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Part 1 (Video ID: CbYAGXEfiAg):
- 00:00:00: Call to Order, Pledge, Agenda & Minutes Approval
- 00:01:52: Public Comment: Concerns Regarding Bullying and Predators
- 00:03:35: Public Comment: Standing Up for Students Against Bullying
- 00:08:18: Public Comment: Speaking the Name of Jesus for Healing
- 00:11:09: Recognition of Retiring Staff Members for Service
- 00:14:33: Chartwell's Presentation: Food Services, Summer Programs, Menus
- 00:21:59: Awarding Project Bids and Skilman Corporation Recommendation
- 00:24:32: Brew Public Library Board Reappointment Approval
- 00:25:32: Early Literacy Endorsement and Roxy Property Tax Resolution
- 00:26:58: Acceptance of Donations and Appreciation to Donors
- 00:28:27: Approval of FY Combi Oven Quote for Blair Point
- 00:29:33: Engaging Minds Agreement: Partnership for Autistic Students
- 00:35:16: Facility Use Requests: Winter Banner Reception, Car Show
- 00:36:10: Personnel: Resignations, Retirements, and Recommendations
- 00:41:53: Board Member Committee Reports and Updates
- 00:43:45: Approval of Claims and Fund Monitor Report Presentation
- 00:45:52: Board Member Comments and Adjournment


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relationship 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.

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>> Um, next up we have acceptance of the agenda. We would entertain a motion to amend the agenda to add 4F. >> So moved. >> Thank Justice. Second. >> Second,

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>> Mr. Ellis. Thank you. Any more additions or corrections? All those in favor of the amended agenda? That's unanimous. Thank you. Um approval of the minutes. >> I would entertain a motion to accept

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those as presented. Um, I would make a motion to accept the minutes with one change. Um, there was a typo there in the first paragraph of the hearing. It said the is it was supposed

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to say this. Any other corrections? No. additions. We have a motion on the floor to accept the the minutes with the the correction. Do I hear a second? >> Second.

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>> Mr. Thank you. Any discussion? All those in favor? It is unanimous. Thank you. Next up, we have public comment. It looks like we have three this evening. Miss Richardson, you are up first. You

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have the floor. I am going to exercise my right to free speech. I am done with getting shut down. There was a 10-year-old that took his life at the age of 10 years old. 10 in

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Indiana because the same bull that was happening at his school was happening in our school. Do you guys realize that our great superintendent is running a three ring circus for PCS?

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He's sitting there laughing at us, making us look like a bunch of clowns. >> We're not here to smear people, >> really, but it's okay for him to shut me up. We don't have any evidence for that.

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>> Maybe you should look at the other ones. Um, you hide behind a mask, but soon the mask will be taken off. So, tell us the truth. You also denied having a sexual predator in our school district. What do you have to say about that? Now, all of this is on social media. So, why not

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instill a committee and put PCS on the media for a good subject, not always bad? Thank you, Mr. Richardson. Next up, we have Gavin. I can't read that last working.

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We the common people. My name is Gary working and um I endorse this lady and her and I and hopefully other people in the county all around are standing and supporting together for the common people the students of all

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three schools in our defense in their defense against bullying. I personally won't tolerate it. And um yes, it's it's sad that it's came again to another um young man. Break my heart. Another young

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man that took his life at the age of 10 that will never grow up to be an adult, have a family, have a job, have a career. And somewhere along the lines, he was so scared that he ended in his own life. This is one of the main reasons why I'm here today. I won't

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tolerate it if I can help it. It's the reason I'm here today. I'm asking for your emotional financial support in my defense and you'll hear more about this later on as far as the emotional support against bullying which I won't tolerate. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of

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happiness. I believe in that for adults, but I also believe in that for every Miami County student, young, old, I don't care what grade they're in. And part of um their life and liberty is to be able to and their pursuit of happiness is to be able to grow up in

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the school system where if um they're being bullied and they're being harassed and they're trying to get the attention of people to say, "Look, look, this something is serious here. Something is serious." Um trying to get people's attention to the

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point like, "Look, I need help. This this is an issue. This is an issue." And sadly, again, it ended um um about a month or so back when this 10-year-old decided that um not enough people were listening to.

