I pledge allegiance 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. All right, we'll start off with public comment and we have one person sign up. Ann, if you'd like to go, please remember your three minutes. Thank you. Good morning. Um, I found out at the last meeting that part of the expansion is also including two culinary kitchens. I don't know how that, um, ties into what the taxpayer is supposed to pay for.
Um, I'm not sure where the funding goes for, um, central Nine. Um, if you can let me know, answer that question in your comments, that'd be great. Um, I don't know how the taxpayer became the, um, payer of all these expenses that Perry Township apparently feels is so necessary. Um, at, and this is just a side note, at the end of the last meeting, um, I asked Mr. Skillman how much the holder field was gonna cost.
He said he didn't know. He didn't have any idea, which I found that to be dishonest, but, you know, what do I know about big business like that? Um, but just this past week, two people asked if I knew what was going on on Southport Road. So I told them and I told them the cost. They were shocked. So maybe those shockwaves will start to spread across Perry Township. I hope they do. Thank you. Thank you. Alright, we'll move on to the consent agenda. Move to approve. Second, we have a motion by Mrs. Hartman
and a second by Mr. Shivey. Any discussion or questions? Okay. There being none. We'll vote. Uh, all those in favor of the consent agenda, say aye. Aye. Opposed nay. Consent agenda passes. We'll move on for to items, uh, requiring action for Can we go ahead and make an introduction? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'll, the Introduction for Mr. Romine. Okay. Um, over the last several weeks and with, um, Mr. Sampson's, um, retirement, um, again, congratulating him for that. Um, we have, um, went through a process
to identify our next assistant superintendent for Perry Township schools of the operations, and, and selected Mr. Romine. Um, through that, he, um, came through the process. Um, you know, it was, it was a pretty obvious choice as we went through a great systems thinker, Leader, Um, and then also has some familiar familiarity with Perry Township as well. So, um, we wanna, um, welcome John, um, to our team, um, here in Perry Township schools. I just, just wanna thank Dr. Spray and we were just kind of talking, I think it was almost, it was 10 years ago, next month. Short. Really honored to have this
remiss. Also, a little bit of Same. So his, his employment is conventional on one thing, but we'll keep that amongst our us. Um, So welcome to the team. Congratulations Mr. Roman. And I didn't mean to just skip by this especially, uh, we, yeah, we look forward to working with you on this. Okay. We'll move on to, uh, item 4.01 Consideration of professional service agreements. Mrs. Pollard, Good morning board. Today we bring to you two professional service agreements. Um, they are, um, there are agreements
that we're hoping to enter into with individuals to serve as expulsion officers. We're just building our cadre of individuals that can help us fulfill that role. And so the agreement, as, as outlined, they would be paid as they, um, perform those duties. So today we ask for your approval, Move the approve. Second, We have motion by Mr. Lewis. A second. There we go. A motion by Mr. Lewis. A second by Mr. Mertz. Does anybody have any questions There? Being none will vote on 4.01. The consideration of professional service agreements.
All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed nay 4.01 passes. We'll move on to 4.02. Consideration of the budget calendar for 2027. Mr. Hatcher, Thank you very much. Yes, we bring the, um, proposed budget calendar to you, very similar to dates from last year, just a day or two off, depending on the change in the calendar for the year. So we would ask for approval. Move to approve Second i, second. Motion by Mr. Hartman. Second Mrs. Hartman.
A second by, um, Mr. Shively, does anybody have any questions or comment there being none. Let's vote on 4.02. The consideration of the budget calendar. All those in favor say Aye. Aye. Opposed nay 4.02 passes. Thank you. 4.03 is consideration of the guaranteed maximum price, contract and acceptance of bids for the Southport High School. Dr. Spray? Yes. Board members in your packet is the A-I-A-A-I-A agreement, um, with Skillman Corporation for the, um, phase one construction of at Southport High School.
