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Assistant Superintendent Mister Spinner and Director of Pupil Services Miss Martin described contracts with Warren County Educational Service Center (ESC), Hamilton County ESC and Butler County ESC for a range of services including preschool nursing and speech services, assistive-technology access, audiology and teacher-of-the-deaf support. The presenters said some positions that had been contracted previously (two speech positions and a preschool nurse) were brought in-house this year after district hiring made them full-time district positions.

Nut graf: The administration said the contracts are routine renewals of consortium and ESC services; changes this year include bringing some positions into district payroll when those services became full-time, continued use of ESC leasing for specialized equipment and an update to special-education model policies required by Ohio to reflect 2025 revisions.

Miss Martin said Warren County ESC’s quote covers a broad menu of services, Hamilton County ESC provides assistive-technology and gifted services and Butler County ESC provides audiology and teacher-of-the-deaf services. She said Butler County’s approach usually leases hearing-assistive devices rather than purchasing them, and the board asked staff to return with comparative cost information on leasing versus purchasing after questions about replacement costs and billing for lost or damaged items.

Separately, Mister Spinner summarized Ohio’s updated 2025 special education model policies, noting the changes: clarifying when parents can request records be discarded, allowing parents the opportunity to request independent evaluations at any time, removing \"emerging skills\" from extended school year services and removing suggested services during short-term removal. He told the board the updates keep district policy aligned with state and federal requirements.

Ending: The board asked staff for follow-up cost comparisons on leased assistive devices and accepted the contracts for consideration; the updated Ohio special-education model policies were presented for adoption to maintain compliance.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Kings Board of Education Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The board reviewed proposed special-education contracts and a recommendation to adopt Ohio’s 2025 special education model policies to maintain state and federal compliance.","taxTitle","Kings Local, School Districts, Ohio","taxId",38728,"location","Ohio","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6055293,"Treasurer presents cautious five-year forecast; board discusses levies, phased levies and earned-income tax option",819,2392000,3211000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3319860-1674e61da640d4307401ba7ed8df68e6&start=2392&end=3211","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3319860-1674e61da640d4307401ba7ed8df68e6/thumbnail_2392000.jpg","/articles/6055293/Ohio/Treasurer-presents-cautious-five-year-forecast-board-discusses-levies-phased-levies-and-earned-income-tax-option","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6055293-c3b6bb8066c1a4c399c00df243181ad9/orig.mp4?Expires=1771134095&Signature=CPF53PZqCaO8wE85TVXM59GpVsWT0KqVavdhoOPGqwzMTheQgKKP~wlAfoiZsq6-4RB4zr68rbJGNsiW5GQLwLefAkoyqzwGH1JhDGyoxG6mt4CjzFv2vv-uPALiYW5u8e7JM6Oo9QyLXxZD2ebUod8AVZOYp2s82e0XlgJXR2VOxo586S0nBdoTTmwBb1FcLEe7V1LCSmrOAzgqHmpLZvw0DeQCuWvE9-3igZb2zrLGGV8clQ4ZAJbcZd~jTqsVHKqPRdptNxUk9Hu1EP8H0hPaPPNyVv5Hx4zjRpESaYoYCPtMtG7w6WGAnrdHookItmHBT1nfwOnwtfpH047EcA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The district treasurer presented a five-year financial forecast that projects flat revenues while personnel costs, student-specific services, transportation and utilities continue to rise, prompting discussion of revenue options to close an ongoing gap.

Treasurer Mister Morrow said investment income and state reimbursement for high-cost student services have helped, but overall revenue is essentially flat and property valuation increases reduce tax rates rather than providing extra operating revenue to the district. He highlighted a favorable health-insurance renewal for 2024–25 but warned of a potentially unfavorable renewal for 2025–26 (\"very unfavorable\" and projected at over 10%).

Nut graf: With expenses rising — including step increases, benefit cost growth and student-specific purchase services — and uncertain state funding, the administration presented three revenue options for board consideration: a standard property levy (similar to the district’s historic three-year cycle), a phased operating levy that phases in a larger total millage over multiple years, and an earned-income tax on residents’ wages.

