[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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SO WE STAND FOR OUR PLEDGE PLEASE.
WELL, WELCOME TO OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOR TONIGHT.
MSD TOWNSHIP REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
[2. PUBLIC MEETING ON SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT (President Webster)]
WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT OUR PUBLIC MEETING IN SUPPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT, WHICH WILL BE OUR FIRST ITEM UP.WE BEGAN THE YEAR WITH TWO SEARCH TEAM TRAININGS FROM TWO OUTSIDE SEARCH COMMITTEES AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE PATH FORWARD FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT.
AND SO AFTER MEETING WITH TWO SEARCH TEAMS AND COUNSELING WITH THEM, WE MET MORE THAN ONCE WITH OUR EXEC SESSION TO DEBRIEF AND DISCUSS OUR PATH FORWARD.
AFTER MEETING AND TALKING WITH THE SEARCH TEAM, WE DECIDED THAT WE HAD AN IN-HOUSE CANDIDATE THAT CERTAINLY FIT THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A SUPERINTENDENT.
AND SO, AGAIN, WE TALKED THAT THROUGH ON OUR FAVOR OR DISAPPROVAL OF THAT, AND WE VOTED THAT WE WOULD BRING DR.
YOUNG AS OUR CANDIDATE IN HOUSE, WHICH TALKING WITH THE SEARCH TEAM, STATED THAT IT ONLY MADE SENSE IF WE HAD SOMEONE THAT WAS CERTAINLY QUALIFIED THAT WE WOULD VET THEM AND AND THEN BRING THEM TO THE PUBLIC TONIGHT.
DR. LARRY YOUNG CERTAINLY MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF OUR CANDIDATE.
AND SO TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEARING OUR PUBLIC TONIGHT.
YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES TO STEP UP AND STATE YOUR OPPOSITION OR YOUR OR YOUR APPROVAL OF OUR CANDIDATE, DR.
LARRY YOUNG. AND THAT WILL BE DONE IN A THREE MINUTE INTERVAL FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO CHOOSES TO STEP UP AND STATE THEIR OPPOSITION OR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR CANDIDATE TONIGHT DR.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO AT THIS POINT.
WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR YOUR DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME.
JUST KNOW THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY Q&A.
YOU SIMPLY WILL STATE YOUR OPPOSITION OR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE'LL TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE OUT THIS PART OF OUR BOARD MEETING.
ALL RIGHT. SO IF THERE'S ANY, THEN THE MIC HERE IS OPEN AND MR. ANDERSON WON'T BE.
SO YOU'LL KNOW IF IT'S LONGER THAN 3 MINUTES, THEN HE IS OUR TIMEKEEPER, SO HE'S NOT BEING RUDE.
HE'S CERTAINLY JUST KEEPING THE CLOCK.
YOUNG, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA HALL.
AND WELL, THERE IS MY INCOMING KINDERGARTNER, AINSLEY HALL.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO FORMALLY EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR DR.
YOUNG IS PIKE. HE'S A PIKE GRADUATE, RESIDENT, HAS CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT, AND HE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE POPULATION OF OUR DISTRICT AT A TIME WHEN OUR COUNTRY IS IN TURMOIL AND BLACK MALES ARE UNDER ATTACK AND IDENTIFIED AS THREATS AS EARLY AS PRESCHOOL, HAVING A BLACK MAN WHO WAS WELL EDUCATED, FOCUSED,
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FAIR AND PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR STUDENTS IS CRUCIAL.DR. YOUNG EXHIBITS GENUINE CONCERN FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
HIS APPOINTMENT AS INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT CERTAINLY RESTORED MY FAITH IN THE DISTRICT, AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT MY CHILDREN WILL BE ENROLLED HERE AT PIKE AT DEER RUN AND NATHANIEL JONES IN THE FALL.
AND EACH DAY HE SHOWS UP FOR OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES AND GIVES HIS BEST.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WOULD JUST URGE YOU AND IMPLORE YOU TO CONFIRM DR.
YOUNG AS OUR NEXT MSD PIKE SUPERINTENDENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT MRS. ALEXANDRA HALL WE DO WANT TO, BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT, ASK, IS THERE ANY OF US THAT WOULD CERTAINLY STEP UP AND HAVE PRO OR FOR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
AND WE MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
WE WILL TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION AS A BOARD, AND WE WILL CONTINUE OUR PROCESS.
THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS OUR FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE.
[3. FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE]
ON GOOD OF THE CAUSE, WE GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, AGAIN, PATRONS TO STEP UP AND DO A TWO MINUTE PRESENTATION OF YOUR CHOICE REGARDING THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE. IF THERE'S ANY TONIGHT THAT HAVE SOMETHING TONIGHT FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSES, YOU MAY STEP UP AT THIS TIME, STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK. FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE.GOOD EVENING, DR. WEBSTER, BOARD.
DR. YOUNG MY NAME IS MARTY HOFFER.
I AM A FORMER TEACHER AND A CURRENT PIKE LONGTIME PIKE RESIDENT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE HR REPORT THAT WE GET EVERY TWO WEEKS FAITHFULLY.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE COMINGS AND GOINGS OF OUR PIKE STAFF.
HOWEVER, IT DAWNED ON ME MAYBE YESTERDAY IT'S NOT HOLISTIC AND WE DON'T GET TO SEE TRENDS.
WE SEE A LIST OF NAMES AND AND THAT'S FINE UNTIL I STARTED THINKING, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT LIST OF NAMES LOOK LIKE? SO AS YOU KNOW, I'VE COME TO THESE MEETINGS FOR A LONG TIME.
I HAVE QUITE A STACK OF THESE HR REPORTS AT HOME.
SO I STARTED DOING SOME DIGGING AND I FOUND DATA THAT CONCERNED ME.
BOTH AS A FORMER TEACHER AND AS A CURRENT TAXPAYER.
SO I JUST LOOKED AT FOUR MONTHS WAS ALL I LOOKED AT AND THE NUMBER OF RETIREES FOR APRIL AND MAY OF 21 WITH SEVEN OK AND 21 RESIGNATIONS.
HOW DID THAT COMPARE TO THIS YEAR? EIGHT RETIREES.
AWESOME. THERE WERE 40 RESIGNATIONS.
THAT IS ALMOST DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF RESIGNATIONS IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD.
I TOOK A DEEP BREATH AT THAT AND I'M LIKE, WHOA, THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.
AND THEN I DID SOME ANECDOTAL DATA.
I LEFT PIKE A YEAR AND A MONTH AGO.
AND I HAVE THIS WHOLE STRING OF XS.
WE HAD 11 AND A HALF TEACHERS ON MY SEVENTH GRADE HALLWAY STAFF.
EIGHT AND A HALF OF THEM HAVE LEFT IN 12 AND A HALF MONTHS.
THAT IS 74% OF A SEVENTH GRADE HALLWAY IN ONE SCHOOL.
THAT'S ANOTHER REALLY BIG NUMBER.
AND SO AND AGAIN, ANECDOTAL DATA, IT'S NOT ON AN OFFICIAL HR REPORT.
WELL, IT MAY BE, BUT I DIDN'T DO THAT KIND OF DIGGING.
BUT I'VE HEARD THAT SEVEN OF 22 HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS HAVE RESIGNED.
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THAT'S A REALLY BIG NUMBER.SO WHEN YOU START SEEING REALLY BIG STATISTICS LIKE THAT, IT MAKES ME PAUSE.
AND MAYBE YOU'RE GETTING THIS HOLISTIC DATA THAT WE DON'T GET AS A PUBLIC.
I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN YOUR BOARD DOCUMENTS.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT, I HOPE YOU'LL THINK ABOUT GETTING IT THAT WAY AND START LOOKING AT IT.
I HOPE YOU'LL START DIGGING INTO THE DATA HOLISTICALLY.
I HOPE YOU'LL HAVE QUALITY EXIT INTERVIEWS.
MY EXIT INTERVIEW WHEN I LEFT WAS A TWO OR THREE QUESTION GOOGLE FORM.
THAT WAS KIND OF SAD AND PATHETIC.
I'D BEEN HERE TEN YEARS AND I GOT THREE GOOGLE FORM QUESTIONS AND I HOPE YOU'LL START.
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE.
I HOPE YOU'LL START LOOKING AT ROOT CAUSES.
YES, LOTS OF TEACHERS ARE LEAVING NATIONWIDE.
