By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
The Hays school board voted Monday to change all of its meetings to 6:30 p.m. Mondays.
The school board had been meeting for work sessions at 11:30 a.m. on the second Mondays of the month at one of the district schools.
Superintendent Ron Wilson said this was meant to give the school board members opportunities to see the schools operating with students in them.
However, board member Curt Vajnar argued residents — and even school board members — struggled to attend the meetings conducted in the middle of the day.
The next school board meeting will be at 6:30 p.m Monday, Feb. 21, at the Rockwell Administration Center.
The school board usually sets its meeting schedule in July for the year. The board plans to revisit the meeting schedule issue again at that time.
Vajnar further thought the term work session was misleading as the board usually conducts business during the lunch hour work sessions. The district in the future plans to do away with the work session title.
Although the district did not have an audience participation item on its agenda when it was released on Friday, that was added to the agenda Monday.
One person spoke briefly in favor of the bond issue during that participation period.