EAST
A WASH
HINGTON SCHOOL CORPORATI
O
ON – SCHO
OOL BOAR
RD NOTES
OCTOBER 15, 20013
Memberrs Present
Linda MccClellan, Preesident
Cecil Shrrout, Vice Prresident
Brian Mo
otsinger, Seccretary
David Ch
hurchman, Member
M
Sue Jane Miller, Mem
mber
Members A
Absent
Guests
M
NEWS MEDIA:
OFFICIA
AL GUESTS
S:
UNOFFIICIAL GUESTS:
EWSPAPER
R
NE
Sallem Leader, Kate Wehlaann
Mrr. Steve Darn
nell, Superinntendent
Mrr. Greg Hopk
kins, Trans. Director/Asst. to Superiintendent
Mrr. Darin Farrris, HS Princcipal
Mss. Lisa Thom
mas, ES Princcipal
Susan Davidso
on
Brough
Candy B
Daarlene Hall
Russell H
Hopkins
Tay
ylor Humph
hrey
Pledge of
o Allegiancee
Presidentt Linda McC
Clellan led th
he Pledge off Allegiance and a momeent of silencee was observved.
Presidentt Linda McC
Clellan called
d the meetin
ng to order att 7:00 p.m.
Public Hearing
H
of Debt
D
Servicee Fund Additional App
propriationss
Meeting to be called
d to order
Public Hearing for Additional
A
Ap
ppropriation
ns – Debt Serrvice Fund
Superinteendent Darn
nell briefly discussed
d
th
he need for tthe additionnal appropriaations. Thee first
payment to the Comm
mon Schooll Fund that was
w approveed for technoology infrasttructure is duue by
Decembeer 31, 2013 and no apprropriations were
w
built innto the 2013 to cover that payment. The
fund does not have ex
xcess approp
priations to cover
c
the coost of the firsst payment inn December.
Approval of Debt Service Fund Additional
A
Appropriation
A
ns Resolutioon
There being no publiic opposition
n for addition
nal appropri ations durinng the public hearing,
Superinteendent Darnell recommeended that th
he Board appprove the Deebt Service F
Fund Additioonal
Appropriiations Resolution as preesented for th
he first paym
ment to the C
Common Schhool Fund duue
Decembeer 31, 2013.
After duee consideratiion, the samee was approv
ved.
Motion: Brian Motsiinger, Secon
nded: Cecil Shrout, Votee: 5-0
Adjourn
nment
It is recommended th
hat the Public Hearing fo
or additionall appropriations in the D
Debt Service Fund
meeting adjourn
a
and the Regularr Board Meetting be calleed to order.
Motion: Cecil Shrou
ut, Seconded
d: Brian Mottsinger, Votee: 5-0
Regular Meeting
Regular Meeting to be called to
o order
Recognittion of HS Students
S
Pa
articipating in Girls Staate
Motion: David Churrchman, Seco
onded: Sue Jane Miller,, Vote: 5-0
Provided byy Mr. Darin Farris, HS Principal
Background
B
Danielle Bruderer:
Was assiigned to Low
we city in Lo
oyalty Countty. She ran for and wass elected to two offices:: City
Judge an
nd County Trreasurer.
Taylor Humphrey:
H
Was assiigned to Hyd
de City and Liberty
L
Coun
nty. She rann for and wass elected to the City Couuncil.
Taylor was
w so impreessed with Trine
T
Universsity that shee applied annd was acceppted and beccause
she was a Girls Statee Delegate sh
he was awarrded a $2,0000.00 scholarrship.
Rachel Hamilton:
H
Was assig
gned to Salvvatore City and
a Patriot County.
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She ran for Mayyor of her citty.
All 3 girlls were very excited to be selected an
nd were eagger participants in the prrocess of learning
about lo
ocal and sta
ate politics. They learneed a lot aboout the camppaign processs. They watched
an actuall court case.
They learrned about how
h to be a better citizeen. They haad 2 female state troopeers with them
m the
entire week. They held variou
us demonstrrations and encouragedd the girls to “follow their
dreams” and that not all careerss are for “meen only”.
d it was a grreat experien
nce and are so
s glad they attended.
