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May I now call to order the Brownsburg Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Thank you. Please join me for a moment of reflection. Thank you. Communications. We have a commendation for the BHS girls lacrosse team's state champions, miss Murphy. Yes. Absolutely. I would like first coach Caitlin Lawson to come up. And then you're right up there and turn around and face the group the group. And then the rest of the state champion girls lacrosse team would join her up front. Go for it, girls. Come on up. So girls, I was talking to coach Lawson before, before

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that you're the first ever state the girls' team. How about that? Yeah. So you started. I want you to hold up how many fingers Crossed. We've got or less. Well, let's talk a little bit about, coach Caitlin about how they won this. Because last year let's see. Where, we have where is Addie? Okay. So, Addie, can you tell everybody what how last season ended? Last season, it was very, disappointing, losing by one in the state championship. It was definitely hard on all of us. And but I think it pushed us to work even harder this year.

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So this year, how did it end? Being state champions. And it's amazing. How did how did the game end? Oh, I scored the game winning goal. With how much time left? Eighteen seconds. So it was kind of exciting. So whatever the heartbreak was from last year, it was all better this year, right? Right? So talk a little bit about what it's like to be a coach of an emerging sport and how you build interest and how you build your team and how you got to this point in such a in such a hurry. Well, first, it's also not only were we an emerging sport this year,

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but it was also the first year that we were a varsity club sport at Brownsburg. So personally, it was a lot of, am I doing things correctly? Am I representing the school correctly? And I think, obviously, we ended up with the win that we wanted and the state championship we wanted. And I think just in the short amount of time that we were able to get to this point, it was really all about changing the team culture and making the number one priority positivity, not just the score at the end of the game, but also how we feel and trust each other at the end of the game as well.

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And I think, prioritizing team bonding really has helped with that. And I think that you did you set some record for assists? Or there was something with assists. You had a ton of assists in the final game. Yes. Half of our goals were assisted in the final game. I believe Grace Grabowski, she's not here tonight. Actually, she has an award ceremony for lacrosse, her and Madelyn Gottlieb. But Grace set the single season record for assists this year with 30. We're super proud of you guys. Let's go over here to Mrs. Heffernan, who knows a little bit about lacrosse. How excited are you? Well, thank you, Doctor.

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Jason, for letting me give this award because it is near and dear to my heart. And so I'm very proud of you guys. It's been a long journey, and I'm so glad that you guys have done everything you've been able to do. So, this Frontbrook Community School Corporation's certificate of accommodation is here represented to the BHS girls lacrosse team for winning the IHSAA twenty twenty six state team championship. Congratulations, you go ahead and give it to coach Caitlin. And then we'll let him stay there, and parents can take a picture. Come on up and take a picture. Congratulations, ladies. Now on to the Bradsburg Education Foundation report.

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The Chipping for the Kids golf outing is presented by Summers Plumbing, Heating and Cooling on Friday, June 12. Registration is now closed. Thank you to all community partners, participants, and volunteers. BEF Pioneer Camp takes place the week of June 22 at the log cabin homestead property behind this building. Exiting third, fourth, and fifth graders will be participating in the fun, educational, and hands on day camp experience. Ford Drive for Your Community event, presented by Bilestis Ford, is Thursday, September 10 at East Middle School from one to 5PM. Watch the BEF website, newsletter, and social media for more information.

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And Bags and Barrels Bingo, presented by Adelsberger Orthodontics, is Tuesday, 09/29/2026. Doors open at 05:30 p. M. Bingo starts at 06:30 p. M. Tickets include 20 rounds of bingo and are on sale starting in August or September. See the BEF website for more details, updates, and sponsorship opportunities. Thank you. Operations update, mister Hacker. Thank you very much. So, prior to jumping in, I would say, pretty fun that we opened up the tennis facility, had a state winning, tennis the doubles team opened up the multipurpose field for lacrosse and have a state

