OPEN HOUSE / TOWN HALL MEETINGS

To Discuss Possible Future Facility Plans for Burlington Elementary School
Thursday, October 17 and Tuesday, October 22
Open House: 6:30-7 PM for public to tour BES.
Town Hall Meeting 7 PM-8:30 PM.
The format for both nights will be the same with information shared and questions from the public answered.
Please enter on the north side of BES by the pillars.

BHS Students:   Now is your chance to order your 24-25 yearbook!   

Josten’s Yearbooks

Superintendent’s Newsletter

We are finishing the first nine weeks in USD 244, and the school year is off to a great start.  We continue to be fortunate to have excellent staff, wonderful kids, and a supportive community that values education.  It is truly a great day, every day, to be a WILDCAT!

I thought I would share with you all some of the projects we are looking at in the future.  We are going to do an addition/renovation to our BHS Vo-Ag and Welding Shop.  This project will add much needed restroom/locker room space, material storage, and outside work area for our students.  This project is funded by a 1 mill for 3 year tax increase as well as a $250,000 grant from the Walter and Evan Jones Testamentary Trust.  The project will start approximately January, 2025. 

We will be looking at new press boxes at Wildcat Baseball and Softball Fields.  The baseball press box has a wall that is deteriorating and leaking.  The press boxes we currently have were donated many years ago.  We are looking at options like seating behind home plate on both fields, possible press boxes at the top of bleachers, or one large press box between the fields serving both baseball and softball.  We are working together on this project with the USD 244 Recreation Center. 

The USD 244 Board of Education continues to have discussions about the future of Burlington Elementary School.  We are at a crossroads with BES.  Do we put money into this building and improve it?  Do we build a new BES?  The board has scheduled town hall meetings at BES in October to tour the building, share information, and get feedback from the community. 

Kansas State Department of Education has put together a statewide group of volunteers to study screen time for students in the state of Kansas for kids and give recommendations to districts.  This information will be valuable for our local board of education, administration, and staff. 

If you ever have any questions, please e-mail me at cmarshall@usd244ks.org or call me at 620-364-8478 EXT. 3040.  I hope everyone has an excellent school year!

GO CATS!
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