All 3 said
Businesss
Approval of Minutess and Executtive Session
Board did meet in Executive
E
Session for disscussion of strategy for the followinng reason(s)): To
discuss a job perform
mance evaluation of indiividual emp loyees. Thiis subdivisioon does not aapply
to any diiscussion of the salary, compensatio
c
on, or benefiits of employyees during a budget process
in accord
dance with I..C. 5-14-1.5--6.1 (8) at 6::00 p.m., on Monday, Seeptember 9, 2013.
Board did
d meet in Ex
xecutive Session for disccussion of strrategy for thhe followingg reason(s):
To discu
uss a job perrformance evaluation
e
of individual employees.. This subddivision doees not
apply to any discusssion of the salary,
s
comp
pensation, orr benefits off employeess during a buudget
process in
i accordancce with I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1 (8) immeddiately folloowing the booard meetinng, on
Monday,, September 9, 2013.
The minu
utes of the Regular Meeeting of Mo
onday, Septeember 9, 20013 were appproved withh any
additionss, correctionss, or deletion
ns as recomm
mended by thhe Board.
The minu
utes of the School
S
Board
d Adoption of the 2014 Budgets and Other Bussiness Meetiing of
Tuesday,, Septemberr 24, 2013 were
w
approv
ved with anyy additions, correctionss, or deletions as
recommeended by thee Board.
Motion: Cecil Shrou
ut, Seconded
d: David Chu
urchman, Voote: 5-0
Vendor Claims/Payro
C
oll Claims
The Boarrd approved
d Vendor Claaims #5748 to and incluuding #5862,, and Direct Deposit Addvices
#29496 to and includ
ding #29953..
Motion: Brian Motsiinger, Secon
nded: David
d Churchmann, Vote: 5-00
Monthly Financial Reports
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The mon
nthly Financiial Reports were
w
presen
nted to the B
Board. The B
Board approoved the moonthly
Financiall Reports as presented.
Motion: Cecil Shrou
ut, Seconded
d: Sue Jane Miller,
M
Votee: 5-0
Personnel
Approval of Personn
nel Changes
Superinteendent Darnell recommeended that th
he Board appprove the perrsonnel channges as outlined.
After duee consideratiion, the samee was approv
ved.
Motion: David Churrchman, Seco
onded: Sue Jane Miller,, Vote: 5-0
Reduced
d Work Schedule
Certified
d
 Mr. Darin
D
Farris,, HS Principal recommen
nded reducinng Mrs. Lauura McClellaan-Wanke’s work
sched
dule and co
ompensation from five days per w
week to fouur days per week (MonndayThurssday). The Alternative School will not be stafffed on Fridaay of each w
week and stuudents
would be allowed
d to work on
n their courseework away from the EH
HS campus.
Resignattion(s)
Classified
 Mrs. Vicki Hollo
owell, HS cafeteria
c
stafff member hhas submitteed a letter oof intent to retire
effecttive at the en
nd of her wo
ork day on Frriday, Octobber 4, 2013.
Employm
ment of Stafff
Classified
 Mr. Greg
G
Hopkin
ns, Transporrtation Direcctor recomm
mended Ericaa Hobson as a driver to drive
route 5 retroactiv
ve to Septem
mber 3, 2013.
 Mr. Greg
G
Hopkiins, Asst. to
o the Superiintendent annd Mr. Aaroon Smith, G
Grounds Dirrector
recom
mmended William
W
(Bill)) Crumpton to fill the paart-time mow
wing positioon for the diistrict
retroaactive to August 26, 2013.
 Ms. Lisa Thom
mas, ES Prin
ncipal recommended T
Terri Prindlle as instruuctional assistant
3 through th
he end of the 2013/14 schhool year.
retroaactive to Octtober 1, 2013
Extraa-Curricular
 Mr. Darin
D
Farris, HS Principaal recommen
nded Michaeel Gilliam ass the boys’ hhead track cooach.
 Mr. Darin
D
Farriss, HS Principal recomm
mended Jasoon Roberts as the varssity head sooftball
coach
h.
 Ms. Amber
A
Saterr, MS Principal recomm
mended Coryy Love as thhe 8th grade boys’ baskeetball
coach
h.
 Ms. Amber
A
Saterr, MS Principal recommended Shanee Miller as tthe 6th gradee boys’ baskeetball
coach
h.
FYI
M Pickerilll will serve as a volunteeer 7th and 8tth grade boyss’ basketballl coach.
