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Monroe-Gregg School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened at this meeting

Monroe-Gregg board approves purchase of 3 school buses to replace aged-out buses 17:46

  • The board held a public budget hearing on the district's bus replacement plan, capital projects plan and notice to taxpayers about the 2027 annual budget, followed by an additional appropriation hearing for the operations fund. 8:29
  • The board voted 4⁠-⁠0 to purchase school buses, and a district staff member said the 3 oldest buses would be traded in. 18:15
  • A speaker at public comment asked the board to do better due diligence when seeking bids on district jobs. 26:11

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Item by item (14)
  1. Student of the Month recognitions 3:22
    • The board recognized Students of the Month, including middle school and high school students, and speakers described each student's work. 3:22
    • A district staff member thanked the Minerva Alumni Association and Midway Auction for helping honor the students. 6:55
  2. Public budget hearing 8:29
    • A district staff member said the district had posted its bus replacement plan, its capital projects plan and the notice to taxpayers about its 2027 annual budget for public comment. 8:44
    • The motion to close the hearing passed 4⁠-⁠0 at 6:37. 9:42
  3. Additional appropriation hearing 9:42
    • A district staff member said the hearing gave the public a chance to comment on any additional appropriation for the operations fund, and that the district had made changes in the last year to limit spending in that fund. 9:59
    • Asked where the documents were posted, a district staff member said they were under the financial tab on the district website and on the DLGF, posted about a week or 10 days earlier. 10:34
    • The motion to close the hearing passed 4⁠-⁠0. 11:10
  4. Meeting minutes 11:10
    • The board considered minutes from August 10th and August 19th. 11:45
    • The motion to approve the minutes passed 4⁠-⁠0. 12:02
  5. Vouchers for claims and payroll 12:05
    • A district staff member said the August 7th payroll voucher had been missed because of the timing of the last board meeting and was added to the packet. 12:09
    • The motion to approve claims and payroll passed 4⁠-⁠0. 12:43
  6. Personnel recommendations 12:44
    • A district staff member said a mistake was made on new staff contracts because raises were not given last year, and that the district was adjusting contract pay while adding a 1-year supplemental pay. 12:51
    • One board member asked how the district would prevent the mistake in the future and said an internal control should be put around it. 13:47
    • The staff member said conversations had been held about steps to line up contracts correctly and with all principals. 14:01
  7. School bus purchase 16:39
    • A district staff member said the purchase of 3 buses was through CIESC's cooperative purchasing and Midwest Transit, and that prices could go over 200 next year. 16:42
    • A district staff member said the district would trade in the 3 oldest buses and was looking at options to get the most money back. 17:25
    • The motion to purchase the buses passed 4⁠-⁠0. 18:16
  8. School safety plan updates 18:18
    • A district staff member said the safety plan is updated every year and the major update this year was to the behavioral threat assessment. 18:25
    • Asked who reviews the plan, a district staff member said the district's safety director leads the work and the plan is submitted to a state department every year. 18:53
    • The motion to approve the safety plan updates passed 4⁠-⁠0. 19:33
  9. IRS mileage rate 19:33
    • A district staff member said the district would keep in step with the IRS mileage rate update. 19:39
    • The motion passed 4⁠-⁠0. 20:02
  10. School Care agreement renewal 20:04
    • A district staff member said School Care partners with district nursing services and can bill Medicaid, allowing the district to get reimbursements. 20:11
    • Tom Kennedy asked about the term of the agreement because the copy given to the board had blank start and end dates, and a district staff member said it is a yearly contract. 20:22
    • The motion to approve the agreement passed 4⁠-⁠0. 20:52
  11. Supplemental curriculum renewal 20:54
    • A district staff member said the contract, formerly called Math Track and now Entangled Learning, supplies curriculum for the Principles of Teaching pathway and asked for approval to renew it. 20:58
    • The motion to approve passed 4⁠-⁠0. 21:37
  12. District updates and board questions 21:39
    • A district staff member said the solar project was waiting on permit approvals, a K-12 athletic pass was offered for $40, and bid submission and opening for farmland rental was planned for October 2nd at 9 AM. 21:40
    • Tom Kennedy asked about the farmland bid deadline and whether the Google community meeting would be a question and answer session, and a district staff member said it would be an open house style without a formal Q&A. 24:13
    • A speaker said some items on sporting fields and buildings had become an odd color and asked what it would cost to update them. 24:58
  13. Final public comment 25:33
    • A speaker at public comment asked the board to do better due diligence in seeking bids, saying only 1 bid came back on a concrete job for the football field. 25:46
    • The speaker also said the baseball program had been told there was no money for a $40,000 field project while the district spent $80,000 on stairs. 27:32
  14. Adjournment 28:49
    • The board took up a motion to adjourn. 28:49
    • The motion to adjourn passed 4⁠-⁠0 at 6:56. 29:07

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Video: posted by the district as “MGSD School Board Meeting: September 14, 2026”