Emporia Board unanimously approves multiple handbooks, emergency plan updates and strategic plan measures

The Emporia Board of Education on July 23, 2025, unanimously approved multiple handbook and operational updates intended to prepare the district for the 2025–26 school year.

The board voted 7-0 to approve licensed staff handbooks for preschool, elementary, Emporia Middle School, Emporia High School and the Flint Hills Learning Center for 2025–26. The board separately approved updates to the athletic and activities handbook for 2025–26, classified substitute and administrator handbooks for 2025–26, and district emergency operations plan updates for 2025–26. The board also approved updated strategic plan measures, 7-0.

The licensed staff handbook changes, presented by Director of Human Resources Dr. Erica Mickelson, reflected alignment with current board policy and mainly date and language updates from the first reading earlier in the summer. “We brought it for the first read. So, on the most of them, it is it was all about, making sure that we are current with board policy,” Dr. Mickelson said.