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Votes at a glance: board approves consent agenda, donations, personnel, contracts, budgets and calendars; tables staff ethics policy
Summary
At its Jan. 28 meeting the MCCSC Board of School Trustees approved the consent agenda, accepted donations, approved personnel recommendations and contracts, adopted a budget-transfer resolution, amended upcoming school calendars and approved the 2027–28 calendar; trustees also tabled proposed staff ethics policies for revision.
The Monroe County Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees took multiple formal actions at its Jan. 28 meeting. Highlights and key motions announced during the meeting are summarized below.
- Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda, which included minutes from past meetings, ECA expenditures, out-of-state/overnight field trips, the December 2024 financial report, the appropriation balance report, registers of claims, payroll registers and a request to declare surplus items. Motion carried as announced.
- Donations: The board accepted donations totaling "over $3,000," and thanked donors; motion to accept donations carried.
- Personnel report: The board approved administrative appointments and retirements presented by administration. Administrative appointment: Andrea Smith as assistant director at Hoosier Hills Career Center (continued MCCSC employment; master's degree in educational leadership noted). Administrative retirement: Lisa Quigley, assistant principal at Highland Park Elementary (36 years of service). Certified retirements: Donald Adams (social studies teacher, Bloomington High School North — 19.5 years) and Damia Hasler (third-grade teacher, Templeton Elementary — 25.5 years). Motion carried.
- Contracts and quotes: Administration presented nine contracts and two quotes for the board27s approval and recommended awarding as presented. The board voted to approve.
- Early learning and out-of-school program fees: The board approved the fee changes discussed by Doctor Dowling (details summarized in a separate article). Motion carried.
- Resolution 2025-03 (education-to-operations fund transfer): The board adopted Resolution 2025-03 authorizing a transfer from the Education Fund to the Operations Fund for the 2025 calendar year, not to exceed $15,000,000, as permitted under state statute. Administration explained the transfer is required annually under Indiana law to reimburse non-instructional expenses and that the Education Fund receives state tuition support; the board adopted the resolution.
- School calendar amendments: The board approved amendments to previously approved calendars for 2024–25, 2025–26 and 2026–27 to add makeup snow days. Specifically, Feb. 17 (President's Day) was designated as a makeup day for the Jan. 6 closure; a second alternate makeup day (Friday, May 23) was designated if additional weather days are needed. The board also approved the 2027–28 school calendar and included two potential snow makeup days in that draft.
- Policies 1200/3210/4210: As noted separately, trustees voted to table the proposed staff ethics and professional conduct policies for further clarification and cross-referencing with related policies.
Where motion authors or seconders were named in the transcript, they are included above; specific roll-call tallies were not recorded in the public transcript and were announced in the meeting as "the motion carries" for approved items.
