By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
The Hays school board will meet at 6:30 Monday to discuss republishing its budget for the 2019-20 school year.
The meeting will not be open to the public because of social distancing restrictions. It can be viewed on Facebook Live from the district's Facebook page.
The district is proposing allowing for spending of an additional $400,000 for at-risk education and another $15,000 for professional development.
Once a school district publishes its budget, it can't spend more than that amount unless it conducts another budget hearing and republishes its budget.
The district has set a hearing for May 18 on the revised budget.
Roosevelt HVAC
The board also will hear an update on the Roosevelt HVAC system.
Rusted pipes were recently found throughout Roosevelt's heating and cooling system. The chiller and other components of the system are also failing.
The district is working with an engineer to develop plans to replace the HVAC system in summer 2021.
Special education
Chris Hipp, director of the West Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative, will report to the school board on the FY20 and FY21 budgets.
Hipp in his written report to the board indicated the cooperative will need an additional $225,000 from the member districts in FY21.
This includes Hays, Ellis, Victoria and La Crosse.
The board will also hear reports from Jessica Yonker, nutrition services, director on the grab-and-go meal program and from Joey Linn, Fort Hays State University vice president for Student Affairs, and Dennis King, FHSU assistant vice-president for Student Affairs, about concurrent classes with Hays High School.
In other business, the board will:
- Appoint a team for teacher negotiations.
- Discuss student technology devices
- Hear information on the Learning Center program and the software Edgunity which is up for renewal
- Discuss summer school fees
- Discuss the superintendent evaluation process