Oct 14, 2026 Board Meeting

[1. Meeting Opening]

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>>> PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.

[2. Academic Excellence Recognition]

MEMBERS OF ACADEMIC RECOGNITION. >> MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

IT'S MY HONOUR TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING TO CELEBRATE ELITE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT. ABOUT 1.3 MILLION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKE THE 11TH GRADE PSAT AS THE NATIONAL MERIT QUALIFIER IN OCTOBER. OF THAT, ONLY 16,000 STUDENTS WHICH REPRESENT THE TOP OF OUR STATE ARE NAMED NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS. WE ARE VERY PROUD AS A DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE 14 STUDENTS WHO HAVE MET THAT STANDARD.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY ARE GOING TO GET SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS AND SOME UNIVERSITIES THAT WILL GIVE FULL RISE SCHOLAR SHIPS FOR BEING A SEMIFINALIST. AND WHAT A COMPLIMENT TO THESE STUDENTS AND TO THEIR FAMILIES. AND I KNOW THIS IS BASED ON A PERFORMANCE TEST, BUT THERE'S MORE BEYOND THAT.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR K-- 12 NOW EXPERIENCE.

YOU KNOW THAT INFLUENCE THAT. DEFINITELY FAMILIES SETTING A HIGH VALUE ON EDUCATION. AND I HOPE A LOVE OF LEARNING THAT WAS CULTIVATED BY TEACHERS, BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BY MENTORS THROUGHOUT YOUR JOURNEY, SO AS A DISTRICT, WE'RE HAPPY TO CELEBRATE THAT WITH YOU AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF YOU. AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IF WE COULD IS INVITE EACH ONE OF OUR SEMIFINALISTS TO COME UP TO THE MIC. AND STATE YOUR NAME CONFIDENTLY AND TALK ABOUT MAYBE SOME OF THOSE NEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT WHETHER THAT IS A FIELD OF STUDY OR AN ACTIVITY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN ANY COLLEGES OR AGAIN, HUNTS THAT YOU WANT TO PURSUE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL IF YOU COULD DO THAT. SO NAME, MAYBE A MAJOR OR UNIVERSITY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT OR OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES. OKAY? AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ROYALS COME UP FIRST.

SO HSC IF YOU CAN COME UP HERE GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF

AS NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS. >> I'M TYLER ORRIS AND AFTER HIGH SCHOOL I WOULD LIKE TO STUDY ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING HOPEFULLY AT PURDUE. >> HELLO MY NAME IS THOMAS BEZZA, I PLAN TO STUDY AT BROWN UNIVERSITY IN COMPETITION OF BIOLOGY AND EVENTUALLY BECOME A PHYSICIAN WHO EITHER PRACTICES DERMATOLOGY OR SOME SORT OF SURGERY.

THANK YOU. >> HI, MY NAME IS LIAM KENYON AND I PLAN ON MAJORING AT ANIMAL SCIENCE AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND I WANT TO BE A VETERINARIAN IN THE FUTURE.

>> HELLO MY NAME IS WILLIAM PENCE AND I PLAN ON STUDYING CHEMISTRY IDEALLY AT UC BERKELEY AND IN THE FUTURE I'D LIKE TO

BECOME A PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST. >> ALL RIGHT GOOD JOB ROYALS.

TIGERS, IT'S YOUR TURN, COME ON UP.

>> HI MY NAME IS ALLISON SVILENOV AND I WANT TO STUDY BIO MEDICAL ENGINEERING EITHER AT GEORGIA TECH OR PURDUE.

>> HI, MY NAME IS SASHI GANAPANENI AND I PLAN TO STUDY

BIOLOGY AT BLOOMINGTON. >> HI, I'M SETH TENNEKOON AND I

PLAN ON GOING TO GEORGIA TECH. >> I'M PLANNING ON STUDYING BIO OR CHEM. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YET.

>> ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS. SO AGAIN.

AND EMILY WILL DIRECT THAT AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A

PICTURE. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

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MOVING ONTO 3.01 PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[4. Consent Agenda]

CONSENT AGENDA. THEREFORE ITEMS PRESENTED ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA. 4.01 BOARD MINUTES.

2 PERSONAL REPORTS. 3 CLAIMS PAYROLLS AND SALARY REDUCTION AGREEMENT AND 4 BUS DISPOSAL.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA AS

PRESENTED? >> MOTION TO APPROVE AS

PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING CONSENT AJEN DAS SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY.

PASSES 6-0. MOVING ONTO ACTION ITEM 5S.01

[5. Action Items]

>> GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. DR. KEGLEY.

TONIGHT I SEEK YOUR APPROVAL FOR A SPECIAL HIRE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATUTE AS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU.

>> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FULL-TIME FOOD SERVICE

EMPLOYEE AS PRESENTED? >> MOTION TO APPROVE AS

PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? SEEING NONE, CLOSING DISCUSSION AND CALLING THE QUESTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? OPPOSED SAY NAY.

PASSES 6-0. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO 5.02 INSURANCE RATES FOR CERTIFIED STAFF SUPPORT STAFF AND ADMINISTRATES

BY TIM BROWN. >> GOOD EVENING TO YOU BOARD.

EXCITED ABOUT THE OPEN ENROLLMENT SEASON COMING SOON.

BIT OF BACKGROUND OF THE WORK TAKING PLACE TO GET TO THIS POINT ULTIMATELY AND WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TO POTENTIALLY APPROVE. SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES, HSC SCHOOLS HAS A SELF-FUNDED HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN WHERE THE DISTRICT PAYS ALL THE HEALTH AND PHARMACY CLAIMS AND DEDUCTIBLES AND CO-INSURANCES.

AND AS WE STARTED TO PREPARE FOR THE 2027 RENEWAL, WE'RE ON A CALENDAR YEAR RENEWAL, WE WERE LOOKING AT A 30% PREMIUM INCREASE. AND THIS IS BASED ON TREND AND OUR PREVIOUS HISTORY. AND SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND SO WE GOT TO WORK RIGHT AWAY LOOKING AT SOME ALTERNATIVES. SO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE ENGAGED PRETTY HEAVILY WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH TO EXPLORE COMMUNITY HEALTH NARROW NETWORK OPTION.

AND WE DID THIS FOR A COUPLE REASONS.

ONE, COMMUNITY HEALTH IS CURRENTLY OUR HIGHEST VOLUME FOR IN-PATIENT AND OUT-PATIENT PROCEDURES.

THEY'VE BEEN A LONG STANDING PARTNER WITH THE DISTRICT WHEN IT COMES TO NURSES, CLINIC SERVICES, THE NEW CARDIOVASCULAR PROGRAM. ATHLETIC TRAINERS AND IT CAME TO THE TABLE VERY WILLING TO PROVIDE SOME VERY COMPETITIVE PRICING TO MAKE THIS BOTH A WIN AND AN EXTREMELY QUALITY HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES BUT ALSO THE DISTRICT AT THE SAME TIME. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, OUR BENEFITS COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS MET MULTIPLE TIMES. LOOKED AT A LOT OF ITERATIONS AND ULTIMATELY LANDED ON WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU.

AND I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THAT COMMITTEE FOR ALL THEIR EFFORT. A LOT OF REVIEW WORK THAT TOOK PLACE TO ULTIMATELY COME TO A CONSENSUS AND AGREE THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO WHAT'S NEW IN 2027? FIRST, THERE'S GOING TO BE A SWITCH FROM ANTHEM AS OUR THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR.

REMEMBER THEIR ROLE IN THIS PROCESS IS TO NEGOTIATE PRICING AND THEN TO ESSENTIALLY HANDLE THE PAPERWORK IF YOU WILL OF THE CLAIMS. REMEMBER WE'RE STILL PAYING THEM AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO SWITCHING FROM ANTHEM TO

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MAX OUT OF POCKETS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, NOW IS THE TIME TO BETTER ALIGN EACH OF THEIR PLANS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE VALUE.

AND THEN THE EXCITING PART, THE OFFER OF THREE NEW BRAND NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH ONLY PLANS. SO THAT OUR EMPLOYEES NOW HAVE THE CHOICE OF ONE OF SIX DIFFERENT HEALTH PLANS TO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MAKE THE CHOICE THAT'S BEST FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILY. AND THEN I WOULD CALL OUT THE EXCITING PART TO THIS. THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S COMING HERE MOMENTARILY. ON THE COMMUNITY-ONLY PLANS THAT IF SOMEONE WOULD SWITCH AND I'M GOING TO OFTEN REFER TO THESE AS TRADITIONAL PLANS AND COMMUNITY-ONLY PLANS.

IF THEY SWITCH FROM A TRADITIONAL PLAN TO ITS PARALLEL COMMUNITY-ONLY PLAN, CAN T RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU WOULD SEE AN ACTUAL DROP IN THEIR PREMIUMS. AND SO THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN STAY ON A TRADITIONAL PLAN AND THERE IS AN INCREASE TO THOSE PREMIUMS. THEY CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO MOVE TO A COMMUNITY-ONLY PLAN AND ACTUALLY SEE A DROP IN THE OVERALL PREMIUMS. SO CHOICE IS THE KEY HERE. SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE NOW? THERE ARE THREE PLANS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN 2026.

THEY LOOK LIKE PLAN ONE TWO AND THREE.

P.P.O., HIGH DEDUCTIBLE AND HIGHER DEDUCTIBLE PLAN.

CURRENTLY THOSE ARE MANAGED AS A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR BY ANTHEM. AS MENTIONED THIS WILL SWITCH OVER TO THE UHC UNITED HEALTH CARE CHOICE PLUS NETWORK AS MANAGED BY UMR. AND NOW THE THREE NEW ONES.

PPO PLAN SO WHEN I SAY PARALLEL, PPO1 IS PARALLEL TO PPO4 JUST WITH FOUR BEING COMMUNITY ONLY. FIVE PARALLELS TO TWO AND THREE TO SIX. THROUGHOUT IF SIX OPTIONS, THERE ARE ALSO FOUR DISTINCTIONS OF THE SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE'S SITUATION FROM EMPLOYEE ONLY, EMPLOYEE CHILDREN, EMPLOYEE SPOUSE AND FAMILY. I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT SKTH SO I DID A BIT OF DIGGING. CURRENTLY IN OUR EMPLOYEE BREAKDOWN ABOUT 7% OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ON PLAN ONE.

74% ON PLAN TWO AND 20% ON PLAN THREE.

SO PLANS ONE THROUGH THREE--. >> CAN YOU GIVE THOSE AGAIN REAL

QUICK. >> I SURE CAN.

7% ON PLAN ONE. 74-- 73.5 TO BE EXACT ON PLAN TWO AND 19.5 OR 20% ON PLAN THREE.

SO ALL EMPLOYEE GROUPS CERTIFIED STAFF, SUPPORT STAFF, ADMIN, ALL HAVE THESE SAME OPTIONS. AND IN GENERAL, WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PLANS ONE THROUGH THREE IS THE 2027 PROPOSED RATES IN ORDER TO FUND THE PLAN TO EXPECTED COSTS HAS THE DISTRICT PICKING UP 75% OF THE INCREASE AND THE EMPLOYEE PICKING UP 25%.

I USE THE WORD APPROXIMATELY BECAUSE WE DID SOME ROUNDING TO WHOLE NUMBERS SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE ABOVE SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT BELOW THAT. THEN IN PLANS FOUR THROUGH SIX, AGAIN AN EMPLOYEE WOULD SEE A SMALLER PAY OR SMALLER DEDUCTION COMPARED TO WHAT THEY ARE USED TO NOW.

APPROXIMATE 10% DROP IN THE PREMIUM.

SOME EVEN GREATER BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT THE EMPLOYEE IS PAYING TODAY IN ON A PLAN ON 2026 IF THEY CHOOSE TO GO COMMUNITY ONLY, WILL ACTUALLY BE A DROP.

WHICH IS MORE MONEY IN THEIR PAY CHEQUE.

IN ORDER TO DO THIS, THE PROPOSAL BEFORE SU ABOUT A $3.6 MILLION INVESTMENT IN OUR EMPLOYEES.

2.5 APPROXIMATELY IN THE CERTIFIED TEACHER GROUP.

ABOUT 765,000 IN SUPPORT STAFF AND ABOUT 400,000 IN ADMINISTRATION. AND THIS IS BASED ON AN ASSUMPTION, OUR BEST ASSUMPTION AS WE BELIEVE AT LEAST 50% OF THE FOLKS WILL MOVE FROM A TRADITIONAL PLAN TO A COMMUNITY-ONLY PLAN. WE CERTAINLY HAVE FLEXIBILITY IF THAT NUMBER IS LESS OR MORE. BUT THAT IS WHAT THE COST NUMBERS THAT I MENTIONED ARE BASED UPON.

I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT ALL THE EFFORTS OF ALL THE VARIOUS BUDGET CUTS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE MADE HAVE ALLOWED US TO INVEST 3. MILLION INTO THE HEALTH CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES. HEALTH CARE IS NOT CHEAP, FOR EMPLOYEES OR THE DISTRICT. BUT I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT AND ONE THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF.

DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE. JUST WANT TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHT DOW SEE THOSE ON EIGHT DOCUMENTS.

THERE ARE NO CHANGES. DELTA DENTAL STILL OUR PROVIDER.

NO CHANGES IN PREMIUMS FOR THE DISTRICT OR EMPLOYEES.

SAME IS TRUE ABOUT VISION INSURANCE THROUGH ESP.

BEFORE YOU THREE DIFFERENT EMPLOYEE GROUPS AND ACTUALLY THE SUPPORT STAFF ARE BROKEN INTO TWO ADDITIONAL GROUPS.

WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED SUPPORT 24.

SUPPORT STAFF MEMBERS THAT WORK AN ENTIRE YEAR AND WE HAVE

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SO THOSE RATES ARE THE SAME. IT'S JUST DIVIDED BY 24 PAYS INSTEAD OF 17. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A DIFFERENCE BUT THE OVERALL COST IS THE SAME.

SO ALL THREE EMPLOYEE GROUPS ARE READY FOR POTENTIAL SCHOOL BOARD APPROVAL. RIGHT NOW WITH THE IDEA THAT THIS WILL ALIGN VERY NICELY WITH OPEN ENROLLMENT COMING NOVEMBER 20-- 2ND THROUGH THE 20TH. WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1ST. JUST AS A NOTE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, PREMIUMS COME OUT OF EMPLOYEE'S PAY CHEQUES THE MONTH BEFORE THE PREMIUM IS DUE SO THIS ALIGNS VERY NICELY WITH THE DECEMBER 15TH PAYCHEQUE WITHHOLDING.

