USD 467 board holds executive session to interview three candidates for Wichita County Jr.-Sr. High principal
March 07, 2026 | Leoti, School Boards, Kansas
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The Board of Education of Unified School District No. 467 convened a special session at 1:30 p.m. on March 7, 2026, at the district office in Leoti to consider personnel matters related to the principal position at Wichita County Junior-Senior High School.
President Eryka Smith presided. The meeting record lists board members Maegan Berry, Bruce Loy, Adam Marcotte, James Myers, Matt Price and Farrin Watt as present, along with Clerk Tammy Mason, WCJSHS Principal Brant Douglas and guests Liz Oldham and Stephanie Thelen-West. Matt Price moved and Maegan Berry seconded approval of a Waiver of Notice and the meeting agenda; the motion passed 7-0.
Later in the session, Matt Price moved and Maegan Berry seconded that the board enter executive session under the Kansas Open Meetings Act (referred to in the minutes as KOMA) to discuss "matters adversely or favorably affecting non-elected personnel." The minutes say the item concerned interviews with three candidates—Mrs. Brown, Mr. Parks and Mr. McKinney—for the position of principal at Wichita County Junior-Senior High School, and that Principal Brant Douglas, Liz Oldham and Stephanie Thelen-West would be present for the executive session. The motion to enter executive session passed 7-0; the board returned to open session at 2:00 p.m.
According to the meeting record, no action followed the executive session and President Eryka Smith adjourned the meeting at 2:00 p.m. The minutes do not record any appointment, vote on hiring, or additional directives tied to the principal search.
President Eryka Smith presided. The meeting record lists board members Maegan Berry, Bruce Loy, Adam Marcotte, James Myers, Matt Price and Farrin Watt as present, along with Clerk Tammy Mason, WCJSHS Principal Brant Douglas and guests Liz Oldham and Stephanie Thelen-West. Matt Price moved and Maegan Berry seconded approval of a Waiver of Notice and the meeting agenda; the motion passed 7-0.
Later in the session, Matt Price moved and Maegan Berry seconded that the board enter executive session under the Kansas Open Meetings Act (referred to in the minutes as KOMA) to discuss "matters adversely or favorably affecting non-elected personnel." The minutes say the item concerned interviews with three candidates—Mrs. Brown, Mr. Parks and Mr. McKinney—for the position of principal at Wichita County Junior-Senior High School, and that Principal Brant Douglas, Liz Oldham and Stephanie Thelen-West would be present for the executive session. The motion to enter executive session passed 7-0; the board returned to open session at 2:00 p.m.
According to the meeting record, no action followed the executive session and President Eryka Smith adjourned the meeting at 2:00 p.m. The minutes do not record any appointment, vote on hiring, or additional directives tied to the principal search.
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