Wichita School Board

A number of changes are in place ahead of the fall semester, with more issues set to come up.

To qualify, a person must be eligible to vote and live in District 3, which is in southeast Wichita.

Union and district negotiators returned to the table for one day before declaring an impasse in contract talks.

The district will hold open houses at select schools throughout the summer. The most recent event was at Christa McAuliffe Academy.

Vuong is the youngest board member in USD 259 history and the first Asian-American elected to the board. He has accepted a job out of state.

Brown-Kinnard will be sworn into an at-large seat previously held by Melody McCray-Miller.

The Wichita Board of Education will vote in June on whether to approve the recommendation and send the bond issue to voters.

The appointee will serve through December of 2027.

People are invited to give feedback before the Wichita school board votes on a proposal in June.

Voters in USD 259 narrowly rejected a $450 million bond proposal in February of last year.