ONE ITEM OF NOTE, THE CERTIFIED PORTION OF THIS DOES GO THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS AND I AM PROUD TO SHARE THAT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE ASSOCIATION DID PROVIDE A LETTER OF CONFIRMATION THAT THIS IS AGREED TO IN TERMS OF INSURANCE, CONTRIBUTIONS AND OVERALL COST. BECAUSE TO THEIR CREDIT, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO GET EVERYTHING READY FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT. SO THIS PORTION HAS BEEN SIGNED OFF AND IS READY FOR BOARD APPROVAL FOR ALL THREE GROUPS.

THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD HIGHLIGHT IS ALL THREE GROUPS DO HAVE THAT SAME MODEL OF THE DISTRICT PICKING UP 75% OF THE INCREASE FOR THE TRADITIONAL PLANS AND THE DISTRICT PICKING UP ALL AND AN ADDITIONAL AT MINIMUM 10% OF THE COST DROPPING THE OVERALL RATE FOR THE PLANS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX OF THE COMMUNITY. SO EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY APPROVE ALL THESE TONIGHT AND GET TO WORK ON OPEN

ENROLLMENT. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CERTIFIED STAFF SUPPORT STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE INSURANCE RATES PLANS AS PRESENTED.

>> PLANS AS PRESENTED MOTION TO MOVE.

>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD?

>> JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GETTING THIS TO US IN ADVANCE SO WE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT AND ANSWER ALL OUR

QUESTIONS BEFORE. >> YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME.

>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GETTING THIS DONE IN ADVANCE OF OPEN ENROLLMENT WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. JUST TO CLARIFY ONE THING, WE ARE STILL IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHT NOW.

OVERALL CAN YOU CLARIFY HOW-- IS THIS SECTION AGREED TO BUT

OVERALL. >> YES SO WE ARE STILL IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS IN FUTURE MEETINGS WE HOPE TO BRING ALL THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. BUT THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY CARVED OUT BY BOTH GROUPS. BOTH RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THIS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER AND THAT WAS CODIFIED WITH A FORMAL LETTER FROM THE ASSOCIATION COMMITTING TO WHAT IS EXACTLY BEFORE YOU FOR A VOTE TONIGHT.

SO WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT STRATEGY.

>> OKAY GREAT THANK YOU. >> SARAH PARKS REECE -- REESE?

>> AGAIN I WANT TO ECHO THANK YOU BUT ALSO I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE THAT COMMUNITY OPTION.

I THINK THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

I'M CURIOUS THOUGH HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THE ESTIMATE JUST OF YOU EXPECT MAYBE 50% OF EMPLOYEES TO MOVE OVER?

>> YEAH IN MY WORLD I LOVE EXACT SCIENCES.

THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE. AND SO WE TOOK THE BEST EDUCATED APPROACH TO THIS PROCESS AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAY STRUCTURES ON EACH OF THOSE SHEETS, IT'S NOT SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT IF SOMEONE IS ON A FAMILY PLAN, ON PLAN TWO AND GOES TO A FAMILY PLAN ON PLAN FIVE. BUT BASED ON THE WAY WE'VE SIGNED THIS, OUR HOPE AND EDUCATED EFFORT IS THAT WE THINK ABOUT 50% OF THE PEOPLE WILL MOVE.

WE'VE GOT FLEXIBILITY IF LESS. JUST OUR BEST EDUCATED ATTEMPT

TO PUT A NUMBER TO IT. >> THANK YOU.

>> ONE MORE, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WHE DONE A FLAT AMOUNT AS FAR AS A CONTRIBUTION TO EVERYONE SO IT WAS EASIER FOR US TO BUDGET.

ARE WE NOW GOING BACK TO PERCENTAGE BASEED?

>> NO THIS IS STILL A FLAT AMOUNT.

SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE'RE COVERING ABOUT 70%.

THE REASON I SAID ABOUT IS WE LOOKED AT WHERE 75% WAS AND SAID WHAT'S THE NEAREST HUNDRED OR THOUSAND IN MOST CASES THAT WE CAN ROUND THAT TO. SO ON THE EIGHT CHARTS EVERY ONE IS A FLAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. ABSOLUTELY CAN.

>> FROM THE DISTRICT SIDE WHERE WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT OUR EXPENSE WILL BE REGARDLESS OF WHAT PEOPLE CHOOSE?

>> YES, BUT TO MS. PARKS-REESE POINT IT'S BASED ON ABOUT 50% MOVEMENT. SO IF MORE MOVEMENT MIGHT BE A LITTLE LESS. IF LESS MOVE IT MIGHT BE A

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>> SUZANNE THOMAS? >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALSO AND ECHO THE BOARD AND FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW TOO IS THAT YOUR TEAM HAS VERY DILIGENTLY WORKED ON THIS AND PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AND GAVE US INFORMATION WELL IN ADVANCE SO WE WERE ABLE TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I FOR ONE AM NOT AN INSURANCE EXPERT IN ANY WAY AND I KNOW I HAD A LOT OF DETAILED QUESTIONS.

AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MEETING WITH ME FACE TO FACE AND ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. AND ANSWERING THEM THROUGH DIRECT COMMUNICATION. SO IMPORTANT.

TO COME HERE TODAY AND GET SUPPORT NEEDED FOR TEACHERS AS

WELL. >> THANK YOU.

CAN YOU INFORM WHAT THE STAFF WILL BE.

P. THERE'S A LOT MORE OFFERINGS THIS YEAR. WHILE CHOICE IS WONDERFUL.

SOMETIMES IT CAN BE VERY OVERWHELMING.

SO HELP TO FEEL UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE.

>> YEAH SO WHEEV SOP SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AND WE ROLLED OUT A 21 MINUTE VIDEO THANKS TO THE GREAT WORK OF EMILY ABBOTTS THAT CONSISTED OF DR. KEGLEY PROVIDING A PRESENTATION AND A VOICEOVER OF SLIDE DECK. DR. MCGILL THE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH DOING A VIDEO INTRO AS WELL ALONG WITH SOME INFORMATION FROM UMR. SO EVERY SINGLE BUILDING PLAYED THAT TODAY UNDER STAFF REQUIRED WORK TIME.

SO ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS AS A PART OF THEIR NORMAL WEDNESDAY MEETING PLAYED THAT. THE VIDEO IS NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND WILL GO OUT IN THE MORNING TO ALL OTHER EMPLOYEE GROUPS. THE SESSION ON FRIDAY FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. THEN NEXT WEEK THERE ARE TWO DEDICATED SESSIONS AND THE WEEK AFTER FALL BREAK, TWO MORE WHERE IT'S NOT ABOUT A PRESENTATION. IT'S ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY TEAM. SO COMMUNITIES BRINGING ABOUT SEVEN OF THE DOCTORS AND CONNECTION TO CARE TEAM TO EACH OF THOSE MEETINGS. UMR WHO HAS COME ALONGSIDE THIS ENTIRE TIME IS BRINGING MEMBERS OF THEIR TEAM.

SO IT WILL BE FOUR OPEN HOUSE SESSIONS WHERE EMPLOYEES CAN COME UP BECAUSE HEALTH CARE IS PERSONAL AND SAY-- HERE'S MY STORY, WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IF I DO NP AND HAVE THE ANSWERS THAT THEY NEED RIGHT THEN AND THERE.

>> FANTASTIC. ARE THEY ALSO GOING TO HELP THEM COMPLETE THE PLAN I ALWAYS SAY PAPER WORK BUT I KNOW IT'S ALL DIGITAL. THAT CAN BE COMPLICATED TOO.

>> YES GREAT QUESTION. AS A PART OF THE OPEN ENROLLMENT PROCESS, EVERY EMPLOYEE WILL MEET WITH A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN FIDELITY TEAM. SO ANOTHER GROUP COMING IN FOR A ONE ON ONE MEETING. EVERY EMPLOYEE HAS TO DO THAT.

WHERE STHEL MAKE THEIR PLAN SELECTION AND ULTIMATELY SIGN OFF IN A ONE TO ONE MEETING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO COME BARD WITH GOOD EDUCATION AND THEN ULTIMATE ULTIMATELY NOVEMBER 2ND THROUGH THE 20TH THEY WILL HAVE A ONE ON ONE SESSION.

AND THAT'S EVERYBODY. I WILL HAVE A ONE ON ONE SESSION AS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE OPEN ENROLLMENT PROCESS.

>> VERY NICE. I APPRECIATE THE PERSONALIZATION YOU ALL ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY FULLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM. ESPECIALLY UNIQUE SITUATIONS.

SO KUDOS. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. >> SUZANNE THOMAS?

>> ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION. CAN YOU CLARIFY AGAIN.

I SEE UP HERE 2ND THROUGH THE 20TH BUT THE ACTUAL PROCESS AFTER. SO THIS IS THE TIME OPEN ENROLLMENT AND DOES IT START JANUARY 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER?

SCHOOL YEAR? >> SOMETIMES WE GET THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW LONG DOES YOUR PLAN SELECTION LAST? PENDING A HIPA QUALIFYING EVENT THEY ARE MAKING A DECISION FOR 2027. OPEN ENROLLMENT 2ND THROUGH THE 20TH. IT STARTS COMING OUT OF THEIR PAY CHEQUE DECEMBER 15TH AND IT STARTS ON JANUARY ISST.

>> THEY ARE COVERED CURRENTLY WHERE THEY ARE THROUGH THE END

OF THE YEAR. >> NO CHANGES TO DECEMBER 31ST

OF 2026. >> OKAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S A HEAVY LIFT AND I KNOW IT'S TAKEN MANY COUNTLESS HOURS AND THANK YOU TO MARKETING FOR SUPPLYING THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT FORMAL ONE ON ONE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE AND ADVANCE MORE.

>> ONCE AGAIN IT'S A WHOLE TEAM. I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CLOSING DISCUSSION CALLING QUESTION VOOE VIA ROLE CALL. SUZANNE THOMAS?

>> YES. >> SARAH PARKS REESE?

>> YES. >> LATRICA SCHOOLEY?

>> YES. >> BEN ORR.

>> YES. >> DAWN LANG?

>> AND I'M A YES. PASSES 6-0.

MOVING ONTO 5.03 POLICY SECOND READING BY JASON URBAN.

>> THE POLICY LISTED FOR SECOND READ WERE PRESENTED TO THE

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POLICY J07.01 IMMUNIZATION OF STUDENTS.

THIS POLICY WAS RETURNED TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE AFTER SECOND READ AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING REASON STATED WAS CONCERN FOR STUDENTS MISSING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME DUE TO IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS. THE POLICY WAS REVIEWED BY LEGAL. DISTRICT PROCEDURE WAS PUBLISHED WITH THE HELP OF AMY HANNA WHICH IS NOW ATTACHED TO THE POLICY.

AND THE POLICY WAS RE-WRITTEN TO BETTER CLARIFY THE WAIVER AND EXEMPTION PROCESS. THE RE-WRITTEN POLICY WAS APPROVED BY THE POLICY COMMITTEE OCTOBER 7TH ALONG WITH ALL THE POLICIES PRESENTED TO YOU NOW FOR SECOND READ.

I NOW PRESENT THESE TO YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF ALL

SECOND READ POLICIES. >> MOTION TO APPROVE FOLLOWING

POLICIES AS PRESENTED? >> MOTION TO APPROVE POLICY B02.03, J07.07, J07.08, J07.09 AND J11.00.

AND J07-- 01. >> THANK YOU.

SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD?

>> JUST HAD ONE ON THE FIRST POLICY.

NUMBER OF QUALIFICATIONS CANDIDACY ELECTIONS.

I THINK THE ONLY CHANGE THERE WAS PARTISAN LANGUAGE?

>> CORRECT. >> DID WE END UP-- ARE WE GOING

TO BE A POLLING PLACE? >> NOT FOR NOVEMBER.

THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT IN MAY. >> OKAY DID WE CONSIDER THAT IN HERE? I THINK IT'S IN HERE.

I'LL CLICK ON IT AGAIN. BUT OUR LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW IS NO CAMPAIGNING ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. ALL THAT STUFF.

ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT? >> YEAH I'LL DOUBLE CHECK.

WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT. THERE MAY BE EXEMPTION LANGUAGE.

>> DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE STANDING OUT.

>> THANK YOU. >> CLOSING DISCUSSION.

CALLING THE QUESTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THESE POLICIES ON SECOND READING AS PRESENTED SAY AYE.

[6. Information Items]

MOVING ONTO 6 F.01 POLICY FIRST READING BY JASON URBAN.

>> POLICIES FOR FIRST READ. FIRST POLICY D11.06 COLLECTION OF TEXTBOOK RENTAL LISTED FOR FIRST READ.

YOU'VE SEEN THIS POLICY A COUPLE TIMES.

AND AS WE HAVE TRANSITIONED TO CHANGING STATE GUIDANCE FOR THE FIRST TIME COLLECTING THESE FEES OVER RECOGNIZED SOME ADDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED TO THIS POLICY.

SPECIFIC TO THE COLLECTION MATERIAL CONSUMABLE FEES WE'VE REALIZED WE NEEDED TO FIND WHAT HAPPENS IF A STUDENT WITHDRAWS.

BETWEEN COURSES AND SEMESTER COURSES WITHTEES.

AND SO THAT'S THE ADDITION TO THIS POLICY FOR FIRST READ.

>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? SEEING THERE IS NONE. CLOSING DISCUSSION.

NEXT ITEM 6.02 ACADEMIC UPDATE DR. FETTERS-THOMPSON AND JASON

URBAN. >> THAT WAS JUST THE FIRST ONE.

>> THANK YOU. >> SORRY.

>> NEXT POLICY FOR FIRST READ J08.00 EDUCATION RECORDS.

THIS POLICY STATES THAT THE BOARD WILL FOLLOW STATE FEDERAL RELATIONS REGARDING RELEASE AND RETENTION OF RECORDS.

INCLUDING BOTH EDUCATIONAL AND MEDICAL.

WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES TO THIS POLICY.

NEXT POLICY J09.00 SCHOOL AGE CHILD CARE PROGRAM.

THIS POLICY AUTHORIZES DISTRICT TO CONTRACT WITH OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE SCHOOL AGE CHILD CARE PROGRAMS AND CORPORATION SCHOOL BUILDINGS BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL HOURS.

THE ONLY PROPOSED CHANGE IS TO REMOVE LANGUAGE REFERRING TO HALF DAY KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS THAT NO LONGER EXISTS.

