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MR. PRESIDENT, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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SHALL WE STAND FOR OUR PLEDGE OF THE FLAG.

WELL, GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO OUR MSDN PIKE TOWNSHIP, OCTOBER THE 27TH REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. FIRST UP, IT'S FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE THERE'S ANY PATRON TO WHICH TO STEP UP AND SHARE

[2. FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE]

FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE.

3 MINUTES TOTAL, 30.

YOU CAN DO SO AT THIS TIME.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SHARE WITH US FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE.

SHOULD WE HAVE ANYONE? GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. PRESIDENT. DR. YOUNG.

MY NAME IS SHAUNA SIMMONS.

I AM WITH THE PIKE PARENT NETWORK.

I JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT A PERSONAL INVITATION TO THE BOARD CABINET AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE TO ATTEND NEXT TUESDAY AT CENTRAL AT 6:30 FOR THE SCREENING OF BACKPACK FULL OF CASH AND WHY WE SHOULD SAY NO TO CHARTER SCHOOLS COMING TO PIKE TOWNSHIP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MRS. SIMMONS. GOOD EVENING, DR.

YOUNG. PRESIDENT WEBSTER.

CABINET BOARD.

COMMUNITY. I'M MARTY HUFFER, PIKE RESIDENT.

I'M HERE TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE INDIANA PUBLIC ACCESS COORDINATOR DUE TO TWO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS BEING HELD LAST TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THESE WERE POSTED ONLINE BECAUSE I LOOKED AT THE BOARD WEBSITE MANY TIMES THAT DAY AS I WAS LOOKING AT THINGS.

I DO NOT HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS BEING HELD.

NOT AT ALL. IN FACT, I BELIEVE THEY WERE NECESSARY.

THE ISSUE IS WITH THE FACT THAT THE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS WERE NOT POSTED AND MADE KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC.

AS IS REQUIRED IN INDIANA.

CODE 15-14-1-3 IT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE OPEN DOOR LAW.

THAT'S WHAT MATTERS. I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE BOARD NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE IN JUST A FEW HOURS BREAKING THAT LAW.

AND IT'S SUCH A SIMPLE LAW TO FOLLOW.

AS WE ALL KNOW, MR. METZLER DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB KEEPING THE BOARD IN LINE.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHO WILL FILL THIS ROLE, AS MR. METZLER IS SOON LEAVING AND MR. METZLER ON THE RECORD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, MR. METZLER STOPPED THE REST OF THE BOARD FROM BREAKING THE OPEN DOOR LAW AT THE END OF A WORK SESSION WHEN IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE PUBLIC BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM.

AND THAT IS BREAKING THE OPEN DOOR LAW.

WE WOULD NOT APPROVE OF THIS BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS OR OF ADMINISTRATORS, AND PLEASE KNOW IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR THE BOARD AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? OPEN FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE.

THANK YOU. AND WE MIGHT JUST STATE TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

WE HAVE PASSED THAT COMPLAINT ON TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT COUNCIL, AND THEY WILL BE HANDLING THAT FROM HERE.

THANK YOU. WE MOVE ON TO SPOTLIGHT ON PIKE SARA DORSEY.

[3. SPOTLIGHT ON PIKE]

GOOD EVENING. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR.

WEBSTER. THANK YOU.

WE ALTHOUGH WE WERE ON FALL BREAK LAST WEEK, THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF ACTIVITY.

WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT AT THE INDIANA LATINO EXPO, AND WE GOT TO ENGAGE WITH SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.

IT WAS HELD AT THE GLOBAL VILLAGE.

DR. YOUNG AND SEVERAL FAMILIAR FACES STOPPED BY.

IT WAS A FABULOUS TURNOUT AND JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

I THINK ONE OF THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS WE RECEIVED WAS, CAN I GO TO PIKE IF I DON'T LIVE IN PIKE? SO THAT WAS GREAT TO HEAR.

AND PEOPLE PICKED UP INFORMATION ABOUT OUR DISTRICT, A LITTLE PIKE SWAG, AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

WE WERE WELL REPRESENTED AT DISNEY SPRINGS BY A PIKE ORCHESTRA AND SEVERAL OF OUR ORCHESTRA MEMBERS TRAVELED AND PERFORMED.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY DO ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS.

THEY'VE BEEN TO PLACES LIKE ITALY.

I BELIEVE THIS IS THEIR SECOND OR THIRD DISNEY TRIP, AND THEY JUST DID A TREMENDOUS JOB.

SOME OF THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND WE'LL BE SHARING PICTURES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

WE ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE PIKE HIGH SCHOOLS PRODUCTION OF THE LITTLE MERMAID COMING UP.

THAT WOULD BE ON NOVEMBER 11TH AND 12TH AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

BUT ON NOVEMBER 5TH, FROM 4 TO 5:30 P.M.

AT THE PIKE FRESHMAN CENTER, THEY'RE ACTUALLY HOSTING THE LITTLE MERMAID EXPERIENCE AND IT'S A REALLY INNOVATIVE FUNDRAISER FOR THE SHOW.

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AND PARENTS OR FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO BRING THEIR LITTLE ONES AND IT'LL BE A MEET AND GREET SING ALONG AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PICTURES WITH THE CAST AND EAT A FEW DELICIOUS TREATS. AND THEN PRIOR TO FALL BREAK, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING INVITED OVER TO THE NATHANIEL JONES EARLY LEARNING CENTER, SPECIFICALLY TO MR. MCCLAIN'S CLASSROOM.

YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BELIEVED IT.

YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE AT A PROFESSIONALLY PLANNED EVENT.

THERE WAS A BALLOON ARCH.

THE TABLES WERE DECKED OUT WITH RUNNERS AND EVERYTHING.

IT WAS A FALL FESTIVAL.

THEY HAD EVERYTHING GOING ON.

THERE WAS COOKIE DECORATING WHERE THE STUDENTS WERE PRACTICING THEIR COORDINATION.

AND HE AND I, THEY WERE SO CREATIVE.

THEY DID ARTS AND CRAFTS, THEY DID PUTT PUTT WITH BROOMS, THEY DID BOWLING, AND THEY HAD A WONDERFUL READING CENTER.

AND IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

THERE WERE SEVERAL PARENT VOLUNTEERS, AND THE STUDENTS JUST HAD A PHENOMENAL TIME.

SO IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF FALL BREAK.

THANK YOU, MS. DORSEY. ALL RIGHT.

[4. REPORTS TO THE BOARD]

WE ARE ON TO REPORTS TO THE BOARD, DR.

YOUNG ALUMNI EXCELLENCE.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, FOR OUR GUESTS THAT MAY NOT KNOW OR INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE WATCHING THIS ONLINE.

THE ALUMNI EXCELLENCE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE TAKE APPROXIMATELY ONCE A MONTH TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR PHENOMENAL PIKE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.

AND THIS EVENING, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE AND TO HEAR FROM MISS KARA CARTER.

NOW, LIKE MANY GRADUATES, SHE'S NOT HERE LOCAL, SO SHE CAN'T BE HERE IN PERSON.

BUT SHE DID SEND US A VIDEO, SO PLEASE ENJOY.

MY NAME IS KARA CARTER AND I ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL FROM 2010 TO 2014.

WHEN I GRADUATED, PIKE PRETTY MUCH HELPED ME WITH EVERYTHING RELATED, WHICH IS WHY I GOT INTO THE FIELD AND COMPUTER SCIENCE AND AN UNDERGRAD AT MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY, AND THEN FROM IMVU.

WHEN I GRADUATED IN 2018, I CAME HOME AND I STARTED WORKING FOR PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY AS AN INTERN.

KIND OF FELL IN LOVE WITH THE GAME, WAS GOING TO GO TO GRAD SCHOOL AND DELAYED IT AND STAYED WORKING WITH THE COMPANY FOR THREE YEARS.

