Board asks shared-services representatives to explore joint hiring, busing, special‑ed supports and software options

Board members named two trustees to attend a shared‑services meeting in October with representatives from Kearney 56 and Woodland districts and asked the delegates to probe practical coordination items. Topics the board asked representatives to raise include shared recruitment for hard-to-fill positions (bilingual counselors, social workers, speech pathologists), pooled busing or transportation coordination, shared special‑education service arrangements, consolidation or coordination of parent/teacher communication software, reciprocal use of facilities such as daycare centers and joint legislative advocacy.