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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 and justice for all every father we thank you for the school system Andy Miller here James McCoy I'm here Andy Mitchell dear Karen Sutton Bob Marcum Barb Gerald go ahead and call the October 12th on the radio. first of all the public participation tonight we do not think you may be onto board goal fellow members of the board at 9 to bring the keyboard goals at 2 you at this meeting and I will I will like couple of them that you seen your board packet this evening first one I want highlights University who has donated I did come to change to our free Meadows computer laugh got in the robotic equipment body in the mall of the 3D printer brought in all of the electron 4 for engineering and coding and those are all now at Green Meadows Elementary ready to be used and all of the curriculum can be uploaded to elementary kids and sold in today's package you'll notice later on in the new business I'm going to ask permission to spend some of our effort Federal stimulus dollars Higher One made just for that Sim last and doing Billy a knife and in the energized what's going to happen in that classroom the rest of the school year that they have the equipment and the training is underway so that's really exciting and reaches one of our board engaging instructional practices for our Jets one other that I was want to run out to this evening has to do with the Safe physical social environment for students we had recently received the report from dr. voted that or out of our fights well all of our schools are seeing significant decreases in student behavior in log in trees and such and four of the five even tested in half and we're not doing the comparison just to last year because I actually put it in your next year but this goes back to even the previous year to date during the first nine weeks of the school year and that's that pretty pretty nice news you can learn a lot more containers aren't a distraction school can you think that benefit of a number that you heard me talk about some of these in our deck in section one of those being restorative practices at the middle school and cut their lawn in trees down but we also have Steve things are starting to recognize that we're putting things in place that say to them if we care about you we care about you enough tonight. Just turn the other way when there's problems we want to lean into you as I heard somebody say and provide the right support so that when you do come back to school even if you're separated for a short. Of time of it at a detention suspension whatever that you come back and you understand that we care about you when should you well we don't want you to have to go that's really good news because of the good things that are happening do you think the social emotional learning focus with actual temperature in Mauri was fired at this summer when she came and did a lot of training in our schools and I think our hypothetical can tell you she was part of that at the elementary school doing morning meetings for the setting the stage there so you can tell me if I'm not in my in the day she sets the stage for a good day even for a kid who might come to school with a lot of stores and Doctor Lori give her STL work rest back to something that was one of the cheap seats at the elementary with and another piece thing was that was store to practice until the middle school is really wrapped her arms around that and I know I suppose keeping an eye on that as well bless the Lord Google go ahead move on to a superintendent report so so that you don't have to get this I need to update you on what's going on in our schools from an academic achievement standpoint to Leslie thanks for being in your car a lot thanks for husband back in in enjoy all those miles with that food on your good podcast well I got to bring really good news and it's just nice to tell you about some of the great things that are happening in our schools and although we're only 9 weeks and it feels like we have done a lot in those 9 weeks and it looks much different than it did last year this time just because simply that were able to do more when the summer was coming upon us and we had some additional Title 1 funding we were able to think about how could we use that money to support our teachers of the summer and we decided to put together at the PLC conference where we partnered with solution tree and they were able to provide us a virtual event who would have ever thought you would sit in a room and watch screens and be that engaged I didn't see any off-task Behavior Somerset when I was looking at how many staff members attended the summer that was a hundred and eight of our instructional staff members showed up to that for three days to do some learning around how to be a better educator in terms of professional learning communities that's 46% of our trucks. So that is significant good feeling at some of those people to be hired over the summer would have been here sooner they would have been there as well so those were great times and a great way to spend some time this summer learning in addition to providing through Title One entitled to additional time for teachers because coming out that professional Learning Community Workshop everybody was fired up saying we need to do more work with curriculum we want to get our pieces together for this year and so to be able to provide dollars for those teachers to spend some time with the summer because we know teachers work all summer long even though they are contracted to but when we look at it only in our 23 hours work and I can't even imagine how that that's 126 staff members spend the summer doing curriculum work and I'm sure you know it again as there's new folks came on additional hours were done as well I think the saying that doctor wrote and I are most excited about this year's probably our new teacher Academy new teacher Academy 2.0 so what we have adjusted is making sure that not just do our new teachers come to meetings to get support hero central office but that whatever topic is covered here in the central office for best result of that month we asked our building principals to follow up how does that look in your building and how can you support your teachers that way and then as a third step we asked our Mentor teachers work with their teachers that they're supporting whatever it is that topic might be last month was English language Learners with Lori North and it was phenomenal I went