Central School teachers (from left) Gretchen Arzola, Nicole Enderle, Alisha Ralston, Nikki Karau and Jill Peart, and Principal Jason Anderson reported to the Kewanee School Board Monday on the Central School Improvement Plan. Funded with a state grant, the program collects data on student growth, provides coaching for teachers and emphasizes boosting parent involvement in their children’s education. [Photo by Michael Berry]

Cody Butler was named by the Kewanee School Board Monday to succeed Tim Atwell as athletic director at Kewanee High School.

Atwell will retire as a teacher and athletic director at the end of this school year.

Butler, a 1996 Kewanee High School graduate, has been a junior high and high school social studies teacher. He has held several assistant coaching positions in Kewanee schools.

He has been dean of students at Kewanee High School for the past four years.

In other action Monday:

— Russ Rumbold of the accounting firm of Gorenz and Associates presented the 2025 audit report to the board.

Rumbold’s report included the fact that property tax assessments in the district had increased 17.8 percent in the past year.

— Supt. Rebecca Baney told the board that 119 KHS students are enrolled this fall in dual-credit courses with Black Hawk College.

— Baney also reported that Henry-Stark Health Department staff will visit the district’s schools next week to administer flu shots.

— In her update on construction work in the schools, Baney said final payments have been made on roof repairs for damage from last year’s tornado. The repairs were delayed by disputes among the district, its insurance company and the makers of solar panels that were blown off the roofs in the tornadoes.

Now that the this step has been taken, Baney said, solar panels can be installed on the roofs.