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Board approves calendar, staff stipends and middle-school soccer split; donations and routine finance items pass
Summary
At its meeting, the Jennings County School Corporation board approved the 2026–27 master calendar, multiple personnel and stipend actions (including a $400 classified stipend and a $3,500 teacher-appreciation grant rubric for limited awards), accepted several donations, authorized treasurer actions through Dec. 11, 2025, and voted 6–0 to split JCMS soccer into separate boys’ and girls’ teams.
The Jennings County School Corporation board approved a slate of routine and operational items, including personnel actions, calendar approval and multiple finance items.
Key votes included: approval of the consent agenda early in the meeting; unanimous (6–0) approval to separate JCMS middle school soccer into distinct boys and girls teams so each can receive equitable stipends; approval of multiple personnel recommendations, including volunteer and paid coaching assignments and instructional hires; a one-time $400 stipend for classified employees (approved 6–0); and acceptance of a set of community donations to schools and programs as presented. The board also approved a routine resolution authorizing the treasurer and deputy treasurer to make payments and transfers between meetings through Dec. 11, 2025.
Administrators presented a proposed 2026–27 master calendar (first student day Aug. 5; makeup day March 29; last student day May 1), which the board approved. The board also approved an MOU with Ivy Tech to allow nursing students to work with school nurses and signed an MOU to participate in a MindTrust 'Indiana Learns' tutoring program for qualifying middle school students (no district cost; program-funded tutor stipends up to $3,240 under the program guidance). A previously approved SPED bus purchase moved forward to final lease paperwork and was authorized.
Where vote tallies were recorded, the board used voice votes with counts read into the record (for example, the soccer split passed 6–0). Several items were informational first readings (NEOLA policy volume, teacher appreciation grant rubric) that will return for future action or implementation details.