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I spent um I've lived in this town 55 years and um proudly hardworking man. part of my defense and support obviously you know a lot of you know individually is um I support and defend people that um

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um need a safe ride at home at night and um so they won't hurt somebody else or kill somebody else when they're driving um life liberty and pursuit of happiness um I can tell a lot of stories about my life which I'm not going to I don't have enough time um I'm a proud citizen of

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this county um I spent time um holding up the American flags um for um soldiers that had passed away in their in their in their pursuit of happiness in this proud county in this brown area. Um I stand up

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for the kids, young and old. I stand up for all three kids and and all the kids in all three school systems and um basically um I stand in their defense and if I can do anything about it on my God's green earth and someday be answer before the Lord Jesus Christ, he's going

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to say, "What did you do?" and I can say, "You know what?" One of the things I did, Lord, was I tried to stand up for the people. I started to stand up for the kids. If they had something really serious going on, I was going to talk to him because um we don't want to say, "Well, it's too late because all of a sudden then everybody turns their eyes

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and oh, I feel so sorry." Well, I want to tell you a true story here before I go. Not only the fact that this bullying continues today in all three of my kind of schools. >> Mr. Time is almost up. >> Okay. But I want to tell one story real quickly. And um I won't mention this girl's last name.

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First name is Angie. This happened about 15 years back. Um young lady um she was having a rumor real bad because she was being bullied by a pro junior high school teacher. Well, I took it to this board here about 15 years back and I says, "Um, now what are you going to do

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about it? What are you going to do about it? She's being bullied. She's being shoved. She's being harassed by the junior high school teacher. This is happening in our county." Thankfully, she's a 30-year-old adult today and she was slow. She was mentally slow, but that doesn't give it any reason to have. But this lady did live through this.

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She's about 30 years old today. And I'm not a her name droper. I'm not going to talk her full name, but I'm saying this bullying has happened for a long, long time in this area and in this county, all three schools. And if I can do anything about it and stand in their defense, any of these students before

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it's too late, like this 10-year-old young man, I would do it. Thank you all. God bless you. >> Thank you, Mr. Working. Next up, we have Mr. Morris floors. First off, want to congratulate all

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those retiring. Bravo. Well done. Well deserved. I stand up here tonight after a long year and a half of uh you know it's been a long year and a half and I've also done a lot of soulsearching,

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self-reflecting and uh something that I've realized is uh I wasn't vocal enough on things that I should have been and we're a K12 school and we're molding PCS

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is molding the minds of our youth for over almost half of their conscious life. And in the past, me up here giving, you know, speeches on bullying and what have

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you, um I realized that one thing that I was doing wrong is I wasn't, you know, seeking first the kingdom of God. and I've just got to change my my heart and my tactics. And

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there's a song that I heard. Hope I have enough time to read it. There's lyrics to a song that has uh just touched me in a way that I I've never heard the song before until just a couple weeks ago at church. But uh I want to read this to you just

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because I hope that it blesses you like it did me. I just want to speak the name of Jesus over every heart and every mind because I know there is peace within your presence. I speak Jesus. I just want to

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speak the name of Jesus till every dark addiction starts to break. Declaring there is hope and there is freedom. I speak Jesus says your name is power. Your name is healing. Your name is life. Break every stronghold. Shine through

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the darkness. burn like a fire. I just want to speak the name of Jesus over fear and all anxiety. Every soul held captive by depression. I speak Jesus cuz your name is power. Your name is

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healing. Your name is life. Break every stronghold. Shine through the shadows. Burn like a fire. Shout Jesus from the mountains. Jesus in the streets. Jesus in the darkness over every enemy.

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Jesus for my family. I speak his holy name. Jesus shout Jesus from the mountains. Jesus in the streets. Jesus in the darkness over every enemy. Jesus for my family. I

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speak his holy name, Jesus. Cuz your name is power. Your name is healing. Our community needs healing. You need to school. Our youth needs healing.

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And I can't bring it. You can't bring it. But I know the one who can. Jesus. I speak Jesus. Thank you. Moving on, we have uh next up we have recognition of retiring staff. Please

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move forward. >> Thank you, Mr. Batty. Um we have Mr. Scott Thson up, please. >> We have several staff members want to recognize 40 years of service.

