After months of public discussion, speculation and closed-door conversations among the Prairie Hills USD No. 113 Board of Education (BOE) members and their attorneys, land transfer agreements have been made with two of the three neighboring school districts. After 55 minutes of executive session during their regular board meeting on Monday, Dec. 11, the Prairie Hills USD No. 113 board of education members — Leslie Scoby, Kathy Lippert, Phillip Buessing, Jim Scoby, Doug Renyer, Stan Keim and Kent Saylor — unanimously approved Memorandum of Settlement Agreements (MOSA) for land transfers with Vermillion USD No. 380 and Jackson Heights USD No. 335. This decision comes after the USD No. 113 mediation committee — consisting of Lippert, Keim and J. Scoby — met with USD No. 380 and USD No. 335 in separate mediation sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 5 and 6. The Prairie Hills USD No. 113 BOE approved the MOSA with Vermillion USD No. 380. Land which will be transferred from Prairie Hills USD No. 113 to Vermillion USD No. 380 will include the territory identified in the shaded areas labeled 2.1, 2.2 and 1.3 on the map shown on Page 7. This land transfer will go into effect July 1, 2024. Vermillion USD No. 380 also approved this MOSA at their meeting on Monday, Dec. 11. This unanimously approved MOSA is now subject to approval by the Kansas State Board of Education. The MOSA also stated that as the petitioning district, USD No. 380, will bear the cost of securing the necessary boundary descriptions and abstractor certification.
Source: Sabetha Herald
