USD 457 Board of Education Meeting Recap February 26, 2026
The Board approved the following items during the meeting. They include minutes of the February 9, 2026, regular meeting. Accounts Payable with all major accounts containing adequate balances to meet current obligations. Personnel certified and classified actions.
They approved Curriculum council items, including: High School Course Name Changes (not-related to CTE): Music Courses – Name Changes, Semester 1 Symphonic Band to Marching Band, Semester 2 Buffalo Band to Wind Ensemble, Modern Show Choir to Vocal Jazz, A Cappella to Chorale, and Tenor/Bass Choir to Buffalo Men. Middle Schools – Course Name Changes to Align to CTE Pathways: Family and Consumer Science to Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences. New Middle School Course Offerings (Introductory Level CTE Courses): Agriculture Explorations 1, Business Essentials, Career and Life Planning, Intro to Health Care, Intro to Skilled Trades, and Intro to Education.
They also approved a bell and intercom system at Horace Good Middle School from INA Alert for $238,434.16.
The next meeting of the Board of Education will be on Monday, March 9, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Board Meeting Room at the Educational Support Center, 1205 Fleming St., Garden City, Kansas.
The complete agenda can be found under the BOE link on the district’s website at www.gckschools.com.