AND A YEAR AGO I RELOCATED TO MISSISSIPPI.

SO THE COMPANY THAT I ACTUALLY MOVED THROUGH CITY WAS A TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY CALLED CEASE FIRE AND THEIR HOME COMPANY.

I WAS AN ERP SPECIALIST THERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AND THEN MOVING HERE.

ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, I STARTED AT A NEW COMPANY CALLED CONTINENTAL TIRES OF AMERICA, WHICH IS A GLOBAL TIRE COMPANY.

AND I WILL BE BASICALLY DOING ALL OF THE I.T.

SUPPORT FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PIECES IN THE WAREHOUSE.

SO WE BASICALLY JUST MADE SURE ON THE SHOP FLOOR THAT THE INDUSTRIAL PIECES THAT ARE ON THE SHOP FLOOR IN THE WAREHOUSE ARE LIKE IMAGES.

OKAY, ALL OF THE CODING IS PREPARED, ALL THE RECIPES ARE BASICALLY GOING GOOD.

THE ENGINEERS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO ALL OF LIKE THE CREATION OF THE TOOLS, AND THEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THE AUTOMATION DRIVER, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.

SO WE JUST PRETTY MUCH MAKE SURE THAT IT RUNS PROPERLY.

AND PRODUCTION IS OUR AUTOMATION AND OUR ROBOTS ARE LITERALLY SET UP FOR PEOPLE TO RUN THEM, WHICH IS KIND OF COOL.

AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO REALLY HAVE A GREAT IDEA OF THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR THAT PROCESS TO RUN.

SO BASICALLY WE'RE JUST THAT GLUE BETWEEN THE WORKER ON THE SHOP FLOOR AND THE ROBOT TEAMWORK.

THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF IT, BUT PERSONALLY OUTSIDE OF CLASS, I REALLY HELP ME IN MY PROFESSION AND DID MY UNDERGRAD DEGREE THAT I CHOSE.

I WAS A PART OF THE CREATION OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS AT NIGHT, AND ME AND THE STUDENTS WHO ALL WERE IN OUR IN SOME STILL FIELD AS OF NOW.

AND IT PREPARES YOU TO BE CONFIDENT, IT PREPARES YOU TO BE COMPETITIVE IN YOUR FIELD, BECAUSE BEING AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND A WOMAN MAKES ME A DOUBLE COMPETITIVE IN THE WORKPLACE, RIGHT? I CRAFTED US TO BE THE BEST WHEREVER WE WERE, AND IT GAVE US NO EXCUSES WHETHER THAT WAS IN OUR COURSEWORK OR WHETHER THAT WAS US, YOU KNOW, WORKING THE HARDEST.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M THE BEST BECAUSE I'M THE SMARTEST.

I FEEL LIKE I'M THE BEST BECAUSE I GIVE IT TEN OUT OF TEN AND 100% EVERY TIME I'M IN THE WORKPLACE.

I FEEL LIKE THAT IS THE DEFINITELY ON THE STUDENTS RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, BUT MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW THE INTEREST THAT YOU HAVE UNTIL YOU'RE EXPOSED TO

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IT. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS MY MOM PUSHING ME TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET OUTSIDE OF MYSELF, IF YOU WILL, AND BE CREATIVE AND BEING OPEN. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING NEW REALLY HELPED ME GET INTO SOMETHING ELSE, WHICH ENDS UP BEING MY PASSION.

SO I FEEL LIKE THE PARENTS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SUPPORTIVE FOR THE ENTIRE THING TO WORK.

BUT I FEEL LIKE PIKE IS SUCH A GREAT SCHOOL.

THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT THINGS THAT YOU JUST ALMOST HAVE TO FIND YOU OR YOU GOT TO BE OPEN TO IT.

WELL, MISS CARTER MAY BE WATCHING.

CAN YOU ALL JOIN ME IN GIVING HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? MISS CARTER, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE SO VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU.

YOU ARE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT ALL PIKE TOWNSHIP STUDENTS CAN BECOME IF THEY PUT IN THE WORK.

AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS.

HER STORY IS THE STORY OF INDIVIDUALS, ONE OBVIOUSLY HER FAMILY THAT CAME ALONG WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND SUPPORTED HER, BUT ALSO THE PHENOMENON EDUCATORS THAT WE HAD IN INSPIRED TO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THANK YOU. THIS VIDEO, AS WELL AS OUR OTHER PIKE EXCELLENT ALUMNI VIDEOS ARE POSTED ONLINE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING NOW BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE STARTING TO GETTING STARTING TO GET QUITE A FEW IS WE'RE GOING TO ORGANIZE THEM BY CAREERS.

SO THAT WILL HELP WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO SEE, HEY, WHAT IS A ARE THE GRADUATES.

I WANT TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE THAT MAYBE WORKED IN THIS PARTICULAR FIELD.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

YEAH, THAT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE GOOD POSITIVITY GOING ON IN PIKE.

NEXT UP, IT'S THE PLANETARIUM THERE.

I'M SORRY.

ABOVE AND BEYOND. THANK YOU, MR. METZLER. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. DR. WEBSTER.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR.

YOUNG. THIS EVENING WE HAVE TWO RECIPIENTS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD.

AND SO FIRST, I WILL INVITE MRS. BORDELON, THE PRINCIPAL OF SNACKS CROSSING, TO COME UP FIRST TO PRESENT HER HONOREE.

GOOD EVENING, DR. YOUNG.

DR. WEBSTER.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

SO, LIKE DR.

MUNOZ SAID, I'M STEPHANIE BORDELON.

I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT SAKS CROSSING, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE MRS. DEB KERR STEPH MS. DEB KERR STEPH IS MOST DESERVING OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD IN SO MANY WAYS.

SHE IS THE GLUE THAT HOLDS MANY THINGS TOGETHER AT SNAGS CROSSING HER DEDICATION IS SECOND TO NONE.

SHE IS ALWAYS LEARNING AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENGAGE SCHOLARS TO INCREASE THEIR ACHIEVEMENT.

SHE IS ALWAYS THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX WHILE SEEKING TO BE CREATIVE AND WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR MOST STRUGGLING SCHOLARS.

TO HER CREDIT, WHAT SHE IS DOING IS EXCITING THE SCHOLARS AS THEY ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR SMALL GROUP TIME WITH HER.

IN ADDITION, SHE WORKS RELENTLESSLY TO MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR THE TEACHERS BY ORGANIZING, TESTING MATERIALS, COLLECTING DATA, AND REVIEWING DATA WITH TEACHERS SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER HELP THEIR SCHOLARS IN THE CLASSROOM.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, THANK YOU, DEB, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT, THE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND FOR STANDING UP FOR WHAT YOU FEEL IS RIGHT.

OUR TIME TOGETHER HAS BEEN SHORT, BUT PLEASE KNOW YOU WILL FOREVER HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME IN MORE WAYS THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW.

OH, SHE DIDN'T GET IT.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I INVITE MR. TAPPAR, THE PRINCIPAL OF LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND I WOULD WANT THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY DR.

[00:15:02]

TAPPAR. SO HE HAS RECENTLY.[APPLAUSE] YES.

WHAT A FINE EXAMPLE FOR OUR EDUCATORS TO FOLLOW.

BEING A LIFELONG LEARNER AND WE KNOW THAT HE WOULD TAKE THAT KNOWLEDGE AND APPLY IT AS PRINCIPAL LINCOLN ADMINISTRATORS.

THANK YOU, DR. YOUNG.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

SO THE PHRASE THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN SPEAKING OF MISS ALICE DAVIS IS HERE I AM.

SEND ME. MISS DAVIS SERVED AT LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL LAST YEAR AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS AN ISLAND LAB COORDINATOR FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SINCE JOINING US, MS. DAVIS HAS DEMONSTRATED A WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN ANY CAPACITY WHERE THERE WAS A NEED.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE NEEDED AN ART TEACHER ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.

