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Belton 124 School District board meeting, Aug 26, 2026

40 min · 0 public speakers

AI in schools ▶ 25:24Enrollment ▶ 8:52

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What happened at this meeting

Belton board approves conflict of interest policy on first and second reading 23:39

  • A district staff member said the district tax levy would remain unchanged at 54119 for the 26⁠-⁠27 school year and that 5 cents would move from the incidental fund to the capital fund. 2:03
  • The board approved the consent agenda as presented. 8:28
  • The board heard updates on enrollment and summer school, including a report of 3,962 students enrolled K through 12. 8:52
Item by item (12)
  1. Tax rate hearing 1:57
    • A district staff member said moving 5 cents to the capital fund would allow the district to collect a little over $100,000 from railroads and to transfer less from Fund 1 to Fund 4. 1:57
    • A speaker asked why the 5-cent move did not have to go to the population, and a staff member said only money moved out of debt service requires permission. 4:59
    • The staff member said the district could move the 5 cents back into operating if the advantage goes away. 5:17
  2. Call to order and consent agenda 7:14
    • The chair called the meeting to order and took up the consent agenda. 7:14
    • The consent agenda passed. 8:28
  3. Enrollment update 8:38
    • A presenter said the district had enrolled 582 new students and had 3,962 students total K through 12, a difference of 142 from last year. 8:52
    • The presenter said there were 260 kindergartners, compared with 287 last year, and that 2 teachers moved from Cambridge Elementary to Kentucky Trail because of higher numbers there. 9:50
    • The presenter said 1,934 free and reduced lunch forms had been turned in, covering just about 3,000 students. 12:13
  4. Summer school update 13:25
    • A presenter said over 950 students were enrolled in summer school, pre-K through 12th grade. 13:35
    • The presenter said 104 students enrolled in driver's education, compared with 91 last year, and 180 credits were recovered via Odysseyware. 13:35
    • The presenter said 74 students completed credit recovery at the middle school and that elementary attendance was lower this year. 13:35
  5. Stop arm cameras and tuition rate 17:59
    • A district staff member said 4 stop arm violation tickets were written on the first day of school. 18:10
    • The staff member said the daily tuition rate went up by $6, for a total of $18,038 for grades 9 through 12, and that no one had taken advantage of the tuition rate. 18:10
  6. Policy on committee appointments 21:01
    • A district staff member said Policy BCE covers how board committees and advisory committees are appointed and that it remained the same because no suggested changes were received. 21:33
    • The second reading of Policy BCE passed. 22:31
  7. Conflict of interest policy 23:00
    • A district staff member said the annual conflict of interest policy is a standard MSBA policy that the board typically reads twice in the same evening. 23:14
    • A speaker said there were no changes from last year. 24:10
    • The first and second readings of Policy BBFA passed. 23:51
  8. Horizontal advancement 24:21
    • A speaker noted that 5 teachers earned master's degrees. 24:55
    • The horizontal advancement passed. ~25:00
  9. MSBA committee update 25:07
    • A speaker said the fall regional meeting is September 9th at Fort Osage and a pre-conference workshop on AI in education is October 21st. 25:24
    • The speaker suggested having MSBA conduct a board evaluation next summer. 27:43
  10. Belton Cares update 30:12
    • Mary Cummings said the Back to School Bash served almost 500 students with school supplies and opened 2 days for teachers to shop for classrooms at no cost. 30:24
    • Mary Cummings said the group's first general meeting of the school year is September 10th at Mill Creek at 4 o'clock. 32:34
  11. City update and speed limits 33:09
    • A speaker said the city approved closing Main Street for the homecoming parade on October 8th and was discussing raising the speed limit on Cleveland to 35 miles an hour. 33:09
    • A district staff member said MoDOT has to approve all speed limits, even inside city limits. 34:10
  12. Upcoming dates and adjournment 37:19
    • The chair listed upcoming dates, including no school September 7th for Labor Day and the Belton Chamber Glow Golf Tournament on September 24th. 37:52

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