Brownstown Central school board: Brownstown school board approves $1.55 million in claims and keeps 2026-27 lunch prices unchanged

The Brownstown Central Community School Corporation board unanimously approved $1,554,587.88 in claims, including $1,266,778.75 in payroll claims and $35,078.01 in Lunch Fund claims. It also approved a $2,871 emergency payment to Southern Roofing for roof-leak repairs at the high school and elementary school. For the 2026-27 school year, student lunch prices will remain $3.15 at the high school, middle school and elementary school, with other meal prices also unchanged. The board approved administrator salaries, benefits and contract renewals at status quo, multiple personnel actions, updated student and athletic handbooks, a cell phone policy and a transfer sick-day policy. The corporation also disclosed that it is defending a breach-of-contract lawsuit and does not expect to comment further while litigation continues.
• Brownstown Central school board unanimously approved claims totaling $1,554,587.88, including $1,266,778.75 in payroll claims and $35,078.01 in Lunch Fund claims.
• Brownstown Central school board: A $2,871 emergency allocation to Southern Roofing was approved for roof-leak repairs at the high school and elementary school; the emergency allocation balance fell from $89,817.41 to $86,946.41.
• Brownstown Central school board: Lunch prices for 2026-27 will remain unchanged: $3.15 at the high school, middle school and elementary school. Other lunch and breakfast prices also remain at current levels.
• Brownstown Central school board unanimously approved 2026-27 administrator salaries, benefits and contract renewals at status quo, along with renewal of the assistant superintendent contract addendum at status quo.
• Brownstown Central school board approved numerous personnel recommendations, transfers and other staffing actions, contingent on favorable criminal background checks; the listed effective dates range from immediately to the 2026-27 school year.
• Brownstown Central school board approved the 2026-27 student and athletic handbooks, a revised cell phone policy, a transfer sick-day policy and a flexibility-waiver resolution allowing the corporation to seek approval for early-dismissal days.
• Brownstown Central school board: The corporation disclosed that it faces a breach-of-contract lawsuit. Superintendent Tim Taylor said the underlying events involved a business email compromise affecting another entity's email system, not the school corporation's system, and said the corporation would vigorously defend the case.
• Brownstown Central school board: Sixty-three students from the corporation's three archery teams were scheduled to compete at the World Tournament in Daytona Beach on June 18, 2026.
• Brownstown Central school board: The summer meal program distributed 1,944 meals on its first distribution day and planned to provide meals twice weekly to school-age children during the summer.