Superintendent (Speaker 5) opened the November meeting with a broad report of district achievements and community activities, congratulating staff and students on awards and competitive results. Highlights included Learning for Life award recipients Jessica Lam and Samantha Allen, cheerleading state championships, and multiple student all-state recognitions across Lee's Summit High School and Lee's Summit West.

The superintendent announced that the district (LSR7) was recognized by the Council on International Educational Exchange for hosting international students and that career-education specialist Jeff Beckner received a partner-in-construction-education award tied to the district's R7 Build Zone work. A Lee's Summit High School junior signed a registered youth apprenticeship with R and D Leverage at age 16, and Summit Tech Academy Cyber Patriot teams were nationally ranked.

Speaker 5 recognized 23 graduates of the district Parent Academy (representing 19 schools); the superintendent described graduation requirements (attend three of four two-hour sessions; 16 of 23 attended all four) and invited graduates to participate on districtwide committees.

The meeting also featured an elementary spotlight from Sunset Valley Elementary (Principal Rachel Flood) and a Lee's Summit High School spotlight that highlighted the high school library's instructional priorities: research and information literacy, ethical use of information and artificial intelligence, and a year of virtual-reality learning experiences (used for Holocaust memorial sites, biomes and Renaissance art). Library staff reported over 400 lessons delivered last year and a staff reading challenge with 42 staff recording 691 books.

The superintendent concluded the report and the board moved on to committee and finance business.