Welcome everyone. This begins our monthly board meeting and combined work session. At this time, we will start with our Blue Ribbon update. We have some new faces at the dais and around the room, and we will start with doctor Grant Nisbett. Thank you, president Norman, members of the board, doctor Smith. It's my pleasure to present to you the Blue Ribbon two, update. I want to start off a little overview to we got a lot of stuff going on. Busy summer, 12 projects. So here's just a quick snapshot. So Bells are in Fall Creek Middle Schools. That renovation, we wanted to wrap up for this school year.
We're on target for that. We'll have substantial completion. We'll be occupying the space, obviously, for the start of school. And no doubt, we'll have a few things we're buttoning up as through we get through the fall. Craig Academy, this building, if you hadn't noticed, it's under some pretty heavy construction. That's why the plastic's up. Rooms are getting knocked down and cleared out. Classrooms being converted. We're gonna be ready for LAA this, here in a couple weeks to have classes there. Our guaranteed energy savings, we're tackling four of the 15 buildings right now under that project. Mainly, that's roofing and HVAC, heating, ventilation, cooling systems going in.
We'll get to see some pictures of that soon. And then, of course, our classroom additions, four classrooms at Crestview, six at Forest Glen, four at Mary Castle. And that will go on through this whole school year and we'll be ready for a year from now, we'll be wrapping that up. And then, of course, our new LACC, we'll get to see that, next month when we have our first board meeting there. So let's take a look at some pictures. Belzer Middle School. Check this out. That is, artificial turf inside one of the two courtyards, and, that's that's really nice. I I walked it, and it's gonna be a great addition.
It'll get a lot of use out of that, what would have been unused and hard to maintain space. And then here's our cafeteria. It's, the flooring is get going down right now. That's where they're prepping the floor, that few days old. Here's a bathroom on the left. We're doing what's called sanit glazing that bathroom. So taking that old tile, making it look new. And there's the other courtyard that's being prepped for the turf going down. Craig Academy, new sign out front. That's a temp sign. We'll have a more permanent one, but it looks good. And I just wanna show you the building is still in completely in use. It'll be used a lot over the next two weeks as of our back to
school meetings, and, we've maintained that and some other functions still here while we have construction going on. Here's a look at the classroom. That's the old special ed area. Floor is torn up and, new floor going down. And then we go upstairs. Here's one of the LA classrooms. That classroom is actually really close to being done. That's, new LED lighting. The walls have been skimmed and painted, and the new flooring is down. There's a little close-up so you can take a look at what that floor looks like. Fall Creek Valley Middle School, front sign being done. There's the main entry, believe it or not. Really wide open. It could be a nice inviting place for us.
And then there's the receiving dock. Don't take that first step. It's a doozy. Just need to put the steps on. The steps are the last thing to add in there, and then there's a, excavator cleaning out what where the construction trailer was in the staging area. LECC, the new LECC, there's that really nice looking, ceiling going in there. We're getting really close to being done there. Furniture coming a week from today, and, we'll be in that space, by August 1 is our plan. And then there we the conference space is being used. Office furniture is in, in heavy use already.
Crestview Elementary, there's a look up on the roof. Guys at work, and we're we're moving through that. And then here is a new sanitation line. So we need, for the new four classroom addition that we're putting in, and that was work on, last Sunday. They were doing that work. Harrison Elementary, also up on the roof there, getting all new roofing. And there's a look down the hallways, brand new water lines, cooling and, heating lines going through the hallways there. And Indian Creek, they, there's a temp cooling unit there, and those those refrigerated looking things, those are called variable, fan coil units or VCU BFUs, and that's what heats
and cools the classrooms. And that's what we're putting in all these projects are all new BFUs going into all the classrooms. And there's Forest Glen. We've knocked out a vestibule, so that's looking in and out. And you I'm sure if you've driven by Lee Road, you've seen a big excavator there, and they're prepping that for the sixth classroom addition. At Merrick Castle Elementary, we're prepping there. You can see Stone coming in, getting ready for their renovation or addition. And then finally, Scouse Test, new roof going on there. I'd be happy to field any questions. Thank you, doctor Nesbitt. Board, are there any questions about the blue ribbon updates, miss Dunn?
