Superintendent will oversee district building project; board told completion is expected around fall break

The superintendent told the Sunman‑Dearborn Community School Corporation board that they will personally oversee the district’s ongoing building project through June and expects the work to be finished “somewhere around fall break.”

The announcement at the meeting followed remarks thanking Jamie Schartzer for stepping forward to pick up additional duties. “I’d like to thank Jamie Schartzer, congratulate her for stepping forward and picking up some of the other duties,” the superintendent said, adding, “I will take over the building project. That’ll continue through the summer, and we will be finished with the building project somewhere around fall break.”

Board members were not given additional budgetary detail at the meeting. The superintendent said they will present a plan for the building project at the next board meeting. The transcript does not specify remaining contract amounts, change‑order totals, or other funding sources for the work; those details were not provided and are not included here.

The superintendent’s oversight shift came in the same meeting that approved routine consent items covering personnel and field trips. Board members and principals used the meeting to report on school activities and student successes, but no formal vote was recorded on the building project itself.

Next step: the superintendent said they will come to the board with a plan at the next meeting, when the board can expect additional detail and any formal requests related to project implementation.