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Carroll Consolidated board approves personnel moves, summer programs and textbooks; authorizes facilities purchases
Summary
At its May 8 meeting the Carroll Consolidated School Corp. board honored longtime employee Steve Cowan, approved multiple personnel actions and summer programs, authorized >$10,000 facilities purchases, and adopted McGraw Hill ELA textbooks costing $123,190.90. Several motions passed by voice vote.
The Carroll Consolidated School Corp. board met May 8 and approved a slate of personnel actions, summer programs and several facilities purchases, while publicly honoring Steve Cowan for 42 years of service.
The superintendent presented and the board approved routine personnel items, including Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requests for Anisha Nelson, unpaid leave for Julie Johnson and Amanda Weaver, a $5,390 stipend for Susan Denny as PowerSchool assistant for 2026–27, and acceptance of Olivia Michaels’ resignation effective May 22, 2026. The superintendent moved to approve the minutes at the start of the meeting; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
The board approved optional summer stipends of $500 for elementary teachers who complete work updating Indiana Academic Standards for ELA and math and align scope-and-sequence documents to iLearn checkpoint assessments. The superintendent said the stipends will be paid from Title I carryover funds available to the elementary school only; the superintendent noted the total cost for K–6 teachers who participate would be about $12,000 and that the work is optional but required to earn the stipend.
Multiple summer staffing recommendations were approved: custodial hires (Kim Bean, Chelsea Cook, Morgan Alderman and Michelle Heichman), technology summer workers (Dina Benefiel, Luke Tanner and Serena Heron), and bus-driving assignments for summer school and jump-start programs. The board also approved summer school at Carroll Elementary School for grades 2–3 who did not pass IREAD, scheduled May 26–June 9, and the recommended summer-school staff.
On facilities and capital spending, the board authorized four purchases to be paid from the 2023 lease-rental fund: wiring in the Carroll Jr.-Sr. High School gym to power a new hoist ($16,700); elementary tables and chairs for two classrooms ($21,743.15); four fire-rated doors required by the state fire marshal (approximately $20,744); and asphalt milling and repairs in identified parking-lot areas ($25,864.60). The superintendent said the gym wiring was advanced because graduation is near and that some purchases were already underway.
The board accepted several community donations — Valley View Baptist Church ($300 for lunch accounts, $200 for supplies) and Burlington Church of Christ ($400 for lunch accounts) — and approved community fundraisers including an Adrenaline campaign for football (July 6–24) and a Cougar X Car Wash (June 20).
The meeting closed with announcements about staff reassignments for 2026–27 — including Carrie Butcher moving to an agricultural position and Becky Siller transferring to high-school science — and outreach plans for a newsletter and geo-fenced digital advertising aimed at recruitment.
Votes at a glance - Minutes: motion by the superintendent, seconded by a board member; approved by voice vote. - Corporation vouchers and payroll claims: motion, seconded and approved by voice vote. - Personnel items (FMLA, unpaid leave, stipends, resignations): motions made and approved by voice vote. - K–6 $500 optional summer stipend (Title I funds): approved. - Purchases over $10,000 (wiring, furniture, fire doors, asphalt milling): approved. - McGraw Hill ELA textbook adoption (see separate item): approved. - Adjournment: approved by voice vote.
The board took the actions listed above during a regularly scheduled meeting; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript provided, and motions were passed by voice vote unless noted otherwise. The board noted that several items (textbook review, student handbook, coaching recommendations) had been available for public review or discussed during the preceding work session and were presented for formal approval at this meeting.
