NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson USD 308 Superintendent Dr. Dawn Johnson talked to the Board of Education at their meeting Monday night about attempting to put the meetings for the Facility Steering Committee on the nights of the first board meetings in the month, normally the second Mondays of the month.
"If we could keep the first board meeting of the month to consent agenda," Johnson said. "It probably would also mean moving public participation to the second board meeting of the month. We don't often have it, but if we did, if there was a hot topic, keep the first board meeting of the month to kind of consent agenda, put the heavy stuff on the second board meeting of the month, which is kind of how it's been going, then have the three that are on the facility committee, so Lance Patterson, Greg Meredith and Laura Corey would have time to close up the meeting and then travel to wherever they have the meetings at different schools."
The plan would be to have the Steering Committee meet at the different buildings that are being considered for changes.
"The goal would be that we would feed them, we're looking at about 30 people on this steering committee," Johnson said. "We would feed them, about 30 minutes, so 6:30 to 7, roughly, 6:15 to 6:45, we'll still look at what the times are, and then about a 90 minute meeting after that."
There is a lot of interest from parents in serving on the committee so far.
"I do want to make sure that we are, again, representative, in age, gender and ethnicity, location," Johnson said. "We want to make sure that we have a good representation of our community."
This will be a lengthy process.
"Once a month for about a year," Johnson said. "Then we'll, of course, have reports to the board as that goes through and I'm sure they will, as well."
The they Johnson is referring to is the architect Schafer Johnson Cox Frey. If you'd like to be a part of the committee, call Johnson at (620) 615-4009 to provide your name and contact information.
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