Updates on capital projects and other facility matters are ahead for the USD 253 Emporia Board of Education.
Board members will get an overall update along with specific information about boiler repairs at both Riverside and Timmerman elementary schools. Separately, the board will consider an administrative leeway request to spend $30,000 for plumbing repairs at Emporia High.
In other business, the board will discuss whether to continue subsidizing the costs for reduced-price school meals after starting that process last year. Board members will get an overview of Extended School Year services for students with disabilities.
Concurrent partnerships with Emporia State University and Flint Hills Technical College will be handled during the consent agenda, where several items can be approved with one vote. Three executive sessions are planned, two for attorney consultation and one for personnel matters.
The meeting starts at 6 pm Wednesday at Mary Herbert Education Center.
With the district’s Jump Start taking place Tuesday and the first official day of classes Wednesday, Superintendent Allison Anderson-Harder will discuss the start of classes during KVOE’s Newsmaker segment at 7:20 am Tuesday. Emporia Police Capt. Ray Mattas will also discuss back-to-school safety matters for the Newsmaker 3 segment around 8:40 am Tuesday.
Local/area start of classes
The next two weeks will be extremely busy for schools as students begin classes:
*Tuesday/Wednesday: USD 253 Emporia. Jump Start is Tuesday for new students to the district or their respective buildings. Wednesday is the first official day of classes.
*Tuesday: USD 454 Burlingame, USD 456 Marais des Cygnes Valley
*Wednesday: USD 245 Southern Coffey County, USD 386 Madison-Virgil
*Thursday: Sacred Heart School, USD 243 Lebo-Waverly, USD 417 Morris County
*Friday: USD 420 Osage City
*Aug. 20: USD 252 Southern Lyon County
*Aug. 21: Emporia Christian School, USD 251 North Lyon County
*Aug. 22: USD 244 Burlington, USD 284 Chase County, USD 330 Mission Valley, USD 389 Eureka, USD 421 Lyndon, USD 434 Santa Fe Trail
KVOE and KVOE.com will have local and education news through the academic year.
