By Cristina Janney

Hays Post

The Hays USD 489 transportation director will discuss the purchase of vehicles for the 2017-2018 school year at the school board meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

The purchase of vehicles is in accordance to a five-year transportation plan. The request this year is for the purchase of three suburbans at a cost of $38,952 each and two route buses at a cost of $90,831 each for a total cost of $298,518 from its capital outlay budget.

The district came in almost $5,500 under budget.

The low bid on the buses was from Midwest Transit.

In other business

Superintendent John Thissen will discuss the Fort Hays State University assistance program for Ellis County teachers for earning master’s degrees.

Donna Hudson-Hamilton, director of Early Childhood Connections, will take the board through required federal training.

Thissen also will provide the board with updates on board goals, negotiations and the upcoming bond issue vote.