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Uh, next up we have uh Mr. Prepicheski. >> 27 years of service. And third we have Matcher. would like to say thank you to the staff. Some of you I've had you in physical education class at the junior high

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and then uh or at Blair Point or I've had your children now at Blair Point and it's been tremendous joy. I could not have imagined all the joy that we'd come on August the 10th, 1998 when I came

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here after serving 16 years in uh FO County. But uh the Lord has blessed me and uh somebody asked how did I last this long and it's because of seeking him first and uh committing my way into

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him and just walking into the gym and trying to make the day enjoyable for the kids. uh no matter what we were playing or what relay we were doing or what activity we were uh trying to accomplish

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or where we were whether we were in the gym or in a classroom or down the hallway you know uh I probably would have even done it at the rooftop if they' let me but uh it's it's been wonderful so thank you

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is Um, Mrs. K here, see her this evening. >> Um, 27 years of service and we we have a gift for her as well. We'll get that to her. So, that's it for that recognition. Mr. B. >> Thank you, Mr. McCormack. Next up, we have a Chartwell's presentation. Miss

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Katie Carter, the floor is yours. >> So, do I have an option of I don't. I'm sorry. >> Okay. Well, thank you for having me. Um, so my name is Katie Carter. I started with Chartwells uh food management company uh

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February 23rd here. Um I'm really excited to be here. Um my background is uh 20 plus years in uh college and university food service. So uh spent a lot of time at Purdue University which is my alma moater and did pretty much anything and everything you can imagine

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in food service at Purdue feeding students and families and um others. I've uh spent some time at Eastern Illinois as an assistant director of dining and then I spent about seven years up in North Dakota um as a a director of dining at uh North

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Dakota State University. So um uh there I oversaw about 400 employees whether indirect or direct employees. Um, we had residential dining, we had catering, we had concessions, um, coffee shops, um,

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athletic feeding. Um, so I I also oversaw some renovations um, at West Dining Center about $6 million. At residence dining center, two different renovations about $5 million. So some experience with renovations and facility things. We also did facelifts of some of

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our operations. So, uh, experience with the construction, renovation, project management, um, things going out to bid, all that kind of stuff. So, um, I'm, um, I'm new to, uh, K through 12 food service, so I need everybody to know

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that. This, thank you for taking a chance on me. I, uh, kind of Megan Kelly, who I report to, put it into perspective for me about a week ago when I was probably having enough day. Katie, you're basically you've made a career change. So, kind of helps me think a little bit differently when I feel like

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I'm really struggling. So, um there's a lot of learning. I just there's a lot of learning with K through 12 that um I'm enjoying. Um also sometimes I'm not doing the best at it, but I'm trying really hard. And then also um learning the Compass. Chartwells is a subsidiary

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of Compass. Um Compass is humongous multi-billion dollar company with multiple different types of food service sectors. Um and so learning all the processes and software and all that that go along with that is also um a learning opportunity. So I'm excited about it. Um

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things that I'm working on or that we as a team in Bing are working on at um all the schools are um kind of what we call end of the year shutdown which for us isn't really end of the year shutdown because we're uh end of the year academic year is how I look at it. uh because we're still uh

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we'll be serving summer school um feeding for the students at Blair Point and uh the high school and Elmwood. Um we'll be still be continuing to do meals at uh St. John's. And then um we have a new exciting opportunity that we just got approval from the

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state. It's a summer feeding program. Thank you for your help with the survey to get information from uh families that participated that uh we'll be offering what's called a rural non- congregate. There's lots of acronyms that we're learning too. I won't I won't make you try to learn those acronyms, but um

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rural non- congregate uh pickup feeding so that families when they register, we'll do registration every week. Um but once they register, then they can come and pick up meals on the days we we pick based on the feedback from the families are Mondays and Fridays from 10:30 a.m.

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to 12:30 p.m. And they'll pick up at Blair Point. And they'll when they pick up on Monday, they'll get hot lunch Monday and then they'll get meals for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday breakfast. When they pick up on Friday, then they'll get the same types of meals for those days until it's Monday again.

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Um, they can also have uh assigned other family members or whomever to pick up if they're not able to. So, there's some flexibility there. I know a lot of people work during the day, so that makes it kind of hard, but we went with the days and times that the most respondents gave us to try and meet those needs.

