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Votes at a glance: board approves staffing order and adopts January resolutions on officer election and meeting dates
Summary
At the Jan. 13, 2025 meeting the USD 453 Board of Education voted to accept a staffing order and adopted two resolutions — moving the district's officer election to July and establishing regular meeting dates — both resolutions passed 6–1.
The USD 453 Board of Education recorded several formal actions during its Jan. 13, 2025 meeting in Leavenworth. The following summarizes motions and recorded outcomes.
Staffing order accepted MOTION: "I move to accept the staffing order as presented." Mover: Missus Price; Second: Missus Murphy. OUTCOME: approved. Vote tally: 7 yes, 0 no. The board accepted the staffing report after an executive-session review of non-elected personnel. No further details on individual separations were presented in open session.
Resolution to elect board officers in July (Resolution 24/25-017) MOTION: Adoption of resolution to establish election of school board officers in the board’s first July meeting of 2025 (per KSA 72-1133 language read into the record). OUTCOME: adopted. Vote tally recorded in the meeting: 6 yes, 1 no. The dissenting board member said they preferred new board leadership beginning in January rather than waiting until July.
Resolution to establish regular meeting dates and times (Resolution 24/25-018) MOTION: Adoption of resolution establishing regular Board meeting day/time/location for the 2025–26 school year with an option to set alternate dates if regular meeting falls on a holiday, pursuant to KSA 72-1138. OUTCOME: adopted. Vote tally recorded in the meeting: 6 yes, 1 no.
Other motions - The board adopted the meeting agenda and an amended consent agenda earlier in the meeting; those procedural motions passed by voice vote (no roll-call tallies were recorded in open session for those motions).
All actions above are recorded per the meeting minutes and were taken in open session except where noted (the staffing order followed an executive-session personnel discussion).