First of all, welcome. It's so great to have you. And it seems like you were left quite a number of projects to keep going. So thank you for your due diligence with all of these. Just a quick question about I love the turf, for Belzer. What a great way to make sure that that's utilized, with students. And maybe that's something doctor Smith or, mister Noterer. Do we know what plans are? Is there going to be, picnic tables? Or I know at some of the other spaces we've seen, some really awesome use
of the space. So just kinda wondering what the vision is. We've taken we've taken a look at the furniture for that. So these interior courtyards, they're we basically had to do them. We did a cost analysis of turf versus trying to maintain them, and we know historically the spaces have been very underutilized. So we looked at it, and it was actually a cost savings over a ten year period. We'll get a rate of return on that turf, and that turf will probably last twenty, thirty years, particularly because it's not like football field use. Use. And so we don't know, and I don't know what curriculum uses we'll use it for. But we there's no doubt that I think on a nice fall or spring day,
a a teacher might very well wanna take a classroom outside and get some fresh air in a safe environment that's, you know, not exposed to the the rest of the outside. I mean, it's just it's beautiful. That's why I was just wondering if there'd be any kind of furnishings there so that because I know as a teacher, I would definitely want to You lessons out there and get I It it will get used. Bored, I hate to tell you, they weren't used before. They weren't very nice, comfortable places to be used. Quite honestly, they were horrible. Mhmm. So we have decided to make them into spaces that teachers and staff, administration can
use. Because if I took a picture three months ago, it wouldn't be a pleasant sight for your view. Trust me. So this is the way we're gonna go at it to really encourage him to use these. They're very nice spaces that we have at at Bells. Just the way the building the building, the way it's been added on to, for me this is a very old building. I hate to go back in history. I think it may be one of our oldest buildings, doctor Nesbitt. It is. It is. So we've been able to transform this into space that can be usable for the school. Okay. Okay. Alright. Thank you.
Board, are there any other questions on the Blue Ribbon updates? I did have a general question because this is a major voting site. I assume the location of the voting will not be transferred. This will still be a voting site, but the name will be updated with the election board. Correct. Okay. Craig Academy. Okay. Thank you. Alright. Well, yeah. Thank you for that. We will move on now to student achievement part two with mister Noderer. Thank you madam president, members of the board, and doctor Smith. It's my pleasure to bring to you Student Achievement Part Two and this is a
report on our I LEARN data, attaching it to your board goal, which is increasing by 10% the number of students designated as approaching at or above proficiency on the annual iLearn assessment. So these are district wide English Language Arts highlights. 10 of 13 of our schools had grade levels school wide that met the 10% growth goal in ELA. So to do that school wide is significant, 10 of 13 of our schools. We did see a significant increase in third grade students scoring at, approaching at or
above a positive 8%. However, at the same time, we saw the decrease in our seventh grade students scoring approaching at or above, and we lost 9% there. And just as a state comparison, there were significant drops in seventh grade across the entire state, and that was a a subject of conversation at the State Board of Education meeting last week. So because of the the drop in seventh grade we saw overall growth district wide scoring approaching at or above a plus one. I do want to point out to you just a specific program, that we're seeing
a big difference and that is our dual language program for our English learners. We did see an increase a one year increase of 5% of students in English learners in our dual language programming that scored approaching at or above. So that's a significant increase for that program. This data set, there's a lot here, and this, models after the State Board of Education and looking at five years of data going back to 2021, which is the baseline year coming out of the the pandemic.
And if we look at the the last three columns, that's the change from '21 iLearn assessment to '25. And there were some changes to the '25 assessment, different than, '24, so that's just a side note. But as we look at the columns, you can see the change in total number of students tested. So significant increases in our Hispanic subgroup, Very significant increases in our English language, English learner students as well.
That middle column is the percent increase of students reaching, approaching, at, or above, on the iLearn Proficiency. And you can see, with the exception of our Hispanic subgroup, everything's green, for us as a district. If you look at the next column over, you can see that compared to the entire state. And so we we are outperforming the state. The Hispanic subgroup is one that we're concerned about. As we have an increasing number of Hispanic students, we really want to, work through
that as well. But there was a minus 4% at the state level. As we move into math, we had eight of 13 of our schools that had individual grade levels school wide that met the 10 growth in math. We saw a 3% increase in third grade, very pleased with the 5% increase in eighth grade. Overall, district wide growth scoring approaching at or above was a plus two. Of note, we had an increase of 178 English learners from 2024 to 2025, and
we did increase our proficiency, our students in approaching at or above. And so very pleased with that and again saw the improvement, in math as well for our dual language program. So you can see much more growth in math, both at the local level as well as the state level. And so for us, we've got double digit growth in several subgroups, showing increase in all of our subgroups. So, and you can see the next column over then the comparison to the state
where, we're doing quite well compared to, the state. So next steps. We've got to dig in to our seventh grade ELA data and determine root causes. Again, statewide conversation, but we need to make it specific to Lawrence. And that will be a a primary focus of our English language art arts program review that we'll do, throughout next year, focusing on core instruction in English language arts, research based interventions, as well as training for our instructional coaches particularly at the middle
level. Continuing our school specific focus on supporting rigorous core instruction, aligning it to iLearn, and the type of tasks and assessment questions that we see on iLearn. And so that is differentiated by school based on the school needs, but aligning it to our instructional framework. Based on the data, the continued expansion of our dual language programming. We know that it's working. The next one, the State Board of Education talked a lot about, I learned checkpoints.
