# October 2026 Regular Board Meeting


**Body:** Rowan Schools
**Date:** October 21, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Education, Transportation, Grants & Funding, Contracting Vehicles


At Rowan Schools’ October 21, 2026 regular board meeting, members heard a mid-grant update on the AWARE behavioral-health initiative, including expanded school and community partnerships, universal screening, and reported service access rates of 96% for community referrals and 99% for district services. The board also received accountability, instructional, enrollment, and transportation updates. On transportation, officials reported that three buses—two regular buses and one special-needs bus with a lift—had been ordered and were expected around Christmas; implementation of the My Ride K-12 parent app is being advanced to support route-specific messaging amid a bus-driver shortage.

The board approved the consent agenda, which included a contract with Brownlee Speech Services and the 2027 KISTA participation resolution, which allows the district to seek financing for school buses. It also approved the FY2027 state technology fund offer of assistance of $40,003 from the School Facilities Construction Commission, with the district to match the funds equally, and approved an agreement for legal services to participate in social-media litigation, described as having no upfront district cost and contingency-based fees. Monthly claims were approved. No vendor or price was given for the ordered buses.

**Source:** Rowan Schools