to it and walk with like oh my gosh I forgot about that strategy and I've been single for so long so it's just a wonderful way for us to regroup and another piece that we added to that in the 2.0 version is that we ask the mentors you can even come to those meetings and what's happening is we're having teachers who've been here for like so strange for used but to be able to sit beside someone and Coach them and then walk back into their schools and say this is how we do it has been fantastic so 43 teachers that's 19% of our destruction staff is new so we know we need to really put a lot of stock into making sure that that is successful but was 37 wonderful mentors in our district we know that's a very promising I would say on top of those that mentorship program the possibilities it has to make sure we can retain our staff is what my biggest goal is because when you have a deep relationship with people and you see that they've invested in you it's really hard to say I'm going to go somewhere else so that's my ultimate goal I know when it comes to text tutors accelerating economic growth that were starting that we started at the beginning of September and we're starting slow and that's for safety I'm good also to make sure we don't overwhelm our structural staff were seen some great things you've had 438 students in total across the district participating so 57 of teachers here that are working with students in smaller groups we try to keep those smaller for the purpose of being a tuner and it's mean something to being a small small group for that kind of work so that gives you a glance as to what the different schools are doing it's a little bit different Molly each of those and we're going to keep growing at a year before last my favorite topic watch a program through this program right here would be enough is a person's normal she has certainly been the person who has taken this vision and run with it and taking it further than probably any of us could have thought to do with her role last year she service 9th grade this year we were able take those extra dollars and extend how much reach we had Project Excel by definition is meant to be that how do we support the transition grade to make sure you walk in having a success so one of those pieces we were able to hire has kindergarten Project Excel interventions because you're walking into school and we need to make sure that you transition if a kid can learn their letters early October they're ready to read and that means so much Amy Perez and Nicole Pompei or play Network big there's currently servicing 68 kids and I talked to Amy today and she was like you know what I think almost all my kids have all their letters now and then she sent me beautiful pictures for kids have written their names if they're writing and sidewalk it's not drunk fails fun she's made just at SunTrust for years has done a letter experts and she's brought that over to Blue Ridge and they have a board where they're keeping track of that kids know what they need to be doing and growing same things happening in sixth grade Amanda long our new Project Excel teacher over there is working with our sixth-grade students particularly in English and math make sure that those students are succeeding it's hard to know how to keep back of the sirens and folders and as a mom of a 6th grader right now I think I'm just lucky he somehow intrinsically got that and then at ninth grade give Liz olrich and then we have had Kristen horrible and I will tell you I'm going to the high school last Friday and I expect to find Christopher I run in the Halls somewhere going to work with kids and where do I find her not in her office sitting in Project Excel working with your doing good thing reading Champions has been something that we haven't been able to do and we feel we've got some precautionary pieces and place that we're going to begin that tomorrow we're going to have a deal for orientation meeting with our volunteer for starting small I don't want to over I'll mess with too many volunteers I mean at one time we had 33 people and a little room so if you know of anybody that wants to volunteer with a third row history with them and just build that Joy of reading we're happy to take them and we can get them placed and then finally I'm sure you've seen this in the news for very happy to say that any Partnerships with Frankfurt to Munich the library The Learning Network and the Township Trustee we were able to become part of Dolly Parton Imagination Library and if you don't know much about that when my kids were young I was able to sign up in Tippecanoe County baby and what's yours he has to be able to do is provide the dollars to ship those books to Home Dolly Parton gives you the books for free and then you have to find a way to ship them to home so those Partnerships have been able to pull the funds together for 330 students preschoolers where to buy throughout our County and we're actively putting them into and currently as of today at 191 so that's pretty exciting we had a lot of teachers slide them into us to get those kids in November they will get their first book in the mail and I will get one once a month and it comes with activities for family to do so that's a fantastic thing that can have a great impact for kids coming to the school Leslie thank you for questions or comments for our director the students really struggling transition lenses new guy doing a great job thank you so much everything who is the match okay let's go ahead move on to our board member report on Karen I went to and yesterday I dance Indianapolis for the school board and superintendent annual conference and I wanted to let you know that the legislative priorities and Foundation baby I'm by the delegation and I'm An approved and I left you a copy and I'm not sure and I have a few extra copies if anybody in the audience would like when I bet it goes through and talks about what are I already for the session that will begin in January and you'll note that we have a lot fewer priorities this year than last year but I wanted I like the number one priority all about teachers Recruitment and Retention and I I am very thankful for that because I think it's certainly key making sure that way she didn't want they wanted to be with her kid so take a look at what what is Britain and I would appreciate any thoughts and concerns that you had on any of these and I'm so that I can share even with Brian go to be talking to him again the next time so I have to get back to my ideas and concerns