The July 13, 20126 MSD of Wayne Township Board of Education and regular board meeting is called to 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. >> Hard roll. >> Absolutely. Brandon Goldman >> present. >> Michael, Graham, >> presfield, I'm here. And I'm Sher March.
We are all present. >> Thank you so much. report. You've been provided with a copy of the agenda for tonight's meeting. We have a motion to adopt the agenda presented. >> Motion that we adopt the agenda as presented.
>> Have a motion and a second. Any comments or discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. Agenda is approved. Thank you, board. Moving on to recognition this evening.
Dr. sucks. >> Best part of the board meeting though board meeting is fun. >> This certainly is the best part. Great schools don't happen without great communities and great communities don't
happen without great schools. Tonight, I'm excited to recognize our July recipients of the Wayne Weey Volunteer Award, which honors volunteers who go above and beyond to support our students and school. It's my pleasure to
introduce our honores, Richie and Sandy. said you'll join me on. So since 1981, Richie and Sandy Hicks have embodied we are Wayne. For more than 45 years, they have volunteered as PTO leaders, volunteer coaches, and basketball program directors. As their
daughters, Heather and Holly, made their way through Wayne Township School. They never stopped. Richie served as a partner with the district's HAC at host programs, opening doors and creating opportunities for students. And Sandy, working as an attendance secretary at
Garden City Elementary and Chapel Glenn Elementary, donated countless hours outside her working hours to support students and staff. Richie has chaperon Mlen students on field trips whoa to Chicago Jameson camp the Indianapolis
Zoo in the children's museum of Indianapolis. Now that they're retired, Richie and Sandy are committed to serving first graders each week at Mlullen Elementary. They provide a consistent and positive grandparent experience for our Bears. They show up
every Friday and our students know they can count on them. their daughter, teacher Heather and Peacock, also here with us tonight, nominated them and shared, "When former students check in with me, their first question is," Mrs. Peacock, where your mom and dad,
followed by, "Are they still coming to help us on Fridays?" >> Thank you to Richie and Sandy for showing up, for caring, and making Wayne Township Schools a better place. Please join me in celebrating Richie and Sandy Hicks for 45 years of service.
>> We have this plaque to memorialize your recognition. So tell us tell us why you continue to do this. You have kids. We only have >> What's the best thing where you say
something? >> No. >> Is it the field trips? Is it the Fridays that you know the kids are expecting you? Is it what what's the what's the part that keep you going? Did you say 1981?
>> Yeah. >> So, so we we just can't say how much we appreciate our children. Thank you for your service. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Heather. Welcome. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, at this time we suspend our our regular meeting and open a public hearing. The next item on the agenda is for the board to hold an additional
appropriation hearing on the proposed bond proceeds. Notice of this additional appropriation hearing was published and lengthy required. We'll now open the public hearing. We ask that you state your name and address, limit your comments to the proposed additional
appropriation of bond proceeds, keep any comments to three minutes, and avoid being repetitive if possible. Is anyone interested in speaking? We will now close the hearing and reopen the regular meeting.
>> We do have a couple action items. >> Apologize. >> I just want to make sure we're we're moving the next agenda ite. >> Okay. >> But thank you, Mr. President. Um this is a little bit unique. It is the final component of our capital project funding
for this year. Um in previous years you may recall that we have sold two different series of bonds in 2025A and then in the fall 2025B. Uh in essence this is the B portion of that. As you you probably remember we've
already taken action and sold the large portion of the fun. So when we think about this issuance is in the form of a general obligation bond which is different than a first mortgage bond. Thinking back to our kind of long-term
planning, you may remember the authorization that we worked through last summer for um $150 million that we talked about beginning in 2027 and funding $15 million annually for 10
years. So, we haven't tapped into that money yet. We had utilized all of the previous authorizations from 2023 and we still had a small gap in our plan for this year of 3.6 million. So, this is
covering um covering that gap, but it is in essence going to function very similar. There's just a little bit different paperwork um that will will be applied here today with exhibit A, exhibit B into the moment. Just like first mortgage bonds, we need
to pay these general obligation bonds back. The one distinct difference is we're going to pay them back in a quicker manner. Happy to answer any questions on that side of it and and uh go through that before we tackle exhibit A.
