District overview
Kit Carson School District R-1
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
How does a 92-student district pay for its school?
Kit Carson School District R-1 runs one preK-12 school in Kit Carson, Cheyenne County, Colorado. Its 2026-27 budget counts 92 students. A five-member board sets the budget, hires the superintendent (Myles Johnson) and meets monthly, usually on the fourth or last Wednesday. State aid supplies most of the general fund, with local property taxes next. The district started 2026-27 with about $2.65 million in the general fund, close to a full year of spending.
Budget
For 2026-27 the district plans $2.67 million in general fund spending against $2.64 million in revenue.
Staffing
The board declared critical shortage positions for 2026-27 so it can hire retired educators for hard-to-fill jobs.
Audits
The board approved a new audit in March 2026, but the website posts audits only through FY2022.
Policies
Eight policies, including JKA and JLCB, were read in August and September 2026.
The board posts its agendas and the budget on time. The superintendent said spring MAP test results showed strong performance and growth.
Where the district stands
Major projects
Filling 2026-27 teaching and support jobs
Critical shortage declared April 2026The board declared critical shortage positions, approved bus driver and extra-duty contracts, and moved to hire a special education teacher and a school nurse for 2026-27.
- 2026-27 certified salaries approved
- Critical shortage positions declared
- Special education teacher and school nurse on agenda
Funding
General fund (instructional salaries, 2026-27)
Instructional salaries in the adopted budget; certified salary schedule approved March 24, 2026.
Recent news
We read every board agenda and set of minutes the district posts on its Agendas & Minutes page: 6 agendas from March to September 2026 and 3 sets of minutes from March to May 2026. We also read the 2025-26 budget and the adopted 2026-27 budget, which is a scanned document that we ran through text recognition.
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