And I learned checkpoints, is new this year. It was a pilot that we entered into as a district, and it's where students are assessed three times throughout the year on check points, on specific standards that are unique to that particular test. And so then there's still the summative at the end of the year, but it's shorter than than what it has been because of the I learned check And so, now that we've been through the pilot, now that we've learned about some of the improvements that the state's going to make to the data reporting that we can get
out of the checkpoints, we really need to build that checkpoints data into each school's data system and use the information that's coming out of that to drive intervention support for students in both ELA and math. We're seeing results with our early literacy development, in third grade. Really, really pleased with that 8% growth. So we know that's working and so we want to continue and grow that focus and grow the data driven reading interventions to all levels, and with a particular emphasis
on our middle schools. We've had a successful school improvement process and so building on the lessons learned through that process and then applying it to all schools. And just a quick example of what we've learned through that process is, a student specific short cycle data system. So where a teacher is monitoring students' learning in the moment and then immediately acting on it. Not waiting today, not waiting for an intervention program, but immediately acting on the learning produces results. And we saw that in several schools, that showed significant growth in I learn this
year. And then the the last one is perhaps one of the most important, getting our kids to school. So implementation of the district's comprehensive plan for next year to improve our student attendance. That is the foundation of student learning. Be happy to entertain any questions or discussion. Thank you, mister Noder and board. I am sure there's some discussion or questions on the data, which is great. Any would anyone like to go first? I do have a oh, go ahead. Con concerning the NECRA.
First off, just thank you. It's just so much going on, just the state level on down. And so just thank you for the time and efforts in bringing this data. It's appreciated. For the next steps, has there been conversations with any other school groups concerning because you had mentioned that statewide that there has been a decrease concerning our middle middle schoolers. Do we know? I know we said that that we're gonna study and look and see, but are there any other factors that we may know now of why that's why that's happening?
I think one of the first places as we talk with our principals that we look at is staffing. And so what did our staffing look like in seventh grade ELA? And so that's always a a foundational place to start. And then we begin to look at differences between last year and this year, in terms of the exam. And so there were some differences, between the two years. And so we we've dug into that with, in conversation as well. And then really going through the data points with our principals.
And so we've begun that conversation with our principals as well, but primarily up to this point it's been focused around staffing and ensuring that we've got, really really solid staffing plan for 2526. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. You'd mentioned that for the seventh grade ELA, and some of the interventions that would involve training for ELA instructional coaches. And just, as a new board member and also for the public, would really appreciate hearing more about the school specific focus work, examples that you had shared for the
seventh grade that might be helpful for us to understand, some school specific strategies. Sure. And as we're talking about our our middle schools or really any school, it begins with core instruction. So what happens during our core instructional time ensuring that our curriculum is tightly aligned to the type of tasks that we see on iLearn. So this is part of the analysis that we've been doing in our division, and making plans even this week and supporting teachers and professional development to ensure that the
tasks that we're giving students, the questions that we're giving students aligned to the rigor of the I LEARN assessment. One of the things we've discovered, and this is true in seventh grade as well as other grades, that the iLearn assessment actually assesses students at a higher level than what the standard calls for. And so just teaching to an academic standard is not enough. We've got, in many cases, to go above the academic standard and give students the type of questions that they're going to see on iLearn as, in order to practice
and make sure they're becoming proficient. And so that happens during core instruction. Students that need some extra time and maybe a smaller group to work in grade level material would be in an intervention at what's called a tier two intervention. And that is curricular based. It's based on the needs of each student. Students that are further behind and need some foundational reading skills for an as an example would be in what's called a tier three intervention and that is a really
a programmatic, research driven, programmatic method of teaching students. And in seventh grade, we're in some cases still teaching students some of the foundational reading pieces. Maybe they didn't get the science of reading when they were in first and second grade and so we've got to catch them up with that. And so that's called tier three. And so looking at all three levels for really every grade, but specifically for seventh grade because we saw such a large decline. Thank you. Miss Dunn. Thank you so much for this data.