 Mr. Matt
Instructiion/Curricu
ulum
School Im
mprovementt Plans Apprroval
The princcipal from each
e
building
g attended th
he meeting tto address aany issues/cooncerns regaarding
their buillding’s subm
mitted School Improvemeent Plan.
Superinteendent Darn
nell recomm
mended that the Board approve thee School Im
mprovement Plan
submitted
d individuallly by each building.
After duee consideratiion, the samee was approv
ved.
Motion: Brian Motsiinger, Secon
nded: Cecil Shrout, Votee: 5-0
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and Building Raatings Reporrt
ISTEP+ Results
Ms. Lisaa Thomas, ES Principal presented in
nformation rregarding thee 2013 ISTE
EP+ results. Ms.
Amber Sater,
S
MS Prrincipal was unable to attend
a
the m
meeting. Supeerintendent D
Darnell reviiewed
ISTEP+ data
d for the past 14 yearrs by grade noting
n
trendss of each graade as vieweed as a “proggram”
over timee.
Member Brian Motsiinger pointed
d out concerrn in drop onn 5th grade M
Math and talkked about a ttarget
area. Member
M
Lin
nda McClellan question
ned the probblems that were encouuntered withh the
computerr issues during last year’’s testing cycle and that could attribbute to some downward sspiral
in scoress in certain areas. Superintendent Darnell notted that the IDOE has ccertified IST
TEP+
results ass valid desp
pite the fact numerous sttudents encoountered intterruptions dduring the teesting
session.
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High Abiility K-12 Report
Mr. Greg
g Hopkins attended thee meeting to
t discuss aany issues/concerns reggarding the High
Ability Report.
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Mr. Hopkins is now the Hig
gh Ability C
Coordinator ffor the distriict. Mr. Hoppkins
noted this below info
ormation wass provided by
b Andrea Piitcock, coorddinator from
m last school year.
owing inform
mation is ba
asic overview
w of the exppenditure off funds for th
he 2012-13 High
The follo
Ability prrogram at East
E Washing
gton K-12.
 Total
T
Funds:: $30,614.00
0
 Students
S
in Program:
P
Ap
pproximatelly: 200 out of 1471 @155% of popullation
 25 staff work
king with theese students
 Stipend
S
to Hiigh Ability Coordinator
C
 Stipends
S
for six
s teachers to research
h, develop, an
nd align diggital curriculum
 Approximate
A
ely 8 teacherrs to attend State
S
High A
Ability Confe
ference
 College
C
crediit reimburseement for on
ne teacher too complete H
HA license
 Many
M
suppliees for Language Arts/M
Math, testingg materials, Advanced P
Placement oof US
History
H
Book
ks
 20 iPads for 3rd & 4th Gra
ade Classrooms
A
TV’s for
f each roo
om to have the
t capabilitty of projectting the worrk from the iPad
 Apple
so
o the entire class can seee
 3 Document Cameras: Used for prrojecting any
nything up oon the wall w
without neeed for
trransparenciees, etc.
A teacheer sent this email
e
to sha
are some of the excitingg things goin
ng on in herr classroom
m with
things pu
urchased an
nd being used with HA funds:
f
Yes, the kidss all did individu
ual research on different aspectss of backgroundd for our novel C
Call of the Wild. For instance, soomeone
did research
h on the Klondiike region, somee on the Gold Rush,
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some on tthe different typpes of dogs usedd in sledding, soome on
climate challlenges, etc. etc. They then did presentations
p
fro
om their IPADS tthrough the STA
ARBOARD to teaach the rest of thhe class
as they weree to be the “experts” on each arrea. This broug
ght MUCH moree knowledge to thhe students thann I ever could haave and
more than we
w could have done
d
on 3 or 4 computers.
c
Man
ny of them becaame so involved they worked froom home as welll as at
school. Theey also did a forrmal presentation
n style where theey used the “Key
eynote” app to ddo a PowerPointt style presentatiion and
used the “N
Notes” app as notecards
n
for th
heir speeches. They are learniing how to makke a “formal” ppresentation witth only
“bullets” on
n the screen and
d the rest of the information
i
told
d by them from thheir notecards oon the IPADS. B
By the time we aactually
read the sto
ory, the kids weree VERY familiarr with the terrain
n, history, and coonditions that m
made the story moore outstanding. In my
fifth grade class, we are reading
r
Alice in
n Wonderland. They have alsoo done research and are goingg to be responsiible for
recreating a “Mad Tea Parrty” using recip
pes from England
d, etc. They alsso have researchhed the game off Croquet, and a group
will actuallyy mark out the fiield and instruct the class how to
o play. We will bbe doing LOTS m
more, and in maath too…..I can’tt wait!
generatio
onOn Indianaa Mini-Gran
nt Approval
Superinteendent Darn
nell recomm
mended that the
t Board aapprove the generationO
On Indiana M
MiniGrant application as submitted by
b Mrs. Katee Jones, HS Counselor. The grant has already been
awarded.. The turn-aaround for th
he grant awarrd was nine ddays.
