Public Notices

Hamilton Southeastern School Corporation hereby provides NOTICE that it will hold a live auction for the cash lease of tillable farm acreage at 9:00 a.m. EST on February 4, 2026, at its central office located at 13485 Cumberland Road, Fishers, Indiana, at which time it will publicly take live bids. The cash lease will be for the 2026 and 2027 crop year.  The parcels will be bid separately and consist of the following:

• (i) Approximately 16.5 tillable acres located at 0 E 136^th Street, Fishers, Indiana, 46037, Parcel No. 13-12-30-00-00-002.101 (the “136^th Street Property”); and
• (ii) Approximately 157 tillable acres located at 0 Prairie Baptist Road, Noblesville, IN 46060, 17116 Durbin Road, Noblesville IN, 46060, and 0 Durbin Road, Noblesville, IN 46060 (collectively, the “Durbin Property”).

The opening bid for the 136^th Street Property will be the previously held price of $176 per tillable acre, and the opening bid for the Durbin Property will be the previously held price of $350 per tillable acre. 

The successful bidder must sign the lease and tender one-half of the rent within four (4) business days after the award or an alternative bidder will be awarded the cash lease.  It is anticipated that the Hamilton Southeastern Board of School Trustees will award the bid at its meeting held on February 11, 2026.  A copy of the Farm Lease and Bid Documents are available for inspection at Hamilton Southeastern School Corporation, 13485 Cumberland Road, Fishers, Indiana.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BY THE HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS, HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA, CONCERNING A POSSIBLE DISTRICT-WIDE EQUIPMENT AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

The citizens of the Hamilton Southeastern Schools, Hamilton County, Indiana (the “School Corporation”), are hereby notified that the Board of School Trustees of the School Corporation (the “Board”) is considering all or any portion of (a) certain renovation, expansion, upgrade, improvement, site improvement and equipping projects, including, but not limited to, roofing restoration, repair and/or replacement, security upgrades, lighting upgrades, asphalt and concrete restoration, repair and/or replacement, and interior and exterior repairs, updates and/or restoration, at one or more of the existing buildings operated by the School Corporation, including, but not limited to, all or any of the existing Hamilton Southeastern High School, Fishers High School, Fall Creek Junior High School, Fishers Junior High School, Riverside Junior High School, Riverside Intermediate School, Sand Creek Intermediate School, Harrison Parkway Elementary School, New Britton Elementary School, Hoosier Road Elementary School, and Brooks School Elementary, Central Office, all or any of the other support buildings, all or any of the existing elementary schools, including, but not limited to, the existing Durbin Educational Center and all or any of the outdoor improvements or structures related to any of the foregoing buildings, all of which are used by the School Corporation in connection with its operations, (b) the acquisition and/or installation of certain equipment, including, but not limited to, solar arrays, playground equipment, musical instruments, curricular materials, laptops and tablets, furniture, food service equipment and other technology equipment, including, but not limited to, software, all of which will be used by the School Corporation in connection with its operations, (c) the acquisition of approximately 15 buses and one or more other vehicles over the next three years, all of which will be used by the School Corporation in connection with its operations, and (d) all of the projects related to all or any portion of any of the projects set forth in clauses (a) through and including (c) (collectively, the “2026-2027 District-Wide Equipment and Facility Improvement Project”).

The estimated cost of the 2026-2027 District-Wide Equipment and Facility Improvement Project will be in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), all or a portion of which will be financed by issuing one or more series of general obligation bonds and/or entering into one or more leases or amendments to an existing lease or leases with one or more Indiana nonprofit school building corporations or other funds as they may become available.  Notice is hereby given by the undersigned that the Board will, on January 28, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. (local time) and again on February 11, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. (local time), in the Board Room of the School Corporation’s Central Office, located at 13485 Cumberland Road, Fishers, Indiana, conduct a public hearing (1) to explain the potential value of the 2026-2027 District-Wide Equipment and Facility Improvement Project to the School Corporation and the community, and (2) regarding a preliminary determination to issue one or more series of general obligation bonds and/or enter into a proposed lease or leases or amendment or amendments to an existing lease or leases between one or more Indiana nonprofit school building corporations, each as lessor, and the School Corporation, as lessee, to finance all or any portion of the costs of all or any portion of the 2026-2027 District-Wide Equipment and Facility Improvement Project.  The proposed lease or leases or amendment or amendments to an existing lease or leases will relate to all or any portion of facilities currently operated or to be operated by the School Corporation.  At each of the hearings the Board will also hear objections to, and support for, all or any portion of the 2026-2027 District-Wide Equipment and Facility Improvement Project from the general public.

All interested parties are entitled and encouraged to attend to present their testimony and ask any questions relative to the 2026-2027 District-Wide Equipment and Facility Improvement Project at either or both of the hearings.

Subsequent to the public hearing held on February 11, 2026, the Board expects to consider adoption of a resolution regarding the nature of the 2026-2027 District-Wide Equipment and Facility Improvement Project and making a preliminary determination to issue one or more series of general obligation bonds or enter into the proposed lease or leases or amendment or amendments to an existing lease or leases for the purposes and pursuant to the terms described in this notice.

Dated the 12^th day of January, 2026.

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN SCHOOLS, HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA

By:  Patrick Mapes, Superintendent

2026 BUDGET HEARING

2026 PROPOSED BUS REPLACEMENT PLAN

PROPOSED CAPITAL PROJECTS PLAN