Crothersville school board approves $45,000 special-education hire and shifts $48,966.68 in levy losses

Crothersville school board approved several personnel actions and a tax-credit resolution at its July 2026 meeting. Tory Henry was hired as a special-education teacher for $45,000 for the 2026-27 school year, while the board accepted the immediate resignation of Shelby Mays Elementary teacher Shelby Mays. It also approved extracurricular appointments, a middle-school science-club sponsor, and reappointments for school treasurer, deputy treasurer, extracurricular treasurer, and legal counsel. The board approved a supplemental homestead-credit resolution that shifts $43,912.70 from the debt-service levy and $5,541 from the pension-debt levy, preserving $48,966.68 for school operations and leaving an estimated $20,632 loss instead of roughly $68,000. The board also approved 2026-27 student and athletic handbooks and a volunteer research partnership to develop a staff leadership framework. Online registration begins July 20, in-person registration is available the week of July 27, school starts Aug. 4, and the next board meeting is Aug. 10 at 6 p.m.
• Crothersville school board approved a supplemental homestead-credit resolution transferring $43,912.70 from the debt-service levy and $5,541 from the pension-debt levy. Officials said the move preserves $48,966.68 for the school and reduces the expected loss to about $20,632 rather than roughly $68,000.
• Crothersville school board: Tory Henry was hired as a special-education teacher at $45,000 for the 2026-27 school year.
• Crothersville school board accepted Shelby Mays Elementary teacher Shelby Mays’ resignation, effective immediately.
• Crothersville school board accepted resignations from Mason Boycourt as elementary girls red basketball coach and Tammy Hinsley as elementary and junior-senior-high robotics coach, and hired Rhonda Howard as middle-school science-club sponsor for 2026-27.
• Crothersville school board approved the listed extracurricular coaching and sponsorship appointments for the 2026-27 school year; officials noted that some vacancies remained.
• Crothersville school board: Ellen Prince was reappointed treasurer, Annette King deputy treasurer, and Ginger Fiser treasurer for elementary extracurricular accounts. A separate recommendation involving Christie was held for the next meeting because of a conflict-of-interest issue.
• Crothersville school board reappointed Bose McKinney Evans as school attorney for the 2026-27 school year.
• Crothersville school board approved small changes to the elementary, junior-senior-high, and athletic handbooks for 2026-27.
• Crothersville school board approved Superintendent Dr. Street’s plan to work with Purdue Global student Carl Beckowitz on a volunteer, leadership-based professional-development framework for staff. No school funding was identified.
• Crothersville school board: Online student registration begins July 20. In-person registration and on-site computers will be available the week of July 27; a substitute-teacher meeting is scheduled for July 24 at 11 a.m., and free student physicals are scheduled for July 29 from 9 a.m. to noon at the high school office.
• Crothersville school board: Elementary and junior-senior-high open houses are scheduled for Aug. 3, from 4 to 6 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m., respectively. Teachers return Aug. 3, students return Aug. 4, and the next board meeting is Aug. 10 at 6 p.m.
• Crothersville school board: The district said EMCOR is nearing completion of the heating-and-air project. Some waxing and related building work may be delayed until fall or Christmas break because of construction.