Plainfield board approves consent items, personnel hires, teacher contract and claims
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Summary
The Plainfield Community School Corp. board approved routine consent items, hired two employees under Indiana code, approved personnel recommendations, ratified the 2025-26 teacher negotiated agreement and approved claims including a large phone-billing payment.
At its October meeting the Plainfield Community School Corp. board approved consent items and a set of routine personnel and financial actions, including approval of minutes, donations, field trips, obsolete equipment, school improvement plans and committee rosters.
The board approved a recommendation to hire two employees under Indiana Code 20-26-5-1.11 0.2 c and approved a personnel list for certified and classified staff. On the negotiated contract for teachers, board materials noted the district held a public hearing on Oct. 2; the board approved the 2025-26 teacher negotiated agreement with no changes reported at the meeting.
The financial summary and claims were approved. Presenter Mark Sharovich told the board the district is approximately 75% through the 2025 budget year; the education fund is spent at 71.33%, the transportation/ net service fund at 48% and the operations fund at 58.42%. Sharovich said the corporation transferred $424,823 (source: education/operations cash balance), reported a cash balance of $31,966,428 and interest income of $85,247 for the month. He called attention to several vendor payments: EverStream Solutions was paid $98,168 to cover phone charges for the first nine months of the year after a billing lag, and Riverside Insights was paid $19,307 with grant funds for COGAP testing to identify high-ability students.
Claims numbered 70106 through 70326 were presented and approved by the board.
The board approved each item by voice vote; motions and seconds were made from the dais and no roll-call tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript.