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Mexico 59 School District board meeting, Oct 20, 2026

52 min · 0 public speakers

Reading and test scores ▶ 34:52

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What happened at this meeting

Mexico 59 board hears report on state funding, virtual school costs and report cards 4:41

  • Motions were made to approve the consent agenda and personnel as listed, followed by a motion to adjourn to executive session for personnel reasons. 4:10
  • A district staff member presenting the superintendent's report said the district would receive about $948,000 more this year if the state fully funded the formula and was still $25,000 short of where it was at this time last year. 4:37
  • Board members and the staff member discussed the cost of virtual school students, with the staff member saying the program is break-even at best. 12:03
  • A staff member said that, by a best calculation, the district would have received 63 out of 96 points, which would have fallen on a C depending on the format chosen. 23:20

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Item by item (10)
  1. Opening and agenda 0:00
    • The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:00
    • A motion to adopt the agenda as presented was made and seconded, and members answered yes in a roll call. 0:30
    • No public comment was recorded when the chair asked for it. ~0:54
  2. Employee recognitions 1:27
    • The president's comments recognized the October Employees of the Month, a social studies teacher at Mexico High School for certified staff and a paraprofessional at Mexico Middle School for support staff. 1:27
  3. Bills requiring abstentions 1:27
    • Motions were made to approve a check to Central Bank MasterCard for $32,614.25 and a check to Amarin in the amount of $75,258.42. 3:19
    • In one roll call on the bills, a member who was called on answered abstain. 3:36
  4. Consent agenda 4:10
    • A motion to approve the consent agenda as presented was made and seconded, and members answered yes in a roll call. 4:18
  5. State funding and virtual school costs 4:37
    • The staff member presenting the superintendent's report announced plans for a community finance talk Wednesday, November 18th from 7 to 8, and said the district received 14% of budget in revenue and recorded 14.7% of budget expenditures at the close of September. 4:41
    • The staff member said the district receives about $4,968 per virtual student in state aid while the online license costs $3,727, and that the district loses the funding if the student does not pass. 8:27
    • One board member asked whether the district only gets $4,968 from the state per student for a whole year and said that did not look like a crisis situation, and the staff member later said the program is break-even at best. 12:03
  6. A through F report card 19:59
    • One speaker noted another district had rejected the governor's A through F grading proposal and suggested the district do the same. 21:33
    • The staff member said that, using last year's APR, the district would have received 63 out of 96 points, which would have fallen on a C depending on the format. 23:20
    • The staff member said the release had been expected by September and may come by December. 29:53
  7. Literacy, grants and enrollment update 34:52
    • A presenter said only 60% of kindergartners enter with kindergarten readiness skills. 33:43
    • A presenter said the district received $4,969 from a Dollar General youth literacy grant and $29,456.52 from a virtual reading tutoring grant serving 36 students first semester and 36 students second semester. 34:52
    • In an elementary enrollment update, a speaker said Hawthorne had about 40 more students, mostly in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades. 42:41
  8. Bond finances and building reports 47:10
    • The staff member said the amount paid out on bond projects remains over $1 million less than the total of the bids. 47:10
    • Building reports were included for members to review. 48:04
  9. Personnel, contracts and stipends 48:28
    • Motions were made to approve personnel as listed, the '26-'27 probationary contracts and the 2026⁠-⁠2027 extra duty agreements. 48:37
    • Roll calls were taken on each motion, with one abstention recorded on personnel and one on student teaching stipends. ~48:56
  10. Executive session 50:33

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