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After executive sessions, Caldwell board approves purchase of 4 S. Webb and additional supplemental positions
Summary
Following two executive sessions under KOMA, the board approved a contract to purchase property at 4 S. Webb, Caldwell, and authorized additional 2025–26 supplemental positions; both approvals were unanimous (6-0).
The Caldwell USD 360 board entered two executive sessions Aug. 11 under the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA): first for preliminary discussion of real property acquisition and then to discuss non-elected personnel. Superintendent Traci Becker was invited to remain for both sessions.
After returning to open session, the board approved the contract to purchase the property located at 4 S. Webb, Caldwell, KS. The motion to approve the purchase was made by Board President Darren McDorman and seconded by Chris Baker; the minutes record a 6-0 vote in favor. The minutes record that the acquisition discussion occurred in executive session under KOMA; no additional terms of the contract are recorded in the minutes.
The board also approved additional 2025–2026 supplemental positions as presented (motion from Gage Overall, seconded by Kordell Kattenberg, 6-0). The minutes do not list the supplemental positions individually or provide counts or salary details; the record states the positions were approved "as presented." The minutes also noted earlier consent-agenda personnel items, including the hire of Cynthia Newman (.75 science teacher for the 2024–25 school year) and the resignation of CES para Susan Rice, effective Aug. 5, 2025.
All executive-session motions and subsequent approvals were recorded as unanimous votes. The minutes do not include further contract language for the property purchase or a detailed roster of the supplemental positions; those details would typically be documented in the district's contract files and personnel records.
