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Board elects officers, approves meeting dates, consent agenda and personnel; holds multiple executive sessions
Summary
Board member Tom Bridal was elected board president and Greg Chapman was elected vice president; the board also approved meeting dates, a consent agenda and personnel actions, and held multiple executive sessions under the Kansas Open Meetings Act.
At the meeting the Board of Education completed routine governance actions: board member Tom Bridal was nominated and elected board president; Greg Chapman was nominated and elected vice president. Both nominations were approved with no opposition recorded.
The board approved proposed meeting dates for 2025–26 and approved the consent agenda, which included minutes from the Dec. 9 regular meeting, financial statements, the 2025–26 middle- and high-school course fee schedule, approval of contracts and purchases, and approval of claims. A report of grants and donations was presented: the Gardner Edgerton Foundation donated over $6,000 to assist families (rent, driver’s ed, utilities, hotel nights and holiday gifting), New Life Community Church donated $300 for meal-account balances, and two anonymous donations supported nurse supplies and negative meal-account balances at Sunflower and Gardner elementaries.
The board moved into a series of executive sessions with invited staff and consultants under exceptions to the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA) recorded for human-resources personnel matters, property-acquisition discussions and employer-employee negotiations. After an executive session for personnel, board members made a motion to approve the personnel report; the motion passed with no opposition recorded.
Several formal motions were made during the meeting to convene executive sessions; the motions recorded the exception cited and the invited participants (for example, superintendent, cabinet members and specified consultants). The board later adjourned and announced the next regular meeting for Jan. 27, 2025, at 6 p.m. in the board office.
Where the transcript did not identify who moved or seconded a motion, the minutes recorded only the motion language and the board’s unanimous voice vote ("All those in favor? None opposed.").
