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Fort Wayne board takes up special education, high ability, Title and planning grants 31:30

  • No vote results were announced on the record. ~31:04
  • The board took a voice vote on a recommendation to accept special education grants from the Indiana Department of Education. 31:30
  • A district staff member told the board the special education grants do not come close to covering what the district spends on special education. 36:48
  • Presenters gave an update on middle school guaranteed experiences at the Jim Kelly Career Pathways Center in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Fort Wayne. 1:08:07
Item by item (7)
  1. Opening and consent agenda 30:07
    • The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and board member introductions. 30:07
    • The consent agenda included approval of minutes, vouchers and payroll, and the personnel report, and was put to a voice vote. 30:46
  2. Special education grants 31:30
    • The recommendation put the Part B special education amount at $9,683,324 and the Part B 619 grant amount at $331,319, with funds used primarily for the salary and fringes of approximately 130 staff members. 31:30
    • A staff member said the district serves 4,560 public students and 797 non-public students in special education. 34:00
    • Asked whether the grants cover what the district spends on special education, a staff member said nowhere close. 36:48
  3. High ability grant 37:26
    • The recommendation called for accepting a 26⁠-⁠27 high ability grant in the amount of $226,854.25 for school year and summer programming, screening materials and a coordinator position. 37:28
    • A staff member said state law requires identification in kindergarten, 2nd and 5th grade, and that $76 per student does not go very far. 39:13
    • A staff member said just over 3,000 students qualified for high ability last year. 40:33
  4. Federal Title grants 42:13
    • The recommendation called for accepting Title grants totaling $20,798,999.47, including $17,006,309.75 for Title I, Part A. 42:18
    • A staff member explained that state complexity funding is based on SNAP and TANF, while the federal government uses a census poverty measure. 45:18
    • The staff member said some families do not apply for public benefits out of fear of public charge, so the district may not receive added funding for those students. 49:09
  5. Career readiness planning grant 49:51
    • The recommendation called for accepting a $100,000 Don Wood Foundation planning grant to develop a satellite AMP Lab location with Indiana Tech at Junction 36 for up to 50 students. 49:51
    • A presenter said a later implementation grant could be up to $1 million for a 5-year duration. 52:06
    • The presenter said the facility is expected to be ready between August and December of '27, and that students would not be charged a fee. 59:20
  6. Career pathways center update 1:07:58
    • A presenter said the district has 21 Guaranteed Experiences in K-8 with over 13 community partners, and more than 9,000 students had taken part as of October 12th. 1:12:37
    • During the update, questions were asked about what RVR is and what opportunities a student who enjoyed welding would have; a presenter said RVR are programmable off-road vehicles. 1:18:12
    • A presenter said the attendance goal is 94% and attendance was about 92.9% last year. 1:23:25
  7. Board and administrator comments 1:35:00
    • A board member reported that a judge sided with Union School Corporation in a case over legislation calling for the district's dissolution. 1:35:05
    • A board member noted a robotics tournament at Wayne High School on Saturday. 1:36:40
    • A district administrator said parent-teacher conferences are Wednesday and Thursday evening and there is no school Friday. 1:41:20

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In the last sentence here, it says the funds from this grant will be used to build an industry-driven model that prepares students to enter the workplace. What does that model look like?Jennifer Matthias · Board Vice President50:48
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Video: posted by the district as “FWCS School Board of Trustees live October 26, 2026”