The Knoxville Community School District Board of Education is scheduled to hold an amended regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 13, 2026, in the District Board Room. The agenda includes consent items, financial reports, personnel and contracts, several school-year planning items, annual organizational designations, policy and legislative priorities, and a potential closed session for an employee performance review.
Key Items on the Agenda
School Calendars, Handbooks and Program Plans
The board is scheduled to consider a revised preschool calendar along with multiple handbooks covering preschool, elementary, secondary, transportation, grades 7–12 activities, employees, and coaches/sponsors. The packet specifically identifies changes for the elementary, secondary, employee, and coach/sponsor handbooks.
The agenda also calls for consideration of program guides or plans covering TAG, Title I, Special Education Service Delivery, ELL, and KHSAP.
Touch Pro Proposal and Dairy Bids
The board is scheduled to consider a Touch Pro proposal. The packet identifies the proposal as a new-business item but does not provide enough extracted detail to characterize its cost or scope.
The board will also consider nutrition dairy bids for the 2026–27 school year. The extracted packet identifies the bid decision but does not provide supported vendor names, bid amounts, or a recommended selection.
Fundraising Requests
Fundraising is also scheduled for consideration. Supporting documents identify requests associated with the Activities Department list, cross country, and girls soccer.
Major Financial Items
June Cash Position
The June 30, 2026 cash summary reports $14,240,875.17 in combined cash and savings across the listed district funds. Major balances include:
- General Fund: $5,342,199.02
- KCSD Insurance Trust: $3,219,778.80
- PPEL Fund: $2,249,394.87
- Capital Projects (SAVE): $1,330,796.49
- Debt Service Fund: $1,002,353.80
- Nutrition Fund: $381,039.41
- Management Fund: $327,741.06
- KCSD Dental Trust: $277,344.65
- Activity Fund: $110,227.07
The report separately lists $11,807.70 for the KCSD Employee FSA Plan.
Depository Limits
As part of the annual appointments and designations, the packet proposes depository limits of:
- Marion County Savings Bank: $20 million
- UMB Bank: $1 million
These are proposed annual designations scheduled for board consideration, not documented outcomes of the July 13 meeting.
Consent Agenda
The consent agenda includes the June 8 regular meeting minutes, June financial statements, Student Activity Fund information, preliminary June bills, personnel recommendations, and contracts or agreements.
Personnel Recommendations
The July 13 human resources update presents several requests for board approval. New hires are noted as pending completion of HR employment materials.
Certified personnel items include proposed 2026–27 contracts for:
- Darvin Graham — KHS Cross Country Assistant Coach
- Sarah Davis — KMS Yearbook Sponsor
- Bryce Volk — KMS/KHS Mock Trial Sponsor
- Gabrielle Jambor — KHS Drumline Sponsor
- Katie Plascencia — KHS GSA Co-Sponsor
The packet also presents resignations from Joel Keady as KHS Golf Assistant Coach, Jennifer Jensen as a KMS teacher, and Grant Pearson as KMS Basketball Assistant Coach. The Keady and Pearson resignations are marked as pending a suitable replacement.
Classified personnel information includes 2026–27 letters of assignment for Jessica Everly as Northstar Associate, Ashley DeGoey as West Associate, Nicholas Rotz as Custodian, and Rachel Hinkle as KHSAP Teacher. Hinkle's assignment is marked as pending Iowa licensure.
Contracts and Agreements
Three agreements or contracts are presented for approval:
- Iowa State University: Clinical Placement Site agreement running from August 2026 through July 2029; identified as a continuing agreement.
- Prairie Meadows Community Betterment Grant: Agreement for privacy rooms for counseling/telehealth, effective August 11, 2026 through September 1, 2027.
- 21st Century Rehab: Athletic training contract for the 2026–27 school year; identified as a continuing agreement.
Governance and Policy
Annual Appointments and Designations
The board is scheduled to consider its annual organizational appointments and designations. The packet proposes Craig Mobley as Board Treasurer and Secretary and identifies additional district representatives or officers for hot lunch and hearings, Level 1 investigations, homelessness and truancy, equity/affirmative action/Title IX, and special education/Section 504 responsibilities.
The proposed annual designations also identify Marion County Express as the official publication source and Ahlers & Cooney, PC as legal counsel.
Policies
The agenda includes consideration of annual policies and first-read policies. The extracted supporting documents refer to a separate “Policies Part 2” component but do not provide enough substantive policy text to characterize individual proposed changes.
Legislative Priorities
The board is expected to review the IASB Public Policy Agenda and 2026 Legislative Priorities and consider Knoxville Community School District's 2027 legislative priorities for IASB. The extracted packet establishes these as review and consideration items but does not provide enough detail to summarize the district's proposed 2027 priorities.
Reports and District Activities
The agenda includes superintendent and activities director reports. The extracted superintendent report was not accepted as usable packet content, so no substantive claims from that report are included here.
The Activities Department report highlights previously completed spring and summer accomplishments, including conference and state-level achievements in music, tennis, golf, soccer, track, theater, and other activities. It also reports that the district's Panthers v. Cancer event generated a $14,005.59 donation to the Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Foundation.
Looking ahead, the activities report lists:
- July 26–August 2: Family Week, with no KCSD activities
- August 3–7: Band Camp
- August 3: Girls tennis season begins
- August 10: Remaining high school fall sports begin
Public Participation and Closed Session
The agenda provides time for public comments. Individuals are generally limited to five minutes, with slightly more time available for organized groups, and comments must concern matters within the board's authority. The packet notes that the board cannot discuss matters that were not already placed on the posted agenda.
The agenda also lists a closed session under Iowa Code 21.5(1)(i) for an employee performance review. Its inclusion on the agenda indicates a scheduled closed-session item; the packet does not establish that the closed session occurred or document any resulting action.
What to Watch at the Meeting
The July 13 agenda combines routine annual preparations with several decisions affecting the coming school year. Among the items scheduled for consideration are the revised preschool calendar, fundraising requests, the Touch Pro proposal, 2026–27 dairy bids, student and employee handbooks, program plans, annual appointments and depository limits, policies, and the district's 2027 IASB legislative priorities.
The agenda also identifies several future dates: a school board meeting on July 27 if needed, an Interest-based Bargaining Team meeting on August 1, a Knoxville Education Foundation meeting on August 7, and the next scheduled school board meeting on August 10. Items identified for a future agenda include a West/Northstar Annual Report presentation, consideration of the 2026 Emergency Operations Plan, and additional policy consideration.