No questions. First, we'd like to focus on exhibit A, the additional appropriation resolution. This resolution is the significantly shorter of the two, and it really just approves the bond proceeds to be spent on project costs. So,
in order to appropriate these bond proceeds, we don't have to go through the Department of Low government finance, but but obviously the need for board's approval in order to spend these funds. So, exhibit A is um really
completely focused on our ability to spend these funds and they answer any questions that you have. Ask for approval of the additional exhibit A. >> I move that we adopt the additional appropriation resolution.
>> Have a motion to add a second for exhibit A. Adopting of the additional appropriation resolution. We have any comment or discussion hearing? None. All in favor say I. >> Thank you, Dr. Samuel. Exhibit A, the
additional appropriation resolution is approved. Thank you. Now, let's take a look at exhibit B, the final bond resolution. The final bond resolution establishes things like the maximum term of
repayment, maximum interest rate. um all the details of the bond. When we are typically doing a first mortgage fund, a lot of these are going to be broken down into different different documents. One of those being the uh supplements to the
master undertaking. Remember that from this would be the 18th one. It is embedded in this 18 pages of exhibit B instead of being a standalone document when we do general obligation bond. All the other requirements that we file
these in gateway that we are kindly notifying Emma of of these bonds are all contained in exhibit B whereas they would have been contained in different documents along the process that first one
again I'm happy to answer any questions that you have and respectfully ask for approval of exhibit B final bond >> move for approval of exhibit B final bond resolution. >> Second. Have a motion and a second for
exhibit B, the final bond resolution. Do we have any comment or discussion? >> Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> Thank you, Dr. Samuel. Exhibit B, the final bond resolution is approved. >> Thank you,
>> Dr. Suggs. We have anyone sign up for public comment this evening? >> We do not have any Thank you board. You've been provided with a copy of minutes from previous board meetings for June 2026. You have a motion to approve the minutes
as presented. >> Approve minutes from June June 22nd, 2026 as a motion and a second. Any comment or discussion? If we date, make sure we add in June 1st as well.
noted June 1st and June 22nd minutes have been presented. Any additional comment or discussion hearing? None. All in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Sir approved. Thank you. Board.
Moving on to the financial report. Dr. Samuel. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Member of the board. Also including your documents for tonight's meeting. You will find the claims docket totaling 55,481,2486 review. Few items to note this month.
Most glaringly you can see that we made our byanual debt payments. Um that is that is the large driver of the increase there. Uh that $21 million. We make those payments in June and December and um got those payments out the door as as
scheduled before we went on shut down. It's always a stressful moment, but we triple check with everybody in the business office. Have these gone out before I leave? Yes, they have. Good. I can go. >> The other thing is just the timing of our meeting. If you remember in uh in
June we talked about how we'd only captured one payroll because that that meeting was June 1st which gave us I think three weeks three and a half weeks between meetings. Then we went June 1st all the way now to July 13. So we've
captured three payrolls. So that's why you see those increases in operations education and referendum. As always, I welcome any questions that you have and respectfully ask for approval of the financial report as
>> we have a motion and a second. Any comment or discussion regarding the July 13, 2026 financial doc? >> I just want to say it's the clearest, most beautiful looking uh one I've seen so far. It showed up so clear. Uh thank you very much. The first thing I noticed
I was like, "Oh, I can read this without >> There is a weird thing with the Adobe documents that sometimes if you don't download them and then keep working on that. >> Any additional comment or discussion hearing?" None. All in favor say I. I.