THANK YOU. BUT WE DON'T WANT THEM LEAVING PIKE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE? THERE'S NO ONE ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EXPRESSION TONIGHT.
[4. SPOTLIGHT ON PIKE]
WE MOVE ON TO SPOTLIGHT ON PIKE, DR.YOUNG, ON BEHALF OF MS. DORSEY, I BRING TO YOU SPOTLIGHT ON PIKE.
THIS WEEK WE STARTED OUR SUMMER SCHOOL AND SUMMER MEALS PROGRAM.
OUR FAMILIES RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT THE DATES, TIMES AND LOCATIONS FOR SUMMER MEAL PROGRAMS WHICH SERVE FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TO ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. THE INFORMATION WAS SHARED VIA OUR FRIDAY FAMILY EMAIL LAST WEEK AND ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.
THE SITES THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 TO RECEIVE MEALS ARE EASTBROOK [INAUDIBLE] ELEMENTARY. NEW AUGUSTA SOUTH.
ALL THREE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS GUION, LINCOLN AND NEW AUGUSTA NORTH OUR PIKE FRESHMAN CENTER AND PIKE PREP ALL OFFER BREAKFAST AND LUNCH DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE.
BREAKFAST IS FROM 8:30 TO 9:30.
LUNCH TIMES ARE FROM 12:15 TO 1 AND 12:30 TO 1, DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION.
IN OUR ONGOING EFFORT TO CONTINUE THE TO STRENGTHEN OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, MANY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL COACHES HAVE HAD CAMPS OR WILL BE HAVING CAMPS FOR OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
LAST WEEK WE PLANNED TO SHARE A FEW PHOTOS OF THOSE IN THE COMING WEEKS.
IT WAS DEFINITELY WORTH OUR TIME AND WE CONTINUE TO GAIN ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN OUR RQUITY WORK. WE, OF COURSE, CELEBRATE PIKE HIGH SCHOOL'S 130TH GRADUATION CLASS LAST WEEK, AND WE HAD A TOTAL OF 707 GRADUATES.
WE HAD MEMBERS OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD TEAMS PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE MEET WHERE TROY GOLDEN FINISHED SIXTH IN THE 400 METER FIVE 400 METER FINALS. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BOYS GOLF TEAM THAT WRAPPED UP THEIR SEASON AT SECTIONALS ON MONDAY THIS PAST MONDAY.
AND FINALLY, WE WILL NOT BE REMISS IF WE DID NOT WISH RYAN CONWELL THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL ALL STARS GAME THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 11TH.
BISHOP. [APPLAUSE] WE CERTAINLY WISH RYAN ALL OF THE LUCK AS HE PARTICIPATES IN THE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ALL-STAR GAME.
I THINK THAT DESERVES ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[5. REPORT TO THE BOARD]
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR REPORTS TO THE BOARD DISTRICT SPORTS RECOGNITION.[00:15:01]
GOOD EVENING. DR.WEBSTER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.
YOUNG, THIS EVENING WE ARE WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT SPORTS RECOGNITION.
AND SO I'M GOING TO WELCOME MR. DAWKINS, THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR GUION CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE THAT SCHOOL FIRST.
[APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
WE THIS EVENING WILL BE RECOGNIZING TWO TEAMS FROM GUION CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, OUR EIGHTH GRADE FOOTBALL TEAM, AND OUR SEVENTH GRADE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM.
WE WILL START WITH OUR EIGHTH GRADE FOOTBALL TEAM.
AND THEY SCORED NO LESS THAN 36 POINTS IN ALL SIX SEVEN OF THEIR GAMES THIS YEAR.
BECOMING THE MICK MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH CHAMPIONS.
[APPLAUSE] I WILL START CALLING NOW ALPHABETICALLY.
[APPLAUSE] CHRISTOPHER HARBOR, JR.
[APPLAUSE] TERRENCE LITTLE JUNIOR.
[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] MORTON.
[APPLAUSE] KEVIN TISHNER THE THIRD.
[APPLAUSE] ANTONIO DAWKINS JUNIOR.
[APPLAUSE] JORDAN KALE. [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANY OTHER PLAYERS.
PLAYERS WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT OUR COACHES AND THIS EVENING, WE HAVE MR. CLINTON SIMMS, HEAD COACH.
