Aug 25, 2022 August 25, 2022 - Public Hearing/Regular Meeting

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MR. PRESIDENT, SHALL WE STAND FOR OUR PLEDGE PLEASE.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

[2. Public Hearing: Preliminary Determination Public Hearing and Additional Appropriation Public Hearing for the 2022A and 2022B General Obligation Bonds (Greg Foster)]

YOUNG, TONIGHT WE ARE HERE FOR A CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND THE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.

THE PURPOSE OF A PUBLIC HEARING IS TO PRESENT INFORMATION AND ALLOW FOR OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT.

I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECTS FOR THE PROPOSED TWO GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND THEN INTRODUCE JEFF [INAUDIBLE] WITH OUR BOND COUNSEL WITH BARNES AND THORNBURG, AND HE WILL GO THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS AND THE NEED FOR THE TWO RELATED RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE IN THE ACTION ITEMS SECTION OF THE AGENDA.

THEN I'LL INTRODUCE MR. [INAUDIBLE]. HE'S OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR WITH BAKER TILLY, AND HE WILL GIVE A BRIEF FINANCIAL OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS.

JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECTS FOR THE TWO SERIES OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

WE'LL BE LOOKING TO ISSUE $5.815 MILLION GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS EACH.

THE PROPOSED PROJECTS ARE MORE OF A RESTORATION AND MORE OF A CAPITAL INTENSIVE NATURE.

THAT'S WHY. AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE DISTRICT FACILITIES.

REGARDING SERIES 2022 A WE'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING THE HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COURTS.

ALL 12 OF THEM.

WE'LL BE MILLING THE EXISTING [INAUDIBLE] DOWN TO THE STONE REPAIR, REPAVE AND PAINT.

AND ADDITIONALLY, AT THE PIKE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO UPDATE ALL LIGHTING AND FIXTURES, REPLACE THE EXISTING LIGHT BOARD, REPLACE THE ENTIRE EXISTING SPEAKER SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE STAGE FLOOR, AND PRINT IT AND PAINT THE STAGE AREA AS WELL.

OVER AT THE TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITY CENTER, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PHASE TWO OF THE EAST AND SOUTH LOT PAVING OVER THE NORTH [INAUDIBLE] SOUTH, NEW [INAUDIBLE] SOUTH EXCUSE ME AS THE COMPLETE ROOFING RESTORATION.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME SECURITY UPGRADES, ACQUIRING SOME WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEMS. AND LASTLY, THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MEDIA CENTER, MEDIA UPGRADES WITH FURNITURE, TECH, LIGHTING AND LIGHTING RESTORATION RENOVATION STUDENT . SERIES 2022 B THEY HAVE LARGER PROJECTS, BUT JUST A FEW OF THEM.

SO THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT IS THE COMPLETE RESTROOM RENOVATION AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS OF NEW NORTH LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND [INAUDIBLE] CREEK. MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IN ADDITION, WE'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING SOME MIDDLE SCHOOL, REPAIRING MIDDLE SCHOOL TENNIS COURTS, NINE TOTAL AND ALSO DOING A REMODEL OF THE PLANETARIUM.

SO AS I MENTIONED, THESE ARE MORE OF A CAPITAL INTENSIVE NATURE WAS WHAT WE ISSUED THE BONDS.

ALSO, MR. GRUBER IS HERE IF WE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECTS.

YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING.

SO YOU INDICATED THAT THE MAJORITY OR ALL OF THE MONEY IS OBLIGATED TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

A MAJORITY OF ITS CAPITAL AND NATURE.

SO IT'S ITS LARGER PROJECTS LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL RESTROOMS AND ITEMS LIKE THAT.

SO WHAT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BEING EXPENSIVE TO DO? WELL, AS A AS I MENTIONED, LIKE SOME RESURFACING OF THE TENNIS COURTS, THOSE ARE LARGER PROJECTS AND A CAPITAL OF NATURE.

SO WE'RE IMPROVING THE FACILITIES AND MAINTAINING THE GROUNDS OF PIKE TOWNSHIP.

RIGHT. SO IS IT 100% CAPITAL OR HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE CAPITAL? I WOULD CLASSIFY.

I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE CLASSIFYING IMPROVING THE GROUNDS AS CAPITAL ALSO.

CORRECT. SO I'M NOT SURE YET BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO CAPITAL ASSETS AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RENOVATING THE FACILITIES AND THE TOWNSHIP.

SURE. I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IF ALL OF THE MONEY WAS GOING TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

WE HAVE SOME COSTS IN THERE FOR ISSUANCE AND SOME SOFT COST, ISN'T THERE.

BUT MAJORITY OF THAT IS FOR THE PROJECTS, AS I LISTED BELOW.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. FOSTER. IS THERE A ITEMIZED LIST THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE THE BOARD? I CAN PROVIDE THAT IF YOU LIKE.

SO I CAN MAKE COPIES OF THE ITEMS.

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THANK YOU. THAT'S A QUESTION FOR MR. GRUBER. WE'RE DOING THE ROOF ON.

WAS IT [INAUDIBLE]? [INAUDIBLE] AND I CAN'T RECALL.

LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE'RE GOING.

ON ANOTHER BUILDING. BUT I ASK IF I GOT AN ANSWER FROM THE LAST DIRECTOR.

ARE WE USING TPO ON THE NEW ROOF? ARE YOU REFERRING TO A COMPANY? NO. THE THE MATERIAL THAT GOES ON TOP OF WORKERS.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THIS NEW TPO TYPE OF STATE ALLOWS THE BUILDINGS TO HAVE A LOT MORE COOLING, WHICH EASES THE COST GOING FORWARD.

SO IF THAT'S IF WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT, THAT'S FINE.

IT JUST WASN'T TO. NO.

SO THAT IS NEW TO ME.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS WITH THE ROOFING CONTRACTORS AND AS WE ENGINEER THE ROOFS.

BUT OFTENTIMES WE'RE REPLACING SHINGLE WITH SHINGLE OR DOING A METAL OVERLAY.

AND THEN ON OUR FLAT ROOFS, IT'S OFTEN A RESTORATION AND NOT A COMPLETE TEAR OFF.

AND THOSE ARE EPDM ROOFS WHERE THEY KIND OF GRIND THAT RUBBER DOWN AND THEN THEY REAPPLY IT.

SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A COMPLETE REROUTE, IT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT I CAN GO BACK AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH AND KIND OF EDUCATE MYSELF ON WHAT THAT IS AND HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE IT INTO THIS FAIRLY NEW, THIS FAIRLY.

SO IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, WE THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE I JUST LIKE TO SEE HOW COST EFFECTIVE.

YOU SAID TPO. TPO.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

IS THAT A COMPANY OR IS IT A TYPE ROOFING MATERIAL? IS IT SOME TYPE OF COMPOSITE OR NO IT'S ALMOST I GUESS YOU COULD SAY IT'S LIKE A COUSIN TO LIKE [INAUDIBLE].

WE DID SOME ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND IT'S AN ADDRESS CHANGE.

HEATING AND COOLING. AND SO.

IT WILL BE A PLEASANT ONE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

BUT JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION, SEE HOW THAT WORKS.

DOES THIS RELATE TO THE BLUE RIBBON PLAN ITEMS? I'M LOOKING AT SOME REASON THIS ALWAYS CATCHES MY ATTENTION.

I'M LOOKING AT THE REMODEL STUDENT RESTROOMS THAT I'M THAT'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I CAN'T READ ESTIMATED COSTS AS IT LOOKS LIKE $650,000 PER SEAT.

AND I'M JUST GUESSING THAT'S NOT ACCURATE.

I'M JUST GUESSING THAT'S NOT ACCURATE WHAT I'M READING.

NO, I THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S NUMBERS ON THE PRESENTATION ITSELF THAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING DURING THE BOARD MEETING THAT'S IN THIS BLUE RIBBON OFFICE.

YEAH. OH.

THE EXCEL SHEET AND THEN THE 1.65 PER BUILDING.

HUH? IT'S TINY LITTLE STUFF.

LET'S PUT IT OUT AND WE'LL SHARE THAT IN MORE DETAIL FOR LATER DATE.

BUT THAT WOULD GIVE ALL THE COST BREAKDOWNS, BUT IT IS $1.65 PER MILLION.

OKAY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LOT.

PROCEED. MR. GRUBER, FORGIVE ME IF THE ANSWERS ARE ALREADY HERE, BUT DOES THIS INCLUDE THE THE FACILITIES, WAIT FACILITIES AND ALL THAT THAT'S JUST REPAIRED INCLUDED.

IT DOESN'T. THIS IS THE WEIGHT ROOM IS BEING THE BEGINNING OF REPAIR SATURDAY AND THAT'S A SEPARATE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY.

YOU SAID THAT THE WEIGHT ROOM WAS A SEPARATE FUND.

YES. AND THAT WILL COME OUT OF THE OPERATIONS FUND BECAUSE IT'S JUST CAME UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE PLANNED FOR.

IT'S MORE OF AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE REPAIR.

SO WE'LL FUND THAT AT THE OPERATIONS FUND.

AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE WAY I DID.

I KNEW IT COULD BE AN OPERATIONAL SO THAT'S WHY I SAID FORGIVE ME IF IT'S ALREADY OUT THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. FOSTER.

MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. YOUNG. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING AGAIN, AND A PLEASURE TO SEE ALL OF YOU.

THE PROCESS THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS EVENING IS IDENTICAL TO THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR AND IN PREVIOUS YEARS IN CONNECTION WITH FUNDING SOME OF YOUR MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO DO.

THE NOTICE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN BOTH OF THE LOCAL PAPERS ON ON AUGUST 12TH, FOR WHICH IS REQUIRED TO BE TEN DAYS AT LEAST PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IF YOU APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE IN YOUR BOARD PACKET THIS EVENING, WHICH I'LL COVER BRIEFLY IN A MOMENT, THEN AT THAT POINT WE WOULD PUBLISH ONE MORE NOTICE OF A DETERMINATION THAT WOULD BE TAKEN BY THE BOARD TO ISSUE THE BONDS.

AND THEN WE PLAN ON TRYING TO SELL THESE BONDS IN SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER AT THE LATEST AND THEN CLOSE THE BOND ISSUE LATER IN THE YEAR AT THAT POINT.

WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE INTEREST RATES BEFORE THEY GET TOO VOLATILE AND THAT SORT OF THING.

MR. [INAUDIBLE] WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FINANCING, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE BORROWING THESE AND PAYING THEM OFF SO QUICKLY, AS PIKE ALWAYS DOES, YOUR INTEREST COST IS NUMBER ONE, VERY SMALL.

