[Music] e the meeting is now called to order Roll Call Secretary Shapiro all board members are present thank you please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance next on our agenda is our presentations
tonight we will recognize the Carmel High School girls and the Carmel High School boys swimming and Diving state champions Mr enke good evening thank you so much for having us once again to um honor a couple of our groups our teams here at
Carmel High School for just some more outstanding achievements so uh before I start talking about them I'm going to have the girls that are here present this evening and their head coach Chris Plum come forward be right over here by Dr Beford so while they're are moving and
coming up this way um just a few quick words about our swimming community um it is really really special as you know and obviously the last year or so has really given a lot more publicity to swim City USA moniker but um being a swim parent
is is a little different than your normal youth uh youth parent uh for sports so uh it takes a lot of commitment a lot of early mornings um a lot of car pooling um a lot of your car smelling like chlorine for a good 12 years um but if you like
those things it's a really good sport to do and um these girls and these families are so committed um to the team and the program and uh it's just it's it's so much fun to spend for me pretty much the most of the month of February around all of them and uh taking in that spirit
that they give that I think is just so um reminiscent of what we want to support and and celebrate here at Carmel Clay schools uh the girls swimming and Diving uh team won their the state championship on February 15th the title extended their National record for
consecutive state championships all time in any sport to 39 straight Carmel took the individual title and three events and all three relays the team ran up 448 points which is the fourth most all time the margin
of victory of 235 points over the second place team was one of the largest of all time and to show the domination of this season the team Advanced all 27 swims to the state finals and had 21 in the championship finals on Saturday which is a truly remarkable number um Alex
shackle became the first four-time state champion in the 100 butterfly and Lindsey Bowen won the two 200 freestyle for the third consecutive year freshman Ellie Clark showed us a glimpse of what the future will look like winning the 100 backstroke the 200 medley relay of Ellie Clark Molly Sweeney Alex shackle
and Faith gory started the meet with the State title then gory Alexandria Clark Sweeney and shackle dominated the 200 freestyle and the 400 freestyle relay team of Faith gory Ellie Clark Lindy Bowen and Alex shackle ended the meet
with a State title and um just a few words before they come up and and introduce themselves and and Coach Plum to and tell us what what their future plans are um this team in particular overcame a lot of um adversity we say that sometimes and we're like oh yeah there was adversity they overcame no
really it was a lot of adversity like the entire team was sick literally very sick uh going the sectional leading up to the state and uh they they performed unbelievable um coming off a really rough week of being in bed and not
feeling well so um it just was another um great moment for this program and I must say that you know we celebrate the 39 straight state championships this is the one time that this group of young ladies will be together with this coaching staff um doing all these things
for one time and um I think it's very important that we continue to celebrate those one-time achievements even though it is an unbelievable record that we hope will go on for many years so head coach Chris plum [Applause]
all right he put me on the spot but uh I am incredibly grateful uh for this team and who the uh achievements they've had and at the same time I want to thank the school district for building an amazing facility which I know we will keep going this streak for
a long time because of that so uh it's a great staff great team the athletic support here is me just unbelievable I don't know how many athletic directors um know as much about swimming as Mr insk does here but uh he's learned over
time and I appreciate everything that goes on here so thank you we'll have uh each of our seniors that are here today come up and introduce themselves and tell what their future plans are after this year and if you know what your major is at least to
start you can say that and uh then we'll have come around for handshakes here in a picture hi my name is Savanah irisari I'm going to Purdue University for uh Kinesiology and I plan on being an orthopedic [Applause]
doctor um hello my name is Priscilla Smith I'm going to depal University where I'm going to continue swimming um I'm kind of major in biology and minor in Spanish and I'm going to be on the Premed track cuz I want to be a pediatric
[Applause] surgeon hi my name is Lily I'm gonna be going to Wagner college to continue swimming major in biology and then go to medical school [Applause]
hi I'm Lexi Ward and I'm committed to North Carolina at Chapel Hill to continue swimming and to major in sports and exercise science or something in education thank [Applause]
you hi I'm Kayla bar I'm gonna swim and study at the University of Minnesota I'm in a major in biology and Premed and going to medal medical school [Applause]
hi I'm Addie Zari I'm going to Ball State University where I'm going to continue swimming and study nursing and I plan to work at Riley in pediatric cardiology as a nurse [Applause]
practitioner e [Applause] 3 [Applause] this time we'd like to have members of the boys swimming and Diving program
that are with us this evening come forward while they are coming up I'll tell a little bit about the boys season which was equally as dominant um the boy swimming and Diving team won the state championship on March 1st the title is the 11th straight title for the Greyhounds and it extended the program
status as the third longest streak in State history in any sport all time it was also the 25th overall time the Greyhounds have won the state championship as well the 412 team points scored by the team is the second most in state meet
history the 196 Point margin of victory was the fourth largest in state meet history and a true Testament to the depth throughout the lineup as well the team won three individuals events and all three relays in the meet the 200 medley relay team of Anderson cop Ethan
Zang Andrew shackle and Michael gory started the state finals with a title sophomore Trent Allen won two individual titles and Senior Andrew shackle won the 100 butterfly Greyhounds dominated the 200 freestyle relay with Andrew shackle Carter Hadley Michael gory and Ethan
Zang and then Carmel ended the meet with the title in the 400 freestyle relay with a team comprised of shackle Allen Hadley and cop and uh again this is an amazing group um they get it done in the pool and out of the pool and uh both of these programs we're just so proud of
how they represent our community and the way they go about their business every day it's very very impressive so uh right now you the girls made it easy so you're G to say your name what your future plans are and if you know you're major already my name is Luke Pew I am
continuing swimming at Miami Ohio and I'm going to major in mechanical engineering uh hello my name is Anderson cop uh I'm going to continue swimming at Duke University and I'm G to I plan a major in [Applause]
economics hi my name is Zachary Larson and I'm going to Purdue University next year to study Finance [Applause] hi I'm Tyson Haynes uh and I plan on majoring in Finance and Accounting at
either University of Kentucky or Indiana University [Applause] [Applause] next we will recognize the carel high
school debate team state champions Dr Ferris yes thank you for having us uh we have great swimmers we also have Great Debaters at Carmel High School and it is my pleasure to recognize the CHS debate team and Coach Park McMillan as state
champions tonight Park if you'd like to go ahead and come on up the Carmel High School speech and debate team claimed first place at the two or 202 5 Indiana school speech and debate Association State debate tournament held at Avon High School back
in January this Victory marks Carmel High School's third state debate championship in four years we're starting a streak you know just we like this uh cementing the team's Legacy as as a Powerhouse in Indiana debate the
