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Board of Ed. Agenda for May 12 Meeting
Unified School District 234
424 South Main
Fort Scott, KS 66701-2697
www.usd234.org
620-223-0800 Fax 620-223-2760
DESTRY BROWN
Superintendent
BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING
May 12, 2025 – 5:30 P.M.
AGENDA SUMMARY WITH COMMENTARY
1.0 Call Meeting to Order David Stewart, President
2.0 Flag Salute
3.0 Approval of the Official Agenda (Action Item)
4.0 Approval of the Consent Agenda (Action Item)
4.1 Board Minutes
04-14-25
04-22-25
4.2 Financials – Cash Flow Report
4.3 Check Register
4.4 Payroll – April 18, 2025 – $1,686,779.39
4.5 Activity Funds Accounts
4.6 USD 234 Gifts
4.7 Middle School Student Council Fundraising
4.8 Washington Workshop Extended Trip
5.0 Recognitions
6.0 Leadership Reports (Information/Discussion Item)
6.1 Superintendent’s Report
6.2 Assistant Superintendent’s Report
6.3 Special Education Director’s Report
7.0 New Business
7.1 Contract for Occupational Therapy Services with Outreach Occupational Therapy, LLC
for the 2025-26 School Year (Action Item)
7.2 KASB Membership Renewal (Action Item)
7.3 Set Capacity for Nonresident Student Enrollment Capacity
7.4 Greenbush Contracts for Low-Incidence and Audiology for 2025-26 school year (Action)
7.5 Community Health Center School Based Health Care Service Contract
7.6 Satchel Pulse Social Emotional Learning proposal
7.7 Adoption of Curriculum Resources and Materials for English Language Arts and Foreign
Language
8.0 Public Forum
9.0 Other Business – Personnel Matters – Time __________
9.1 Enter Executive Session – Personnel Matters (Action Item)
9.2 Exit Executive Session – _______ (Time)
9.3 Approve Resignations/Employment of Licensed/Supplemental
9.4 Approval of Classified Personnel Report #1 (Action Item)
9.5 Approval of Classified Personnel Report #2 (Action Item)
10.0 Adjourn Meeting _____ (Time) David Stewart, President
Memorial Service For Sharon Miller
Sharon Kay Miller,81, of Fort Scott, most recently Tallahassee, Florida, passed away on February 4, 2025. There was cremation. A memorial service will be held at 11:30 AM Wednesday, May 21st, at the Cheney Witt Chapel.
Burial will follow in the U. S. National Cemetery in Ft. Scott, Kansas. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 Tuesday evening May 20th, at the funeral home.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Ft. Scott, Kansas. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com
Kenneth Lee Peterson, age 101, a longtime resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, went home to Heaven Wednesday, May 7, 2025, just a few weeks shy of his 102nd birthday. He was born May 31, 1923, the son of John Lemuel Peterson and Florence Edith Farmer Peterson.
He graduated from the Fort Scott High School and was then drafted into military service during World War II. Kenneth served with the Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946 where he was stationed in Burma and India. Following his military service, he returned to Ft. Scott where he was united in marriage to Marie Elizabeth Judy on March 8, 1946.
Early on he worked for Bruce Marble and Granite Works and then for Mid-America Printing which later became Ennis Business Forms. Following his retirement from printing, Kenneth continued to keep busy. He built his own home, worked in the garden, tended to his beehives, and enjoyed tinkering in his workshop and doing woodworking projects. He also worked part-time doing maintenance work for Iron Quill Estates.
As a young family man, he surrendered his life to Jesus Christ and has done his best to faithfully serve Him throughout the remainder of his life. He faithfully attended the Parkway Church of God (Holiness). He was also a staunch supporter of Ft. Scott Christian Heights and was proud of the many family members who graduated from that school. Although parting is painful, his family finds comfort knowing that he is safe in the presence of Jesus.
Survivors include five children, Kenneth L. “Sonny” Peterson (Betty) of Ft. Scott, Patricia Harris (James) of Pittsburg, Kansas, Marilyn Cornell (Bob) of Ft. Scott, Rodney Peterson (Heather) of Nappanee, Ontario, Canada and Melinda Teed (Rick) of Kalispell, Montana. Also surviving are a son-in-law, Raymond Mauck of Pittsburg, Kansas, ten grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren with one more on the way.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Marie, on September 11, 2013. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Sharon Mauck, a granddaughter, Tanya Tiethoff, and two brothers, James Harold Peterson and Junior L. Peterson.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, May 20th at the Parkway Church of God (Holiness), 1111 State Ave., Ft. Scott, Kansas.
Burial with military honors will follow in the U. S. National Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 P.M. Monday at the Cheney Witt Chapel.
Memorials are suggested to the Peterson Family Memorial Fund at Ft. Scott Christian Heights and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.
Bo Co Commission Special Meeting is May 12
There will be a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners on Monday, May 12th at 12:00 PM.
Topic of discussion is for non-elected personnel with possible action.
Unselfishness by Patty LaRoche
Author: A Little Faith Lift…Finding Joy Beyond Rejection
www.alittlefaithlift.com
AWSA (Advanced Writers & Speakers Assoc.)
Last night, I attended a T-ball game to watch Joey, a four-year-old, swing away at a rubber ball placed chest-high on a batting tee. The rest of the time, he stood at attention in the infield, moving only when a ball landed between his feet and the coach told him to pick it up and throw it to first. His mother is a childhood friend of my granddaughter, and I went to play “grandparent” since her parents live several hours away.
