I told him I was scholarship. >> He says he is. >> Madam Secretary, whenever you're ready, >> let's all rise for the pledge of allegiance, please. I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> With you on that, >> I am calling to order the regular
meeting of the MSD of Pike Township regular meeting. Uh first up we have for the good of the cause. Patrons are asked to identify themselves and they have three minutes and again this is for the good of the cause.
Hi, I'm Marty Hoer. Thank you for having me. Uh Secretary Barnes board um cabinet who is banished for tonight but that's okay. Um, Superintendent Young, um, I'm here on behalf of the Pike Township Educational Foundation. I'm happy to
report that at Treasures, our gala that we held in early March, um, we raised about $40,000, which is a little less than last year, but still a great number. Um, so that's fantastic. Thank you to the board members who were there.
I believe there were three of you there. So, thank you very much for your support and as well to cabinet and others who were there. Um, and then last night our um, well, let me back up to Monday night our grant committee met and we have
awarded about $9,000 in grants that will go out. We have just a little bit of money left. So, if you're a teacher or school employee who is listening, there will be one more grant cycle for this year because we do have a little bit of money left that we
want to spend. So, that's very exciting, those $9,000 in grants. And then finally, last night, the scholarship committee met and they awarded $80,000 in scholarships, which is so very exciting.
So that 40,000 that came in in March went out the door is 80,000 last night. Not sure how that mass but it somehow mass and it's all to support Pike kids which is fantastic. Our golf outing is coming up on
thank you June 18th as I stand here with no notes. Um, so if you would like to um make a donation of a prize or sponsor some golfers or come and golf, um, it's always a good time on June 18th. And thank you very much for your support. We
appreciate all you do for our Pike kids. Thank you. If there are no other uh community members who want to speak for good of the cause, we'll move on to our next item, Spotlight on Pike. Sarah Dorsy, >> good evening. It's wonderful to see you
all again. As always, we have a lot going on in Pike tonight. Specifically, I think we have five things going. Um, prior to break, several of our student athletes signed their letters of intent. Shawn Nash, Deari Smith, and Kevin Tishner plan to continue their football
careers at Try University. Latrell Morton plans to continue his football career at Ganon University. Josh Murray and LJ Smith plan to continue their football careers at St. Mary of the Woods. And additionally, Lillian Richardson will continue her soccer and softball career at Cathidge College. And
Katie Lopez will continue her soccer career at Tippen University. So, we'd like to congratulate those student athletes on their achievements. We also want to congratulate Priscilla Sabah um who received first a first place award and Elizabeth Bolton who
received a merit award in the prestigious Brown County Art Guild Student Painting Exhibition Contest recently. Over break, the accolades and honors for our winter athletes continue to roll in as well. Isaiah Hill and Jiari Miller were named to the Indiana Junior All-Stars team. Isaiah Jiari and
Landon Lampley were named to the Supreme 15 which is a list of the top 15 players regardless of class and they and Kenneth Lampley were named to the IBCA underassman all state. On the girls basketball side, Marley Jeffers was named to the Indie Star girls basketball
all USA central Indiana super team first team. Alana Divine was named to the third team. Sia Smith received high honorable mention and Malia Evans, Sevea Mitchell, Chammy Williams, Karin Nicholson, Alyssa Nichols, Annayia Bishop, Daniah Warren, Kamari Booker,
and Morgan Anderson received honorable admission. So, we are extremely proud of those talented student athletes. And we also have pre-season for winter sports next year and preseason for spring sports uh recognitions coming in. So, it is just a lot of great things as far as
our student athletes are concerned. Um, Pike High School will host their annual community Earth Day celebration on Thursday, April 23rd from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Um, and they always have a lot of great activities, but they've added a couple new things. This year's event will feature a storybook trail in the Robin Run Forest hosted by the public
library, Earth Day themed poetry performances from the high school's well- read devils, and music from the high school's guitar club. So, we encourage the community to come out and join us for that. Um, also all of our elementary schools will host kindergarten expo on Thursday, April
30th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Attendees will have the opportunity to tour the schools, meet the staff, explore a school bus, and confirm or complete their enrollment. Uh, additionally, we just want to remind everyone that the online registration enrollment for the 2026 2027 school year is also open. Um,
and you can find information and those applications on our website at msdpike.org. Last but never least, we would like to recognize the gener generous donor listed on this evening's agenda. Thank you to Abby DS for donating food items to our Pike Red Zone Food Pantry. Our
next pantry distribution is this coming Monday, April 13th, from 4 to 6 PM, and that takes place at the Pike Freshman Center. >> Thank you. Next up, we have reports to the board. Um, the superintendent's above and
beyond award recognition, Dr. Hun, that's going to be >> Good evening, Madam Secretary, members of the board, Dr. Young. I have the honor tonight of introducing Miss Danielle Jones, the principal of Snacks Crossing Elementary School, as she
presents the Superintendent Above and Beyond Award. She told me, she says she got her big. >> Good evening everyone, Mr. Pre, President, members of the board, and Dr. Young and everyone else here. Um, I am
so excited to present my above and beyond for Snacks Crossing Elementary. Um, I'm here with my assistant principal, Mr. Holmes. it is also AP week. So, I just knew he needed to come and support. Um, the first candidate
that I have, um, she is, um, a gem at our school, Miss Kelly Marshall. She is our school social worker. Um, she is one of the most dedicated social workers that I know. Um
she consistently goes above and beyond for our school community, for our families, for our students, and for staff. Um she leads several programs for our school, the Kowanas Kids Club, pause
to read, student ambassadors. And the thing about the student ambassadors, I sent an email and asked, um this is what my vision is, what my plan is. Is there anyone who would take the lead in the charge? and she's been on it. I haven't I've literally had to do nothing else.