MS. DAVIS WILLINGLY TOOK LEAD AS THE INSTRUCTOR WHEN WE NEEDED A GUIDED LEARNING FACILITATOR.

MS.. DAVIS WILLINGLY ASSUMED THIS ROLE WHEN WE NEEDED AN EIGHTH GRADE ELA TEACHER.

MS. DAVIS WILLINGLY TOOK LEAD IN THIS CAPACITY WHEN WE NEEDED AN I LEARNED LAB COORDINATOR JUST THIS PAST YEAR.

MS. DAVIS WILLINGLY SERVED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

THESE ARE THE BEHAVIORS OF A SERVANT LEADER.

AND DURING OUR TIME IN THIS PROFESSION, DURING A TIME IN OUR PROFESSION WHERE SOME APPEAR TO HAVE SCALED BACK, MS. DAVIS HAS PRESSED FORWARD.

MS. DAVIS IS NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND OUR TUESDAY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY SESSIONS, YET SHE VOLUNTEERS HER TIME AND SHE SHOWS UP EACH WEEK TO WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES DURING THOSE MOMENTS.

MS. DAVIS IS NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND OUR 7:30 WEDNESDAY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS.

HOWEVER, MS. DAVIS IS THERE AND SHE IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT VOLUNTEERING HER TIME TO WORK WITH STAFF.

SHE IS A GEM IN EDUCATION AND HER WILLINGNESS TO SERVE KIDS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

HER ACTIONS ARE A DEMONSTRATION OF HER DESIRE TO POUR INTO CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COLLEAGUES ALIKE.

AND AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND REALLY APPRECIATE MS. ALICE DAVIS FOR THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING.

OKAY, SO YOU.

BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP NOW IS THE PERFECT PLANETARIUM.

THE TAUSCHER AND BILL ROTH.

THOSE ARE TWO HARD ACTS TO FOLLOW.

GOOD EVENING. DOCTOR.

MR. PRESIDENT. DR.

YOUNG. GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF EDUCATION AND STEM VISITORS.

I'M DEB TEUSCHER, AND WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF TALKING TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE PLANETARIUM.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, YOU'VE MISSED OUT ON A WONDERFUL TREAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND WE LEARNED A FEW THINGS OURSELVES AS WE WERE GETTING READY FOR THIS.

YEAH. SO ANYWAY, TO HAVE A PLANETARIUM IS QUITE A LUXURY AND A TREAT AND SHOULD BE IN EVERY SCHOOL, BUT IT'S NOT.

AND WE'RE FORTUNATE, VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE ONE AND HAVE HAD ONE PRETTY MUCH SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SPACE AGE.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO ADDRESS ACADEMIC STANDARDS.

AND EVERY LESSON THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE PLANETARIUM DOES ADDRESS AT LEAST ONE ACADEMIC STANDARD OR A PORTION OF COURSEWORK THAT IS DONE BY THE STUDENTS THERE.

SO LIVING IN TOWN, OUR STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE A NICE DARK SKY.

AND IN MANY CASES, THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE NIGHTTIME SKY TAKES PLACE MAYBE INITIALLY AND HOPEFULLY BEGINS A LIFELONG PASSION

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BY COMING TO THE PLANETARIUM.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

OUR CURRENT PLANETARIUM WAS BUILT IN 1995 WHEN THE SOUTH WING WAS PUT ON THE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE THEN HAD A SMALL UPGRADE IN TECHNOLOGY AND LIGHTING IN 2005, AND AS OF DECEMBER LAST YEAR, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE PARTS AND REPAIRS ARE NO LONGER POSSIBLE JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXIST ANYMORE.

SO WE'RE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED AND EVERY TIME WE TURN THEM ON, THEY WORK LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

AND SO FAR SO GOOD.

SO YEAH, VENUS DECIDES TO GO OFF IN ITS OWN PATH SOMETIMES, AND SO WE JUST DON'T MENTION VENUS AT ALL.

SADLY, NOBODY MISSES IT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW MUCH THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SKY.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLANETARIUM.

IT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE AGAIN, IT'S AN E 114.

YOU CAN SEE THE EXTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE THERE NEXT TO THE GREENHOUSE, AND IT'S CURRENTLY SEATS 62.

WE ARE HANDICAPPED, ACCESSIBLE, AND WE HAVE A HEARING IMPAIRED ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AS WELL.

SO ALL THOSE THINGS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR VARIOUS STUDENTS AND VISITORS WHO COME IN.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT IT'S THE ONLY ROUND ROOM THAT I KNOW OF.

THE CORPORATION MAYBE ON THE WEST SIDE WITH THE LOVELY 30 FOOT DOME.

THAT IS THE BEST STRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE NIGHTTIME SKY AND MATCH IT WITH ALL KINDS OF OTHER TOPICS AS WELL.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A FEW EXAMPLES HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

AND SO ONE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS THAT EVERY LESSON WE DO INCLUDES THE CURRENT NIGHT SKY.

AND I STRESS THAT TO THE STUDENTS THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING WHEN YOU LEAVE THE PLANETARIUM, BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO MATCH IT EXACTLY WITH WHAT THE SKY LOOKS LIKE ABOVE THE ABOVE US IN INDY.

SO THEY HAVE A VERY ACCURATE VIEW OF THAT.

AND OF COURSE, WITH OUR HEARING AND OUR HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY, WE THINK THAT THIS IS ADAPTABLE FOR ALL AGES, CERTAINLY KINDERGARTEN AND ACTUALLY PRESCHOOL AND ON UP AND ANY KIND OF INTERESTED IN MY.

WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT OCCUR IN EVERY LESSON.

FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S ALWAYS AN ACTIVE STUDENT COMPONENT, WHETHER IT'S READING ALOUD, COMPLETING A HANDOUT THAT HELPS THEM GET ALL THE INFORMATION, VOLUNTEERING TO GIVE ANSWERS TO THAT SORT OF THING.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS ACTIVITY.

WE MANY OF THE WELL, I WOULD SAY 90% OF THE LESSONS ARE THERE BECAUSE THE TEACHERS HAVE SAID WE'RE DOING ROMEO AND JULIET.

CAN WE COME TO THE PLANETARIUM? AND THEN THEY DO FILL OUT AN EVALUATION AFTERWARDS AND WE.

THAT TOO, TO IMPROVE AND CHANGE THE LESSON BASED ON THE CHANGING POPULATIONS, WE DO ADDRESS AT LEAST ONE ACADEMIC LEVEL OR COURSE STANDARD IN EVERY LESSON THAT JUSTIFIES NOT THAT WE NEED TO JUSTIFY, BUT THAT JUSTIFIES THEIR TIME THERE AND PROVIDES A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE NIGHT SKY AND WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN THEIR CLASSROOM.

THERE IS I THINK THERE IS A POSSIBLE THERE IS THE NOT THE POTENTIAL.

THERE IS THE REALITY THAT WHAT WE DO IN THE PLANETARIUM CAN ONLY BE DONE IN THE PLANETARIUM WITH THE DOME CEILING AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S THERE.

SO AND WE THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF FUN IF OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM FUN.

BUT YES, THEY ARE INTERESTING.

I THINK THE KIDS REALLY ENJOY IT.

WE HEAR THAT FROM THE TEACHERS AS WELL AND FROM THE STUDENTS.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT.

SO JUST A FEW TINY GLIMPSES AT THE KINDS OF LESSONS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

WE HAVE ENGLISH 11 WHO ANNUALLY DOES FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT SLAVE NARRATIVES.

WE DO A LIGHT POLLUTION PROGRAM FOR BIOLOGY BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE NON-LIVING FACTORS IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT CAN HAVE A VERY NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE HUMAN POPULATION. NOTHING THAT YOU CAN FEEL OR SENSE NECESSARILY, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY THERE.