thing we love about speech and debate it helps our students develop essential skills in communication critical thinking creativity and collaboration through public speaking students learn to analyze complex ideas Express their thoughts clearly and
engage with opposing viewpoints respectfully and thoughtfully at this time I would like to inv invite coach McMillan up as he's going to introduce our team members and share a little bit more about our state champion debate team
Park well I want want to begin by thanking the members of the school board and Dr barisford for recognizing the team tonight uh thank you Dr Ferris for your ongoing support throughout the year I also want to recognize uh Mrs Britney wisman as well at the high school for her work with all the school sponsored
clubs at CHS and our head speech and assistant debate coach Ms Emily Bell the time and energy that she dedic dedicates rather to our team and helping it succeed and a huge thank you to our parents and caregivers as well your
encouragement for your students your uh help with hosting the district debate tournament that we hosted at CHS this year uh your willingness to serve as judges at tournaments throughout the year all of these are vital to our team's success thank you
yes and I also want to recognize our incredible student leadership as well I'll start with Club president Maxwell GOI our executive board member Jessica ding Caitlyn fulman Kelly Fulk fial hater evina rubchinsky and all of our
Advent heads as well and finally a special thank you to my wife Morgan without whose love and support I could not devote the time and energy uh required to coach this team so thank you um thank you as Dr Ferris said speech and debate
changes lives from building confidence improving communication uh increasing critical thinking skills better preparing students for college careers and life in general speech and debate activities provide vital life skills to a Young
Person's success in the future a LinkedIn survey of over 660 million professionals revealed the most in demand soft skills uh that are needed in this decade you can probably guess what some of them were but here's some that they included creativity persuasion
collaboration adaptability and emotional intelligence speech and debate as you can imagine uh help to build all of these skills and many many more our students themselves recognize the profound impact of this
activity when I asked our speech and debate or how speech and debate has influenced them uh a varsity member and part of our student Leadership Council U Maha Ki shared this she said participating in this club has empowered me to use my voice as an agent for good
and to advocate for those who cannot advocate for themselves it has given me a deep sense of confidence has taught me the power of effective communication and connection through competing I've learned how to process both success and
failure and mentoring younger Debaters has reinforced my love for teaching and given me the opportunity to give back to the team as a whole this team is truly special our mission statement says carel spe spe and debate exist to motivate and
train students to find and use their voice engage with the world around them and become effective and inspiring leaders and I've seen this Mission come to life in our team's leadership and their commitment to each other our exec
board our event heads and varsity members work TIR tirelessly to mentor and build up those around them helping them see the potential that they have learn and practice the skills that they need need and Empower them with the confidence that they've earned and you
see this reflected in their experiences when asked about their favorite part of speech and debate this season our leaders consistently highlighted their investment in others Lincoln Douglas event head fial hater said her favorite thing this year was watching novices
grow and being able to Envision the future of Carmel LD Varsity member Gideon Goldstein simply said teaching novices Paul event head Kelly folk shared becoming close with all the new policy Debaters in such a short amount
of time we're all family at this point and I couldn't agree more when it comes to our team as a whole our entire team is composed of over 140 students and we regularly take between 50 and 70 to compete at a total of 15 tournaments throughout the season with 34 of our
best and brightest selected to compete at the state debate tournament every member of this team has contributed to our success and we're here tonight to recognize those achievements so our members that are here today if you could stand and you could come over here and
we'll present the certificates to our state champions students as I call your name uh you'll receive your certificate and then for our seniors if you want to come and share what uh what your plans are for the future you can do that here
uh and for those that aren't seniors yet you can go ahead and stand over there to be prepare for the picture so first we'll go alphabetically here is Arian acharia Caitlyn fulman Kelly folk Gideon
Goldstein Maxwell GOI Max by the way was also recognized by our state Association at the state debate tournament for his contributions in the event of Congress debate he received the Bill Hicks award and scholarship along with that uh uh I think I left off with FAL
hater Maha Kade evina rinsky Ellie Wong and Emily Wong let's give all of these students a warm Round of [Applause]
Applause e for [Applause] well our season continues isn't quite over we have Nationals coming up in June which we're looking forward to and as we
look ahead for next year we have three main goals one is expanding our connection with our CCS middle schools by supporting or existing programs or establishing programs at the schools that don't quite have one yet second would be increasing our community impact
through service opportunities for our team members this is something that our student leadership has really pushed and we're excited to do more with next year and finally recruiting additional coaches and community members to grow our program and extend our reach thank
you again for your continued support of carel speech and debate if you're interested in learning more we invite you to attend and even judge at one of our tournaments next year uh I promise if you join us you won't just see the value of speech and debate
you'll be amazed by the incredible things that these young leaders do and who they are becoming thank you again [Applause] next I would like to invite carel police
chief Drake Sterling to the podium thank you my name is Drake Sterling I've had the great honor to serve as the police chief here in caral for the uh past 13 months and I wanted to introduce myself to the board for those that I I haven't already met also want to introduce some of the team
members that I have with me tonight you're very familiar with some of our SRO leadership in the back but also with me I brought along deputy chief DJ Chef who many of you are familiar with uh he spent over half of his 20-year career uh working in the schools and then also major Anna flamming uh who we assigned
uh to the sro's here she's uh the major over SRO including community outreach and some other components as well so she's been in that role now for a few months and is doing quite well um when I got here I I was very uh pleased to learn what a successful SRO program that
we have here I I certainly have admired it from afar I I spent 12 years as a coach over uh for the west of here I'm not going to name the corporation but I I coached uh track and field and cross country including the last five years as the girls head coach of the track and cross or track team there in
zville um I have the the very enviable position now of of having the ability to work hand inand with some of you all as well as our SRO and in one of the best SRO programs the entire country um in fact just Friday night we actually recognized just a handful of our sro's
at our annual awards banquet for some of the work that they've done while they've been in the schools and so that was a really neat opportunity to recognize them um and really uh I just I what I found is that the SRO program here is decades ahead of its peers and it's certainly due uh not just in part but in
full with uh due to the collaboration of you all and the partnership that we've had with the school corporation so we certainly appreciate you quite a bit uh of course we all know that it's woven deep in the fabric of every strong Community is a great School Corporation and we as the police department are just honored to be a part of that alongside
you and it's certainly a reason why most if not all uh move and stay in a a city as great as ours is Public Safety and school corporation typically number one and number two not necessarily in that order so again just honored to to be here and to serve and and really really appreciate the great partnership with
school corporation thank you I know it's a school night so if there's those of you that need to get home we can take a brief break now we are going to move on to public comment uh typically speakers who sign
up for public comment are placed in two groups group one in group two in group one are those who are CCS students parents employees and caramel residents in all three um requests to speak this evening are from that group as a reminder participants must be
recognized by the presiding officer and must preface their comments by an announcement of their name and group affiliation if applicable comments may not reference specific Corporation employees patrons or students comments shall be directed to the board and no
person may address or question individual board members the school board will not act on or respond to questions or comments ments made during public comment but we take them under advisement so we have determined already the order of speakers using our fancy
bingo bingo ball um Hopper and so first up we have matal ashkanazi and then on deck for second to speak we have Karina Rosenthal and again for all speakers you will have three minutes and up on the board um we'll give you your time as
well as in front of you you'll have lights that give you a warning and then when you're finished my name is matal Kazi I'm a proud Israeli American a mother of two daughters in carel school a wife of a carel high school graduate and a former
IDF Soldier I have friends and family members currently serving in the Israel Hamas War this is deeply personal recently the Israeli flag was stolen from the carel high school media center after reporting the hate crime to High
School it was promptly addressed and replaced within 48 Hours That Swift action mattered it signaled the Jewish students matter and we thank the administration for doing the right thing quickly however one strong response is
not enough the reality is that anti-Semitism is in our district is growing our students are enduring hate speech Holocaust jokes videos and bullying we're asking for the following a zero tolerance policy on all forms of
hate including anti-Semitism clear corrective measures not just for students but for administrators and staff who fail to act districtwide education on anti-Semitism and Jewish identity for teachers staff
and students a partnership with the Jewish community relations Council we would like to proactively work together to share resources and educational opportunities on anti-Semitism with faculty and students this caus policies
and procedures that can prevent future incidents and ensure that Jewish students continue to experience a safe and welcoming environment in carel schools we are here tonight as mothers as Jews as Daughters of generations who
have survived we speak niges Forest our elves but for our children and for all those who came before us we are here to Say Never Again
is now am thank you thank you next up is Karina Rosenthal and on Deck after her is Eli Isaacs good evening my name is Karina Rosenthal I'm a proud Jewish mother of
three daughters I'm also a carel high school graduate I came to the United States as religious Refuge from Ukraine at the age of five my family fled because it was no longer safe to be Jewish I never imagined that decades
later I would again feel that same fear and vulnerability this time not for myself but for my children earlier this month my family attended the International Festival at Smoky Row Elementary where my n my 9-year-old and seven-year-old daughters
are students at what was supposed to be a celebration of culture and inclusion we encountered a display filled with deeply anti-semitic rhetoric claiming that Jews plotted to crucify Esau and that the children of Israel have always been a difficult Nation did the Jews
kill Jesus later that evening my oldest daughter wide-eyed and Confused asked me why anyone would hate Jews so much and why they would say such things at her school it was one of the hardest conversations I've ever had as a
parent this is not about my family it's about every child who deserves to feel safe seen and valued over the past few weeks I've become a bigger advocate for Jewish voices I have learned about so many more instances of Jewish hate that
have brought me to my peace we appreciate the steps taken so far but this is only the beginning now is the time for bold systemic action thank you up next we have Eli isacs thank you Madame President uh and
members of the school board my name is Eli isacs I'm the president of the local Jewish community relations Council I'm also the parent of a carel clay school student and two more who will be soon enough um I'm here tonight to call attention like before me to the growing
concern our community has with the rising anti-Semitism uh it's an issue affecting Jewish communities and schools Across the Nation uh and unfortunately CCs is no exception reported anti-semitic incidents across the country have hit
alltime record highs each of the past three years in a row given that carel clay schools has the largest population of Jewish students in the state we expect continued engagement with our community to address the serious matter both in terms of remediation when incidents occur and in implementing proactive
measures to prevent incidents in the first place as you're aware on March 7th a display at Smoky Row Elementary included anti-semitic content we deeply appreciate um I don't me don't mention any members by name we
so we deeply appreciate uh the district leaders immediate response to the incident engagement with our community and the districtwide communication that were sent out uh when we met with District leadership last week we discussed potential outcomes from the Smokey Row incident the most important of these
which we understand the district is already working on is the implementation of new administrative policies to ensure that future events are free from hateful and discriminatory content and that they fulfill the inclusive objectives related to which they're designed we also appreciate the work we
know this board will continue to undertake to determine whether any new policy should be created in implemented in handling anti-semitic incidents moving forward our community feels strongly that there are practical and reasonable steps that caral clay schools can and should take to proactively address
anti-Semitism these include working with our community to provide a professional development and educational opportunity to teachers administrators and students about the unique nature of anti-Semitism uh because it is unique relative to other forms of hate
um in articulating policies and procedures for addressing anti-semitic incidents that make clear such hate will not be tolerated we're confident that there we are confident there will continue to be open lines of communication between our community our organization and District leadership we
want to assure this board that we are committed to a collaborative and outcome oriented Approach at the same time we will never hesitate to advocate zealously for the needs and concerns of Jewish students and families in the district thank you all for your time I'm happy to answer any questions and also happy to be a resource to each of you
Ming forward thank you um before we proceed I think it might be good just for a clarification to our community uh that actually the policy lons met this afternoon do you want to share a little bit about that yeah so our policy lons to remind
everybody are um Jennifer Nelson Williams and Christina wheeler and they met this afternoon um with um Dr Dudley to discuss uh potential policy thank you madam president so um
we the policy the asons did meet prior to this meeting this evening and are outlining new policy guidelines that incorporate existing guidelines and trying to pull them all together so that
situations like these will not occur in the future and certainly CCS stands behind all communities and wants everyone to feel included and safe and free from a hateful and scary environment so those new policies are um
