HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Tad Dower was elected president of the USD 308 Board of Education for the 2016-17 school term during the annual organizational meeting of the body Monday (July 11, 2016). Rudy Rodriguez was elected vice president.

Monday’s meeting took care of legal but largely routine business to start the school term.

The board made several annual appointments during the meeting including for Treasurer, Julie Stucky, Assistant Treasurer, Cindy Hughes, Clerk, Molly Carson and Deputy Clerk, Ray Hemman

In other action, they set regular board meetings for 6 p.m. on the second Monday of each month with an optional meeting on the fourth Monday of each month unless those dates conflict with holidays. As a practical point, they routinely meet on the fourth Monday of each month.

They also approved an early payment request policy to allow certain payments be made prior to Board meetings if making those payments will avoid late fees or allow the district to receive a discount for early payment.