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Board accepts resignation and denies liquidated-damages waiver for staff member after executive session
Summary
Following a 15-minute executive session Aug. 12, the Salina Public Schools Board accepted the late resignation of Bianca Bones, effective Aug. 6, 2025, for the 2025–26 school year and denied a requested waiver of liquidated damages; the board voted 7-0.
After recessing into a closed executive session to discuss personnel, the Salina Public Schools Board of Education on Aug. 12 accepted the late resignation of employee Bianca Bones and denied a request to waive liquidated damages tied to that resignation.
The board recessed at 6:05 p.m. for a 15-minute executive session “for the purpose of discussing personal matters of non-elected personnel and their contractual obligations,” citing privacy concerns, and returned to open session at the time indicated on the meeting agenda. Following the closed session a board member moved to accept “the late resignation of Bianca Bones as of 08/06/2025 for the 2025–26 school year, but that we deny the request for a waiver of liquidated damages.” The motion was seconded and carried 7-0.
The motion, as stated on the record, accepted the resignation and explicitly denied the requested waiver of liquidated damages; the transcript records no further public debate on the matter. The board then adjourned the 5:30 p.m. meeting.
Why it matters: The board’s action finalizes district personnel status and enforces the district’s stated contract remedies by denying the waiver request. The board made the decision after confidential deliberation in executive session, consistent with the stated personnel privacy exception.
The board did not provide additional public details about the underlying circumstances surrounding the resignation or the basis for the liquidated-damages request during open session.
