The Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC) Board of School Trustees heard various updates from the MCCSC leadership team during its regular meeting on Tuesday, December 16.
Superintendent Dr. Markay Winston began the meeting by recognizing two Bloomington High School South students, Jiping Liu and Jiin Hur, for winning the Congressional App challenge for Indiana’s 9th US congressional district. Winston presented students with the Superintendent’s Sustaining Excellence Award, a monthly recognition at each Board meeting.
Winston also shared how MCCSC makes weather-related decisions and the many factors considered to keep students safe, referenced on the inclement weather webpage.
“We never make those decisions lightly,” said Winston. “The numerous factors our team considers include current and forecasted conditions, wind chill temperatures, input from meteorologists, local law enforcement, city, county, and state highway officials, transportation staff, and coordination with surrounding school districts. We also must consider all rural county roads and the safety of bus travel — and student drivers.”
Alexis Harmon, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, shared MCCSC’s approach to building strong foundations in literacy and numeracy for all students. Harmon shared that MCCSC’s approach is rooted in individualized teaching methods that engage students in learning. Harmon also shared how MCCSC teachers use the Multi-Tiered System of Support framework to identify what kind of individual support and teaching each student needs.
Lily Albright, director of elementary education, co-presented with Harmon. Albright highlighted MCCSC’s strong, above-state-average scores on Indiana’s ILEARN and IREAD-3 assessments. Albright emphasized that when assessments are used intentionally, students understand they’re about noticing their own growth—not scores or pressure.
Dr. Tim Dowling, director of early learning and enrollment, shared that the Redistricting Study Commission completed its work this month. Over the past nine months, the Commission discussed research about redistricting and studied 50 different example redistricting scenarios for the purpose of understanding the complexities of redistricting. The example scenarios were designed to help the Commission learn about the various impacts of possible redistricting.
The MCCSC Redistricting Study leadership team will provide a report to the Board of School Trustees in spring of 2026. Dowling explained that the report will not make any recommendations but will summarize the Commission’s work. The Board will determine how to use the information and provide further direction to MCCSC.
“Our report’s key findings and summary won’t be recommendations; rather, it will be what insights we learned throughout the Commission process gained from our Commission members as they studied redistricting scenarios,” said Dowling.
Members of the public can sign up to receive an update when the report is shared publicly at mccsc.edu/redistricting.
Dr. Jeffry Henderson, assistant superintendent for human resources and operations, presented an overview of MCCSC’s facilities management.
“Maintaining high quality facilities allows us to uphold our Board’s priority to Sustain Excellence in our Schools,” said Henderson. “As such, ensuring state of the art academic, athletic, and performing arts facilities continues to be one of Superintendent Winston’s top priorities.”
Information about Board of School Trustees meetings can be found under the Board of School Trustees tab at www.mccsc.edu.
