At the Board of School Trustees’ regular meeting on Tuesday, July 8, the Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC) announced the launch of MCCSC Online, a K-12 virtual learning program available to students in the 2025-26 school year. MCCSC Online bridges virtual and in-person education, offering students the flexibility of online learning and access to MCCSC programs and services.
MCCSC Online is an expansion of programming at The Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship and MCCSC Online students will be students of The Academy. The Academy will utilize Edmentum EdOptions Academy, a fully accredited virtual school approved by the College Board for Advanced Placement (AP) courses and by the NCAA Eligibility Center. MCCSC Online is open to all Indiana K-12 students, regardless of residence within corporation boundaries. Information is available at mccsc.edu/online.
As part of the personnel report, MCCSC welcomed Matthew Irwin to join the corporation as chief financial officer and corporation treasurer. Irwin earned his Chief Business Officer certification from the Indiana Association of School Business Officials, and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with a specialization in Educational Leadership, Education Specialist (Ed.S.) degree, and superintendent’s license from Indiana State University. He brings extensive educational leadership experience to this role, having most recently served as assistant superintendent and business manager at the Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation. In addition to his past experience in financial administration, Irwin has held positions as a classroom teacher, guidance counselor, assistant principal, athletic director, and student services coordinator with Beech Grove City Schools.
Alexis Harmon, assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and assessment, presented an overview of how MCCSC currently meets and engages in formal discussion with the Monroe County Education Association (MCEA). While current state legislation does not require the corporation to hold regular discussion, MCCSC has maintained its longstanding history of discussion with MCEA through five different discussion formats. Together, MCCSC and MCEA create mutually approved agendas to discuss a variety of agreed-upon allowable topics that address curriculum, instruction, assessment, safety, hiring, evaluation, and training in MCCSC.
The Board meeting also included an update about the MCCSC Redistricting Study, presented by Dr. Tim Dowling, MCCSC director of enrollment and early learning. The Commission was formed at the request of the Board of School Trustees to gather data to provide a report on how redistricting might achieve the Board’s stated priorities: balancing socioeconomic status and cost effectiveness.
To-date, the Commission of more than 90 members used a rubric informed by input from the Board, public and Commission to evaluate numerous redistricting scenarios and their many impacts. The Commission will continue to evaluate many different redistricting scenarios using this rubric through fall 2025 for the purposes of study.
In spring 2026, the Commission will provide the Board of School Trustees with a report of their research, accompanied by peer-reviewed research, for the Board’s further consideration. The Board will review the report before considering potential further steps.
MCCSC Superintendent Dr. Markay Winston spoke about the corporation’s Referenda Impact Report that was recently mailed to all districted households. Winston invited the public to view the report online at mccsc.edu/referenda to learn more on how students benefit thanks to voter support.