BUT NUMBER TWO, YOU'RE LESS SUBJECT TO THAT INTEREST RATE VOLATILITY THAN YOU WOULD IF YOU WERE DOING BOND ISSUES THAT WERE GOING ON FOR MUCH LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.

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THE FOUR RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE IN YOUR BOARD PACKET THIS EVENING ARE THE TWO BOND RESOLUTIONS, ONE FOR THE SERIES A AND ONE FOR THE SERIES B THAT APPROVED BOTH THE PROJECTS AND THE FINANCING OF THOSE PROJECTS.

THAT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PARAMETERS THAT MR. [INAUDIBLE] COVERS HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.

AND THEN THE TWO SECOND RESOLUTIONS ARE THE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION RESOLUTIONS.

JUST LIKE IN YOUR BUDGET, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN APPROPRIATION FOR EVERY EXPENDITURE THAT YOU MAKE, BUT YOU DON'T INCLUDE BOND PROCEEDS IN YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO THEM AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE GOING TO BE.

SO THE PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY STATUTE IS TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION PROCESS WHERE YOU HAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING AND THEN AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU ADOPT THE RESOLUTIONS.

SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, WE WOULD THEN FILE THE REPORT OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION WITH THE STATE AGENCY CALLED THE DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE, AND THAT WOULD THEN PUT THOSE WITHIN YOUR BUDGET FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR AND THEY ACTUALLY WOULD CARRY OVER UNTIL YOU FINISH THE PROJECT SO THEY DON'T GET EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR LIKE YOUR NORMAL APPROPRIATIONS WOULD FOR OTHER EXPENSES.

AFTER MR. [INAUDIBLE] PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, YOU SHOULD THEN OPEN IT UP FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE PROJECTS OR THE FINANCING OR ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED. AFTER THE PUBLIC HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THOSE, THEN YOU WOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE INTO YOUR REGULAR MEETING AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THE PROCESS OR THE RESOLUTIONS AT THIS TIME, OR ALSO AT THE TIME WITH RESPECT TO THE RESOLUTIONS AS ACTION ITEMS IN YOUR REGULAR MEETING. I HAVE A COMMENT.

YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF OUR ABILITY TO PAY BACK.

I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH THE TIMELINE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT PIKE HAS PUT IN PLACE FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 15 OR 20 YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IT.

AND IT'S PAID OFF VERY WELL FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE THOSE SHORT REPAYMENTS BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN ADDRESS THESE LONG TERM NEEDS WITHOUT HAVING ANY TAX RATE INCREASE WITH RESPECT TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND THAT KEEPS YOUR TAX RATE VERY STABLE.

SO YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED ON THAT.

OKAY. THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. [INAUDIBLE] WHO WILL GO THROUGH THE FINANCIAL PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, JIM. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. YOUNG. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

MY NAME IS JASON [INAUDIBLE] WITH BAKER TILLY, AND WE REPRESENT THE SCHOOL CORPORATION AS YOUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR.

SO NOW THAT WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THE PROJECTS BEING DISCUSSED AND THE PROJECTS BEING FINANCED THROUGH TO SERIES OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, I WILL REVIEW THE INFORMATION WITHIN THE RESOLUTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THAT HAS THE NUMBERS IN THEM.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO SERIES OF BONDS, BOTH IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,815,000, AND THAT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THESE BONDS WILL BE PAYABLE THROUGH THE SCHOOL CORPORATION'S DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND WE ARE ESTIMATING TO REPAY THEM IN FOUR YEARS.

SO BEING CONSISTENT WITH REPAYING THESE OFF QUICKLY IN PIKE'S NATURE, THE MAXIMUM REPAYMENT TERM THAT YOU WILL SEE WITHIN YOUR RESOLUTION IS SIX YEARS, BUT THAT IS JUST TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY SHOULD SOMETHING ARISE.

ALSO WITHIN THE RESOLUTION IS A MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE OF 5%.

SO OBVIOUSLY, AS WE ALL KNOW, INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN RISING AND SO WE FEEL 5% IS THE APPROPRIATE MAXIMUM.

BUT WITH INTEREST RATES AND WHERE THEY ARE TODAY, WE BELIEVE THAT WILL BE SOMETHING IN THE 3 TO 4% RANGE.

SO WE BELIEVE THE 5% IS A CORRECT MAXIMUM TO ESTABLISH.

SO WITH THAT, I HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT REVIEWS THE BOND STRUCTURE OF EACH SERIES OF BONDS AND HOW PIKE TOWNSHIP WILL BE ABLE TO REPAY THESE BONDS WITHOUT INCREASING THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE.

I FORGOT I HAD THE POWER OF THE CLICKER.

I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT.

THIS SLIDE IS DIFFICULT TO READ, SO I'LL BE VERY BRIEF, BUT THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE TEN BONDS THAT PIKE CURRENTLY HAS OUTSTANDING.

WE'VE DETAILED EACH ANNUAL PAYMENT OF EACH BOND AND TOTAL DEBT TO THE FAR RIGHT.

AND SO WITHIN YOUR BOARD PACKETS, YOU CAN SEE THAT TOTAL ANNUAL PAYMENTS IN 2022 ARE APPROXIMATELY $12.2 MILLION AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER IS DECREASING.

AND SO I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER OF A VISUAL.

EACH OF THE TEN BONDS THAT WERE LISTED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL COLOR.

BUT IN TOTAL, YOU CAN SEE ON THE STACKED CHART THAT ANNUAL PAYMENTS ARE JUST OVER $12 MILLION THIS YEAR, WITH A SLIGHT DECLINE IN 2023 TO $11.9, BUT THEN MUCH LARGER DROPS IN YOUR ANNUAL PAYMENTS IN 24-26 AND ALL DEBT REPAID BY 2028.

AND IT'S THESE THIS DECLINING DEBT SERVICE STRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS THE SCHOOL CORPORATION TO ADDRESS CAPITAL NEEDS AS THEY ARISE AND PAY THESE BONDS BACK SO QUICKLY THROUGH YOUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE COMING TO TERM AND MATURITY THAT WE CAN REPLACE.

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SO QUITE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF YOU AS AN ADMINISTRATION AND OUR BOARD.

OUR NEXT SLIDE IS A SUMMARY OR EXCUSE ME, OUR NEXT SLIDE IS THE CALCULATION OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT LIMIT.

SO THE BONDS BEING DISCUSSED HERE TONIGHT ARE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE SCHOOL CORPORATION.

AND HISTORICALLY, THE SCHOOL CORPORATION HAS UTILIZED ITS BUILDING CORPORATION AS WELL AS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

SO THESE ARE NOT USING THE BUILDING CORPORATION, BUT INSTEAD WILL BE IN THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL.

AND WHEN WE HAVE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, THERE IS A LIMITATION THAT WE MUST STAY.

UNDERNEATH THIS LIMITATION IS 2% OF ONE THIRD OF THE MOST RECENT NET ASSESSED VALUE, WHICH FOR 2022 FOR PIKE WAS $5.2 BILLION.

AND THEN WE MUST ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SIX OTHER GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OUTSTANDING AND THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNTS YOU CAN SEE LISTED FOR EACH BOND.

ONCE WE FACTORED THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION, YOU CAN SEE THAT $14.681 MILLION IS AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

SO THE TWO BONDS BEING DISCUSSED HERE TONIGHT IN TOTAL ARE $11,630,000.

SO UNDERNEATH A $14.68 THAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.

SECOND, JUST TO UNDERSTAND THE $11 MILLION, THAT WILL BE OUR FIRST PAYMENT OR BE THE OUR INITIAL PAYMENT AND THEN THESE THESE WILL TOTAL UP AND THAT WILL ALL TOTAL TO THE $14 MILLION.

THAT WILL BE THE EXPENSE THAT WE'LL HAVE.

YES AND NO.

THAT'S THE $12 MILLION IS OUR TOTAL ANNUAL PAYMENT AND WE ARE ESTIMATING A FOUR YEAR REPAYMENT SO AS TO EXTEND THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT.

AND WE'RE THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE EASIER.

THIS IS OUR FINAL SLIDE, BUT THE $11.63 MILLION YOU COULD SEE IN TOTAL, WE HAVE THE GREEN AND THE GOLD, WHICH ARE REPRESENTED BY EACH SERIES OF BONDS.

THAT'S THE FOUR YEAR REPAYMENT TERM WE ARE DISCUSSING HERE TONIGHT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT PIKE TOWNSHIP ASSESS VALUE ESTIMATES FOR 2023 ARE STRONG.

THEY'RE ESTIMATED TO GROW 13%.

AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE MORE PAYMENT IN 2023 AND STAYING UNDERNEATH THAT 24 TO 39% TAX RATE, NOT INCREASING THAT TAX RATE, BUT CAPTURING THAT GROWTH TO MINIMIZE SOME INTEREST EXPENSE.

THE $14 MILLION LIMITATION IS PRINCIPAL ONLY FOR THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

SO IT'S NOT A LIMITATION TO THE ANNUAL AMOUNT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

I MEAN, YEAH, I JUST I CHUCKLE A LITTLE BIT WHEN I HEAR, HEARS, HEAR US SAY THAT WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING PAID OFF BY 2028 BECAUSE I HEARD THE SAME THING TO BE PAID OFF BY 2004 WITH ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS COMPLETED.

SO EVERY TIME I HEAR THAT, I THINKING, YEAH, YEAH, BUT THERE WILL BE MORE ADDED ON.

SO, SO JUST TO I GUESS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR, RIGHT? MAYBE WE SHOULD SAY THESE THINGS WILL BE PAID, RIGHT? EXACTLY. I WILL JUST POINT OUT AS WELL THAT THE ORANGE LINE REPRESENTS OUR ESTIMATE TO THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WHILE WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT TAX RATE IN 2023, THAT WE ARE STILL PROJECTING A TAX RATE FALL IN 24 AND THEREAFTER.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE KEEPING THAT CAPACITY AND FLEXIBILITY OF THE SCHOOL CORPORATION MOVING FORWARD SHOULD THERE BE ANY OTHER CAPITAL NEEDS THAT ARISE, AND ESPECIALLY WE KNOW WITH THE BLUE RIBBON PLAN AS WELL.

SO WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THAT CAPACITY, SAME TYPE OF THING.

THERE IS HEALTHINESS TO MAINTAIN THAT AT THE LEVEL RATE.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE SEE THAT DECLINING GO DOWN ONCE IT DECLINES THE NEXT YEAR, IF IT GOES UP, THEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY TAXES ARE INCREASING.

SO SO THERE IS SOME SOME REAL LOGIC IN MAINTAINING A LEVEL TAX RATE ON THAT.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT BE ZERO ON ONE HAND, ON THE OTHER HAND, IF IT WERE ZERO, THEN WE WOULD HAVE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TAX RATES INCREASING.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE SUMMARY SLIDE QUICKLY AND THEN WE CAN.

THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS.

BUT I DID WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE TIMING THAT WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED WHERE THESE BONDS WERE ANTICIPATING TO SELL IN SEPTEMBER.

AND SO PROCEEDS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE SCHOOL CORPORATION IN OCTOBER.

THE BORROWING AMOUNT, EACH ONE IS A MAXIMUM AND WE CANNOT EXCEED THIS $5,815,000 PER SERIES.

BUT WE COULD POTENTIALLY COME DOWN FROM THIS.

WE ARE ESTIMATING $5,665,000 FOR TOTAL PROJECT NEED AFTER BOND ISSUANCE COSTS ON EACH SERIES OF BONDS.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE ESTIMATED REPAYMENT TERM OF FOUR YEARS AND WITH THAT WE'RE ESTIMATING AN INTEREST EXPENSE OF APPROXIMATELY $800,000 PER SERIES, BUT THAT IS ASSUMING OUR MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE.

SO HOPEFULLY WHEN WE GET THE RESULTS AFTER THE SALE, THAT WILL BE LOWER.

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BUT THAT IS NOT AN INCREASE, THAT IS JUST THE TAX RATE OF THE LARGEST PAYMENT.

AND SO AGAIN, WITH THE OBLIGATIONS MATURING AND WITH THE STRONGEST VALUE GROWTH IN 2023, WE ARE NOT ESTIMATING AN INCREASE OVER THE $0.2439 OF THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IN 2022.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TURN IT OVER TO MR. FOSTER AS WELL. I DON'T WANT TO JUMP TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PART.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ITSELF? SAID THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE INPUT.

SO AT THAT TIME, I'D MESSAGE FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BONDS LEGAL PROCESS OR THE FINANCIAL IMPACT.

WE. I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC ITSELF.

AND MY MY COMMENT, I MIGHT ADD, AS A PUBLIC COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL SAYING THAT SAYING THAT THERE ARE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS AND ALL OF US UNDERSTAND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

PIKE HAS A HISTORY OF, AS MR. ANDERSON SAID, PAIN AND PAIN ON TIME.

THEN TO ME PERSONALLY, JUST ONE VOICE, IT MAKES SENSE TO GET THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT'S NEEDED IN ALL OF OUR FACILITIES SO THAT WE MAY HAVE BETTER FACILITIES. THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT AS ONE INDIVIDUAL.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

NO, NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OKAY, WE HAVE ONE RIGHT HERE.

I NEED TO GO TO THE MIC. YOU CAN YES.

COME RIGHT ON. [INAUDIBLE] MY NAME IS LISA. I'M A STAFF MEMBER AND A PARENT.

AND I AM YOUR NAME.

I'M SORRY AGAIN, LISA [INAUDIBLE] AND I AM JUST CURIOUS HOW THE PROCESS THAT WAS GONE THROUGH TO DETERMINE WHAT THE NEEDS WERE THAT WOULD BE LIKE, WHAT'S THE OVERALL PROCESS THAT WE DETERMINE? WHAT PROJECTS HAPPEN.

YEAH. AND I CAN YOU GUYS CAN JUMP IN AS WELL.

SO THERE'S A FEW THINGS.

SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ALWAYS REVIEW ARE PART OF THE BLUE RIBBON PLAN.

SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS NEEDS OVER A FIVE OR TEN YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

SO WE LOOK AT THOSE ITEMS, BUT THEN ALSO WITH BEING IN INDIANA, WITH WEATHER, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TENNIS COURTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE UP ON DECK FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME TO BE PART OF A BONDS ISSUANCE, BUT THEY MAY MOVE TO THE FRONT.

SO A LOT OF THIS IS ONE TIED TO THE THE NEED, BUT THEN ALSO TIED TO WHAT AMOUNTS WE HAVE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THERE IS A MAXIMUM AND THEN WHAT PROJECTS CAN FIT INTO THAT.

SO SOME WON'T AND SOME WILL SORT OF BALANCE BETWEEN ALL OF THOSE.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA HALL.

I AM A PARENT.

TO FOLLOW UP TO MS. DICKENS QUESTION, HOW DO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DISTRICT TAKES AN ASSESSMENT AND I'M ASSUMING AUDITS WHAT NEEDS THERE MAY BE? OUR BUILDING LEVEL ADMIN STAFF AND FACULTY ABLE TO SUBMIT NEEDS THAT THE BOARD OR THE FACILITIES MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT. YEAH.

SO, MR. GRUBER, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE SUBMIT WORK ORDERS OR CONCERNS BECAUSE REALLY EVERY CONCERN IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO SHOULD SHOULD COME THROUGH A A PROCESS.

WE TALK ABOUT THAT. YEAH.

SO WE HAVE A WORK ORDER SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, STAFF TO ENTER WORK ORDERS FOR THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THEIR BUILDING.

AND AS WE ASSESS THAT, WE BEGIN TO SEE PROBLEM AREAS, AREAS THAT WE'RE RETURNING TO FREQUENTLY.

FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THE NEW AUGUSTUS SOUTH ROOF, RIGHT? SO WE WERE GETTING CONSTANT WORK ORDERS WHERE WE'VE GOT WATER COMING IN THE BUILDING AND THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO ASSESS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT AS WE DO WALKTHROUGHS, FOR EXAMPLE, DR.

YOUNG AND I DID WALKTHROUGHS THIS SPRING AND IT GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST BE A SOUNDING BOARD FOR PRINCIPALS AND STAFF AS WE WERE WALKING THROUGH THE BUILDING TO GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK OF OF WHAT THEY THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT DR.

YOUNG SAID. A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS NEXT YEAR ALSO HAD AN ELEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY.

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THERE ARE SOME OF THE OLDEST RESTROOMS IN THE DISTRICT, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE TIKTOK CHALLENGE FROM ABOUT A YEAR AGO WREAKED HAVOC ON THOSE RESTROOMS. AND SO WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE THE FIXTURES THEMSELVES, THE TILE AND THE RESTROOMS JUST WAS NOT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR KIDS.

SO WE NEED TO IMPROVE THOSE.

ADDITIONALLY, THE TENNIS COURTS, THE TENNIS COURTS WERE BEGINNING TO SEE CRACKS LARGE ENOUGH IN THE VARSITY IN THE TENNIS COURTS, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT IT'S SOME OF THE COURTS AREN'T SAFE TO PLAY ON ANYMORE.

AND SO WE NEED TO GO THROUGH AND WE NEED TO MILL THAT DOWN AND CREATE A SAFE TENNIS COURT FOR FOR THE KIDS.

AND SO I WOULD THINK THAT IN ADDITION TO THE BLUE RIBBON PLAN, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE SAFE BUILDINGS TO COME IN AND DO WHAT THEY DO BEST.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I WOULD, YOU KNOW, SHARE AN EXAMPLE ON THE OTHER END OF STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS BRINGING TO THE FOREFRONT ISSUES AND CONCERNS WITH THE PLANETARIUM. SO THE HIGH SCHOOL STAFF, THE ADMINISTRATION ASKED THAT WE ATTEND A MEETING AND THEY BROUGHT SOME CONCERNS TO OUR ATTENTION.

THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED AND SOME GAPS IN WHERE WE WOULD WANT IT TO BE IN THE OFFERINGS WE COULD PROVIDE TO OUR STUDENT STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES IF WE MADE SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF OF BOTH ENDS.

IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR HEARING AND NOW WE ARE ON TO OUR REGULAR MSD PIKE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL BOARD MEETING FOR THIS EVENING.

FIRST UP, IT'S FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE.

[3. FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE]

HI, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE].

I COME TO YOU TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE PIKE TOWNSHIP EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

I HAVE A LIST OF ITEMS HERE FROM CHRISTIE GRAHAM AND ALISON HANSCOM, WHO ARE THE DIRECTOR, CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF THE PIKE TOWNSHIP EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. WHAT THEY WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU AS A BOARD AND WITH THE PUBLIC, THEY, CHRISTIE AND ALISON, AS CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, HAVE VISITED THE SCHOOLS TO SHARE WITH OUR STAFF ABOUT WHO PTF IS AND HOW STAFF CAN BENEFIT THROUGH CLASSROOM GRANTS AND BE A PARTNER WITH PTF, INCLUDING THROUGH PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS.

CURRENTLY, 45% OF THE TOWNSHIP STAFF PARTICIPATE, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL.

AND SO THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE STAFF SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, I'M SURE, PARTICIPATE, SUPPORT PTF AND THE MISSION TO COLLABORATE WITH STRATEGIC PARTNERS, TO GIVE GRANTS TO CLASSROOM TEACHERS AS WELL AS STAFF, NOT JUST TEACHERS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE CNO FINANCIAL MONUMENTAL KIDS MOVEMENT, WHICH IS PART OF THE MONUMENTAL MARATHON IN THE FALL.

THE CNO MONUMENTAL KIDS MOVEMENT IS NOT RUNNING THE MARATHON.

HOWEVER, IT ENDS WITH A 5K ON OCTOBER 6TH AT LUCAS OIL STADIUM.

AND SO THE FOUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT, THEN TAKE THE KIDS TO THE 5K DOWNTOWN.

SO I'M SURE THAT'S A GREAT TIME IF YOU'RE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDDO TO GET TO RUN ON THE FIELD.

PTF INCREASED THE GRANT BUDGET BY $5,000 FOR THIS YEAR.

THE FIRST ROUND OF GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE DUE TOMORROW.

I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THEM BECAUSE WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT INNOVATIVE IDEAS COMING IN, SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING.

SO IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN TREASURES, WE'LL PUT YOUR MONEY TO GOOD USE NEXT WEEK AS WE MAKE THOSE GRANT DECISIONS.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR TUESDAY TO SEE THOSE GRANT APPLICATIONS.

THANKS TO A GENEROUS DONATION FROM THE PIKE TOWNSHIP PIKE TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

AS YOU SAW ON THE BOARD AGENDA FROM, I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO, WE ARE NOW GIVING THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF MONEY THROUGH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR NEW SCHOLARSHIPS TO SENIORS.

SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING.

AND NOT JUST GIVING TO SENIORS WITH THIS MONEY FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WORKING WITH MRS. BRENNER TO GIVE A BOOK TO EVERY KINDERGARTNER.

AND OUR GOAL IS TO FOR IT TO BE A BOOK THAT'S IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH, IF WE CAN FIND THAT SO SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT, TO NOT JUST GIVE TO SENIORS, GIVE TO LITTLE KIDDOS, TOO.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE APPRECIATE AS PTF THE SUPPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.

THANK YOU. SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY, DR.

