M. Rooney: 

Ebbulience: Students winning bikes during end-of-year field trips, Kindergarten Promotion ceremonies, 8th grade promotion ceremonies

Excellence in School Branding Award: Jordan Habayeb for the "Love Your School" campaign 

Award for Merit: to Leah Kuruzar for the family newsletter  

CEO Update: Transition has been grounded in the Strategic Plan - A focus has been in leadership development, and members of that leadership team are here today  

M Staten: What is the role of the Assistant Principal like? 

M. R: They are primarily our academic coaches - coaches our teachers on their instructional and culture-building strategies

This is a renewal year for our OEI authorization. There are a series of interviews and public hearings.  

And finally, you will be invited to Back to School Bash and Summer Institute for staff

JH: We are meeting or exceeding expectations across all core questions from OEI. 

JH: We are in the design and development phase of the facility updates. We thought we would have to make cuts, but we were able to add all of the updates that we wanted. There are updates coming to the front office and staff spaces which will give back classroom space, a new nurse's office, a stage and a performing arts area.

Shiel Sexton will be the CMC for the project. They came in with the lowest bid and the strongest recommendation. 

J Habayeb: We are already on a path to an IPS referendum sharing. 

We have the ability to opt in to other referendum sharing options:

Beech Grove - We have opted in

IPEC - We have opted in

Perry Township - Not opted into yet, but it would make sense to based on the number of students we have from that district

This process changes in 2028 when a new process goes into effect. If we opt into this sharing, we are required to share in the cost of campaigning for the referendum. 

JH: On the BvA statement, there are some negatives, and that comes from debiting different accounts from larger account lines. They are not actually in the red. 

Most of the changes were due to statutory accuracy and an added piece on scholar safety. We have also updated the vacation and time off policy for hourly staff. 

M Staten: The hourly staff help run the school too

R Scott: I appreciate the updates to the dress code policy.

JH: Last year we did a big overhaul. This year, there are smaller changes to the cell phone policy and some safety process updates. Franz made some 504 Plan updates. And we changed some outdated language around dress codes. 

N Frech: How do we enforce the cell phone policy? 

JH: We thought the changes to the cell phone policy would be an uphill battle, but it wasn't. This policy also expands the policy to smart watches and personal devices.

M Rooney: This is state law. But the enforcement goes to the LEA. We have increased front-loaded messaging to families. But it has not been as big a hill to climb as we thought it would. If we are able to default to the IPS policy, that gives weight to the policy. We can course correct as needed.  

C Franz: There is no update yet. We are in the middle of IREAD 3 testing. 

ILEARN results have not been released, and we will be able to reslease those in August.

N Frech: We have two board members up for nomination. 

R Scott: Rooney and I have been meeting for the last few weeks on a work plan. We need to grow this board. 

It is important that our committee structure fits the size of the board. I may have some proposals on that committee structure. I also want to make sure that we are able to lean in to our consult and advise capacity of the board. 

There are also some board hygiene things that we do to develop the leadership pipeline and officers.

We can also change our new board member orientation process. We want this to be an exciting and enriching. 

We need to add an executive session to complete the CEO evaluation.