW WHERE TO FIND THAT.

AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IN THE NEW SITE THAT THEY STILL KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE.

AND THEN FOR OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE'LL HAVE THOSE DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT NEW PIECE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE ARE ON TO ACTION ITEMS.

[5. ACTION ITEMS]

AND THE FIRST STOP IS THE MINUTES.

A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR LADS MEETING APRIL 28TH.

I MOVE. WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 28TH MEETING SECOND.

JUNE 2ND THAT WE APPROVE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 28TH.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR.

SAY I OPPOSE.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP, THIS MR. ERIC PAQUETTE HUMAN RESOURCE.

MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBER BOARD.

DR. YOUNG, I'M RECOMMENDING YOUR APPROVAL OF THE REPORT AS PRESENTED.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE HR REPORT AS PRESENTED.

A SECOND IT'S REMOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE HR REPORT AS PRESENTED BY MR. ERIC PAQUETTE. HUMAN RESOURCES.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENT. COME IN.

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I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE BRIT WILLIAMS ON HER ASSIGNMENT AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

AND I'M ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN WE HAVE GRADUATES THAT MOVE UP WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND AS TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING WHEN WE CAN PROMOTE FROM WITHIN.

AND I KNOW THAT SHE SHE IS PIPED THROUGH AND THROUGH.

SO IT'S SHE'LL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE STAFF.

THANK YOU, MR. AMBASSADOR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO OTHER COMMENTS. I SECOND THAT ABOUT RIA, BUT I WOULD ADD THAT SHE IS AN EXCELLENT EDUCATOR AND AN EXCELLENT PERSON AND WE ARE SO PLEASED TO HAVE HER BACK.

THANK YOU, MS.. LOMAX.

ANY OTHER QUESTION OF COMMENTS? ANOTHER QUESTION. TWO COMMENTS.

I'LL SAY THIS, EXCEPT IN OUR HR REPORT BY MR. PRAKASH SAID. I POST.

NEXT UP, MR. AREIKAT. ITEM C I RECOMMEND YOUR APPROVAL OF THE CANCELATION OF THE REGULAR TEACHERS CONTRACT.

CASE TWO.

TWO. I'M SORRY. 20220512 OC.

I WANT TO DO WITH THIS HERE IS DO A ROLL CALL.

VOTE ON THIS FOR APPROVAL OR NOT APPROVAL OF THIS.

MRS. LOMAX, HOW DO YOU VOTE? NO. MR. METZLER. NO.

MRS. FORD. NO.

I VOTE NO.

MS.. OH, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.

IT'S MS.. ROMANO. I ABSTAIN.

THERE YOU GO. I'M SORRY.

WE KNEW THAT MS..

RANDOLPH WAS GOING TO ABSTAIN, BUT THAT CHARGE THAT TO MY HEAD AND NOT MY HEART.

SHE. SHE MISSED A MEETING.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S INTERESTING.

MY VOTE IS NO.

MS.. KELLY.

NO. ALL RIGHT.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION FAILS, MR. BEARCAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS OUR REQUEST FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SNACKS CROSSING MR. CLAYTON COOPER. MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. YOUNG, I AM SEEKING APPROVAL TO ACCEPT THE LOWEST QUOTE FOR THE SNACKS CROSSING GYM OR SNACKS CROSSING GYM FLOOR RENOVATION.

RIGHT MOTION IS IN ORDER AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE, TO ACCEPT THE QUOTE FOR THE SNACKS CROSSING GYM FLOOR RENOVATION.

SECOND MODE AND SECOND THAT WE ACCEPT THE QUOTE FROM MR. GROPER AND ITEM D.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MESSER I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD CHECKED ON QUALIFICATIONS AND HISTORY OF COMPARABLE WORK.

I KNOW THAT WHEN WE DID TERRAZZO WORK IN THE HIGH SCHOOL 20 YEARS AGO, I SUPPOSE THAT THEY DID NOT MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS AND WE HAD TO GO TO SANTA ROSA TO CORRECT THE WORK THAT THEY DID.

SO I'M SOME REASON I'M HESITANT TO LOOK AT IT.

I'LL ALSO CONFESS THAT I KNOW THE SANTA ROSA.

SO I HAVE A I HAVE A DIFFERENT THING THERE WHERE IF I WERE TO VOTE ON IT, I WOULDN'T VOTE ON IT.

A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THAT'S THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR.

BUT BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN DO THE QUALITY OF WORK THAT WE DEMAND.

YEAH. SO THIS PARTICULAR FLOOR IS NOT ONE OF THE MORE COMPLICATED FLOORS TO INSTALL.

I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH FANNY AND HOWIE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AS THEY WERE THE ONES THAT HEADED UP THE PROJECT TO BEGIN WITH.

