[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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CAN WE STAND FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[2. FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE]
FIRST UP IS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE.THIS TIME WE ALLOW OUR PATRONS TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES FOR 3 MINUTES AND SPEAK ON ANY ISSUE THAT IS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE.
GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DR. YOUNG. ON BEHALF OF PCTA, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR.
YOUNG FOR BEING PRESENT AND VISIBLE IN BUILDINGS.
WHEN WE STARTED THE YEAR THIS YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE MADE IT TO ALL THE BUILDINGS.
AND SECONDLY, WHEN HE CALLED US TO MEET DISCUSSING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WILL BE DISCUSSING LATER THIS EVENING, HE CALLED US TOGETHER, OUR BARGAINING TEAM, AND BROUGHT THE FIRST PROPOSAL TO US, AND WE EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS THAT WE HAD.
AND HE LISTENED TO OUR CONCERNS AND HE ADDRESSED MANY OF THOSE CONCERNS.
AND WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS GOOD FOR ALL OF US, BASICALLY.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE? I ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR GOOD NEWS.
ALL RIGHT. WE MOVE ON TO SPOTLIGHT ON PIKE, SARAH DORSEY.
[3. SPOTLIGHT ON PIKE]
GOOD EVENING. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.WE'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS START TO THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS AND ALL OF OUR STAFF BACK AND FOR THINGS TO BE IN FULL SWING.
TOMORROW, OUR FOOTBALL FAMILY WILL TRAVEL TO LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR SCRIMMAGE AND THEN WELCOME ZION FIELD TO THE STADIUM FOR THEIR SEASON HOME OPENER NEXT FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH.
THIS SATURDAY, GIRLS SOCCER WILL HOST A SCRIMMAGE HERE AT 10 A.M..
BOYS SOCCER WILL TRAVEL TO AVON.
BOYS TENNIS WILL WELCOME CATHEDRAL FOR THEIR SCRIMMAGE AT 9 A.M..
AND WE JUST SEE THAT TIME AFTER TIME AS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR SCHOLARS, PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTS AND ROBOTICS STUDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE. NEXT WEEK, OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL HOST BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS.
ON AUGUST 16TH, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL HOST BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS ON AUGUST 17TH, AND THE HIGH SCHOOL AND PREPARATORY ACADEMY WILL HOST THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS ON AUGUST 18TH. IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME, I WOULD LIKE TO RECRUIT SOMEONE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE NATHANIEL JONES EARLY LEARNING CENTERS BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE, BUT SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING IT WILDLY SUCCESSFUL.
AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO HEAR ABOUT THAT FIRSTHAND.
DR. YOUNG, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
IT WAS THE INAUGURAL EVENT FOR THE PALACE CLUB.
SO THE PALACE CLUB PROVIDED THE FOOD AND HELPED TO SET UP THE EVENT.
HE WAS THE FIRST FACE YOU SAW WHEN YOU WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR.
MY SON WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE SOMEONE WHO LOOKED LIKE HIM RIGHT THERE AT THE DOOR.
AND WE ALSO HAD SOME MEMBERS FROM AFC AND THE BOARD JUST STOPPED BY TO SHOW SUPPORT.
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MRS. [INAUDIBLE] TALKS A LOT ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS CALLED HER AND SAID SHE SHOWED THEM UP.THE KIDS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY OUTSIDE ON THE PLAYGROUND.
PARENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WAS PRETTY MAJOR BECAUSE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR SAFETY ISSUES, PARENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO GO IN AND WALK THEIR CHILDREN TO THE BUILDING.
SO TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE CLASSROOMS, JUST GET FAMILIAR WITH THE TEACHERS.
THE TEACHERS KNEW THE KIDS RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
SO WHEN YOU WALKED IN, HEY, YOU'RE IN MY CLASS.
THEY WERE VERY FRIENDLY, VERY WELCOMING.
THERE WERE SEVERAL VENDORS OUT [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL AS ON MY WAY PRE-K, WHICH WAS REALLY HUGE BECAUSE A LOT OF FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE ON THE WAY PRE-K PROGRAM. AND SO THEY WERE MADE AWARE THEY WERE ABLE TO DO SOME ON SITE ADMISSIONS AND ON SITE SUBMITTING OF THEIR APPLICATIONS.
WE HAD BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT ON TUESDAY.
TONS OF PARENTS THERE, A LOT OF INTEREST IN OUR PTO.
SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE TO COME.
I'LL ALWAYS EXTEND INVITATIONS TO YOU GUYS.
AND WE'RE READING ABOUT ON THE NEWS OUT, SHAKING HANDS AND LITERALLY KISSING BABIES.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR GOOD NEWS.
[4. REPORT TO THE BOARD]
NEXT UP, IT'S OUR REPORT TO THE BOARD.BISHOP. DR. HUFF, MRS. BRENNER. MR. NUNLEY, MR. GRUBER.
I AM ONE OF SEVERAL WHO WILL BE GIVING YOU SOME BACK TO SCHOOL INFORMATION.
I WILL START OUT THIS EVENING BY GIVING YOU WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS TO.
MR. [INAUDIBLE], DO YOU WANT TO COME HELP ME? YOU GOT TO STEADY YOUR HAND.
AND I DO. IT KEEPS I KEEP PUSHING IT BACK TO THE NEXT.
[INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT. WELL. WE'VE GOT OURSELVES A GOOD OLD FASHIONED TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT CURRENT ENROLLMENT.
SO I CAN TELL YOU AT THIS POINT, AS OF ABOUT 4:45 THIS AFTERNOON, WE'RE AT 10,585.
THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 200 LESS THAN WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR OUR ENROLLMENT.
