[1. Meeting Opening]
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>>> WELCOME EVERYONE. I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE. >> 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. >>> SINCE OUR LAST MEETING OUR HFC FIREMAN HAS SERVED SEVERAL LOSS LOSSES. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT OF SCIENCE
TO HONOR THE LIVES WE'VE LOST. >>> THANK YOU.
[2. Snapshots of Success]
FIRST UP WE HAVE OUR SNAPSHOTS OF SUCCESS.AND I HAVE EMILY PASTE ABBAS TO INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS.
>> GOOD EVENING. SO TONIGHT I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TWO SWIMMERS FROM FISHERS HIGH SCHOOL WHO WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THEIR RECENT OLYMPIC DREAM ASKS THEY BOTH SWAM TO TRY TO GET A SPOT ON THE OLYMPIC TEAM THIS YEAR AND BOTH DID REALLY WELL. SO COACH COME ON UP TO TALK ABOUT THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING NEXT.
>> THANK YOU EMILY. AND I WANT TO THANK DR. STOKES AND ALSO THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING ME TO OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK WITH YOU AND TO ALSO PRESENT SOME OUTSTANDING SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE HAD HERE RECENTLY IN THE POOL.
AND WITH TWO OF OUR OUTSTANDING STUDENT ATHLETES.
AND ALSO PEOPLE AS WELL. I HAVE HAVE ME SENIOR KYLE PONZLER AND JUNIOR JOJO RAMIE.
>> OF COURSE LAST NIGHT I ASKED THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DRESSED IN A PRESENTABLE MANNER AND ONE OF THEIR PARENTS CONTACTED ME AND SAID SHOULD THEY WEAR THEIR NATIONAL TEAM GEAR AND I SAID THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
SO THEY WERE THINKING MORE THAN I WAS.
BUT AS I SAID KYLE IS A SENIOR AT FISHERS HIGH SCHOOL AND JOJO IS A JUNIOR AND I KNOW WE'RE AT A TALKING OLYMPIC EXCESS BUT BOTH OF THOSE ATHLETES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED, DEBT DID INDICATED TO THEIR EFFORTS OVER NUMEROUS YEARS IN THE FISHERS SWIM PROGRAM AND ALSO THEY'VE ASPIRED TO THEIR SUCCESS AND BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN OLYMPIC TRIALS AND TRY TO FULFILL THOSE DREAMS OF BECOMING AN OLYMPIAN WHETHER THAT BE 2024 OR 2028.
BUT THEIR TIME HERE AT FISHERS THIS SPRING.
BOTH OF THEM LED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL STATE RUNNER-TO CAR MEL SO IN SOME WAYS IT'S LIKE GETTING FIRST. BUT ULTIMATELY BOTH OF THEM REALLY BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE, THE ATHLETES THAT THEY HAVE BECOME, THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT THEY DISPLAY REALLY HAVE LED OUR TEAM, OUR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM TO THIS SUCCESS THAT THEY'VE HAD. SO WHEN I ARRIVED HERE FOUR YEARS AGO, WE HAD ZERO ATHLETES THAT WERE COMPLETING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AT THAT TIME. NO ONE AT THE JUNIOR NATIONAL LEVEL. AND THESE TWO HAVE HELPED LEAD THAT TO WHERE NOW WE HAVE SIX ATHLETES THAT ARE COMPETING AT THAT LEVEL. AND THE SUCCESS THIS THESE TWO HAVE HAD DAY IN AND DAY OUT HAVE IN SPIRED MANY OF OUR OTHER ATHLETES TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS AS WELL.
JOJO AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DECEMBER OF 2019, BECAME THE AT THAT TIME WAS THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPIC TRIALS FOR WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 2020, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN KYLE HE ACHIEVED HIS OLYMPIC TRIALS TIME STANDARD, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.
SO REALLY CAN YOU KUDOS TO HIM COMING OFF THE ADJUSTMENTS AND SCHEDULES AND TIME OFF TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, COMING IN THAT
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FINAL HOUR TO QUALIFY. BUT BOTH OF THEM HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SWIM IN OLYMPIC TRIALS HERE THIS SUMMER AND BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN PROTOCOLAR THE OLYMPIC TRIALS WAS NOT A COMBINED MEET THIS YEAR, IT HAVE SEPARATED INTO TWO MEETS A WAVE ONE ASK WAVE TWO. AND IN KYLE'S TIME STANDARD QUALIFIED HIM FOR WAVE ONE AND THEN HE PLACEDDED SECOND AND THE TOP TWO ATHLETES IN EACH RACE WERE ABLE TO THEN ADVANCE TO WAVE TWO OF OLYMPIC TRIALS. HE ENDED UP FROM THE OUTSIDE LANE HE QUALIFIED EIGHTH FROM PRELIMINARIES AND HE ENDED UP GETTING SECOND AFTER FINALS. SO JUST A REALLY IN SPIRING AND MOTIVATING RACE AND ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR HIMSELF.AND QUALIFYING FOR WAVE TWO. AND SO HE CAME HOME FOR A COUPLE DAYS, WENT BACK, AND THEN SWAM THE WAVE TWO TRIALS.
AND JOJO QUALIFIED FOR WAVE TWO. SHE SWAM THE 100-YARD BACKSTROKE AND THE 200-YARD BACKSTROKE. THE HUNDRED BACKSTROKE WAS A LITTLE SURPRISE TO US IN THAT SHE QUALIFIED FROM PRELIMINARY TO THE SEMIFINALS AND ENDED UP PLACING IN THE TOP 16 WHICH WAS NOT REALLY WHAT WE HAD EXPECTED BUT THAT LED TO GREAT THINGS WITH THE 200 BACKSTROKE WHICH WAS LATER IN THE WEEK, HER PRIMARY EVENT AND SHE ENDED UP PLACING IN THE TOP EIGHT.
SO SHE FINALLED IN OLYMPIC TRIALS AS A 16-YEAR-OLD.
AND WITH THAT BOTH OF THESE ATHLETES IN THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT THE MEET, KYLE ENDED UP BEING THE SECOND FASTST 18 AND UNDER IN THE UNITED STATES AND JOJO HAD THE FASTEST TIME IN THE 100-YARD BACKSTROKE AND THE 200-YARD BACKSTROKE FOR ALL 18 AND UNDERS IN THE U.S.
