[1. Meeting Opening] [00:00:14] WE WILL BRING THIS MEETING TO ORDER. BEFORE HE BEGAN, I WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW THERE ARE SOME SOUND ISSUES SO EVERYBODY WILL HAVE TO USE THEIR MICROPHONE AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO IT . THAT PERTAINS TO SPEAKERS AS A VETERAN HERE. LET'S ALL RISE FOR THE 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. >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING. FIRST, WE [2. Academic Excellence Recognition] WILL TURN IT OVER TO DANIELLE. >> THANK YOU BED GOOD EVENING, BETTER PRESENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU TWO OF OUR MOST RECENT STATE CHAMPIONS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. THE ASP, THE INDIANA -- INDIANA DOESN'T HAVE PRINCIPLES PUTS ON A COMPETITION FOR SCIENCE EVERY YEAR BUT IT IS DONE IN JANUARY AS A VIRTUAL COMPETITION. THE STUDENTS HAVE TO CONDUCT AN EXPERIMENT. THIS YEAR'S EXPERIMENT WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF MASS. WE HAVE SOUTHEASTERN ELEMENTARY COMING IN NOW. WHILE THEY ARE GETTING THEIR PICTURE TAKEN, THESE FOURTH-GRADERS RAN THROUGH THE EXPERIMENT, ANSWERED QUESTIONS ON THE EXPERIMENT, AND THEN TOOK AN INDIVIDUAL TEST IN A GROUP TEST. HERE ARE YOUR FUTURE SCIENTISTS, MATHEMATICIANS FROM SOUTHEASTERN ELEMENTARY. >> AWESOME, AWESOME. >> SOUTHEASTERN ELEMENTARY REPRESENTED THE YELLOW PLANT. OUR NEXT GROUP REPRESENT THE BLUE GLASS. THIS IS HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN INTERMEDIATE. FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADERS. THEY ARE THE STATE CHAMPIONS FOR THE SCIENCE BOWL. HERE THEY -- COME ON DOWN! AS THEY GET SITUATED FOR THEIR PICTURE, THEY WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE EXPERIMENT, ANSWERING QUESTIONS INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS A GROUP. THERE ARE YOUR PANTHERS THAT WILL BE OUR FUTURE SCIENTISTS AND MATHEMATICIANS. THANK YOU. >> [00:05:01] >> @ -- YEP, A GOOD GROUP OF KIDS. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. [3. Public Comments] >> ALL RIGHT . WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 3. 01 , PUBLIC COMMENTS ON POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. ANYONE WHO SIGNED UP WITH THEIR NAME WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK. THE FIRST IS JANET CHANDLER TAKING ON ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS AND WAGE AGREEMENTS. CONNECTED EVENING. I THINK I'M GOOD WITHOUT THE MICROPHONE, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK BUT IF I THOUGHT EVER IN MY LIFE I WOULD SPEAK ON THE SUBJECT CALLED ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACTS, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD PROBABLY NEVER HAPPEN. I LOOKED AT WHAT WAS POSTED TODAY. I HAVE CONCERNS AS A LONGTIME TEACHER AT SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE REASON I AM CONCERNED THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ARTICULATE YOU TONIGHT IS BECAUSE ALL OF OUR EXISTING ADMINISTRATORS WERE NOT ROLLED OVER. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I'VE BEEN IN THE TEACHING BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME. TYPICALLY, IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF A PERSON, AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, YOU ALWAYS HAVE A TWO YEAR CONTRACT . AS A SUPERINTENDENT, YOU ALWAYS HAVE A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT. SO A YEAR IS ALWAYS ADDED ON. SO FOR OUR BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS, OUR PRINCIPAL HAS RESIGNED. THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS , NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN ROLLED OVER. TWO OF THEM ARE NOT LISTED ON HERE BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THEM IS ALREADY ON A TWO YEAR CONTRACT. NEXT YEAR WOULD BE HIS SECOND YEAR DID THE SAME FOR ANOTHER ONE. AS WELL AS TWO DEAN'S RUDE OF HER, OUR TWO ATHLETIC DIRECTORS WERE ROLLED. SO THAT IS NOT TO SAY THEY ARE NOT WORTHY OF THAT. YOU KNOW, BY NO MEANS AM I SAYING THAT. BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED AS TO WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE THIS IS SENDING TO OUR BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS. DO YOU WANT THEM TO LEAVE? TYPICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ARE NOT ROLLED OVER, YOU LOOK FOR ANOTHER JOB. THAT IS MY CONCERN I WANTED TO EXPRESS TO YOU TONIGHT. THANK YOU. SPEAKING ON ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACTS AND WAGE AGREEMENT. >> I PROMISE -- THEY PROMISE NOT TO TURN THE LIGHTS ON ME AT THIS TIME IF YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TYPE IN MY NAME IS TYLER -- AND I AM IN THE BPO SECONDARY. I'M SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS 5. 01, ADMINISTRATOR CONTACTS AND WAGE AGREEMENTS. -- IN WELCOMING THE RENEWAL OF THE ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACTS WOULD ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS IN THE REBUILDING OF IMPATIENTLY WAITING FOR THESE RENEWALS AS THEY CREATE CONTINUITY AND CONSISTENCY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHING STAFF. WE ARE HOPEFUL THESE CONTRACT RENEWALS WILL CONTINUE THE ALREADY THRIVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHERS AND BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS. CONTINUITY AND CONSISTENCY ARE TRAITS EVERY TEACHER AT MYERS AS THEY MAKE THEIR JOBS THAT MUCH EASIER. THESE KEY FACTORS ALLOW FOR LESS DISRUPTION IN THE CLASSROOM, LESS STRESS IN THE LIVES OF TEACHERS, IN A LARGER WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH ADMINISTRATORS WHOSE TEACHERS NO ICING IN THE BUILDINGS THAT THESE FACTORS HELP BUILD TRUST AMONGST ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF. TEACHERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRUST THEIR ADMINISTRATION AT THE BUILDING LEVEL AND AT CENTRAL OFFICE. TEACHERS WANT TO [00:10:03] TRUST CENTRAL OFFICE. THEY WANT TO BELIEVE THAT CENTRAL OFFICE HAS THEIR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART. MUCH LIKE THE RENEWAL OF THE ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACTS, SETTLING THE GOP IS A TRUE STORY AND BUILDING THAT TRUST. WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO ENFORCE CENTRAL OFFICE IN SETTLING THE UOP BY MAKING MEANINGFUL CONCESSIONS AND AGREE THAT TEACHERS, MUCH LIKE ADMINISTRATORS , DESERVE THE RESPECT AND TRUST THEIR PROFESSION DEMANDS. THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS STEPHANIE HUNT SPEAKING ON PERSONAL REPORTS. >> HELLO, SCHOOL BOARD. I AM SPEAKING ABOUT PERSONAL REPORTS. SINCE BEING ELECTED IN 2022, FOUR MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD HAVE MADE IT THEIR MISSION TO ERASE AND ELIMINATE CHANGES IN HIRING OF OUR PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT AND ADMINISTRATION. THE MOST NOTABLE OF THOSE CHANGES BEING THE RAPID ELIMINATION OF ADMINISTRATORS OF COLOR FROM SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL OFFICE AND LEFT IN MARKETING LEARN THE PRINCIPLE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD NOT BE RENEWING HIS CONTRACT. TONIGHT, I HAVE TO ASK YOU, WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE YOU ARE TRYING TO SEND TO OUR COMMUNITY AND FUTURE EMPLOYEES OF THIS DISTRICT. OUTSIDE OF THE LINES OF THIS DISTRICT, EDUCATORS, MINISTERS, AND SCHOOL STAFF ALREADY HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT HSE IS NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR BUT I'M THANKFUL OUR STUDENT BODY HAS CONTINUED TO EVOLVE EVEN WITH THESE RUMORS FLOATING AROUND. WEBER, THE MASS EXODUS OF ADMINISTRATORS WITH ONLY TWO BEING LIGHT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS BEHAVIOR IN POSITIONS OF THIS BOARD, AND NOW THIS ADMINISTRATION IS UNACCEPTABLE AND REPREHENSIBLE. WITH PEI BEING ELIMINATED FROM ORGANIZATIONS AND MEI BEING INSERTED, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. WHAT ABOUT THESE BAD DEMONSTRATORS DID NOT MEET THE DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE? EDUCATED, THAT EXPENSE, THEY WORKED THEIR WAY UP AS ALL EDUCATORS DO ON THAT MINISTRY TO TRACK WHICH IS BECAUSE YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THIS APPLIES TO MULTIPLE FACETS OF HUMAN ASCRIPTION AND EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST ONE SKIN COLOR, AND IN EQUITY APPLY TO CHILDREN FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION, TO GIRLS SPORTS, MARCHING BAND, T ROBOTICS CLUB, TO, AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES. YOUR TOXIC UNWANTED ATTACKS ON THE GROUP OF EDUCATORS DOES NOT JUSTIFY. HSE HAS A BAD REPUTATION AND EDUCATOR COMMUNITY. YOU CAN TRY TO BLAME IT ON ME, BUT ALL I DO IS TRY TO SPOTLIGHT ON A VERY BIG PROBLEM THAT I SET UP TO WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN OUR CENTRAL OFFICE IN SCHOOLS THAT YOU TOOK THE SEATS IN 2022. THIS IS NOT MY PROBLEM OR MY FAULT. LOOK AROUND THE ROOM. LOOK AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM. YOU CANNOT TELL ME WE CANNOT HAVE ONE PERSON OF COLOR IN OUR SCHOOLS WITH THE MERIT NEEDED TO FILL ONE OF THESE ADMINISTRATOR POSITIONS. THE BIGGER QUESTION IS WHETHER ANY OF OUR MERITED STAFF APPLY, THEY WOULD NEED TO WORK IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. OUR KIDS DESERVE BETTER FROM OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP THAT THEY DESERVE TO HAVE THE FOCUS AND THE FIGHT ON THEM. NOT ON REMOVING PEOPLE WHO. POSSESS MIDWEST VALLEY SPECTATORS ARE TO HAVE A BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION THAT GOES TO THE STATE HOUSE TO FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. THEY DESERVE LEADERS FOCUSED ON OUR SCHOOLS RATHER THAN SPENDING ALL THEIR TIME TRYING TO POLITICIZE SCHOOL BOARD SPREAD I DO NOT SPEAK FOR THE BLACK RACE OF PEOPLE BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE IN THEIR SHOES. HOWEVER, I TAKE THE TIME TO ASK AND AMPLIFY THEIR VOICES WHEN I CAN BECAUSE THE STUDENTS OF COLOR IN THIS DISTRICT ALSO DESERVE TO KNOW THE MATTER NOW, AND AS ADULTS TOO. THANK YOU. [4. Consent Agenda] >> WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR. CONSENT AGENDA. THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS PRESENTED ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, ON THE FIRST PAGE OF OUR BOARD MINUTES , UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ACTION 3. ONE , THERE IS AN ERROR. I MOVED TO AMEND THE MINUTES TO ADD AND EDIT TO READ AS FOLLOWS. CORRECTION. THE BOARD MADE AN ERROR IN THE PROCESS OF SEPARATING THE CONSENT AGENDA IN OUR LAST BOARD MEETING. BOARD POLICY B05. 00 STATES THE BOARD WILL FOLLOW ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER. >> ARE YOU FINISHED? >> YEAH. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND. >> ANY COMMENT FROM THE BOARD? >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL THE PROTOCOL THAT HAS BEEN HAD ON WHAT SUZANNE IS PROTESTING TO? >> YES. I THINK OUR FIRST STEP IS MOVING BACK TO THE END OF THIS MEETING. WANT TO GET TO THE END OF THIS MEETING, WE CAN ADDRESS HER STATEMENTS AND RECOMMENDED TERMS OF PROTOCOL. [00:15:02] >> EXCUSE ME, MISS PROLETARIAN. ACCORDING TO ROB AS WELL AS OF ORDERS, WE CAN AMEND THE BOARD MINUTES FOR CERTAIN IF THERE IS NOT AN AGREEMENT TO AMEND AT THIS TIME, THEN WE CAN MAKE THE MOTION TO THAT HAS A SECOND AS AN ACTION ITEM. SO I WOULD ASK WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION TO SEE IF POSSIBLY THE BOARD MEMBERS ALL AGREED TO ACTUALLY EDIT FIRST AND THEN WE CAN APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ALTOGETHER. >> AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM LEGAL COUNCIL THE PROCESS MOVING THROUGH THIS PROTOCOL. >> THAT IS FINE IN TERMS OF ROBERT'S LAW RULES OF ORDER. I HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON, I KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT IF THE MEETING, IF THIS ALLUDES TO AND WHETHER THE BOARD WAS PROPERLY ADVISED OF ROBERT'S LAW RULES OF ORDER AT THAT TIME BUT I WANT TO COMMENT INSIDE ROBERT'S LAW RULES OF ORDER, THERE IS A -- MAKING THE KINDS OF MOTIONS MADE AT THAT MEETING. SO AS THE ATTORNEY AND AS LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE BOARD, WE DO NOT WANT TO STEP TOO FAR INTO BEING A BOARD MEMBER . ADVISING WHAT KINDS OF MOTIONS THE BOARD IS MAKING. GOING FORWARD, IF THERE IS ANY CONFUSION, I PROPOSE TWO OPTIONS. ONE IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS A WHOLE. OR TO REMOVE THE ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ALLEVIATE CONFUSION. DOES THAT HELP? >> YES BUT MADAM PRESIDENT, I REQUEST THE BOARD MINUTES BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME >> OKAY, WE WILL DO THAT. WE WILL THEN TAKE THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, 4. 02, PERSONAL REPORTS, 4. 03, CLAIMS, PAYROLLS, 403(B) AND 457 SALARY REDUCTION AGREEMENTS, AND 4. 