YOUNG, WE SEE YOU AT A REGULAR BASIS AT OUR MEETING.

SO THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC OR ANYONE ELSE.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT PTF DOES, PLEASE FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM OR CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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COME RIGHT ON. HI.

I'M KRISTEN MANAHAN.

I AM A PIKE PARENT AND UNTIL LAST YEAR I WAS A PIKE TEACHER.

I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY SAY THAT I AM SENDING A LETTER TODAY EXPLAINING WHY I'M NOT A PIKE TEACHER ANYMORE, AND I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, SAY THAT I'LL BE SENDING IT OUT TO YOU AND EXPRESS THAT I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD ABOUT SOME REALLY POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR WITH SOME NEGOTIATIONS WITH [INAUDIBLE] SORRY, PCTA AND DR.

YOUNG. AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THAT CONTINUES.

MY DAUGHTER ACTUALLY RECEIVED A CHECK TODAY FROM THE FOUNDATION.

SHE'S A FRESHMAN AT PURDUE.

SHE JUST GRADUATED FROM HERE.

AND THAT IS WONDERFUL.

MY SON IS STILL AT PIKE AND MY TWO OTHER CHILDREN ARE STILL PIKE.

I HAVE THREE KIDS, BUT MY HIGH SCHOOLER LOST PROBABLY AT LEAST THREE OF HIS VERY FAVORITE TEACHERS THIS YEAR, AND THEY WERE ALSO MY DAUGHTER'S FAVORITE TEACHERS.

I LEFT A SCHOOL WHERE MY CHILDREN WENT WITH ME AND I AM IN A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.

AND I THINK WHAT I WANT TO EXPRESS IS THAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I'M IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS MORE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND FOR STAFF THAT IS LITERALLY NOT EVEN A MILE FROM MY HOME.

AND I HOPE THAT THE BOARD IS LISTENING TO THESE CONCERNS THAT WE ARE MOVING TO PROVIDE WHAT IS JUST AN EQUITABLE EDUCATION BETWEEN DISTRICTS EQUITABLE SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS AND FOR STUDENTS.

AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT.

DR. YOUNG, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS SHAUNA SIMMONS.

I AM WITH THE PIKE PARENT NETWORK.

MY SCHEDULE HAS PREVENTED ME TO ATTEND SEVERAL OF THE MEETINGS.

IT IS NOW FIXED, SO I AM BACK.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WAS NEVER GONE.

I WAS JUST NOT ABLE TO ATTEND HERE.

I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP'S PARENT NETWORK.

SOME PARENTS IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME AND WE'RE HELPING THEM ORGANIZE A PARENT NETWORK AS WELL.

AND WHAT WE'VE NOTICED IS WE CAN POOL OUR RESOURCES AS PARENTS BECAUSE WE LIVE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.

AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE UTILIZING IS ESPECIALLY WITH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THEY HAVE SUPPLIED ME WITH TONS OF RESOURCES AS FAR AS LOOK HERE, CHECK THAT OUT DO THIS.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WENT ON INDIE.GOV AND I WAS ABLE OR IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME SO I HAD TO GO DO MY OWN RESEARCH FIRST.

BUT I FOUND TWO APPLICATIONS FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THOSE TWO APPLICATIONS THAT I FOUND THEY ARE FOR.

IT'S NOT A NEW APPLICATION.

IT IS FOR A NEW CAMPUS.

SO CURRENTLY THERE ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS.

ONE IS CALLED BELIEVE SCHOOL AND ITS CURRENT LOCATION IS ON 2540 NORTH CAPITAL, WHICH IS THE OLD FALL CREEK.

BUT WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO IS HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ON A DIFFERENT CAMPUS.

SO WHY AM I CONCERNED ABOUT IT? SO WHEN I READ THROUGH THEIR APPLICATION, THE PROPOSED NAME FOR THAT NEW NEW SCHOOL IS THE BELIEVE PIKE ACADEMY.

THEY ARE LOOKING THEIR TARGET STUDENT.

WHAT DOES IT SAY? OH, I DIDN'T BRING MY GLASSES.

TARGET STUDENT POPULATION STANDARD PROFILE FOR STUDENTS IN PIKE DISTRICT IS LISTED ON THEIR APPLICATION.

THAT'S ONE SCHOOL AND I WON'T GO INTO ALL THAT.

THE OTHER SCHOOL IS PURDUE POLYTECH HIGH SCHOOL OF INDIANAPOLIS.

THEY ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZING, I THINK, THE SECOND FLOOR OF BROAD RIPPLE.

BUT UPON FURTHER INFORMATION, THEIR PROPOSED NAME IS STILL THE PURDUE POLYTECH HIGH SCHOOL.

HOWEVER, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A NORTHWEST CAMPUS, SO THEY'RE NOT MOVING THE SCHOOL THEY ALREADY HAVE.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL CAMPUS.

[00:35:03]

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE GOTTEN.

APOLOGIZE. EXCUSE ME FOR NOT BEING HERE, BUT I AM STILL VERY MUCH INVOLVED AND INVESTED IN THE DISTRICT.

BUT SO THE THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHER DISTRICTS ON HOW TO DO RESEARCH AND MAKE SURE WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WEDNESDAYS, I HAVEN'T MADE IT TO THE PIKE TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, SO THAT'S ON MY NEXT AGENDA TO GET BACK IN WITH THEM.

BUT IT'S JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD WAS AWARE.

YES. SO IF THEY JUST MAKE IF THEY'RE JUST EXTENDING ANOTHER LOCATION, LOCATION, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

IT DOESN'T IT SOUNDS LIKE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO AND I'M STILL DOING THE RESEARCH, BUT ON THE FACE OF IT, IT'S NOT CONSIDERED NEW.

IT'S REPLICATING SCHOOL SO THEY CAN USE EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED FOR THAT ONE CAMPUS.

A LOT OF THAT WILL DEFER BECAUSE ORIGINALLY I WENT INTO CONCERN BECAUSE THE ADDRESS OF THE PROPOSED SCHOOL IS THE ADDRESS WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT, BUT THEN THEY RENAMING IT TO MOVE IT IN THE NORTHWEST AREA.

AND IF IT WERE A NEW CHARTER, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD.

RIGHT. AND IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE.

RIGHT. SO IT'S NOT UNDER WHEN YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, THERE'S A NEW AND THEN IT'S A RE REPLICATING PROCESS.

AND SO IN THAT SECTION, THEY'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT OTHER SCHOOLS THEY ALREADY HAVE.

AND I DON'T KNOW, ARE THEY DOING ARE ANY OF THE SCHOOLS DOING THE SAME IN WASHINGTON AND WAYNE TOWNSHIP? NO. AND SO THIS IS HOW I FOUND OUT.

I WAS MEETING WITH SHELLY, WHO IS I CAN REMEMBER HER TITLE, BUT SHE'S IN THE PARENT NETWORK IN WASHINGTON.

AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY REGULARLY DO IS CHECK APPLICATIONS.

AND I WAS LIKE, OH, I DON'T THINK I CAN DO THAT.

SO I'M NOW CHECKING.

SO THAT'S YEAH, SO YEAH, NO WORRIES.

BUT THAT'S SO THAT'S HOW I FOUND IT.

I, WE GET TOGETHER, WE TALK ABOUT DISTRICTS.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW? THIS IS WHAT I KNOW AND I SHARE WHAT I FOUND AND THEY TAKE IT AND SEE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO DO.

BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.

AND THEIR DISTRICT, THEIR PARENT NETWORK IS LIKE 30 OR 40 YEARS OLD.

BUT KUDOS FOR YOU FOR NETWORKING.

YEAH, I'M GOING TO FIND OUT. I MEAN, IF I DON'T KNOW, I'M GONNA FIND IT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW.

FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.

BUT I AM.

EVERYTHING THAT I'M GETTING, I'M PASSING ALONG.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND CERTAINLY WE THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

MY COMMENT TO THAT WOULD BE THIS.

THAT'S WHY WE AS A COMMUNITY IN HERE IN PIKE.

COMPETITION IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE BUT IF WE MAKE SURE WE PRODUCE THE BEST PRODUCT I THINK I THINK WE'LL BE FINE REGARDLESS TO WHO MOVES NEXT DOOR. AND AND I AGREE WITH THAT WITH THE BEST PRODUCT.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'LL SPEAK WITH DR.

YOUNG LATER. BUT PRIOR TO COVID, THERE WAS A MOVIE THAT WAS PUT OUT AND I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THE LICENSING ROUND BACKPACK FULL OF CASH.

AND SO WHAT I'VE LEARNED AND SOME PEOPLE THAT I'VE TALKED TO THAT I TELL THEM ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS, THERE'S THINGS THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT A DISTRICT.

AND SO JUST AND I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T HAVE THE BEST PRODUCT, BUT EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, SHINY IS, OH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO THIS.

WELL, THERE WAS A FAMILY THAT LEFT AND THIS IS IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP AND WENT TO A CHARTER SCHOOL A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTHWEST AND THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT OR WHATEVER. AND THEY CAME BACK TO WAYNE.

WELL, THE SCHOOL, CERTAIN GRADES WEREN'T ACCREDITED YET, SO HER KIDDOS HAD TO REPEAT THAT CLASS TO COME BACK INTO WAYNE.

SO JUST BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE SOMETHING WE DON'T DOESN'T NECESSARILY STILL MEAN IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

AND THAT'S WHY WE SAID WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR THE EXPLORATIONS AND THEN GETTING BACK TO US AND LETTING US KNOW AND WHAT WE WHAT THAT WOULD SAY TO ALL OF US, INCLUDING OUR SUPERINTENDENT, THAT WE SIMPLY JUST ANCHOR DOWN AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE BEST AND HAVE THE BEST AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU. CAN I COMMENT AS WELL? THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND PLEASE KEEP US INFORMED BECAUSE I THINK YOU HIT ON A GREAT POINT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE EDUCATE OUR PARENTS, TOO, BECAUSE SOME THINGS THAT MAY SEEM SHINY FOR THAT.

I KNOW YOU TOLD ME ABOUT IT, BUT I REALIZE, RIGHT? I THOUGHT WHEN I LOOKED AT I SAW THE OLD ADDRESS AND THEY'RE WELL, THEY'RE STILL THERE.

IT'S A RIGHT. AT FIRST I WASN'T CONCERNED BECAUSE THE ADDRESS HAD CAPITAL DROP AWAY OR CAPITAL [INAUDIBLE].

[00:40:03]

IT'S ON THEIR APPLICATION. BOTH OF THEM LIST PIKE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE].

ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S ANYBODY ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE NO ONE ELSE PUT TOGETHER.

CAUSE THEN WE'LL MOVE ON.

SPOTLIGHT ON PIKE.

[4. SPOTLIGHT ON PIKE]

IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.

OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ARE OFF TO A TREMENDOUS START THIS SEASON.

SEVERAL OF OUR CROSS COUNTRY TEAM MEMBERS MEDALED LAST WEEKEND.

BOYS TENNIS HAS BEEN ON AN IMPRESSIVE WIN STREAK.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL AND BOYS SOCCER TURNED IN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES THIS WEEK.

AND ALTHOUGH THEY FELT A BIT SHORT OF THE WIN, PIKE FOOTBALL FORCED A DOUBLE OVERTIME AND SHOWED TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROMISE LAST FRIDAY.

IT WAS A GREAT GAME AND WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE TEAM.

YOU CAN TELL THEY'VE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK AND ARE JUST IN A GREAT PLACE IN TERMS OF THEIR ATTITUDES AND PERFORMANCE.

ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WELCOMED OUR FAMILIES FOR IN-PERSON BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS LAST WEEK AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME TO DO THAT IN TWO YEARS.

SO THAT WAS EXTREMELY EXCITING AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE WHO WAS AVAILABLE TO ATTEND.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR DISTRICT INTEGRATION SPECIALIST, AUDREY COPE, AND OUR NAVIGATION SPECIALIST, NICOLE FAULKNER.

AND THEY WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR SCHOOLS TO ORGANIZE VIRTUAL STAFF INTRODUCTIONS FOR ANYONE WHO IS UNABLE TO BE IN ATTENDANCE OR ANYONE WHO MOVES TO THE DISTRICT FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.

THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ON EACH OF OUR SCHOOL'S WEBSITES AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO COMMUNICATE THAT IN OUR FRIDAY FAMILY EMAIL.

JUST SO EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT THAT RESOURCE IS AVAILABLE AS WELL THEY CAN.

THEY CONTAIN SLIDES AS WELL AS VIDEOS OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS.

SO IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER AND IT WAS DEFINITELY TIME CONSUMING.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS DOING REALLY GREAT WORK USING MANIPULATIVES TO HELP STUDENTS VISUALIZE THE CONCEPTS THEY'RE LEARNING. VIA OUR NEWLY ADOPTED MATH CURRICULUM.

AND THE ENTHUSIASTIC STUDENT RESPONSE TO THE HANDS ON LEARNING STRATEGIES BEING IMPLEMENTED HAS BEEN EXTREMELY ENCOURAGING AND IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE BOTH OUR EDUCATORS AND OUR STUDENTS SO EXCITED ABOUT USING MANIPULATIVES TO MAKE THE LEARNING VISIBLE.

THANK YOU, MS. DORSEY.

[5. REPORTS TO THE BOARD]

MAGGIE BISHOP. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

YOUNG. TODAY I WILL BRING YOU AN UPDATE.

COVID SINCE WE STARTED SCHOOL ON AUGUST 2ND.

THE FORMAT WILL LOOK A TAD BIT DIFFERENT AS THE STATE HAS ALSO CHANGED THE FORMAT IN WHICH THEY REPORT DATA.

IT USED TO BE THAT WE CARRIED A PERCENTAGE, POSITIVITY PERCENTAGE EVERY DAY.

THEY HAVE SINCE MOVED AWAY FROM THAT AND YOU SEE CASE NUMBERS OVER A SEVEN DAY AVERAGE.

SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN IS FOUND ON THE INDIANA STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TOTAL.

YOU CAN GO THERE AND FIND EVERY COUNTY.

SO SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE LOOKING AT MARION COUNTY.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SEVEN DAY AVERAGE FROM THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST TO NOW IS ACTUALLY DECREASING.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT UPDATES THEIR TOTALS ON MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.

SO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THEY UPDATED THEIR SEVEN DAY AVERAGE TO BE 243.

FOR EXAMPLE, ON MONDAY, THAT NUMBER WAS 251.

TOMORROW, I'LL CHECK IT AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE STILL ON THE DECREASING TREND.

THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE ALSO SHOWS YOU THE REINFECTION RATE.

THAT IS ALSO A NEW PIECE THAT WAS NOT PREVALENT IN YEARS PAST.

YOU'LL HAVE A TOTAL RELATED TO AGE AND THE TOTALS AS IT RELATES TO EVERY 10,000 RESIDENTS EXCUSE ME, 100,000 RESIDENTS.

RIGHT NOW, MARION COUNTY IS AVERAGING 82 CASES PER 100,000.

THE CDC COMMUNITY LEVEL IS CURRENTLY AT A MEDIUM FOR MARION COUNTY.

SO SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

YOU'LL SEE THE FOLLOWING OVER TIME.

FOR A POINT OF REFERENCE, WE ARE USING THE STUDENT POPULATION OF 10,390 STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF POPULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 968.

OUR FIRST WEEK WEEK ENDING 8/5 WAS A SHORT WEEK FOR STUDENTS, BUT NOT FOR STAFF.

THE RED BAR GRAPH IS THE STUDENT COUNT AND THE BLACK ONE IS THE STAFF COUNT.

THE FIRST WEEK ENDING 8/5 HAD APPROXIMATELY 18 STUDENTS THAT WERE POSITIVE FOR COVID WITH SIX STUDENTS EXCUSE ME, SIX STAFF MEMBERS IN THAT POSITIVITY RATE WEEK TWO, WHICH WAS THE FIRST FULL, COMPLETE WEEK FOR STUDENTS, WE DID

[00:45:06]

THE TOTAL NUMBER FOR THE POSITIVITY CASES AND ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS WAS 45, IT WAS 21 FOR STAFF AND WEEK THREE, WHICH WAS WEEK ENDING 8/19.

WE THEN STARTED TO SEE A DIP WITH 43 POSITIVE CASES ON THE STUDENT END AND 13 ON THE STAFF END.

THROUGH TODAY WE HAVE A 17 COUNT STUDENT POSITIVITY COUNT WITH TWO STAFF MEMBERS.

SO WE DID SEE AN INCREASE WHEN WE GOT EVERYONE BACK AND WE STARTED TO CREEP BACK DOWN AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL CONTINUE THAT AS THE WEEKS MOVE AHEAD.

IN ORDER TO GET A BREAKDOWN OF THESE TOTAL NUMBERS.

YOU WILL SEE THE FOLLOWING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL FROM THOSE NUMBERS.

WE HAD APPROXIMATELY FOUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT WERE POSITIVE AND TWO AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

FROM A STUDENT COUNT STANDPOINT, WE HAD TWO AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, 16 AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WHEN WE MOVE TO THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 12TH, WE HAD AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL NINE ELEMENTARIES.

WE HAD 15 STAFF MEMBERS, ONE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOUR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN PIKE PREPARATORY AND ONE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

STUDENT COUNT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL 32, AND 13.

LAST WEEK, WEEK ENDING 8/19 STAFF MEMBERS AT THE ELEMENTARY, WE HAD EIGHT NONE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THREE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, TWO AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

22 STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY, 18 STUDENTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THREE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

THIS WEEK THROUGH TODAY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, CURRENTLY NO STAFF MEMBERS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL EITHER.

CURRENTLY TWO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND FIVE STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY, SEVEN STUDENTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND FIVE STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE WANTED TO I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, THIS IS, FOR EXAMPLE, ONCE AGAIN, OUR STUDENT POPULATION IS 10,390 AND OUR STAFF COUNT IS APPROXIMATELY 968.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WE MONITOR CASES EVERY DAY.

WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH MARION COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WE SHARE THE SAME INFORMATION AND THE SAME DATA POINTS.

EACH PRINCIPAL AND SCHOOL NURSE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENTERING IN THEIR COVID DATA FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

AND THAT HAPPENS WITHIN A 24 HOUR TIME PERIOD THAT FROM THE TIME THE STAFF OR STUDENT WAS COVID POSITIVE.

SO THAT IS AN ONGOING PROCESS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH MARION COUNTY FOR UNTIL THEY SAY OTHERWISE.

YES. IF SOMEBODY CALLS IN SICK, IS THERE A QUESTION PROCESS WHERE THEY ASK THEM IF IT'S COVID OR NOT, THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH. NOW THAT I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST SAY, I'M SICK, I'VE GOT COVID, I'VE TESTED, I'M NOT GOING TO SCHOOL.

HOW DO YOU KEEP IT? FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT, EVEN FROM A STUDENT STANDPOINT, YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION IS YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I CANNOT OPENLY ASK YOU BECAUSE IT'S YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION.

SO WE HOPE TO WORK WITH FAMILIES AND STAFF MEMBERS ON WHAT INFORMATION THEY CHOOSE TO GIVE US.

IF THEY'RE FEELING ILL, THEN THEY'RE ILL AND THEY WOULD USE WHATEVER DAYS OR TIMES.

BUT THERE ARE PARAMETERS THAT WE CANNOT ASK FOR VERY SPECIFIC HEALTH RELATED INFORMATION.

SO I'M I'M I GUESS I'M TAKING THAT TO SAY PROBABLY THESE NUMBERS ARE SKEWED FROM WHAT THEY WERE EARLY IN THE PROCESS WHEN MORE PEOPLE WERE REPORTING MORE STUFF AND MORE COULD BE.

BUT YES, MAYBE.

BUT YOU ALSO SEE THAT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE TEST ADMINISTERED AND TAKEN FROM MARION COUNTY STANDPOINT, IT'S VERY UNDERREPRESENTED FRANKLY SPEAKING, IT'S 1,270.

SO SO MANY PEOPLE ARE TESTING AT HOME THAT THE COUNT, BY EVERYONE'S STANDPOINT, IS VERY CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT AS HIGH AS IT USED TO BE BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCESS TO AT HOME TESTS THAT WE DIDN'T IN THE PAST.

ABSOLUTELY. WAS JUST SHARING WITH RONNIE.

WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES DETERMINING HOW MANY COVID KITS TO PRODUCE THIS YEAR.

BECAUSE OF THAT FACT.

WE DO NOT USE THE CDC DATA ANY LONGER BECAUSE IT IS UNDERREPRESENTED, BECAUSE PEOPLE DO AT HOME TESTS AND DON'T REPORT CORRECT OR DON'T DO EITHER CORRECT. SO, I MEAN, THE ODDS ARE THAT WE'VE GOT A HIGHER COVID RATE THAN WHAT'S PRESENTED HERE.

SO IT CONTINUES TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE NUMBERS GOING DOWN.

YES, I THINK IT IS.

AND IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT.

[00:50:03]

THANK YOU. YOU BET. WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, WITH NOT KNOWING WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, HOW ARE WE DOING? WHAT PROCESSES DO WE STILL HAVE IN PLACE OR ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE TO? OR DO WE STILL BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE? I MEAN, WHERE WE ARE, I GUESS.