WE WILL HAVE DEFINITIVE NUMBERS AND YOU WILL SEE ME AGAIN AFTER OUR SEPTEMBER 16TH ADM.
THE OFFICIAL ADM IS SEPTEMBER 16TH, BUT THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY TEN DAYS WHERE SCHOOLS WILL WORK AMONGST EACH OTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPROPRIATE SCHOOL HAS THE PROPER CREDIT. SO YOU WILL EXPECT TO HEAR FROM ME PROBABLY AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER WHEN ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE SOLIDIFIED.
BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING AT 10,585 STUDENTS K THROUGH 12.
THE ADM COMPARISON IS IS FOR YOU JUST TO SEE WHERE OUR NUMBERS HAVE GONE FROM 2017 UP TO 2022.
YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
YOU'LL SEE A KIND OF UP AND DOWN BETWEEN OUR SEPTEMBER ADM AND OUR FEBRUARY ADM.
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SO ULTIMATELY, THE NUMBER THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING, I AM FOLLOWING VERY CLOSELY IS OUR 10,585.WE WILL THEN MOVE FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM DR.
HUFF, OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, MR. NUNLEY, THE DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY.
MRS. BRENNER, THE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY AND MYSELF THAT WILL COVER THE HIGH SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE.
AND MR. GRUBER WILL COME UP AND GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR FACILITIES AND WHERE WE ARE AT THE START OF THE YEAR.
GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS, ELEMENTARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
LETR STANDS FOR LANGUAGE ESSENTIALS FOR TEACHERS OF READING AND SPELLING.
THIS RESEARCH BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS ALIGNED TO THE SCIENCE OF READING WILL HELP TRAIN OUR EDUCATORS AGAIN IN THOSE VERY CRITICAL EARLY FOUNDATION AREAS FOR OUR STUDENTS. LETR TRAINING WILL USE A COMBINATION OF ONSITE AND ASYNCHRONOUS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE OUR TEACHERS WITH FLEXIBLE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, PRACTICE AND APPLY EFFECTIVE READING STRATEGIES ROOTED IN THESE BEST PRACTICES.
ADDITIONALLY, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES BETTER KNOWN AS PLCS, WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT DRIVER IN ANALYZING STUDENT DATA IN OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS, TEAMS WILL MEET IN COLLABORATIVE LEARNING STRUCTURES AT LEAST ONCE PER MONTH TO ANALYZE STUDENT DATA.
THE PIKE PLC MODEL IS BASED ON THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED WORK OF [INAUDIBLE].
THE PLC MEETINGS AIM TO ENSURE THAT OUR WONDERFUL EDUCATORS HAVE A CLEAR DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS THEM TO LOOK AT STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN A TIMELY AND RESPONSIVE MANNER. ANALYZING OUR COMMON ASSESSMENTS ACROSS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS WILL ALSO BE A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE PLC PROCESS WHEN LOOKING AT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. I'M EXCITED FOR THIS YEAR.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MRS. BRENNER. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.
WE'RE STILL WORKING TO GET TO A LEVEL FOUR, SO WORK IS STILL IN PROGRESS.
WE HAVE ADDED CLASSROOMS, WE'VE ADDED ONE PRESCHOOL, THREE YEAR OLD ROOM AND ONE FOUR YEAR OLD ROOM.
I THINK MRS. [INAUDIBLE] WAS INTERVIEWING ACTUALLY BECAUSE OUR WAITLIST HAS GROWN BEYOND TEN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL HEARKEN BACK TO WHEN TALKING WITH MRS. [INAUDIBLE] WAS THEIR FAMILY FUN FRIDAY THAT THEY HAD THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT.
SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'VE GOT THAT IN PLACE AT THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER.
OUR NEW MATH CURRICULUM IS UP AND RUNNING.
ALL THE DIGITAL COMPONENTS ARE WORKING.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE 90 MINUTE MATH BLOCKS IN ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
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AND WE HAVE SPECIALIZED REMEDIAL TOOLS, REINFORCEMENT TOOLS WITHIN THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU APPROVED FOR US BACK IN THE SPRING. SO OUR K THROUGH 2, WE HAVE SPECIALIZED ONLINE LEARNING TOOLS AND SO DO OUR GRADE 3 THROUGH 5.SO THAT'S OUR [INAUDIBLE] AND ALEX THAT SUPPORTS OUR REVEAL MATH SYSTEM.
ZOOM QUESTION NIGHTS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS MATH ADOPTION.
WE DON'T WANT TO PUT A BUNCH OF STUFF AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN KIND OF LEAVE THEM HANGING.
SO AS THEY'RE USING IT IN THE CLASSROOM, WE'RE REACHING OUT.
AND IN FACT, ANOTHER PIECE OF SUPPORT WILL GO OUT TO ALL INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF TOMORROW TO ONCE AGAIN SHOW THEM WHERE ALL THE PIECES AND PARTS ARE AND WHERE SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE. I'M TALKING ABOUT NEW DEVICE DISTRIBUTION.
EVERY ELEMENTARY STUDENT WILL SOON HAVE THEIR DEVICE SWAPPED OUT WITH A NEW DELL 3100 CHROMEBOOK.
MOST SCHOOLS HAVE THIS EVENT COMPLETED.
SOME WILL BE WRAPPING UP TOMORROW.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO TO EXPLORE THAT ASPECT AS WELL.
