The meeting is now called to order. Roll call. Mr. Shapiro. All board members are present. Thank you. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America to the republic
for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. In new the next I'm going to read our CCS mission statement. This is a new addition to our board agenda. Um and we are going to read this at the beginning
of every board meeting. Caramel Clay Schools will provide opportunities for all students to realize their potential in an everchanging world. And next we will move on to the presentation portion of our meeting. And our first presentation is the Clay
Middle School robotics team, Dr. Crosby. [Applause] Before we get started, I have a special presentation for Dr. Todd Crosby, who
just completed and defended his dissertation. And so he is now Dr. Crosby. So congratulations, Doc. Thank you, Dr. Barersford. Thank you, uh, ESC personnel and board for allowing us some time to, uh, kind of highlight our robotics programs. Um, we do have
Creekide here as well, and I know they've had a robotics program longer than we've had. We've had clubs and organizations, but this is only our third year um having a robotics team that competes. Um Mr. Crawford's in the
back. Um if he could come up. Um he's a big part of this. Uh if we could give him a round of applause. In three years of having this program, uh Mr. Crawford has grown this program. We have almost 70 students in this program and we have multiple teams that
compete. Um, two of which made it to worlds this year in a very short time. So, we have several students here. I'm going to hand the mic off. I just wanted to uh acknowledge the families that are here tonight. Um, without you, the support of a young program probably
wouldn't exist. Um, and I see your faces at a lot of the robotics programs. So, um, if we could give our parents a round of applause as well for all they do. [Applause]
But before I hand it off, I just wanted to say thank you um for all of your support. Um highlights throughout the district. Mrs. Bower does a good job of marketing and uh getting things out for our robotics program and when we're going through worlds um she was
continuing to try to keep the community up to date. So, uh, but it's an awesome achievement, um, to be able to do so early in a program, but that wouldn't be without Mr. Crawford. So, I'm now going to hand it off to him and highlight the students. Thank you. All right. Well, we had a very uh, very
adventurous season. Had lots of great competitions. Went about little everywhere. Um, did take four teams to state. We got two to worlds. And both teams were full eighth grade group. So we're going to lose them all this next year. So a lot
to replace. But um they've all most of them have been with me all three years. So I very proud of them. They did a great job. We're going to go ahead and pull up we'll pull up just one team at a time so we can announce them. Um let's
start with our 2529 A team. So our A team actually went to state or went to worlds on a design. Guys, come on up. They won the design award at state to earn them their trip to Worlds. And at Worlds, they won our very first Caramel
Worlds trophy. So, the first team that's been able to pull off an award at Worlds. All right. So, we're going to start off with Luke Bailey. Then we've got Rashad Bowick. Simon Bickl, Kevin Chin,
Chris Chang, uh Samir Meyers, Aaron Rosemarian, and Cameron Wilson. And that is our 2529A team. All [Applause]
right. Our next team who got to uh worlds on again a judged award. They were able to win the build award. Correct. Must pretty sure. Yep. Build award to get themselves two worlds. And
that is our 2529G team. [Applause] All right. Our first one is Drake Bower. Then it's Parker Bevelqua.
Henry Carell Arian Delcar dual car sorry it's dual car Ronan Gitman Vhan er Nathan Marshall And Xander was not able to make it
today. [Applause] [Music] [Music] My wife took the other
[Applause] as we transition to Creekide. Uh, I just want to acknowledge Brandon and Barbara. They may not uh say this, but currently right now they're offering summer camps to all 11 elementaryaries. And uh
they've already ran two week sessions and they had over 100 students and they will run two more weeks at Clay. They did the first two weeks at Creekide. So they're very busy through the summer building this program as well. So I just wanted to make sure that we acknowledge that as well. So, thank you.
Up next, we have the Creek Side Middle School Robotics Team and Mr. Pelich. Administrators and members of the board, it is my distinct honor to celebrate the accomplishments of the Creekide Middle School Robotics Team. Under the leadership of Coach Barbara Glennesque, the robotics program continues to reach
new heights. Over the past three years, the program has not only grown in size, but it's also grown in reputation and tallied an impressive number of accomplishments along the way. This evening, we're excited to celebrate the accomplishments of two of our 10 state qualifying teams. The first team we're
celebrating is team 46032D, aka Frogbots. During the course of the 24-25 regular season, this team won three robot skills championships, a teamwork championship, and had the highest robot skills score across the state of Indiana. In addition to qualifying for the state competition,
this team went on to qualify for the world championships in Texas, where they placed 41st out of 84 teams in their division against robots across the world. They've actually brought their robot here to uh to share in terms of taking a look at uh the work that they
put in. Let's give them a round of applause. And the second team we're here celebrating is team 46032E Minion Mechanics. During the course of the 2425 regular season, this team won
three teamwork championships, two robot skills championships, and an excellence award. Minion Mechanics were also the 2425 teamwork state champions, which is a first for Creekide Middle School. At the World Championships, they finished 32nd out of 80 teams in their division
and 73rd out of 327 teams in the skills division. Most notably, this team is comprised of all sixth grade students. Let's give both teams a round of applause. I'd like to invite Mrs. Glennesque, our wonderful coach, to the podium to
recognize these students for their outstanding accomplishments. Good evening. Um, first I want to congratulate all of the robotics um, students here and all their hard work um, this season. Lots of our students are traveling, so we our team is not look quite as big, so I'm going to read
all of their names for um, the Frogbots. There are only two students that were able to make it tonight. Um, so we have Ian Roy and Weni Zong. Ian, did you want to drive that around at all or show anything? Okay. Showing
it there. He's kind of showing some different things that of how um the robot works. I think it was probably one of the longest at the World Championship. The other team members that were not
able to come today is uh Yeshua, Rhythmic, and Jack [Applause] Next up, if I could have all of the members of Minion Mechanics um come on up.