Um, she organizes meaningful events that bring joy and connection to our students. She pours her heart into everything she does. She is in charge of our operation school bell for the entire Pike um township student body. She is a
steady source of support. Teachers can go to her, uh, students can go to her, parents can go to her. She is always ready with resources, guidance, and compassion. She's very flexible. She thinks outside of the box, and she truly
has our family's interest at heart. Because of her, our students feel seen, supported, and valued, which supported supports our you matter theme. It is my pleasure to recognize Mrs. Kelly Marshall.
READY? ONE, TWO, THREE. PERFECT. Thank you. And for my next um candidate, she is someone who is near and dear to my heart. We kind of started the same year um together at Snacks Crossing and that
is Miss Reanita Nance. Miss Nance is an instructional assistant in our school. She works in um our behavior support classroom and she brings so much life and joy not only to
that classroom but to the entire building. Um not only does she work as an instructional assistant, she is also an author, a published author. She has two books, uh the biggest lemon ever and then she has a book that is called you
are made of magic. One children's book is a motivational color coloring book and that also supports our theme you matter and I'll tell you a little bit more about that and then the biggest lemon ever is just a children's book and
she uses her craft to um invite the students into the learning. So they participate in the literacy nights or any events. Um she'll go and read to the classrooms. I cannot remember what she calls these activities, but she's like,
"Mrs. Jones, I gotta something." And I'm like, "Can I do this?" And I'm like, "Absolutely, sure. As long as it's all right, it's good." Um her You are made of magic book. It's a coloring book. The students um are able to draw a picture of themselves and then inside the
coloring book are different words of affirmation. And we all know that our kids and our adults, they just need so much of that. She truly embodies the culture and climate of our school. She goes above and beyond every single day.
Um it is rare that she misses. Um and when she does, I do give her a hard time, but it's very rare. She plans and organizes activities for not only the classroom that she serves, but it benefits the entire school. She teaches STEM in that classroom. Um and she just
does an amazing job. Her intention is to bring joy and connection among staff and students. She has a special way of bringing everyone together. Her positive energy is contagious and her impact is felt throughout the entire building. She
makes our school brighter, more inclusive, and a joyful place to learn. And I am proud to present her with this award. Miss Rene. with you. Thank you. And I'll be 40 next week.
>> Happy birthday. >> Yes. Happy early birthday. >> One, two, three. >> Beautiful. >> Thank you. >> Madam Secretary, Mr. President, members of the board, Dr. Young. I have the honor of introducing Miss Jennifer Cohan, the director of exceptional learners as she comes now and presents
the superintendent above and beyond award. >> Good evening, Mr. President, members of the board, and Dr. Young. Tonight, I have the privilege of recognizing two individuals whose passion for students with disabilities is evident in everything that they do and whose impact
far reaches beyond these students to the entire school community. Mr. Mr. Wallally, principal at Pike High School, is unable to be here this evening due to some athletic events at the school. However, he shared the following about our first recipient. Although Mrs. Katadia serves Pike High School as a counselor, her passion,
leadership, and unwavering commitment to special education and inclusion have elevated our Best Buddies program bond expectations. Her recognition last year is the Best Buddies I'll get this right. You probably could help me. the best buddies faculty adviser of the year for the
entire state of Indiana was earned based on her unwavering commitment to the ideals of the organization. She also led the state in fundraising dollars and has provided numerous trainings for the Best Buddies organization as a whole. For our second recipient, Mrs. Tori Miller, Mr.
Wall shared, "Mrs. Miller has been pivotal in developing the Best Buddies program for our students with special needs. Our students have not only been blessed with the opportunity to participate in the program, but have been provided the platform to build meaningful relationships and and further the cause for inclusive activities. We
are excited for the future of this program and the opportunities it will provide our students. As the director of exceptional learners, I have been privileged to watch the Pike High School Best Buddies program go from good to great. And it's just getting better every single year. We couldn't be
more thrilled to have both a special educator and a general educator at the helm. That inclusive leadership is at the heart of the program as well as exemplifies a vision of the exceptional learners department as a whole. Thank you so much, Mrs. Katadia and Miss Miller for all that you do to create a
community welcoming to all students. Our community is forever grateful. Thank you. That's what Buddy sponsors for Ben Davis. Okay, ready. >> Perfect. Thank you, >> Madam Secretary, Mr. President, members
of the board, and Dr. Young, I have the honor of introducing Miss Raisha Blandon, the coordinator of the the Dr. Nathaniel Jones Early Learning Center, as she presents the superintendent's above and beyond award. All right, Mr. President and Dr. Young, members of the board, the audience,
hello and good afternoon, evening. It is with great pride and appreciation that I recognize Miss Stacy Ferguson. She is our be recipient of the above and
beyond award and this honor reflects not only her unwavering dedication to her students and families but also her leadership, her initiative, her heart that she consistently shows and brings to our school community. Her
commitment to excellence is evident in the way that she supports both her students and her colleagues. As a team leader, she goes far beyond expectations, guiding her peers, collaborating on meaningful
instructional practices, and playing an instrumental role in collaboration on curriculum design and PLC scheduling in our building. Also helping to ensure that the work for Pike's youngest learners remains focused, purposeful,
and impactful for every scholar we serve. Most recently, her actions during a time of need truly exemplified her character. When a colleague who was here videoing
was out on leave due to medical reasons, she took it upon herself to organize and coordinate a plan amongst her team to ensure that the students in that classroom continued receiving high quality instruction in reading, writing,
phonics, and math. Because of her thoughtful leadership and proactive approach, students experience consistency and support without any interruption. This level of care, professionalism, and commitment speaks
volumes about who she is as a person and an educator. Miss Ferguson, your dedication, teamwork, and passion do not go unnoticed. You embody the very best of what it means to be an educator and a leader. We are incredibly
grateful, thankful, and blessed to have you as part of our NJC family. Congratulations to you on this well-deserved recognition and thank you for all that you do. Ready. One, two, three. Perfect. Thank you,
>> Madam Secretary, Mr. President, members of the board, and Dr. Young. I now have the honor of introducing Miss Tina Foster, the principal of the great new August Gusta South Public Academy, as she comes to present the superintendent above and beyond the wall. Good evening, Mr. President, members of
the board. Dr. Young, I am excited to be here today to present um this award to a very deserving person. And I just have to say this, he is a new dad. This is this is baby number three in not even a week. I think the baby's four days, four
to five days old, but he's here. That's the kind of dedication that he has. and his lovely wife who just gave birth. So, let me tell you more that. Yeah. Dedication. Dedication. Dedication. >> Oh, bless her spirit.
