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Kuna Joint District board meeting, Aug 11, 2026

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Kuna school board approves supplemental levy resolution 58:17

  • District staff also presented reports on summer catch-up programs and summer athletics and activities. 11:09
  • The district's financial advisor reviewed the district's debt, state funding and tax history and said the total property tax ask last year was about $3.1 million. 23:34
  • The board approved a supplemental levy resolution that a district staff member said would maintain the current supplemental levy at exactly the same dollar amount. 41:57
Item by item (7)
  1. Opening and agenda approval 6:07
    • Michael Thornton led the Pledge of Allegiance and asked for a motion to approve the agenda. 6:28
    • On the motion to approve the agenda, the members called by name each responded aye, and Michael Thornton said aye. 6:51
  2. Summer programs and activities reports 7:02
    • A speaker said 117 students attended the middle school summer catch-up program and earned a combined 154 credits. 11:09
    • A speaker said 207 students attended the high school catch-up program and earned a combined 340 credits, and 4 seniors finished the credits needed to complete their graduation requirements. 11:41
    • Another administrator said 437 students across 11 programs participated in summer strength and conditioning. 16:43
  3. Patron comment 22:26
    • Michael Thornton asked whether anyone had signed up for patron comment, and no one had. 22:26
  4. District debt and tax history review 22:26
    • The district's financial advisor said the district would be completely out of debt in 2032 and that paying down bonds early had produced about $6.5 million of interest cost savings. 23:34
    • The advisor said the tax impact would go from $47.07 per $100,000 of taxable market value last year to $41.89 under the current scenario. 39:45
  5. Supplemental levy resolution 41:57
    • A district staff member said the levy would stay at $3,609,360 for the '27-'28 and '28-'29 school years and would pay for about 40 teachers, about 30 coaching stipends and about 1 school resource officer. 41:57
    • A presenter said the required statement of estimated cost was $5,364 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value because it could not account for offsetting state funds. 48:11
    • Kyrsti Bruce asked whether the district would repeat the community communication efforts used the last time, and a staff member said it would and would do more, adding that the district had a Plan B. 55:37
    • The motion to approve the supplemental levy resolution as presented carried. 58:17
  6. Consent agenda 1:00:27
    • A motion to approve the consent agenda was made and seconded, and members voted aye in a roll call. 1:00:44
  7. Good of the order and adjournment 1:00:58
    • Michael Thornton noted the first day of school on Thursday and a list of upcoming fall sports home events. 1:00:58
    • A staff member said teachers got more time in classrooms to prepare for kids and a planned PD opportunity would shift to the first professional learning day. 1:01:11
    • The meeting was adjourned. ~1:02:05

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Video: posted by the district as “Kuna School District Board of Trustees Regular Meeting - August 11th, 2026”