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winning lacrosse team. So exciting to see not only those facilities open up, but also the success and the hard work that, that that is that our kids put into our our athletics and performing arts and activities. Just just really fun to see the success on all levels, but very, very fun to see it in such a quick fashion on our new facilities as well. So, as far as ops update, just a few things here, not a ton. But I wanna talk about, while all the, some from the facility services department, all the items that are taking place this summer. This is not necessarily a comprehensive list,

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because there are certainly several things with deep cleaning and such that's taking place. But, these are all the, the things that we may not be able to get to during the school year that we really try to accomplish with our, kind of in house group. Some some major items here on the list. Again, some of these are just paint and carpets and some minor things. But we are doing quite a bit at Alpha. You know, Alpha now has been around for several years and really started to identify some some needs in that space to, help make it a little bit more of a of a welcoming space and and just some things as we've updated other buildings,

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make sure that Alpha is is aligned to that. And so, we're doing all that in house. So, really, shout out to Buddy Faulkner and his, maintenance team to, you know, drywall and changing some walls, up and, adding some storage and and some different furniture. So we are doing a few things there with some of the dollars that we have within our construction funds remaining to, to update alpha a little bit. And it's very, very exciting. And, we'll have pictures when that is all said and done here to share at a future ops update. Also doing some paving asphalt repairs, corporation wide. Really, three major areas.

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White Lick Eagle, and a little bit of Reagan. So just some areas that, over time, become a, more of a safety issue. Again, these are not operations dollars, but these are the, the from, like, what I call the operations support that we utilize through the bond construction projects as well, to make sure that we can continue to keep our grounds looking as good as possible. And again, these are more safety concerns and they are just aesthetic. We every year, we also pick out some gym floors that need resurfacing. Again, thinking back to if we do every or a couple every single year, and then we space that out over the really,

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course, it takes us probably about six years to get through all those at the elementary level, or excuse me, elementary and middle school level with all the gyms. And so we do a couple a year to make sure that we just stay on top of that. We are doing second the 2nd Floor art rooms beginning to shift furniture up there in the new space. And I was over at the high school today. The demo is already taking place at the, the two remaining classrooms at Brownsburg High School that have not been touched through any renovation. There's two art rooms downstairs. And so, again, after the summer, every single classroom will have been touched, and, very, very exciting to report that. So we're also at Reagan doing the new playground,

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refurbishment, like we have at some of our other spots. Lincoln still is the final, playground there other than White Lick that has not really been touched with the, the new pour in place. Again, we're holding off on White Lick for future expansion potentially knowing that, once we get the softball fields done across the street, we know eventually as the bus fleet continues to increase in size, we may have to expand the bus parking lot. If we do that, that brings the bus parking lot in the current White Lick Playground. And where the current varsity and JV softball fields are would become the new White Lick Playground.

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So we're really not trying to spend money just to turn around and tear it up in a few years, which is why that will remain a, in the same spot without the pour in place at White Lick. But after this summer, we will just have Lincoln, and that'll take place next summer. The, we did not have the dollars to do both this year. We will wait till next year to to finish up with Lincoln. Really nothing else too major that's on this list. Wanted to to highlight those. But, again, these are all things that are gonna be accomplished this summer. And, very, very excited to share those results with you at the end. Some fun numbers here. I think we shared this last year as well.

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But, obviously, very, very exciting commencement ceremony on Saturday. Again, fingers crossed that we always appreciate. I don't know who's in charge of the weather that day, but it was, had a few sprinkles, but ended up being just a beautiful day and and a very, very nice ceremony. And I appreciate the support from the entire community to come out there and and support our graduates. Very, very fun event. But we also it's not just those who are showing up in our in our stadium and in our community. We are being viewed across the world with our livestream of that event. And so you can see here that, we had, over 1,500

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unique visitors, that are that tuned in to the livestream compared to just under 1,200 last year. And, again, an increase in total devices as well as that, from over to almost 2,300 different devices that were, accessing the the the, the livestream graduation. So also pretty fun to know that and, again, probably a little difficult here to share. I don't know if I can zoom in here. Oh, yeah. Look at that. Is these are, all the different countries where, live streams take place from Canada and Chile, Curacao, Germany, Dominican Republic, Spain, Finland,

