Cold Spring School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday August 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Location
3650 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis, IN 46222
A regular meeting of the Cold Spring School, Inc. Board of Directors will meet on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. The meeting will start at 5:30pm at Cold Spring School.
Directors Present
B. Petranoff, B. Tran, C. Bruns, C. Wise, D. Cash, K. Castro
Directors Absent
J. Apollos
Guests Present
A. Barcome, C. Stipes, Joe Pellman, current parent, 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.
Personnel Report
Cody Stipes presented.
All three new hires have had an excellent start to the 2025-2026 school year.
B.
25-26 SY Title Budget
Cody Stipes presented
Title funds were less than previous years. There are no changes to how CSS plans to use the funds.
D. Cash made the suggestion that documents include an executive summary of their importance.
C.
24-25 School Data Review
AJ Barcome presented
ILEARN Math since 2022-2023 CSS Math Proficiency has grown 19.3 percentage points. In that time the state has decreased 0.3 percentage points and IPS decreased 0.1 percentage points. In subgroups CSS has large growth for Black, Hispanic, ENL, and Free and Reduced Lunch groups.
Barcome stated that the use of IREADY has been a large help in helping students achieve this growth in both Math and ELA.
ILEARN ELA since 2022-2023 CSS ELA Proficiency has grown 15.7 percentage points. The state has risen 1.4 percentage points and IPS has dipped 2 percentage points. In subgroups there was tremendous growth across all groups.
IREAD had a pass rate increase of 24.7% since 2022-2023. The state grew 5.4% and IPS 9.2%. CSS had a pass rate of 71.11%. Again there was growth in subgroups.
D.
25-26 Annual Board Goals
Cody Stipes presented.
By May of 2026, Cold Spring will achieve a 42% pass rate on 2026 ILEARN ELA assessment and 42% pass rate on 2026 ILEARN Math assessment
E.
Committee Goals
Cody Stipes presented.
Stipes suggested that the committees be the Governance & Finance Committee and a Charter Conversion Committee. The Academic Committee from previous years would be removed as it is the duty of the entire board.
The Cold Spring School Board's committee goals are the same for all committees and are as follows:
- Meet every off month
- Set agendas and take minutes for each committee meeting
- Establish and complete one project that enhances the student experience at Cold Spring School.
F.
Principal's Report
AJ Barcome presented
Only 9 seats remain across all grades. Current enrollment is 414 with a budget of 400.
Many events are on the calendar for the start of the year.
IV. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
- CSS Budget vs Actual 063025.pdf
- CSS Statement of Activity Comp 063025.pdf
- CSS Statement of Financial Position Comp 063025.pdf
- August 2025 Personnel Report_Final.pdf
- Title Budget 25-26 SY.pdf
Cody Stipes presented
Review of finances with the fiscal year ending June 2025
CSS remains in a favorable and positive financial position
B. Tran asked if there was an update to the approved budget. C. Stipes stated that there was an increase in funds due to a grant.