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Caldwell school board adopts 2025-26 budget, approves SRO agreement and property purchase
Summary
The Caldwell USD 360 Board of Education unanimously approved the district's 2025-26 budget, renewed a School Resource Officer agreement and approved purchase of a property at 4 S. Webb during its Sept. 8 meeting; several personnel contracts and early graduations were also approved.
The Caldwell Unified School District No. 360 Board of Education adopted its 2025-26 budget and approved several district actions at its regular meeting on Sept. 8, 2025.
The board voted 5-0 to adopt the 2025-26 budget after a motion by Gage Overall and a second from Kordell Kattenberg. The same 5-0 majority approved the district's 2025-26 School Resource Officer (SRO) agreement (motion by Gage Overall; second by Chris Baker) and several personnel contracts and appointments included on the consent agenda, which the board approved earlier in the evening.
The consent agenda recorded a FY2025 Small Rural School Achievement Grant for $15,752 and listed personnel actions including the resignation of board member Amy Futhey effective Aug. 18, 2025, terminations of two custodians effective Aug. 12, 2025, and multiple coaching and support staff contracts for the 2025-26 school year. The minutes list those items as part of the motion to approve the consent agenda; the board approved the consent agenda 5-0 (motion by Kordell Kattenberg; second by Eric Eaton).
The board also approved early graduation requests from students Zander Conrady and Kyle Tally on a 5-0 vote (motion by Chris Baker; second by Eric Eaton).
During an executive-session sequence held under the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA), the board discussed non-elected personnel and later held preliminary discussion regarding acquisition of real property. Following the property discussion the board approved the purchase price for the property located at 4 S. Webb (motion by Eric Eaton; second by Chris Baker); the minutes in this transcript excerpt record the approval but do not state the purchase price.
Board members updated language in Board Goal #4, approving the revised language on a 5-0 vote. The board considered appointing a voting delegate for the KASB Assembly but took no action on that item.
The board's business concluded with a notice that the next regular meeting will be Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. following a motion by Darren McDorman and a second from Eric Eaton.
Votes at a glance: - Adoption of agenda: passed, 5-0 (mover: Chris Baker; seconder: Kordell Kattenberg). - Consent agenda (minutes, bills, gifts/grants, personnel actions): passed, 5-0 (mover: Kordell Kattenberg; seconder: Eric Eaton). - 2025-26 budget adoption: passed, 5-0 (mover: Gage Overall; seconder: Kordell Kattenberg). - SRO Agreement (2025-26): passed, 5-0 (mover: Gage Overall; seconder: Chris Baker). - Early graduation approvals (Zander Conrady, Kyle Tally): passed, 5-0 (mover: Chris Baker; seconder: Eric Eaton). - Purchase of property at 4 S. Webb: passed, 5-0 (mover: Eric Eaton; seconder: Chris Baker); approved purchase price not specified in the minutes excerpt.
The minutes show consistent 5-0 recorded votes by the five members present (Darren McDorman, Chris Baker, Eric Eaton, Kordell Kattenberg and Gage Overall). Members Amy Futhey and Jake Ginn are recorded as absent for this meeting.
