May 11th, 2026 MSD of Wayne Township Board of Education regular board meeting is called to order. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. 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. >> Thank you. Marco >> absolutely >> present.
Karen Burke present. Michael Gordon >> here. >> Graham here. and Ben Wfield. >> I'm present. >> I'm Sher O Marott and we are all present. >> Thank you board. We've been uh presented with a copy of the agenda for this evening's
meeting. You have a motion to adopt the agenda as presented. >> Make a motion that we adopt the agenda as presented. >> A second motion and a second. Any comment or discussion? >> Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I.
>> Opposed. The agenda is approved. Thank you, Dr. elves. Moving on, we have uh in the oath of office, MSD of Wayne Township, clicks, officer Jeremy Wilson. Officer Wilson, if you'll join us up
front so if you'll join us, please. >> Absolutely. >> As he's coming, um, Officer Wilson has been appointed by the Metropolitan School District of Township, uh, Board of Education to serve as the school of police officer under the authority of
Indiana code 20-26-3 with all the powers, privileges, and immunities granted by that same code. effective on the date fixed below which is today and this appointment shall hold valid until withdrawn by the board of
education and with that to completing the process board president Bowman if you'll administer the >> Thank you officer Wilson please raise your hand repeat after me I Jeremy Wilson >> I Jeremy Wilson >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support and uphold the
Constitution >> that I will support and uphold the Constitution >> of the United States >> of the United states >> and the Constitution of the State of Indiana >> and the Constitution of the State of Indiana >> and will faithfully discharge my duty >> and will faithfully discharge my duties >> as a police officer with the MSD of
Wayne Township >> as a police officer with the MSD of Wayne Township >> with fairness >> with fairness >> integrity >> integrity >> diligence >> diligence >> and impartiality >> and impartiality >> according to the best of my ability >> as according to the best of my ability >> congratulations
I'll have you turn um towards it while we towards the audience if you want to do some pictures. Come on over here in the middle. Hold on just a second. All righty. Sorry. Are we okay? Okay.
Awesome. And so, welcome Dwayne. We're still gonna get some signatures from you. Um, Chief, tell us how we came to know officer Wilson. Well, actually, um, uh, about a year ago, um, I had to have a medical procedure, so I missed my arrange, and I got to join Perry
Township School of Police for their arrange met officer Wilson there, and he's been at Perry and um, well, I come on. >> We agree. We agree. So tell us a little bit about your journey in terms of your
work in law enforcement. >> So um I got started in law enforcement about four years ago. I was actually a school teacher at Decatur Central. I was a uh of a uh dream applications and a football coach at Decar Central for 12 years. Um and then I lost an older brother to drunk driving in 2021 and it
kind of pushed me back into what I really originally wanted to do when I was little is being law enforcement. So I started off with Marian County as reserve. Um, I worked there for about a year and a half and then I got hired on Perry Township as a uh, school resource officer and I was there for the last three year or two years and then now I'm
here. So, I'm excited to be here. >> Wonderful. >> Thank you. >> Well, welcome to Wayne. >> Thank you. >> Pictures. >> Yes. Can we >> I'm trying to convince her to go up there. She >> Where you going, Chief?
Oh, she I thought she wanted to get >> She wants to get in, too. >> If we were for Jeremy, this be a perfect picture. >> And Officer Wilson, who did you bring with you tonight? >> That's my wife, Courtney. >> Thank you for being here.
>> No problem. Thank you so much. Yeah. >> Yes. >> Thank you so much, guys. >> You're welcome. Excited to have the one at the range between the two. >> I'll I'll always tell Chief always wins.
>> I do it all. >> Dr. Sug, we have some recognitions this evening. We have a few tonight which I'm super excited about. Um, and the board, if the board would join me here up front, please, because we want to get an
official picture. I'm so excited to be able to recognize our board. They continue to u display excellence. um they received an exemplary governance award from the Indiana School Boards
Association and that is because of their work, their continued professional development uh with the organization to be the very best board that they can be for our community. So I did not want the opportunity go ahead to go um by and
unnoticed and want to make sure our community is aware of the work of our board. >> So I might just need to step back. Our board president hold their award. We'll put that on the wall.
Oh, hold on. Let's congratulate >> fact. I know where I'm going now. I got to say. And next, one of our favorite awards here every month is our Wayne Weey
Volunteer Award. Um, great schools don't happen without great communities, and great communities don't happen without great schools. Tonight, we're recognizing our May recipients of the Wayne Way Volunteer Award, which honors volunteers who go
above and beyond to support our students and schools. These are people who show up for our students, make our community stronger. Tonight we celebrate Betsy Spencer. Do you ignore me up front? Miss Spencer has been a champion for
Stfield Elementary students since the very beginning of our host program. And it's a mentoring program. In fact, she didn't just join the program, she helped create it. building a partnership between Rolls-Royce and Wayne Township that has transformed opportunities for
our students. Since that very first year, Betsy has mentored students consistently year after year. She's so committed that when we needed someone to step in as a substitute for our host pair professional, Betsy did it without hesitation. But Bessie's impact goes far
beyond mentoring. She has opened doors for our students that many didn't even know existed. She organized field trips to Purdue University and regular visits to the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Museum. As a matter of fact, she's taking a group of students this week,
Thursday, I believe, for that field trip. And that's where 50 students at a time get hands-on opportunities to explore engineering, aviation history, and the legacy of innovation right here in our very own community. She's connected Stoutfield to grants and
resources that fund STEM opportunities. She recruits other mentors and volunteers, bringing people into our schools who might never have gotten involved without her encouragement. Principal Tim Wickard, who nominated Betsy, said, "If you look close enough
at many of the things we offer to students, you will find that often behind the scenes, Betsy was involved in some way." Betsy is always thinking about Stoutfield and its students and staff, always trying to bring innovative
programs. We are so grateful for her constant desire to serve, to connect, and to make things better for students. Please join me in celebrating Betsy Spencer for her vision, her generosity, and her unwavering commitment to opening
doors for our students. Betsy, we want you to proudly display our Wayne Volunteer Award that commemorates all that you do for our community. All right, Miss Spencer, tell us what keeps you coming back. I love the
dedication that you have, the opportunities that the students have to be able to choose where and what they want to do either vocational or through the college university to be able to thrive and grow. and they are going to
be our leaders tomorrow and we have the opportunity to do that to prepare them for that opportunity. And in the host program every September the students that I the four students that I work with as well as the other what thousand
each week volunteers that you have it's just amazing. You think at the beginning it's going to be a difficult journey, but by December the light bulbs begin to come on and they're are so excited that they can be able to read, be able to
sound out the word, be able to write a short paragraph >> and I had um my four last Thursday or last Wednesday, I'm sorry, and they could read a paragraph and they could write a paragraph and it just made my
heart bubble. Because God bless you all here who are dedicated to ensuring that they have the subject to be able to graduate and to be able to go on and choose. They are our leaders tomorrow and we need to be
dedicated to them. Thank you. >> God bless you. >> Thank you. >> And I don't do this alone. So there are other please >> other people who are involved like there's 40 volunteers coming on Thursday
for our 50 students and we're so excited because we have a great program on Thursday for them and uh I'm hoping they're excited also. >> They are. Betsy can convince anybody that she wants. I know >> they're invited to come and see them in
action. Okay. >> Thank you. appreciate that. Um, we have our Indiana Career and Technical Education Awards for Excellence. Um, Dr. Walters, do you want to invite up our guest?
