Crawford County R-1 School District administrators on June 18 shared end of year building reports.

Bourbon High School Principal Cassandra Haar said that her building finished the year with a 92.52 percent attendance rate during the high school building report.

“Our attendance at the high school increased by five percent from the year prior,” Haar said. “We’re going to keep shooting high, and our goal is 95 percent cumulative attendance for the high school next year.”

Middle School Principal Nicole McPeters, during her building report, said that they have seen growth at the middle school because of IXL Learning.

“My staff and myself have already started looking at the things that we’re going to do to target needs for next year,” McPeters said.

She added that discipline issues were down from last year.

Special Education Director Erin Mades read the elementary school report made by Principal Joseph Bozic.

Bourbon Elementary School (BES) has made progress within its reading assessments, but the school didn’t reach its desired results.

“This year was a learning year for many facets of BES, and we grew despite challenges,” Mades read.

She explained it was the school’s first year using IXL Learning, which helps improve students’ learning by applying the use of technology in innovative ways.

Assistant Principal Amanda Keymann presented the curriculum, professional development and assessment report to the board.

Administrators and some of the teacher leaders from each building have started training with STEP Up Consulting, which is supposed to help align the district’s curriculum with Missouri Learning Standards and Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP) goals.

In September, they will do a refresher, and then on Sept. 21, all staff will be trained. From there, staff will be given two hours each day to work on it from September to March, when it will be turned over to STEP Up Consulting for them to audit and give feedback.

Feedback will be given in May, and staff will begin to work on updates and/or corrections.

Lead District Registered Nurse Donna Gargus presented the health services report.

Staff flu shots were completed on Oct. 17, 2025, there were step challenges in both January and March and quarterly wellness newsletters were sent out to the Bourbon Middle and Elementary School.

School nurses work with families to keep students up-to-date on immunizations, basic first aid training is provided to all staff and they are encouraged to have the American Red Cross First Aid app in case of emergencies.

Superintendent Brian Witt announced that the new playground equipment for the bond project has been delivered and demolition of the existing playground has started during his superintendent update.

“The summer food program. Crawford County R-1 continues partnering with Lasting Hope AG Company…to provide food packages for children ages four to 18 throughout June,” Witt said. “Helping ensure the students have access to nutritional food during the summer months.”

Looking at the district’s 2026-27 budget, reductions have been implemented to align district resources with current enrollment numbers.

“As part of this process, six staff positions reduced to better reflect student enrollment and district needs. Due to required special service obligations, two special education positions will be replaced in the 2026-27 school year. In addition, two positions were combined into one position, and one full-time position was converted to a part-time position,” Witt said.