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United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Ireland, Mexico, Nigeria, Netherlands, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Sierra Leone. I think that's a new one there. El Salvador, United States, and Venezuela. So, really appreciate Jason Starkweather and, Robbie Donho and the entire live streaming group there with BCSC TV to make sure this happens and, that our kits can be celebrated across the globe. So pretty, pretty fun information there. Thank you, Jason, for your work. Switching from fun stuff to, more of the finance side of it, which I know is everyone's favorite. But, typically, in May each year,

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the circuit breaker report comes out, so we try to reserve June as an opportunity to share that. This was provided, when that report came out in a Friday note, but we wanted to also send that, or or go through it here today. So this is just the county. You know, sometimes we've used other comparison groups from the HCC and things. But, again, because the assessments and such each year are very that's kinda can be county specific. Just kinda providing an update here with our county schools, Avon, Brownsburg, Daneville, Mill Creek, Northwest Hendricks, and Plainfield. I'll try and go through the columns here. Hopefully,

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we've talked about this enough through community engagement and board meetings, that's a lot of this should be familiar language. But the first there is what we refer to as the, the certified max levy. So as we've discussed many a time, is that is a, a number that is ultimately provided to us by the DLGF. So there is a growth percentage each year that is given to us that schools cannot increase amount by us by that percentage, can't go over that. And that represents and that's really a number that shows up on our budget forms within gateway of this is the maximum amount within the operations fund levy that we

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can ask for from taxpayers, here locally. So you can see here, Avon, a little bigger than us. You know, so a little bit more dollars. We're 8 little over 18,000,000 there. Danville, just under five. Mill Creek, just over three. Orthos Hendrix, five. And then Plainfield, at 10. So what is new this year and why we wanted to kinda show this is that supplemental homestead credit. So this is beginning the the first year of the implementation of senate enrolled act one. So that is a new credit. Again, we talked about the up to $300, 10% of or up to $300 that is is being ultimately removed from all local

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taxing districts. And so what you'll find there is the dollar amount out of that 18,000,000 that has been removed with that new supplemental home credit. So for BCSC in Brownsburg, that is just over 2 and a half million. It was nice to know that our projections and those the the groups we work with were right on target with that number for us. So that knowing that our projections, what we thought would happen, did actually come to fruition on this report. Again, that's varies, dramatically based on the number of homesteads and things that are within each of those taxing districts. Obviously,

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the more homes that you have and higher home value, the more more credit that that unit would receive removed. So that really doesn't have anything to do with the tax rate. That really has to do with just the number of homesteads that exist within the area there. So that's new. Circuit breaker, that is this this calculated the same as always has been. Right? So for us, that is, unfortunately, the largest number on that page. And so you can see for circuit breaker for us, just over 8,000,000. Avon dropped this year to just a little over two just under three,

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two point six. You can see again, we always compare ourselves or the typically, the, you know, playing field, especially knowing that, you know, they can ask for over 10,000,000 and they've only losing a thousand dollars of that circuit breaker, where we are asking for 18 and losing 8,000,000. And so what's the reason for the difference? Ultimately, that has a lot to do with the the composition of the, the taxing unit. Right? So if more of your dollars that are you're receiving locally are coming from the 3%, much like the some of those other districts have more of that than what we do,

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then obviously, your tax rate does not have to be as high in order to receive as much money. For us to receive the amount of money that we need from the operations fund and also the debt service fund, that increases our tax rate, which again then in, increases the number of folks and units that are at the tax cap, thus increasing the tax cap the circuit breaker loss there. So, that's the difference. You know, if there were I really think if you looked across the state, the tax base ultimately is the determining factor for for circuit breaker. And that plays a large factor again for us as we've talked about ad nauseam

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here throughout the the last several months. So when we add those two together, you'll see the total deductions. Those are dollars that are ultimately just being removed from that certified max levy number that they show us at the beginning of the budget season. And what's left is the net levy or the revenue that we have for the operations fund. So, again, we start with 18, we end up at 7 and a half. That was for 2026. And that percent lost so we are losing 59% of the dollars that, of that max levy where someone, you know and that also includes the new homestead credit where someone like a Plainfield