>> Yes, happily. And Dr. S, as you know, in in the spring, May, our students get very busy. So, our first award recipient is not able to be here, but Mr. Pratt and Mrs. Bridget, Miss Summer could come up and accept on Dr. C and tell us a little bit about it.
tell us all about it. So, um, each year the career tech the Indiana ACT sponsors the career technical awards for excellence and we're allowed to nominate one student in the state or from one student from our school um that was selected by the
state. So, I think about six kids um were selected to receive this honor this year. >> Unfortunately, Miley State, state of Indiana, >> Miley is early college pharmacy tech student, so she'll graduate with her associate degree. She's also a star band
student last performance of her high school career tonight. So, understandably, she chose that experience. >> She's a great kid and we told her that we'd be here tonight, bring that award back to her and honor her tomorrow. If I might ask, why was Miley Gomez TCO
um picked as the student for our representative? >> So, we um allow teachers first to select students who set out the criteria. Um and then we have a committee that will go through what names are. So, we're looking at um her achievements. So,
she's been a top 30 student at Ben Davis. Um she's been an ambassador for the program, student leader, um achievements, associate degree in high school. Um she's just been an outstanding student all around. And it really was a no-brainer um for the state
for sure. It was hard for us to pick which one of our students we were going to send in, but certainly no-brainer that she was selected by the state. >> That's amazing. Let's um salute her even though she's not here with us. Thank you. >> Next um the
state conference. >> Yeah, I know that gonna be here. So just come up. Okay. All right. Who do we have? I have several here. You're all
And this young man I see almost weekly because he's in so many activities. um if he's not singing and dancing and he's playing volleyball or we have four we have several students that we are
yes Nathan Villa um third place business law and ethics and international qualifier for a DECA state conference that's amazing >> and Paulina who is what is your position with DECA
>> so I'm a region five President President so elected DECA region five president and international qualifier. We're so proud of the vote of you. >> Did you bring anyone with you tonight? >> Yeah, it's my dad.
>> My dad. Thanks for coming. And tell us about Deco. What is it? What's it all about? >> It's all about business. So there's a large variety of competitions that students can choose depending on what they're interested in. So there's marketing, um there's law, there's
accounting, there's um fashion, automotive, there the possibilities are endless, right? So as students, you choose what you're most interested in and you compete in it and compete in districts and then if you pass there, you go to state and then the big goal is to go to nationals. So we
had a couple students go to nationals. It was a lot of fun. It was a week ago. Molina, you're a junior. >> Yeah, I'm a junior. >> Awesome. Nathan is a senior. Tell us what your plans are. >> After school, I'm headed to Columbia University to study political science.
>> Big deal. Big big deal. We want to get from to the center. Take a picture. >> Awesome. Thank you guys. instructor of Skills USA. The Camden and Company could come on up. >> You were coming in tonight and some of
us could see you out the window. We're like, "Who are the red coats?" Come on down. Come on down. Yeah. want you to tell us about the program. You can go on the other side because we're going to take a picture, too. Come on down. Tell us. Come on down.
Stay right here. Tell us about the program. >> Skills USA is an organization. It's a national organization where students can compete in their trade area as well as professional categories like prepared speech, um things like that. Um they also get the opportunity to become state
leaders and national leaders. This year we have a a person that's uh on the state um she represents area 31 Davis at the state level and we have a candidate for a national level representative too and they get to go to Capitol Hill and
talk to politicians about the importance of CTE. >> Wow. >> So this is our second ever candidate for the national >> this year. So pretty proud of that. >> That you should be. Anything else you want to add? I think we're taking what?
Nine to national. Eight. Wow. Wow. To nationals this year. So should be good times down in Atlanta. >> When does that happen? Summer. First week. >> Okay, great. >> We're missing the last week of school, >> but first week of June. >> Still working just in Atlanta.
>> Absolutely. >> Much luck. >> How many students do you have involved >> this year? 130 I think it was this year. So >> that's amazing. That's amazing. All right, students. We want to know your name, the year you are in school, and if
you're a senior, what's happening next for you? >> Um, my name is um I'm a junior. >> Awesome. Do you have you thought about plans? >> Yes. Um, I was going to think about going after school study neuroscience. I'm preacher.
