At a required preliminary hearing, district finance staff outlined a proposed $20.26 million general-obligation bond to fund a middle-school roof (~$2 million), HVAC upgrades at Central and Plainfield High School, district security upgrades and bus/vehicle replacements; no public comments were offered at the hearing.
The Plainfield Community School Corp. board elected Jessica Edelson as president and filled vice president and secretary posts by voice vote; Danielle Bell was reappointed as legislative liaison and delegate to the Indiana School Board Association, Brad Kuhn named parliamentarian and Stacy Smith reappointed treasurer.
Guilford Elementary’s student council won a state 'Computer Science for Good' award for an app that catalogs lost-and-found items, provides a prototype, and proposes sharing the tool with nearby schools; teachers said the council earned $1,000 and individual students received $200.
At its final 2025 meeting the Plainfield Community School Corporation honored Superintendent Scott Olinger for more than two decades of service and confirmed Andy Allen as the district’s incoming superintendent effective Jan. 1; board members also offered tributes and staff recalled district projects led by Olinger.
The Plainfield Community School Corporation approved a multi‑item consent agenda, received a financial report showing a $29.7 million cash balance and approved personnel actions, a hiring under Indiana statute and an interlocal and donation agreement with the Town of Plainfield for the Stout Heritage Road project.
The Plainfield Community School Corp board approved the district's October financial report (cash balance $30,980,050), multiple vendor payments including a $266,063 SRO invoice to the Town of Plainfield, and personnel recommendations (Schedule A1).
Megan Johnson, a Plainfield teacher, was introduced to the board as Indiana State Teacher of the Year and spoke about representing the district while the board also recognized student winners and state-level Purple Star Schools recognition.
The Plainfield Community School Corp. board approved routine consent items, hired two employees under Indiana code, approved personnel recommendations, ratified the 2025-26 teacher negotiated agreement and approved claims including a large phone-billing payment.
Plainfield Community School Corp presented highlights of a proposed collective-bargaining agreement for teachers — no change to starting salary, adjustments to extracurricular (ECA) pay and staffing, a one-time early-literacy stipend and other technical changes — and said the board will vote on the contract Oct. 9.
Trustees approved a hiring item under Indiana Code 20-26-5-11.2(c), accepted personnel recommendations including retirements, approved the districts annual school safety plan and appointed board representatives to the Teacher of the Year and High Ability committees.