South Bend Community School Corporation public meetings in 2025
30 substantive meetings from 2025, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
REGULAR MEETING
The South Bend Community School Corporation Board will hold a closed executive session to discuss collective bargaining, pending litigation, real property transactions, school consolidation, and employee matters. Following the closed session, the regular meeting will include adoption of the agenda, recognitions, public comment periods, and a consent agenda with financial reports, personnel actions, and contracts under $50,000.
- Closed session under Indiana Open Door Law for collective bargaining, litigation, real property, and employee evaluations
- Consent agenda includes approval of minutes, financial statements, payroll, personnel report with new hires and terminations
- Contracts under $50,000: HRI Inc. kitchen replacement ($46,273), EverDriven cameras ($2/trip), Vector Solutions license ($30,000), and others
- Presentation of 2026-2027 course description guide
- Graduation dates announced for multiple schools in May and June 2026
REGULAR MEETING
The board will first hold a closed session at 4:30 PM for strategy on collective bargaining, litigation, real property transactions, school consolidation, and personnel matters. The regular meeting at 5:30 PM includes public comment, a presentation on McKinney Vento services for homeless students, and approval of a consent agenda covering minutes, financial reports, bills/payroll, personnel changes, annual resolutions, gifts/fundraisers, and contracts valued at $50,000 or less.
- Closed session for strategy on collective bargaining, litigation, real property, school consolidation, and personnel.
- Consent agenda includes approval of bills/payroll and personnel report with terminations and new hires.
- Contracts under $50,000: Clean Air & Environmental Services $33,302 for Washington High School asbestos abatement (retroactive).
- Contracts under $50,000: ACM Engineering $17,940 for AHERA surveillance (retroactive).
- Presentation on McKinney Vento program for students experiencing homelessness.
REGULAR MEETING
The board will first meet in closed executive session under Indiana law to discuss strategy for collective bargaining, pending litigation, real property transactions, school consolidation, and personnel matters. Following that, a regular open meeting will consider a consent agenda that includes approval of minutes, financial reports, bills and payroll, personnel actions, annual resolutions, gifts and fundraisers, and contracts valued at $50,000 or less. A presentation on the alternative education program is also scheduled.
- Closed session covering collective bargaining, litigation, real property, school consolidation, and personnel issues
- Consent agenda approval of contracts up to $50,000 including $41,312 for Value Flooring (retroactive), $24,875 for Five Star curriculum at Riley High School, and $22,515 for Surveillance 24/7 bus safety plan
- Alternative Education Program report and presentation
- Personnel report including new hires and terminations
- Public comment periods for action agenda items and other matters
SPECIAL MEETING
The School Board will consider approving the 2025-2027 collective bargaining agreement with the National Education Association (NEA). This special meeting includes public comment on action items before the vote.
- Approval of the NEA Contract (2025-2027 CBA)
REGULAR MEETING
The board will first meet in closed session at 4:00 PM to discuss strategy on collective bargaining, pending litigation, real property transactions, school consolidation, and personnel matters. Following the closed session, the regular meeting will include a budget presentation for fiscal year 2026 and a consent agenda approving minutes, bills and payroll, personnel changes, annual resolutions, gifts and fundraisers, and contracts under $50,000.
- Closed session under IC 5-14-1.5-6.1(b) for collective bargaining, litigation, real property, school consolidation, and personnel interviews
- Budget presentation for 2026 fiscal year (information/report)
- Consent agenda includes approval of bills and payroll, personnel report with new hires and terminations
- Contracts under $50,000 include $28,860 for VFD replacements at Riley High School, $25,827 for data center maintenance, $6,540 for driver training program
- Approval of gifts and fundraisers, including gift card for parent focus group and Battle of the Books event for 2026
SPECIAL MEETING
The Board of School Trustees will hold a special meeting to discuss a tentative agreement regarding the Teacher Collective Bargaining Agreement. The agenda includes the adoption of the meeting agenda and subsequent adjournment.
