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Votes at a glance: Caldwell Board adopts agenda, consent items, governance document and handbook change
Summary
At its Oct. 13 meeting the Caldwell Board voted unanimously (6-0) to adopt an amended agenda, approve the consent agenda (including hires, a donation and a retirement), adopt a Governance and Operations document, and add handbook language prohibiting energy/caffeinated products on campus. The board also held four executive sessions under KOMA.
The Caldwell Board of Education recorded several unanimous (6-0) votes during its Oct. 13, 2025 meeting. Key motions and outcomes included the adoption of an amended agenda; approval of the consent agenda (minutes, bills, gifts including a $300 donation from Caldwell Jaynes for water fountain filters, donation of a school bus from Caldwell Recreation, personnel contracts and the retirement of custodian Diane Creed effective Dec. 31, 2025); approval of the Board Governance and Operations document; and approval of added handbook language prohibiting energy/caffeinated products on campus.
Motion details in the official minutes show: - Adopt amended agenda: mover Chris Baker; second Kordell Kattenberg; vote 6-0. - Approve consent agenda (minutes, bills/warrants, gifts, donation, waiver of fees, contracts, retirement): mover Kordell Kattenberg; second Gage Overall; vote 6-0. - Approve Governance and Operations document: mover Gage Overall; second Chris Baker; vote 6-0. - Approve handbook language prohibiting energy/caffeinated products (as presented by Principal Stacy Boone): mover Gage Overall; second Kordell Kattenberg; vote 6-0.
The board also voted to convene four executive sessions under the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA): two sessions to discuss student matters (5 and 2 minutes, respectively) and two sessions to discuss non-elected personnel (10 minutes each). Attendees invited to remain in various sessions included Superintendent Traci Becker and Principals Crystal Carothers and Stacy Boone. The minutes do not record formal public action resulting from those sessions.
The meeting adjourned at 7:42 p.m. on a motion by Chris Baker, seconded by Kordell Kattenberg, with a 6-0 vote. The board's next regular meeting is scheduled for Nov. 10, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