>> Nice. Nice. A year from now, I'm gonna ask you about that. >> All right. Y >> my name is Alison Rodriguez. I'm a senior in high school and I'm planning to go to Dallas or Houston, Texas UTI and continue to work collision repair. >> Nice. >> Awesome. Awesome. Great.
>> My name is Jayen Flores. I'm a junior in high school. After high school, I plan to study software engineering in college. Really hard. >> Yeah. >> Great. Big plans, goals. I love that. Well, thank you for coming tonight. Who came with you tonight? Anyone? Parents,
friends, mom's here? Anyone else? >> I brought my dad with me. Mom, dad. Okay. I got confused. Sorry, Dad. You raised your hand the first time. All right. Well, we're ready for our
photo. I'm gonna give her awards to your f Let's congratulate them. And we have an amazing board meeting. Um, riveting agenda for the evening, but if you would like to spend some time
with your family, I know it's dinner time. You are welcome for the week. >> Thank you, Dr. S. >> Absolutely. >> Public comment. We have no public comments anymore.
>> Moving on to awareness meeting. >> We have a motion to approve the minutes as presented. >> Motion to approve. >> Have a motion and a second. Any comment or discussion? Hearing note of corrections April 13th,
right? Um, okay. Yeah, I see them. Sorry, I got Thank you. >> Very good. >> Any additional comment? >> Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> The minutes are approved. Thank you.
>> Moving on to the financial financial report. Dr. Samuel. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Move to the board. Included in your documents for tonight's meeting, you'll find the claims docket. total 30,993,79.11 for your review. A few items to note for
this month. As you can see, we have returned to our typical two payrolls being included from the ED ops and referendum fund. So that is what counts for the decrease month over month in those funds. Beyond that, I welcome any
questions that you have and respectfully ask for approval of the financial report as presented. >> I move for approval of our financial report as presented. Second. >> I have a motion and a second. Any comment or discussion regarding the claims die?
Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Thank you, Dr. Samuel. The financial report is approved. Moving on to new business and human resources. Mr. Fesler. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Members of the board received in board docs human
resource group reports A1, A2, A3, and addendums A1 and A2 for your review. Like to answer any questions you may have and respectfully ask for approval of human resource reports A1, A2, A3,
and addendums A1, and A2. I move for approval of our human resources reports as presented. Thank you. >> We have a motion to add a second regarding the human resources reports. Any comment or discussion
hearing? None. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Thank you, Mr. Pesler. The human resources reports are approved. Thank you, Mr. President. And then we move forward. I'd like to invite Mr. Douglas Bradbury to join um join Dr. Suggs in the front of the room, please.
Douglas Bradber began his education career in 1994 teaching science at Folton Junior High School. In 1997, Mr. Brad moved to Ben Davis High School where he taught chemistry and biology. He began working at Kerry Meridian High School in 2004 where he taught chemistry
and physics and was also the head varsity football coach. In 2012, he started working at Morrison Academy in Taiwan, where he served as a professional development coach, discipline dean, and high school principal until 2023. And since 2023,
Mr. Brad's been teaching honors science and honor biology at Lent 7th and 8th grade center. Mr. Brad served four years in the United States Navy from 1986 to 1990 where he engineered F14 advanced electrical systems and from 1990 to 1994
he fulfilled the role of staff sergeant in Indiana Army National Guard. In his education career, Doug has served on the Wayne renovation committee, school improvement planning teams, and discipline committees. He's attended multiple leadership conferences around the world. Mr. Rad holds a bachelor of
science degree in secondary education from Ball State University, a master of arts degree in educational psychology from Ball State, and earned his administrative license from the University of Indianapolis ILE program. Uh, please welcome Mr. Douglas Bradurn as the assistant principal of Ben Davis
University High School. >> Um, you know, as I've gotten to know uh Mr. Bradburn um particularly this school year because we've had the opportunity to do some professional development together. What I've come to know is that he is very
thoughtful, certainly dedicated to Wayne Township. It's a full circle moment. Correct. Um and an opportunity to put into practice all that he's learned since he's been away. And so we're excited about um the future and and the
work of Ben Davis University High School with this principal here, Miss Miller. We're so glad to see you. Um who'd you bring with you tonight? >> My wife, Missy. Hi. And my son, I think we have some friends that came
out to support. >> Tell tell that story. I think >> so. Dan and I have known each other for 30 plus years. uh my first year at Bolton Junior High, he was my para and so we became friends uh 1994 and have
been in contact and friends ever since. >> Yeah. So, it's nice to be back and and Wayne and uh with Dan and uh he's he's been one of my biggest advocates too and I just appreciate his >> I will say Doug made me a much better
teacher. uh being in his classroom every day uh was really really something and I appreciate him more than more than I can say. >> We have some goodies for you, some reading material here,
right to get you started as part of our administrative uh staff. >> We'll um take a quick picture. Awesome. And then um if you have a few words for the board, this is the appropriate time to do that. >> I just want to thank you for the opportunity. I really appreciate it. Uh
it's been uh nice to have the opportunity to come back to Bane. Uh when I was uh at Ben Davis, we we set one giant family a lot and having been around the world a little bit and then being able to come back to the United States and especially back to Wayne, I
still see the family environment. It's nice to be back. And the invitation goes to you as well. You're welcome to stay, but if you want to go and celebrate, that's also Thank you. So, >> thank you, Dr. S.
Moving on, we have some donations this evening. >> Yes, Mr. President, members of the board, Dr. Walters and I expect your consideration of the following donations. Uh we have $5,000 monetary donation from Clem to MSP of Wayne
Township for Science Summer Safari. We have a donation from Chick-fil-A cookie trays and tea valued at $180 to Wayne Township preschool. We have um complimentary cards for ice
cream at Freddy to Wayne Township preschool valued at $400. We have a donation from Guilds Tacos, food, chips, salsa, queso, and tamalei valued at $650 for Wayne Township Preschool. We have uh flowers from
Gillespie Flores valued at $100 to Wayne Township Preschool. Then at from Chapel Hill Lions Club, we have $125 donated used to purchase donuts at Chapelwood for teacher appreciation gifts. um from
gleaners, $800 in food pantry items to Chapelwood Elementary School. The Wayne Township Fire Department, $540 uh for fire detectors given to second grade students who did not have access
to those um at Chapel Elementary School. Also should a donation from Kai Kai Omega for weekend power pack meals valued at $1,200 and from ingredient $150 for food pantry items to chat.