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now is losing a little bit more than they have in the past, when you add the two together there. But, you know, we go very across the board, but, obviously, Brownsburg is, hit the worst. And when we look at that dollar per student, and this is from k 12 students, from for each of those school corporations. You can see where where we fall. And we can see that very similar to the information shared at community engagement meetings. But when you talk about even up the next lowest spot, which is Danville, at $300 more per student, If we receive $3 more per student at 10,000

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students, that's $3,000,000 in additional in additional funding. So, again, something that, that is a challenge each and every year, and we continue to work through. We really appreciate the town, and townships this year, partnering with us to help offset this hit, especially from the, the circuit or the, excuse me, the new supplemental homestead credit. We're so thankful that, it's been a lot of time, a lot of effort by a lot of people, but cannot be, more thankful and more appreciative of that, partnership that we will continue at least the town for one year because they can only offer it one year through TIF, and the township will,

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will be for three years. And, that'll start here in in 2026. So, again, really appreciate that. Happy to answer any questions. The the last bit here is just a reminder that with this as being a senate and rollback one transition, 2026 does allow for us to reallocate some of that dollars from the supplemental home credit from debt. So this year, while the 2 and a half million is the full hit, the Senate enrolled act one transitions in for this year. So we are able to take another 1.8 out of debt service and keep it in the operations fund.

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That is not new. That's the way that the senate roll act one bill was always written. So that's again, that doesn't feel like new money. That's nice for this year, but it's not new money because that's what has always been in our projections the entire time. And in 2027, again, this will no longer be allowed. So if you think back to, the the community engagement meetings or some of the charts and graphs, we've shown that the increase, in in 2027, why do we have to cut more in 2726? It's for this reason right here. Is that 'twenty six, they gave us the opportunity to reallocate some of that loss, where in 'twenty seven,

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that's no longer allowed. So one of the couple of things that we'll be pushing towards with the legislative session in 2027 for sure, but again, just wanted to share that. Happy to answer any other questions you might have. Same. So circuit breaker tax caps are I mean, the difference is stark, right, between us and the other towns. Do you have projections of when some of our commercial property is coming off of TIF? Never. So, well, the reason I don't I'm pretty good at TIF, but to know the exact reason why so the way TIF would work is if

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you continue to have to take bonds, from what I think I am how I know how it works is if you continue to take bonds out on the within TIF to within that TIF is that it basically resets. So the way that those TIFs were written is they're essentially never gonna sunset. And so I do not believe that any of the TIFs that are currently written will we will receive or any of the taxing units, not just us, will receive that additional dollars that come back down the new one might be. I'd have to dive into that. But when talking to Deb,

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she does not anticipate any of the TIP dollars being passed through for us. So Okay. Yes, my understanding, were they worth ten or twenty years? They're supposed to be, if but when you continue to take bonds against within that TIP district, then I believe that resets it. So I don't know exactly. I'm going to have to dive in a little bit more of the ins and outs as to why. I'm not certainly not an expert there. But that is not something that we can anticipate happening for us that will help offset this like some of our other communities have fought were feeling.

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I mean, you know, somewhere like Northwest Hendrix, they, had a county TIF come out recently, come off. And that's the reason why their circuit breaker actually began to fall. And so those are all positive things. But again, right now, we cannot anticipate that happening for us or any other taxing unit. We'll see that happening. If you could investigate that, I would really appreciate that. I mean, I'm looking at Plainfield. Obviously, they have a lot of commercial property. And so I'd like to know, did they not develop any of that with tax increment financing?

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Or No. They did. It's just they they get they get both passed through and they get programmed. So, like, Plainfield, my wife works Plainfield. My kids attend Plainfield, so I know some of this. The annual replacement of laptops, just like the program based TIF that we just requested, that takes place every year for Plainfield. They play pay for all the laptops, and then TIF dollar pass through is also utilized, to to the schools as well. I don't know exactly what they use that for, but or that helps them lower their tax rate ultimately. But, yes, those warehouse area there by the airport, that will that will begin to fall off.