The treasurer said historically the district has asked voters every three years for operating levies and that, under the current forecast, a similar levy would likely be required again in approximately three years to maintain services. The phased levy option would ask for a larger total amount (example used: 10 mills) phased over several years to reduce the immediate community burden. The earned-income tax was modeled at about 1 percent in preliminary work; the administration said it would likely be at least a five-year revenue source and that full collection takes time, with a multi-year ramp-up before full receipts are realized.

Board members asked about senior and Social Security relief under an earned-income tax and requested more modeling. The treasurer said he would prepare scenarios showing how long different levy structures might sustain operations and the likely impacts on taxpayers.

Ending: The presentation concluded with the administration proposing further analysis and a follow-up discussion to present concrete levy or tax scenarios for board decision-making in the near term.","The treasurer presented a five-year forecast showing flat revenues, rising personnel and student-service costs, and potential health-insurance increases; board discussed options including a standard property levy, a phased larger levy and an earned-income tax to stabilize funding.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6055298,"Board hears update on bond financing plan, market conditions and next steps for voter-approved projects",387,1796000,2183000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3319860-1674e61da640d4307401ba7ed8df68e6&start=1796&end=2183","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3319860-1674e61da640d4307401ba7ed8df68e6/thumbnail_1796000.jpg","/articles/6055298/Ohio/Board-hears-update-on-bond-financing-plan-market-conditions-and-next-steps-for-voter-approved-projects","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6055298-420ac338687c4facd75bb7fb847b6b9e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771134095&Signature=UxbbFkstsaC~vTROEUGbidMrm8fwAWzSJCMHL68qzRydds-EtJrp0CQCcRMEVEU8FHbPeu9QBDTKkRXPmIm8QtNFCxltHEe05DV3woT2ql7YoY9-ED1mEIfrweEkBB6ElrVYURStYQw6wavkyzE3EcF0j9NVyRDBTKUkhWigb8Z3oHLb1cry60pOo2FlH4c~eiJuJmgSSI9AGKmYuyZnd-cOE4T~Xho15SXMFuX6GUV-4SHYdxC7XF8hbxjLMVlOR8j8C-tK8otXulVgFRQsYU0QyICoEdHfIW5yEorBVyWn94zigagasF~o5Q8X9OQhk7hh3sc8gXoZV0gg4IHr9Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Bradley Payne Municipal Advisors updated the Kings Local School District board on the status of financing for the voter-approved $142 million facilities program and described recommended steps for the next financing round.

Andy Brossart of Bradley Payne summarized market conditions, noted the district previously issued $124 million of the voter-approved $142 million, and said the financing plan is to issue fixed-rate bonds to replace $24 million in bond anticipation notes that mature this July while keeping the remaining $18 million short-term for now to preserve the district’s millage commitment.

Nut graf: The district’s stated objective is to honor the voter-communicated tax commitment—no more than 7 mills collected from 2025 through 2033—so advisers recommend locking a portion of the borrowing into long-term bonds and keeping some short-term notes to limit long-term millage impact while interest rates remain volatile.

Brossart showed short-term and longer-term interest-rate charts and explained that short-term rates have moderated recently and the yield curve is beginning to normalize after volatility; he also reported congressional proposals to change tax-exempt bond status appear to be off the table for now, easing market concern.

He said the prior financing included a July 2024 sale of $100 million in bonds and $24 million in one-year bond anticipation notes; those notes come due this July. The proposed plan the advisers presented to the board would convert the $24 million to fixed-rate long-term bonds and leave the $18 million portion of the authorized program as short-term notes for one or more years, depending on market and valuation conditions.

The superintendent and treasurer told the board the reasons for staggering maturities: converting $24 million stabilizes debt service and interest cost and the short-term treatment of $18 million protects the board’s pledge to cap tax collections at 7 mills from 2025–2033. The administration noted interest income on unissued bond proceeds could also be available to support projects while funds remain invested.

