[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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SHALL WE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WELCOME AGAIN TONIGHT TO OUR MSD PIKE TOWNSHIP REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU TONIGHT.
WE MOVED OVER HERE TO ACCOMMODATE OUR CROWD TONIGHT.
WE WILL FOLLOW OUR BUSINESS ORDER TONIGHT.
[2. FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE]
FIRST UP IS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE.FOR THE GOOD AT CARDS. WE GIVE OUR PATRONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SHARE AND TAKE ABOUT 3 MINUTES AND SHARE FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU CAN STEP UP AT THIS TIME IF WE HAVE ANYONE FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE.
MY NAME IS COURTNEY HOP, AND I AM A PIKE PARENT.
OBVIOUSLY A PIKE TAXPAYER AND A SELF PROCLAIMED PIKE TOWNSHIP ENTHUSIAST.
I'D LOVE TO USE MY 3 MINUTES OF TIME TO DISCUSS SCHOOL UNIFORMS. MY CHILDREN GO TO FISHBACK CREEK PUBLIC ACADEMY.
WELL, ONE IS RISING UP TO NEW AUGUSTA.
I AM IN FAVOR OF KEEPING UNIFORMS. CONCERNS OF UNIFORMS CURRENTLY INCLUDE COST CONTENTION BETWEEN PARENTS AND STAFF DUE TO ENFORCEMENT OF UNIFORMS, AND THAT UNIFORMS MAY DETER ENROLLMENT.
THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT WERE GIVEN BACK TO US WERE ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE RELATED TO THE ADULTS THAT ANSWERED IN AN EVEN SPLIT 1651 ADULTS ANSWERED OUT OF A 10,500 STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
WHILE THERE IS SOME COST TO UNIFORMS UP FRONT, THERE ARE MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR UNIFORMS. MY PERSONAL FAVORITE SALE OF THE YEAR IS THE OLD NAVY $3 POLO TOP AND THEIR FREQUENT $10 PANTS SALE.
THESE CLOTHES FOR DRESS CODE CAN BE PURCHASED FROM ANY RETAILER.
WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PURCHASE CLOTHES WITH PIKE SPECIFIC BRANDING, SO THERE IS A MULTITUDE OF OPTIONS AND PRICE POINTS TO GET CLOTHES FOR OUR SCHOLARS CONTENTION. THERE IS NO SOLID DATA ABOUT LOST INSTRUCTIONAL TIME DUE TO STUDENTS BEING OUT OF UNIFORM.
HOWEVER, IF WE GET RID OF THE CURRENT DRESS CODE, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE WILL BE LESS UNIFORMITY IN CLOTHING LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE CONTENTION, ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS AND PARENTS AND LOST INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.
POINT OF UNIFORMS DETER ENROLLMENT.
IN A DISTRICT THAT HAS HAD 18 DAYS REMOTE AND VIRTUAL IN THE LAST YEAR, WHICH IS 10% OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR, AND WHERE WE HAD TO VOTE TO MOVE $7 MILLION FOR SALARIES FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF, WHICH WAS MUCH NEEDED AND WELL DESERVED I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT UNIFORMS WOULD BE THE TOP OF THE LIST AS TO WHY PEOPLE ARE NOT ENROLLING IN PIKE.
IN FACT, IF WE'RE LOSING STUDENTS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT, I ASSURE YOU THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE UNIFORMS THAT ARE MORE COSTLY THAN THE DRESS CODE WE EMPLOY AT PIKE.
ALLOW FOR SAFETY AND STUDENT IDENTIFICATION SO YOU CAN IDENTIFY WHO BELONGS IN THE BUILDINGS, IMPROVES FOCUS AND STREAMLINES THE GETTING READY AND DRESS FOR SUCCESS PROCESS OF THE MORNINGS OF OUR SCHOLARS.
IN CLOSING, I MISS MY BALANCED CALENDAR AT FISHBACK.
PLEASE DON'T TAKE AWAY MY UNIFORMS. THANK YOU.
YOUNG, PRESIDENT WEBSTER AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA HALL, AND I AM THE VERY PROUD PARENT OF LANCE HALL.
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[INAUDIBLE] BLANDEN AND THE TEAM AT NATHANIEL JONES EARLY LEARNING CENTER.OUR FIRST STEP SERVICE COORDINATOR CONNECTED US WITH THE DISTRICT'S EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS DEPARTMENT.
I WILL SPARE YOU ALL THE DETAILS.
HOWEVER, OUR EXPERIENCE WAS FAR LESS THAN OPTIMAL.
AFTER A VERY TUMULTUOUS FEW MONTHS, WE THOUGHT IT BEST TO KEEP LANCE AT HIS CURRENT SCHOOL.
IN 2021, LANCE AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET DR.
DR. YOUNG KEPT HIS WORD, AND HE CONNECTED ME WITH MRS. BLANDEN. AND THIS CONNECTION MADE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU PUBLICLY.
YOUNG AND BISHOP FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP OVER THE PAST YEAR.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ANYONE ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE. NO ONE ELSE.
[3. SPOTLIGHT ON PIKE]
THEN WE MOVE ON TO SPOTLIGHT ON PIKE.IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
THIS WEEK WE CELEBRATED THE END OF THE 2021 2022 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF FOR DOING A REMARKABLE JOB.
WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE, AS WE ALWAYS DO.
OUR PIKE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TRACK TEAM PLACED THIRD IN THEIR REGIONAL.
THEY WILL BE ADVANCING TO COMPETE IN STATE ON JUNE 3RD.
AND AS YOU MAY RECALL, THEY WON THEIR SECTIONAL.
SO WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM AND WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK.
WE'RE ALSO CELEBRATING OUR PIKE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM FOR WINNING IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THEIR SECTIONAL, AND I BELIEVE THEIR SECOND GAME MAY HAVE GOT POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER, BUT I THINK THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
IS IT TOMORROW, DR. YOUNG? SATURDAY. SO WE'RE HOPING FOR A WIN IN THAT AS WELL.
