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Kenyon-Wanamingo board directs administration to recommend program and position reductions
Summary
Following the closure vote, the board passed a separate resolution directing the superintendent and administration to prepare recommendations for program and position discontinuances as part of a rightsizing plan tied to enrollment decline and budget pressure; the resolution passed 7'to'0.
The Kenyon-Wanamingo School Board on Jan. 27 adopted a resolution directing administration to prepare recommendations for discontinuance or curtailment of programs and positions to reduce expenditures amid declining enrollment. The motion, introduced and read by Board Member Deb Buchanan, passed on a roll-call vote of 7'to'0.
The resolution instructs the superintendent and administrative staff to evaluate programs, identify positions for potential discontinuance, and recommend which teacher contracts may be terminated or which staff might be placed on unrequested leave without pay or benefits if reductions are necessary. The board described this action as part of the district''s "rightsizing plan" and tied it to the financial realities discussed earlier in the meeting. A board member said the measure is an annual procedure and follows from the same enrollment and budget pressures that motivated the Wanamingo closure.