A board member asked how funds may be used; the treasurer clarified that voter-approved bond proceeds and any interest earned \"cannot be used for payroll, salary or operations; they can only be used for facilities or district debt.\" The board discussed trade-offs between locking long term to avoid future rate spikes and holding short-term to protect the millage promise.

Ending: The administration and municipal advisors said they will return with firm timing and structure recommendations as the July note maturity approaches; no formal financing action was taken at the work session.","Bradley Payne Municipal Advisors presented market context and a plan to convert $24 million in bond anticipation notes to long-term bonds while keeping $18 million short-term to preserve the district’s 7-mill pledge to taxpayers; board discussed timing and use restrictions for proceeds.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6055303,"Kings Local instructional coaches outline curriculum work, personalized learning and teacher coaching cycles",1590,150000,1740000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3319860-1674e61da640d4307401ba7ed8df68e6&start=150&end=1740","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3319860-1674e61da640d4307401ba7ed8df68e6/thumbnail_150000.jpg","/articles/6055303/Ohio/Kings-Local-instructional-coaches-outline-curriculum-work-personalized-learning-and-teacher-coaching-cycles","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6055303-9494e7e9b4213e66659d518fb311002c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771134095&Signature=JOBhj--JonlwfQFjUb1TpKDAfb-mWMrK40vH48vQthO5IFXeampksSKpxagvi6mQUBsNwk0jyw-S29C2gQsNGSw~PL2X3sS3vTUvZNsqVOXIUKt-Tjuu6RmLDTb-EJPYLl2Wzf1wjJv-87IPqskRQQLyM9TxHCGlYX35YV077oua6H5YezndJLeRWa-Prkw5fdb5Y1OBrEBjQRqVoxyEXUKWynARBlD3fQW1QW0B3oDUK3DVyh0xHd6gxl-vkm5A46-QS3D5SDM1DDWJ4-hcuLPNc5I6kmwCz5lkHRY6CXOwo3r3al-UWrJPOcihnItYLRAiUjkJTbhHtGm0pYihKg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Three Kings Local instructional coaches gave the school board an overview of year-two coaching work and next steps, emphasizing job-embedded professional development and curriculum alignment.

The coaches told the board that their primary goal is to support teachers’ professional growth so students’ learning is maximized, centering their work on the district’s culture blueprint, personalized learning and the district’s “power 5” instructional practices.

Coaches Andrea (Instructional Coach), Erin (Instructional Coach) and Tracy (Instructional Coach) described multiple curriculum projects and professional-development strategies they said produced measurable classroom changes this year. They cited work in elementary gifted and general math (fourth- and fifth-grade units focused on fractions), a K–12 ELA vertical-alignment project, cohorts for personalized learning and a new-teacher academy.

\"The best professional development is job-embedded professional development with teachers who willingly set goals and seek feedback,\" one of the coaches said, describing the coaching-cycle process in which teachers set goals, coaches co-plan or co-teach, the coaches observe and the teacher and coach reflect together.

Nut graf: The coaches told the board the intent is to align curriculum changes, PD and classroom practice so students get repeated, scaffolded exposure to essential standards; they asked the board to support continued investment in coaching and rollout of the selected ELA curriculum.

In ELA, a cross-grade “design team” conducted a K–12 vertical alignment of standards arranged by grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8) and recommended the district adopt Wit & Wisdom for K–5. The coaches said K–5 teachers piloted Wit & Wisdom during the year and that the unanimous teacher recommendation led to a planned multi-session professional-development schedule: a summer training day, grade-level planning in September, module training in October, lesson-study work in December, follow-up PD in February and a year-end review in March.

\"Every module is spiraling every single standard,\" a coach said of the program’s approach to repeated exposure for students.

