Meeting Details
November 12, 2024
6:30pm - 7:30pm
1 hr
Community Room, 817 South Main Street, Tipton, IN 46072
Purpose
N/A
1.
Call to Order
2.
Pledge of Allegiance
3.
Vision Statement
Growing empowered, future-ready students, prepared for a lifetime of opportunity and success.
4.
Appointment of New Board Member
The Board received seven applications for the vacant school board seat and interviewed six applicants (one declined interview) in an open meeting on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. The Board would like to thank all the applicants for their time and consideration to serve on this role. The Board would like to recommend Tamera Brown for appointment to the school board for the remaining term of Jason Springer ending December 31, 2026. Do we have a motion?
5.
Oath of Office
Andrew Manna from Church, Church, Hittle, and Antrim will administer the oath of office to our new board member.
6.
Tell Me Something Good
7.
Comments from the Community
8.
Consent Agenda
Approval of the Agenda
Approval of Minutes
- Work Session, October 3, 2024
- Special Session, October 3, 2024
- Work Session, October 8, 2024
- Regular Session October 8, 2024
- Special Session, November 6, 2024
Approval of Claims
- Payroll Claims, October 11, 2024
- Payroll Claims,, October 25, 2024
- Payroll Claims, November 8, 2024
- Accounts Payable Claims November 2024
Approval of Personnel Report
- Personnel Report, November 2024
Approval of Field Trips (Overnight and/or Out-of-State)
- None
Approval to Accept Donations
- FFA $400 donation from the National FFA Organization
9.
Superintendent's Report
9.1
Blue Future Awards
Nicole Neely - 7th grade English Teacher, 7th Grade Team Lead, ELA PLC Leader, Yoga Club Sponsor, NJHS Sponsor
Tucker Sole - 7th Grader student - won a competition for playwriting that he entered as part of the 7th grade honors curriculum
Jaxsen Muncie - Cross Country Regional Qualifier - Finished 33rd overall in Sectionals. Advanced to Regionals and finished 81st with a 17:03 5K.
Peyton Auler/Issac Humrichous - Sectional Champs! Advanced to Individual Regionals in doubles tennis.
Vex Robotics competed at Faith Christian - Ella Crawford, Kya Dautrich-Ramirez, Kyriah Jackson, Ella Overdorf, Bryleigh Shelly, Alyvia Landers, Caroline Pittman, Minh Chau Vu. Coach: Michael Vittorio
Stacey Hartley and Jessica Nichols - taking 83 students to experience FFA National Convention and I want to acknowledge the work on other teams/groups through FFA
Erin Strayer-TES Music Teacher
Jim Voss-Bus Driver
9.2
District Surveys Parents, Staff, and Students
9.3
Spotlight on Schools
Mr. Jaworski will share the findings from our Special Education and Multilingual Education Audit.
9.4
Department Reports
Assistant Superintendent, Scott Jaworski
Director of Food Service, Adam Proulx
Director of Technology, Steven Gingerich
9.5
Financial Report
For October, we ended the month with balances as follows:
Education Fund - $1,027,675.25
Operations Fund - $441,548.56
Debt Service - $781,292.89
Rainy Day Fund - $2,003,833.41
For the education fund, October revenue consisted of the basic support grant, a LIT payment from the county for August, September & October totaling $44,178.24, and miscellaneous reimbursements/payments. Interest income for the month was $27,536.82. Increases approved last month will go into effect on the November 8th payroll with the retro pay to occur on November 15th. Looking at the appropriation used in the Education and Operations Funds through October, we’re at 77% and 73% respectively. As we continue through November, we’ll keep an eye on that and whether there will be a need to request an additional appropriation to finish out the year in either fund.
9.6
Other
10.
Old Business
11.
New Business
11.1
Approval of Transition to Church, Church, Hittle, and Antrim Board Policy
Earlier today, Church, Church, Hittle, and Antrim presented on the process of transitioning from NEOLA to their policy/administrative guidelines/forms. The initial start up fee is $20,000 paid in two to four installments. As a comparison, NEOLA startup fee is $100,000 paid over four years. Both services have annual fees of $2,100-4,500 for NEOLA or $1000-2,500 for CCHA depending on the amount legislation/regulation/case law in any given year. Transitioning would insure we are compliant and up to date with all policies while reducing down the total number of policy items and redundancy.
12.
Other Matters to Come Before the Board
12.1
Advisory Committees
November 18-Branding/Public Relations Committee
12.2
Schedule of Events
November 27-29 Thanksgiving Break
December 9 TMS/THS Choir Christmas Concert 7PM
December 10 Monthly Board of Trustees Meeting 6:30PM
December 11 TMS/THS Band Christmas Concert 7PM
December 17 YO Family Night Concert 7PM
December 20 Last Day of 2nd Grading Period/Semester 1
December 21-January 6 Winter Break
January 7, 2025 1st Day of 3rd Grading Period/Semester 2
13.
Adjournment