After duee consideratiion, the samee was approv
ved.
Motion: Brian Motsiinger, Secon
nded: David
d Motsinger, Vote: 5-0
n Grant Appllications App
proval
Mahuron
Superinteendent Darnell recommeended that th
he Board appprove the Maahuron Grannt Applicatioons as
submitted
d by Ms. Sh
hari Dalton, Title I Direcctor, Ms. Te rry Thixton,, ES Counseelor, all 3rd G
Grade
Teacherss as a group, Mrs. Leah Starrett
S
indiv
vidually and Mr. Tim W
Wells, MS Artt Teacher.
After duee consideratiion, the samee was approv
ved.
Motion: David Churrchman, Seco
onded: Ceciil Shrout, Voote: 5-0
MAC Miini-Grant Ap
pproval
Superinteendent Darn
nell recommeended that th
he Board appprove the M
MAC Mini-G
Grant Appliccation
as submitted by Mr. Tim
T Wells, MS
M Art Teaccher.
ved.
After duee consideratiion, the samee was approv
Motion: David Churrchman, Seco
onded: Briaan Motsingerr, Vote: 5-0
Driver’s Education for
fo 2013-14 School
S
Yearr
Superinteendent Darn
nell notified the Board th
hat the Centtral Indiana Education S
Service Cennter is
availablee to offer ou
ur students online
o
driverr’s educationn instructionn as it did foor last year. Mr.
McBride feels makin
ng this instru
uction availaable to studeents earlier iin the year w
will give stuudents
more tim
me to compleete the progrram. Last yeear, the onlinne program was availabble March – June.
This yearr, students co
ould enroll and
a take the course startiing in late O
October.
Program costs remain the sam
me for thiss year as ccompared tto last yearr.
students//parents wou
uld be:
The coost to
$ 80
onlinee instruction for required
d classroom iinstruction tthrough Centtral Indiana ESC
requirred driving portion
p
of six
x (6) clock hhours behindd the wheel
$255
$335
total cost of driv
ver’s educaation ($80 ppayable to Central Inddiana ESC, $255
payab
ble to EWSC
C)
Superrintendent Darnell
D
inforrmed the board that thiss is still veryy competitivve with for-pprofit
comp
panies makin
ng driver’s education
e
av
vailable to sstudents andd their parennts. Their coost is
$350 per student..
Superrintendent Darnell
D
recom
mmended th
hat the Boardd approve offfering driveer’s educatioon for
studeents at the raate of $255 for
f the requirred six hourrs of drivingg time with ccoursework bbeing
offereed online thrrough the Ceentral Indian
na ESC.
Afterr due consideeration, the same
s
was ap
pproved.
Motion: Cecil Shrou
ut, Seconded
d: David Chu
urchman, Voote: 5-0
Superinttendent Info
ormation
None
Items by
y the Board//Late Items
 Mem
mber Sue Jane Miller ask
ked about thee approximat
ate cost for thhe driver’s eed program iin the
summ
mer. The $80 is paid wh
hen they go online,
o
and tthe other $2555 is paid too EW for sum
mmer
instru
uctor costs.
Public Comments
C
 Kate Wehlann, Salem
S
Leadeer asked abo
out scores frrom State onn grades from
m the State.. All
inform
mation is no
ot available at
a this time.
Adjourn
nment
The meetting was adjourned at 7::32 p.m. Th
he next Scho ol Board Meeeting is Tueesday, Noveember
12, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
Motion: Brian Motsiinger, Secon
nded: David
d Churchmann, Vote: 5-00
NOTES
ARE
E NOT OFFICIAL MINUTES OF TH
HE
MEETING.
BOARD
UNTIIL APPROVED BY
Y THE
BOARD
A
AT THE NEXT RE
EGULARLY SCHE
EDULED