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Board approves consent agenda, calendars, personnel moves and project ads in routine votes
Summary
The Northwest Allen County Schools Board approved the consent agenda, adopted the 2026–27 calendar (with amendments), changed the 2025–26 calendar, approved personnel recommendations, professional learning requests and a legal advertisement for the Huntertown electrical project during the meeting's action items.
The Northwest Allen County Schools Board of School Trustees completed several routine votes during the meeting, approving the consent agenda, two school calendars, personnel actions, professional learning requests and a legal advertisement for a Huntertown electrical project.
Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda (items 5.01–5.06), which included minutes from the March 24, 2025 regular meeting; claims and payroll subject to audit; a field trip request; grants and donations; and a homebound request. President Hathaway called for the motion; the motion carried by voice vote.
2026–27 school calendar: The board adopted the proposed 2026–27 school-year calendar as presented, amended to designate the Friday prior to Christmas break as the last student day before the vacation and to make the last student day the Friday prior to Memorial Day weekend. Motion by Ms. Schlatter, second by Ms. Jamieson; motion approved by voice vote. Board discussion cited survey results and neighboring-district comparisons.
2025–26 calendar adjustments: Based on a community survey about the one-week fall break, the board approved recommended changes for the 2025–26 calendar that reduce annual makeup days from three to one, designate Presidents Day as a holiday instead of a makeup day, and move one previously scheduled makeup day to April 17. The motion included the same amendment to have students in class on the Friday prior to Christmas vacation and to set the last student day on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. Motion by Ms. Schlatter, second by Mr. Vogt; motion approved.
Personnel report (items 8.01–8.08): The board approved personnel actions as presented. Staff noted that all recommendations had completed criminal-history background checks. The personnel report included three retirements highlighted in the meeting: Carrie Charlton (classroom teacher; district service beginning 02/2015; approximately 10 years with NACS and 17 years elsewhere), Dawn Myers (transportation, 33 years with NACS), and Ellen Smith (occupational therapist, 27 years). The personnel recommendations included three certified and 11 classified positions to post and hire in response to enrollment and staffing needs.
Professional learning and trainings: The board approved the listed professional learning and training activities, including district staff attending EAB (Education Advisory Board) roundtables and a Carroll High School French teacher’s request to attend AP French training (options discussed included a session in France or St. Louis; staff noted a $60 difference between the locations and considered the France option educationally valuable).
Huntertown electrical project: The board approved a legal advertisement to begin the procurement process for an electrical-replacement project at Huntertown; staff noted the work likely will not start until 2026 because of long lead times for electrical equipment. Motion by Ms. Schlatter, second by Mr. Vogt; motion approved.
Other motions on the agenda (curriculum, construction updates and adjournment) were handled by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.