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And quite honestly, what's gonna happen in Plainfield is they're worried about, can they keep their tax rate up? Because they're gonna have so much assessed value come off is keeping your your rate up in order to capture enough money. That's something that they're actually, working towards. But typically, in that situation, what the school and the TIF will do is that will happen over it'll transition in. So you will not receive if it's a billion dollars of assessed value in warehouses, that won't all come to you in one year. They'll transition that probably over the course of five to ten years. In that way,

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the the taxing unit isn't also hurt. But, but yeah, that's gonna be a benefit to the taxpayers and also the schools. If they continue to grow, they probably be able to do that without raising their taxes and without impacting circuit breaker, those things as that assessed value continues to push down. Thank you. Yep. Any questions? Great. First reading of student handbooks. Mister Hackard. Forgot them up again. Attached in the, your board packet are all the new all the handbooks for the 2627 school year. Did a lot of revisions this year. Needed to as we especially going through the policy updates, we wanted to take a look at attendance and some of the the,

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discipline behavior consequence language there, as well as especially things like drug testing process at the, at the high school level. So, lots of updates and changes, and happy to answer any questions you might have. In general, no no, what I'd call, major program type adjustments. You know, major major things, it's just revisions within the wording, and and making sure there's alignment essentially from the handbooks and the policies is really making sure that we're, we're we're in alignment there. So, but happy to answer any questions. Again, no action right now. First reading tonight.

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We'll do a second reading in July with approval. But happy to answer any questions that you might have. Are we gonna educate the upcoming students a little bit more about the upcoming changes with the cell phone a little more publicly? Yes. That will that will clearly be, a major topic, especially at the high school level. It's really not gonna be too big of an adjustment at the middle school. They've really been implementing the no phone, been in lockers and such. And and so we're working with doctor b and the entire administrative team at high school as well as looking at guidance from the Department of Education to ensure that, that what we have in place will,

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will be communicated to its highest level, not only with just with students, but also with our families to make sure everyone's on the same page. Thank you. Mhmm. First reading of policies a three one three zero one, c 200, c three fifty, c C375, C425, C425, C500, D200, and D225. Doctor. Jessup? Thank you. This is the first reading of these policies. I'm going to go through and just say very quickly what these policies are. They are the wireless communication devices, anti bullying, student discipline suspension and expulsion, student suicide prevention and awareness,

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school trips and privately sponsored activities, standard of care and supervision of student, and staff ethics. We will bring these back next month for a second reading and approval. I need no action at this time, but I'm available for questions. Questions? Thank you. Comments from patrons. We have one, Mr. Wyant. Please state your name, address, and just a reminder, you have three minutes. Good evening. David Wyant, PO Box, 513, Brownsburg, Indiana. I wanna thank, Kat and her team for being responsive. I mentioned after one of the meetings the other day that the, copies of the policies in the handbook were not in the packets.

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They're in there this evening. And, despite what you might think, I read those. I read the policies, and I read the high school handbook. I'm not sure I could be a high school student this this day and age after reading all those policies, But I did, in fact, read that. But thank you for providing that to the the public and and actually reading those titles again so people knew what was going on here this evening. If, one of you folks, if that can be Kat or Shane, can provide, a general assembly update to the board and to the public and to those watching, what are the likely or anticipated actions next session that we think our public servants

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are gonna gonna use to approach revenue shortfalls that make Brownsburg so unique? Because as some of Shane's numbers indicated, not everybody is getting hit with a CA-one like we're getting hit. So how maybe some insider knowledge or what you anticipate the General Assembly is going to be doing in the next session, I would appreciate it. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Consent agenda. Doctor. Jessup? Thank you. At this time, ask for, the approval of minutes, from the 05/11/2026 meeting, the approval of claims,

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and the superintendent report. So moved. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Old business. Second reading and recommendation to approve Boost teacher and support staff handbooks. Mister Hacker. Yep. In the board packet, you'll find the, the handbooks listed there for Boost, our teacher and support staff handbooks. This is second reading. Happy to answer any questions. I know missus Gordon is also here. But if no questions, certainly ask for recommendation to approve those handbooks for the twenty six-twenty seven school year. Questions? No questions? Question to approve? So moved. Second.