BECAUSE OF THAT THEN THEY HAVE NOW QUALIFIED FOR THE FENA WORLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKING A COUPLE DAYS OFF SCHOOL AND SO THEY WILL BE LEAVING ON SEPTEMBER 28 AND THEY WILL COMPETE IN BERLIN GERMANY ON ON THE ONE AND THREE AND THEN THEY WILL TRAVEL TO BUDAPEST AND THEY WILL COMPETE THERE OCTOBER 7 TO THE NINTH. SO THEY'LL BE A PART OF OF AN 18 AND UNDER CONTINGENT THAT WILL REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. SO PRETTY AWESOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CURRENTLY KYLE IS RANKED TOP 75 IN THE WORLD AGAINST ALL THE MEN. SO AND IN ADDITION TO THAT HE SHOULD -- WE WILL KNOW SOON BUT WE'RE PRETTY SERVE HE'LL QUALIFY FOR THE NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM, AND JOJO IS CURRENTLY RANKED IN THE 200 BACKSTROKE, SIXTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND ALSO 17TH -- 16TH OR 17TH, I CAN'T REMEMBER ACTUALLY IN THE WORLD AMONGST ALL COMPETITORS IN THE 200-METER BACKSTROKE.
AND SO SHE WILL BE OUR FIRST ATHLETE TO QUANTIFY FOR THE NATIONAL TEAM AND WHAT IS TRADITION IS THAT SOMEWHERE AROUND 30 TO 40 PERCENT OF THOSE ATHLETES TYPICALLY AFTER THEY'VE BEEN ON THE NATIONAL TEAM QUALIFY FOR THE NEXT OLYMPICS.
SO NO PRESSURE. BUT THEY'RE OUTSTANDING PEOPLE, OUTSTANDING STUDENT ATHLETES AND NO DOUBT GREAT REPRESENTATIVES OF FISHERS HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL CORPORATION, AND JOJO BROUGHT HER OLYMPIC TRIALS FINAL MEDAL WITH HER.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
BUT WE'VE BEEN CHEERING FOR YOU ALL ALONG, SO AND SUZANNE'S BEEN A CHAMPION ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER MAKING SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU TWO.
>> WE GET TO KEEP THIS, RIGHT? >> SO AND THEY ARE WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> YOU GUYS SHARE HOW OLD YOU WERE WHEN YOU STARTED COMPETING
IN SWIMMING? >> SO I STARTED LESSONS WHEN I WAS FOUR AT FISHERS AND THEN I STARTED A TEAM WHEN I WAS SIX
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AND THEN I BASICALLY SWAM SINCE I WAS SIX, ALWAYS ON THE CLUB TEAM AND YEAH. SO I'VE DONE MY WHOLE TIME AT FISHERS AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, SO . . .>> I THINK I WAS FIVE, MAYBE SIX WHEN I STARTED SWIMMING AND I ACTUALLY -- AND WE DIDN'T MOVE HERE UNTIL 2012 SO I LEARNED HOW
TO SWIM IN CINCINNATI. >> I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WATCHING YOU GUYS SWIM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU'RE PRETTY AMAZING AND YOU MAKE IT LOOK REALLY EASY.
SO FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS AND AS A CHAMPION IT'S SOMEONE THAT WORKED SO HARD AND DOES WITH A YOU DO FOR EACH OF YOU WHAT MOTIVATES YOU EVERY DAY? WHAT MAKES YOU WANT TO DO THIS?
>> WELL, THANKS. I THINK LIKE, JUST KNOWING WHERE AT THE LEVEL WE'RE AT AND WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THOSE OLYMPICS AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT YOU KIND OF DREAM OF AS A LITTLE KID AND TO BE SO CLOSE TO IT PUSHES YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU. AND I AGREE WITH THAT, JUST SEEING HOW CLOSE AND HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN IMPROVING OVER THE PAST -- LIKE, NOT IN A VERY LONG TIME.
I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY INSPIRING SEEING THE RESULTS THAT WE HAD THIS SUMMER OF WHAT WE CAN DO IN 2024 SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP ON THRIVING UNTIL 2024, AND 20282.
>> AND I HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR THAT.
SO THEN WHO DO YOU -- WHO IN SPIRES YOU? DO YOU GUYS HAVE A FAMOUS OR FAVORITE SWIMMER, SOMEONE THAT
IN SPIRES YOU IN. >> I THINK THE ONLY RIGHT ANSWER WOULD BE MICHAEL PHELPS. SO THAT'S WHO I LOOKED SEVEN TO.
>> IDENTIFY ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO MISTY FRANKLIN, BUT WHEN SHE WAS FEATURE 15 OR 16 SHE WON GOLD ON THE OLYMPIC ASKS AFTER I GOT MY LORETTA OLYMPIC TRIALS CUT SHE CALLED ME ON THE PHONE AND GAVE ME SOME ADVICE AND AFTER SEMIFINALS WEB INTO FINAL FINALS SHE TEXTED ME. SHE WAS NOT HOME BECAUSE SHE WAS ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH BUT SHE LET ME KNOW THAT THEY WERE ALL CHEERING FOR ME AND HOW GOOD A JOB I'VE DONE.
SHE'S SUPER NICE. >> SO I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT NERVES. SO WHEN YOU'RE COMPETING AT THAT HIGH LEVEL, HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT?
>> I THINK ONE THING I LEARNED FROM TRIALS IS YOU HAVE TO TREAT IT LIKE ANY OTHER MEET SO MY FIRST SWIM I WAS A COMMITTEE WRECK, I HAVE SO NERVOUS AND I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT I -- GOING ON FROM THAT I TOOK, OKAY, THIS IS JUST ANY OTHER NORMAL MEET. SO AFTER THAT YOU KIND OF GET USED TO IT AND YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY I CAN DO THIS NOW BUT I CAN
CONTROL IT. >> I MEAN, IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR ME BECAUSE WHEN HE CAME HOME I COULD ASK HIM HOW IT WAS, ESPECIALLY LIKE HUGE ARENA AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO CITIZEN TO YOUR RACE STRATEGY AND RAIN SHOWER PLAN AND AT THAT POINT ALL THE WORK IS DONE SO YOU CAN'T REALLY -- IT'S ALL LIKE MENTAL FROM THERE AND I WAS LUCKY BECAUSE MY BETTER EVENTS' THE 200 BUT I HAD THE HUNDRED FIRST SO I WAS USING THAT TO GET USED TO THE FEELING. I MEAN, I WASN'T SUPER NERVOUS, I WAS JUST LINING TREATING IT LIKE EVERY OTHER MEET.
