NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL BONDS

$1,565,000[1]
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF 2022
COVINGTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION

Upon not less than twenty‑four (24) hours’ notice given by the undersigned Secretary prior to the ninetieth day after this notice is first published, Covington Community School Corporation (the “School Corporation”) will receive and consider bids for the purchase of the following described Bonds.  Any person interested in submitting a bid for the Bonds may furnish in writing to the School Corporation c/o Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors, LLC, (“Baker Tilly”),8365 Keystone Crossing, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240; (317) 465‑1500 or by e-mail to bids@bakertilly.com, on or before 11:00 a.m. (Indianapolis Time) August 23, 2022, the person’s name, address, and telephone number.  Interested persons may also furnish an e‑mail address.  The undersigned Secretary will notify (or cause to be notified) each person so registered of the date and time bids will be received not less than twenty‑four (24) hours before the date and time of sale.  The notification shall be made by telephone at the number furnished by such person and also by e‑mail, if an e‑mail address has been received. 

Notice is hereby given that electronic proposals will be received via PARITY^®, in the manner described below, until the time and date specified in the Notice provided at least 24 hours prior to the sale, which is expected to be 11:00 a.m. (Indianapolis Time), on August 25, 2022.  Bids may be submitted electronically via PARITY^® pursuant to this Notice until the time specified in this Notice, but no bid will be received after the time for receiving bids specified above.  To the extent any instructions or directions set forth in PARITY^® conflict with this Notice, the terms of this Notice shall control.  For further information about PARITY^®, potential bidders may contact the School Corporation’s advisor, Baker Tilly at (317) 465‑1500 or PARITY^® at (212) 849‑5021.

At the time designated for the sale, the School Corporation will receive at the offices of Baker Tilly,  8365 Keystone Crossing, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana  46240, and consider bids for the purchase of the following described Bonds:

Covington Community School Corporation General Obligation Bonds of 2022 (the “Bonds”), an Indiana political subdivision, in the principal amount of $1,565,000[2]; Fully registered form; Denomination $5,000 and integral multiples thereof (or in such other denomination as requested by the winning bidder); Originally dated the date of delivery of the Bonds; Bearing interest at a rate or rates to be determined by bidding, payable on July  15, 2023, and semiannually thereafter; These Bonds will be initially issued in a Book Entry System (as defined in the Bond Resolution (as hereinafter defined)) unless otherwise requested by the winning bidder.  Interest payable by check mailed one business day prior to the interest payment date or by wire transfer to depositories on the interest payment date to the person or depository in whose name each Bond is registered with Old National Wealth Management (the “Registrar”) on the fifteenth day immediately preceding such interest payment date; Maturing or subject to mandatory redemption on January 15 and July 15 beginning no sooner than on July 15, 2023 through and including no later than January 15, 2033 on the dates and amounts as provided by the School Corporation prior to the sale.

As an alternative to PARITY^®, bidders may submit a sealed bid or e-mail the bid electronically to the School Corporation’s municipal advisor at the address described above until the time and on the date identified in the notice given by, or on behalf of the School Corporation, twenty‑four hours prior to the sale of the Bonds.  Upon completion of the bidding procedures described herein, the results of the sealed, non‑electronic bids received shall be compared to the electronic bids received by the School Corporation.

If a potential bidder has questions related to the School Corporation, the financing or submission of bids, questions should be submitted by email to the addresses above no later than 11:00 a.m. (Indianapolis Time) on August 23, 2022.  To the best of the School Corporation’s ability, all questions will be addressed by or on behalf of the School Corporation and sent to potential bidders, including any bidders requesting 24 hours’ notice of sale, no later than 5:00 p.m. (Indianapolis Time) on August 23, 2022.  Additionally, upon request, the written responses will be emailed to any other interested bidder.  Bidders should review this notice as well as the Preliminary Official Statement and submit any questions in advance of this deadline to submit questions.

The School Corporation reserves the right to adjust the maturity schedule following the sale in order to accomplish the School Corporation’s financial objectives by reallocating debt service based upon the rates bid by the successful bidder (the “Purchaser”).

The Bonds are not subject to optional redemption prior to maturity.