04, EARLY LITERACY ACHIEVEMENT RENT PAYMENT AND OPERABLE. DO I HAVE AN APPROVAL TO APPROVE THIS PORTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE THAT PORTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. >> I SECOND THE MOTION. >> I SECOND THE MOTION. >> THANK YOU. I WILL NOW CALL [5. Action Items] THE QUESTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED SAY NAY. PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW PASS IT OVER TO DR. KEGLEY. >> THANK YOU. WITH THE BOARD ACTION ON THE PERSONAL REPORT OF THE NIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR PRINCIPAL AT FALL CREEK AND IMMEDIATE. IN HER NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MR. TIM HOLT. SHE IS GOING TO INTRODUCE TIM AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND. >> OVER HERE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO SWAP IT READINGS. I AM THRILLED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. AFTER MANY INTERVIEWS WITH OUR LOCAL TEAM, TEACHERS AND THE INDIVIDUALS WERE ON THERE, AS WELL AS MR. MAPES IN OUR SUPERINTENDENT. I'M COMPLETELY THRILLED THAT -- IS GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED IN A AS OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. HE COMES WITH US -- TO US WITH SUCH GREAT KNOWLEDGE. HE HAS FOUR STRENGTHS AS A SIX-WEEK TEACHER. HAS SUPPORT AND HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. THE FALCONS ARE READY TO BRING ONE OF OUR FISHER PEOPLE BACK HOME. I CANNOT BE MORE THRILLED. TO EVERYBODY FOR THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. I'M VERY EXCITED. I DO NOT START UNTIL MARCH 24TH, BUT I'VE BEEN EXCITED AT THIS FROM THE MOMENT I FOUND OUT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A REALITY. AND I'M EXCITED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY I RESIDE IN IN THE SCHOOL WHERE MY DAUGHTER IS, AND BE A BIG PART OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE AT HSE. THANK YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS! ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACTS AND WAGE AGREEMENTS. >> YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE ADMINISTRATOR CONTRACTS FOR RENEWALS , SOME TWO YEARS AND SOME ONE-YEAR WAGE AGREEMENTS AS WELL. I ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED? >> I MOVED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED. >> I SECOND. >> ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? >> CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE SPEAKER'S COMMENT ABOUT MAYBE WHY SOME ARE NOT ON THERE? [00:20:03] >> YEAH, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON A TWO YEAR CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER YEAR ON THEIR CONTRACT TO FINISH UP. THEY WILL COMPLETE THEIR TWO YEAR CYCLE. WE HAVE SOME, AS WAS MENTIONED, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SINCE WE HAD A RESIGNATION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, WE FELT AT THIS TIME FOR THE ADMINISTRATION PART OF IT THAT TWO OF THOSE PEOPLE, WE HAVE TALKED TO THEM. THEY WOULD HAVE A ONE YEAR. JUST NO DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I TOLD THE PRINCIPLES WHEN I GOT HIRED HERE A YEAR AGO, THEY NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS SOMEBODY THEY WANT ON THEIR TREE -- THEIR TEAM, OR IF THEY WANT TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL, HOWEVER MAY BE SELECTED. SO MR. IRVIN IS MET WITH ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATORS IN THAT BUILDING AND DISCUSSED IT WITH THEM. THEY WERE ALL OKAY WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BE EMPLOYED WITH THE ROLE WITHIN THE HIGH SCHOOL. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? I WILL NOW CALL THE QUESTION. CALL THE QUESTION. OTHERS IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM 5. 01 , SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THAT PASSES BY MY DISTRIBUTE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 5. 02 AND 5. 03. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS OUR MONTHLY BOND TIME HERE AT THE HSE BOARD MEETING AS WE BRING BOND INFORMATION ON TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BE READ TWO BONDS OVER 2015, 2015 F, AND 2015 G . THESE PAID FOR THE PCA EXPANSIONS IN BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS. COMING UP ON A TEN-YEAR POINT OF THAT, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WE FROM THOSE IN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFUND THEM AND SAVE SOME POTENTIAL DOLLARS. ONE OF THOSE IS UP FOR DISCUSSION TODAY PAY 2015 F. WE THINK AS WE QUEUE IT UP , MAYBE JUST SHY OF $1 MILLION IN SAVINGS AND THE OTHER IS AROUND 800,000 BUT HONESTLY, THAT WILL DEPEND ON INTEREST RATES AT THE TIME. BUT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY AND BUILDS A MEDICINAL CAPACITY FOR US BUT I WILL HAND IT OVER TO MATT. >> THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN TODAY. OKAY, LIKE TIM SAID, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO REFINANCE OUTSTANDING BONDS WOULD LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE THE 2015 F IN THE 2015 G. THOSE WERE SOLD SEPARATELY IN 2015. ONE FOR THE COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMY AT HSE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE OTHER FOR FISHER'S HIGH SCHOOL. THE WAY MEDICINAL BONDS WORK WITHOUT GETTING TOO FAR IN THE WEEDS. WHEN YOU SELL THESE BONDS, YOU SENT WHAT IS CALLED A CALL DATE. THAT REPRESENTS WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY REFINANCE THESE BONDS BUT UNLIKE A TRADITIONAL MORTGAGE WHERE RATES GO DOWN, YOU WALK IN AND REFINANCE YOUR MORTGAGE, THEY GO DOWN AGAIN, YOU REFINANCE YOUR MORTGAGE TO GET THAT YOU CANNOT DO THAT WITH MULTIPLE BONDS BUT WE ARE STUCK WAITING UNTIL THAT CALL DATE. THE CALLING ON BOTH OF THESE BONDS IS JULY 15TH OF THIS YEAR. THAT IS WHY WE ARE COMING TO NOW. AS WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ON THIS . THE REFUNDING BONDS PARAMOUNT, THAT WOULD BE THE NEW BALANCE. ESTIMATING HE WILL ISSUE JUST UNDER $40 MILLION IN BONDS TO REPAY YOUR OUTSTANDING BONDS AT ABOUT 14. $7 MILLION. THE TWO PIECES OF INFORMATION HERE THAT SHOW YOU WHY YOU ARE GENERATING SAVINGS. THE AVERAGE COUPON OF REFUNDED BONDS, THAT IS JUST A FANCY WAY OF SAYING WHAT YOU ARE PAYING ON YOUR BONDS RIGHT NOW THAT YOU ARE PAYING FOR THAT 90% INTEREST ON YOUR OUTSTANDING BONDS. THE YIELD, AGAIN, ANOTHER FANCY TERM FOR WHAT THE NEW INTEREST TOTAL WILL BE PAID WE ARE EFFECTIVELY LOWING THE INTEREST 21 -- RATE -- THE 3 TO 1% IS BASED ON WHERE RATES ARE CURRENTLY PAID WE ARE NOT SELLING THESE TODAY. THERE OBVIOUSLY IS SOME ABILITY FOR THAT TO FLUCTUATE UP OR DOWN. BASED ON THE 3. 