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Um, so the summer feeding's been a big project, right? And especially it's a new project for us. So we're excited to see we're estimating 150 students or children every day. It's Miami County um and it's uh uh children under the age of

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18 or if they're over 18 and they're person with a disability and still enrolled in school, they can participate. Also, they will if they're if they're participating in summer school feeding, they will not be able to do the non- congregate pickup also because that's considered by the state and the USDA double dipping. So, we have

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a process that we'll be tracking that. Um, so that's been really busy working on the summer the summer programs and then also right now we're also working on fall menus and we're working on fall um like shopping list or forecasting and then um also

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um budget and then um staffing things. We do have a retiree too, Jeannie Hughes. If anyone knows Miss Jeannie Hughes at the high school, she's lovely. Um I'm sad but she's excited. So that's great for her. Um we've been providing meals and and options for um field

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trips, cookouts. We had hot dogs today at um Blair Point, right? Um 400 give or take. Um so end of the year celebrations and just things like that. And then there's

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been some caterings that we've been doing also primarily breakfast. So that's kind of fun. Um what else? And then just from a staffing perspective, working on staff reviews. Uh I started daily huddles in the unit. So there's some communication going on

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and we talk about culture and safety and customer service and things like that. And then um working on summer scheduling and then um newly newly implemented food advisory committee. Thanks to those of you here that are on that and thanks for finding those folks. And um I'm working

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on figuring out how to do a Google doc to get the feedback so that we can get a meeting planned yet before the end of May pretty much. So that's what I have. I hope that's what we were looking for. >> Thank you, Mr. Tarter. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Any any questions at all?

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>> Well, you know, one one way to measure if someone's doing a good job or being wellreceived is just ask the people that work under them. And as I get through the buildings, I'll ask our kitchen staff, "How's Mrs. Tarter doing?" And

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across the board, they love her. They appreciate her leadership style. She's very kind, caring, thorough. Um, so th those people that work under you speak highly of you. So, thank you. >> I'm getting to know them all. So, good share.

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>> Thank you. >> Anybody else have questions? >> All right. Well, thank you so much. I appreciate you all. Have a great rest of your night. >> Thank you, Miss Tarter. >> We'll now move on to the business section. Um awarding the the project

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bids. Um we'll have some discussion and action to approve those bids. Mr. McCorm, >> I will turn the floor over to Mr. Tim Punston from Skilman who will uh enlighten us on on this process, this step. to see everybody again. Um, in your

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board packets, I believe you have a letter of recommendation uh from the Skilman Corporation regarding the bid event uh that we had on April 22nd. And in that 22nd or 29th

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>> 29th >> 29th, I'm sorry, mine has the typo in it. Um, it was April 229, so I know that's not correct. We had inside of that we had uh multiple bid categories specifically seven uh the

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bid totals for the low parent responsible and responsive biders uh equates to 10,49,812. Um we did not have any nonresponsive biders. When I say that um after our post bid interviews

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um we have several questions and forms, state regulations and things that we go through process and interview the biders. Um so at this time all the apparent low biders from bidding are responsible and responsive uh based upon our evaluation.

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uh tonight. Um I guess the motion uh that you would need to do is approve uh the letter of recommendation by the skill incorporation or as it as it stands. Um for this phase would start

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approximately uh July and August. Um that'll start with renovations and demolitions and uh things like that. So, um, right now we're just kind of in a process where once we approve, there's notice of proceeds that go out to the contractors,

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they resubmit back, um, insurance and bonding, uh, requirements to the school. So, there's a little bit of paperwork, ordering materials, and mobilization process before we actually get to the real construction here over the next 60 or 90 days. I'm open to any any questions anyone may

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have. Thank you, Mr. Fson. >> Thank you very much. Um, I would entertain a motion to accept the letter as presented this time. >> Mr. Hoover, we are a second.

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Any questions, discussion, further? Hearing none. All those in favor? Opposed? It's 6 to1. Motion passes 16. Uh next up we have um Brew Public Library board appointments. Mr. Clark.

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Yeah, pretty standard action required this evening by the board. U Mr. Murphy is getting a reappoint uh to the PR public library. And um so this recommendation in your packet just uh

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need your approval. >> I hear a motion to accept the recommendation. Magnus second. >> I knew you were going to second it. Any discussion? All those in favor? It is unanimous.