AND WHERE WE HAD A FAILURE WAS ACTUALLY IN THE MOISTURE BARRIER.

IT WASN'T THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION OF THE FLOOR.

IT'S THAT THE GLUE THAT WE PUT ON TOP OF THE MOISTURE BARRIER NEVER FULLY DRIED.

SO ANY TIME WE WOULD TAKE A HEAVY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT LIKE AN AUTO SCRUBBER ONTO THE FLOOR, WE HAD GLUE SEEPING OUT.

SO WHERE THE REAL QUALIFICATIONS ARE NECESSARY AND WHAT FANNIE AND HOW HE VETTED ALL THREE OF THESE COMPANIES FOR WAS THE PRODUCT THAT THEY WILL USE AS A MOISTURE BARRIER THIS TIME AROUND TO ENSURE WE DON'T HAVE FAILURE IN THE FUTURE.

WHAT IS OUR GUARANTEE OR REMEDY IF WE DO HAVE A FAILURE IN THE FUTURE? I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME.

I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU FROM FANNIE HOWIE.

I THINK THAT'D BE IMPORTANT TO KNOW WITH THAT RISK FACTOR.

AND ABSOLUTELY, I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW HOW WE WOULD RESOLVE IT IF IT DID HAPPEN.

HOW DO WE KNOW HOW OLD THE FLOOR IS? I BELIEVE IN GRANTED I WASN'T HERE, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD IS WHEN WE DID THE INTERIOR REFINISHING OF SNAX CROSSING.

AND THAT WAS PART OF IT.

IT ONLY LASTED THREE YEARS.

YEAH. AND THAT GOES BACK TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS THE MOISTURE BARRIER FAILED AND NEVER FULLY SET UP AND DRIED.

WE DID A SIMILAR FLOOR AT CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AROUND THE SAME TIME.

AND YOU'VE BEEN IN THAT GYM, THAT AUDITORIUM MANY TIMES, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FLOOR.

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SO THE INTENT WAS THE SAME.

IT'S JUST THAT UNDERNEATH THAT BUILDING, THERE'S A HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT THAN WE HAD AT CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND WE WON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY THE MOISTURE BARRIER FAILED UNTIL WE RIPPED THE FLOOR UP.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOME CORE SAMPLES AND TESTING.

THAT'S ALL PART OF THIS QUOTATION.

BUT BUT WE KNOW THAT THE PRODUCT ITSELF IS FANTASTIC.

IT HOLDS UP REALLY WELL.

IT LOOKS WELL, IT CLEANS GREAT.

IT'S JUST THAT MOISTURE BARRIER FILLED ITS NEXT CROSSING.

AND AS WE WENT BACK AND KIND OF LOOKED OVER THINGS, UNFORTUNATELY, THE COMPANY, THE SUBCONTRACTOR THAT INSTALLED THAT PARTICULAR MOISTURE BARRIER AND FLUORINE ARE NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. SO WE HAVE NO REMEDY AGAINST THEM.

NO. AND WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN THE FALL TO TRY TO FIND A REMEDY SO THAT IT WOULDN'T COME OUT OF PIKE'S BUDGET.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN SUBCONTRACTORS GO OUT OF BUSINESS, WE'RE KIND OF LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES.

THAT AREA IS IN AN AREA OF OF HIGH GROUNDWATER THAT'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH THAT AREA.

SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE SOIL THERE THAN THAN CENTRAL OVER HERE, ALTHOUGH THERE USED TO BE A CREEK THAT RAN THROUGH HERE AS WELL. SO ABOUT ANY PLACE IN PIKE TOWNSHIP, THERE'S BEEN A CREEK AT ONE TIME.

SO, MR. GRIPPER, WE HAVE USED THIS COMPANY BEFORE.

I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.

I'VE OBVIOUSLY NEVER USED THEM DUE TO INDIANAPOLIS.

I KNOW FANNING HOW HE SPEAKS HIGHLY OF THEM.

THEY HAD A GROUP OF FIVE OR SIX CONTRACTORS TO BEGIN WITH AND VETTED THEM DOWN TO THESE THREE AND THEN ONLY ALLOWED THESE THREE TO OFFER QUOTATIONS ON THE JOB.

AND THEIR AND THEIR PROPOSAL WAS THE BEST PROPOSAL FOR THE WORK.

YEAH. AND THEY WERE IDENTICAL PROPOSALS BECAUSE FANNING HOW HE ACTUALLY WROTE THE SPECS FOR THE JOB.

SO IT WASN'T THAT WE JUST ALLOWED PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SAY, GIVE US YOUR BEST NUMBER.

FANNING HOW HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AND SAID, THIS IS OUR EXPECTATION.

YOU NEED TO MEET THIS EXPECTATION.

WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH OUR THREE QUOTES.

IS THIS GOING TO TAKE PLACE OVER THE SUMMER? IT WILL. HOW LONG IS IT EXPECTED TO TAKE? JUST ABOUT A WEEK.

OH, YEAH. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE.

THE GYM WILL NOT BE DOWN VERY LONG.

SO DO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE? THAT'S DRYING TIME AND EVERYTHING? YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE FEEL COMFORTABLE. I FEEL COMFORTABLE.

BUT I THINK SINCE I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH SANTA ROSA, THAT I'LL ABSTAIN ANYWAY.

ALL RIGHT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE CAUSES AROUND THE REMEDY IF WE DO ENDURE SOME TYPE OF FAILURE.

YEAH, AND I CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU.

I CAN GET ON WITH FANNING.

HOW WE CAN SHOOT THAT OVER IN AN EMAIL AFTERWARDS.

IS THERE IS THERE A PLAN TO BE INSPECTED AFTER SO MANY MONTHS IN.

YEAH, I CURRENTLY WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE OF WHEN WE WILL INSPECT THAT THERE WILL BE INSPECTIONS ALONG THE WAY TO ENSURE AFTER WE'VE DONE THE TESTING OF THE CONCRETE SLAB ITSELF TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PRODUCT AS A MOISTURE BARRIER BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PUT THE GLUE DOWN AND PUT THE FLOOR DOWN.

AND NOBODY COULD GIVE ME INFORMATION OF WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED THE FLOOR.

THERE WERE NO RECORDS OF OF AN INSPECTION AFTER THE MOISTURE BARRIER WAS PUT IN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

BUT THIS TIME IT'S SOMETHING THAT GREG DIXON, THEIR CONSTRUCTION ADVISOR FROM FANNING HOWIE AND I WILL PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON THE RECOMMENDATION? THEN WE'LL GET READY TO GO TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM MR. OR SAY I OPPOSE.

ABSTAIN. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MESSER. THANK YOU, MR. GRUBER.

NEXT, WE WILL COMBINE ITEMS E THROUGH G, MRS. CHARLES, FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT.

GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. YOUNG, AT THIS TIME, I RECOMMEND YOUR APPROVAL OF ITEMS E, F AND G, WHICH INCLUDES NINE CONTRACTS AND EIGHT REALLY GENEROUS DONATIONS, IF YOU LOOKED AT THOSE A LOT WITH THE ROBOTICS.

SO I REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.

MOTION IS ORDERED TO ACCEPT ITEMS E TO IS PRESENTED AND WE APPROVE ITEMS E THROUGH G AS PRESENTED IN MOTION.

AND SECOND THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS THROUGH G AS PRESENTED OR THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER ITEMS F OR G.

NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR.

SAY I OPPOSE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS ITEMS.

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MS.. LOMAX.

GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

AND I AM HASHTAG.

HI. PROUD AGAIN.

LOVED THAT OUR KIDS WERE BACK.

OUR STUDENTS ARE BACK HERE IN PERSON BEING HONORED AND THEY ARE REPRESENTING US WELL.

WE HAVE ACADEMIC, ALL STARS, NATIONAL MERIT.

WE ARE DOING IT ON TRACK.

AND THAT IS AWESOME.

AND OF COURSE, CONGRATS TO THE TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN HOLDING IT DOWN IN ONE OF THE MOST TOUGH AND TEDIOUS SCHOOL YEARS EVER.

AND THAT THAT IS JUST THE TRUTH.

IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE NOT IN A CLASSROOM, YOU MAY NOT KNOW.

BUT IT HAS BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING SCHOOL YEAR.

AND SO I HATS OFF TO THE TEACHERS IN THAT REGARD.

THANK EVERYONE THAT'S DONATED FOR THE ROBO DEVILS AND ROBOTICS TEAM.

THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE COMMUNITY STEPPING UP IN THAT REGARD BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE DOING A MARVELOUS JOB AND IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THEY CAN CARRY WITH THEM THROUGHOUT LIFE.

RIGHT. IT IS SO AWESOME.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ALSO THAT ON LAST MONDAY I WAS AT THE STATE REGIONAL BOARD MEETING AND THIS BOARD FOR 2021 IS A COMMENDED SCHOOL BOARD.

WE ARE IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, US CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD AND YOU KNOW, WE WANT A BOARD THAT IS MAKING PI PROUD TOO. BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO IN FRONT OF REGION EIGHT, WE WERE CITED AS A COMMENDED SCHOOL BOARD AND I WAS A COMMENDED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

I KNOW THAT IS SO PEOPLE ARE TAKING TAKING STRIDES AND MOVING FORWARD AS WE ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO GRADUATION AND I ENCOURAGE THE KIDS AND THE TEACHERS TO FINISH STRONG.