BUT IT'S EXCITING TO KNOW THAT OUR KIDS WILL HAVE THE LATEST AND THE GREATEST IN ORDER TO ACCESS ALL OF OUR NEW DIGITAL PROGRAMING, LOOKING AT FOCUS ON RIGOR AND EXPECTATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM AND MAKING EVERY MINUTE COUNT, THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE THE DRUM WE'RE BEATING THIS YEAR THAT EVERY MINUTE WE HAVE THOSE CHILDREN IN FRONT OF US, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO HELP THEM BE THEIR BEST.
SO A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ARE EDCM PROGRESS MONITORING TOOL THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR AND WE USE PRIMARILY FOR OUR CORE PROCESS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FULLY IN EVERY BUILDING TO BETTER ASSESS OUR STUDENTS NEEDS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
READING, BENCHMARKING, [INAUDIBLE] AND INSTRUCTIONAL WALKTHROUGHS BY BUILDING PRINCIPALS WILL ENSURE THAT EVERY INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTE WE HAVE, WE'RE CAPTURING . FINALLY SOME TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND THEMES THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR BUILDING.
AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW THAT THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED.
EVERY ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS HAD A TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY EVENT.
WHEN WE HAD OUR TEACHER WORKDAYS AT FISHBACK CREEK PUBLIC ACADEMY, THEY HAVE ADOPTED GLOW AS THEIR THEME AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE HOW THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY WILL GROW AND GLOW WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
DEAR RUN IS READING MOVE YOUR BUS BY RYAN CLARK.
EAST BROOK FOCUSED ON TEAM BUILDING AND COLLABORATION WITH GAMES, AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON MEETING STUDENTS EMOTIONAL NEEDS, RELATIONAL AND ACADEMIC NEEDS AS THEY GREET THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
EAGLE CREEK HAS ADOPTED THE THEME SHOW THE WORLD THE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE.
THEY'LL SOON BE A SCHOOL WIDE POSTER THAT WILL PUT ALL OF THOSE POSTERS TOGETHER.
SO I'M WAITING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT.
AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO MR. NUNLEY THAT WILL SHARE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STORY.
OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DR. YOUNG. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ALWAYS ABOUT THAT TRANSITION AND STARTING WITH OUR 6TH GRADE BABIES.
IT'S REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE LOCKER.
AND SO YOU SAW A BUNCH OF 6TH GRADE TEACHER TEAMS WORKING WITH THE KIDDOS.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT LOCKER LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT OR RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT IN THERE.
AND THEY'RE ASKING THEIR QUESTIONS.
SO IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TO SEE THEM GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
ALSO, JUST LEARNING HOW TO TRANSITION FROM CLASS TO CLASS, THAT'S A BIG CHANGE FOR THEM.
SO, AGAIN, JUST SEEING THEM UNDERSTAND THAT NEW PHASE THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN JUST KIND OF SHOWING THE 6TH GRADERS THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE, WHETHER IT'S PERFORMING ARTS, ATHLETICS OR SOME OF THE CLUBS.
SO WE'RE REALLY PUSHING TO GET OUR 6TH GRADERS INVOLVED.
OUR 7TH AND 7TH GRADERS KIND OF KNOW THIS.
SO WE REALLY WANT TO GET OUR 6TH GRADERS ON BOARD WITH THAT.
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OUR PRINCIPALS ARE NOW WORKING WITH OUR COUNSELORS, COLLABORATING WITH THEM TO GET OUR YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN OF PURPOSED GROUPS GOING.THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE THOSE MENTORS, MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS, THEY NEED AS MANY PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN TALK TO AND COUNT ON FOR THAT STABILITY AND THAT FOUNDATION AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, AS WE KNOW, A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT STAGES IN THEIR LIFE.
WE WANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF OF EVERYONE IN THAT BUILDING.
AND THEN JUST FINALLY, OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE HOLDING THOSE GRADE LEVEL MEETINGS, JUST GOING THROUGH THE EXPECTATIONS, THE PROCEDURES AT SCHOOL.
WE WANT TO JUST GET THEM OFF TO A GOOD START.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I'M SEEING SO FAR.
AND SO I'M JUST EXCITED TO SEE THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES.
I THINK WE'RE OFF TO A PROMISING START AND SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING.
THE YEAR BEGAN BACK IN JULY WHEN REGISTRATION WAS HELD AND A 9TH GRADE ORIENTATION.
A MAJORITY OF OUR 9TH GRADERS CAME TO ORIENTATION.
STUDENTS WERE READY TO BE BACK AND LEARN THE BUILDING AND GET BACK INTO THE GROOVE OF THINGS.
SO THEY ACTUALLY HAD THEIR ORIENTATION PRIOR TO THE START OF REGISTRATION, THEN TRANSITIONED STRAIGHT INTO REGISTRATION TO GET THEIR SCHEDULE AND LEARN THEIR WAY AROUND THE BUILDING. NOW THAT SCHOOL HAS STARTED, CLASS MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD WITH THE SENIOR CLASS, JUNIOR CLASS, SOPHOMORE CLASS AND FRESHMAN CLASS TO GET BACK INTO LEARNING WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE, LEARNING WHAT WHAT THE YEAR WILL LOOK LIKE AS IT RELATES TO BEING IN YOUR SPECIFIC CLASS.
THERE ARE ONGOING MEETINGS WITH STUDENTS WHO NEED SCHEDULE REVISIONS BASED ON CLASSES AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEIR COUNSELOR TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THEY MAY HAVE AS THEY WORK THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
ONE OF THE AREAS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY IS CALLED THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE ROOM.
THIS IS THE WORK OF MRS. TONYA [INAUDIBLE]. SHE PILOTED THIS PROGRAM LAST SPRING.
IT IS IT IS A WAY FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS TO REGULATE WHEN SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT AT OUR BEST.
