The Bevier C-4 Board of Education unanimously approved an updated Comprehensive School Improvement Plan on Sept. 16.
Memphis Teter moved and Jonathan Basler seconded the motion. The vote was 6-0, according to minutes of the regular meeting posted on the district school board page. Board member Richelle Shoemaker was absent.
The board also voted 6-0 to approve the Professional Development Plan for the 2026-27 school year. Cheyenne Mattingley moved and Lindsey Howell seconded that motion.
Mattingley moved and Teter seconded a 6-0 vote to approve updates to policies 1300, 1320, 1432, 1435, 2100, 2875, 3151, 3411, 4110, 4630, 4860, 4875, 5410, and 5608, plus regulations 2750 and 3165, as recommended by Missouri Consultants for Education.
Mattingley moved and Howell seconded a 6-0 vote to approve the early graduation application of Jessica Compton.
Howell moved and Teter seconded a motion to buy a gym sound system from The Vox Box for $6,867, with the old sound system to be surplus property, according to the minutes. The minutes do not record a vote tally on that motion.
Superintendent Chad Hall gave a fall athletics update for 2026-27 and told the board the school will stream home basketball games on YouTube, the minutes say.
Hall also reported on a playground surface grant. The board discussed additional costs tied to a new surface and how to reuse tire chips now under the new playground structure. Members considered putting a swing set or other play structure at the baseball and softball field and using the tire chips there. Hall will gather more information for a future meeting. The board has until April 2028 to spend the grant funds, according to the minutes.
The board discussed requests for summer athletic stipends for cross country, shooting sports (trap), and junior high softball. Hall recommended against spending any new money given uncertain times and funding cuts from the state. No action was taken.
In the superintendent's report, Hall presented revenues and expenditures for the preschool and food service programs and showed the district has cut costs by more than $46,000 over the past five years while making improvements to lunch and breakfast, the minutes say.
Hall also gave a buildings and grounds update. He will seek quotes to tie gutters into the city's watershed system and quotes to begin a fertility program at the school and the ballfield to improve the grass. He is waiting on Granuband to deliver eight remaining bags of tire chips to finish the playground project.
Principal Kyle Robuck gave a student and staff activities report.
President Tyler Souther called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Members present were Souther, Teter, Howell, Mattingley, Basler, and Josh Brower.
Basler moved and Mattingley seconded a motion to approve the proposed agenda. The vote was 6-0.
Howell moved and Mattingley seconded a motion to approve the consent agenda, including the Aug. 19 minutes, bills, staff salaries, and a request for executive session on personnel, student, and real estate matters under Missouri statutes 610.021(3), 610.021(8), and 610.021(2). The vote was 6-0.
Basler moved and Mattingley seconded a motion to adjourn the regular session and move into closed session at 7:20 p.m.
Hall declined to comment. Chariton Media Group did not receive a response from Board President Tyler Souther in time for publication.