Metropolitan School District of Boone Township (Hebron Schools)
The board ratified the 2026–27 teachers’ contract, making the previously tentative deal official.
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North Vermillion Community School Corporation
The board appointed a new elementary principal on June 16, 2026, after the previous principal resigned in May. On Aug. 6, at a special meeting, it voted 5-0 to cancel that contract. On Aug. 18 it appointed Melissa Scaggs as elementary principal. The minutes do not give a reason for the cancellation.
Porter Township School Corporation
On July 16, 2026 the board extended Superintendent Dr. Stacey Schmidt's contract without a pay increase; the minutes say she turned down a raise. On September 10 it extended all administrator contracts through the 2027-28 school year.
On June 30, 2026, the board voted unanimously to hire Dr. Brian J. Smith as superintendent. He had led the School Town of Highland for 13 years. He replaced Dr. Jim McCall, who left at the end of the 2025-26 school year. At the June 22 contract hearing, a speaker said the base pay is about $210,000, with $10,000 more if he lives in the city.
North Vermillion Community School Corporation
On June 16, 2026, the board voted 5-0 on personnel actions that included not renewing the contracts of three certified staff members and one classified staff member.
East Porter County School Corporation
Superintendent Dr. Aaron Case retired at the end of the 2025-26 school year. On June 15, 2026 the board approved a three-year contract for a new superintendent, Dr. Reid Amones, starting July 1, 2026, with a $150,000 base salary.
New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation
The board hired William Eihusen as principal of Floyd Central High School, replacing Scott Hatton, and in June named Matthew Brown athletic director. In July it reorganized the school's leadership, promoting Kelly Payne to associate principal (5-2) and hiring J.T. Cox as assistant principal. Public speakers raised the principal change; the minutes give no reason for it.
On June 2, 2026, after an executive session on the director's job performance, the board renewed the school director's employment agreement for 2026-27. The minutes say the board set her pay higher than she had requested, to recognize her leadership. They do not give the amount.
Josh Malone was introduced on June 1, 2026 as a new assistant principal at Chesterton High School. He graduated from the high school in 2004 and was a middle school principal in Michigan City.
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