NO OTHER CHANGE RECOMMENDED. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A CHANGE TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE AND MR. URBAN.

IT LISTS SPECIFICALLY IN THERE IT SAYS RATIO OF 20 TO 1 AND THEN THE NEXT BULLET DOWN IT ALSO SAYS WHEN THE STATE ESTABLISHES A LICENSING PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN.

SO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS, THE RATIO FOR KINDERGARTEN IS 17 TO 1. SO IF THEY HAVE 5-YEAR-OLDS, THAT RATIO IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND PROBABLY

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RATIOS ANYWAY. >> CAN I ADD TO THAT? AND YOU'RE SPEAKING OF OUR YMCA BEFORE AND AFTER CARE?

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO? >> IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE

LICENSED, YES. >> THEY ARE 15 TO 1.

>> OKAY WELL THAT'S THE OLD NUMBER.

THE NEW NUMBER IS 17. >> OKAY.

>> THAT'S GREAT. BUT AND SO THEN I WOULD ALSO CHANGE IT TO WHEN THE STATE ESTABLISHES IF THEY'VE ESTABLISHED IT. SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY OLD LANGUAGE. SO I WOULD REPHRASE THAT TO THEY

NEED TO BE LICENSED. >> WE CAN CERTAINLY TIE THIS TO INDIANA CODE IF THERE'S CODE ASSOCIATED WITH IT TOO.

>> BECAUSE YEAH IT SAYS WHEN THE STATE ESTABLISHES A LICENSING PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT MUST HAVE BEEN BEFORE THEY HAD DONE THAT.

WELL THEY'VE DONE THAT AWHILE AGO NOW.

>> DO YOU MIND ALSO SENDING THIS IN E-MAIL FOR THEM?

>> YEAH. >> GREAT, THANK YOU.

>> THANKS. NEXT POLICY J12.00 AND I10.00 WEB PAGE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHING.

ALLOWS WEBSITES OR APPS CREATED BY STUDENTS OR STAFF FOR THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATIONAL AND SCHOOL USE.

ONLY PROPOSED CHANGES INCLUDE ADDING APPS ANY TIME WEBSITES ARE MENTIONED. ADDING REQUIREMENT THESE WEBSITES OR APPS MEET ADA STANDARDS AND REMOVING THE PHRASE HOSTED ON CORPORATION SERVERS BECAUSE WE NO LONGER HOST THESE ITEMS ON OUR SERVER. NEXT POLICY L01.00 EDUCATION AGENCY RELATION GOALS. THIS POLICY GIVES THE ABILITY TO AUTHORIZE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER SCHOOL CORPORATIONS FOR A VARIETY OF AREAS. THIS WAS ONCE VERY COMMON AND SOME COUNTIES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

HOWEVER WE ARE NOT COOPERATED WITH OTHER SCHOOLS FOR SPECIAL ED ANYMORE. SIMILAR EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE THE PURSUED INSTITUTE AND PARTNERSHIP OF HAMLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS. WE RECOMMEND NO CHANGES TO THIS POLICY. L02.00 AGENCY RELATIONS WITH NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS POLICY STATES DISTRICT WILL COMPLY WITH ALL OBLIGATIONS POSED BY LAW WHEN DEALING WITH DISTRICT AND NO CHANGES ARE RECOMMENDED TO THIS POLICY.

FINAL POLICY FOR FIRST READ L03.00 RELATIONS WITH EDUCATION ACCREDITATION AGENCIES. FOR OVER A DECADE OUR DISTRICT HAS NOT REQUIRED SCHOOLS TO GO THROUGH A FORMAL ACCREDITATION PROCESS. CURRENT INDIANA CODE ALLOWS SCHOOLS TO VOLUNTARILY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS BUT IT IS NOT REQUIRED. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE SINCE 189 THE DISTRICTS EARNED E BILL- DESIGNATION OF PERFORMANCE QUALIFIED SCHOOLS WHICH SATISFIES THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THIS POLICY. THIS POLICY IS NO LONGER RELEVANT AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT IT BE RETIRED.

>> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR

COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? >> JUST ONE.

REGARDING WEB PAGE CONTENT ONE. THAT'S ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT. TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE APPS THAT THE KIDDOS USE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE'RE JUST ADDING THE WORD APPS BECAUSE OF THINGS THEY USE.

WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING REALLY OTHER THAN SAYING WHEN WE

USE APPS AND THINGS CORRECT? >> CORRECT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> OKAY CLOSING DISCUSSION AND MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ITEM OFFICIALLY 6 F.02. ACADEMIC UPDATE D DR. FETTERS-THOMPSON AND JASON URBAN.

>> GOOD EVENING MADAM PRESIDENT, DR. KEGLEY AND BOARD.

ON BEHALF OF MR. URBAN, WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR ACADEMIC UPDATE FOR THIS YEAR.

TYPICALLY WE WOULD HAVE COME TO YOU IN AUGUST BUT THE ILEARN RESULTS WERE DELAYED DUE TO SCORE REVIEW SO WE DECIDED WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IT ALL AT ONCE SO IT DELAYED IT A COUPLE OF MONTHS. WHILE MR. URBAN AND I HAVE THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU, IT'S IMPORTANT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY EVERYONE.

NOT ONLY OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT HERE IN THIS BUILDING, BUT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS WHO WORK REALLY HARD BEHIND THE SCENES DAY IN AND DAY OUT GETTING THE WORK DONE.

SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO THE BUILDINGS WITH THAT WORK. SO WE'RE GOING TO COVER A LOT OF AREA HERE. YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF YOU. SO WE DO ASK THAT YOU HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END. SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH IREAD. AND THAT IS INDIANA'S LITERACY ASSESSMENT. IT DOES MEASURE PROFICIENCY FOR FOUNDATIONAL READING SKILLS AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY IN FIVE

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THESE ARE SKILLS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE MASTERED BY THE END OF THIRD GRADE. SO I'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHEN OUR STUDENTS TAKE IREAD. BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED SESSIONS HERE THAT WE GO THROUGH.

SO THE FIRST TIME OUR STUDENTS TAKE THAT IS IN MARCH OF SECOND GRADE. THE RESULTS COME BACK AS PASSING, ON TRACK OR AT RISK. STUDENTS WHO PASS HAVE SATISFIED THAT REQUIREMENT AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT AGAIN.

STUDENTS THAT ARE ON TRACK ARE THOSE THAT IF THEY CONTINUE WITH OUR CORE CURRICULUM WILL BE ABLE TO PASS IN THIRD GRADE.

AND THEN THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK ARE THOSE THAT NEED SOME IMMEDIATE INTERVENTIONS PUT INTO PLACE.

WE DO THAT THROUGH OUR MTSS PROCESS.

TYPICALLY THOSE ARE NOT SURPRISES.

THOSE ARE STUDENTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED.

THAT NEED THOSE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS.

SO THEN THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO TAKE IREAD IS IN THE SUMMER. OUR SECOND GRADERS GET ONE OPPORTUNITY IN THE SUMMER. IF THOSE STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK, THEY TAKE THE TEST THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL WHICH IS THE FIRST WEEK THAT OUR SUMMER WINDOW OPENS THROUGH THE STATE.

IF THEY ARE AT RISK, WE INVITE THEM TO SUMMER SCHOOL.

VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ATTEND AND THEN THEY TAKE THAT TEST AT THE END OF SUMMER SCHOOL. THEN THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TAKE IS IN MARCH OF THEIR THIRD GRADE YEAR.

IF THEY DON'T PASS AT THAT POINT WE WOULD CONTINUE WITH THE INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE AND THIRD GRADERS GET TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO PASS IN THE SUMMER WINDOW.

SO THEY WILL TAKE IT AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY ARE REQUIRED TO GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL AND THEY'LL TAKE IT AGAIN AT THE END OF SUMMER SCHOOL.

SO THERE'S SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GO THROUGH THAT AND PASS THE ASSESSMENT. WE DO KNOW STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR EXEMPTION AND SPECIFIC STUDENTS WHO ARE-- QUALIFIED.

OR THEY COULD BE LEVEL ONE NL STUDENTS.

THE EXEMPTION DOESN'T PREVENT THEM TAKING THE TEST.

IT PREVENTS THEM FROM BEING RETAINED.

STUDENTS ARE REQUIRE TO PASS THE TEST TWICE A YEAR.

THEY GIVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES THEREAFTER IN THE SPRING AND IN THE SUMMER. OR UNTIL THEY ARE OF AGE FOR SEVENTH GRADE SO THERE'S SEVERAL MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO PASS. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR RESULTS.

MEETING THAT WE HAD 97.3% PASS RATE.

HUGE TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR FAMILIES WORKING AT HOME.

NOT ONLY IS THAT 97.3% IMPRESSIVE BUT IT IS THE HIGHEST AMONG SIMILAR DISTRICTS. SO KEEP THAT SIMILAR-LIKE DISTRICTS. THOSE TERMS IN YOUR MIND AND I'LL COME BACK TO THEM IN A MOMENT.

WE ALSO HAD THE HIGHEST PASSING PERCENTAGE OF ANY SCHOOL IN THE STATE THAT TESTED MORE THAN 558 STUDENTS.

WE TESTED 1426 STUDENTS. WHICH IS THE FIFTH MOST IN THE STATE. SO WE TESTED A LOT OF KIDDOS.

1 1426.

SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH OF NOT ONLY OUR THIRD GRADE. WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT SECOND GRADE DATA IN A MOMENT. THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC FROM YEAR TO YEAR FROM 25 TO 26.

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FIVE ARE SHOWN HERE. TEN OF THE 11 AS I SAID EARLIER SHOWED AN INCREASE. WE DID HAVE ONE GROUP THE MULTIRACIAL STUDENT GROUP WHO SAW A DECREASE OF .3% IN 2026.

IT IS A SMALL DECREASE, BUT A DECREASE NONETHELESS.

SO WE WILL BE ADDRESSING AND WORKING THROUGH THAT.

ONE PIECE OF DATA THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT IS OUR BLACK STUDENTS AT 95.5% PASS IS THE HIGHEST AMONG LIKE DISTRICTS. THIS IS THE REMAINING DEMOGRAPHIC COMPARISON FOR IREAD 3.

AGAIN ALL SAW AN INCREASE FROM '25 TO '26.

THE LITTLE PIECE OF INFORMATION TO POINT OUT HERE IS WHILE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS INCREASE, THEIR PAST PERCENTAGE TO 86%, IT TOO IS THE HIGHEST OF LIKE DISTRICTS.

SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.

SO I'VE SAID LIKE DISTRICTS SEVERAL TIMES.

WHEN WE COMPARE OUR DISTRICT AND WE SAY THE LIKE DISTRICTS, WE MEAN THE SCHOOLS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE AND THEN WE ALSO ADD IN CARMEL AND CENTRE GROVE. SO THIS SLIDE DEPICTS THE FACT THAT WE ARE THE HIGHEST AMONGST ALL OF THOSE FOR THE '26 TESTING SES SESSION.

AND WE ARE VERY AWARE THAT THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THAT 95% OR EVEN TO SHOW GROWTH AFTER 97.3% IS A CHALLENGE.

BUT I KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS ARE UP TO THE CHALLENGE. BECAUSE THAT CULTURE IN OUR K4 BUILDINGS HAS BECOME ONE OF ALL STUDENTS WILL BECOME-- READERS.

THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE SO WE'RE ALL UP FOR THAT CHALLENGE.

THIS IS THE SECOND GRADE DATA I JUST REFERRED TO.

2024 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE GAVE THE IREAD 3 ASSESSMENT.

WE OPTED INTO THAT AND 2025 THE STATE MADE IT REQUIRED.

SO WE HAD A YEAR UNDER OUR BELT FOR THAT.

83% OF OUR SECOND GRADERS PASSED.

THIS IS NOT PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT THE DOE REPORTS. SO WE JUST HAVE OUR OWN DATA TO LOOK AT.

THE GREAT NEWS ABOUT THAT IS WE HAVE 83% OF OUR THIRD GRADERS WHEN THEY COME IN THE SCHOOL DOORS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE KNOW THEY'VE ALREADY MASTERED THAT.

CHECKED THAT OFF SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TO A HIGHER LEVELS OF READING IN LITERACY. BUT WE ALSO CAN HONE IN ON THOSE STUDENTS THAT HAVEN'T PASSED STARTING DAY ONE PUTTING THOSE INTERVENTIONS IN PLACE. SO THEY GET MORE THAN SIX MONTHS' WORTH OF ADDITIONAL INTERVENTIONS BEFORE THEY TAKE THE ASSESSMENT AGAIN. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO BE WHERE WE KNOW WE CAN HONE IN ON THOSE SPECIFIC STUDENTS.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO ILEARN.

AND THAT IS AN ASSESSMENT UNIQUE TO INDIANA.

IT MEASURES A STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND IT SHOWS STUDENT GROWTH. AND IT IS BASED ON OUR INDIANA ACADEMIC STANDARDS. STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT TAKE THE ILEARN ASSESSMENT.

AND IT IS A RIGOROUS MEASURE OF WHETHER STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE ACADEMIC DEMANDS OF COLLEGE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT I LEARN IS ONE WAY OF MEASURING A STUDENT'S SUCCESS AND THAT'S WITH ACADEMIC MASTERY. BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT OUR TEACHERS DO WITH OUR STUDENTS DAY IN AND DAY OUT THAT MEASURES THIS CHILD'S FULL RANGE OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITY. SO THIS IS ONE PIECE OF A DATA POINT. ILEARN IS COMPUTER ADAPTIVE AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS EACH QUESTION THEN MAKES THAT DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY WHAT THE NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE.

SAID DIFFERENTLY. CORRECT ANSWERS MORE CHALLENGELING AND INCORRECT ANSWERS LEAD TO EASIER QUESTIONS. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ILEARN PASS RATES WITH IREAD IT'S PASS OR DID NOT PASS.

IN ILEARN IT'S ABOVE PROFICIENCY, AT, BELOW OR WELL BE BELOW.

SO TALKING ABOUT PASS RATES IT'S AT AND ABOVE.

ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE RIGOR OF THE ILEARN ASSESSMENT. WHEN WE COMPARE ILEARN TO THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS CALLED NAPE, WE ARE ONE OF THE TOP STATE ASSESSMENTS IN THE COUNTRY THAT MATCHES NAPE VERY CLOSELY. SO WHAT THAT TELLS US AND THE PUBLIC IS THAT ILEARN IS A RIGOROUS TEST THAT HAS A LOT OF STRENGTH AND RELIABILITY. JUST TO KEEP IN MIND.