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Thank you. Uh, next up, early literacy endorsement. >> We have um Elizabeth site with a $1,000 stipen for the early literacy endorsement for your approval. >> A motion to accept the endorsement.

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Thank you. Any discussion, questions? All those in favor? is unanimous to call. Uh, next up, item D, Roxy Property Tax Resolution. Mr. McCorman, would you like to explain, please? You have a

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resolution document in your packet that states PR community schools will pay half of the 2025 property taxes of $10,799.89. Peru community schools portion of the taxes will be paid from the rainy day fund. The other half will be reimbursed

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to Peru community schools. This resolution was duly made, second etc on this date. So that is there uh for your consideration. >> Second discussion. All those in favor

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61 motion passes. Thank you. Um, next up under donations, um, there is a list of donations before you. I would entertain a motion to accept those as presented. >> Thank you, Miss Justice. Second, any questions?

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All those in favor is unanimous. >> And Mr. Batty is Mr. Alt Miller with us in the gallery. Would you uh want to >> say a word or two, Mr. Al Miller? >> Oh, we just uh pleased to have the opportunity to work with the school

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corporation. We were given an opportunity to help sponsor a unit for the baseball program and thought that'd be a great call. So hope that helps out the team and school. We appreciate partnership. It was a very smooth process when I made the request to

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crossroads. Um, appreciate Mr. Altm Miller um and his constituents and uh yeah, we're moving forward and building permits been received back to us and uh we couldn't have done it without Crossroads Bank. Thank you.

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>> Appreciate it, >> Mr. Al Miller and each and every person on this list. Thank you as well. Um, next up under FY oven quotes, Mr. McCormack,

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>> um, you have a a quote in your packet. We received three quotes. This was the low quote and I reached out to uh, Chartwells just for their expertise and they said Stafford Smith always puts

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forth a good product and service. So, for your consideration and approval, this will be paid for out of the kitchen food uh fund and this piece of equipment would would go into Blair Point. They're in desperate need of a a new combi oven.

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I the one they have is many many decades old on its last leg. So, um that's that. >> Thank you, Mr. McCormack. Do I hear a motion to accept the quote as presented? Just >> a second.

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Pennington. Any other questions or discussion? All those in favor? It is unanimous. >> Next up under agreements, we have the engaging minds agreement. Mr. McCormick, >> I'm going to call Mrs. Eddie up here

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momentarily. Um, this is a proposed Well, we've been working on this for quite a few months. We really think it's going to be a great opportunity for our school district, for our students, and I'll turn the floor over to Mrs. Eddie to give us a little more intricate

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detail on what this agreement will look like. >> Okay. Thank you for that. Um, Peru Community Schools had the opportunity of visiting um a Cookamo Elementary School that is home to um a a set of classrooms that addresses um our autistic students

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who qualify for ABA services. And what Cookamo schools had done was enter in an into an agreement with uh an ABA center therefore hosting a classroom of learning if you will on the property. And so um one hopefully good idea leads

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to another. And with um some of our student concerns at Elwood trying to get students who come from our ABA centers before entering the regular school experience um we were finding that we had more of those students entering our population. we felt like we were kind of

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lagging behind on their needs. Um so with the idea I proposed to Mr. McCormack that we uh look into our local um ABA center engaging minds. Um and at that point we began um working on a partnership. So in the fall with your

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approval we will be devoting one of the classrooms at Elwood Primary Learning Center to engaging minds as a working clinical setting. Um so rather than students who are school appropriate age appropriate being on site in engaging

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minds and being in their clinical setting preparing for school they'll actually be preparing for school in our setting in school. Um so uh the partnership itself details uh sharing our property, sharing our time, sharing

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our expertise. Um, and I I'm hopeful because the students are there and they need our help. And I think that with engaging minds supporting us, I think that it's a win-win situation, especially for our youngest learners. You know, you have to remember these are the the the first steps literally into

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our school system for some of these students, whether they've been diagnosed, whether they've been um supported or educated outside of that realm. It's up to us to to do it, and we are. but I think we'll I think we'll benefit greatly from their partnership. So, I'm looking forward to it.

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>> Um, I want to thank and recognize Mrs. Eddie for I mean, we've all had projects at home or work where you're like, not sure where this is going, but we think we need it. And I mean, how long have we been working on this deal? Like a year.

