School Board Working Session Oct. 26, 2026

The Avon Community School Corporation Board held a working session on Oct. 26, 2026 (the metadata timestamp is Oct. 27 UTC). The board discussed the tentative teachers’ contract, which is scheduled for a public hearing and possible ratification at the November meeting. Proposed terms include raising starting teacher pay from $54,000 to $54,750, a $500 one-time stipend for eligible teachers, and a 6% increase to extracurricular stipends; the transcript does not state the overall contract cost. The board also discussed a newly issued RFP for contracted bus-driver services to address staffing shortages. Administrators recommended First Student, which would provide two to five drivers using district buses; the estimated rate is about $400 per driver per day, compared with approximately $350 for the district’s highest-paid drivers. Five routes lacked permanent drivers at the time of discussion. The transcript records a 5-0 vote on agenda item 5F after this discussion, but the motion text is missing, so it is unclear whether that vote formally approved the bus arrangement.

The board adopted the 2027 budget resolution, approving the education fund budget and budgets and levies for the referendum, debt-service, and operations funds, by a 5-0 vote. It also approved resolutions concerning investment of public funds, transfer of investment income to the education fund, and reducing appropriations if needed to balance current and 2027 budgets; the transcript does not clearly capture the vote outcomes for every resolution. The investment resolution authorizes competitive bids for certificates of deposit outside the corporation’s boundaries. The session also recognized schools for literacy results and students’ inclusion activities; no related purchases were discussed.