OUR BOYS TRACK TEAM ARE SECTIONAL RUNNER UP AND ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT OUR NEW AUGUSTA NORTH GIRLS TRACK TEAM WON THE INDIANA MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. IN ADDITION, WE HAD TWO STUDENTS, GABRIELLE HART AND CAMERON JACKSON, WHO WERE RECOGNIZED AS PIKE HIGH SCHOOLS 2022 TAMIKA CATCHINGS, CATCH THE STARS SCHOLAR ATHLETE, NOMINEES AND FINALISTS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'LL BE CELEBRATING THE GRADUATION OF OUR CLASS OF 2022 ON JUNE 2ND THAT WILL BE STREAMED AND THAT STREAM LINK WILL BE INCLUDED IN OUR NEWSLETTER AND FAMILY EMAIL TOMORROW.
NEXT UP IS OUR REPORTS TO THE BOARD, DR.
[4. REPORTS TO THE BOARD]
YOUNG. ALUMNI EXCELLENCE.I'M PIKE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE OF THE CLASS OF 2009.
SO AFTER GRADUATING FROM PIKE HIGH SCHOOL, I WENT TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
AND GRADUATED WITH TWO DEGREES BIOLOGY AND SPANISH IN 2013.
FOLLOWING THAT, I WENT TO PERU FOR A FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP WHERE I TAUGHT ENGLISH AND DID A RESEARCH PROJECT, AND AFTER THAT WENT TO GRAD SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH . GRAD SCHOOL, I WAS AT YALE UNIVERSITY AND FOLLOWING THAT I APPLIED TO MEDICAL SCHOOL AND CURRENTLY I AM A FOURTH YEAR STUDENT AT IU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
SO FROM MY EXPERIENCES IN WORKING ABROAD AND GETTING A PUBLIC HEALTH DEGREE, I'M HOPING TO BECOME A PHYSICIAN THAT WORKS IN PSYCHIATRY, DEVELOPING MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION PROGRAMS, ESTABLISHING CONNECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND CREATING A BETTER SENSE OF MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION.
I THINK PIKE PREPARED ME FOR THE DIRECTION THAT I'M GOING RIGHT NOW BY OFFERING ME SUCH A DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF MY INTEREST AREAS, I'M ABLE TO TOUCH ON SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHERE I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE, HOW I WANT TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES BASED ON THE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT I WAS INVESTED IN.
LIKE I WAS INVOLVED IN THE ART PROGRAM, INVOLVED IN THE MUSIC PROGRAM WITH ENCORES.
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SO OF COURSE THAT'S LED ME TO KIND OF BECOMING A DOCTOR.AND I REALIZED THAT THROUGH THE COMBINATION OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND MORE, THAT ANY KIND OF WORK THAT I WANT TO DO, I CAN, BASED ON JUST FOLLOWING MY INTEREST AND USING THE TALENTS THAT I'VE HONED THROUGH FIRST, GETTING THROUGH PIKE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN KIND OF DEVELOPING THOSE MORE AS I WENT THROUGH MY UNDERGRAD AND GRADUATE SCHOOL DEGREES. I THINK OUR TOWNSHIP AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL OFFERS SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO EMBRACE THEMSELVES AND TOWARD THE EFFORT OF TRYING TO EMBRACE THEMSELVES AND UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES MORE.
AND I THINK PART OF WHAT IT TAKES IS JUST RESILIENCE WITH EVERY STEP.
THERE'S ANOTHER STEP THAT YOU CAN TAKE.
BUT EVEN SO, EVEN WITH THOSE DIFFICULTIES, WHETHER IT'S FAILING A TEST, WHETHER IT'S GETTING SICK, WHATEVER IT IS, YOU CAN STILL DREAM BIG AND BE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, GOING INTO SCIENCES, GOING INTO MEDICINE, BEING A DENTIST, BEING A NURSE, ANY KIND OF MEDICAL PROFESSION, PUSH FORWARD TOWARDS IT AND KEEP FIGHTING FOR IT.
FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ANY OF THOSE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR LIFE.
WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU AS BEING OUR COLLEAGUES ONE DAY.
MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, BACK IN JANUARY, WE STARTED THE ALUMNI EXCELLENCE, AND THIS WAS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT REALLY THE ENTIRE WORLD JUST HOW FAR A PIKE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA CAN TAKE YOU.
WILCOX HAS JUST STARTED HIS RESIDENCY, SO WE DID NOT THINK THAT HE WOULD BE HERE TONIGHT.
BUT I'M SO DELIGHTED THAT HE FOUND TIME IN HIS BUSY, BUSY SCHEDULE.
I SEE HE STILL HAS ON HIS SCRUBS TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO WILL YOU PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME MATTHEW UP TO THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME? AND AT THIS TIME, OF COURSE, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
QUESTION OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.
I HAVE A COMMENT. I JUST I'M REALLY AWED BY YOUR ACHIEVEMENT.
AND NEAR THE END, I WILL SHED A TEAR.
THEY KNOW I'LL SHED A TEAR IN A MINUTE.
BUT BY WHAT YOU SHARED WITH US ABOUT HOW YOU OVERCAME ADVERSITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IN COLLEGE, BUT YOU PUSHED THROUGH IT TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL.
BUT IF YOU JUST REALLY KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT YOU WANT, YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT AS WELL.
THANK YOU. I WAS TRYING TO GET EVERY STEP THAT'S A MISSTEP.
CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THE REST? OH, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.
SO I THINK AT EVERY STEP THAT IS A MISSTEP IS A NEXT STEP.
THAT'S IT. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO [INAUDIBLE].
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE, FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO COME HERE AND TO SPEAK WITH US AND TO SHOW AND TO SPREAD YOUR EXPERIENCES.
JUST THE FACT THAT YOUR EXAMPLE YOU STILL HAVE ON YOUR SCRUBS, THAT MEANS A LOT.
AND I LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EXAMPLE.
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THEN THEN THE SKY IS THE LIMIT TO WHAT YOU CAN BECOME.GO. IS THAT IT? HELLO, MATTHEW.
I KNEW YOU WOULD DO GREAT THINGS.