[APPLAUSE] ASSISTANT COACHES, RALPH COOK.
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR GUION CREEK FOOTBALL TEAM.GUYS GO BACK. WE FORGOT THE PLAQUE IN THE PICTURE.
WE FORGOT TO TAKE THE PICTURE WITH THE PLAQUE.
THEY ALSO HAD A UNDEFEATED SEASON WINNING THE PIKE DISTRICT, MARION COUNTY AND MICK CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS YEAR, GOING A PERFECT 19-0 THIS SEASON.
[APPLAUSE] [IANDUIBLE] I'LL THEM UP BY NAME AS WELL.
[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] HARRISON.
[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] MILLER.
[APPLAUSE] ONCE AGAIN, THESE YOUNG LADIES COULDN'T DO WITHOUT COACHES AS WELL.
OUR HEAD COACH, MR. KEVIN MERRIWEATHER.
[APPLAUSE] ASSISTANT COACHES GREGORY POPE.
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ANDRE COOLEY [APPLAUSE] AND MR. STEPHEN BLANCH. [APPLAUSE] WAS THERE ANY OTHER YOUNG LADIES ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM THAT SHOWED UP? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THOSE ARE OUR LADY JAGUARS, SEVENTH GRADE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM.[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO MR. DAWKINS. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. JOHNSON, THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR NEW AUGUSTA NORTH PUBLIC ACADEMY.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO TEAMS TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT.
THE FIRST IS OUR GIRLS TENNIS TEAM WHO WENT UNDEFEATED AT EIGHT AND ZERO THIS YEAR.
[APPLAUSE] I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THOSE GIRLS WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.
IF YOU'RE ON THE GIRLS TENNIS TEAM, VARSITY TEAM.
I ACTUALLY STARTED THE YEAR BEFORE LAST.
THEY LOST ONE GAME YEAR BEFORE THEY RETURNED EVERYBODY AND WENT UNDEFEATED THIS YEAR.
SO A SHOUT OUT TO THOSE GIRLS AND THEIR COACH, LAUREN MAGUIRE.
[APPLAUSE] THE NEXT TEAM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS OUR GIRLS STATE TRACK TEAM.
GOING INTO THE YEAR, WE KNEW WE HAD A CHANCE TO BE PRETTY GOOD.
WE THINK WE'RE [INAUDIBLE] CHAMPS, SO WE'LL GO AND CLAIM THAT.
BUT THEN LAST YEAR WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THE STATE TRACK MEET FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND WE STARTED OUT WE WERE SECOND PLACE AND THEN WE MOVED INTO FIRST PLACE AND THEN WE MOVED IN FIRST PLACE FOR LIKE 20 POINTS AND THEN WE WIN BY 40 POINTS AND IT'S LIKE OUR LEAD JUST KEPT RISING. AND I WAS LIKE ALL EXCITED AT HOME.
AVERY BENNETT. [APPLAUSE] LINDA CHAPEL.
[APPLAUSE] MORGAN CHESNUT. [APPLAUSE] LEILA DAHLSTROM.
MIA MATHIS. [APPLAUSE] PRECIOUS [INAUDIBLE].
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KENNEDY RIGGINS.[APPLAUSE] SIMONE SUGGS. [APPLAUSE] AND JADA WALKER.
[APPLAUSE] MUCH LIKE WITH GUION CREEK, WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT A GREAT GROUP OF COACHES AND OUR HEAD GIRLS TRACK COACH IS SHANNON CHESNUT. [APPLAUSE] OUR THROWS COACH SHELBY LIVINGSTON [APPLAUSE]. [INAUDIBLE] COACH IS BRAD PETERSON.
HURDLES COACH WAS ELLIE SHEFFIELD.
[APPLAUSE] AND THEN JEROME BROWN WAS ALSO AN ASSISTANT COACH.
[APPLAUSE] SO SHOUT OUT TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS STATE CHAMPION TRACK TEAM.
ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO THANK MR. JOHNSON. AND AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MS. CHAMPION FROM PIKE HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
IT IS AN HONOR TO PRESENT TO SOME OF TRULY THE BEST YOUNG PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE IN THIS STATE.
WATCHING THEM COME IN TONIGHT, I EVEN GOT A LITTLE EMOTIONAL.
WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE A NUMBER OF STUDENT ATHLETES WHO PERFORMED AT A STEP ABOVE.
SO THEY WERE ALL CONFERENCE OR ALL COUNTY, ALL SECTIONAL, SOME ALL STATE.
WE EVEN HAVE INDIANA ALL STARS.
AND WE HAVE A VERY HIGH ATHLETIC STANDARD.
YOU'LL COME UP AND HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN AND WE'LL GET THROUGH THE LIST.
WE HAD NEARLY 60 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO SET THEMSELVES ABOVE.
ABOUT HALF OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT, WHICH IS AWESOME SINCE IT'S SUMMER BREAK.
SO I WILL INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU ALPHABETICALLY, STARTING WITH KARISSA ADDISON, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.[APPLAUSE] AND I WILL READ THEIR NAMES AND THEIR HONORS AS WELL.
NEXT UP. AND I'M NOT 100% SURE IF HE'S HERE.
JEREMIAH BERRY SECOND TEAM FOOTBALL ALL CONFERENCE.
[APPLAUSE] YES, HE DID MAKE IT.
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ANOTHER MEMBER OF OUR GIRLS SECTIONAL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, KAYLA BOOKER.[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP IS SIMON [INAUDIBLE].
SIMON WAS BOYS CROSS COUNTRY ALL SECTIONAL.
SOCCER. SECOND TEAM, ALL DISTRICT.
[APPLAUSE] CAMERON COOKE FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION.
I BELIEVE CAMERON'S MOTHER IS MAYBE HERE TO ACCEPT FOR HIM.
CAMERON COOKE. ELIJAH DAVIS BOYS TRACK FIRST TEAM ALL SECTIONAL BY MEANS OF BEING A SECTIONAL CHAMPION.
[APPLAUSE] KATIE DUCHENE GIRLS CROSS-COUNTRY FIRST TEAM ALL COUNTY.
[APPLAUSE] TROY GOLDEN BOYS TRACK AND FIELD FIRST TEAM, ALL CONFERENCE TRACK STATE QUALIFIER.
ELISA HARRIS GIRLS SOCCER FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM ALL COUNTY.
[APPLAUSE] SHE WAS ALSO THE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WINNER FOR THE SENIOR CLASS THIS YEAR.
[APPLAUSE] GABBY HART VOLLEYBALL FIRST TEAM ALL COUNTY.
[APPLAUSE] ALSO THE TAMIKA CATCHINGS SCHOLAR ATHLETE FINALIST.
[APPLAUSE] OLIVIA HINTZ GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD FIRST TEAM ALL CONFERENCE AND A TRACK AND FIELD STATE QUALIFIER.
LAUREN HORTON. [APPLAUSE] CAMERON JACKSON FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION ALSO TAMIKA CATCHINGS CATCH THE STARS SCHOLAR ATHLETE FINALIST.
[APPLAUSE] MALAKAI JACKSON FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM ALL CONFERENCE.
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[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] JONES.[INAUDIBLE] JONES. [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP AND I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S HERE MIGHT BE MOM ACCEPTING JORDAN JONES FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION JORDAN JONES.
MOM, ARE YOU HERE? [APPLAUSE] ANTHONY LEDFORD FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM ALL CONFERENCE.
[APPLAUSE] NAIA MATHIS GIRLS TENNIS FIRST TEAM ALL COUNTY.
[INAUDIBLE]. [INAUDIBLE] WAS A MEMBER OF THE GIRLS SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRACK AND FIELD TEAM.
ALSO A MEMBER OF THE GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
[APPLAUSE] RACHEL SCHWAB GIRLS SECTIONAL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
ALSO GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY FIRST TEAM ALL SECTIONAL.
[APPLAUSE] MATTHIAS SMITH BOYS CROSS-COUNTRY FIRST TEAM ALL COUNTY.
[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
ALSO GIRLS SOCCER ALL-COUNTY HONORABLE MENTION.
[APPLAUSE] JOSH WOODS FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM ALL CONFERENCE.
[APPLAUSE] AND OF COURSE, I SKIPPED OVER ONE BECAUSE I HAD TOO MANY H'S IN A ROW.
CHEYENNE GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
[APPLAUSE] IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO DID NOT SIGN IN? THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE THESE KIDDOS.
