like to call the meeting session. If everybody would stand with us and say the pledge of >> allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God,
indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Welcome. Do we have any patriot comments on the agenda items? See if we have none. Let's move to the
consent agenda. >> All right. Thank you, Madam President. Under consent agenda, I'll go through items A through F. Ask for um you to vote for them as a consent item at the end. A is the minutes for last month's uh regular schoolboard meeting September
8th. B is the minutes from the executive session of September 8th. C is our monthly fund and claims report. D is the monthly personnel report. Uh obviously there's a handful of um resignations with teachers, coaches, and classified
employees. Uh we also have a a separate um item for you to consider. It would be a supplemental pay contract for Mr. Corly in the amount of $2,500 for the um additional work he does with the uh new
football scoreboard and his classes in media communications that um is just getting better and better each and every week. F or I'm sorry, E, we have three contracts to um seek your approval. The first one is with FiveStar Technology
Solutions. There is no change in fee or price. It's just adding a three-year agreement instead of one. Uh we have a good partnership with them. This comes from um negotiations and conversations with our technology director Brandon
Wright uh with FiveStar. Second one is with Indiana Online. It's the high school flexed online courses. It's an annual renewal with Indiana online to just to provide more virtual courses for those students um that may need it if they can't take our
traditional um set of courses. Then the third one is with Patel Property Group. This is just um an agreement that was drafted by our local attorney and it's allowing us to explore the possibility
doesn't lock us in with anything of potentially putting a sign on their property which is really close to the subway. So that's the group that owns that land. It is in New Whitland uh Whitland's district, not the town of Whiteland but New Whitland. So, we would
be potentially working with them. And this again just allows us to keep exploring the possibility. But like I said, if we don't like it, if it doesn't work out, if we don't have the funds, if we don't have the sponsorships, yada, etc., etc., then obviously we we're not locked in to pursue anything. But it
does give us the latitude to be continue those conversations. That is it under consent agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented? >> So move second.
>> All those in favor. >> I >> All right. Um under communications. Uh no one's in trouble tonight. We pretty much have all of our police department here and it's for a good thing, not a bad thing. Um, I won't steal Chief Price's thunder, but this is
an incredible award, incredible story that I'll let him talk about with one of our police officers. Chief Price, >> good evening. I told you it's got order. Good evening, board, superintendent, assistant superintendent. Uh, I don't
get the opportunity to brag on the officers here too often. I do get up front and talk about a lot of school safety stuff. So, when this opportunity presented itself, I just wanted to make sure that I put them on a little bit of a pedestal. They don't get that very often and they don't ask for that ever.
So, I do want to take the opportunity to recognize uh one specific officer. But before I do that, I do want to recognize the officers that are here tonight. So, if you work for me, do you mind standing for me?
Like legit work for me. Um Nikki, you work for me. Thanks. >> So, I just want to take the opportunity. Thank you. This is uh Lieutenant Foley's in the back. Uh Sergeant Mullen's Nikki
Russell. Uh Nikki Russell is one of our two civilians. Um Officer Storm Dreadful Water Keller, Officer Quinton McPeek, and Isaac Brown. Um I just want to give you an idea of how busy we have become just in the last four and a half years that I've been here. When I first got
here, we were averaging. You guys can sit down. stop taking the seat stage. >> We were averaging anywhere from 140 to 160 calls for service and that was anything from vehicle lockouts to VIN checks to the occasional fight of vape here and there, right? Just to give you an idea of how much more we've become
integrated in the day-to-day, we have 275 call calls for service in August of this year. Like we have doubled almost our calls for service. And it's not necessarily that we're seeing a huge increase in our law enforcement need. It's just that every day, hey, we need
to either bounce questions off of you. We need you here just for that little reassurance or just we have some concerns. So, I do want to thank you guys. Um, you make me very proud to be your boss and to get to up here and brag about you a little bit. Nikki and Beth, I definitely want to point these two
