In 11 minutes, Northeastern Wayne School Corp. addressed nearly that many items during its Wednesday, April 15, board meeting.
NWS leaders planned a short meeting so they could attend a regional meeting of school board members in Hagerstown that evening.
Superintendent Jennifer O’Brien shared a state-required notice that in calendar year 2025, NWS had transferred 1.97% more than it should have from its education fund revenue to its operations fund.
According to Indiana Department of Education, Indiana Code 20-40-2-6 requires school corporations to make every reasonable effort to transfer not more than 15% of total revenue deposited in the education fund to the operations fund during a calendar year.
The state requires Northeastern’s 16.97% transfer to be announced in board minutes and on its website.
O’Brien said that in November 2025, NWS’ board approved a resolution for the transfer percentage from education to operations to be 15% to avoid future issues.
O’Brien became NWS’ interim superintendent in August 2025 and full superintendent the next month.
After the meeting, she told WWN that NWS ended the year with a positive cash balance and remaining funds in operations and education.
In other business
- The board approved paying four teachers (Megan Hollinger, Carrie Ingalls, Laura VanPelt and Sara Williams) each a $750 stipend. They served as cooperating teachers for student teachers from Indiana University East during the spring semester. Funds come from a teacher residency grant that also pays IUE student teachers. The vote was 4-0; Dan VanDuyne was absent.
- Board president Shawntel Baker said she hopes weather will cooperate with approximately 30 field trips the board approved at the meeting. Nearly half are outings for applied skills students to attend the unified field day and visit venues including a sensory park, stores, restaurants, Webster’s firehouse, Joseph Moore Museum, a farm, bowling alley and Wayne County’s welcome center.
Other trips include Indianapolis Zoo for first graders, contests for band members, academic teams and FFA’s state livestock judging, Hill’s Pet Nutrition for grades 9-11, Wayne County Area Chamber’s hiring and intern fair for grades 11-12, and fifth graders’ practice for their off-campus graduation ceremony.
- NHS cheer, Drama Club, track and field, and girls basketball received permission for six fundraisers for projects including food for drama cast/crew and new cheer uniforms.
- The board approved updating its nondiscrimination policy.
- The board’s next meeting will be 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, at the middle/high school cafeteria, 7295 N. U.S. 27, Fountain City. The date and venue changed to accommodate a larger crowd for employee and student recognition. The public is invited.
Personnel
- Hires: Assistant varsity track coaches Megan Moreland (girls) and Erick Noland (boys); custodian Drew Osner; instructional assistant Cheyenne Conner; Early Learning Center instructional assistants Kayla Bloomfield and Kiersten Ramey
- Departures: Girls golf coach Brian Wissler; elementary teaching assistant Ruth McGough
A version of this article appeared in the April 22 2026 print edition of the Western Wayne News.