Development News for Lake Station, Indiana

Bailey Elementary Celebrates Student Achievements; Board Approves Personnel Changes, Facilities Use, and Renovations

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance, led by Mrs. Burch and students from the Sign Language Club using American Sign Language [cite: 14-24]. Following this, Mrs. Kim Hayes, principal of Bailey Elementary School, introduced and recognized students for their accomplishments and participation in various clubs [cite: 52-59]. Several clubs were highlighted, including the American Sign Language Club [cite: 82-84], Game Club [cite: 98-109], Girls on the Run [cite: 134-154], Spellball [cite: 171-198], Math Bowl [cite: 200-221], Science Bowl [cite: 222-248], Art Club [cite: 254-292], and Student Council [cite: 303-387]. School board members then provided comments, thanking students, parents, and teachers for their involvement and support of the extracurricular activities [cite: 432-451, 453-475, 477-489]. The meeting paused to allow attendees with other obligations to leave before proceeding to the business portion [cite: 508-517]. The consent agenda included approval of minutes, financial fiscal information, extracurricular hirings, and donations [cite: 523-526]. Two donations were noted: $179 to Bailey Elementary School from Costco and nine family activity books on grief to Lake Station Community Schools from Dignity Memorial and the National Alliance for Children's Grief [cite: 529-550]. The board then moved to personnel matters, accepting resignations from Kim Hayes (Principal, Bailey Elementary), Diana Girtzma (Second Grade Teacher, Bailey Elementary), and Ellen Moss (Superintendent Secretary) [cite: 586-594]. Following this, the board approved the termination of Lisa Mishki (Food Service Director) [cite: 623-626]. The board also approved the hiring of Eric Curts as Assistant Superintendent of Operations [cite: 636-640]. A facilities request from the Civil Air Patrol to use the community room, gym, and track on Tuesday evenings from August 18th to May 25th, 2027, from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM, was approved [cite: 655-671]. New business included the approval of renovations to the administration building and bus bar [cite: 671-682]. Finally, announcements were made regarding the next school board meeting, upcoming school holidays (Memorial Day), the last day of school, and graduation dates [cite: 685-690, 816-832].