By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

Hays USD 489’s school board is planning on doing some “self-evaluation” this spring.

At Monday’s USD 489 work session, Superintendent Dean Katt said the self-evaluation tool from the Kansas Association of School Boards  can be beneficial.

Katt,who underwent the process as an administrator in Scott City, said the evaluation tool comes in the form of an online survey. Katt and each board member would participate.

According to Katt, the tool serves to gauge the board’s strength’s and weaknesses in several areas.

“Board member interactions, meetings of the board, vision and policy, finance and board-and-superintendent relations — whatever the desirable practices are, (the evalutation tool) would tell us and we would set goals accordingly,” said Katt.

The board will vote on the item at Monday’s USD 489 board meeting.