By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
The Hays USD 489 school board will consider the name for the new elementary school at its regular meeting at 6:30 tonight at the Rockwell Administration Center.
Hays Middle School will be remodeled into an elementary school as part of the bond issue improvements.
A new high school is being built, and middle school students will be moved to the current high school, which will be remodeled.
School officials are proposing to name the school Felten Elementary School.
Felten was previously used as the name of the building from 1981 to 2012 when the school was a middle school.
The school was renamed in honor Pete F. Felten, who played a key role in the development of Hays. Serving as mayor, he helped lay out and name the streets of Hays. He was the owner of Felten Truck Lines. Many people and organizations in the Hays community benefited from Pete Felten's generosity.
The new elementary school is set to open in fall 2026.
Superintendent Ron Wilson also will give a report about ongoing renovations at Roosevelt Elementary School.
The board also will consider a request for improvements at the baseball facility, a policy update on the use of school facilities by community groups and handbook reviews.
The handbook reviews will include base wages for classified staff.