These were the Indiana State champions comprised of all sixth graders. Some had done some work on elementary. the rest. It was brand new to them this year. Again, we're missing some um members of the team. I'm going to read their names out first and then um I will mention the
other students names as well. Omi, Nathan, Yurov, Evans, and then I just want to mention those that couldn't come. Carson Bunch, Dalton Bunch, and An Shaw.
[Applause] [Applause] We can take a brief break now if you would like. If anybody wants to go get pictures um in the lobby area and um and
get home if you or you are welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting, but if you want to do be able to get home, we'll take a break for you to do so. public comment but this evening no one has signed up so we will move on from that after that we are at our
appointments so at tonight's meeting the board will appoint the Indiana school boards association delegate and Indiana school boards association legislative liaison Dr. Barisford it's recommended the board appoint Mrs. Kristen Kok as the Indiana School Boards
Association delegate and the NS School Boards Association legislative liaison from July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2026. Each year, it's necessary for the board to appoint a board member to serve uh in those positions. At this meeting, the board will appoint representative to
serve that term. And uh also a fun fact, uh Mrs. Christian Kok was appointed to the Indiana School Boards Association reason region five legislative committee, one of two people from board members from region five u to uh to serve on the Indiana School Boards
Association's U legislative group. So uh so we recommend that you also serve as Karmlay schools. Thank you. Thank you. May I have a motion to appoint the recommended Indiana school Indiana School Boards Association delegate and Indiana School
Boards Association legislative liaison? I move to uh approve the appointment of Mrs. K as our schoolboard association's delegate and schoolboard association legislative liaison. Thank you, John. May I have a second?
I second. Okay, I second it. Thank you, Jennifer. Any discussion? All right, seeing none, we will all take a vote. All in favor signify by saying, "I." I. I. Motion carries.
Next on our agenda, we have consent. And tonight, the consent items include the personnel report, claims, payroll, gift applications, obsolete equipment, the minutes from the May 12th and May 19th executive sessions, and the May 19th regular
session schoolboard meetings, and the CCS building level safety plan template for the 2025 2026, and the CCEES corporation safety plan for 2025 2022.
Just as a reminder to the audience, this this portion of our meeting is our consent agenda. We it's our business portion of our meeting where we have a designated area. We've kind of grouped all of these items together, those items that I listed, so that we can efficiently consider them and approve
them in a single motion. Do I have a motion to approve approve all items in the consent agenda? Madame President, I move that we approve as a group items 5.2 2 through 5.11. Thank you. Do I have a second?
Second. Any discussion? Right. Seeing none, we will now vote. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Motion carries. And Dr. Orike has a few words for us. Thank you. Good evening, President Co, Dr. Beers forward
and members of the board. I am absolutely thrilled tonight to introduce Mrs. Meg Welch as our new principal of Forestdale Elementary School. She was just approved uh with the
passing of the motion. And Mrs. Welch brings over two decades of experience in elementary education. She currently serves as a principal in Greenfield Central Schools where she has demonstrated strong instructional leadership, a commitment to student growth, and a talent for fostering
collaborative school cultures. She earned her bachelor's and her master's degree from Indiana University and elementary education. She also uh has her EDS and is currently working on her PhD at Indiana State University. Her
background as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, and administrator has equipped her to lead with compassion, clarity, and vision. We are confident that she will be a fantastic addition to our CCS leadership team as well as the Forestdale community.
Finally, I do want to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude to all of the Forest Dale teachers, administrators, staff members, and parents for participating in the interview process. Um, as we selected Mrs. Welch, their feedback was
invaluable uh in helping us select a leader who we feel will be the perfect fit for the Forestdale community moving forward. So, please w please join me in welcoming Mrs. Meg Welch as our next principal at Forestdale Elementary
School. And Mrs. Welch, I know her son has a baseball banquet tonight and she was here. So, we're going to allow her to maybe she can catch a little bit of that, no pun intended, with the catch um uh this evening. So, thank you for being here, Mrs. Welch.
Thank you. and thank you for all that the background information on the the process. We appreciate that. Uh next we'll move on to our action items and our first action item this evening is the non-bargaining groups salary adjustments uh for 2025 2026. Dr.
Orike, thank you again. Um the administration is recommending salary schedule adjustments for our non-bargaining groups this evening. Significant changes were made during the leg legislative session um which had an impact on the state funding formula and
also local property t property tax. Due to the uncertainty of these changes, the administration is only recommending salary adjustments for the first year of the bienium. So typically uh as long as I've been here for the past six years, we've done a two-year contract. Um, but
because of the uncertainty out there, we're going to recommend a one-year salary adjustment to the following groups, which I will go ahead uh and share with you. So, it is recommended that the board of school trustees approve the following salary schedule adjustments for administrators,
department chairs, ops, OT's, and PTs, as well as our nurses. That salary adjustment is recommended at a 2% increase to all salary schedules plus increment plus a 1% base salary stipen for employees rated effective or highly
effective. Additionally, it is recommended for the board of school trustees to approve the following salary schedule adjustments for support staff. A 2% increase to all salary schedules plus increment. And finally, it's recommended that the board of school
trustees approve the following salary adjustments for non salary scheduled positions. These are salary adjustments for the green team supervisor, the head coach, 6 through 12 athletic program oversight, and our head nurse coordinator. I recommend that the board
approve uh the following uh recommendations as I had just shared. And at this time, I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have. May I have a motion to approve the non-bargaining group's salary
adjustments for the 2025 2026 year? Madame President, I move to accept the non-bargaining group salary adjustments for the years 2025 2026. Thank you, Jennifer. May I have a second?
