Cold Spring School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday May 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Location
3650 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis, IN 46222
A regular meeting of the Cold Spring School, Inc. Board of Directors will be held on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The meeting will start at 5:45 pm at Cold Spring School.
Directors Present
B. Petranoff, B. Tran, C. Bruns, D. Cash, J. Apollos, K. Castro, N. Torres
Directors Absent
C. Wise
Guests Present
C. Stipes, R. Moore
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Financial Report
A.
Monthly Financial Report
III. New Business
A.
Charter Application & Legislative Update
Cold Spring received a 15 year charter from the Indiana Charter School Board. Lots to unpack and learn from the property tax revenue possibilities. As a charter, there is flexibility around transportation. Cold Spring wants to continue partnership with IPS, but we are looking at what other options there are out there, including possibly partnering with transportation company other than IPS for summer school transportation. Cody asked board to approve the opportunity for him to engage with Central Indiana Transportation in case they are cheaper than IPS.
B.
25-26 Board Meeting Calendar
C.
Personnel Report
Cold Spring has two teachers that will be leaving at the end of the school year. Already have offers out to potential candidates for two of the three vacant positions.
D.
25-26 Cold Spring Employee Handbook
There are no major changes from last year from Cold Spring or HCC. It was noted that the handbook would most likely be the same handbook if we operate as a charter.
E.
25-26 Cold Spring Student & Family Handbook
The only changes to the 25-26 Cold Spring Student & Family Handbook were testing dates and school event dates changed.
F.
IREADY Contract
Cold Spring is seeing their academic results trending in right direction. Positive review from teachers on IREADY. Bill Petranoff asked Robyn Moore if they think everyone likes it, which Moore responded with yes.
G.
Principal's Report
- Enrollment Update
- 145 applicants in Round 2
- 106/145 ranked Cold Spring as #1 choice
- 137/145 applicants ranked Cold Spring as one of their top three
- New families have been attending spring school events.
- We had about 8 seats given out that were not Kindergarten students in Round 2.
- 340 returning students from current student body for 25-26 school year.
- ADM count for next year is 408, our numbers could be as high as 440.
- Assessment Information
- Completed ILEARN Testing.
- READY pilot went well and have seen positive growth/
- Foucs on standard's alignment over summer
- IREAD 3 scores should be positive for the second round of assessment.
- I-READY diagnostic results showed that ELA grew significantly from beginning to end of the year. I-READY math also showed significant growth from beginning to end of the year as well. Students have been engaged with personalized instruction with I-READY activities and targeted small group instruction.
- Board would like to see data presented in a graph.
- Good of Order
- PIE day on Friday
- Fun in Sun Day is next week
- Kindergarten and 8th grade promotion ceremonies are next week.
- Robotics team are currently at VEX World Robotic Championships
- 1 Elementary Team made it to Division Finals
- 1 Middle School Team earned the prestigious Design Award
Brian Anderson shared that things look stable. Reviewed all documents. Typical month of April. Cold Spring has a $2.7 million fund balance. Budget vs Actual-consistent with where we have been all year. There were no questions.