Good evening and AUGUST, meeting of local Education Alliance. I'd like give my officially calling order take a moment thank you all for. I want to tonight. I go to Brit. It's Informed that he able to attend tonight's meeting. Your family. Otherwise Alliance members here with us tonight. And tonight we will a deep dive issue. School facilities. Both the day. And got And what it means for our planet. Several different perspective is case. To each of our for senators? Why these people also hear public voluntary after tonight's presentation? We would ask that in comments tried to stay focused on topic. Facility because is what alliance is going to be
exploring scene. So let me take opportunity to at least initially extend a sincere. Thank you. In For hosting us here. And with all that. Home to a schools. Andy, thank you for your hospitality leadership. I'd like to invite you share a little bit about your school and the coming years. And that's sons concerns we're trying to figure it. Want the schools. Weird to standing like this all about. I guess in the nation at work school and profit harassed on the mayor's office of Indianapolis. Not only is going to work or school to the south side of Indianapolis. Not just adults can achieve when you're asleep, contracts in Indianapolis are cheating to their fullest potential. And I'm going to get to the magic collector. And testing
greater. Here is a screen in front your mind. You whatever. And you can And that's is all that. It's all create in the village the he said the opportunities at their fingertips compared to change for future generations that leadership and service. Indianapolis. And this evening as facilities not need mention idea that we're all and I don't many of you need to spend a night to the ground sitting on tonight as school law it was school bus about a lot of years later, years later, it was an accident. So not as public schools and the very next year change is now 72 in kindergarten through 8th grade Academy 70. We need more around. That's actually the so network in this evening and then in 1994, if the city created to that one for centuries. 30 years later.
It's the stars every morning. It's a night every afternoon. And as you can see, our school slated for Sunday service. To students, and students that around since the school community. Solidarity the wake of the action the waves and winds as we with school. Also intentionally serendipitously also switches, bears in Spanish. And that's been the mascot of States. It's a consequence. Create a joint statement school we imagine for students 5 years ago. Unable to work partnership little screen. Up to the are locally sourced. Children. Families expressed for at least times for you call mission to provide free at care of families who need We also believe that students deserve extra extracurricular activity provided those within our So wouldn't want these in
person with the district. It says you to something the for kids every day. To create opportunities for us. The past 5 the impact of the covid-19 school closures. Unity system and chief in last year system right now, just recently. 36 1% of our students are now deemed priest 36% of students reading probably and state, which in the state of Indiana remarks things and in the top 5. It's a school in Sicily time. Provide them opportunities. Results. So that's just a snapshot. A c for different scholars. We see that I learned again, I'm with the actions that our schools even taking to get kids to school it on the ITunes. Consistency is a priority
here. And that's what it's media students return. They haven't done for just a second here. Like and I'm mad. Us starting kindergarten. Stay with us through 3rd here the New Year. And possible schools like ours, regardless of what statistics man tapped take. Here you see over the 5 years that started in the get to your schools statewide average for 3rd grade. 93 proficiency. Additionally, it's not just students out of reach. Reflected the side students and have a special obligation to make is 93% positions 3 and 2 points higher than the state average. All students and families want to return is parent for delivering on a promise to families in the community. And so. Saying just the singular story of a school. 90% our families given find such a survey out
receives a stated that they were satisfied or satisfied the school overall. I mentioned consistency earlier and 2%. Staff members have decided to return your year. And so that's something that provides students familiarity and deserve to walk into dance just think sunsets faction that we want to make sure that teachers are able to their job is minimal distractions as possible. And so we're saying that. All right, school all times of things are happening you know, just different things that teachers need We this or is to key insights survey 40% students our results are pretty percent higher than the national average officials to take the same survey. And last not people talk transparently in to stakeholders, including in our all rise and the mayor's office see here, 2 metrics of
consistently met or exceeded standards or authorize or and that's what this model fiscal responsibility, consistency there were able to continue moving. Loved it. To create a secret school for stocks. Decisions to make as we forward into our So I want resolve Sharon also waiting because of human to work at the schools, even though they are It's because got to be our city leaders have created for conditions schools to exist. So once again, the who haven't gotten out the schools us this evening. When you speak as loud, much appreciate you With those in attendance is to continue road U.S. 2 different cases across the city. Members in the community. Better understand city. For our schools here in Indianapolis. In facilities discussion
hearing. This evening from listing to a presentation from some of charter school Doctor Polytechnic high school will begin followed Andy Seaver Side or excuse Ceo together. Thank It's such an honor to be here tonight to present for this prestigious board. I'm just going to start talking a little bit. Just we exist to give students access to the next and so that's whether that conditions pretty university, which we hope that happens That they choose. That means unique goals and aspirations. We do have 3 relationship care and schools, her very importantly, challenged academically. To clear pathway university see is no power. Future. And this is that we operate state list and the other is in the south it's you we are here I've seen the diverse backgrounds overseas. And I'm
going share a little all this is. 60 citizens we serve. You can graphics the Indianapolis area. Possible. Start with the Indianapolis School district after for us to work. It's clear that they just We also work with the Englewood Community Development Corporation and the addition makes facilities possible for us. All. Really appreciate what really sets India cities do do this work. In with the limited resources that do have. Interchange is always puts students needs. It's just so wonderful. I not stress enough those relationships that MAY it hospital really well. So thank you going talk about just by Center angle would. We opened
our to students in 2017? We've been 3 different locations. Started out. That space at the end of the that we went to the Mall for school 1920. Necessary. State in 2021, we move into the pr Mallory campus. During cnn's grades 9 live Absolutely specifically. We exist 3 different buildings, 2 of the and we make for a school. Might you. Strong that we're It's a a community with strong partnerships. It's a if a school just such a beautiful thing. We are This and there's just a strong of community and strong position Paramount School of Excellence, which he called came So
Since we the spaces were intentionally designed keep the as we are working the cdc. It very play a lot into the design and specifically are still alive. Access to and you go. I actually didn't have shift We're excited the possibility for action. Asterisk Is devices? We have a rich history and natural from from our building to have one of the most beautiful views of Indianapolis. One of the most beautiful. Yeah. One of the most beautiful views Indianapolis. We haven't Makerspace led engineering facilities about 12,000 just
for for Baker States, which includes award-winning robotics team state champions. 2 years in a row. Very that. Thank you. Thank you. A sports to Texas are ending route to And so I'm going to It one of costs of the facilities. While we have a wonderful partnership, we know that building so limit some of the long-term investments we can make beautiful building. But there are aging infrastructures that requires significant maintenance, for rates. Need to be repaired very soon. We parking available for staff wear. Like but it's a to to a shun. And we have limit to guests. A busy spot district each different things there's consulate in China line is being developed. States that for. And together 20's Ts.
Issues with indoor air quality is That comes challenge can hear everything that's to the And we have say sports facilities and we currently more us. There's limited And not in the transition ppa just It's similar that 3 different spaces. We opened our doors in 2019, 20 year. First year street within a we needed more space. Accident inside next person needed more space and for the 21. 22 school year, it operated to nations that we operate China the And so it was somewhat challenging getting to. So we're really grateful. And 2022 okay for 20 students grades 9 through 12 96% of students Mary and so
these right now, building as well as access share that just gymnasium and the one of ship. Are access to sports facilities this. It covers or maintenance. And there is space to so we're not past the right now. Ikea says Gael and including the expanded expanded resources such power and district level operations for us. Makerspace and engineering labs very to great just allow for students to do really great learning as we do In this. And thanks to facilities you know that we're able to continue sports programming, which right is year all that we know are very world to the student experience in school shows that students who are involved in attendance rates. I sat scores higher gpa. I asked
houses that have is because of the scariest movies. There's just limit. Limit emissions customizing. Doesn't pass Asia other school community. It It's just use the athletic facilities. And that's just because it's of multiple schools and see that and access to those buildings I believe was not designed There are Leo and efficiency said line with where the building there it's not. Market an example of that is we have There's. Mentioned with limiting allow we all issues with why some are willing. A building there parking that limited and that's understandable with a shared going to have access to
and that's his all. He's here to stay, it's the media the standards. And had some challenges with enrollment over the last year. And so that's some of the facilities, also priorities that we have we want to see all students in Indianapolis access to high-quality spaces that individual educational needs. Love to access to shared spaces and sports facilities love to day. It just This is Italy's for her to It will because of a little The opportunity to explore. Have where technology excited be a. The center serves the nice recently spent last 8 years. The a fun fact. Attention 18 years ago, was you know. Wall.