THIS IS A BIT OF AN OVERVIEW. AS I SAID EARLIER THERE WAS A

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2026 RESULTS REFLECT A CHANGE IN THE ACTUAL TEST.

SO PREVIOUSLY PURELY SUMTIVE ASSESSMENT IN THE SPRING AND 2026 IT CHANGED TO A THROUGH THE YEAR ASSESSMENT.

STUDENTS TAKE THREE TESTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR CALLED CHECKPOINTS THEN THEY TAKE A SHORTER SUMMITTIVE ASSESSMENT IN THE SPRING. CHECKPOINTS DESIGNED TO HELP TEACHERS THEN DETERMINE WHERE THEY NEED TO SHIFT AND CHANGE THEIR INSTRUCTION AND WHAT PIECES, SKILL SETS AND STANDARDS WE NEED TO REINFORCE WITH STUDENTS BEFORE THEY TAKE THAT SUMATIVE. ONE LAST IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE TEST THAT'S BEEN MADE VERY CLEAR FROM THE DOE IS THAT BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT TEST, WE SHOULD NOT BE COMPARING IT TO ANY YEARS PRIOR. SO THIS IS THE BASELINE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE WORK OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ARE DOING THIS YEAR TO SEE WHAT GROWTH WE'VE MADE IN 2027.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE AS WE COMPARE HSC SCORES TO THE STATE AVERAGE, WE ARE PLUS 25.3 PERCENTAGE POINTS OVER THE STATE AVERAGE WHEN WE COMBINED ELA AND MATH FOR ALL THREE THROUGH EIGHT STUDENTS. WHEN WE DISAGGREGATE THAT DATA DOWN TO THE GRADE LEVELS AND LOOK AT ELA OR MATH, WE ARE OVER 20 PLUS PERCENTAGE POINT IN EACH OF THE GRADE LEVELS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S A HUGE INCREASE FOR OUR FAMILIES.

I WANT TO MAKE A HIGHLIGHT THIS OTHER WHITE BOX THERE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. 3 OUT OF 4 CONTENT AREAS.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR JUNIOR HIGHS I THINK MR. USHEN WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THEM IN A MINUTE.

OUR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES WERE HIGHEST IN THE CONFERENCE.

NUMBER ONE SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THEY'VE PUT IN TO BE

ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THEM. >> QUICK QUESTION.

DOE SAYS THEY DON'T WANT US TO COMPARE WITH PRIOR YEAR?

>> CORRECT. >> SO WE'RE ONLY ASSESSING PROGRESS IN COMPARISON TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS?

>> SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS HSC SCHOOLS TO HSC.

BUT WE CAN COMPARE 2026HSC SCORES TO DISTRICTS FOR 2026.

WE CAN'T GO BACK TO 2025 OR 2024 AND COMPARE THEM TO OUR 2026 DATA BECAUSE TESTS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> YEP.

SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER LOOK AT WHERE THE STATE AVERAGE IS FOR ELA AND MATH COMBINED AND WHERE HSC IS.

THIS IS WHERE WE DISAGGREGATE THE DATA BY THE GRADE LEVEL.

AND THIS IS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.

THE NAVY BLUE BARS ARE THE STATE AVERAGE AT EACH GRADE LEVEL AND HSC IS THE RED. AGAIN SOME MORE THAN 20 PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER. THIS IS THE SAME DATA BUT FOR M MATH.

AND THEN THIS ONE IS LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING IN MY OPINION.

SO WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE LIKE DISTRICTS TALKING ABOUT IREAD, THESE ARE THE SAME LIKE DISTRICTS.

SO OUR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLUS CARPALAL AND CENTRE GROVE. THESE ARE THEIR 2026 RESULTS FOR PASSING ELA IN THE NAVY BLUE KOLOM AND PASSING MATH IN THE RED COLUMN. SO MID TO UPPER 60% PASS.

WHICH IS STRONG. IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH AND WE'RE COMPETITIVE AND THERE'S TWO DISTRICTS HIGHER THAN US SO WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.

BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT. >> DANIELLE I KNOW WE'RE HOLDING QUESTIONS BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO CLARIFY FOR PEOPLE THAT THESE 60S DOESN'T MEAN 60% LIKE A D OR WHATEVER.

>> CORRECT. THANK YOU.

IT IS AS I SAID EARLIER A VERY RIGOROUS TEST SIMILAR TO THE NAPE SO THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL IS MUCH, MUCH HIGHER SO YES, THANK YOU. SO THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE REPRESENTS STUDENTS THAT PAST ELA AND MATH AT THAT PROFICIENCY. SO SAID DIFFERENTLY, THEY PASSED ELA AND THEY PASSED MATH. NOT COMBINING THE TWO.

SO WE'RE AT 56.8% THERE SOLIDLY IN THE TOP THIRD.

BUT THERE'S THESE TWO PESKY DISTRICTS THAT ARE HIGHER THAN US. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING TO

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SO AGAIN, STATE AVERAGE AND HSC'S AVERAGE FOR THOSE ETHNIC DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS. AND THIS IS OUR SOCIOECONOMIC SPECIAL EDUCATION AND NL COMPARISON.

SO PARKS REESE POINT THERE THAT 71, 72, 69%, IT'S NOT 69% F OR D. THOSE ARE THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE PASSED THIS RIGOROUS TEST IN THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS. AND HERE'S MATH.

SAME DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN FOR ETHNICITIES.

AND OUR FINAL SLIDE SOCIOECONOMIC, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ENL. AND I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER

THE MY COUNTERPART MR. URBAN. >> CAN WE TAKE A SMALL BREAK AND JUST ASK QUESTIONS WITH YOUR PART RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE GO TO

THE NEXT SECTION? >> CAN WE ASK FOR IT TO BE AT THE END OF THE WHOLE THING? YEP.

PLEASE. >> I GET TO TALK A BIT ABOUT THE S.A.T. AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. SINCE 2022 IT HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED IN THE SPRING TO JUNIORS.

ALL JUNIORS IN THE STATE OF INDIANA.

AND WHILE THE ASSESSMENT IS ALIGNED TO THE ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR THE BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE, IT DOES GIVE US SOME VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION ON HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PROGRESSING TO THE SKILLS THAT ARE ALIGNED TO THEIR POST SECONDARY GOALS. IF YOU SEE UP HERE, WE RANK AGAIN AMONG THE SIMILAR SCHOOLS. THREE NSAT PERFORMANCE.

COUPLE THINGS FROM THIS YEAR COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS WE DID MOVE UP ONE SPOT AND THAT RANKING OF SIMILAR SCHOOLS AND EVIDENCE-BASED READING AND WRITING.

AND WE SAW TREMENDOUS GROWTH FROM HSC HIGH SCHOOL THAT WE WILL HIGHLIGHT. JUST REMIND YOU THE S.A.T. IS SET UP AS AN ADAPTIVE EXAM AS WELL.

FIRST PART OF THE EXAM IS A TWO-HOUR EXAM AND STUDENTS GIVEN ACCOMMODATION OF EASY-- MEDIUM HARD QUESTION.

AND OF THE EXAM. AND VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION.

A LOT OF STUDENTS TELL US ABOUT WHAT IS PROGRESSION THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST VETTED EXAM THAT WE GIVE BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH STAKES EXAM FOR COLLEGE ADMISSIONS AND IT'S GIVEN THROUGHOUT THE NATION. AS WE LOOK AT THE EXAM, ANOTHER THING THAT THE S.A.T. PROVIDES TO OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND TO OUR SCHOOLS IS KIND OF AN INDICATION ON HOW STUDENTS ARE PROGRESSING TO MEET WHAT THEY CALL COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS BENCHMARKS. A VETTED EXAM.

CALIBRATED AND STUDIED AND ONE OF THE THINGS WITH STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE YOU CAN SAY IS THAT IF STUDENTS MEET THESE COLLEGE READINESS SCORES IS PREDICTED WITHIN 75% THAT THEY WOULD EARN A C OR ABOVE IN A FIRST SEMESTER CREDIT BEARING COLLEGE LEVEL COURSE. SO FOR EXAMPLE YOU SEE ENGLISH READING WRITING MARK OF 480. IF A STUDENT SCORED THAT OR ABOVE THEY CAN SAY THEY HAVE A 75% CHANCE OF AT LEAST EARNING A C IN THEIR FIRST SEMESTER COLLEGE BEARING COURSE IN HISTORY, LITERATURE, SOCIAL STUDIES OR WRITING.

MATH SCORE OF 530 AND ABOVE WOULD BE A 75% CHANCE OF EARNING C AND ABOVE FIRST SEMESTER CREDIT BEARING AND ALGEBRA, STATISTICS, PRE-CALC OR CALCULUS.

ALSO PSAT EVERY YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL TO HELP INFORM HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PROGRESSING. AS YOU SAY COLLEGE BOARD ALSO PROVIDES THOSE SCORES THEY DETERMINE HEY THIS STUDENT IS ON TRACK TO MEET THAT COLLEGE READINESS BENCHMARK AND AS YOU SEE IS ADJUSTED BY EACH YEAR. MUCH LIKE WHAT YOU SAW ON OTHER DIEYING NOFTIC, HSC SCHOOL STANDS OUT IN OUR PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO THE STATE AND THE NATION AND THE S.A. T.

AND THAT IS A SCALE SCORE OF EACH TEST.

THE ENGLISH SCORE IS ANYWHERE FROM 200 TO 800 POINTS AND THAT SCORE IS 1600 POINTS IS THE MAX. AND NO PENALTY FOR GUESSING ANYMORE ON THE S.A. T. AS WE LOOK AT THE RESULTS BY HIGH SCHOOL, BACK TO 2025, AND YOU KNOW VERY SIMILAR SCORES.

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AND SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AT THE END AS WELL.

AS WE LOOK AT THOSE COMPARATIVE SCHOOLS THIS IS FOR THE EVIDENCE-BASED READING AND WRITING.

YOU'LL SEE OUR SCORES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE WAS A SCHOOL KIND OF ABOVE US LAST YEAR.

AND WE EDGED OUT WESTFIELD THIS YEAR TO GET BACK TO THE NUMBER THREE SPOT ON THE ENGLISH SIDE. MATH SIDE VERY SIMILAR RANKING WITH KOIM PARISEN SCHOOLS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

IF WE TAKE BOTH THE ENGLISH AND THE MATH, COMBINE THEM TOGETHER AND AVERAGE THEM. THIS GRAPH REPRESENTS THEN KIND OF THAT COMBINED SCORE AVERAGE AND COMPARISON TO THE SAME SCHOOLS THAT WE SAW WITH ILEARN AND IREAD.

AND ONE THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THIS TOO IS WELL-- WE'LL GET TO IT WITH ADVANCED PLACEMENT. ALSO OUR STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL TAKE ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES.

SO WE GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT AND SEE HOW WELL OUR STUDENTS ARE PROGRESSING. COURSES THROUGH THE COLLEGE BOARD GIVE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE UNDERGRADUATE COURSES AND EXAMS WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

ADVANTAGE BEING THAT A SCORE OF 3 TO 5 TYPICALLY EARNS SOME TYPE OF COLLEGE CREDIT. BUT ALSO AN ADVANTAGE IS COLLEGE LEVEL RIGOR WHILE THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES AT HOME.

AND WHILE THEY HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER DELIVERING INSTRUCTION AS OPPOSED TO A COLLEGE PROFESSOR.

MUCH DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. VERY SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT TO HELP STUDENTS STEP INTO THAT LEVEL OF RIGOR.

MOST COLLEGE ADMISSIONS OFFICERS WOULD TELL YOU IT'S ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE PREDICTORS OF SUCK SXES COLLEGE'S ABILITY TO EXCEL IN COLLEGE LEVEL RIGOR WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IT WAS A BANNER YEAR FOR HSC SCHOOLS WHEN IT CAME TO AP ACCESS AND SUCCESS. FISHERS HIGH SCHOOL, 58% OF THE GRADUATING CLASS LAST YEAR HAD AT LEAST ONE A.P. SCORE OF 3 OR HIGHER. THAT IS THE HIGH T PERCENTAGE IN DISTRICT HISTORY. HSC HIGH SCHOOL OF ALL THE STUDENTS THAT TOOK A.P. AT HSC HIGH SCHOOL, 89.3% EARNED A 3 OR ABOVE. AGAIN THAT'S THE SCORE THAT CAN EARN YOU COLLEGE CREDIT OR PLACEMENT.

AGAIN THAT IS A DISTRICT RECORD FOR 89.3% AT HSC HIGH SCHOOL.

WHEN WE PUT TWO SENIOR CLASSES TOGETHER AND WE LOOK AT THE GRADUATES LAST YEAR THAT EARNED AT LEAST ONE A.P. SCORE OF 3 OR ABOVE. 57% AGAIN HIGHEST IN DISTRICT HISTORY. SO JUST A TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT AND AGAIN I'LL ECHO WHAT DR. FETTERS-THOMPSON SAID JUST A RESULT OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS.

K12 JOURNEY. INVESTMENT OF TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

WE'D LIKE TO PUT UP HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE KINDS OF TESTS OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING IN A.P.S.

AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE OF THOSE FOR YOU.

ESPECIALLY A.P. PRECALCULUS. THE LARGEST NUMBER OF EXAMS AND THE HIGHEST SUCCESS RATE. WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THAT AND THIS IS-- LAST YEAR OUZ FIRST YEAR IMPLEMENTING A.P., PRECALCULUS FOR BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS.

PRIOR TO THAT, STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE AN OPTION AT PRE-CALCULUS LEVEL TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT. WHETHER REGULAR OR HONORS.

NOW 98% OF THE STUDENTS WHO TOOK THAT CLASS HAVE EARNED A CREDIT THAT WOULD EITHER GIVE THEM ELECTIVE CREDIT OR POSSIBLY EVEN KNOCKOUT THEIR MATH CORE FOR FRESHMAN YEAR IF THEY ARE NOT GOING INTO A MATH-RELATED DEGREE FIELD.

SO AGAIN THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CURRICULUM WORK.

COLLABORATION. SOME GROWING PAINS FOR SURE.

AND JUST REALLY COMMEND THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS FOR THEIR SUCCESS RATE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT JUMP OUT TO YOU IS MICRO ECON ECONOMICS. A PRETTY LOW SUCCESS RATE COMPARED TO OTHERS. THAT IS UNIQUE BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS GOING IN FINANCE OR ECONOMICS OR BUSINESS-RELATED FIELD TO HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH MACRO AND MICRO ECONOMICS A.P. SO WE TEACH THOSE AS SEMESTER COURSES. IT'S COMMON THAT A STUDENT WOULD

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BUT WE THINK THE EXPERIENCE AND THE EXPOSUER IS WORTH IT.

