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Beech Grove board approves employment recommendations, renews Chartwells contract and ratifies SRO memorandum; calendar shifted one day earlier
Summary
The Beech Grove City Schools board approved employment recommendations effective in July, authorized renewal of the Chartwells food-service contract for 2026–27, adopted an updated memorandum of understanding with the Beech Grove Police Department for the SRO program and voted to end the school year one day earlier after receipt of a DOE waiver.
At the April meeting, the Beech Grove City Schools board approved several routine but consequential operational items: employment recommendations (with effective dates in July), authorization for the superintendent to renew the district's Chartwells food-service contract for the 2026–27 school year and an updated memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Beech Grove Police Department governing the school resource officer program. The board also approved a one-day calendar change enabled by an additional waiver from the state Department of Education so the district can end the academic year one day earlier.
Superintendent Lori Hammock presented the personnel and contract items and said the Chartwells contract currently runs through 2026–27, after which the district will issue an RFP for 2027–28. She noted the district is finalizing summer-food-service program locations; the program is federally funded and provides free meals to residents 18 and under. On the SRO agreement, Hammock said the police department had adopted the board's feedback and the revised memorandum would be effective July 1.
Board members moved and seconded each item. The transcript records at least one board member explicitly saying "I oppose" during a vote, but motions carried and the items were approved. For employment recommendations, the motion was seconded by a board member identified as Beth; the effective date for the new hires was noted as July 1. On the Chartwells authorization, the board agreed to allow the superintendent to sign the contract extension for 2026–27 and agreed the district will issue an RFP for food service when that contract ends.
The board also discussed referendum planning and asked that each trustee serve on at least one of five committees preparing for the campaign. No litigation, ordinance adoptions or budget amendments were approved at this meeting.
The next procedural step is for the district to notify staff and families about the one-day calendar change and to begin the RFP process for food service procurement in the 2027–28 cycle.