>> Absolutely. I am proud to nominate Mr. Benjamin Wilson for the Superintendent Above and Above Beyond awards. Mr. Wilson is a dedicated, hard-working teacher who consistently supports and promotes success of all students at New
Augusta South. Um, especially those in his classroom. He creates a positive and engaging learning environment where students feel valued and motivated. Beyond the classroom, Mr. Wilson volunteers with all pro dads at New Augusta South and actively participates
in school events, demonstrating his strong commitment to our school community. Thank you, Mr. Wilson, for your dedication to the students of New Augustus South. He is truly deserving of this recognition. Thank you.
>> Congratulations. >> Ready? Perfect. Thank you. >> She's a bad name again. You can get your back seat now. We'll give a couple minutes for adjusting here as
>> seats are vacated and filled. >> Thank you. >> Here they come. Uhoh. Okay. >> All right. We'll move on to our second report to the board, the AI initiatives.
Mr. Hec. Madame Secretary, members of the board, Dr. Young, um I am really pleased to present on our AI initiatives in Pike and I'm joined up here by a fabulous team of educators who have helped with
this AI initiative. Um this is Mrs. Audrey Cop who does our technology integration specialist for the district. Patty Hammerly um who is our CTE coach at the high school. um Dr. LaMarcus Hall who is a alternative ed teacher at
Lincoln. Um Hannah Ster exceptional learners teacher at New Augusta North and Nicole Falner who is our um parent and family liaison or yeah I don't think I got her title right but I was close
enough. So AI, we've we've been on this AI journey for a few years now in Pike. And I have to say, um, there are parts of my job that I love, there are parts of my job that I don't love, as every job has,
but I get really excited about this AI journey. It gives me a lot of energy. I love to do it. It's there are parts of it of AI that's happening in our world right now that are great. There are parts that are not so great. And we're living in this time where we get to
figure it all out. And I love that. And so we're going to talk a little bit about that today. Um, we started this journey in 2024, a little bit before that, but we really started digging into the meat of AI in 2024, and we got AI
ambassadors in in all of our schools. So, we have a a teacher usually, in some cases, a principal who u helps mentor teachers on these AI initiatives within each school. Um in 2425 we had um a
nationally recognized AI specialist Matt Miller u educate our AI ambassadors and and talk about what this is what this is in the educational space right now and we had a lot of um digging to do in that and u it was Matt Miller is phenomenal.
Um in 2526 we applied for and received a grant from the Department of Education that um allowed us to purchase an AI tool for the school. And I I know that we we're going to learn a lot more about that in
other parts of the presentation. Um and we have ongoing AI activities. This this world is here to stay and we're going to continue digging in. Um, we're going to continue to work with our AI ambassadors and and do PD districtwide on these
these AI topics. So, AI, I know we've all heard a lot about it. Um, but we really wanted to focus our efforts in with one of our grants this year on our writing, especially with our
exceptional learners and alternative ed students. So, that was one of our intents. We of course want to prepare our students for an AI world where they're AI literate. Um, and we want to use these tools to be more efficient. That's AI can chug through that data
faster than we ever could. But I'm sure you've also heard that AI has some safety elements to it. So, we really wanted to make sure we were doing what was best for our students. Um, our the tools that we've adopted have safety components built into them. Um, Magic
School, uh, which is our main AI tool, will filter some of the problematic things that come from AI. If you're using one of these tools that doesn't have that filter, it can have some responses that might be considered unsafe for our students. Our tools, um,
no tool is perfect, but our tools are built to help with that. Um, another concern with AI is data privacy. uh AI tools, that's how they become powerful is they mine your data. We don't want them mining our students data. That's
personal to our students. So, the tools that we've adopted um don't mine our students data and and that that data stays within the district. I want to introduce Mrs. Cop to talk a little bit about our digital learning grant and how we got to this magic
school piece. M. >> Perfect. Good evening. Um so like Mr. Hex said um we um received the digital learning grant from the Indiana Department of Education for 2526.