AND THIS IS JUST A CONFIRMATION OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT THAT WE KNEW YOU WERE CAPABLE OF.
AND YOU HAVE JUST DONE US PROUD AGAIN.
YOU AND YOU KNOW THAT CLASS OF OH NINE.
Y'ALL ARE SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT? JUST AWESOME.
AND THEN MY PARTNER ROB IS HERE TONIGHT AS WELL.
WE ARE READY FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT.
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE WARD, MR. ERIC PARQUET. IS THIS.
PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
YOUNG. WE HAVE TWO RECIPIENTS TODAY.
TONIGHT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD.
THE FIRST PRINCIPAL I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP IS MISS TINA FOSTER.
[APPLAUSE] GOOD AFTERNOON PRESIDENT AND BOARD.
I AM TRULY EXCITED TODAY TO HONOR ONE OF PIKE'S BEST.
SHE IS ABSOLUTELY ABOVE AND BEYOND, IN EVERY SINGLE WAY.
WHEN I ASKED THIS TEACHER TO DO SOMETHING, OR EVEN BEFORE I ASK HER TO DO IT, SHE'S ALWAYS THERE, PUTTING IN HER BEST DAY AND NIGHT, RAIN, SUN. I SAY THAT BECAUSE SHE HAS A LOT OF DUTIES OUTSIDE AND INSIDE, SO I AM TRULY JUST HAPPY AND EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH MS. NICOLE WINKLE AND JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING HER ON THIS AWARD.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP MS. PAM GUEVARA TO INTRODUCE OUR NEXT RECIPIENT.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WEBSTER.
THE WORD COURAGEOUS COMES TO MIND WHEN I THINK OF OUR RECIPIENT.
WHEN I LOOKED UP COURAGE IN THE DICTIONARY, I IMAGINED SEEING HER FACE NEXT TO THE DEFINITION.
OXFORD DICTIONARY DEFINES COURAGE AS STRENGTH IN THE FACE OF PAIN OR GRIEF.
OUR RECIPIENT DEMONSTRATES COURAGE IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL ON A DAILY BASIS AND COMES TO SCHOOL EACH DAY TO PUT FORTH COMPLETE EFFORT IN WORKING WITH HER KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS. THIS YEAR, PARTICULARLY HAVING A NONVERBAL STUDENT IN HIS FIRST TIME IN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, ANOTHER FULL SPIRITED STUDENT IN WHICH A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED.
AND A NEW SCHOOL STUDENT WITH FIVE YEARS OF EMOTIONAL TRAUMA IN HIS BACKGROUND, OUR RECIPIENT DEDICATED MUCH TIME IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS TO SUPPORT THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT.
IT WAS. IT IS WITH ALL OF THIS EFFORT AND DAILY LIFE COURAGE IN SURVIVING MANY LIFE CHALLENGES, ALL WHILE SUPPORTING OUR NATION'S FUTURE THAT WE CELEBRATE HER THIS EVENING, WE'RE EXTREMELY HUMBLED AND PROUD TO INTRODUCE TO YOU KAT TETRICK, OUR COURAGEOUS, WELL-LOVED FAMILY MEMBER AT EAGLE
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CREEK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO SUPPORT HER.WE'RE GOING TO NOW PRESENT OUR CERTIFIED STAFF.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE OUR CERTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED STAFF RETIREES AT THIS TIME.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT FROM EAGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY.
[APPLAUSE] I THINK PAT WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE.
EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS DEPARTMENT CHAIR FELICIA GOODEN.
[APPLAUSE] FROM OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH 38 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, CONNIE [INAUDIBLE].
25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PIKE TOWNSHIP.
EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS TEACHER KATHLEEN [INAUDIBLE] .[APPLAUSE] FROM DEER RUN ELEMENTARY, 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
KINDERGARTEN TEACHER TAMMY MASON.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT FROM PIKE HIGH SCHOOL, 38 TOTAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, 26 YEARS IN PIKE TOWNSHIP.
PERFORMING ARTS TEACHER KAREN STRATTON.
[APPLAUSE] FROM OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT WITH 29 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
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DATA INTEGRATION TECH, CAROL SNYDER.SCIENCE TEACHER BILL [INAUDIBLE].
FROM EAST BROOK ELEMENTARY WITH 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER BONNIE LONG.
[APPLAUSE] FROM MY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
[APPLAUSE] LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR RETIREES.
[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. MR. ERIN [INAUDIBLE].
THAT'S OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES THAT ROBOTICS BRINGS COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION, INCREASED KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATION OF STEM SKILLS THAT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY HELP IN EVENTUAL COLLEGE AND CAREER DECISIONS.
AND THESE ARE JUST THE BEGINNING OF THESE POSSIBILITIES.
THIS YEAR WE HAD TEAMS FROM THREE SCHOOLS, NOT ONLY WHEN BIDS TO THE STATE COMPETITION AT LUCAS OIL STADIUM THIS SPRING, BUT THEY DID SO WELL THERE THAT THEY WON BIDS TO THE VEX ROBOTIC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
YES. [APPLAUSE] BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. THIS EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER 3000 TEAMS FROM 36 NATIONS FROM ELEMENTARY TO UNIVERSITY LEVEL TO SHOWCASE THEIR STRATEGY, TEAMWORK AND STEM EXCELLENCE.
TONIGHT, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THESE AMAZING STUDENTS FROM GUION CREEK ELEMENTARY, GUION CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PIKE HIGH SCHOOL TO YOU, ALONG WITH THE COACHES AND MENTORS WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY ALONGSIDE THEM THIS WHOLE YEAR TO ACHIEVE THIS MONUMENTAL SUCCESS.
WE WILL FIRST START WITH THE STUDENTS FROM GUION CREEK ELEMENTARY.[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE]. EMILY [INAUDIBLE].
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AARON LOPEZ CARRASCO.SO, PLEASE, LET'S KEEP THEM IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE GUION CREEK.
OH, I'M SORRY. ONE MORE. I'M SORRY.
NO. I WOULD BE REMISS WITHOUT HONORING THEIR COACHES AND MENTORS.