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part due tune district. Community. So, part chatter sections. And for we used to live right here. Next. Thank u by, by the way, station like open it up questions from members of allies, too. War and the questions please press the button. Rain. My. Has to a It's case. Said, yeah, Schools issue we dissipate. Just desire to some receipts. Years. A easy. Transportation.
Used all together is stronger ever. In mission is just that because diversity contest, there's knowledge meant that there's so much we can learn. I did work together there's the big system. Weber Ation that I think people think about when they think about the others to treat patients to right. A lot of the stuff you most excited about or you know what think about day-to-day operations impact on student experience except things like, you after school activity. We'll war stations for things like athletics and robotics winning hearts that some schools have some school staff. I'm supposed to be complimentary even in a geographic city, right? So we're here the South side. So not a lot Chris Paul, it's pcp. They different facility in transportation situations.
They come together to solve problems a lot So I think that the Navy have the from leaders Sicily was just this excitement about problem solving one student experience staff experienced things. It is a desire be part of this broader conversation together to you have their voice be part of kind of next chapter one. So would like so Area so answer what is your expectation as far as participation the district and community-based organizations, for example, the boys and girls We did sign 2 to be And teaches sure you know, we playing our kids first really working together. Expect Haitians for those specific. You know, the first and say with regard district is that I had extremely elaborate on the conversations violent, you
stroke. Doctor Murphy, goal. Said one of conversation so we agree to you so far is people really strong. Lot of communication open, find opportunities to cooperate, fully work together as So I was really optimistic from all the conversations. I've had district again, they think lot of very people and will be. What this looks like. I think there will be opportunities cooperate more. And then partners are you. And we department formally part of the pilot with Boys and Girls Club like person Center. That are just deeply committed to neighborhood schools, ballparks. Of that. It is super important. There's also a like just part of that is of if community centers and community partners have
transportation. It might be 12 or 15 passenger vans more and more part of broader solution for at least one the a that do some of these offerings strengthen partnerships. One question we asked for survey that we had to forced out. Was we partnered with its New York overwhelming it was like in Jill reading it. They literally 39 community organizations MISS It. For just partnerships. It I think it's going to be crucial everybody at table and as go to this next chapter. As we everybody and table. Stations discussion of nation. Question as thing, for the future co-location with. Question is what are the pros and cons of co-location. And
so Get to I understand weaknesses. Such a mess. And that's just solace. It's more. The facility so right. A question they We're on I for school. Strikes that from the location. It's one of weekend says just to in the same Shannon space for the school. I'm concerned Okay. So one of the things that a live look at middle school is building years ago. Think it is not serving several students. Across the district that the beautiful thing. You also can here with services. We so many here resources. So that really
the only responsible way. All care about want some of the challenge. Challenge another benefit to a location that I here. They're here to middle school and they've got their state white high school. So that area and there's more opportunities services. It's some of the biggest challenge is the one thing that's really important is you want to keep this school separate, especially. A safety perspective. You want to make sure that you have. 4 years away from high schoolers. So challenges kits here, the facilities because of that because you to make sure clear out about all. And so just making sure you can figure out the logistics using various
states currently the largest challenge. That's And my station a location continued it's good to have k 12 altogether, maybe heading school. And if the models of a different back be a challenge well. But it really comes down to. Our partners. That's because maybe tools to school leaders are coming together to regularly to make sure they're on the same page because it we don't get the all need to happen some of those need to happen at the same here safety to make sure a lot things ladder to from the beginning. And so that's grateful for partnership spelled it because people able to hear him out. And middle school. And so they're definitely to that if outweigh some of the town. As
separating We had high school. We have high school. We manual high school continuing to exist. We had. These people a childcare center. All these people who could us. With each other and from a safety perspective. It can be a that MAY be an extreme example. Yeah, those challenges are real. Thank you both for your presentations. As we're great. I just want to ask you Doctor specifically about the Mallory campus, which MAY be because it might be an example of the compromises that are required under circumstances that many charter schools find themselves in. Ali food. It was when building was a. Restored. A rehabilitated and and and and Polytechnic high school moved into that
building. It just seemed like after years of being back upon is that it that it was to move into that building. Until tonight. How much don't have. A site a limited visitor Atlantic facilities in on those things that you mentioned. So why did you do where to in you go into that building with all of those weaknesses? Is it it was so much it was such big partnership of different people pouring money into it that made it affordable or what would you choose to go there? Most important about choosing our location. This one to families communities have invited us know where they are looking for a strong school. I deeply believe that school that this to pillar in the community and came to do
that. We have done just that. Continue growing enrollment. And so that was really the reason that we chose that location. And there's opportunity to expand on that. A lot possibly at athletics facilities and various things that there's a lot be there. Well, we always come 2 locations because where the community is, where there's desire a need for schools. That that So that is the reason. I think people just to some and shares in the It turned transportation cost issue for second. I readily admit I've not studied the state's transportation with U.S. To the intricacies wondering as start to have some of these conversations. There's state policies that could be addressed. It could help improve transportation
access and maybe it's too early in the process to identify some of those. That's when or if you have. Without going down too much of of a radical with it. I've been learning more and more about state policy framework within their state policy framework and federal. All the layers on top of that federal law supersedes state law. There folks at the state level believe that they can requirements for multi-modal transportation options. Smaller volume fell to the master bans. You know, potentially alleviate and create more flexibility with licensing requirements that put downward pressure on staffing. It's a complicated puzzle. The federal law on top of it. And so that's part of the conversation. I think we need to have with policy makers at the state House with maybe Representative Congress,
frankly, to learn more about how federal and state work together to create again. What what can be released or didn't flexible environment. Create things that are more innovative option. So I think that that there's there's a lot and I hope we can keep that conversation going Again. Thank so much. Yet. Opportunity to right along they learn. Transportation you see these pieces come signal Additions exist for a reason. So we made their safety of all We're trying to rely on different pieces one of the pieces that I was sleeping in my head. And you were talking. I'm just curious about. West of the cities as well. So but again, we're working with outside community
organizations. I know that as much as we are all legit can just as well. The federal. Impacts of had major impacts local community centers. Today, partners as well. And so and question is. How concerned are we for the future of those partnerships funding at the federal level in particular really become a problem. So really and it right here as we head conversations about his you know, persons their financial challenges, fees reduce France's. Just curious. You know what? What is the thinking around? That something we're concerned about. Long-term. If you're just like front me, has great respect for but was to survive. For the past decade. And I say like for 4 a lot of And so I think your name the
issue for sure in terms concern, I think it's a good example types of things that everybody in this room concerned Should should be to be concerned about I certainly don't have good answer to that. I would, you If you're somebody in I don't think he that conversation because you're exactly right. Is any of sources, whether it's and a lot of times it's a mix of state, local sources. Federal sources don't drop forces. And end up losing some of those federal sources because of environment. We're going make it up somehow get more creative and innovative say that the police costs so I think you're exactly right and take it another reason he's spotted. Questions from the Alliance. To energy use. If someone needs no introduction,
superintendent releases Johnson so that she can. Introduced to prison for the district. About entrance There. He also needs no introduction district says the deputy superintendent of Indianapolis Public schools. He stood with us the last couple of meetings presenting on our behalf. Turn it to Thank you, Mayor Hogsett. Thank you. Doctor Johnson and Alliance members. It's honor to see you again for the 3rd meeting here. Also appreciate the opportunity to present alongside Dr Warren. Indeed, we work with very often great relationships with those 2. So I think you're going to see team of collaboration, I think across. The presentations here also, we should have d in the
adelante team. I think you're sitting in a building. This is representation of a lot of that great collaboration. And so very thankful for team for allowing severe night. So I'm I was joking with the team yesterday when I first started like, yes, I had it's like minimum or maximum. Should say. I mean, to go over a little bit over that facilities. Is we could talk for 5 hours to 9, still not hit all of the intricacies of facilities. To try to keep a 30,000 foot, of course, answer questions. I've also all our executive director operations with us. Zach is an IPs. Grad also spent time as a board administrator for ips for many years in now is on the facility side and operations of reason, wealth knowledge and perspective. And so all-time made quite a bit of property answer some
