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Huntington County school board approves consent agenda, accepts $68,007 STEM grant and adopts teacher-appreciation policy
Summary
The Huntington County Community School Corporation board unanimously approved the consent agenda — including a $68,007 STEM integration grant, several donations and a field trip — and adopted a teacher-appreciation grant policy to be submitted to IDE; an updated records retention schedule also passed.
The Huntington County Community School Corporation board approved its consent agenda and several standalone items in a meeting that included grant acceptances, a field-trip approval and adoption of a teacher-appreciation grant policy. The board voted 6–0 to approve the consent agenda and later approved the records retention schedule and the teacher-appreciation policy.
Superintendent Trout told the board that HCCSC is requesting permission “to accept a grant in the amount of $68,007 from [a] STEM integration grant to be used for STEM curriculum professional development with first makerspace in our K‑12 buildings.” The consent agenda also included a $699 DonorsChoose donation to Lincoln Elementary and a $200 donation to Huntington North High School to support its BAM program.
The consent agenda included a field-trip request for the APES program presented by teacher Steve Park. Park described several logistical changes for this year’s trip — the group plans to fly into Miami (rather than Fort Lauderdale) for easier busing and hotel logistics, add a guided kayak ecological study and schedule a tour of the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Miami — and estimated the traveling group will total about 20 students this year (down from 37 last year). Park said community fundraisers and private checks help cover costs for students who cannot pay full price.
Trout also notified the board that the district recently completed a conversion to a new financial-records system (identified in the meeting as “Lau”), which changes the appearance of accounts-payable and payroll reports but, he said, reflects the same information previously provided in other formats.
On a separate motion the board approved an updated county local general records retention schedule; Trout said most changes were language updates and that the school-specific retention rules had not changed. The motion passed 6–0.
The board also adopted school board policy 3220.01 governing distribution of the teacher‑appreciation grant and cited requirements of House Enrolled Act 1001; Trout said the policy must be submitted to IDE for approval by close of business Friday, Sept. 13, and that checks to teachers have traditionally been distributed in December.
Votes at a glance: consent agenda — approved, motion passed 6–0; records retention schedule — approved, motion passed 6–0; teacher-appreciation policy (policy 3220.01, HEA 1001 submission to IDE) — approved, motion passed 6–0.
The board closed the business portion of the meeting after a short discussion of next steps for calendar scheduling and branding items.
