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North Kansas City 74 School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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North Kansas City board approves consent agenda, hears employee survey results 23:15

  • The board approved the agenda and a consent agenda that contained 67 items. 22:44
  • The board also heard a financial update and an update on bond construction projects. 23:47
  • A district staff member presented results of the spring employee engagement survey, reporting that 80% of staff were engaged or highly engaged. 30:10
Item by item (7)
  1. Call to order and roll call 4:32
    • The meeting was called to order at 7 o'clock, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call. 4:32
  2. Student and staff recognitions 5:23
    • The district recognized its track and field state medalists, and a staff member said student athletes from all 4 high schools earned podium finishes with 14 medalists and 3 state champions. 5:42
    • Staff from Maplewood Elementary and Winnetonka High School were recognized for earning recognition as Model PL Schools at Work, which a staff member described as a national honor. 16:20
  3. Agenda and consent agenda 22:31
    • The chair said there were 67 items on the consent agenda. 22:44
    • The chair announced that the agenda and the consent agenda were approved. 22:44
  4. Financial update 23:15
    • A district staff member described the district's change from accrual to a modified cash basis of accounting as of June 30th and said year-end figures would be presented next month. 24:25
    • The staff member said the new outside auditing firm met with district staff on July 13th, would return August 12th, 18th, and 21st, and that the audit was hoped to come to the board in November. 24:25
    • The staff member said the day of the meeting was the first day the district was paid for the school year and that the transmittal came in lower than expected. 27:05
  5. Employee engagement survey results 29:54
    • A district staff member said about 60% of employees responded to the survey, down from about 66% last year, and that 80% of staff were reported as engaged or highly engaged. 35:06
    • Dr. Dan Wartick said district leadership scores rose 15 points over the last 5 years, and Laura Wagner thanked staff for the work on the survey. 52:48
    • A speaker asked whether the survey included questions about the board, and a staff member said not currently but that it could be discussed when designing next year's survey. 56:13
  6. Bond projects update 1:04:55
    • A speaker said work was ongoing at Northgate, including bathroom updates and shifting the weight room to provide more classroom space. 1:06:05
    • A presenter said furniture from a research project for the EdSpaces conference in Kansas City in October would be donated to Northgate afterward. 1:07:52
    • The presenter gave updates on construction at several sites and said construction at Newmark Middle School would begin in September while Antioch Middle School remained under design. 1:14:18
  7. Liaison reports and future meetings 1:15:33
    • A speaker reported attending civic events during liaison committee reports. 1:15:39
    • The next meeting was set for Thursday, August 27th, 7:00 PM in the Doolin Ward Center. 1:16:24

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Video: posted by the district as “NKC School District Board of Education Meeting - 07/21/26”