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Votes at a glance: USD 383 board actions — agenda, consent items, facilities and policies
Summary
At its January meeting the Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 board approved the meeting agenda and a consent package of minutes and donations, accepted contracts for transportation and nutrition gate openers, approved a suite of KASB-recommended policy revisions, and recorded interest for upcoming officer elections.
The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education recorded multiple routine and substantive actions at its meeting and took the following votes (all recorded as carried 6-0 unless noted):
- Agenda: The board approved the meeting agenda (motion by Greg; second by Katie). Vote recorded: 6-0.
- Consent agenda: The board approved minutes, accounts and routine personnel items and accepted donations totaling $9,806. Donations listed in the consent packet included a $500 cash donation from First United Methodist Church (to the Fifth Closet), $540 from various donors for summer-fun-camp supplies, $750 from Kansas State Credit Union for Manhattan High School faculty-holiday-prize purchases, $500 from Witt Eye Care Centers to Manhattan High School boys basketball supplies, $7,016 from fundraising to Manhattan High boys basketball equipment/uniforms, and $500 from Hazel Hedges to Manhattan High School wishing-well students in need (total $9,806). Motion carried 6-0.
- Head Start/Early Head Start change-in-scope: Board approved submission of the federal change-in-scope application to convert Early Head Start home-based slots into two center-based preschool classrooms (see separate article). Motion carried 6-0.
- Video board donation and Daktronics proposals: Board accepted a privately funded donation administered by the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation and approved Daktronics proposals totaling $328,715 for a video board at Bishop Stadium (see separate article). Motion carried 6-0.
- Transportation and child nutrition electric gate opener project: The board approved vendor proposals for electric gate openers for the transportation and child-nutrition facility: DH Pace Company Inc. (Wichita) for $98,151, CVS Door and Hardware LLC (Manhattan) for $23,412, and Guardian Electric (St. Marys) for $21,995. Motion carried 6-0.
- KASB recommended policy revisions: The board adopted a set of KASB-recommended policy changes, including updates to policies BDA (developing/adopting/amending policy), CC (organizational chart), CG (administrative personnel), CAN (document production including electronic information), IDACA (special education services), adoption of a new policy on prevention investigation, and the deletion of policies CD and CGI (administrative line and staff relations/administrator evaluation). Motion carried 6-0.
- JQKA foreign-exchange policy: The board revised policy JQKA to align with state open-enrollment law; the revision ties foreign-exchange placements to the district's designation of open slots under state statute. Motion carried 6-0 (see separate article for discussion).
- Board officer interest: Board members registered interest in serving as president and vice president for the next year; formal election was scheduled for the next meeting. No vote was taken at this meeting.
All votes referenced above were recorded on the meeting record as unanimous 6-0 where indicated. Where a motion-maker or seconder was not explicitly captured on the public transcript, the meeting record shows a recorded tally and unanimous approval.
