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Richmond Community Schools board approves Head Start grant, two-year mental-health contract and Butler University MOU
Summary
The Richmond Community Schools board approved a Head Start grant designating the district as local education agency, a two-year agreement with Center Stone for student mental-health services for the 2026 and 2027 school years, and a memorandum of understanding with Butler University to place master's counseling students in district field placements.
Kim Pickering, school board president for Richmond Community Schools, said at the meeting that the board “approved several of our annual agreements.”
Pickering listed three items the board approved: a Head Start grant that allows Richmond Community Schools to serve as the local education agency for Head Start programs in the district; a two-year agreement with Center Stone to provide a range of mental-health supports to students for the 2026 and 2027 school years; and a memorandum of understanding with Butler University to permit Butler graduate students pursuing a master’s degree in school counseling to gain field experience in the district.
The transcript did not record vote tallies, the identity of a motion’s mover or seconder, or specific contract dollar amounts. Pickering described the Center Stone arrangement as a two-year agreement covering the 2026 and 2027 school years. Meeting remarks did not specify implementation timelines, the number of counselors to be placed, or whether additional board conditions were attached.
The board’s approvals were read as routine annual agreements; no public debate or opposition was shown in the recorded segments.