Our goal was to boost writing proficiency for special education and alternative education students. Um they can receive real-time feedback and scaffolding as they're working through um their writing with um Magic School in middle school and high school English
classroom. So, we're working directly with some of the middle school and um high school teachers um for this. Um we're um leveraging the grant to kind of bridge um the achievement gap. I do have
some data on our magic school usage um that is not on the slide. Um we so far across the district we were able to use the grant to receive to use Magic School across K through 12, but we are focused in on secondary primarily. Um we have
645 teachers using Magis School to help with lesson planning and um various activities in the classroom getting you know tasks done. Um 72% of those were using it for I have to put my glasses
on. instructional materials. Um, and 53% are using it for feedback. Those were the two top things they were kind of using it for to help them in the like with just their roles. Um, our school usage. Um, we have Gy Creek Middle, Pike
High School, New Augusta North, and Lincoln Middle School are all um using the writing feedback tool as the top tool, which is what our focus was for the grant at the secondary. So, we've showed them kind of how to use that tool to assist in um feedback. Then for
student usage, we've had 126,667 generations this year in Magic School. So, students are are getting in there. They're um using it with their teachers permission um and being taught about AI. Um as well, we have 253 student rooms.
So that's a room the teachers created with specific tools that have certain guidelines for the students to use. Magic school set up really safe where there are certain parameters that um the teachers put in. So the students can't ask it. Write me a paper that's not an
option. So um we have about 5,322 um students who have been in magic school this year. So that I just wanted to share a little bit of the data there. Um, now I'm going to turn it over to um, Mrs. Patty Hammerly to um, share a
little bit about what she's doing with Mag School at her school. >> Hello everybody. Um, so I am the CTE instructional coach at the high school and as you know our CTE teachers are kind of unique. They have expertise in
their fields but not necessarily as much experience teaching in the classroom. So part of what I do is help them with everything from technology to AI to classroom management, whatever they need. Um so I wanted to share just one story and it just happened recently and
really shows how powerful AI can be. Um especially for some of these new teachers. I have a new teacher. He started um the week before spring break and he is brilliant in his field. But he showed me his lesson plan and I he said I have to test them on this. I don't
know how to make a test. He said, "How do I do this?" And he had like deer in the headlights like, "Oh my gosh." So, we went over the lesson plan. I said, "What do you want them to learn?" We talked about what makes a good assessment. And he's still looking at me like, "Oh my gosh, like how am I going to do this?" So, we sat down in front of
Magic School and we pulled up the quiz tool and I said, "Tell it what your standard is. Tell it what your objectives are and tell it the kinds of questions you want to ask the students." And he did. And in about 45 seconds, he had a quiz. Now, we went through it. We
talked to He says, "I don't like this. I don't like that. I want But it instead of staring at a blank piece of paper, he had a tool. He had an assessment that was created instantaneously, stress-free." Um, so I'm seeing teachers and I'm helping teachers do that every single day. Um, whether it's to save
time, whether it's to be a brainstorming partner, um, whatever it is to help them in the classroom. And I tell all my teachers that they will not be replaced by AI, but they will be replaced by teachers that don't use AI. So that's where I leave it with them. And I can tell you they're super excited
to learn what it can do for them. And I could stay here all night and tell you all sorts of stories, but I don't have that much time. So thank you. >> Greetings everyone. board, president, Larry Young, everyone, uh, cabinet members, and community. Um,
I am privileged to be the alternative education teacher at Lincoln Middle School. >> Um, and in that role, I work with teachers from sixth to 8th grade because a student can be placed in alternative education program any day. In fact, I got a new student this morning. Um my
initial job is to curb the academics and curb their performance so that they behavioral performance so that they can re-enter back into our normal classes. And with that I work with teachers from different levels of experiences um particularly different ages. Um though
AI is a great tool and a lot of people love it and they swear to it there are some people still afraid of it. Um, and in my interactions, I help my teach our teachers in our school anywhere from looking on Gemini on their phone because now when they do searches, it's not the normal search. It automatically goes
into Gemini and the teachers kind of panic. What is this? What is this? And I kind of go back, sit down with them and break it down. Um, as far as other tools, we use Magic School as well to help our teachers wherever they may need assistance, particularly if it's a new subject or something they want, a new area they want to go into their
curriculum. Um, I assist them with that as well. Um, joining on this team has been a great experience. I love working with them every year. So, I hope we keep uh can continue to expand our AR2 so that we can make our students and Pike
Township a better place. Thank you. >> So, I am Hannah Ster Henshaw. I am over at New Augusta North Public Academy. I am the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade resource teacher, ELA co-teer. I'm a ghost in the building. Um, but what we've been fortunate to work on
specifically with our exceptional learner students in sixth and eighth grade is actually using Magic School and the writing feedback tools to help curb the gap in the learning and kind of bridge that processing. Um, we've seen great success this year, I'm happy to
report, with students elevating their final writing scores across multiple different genres by 30 to 50 points. So, they're going from failing to getting a C on their paper, which is a great thing to see. Um, luckily, we know there are
some drawbacks even with magic school. The kids might try to find a way to trick it into it. So, we do still have them write on paper first, but it's helping smooth out those details and the papers don't jump around as much. So, I just wanted to share that little bit of success.