WE JUST STARTED A NEW LESSON LAST YEAR AT THE SUGGESTION OF ONE OF OUR US HISTORY TEACHERS TO DO SOMETHING IN THE SPACE RACE.

SO THAT'S IN PLACE NOW.

WE, OF COURSE, HAVE DONE ROMEO AND JULIET FOR A LONG TIME, AND THERE IS A VERY STRONG CONNECTION TO ASTRONOMY WITH ALL OF SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.

ALSO, WE DO ONE CALLED THE NIGHT.

WHAT KIND OF ADAPTATIONS DOES A NOCTURNAL ANIMAL MAKE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND ITS WAKING TIME AT NIGHT RATHER THAN DURING THE DAYTIME?

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AND AGAIN, THIS ADDRESSES ONE OR MORE STANDARD WITH THE BIOLOGY CLASSES AS WELL.

AND THEN ONE OF THE MORE RECENT ONES, WE DID A LESSON ON ENGINEERING.

AND IF YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE, THEY HAD A FOLD UP THAT FOOTBALL SIZED SHIELD TO GET IT INTO THE ROCKET AND THEY USE THE ORIGAMI PRINCIPLES. SO IT'S NOT JUST MAKING PAPER CRANES, BUT IT HAS A LOT MORE APPLICATIONS THAN THAT.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S MORE RECENT.

OF COURSE, WITH THE YOUNGSTERS, WE DO A DAY NIGHT PROGRAM FOR KINDERGARTEN.

AGAIN, ADDRESSING ONE OR MORE STANDARDS AND AGAIN BACK TO ENGLISH 11.

THEY DO A NATIVE AMERICAN SKY LEGENDS AND THE BIG BEAR, BIG DIPPER IS ONE OF THOSE LEGENDS THAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR LESSON. WE ACTUALLY WE HAVE AN AUDIO NARRATION BY A CHICKASAW NATIVE WOMAN WHO DOES THAT, WHICH I THINK IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE AUTHENTIC THAN IF ONE OF US WERE GOING.

TELL THE STORY OURSELVES.

SO REALLY, BEYOND THE LESSONS, THERE IS A TEN THINGS NEWSLETTER THAT I PUT OUT EVERY MONTH, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET THAT ON THE WEBSITE SO IT CAN BE ACCESSED BY EVERYONE.

THERE'S AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ON WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE LESSONS, AND I'LL SPEAK TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, SUPER EXCITING, THE SOLAR ECLIPSE THAT WE HAD IN 2017, THE LUNAR ECLIPSE COMING UP ON THE EIGHTH IN THE MORNING AND THE SOLAR ECLIPSE COMING UP AGAIN ON APRIL 8TH, 2024.

AND INDIANAPOLIS WILL BE EVEN MORE IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY THAN WE WERE IN 2017.

SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

SO ON MONDAY, BY THE WAY, MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN REINSTITUTING EVENING SKY SHOWS AND WE'VE HAD GREAT TURNOUT FROM THAT.

AND THE AUDIENCES HAVE BEEN WHAT AGES FOR UP THROUGH? WHO KNOWS. YEAH, AND THEY'VE BEEN GREAT AUDIENCES AND JUST BRING A DIFFERENT FACET TO THE EDUCATION OF ASTRONOMY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THIS IS THE FIRST PAGE OF MY TEN THINGS NEWSLETTER.

TRY TO ADDRESS THINGS THAT HAPPEN EVERY MONTH AND BRING OUT THE MORE CURRENT EVENTS.

AND THEN AS FAR AS TEACHER TRAINING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT TAKING YOUR STUDENTS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM THAT REQUIRE SOME DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS AND THAT'S GOOD PRACTICE. AND THAT'S JUST DOWN THE HALL FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

AND JUST A SHORT BUS RIDE FOR THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

WE ALSO DO TEACHING BECAUSE THE BEST LESSONS ARE THOSE THAT OUR TEAM TAUGHT BETWEEN US AND THE TEACHER, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDENTS AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY.

AND ALSO JUST THE GUIDED INSTRUCTION THAT WE HAVE.

THERE'S ALWAYS COOPERATION WITH THE TEACHER AND MAKE SURE IT'S ON POINT WITH WHAT THEY NEED TO BE DOING.

SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

I DID BRING THIS UP.

THIS IS WAY TOO TINY TO SEE, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE TOP PART OF THIS.

WHEN WE DID OUR PRE SOLAR ECLIPSE PRESENTATIONS IN 2017, WE HAD MORE THAN 2000 PARTICIPANTS IN 58 SESSIONS WHO SAYS STARTING SCHOOL EARLY IN AUGUST ISN'T A GOOD IDEA.

BUT THIS WAS A WAY TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED.

AND REALLY IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL BECAUSE WEARING THOSE GLASSES WAS SUPER IMPORTANT AND WE GOT THE WORD OUT ON THAT.

ALSO AGAIN, THE APRIL 8TH, 2024 SOLAR ECLIPSE COMING UP.

AND THERE WILL BE AN ANNULAR ONE COMING UP NEXT FALL.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT WAY TO KIND OF GET IN GEAR AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH PAIRS OF GLASSES BECAUSE THEY'LL BE A HOT ITEM AGAIN AS WELL.

AND SO I HAVE GIVEN THE BOARD A COPY OF THE LESSONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AVAILABLE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

YOU CAN'T COUNT THEM FROM WHERE YOU'RE SITTING, BUT THERE ARE 45 DIFFERENT LIFE LESSONS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS THAT ADDRESS ONE OR MORE OF THEIR ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND ALSO HAVE AN ELEMENT OF ASTRONOMY AS WELL.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW ONES EVOLVING WITH THE CURRICULUM AND SO FORTH.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE ARE ELEMENTARY STANDARDS.

AND WE WORKED REALLY HARD.

WE LOST MOMENTUM WITH THE K-8 STUDENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC, WITH THE BUSING INVOLVED AND A LOT OF OTHER RESTRICTIONS.

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AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THOSE BACK JUST THE WAY IT SHOULD BE AND REINSTITUTE.

IN FACT, COINCIDENTALLY, I JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A LONG TIME TEACHER SAYING, OKAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT A DATE FOR THE STUDENTS TO COME.

AND THAT WAS FOURTH GRADE.

SO THAT'S GREAT. SO AS FAR AS WHAT'S NEXT, I'LL LET GAIL ADDRESS THAT.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO KEEPING UP WITH THE GOOD THINGS AND EVEN BEING EVEN BETTER.

YEAH. IF WE CAN TOGGLE TO THE WEBSITE.

OH, YEAH. I'M TAKING THE CHALLENGES.

RIGHT NOW I OWN A 1991 MAZDA MIATA AND IT HAS YOU TURN THE GUARD WITH THE KEY.

AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL THAT HAPPENS TO IT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE YOU ARE WITH THE PLANETARIUM RIGHT NOW.

IT IS THE BASIC PLANETARIUM.

IT'S A STAR BALL SPITZ TYPE MACHINE.

IT'S MADE 1995.

IMAGINE A CAR THAT'S NOW 2022.

THE DIFFERENCES IN THE TECHNOLOGY ARE PHENOMENAL.

NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME VARIOUS DIFFERENT KINDS OF MACHINES.

BUT USING THE ONE FOR WHAT'S CALLED DIGIT STAR SEVEN IS THE KIND OF THING THAT WE CAN USE TO CHANGE THE PLANETARIUM INTO A JEWEL THAT WILL BE AN ATTRACTION TO PICK HIGH SCHOOL FROM ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA.

BE FRANK WITH YOU. I MEAN, YOU CAN MAKE THIS PLANETARIUM SO UNIQUE AND SO IMPORTANT.

WE CAN HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROGRAMS THAT WOULD GO ADVANCED.

SURE. YEAH. EXCUSE MY LAPTOP.

THAT'S RIGHT. THERE YOU GO.