Thank you, Greg. Any discussion or any questions for Dr. Orike? Thank you, Madam President. Dr. Orike, could you speak a little bit just to remind the public about why we're doing this now versus uh union represented teachers?
Yes, thank you very much for that question. So it has been traditionally we have approved our classified um as well of our as well as our administrator compensation um at the June meeting in preparation for July 1st so that our business office can go ahead and process
everything and not have to do any type of backay and so on and so forth. However, due to state law with bargaining with our teachers association and our certified teachers, we have a legal timeline that we have to follow and we're not able to start that bargaining process until September 15th
of each year. So, we are going to wait until then to start that process with our teachers as we've had in the past and then we will bring forward um later in October, September, October, depending on how long bargaining takes for us, we will bring a recommendation
to the board at that time. Thank you. I appreciate the explanation. You bet. Dr. Ostrike, do you you may not be able to answer this, but I'm gonna ask it anyway. um with the uncertainty around SB1
state funding etc. Once that picture maybe becomes a little bit less murky six months into the year, eight months into the year, do you foresee if we have some clarity potentially this timeline shifting a year from now? Do we
potentially start this process at a different juncture if we have a better understanding of where things may lie? I would say no at this time. uh we would bring another recommendation for next year because a lot of it is based upon that state funding formula which includes enrollment and while we've uh
we had our demographic study done recently those are that's the data that we're using for this recommendation. So we feel that this uh recommendation to the board um is just and sound and and and respects our employees at this time
but next year there is a lot of uncertainty. So we feel good uh that this is a very responsible recommendation at this time and then we'll have to continue to sift through uh some of those things coming from the um SB1 sea 1 now and then also um the
funding formula. All right, if we don't have any more discussion, we will now take a vote. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Motion carries. Our next action item is the CCS school
handbooks for 2025 2026 school year. Dr. Barerisford. I at the last board meeting we had David Woodward did a presentation and shared with the board the different um additions to this the handbooks, student
handbooks. Handbooks for elementary buildings are all the same and are posted in the same format on each of the elementary school web pages. Handbooks for middle school buildings are also all the same and posted in the same format on those web pages. And then uh the recommendation the re recommended change
to school handbooks uh were outlined at the last meeting and uh the topics of change were drones uh prohibiting them from being possessed or operated without permission of administration. Smart glasses which to me are like spy glasses that can do all kinds of electronic
things. Um can't be used in a manner that constitutes any interference with the school purposes. And then uh personal property um that uh Carmel School is not responsible for you know accidents, theft, neglect uh for personal property of students. Um of
course if I think is this if the school is liable for the damage we that'd be a different situation, but we're not going to uh we don't have responsibility for for personal property in those situations. Then finally, school facilities. Um, we want to put some more
rules in about u writing with any medium not limited to chalk markers or paint on on Karma Clay Schools property like sidewalks and such. And so, uh, those were the four major bullet changes. And, uh, I know you had opportunity to discuss that at the last board meeting,
but now it's here for an action item. Any questions? Thank you. May I have a motion to approve the CCS school handbooks 2025 and 2026? Madame President, I move to approve the
CCS school handbooks for 2025 2026, which sounds like a space number, right? May I have a second? Second. Thank you, John. Any discussion or any questions for Dr. Bearsford? Right. Thank you. We will now take a
vote then. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Motion carries. Uh next we have several change orders. Uh and so I was going to see um if we can have a motion to approve the change
orders as a group. Um we still would have uh Miss Tabitha Hughes. Um she is the CCS capital projects manager would be able to share information on each item individually. However, we were wanting to group the following items. Um, the items are item 6.3, change
orders for the Cherry Tree Elementary renovations. Item 6.4, change orders for the Carmel High School niatorum edition and existing niatorum renovations. Item 6.5, change orders for the Carmel High School
Polytech edition. Item 6.6, change orders for the Carmel High School softball complex. and item 6.7 change orders for the Carmel High School grandstand renovation. So again we this motion would be if I
can have a motion we will be combining items 6.3 through 6.7. I move to uh take the change order 6.3 through 6.7 as one agenda item. Thank you. May I have a second? Second. Thank
you Jennifer. Any discussion on grouping those items together? Right. Seeing none, we'll take a vote. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Motion carries. Um and next we will have Miss Hughes um
to provide a little bit of background on the change orders. Hi, good evening. A little bit nervous so just bear with me. Okay. So, um this is I'm going to read them in a little bit order than different order than what you guys have because I have them in a
little bit different. So, first um on the natiatorium um so the net of these change orders is um like just just under $17,000. Um no, I'm sorry. The net of these change orders is just is actually a
credit. of um just over $7,000 due to a painting change order um and a Terzo change order or net cost to um net zero cost to CCS. So um the the sum of these is a credit for some painting from SHCO
that we did not do. Um at the Polytech edition, the net of these change orders is um just over $2,000. So um all met is the um steel contractor. Um am I allowed to say contractor's names?
Okay. Um and so um it's this is just like there was something that they had to do just means and methods with the way the project progressed um with how they conflicted with the roofing that was additional charge but then there was also work that they didn't have to do.