Two monetary donations to support our JOTC program at Mandavis High School. one for $1,000 in combat veterans motorcycle association and one for $2,000 in the veterans of form or post 10003.
Dr. Pierce and I respectfully request approval of the donation for >> I recommend approval for the donations and present. >> Second. >> Outstanding. We have a motion and a second. I'll start off uh comment and discussion. Is Mr. Crosslin continuing
science on a safari or has that been passed on to a new teacher? >> That has been passed on to a new teacher. Yes. Miss Kempers have been helping lead that >> second. Any additional comment or discussion
hearing? None. All in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Donations are approved. Thank you, Dr. Pierce and Dr. Walters. Moving on to field trips. Mr. President, members of the board, just two field trips changing for you this evening. One you heard about just
earlier for our Skilled USA national competition. We respectfully request that they are able to travel to Atlanta, Georgia, coming up here June 1st through the 5th. And the other for our Benas High School speeches debate team May 22nd through the 24th to attend Grand
Catholic Nationals in Washington DC. Respectfully request for approval of our field trips. I recommend approval of the field trips as sused. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any comment or discussion? >> Hearing none. All in favor say I.
>> I post. >> Filters are approved. Thank you, Dr. Walters. >> Thank you. >> Moving on. We have a resolution authorizing administration regarding auditor certification. Dr. Samuel.
>> Before Dr. Samuel comes to us. I'd like to share uh with the board and with our community um just a little bit of information um to give context to why we're going to talk about this resolution. So um I'd like to provide
some as I said some context um by reflecting on our community support of past referendums. In 2015, we sought our first referendum, and our community overwhelmingly supported that effort. Again, in 2019, our community
demonstrated its continued trust and investment in our schools by supporting an additional referendum. At the end of 2022, we chose not to renew the first referendum because the district was in a stable financial position and we made a
commitment that we would not ask our community for more than what was necessary. As you know, our current referendum is set to expire in 2027. This evening, we are seeking the board's approval to obtain additional
information from the county auditor so that you have the data and projections necessary to make informed decisions regarding any future referendum considerations. And at this time, Dr. Samuels will present the specifics of the resolution for the board's
consideration. >> Thank you, Dr. Sugs and Mr. President. the board included in your package this evening and you will find a resolution authorizing administration regarding auditor certification. As Dr. SL mentioned, it is important to review
what this resolution is and what it is not. So to begin, this is not a vote to place a referendum on the ballot. This is a pro procedural authorization that allows us and our legal counsel to gather information with the auditor for the
following purposes. Number one, to determine the impact on taxpayers in the MSP Wayne Township boundaries. Number two, to understand technical requirements mandated by the state of Indiana. And number three, to gather information and data necessary to make an informed decision on behalf of our
school community. I'm happy to answer any questions that you have on this resolution and respectfully request approval of the resolution authorizing administration regarding auditor certain conclusion. I recommend adoption of the resolution
authorizing administration regarding the auditor certification. >> Second. >> We have a motion to a second. Do we have any comment or discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Thank you, Dr. Samuel. The
resolution authorizing administration regarding auditor certification is approved. >> You. And moving on to the resolution to approve sale of real real property. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh members of the board, also included in your
documents for this evening's meeting, you can find the resolution to approve sale of real property. This is an amendment to the original document granting me the ability to transfer ownership of our old transportation facility at 4201 West Morris Street. As
we discussed when board action was taken earlier in this process, we have met all legal requirements throughout the process and bring this item before you tonight to ensure the resolution outlines the exact entity that MSD Wayne will be transferring ownership to. In
this resolution, you can see that the property will be transferred to 4201 West Morris LLC, an affiliate of Spence Construction Coordination, who's submitted the winning bid. the property will still transfer to the company who won the bid and all statutory steps we
followed through the process continue to be valid. This is really a procedural item that will ensure a smooth closing operation. I'm happy to answer any questions that you have and humbly ask for approval for the resolution to
approve sale of z property. I move for >> I move for approval of the resolution to approve sale of real property. >> We have a motion and a second. Do we have any comment or discussion?
>> Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Thank you, Dr. Samuel. The resolution to approve sale of real property is approved. Moving on to board policies and second readings. Mr. Pesler. Thank you, Mr.
President. Members of the board, first policy for second reading tonight is school board policy D250, controlled substances, alcohol testing for CDL license holders and safety sensitivity. As a reminder, we move existing administrative guidelines back into
policy under the advice of our council who based on recent state police audits of other school corporations. This policy will include bus drivers, bus mechanics, transportation administrators, school police, maintenance positions, rails workers, some child nutrition employees, some
transition center employees. I can address any questions you may have and respectfully ask for approval revised policy D250. >> I move for approval approval of policy D250. >> Second. We have a motion and a second.
Any comment or discussion hearing? None. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Thank you, Mr. Pesler. Board policy D250 is approved. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Members of the board, you expected to hear a second
reading tonight. School board policy F225, purchasing procedures and capital assets. However, since our first reading, our legal council provided legislative updates to this policy that changed that that added a paragraph. So
therefore, I will bring a revised F225 back to our first reading at a future meeting. And since F225 incorporates current schoolboard policy F200, the bidding and quoting requirements, um it will not be revised tonight, I will not be asking for removal of F200 at this
time. So, as with the last policy, um, sorry, I just, uh, I haven't answered any questions you may have about this policy. >> Uh, no official action needed. Just tableabling it up for a later date. >> Yes, sir. >> Any comment or discussion, board?
