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Riverton USD 404 board approves enrollment projections, personnel hires and vacancies
Summary
At its April 9 meeting the Riverton Board of Education approved USD 404 enrollment projections and nonresident capacity, accepted a coach's resignation, appointed a middle-school coach and approved elementary teaching hires for 2026-27. Motions carried unanimously on recorded votes.
The Riverton Unified School District #404 Board of Education approved its enrollment projections and nonresident enrollment capacity and approved multiple personnel actions at a regularly scheduled meeting on April 9, 2026.
Superintendent Kevin Cooper presented the district's enrollment projections and the nonresident enrollment capacity; board member Keeley Adams moved to approve the projections and capacity numbers as presented, Matt Darnaby seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. The transcript records the approval but does not specify the numerical projections or the capacity figures.
The board accepted a resignation from Tyler Larison as summer weights coach; the motion to accept the resignation was made by Matt Darnaby, seconded by Jeff Coleman, and carried unanimously.
The board approved filling a supplemental vacancy for Middle School Boys Basketball Coach with Aaron Watts. Judy Adams moved the appointment, Matt Darnaby seconded, and the motion carried unanimously.
For the 2026-27 school year the board approved two elementary teaching hires: Jenny Hagan for 1st grade (BS Step 1) and Alexis Durman for 4th grade (BS+15 Step 2—2); the motion was moved by Matt Darnaby, seconded by Keeley Adams and carried unanimously.
Board members moved and carried a consent agenda at the start of the meeting, including approval of the meeting agenda and minutes from March 12, 2026, and approved March expenses totaling $289,962.22.
The meeting record shows the board entered several executive sessions under the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA) to discuss non-elected personnel employment recommendations, teacher contract negotiations and preliminary discussion of real property acquisition; the board returned to open session at 8:15 p.m. The transcript records which staff were "retained" to remain during executive sessions but does not provide additional details or outcomes from those closed discussions.
The meeting adjourned at 8:22 p.m. The next regular board meeting is scheduled for May 14, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. in the Board of Education Office.