Joey isn’t fond of the game. He is the shortest player on the Grasshoppers’ team and rarely has a ball hit his direction. This night was different. “Did you see me, Mom? Did you see me, Dad? I caught the ball and threw it.” A first for the little guy.
From that point on, Joey covered the entire field. From left field to center field to third base, if the ball was hit, he sprinted to be part of the group that tackled each other to come up with the prize. I remember with great fondness our sons doing the same, and last night, I could not stop smiling.
But what really caught my attention was another teammate of Joey who was a head taller than all the other players and clearly had some baseball skills. Instead of showing off his arm, however, he would catch the ball and hand it to one of the smaller Grasshoppers to throw it to first. His parents had to be proud.
Unselfishness is in short supply. Two weeks ago, I watched a video of an Easter egg hunt at a Florida beach where my four-year-old granddaughter, Paige, placed plastic eggs in her younger sister’s basket. Other hunters were not so kind. They scooped up as many eggs as they could to fill their baskets, with no regard for much smaller kids reaching for just one.
What makes some people share (like that Grasshopper and Paige) and others be all about themselves? One such story in the Bible addresses what happens when we seek to serve ourselves. Abraham and his nephew Lot had accumulated great wealth in livestock and possessions, and soon there was an argument amongst their servants about rights to the springs of water. Deciding it was time to part company, Abraham gave Lot the choice of which parcel of land he wanted. Lot chose the richer, greener acreage of the Jordan River and settled near Sodom (Gen. 13:10-12) having no idea the sins of its citizens would result in his family and him running for their lives.
Ignoring God’s warning not to look back, Lot’s wife disobeyed and was turned into a statue of salt (Gen. 19:26). The end was not good for Lot and his daughters. Once safe (if living in a cave is “safe”), the daughters got their father drunk, had sexual relations with him, and birthed the beginning of Israel’s enemies, the Moabites and the Ammonites.
I wonder if Philippians 2:3 was written with Lot in mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. That little Grasshopper and my granddaughter offer lessons for all of us.
Bo Co Zoning Committee Meets May 13
The Bourbon County Commission Zoning Committee’s next regular committee meeting is Tuesday, 5/13 at 5:30 pm in Courthouse, commission room.
Up coming Public Forums:
Wednesday, 5/14 at 6:00 pm at Uniontown Community Center.
Tuesday, 5/20 at 6:00 pm at Fulton Community Center.
Wednesday, 5/21 at 6:00 pm at Memorial Hall in Fort Scott.
Susan Walker, Bourbon County Clerk
Fort Scott Community College Trustees Special Meeting is May 12
FSCC Board of Trustees will hold a special board meeting on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 5:30 pm in the Cleaver-Burris-Boileau Agriculture Hall to conduct business needing addressed before the regularly scheduled meeting on May 19. The Board will also adjourn to executive session(s) for the purpose of discussing non-elected personnel.
Juley McDaniel
Director of Human Resources
Fort Scott Community College
Fort Scott National Historic Site needs your help: Symbols of Sacrifice
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Bo Co Commission Agenda Packet for May 12
Bourbon County Courthouse
210 S. National Ave
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Phone: 620-223-3800
Fax: 620-223-5832
Bourbon County, Kansas
Brandon Whisenhunt, Chairman
1st District Commissioner
David Beerbower, Vice-Chairman
2nd District Commissioner
Mika Milburn-Kee
3rd District Commissioner
Bourbon County Commission Agenda
Bourbon County Commission Room 210 S National Ave.
May 12, 2025, 5:30 PM
I. Call Meeting to Order
a. Roll Call
b. Pledge of Allegiance
c. Prayer
II. Approval of Agenda
III. Approval of Minutes from 05.05.25
IV. Consent Agenda
a. Approval of 05.09.25 Accounts Payable Totaling $58,537.22
b. Tax Roll Corrections
V. Old Business
a. Policy & Procedures
i. Workers Compensation – Beerbower
ii. Letterhead
iii. Dump Fees for Employees – Milburn
b. Separation of Public Works and Landfill Departments – Beerbower
VI. Public Comments for Items Not on The Agenda
VII. New Business
a. Ealyn Taylor – Animal Control
b. Commissioner Comments
VIII. Adjournment
Future business that has been tabled in past meetings or planned for future meetings:
Public Hearing 05.19.25 5:35PM Vacation of Road
SEK Mental Health Budget
Juvenile Detention Budget
Office Restructuring Cost
Handbook: Personal Improvement Plan, Corrective Action Plan, Formal Written Notice,
Deviation Policy
Mission Statement (June 2nd)
Job Descriptions
Handbook Updated
Economic Development Direction
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS – FORM OF MOTION
____ Pursuant to KSA 75-4319 (b)(1) to discuss personnel matters of individual nonelected personnel to protect their
privacy
____ Pursuant to KSA 75-4319 (b)(2) for consultation with an attorney for the public body of agency which would be
deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship
____ Pursuant to KSA 75-4319 (b)(3) to discuss matters relating to employer/employee negotiations whether or not in
consultation with the representatives of the body or agency
____ Pursuant to KSA 75-4319 (b)(4) to discuss data relating to financial affairs or trade secrets of corporations,
partnerships, trust and individual proprietorships
____ Pursuant to KSA 75-4319 (b)(6) for the preliminary discussion of acquisition of real estate
____ Pursuant to KSA 75-4319 (b)(12) to discuss matters relating to security measures, if the discussion of such matters
at an open meeting would jeopardize such security measures
The subject to be discussed during executive session: ________________________________________
State persons to attend
Open session will resume at _____ A.M./P.M. in the commission chambers.