coming together and will be brought for a first reading at our April 28th meeting thank you thank you ladies for meeting ahead of us time next on our agenda is our consent and tonight consent items include a
Personnel report claims payroll in minutes from our February 10th Workshop session February 24th executive session in February 24th regular session Schoolboard meetings our consent items are the items that are a designated
section for our meeting that are grouped together so that we can consider them and vote on them efficiently so again this evening it's a Personnel report claims payroll and minutes from several different meetings could I have a motion
please I move to approve the consent items to the agenda thank you may I have a second second thank you Jennifer so the consent so the motion today was to approve all of the items listed in the consent
agenda any discussion right seeing none we will take a vote all those in favor signify by saying saying I I I motion carries up next we move on to action oh now oh I'm sorry yes thank you very much
president C uh Dr bears for and members of the board the approval of tonight's board consent agenda including my first official recommendation to the board as your next superintendent I am incredibly pleased to share that Dr Holly Herrera will become Carmel Clay school's
assistant superintendent of staff and student services replacing my current role effective July 1st 2025 Dr Herrera who sh who has served as our director of human resources for caramel clay schools over the past two years brings a wealth of experience and
educational leadership Human Resources management and student centered service Dr Herrera demonstrates exceptional organizational skills is deeply committed to supporting staff and students and AC ly Fosters positive relationships throughout the school
Community Dr Herrera has demonstrated a servant leadership philosophy that aligns perfectly with the values of caramel clay schools she has been a visible approachable and dedicated leader ensuring our staff feels supported and valued her leadership will
be instrumental in strengthening our District's culture of excellence and continuous Improvement Dr Herrera holds a PhD in educational Administration from Indiana State University a master's of Arts in educational Administration and
supervision from Ball State University and has extensive experience in school leadership before joining Carmel Clay school she served as a principal and an assistant principal where she was instrumental in leading curriculum initiatives fostering strong School
Community Partnerships and implementing staff development programs Dr Herrera is exceptionally visible Visionary and has proven to be a highly effective leader and Carmel who will be a perfect fit for this position I'm excited about the direction and also the strength of our
leadership team moving forward Dr Herrera she is not here tonight she's on a pre-approved special trip spending time with family um she offered to postpone her trip to be here however I could not let her do that as moments with your children before they head off
to college certainly go fast thank you thank you for that now we will move on to our action items and our first action item this evening is the donation of bleachers Mr McMichael thank you uh the high school
does have two sets of U unneeded rollway bleachers uh we'd like to U give those to uh Batesville Community School Corporation they would be happy to have them and uh they will be responsible for the removal of them so it would be no
expense to us okay thank you may I have a motion and this will be regarding the donation of bleachers thank you madam chair I move to approve the donation of the bleachers
to Batesville thank you may I have a second second thank you Jennifer any discussion on this one uh seeing none we'll take a vote all those in favor signify by saying I I I I motion carries our next action item is the big award for the caramel clay
schools 2025 pavement improvements Mr McMichael again thank you uh this is really primarily for seal coating excuse me for lots that we paved last year and so part of our maintenance routine is a year later we seal coat them U there is
some slight Paving um some work on a playground at one of our East Side schools so we'd recommend your U award to Howard companies the amount of $310,500 thank you with that information may I have a motion to approve the bid award
for the caramel clay schools 2025 payment improvements I move to accept the 5.2 bid award to um include the caramel clay schools Paving improvements thank you may I have a
second second thank you John so the motion is to approve the bid award for the caramel clay schools 2025 payment improvements and any discussion right seeing none we will take a vote all those in favor signify by saying I I I motion carries our next
action item is another bid award and this is for the Carmel High School 2025 classroom Renovations Mr McMichael thank you this uh recommendation is to jbm contractors in the amount of $627,000 it's primarily for uh rooms
that uh reflect the need for renovation relative to our CTE programs and nursing programs so forth um and then I believe there's one space that U also in photography thank you Mr MC Michael may
I have a motion to approve the bid award for the carel high school 2025 classroom Renovations Madam chair I'd like to move on action item 5.3 to approve the bid award for caramel High School 2025 classroom Renovations thank you may
I have a second second thank you any discussion okay and again the motion that we are voting on um will be to approve the bid award for the Carmel High School 2025 classroom Renovations all those in favor signify by saying I I
I I motion carries uh next we have kind of potentially a grouping of several change orders and so I would like to see if we can get a motion to approve the change orders as a group so the group
items would potentially be uh 5.4 change orders for the Carmel High School Greyhound Activity Center 5.5 change orders for the Carmel High School freshman center interior Renovations 5.6 change orders for the carel high school
gymnasium LED replacement as well as item 5.7 change orders for the carel high school Natatorium addition and existing Natatorium Renovations and lastly item 5. eight change orders for the Carmel High School Polytech Edition
so again these are I need am seeing if I can get a motion to group these together it would be items 5.4 through 5.8 Madam president I'd like to make a movement to accept change orders 5.4 through 5.8
collectively thank you may I have a second second thank you any discussion on grp grouping those change orders together right seeing none we will take a vote all in favor of voting on items 5.4 through 5.8 as a group signify by
saying I I I motion carries Mr McMichael can you give us a little background on the change orders um two of these change orders are as you can you have the detail in your report but two of them are um uh what we call close out dduck change orders for the
projects finished so contractors had to agency allowances remaining and so um those are DC change orders we had one that um is primarily a chargeback um it it shows $224,000 but
our net cost is $5,700 fairly insignificant and then we had one that um uh will be charged back to uh one of our Professional Services because there was an air made in the specifications and then finally there is one ad change
order relative to to the activity center at the high school U I'm sorry it's U the Polytech project not not the activity center and um that one is primarily it's $128,000 it's it's primarily for unforeseen conditions when they um the
asilt drawings provided by the city for water lines were not where they said they were and then there were two gas lines that were um um that were discovered during excavation so it's necessary for us to do that work thank you Mr M Michael may I have a
motion to approve action items 5.4 through 5.8 on our agenda Madam chair I move to approve items 5.4 through 5.8 for carel high school Greyhound Activity Center freshman center interior Renovations gymnasium
LED replacement Natatorium addition and existing Natatorium Reen Renovations and the Polytechnic Edition thank you may I have a second second thank you so again our motion is to approve the action items
5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 and 5.8 any discussion I seeing none we'll take a vote all in favor signify by saying I I I motion carries next up on our agenda we have a student data report with Dr
