Thornapple Kellogg School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet
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What happened
What happened at this meeting
Thornapple Kellogg board approves 2025-2026 budget amendments and 2026-2027 appropriation budgets 1:06:38
- A district staff member presented a public hearing on the proposed property tax mill rate and the 2026-2027 budget, covering the general fund, food service fund, student activity fund and library fund. 1:51
- An administrator presented options for traffic and safety concerns at McFall Elementary, and Derrick Brock asked that the item return at the next meeting with more detail on the drainage pond. 42:41
- A motion on the 2026-2027 appropriation budgets carried on a roll call vote. 1:07:55
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Item by item (13)
- Opening and agenda 0:50
- Public hearing on budget and tax levy 1:51
- A staff member said the general fund started the school year with a deficit just shy of $1.5 million and projected a 14.61% fund balance, and said next year's budget assumes enrollment of 2,960, a drop of 36.2 FTE, and a foundation allowance of $10,300. 2:06
- Derrick Brock asked whether meal counts were adjusted for snow days, and the staff member said the figures included snow days. 16:25
- The staff member said the district would again levy 18 mills on non-homestead property, generating roughly $3.9 million, and that the debt service levy of $9.65 mils would have no increase. 19:14
- Student recognition 22:40
- Superintendent report 26:52
- The superintendent said Lee Elementary ranked number 1 in the state for lifetime fundraising in the American Heart Association Kids Challenge at over $632,000, with 191 students raising over $23,000 this year. 26:52
- The superintendent said the FFA barn project was waiting on state permits and that crews completed carpet replacement at Page Elementary. 26:52
- Public input and committee reports 32:21
- Consent grouping 33:31
- Derrick Brock moved to approve consent grouping items 4A through 4I. 33:31
- Introduction of new hires 34:24
- McFall Elementary traffic options 41:40
- An administrator said the current McFall lot would hold just over 5 buses while the fleet there is 17 to 20 buses, and recommended the board either send questions on Option A or consider moving it to an action item in July. 42:41
- The administrator said the estimate was $432,000 and the project would have to go out to bid, and another speaker said there was over $30,000 in contingency. 56:52
- One board member said the board needed some sort of corrective action and asked that the item be presented at the next meeting with more detail on the drainage pond. 1:02:31
- Budget amendments 1:06:38
- A staff member said the amendments were the final budgets for the general fund, food service, student activities and library fund. 1:06:51
- Appropriation budgets 1:07:55
- A staff member said the appropriation budget was the first of 3 for the general fund over the fiscal year and the first of 2 for the food service, student activities and library funds. 1:08:03
- Middle school science curriculum 1:09:01
- Board policy second reading 1:10:10
- Public input and board comments 1:14:25
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Video: posted by the district as “Thornapple Kellogg Schools Board of Education - Board Meeting -- 6/15/26”