Grain Valley R-V School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet
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- Who spoke · first speaks at
- Jared EnglishPresident
- Lance PollardSecretary
- Sarah SwartzVice President
What happened
What happened at this meeting
Grain Valley board holds hearing on proposed 4.7968 tax levy
- A district staff member presented a proposed 2026 total tax levy of 4.7968, compared with 4.7396 last year, a difference of 5.72 cents.
- Board members and staff discussed the superintendent's report, including a state A to F grade card, and the annual priorities of the comprehensive school improvement plan.
- Jared English said the wrong number had been handed over for the first levy motion, and the board revisited the item with a motion to set the 2026 tax levy rate at 4.7968 as presented.
Item by item (9)
- Tax rate hearing
- A district staff member said the district's total assessed valuation was $592,203,403, up from $588,046, 554 last year.
- The staff member said the proposed operating levy and debt service levy of $1.30 brought the proposed total levy to 4.7968, a difference of 5.72 cents from 2025.
- The staff member said $12.696 million in new construction would bring $481,700 in one-time revenue, while the proposed increase would net new revenue of $19.
- Call to order and agenda
- Jared English called the meeting to order and said a quorum was present.
- Sarah Swartz led the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Jared English said nobody had signed up for patron comments.
- Superintendent's report
- A staff member said the state board pushed the release of a pilot grade card from September 30th to mid-November.
- Jared English asked what the district compliance officer role covered, and a staff member said the title comes from Title IX coordination training and centers on grievances and Title IX complaints.
- Lance Pollard asked about the added load of the A to F grade card, and a staff member said it would cost the state about $1.6 million to process the data each year.
- Annual improvement plan priorities
- A staff member said the strategic plan has 7 goals and that some goals were chosen as priorities for this year.
- Jared English asked staff to state in updates whether each priority was on track or off track and what was being done about it.
- A staff member described a staff retention priority that includes reevaluating a salary study and a 10% reduction in turnover, and another staff member said the goal was to have salary information for the board by January.
- Setting the tax levy rate
- Jared English called for a motion to set the 2026 tax levy rate at $4.7396 as presented.
- A staff member said that without the 5.72 cents, the shortfall would be $338,741.
- Professional development plan
- Jared English read a motion to approve the 26-27 professional development plan as presented.
- A staff member said the plan included back-to-school professional development and 4 full calendar days devoted to professional development.
- Tax levy rate revisited
- Jared English said the wrong number had been handed over and called for a motion to set the 2026 tax levy rate at 4.7968 as presented.
- Policy updates and local policy review
- Jared English said the board would hold an evaluation training at its next workshop and asked members to complete a survey from MSBA.
- A speaker asked about changes to the early graduation policy, and a staff member said early graduates would attend prom as guests because they are no longer students.
- Executive session
- Jared English called for a motion to adjourn and go into executive session under Section 610.021, numbers 3 and 13 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
- Jared English said the meeting was adjourned.
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