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Fowler school board approves auditor, posts vacancy and OKs consent items
Summary
At its March 10 meeting the Fowler Public Schools Board of Education approved a consent agenda of routine items, selected Kennedy McKee as the district’s auditor for next year and voted to advertise an open board vacancy; all motions passed 5-0. The board also entered executive session to discuss a superintendent/principal search.
TJ Milford, chair of the Fowler Public Schools Board of Education, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Monday at Fowler Elementary School.
The board first adopted the agenda as amended after a motion by Travis Sutterfield, board member, and a second from Jeff Zortman, board member; the vote was 5-0. The board then approved a consent agenda covering minutes from Feb. 10 and Feb. 24, financial reports and payments, gifts and grants, dual-credit scholarship applications, renewal of the Mystery Science curriculum, a donation of a glockenspiel to "Park of the Arts," Douglass Roofing repairs, a high school boiler circulation pump bearing replacement, and Pryor’s proposal for dome fire sprinkler maintenance. TJ Milford moved to approve the consent agenda and Jeff Zortman seconded; the motion carried 5-0.
Corri McDowell, a district staff member, delivered district updates including an enrollment update; the transcript does not include specific enrollment figures. The Special Education Cooperative reported no items.
On old business the board discussed legal information related to an exterior door project and reviewed a dome inspection report; the meeting record lists those topics on the agenda but does not include technical details in the transcript.
The board voted to retain Kennedy McKee as the district’s auditor for the next year. Travis Sutterfield moved to approve using Kennedy McKee; TJ Milford seconded and the motion carried 5-0.
In new business the board discussed the proposed 2025–2026 district calendar (details not recorded in the transcript) and voted to post an open board position. TJ Milford moved to advertise the vacancy; Cathy Heinz, board member, seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
The board entered executive session to discuss personnel matters of non‑elected personnel in connection with a Superintendent/Principal search pursuant to the Kansas Open Meetings Act; the transcript contains two motions to enter executive session that state slightly different resumption times. TJ Milford reconvened the open meeting at 8:21 p.m., and the board adjourned at 8:22 p.m. after a motion by Travis Sutterfield and a second by TJ Milford that passed 5-0.
The meeting record lists members present as TJ Milford, Dana Bartezko, Cathy Heinz, Travis Sutterfield and Jeff Zortman; also present were Corri McDowell, Raquel Saucedo and Stephen Wiseman (via Google Meet).