questions. So skates and partnerships. One of the teams will probably get and presentations that we make is the lot of the history it was. I was happy to see he started off with that conversation history of where we are standing right now is so important to to continue to discuss at all. Well, just raise the questions that that we had IPs are seeking a lot about when it comes facilities. The landscape we've got about 98, public school buildings, a knife in the boundaries. 65 of them are ips on facilities. So that's direct manage innovation role use. 33 charter facilities as or innovation the pending. You heard talk about some of those and 67% of our public school students attend a school in an ips on building all show a
graph. And that will dive deep there. And he had that same number on his presentations. Makes me happy because sometimes tough to information across the board. That is one of the challenges we have. But that's just of a kind of a broad overview of where we are. This is really hard to see. Senator, expect you're going see it and particularly for sitting in the audience. But if you zoom out to the boundary. These are all of the facilities, district and charter the little dots and colors represent grade and they serve. So again, this just gives you a visual of what the IPs looks like. And pretty tough to see. Also believe we need to have this conversation in the context of enrollment. Roman landscape, you can see in the blue there at the top line is ips, direct managed. So the talk for all talk a little bit more about some of that history over time there. But just just just
gives you. Just a little bit of an overview than you've got. And you have it as invasion in. Oh, yea, so you can kind of see things have been leveling out a little bit over the past couple of years. It stabilizing in some respects are seen. You know, some some changes in between his family, the schools, and we say families, schools. We're talking district manage an innovation with this slide shows is kind consuming a little bit further than since the school year 2021, the number of IPOs boundary resident students attending schools. Within the boundary has increased one percent. And so this kind of layers on top private schools. And so you can see on the far right hand bar blues IPs trying manage the orange. Ips, Innovation, Charter, an example. That is I
don't And so you can kind of see that has stabilized a little bit over time. There. To just show this a different way in a circle, rapid believe we MAY have showed this the first meeting. This is the distribution of resident students. Again, about 51,000. So that's ips, traditional, it's about 19,000 that he innovation and Ellie a cold spring as an example of that or Edison. And then you've got the green This innovation. Not now. Not I don't want a is an example of that that's what we call it. S family with schools in that gray bar. That's kind of the classic kind of in the Middle 28,000 that so many students are just buildings. And so again, I don't want a is an example of that. So this is, as Eddie mentioned, this is a night just on facility that we contracted partner
with. I don't collaborate to serve students here and it's, you know, around lot and hit with that. So this is again, it gives you kind of an overview of what is the landscape are operating So I'm just going slide somehow. Facility funding works. Got to get some extra help here. We've got Eric Long. Who is our Bond Council advise Mueller. When you talk about facility ownership, you also have to kind of talk about bondholders. That is an incredibly important for the conversation. We could probably spend 3 hours alone on that if not more. So get there questions on that. We're happy to answer. Might have to pretty high level here just for the sake of time. The facility funding kind of on the district manager size of a Poppy new operating expenses of the day-to-day upkeep. That is good for operations fund. So that is part of the annual school Budget or school District budget. I cover
cities like utilities, routine maintenance, custodial minor repairs. So that's a prudent annually through a process. Every school corporation in Indiana has to do that. There's no sep separate voter approval required there. The revenue source is property tax. Levy heard any talk about how that shift in overtime with sca one in in Senate bill. One essentially at the state House, this past legislative session. So that's the property tax landscape is shifting over the next 4 to 5 years here. And so that will have a direct impact on our operations fund. And that's what we use for these these kind of day-to-day operating expenses expenses. We're talking major capital improvements. That's kind of the other. I'm here. That's replacement, big renovations.
New buildings. This is for the 2 capital projects with bonds and debt. So largely does require approval. The most well-known version of that is a capital referendum, which ips U.S. Past a few of those most recently in 2023. For about 410 million dollars. You can see there at the bottom. Some pictures. That's how middle school that the foreign. And so that is is a field that was just finished. How middle school students also partner with Purdue Englewood to try to make best use of that space. But improve months, those are done through bonds. That case, a capital referendum. Ration perspective against talking a little bit about partnerships. You've heard a lot about that. There's a couple different ways. We leverage partnerships, ips. So one really kind rental and community-based partnerships since you can see the staff
there since JUNE of 2024, we have about 250 short or medium term uses vikas to cilla tease. So that includes innovation. All talk about them on the next slide of the next 2 slides. That's what this is. Exactly means more questions about this as he helps run this process. You know We have community partners reach out all the time you know access to space, how can we work together to leverage space with that short term for an event or whether its medium-term? You can see a couple pictures You know, a broad ripple. There's an excel Paul Mueller that we partner with Excel Center to support. Do learning how middle school just spoke about them. They have an early learning center there where if you haven't been over there, it's a
beautiful space. Early learning Indiana were able to partner with them and that opened last year, which we're very excited about. We know is a is a community need. So again, there are a number of different ways that we leverage our community partners. It's a big best use of facilities. This is one of them. And then another addition. There were schools. And so the network school model starting 2014. So the Indiana simply and a vision of our school law, which really kind of opened the door for districts and charters to cooperate collaborate in particular things like facilities, which you heard any talk about often a barrier to growth. And so. Many different versions of versions of innovation, network agreements. Gotten pretty complicated over time. We're now at about 30 innovation schools. So that's grown quite
a bit over the past 10 plus years now. And at 6, 1, of most fundamentally, if he continues, I don't want to just use the space for as an example, we're able to able to partner together leverage facilities, leverage, transportation. It worked together to support, you know, students you know, this community in this neighborhood, you know, in a school like out of what he's done, great things on that front. Divisional to many different ways. But but I think one of the kind of and guiding principles of innovation. Innovation law was was really how can we work together on some of these really big items like facilities and transportation. And I think obviously we've been open to do that. And I what about the innovation network? We've got 13 innovation schools that are in ips on buildings. We have 2 vision schools that are
currently located us. It's a good question about Co-location. I agree with what Doctor Warner to it in terms some of the strengths and challenges there. We also with Monarch Academy, Northwest Middle school. So that takes tremendous amount of collaboration in coordination between the school leaders. Broderick Purdue or Monarca Northwest. And so they they work through the challenges. We've got about 33 million dollars kind services to innovation schools. That was as a 23. 24. Things like repair and maintenance is that comes up. Our team is happy to support And so that's those are kind of like it's a little kind of terminology there. You know, there's there's in kind services that that, of course, we're bear is is is ips and and again, happy to do that since it is support of our
family. Talk about capital improvements. We building stronger. I've got another slide on that. But again, that was really the big push in 2023 in the top of referendum. 118 million dollars of this capital for months are in innovation, operated facilities. So out of those 13, their number of them that are getting improvements that that are approved. So to example, get out a just just right here to guns is ongoing. But you can kind of see some of those seasonal building like this takes deferred maintenance that takes up. Keep so Ruth, Jim ceilings, elevators, increased security void. Those are all kind of the things that that are are able to ensure that we can support students and staff on a daily basis so that that was included in the capital referendum. So now to turn and
got a few slides on the historical landscape. If you were with us in the first meeting, I believe we also slide. If you have seen Doctor Johnson presenter, I often present in our community conversations that we do. Try to ground ourselves in this slide again, it is very hard to see. But on the Wiac says they're going up and down. That is moment. Number of students on the x axis of the years. And so you can see that line graph kind of going down over time and then stabilizing which we've been pretty stable over the past 5 years. And that kind of real big thing to note here is ips, at least from what my research is found. Are you can. Roman was about 109,000 students in 1968. 69. 120 U.S. Buildings to support those number of students. In the 1970's we've talked about this before you
you had desegregation order. That was happening across the United States, right? I mean, you name and city and they were going through essentially Brown versus Board of Education and kind of working through what that meant to their community. And so what that meant was scene in particular of black students. One way I-town ships. You also had a 1971. I believe you Gov. Which kind of a remade the landscape for the city of Indianapolis didn't touch school corporations as well. You've got 11 in the boundary. And so I know there are a lot of people in this room that you have lived through. A lot of that and so know that history very well. You know, again, you can see kind of what that has done to enrollment over time. This is a very hard sightsee when our team was going through this. We were kind of debating what is the best way to show in really some of this history
