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Votes at a glance: Shawnee Mission School Board actions on June 23, 2025
Summary
The Shawnee Mission School Board unanimously approved the meeting schedule, multiple policy updates, a school term plan, a gun violence awareness proclamation, labor agreement and several budget and operational items. Below are motions, movers (when stated), and outcomes recorded on the meeting minutes.
At its June 23, 2025 meeting the Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education recorded unanimous votes (7–0) on a series of organizational and regular agenda action items. The board approved meeting dates, ratified policies, adopted the school term plan, and approved contracts and budget-authorized purchases. Listed below are the actions as recorded on the meeting record.
Votes at a glance (motion text, mover/second when on the record, outcome):
- Adopt meeting schedule for 2025–26 school year (resolution pursuant to K.S.A. 72‑4138). Motion to adopt passed 7–0 (mover: not specified; second: not specified).
- Ratify district policies (annual ratification). Motion carried 7–0 (mover: Ashley/record indicates "So moved, Ashley"; second: Sinclair).
- Adopt school term plan for 2025–26 (minimum hours: 1,116; board authorized notification to state). Motion carried 7–0 (mover: Hembry; second: Carcin).
- Approve consent agenda items 4.01–5.01 (17 general consent items, 1 board consent item). Motion carried 7–0 (mover: Humphrey; second: not specified).
- Proclamation: Declare June 2025 National Gun Violence Awareness Month in the district; note district will continue to provide gun locks free of charge. Motion carried 7–0 (mover: Aslee; second: not specified).
- Approve second‑read and revised policies and new policies (BDA; new policy JGFGAA — stockpile of emergency medication; revised IDACA, ICA, DEE (fraud prevention), revised DC, CNA; revised CG and deletion of CGI). Each listed policy motion was approved by a recorded vote of 7–0; movers and seconds were recorded for some items (see meeting record for line‑by‑line attributions).
- Approve negotiated agreement with Parents as Teachers for 07/01/2025–06/30/2026, including a 4% base salary increase and an overall compensation package increase reported as between 4.11% and 6.85%. Motion carried 7–0 (mover: Ashley; second: not specified).
- Authorize purchase of the district’s general lines of insurance for fiscal year 2025–26 in the amount of $2,239,969; funds to be paid from the general operating fund, workers compensation fund and special liability fund. Motion carried 7–0 (mover: Astley; second: Sinclair).
- Authorize intent to exceed the revenue neutral rate of 48.525 mills for the 2025 tax year (see separate coverage). Motion carried 7–0.
- Authorize purchase of high school and middle school uniforms for 2025–26 seasons, total $303,595, including a 5% anticipated price increase and a 5% contingency; purchase under district uniform rotation and BSN/Under Armour agreement. Motion carried 7–0 (mover: Aisley; second: Sinclair).
- Approve elementary, middle and high school student and parent handbooks for 2025–26, subject to possible future revision if board policy changes. Motion carried 7–0 (mover: not specified; second: Aisley).
All motions listed above were recorded in the meeting minutes as passing unanimously. Where the transcript recorded the mover and/or seconder, that attribution is noted; where the transcript did not, the mover/second field is listed as not specified. For additional detail on each item, including full policy language and the full fiscal memorandum, see the board packet or the district’s posted board documents.