TO ALL OF YOU IS AN HONOR TO SERVE YOU.
[APPLAUSE] RIGHT. WE ALSO WOULD SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO SYDNEY RANDOLPH, WHICH IS THE DAUGHTER OF MRS. RANDOLPH, OUR BOARD MEMBER.
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SO WE CONGRATULATE HER TONIGHT.[APPLAUSE] MR. PRESIDENT, CAN I INTERRUPT YOU JUST REAL QUICKLY, BECAUSE I MISSED ONE MORE AND SYDNEY WAS ALSO ON THE GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AND A STATE QUALIFIER. ALSO IN THE HOUSE IS MALIK GRIFFIN.
MALIK IS WRESTLING ALL COUNTY.[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE ON OUR WAY NOW TO OUR ACTION ITEMS.
[6. ACTION ITEMS]
TONIGHT, WE WOULD LIKE TO OBTAIN A MOTION.OBTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST BOARD MEETING MAY 26, 2022.
I MOVE WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED. NEXT IS OUR HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT.
MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DR. YOUNG, I REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THE HR REPORT AS PRESENTED.
I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE HR REPORT AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, THAT WE ACCEPT OUR HR REPORT AS PRESENTED.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED. THANK YOU, MR. PARQUET. NEXT IS OUR ITEM C ADVANCING EQUITY COLLECTION GRANT.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WEBSTER, BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.
YOUNG. TONIGHT I COME BEFORE YOU TO ASK FOR THE APPROVAL OF DR.
IF AWARDED, THIS GRANT WOULD BE USED TO ADD TEXTS THAT ADDRESS RACE, SYSTEMIC RACISM AND OR THE BLACK EXPERIENCE THROUGH A HUMANITIES LENS TO THE COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY. MOTION TO ACCEPT.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ACCEPT ITEM C AS PRESENTED BY MRS. CHRISTINE BRENNAN. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COMMENT.
HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THIS SELECTION? IS IT THE LIBRARIAN HERSELF PUT THAT LIST TOGETHER.
MULLAN AT COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY.
I HAVE A QUESTION. IS THERE IS THERE A CONVERSATION OR POSSIBILITY OF DUPLICATING REPLICATING THIS, THE OTHER SCHOOL LIBRARIES? YES. IN FACT, SOME OF THE LIBRARIANS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE GRANT APPLICATION.
SO YOU MAY BE SEEING ME AGAIN NEXT TIME AROUND WITH MORE.
ALL RIGHT. AND JUST TO ADD, YOU MAY RECALL, TOO, THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR EACH SCHOOL SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO DIVERSIFY THEIR LIBRARIES.
SO THAT ACTUALLY CAME FROM FROM MY OFFICE AS WELL, IN ADDITION TO TO THE GRANT.
AND IS THE GRANT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS COLLECTION OF BOOKS OR IS IT RECURRING FOR FUTURE YEARS? IT'S A ONE TIME AWARD AND IT'S FOR $1,000.
SO YOU CAN CHOOSE THE BOOKS YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
OKAY. GO AHEAD. IS IT A ONE TIME OR CAN YOU CONTINUE TO APPLY? IT'S A ONE TIME PER YEAR WHEN IT COMES OUT.
YOU CAN YOU CAN APPLY SO EACH YEAR IT COULD RENEW.
CORRECT. ANY OTHER BOARD CONCERNS.
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ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL GO TO A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING ACTION ITEM C, MRS. BRENNER'S SAY AYE.ACTION ITEM D MRS. BRENNER. HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA TRIGONOMETRY.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WEBSTER ONCE AGAIN AND BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.
THIS IS THE WRAP UP OF THE MATH ADOPTION.
RIGHT A MOTION IS IN ORDER ON ITEM D.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT ITEM D AS PRESENTED.
SECOND. BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ACCEPT ITEM D AS PRESENTED BY MRS. CHRISTINE BRENNER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION.
SO DID YOU MENTION THAT THIS IS FOR THE AP PROGRAM OR JUST FOR THE GENERAL? NO. THIS IS THE. THESE ARE THE AP COURSES.
AND. SO I KNOW IT'S FOR ALGEBRA, TRIGONOMETRY AND CALCULUS, BUT I KNOW THEY DO TAKE, I DON'T KNOW, PRE-CALCULUS AND AND SUCH.