I APOLOGIZE. I DID OMIT ONE OF OUR SCHOLARS, MS. MAYA JONES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SCHOLARS FROM GUION CREEK.
NOW WE'LL RECOGNIZE OUR SCHOLARS FROM GUION CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
[INAUDIBLE]. TITA [INAUDIBLE].
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[INAUDIBLE] KING.AND STUDENT MENTOR SAMANTHA CARL.
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AND AS WE'RE FINISHING UP WITH FINAL PICTURES, LET'S CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR SCHOLARS ONCE AGAIN FOR THEIR SUCCESS.[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. WE ARE PREPARING NOW TO CONTINUE ON ACTION ITEMS. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET ME JUST RECOGNIZE MR. ERIC HUFFINE, WHO IS OUR USED TO BE BOARD PRESIDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR FOUR YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] AS SOON AS WE GET THE TEMPERATURE DOWN AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.
SO. WE ARE ASKING YOU, COULD YOU REMEMBER THAT WE ARE STILL IN THAT BOARD MEETING.
COULD YOU? COULD YOU HELP US OUT BY MOVING EXPEDIENTLY? COACH VAUGHN, CAN YOU HELP US MOVE THE TRAFFIC BACK THERE? PRETTY MUCH. YEAH.
CAN YOU HELP US MOVE THEM ON OUT? THANK YOU, COACH.
ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR TONIGHT.
[5. ACTION ITEMS]
THE FIRST UP IS OUR MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING APPROVAL.
I MOVE WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 12TH MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT UP IS THE K-8 SCHOOL UNIFORM, DR.
THIS SPRING, I CAME TO THE BOARD AND HAD SHARED SOME CONCERNS THAT I'VE RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS REGARDING UNIFORMS, AS WELL AS THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH SOME OF OUR TRAINING AND EQUITY RELATING TO SCHOOL UNIFORMS. AND WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS TO PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF STAFF.
BUT YET WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM FROM THE COMMUNITY AND SEE REALLY WHAT WHERE THE COMMUNITY WAS IN REGARDS TO THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT CONTINUING SCHOOL UNIFORMS. SO WE DID THAT, AND THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY ARE AS FOLLOWS WE REACHED OUT TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
WE HAD 1711 RESPONDENTS, 897 SAID THEY WANT TO DISCONTINUE UNIFORMS. 814 SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO KEEP THEM.
SO A 52% SAYING, YES, GET RID OF UNIFORMS, 48% SAID KEEP THEM.
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WE LOOKED AT STUDENTS. WE ALWAYS WANT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR CHILDREN AND GIVE THEM A VOICE AS WELL.WE HAD 452 STUDENTS THAT RESPONDED.
380 SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO DISCONTINUE UNIFORMS. 72 SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE UNIFORM.
SO 84% SAID TO DISCONTINUE UNIFORMS. 16% SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO KEEP UNIFORMS. WE ALSO WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR STAFF.
WE HAD A TOTAL RESPONSE OF 244 RESPONSES FROM OUR STAFF AND 143 SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO DISCONTINUE UNIFORMS. 101 SAID THEY WANT TO CONTINUE UNIFORM.
SO 59% OF OUR TEACHERS SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DISCONTINUE UNIFORMS. 41% SAID THAT THEY WANT TO KEEP UNIFORMS. AS WE LOOKED AT TOTAL RESPONDENTS, IT WAS 2407 RESPONDED.
THE TOTAL RESPONDENTS 1420 SAID DISCONTINUED UNIFORMS. 987 SAY CONTINUE.
SO 59% SAID THEY WANT TO DISCONTINUE UNIFORMS. OUT OF EVERYONE THAT WAS POLLED, 41% SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO KEEP UNIFORMS. SO WITH THAT, I'M COMING BACK WITH RECOMMENDATION AFTER RECEIVING THE RESULTS THAT WE BEGIN WITH, THE 2022, 2023 SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE DISCONTINUE THE REQUIRED SCHOOL UNIFORMS AND INSTEAD WE LOOK AT A DRESS EXPECTATIONS.
RIGHT. A MOTION IS NOW IN ORDER TO.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ACTUALLY? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM B THE K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL UNIFORMS POLICY.
I SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE APPROVE ACTION ITEM B.
K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL UNIFORMS AT THIS TIME.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO VOTE OR DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THE EXPECTED REPLACEMENT DRESS CODE, SO TO SPEAK? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALREADY HAD A CONVERSATION, MRS. BRENNER, WHEN WE STARTED PULLING TOGETHER THIS THIS PROCESS THAT I WANT HER TO LEAD THAT WITH INPUT FROM PARENTS, FROM STAFF.
SO WHAT WE DO NOT WANT IS AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS DISTRACTED IN SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF CLOTHES.
SO WHAT WE WOULD PULL TOGETHER WITH THAT COMMITTEE AND WHAT WE WOULD LOOK AT ARE WHAT THOSE EXPECTATIONS WOULD BE AGAIN, SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON ON ACADEMICS AND NOT BE DISTRACTED BY BY CLOTHING.
I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME CLOTHING THAT IS JUST INAPPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL.
AND AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY, IT WOULD BE DISTRACTING.
AND THOSE THINGS WE JUST CAN'T WE CAN'T ALLOW.
SO WE WANT TO HAVE SOME INPUT AND GUIDANCE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD WANT BOARDS TO BE PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
DR. YOUNG, I APPRECIATE THE DOCUMENTATION OF STATISTICAL DATA WITH THE STATEMENT THAT YOU JUST MADE REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE.
SO I DON'T AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I DON'T FEEL THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION TO VOTE OUR UNIFORM POLICY POSITION AWAY WITHOUT HAVING CLEAR EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.
I AGREE WITH MRS. FORD. I THINK IT WOULDN'T BE PRUDENT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT HAVING AN IDEA OF WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE.
BECAUSE HAVING TO COMMUNICATE THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IS WHAT KIND OF MAKES ME A BIT NERVOUS BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY AT BREAK.