out. My two civilians are the glue that holds this all together. Um, there is no way that we pay bills. There's no way that we watch cameras. There's no way that we answer the phones and everything else. Um, so I do especially want to thank you and Beth. Beth is in Wisconsin. Um I I roped her into this in
February, so maybe she's not coming back. I don't know. All right. So, that all being said, I just wanted to point out that we are busy. Uh day in and day out, officers get done at their after their eight hour shift and sometimes they just want to go home. And I totally get that. So, at
4:30 one day, I get a text message from Nikki that says, "Isaac just saved somebody's life." And I was like, "Please tell me more. So, at 4:30, he's leaving Grassy Creek after another long day. He does what every young boy should be doing and calling his mom. He's on the phone with
his mother. Uh, when all of a sudden, he sees a 911 call come out at the gas station across from Grassy Creek, and it's for an overdose in progress. He's like, "Well, I'm here. I'm going to head over there and just check it out." He gets there and he's met by two frantic females that are saying, "I don't know what's going on. He's unresponsive. He's
in my car." And I'm watching this on body cam. and Officer Brown walks up and clearly this young man is not doing well. Um, we had literally just received our training, our updated training from Burgersville Fire Department on the Narcan. We had literally just talked
about what it looks like to be overdosing on opioids literally two days two days prior to this. So, the timing of this was impeccable. So, calmly he gets out his Narcan, um, gives the Narcan to the young man and almost instantly he wakes up. By the time the
ambulance actually gets there, he's up and sitting up and talking to the officers and the other individuals around him, uh, and is able to walk to the cop after literally just overdosing in this lady's car. So, um, with all that being said, um,
the Clark Pleasant Police Department awards the Lifesaver Award to those members that go above and beyond in rescuing and prolonging life. We hardly ever get to see the rest of the story beyond the short interactions that we do get with our individuals, but I do believe that if Officer Brown had not reacted as quickly as he did, this would
have been a completely different outcome for this young man. He may never remember Officer Brown's name, but he is always going to remember he was a Clark Pleasant police officer. For that, myself and Dr. Zel would like to award Officer Brown with the life-saving award tonight.
This is >> sure about that. picture. >> Do you want a picture? >> You want to take a picture? One more round. I'm sorry. Well, that was pretty special. Thank you all for coming to um support officer
Brown. And next under communications is some more recognition. That is outstanding. I'll introduce Dr. Scholaski, HR director for recognized excellence. It's always a pleasure whenever we get a chance to recognize the great things that are going on in Clark Pleasant
schools. I think that that was fa fantastic with officer Brown. And I too would like to highlight a couple of individuals. Uh as you know, we have our uh recognized excellence award that goes on throughout the month. Uh then a lot
of that data is compiled. uh a lot of things are are looked at and every month we have a certified and a classified employee who is recognized for going above and beyond their service to our kids, our community and the school corporation. So tonight I'd like to
introduce our very first one. This is for our classified recognized excellence award. She is an instructional assistant at Ray Crow Elementary and it's Denise Lundy. Anybody that wants in that picture, come up
here. Introduce Denise and who you've got with you. This is my grandson Jeffrey. He goes to Creek in third grade. His dad went to graduated from high school. Page is our music teacher. So she and I and
the granddaughter all in the same building >> and Miss >> and I was your assistant principal. Okay. Take a picture. >> Thank you. And tonight, our classified employee is a resource teacher at Whitland Community
High School, Rena Watkins. if you would introduce your guests. >> Sure. I have my son, my daughter, and my daughter. My husband One, two, three. >> Okay. And now I'd like to recognize for
the month of October the winners by building at Whitland Community High School. We've got Cayla Panel, Justina Flock, Aaron Wilson, Melissa Calbert, Rain Smith, Lee Miller, Misreum Aguilar, and Trevor Reese. At the middle school,
we've got a uh Liz Alonzo, William Bowling, Carrie Harmon, Deb O'Keefee, Travis Beck, Katherine Briel, Jeffrey Elie, Patty Evans, Erica Sistler, and Roxan
Shingleton at the K5 Center. Claire Condonder, Clark Elementary. Rupender Gdri, Brianna Alban, Julie Reigns, Lana Doherty, Caitlyn Hinsley, Caitlyn Kendzer, Dr.