Um, throughout our larger, um, construction project, there will be seven different, um, guaranteed maximum price contracts that we'll, um, bring forward for you to approve in the next few months. You'll see one for the electrical, um, project at both, um, sites, and then the, the Perry phase one as well. But, um, hopefully, um, you were able to, um, watch the video that I sent out to try to explain this a little bit since it is somewhat of a new process. And so, um, with what we're asking for your consideration today is this agreement that establishes the guaranteed maximum price
of the project at $22,868,700. Um, as well as to accept the individual bids. We did 16 different bid categories. Those are also outlined, um, in, in the agreement also. And so what this is establishing is just like it says, guaranteed maximum price, um, for this project, if we have cost runs over this, um, change orders, those kinds of things, then Skillman would be the one who'd be paying for those and not the owner, which is Perry Township schools. There are a number of allowances in there. Also, if those are utilized,
they're called out up to that amount. If they're not utilized, they come back to us as the owner also is not being, not being used. Um, that also goes for some of the construction contingencies that are outlined as well. So it ask for your consideration. Um, and, and approval of this contract and agreement Move to approve. Second Motion by Mr. Shyly is second by Mr. Lewis. Does anybody have any questions? No. There being none. We will vote on the consideration of guaranteed maximum price, contract and acceptance of the bids for Sophomore High School. Uh, all those in favor say aye. Aye.
Opposed nay 4.03 passes. And we'll now move on to 4.04. Consideration of acceptance of donations. First, Mr. Spencer, and then Mrs. Pollard. Good morning. Board. On behalf of the elementary schools, we ask for the acceptance of the following donations, uh, at Abraham Lincoln, um, Mr. Eric Halverson of Kroger Communications Department donated a professional grade news anchor desk that they're going to use with their student created announcements at Clinton Young Elementary, Rosedale Hills United Methodist donated $500 to outdoor camp at Douglas MacArthur Kindergarten Academy. Kroger Company donated $65
and 45 cents, uh, for them to use for their monthly vocabulary building activities and their field trips. Chick-fil-A donated $248 and 72 cents from a dine to donate, which will be used for Stu to supplement student activities. At Henry Burkhart, the PTA donated $300 for students to support students and $390 to offset the cost of camp and field trips. And then, uh, Doon Dove Jack donated $500, which be used for sensory items. Perry Township Schools had, uh, received a check totaling $2,165, which was donated by Rec Tech Point Foundation.
Uh, it goes to our robotics teams, and it was on because we hosted a, a big event at Rosa Parks Kindergarten, Fiesta Ranchero, uh, rancher donated a $319 for a di a dining to donate. It will be used for sly safari and, uh, bounce house for field day. And then Walmart donated $300. This money will support student activities. And finally, at Southport Elementary School, there was a parent that donated $35 to, uh, offset the cost of their fourth grade trip. Perry Meridian High School received a $1,817 donation from the Falcon Boosters in the, specifically the Shoemaker family.
To support girls' soccer, McDonald's donated $1,570 to support Perry Meridian High School Athletics. A $200 Penn Scholarship from the O'Connor family will be used to sponsor boys basketball and a 650 do dollars donation. Went to the DECA Club, um, including a $300 donation from Top level Gym LLC and La Ru Lu Sophomore High School received a $414 and 42 cents, um, donation from the Kroger Community Awards to support a variety act of student activities at Southport High School.
They received $150 donation from the Athletic Booster Club to support boys basketball. $150 donation from teen IP LLC to support Boys wrestling. A $300 donation from the United Methodist Church for the Key Club. A $2,000 donation from Scott and Jennifer Cochrane to to be used to support the Christine Hampton Scholarship Fund. Boys Basketball received a $3,533 donation from Hibbert Retail and Kroger Community Rewards. Southport High School Athletics received a $654 donation from an anonymous donor and watch us incorporated a $57 donation will be used
to support school activities from Smith Vending and Ohio Pile Prince Incorporated. And the DECA Club received a $440 donation, including donations from Scott Davis, Imperial Water Conditioning, and K Watson Perry Meridian Middle School received a $500 donation to be used to support their PBIS fund to fund student incentives. And Southport Middle School received a $437 donation from, from students, families and friends to support their drama club. And a $500 donation from the Southport High School Athletic Booster Club to support Southport Middle School Athletics. On behalf of both the secondary
and elementary, we ask for your approval of these generous donations. Move to approve. Second. A Motion by Mr. Mertz and a second by Mrs. Hartman. Anybody have any questions? Alright, we'll vote on 4.04, the consideration of exceptions of donations. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed nay 4.04 passes. We will move on to comments of the board. Mrs. Hartman. Thank you. Um, it's been a busy, like, I, I know there's always a lot
of things going on in Perry Township, but it seems like there's been a lot going on the past couple weeks. Um, and at a couple, um, events that I was able to be at, just kind of wanted to share. First of all, Mr. Roll, we, um, he's going to start doing some of our expulsion hearings. Um, there are, there are a few people that, um, how do I describe this? Mr. Roll does such a great job at being calm, cool, and collected and listening to everything that you have to say.
