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Board approves routine consents, contracts and safety upgrades; superintendent contract extended
Summary
The Olathe Board of Education voted unanimously on a range of consent and contract items, approved safety and technology upgrades using bond funds, renewed its insurance program, elected officers for 2025–26 and extended the superintendent’s contract through the coming year. Several items were discussed on the record before the votes.
At its June meeting the Olathe Board of Education approved routine consent items, awards and several upgrades to district safety and technology systems, elected board officers for 2025–26 and extended the superintendent’s contract.
Votes at a glance
- Adoption of the agenda (Board item 2.01): Motion to adopt was made and seconded; roll call votes recorded; motion passed.
- Action consent (items 6.01–6.15): The board moved to approve action consent 6.01 through 6.15 as presented. Motion: "I move to approve action consent 6.01 through 6.15 as presented." (Mover: Mr. Boyd; Second: Ms. Reagan). Vote: yes — 6; no — 0. Outcome: approved.
- Bids, contracts and agreements (items 7.01–7.23): The board voted to approve items 7.01 through 7.23 as presented. Motion: (Mover: Mr. Boyd; Second: Ms. Johan). Vote: yes — 6; no — 0. The packet included multiple vendor approvals and curriculum purchases. Two items discussed on the record before the motion were: • Frog Street curriculum for Head Start (listed as 7.06) — board members who serve on Head Start policy council previewed the curriculum and endorsed its purchase. • Centegix (crisis alert) hardware and software upgrade — Brent Kyger summarized the district’s experience with the Centegix platform and the planned upgrade. Kyger said the district had recorded “close to over 5,000 alerts a year” on the platform and described improved strobes, removal of legacy hubs, tagging assets for faster response and potential visitor‑management savings with the vendor update.
- Insurance renewal (7.23): The district’s general insurance renewal and property coverage were reviewed by a district administrator. Staff said market conditions limited traditional carrier responses but the district joined a specialized public‑entity property pool (GovPro) that reduced property premium exposure by about $260,000; net result reported as about a 6.4% decrease in overall insurance cost. Motion to approve renewal passed (vote 6–0).
- Student and staff responsible use policy update (8.03): The board approved the updated responsible use policies. Motion to approve 8.03 passed (vote 6–0). The policy update followed district review and pilot policy language already in use.
- Safety/security upgrades (8.04): The board approved upgrades to camera and security infrastructure at remaining high schools to replace aging analog systems. District staff described the work as funded from Bond 2022 and noted the camera upgrade is the final high school conversion to current standards. Motion passed (vote 6–0).
- Election of board officers (8.01, 8.02): The board elected Dr. Stacy Yerkovich as president and Julie Steele as vice president for the 2025–26 year following nominations and roll‑call votes. Both elections passed unanimously.
- Superintendent contract extension (8.05): The board voted to extend Dr. Brent Yeager’s contract through the 2025–26 school year, effective July 1, 2025. Motion passed 6–0.
- Executive session for negotiations: The board voted to enter executive session to discuss employer‑employee negotiations under Kansas open‑meetings provisions, with return to the public meeting at the stated time.
Several motions were routine and bundled; when trustees asked for briefings staff provided supplemental explanations of selected items before the bundled votes. All recorded roll calls in the meeting packet show unanimous approval (6–0) on the items listed above.
