The numbers are in, and nearly 1,800 young people are attending Kewanee schools this fall.

At Monday’s Kewanee School Board meeting, Supt. Rebecca Baney said enrollment in the district totals 1,780 students. But Central School Principal Jason Anderson said some students at that school still haven’t been registered, so the total enrollment figure will be a bit higher.

Kewanee High School Principal Amanda Tidwell reported that enrollment in her school this fall is 618.

And KHS Athletic Director Tim Atwell reported that nearly half of Kewanee High students are participating in fall sports and band. When the 75 band students are added to the students in sports, the total comes to 293, which Atwell said is “pretty good for a school like ours.”

Also Monday:

— Baney reported on the state aid the Kewanee district receives. She explained that the state’s “evidence-based” funding system determines how much aid each district needs from the state to meet its expenses, with the goal of providing about 90% of that amount.

When evidence-based funding started in 2017, she said, Kewanee was getting 52% of the state aid it needed.

With this year’s allocation, Kewanee will be at 70.5% of funding adequacy, Baney said. While that’s an improvement, she said, it’s still well short of the amount the state says the Kewanee district should receive.

— Talks are continuing on who will pay to repair the roof at Kewanee High School that was damaged when the July 15 tornado blew some solar panels off the roof.

The company that manufactured the panels has denied responsibility for the cost, Baney said. She said discussions with the district’s insurance company are continuing.

The cost of the roof repairs could be as much as $2 million, she said.

— Baney reported that the repaving of the playground/parking lot east of Central School is finished. All that remains to be done is installing the basketball hoops, she said.

There have been problems, however, with traffic around the school. A major repair project for Elm and Lyle schools has closed the streets on the east and south sides of the school, and Burr Boulevard west of the school is too narrow for school buses.

That means all student pickup and delivery traffic is limited to Central Boulevard. So far, Baney said, parents seem to be adapting well to the situation.

— The board approved a three-year lease with Midwest Transit Equipment for a 2019 Chevrolet Starcraft activity bus.

This will be the second small bus the school will have for transporting smaller numbers of students to out-of-town activities.