Category Archives: School Board Meetings

HIGHLIGHTS: 10 Year Capital Improvement Plan and recommendation for Happy Hollow Building (6:47); Discussion on West Lafayette School Education Foundation (7:27); Changes to Accounts Payable (7:39)  6:30 – The school board meeting was called to order. The board was asked to approve the agenda and the minutes from the October 10, 2022 meeting. Springer joinedContinue reading “November 14, 2022 Summary”

HIGHLIGHTS: Increasing Class Size (7:22); Demolishing Portion of Happy Hollow Discussed (7:35); Increase in Teacher Salary (7:50); School Calendars for 2023-24 and 2024-25 (8:02) 6:32 – The school board meeting was called to order. There was a moment of silence for the Purdue student killed last week. 6:33 – The board was asked to approveContinue reading “October 10, 2022 Summary”

HIGHLIGHTS: Fiscal Plan (6:36); Enrollment and Transfer Students (6:42); State Funding –  Foundation and Complexity (7:30); Referendum Funding (7:38) 6:34 – There is no voting at work sessions and they announced that there would be no official minutes or recording. The only item on the agenda is the public hearing for the 2023 budget. I’mContinue reading “September 21, 2022 Work Session/Public Budget Hearing”

HIGHLIGHTS: New Hire for Student Mental Health Support (6:31); Transfer Student “Policy” (6:42); Budget Hearing and $9.5 million Proposed Capital Expenditure (6:51) 6:30 – The school board meeting was called to order. The board was asked to approve the agenda and the minutes from the August 8, 2022 meeting. Voted 7 out of 7 6:31Continue reading “September 12, 2022 Summary”

HIGHLIGHTS: Reiling Resigns as Legal Counsel (6:42); Additional School Resource Officer (6:52); New Employee Benefits Provider (6:57); Replacing the Air Conditioner at Happy Hollow (7:05); WLES Nature Center Renovation (7:18); RDP-PAC Donor Reappointed to Library Board (7:31); High Teacher Turnover (7:33); Teacher Evaluations (7:44) 6:33 – The school board meeting was called to order. TheContinue reading “August 8, 2022 Summary”

HIGHLIGHTS: School Policy Revisions (7:08); Board Meetings Changed to 2nd Mondays (7:16); Increase in School Lunch Price (7:19); Background Checks to Enter Schools (7:50); Legal Services Fees (8:03); Back Pay of $69,507 to Former Interim CFO and Deleted Public Information (8:03); WLES Principal Search (8:10) 6:30 – The school board meeting was called to order.Continue reading “June 6, 2022 Summary”

HIGHLIGHTS: Masks Optional on Yellow School Buses (6:52); Lack of Parent Input in Textbook Adoption (6:58), Health Clinic for Employees (7:15); School Board Meeting Schedule Change (7:32); New Assistant Superintendent (7:47); Received Proposals from 4 Legal Services Providers (8:03); Making the School Board Packet Public Before Board Meetings (8:10); New Jr/Sr HS Bell Schedule (8:12)  Continue reading “May 2, 2022 Summary”

HIGHLIGHTS: Hiring a School Mental Health Therapist (6:46); Summer Program to address Learning Loss (6:46); Update on Jr/Sr HS Bell Schedule (6:53); No Citibus, Yellow School Buses Only for 22-23 (7:13); Witt Accusing Yin of Failing in her Duty as a Board Member (8:04) 6:30 – The school board meeting was called to order. TheContinue reading “April 4, 2022 Summary”

HIGHLIGHTS: Hiring an Assistant Superintendent (6:45), Ohlhaut Appointed as CFO (6:52), Bid Request for new Legal Counsel (6:56), Teacher and Staff Turnover (6:59) Access to Public Documents (7:09), Vote to Approve Mask Optional Policy (7:22), Feedback on the Jr/Sr HS Schedule (8:01) 6:31 – The school board meeting was called to order. The board wasContinue reading “March 7, 2022 Summary”