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Why it matters: The report frames the district’s operational priorities — learning and safety — and accompanies several board decisions the administration said are intended to improve instructional equity, recruitment and retention while protecting student data and school safety.

Hauswald told the board the district has completed a timeline to adopt common curricula and common diagnostic screening assessments across K–12 to reduce disparities when students move between schools. He described an initial language-arts adoption (CKLA) and said the district is standardizing screening and diagnostic assessments so data are comparable across schools.

He announced plans for universal, real-time classroom translation services for students who speak more than 70 home languages, saying the district expects installation in classrooms to begin immediately and be in place by mid-August. Hauswald said the service will allow teachers to deliver instruction to English learners in the student’s home language while students continue acquiring English.

On staffing and compensation, Hauswald described several personnel initiatives: a districtwide program of “stay interviews” (about 300 conducted this year) to learn why employees remain and what would improve retention; a 7.8% total increase in salaries and wages over two years; and a targeted increase in beginning-teacher pay (a $3,000 incremental raise at the start of the salary scale). He also outlined a new local annuity program that includes a 1% district match and an additional $2,000-per-year “sign-up/retention” contribution for employees during their first five years (subject to vesting rules), which the administration said is intended to improve recruitment and long-term retention.

Hauswald described planned safety and operations upgrades, including a $400,000-plus investment in cybersecurity and a multi-hundred-thousand-dollar program to replace antiquated intercom systems and to add targeted classroom alert features. He said combining updated intercoms with the translation service would let the district deliver safety instructions in students’ home languages during an emergency.

The board acted on several formal items that accompanied the presentation. In votes recorded on the meeting transcript, members:
- approved the consent agenda (items a through gg), which included the treasurer’s report and a group of routine items (motion recorded without named mover/second; vote recorded as 5–0, approved);
- approved updates to bookkeeper job descriptions (motion and second recorded; vote 5–0, approved);
- approved the tentative working budget for fiscal year 2025–26 as the district’s working budget (motion and second recorded; vote 5–0, approved);
- approved the 2025–26 salary/wage charts and an executive-cabinet reorganization chart that reduces the cabinet by roughly 10% and yields the administration’s projected savings (motion and second recorded; vote 5–0, approved).

Treasurer Katie Noonan presented the month-end financials for April: an adjusted cash balance of $93,145,040 at the start of the month, approximately $8.7 million in receipts and roughly $13.8 million in expenditures for a net decrease of $5,140,507 and a closing balance of $88,004,533. Noonan said the district received about $1,000,000 in PSC property tax and $1,100,000 in utility taxes in the period; she also noted timing-related variances in student-transportation purchases and that the district made $1.6 million in debt-service payments during the month.

Board members asked follow-up questions about dual-credit logistics and student supports (see separate coverage). Several board members and staff praised the new retention and compensation measures and the translation and safety investments as steps intended to reduce inequities and modernize school operations.

The superintendent said the report is intended as a “progress report” and preview for 2025–26; he asked the board and the community for continued feedback as the district finalizes plans over the summer.

The board adjourned after routine motions; the meeting record shows unanimous votes on the items above.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Boone County School Board Meeting For May 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Dr. Jeff Hauswald, superintendent of Boone County Schools, presented a year-end progress report Tuesday that summarized the district’s 2024–25 priorities and laid out initiatives the administration expects to implement in 2025–26, including systemwide curriculum alignment, universal classroom translation services, expanded early-childhood capacity and new employee-retention programs.","taxTitle","Boone County, School Boards, Kentucky","taxId",13125,"location","Kentucky","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6558533,"Board hears concerns about dual-credit logistics and parent notification after consent agenda includes a Thomas More MOU",1205,7089000,8294000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3241882-a19c4745de14af9f7ee95a4a09b12f80&start=7089&end=8294","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3241882-a19c4745de14af9f7ee95a4a09b12f80/thumbnail_7089000.jpg","/articles/6558533/Kentucky/Board-hears-concerns-about-dual-credit-logistics-and-parent-notification-after-consent-agenda-includes-a-Thomas-More-MOU","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6558533-f61e788214b5c9c34bafd4754f8b87b4/orig.mp4?Expires=1770675081&Signature=gS5bsAWavNO85CHjzbyRHhD09zMhrCEaGRQCFkGnjSyfqoChTVt5w6mUdnhmWsO7HXsR~QcIShHdi3RNJlk8kA4XX5QDXKoS~QRkpeX~7nzQ8es2QCIOhuDs7GSjd-DyPk48j2gYb5qY3-UjmN~yDwjsae~hXD4vaac0Qt3I3YKsacHI9XokVJJsK7jm7QQufjnSE3fExKoN6BJydmnFWbnKRBN8o1XJ5jUmzOX4Kfqy3hweHfv9lSnFkMLO5YWehhH5rXl9T7K~2Ggy-taPsKC2mC-gcFjnZHSZ~-XmU5FyoYnac0~peWs6WK7V2QTLUqPvqxun6ggMtpHgszMuTg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Board members discussed recurring problems parents reported with dual-credit courses — especially how colleges communicate with minor students, billing practices and the academic consequences when a student misses deadlines — after the consent agenda that included a dual-credit memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Thomas More College was moved and approved.