Any opposed? And Dr. Samuel, the financial report is approved. Moving into old goodness, we have a big recommendation for sports apparel. Dr. Sang. >> Thank you again, Mr. President. Uh members of the board, included in your documents this evening, you will see the
recommendation for sports apparel. U just a little bit of background. Why this is coming before you is it's it's something that in the past would have occurred and a decision would have been made likely absent of the board's
action. So, what what's occurring here is as as inflation creeps up, we and we start to look for multi-year agreements, we reach what is the $150,000 threshold services, which then requires a formal
process request for proposals and then once that is initiated, then we do need the board to action to approve the choice that uh or the recommendation I should say that that is brought before you. So, Mr. professes, you know, recently took us through a lot of papers
of re-uping and and expanding that board policy. When I get crazy, it's all it's all contained in there why while we're taking action on. But with that being said, um, as it as it notes, this is for sports apparel and
equipment. It will connect our athlete vendor for those needs. So that's 7 through 12 and lock in some incentives that will benefit our students in our facilities. Uh over that time frame on June 26, proposals were received via
email for the purpose of providing sports apparel to the district. Two proposals were received public in response I should say to the published RFP. The scores assigned by the review team can be found on page two of your documents for this evening. And based on
those tabulations from the scoring, D1 sports was the higher scorer for the submitted proposals. I welcome any questions that you have and humbly ask for approval of the recommendation for D1 football, basketball, tennot
to approve of the sports par. We have a motion and a second. Any comment or discussion? >> Sorry, you said are there any questions on the president? I'm sorry about that. >> Um, so that does include all the sports.
>> Do any do our students um contribute any money towards sports apparel? >> Absolutely. Okay. I wish it was lucrative enough to uh to cover all the all the need, but yeah, there's usually a team pack. You can certainly jump in. But with each
sport that that students are buying, sometimes that includes uniform most shoe, you know, depending on what what the discipline is. Those shoes for swimming, but it could be. >> Okay.
>> Yeah, absolutely. Question. >> Um, oh, I'm sorry. Does this also include And I'm trying to remember. I thought as thinking back as a parent that when we did kind of the fundraising this BSN was kind of who we used when I
was buying shirts and all the things as the parent those extra things is that who we've used in the past. >> That's accurate. BSN was the other u other entity who submitted for this proposal. So this does represent a shift. >> Okay. >> Um and it will I think represent a shift
from Nike to Adidas. I thought I remember BS and Luna where the kids place for you were hit right on what I was done mentioning that is to assist in those costs because you know parents do a lot of fundraising
and they start that early so that you know every job but this is not for ban There's not there's not a financial total right now. We just know that through the use will be over 150. But that will be dependent on what's actually purchased, how much money's
raised, all that other stuff. >> Yeah, those team packs, how many athletes there are, but also uniform replacement, it really has a pretty good idea of, you know, what that cycle is and what those costs will be and you know, so when we go out, I think our
middle schools are kind of right ready to hit hit a little bit of refresh. And so that's one of the benefits of of trying to get out at that time. So um the technical proposal and then the
cost. So mostly the cost proposal per Indiana code has be kind of the main component of that. So the submissions from each of these entities contain what those
incentives look like things like whether or not shipping and handling is charged to us or not charged to us. And so all of those things then kind of go into the review team making a
decision and making a a ranking for for each of those entities then that answer of your question. First I looked at that thought more
expensive on those are >> it is a little bit of a foreign process because whenever we do these I have to have a short meeting and walk everybody through what what they're doing and how you know >> who the evaluator the evaluators um >> so it would been our athletic director
high school principal assistant athletic director and Any additional comment or discussion? >> Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Thank you, Dr. Samuel. The bid recommendation for sports apparel is
approved. Thank you. >> Moving on, we have another bid recommendation for bus equipment. Dr. Thank you, Mr. President. Members of the board, another document for you this evening is the recommendation for bus equipment. Just like our last
recommendation, a little bit of nuance. It's that $150,000 threshold that that brings this before you. This one does have uh and it says some equipment. So we'll talk through what that is here over the next few minutes, but
specifically it's the tablets that run our GPS software that is on each of our buses. So that is we have sub bus driver for instance that can pull up that route. It's going to provide real time
data for those turns and where they're at on the road. It is also what powers here comes the bus app for our fans. I think that's the biggest component of of what we provide there. So, um we do
monthly budget meetings with transportation. One of the recurring high cost budget items is our GPS contract. So, with tablets coming up again, we we went up to market, we were able to reduce our monthly cost on GPS
by about $2,000. So saving about $24,000 a year with this this uh contract that we would bring before you or proposal that we bring before you. But of course it does involve also purchase of some equipment, those new tablets, old ones
had hit whatever generation they were, they were no longer supported. So we were faced with that regardless and were able to generate a little bit of savings along with that. One other thing that we we did to reduce the number of tablets is
previously we had a tablet on every bus and as you know we don't use every bus every day. We have subbuses there's some that are in the shop. So we invested in what they call a cradle for each tablet on every bus but really just enough
tablets to have a couple extras for what we're going to have on the road every day. So if a driver's bus is in the shop they're going to grab that tablet. they're going to pop it in that new bus. And so we were able to reduce about 22 tablets that we need to purchase by trying to take that approach here.