- Discussion of Tentative Agreement of the Teacher Collective Bargaining Agreement
REGULAR MEETING
The South Bend Community School Corporation Board will hold a closed session to discuss collective bargaining, litigation, real property transactions, and school consolidation. The board will also consider a consent agenda including approval of minutes, financial reports, payroll, personnel actions, annual resolutions, gifts, fundraisers, and contracts under $50,000. A report on the apprentice teacher/retaining talent program will be presented.
- Closed session for strategy on collective bargaining, litigation, real property transactions, and school consolidation
- Consent agenda includes contract: $22,860 for paving at Swanson Traditional School (Walt's Paving)
- Consent agenda includes contract: $38,069.20 for Riverside Insights CogAt assessment for high-ability students
- Consent agenda includes contract: $37,950 for painting block walls at Coquillard (Howard Custom Enterprises)
- Personnel report with terminations and new hires (details attached)
REGULAR MEETING
The Board will hear the 2026 budget presentation and hold a closed session to discuss collective bargaining, litigation, real property transactions, school consolidation, and personnel matters. The consent agenda includes approval of minutes, financial reports, bills and payroll, personnel changes, annual resolutions, gifts and fundraisers, and contracts under $50,000. Public comment is invited on action agenda items and other topics.
- Closed session to discuss collective bargaining, litigation, real estate, school consolidation, and personnel
- 2026 budget presentation (informational report)
- Approval of consent agenda including minutes, financial reports, and payroll
- Personnel report with new hires and terminations
- Contracts for $50,000 or less approved as part of consent agenda
REGULAR MEETING
The Board of School Trustees will discuss the 'State of South Bend Schools' and City Connect. The meeting includes a consent agenda for personnel decisions, payroll, and various service contracts.
- Walt's Paving asphalt installation at Kennedy Academy: $50,000.00
- North American Signs, Inc. signage project at Madison Steam Academy: $30,893.30
- BLV services contracts for Angela Bussard and Jessica Bealor: $25,000.00 each
- Laura Kowalewski direct speech services for non-public students: $25,000.00
- Town Hall meetings scheduled Sept 22-30 at Nuner, Darden, Harrison, Brown Administration, and Monroe
REGULAR MEETING
The Board of School Trustees will conduct a regular meeting including a closed session for strategy and personnel discussions. The agenda includes updates on Back to School University, Hispanic Heritage Month, and various consent agenda items.
- Closed session discussion regarding collective bargaining, litigation, real property, and personnel
- Howard Custom Enterprises window work at Jefferson Traditional School ($15,000.00)
- Howard Custom Enterprises work at Rise Up Academy ($6,700.00)
- Presence Learning special education licenses ($12,390.00)
- Ellevation compliance and data management platform ($27,751.25)
REGULAR MEETING
The board will first meet in closed session under Indiana law to discuss collective bargaining, pending litigation, real property transactions, school consolidation, and personnel matters. The regular meeting thereafter includes recognitions, public comment, a presentation on IRead-3 data, and a consent agenda for approval of minutes, financial reports, payroll, personnel decisions, annual resolutions, gifts, and contracts under $50,000.
- Closed session covering collective bargaining, litigation, real estate, school consolidation, and personnel matters
- Presentation and update on IRead-3 data for elementary schools
- Consent agenda includes contracts up to $50,000 — e.g., Salesforce $23,058, Bob Frames Plumbing $3,152 at Lafayette Elementary, Anastos Brothers Concrete $21,550 at Muessel Elementary
- Personnel report covering new hires, terminations, and summer learning pay rates
- Approval of gifts and fundraisers
REGULAR MEETING
The Board of School Trustees will meet to discuss transportation updates and iLearn information. The meeting includes a closed session for matters such as collective bargaining, litigation strategy, and personnel discussions.
