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Stoutland R-II board sets 2024-25 tuition at $12,676.46, approves adult meal prices and policy updates
Summary
On July 25, 2024, the Stoutland R-II Board of Education set the 2024–25 tuition rate at $12,676.46, raised adult meal prices to $4.35 (lunch) and $2.85 (breakfast), approved multiple MOUs and updated board policies; several items passed unanimously while tuition and meal-price votes were 6-1.
The Stoutland R-II Board of Education voted July 25, 2024, in Stoutland to set the 2024–25 tuition rate at $12,676.46 annually and to set adult meal prices at $4.35 for lunch and $2.85 for breakfast. The tuition and meal-price measures passed 6-1; other motions on the agenda were approved unanimously.
President Joe Miller called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and the board approved the meeting agenda. The board approved a consent agenda that included minutes of the June 20, 2024 meeting, monthly bills, monthly payroll and fund transfers, bank balances and investments, and memoranda of understanding with TherapyLog, Missouri Southern State University (MSSU), Arvest Bank and a SOCS contract.
Under old business the board completed a monthly policy review and approved a previously tabled cafe debt policy. In new business, the board approved updates to the employee manual, the student/parent handbook and the board manual. It also approved updates to Board Policies C-145-P, G-155-P and G-275-P by unanimous votes.
The board approved the 2024–25 tuition rate of $12,676.46 on a 6-1 vote; the motion was made by Shawn Henson and seconded by Dustin Britzman. The board set adult meal prices for the 2024–25 school year at $4.35 for lunch and $2.85 for breakfast; that motion was made by Josh Kincaid and seconded by Shawn Henson and carried 6-1. The transcript does not list individual yes/no votes for the 6-1 tallies in the provided segments.
The agenda listed consideration of the superintendent evaluation and the board self-evaluation; the provided segments identify those items on the agenda but do not record any discussion or formal action on them. The board voted to enter executive session at 8:10 p.m. under Missouri law Section 610.021(3) and (13) to discuss student matters and personnel actions. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Decisions recorded in the meeting minutes include multiple procedural and policy approvals that will be reflected in district operations and compliance documents; the executive session was convened for student- and personnel-related discussions, and no substantive outcomes of that executive session are recorded in the supplied transcript segments.
