Brownstown Central school board: Brownstown school board approves grades 9-12 virtual school for 2026-27

The Brownstown Central Community School Corporation board approved creating a grades 9-12 virtual-school option for the 2026-27 school year and applying to the Indiana Department of Education for a separate school number. The board also approved $1,503 in emergency roof-leak repairs at the middle school, authorized $1,402,197.24 in claims, lunch-fund claims and payroll-related payments, changed the previously recommended 2026-27 calendar from Option 2 to Option 3, and expanded the literacy coach position from K-5 to K-8. Personnel actions included several immediate staffing changes and 2026-27 teacher transfers, with personnel votes excluding Jerry Hounshel and Brian Wheeler because they abstained. The minutes provide no details on the revised calendar dates or the virtual program’s operating details.
• Brownstown Central school board approved a grades 9-12 virtual-school option for the 2026-27 school year and authorized an application for an additional Indiana Department of Education school number.
• Brownstown Central school board approved changing the 2026-27 school-calendar recommendation from Option 2 to Option 3; the minutes do not list the resulting calendar dates.
• Brownstown Central school board approved expanding the literacy coach position from serving grades K-5 to grades K-8.
• Brownstown Central school board: An emergency allocation of $1,503 was approved for Southern Roofing to repair middle-school roof leaks. The emergency-allocation balance was reported as $89,817.41 after the expenditure.
• Brownstown Central school board unanimously approved $1,402,197.24 in combined payments, including $108,153.65 in lunch-fund claims and $1,134,396.35 in payroll Nos. 13 and 14 and March claims, along with other education, operations and grant-related claims.
• Brownstown Central school board: Personnel actions were approved, with Jerry Hounshel and Brian Wheeler abstaining. Actions included immediate hires or assignments, 2026-27 teacher transfers, coaching changes, leaves of absence, and summer staffing; recommendations were contingent on favorable criminal-background checks.
• Brownstown Central school board approved facility use that includes a Jackson County Sheriff’s Department K-9 training session, scheduled March 16, and other school and community events through 2027.
• Brownstown Central school board: BCMS received a $957.50 Jackson County Community Foundation Amy Motazedi grant for student needs, including supplies and shoes. Additional community donations covered student needs, negative lunch balances, backpack-program food and some field-trip expenses.
• Brownstown Central school board: The middle school will host the Mid-Southern Conference Track Meet on May 11, 2026, the first time in school history, according to the minutes.
• Brownstown Central school board: The district’s elementary, middle-school and high-school archery teams qualified for Nationals in Louisville.