NOW, IF WE HAVE THOSE GUIDELINES AND SPECIFICATIONS AND CAN BEGIN TO COMMUNICATE THAT THROUGHOUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT THE UPCOMING 2023, YOU KNOW.
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THAT'S A DIFFERENT THAT'S A DIFFERENT MATTER.OR TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, THE TASK FORCE GATHERING DATA, ETC., ETC., THIS YEAR ABOUT UNIFORMS AND AND REFERRALS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AS AS WE, I THINK, EDUCATE OURSELVES A BIT MORE.
BUT THAT'S A REAL QUICK PIVOT FROM NOW TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT MIGHT END UP BEING MORE MORE SO, I THINK, DISRUPTIVE THAN WE WANT IT TO BE.
YES. COULD IT BE A GRADUAL THING, WHICH IS TO SAY, COULD WE JUST START IT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SIX THROUGH EIGHT WHEN IT WHEN IT'S IMPLEMENTED AND SEE HOW IT GOES INSTEAD OF JUST DOING A FULL SCALE K-8? SURE. I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE.
AND WE MOST DEFINITELY CAN EVEN TAKE THIS SCHOOL YEAR, GET A COMMITTEE TOGETHER.
SO I THINK ALL OF THOSE ARE POSSIBILITIES.
EITHER OR ANOTHER OPTION OR POSSIBILITY IS IF IT IS THE UNIFORM DRESS AS WE CURRENTLY HAVE IT, COULD WE ENTERTAIN A DIFFERENT POLICY, IF YOU WILL? MAYBE THE EXPECTATION IS YOU CAN WEAR YOUR CLOTHES, BUT YOU HAVE TO TUCK YOUR SHIRTS IN OR BUTTON YOUR SHIRTS UP.
AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF THAT DRESS EXPECTATIONS.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND BEFORE WE CAN JUST DROP WHAT WE HAVE.
AND JUST AS A WAY IN THE END, I, I PERSONALLY AND WILL GO TO VOTE HERE IN A MINUTE.
I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE UNIFORMS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT TAKING AWAY THE UNIFORMS COULD ALSO BE A DISTRACTION ALSO, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SOME WEARING NAME BRAND.
OTHERS ARE NOT WEARING NAME BRAND AND IT COULD BECOME A PICK ON POINT AND THAT KIND OF THING.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT.
SO I THINK I PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, WOULD LOVE TO JUST CONTINUE TO SEE, CERTAINLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE GRADE SCHOOL LEVEL, THE UNIFORMS CONTINUE TO BE I WAS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ON A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FOR THE BREAKFAST AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I SAW HIGH SCHOOLERS IN PAJAMAS AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT IN OUR WORK SESSION, BUT NO ONE HAD TO TELL ME THIS TIME I SAW IT.
AND I THINK THAT IF WE DO HAVE GUIDELINES, THAT THEY SHOULD BE ENFORCED.
AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULDN'T.
I AGREE WITH YOU, DR. WEBSTER.
I THINK THE GUIDELINES IN THE UNIFORM POLICY OVERALL IS A GREAT POLICY.
AND AND AS ONE OF OUR COMMENTS MADE ABOUT THE PRICE AND THE DIFFERENCES IN SOCIOECONOMICS, I THINK ARE SOME KEY POINTS FOR ME. I THINK THAT ALSO WE MAYBE WITH THE TASK FORCE OR THE COMMITTEE OR WHOMEVER, WOULD GET CLARITY ON THE PURPOSE.
I MEAN, WE KEEP WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT THAT WE BECOME CLEAR ON WHAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE OF UNIFORMS OR THE DRESS CODE OR WHAT WHAT THAT EXPECTATION IS.
SO WHAT WOULD BE THE ACTUAL PURPOSE OF THE CODE OR NO CODE OR ARE THE UNIFORMS OR WHATEVER? WHAT WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO GAIN WITH THAT.
MR. METZLER. I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE TABLE THIS UNTIL TILL A TIME AND EVEN NEXT SPRING.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT THE BOARD STILL WOULD LIKE TO PUT TOGETHER.
AND I DON'T SEE A BIG ADVANTAGE IN HAVING A NEGATIVE VOTE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING TABLE INTO NEXT SPRING? YEAH. I MEAN, IF WE DON'T I DON'T SEE ANY NEED TO RUSH IT THIS SUMMER AT THIS STAGE.
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IT'S NOT LIKE THERE WAS A 90% PEOPLE SAYING, YES, I WANT TO HAVE UNIFORMS AND OR NO, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE UNIFORMS. I THINK IT CAN JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO STUDY.IT'S I JUST THINK THERE'S A PRETTY CLEAR DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE WANT TO GO WITH.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY NEED TO VOTE ON IT AND HAVE IT BE A NEGATIVE VOTE.
YEAH, BUT WE CAN ALSO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO CARRY IT THROUGH AS A VOTE.
I'M JUST MAKING A SUGGESTION. I CHOOSE TO CARRY IT TO A VOTE.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR OF DISCONTINUING THE UNIFORMS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT SAY AYE.
SO WE WILL PICK IT UP AT ANOTHER TIME.
WE WILL NOT ENTERTAIN THE RECOMMENDATION.
NEXT UP IS HR, MR. ERIC PARQUET, HUMAN RESOURCES.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT.
YOUNG, I REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THE HR REPORT AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN, A MOTION IS IN ORDER.
I'M SORRY. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE APPROVED THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT AS PRESENTED BY MR. PARQUET. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THANK YOU, MR. PARQUET. OPPOSED.
THREE. DID WE GET ANOTHER OPPOSED? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
MOTION PASSES. YES. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS THE MR. NUNLEY REQUESTS APPROVAL FOR MATH RECOMMENDATION FOR CURRICULUM ADOPTION.
CHRISTINE BRENNER AND MR. GREG NUNLEY.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WEBSTER.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.
YOUNG. TONIGHT, MR. NUNLEY AND I COME BEFORE YOU ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE MATH CURRICULUM AS PRESENTED IN THE BOARD PACKET.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MATH CURRICULUM AS PRESENTED SECOND SPIN MODE AND SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE MATH CURRICULUM AS PRESENTED BY MR. NUNLEY AND CHRISTINE BRENNER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. CAN YOU TELL ME THE MAIN IS THERE ANY MAJOR DIFFERENCES IN THIS CURRICULUM FROM PRIOR YEAR? AS WE LOOK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT BANDS SO.
