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October USD 269 Board Meeting
PALCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 269
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING
October 1, 2025
7:00 P.M.
Damar Elementary School Library
AGENDA
All present please stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance
1. Call to order
Acting president ______________ called meeting to order at ___PM
2. Roll call
Tom Benoit _, Ali Keller__, Kyle Benoit__, Brandon Kuhn__, Marissa
Jones__, Brian Pekarek__, David Blochlinger__, Greg Hamel__, Krystal
Hemphill___
Absent:
3. Consent Agenda
A. Approval of Minutes
B. Approval of Treasurer's Report
C. Approval of Bills
D. Items Added to Agenda
E. Approval of the Agenda
_________ moved to approve the agenda as presented
____________ seconded the motion.
Discussion:
All in favor __ yes __no
4. Admin and Board Reports
Greg Hamel: NW KS AG Ed Center Executive Director
9/4 Intern/Host drug test at the Ag Center performed by Lori
Eichman and Jean Ann Hoeting
9/10 Judging contest-Dairy Judging - Colby-
9/11 Husker Harvest Days - 20 students attended in Grand
Island, Ne
9/17 District Land Judging - Quinter (about 120
students/division)
Senior Land Division: Brooke Hamel-36th, Clay Mitzner-
46th, Marie Saindon- 49th
Senior Homesite: Clay Mitzner-24th, Marie Saindon-43rd,
Brooke Hamel-59th
Greenhand Land: Isabelle Post: 78th
Greenhand Homesite: Isabelle Post- 50th
9/12 Gimmie Jo Jansoneous - USDA Kansas Rural
Development Director - Stopped for a tour of the Ag
Center and had a great question & answer session
with the students
9/17 Chris Carpenter - Simplot- question and answer
session with the students that went to the Land
Judging contest.
9/17 Adam Bryant - RoCo Emergency Management
Manager: K-12 Drone presentation and discussed
how they are used in keeping Rooks county residents
safe.
9/23 KSU Range Academy - Greensburg - 3 students
attended
9/25 Midland Marketing / Jessica from DeKalb / Tim Benoit
meeting concerning our Ag Farm plans
USD269DGHBudgetSheet.xlsx
David Blochlinger - K-12 Principal
Grandparents Day
ACT Prep - Stockton
Sept. 22, KSHSAA - 31 Students
DLT Team/TASN September 29
Oct. 13 All teachers/Reading (TASN)
Brian Pekarek - Superintendent
Finance Report:
Enrollment Projections for Palco
Gain/Loss Sheet for FY 2025
Goal Report for FY 26:
FY 26 Goals for USD 269
Academic Review of USD 269
TASN Trainers in Reading/Math and K12 Curriculum
Analysis/Interventions on Scores: October 13th
Inservice
25-26 School Year Welcome Back USD 269 Staff!
Possible Changes in Schedule FY 2027:
DES Schedule of Classes FY 2026
PJSHS 2025-26 Class Schedule Student Working
Open Board Positions (Open Discussion)
Toni Bristow-Athletic Director
FFA Trip
Planning for Next Year’s USD 269 Athletics
Jennifer Guffey-Transportation (No Report this Month)
Krystal Hemphill-
Classified employee benefits
Advocacy in Action – Alt Ali Keller -
Agriculture Board of Trustees: Kyle Benoit and Brandon Kuhn
Technology Representative – Tom Benoit and Marissa Jones -
PDZ Representative – Brandon Kuhn -
NCKSEC Representative –- alt. - Tom Benoit
Negotiations – Kyle Benoit and Marissa Jones-
SHESC – Tom Benoit - Alt. Kyle Benoit
5. Executive Session - Non-Elected Personnel
_____________ moved to enter executive session at ____P.M. ___
minutes for purpose of discussing non-elected personnel in order to
protect the
privacy interests of the individual(s) to be discussed, and that the Board
will
return to the open session in this room at ___P.M. Included in the
executive
session are all present Board members. ________________ second.
All in favor __Yes ___no
6. Board Comments
7. Adjourn at ___________P.M.