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>> Oh, it's it's been this entire academic year. >> Yeah. I mean, like she said, >> there we pardon me. We we've opened enrollment and so you can imagine there there are seven and eight-year-old students who have been in a clinical setting at Engaging Minds who have never been in public school. They they went

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there first. They qualify for autistic services. Um they're given onetoone care um and training. They show up like it's a school day, but they're not being uh given academics at that point. So this partnership is is going to create an opportunity to make them school ready.

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They they need to be in school. Um, I'm hoping it's a great stepping stone to get them into Blair Point. Um, and and I think all of us see the independence that comes with being around their peers in an educational environment. So, engaging minds is, I think, just as

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excited as we are to help help us and us help them. >> And we're not, this is at no cost to the service. Now, if we would want one of our staff members trained by Engaging Minds if um there's a hourly fee, but

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not a requirement to do that. Um but in in totality, it really is a partnership that's to no cost um to to us. When we I Mrs. Eddie and Mrs. went to Cooko. I mean, they have a whole

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autistic wing there because of the size of their district, but it was pretty amazing. It was very efficient. It was what's right for kids. And again, I want to thank Mrs. Eddie for putting this out there and getting us to the finish line here.

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>> Well, that's right. back to you because I you know him an email does not sit in his inbox that you don't address and you're you quite frankly are the one that's kept the ball rolling and I really appreciate you seeing this through because that's what you've done. You've seen it. You've seen it through. So >> definitely been a team effort. So this

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uh this proposal andou uh is there for your consideration for approval this evening. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I would entertain a motion to accept theou as presented. Just a second.

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>> Questions or discussion? >> Just also want to point out the fact that Mrs. Eddie challenging the upcoming year was just the construction. So your ability to find another room

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is very admirable. So again to everybody sitting here not too much this point and we will continue to and then knows that we full disclosure on so they know they got it from

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>> Dr. Pennington. Anyone else? Nothing else. I would all those in favor. It is unanimous. Thank you. Um, moving on to operations and technology. Uh, facility use request. Mr. McCormick.

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Uh, you have a you have a 2026 Miami County winter banner reception. Uh, would like to uh use our facilities. Um, also, um, we have a hope for homes car show, uh, in August. Uh, they would

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like to use the softball area out at the North Athletic Complex uh, from 1 to 4:00 p.m. on August 29th. So, th those two facility use requests are there for your consideration this evening. >> Thank you, Mr. Performing. Do I hear a

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motion to accept those as presented? So, >> just a second. Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Fuller. Discussion. All those in favor is unanimous. Thank you. Uh moving on to personnel, we have

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resignations, retirement, suspension, termination, and transfers. Um you see a list of 13 before you. I would entertain a motion to accept those as presented unless uh anyone would like to extract one of those or more. I move to accept 213.

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>> Thank you, >> Justice. Do I have a second? Second, >> Dr. Pennington, any questions or comments? >> Hearing none. All those in favor? It is unanimous. Um,

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moving on to recommendation for certified positions. Uh, same thing. I would entertain a motion to accept one through six as presented unless someone would like to extract one or more. >> I move to accept number one and three

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through six number. I'll change that motion to number one and four through six. >> Do we have a motion to accept one, four,

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five, and six? I hear a second. >> Pennington. Bear with me. >> Any questions? Little different. Everybody understand what we're voting on? We're voting on 14,5. All those in

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favor? It is unanimous. Um item two, I would entertain a motion to accept that as presented. >> Dr. Pennington second. >> Second, >> Mr. Hoover,

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questions or discussion? >> Comment. I will be voting against this, but it's not because I don't think they deserve compensation in some kind of way.

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My problem with it is that cutting so many places and I'm not going to pick and choose who's getting extras and who's not. All those in favor

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opposed motion passes 16. Um number three is the last one we have up. I would entertain a motion to accept number three as presented. >> Justice second.

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>> Second. >> Questions, comments, concerns? Um I will be voting no if not against the person or the transition to that position but more to do with the supplemental salary. Anyone else

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in favor post the one motion pass. Thank you. Uh moving on to recommendations classified position. Uh again like the others I would entertain a motion to accept one through three as

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presented. >> So move through track three. >> Three. >> So can I can I put a motion for one and two? >> Yes. >> So you're motion you're making a motion

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for one and two. Okay. Do I have a second on one and two? Second. >> Thank you Mr. Fuller. Discussion. All those in favor? It is unanimous. Thank you.