>> Thank you, Mr. Fesler. >> We'll move on to the 2026 bonds. Dr. Samuel. >> Thank you again, Mr. President. Uh, members of the board, it is my pleasure to bring before you this evening paperwork for the approval of 2026 lease
financing. The 2026 lease financing is part of the $90 million that the board authorized in the summer of 2023. These dollars will cover expenses in our operations department, transportation department, and other projects around the district, many of which you've
approved over the last few board meetings. The issuance is part of our larger strategy to continue balancing our debt rate and dollars generated in our operations fund. These are the funds um again for many of the projects around
the district and we recently approved. I would also note a few other items. This sale will have two components for approximately $21 million. And as noted above, is part of our work to reduce our debt rate in the amount that we are borrowing annually in order to maintain
the over 2 million square ft of facilities in our district. I would also note that our debt rate decreased from $1 in 2025 to 85 cents in 2026. Additionally, it's always important to note that these dollars must be spent on
capital items to maintain our facilities and cannot be spent on salaries for ongoing expenses. As you know uh from previous bonds, the approval has multiple sections. Tonight, there are two items that will need board action. I'll provide a quick rundown of
each of the items for your approval and would begin with exhibit A. That is the resolution improving sorry approving the building corporation. As you may recall, lease financing in Indiana by state
statute has to work through what is called the building corporation. So this resolution has seven sections. Uh section one reapproves the building corporation into existence. Section two um notes and reapproves the
bylaws and articles of incorporation of that building corporation. Section three indicates that leasing school facilities to the building corporation is a proper public purpose. Section four names the issuance as you
can see in your materials that is the series 2026 bonds. Section five agrees that once paid off, the district will accept the title of the school facilities back from the building corporation. Section six approves the directors of
the building corporation. And finally, section seven says that building corporation may issue, sell, and deliver the 2026 bond. I welcome any questions that you have and respectfully ask for approval of the resolution approving the
building corporation exhibit A. >> Make a motion to approve the um building corporation exhibit A. >> Second. >> We have a motion to a second. Any comment or discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I.
>> I. Any opposed? >> Thank you Dr. Samuel. Exhibit A is approved. >> Thank you, Mr. President and members of the board. The next item is the exhibit B resolution approving the 17th supplement, the master continuing disclosure undertaking. As always, one
of the uh I think slightly comical pieces of legal ease that we bring to you as we issue new debt. As it says, this is the 17th update to what was the master continuing disclosure undertaking.
um it notes various things but um I think chief among them that we will conduct our annual gap report generally accept the accounting practices as our audit with with Bayer Tilly. So we are just slightly below 15,000 students but
but we'll continue that practice um due to the advantages it provides and obviously the stipulation here in this document. It also adds that the latest bond issuance, sorry, it adds the latest bond issuance in gateway, the Indiana system
and EMA, the electronic municipal market access for investors to view in section three notes that this is a supplement to the originalization issuance. If you look to uh below the actual resolution, you will see an
outline of all of our current debt just as you would see in gateway with the exception of these 2026 bonds which have not been sold yet. I welcome any questions that you have and respectfully ask for approval of the 17th supplement
the master continuing disclosure undertaking exhibit B. >> I move for approval of exhibit B. >> Second. We have a motion and a second. Any comment or discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I.
>> Any opposed? >> Thank you, Dr. Samuel. Exhibit D is approved. >> Thank you. >> Moving on to the guaranteed energy savings recommendation. Dr. Samuel. >> Thank you again, Mr. President. And then
I'd like to welcome up Christy Boils from Strataline. Um, last week you got to meet Bob McKenna or sorry, probably not meet for most of you. You got to hear from Bob McKenna. Bob's daughter is competing in the city track meet this evening. And so
we are in the capable hands of Chris who's also very familiar with our energy savings work in Wayne Township as a part of Strataline working directly with Mr. McKini. this similar to last week if I can get
to present here on that maybe it'll be a little bit of a dual effort and uh but for now I'm going to pass it over to Chris to talk through where we are at see if I can get there we go
presentation mode has arrived Chris you can take it over here yeah thank you Dr. Thank you board. Are you saying the same thing? >> Chris Boils, director of refugee services at Stratawine >> and not a parent of one of our >> not not a although I do have a
13-year-old son and I would be one heck of a proud parent if he was standing up here tonight. So those kids were pretty pretty great. >> Um yeah, so to so tonight we're going to briefly cover some of these things. So this is a costbenefit analysis of the work that's been done so far and all of
the phases and then the that that's been identified in Wayne's energy master plan and then we'll move on to an RFP overview of the recommendation for the next phase of this energy master plan and then stratal lines recommendation of
that RFP. How small is that? Yeah, you guys turn around see some of those. Um and so I'm going to briefly just point out uh highlight a few things here. This cursor >> Yeah. Great. Um so what this is is the
the six phases that have been done so far as part of this energy master plan. The what's important to note here is the total cost of all those phases is $50 million. The scheduled savings for this that we have estimated is just shy of
100 million and so it'll be twice as much. um the couple the but up here you'll see energy savings to date and of course there isn't one here yet for um this one it's less than one year of data so we don't have the information in here
yet but phase one Ben Davis High School the uh solar generators that was put out there that's about I think that was in fall of 2018 somewhere right around there so we're looking at about seven and a half years of data yeah um it it
is 5.3 million to date. So actually if we were to pull today's numbers it probably right at cost and then the operational savings and then that all and then the incentives are what came with the IRA. So that was
the additional tax incentives that we got with the IRA. I think that was unexpected and when starting phase one so that was an additional 2 million and then total up the total benefits here. This this column here this percentage of uh model savings. What's
important about this is when we go through these feasibilities and we do these energy master plans and we put these projects together we give you a projected savings of what these projects will save you. This shows that it has outpaced those savings. There's there's a couple contributing factors in that. I'm not going to get into the weeds, but
the major one being utility cost inflation. And so they it's it's outpaced it just slightly and not enough data on phase five and phase six. And then this trailing 12 months, what this is is over the last 12 months. So over
the last year, what this what these different phases have saved and then total to just shy of 2.3 million. Chris, if I could, I think that that early 12 months is obviously when we think about our operations fund and the
stress that is on that due to circuit breaker and some other factors. You know, another way to think about that $2.3 million is money that can can go right back into our classrooms. That is money that we didn't spend on
electricity um that that we are now able to reinvest. So, uh, when it when it's dialed into a trailing 12-month figure where we know exactly what over the last year, that impact is, I think it's a little bit easier to digest and think
about how that benefits our students today. Of course, the other data um holistically on the savings I think paints a really nice picture regarding the investment and and the payoff and those those percentages on the modeled
savings are obviously testament to that as well. I would also just clarify on that calculation part of the guaranteed energy savings statute is tying back to the base year. So the year before this work occurred
and then we're we're extrapolating out what our what was this year's usage and the cost of energy this year versus that that year's usage and and the cost of energy that year. So um you know again I think the results are are really
encouraging. Of course uh as Chris mentioned the BDU chiller I think I think we finally got it commissioned here. Maybe maybe we're we're about to launch that and flip the switch officially there. So, um lots of great things occurring. I would pause here if there are questions.