- First Student migrant student transport: $10,929.00
- Art By Bd. LLC cafeteria mural at Muessel Elementary School: $2,000.00
- Asphalt Restoration Services at Adams, Riley & Lafayette: $17,700.00
- Pemberton Davis Services Riley Cooling Tower work: $4,169.53
- Anastos Brothers Custom Concrete: $5,973.46
REGULAR MEETING
The South Bend School Board will first meet in closed session to discuss collective bargaining, pending litigation, real property transactions, school consolidation, and confidential employee matters. Following the closed session, the board will convene the regular meeting to consider a consent agenda that includes personnel actions, financial reports, and several contracts under $50,000, including a $30,400 Turf Tank proposal and $46,405 in transportation services. The board will also receive a cabinet update on the preliminary strategic plan and hear public comments.
- Closed session for collective bargaining, litigation strategy, real property transactions, and school consolidation
- Consent agenda includes contracts: Turf Tank proposal $30,400, MTC Intrans transportation $46,405, PowerSchool licenses $25,432.70
- Personnel report includes terminations, new hires, and summer learning pay rates
- Financial reports and bills/payroll approval as part of consent agenda
- Cabinet update on preliminary strategic plan
REGULAR MEETING
The Board of School Trustees will meet to discuss academic updates and approve a consent agenda. The meeting includes a closed session to discuss collective bargaining, litigation, and real property transactions.
- Everway ULS Curriculum for Life Skills: $49,578.50
- Asphalt Restoration Services for various locations: $44,925.00
- Technical Water Treatment for towers and hot water loops: $38,500.00
- Pemberton Davis Services TV install and move at Brown Administration Building: $29,894.43
- Golden Rules Signs for Muessel Elementary School: $16,993.25
REGULAR MEETING
The South Bend Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees will review a financial update for the Brown Renovation Project. The board will also vote on a consent agenda covering personnel decisions, annual resolutions, and various small-scale contracts.
- Brown Renovation Project financial update
- Value Flooring Inc. carpeting rework for Kennedy Academy: $38,420.62
- Pemberton Davis Electric Inc. TV installation at Administration Building: $29,894.43
- Hebard & Hebard Architects, Inc. security badges and maps: Not to Exceed $33,000
- Trane emergency chiller repair for John Adams High School: $18,733.00
REGULAR MEETING
The board will first meet in a closed executive session to discuss strategy on litigation, real property transactions, school consolidation, and personnel matters. In the open meeting, the board will receive updates on alternative school programs and the consent decree, hear public comments, and then vote on a consent agenda comprising routine approvals including minutes, financial reports, bills and payroll, personnel decisions, annual resolutions, gifts, fundraisers, and contracts for $50,000 or less.
- Closed session for discussion of litigation, real estate, school consolidation, and personnel.
- Update on alternative school programs.
- Update on consent decree.
- Consent agenda includes personnel actions: terminations, new hires, and summer learning pay rates.
- Consent agenda includes contracts under $50,000, e.g., University of Florida Literacy Institute ($17,200) and multiple speech therapy services (up to $30,000).
REGULAR MEETING
The Board of School Trustees will enter a closed session before the regular meeting to discuss litigation, real estate transactions, school consolidation, and personnel matters. The regular meeting includes recognitions for School Principals' Day and National School Nurse Day, a presentation from Relay/GSE, and a consent agenda covering minutes, financial reports, payroll, personnel, annual resolutions, gifts, fundraisers, and contracts under $50,000. An action item on the agenda is the approval of the Food Services Contract Renewal.
- Closed session at 3:30 PM under IC 5-14-1.5-6.1(b) for litigation, real property transactions, school consolidation, and employee matters
- Consent agenda includes contracts under $50,000 totaling over $200,000, e.g., $49,700 for 7 milk coolers, $33,748 for LED sign at Jackson MS, $21,182 for gym work at Riley HS
- Personnel report including new hires, terminations, and summer learning pay rates
- Acceptance of financial reports and claims for payment
- Approval of Food Services Contract Renewal (IDOE required)
REGULAR MEETING
The South Bend Community School Corporation Board will meet in executive session to discuss pending litigation, real property transactions, school consolidation, and confidential personnel matters. The board will also hear an enrollment update and vote on a consent agenda covering minutes, bills, payroll, personnel decisions, annual resolutions, and contracts under $50,000.
