Tri‑Creek board approves consent agenda, travel requests, donations and other routine business

Tri‑Creek School Corporation’s Board of Trustees approved a package of routine business items at its Feb. 13 meeting, including minutes, payroll and claims, personnel actions, a district resolution tied to early literacy supplemental payments, cooperative agreements and a set of student overnight trips and donations.

Board members handled many items as grouped consent business. A board member moved and the board approved the consent agenda that included meeting minutes from Jan. 9, 2025, board of finance minutes, payroll and claims and the personnel report dated Feb. 13, 2025. The personnel report also included the public announcement that a staff member, Kevin, has submitted his resignation; the resignation was recorded in the personnel motion that the board approved.

The board also approved a motion to adopt Resolution No. 2025‑01 regarding supplemental payments tied to the state early‑literacy grant; presenters said the district worked with the teachers union to distribute funds across a team of staff who support K–3 literacy (lead teachers, librarians, instructional assistants and paras). The board approved the cancellation of stale‑dated checks older than two years; approved a one‑year extension of the Southlake Career Cooperative agreement through June 30, 2026; and approved the Lowell Middle School Poms team (volunteer coach Micheline Simanski).

Overnight student travel and competition requests approved included Lowell High School Red Devil Manufacturing project (National Machine League championship), Lowell High School Welding and Red Devil Manufacturing SkillsUSA state leadership conference and competition, and a retroactive approval for the Lowell High School girls state wrestling trip. The board also approved multiple donations and reimbursements reported at the meeting (donor names and amounts were read into the record): a $1,500 donation from Mike Anderson Chevrolet (Lowell High School go‑kart expenses); a $500 donation from Centier Bank (go‑kart expenses); athletic‑booster funds and other small community donations for wrestling, singlet reimbursement and FFA national convention assistance.

Votes at a glance: - Motion to delete agenda items H3 and H8: approved by voice vote (transcript: “Aye”; motion passes). - Approve minutes (01/09/2025), board of finance minutes (01/09/2025), payroll and claims (consent bundle): approved by voice vote. - Approve personnel report dated 02/13/2025 (includes staff resignation submission): approved by voice vote. - Resolution No. 2025‑01 (supplemental payments for early literacy grant): approved by voice vote. - Approve cancellation of stale‑dated checks (checks over two years): approved by voice vote. - Approve Southlake Career Cooperative agreement extension through 2026: approved by voice vote. - Approve Lowell Middle School Poms team (volunteer coach Micheline Simanski): approved by voice vote. - Approve Lowell High School Red Devil Manufacturing project overnight travel (National Machine League): approved by voice vote. - Approve Lowell High School Welding and Red Devil Manufacturing SkillsUSA state conference travel: approved by voice vote. - Approve retroactive approval for Lowell High School girls state wrestling trip: approved by voice vote. - Approve listed donations and reimbursements (multiple donors): approved by voice vote.

The meeting transcript records these approvals as voice votes; individual roll‑call tallies were not recorded in the public transcript. Where the transcript lists a specific resolution number (Resolution No. 2025‑01) that identifier is recorded here; other items were approved as consent items or routine motions and were recorded in the transcript only as voice votes.