Meeting Details
October 8, 2019
6:30pm - 8:30pm
2 hr
Administration Office, 1051 S Main St, Tipton, IN 46072
Purpose
N/A
1.
Call to Order/Welcome
2.
Pledge of Allegiance
3.
Oath of Office
Mr. Kegan Schmicker has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the school board. He will be sworn in by Amy Phillips, Notary Public.
4.
Public Hearing on Bus Replacement Plan 2020-2024.
We will now recess and open a Public Hearing for the 2020-2024 Bus Replacement Plan.
At the September 10, 2019, meeting of the Tipton Community School Corporation’s Board of School Trustees, the Board voted to approve the 2020 Budget and Capital Project Plan. However, the vote for the Bus Replacement Plan resulted in a 3-3 tie. The Board will reconsider the Bus Replacement Plan. To do so, the Board has advertised that a Public Hearing on the Bus Replacement Plan to b e held tonight. We will now open the hearing for public comment on the 2020-2024 Bus Replacement Plan.
Seeing no other comments, the Public Hearing is now closed. We will resume our regular meeting.
5.
Approval of Consent Agenda Items
A member of the Board may request any item to be removed from the consent resolution and defer it for a specific action and more discussion. No vote of the Board will be required to remove an item from the consent agenda. A single member's request shall cause it to be relocated as an action item eligible for discussion. Any item on the consent agenda may be removed and discussed as a nonaction item or be deferred for further study and discussion at a subsequent Board meeting if the Superintendent or any Board member thinks the item requires further discussion. (ByLaw 0166.1)
It is recommended that the following Consent Agenda Items be approved:
Approval of the Agenda
Approval of Minutes
- September 10, 2019, Regular Session
- September 19, 2019 Exec Session
- October 3, 2019 Exec Session
- October 3, 2019 Special Session
Approval of Claims
- Payroll Claims 9.13.2019
- Payroll Claims 9.26.2019
- Accounts Payable Claims
Approval of Personnel Report
- October Personnel Report
Approval of Field Trips (Overnight and/or Out-of-State)
- TMS Chicago Trip May 20, 2020
Approval to Accept Donations
- Package Right donated $2,500 to Accelerated Reader Program at Tipton Elementary School
- Encompass Credit Union donated $3,320 towards Headset Radios for Football Coaches/Team/Press Box
- Wise Owl Productions donated 4 rolls of carpet to Tipton Elementary School (Mrs. Lamb Classroom)
- Friends of Tipton FFA donated $1100 for FFA students to attend National FFA Convention
6.
Superintendent's Report
6.1
Monthly Highlight
Tipton Elementary School - Survivor Day, Grade 5
6.2
Department Reports
- Facilities & Transportation, Scott Wessel
- Student Services, Shayne Clark
- Technology, Steven Gingerich
- Food Services, Adam Proulx
6.3
Financial Report
The monthly report for September provides you with a summary of the monthly revenue versus expenditures. For September, our expenditures exceeded the revenue by $97,536, giving us a cash balance of just under $652,000 in the Education Fund. The other funds listed in the middle of the page include Debt Service with a cash balance of $1,424,207 and the Operations Fund with a cash balance of $2,644,179.
The projections show that we should end the year with a cash balance in the Education Fund of $527,376.
6.4
Other
- Congratulations to Tipton High School Sophomore Lucy Quigley in her 36th place finish in the state golf tournament. We will invite her to the next meeting to recognize her for this accomplishment.
- Our official ADM count for the fall of 2019 is at 1487. This is 45 students less than this time last year and 3 less than projected. It is 7 more students that the McKibben forecast for this year.
- We have tracked teh mobility of students coming in and leaving TCSC this fall. Fifty-seven students have moved in or transferred in to TCSC for this school year. While 72 have left TCSC. We've had a number of student who have moved into the area. We have also added students who last year attended surrounding schools. Likewise, we have had a number of families who have moved out of the TCSC district, and a number of students who are now attending surrounding schools. We have contacted families of the 72 students who have left to find the reasons why. Many have physically moved. And for many, they had issues with the school, or issues within their personal lives that caused them to go to another school.
- We continue to work on the corporation's improvement plan, using data from community input meetings, AdvancED Review and other data points. Tonight I am sharing the goals with you. The administrators continue to work on developing strategies to help accomplish these goals.
7.
Old Business
8.
New Business
8.1
Consideration to Approve the 2020-2024 Bus Replacement Plan
A second Public Hearing on the proposed Bus Replacement Plan was held earlier this evening. It is recommended that the 2020-2024 Bus Replacement Plan be approved. Recommendation will be brought to the Board before any purchases of new buses are made.
8.2
Consideration to Approve School Improvement Plans for Tipton Elementary, Tipton Middle, and Tipton High Schools.
Each school is required to develop a School Improvement Plan for accreditation. Those plans, that include specific goals, are to be submitted to IDOE by October. It is recommended that the Board approve the School Improvement Plans for Tipton Elementary, Tipton Middle and Tipton High Schools.
These documents are available to you in the Google Drive.
8.3
Consideration to approve items as surplus.
Tipton Elementary and Tipton Middle Schools have a number of items that are no longer needed or are usable. These items, mainly furniture and old AV equipment, are listed. It is recommended that these items be declared surplus and be discarded.
9.
Other Matters to Come Before the Board
9.1
Advisory Committees
- October 14, Business Affairs Advisory Committee
- November 18, Facilities/Technology Advisory Committee
- December 16, Personnel Advisory Committee
9.2
Schedule of Events
- October 8, School Board Meeting, 5:30/6:30
- October 7-10, Parent-Teacher Conferences, TES
- October 10, End of 1st Grading Period
- October 10-14, Book Fair, TES
- October 14, Tipton Academy
- October 14, Business Affairs Advisory Committee
- October 15, Fall Band Concert, THS, 7:00
- October 15-17, Fall Break
- October 24, Flu Shots, TMS, 2-4PM
- October 24, YOs Concert, THS, 7:00
- October 25, Donuts with Dads, TES, 7:00AM
- November 8, eLearning Day
- November 12, School Board Meeting, 6:00/6:30
- November 14, ISBA Region 5, Kokomo
10.
Comments from Community
11.
Adjournment
