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JENNINGS COUNTY SCHOOL CORPORATION · BOARD / POLICY / CROSS-GOVERNMENT

THE SCHOOL BOARD IS ITS OWN GOVERNMENT.

Jennings County School Corporation is not a county department. Its board, administration, budget, policies and audit trail belong in a separate public-body file.

Audit-period officials

Put the names on the correct years.

The current audit period was July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025.

SUPERINTENDENT

Nicole Johnson

Listed by the 2023–2025 audit for the full engagement period.

TREASURER

Philip Marsh

Listed by the 2023–2025 audit for the full engagement period.

BOARD PRESIDENT

Amy Pettit

Listed by the audit for calendar years 2023–2025. The compliance exit conference also included Vice President Cheryl Miller.

2026 governance

Athletics was already a board-level policy issue.

Loaded meeting research shows the board approved a corporation-level athletics restructuring 6–1 and separately approved Administrative Guideline 1535 concerning administrators’ involvement in athletic coaching, with two members opposed. Those votes document governance change; they do not, by themselves, prove parent allegations about favoritism.

Why it belongs here

Enrollment discussions, staffing, extracurricular governance and parent trust intersect, but the dashboard keeps policy votes separate from allegations. The record can show what changed without pretending it explains every family’s school choice.

Enrollment and staffing

JCSC reported 3,476 students after day two of 2026–27, down 111 from the prior opening count. Budget discussion also tied staffing adjustments to matching enrollment.

City-school overlap

The workforce plan crosses government lines.

North Vernon’s 2022 Comprehensive Plan identifies JCSC as a partner in a proposed vocational/technical training center on the high-school campus and in internship or mentorship programs. That relationship belongs in both the city and school files rather than being mistaken for a chain of command.