Mexico 59 School District board meeting, Aug 18, 2026
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Mexico school board sets 2026-2027 tax rate at 4.6191, approves fuel bid 5:21
- The board voted 6-0 to set the total 2026-2027 tax rate at 4.6191 after a district staff member said tax rates would remain unchanged if approved. 5:54
- The superintendent reported that the district received $31.3 million in revenues last year, spent $32.9 million and starts the year with $12 million in reserves. 10:58
Item by item (13)
- Opening and agenda adoption 0:00
- Tax rate hearing 0:40
- A district staff member said tax rates would remain unchanged if approved and that real estate assessed value had gone up $3 million, leaving $80 million in personal property after corrections. 0:57
- The staff member said revenues this year would likely be mostly flat compared to last year and recommended leaving the operating, debt service and capital projects levies the same. 0:57
- A motion was made to set the total 2026-2027 tax rate at 4.6191, with 0.08 to the capital project fund and 0.8691 to the debt service fund. 5:21
- The motion carried 6-0. 5:54
- President's comments 5:54
- The board president welcomed back teachers, new teachers and administrators for the start of school. 5:54
- Bills requiring abstention 6:56
- A motion was made to approve a payment to Monmouth Heating and Cooling in the amount of $11,924.22 and a payment to Central Bank MasterCard in the amount of $24,601.97. 7:32
- A second motion was made to pay a check to Amarin in the amount of $58,944.67. 8:11
- The first motion carried 4-2 with two abstentions, and the chair announced the second motion carried. 8:16
- Consent agenda 8:43
- Superintendent report 9:15
- The superintendent said about $4.1 million remains not spoken for on the high school entrance project and other bond work. 9:23
- The superintendent presented safety and facilities plans, and staff members answered a question about required drills, saying two each are required or suggested. 9:23
- The superintendent said the district faces about a $1.6 million deficit and that, at the same spending rate as FY26, reserves would be exhausted in 7.43 years. 13:10
- Staffing and literacy update 20:58
- A district staff member said the district had only 16 new teachers out of 206 teachers this year. 20:58
- The staff member said the district is officially adopting the Writing Revolution as a K-5 writing resource and will use EL Education for 6th grade ELA. 25:33
- The staff member said enrollment was shut down at Hawthorne in 1st through 3rd grades because of large class sizes. 29:46
- Transportation fuel bid 31:23
- A district staff member said the recommendation was to go with MFA at a fixed rate of $2.73 for unleaded and $3.59 for diesel, about 40% more than last year. 31:30
- A motion was made to approve the bid for diesel and unleaded fuel for the 26-27 school year to MFA Oil. 33:09
- The motion carried 6-0. 33:24
- Personnel 33:24
- Probationary contracts 33:47
- Horizontal level changes 34:09
- Extra duty contracts 34:29
- Adjournment 34:55
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Video: posted by the district as “Board of Education Meeting 08/18/2026”