K THROUGH FIVE, SIX THROUGH EIGHT AND THEN 9 THROUGH 12, THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES.
THE DIFFERENCES WE SEE ARE GOING TO BE MORE POSITIVE.
SO A LOT OF THE GLITCHES AND THINGS WE'VE EXPERIENCED WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS WE'VE ADOPTED IN THE PAST, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE THOSE AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. CAN YOU TRANSLATE WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME, HOW THAT THAT THAT CONNECTION TO CANVAS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR A STUDENT? SO A STUDENT WILL EASILY BE ABLE TO ACCESS ANY KIND OF THE MATERIALS THAT COME FROM THIS VENDOR.
SO LIKE THEY CAN ACCESS THIS FROM THE CHROMEBOOKS OR FROM ANOTHER SITUATION, ANOTHER COMPUTER.
THE CHROMEBOOK THAT WE ISSUE TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR OUR STAFF THE BEAUTY OF THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR IS THAT IT SUPPORTS OUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
SO CANVAS IS WHAT WE USE TO HOUSE ALL OF OUR LESSON PLANNING AND OUR ASSIGNMENTS.
OKAY. AND SO THEY'LL BE TALKING BACK AND FORTH, WHICH SOMETIMES YOU DON'T GET.
AND MY LAST QUESTION, SOME DATA WE HAVE REVIEWED RECENTLY INDICATED THAT OUR MATH SCORES IN CERTAIN AREAS HAVE BEEN DECLINING. WHAT IS THE RECORD OR WHAT IS THE RESULTS OF THIS PARTICULAR MATH, THIS MATH CURRICULUM?
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HOW WILL IT IMPROVE THAT POSSIBLY FOR US? I THINK JUST THE ROLLOUT ITSELF, THE TRAINING THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR OUR STAFF, STARTING FIRST WITH THE VENDOR, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY SET UP PENDING BOARD APPROVAL THAT WILL BEGIN EARLY JUNE AND THEN ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH OUR TEACHERS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.I CAN SPEAK SPECIFICALLY THAT WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND OUR MATH BLOCK.
SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS DO 45 MINUTES, SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS DO 75 MINUTES.
WE'RE GOING TO GO ACROSS THE BOARD TO ALL NINE SCHOOLS AT A 90 MINUTE BLOCK FOR MATH.
AND WE'LL HAVE A SPECIFIC FRAMEWORK AS TO HOW MATH INSTRUCTION HAPPENS IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND I'M SORRY, ONE LAST QUESTION.
SO HAS THE COMPANY PRESENTED YOU WITH DATA AROUND RESULTS FOR OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT HAVE UTILIZED THIS SYSTEM? AND HAS IT HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO SHOW IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR RESULTS? NO, NOT SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY HAVE PRESENTED DATA.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE BROWNSBURG AND OTHERS THAT HAVE USED AND WE SEE WHAT THEIR DATA LOOKS LIKE AND WE SEE SOME ADVANTAGES TO IT BASED ON SOME OF THEIR DATA.
SO OUR STUDENTS THAT MAY NOT GET IT THROUGH THE NORMAL INSTRUCTION, WE WILL AUTOMATICALLY HAVE SOMETHING FOR THEM TO SUPPORT THOSE LEARNERS IN A DIFFERENT WAY, ALREADY BUILT INTO THE PROGRAMING.
AND THAT HELPS US IN A LOT OF WAYS, SUCH AS THAT MAY SAVE US COSTS DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER SOFTWARE PROGRAMS AND MATH THAT WE MAY NOT NEED THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE A BUILT IN SYSTEM ALREADY IN PLACE WITH THE CURRENT TEXTBOOK ADOPTION PENDING BOARD APPROVAL.
AND CAN CAN YOU POSSIBLY GET SOME DATA FROM THE COMPANY TO IF THERE IS ANYTHING AVAILABLE AS THEY CAN MAYBE SHOW THAT TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, RESULTS FROM THEIR SYSTEMS? ABSOLUTELY. AND LAST THING REALLY, I BELIEVE IT'S THE LAST THING.
CAN I TAKE THE FIFTH GRADE ONE? I THINK THAT'S WHERE I DROPPED OFF THE MATH THING.
I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT. AND WE'VE GOT SOME MATH SPECIALISTS IN HERE THAT CAN HELP OUT RIGHT NOW.
I JUST NEED STARTED FIFTH GRADE.
ALL RIGHT. DOES THE COMPANY RECOMMEND THE 90 MINUTE BLOCK? YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE MOVING TO 90 MINUTE BLOCKS.
IS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMPANY? THE COMPANY HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT MODELS BASED ON THE MINUTES, WHAT WE SEE OR WHAT I'VE SEEN AS WE SIT DOWN WITH OUR SPECIALISTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR PRINCIPALS, IS WE NEED TO BE DEVOTING MORE TIME DURING MATH, INTENTIONAL TIME AND WORK.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE EXPANDED THAT TIME LIMIT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
ARE THERE CONSUMABLES? I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF DIGITAL.
ARE THERE CONSUMABLES? YOU KNEW I WAS GOING TO ASK.
I KNOW. AND THEY'RE STORED AND ALL THESE CLOSETS.
SO WE HAD OUR PRINCIPALS DO SOME INVENTORY TO SEE WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT WE DON'T NEED.
SO WILL STUDENTS BE ABLE TO GET A HARD COPY OF A BOOK? YES, THERE IS.
THERE IS A HARD COPY OF A BOOK.
OKAY. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION.
I NOTICED THAT PART OF THE BOOKS ARE DATED FOR IF THEY'RE DIFFERENT, DATED FOR TWO DIFFERENT YEARS.
IS THERE A. I GUESS PART OF THEM ARE 2023 PART OF THEM ARE 2020.
