Speedway school board approves routine items including grants, handbook, pay scales and contracts

The School Town of Speedway Board of Trustees voted unanimously on May 13 to approve a package of routine agenda items including minutes, program agreements, a grant award agreement, pay-scale changes, a town right-of-entry agreement and a facilities engineering contract.

Board members approved the minutes of the April 8 meeting; continued the district’s participation in the APTIP (Advanced Placement TIP) affiliate agreement; adopted the 2025–26 Athletics Handbook (including conference membership language, updated weight-room rules and a switch to online final-forms processing); accepted a Health First Indiana/Marion County award agreement intended for nurse salaries and benefits; approved a cafeteria pay-scale increase for 2025–26; granted the Town of Speedway right of entry to investigate potential well locations on district property; and authorized an agreement with Stair Associates for engineering and design services on Allison Elementary HVAC and boiler work. The personnel report was approved as presented.

Each motion was moved and seconded on the record and carried by voice vote or by members signifying approval; recorded tallies for contested items were 5–0 in favor. No motions on the published agenda failed or were tabled.

Minutes and formal motions - Approval of April 8, 2025 minutes — moved (name not specified), seconded (name not specified); outcome: approved, 5–0. (Transcript reference: board vote at s=159.295–174.85.) - Continued participation in APTIP affiliate agreement (professional development for AP teachers; affiliate fee described as about $1,200) — moved and seconded; outcome: approved, 5–0. (Transcript reference: s=244.95499–321.54498.) - Approval of Athletics Handbook 2025–26 (three changes highlighted: conference membership, weight-room rule change removing universal physical requirement, and adoption of FinalForms online intake) — moved and seconded; outcome: approved, 5–0. (Transcript reference: s=322.085–336.48; handbook discussion s=338.54–454.51.) - Approval of Health First Indiana/Marion County award agreement with Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County for 05/10/2025–05/10/2026 (award described in the meeting as for nurse salaries/benefits; amount stated in the meeting in speech as "a hundred and thirteen thousand five hundred thirty-five dollars") — moved and seconded; outcome: approved, 5–0. (Transcript reference: s=649.47–726.065.) - Approval of cafeteria pay scale for 2025–26 (step increases and 50¢ starting wage increase) — moved and seconded; outcome: approved, 5–0. (Transcript reference: s=807.08997–881.055.) - Approval of right-of-entry agreement with the Town of Speedway (to test potential well sites in junior high athletic area) — moved and seconded; outcome: approved, 5–0. (Transcript reference: s=882.395–956.45996.) - Approval of agreement with Stair Associates (engineering, design, bidding and construction-phase services for Allison Elementary HVAC and boiler replacement) — moved and seconded; outcome: approved, 5–0. (Transcript reference: s=1737.64–1816.2949.) - Approval of personnel report (resignations, leaves, hires, title change to director of special education, coach and assistant principal hires listed in the packet) — moved and seconded; outcome: approved, 5–0. (Transcript reference: s=2696.4–2821.89.)

Board members did not record any dissenting votes on the agenda items that reached formal motion, and no items on the published agenda were postponed or tabled during the meeting. The board also acknowledged receipt of $175,122.50 in grants for the district (agenda item announced in the packet; transcript reference s=2671–2694), although that acknowledgement did not show a separate roll-call motion in the public record excerpt.