let me know while we had the opening session yesterday they showed a video that is da18 Ward from National School boards Association and it was all about our legislative at the latest VA who do I ask Joel if we can show that video this evening the way about 5 minutes but it's kind of neat hello 22 president of the national school boards Association nsda recognizes member State School boards Association public education within there's a fire Warden the NFPA Leading Edge award it's my pleasure to introduce morning or all go and chair of the NFPA lead Edge award committee to help you recognize the exceptional work of this year's recipients uvula care of the 2021 nspa leading-edge award committee directions to the Indiana school boards Association ispa's Innovative legislative Action Network for land unifies and mobilized the school board members and their lobbying and advocacy work to advance public education land and how is legislative liaison to ensure that school board members are well-informed and equipped to help local lawmakers understand how education bills under consideration will impact the students in their District winning program the Indiana State House in Indianapolis where the Indiana school boards Association is VA is actively tracking legislation affecting public schools in the state are nearly 250 bills or so Abby fashion David Indiana General Assembly introduces regarding K12 education we really need to make sure bar 1700 members that we're providing them with the tools the resources and the messaging so that they can be in the right place at the right time with the right message to also help influence the outcomes of the legislative session is d a legislative Action Network provides the tools and resources and messaging for Effective advocacy at the state level understand what the general assembly wants to do is 10 to do and how it will affect the education of their child being more effective at lobbying legislators working inside assistant City School Corporation is only better as part of the legislative Action Network each School Board in Indiana is asked you a legislative liaison and that person really we just asked them to coordinate maybe some legislative activities we really had to take some time and educate people in our straight into how we can enhance legislation how we can make things go forward and directions that we truly believe her best friend's kid I worked at 3 Public School parade if he has much different me obviously do that if we keep her eyes on it was about to program and we keep our eyes on the charter school program and the kidney of School Board Association is a boy we decide on which one you're going to get is 50% of state budget also dependent roast Caden covid patient was in the 2019 budget session the last session has been the best direct me to Weis for schools that we've seen in decades head and I think a lot of things went in the play there but I do think the fact that we have got a formalized structure now and placed it to have strength in numbers in a little bit of a lot of nutrients does policy has played out advocacy as more and more important for school board members with issues that are being presented to them that was the puzzle how do you spell receiving the 2021 Leading Edge award from the national school boards Association certainly recognizes and validates that our hard work that we are doing in the area of legislative advocacy it's important work that it matters and that we're making a difference can thanks for sharing that thanks for being religiously waiting on you cuz I know there's a lot of school boards that job I have kind of connection did you do the other day which place makes a difference for us to board your atoms are yes I did did you notice his wife are so gorgeous I think he said yesterday that one of the positives of covid-19 you can come here you got it all back in a fully jail list and I never seen it anybody with a couple buddies thank you sir okay I'm headed to the consent agenda public hearing where we had our teacher contract negotiations your mother's claim on a treasurer's report me to eat payroll claims and Personnel to all of their but you'll notice missing this week is a financial dashboard asking your permission to wait until October 26th some of you know our account payable receivable got his bike over this past couple weeks and so we've been without our one employee and so she's getting everything finished up so I can give you an accurate up-to-date report next month but after New Groove part and send it to me and then we approve and consent agenda we're going to have a motion from Chris and a second was Karen Horney questions for Miss McKinney about the consent agenda communication right see you all again so many great things are happening with our schools tonight and he said she played mom as well have their parent-teacher conferences and they had a coffee truck lined up there and don't have a scheduled appointment I'm going to get coffee so what are funny things to do to try and bring parents out to the school I sure it sounds a little bit like bribery but you can all go for a little dose of caffeine as well so many other things going on from the sporting events are taking place the high school plays coming up so many opportunities for the community to be involved in our schools and what's going on and taking place so that's just outstanding I want to be back on WhatsApp Leslie shirt earlier about our tag program Sheridan article online on the website as well as fun social media this afternoon regarding the program shirts and data various coordinators have shared with me to assemble that you had some really fun things taking place and numbers I used may not lined up exactly with Leslie shared that they came directly from our coordinators and so I ran with it like the middle school not only are they doing remediation and credit recovery and things like that and tutoring they're also doing their clubs in the afternoon one of them isn't child's a dork club and what in the was that an there like playing board games and all kinds of other stuff and so little club meeting once a week pieces of music for solo and Ensemble Blue Ridge I appreciate that who's really cool Becca vessels as the coordinator over there and she said that really what they're seeing is a lot of growth in the social skills of The Kindergartners I'm sure Clayton could speak to that and if their confidence is really growing through that program also miss is Queen the media specialist over there is doing a