So it was just a small net change. Um, as you as uh the board and the public is aware, anytime we make a change to the contractor's contract, we have to go through this process. Um, the next one is the softball complex. This is the high school softball complex that is at
Cherry Tree. Um, that project is nearing completion and we can close out the uh unused allowance monies. Um, so that is a credit coming back to CCS. Uh, the next project would be the grandstand renovation project. Um, so
this is our stadium project. Um, the biggest change to this is the unsuitable soils and I just want to make sure the board is um just knows that this is one of two change orders that you will see for unsuitable soils. So just uh a
little bit of education. Um we do before you build a project uh the soil the soils are tested. We do soil borings and um we plan the foundation and the structure around and to make sure that it can stabilize it. However, as you
guys know, there was an existing structure there, our concourse and our ramping system. So, we were not able to test the soil actually underneath the ramping system, which is where we found the unsuitable soils. Um I haven't taken a good look at the ramping system. Um, I
wasn't uh um really going to football games uh prior to this project, but um I heard that it was sinking a little bit and there was some cracking and unleveling. Well, now we know it's probably because the soil was starting to fail underneath. So, um that is the
change. Uh obviously, it's a necessary change. Um we we run into unsuitable soils a lot on our projects. We did it on the we did on the elementary school, on the natiatorum. um when we're doing an addition, we can actually test where the building's going to go and we can
plan the foundations for that. But when there's an existing structure there, we can't do that. So, that is that change. Um which obviously the contractor couldn't have foreseen that. Um we also have a West Electric change order. The bulk of that change is to bring uh
temporary power to the portable restroom trailers that used to be out out there. So, um, rather than running a bunch of water potties for, um, our to be our facilities when we hosted home events, we went with the restroom trailer. So, we have power and water and running
water to those. And this is the power to it. I believe you will also see a plumbing change order to get the water to it. So, that'll be coming in the future. And the last one is um just a small change order for Cherry Tree Elementary for the mechanical
contractor. This is a just a net zero change. Um, one contractor had to move something for another contractor to get their work done. So, um, it's just, you know, they do it on a handshake and we sort it out later. Um, just so we can keep moving forward with the project. I probably said more than Roger ever does.
Um, I'm sorry, a little nervous. Do you guys have anything that I did not address? Any other questions for me? Oh, we appreciated the extra information. Okay, awesome. Thank you so much. Thank you. May I have a motion to approve action
items 6.3 through 6.7 on the agenda? Thank you. May I have a second? Second. Um, so any discussion on these Um, so again I'll restate we are what we are going to vote on is approving items 6.3 through 6.7 on the agenda. All in
favor signify by saying I. I. Motion carries. Uh, up next on our agenda we have the student data report. Dr. Dudley. Thank you. Well, good evening. And so this evening I'm going to share some information um with you about our
students and some WEDA scores. So let's start with what is WEDA as we u look at what WEDA is. So WEDEDA stands for worldclass instructional design and assessment. And you may recall from um previous board meetings when I've shared
information on this. This is more than just an assessment system. This um WEDA gives us um a framework that Indiana uses and it is it ensures that our English learners are supported both linguistically and academically and all
multilingual lingual learners in K12 take WEDA access. And so this is um they take this annually until they test out of um our program for our multilingual learners. And so WEDA does is a national
consortium um for multilingual learners and it provides the um English language development standards that help our teachers to plan the instruction for our students. And as I said, we use the access um assessment that all of our
students that are our multilingual learners um levels one through 4.9, they take this um yearly. So in our WEDA um assessment there are four domains of English proficiency and
these domains um look across from speaking, writing, listening and reading. And so they mirror the ways that our students use language in the classroom. So they may be listening to a readaloud or listening to other students as they have a conversation about a book
or um speaking during group work. um as they're working together, they're speaking with their peers or speaking um in with the entire class. Um they may be reading in science where they may be reading a science article or the science textbook and then also in writing where
they may be um showing their learning through writing. They may be writing um an essay with in their language arts classes, but it really helps us to look at where their strengths are and help us to guide that instruction. So the
students receive a composite score that is made up of these four domains and then they also receive a score for each of the domains that again that helps the teachers to plan their instruction to really look at where are their strengths and um start from working on their
strengths and then to shoring up the areas where they have needs in those other areas. So, WEDA does have um six proficiency levels and these levels describe the developmental path students follow as
they acquire English. So, movement through these levels may take multiple years. They do take multiple years for our students that come in at a level one that is at that um entering stage where they have very minimal English language. Um and they rely more on gestures or
more on um drawings or um using their home language and going back and forth between that and new words that they're picking up to all the way through a level six which is a fluent um where the student communicates clearly. the
student has the skills that they need for that academic language as well as the social language. So as our students move through um typically our students move a level every one to two years um in our the WEDA progression and they
look at um we really want to look at the um upper levels where that's the most academic complex pieces. But when our students do reach a level five in Indiana where they're um bridging um that's where they
are exited from the program because level five in Indiana they talk about they have that um they can engage in those conversations they can um understand the tasks um with minimal support. So we still monitor our students but then they are exited from
the multilingual language program at that level five. So looking at how our students did compared to last year as you can see we saw significant increases in our students making growth on the WE to access assessment. So this year we had
74% of our um multilingual learners grew in their English proficiency and that was up from 60% last year. So we did see um a 14% growth which is very significant and um most of the growth you we saw in
um the levels 0.1 to 0.9 in those smaller increments which is that is developmentally appropriate as I said our students take one to two years to move a level and so as students move through the upper proficiency levels um that's that is typically what we would
expect to see for our students And the other piece too, as you can see, is we had 149 of our multilingual learners exited from the services. So they scored that level five or higher. And this is a really meaningful milestone for our students because it reflects their