SO THE MARION COUNTY GUIDELINES TO ALL SCHOOLS AND SUPERINTENDENTS AND ALL OF US THAT THERE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH WE HAVE ALWAYS FOLLOWED ALONGSIDE OF THEM SINCE COVID.

AND ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WHICH WE HAVE NOT FALTERED FROM, IS MAINTAINING THAT THREE FEET.

THAT'S THAT WAS NEW THAT THE END OF LAST YEAR MARION COUNTY HAD RELEASED SOME ELEMENT OF THOSE THINGS.

AND SO, LO AND BEHOLD, WHEN SCHOOL YEAR STARTED, MARION COUNTY RELEASED UPDATED GUIDELINES AND WE BASICALLY TRANSITIONED BACK TO A PHASE THAT WE HAD NOT BEEN IN FOR MONTHS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SPRING WE WERE NOT QUARANTINING STUDENTS IF THEY WERE CONSIDERED CLOSE CONTACTS.

MARION COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAME BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND SAID, WE'RE MOVING BACK TO QUARANTINING STUDENTS.

AND SO THAT WAS AN ELEMENT I FEEL LIKE THEY NEEDED TO MOVE TO BECAUSE THEY WERE UNSURE OF HOW THIS WAS GOING TO GO NOW THAT WE HAD EVERYONE BACK IN PLACE, BUT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAD TO RETHINK THREE FEET, MAINTAINING THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING.

AND SO THEY REEVALUATED THOSE THINGS.

IN EACH OF THOSE BUILDINGS, WE STILL UTILIZE WATER BOTTLES.

WE STILL UTILIZE HAND SANITIZER.

WE STILL HAVE WE NEVER STOPPED DOING THOSE THINGS.

WE UPDATED OUR MITIGATION PLAN, WHICH IS FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT EVERYTHING IS VERY CLEAR ON WHAT WE CONTINUE TO DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

OK. THANK YOU, DR.

BISHOP. SURE. WE'RE ON TO OUR MR. GRUBER, OUR BLUE RIBBON UPDATE.

GOOD EVENING.

DR. WEBSTER. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

YOUNG. SO IN LIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT AND TALKING ABOUT BONDS, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE BOARD AN UPDATE ON THE BLUE RIBBON PLAN.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH A FEW THINGS.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.

SO THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN 2004.

THEY'VE DONE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FACILITY STUDIES, IF YOU WILL.

WE CALL THEM A CATEGORICAL, CATEGORICAL FACILITY NEEDS MATRIX.

THOSE ARE PERFORMED IN 2005, 12, 15 AND 18.

BUT THE LAST PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD WAS IN 2018.

SO IN TALKING TO THE FACILITIES TEAM AND THE OUTGOING DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF INTERRUPTED THE BLUE RIBBON PLAN WAS COVID.

WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO PLAN FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND THE THINGS THAT WE HAD ON THE DOCKET, BECAUSE NOBODY REALLY KNEW IF WE WERE GOING TO BE HAVING SCHOOL, YOU KNOW. AND SO THAT WAS NOT A HIGH PRIORITY.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET BACK TO THAT NOW.

SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.

THIS IS JUST A SPREADSHEET THAT WE PULLED FROM THE BLUE RIBBON PLAN THAT FANNY INOUYE HAS HELPED US DEVELOP.

SO THEY PROVIDED US AN UPDATE IN THE SPRING OF 2021.

THEY INCLUDED PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED.

AND THEN THEY'VE ALSO THEY ALSO UPDATED SOME PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO EVALUATE AND LOOK AT.

AND RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE WORKING ON UPDATING THE COST ESTIMATES FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED THERE.

SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT THIS SPREADSHEET OF COST IS NO LONGER VALID.

WE'VE SEEN SUCH DRAMATIC INCREASES IN COST, SPECIFICALLY CONSTRUCTION COSTS, THAT WE CAN'T EVEN USE THIS AS A GUIDE ANYMORE.

AND A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS WE DID PART OF THE PAVING PROJECT AT THE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.

THE ORIGINAL DOLLARS THAT WE HAD RESERVED FOR THAT WAS TO DO ALMOST THE ENTIRE SITE.

BUT WITH THE INCREASES OF COST, PARTICULARLY ASPHALT, WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO DO HALF OF THE PROJECT.

AND DISTRICTS ARE SEEING THIS ACROSS THE STATE, ACROSS THE NATION, REALLY.

SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CATEGORY FACILITY NEEDS MATRIX.

WHAT IT DOES IS IT OUTLINES ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT MAKE UP A BUILDING, AND WE ARE ABLE TO RANK THEM IN A HIGH NEEDS, MEDIUM NEED, LOW NEED PRIORITY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS WE NEED TO UPDATE.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE LAST TIME IT WAS UPDATED IN 2015, BUT THIS WILL BE THE FRAMEWORK FOR US MOVING FORWARD AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT

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SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON IS TAKING THE DATA THAT'S IN THAT PREVIOUS MATRIX AND TURN IT INTO A PROJECT NEEDS MATRIX.

AND THIS IS MORE OF AN ACTIONABLE PLAN THAT WILL OUTLINE A TIMELINE OF WHEN WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THESE THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IT BE A FIVE YEAR PLAN, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SAY OKAY OUT IN 2025.

THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO DO.

THIS IS HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST US, AND IT'LL HELP US IN PLANNING FOR FUNDING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ACHIEVE ALL OF THOSE GOALS.

THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR ASSESSMENT OF OUR FIT FACILITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DOCUMENT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED OVER THIS NEXT FIVE YEAR PERIOD. THIS IS JUST A SCREENSHOT OF THE SPREADSHEET THAT WE'RE WORKING FROM RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE THE BUILDING, THE TYPE OF WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE, A DESCRIPTION, A PRIORITY RANKING OF WHERE IT'S AT AND ESTIMATED COSTS WHERE WE CAN. BUT WE WANT TO GET THAT DONE AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE ALL THREE OF THESE TO THE BOARD NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR.

AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS ALL THREE OF THESE ARE PART OF OUR DISTRICT STRATEGIC GOALS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS SET IN PLACE IN 2021.

AND THIS IS A GOAL THAT WE HAVE THAT WE WANT TO TO GET THE BLUE RIBBON PLAN UP AND RUNNING AGAIN IN ITS FULL CAPACITY.

AND THESE THIS DATA IS ESSENTIAL FOR THAT.

ADDITIONALLY, I WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE A QUICK REVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY.

SO IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FINISH.

SO ONE OF THE BIG PROJECTS WAS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE DID AN ENTIRE INTERIOR REMODEL.

THEY GOT NEW CARPET, WALLPAPER, PAINT, AND IT JUST LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD QUITE A BIT OF WORK DONE.

WE DID A PARTIAL ROOF REPLACEMENT THERE.

THE PERFORMING ARTS AREA WAS RENOVATED.

THE COOLING TOWER HAD BEEN REPLACED.

AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, WE HAVE A PROJECT FROM THIS YEAR, THE TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITY CENTER.

THE THE BUS LOT WAS DONE.

THE HIGH SCHOOL WE DID THE CHOIR ROOM RENOVATIONS, THE TURF WAS REPLACED.

AND WE ALSO DID THE CHILLED WATER PACKAGE.

AS PART OF THE MECHANICAL UPGRADES, FISHBACK HAD PHASE ONE OF THEIR ROOFING PROJECT DONE, WHICH WAS THE FLAT ROOF PORTIONS.

EAST BROOK HAD SOME KITCHEN EQUIPMENT UPGRADES, AND THEN THE PERFORMING ARTS, THEY DID SOME THROUGH WALL FLASHING WHERE WE WERE HAVING SOME BUILDING LEAKS.

AND WE ALSO GOT ALL OF THE UPHOLSTERY CLEANED JUST THIS SUMMER.

SO THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PROGRESS AND I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THEM.

THESE HERE ARE ALL ROOFING PROJECTS.

SO UP AT FISHBACK WE WERE WE'RE FIXING THE MEZZANINE RIGHT NOW AS PHASE TWO OF THAT ROOFING PROJECT.

SO WE'RE DOING A METAL OVERLAY OF THE SHINGLES ON THE MEZZANINE, BUT WE'RE ALSO FIXING THE WALL PANELS.

WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF WATER PENETRATION ON THOSE WALL PANELS.

SO THOSE ARE ALL BEING REPLACED.

CENTRAL ELEMENTARY, WE DID AN INCOMPLETE ROOF RESTORATION THERE, NEW SHINGLES AND THEN A RESTORATION OF THE FLAT ROOF PORTIONS THERE AS WELL.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE MOVED ON TO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE MECHANICAL UPGRADES WHERE WE'RE REPLACING ALL OF OUR BOILERS.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO A DAMPER AND LOUVER REPLACEMENT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO CONVERT OUR OLD PNEUMATIC CONTROLS TO DIGITAL CONTROLS THAT GIVES US MORE CONTROL THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AND ALLOWS US TO HAVE BETTER ADJUSTMENTS AND SMALLER THRESHOLDS FOR HEATING AND COOLING THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. CAN THE ESSER FUNDS BE USED TO PAY FOR ANY OF THAT.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT.

ESSER FUNDS WERE MEANT TO HELP WITH.

THE CDC HAS A 3 PRONGED APPROACH FOR AIR QUALITY IN SCHOOLS.

ONE IS VENTILATION, THE SECOND IS FILTRATION, AND THE THIRD IS IRRADIATION.

VENTILATION IN OUR BUILDINGS IS REALLY MADE UP THROUGH MAKE UP AIR UNITS.

THOSE ARE THE UNITS THAT BRING AIR INTO THE BUILDING AND THEN CIRCULATE THE AIR.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF A STRETCH FOR US TO USE ESSER FUNDS THERE BECAUSE THIS IS CONDITIONING THE AIR AND IT'S CHANGING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR. IT'S NOT BRINGING IN FRESH AIR.

SO WE DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO USE THE ESSER DOLLARS FOR THAT.

WE DID DO. WE HAD AN EMERGENCY BREAKDOWN AT COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIGHT WHEN I STARTED THE MAKE UP AIR UNIT WENT DOWN AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO USE AIR ESSER FUNDS FOR THAT BECAUSE IT SPECIFICALLY WAS BRINGING FRESH AIR INTO THE BUILDING.

BUT THESE PARTICULAR MECHANICAL UPGRADES DON'T REALLY FIT INTO THAT, I THINK, IN TERMS OF BRINGING AIR.

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AND THEN LASTLY, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS, SO THIS SHOULD GO RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

BUT ALL OF THE PROJECTS YOU SEE ON THIS PAGE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE BOND FUNDS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON TONIGHT.

