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Board motions and outcomes

- Approve agenda. Motion by Christie Van Meter; second by Rocky. Vote: yes 4, no 0.
- Approve minutes of 09/15/2025 special meeting (first). Motion by Rocky; second by Christie. Vote: yes 4, no 0.
- Approve minutes of 09/15/2025 special meeting (second). Motion by Sarah Darding; second by Rocky. Vote: yes 4, no 0.
- Approve minutes of the 09/15/2025 regular meeting. Motion by Rocky; second by Sarah Darding. Vote: yes 4, no 0.
- Business by consent. Motion by Sarah Darding; second by Rocky. Vote: yes 4, no 0.
- Approve 2026 board meeting dates. Motion by Christie Van Meter; second by Rocky. Vote: yes 4, no 0.
- Approve MOU with Family Service and Guidance. Motion by Sarah Darding; second by Rocky. Vote: yes 4, no 0.
- Approve Logicalis proposal to complete intercoms and phones for five remaining buildings at $257,022.43. Motion by Rocky; second by Christie. Vote: yes 4, no 0. The district said Logicalis was the sole responsive bidder after requests to eight vendors.
- Approve revised board policy KG (use of school facilities by non-school groups). Motion by Rocky; second by Christie. Vote: yes 4, no 0. Administrators said the policy was edited to remove facility regulations now published in the district's scheduling software and to update fees and electronic-signature language; no fee increases were reported.
- Approve McElroy proposal to install a 7.5-ton band-room split air-conditioning unit at Shawnee Heights Middle School. Motion by Rocky; second by Sarah Darding. Vote: yes 4, no 0. District staff described the purchase as a KU-contract sole-source emergency exemption because the old unit failed while a competitive bid was being prepared; the replacement cost was reported as about $23,000'$24,000 and will be added to this year's capital outlay.
- Approve owner's representative agreement. Motion by Christie Van Meter; second by Erica Price. Vote: yes 4, no 0.
- Adjourn. Motion by Christie Van Meter; second by Sarah Darding. Vote: yes 4, no 0.

Executive session

The board entered an executive session to discuss the \"Lighthouse\" contract pursuant to the Kansas Open Meetings Act exception for certain financial-proprietorship data; the session participants named in the motion included board members and district staff. The transcript records the executive session and a brief extension but does not record a public vote on the Lighthouse contract itself.

What administrators said about key items

District staff said the Logicalis intercom work completes a capital outlay project after an initial installation at Tecumseh South. The intercom procurement drew one bid after the district solicited proposals from eight vendors. For the AC replacement at the middle school, Mr. Stegall said the existing system failed and the band room currently had no climate control, creating an urgent need under the cited procurement exemption; staff said capital reserves are available and the cost will be included in the current year capital outlay.

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District leaders said the effort is intended to improve classroom instruction and identify students who need targeted interventions. Sherry Monholland, speaking for district leadership, described 150 planned non-evaluative classroom walk-throughs and an associated Google survey to collect implementation data; she said the district had completed 118 of those visits at the time of the meeting. Monholland said the professional development plan grew from work begun last year at an AVID strategic planning conference and now ties classroom instructional strategies, social-emotional learning and relational capacity to the AVID framework.

The AVID-aligned approach includes a roster review process, Monholland said, where teachers and administrators identify students who remained at risk after the first quarter so administrative and at-risk teams can re-engage them. \"Teachers don't see that,\" she said of the survey data, which is used by the district leadership team to guide support.

Middle school principal Mr. Urick told the board the middle school has had an \"excellent start\" to the 2025-26 year and low staff turnover: the school replaced two outgoing positions with experienced mid-career hires. He described three measurable school goals tied to district accreditation: engagement (targeting 90% family attendance at fall parent-teacher conferences), growth (70% of students scoring at or above the 40th percentile in reading and math) and attendance (reducing chronic absenteeism to pre-pandemic levels, under 6%). Urick reported FastBridge baseline results from an August screener showing about 68% of students at or above the 40th percentile in math and 66% in reading; he said the school expects to reach the growth target in math and that reading requires additional work. Year-to-date chronic absenteeism was 8.5%, down from roughly 13'14% the prior year; Urick said the school will share quarterly attendance charts on customized report cards to better communicate student attendance with families.

At Tecumseh North, instructional leader Miss Bivens described three AVID-aligned goals for the 2025-26 year. By May 2026, she said, 70% of teachers should incorporate college and career awareness and the district's student organizational tool into routines; 65% of students in grades 2'6 should score in the low-risk or \"T-Bird Ready\" category (the 40th percentile) on the FastBridge aReading assessment; and 40% of kindergarten and first-grade students should meet the low-risk threshold on the FastBridge Early Reading assessment.

Superintendent Miss Meggers framed the updates in the context of the district's KISA accreditation check-ins and professional development work, and she highlighted two upcoming public events: the Shawnee Heights Foundation breakfast and two bond information town halls (one Oct. 14 at the middle school and one Oct. 27 at Shawnee Heights Elementary). Meggers said the Foundation returned roughly $16,000 to classrooms via recent grants and that the breakfast will feature three past grant recipients describing classroom impacts.

The board did not take action on the instructional items presented; the reports were informational updates to guide future board oversight and school-level implementation.","District administrators told the board that teacher walk-throughs and surveys supplement non-evaluative observations, professional development is aligned to the AVID framework and KISA accreditation goals, and individual schools set targets for attendance and FastBridge assessment growth.","actionData","errors"]

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