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Greencastle school board approves consent agenda, budget report and multiple operational requests
Summary
At its Jan. 27 meeting the Greencastle Community School Corporation board approved the consent agenda including personnel actions, payroll and claims; unanimously approved cancelling old checks, paying late 2024 invoices, an overnight wrestling trip, Chromebook purchases for GMS, the 2026–27 calendar, a preschool at Ridpath, and several donations. The board also received MOY academic data and a superintendent finance update.
The Greencastle Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees on Jan. 27 unanimously approved its consent agenda and a series of operational requests affecting staffing, student activities and district services.
The consent agenda approved routine business including the Dec. 16, 2024 regular meeting minutes; payroll and claims for the period (claims numbered 104730-104732, 104749, 104750, 104791, 104858, 104860-104866, 104872-104888, 104890-104924 and checks numbered 56307-56374); and the December 2024 financial reports. The board also approved Personnel Report Part I and Part II, which recorded the retirement of Rose Stephens as a Greencastle High School math teacher (effective Jan. 5, 2025), the resignation of Jason Ferguson as 7th grade boys basketball coach (effective Jan. 15, 2025), multiple instructional assistant hires and transfers, homebound instruction appointments and several assistant and volunteer coaching assignments.
Superintendent Jeff Gibboney presented the personnel and operational recommendations. Mr. Jimmy Beasley moved to approve the consent agenda and Mrs. Megan Inman seconded; the board carried the motion unanimously.
On new business the board unanimously approved the following items upon Mr. Gibboney’s recommendation: canceling outstanding checks two years and older from the high school/middle school ECA Treasurer and the Corporation Treasurer; authorization to pay late-arriving 2024 invoices; an overnight Greencastle High School wrestling trip to Rochester, Indiana; a Dell proposal to purchase Chromebooks for Greencastle Middle School; adoption of the 2026–2027 school calendar; and establishment of a preschool program at Ridpath Primary. The board also accepted donations totaling $3,500 to support district programs and FFA activities (Putnam County Community Foundation $1,000; Professional Data Analysts $500 to GHS Youth Tobacco Survey; North Salem State Bank $500 to GHS/GMS FFA; Keystone Cooperative $1,000 to GHS/GMS FFA; Deborah King $500 to GHS/GMS FFA). All motions were recorded in the transcript as carried unanimously; a roll-call tally was not provided.
Assistant Superintendent Becky McPherson and each building principal presented midyear (MOY) assessment data earlier in the meeting. McPherson praised the students’ academic progress and the dedication of district educators. Superintendent Gibboney also shared the 2025 finance and year-end budget reports and noted the ADM second count day is scheduled for Feb. 3; he provided a brief update on building projects and general maintenance.
Mr. Gibboney read, as a first reading, NEOLA policies Volume 37, No. 1 (policy numbers 5111, 5330, 5500, 5610, 6140, 6250, 7540.03, 7540.04, 7540.09 and 8420); no action was taken on those policies at this meeting.
The meeting concluded with a brief discussion of school-closing protocols for inclement weather. On a motion by Mr. Beasley, seconded by Mrs. Inman, the board adjourned at 7:42 p.m.
