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Students and teachers from Kings Junior High demonstrated a sports management and business elective — now the most requested junior-high elective — highlighting student projects from journalism and coaching portfolios to entrepreneurship pitches and a student-run athletics Instagram account that the school says will boost school spirit and practical career skills.
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HTC, the general contractor for the new Kings High School, told the board the project is on schedule with structural steel planned for January and a December 2027 turnover; the contractor said the current contracts total about $104 million and the project is approximately $3.5 million under budget.
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At its regular meeting the Kings Local Board of Education received a construction update from HGC on GMP 6 and GMP 7 for the new high school. The presenter said the GMP 6 package is $150,000 under budget and that cumulative GMPs are $271,000 under budget to date; the board asked questions about schedule and staging.
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Warren County Auditor Matt Nolan told the Kings Local Board of Education on Oct. 14 that while state committees and multiple bills are addressing Ohio’s property-tax system, meaningful statewide changes affecting Kings Local are unlikely before the next legislative session.
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The board approved routine agenda and administrative items, accepted a retirement letter from a long-serving teacher and entered executive session to consider personnel matters.
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The Kings Local Board of Education approved a financial forecast after hearing treasurer Matt Morrow outline district staffing, revenue and expense trends and how a proposed 1% earned-income tax and a 1-mill reduction would affect projections.
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The board approved Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) 5 for the structural steel package for the new Kings Local high school after a presentation from HGC project representative Bill Brownback that reported the steel bid $223,000 under estimate and summarized next bid rounds and schedules.
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District presenters told the board that a proposed 1% earned-income tax paired with a 1-mill property-tax reduction would yield an estimated $11 million net in year one; they warned a failed levy could force about $9 million in cuts affecting transportation, preschool, special education, extracurriculars, safety and roughly 125 positions.
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Several residents used the Kings Local School District public comment period on Sept. 8 to challenge a sixth‑grade teacher’s social‑media post and to demand disciplinary action; the board said the matter is being reviewed under district policy and moved into executive session to consider employment and discipline.
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Kings Local School District administrators told the school board on Sept. 8 that the board has placed two linked measures on the Nov. 4, 2025 ballot: a 1% earned income tax on wages and salaries of district residents and a simultaneous 1‑mill property tax reduction for homeowners.