Thank you. >> I'm Nicole, family engagement le no navigation special um family and student support. Um and so along with AI this u past few years we last year we hosted our AI family night
um which was a um intro level uh to our community of different types of AI um whether it was magic school um in their picture here Osmo um with the iPads and everyone just thinks it's a game but it does use AI a form of AI to create and
use those games um so we hosted that um in our family communications and pike proud throughout the year we've and posting um little blurbs about um AI um did you know um little bits like that um just to keep our families aware of
what's going on and magic school um is being used in our um schools especially in our secondary um I've also created on Pike parent university um a AI for resource page for our families so they can go out there they have um all of our
guidelines for student use um there are parent resources ources. There's FAQs. What can my students do? Can they sign up for a chat GPT account? No, they cannot if they're not 13 or above. Just some general um FAQs for families um outside of the school and inside the
school. Um so we are continuing to um spread that knowledge of AI with our families through Parent University and our Pike Proud newsletters. >> Thanks, Nicole. I'm sorry I got your title wrong. Um so one of the things that's really
important with um pushing out this AI initiative is modeling it for our leaders across the district. Um, and one thing that I do at our district leadership meetings is, uh, talk about how I've been using AI both personally
and professionally and hearing from our district leaders about what they're doing and what they're seeing in their buildings and um, and we get to share how this is working in Pike and how this is working in our personal lives. I mean, AI is part of all kinds of things.
I always like to share this example of I'm not an electrician, but I used AI to help me install smart switches in my house and I was struggling at one point and I just took a picture with my phone saying what did I do wrong because the lights not coming on and and it talked
me through exactly what I wired incorrectly. Thankfully I didn't burn down my house. um for goals going forward. Um a couple of board meetings ago, you approved a grant
um for us to apply for a grant um for this digital learning. We haven't heard back about that grant yet, but we are intending to move forward with what we wrote in that grant. Um and we're going to focus next year on CTE with some of our AI initiatives. and I'm sure Miss
Hammerly will um be instrumental in some of that expansion. Um so we will soon hopefully hear back from the DOE about whether we're getting funded for that grant, but we're committed to this initiative regardless. Um we're going to
continue with Magic School. Um it's a great tool. Um we have some other AI tools coming out. Canva. I'm sure some of you have used Canva for other things and it has some interesting AI capabilities as well. So, um we're looking to rolling out some tools
through that Canva experience. We're going to integrate um Magic School into Canvas, our learning management system, and um continue to just make this happen. One thing I'm amazed by, I've
been in technology for a long time now. Um, I started in the district as a technology integration specialist and we have never had a roll out of a voluntary tool like this that has been so successful. We have a lot of teachers who have latched on to this AI thing and
and um we're technology doesn't usually grow that fast. Usually you get a you plant a few seeds and you watch them grow and then it spreads to other teachers and and we're not seeing that with this tool. We're seeing it spread like wildfire.
And with that, we will take any questions that you might have. >> First of all, let me say great job. >> Thank you. >> I really >> This team deserves all the credit. Absolutely. >> That's what I'm impressed with the the knowledge of this team. Uh um
there are people in our community that that are not computer savvy, >> don't have computers nor laptops in their homes. um what takes place on um family connection. Uh tell me the AI night,
family night. >> Do you want to talk about that, Mr. Faulner? You were you were instrumental in that family night. >> So last spring we hosted family night. Um we had several of our ambassadors um out to showcase different um pieces of
AI. Um that was before we had Magic School officially. Um so we um had one ambassador kind of showcase what Magic School could do um should we um be awarded the grant and continue with that. Um we had um some we had a
robotics team out there um because they have some AI components as well. Um so that night was really just kind of to get our community aware of AI and that we're starting to use it in our schools um and just kind of get their toes wet on that. So, um we're hoping that next
year we can, you know, host another night or something alongside some of our other um school events. >> When is when is when is uh the uh when are you going to host that again? >> I'm not sure yet. Um but that is on our I'll have my church do since a lot of
people do not have computers. We will donate five um desktops when you do your night again. >> Oh, awesome. desk type. Uh go through your protocol system and and we'll give you five
whatever computer you pick uh for families, we'll give you five computers for that night. >> Awesome. Greatly appreciate that. >> So that ought to boost you to get the night going again. >> Yes, absolutely. >> Uh use that to help get people out. >> Yes.
>> Any other questions? >> Yes. I don't I don't have a question. I just have a comment and I think one of the teachers said um a presenter said that how did you put that? You said if the teachers you won't get rid of them for
>> teachers won't be replaced by AI they'll be replaced by teachers who know AI. So, so um all of us have another world that we serve and we serve on and I I serve as a commissioner at the pledge of the Supreme Supreme Court and uh we have
been running into this AI issue where where where whole cases uh of those that that say that they are attorneys and and and they're and they're supposed to be trying a case and they bring a whole
case before us. AI and and it's it's it's gotten some of them in some trouble. So, I I was hearing you say um that uh no, a a key a a student cannot say, "Hey, write me a paper." I'm glad
to know that because because there are some some disadvantages and and folk can get in trouble, but it's here to stay. And one of the things that attorneys are saying in our world is if you don't use it, you won't get left behind.
>> It's interesting you should say that. When we were evaluating these tools, one of the things that I put in the prompt is about free speech cases in Indiana. And I many of you know that I'm also an attorney and I know a lot about free speech cases in Indiana.
