Governing Board Meeting

James Hixson Board Room
Thursday, March 12 - 6:00pm

    1. Pledge and Welcome
    Dawn Downer, President

    This meeting is a meeting of the Governing Board in public for the purpose of conducting the Career Center's business and is not to be considered a public community meeting. There will be time for public participation as indicated by a specified agenda item.
    Mission Statement: To engage, support, and empower students by providing active, career-based learning in an experiential environment.


    2. Program Showcase - Auto Service Technology
    Andrice Tucker

    4. Items of Action - ACTION

    4.1 Request Approval of Out of State Travel
    • Garrett Hodson, Welding Instructor, to attend the AWS CWI Exam and Seminar, Richardson, TX - March 15-29, 2026
    • Shaun Martin, Curriculum and Instruction Specialist, and Hope Bell, Project Lead the Way Instructor, to attend the Region III ACTE Leadership Conference- Menomonie, WI at UW-Stout - June 15-17, 2026
    • Brad Magness, Visual Communications Instructor, to visit Miami Valley Career Technical Center Advisory Meeting - Englewood, OH - April 2, 2026

    4.2 Request Approval of the Affiliation Agreement with Podiatry Associates of Indiana

    4.3 Request Approval of Articulation Agreement with Central Midwest Regional Council of Carpenters

    4.4 Board of Finance - Approve Cancelation of Outdated Check

    4.5 Request Approval of Landscaping for Welding and Multi Purpose Room

    5. Director's Comments and Items of Information
    Dr. Kovach, Director

    Among the checks that you approve tonight is one for 50% of our paint booth.  We presented the reserve grant to you back in January.  We are moving forward with the purchase of the paint booth.

    We met with Job Ready 360 today to look at ways to harness the work based learning hours all of our high school students from CTE district 37 will be recording.  Our goal is to provide an app that each high school student can access so that we can report the hours accurately to the State.

    Also, the high schools are interested in knowing what embedded work based learning hours are included in out CTE programs that we can agree on to include and report.  As our new diploma becomes a reality over the next few years we want to provide support in the work based learning area as much as possible.  I am hopeful the State will provide guidance, but if not, we will assign hours for each program.

    We inducted approximately 80 students in the national technical honors society last night.  It was a very nice ceremony.


    5.1 Students of the Month

    5.2 Upcoming Dates and Events
    • March 13, 2026 - End of 3rd Quarter
    • March 16-27, 2026 - Spring Break - No School
    • March 30, 2026 - Classes Resume
    • April 9, 2026 - Next Governing Board Meeting - Program Showcase:  Cyber Security

    7. Adult Education Division Action Items

    7.1 Approval of Adult Education Personnel Report
    • No Adult Education Personnel Report

    7.2 Request Approval of the Program Year 2026 Indiana Integrated English Literacy & Civics Education (IELCE) Grant Assurances

    7.3 Request Approval of Program Year 2026 Indiana Adult Basic Education (ABE) Grant Assurances

    8. Adult Education Items of Information

    8.1 Adult Education Budget Update

    8.2 Adult Education Success Story

    8.3 Enrollment Update

    9. Public Comments

    10. Board Member Comments

    11. Adjournment

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