During the July 15, 2024 USD489 Board of Education (BOE) meeting, Superintendent Ron Wilson informed the Board a full tour of both bond construction sites (Hays High and Roosevelt Elementary) is scheduled for the expected day-long August 5, 2024 BOE Retreat and Work Session.
Donald Trump in an unusual speech accepting the GOP presidential nomination Thursday at the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention gave a detailed account about the attempt on his life last weekend when a gunman shot at him during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
Assistant Superintendent Chris Hipp informed the USD489 Board of Education (BOE) on July 15, 2024 that the District’s Fiscal Year 2025 (FY 25) Budget is expected to exceed the revenue neutral tax rate (RNTR) He explained that if the dollar amount of the mill levy goes up over the previous year, the 2021 State RNTR statute requires additional steps for approval. According to Assistant Superintendent Hipp, several factors contribute to a mill levy going up. However, he stated that the reductions in State money are the main reason the USD489 FY 25 Budget will exceed the RNTR.
The USD489 Board of Education (BOE) performed its “first read” of the 2024-2025 Student Handbooks during the BOE’s July 15, 2024 meeting. The updated handbook drafts were not made available to the public. However as Superintendent Ron Wilson presented the revisions, he stated that few changes had been made, with the notable exception that parents will have call every day to notify the District of student sick-absences.
USD489 Board of Education (BOE), with a 5-2 vote on July 15, 2024, renewed Board Attorney Bill Jeter’s contract.
The Rev. Bobby Love of Second Baptist Church endorsed a campaign Thursday to awaken Kansans to the threat of white Christian nationalism and press for wider appreciation of how democracy could be damaged by a movement intent on undermining inclusive communities.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and Kansas Medicaid secured $2.5 million for school-based services, including funding for in-school mental health services, increased outreach and enrolling more families in Medicaid.
Air travel, banking, media and hospital systems are just some of the industries affected by a bug in a software update that has scrambled business operations for many globally Friday morning.
On July 15,2024, USD489 Board of Education (BOE) took less than ten minutes to elect Curt Vajnar as President and Jayme Goetz as Vice President for the coming year.
The International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) honored Jessica Albers, MFS, BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P. with the Virginia A. Lynch Pioneer Award in Forensic Nursing, the Association’s highest award, at a presentation held at Hays Medical Center (HaysMed) in Hays, Kansas on Friday, June 28, 2024. Albers is Sexual Assault/Forensic Nurse Examiner at Hays Medical Center. The award is named for Virginia Lynch, known globally as the “mother of forensic nursing.”