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USD 383 board approves consent agenda, awards playground resurfacing bid and advances student fees for 2025–26
Summary
The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education approved the consent agenda including multiple retirements and donations, awarded a $51,689 bid for an asphalt mill-and-overlay at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary, approved the student fees and textbook rental schedule on first reading and set open-enrollment slot counts — all votes passed unanimously.
The Manhattan–Ogden USD 383 Board of Education approved several routine and project items in a single meeting, voting unanimously on the consent agenda, a campus paving contract and initial approval of student fees for the 2025–26 school year.
On a 7–0 voice vote the board approved the consent agenda, which included the consideration of bills, the human resources report and recognition of staff retirements. The consent agenda listed four retirements: Mary Anne Steen (math intervention teacher, Northview), Marlo Shepherd (special education data specialist, Lincoln Education Center), Mary Walter (child nutrition manager, Frank Bergman Elementary) and Kim Ott (paraeducator, Manhattan High School). Effective dates credited in the consent materials range from April 1, 2025, to July 1, 2025.
The board also accepted donations and grants totaling $250,654.91, as listed in the packet: $46,925.91 from the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation (GMCF) for YES grants, $197,229 from the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation toward the Bishop Stadium video board (second payment), $2,000 from Greater Topeka Partnership for an orchestra trip, $500 from Canopy, and $1,000 from WTC IMA for robotics travel expenses. The consent agenda also contained curriculum adoptions (high-quality ELA materials, high-school math resources, secondary health resources), special-education assurances and authorization for the HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) trip to the international conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
The board approved a construction bid for Theodore Roosevelt Elementary’s asphalt playground mill-and-overlay. Christine (board member) moved and Greg (board member) seconded a motion giving final approval to the bid submitted by Schilling Construction Company of Manhattan, Kansas, in the amount of $51,689; the motion passed 7–0. Christine also praised Schilling Construction for prior community donations to district projects.
On student fees and textbook rental, the board approved on first reading the proposed schedule for the 2025–26 school year. The motion, moved by Kurt (board member) and seconded by Carla (board member), passed 7–0. Staff noted only minor changes from prior years, including removal of an elementary technology fee because the district does not plan to send devices home at the elementary level next year.
The board also granted final approval for the number of open-enrollment slots for new out-of-district students for the 2025–26 year. Carla moved the motion, seconded by Jamie; the board approved it 7–0. The board later voted 7–0 to enter executive session for 14 minutes to discuss current negotiations under the Kansas Open Meetings Act; Superintendent Eric Reed and Nathan Downs were authorized to join the executive session.
No items failed; all motions recorded in the meeting were adopted unanimously.