>> I did not know that. >> Okay. And I kept seeing this case cited over and over again in what it was putting out. I'm like, I've never heard of this case. I don't know what this is talking about. I need to look this ca case up. And I put it into a reputable legal
database. And that case was not there. It was completely made up. >> So, and and all AI tools will do this. That's why we need to train our students to be very skeptical of what comes out and they need to check what comes out of
these schools. >> This guy lost a this family lost a whole case because of this guy using AI and he was not >> an attorney. >> An attorney. >> Mr. Hick, if I may, doctor, congratulations on your uh your doctor. Uh and then and then tell could you if
you could please if I could just have a moment. Madame Secretary, tell me uh the the nuts and bolts of what you're doing >> as in my role. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> So, the nuts and bolts of what I'm doing
with AI and with our particularly at Lincoln Middle School is making sure that we engage people and to address another question that you asked. How are we um helping families? A lot of people that came to my table during that family night, they may have not had a computer, but they had the most up-to-date smartphone, which you can literally
watch television on. So, you know, like they said, early childhood, how childhood, what do we do? We meet them where they are. So, I mean, whether they had iPhones, Androids, I was able to show them the different apps to get on their phone cuz they had 50 other apps they were using. So, I showed them how
to get the Gemini app. And from that Gemini app, I was showing them how literally how they can save money from going out here to these third-party tutoring programs that are charging $200, $300 a week to work with your child for 30 minutes, you can go on Gemini, it will give you a prompt and
literally make extra practice problems um and assessments to help your child learn at home. So, if I can watch TV on my on my phone right now or go back and and watch the game that I could be missing, why can't we show our community how to use some of the devices that they have? >> Absolutely.
>> Yep. >> Okay. Yes, sir. >> Thank you so much. >> Another one and then I'm done. Madam Secretary, >> ma'am, never come to this meeting again without shirts that says magic teacher for the board. Okay. >> Thank you.
So, I wanted to well, first thank you for the info you provided me whenever I come back to you through Dr. Young the um the data. Um I I love all of this. Some of us had a chance. We went to a uh a schoolboard conference a couple few weeks ago and uh you you you know what's
happening by where the sessions kind of ebbing and flowing and what's there. I could have went to AI stuff every session. I resisted went to a couple other things but almost did. I drag some of you guys in with me. Uh and um together. >> Yeah. And um so it it is absolutely here
to stay. Um I tell a lot of folks I work for a company that it's a financial services company. We you talk about the rollouts. I've been involved with a lot of rollouts at our company. Same thing. I've never seen a technology roll out this fast. And and it is absolutely
those who aren't using it are the ones that are going to be left behind. So learning teaching our students how to use it wisely, teaching them how to be crit I think it's a great time to teach critical thinking. I've heard people say that they're afraid critical thinking is going to get lost with AI. I think it's become more important because you do
have to question what is returned to you and and so I really do appreciate that. Yes, sir. >> There are some other AI tools that are coming up because I want to speak with you about um there's a new one called Perplexity. >> I've used it. It is awesome. Yeah. And perplexity by default it will eliminate
opinionated things >> things that are not research based not be um documented that it came from a school or a reputable >> uh entity it will automatically >> kick it out so that way when you do come up with some type of answer it has some
suffence um another key issue I think people have is that >> it's automatically trusted 100%. >> Yeah. So you look up this research and then you go present it to someone you click the link >> the person wants the information they click that do >> it does not match
>> the topic >> so with everything that's >> progressing there's still some kinks in the middle that needs to be addressed >> 100% yeah but you know I think about so I see Mr. blue back there who works with our robotics. Um, you know, for for the kids going into technology, we are again
at our company that's AI is writing most of the code. Now, you have to have the human in the loop to check it to to verify that it's working right. But yeah, so so I love everything you guys are doing. I do have one question. I should have emailed you outside of it. I apologize. Didn't think about it till tonight. It the magic school, does it do
its own LLM? Does it leverage one of the big LLMs that are out there and just don't and just does not train it? Well, how does it work? >> Good question. So, the way Magic School works is it's using all of the major LLMs or large language models. >> Does it auto select which one for
purpose or >> depending on the question, it will steer it towards Claude or Chat GPT or Gemini and then it and >> it aggregates all of this data to decide which of those is the better platform to
to output what it gets. >> It's just not using the data to train the models then. >> It is not. Okay. Great. >> The gap she talked about. Could you come and talk about just quickly because the that gap has bothered me for years. >> Yeah. >> Uh the the gap that that that exists in
education, it has bothered me for years. There there are kids >> who who who literally should have gotten more help. And it sounds like the magic teacher is going to to give them the help or put them in a pathway to to to to
lift themselves up emotionally and educationally. Yeah. So, um, speaking of the educational piece, I also use it in the resource room to kind of do our social emotional check-ins and our weekend check-ins because, as you know, our students have a lot of feelings and we are only one human in a room. So, we
kind of use it as an opportunity to let the students express themselves and then in the event that the student deters or there's dangerous or maybe potentially harmful conversations being brought up, it flags it for us, too. So, we know to address them more immediately with the student. But within that gap section,
especially in that writing piece, um it it's been a night and day difference. Um I have eighth graders this year that I've been with all three years and to see where they were at in sixth grade when we had labs at the time to go away from it and go into co-eing and kind of
piece together what we're doing and where we need to bridge those gaps. It's really helped fill in because we can give it to them 247. So we're able to even when they're not in the room, when they have the idea, there is a way for them to record it and there is a way for them to help process and smooth it out.
