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Cold Spring School

Minutes

Board Meeting

May 2024

Date and Time

Wednesday May 15, 2024 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 be held on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. The meeting will start at 5:30 pm at Cold Spring School.  

Directors Present

B. Petranoff, C. Bruns, C. Wise, J. Renbarger, K. Castro, M. Kolar, N. Torres

Directors Absent

B. Tran

Guests Present

A. Barcome, C. Stipes, R. Moore, Ricky Ritter, IPS

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

J. Renbarger called a meeting of the board of directors of Cold Spring School to order on Wednesday May 15, 2024 at 5:51 PM.

C.

Approve Minutes

K. Castro made a motion to approve the minutes from Board Meeting on 03-20-24.
N. Torres seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

II. Financial Report

A.

Monthly Financial Report

Brian Anderson presented the financials via phone

 

  • There are no major changes to the financials since the last meeting in March 2024.
  • There are reimbursements from ESSR and Title I that still need to be paid
  • CSS remains in a good financials position
M. Kolar made a motion to approve the financial report for May 2024.
B. Petranoff seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

III. New Business

A.

IPS Innovation Contract Amendment

JR Renbarger and Cody Stipes presented

 

Stipes and Renbarger, along with Ricky RItter (IPS) and Heather Harris (attorney for Cold Spring School) have been in conversations with IPS regarding changes 

 

The amendment allows Cold Spring to retain their good relationship with IPS and serve the students in the district.

 

IPS will need to formally approve this amendment at the June 2024 IPS School Board Meeting

 

 

N. Torres made a motion to approve the IPS Innovation Contract Amendment.
M. Kolar seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

B.

24-25 Board Meeting Calendar

C. Wise made a motion to approve the 2024-2025 Board Meeting Calendar.
K. Castro seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

C.

Personnel Report

M. Kolar made a motion to approve the May 2024 Personnel Report.
B. Petranoff seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

D.

Update to Additional Professional Compensation Policy

Presented by Cody Stipes

 

There are changes to the amounts for the certified staff

Classified staff are now included 

 

K. Castro made a motion to approve the Additional Professional Compensation policy.
C. Wise seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

E.

PTO Policy

Presented by Cody Stipes

 

Cody reviewed PTO from previous years and considered gender, race, culture, and experience to see where inequities were at. After review it was determined to change the amount of PTO days and the number staff can roll over per year.

 

 

B. Petranoff made a motion to approve the PTO Policy.
K. Castro seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

F.

24-25 Cold Spring Employee Handbook

C. Wise made a motion to approve the 2024-2025 Cold Spring Employee Handbook.
M. Kolar seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

G.

24-25 Cold Spring Student & Family Handbook

Presented by AJ Barcome

 

See document for all updates and rationale

N. Torres made a motion to approve the 2024-2025 Student Handbook updates and changes.
C. Wise seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

H.

ELA Textbook Adoption

Presented by AJ Barcome

 

The State of Indiana will be using the I-READ results from 2023-2024.

 

All of this information has recently come to not only Cold Spring School but many schools in the state.

 

See included document for details

 

 

C. Wise made a motion to approve the 2024-2025 Mandatory K-5 ELA Curriculum Adoption budget.
K. Castro seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

I.

IREADY Contract

Robyn Moore presented

 

iReady can provide benchmarks with more targeted information

 

There was a pilot group of 2nd-5th grade classrooms from January through April

 

The recommendation is to use iReady for one year due to the ILEARN benchmarks being done four times a year in 2024-2025. 

 

 

 

 

M. Kolar made a motion to approve the use of iReady Contract.
K. Castro seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

J.

Principal's Report

AJ Barcome presented

 

Enrollment update from Round 2, we have very healthy numbers

 

Lots of events in the last six days of school

 

 

K.

Approve board chair

C. Wise made a motion to approve Katie Castro Jackson as the board chair starting July 1, 2024.
M. Kolar seconded the motion.
The board VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.

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 7:23 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
C. Wise
Documents used during the meeting
  • CSS Budget vs Actual 043024.pdf
  • CSS Financial Reports 043024.pdf
  • Cold Spring School--2024 First Amendment to Innovation Network School Agreement (May 7, 2024).pdf
  • 24-25 Board Calendar.pdf
  • May 2024 Personnel Report_Final.pdf
  • Additional Professional Compenstation_Updated May 2024.pdf
  • PTO Policy Proposal_May 2024.pdf
  • Updates to Student Family Handbook_May 2024.pdf
  • 24-25 ELA Curriculum Board Proposal.pdf