CMS Chief Financial Officer Kelly Kluttz summarized the CMS approach as “go slow and get this right.” The district hopes to fully convert its payroll and business systems in January 2027.

CMS and many districts across the state saw enrollment flatten or fall before the pandemic, and the 2020-21 school year brought a big drop for most of them. Last year CMS projected a much bigger ...

Meanwhile, those impending closures are complicating QHC’s efforts to finalize a purchase agreement, as is payment of the $6 million in CMS debt and state fees, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported.