Centerville-Abington Community Schools board meeting, Oct 7, 2026

56 min

Chronic absenteeism ▶ 22:37 Reading and test scores ▶ 2:21

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Board adopts 2027 capital projects and bus replacement plans on 5⁠-⁠0 votes 39:54

Presenters gave annual goal reports and school improvement plans covering math and reading achievement and school safety and facilities. 1:30
The board held a hearing on a tentative agreement for the '26-'27 teacher contract, and no one commented; the chair said the board would vote on it at the next meeting. 38:38

Item by item (11)

Opening and consent items 0:05
- The meeting was called to order and attendees recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:06
- No one addressed the board during community comments. 0:26
- The consent items passed 4⁠-⁠0. 1:09
District goal reports 1:08
- The presenter said 28% of high school students met the SAT math benchmark, compared with 26% statewide. 2:21
- A presenter said 81% of junior high students were at or above the math RIT norm in the spring of '26, the highest in the last 5 years. 4:53
- A staff member said the district is using older buses as routes expanded, and buses had a 94% pass rate in April and were 100% ready by May after a state police inspection. 18:20
School improvement plans 22:28
- A staff member said chronic absenteeism at one school decreased from 33 students to 20 students in the last year. 22:37
- A presenter said the high school graduation rate last year was over 96%, and 62% of students scored a 3 or above on AP tests. 24:53
Capital projects plan resolution 39:07
- A speaker said the resolution was the last step after the required meetings. 39:15
- The 2027 capital projects plan was adopted 5⁠-⁠0. 39:54
Bus replacement plan resolution 39:53
- A speaker said the cost of buses is about double what it was when the speaker started. 40:11
- The speaker said the local income tax would affect the district in '29. 40:43
- The 2027 bus replacement plan was adopted 5⁠-⁠0. 41:20
Annual fund budgets 41:19
- The board considered the 2027 Education Fund, Operations Fund, Rainy Day Fund and Debt Service Fund budgets and Budget Form 4. 41:19
- The budgets were adopted 5⁠-⁠0. 42:30
Additional budget resolutions 42:29
- A speaker said the line 15 resolution was in case the district needed to reduce anything depending on where the state numbers fall. 42:41
- A speaker said the line 15 resolution had been signed in the belief that it was the education one. 44:10
- A motion to approve the line 15 resolution passed 5⁠-⁠0. 42:59
Update on state test scores 45:08
- A speaker congratulated staff and students on this year's iLearn scores. 45:17
- A speaker said the district was at the top of Wayne County and surrounding areas, with Eastern Hancock a little higher. 46:09
Food service management proposals 47:58
- A speaker said 2 companies attended a pre-bid meeting that morning for the food management company RFP and have 2 weeks to submit bids. 48:05
- A speaker said bids would be opened on a Wednesday with a recommendation brought to the board that evening. 49:04
Additional donation, employment and requests 50:03
- The board considered an additional donation, an additional employment report, an additional professional development request and a softball fundraising request. 50:17
- The additional donation and the fundraising request each passed 5⁠-⁠0. 50:35
Conference report and adjournment 52:33
- A speaker said the speaker attended the School Board Association conference in Indianapolis on Monday and Tuesday. 52:33
- A speaker noted a regional meeting on November 11th. 54:50
- The meeting adjourned at 7:55. 55:30

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Video: posted by the district as “Centerville-Abington Comm. Schools Board Meeting, October 7, 2026”