Mt. Vernon Board of School Trustees

Mrs. Bond shared the following good news.

School Accolades & Notable Activities

• Mt. Vernon held an official and successful Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Fortville Elementary and the Transportation Building, with all board members, FES Student Council members and a variety of speakers attending the celebration.
• The MVHS Band of Marauders traveled to Pennsylvania to perform in the ABC Dunkin’ Thanksgiving Parade and made the most of the trip by attending a variety of activities in New York City.
• Tanner Koziol (MVHS Alumnus and Ball State University freshman) was named Freshman All-American by the College Football News.
• MVHS senior George Burhenn was named the Tight End Mr. Football by the Indiana Football Coaches Association.
• Lilliana Fronek & Ella Hubbell were named Lilly Scholarship Finalists for MVHS.
• The Marauders Athletic Club donated $25,000 to the Mt. Vernon Athletic Department

Community Connections

• The MVCSC Holiday Open House was a great success with a large attendance and numerous prizes that were raffled off to our staff. Thank you to the multitude of vendors and the community who provided the gifts.
• The MES choir and the MVMS Holiday Band performed at the Town of McCordsville’s Christmas Tree Lighting and Holiday Celebration.
• The MVMS Choir and band performed at the Fortville Winterfest.
• Mt. Vernon Athletics inducted several alumni into our Hall of Fame: Mike McCarthy (MVHS Wrestler), June Mueller (MVHS Swim Coach) and the 1966 MVHS Basketball Team.
• Mrs. Rusk’s class created over 130 holiday cards to give to the residents at Traditions at Brookside, a senior living community in McCordsville.
• MVHS senior Nicole Burris and her family lead the Blue Angel Connect organization and supported 11 families with a holiday dinner and gifts via their Holiday Hope event.

Dr. Shipley introduced Haley Frischkorn and gave gratitude to Haley for the great job she does supporting our teachers and students.  

Haley presented information on our ENL population growth since 2018 at 29 students up to 151 students in 2022. There are 233 students reported speaking a different language other than English.  Thirty-three different languages are spoken by our students and 40 countries are represented.  There is a lot of diversity within those numbers.  MVCSC has had 61 new English learners move into the district this semester. Two new positions were hired to support the ENL program this year.  MVCSC staff would like to be able to teach the students English, but most importantly simultaneously to give them access to the content. The future goal is to have one licensed ENL teacher in all buildings to provide continued support.  

 

 

Stacy Muffler presented the annual update for the teacher evaluation summary. This included 224 certified staff; 81 of which were deemed highly effective and 143 effective. The numbers provided were reported to the DOE, which impacted the Teacher Appreciation Grant. These funds were processed on the December 9, 2022 payroll. For the 2022-2023 school year, we are changing to a 100% employee effectiveness rubric with the four domains being purposeful planning, effective instruction, teacher leadership, and core professionalism. 

 

CERTIFIED RECOMMENDATIONS

Jordan Gerbsch, MVHS English Teacher

Daniel Cocks, MVMS Computer Science Teacher

Jaclyn Stephenson, FES 4th Grade Extended Substitute Teacher

Caitlin Crecelius, FES School Counselor

CERTIFIED RESIGNATIONS/RETIREMENT

Amy Tucker, MVCSC Behavior Specialist

Denee Lecher, FES Counselor

Lindsay Tomamichel, Assistant Director of Special Education

CERTIFIED CHANGE OF ASSIGNMENT

Amanda Hill, MVMS 6th Grade Math Teacher to Math Specialist

CLASSIFIED RECOMMENDATIONS

Angela Meyer, FES Instructional Assistant

Cassie Evans, MCE Special Education Instructional Assistant

Danae Kendrex, MCE Instructional Assistant DREAM Room (HI)

Michele Dushesne, MCE Instructional Assistant FISH Room (HI)

Hanna Gilmer, FES Instructional Assistant (HI)

Recommendation for a One-Time Stipend for Classified Staff and Building Level Administrators

CLASSIFIED RESIGNATION/RETIREMENT

Heather Verhoeff, MCE Instructional Assistant DREAM Rm

Vanessa Moore, FES Instructional Assistant

Jaclyn Stephenson, FES Perm Substitute

CLASSIFIED CHANGE OF ASSIGNMENT

Kurt Hersberger, MVMS Perm Substitute to MVMS Custodial 2nd shift

Alice Eaton, Instructional Assistant Temporary to Instructional Assistant Part-time

Frances Grundy, Transportation Substitute Bus Driver to Driver

Sydney Huynh, MVHS Instructional Assistant to Instructional Assistant Special Education

Alice Eaton, Part-time AM Instructional Assistant to Part-time all day Instructional Assistant Temporarily

Brenda Eaton, Part-time AM Instructional Assistant Temporarily

ECA RECOMMENDATIONS

Tracy Tolliver, MES Team Leader Speech & Language Pathologist

MVMS ECA’s Non-Athletics (see attached)

MES ECA’s Non-Athletics (see attached)

Sydney Nichols, MVHS Musical

Jennifer Roland, MVHS Junior Class Sponsor

Emily Arnold & Mackenzie Woodard, MCE Elementary Team Leader

LEAVES

Brittany Braun, Leave of Absence (December 6, 2022 - January 2, 2023)

Mary Wolfe, Leave of Absence (January 2, 2023 - February 24, 2023)

Emily Arnold, Leave of Absence (January 30, 2023 to May 24, 2023)

Mr. Elkins noted three potential service providers were interviewed as TPA Service Providers for our 401(1) and 403(b) retirement plans.. These were vetted with our attorney and Equitable. Mr. Elkins is therefore recommending CSI advisory services. He did note that this is not an additional cost to the district. 

Mrs. Freeman asked for a motion to be made for approval of the contract with CSI Advisory Services.  The motion to approve these contracts was made by Mr. Edwards, seconded by Mr. Gray, and the motion carried 5-0.