I think that he'll be great, um, at this. But I ran into him at the Math bowl and, um, learned that he is, uh, a fifth grade teacher subbing right now. And, um, it was funny because I'm like, how do you love retirement? And he's like, did you not know? And I was like, no, I did not know. So it is, um, always a joy, um, to see him. But, um, it, it, it really did warm my heart that he's back in fifth grade, he said, but I leave every day, right as the bell rings. I said, good for you. Um, so, um, thank you
to everyone speaking of Math Bowl that, um, took part in Math Bowl. Um, it was a very, very, very rainy evening. Um, but it was great to, um, talk to a couple of the teachers that sponsor the Math Bowl clubs. And, um, they felt like I felt after every math test I've ever taken, oh, if we just would've got that one last problem, right? And, um, but it was great to, um, to see the kids. And I am definitely not a Math Bowl participant.
That was confirmed. Again, um, Holcroft had their, um, science fair. And if you ever wanna be impressed about anything, miss Shup now has every, every child from second to fifth grade participating in that science fair. It is spectacular. Um, very spectacular. Um, and she has the best volunteers, um, to come and judge for that. She really has done just a fabulous job. Um, Mr. Romine, we are, well, I'll say I,
'cause I'll try not, I'm trying not to speak on behalf of everybody, but I am so thrilled. Um, I, I can't believe 10 years has gone by that fast, actually. Um, but, um, the, the level at which you are able to see so many different things and take everything in and com, communicate it. And, um, I just, I just thank you and I'm so glad that, that you're staying, not that you were going anywhere, but do you know, you know what I mean? Right. Um, tonight is the music festival, if you know, you know,
and I, I joked that I might be the only person as super excited, but I am. It's fabulous. Um, so if you are a, I know Brian Knight is so excited, I'll pick you up and you can ride with me if you want. Um, if, if you have time for the 11 people watching this evening, um, uh, please come to Southport High School. It really is a great time and, um, where all of our music teachers can showcase all they've done. So thank you.
Um, I wanna do, uh, take the opportunity to, um, congratulate Mr. S Samson on his retirement, but also take the opportunity to say thank you. Um, you've worked in Perry Township, uh, for, oh my gosh, I don't, can't exactly know how many years, but on nine, on the operations side, I don't know how Mr. Samson does it with all the various projects year by year, by year that we have going on. But I can ask him a question and off the top of his head, he can give me figures and dates without having to look anything up. Um, it's honestly been quite phenomenal.
Um, it's always been a source of, um, information for me when I had questions. Um, so, uh, congratulations. Um, and, uh, enjoy. Um, and then Mr. R, as we were talking earlier, 10 years does go by fast. Uh, Mr. Roma's first year here was my daughter's seventh grade year. So we, we started together. Um, and as we were joking, I'm like, okay, my daughter's now graduated from college. So that dates both of us. I'm not quite sure how I feel about that, but congratulations. Um, there's a, you got a great teacher, Mr. Samson. I'm not telling you anything you don't already know,
but, um, uh, glad to, to, uh, to see you move through the ranks of Perry Township. So, congratulations. Just kinda like to echo what, uh, Mr. Mertz said there. Uh, congratulations Mr. Romine. Uh, really look forward to working with you. Uh, congratulations, uh, Mr. Simpson on a great career. And you know, like Mr. Mer said, you, you've been a great help. Whenever I've got a question on something, you've provided that response very quickly and, and accurately, and it's very much appreciated. Um, just like to say, congrats to the winter sports teams. They've all kind of concluded their seasons here. Great job.
Um, like to say, congrats to, uh, a, a former Southport alumni, uh, Tony Ania, uh, he's a first year coach at, uh, Greenwood Christian Academy. And, uh, he managed to win sectionals this pa past weekend, so I wanna say congratulations to him. Um, one last thing. Uh, something I'd like the board to, as a group to look at here going forward is our, uh, our, uh, dress policy, dress code policy at the various, uh, schools here. Uh, I think we got an email this past week
from a teacher explaining some of their concerns. And I think it's probably time we maybe look over that policy and see if there's some tweaks we can make to it, uh, to make it a better code. Uh, and then, uh, excuse me, lastly, just like to say, uh, have a great, uh, spring break and we'll see everybody, uh, here in April. Just wanna say congratulations on your retirement, Mr. Sampson, thank you for your, your hard work and congratulations Mr. Romine. Um, got some big shoes to fill, but I'm sure you got it. I'll just go. Right. Same thing. Uh, always remember Mr. Sampson, you being very helpful
to me when I first came on the board with the orientation, and you were able to explain a lot of, um, complicated things in a very accessible way. And that's, I think, just how you did your job. Uh, so thank you for your service and hope you enjoy your retirement. And Mr. Oman, uh, congratulations and, and just keep doing a great job. I know you've already been doing your various roles. Um, I think the science fair was at 63 years this year. Yes. Is that right? And then they also do an invention convention, which is in its 30 something years. So, um, I did wanna also thank Ms, uh, Mrs.
