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Monroe County School District

Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.

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Editorial caption by Our School Board; base: Carl Hårleman · public-domain

What the official record establishes

15 originals reviewed across 13 dated meeting or council records and two current policies

A five-member elected Board governs district budgets, staffing, facilities, transportation and districtwide policy. The reviewed agendas show state technology assistance, local tax-setting, annual budgets and capital-project mechanisms, but do not establish final action outcomes.

Capital work recurs throughout the agenda trail

Performing-arts and ATC renovation forms, bids, payments and change orders appear repeatedly.

Agendas show a planned leadership transition during 2026

The April agenda listed hiring a superintendent; the July agenda listed Kevin Cloyd’s swearing-in. Without approved minutes, those planned actions are not reported as completed.

A Board seat is vacant during the election cycle

The October special-called agenda lists a District 2 vacancy update, and the official November ballot lists two District 2 candidates.

School-level records are uneven

Gamaliel publishes current records, while the other current school pages expose dates, rosters or older documents without current downloadable minutes.

Board agendas show what officials planned to consider. No approved Board minutes or recordings were found in the reviewed official repositories, so the agendas do not establish which proposals passed, failed or changed.

Where the district stands

KETS offer on agendaverified
$14,198 FY2026 second offer
Gamaliel K-5 enrollmentverified
244 students
Board vacancyverified
District 2 October agenda update

Major projects

Performing Arts Center and Area Technology Center projects

Recurring capital agenda items

Board agendas repeatedly listed BG forms, bidding, invoices, change orders, inspections and commissioning for the high-school Performing Arts Center and Area Technology Center renovations.

Next: Approved minutes or later action records are needed to verify decisions, amounts and project completion.
  1. Agenda listed revised performing-arts BG-1 plus ATC construction documents, bidding and BG-2/BG-3.
  2. Agenda listed change orders for both projects and ATC geotechnical and commissioning services.
  3. Agenda listed project payments and additional change orders for both projects.

Funding

The reviewed agendas do not state one total project cost or complete funding package.

Recent news

Reviewed every stored original in full and checked the official Board, YouTube, Mixlr and school SBDM repositories before publication. Each source is mapped to its dated Board or SBDM report, or to a distinct current-policy report.

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