>> ONE MORE QUESTION, I THINK. WHAT'S IT LIKE TO TRAVEL? HAVE YOU TRAVELED BESIDES THE TRIALS AND LOOKING AT GOING NEXT STEP? WHAT'S THAT LIKE? DO YOU GET TO ENJOY ANY OF THE COUNTRY THAT YOU VISIT?
>> I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRIP, SO
I HOPE WE ENJOY IT. >> I'M JUST EXCITED.
>> GREAT. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO KYLE YOU'RE GOING TO NC STATE.
JOJO ANY PLANS YET? I IMAGINE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTING YOU TO COME TO THEIR COLLEGE.
>> I HAVEN'T COMMITTED YET. >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO REVEAL
ANYTHING. >> YOU CAN'T START RECRUITING UNTIL YOUR JUNIOR YEAR SO THAT -- I WAS IN OMAHA WHEN RECRUITING STARTED FOR US SO YEAH.
IVELY BE MAKING A DECISION SOON, THOUGH.
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>>> AND SCALE, YOU DO THE INDIVIDUAL MEDIALLY BUT DO YOU
HAVE A FAVORITE STROKE? >> BACKSTROKE IS DEFINITELY
MINE. >> BACKSTROKES BOTH OF YOU.
AND THEN WITH THE CHANGE IN SCHOOL START TIMES ARE YOU HAPPY THAT YOUR PRACTICE IS GOING TO START LATER OR ARE YOU JUST
NATURALLY EARLY BUSHEDS? >> OUR PRACTICES STILL START EARLY BUT I THINK THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD THOUGH. LIKE I'VE ENJOYED IT A LOT.
>> SAME. I'VE REALLY LIKED IT.
ESPECIALLY IF WE GET THE MORNING OFF.
I CATCH UP SO MUCH ON SLEEPING. >> WHY DON'T YOU TELL EVERYBODY
WHAT TIME YOU GET TO THE POOL. >> IT USED TO BE 5:30 BEFORE THE
NEW SCHEDULE BUT NOW IT'S SIX. >> BUT THAT FEELS LATE.
>> WAIT A MINUTE. I THOUGHT IF WE SWITCHED IT AN HOUR -- SHOULDN'T YOUR PRACTICE -- I'M NOT GOING TO BRING THAT UP. BUT YEAH THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOT AN EXTRA HALF HOUR IN THERE. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US SO WELL AND DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THE GREAT STUFF IN
CAR MEL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE THAT SITS UP HERE I CAN'T WAIT THE WATCH YOU GUYS BEAT THEM.
UP NEXT WE HAVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[3. Consent Agenda]
AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.>>IVELY MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION MADE BY MICHELLE. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND. >> SECONDED BY SARAH.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'LL HAVE JULIE CALL FOR THE
>> YES. >> JANET PRESIDENT TRUMP ET.
>> YES.I'M A YES. >> MOTION PASSES 7-ZERO.
[4. Public Comments]
NEXT UP WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. RULES WILL APPLY AS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER FOR ITEM THAT'S COMING UP SO I WILL TAKE THAT CYBER SPEAKER AFTER WE HAVE OUR AGENDA ITEM THAT IT PERTAINS TO. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND ALL EXEMPTS SHOULD BE CONCISE AND NOT ABOUT A SPECIFIC PERSON AND REMAIN ON TOPIC. SO UP FIRST WE HAVE INFORMATION
[5. Information Items]
ITEMS WE HAVE 5.01. WHICH IS OUR COURSE FEE ADDENDUMWE HAVE THAT WITH STEPHANIE. >> HELLO I HAVE FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND POSSIBLEA TONIGHT SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED HIGH SCHOOL FEES.
THESE FEE CHANGES INCLUDE AN INCREASE FORKING A POWER TO HELP DEFRAY THE COST OF SHEET METAL, A DECREASE TO THE PS.A.T., INCREASE FOR GOVERNMENT DUE TO PRICING AND AVAILABILITY.
INCREASE FOR FASHION CAREER COURSE WHICH IS A NEW COURSE AT HF HIGH SCHOOL AND INCREASE FOR ACP ENGLISH LITERATURE DUE TO THE ADDITION OF A NOVEL AND DECREASE FOR ENGLISH 12 DUE TO AN UNAVAILABLE NOVEL AT FISHER HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I HAVE THE 2021/22 JAY EVERETT LIGHTS FEES.
>> DISEASE THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF
YOU'RE SO INCLINEED. >> PROBATION TO APPROVE THE J EVERETT LIGHT CAREER CENTER FEES AND ALL FEE CHANGES AS
>> MOTION MADE BY SR AND A AND SECONDED BY SARAH.
I'LL HAVE JULIE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
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>> MOTION PASSES 7-0, THANKS, STEPHANIE.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE COOPERATIVE STRATEGYIES AGREEMENT WITH KATIE
DOWELING. >> SOMETIME I'LL GET THIS RIGHT.
AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE WE HAVE A NEW SCHOOL DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
A BOUNDARY MODIFICATION IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY IN PREPARATION OF THE OPENING OF DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY WHICH IS SLATED FOR THE FALL OF THE 22/23 SCHOOL YEAR.
THIS AGREEMENT IS ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION WE'VE GATHERED THUS FAR AND HAVE VETTED THROUGH OUR LEGAL PROCESS.
WE'RE GATHERING OTHER INFORMATION TO ASSIST US AS A DISTRICT, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE OF DETERMINING NEXT STEPS.
SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE OBTAINING IS ON COMPANIES THE DISTRICT HAS DONE WORK WITH IN THE PAST FOR THIS PURPOSE, CHEQUE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE AREA WHO'VE RECENTLY GONE THROUGH THIS TYPE OF PROCESS AS WELL AS CHECKING REFERENCE OF THOSE WITH COULD POTENTIALLY BE WORKING WITH.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ALL THE FACTORS THAT IMPACT OUR ENROLLMENT SUCH AS EXISTING HOME TURNOVER, HOME CONSTRUCTION, ECONOMIC IMPACT ASKS OTHER RELATED INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GATHER. WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY UTILIZEED [INDISCERNIBLE] STRATEGIES FOR BOUNDARY MODIFICATIONS.
WE'VE USED THEM FOR SOME STUDENT PROJECTIONS BUT HAVE UTILIZED MCKINNEN DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE ACTUAL DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY.
WE HAVE ASKED COOPERATOR STRATEGIES SO WE CAN SEE THE TRUE COST OF HAVING INNOVATION OF THIS NATURE DONE.
THE PROPOSAL THEY HAVE SUBMITTED AND I SAY PROPOSAL BECAUSE THAT'S ALL IT IS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE EXPELLEDDED THE LAST TIME WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH A DIFFERENT SCHOOL THIS. PROPOSAL INFORMATION WAS SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND DR. STOKES AS AN UPDATE AS WE ARE IN THE DEER CREEK OPENING BOUNDARY PROCESS. HOWEVER NO FINAL DIRECTION HAS BEEN CHOSEN AT THIS TIME. WE'RE NOT REQUESTING THAT AT ALL THIS EVENING. A RECOMMENDATION THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO DR. STOKES AND THE BOARD AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING OR WHEN IT IS READY TO BE SUBMITTED FOR
CONSIDERING FOR APPROVAL. >> THANK YOU KATIE.
WE DO HAVE SOMEONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, SO
SHANNON FIELD. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS SHANNON FIELDS AND I'M COMMENTING REGARDING GENTLED ITEM 5.02.
THIS ITEM APPEARS TO BE RECOMMENDED TO CONSULT SERVICES FOR REDISTRICTING AGAIN. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN OUR CURRENT RENDS FOR NINE YEARS AND DURING THAT TIME HAS BEEN DISTRICTED FOR THREE DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
I THINK WITHIN A SPAN OF FIVE OF THOSE YEAR.
THIS MAKES LITTLE SENSE AS WE ARE IN THE SLOWER GROWING SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE DISTRICT F. A CHILD COULD BE ZONED FOR THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS DURING THEIR K THROUGH FOUR ELEMENTARY YEARS YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.
THEY MOVED ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH OF 116TH STREET TO HARRISON PARK ELEMENTARY.
THERE ARE TWO IF NOT THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CLOSER THAN WITH ONE WE ARE NOW ASSIGNED TO. I BELIEVE THEY JUSTIFIED SOME OF THE REDRAWN BOUNDARIES BASED ON NOT WANTING BUSS AND PARENT HAVING THE CROSS HIGHWAY 37 DURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND MADE SOME STRANGE SHIFTS BUT I WOULD THINK AT SOME POINT A FAMILY COULD EXPECT TO GET A CHILD THROUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITHOUT BEING REARE DISTRICTED. I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE DISTRICT HAS A TOUGH TIME FIGURING OUT WROTE THE GROWTH WILL BE AND BUILDING THE ANTICIPATED GROWTH INTO PLANS.
FOR EXAMPLE IN FAST GROWING YOURS HAVE BUILDINGS UNDER THEIR CAPACITY SO THEY CAN ABSORB THE GROWTH OR POLYAPE SIGN PAIRED SCHOOLS THAT CAN SHIFT A NEIGHBORHOOD IF NEEDED WITHOUT HAVING TO DO DISTRICT WIDE REDISTRICTING.
IT STRIKES ME THIS MAY BE THE SAME CONSULTING FIRM USED DURING THE LAST REDISTRICTING AND POSSIBLY RIGHTERTH PRIOR TO THAT. MY WE ILL LIKE TO EMPLOYMENT HON OUR ITEM APPEAR ON THE BOARD MEETING AGENDA. THIS ITEM IS LISTED AT COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES AGREEMENT WHICH CAN BE ANYTHING.
MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW IT'S THE NAME OF A PARTICULAR CONSULTING FIRM. IT WOULD BE MORE INFORMATIVE AND TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC IF ITEM WERE LISTED IN A MANNER THAT INDICATES WHAT THEY ARE. THIS ITEM COULD HAVE BEEN MORE CLEARLY LISTED AS AGREEMENT FOR REDISTRICTING CONSULTING THIS.
BOARD CONTINUES TO MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY
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BUT ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO BE REFERRED TO USING GENERALIZATIONS OR DOUBLE SPEAK: I WOULD REQUEST AND EXPECT MORE OF THAT BOARD.BOARD DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR KATIE OR ABOUT
THE ITEM? >> I JUST HAVE A QUICK TRANSPORTATION ONE. WITH THE ANALYSIS THAT IS -- THE ANALYSIS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE -- WHERE DID SHE GO?
IS SHE HERE? >> I HAVE TWO PARTS QUESTION -- TWO QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INTERESTING PART OF IT AND WILL THE ANALYSIS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE PRINCIPAL OF THE BUS RIDERS? IS THAT GOING TO BE FIGURED FROM
OUR ACTUAL ENROLLMENT? >> IT'S A COMBINATION, THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION IS ACTUALLY ON THE INTERNAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE THAT IT'S DRIVEN A LOT BY TRANSPORTATION AND THE BUS ROUTES. THE ACTUAL INFORMATION COMES OUT OF THE TRANSPORTATION SOFTWARE AND THAT IS COMPARED TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING.
>> DO YOU KNOW FOR -- OR CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT TO THIS CRACK? I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I E-MAIL? DID WE GET OTHER PROPOSALS? WAS THIS SOMEBODY WE USED BEFORE?
>> THIS IS THE COMPANY THE DISTRICT HAS I DON'T USED PREVI.