So it essentially acts for some of our really low students almost as a secondary filter in the brain where it's saying, "Hey, this is really good. Let's restructure this maybe and hey, what about this detail that you're missing? Where's your evidence here?" So we can train it explicitly to what the rubric's
looking for, but also what text they're supposed to be using. So we can customize it almost to their reading level even, which gives them greater success because then we're not getting as many kids who are shutting down, for lack of better terms, because they're so frustrated and over overwhelmed. Maybe
not because they don't understand the material, but it's just too much of a cognitive processing load for them. >> So you have a new spirit for teaching now. >> Oh, I've always had it, but this has just made it way more fun. >> Great. Great. >> Well, one one thing I I I am aware of is
a student >> um not here in Indiana. They were having some emotional issues with with this AI following it alone. >> Mhm. >> And then they they asked the AI a
question and the AI fired back. Go hang yourself. >> And that happened. >> Yeah. what are we doing to help that? >> Yeah, part of that is just the type of AI we let them use, >> right? So, one thing about the magic school tool that we're utilizing is it
has those safety flags in it. So, if that were to happen, if it's if it student types something in that would make it respond in that way, the teacher's alerted. I actually also get copies of those alerts and um we can
respond appropriately. Um, I will say what scares me about some of this area is we know that while we have Magic School, our students have access to these AI platforms >> on their phone >> and that it's not filtered. Yeah. And
>> we we really need to do a good job of teaching them how to respond to these platforms and to make sure that they have a safe person >> to talk to. Mhm. I think one, if I if I might um just add, I think one of the things because even with new legislation
that's been passed, kids won't be on the phone at school. I think we've got to really do a a a diligent job of informing our parents. Stories such as that are ones that we want, we don't necessarily want to have to share the specific scary stories, but we do want to let them know that these types of
apps are out there. They exist. >> They're using AI, but we're using a a a tool that protects them. your children have tools that you know >> do not protect >> that and and I think it's relevant to to to when you have your AI night again
>> to to have a session or a moment to where u you can explain what this township is doing to protect their children while they're in school. But you have to take parental guidance now >> after the 4:00 hour >> to make sure your children don't get
into >> uh and I think when you do your AI night, >> I think that that ought to be something that uh um it's the community. Yeah, it it should be something that uh people need to be very much aware of
>> because we have the opportunity to protect our children while they're here, >> but when they go home, I have all those apps on here. >> Yeah. >> And so I see some things on here that I've asked that uh I didn't do. So I'm still alive. So all I'm saying in that
context is that is something I think the superintendent just mentioned that I am uh going to push even in my church. >> Uh we need to get our children to be very conscious of the fact that this system can also harm them as much as it
can help them. Do you foresee a um a class being taught as a curriculum AI as you know the same we have a computer class >> that they could do an AI class and then in that class you can help educate them
>> on um the dos and don'ts of what you can and can't and to you know to make them aware of you know the things that could harm them and the things that could help them. >> Absolutely. We have a digital citizenship thread K through 12 and those um digital citizenship ideas are
integrated into that including AI usage. >> So they could actually sign up a class as if they were they take psychology. I'm going to take an AI class. Is that is this an elective or is a >> So, as far as a credit class, it there is um a component in some of our other
elective classes like college and careers I know has a digital citizenship component to it at the high school level. Um and then we also have K8 classes that that integrate those things in as well. >> What about the summer tech camp?
>> The summer tech camp, is that a piece a component that could be added in the summer tech camp? >> Absolutely. We are we are always looking for new camp ideas. So we are happy to integrate those things there too. >> Absolutely. >> We also have uh we also have a student
module on AI literacy before they can get on magic school. It Miss Faulner actually made it. Um they have to go through that. We don't let them get on it. It goes through safety, protecting your personal identifiable information. There's a series of I think it's five to
10 lessons that they have to complete and they can't use AI without being signed off on taking that. So that is already a component of our magical school usage. Anybody using that? >> This young lady is also working with the the website.
>> I want to thank you publicly for the work you're doing with with with with this and the website at the same time. Thank you so much. I I do I do think it's important kind of piggybacking on what Dr. more say and 100% agree some of the education things at that that you know whenever you do
have your next AI night because one of the things that became really apparent again some of the sessions we ran at that conference there was one where folks showed that there's an AI that you can take a a a picture just a still image run it through it and it'll and you can tell it the text you want it to
say and it'll create up to an 8sec I think it was video looks the people's mouths are moving if you don't know what their voices and Mhm. >> I immediately thought somebody could take a picture of anybody sitting up here and make you say something you did
not say. You you you really can't believe anything you see until it's verified. And we live in a world where a lot of people are believing a lot of things that people put out there that is not factual. Um and so yeah, that that education piece is it it was really
critical. It's okay. M >> Madam Chair, I want to say to the Madam Chair, as as someone said, we can talk about this all night. Let's let's wrap up after Mr. Chair. >> Yeah. I I just want to follow up with what Mr. Hooer was saying. These tools
can be used for good or evil. Um we actually used a tool like that here in the district for good. >> Had access to it. Yeah. >> So when Mr. Wall-E started, he had he made a welcome video and he wanted to um that to be put out in multiple languages and it translated everything he said
into Spanish and it looked like >> his mouth was saying the Spanish words and he and it used his voice to say the Spanish words in those translations. It looked as if Mr. Wallally was very fluent in Spanish and we put that video out there like so yes it can be good
used for evil but that same tool could be used for good and and that's why we need to educate and talk about that morality as part of this too. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you. >> Thank you Mr. >> All right we're moving on to our action items. Action item A minutes of the
board of education regular meeting March 26 2026. So move to secretary. >> Second. >> Second. >> It's been moved and second. Uh call for a vote. All in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> All oppose.
And my eye is there too. All right. Action item B. It moved and second. All right. Action item B, human resources report. Dr. Hunter. >> Madam Secretary, Mr. President, members of the board, Dr. Young. I ask request
your approval of the HR report as presented. >> I move that we accept the HR report as presented. >> Second. >> Due to the confidential nature of the HR report, we will have no public discussion on that. I call for a vote. All in favor say I.
>> I. >> All oppose. >> Thank you, Dr. H. >> Thank you. >> Action item C, approval of for supplemental curriculum for AP statistics. Mr. Enman. Uh good evening, Madam Secretary, members of the board,
Dr. Young. I'm seeking approve approval for action item C um supp uh approval of supplemental curriculum for advanced placement statistics at Pike High School as presented. >> I make a motion that we approve the
approval for supplemental curriculum for AP statistics. >> Second. >> Are there any questions or any discussion? >> I call for the vote. All in favor say I. I >> I and all those opposed.
