Arizona / School Districts / Kingman Unified School District (79598)
Trustees approved routine orders, ASBA advisory policy changes, an MOU, two teacher contract releases (one without fee, one with fee reported to board), and a donations list; the board entered executive session under a cited Arizona statute to discuss personnel requests.
Arizona / School Districts / Kingman Unified School District (79598)
Trustees approved 'A Long Walk to Water' for grades 6–8 and 'The Barcode Tattoo' for eighth-grade curriculum after 60-day displays and curriculum-committee review; staff said families objecting to 'Barcode Tattoo' may request an alternate assignment.
Arizona / School Districts / Kingman Unified School District (79598)
The board approved a memorandum of understanding with M STEP (presented as Winstep) to provide one-on-one support to at-risk students, funded by an M STEP grant that pays district staff for additional time; program participation requires school-staff identification and parental permission.
Arizona / School Districts / Kingman Unified School District (79598)
The Kingman Unified School District recognized dozens of students who earned perfect scores on Arizona statewide assessments and heard student leaders describe lessons from the 'Speak Up, Stand Up and Save a Life' youth conference, including strategies for emotional regulation and bullying prevention.
Arizona / School Districts / Kingman Unified School District (79598)
SSC told the board it completed 99.32% of work orders, handled over 11,000 work requests this year and manages more than 700 HVAC units; the vendor highlighted in-house repairs, custodial summer-cleaning checklists, grounds beautification and potential state-funded projects.
Arizona / School Districts / Kingman Unified School District (79598)
Assistant Superintendent Shelly Houston told the board the district’s required online trainings totaled many hours and the HR team is working to reduce the time burden while maintaining compliance.
Arizona / School Districts / Kingman Unified School District (79598)
Principals from Kingman Middle and White Cliffs Middle described incentive programs intended to encourage positive behavior and attendance: Kingman Middle’s BRAVE program and monthly "Brave Day," and White Cliffs’ Wolfpack point system and quarterly Wolfpack celebration.
Arizona / School Districts / Kingman Unified School District (79598)
At the Oct. 14 Kingman Unified School District meeting, a member of the public urged the board not to pursue recovering wages from a former teacher, saying she had been told verbally she could discuss religion in class and later resigned after being told to stop.
Arizona / School Districts / Kingman Unified School District (79598)
The Kingman Unified School District Governing Board approved its consent agenda, adopted second-reading ASBA policy updates, approved a FY 2026 budget revision tied to a 2% state base increase and accepted a personnel resignation with penalty for breach of contract.
Arizona / School Districts / Kingman Unified School District (79598)
Tim Gardner, director of IT for Kingman Unified School District, told the board the district completed a summer inventory of devices and is close to a 1:1 device-to-student ratio at many sites but noted wide variation by campus.