... and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. We'll go ahead and start this evening with some, uh, recognitions. Uh, Mrs. Pollard, our, uh, district holiday card contest winner. Thank you, board. Good evening. I would like to invite the principal of Douglas MacArthur Elementary, Mrs. Bethany Peterson-Gibson up front, and if we could have Kavya Malik and her family join us up front as well. Board, tonight, we are recognizing Kavya, who's a, a
fourth grader at Douglas MacArthur Elementary, because she is the talented artist behind our district Christmas card. (applause)
In recognition of her talents, she is receiving a $100 gift card. So congratulations, Kavya. (applause) Can we go? Can you show us? Yeah. I'm a hot mess over here. Next, Mrs. Pollard, we have another recognition, 2025 State Cross Country Qualifier. We do. Board, uh, for this one, I'd like to call up Perry Meridian High School principal, Curt Boedeker, athletic director, Emily Steinmetz, and also our cross country coaches, Mike Armbruster and, and Vince
Corbin. Please come to the front. I'd also like to invite our award recipient, Miss Kyrie Gent. Uh, board, she, uh, represented the Falcon Girls Cross Country team in the IHSAA state finals at the conclusion of the 2025 season. Kyrie was the o- only the third Perry Meridian female to compete at the highest level in school history. Kyrie represented the Falcon family with a rock solid performance using a late race kick, passing over 50 competitors in the last mile to finish in the
top hab- half of the field at 122nd. Kyrie, we are so proud of you. Congratulations and thank you for representing the Falcons. (applause) You don't want to say a few words, Kyrie? (laughs) Well, congratulations to you both, um, and I'll say real quickly if, uh, if you were here for those recognitions and would like to duck out for dinner or dessert to celebrate, you're welcome to do so now. Um, but we'd also love to have you, so your decision.
Next this evening, we do have comments from the public, and looks like we do have one person signed up. Anne, if you'd like to join us at the podium. As always, you have three minutes to share with us what's on, what's on your mind. Yeah. Well, um, I spoke to Sharon, Mrs. Baker, after the last meeting, and she showed me the, um, uh, health insurance numbers and teachers do pay more than a dollar. Um, so I told her, you know, she said that
I state publicly that they pay a dollar. She showed me the, the numbers, and I told her I would state publicly that, um, I was in- wrong about that. My information was from 13 years ago when they did pay a dollar for, uh, healthcare. So, I just wanted to make that public statement about that. Um, and I have a question. When you have these, um, like consent agendas and items of information, where can I see
those before the meetings? When can, ho- where can I see the content of those things? And that's just a question. JoAnn can help, JoAnn can help you find that. Okay. Thank you. That's all I have today. (laughs) Thank you, Anne. Uh, we'll go ahead and move into our consent agenda this evening. Move to approve. Second. Motion was made by Mrs. Hartman and seconded by Mr. Lewis. Are there questions or comments? Hearing none, we'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor say aye.
Aye. Opposed, nay. The consent agenda is accepted. Uh, before moving to items for, uh, or items requiring action, I would like to pass back to Mrs. Pollard. Thank you. This time I'd like to invite Southport High School principal, Amy Boone up front. She is going to introduce you to our new athletic director at Southport High School. Mrs. Boone? Good evening, board. Thank you so much. Um, if, uh, Mr. Tony Harris could please come up and join us. Uh, Tony has served as our assistant athletic director for the last few years.
Uh, we're excited. He attended Southport High School, has been, uh, kind of moved up to the, uh, the south side here to Perry Township here, so we're excited for him to join the administrative team in the athletic director role, he was an assistant athletic director, and, uh, all the passion and relationships that, that he has to serve, we're, uh, extremely excited. And his lovely wife, Vicky, our VP of office. (laughs) So, welcome, and I want to say thank you to-
Again, I would like to assume our, um, uh, audience has swelled tonight because of the great work we're doing but if you are here to recognize, uh, Mr. Harris in his new role, you're welcome to step out, uh, or hang with us. Either way, it's up to you. Tonight, we'll start our items of information requiring action with
5.01. Consideration of ERS Communications Project 2 Agreement. Mr. Sampson? Thank you, board. Um, we ask for your consideration of an agreement with ERS Wireless for a communications project at Southport High School and Southport Middle School. This is phase two of our communications project. I think it was October, um, that we approved, uh, phase one, which was the Perry side. Uh, this is part of the, uh, two-year, uh, window that we have to upgrade, um, FCC requirement to upgrade, uh, everything to digital and
this is part of that plan. Uh, so we will rebalance the system by bringing Southport High School, uh, up to three digital repeaters, replace two analog repeaters at Southport Middle School with one digital repeater. And then also included in is a five-year system remote monitoring support and maintenance and infrastructure, um, warranting. Please accept our recommendation as presented. Move to approve. Second. Motion was made by Mr. Mertz and seconded by Mr. Lewis.