Brian Sloan, Sarah Taylor, Brittany Mack, Julie Reigns, Emily Ogle, and Olivia Bear. At the Early Learning Center, we've got Johanna Blossus, Melissa Harmon, Brie Killian, Amy Bear, Patty Gimenez, uh
Marie Lomax, Kimberly French, Karen Jeet Carr, Shelby Cle, Victoria Cardinz, Amanda Waran, Kyra Sandal, Alma Chavez, Pianloa,
Tori Stewart, Anu Pabla, Mia Ward, Karen Carr, Megan Smallwood, Christina Gant, Hashiro Abella O'Haya, Sarah Sailor, Grassy Creek, we've got Brook Bowling, Brandy Tanel, Melinda
Dwire, Ma Molly Sego, and Megan Hughes at Pleasant Crossing, Nicole Maserella, Tracy Null, Dr. Abby Oliver, Lua Callahan, Gina Franklin, Allison Sweeney, Sarah Brown, Rhonda Leech,
Telina Vasquez, and Ray Crow. We have McKenzie Davis at Whitland Elementary. Khloe Gilbert, Hannah Baker, Dana Camp, Kenzie Riley, Liz Breeden, Manri Kahal, Laney Bowler,
Julie Eastm, Jamie Kidwell, Jessica Thurman, Allison Glidden, Leslie Ridge, Brandy Plunkett, Bethany Gilfoy, Paris Chiron, Melanie Owens, Heather Pulcell, Katie Bright, Hannah
Hollier, Amanda Compton, Khloe Lee, Alexa Wagner, Becky Graham, and Stefan Lewis. At transportation, we've got Keith Calbert, Dayan Mccuran, Rachel Witty, and Adam Boone. Operations, we've
got Sam Arnes. Administration, we've got Alicia Snder, Brandon Wright, Brandon Roberts, Sydney Clattton, and Jeff Clawson. Uh, I do want to point out I think that it's always really neat. Some of these people
we just hired and they've already gotten one or two or three recognized excellences since they've been here at the beginning of the semester. So, always a thrill to be able to share that. >> Thank you, Dr. Schlloy. You do a great job reading names. Don't spend all that practice you had as high school
principal at graduation. Uh, before we move on, uh, thank you for our guests and for coming tonight. that's uh to recognize our staff and our students. You're more than welcome to stay, but if you have other things to attend to, obviously is a good time right now before we move on. Um as we
move on, I think Dr. Sloski, you're next where um we're required to give an annual uh update about uh staff evaluation. I think we have to do this one more time. Um and it's just a graph that shows the breakdown of highly
effective, effective, needs improvement, ineffective, and anything else Dr. would like to share. >> Yeah. Um there have been some changes in the laws about our requirements and the things that we have to do. Uh we've always been required to gather this data
for the state. Um and some of these requirements uh trying to lessen the actual uh impact and what's being done with the data. Uh in the most recent legislation, uh the requirement changed
to where we need to publicly present to the school board the outcomes from last year. The numbers are are pretty much self-explanatory there. We evaluated 509 people. If you look into
the far right column before it says administrative uh including administrators, uh there's a lot of reasons that somebody might not get rated. If somebody's retiring at the end of the year, we're not going to rate them. If we already know that somebody is leaving at the end of the year, we're
not going to rate them. Okay? There are also a few other situations where somebody might have been a temporary for the year. And then the other four are categorical. Uh but uh it looks like a bunch of these
returned when they didn't. Okay. But what I really want to draw your attention to is the first two columns. The vast majority of our 509 administrators and classified individuals are uh rated highly
effective. So you are talking right about 90% of our eva uh of our certified staff are evaluated effective and highly effective. Do you have any questions on the data or information that I've
presented? >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you Dr. Sloski. Uh next is the uh C9 report. Miss Posel. Yeah, I'm going to report on both September and October meetings. In September, we saw a landscape management um presentation. We
learned about um in the fall with the groundskeeping and tool maintenance and greenhouse. In the winter, their design um and tips to start their own businesses and then in the spring again the greenhouse and chemical trainings
and vegetable garden. Um, under superintendent comments, um, we learned that even though they they tried to work out three sessions for C9, it just was not going to work for some of the schools. So, they're going back to the
two sessions. Um, and now perhaps leaning towards um, satellite programs at the various schools. Um and we're looking into exactly what CTE courses have been offered at the
different schools. Um October 9th our uh there was an executive session where we worked on the director evaluations. Um and then the regular meeting we looked at data for C9 as a whole um
comparing it to the year before and also the data of the individual schools. So I have data for Whiteland um where uh it saw an increase of of enrollment
from Whiteland. Uh we had 170 76 that began last year and 164 that that completed the year. Um there were 40 students with that earned a
work-based learning and internship hours. Um there um industry recognized graduation pathway certifications. There were 78 of the Whitland students
that passed out of 122. That's very difficult to achieve. So, that was a good um accomplishment. Uh we had 16 students that received the technical honors society.