Dudley thank you so this evening I'm excited to bring a student data report on a program that we have at both our um middle school and our high school Avid and um some of you I'm sure you've heard about Avid in the past um just starting
off with um Avid what does avid stand for Avid is an acronym for advancement via individual determination and so it's focused on our students to make sure that they are prepared for the future whatever that future might bring for our
students and one of the um reasons as we looked at Avid and bringing Avid to um carel clay schools is that it aligns very nicely with our carel clay schools Mission as you can see the carlay schools mission on the left there where
Cara clay schools will provide opportunities for all students to realize their potential in an everchanging world and the mission of avid is to close the achievement Gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success and so it does really align for our students and it um
aligns those arrows and back in 2004 we adopted AVID for the high school and then in 2016 we brought Avid on for our seventh and eighth grade students at the middle school we also offer a an avid um
introductory um elective course for our sixth grade students to see if this might be something they might be interested in for the year-long course in seventh grade um or eighth grade as well so in Avid it's um what we offer
for our students is it's an elective course and so at the seventh and eth grade and through the high school students are able to take this year-long elective but it also is a schoolwide program where looking at Avid strategies
um teachers are provided with professional developments to incorporate those um strategies for in throughout the classrooms and all of the content areas because the practices are really best practices um for our students in
learning and so um we continue to provide those um strategies in those implementations and with Avid um in order to provide a schoolwide um implementation that really does focus on
fostering um career and culture for all students in the class Avid um introduces four domains and those domains are in the area of instruction systems leadership and culture and so the instruction domain it focuses on the quality and the rigor of the instruction
um to ensure that all students including those Avid elective students um have access to challenging and engaging learning experiences and it emphasizes strategies like wicker which we'll talk about in just a moment and critical reading skills in the systems part of
the domain this is focuses on the organizational structure and the processes that support the Avid implementation including curriculum and instruction data collection and Analysis professional learning for all of our staff and student and parent Outreach um
the leadership domain emphasizes the role of school leaders in driving the and sustaining the Avid implementation and ensuring that Avid is a priority throughout the school because as we said we have um the elective piece but it is bigger than just the students engaged in
the elective um part of the AVID program and then the last domain the culture domain focuses on creating a school um culture that values College and Career Readiness for all of our students and having those high expectations for all of our students where students are feeling supported and empowered to
achieve their goals and advid and so one of the strategies under the instructional um piece is the Wicker and if your students have um ever been in an avid course you might have heard of um wicker and wicker is focused on writing inquiry collaboration organization and
reading and so it's an instructional approach that places students at the center of their learning and that they um Empower them to take ownership and use these strategies throughout um their school day and they're learning their content so it involves intentional
instructional decision-making by teachers to provide students with opportunities to De demonstrate what they know and what they can do with the rigorous course content which in turns builds the skills and the behaviors that support College and Career Readiness um
wicker stands for the writing so that's obviously they use the writing to communicate um to reflect on their learning um to use it as inquiry um to really look at the VIS ible organization of thought communication and um using that writing with authentic audiences
throughout the curriculum the inquiry so uncovering one's own understanding but also the critical thinking and questioning that leads to more questioning exploring in a variety of ways to solve problems engaging in thinking and learning and discussions to inspire that Innovation piece and then
collaboration that positive group interactions and we know that our students will need to be able to collaborate work as a team team um with shared responsibility and share the ideas of information and opinions um with others the O is the organization
where um students learn to manage their time and their self they um practice study skills planning and prioritizing their schoolwork and social tasks and engaging in goal setting planning and reflection and strategically and
intentionally taking responsibility for one's own learning which is such an important important um skill for not only the our students in middle school and high school but also when they go off to college or into careers to be able to have those um strong skills in place and then of course the r is the
reading where students are making connections between texts they're to self to world they're navigating they're comprehending those rigorous texts they're evaluating that information from a variety of formats and organizing and applying text-based learning um
throughout their um time at middle schools and the high school so as we think about an avid student a typical student for a profile and um this is a typical student it doesn't mean that they have to have all of these key identifiers but you're
looking at students that um are motivated or maybe need some motivation too um you're looking at a student that has the potential for that um Advanced coursework but they might need some support there they may not have they may
they may not have um the um the feeling that they can do the cour work um but they might need kind of that push um you're looking for someone with that individual determination um a positive mindset a willingness to work hard but maybe they don't have all of
the skills that they need yet um there students that do want to um go to a four-year University and that would um be motivated to complete that four-year University prior to graduation um and these might be students that
might have some special circumstances a variety of different that might be obstacles to this achievement and so and Avid works on the areas for growth they might need organizational habits with growing um they might need that time management piece um knowing how to study
what to study um they may need to develop their self advocating skills or asking questions they may need to develop their confidence in skills and communicating with others or um positive academic self-image or that Clear Vision for the future maybe they're not sure
where they want to go Avid is a program that can help the students to um grow in all of those areas as well so that they can be successful in whatever they choose to do as we um you know as our um seniors here were sharing what they're
planning on doing a lot of those um plans may change as they get into um secondary work and decide H maybe I don't want to do do that and that's okay um our students do have those opportunities to change their minds but whatever they do desire to do they'll
have the skills to be able to be successful in that so as I said Avid is a program and we have at both our middle school and our high school and currently this year we have about 9% of our students in grades 7 through 12 that are enrolled enrolled in the Avid elective course um
for our students and from those 9% of our students enrolled in the ad Avid elective course 33% of the Middle School Avid students are enrolled in honors language arts because again we want students that might um not feel that they are prepared or might not feel they
have the skills to do those advanced work but they really do and continuing to make sure students are taking those paths um for the different advanced work we have 30 36% of our middle school students in the Avid electri of course that are enrolled in honors or advanced
math math and at the high school 70% of our high school Avid students are enrolled in at least one in many of them and are enrolled in more than one AP IB um Advanced College placement honors or dual credit course um so you can see as