IT WAS THE FIRST PERSON WE GOT A RESPONSE FROM.
TODAY I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH DR. MCKIBBONN.
THE SUPERINTENDENT LIP I HAD BEEN SPEAKING TO DR. CAR INSURANCE PREVIOUSLY SO WE'RE STILL PULLING IN ALL OF THAT DATA BUT WE WANTED THIS TO BE OVEN YOUR RADAR EVEN IF IT TAKES US SELF-MEETINGS TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION WE WANTED TO IT TO BE OUT THERE WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST DUMP A BUNCH OF DATA AT ONCE SO WE TRIED TO GIVE IT TO YOU AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING, AT LEAST WITH A WE HAVE AT THIS TIME.
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES DOES NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THE DEMOGRAPHICS ITSELF, IS THAT
CORRECT? >> IT IS NOT CORRECT NECESSARILY. I DISCOVERED TODAY AFTER TALKING WITH THEM THEY DO NOT HAVE A DEMOGRAPHER ON STAFF WHICH IS THE REASON WE HAVE WORKED WITHM KIBBONN DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE
PAST. >> AND I KNOW WHEN HAD ENGINEERM K ISSUINGBBONN DO PRESENTATIONS HE'S ALSO E-ALWAYS PUT OUT A PLEA FOR STUDENT TO GO INTO THAT FIELD BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THAT FIELD RIGHT NOW SO THERE'S NOT A LOT
OF DEMOGRAPHER OUT THERE. >> AND HAMILTON COUNTY I THINK EVERYONE THAT ANSWERED IS USINGM KIBBONN DEMOGRAPHICS SO COMPILING THAT DATA AND RESEARCHING I BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO -- WE WANT IT TO BE RIGHT AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT MORE THAN
ONCE. >> WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE PAST HOW
ACCURATE WERE THEY? >> DEPENDS WHICH STUDY YOU'RE LOOKING AT. THE --
>> LET'S LOOK AT THE LAST COUPLE.
>> THE DIFFICULTY WE HAVE WITH THE CURRENT DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY WAS IT WAS DOPE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC AND THAT HAS IMPACTED EVERYONE'S DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY, IT'S HAD AN IMPACT ON REAL ESTATE, HOME BUYERS SO THE CENSUS DEA DATA IS ALSO A PROBLEM SO NOW WE'RE TRYING THE ASSESS HOW MUCH OF THIS IS PANDEMIC RELATED VERSUS HOW MUCH OF THIS IS OUR NORMAL TREND AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING THROUGH AS A COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME. SO IT'S HARD TO SAY IS MY ANSWER BECAUSE IT WAS DONE SO PROXIMATE TO THE PANDEMIC.
>> WAS THE LAST ONE THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS DONE BY MCKIBBONN.
>> THEY'VE BEEN WITH US A LONG TIME I BELIEVE.
>> HE WORKED FOR A DIFFERENT COMPANY BEFORE BUT I CAN FIND
OUT. >> IF THE LAST ONE WAS SKEWED BECAUSE OF COVID, SO IF WE THREW THAT ONE OUT AS AN OUT LIER I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IF WE LOOK BACK AND SAY THEY WERE SPOT ON THEY PROBABLY ARE GOING TO BE
SPOT SON AGAIN. >> BUT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY COMPANY WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
YOU SAID YOU'RE GETTING INFORM FROM OTHERWISE TO GATHER INFORM.
>> THAT'S CORRECT, THIS IS JUST THE INFORMATION WE HAVE RECEIVED
BACK AT THIS TIME I. >> YOU TALK ABOUT HOW GIST -- SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS HOW WE ASKED FOR THIS INFORMATION?
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DO YOU REACH OUT? DO WE PUT OUT A NOTICE? DO WE REACH OUT TO COMPANIES WE'VE WORKED WORKED WITH BEFORE?>> ALL OF THE ABOVE. WE'RE I BELIEVE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THIS FIELD SO THE FIRST PLACE WE LOOK IS INTERNALLY WHO WE USED, WHAT WERE THE RESULTS.
WERE WE HAPPY. TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS.
FEEDBACK WE HAD. THERE IS AN ENORMOUS -- I THINK THE FILE IS THAT BIG OF THE LAST REDISTRICTING OF ALL THE DATA THAT WAS OBTAINED THROUGH SURVEYS, FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS, THINGS OF THAT NAME. SECOND USUALLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS REACHED OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THIS OUR WHEELHOUSE SO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO REGION EIGHT FOR THE INDIANA SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION WHICH IS MARYANNE HAMILTON, THOUGH COUNTIES TO GET HEY THOSE FOLKS HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS, WHAT DID YOU USE? THAT'S HOW WE START TO PULL IN WHO THOSE GROUPS MAY BE AND THAT'S HOW WE SOLICIT AT THIS POINT AND IT'S REALLY FOR PROPOSALS TO GET AN IDEA AS WE'RE ALSO FIGURING OUT HOW THE BIRDIETH BREADTH OF THIS EVALUA.
>> ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS OUR IDENTITY FOR INVEST
[6. Action Items]
WE ARE ON TOWERA ITEMS WHICH IS 6.01 WITH KIM LIPPY.>> . >> GOOD EVENING DR. STOKES AND BOARD. SO THIS EVENING I'M PRESENTING TO YOU OUR POLICIES FOR A SECOND READING AND SO AGAIN, PER OUR BOARD POLICY A NEW REVISE POLICY IS ADOPTED AFTER APPROVAL AT TWO REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS. SO AGAIN THIS IS THE SECOND READ. AND JUST TO REFRESH EVERYONE AND JEFF, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR AND A NAVIGATING THE SCREEN FOR ME. SO THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE UP IS RELATED TO BOARD MEETINGS. SO ON THIS PARTICULAR POLICY WHICH IS B 05.00, JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORIES, WE ARE COMBINING SEVERAL POLICIES TO BE HOUSED IN THIS POLICY.