OH, YOU NEED. WELL, NO, I NEED.

IT'S CUT. IT'S SET UP THIS WAY.

OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, WE CAN WHEN YOU SEE THE PLANETARIUM AND THE NEW WAY TO LOOK AT IT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN COMPLETE IMMERSION IN THE DOME.

SO RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE STARS TO PROJECT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, IT'S AGAINST THE SCREEN IN THE BACKGROUND.

IT GETS DISTORTED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A A CURVED SURFACE.

WELL, THE NEW PROGRAMS THAT ARE HERE USE THAT WHOLE CURVED SURFACE TO MAKE YOU COMPLETELY IMMERSED INSIDE WHATEVER'S GOING ON AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE THERE.

SO IN THIS SITUATION WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE THE SATELLITE MOVING ACROSS THE FACE OF THE MOON, YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN THREE DIMENSION RATHER THAN IN JUST TWO DIMENSION. IT'S ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL THAT WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT.

DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT HERE YOU CAN AS AN OLDER SPACE SCIENCE TEACHER, THAT YOU CAN TAKE THE CLOUDS.

THIS IS ALL ASTRONOMY OR METEOROLOGY SECTION RIGHT IN HERE.

THE REFLECTIVITY WOULD BE REFERRING TO THE LIGHT THAT WOULD BE BOUNCING OFF THE DIFFERENT PLANETS, THE ATMOSPHERIC SCATTERING.

AGAIN, IS METEOROLOGY BASED AND YOU CAN HIT THE HIGH RESOLUTION I WANT TO GET TO SPECIFICALLY.

THERE ARE OVER 4 MILLION DIFFERENT OBJECTS THAT CAN BE ISOLATED WITH THE ATLAS THROUGH THE DIGITAL STAR PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

SO WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT A PARTICULAR COMET.

WE COULD PULL THAT UP, THE DIGITAL STAR WE MIGHT HAVE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING IN THE FUTURE.

YEAH, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS THE FUTURE.

WHAT CAN BE DONE? I WISH WE COULD DO IT NOW, BUT WE CAN'T.

THE STEAM, WHICH IS FROM STEM, ALL KINDS OF THINGS WE CAN DO WITH BIOLOGY.

YOU CAN HAVE A THREE DIMENSIONAL BREAKDOWN OF THE HUMAN BODY AND ACTUALLY BE INSIDE AND LOOK AT THE HUMAN BODY AS IT WOULD APPEAR FROM THE INSIDE.

SO YOU CAN TAKE THIS AS THE BRAIN AND THE TWO EYES, BUT YOU CAN SPLIT THAT APART.

YOU CAN DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.

IT'S MORE THAN JUST A PLANETARIUM TO SHOW STARS AND THE MOON IN SPACE.

IT CAN BE DONE FOR ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF DISCIPLINES.

SPECIFICALLY, YOU CAN HAVE PHYSICS.

NOW THE ONE FOR PHYSICS I'M NOT TOO IMPRESSED WITH, BUT IT DOES SHOW THE BOTTOM HERE, THE PRISM DEFINITION.

AND YOU'LL HAVE A BIG PROGRAM THAT'S ALREADY PREPLANNED AND DONE FOR YOU TO SHOW THE WAY IN WHICH THE ANGLES OF LIGHT WILL BE SPLIT AS IT PASSES THROUGH A PRISM.

AND THERE'S AN ENGINEERING PROGRAM THAT'S OUT THERE THAT ART AND MATHEMATICS, MATHEMATICS.

WE CAN GO THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF VECTOR EDITIONS AND USE IT TO IMPROVE THE MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION AS WELL. ALL OF THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE DIRECTED SPECIFICALLY AT IMPROVING STUDENT EDUCATION, AND THEY RELATE SPECIFICALLY TO THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE THERE AND USING THE PLANETARIUM, THIS, AGAIN, THREE DIMENSIONAL DOME SYSTEM AS A LEARNING TOOL FOR ALL THE STUDENTS.

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IN ADDITION, THERE ARE PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN SELL TO THE PUBLIC.

I JUST WENT TO HUNTSVILLE AND I SPENT $12 TO SIT AND WATCH A PROGRAM THAT THEY WERE PRODUCING IN THEIR PLANETARIUM.

CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL CHARGES $5 A HEAD FOR THEIR PROGRAMS THAT THEY PRODUCE.

THERE'S IS AN OLD SYSTEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF MANY PEOPLE GO THERE WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S OUT THERE.

SMITHSONIAN CHARGES $8 FOR A 2024 MINUTE SESSION FOR THEIRS.

SO THIS CAN BE EVEN MORE THAN JUST AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL.

WE CAN ALSO MAKE IT INTO A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TOOL WITH PIKE HIGH SCHOOL AND PIKE TOWNSHIP.

I THINK THAT COVERS ALL WHAT I HAD.

YEAH. POWERPOINT. POWERPOINT.

YES. SO REALLY WHAT WE SEE IN THE FUTURE IS ENHANCING OUR NIGHT SKY VIEW, PROVIDING MANY, MANY, MANY OPTIONS FOR OUT OF THE CURRENTLY OUT OF THE BOX THINKING FOR US IN THE PLANETARIUM AND ALSO CONTINUING WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF SOLID CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OF COURSE FOR.

IT'S GIVING THE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO EXPAND THEIR THINKING ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS AS SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS WE'RE.

RECENTLY WHEN WE HAD AN ENGLISH 11 CLASS AND THERE WAS ONE YOUNG LADY WHO WAS ALL ABOUT ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS, HER TEACHER SAID TO ME AFTERWARDS, HE SAID, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT GIRL WHO WAS ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS? AND I SAID, YES.

AND I SAID, IN MY CLASSROOM, SHE'S JUST VERY UNINVOLVED.

SHE SAID, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HER COMING HERE THAT REALLY BRINGS OUT HER INTEREST IN THIS COURSE.

AND I THINK THAT CAN BE SAID FOR MANY.

HOPEFULLY ALL OF THE LESSONS THAT WE DO CURRENTLY AND WE'LL JUST GET SO MUCH BETTER.

SO A LITTLE PUN, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT, BUT NOT REALLY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE AND BIGGER AND BETTER.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO PRESENT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLANET.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO. FIRST OF ALL, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE THE PIECES THAT WE CAN DO OUTSIDE OF JUST THE NORMAL PLANETARIUM PHASES.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. HOW MANY STUDENTS CAN FIT IN THE PLANETARIUM RIGHT NOW? WE HAVE 62 SEAT CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.

SO IT MEANS THAT WE CAN HAVE TWO CLASSES CONCURRENTLY, WHICH WE OFTEN DO NOW THAT THE PANDEMIC SEATING RESTRICTIONS ARE OVER.

AND AS FAR AS THE DOME.

DO YOU HAVE A MINDSET ABOUT HOW LONG, HOW MUCH LONGER CAN WE USE THE DOME? IT'S IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.

WHAT PART OF THE HOPEFULLY PART OF THE UPGRADES WILL BE THAT WE WOULD REPAINTED? BUT STRUCTURALLY IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE AND IT'S SERVED US VERY WELL.

AND PIKE OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN WONDERFUL AS FAR AS KEEPING THE BUILDING VERY CLEAN, THE FACILITY VERY CLEAN, AND ALSO HAVING ANNUAL MAINTENANCE BY THE INITIAL INSTALLER.

JUST WE INVITE YOU TO COME OVER AND SEE IT.

REALLY GET TO A GOOD IMPRESSION.

BUT PRESENTLY THERE'S WHAT'S CALLED A STAR BALL SYSTEM THAT SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DOME AND IT PROJECTS THE CELESTIAL OBJECTS ONTO THE CEILING.

WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AND TALKING ABOUT.

CLAYTON, FILL ME IN.