>> What's the difference with scheduled savings and just our actual total benefit today? What do you mean by scheduled savings? Fairly simple. >> So, so scheduled savings would have been at the beginning of the energy master plan. What was what we projected the savings for over the uh 20 years?
>> Okay. and the vendor then is is contractually obligated to those savings based on the guaranteed interest statute. >> Thank you. >> Thank you for that question, >> Chris. Are each of these phases modeled
for a similar ROI or a break point? >> Uh they they vary. They um each one of them do vary. So when going over these these plans with the district, um obviously there's a lot of contributing factors on what we identified as you go into a phase, whether it's aging
infrastructure, if it's ROI, if it's a specific savings or um relief to operational fund that you're trying to hit. Uh it's kind of a whole menu that we put together and then pick that apart based on what makes makes most economical sense and what needs to be
done and what's just part of that that plan. Thank you. >> What does ROI mean? >> Return on investments. >> Thank you. Okay. >> And a good example here would be this.
This phase one has a return on investment of now we can say seven and a half years, eight years because the pro is on the paper that it did say that based on the benchmark here >> essentially how long would it take for it to save money to pay for the cost of
>> yeah so seven years was the estimated >> and that's it's everything from kind of today on that project is is over that initial threshold. right back to what we do that that 902 for this trailing 12
months that's the additional money every year that will then go back into the district after it's now been paid for that really helps answer the question that I asked last time thank you >> what's that yeah I'll take this one So with it, this is a this is just a a
graph representation of what's going on at Bandavas High School. Um I won't get too into them when we've done this, but I'm happy to answer any questions. There's two different graphs here. One is your demand measured in KW and the other one's your build amount measured in KW. What's important to get out of
this is that once this project went online, every year it reduced. And so over over from 20 from next year in 2017 to now, you can see that it it continued to go down. And then that's represented
in that table down there below. Um demand is so there's there's multiple ways to be charged as a district or as a facility depending on your utility rate error. Um what tends to happen with uh when when putting solar on on the grid
is you you do offset the chart on the right the kilowatt hours but not necessarily the demand but so the coupling of the solar and the generators kind of fixed both of those problems and reduced it over time so that now it's next to nothing
down to 5 million I'm sorry 5 million kW and 25 is what it was murdered 50% reduction. >> If you could just talk a little bit how that demand the generators impact the demand graph of that. >> Yeah. So the way the way demand works is
the utility company measures um interval data. So they want to know how much power you're pulling at an instantaneous time and that's how they can manage their grid. So you get penalized for for pulling a lot of power at one time. And so if there's um you got major
mechanical equipment kicking on at one time, if there's just just a high load, people coming and turning all the lights on, for example, that is when you hit that peak demand. And so by putting these generators in, we're able to time them, control them so that they continuing to shave that demand and
reduce that ratchet over time. This is part of the reason why it kind of goes down. can only you can only reduce the ratchet so much every year by utility standards or utilities um allowance and so it kind of steps down over years and that's what those generators are doing
that kind of >> has have we looked into a costbenefit analysis of our our thermal usage for natural gas to run the generators >> and then also could you explain to the board a little bit about the size of the
solar array and its design function and its intended output uh being used in unison with with the generator. >> Yeah, if it's appropriate and if if the board doesn't mind um Kurt Snder here with Bar who was part of the development of that project and has a little bit
more detail on what actually happened on that project. Um that's appropriate or >> Yeah, thanks a lot. um you were here last time. So the the gas generator uses about 27% usage down
there a year. Um and one of the most important thing is uh therm cost at the district is 17 the cost of electricity which is a major piece. So really uh one of the most important things and one of the benefits that uh Brandon was part of
over geez how many years eight nine years ago? >> Been a while. Yeah. Right. When you all actually dr a ball was the most important thing is you use the sun when we have the sun. So
example let's just say it's 3,000 and the basically the the solar array can produce let's say 2300. Okay. But the sun's not all on all the time. It's not always efficient. So basically it's a balance very truthfully. And the when the sun's
there, it uses the sun versus the natural gas generator. So the natural gas generator is only worth about a quarter of the time or as we say 25% of the northern period of time. So it's a balance and it's measured. So when the sun's there, example, in the winter time, we don't use the generator very
much at all. And by the way, your therm cost that you just negotiated is back to about 35 cents in the summertime when you got your highest usage for gas because the summer time is when you use air conditioning and winter time actually 43 or 44. So the benefit is in
the winter time or actually you believe not using the sun and modulating. So as you saw in the payback the most important thing is um after six seven years it's actually paid for itself and that's really the guarantee is it's a zero uh basically risk to the actual
board long term but what's happened to your piece is the cost of energyy's gone $1120 fulltime to $28.30 which is 154% increase that is a killer. So if you didn't do that project with
congratulations to the board administration for taking this idea and going off with it your cost would have been well it would have been think of this $33,000 for the year times $28 is close to almost a million versus a cost
now that's probably again 15,000 about 400,000. So I hope that answers kind of your question. I I think quickly to summarize to the bar serving as the guaranteed energy savings contractor during that it is part of
their job to continue to monitor and verify those those savings and that everything that was put in is doing what it does contractually by state statute. they have to do that and so that that's part of their involvement and we stick with that and we benchmark a lot of these things and this is the how we're
able to pull this data in. Um Kurt I I don't want to pry here but really more pointedly my question was what is what's the megawatt or kilowatt output of the solar array designed to be and the the reason I asked quite quite
frankly um we're catching a little bit of uh heat from uh you know as the weather gets nice people explore our properties more. Um we're starting to catch a little bit of heat. People wanting to know why those generators are running uh when it's uh bright and and
and sunny outside. Okay. The answer to the question is the usage in the building is increasing because that makes being used. Okay. So again, we don't control the actual building load. So the more usage you have in the building, it's set to a,000. Okay.
