Cold Spring School

Minutes

Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday August 19, 2026 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, August 19, 2026. The meeting will start at 5:30pm at Cold Spring School.  

Directors Present

B. Petranoff, B. Tran, C. Wise, D. Cash, R. Cherry

Directors Absent

J. Apollos, J. Morales, K. Castro

Guests Present

C. Bruns, J. Toll, M. Saltouros

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

C. Wise called a meeting of the board of directors of Cold Spring School to order on Wednesday Aug 19, 2026 at 5:39 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

B. Petranoff made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 06-29-26.
R. Cherry seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Financial Report

A.

Monthly Financial Report

Carrie Bruns presented, Brian Anderson had a conflict with another meeting.

 

CSS remains in a positive financial position

D. Cash made a motion to approve the financial reports as presented.
B. Petranoff seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

III. New Business

A.

Personnel Report

B. Tran made a motion to approve the personnel report for August 2026.
B. Petranoff seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

Policy Approvals

Policies presented by Carrie Bruns

 

New accountability with the DOE, Indiana Charter School Board, and IPS.

 

All policies and procedures were pulled into standalone policies. Heather (lawyer) is looking through them and will present them in a new form at the September 2026 meeting. We need these now for compliance. 

 

D. Cash asked if there were a lot of changes. C.Bruns stated that most of it is legal: code and clarifying language.

 

B. Petranoff asked if there were others viewing it other than the CEO and lawyers; the admin team is viewing these as well.

B. Petranoff made a motion to approve the policies as presented.
R. Cherry seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

Contracts

SchoolCare (Student Health) IPS has closed our access, so we need our own access and contract.

 

SDS is for state reporting and compliance, and DOE compliance. The cost will be covered by a grant.

B. Tran made a motion to approve the contracts for SchoolCare and SDS.
D. Cash seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Emergency Preparedness Plan/School Safety Plan

D. Cash made a motion to approve the Emergency Preparedness Plan/School Safety Plan.
B. Petranoff seconded the motion.

The plan is not circulated for safety reasons, but is available for viewing at request

The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

E.

Principal's Report

Jeff Toll:

419 students in K-8 with 11 open seats due to removal by Enroll Indy of "no shows." This week, we have had roughly 2-4 students start at CSS each day.

 

STEM Camp: 180 students participated in two weeks with glowing reviews.

 

Refocus on RARE values with a large buy-in for positive office referrals by students

 

Herron-Riverside students began with math and got advanced ELA with Mrs. McPetty

 

Michael Saltouros:

Summer School was a large success with rising 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders of ~48 students, with 5 staff members and 2 enrichment members, including field trips for extended learning.

IV. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:13 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
C. Wise
Documents used during the meeting
  • CSS Statement of Financial Position 063026.pdf
  • CSS Budget vs Actual 063026.pdf
  • CSS Statement of Activity 063026.pdf
  • August 2026 Personnel Report_Final.docx.pdf
  • Attendance-Policy.pdf
  • Board Electronic Participation & Special Meetings Policy.pdf
  • Charter School Gov, Operations, & Compliance Policy.pdf
  • Discipline-Process-Policy (1).pdf
  • Dress-Code-Policy.pdf
  • Emergency-Safety-and-Drills-Policy.pdf
  • Enrollment Policy.pdf
  • Family Grievance Policy.pdf
  • Field Trip Policy.pdf
  • Internet-Safety-and-Technology-Policy.pdf
  • Military Leave Policy.pdf
  • Promotion-and-Retention-Policy.pdf
  • Seclusion-and-Restraint-Policy.pdf
  • Student Support and Federal Programs Policies and Procedures.pdf
  • Student-Health-and-Wellness-Policy (1).pdf
  • Transportation-and-Bus-Safety-Policy (1).pdf
  • Volunteers-and-Chaperones-Policy.pdf
  • Wireless-Devices-and-Technology-Policy.pdf
  • Cold Spring School - SchoolCare - Contract_Aug26.pdf
  • SDS Contract for Cold Spring School - August 5 2026-3.pdf