Unified School District 447 public meetings in 2025
9 substantive meetings from 2025, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Regular Monthly Meeting
The board will review financial reports and consider renewing property, casualty, and workers' compensation insurance. Members will also discuss facility priority rankings and a first reading of KASB policy updates.
- Proposed $376,836.72 bid for Lincoln Central Phase IV HVAC Equipment Project
- Acceptance of grants including $1,320.70 from Knights of Columbus and $1,307.60 from Cherryvale Chamber of Commerce
- Tier III personnel report including two part-time/sub food service workers and a wrestling numbers coach
- Property and casualty insurance renewal for 2026-27
- First reading of December 2025 KASB policy updates
Regular Monthly Meeting
The board will hear reports including a projected $500,000 general fund shortfall for FY27 from a 62-student enrollment drop. They will also discuss facilities improvement priorities for 2025-2026, approve a consent agenda (early graduation, grant, personnel report), and hold an executive session on personnel. Routine financial approvals and building reports are scheduled.
- Projected $500,000 general fund shortfall from 62-student enrollment decline and lost state aid
- Discussion of facilities improvement priorities for 2025-2026 school year and summer
- Approval of early graduation list for 3 seniors at December 2025 semester
- Acceptance of $515 grant from Kansas FCCLA Alumni Association for FCCLA Chapter Grant Award
- Executive session to discuss matters impacting an individual's employment under KORA
Regular Meeting
The USD 447 Board will hold a work session with new faculty, then a regular meeting covering financial reports, committee updates, and a personnel report. Notable items include discussing a potential joint project with the City of Cherryvale and Cherryvale Rec Commission, and reappointing Zach Tuggle to the Cherryvale Recreation Commission for a four-year term. The board will also enter executive session to discuss personnel matters.
- Reappointment of Zach Tuggle to the Cherryvale Recreation Commission for a term through Fall 2029
- Discussion of a joint project possibility with the City of Cherryvale and Cherryvale Rec Commission
- Approval of September 2025 budget report, cash receipts, payment journal, treasurer’s report, credit card expenses, and student activity accounts
- Approval of personnel report (Tier 1/2) and executive session for non-elected personnel matters
- Building reports from Lincoln Central, Thayer, and Cherryvale Middle/High Schools
Revenue Neutral Rate Hearing, FY 2026 Budget Hearing, and Regular Monthly Board Meeting
The board will hold hearings on the FY 2026 budget and the revenue neutral rate. A recommended action is for the board to adopt a resolution to exceed the revenue neutral rate. The meeting also includes a regular monthly board session to review financial reports and building updates.
- Resolution to exceed the revenue neutral rate for the FY 2026 Budget
- FY 2026 Budget Hearing
- Approval of August 2025 Budget Report, Treasurer's Report, and Credit Card Expenses
- Superintendent report on enrollment drops at Thayer (35) and Lincoln Central (30)
- Review of August 2025 Cash Receipts and Payment Journal
Regular Meeting
The board will receive the superintendent's report on the FY 2026 budget, which reduces the Local Option Budget by 3.211 mills to 14.585 mills while capital outlay remains at 8 mills. The combined mill rate of 42.585 is 2.547 mills above the Revenue Neutral Rate; a $100,000-valued home would see an annual $33 reduction. No action is scheduled; the public hearing will be September 8. The board also considers consent agenda items including a crisis plan, needs assessment, substitute handbook, and a $6,850 gift for Thayer School gym equipment.
- FY 2026 budget: 3.211 mill LOB decrease, total 42.585 mills, 2.547 mills over RNR
- Accept $6,850 gift from Greg Buster Memorial Fund for Thayer School gymnasium equipment
- 2nd reading of 2025-26 USD 447 Crisis Plan for final passage
- 2nd reading of FY 2026 USD 447 Needs Assessment
- Executive sessions for personnel and negotiations
July Reorganizational - Monthly Business Meeting
This is the July reorganizational and monthly business meeting of Unified School District 447. The board will take action on routine items including appointing committee representatives, approving financial reports, and adopting the 1,116-hour school calendar option for the 2025-2026 school year. The superintendent will provide updates on summer facility projects, technology upgrades, and the summer meal program.
- Adoption of 1,116-hour school calendar option per K.S.A. 711-1106
- Appointment of Clerk of the Board (Melinda Gillman) and District Treasurer (Tonya Ellis)
- Approval of Budget Report for June 2025
- Designation of truancy officers, hearing officer, and other positions for 2025-2026
- Superintendent's report on track renovation, summer facilities work, and technology upgrades
Regular Meeting
The USD 447 Board of Education will hold a regular meeting including work session and board meeting. Items for action include approving an audit contract with Rodney Burns CPA LLC, selecting a color for the track surface, and potentially authorizing a real estate purchase after executive session. Consent agenda items cover financial reports, first readings of the 2025-26 student handbook and KASB policy updates, and authorization to close out fiscal year 2025.
- Approval of USD 447 Audit Contract FY 2026 with Rodney Burns CPA LLC
- Discussion and action on track surface color choice (options: Red, Black, Blue, Blue+Gray)
- Executive session to discuss real estate property, with possible authorization to pursue purchase
- First reading of 2025-26 Student Handbook and KASB board policy updates
- Authorization to close out financials for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025
Regular Meeting
The board will discuss the purchase of HVAC equipment for Lincoln Central to avoid future price increases and review bids for student Chromebooks and staff workstations. The meeting also includes a work session to interview a Board Recreation Commission representative.
- Purchase of HVAC equipment for the Lincoln Central HVAC Upgrade Project
- Bids for student Chromebook replacement rotation and staff work station computers
- Annual Agreement & Legal Assistance Fund Contract with KASB
- Approval of April 2025 Budget, Treasurer's, and Student Activity reports
- Personnel report and executive session regarding individual employment
Regular Meeting
The USD 447 Board of Education meets to review monthly financial reports, hear building and superintendent updates, and take action on new business. Key items include setting non-resident student enrollment capacity for 2025-26 and approving a general contractor for the track replacement at Logan Park. The board will also enter executive sessions for personnel and negotiations.
- Approval of general contractor for track replacement at Logan Park (Phase III of project)
- Setting non-resident student enrollment capacity thresholds for 2025-26
- Accepting $100 gift from Always Buying Books to Lincoln Central
- District indebtedness update: $259,512.25 total (bus note $32,690.31, HVAC $226,821.94)
- KESA 2.0 goal for structured literacy for 2025-26