Auditorium, Tipton High School, 619 South Main Street, Tipton, IN 46072
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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
Congratulations to the Lady Devil's Basketball-2021 2A State Runner-up
Congratulations to Ayden Stanley 15th Place Finish at Swimming and Diving State Finals
Strategic Planning with Dr. Jim Halik last Saturday
Summer Projects:
Replace lights in the bus barn shop area-LED-$12,830.00-Omni
Air Handler in THS Auditorium/Fine Arts Wing-$3,945.00-Omni
Electrical Panel Football Field-$10,480.00-Omni
Parking Lots and asphalt repairs
New career pathways and Block 8.
Facilities & Transportation, Scott Wessel
Student Services, Shayne Clark
Food Services, Adam Proulx
Technology, Steven Gingerich
The February Report provides the revenue and expenditures from the Operation and Education Fund. For February, the revenue exceeded the expenditures by over $22,566. We have sizable cash balances in Debt Service ($1,106,275) and Operations ($1,284,450). With the excess expenditure in the Education Fund, we will need to watch this in the upcoming months. We may need to move some funds from the Rainy Day Fund to cover expenditures near the end of the calendar year.
It is being recommended that the lease with Apple to purchase 145 MacBook Air laptops and 240 iPads with connected Keyboard be approved. This is a four-year lease as we have done in the past. The total amount of the lease is $250,463.00 at 0.0% financing. The annual payment is $62,615.75 starting March 21, 2021. These new devices will be distributed to students in grades 9, 5 and 6 in the fall of this year.
Permission is being asked to advertise for Fertilization and Weed Spraying bids. This would be done in time for the 2021 growing season and would be a one (1) year contract. Bids would be approved at the March 23 Board meeting.
It is recommended that the Board give permission to advertise for Fertilization and Weed Spraying Bids for 2021-2022.
All warrants or checks, outstanding and unpaid for a period of two or more years as of December 31 of each year, shall be declared void, IC 5-11-10.5-2. It is recommend the Board approve the cancellation of these outstanding warrants and checks.
TCSC's legal council is Church, Church, Hittle and Antrim. The firm has a local office here in Tipton and also is one of the largest Educational Law offices in the state. CCH&A charges TCSC an hourly rate for day to day services. The proposal establishes a monthly fee for services of $2,000. The fee covers all the day to day services the firm provides for the district. This monthly fee will provide a substantial savings for the corporation versus current billing structure. It is recommended the Board approve this proposal from CCH&A.
Our current collective bargaining agreement has no language regarding school school pay for certified staff. We met with representatives from the TEA and agreed upon an hourly rate $37.50 per hour. The MOU was established to set the hourly rate for summer school as well as prep time and hours of service. It is recommended the Board of Trustees approve this MOU.
Board Policy 8462 has updated language regarding child abuse and neglect that will align TCSC policy with state law. It is recommended that the Board approve the policy changes on the second reading.
The Indiana General Assembly during the 2021 legislative session is considering the establishment of education savings accounts (ESAs) that funnel state funding to parents who withdraw their children from public schools, as well as a significant expansion of the Indiana school choice scholarship program. The School Board of the Tipton Community School Corporation opposes and condemns the establishment of education scholarship accounts and the expansion of the Indiana choice scholarship program as proposed by members of Indiana’s General Assembly in House Bill 1005 and Senate Bill 412. The Legislative Service Agency predicts this bill will cost public schools $67.6 million in revenue loss over the two-year budget. It is recommended the Board of Trustees approve this Resolution as written.
TCSC currently has 9 contracted bus routes. The current contract expires 5/20/21 or the last day of the school year. We are aware the number of contracted routes need to be reduced since our enrollment is in decline, but an additional year is needed to study routes and make those recommendations. It is recommended the Board of Trustees extend the current contract one year with an expiration date of 5/19/22 or the last day of school.
March 15- Personnel
April 19-Business Affairs
May 17-Facilities and Technology
March 10-End of third nine weeks grading period
March 14-Daylight Saving Time Begins
March 15-Personnel Committee 5:30 PM
March 17-Secondary Students Attend 5 Days a Week
March 17-Strategic Planning with Administrators
March 23-Special Board Meeting 6:30 PM Board Room
March 26-Spring Break Begins
April 5-Student's Return
April 6-Work Session with Jeff Qualkinbush and Belvia Gray 6:30 in the board room
April 13-Board Meeting-Work Session at 6PM and Meeting at 6:30PM Auditorium