Cha for all that she does, um, in, I guess inheriting that position of it's just what they do at Holcroft. Um, and then one other thing at the, uh, sectional final, uh, the other night, uh, Southport had a nice, uh, cheer section. And what I found out later was it's because Coach DOAs drove a mini bus full of his baseball players among others. So, uh, not only that, but literally 12 hours later, he was hosting a, um, a youth baseball, uh, tryout in little league prep camp. Um, so I'm not sure if he ever rests or sleeps,
but he does a lot, um, not just for his own players, but for the, uh, uh, the culture of Southport High School. So I wanted to shout him out as well. Thank you. Congratulations, and thank you very much, Mr. Sampson. I'm mostly jealous because you're gonna get to see more Cub games and, and keep, keep me posted on everything. Please go to spring training and give us, give us updates on that. Um, Mr. Roma, again, thank you. I look forward to working with you and, uh, uh, I, I, I think this, this is a great opportunity for you.
Um, wanted to, to just also, I always have to comment on the, the donations and there just seem to be many more corporate donations that you, you guys, uh, talked about this time, which is great to see from, from a variety of, of different areas. Um, and, and it's great that they, they recognize, uh, they recognize us and we can recognize them as as helping in the community. Um, I, I also wanted to, to say, please let us know what you think about this format and,
and the timing and, and so forth. And, and, uh, we, I'd like to hear that, um, or do we need to wake anybody up? But I think, uh, I think I enjoyed it and, and we can, we can start the day now, but, um, but let us know what you think. Dr. Spray. Yeah, just real quick on a couple of things. Obviously this time of year, um, as the, the school year is starting to, to come to an end, um, slowly, um, it's a super, super busy time of year. And so I always appreciate seeing so many board members at so many events. Um, and that, that kind of thing.
Even this week, I think we have at least three evenings in a row of, of, of different items. Um, and then our spring break starts next week and it'll hopefully get a little bit of a lull as before it really gets ramped up and in April and May as we close out the year. And so, um, just a lot of activities going on in the various buildings with our administrators and with our teachers and with our parents. Um, I am excited about tonight once it gets started and the logistics are over and we get people shoehorned in and then they safely get home. Um, but what, what an amazing event. Um, first one I went to was, um, uh, two years ago.
'cause it happens every other year and just could not believe the number of people, um, which brings about its own concerns and questions and, and that kind of thing. But look, looking forward to the activities tonight, um, as well, um, we April 17th, if you don't already have that on your, uh, calendar, um, that's the battle of the birds for baseball and softball. That'll also be when we do the ribbon cutting for holder field. Um, we, we plan on getting pretty much things buttoned up, um, this week. Weather provided, um, our, um, kids, um,
and teams will start practicing on that field over spring break, um, provided everything gets, gets taken care of. Um, and we will actually have a, a game or two prior to the 17th, but that'll be the, the official ribbon cutting. So hopefully you'll all be able to, to make it out there on that evening. Um, we do in phase two of, um, south Port's Construction project, um, have a culinary arts, um, kitchen and, and program, um, scheduled there. Um, we also currently have family and consumer sciences in our high schools with kitchens in them.
So just to make some clarification. And so in the renovations, the current kitchens are getting some renovation for that program. The culinary arts sections, um, is to an expansion of our career and technical programs, um, for our students at both Southport and Perry Meridian. Um, certainly Central Nine. Central nine has culinary arts. Um, there are nine high schools that feed into that Central nine. Um, and so there is a capacity and a, a, a strong interest in our students in Perry
Township to participate in such a program. And so, which is the kind of the why behind, um, building out a facility that our kids can have greater access to in the futures. And that is one of the, um, high wage, um, careers identified by the workforce development in the state of Indiana. Um, and so we do get additional funding for the kids who participate in those programs. So thank you. Okay. Just wanted to make the announcement that the next board meeting will be April, excuse me, April 13th, uh, at 6:00 PM and it'll be right here. And with that, we are adjourned. Thank you.