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The board adopted Resolution 24/25-024 to nonrenew the contract of teacher Peter Harley for the 2025–26 school year; the resolution directs the clerk to deliver a signed copy of the resolution to Harley. The resolution text was read in open session; the board recorded the vote in the meeting and returned from executive session to take the formal vote.

The board also approved pay and staffing items that had been discussed in executive session. Trustees approved starting classified pay rates and a motion to approve the staffing report as presented. In addition, the board voted to approve a 2.5% raise for Superintendent Dr. Adams for the 2025–26 school year; the motion to approve the raise was presented in open session after the executive session. Board members were reminded to sign the original resolution with the clerk before leaving the meeting.

Because the staffing report and some details were discussed in executive session under the Kansas Open Meetings Act exception for non-elected personnel, board members said they could not publicly discuss the executive-session deliberations. The motions and resolutions were, however, moved and recorded in open session as required.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","USD 453 Leavenworth Board of Education Meeting: Monday, June 9, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Following an executive session, the board adopted a resolution to nonrenew a teacher contract and approved compensation and staffing-item motions, including a 2.5% raise for the superintendent; votes and some staffing details were taken in closed session then returned to open session for formal action.","taxTitle","Leavenworth, School Boards, Kansas","taxId",38767,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6209775,"District reports steep drop in office referrals after rollout of Safe & Civil Schools and Kickboard",188,11530000,11718000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3730898-1b3585c80bb7604658c2aa944165fd51&start=11530&end=11718","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3730898-1b3585c80bb7604658c2aa944165fd51/thumbnail_11530000.jpg","/articles/6209775/Leavenworth/School-Boards/Kansas/District-reports-steep-drop-in-office-referrals-after-rollout-of-Safe-Civil-Schools-and-Kickboard","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6209775-aab522dd6222262c66d4bbe1718c83a8/orig.mp4?Expires=1771187973&Signature=nZibsv1GGFbacx2yFRURwR-Thpgwh1ClBA2M1m7ryCFCcJernnJkC-7~KT7FXumBczReSYvFP1-F7-bji6dsuKzsgpv8P6EciKl1UtML34cJPl2K7LiXMg7yv6mF8LHUeTO02tG8kJUGvYx9GoDdAaebFAH9FEnDlEsxJulYasvcuCjqlE5yOdg1hXOvGV7Gu9-2x6rGqcEH7gcJaqCttRWac6KgbSDpZDs7XPu74Fh4kPmaYl-9gzF8GfNTOEROsPlcm8DP34BPojrN4VGRxZdATPTjz~Y17~iueHKhD9nawCMSfRl4a~t6NwbUWvPW69EJxvqyd-0c1a0ILgk~qg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","District leaders and members of the behavior task force presented interim results on June 9 showing declines in behavior referrals, incidents and suspension days after the district adopted the Safe & Civil Schools framework and a unified Kickboard referral system.

Presenters said office referrals declined 29.6% compared with the prior year; they reported about 7,820 referrals this year compared with a little over 11,000 the previous year. They also reported a 35.6% decrease in suspension days (from about 10,634 days to 6,849) and a 43.1% decrease in long-term suspensions and expulsions (72 down to 41). The district said part of the reduction is attributable to a unified referral system (Kickboard) that was deployed this year; staff cautioned that last year’s inconsistent recording methods mean the true decrease could be larger.

Task-force members said they had established classroom management expectations (CHAMPS/Safe & Civil Schools), a response playbook for 75 common behaviors, a three-tiered support structure and school-based behavior plans. “We developed a list of common behaviors, which is 75 on that list, and then developed a response system,” one presenter said. The district also reported a 53.7% decline in manifestation determinations (disciplinary reviews required after 10 days of suspension).

Staff acknowledged areas that require further work: inconsistent implementation across classrooms and buildings, administrative follow-through on repeat severe behaviors, parent accountability and expanded training for tier 2/3 interventions. Trustees asked for concrete next steps; staff said they would finalize school-based behavior plans in July, activate the Kickboard parent portal in the fall and provide a semester-one implementation report in January.

