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Board accepts $475,000 redevelopment grant for CTE, approves consent agenda, personnel hire and handbooks
Summary
At the May 18 meeting the Whitley County board acknowledged a $475,000 gift from the Whitley County Redevelopment Commission for CTE programs, then approved the consent agenda, a personnel hire after a background‑check review, board policy 5136 (second reading), and the 2026 district and student handbooks; all motions passed unanimously.
The Whitley County Consolidated Board of Trustees on May 18 accepted a $475,000 award from the Whitley County Redevelopment Commission to support career and technical education programs and unanimously approved several routine board items, including personnel and policy motions.
The district’s director of innovation and career tech (speaker 14) told the board the redevelopment commission had provided $475,000 to support welding, criminal justice and fire‑and‑rescue programs and said the district has already ordered most of the requested equipment. “We are happy to report that they have provided us $475,000 to support welding and criminal justice and fire and rescue,” the director said.
The meeting then moved to the consent agenda. After a motion and second, the chair called for a voice/hand vote and declared the consent agenda approved unanimously; the transcript records no roll‑call tally.
On a separate personnel item, a staff member (speaker 6) explained the district follows state law on comprehensive background checks and that the law prohibits employing certain individuals with specified background events without additional board review and approval. After discussion and a motion to approve the personnel item (including reference checks and the staff recommendation), trustees voted to approve the hire unanimously.
Trustees considered a second reading of board policy 5136 and approved it by motion and second; the board also accepted proposed district and student handbooks for the 2026 school year, adopting the handbook changes by motion and a unanimous vote. The transcript records the motions and that each passed unanimously but does not provide individual roll‑call votes or numeric tallies.
The chair announced the next work session is June 1 and the regular board meeting June 15, then adjourned.
Actions recorded in the meeting packet include the consent agenda approval, personnel hire approval, policy 5136 approval (second reading), and adoption of district/student handbook changes; the transcript does not list numeric vote tallies but states each motion “passes unanimously.”
