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Board approves KSBA superintendent search agreement 22:38

  • A representative of KSBA described the superintendent search process, including a screening committee required by state law, and answered questions about timing and committee meetings. 2:21
  • The board approved the KSBA superintendent search agreement. 22:38
  • District staff presented K-8 reading and math goals based on MAP data and described strategies to meet them. 26:09
  • The board also approved the '26-'27 working budget and a wrestling team for the middle school. 1:04:25
Item by item (13)
  1. Opening and public comment 2:21
    • The board recognized an education consultant as a guest, and no one signed up for public comment. 2:21
  2. Superintendent search process 2:21
    • A KSBA representative said state law requires a screening committee to screen applicants and recommend to the board, and that the board would hire the superintendent. 5:21
    • A presenter said the applicant pool is better in the early spring and recommended waiting until after the first of the year to start the process. 11:15
    • The board approved the KSBA superintendent search agreement. 22:38
  3. Regular business and consent agenda 22:38
    • The regular business items covered previous board minutes and payment of monthly claims, and the consent agenda included culinary surplus items. 23:30
    • The board approved the regular business items and the consent agenda. 23:11
  4. Academic goals and instructional update 25:22
    • A presenter said K-8 students were 40% proficient in reading and 35% proficient in math, with a goal to increase 5 percentage points each year for 3 years. 28:52
    • The presenter said 33% of students scored novice in reading and 29% in math, with a goal to decrease by 5% each year over 3 years. 28:52
    • The presenter described strategies including a coach from EL education, a math coach visiting elementary schools once a month and an audit of intervention resources. 31:56
  5. Education consultant update 46:07
    • The consultant said it was the consultant's second month in the district and described meeting with district and school leaders and attending PLCs. 47:16
    • A speaker asked how the consultant chooses which classrooms to visit, and the consultant said visits had been leader-led so far. 54:08
  6. Attendance and enrollment 58:43
    • A staff member said the district had 3,568 students enrolled and 260 students in preschool. 58:43
    • The staff member said enrollment was down 89 students from last school year at this date but up 12 students from the 3,556 the district ended the year with. 1:00:18
  7. Treasurer's report 1:02:48
    • A staff member reported the district brought in $1,823,474.05, spent $1,899,695.64 and ended the month with $4,140,131.80. 1:02:48
    • A speaker noted the food service file had no August number, and the staff member said it would be updated and sent. 1:03:36
  8. Working budget 1:04:00
    • A staff member said the only change from the previous budget was refining salary numbers. 1:04:05
    • The board approved the 2026⁠-⁠27 working budget. 1:04:25
  9. Tax rates 1:04:58
    • The motion was to approve the tax rate of 53.2 and the personal property rate of 53.8, which a speaker said is the same as last year. 1:05:34
    • The board approved the tax rates. ~1:06:34
  10. Bus purchase 1:06:49
    • A staff member said buying 26 model buses now would cost $6,000 less a bus and that one would be a special needs bus and 2 would be regular full-size buses. 1:06:49
    • The motion was to approve the purchase of 3 new buses from Central State Bus Sales for a total of $518,505. 1:06:49
    • A staff member said a bus is $175,000. 1:10:16
  11. Facility planning hearing officer 1:10:55
    • A staff member said the facility planning committee's first meeting is next Tuesday and the process includes 3 public forums and a public hearing requiring an officer. 1:12:17
    • The board appointed a hearing officer for all required hearings for the district facility planning process. 1:12:19
  12. Middle school wrestling team 1:10:55
    • The staff member said last season had 70 on the roster, with about 35 to 40 middle schoolers. 1:16:58
    • The board approved a middle school wrestling team. 1:19:08
  13. Superintendent's report and adjournment 1:19:08
    • The superintendent said fall break is October 5th through 9th and there is no school on October 12th. 1:19:08
    • The superintendent said the high school was ranked 78th out of 228 high schools in Kentucky by U.S. News and World Reports, and the assistant superintendent was elected to the Kentucky Association of School Administrators Board of Directors. 1:19:08

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Video: posted by the district as “September 2026 Regular Board Meeting”