stem group and they're having some really fun discussions High School 121 students receiving tutoring help 96 students in Newberry call Core different clubs with five more getting ready to start really really exciting and I think of one thing I heard from there and since the students even if they don't need help they were appreciated study place where they can go and get work done Suncrest Green Meadows both have tutoring taking place math Reading Writing one of the group's it at Green Meadows this morning some Chinese is there reading and picture a shirt online of growth head like a Chinese word alphabet something you'll written on her arm and I'm like and so hot that's taking place over green Suncrest that they have all kinds of clubs in tutoring taking place board games crafts arts an outdoor science club which I'm sure has been a lot of fun with the warmer weather and could be a little bit more challenging in a little while I'm the one thing that we drive on exercises well and this is I think still community relations as well as we were committed to making sure the buses ran for this program as well so we can do any of this without add a spouse are bus drivers who are committed to getting the kids home in some of them yeah they're staying there making rounds later than what they're used to but without them this program couldn't be going Austin and the morale all these things that we're hearing about tonight with the discipline issues there's so many of these things are taking place in in tag and in other areas and so grateful for that and its staff is making it may take me a nap anything I can use it for you it's in that the top story on the Clinton County daily news Tim got this story from police just a few minutes ago looks like and I know Tim Tim Hartman gets the credit Frankfort after school programs reaping benefits thank you for Camp. Thank you so much okay let's move on to new business you know where members of the board bring to you at first reading of policy 3101 attendance policy and brand new what does a fact mainly we need a certain parameters with their attendance attendance policy but also with the definition of in person in Virtual instruction the state so now I'm just recently with some different definitions of virtual programs one that we had in place last year that we don't have in place this year but with his policy brings to us is just to finding our compulsory attendance in what in-person instruction is versus virtual instruction while the state only looks at us and count the number of days that were in school they also Define what that looks like as far as hours during the school day 5 hours at elementary and 6 hours at the secondary so that's also included in this policy and also included a defining what call Truett Diaz in and out when it get to 10 unexcused days that is the definition of the State statue that is a habitual truancy so Karen being the liaison forward policy I'll look over this policy Joel took a look at it too so this is the first reading at it and took really into account a number of different school districts and what they've already place with their policies Rossville really having a doing a nice job to find any kind of that impersonal in person in Virtual so taking a lot of different districts and combining it into our own case was in Frankfurt policy as a free 101 so that's the first reading for that attendance policy tonight any questions going to act on the minimum age do you know why it's 7 years of age because kindergarten is not kissing I have to come and get it if you want her to kindergartener so 7 it would be the entry gate if they didn't have the kindergarten so that's why I was seven years of age in question Indiana's law has been 7 years required compulsory attendance and forever and and we all ask the same question but that's that's it for now Kindle Fire be more important yeah there's no other members of the board I have two policies just for her to bring to you instead of review is the states in the word for the a policy that we could try to bring the various policies at their not being revised to at least the review every three years so this next one is the policy 220 for employment a part-time instructional Personnel there's been no change just do it it's just coming before you as a as a roof review last time it was reviews in 2016 any questions about that policy it's the only members of the board the other policy coming to you for review its policy 3106 that is to transfer students and their and no revisions to the policy and last time it was brought to you and he is in 2017 any questions that's it for policies 8 Decker Road and smelling members with boarding you for packing under 8.04 were taking a look at the classified employee hourly rate you seen this at our board meetings with four bring out the back from time to time because we made it revision to it what we recognized was that we have one employee group the tech support team that works for Debbie Bracken we had been bring them out of the line that all about halfway down would you see the word assistant so we didn't have tech support with it so we're asking the board to consider approval of adding the words tech support that will more Act exactly how we currently pay those positions so acting board to consider approval of the way our lead ready I know that we am approved King Bob for this weekend all in favor say aye appreciate it so under 8 .05 also a Google this evening on something I mentioned that earlier meeting when we talked about the new stem Lab at Green Meadows so this job description would give us an opportunity to search for and find the right person to provide directions to our students and our teacher so this role will not just be fashion teacher position it will be someone who's teaching as a teacher's bring the students to this thing that teachers can stay and learn without the pressure of having teachers happy to know how to do all of that in addition to what they're doing now in their classroom we are we could take this to Suncrest as well so this person could travel provide something similar activities to kids in grades kindergarten to 5th grade for a project and by the way the reason I call it project make cell like I stole that term because we were you extra dollars supervisor position for me information Oceanfront From Me Andy questions to bring this position he said this will be paid for with effort dollars so it's just one of those positions with temporary temporary agencies again tomorrow on the applicants week