SO. WOULD THAT BE COVERED IN THESE THAT IS COVERED IN AS WELL.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE PACKET, THEY'RE ALL KIND OF WRAPPED UP.
THERE ARE TITLES THAT ARE BROAD, BUT THEY HAVE THOSE COURSEWORK PIECES WITHIN THEM.
WE ARE GOING WITH THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY THAT'S THE SCAFFOLDING.
RIGHT. THEY BUILD UPON EACH OTHER AS THE STUDENT MOVES FORWARD.
THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE THE THE BOOKS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO GET THAT DUAL CREDIT.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS THEN ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING ITEM D AS PRESENTED BY CHRISTINE BRENNER.
LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED. THANK YOU, MRS. BRENNER. THANK YOU.
WE WANT TO NOW MOVE ON TO ITEMS E AND F, MRS. LINDA SEARLES.
YOUNG. AT THIS TIME, I REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF ITEM E.
ARE WE COMBINING THEM? E AND F AS PRESENTED ITS NINE CONTRACTS AND TWO VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS.
I MOVE WE APPROVE ITEMS E AND F.
SECOND. DID WE GET A SECOND? I SECOND THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS E AND F.
THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND AND SECONDED, THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS E AND F AS PRESENTED BY MRS. LINDA SEARLES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THANK YOU, MRS. SEARLES. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ON TO BOARD MEMBER ITEMS, MISS LOMAX.
[7. BOARD MEMBER ITEMS]
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.WELL, EVERYONE WHO IS HERE AND WHO WAS HERE TONIGHT, PIKE PROUD SO PROUD AGAIN OF ALL OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE WE ARE DOING IT IN TENNIS AND TRACK AND FIELD IN BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL.
IT'S AWESOME AND IN THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN A-RATING AGAIN AS A HIGH SCHOOL.
SO DEFINITELY PIKE PROUD IN A LOT OF REGARDS AND CONGRATS TO ALL OF THE 700 PLUS YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GRADUATED ON LAST WEEK.
IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND I KNOW SOMEONE TURNED TO ME AND SAID, THIS WAS MY ROUGHEST YEAR THAT I CAN REMEMBER IN TEACHING EVER. AND THEN THEY SAID, BUT TO LOOK OUT AND SEE ALL OF OUR GRADUATES HERE, YOU KNOW, AT JUST MADE IT ALL WORTH IT.
I KNOW WE HAVE GROUND TO COVER.
BUT WE KNOW WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO AFTER SEEING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND SEEING GRADUATION ON LAST WEEK.
SO LET'S CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD AND BE PROUD.
THANK YOU, MR. METZLER. I THINK MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME ADVOCATE FOR MAKING SURE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE TEACHERS THAT HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE FOR
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ADMINISTRATORS. I WENT TO A CALLING THIS THIS LAST WEEKEND FOR THE GUY THAT WAS THE PRINCIPAL WHERE I USED TO TEACH.SO SO A COUPLE OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
BUT I ALWAYS SAY THIS APPLIES TO PARENTS, TOO, BECAUSE WHEN IT'S 20 OR 30 YEARS LATER AND THAT TEACHER GETS THAT NOTE, IT MEANS EVEN MORE THAN IF YOU HAVE THAT TEACHER OR THAT ADMINISTRATOR, THAT PERSON, THAT PASTOR, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE THAT'S HAD THAT IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE.
MAKE SURE YOU LET THEM KNOW BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE GONE THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND AT LEAST FOR TEACHERS, THERE'S NOTHING THAT MEANS MORE THAN THAT.
YOU KNOW, THEY THEY WORK FOR NOT VERY MUCH MONEY.
SO. SO THAT WOULD BE MY MOMENT FOR THE NIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD, THE INDIANA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION HAS A HAVE HAS TRAININGS THAT THEY CONDUCT.
SO ONCE AGAIN, SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE TRAINING ON JULY 17TH.
I JUST WANTED TO RE ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.
AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE ON THE WORD STUDENT BECAUSE AS WAS MENTIONED, A LOT OF OUR ATHLETES ARE EXCEPTIONAL IN THEIR ACADEMIC WORK.
