May 11, 2021

USD 308 Board approves ‘Leader in Me’

Posted May 11, 2021 11:58 AM

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson USD 308 Board of Education Monday (May 10, 2021) approved one year of funding for piloting the Leader in Me curriculum for eight of its schools during a regular meeting.

Leader in Me is designed for K-12 students and fits in with the district’s two primary focuses for the Kansas Education Systems Accreditation, which are rigor and relevance. The curriculum was created by the same organization that developed 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The program is based on the See-Do-Get Cycle. When a person changes the way things are seen, it influences what the individual does and the results the person gets.

Earlier this spring, district administrators went through the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People training as background for the new initiative. Schools that will pilot Leader in Me are Hutchinson High School, HMS-8, HMS-7, Wiley, Hutchinson Magnet School at Allen, Graber, Faris and McCandless.

In other action, the Board:

Approved continuing the use of Newsela in the district.

Approved the purchase of furniture for the Parents as Teachers and Head Start programs.

Set a special Board meeting at 6 p.m. on June 7 for RSP to present on the status of its comprehensive facilities study for the district.

Approved minutes for the April 26, 2021, Board meeting.

Approved the accounts payable report for April 2021.

Approved the annual Skyward Student renewal for 2021-22. Skyward is the district’s student management system and electronic gradebook.

Approved the annual Filewave renewal for 2021-22.

Approved submitted grant requests.

Held executive sessions for non-elected personnel and negotiations.

Personnel Report

The Board approved the following personnel changes in the district.

Hired

Paige Stewart, Assistant Coach Volleyball, Hutchinson High School, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Heather Sazama, Instructional Support Teacher, Faris, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Crystal Allmon, Instructional Support Teacher, Graber, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Micah Mikulecky, Social Studies Teacher, HMS-7, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Adriene White, Grade 3, McCandless, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Morgan Furnish, Grade 4, McCandless, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Christina Whitmer, Grade 5, McCandless, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Kim Theede, Grade 4, HMS at Allen, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Kaitlyn Pearson, Grade-TBD, Morgan, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Traci Bergmeier, 7-12 Virtual School Teacher, Avenue A, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Brooks Armstrong, Assistant Coach Boys' Basketball, HMS-7, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Alex Rodriguez, Assistant Coach Volleyball, HMS-7, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Katie Winkle, Instructional Support Teacher, McCandless, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Jena Hobbs, Head Start Teacher, Hutcherson Center, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Erin Ontjes, 7-12 Virtual School Teacher, Avenue A, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Sheila Meggers, Director of Finance, Administration Center, effective July 1, 2021

Benjamin Brown, Social Studies Teacher, Hutchinson High School, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Casey Clapp, Grade 1, McCandless, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Taylor Martens, Head Coach Cheerleading, Hutchinson High School, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Nash Mayes, Summer Trades, SSC, effective June 1, 2021

Weston Kraus, Summer Trades, SSC, effective June 1, 2021

Tom Vieyra, Summer Trades, SSC, effective June 1, 2021

Byron Westerman, Summer Trades, SSC, effective June 1, 2021

Bennett Turner, Summer Grounds, SSC, effective June 1, 2021

Trenton Turner, Summer Grounds, SSC, effective June 1, 2021

Aliana McCaskey, Summer Painting, SSC, effective June 1, 2021

Sarah Kelsey, Summer Painting, SSC, effective June 1, 2021

Macy Mattheyer, Certified OT Assistant, ESC, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Gabrielle Quinonez, Resource Room Para, Lincoln Elementary, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Carmen Ramirez, Substitute Nurse, District, TBD

Laurie Anderson, HR Specialist, Ad Center, effective July 1, 2021

Resignations

Holly Hobert, Assistant Coach Volleyball, Hutchinson High School, effective May 26, 2021

Holly Hobert, Assistant Coach Softball, Hutchinson High School, effective May 26, 2021

Aubray Magnusson, Speech Language Pathologist, Educational Service Center, effective May 27, 2021

Amy Schmidt, Speech Language Pathologist, Educational Service Center, effective June 24, 2021

Erica Penrose, Music Teacher, Morgan, effective May 27, 2021

Jacob Gunden, Social Studies Teacher, Hutchinson High School, effective April 27, 2021

Ashlynn Embers, Grade 4, McCandless, effective May 27, 2021

Wanda Schmitz, Building Secretary, Wiley Elementary, effective end of the 2020-21 school year

Richard Marlow, F/T Custodial Substitute, District, effective May 28, 2021

Nancy Horning, RR Para, Morgan Elementary, effective end of the 2020-21 school year

Retirement

Lynnette Krieger-Zook, Early Childhood Disabilities Consultant, Hutcherson Center, effective June 1, 2021

Position Changes

Amanda Shea, from Head Start Teacher at Hutcherson Center to Early Childhood Disabilities Consultant at Hutcherson Center, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Darcy Raker, from Special Education-IRR Teacher at Faris to Instructional Support Teacher at Faris, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Rita Limon, from Grade 6 at Morgan to Grade 2 at Wiley, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Jessica Self, from Instructional Support Teacher at HMS at Allen/Wiley to Instructional Support Teacher at Wiley, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Carol Stockton, from Grade 2 at Wiley to Instructional Support Teacher at Wiley, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Cadi Smith, from Family Liaison Social Worker at Ad Center to Social Worker at Morgan, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

David Jantzen, from Social Studies/Special Ed Teacher at MidTown Center to Social Studies Teacher at Avenue A School, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Lori Arguelles, from English Language Arts/Special Ed Teacher at MidTown Center to English Language Arts Teacher at Avenue A School, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Angela Engel, from Special Education-IRR Teacher at HMS-7 to Special Education-IRR Teacher at Avenue A School, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Kristy Farley, from Special Education-IRR Teacher at ESC to Special Education-IRR Teacher at Faris, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Jennifer Ramirez, from Special Education-BSS Teacher at McCandless to Special Education-IRR Teacher at HMS-8, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Brittany Mann, from Special Education-IRR Teacher at McCandless to Special Education-BSS Teacher at McCandless, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Brylee Soule, from Special Education-Modified Teacher at Morgan to Special Education-IRR Teacher at HMS-7, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Emily Strobel, from Instructional Support Teacher at McCandless to Instructional Support Teacher at HMS at Allen, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Heidi Keller, from CSS Para at McCandless to CSS Para - Graber, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Sally Bailey, from Media Services at the Ad Center to Copy Clerk at Support Services, effective July 1, 2021

Tricia Campbell, from Para at Faris to CSS Para at Wiley, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Danielle Vedder, from PRN Sub Nurse for the District to P/T Nurse at Faris, effective start of the 2021-22 School Year

Gifts to Schools

The Board formally accepted the following gifts and thanked donors.

Goodie bags for staff from Eastwood Church to Morgan Elementary School.

School supplies from Midwest Super Store for students and staff at Morgan.

School supplies from Walmart for students and staff at Morgan.

$35 worth of books from P.E.O. Chapter HQ to the Morgan library.

$775 from the Rimmer Fund at the Hutchinson Community Foundation to Morgan for student needs.

Books titled “What a Waste” to the district’s elementary schools from the Hutchinson Area Retired School Personnel Association.

Medium cherry limeade drink tokens and reward cards from Midway Motors to Morgan for Teacher Appreciation Week.

Next Meeting

The next regular meeting of the Board will be May 24.