IT IS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TO HELP STUDENTS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL, AND TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS THAT MAY BE HEADING DOWN THE ROAD OF MAYBE A DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
THIS ROOM WAS EXPANDED THIS FALL BECAUSE WE ADDED A COUNSELOR.
MRS. [INAUDIBLE] MOVED TO ANOTHER AREA THAT ACTUALLY WAS NEIGHBORING A LARGER AREA.
AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS AN EXPANDED COMMUNITY RESOURCE ROOM.
I ASK THAT IF YOU'RE EVER IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, PLEASE STOP BY THIS AREA.
SHE IS MAKING IT A PRIORITY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH STAFF SO THAT THEY ARE AWARE THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS IF THEY SEE THAT A STUDENT MAY NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT HER WORK.
SHE IS COMMITTED TO THIS AND TO SEE IT LONG TERM SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY EXPAND IT.
IN ADDITION, I WANT TO SHARE WHERE WE ARE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF OUR AP DUAL CREDIT AND IB.
IN 2022, THERE WERE 471 STUDENTS THAT TOOK 732 AP EXAMS. YOU'LL SEE THAT THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE WE HAD 43 TESTS THAT SCORED AT 5, 104 THAT SCORED AT A 4 AND 210 THAT SCORED AT A 3. ALONG WITH THAT, OUR STUDENTS CONTINUE TO WORK IN THE CAREER CENTER, EXPAND THOSE.
WE HAVE CERTIFICATIONS THAT WERE EARNED.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT OUR PROGRAM LISTS CONTINUES TO EXPAND IN THE CAREER CENTER.
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SERVICES, HEATING AND AIR.THEY ARE OUR STUDENTS THAT LEAVE OUR PROGRAMS THAT CAN GO STRAIGHT INTO AND HAVE THEIR COSMETOLOGY LICENSE OR THEY HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATION TO BE ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT INTO THE BUSINESS WORLD.
SO IT'S A MIX UNDER THE BUSINESS CULINARY EMT, HVAC AND NURSING.
I WANTED TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE HAD ADDITIONS ADDED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ADDED A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.
IT MAY NOT SOUND A LOT, BUT IT IS HUGE.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO ADD AN ENGLISH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER TEACHER.
WE UNDERSTAND IN LOOKING AT OUR DATA THAT THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADD AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER.
[INAUDIBLE] WE ALSO ADDED A CREDIT RECOVERY TEACHER.
WE'RE ALSO AWARE THAT WE'RE STILL IN THE PANDEMIC.
STUDENTS ARE STILL TRYING TO CATCH UP FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
THEY'VE GOTTEN OFF TO A GREAT START.
THEY WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE ARE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
THEY'RE STUDENTS IN BOTH BUILDINGS, RIGHT? THEY MAY GO TO PIKE PREP IN THE MORNING AND THEN GO AND FINISH THEIR PATHWAY WORK IN THE AFTERNOON AND VICE VERSA.
SOME OF THE NEW THINGS FOR PIKE PREPARATORY AND DR.
PERKINS HAS HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE AND WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH DR.
YOUNG TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO PIKE PREPARATORY.
THAT'S JUST THAT IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
ALONG WITH THAT COMES ADDITIONAL FTES.
THERE WERE, THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL ENGLISH TEACHER AND AN ADDITIONAL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER THAT WERE ADDED TO ACCOMMODATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO NOW HAVE MORE STUDENTS THERE. WE ALSO ADDED TWO ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS.
THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS WERE ADDED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STUDENTS AND OUR EXCEPTIONAL LEARNER STUDENTS WHO ARE THERE EITHER ALL DAY OR PART OF THE DAY. THESE WERE ALL NEEDS THAT WE FELT WERE PERTINENT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO FINISH ON TIME.
MS. HALL SHARED THE WONDERFUL NEWS AT THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER, BUT MS. DORSEY ALSO SHARED THAT WE ARE HAVING BACK TO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK IS BACK TO SCHOOL WEEK, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
THERE IS A BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT IN ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS.
WE START OFF WITH ELEMENTARY, THEN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, ALL OCCURRING BETWEEN 5:30 P.M.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT IF PARENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON FOR BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT WILL BE PLACED ON OUR WEBSITE.
OUR LIBRARIANS HAVE DONE A GREAT DEAL OF WORK TO MAINTAIN THIS.
IT HAS BEEN A REQUEST FROM OUR FAMILIES TO KEEP IT, BUT WE TOOK A STEP BACK.
AND IT'S NO LONGER JUST OUR BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT SLIDES.
IT'S IT IS TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
I WASN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT.
SO THOSE WILL BE GOING UP THE DAY OF EACH INDIVIDUAL'S PRESENTATION.
SO ELEMENTARIES WILL BE UP ON THE 16TH.
MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL BE UP ON THE 17TH.
THE HIGH SCHOOL AND PIKE PREP WILL BE UP ON THE 18TH.
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ALL RIGHTY. I AM GOING TO ASK THAT MR. GRUBER COME UP AND SHARE THE FACILITY UPGRADES.GOOD EVENING, DR. WEBSTER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
BEFORE I JUMP INTO I'VE JUST GOT SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND KIND OF SHARE WHAT DEVELOPED OVER THE SPRING AND SUMMER THAT LED TO SOME OF THESE UPDATES. IN THE SPRING, DR.
YOUNG REACHED OUT AND SAID HE'D LIKE TO WALK ALL OF THE BUILDINGS WITH ME, AND SO WE WENT TO EVERY SINGLE FACILITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT ALLOWED ME TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HIS EXPECTATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, SO THAT WHEN I NOW GO OUT INTO THE BUILDINGS, I'M SEEING THE BUILDINGS THROUGH HIS EYES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT HIS EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE OUR KIDS CAN COME AND LEARN AND GROW.
