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Stanton County USD 452 board holds multiple closed sessions on superintendent search; no appointment recorded
Summary
The Unified School District #452 Board of Education met May 29, 2025, and unanimously approved the agenda before repeatedly entering executive session to discuss the superintendent search. Candidate Shelly Swayne attended portions of the closed sessions; the minutes do not record any hire or appointment.
The Unified School District #452 Board of Education in Johnson, Kansas, met May 29, 2025, and repeatedly entered executive session to discuss its superintendent search, according to the meeting minutes. Board President Lettie Nickell presided over the special meeting, which opened at 5:00 p.m.
The board unanimously approved the meeting agenda after a motion by board member Bobbie Ehrlich and a second from Chantry Scott; the minutes record the vote as 7-0. The stated purpose for subsequent closed sessions was "to discuss the superintendent’s search and to protect the rights of the individuals." President Lettie Nickell made the executive-session motions; motions were seconded at different points by Paige German and Chantry Scott, and each was recorded as passing 7-0.
The minutes describe three separate executive-session entries. The first motion, recorded in the minutes, directed a 45-minute executive session beginning at 5:00 p.m. with candidate Shelly Swayne and Board Clerk Melissa Wilson joining; the minutes then note the board was "Out of Session at 5:20 p.m." and took a break from 5:20–5:30 p.m. A later motion directed a one-hour session beginning at 5:30 p.m. with Shelly Swayne joining; the minutes show Shelly left the meeting at 6:28 p.m. and list an "Out of Session at 6:28 p.m." with a break until 6:36 p.m. The record also includes a third executive-session motion that states a 60-minute session beginning at 5:00 p.m. and an "Out of Session 7:36 p.m." The minutes present overlapping and inconsistent start and end times for those entries; the board minutes themselves record those times and the apparent discrepancies.
No formal vote to appoint a superintendent, no hiring decision, and no personnel action were recorded in the minutes provided. The document shows the meeting closed with a section for board comments and adjournment and is signed by Lettie Nickell, Board President, and Melissa Wilson, Board Clerk.
The minutes identify the candidate present as Shelly Swayne; Melissa Wilson is listed as Board Clerk. The board members listed as present were Lettie Nickell, Bret Kendrick, Rhett Seyb, Paige German, Bobbie Ehrlich, Val Zumudio and Chantry Scott. The minutes do not specify any next steps or a timeline for further action on the superintendent search.
