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Superintendent flags attendance concerns, strategic planning progress and community holiday support
Summary
Superintendent reported attendance measures and impacts (including DESE 90% thresholds), a $742,000 insurance assessment, estimated senior citizen tax credit impacts, completion of stage 1 strategic planning with five priority strategies, and a community Thanksgiving drive that served nearly 80 families.
The superintendent delivered a multi-part report covering finances, attendance, strategic planning and community support. He said a 2026 insurance assessment came in at about $742,000 (described as roughly an 11% increase) and noted estimated revenue impacts from the new senior citizen tax credit of about $138,000 for Clay County and about $8,780 for Ray County.
On attendance, the superintendent explained three common measures: membership/enrollment, average daily attendance (ADA) and the DESE 90% measure used for state calculations. He said the high school had about 73.1% of students attending 90% or more of days for the month of November and the district-wide percent from the first day through Dec. 1 was reported as about 78.6%. He warned that missing 17 days would put a student at the 90% threshold and emphasized the academic impact of missed days.
The superintendent also described strategic planning stage one: a 2.5-day session attended by 25 participants that generated five broad strategic priorities and will lead to action teams in the spring. He asked the board to review the executive summary when presented next month.
Separately, he thanked Trey and community partners for a Thanksgiving support effort that raised funds to serve about 80 families; roughly 50 families actually received turkeys and meal boxes on the day and 20 to 30 leftover meals will be used for additional families.
Board members asked for comparative attendance data versus state or peer averages; the superintendent committed to bring that information as a deliverable next month.