Other questions or comments? I did go back to the October, just to kind of compare the two. Um, there was a small tick in increase in price, but it looked like everything else was the same. Um, uh, w- we're using the same number of, like, walkie-talkies and those sorts of things at both schools, correct? It just... Correct. Yeah, it varies a little bit between the two but it's virtually the same, yes. Okay. Yeah.
Hearing no other questions, we'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Oppose nay. 5.01 is accepted. 5.02 consideration of new course adoptions. Mrs. Pollard? Thank you. Board, tonight on behalf of Perry Meridian High School, we bring you a request for two new course offerings. The first one is the Capstone course for the Radio and TV Broadcasting, um, pathway, and the second one is ECON 208 through Vincennes University as part of the Early College Program.
Um, that particular course is the dual credit version of the required Personal Finance course. So we ask for your approval. Move to approve. Second. Motion was made by Mr. Lewis and seconded by Mr. Mertz. Are there questions or comments? Uh, on the Personal Finance, can that be taken by anybody or do they need to be enrolled in the Vincennes program? So this particular course, the dual credit version, will likely be restricted to the students who are prepared for that. Um, Personal Finance is going to be required for all students with the new
graduation requirements and we are, um, considering doing this exact thing with regular Econ so pairing it up with a regular Econ course. We have department chairs looking at that right now. Okay, it's scary you're reading my mind, Jane. I'm getting, I'm getting worried. (laughs) (laughs) We've done this together for a long time. (laughs) But thank you. Thank you. I know the, um, Personal Finance requirement with the new diploma w- if a student were to take this dual credit version, I assume that would satisfy that requirement? Correct. Yes. And then as always, that's approved in one school, approved for both,
correct? Absolutely. Hearing no other questions, we'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Oppose nay. 5.02 is accepted. Uh, 5.03 consideration of Resolution 25-021. Dr. Spray? Yes, that's the board's consideration for Resolution 25-021. This is an annual process as we close the books for 2025. It would give us permission to transfer money from one budget classification to another so that we're not closing at a
negative. Um, this is not done very often. Just when we get down to the end of it, we'd like to do that so it's not showing a negative at the end of the year for, um, finance purposes and then those, um, appropriations that transferred back after the beginning of the school year. So again, just an annual process, um, going forward, so I ask for your consideration. Move to approve. Second. Motion was made by Mr. Lewis and seconded by Mrs. Hartman. Are there questions or comments? Hearing none, we'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor say aye.