THIS IS JUST A COMPARISON OF THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS AND NUMBER OF EXAMS. NUMBER OF A.P. STUDENTS AND PERCENTAGE OF THREES. THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD TO THIS, THIS DOESN'T EVEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT I THINK IS A VERY ROBUST DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM AT BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS AND IB.

ALL THOSE PROGRAMS EXPOSE-- SO TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE THE GROWTH THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF EXAMS TAKEN, THAT'S A 25% INCREASE FROM 2025 AND WE LOOK AT A 14% INCREASE AND THEN THE NUMBER OF THREES AGAIN.

THE SCORE EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT 26% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND AGAIN JUST OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE.

I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ONLY ON THE GREEN BARS ON THIS GRAPH.

THEY REPRESENT EXAMS TAKEN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

A. P. AND YOU WILL SEE THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF A.P. EXAMS TAKEN AND IF I WERE TO SAY TO YOU HEY OUR SCHOOLS ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO INCREASE EXPOSURE TO COLLEGE LEVEL RIGOR.

TRYING TO GET MORE STUDENTS THE A. PMENT EXPERIENCE AND REACH DEEPER AND BRING NON-TRADITIONAL A.P. STUDENTS INTO THE FOLD AND HAVE THEM SIT FOR EXAMS AND HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE AND PROVIDE SUPPORTS TO THEM. IF YOU KNEW WE WERE DOING THAT AND WE WERE RAISING THOSE NUMBER OF EXAMS, WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN TO THE SCORES? GO DOWN.

LOOK AT THE BLUE BAR. NOT ONLY HAVE WE EXPANDED THE ACCESS, THE SUCCESS RATE HAS IMPROVED EACH YEAR.

AND AGAIN SPEAKS TO THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT.

TEACHER TRAINING, STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND THAT.

SO REALLY PROUD OF THAT ACHIEVEMENT THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF TESTS AND THE NUMBER OF A.P. CLASSES BUT ALSO OUR STUDENTS ARE STEPPING UP TO THE RIGOR AND PERFORMING VERY WELL. ALSO WHEN WE PARTICIPATE IN THE S.A.T., IT GIVES US SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT JUNIORS AND THIS YEAR'S SENIOR'S CLASS.

THIS YEAR'S SENIOR CLASS THEY HAVE TO INDICATE ON THE S.A.T.

WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE INTERESTING INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THIS YEAR'S SENIOR CLASS 73% AT LEAST WHEN THEY WERE IN THE SPRING OF THEIR JUNIOR YEAR INDICATED THEY WERE PLANNING ON EARNING A DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE. 24% OF THEM WERE UNDECIDED AT THAT POINT. AND THEN ALSO THEY ASKED THE STUDENTS TO INDICATE THEIR POST SECONDARY PLANS AS FAR AS MAYBE MAJORS THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO.

NUMBER ONE HEALTH PROFESSIONS BUT A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT GO INTO FOUR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE ARE INTERESTED IN A MEDICAL FIELD AS WELL. THOSE ARE KIND OF COMBINED I FEEL. ENGINEERING UP THERE.

VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS NUMBER FIVE WHICH IS INTERESTING.

THEY ALSO HAVE STUDENTS TO INDICATE WHAT UNIVERSITIES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEND YOUR S.A.T. SCORES TO AND THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL INDIANA AND PURDUE CLOSEBY THERE.

BALL STATE, IU INDY AND UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI VERY POPULAR GIVING STATE TUITION FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS SO THAT'S VERY POPULAR. ALSO LOOK OKAY THAT'S WHAT OUR SENIORS SAID THEY ARE INTERESTED IN.

HOW ALIGNED ARE WE WITH OUR NETWORK MODEL OF THEIR INTEREST.

AND AGAIN THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU BEFORE.

BUT THIS IS BASED ON LAST YEAR'S FRESHMAN AND THIS YEAR'S SOPHOMORES. AT THE END OF THEIR FRESHMAN SEMINAR WHAT NETWORK DID THEY DECIDE THEY WANTED TO PURSUE IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND YOU'LL SEE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW ON THE SMENT A.T. RESULTS.

MEDICAL SCIENCES NUMBER ONE. ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS, PUBLIC SERVICE ANOTHER ONE THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN.

SO I THINK WE'RE REALLY WELL ALIGNED IN THAT AREA.

AND I'LL ASK DR. FETERS THOMASEN TO COME BACK UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT ACTION STEPS GOING FORWARD.

>> THANK YOU. THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION

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WAITING FOR ILEARN RESULTS TO BE RELEASED THEN DR. KEGLEY AND MR. URBAN AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ALL 22 OF OUR BUILDING LEADERS AND WE REVIEWED THEIR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. THEIR TEAMS IN THE BUILDING DUG INTO THE DATA AND LOOKED AT THEIR GOALS OF HOW THEY'LL IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF GOALS IN ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH THAT THEY REVIEW.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT HAVING CREATED ONE MYSELF AS HAS DR. KEGLEY AND MR. URBAN. CREATING A STUDENT IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS A RIGOROUS AND INTENTIONAL PRACTICE AND THEY ALL CAME THROUGH WITH PHENOMENAL PLANS THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY SUCCEED AT AND IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING TO SEE THEM WORK THROUGH THOSE. THE SECOND BULLET REFLECTS AT THE K LEVEL WE WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE STRUCTURED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH OUR CLUSTER WORK.

OUR BUILDING INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAMS WORK HARD BEHIND THE SCENES TO DIG INTO THE DATA.

ILEARN DATA WE'RE DIGGING INTO RIGHT NOW BRINGING RELEVANT AND RIGOROUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO OUR TEACHERS.

SO THAT WE CAN STRIVE TO IMPROVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

EVERYTHING WE DO IS TO INCREASE STUDENT OUTCOME.

OUR 7 THROUGH 12 COUNTERPARTS ARE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THEIR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY PS WITH THE SAME TARGETED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EACH AND EVERY WEEK.

A NEW ADDITION FOR '26/'27 SCHOOL YEAR FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH SIX CLASS ROOM TEACHERS IS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE E.L.A. AND MATH CORRELATION GUIDES.

THESE FOLLOW THE INDIANA ACADEMIC FRAMEWORK SO THE STANDARDS AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT GOES THROUGH WITH THE STANDARD AS WELL AS THOSE ILEARN BLUEPRINTS.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE STATE RELEASES TO US THAT TALKS US THROUGH WHAT THE I LEARN ASSESSMENT WILL LOOK LIKE.

SO THESE CORRELATION GUIDES ENSURE THAT THE SPECIFIC STANDARDS ARE TAUGHT AT THE SAME TIME UP UNTIL THE CHECKPOINT THAT OUR STUDENTS TAKE. THEN AFTER EACH CHECKPOINT, WE'LL SIT DOWN, ADJUST, DO WE NEED TO PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON SPECIFIC STANDARDS BASED ON THAT INFORMATION.

I THINK BY CREATING THESE CORRELATION GUIDES, IT REALLY FURTHER ALIGNS THE CURRICULUM AT 3 THROUGH 6 GRADE LEVELS.

SO NO MATTER WHERE YOU ATTEND GRADES THREE THROUGH SIX IN THE DISTRICT, YOU'RE ALL ON THAT SAME PATH LEARNING THOSE SAME STANDARDS AND TAUGHT AT THE SAME TIME.

SO THE FINAL ONE THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER IS THE MTSS PROCESS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH IREAD PART. ILEARN AS WELL BUT MTSS IS THE MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT AND THAT'S A PROCESS THAT IF STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THAT CORE CURRICULUM WHICH IS THE CURRICULUM THAT EVERYBODY RECEIVES.

IT'S THAT BASIC TIER ONE AND IF WE NOTICE STUDENTS DO HAVE DEFICITS THERE THEN WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THEM INTO DIFFERENT TIER GROUPS TO GIVE THEM MORE INTERVENTION.

MORE STRUCTURED AND TARGETED INSTRUCTION.

SO THE K6 REVELS HAD A ROBUST AND RIGOROUS.

SO WE'RE THRILLED WE CAN CONTINUE THAT AS WELL AS STRONG CORE CURRICULUM WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING RESEARCH STRATEGIES THROUGH LITERACY AND NOW WE'RE REALLY DIGGING INTO THE MATH

STRATEGIES. >> TALK ABOUT THE JUNIOR HIGHS A LITTLE BIT. ENCOURAGING.

PUT A LOT ON OUR PLATES LAST YEAR.

WE HAD A COMMON BLOCK. COMMON CURRICULUM MAPS.

WE SPENT TIME DIGGING INTO THE FRAMEWORKS AND REALLY DEFINING.

JUST TREMENDOUS WORK FROM OUR TEACHERS.

SOME GROWTH THEY WERE 3 OUT OF 44 NUMBER ONE OUT OF THE CONFERENCE SCHOOLS GOING FROM FIFTH TO FIRST.

TREMENDOUS GROWTH THERE. WE'RE TRYING TO DO AT THE JUNIOR HIGH IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE DONE AT THE ELEMENTARY.

LONG ESTABLISHING TSS PROCESS. JUST WORKING ON GOT OUR SYSTEMS NOW AND MAKING THOSE SYSTEMS BETTER EACH YEAR.

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ONE NING WE ARE DOING AT JUNIOR HIGH LEVEL IS WE HAVE NOT HAD A CURRICULUM RESOURCE AT JUNIOR HIGH LEVEL.

SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

BOTH SCHOOLS TARGET S.A.T. AND IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

AND PART OF THAT IS THEY ARE TESTS.NG IN SOME MORE PRACTICE - THE ONE-TIME PSAT BUT SOME MORE PRACTICE TESTS SO WE CAN BETTER LEARN ABOUT THE SPECIFIC SKILLS FOR THE SPECIFIC STUDENT THAT WE NEED TO TARGET IN CLASSES TO BRING ABOUT SOME GAMES AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. AND SO I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I THINK WE ARE READY FOR

QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. >> ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS?

>> OKAY. KEY THINGS UP HERE.

>> HOW IS IT GOING TO HELP US O

OUT? >> FIRST OFF I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THIS UPDATE AND ALL OF YOUR WORK. THIS ISES THE ACTUAL REASON THAT WE'RE ALL HERE OR SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.

EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO TO GET TO THIS POINT WE APPRECIATE MR. BROWN'S FINANCE UPDATES AND THE BONDS ISSUES AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THING PS THAT IT ALL CULMINATES IN THIS DATA.

I THINK I'M SEEING SOME OF THE SMALLEST GAPS BETWEEN SCHOOLS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL ON THE LIST EVERYONE WAS ABOVE 90% OR CLOSE TO IT. DISPARITY WHICH I THINK WE ARE ALIGNING AND KIDS GETTING AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND LEARNING.

>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE IREAD DATA? YES. SO WE HAD 11 OF THE 13 AT 95% OR HIGHER AND THEN ONE AT 95%. SO YES I BELIEVE THAT HAS TO DO WITH OUR CORE CURRICULUM FOLLOWING THE RESEARCH.

BEHIND THE SCIENCE OF READING. WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ATTEND YOU ARE GETTING THE SAME

QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION. >> I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING BROUGHT UP TO US NOT OFTEN BUT ENOUGH THAT IT MATTERS.

BECAUSE WE'RE A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES. EVERYONE IS GETTING TAKEN CARE OF SO THAT'S FANTASTIC. THE SECOND THING WAS I NOTICED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT JUMP. TO CONTRIBUTE THINGS SPECIFIC.

FANTASTIC NEWS. DID SEEM LIKE A SIGNIFICANT JUMP

SO THAT'S GREAT. >> YEAH WE HAD NICE GROWTH FROM '25 TO '26 IN THE IREAD AND I THINK IT JUST GOES TO NOT ONLY THAT CORE CURRICULUM BUT ROBUST MTS PROCESS BUT THE FACT WHEN THEY TAKE IT IN THE SECOND GRADE IN THE SPRING WE IMMEDIATELY PUT THEM INTO INTERVENTIONS. SO WE CAN ADDRESS SKILL DEFICITS THAT WE SEE. AND IF THEY DON'T PASS UNTIL THIRD GRADE IN MARCH, THEN THEY ARE IN INTERVENTIONS FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. SO IT'S JUST THE QUALITY OF

INTEPGSAL INSTRUCTION. >> EARLY.

SO YOU HAVE MORE TIME. >> YEAH BUT WE HAVE THE TO UNDERSTAND THE THE UNL STUDENTS. THE GROWTH WE ARE SEEING WE HAVE KIDS MAKING 100 OR 200 POINT GROWTH FROM MARCH TO THE END OF SUMMER WHEN THEY TAKE IT AGAIN. SO THEY DIDN'T GET OVER THE FINISH LINE BUT THE GROWTH IS THE ENOMINAL.

FANTASTIC. NET WORKS STILL RELATIVELY NEW.

A PRETTY GOOD MIX OF WHAT SOME KIDS ARE CHOOSING.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE LEVEL REQUESTED.

ARE WE STAFFING THOSE APPROPRIATELY AND GIVING SUPPORT

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>> GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE CONSTANTLY MONITORING TO THIS POINT.

I FEEL LIKE WE ARE APPROPRIATELY STAFFED TO MEET THAT NEED.

AND THE TASK WE'VE GIVEN THEM OKAY SOPHOMORE YEAR.

HOW ARE WE BUILDING INDUSTRY BASED EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE CORE CURRICULUM. SO WE HAVE NETWORK DEVELOPERS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE NETWORKS SO TEACHERS WHO ARE GOING OUT AND DEVELOPING THOSE EXPERIENCES.

AND SO AS THIS SOPHOMORE GROUP THE FUN GROUP TO WATCH AND TRACK. BUT AT THIS POINT I DO FEEL LIKE

WE'RE WELL POSITIONED. >> LASTLY AND THEN I'LL PASS IT ON. THERE WAS A SLIGHT OF S.A.T.LE THE SCORES. ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO TRY AND FIX-- INDIANA IS ABOVE PURDUE. JST KIDDING.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

>> SUZANNE THOMAS? >> YES, I'M READY.

NOT IN THE PRESENTATION. BUT-- QUESTION.

WHAT ABOUT KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE? SINCE THERE'S NO STANDARD TESTING IF YOU WILL.

