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Votes at a glance: Kennett board approves minutes, bills, policies, MOUs, contracts and construction agreements
Summary
At its Oct. 14 meeting the Kennett board approved routine minutes and committee reports, accepted a $9.17 million operating bill list (including a $5 million bond payment), adopted multiple policies, approved MOUs with the KEA, a contract for psychologist support, PlanCon paperwork and Kennett Township construction agreements.
The Kennett Consolidated School District Board of School Directors on Oct. 14 recorded a series of routine and substantive approvals, including meeting minutes, a large bill list, multiple policy updates, memorandums of understanding with the teachers' association, a professional-services contract and construction-related agreements.
Key outcomes
- Minutes and committee reports: The board approved the regular meeting minutes for Sept. 9 and a set of committee minutes (communications, curriculum, policy, finance) by voice vote.
- Bill lists: The general operating bill list for Sept. 10 through Oct. 14 totaled $9,167,707.12; that total includes a $5,000,000 bond payment and about $1,900,000 in payroll disbursements. Other fund lists approved included the internal service fund ($1,048,265.48), capital reserve ($1,419,078.71), capital projects ($4,308,681.95 for the new elementary project) and food service ($102,490.11).
- Personnel and MOUs: The personnel slate was approved, including hires and leave requests. The board approved two MOUs with the Kennett Education Association to add several high-school and middle-school supplemental positions (robotics assistant/adviser, boys volleyball coach and assistant, girls wrestling coach, game manager) and to correct step movement for three employees.
- Contracts and student agreements: The board approved an agreement with Devereux for professional development and support services for school psychologists intended to improve child-find procedures and evaluations. A confidential waiver agreement for a student was approved in closed/confidential terms.
- Construction and funding paperwork: The board approved PlanCon Part F and G paperwork for Greenwood Elementary (a recordkeeping step should state PlanCon be reinstated in future) and approved three Kennett Township construction agreements (development agreement, financial-security agreement requiring a letter of credit of approximately $6.8 million plus fees, and a stormwater operation-and-maintenance agreement) for the Greenwood project.
- Policies: The board adopted multiple policies, including policy 101 (mission statement), 620 (general fund balance), 828 (fraud, amended on retaliation language), the 103-series nondiscrimination updates (103, 103.1, 103.2, 103.3) and policy 104 (employment nondiscrimination).
All motions noted in the board packet were carried by voice vote where recorded; the transcript shows affirmative voice votes and no recorded roll-call counts for each item.
Next steps: Administrative follow-up includes implementing adopted policies, processing the approved bills and contracts, and completing required construction and bond-close tasks for the Greenwood project.