IF THERE'S IS A WHAT'S CALLED A DUAL PROJECTOR SYSTEM, WHICH WILL PUT THE PROJECTORS OFF TO THE SIDE AND THEN PROJECT ON TO THE CEILING.

SO WE'D HAVE THAT CENTER FREED UP FOR US.

AND THEN NEW SEATING THE SEATS.

RIGHT NOW THERE IS AT LEAST THREE OF THE NINE THAT YOU CAN'T SIT IN THERE BROKEN AND TO GET.

AND AGAIN, THEY'RE ALSO SMALL, BUT TO GET A £300 LINEMAN FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'S A SQUEEZE THAT GOES ON THERE.

BUT THE FACILITY IS REACHING THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE.

THE TECHNOLOGY HAS GONE FAR BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND WE CAN JUST INSTITUTE THAT TECHNOLOGY.

WE CAN DO SO MUCH MORE WITH THE PLANETARIUM THAN WE'RE DOING NOW.

AND MR. USHER HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL WITH PROGRAMS THAT SHE PUT TOGETHER.

BUT WE WITH THE TRAIN AND WITH THE FACILITY, THE NEW ONE ACTUALLY SAYS THE SKY'S THE LIMIT.

WE CAN DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS MUSIC, ART, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, ALL THE DIFFERENT SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS.

AND I WOULD SAY WITHOUT TAKING AWAY FROM THE NUTS AND BOLTS LESSONS OF THE STUDENTS, JUST WALK DOWN THE HALL OR TAKE A SHORT BUS RIDE TO COME THERE AS WELL.

DOES THIS NEW SYSTEM COME WITH A SOUND SYSTEM AS WELL, OR IS THAT SEPARATE?

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YEAH, IT'D BE A BRAND NEW SOUND SYSTEM THAT WOULD GO IT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW LIGHTS, NEW PROJECTION, NEW CARPETING, NEW SEATS, EVEN A NEW OUTSIDE WALL TO ABSORB THE SOUND SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT VIBRATION OR THAT REFLECTIVE SOUND IN IT.

IT'S A TOTAL UPGRADE.

IT WILL MAKE PIKE'S HIGH SCHOOL'S PLANETARIUM, THE PLANETARIUM IN CENTRAL INDIANA, IF NOT THE STATE OF INDIANA.

SO YOU SAY THE WALL SYSTEM WAS IT DIDN'T THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM HAVE THAT SAME TYPE OF SYSTEM? THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL A IT'S NOT REALLY A PLANETARIUM.

IT'S MORE OF A SHOWCASE.

THEN THEY DO NIGHT SKY PROGRAMS. BUT AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO DO THE WHOLE SKY, NO, THEY DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.

IT'S BEEN RESTRUCTURED IN THE PAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.

IT'S MORE OF AN IMAX TYPE THEATER AND WHICH DOESN'T PROVIDE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE DOME THAT COMPLETELY IMMERSES YOU INSIDE OF IT.

YOU'RE MORE STARING AT AROUND THAT SCREEN.

AND BILL AND I, WE WENT TO A CONFERENCE IN THE SPRING AND CAME AWAY WITH THE REALITY THAT OUR PLANETARIUM WAS A SPECTACULAR.

STRUCTURE. THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF IT IS SOLID.

NO NEED TO CHANGE JUST WITH THE OTHER MAINTENANCE KINDS OF ADAPTATIONS THAT WOULD BE MADE IN IN KEEPING IT UP TO WHAT IT SHOULD BE. THANK YOU.

I KIND OF CONTINUE MY HISTORIAN ROLE.

THEY TALKED ABOUT WHEN THE CURRENT PLANETARIUM STARTED, BUT PIKE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST SCHOOLS, I THINK, IN THE STATE TO HAVE A PLANETARIUM THAT STARTED IN, I'M GOING TO GUESS 1965 WHEN THE THE HIGH SCHOOL.

MY STATEMENT IS SINCE PRETTY MUCH THE BEGINNING OF THE SPACE AGE.

RIGHT? RIGHT. SO I REMEMBER MANY TIMES SITTING IN THE PLANETARIUM WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, SITTING BACK LOOKING AT THE STARS.

SO NEAT FACILITY.

AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE AMAZING INSTRUCTORS IN THAT PROGRAM.

I WILL ADD, YOU KNOW, ON THE ROMEO AND JULIET AND THE ODYSSEY, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR MY NINTH GRADE UNITS, IT WAS ALWAYS A MUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FRESHMAN TEAM TO GO AND TAKE OUR STUDENTS OVER TO THE PLANETARIUM.

AND IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

AND I DO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO VISIT THE PLANETARIUM LIKE LIKE MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO GO AND SEE, BECAUSE IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE IN THAT DARK ROOM AND SUDDENLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE, THE STARS, THE CONSTELLATIONS AND THAT ABILITY TO SEE THIS MORNING SKY, YOU KNOW WHAT WILL BE TONIGHT.

SKY IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT THE STUDENTS APPRECIATE.

THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT APPRECIATION IN THAT SPACE.

YOU KNOW LIKE THE ONE TEACHER COME IN AND THEY HAD THEY REALLY DO HAVE A DIFFERENT RECKONING OF THE LESSONS AND SCHOOL AND THEIR PURPOSE WHEN THEY COME INTO THE PLANETARIUM.

BUT IT'S A GREAT SPACE AND IT HAS SERVED US WELL.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE INEVITABLE.

WHAT'S THE PRICE TAG ON THIS? WE'VE GOT THAT. DO YOU KNOW IT BY HEART? IF NOT, WE WILL SHARE IT WITH YOU AND WE'LL BRING THAT.

WE DO HAVE A TIMELINE.

WE DO HAVE A PLAN.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE PLANETARIUM.

IT'S USED.

IT'S UTILIZED.

AND AS WHAT WAS PRESENTED, I THINK THE SKY'S THE LIMIT.

SORRY, I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, BUT WE DO HAVE A PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EVEN GET TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.

SO IN THE FEW YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN PLANETARIUM DIRECTOR, ACTUALLY SINCE 2001, TEACHERS HAVE COME TO ME AND THEY SAID, I WANT TO GET MY KIDS IN THERE.

WHAT CAN WE DO? AND AS I SAY, IF I CAN SEE YOUR ACADEMIC STANDARDS, WE CAN LOOK AT SEEING SOMETHING THAT WORKS.

AND I'VE NEVER EVER HAD TO SAY NO BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A CONNECTION TO THE COURSEWORK AND COMING IN TO LOOK AT THE NICE GUY, THAT'S WHERE WE, THE NEW FACILITY, WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EVEN GREATER ACCESS TO THAT.

THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE CALLED CAN PROGRAMS THAT ARE PLUG AND PLAY KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN ADD TO.

BUT THEY COVER ART, MUSIC, ENGLISH.

MATHEMATICS, ALL THE DIFFERENT SCIENCES.

I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE FOR HOME ECONOMICS YET, BUT I'M SURE WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT.

BUT THEY'RE ALL THERE.

IT'S JUST. IT'S A HUGE.

CATALOG OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE WITH NOW.

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WHAT'S IT CALLED? FULL DOME.

YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ON YOUR COMPUTERS.

FULL DOME PRESENTATIONS.

THAT GOES ON AND ON AND ON.

I MEAN, I TRIED TO ASSEMBLE IT, BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE A 1000 PAGE BOOKLET.

THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW.

SO IT'S A PHENOMENAL THING THAT WE CAN DO.

I THINK IT'D BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE ARRANGED A DATE FOR ALL OF YOU TO COME OVER AND TAKE A LOOK AND SEE YOUR OWN PERSONAL NIGHT SKY SHOW.

WE WON'T EVEN CHARGE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

WE'RE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR THE EVENING.

[5. ACTION ITEMS]

FIRST UP IS OUR MINUTES FROM OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

OCTOBER THE 13TH MOTION IS DOWN TO WHETHER TO ACCEPT.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 13 BOARD MEETING MOOD.

