October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting

A. PLEDGE

B. SILENT REFLECTION

C. MEETINGS OF NOTE

• Board-Faculty Meeting, 7:30 a.m., November 4, 2025, at Gertrude Walker Elementary School. Four or more Board members may be in attendance. 
• Board-Faculty Meeting, 7:30 a.m., November 5, 2025, at Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center. Four or more Board members may be in attendance. 

D. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

E. CONSENT AGENDA

E.1. Minutes

E.1.a. Minutes of the October 13, 2025, Regular Board of Education Meeting

E.2. Accounts Payable totaling $8,040,976.35, noting that all major accounts contain adequate balances to meet current obligations.

E.3. Personnel

E.3.a. Certified

E.3.b. Classified

E.4. Other

E.4.a. The Board of Education is asked to consider and approve the addition of the following new courses for dual credit:

E.4.a.i. Business Management (0.5 Credit)

E.4.a.ii. Business Ethics (0.5 Credit)

E.4.a.iii. Personal Finance (0.5 Credit)

E.4.b. The Board of Education is asked to consider and approve bus bids — Transportation — three Conventional route buses from Kansas Truck Equipment Co. Inc.- in the amount of $414,100.02

E.4.c. The Board of Education is asked to consider and approve the Student Information System Purchase — Option 2 - Skyward Qmlativ — in the amount of $90,030.00 for one-time installation costs, $157,164.00 for the final year of the current version (FY26) and a 3-year agreement in the amount of $179,658.00 per year.

E.4.d. The Board of Education is asked to consider and approve the proposed USD-457 Artificial Intelligence Policy. 

E.4.e. The Board of Education is asked to consider and approve the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between Russell Child Development Center (RCDC) and USD 457 Garden City Parents as Teachers to implement the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.

F. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

F.1. Honeywell Year 1 Update and consider action on Year 2 Measurement and Verification Services Contract

G. NEXT BOARD MEETING

H. EXECUTIVE SESSION - After the completion of all other business, the Board of Education will adjourn to executive session for the following reason:

H.1. Consultation with an attorney for the body or agency which would be deemed privileged in an attorney-client relationship.

H.2. Personnel matters for non-elected personnel.

I. ADJOURNMENT