August School Board Reports — Week 2

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Six local school boards met last week.

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Kansas

Bonner Springs/Edwardsville

Highlight:

• Reviewing proposed budget for the 2012-13 school year

Gardner Edgerton

Highlights:

• Receiving an update on projects funded by school bond sales approved by voters
• Considering revising facility usage policies
• Reviewing proposed budget for 2012-13 school year
• Considering approval of City of Gardner excise tax for the campus for the elementary and middle schools

Turner

Highlights:

• Approving a $48.5 million budget for the 2012-13 school year including a slightly lower mill levy based on assessed valuations that are down more than $2.6 million from last year
• Accepting a $10.9 million settlement in relation to an anti-trust lawsuit involving the JP Morgan financial services company’s role in the sale of school bonds during the first decade of the 21st century
• Received a report about the real estate closing on Morris Elementary School, with information that sale proceeds are being deposited in the district’s capital outlay fund

Missouri

Belton

Highlights:

• Receiving an enrollment update
• Considering revising district policies

Kansas City Public Schools

Highlight:

• Hearing an accreditation update from Superintendent R. Stephen Green

Park Hill

Highlights:

• Hearing a report on this year’s assessed property tax valuation
• Considering a proposal to increase the property tax levy in the district
• Announcing a public tax levy hearing for Thursday, Aug. 23

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