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Liberty Grove Schools

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LGS January Board Meeting

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Date and Time

Wednesday January 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM

Directors Present

B. Grimes, C. Compton, D. Val (remote), J. Mosley, N. Candis, S. Covington (remote), T. Holmes

Directors Absent

A. Clanton, A. Crowe, K. Hampton

Guests Present

B. Moore, K. Jones, Kim Nickelson, M. Harbour, Shann Hart

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

B. Grimes called a meeting of the board of directors of Liberty Grove Schools to order on Wednesday Jan 21, 2026 at 12:18 PM.

II. Committee Meetings

A.

Governance Meeting

N. Candis made a motion to approve the minutes from LGS November Board Meeting on 11-19-25.
J. Mosley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
  1. IPS Partnership - Transportation and Facilities
  2. House Bill 1423 - Vote on Friday (Other Entity will handle Transportation and Facilities)
  3. OEI Site Visit Preliminary Report
  • Good Report
  • Maintaining
  • Communicate to others

 4.  Middle School Expansion

  • In-Line with OEI and IPS
  • Visibility
  • Using our resources to advocate for the expansion

 5.  Critical Incident Report

  • Proofread the form to present to the board

Report submitted by B. Grimes

 

B.

Academic Meeting

N. Candis made a motion to approve the minutes from.
J. Mosley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
  1. Finalizing a meeting date for the new year
  2. Instructional Programming Shifts 
  • Barriers
  • Teacher Input
  • Reteaching standards

  3. Change in instructional cycle

  •  Hired another coach
  •  Coaches will have a smaller case load

 

4.  Instructional Development

  • Grant from Partners and Lily
  •  Instructional Development
  •  Curriculum Development for teachers

 

5. Afterschool/Indiana Learns Program and the Lions Academy are doing well

 

6. Staff Needs

  • Special Education - TOR (Self Contained class)
  • Special Education - TOR(Grades 4th-6th)
  • Send Description to Jewel Mosley to send to alums.

Report Submitted by M. Harbour

C.

Finance Meeting

N. Candis made a motion to approve the minutes from.
J. Mosley seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
  • Time Change of Meeting
  • Financials  - Strong Currently
  • Enrollment is down
  • Benefits for students
  • Plan if LGS has to go out on own
  • Grants and Opportunites

 

Report submitted by Chris Compton

III. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 12:45 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
B. Grimes