Buhler board set Aug. 24 interviews to fill Laura Meyer Dick's seat, newly posted minutes show
Meyer Dick sat with the board for the vote adopting the resolution that set the timeline to replace her
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Sign up freeBuhler USD 313's board set an Aug. 24 special meeting to interview candidates for the seat Laura Meyer Dick resigned in July, according to minutes the district published Monday, Sept. 14. The minutes do not say who was appointed.
Meyer Dick submitted her resignation from Position 5 in Member District 2-5 — one of the geographic member districts from which Buhler's seven board members are elected — to the board clerk July 9, effective at the conclusion of the regular August board meeting. The minutes do not describe the area those boundaries cover.
The board voted 6-0 at its July 13 regular meeting, held at 6 p.m. at the Burkholder Administrative Center, to adopt Resolution 07-13-26 and to hold the Aug. 24 interview meeting at 6 p.m. Mike Green made the motion, seconded by Jessica Goering. Board member Todd Carr was absent, and the minutes record no statements from the audience.
The district has posted no minutes or other notice from the Aug. 24 special meeting, now three weeks past, and nothing in the material confirms it was held. The minutes describe Resolution 07-13-26 only as providing the timeline and procedure for filling the vacant seat, giving no application deadline and no appointment deadline, and they give no reason for the resignation.
The minutes carry a page footer date of 08/01/26, six weeks before they reached the public and two months after the meeting they record. In the same meeting's consent agenda, the board named The Hutchinson Tribune its official newspaper for 2026-2027 — the outlet where legal notices about the vacancy would run.
Governance turnover is running in parallel at Reno County's other large district, where the superintendent search process leads the Hutchinson USD 308 board's agenda Monday, Sept. 14.
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