SO UNDER B 05.00 WHICH IS BOARD MEETINGS WE ARE NOW GOING TO INCLUDE B 05.08 EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, BOARD ACTION QUORUM MAJORITY VOTE WHICH IS B 05.01, VOTING METHOD AT A BOARD MEETING WHICH IS B 05.02, RULES OF ORDER, B 05.04 AND NOTICE OF BOARD MEETINGS B 05.08. AND I'M SORRY, ZERO SICK.
SO THESE WILL BE COMBINED AND HOUSED UNDER B 05.00.
>> OUR SECOND ONE, AGAIN SIMILAR.
WE ARE GOING TO COMBINE TWO OTHER POLICIES WHEN WE LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. AND SO THIS PARTICULAR POLICY IS E 04.00, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
AND SO AGAIN WE ARE GOING TO COMBINE STUDENT TRANSPORTATION E 04.01 AS WELL AS J 06.04, STUDENTS TRAVEL WILL BE HOUSED UNDER THIS POLICY. SO FOR THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS, SOME OF OUR POLICIES ARE LITERALLY ONE SENTENCE LONG AND IT MAKES SENSE TO HOUSE THEM UNDER ONE POLICY.
SO AGAIN I PRESENT THESE TWO FOR SECOND READ AND YOUR APPROVAL.
>> QUESTIONS OR CONSEQUENTS FROM THE BOARD?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE. IN THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS I MADE SOME COMMENT OF NOT FEELING LIKE IT WAS CLEAR AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE THE COMMENT TO SAY AFTER FURTHER REVIEW AND DISCUSSION AND RESEARCH, THIS REVISED POLICY SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE TO MOVE FORWARD AS IT IS. THANK YOU.
>> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> A QUESTION I HAVE IS ON THE BOARD MEETINGS. HOW MANY MEMBERS HAVE TO BE
PRESENT IN PERSON? >> SO IN OUR POLICY UNDER QUORUMS WHICH IS B 05.01, AND I BROUGHT THAT POLICY WITH ME BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE FOUR MEMBERS FOR A QUORUM.
AND THAT IS ACTUALLY HOUSED UNDER THE OPEN DOOR LAW.
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SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THE SEPARATE POLICIES THOSE WILL BE COMBINED UNDER JUST BOARD MEETINGS.>> HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE PRESENT IN PERSON?
FOUR? >> SO YOU NEED FOUR FOR A
QUORUM. >> OKAY I THINK IN HERE SOMEWHERE I IT WAS THREE AND WE TALKED ABOUT MOVING IT TO FOUR BECAUSE OF ELECTRONIC -- IF SOMETHING DROPPED OUT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO HAVE FOUR, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT --
>> AND I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THAT.
>> I THINK THIS REMAINS THREE AS IT SIT HERE.
>> IT'S THREE, THAT'S WHAT THE STATUTE REQUIRED BUT I WAS GOING TO MOVE -- I HAVEN'T YET BUT MOVE TO AMEND THAT TO FOUR SO WE HAVE TO HAVE FOUR PEOPLE PRESENT, OTHERWISE THE WAY IF LAW IS NOW WE COULD HAVE THREE PEOPLE PRESENT AND ONE PERSON VIRTUAL TO MAKE QUORUM BUT IF THAT PERSON'S VIDEO GOES OUT THEN WE NO LONGER HAVE QUORUM AND WE CAN'T FINISH THE MEETING.
>> PERFECT. >> WE HAVE NEW ADDED LANGUAGE ON ELECTRONIC MEETINGS IF WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE.
BUT THIS STATE STATUTE REQUIRES TOWER FOR A QUORUM.
>> WHICH INCLUDES PEOPLE REMOTE. >> YES.
AND THEN OUR POLICY CAN LIMIT THAT SO IF WE MAKE THAT AMENDMENT THEN OUR POLICY WOULD REQUIRE FOUR IN PERSON.
>> AND I'VE GOT A QUESTION IN THAT TOP PARAGRAPH CONCERNING -- BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I WAS AWAY RECENTLY PARTICIPATING BY ZOOM. IT SAID CAN BOTH BE SEEN AND HEARD. I MEAN I HAD MY NAME ON THE ZOOM THING BUT YOU COULDN'T SEE ME BUT YOU COULD HEAR ME.
AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S OKAY WITH --
>> I'M SORRY, SHE'S ASKING ABOUT IF THEY HAVE TO BE SEEN AND HEARD TO BE CONSIDERED PRESENT TO VOTE.
>> YES. >> THAT'S THAT LANGUAGE MEANS.
>> AND THIS IS GOING FORWARD BECAUSE IT WASN'T LIKE THAT WHEN
I WAS GONE RECENTLY. >> WE'VE BEEN HANGING UNDER THE EMERGENCY ORDERS. THIS IS IN ANTICIPATING OF THAT ENDING AND THEY PASS THIS LAW TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO USE REMOTE FOR SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD REALIZES THAT IT'S NOT SO BAD TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO THAT
SOMETIMES. >> THAT STEMMED FROM THE HOUSE ENROLLED ACT. AGAIN I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST MEETING WHICH WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR IN APRIL THAT WENT INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY WHICH AMENDS CURRENT PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN DOOR LAW AND THAT EXPANDS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN A MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD BY ELECTRONIC MEANS.
>> AND I HAVE ANOTHER CLARIFICATION.
SO WHEN YOU'RE SEARCHING ON BOARD DOCS IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S IN THIS POLICY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN SEPARATE POISONS THERE'S A SEARCH FEATURE THAT --
>> THERE IS A SEARCH FEATURE, SO WHEN YOU GO INTO THE BOARD -- THE WEBSITE -- AND JEFF I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PULL THAT UP AND SHOW IT. SO HERE IT IS RIGHT HERE.
SO YOU CAN SEARCH ITEM ASKS YOU CAN SEARCH BY POLICY OR PROCEDURE. SO YOU DO HAVE A SEARCH FEATURE
TO SEARCH KEYWORDS. >> I WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS BROUGHT AS CONCERN.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM THE BOARD? >> I JUST HAD TWO VERY MINOR THINGS, JUST SOME MISSPELLINGS. THE SECOND PARAGRAPH ON THE SECOND PAGE, PARTICIPATION IS MISSING AN ORANGE.
>> AND DENISE AS ALREADY CREDIBILITIED THAT.
