Hays USD 489 will have a special meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Rockwell Administration Center.

The meeting will serve as the board’s retreat, and no action will be taken.

Among the agenda items will be building reports from principals and explanations of planned operations in 2014-15, considering budget constraints.

Brian Drennon, technology director will present a draft of the district’s technology plan and infrastructure needs, and Superintendent Dean Katt and Business Manager Tracy Kaiser will update the board on the budget situation.

Katt and Kaiser also will present a budget forecast for 2015 and beyond.

Katt will lead the board through a self-evaluation process, as well, which will include discussion of the past year.

The district has been struggling with financial issues for months, attempting to erase a more than $1 million deficit for the coming school year. As part of those efforts, the district has taken the procedural steps necessary to reduce staff, increased student fees, reduced busing expenses and set the stage for a June mail-in election that would increase the local option budget.

For a complete agenda for today’s retreat, click HERE.