If it’s the second week of July, it must be … time for Kansas school board reorganization meetings. This is the time of year they generally select new officers and start planning for the new school year. Missouri school boards — on the other hand — hold their reorganization meetings in the spring. The Kansas … Continue reading
Shawnee Mission School District’s Board of Education met Monday, June 25, at 7 p.m. In addition to routine agenda items — such as reviewing construction change orders and spending $49,000 to hire a lobbyist — board members had a full evening. They considered renewing the superintendent’s contract and changing district policies. Superintendent Gene Johnson’s contract was up for renewal this … Continue reading
Shawnee Mission School District’s Board of Education met Monday, June 11, at 7 p.m. In addition to routine agenda items — such as arranging transportation for homeless children and hearing an appeal by a student who was expelled — board members considered changing five district policies. Two of the proposed policy changes were on last month’s agenda, as well. Generally, school … Continue reading
Shawnee Mission School District’s Board of Education will meet Wednesday, May 30, at 7 p.m. In addition to routine agenda items — such as reviewing bids for the annual elevator service contract and purchasing fruit smoothies — board members will hire school resource officers and consider changing district policies. According to the consent agenda, Superintendent Gene Johnson is recommending approval of … Continue reading
Shawnee Mission School District’s Board of Education met Monday, May 14, at 7 p.m. In addition to routine agenda items — such as approving worker’s compensation claims and purchasing musical instruments — board members considered changing district policies. Superintendent Gene Johnson proposed one revised policy and six new ones. Proposed for revision was the “Agenda” policy. Johnson suggested that the board … Continue reading
Shawnee Mission School District’s Board of Education will meet Monday, April 23, at 7 p.m. In addition to routine agenda items, such as reviewing bids for athletic field turf resprigging and a walk-in cooler, board members will consider purchasing textbooks and approving district policies. If the board approves spending $108,000 on science and reading textbooks, the district will … Continue reading
Shawnee Mission School District’s Board of Education met Monday, April 9, at 7 p.m. Board members devoted most of tonight’s meeting to the routine but necessary responsibilities of governance, such as authorizing construction change orders and reviewing bids from vendors wishing to sell milk, pizza and sub sandwiches to the district. Action items on the agenda included proclamations honoring National … Continue reading
Shawnee Mission School District’s Board of Education will meet Monday, March 26, at 7 p.m. Board members will devote most of tomorrow night’s meeting to the routine but necessary responsibilities of governance, such as overseeing personnel changes and review bids for purchases of items such as portable classrooms. Action items on the agenda include proclaiming April to be National School … Continue reading
Shawnee Mission School District’s Board of Education will meet Monday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. According to the agenda, board members have a fairly routine schedule tonight. There are only three topics on the action agenda. Two are proclamations, one in honor of Youth Art Month and the other in honor of Substitute Teacher Recognition Week. A third action item … Continue reading
Shawnee Mission School District’s Board of Education met Monday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. According to the agenda, board members had a fairly routine schedule last night. There was one topic on the action agenda, and that was only a proclamation regarding Career and Technical Education Month. In addition, the ACI-Frangkiser Hutchens architectural firm was scheduled to provide an update … Continue reading