The Rossville Board of Education reviewed a tentative teacher agreement, approved employee compensation updates, and accepted board member Joe Hufford’s resignation during its Nov. 3 meeting.
The proposed agreement with the Rossville Classroom Teachers Association covers the 2026–27 school year. Representatives reached the agreement Oct. 23. The board will consider ratification Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., with an opportunity for public comment.
Eligible teachers would receive an $800 base salary increase tied to an effective or highly effective evaluation. An additional $200 would be available upon initially qualifying under the academic need category involving specified college-level and Advanced Placement courses. Teachers holding a literacy endorsement would qualify for a separate, one-time $200 addition to base salary, subject to verification.
Starting salaries would be $46,500 for teachers without experience or additional educational attainment and $46,700 for those with a literacy endorsement. New-hire salary bands would extend to $62,000, with additional compensation possible for certain hard-to-fill positions.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, annual district health insurance contributions would increase by $500 to $9,000 for single coverage and $16,000 for family coverage. If ratified, adjusted pay and back pay would begin Nov. 27.
The board approved a personnel package containing administrator contracts, classified handbook updates and Clinton-Carroll Joint Services contracts. Administrator salary increases ranged from $800 to $1,500, including $1,413 for the superintendent. Joint services increases were $1,000 each for the director of exceptional needs and diagnostician and $800 for the consultant.
Brent Michael, Jentry Pendleton and Nathan Root supported the personnel package; Hufford abstained.
Hufford’s resignation as Clay Township representative takes effect at the conclusion of the Nov. 10 regular meeting. The vacancy has been posted, with candidate interviews scheduled for the end of that meeting.
The board also accepted resignations from elementary teacher Valerie Bennett and custodians Blair Jones and Keith Woollen. Approved appointments included custodians Braden Bassett and Richard Cook; temporary English language arts teacher Tiffany Carrico; substitute nurses Jennifer Mink and Mara Robbins; and substitute teachers Katie Warner and Kelsey Wills.
Georgia Everett, director of the Wildcat Creek Career Cooperative, reported on career education opportunities. The cooperative oversees 26 programs across Clinton County’s four public school systems, including six housed at Rossville High School.
Cooperative-wide, students earned 84 industry credentials from 204 attempts in 2025–26, compared with 30 from 99 attempts the previous year. Two Rossville students earned nursing assistant credentials in 2025–26.
Work-based learning participation across the cooperative increased from 38 students in 2024–25 to 73 this school year, including six Rossville students. Everett also highlighted a career exploration lab featuring 17 stations aligned to career pathways.
In financial business, the board acknowledged Indiana Department of Education notices that the district had not met the fiscal year 2026 teacher salary funding floor or teacher compensation spending requirement. According to the presentation, teacher compensation represented 57.63% of applicable state tuition support, below the 65% requirement. The district must record its acknowledgment and publish notification on its website.
Members accepted $9,733.93 in FFA test plot proceeds from Mohler and Kreps Farm, plus donations for “The Little Mermaid” of $500 from Frankfort VFW Post 1110 and $250 from The National Group.
The board also approved first-reading policy items concerning board memberships, board-superintendent relations, education records, controversial subjects, and public fund investments.
The next meeting is Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.