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Gordon-Rushville board appoints Ward Wacker, approves $1.4 million in transfers and routine business
Summary
At its Feb. 9 meeting the Gordon-Rushville Public Schools Board appointed Ward Wacker to a board seat through Jan. 7, 2027, elected Seth Tausan secretary, and approved consent-agenda items including $880,749.81 in General Fund bills and $1,289,100 in transfers to the investment fund.
The Gordon-Rushville Public Schools Board of Education appointed Ward Wacker to fill a board vacancy and approved the district’s routine financial and personnel items at its Feb. 9, 2026 regular meeting.
Nick Sasse moved and Bobbi Archibald seconded the motion to appoint Ward Wacker to the board for a term ending Jan. 7, 2027 (or until a newly elected member qualifies). The motion carried on a roll call vote with Ryan Alcorn, Bobbi Archibald, Carrie Child, Nick Sasse and Seth Tausan voting yes.
The board elected Seth Tausan as board secretary in a separate vote. The recorded roll call for that motion shows five yes votes and one abstention by Tausan noted in the minutes as "Abstain (With Conflict)."
On a consolidated consent agenda the board approved minutes of the Jan. 12, 2026 regular meeting and corrected the Jan. 21, 2026 work-session minutes to show Gary Hoagland as "absent" rather than a yes vote on item IV. The board approved General Fund bills totaling $880,749.81, Building Fund bills of $2,712.74, Depreciation Fund bills of $51,259.89, Lunch Fund bills of $52,080.47 and multiple transfers, including $1,289,100.00 from the General Fund to the Investment Fund, $49,600.00 from the Building Fund to the Investment Fund, and $51,300.00 from the Investment Fund to the Depreciation Fund. The consent agenda also accepted resignations from Kay Kruger, Shelby Coomes, Shawn McKimmey, Abigail Goosey and Kayleigh Reinsbach, and approved contracts for Emilee Wells, Kate-Lynn Michael, Colter Julian and Danea Hanson. The motion to approve the consent agenda carried unanimously.
The board declared the meeting properly publicized under Policy 2008 and the Sheridan County Journal Star was noted as the method of publication. The meeting agenda was accepted as presented.
The agenda included a public forum listing Diana Robins and items described as "Celebration of Excellence" and several reports from building principals, activity and special education directors, the superintendent and board committees; the record provided does not include the content of those reports or remarks. The board also listed a set of policies for review (including policies on school resource officers, nondiscrimination, technology in the classroom, drones and communicable disease), the district strategic plan and facility improvements and planning; no formal action on those discussion items is recorded in the provided segments.
The board listed action items and an executive session on the agenda and set the next regular meeting for March 9, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m. on a unanimous vote.