AND FROM THOSE WALKTHROUGHS, WE DEVELOPED A QUITE A LARGE SPREADSHEET OF DIFFERENT COSMETIC IMPROVEMENTS, GENERAL MAINTENANCE THAT HAD TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.
I CAN'T SAY THAT WE ACHIEVED 100% BECAUSE THE LIST WAS EXTENSIVE, AND THAT'S JUST THE PART OF OWNING FACILITIES, RIGHT? IT'S NEVER ENDING.
AND I MEAN, THAT REALLY HELPS WITH THE CURB APPEAL.
SO AS PEOPLE DRIVE BY, THEY'RE SEEING SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE AFTER PICTURE, NOT THE BEFORE.
THIS IS GRIND CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE KIDS WALK DOWN THE HALL.
SO WE HAD TO DO SOME REPAIRS, GET FRESH PAINT THERE.
DIFFERENT DISPLAY BOARDS GET PEELED AWAY.
IT'S A PRETTY COMMON THING IN THE IN THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
SO WE WANT TO GET THOSE CLEANED UP.
I CALL THIS THE BROKEN WINDOW THEORY.
IT'S THE SAME WITH THESE TYPE OF THINGS.
THIS IS JUST A CARPET CLEANING OUR CARPETS, PARTICULARLY IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, IN OUR AUDITORIUMS TOOK A HIT LAST YEAR AS WE WERE STILL MANAGING COVID.
THIS WAS AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
WE WERE WALKING THE BUILDING WITH MR. DOBBS, THE PRINCIPAL THERE, AND I SAID, I WONDER WHY THE BULKHEAD IS SO DIRTY.
YOUNG AND I THAT THE KIDS LIKE TO DUNK ON EACH OTHER.
SO AS KIDS ARE WALKING THROUGH THE HALL, THE KIDS WILL JUMP UP AND THEY'LL SLAP THE BULKHEAD.
AND SO WE HAD TO CLEAN THOSE UP IN ALL OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
SO WE HAVE SIMILAR PICTURES BEFORE AND AFTER'S FOR ALL OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS THERE.
CLEANED UP THE OFFICE AREA, NEW AUGUSTA NORTH.
THIS IS A STUDENT ROOM THAT'S IN THE MAIN OFFICE OF NEW AUGUSTA SOUTH.
THOSE WALLS TEND TO GET DAMAGED.
SO WE'VE JUST CONTINUED TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY AN OLD TECHNOLOGY LAB AND NEW AUGUSTA SOUTH, AND MRS. FOSTER WANTED TO REPURPOSE THAT ROOM FOR EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS.
SO WE WENT IN, WE TOOK OUT ALL OF THE THE TABLES OR THE THE COUNTERTOPS THAT WERE IN THERE.
AND IT'S AS SOON AS YOU GO INTO THE BUILDING.
AND THEN THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE ROOM THAT WE HAVE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THIS ROOM REALLY BECAME MAYBE A JUNK ROOM.
I THINK AT ONE POINT IN TIME IT WAS MEANT FOR I'M NOT EVEN SURE THERE WERE CUBICLES IN THERE.
[INAUDIBLE] AND SO MRS. TONYA MONNIER, SHE REACHED OUT TO ME AND SHE SAID, HEY, CAN YOU HELP ME? WE WENT IN, WE REMOVED ALL OF THE CUBICLES.
AND NOW THEY HAVE A SPACE RIGHT THERE IN THE OFFICE FOR FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THAT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, DO YOU HAVE A BALLPARK? HOW MANY GALLONS OF PAINT?
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YOU KNOW, I DON'T.IT'S DOLLAR AMOUNT. I DON'T SEE THE GALLONS OF PAINT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNER IN COUNTERFEITING, PAINTING.
AND WHAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL THERE IS HE HAS A RECORD OF EVERY PAINT COLOR THAT WE'VE EVER USED.
SO A LOT OF COST SAVINGS THERE.
SO DO WE EVER GET TO THE WEIGHT ROOM THAT THAT AREA THERE REPAIR? SO NOW, YEAH, SO THAT'S STILL IN PROGRESS.
THE CHALLENGE THAT WE FACED THERE WAS BECAUSE OF THE LABOR SHORTAGE.
AND THEN I ALSO FOUND OUT THIS SUMMER THERE WAS A CEMENT SHORTAGE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT WEREN'T WILLING TO TAKE ON SMALL JOBS.
SO WE HAD BROUGHT IN FOUR OR FIVE CONTRACTORS TO LOOK AT IT AND THEY ALL TURNED US DOWN.
THEY SAID, NUMBER ONE, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO SPARE.
NUMBER TWO, IT'S JUST IT'S NOT A BIG ENOUGH PAYING JOB.
BUT WE FINALLY LOCKED IN A CONTRACTOR.
AND NOW THE CHALLENGE IS, IS LINING UP THE CONTRACTOR WITH THE ENGINEER BECAUSE THE REPAIR HAS TO BE ENGINEER CERTIFIED BEFORE WE CAN MAKE THE REPAIR OR FINISH THE REPAIR, I SHOULD SAY. SO I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH WE'LL HAVE THAT BUTTONED UP.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE UPDATE AND REPORT TO THE BOARD THAT IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT, ON TO ACTION ITEMS.