It's very, very clear that our educators have worked diligently along with you and your team to see such positive positive results. And we're talking about seventh grade because it is there is some concern there. I do wonder just as you were talking about the school specific strategies, understanding, Lattice, also known as MTSS for those that are not in Lawrence Township. Are students in the tier three, is that during, what would be considered, related arts
time? Are they missing something to take that? Or what does that look like? So number one, they're not missing core instruction. That that is a nonnegotiable. Every student deserves grade level instruction. And so the tier three, it happens at various times in different schools. And so for our middle schools, it's a scheduled class period. And so it's into their schedule. So they're not missing other classes. For our elementaries, and we'll talk more I read three as we get into, August. But particularly for our second and third graders, there's a built in tier three time,
but students who need even more may be coming out of related arts in order to get additional two training. I know that we have a large population of English learners. So just curious. I know E and L is not an intervention. That's right. But have there been thoughts about because what I guess what I'm getting at is that I know that one of the things, at least in my current role, is that I'm really concerned about students that are really far behind. And so we know that they have their core classes, then they might be in
a developmental reading class, then they might be in an E and L class, and then they may not be so you're talking about attendance. Right? And then they may not be able to take, for example, a fine arts class. And so coming to school feels like it's just all we're doing is instruction, instruction, which I understand our goal is student outcomes and getting students to read, but we also want well rounded students. So are students having access to opportunities outside of just like, if you're behind, are
you doing all of these things to catch up? And are you still able to have access to things like music, PE, all of those other things that sometimes make kids really excited to come to school? Sure. And specifically for our language learners, we look at them through a different lens. As you know, it takes up to six years for a student to, learn English. And so we we've got to keep that in mind as we're giving additional support. And so we do know, there's a correlation between WIDA scores and specific outcomes on
standardized tests. And so we look at all of the data to make that determination for students. And so, most of our English learners are receiving the related arts classes that you're talking about. That's right. However, there are times when they may miss related arts at the elementary level, particularly in second and third grade, because of the high stakes that we're dealing with in in that grade level. For our, middle school students specifically, each of our middle schools have the lattice process
that you're talking about, but they also have a, you know, department chair, who leads that process of looking at the data and making those decisions student by student. And, certainly, a consideration is that engagement for a student. And what is it that makes that student tick that is going to turn on their passion? And so, it may only be one elective. It may be two electives that they get, in addition to some of the intervention
support, but that is certainly a consideration for our language learners. I figured as much. Thank you. But I have to ask three. Yeah. No. Well, in one of the things that we've just FYI, we've started to developmental reading in our English as a new language classes because we have so many students who are coming, as you've talked about, with interrupted formal schooling and so forth. So trying to give them that opportunity to also get those related arts classes because
we know that helps with attendance. But you know that. So Good one. The other question I did have was in, relation to interim assessments. I know this year, we did two, as we were waiting to find out if if I learn checkpoints were kind of the direction that the district is going. Will we still be having two interim assessments, or are we going to be going with I learn checkpoint points solely? We're in conversation around that now, and really working with each principal around their system that they have. We've been an I Ready district for for many years, and we have principals who've
built their entire data system around that tool. And so as we continue to expand checkpoints, and as we, confirm that what the state has told us is going to happen really happens, then we'll be able to make that transition. That makes perfect sense. Thank you. Mhmm. Thank you. Good questions. Or two quick questions. Oh, yeah. Let's plug it. Two quick questions. One of them being, in terms of our, support services and interventions with our teacher,
Khazre Huntington, and this is for my own knowledge. Do we staff the schools according to the need, or is it just kind of something like, hey. We'll, you know, we're, coming into this school, that school. How is this the the need for those services determined? Is it from the test scores? Is it how is that going? So the the way that we did that for this school year, particularly at our elementaries, was based on iRead three data from the previous year and built each school's
budget around their data. Oh, that's good. Then my team supported each principal in developing, exactly what their their additional programming would look like, whether it be retired teachers, Huntington, you mentioned, and supporting our principals and making sure that they had everything that they need in order to produce great results in second and third grade. Oh, that's great. Thank you for that. And then one more thing. If I am a parent, PFO member, and I'm following what's going on statewide and
seeing that our public schools are having to do more with less, I'm seeing different things, what could community do to come along and support with our testing scores con to continue to support our schools in this? What would that look like? I think the first piece is around our messaging that, students are much more than a test score. That, and we're gonna see this as we talk more about the new accountability system that we'll have in the state of Indiana a to f letter grades.