A bid may designate that a given maturity or maturities shall constitute a term bond, and the semi‑annual amounts set forth in the schedule provided prior to the sale shall constitute the mandatory sinking fund redemption requirements for such term bond or bonds.  For purposes of computing net interest cost, the mandatory redemption amounts shall be treated as maturing on the dates set forth in the schedule provided prior to the sale.

In the case of any redemption, 30 days’ notice will be given by mail to the registered owners of the Bonds to be redeemed, and accrued interest will be paid to the date fixed for redemption.  Interest on the Bonds so called for redemption will cease on the redemption date fixed in said notice if funds are available at the place of redemption to redeem the Bonds so called on the date fixed in said notice, or thereafter when presented for payment.

The Bonds have been designated as qualified tax‑exempt obligations for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

Each bid must be for all of the Bonds and must state the rate of interest which each maturity of the Bonds is to bear, stated in multiples of 1/8^th, or 1/100^th of 1%.  The maximum interest rate of the Bonds shall not exceed 5.25% per annum.  All Bonds maturing on the same date shall bear the same rate.  No bid for less than 99.5% of the face value of the Bonds will be considered.  The Bonds will be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder who has submitted a bid in accordance herewith.  The Purchaser will be the one who offers the lowest net interest cost to the School Corporation, to be determined by computing the total interest on all of the Bonds to their maturities based upon the schedule provided by the School Corporation prior to the sale and deducting therefrom the premium bid, if any, and adding thereto the discount bid, if any.  No conditional bids will be considered.  The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.  If an acceptable bid is not received for the Bonds on the date of sale hereinbefore fixed, the sale may be continued from day to day thereafter without further advertisement, during which time no bid which provides a higher net interest cost to the Corporation than the best bid received at the time of the advertised sale will be considered.

A good faith deposit (“Deposit”) in the form of cash, wire transfer or certified or cashier’s check in the amount of 1% of the par amount of the Bonds, payable to the order of the Corporation, is required to be submitted by the Purchaser not later than 3:30 p.m. (Indianapolis Time) on the next business day following the award.  If such Deposit is not received by that time, the School Corporation may reject the bid.  No interest on the Deposit will accrue to the Purchaser.  The Deposit will be applied to the purchase price of the Bonds.  In the event the Purchaser fails to honor its accepted bid, the Deposit will be retained by the School Corporation as liquidated damages.

The Purchaser shall make payment for such Bonds and accept delivery thereof within five days after being notified that the Bonds are ready for delivery, at such place in the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, as the Purchaser may designate, or at such other location mutually agreed to by the School Corporation and the Purchaser.  The Bonds will be ready for delivery within 45 days after the date of sale.  If the School Corporation fails to have the Bonds ready for delivery prior to the close of banking hours on the forty‑fifth day after the date of sale, the Purchaser may secure the release of the bid upon request in writing, filed with the School Corporation.  Unless otherwise requested by the winning bidder, the Purchaser is expected to apply to a securities depository registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to make such Bonds depository‑eligible.  If the Bonds are reoffered, at the time of delivery of the Bonds to the Purchaser, the Purchaser will be required to certify to the School Corporation the initial reoffering price to the public of a substantial amount of each maturity of the Bonds.

All provisions of the bid form and Preliminary Official Statement (as hereinafter defined) are incorporated herein.  As set forth in the Preliminary Official Statement, the Purchaser agrees by submission of their bid to assist the School Corporation in establishing the issue price of the Bonds under the terms outlined therein and shall execute and deliver to the School Corporation at closing an “issue price” certificate, together with the supporting pricing wires or equivalent communications, with such modifications as may be appropriate or necessary, in the reasonable judgment of the Purchaser, the School Corporation and Ice Miller LLP (“Bond Counsel”).

Bidders must comply with the rules of PARITY^® (the “Rules”) in addition to requirements of this Notice.  To the extent there is a conflict between the Rules and this Notice, this Notice shall control.  Bidders may change and submit bids as many times as they wish during the sale, but they may not withdraw a submitted bid.  The last bid submitted by a bidder prior to the deadline for the receipt of bids will be compared to all other final bids to determine the winning bid.  During the sale, no bidder will see any other bidder’s bid, nor will they see the status of their bid relative to other bids (e.g., whether their bid is a leading bid).

