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McPherson USD 418 board ratifies negotiations team agreement 5–1; holds executive sessions
Summary
The board ratified its negotiations team's agreement to keep current days and minutes through the 2027–28 school year by a 5–1 vote, and conducted two executive sessions on personnel and contract negotiations under the Kansas Open Meeting Act.
The McPherson USD 418 Board of Education voted to ratify an agreement negotiated by the district’s bargaining team to continue the existing "days and minutes" schedule through the 2027–28 school year. The motion carried by voice vote, 5–1, with one board member recorded in opposition.
Earlier in the meeting the board approved routine items (voice vote carried 6–0) and twice voted to enter executive session: first to discuss an individual employee under the non‑elected personnel exception to the Kansas Open Meeting Act and later to consider contract negotiation proposals under the employer‑employee exception. In both cases the board specified who would attend the executive session (board, superintendent and assistant superintendent) and announced the public meeting times when sessions would conclude.
What the board recorded: meeting minutes recorded the outcomes (routine approval carried 6–0; ratification carried 5–1) but did not list individual roll‑call votes by name in the transcript. The ratified agreement was described as staying in place through the 2027–28 school year and subject to review by the negotiations team at that time.
Next steps: Board staff said the document and implementation details would be handled through the district’s negotiation and human‑resources processes; no additional immediate public action was taken at the meeting.