We're through that program, and and I'll talk more about that later, but we are measuring more aspects of a student as opposed to just one test score. And so I think that's number aspects of a student as opposed to just one test score. And so I think that's number one, letting our community know that this is one test and it doesn't define who your child is. It doesn't define whether they're gonna be successful in the future or not. I think the other piece is tapping into the expertise that we have within the community. And we've seen that as we have brought on our cadre of retired teachers, and
we've had other volunteers that have come and helped with tutoring. We had fluency buddies in all of our elementary schools this year where everybody, all hands on deck, no matter who you were and what your role was. And so I think community could help with even just fluency buddies, which is where you read with a student for ten minutes. So it's not a big time commitment. But it really does take an entire community to support the achievement for students. Absolutely. Thank you for that. It was I was talking to some peers and just talking about the importance of
grass root efforts and now is it's the perfect time for those efforts to come along and alongside our school. So Thank you. Thank you for those points. Doctor Mulholland. I appreciate your question, miss Puckett. And just to follow-up on that, when you talk about the staffing needs and being able to kind of assess that based on the scores, I'm guessing that the the need to respond with that immediate action kind of in right right at that time, is an important factor in that staffing?
Absolutely. Yes. And and that's really a skill that is developed over time and and it's been a focus of our professional development for a couple years now. Because that's not how we were trained. You know, we were trained with quizzes on Friday or common assessments every couple weeks and really moving to that what we call monitoring in the moment. Verifying student learning in the moment is a skill set that that we have to grow and we've made great strides in that and and that's why we've seen significant success at several schools because that's been their focus, and really monitoring those systems, so
that we can, in the moment, intervene with the student and not wait for them to fail on Friday, not wait for them to fail in two weeks. We know exactly where the skill is that they need support on. And then through various different staffing models, co teaching is an example where we have, maybe a special education teacher with a general education teacher, English learner teacher with a general education teacher. Working together, you can really, really get down to what students learn what students know
in the moment. So that's an example of a staffing model that we really have to look at school by school, teacher by teacher to make sure, that we're getting the most that we possibly can. Okay. Appreciate that additional detail. Thank you. I also just wanted to give you a shout out as well. I know that this begins the LT Summit. Yes. It begins. Some amazing, amazing posts on social media. And so I just I as I think about all the things that is that
are happening here in Lawrence Township to see these results, I think it's important to really give you and your team kudos on the incredible professional learning that's taking place. I know, that Title II funds are being held up currently. And I just wish that more people understood the value of developing our educators. And so thank you, Lawrence Township, for the incredible work that is done, to really develop our educators. Because it definitely is seen that equip them with the skills that they need to see the outcomes in the classroom.
So kudos to you and your team. Thank you. Thank you, board. Thank you, Mr. Noder. My my questions were already asked by my colleagues, but I did have a comment. It was fascinating to see the jumps in math because I even saw it at our home level with my, rising fifth grader, how she jumped up, made big leaps on the math test. Yes. But to your point about not teaching to just the test, like, her mastery of math, like, in the classroom and her confidence level screw. And I know she's just one of thousands, but the data is showing that's happening
more district wide too. So thank you. Thank you. Alright. Well, if we don't have any other questions, we will move on to the transfer of funds update with mister Miles. Thank you, madam president, doctor Smith, members of the board. At this time, I report back to you, on our transfer of funds. At the June 23 board meeting, the board approved, a resolution to transfer funds between our education and operations funds, which we do, semi annually. So at this time, we report back of what what that transfer amount actually was. You have those numbers in front of you.
Education fund to operations fund always is greater than, operations to education. Our net transfer amount, just under $9,000,000, 8.908611, for a net percentage of, transfer of 12.52%. And the state does limit us, on the amount that we can transfer. That's a 15% limit, by statute. And we are in line, roughly with where we were last year. We were at about 12.25, right at 12.25%
in 2024. So we are, in a good place and, just report this back as information. Thank you, mister Miles. Board, any questions on the transfer of funds? Okay. Well, we will continue with you, mister Miles, 2.4 on the proposed 2026 budget adoption calendar. Thank you once again, madam president. This time of the year, we are beginning the exciting, process of putting our budget together, which is our annual process dictated by the state of Indiana, the Department of Local Government Finance. We work closely with them in this process.
And in July, we bring to you, at this time, for your, information now and later approval, this evening, the budget adoption calendar or the schedule, which includes tonight, but really gets into what are the next steps as we move forward in the budget process. Again, these are all dictated by, statute and a timing that's, dictated by the state. We have to, complete our budget process to issue levies by November 1. So this puts us in a great position to do so.