readiness to be fully accessed the grade level content um and have that without that language support. So we are very excited for our students as we continue to move through um looking at the growth of our multilanguage learners. So, as we
um continue to look from the different levels, you can see that we have 650 um multilingual learners in our elementary level and 513 of those students showed growth and we had 92 of
those students exited from the program in the elementary. And so we will continue to focus on that oral language, the vocabulary development, and this will help build that solid base for their um future academic success um as our students move through the different
levels. And then in middle school, we have um 256 multil- language learners. As you can see, that's up a bit from um last year where we had 239. and 196 of our students in middle school, they did show growth and we had
40 students exit and that is up from 19 students exiting last year. So this is a critical milestone for our middle school students and our focus will continue to focus on writing and extended discourse which um those are skills that are
essential for students to have access to the um middle school curriculum as well as um state assessments. And then in our um high school level 9 through 12, you can see we are up in our
multil- language learners. We had 247 as compared to 230 last year. And 149 of our students did show growth. Um and these as we think about our students in high school, um they're very complex language demand. So our students are
both content um focusing on the balancing the language development as well as graduation requirements. Um and so you can see our students are making steady progress in um our high school level. So we're continuing to focus on
the academic writing argumentation and language for college and career readiness for our high school students um our multil- language learners. And so we're very excited about our growth as we continue to look at um our students in supporting our students. This year is
um the first year. This past year is the first year that we've had multil- language learners in all of our middle schools. We have them a multilanguage teacher in all of our elementary schools as well. And then we have several at the high school. And so we're very excited
about um the work that we're continuing. Another piece that we're looking for services for our multi- um language learners at the high school level is we will be um offering um English learner specific content
areas in for algebra for world world history um biology as well as English nine. So, looking at our ninth grade students, our level ones and twos where they will have very specific um both English instruction as well as content
instruction. And we're excited about that um new change. And we have a team of teachers that will work with um each other. They'll have they're all specific to their content areas, but then they'll also work with each other because where they'll have a team of students um
working together, so they'll be able to meet their needs as well. So, we're excited about um developing that change at the high school. So, with that, what questions might you have? Thank you, Dr. Dudley. Um really great um data and really appreciate
um you and those in our district that are helping support our multil- language learners. Um, is the lower amount of um leaving the program in the high school years do you think reflective of the
difficulty in learning a second or subsequent language the older that you get? Yeah. Yes. I So if you think about it, a student that is coming in in kindergarten in our kindergarten classrooms, they all kindergarteners are
learning that academic language and it's a very languagerich environment um for our kindergarten students. They have lots of pictures on the walls. They use lots of gestures for all of our students. So then that's compared to coming in as a junior where not only do
you need to develop um the your language skills, but you also need to earn your credits in in order to graduate um with your cohort. And so there are it is much more complex. And then I also think about our high school where we have our
students um 5,200 students and we do a lot where we we shrink that environment. Um all of our language learners in addition to the um support that they receive from the teachers in the classroom, they all have a teacher of record and so they get additional
support from the our teachers of record that they have a smaller case load where they know their students. they help to navigate they help the students to navigate um you know the high school and we have this in all of our grades but at the high school it's much more complex
and so there there is it is much more um academically complex and that's why we see um that growth that less kids exiting there makes sense I mean it's it's very clear you have more kids entering that it's outpacing the number
that are exiting so appreciate that explanation very Um, thank you Dr. Dudley. That's very in helpful information. Can you remind us how many languages are spoken within Carmel Clay Schools? I remember that number to be astounding. Yes, I believe
we have 111 different languages that are spoken. Um, and so ours is a contentbased where the students are learning the content and learning English at the same time, but not a bilingual program where we're not um translating. We obviously cannot
possibly do that for all of our languages. Right. Thank you very much. Yeah, it's we spoke about this I don't know a year or so ago. we were looking at um the assessment scores and this is it's really a great to have very
specific program that addresses the challenge of you know getting these students up where they can really listen in the classes and hear what's going on. So I'm really glad to see that. U one question I have is do we get specific state funding for these resources like a
grant or Yes. Yes. So, um, in our state funding, it's called the non-English-speaking grant, and it is a line item that we, it comes straight into our, um, funding formula for our students, and it's based on, um, I forget what the amounts are. Um, but
it's a little bit more for our levels one through two as compared to our levels three and four students. Um, we also then have a federal grant that, um, is over and above that, it's a title three grant. That's a much smaller grant
that helps to support the professional development that we do. Um this year we're working on bringing SCOP training which is a very specific training for our um our teachers in middle school and in high school where they're planning um
the lessons. And so we're bringing um some trainers in from the outside and our title three grant will help to support that piece as well. Yeah. One last question. in the uh uh these charts where you show a district growth by level. Do you have
prior year history or is this just where we started gathering in 2024? We we do have prior year. Yes. Yeah. I was putting in just our two different levels for now because one of the things we have to keep in mind is in that again
the WDEA test will change again but our test and this is the same thing with iLearn it changes quite significantly last year's test and this year's test were the same tests it didn't change
next year we will change again so when you do you do multiple years out of data sometimes you're not comparing ing apples to apples because the test changes so significantly like like with iLearn um
that pretty much has changed every year like particularly for my step well no even just iLearn like for example this year and later on once the um data is no longer embargoed I'll bring that I'll share that with you but one of the
changes with iLearn is that the students had to do a writing portion on ilearn this year which they typically do every year, but this year they were testing the items, so they did not count in their overall score. So, so we're not
