By JAMES BELL
Hays Post

The Hays USD 489 Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in their first work session of the academic year in the Toepfer Board Room in the Rockwell Administration Center, 323 W. 12th.

The board will hear a technology update from Marie Henderson, who will share iPad usage information in the district’s elementary and middle schools.

The board will also continue discussions on a proposed bond issue — estimated to be in the $100 million range — that would be used to fund upgrades to the district’s facilities. The proposal has been floated by the district for several years and, in a previous meeting, the 2015-16 board heard from HTK architects on the district-wide upgrades.

The original plan, however, will need adjusted before the board can move forward as the closing of Washington Elementary last year has made significant changes to the plan necessary.

Click HERE for information gathered by the district’s Facilities Needs Committee, formed in 2012 for the purpose of recommending building upgrades throughout the district.