That's what it was 3600 when we started. So right now the generator are basically leveled at 1,000. So if anytime the building okay gets over a,000 and the solar is not producing a th00and KW okay
then you're going to run the generator. So again it has to do with building usage as well >> and it's also that gate between and KW and so the solar is gener producing electricity at KWH and offset
under KWH they're monitoring what that instantaneous power is as well and if they see that need for that generator to be running to continue to lower that AW it's just as impactful by >> understood. I will say too, one of the things that
we have seen in the data over the last two years is we ripped off the front of that building. And so the overall deficiency of that space definitely was it was behaving a little bit differently than than it was prior to that. Now that we're all burned up, we can kind of get
back on a little different. Of course, there's more space, but but it's now buttoned up and sealed up and it's for for a great stretch also. >> Thank you all. >> Yeah. So this this is just a just quickly summarizes and highlights what happened
in these phases and the figure that it did have. Um it was also listed on a previous slide but anybody had any questions on the previous. So the next the next step of this is to talk about what that next phase looks
like as part of this energy master plan. So the need that we've identified straddling working with the district and working with the facilities team and being in all the schools is that there is a lot of aging mechanical infrastructure done a phenomenal job to date keeping up with that. This is going
to be a neverending thing. It's just they know as soon as you get something replaced in another building it's time to replace that. So um and and then also energy related capital improvements that we can help identify to continue to fix this um you know the utility costs are
never going to stop going up and so maintaining that on uh is is very important. So, we went through and developed this RF working closely with the district and your guys' attorney and to identify these needs through the facilities conditions assessment and
then our desire is to continue to proactively maintain all of these assets. Um, with that mindset of, you know, continuing utility cost. So, what this what this chart shows right here is it's called do nothing cost of doing nothing chart. And so where you're at
right now is your utility cost is that blue line. And this is this is using data directly from not not every utility gets above, but AES did give up their commercial utility cost forecasting. So we do have a really good idea of what it's going to do over the next 10 years.
So this of what you're using and then it's increase over the next 10 years um or over the next decade. the um and then so the year one savings um this is doing these ECM investments and this is just a base case. So as you had mentioned you
know which one you do you go for the quick ROI or do you go for the largest um energy user or whatever aging just needs to be done right away. This is just kind of taking an average of all those in a base taste and benchmarking it. This is what we would estimate the
savings to be. Over 10 years that totals to 16 million questions on this uh slide here. So the part of this energy master plan is put together for this next phase is chillers and these are the schools that are identified that will be in the
premium chillers. the first two and ch are are bolded because those those are the oldest and those are reaching the end of their useful life. Um then then there's retrocommissioning, alternative energy, infrastructure improvements, and preventative maintenance all
districtwide. And so taking a holistic approach at what's needed across the district to identify what is best to move forward with. And then this this is a this is a picture of some micro turbons um at Ben Franklin Middle School. They'll be
evaluated as part of this uh this next phase. If if they make sense at um at a school the just I'm not going to get in the weeds with micro turbines, but they use they use gas to spin a turbine create electricity and if there's use
for the um excess heat as a byproduct, it becomes a really good um really good capital investment for energy savings. Obviously what ends up happening here then is it's this balance of what do we have on bond capacity to afford some of
these projects over the next time horizon and and knowing that those chillers are obviously priority number one. So I'm just working our way backwards through that then with the recommendations the RFP and I skipped ahead. So sorry if anybody
had any questions on the previous slide. I'm happy to go back once I figure out how to um but so so then we conclude with our recommendation and our recommendation is to select Bergy as the guaranteed energy the guaranteed energy
savings contractor um they do check every box that you have to go through as we put these things together. So um closer I would I would also note uh in this instance their regime was our only
respondent for the guaranteed energy savings plan uh that we are considering today. So that was I think what what Chris said is true that they put a very strong proposal forward but is also true and just as compelling that they were
they were the only option we had to consider as well. With that I would offer any additional questions for Chris and then I'll sit back down and we will kind of reconvene and I will bring a formal recommendation to the board for consideration.
>> Thank you board. Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Everyone, >> but thank you members of the board for your thoughtful questions and um in consideration just kind of review of the energy savings work that we've done here
in Wayne. With that, um, it is my pleasure to bring for you the recommendation this evening that we proceed with Very as our selection for the guaranteed energy savings plan. It's request this evening.
