District administrators updated the board on the status of the Jennings County pre‑K program and options to sustain it amid voucher changes and tuition‑collection challenges.

"We currently do have three sites — Brush Creek, North Vernon and Sand Creek — and we were full at the start of the year," Speaker 8 said, adding that the program lost seven students around Thanksgiving and now has no waiting list. Speaker 8 told the board the $50/week tuition has posed collection challenges and some families have been given flexibility; after three weeks without catching up, families may be dismissed from the program.

Speaker 8 outlined operating costs and program models: a certified‑teacher site costs about $150,000 per site to operate (including curriculum, meals and staffing); a noncertified staffing model would lower that to about $110,000 per site. He said state voucher policy has changed over the year — eligibility and amounts were reduced — and reported that "there will be no new vouchers given out for next school year" (transcribed phrase unclear on exact year).

To keep a district‑run option available, staff proposed several scenarios: consolidate to a single site to reduce overhead; revise the tuition model (staff cited comparable all‑day community programs charging about $150 per week); move toward noncertified staffing in some configurations; or secure local business partners to subsidize seats. Speaker 8 said consolidating to one site with 20 students at a $150/week tuition could potentially keep a district option operating without unsustainable budget pressure.

Staff will continue outreach (flyers and a broad mailer) to local businesses to identify partnership interest and planned to return with options in January or February. Board members asked for more detail on collection policy and staffing models and were told the staff will present refined options once feedback and additional financial modeling are available.

No formal policy changes or votes on tuition or consolidation were recorded in the provided transcript segments.