Cold Spring School
Minutes
Board Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday November 19, 2025 at 5:30 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, November 19, 2025. The meeting will start at 5:30pm at Cold Spring School.
Directors Present
B. Petranoff, B. Tran, C. Bruns, C. Wise, D. Cash, J. Apollos (remote)
Directors Absent
K. Castro
Directors who arrived after the meeting opened
B. Petranoff
Guests Present
A. Barcome, C. Stipes, Jessica Morales Maust, R. Moore
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| B. Petranoff |
Absent
|
| B. Tran |
Aye
|
| J. Apollos |
Aye
|
| D. Cash |
Aye
|
| C. Wise |
Aye
|
| C. Bruns |
Aye
|
| K. Castro |
Absent
|
II. Board Member Business
A.
Appointment of Vice Chair of the Board
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| B. Petranoff |
Absent
|
| B. Tran |
Aye
|
| J. Apollos |
Aye
|
| C. Wise |
Aye
|
| D. Cash |
Aye
|
| C. Bruns |
Aye
|
| K. Castro |
Absent
|
B.
New Board Members
| Roll Call | |
|---|---|
| C. Wise |
Aye
|
| D. Cash |
Aye
|
| K. Castro |
Absent
|
| B. Tran |
Aye
|
| C. Bruns |
Aye
|
| J. Apollos |
Aye
|
| B. Petranoff |
Absent
|
III. Financial Report
A.
Monthly Financial Report
IV. New Business
A.
Sick Day Pay Out Policy
Cody Stipes presented
This policy applies to six staff members that were with Cold Spring School before our innovation status.
B.
Proposed Position - Director, Strategy & Innovation
Cody Stipes presented with the job description
Q: Compared to other schools - what are their administrative teams?
A: Adalante has 10 admins with similar number of students; Liberty Grove has less students 11 admins; Event Learning Hub fewer students and 7 admins
Other questions will be raised at the December Governance Committee meeting.
C.
Principal's Report
AJ Barcome presented
Enrollment update, round one of the lottery opened
- 64 applications, 43 rank CSS #1, 56 have us in their top three choices
Academics
- Overall, compared to last year at check point one, we are trending a 4% higher proficiency rate in ELA and a 10% higher proficiency rate in Math
- Middle School students are now able to take two math classes a day and some students are able to take Algebra 1 and English 9 and potentially receive high school credit.
V. Other Business
A.
Committee Updates
Committees met last month
B.
For the Good of the Order
VI. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
- CSS Budget vs Actual 103125.pdf
- CSS Financial Reports 103125.pdf
- Sick Day Pay Out Policy - Updated November 2025.pdf
- Job Description_Director of Strategy and Innovation_2025.pdf
Presented by Brian Anderson via phone:
Cold Spring School remains in a favorable and positive financial position. Anderson explained all budget overages and shortfalls.
Our personnel expenditures appear over but we had three payrolls for October and budgeted for two. The curriculum expense is due to the IREADY renewal.