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All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Second reading and recommendation to approve policies, a one seventy five, a two twenty five, a two seventy five, a three twenty five, a two eighty five, a 300, a three fifty, b one twenty five, b 200, b two fifty, C 100, C 150, C 175, C four fifty, C four seventy five, C five fifty, C 600, D 150, and D three twenty five. Doctor. Jessup? Thank you. This is the second reading and a request for approval of the policies that you

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just shared. I'm going to give the titles of those very quickly. It is whistleblower protection, reporting of suspected child abuse or neglect, school wellness, no distracted driving, responsible use of technology, communicable diseases, civility and decorum, school board leadership and support, membership, school board ethics, entrance requirements, homeless students, attendance and academic engagement, drug testing prevention and drug prevention and drug testing, school sponsored publications and productions, search and seizure, withdrawal from school, board superintendent relationship, personal background checks, references, and mandatory reporting of convictions of substantiated child abuse and arrests.

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Ask for approval at this time. So moved. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. New business. Recommendation to approve resolution authorizing disposition of school buses. Mister Hacker. Thank you. In the board packet, you will see that, we did a request for bids on three different buses. Again, we have utilized this process the last couple of years and had a higher level of success with dollars received versus just looking at a trade in value. So bus 28, 48, and 14 are those that we've deemed that need to be,

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replaced. And so we put those out for bid, and you can see the, we had two different groups received the the bids there of Philip Philip Morton Powell in Tennessee and Kevin Amador right way bus lines. And so asking for your approval for us to let those buses go for those dollar amounts, accept those accept that dollar amount for those buses, and send them on their way. I was impressed with the dollar amounts that came across on some of those top bids. Yes. Yes. Again, probably, I'm guessing, two to three times more than what we would receive on a trade.

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So, while this is a lot more work on Mr. Meyer Rose and the Transportation Department, certainly well worth it. It. And these are dollars essentially that go right back into the operations fund that assists with the transportation costs. So, it's a win win for sure. Great. Do we have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Recommendation to approve supplemental fees for twenty twenty six, twenty twenty seven. Mister Hacker. Thank you. Remember last time, I believe operations update or excuse me, communications, we discussed the potential supplemental fees for the upcoming school year as, when we think back when curriculum material fees were taken away from school corporations,

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the Department of Education has come back and said that there are some supplemental items now that schools can charge for. And so, I believe the full list was put into the board packet. But, when we think about the ranges there listed from from elementary really is, the the fee is really associated with the grade level and and the activities that are associated with each one of those grades. At the high school level, it becomes very difficult because it's not just the grade, but it's the specific course. And so we've kind of I'll go through the ranges here for you. Again, the full list is available. But at the elementary level,

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we're looking anywhere from $22.68 to $32.26 per student, again, based on a grade level. At the middle school, we're looking anywhere between 20 to $27 a student that'll be assessed. And in grades nine through 12, anywhere from only $5 to $53. So and the $5 would be kinda like the lanyard cost for the ID and lanyard. And we have some students that might be in a work based learning program half day, and a couple classes that don't have the fees associated with it. So that $5 would be that smallest amount all the way up to some of the students that might be involved in more of,

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you know, higher advanced classes that are using some some big time labs up to that $53 So that's the range that'll be assessed. And appreciate mister Ebert and the business office, not only their time spent working with the department of ed, but local school districts as well to try to come up with our best plan of action. But, these will be assessed again starting in July for the upcoming school year and asking for your approval of those fees at this time. Questions? When will the fees need to be paid by by each family? So, if we think back to the similar time frame, those will be,

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sent out really once schedules especially at the high school level, once schedules are settled, it won't necessarily be right at the start of the school year. We will do it at the start of the school year at middle school and, in elementary. And so typically, we would like to see that paid here within the first quarter. And then very similar to previous years, if that's not paid, then we will have a process to reach out and communicate those. We have, outstanding fees. This year, we should be able to implement the Parent Square pay. Is that what it's called? Should, so it's a direct email message to a parent that also has the link where