we continue um to move through caramel clay schools we are encouraging more of our students to take that advanced course work um we know that really helps to um set them up for the future and set them up to say yes I can do this I can
take this rigorous work and be very successful in it and 100% of our senior Avid students are accepted um to a college or a university and these are just some of the colleges and universities that our students and our
Avid students were have been accepted to so as we think about um Avid you know looking at that data that's all in important data we also wanted to say um looking at some data over a three-year
period of time so what we wanted to look at is the measurable impacts that Avid is having on our students and so um we wanted to identify the percentage of change of students in each quartel from sixth to seventh grade over a three-year period of time so we were looking from
um 2122 all the way to the 24 or 23 24 school year our base year would be our um 2021 base year and so we were looking at our students that were enrolled in Avid in seventh grade this is a sampling of our students enrolled in Avid and
comparing them to a sampling of our students that were enrolled in non-avid courses um over that same time period And so looking at um the data for um I learn for English language arts you can
see that our from the end of grade six to the end of grade seven um a um 6.6% of our students went from at Benchmark to above Benchmark for our non-avid students our in when we compare that to
our Avid students from the end of sixth grade to seventh grade 7.6% of our students went from at to above so we're moving our students above and then we are also seeing the same um positive results um in the students going from
below to approaching you can see we had um 2.1 less students in the below um Court towel for our non-avid and we had 5.8% less students in the below for our Avid students so you can see our Avid
students are more likely to move from either at to above or From Below to approaching um th those programs so wherever the students are we're moving them forward and you can see um for the students that are involved in Avid um
that the data is showing that it is an effective program for some of our students as you can see in math you um see some similar results where Avid um very much has 7.1% of our students moving from at to above as compared to
their non-avid um counterparts where they actually had a slight decrease moving from at to above and then 3.3% of our students move from below to approach in um in math and um English language arts so we're as we're
looking from the end of sixth grade to the end of seventh grade and then looking at both our um combined math and language arts we had for our non-avid students uh 2.5% moved from at to above
and we had a significant amount more for our Avid of at 6.9% move from at or above when you're combining when you're looking at both of those and also from below to approaching we had 4.5% in less in below so as you can see for um our
students in this sampling of data where our students the AVID program is one you know it's a corollary where we can say yes Avid may be helping our students to improve in their achievement as well as
in the um some of the non-tested pieces like the organization and all of those pieces so with that short report what questions might you have thank you Dr Dudley I really appreciate that um I remember when Avid was first rolled out and I think there
were a lot of misunderstandings about the purpose of the program and I think it's been so successful over the last several years and um Word of Mouth of both parents and students who have taken some of these classes has been very very
positive my question is it it Avid is still a voluntary program right it is an elective it is not something we would force any student to take but we could strongly recommend it has there been any discussion of how some of the Avid Concepts could given some of these
outcomes which I think are wonderful could be integrated into General curriculum and instruction yes yes so part of the implementation of Avid is not only the elective piece of avid but also looking at the schoolwide and so we um have ongoing professional development
for our teachers we have an avid site team um at all of our schools our secondary schools where they work to help teachers to understand the different strategies in Avid so that they can not only support the students in the Avid elective courses to use
those same strategies in the content but also incorporate them in um the their own content for all of our students because these strategies are really best practices when you think about that organizational piece when you think about how we're um using that writing to
reflect on our learning all those pieces and as well as using those Avid strategies in professional development um for teachers in other areas as well for example um I use a variety of different Avid strategies in my own professional development when I'm
working with our principes our department chairs and our teachers um we've used different pieces um such as Cornell notes in that with the organization we've used um the quick rights with reflection um pieces um all of that that collaboration those are all
pieces that we um model for our teachers as well as help them to understand what the strategy is and how it might look in their own content area and that's an ongoing piece I love that thank you yeah thank you for the presentation very
enlighting um one thing I like about it appears that IT addresses more the kids in the middle not the super high performers or the super low performers but the ones that maybe sometimes are left behind or not overlooked somewhat is that a fair Assessment program yes so
these are students that do that might not feel like they have the potential but it it it helps to Target get those students that they absolutely do have the potential and how how can we give them the confidence um to be successful and the skills necessary to be successful yeah it seems like it' be a
really important program to Market well do we do a good I how how parents find out about it is it a something you provide with initial counseling with the parents or so when when students are scheduling um in the starting at the
middle school and then in the high school as well they um look for students where many times they might be tapping students on the shoulder too to say this might be a really good course so they um help the parents understand what the program is um at the middle school and as I said we also have a middle school
one um quarter elective in sixth grade where they can really learn more about it and then we continue to um share the information with parents at um parent evenings and also with our students where our counselors are meeting with our students and talking about um what Avid might look like what it could
possibly do for our students um and is as Mrs wheeler mentioned it is an elective that students can choose to take but sometimes students are um very much encouraged to take it um based on different things that they're presenting with their counselor um or their
teachers as well so teachers go into classrooms and they share the Avid we have students that come back we have students that are in Avid that share with other students but we also have um students that's really powerful that come back from universities and share
with the students why it is so successful and how it is helping them be so successful at their college or university and that is very powerful for our students I know my own daughter um as Mrs wheer mentioned when Avage first came out it did have a negative
connotation and you know I I wanted her to take Avid and um she was adamant that she was not going to um and so but then several years later after she was through college she goes why didn't you make me take habit and I was
like but it is very much um it is so um powerful for our students so we continue with that ongoing piece and the students actually to get into the program they actually um interview um for the Avage program and so we have a variety of teachers that sit on those interview
panels because we are looking for the student that just right fit um for our students just one last comment the I appreciate the chart on measuring the student outcomes of the program you know it's so easy to find programs I'm just
