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Yorktown Community Schools board meeting, Aug 18, 2026

34 min

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Yorktown board approves annual enrollment requirements, hears enrollment up about 55 8:48

  • A district staff member reported that enrollment was up about 55 over the fall of 2025 and that the number would not be finalized until October 1st. 8:48
  • The board approved the annual enrollment requirements 4⁠-⁠0. 15:12
  • In closing remarks, a district staff member described the district's response to flooding, including some water in crawl spaces under Yorktown Middle School, and transportation changes tied to an expected reduction of about $300,000 in annual expense by 2028. 19:41
Item by item (9)
  1. Opening and public comment 1:17
    • Vici Gasaway called the meeting to order at 6 o'clock with the Pledge of Allegiance. 1:17
    • A speaker at public comment invited the board to an event at Pleasant View next Friday from 11:30 to 1:30, a lemonade stand that students would help run. 3:07
  2. Consent agenda 6:32
    • A district staff member described the consent agenda items as standard and asked for approval if there were no questions. 6:46
    • A motion to approve the consent agenda was made and seconded, and Vici Gasaway called for a vote. 6:54
  3. Bus locator app 7:04
    • A district staff member said the item had been tabled from last month to look at an annual fee rather than a 3-year agreement, and that locating individual students carried a premium and required hardware. 7:13
    • The staff member recommended tabling the item indefinitely, and said the vendor could be asked to give new pricing when the board revisited it. 7:13
    • Vici Gasaway asked whether everyone was okay with tabling the item until next month. 8:30
  4. Preliminary enrollment report 8:44
    • A district staff member said enrollment was up about 55 over the fall of 2025 and would not become official until October 1st. 9:06
    • The staff member said the ADM number was 2,749 last year and 2,797 the year before. 10:18
    • The staff member said average class size was about 23 at Pleasant View and about 24 at YE. 11:43
  5. Second reading of policy updates 12:19
    • A district staff member said the policies are sent to directors and principals for input before a first reading. 12:44
    • The staff member said the district still uses Neola and that changing vendors would take work at the board level. ~12:59
    • A motion to approve was moved and seconded. 13:46
  6. Annual enrollment requirements 14:23
    • A district staff member said the Indiana Department of Education requires annual approval of the requirements, which the board first adopted in 2020 and which had not changed. 14:27
    • The motion carried 4⁠-⁠0. 15:12
  7. School rankings and reading scores 15:25
    • A district staff member said U.S. News and World Report ranked the high school number 25 in the state of Indiana and 1,336th in the nation, in the top 7%. 15:47
    • A district staff member said the iRead passing rate was 98%, above the state goal of 95%. 18:25
  8. Flooding and operations update 19:41
    • A district staff member said there was no water in finished spaces in any building but some water in crawl spaces under Yorktown Middle School, and that soil testing would be done before cleanup of the athletic fields. 21:17
    • The staff member said transportation changes were made in response to property tax changes, with the district anticipating reducing about $300,000 of expense annually from the operations fund by 2028. 23:54
  9. Board comments and adjournment 25:16
    • Jason Brooks thanked staff for handling the flooding situation and said everybody made it home safe. 25:20
    • Tom Simpson congratulated staff on the iREAD results and recognized maintenance, facilities and transportation staff for their work after the flood. 26:11
    • Vici Gasaway thanked teachers, administrators and transportation staff and congratulated the band on its state fair competition, and the meeting was adjourned at 6:32. 30:53

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