SO THE MEDIA CENTER RENOVATIONS, THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE BLUE RIBBON PLAN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND AS WE LOOKED AT THE POT OF MONEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE, DR.

YOUNG SPECIFICALLY SPOKE UP ABOUT THIS IS HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR APPROACH TO UPGRADING THOSE MEDIA CENTERS WAS EQUITABLE.

SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT AN ENTIRE GROUP OF SCHOOLS, WHETHER THEY BE ALL ELEMENTARY, ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL OR THE HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTERS, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THOSE RENOVATIONS AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WITH THE POT OF MONEY WE HAD, THE MEDIA CENTERS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WERE SELECTED BECAUSE IT FIT INTO THAT POT OF MONEY.

WE'VE MENTIONED THE STUDENT RESTROOMS ALREADY.

THE PERFORMING ARTS IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, BUT EVERYTHING WAS JUST AGING AND WE NEEDED TO GET THINGS UPGRADED THERE.

TALKED ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION FACILITY, THE PAVING PROJECT, THE ROOF.

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING ON HERE IS NEW AFTER WHAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER TODAY.

SO THAT BEING SAID, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BLUE RIBBON PLAN AND WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW? I DO JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON YOUR LIST OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS, AND I APOLOGIZE.

I CAN'T READ IT IN DEPTH.

BUT HOW, AGAIN, DO YOU ASSESS THE PRIORITIES AND I KNOW YOU HAVE ON HERE LOW, MEDIUM AND CRITICAL, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, AT LEAST TO ME, IF MAYBE WE COULD MAKE A NOTE ON WHY IT'S CRITICAL.

LOOK AT JUSTIFICATION.

SOME GREAT EXAMPLES EARLIER WHEN YOU SAID FOR SAFETY REASONS OR YOU KNOW, WATER COMING THROUGH THE ROOF, BECAUSE I THINK IF WE EVER GOTTEN TO THE SPOT WHERE WE HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE PRIORITY IS WHAT IT IS. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE CAN ADD THAT FOR SURE, BECAUSE THIS IS A DOCUMENT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HIDE.

WE WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF IT SO THAT YOU CAN HELP US MAKE.

THOSE INFORMED DECISIONS.

BUT JUST FROM A HIGH LEVEL.

OFTENTIMES THAT DETERMINATION IS MADE BASED OFF OF LIFE CYCLE OF ANY TYPE OF SYSTEM.

AND LIKE A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS CARPET IN IN A TYPICAL SCHOOL, YOU NEED TO BE REPLACING CARPET IN 9 TO 12 YEAR INTERVALS, DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF IT.

YOUR HVAC SYSTEMS, THEY TYPICALLY HAVE ABOUT A 20 YEAR LIFE CYCLE.

SO BASED ON WHERE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS FALL AND WHEN THEY WERE NEW AND WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY IS WHAT HELPS US DETERMINE WHERE THEY FIT IN THAT PRIORITY RANKING.

THEN WE ALSO TAKE HEALTH AND SAFETY INTO ACCOUNT.

SO IF THERE'S A PROJECT THAT WOULD MAKE A REALLY NICE COSMETIC UPGRADE TO THE BUILDING, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AFFECTING THE DAY TO DAY OF OUR STUDENTS, AND IT DOESN'T POSE ANY TYPE OF A HEALTH OR SAFETY RISK.

WE CAN PUT IT BACK A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS A LOW PRIORITY, BUT IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FUNDING AND IT JUST KIND OF FITS INTO THAT BUCKET OF MONEY AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? PERFECTLY. AND FOR SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COVERED UNDER OUR BONDS, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A PROJECT HAD BEEN PROJECTED AT A CERTAIN COST? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE COST INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, WITH THE ASPHALT.

YEAH. SO I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M EQUIPPED TO ANSWER THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF JEFF QUACKENBUSH CAN BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS THE LEGALITY OF THAT A LOT BETTER THAN I DO.

SURE. SO THE THE EXAMPLE OF THE PARKING LOT WAS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE.

WE WANTED TO TRY AND DO ALL OF THE PARKING LOT AT THE TRANSPORTATION CENTER AND THE SCOPE CAME BACK OR THE PRICE CAME BACK SUCH THAT WE COULD ONLY DO HALF OF IT.

SO THEN WHAT HAPPENED IS WE HAVE TO COME BACK WITH THIS NEXT BOND ISSUE AND DO THE NEXT PART OF THAT PROJECT.

AND SO AS COST INFLATED AND ESCALATED, IT'S CAUSING YOU TO MAYBE POSTPONE SOME PORTION OF A PROJECT OR ALL OF A PROJECT.

AND THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE WRITTEN BROADLY ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO THEN PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO OUT OF THE LIST OF ITEMS BASED ON WHERE THE PROJECT BIDS COME BACK.

SO IF YOU HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER, YOU CAN COME BACK AND MAYBE DO SOME EQUIPMENT PURCHASES OR SOME ADDITIONAL WORK THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE DONE ON A MORE PIECEMEAL FASHION THAT DOESN'T NEED A FULL REFRESH OF THAT ENTIRE AREA.

SO THE FLEXIBILITY IS THERE.

BUT YOU SAW A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE THAT WHERE YOU HAD TO THEN REDUCE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT TO A CONTRACT JUST FOR HALF THE PROJECT IN 2021-2022.

AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN 2023-2023 TO FINISH THE REST OF THAT PAVING PROJECT.

SO THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. I'LL GIVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE BACK TO THE RESTROOMS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PLUMBING COSTS HAVE INCREASED BY ABOUT

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WHERE NORMAL INFLATION IS 10% ARE OUR COSTS FOR US.

WHAT WE HAVE TO PASS ON TO CUSTOMERS IS ABOUT 20%.

SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT 650 1.65, I THINK THAT WOULD MEAN THAT'S GOING TO TRANSLATE TO ROUGHLY 1.9 FOR THOSE SAME ITEMS. AND A LOT DEPENDS ON THE TIMING OF THE PROJECT, RIGHT? WHEN WE CAN GET IT OUT TO BID, WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THE WORK PERFORMED.

BUT I WOULD SAY THE THE INVERSE.

WE AS WE'VE WORKED WITH FANNY AND HOWIE OVER THE YEARS, WE TYPICALLY ESTIMATE HIGH SO THAT IT PROVIDES US SOME FLEXIBILITY.

AND THESE ARE ALL RECENT ESTIMATES THAT I WORKED ON WITH FANNING HOWIE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

SO WE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PRETTY ACCURATE.

SO WILL YOU THEN WITH THE BLUE RIBBON PLAN, GO BACK AND DO THE ESTIMATED COST ON EVERY ITEM OR.

YEAH, SO THERE IS ALREADY A SPREADSHEET OF ESTIMATED COST DEFENDING HOWIE HAS PROVIDED AS PART OF THE BLUE RIBBON PLAN.

AND WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO UPDATE THAT WITH WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THE MARKETS RIGHT NOW.

BUT BUT ABSOLUTELY.

AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL DO OUR BEST GUESS, RIGHT.

SO AS WE BUILD OUT THAT FIVE YEAR PLAN, YOU KNOW, IF THE COST TODAY TO TO REPLACE A RESTROOM IS $1,000,000, BUT WE'RE NOT WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THAT OFF FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS.

WE'LL FACTOR THAT INTO THE NEW ESTIMATED COST AS WELL.

YOU MAKE MORE OF THESE CHARTS.

YOU MAKE THEM LIKE 14 AND ONE HALF BY 20.

WELL, NEXT NEXT TIME, I'LL ACTUALLY I'LL PRINT THEM OFF FOR YOU AND BRING THEM OR GIVE YOU THE DIGITAL ACCESS TO THEM.

[INAUDIBLE] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. GRUBER? THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. GRUBER. WE ARE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEM.

[6. ACTION ITEMS]

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE BOARD BOARD MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 11TH MEETING, SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE DO ACCEPT OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST THE 11TH.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT, DR.

JOEL MUNOZ.

GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

AND DR. YOUNG, I ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT AS PRESENTED.

I MOVE WE APPROVE THE HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT AS PRESENTED, SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE APPROVE OUR HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT AS PRESENTED BY DR.

JOEL MUNOZ.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. THANK YOU, MR. MUNOZ. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS ITEM C WHO IS CHRISTINE BRENNER.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WEBSTER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

YOUNG. TONIGHT I HAVE A COUPLE OF GRANTS TO BRING BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL FOR APPLICATION.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE BK5K YOUTH FUND GRANT, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR NEW AUGUSTA SOUTH IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,026.

JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON BK5K YOUTH FUND GRANT.

IT'S FROM THE PROCEEDS FROM A COMPETITIVE ROAD RACE FOR ATHLETES OF ALL ABILITIES WHO DESIRE TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES TO PURSUE THEIR BEST EFFORTS.

THIS RACE IS ORGANIZED TO HONOR BOB KIRKLAND, FOUNDER OF FASTENAL COMPANY AND LIFELONG SUPPORTERS OF YOUTH PROGRAMING.

THE FUNDS FROM THIS GRANT WOULD BE USED TO PURCHASE ITEMS FOR FIRST GRADE RECESS ESSENTIAL GAMES, AND THERE'S AN ITEMIZED LIST THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD IN THE PACKET. SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND APPLY TO TRY AND GET SOME OF THIS MONEY FOR OUR KIDS AT AUGUSTA SOUTH.

I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MOTION PRESENTED, SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE ACCEPT ACTION ITEM C MS. CHRISTINE BRENNER FOR THE YOUTH FUND GRANTS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NOT A QUESTION, BUT A COMMENT.

LOVE THE GAMES, THE CHESS AND THE DOMINOES.

OH, MAN, THAT.

THAT'S EXCITING.

I LOVE IT. IT IS.

IT'S REALLY. IT'S LIKE SOME OF THE COOL STUFF, RIGHT? IT'S REALLY COOL.

ALL RIGHT. NO QUESTION.

NO COMMENTS ONTO OUR VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. NEXT UP, ITEM D FOREIGN GRANTS.

THIS IS CHRISTINE BRENNER.

SO I'M BEFORE YOU TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR FOUR DIFFERENT GRANTS, ALL FOR COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY

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SO I'M JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THOSE FOUR FOR YOU.

IT'S ALL UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA.

WE HAVE A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, CHRISTA TOBIN, WHO'S LOOKING FOR $2,323.78.

SHE'S A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER TO CREATE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS.

AND THERE'S AN ITEMIZED LIST OF WHAT SHE WOULD PURCHASE.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE PART OF THAT ARE MAGNETIC ALPHABET NUMBERS AND LETTERS, PUZZLES, WORD BUILDERS, SOME ADJUSTABLE TEACHING TABLES FOR STUDENTS.

THE NEXT PART OF THE REQUEST IS FROM A SECOND GRADE TEACHER.