WHAT DOES HSC DO TO JUST EVALUATE IF YOU WILL WHERE STUDENTS ARE IN THOSE TWO GRADES?

>> YEAH THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO AT THE K12 LEVEL THAT WE ONLY DO TO ONE OF THE THREE AT THREE THROUGH SIX. THE FIRST THING IS THE DYSLEXIA SCREENER. IT'S REQUIRED BY STATE OF INDIANA BY LAW. K1 AND 2 AND WE USE DIVELMENT IS FOR THAT SO THAT GIVES US A LOT OF GOOD DATA TO USE FOR FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS. WE ALSO HAVE IMPLEMENTED A MATH SCREENER. WE USE IREADY AND IT'S SIMILAR TO DIBLS BUT IN THE NUMBER SENSE NUMERACY AREA.

THAT'S K1 TWO AS WELL SO NOW WE'RE IDENTIFYING EARLY STUDENTS THAT DO HAVE CONCERNS IN THE AREA OF MATHEMATICS.

AND THE ACHIEVEMENT PIECE WE DO AT K ONE TWO AND CURRENTLY IN THE FALL 3 THROUGH 66 IS NWEA AND THAT IS AN ACHIEVEMENT TEST

THAT'S NORMED NATIONALLY. >> OKAY THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE YOU RESTATING THAT. HEARD A LOT OF IT BUT I DIDN'T HEAR IT TONIGHT. SO SCRIBBLES.

GIVE ME A SECOND TO GET THROUGH THIS YEAR.

AND THE CLARITY OF IREAD AND WE HAVE ILEARN.

WHEN YOU SAID WHAT'S NEW THIS YEAR PIGGYBACK ON MS. LANG'S COMMENTS. THAT WE ARE ONLY LOOKING AT 2026. WITH THAT CHANGED THROUGH THE STATE, WHY. DID THEY REDUCE THE RIGOR TO MAKE IT BETTER OR THEY IMPROVED? WHAT MADE IT CHANGE THAT IT

HAPPENED? >> WELL A COUPLE OF THINGS.

TWO LEGISLATIVE CYCLES IN A ROW. ONE REQUIRED THE DOE TO UPDATE OUR ACADEMIC STANDARDS. SO IT TOOK SOME TIME TO DO THAT.

AND THEN THERE WAS NEXT LEGISLATIVE REQUEST TO THE DOE TO UPDATE AND IMPROVE THE ILEARN ASSESSMENT.

SO BY DOING THAT, THE RIGOR SUSPECT DOWN IN FACT AS STATED THAT NAPE TEST IS CONSIDERED THE HIGHST AND WE ARE VERY ONE OF FEW STATES COMPARED TO THAT. SO THE RIGOR STRENGTH RELIABILITY OF THE ILEARN IS VERY HIGH AND STRONG.

SO WHAT THEY CHANGED WAS TO GO FROM ONE SUMMITTIVE TEST IN THE SPRING. OKAY EVERYBODY SIT DOWN AND TAKE THESE TESTS IN THE SPRING FROM EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE LEARNED THROUGH THE YEAR. NOW WE'VE BROKEN IT APART.

SO THE FIRST CHECKPOINT IS OVER A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STANDARDS IF YOU THINK BACK TO THE ACADEMIC UPDATE.

STANDARDS WERE. AFTER THE FALL BREAK.

CURRICULUM MAPS OR THREE THROUGH SIX CORRELATION GUIDE.

THOSE THREE THROUGH EIGHT STUDENTS ARE SITTING DOWN AND TAKING THOSE CHECKPOINTS. SO NOW TEACHERS HAVE DATA TO DETERMINE WHAT DIRECTION THEY NEED TO GO.

MIGHT HAVE A DEFICIT IN AND THEN AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL WE'RE MAKING THAT DETERMINATION OR CORRELATION GUIDES ON TARGET.

OR DO WE NEED TO ADJUST THOSE? SO IT'S GIVING US REALTIME DATA AS TO WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THEN THAT SUMTIVE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.

THE RIGOR IS NOT TAKEN AWAY. IT'S JUST SHORTER.

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>> MORE JUST DEVIL'SED A VO KIT THING.

OBVIOUSLY VERY SUCCESSFUL NUMBERS THAT ARE ON THIS.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND TO TEACHERS AND FAMILIES STUDENTS WORKING SO HARD TO DO WELL.

BUT WHEN YOU SEE JUMPS SOMETIMES YOU'RE LIKE WOW THEY DID SO GREAT. DID WE MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO DO GREAT? SO JUST A QUESTION TO ASK WHAT HAPPENED IN THERE SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THE RIGOR IS STILL THERE. TEACHERS WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE WE HIT THOSE POINTS AND OUR NUMBERS SHOWING NOT JUST HIT POINTS. I DO HAVE MANDATORY-- S.A.T.

QUESTIONS. SORRY.

GOING TO S.A.T. NOW. I DO KNOW STUDENT RECENTLY GOING THROUGH OUR S.A.T.S, OUR MANDATORY HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO OR THREE THAT WAS MANDATORY THAT WE TAKE THEM DURING THE SCHOOL

YEAR? >> 2022.

IS THIS STATEMENT CORRECT THAT I'M GOING TO SAY HERE.

THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO TAKE IT BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS TO TRY.

WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS I LOVE OUR SCORES DOING GREAT.

TO ME HARD TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING SO WELL IN A.P. AND YET OUR S.A. TMENT SCORES NOT NECESSARILY SHOWING.

I KNOW THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT I'M JUST-- SEEMS LIKE JUST BECAUSE EVERYBODY TOOK THE TEST DOESN'T MEAN THEY TRIED THEIR HARDEST.

SOME IN SCHOOL ACCEPTED INTO COLLEGE AND DONE SO WELL IN A.P.

BUT THEY ARE STILL REQUIRED TO TAKE THE TEST SO THEY CAN JUST SHOW UP AND MAYBE NOT JUST-- WE HAVE TO PUT EVERYBODY'S SCORE IN

THERE CORRECT? >> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WAY WE USED TO HAVE OUR SCORE IN 2022 IS EVERY STUDENT TAKES S.A.T. AND BEFORE IT WAS JUST STUDENTS WHO WANTED IT FOR SCHOLARSHIP. NOW PURDUE HAS REINTRODUCED THIS AS SMENT A.T. ADMISSION 'S REQUIREMENT.

TEST OPTIONAL FOR IU AND BALL STATE AND SO MORE AND MORE ARE BRINGING IT ON. AND IT'S DEFINITELY A BIG FACTOR IN INDIVIDUAL SCHOLAR SHIPS AT UNIVERSITIES AS WELL.

>> THE PURPOSE OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS I THINK OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING WAY BETTER THAN NECESSARILY WHAT THE SCORES SAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE EVERYBODY'S SCORE BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW EXCEPTIONAL SERVE DOING. I DON'T SEE HOW THAT LINED SOUP WELL. ON THE FISHERS ONE.

DOES IT SHOW THAT OUR FISHERS IF I LOOK AT S.A.T. SCORES THAT

THEY WENT DOWN DRAMATICALLY? >> YEAH THEY WENT DOWN FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. S.A.T. STILL RANK AMONG THE TOP IN THE STATE. SO TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.

YES. DECREASE AREN'T THE SAME STUDENTS. DIFFERENT SENIOR CLASS COMPARED

TO 25 TO 26. >> SENIOR OR JUNIOR?

S.A.T.S. >> LAST YEAR'S SENIORS.

>> AND ASKING REGARDING ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

NONE OF THE TESTING FROM THIS FALL OF '26.

IT WAS ALL FALL '25 SPRING '26. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT.

>> ALL RIGHT THAT'S ALL I CAN READ OF MY NOTES RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. >> DAWN LEE?

>> FANTASTIC DATA. I'M A DATA GEEK SO I APPRECIATE ALL THIS. COUPLE QUICK THINGS.

AS WE LOOK AT THE DATA FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL SKUNTS.

SO CHOICES AVAILABLE TO WORK IN THE SPACE.

ARE WE SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH EMPLOYERS.

IS THIS SOMETHING WE'RE USING WHETHER IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE SO SHOWING CAREER PATHWAY OPTIONS AVAILABLE.

BUT THIS GETS DOWN TO THE GRANULAR LEVEL OF STUDENT CHOICE RIGHT? SO HOW ARE WE ALIGNING UP EMPLOYERSHIPS AND INTERN INTERESTS IN THESE SPECIFIC AREAS SO THEY RECOGNIZE A LOT OF STUDENTS WANT THIS.

THIS ISN'T LIKE WE'RE FORCING THEM INTO THESE PATHWAYS.

THIS IS BASED ON THEIR PERSONAL CHOICE.

>> THAT'S A GOOD PERSPECTIVE. WE'VE NOT REALLY MARKETED IT THAT WAY. THIS IS OUR MOST POPULAR NETWORK AND STUDENTS REALLY WANT THAT BUT THAT'S A GOOD PER SPECTIVE

TO INTERACT WITH NETWORK BOARDS. >> YEAH I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

ALSO DEFINITELY RECOMMEND WORKING WITH-- COUNTY.

MIKE THIBODEAU THINGS THAT THEY LAUNCH THIS WEEK OTHERWISE.

AND THEY CAN USE A LEVERAGE AND TECHNOLOGY TO CONNECT THE DOTS WITH OUR DATA, COUNTY DATA, EMPLOYEE DATA.

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>> WE INITIALLY CREATED THE NETWORKS.

WE DIDN'T REACH OUT TO MR. THIBODEAU AND USE THAT DATA

TO INFORM THAT. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> SARAH PARKS REESE?

>> OKAY LET'S START WITH DR. FETTERS-THOMPSON.

IT MIGHT ALSO BE WITH DR. KEGLEY TOO.

SO I THINK I ASKED LAST YEAR PROBABLY TOO, WHEN WE TRANSITION TO THE CHECKPOINTS, I KNOW THAT STATE HAD KIND OF INTENDED THAT WITH THAT TRANSITION FOR ILEARN, THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER GOING TO REIMBURSE OR PAY DISTRICTS FOR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT WHICH HSC USED IN NWEA FOR GRADES THROUGH EIGHT.

AND I KNOW LAST YEAR WE WERE STILL GOING TO DO NWA BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT DATA WE WERE GOING TO GET FROM THE CHECKPOINTS. SO I JUST AM CURIOUS HOW THAT WENT. WHERE WE ARE AND IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PAY FOR NWA FOR THREE THROUGH EIGHT.

>> GREAT QUESTION. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR WITH IT BEING THE FIRST YEAR HAVING CUT SCORES.

LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE. SO WE HAVE OUR CHECKPOINTS THROUGH THE YEAR. SOUMTIVE AS YOU KNOW AND NOW WE LOOK TO SEE WHERE THE CORRELATION LIES.

IS IT CLOSE. IF TWOERP TAKE NWA DATA AWAY THIS YEAR ARE WE STILL GETTING THE RIGHT INFORMATION.

AS YOU ARE AWARE WE DO UTILIZE IT FOR IDENTIFY HIGH ABILITY SO WE'RE DOING THAT COMPARISON TOO. IS WHEN YOU'RE TAKING THE WINTER AND THE SPRING ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO I HAVE TO SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS THROUGH THE ILEARN CHECKPOINT DATA AS WE WOULD HAVE SO WE DON'T HAVE HOLES AND WE'RE NOT MISSING ANYONE.

SO IT'S WATCH YEAR. AND THEN WE'LL DETERMINE WHETHER WE ARE AT 3 THROUGH 6 FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> OKAY AND NOW ONTO-- ALL RIGHT SO FABULOUS A.P. SCORES.

I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY WORTH NOTING I THINK SUZANNE KIND OF SAID THOSE ARE GREAT INDICATORERS THAT STUDENTS ARE READY FOR COLLEGE. LOOKING AT MY DAUGHTER'S SCHEDULE MAKES ME WANT TO THROW UP BUT SHE'S MANAGING IT FOR THE MOST PART. I'M CURIOUS IF WE KNOW ON THE AP COURSES, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE WHAT THEY WOULD CALL A FLIPPED CLASS ROOM OR WHATEVER WHERE THE TEACHERS HAVE THE RECORDED LESSONS OR WHATEVER? DO WE HAVE ANY DATA ON THAT?

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC DATA ON THAT BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. THOSE ARE RARE.

>> OKAY THEY ARE STILL RARE? OKAY.

MORE LIKE VIRTUAL TYPE THING WHERE THEY ARE WATCHING A RECORDING OF THE LESSON AND THE TEACHER IS AVAILABLE DURING CLASS TIME TO ASSIST WITH KIDS THAT MAYBE NEED MORE HELP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT AS WE KNOW SOME, A LOT OF KIDS DON'T LEARN AS WELL THAT WAY.

THEY ARE NOT AS SELF-MOTIVATED TO KEEP ON TRACK.

BUT WITH SOME IT MAY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

>> WHAT IS MORE COMMON IS A MASTERY LEARNING MODEL NOT FLIPPED LESSON UNLESS THAT STUDENT NEEDS THE FLIP LESSON.

AND SO THE STRUCTURE OF THE CLASS ROOM IS MUCH DIFFERENT WHERE THE TEACHER IS INDIVIDUALIZING WHAT A GROUP OF STUDENTS NEED BASED ON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT.

SHE'LL HUDDLE THOSE TOGETHER FOR A FLIP LESSON AND WE DO DO THAT IN SOME A.P. CLASSES. I WILL SAY THE BLOCK SCHEDULE WITH EIGHTH BLOCK HAS BEEN A HUGE IMPACT IN OUR SUCCESS RATE IN ADVANCE PLACEMENT. AND THE TYPE OF ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES STUDENTS HAVE IN THE EIGHTH BLOCK IS REALLY IMPORTANT

TO THAT EXPERIENCE. >> AND I THINK YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT OVERALL THAT IT'S JUST MADE AN IMPACT ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. YEAH THAT'S GREAT.

SO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE MICRO ECONOMICS.

SO IS MACRO THEN OFFERED SECOND SEMESTER AND MICRO IS FIRST? SO THERE'S MAYBE NO WAY AROUND THAT?

>> TRADE-OFF WOULD BE LESS KIDS WOULD TAKE THE CLASSES.

>> YEAH. INTERESTING.

THAT NUMBER DEFINITELY STANDS OUT, DOESN'T IT.

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ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. >> LATRICIA SCHOOLEY?

>> I'LL START WITH DANIELLE. COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS. THANK YOU FOR THE DATA.