Tonight's step is approval of this calendar. The next step in the process will be in August, as an introduction, of the budget and permission to advertise, the process. So, we will, talk regularly up now through, that November, first, deadline. We actually build in a little cushion in our calendar in October. We just have the one board meeting in October this year. So we intentionally don't schedule anything for that date, noting that if something were to
come up, we need to push something back. If there was any kind of a, reason for that, we do have some cushion in there. So, that is the reasoning for the dates that you see, and I'll, fall in line with statute. Thank you, mister Miles. Any questions, board, about the budget? We're gonna have our own Susan Jordan reading challenge coming up soon when we get the packet. So, to go along with policy too. Yes. Any questions? Okay. I did have one, mister Miles, just to clarify. So the, proposed 2026 budget will be available late August on the website for the
public to view. That is correct. Okay. Alright. That is all I had. At this time, we'll move on to 2.5 cybersecurity updates with mister Andy Harsha. I know you said this was working. Good evening. Madam president, doctor Smith, and members of the board, I'm here this evening to present, recommendations from our cybersecurity pilot grant. And just a little bit of background as you can see there, this is a, federal e rate grant program that is supporting schools and libraries across the country with
boosting their cybersecurity initiatives. Schools were allowed to apply, and my predecessor, doctor Gaglein, and his team, created an application. And you can see there we were excited to learn that MSDLT was, awarded up to $648,000 for these efforts. At the April 28 board meeting, we grant asked for your approval to put out RFPs and get bids on that project. And just as a reminder, there are two main areas of focus for this project.
The first is network and endpoint protection, and the second is data loss prevention. On the next slide, you can see, on both of those projects, which were put out to bid separately, those are the, list of vendors alphabetically that did submit a bid for either one or both of the projects. And then on the next slide, you can see here, our division created an evaluation system that was based on points so that we had a good, objective way to evaluate those bids as they came in, cost, whether or not it met the specifications
of our needs, the ability for their programs to integrate with our current systems. We did want to make sure that it included a central dashboard for, easily monitoring for our team, which is important so that we can learn things and act on them quickly. And then lastly, any references or experience that we've got, with any of these vendors. And, of course, you can see there was a total of 1,000 points, possible. So on the network and endpoint security, we had a number of, vendors submitted bids
there, and you can see, the scores are off there to the right. In short, you can see there are Network Solutions Incorporated, was our highest score for that category, and it's broken down there by point. On the second slide, you can see there in the data loss prevention, also Network Solutions Incorporated, received the highest score. So, my recommendation this evening is that we consider, awarding this project to Network Solutions Incorporated. The total quote was $5.62
$8.13 and 86¢. And just as a a little bit of additional information, that does include installation, the hardware, the software, any training necessary, and service for three years, as we implement that cybersecurity, project. And, again, just outlined a couple of the key factors. Cost, of course, we had a budget to work with, based on the grant. So cost was a significant consideration, but also how that system integrated with our current environment so we weren't having to run into compatibility issues across the the board.
And, Network Solutions Incorporated is a, company that we have worked with in the past and have had very successful relationship with. And they understand our system, and it worked out nicely that way. So that is our recommendation, and I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank you, mister Harsha. Board, any questions? Just one quick question. I see that the amount is under the awarded amount. What do we typically do with the excess funding? So, actually, we we are, with the the funding will, not be awarded to us
that we will just get the, $5.62 $8.13. We're actually very excited that we had some bids that were quality that fell under that. Let's say the bid had come back at 800,000, we, of course, would have been responsible difference. So, we're happy that we had good quality bids that were underneath, the budget. Thank you. Thank you. Were there any other questions, miss Dunn? I know that Lawrence Township is a proud member of the Indianapolis Public Library shared
system. And so, I'm assuming that the shared system is aware and are extraordinarily happy about this development as well. I would assume so. I have not had direct conversations with them, but, they are a proud partner of MSDLT. And as we strengthen all of the different systems that we have and all the programs just like that one that are operating with on our network, I'm sure they will be through. I would say so Yes. For sure. Any other questions or comments, board? Alright. Thank you, mister Harsha. We will move back to mister Miles with our financial update 2.6.
Thank you, madam president. This time, I bring to you for information our June 2025 financial report. And in front of you, I have your our general fund report, again for, the halfway point of the '25 calendar year. And, again, at this time, this these reports tonight also reflect the transfers that we just spoke about. So keep that in mind as we're looking at total revenue, total expenditures, our revenue just slightly below where we projected, prior to the year beginning. And, really, it's not our state number.