>> I'm for approval of vercotion and a second. Any comment or discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? And recommendation for Var as our guaranteed energy savings contractor is
approved. Thank you, Dr. Sam. Thank you. >> Good picture. Thank you. >> Moving on to school board days provision. >> Awesome. uh board as you know you uh vote on the regular board meeting
schedule a year ahead of time and we have found um that conference that we attend annually the ISBA IAPSS conference falls on October 5th though I will say this has not been and I mean
this is a problem that we've talked about in the past and that date uh we have a board meeting that evening um it it is a pretty long day um through the conference and and our board meeting is scheduled after
that. So we have two options. Um we can continue uh and leave that board date as is. It is the only board meeting in the month of October because of our two week break that falls during that time. Or number two, we can move the October 5th
date to October 12th. Um that is the first week of our fall break. Um but that is also another option. What is the pleasure of the board? >> I don't know that I be here for the
12th. I'm running the Chicago Marathon the day before on the 11th and I'm not sure that I in town in front of Wait. I mean I can definitely try to make it. You can zoom in too.
>> I believe that may be my fall break. If so, I will not be available. >> Yeah, >> it is a long day. We've done it before though. >> Yeah, we've done it before. It is long day. But sounds like
Mr. president. There's a prepoundonderance of the day the same. >> Uh so I don't lose track of voice, let's do a show of hands to keep it on the fifth. >> Okay.
All in favor of keeping the meeting on October 5th, say I. >> I. Any opposed? might go two marathons that week on any one of them. That's right. >> That's right.
>> Uh moving on to 2027 board meetings and working sessions. >> Yes. And so it is that time of year where we um take a look at board meetings including regular board and working sessions um for the 2027
year. And so these dates reflect uh approximately the the same time that we have them annually. I do see that in October. It looks a little later. take a look to see if our
fall grade falls later is a possibility. >> Mr. Tesler, do you know that by far? >> No. No. >> It's the first week of fall break. October 11th. October 11th is the first week of fall break. Um, we do not know when the conference is going to occur.
You'll find that out till later. We can adjust. >> We can adjust. We absolutely can. And so tonight, what I would ask um is for approval of both regular board meetings
and working sessions as presented. >> I recommend approval of our board meeting. Second. >> Have a motion and a second. Any comment for discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I.
>> I. Any oppose? The 2027 board meetings and working sessions are open. >> You >> Thank you. >> Dr. Suggs, do you have any board information? >> Do I have a few things? May is a busy
busy busy time for us. We have an enrollment event that is coming up uh the week of May 18th. Uh Dr. Harvey Harvey and his team um have put that together. We are marketing that as a time for kindergarten parents um to come
and bring their kiddos and get registered. But the fact of the matter is it is open for any registrations um for the 26 27th school year. Um enrollment will end on June 4th of this
school year which is the last day of our school year uh this year. So, um, if we encourage families to come, we'll be at Grand Hall those hours, Dr. Harvey. >> 7 a.m. to 6. >> Yeah. 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Hoping to
catch parents before work, after work, and in between. Okay. Also, I'd like the board to make note that as a U provision in our teachers um agreement, it says
that if there is a snow day available that we have not yet used, then the day before Memorial Day would be used as a snow day. So, that did happen. Um, and some of you are probably
thinking, how when we know kids were out 3 days, >> are we sure we're not going to get any more stuff? >> Yeah, hope not. >> Um, and so we applied for waiver days that were approved and they approved two. So that put two days back on our
books. And so, um, May 22nd is a no school day for students and designated staff. And I say designated staff um which includes teachers and those in the schoolhouse usually um because 12 month
staff on a snow day are not on. So um those staff are welcome to use a um personal >> yeah uh um vacation day um if they want to take that day off. But school will be closed on May 22nd. We have shared that
through parent square with parents and we'll do that again. Um canvas. So that's really been a big topic on national news. Um it's important to know that we use Canvas as our platform for our secondary schools
and for our virtual school. Um very glad to note that our um IT department was very quick in responding and making sure that our data had not been tampered with. They've been monitoring it 247. We
took some precautionary measures including um having all staff reset their passwords and forcing that if they don't reset it, it's going to shut down. So we want to make sure people are protected. We're watching the systems that feed that Canvas feeds into like
Skyward as an example and not doing automatic um uploads, but we will do those as students move through um the finals. We need to get grades in. Um we did get um some good news tonight. Uh
the investigation is still going on. um canvas executives feel like they have come to a resolution but they will give more instruction here in the very near future. Dr. Har would you like to share anything else? >> No at this point they have indicated
that they've settled and so but we'll wait until we are comfortable with the decision before. >> Absolutely. And then um we will have Dr. Samuel and
I produce an SDA1 update video um that we promised um to both staff and community to share how we have generated savings over an 18-month period leading
into the 26 27th school year. uh for example, we uh talk about the total of 108 staff positions that we've reduced over that time. And so I think it's very very important for our staff
and our community to be aware of those measures we're taking um in terms of cost-saving measures. So that video will go out on Friday. Um and we'll make sure it is available on our website where
um retirement celebration is May 26. That's right after the holiday. Lots of celebrations occurring across the district. Uh Mr. Kesler, how many retirements? >> 43 total. 20 certified and 13 plus.
>> We typically have 20 25 retirements. So that is a really large class retirements. So I'm uh looking forward to that retirement celebration for them. And then finally tonight, May is a busy
month for birthdays. Um this Janine Templeman uh the 14th of this month, Dr. Tony Harvey on the 19th, and our very own Mr. Brandy Baldman, president on the 26. And so, as is our tradition, we're
gonna sing happy birthday. And if you want, when we get to the name part, we can say friends, >> happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear friend.
Happy birthday to you. >> Congratulations. And that will be all, Mr. President. >> Thank you board. I have a card addressed to us. Says, I just wanted to take a moment to thank each of you for the support
in naming me the next principal at Chapelwood. I'm so excited to start this next chapter. Thank you and all of the best to each of you. Angela Brown. Nice note from Angela Brown regarding her selection as the next principal. Uh any
additional board information or comment? We have a motion to adjourn. I'll make a motion to the meeting. >> Second. >> Motion and a second. All in favor say I. >> I. >> And we are adjourned.