Um governor's work ethics certificate, 14 students. and there were 1,62 dual credits earned through C9. Um, then students of the month in September, we had Jonathan Buchanan for
auto services, Autumn Forbes for culinary arts, Noah Cook for landscaping, and Zachary Miller for precision um, machining. And then in October
we had Emily Morrison for biomemed sciences, Aiden Storm culinary arts, Nitten Bakia in diesel services, Haley Hillhouse for exercise science, Elena
Moore for veterary science, and Chase Zerine for welding technology. And that's it. >> Thank you, Miss Posel. >> All right. Next is the redevelopment RDC commission report. Mr. Beast, >> so they had their meeting on October the
6th and um not much going on there. They reviewed their spending plan for the next year and of course they plan on spending it all. Um the current balance is 1,748,82529. Um They did play the video again. This
says what they're supposed to spend the money on. That's pretty much >> all right. Thank you. >> Uh last uh report under communications is the annual ADM. Um as you're familiar, our ADM report for fall was on
October 1st. So our official K through 12 ADM count for this year is 6,892. Just to compare um we are down compared to last year we were at 6958. However, if you go back to 2023
uh we were at 68.50. So um that did impact negotiations and bargaining. Um and I think we're kind of in a little bit of a holding pattern here in the county. As you've heard me say several times, we um anticipate more growth with 13 subdivisions currently being
developed um but yet not finalized. No, no, no houses being completed, but um we're planning for that. Um but um that's that's what our enrollment is right now. And that is all that we have for communications.
So I'll move right along to the next item, which is required by statute to hold a public hearing on the tentative agreement with our collective bargaining agreement with the CPA. That's the teachers association. So, just to remind
you of the proper timelines per code, obviously this is what we're doing right now. Uh, you see the red line copy. We did the notification. That's all um been done. Tomorrow night, the association has to do their part, which is meet with their
membership to seek their ratification. Then um I will ask and communicate with you for a special meeting sometime next week after the proper advertising period um is over to
approve this tenative agreement. I'm not going to go through each item. I will just give you the highlights which is basically we agreed to a one-year CBA. There will be a salary increase of 2%
plus a onetime $500 stipen. We also included a literacy differential pay of $250. Uh per Indiana statute. The statute basically says that difference could be a dollar. Um we wanted it to be obviously a lot more than that. So $ 250
is what was mutually agreed upon. We're going to split the health insurance premium increase which is quite significant this year. I won't go into the details of that. Um but I appreciate their um understanding that um this past year had a lot of high claims that
impacted the um premium increase. So that's going to be split 50/50. Um we really just dabbled a little bit in some um
updates and fine-tune with extracurricular. There was some retirement language that we had to remove based on last year's negotiations. Re we removed some incentive language with attendance and AP that could come back. But we really wanted to uh
preserve as much as as much of our new dollars that goes into the education fund per the funding formula for raises and that's why we got the 2%. I can tell you um I I'm not going to speak but that within the rest of the county is is
right in the the same area and it's not my job to speak about others. It's my job to obviously represent you and to support our teachers and to work with the teachers association. So it was a collaborative um negotiation period because they understand that we are down
in enrollment. Um but we we we still feel like um there's there's an optimistic period ahead of time or ahead of us with respect to the growth in our school district. Um we last thing I would say is we did increase the retire
substitute teacher pay to $140 from whatever it was 120 or something like that. So that's the highlights. Again there is no action required right now. I could take any questions but the requirement is to do this hearing. Then you heard what has to be done with the teachers association and then we'll meet
again sometime next week. Any questions? Okay, hearing none, we'll move on to the next item of business, which is the last step of approving the 2026 budget. Uh, our new CFO, Brad Pendleton, is is a
little more comfortable now. Uh, so I'll I'll let him make the formal recommendation, but you've heard the workshop that we went through in August, the um the hearing that we had obviously with um you know, our former CFO and consultant in Austin Fruits and Brad's
picked it up and so this is the last step. So I'll turn it over to you, Mr. President. >> U like Dr. Edel said, you've seen the presentation, there's been no changes to that. So, uh, I'm really up here just to answer any questions you might have with the budget presentation is the form
three, which is just the notice to taxpayers of the budget hearing, and then the capital projects and bus replacement plans. So, if you'd like me to go over anything, I I can do that, but nothing has changed from the other two meetings
that you've heard from Austin. How much do you anticipate the tax rate falling this year? I know I've I've seen it and I know what we advertised, but I also know that, you know, the state will then come back and say, well, this is the rate that we will have because I
know that's fallen for the last few years. >> It it's going to stay very close. I mean, um, the way that the budget has been developed, it's really to protect to get the maximum levy. So, um, it's it's advertised high, but what the
average is when it comes back when we get the 1782 notice is going to be right where it was probably the last couple years. So, I don't or last year. I don't see it um declining hardly at all. >> Okay. >> Disapproval.
