Administration Office, 1051 S Main St, Tipton, IN 46072
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
- 6:30pm - 6:42pm
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
Approval of Claims
Approval of Personnel Report
Approval of Field Trips (Overnight and/or Out-of-State)
Approval to Accept Donations
Facilities & Transportation, Scott Wessel
Student Services, Shayne Clark
Food Services, Adam Proulx
Technology, Steven Gingerich
The monthly report provides you with a summary of the monthly revenue versus expenditures. For March, our expenditures exceed the revenue by $202,136, giving us a cash balance of $4,980 in the Education Fund. Currently, our monthly revenue is around $850,000 with monthly expenditures of around $800,000 with a monthly transfer of $115,000 from Education Fund to the Operation Fund. We will need to make an adjustment to the Education Fund by transferring some from the Rainy Day Fund, as we knew we would. The other funds listed in the middle of the page include Debt Service with a cash balance of $1,127,012, and the Operations Fund with a cash balance of $1,573,108. The year-to-date interest at 1st Farmers is $25,696.
The projection sheet indicates that we will end the year with a negative cash balance of $195,105. We will be looking at making a transfer from the Rainy Day Fund to end with a positive balance in the Education Fund.
This month also includes information on the transfers during the first quarter. This is a new process with the 2019 budget format issued by the state. When the budget was approved, a resolution was also passed to allow for monthly transfers from the Education Fund to the Operations Fund. The state allows this to take place to offset those funds for utilities and such that once came from the General Fund. We had adjusted those costs from 18% in 2019 to 14% for 2020. Currently, are actual costs are closer to 24%.
Committees have been reviewing the various textbooks in the Language Arts area. The attached list is a summary of their recommendations K-12. It is recommended that the Board approve the adoption of textbooks as recommended in Language Arts beginning with the 2020-2021 school year.
The assistant principals have been working with me in reviewing and coordinating their student handbooks for changes for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year. We have reviewed the changes in board policies over the past couple of years to make sure the relevant policies were included or at least referenced within the handbooks. We also made substantial revisions to the handbooks so that the three handbooks were uniform, where appropriate, in their language, organization, and format. It is recommended that the Student Handbooks for Tipton Elementary, Tipton Middle and Tipton High Schools be approved for the 2020-2021 school year,
For reference, the current student handbooks are found in Google Docs.
The Student Athletic Handbooks for Tipton Middle and Tipton High Schools have been reviewed. There are no recommended changes for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year. For reference, the current student handbooks are found in Google Docs.
It is recommended that the Student Athletic Handbooks for Tipton Middle and Tipton High Schools be approved for the 2020-2021 school year.
It is recommended that approximately 256 Macbook Air laptop computers be declared as surplus at the end of this school year. These are the devices that are four years old that have been used by the current Senior and 5th grade classes. The laptops will be checked out and the ones in better shape may be kept for loaners. We are offering to allow graduating seniors to purchase their laptops this year. All others will be sold to a third party, buy back company. It is recommended that approximately 256 Macbook Air laptop computers be declared as surplus at the end of this school year.
The new band uniforms have arrived. The THS Band Department would like to declare the “old” uniforms as surplus so that they may be disposed of. There are approximately 150 old marching bibbers, 150 old marching jackets, and old hats. We school has buyers in place or fundraisers set up to either pass them onto new homes or keep them in the Tipton community.
It is recommended that these items be declared as surplus and be disposed of.