over time and how the community, how IPs, you know, has navigated this over the years. And I think we just kind of landed with to know what we just need to show one slide because that also hits in terms of just how much change. Really ultimately instability. There has Really since 1919, 70. And so that's that's where we're starting here on the far left. And it's going to highlight a couple things here. I know it's really difficult to see, but, you know, the last item mentioned kind of federal desegregation, and that really started one-way busing to get a lock students out. Let's start in 1970's. You started to see some enrollment declines. You know, Dr Johnson and I have often talked about this. She has gone through a lot of deep dies of her own research about so she can. I'm
sure plug in here. That's when essentially some consolidation started. And so we really want you to take away from this and and I hope their alliance of the we think about this every day and I p s, you know, is the operations and use I just facilities has been a direct result of these legal and policy conditions. And so as we look ahead to the future and what I'm solutions, there MAY be. Think it is it is really difficult to do that without first looking back right. And so 1970, is when that bus and started, you started to have open decline. We had another one facility consolidate then you fast forward. The 1980's. It was about 15,000 students. And again, our records indicate close another 15 schools. That
happened again throughout the 1990's. So you're getting to see obviously kind of a trend here. And that's his constant destabilization seasons. Destabilization. 2 thousands. Again, I know it's really hard to see. And women actually stabilize just a little bit. And it was a comprehensive facilities assessment done at that time. And I've often heard ton representatives. I think in 2008 was one referendums essentially started in the state. People that were around and talk about IPs are in a referendum in 2008, it was their condition referendum because a lot of people MAY know that in here. So a lot of our schools didn't almost I think didn't have air conditioning. Ryan, we think about how hot it's been the last 2 weeks here in the state of Indiana here in Indianapolis. And so I think there was a big investment made in 2008. A lot of our
buildings than 2000 2000 Ten's you see kind of the innovation law passed. I think you start to see some of this collaboration. How can we best utilize our facilities resources? Also went through in 20 1800 er Ferebee. At the time Superintendent High School transformation close to one high school kind of. Organized a few high school buildings. Then in the 2020's, obviously, you know, national pandemic hits right in so that I think as a kind of stopped a lot of us in our tracks and really made us think about. But we want to be true for students how we can best utilize space to support students. And that's across the board. And then over the last couple years, we've launched rebuilding stronger, which I'll talk about in the next slide. Essentially the essence of rebuilding stronger was to try to take a look at
yes, how can we maximize facility space? But also how can we determine can we ask ourselves? The question what would we want to be true for all students? And so as kind of zoom back out now to where we are today. We've got you see rebuilding stronger and in some of you MAY have heard that some not. A couple of of really, really, I think key elements of rebuilding stronger that are important to name as we're now in our second full year of implementation. So rebuilding stronger, like I said, we really kind of ground ourselves and what can be true for all students. We have a lot of community conversations about that over 70 public meetings, you know, what kind of came to light is? Yeah, we there's a lot that we we need to offer students in our community believes we need to offer them. A colorful 90 s perspective. Those offerings
were not consistent across the board. A lot depending on where you live, kind of school you went to. And so I think we did our best to try to start address that in a big part of that was you got to get to scale. And we did a lot of research on I talk about scale again. We could go way deep. We know on on kind of utilization and different things like that. We worked with the national concert consulting firm to really look at. How do you kind balance this this idea of kind of being small enough that the clincher can feel really positive and people are overwhelmed. The be large enough that you can actually try to maximize your financial resources. You know, so that's that's really we were trying to organize around scale. That's about 350 for elementary school. Students
are buildings. 500 for middle school and high school. So we did take some schools offline 2 years ago that and obviously you can see that trend. That's an incredibly challenging decision to make. But I think ultimately trying to look ahead to try to see how do we maximize scale to offer. Robust opportunity opportunities and experiences we as we could can for kids. So were 2 years in. And you can see some of the so the data here. I've been stunned program enrollment of more than doubled. Israel music Norman has increased more than 50% We've been able to see kind of enrollment and buildings that are good. Good or better condition has increased by 15%. A lot of that's due to that capital referendum that our voters
proves in 2023, you know, so again for us, it was important to try to start to get some stuff to some scale so that you're able to offer more with those things like music and band and algebra. One because that's what our community was asking for. So this this a little bit of where we are now and I know just kind of leave with with some questions, really. And I think some of this lines of what my 2 previous colleagues shared. I think one of the challenges, you know that face, I think collectively is this idea of a building capacity? So there's really no common definition for that. And so if you were to ask what is the building capacity across IPs boundary? I think I think you might get like 4 or 5 different answers. I think if you asked that
question, you know, to another city, I think they MAY give you 4 or 5 different answers, right? So when you're looking whether its I p s or even more global across the ips boundary, that that is something that we have found very challenging to to address. And then system some kind of key questions. Again, as we think about our industry, it would take about this a lot. How many students are there in our boundary, current and future? How many buildings facilities should support those students. Best utilize finite resources to support those facilities. Both in the short and long term. Probably the most important question there. Is what is our community desire to be true for children? And their education will experience? I think without answering that question. It is really challenging to answer the 3 to go before that because everything has a trade-off. And so I think that is is I think with of this body is
left with kind of discussing, sir, really appreciate your leadership. I think as you can see, there's been a lot of work done over many years try to address some of these things. But there is no short of complexity here. Thank Thank you, To open it you might want to. Stay up Because ongoing open it up for alliance. Questions for ips is presentation. It did get. There we Thank you, MISTER Mayor, thank you so much for your presentation. So question is, are you crying? Station Ray. It's for the 6 page. 47, it stated that the number of districts building operating a district Ation Ray has increased by 3%. So have many other buildings are at 50%. 50% capacity because if I understand right and I'm
turning back play like. And that's higher limit. The power love authorities have to be at like 50%. The past, if you can, sir, can you explain that? And also I using lending capacity and nation Tripoli. That's a great question. Not using building capacity utilization rate interchangeably. Was a charade their different ways to calculate Right now. It's a great question. Often. Was a charade. I think in its simplest form is irrelevant. As a numerator denominator is building capacity. I think that the nominator is the challenge right to calculate kind of across the board. We ought to look at. I don't have the number of top my head in terms of how many buildings are. Above or below 50% capacity. I think one of the
things we would want to highlight is a really big part of that conversation is what kind program you're trying to run. So calculate building capacity. For example, you can just look at square footage. That often doesn't take into account if your stem school and you want leverage a science lab, that science, I MAY not have kids and all the time. Really from a program active. And so your. Capacity might actually for utilization rate might be lower. And you might suggest that that program from a student perspective. Thanks for bringing us up to their knees. Use that science and so. I think utilization rate. You know, is one way to look at things building capacity as the denominator that calculation, which is, again, why it's really hard cross
sector to identify utilization rate. So should we task force? Do a deep dive in understanding utilization grates because, again, understand the dollar line tasked looking facility all be operating from the same understanding. And again. If the dialogue is actually something that we all need to abide by, like, how do we how do we level set around the definition and how do we move ensuring that the charters, necessary, have access to add those spaces for our dollar. Doctor, Johnson, PRESIDENT And it's a great question think a couple of things run and it's no secret IPs us. Very much
opposed to the dollar loss. So I would hope perhaps one recommendation that comes from this group, as we say, that should go away. I just perfect. Secondly, I think is. In terms of the utilization and right now in law that actually only applies to traditional public schools. So the question I think we should wrestle efficient that apply across Ector. We are sitting in a building right now that has. Capacity. Probably if you look at the building capacity, this school at one time held end, he said like. MAY be over 1000, certainly several 100. And that was because I have a battle on however, that program capacity is not that. So should they be faulted for that? This is an excellent
school serving kids very well. So which one is Is it that we want schools to have the ability to say this is my program model the number of students I want to serve sort of regardless of what my building can fold because that's a I kind of you we could have. We could also say there are a finite resources and we want to maximize of the space is available to us. And so if you're a small sorry, you can't be a small school in a particular space because that's not maximizing the space. So I think what going to be tasked with deciding is is it that we want to and again, this goes back to policy and conditions in the legal conditions that led us to the place we are in today.