It is anticipated that CUSIP identification numbers will be printed on the Bonds, but neither the failure to print such numbers on any Bond nor any error with respect thereto shall constitute cause for failure or refusal by the successful bidder therefor to accept delivery of and pay for the Bonds in accordance with the terms of its proposal.  No CUSIP identification number shall be deemed to be a part of any Bond or a part of the contract evidenced thereby and no liability shall hereafter attach to the School Corporation or any of its officers or agents because of or on account of such numbers.  All expenses in relation to the printing of CUSIP identification numbers on the Bonds shall be paid for by the School Corporation; provided, however, that the CUSIP Service Bureau charge for the assignment of said numbers shall be the responsibility of and shall be paid for by the Purchaser.  The Purchaser will also be responsible for any other fees or expenses it incurs in connection with the resale of the Bonds.

The approving opinion of Bond Counsel, together with a transcript of the proceedings relating to the issuance of the Bonds and closing papers in the usual form showing no litigation questioning the validity of the Bonds, will be furnished to the successful bidder at the expense of the School Corporation.

The Bonds are being issued for the purpose of renovation of and improvements to school facilities, including HVAC and site improvements, and the purchase of equipment and technology, and will be direct obligations of the School Corporation payable out of ad valorem taxes to be collected on the taxable property within the School Corporation; however, the School Corporation’s collection of the levy may be limited by operation of I.C. 6‑1.1‑20.6, which provides taxpayers with tax credits for property taxes attributable to different classes of property in an amount that exceeds certain percentages of the gross assessed value of that property.  The School Corporation is required by law to fully fund the payment of debt service on the Bonds in an amount sufficient to pay the debt service, regardless of any reduction in property tax collections due to the application of such tax credits.  The School Corporation may not be able to levy or collect additional property taxes to make up this shortfall.  The School Corporation is a school corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 20‑23; the Bonds will not be “private activity bonds” as defined in Section 141 of the Code. 

The School Corporation is conducting this sale pursuant to Indiana Code § 5-1-11-1(2) and is using a competitive process outlined in this notice for the purpose of selecting the Purchaser to whom it will sell its Bonds pursuant to the terms in this notice.

The Bonds constitute an indebtedness only of the School Corporation.  In the opinion of Bond Counsel, under the existing federal statutes, decisions, regulations and rulings, the interest on the Bonds is exempt from all income taxation in Indiana.  In the opinion of Bond Counsel, under the existing federal statutes, decisions, regulations and rulings, the interest on the Bonds is excludable from gross income for purposes of federal income taxation.

The School Corporation has prepared a Preliminary Official Statement (the “Preliminary Official Statement”) relating to the Bonds which it has deemed nearly final.  A copy of the Preliminary Official Statement may be obtained from the School Corporation’s municipal advisor, Baker Tilly, 8365 Keystone Crossing, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240‑2687.  Within seven (7) business days of the sale, the School Corporation will provide the successful bidder with sufficient copies of the Final Official Statement (the “Final Official Statement”) at the School Corporation’s expense in order for such bidder to comply with Section (b)(4) of the SEC Rule 15c2-12 and the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.  Additional copies, at the Purchaser’s expense, must be requested within five (5) business days of the sale.  Inquiries concerning matters contained in the Preliminary Official Statement must be made and pricing and other information necessary to complete the Final Official Statement must be submitted by the Purchaser within two (2) business days following the sale to be included in the Final Official Statement.

If the Bonds are reoffered by an underwriter, the School Corporation agrees to enter into a continuing disclosure undertaking (the “Master Agreement”) in order to permit the Purchaser to comply with the SEC Rule 15c2‑12, as amended to the date hereof (the “SEC Rule”).  A copy of the Master Agreement is available from the School Corporation or municipal advisor at the addresses below.

The School Corporation has further agreed to comply with the Purchaser’s reasonable requests to provide or disclose information and make appropriate filings which may be required in order for such purchaser to comply with the SEC Rule.

Further information relative to said issue and a copy of the Preliminary Official Statement may be obtained upon application to Baker Tilly, 8365 Keystone Crossing, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240-2687, municipal advisor to the School Corporation; or Brady Scott, Superintendent of the School Corporation, 601 Market Street, Covington, Indiana 47932.  If bids are submitted by mail, they should be addressed to the School Corporation, attention of Baker Tilly:  Baker Tilly, 8365 Keystone Crossing, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240‑2687.