>> CAN THEN I THINK CARPOOLING I BELIEVE IS ONE WORD.
NOT THAT -- THERE WERE SOME OTHER ONE I SUBMITTED EARLIER
BUT THOSE ARE TWO I JUST FOUND. >> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM.
>> I WOULD MOVE TO AMEND -- JUST A FRIENDLY MOTION IF NOBODY HAS ANY OBJECTION TO CHANGE THE WORD FROM THREE TO FOUR ON ZERO -- ON THE -- THE FIRST PARAGRAPH ON THE SECOND PAGE.
NOBODY HAS ANY OBJECTION. >> OKAY.
MOTION MADE BY JULIE. SECONDED BY BRAD.
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COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I'LL HAVE JULIE CALL FOR THEVOTE. >> ARE WE VOTING ON MY AMENDMENT? IF IT'S JUST A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION.
>> NO OBJECTIONS. >> THEN I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE POLICIES B 05.00 BOARD MEETINGS AND E 04.00 TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AS PRESENTED WITH THE AMENDMENT.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION MADE BY JULIE SECONDED BY SUZANNE. VOTE.
THANK YOU KIM. NEXT UP DR. STOKES WITH MATTERS
[7. Superintendent's Report]
OF CORPORATION INTEREST. >> I WANT TO START OFF WITH SOMETHING EXCITING. WE HAVE ON OUR WENT SIDE FOR SOME WHO MAY NOT HAVE SEEN AND I DID AS I UNDERSTAND SEND TO YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS THE CELEBRATION FOR OUR AP CAPSTONE DIPLOMAS THAT OUR STUDENTS RECEIVED. I THINK THAT'S WORTHY OF US MENTIONING. THE COLLEGE BOARD AVERAGES PLACEMENT PROGRAM GIVES OUR STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CHALLENGING COURSE LEVEL COLLEGE WORK WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO HERE FOR FISHERS WE HAVE 24 OF OUR STUDENTS A HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL AND 29 OF OUR STUDENTS AT FISHERS HIGH SCHOOL EARNED THE A P CAPSTONE DIPLOMA. IN ADDITION WE HAD OTHER STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALSO EARNED,P SEMINAR AND RESEARCH CERTIFICATIONS AND THIS WAS OF COURSE DURING THE 20/21 SCHOOL YEAR BUT THIS IS MERCHANT TO ME BECAUSE THIS IS MEANINGFUL COLLEGE READINESS INFORMATION TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS: I THINK YOUR HEARD ME SAY IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS ABOUT THE FOUR ES AND ONE OF THOSE IS THAT STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ON TO A UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT IN A UNIVERSITY OF THEIR CHOICE.
THIS IS A GREAT FOUNDATION FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WHILE I HAVE A LIST OF THEIR NAMES, I WON'T READ THEM ALL BUT IF YOU GO ON TO OUR WEBSITE, IF YOU KNOW THEM PERSONALLY CONGRATULATE THEM AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENTS. >> SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANTED TO DO, I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT THE MASK, SO I TOLE YOU I'M NOT AFRAID TO HAVE A COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS HAVE -- IF YOU WILL COME UP FOR ME JEFF.
JEFF IS GOING TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WITH A WE'RE SEEING TRENDING BEFORE AND AFTER SOME OF THE CHANGES WE MADE TO
OUR PLAN TO RETURN. >> GOOD EVENING.
SO WE'RE GATHERING QUITE A BIT OF DATA AS WE WERE LAST YEAR IN REGARDS TO HOW COVID HAS BEEN IMPACTING OUR SCHOOL IN ATTENDANCE, SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN INTERNAL DASHBOARD THAT WE MONITOR DAILY AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THIS BAR GAFF AND LINE GRAPH REPRESENT FROM THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AN AUGUST 4 ALL THE WAY UP TO TODAY AT 3:00 P.M.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE BARS ARE REPRESENTING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE CONSIDERED IN QUARANTINE, WHETHER COVID POSITIVE, SYMPTOMATIC OR THEY'VE BEEN A CLOSE CONTACT.
WE PUT NATIONAL THEM IN ATTENDAE OF COVID ATTENDANCE CODE.
THE BLUE BAR IS THE COUNT OF STUDENTS AND THEN THE RED BAR IS THE PERCENTAGE OF OVERALL STUDENT POPULATION SO WE CAN MONITOR AND TRACK THAT. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WE SLOWLY TRICKLE UP. HERE WAS FRIDAY AUGUST 13.
AND THAT WAS WHEN WEWARD AND PUT THE MASK MANDATE IN PLACE.
WHAT THIS GRAPH SHOWS WAS WHEN DR. STOKES WAS MAKING HER VIDEO EARLIER IN THE DAY SHE EXEMPT WET HAD 500 STUDENTS OUT OF THE BUILDING. BY THE END OF THAT FRIDAY AFTER THE VIDEO WAS PUBLISHED WE WERE UP TO ABOUT 800.
SO THEY'RE STILL GOING IN AND GATHERING THE DATA.
THEN THERE WAS SOME CLOSE CONTACTATIONING AND YOU CAN SEE OUR NUMBERS JUMPED UP TO OVER A THOUSAND ON THAT MONDAY KIND STD STEADY AND CAME BACK DOWN ON THAT FOLLOWING FRIDAY AND YOU
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CAN SEE THE REPS OF MONDAY, TUESDAY AND TODAY AT THREE P.M.THESE NUMBERS ARE PUT IN PLACE BY OUR NURSES FOR US AND THEN THE IS SECRETARIES ARE COATING THEM.
WE ALSO WITH THE AND SHORTENED OUR QUARANTINE TIME PERIOD SO WE HAVE ANOTHER TABLE THAT WE MONITOR BECAUSE TYPICALLY IF A STUDENT IS OUT FOR SAY THAT EIGHT DAY PERIOD THE ATTENDANCE SECRETARY WILL CODE THEM FOR THOSE EIGHT DAYS SO WE CAN START FORECASTING FUTURE ATTENDANCE TRENDS AND WHAT NOT BASED OP THAT FULL EIGHT DAYS SO THAT WE'RE AWARE.
