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Tonganoxie USD 464 board approves new nurse, special‑education teacher and multiple personnel actions
Summary
The Tonganoxie USD 464 board approved multiple action items April 13 including purchases for Skyward migration, nonresident enrollment projections, a TES Structured Learning Center SPED teacher, a full‑time TMS nurse, KSB policy updates, and personnel renewals, a resignation acceptance and a hire following executive session.
At its April 13 meeting the Tonganoxie USD 464 Board of Education approved a package of operational and personnel actions that the administration said will support student services and the district’s Skyward migration.
Key approvals included purchases to support the Skyward cumulative migration (new time clocks and a Chromebook refresh), publication of nonresident enrollment capacity figures, adoption of recommended board policy language from KSB, and several staffing decisions. Specifically, the board approved adding a TES Structured Learning Center special‑education teacher (action 5.6) and a full‑time nurse for Tonganoxie Middle School (action 5.7). Board members discussed budget constraints but noted that hiring in‑house staff is likely less expensive than contracting externally.
The superintendent’s report (recorded in the minutes) listed a district enrollment of about 2,000 students and a fixed Skyward migration go‑live date of July 29; administration said staff attended Skyward training April 7–8 to prepare for that deadline.
After a 45‑minute executive session the board announced three personnel actions: approval of director/coordinator renewals for the 2026–27 school year (names listed in the minutes), acceptance of the resignation of Parker Ost as the THS CBR teacher and from coaching positions, and the hire of Paige Roberts as director of curriculum and instruction for 2026–27. The transcript records inconsistent spellings for some staff names disclosed during those votes; the board approved the motions by voice/hand vote but individual vote tallies were not provided in the public record.
Representative quotes and discussion: a board member identified as Spence summarized nurse‑to‑student guidance as “1 to 750” for generally healthy populations but said the ratio can drop to “1 to 225” when medically fragile students are present — a point trustees used to justify an additional building nurse. Administration explained the district typically shares programs with Basehor and that Tonganoxie would pay part of the Structured Learning Center position’s cost under the co‑op arrangement.
What passed (selected): action 5.1 (additional warrant list items); 5.2 (time clocks and Chromebook refresh); 5.3 (item approved; details not recorded in transcript); 5.4 (nonresident enrollment projections); 5.5 (approval of Dr. Poyser’s interim contract); 5.6 (TES SLC SPED teacher); 5.7 (TMS nurse); 5.8 (KSB December policy updates); plus post‑executive‑session personnel renewals, one resignation accepted and one hire.
Votes: The transcript records motions moved, seconded and approved by the board via the routine “raise your right hand”/voice procedure; no roll‑call vote tallies were provided in the public portion of the minutes.
Next steps: Administration will publish nonresident enrollment capacities by June 1, continue Skyward migration work toward the July 29 go‑live, and implement the approved staffing changes for the 2026–27 school year.
