Officials with Kiowa County USD 422 and Mullinville USD 424 took another step toward finalizing consolidation issues by laying out a game plan Monday night.
"Typically in consolidation, you go through name, staff and color changes. All those have already occurred," Clint Corby, USD 424 superintendent, said during an interview Tuesday.
"We were playing junior high sports together as Kiowa County, and we wear burnt orange and white," he said. "In that sense, we're consolidated."
Discussions concerning consolidation began immediately after the 2007 tornado that hit Greensburg, he said. Because of the storm, sharing resources became necessary.
"We've been working with one another in some capacity for the past three years," said Corby.
During Monday night's shared board meeting, Corby said traditional consolidation is already done.
"The hard stuff has been done. Look around the room and look at all the burnt orange, look at all the colors and the staff," he said. "All of those things that you see in a traditional consolidation have already happened."
The next step for Mullinville is a process called disorganization and attachment of property, which has to do with distributing property and integrating the districts. Corby added that it's not a transfer of territory.
"The first thing as Mullinville, what we will need to do is to pass a resolution for disorganization and attachment of property with an election," he said. "Meaning the community members in Mullinville, and only Mullinville, will vote for that disorganization and attachment of property."
Mullinville's goal is to have the resolution in place in the next couple of weeks so the disorganization and attachment of property can be on the Nov. 3 ballot.
The next goal is to get information to the community explaining disorganization and attachment of property.
"Hopefully by the end of September and the beginning of October, all of our communities will have a chance to have their input and find out exactly what's going on," he said.
On Monday night, Corby said consolidation and disorganization and attachment of property are basically the same thing.
"It has the same incentives that go with consolidation. We get combined budgets for three years after disorganization," he said. "That means if the state were to incur more cuts to education for the next three years, we wouldn’t see those base state aid cuts. We would get to hold our budgets steady."
Darin Headrick, superintendent for the Kiowa County School District, said Monday night: "Mullinville and Kiowa budgets that are approved guarantee the funding in them for three years."
If Mullinville's voters pass the impending resolution on Nov. 3, a proposal and contract would be sent to the Kansas State Department of Education for approval. KSDE could approve a contract and proposal by December or January.
However, the Kiowa County School District cannot move forward until Mullinville's patrons vote.
On Monday night Corby said, "The process, if successful, would be finished on July 1, 2011."
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Officials with Kiowa County USD 422 and Mullinville USD 424 took another step toward finalizing consolidation issues by laying out a game plan Monday night.
"Typically in consolidation, you go through name, staff and color changes. All those have already occurred," Clint Corby, USD 424 superintendent, said during an interview Tuesday.
"We were playing junior high sports together as Kiowa County, and we wear burnt orange and white," he said. "In that sense, we're consolidated."
Discussions concerning consolidation began immediately after the 2007 tornado that hit Greensburg, he said. Because of the storm, sharing resources became necessary.
"We've been working with one another in some capacity for the past three years," said Corby.
During Monday night's shared board meeting, Corby said traditional consolidation is already done.
"The hard stuff has been done. Look around the room and look at all the burnt orange, look at all the colors and the staff," he said. "All of those things that you see in a traditional consolidation have already happened."
The next step for Mullinville is a process called disorganization and attachment of property, which has to do with distributing property and integrating the districts. Corby added that it's not a transfer of territory.
"The first thing as Mullinville, what we will need to do is to pass a resolution for disorganization and attachment of property with an election," he said. "Meaning the community members in Mullinville, and only Mullinville, will vote for that disorganization and attachment of property."
Mullinville's goal is to have the resolution in place in the next couple of weeks so the disorganization and attachment of property can be on the Nov. 3 ballot.
The next goal is to get information to the community explaining disorganization and attachment of property.
"Hopefully by the end of September and the beginning of October, all of our communities will have a chance to have their input and find out exactly what's going on," he said.
On Monday night, Corby said consolidation and disorganization and attachment of property are basically the same thing.
"It has the same incentives that go with consolidation. We get combined budgets for three years after disorganization," he said. "That means if the state were to incur more cuts to education for the next three years, we wouldn’t see those base state aid cuts. We would get to hold our budgets steady."
Darin Headrick, superintendent for the Kiowa County School District, said Monday night: "Mullinville and Kiowa budgets that are approved guarantee the funding in them for three years."
If Mullinville's voters pass the impending resolution on Nov. 3, a proposal and contract would be sent to the Kansas State Department of Education for approval. KSDE could approve a contract and proposal by December or January.
However, the Kiowa County School District cannot move forward until Mullinville's patrons vote.
On Monday night Corby said, "The process, if successful, would be finished on July 1, 2011."