[5. ACTION ITEMS]
AND FIRST UP ON THE ACTION ITEM IS A MOTION TO ACCEPT OUR LAST BUSINESS MEETING, REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING JULY 28TH. MOTION IS IN ORDER AT THIS TIME.I MOVE WE ACCEPT THE MINUTE MEETING MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING HELD JULY 28TH.
SECOND. MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ACCEPT OUR JULY 28TH REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.
OPPOSED? THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU. DR. WEBSTER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
A FEW WEEKS BACK, I PRESENTED THESE POLICIES LISTED ON OUR AGENDA FOR FIRST READING.
THESE POLICIES WERE REVIEWED BY THE POLICY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM.
I'M COMING BACK TONIGHT AND I'M REQUESTING APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.
ALL RIGHT. SO A MOTION IS IN ORDER AT THIS TIME.
I MOVE WE APPROVE ITEMS AS PRESENTED.
I SECOND. ITS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE APPROVE OUR POLICIES PRESENTED BY DR.
YOUNG. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.
YOUNG YOU'RE UP NEXT ALSO FOR THE TEACHER APPRECIATION GRANT.
YES, SIR. THE TEACHER APPRECIATION GRANT, WHICH IN PIKE TOWNSHIP IS POLICY 32 2001 IS REQUIRED BY INDIANA CODE TO BE ADOPTED EACH YEAR BY THE BOARD.
WE'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR NO REVISIONS.
SO JUST TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH INDIANA LAW, WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL AS IS.
ALL RIGHT. A MOTION IS IN ORDER TO APPROVE OUR TEACHER APPRECIATION GRANT AS PRESENTED.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE TAG GRANT AS PRESENTED.
YOUNG. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.
THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DR. YOUNG, I REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THE HR REPORT AS PRESENTED.
I MOVE WE APPROVE THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE APPROVE OUR HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT AS PRESENTED BY MR. ERIC PARQUET. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.
OPPOSED. MR. ERIC PARQUET, YOU'RE UP AGAIN FOR OUR TEACHER RETENTION.
I REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF ITEM E TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION MOU AS PRESENTED.
I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THE TEACHER RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT AS AS PRESENTED.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ACCEPT OUR TEACHERS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AS PRESENTED BY MR. ERIC PARQUET. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION.
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GO AHEAD. UNDER THIS PROVISION, IT ALLOWS FOR THE HIRING BONUS OF $5,000.IS THERE ANY GUIDELINES AROUND WHEN THAT MONEY WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE RECIPIENT? WELL, I'M WORKING WITH I ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH MR. FOSTER ACTUALLY THIS AFTERNOON, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET IT OUT TO OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BEST CASE SCENARIO, WE'RE HOPING FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH.
I'M REFERRING FOR THE NEW HIRE ONE.
YEAH. SO YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO THEM AS SOON AS THEY START? YES. AND ARE THERE ANY STIPULATIONS THAT THEY NEED TO STAY TO TO NOT HAVE A PENALTY ATTACHED TO THAT? THERE ARE NO STIPULATIONS RIGHT NOW.
AND WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE IN MAKING THAT TYPE OF DECISION? SO WE ARE WE ARE HOPING THAT WITH THE RETENTION BONUS, THAT THEY WOULD STAY FOR THAT ALSO.
SO MOST OF THE COMPANIES THAT ARE HIRING ARE OFFERING THESE TYPE OF BONUSES OR MAYBE DISTRIBUTE THEM IN TWO DISTRIBUTIONS SITUATIONS TO JUST SEE HOW THINGS GO AND SO FORTH.
SO IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY PENALTY IF THEY DON'T STAY? THERE WON'T BE ANY PENALTY IF THEY DON'T STAY.
I NOTICED MS. FORD SAID MOST OF THE COMPANIES DO, BUT I DO KNOW MY DAUGHTER TOOK A PART TIME JOB AND NO PENALTIES.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT EVERY COMPANY IS DOING THAT SO.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, LET'S GO TO.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT'S A VALID CONCERN, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IN THE PRIOR WORK SESSION, SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT THAT THAT IS A CONCERN.
I WOULD SAY IT'S A CONCERN, BUT GIVEN THE GIVEN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT TODAY IS PRETTY DESPERATE AND JUST ME FROM WHAT I SEE, IT'S PRETTY DESPERATE. SO I THINK I DON'T KNOW.
SO I THINK DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES.
WELL, AND I THINK I MEAN AND I ERRED IN SAYING THAT EVERY COMPANY I JUST THINK I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME COMPANIES THAT DO OFFER AND DO PUT STIPULATIONS WITH IT AND IT AND IT'S TO THEIR BENEFIT BECAUSE IT'S A COST FACTOR FOR US TO GO THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS.
AND IT'S A BURDEN OF OUR HR DEPARTMENT TO SEEK OUT NEW TRAIN AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
SO I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH I LIKE THE BONUS.
THAT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AT A CERTAIN POINT DOWN THE LINE, TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE HAVE TO WAIT AND HAVE THINGS DOLED OUT AND STIPULATED FOR THEM.
I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT WE HIRED THEM, BUT WE DON'T KNOW REALLY THEIR THEIR BACKGROUND AND ALL OF THAT, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PERFORM FOR US. AND THEY GET $5,000 JUST TO SHOW UP AND MAYBE BE GONE THE NEXT WEEK.
WHEREAS THE TEACHERS WHO ARE HERE AND HAVE BEEN HERE, YOU KNOW, STILL KIND OF WAIT IN THE WINGS FOR SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE STIPULATED HERE THAT, AS I HAD SAID BEFORE, [INAUDIBLE] IS IS IS A DIFFICULT THING FOR FOR ME TO TO DEAL WITH, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME TEACHERS WHO HAVE 200 PLUS SICK DAYS LIKE ACCRUED.