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they can issue payment. So we are seeing high level success with that. We're gonna put that this year with some, like, library fees and such, the high school especially. So we think that we'll have a nice rate of success. But at the end of it, if we have folks next year that have not still have a balance, we can then implement the, the TREX program that we have for several years now, which is instead of going to small claims court for those who have outstanding balances, we can file with Trex. And, Trex ultimately then looks, we submit that. It looks at state tax refunds,

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and we receive the first dollar amount that we are owed from a state tax return. So again, we won't do that without plenty of communication and reminders on behalf of the school corporation and then also the central office if that isn't paid. But, that's so we would like to receive payment within the first nine weeks potentially. And those dollars go into the Education Fund? Education Fund. Yep. So that will go directly back into the classroom to help pay for the supplies and such that the teachers will be using to help, teach the content. Okay. And keep teachers from having to buy some of that on their own, which I know is taking which is happening now.

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Mhmm. Do we have a motion? Second. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. A recommendation to approve resolution authorizing temporary exemption of policy thirty three one, thirty three ten. Mister Heck. Thank you. So, again, brought this up last week in the communications section, as we talked about the, the ability for us to host the Challenger seventy five through the ATP at our tennis facility in August. One of the items that, requirements for us to host that is, have the new vendors on-site. And some of those vendors, is a vendor that will be selling alcohol on campus.

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And so as we discussed last time, that would just be beer and wine and a specialty drink. So it won't be a full access bar by any means. And so but in order for us to do that, we, policy thirty three ten right now does not allow for alcohol to be sold on events, on school grounds where students are present. The resolution that's in front of you would allow for the exemption of that policy only at that facility and only during the dates of which the tennis tournament, is being held. That would not again, if somebody tried to bring alcohol, on campus across the street at White Lick,

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that that would be against the policy, and we could we could issue, you know, good officer, Chief Dunning involved. But this allows only for the exemption of that policy again on the tennis facility during those dates. That's it. And then once the tennis facility or tournament is over, that exemption no longer exists. So again, this is a tennis tournament that's going to bring what we feel like additional dollars to the school corporation as well from facility rental fee, as well as to the tennis program. And are really excited about offering this and asking for approval of this exemption of

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this policy temporary exemption of this policy at this time. Thank you. Questions? I see one thing to clarify. In terms of any incident that may occur, the school does not hold any responsibility or liability as a result of It's correct. This exemption. I want to make sure that's clarified. I've to say that we would not be named in a lawsuit if something were to happen, that's gonna happen probably in any situation because it it's on grounds. But the liability and the license to sell the alcohol would fall on the alcohol would fall on the vendor, not on the school corporation. So we are just allowing it to be on campus,

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but the vendors and such, much like, are the ones taking the risk when it comes to selling alcohol and those types of things. Other questions? Do we have a motion? So moved. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Superintendentcom comments. Doctor. Jessel. Thank you. First, I'd like to, of course, congratulate the class of 2026, on their graduation this past Saturday. Also want to give high praise to all those who were involved in creating such a wonderful, ceremony for our students and their families and their friends to to celebrate with students.

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I love that we are able to have commencement here. I did not realize how stressed I was worrying about the weather all week until we finally got things wrapped up and it was over, and I was able to breathe a sigh of relief. So, love having it here. A little bit of anxiety about it. Mister Wyant, wanted to let you know that, I believe it's House Bill twelve forty two that is a study this year of things like the operations fund and how much money each school district is receiving per

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student. The per student metric is not one that has been used in the past because we don't receive those money, those dollars, by students. But it really is the only way to really accurately assess what's happening in operations fund. If you compared how much we receive in the operations fund to a very small school district, it still seems like we get a lot until you really take into consideration how big our district is and the the facilities that we have and and all of those things. So we believe that this House Bill twelve forty two has been designed to get