10, YOU ARE LOOKING AT CASH FLOW SAVINGS OF JUST UNDER 1. $1 MILLION AS YOU PRESENT VALUE THAT BACK INTO TODAY'S DOLLARS CAN BE LOOKING AT $961,000 IN SAVINGS. AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE REFUNDED BONDS, THE METRICS A LOOK AT, WE WANT THAT TO BE ABOVE THE PRESENTED WE ARE AT 6. BY 5%. A VERY HEALTHY SAVINGS HERE. THE LAST COLUMN ON HERE MOTHER ON HERE. THE PV SAVINGS OF A ONE BASIS POINT CHANGE DATABASES WHITE AS 1/100 OF A PERCENT, OR .01 PERCENT. FOR EVERY BASIS POINT CHANGE, WHETHER IT GOES UP OR DOWN, YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO GAIN $6200 OF SAVINGS, OR LOSE 6200S OF SAVINGS BUT AS RATES GO UP, YOU WOULD GET LESS SAVINGS, BUT AS THEY GO DOWN, YOU GET MORE SAVINGS. JUST SOME SIMPLE MATH YOU CAN DO IN YOUR HEAD IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO OVER THE NEXT MONTH BUT THAT WILL EITHER HELP OR HURT YOU. ON THE G BONDS, VERY SIMILAR HERE. THERE ARE LESS BOND OUTSTANDING. WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR 11 1/2 BILLION DOLLARS OF NEW BONDS. [00:25:02] REFUNDING 12 MILLION OF OLD BONDS WITH INTEREST RATE IS AT 4. 8%. WE ESTIMATE THAT NEW 21 -- GENERATE CASH FLOW SAVINGS OF $861,000. THE NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS OF $754,000. IN THE PV SAVINGS OF ONE BASIS POINT ON THAT IS A LITTLE OVER $5000. I DID INCLUDE A PAGE TO JUST SHOW INTEREST RATES. THIS SHOWS THE FIVE-YEAR MND. OUT OF THE BENCHMARK TOTAL WE USE WHEN WE SELL NOTICEABLE BATH BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT IT IS DONE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2024 BUT IT WENT UP MOSTLY THE BEGINNING OF 2024. FROM A 2. 282 ALMOST 3. 2 PREDATOR THEN IT CAME BACK DOWN. WHAT I FIND INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PAGE IS EVERYONE IS ASSUMING THAT ONCE THE FED STARTED CUTTING RATES WE WERE GOING TO SEE RATES COME DOWN IN OUR MARKET. YOU CAN SEE ONCE THEY ACTUALLY STARTED CUTTING RATES IN SEPTEMBER, THEY ACTUALLY WENT UP ABOUT THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT PEOPLE WOULD'VE EXPECTED. THEY HAVE COME BACK DOWN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AS YOU CAN SEE. IT IS ANYONE'S GUESS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE PAST -- THE NEXT MONTH. THE CYCLE IS HOURLY RIGHT NOT BUT OUR HOPE IS RATES KIND OF STAIRWAY THEY ARE AND MAYBE COME BACK TOWARDS US A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR IF APPROVED MOVING FORWARD AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON BEST NEXT STEPS. IF APPROVED TONIGHT, WE COULD BE SELLING THESE BONDS AS EARLY AS A MONTH FROM NOW. IF MARKET RATES ARE GOOD. WE WILL CERTAINLY BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT. THAT IS ALL I HAVE AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS . >> JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. FIRST, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I BEEN WATCHING THE MARKET WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. KIND OF, I THINK YOU COVERED MOST OF IT. NORMALLY, THERE IS, AND OTHER TRADITIONAL BOND MARKETS AND REGULAR EQUITY STOCKS AND THINGS, THERE IS NORMALLY AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP. CAN YOU KINDLY KNOW THAT IS DIFFERENT? SO WHEN WE WATCH AND SEE THE S&P 500 DROP --? >> YES. SO BONDS ARE BEING HURT. RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING IS JUST BROKEN. WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF TIMES WHERE BONDS ARE GOOD, AT THE SAME TIME AS THE START MARKET IS GOOD, OR VICE VERSA. SOMETIMES YOU SEE THE DHARMA RELATIONSHIP AND RETHINK ABOUT THE YIELD CURVE. THAT BEING MATURITIES FROM ONE YEAR TO 30 YEAR USUALLY IT IS SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THE SHORTER DURATION IS GOING TO HAVE A LOWER RATE THAN THE LONGER DURATION. WE ARE HERE WHERE THE SHORT-TERM IS HIGHER THAN THE LONG-TERM. SO I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WE TALK ABOUT THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT CHANGES BY THE HOUR BASED ON WHAT IS GOING ON LEGISLATIVELY, NOT ONLY MISTAKE, BUT OBVIOUSLY FEDERALLY TOO. IT HAS COME BACK OVER THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS . WILL THAT CONTINUE TO APPEAR? I HAVE NO CLUE, UNFORTUNATELY. >> WITH THESE APPROVALS TONIGHT, IF IT GOES THAT WAY, WOULD THERE BE AUTHORIZATION TO SELL IN JULY? WE ARE NOT LOCKING ANYTHING IN? AT THE TIME OF SALE? >> TECHNICALLY, THESE CAN BE LOCKED IN NO EARLIER THAN 90 DAYS. ONCE YOU GET TO THE SECOND HALF OF APRIL, WE COULD ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BIT OF APPROVED TONIGHT, WE WOULD START GETTING ALL THE DOCUMENTATION TOGETHER AND REALLY GET EVERYTHING READY TO SELL THE BONDS IN THIS SEE WHERE THE MARKET IS. IN THE RESOLUTION, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THERE IS A SAVINGS THRESHOLD OF 3%. SAVINGS HAVE TO BE ABOVE 3%. WE WERE AT 6 1/2% ON THE S AND 62% ON THE G. REALLY STRONG SAVINGS. AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION WE COULD BE IN THE MARKET SELLING THESE AND LOCKING IN SAVINGS IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. >> I'M SORRY. I MISSED MY TIME ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. WHEN THOSE SAVINGS ARE REALIZED , WHERE DO THOSE GO? DO THOSE GO BACK INTO OUR DEBT SAVERS ? >> GREAT QUESTION BUT A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR TYPICALLY, THAT IS USED TO REDUCE THE PAYMENTS ON YOUR CURRENT BONDS. YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO PICK AND CHOOSE CERTAIN YEARS BUT IF YOU THINK THEY MIGHT BE PINCH POINTS WITHIN THE TEXT RATE, YOU CAN DIRECT THOSE INTO CERTAIN YEARS FOR TYPICALLY, MOST SCHOOLS WILL TAKE LEVEL SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE LIFE OF THE BOND. 10 YEARS LEFT ON THE BOND WILL SPLIT THE SAVINGS THROUGHOUT EACH SIX-MONTH PAYMENT REALLY . THAT OUT . THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE WILL HAVE AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO SELLING THE BONDS, BUT A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE. GOOD QUESTION. >> THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW, I WILL TAKE A SEPARATE MOTION FOR EACH REFUNDING BOND RESOLUTION. TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM [00:30:01] 5. 