AMY [INAUDIBLE].

AND HER ITEMS WOULD BE TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO USE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS THAT INVOLVE PROBLEM SOLVING.

THAT GRANT REQUEST IS $437.13.

FIRST GRADE TEACHER IS LOOKING FOR $1,000.

THAT'S KELSEY REARDON TO ASSESS WITH FLEXIBLE SEATING TOOLS TO BUILD FINE MOTOR SKILLS AND DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE LIBRARY FOR HER CLASSROOM.

AND THEN FINALLY, MARGARET BOLIN AND OUR LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER THERE AT COLLEGE PARK IS LOOKING FOR $2,480.65 TO PURCHASE THE PROGRAMABLE ROBOTS CALLED SPHERO BOLTS.

AND THESE ROBOTS CAN BE DRIVEN USING THE APP AND CAN BE PROGRAMED TO RUN MAZES AND PATHS.

SO ALL TOGETHER AT COLLEGE PARK, WE'RE LOOKING TO APPLY FOR $6,241.56.

SO I ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN APPLY.

THANK YOU. I MOVE WITH THE FORM GRANTS AS THE PERCENTAGE, SECOND.

MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE APPROVE OUR FORM GRANT AS PRESENTED BY MRS. CHRISTINE BRENNER.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

HAVE WE APPLIED FOR THESE BEFORE? NOT THESE PARTICULAR ONES, NO, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THEN ON TO OUR VOTE AT THIS TIME.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. THANK YOU, MRS. BRENNER. THANK YOU.

NEXT IS MR. GREG FOSTER.

GREG NUNLEY. I'M SORRY.

TEXTBOOKS AND RENTAL FEES.

GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT.

MR. PRESIDENT, FOR DR.

YOUNG, I COME SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE 2022 2023 TEXTBOOK RENTAL PHASE FOR PRESCHOOL THROUGH 12TH GRADE AS PRESENTED IN THE PAGES ACCOMPANYING THIS MEMO.

I MOVE WE APPROVE THE 2022 2023 TEXTBOOK RENTAL FEES AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE DO APPROVE OUR ACTION ITEM E AS PRESENTED.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST LIKE. OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD.

JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION.

SO THE ONLY CHANGES ARE THE ONES IN RED.

SO EVERYTHING ELSE? YES, EXACTLY. IS THIS A REVISION FROM BEFORE OR I'M JUST SURPRISED THAT IT'S COMING OUT AFTER SCHOOL STARTED WHEN WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY PRESENTED THE TEXTBOOK RENTAL TO THE STUDENTS.

IT'S NOT A REVISION.

WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CTE PROGRAMING IN THIS.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP COMING BACK WITH DIFFERENT FEE STRUCTURE, SO WE WANTED TO GET IT ALL DONE AT ONE TIME.

AND ONCE WE GOT ALL OF THE CTE COSTS IN HERE, THEN WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD.

HAS IT ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED TO STUDENTS OR DID THEY GO? NO. TYPICALLY, TEXTBOOK FEES DON'T GO OUT UNTIL AROUND OCTOBER [INAUDIBLE].

ONCE AGAIN, THE REMINDER THAT INDIANA IS ONE OF ONLY TWO OR THREE STATES IN THE NATION THAT CHARGES THEIR STUDENTS FOR TEXTBOOKS.

IT'S NOT COVERED WITHIN THE NORMAL SCHOOL FEES.

IT JUST DRIVES ME CRAZY.

WOW. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE.

OPPOSED. THANK YOU, MR. NUNLEY. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS OUR ITEMS, WHICH IS ITEMS F THROUGH I

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GO AHEAD. SORRY.

FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO GET A MOTION ON THESE ON OUR PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE WITH THE ITEMS F, G, H AND I.

MR. GREG FOSTER. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. GOOD EVENING, DR.

YOUNG. I RECOMMEND YOUR APPROVAL AT THIS TIME.

ITEMS F THROUGH I, WHICH ARE THE FOUR RESOLUTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.

RECOMMEND YOUR APPROVAL AT THIS TIME.

OK NO, I'M JUST THINKING.

OK BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT ROLL CALL VOTE, BUT I THINK WE MIGHT BE.

GO AHEAD. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT ITEMS F THROUGH I AS PRESENTED IN THESE SPECIAL VOTE.

I SECOND, MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE ADOPT OUR RESOLUTIONS ITEM F THROUGH I AS PRESENTED.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. THANK YOU.

MR. GREG FOSTER.

NEXT UP IS ITEM J THROUGH L.

MR. GREG FOSTER.

GOOD EVENING. I RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF ITEM J THROUGH M.

I'M SORRY. M. THANK YOU.

THEY INCLUDE A DECLARATION OF SURPLUS EQUIPMENT, IT, CLAIMS AND ALLOWANCES.

14 CONTRACTS, SEVEN DONATIONS.

AND I WANT TO POINT OUT TWO EXTREMELY GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM THE PIKE EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND ONE FROM THE ANNAPOLIS COLTS.

ALL RIGHT. PROPOSAL PRESENTED.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ACTION ITEMS. LET ME GET IT RIGHT. J THROUGH M AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE DO APPROVE ACTION ITEMS J THROUGH M AS PRESENTED.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU. DID YOU? YEAH. COME ON. ALL RIGHT, ON TO BOARD MEMBER ITEMS AT THIS TIME, MS. LOMAX. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR REPORTS, ALL THE GOOD INFORMATION.

[7. BOARD MEMBER ITEMS]

IN THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

AND WE WILL IT WILL CENTER AROUND THE TOPIC OF SAFETY AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOLS.

SO THAT IS SEPTEMBER THE 15TH AT 7 P.M.

IN THE PIKE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR FIRST COMMUNITY CONVERSATION OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE AND WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE GOOD COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING OUT FOR US AND AND AND KEEPING AN EYE THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEND A SHOUT OUT TO THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNING CENTER MR. COLBERT AND CREW WHO HOLD IT DOWN ASSISTED OUR STUDENTS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY IN THE PIKE FRESHMAN CENTER LIBRARY.

THEY'RE BACK IN BUSINESS.

SO MAKE SURE IF YOU HAVE STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY NEED SOME ASSISTANCE.

PIKE FRESHMAN CENTER LIBRARY AFTER SCHOOL MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, THEY CAN GET A LOT OF GOOD HELP.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MS. LOMAX. MR. METZLER, I JUST WANTED TO RE THANK FOR THE ATTENTION TO THE TO THE FACILITIES THAT'S BEEN SHOWN TONIGHT.

I KEEP THINKING SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE NEW, THAT YOU'RE PUTTING NEW ROOFS ON.

AND THEN I REALIZE HOW LONG I'VE BEEN DOING THIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR MAINTAINING THOSE BUILDINGS FOR OUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT.

OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'VE DONE A LOT FOR OUR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR EDUCATORS AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU MOVING FORWARD, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

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MEGAN FULKERSON, ROBYN SMITH FOR REINVESTING IN THEIR PROSPECTIVE SCHOOLS, THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WITH THE ST CLAIR RECREATION FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION FOR THE PLAYGROUND AND ALSO TO PTF FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND REINVESTING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALSO OUR FRIENDS AT TARGET FOR THEIR ALSO THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS. AND ALSO I LIKE TO THANK MS. SIMMONS FOR THE INFORMATION THAT SHE GAVE US, BECAUSE IT GIVES US SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AND WHY WE SHOULD REALLY BAND TOGETHER AND KEEP PIKE STRONG.

BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE EVERY YEAR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE CHARTER SCHOOL BATTLES, GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER AND IT'S ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE AFTER OUR LUCKY CHARMS. BUT IN ORDER TO KEEP PIKE STRONG, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL ASPECTS AND KNOWING HOW THEY'RE DOING THE AFFIRMATIVE WITH KEEPING THE SAME.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I NEVER I NEVER WOULD HAVE SAW THAT COMING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

THANK YOU, SIR. OH, ONE LAST THING.

IT FEELS GOOD TO GET FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY BRAGGING ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, I GOT A COMMENT ABOUT DR.

BISHOP AND THE LADY THAT KNEW WHO I WAS.

SHE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT IT AND WHAT SHE DID FOR IT.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S HARD WORK AND GETTING SCHOOL STARTED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

MS. KELLEY. AND GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD INFORMATION.

WE DID LEARN A LOT TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.

A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS TO DO.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FORUM AND SUPPORTING OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND JUST CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR PIKE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MS. KELLY. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WAS LISTENING TO MRS. RANDOLPH, AND I THINK OVER THE YEARS WHEN HER KIDS WERE IN SCHOOL, WE WE JOKED ABOUT VOLUNTEERING BETWEEN HER AND HER AND HER HUSBAND.

SO WHEN YOU MENTIONED EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THAT'S WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT ONE, YOU CAN MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION. AND ALSO THEY'RE OFTEN LOOKING FOR MEMBERS TO JOIN THE BOARD AND THEY HELP WITH THE PLANNING, BUT THEN THEY HOST SEVERAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE BOARD, YOU MAY JUST VOLUNTEER FOR A SPECIFIC EVENT.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO HELP SUPPORT THE GREAT WORK THE FOUNDATION DOES THAT YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER.

SO I WANT TO SHARE THAT.

AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING IS TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT THE WEST SIDE CHAMBER WILL BE MEETING TOMORROW AT 8:00 AT THE PIKE LIBRARY.

SO I'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, ALONG WITH WAYNE TOWNSHIP AND DECATUR TOWNSHIPS, SUPERINTENDENTS, ABOUT SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

I'LL BE THERE. THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. OK.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO ANNOUNCE RIGHT IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY SATURDAY 11 A.M..

IT'S 11 A.M., 1 P.M.

TO THREE. I'M SORRY, IT'S AT THE GLOBAL VILLAGE IS THE TASTE OF DIFFERENT INTERNATIONAL FOODS.

AND SO I WAS TO PASS THIS ON TO OUR COMMUNITY TO TO COME OUT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ON THIS SATURDAY.

SO I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ALSO WE MET SEVERAL OF THE DADS THIS WEEK, TUESDAY AT THE CAFETERIA AT PIKE HIGH SCHOOL TO ASK FATHERS AND DADS AND THOSE WHO ARE DAD FIGURES TO HELP US WITH THE FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAMES HAD A GREAT TURNOUT, SO WE WANTED TO ALSO ANNOUNCE THAT. AND LASTLY, I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE AND ASK ALL OF US TO CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, TEACHERS WHO NEED OUR PRAYERS, FAMILIES WHO NEED OUR PRAYERS AND STRUGGLING WITH ILLNESSES IN THAT THING.

SO KEEP ALL OF US AND OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR PRAYERS.

ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.