As always, I welcome any questions. Oh, I didn't talk about uh who won. Sorry, that was just about just like the last one on on June 26, proposals were received via email for the purpose of providing bus equipment. Only one proposal was received in
response to this RFP. And you can see the scores assigned on page two. Based on those tabulations from the scoring, Senovia Solutions LLC was the high score for the submitted proposals. I would also note that they are a current
provider. So that it's a nice lack of disruption for our family. It's same same product. But as always, I welcome any questions that you have and respectfully ask for approval of the recommendation for Senovia Solution.
I move for approval of the bid for bus equipment. Second have a motion and a second regarding the bid recommendation for bus equip. Any comment or discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I.
>> Any opposed? Thank you Dr. Samuel. Bid recommendation for bus equipment is approved. Moving on to new business and human resources. Mr. Fesler. >> Mr. President, members of the board, you received in board docs the human
resources reports A1, A2, addendum A1, and addendum A2 for your review. I'd like to answer any questions you might have about those reports and Ily ask for approval of human resources reports A1,
A2, and dendums A1 and Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any comment or discussion regarding the human resources? >> Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Thank you, Mr. Fesley.
Human resources reports are approved. Moving on to donations. Dr. Walters. >> Good evening, Mr. President. Members of the board, we have four donations to bring for approval this evening. The first three provided incentives distributed during our administrator
retreat, $350 from Kelly Services for Amazon gift cards, $140 from Koffman Wealth Management for Starbucks gift cards, and $210 from Ry's awards created tumblers. The fourth is funds
for the esports team equipment and other expenses at Benavas High School. That would be from Diana Smith. monetary donation of $4,000. Request approval of our donation. Recommend approval of the donations as
presented. >> Have a motion and a second. Any comment or discussion? Any gift card winners at the table? >> Any additional comment or discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed.
>> Thank you Dr. Walters. The donations are approved. >> Thank you. >> Moving on to the board approval of expulsion appeal. Uh board recommended action need to approve the expulsion findings determined by the board from an
expulsion occurred on June 22nd, 2026 by written submissions of both parties for the expulsion by the expulsion hearing on May 22. Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any
comment or discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. Thank you. The approval of the expulsion appeal is approved. Moving on to the 2026
2027 info guide code of conduct and annual notice. Temple. >> Mr. Bud6 notices. Most of the updates are minor addits, but I wanted to briefly highlight
the new superintendence method we concluded from Dr. S. Here is updated language regarding humanity which indicates an updated process for parenting um will be by parent. Um there it also
outlines the new Indiana diploma for fire as well as new section on fire being added for staffing changes. updated figures, date, contact information sheet. Um this document will be made
available on our district website. >> I move approval of 2627 info guide code of conduct and annual vote. We have a motion and a second. Do you have any comment or discussion? >> My email
list here and >> also I'm not >> finally we lost the landline. Thank you for highlighting the changes that made it easier to
there were several just helps me as well. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I made note of an update to your email address. >> Any additional comment or discussion? pending changes to Mr. Wakefield's email
address and Mrs. OD Marott's phone number have motion to a second to approve the info guide code of conduct and annual notices favor say I >> any opposed thank you Mrs. system those
changes the info guide code of conduct and annual notice that they're approved. Moving on to the 2026 2027 student handbooks Dr. Pierce Mr. President members of the board Dr. Harris Dr. Wilkins and I speculate
request of our student handbooks for this year we have our elementary student handbooks and school handbook township preschool handbook and each of our second year Approval by the 2026 2027 Elementary Sanders.