compare, you know, what the scores this year, we're not comparing them to what it was last year because last year the writing portion did was included in their overall scores. So it it when you do look at over multiple years, you're
not always there's there's so many other are these two years pretty comparable as far as testing. Yes. Great. Thank you. Yeah. Um thank you for the information. Sort of segus a little bit off of Greg's
question. So, I know over the last few years we've seen uh an increase in multil- language learners throughout the district and certainly you've outlined sort of the trajectory and how the district has shifted resources and how we've
dedicated staff uh in each of our schools, elementary and the secondary schools. Um, I know nobody can forecast the future, but as you look, as this continues to evolve, how do you foresee us needing to continue to evolve to ensure that we're
continuing to support our students and meet them where they're going? Sure. Sure. So, we we'll like we'll continue to um look at our students that are coming in, look at looking at their specific needs um and at their different levels as well, and then um put those
supports in place based on the needs of our students. So, our um MLL teachers, they have the opportunity to have that ongoing professional learning. Um they collaborate together as a district group. Um they meet with Mrs. Howard, our one of our assistant directors of
curriculum that oversees our English language programming. Um and so we look at what what are the needs that we have. And it, for example, at our middle school level, another change we're bringing in for this next year is our um level ones and twos will be in a
language arts specific course using a um curriculum that we will it'll be specific. It's not specific for English learners, but it does have a lot of the supports in place and we can provide those supports um for our students. And
so they'll be getting their um English language development alongside of their language development as well, which will help give even more support for our students. Um so we continue to always assess what is happening with our um
students and then are we seeing the progress we want and if not then what changes do we need to make and we do that collaboratively with our teachers, with our administrators throughout. So, we're constantly doing a mini program evaluation. Um, just because we only
have, you know, when you come in, we want to get them to learn English as quickly as possible so that they can continue to learn the content as well. For sure. Thank you. I I just my my gut tells me this is only going to become continue to become more and more complex. Yes. Right. as our student
population continues to diversify and we have more students that are entering our school district where for whom English is not their native language number one certainly we're seeing challenges with funding um both at the state and national level and so the reliance on
having that extra support will continue to be a challenge and so how do we ensure that we're sort of meeting that need and so I think we're going to have to continue to be creative so you're you're in it certainly at a deeper level than we are and so just asking what you're what you're feeling and and thinking as we have to look ahead to
make sure we're we're in and one thing as we look at you know as our numbers continue as we have more multilanguage learners. Um in some ways that's easier because you have more of a a mass when you had you know three students at one
school and two students. We, you know, over the years we've done all kinds of different where we've had a teacher that would go and travel or um we one year or for several years we used to bus students to feeder schools um in elementary which so we we've really
changed it but as we have more students in all of our schools in some cases that makes it easier because you do have that mass of students that you can work with. Can I ask one more question? I'm going to segue off your segue uh the funding
question and I don't you may not know the answer but u this right now that's fine but um you mentioned that we have some federal grants and some state funding for it is it cover all the resources we have dedicated to this
program or we having a dip in funding for that we would use for other things right so the majority of our ML teachers um are paid for out of the NESP out of that grant funding the majority of the MLL teachers we do dip into where we um
it's not it it dips into it where like our toss at the high school they don't receive a stipen but they get an extra period off to be able to support the students so it does um dip into where they would be
teaching a regular section but it's not necessarily the monetary piece, but the the teacher the ML the dedicated ML teachers they're the majority of them are paid for out of the NDSP. That might be a good challenge for our
legislative layers on to point that out. I think it's been in some of the letters before is that you know we're dipping into resources that uh we get some more money for this program. Thank you. Thank you very much, Dr. Dudley.
Next, we have our monthly financial update, but not with Roger. It is with Ms. Koshart. Thank you for stepping in in his place. We appreciate it. Um, hi, my name is Amanda. I joined in
February, the director of finance and happy to share the financial report. Um, so we will start with the education operating. Um, if we look at the cash balance as of May, you'll see that we're at 14
million. And then if we compare that to next year, or sorry, if we compare that to last year, you'll see that we were at 16 million at this time last year. Um, the primary reason that that is different this year is because of the timing of property taxes. So, if you
look there, um, so if you look in uh May of 2025, um we received 4.2 million from the oper for the operating referendum and then if you look at last year in May we received
6.8 Um so overall we will receive more money in property taxes this year. It's just the timing that is different and so um that money split between May and June is just a little bit different and that's the majority of what's accounting for
that difference. If we look at the operations fund um in May our balance in that fund is $800,000. If we compare that to last year um last year this time um we were actually atgative3.4
million. So there's a couple of things that account for that difference. So like the other funds, the timing of property taxes is affecting that. So in May 2025, we had 5.9 coming in from property taxes. In 2024, we had 10.4
million. So about a$4.5 million difference there. And then the other factor is the timing of some transfers. So if you look at a little better. So if you look back in 2024, we transferred um money from food
service into the operations fund while we were waiting for our property tax um money to come. And so we did 8.5 million and then we moved that back see at the end of May. If we go up to 2025, you'll see that we did Um similar thing we took
7.5 million in April from food service and put it in the operations fund and that actually went back in June but June is not represented in those numbers. So those two things the property tax um and the transfers are what account for the difference if you even those things out.
We're pretty close to where we were at this point last year. Um and then the last one that we can talk about is the rain day fund. Um, so you'll see uh end of May we had 7.5 million and that compares to last year
this time um we had 4.6 million. So our goal is to have 12% um in the rainy day fund and we're working towards that. Um and last year we put in as you can see three million year to get us closer to
that goal. So overall, we are tracking well um on both income and expenses um in terms of hitting our projections and we're in a strong cash position. So question I can try and answer.
