Perry schools, which redrew school enrollment boundaries to help with driver shortages, is now offering pay raises and retention bonuses amid a recruitment drive.
Perry Township schools is the only Indiana district to receive a federal Teacher and School Leader grant. It will use the funding to offer performance bonuses and hire new literacy specialists.
Meredith Bryant, a business teacher at Walker Career Center at Warren Central High School, is heading the new entrepreneurship pathway that allows students to earn college credit and create a business.
The Indiana school district’s strategy to upgrade facilities for students and staff includes building new student activity spaces, new athletics facilities, and safety upgrades.
English language learners at Perry Township schools can now train for the workforce and aim to graduate with a job in hand through a pathway designed just for them.