>> Thank you, Mr. >> Action item D and E, contracts and donations. Uh, Miss Gray. >> Good evening, Madam Secretary, Mr. President, members of the board, and Dr. Young. I request your your approval of
action item D and E, which tonight includes one donation. I make a motion that we approve the action items E and D, including our donations that have been presented.
>> Second. >> Are there any questions? All right, I call for the vote. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Gray. All right, we're going to finish up with
board member items. Dr. Warren, >> nothing at this time, Madam Secretary. >> Thank you, Miss Wilson. Um, just glad to be back. Just got off the off the plane from Disney with my family. Had a great
time and then left there and went to be a judge for the precise steps. Had their um hosted their annual uh talent show and I was one of the judges and it was absolutely
phenomenal and just to see the our Pike students in a different light, you know, to stand on the stage and pour their voices out, their dancing, the little steppers. Uh it was a good experience for me and I truly enjoyed it. and
and also to say um that hopefully as we journey through the things that are affecting us that we say a prayer for our um soldiers and the military that are losing their lives or risking their lives for our lives. So
that's it. >> Thank you, Mr. Hoer. >> All right. Um want to welcome everybody back from spring break. I hope they had everyone had a wonderful and restful relaxing time. um more relaxing than Miss Wilson had at Disney World probably. So uh hope uh but welcome
back. Ready for the uh the final push. Wanted to thank Dr. Webster and other board members letting me participate in the um the above and beyond. Um those are always fabulous with one of the people to be somebody who is a extremely close family friend. That that was very special. So appreciate that. And then I
did want to recognize he has stepped out now after everybody else did. But u Mr. blue. I had a chance to go up and see the robotics team compete uh in Laf in Lafayette couple of weeks ago as beginning of spring break. Uh I did not make it all day. That is a long day up
there with them. But it was so much fun the things that those students do getting the robots. I watched a robot block somebody, bump somebody bump them over the the a hurdle. I mean just all kinds of things. It was it was so
awesome. and and I know he's been doing that as a volunteer uh for several years now and I also know his son is a senior so I'm not sure what the ne next plan is but u just while it was top of mind really wanted to thank him because he's put a he and the other volunteers have
put a ton of work in and it is an amazing program >> Miss Kelly >> uh good evening as always very glad to be here hope everyone did enjoy their spring break we're down to this last
stretch. We want to finish strong. Um excited to hear about the amount of money raised at Treasures this year and the $80,000 in scholarships that our students are going to be awarded. And
then please, please, please, if you have not applied for your classroom grant, there is still some fun, there are still some funds available. Please, all the money that is raised, they would love to
give it to our uh students and staff. Um, congratulations to those that have on their signing season with our a uh student athletes and then those that are receiving awards and recognition across
the city and the state. And >> it's just a lot of information we took in tonight and the above and beyond recipients. Every time those stories get more and more
>> fascinating and you learn about the great folks we have in Pike who make up our community. And then I want to put one more plug out there. May the 5th I believe is election day. Is it May 5th?
Mhm. >> Please, please, please hit the polls on May the 5th. Um, it's how we get our voice out, how we speak for our students, how we speak
for our community when we vote. So, I'm not telling you who to vote for, but vote and let your voice be heard. >> Thank you, Dr. Young. >> No comments this evening. Thank you. I'll go ahead and give my comments and then defer the final comments to Dr.
Webster. >> Thank you. >> Um I first want to say uh I was able to represent our board at Arbor Day for the planting of the tree here, one of 15 trees that were planted here um in our district. So that was a wonderful event.
And I want to assure our citizens and our staff too that your board members are have been trained in AI and we continue to train in AI. Um we learned when we went to conference that really
students who have training in AI have an advantage over those who don't. So really it's not about fear and it's encouraging to see that we are upfront and we are ahead when it comes to how are we dealing with AI, how we
approached it and also how we are teaching our students >> how to live in a world with AI to leverage that tool. So, I just wanted to make sure that I stated that that we're very intentional about our training
about AI as well. >> Um, thank you so much. >> Thank you, Miss Miss Barnes. Miss Barnes did an amazing job of presiding tonight, so we certainly are grateful for her leadership. Mr. Anderson is uh at work tonight and could not be with us. I want
to read a statement tonight in closing to our chamber and to those who are listening in in our community. I think a statement needs to be made. I want to read and I pray and hope that you would um uh give uh give way to it. Um first
of all, I want to just thank the board and we are humbled as a board uh to serve our district. So we don't ever want anyone to get that get that mixed up. We are humbled tonight
to serve the district and on the behalf of the entire board. It's never our intention to grandstand in any board meeting. >> Amen. >> It's never our intention.
>> Our number one goal is always to unify and govern this district with the highest integrity. That's our number one goal. We we we count it all a signal
honor to be elected by our community and our district to serve. I I'll say it again. We count it a signal of honor to be elected by our district to serve.
And we will continue to govern this uh district with the highest integrity understanding our fudiciary responsibility to the state to our administration to the students to the families and to
our community. So with that, thank you all and thank the entire district, thank the community, thank the state for entrusting us to
serve this district. It's my privilege and my pleasure to continue to serve with each board member and serve with them with integrity and carry out our elected responsibilities.
for that meeting this year. >> We need a motion. >> Motion. >> So move, Mr. President. >> Second. Meet.