Thank you so much, Miss Miss Kushar. Thanks for stepping in again. We appreciate you. And next we have Dr. Bearsford with his last superintendence report. Just exciting. And uh first off, congratulations, Amanda, on your first
report. An outstanding job. And uh if you'll tell Tabitha, she did a great job, too. And uh we'll have to tell Roger, you better watch out. You got some people that can can do some presenting going on there. I love the report, Dr. Dudley. And uh and one thing
I just like to point out is uh that's not a you know an accidental thing when the all the educators get together and decide hey we need to pivot with the way that we're doing our services at the high school in these specific subjects
because they need more support so they can learn how to speak the English language and write the English language and and and grow there. but also they need to keep up with the content area of biology and and English nine and uh that's the hallmark of flexibility
paying attention to what kids need and then putting it together however you can do it uh to make it happen uh to meet the needs of our students and uh and and for them to learn and grow. So when you see those little uh you know graphs it
says this you know the the improvement of kids year after year in that area. It's because they're working they're working hard. They're trying to figure out what is the best way to deliver the supports needed so those kids can be successful. So those those numbers don't just happen. They they they happen
because of educators getting together and figuring it out and trying to figure out what's the best way we can uh do that and leveraging resources like both of you mentioned. uh how can we do that? How can we pay for that? And then you have creative collaborations with with like people like Amanda and Roger and uh
and then the staffing that you do with Dr. Orike to you know maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of our staffing. So well done and uh always uh it always makes my heart you know go pitterpatter when you guys pull us off things like that that really makes a big
difference in these kids and famil family's lives. my last superintendent report. I'm going to start with a capital projects update u because uh we had chatted and we wanted to make sure the community was aware of uh when you drive by the stadium or when you go to different places what is going on out
there and what's the uh you know what is the our our progress in that. So I thought we just spend a little bit of time real quick to go through just a couple of slides of current projects. So, we'll start with the tennis court replacement. And this was a picture uh
taken when they put the tension concrete in, which uh is not supposed to crack. And this was more of an emergency project because we had large cracks open up in our tennis courts that were not it's not safe for kids to play on. And uh so that one got bumped up to be able
to cover that. If we'll go to the next slide, uh the objective was to replace the aged and cracking asphalt. and then uh put that special concrete in there. And then also they did some additional uh changes in the layout with uh spectator seating
and really it's going to be a lot better for parents to be able to watch their kids compete with those changes. You look at the timeline down there, the board approved the project in 20 in November of 24 and it's anticipated to be completed in July. So uh this will be ready for the upcoming season and we'll
but go to the next one. So, uh, here's here's the, uh, if you wanted to see the I kind of like this kind of stuff. They did the the progress the progression. So, you see a big hole where they tore out the old ones, and then all of a sudden the the rebarb goes down, the concrete goes in, and then,
uh, you could see, we saw another picture, uh, go ahead to the next one. Um, that they're now putting the, you know, the quartz in it by color, and then next will come the posts and the decorative uh, the fencing that's going to be around there. And also we have a
scoreboard now which is going to be really good for parents and spectators to know what score is. It's difficult to see. All right, moving on. Uh softball complex is um pretty much completed, but you can see we put turf on the on the varsity softball field and did some
other facelift uh things about around that. Go to the next one, please. And uh this was to get the new turf in and do some cosmetic upgrades. And again, August 24, you approved that project. Construction began in September and March it was completed and we played
softball on that field this season. That was fantastic. And you can move on, you can see uh moved from dirt to gravel to an impressive and beautiful facility for our kids to play softball. And moving on,
the grandstand renovation and uh you heard a lot about the the ground stabilization on that. And uh I got to tell you when we first got here and walked around the stadium, it was uh uh you know the I remember when that stadium was new and it was the state-of-the-art stadium in central
Indiana and uh it was just there was a lot of crumbling, a lot of rust. Uh we had outgrown the facility and the way that it was built for a smaller number of kids and it really had a lot of pieces that uh you know really pushed us to start investigating a long-term plan in that with all the construction. I
don't think that stadium has been touched since like 89 91 something like that. Um so it's been a good long while. This is a picture what it's going to look like and so you can see that it's a quite an upgrade and u and uh if you look at it right now there's no press
box that was taken down and a lot of pieces coming. So go to the next one. So I want to renovate the existing home grandstand. Uh and also we need to bring it up to ADA standards. Right now we are very far behind in uh for spectators
with disabilities and uh so we got a lot of work to do there. So this gives an opportunity to to correct that. Uh we're going to extend the concourse. If you've ever been there and tried to go to the concession stand, um it's like a big mob of humanity trying to to get some snacks. So now there's going to be
actually three different areas for concessions which should stretch that out and there's more space so it won't be quite as crowded. Um and then of course the locker room uh area is going to be expanded to make to fit the number of students there and then replacing that uh press box. You approved that in
September 2024. Construction began and the anticipated completion date is August of 26. So about a year away. I believe the plan is to use that lower part that you see in the picture for our visitors. And we're going to go over to
the visitor size and make that the varsity. At least that was the last plant I had heard that um I'm not 100% sure on that. Here you can get some pictures of unstable soil right there. So we can go to the next one. Some more pictures of it. And you can
kind of see um when Tabitha said, you know, I she wasn't hadn't been on the ramps. I was. And the ramps were all over the place. They were sinking. They were cracking. And some of the concrete was just disintegrating. So you can see there's a lot of good work there. And that uh picture on the right shows the
expansion of that area where the concession stand will be. And next one, please. There's a artist rendition of what it looked like from the press box looking down onto the field. And the next one, this is that redo of the area. So you
can see the the concession stands in in three different areas there. Uh two major ones on the ends instead of in the middle. There's a small one in the middle. you see the new ramps that will be coming in and that whole area has just got a lot more open space and uh which we really needed in that that
particular instance. So that gives you kind of a pretty good look what's going to be coming in August of 2026 and is that the last one? All right. So any questions about uh our little
construction update? Now you're all warmed up for your field trip that you're going to go on in July. And uh it's pretty exciting. Um we we took on a lot of um different projects because of just the age and the and the the number
of kids that um are involved in different sports and addition of new sports and uh and I took my wife on a little drive around Caramel the Caramel campus and uh went through all the different pieces that we've done over the last you know seven years that I've been here and involved and uh and I
think we've left place in a lot better shape than it was and really right sized it to the programming needs as well as the u you know the um the physical needs because it's just it was worn out over the years. So uh so that's that's that
part of the report. Any questions or comments? Uh we'll keep going then. Um the 202425 school year officially ended last week with our boys golf team placing placing six in the state over two days 36 hole competition. the group, this group was
not expected to make it to state, let alone finish sixth. And uh but they worked really, really hard. They defied the odds. And kudos and thanks to our seniors for their leadership and congratulations, Coach Reed and his staff on a great season. And uh they're just a really good bunch of of students.