Do I have a motion to approve the resolution for appropriations and tax rates? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> All right. Thank you very much. Under new business, Brad will stay up here for
a few of the um items. The first one is just an annual resolution. I'll let him explain. It's part of the budget, but we do a separate um uh seeking of of your approval. So, go ahead, Brad. >> Like Dr. Gretzel said this is an annual uh form that comes before the board to
essentially grant the authority that if we need to make any sort of transfers or reductions in the budget um I would be granted that authority by you to do so. >> So this is part of that 16 line statement when we get the 1782 notice. You always want to reduce line two,
which is like your last six months revenue, and then add it to your line one, which is your estimation for all of 2026. Gives us the authority to do so. >> I'll make a motion authority. >> I second.
>> All those in favor? >> I >> All right. Thank you. Uh, next item is transfer of funds. Mr. Uh the transfer of funds uh that we have for you tonight, there are two of them for Clark Elementary. Uh one is for 150
$150 from the Clark Elementary PTO into their ECA account to pay for birthday tokens and prizes. and then another um transfer of $344.35 from the Clark Elementary PTO to another
ECA account for uh Warrior Way Store rewards. >> Make a motion to approve the announce. >> Second. All those in favor? >> I All right. Um,
letter C is a recommendation for a new sponsorship um at our high school concession stand with JC Bank. And I'll turn it back over again to Mr. Pton. >> Uh, this is a renewal of JC Bank's sponsorship of the concession stand at
the high school for 2026 for $3,000. Um, again, just renewing what they've already given us for that concession stand sponsorship. Make a motion to approve it. >> Second. >> All those in favor?
>> I. >> All right. Next item is some donations and I'll have Mr. Pen Mr. Pendleton present those 10 donations. >> Um, with donations, uh, this month we have $200 from the Chip Surgeon Memorial
contributions to the Whitland Community High School United Unified Flag Football Team. $250 from Empower Johnson County to Ray Crow Elementary for Red Ribbon Week. $250 from Empower Johnson County to Grassy Creek Elementary for Red Ribbon
Week. $250 from Upstream Prevention to Whitland Elementary for Red Ribbon Week. $250 from Upstream Prevention to Break Day Elementary for Red Ribbon Week. $250 from Upstream Prevention to Pleasant
Crossing for Red Ribbon Week. $250 from Upstream Prevention to Clark Elementary for Red Ribbon Week. $500 from Bon Mechanical to Whitland Community High School Unified Flag Football Team, $300 from Breakday Elementary School PTO to
the Breakday Elementary uh ECA choir fund, and $250 from Empower Johnson County to the Ray Crow red link. I move we approve the donations. >> Second. >> All those in
>> favor. I >> All right. Thank you. You pass, Brad. Good job presenting for your first time from the board. All right. Uh we'll move on to the next item. I won't have Dr. Schlloski come up, but uh it is a supplemental personnel report that does
require your separate action uh for those two prospective employees. Do I have a motion to approve the supplemental report? >> So move. >> All those in favor? >> Thank you very much. Next item is uh
letter D or no letter F. Thank you. And it's a resolution for us to explore. So again, it does not lock us into anything. the bot build operate transfer construction delivery method. This is
the first step that is required. Um and it just basically cites the Indiana code language for school boards, K- through2 education to pursue this potential delivery method if um it it deems in our
best interest. So we are um exploring this, we're studying this opportunity for a potential project in the near future. Make a motion to approve the resolution as
>> all those in favor. >> All right. Thank you very much. Uh next is two field trips. The first one is for our high school choir to Nashville, Tennessee, March 23rd through the 26th of 2026. So that's out of state. Thus it
requires your approval. The high school boys basketball is an overnight one at Decal High School up north January 2nd through the 3rd of 2026. >> Snow. >> Motion to approve as presented. >> Second.
>> All those in favor? >> Of course, I got to say this. I joked with the leadership team. I saw black woolly worms at my house the last several weeks and Farmers Alman has always said that's not a good sign. It's a bad winner. But I've been known to be wrong, too.
All right, I digress. Last item is um something that um I told um Carmen Young, uh manager, town manager at the town of Whiteland that we would do for her records. Um we do this every January
and and appoint um an RDC member. It's been Ken Theson. So, um, their records show it, uh, we need to have minutes presented to them for after June 30th because their two-year, um, term expired. So, I said I'd get that to you,
and we I will do that tomorrow. So, it would be the board's decision and pleasure to nominate one of you to serve as that RDC liaison member uh, for the the town of White. >> I second the motion.
All those in favor. >> Thanks K for doing it again. >> No problem. >> I didn't ask if you had any questions. >> Nine. >> Appreciate it. Uh that's all we have for new business and I do not have a SE superintendent report uh for this month.
>> Uh now is the time for public comments. Does anyone have any public comments? Seeing as there are no public comments, I would entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> So move second. >> All those in >> favor. [Music]
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