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE OR JUST THAT? I KNOW MATH DOESN'T CHANGE A LOT, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS.
SO IS THAT THE NEWEST? THERE'S SOME THAT ARE 2023 AND THEN THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT WERE 2020.
WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST EDITIONS OF THE BOOK.
I'M NOT SPECIFICALLY SURE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, BUT WE WILL HAVE ALL THE LATEST ADDITIONS.
LIKE THERE WAS. IT WAS JUST LIKE AT THE THE REVEAL, INTEGRATED MATH, ONE, TWO AND THREE.
OKAY. SO WHAT THAT IS, IS THERE'S THERE'S DIFFERENT YEARS.
SO DEPENDING ON THE PATHWAY, YEAR ONE INTEGRATED ONE INTEGRATED TWO.
WHAT I'M SAYING. BUT THEN THERE'S THOSE ARE 2020 WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE THE REVEAL MATH FOR ALL THE OTHER AREAS ARE 2023.
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THAT'S I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE LIKE THAT MADE IT DIFFERENCE.WE'RE GOING TO BRING OUR MATH SPECIALIST UP TO SEE IF SHE CAN ASSIST IN THAT QUESTION.
WE ACTUALLY HAD INDIANA STANDARDS UPDATED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
WHAT REVEAL IS DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE ENTIRE SIX YEARS IS PROVIDE US EVERY TIME THEY MAKE AN UPDATE ON OUR DIGITAL COPIES AND ON OUR CONSUMABLE, WHERE WE GET THE WRITING, THE WORKBOOKS IN, WE'LL HAVE THE MOST UPDATED VERSION EACH YEAR.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT I GUESS BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT COULD BE THE LATEST OF WHAT IS.
SO THE INTEGRATED. THIS IS THE MOST UPDATED FOR INTEGRATED MATH BASED ON THE STANDARDS.
SO REVEAL HAS BEEN VERY STRATEGIC IN MAKING THOSE UPDATES.
WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET A REVISED SET OF STANDARDS LIKE THAT WITH A TEXTBOOK COMPANY.
YES, I GET IT BECAUSE THERE ARE.
YES. SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT STARTING BEHIND.
BEHIND. WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT STARTING BEHIND.
IS THERE S.A.T. PREP COMPONENT.
WE ARE ALSO WILL BE BRINGING IT TO THE BOARD, THE CALCULUS, THE AP CALCULUS AND DUAL CREDIT.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT TO THE BOARD.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A CHEAPER QUOTE FOR THAT.
AND HOW MUCH TIME DOES THIS EXTEND OUR MATH? SIX YEARS.
NO, NO. SHE SAID WE WERE 90 MINUTE BLOCKS.
BUT WHAT IS OUR TIME NOW? IT IT VARIES FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING.
BUT EVERYBODY WILL BE DOING 90.
OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS ON THE RECOMMENDATION? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEN WE WILL GO TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION ON OUR MATH.
MRS. BRENNER AND MR. GREG NUNLEY SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE WANT TO COMBINE ITEMS E THROUGH H FOR A MOTION.
HI. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. GOOD EVENING, DR.
YOUNG. AT THIS TIME, I RECOMMEND YOUR APPROVAL OF ITEMS E, F, G AND H AS PRESENTED.
I MOVE WE APPROVE ACTIONS E, F, G AND H AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS E, F, G AND H ASPRESENTED BY MRS. LINDA SEARLES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED. THANK YOU, MRS. SEARLES. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS OUR BOARD MEMBER ITEMS.
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MS. LOMAX.WE CLOSE THE BOOK ON THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AND WHAT A YEAR IT WAS.
BUT WE'RE STILL STANDING, AND THAT IS A GOOD THING.
I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN GIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE HONORED HERE TONIGHT.
OUR ROBOTICS TEAMS SO PROUD AND SHOUT OUT TO OUR TRACK TEAMS AND BASEBALL TEAMS. WE ARE STILL DOING THE THING.
WE ALSO, YOU KNOW MATTHEW WILCOX, DR.
WILCOX, A PART OF THAT ILLUSTRIOUS CLASS OF 2009.
IF IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW OR REMEMBER THAT THAT WAS A STELLAR CLASS THAT OF GRADUATES THAT WE HAD.
THEY ARE DOING TREMENDOUS THINGS IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, SAD TO SEE YOU GO.
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GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE.I WILL MENTION THAT I WAS AT FINAL ACTS ON FRIDAY AND THE SENIORS DID.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE THEATER SENIORS TO WRITE AND PRODUCE THEIR OWN PLAYS.
RIGHT. AND IT'S A BIT OF A CONTEST BECAUSE THEY'RE PAID JUDGES WHO JUDGE WHAT WAS THE BEST SCREENPLAY, THE BEST DIRECTING, SO ON AND SO FORTH. BUT ALL OF THAT WAS WONDERFUL AND FABULOUS.
IF YOU'VE NEVER GONE, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO TO FINAL ACTS NEXT YEAR.
BUT THE KUDOS AND THE OUTPOURING FOR MISS STRATTON WAS AWESOME, AND I'M GOING TO JUST SHOUT HER OUT AGAIN BECAUSE SHE'S DONE SUCH A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH THE THEATER DEPARTMENT, AND IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE HOW PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND THE ACCOLADES THAT SHE WAS GIVEN FROM THE THEATER COMMUNITY, FROM OUR STUDENTS, PAST AND PRESENT.
ALSO, SHOUT OUT TO THE TOP 30.
WE DID THAT LAST WEEK, THE EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS BREAKFAST.
SENIOR HONORS NIGHT WAS GREAT AND I'M JUST #PIKEPROUD.
WANT TO GIVE A THANKS TO ALL OF OUR ARMED FORCES THIS WEEKEND COMING UP, WE WON'T FORGET MEMORIAL DAY AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A GOOD RACE AND SEE EVERYBODY AT GRADUATION.
THANK YOU, MR. LOMAX. MR. METZLER. I DID AFTER THE TOP 30 ONE OF OUR HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES RECOGNIZED A COUPLE OF TEACHERS THAT WERE LARRY MOOREWICK AND [INAUDIBLE] DICKERSON AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY THINGS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE TEACHERS THAT HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE TO DO THAT.
