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Goessel USD 411 board approves Cengage math curriculum, capacity limits and personnel retirements
Summary
At its Feb. 10 meeting, the Goessel USD 411 Board of Education approved a $14,291.55 Cengage math curriculum purchase, set grade-level capacity limits for 2025–26, accepted two retirements, and agreed to pay up to five snow days per year for hourly employees.
The Goessel USD 411 Board of Education approved several routine but consequential items at its regular meeting on Feb. 10, 2025, at Goessel Elementary School, including a $14,291.55 purchase of math curriculum resources from Cengage Learning and updates to staffing and operational policies.
The board voted unanimously to adopt grade-level capacity limits for the 2025–26 school year, with the only change affecting the district’s pre‑K program. Board member Bryant Miller moved the motion, which was seconded by Paige Conquest and carried 7–0.
On personnel matters, the board approved the retirement of Scott Taylor effective at the end of the 2024–25 school year. Sara Hiebert moved the motion; Patrick Flaming seconded, and the motion carried 7–0. The board also approved the retirement/resignation of Mark Crawford, with Ben Schrag moving and Sara Hiebert seconding; that motion also carried 7–0.
The board approved math curriculum resources from Cengage Learning for $14,291.55. The motion to purchase the materials was made by Ben Schrag, seconded by Kyle Funk and carried 7–0. Brian Lightner presented information about the proposed curriculum during the special presentations portion of the meeting and left at 7:15 p.m.
On a personnel-adjacent operational policy, the board approved paying hourly employees for up to five snow days per year. Sara Hiebert moved the measure, Ben Schrag seconded, and the motion carried 7–0.
Earlier in the meeting the board approved the consent agenda — which included prior minutes, a cash summary, a check listing of $279,426.66, activity fund statements and a district credit card usage report showing $1,509.59 — on a single motion by Ben Schrag and seconded by Bryant Miller.
The board also held a series of executive sessions under the Kansas Open Meetings Act exception for non‑elected personnel to discuss an individual employee’s performance. The minutes record several entries into and returns from executive session between 8:11 p.m. and 8:53 p.m.; no formal action arising from those sessions is recorded in the open-meeting minutes.
The meeting adjourned at 8:53 p.m. The board scheduled its next regular meeting for March 10, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.
