HUTCHINSON, Kan.— The USD 308 Board of Education will have its annual organizational meeting at 7 p.m. 
Monday, at the Administration Center, 1520 North Plum.
And with the start of the new fiscal year comes some changes in the way the school district is providing meeting information to the public.
In an effort to simplify viewing the agenda for the public, the district has contracted with BoardDocs. Once ready for publication, the agenda will be posted on the BoardDocs website. The link also will be posted on the district website – www.usd308.com.
The agenda website will have meetings along the left side of the screen. A patron then needs to click on the meeting they would like to view and will see the overview of the agenda. By clicking on an agenda item, patrons will be able to see the explanation of the item. If there are supporting documents related to the agenda item, patrons can click on those supporting documents.
USD 308 has used a paperless agenda system for several years. The old system, however, was very cumbersome, requiring users to download a large agenda packet file to their computer or smartphone even if they were only interested in seeing an overview or one item. The old system, then, required users scroll through often-massive amounts of content to find individual items. With supporting information, Board agendas typically run 100 or more pages and can exceed 300 pages.
Nickerson USD-309 already uses a similar system for their board meeting agendas.