Fort Wayne Community Schools board meeting, date not confirmed yet
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Fort Wayne board takes up $100,000 Opportunity to Learn planning grant 12:50
- The board took voice votes on a consent agenda and on accepting a $100,000 Opportunity to Learn project planning grant. 12:29
- No result was announced after the voice votes. ~14:52
- The executive director of the Fort Wayne Community Schools Foundation reported that the foundation had secured $320,000 for the district in the first 3 months of the job. 20:35
- Board members described visits to schools as part of principal for a day, and the superintendent spoke about programs to help district employees become educators. 34:43
Item by item (8)
- Opening and consent agenda 11:29
- Opportunity to Learn planning grant 12:37
- Steve Corona read a recommendation that the board accept a $100,000 Opportunity to Learn project planning grant from the Indiana Lifelong Learning Projects program for planning activities such as research, consultants, staff time and data analysis. 12:50
- A staff member said the comprehensive grant would be due in March and is up to $17 million. 13:59
- Asked by Steve Corona how the money would be spent, the staff member said the district would first hold listening tours with neighborhoods about non-academic barriers such as transportation and before and after school care. ~14:10
- 2027 budget, levy and capital plans 15:08
- Maria Norman read a recommendation that the board approve the 2027 appropriation budgets, the 2027 levy, the 3-year capital projects plan for 2027 through 2029 and the bus replacement plan for 2027 to 2031. 15:13
- Maria Norman said a public hearing on the advertised budgets and plans was held on September 28th, 2026, and that all legal requirements for advertisement and hearings had been met. 15:13
- Noah Smith said approval would adopt the budget for next year along with the levy rates and the bus replacement plan. 16:30
- Governing body selection plan resolution 17:00
- Noah Smith said the board passed a resolution on May 11th, 2026, to stagger the 2 at-large seats, and the State Board of Education required the board to confirm that no other residency requirements, term durations or qualifications would change. 17:00
- Julie Hollingsworth asked how the terms for the 2 at-large seats would be determined, and Noah Smith said one seat would carry a 4-year term and the other a 2-year term, with 4-year terms on 2 different cycles after that. 18:18
- Steve Corona said the intent was to stagger the at-large positions so they would not always come up in the same year. 20:01
- Education foundation update 20:11
- The foundation's executive director said the foundation had updated its bylaws, added committee charters, approved a conflict of interest policy and planned a strategic planning retreat on November 3rd. 20:48
- The executive director said the foundation had secured $320,000 for the district, including $130,000 for a documentary and a $60,000 restricted sponsorship, and that 4 foundation board members would roll off in January of '27. 20:48
- Steve Corona asked about model foundations and term limits, and the staff member said no more than 3 to 4 members should roll off the foundation board at any given time. 30:33
- Board member comments 34:40
- Steve Corona, Antonette Payne and Willie Burton described principal for a day visits to district schools. 34:43
- Maria Norman said the district clothing bank was asking the community to donate bras during October. 35:58
- Julie Hollingsworth congratulated several student athletic teams and thanked district educators and staff. 36:34
- Superintendent remarks 41:42
- The superintendent said universities are connecting with grow-your-own efforts so current district employees could become apprentices, and the district is looking into that. ~41:42
- Closing comments and adjournment 44:40
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Video: posted by the district as “FWCS School Board of Trustees live October 12, 2026”