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Shawnee Heights board approves Special Olympics MOU, Greenbush virtual seats, calendar and policy updates
Summary
At its meeting, the Shawnee Heights school board unanimously approved a Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools memorandum of understanding, renewed a virtual schooling MOU with Greenbush Virtual Academy, approved the 2025–26 school-year calendar draft and accepted KASB policy updates; all votes were 7–0.
The Shawnee Heights school board unanimously approved several consent and action items at its meeting, including a memorandum of understanding with Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools, a renewal of the district's Greenbush Virtual Academy MOU, the 2025–26 draft school calendar and updated KASB policies.
Why it matters: The approved items set the district's participation in Special Olympics programming for the coming year, reserve virtual-learning seats and finalize a calendar and policy housekeeping matters likely to affect schedules, staffing and student access.
Board action and outcomes
• Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools MOU: Approved (motion: "Approve Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools MOU"). Motion by Rosa Cavazos; second by Sarah Darding. Vote: 7–0. The MOU commits the district to participate in the Unified Champion Schools initiative with a plan to start in physical-education classes and to expand into unified sports and adapted activities; the Special Olympics donation referenced in the discussion provides about $10,000 annually to support equipment, stipends, transportation and related costs, and can be re-requested if needs exceed that amount.
• Greenbush Virtual Academy MOU: Approved (motion: "Approve Greenbush Virtual Academy MOU"). Motion by Christy Van Meter; second by Christina Fleming. Vote: 7–0. The MOU reserves a number of online-learning seats for students who need alternate placements for health or other reasons; the district pays half of reserved spots up front to allow Greenbush to staff and is billed later for actual attendance-based counts.
• 2025–26 school calendar draft: Approved (motion: "Approve 2025–26 school calendar draft"). Motion by Marcy Bridal; second by Sarah Darding. Vote: 7–0. Board materials note the draft reduces one staff contract day while meeting state-required contact hours, aligns spring break with state timelines, restores a February student day following parent-teacher conferences and adjusts the elementary opening sequence so kindergarten and preschool begin the day after grades 1–9 to ease transitions.
• KASB policy updates: Approved with edits to one policy (motion: "Approve KASB policy updates with corrections to DFA/C"). Motion by Christina Fleming; second by Sarah Darding. Vote: 7–0. Board members asked for and approved grammatical and consolidation edits; policy DFA (children's medications) will be corrected to use the updated advanced-practice nurse abbreviation (ARNP) before final posting.
Details from the meeting showed each item was moved and seconded on the consent or action docket and carried by unanimous vote. Where motions or technical edits were requested, board members and staff specified that clerical corrections would be made before final publication.
Ending: The board took these approvals as part of regular business during the meeting and moved on to other district updates and discussion items following the roll-call votes.