- Closed session under Indiana Open Door Law for litigation, real property, school consolidation, and personnel matters
- Enrollment update presentation
- Consent agenda approval including bills and payroll registers
- Personnel report with terminations and new hires
- Contracts under $50,000, including University of Notre Dame Tutor ND program ($0 cost) and flooring work at Dickinson ($44,245.36)
Board Work Session
This agenda is sparse and procedural, listing only standard meeting steps and one discussion item. The South Bend Community School Corporation board will review a consent decree during its April 23 work session at 737 Beale Street. No votes, contracts, or policy changes are scheduled.
- Discussion item: Consent Decree
- Meeting location: 737 Beale Street, South Bend, IN
- Scheduled start: 5:30 p.m.
Board Work Session
The board is meeting for a work session that includes a discussion of a policy item. No formal votes are scheduled beyond adopting the agenda and adjourning.
- Discussion of a policy (no details provided in the agenda)
REGULAR MEETING
The board will hold a public hearing on a proposed superintendent's contract, then discuss and possibly decide on 2025-2026 school start times. A consent agenda includes approval of minutes, financial reports, bills, personnel changes, gift applications, fundraisers, and contracts under $50,000. The meeting begins with a closed session at 3:30 pm for litigation, real estate, and personnel matters.
- Public hearing on proposed superintendent contract
- Discussion on 2025-2026 school start times
- Closed session for litigation, real property transactions, and personnel evaluations
- Consent agenda includes personnel report with new hires and terminations
- Approval of contracts for $50,000 or less
REGULAR MEETING
The South Bend Community School Corporation Board will hold a closed session for litigation, real property, and school consolidation strategy before the regular meeting. The board will vote on a consent agenda including minutes, bills, payroll, personnel, annual resolutions, gifts, and contracts under $50,000. Action items include approving the 2025-2026 calendar, elementary and middle school textbook adoptions, an emergency notification platform, and a $1,279,100 Common School Fund loan for iPad carts and replacement parts.
- Closed session for litigation, real property transactions, and school consolidation
- Approval of 2025-2026 school calendar
- Elementary and middle school textbook (ELA) adoptions
- Emergency notification platform contract
- $1,279,100 Common School Fund loan for iPad carts and replacement parts
REGULAR MEETING
The board will first meet in closed session to discuss collective bargaining, litigation, and personnel. During the open meeting, they will vote on authorizing a request for proposals (RFP) for a real estate agency to sell closed corporation buildings and for a new financial and human resources system. The consent agenda includes routine approval of minutes, bills, payroll, personnel changes, and gifts.
- Closed session for collective bargaining, litigation, and personnel matters
- Vote on starting RFP for real estate agency to sell closed school buildings
- Vote on starting RFP for new financial and human resources system
- Summer school planning update (IREAD, 2025 planning slides)
- Approval of bills and payroll for payment (consent agenda)
REGULAR MEETING
The South Bend Community School Corporation Board will hold a closed session to discuss strategy on pending litigation, real property transactions, school consolidation, and personnel matters. The regular meeting also includes a financial update on DUAB indicators, public comment periods, and a consent agenda covering minutes, financial reports, bills, personnel, annual resolutions, gifts, fundraisers, and contracts of $50,000 or less.
- Closed session under Indiana Open Door Law for litigation, real property transactions, school consolidation, and confidential records
- Financial update on DUAB indicators for the 2024 calendar year
- Consent agenda approval including minutes, financial statements, bills, payroll, personnel changes, annual resolutions, gifts, fundraisers, and contracts $50,000 or less
REGULAR MEETING
The Board will vote on placing Superintendent Dr. Cummings on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into his decision to hold school on Thursday, February 6, 2025. They may also appoint a temporary superintendent if needed. Other items are procedural (adoption of agenda, hearing of visitors, board communications, adjournment).
