District overview
Kenwood School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
What shapes Kenwood's budget?
Kenwood School District operates one K-6 campus and receives most of its general-purpose revenue from local property taxes rather than state aid. That can produce substantial reserves, but the district says it also makes revenue timing and forecasts unusually volatile for a small school system.
One board and one school
A five-member elected Board of Trustees oversees Kenwood Elementary and works with Superintendent/Principal Nate Myers.
Property-tax funded
The 2026-27 budget projects about $3.00 million in property-tax revenue and describes Kenwood as a community-funded district.
High reserves are intentional
The budget retains a 15% economic-uncertainty reserve plus cash-flow, special-education, foundation-support, and curriculum reserves.
Campus and instruction are changing
A two-year modernization is nearing completion while the district prepares a new math curriculum and adds targeted academic support.
The budget projects spending above revenue in 2026-27, but it also calls the district fiscally sound and shows every fund with a positive balance.
Where the district stands
Reported in the August 6, 2026 board agenda; the adopted-budget model used 126 students for 2026-27.
Official 2026-27 district budget.
Includes restricted balances and multiple board-designated reserves.
Every record exposed in the official archive from September 4, 2025 through August 6, 2026.
Major projects
Campus modernization
Major work substantially complete; follow-on projects remainThe district opened its new TK building, moved Cougar Club back, and completed most of a nearly two-year modernization. Walking-track, camera, insulation, and closeout work continued into summer 2026.
- Board approved one phase-one notice of completion and tabled another.
- TK students moved into the new building and work shifted to the parking lot and grass field.
- Superintendent reported construction was almost complete and identified walking-track and camera planning as next work.
Funding
Measure F general-obligation bonds and district capital funds
Math curriculum and intervention
Pilot and added support planned for 2026-27Staff reviewed three core-math publishers and planned a pilot before a final fall selection. The LCAP also adds a small-group math intervention teacher and morning homework club.
- Board minutes describe the start of a three-publisher review after 14 years without a math adoption.
- Staff planned a summer pilot and fall recommendation.
- The 2026-27 LCAP budgets a math intervention teacher and morning homework club.
Funding
General fund, $60,000 curriculum reserve, and Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant
Continuous chronological review of every document in the official trailing-year board archive, supported by official CDE identity records.
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