Good good bunch of guys and uh really pull for one another and I'm real proud of their efforts. Uh while on the topic of sports, I wanted to give the Carmel High School athletic department athletic director Jim Minskeep and assistant AD Jeff Hester and retired assistant Bruce
Wolf uh a shout out because they won their 200th state championship in the spring. It was the girls track team that uh was the 200th state championship. So that's got to be that's a record in the state for the number of state championships. Uh it also has to be one
of the best records in the nation. I can't imagine there being much better. Uh this year's championships ran the total number under Mr. Inskeep's leadership which started in 2001, so about 24 years ago, uh to a record setting 124 state championships. Uh, now
I was fortunate to witness 43, almost all, not everyone. I missed a couple, but I got almost all of the 43 state championships that uh have been won at Carmel High School uh since the 201819 school year when I started. What a tradition of excellence. And uh also
congratulations to the coaches, the volunteers, parents, and most of all the athletes who work so hard uh to to to be able to compete at that level so consistently and and for so long. So that is number uh two. Number three, I
want to give a shout out to two greyhounds, Kelly Folk and Maxwell Goatei, who competed in the Startup Foundation state finals this past weekend at Butler University. Uh the competition has been described as the most elite high school pitch competition in the country. Uh they pitched their
innovative idea spherine which is a uh a product or an idea to improve central line. central line is an IV that goes into the neck of the patient and they provide medication through that and it's prone um to infection rate risks and
matter of fact in their statistics they said that 28,000 patients a year pass away due to these infections that are very difficult to figure out where they come from. So their idea is really a simple life-saving had life-saving goals. one is to improve patient outcomes and the other one is to support
nurses uh you know who have to to do manage those pieces uh with their solution. So they were uh they made the top 10 of more than 300 teams and won the um the people's choice award. And then on a side note, they have a patent
pending on their idea. And so our kids are always never cease to amaze me with with their ideas and how they go about. Uh very very impressive. And then I also want to do a shout out to the 2025 Startup Foundation Educator of the Year. uh that went to our own Carmel Clay
Schools teacher of the year for the district, Craig Harper. So, Mr. Harper continues to uh to uh you know, be noticed for the the hard work and the the great work he does with our kids. Which brings us to the bell ringer. And
uh my bell ringer tonight um is u really just a simple thank you. Um the last semester has been amazing. Um um thank you for sharing the memories, the kind words, celebrating my last dash to the finish line. Uh it's been an absolutely
wonderful seven-year journey. Um I'm so proud of this team. Um here at the ESC and across the district, um our students, our families, our community. I hope you realize what a special place Carmel, Indiana is. Um, and the
community support for schools in this community is second to none. Um, I've never had a situation where a student had a need where someone in the Caramel play community didn't say, "I've got that. We'll cover that. We'll take care
of that." Um, um, it's just been a real blessing to work alongside of such a special group of thoughtful, committed educators and staff. um our extended CCS family. Um Karma Schools is an easy place to love
where you lead. Um it's truly a place where students are known and loved. They're challenged appropriately as we saw tonight and they learn the importance of those character skills that are so important to be successful. So I was trying to figure out, you know, what's going to be my mic drop moment
here. So, I thought um I'm going back to uh my roots, which is I've always been a quote of the day guy. So, I tried to figure out who would be the perfect person to pull the last quote of the day on. And I'm going to actually use two of the quotes and it's from that famous philosopher
uh Winnie the Pooh um or AA Milan is actually the author but Winnie the Pooh said if there's ever a tomorrow where we're when we're not together there's something you must always remember this is for you Dr. O and if
you'll share it Dr. deadly with the rest of the you're braver than you believe. You're stronger than you seem and you're smarter than you think. And I would add and you're loved more than you know. But the most important thing is even if we
are apart, I will always be with you. And then the second quote somewhat like it is, how lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard? We the Pooh. And with that, it's a wrap.
[Applause] Well, I have to follow it up with some kind of boring announcements, but um next week surprisingly is July already.
So July 4th um all the CCS offices and schools are closed. July 28th um is our next school board regular session. Uh August 4th and 5th coming up pretty soon is uh the teacher contract days and then students start on August 6th. Uh our
August 11th is our schoolboard workshop, our first uh meeting in August. May I have a motion to adjourn the meeting? Thank you, Greg. Any second? Second. Thank you, Chris. Meeting adjourned.