- Vote to place Dr. Cummings on paid administrative leave pending investigation into Feb 6 school closure decision
- Possible appointment of a temporary superintendent for the corporation
- Hearing of visitors addressing action agenda items
REGULAR MEETING
The South Bend Community School Corporation Board will hold a regular meeting on Feb 3, 2025, starting with a closed session under Indiana's Open Door Law to discuss litigation, security systems, real property transactions, school consolidation, confidential records, and board training. The open session will follow with recognitions (Black History Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, National School Counseling Week), public comment periods, and a consent agenda that includes approval of minutes, bills and payroll, annual resolutions, gifts and fundraisers, and personnel reports. No separate action items are listed.
- Closed session at 3:30 PM under IC 5-14-1.5-6.1(b) covering litigation, security, real property transactions, school consolidation, personnel interviews, confidential records, and board training
- Consent agenda includes approval of bills and payroll (Bill List_02.03.25_BOARD.pdf, Payroll Register_02.03.25_BOARD.pdf)
- Personnel report includes new hires and terminations (2.3.2025_NEW_HIRES_WO SALARY_.xlsx, 020325_TERMINATIONS_.pdf)
- Black History Month Proclamation and recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day and National School Counseling Week (Feb 3-7)
- No action items (separate from consent agenda) are on the agenda
SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING
The South Bend Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees is meeting to consider two primary action items. The board will decide on the selection of an attorney for board counsel and the hiring of an outside investigator.
- Approval of the selection of Attorney to serve as Board Counsel
- Hiring an outside investigator to investigate allegations of illegal or unethical conduct by the Administration or School Board Members over the last five years
REGULAR MEETING
The South Bend Community School Corporation Board will first meet in closed session to discuss litigation, real property transactions, school consolidation, and other confidential matters. In open session, they will recognize student achievements, receive updates on facilities and special education, hear public comment, and vote on a consent agenda (minutes, financial reports, personnel) and action items including a fixed-price diesel fuel contract for 2025 and approval to hire an attorney.
- Closed session under Indiana law for strategy on litigation, real property (purchase/lease/sale), school consolidation, and confidential records
- Award of fixed-price diesel fuel contract for January–December 2025; bids opened at the meeting
- Approval to hire an attorney (item 9.02)
- Consent agenda includes approval of minutes, financial statements, bills/payroll, personnel report, annual resolutions, and gift/fundraiser applications
- Recognitions: MLK Day proclamation, Lilly Scholarship, Posse Scholar, basketball quintuple-double, and other student/staff honors
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
The South Bend Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees will hold its organizational meeting. They will elect a president, vice president, and secretary, and appoint Ahnaf Tahmid as Treasurer and Luisa Brand as Deputy Treasurer, each bonded for $300,000. The meeting also includes installation of newly elected board members and committee appointments.
- Election of Board President, Vice President, and Secretary
- Appointment of Ahnaf Tahmid as Treasurer and Luisa Brand as Deputy Treasurer, each bonded for $300,000
- Installation of newly elected board members by St. Joseph County Clerk Amy Rolfes
- Appointment of legislative liaison to the Indiana School Boards Association
- Appointments to committees and various organizations
REGULAR MEETING
The board will first meet in closed session at 4:00 PM for litigation, confidential records, and board training. During the public regular meeting at 5:30 PM, they will hear a presentation on a new diploma overview and course guide, then vote on approving the 2025-26 course description guide. The consent agenda includes approval of minutes, financial reports, personnel changes, bills, and contracts under $50,000.
- Closed session for litigation, confidential records, and board training (IC 5-14-1.5-6.1(b))
- Presentation and vote on the 2025-26 course description guide and new diploma overview
- Consent agenda includes November 2024 financial report and bills/payroll registers
- Consent agenda includes personnel report with new hires and terminations
- Public comment periods for action agenda items and other items