CCSC Board hears CDLA presentation

The Cloverdale Community School Corporation (CCSC) Board of School Trustees met on Oct. 13 to approve routine matters and to address several items under the new business portion of the meeting.

Under routine matters, the board voted unanimously to approve meeting minutes for executive, regular and pre-bargaining public hearing sessions held Sept 9.

Next, the board voted to approve the latest claims and financial reports, which CCSC Superintendent Greg Linton advised totaled $4,146,769.00 (including two payrolls) since the board's previous meeting.

Board Policies Volume 37, No. 2, was later approved.

Regarding communications, the board recognized the corporation's Student of the Month honorees for October, which included Cloverdale Elementary School (CES) student Jeriden Vaughn, Cloverdale Middle School (CMS) student Ella Bailey and Cloverdale High School (CHS) student Desmond Alexander.

Also recognized were Kinzley Evans and Elijah Mann, who earned Good Citizen Awards for the month of September, presented by CCSC School Resource Officer (SRO) Roger Tonna.

Superintendent Linton later provided a presentation on the Cloverdale Distant Learning Academy (CDLA), noting that the academy was founded in January 2020 with 174 students in grades K-8. In the span of just five years, he said, CDLA has grown to include 2,117 students, while also adding grades nine and 10.

Looking ahead, Linton said plans are underway to add 11th grade to the academy offerings for the 2026-27 school year.

"One of the biggest things that we're excited about the Learning Academy is that during the 2026-27 school year we will be launching expanded CTE course offerings and work-based learning opportunities for our students across the state," Linton said. "We've had great partnerships with Braintree Academy, Learning Couture, Ivy Tech and Kroger Gardis, and Regas, LLP that have allowed us to further what we can offer to our kids. When it comes to finding job opportunities, we have a good relationship with a few WorkOne Regions across the state and the ultimate goal is to have a partnership with all 12 regions across the state. We'd be one of the first in the state to do that."

To learn more about the Cloverdale Distance Learning Academy, visit the CCSC website at cloverdale.k12.in.us/tta.

Under new business, the board voted unanimously to allow CES to partner with staff members from Soul Harvest Church in Cloverdale to provide CES students with the opportunity to participate in the Weekday Religious Education (WRE) program. The program will include all fourth-grade students who voluntarily want to participate in the program and have parent permission. The program will operate one day each week from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. Participating students will eat lunch at school and then be transported to the church by a CCSC bus. Katina Wetter will attend the sessions to help provide supervision.

The board also approved homebound instruction for an IEP student who was to receive four homebound sessions from Sept. 23 through Oct. 2. The sessions were to last for two hours, for a total of eight hours in a two-week period. Ms. Rachel Scott was tasked with the homebound instruction.

Next, the board approved and formally accepted a check awarded to Ms. Katie Gillaspy on behalf of the Mary Allison Children's Trust Board Member Lucy Wieland Board Allotment. The check, in the amount of $332.67, will allow Gillaspy to fund her STEM in Motion project.

In other new business, the board approved the latest cash transfer-ins which totaled eight students.

In addition, the board approved the following professional leave, field trip, and facility use requests:

Professional leave requests

Sept. 11 – Jamie Nees, work on IEPs and goals, CES.
Sept. 15 – Carrie Hall, work on IEPs.
Sept. 19 – Rachel Scott, Jamie Nees, Chelsea Reed, Morgan Barley, and Ivy Oberkrom, training for IEP.
Sept. 26 – Jill Schreiber, IEP release time, CMS.
Oct. 2 – Sara Howard, IFSAA workshop, IU Indianapolis.
Oct. 6 – Cathy Smith, Jessica Fidler, Tori Maldonado, and Autumn Halloran, CMS math department meeting, CMS.
Oct. 8 – Ivy Oberkrom, Carrie Hall, Megan Schroeder, Jill Schreiber, Morgan Barley, and Jamie Nees, Goalbook training.
Oct. 23 – Jaralee Branigan, Kick Start Writing Workshop, Area 30, Greencastle.
Oct. 29 to Oct. 31 – Kenzie Pigg and Heather Clingan, National FFA Convention, Indianapolis.
Nov. 4 – Nicole Campbell and Katina Wetter, Bring Change 2 Mind Summit, Indianapolis.
Nov. 5 – Jamie Nees, WCIESC Media Specialist training/meeting, Area 30, Greencastle.

Field trips

Oct. 1 – Skillathon Team, Southmont High School.
Oct. 2 – FFA Skillathon, Clay County Fairgrounds.
Oct. 23 – Freshman class, Greencastle.
Nov. 4 – Bring Change 2 Mind, Crane Bay Event Center.
Nov. 7 – All CHS staff and students, Community Service-Learning Project.
Nov. 13 – CMS eighth grade class, Ivy Tech, Greencastle.
Nov. 20 – CMS eighth grade class, Indiana Repertory Theatre.
Nov. 24 – CHS sophomores, Area 30.
April 9, 2026 – CES first grade class, Terre Haute Children's Museum.

Facility use

Sept. 30 – Versiti Blood Center, CHS mezzanine, CHS Student Council Blood Drive.
Oct. 8 – CES Color Run, auxiliary parking lot.
Oct. 9 – Cloverdale Community Youth League (CCYL), CMS cafeteria, Fall Awards pizza party.
Dec. 5 & Dec. 6 – Clothe-A-Child, CHS cafetorium, stage and auxiliary gym, craft show.
April 6, 2026 – Versiti Blood Center, CHS mezzanine, CHS Student Council Blood Drive.
Third Monday of each month through May 2026 – CES PTO meetings, Mail or Knoy Room.
Sundays, October through May – Explosion Softball, CHS auxiliary gym, softball workouts/practice.
Oct. 22 through May 21, 2026 – Girl Scout meetings, CES PD Room.

Additional personnel matters receiving unanimous board approval included:

Resignations

Rhonda Trueblood – CMS part-time, café.
Trista Stattner – CMS instructional assistant.

Employment

Trista Stattner – CMS instructional assistant.

FMLA

Katina Wetter-Wright – CES counselor.
Lisa Mendenhall – CMS custodian.

Coaching resignation

Aleksey Stewart – CMS track coach.

Coaching hire

Jerry McCullough – CMS seventh grade boys' basketball coach.
Mark McCammon – CMS eighth grade boys' basketball coach.
Sydney Campbell – CMS cheer coach.

Coaching volunteer

Kiersten Wade – CHS volunteer assistant basketball coach.
Kassie Wade – CHS volunteer assistant basketball coach.
Kristen Kukman – CHS volunteer assistant basketball coach.
Paige Glassburn – CHS volunteer assistant basketball coach.
Veronica Carter – CHS volunteer assistant basketball coach.
Emily Mann – CHS volunteer assistant basketball coach.
Anna Linton - CHS volunteer assistant basketball coach.
Autumn Halloran – CHS volunteer assistant basketball coach.
Jason Frye – CHS volunteer assistant basketball coach.
Michael Nees - CHS volunteer assistant basketball coach.
Joshua Michael - CHS volunteer assistant basketball coach.
JD Hoover - CHS volunteer assistant basketball coach.

The Cloverdale Community School Board will meet again at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10 in the Arthur L. Johnson Administration Building, 310 E. Logan St., Cloverdale. Members of the board include Vivian Whitaker, Katrina Lewis, Donna Fidler, Melissa Carrell, Emily Haltom, Joe Mann and Mike Rightmyer II.