School Board Meeting - September 14th, 2026

The Kiona-Benton City School District board meeting, titled September 14, 2026 (metadata lists September 16, 2026), included a proclamation recognizing September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and reports on the opening of the school year, student services, athletics, facilities, food services, technology, and transportation. The consent agenda was approved, though its contents are not clear in the transcript. In food services, staff reported that the district’s milk bid resulted in a change of supplier; the new vendor’s name was garbled in the transcript. The technology report said the district had purchased a switch to improve the football stadium network and was about 90% prepared to obtain 60 laptops, split between the high school and middle school; no cost or final purchasing approval was stated.

The board unanimously approved, by roll call, placing a bus on the surplus list so it could be offered to regional partners and other districts; staff said a broader surplus list would follow. Transportation staff also reported posting a full-time bus-driver position and identified routing-system improvements as a need, but no related spending decision was reported. A community member requested a list of grants applied for and their outcomes, and the district agreed to follow up. No grant awards or other contract amounts were identified.