Is it that we want to have a perspective that says let's maximize our resources and everyone's going to have to give something up to do that. Is it that we want to say actually, we really value autonomy and flexibility. That's what we've built over the last 20 years. And so charter school could make their budget work and whatever facility and should do that. And we value that. Is it that we want to say we desire for? Our children is a particular experience. Some pretty polytechnic made a choice to be in a building because they have the flexibility to do that. A tradeoff was not having athletics. Do we believe that that something actually that all students should have? And so we want to have a standard experience
that all students have. Or is it something else? And so in the first meeting when I said we have to be clear on what is it that we desire to be true? That will drive how we come up with our solutions. If you're saying we just want to meet the letter of the law, that's one thing and actually don't think that will be leveraging this opportunity as much as we could because I think we should be pushing on that to say what is best to serve our children and then advocate for that thing. And the superintendent. I do think that's exactly where we're going to have to struggle with. As we do. Hastert's really always been about how do in some sense, how Highs going to start getting smaller? Is getting smaller. It changes the equation entirely. You have I think,
differently. And we have. Why some patients. It's the traditions. Place, the physicians most efficient Public School in Marin County is going to be facing. Thank you for your presentation. I questions he's been here for years and I'm sure will be a subject of discussion the members of the aioli is forward. Is overall size of the IPs budget budget. And the Central Writes, I get a number of students taking the traditional schools. That's an issue this. For a long time. All used that issue. Its support for innovation schools. You mentioned 39 a services by 2. Also, important note you know,
whatever scope of There some management responsibility require order run this innovative. I think we're very fortunate. So I just urge you we move forward as we start into total about dollars and system where go. What real dollars? 2 INTs schools. Thank you, mayor, for your comments. I think again, so just say. The mindset really is how do we educate each student? And I don't know. Maybe I've slept since but for me, critical question that for me is what is actual t 12 student population? Population birthrate rate. What it actually cost for model? Innovation with what does it cost to educate? Current
student and 12 pipeline. That's how you look at what they are saying, which is my question. We're doing it looking at facilities. What does it really cost manage the number buildings? We need a space utilization. Actually get uk each child appropriately and adequately. Do we still need all of the buildings at all? And then do we still more in new schools at all earlier, Dr Warren and talked about maybe using I forgot 20. But anyway, speaking about we look at the data. Locating. But then when you look back historically, is that current building? Close the debt. Does the data really support that? So maybe we don't need as many school buildings the matter what. Innovation charter IPs those are questions. I have do it with the down that route. And
we also look at the actual people looking back on the scale enrollment. I don't know if really a question or just like. I want us all center. We're looking at maximizing efficiencies. Well, I Johnson writing so you I think these these are important questions to continue to dive into. I think this was a start but very aligned. I think we have up so happy to to definitely on the system. It's so. Also Apple. That is correct. Really focus he said. South side. It's so nice. West and you want to. In response Yeah. So we from. What you're asking what revenue we get
what our expenditures related transportation facilities ride as proportion on off top my head. I can definitely get those numbers for you. 150 annually for that's for facilities. I hear you asking come about. Transportation as well you said, that's how much we spend That was in the slide. The question is, do get. Western young, simple life. His will Operations property tax that supports not just facilities. It also funds transportation in admin costs. So it looks at transportation received received 100 million dollars. A split between facilities operating funds. Operating revenue, operating expenses, so as a maintenance
utilities to store tools. 50 million, it goes to transportation. 5 million goes to add. We have 100 million total goes into operations fund. 130 billion is spent out of that operations fund for facilities, transportation had. Of the tax funded is the operating referendum funds. That is receiving about 3 5 million dollars. It's primarily devoted to compensation if teachers and school staff. Much to say for teachers conference, 5 million dollars annually. In this last budget. Is everything about So it's it's about 100 million dollars that we're getting in. Seeds, property taxes to payments. What need to do for capital improvements and all the I just little So in total property taxes coming into ips in. 24, 25 is around 250 million dollars. And so total about bonds, outstanding
are roughly a billion it's set Outstanding is around 5 to 600 million dollars at this time, which on annual basis about 100 million dollars. That service payments. In the simplest terms. What really trying trying to understand goes into the operating funds. Terms we spent $159 year. It's just the solace. Just the operations. Its debt service. And operations fund. fun. So funding hvac system. We're from 18 million dollars into adelante where we are. That was fun to do a cap, a referendum to press. We get to issue debt. We shoot Its subject to the cap or a friend. When it comes to. What
we're doing from operations from standpoint, operating standpoint, in your expense revenues that we receive. And that's utilities prison mean it's a story you'll items that are needed basis. I know this just speaks for itself. But it's especially all innovation that yes. In the circle This graph here. We've tried to capture 51,000 total students in the eye. Boundary that resonates to great us. In the middle. Which one is safe for 20,000 students that are getting the benefit of property taxes. Every day because there and I in the building. Indoor receiving transportation. A service. That's what we're showing is that the Crescent Cross is
true. I just traditional district manage. It crosses. I just you know, they you know, it also includes a number charter partners that have contracts with receiving in kind services. If you're part of it, goes into that Green section. And so 20,000 students are being supported all of the property taxes from ips right now. What we're looking at the future. Is supporting that same amount of revenue coming in. With 40,000 students. So high is going to get smaller. Going to grow last. Want to look at. Regardless body has a pie. That's not going to be much larger. It's changed to serve. Not just the 20,000. Across sector. However, many kids whatever color graph is going to see that property tax somebody who's receiving that property tax. Now it's potentially going to have some
services shift press. And you probably don't. And this, but I'm just curious in terms of the number employees. Their job functions. Lloyds to supporting facilities as opposed to classroom. There was that as in a comprehensive plan report that has that data the we can get you more details on that. I think what you we realize is that thurs fte. It's only time that I've just been a lot of focus on fte. Better we buy Yes. The reality is we're focused on Spence. And sometimes when you spend theirs the witches for that he is well, So if you look at Specificities do you a lot of times? It's a nifty here. Sometimes it's a contractor there. We can give you that. Data. It's what you're going to make of it.