talking generically not at the school but programs that sound good and we focus on what's appealing then we Implement them and years later you find out it really didn't help or whatever but it's nice to be able to go back and see that is are we seeing some results and it looks like that we are able to
see some measurable results that's I appreciate you having a chart in here that that's doing that for us so thank you thank you Dr Dudley uh it is a great program my brother-in-law was a longtime Avid teacher in Washington Township um and the schools do a great job of
promoting it because my son at carel middle was considering it he decided not to do it I also sort of wish he might have thought about it more but um he's finding his own way I'm curious you shared some of the data um about percentage of students that are
participating uh sort of the coursework that they're taking has that data sort of held those percentages sort of held steady over the last few years have we seen that grow over time because right it's been at the middle school for about 10 years longer standing at the high school sort of what have we seen over time with that so our
our data we in over the years as we look at the total percentage of students participating it has gone up and but but it's stated right around that 9 to 10% um students which as we think about the the programming for our students this is one program um that could be a good fit
but it's not a program that might be a good fit for all students but it has stayed pretty consistent it goes up 9 10 11 12 and then back down right now this year it's at 9% but it's staying about right at that 9 to 10%
um is it um true or is it part of the program that there is a community service component yes part part of the um students that they participate in community service because it's how are we preparing them for life and so that
that is a big part of the program and as they go through um the different um grade levels they also it has a very much a um focus on what what are you interested in studying in the future and so for example the preparing for College
and Career which is a new um requirement for our students to um graduate from high school at if students participa in Avid they earn the credit for that preparing for colle because it does have a very strong focus on how are they preparing them and what are their
interest um I was just at um the Middle School the other day and students were the Avid students were presenting on different um types of major and so they had to research those majors and then they were presenting to their classmates on the majors and not only were they you
know the whole purpose was they were learning about these different Majors but then the classmates were also um giving the students the their classmates feedback on their presentation skills on the areas and giving them very actionable feedback as well so it's not only learning the
content pieces but then also the the strategies and the skills in there thank you I my son did participate in Avid but only for a little bit and I wish he would have done it a little bit longer um it was really good for him he's a sophomore now and I think it did give him a lot of the organization is
what what he needs needed and so I'm really thankful for the program I think as a board it sounds like everybody was really interested and excited to see the outcomes basis that we saw I really like all that data because again um like Greg was saying that it's nice to know that these programs that we're seeing really
good data that that on the positive impact for our students so thank you and in one of the pieces as um we with Avid we actually just hosted an avid showcase at Carmel High School that included our middle schools and high schools sharing with other schools that might be interested in have it and so they came
to Carmel High School to learn more about it and to learn how our implementation of it and then we have just been um asked to participate in some other um opportunities where we're asking some of our teachers to participate with other schools in giving
sharing more information on that because it Carmel has had um a long standing as we've put in Avid and with that implementation of it so it is exciting program I agree and talking to parents in other districts they it when I I assume it's available and they find that it's not when this so I've encouraged
them to ask about adding the program thank you thank you next we have our monthly Financial update with Mr McMichael I regret that my audience is pretty much left okay well uh we're only a couple
months in um but see in our education fund that uh for this year education operating referendum and R defunds we combine those we're showing a a cash balance at the end of the month month of 11.7 million you see that's less than
last year at 14.7 uh but that uh you may recall we had three pays in in January and that's that's primarily what this is about we also when we um gave salary increases the last bium may remember that we were
funded considerably better in the first year than the second year and so we actually held some money back in order to even give minimal 1% raise that we gave to every everybody but teachers um and so so we're seeing the effect of
that because now we we will spend the money that we held back we'll spend for this year's contract so that's having a slight uh impact on this as well then in our operation fund um again this is not as predictable as
the other fund because it has uh construction and repairs and things that aren't like unlike payroll that's not every consistent every two weeks you can see we're at a negative 1.3 which is to be expected because this fund is supported by property tax and so we
don't receive the revenue except for you know twice a year and then you can see as compared to last year we're we're still better off than last year that was a minus $2.4 million then our rainy day fund we're
carrying $7.5 million in that fund and and it's contributing to um over time increasing our our overall cash balance reserves as you know that was a goal has been a goal to to increase it uh from a minimum of 8% to a
minimum of 12 so we're we've been moving in the right direction but slowly and that was planned as well and then you see the um we we in we did add money to the rainy day fund at the in December as you can see the difference from last
year that I'll respond questions you gu this where I talk I always have a question for Roger uh and you answered it earlier I asked it offline the U the charge in the raining a fund was for the teachers program um do you anticipate
any more charges to it this year am would no better than me but I believe so I I don't mean it's for that specific uh Bes I just mean like in general any other oh other besides that yeah no I don't believe so not that we're
anticipating okay thanks all right thank you very much Mr Michael next I have a brief legislative update to share um there hasn't been a lot of movement on things in the past couple of weeks but um just asking
everybody to keep an eye on both the House and Senate bills that um get give school funding um because I will reiterate that we are looking at some pretty large losses here at ccs and so reaching out to your senators and uh
representatives and making sure that they know that you appreciate uh the services and and all of the staff and uh teachers at our schools and and that you would like that to remain the same after that we have Dr Beford with the superintendent report thank you very
much good night tonight U when Amy said she was going to talk about Avid I got real really excited because um I've had the opportunity to watch Avid in action and so to watch kids uh collaborate with one another um and probably the most um impressive thing it was Middle School
was that uh to watch a student go I'm struggling here can you help me this I'm trying to understand and asking another peer for help and uh and part of the the the mission of Abbot is to you know set up the structure and everything but also the personal skills to like it's not a
bad thing if you need help you just need to go it's a bad thing if you don't ask for help and it kind of changes that mindset and uh it's pretty amazing and if you ever want your heart to get full go to the senior Avid celebration because uh the seniors who have been in
that program for sometimes you know just two or three years or it could be all the way from from middle school to high school and they tell their story and then where they're going and uh and they talk about the different influences you know the different teachers and the and the program itself and it's uh it's just
