The Stanton County Unified School District 452 Board of Education scheduled a special meeting for Monday, July 27, 2026, at 7:00 a.m. in the SCHS Board Room. The agenda is narrowly focused, with two identified discussion/action matters: a corrected OPAA addendum and a Safe and Secure Grant. Both are marked “I/D/A,” indicating they are presented for information, discussion, and possible action.
The OPAA item concerns a “Corrected Appendum,” apparently an addendum related to OPAA. The packet does not include the text of the correction, financial terms, contract provisions, or an explanation of what changed. Because the item is positioned for possible board action, the correction could result in a formal decision at the special meeting, but the accessible agenda does not identify the specific action requested.
The Safe and Secure Grant is also before the board for information, discussion, and possible action. The agenda does not provide a requested amount, grant award amount, required district contribution, proposed purchases, or implementation schedule. The subject nevertheless has potential importance for students, employees, and families because it involves the district's consideration of a safety- and security-related grant.
The board also plans to enter executive session for employer-employee negotiations and discussion of items in the negotiation agreement. Because this portion of the meeting is designated as an executive session, the substantive negotiations are not described in the public agenda. A general “Action Items” section follows the executive session, meaning the board may consider formal action after returning to open session, although the agenda does not specify what action might be taken.
Major Discussion and Action Items
OPAA Corrected Addendum
The first substantive agenda item is identified as “OPAA Corrected Appendum,” which appears to refer to a corrected addendum involving OPAA. It is designated for information, discussion, and action.
The accessible packet does not state what the original document contained, what correction has been made, whether OPAA is providing goods or services to the district, or whether the correction changes pricing, duration, responsibilities, or other contractual terms. No dollar amount is supplied.
For community members, the key point is that the board is being asked to revisit or consider a corrected document rather than simply receive an informational update. Because formal action is contemplated, residents may want to know precisely what changed between the earlier and corrected versions before evaluating the significance of the board's decision.
Safe and Secure Grant
The board will consider a Safe and Secure Grant as the second identified discussion/action item. The matter is likewise marked for information, discussion, and possible action.
No supporting grant application, award notice, project description, budget, matching requirement, or equipment list appears in the provided source text. It therefore cannot be determined from the agenda whether the district is applying for funding, accepting an award, approving expenditures, or taking another grant-related step.
The topic is potentially significant because safety and security investments can directly affect district facilities, students, employees, and visitors. The board's discussion may clarify the purpose of the funding, the district's responsibilities, and any local financial commitment.
Employer-Employee Negotiations
The board agenda specifically calls for an executive session concerning negotiations. Its stated purpose is “to discuss employer-employee negotiations and discuss items in the negotiation agreement.”
This signals that employment negotiations or provisions of a negotiation agreement require board consideration. The packet does not identify particular compensation proposals, benefits, contract terms, employee groups, or disputed provisions, so those details should not be inferred.
The discussion is scheduled for executive session rather than as an open public discussion. Any formal board action would need to occur outside the closed session. The agenda includes a separate action-items section immediately afterward.
Possible Action Following Executive Session
After the negotiations executive session, the agenda contains a general “Action Items” heading. No individual motions or proposed decisions are listed beneath it.
This sequencing is important because it leaves open the possibility that the board could take action related to matters considered during the meeting after returning to open session. The agenda alone does not establish that such action will occur or identify its terms.
Public comments appear near the beginning of the agenda, before the substantive discussion/action items. This provides a listed opportunity for members of the community to address the board during the special meeting.
The packet does not specify a sign-up procedure, speaking-time limit, comment rules, or whether comments must relate to the special-meeting agenda.
Financial Matters
The two principal agenda topics could have financial implications, but the packet provides no dollar figures.
The corrected OPAA addendum may involve contractual or financial terms, but the accessible agenda does not identify the value of the underlying arrangement, the amount of any correction, the funding source, or the fiscal period affected. Community members should therefore avoid assuming that the correction either increases or decreases district spending.
Similarly, the Safe and Secure Grant may provide outside funding or require district expenditures, but the agenda does not state the grant amount, funding source, local match, eligible expenses, or proposed purchases.
The negotiations executive session could ultimately affect personnel expenditures if compensation or benefits are among the negotiated matters, but the packet does not state that they are. No budget amendment, tax levy, bond issue, major purchase amount, bid award, or other specific financial transaction is documented in the supplied source.
Policies, Ordinances, Resolutions, and Governance
No district policy revision, resolution, ordinance, or formal governance change is identified in the packet.
The principal governance matter is the board's planned executive session concerning employer-employee negotiations and items in the negotiation agreement. The agenda states the purpose of the closed discussion but does not reproduce proposed agreement language or identify changes under consideration.
The corrected OPAA addendum also requires board-level consideration, although the packet does not provide enough detail to characterize the underlying agreement or proposed correction.