On math, coaches said they focused on targeted curriculum work in fourth-grade gifted math and a fifth-grade fractions unit identified through data as the highest-leverage improvement area. Strategies emphasized student thinking, manipulatives, visuals, vocabulary and pacing; coaches said teachers practiced lessons with coaches before returning to classrooms.

Coaches also described professional-development cohorts for personalized learning following Ohio’s framework for personalized learning. Examples shown to the board included student-led reading groups, student-created classroom operating procedures, choice boards in high school science and lab-classroom plans to model personalized learning for other teachers.

The new-teacher academy served first- and second-year teachers with on-site PD, classroom visits and debriefs; coaches reported participants said classroom-management confidence and instructional organization improved.

Coaching-cycle examples included a high-school internship course redesigned to teach job-interview hard and soft skills, with mock interviews and a rubric created by a teacher and a coach; a literature-based newspaper project for a unit on The Crucible; and building-level work to use a new data dashboard for monthly data conversations and instructional adjustments.

The coaches said next-year priorities are continuing the new-teacher academy (with focus on year-one teachers), expanding personalized learning and lab classrooms, focusing curriculum work on grades 4–12 math, supporting the Wit & Wisdom rollout and strengthening content-area literacy and monthly data meetings.

Board members praised the presentation and thanked the coaches for the work; the superintendent commended the coaches and the board for supporting the initiative.

Ending: The coaches asked the board to continue backing coaching time and professional development as the district implements Wit & Wisdom and progresses on math-alignment work in the coming year.","Three instructional coaches presented a year-two review of coaching, curriculum alignment, adoption plans for Wit & Wisdom ELA, math-focused units, personalized learning cohorts and new-teacher supports at the Kings Local Schools work session.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6055284,"Board approves student travel for biomed state competition and BPA nationals",90,3827000,3917000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3319860-1674e61da640d4307401ba7ed8df68e6&start=3827&end=3917","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3319860-1674e61da640d4307401ba7ed8df68e6/thumbnail_3827000.jpg","/articles/6055284/Ohio/Board-approves-student-travel-for-biomed-state-competition-and-BPA-nationals","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6055284-fb791ac91d6376323e36b5f08c697492/orig.mp4?Expires=1771134095&Signature=Ts3dpofYAEf61vvMg2rQ3MZXue8urcGWZlw~brisUW7dSYLQMuhKo9mtajicYxqh~rn2iMK9uc2LqnSmEHTbGZ0LXN-awWRXT134hd58~KSYKFFCtDRizVO84lIBeo2DKKKQ-djc~mjHRAXVp5lB9~aHybDhzx-RsYlBRQcFzjfjAAA7yPorGVwJjzXoBKwLXozfhVReUwvzSzWToE8W8tOtlgdtiK1IzTVtEgQoFCW0BW6II7-9JOPlB6kzlpG8XqP-6mo4N0Zp7nEiXHasW~vVYRZu5MA1sKXxmzph1GHzMXhbRovFvCTSV-KYFPZfp6beLCdid9vXJLx~y7Ovmg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The board approved two field trips completed earlier this school year: biomed students’ attendance at a state competition and DMA/BPA students’ attendance at national competitions. Both trip reimbursements/approvals were handled by roll call.

Nut graf: The trips were presented as routine approvals of completed travel; the board voted by roll call with the motion and second made during the meeting and recorded votes in the public record.

During the roll call the board recorded affirmative votes from members present. The administration said the trips had occurred and the formal board approvals were to complete documentation.

Ending: The board recorded the approvals and moved on to other agenda items.","The board approved two previously completed student trips — biomed students to a state competition and DMA students to BPA nationals — by roll-call vote during the work session.","actionData","errors"]

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Board reviews special-education service contracts and adopts updated Ohio model policies

Treasurer presents cautious five-year forecast; board discusses levies, phased levies and earned-income tax option

Board hears update on bond financing plan, market conditions and next steps for voter-approved projects

Kings Local instructional coaches outline curriculum work, personalized learning and teacher coaching cycles

Board approves student travel for biomed state competition and BPA nationals