September

State of the Schools September 2019

Jim Kent, Superintendent

Budget and Tax Request

The board conducted its annual required hearings on the budget and for the tax request prior to the September regular board meeting. At our regular monthly meeting on the 9^th the budget and tax request were considered and adopted by the board.

The total valuation of the district is now $978,900,013 (down $21,807,774 or 2.2% from last year), for comparison the valuation of the district in 2007, the first year of the merger, was $345,357,264.

2019

2018

2017

2016

General Fund

$5,148,091

$5,314,757

$5,314,757

$5,312,368

Special Building

$353,535

$212,121

$136,363

QCPUF

$75,758

$50,505

$25,252

Total

$5,577,384

$5,577,383

$5,476,372

$5,312,368

Total levy

$0.569761

$0.557344

$0.538783

$0.530992

Our total levy changed from $0.557344 to $0.569761

Other board meeting information

The board approved the district’s bus routes as they currently exist. They are always subject to change as ridership and roads dictate.

NASB Board Award

Sandy Noffsinger was the recipient of a Level VII Award from the Nebraska Association of School Boards. Sandy and Mike Blecha are the only board members to reach that level. It is quite an accomplishment. Congratulations Sandy.

Enrollment:

The administration reported to the board on the district enrollment numbers. Our enrollment is up by about 20 students K-12 and we have 26 students enrolled in our pre-school and transitional Kindergarten programs.