SO THIS IS SHOWING YOU WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE, YOU CAN SEE ON A POSITIVE SCALE THAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW A DOWNWARD TREND IN THE NUMBER OF COVID POSITIVE, SYMPTOMATIC, AND CLOSE CONTACTS. ALL OF THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES WE'VE BEEN PUT IN PLACE AND US BEING AGE TO BECAUSE OF THE MASK REDUCE THAT RADIUS FROM SIX FEET TO ATHLETE FEET THREE FEET HAVE
HELPED WITH THOSE NUMBERS. >>> THANK YOU.
SO I WANT TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT WHILE YOU AS PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR CHILDREN, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I AS THE SUPERINTENDENT AM RESPONSIBLE FOR 21,000 PLUS STUDENTS AND I REALIZE NOT EVERY DECISION WE MAKE IS NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY IN YOUR OPINION BENEFIT YOUR CHILD BUT WE HAVE TO USE DATA AND WE ARE USING DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES TO INFORM OUR DECISIONS I WANT AND SAY THIS WE USE THE TERM SI S, WHICH MEANS STUDENTS IN SCHOOL. SO IF YOU'RE EVER QUESTIONING OR WONDERING WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING IT'S NOT TO MAKE ANYBODY UPSET AND I DON'T LIKE MAS IT CAN ANY MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE BUT IT'S KEEPING STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM AND WHEN I'VE TALKED TO STUDENTS AND I HAVE TALKED TO STUDENTS THEY WANT TO BE IN SCHOOL SOME PLEASE JUST WORK WITH US AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THIS AS AN I GOTCHA TO ANYBODIFUL WE'RE DOING THIS KEEP STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM.
>>> DR. STOKES IS THAT GRAPH AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
>> SO IT IS FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY BECAUSE IT DOES COME WITH SENSITIVE DATA THAT WE'RE NOT AT LIBERTY TO SHARE BUT WE DO PUBLISH EVERY MONDAY, CONTRADICT, THAT ATRICK LATES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY EVERY MONDAY AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THAT. SO IF WE LOOK THEN AT SEPTEMBER 9'S DRAFT, JUST WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A COUPLE THINGS. THINK WE'RE THERE NOW.
CAN YOU PUT THAT UP FOR ME, PLEASE? SO I EXPECT RESPECT WHAT I HEART THE YOUNG LADY SAY ABOUT 5.02 ON OUR CURRENT AGENDA FOR COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES AGREEMENTSES SO I DID WANT TO FOCUS ON YOUR ATTENTION THAT AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING WHICH HAPPENS TO BE ON A THURSDAY SO WE DO WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THAT, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER NINE, IF YOU LOOK AT 6.02 PROPOSED REDISTRICTING PLAN, WE CHANGED THAT TERMINOLOGY SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WE HOPE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, AND I AGREE WITH HER I THINK THAT'S BETTER THAN THE COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES AGREEMENT. SO WE DID CHANGE THAT
TERMINOLOGY. >> JUST AS AUGGESTION COULD WE MAYBE WORK ON LANGUAGE A LITTLE? I'M AFRAID PEOPLE WILL SEE THAT AND THINK.
>> WE CAN DO. SO WE'LL MASSAGE THAT --
>> SOUR -- >> WE'RE TAKING THE INFORMATION WE HEARD FROM OUR PRESENTER AND COME WITH SOMETHING.
>> MAYBE USE THE WORD TIMELINE? >> WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING BUT I THINK MOST OF US KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT.
SO I WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT.
AND THINKS OF COURSE I ALWAYS SAY I DID WANT THE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT. AND I WANTED TO LEAVE THIS LAST EXEMPT. THANK YOU FAMILIES FOR WORKING WITH US. I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE SENT ME
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E-MAILS INTERVIEW SAY YOU GETTER UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING. I APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US. THANK OUR TEACHERS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY'RE DOING. THANK OUR STUDENTSER ALL OUR SUPPORT STAFF, TRANSPORTATION, DEFINITELY THANK TRANSPORTATION AND OF COURSE MY ADMINISTRATORS. SO I WANT THE THANK THE HFC FAMILY FOR SPORT SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS.WE HAVE MICHELLE MUST HAVE ATTENDED A FOUNDS MEETING, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS? >> SURE, THE REPORT IS ON THE AGENDA BUT I DID WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND OUR MUD SOCK VIP TENT AT FISHERS HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR DURING THE MUD SOCK FOOTBALL GAME.
LAST YEAR UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF COVID.
BUT IT'S BACK. TICKETS ARE LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE BUT YOU GET A SEAT CUSHION, SO YOU BE USE THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE BRANDED --
>> IS IT RED OR BLUE? THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION.
>> HALF AND HALF. >> NO, I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
>> SO JUST WANT TO PUT A PLUG FOR THAT AND TICKETS ARE LIMITED SO SIGN UP NOW. AND BOARD SOMEBODIES.
>> HOW ARE THE PROCEEDS USED? WHAT DOES THE FOUNDATION DO?
>> THEY USE IT FOR GRANTS AND VAMPING AND SCHOLARSHIPPING AND
ALKIRE GREAT THINGS. >> SO IT'S WORTH THE MONEY.
NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT BUT YOU'RE SUPPORTING
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. >> AND IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD GAME.
>> THANK YOU. >> SO I HAVE THE FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M GOING TO WEAR? I'LL JUST WEAR THE JACKET AND A
HALF RED AND BLUE. >> YOU'LL HAVE TO -- MICHELLE AND I ARE USUALLY THERE HAVING SOME FRIENDLY BANTER ABOUT THE
GAME. >> AND SPEAK ONGOING OF THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE -- I KNOW WE HAD A POSSIBLE LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO IT'S NO LONGER JUST THE PASTA BOWL AND IT'S GOING TO BE A FRIENDLY COMPETITION BUT I THINK WE HAD ENOUGH PASTA TO ALL OF INDIANA, AND I THINK THERE'S PASTA PAUSE AND OTHER THINGS THEY'RE ASKING FOR AND IT'S PER GRADE LEVEL.
SO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE ASKING TO SUPPORT THESE.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> MEETING IS
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.