HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson USD 308 School Board met with the Kansas Association of School Boards during study session Monday evening. The meeting came as part of the board's regular agenda session.
The organization’s staff talked about how KASB governance works. Currently, USD 308 is the only district in Kansas to use the Coherent Governance model of school board governance. The district adopted Coherent Governance in 2009. Both models are very similar, but Coherent Governance has additional reporting requirements from district staff to the Board each year known as “results” and “operational expectations” reports. The Board could choose to implement the KASB system and still retain some of the reports. No action was taken.
Also Monday, It’s not every day a gift to the school district fills a room with the smells of happy childhood memories. But the gift John Wills from Halstead gave to district third grade classrooms filled the Administration Center with the aroma of fresh-cut cedar – wooden logs that can be fashioned into houses.
The board formally accepted and thanked Wills for the donation of 32 sets of notched wooden logs that can be fashioned into small houses. Wills hand-crafted the house sets in his home shop. This is the second time Wills has donated the log houses to the district.
Also Monday the board met in executive session to discuss negotiations with the KNEA and voted to rescind all COVID protocols.
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