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Proposal to Add Sabetha Preschool Session Fails

By Greg Bebermeyer

05/10/2017

(KNZA)--The Prairie Hills USD 113 Board of Education says “ no “ to adding a half-time pre-school teacher at the Sabetha Elementary School.

Following a lengthy discussion at this week’s meeting, Superintendent Todd Evans says the proposal failed on a 4-3 vote.

Evans says there was concern that expanding the school’s pre-school program would negatively impact the existing community pre-school programs.

He says the administration and teachers were instructed to develop a system to determine which children are accepted into the program and which applicants will be denied and referred to the available community pre-schools.

Evans says scholarships are available at the community pre-schools for families, if there is a need

In other action, Evans says discussion on a proposal to add a pre-school program at Wetmore was tabled until the June Board meeting.

He says Principal Janelle Boden will provide a proposal at that meeting with information about estimated enrollment, impact on staffing, cost to the district and impact on the viability it would have on the Wetmore facility.

In light of the recent burglary at the Sabetha High School, Evans inquired about the Board’s interest in pursuing information about the installation of surveillance systems at the district’s schools.

Evans says the Board is interested in knowing more about the rationale for how other districts are using surveillance systems, but is not interested in purchasing any systems at this time.

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