Arrive For the some point. We're looking at it just from character. Want to characters. 3. Employees to your spending. That's 100 million dollars 50 million dollars MAY be spent on contractors, which are most likely people. What we're focused in on 50 million dollars over focused in on foot fence of which just one of the top squeeze dollars in in the state and the city. Well, 3500 It's some points. We're projecting out a lot of it. It's we should be looking at. A total spend. Appreciate you. Other questions from the alliance to IPs. Thank for your presentation. I'd like to now open the floor for public and just as a reminder, I think you would. The members of the Alliance for Public comments to attempt to focus
on school facilities. So having said that, turn it over to Sheena. Colossus to facilitate the public comment period. So tonight I never who giving public comment. You'll get it here. Please. So we can make sure you heard as in prior meetings we are following the public common procedure that is shared on our website based on the 38 people signed up to speak this evening. Each speaker will have one minute to speak when your name is called and the time or begins. Which will be right here that you can look at. I'm please proceed until the timer sound It'll split sound. It should sound. We will signal you please be respectful of the time limit and finished comments promptly a time to allow as many people as possible to speak. Please keep your comments centered on the
work before the which tonight a school facilities and know that the alliance members will not answer questions or otherwise respond to comments. Comments should address the alliance as a whole, not individual members or staff, disruptive or offensive comments or similar behavior MAY result in a 5 minute recess. And if it continues adjournment of the meeting, though, we don't expect that will happen. Comments submitted tonight. I'm sorry. Comments submitted online prior to tonight's meeting and e-mails, director to the Lions were shared with alliance members and will be posted online in the days to come. If you have a longer comment there and you are minute allows you tonight, you MAY also send those 2. I really am indeed, dot Gov. And we will make sure that alliance remember Alliance members
receive those in their entirety. We thank everyone so far which share their thoughts with us. I'm going it is this middle Mike here? Not so much working isn't working a little bit. All right. I'm going to take the mic from the front and I will give it back when I'm finished and I'll be starting calling names in just one 0nd. All right. We will begin hearing shop enjoy happy event. And then. After Jordan, Brianna, Dice. Hi there. My name is Jordan of Ivan, the chief operating officer here at adelante schools. Welcome. 2 things that I would really love this committee to know. The first is that Indianapolis public schools is incredibly good at facilities. We saw those
numbers up there taking buildings from not great condition to at least good condition and their partnership in that and in transportation. And it is unmatched. We services the pay services for it. We pay for custodians out of the funds. We're supposed to be going to classrooms. We do that because their ability to provide a high-quality service at cost is amazing. And I hope that is something. Folks look to expand replicate. The second piece actually goes to a doctor. Johnson said when it comes to building capacity. We're 50 years. The max average in this building has been 600 students. If we were to do the 100 plus start lunch. 08:00am go to the end of the day student experience matters. And followed by to
have much much and are. Good evening. I'm Brea Dines. Graduate of public schools, author out here in Indianapolis. If someone told you some of your house for nothing, you'll save on maintenance. You laugh. But that's the logic used by the one dollar to justify giving way public buildings to private entities. But the same politicians and industry players that have directly caused IPs and its students resource harm competition and defunding. Instead of fighting for real support for all kids. That's not collaboration or partnership in the big picture. It's taking public good, supported by generations of families and turning them into private real estate. Else? One charter group is already preparing to use ips
tax dollars to expand to other districts. I would hope not to choose to expand and unsuitable are unstable facilities and then claim need. And that's not about serving kids. Well, its expansion in competition for its own sakes. Feel like 60 seconds. But the case. Mike argument is really simple. Education is a public good. As part of the Healthy Democratic society. It depends on a robust public life structured by public accountability and transparency. Number 2. All of the rhetoric about school choice and efficiency obscures this fundamental fact. The charter schools and doing education from public accountability. There's been much discussion about the nuts
and bolts of funding facility needs but don't want this fundamental idea to be lost. That schools ought to be accountable publicly elected school sports. This applies to the narrow question of school facilities. I agree there should be more funding for schools, but they should publicly accountable once in a world where we have funded budgets. That should be to filter in principle by which we decide how schools are funded. Next is on when followed by Mary Yearling. We will hear from Mary Darling, followed by Christina Smith. I'm on one's husband. Can I speak on her behalf? She is ill and not able to be here. So this is on behalf of on we're idea, students I say release, albeit on a Roman school performance and
facilities so that the public MAY also be informed not just the I-lead aboard. Also on facilities called for the repeal of the unfair one dollar loss or ips consoling these properties at fair market value. Has hurt the resources of ips continuously since inception. And we need that to end so that we can actually benefit off of the decisions that allowed for those facilities to exist. To clear, this conversation about ownership should be discussed really of the IPs school board with can their input from community members. Is not something that should decided by democratically elected boards. And positions enrich businesses. A lot of our politicians friends up here. A yearling and then Christina Snus. My name is Christina Smith. I do have 2 children that went to ips and here in high school
who refuse yellow bus service from ips so that their students could have that 2 key components of the racist racist Christian nationalist Plan Project 2025 the transfer of publicly owned buildings and land like school facilities and the privatization of public services like contracting out the education of our children to privately owned company. This appoint a board was set up to do both. Fortunately, we're seeing the same democracy, destroying scenario, play out all over the country. What's different about Indianapolis is the package, Wolf, in sheep's clothing. We get diverse faces with the Democrat next to their name, non-profit organizations, a funnel dark money and donations to legislators who are attacking our communities. But how equity in public. Some of you crafted the legislation with
the Indiana Mac it to create this board so that you can then steal publicly owned lands in schools. Some of you even want to take over the school district completely eliminating fully public schools. The U.S. People are rising again, cease patches, tactics to steal from us. The people see we own this building. We own this land. They are for sale and neither are kids, especially not for dollar. And Stanton. And then It's raw love than a guess. Good evening and thank you for the opportunity to speak today. I appreciate that. You all had several different charter leaders speak today. However, that their experiences and their schools experiences are only a glimpse into the world of all charter schools. And so over the past few months has been very
apparent that while this board was created to look at all schools with an ips boundaries that has not been the case. All of the data and information has been shared with parents with community members here have been focused primarily on ips. And so I want to urge you all that. Obviously we want to make sure I successful. We also want to make sure that the charter schools within those boundaries also successful. And that only happens if we have a voice at the table and of those leaders have a voice at the table as well. Many of those pants are want to have that information and they don't get it unless we start to continue to both leaders to the table. We often talk about we've talked a lot about resources today, facilities today and will continue to have those gaps unless all of
voices the table so that we could figure out a solution to make sure that all public schools are successful. Thank you. Is I'm sorry. If I'm saying this incorrectly. And so I Okay. Then. A strategy. I believe our career. Could me. I appreciate the opportunity to address on evening. The candidate too education advocate the Latino community strong. Our community strong commitment to education. We value creating more opportunities for children because it's the only way out of the cycle. Value. It's a commission. Despite the challenges we face, Qui remain committed to ensuring that our children continue to have. Access to quality education. One of most significant
changes family encounters. Transportation problem trouble that's not be obligated to attend school in the neighborhood. If the institutions that offer high quality education, we chose in total taxes. If it doesn't for the future, us thank You wanna Joanna? And we will hear from Perla Sanchez and after her Alejandra, the new test and solace. Myriam Reyes. Chi Wong. And Everybody Minds. Kai on teacher. Not good. Kind me inside northwest. Like to highlight the issue moment wins JUNE. That that I related to these a school. It's cool places consistent decline enrollment. That that explains a lot of students that
ultimately 2%. It's Ips moment eclipsed by one has met with students transition out of middle school. It's all name The 4% decline from the 16 20. Trend special as it signifies that teams are opting for alternative. It's a conditional options. A community. Additions acknowledged the growth of charter schools and vision schools inclined decline of traditional district schools that students use in our can. It can still education in. Is is it going to turn to? Additional condition schools? Thank you much. Julio Reyes. Katrina Anderson. Good evening. My name is Katrina. And I'm saying I am a proud IPs. Granted a dedicated parent whose children have attended various educational institutions. It is my understanding that the I l is
