Board approves agenda, routine items, new courses, an additional TMS elective FTE and coordinator contract renewals

The Tonganoxie USD 464 Board of Education approved several routine and substantive items in unanimous votes, including approval of the meeting agenda, consent agenda, additional bills, a set of new courses, an additional middle‑school elective FTE and renewal of multiple coordinator contracts after an executive session.

This matters because the new courses affect high‑school career and technical pathways and the added middle‑school elective position affects staffing and the middle‑school master schedule; contract renewals conclude an executive‑session personnel discussion.

The meeting opened with a motion to approve the agenda; the motion, second and board vote carried 6–0 (the board recorded that motion as carried). Later motions to approve the consent agenda, additional bills, and itemized action items were carried unanimously, with recorded tallies of 7–0.

Votes at a glance - Agenda approval: motion carried (recorded as 6–0). - Consent agenda (routine items): approved (7–0). - Action 5.1 — Approval of additional bills: approved (7–0). - Action 5.2 — Approval of new courses: the board approved a package of new and relabeled courses (7–0). The packet discussed roughly 14 course entries, including welding (Washburn and KC), workplace experience (finance), ag internship, cybersecurity, business technology, ag mechanics (labeled ag construction on paperwork), and several health‑care pathway entries (Intro to Healthcare, Healthcare Essentials, medical terminology, CNA courses coordinated with KCKCC and Washburn). Some courses are relabels of prior offerings; the board was told that not all will run immediately and that some depend on teacher availability. - Action 5.3 — Approval of an additional TMS elective FTE (one FTE) to expand elective options at the middle school (7–0). District staff said the position will be posted as an "elective" and candidates may be considered across business, agriculture or Spanish specializations; the final assignment will depend on the successful candidate. - Action 5.4 — Approval of USD 464 nonresident enrollment projections (annual approval; no substantive changes reported) (7–0). - Executive session and personnel action: following an executive session on non‑elected personnel, the board moved to renew coordinator contracts for Barbara Smith, Rebecca Perresta, Becky Nasleroad, Mitch Loomis, Jill Kietzman, Forrest Kreger, Audra Boone and Brandy Taylor; motion carried (7–0).

Motions and outcomes were recorded during the meeting; in many cases the transcript records the mover and a second but not individual board member names for every motion. Board members did not record any opposed votes on the items listed above.

Speakers (attributed where specified) Generic references in motions: "Board member" (mover/second not named in the transcript for several motions)

Clarifying details about courses and staffing The board packet and presenters listed about 14 course additions or relabelings covering welding, finance workplace experience, ag internship, cybersecurity, business technology, ag mechanics, and a suite of healthcare pathway courses including medical terminology and CNA coursework. District staff said the CNA course for Tonganoxie is on the books but not yet staffed. The additional middle‑school elective FTE will be posted as an "elective"; candidates may be evaluated from business, agriculture or Spanish teaching backgrounds and the district will choose the candidate and program that best fit the middle school and high‑school pathway alignment.

No motions failed. The board concluded the meeting after the personnel action and adjourned.