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Treasurer Matthew Erwin told the board that total investment interest for 2025 was $1,410,319.02, about $579,000 lower than the prior year, and announced continued quarterly reporting and a planned financial transparency portal. Major Trust Company’s Q4 report was not available for the packet, and one balance figure in the transcript was unclear.
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The Monroe County Community School Corporation board voted unanimously to approve its 2026 officer slate — Aaron Cooperman as president, Ross Grimes as vice president, Ashley Pirani as secretary and Tianna Eruje as assistant secretary — adopted the 2026 meeting calendar, and confirmed committee and non-board appointments including Sam Fleener and Brad Lucas.
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Trustees read an added restatement of district values reaffirming that MCCSC does not collect student immigration status, will educate students regardless of status, complies with FERPA, and restricts access to buildings and records to government agents only with appropriate warrants verified by administrators and legal counsel.
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District leaders presented a coherent system for early literacy and numeracy, highlighting evidence-based instruction, progress-monitoring with DIBELS, small-group interventions, coaching, and reported a 3.7-point increase in third-grade iRead proficiency and other early literacy gains.
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The Monroe County Community Sch Corp board voted to adopt Resolution 2025-26 concerning supplemental pay for teachers in Title I priority schools after public comment from the teachers' union warned the change will affect about 225 teachers and remove a $2,000 annual stipend.
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Dr. Dowling updated trustees on the redistricting study: a commission convened in March 2025 has reviewed roughly 50 scenarios (including 14 from the demographer), emphasized socioeconomic balance and cost-effectiveness, met nine times, and will publish a report this spring for board consideration.
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At its November meeting, MCCSC trustees received a quarterly update showing progress toward a two-year fiscal balance plan while Chief Financial Officer Erwin warned that "SEA 1" could reduce projected revenue by roughly $30 million from 2026–2031 and create multi-year pressure on operations and referenda revenue.
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Commission leaders told the MCCSC board the redistricting study has reviewed peer-reviewed research, analyzed 43 elementary scenarios, and will next study middle- and high-school scenarios; commissioners emphasized the study's scope excludes some items (building condition, special programs) and said a formal report is expected in 2026.
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Trustees approved the consent agenda, accepted donations, adopted policy 5-1-1-1, approved the MCEA collective bargaining agreement, personnel recommendations, contracts, and Resolution 2025-25; trustees also discussed the Herald Times property and asked administration to convene a public forum to gather input no later than March 2026.
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District officials reported the 2023 referendum more than doubled access to MCCSC early learning (3- and 4-year-old programs), increased community-provider partnerships, and that pre-K assessment data showed kindergarten-readiness rising from 19% at the start to 83% at the end of the previous school year.