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Triton board approves $1.05 million in monthly bills, accepts multiple resignations and hires
Summary
At an ordinary board meeting, Triton School Corporation approved $1,051,506.23 in monthly expenditures and unanimously approved a slate of personnel actions: three resignations, multiple coaching and custodial hires, a bus driver appointment and summer custodial hires; a 4‑H transportation request was approved with one recusal.
The Triton School Corporation board approved its consent agenda, including accounts payable vouchers of $541,450.81 and payrolls totaling about $255,000, for a combined monthly expenditure of $1,051,506.23. The motion to approve the consent agenda passed unanimously, 5-0.
During the personnel portion of the meeting the board accepted the immediate resignation of Ashley Faulkner as girls varsity basketball coach and expressed appreciation for her service. The board also approved the resignation of Victoria Hughes, first-grade teacher, effective at the end of the 2025–26 school year, and accepted the resignation of Evan Watkins, a junior–senior high school math teacher. All three resignations were approved by voice vote, 5-0.
The board approved several new and replacement hires. Appointments for next school year included volunteer basketball coach Tanner Whit Hoyo, JV volleyball coach Jayla Meister, assistant varsity volleyball coach Taryn Meister and seventh-grade volleyball coach Ashley Davis. The board also approved three custodial hires (Julie Rorick as a substitute custodian; Greg Paring and Valerie Pelts as part‑time custodians), Rochelle Meister as a substitute/shuttle bus driver, and summer custodial help (Jayden Prater, Logan Staten and Aiden Emco). Motions for these personnel items passed 5-0.
Separately, the board accepted the resignation of Deb Yarbrough, a high school instructional assistant, who is relocating out of the area; that motion passed 5-0. The board approved a reduction in hours for Logan Lind from full-time to part-time, with documentation noted as being on file; that motion also passed 5-0.
On routine contracts, the board approved a renewal of the shared-dietitian contract with the Northern Indiana Education Service Center to support cafeteria services, and it approved splitting summer painting work between two local contractors to cover elementary office areas and high school locker rooms and classrooms. Each of those motions passed unanimously.
A transportation request to provide buses for Marshall County 4‑H junior leaders on May 17 for community service was approved, with one board member (Miss Terry) recusing herself from that vote; the result recorded in the meeting was 4-0 with one recusal.
The superintendent said open positions have been posted and interviews are underway for the various vacancies, including the girls basketball coaching position. The board adjourned at 7:24 p.m.
