# Live stream 2nd half of SACS 10.06.26 Board Meeting


**Body:** Sacs Pr
**Date:** October 07, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

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


Southwest Allen County Schools board meeting, held October 6, 2026 (the meeting title gives the date; metadata records October 7 UTC), covered a CTE construction project, playground improvements, the 2027 budget, and proposed school calendars. The board considered an early-release structural and site-work bid package for the CTE project. Recommended trade bids totaled approximately $8.41 million—about $1.9 million below the design-development budget—and the construction team forecast the full project would remain within its $35.5 million budget. Hagerman reported that it was the only bidder on the concrete package after another invited contractor did not submit a bid. The remaining construction scopes were scheduled to bid December 3 and return to the board December 15. The transcript records a request for a motion on the package but does not clearly capture the vote outcome. The board also discussed selecting an architecture firm for phase two of elementary playground improvements at De Ridge, Whispering Meadows, and Lafayette Meadows; that item was for discussion only and was to return for action.

The board approved the 2027 budget, capital projects plan, bus replacement plan, and related resolutions; the vote passed. The meeting also included discussion of proposed CTE course offerings and the 2028–29 district calendar, with calendar adoption planned for a later meeting. A resolution authorizing participation in litigation against social media companies also passed, but no additional procurement awards or vendor selections were identified in that item.

**Source:** Sacs Pr