"Responsive Leadership & Community Engagement" is one of the four central pillars of our 2022-2027 Strategic Plan. We must facilitate stakeholder engagement and empower student voices if we are going to achieve our mission to provide exemplary educational experiences in a safe and supportive learning environment. Your responses will help us achieve that goal.

Kearney School District asks parents/guardians, students, employees and community members to provide valuable feedback by completing our annual survey. We must facilitate stakeholder engagement and empower student voices if we are going to achieve our mission to provide exemplary educational experiences in a safe and supportive learning environment.

KSD's 2024 Annual Survey was administered from Oct. 2 through Oct. 25 and nearly 3000 responses were recorded. The responses are anonymous. This year's survey was updated significantly. Stakeholders were prompted to respond to an initial set of 20 questions covering the most critical areas; participants then had the option to answer additional questions focused on schools, programs and services, including human resources, IT and communications.

The data will be used by the Board of Education and district and school administrators to measure the district's progress toward achieving its strategic goals and drive improvement.

Please email us at communications@ksdr1.net if you have any questions about this survey.

VIEW – 2024 Annual Survey Report

Financial Reports are posted each month on the District website and available to staff and the general public by accessing the Board of Education's eBoard site. Documents may be viewed by selecting the meeting date, then viewing the agenda in the center of the screen. Financial reports are posted for each regular meeting in the section labeled Informational Items.

Audit Reports

The Board of Education approved the audit of the 2020-2021 fiscal year at the November 17, 2021 meeting.  A presentation from Westbrook & Co auditing firm was made to the Board of Education at the meeting.

• 2017-2018 Audit
• 2018-2019 Audit
• 2019-2020 Audit
• 2020-2021 Audit

Budget

• 2019-2020 Budget Document
• 2020-2021 Budget Document
• 2021-2022 Budget Document
• 2022-2023 Budget Document

Missouri Reporting Mandate

Beginning in September of 2019, the state of Missouri required school districts to publicly report revenue, expenditures and disbursements. Find these public reports here. 

Financial Report to State of Missouri

In accordance with Section 162.821 RSMo, an annual financial report must be submitted to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education of the State of Missouri on or before August 15 each year.  The report contains information, such as revenues, expenditures, fund balances, and debt.

Public access to the financial report is available on the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Web site on Web Applications.  To view information available to the general public, click the View Public Applications button.  The most current financial report for the Kearney School District is below.

• 2017-2018 ASBR
• 2018-2019 ASBR
• 2019-2020 ASBR
• 2020-2021 ASBR

Missouri Reporting Mandate

The state of Missouri requires school districts to publicly report revenue, expenditures and disbursements. Find these public reports here.

Financial Report to State of Missouri

In accordance with Section 162.821 RSMo, an annual financial report must be submitted to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education of the State of Missouri on or before August 15 each year. The report contains information, such as revenues, expenditures, fund balances, and debt.

Public access to the financial report is available on the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Web Applications. To view information available to the general public, click the View Public Applications button. The most current financial report for the Kearney School District is below.

• 2017-2018 ASBR
• 2018-2019 ASBR
• 2019-2020 ASBR
• 2020-2021 ASBR

Kearney School District has been conducting tests on the water outlets in all the school system’s buildings in order to ensure compliance with the standards established by the 2022 Missouri law known as the "Get the Lead Out of School Drinking Water Act” (RSMo. 160.077). 

The purpose of the law is to ensure that drinking water sources within Missouri schools contain no more than 5 parts per billion (5 ppb) of lead. This testing included all the typical sources of drinking water, including water fountains, bottle fillers, sinks, ice machines, dishwashers, outdoor spigots, etc. As part of our commitment to ensuring the health and safety of our students, faculty, and staff, we are sharing the results of the recent lead testing of the water outlets at our schools and other buildings.

Fortunately, there were no water fountains or bottle fillers districtwide that tested above the limit during the first round of testing. Those outlets will provide plenty of safe drinking water for our students, staff members and visitors.

We are fully committed to maintaining a healthy and safe environment for our students, staff members and visitors. Therefore, we will continue to conduct regular testing and take proactive measures to ensure that our drinking water remains within the safe limits established by state regulations.

Lead contamination can have health effects, especially in children and pregnant women. Visit the CDC website for more information. If there is a concern about lead contamination, please contact your primary care provider and/or the Clay County Public Health Center.

Kearney Early Education Center

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Restrooms

Dogwood Elementary

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Restrooms

Hawthorne Elementary

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Fall 2024
• Restrooms

Kearney Elementary

• Round 1
• Restrooms

Southview Elementary

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Restrooms

Kearney Middle School

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Fall 2024
• Restrooms

Kearney Junior High

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Fall 2024
• Restrooms

Kearney High School

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Fall 2024
• Restrooms

South Campus

• Round 1
• Round 2

Bus & Maintenance Facilities

• Round 1
• Restrooms

Central Office

• Round 1
• Restrooms

Support Services

• Round 1
• Restrooms

VIEW – Child Find Notice

VIEW – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

VIEW – Parent Bill of Rights

USDA Non-discrimination Statement:

In accordance with federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its agencies, offices, employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the state or local agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

1. Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 9410, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
2. Fax: (202) 690-7442; or
3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

VIEW – IDEA Compliance Public Notice

Procedures for Receiving & Processing Complaints  

The following guidelines are to be followed should anyone come forward with a discrimination complaint within the Kearney School District Child Nutrition Programs: 

 1) If Kearney School District or any contracted company of the school district either verbally or in person receives a complaint, the staff member must transcribe the allegation.  All complaints will be directed to District Compliance Officer, Zach McMains, located at 425 W. Washington, Kearney, MO 64060.

The below are the steps to follow if this occurs.  

a)  School District will inform individual of Federal Civil Rights rules and regulations that have been established for protected classes. (A protected class is any person or group of people who are protected from discrimination based on):  

• Race  
• Color  
• National Origin  
• Age
• Sex
• Disability  

b)  School District will provide complainant the necessary information to file a complaint, which is:  

1. Mailing address of the USDA:
   U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;  
2. USDA’s Telephone/Fax numbers and Email address:
   (866) 632-9992 / (202) 690-7442 F/ program.intake@usda.gov  
3. Electronic link to file a civil rights complaint: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html  

c) If needed, the District will provide the complainant information surrounding protected classes and the sponsor should provide the complainant the federal complaint information.

• If the complainant refuses to discuss the matter any further with the sponsor  Kearney School District will: 
• reiterate the complaint filing procedures  
• Document the complaint and actions taken
• Notify the State agency of the discussion

d) The below information should be documented as much as possible in their Civil Rights complaint log including, but not limited to, the following:  

•  Date Complaint Received  
•  Complainant’s Name  
•  Complainant’s Address  
•  Complainant’s Telephone Number  
•  Complainant’s Email Address  
•  Allegation of Discrimination/Issue (i.e. FNS program involved, protected class(es) involved, etc.)  
•  Date of Alleged Discriminatory Action  

e) District will forward the information, within 5 days of receipt of complaint from complainant, to the State agency 

f) State Agency level must forward complaint information, within 5 days of receipt of complaint from sponsor, to the FNS regional office.  

g) FNS team conducts complaint review and investigation, which includes contact with the complainant, State agency, sponsor, etc.  

The Board is committed that discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability shall not occur in the receipt of benefits or participation of any food service program.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email:
Program.Intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.