RIGHT. AND THEY HAVE 200 PLUS SICK DAYS BECAUSE THEY'VE COME TO WORK.
THEY'VE BEEN FAITHFUL IN SHOWING UP.
AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD POINT.
AND SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT HERE.
OKAY. ANY OTHER? I THINK IF WE LOOK AT THIS IN TERMS OF $5,000 PLUS $3,000 PLUS $3,000, WE DO HAVE SOME ENCOURAGEMENT FOR STAYING FOR THAT LONGER PERIOD.
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RETENTION EMPHASIS TO IT.SO SO THERE'S A LITTLE, LITTLE CROSSOVER THERE AND IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO.
AND AND IN TIGHTS THERE'S THE WORD IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO GET STARTED.
AND I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE THE BASIC GOODNESS OF HUMAN NATURE TO SAY THAT I'LL BET THAT 99% OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT GET THAT $5,000 BONUS ARE GOING TO STAY FOR FOR AS LONG AS WE WALK THEM TO STAY FOR THAT FIRST SCHOOL YEAR IN COMPARISON TO TAKING OFF AND LEAVING IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE THEY GOT THE $5,000.
AND CERTAINLY, IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU ARE JUST THINKING YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU AND YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE IN THE DISTRICT, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL STAY. I THINK THE WHOLE GOAL IS, IS TO RETAIN TEACHERS AND CLOSE THE DOOR AND WALKING AWAY.
SO. ANY OTHER QUESTION? GO AHEAD. AND I WOULD I WOULD TOTALLY AGREE THAT PROVIDING A CULTURE IN WHICH THEY FEEL VALUED IN IS GOING TO BE VALUED.
IT'S GOING TO BE ESSENTIAL IN THIS SITUATION.
BUT ANY DATA SHOWS US THAT IF THERE ARE MILLENNIALS INVOLVED IN THE MIX, THAT THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ABOUT JOBS AND SO FORTH IN TERMS OF THEIR RETENTION OF ANY JOB.
SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S MY POINT.
WE'LL TAKE IT. MILLENNIALS TRAVEL.
SO IS THERE ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS BEFORE WE GO TO VOTE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MS. FORD, FOR THAT. WELL, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. FORD. I THINK WE STILL HAVE THREE TO PASS, SO THANK YOU.
THE LAST ONE IS THAT YOU AGAIN, MR. PARQUET. I THOUGHT I SCRATCHED YOU OFF HERE.
THAT'S OKAY. I REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF ITEM F NON BARGAINING STIPENDS AS PRESENTED.
MOTION IS IN ORDER TO ACCEPT ITEMS F AS PRESENTED.
I MOVE WE APPROVE ITEM F NON MARKETING STIPENDS AS PRESENTED.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVE AND SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE ITEM F OUR NON BARGAINING STIPEND BY MR. ERIC PARQUET AS PRESENTED.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.
OPPOSED. THANK YOU, MR. PARQUET. NEXT UP IS DR.
WEBSTER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DR. YOUNG, I SEEK YOUR APPROVAL FOR ITEM G, THE 2002-2003 HANDBOOKS TO BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
ALL RIGHT, MOTION IS IN ORDER.
SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE APPROVE ITEM G PRESENTED BY MR. DR. MUNOZ 2022-2023 HANDBOOK AS PRESENTED.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT'S THE ENERGY OFFICER? THAT IS THE PERSON WHO ENSURED THEY HAVE THE ACCESS TO TURN ON AND TURN OFF OR INCREASE HEAT AND COOL IN THE DISTRICT.
PART OF IT. BUT IT SAYS IT'S ONE PERSON THAT'S AN ENERGY OFFICER.
SO THEY HAVE A THAT'S ALL THEY DO FOR THEIR JOB.
AND HOW MUCH DO THEY MAKE? MR. GRUBER, CAN YOU CAN YOU EXPAND ON WHAT HE DOES? YES. HE'S AN ENERGY MANAGER.
HE WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT ON AS A GROUND TECHNICIAN.
THEN HE GREW INTO THE ROLE AS AN HVAC TECHNICIAN.
SO WHAT HE DOES IS HE REALLY DIAGNOSES ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, SAVING US THE COST OF HIRING AN ENGINEER TO COME OUT AND DIAGNOSE THOSE ISSUES. AND THEN HE HANDLES ALL OF THE HEATING AND COOLING ISSUES ON THE BACK END.
SO, YES, I THINK ON A VERY SIMPLE LEVEL, HE CONTROLS HEATING AND COOLING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BUILDING, BUT HE HAS PROGRAMING ABILITY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF YOU WENT OUT INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HE CAN EARN SIX FIGURES EASILY.
SO. SO HIS JOB IS CAN HE ACTUALLY REPAIR THE ITEMS OR DO SO? SO WHEN SOMETHING HAS A FAILURE, THEN WE SAVE THE COST IN HIS SALARY OF HIM BEING ABLE TO REPAIR.
QUESTIONS? ALL OF US IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.
MUNOZ. NEXT, WE HAVE ITEMS H AND I WANT TO COMBINE.
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GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. [INAUDIBLE] MY NAME IS GREG FOSTER.EXCUSE ME. MOTION IS IN THE ORDER.
SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS H AND I AS PRESENTED BY MR. FOSTER. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? THIS IS A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, BUT ARE WE GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION FROM YOU WITH THE WITH THE FINANCES? YES. OH, YES.
AND ACTUALLY, THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THAT.
OKAY. AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, WE'LL HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS REGARDING FINANCES FOR THE BUDGET.
AND WILL YOU PRESENT THAT AT EACH MEETING.