tasked with serving all educational facilities to provide recommendations. I firmly support the request made by school leaders for the public dissemination of this data. It is imperative for families in the larger community to have access to this information for their benefit. I'm a dedication, decisions for my children after conducting comprehensive research of data and visiting the institutions. Based on that, I had drive my children to ensure they receive a high-quality education. Well, I was fortunate to have that option. Many parents lack similar opportunities. Consequently their children are forced to 10 schools that do not align with their preferences and or
have inadequate facilities. I endorse the recommendations aimed at streamlining the management of school facilities, an essential services, including transportation families, must receive transparency, equitable access and clarity throughout this process. This is not just a matter of preference, but a pressing need for our community. Children are our greatest priority in inspiration. They are future. Thank you. He knew the U.S. Owes Friend. I'm Marcella Gonzalez Arteaga. A move to hear. Lidia. Sanchez. And after Le Dio, we'll hear from, know, Garcia, nafta. That just mean number media, is what the most of But as coach on the
subcommittee on the other go home either But got list money, Now they've got look at it and we That's what to do. That is to seek us. Let us in the county that the latest on They left a scoreless on. That just one the month. Ellis, this clinical many that in the other things, costs. That does. Biden side of e d s a scoreless in the members committee that. It's best to come in the cnn input that I love you have and we love the person the one thing this is for some most. But the Malama court is the budget. Putin to see costs. Ending pandemic one because I thought you could with you in media. Stay there, not many things going get a permit to come in this on given up court applied a question. That's for people. Nelly Garcia, Napa. And then
Alicia Yeah, I was going I was going to follow up week. If we could just make sure that our translation. Partner could follow up. So that. The folks giving comment. In Spanish or another language you're able to reach out to the Iowa email address and submit those so we can make sure that everyone receives it is able to understand. Follow-up on make sure that that happens. Thank you. Enter. I stand before you not only as a parent, but as the chief executive structure development and advocacy for guns down gloves that a community leader committed for the future for every child in Indianapolis. Education is not a privilege. It is a fundamental right and our children to serve more than the bare minimum. They just our schools, the challenge, some support them and equip
them. To rest together. We're fortunate to have a variety of educational options available charter schools. Innovation that were schools in traditional public schools. However, the focus often seems to be almost exclusively IPs. While IPs is important. It doesn't tell the whole story families to serve the transparency and comprehensive view of learning across all charter and innovative schools. I strongly encourage the mayor's charter schools office to provide a broader perspective. They believe the precedent, the parents to make truly informed decisions achieving equity in education requires us to take action. Anything less will be an injustice to our children cycle include, I will remind you the true measure of the city isn't found in its skyline, but in the futures,
it creates for his children and their people. Let's work together to build. Futures were served striving for thank you. After early show will be Gloria, Jasmine, nato. Hello, my name is Ali should and I am the PRESIDENT And ceo of a safe house. Provide vital social welfare services for Marion County. Good evening and thank you for allowing me to speak with tonight. I'm a proud. Student ips. Much children are also past students of ips. We provide services to students, IPs stand the charter school districts here in Marion County. And we also advocate for those students. I firmly believe in providing access opportunity a social needs for every child in our community. Tonight's topic is facilities. I know the aioli a is required to survey all school facilities to make
recommendations. I agree with all the school leaders who have asked that this day to be shared publicly too often, the central data collected by the iaea has not made available. And I believe that it is directly in the community's best interest for this information to be transparent. Transparency of school facilities. Data is not just a matter of principle, but a practical necessity. It allows us as a community to make informed decisions about our children's education and ensures that resources are distributed. Secondly, in a fashion contributes to sort measurable growth, I believe in quality education and access for all students and the Ek space expectation of transparency. My passion is a sure that every student voice is heard and that all students, regardless of their location have access to quality schools safe and
modern facilities. I believe that every member of our community has a role to play in And I encourage or active involvement. Every child deserves a school that is open, accessible and designed for their success. Share data with us about what we do at a safe house. Not Is Gloria here tonight. Okay. Next will be Kim Graham and then she wanted to Tyson. Good evening. Only a has a crucial responsibility survey. Facilities in use led information gathered to recommend. Put facilities such as classrooms, libraries laboratories, sports facilities, medical room, sanitation facility, think up lapse. I not only necessary but also a vital for fast
effective learning environment. Your role at the committee member. It's making these recommendations should be very transparent and inclusive. Every family has a tiger attack, accessible, high-quality education within the community. Family should not required to travel across town to find a quality school. Rather. It is essential that every neighborhood school office hacked body education with academic excellence and side inadequate facilities, 30 more establishing a governing body to oversee all educational institutions as a crew show to ensure that every student has access to quality education to which they are
entitled to. Every family teacher, community members and advocates of him here showing up to every meeting family to represent the majority of public schools, students. And that ps is not just important. It is crucial. 2 year tracker U.S. There and back is key in the feature of our city. The families you serve depend on you making the right decisions and recommendations for every student, not just a select few. It is crucial that you maintain transparency and cloudy, new recommendations. Your decision will shape the future of the education of this city. That's take action to get there. Remember, decisions are not merely choices. They are responsibilities that will shape the future of Indianapolis. Public schools, innovation schools and charter schools. Thank you. Just so I
can keep track. What was your your Thank you, Kim. Issue one that I sit here. After here from Connie George. Good evening, I'm members. My name us want to Tyson. I spoke with the last month about my journey as a mother of 2 boys who attended both ips and charter schools. And I've learned that this conversation isn't about school site. It's about right for our kids together since learning about the for side work with parents, students, educators and community members to build a shared vision. A case Indianapolis I I am proud to share that vision. Together, we strive a shared vision for student success. Next. Our community's voice started advocating because of my son being diagnosed with autism
well. Our vision time. But I think actually supported and I saw him and I saw the school. Do family lit a fire in Our vision imagines a city where families real choices. Transportation isn't a barrier data. Guys. Decisions in schools are held accountable. Ips, charters and traditional schools are unified board, focus on delivering Kraft uk shun. Consider this vision is a promise to all 42,000 children. Let's build a city where every child can thrive. Thank I even the good evening, everybody. Thank you for opportunity to speak here tonight. My name is Brittany Haitian immigrant. I'm a father of children. And I'm I
deny school. Joining but appellate student then teaches to drop document that we go. Vision for student success op police. This is the does document but receiving to be. So I have come a decision because I've can be for families, especially or movies speak English. Now to get education they in our police. I can support my own children. What I've seen so many parents struggling. That's I want to be a first a new resource for my community. And that's the reason why I get into decisions. Who's up a school that I learned the same struggle. We're we can't Friday a student. There are 2 separate system. Says traditional school is the world to beat. I think the
education system police that works for child neighborhood. For every student deserves to be supported because the vitality ocd vanished. Determined by the type of education that this generation because we do in my see in the future of this nation. So urge you to posted his vision for what he and what community to use. Thank you. I would just remind speakers to please do your best to adhere to the time limit. You MAY have course admit your comments in Seoul to members so that they can. I read them after meeting tonight. Next, we'll hear from down to Tyson and to we MISS. Hello, Iowa members. And then it's time die. So I spoke at the JUNE meeting. I am back today as a father of 2 boys who attended
