Public Notice to Bidders: Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of New Palestine Community Schools (owner-NPCS) will receive SEALED BIDS for the New Palestine High School Pool Renovation. Sealed bids will be received in the New Palestine Community Schools Administration Building, 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana 46163 until 2:00 PM Owner’s local time on Tuesday December 23, 2025. Bids will be publicly opened promptly after the deadline. Bids received after 2:00 PM will be returned unopened. A pre-bid conference will be held on Friday, December 12, 2025 at 3 PM at New Palestine High School, 4485 South Victory Drive, New Palestine, Indiana 46163. Please click here for public notice details.
Public Meeting Notice - Ratification: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation of New Palestine Community Schools that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on October 27, 2025, to hear public comment regarding the ratification of the tentative teacher collective bargaining agreement. Please click here for public meeting notice details.
Public Meeting Notice - Tentative Agreement: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as New Palestine Community Schools (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on October 13, 2025, to discuss the terms of the tentative agreement of the teacher collective bargaining agreement. Please click here for full notice. Please click here for tentative agreement.
Notice to Taxpayers of Additional Appropriation: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as New Palestine Community Schools (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on October 13, 2025, to consider the following additional appropriation of the bonds (the "Bonds") which the Board has determined to issue. Please click here for full notice
Notice of Determination: Pursuant to Indiana Code § 6-1.1-20-5, notice is hereby given that the Board of School Trustees of the New Palestine Community Schools has preliminarily determined to issue bonds in one or more series in the aggregate amount not to exceed $7,000,000 to fund the proposed renovations and improvements to facilities throughout the School Corporation, including site improvements and the purchase of equipment, buses and technology. Please click here for full notice
Legal Requirement of SEA 442: The governing body of New Palestine Community Schools shall publish a list of any instructional materials, including teachers' manuals, curricular materials, films or other video materials, tapes, and other materials, used in connection with instruction on human sexuality on the school's website. Please click here and here for resources.
Notice of Sealed Bid Public Sale for Used School Buses: Notice is hereby given that New Palestine Community Schools will hold a sealed bid sale for three used school buses. The winning bid will be approved by the New Palestine Community Schools Board of Trustees at their October 13, 2025, Board meeting. New Palestine Community Schools reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Payment terms will be certified check or electronic funds transfer. All bids are due by 3:00 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2025. Please click here for full notice
Public Hearing Notice of Bus Replacement Plan: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as New Palestine Community Schools (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on September 29, 2025, to consider the year 2026 proposed Bus Replacement Plan pursuant to IC 20-40-18. Please click here for full notice
Public Hearing Notice of 2026 Capital Project Plan: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as New Palestine Community Schools (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on September 29, 2025, to consider the year 2026 proposed Capital Projects Plan pursuant to IC 20-40-18-6. Please click here for full notice
Public Hearing Notice of 2026 Budget: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as New Palestine Community Schools (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on September 29, 2025, to consider the year 2026 budget. Please click here for full notice
Public Hearing Notice - Prior to Bargaining: pursuant to Indiana Code 20-29-6-1(a), notice is hereby given that an SEA 390 Public Hearing of the New Palestine Classroom Teachers Association and New Palestine Community Schools will occur on September 11, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. They will meet in public session at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, IN to discuss and hear public testimony regarding teacher compensation and collective bargaining. Please click here for full notice
Notice of Adoption of Preliminary Determination: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as New Palestine Community Schools that the Board of School Trustees ("the Board") did, August 25, 2025 make a preliminary determination to issue bonds for renovations and improvements to facilities across the school corporation. Please click here for Preliminary Determination details.
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Notice of Public Hearings: Notice is given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as New Palestine Community schools will meet at 6:30 p.m. on August 11, 2025 and at 6:30 p.m. on August 25, 2025, at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana to hold public hearings related to infrastructure improvements and renovations to facilities across the school corporation. Please click here for the Notice of Public Hearings.
Naturalization Examination Results: The district is required by Indiana law to disclose results of New Palestine High School students who take the Naturalization Examination as part of certain Social Studies courses. 146 of 147 students (99.3%) passed the Naturalization Examination in the first semester of the 2024-2025 school year and 132 of 132 students (100.0%) passed in the second semester of the 2024-2025 school year.
Notice of Determination: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as New Palestine Community Schools that the Board of School Trustees ("the Board") did, November 6th make a determination to issue bonds for renovations and improvements to facilities across the school corporation. Please click here for Notice of Determination details.
Notice of Adoption of Preliminary Determination: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as New Palestine Community Schools that the Board of School Trustees ("the Board") did, October 28th, 2024 make a preliminary determination to issue bonds for renovations and improvements to facilities across the school corporation. Please click here for Preliminary Determination details.
Public Meeting Notice - Ratification: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as Community
School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on October 28, 2024, to hear public comment regarding the ratification of the tentative teacher collective bargaining agreement. Please click here for public meeting notice details.
Notice to Taxpayers of Additional Appropriation: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as Community
School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on October 28, 2024, to consider the following additional appropriation of the bonds (the "Bonds") which the Board has determined to issue. Please click here to see the full notice.
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Public Meeting Notice - Tentative Agreement: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as New Palestine Community Schools (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on October 14, 2024, to discuss the terms of the tentative agreement of the teacher collective bargaining agreement. Please click here for full notice. Please click here for tentative agreement.