AND FINALLY, AS EVERYONE IS PROBABLY GOING TO SAY, IT WAS A VERY MOVING GRADUATION CEREMONY.
AS ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE THE EXCELLENT ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND THAT'S NOT TO BE IGNORED, THAT IT HAPPENED DUE TO THE EDUCATORS AND THE SUPPORT THEY RECEIVE FROM ALL STAFF AT PIKE.
SO REALLY, IT'S BEEN WARMING TO MY HEART TO ATTEND ALL THE OPEN HOUSES AND TO SEE WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING NEXT AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE NEXT BATCH OF STUDENTS COME THROUGH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MRS. RANDOLPH. MR. ANDERSON. I WILL START OFF WITH ECHOING THE SAME SENTIMENTS ABOUT OUR GRADUATION.
AFTER THE YEAR THAT WE HAD, IT WAS JUST A GREAT, GREAT GRADUATION.
SO I THANK THEM ALL FOR THAT AND WISH THEM WELL.
I KNOW HOW IT IS FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR COMMITMENT AND WE ALL HOPE ALL HAVE A GREAT SUMMER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ANDERSON. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES AND ALL THE STUDENT ATHLETES THAT WERE RECOGNIZED ON THIS EVENING, ALL THOSE WHO HELPED MAKE THAT POSSIBLE FOR THEM.
AGAIN, JUST KEEP MAKING US PROUD.
BEEN EXCITED TO HEAR ALL THE NEWS ABOUT ALL THE THINGS STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPLISHING.
BUT. ENJOY THIS TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY.
THANK YOU, MISS KELLEY. BACK TO MR. ANDERSON BEFORE.
AND ONE THING I DON'T WANT TO FORGET IS ALSO THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS.
WE APPRECIATE OVER THE OVER THE YEARS.
WEBSTER. I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT WAS ALREADY SHARED.
CONGRATULATIONS NOT ONLY TO OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO THE FAMILIES.
WE KNOW THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO GET OUR CHILDREN ACROSS THAT STAGE.
BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT YOU GUYS PUT IN BEHIND THE SCENES WITH MEETINGS AND WORK SESSIONS AND EXEC SESSIONS TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED AS EDUCATORS ARE ALLOCATED AND THAT WE CAN DO THE WORK THAT WE DO.
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SO GETTING THOSE KIDS ACROSS THE STAGE IS ALSO A TESTAMENT TO TO TO YOUR WORK AS WELL.SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS TO YOU ALL.
WHAT A WHAT A GREAT TIME, A GREAT FEELING, A GREAT ATMOSPHERE.
THAT PROBABLY WAS THE BEST IN MY FOUR YEARS EXPERIENCE HERE IN TERMS OF THE GRADUATION, LET ME ECHO ALSO MS. FORD COMMENT ON SCHOOL BOARD PARTICIPATION AND RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD.
DID YOU HAVE A DATE ON ON THE FILING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MS. FORD. OKAY.
SO LET ME JUST ECHO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS WE WILL HAVE THREE SEATS UP ON THE BOARD THIS YEAR AND TO OUR COMMUNITY, THOSE OF YOU WHO CERTAINLY WANT TO KNOW THE INTRICACIES OF THE BOARD AND ALSO BECOME A CANDIDATE OR RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO.
YOUNG FOR THE STATEMENT THAT HE MADE, CERTAINLY ME RUNNING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD FOUR YEARS AGO.
I NEVER KNEW THAT EVERYTHING THAT ENTAILED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, NOR DID I KNOW THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TOOK TO BE A PART OF SCHOOL BOARD. SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY, THOSE OF US WHO WANT TO THROW THEIR HATS IN AND RUN, JUMP IN HERE.
MAYBE YOU'LL GET ONE OF THESE THREE SEATS.
CERTAINLY WE WELCOME YOU TO AND EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD AND SAFE WEEKEND.
WE'RE LIVING IN TIMES WHERE IT'S JUST VIOLENCE.
TELL SOMEBODY YOU LOVE THEM AND TELL SOMEONE THAT YOU'RE THERE TO COME ALONGSIDE OF THEM.
HELP SOMEONE, PERHAPS YOU NEVER KNOW.
YOUR WORDS OF KINDNESS MAY BE THE LAST WORDS TO ENCOURAGE SOMEONE ELSE.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.