Board of Education Meeting

• Mrs. Hamberg encouraged anyone that has not taken the opportunity to review the redistricting plan to do so.
• Mrs. Lee read the Board comments regarding economic development that was shared in the Eagle Examiner.
• Mrs. Meyer shared that she and Mr. Wecker were on the Board when the outlet mall was coming into the district. Simon & Tanger attended a Board meeting promising how much money they would be bringing in for the District. This was extremely problematic, that money did not become a reality. Community members question why we need money when we are receiving all these funds. The Board felt it was vital to let the community know where they stand on development and the truth on the funding.
• Mr. Crowl indicated that the article was not pertinent to one entity/group or situation, it was merely informative letting the community know that the district has no control over development.
• Mr. Wecker reiterated that the Board has no authority of making these decisions but are left with the situation of solving the growth. He is thankful that we are able to provide an education to the children that are moving into the district; however, it becomes extremely costly. This community has a tax base that has seen growth with our local income tax and the AEP substation; however,  we are outgrowing all of it....we are trying but it all comes at a cost.

• Mrs. Thoma introduced Mrs. Greiger who has exemplified the 2020 vision in her physical education class.
• Mrs. Young indicated the Academic Advisory Committee is continuing to work on the portrait of a graduate. She also shared that the district's staff would be having their second professional development day.  We always try to do different and outside the box professional development opportunities and this year we had a principal swap.
• Mrs. Thoma and Mrs. Sandrock shared about her experience with the principal swap. 

Mr. Sewell shared a quick update on where the elementary and high school project timeline is and presented the groundbreaking plaques to the district.  These will be placed in the new buildings once they are completed.

• Mr. Swartz shared the monthly building schedule update and went through the monthly Owner's Change Order Log and the Gilbane Construction Contingency Log.

• Mr. Wecker motioned, Mrs. Meyer seconded for a consent approval for items 11.1 through 11.6 inclusive.

• Consent in item 11.1, motion 19-120

• Consent in item 11.1, motion 19-120

• Consent in item 11.1, motion 19-120

• Consent in item 11.1, motion 19-120

• Consent in item 11.1, motion 19-120

• Mr. Crowl motioned to amend the resolution striking the word continuing and replacing it with ten-years.
• The Board did not second the suggested amendment.
• Mr. Schneider indicated that he too has concerns about the impact of some community members' perception and how they might feel their voice will be removed further down the road. However, after researching the forecasting models he feels strongly that a continuing is necessary. 
• Mrs. Lee agrees with Mr. Schneider's comments and she wants the community to know how difficult this decision has been for the Board. She indicates that a ten-year does not get the district where it needs to be to cover just the necessities. We increased our teaching staff by one this year with over approximately 250 new students.
• Mrs. Meyer shared what Chris Mohr from 12k Consulting told the Board "You do not have a spending problem, you have a revenue problem".We do the best with what we have but the education of our students needs to come first. The State will not help us, we have to help ourselves.
• Mr. Crowl stated that a ten-year does not mean you can not come back and ask for additional funds. He doesn't feel that is a valid reason to put a continuing on the ballot. The legislator needs to change the terminology because a continuing makes it a permanent tax that never goes away. He understands our legal counsel's position that we can reduce but in forty-three years it has never been done. His thoughts are by putting a continuing on the ballot we are removing the rights of our taxpayers away for any financial differences in the future.
• Mr. Wecker shared what the current mills are and that the community has been supportive of a continuing the past. He proposed moving forward with placing the continuing on the ballot.

• The Board took a quick recess at 8:25 pm and began executive session t 8:33 pm.