I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING ARE WE ALSO TRACKING AGAINST COMPARABLE SCHOOLS WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND THE STATE? I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE NUMBERS IMPROVE OBVIOUSLY.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING IN COMPARISON TO THE STATE AS WELL AS SIMILAR DISTRICTS.

>> SO THE IREAD DEMOGRAPHIC DATA I DID NOT PUT IT IN HERE FOR DISTRICTS, BUT IT IS-- WE ARE HIGH.

SO THEN THE ILEARN DEMOGRAPHIC DATA WHEN WE LOOK AT 2026, I WOULD SAY IT'S VERY SIMILAR WHERE YOU SAW THE ELA NUMBER THREE MATH WE WERE AT THE TOP THIRD THAT'S ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WHEN WE LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AS WELL.

WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. >> CAN YOU SUBMIT DATA TO ME?

>> SURE. >> GREAT.

ANOTHER QUESTION. NOW THIS IS FOR JASON.

DO WE TRACK OUR ACT SCORES? >> WE DO HAVE THAT.

BUT IT'S VERY FEW STUDENTS WHO TAKE THE A.C.T. ANYMORE.

>> PERCENTAGE WISE? >> 10%.

>> OKAY. AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY, WHEN PEOPLE SAY VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS THEY THINK OUR KIDS GOING OUT ACTORERS AND DANCEERS AND SINGERS AND YES SOME DO. BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT OUR DISTRICT AND JASON CAN EXPAND ON THIS IS ACTUALLY THEY ARE TEACHING THEM HOW TO MAKE A LIVING IN VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS WHETHER TV PRODUCTION, MUSIC PRODUCTION, SOME MAY HAVE SEEN OUR STUDENTS AT FISHERS PARKS CONCERTS THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE AN EMMY AWARD-WINNING TEACHER TEACHING PRODUCTION AS WELL. SO CAN YOU KIND OF JUST GIVE A

QUICK. >> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT AND ESPECIALLY GENERATIONALLY STUDENTS ARE SEEING HOW THEY CAN USE MEDIA IN A VARIETY OF FIELDS.

AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE. THE TEACHER QUALITY WE HAVE AT BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS MET WITH FISHERS HIGH SCHOOL AND NOT ONLY IS IT HAPPENING IN INDIVIDUAL CLASSES BUT IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS CLASSES. SO THE MUSIC SOUND PRODUCTION IS NOW PARTNERING WITH THE KIND OF ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE BROADCASTING AND THEY ARE COMING UP WITH IDEAS SHARING STUDENTS TO MAKE MORE CONTENT. SO YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND ESPECIALLY I WOULD SAY THE ART DEPARTMENT IS THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE OURSELVES RELEVANT.

SO MORE MEDIA AS WELL IS BEING BROUGHT INTO THE ARTS DEPARTMENT

AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. >> OKAY.

SUZANNE THOMAS? >> ONE MORE REAL QUICK ON YOUR ACTION STEPS. I KNOW THAT IN THAT WHOLE SECTION THAT OBVIOUSLY WORKING ON THE SIPS PROGRAM AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE ARE USING TO SUPPORT, THIS COMES FROM AN ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVE. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ON HOW THAT WORKS WITH GETTING OUR TEACHER INPUT AND GUIDANCE ON MOVING FORWARD. FOR EXAMPLE WHEN WE SWITCHED TO I READ OR NOT BUT CHANGED THE WAY THEY ARE DOING IT, DO OUR TEACHERS HAVE TO HAVE ANY SUPPORTS IN THAT? DOES IT INTERFERE WITH THEIR PLC OR CLUSTER WORK? ARE THEY GETTING INPUT ON WHAT'S NEEDED AND NOT? HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH YOU BOTH?

>> I'LL SPEAK TO THE ONES THAT I REVIEWED.

THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS DO REQUIRE TEACHERS TO BE A PART OF THAT COMMITTEE WORK AS PARENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ON THAT AS WELL. YOU WILL FIND ALL OF THOSE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS ON OUR SCHOOL'S WEBSITE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. SO IF YOU ARE BORED AND YOU WANT TO DO SOME GREAT READING, THAT'S WHERE THAT WILL BE.

BUT AS FAR AS THOSE CORRELATION GUIDES FOR THREE THROUGH SIX, IT WAS A COMMITTEE OF LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHERS AT FIVE SIX, MATH AND FIVE SIX THEN CLASS ROOM ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS FOR THREE AND FOUR THAT CAME TOGETHER. NOT ONLY CLASS ROOM TEACHERS, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, PRINCIPALS AND VICE AND MR. HEARST THEN WORKED WITH US AS WELL.

IT WAS A HUGE GROUP EFFORT AND IT DID NOT TAKE UP ANY OF THEIR

PREP TIME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY.

>> SAME THING. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS ARE FORMED BY TEACHERS AND STAKEHOLDERS PARENTS, STUDENTS.

AS WE DEVELOPED CURRICULUM MAPS BUILDING LEVEL REPS FROM GRADE LEVEL TO INFORM THOSE MAPS SO THEY HAD A HAND IN DEVELOPING THOSE. AND WE HAVE A PROCESS NOW WHERE

[01:35:07]

>> OKAY THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY.

>> I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I WANTED TO ONE MAKE SURE WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUT LOUD WHICH SCHOOLS WERE THE TOP THREE PERFORMING SCHOOLS IF YOU DON'T MIND.

>> GIST ELEMENTARY, HOOSER ROAD AND SOUTH--.

>> AND A COUPLE RUNNERS UP WITH 98 AND 99 AND 96.

THAT'S TREMENDOUS AND LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.

AND ALMOST EVERY SCHOOL EXCEPT FOR TWO WHICH I'M GUESSING IS PART OF REDISTRICTING ALL INCREASED THEIR PERCENTAGES.

TREMENDOUSLY AND THAT'S AMAZING. SO WANT TO GIVE STAFF CREDIT AND SHOUTOUT FOR THAT. AS FAR AS SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES WHERE WE'RE ON PAGE-- THREE OR FOUR CONTENT AREAS HSC RANKED HIGHEST IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH COMPARED WITH CONFERENCE DISTRICTS. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON HOW MANY WERE IN THE CONFERENCE DISTRICTS? OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN SETTING COMPARISONS TO IN THE PREVIOUS.

>> IT'S OUR CONFERENCE MINUS CENTRE GROVE.

>> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT'S TREMENDOUS.

MOVING ONTO 6.03 2027 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING BY TIM BROWN.

>> CERTAINLY AN HONER TO FOLLOW THAT GREAT NEWS AND HAPPY TO REPORT VERY FEW CHANGES BUT DOE WITH SO ARE STATUTE TO GO THROUGH BUDGET HEARING. SO I DO WANT TO SHARE ONE PIECE OF NEW NEWS. WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. OCTOBER 1ST WAS OUR OFFICIAL COUNT DAY AND ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED YET IN TERMS OF THE STATE, WE HAVE SIGNED OFF ON THIS AND WE BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT OUR COUNT WILL BE.

SO I WOULD POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL THE FINAL COUNT ENDED AT 19,849 STUDENTS.

JUST FOR THE RECORD WE ESTIMATED 19,850 STUDENTS SO OUR ESTIMATE WAS PRETTY SPOT ON. IN TERMS OF FUNDING THAT EQUATES TO 19,839 AND 68 HUNDREDTHS OF A STUDENT BECAUSE WE HAVE 13 DUAL ENROLLED STUDENTS THAT JUST SPEND A SMALL PORTION OF THE DAY. THAT'S IMPORTANT THOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING AND THE FINAL COMMENT IN THAT GROUP THERE ARE 31 VIRTUAL STUDENTS WHICH WE ONLY GET FUNDED AT 85%.

SO WHAT CHANGED IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET STORY IS THAT TOTAL AMOUNT AND THIS DOES YOU COULD SAY HAS DECREASE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED. OVERALL WITH THE DROP OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT ABOUT 440 STUDENTS WHEN YOU COMPARE OUR FINAL TUITION SUPPORT FOR A NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN '25/'26 TO '26/'27 IT IS NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS AT $911,000.

AGAIN THIS REALLY LEANS INTO ALL THE EFFORTS WE MADE TO MAKE CUTS TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OTHER AREAS DESPITE THE LOSS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. THE REST OF THE PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION IS ON REPEAT FROM BEFORE.

SO I'LL GO THROUGH THESE VERY QUICKLY.

HEALTH INSURANCE CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE.

YOU JUST APPROVED SOME GREAT SUPPORTS FOR OUR STAFF IN THIS SPACE. ANOTHER IMPORTANT CHALLENGE IS A REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT THAT WE ARE WAITING ON IN TERMS OF FUNDING. IT IS A BIG IMPACT DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS. OTHER CHALLENGES WE DID ABSORB OM POSITIONS IN '27 OR WILL RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH GRANT.

TEASE WILL SOCIAL WORKERS AND CRITICAL WORKERS.

MANDATORY TEACHING REQUIREMENT THIS FRUSTRATES ME BECAUSE THEY SAY IT'S NOT IMPORTANT AND IT IS.

WHEN THEY CHANGE THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF THE STATE AND WE HAVE TO ADAPT IN OUR CASE $1 MILLION OF NEW COSTS CHANGING TO 10.1 TO 11.1 AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

OTHER WORK AGAIN OPPORTUNITIES. WE DID CREATE SOME SAVINGS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU SEE HERE. WHICH ALLOWED FOR A MUCH MORE BALANCED BUDGET IN 2027 ALSO SUPPORTING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN OUR EMPLOYEES AND I'LL BE EXCITED TO COME BACK AND TALK WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF SALARIES FOR THOSE GROUPS ONCE WE FINISH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS.

ONE ITEM OF NOTE AS MENTIONED LAST TIME THIS HAS BEEN UNIQUE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS PROCESS. WE'VE NEVER SEEN A 6 O% ABILITY FOR LEVY GROWTH IN OPERATIONS FUND SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE

[01:40:02]

IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITIES, EXPENDITURES AND THE EDUCATION FUND I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.

MONTHLY UPDATE CONTINUE TO BE IN THE POSITIVE.

REALLY GOOD SIGN SAVINGS ARE BEING SHOWN.

SO AT THIS POINT WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN AVAILABLE CASH BALANCE WHICH ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT WE JUST DID WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH INSURANCE. REF RENDOM AND OPERATIONS WILL SPEND ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TAKING IN IN TERMS OF REVENUE WHICH AGAIN IS A MUCH MORE BALANCED 2026 AS WE HEAD TO 2027. SO WHAT'S THE STORY IN THE EDUCATION FUND FOR '27? AGAIN THERE WERE SOME DECREASES IN SALARY AND BENEFITS DUE TO THE RIGHT SIZING OF OUR STAFF.

WHILE ALL THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE DECLINE ENROLLMENT WE STILL SEE INCREASED NEEDS AND EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS AND WE'RE BUDGETING FOR THAT. SUMMER SCHOOL DECREASED AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME. INCREASE IN CURRICULAR MATERIALS AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH EXPENSES IN '26 MOVING TO THE REF REND FM IT'S SUCCESS NFL 2027.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE REFERENDUM, THE INCREASE IN SALARIES FOR TEACHERS AND THOSE COVERED IN THE REFERENDUM INCREASE ABOUT QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS. WE MOVE MENTAL HEALTH OVER TO THE REFERENDUM FROM THE EDUCATION FUND.

WE MOVE TRAFFIC CONTROL ON THE OPERATIONS FUND OVER TO THE REFERENDUM FUND AND IF APPROVED ON THE NOVEMBER 3 R BALLOT, WE HAVE ALREADY PUBLICALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT AND IT'S A PART OF THIS BUDGET THAT THE RATE WOULD MOVE FROM .1995 TO 220.

AS A REMINDER THAT IS A DROP FROM WHAT WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT AT 2275 AND THAT WILL ALWAYS BE OUR PROCESS.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE SET THAT RATE TO WHAT WE NEED BUT NOT MORE THAN THAT. AND VERY CONSERVATIVE IN THAT PROCESS. OPERATIONS FUND.

WE HAD A DECREASE IN ADMIN EXPENSES HERE.

WE HAD SOME SHIFTING OF EXPENSES AND MOVING TRAFFIC CONTROL TO THE REFERENDUM FUND. LEANING INTO OPERATIONS LEVY GROWTH WILL BE HELPFUL. TO NEGATE THE IMPACT OF THE $300 HOMESTEAD CREDIT. THAT SAW A MERS DECLINE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY ALL DUE TO SEA1 SO TAKES A HIGHER TAX RATE TO BRING IN THE EXACT SAME DOLLARS IN THE FUNDS LET ALONE A 6% LEVY GROWTH. AS I MENTIONED, DEBT SERVICE WE REALLY THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. OF ALL THE THINGS I'LL TALK ABOUT I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT OUR TEAM HAS DONE IN THIS SPACE.

SO EVEN WITH A DECLINING NET ASSESSED VALUE, WE'RE MAINTAINING THE EXACT SAME DEBT SERVICE RATE.

OTHERS ARE INCREASING JUST TO STAY NEUTRAL.

THAT MEANS THAT THIS FUND WILL BRING IN A MILLION LESS DOLLARS AND THAT IS OUR ABILITY TO STRUCTURE OUR DEBT IN A WAY TO ABSORB THIS AND NOT PUT THAT ON THE TAX PAYER.

EVEN BETTER ON THE DEBT SERVICE EXEMPT SIDE THIS IS DEBT SERVICE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY REFERENDUM.

WE'RE DROPPING THAT RATE. SO THAT LEVY GOES DOWN ABOUT $700,000 SO IN SOME WAYS THE DEBT SERVICE RATE DROPPING BY HALF A PENNY AND THE REFERENDUM GOING UP BY TWO CENTS REALLY IS A NET .5 CENTS SO I'M PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN THAT SPACE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE TIMELINES THAT ARE REQUIRED.

WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT. WE ARE AT THE FINISH LINE BUT NOT QUITE THERE. SO IN THIS PROCESS REMEMBER WE ADVERTISED HIGH. THEY CAN CUT THEM BUT NEVER RAISE THEM. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HERE'S THE SAME NUMBERS WE SAW COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

PROPOSED BUDGET ADVERTISED. TAX RATES THAT ARE HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY WILL BE. THAT'S THAT PROTECTION.

THAT'S ALL THAT IS. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IN RED IS WHAT WE THINK THE OVERALL TAX RATE WILL BE AFTER THEY CUT THE BUDGET APPROPRIATELY.