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Number three, I would entertain a motion to accept that as presented. >> So moved, >> M. Justice second, Mr. Ellis. >> Discussion. All those in favor? Opposed?

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Motion carries 61. Uh moving on to recommendation for extracurricular positions. Um again I would entertain a motion to accept one through four unless someone would like to extract one. >> Make a motion to accept one through four.

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>> Thank you Mr. Ellis. >> Thank you. Justice discussion. All those in favor 70. Thank you. Uh recommendation for subteer nurse cafeteria transportation custodian

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positions. We have two there. I would entertain a motion to accept those as presented. >> Justice second. >> Second Ellis. Any discussion or questions?

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Hearing none. All those in favor? It is unanimous. Thank you. Uh recommendation for student intern I would entertain a motion to accept that person as a student intern. >> Thank you, Dr. Pennington and Miss

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Justice. Questions, concerns, discussion? All those in favor? It is unanimous. Um, moving on to board member committee reports.

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>> Uh, Dr. Pennington. >> No updates at this time. >> Thank you, Dr. Pennington. Mr. Fuller. >> Uh, yeah. So, tonight we have the senior certificate ceremony um at Honeywell. So, um, congratulations to all our

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seniors and thank you to Mr. Burns for representing Brook High School and being present for that. >> And that is for our Hartland Career Center students. >> Uh, Mr. Ellis with Parks Board. Uh just

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had a meeting on May 81 14 nothing really new business had wonder first pickle ball court shades next June 11 you're all welcome to join if you want >> thank you Mr. Miss Justice, do we have anything from

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the art advisory board? >> We Let's see. The day after the last meeting, we had another meeting. Um, plans were made to get the name switched over for the arts live account. Um, it will need the bank sign what's

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necessary. Bylaws were reviewed and an update was drafted. That draft will be voted on at the upcoming meeting in May as well as the election officers. um upcoming events were reviewed and volunteers taken for opening the art

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gallery for those events and Connie reviewed the response given by director Charles Shepard at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. He sent positive remarks on proposed space at the former junior high building and the next step would be to meet with Mr. McCormick and Trabalter

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Design to start collecting dollar amounts for the renovations needed. Next meeting is May 28th at 10 a.m. >> Thank you, Miss Justice. Anyone else have anything to add? >> Moving along to the budget. Um, and Miss

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Iner, you're up with claims of claims and project at this time. Does anybody have any questions regarding claims as presented? >> Thank you, Miss Just twice I've done it. Thank you, Miss Justice. I'm sorry. Do I have a second?

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>> Sorry. >> I'll just >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Mr. Ellis. Does anyone have any questions or concerns? Any other discussion? All those in favor? It is unanimous. Thank you.

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fund monitor report Miss we've collected about 35% of our 2026 budget as the end of April for the state of Indiana we continue to keep our scholar and benefits as our largest expenses made at 65%

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we have expended just over 73% of our 26 budget there's no activity until June so that is operation fund we have collected almost 30% of our 26 budget salaries and buildings of largest care. We expended

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just over 29% of our budget rain day there was activity in April. Our 2024 on projects are continuing and wrapping up final probably summer on projects as we heard tonight will be starting in the next few months and

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you'll start seeing a lot more activity in that fund as start. and our school lunch fund. We remain to be in a a positive balance as we have done this year. Any questions? >> I would entertain a motion to accept the

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fund monitor report as presented. >> So move second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Dr. Penny. Any questions or discussion? All those in favor?

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It is unanimous. Um, next up we have board member comments. Anyone? I want to say thank you to all the retired teachers. They taught them.

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I like to say that I had the pleasure of having three of the teachers um, growing up and they were all phenomenal. Um, thank you so much for making my childhood, teenage years, uh, as amazing as they were.

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>> It's safe to say you were one of the reasons you're retiring. >> Anyone else? Again, thank you staff for for another wonderful year. Um, seems like it flew by this year, but thank you to all that had worked hard to make it another

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successful year. >> Mr. McCormack, >> nothing for this evening. Thank you, Mr. Ready. >> Thank you, Mr. Cory.