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Lake Central School Corporation board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Lake Central board approves 2027 budget resolution 1:07:00

  • The Lake Central Education Foundation awarded grants for Round 65 and a seed grant. 5:33
  • The board approved resolutions on the 2027 budget amounts and tax rates and on the 2027 capital projects plan. 1:07:00
  • The director of business services also sought approval to transfer up to $4.2 million from the education fund to the operations fund and up to $3 million from the referendum fund to the rainy day fund, and each motion passed. 1:08:33

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Item by item (15)
  1. Opening and consent agenda 2:37
    • A district staff member sought approval of a revised agenda that included a change under item D2. 2:46
    • Louise Tallent said there was nothing to add this week. 3:25
    • The consent agenda included minutes from the Sept. 21 executive session, special board meeting and regular board meeting, along with claims, payroll and extracurricular expenditures. 4:17
    • The revised agenda and the consent agenda were approved. ~3:06
  2. Board policies and tentative contract hearing 4:49
    • A district staff member sought approval of school board policies reviewed at the last work session. 4:49
    • The board held a hearing on the tentative collective bargaining agreement, which the staff member said had been posted on the district website since the previous week, and no one offered public comment. 5:12
    • The motion to approve the board policies passed. 5:08
  3. Education foundation grant awards 5:12
    • A foundation presenter said Round 65 included 14 biannual grants and 1 seed grant, totaling $14,205.64 and affecting 4,706 students. 6:17
    • A speaker said the Partners in Education program raised over $39,000, almost double the amount raised in 2025. 6:57
    • A seed grant of $3,009.23 went to a Lake Central High School project for mobile podcasting carts. 16:38
  4. Personnel and professional leave 20:43
    • The assistant superintendent sought approval of personnel recommendations and professional leave requests. 20:48
    • One board member made the motion on personnel recommendations and said some of the names on the list made them sad. 20:56
    • Both motions passed. ~21:04
  5. Primary education leave and field trips 21:37
    • The director of primary education sought approval of professional leave and field trip requests. 21:40
    • Both motions passed. ~21:54
  6. Pfeiffer Elementary vision presentation 22:17
    • The principal at Pfeiffer said the school added 30 minutes a day of math WIN time this year alongside reading WIN time. 22:29
    • The principal described an anonymous monthly staff survey and said the school's positivity pulse was 83% this month. 25:36
    • Asked by Janice Malchow about the 83% figure, the principal said it was 91 in September. 32:53
  7. Kindergarten testing and elementary iLearn results 34:21
    • A district staff member said high ability testing for kindergarten students would start the week of March 1st, while 2nd and 5th graders would still be tested in November. 34:21
    • A staff member said the 2025⁠-⁠26 iLearn assessment was new, could not be compared with the former test and provided a baseline for future comparisons. 36:13
    • The staff member said all elementary schools scored above the state average in every area and every grade level. 36:38
  8. Secondary iLearn and biology results 39:36
    • The director of secondary education said Kaler Middle School was 20% above the state in 5th grade ELA and high school biology was 13.9% above the state average. 39:56
    • Janice Malchow asked whether special needs students were included, and the director said everyone was included except students taking the alternative assessment. 46:28
  9. Secondary leave and field trips 49:16
    • A staff member sought the board's approval of professional leave requests and field trip requests. 49:16
    • Both motions passed. ~49:35
  10. Student services leave and communication awareness 50:03
    • Janice Malchow asked about an ABA clinic listed on a professional leave request, and staff said ABA is applied behavior analysis. 50:55
    • Speech therapists described October as AAC Awareness Month and said AAC stands for augmentative and alternative communication. 52:18
    • A speech therapist said the district has about 160 high-tech device users served by approximately 20 speech therapy staff members. 56:26
    • The professional leave requests were approved. 50:17
  11. Boiler tune-up program 1:03:57
    • The director of facilities said boiler work at qualifying schools would cost a little over $50,000, with NIPSCO paying all but $2,715. 1:04:00
    • The director said work at the 8 schools would start around November 15th and must be done by December 31st. 1:05:33
    • Janice Malchow asked why Pfeiffer and Homan were not included, and the director said those schools do not have boilers. 1:05:56
  12. 2027 budget resolutions 1:06:57
    • The director of business services presented resolutions on the 2027 budget amounts and tax rates, the 2027 capital projects plan and the 2027 school bus replacement plan. 1:07:00
    • The director sought authority to transfer up to $4.2 million from the education fund to the operations fund in 2027, an amount the director recommended not increasing. 1:08:33
    • The director sought approval to transfer up to $3 million from the referendum fund to the rainy day fund, earmarked for future revenue declines. 1:09:50
  13. Common School Technology Loan application 1:11:00
    • The director of business services sought approval to apply for the state's Common School Technology Loan, which the director said would equate to $835,400 for this round. 1:11:00
    • The director said the loan is not additional debt because it replaces one being paid off. 1:11:48
    • The loan application and the donations were approved. ~1:12:03
  14. Enrollment count and financial update 1:12:29
    • The director of business services said the district is down 164 students from last year and has 8,354 students district-wide. 1:12:29
    • The director said the three main funds are projected to operate $8 million to the good, not counting the rainy day transfer or staff pay increases. 1:17:19
  15. Board comments and adjournment 1:24:15
    • Janice Malchow thanked a presenter for sharing and thanked everyone for their dedication. 1:24:52
    • A district staff member said the next board meeting will be on Monday, November 9th. 1:25:28

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Video: posted by the district as “Lake Central School Board Meeting 10/19/2026”