Trustees and staff also discussed cell-phone policy enforcement during the meeting. Several trustees and staff said they hear persistent concerns from teachers about phones undermining classroom management and asked whether districtwide, bell-to-bell phone restrictions or consistent implementation across buildings could reduce incidents. District staff said building-level practices vary (lockboxes, bags, backpacks) and that enforcement and consistent administrative follow-through would be part of ongoing implementation work.","District staff reported a 29.6% decrease in office referrals and other improvements after adopting Safe & Civil Schools practices and Kickboard data tracking; staff emphasized follow-up work on consistency, tiered supports and parent engagement.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6209781,"Board approves district participation in Call A Doctor Plus mental-health grant",309,10503000,10812000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3730898-1b3585c80bb7604658c2aa944165fd51&start=10503&end=10812","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3730898-1b3585c80bb7604658c2aa944165fd51/thumbnail_10503000.jpg","/articles/6209781/Leavenworth/School-Boards/Kansas/Board-approves-district-participation-in-Call-A-Doctor-Plus-mental-health-grant","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6209781-cb83b4f3e4453b801c6725524b33d1b6/orig.mp4?Expires=1771187973&Signature=oDLEjTUm6vR8sCmTw22EZNBwZHnhW9Uk7C-YPx1RI0nVyWDq50SW089kxMlsl9swtcamdh~9V4WdkJvEhDntdRrssN-cIaO462CuV6LMQ~pc9u42FBPedsm3FbDYumwBdP8Ds~3QjAPc20xYzXlkbkH869gsv7Q5~cHuU9qi1RaaNoR1-ugJqBkslUgnWa0Lz~~l2Mbgh2hAut6nL5dg8f1-3kAd7moIZnfOKLWvGdkPYWhzagbCJNxLJ1s35LuoDh6gE6QLEhhqXiKSCBjXl8eBlZghKGOapqx7yzrnCBRcWvbMiWdAzMolWtz7poIpEPHq7x9F7qLsrywS5VqVJA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Leavenworth board voted on June 9 to accept Call A Doctor Plus, a grant-funded mental-health program district staff characterized as no-cost to the district that provides teletherapy, in-person services and coaching for students, families and staff.

Presenters Shelby Hardesty, behavior analyst and district mental-health coordinator, and Meredith Dyke, school psychologist, told trustees the program’s model channels philanthropic grant funds through the district to pay service providers. “It’s a $2,000,000 grant. So it’s no cost to our district,” Hardesty said on the record. When asked whether the money was guaranteed, presenters later said Call A Doctor told them it had identified $4,000,000 and intended a three-year contract, a detail the presenters noted as part of ongoing administrative work to finalize terms.

Staff said the program would offer rapid access: routine appointments within two to three days, urgent care within one day, and emergency same-day support, and that certain qualifying incidents make students eligible for a set number of sessions. Presenters said the grant would include quarterly, anonymized usage reports (age bands, incident categories and aggregate counts) to the district but not individual clinical records.

Trustee Price moved to accept the grant; Trustee Murphy seconded. The board voted to proceed. “A motion with Price to go with the call a doctor grama, by missus Murphy. All in favor?” President Carney asked; voices answered “Aye.” Staff said, pending approval, services would begin after a 45–60 day initiation period.

Presenters and trustees discussed liability and oversight. Hardesty said the district’s role is to provide the resource list to families and that clinical malpractice liability would remain with the service providers. Board members asked for regular reporting on usage and outcomes; presenters said the vendor would supply quarterly aggregate reports that district staff would use for trend analysis and to inform other interventions.","The board voted to accept a third-party mental-health grant program (Call A Doctor Plus) that would funnel no-cost behavioral health services to students, families and staff; presenters said the program would be implemented after district approval and could begin in 45–60 days.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6209785,"Board approves $86,500 proposal to ready Warren Intermediate for NETI program",228,2183000,2411000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3730898-1b3585c80bb7604658c2aa944165fd51&start=2183&end=2411","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3730898-1b3585c80bb7604658c2aa944165fd51/thumbnail_2183000.jpg","/articles/6209785/Leavenworth/School-Boards/Kansas/Board-approves-86500-proposal-to-ready-Warren-Intermediate-for-NETI-program","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6209785-e1ddb83b6fe201a9a4b513e380f8ec5d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771187973&Signature=Cmy~wWBhkfVnVWfw3peh~fl~l0~2Fj5Wgyd66cDjfryzWBhsZTeBd6E-9bqBnKNrCSbXfQ~blYFng0gf8OyYIR6q0a4Idclgp4SPTSeeAqCIOdnzmKlwq-79zIHUJxTa~aoklHJY4bCZxLvmUZ0KvlfIjY7x0f~QZ7FxdfWHg-Gg5PSmj72P1Xh0vLu8SBhNb543P2Uu72Oz0ufUX648LAiGmMxrNZTShxhghbQf4cHEhagLgPApQeeG3Mm-TTwc4mm3DT0DrFt4hvhUtc77V2JgfjndZZnXU1KYeK55luGJpTzakC-6aGu7kAMFDPoFhwCwo5lPBA~7RjHIe-TNGg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Board of Education approved a construction proposal on June 9 to modify Richard Warren Intermediate School for the district’s NETI programming, voting 7-0 to accept the job-order contracting proposal administered through Gordian and Sourcewell.

District staff described the scope as doorway and wall construction to enclose collaboration space, installation of badge-controlled entry points and a stairwell control to prevent student traffic between floors, plus a pass-through between rooms B104 and B105. Gordian senior account manager John Ryder said the project was priced using Sourcewell’s construction catalog and Kansas market factors.

Beth (district staff) introduced the proposal and said Gordian and local contractor BKM produced the bid. The proposal cost referenced on the record was $86,500; a brief additional utterance of “587” occurred in the transcript and is noted as ambiguous in the meeting record. John Ryder said BKM was selected based on the Sourcewell contracting process and local availability. The district said the work must be started to complete by Aug. 1 and that the project would be paid from the district capital budget.