>> Second have a motion and a second. Any comment or discussion? >> I have a couple of questions probably for Dr. Walter. First of all, Dr. Pierce, I love the one handbook. Well done. So brilliant.
>> Quite a tap. That's really really good. I think that would be really great. Um my only question was Dr. Walters is in some of them like Chapel Hill has completely under the wireless communication device policy hasn't spelled out that they will
be locked up. they will be in their bags. Then the others, some of the others are pretty vague and although it looks like they have added school policy 825, um it doesn't say the same thing. And I think as we look at our policy and that says it must be stored away, powered off and accessible through the
school day, we really need to help schools out to say what have to be done. Um I haven't had many questions from parents, but those are two of the questions that I've had about that how we're going to do that. I thought that Chapel Hills was very clear as it is and
I do know that if we allow for students to use it at the teachers discretion, but I think if we leave it that vague, it gives lots of wiggle room the question about what we're going to do about the policy. So I don't know how
>> absolutely I I will also say I completely agree about the one elementary book. um it is a task that we will take on in secondary this year. Um however the the nuance of seventh and eighth and the transition but I do think
for clarity sake to your point there's absolutely continuity that we can make um going into that for the district-wide pieces. Um what I will certainly do is say in practice the principles have a complete plan for roll out. We have a lot of impact information as student
transition to this new sort of legality. um our our K through eight buildings and a lot of our ninth grade center is operating under the same uh same procedure as last year because we had that gradual relief. Ben Davis will be
the the school that will really hit have to hit this hard to disrupt students in what they presume um their free time um which is always the cafeteria. Um so I can say in practice we have we we have clarity going through um we've updated that with the board policy across the
board with the secondary um and then I anticipate with that alignment for next year we'll be able to capture the loss of that >> isn't it the law to barely have to do it now. >> Oh yeah our board policy is that that they have to be put away. Okay. >> Yeah. >> So should and I know it's listed in the
code of conduct. Shouldn't we list it also in that clearly in the handbooks as well? I can definitely align that specific piece with the building. >> I think that makes sense just because I think it's the questions are going to get will be really clear if you say you
know it's in policy it's in the student handbook because I think this is I mean I get what it says and it says we but it's pretty vague and I think what as chapel they'll put it in there and just spelled it out and I was like okay that's great that's easy enough. Um,
so I guess what I'm asking is can you put that in everybody's hand >> and are they ready to do that? >> Oh are you in fact is we have a actually just went through if I may Dr. Singh have that the sort of look up philosophy that that they really encourage students
to lean into the cognitive and the and the social skills that this law allows them to lean into during school. Um, and of course, you know, have conversations with students about those oneoff situations where they might feel their well and parents, too. I mean, I know
that and but this is not a couple of other things I would add. We have and Dr. Walters was very instrumental in putting these together, but we have two graphics that are really
plain that are going to go out. One addresses the law says and the other one really is practical in terms of how it's implemented in the schools. You know where the places you put your phone. You can leave it at home. We have a picture
of a home. You can leave it in your car. Picture of that um book bag, you know, just to help our students and our parents understand. The other thing our administrative staff I feel like they've done a really good job is the
progressive discipline that they work through with our teachers because that's where you know if we hear anything about it it's going to be at that classroom level under supervision. And so really helping our teachers understand um and
it is at primarily at the high school where we're going to help the students >> and help the teachers um and nth grade center get access to the Sanders app.