AND SECOND, THAT WE ACCEPT OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER THE 13TH.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSE. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS OUR SPECIAL BOARD MEETING THAT WAS CALLED OCTOBER 24.

A MOTION IS ALL IS IN ORDER TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES.

I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. A MOVE AND SECOND THAT WE ACCEPT OUR MINUTES AS PRESENTED FROM OCTOBER THE 24TH SPECIAL BOARD CALL MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? NO QUESTIONS.

ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSE.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS OUR HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT, MR. ERIC PRAKASH. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. YOUNG. A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE HR REPORT AS PRESENTED.

MOTION IS IN ORDER.

I MOVE THAT THE REPORT BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

A MOVE AND SECOND, THAT WE ACCEPT OUR HR REPORT AS PRESENTED BY MR. ERIC PAQUETTE.

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

AYE. OPPOSE.

THANK YOU, MR. PARQUET.

ON TO THE ITEM.

MR. ERIC PAQUETTE, PIKE TOWNSHIP MASTER CONTRACT.

I REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF THE 22-23 MSD PIKE TOWNSHIP MASTER CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.

I MOVE. WE APPROVED THE 2022-23 MASTER CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

A MOVE AND SECOND THAT WE ACCEPT OUR 22-23 MSD PIKE TOWNSHIP MASTER CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.

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

AYE OPPOSE. THANK YOU, MR. PARQUET. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, THIS MR. GREG FOSTER.

ITEM. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS THE BOARD. DR. YOUNG.

I RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF ITEM E, THE BOARD RESOLUTION FOR THE STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTS AUDITS AS PRESENTED.

MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDERS AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

A MOVE AND SECOND THAT WE DO APPROVE ITEM E AS PRESENTED.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE NEXT WE HAVE ITEMS F THROUGH G WANT TO COMBINE THOSE I RECOMMEND ITEMS F-G.

THEY INCLUDE SEVEN CONTRACTS AND THE CLAIMS AND ALLOWANCES.

I RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS REQUIRED AS PRESENTED.

I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT ITEMS F AND G AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

A MOVE AND SECOND. THAT WE DO ACCEPT ITEMS F AND G AS PRESENTED BY MR. GREGG FOSTER.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON FAVOR? SAY AYE.

AYE. THANK YOU, MR..

THANK YOU. FOSTER ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO MR.

[6. BOARD MEMBER ITEMS]

METZLER FOR HIS TIME AND SERVICE.

WOULD YOU THEREFORE USE THE.

MR. METZLER'S LAST EVENING OF SERVICE HERE IN PIKE TOWNSHIP ON THE SCHOOL BOARD IS TONIGHT.

AND SO WE ARE WE ARE HAPPY ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD TO PRESENT HIM WITH THIS PRESENTATION.

SO IT DOES READ MR.

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METZLER DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD PRESENTED TO MR. LARRY J. METZLER IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE METROPOLITAN SCHOOL BOARD OF PIKE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION, SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS STAFF AND HELPING US CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE.

MR. METZLER HAS SERVED FROM 1996 UNTIL OUR PRESENT 2022.

MR. METZLER ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD TONIGHT.

[APPLAUSE].

[INAUDIBLE] MY WIFE . MRS. METZLER. DIANE HAS BEEN WITH ME THE ENTIRE 26 AND A HALF YEARS.

THEY HAD A BET GOING ON, ABOUT WHETHER I COULD DO ANYTHING TONIGHT AND NOT CRY.

AND I SAID, THAT'S GOING TO BE AN EASY BET.

SO I DID A LITTLE BIT OF MATH AND I FIGURED OUT THAT IT'S REPRESENTS ABOUT 568 BOARD MEETINGS PLUS OR MINUS.

THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS OR OR WORK SESSIONS.

AND YOU GUYS CAN SIT DOWN.

YOU DON'T MEAN STAND THERE, BUT IT'S BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL AWARD TONIGHT AND I WANTED TO SAY GO LIONS BECAUSE I WENT TO LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I WAS IN THE FIRST CLASS IN LINCOLN THAT WENT ALL THREE YEARS THERE.

SO I TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR SEVEN YEARS.

AND THAT WAS PART OF MY LANDLORD FOR TWO YEARS WAS THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT WHERE I WAS TEACHING.

SO I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FLAVOR THEN ABOUT WHAT THEY DID AT A SMALL SCHOOL.

AND THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN A SCHOOL THE SIZE OF PIE COMPARED TO CLINTON PRAIRIE.

BUT THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KIDS.

AND I CAN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA, THE ITEM THAT'S ARE WE VOTING TONIGHT AND WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR CHILDREN? I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I INTRODUCED THAT IN MY FIRST YEAR ON THE BOARD, AND IT'S BEEN ON THE ON THE AGENDA EVER SINCE THEN.

I'VE GOT SOME SOME PARTICULAR THINGS THAT I'M PROUD OF.

THE FRESHMAN CENTER.

WE WERE STRUGGLING WITH WHAT TO DO WITH OUR FRESHMAN STUDENTS, AND AND AT THAT STAGE WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I SAID, WHY DON'T WE INTRODUCE AN AREA THAT WILL GIVE THOSE STUDENTS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT JUST DUMPING THEM INTO THE ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL MESS.

AND I THINK WE HAVE SEEN THAT THAT'S BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS AS WE LOOK AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE WING.

I REMEMBER GOING TO NEWCASTLE HIGH SCHOOL WITH.

JIM ROLLINS, WHO WAS THE PRINCIPAL WHO'S PASSED AWAY SINCE THEN.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION WING OF THAT STAGE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IF A PARENT NEEDED TO COME IN TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE WING, THEY HAD TO WALK THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL TO FIND WHERE IT WAS IN ORDER TO GET THERE.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THAT ENTRY AREA WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE WING.

AND I REMEMBER DR. BOSE SAID, THAT'LL BE EXPENSIVE.

OUR TAXPAYERS WILL NEVER GO FOR THAT.

AND I SAID, IT'S SAFETY.

THEY WILL GO FOR IT IN A HEARTBEAT.

AND THERE WAS NEVER A QUESTION ASKED ABOUT IT.

IT WAS IT'S BEEN PROVEN MANY TIMES.

SO SOME THINGS I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT I HAD THE PLEASURE TO BE A PART OF.

BUT THE ONLY REASON WHY HE WENT ON THE BOARD WAS SO HE COULD GIVE HIS FOUR DAUGHTERS THEIR DIPLOMA.

THAT MIGHT BE. THAT WAS A BIG ONE.

MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER DID AT ONE STAGE SAY THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT GOING TO RIDDER.

AND I SAID, WELL, WE'LL SUPPORT THAT IF YOU WANT, BUT I WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU YOUR DIPLOMA.

AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE DISCUSSION.

YOU SAID, OH, NEVER MIND.

SO, SO I GUESS THAT HAD NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

AND SO I'M FROM A FAMILY OF NINE CHILDREN AND WE ALL GRADUATED FROM PIKE.

WE ONE BROTHER SKIPPED A GRADE, SO WE HAD 106 OUT OF 107 YEARS IN THE PIKE SCHOOLS AND MY CHILDREN ALL FOUR WENT TO ALL 12 GRADES IN THE SCHOOLS. MY MOM GRADUATED FROM AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL, SO IT'S PIKE.

IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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I'M HOPING TO BE NEAR FOUR GRANDCHILDREN.

IF ANYBODY CAN IMAGINE A REASON WHY, THAT WOULD TAKE ME AWAY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ON TO BOARD MEMBER ITEMS, MS. LOMAX AND I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY TO FOLLOW THAT HASHTAG PIKE PROUD.

THANK YOU FOR 26 AND A HALF HEARTFELT YEARS.

MR. METZLER I DON'T THINK I NEED TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE.

MR. ANDERSON, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE TODAY.