Our state revenue, our state tuition support is actually, exceeds what we had projected. It's really related more to that transfer. So really an internal number, not not anything of, significant concern. Again, our miscellaneous revenue exceeding, just where we want it to be. Same, similarly with expenditures, we have seen an uptick and I think we've talked at previous board meetings, some of our supply and materials cost going up a little bit just like you're seeing other places, as well as our contract services are up a little. We've we bumped up our substitute teacher pay this year, so that's a good good
thing that's that's sort of driving that. So our total is, is below projected, but not a major concern. It is something certainly we will watch going forward, throughout the rest of the year. And similarly, on the transportation side, you see a lot of good things there. Revenue exceeding, our projection and our expenditures, less than projected. So, a net positive result, specifically for our transportation fund balance of just over $2,400,000 in that fund at the end of the next month.
Thank you, mister Miles. Board, any questions on the financial update? Okay. Thank you again. At this time, we'll move on to 2.7 on our board committee chair reports. We'll start off in order with the foundation, doctor Mulholland. Okay. Well, I briefly mentioned this at our last meeting, but I wanted to mention again that the Lawrence Township School Foundation will also be having its new office on Wheeler Road at the new LACC. So you can find them on the First Floor. Just wanna make sure everyone knows that. You know, don't come here. They are already now at the, Wheeler Road.
Thank you. And will they they're will they be keeping any of their supplies here too as well? Or is that a okay. So yeah. But if you wanna talk to the staff, they are now fully moved. Yes. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Staff is there, but they do have, one of our rooms downstairs, that's the overhead door. We it's gonna be their storage room. We we opted it with shelves a few months ago, and and so they're keeping a lot of their stuff. Maybe that's what I was thinking. Okay. Yep. Alright. Thank you. Thanks for the update on their new address too. We will move on now to Lawrence Parks and Recreation. Miss Dunn?
Thank you very much. As a reminder, the Lawrence Forever Young Club meets on Thursdays at Community Park from eleven to one. We also have our farmer's market at Fort Bend. That's from four to seven every Thursday. We also have Fridays at the Fort this Friday from 06:30 to 9PM. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate. And then on Sunday, July 20, we have a back to school, celebration at 490 T Charney 4902 Charney Avenue from twelve to two with free giveaways, and that should
be a really great event. Thank you. Now we will move on to policy with miss Puckett. Oh, the fun part. Doctor Harshbarger and I have, our second revision packet update 2025 that we will be going through here. It is currently oh, it is a follow-up to the spring revision packet volume 37, number two, and it contains 30 policies, four forms that that require revisions and or updates. And at this time, Neola revision edits have been completed and are ready for division leader review, after which the policy committee will begin its review process, which is pretty
awesome to see that you are an effective machine with that on getting everything out and bringing it back. The first reading for the special update is currently scheduled for August 18 board meeting. And lastly, a new revision packet, volume 38, number one, Yes. Number one will is planned for September release. Did I cover everything, doctor Hauschberger? I'm looking forward. I'll get my k cups ready. So thank you, sir. Thank you. It's a it's a busy year. Speaking of policy, as you'll notice, miss Lawrence, was unable to be with us because
we all have professional roles outside of our our board work. But we are within policy. It's zero one six two, a quorum. A quorum would be three members or more. So we're good to continue, conducting the the business of the of the school. Alright. Thank you again for your updates, board. At this time, we will move on to our action items. 3.1, approval of the proposed 2026 budget adoption calendar, mister Miles. Thank you once again, madam president. Earlier this evening, I shared the 2026 budget adoption calendar, our schedule.
And at this time, I ask, for the board to approve as submitted. So moved. Second. Properly moved, miss Puckett. Seconded, miss Dunn. Board, any comments before we move to vote? Alright. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Alright. The ayes have it. Thank you. Alright. 3.2, approval of the cybersecurity RFP. Mister Harsha. Good evening again, madam president, doctor Smith, and members of the board. I recommend that MSDLT award the cybersecurity pilot project to Network Solutions Incorporated as submitted.
So moved. Second. Properly moved, miss miss Dunn and seconded, miss Puckett. Board, any questions or comments? Alright. We will move to vote. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? The ayes have it. Alright. 3.3, approval of board minutes. Doctor Mulholland. Okay. So I present for the board's approval the board minutes for 06/23/2025. I'll entertain a motion. So moved. Second. Properly moved, miss Puckett and seconded, miss Dunn. Any questions or comments? Alright. All in favor? Aye.