But 63. When this group far-left felt something felt that all time the hope that we will come together as parents educators, students, community members to build something better for our kids. That is why joy, with the effort to help with safe decision that you see today, we know the challenges, the gaps between opportunity, transportation barriers to tension between school, tights. What we have also seen the good with students to thrive. Educators that go above and beyond communities that fight for the kids as a dad of 2 autistic boys. I lived on both sides. I had to make school choice is based on transportation and not some time what's best for my kids because of my situation. I've helped create the recommendations together. We thrive for And not just for picking winners and losers, but better for our kids. Thank
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get go paralyzed. If you look is that Imus and that, you know, looking me court, what is a well-known little for that ballot is is to the end is my is that neighborhood. They luckily But you let s said love you. See Good evening. My from you good evening. My name is was I am mom of 2 and I'm here to speak for my son, Christian and my daughter, Scarlett and for families like mine. I was here before sharing my story about who is and it's a school the arts. Scarlett just started kindergarten at the same school. But I'm a bit nervous because of what happened to Kristin. It took years for him to be set up with the right help for his learning disability. My family depends on school buses. And if there were more options, I would
have chosen a school that could help Christians sooner. But without a car had no choice, we had to pick up. I think what was close is not what was best. That's why I joined a group of parents, students, teachers and community members to draft the vision you all received today. I spent months with community members to talk about the issues and solutions. We need transportation for all public schools. We need to come together and make choices that are best for students and families. Every child deserves to get the school where they can do well. Next will be Sheila her as way Catherine have cops. My name is getting that outside. Get then I'm a student u Indy and I'm here because my nephews just started ips school and I'm very involved in their education. They're here with
me tonight. Actually, I earned a full-ride scholarship to study philanthropy. And as English language learner, I navigated school largely on my own. But I graduated honors from the public schools in Indianapolis. And I want my nephews to have those same opportunities. I My sister avoided IPs for years, choosing a private school that ultimately failed them. Finding a new school. It's hard because there wasn't a transparent performance system. That's why I support together. We thrive. A shared vision for student success in Indianapolis. A system that doesn't use data to go school took a successful school
that's failing our children. Some schools are helping black and brown students achieve results. 4 times the state average. We families are calling for accountability and clear performance goals. For every school my nephews class had to retake. I read because a lack of accountability. If we had the system because threats at that, please consider the accountability recommendations and a vision because every child deserves access to a great education. Thank you. After Katherine is Brian Doherty. Name is Catherine Park up and I'm a parent, 2 children that attend. Strict front ips And I'm also member at the eye, a newly formed by parent council. And so we're asking
that as you review facility data week that you include these critical recommendations for local and state leaders. First all, it's time to repeal the one dollar law in Indiana was undermine local control and sound planning. We also need a moratorium on any new school opening their expansion through the end of 2035. Recognizing that schools are not simply businesses and that checked expansion and subsequent. Kerman traumatize for students. I a competition and choice in schooling damages the fabric of our communities. Devastating, dynamic repent up each other scrambling for increasingly scarce resources. Uniting for a common good. Sure if the bulletin responsibility and strategic it's not supposed to
after property tax changes implemented and training schools partnered with IPs full transparency regarding their finances student retention and data sharing is essential. The only taking from the district to give to After I and it will be Melissa Lev l a good evening. My name is DR. Buy into our time and assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Purdue University. My testimony is not supported by and does not reflect the views of Purdue, the College of Education or the Department of Educational Studies as a taxpayer residing within ips Band Arena scholar who researches effects of school choice markets. I'd like to point out to members
of the that IPs has already begun cost sharing with charters, for example, the 2023 rebuilding stronger capital referendum included funding for facilities improvements and at least 3 charter operated IPs. Schools, one of which we stand in this evening. I urge the to consider the cost and facility sharing that is already under way through these existing contracts between ips and charter operating schools before IPs is asked to share even more of its resources with charters. This is just one way that we can try to ensure equity and funding of our public schools. Thank you. After Melissa will be Angela Good evening Alliance members. My name is Melissa Labella. I
grew up in Ohio. My husband grew up in Pennsylvania. Both of us grew up in suburban areas, went to the public schools there. We met at Purdue. I didn't have to but chose to stay in the state of Indiana. It shows put roots in Indy. We assumed that we would move to a place like Carmel when our kids were school aged ended up not being what we wanted for our family. And it s was a really big reason decision to stay where we were. I have a fourth-grader and a first grader sea of I-70 and we love their school. We love the community. There. So in a building for a dollar is ridiculous. Should be allowed to sell at fair market value. It needs a strategy that allows him to invest for strength and longevity. Mayor Peterson said the pious tree
came. I know this is happening. We all know is happening. I know it's going to affect both of my kids for the rest of their, you know, k through 12 time. We should be efficient and we should figure out creative solutions so that we can outlast this period of time that we're in. They also want us to be thinking about bigger and longer term, sustainable and accountable solutions that will allow the ips school system to thrive over the next 100 years and beyond along with our Indianapolis community. Thank you. After Angela is a tree and the cloud. Sandra? I'm a mother a student get her potter school. 74 and 2023, Marion County voters approved a want 410 million cap dollar capital referendum, which allowed for building renovations at more than 20 IPs elementary and middle schools. I was so excited that my fellow citizens voted to increase own tax burden in
order to support their public school system. The fact that we had that referendum less than years ago. Demonstrates IPs is not operating in a space of financial excess. I encourage you to repeal the law requires ips U.S. Other facilities, charters for one dollar instructors will be sharing in the money the ips is receiving from property taxes. Fairness would dictate that IPs should be allowed sell their properties market value to recoup the investment that they have made in those properties over the years. I also ask that you place a moratorium on the opening of any new charter schools and the ips district boundary area into the 2035. To our communities to stabilize. Thank you.
Is Jesse Brown? Hello. My name is Adrian McLeod and I'm in I p s parent and teacher. We were reminded this evening to make public comment related to facilities and transportation. But the reality is that decisions this board makes affects far more than just facilities and transportation. We cannot make informed decisions about the future of our schools without looking at the full picture. We heard this evening how great rebuilding stronger has been with the expanded music, an athletic offerings, however, due to the effects of property tax sharing and the inevitable decisions made by this board. We've already lost full-time special and many of our ips schools. We have also lost our Pre-k program are now charging vulnerable families. $500 for
pk and that my school, many of our families even know we to tell them when it was already too late for them to figure it out. It is all related and who knows what will come next. Ips cannot continue to give up our resources and sacrifice her own students, education and well-being and the name of collaboration and unity to improve the education in schools and students who alternative schooling options. IPs take care of IPs. We need to put the oxygen mask on. First before we lose much more. After Jesse will hear from Megan Alderman. Evening, everyone. Name is Jesse Brown and I'm proud to represent District 13 on the Indianapolis City-County Council. My constituents urge me to stand up to fight against Mayor Hawks. Nil yeas
impacts on public education. Tonight, we're specifically talking facilities and help us to share them. That's a ridiculous concept in and of itself. It already been forced by law to share its facilities far more makes any logical sense. That's your idea. Was forced to sell school buildings go up. It is for a dollar apiece. Need a school just buildings. It's still open today. If that been urged to those buildings on market for hundreds of thousands of dollars by There's lots it's currently ongoing for more. Things where same thing as being attempted. What my block former Smithson leave school 68 tonight against the that has been used multiple times mission more recently by dhs Office Health and Safety. Just otherwise individuals over the winter. Just a different petition for common programming and facilities. I guess it's already been doing more than their fair share of
providing their facilities for the benefit of community. My recommendation for the best way to more equitably chair facilities across students in Indianapolis. It kind of all to the same standards. Ips is now too, schools closed over 30 already have in Marion County, their first its type against the one dollar temperatures dropping as a found guilty of fraud in that since happened over and over right there should be financially responsible to the public for the And it's happening. It's a tending facility during conversation that's happening. It's it's a good Thank you.