July 15, 2026 - Kearney R-1 Board of Education Meeting

The Kearney School District Board of Education met July 15, 2026. The board approved the agreement with Excellence K12 for a survey tied to fall public initiatives and approved an agreement with Hollis + Miller to assess district buildings—including mechanical and electrical systems, building exteriors and interiors, and safety and security—to inform long-range planning. It also approved a greater-than-$50,000 exterior purchase, with the vendor transcribed as “Ty Exteriors,” for a durable composite/concrete siding solution; the board said the expense may be charged to bond funds or remaining lease funds. A greater-than-$50,000 purchase from McConnell and Associates was ratified. The transcript does not provide the purchase amounts or the details of the McConnell purchase.

The superintendent reported ongoing facility work: middle-school exterior panels and downspouts, painting and parking-lot resurfacing; roof-deck and shingle work at South View; and epoxy work at Hawthorne and K. The board discussed the district’s capital-project funds nearing exhaustion and anticipated returning with contingency and allowance details as projects close out. It also approved the district facility rental agreement, largely unchanged from the prior year, with a possible review of other districts’ practices in the future. Other approved items included salary-schedule adjustments and a student-support policy; no specific procurement-related budget allocation was stated for those items.