# October 12th School Board Meeting


**Body:** Goshen Community Schools
**Date:** October 13, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Education, Construction & Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure


Goshen Community Schools school board meeting, October 12, 2026 (the metadata timestamp is October 13). The board approved the 2027 budget after adopting Resolution 842, which addressed a taxpayer petition concerning the budget and found that it did not require changes to specific budget items. Resolution 842 appears to have passed 5–1; the budget passed 6–0. The superintendent reported budget categories of approximately $18.55 million for capital projects and bus debt service (the amount is garbled in the transcript), $6.361 million for exempt referendum capital, $54.984 million for the education fund, and $19 million for operations. The board also approved the consent agenda, which included accounts and 2026–27 apprenticeship partnerships with CareerWise Elkhart County and Horizon Education Alliance.

The board approved 2026–27 snow-removal recommendations, with Diamond Green assigned to Goshen High School, Chamberlain, and Goshen Intermediate, and Craig Sewer (vendor name as transcribed) to Goshen Junior High, Chandler Model, and West Goshen; no bid amounts were stated. The district reported that contractor work on the soccer field and alumni plaza utility-wire project was expected to begin October 19, including construction of new shot-put areas, but gave no contractor name or project cost. Discussion also covered a communications handbook and potential use of Class Intercom for managing school social-media posts; no software purchase or contract approval was recorded.

**Source:** Goshen Community Schools