Wichita School Board

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.

The building, which once served as a pillar within the predominantly Black neighborhoods of northeast Wichita, will be demolished this summer because of structural problems.

USD 259 will close L'Ouverture, OK, Pleasant Valley and Woodland elementary schools as soon as the end of next school year.

The rally comes ahead of a key vote Monday on the planned closures of L'Ouverture, OK, Pleasant Valley and Woodland elementary schools.