Fort Wayne Community Schools accepted state special education awards — including $9,683,324 in Part B funds and additional supplemental grants — to support services, staffing and contracted technical assistance for students with disabilities.

Maria Schoelen, executive director of the Fort Wayne Community School Foundation, told trustees the foundation has secured $320,000 in its first three months, including $130,000 for a Big Noise documentary and a $60,000 restricted sponsorship; she described additional pending gifts and a plan to spin up a scholarship‑granting organization.

Fort Wayne Community Schools approved a $7,167,745 contract amendment with Hagerman Inc. and a $218,420 contract with Automated Logic for building controls to expand and renovate the Transportation Center. The board also approved $337,278.26 for furniture for HR and the expansion; the project will add about 8,000 ft² and 2,600 ft² of training space and is funded from bond proceeds.

The Fort Wayne Community Schools board voted to renew a five-year agreement with 3DE Indiana Schools LLC and Junior Achievement Northern Indiana with a maximum obligation of $8,451,548, while several trustees pressed for stronger sponsor commitments, clearer program management, and improved family communication.

Trustees approved multiple procurement contracts and multi‑year curriculum adoptions, accepted federal grants for multilingual learners and teacher appreciation, heard a presentation on a Higher Education Coalition expanding free dual credit, and received a resignation letter from longtime board member Anne.

The Fort Wayne Community Schools board on March 23 approved a $923,379.32 five-year bus surveillance contract to replace systems on 194 buses, renewed employee-clinic agreements totaling about $835,417.29, adopted a six-year K–12 art curriculum, accepted roughly $11.78 million in gifts and donations, and approved a $539,870.16 SRO agreement with the Fort Wayne Police Department.

The board approved multiple procurement and finance actions including purchase of 715 Dell laptops ($548,012.75), a SiteLogic facility assessment contract ($855,872), classroom furniture ($2,715,575.19), several construction contracts and bond resolutions to appropriate GO bond proceeds; votes were taken by voice and approved.