one of those things that you run into an education that really works and uh and really is that sweet spot for that middle of the road kid who's not quite sure they believe in themselves as and then they find out that other people believe in them and then that whole thing goes together and it's just
something really really special but I try not to miss that banquet because it's really really something so thank you so much for that for that report um tonight I am representing the Lions of Woodbrook Elementary School and as you can see they have this super cool lion
with the sunglasses on and also they have the theme of their year which is together we are stronger which of course I love that message so uh I want to represent the Lions of Woodbrook with her awesome principal and uh with her
super smarts and super heart if you've ever met Mrs Kelly Davis she's got a lot of both of those things um very special school and the Magnificent Matt Hunter is her assistant principal and Matt is another amazing uh person we have on our
staff that uh just uh has a way of just being a kid magnet and just giving just what kids need right at the right time so really uh happy about the administrative there of course their talented staff uh their parents and their students so this is my play on words are you ready the Woodbrook
Pride working off that line than make sure every student is known loved and has character skills needed to be successful now and into the future so how about those Lions of Woodbrook let's give them a caramel clap even if there's only just a limited number of us thank
you very much I'm proud to announce um that our two of our show choirs the ambassadors and the accents went to show choir Nationals in Nashville and so uh then they won big um and and so they per
were performing at the Grand o operi which is kind of cool uh hope they understand the history of that and our accents uh and I their show is amazing it was about a bird in a cage and uh and then being freed from the cage and it was very symbolic but the it was just
amazing uh Visual and of course music was incredible and they were runner-ups in the in the na in that national competition and then came the ambassadors and they won they're the grand Champions National Grand champions of that uh of that competition and uh
that was another incredibly intricate show and uh and just amazing um also our choir director Katherine Coons was chosen as the Director of the Year by the presenting organization so uh so
really had a good weekend uh in uh in Nashville Tennessee uh for our show choir some congratulations to them um also spoiler alert so last week last meeting two weeks ago I was talking about how the Highlight student
newspaper had qualified to possibly get a golden crown or a silver uh from uh the Colombia press Association and they were announced this week as a Golden Crown winner this last last weekend so the Highlight was one of only 10 winners across the country uh they got the
Golden Crown which is the Spa's highest honor and it was in digital news so uh that's the Highlight uh they did it again so uh they're putting together our streak kind of like our swim team and uh and uh debate as we saw tonight of uh you know continually getting that
highest level so congratulations to them um also want to highlight the Creekside robotics team won the State this weekend and so uh congratulations to them along with another Creekside team and two teams from uh Clay Middle School uh
we're sending four teams to the world competition uh which is a little International mostly in in the States but some International as well and so uh congratulations to those uh robotics teams um so they're uh you know doing what the you know our Middle School
remember that program is fairly new and uh to think they've got to this level this quick is really something um then the carel clay school middle school musicians uh brought home a lot of gold this weekend because uh want to do a shout out to them because Middle School bands and orchestras all participated in
the Indiana State Music Association State contest and the highest level you can get there is a gold with distinction and uh first off we brought home a lot of gold like almost everything gold and then quite a few Golds with distinction so uh congratulations to all of our uh
our musicians and I'll talk a little bit more about our musicians in a minute and then finally I don't know if you heard the announcement but um um Carmel High School is going to host the World aquatic Swimming World Cup and so what that is is um we are one of three stops
in north in the North American tour of the 2025 World aquatic Swimming World Cup so it's going to Chicago it's going to Ontario Toronto and then it's going to caral Indiana and uh and so um that
will feature the fastest swimmers in the world will be competing in our our nitorum and so the com competition will be come in in October so it'll be during the carel clay Schools fall break uh I believe the city is planning some cool events to coincide with the the World Cup being held here in swim City
USA so uh so that's pretty exciting and it'll be uh really I think I I think Chris Plum made had a quote that just said it'll be really awesome and inspiring to our young youngest swimmers to see you know the best in the world in their pool and it'll be a good thing so
really pretty excited and then my bell ringer is just um just a little bit different because I got I I I do a weekly report to the board you guys saw I went to a lot of different things and uh a few weeks ago I reported that I went to the the Mohawk
Trails Elementary musical kindergarten musical which was The Very Hungry Caterpillar uh one of my favorite stories and books um and uh what happened at that particular musical is there's four kindergarten classes so for one of the songs each of the
kindergarten classes played the musical instruments so they had the little drums and the you know all the little instruments and uh and they did really well but I was like that's impressive and then I went to the uh percussion
concert at Carmel High School and uh and at the percussion concert was the Middle School percussion Club so this was kids from all across the district and they played a very very complicated uh number and there some of them were playing
garbage can plastic garbage cans some of them were playing buckets you know like youd get at a hardware store and then there was the traditional drums drum sets um there was just a little bit they were playing instruments from all over the place and it was just amazing and then came the high school concert part
of the concert so you had the Freshman percussion group the pre freshman gold and then it worked it all the way up to the top two percussion groups that were primarily you know upper classman and just blew the rof off of the place it was just amazing and uh what what it
struck me as driving home was that I got to see k12 and how our musicians start in kindergarten playing these little bells and uh and then they end up playing incredibly complex and perfectly timed
uh everything and I was talking with one of the directors I said you know in percussion you can't make a small mistake you know if you make a mistake it's it's in front of everybody and uh and the confidence that those kids have and I can see where they grow that way
and I actually talked to an Elementary music teacher and uh and I said what told him that experience and uh he said yes he goes I've been uh teaching now and he's been here probably 15 20 years and he said once you get through that
you know that 13th year and you start seeing your students and how they matriculate into the high school you really see what a K12 program does and so it was very inspiring to me and I thought that would be my bell ringer to show you just a little glimpse of how uh
how education happens over 13 years and in our Corporation and with that I will uh call it a night thank you thank you we have a couple announcements this evening uh spring break comes up beginning next week on Friday so it's April 4th through April
11th our next Schoolboard meeting will be on a Tuesday evening so it's Tuesday April 15th before our Workshop session and then we have a meeting our regular board meeting on Monday April 28th and that meeting will not be here that will meeting will be at Clay Middle
School may I have a motion to adjourn the meeting so moved thank you may I have a second second thank you meeting adjourned for