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Board approved entering a contract with Enterprise Fleet Management and authorized purchase of a 2026 compact pickup (not to exceed $35,000) and a 3/4-ton pickup with plow (not to exceed $75,000), to be paid from capital outlay on a five-year payment schedule.
Kansas / School Boards / Piper-Kansas City
Board approved revisions to Board Policy Section G (personnel), including redlined changes tied to state statute and clarification that mandated reporting training and other state-required practices will be communicated to staff.
Kansas / School Boards / Piper-Kansas City
After a 15-month community process and a committee recommendation, the board approved Option 2 for kindergarten-through-fifth-grade transition boundaries, citing a 70% approval rate from a community survey and data-driven boundary analysis.
Kansas / School Boards / Piper-Kansas City
Following an executive session on student matters, the board voted unanimously to approve a student special-circumstance request as presented by district administration.
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The Piper Unified School District Board of Education approved the 2026–27 academic calendar after a second read, moving the start date to Aug. 13 and adding color-coded late-start Fridays to help families plan, pending final negotiations noted in the motion.
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A community member urged the board to consider stronger screening such as metal detectors or X-ray checkpoints after warning about the risk of approved visitors concealing weapons.
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Trustees approved buying furniture and wiring to outfit a mock courtroom for Piper High School using Secure the Shift funding/Rural World Learning Kaufman Foundation grant; motion passed with a recorded 5-1 tally.
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District staff told trustees they plan to migrate from BoardDocs to Diligent; staff also proposed limiting livestream availability to one week before removing recordings from public channels to reduce workload and storage.
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District staff presented 2025 KAP assessment results, noting new cut scores and performance descriptors; district plans PLC work, screeners, and targeted interventions to raise proficiency.
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The board adopted the district’s 2025–26 budget by a 7–0 vote, setting maximum authority for spending across funds and citing a 9% assessed valuation increase, a projected 3.6% enrollment increase and differing changes across state aid and cost‑of‑living allocations.