Notice of Hearings: Please click here for full notice
Public Hearing Notice of 2025 Budget: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as Community
School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on September 30, 2024, to consider the year 2025 budget. Please click here for full notice
Public Hearing Notice of 2025 Capital Project Plan: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on September 30, 2024, to consider the year 2025 proposed Capital Projects Plan pursuant to IC 20-40-18-6. Please click here for full notice
Public Hearing Notice of Bus Replacement Plan: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as Community
School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on September 30, 2024, to consider the year 2025 proposed Bus Replacement Plan pursuant to IC 20-40-18. Please click here for full notice
Public Hearing Notice - Prior to Bargaining: pursuant to Indiana Code 20-29-6-1(a), notice is hereby given that an SEA 390 Public Hearing of the New Palestine Classroom Teachers Association and Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County will occur on September 11, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. They will meet in public session at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, IN to discuss and hear public testimony regarding teacher compensation and collective bargaining. Please click here for full notice
Notice of Determination: Pursuant to Indiana Code § 6-1.1-20-5, notice is hereby given that the Board of School Trustees of the Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County has preliminarily determined to issue bonds in one or more series in the aggregate amount not to exceed
$1,595,000 to fund the proposed renovation of and improvements to facilities throughout the School Corporation, including site improvements and the purchase of equipment, buses and technology. Please click here for full notice
Notice to Taxpayers of Additional Appropriation: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as Community
School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on November 13, 2023, to consider the
following additional appropriation of the bonds (the "Bonds") which the Board has determined to issue. Please click here for full notice
Public Meeting Notice - Ratification: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as Community
School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on October 23, 2023, to hear public comment regarding the ratification of the tentative teacher collective bargaining agreement. Please click here for tentative DRAFT
Notice of Adoption of Preliminary Determination: Notice is hereby given pursuant to Indiana Code § 6-1.1-20-3.1 that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (the"School Corporation") did, on October 16, 2023, make a preliminary determination to issue bonds for the renovation of and improvements to facilities throughout the school corporation, including site improvements and the purchase of equipment, buses and technology (the "Project"). Please click here to see full notice
Public Meeting Notice - Tentative Agreement: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as Community
School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on October 16, 2023, to discuss the terms of the tentative agreement of the teacher collective bargaining agreement.
Public Hearing Notice of 2024 Capital Project Plan: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on September 25, 2023, to consider the year 2024 proposed Capital Projects Plan pursuant to IC 20-40-18-6. Please click here to see the full notice
Public Hearing Notice of Bus Replacement Plan: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as Community
School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on September 25, 2023, to consider the year 2024 proposed Bus Replacement Plan pursuant to IC 20-40-18. Please click here to see the full notice
Public Hearing Notice of 2024 Budget: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as Community
School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on September 25, 2023, to consider the year 2024 budget. Please click here to see the full notice
Public Hearing Notice - Improvements and Purchase of Equipment and Technology: pursuant to Indiana Code § 20-26-7-37 and Indiana Code § 6-1.1-20-3.1, notice is hereby given that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County will meet at 6:30 p.m. on September 25, 2023 and at 6:30 p.m. on October 16, 2023, at 4711 CR 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana to hold public hearings. On September 25, 2023, the Board will hold a public hearing to discuss and hear objections and support regarding the proposed renovation of and improvements to facilities throughout the school corporation, including site improvements and the purchase of equipment and technology (the "Project"). On October 16, 2023, the Board will hold a second public hearing to discuss and hear objections and support regarding the proposed Project and will also consider the adoption of a resolution making a preliminary determination to issue bonds to finance the Project. You are invited to attend and participate in the public hearings.
Public Hearing Notice - Prior to Bargaining: pursuant to Indiana Code 20-29-6-1(a), notice is hereby given that an SEA 390 Public Hearing of the New Palestine Classroom Teachers Association and Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County will occur on September 13, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. They will meet in public session at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, IN to discuss and hear public testimony regarding teacher compensation and collective bargaining.
Notice to Taxpayers of Additional Appropriation: Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the school corporation known as Community
School Corporation of Southern Hancock County (the "School Corporation") that the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the School Corporation will meet at 4711 South 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. (Local Time) on April 10, 2023, to consider the following additional appropriation of the bonds (the "Bonds") which the Board has determined to issue. Please click here to see the full notice
Notice of Determination: Pursuant to Indiana Code § 6-1.1-20-5, notice is hereby given that the Board of School Trustees of the Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County has preliminarily determined to issue bonds in one or more series in the aggregate amount not to exceed $4,000,000 to fund the proposed renovation of and improvements to facilities throughout the School Corporation, including site improvements and athletic improvements throughout the School Corporation and the purchase of equipment, technology and buses.
Public Hearing Notice: Pursuant to Indiana Code §20-26-7-37, the Board of School Trustees of Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County gives notice that on March 13, 2023, at 6:30 p.m., they will meet in public session at 4711 CR 500 West, New Palestine, Indiana, to discuss and hear objections and support regarding the proposed renovation of and improvements to facilities throughout the School Corporation, including site improvements and athletic improvements throughout the School Corporation and the purchase of equipment, technology and buses. You are invited to attend and participate in the public hearing.
Dyslexia Instructional Information: The district is required by Indiana law to disclose specific data regarding dyslexia. The district uses the Orton-Gillingham Approach and Benchmark K, 1 and 2 for dyslexia interventions. 100 students received dyslexia interventions in the 2022-2023 school year. Ten students in the corporation were identified as having dyslexia.
Reading and Writing Curricula: For grades K-6, the Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County utilizes Benchmark Advance 2021 as the core curriculum resource for English/Language Arts, including reading and writing instruction.
For remediation purposes, the following programs are utilized as needed:
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Orton-Gillingham (K-6)
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Benchmark Booster (K-1)
If you have any questions, please contact Craig Smith (csmith@newpal.k12.in.us).
ESSER Grant Application: In accordance with federal requirements for school corporations receiving ESSER grant money, the district must publish its application for the ESSER grant. Please click here to view the ESSER grant application for CSCSHC.