THIS IS THE BUDGET ORDER LAST YEAR COMPARED TO OUR PREDICTED 2027 BUDGET AGAIN. WE ADVERTISE HIGH BUT WE'LL BE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS ACCURATE.

SO THIS IS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF ABOUT $4 ON THE OVERALL TAX RATE. ABOUT $2 ON REFERENDUM.

DROP OF HALF A PENNY ON DEBT SERVICE EXEMPT AND INCREASE OF ABOUT 2.8 CENTS ON THE OPERATIONS FUND TO BE ABLE TO GET THE STATUTORY MAX THAT ALL SCHOOLS SHOULD AND WILL DO.

SO HERE'S THE STORY OF OUR TAX RATE OVER THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN YEARS. AGAIN WE SEE INCREASE DUE TO NET ASSESS VALUE DROPS BUT STILL BELOW BACK IN '21 AND '22.

[01:45:05]

SO OTHER ASSUMPTION P THIS IS NOT NEW.

WE HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRING DOLLARS TO THE EDUCATION FUND.

WE'VE DROPPED THAT EVERY YEAR NOW DOWN TO $7.5 MILLION AND THAT'S AN EFFORT OF ALL THE THINGS WE'VE DONE.

WE DO THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE LESS REVENUE IN THE EDUCATION FUND DUE TO INTEREST. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE FEDS DID INCREASE THE OVERALL INTEREST RATE.

I'D RATHER ESTIMATE LOW. MUCH MORE IN 2027.

REALLY WORKING HARD TO RIGHT SIZE THAT BUDGET.

IF WE DO FULLY SPEND IN '27 WE WOULD SPEND A TOTAL OF $5.4 MILLION IN CASH BALANCE. BUT AS LONG AS WE STAY IN OUR PLAN, WE WILL STAY FAIRLY NEUTRAL.

DEPENDING ON EACH INDIVIDUAL FUND.

AND ANY NEW FUND CHALLENGES THAT COME ALONG IN 2027.

SO AS NET AVS CONTINUE TO DROP, THAT TAX RATE TO BRING IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY WILL REQUIRE A HIGHER RATE EVERY YEAR. TRYING TO KEEP THE BEST CEILING ON THAT AS POSSIBLE. BEFORE WE TAKE THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARING, WHAT'S COMING NEXT TIME WILL DO A MUCH SMALLER VERSION OF THIS. THEN ALL THOSE IMPORTANT TAX FORMS WILL BE BUDGET FORMS WILL BE READY FOR APPROVAL BY THE BOARD AND TO OFFICIALLY ADOPT OUR 2027 BUDGET.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A MRAK HEARING.

HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE DO THAT IF THERE ARE

ANY. >> OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING I WILL NOW OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET MAY COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

YOU WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES. SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE, PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM

THE BOARD? >> I JUST WANT TO SAY ONCE AGAIN SO EXCITED. SHOULDN'T SAY XIEPT XOOITED.

VERY IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE WORK YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAS DONE AND HOW THOROUGH IT IS EVERY TIME YOU COME AND PRESENT.

SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> I ECHO BASICALLY THE SAME THING.

MY TIME'S GETTING SHORT HERE TO SAY THANK YOU.

AND LIKE I STOWED OTHER MEMBERS JUST INCREDIBLE WORK YOU'VE DONE. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOUND IN SAVINGS AND EVEN MORE IN POTENTIAL SAVINGS.

REWORKING FROM ALL KINDS OF ISSUES THAT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN BUT YOU KNOW THEM WELL.

JUST THE PROFESSIONALISM. JUST BEING ABLE TO STICK WITH THIS AND DEAL WITH A VERY DIFFICULT PROBLEM.

STRUCTURAL DEFICITS WHICH THEY WILL KEEP COMING UNLESS WE DID SOMETHING AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM YOU ALWAYS GIVE CREDIT TO THEM AS WELL. JUST FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU. TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THIS WITH ALL THESE PRESSURES AND STILL PUT UP THOSE ACADEMIC RESULTS. JUST FANTASTIC.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN. >> THANK YOU.

>> I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL.

YOU DO NOT INHERIT AN EASY PROBLEM TO FIX AND WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH IT BUT THE WORK YOU GUYS AND YOUR TEAM TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THESE SCORES IS JUST PHENOMENAL AND TREMENDOUS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? SEEING THERE'S NONE CLOSING DISCUSSION.

MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ITEM. FINANCIAL UPDATE BY TIM BROWN.

>> JOE AS WEESH BEEN DOING EACH MONTH AND I KNOW MS. PASCOE WE'VE WORKED HARD TO GET TO THIS POINT TO HAVE THESE AVAILABLE.

THESE ARE ALL ON THE WEBSITE ON THE FINANCIAL PORTAL SO I'LL TAKE REALLY A COUPLE QUICK MINUTES.

AND CELEBRATE WHERE YOU ARE. MR. HARRISON YOU CAN BRING UP ANY OF THE THREE AND I CAN START THERE.

STARTING WITH EDUCATION LOOKING AT WHERE WE ARE.

REMEMBER THIS IS BOY OH BOY IT'S GETTING HARDER TO SEE.

NO YOU'RE FINE IT'S THE OPERATOR THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

THIS IS WHERE THE BEGINNING CASH BALANCE STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. IF WE FULLY SPEND THE BUDGET WE WOULD BE DOWN TO $111 MILLION. HAPPY TO REPORT WE HAVE A POSITIVE VARIANCE IN THE EDUCATION FUND OF $11 MILLION SO TRENDING THAT AHEAD OF SPENDING THE FULL BUDGET.

REAL NUMBER ON EDUCATION THAT IS EXCITING AVAILABLE CASH BALANCE $26 MILLION SO THAT GROWTH ALLOWS FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT I MADE EARLIER ABOUT DEDICATION AND SUPPORT TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND. THIS IS THE ONE FUND WE GET MONTHLY DEPOSITS. SO THIS IS REALTIME DATA VERSUS

[01:50:03]

WE ONLY GET THOSE DEPOSITS AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR.

EDUCATION IS LOOKING GREAT. CONTINUE TO PROGRESS.

OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHERE IT WILL FINISH AT THE END OF 2026.

MOVING TO REFERENDUM. OPERATIONS IS GREAT.

SAME STORY HERE. BEGINNING CASH BALANCE.

WHAT'S DIFFERENCE ABOUT THIS ONE IS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT BALANCE TO DECLINE BECAUSE WE ONLY GET DOLLARS CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR. WHAT'S WAY MORE IMPORTANT IS WHAT'S THE VARIANCE. HOW ARE WE PERFORMING RELATED TO THE BUDGET. POSITIVE VARIANCE OF $3.7 MILLION AT THIS POINT OF THE YEAR.

F.8 IS WHAT WE WOULD FULLY SPEND IN THE BUDGET IF WE SPEND EVERY DOLLAR. SO WE ARE TRENDING.

WE'LL SPEND SOME CASH BASED ON THAT BUT TRENDING OSTILL NOT SPEND NEAR $6.8 MILLION. I WILL TELL YOU ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF THIS FUND IS OUR SELF-INSURANCE FUND.

WE'VE HAD TIMES TO PAY TO OURSELVES AND THIS IS WHERE IT COMES FROM. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER INVEST TOMENT THAT SELF-INSURANCE FUND.

THIS IS WHERE IT WILL COME FROM. MOVING-- TO REFERENDUM.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT ONE ATTACHED.

NO PROBLEM. I'LL JUST HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS ON REFERENDUM. I KNOW IT'S NOT IN FRONT OF YOU.

BUT IT IS SHOWING A POSITIVE VARIANCE OF $1.1 MILLION AS WELL. A FUND THAT WE DON'T GET MONTHLY PAYMENT. WE ONLY GET THAT IN CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR. THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION IS THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL SUMMARY THIS IS THE COMPARISON WE CALL TIGHT ROLLING 12. AND HERE LOOKING AT EACH OF THESE IF WE START ON THE BLUE REPRESENTS THROUGH AUGUST OF 2026. AND IF WE LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THOSE, IF YOU CAN MAKE THAT-- THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AREADY ANTICIPATEING WHERE I'M GOING.

APPRECIATE IT MR. HARRISON. YOU SEE REVENUES UP ABOUT $224,000 SO NOT A BIG INCREASE THERE BUT EXPENSES ARE DOWN NEARLY $2 MILLION FROM A YEAR AGO AND WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH A SMALLER TRANSFER DOWN $3.3 MILLION.

EVEN THOUGH 2026. GOOD SUCCESSES THERE AND GETTING TO A POINT WE'RE FEELING WE'RE COMFORTABLE THERE.

WORK IS NOT DONE. REFERENDUM IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE REAL QUICK. REVENUES UP ABOUT $769,000.

EXPENSES ARE DOWN ABOUT 284 AND OVERALL CASH BALLENCE IS JUST ABOUT WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR UP ABOUT $66,000.

AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST OPERATIONS THIS IS TAKE AN MORE OF A CHALLENGE BUT STILL THE WORK OF THE BUDGETED TASK FORCE TO MAKE SOME IMPACTS. A LOT TO DO WITH THE HOMESTEAD.

3,000 AND THEN TRANSFER IS ABOUT NEUTRAL.

THE CASH BALANCE. $4 MILLION.

SO STILL FEEL GOOD WITH WHERE WE'RE AT WITH EACH OF THOSE.

SEPTEMBER'S WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE.

WE JUST CLOSED THE BOOKS FOR SEPTEMBER.

SO REALLY FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.

AND HAPPY WITH OUR PROGRESS. >> THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD?

[7. Superintendent's Report]

SUPER INTENDANT'S REPORT. >> THANK YOU.

JUST A FEW THINGS. WE ARE WRAPPING UP SPORTS SEASON RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL TEAMS IN TOURNAMENT PLAY. I THINK GIRLS SOCCER WON FIRST ROUND OF REGIONALS TONIGHT. BOY'S SOCCER TOMORROW IN REGIONALS AS WELL. VOLLEYBALL HAS NOT KICKED OFF TOURNAMENT PLAY YET. SHOUTOUT TO HSC BOYS TENNIS WHO ARE IN THE STATE FINALS. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IF THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL FRIDAY WILL MOVE ONTO SATURDAY.

AND SO BEST OF LUCK TO THEM. ALBRIGHT AT THE END OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY NOT A MOMENT SOONER. SO REMEMBER THAT AND WISH EVERYBODY SAFE TRAVEL IFS THEY ARE TRAVELLING.

CHANCE TO KIND OF UNWIND AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOUR PARENTS ARE GOING TO SHIP YOUR KIDS OFF TO SOMEWHERE FOR THE WEEK.

[01:55:01]

I WANT TO ECHO SOME OF WHAT MR. ROHRER SAID.

WE DO A LOT OF THINGS IN THESE MEETINGS THAT WHILE VERY IMPORTANT, HAVE LITTLE TO DO WITH WHAT'S GOING ON DAY-TO-DAY IN THE CLASSROOM. AND SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT GOES ON EVERY DAY LED BY OUR TEACHERS, OUR BUILDING LEADERS AND SUPPORT FROM THIS OFFICE.

MR. IRVIN AND DR. THOMPSON ARE, GET TO BE THE MOUTHPIECES FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT IS GOING ON. BUT THE REAL WORK IS HAPPENING IN OUR BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE DON'T MOVE HERE AND PUT THEIR KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THE BUDGET IS BALANCED OR BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT BOND RATING. NO OFFENSE MR. BROWN.

WE LOVE YOU. THEY COME HERE BECAUSE OF THE

[8. Board Members]

THAT'S ALL I HAVE THANK YOU SUZANNE THOMAS.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THAT REAL QUICK AND SAY WE ARE GOING INTO OCTOBER RIGHT NOW WITH TWO MORE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR JUST A FEW MORE BOARD MEETINGS. AND EVERY MEETING IT SEEMS LIKE WE GET MORE AND MORE POSITIVE POSITIVE POSITIVE IN OUR FINANCIALS THAT ARE IMPROVING AND WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL.

SO TO THE ADMIN TEAM TO OUR TEACHERS AND THE FAMILIES AND THEIR SUPPORT I WANT TO THROW OUT A HUGE THANK YOU AS WE ARE WRAPPING UP THE 2026 NOT SCHOOL YEAR BUT CALENDAR YEAR.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. REGARDING FINANCE AND FACILITIES WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING IN OCTOBER BECAUSE WE WERE WORKING SO DILIGENTLY LOOKING OVER REFERENDUM AND BUDGET AND ALL THOSE THINGS SO WE DECIDED IT'S GOOD TO GIVE THEM A BREAK FROM THE COMMITTEES AND TO REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE SO THANK YOU FOR THAT HARD WORK. WE WILL RESUME AND HAVE FACILITIES AND FINANCE MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER FIFTH AND THE LAST WILL BE ON DECEMBER THIRD. SO MARK YOUR CALENDARS BECAUSE THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. I'LL UPDATES JUST FOR THE YEAR AND EVEN THE YEARS PAST WE HAVE A GREAT SUPPORT STAFF HERE THAT PUTS IT ONLINE SO IF YOU EVER MISS A MEETING OR WANT INFORMATION, PLEASE I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO ONLINE AND LOOK THOSE UP AND THE MEETING MINUTES ARE THERE.

THANK YOU. >> SO THE FOUNDATION MEETING HAS BEEN PUSHED UNTIL AFTER FALL BREAK SO THERE'S NO UPDATES FROM

THE FOUNDATION AT THIS TIME. >> PATRICIA SCHOOLEY.

>> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO TO BRING THIS STUFF FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC AND FOR YOUR TRANSPARENCY.

>> NO UPDATES FROM COMMITTEES MISS THOMAS HANDLED THAT.

SO AGAIN JUST THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.

WE ARE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS AROUND HERE.

EVERYTHING IS GOING GREAT SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU. >> SENTIMENTS FOR EVERYONE HERE IN THIS ROOM AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO. POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT MEETING IS ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER THE 4TH AT 8:00 A.M.

COME JOIN US. I WANT TO SEND KUDOS TO THOSE WHO WENT TO ISBA CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS MONTH I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GO TO IT DUE TO WORK CONFLICTS SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE

WHO DID GO. >> JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE AS A BOARD TO OUR STAFF AND TEAM AND TEACHERS AND TO OUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S LEADING AND EVERYBODY AS IT TRICKLES DOWN IT'S TREMENDOUS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE GROWTH HAPPEN ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON DURING THE REFERENDUM YEAR.

SO THAT'S REALLY THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE AND SO I'M GRATEFUL

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.