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Wauneta-Palisade board reappoints officers, approves $356,537.71 in expenditures and accepts two teacher resignations
Summary
At its Jan. 12 meeting in Wauneta, the Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools Board reappointed its 2026 officers, approved $356,537.71 in district expenditures (payroll $295,970.06; GF accounts payable $60,567.65), accepted the 2025 superintendent evaluation and accepted two teacher resignations effective at the end of the 2025–26 school year.
The Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools Board of Education reorganized leadership for 2026, approved district expenditures totaling $356,537.71 and accepted two teacher resignations at a regular meeting on Jan. 12 in Wauneta.
President Allison Sandman called the meeting to order at 5:01 p.m. and the board reappointed the current slate of officers for 2026: Allison Sandman as president, Laurie Maris as vice president, Marty Wheeler as secretary and John Jutten as treasurer. The motion to reappoint the officers was made by John Jutten, seconded by Laurie Maris and passed unanimously.
The reappointments included committee assignments for 2026. President Sandman reappointed members to Transportation (Wheeler, Jutten, McKinney); Negotiations (Sandman, Jutten, Maris); Budget (Maris, Sandman); Building/Grounds (Wheeler, McKinney, Fanning); Personnel (Sandman, Maris, Wheeler); Policy (Sandman, Fanning); and Instruction/Americanism (Maris, Sandman).
During public comment, Mandi Kramer, treasurer of the WP School Foundation, presented a check to the district to pay for rubberized mulch for the new playground area.
On scheduled action items the board appointed Marj Rundback as the board recording secretary (motion by John Jutten, second by Marty Wheeler) and designated the McCook Daily Gazette as the district’s official publication, Sandhills State Bank as official depository and Perry Law Firm as the district’s legal counsel (motion by Laurie Maris, second by Hondo Fanning). The board approved and signed the Dec. 15, 2025 regular meeting minutes (motion by Laurie Maris, second by John Jutten).
The board accepted the monthly budget reports and approved district expenditures with payroll totaling $295,970.06 and general fund accounts payable of $60,567.65, for a combined total of $356,537.71. The expenditure motion was made by Laurie Maris and seconded by Allison Sandman; the vote was recorded as unanimous.
The board accepted the 2025 superintendent evaluation (motion by Aaron McKinney, second by John Jutten) and accepted resignations from teachers Nancy Sorensen and Kristy Vapenik, effective at the end of the 2025–26 school year (motion by Allison Sandman, second by Laurie Maris). Both motions passed with unanimous votes.
Superintendent Geier reported upcoming meetings including an NSAA district meeting and an RPAC superintendent meeting. Principal Frecks said the district will host the first round of RPAC basketball tournaments on Jan. 23–24 and noted two students were recently welcomed into the district. President Sandman also reported that ESU 15 met that day and reminded the board of an ESU 15/16 board member workshop on Jan. 13 and upcoming NASB events.
The board entered executive session for personnel matters at 5:28 p.m. and returned to open session at 6:10 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 6:31 p.m. The next regular board meeting is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. MT/6:00 p.m. CT.