Aye. Aye. Aye. Oppose nay. 5.03 is accepted. Uh, 5.04 consideration of Roof Management Agreement. Mr. Sampson? Thank you, board. We ask for your consideration of an agreement with Roof Management to provide roof evaluations for 10 different Perry Township buildings. Roof Management will perform roof evaluation, assessments and an infrared roof moisture survey of each of those 10 buildings. These evaluations will help us prioritize our roof projects at non-high school facilities over the next few years
as we will experience the ever-tightening, uh, operations budget, uh, due to the legislature. Um, we ask for your consideration of this agreement as presented. Move to approve. Second. Motion was made by Mrs. Hartman and seconded by Mr. Mertz. Are there questions or comments? What's the typical, uh, pro- or no I, I shouldn't say process, the, uh, operating plan on, uh, addressing roof issues that, is it every three years? Every five years? Uh, no. We, we push it out, uh, I think it's 20, 20 to
25 years, we would expect them, there'd be a lifespan of, uh, when we install a roof, we would expect it to last that long. And then do we expect- inspect it every year? Or- Oh, do we, I'm sorry. I didn't hear that. Uh, do we, no, we do not. Um, we kind of look at maintenance, um, and work orders, and maintenance, um, uh, data to see how often we have to address leaks- That's what I'm getting at right there. Thank you. ... and things of those sorts. And then, you know, we have our overall 10-year plan, right? And so, um, as we get those maintenance reports, and we have repairs and, and renovations that we
have to undergo, we could see that things are failing faster at this building than we anticipated, and so we move things around on that 10-year plan based upon that. This, we hope, will give us much more detailed information, um, than just relying on maintenance reports. And, and so then, you know, we, we know we're going to experience a tightening budget in the next several years in the operations. And so what we'll do is use this information along with that, uh, to make better decisions and more intentional decisions, um, as we decide on what projects to move forward
with. Great. Thank you. Yep. I am, uh, just curious as to, um, this is a out-of-state company, not, not far, but out of state, and, um, just kind of curious as to how we got to this point to- Sure. ... select them. Sure. We have, um, in the past used a company, uh, that was local, and as, um, uh, they've done a great job for us. And, and as some companies change hands and, and the people within those companies change, and those who service you, sometimes the, um, service isn't, um, to the level or the standard that you
had once expected from them. And so we looked around and this company is out of Louisville. Uh, they came very highly recommended, mostly by folks who are closer to Louisville, but they're, you know, from the south side of Indy, um, south, and, um, I think they're looking to creep forward, you know, creep north. But, um, highly recommended group, um, and highly successful. So we're going to give them a try and, and a, we believe that, um, uh, they will do a good, good service for us. Thank you. Uh-huh.
Hearing no other questions, we'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Oppose nay. 5.04 is accepted. (clears throat) Excuse me. Uh, 5.05 consideration of Toshiba Business Services contract. Mr. Willy. Thank you. Good evening, board. I ask for your consideration this evening of a new contract with Toshiba. This contract will change our existing non-copier printer fleet over to a managed service, so we'll be paying cost per page for all of our machines, similar to what we do on our copiers now. Toshiba will take over providing supplies for those, other than
paper, and take care of maintenance, repair, and anything that happens to that. So it will all come into more of a controlled bill than we have now where we're buying individual cartridges and it represents a cost savings from what we've looked at. So I would ask for your consideration, please. Move to approve. Second. Motion was made by Mr. Lewis and seconded by Mr. Hartman. Uh, Mrs. Hartman. (laughs) You didn't bring your husband tonight, I check. I know. (laughs) Are there questions or comments? Hearing none, we'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor say aye.
Aye. Aye. Oppose nay. 5.05 is accepted. And finally, 5.06, uh, consideration of donations. Mr. Spencer and Mrs. Pollard. Good evening, board. On behalf of our elementary schools, we have the following donations. Um, at Abraham Lincoln, uh, through our Dine and Donate, uh, Bubba's 33 donated $80 used to offset the cost of fourth grade camp. At Clinton Young Elementary, Shutterfly donated $744.63. Uh, this w- was from their Picture Day. And then Rosedale United Methodist Church donated $200 to be used for
general staff donations. Douglas MacArthur Kindergarten, uh, did a, um, w- their 185 Promotions and Apparel donated $65 for them to use, um, with their staff and faculty funds. And that came from their fall/winter, uh, their fall staff spirit wear sale. And then Kroger & Company donated $63.81 to be used for school activities. And PTA, at Glenns Valley, the f- uh, some former PTA moms from the 1980s donated $350. Uh, that money is in honor of Linda Normington and will be used to purchase library books.