NO, I MEAN NOT BUDGET BUT ACCRUALS IN THE FINANCIAL.
YEAH. FINANCIALS, I THINK THAT'S FINE.
SO THE SECOND MEETING OF EVERY MONTH WILL HAVE A VARIANCE ANALYSIS WITH THE EXPENDITURES . THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.
THANK YOU. NEXT UP, BOARD MEMBERS ITEMS.
[6. BOARD MEMBER ITEMS]
MRS. LOMAX, GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE CABINET MEMBERS FOR THE PRESENTATION.VERY INFORMATIVE AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE OFF TO A MARVELOUS START IN PIKE TOWNSHIP.
IT'S EXCITING AND I'M EXCITED FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
I WOULD TELL EVERYONE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE NEXT BOARD FORUM THAT IS COMING UP.
SO KEEP YOUR EARS AND EYES ALERT FOR THAT BECAUSE WE WILL BE BACK IN THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND, YOU KNOW, INTERACTING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
SO PLEASE DO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND WHEN YOU HEAR THE DATES AND THE INFORMATION.
I WANT TO THANK THE PIKE PTO AND THE THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR THEIR GENEROSITY.
I SEE THAT IN THOSE DONATIONS IS REALLY GOOD.
I REALLY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HOW THE FIELD TRIP WENT WITH THE ZIP LINE AND I REALLY WANT TO SEE PHOTOS OR SOMETHING FROM THAT. BUT OUR KIDS ARE DOING EXCITING THINGS AND HAVING GREAT EXPERIENCES, SO KEEP GOING.
MRS. LOMAX DO YOU HAVE A TENTATIVE DATE, PERHAPS? WELL IT IS TENTATIVE, YES.
YES. LIKE MAYBE WHAT WHAT IS YOUR DATE FOR? [INAUDIBLE] YES, THE DATE IS TENTATIVE.
THANK YOU. THE DATE IS TENTATIVE, SO KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS PEELED FOR THE DATE.
WE WERE TRYING TO GET A TENTATIVE DAY.
GRATEFUL FOR A GOOD SCHOOL SCHOOL YEAR START.
THAT'S SUCH A HUGE THING AND GETTING EVERYTHING GOING ON A POSITIVE START AND IT TRICKLES DOWN FROM THERE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THEY SAY, A HAPPY WIFE, HAPPY LIFE. WELL, HAPPY TEACHERS, HAPPY LIFE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
GOOD START. THANKS FOR THAT REPORT ON THAT ROOM THAT MATTER REMARK, THAT PART.
SO FROM THERE, I JUST BETTER SHUT UP.
MRS. KELLY. AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO ADD MY WELCOME TO ALL THE STAFF PARENTS THAT ARE BACK WITH US AGAIN FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
EXCITED, AS ALWAYS, TO SEE WHAT'S COMING.
WHAT WE'RE DOING WAS VERY EXCITED AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE COKE FOUNDATION OR COKE COMPANY THAT CAME AND BLESSED OUR TEACHERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THAT WAS AWESOME TO SEE AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE TEACHERS THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT EVENT.
AND AGAIN, JUST APPRECIATING ALL THOSE WHO MAKE PIKE PIKE AND GRATEFUL THAT WE GOT ANOTHER YEAR TO
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BE GREAT AGAIN.SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE GREAT.
WELCOME BACK OUR STAFF LAST WEEK AND THEN OUR AFC STAFF THIS WEEK.
YOU KNOW I THINK IN CABINET MAY HAVE COMPARED OUR OUR STAFF OVER HERE TO LIKE THE ENGINE OF A CAR.
IT'S UNDER THE HOOD. YOU DON'T SEE THE ENGINE, BUT WITHOUT THE ENGINE, THE CAR DOESN'T GO.
SO THEY DO A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.
TO MS. [INAUDIBLE] POINT, IT WAS A BUSY START.
I LOVED HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT TO THE SCHOOLS.
I GOT OVER 15,000 STEPS LAST TUESDAY, BUT THE STAFF, THE STUDENTS SEEM TO BE VERY EXCITED, SMILES AND GLAD TO BE BACK IN THE BUILDING.
I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PTA FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN CREATING OUR RECRUITMENT AND OUR RETENTION STIPENDS AS WELL AS OUR MOU.
YOU KNOW, PIKE TOWNSHIP IS I SAY IT AND I MEAN IT.
IT'S THE BEST COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF INDIANA.
WELL, IF IT JUST MAKES SENSE THAT THE BEST COMMUNITY DESERVES THE BEST EDUCATORS.
AND SO I THANKFUL TO THE BOARD FOR ALL OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING THAT.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT.
THANK YOU, DR. YOUNG. I WANT TO MAKE AN APPEAL TO AND WE SHOULD GET INFORMATION OUT SOON.
OUR FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IS COMING BACK.
IT'LL BE BACK HERE NEXT WEEK, I THINK.
AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DADS IN THE PAST THAT HAVE ASKED HOW COULD THEY BECOME A PART OF THE DADS CLUB? SO WE WILL BE DOING A CALL OUT AND WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE FOR FATHERS TO COME ON BOARD AND AND HELP US ON THE FRIDAY FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT AND I THINK ALSO THE BASKETBALL SEASON AS WELL.
DON'T, DON'T, DON'T, DON'T BE THAT PERSON THAT CUT PEOPLE UP AND CUT THEM DOWN.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MAY NEED A ENCOURAGING WORD, NOT A WORD OF DOWNTRODDEN.
SO SAY SOMETHING NICE AND GO TO CHURCH THIS WEEKEND AND MEETING ADJOURNED.
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