02, THE FIRST MORTGAGE REFUNDING BONDS , 2025A? >> MOTION TO APPROVE 502, 2020 5A FIRST MORTGAG REFUNDING BALANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS BY THE BUILDING CORPORATION TO REFUND THE 2015 F UNLIMITED AD VOLOREM PROPERTY TAX FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS IN APPROVING RELATED MATTERS. >> I SECOND. NOW CALL THE QUESTION BUT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED A NAY. >> THAT PASSES 7-0. I WILL NOW CALL THE QUESTION FOR ITEM 5. 03. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5. 03? >> A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5. 03 , FIRST MORTGAGE REFUNDING BONDS AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND. >> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I WILL NOW CLOSE DISCUSSION AND CALL THE QUESTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM 5. 03 SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED A NAY. PASSES 7-0. WILL MOVE ON TO 5. 04 , FALL CREEK INTERMEDIATE . >> GOOD EVENING IN THANK YOU. TONIGHT I'M HERE TO AT THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT, A.R.M., AND THE CMC CONSTRUCTION. THE FIRST TIME THIS PROJECT WENT OUT TO BID, THE COST CAME BACK AT 35. $5 MILLION. AFTER WE EXAMINE THE PROJECT AND SOME ORBITS, IT CAME BACK AT $34 MILLION. THIS WILL SAVE THE DISTRICT ONE TO $5 MILLION IN THIS PROJECT FOR BUILDING RESERVATION. TONIGHT I MADE AT THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE GMP FOR $34 MILLION FOR THE 2020 -- FALL CREEK REMEDIATION PROJECT. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED? >> I MAKE A MOTION --. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO THE AWARD GMP FOR THE FALL CREEK CONSTRUCTION AS PRESENTED. >> I SECOND THE MOTION. >> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I WILL NOW CLOSE DISCUSSION AND CALL THE QUESTION BUT ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM 5. 04 SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSEDA NAY. THAT PASSES 7-0. WE WILL MOVE ON TO 5. 05. HOOSIER ROAD AND LANTERN ROAD ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUND. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M HERE TO AS THE BOARD TO REPLACE TWO PLAYGROUNDS WILL BE PURCHASING THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE THE FIRST ONE IS HOOSIER ROAD ELEMENTARY. THE MAJORITY OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING WHICH WAS BUILT IN 2001. THAT MAKES IT 24 YEARS OLD. THE PLAYGROUND IS BEYOND ITS USEFUL LIFE. ANY PARTS ARE NONEXISTENT. THE COST FOR THIS PROJECT IS $420,000. THIS HAS BEEN PLANNED AND BUDGETED IN OUR 10 YEAR PLAN. THE SECOND ONE IS LANTERN ROAD ELEMENTARY. THIS PROJECT IS PART OF THE WHOLE BUILDING RENOVATION. I AM BRINGING IT TO YOU TO SHOW YOU WE ARE CLOSING OUT THIS RENOVATION PROJECT. THE PLAYGROUND WILL BE MOVED FROM NEAR THE CORNER OF THE ROUNDABOUT AT 106 AND LANTERN ROAD TO THE BACK FOR SAFETY REASONS. ALSO, MORE TEACHERS, THEY CAN ALL COLLABORATE ON THE PLAYGROUND. THIS PLAYGROUND IS ALSO ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1995. MAKING A 30 YEARS OLD. THE COST OF THIS PROJECT IS NAY $6 MILLION. BOTH SCHOOLS HAD INPUT FROM THE PRINCIPALS AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS BUT I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THESE BUDGETS. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED? >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR HOOSIER ROAD ELEMENTARY AND LANTERN ROAD ELEMENTARY AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND. >> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? >> CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN JUST WHAT -- IN PLACE MEANS IN THE PLAYGROUND? >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE HAVE KIND OF GRADUATED. THE CURRENT PLAYGROUND IS MULCH. WE HAVE GONE TO A PORT IN PLACE FOR THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER ON THE FALL. IF STUDENTS FALL ONTO THE GROUND FROM ONE OF THE PLAYGROUND PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. IT IS SAFER. IT IS BETTER A.D.A. THE MOLDS WE USE IS CONSIDERED A.D.A., BUT THIS HERE IS COMPLETELY , ANYBODY IN A WHEELCHAIR, CRUTCHES, LOCKERS, THEY CAN ALL ACCESS ALL THE EQUIPMENT. THE PORT IN PLACE IS REALLY THICK. IF YOU BEEN TO ANY [00:35:03] OF THE CURRENT PLAYGROUNDS HERE IN FISHER'S, IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF GIFT. SO IT WILL BE SAFER FOR OUR STUDENTS. IT DOES COST A LITTLE MORE, BUT THE LONG-TERM FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT >> I UNDERSTAND OUR MULCH BILL -- MULCH BILL WAS VERY HUGE. THIS IS VERY COST EFFECTIVE FOR STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECIATE IT. >> IS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. I THINK WE SAID 15 YEARS, CORRECT? >> 15 YEARS, MANFRED AFTER THAT, WE CAN PUT ANOTHER COAT ON THERE TO HELP FEEL IT AND GET MORE LIFE OUT OF IT. CURRENTLY, WE ARE ADDING MULCH EVERY SINGLE YEAR. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SPENT $180,000 IN PLAYGROUND MULCH. IN A YEAR. THIS WILL LAST A LOT LONGER. THANK YOU. >> I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED YOU HAD STAFF IN PRINCIPLE INPUT WITH THIS AND STUDENT INPUT? >> WE PROVIDE THE PLANS AND WHAT THEY DO WITH IT. I AM NOT QUITE SURE. I HOPE THEY DID. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> I WILL NOW CLOSE DISCUSSION TO CALL THE QUESTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING 5. 05 SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED A NAY. THAT PASSES 7-0. WE WILL MOVE ON TO 5. 06. POLICY SECOND READING PRISON THAT GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND MR. MAPES COULD I COME BEFORE YOU FOR THE SECOND GRADE FOR ALL OF THE POLICIES LISTED IN 5. 06. THERE ARE NINE OF THEM. AS A REMINDER, THEY ARE VERY MINOR REVISIONS TO EACH OF THESE. I PRESENTED THESE YOU WILL FOR A FIRST READ AT OUR FEBRUARY MEETING. AND THEN HE WENT TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS MONTH. I AM HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO SEEK YOUR APPROVAL ON THE CHANGES PRESENTED IN THESE NINE POLICIES. >> CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AND REQUEST A MOTION TO UPDATE ONE ITEM. ONE THAT IS IN ITEM K06. 01. IT IS SPECIFIC, IT IS REALLY MINOR. FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE, AND IS THE SECOND PARAGRAPH WHERE IT SAYS THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES SUBSCRIBES TO THE PRINCIPAL. IN REFERENCE TO AN EMPLOYEE . THE OTHERS SAY EMPLOYEES. FOR CONSISTENCY, JUST KEEP EMPLOYEES AS PLEURA. WE ARE ALSO USING THEIR. >> I NEED A MOTION. I NEED A MOTION. IT IS , IF YOU'RE LOOKING IN THE PACKET, SUZANNE, PAGE 10. >> 6.01. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> I SECOND. >> CORRECT. CORRECT. >> OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? I WILL NOW CALL THE QUESTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE REVISION TO THAT ITEM SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED TO A NAY. WE WILL NOW GO BACK TO APPROVE THE POLICY SECOND READING AS A WHOLE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? NO. >> META-PRESIDENT, IT COMES UP FOR A MOTION AGAIN. WE NEED TO FOLLOW ROBERT'S LAW. >> RICK BRIGHT I'M SORRY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED? >> I MOTION, BETTER PRESENT, THAT WE MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THIS, TO THE BOARD MINUTES. AGAIN, I ASKED THE BOARD -- >> WE ARE NOT THERE YET. OH, I AM SO SORRY. >> OKAY, GUYS. I HEARD THE WORD POLICY. I AM SO SORRY. >> I HAD ASKED FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5. 06. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 5. 06 WITH THE AMENDMENT. >> YES. I SECOND. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSES A NAY. 7-0. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 4. 01 AMENDED -- AMENDMENT TO THE MINUTES. OH, I AM SORRY. >> 5. 07. FIRST READ? >> NO. THAT IS -- >> OH, I AM SORRY. >> AMENDMENT TO THE MINUTES. MADAM PRESIDENT . >> I MOVE WE ADDED THE MINUTES THAT ARE CURRENTLY STATED AND [00:40:04] ADD AN EDIT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN THAT MOTION THAT I WELCOME ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS INPUT ON HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO REVISE THE EDIT WHEN WE GET THERE. SO MY MOTION IS THAT WE MOVE TO EDIT THE BOARD MINUTES. >> I SECOND. >> IN A COMMENT OR QUESTION FROM THE BOARD? >> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SOME CLARITY TO WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. SO OUR FEBRUARY TRUCK WERE MANY, DURING THE DISCUSSION OF SEPARATING A CONSENT AGENDA, JUST LIKE WE DID TONIGHT WHEN WE SEPARATED THE ITEMS THAT SHOULD BE MOVED, THE BOARD UNINTENTIONALLY FAILED TO FOLLOW THE POLICY B0500. THAT MANDATES AN ADHERENCE TO ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER. NEWLY REVISED 12TH EDITION, SECTION 41 , CHAPTER 16 SPECIFICALLY STATES ANY BOARD MEMBER MAY REQUEST FOR MOTION TO SEPARATE OF AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA WITHOUT REQUIRING A SECOND, A BOAT, OR DISCUSSION. IT IS THE BOARD PRESIDENT RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE INTENTION AND HONOR THIS REQUEST AND MOVE THE ITEM TO REGULAR AGENDA. THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WERE FULLY AWARE BEFORE THE MEETING THAT THERE WAS INTENT TO SEPARATE THE CONSENT AGENDA PRIOR TO OUR MEETING. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE CORRECTLY. IT IS ESSENTIAL WE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MISTAKE AND TAKE A CORRECTIVE ACTION TO ENSURE THE COMPLIANCE MOVING FORWARD. ADDITIONALLY, OUR PROCEDURAL ERROR HAD UNINTENTIONAL CONSEQUENCES. THERE WERE TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE COMPELLED TO VOTE AGAINST ITEMS OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE POSSIBLY VOTED YES FOUR. THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF FOLLOWING THE SEPARATION OF A CONSENT AGENDA IS TO ENSURE THAT NO MEMBER IS FORCED TO APPROVE SOMETHING THAT THEY WISH TO DISCUSS FURTHER WHILE MAINTAINING UNANIMOUS CONSENT FOR REMAINING ITEMS. FURTHERMORE, WHY DOES THIS MATTER? AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE EACH TOOK AN OATH UNDER THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT GOVERN OUR BOARD'S OPERATIONS, WHEN CONSIDERING ANY ISSUE, I HAVE ALWAYS STATED THE FOLLOWING. IS IT LEGAL? ARE WE FOLLOWING POLICY? IS IT BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS INDUSTRY? AND IS A COST EFFECTIVE FOR OUR DISTRICT? I STAND BY THAT TODAY BECAUSE OF NUMBER TWO. ARE WE FOLLOWING POLICY? FAILING TO FOLLOW POLICY THAT'S A POOR PRECEDENT AND MARROW THE TRUST AMONG OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY. INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE CRITICAL IN MAINTAINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN OUR GOVERNANCE. BY NUDGING OUR MISTAKE IN AMENDING THE MINUTES, WE DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND ADHERENCE TO BOARD POLICY. I WELCOME THE INPUT FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO PROPOSE MY AMENDMENT THAT WE CAN REVISE THE STATEMENT. IT NEEDS TO CLEARLY STATE THAT WE CORRECTLY FOLLOW POLICY B5 AND WE DID MAKE AN ERROR AT THE LAST BOARDING. I APPRECIATE MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS SPEAKING UP. WE ARE TRANSPARENT AND IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH OUR POLICIES. >> WAS THERE ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT? I THINK YOU HAVE THAT AS AN INITIAL THING AND THEN DID YOU WANT TO ADD? >> NO. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD IS WHERE IT SAYS, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WERE WE STATED WHAT HAPPENED. THERE SHOULD BE AN ASTERISK THAT SAYS CORRECTION. THE ONLY STATEMENT I AM ASKING TO BE ADDED TO THE MINUTES IS , THE BOARD MADE AN ERROR IN THE PROCESS OF SEPARATING THE CONSENT AGENDA. BOARD POLICY B0500 STATES THE BOARD WILL FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. THAT'S IT. >> ANYONE ELSE? >> YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT. ISBA RULES ON THIS ARE NOT AS CONCRETE. IT CLEARLY STATES IN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL BOARD . HOW SCHOOL BOARDS OPERATE. I DO NOT HAVE MY BOOKLET WITH ME. I'M TRYING TO FIND IT. EACH BOARD RUNS THEIR BOARD MEETINGS ARE THERE HARD LINES TO ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, OR VARIATIONS THEREOF BUT I DO NOT THINK WE'VE EVER HAD A HARD LINE THING THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY FALLING, BY THE BOOK , ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. IT IS A FRAMEWORK AND A GUIDELINE WE FOLLOW, AND WE AGREED TO, BUT IN NO WAY I READ STRICTLY HARD BLIND TO IT. THAT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT. THE ISBA ALLOWS BOARDS TO RUN THEIR BOARD MEETINGS ACCORDINGLY. BUT NOT THE ABSOLUTE LAW OF THE LAND, SO TO SPEAK, UNLESS THE BOARD OF EACH DISTRICT DECIDES TO TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO DO SO. THIS [00:45:03] IS A DISCUSSION I HAD WITH ISBA WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT TWO YEARS AGO. >> I WILL SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT. I SPECIFICALLY TALK TO THE ATTORNEYS AT ISBA AND I TALK TO YOU ADVISER AT ISBA. THEY SPECIFICALLY READ OVER OUR POLICY. OUR POLICY SAYS THAT WE FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. IF WE DO NOT HAVE IT IN THERE, THAT I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT JUST HAPPENED AS IT HAPPENED. BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE POLICY. B05. 