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this information so that our legislators can have more information to help potentially make a plan. Our concern is that, if a decision is made to bring us up to a floor, so maybe the floor turns out to be $1,400 And for us, that'd be $700 essentially per student, and that would be $7,000,000 Is the concern, does it come out of our left pocket to go into our right pocket? And so until we know for sure what they're doing and where the dollars are coming from, we're still going to go through with the,

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reductions that we're looking to make for the 'twenty seven-'twenty eight school year. So we are hopeful, but we're also going to be practical in making the decisions for the district. Okay. Thank you. Board member comments. Doctor. Fridgey? All right. Just had a couple of points. One, congratulations to a successful 2026 graduation. Wish all our graduates future successes. Two, congrats to all our girls lacrosse team coaches and families. Look forward to many more years of success. And three, thank you to all our students and staff, and remember to have a very safe summer.

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Be careful. Thank you. Mr. Hubert? Yes. I do want to congratulate our newest state champs, the girls' lacrosse team. That's really, really exciting. I want to thank God for holding off the rain there. It started to drizzle a little bit. We were talking about the umbrellas. And he provided perfect weather for graduation day. And I really that's one of my favorite days. So I want to thank God for that. I want to thank Cat and Shane and the entire administration staff and, in fact,

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our entire staff for getting through what was a very difficult year financially in particular and working through all that, the community engagement meetings, getting the funding from our town board and our ground in Lincoln Townships to avoid a referendum. And that was just that was a job very well done. So thank you very much for all that hard work. And, as as, Matt said, I wanna make sure everyone has a safe and enjoyable swimmer. So I'm gonna start with the not so fun stuff. Thank you guys for all being done because I know it's not been easy.

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It's not easy to deliver that news. It's not easy to share that with everybody. So thank you for everything that you've done, all the information that you've shared to educate everybody. Awesome for the girls' lacrosse team. Coach Hance has been, I think, here from the start. And, my son played for twelve years, and so seeing where that program's come from time he started playing to now and just being able to host so many home games and seeing him so much more senior year, this year than any year almost all the years combined was pretty awesome. And the kids getting excited and the students getting excited and having,

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like, a fan base, like, it was a pretty special, like, senior year for this this group of kids. So and awesome for the girls to win state. So awesome for the lacrosse team and excited to see what they're gonna do in the future. Everybody who supported the 2026 class from administration, awesome. The Dee Daller, he's an amazing AP. The administration staff, Danielle King, who I don't know how she has the patience to deal with all our kids, but she does somehow, and she does it with a smile on her face. She's amazing. Scott, for keeping all of our kids safe, and, I appreciate all of you guys and everything that you do.

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And lastly, for the rain holding off, I'm with you. I was holding my breath the entire ceremony. We did it. So and a a safe summer for everybody and, the class of twenty twenty sixth all going off on their different adventures. Wishing them the best. I also wanna echo graduation was fantastic. I think we've heard lots of positive comments about the students reading the names. I talked to miss Murphy earlier today about the photos that she was able to get, and I've seen several of them, they're fantastic. The presence of BPD with support from other groups,

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I felt like there was a strong support. Crossing the street was safe for everyone involved. And and, you know, there it seemed like everybody was, just having a great time. And I think that doing it on campus is really important to our students. And I I said on Saturday, and I'll say again, I think nobody does it better. So, though, Mr. Hacker did tell me 11:05 was the official time that the graduation was completed. So they they do a nice job getting all the kids through and let them have their moment. So it was a good day. Also, congratulations to the lacrosse team.

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I know we go through all the different policies and and reading the numbers and everything, and I think that it's important to note that that's to streamline it because to as mister Wyan said, the poll there's a lot of policies, and we need to be able to make sure that we are familiar with those. And having those streamlined is really important, just like the handbook being streamlined and checked every year for the students, to make sure that to hold everyone accountable, to make sure that we're being consistent. And I know that seems like a lot, but the transparency is important. And I think that the policies that we have working now are improving,

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and it's getting easier to maintain. So thank you for the work done on that. I know that's a team effort. Kelsey, I'm sure, is part of that as well. So thank you for that. That's all I have. Motion to adjourn? So moved. My second. Meeting's adjourned. Thank you.