Does your council/board eat at meetings? One school district looking to make meetings more efficient

Haven USD schools have been planning this year for the redesign of their delivery of education in 2019-2020. That spurred Haven school board member Jessica Schmidt to consider how the school board could redesign its meetings to condense the agenda and possibly provide snacks in addition to mints. The Haven board meeting starts at 6 a.m.

School districts across Kansas responded to an inquiry from USD 312. A number said they are able to keep the meeting under two hours or within two and a half hours.

On the food question, responses ranged widely.
Brewster USD 314: A local grocery store puts together a brown sack meal for everyone who requests one.

Southern Lyon County USD 252 supplies anything from pizza to sandwiches for board members and occasionally the superintendent grills something.

Galena USD 499 orders dinner for board members to eat before the start of the meeting.

Skyline USD 438′s food service prepares a small sheet cake or dessert.

Attica USD 511 board members used to have snacks but with members on a health kick, that’s been reduced to coffee and water.

(Read more: Local – The Hutchinson News)