to currently have so that each applicant will know that this is a year-to-year position and will evaluated the end of the school year can you play title dollars might eventually pick it up Wednesday afternoon or so thanks Austin great question the one thing I asked you I didn't interpret that we might be able to expand into SunTrust it would not be a hand it would be through their tablets Riker either they can do that but they would not have access to come over to them to actually use the currently $10 that we might be able to purchase some of that they have six of them currently at Green Meadows so we'll see if it is possible for you to pair of kings. but if not there are dollars to be able to provide some manipulatives outside of computers bring over some grass actually actually owned some of our equipment that we've put in some positive lately because we haven't had anybody to use them that we'll get back out Romo Debbie all right peanuts popular on favor of the young girl in the project itself if I post a sign thank you just don't remember them for I am very excited to ask your consideration to approve this evening newest Frankfort High School assistant that you had a chance to let me ask questions of just a little bit ago Christian world is here with this this TV and she has worked for us for six years is in 1/7 years he had a variety of gold I hear North evil corporation that you hurt a lot about Project Excel I know you've been hearing about it now for almost a year and there's a wonderful work you've been doing what we thought we would just pull the truth her to take those talents and skills to administrative Rottweilers give me sometime say to the dog and I don't know I didn't I didn't actually take it in for kids because we know if I could high school look what's the Thousand students I was telling the high school principal what she was telling me the other day she's looking at the enrollments down in grades 4 5 6 and 7 right now and she's only two or three years away from being a thousand high school she's always tipped that 900 and it's getting bigger so I know city as excited about this position that Kristen is taking on we've given her that information tag for the last couple weeks I'm asking for consider keeping her taking away then do you make you honey I move that we accept any questions 4 Roberto benigni alright see you then call for both all in favor of accepting Christopher leather new principal say hi message welcoming to say if you this is my husband Tracy he's really who I learn all the administrative stuff from Parker so he's not here tonight and then this is Ben he's the seven the first grader do you put some time here Marley Is pre-k at Suncrest and then our youngest our baby here she is so real but thank you guys for the opportunity can I see don't know Tracy her husband is a middle school Western Union in his whole career has been in middle school so I've told him he's crazy a birthday quote for people that love me approval for a resolution letter of intent to make a purchase purchases for the old Marsh building we talked about it it's acting all that for me to talk to sensibly about the possibility we're continuing to move forward and this is just another one of those steps have we reached out to our attorneys that breach our school corporation resolution that would simply give us an opportunity to do nothing more than just take that next step and that would include two afraid so you see I kind of Lothian Hoover go should all of our boards this week approved to move forward those appraisals to Denbigh & Beyond tired and we give them about 30 days to get those to buy to risk that the letter of intent would come next and that would be including a lot of different contingencies including a grant to renovate the facility this is if you can read through that resolution you'll see that this is just asking you to give me permission to continue to explore the purchase of the old conch building for Career Tech Center I move that we accept the board resolution for taking next step are there any questions for Joe going live on my own question still the same yeah I don't know if you've heard elevation also known as Chief has offered to provide some Bridge dollars in my understanding from Chamber of Commerce directors that they would be willing to affect some dollars for the appraisal because nobody else made it to that cats will after this stuff if you get all three of them down in the next question but I have not committed any dollar Gia okay back to the economic so that is one of the biggest challenges is the deep is going up front the dollars to bridge the gap but they are acting within less than a year like that the dollars are being returned to Sender but haven't been answered but one of the things that's been really positive that the school corporations that are committed to moving forward have said first of all we believe that the dollars were made for the purchase are well worth it secondly we believe that once it's renovated will fill it with guess and programs no doubt nobody has any concern about that in fact we all believe that we'll find a way over time we don't think actually even an issue because quite honestly if it's full of kids and I can see a hundred and fifty kids in that building at all times throughout the day that many in the morning session and napping in the afternoon session so we generate dollars as you guys probably know for each and every student who sits in those seats for those program and the General's daughter is not only paid for the instructors they can also pay for ongoing maintenance and upkeep are pretty good on those two in the real squishy hard for me and for most of it is we we get the dollars to Rand cuz we believe with the renovations going to somewhere between 3 to 5 million now to really do it right commercial grade of school grade upgrade so that's where we are still holding on Grandma should know by the end of November I'll keep you posted motion and a second so all in favor of a board resolution say I have the same time alright is there anything else for the good of car tomorrow night is opening night at the fall play and bring Horizon inside of the block 12 Angry jurors it's not a comedy it's not a musical Lily will be fine shirt call Braintree Plaza after the bodies the last day you were taking the week off and hopefully expert help me we're going to need a little break can a motion for adjournment ocean from Mandy and a second from here

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