THANK YOU, MS.. LOMAX. MR. METZLER I'M MS..

KELLY AND I ATTENDED THE REGION SIX MEETING SO THAT WE ALSO GOT POINTS.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE IF WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AS A GROUP, THE RESTAURANT THERE IS A SMORGASBORD AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY NICE.

AND I DID TAKE THE BOARD THERE ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO AND LOCKED MY KEYS IN THE VAN.

I WOULD PROMISE NOT TO DO THAT AGAIN IF I DROVE.

BUT IT'S AT THAT WAS THAT HAGERSTOWN AT WHAT IS I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT NOW.

IT USED TO BE WELL EVER SO IT'S STILL BASICALLY SET UP AND WAS DELICIOUS FOOD AND GOT THE SAME REPORT THAT WE GOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.

AND I HEARD THE FOOD WAS NOT SO EXCELLENT THERE.

SO SO LET'S ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SOMETIMES IT'S FUN TO GET OUT AND SEE DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND SO IT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO.

HAVE SOME TEAM TEAM TIME TOGETHER.

IF WE WERE TO ATTEND A LOCATION THAT'S FARTHER AWAY AND HAVE A LITTLE DRIVING TIME OR VISITING.

SOUNDS GOOD IF YOU PLAN IT.

WE'LL GET THERE. THANK YOU.

MS.. FORD, JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO GRADUATION AND THANK EVERYONE FOR A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR.

NO COMMENT FOR ME TO MAKE.

MS.. KELLY I AGAIN LIKE MS..

LOMAX, I AM PYC PROUD.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A COUPLE OF THINGS THIS WEEK.

I ATTENDED THE MEETING IN HAGERSTOWN WITH MR. METZLER AND I ATTENDED THE ORCHESTRA CONCERT ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

OUR KIDS ARE MAKING US PROUD AND THEY'RE WINNING COMPETITIONS.

THEY'RE DRAWING BACK ALUMNI AS THEY'RE PERFORMING WITH THEM.

IT WAS A REALLY NICE EVENING, JUST KIND OF SITTING THERE LISTENING TO THE MUSIC AND LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW NIGHT WITH THE CHOIRS GOING TO BE ATTENDING THAT AND ALSO AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO GRADUATION AND JUST SEEING WHERE OUR SCHOLARS ARE GOING TO GO.

THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I'M HEARING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING IN SCHOLARSHIPS IS BLOWING MY MIND AND I'M EXCITED AND REALLY PROUD OF THEM. AGAIN, LIKE MS..

LOMAX SAID TO ALL THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE CLASSROOM AND IF YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SCHOOL RUNNING A SCHOOL DURING THIS PARTICULAR TIME, THERE'S BEEN A DIFFERENT WE'VE DONE SCHOOL LIKE WE'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE.

AND SO JUST LOOKING FOR A CHANCE FOR ALL THE TEACHERS, STUDENTS TO GET A CHANCE TO BREATHE AND GET READY BECAUSE AUGUST WILL BE BACK.

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BUT JUST TAKE SOME TIME AND BREATHE AND ENJOY YOUR FAMILY AND AND THAT WE CAN MOVE AROUND AND GATHER IN PERSON.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SUNDAY NIGHT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING THOSE STUDENTS AND THE ACADEMIC HONORS EVEN ON NEXT WEEK.

JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE AND EXCITED ABOUT WHAT PIKE HAS IN THE PIPELINE.

DOCTOR. YEAH. THANK YOU.

KIM, YOU SHOULD HAVE A MANILA FOLDER SO THAT HAS YOUR GRADUATION INFORMATION AND PARKING PASS AND SO FORTH.

SO I'LL JUST SAY TONIGHT I'LL ECHO WHAT HAS BEEN SHARED IN REGARDS TO THE FACT THAT THIS WILL BE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WITH THAT SAID, JUST WISHING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND PARENTS A PHENOMENAL, PHENOMENAL SUMMER AND PLEASE RECHARGE AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING EVERYONE BACK STARTING NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU. SO WHAT TIME IS THE 34, 35, 530 SUN.

AND WHERE'S THAT AT? PIKE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MAIN ENTRYWAY.

OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I WISH EVERYONE A SAFE WEEKEND.

IT'S BEEN HARD FOR THE WHOLE FIELD TO COOL DOWN.

ENJOY THE WEEKEND AND THE FRESHMEN SITTING IN THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

MR. EDMONDS SAID ARRIVE AT FIVE RIPE RECEPTIONS THAT STARTS AT FIVE.

THE CEREMONY STARTS RIGHT AT 530.

SO. OKAY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBER. SO WE ARE.

ALL RIGHT. MEDIA GENTLEMAN.

THAT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.