00. AND THAT IS THE REASON I AM STATING TODAY THAT BECAUSE WE SAID WE WOULD FOLLOW ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, IT IS ABOUT OUR INTEGRITY AND ABOUT ADMITTING WE POSSIBLY MADE A MISTAKE BUT IF WE GO BACK TO THE PARAGRAPH I SAID EARLIER, NOT FOLLOWING IT CORRECTLY HAD TWO BOARD MEMBERS, I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE FOR OR NOT, BUT THOSE TWO BOARD MEMBERS HAD TO VOTE NO TO ALL THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THEY VERY WELL COULD'VE PICKED MAYBE ONLY ONE OR TWO ITEMS. THEY NOW WERE FORCED TO VOTE NO EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT'VE ONLY WANTED TO PULL OUT ONE OR TWO ITEMS. I'M JUST SAYING IT DOES GOOD BOARD GOVERNANCE OF US, AS A BOARD, THAT WE EDIT THAT STATEMENT. THAT IS ALL I AM REQUESTING. AND I WELCOME SOMEONE TO CHANGE THE WORDS FOR IT IF YOU WANT TO PICK A DIFFERENT EDIT OR WAY TO SAY IT. >> I WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT WAS TO BE BASED ON CONSENSUS, NOT MAJORITY. AND WHAT SHE IS SAYING ABOUT ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER IS CORRECT THAT THIS IS NOT A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE. THE PLEA STATING WE WANT TO SEPARATE OUR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA REQUESTED THAT IS NOT A MOTION BUT THAT IS ALL SHE WANTS TO PUT IN THERE. WE MADE IT A MOTION BUT IT WAS AN ERROR TO DO SO. IT WAS A REQUEST. THE REQUEST SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED. THAT'S IT. IT IS REAL SIMPLE. IT IS NOT A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE. >> I THINK I WOULD AGREE. BUT I DO NOT KNOW THAT IS HOW YOU HAVE WRITTEN IT BUT I THINK THERE WAS A PROCEDURAL ERROR AND YOU WOULD BE RIGHT -- WE ARE GETTING INTO SEVERAL TECHNICAL PARTS ARE. APOLOGIES TO EVERYONE ON THE DECISION HERE. UNDERSTAND IT, AND I TALKED TO OUR ATTORNEY AS WELL. IF IT IS A REQUEST TO SEPARATE THE ITEMS, THERE IS NO SECOND NECESSARY. YOU JUST DO IT BUT IT IS UP TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. IF IT IS A MOTION, A MOTION AT THE SECOND , TAKE A VOTE. YOU HAVE TO RESPECT WHAT THE VOTE OUTCOME IS. SO ONCE IT BECAME A MOTION IN A SECOND AND VOTED UPON, WE HAVE TO THAN RESPECT THE OUTCOME OF THAT MOTION. WE CANNOT TAKE A VOTE AND SAY, WELL, FORGET ABOUT THE VOTE THAT JUST TOOK PLACE. HAVING JUST BEEN A REQUEST, WE WOULD'VE BEEN -- >> I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. >> SINCE IT WAS A MOTION, I BELIEVE WE WERE FOLLOWING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. >> I APOLOGIZE. I DO NOT MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU BUT I AGREE WITH YOU 100% ON THE REQUEST PART. BUT AGAIN, I AM STATING CLEARLY, THE 12TH EDITION, SECTION 41, CHAPTER 16 SPECIFICALLY SAYS, WHETHER THERE IS A MOTION OR A REQUEST , IT IS UP TO THE CHAIR OR THE PRESIDENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INTENT OF SEPARATING OUT THE CONSENT AGENDA. IT IS IN THERE. WE CAN SEARCH IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO. THAT IS THE PROBLEM WE HAVE. THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING. THAT IS WHY WE DO NOT FOLLOW. AND IT SHOULD BE A SEPARATED ITEM. AND BECAUSE WE SHARED IT WITH THE BOARD AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT PRYOR, EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT THE INTENT WAS FOR THERE WAS TALK WE WANTED TO SEPARATE IT OUT. LET ME JUST POINT TO ONE OTHER THING. I VOTED YES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I SUPPORTED ALL THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. FOR ME, IT WAS ABOUT, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ROUTINE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT IS WHY I FELT IT SHOULD'VE BEEN SEPARATED OUT WE COULD HEAR ABOUT INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. WE ARE NOT TALKING TODAY ABOUT THE LAST MEETING. ALL I WANTED TO SAY IS WE DO NOT FOLLOW THE CORRECT PROCESS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN EDIT ADDED TO THE MINUTES. THANK YOU. OUR ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? >> SOMETHING ALLUDED TO EARLIER BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PRACTICE OF ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. YOU LOOK AT WHAT ARE OUR PRACTICES? WHAT HAVE OUR PRACTICES BEEN OVER MEETINGS? I KNOW FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS BOARD, WE GET A MOTION AND HANDLING IT IN THAT WAY BUT AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANY ISSUE WITHOUT MOVING FORWARD, WE KNOW THERE ARE TWO CLEAR OPTIONS WE GO WITH. YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF MAINTAIN ORDER AND JUST KEEP MOVING. I THINK WE GO WITH JUST KEEPING MINUTES THE SAME, BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE. >> THANK YOU. I MEAN NO DISRESPECT . I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT CONSENT AGENDA. THAT IS NEVER BEEN A COMMON PRACTICE FOR [00:50:02] CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE NEVER VOTED ON A CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS ALWAYS BEEN SEPARATED. SO THAT IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE WOULD YOU, WE DO NOT VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA BUT WE JUST ASK HER TO BE SEPARATED. >> I'M GOING TO CLOSE DISCUSSION AND CALLED THE VOTE. >> SUZANNE THOMAS. >> I AM VOTING YES FOR AN EDIT. >> SARAH PARKS-REESE. >> YES. >> TENANT. >> NO. >> >> [4.01 Board Minutes] OH, I'M SORRY. I WILL NOW TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 4. 01 BOARD MINUTES. >> I MOVED TO APPROVE 4. 01 BOARD MINUTES. >> I SECOND. >> ONE QUICK COMMENT? I FORGOT TO DO THIS DURING A GENERAL DISCUSSION BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO WATCH EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, OUR BOARD MINUTES MAY NOT BE THE BEST REFLECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST A SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING. FORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE A VIDEO OF EVERY BOARD MEETING THAT IS HAPPENED. WE HAVE A COMPLETE VIDEO, AS WELL AS A TRANSCRIPTION OF THAT VIDEO. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK AND WATCH, THEY CAN SEE VERBATIM WITH AUDIO AND VIDEO OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED. THAT WAY, THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE ANY CONFUSION. >> I WILL NOW CALL THE QUESTION. >> >> [6. Information Items] THAT'S OKAY. >> WE HAVE NINE POLICIES FOR FIRST READ THIS EVENING. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN REVIEWED BY OUR CFO IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT LETTER ALL FISCAL MANAGEMENT RELATED IN SECTION D. IN FACT, FOUR OF THEM, D1. 0, 2. 01 , 2. 02, AND 2. 05 HAD NO CHANGES TO THEM. WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE POLICIES AGAIN BECAUSE FOR SOME OF THEM, IT HAS BEEN IN THE YEARS SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED. WE HAVE DONE A REVIEW IN HOUSE. THAT'S WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. I'M PRESENTING THEM TO YOU FOR A FIRST READ THIS EVENT. THE ONES THAT DO HAVE CHANGES HAVE BREAKTHROUGHS RELATIVE TO SOME LEGAL REFERENCES. THERE ARE NO CONTENT CHANGES I FOUND IN ANY OF THESE POLICIES. >> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS [7. Board Members] FROM THE BOARD? >> THANK YOU, DR. KEGLEY. >> THANK YOU. >> WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 7.01. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS. WE WILL START WITH TIFFANY AND GO DOWN THE LINE. >> I DO NOT HAVE ANY UPDATES. >> NO UPDATES FOR US, OTHER THAN JUST UPDATING, I THINK, COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR NEXT MONTH. THEY'RE GOING TO SHIFT BECAUSE OF THE FOCUS ON SPRING BREAK. NOBODY IS GOING TO BE HERE. WE WILL MAKE IT EASY FOR EVERYBODY. IT WILL BE THE END OF APRIL. EXCUSE ME. THE END OF MARCH, THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH WILL BE THE MEETING. LOOK ONLINE. IT WILL BACKUP A WEEK. IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING THOSE OR HAVE ANY INTEREST IN WANTING TO BE IN ATTENDANCE, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND, PLEASE. >> SO THE POLICY COMMITTEE MET ON MARCH 5TH. WE WENT THROUGH INVENTORIES AND TALKED ABOUT CAPITALIZATION AND PROPERTY DISPOSAL. THERE ARE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AS FAR AS CAPITALIZATION AMOUNTS FROM 5000 TO 10,000 BUT BOOKS ARE SEPARATE AS FAR AS ACCOUNTABILITY. AND MOSTLY EVERYTHING THAT WAS CHANGED, THE J07. 09, WE JUST NEED THE TITLE IX COORDINATOR. THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES, CHRISSY THOMAS DID WITH YOU K0 -- GIFT DONATIONS TO SCHOOLS. K06. 01, CAMPAIGN MATERIALS AND GRAMMAR CHANGES FROM HIS/HER TWO THEIR. -- INVITING TRINITY MEMBERS ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL EVENTS. IMMEDIATE REMOVAL FROM SCHOOL EVENTS. THERE WERE SOME WORDING CHANGES ON HOW MANY SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS AT THE FOUNDATION. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO THE APRIL MEETING, APRIL 24TH. EXISTING. MARCH 24TH AT 7:30 A.M. >> THE FACILITIES MEETING WAS LAST THURSDAY. THE NOTES ARE ONLINE ON BOARD DOCS ALONG WITH THE ATTACHMENTS. THINGS TO MATT AND HIS TEAM FOR ANOTHER GREAT MEETING. VERY INFORMATIONAL AND PARTICULAR INTEREST TO OUR COMMUNITY, SOME OF THE WAY WE DO OUR BIDDING FOR THE FACILITY [00:55:01] PROJECTS AND STAY IN LINE WITH OUR 10 YEAR PLAN AND BUDGET. A GREAT MEETING. I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO LOOK AT THE NOTES ON THEM. >> -- FOUNDATION UPDATE. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND OUR HSE FOUNDATION FOR ALL THEY DO FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY JUST PUT ON A PHENOMENAL LEGACY CELEBRATION THAT WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 21ST. THAT FEATURED JEFF FOXWORTHY. WE ONE OF THE FOUNDATION, THEY WANT TO HAVE A SINCERE THANK YOU TO OUR SCHOOLS COMMUNITY FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS FIRST ANNUAL LEGACY CELEBRATION. IT WAS A FUNDRAISER. LIKE I SAID, IT HAD JEFF FOXWORTHY THERE. WITHOUT THE -- EVENT DINNER. IT WAS AN ASTRONOMICAL SUCCESS. WILL BE SO GOOD AS OUR LARGEST FUNDRAISER TO DATE FOR ALL OF OUR 22 SCHOOLS BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT AND WE ALSO HAVE WHAT IS CALLED THINK AND EDUCATOR. THE HSE AND WILL TAKE AND EDUCATOR PROGRAM WILL TAKE PLACE FROM APRIL 28-MAY 2ND. THIS IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO SHOW APPRECIATION TO ANYONE WHO HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR YOUR STUDENT THIS LAST YEAR. FOR A $10 DONATION, ANYONE CAN NOMINATE AND EDUCATOR FOR THEIR HONOR ROLL APPEARED WITH A STAFF MEMBER RECEIVES RECOGNITION VIA THE MEDIA, FISHER'S MAGAZINE, AND CERTIFICATE WITH A PERSONAL MESSAGE, AND GIVE CERTIFICATE TO SCHOOLHOUSE SEVEN CAFE. THE LAST THING FOR US TO SHARE IS THE PARIS DASH 5K. STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO JOIN US FOR THE THIRD AND WILL PARIS DASH 5K FUN RUN ON SATURDAY, MAY 17 AT 9:00 A.M. THE FUN RUN WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE GROUNDS OF CONNOR PERRY WITH REGISTRATION OPENING NEXT WEEK. ALL PARTICIPANTS GET A MEDAL, A TEACHER, ANNA -- FOOTBALL GAME. THAT IS IT FOR FOUNDATION. THANK [8. Superintendent's Report] YOU. >> ONE OF THE TRAGEDIES THAT CAN HIT ANY COMMUNITY IS WHEN A STUDENT PASSES AWAY. OUR COMMITTEE FELT THAT TWO WEEKS AGO BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR ADMINISTRATOR, STAFF AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. OUR LOCAL PASTORS AND CHURCHES, OUR COMMUNITY , OUR ADMIN TEAM HERE AND IN PARTICULAR, -- WHO SUPPORTED OUR STUDENTS THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT TIME AND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR ADULTS AND STUDENTS AT HSE HIGH SCHOOL. I SAY THANK YOU TO THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN MAKING CERTAIN WE MADE THAT AS GOOD AS WHAT WE COULD IN VERY [9. Board President] DIFFICULT TIMES. >> LASTLY, SINCE WE VOTED ON ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS TONIGHT, I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ADMINISTRATORS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL AND CENTRAL OFFICE. I'VE LEARNED THEY DO AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF WORK IN SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO IN EDUCATING CHILDREN FOR THE FUTURE. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.