Why it matters: Dual-credit coursework gives high-school students a head start on college credit, but board members said differences in college administrative practices — student-facing email, billing timelines and syllabus enforcement — can create unintended barriers for 15- and 16-year-old students and can cause families to lose learning opportunities.

Several board members described recent cases in which students who had been attending a dual-credit class for about two weeks were later blocked from participation because payment had not been received through a college account that communicated only to the student’s college email. Board member comments emphasized that minors and their families may not receive or monitor college-issued email accounts and that colleges’ default processes treat dual-credit students as adult college students.

Board member Byrd (transcript reference) said the district should explore ways to require stronger parent-notification steps and suggested the district could add supplemental expectations to boilerplate MOU language, such as requiring participating colleges to provide parent-directed billing notices or to coordinate directly with high-school counselors before removing a minor from a course for nonpayment. Board member Wolf and others described cases where students’ grades were affected by missed deadlines because the college syllabus applied adult penalty rules.

Superintendent Dr. Jeff Hauswald acknowledged the concerns and said the administration would review the MOU language with the colleges and explore possible addenda or district-side expectations that protect minors’ access to learning while preserving the colleges’ administrative needs. He suggested district staff contact partner institutions and deans to seek solutions (for example, clearer parent notifications, counselor triggers or counselor access) and return recommendations to the board.

The consent agenda that contained the Thomas More College MOU was approved as part of the consent vote recorded on the meeting transcript (motion approved 5–0). The transcript does not name the mover/second for the consent motion and does not record specific contractual language for the Thomas More MOU in the meeting remarks.

The board asked staff to return with options, and members encouraged outreach to partner institutions and school counselors to reduce situations where minors lose access to an ongoing dual-credit class because of administrative or billing miscommunication.","Board members raised concerns about how local colleges handle dual-credit students’ communications, payment and grade consequences for minors after the consent agenda (which included a Thomas More College dual-credit MOU) passed unanimously.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6558538,"Ethan’s Purpose pledges $5,300 to expand Boone County Hope Squad peer program to middle and high schools",126,3596000,3722000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3241882-a19c4745de14af9f7ee95a4a09b12f80&start=3596&end=3722","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3241882-a19c4745de14af9f7ee95a4a09b12f80/thumbnail_3596000.jpg","/articles/6558538/Kentucky/Ethans-Purpose-pledges-5300-to-expand-Boone-County-Hope-Squad-peer-program-to-middle-and-high-schools","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6558538-cd930050e21c259de7a3525769281056/orig.mp4?Expires=1770675081&Signature=OeFBpxJkDekIDsWzK1GLMbmqvxB6kEodbkJFGrIbnmFGAzscxVA~agAkkGBfQcv1G9-~8F3dBDBlGKBfggGjJDFZTMMc4exVwhrACDz~rQjBrIZHhJBLCwaHZxerWKLVRi-a2PStJdh2ausiSzQ8vt0vypoh1QENC6wxzCeykfAw-cyAFjqF~lyNjmoOV2PtCliIea1NLBlcrck8blKx2mKTzs2UdNqMp9Q61oUrQOJUc-Qei0RRguOhAiMPmb8qiXmBT3FbN80MpthhQtC3AKwJ1oZLqqiKijOVPLzopB6x3B6A9yU8vwzERUrhnjTRXwQzauKbRlW73keX~UcYzA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Debbie Zegara, founder of the nonprofit Ethan’s Purpose, presented a $5,300 commitment during the board meeting and said the group will fund the Hope Squad peer-to-peer suicide-prevention program across Boone County’s middle and high schools for a minimum of four years.

Why it matters: The Hope Squad program trains students to recognize classmates in crisis and routes them to adults or counselors. The nonprofit’s commitment, the presenter said, will expand suicide-prevention training and social-emotional supports across the district’s secondary schools.

Zegara described Ethan’s Purpose as a local nonprofit the board had partnered with to provide counseling, suicide-prevention training and teen mental health programming. She said the $5,300 donation will fund Hope Squad expansion beyond Conner High School to “all the middle schools and high schools in Boone County School System for the next four years at a minimum,” with an intention to continue fundraising to sustain the program.

No formal board vote was recorded for the presentation. Board members and staff recognized the organization and thanked Zegara for the donation.

The presenter said the program includes social-emotional curriculum elements and counseling partnerships with schools; she described the commitment as an initial multi-year pledge rather than a one-time payment.","Ethan’s Purpose founders presented a check for $5,300 to Boone County Schools and pledged funding to support the Hope Squad peer-to-peer suicide-prevention program in all middle and high schools for at least four years.","actionData","errors"]

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Boone County superintendent outlines 2024–25 progress, proposes budget and staff pay changes; board approves tentative budget and wage chart

Board hears concerns about dual-credit logistics and parent notification after consent agenda includes a Thomas More MOU

Ethan’s Purpose pledges $5,300 to expand Boone County Hope Squad peer program to middle and high schools