Lake Central board adopts 2026 budget and related plans, approves routine personnel and policy items

The Lake Central School Corporation Board of Trustees on Oct. 6 adopted its 2026 budget appropriations and tax rates, approved the district's 2026 capital projects plan and school bus replacement plan, and authorized a $4.2 million transfer from the education fund to the operations fund. The board took the actions during its regular meeting after a public hearing and prior budget presentations earlier in the process.

The actions completed the budget-adoption step of the district's fiscal cycle, setting the district's spending plan and capital priorities for the coming year and confirming the amount to be moved from the education fund to operations. Board members made and seconded each resolution and voted to approve them. The board also approved routine consent items that had been placed on the agenda, including minutes from the Sept. 22 meeting (with one abstention), claims, payroll and extracurricular expenditures, personnel…