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Borden-Henryville School Corp board meeting, Oct 19, 2026

1 h 34 min · 1 public speaker

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Borden-Henryville board approves 2027 budget totaling $26,480,120 0:07

  • The board held a budget hearing and approved the 2027 budget, which a district staff member said would total $26,480,120 with an advertised tax rate of 86 cents. 0:07
  • Motions to approve a bus replacement plan and a capital projects plan carried. 4:44
  • During the regular meeting, a presenter gave a grades 7⁠-⁠12 academic update, and an outside presenter discussed principals' goals drawn from a teacher survey. 21:59
  • The board approved declaring cafeteria equipment obsolete. 1:31:46
Item by item (15)
  1. 2027 budget adoption 0:01
    • A district staff member said the advertised 2027 budget would total $26,480,120 with an advertised tax rate of 86 cents, and a one-time homestead tax credit, if granted by the DLGF, would add 3 cents to return the rate to the current 89 cents. 0:07
    • The staff member said the total was a 2.83% increase over last year and that no numbers had changed since the hearing. 0:07
    • The staff member said the education fund would decrease 1.25% to $13,400,000, debt service would increase 14.6% to $7,030,120, the operations fund would decrease 4.14% to $5,800,000 and $250,000 would go to the rainy day fund. 1:45
    • The motion carried. ~3:59
  2. Bus replacement plan 4:03
    • A staff member said the state requires a bus replacement plan every year, and the district is not legally bound to follow it but must publish it and have it approved by the board. 4:03
    • The motion to approve the plan carried. 4:44
  3. Capital projects plan 5:07
    • A staff member said the state-mandated capital projects plan is not binding and includes items such as student one-to-one devices and asphalt repair at both schools. 5:07
    • A speaker asked whether the district leases its copiers. 6:19
    • The motion to approve the plan carried. 6:19
  4. Form 4 approval 6:47
    • A staff member said Form 4 is a formality tied to the budget approval and would be signed by board members and uploaded to Gateway. 6:47
    • The motion carried. ~7:28
  5. Budget hearing and transfer resolutions 7:32
    • The superintendent read a resolution authorizing changes to any of the 18 lines on Form B at the budget hearing and said the superintendent could not make changes the board had not approved. 7:32
    • A staff member read a 2027 budget transfer resolution authorizing the treasurer to make necessary transfers within and between funds without reconvening the board. 8:50
    • The motion on the budget transfer resolution carried. 8:50
  6. Education to operations fund transfer 9:56
    • A staff member read a resolution authorizing the treasurer to transfer an amount not to exceed $1,008,000 from the education fund to the operations fund for 2027. 9:56
    • Asked about the percentage, the staff member said it went from 15% down to 10% this year. 11:22
    • At a speaker's request, the staff member explained that the operations fund covers costs such as custodial services, corporation bus drivers, energy and property liability insurance. 11:51
    • The motion passed. ~13:24
  7. Rainy day fund transfer 13:30
    • A staff member said the budget includes $250,000 for the rainy day fund and the resolution allows a transfer of up to $500,000 if there is excess. 13:30
    • The motion carried. ~14:34
  8. Regular meeting opening 15:01
    • Adam Campbell led the Pledge of Allegiance, and Terry Roudenbush gave the invocation. 15:45
    • A speaker said all 5 board members were present, and a staff member said there were no emergency additions. 16:48
  9. Student recognitions 16:58
    • Students from Borden and Henryville who qualified for cross country regionals were recognized. 18:43
    • The Henryville volleyball team was recognized for winning the sectional, and the Henryville band was recognized for participating in the Scholastic State Finals. 19:09
  10. Grades 7-12 academic update 21:44
    • A presenter said the district has about 1,600 students, with 680, or 42%, eligible for free or reduced lunch and 380, or 23%, with IEPs. 22:37
    • The presenter said the district outperformed the state in special education subgroups but underperformed at the general education level, and 96% of seniors passed the naturalization exam. 31:24
    • The presenter said high-dosage tutoring would start for 6 students, with about 4,000 budgeted for McKinney-Vento students. 42:03
  11. Principal leadership and teacher survey 47:17
    • An outside presenter said the Culture Pulse survey had a 67.4% submission rate and that principals set SMART goals based on teacher feedback. 48:23
    • Andy Guernsey asked how often administrators could realistically find time to visit classrooms and whether walkthroughs can legally influence formal evaluations. 59:42
    • A principal said the building committed to 2 informal walkthroughs every 9 weeks, every teacher had at least one and 68% had a second walkthrough or a coaching session. 1:01:11
  12. Public comment on transportation 1:14:37
    • A speaker at public comment said the speaker had sought a full-time transportation director for over a year and that the part-time director is hard to reach because the director also drives a bus. 1:17:00
  13. Superintendent's report 1:20:25
    • A staff member giving the superintendent's report said the Borden baseball and softball turf sites were nearly ready for final punch list walkthroughs and the field house had started going vertical. 1:20:58
    • The staff member said marketing efforts need to be ongoing and that anything that may cost money out of the funds would be proposed to the board. 1:26:32
    • Asked about the entry area at the Borden fields, the staff member said it would be cleaned up before the final punch list is signed. 1:27:22
  14. Consent agenda 1:28:22
    • A staff member presented personnel appointments, substitute teachers and extracurricular positions for the '26-'27 seasons. 1:28:25
    • Abstentions were noted on items 4H14 and 7B2. 1:30:26
  15. Cafeteria equipment and upcoming meetings 1:31:46
    • A staff member asked for approval to declare cafeteria equipment obsolete, with the list included in the board packet. 1:31:46
    • A speaker said the next regular meeting will be November the 23rd at Henryville, and a staff member said a work session will be held November the 10th at 5 o'clock at the district office. 1:32:37
    • The motion to declare the equipment obsolete carried. 1:32:37

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