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Indiana audit finds no safety deficiencies at Speedway Junior High; district removed from audit pool for three years
Summary
The Indiana Office of School Safety completed a review of Speedway Junior High's safety plan and practices and found no findings of neglect or areas of weakness; the district was removed from the audit pool for a minimum of three years, per the audit report read at the Feb. 10 meeting.
The School Town of Speedway received a favorable school-safety audit report that, according to district administrators, found no deficiencies at Speedway Junior High and removes Speedway schools from the audit-selection pool for at least three years.
Mr. Disney (title not specified) told the board the district received a letter from the Indiana Office of School Safety notifying Speedway of an audit. He summarized the audit: reviewers examined the district's 74-page school-safety plan, legal and regulatory compliance tied to Indiana State Board of Education requirements and applicable federal laws, and a section on leading practices. Mr. Disney said auditors spent 4 1/2 hours interviewing staff and reviewed more than 75 pages of documentation.
"There were no findings of neglect or areas of weakness for Speedway schools," he said. Mr. Disney also read language from a note by Dr. Chad Cruz, identified in the transcript as deputy director of the Indiana Office of School Safety and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, praising Speedway's comprehensive emergency-preparedness plan and the district's communication of those plans to parents, students and staff.
Mr. Disney named local participants in the audit at Speedway Junior High: Mr. Roseboro (identified in the transcript as principal at the junior high), Mr. Grove (assistant principal), Joe Smith (counselor) and Jeremy Howie (school resource officer). The district representative described the process as thorough and said the results "reassure" staff and community.
The transcript contains an internal chronological inconsistency: the board packet noted the audit date as Jan. 21, 2026, while Mr. Disney later said auditors conducted the audit "on August 21" (the meeting record does not reconcile those dates). That discrepancy appears in the district's spoken account at the meeting and should be clarified by the district for public records and reporting.
No formal board action was required beyond receiving the report at the meeting.