Trustee Dobie moved to approve the project; Trustee Price seconded. “Motion by miss Dobie to approve project for Warren, by miss Price. All in favor?” President Mike Carney asked; voices answered “Aye.” The clerk recorded the tally as “7 0, looks like.”

Staff said they chose job-order contracting because a traditional hard-bid procurement would not meet the timeline required to complete work before the school year. Gordian said Sourcewell’s contract meets competitive-bidding guidelines and that EKM/BKM were on Sourcewell’s contractor roster for the region.

The board gave authority to proceed and directed staff to execute the necessary contract with Gordian/BKM, using capital funds allocated for facilities work at Warren Intermediate.","The board approved a job-order construction contract drawn from Sourcewell/Gordian to add controlled-access doors and other work at Richard Warren Intermediate School to house NETI programs; trustees voted 7-0 to authorize the work from capital funds.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6209790,"Developer explains RHID tool as board begins study of housing incentives",344,1536000,1880000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3730898-1b3585c80bb7604658c2aa944165fd51&start=1536&end=1880","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3730898-1b3585c80bb7604658c2aa944165fd51/thumbnail_1536000.jpg","/articles/6209790/Leavenworth/School-Boards/Kansas/Developer-explains-RHID-tool-as-board-begins-study-of-housing-incentives","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6209790-f97aabe36e1a9103c5f8c0f5de6a1b5d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771187973&Signature=iel8U5dTMNtt~fUlwJ65R6wfeoeGXwbV6AGbrEok7pWl-66WGxGQGU20K6PCn4ksyXMi23dXFeNZkqmTyb-2NZUiDrklJBhgIX5tZ1Fhq-nrMSuWE~Yz6huYS1GspFID7fO4mRWSvwy6qoFt9oCAzc9f9DARhpiq8WzQcGEgKW74BJqkfjK~9GEt~LG7w6drGIK~zypwkUtofVIIENHXKHxriYIbgE2oHaEZzmuQlf1DtBSkBJS3lnYg8QR~2cwo~CEzpPmrRC6f0XTROgpHgnCyASyMtfdkY5vHZNJilEjyWlEF1fo-WWch3cx75GmKAD7UQubABGtu9z2HFojW3w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Ross Vogel, a consultant with Heartland Housing Partners, spoke to the Leavenworth Unified School District Board of Education on June 9 about reinvestment housing incentive districts, a state-authorized tool that captures future property-tax revenue from a redeveloped site to reimburse infrastructure and related costs.

Vogel told the board that RHIDs have been available since 1998 and have seen increased use in the last seven to eight years. He described the core mechanism this way: a property’s real-estate tax base grows after development; the jurisdiction continues to receive the pre-development tax amount while the additional tax revenue can be used to reimburse the developer for infrastructure and eligible costs. “The additional $900 would be reimbursed to that developer to help offset those infrastructure costs,” Vogel said in an example comparing current tax at $100 and future tax at $1,000.

Board members treated the presentation as informational but discussed next steps. Board member Reed said she called the presentation to make sure the board would not be “blindsided” if an RHID proposal reached the district and urged trustees to study the issue before any formal proposal arrives. Reed asked staff to gather information and stakeholder feedback and suggested the district prepare a written policy laying out how the board would want to be contacted and what information it would need if an RHID were proposed. Superintendent Dr. Adams and district staff agreed to bring draft policy language and examples back to the board for future meetings.

Board members raised recurring concerns about whether RHIDs reduce tax revenue to the school district, how long reimbursement periods commonly run, and how closely projects are vetted. Vogel said RHIDs in communities like Leavenworth often run up to 25 years in smaller places, and might be closer to 20 years in a community of Leavenworth’s size, but he noted Leavenworth County officials had indicated they were “averse to anything 15 years” while remaining open to project-by-project discussions. Vogel also explained that state law allows certain downtown, multistory rehabilitation and pre-existing infrastructure to be counted as eligible costs under more recent legislative changes.

The board asked staff to collect tax-impact examples from neighboring communities that have used RHIDs and to provide comparisons showing real-life splits of captured taxes, developer returns and school-district revenue impacts under typical scenarios. Trustee Price specifically requested presentation material focused on the tax impacts — “Will the school district lose money? Will the city lose money? Will the county lose money?” — and asked staff to include local examples and the Lansing study referenced during the meeting.

The discussion included community and policy considerations: Reed said projects can bring additional housing that may increase student enrollment and said she has seen RHIDs become a primary economic-development tool in nearby jurisdictions. Other trustees emphasized that any board response should be deliberative and public. The board did not vote on RHID authority at the meeting; instead, staff agreed to return with draft policy and analysis for future board consideration.","A representative for Heartland Housing Partners explained how a reinvestment housing incentive district (RHID) works and how it has been used in nearby Kansas cities; Leavenworth board members asked for more research and directed staff to prepare draft policy options for future consideration.","actionData","errors"]

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Board records staffing decisions: one contract nonrenewed; superintendent pay raise approved

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