Superintendent Ashley Colas told trustees the district is working with forensic investigators, the district's insurance carrier, Region 20 education service center and the FBI after a cyberattack forced the district to cancel school and shift calendar days.

Colas said the Skyward system is back online through Skyward's cloud hosting and forensic teams are investigating the extent of the breach. The district will trade previously scheduled days (first replacement day noted as Oct. 31) and present a revised calendar at a future meeting.

In response to the incident, trustees approved a general-fund budget amendment that included a $300,000 increase in data-processing (function 53) to cover vendor invoices related to the cyber incident; the administration said it expects insurance reimbursement but noted a $25,000 deductible. The board also voted to award a competitive procurement — an RFP for a cybersecurity pilot — to Stacklink, a firm the district already worked with on networking. The pilot will require a 10% district share ($2,317.60 out-of-pocket) with the remainder reimbursed through grant funding; the overall grant total discussed at the meeting covered multiple years.

School staff said forensic investigators were working to determine how deeply systems were compromised; the district asked for patience as systems are restored "one system at a time." Trustees discussed ongoing coordination with the district’s insurance and legal teams, and approved the budget amendment to allow prompt vendor payments while seeking reimbursement.