AND ALSO, AGAIN, THANK YOU, LARRY, FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

LARRY AND I FIGURED OUT THAT WE HAD CROSSED PATHS BACK IN 92 WHEN HE REFEREED SOME OF OUR WRESTLING MATCHES.

SO WE KIND OF INDIRECTLY KNEW EACH OTHER THERE.

AND I ALMOST CAN SEE THAT HE WAS A BETTER FISHERMAN, BUT I GUESS WE'LL NEVER KNOW BUT THANKS AGAIN, LARRY, FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE AND ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US.

THANK YOU, MISS KELLY.

AGAIN, WELCOME TO OUR TWO NEW MEMBERS THAT WILL BE JOINING US.

THE HISTORY.

THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP MANY TIMES THIS EVENING THAT IS GOING TO LEAVE THE BOARD.

THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS WE CAN STILL PICK UP THE PHONE AND SAY, DO YOU REMEMBER SO AND KNOW THAT WE MAY DO THAT.

REACH OUT AND SAY, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW THIS WAS HANDLED? BECAUSE I WILL SAY OVER THE LAST MY TIME ON THE BOARD, WE'VE HAD SOME UNIQUE SITUATIONS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN NO PRECEDENT SET FOR SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE HAD TO DECIDE AND DO SO.

HISTORY ALWAYS IS A GUIDING FACTOR.

BEING A HISTORY TEACHER, YOU LOOK AT HISTORY TO SEE WHERE YOU'VE BEEN, TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO, MR. METZLER, THANK YOU.

THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY YOUR TIME, JUST NOT ONLY IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT YOUR TIME ON THE BOARD.

WE PROBABLY CANNOT COUNT RIGHT NOW.

AND AGAIN, WE JUST SAY THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

YEAH. THANK YOU. WELL, I HAD A LIST OF FIVE THINGS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT MR. METZLER EARLY ON SOME BACK OFF OF THOSE ONE THEME BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SHARED MULTIPLE TIMES AS CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO SKIP RIGHT TO THE LAST ITEM.

AND THAT WAS JUST CONGRATULATING MR. METZLER 26 YEARS OF SERVICE AND PIKE TOWNSHIP AS A PIKE GRADUATE, I WAS BORN AND RAISED.

MY PARENTS STILL LIVE IN THAT SAME HOUSE.

TODAY, THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 51 YEARS.

AND SO JUST LIKE YOU, PIKE IS DEAR TO MY HEART.

AND WHEN I SEE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT LOVE THIS COMMUNITY AND ARE WILLING TO GIVE TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND OVER 500 BOARD MEETINGS, NOT INCLUDING WORK SESSIONS AND EXEC SESSIONS, REALLY SPEAKS TO, YOU KNOW, A MODEL OF WHAT I WANT TO DO AND WHAT I WANT TO BE AS A PIKE RESIDENT.

AND HOPEFULLY OTHERS CAN LOOK TO YOUR SERVICE AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IN 26 YEARS, BUT I CAN GET INVOLVED AND DO SOMETHING BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT TO ME. SO THANKS FOR BEING THAT MODEL.

MR. METZLER WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND WE KNOW YOU WON'T BE A STRANGER.

THANK YOU. I WANTED TO SAY ONE MORE THING THAT AS I'M SITTING LOOKING AT LORI PETTIFORD.

WE HAVE A PICTURE OF SUPERINTENDENTS UP THERE, AND THAT'S REALLY NOT VERY MANY FOR MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME.

WE HAVE HAD THREE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENTS SINCE BACK TO MAX SHAW.

WOW. INCLUDING MRS. PETTIFORD. AND WE HAVE BEEN SO AMAZINGLY BLESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE WE'VE HAD IN THAT OFFICE AND ALL THAT SHE DOES AND THEY HAVE DONE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

SHE'S RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE BEST HOURS.

GET IT, MR. METZLER.

I THINK I WOULD HAVE WON THE BET TONIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE I DON'T WANT TO BET YOU OWE ME.

BUT, LOOK, I JUST WANT TO SAY, COMING ON THE BOARD, WHAT ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO NOW?

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YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT I NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER, AND I GET TO READ THE BOOK.

YOU MAY HEAR A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS ABOUT PEOPLE, BUT UNTIL YOU READ THE BOOK, THEN YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE BOOK YOURSELF.

AND SO COMING ON THE BOARD, I'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO REALLY KNOW MR. METZLER. IN FACT, WHEN HE CALLED ME, I WOULD CALL HIM, HEY, BROTHER, WHEN HE WOULD CALL ME, I WOULD ANSWER THE PHONE.

HEY, HEY, BROTHER. AND SO THAT'S JUST HOW ENDEARMENT THAT WE BECAME.

AND I LOOKED UP ONE SUNDAY, AND HE AND HIS WIFE, MRS. METZLER, WAS COMING TO MY DOOR FOR CHURCH AND ENJOYED OUR WORSHIP EXPERIENCE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAY IN TIMES LIKE THESE THAT WE'RE LIVING IN.

SERVING 26 YEARS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD IS TOUGH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOURSELF TO SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.

A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND A LOT OF TAKE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT GO IN TO SERVING ON THE BOARD AND THEN YET YOU LET YOURSELF OUT THERE FOR ALL.

AND SO YOU DID IT FOR 26 YEARS.

HATS OFF TO YOU.

AND WE CERTAINLY WISH THAT YOU NOW WE WISH YOU THE BEST.

YOU ALSO WAS RUNNING ON THOSE.

I WOULD LOOK ACROSS ON FRIDAY NIGHTS AND I SEE YOU PULLING THOSE CHAINS DOWN THE SIDELINE WITH YOU, WHAT YOU HAD, AND YOU DID IT WITH PRIDE.

YOU CERTAINLY, IN FACT, THE LAST FOOTBALL GAME YOU WERE WE WERE AT.

YOU WERE DOWN THERE ON THE CHAINS AND I WAS UP ON THE PLATFORM AND I WAS JUST WATCHING YOU AS YOU SERVE AND EVERYTHING, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE GOING OFF THE BOARD.

SO AGAIN, HATS OFF TO YOU ONE, SWITCH HATS AND SAY THAT I HAD A NOT SCHEDULED FIELD TRIP ON WHEN THE DAY WAS COLD.

COULD HAVE BEEN WEDNESDAY MORNING.

YES, WEDNESDAY MORNING.

PIKE TOWNSHIP WAS IN WAS AT THE FARM OVER ON 96TH STREET AND THEY HAD ABOUT THREE BUSSES.

AND I'M DRIVING DOWN THE STREET IN THE MORNING TIME ON MY WAY TO A MEETING, BUT I COULDN'T RESIST.

I SAW THOSE KIDS GETTING OFF THE BUS AND THEY WERE LINED UP AND I COULDN'T RESIST SPENDING MY WILL AROUND AND GOING TO EAGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND I WAS SO PROUD OF OUR PIKE CHILDREN.

I INTRODUCED MYSELF, TOLD THEM WHO I WAS, AND THE TEACHERS AND PARENTS.

AND CERTAINLY IT WAS A GOOD IT WAS A GOOD FEELING TO CONTINUE TO SEE.

AND SO I WILL SAY, REGARDLESS, AND CONTRARY TO OTHER THINGS THAT PIKE IS HEADING WHAT I SEE IN A GOOD DIRECTION.

WE LOVE IT AND WE CERTAINLY PRAISE GOD FOR THE LEADERSHIP.

AND AGAIN, WELCOME ABOARD TO OUR TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER.

ALL RIGHT. NOTHING ELSE.

HEY, GO FOR IT THIS WEEK, LOVE.

SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING ENCOURAGING TO THEM.

TOO MUCH IS BEING SAID THAT'S DEROGATORY AND NEGATIVE, BUT TILL SOMEBODY LIFTS SOMEBODY UP WITH AN ENCOURAGING WORD AND MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.