The USD 457 Board of Education will be interviewing two candidates for the position of superintendent on Monday, January 20, 2025. The meeting will start at 7:00 a.m. at Baron’s Steakhouse, 1911 E. Kansas Avenue, Garden City, Kansas. The formal interviews will be conducted in executive session pursuant to the non-elected personnel exception under the Kansas Open Meetings Act.
There will be forums with the superintendent candidate finalists for the community and the media to attend on Monday, January 20 in the Educational Support Center, 1205 Fleming Street. The first candidate forum will be at 6:30 p.m., and the second candidate forum will be at 7:30 p.m.
The Board held a special board meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, in the Board Meeting Room at the Educational Support Center. The meeting was to interview potential candidates for superintendent. The meeting and interviews were to help narrow down the candidates to the top finalists.
The Board cancelled the scheduled special board meetings for Thursday, January 16, 2025, and Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
The Board is hoping to have a new superintendent named for the district by February.
The notices of the meetings can be found here.