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USD 438 board approves administrative contracts, staffing lists, gifted-services contract and open-enrollment caps
Summary
At its April 14, 2025 meeting the U.S.D. 438 Board of Education approved administrative contracts for 2025–27, accepted staff resignations, approved licensed and classified staffing lists for 2025–26, contracted with SCKSEC for gifted services, and adopted open-enrollment class caps as presented.
Rex Robinson, president of the Board of Education of U.S.D. 438, presided over a meeting on April 14, 2025 at which members approved a series of personnel and program actions to set school operations for 2025–26.
The board accepted the resignation of teacher Hannah Barilla, effective May 19, 2025, and the resignation of middle school volleyball coach and cheer sponsor Ashton Kendall, effective May 14, 2025. The resignations were approved on a motion by David McComb, seconded by Jerry DeWeese; the minutes record the motion as carried.
The board approved administrative contracts effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, for Diane House as PK–5 principal and middle-school co-principal and for Steven Novotny as high-school principal and middle-school co-principal. The board also approved Becca Flowers as interim superintendent for July 1, 2025–Dec. 31, 2025, and named Steven Novotny superintendent effective Jan. 1, 2026–June 30, 2027. The motion to approve the contracts was made by David McComb and seconded by Nicole Curtis and was recorded as carried.
On staffing, the board approved an attached licensed teaching staff list and an attached classified staff list for 2025–26; both approvals were moved by David McComb and recorded as carried (attachments were referenced in the minutes but not reproduced in the record provided).
On programming, the board voted to contract with SCKSEC to provide gifted services for the 2025–26 school year. Jerry DeWeese moved the contract motion, which Mark Graber seconded; the motion carried.
The board also adopted the proposed open-enrollment class cap numbers as presented. David McComb moved the open-enrollment motion and Allen Smith seconded it; the minutes state the motion carried but do not list the adopted cap numbers.
All formal motions in the minutes are recorded as "motion carried" with no roll-call tallies in the text. The minutes list seven board members present: Nicole Curtis, Jerry DeWeese, Dustin Eubank, Mark Graber, David McComb, Rex Robinson and Allen Smith.
The board did not record any abstentions or recorded dissent in the minutes provided. Documentation referenced in the minutes (staff lists, fee schedules) was not attached to the provided transcript.
