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South Harrison Com Schools board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

School board approves consent agenda, field trips and fundraisers in 6⁠-⁠0 votes 46:44

  • A staff member presenting for the intermediate school said it was named the 43rd best middle school in Indiana and that enrollment stood at 522 students. 9:19
  • The board held a budget hearing at which a district staff member reviewed the education, operations and debt service funds, including an advertised education fund budget of $31,880,263. 34:34
Item by item (9)
  1. Opening and amended agenda 0:04
    • The meeting was called to order with all board members present except one, who was excused. 0:04
    • A staff member reviewed the amended agenda, which added volunteer coaches, a resignation, a revised start date, a secured school safety grant acceptance and three PTO fundraisers. 0:49
    • The board approved the amended agenda 6⁠-⁠0. 2:09
  2. Student council reports 2:18
    • A student representative reported a 70% pass rate on AP exams from last school year and said AP enrollment had tripled this year. 4:00
    • A second student representative said teachers were seeing overwhelmingly positive effects in classrooms from Indiana's new cell phone law. 4:58
  3. Intermediate school presentation 9:09
    • A staff member presenting for the intermediate school said the state had not yet released last year's standardized testing data and that U.S. News and World Report named the school the 43rd best middle school in Indiana. 9:19
    • The staff member said enrollment was 522 students, up from 441 two school years ago, with 34 new enrollees since the start of this school year. 9:19
    • The staff member said the school now has 7 teachers per grade level, 43 students invited into advanced math and 54 students who must retake iREAD. 9:19
  4. Budget hearing 33:46
    • A district staff member said the operations fund was advertised at 54.7 cents compared with 38.7 approved for 2026, and that the district's property tax cap loss for 2026 was $459,756. 34:07
    • A district staff member said the district had the 4th lowest tax rate among 290 school corporations in its 2025 budget order, compared with a state average of $1.02. 41:23
    • The board was told it would be asked next month to adopt the education, operations and debt service budgets, the capital projects plan and the bus replacement plan. 44:42
    • The presiding officer declared the hearing closed after no questions were raised. 46:03
  5. Consent agenda 46:03
    • The board took up the consent agenda through page 4. 46:03
    • The consent agenda was approved 6⁠-⁠0. 46:46
  6. Operational matters, field trips and fundraisers 46:47
    • Asked how much the secured school safety grant was, a staff member said the district received $43,000 this year and that it is used for SROs. 46:57
    • A staff member said the county SROs cost $80,000 each. 47:21
    • The board approved operational matters, field trips and fundraisers, each 6⁠-⁠0. 47:57
  7. Policy first reading and building debt items 48:47
    • The presiding officer noted a first reading of school board policy. 48:47
    • The board took up items 2 and 3 together, which the presiding officer described as chipping away at debts for the buildings. 48:58
    • Items 2 and 3 were approved 6⁠-⁠0. 49:19
  8. Superintendent report 49:25
    • The superintendent said 254 third graders were tested on iREAD with a 92.2% pass rate, compared with a state average of 88.7%. 49:27
    • The superintendent said a County Council invitation to meet tonight came on short notice and could not be accepted because of the board meeting. 49:27
    • The superintendent said the district's ADM was 2,946, down about 49 students from the October 1 count in 2025, a loss to the education fund of $367,500. 53:12
  9. Board member comments and adjournment 57:58
    • Board members thanked staff and asked about the intermediate school's house meetings, which a staff member said are usually every other Monday starting at 8:20. 58:05
    • The presiding officer said the October meeting will be held Thursday the 1st because of fall break. 1:01:29
    • The board voted 6⁠-⁠0 to adjourn. 1:02:38

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Video: posted by the district as “September 1, 2026: SHCSC Board Meeting”