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Caldwell board approves consent agenda, personnel actions and a series of routine business items
Summary
The Board approved the consent agenda including a $2,000 donation to the FFA, personnel hires and a resignation, and approved purchases and appointments including a CAD vinyl cutter purchase, Kanokla grant application, a 2024 Ram Transit Van purchase, handbook language updates, and appointments to the negotiations team. Two executive sessions on non-elected personnel were held.
At its Jan. 12 meeting, the Caldwell Board of Education approved a packed consent agenda and several routine business items, recording a series of unanimous 7-0 votes across motions.
Consent agenda and personnel: The consent agenda, moved by Jake Ginn and seconded by Laura Ireland, passed 7-0 and included approval of December 8, 2025 minutes, financial reports, bills and warrants, and acceptance of a $2,000 donation from board member Jake Ginn to fund an illuminated FFA emblem for the Shop/Ag building. The agenda also recorded personnel actions approved as part of the consent package: Carly Hall was approved as a full-time custodian effective Jan. 5, 2026; the 2025–2026 substitute teacher list was approved; and Rachel Hollis, Daycare Director, tendered her resignation effective Jan. 30, 2026. The board corrected oversights on a previous (July 21, 2025) agenda to list Carla Crenshaw as Determining Official for Free and Reduced Lunches effective July 1, 2025, and to fix designated inclement weather dates to May 20–22, 2026.
Small purchases, grants and appointments: Separate motions approved purchase of a CAD vinyl cutter for the Blue Jay Outlet (motion by Kordell Kattenberg, seconded by Jake Ginn, 7-0) and authorized staff to apply for a Kanokla grant to support that purchase (motion by Laura Ireland, seconded by Kordell Kattenberg, 7-0). The board also approved purchase of a 2024 Ram Transit Van (motion by Darren McDorman, seconded by Laura Ireland, 7-0) and approved additional language changes to the Classified Handbook (motion by Andrea Palmer, seconded by Jake Ginn, 7-0). The board appointed Kordell Kattenberg and Laura Ireland to the district negotiations team (motion by Whitney Rohrbaugh, seconded by Jake Ginn, 7-0).
Reports and executive session: Superintendent Traci Becker shared updates on facilities, projects completed over break, upcoming events, Board Goals and KSDE audit results. The board held two brief executive sessions to discuss non-elected personnel under the Kansas Open Meetings Act; Superintendent Becker was invited to remain for those sessions. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
The minutes do not record dollar amounts for purchases (other than the $2,000 donation) or further contract details; where effective dates or financial specifics were not in the public minutes, the district is recorded as 'not specified.'