Henry Burkhardt Elementary's PTA donated $156 to support the Spell Bowl. At Jeremiah Gray, the PTO donated fi- $500. Um, this is for the Cheer Fund, and is to recognize and support the efforts of staff at Jeremiah Gray Elementary. At Mary Bryan, uh, they received $180, uh, to support camp. Uh, $90 from Kate Sitzman and $90 from Abbey Hinson. And La Scala PS donated $175 in the form of an Amazon gift card. It will be used to purchase supplies or books for the classroom, student staff,
and/or a book vending machine. And then at P-TECH, um, the Robotics Education and Competition Committee donated $50, uh, for us because we hosted a competition. And then at Southport Elementary, Office Depot donated $860 in various office supplies. For our secondary schools, the Compass Education Center received a donation of $214.23 from Chick-fil-A from a Dine and Donate, um, event. Our Student Services, in support of our food pantry, received a $410 anonymous donation, a $500 donation from Rachel
and Gregory Campbell, a $1,000 donation from the Trustee's Office of Perry Township, and a $702 donation from Justin and Kaitlin Cross. Perry-Meridian High School received a $500 donation from the Indy Classical Glass Corvette Club, to be used to support Perry athletes with a financial need. In support of our canned food drive, Fiesta Ranchero, um, donated $308. ASIP Pizza donated $40.18. Uh, another donation from 380 came in from Fiesta, and Ella's Frozen Yogurt donated $59.77. They also received a $3,000
anon- anonymous donation to be used towards the purchase of the new Perry-Meridian High School Girls Cross Country Team tent. On behalf of Southport High School, the boys basketball team received a $600 donation for- from Prestige Builders and a $200 donation from Dan Clevenger. Pell Industries donated $95 to support hei- student, student athletes at Southport High School. SkyZone donated $1,000 to support the cheerleaders, and, um, Amy Holtman and her family donated $60 to be used to support the boys cross country team. Kroger Community Awards donated
$456.30 to support boys volleyball, football, boys basketball, robotics, the International Club, the Best Buddies Club, and the Riley Dance Marathon. Um, Perry-Meridian Sixth Grade Academy received a $1,822 donation from the Perry Middle/Perry Academy PTSA to be used for the benefit and betterment of all Perry, um, Academy school students, staff, and the school. On behalf of the elementary and secondary schools, we ask for your approval. Move to approve. Second.
Motions made by Mr. Lewis and seconded by Mr. Mertz. Are there questions or comments? Hearing none, we'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Oppose nay. 5.06 is accepted. Uh, we'll go ahead and wrap up tonight with board and superintendent comments. Dr. Hong, if you'd like to start, please. Uh, no comment at the year-end meeting. Uh, thank you, everyone, staff, and, uh, the fellow board members, and we have good years, so I think we enjoy everyone in this
working as good team. And, uh, wish you all the, uh, best and joyous, happiness, uh, happiness in Christmas and New Year, so best health now. Thank you. Boy, the time goes go fast. It seems like the school year just started, but, um, (clears throat) as it does every year, it seems to go quicker and quicker. Um, didn't have a whole lot to s- to say, but I just wanted to thank, um, all of our staff, faculty, administration that serves the kids throughout the district. Um, you know, it's definitely not a nine-to-five job, um, that, uh, that these, uh, individuals have, whether they're teaching or
administrating at our schools, so I want to say thank you to, to the whole Perry Township crew and staff and, uh, wish everybody a merry Christmas and a happy New Year, and we'll see you in January. Happy holidays, everybody. Enjoy yourselves and stay safe. I just wanted to say, uh, I was really excited to see this, uh, personal finance class, uh, being offered. Um, y- i- if you have kids, most of y- y- your kids, uh, see you as ATM machines, and they don't understand that there has to be money going into the ATM machine in order for them to be able to take the money.