LARRY MOOREWICK WAS ON THE WAY HOME FROM THAT EVENING AND GAVE HIM THE PROGRAM.
AND HE WAS VISUALLY MOVED BY THE FACT THAT THIS STUDENT, THE HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE REMEMBERED HIM FROM 20 YEARS AGO AND RECOGNIZED HIM AT THAT MEETING.
MS. FORD, THIS YEAR HAS HAS BEEN ALL THINGS WRAPPED INTO ONE.
I'M SO PROUD OF ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR THE RESILIENCE OF OUR STAFF AND TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATION.
AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF THIS BOARD AND TO BE A PART OF YOUR LIVES.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A SAFE AND WONDERFUL SUMMER BECAUSE SOME OF US DON'T GET SUMMER OFF.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND YOU ARE APPRECIATED.
AND ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS IS MY LAST CHILD'S YEAR AT PYC.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAVE TOUCHED.
LET IT ALL OUT. IF WE WAS IN CHURCH, I WOULD SAY HELP HER LORD.
BUT WHO HAVE TOUCHED OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILY.
BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH SUCCESSFUL GIRLS BECAUSE OF YOU.
THANK YOU. MR. ANDERSON, I'D LIKE TO AGAIN CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR AWARD RECIPIENTS AND SHOUT OUT TO THE ROBOTICS TEAM.
I'VE ALWAYS KEPT AN EYE ON THEM SINCE [INAUDIBLE] GOT ME INVOLVED WHEN I FIRST GOT ON TO THE BOARD.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE ARGUABLY PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST YEARS THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
MISS KELLEY. AGAIN, A CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR RETIREES.
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THOSE OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS.BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND AND TO OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS SUPPORTING YOUR OTHER COWORKERS. BECAUSE I KNOW AS A TEACHER I KNOW THIS YEAR I WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT WITHOUT MY FELLOW TEACHERS.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY, LOOK, AGAIN, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND SEVERAL OF THE EVENTS.
JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE CREATIVITY AND EVEN THE JUST THE ABILITY OF OUR KIDS, THE RESILIENCE OF OUR KIDS IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH, TO STILL FINISH STRONG AND EXCITED FOR AGAIN AS THE FUTURE, AS I ALWAYS SAY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GRADUATION.
ENJOY SUMMER STUDENTS TAKE THIS TIME TO.
DON'T JUST PLAY VIDEO GAMES THE WHOLE SUMMER.
YES, THAT'S FUN. STUDENTS ARE LISTENING OR WATCHING.
DO SOME FUN THINGS WITH YOUR FAMILY.
ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS TO GET OUTSIDE, BIKE RIDE, DO ALL THE FUN THINGS THAT YOU WON'T HAVE TIME TO DO LATER AND YOU'LL BE LOOKING FOR SUMMER IS IS A MAGICAL SPECIAL TIME WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG.
SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND ENJOY IT BECAUSE AS MISS FORD SAID, EVERYBODY DOESN'T GET A SUMMER, SO ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN AND STAY CONNECTED TO YOUR FRIENDS, STAY CONNECTED TO YOUR FAMILY AND HAVE A GREAT SUMMER.
DR. YOUNG. THANK YOU, MS. KELLEY. DR. YOUNG. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO, FIRST OF ALL, JUST CONGRATULATE ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CONGRATULATED.
SO I WON'T TO CONGRATULATE THEM AGAIN.
AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED THAT OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE JUST SO, SO JUST EXCELLENT.
AND I THINK THAT HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THE SUCCESS OF OUR ROBOTICS TEAM, ALSO WITH THE SUCCESS OF ALL OF OUR SPRING SPORTS STATE CHAMPIONS, SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS, THIRD AND REGIONAL GOING TO STATE WINS IN SECTIONALS.
SO I'M JUST SO PROUD OF THE SUCCESS OF OUR PROGRAMS. I'M ALSO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
BUT THEY DO LOVE PIKE AND THEY DO LOVE OUR KIDS.
SO I THANK OUR STAFF ON A REGULAR BASIS AND I'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
SO A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS THIS YEAR.
AND I WAS JUST SO PROUD TO SEE ALL THAT PIKE OFFERS.
WOODS ALLUDED TO I THINK WE HAD SO MANY IN TEXAS.
DR. YOUNG, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT GRADUATED SUMMA CUM LAUDE FIVE. YES, SOUTHERN.
AND SO I SAT THERE AND I WAS THANKING MRS. LOMAX AND I SAT THERE.
I WAS JUST REALLY BLOWN AWAY BY ALL THAT THAT PIKE HAS TO OFFER.
AND I WOULD NOT, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S MY SON'S CHOICE, BUT I WOULD NOT EVEN CONSIDER SENDING MY GRANDCHILDREN ANYWHERE ELSE BUT PIKE BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES NOW.
BUT LET ME ALSO SAY EVERY TIME AND THIS HAS BEEN A WHILE FOR ME, EVERY TIME WE WE GET THROUGH A SCHOOL DAY, AND ESPECIALLY SINCE OUR GRANDCHILDREN HAVE BEEN STUDENTS OVER AND MY DAUGHTER, EVERY TIME WE GET THROUGH A SCHOOL DAY HERE, I AM ALWAYS THANKFUL AT THE END OF THE DAY AND GRATEFUL BECAUSE I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION THE HEARTBREAK OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, FROM GROCERY STORES TO CHURCHES, HOUSES
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OF WORSHIP TO SCHOOLS AND WHAT'S NEXT.IT'S AMAZING THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT CHURCH AND STATE SEPARATION, BUT I SIT AND I LISTEN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE OUGHT NOT TO PLAY THAT LIGHTLY.
AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO CONTINUOUSLY IS CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE SHORE UP OUR OWN SAFETY AND OUR OWN SCHOOLS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL OF THE SAFETY APPLICATIONS THAT WE CAN.
WE'LL HAVE A GREAT MEMORIAL HOLIDAY AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME AROUND.
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