Dated this 18^th day of August, 2022.

/s/   Secretary, Board of School Trustees                  

Covington Community School Corporation

*****REMEMBER TO FORWARD A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO THE FOLLOWING:parity@ipreo.com

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[1] Preliminary, subject to change.

[2] Preliminary, subject to change.

COVID-19 School Plan
Updated Guidelines for School Attendance

School Operations
• All students will attend in-person instruction in the traditional Monday – Friday format.
o The high school will continue to offer the APEX on-line learning opportunity as approved by the building principal.
▪ Note: CCSC believes that the best learning opportunity for the individual child is through in-person instruction. With this said, we recognize that individual situations may develop around which an option, such as APEX, may be the most effective for the respective student. When, and if, such a situation may occur, the individual student/family should schedule a meeting with the respective building principal to initiate a review.

• Daily schedules will remain as previously used with in school times of 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the high and middle schools. The elementary school will continue to provide instruction from 8:05 a.m. to 2:55 p.m. o Wednesday early release schedules will also remain the same.
✓ High and Middle School – 8:00 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.
✓ Elementary school – 8:05 a.m. to 2:25 p.m.

• Due to prior changes in recommendations from both the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC), for the 2022-2023 school year, unless circumstances dictate otherwise, CCSC will continue to no longer perform the following actions:
o Contract tracing will not take place in the schools
o No documentation of a negative test will be required to return to school
o No isolation protocol will be used
o Positive cases will only be shared for monitoring purposes

• In school positive cases reported by parent/guardian will still be required to isolate days 1-5 and return to school with a mask on days 6-10 (NOTE: this is only in the event of a reported positive case. CCSC, as stated, will not contact trace cases in CCSC schools).

• The school corporation will return to recognizing perfect attendance for the 2022 – 2023 school year.

Transportation
• Return to normal busing parameters for the 2022 -2023 school year.

Teaching/Learning
• Traditional classroom arrangements will be in place for the 2022 -2023 school year.

Field Trips
• Field trips will be permitted at all levels for the 2022 -2023 school year.

Miscellaneous
• Students and staff are encouraged to bring their own water or water bottles for use when possible.

Supply lists for the 2022-2023 school year are now posted. Clink on a link below to see each grades supply list.

SUPPLY LISTS
– Covington Middle School
– Covington Elementary School

Covington Middle School will be hosting 6th grade orientation on August 8th, from 6pm-7pm.

All incoming 6th grade students and parents/guardians are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Pursuant to Indiana Code § 20-26-7-37, the Board of School Trustees of Covington Community School Corporation gives notice that on July 11, 2022, at 6:30 p.m., they will meet in public session at Covington High School, Library Conference Room, 6 th Street, Covington, Indiana, to discuss and hear objections and support regarding the proposed renovation of and improvements to school facilities, including HVAC and site improvements, and the purchase of equipment and technology. You are invited to attend and participate in the public hearing.

Dated: June 30, 2022

/s/ Secretary, Board of School Trustees
Covington Community School Corporation

Official Letter:

Beginning on April 4 and ending on April 14, the National Honor Society of Covington High School will be partnering with other Wabash River Valley schools Attica, Seeger, Parke Heritage, Riverton Parke, North Vermillion, and South Vermillion to raise funds for humanitarian aid for Ukrainian children and refugees. All proceeds collected will be sent to UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund). Donations can be made online at https://unicefusa.donorsupport.co/-/NSVERALT or in person at Juli’s Java, House with the Lions Antiques, Agave Azul, and Overpass Pizza in Covington.

All Covington Community Schools will be hosting a change/money drive during the same time period. Students will donate in their elementary classroom, middle and high school students will donate in their first period classes. All elementary donors will receive a sweet treat for donating. High school and middle school classes are competing for bragging rights and donuts. Any contributions would be greatly appreciated. Please help us make a difference.

Covington is hosting a Blood Drive on March 9, 2022 in the Middle School Gym from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Please contact Miss Davis at school to register.

Masks are required.

The boys sectional basketball game will be held at Attica. Covington will play Friday, March 4th at 7:30pm. There will be no pre-sale sectional tickets this year. All tickets will need to be purchased at the door. Tickets are $6.00 for a single session and $10.00 for tourney passes.

601 Market Street
Covington, IN. 47932