Bond issue on USD 489 board’s plate at Monday meeting

Superintendent Dean Katt discusses issues with at Loughlin Elementary's Takling Tour, along with Mark Hauptman and Shanna Dinkel (not pictured is Tracy Kaiser) — Superintendent Dean Katt (middle) discusses issues at an O’Loughlin Elementary Talking Tour, along with Asst. Superintendent of Special Services Mark Hauptman and Dir. of Curriculum Shanna Dinkel.

By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

With the Hays USD 489 Board of Education poised to vote Monday on the proposed $100 million bond issue to improve school buildings, the issue has been the key topic in recent Talking Tours between administration and staff.

On Tuesday, Superintendent Dean Katt and other administrators visited O’Loughlin Elementary School on one of several Talking Tours scheduled this month.

The Talking Tours began in January and are designed to allow staff to openly ask questions in an informal setting.

Katt told the group he felt it was time the board made a commitment on what they wanted to do concerning the future of the proposed bond.

“I have started to visit about it with a lot of people. I don’t want to get out there in front and them and all the sudden say ‘We are not doing anything or just a piece of it,’ ” Katt said.

The bond election, expected in November 2015, is proposed to fund a district-wide series of facility improvements. For more on the proposal, click HERE.

A full agenda can be HERE. The board meeting is scheduled for Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Rockwell Administration Center, 323 W. 12th.