By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
The Hays USD 489 school district will hear a report on bond funds at its meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Rockwell Administration Center.
The board is set to vote on a motion to receive $101,708 in contingency funds that were not used in the Hays Middle School renovation project.
The two remaining bond-funded projects include a renovation and addition at O'Loughlin Elementary School. Work is ongoing on that project. Work is set to start on the renovation of the former middle school into a four-section elementary school, Felten Elementary School.
Dustin Avey, managing director/co-head of public finance with Piper Sandler & Co. Public Finance Investment Banking, will join the meeting virtually to review bond repayment mill levy analysis and bond project fund interest estimates.
Hays High Principal Shawn Henderson will give the board an update on the school's new cell phone policy.
The school board will review notice of property sale for 7.23 acres of district-owned property at 201 W. 29th St., adjacent to the former middle school. That sale was approved for sale at the board's Dec. 19 meeting.
Other business includes:
• A second reading on Kansas Association of School Boards recommended policy changes
• An HVAC preventive maintenance service agreement with Glassman Corp. to add equipment at O'Loughlin, Roosevelt and Hays Middle schools for $66,520 annually
• Consideration of the addition of a student support specialist position at Felten Elementary, starting with the 2026-27 school year
• Election of president and vice-president of the board for 2026