The agenda does not identify a superintendent's report, financial report, audit, enrollment report, academic presentation, departmental update, or consultant presentation.
Instead, the special meeting is structured around the corrected OPAA addendum, the Safe and Secure Grant, and employer-employee negotiations. Both identified discussion/action items include an informational component, but no supporting narrative or presentation material is contained in the supplied text.
Personnel, Appointments, and Organizational Matters
The meeting includes a closed executive session specifically devoted to employer-employee negotiations and items in the negotiation agreement. This is the packet's principal personnel-related matter.
No individual employee is named, and the source provides no information about hiring, resignations, retirements, appointments, disciplinary matters, or individual employment contracts. The negotiations should therefore be understood as an organizational labor/employment matter without attributing any position or proposal to particular employees.
Projects, Facilities, Infrastructure, and Operations
The Safe and Secure Grant may relate to district safety or security operations, but the packet does not identify specific facilities, equipment, technology, construction, or operational improvements to be funded.
No separate construction project, transportation purchase, technology project, building repair, capital improvement, or maintenance program is described in the agenda.
The OPAA corrected addendum may concern district operations, but the supplied source does not describe OPAA's role or the substance of the agreement, so further operational conclusions are not supported.
The agenda includes Public Comments as item 3, providing an identified opportunity for community members to address the board.
The special meeting was scheduled for Monday, July 27, 2026, at 7:00 a.m. in the SCHS Board Room. Public comments are scheduled before the board reaches the OPAA corrected addendum, Safe and Secure Grant, and negotiations executive session.
No separate public hearing, survey, forum, comment deadline, or special hearing procedure is identified in the packet. The agenda also does not specify registration requirements or public-comment time limits.
Students and families may be most directly interested in the Safe and Secure Grant because any resulting safety or security measures could affect the school environment. The packet, however, does not identify the measures being considered, so the nature and extent of that impact remain unspecified.
Employees may be affected by the employer-employee negotiations and negotiation agreement under discussion. The agenda establishes that negotiations are occurring but does not disclose proposed terms or identify which provisions may change.
Taxpayers have an interest in both the OPAA addendum and Safe and Secure Grant because contracts and grant programs can affect district finances. No amounts are provided, making the financial impact impossible to quantify from the agenda alone.
The broader community also has an interest in transparency surrounding any action following executive session. While negotiations may be discussed privately as listed on the agenda, any resulting formal board action would occur in the public portion of the board's proceedings.
- What specifically was corrected in the OPAA addendum, and why was the correction necessary?
- Does the corrected OPAA addendum change the district's costs, obligations, services, or contract duration?
- What action is the board being asked to take on the corrected OPAA document?
- What is the amount and source of the Safe and Secure Grant?
- What safety or security improvements would the grant support?
- Does the Safe and Secure Grant require matching funds or other expenditures from USD 452?
- What is the expected timeline for implementing grant-funded improvements?
- What stage have employer-employee negotiations reached?
- Are any formal actions anticipated after the negotiations executive session?
- If the board takes action following executive session, when will the resulting decision or agreement be available to the public?
Important Dates, Deadlines, and Next Steps
- July 27, 2026, 7:00 a.m.: Stanton County USD 452 Board of Education special meeting in the SCHS Board Room.
- July 27, 2026: The board is scheduled to consider the OPAA corrected addendum for information, discussion, and possible action.
- July 27, 2026: The board is scheduled to consider the Safe and Secure Grant for information, discussion, and possible action.
- July 27, 2026: The board plans an executive session concerning employer-employee negotiations and items in the negotiation agreement.
- Following executive session: The agenda provides for action items, although no specific post-session action is identified.
- No later grant deadline, implementation date, contract effective date, or future negotiation meeting date is provided in the packet.
Key Takeaways
- The July 27 meeting is a special meeting of the Stanton County USD 452 Board of Education.
- The meeting was scheduled for 7:00 a.m. in the SCHS Board Room.
- Public comments are listed before the board's substantive discussion items.
- A corrected OPAA addendum is scheduled for information, discussion, and possible action.
- The packet does not disclose what changed in the OPAA document or any associated dollar amount.
- A Safe and Secure Grant is also scheduled for information, discussion, and possible action.
- The agenda provides no grant amount, funding source, local-match requirement, or detailed project description.
- The board plans an executive session concerning employer-employee negotiations and the negotiation agreement.
- No individual employees or specific negotiation proposals are identified in the source.
- A general action-items section follows the executive session, but the agenda does not specify what action may be considered.
- No separate budget, tax, bond, construction, or policy proposal is described in the supplied packet text.
Official Sources
About the Public Body
- Name: Stanton County Unified School District 452 Board of Education
- Organization type: school-district
- Government body: school-boards
- Location: Johnson, kansas
- County: Stanton County
- Provider: smartsites-documents
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