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Board approves 2026 calendar change, budget adjustments, insurance-rate increases, vendor award and technology reorganization
Summary
The STE. GENEVIEVE CO. R-II board approved keeping the school year end on May 21, accepted March budget adjustments (roughly $2.96M in revenue shifts), approved a ~9.5% insurance-rate increase for district plans, awarded a five-year beverage contract to Coca‑Cola, approved community engagement (BDH-2) updates and authorized a technology-staffing restructure; the board also discussed a sinkhole at the new wrestling facility and moved into closed session.
At its March meeting the STE. GENEVIEVE CO. R-II Board of Education approved a slate of administrative and budget decisions affecting the 2026 school year.
Calendar and statutory guidance: Board members discussed Missouri Revised Statute 171.033 concerning makeup hours for inclement-weather closures. The superintendent proposed leaving the last day of school as May 21 rather than adding post–Memorial Day makeup days; a board member moved to approve the calendar as presented and the motion passed.
Budget revisions: The business office described revenue adjustments that increased current-tax estimates by almost $1.9 million (driven by a higher-than-expected collection rate and assessed valuation) and investment-earnings increases of roughly $450,000; total recommended adjustments were about $2.96 million. The board moved to approve the March budget as presented.
Insurance rates: Administrators reported an increase in the district-paid medical plan from $612 to $664 per employee per month (a $52 monthly increase) and characterized the overall change as a roughly 9½% increase; the board approved the recommended health, dental, vision and life insurance rates for the 2026 plan year.
Vendor contracts and policy updates: The district evaluated three beverage-service proposals (Pepsi, Coca‑Cola and Cardinal Vending) and recommended Coca‑Cola, which will provide about $135,000 over five years in commissions and product support; the board approved the award. The board also approved updates to the district's community engagement plan to align with board policy BDH-2, a process that formalizes steps to request placement on the board agenda.
Technology staffing: To reduce single-point dependencies and better support a growing one-to-one device environment and early-childhood center, the board approved restructuring technology positions—renaming assistant director roles to assistant administrator positions under the director of technology—to increase cross-training and redundancy.
Facilities issue: Board members reviewed a construction concern at the new wrestling facility: contractors discovered a two-foot diameter cavity about 5–16 feet deep beside the parking lot. Contractors (Brock Miller Construction, KRJ and Jacob Engineering) recommended infilling with progressively smaller rock and monitoring the slope; the board discussed the remediation plan.
Closed session: The board moved to enter a closed session under the cited Missouri statute; roll-call votes were recorded.
No legal determinations or policy adoptions beyond those described were recorded in open session.