Do you update access for the board? Is that something you want me to think of? >> Um, I'm I will do that. Thank you. >> Any additional comment or discussion? >> Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. Any
>> oppose? Thank you. Dr. Walters, Dr. Peters, and Dr. Harris. Moving on to the 2026 Homestead Credit Reallocation Transfer. Dr. Samuel. Thank you again, Mr. President. From the board, included in your documents this
evening, you will find the Homestead reallocation transfer resolution. This is likely to be the only time we have this resolution for us as it is related to Senate Rule Act One and some
provisions that legislature has since taken care of. But for 2026, we do have some unique opportunities that um we're going to be asking for your action on. Talk through those uh here for the next few minutes. But
you may remember that SEA1 includes the $300 homestead credit that is after the tax bill and it really functions uh for purposes today, think of it like the circuit breaker from tax in that it is dollars not collected. So then it would
be less dollars in our operations or operations fund if we're talking about property tax caps because debt service is exempt from the impact of property tax caps. Debt has to be paid
first. So when sea 1 was passed it has this new credit they did not articulate which fund it needed to come out the impact. So they did not protect debt meaning that for 2026
the impact of that can be applied also to our debt service fund. The way that it worked um for the department of local government finances, they went ahead and applied it all to the operations fund and schools then have the opportunity to
transfer the proportional allocation of the debt service fund versus the operations fund. Transfer money from debt back to operations to offset those losses and ops and share what would be the loss. our unfunded credits, not a
loss because we never had those dollars, but those unfunded credits between those two funds. So, this is really the only time we're ever going to be allowed to move money from debt to operation, except for you may remember when we let
the 20 referendum expire in 2023, the protected taxes waiver was one of those strategies that we were going to employ. In essence, this is a smallcale protected taxes waiver for only 2026 because in 27 they cleaned up the law
last session and now it all does have to go to operations moving. So that's the primer on the levers, excuse me, that bring us here this evening uh within this and again
the last here I just said so I don't have to go through that but happy to answer any any questions that you have. This is about as complicated as again if you if you you read through this um it references things that are only very hand generally related. And then the
last piece is it is it's $843,000 but we have to do it in two install. That's that's the other part that you see is that 421,575 and happy to answer any questions that you have and respectfully ask for approval of the 2026 homestead credit
reallocation. >> I move to approval of the 2026 homestead credit reallocation transfer resolution. We >> have a motion and a second. Do we have any comment or discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I.
>> I. >> Any oppose? Thank you, Dr. Samuel. The 2026 Homestead credit reallocation transfer is approved. Dr. S, do you have any more information this even? >> Couple of things. Um, it's so hard to
believe that in two weeks time a little be a dedicated high school. All staff will meet at the high school um for an hour and a half to two hours together and then they'll be released to their buildings to do additional professional
development and setting up of their classrooms. U so we it felt like school today because we have so many dedicated teachers here doing professional development looking curriculum items and they are back at it. Um, as I drive
through the district, even over the this past weekend, teachers are at school already. Um, again, the dedication of our staff is just phenomenal. And so, it just gets me so excited about starting
school year. Just as another reminder, the Friday before on the 24th is our new teacher breakfast. I'm also excited about that. that we'll have approximately 90 teachers in attendance um at that event and I know they're
excited too. So um something I meant to mention meeting back and I want to make sure the board um knew that a very nice card came to the office and I'll share it with you um from Dr. Walters um and the passing
of her father thanking you guys for um the beautiful flowers and the you know words of support during and I don't want to speak for her anything. >> Thank you. Waiting for that. >> Thank you. Do we have any additional
information or comments this evening? We have a motion to adjourn. I move that we adjourn at 7:18 p.m. >> A motion to end a second. Please remember if you've not signed all documents, stick around until you have.
All in favor say I.