USD 308 board to hear 'Future Budgets' presentation, discuss superintendent search in first meeting since $36 million bond defeat

Hutchinson USD 308 board members will get a look at the district's future budgets Monday, Nov. 9, at their first meeting since voters rejected a $36 million bond, and will meet privately on the search for a new superintendent.

The published agenda lists the "Future Budgets" presentation without figures or a summary.

The state approved the district's $36 million bond application in September before voters turned it down. The defeat follows the failure of a larger bond issue the year before. Citizen Journal reported that the board reviewed a facilities assessment at its Aug. 24 meeting and weighed construction manager submittals in late September.

The executive session on the superintendent search, a closed-door discussion of personnel, comes early in the meeting, right after public participation. The agenda lists it as an action item, which allows the board to act once it returns to open session.

The search process led the board's agenda in September as the district prepares to replace Superintendent Dawn Johnson, who is retiring. Johnson is scheduled to give an update later in the meeting, ahead of a second executive session on negotiations.

The board will vote on health insurance and on scheduling special board meetings.

The superintendent's consent agenda, a group of items typically approved in a single vote, includes a new fee schedule for groups that use district facilities, Number Worlds supplemental material, and grants and gifts to schools. Routine business includes the Oct. 26 meeting minutes, October accounts payable and a personnel report.

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