So, uh, uh, any kind of, uh, class that can teach them exactly how, uh, you pay for stuff and, uh, it's not just a matter of writing a check or, you know, giving them the, uh, the debit card or, uh, adding money to the Venmo or PayPal account or Apple Pay or whatever form of, uh, currency we're using now. But it, I think this will have a lot of benefit to kids, 'cause I just know, uh, w- once you get into real world, if you don't have any knowledge of how to, you know, make a budget and l- live by a budget, you
can seriously get yourself in some financial trouble. So I, I'm, I'm real excited to see how this one works out. Uh, I know Mr. Hernandez isn't here tonight, but he, he always likes to thank everybody for the donations. So, uh, just like say thank you to everybody making the donations. It's very much appreciated. And I just wanna say happy holidays. Thank you. Um, I want to, um, first say congratulations to Mrs. Boone for receiving the Principal Award. It, um, seems that that has become quite
the trend, that we win that award. So, um, it's, um, very, very well deserved for her. Um, but it shows that we have a history of good people in Perry Township, so leading our high school. So I thank you for that. Um, on behalf of all the students at Perry Township Schools, I would like to thank Ms., Dr. Spray for the two-hour delay, publicly. Um, that was much a discussion amongst many youngsters in my
surrounding. Let's just say that. Um, but with two-hour delays, we know that that means that there's been a lot of snow, and we have a great facilities team that, um, takes care of that. So, um, so thank you. Um, I was out shoveling my own driveway, and it was not fun. So thank you to everyone who was making sure that when the students did get here, that our buildings and for our staff and students were s- were safe. So thank you. Um, and then, uh, I was, we were talking earlier before the meeting, um,
I've been to two family Christmas parties already, and everybody bombards me with, "Oh my gosh, what are you gonna do with $40 million?" And, um-I just cannot say thank you enough to everyone who wrote the grant, spent time, studied. This is not something that we just whimly threw together. (laughs) I, I know that I see that, but I think because people might not understand the grant process or, um, y- how long it takes
to do this, um, it's a lot. It's a lot. And so, um, I know the next meeting, they're, we're gonna have a presentation as to what we have written the grant about and kind of give some more details than what is in the small little press release. Um, but it is, uh, life, it can, can be and will be very life changing for, um, our students and, um, instrumental in the growth and the success of our community here on the south side of Indianapolis.
And, um, what a huge blessing. And I know that a lot of long hours and thought went into every word that was put on that piece of paper. And I just cannot thank the people in this room and those that are listening that took part in that. I just, I really, really, really appreciate that. Uh, one thing about the two-hour delays, if you know anything about it, three-tier busing system basically means the bus drivers are driving nonstop on those days for the most part. So in addition to dealing with the weather, going almost nonstop, so we want to thank them for their efforts at making sure our
students are safe coming and going, uh, especially in the weather. Uh, I want to welcome Mr. Harris, uh, as the athletic director of Southport High School. Um, having had some, uh, interactions with him through a, um, an athlete I know pretty closely, he's a, he's a, uh, consummate professional, uh, always looking for ways to help student athletes, uh, and I know he'll do a great job. Um, and then just everyone across the district putting in efforts to make sure our Chris- or, uh, year-end, Christmas programs, holiday programs, parties, and all those sorts of things are enjoyable for
students. Um, but then the, the, uh, other side of the end of the semester with final exams, um, thoughts and prayers with all those high schoolers in particular. Just a couple of things. Um, one is, uh, um, happy holidays to everybody as we go into the season. Our last student day will be Friday, um, December 19th. Um, our teachers are scheduled for a half-day records day on Monday the 22nd. And we're gonna, we'll, we're able to accommodate them on a virtual work day because they submit their, their grades and their records for the
semester. So in actuality, we'll see them on the last day of the, Dec- December 19th, and they'll get their records turned in and that sort of thing. Um, we do have a, the, um, opportunity for a work session, um, prior to our next regular meeting. Um, just a reminder also that it'll also be our meeting for reorganization. So, be thinking about that a little bit, board members. And then we'll also have that presentation regarding the Lilly Grant, um, and talk a little bit about the, um, partnership we're, um, cultivating with the University of Indianapolis. Um, also some, what we're going to be doing with math education across the township, um, project-based learning,
and then also, um, having a little bit in there, the grant as well, some per- for some performance-based pay for our teachers. So we're excited about this. Um, you know, um, very much, um, when we were, um, given this opportunity to apply, there were very strict criteria, and we had to be pretty specific in our grant. Um, and I think some people don't realize that happens with these grants, especially the ones that are, that are this big, um, is that, um, the Lilly Endowment is very specific about kind of the, the work they want to see done with, with this kind of money.
So while I appreciate everybody having some really creative ideas on how to spend it, um, we, we, we have, we have some plans, um, to do so. Dr. Spray kind of touched on it. Uh, next time we see each other will be a busy evening. Uh, we will not be back together until January 12th at 6:00 PM, uh, here for our organizational board affians and regular meeting. Hope every- everybody has a lovely rest of your year and a happy new Year. We are adjourned. (gavel clacks)