Board approves election calendar and tuition rates; consent agenda and budgets reported
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Summary
The North Kansas City School Board adopted a resolution setting the April 7, 2026 election and filing timeline, approved DESE-calculated tuition rates for 2025–26, accepted the consent agenda including personnel retirements, and heard the treasurer’s October fiscal report.
At its regular meeting the North Kansas City Board of Education adopted a resolution establishing the annual school board election for Tuesday, April 7, 2026, and set candidate filing to open 8 a.m. on Dec. 9, 2025 and close 5 p.m. on Dec. 30, 2025. The resolution designated the Clay County and Platte County Boards of Election Commissioners to administer the district’s ballots and required the district to pay its prorated share of election expenses as determined by those county offices.
The board also approved DESE-prescribed tuition rates, calculated from fiscal year 2024–25 expenditures under Missouri statute section 167.131: elementary (K–5) tuition $17,365; middle school (6–8) $16,731; and high school $16,835 for the 2025–26 regular term. Administration requested board approval of the rates and the motion carried by voice vote.
A 13-item consent agenda was approved, which the minutes said included the personnel report and several accepted retirements: Dr. Shannon Callahan (assistant principal, Winnetonka High School), Dr. Chad Bridal (director of core data), Mitzi Boysen (director of safety and security), Michael McQuillan (director of transportation) and Tammy Henderson (cabinet member; retirement effective December 2026). The board thanked those employees for combined decades of service.
Treasurer Joe Jacobs presented the October fiscal report and summarized year-to-date operating receipts and expenditures. He reported year-to-date operating receipts and encumbrances, noted a year-over-year increase in receipts largely due to basic formula payments, and said current operating expenditures remain within budget. The treasurer also relayed statewide pension board actions: PSRS contribution rate set at 29% and PEERS at 13.72% for fiscal year 2026–27 and a 2% cost-of-living adjustment approved for January 2026 at the PSRS/PEERS trustee meeting.
Votes at a glance: the transcript records voice votes approving the meeting agenda, the consent agenda (including personnel items), the election resolution and the tuition-rate adoption. The transcript records the motions, seconds and voice outcomes but does not provide a roll-call tally or numerical vote counts in the minutes.