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Parkway C-2 School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Part 1 · 22 min

Parkway CFO presents proposed 2026 tax rates, recommends no residential voluntary rollback 1:56

  • A district staff member presented proposed tax rates for the 2026 tax year and reported a $22 million increase in assessed value, or 0.31%. 2:09
  • The CFO recommended against another residential voluntary rollback and recommended recouping $3.9, almost $4 million, which would add 0.0566 to the tax rates. 5:41
  • A speaker at public comment asked what the district's plan was to close gaps in student outcomes across the district. 20:14
  • The board voted 7⁠-⁠0 to adjourn the annual tax rate hearing. 22:14
Item by item (4)
  1. Opening and agenda approval 1:01
    • The hearing opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and a roll call. 1:01
    • The board considered a motion to approve the agenda for the tax rate hearing scheduled for September 23rd, 2026. 1:44
    • The motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 1:56
  2. Proposed 2026 tax rates 1:56
    • The CFO said overall assessed value rose $22 million, or 0.31%, and the blended operating rate would increase 0.1797, with the debt service rate unchanged at 49 cents. 2:21
    • The CFO said that at a 95.41% collection rate the rates would produce $256.7 million in revenue, and that a sample homeowner's bill would rise from $2,198 to $2,336, an increase of $138. 2:21
    • Asked how often the district had not rolled back its rate, the staff member said the district had lost $1.30 of its residential rate over the last 10 years. 18:01
  3. Public comment on tax rate 19:21
    • A speaker at public comment raised disparities in student outcomes across the district and asked what the plan was to close those gaps. 19:47
    • The speaker asked to see how the money would be spent to make a difference in those gaps. 20:14
  4. Adjournment of hearing 21:51
    • The board considered a motion to adjourn the annual tax rate hearing. 21:51
    • The motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 22:14

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Part 2 · 1 h 19 min

Parkway board adopts tax rates with blended rate of up to $3.8171 16:04

  • The board voted 7⁠-⁠0 to adopt tax rates by category and a blended rate of up to $3.8171 for 2026⁠-⁠27. 16:52
  • The board approved the annual SSD partnership agreement for the 26⁠-⁠27 school year. 28:07
  • Technology staff presented the findings and recommendations of a comprehensive program evaluation, and board members asked about ransomware and student cybersecurity training. 29:22

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Item by item (7)
  1. Opening and agenda 1:06
    • Jeff Todd asked for a motion to hold a closed session after the meeting to consider personnel matters. 1:42
    • Jeff Todd said there were no special recognitions and no public comments. 2:21
    • Jeff Todd said the next regular board meeting would take place Wednesday, October 14th, 2026, at 7 PM at the Parkway Welcome Center. 2:59
    • The closed session motion and the agenda each carried 7⁠-⁠0. 2:21
  2. Board and superintendent reports 3:20
    • Matthew Schindler and John Kilper mentioned attending the ECC South Mason ribbon cutting. 3:20
    • Jeff Todd thanked a construction firm, the district's facilities staff and early childhood staff who worked on the ECC project. 11:53
  3. Consent agenda 14:03
    • Jeff Todd said the consent agenda included a new Parkway sports marketing partner. 14:03
    • The consent agenda was approved 7⁠-⁠0. 14:35
  4. Tax rate adoption 14:33
    • A district staff member said the debt service levy is $0.49 and the full rates result in a blended rate of 3.8171. 14:53
    • Jeff Todd read a motion for a blended rate of up to $3.8171, with a special revenue fund rate of 2.0276, general fund rate of 1.2429, capital projects rate of 0.0566 and debt service fund rate of 0.4900. 16:04
    • The motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 16:53
  5. Special School District partnership agreement 16:53
    • A district staff member said the district has over 600 educators in the work and that the partnership agreement has 7 categories the districts rank themselves on. 20:03
    • The staff member said the signed agreement needs to be sent to the Special School District by the end of October. 24:23
    • One board member said families move into Parkway specifically for the quality of its special education. 26:05
    • Jeff Todd announced the motion carried. 28:26
  6. Technology program evaluation 28:26
    • A presenter said 9 out of 10 responding teachers described their building technology support person as timely and 549 students took part in a survey. 33:30
    • Deborah Hopper asked whether the district is protected against ransomware, and a staff member described layered tools including air-gapped backups. 1:14:21
    • Jeff Todd asked whether the department is appropriately staffed, and a staff member said it is adequately staffed. 1:16:43
  7. Adjournment to closed session 1:19:03
    • Jeff Todd said the board would adjourn to closed session. 1:19:03

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What was said

What board members said, in order

Can— if students experience problems when they're at home and their Chromebook isn't working to access the websites or their curriculum, can they use another device and still be able to get into their, their assignments and their, you know, login to the websites or whatnot using a different device so that they're not held up?Deborah Hopper · Vice President51:41
Who spoke

Who spoke

Deborah HopperVice President
Jeff ToddPresident
John KilperDirector
Kevin SeltzerDirector
Matthew SchindlerDirector
Tiffany FranklinDirector

Video: posted by the district as “Board of Education Meeting - Tax Rate Hearing - September 23, 2026”