Any opposed? Alright. The ayes have it. Alright. Madam president, I move that we treat action items 3.4 through 3.9, as consent agenda. Alright. I'll entertain a motion for the movement of the, consent agenda. Second. Alright. Properly moved to miss Puckett and seconded miss Dunn. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Alright. I move approval of consent agenda. Second. Alright. Properly moved to miss Puckett and seconded miss Dunn for the approval of the consent agenda. All in favor? Aye.
Any opposed? Alright. So that is the approval of the consent agenda. Again, going back to policy for public's awareness, that is our policy zero one six six point one consent agenda. And within the body of the consent agenda that we just approved are the minutes, claims, personnel report, and field trips. This is accessible on the website on the public meeting documents if you have questions. At this time, we'll move on to our administrator and board comments. I'll start down on the end.
Doctor. Mulholland. Well, you did mention the Susan Jordan Reading Challenge. Very excited that we were able to participate in that. And just a friendly reminder, you know, everyone who got to chance to get involved with that, really fun way to kinda set a goal and and do that as a family and read together. So, just get your forms in so we can celebrate your reading. And and if you didn't do Susan Jordan Challenge, that's okay. You know, just, finding those times in the day, or night to to to read together is is always a great thing to do.
So, glad that we could participate in that district program. Thank you for that. It is a great program. Miss Puckett. Not a whole lot to say other than did we have a summer? Like, it seems like summer, like, zipped by. And so just, thank you all for gearing up for another year. So looking forward to it. Miss Puckett, I do wanna remind you, school does not start for the MSD of Lawrence until August 6. So we're still on some vacation. Like tomorrow. I know. Some of our colleagues, do wanna put in a plug. Some of our colleagues start next week.
Right. And so we start in two weeks. Something Teachers return. Return. Oh my god. Yes. We don't start until August 6. Wow. So you can take your family to the state fair this year. Yes. Miss Dunn. I just, again, wanna reiterate the gratitude for all the hard work because I think people have a misnomer that educators that summers are just spent in our offices. I actually had an employee that just hired. He's like, you know, I'm just excited to see what people do in the summer at the district office.
And I was like, just buckle up, buttercup, because it is a ride. We like it. And it's hard to get time for yourself. So I really, really hope that you have taken meaningful time for yourself to rejuvenate and refresh as we embark on another school year because, it seems like every year we're being asked to do more and more and more and more. So please make time for yourselves in the few short weeks that are left, if possible. And then if not, over fall break. Well, my only comment is I'm looking forward to the meet me on a Monday.
I think it used to be together on a Tuesday, but now it's meet me on a Monday for the elementary and ELC. So looking forward to that. The back to school lists are already ready. This is our exciting time as parents. May is the staff's exciting time. So I just I just I appreciate the the work that I know that you all are doing to prepare, getting ready for the school year. So, doctor Smith. Good point of privilege, madam president. Mister Nodar, share the wonderful opportunity we have as we will let our secret sauce
out, the Lawrence Learning Summit. Troy, will you share with the board the highlights, and how many teachers do we have registered, sir? So we have a total of 718 teachers that have registered for at least one session at the Lawrence Learning Summit. We began with an excellent keynote this morning from Ken Williams, and he really spoke to the power of teachers and the difference that teachers can make when they have the power. And so another highlight, over the course of the week, we have 15 sessions on
AI. And I think that is cutting edge in terms of professional development and support for teachers. So that's a significant focus for us this week. And madam president, I don't wanna overstep protocol, but little birdie told me this is the last board meeting in this building. That is correct. How many years have I been living? Fifteen years, Grant Nesbeth, to be exact, that we've been in this building, from the closure of the old Administration Building, for those historians, was located the softball fields at Belzer Middle School.
And so we have been here for fifteen years. This is our last meeting as the new address is on Wheeler Road. We're excited to move into the new LACC, so the next time you see us live will be on the eighteenth for our first board meeting in the new LACC. So we're excited about that. So, board, if you wouldn't mind, just stay in a few minutes. We're gonna take a last picture here. We'll close this out, put it in history books, and we'll turn to a new chapter in our new building. Exciting. The new LACC will be officially open on the August 18. Thank you, doctor Smith.
Yes. We will be meeting on the eighteenth at 05:30. I was also reminded to refer this now this building now as Craig, and then L E C C is the 5720 Wheeler Road. Right. So I don't know if Google Maps has updated it, but just letting the public know. Yeah. We believe it's already updated, Grant. I believe we already have it updated. All the addresses have been changed. And for you historians, this is back to being Craig, okay, as it was built in 1970, Troy. So it's back to being Craig.
So we're excited. Okay. At this time then, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. So moved. Seconded. Properly moved, miss Tuckett, and seconded, doctor Mulholland. We are done.