Nonpartisan · Hays USD 489 Board of Education
Sources for Jayme Goetz
31 public sources used in researching this candidate. Every claim in the profile traces back to one or more of these URLs.
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Primary Records
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Hays USD 489 / Diligent Community · 2026-05-19
Hays USD 489 public portal - Membersusd489.community.highbond.com
- Jayme Goetz is listed as Board Member
- Jayme Goetz is listed among members for board retreat, regular meeting, special board meeting, and work session records
- The public Term field for Jayme Goetz is blank
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Hays USD 489 / Diligent Community · 2026-05-19
Regular Meeting - Meeting Informationusd489.community.highbond.com
- Public meeting page lists 2025-2026 regular meetings
- Member list includes Jayme Goetz
- Jayme Goetz is listed as Instructor
- Goetz is listed with M.S., Fort Hays State University
- Goetz is listed as active in Algebra
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Hays USD 489 · 2026-05-19
Hays USD 489 approves calendars with Monday professional development daysusd489.com
- USD 489 calendars included one Monday off per month for professional development
- Goetz was described as a former district teacher
- Goetz said early-release days made the transition from teaching to professional development difficult
- District-posted article preserves the mascot-discussion context
- Article attributes Goetz's agenda interest to constituent emails and questions
- USD 489 April 2024 middle-school mascot article: district repost of mascot discussion, Goetz constituent-contact explanation. (source)
- USD 489 meeting portal and meeting pages: public meeting categories, regular meeting lists, and Goetz listed among members for 2025-2026 meetings. (source, [source](https://usd489.community.h
- USD 489/Hays Post February 2024 administrator contract article: Goetz supported district administrators. (source)
Reporting and Public Context
23 sources- Profile describes Goetz as lifelong Hays resident, USD 489 graduate, former Hays High teacher, FHSU math instructor, wife, and mother of two
- Goetz emphasized quality instruction, relationships, rigor, and relevance
- Goetz emphasized transparency and clear communication
- Goetz was listed as age 31, FHSU math instructor, and non-incumbent
- Goetz said she had children in USD 489
- Goetz named district transparency as the one thing she would change
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Hays USD 489 BOE candidates discuss bathrooms, board relations at forumhayspost.com
- Goetz favored the new private bathroom design
- Goetz said students were avoiding bathrooms because of privacy and bullying
- Goetz said students should have a say in what their school looks like
- Election-night results showed Goetz and Craig Pallister tied at 1,486 votes
- USD 489 race was for four at-large positions
- Hays Post reported Goetz won the fourth USD 489 seat by three votes after canvass
- Goetz beat incumbent Craig Pallister for the final seat
- Goetz said she looked forward to working with the board to make the district the best it can be
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Tiger Media Network · 2026-05-19
Board of Education discusses gender-neutral bathrooms and middle school mascottigermedianet.com
- Goetz questioned why bathrooms were the focus
- Goetz said she did not think bathrooms would change who children are
- Goetz brought the mascot issue back after emails and questions
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Hays USD 489 BOE votes to change Hays Middle School mascot to Indianshayspost.com
- Hays Post reported Goetz supported changing the Hays Middle School mascot to Indians after reviewing survey responses
- Hays USD 489 BOE votes to change Hays Middle School mascot to Indians
- Goetz said she used phone holders as a Hays High teacher
- Goetz said students found ways around phone holders
- Goetz called cell phones a problem and a home problem too
- Goetz questioned how a 2.5 percent raise figure was calculated
- Article reported the flat-dollar increase affected newer and seasoned teachers differently
- Each decision that comes through the board impacts someone in our community. - Hays Post candidate profile, 2023; https://hayspost.com/posts/de2764c1-3767-4d5a-8353-888aa39a31cf
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Tiger Media Network · 2026-05-19
High School handbook fails approval at USD 489 Board of Education meetingtigermedianet.com
- Goetz's main concern was removal of operational definitions from the high-school handbook
- Goetz said definitions help make consequences equal for all students
- Goetz wanted a teacher committee to review and provide handbook recommendations
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Hays USD 489 board squabbles over discipline policy in high school handbookhayspost.com
- Goetz requested revisions to the Hays High handbook
- Goetz had at least six complaints about consistency in high-school discipline
- Goetz said discipline language was policy
- The board approved exceeding the revenue-neutral rate 4-2
- Goetz and Allen Park voted against exceeding the revenue-neutral rate
- The budget itself was approved 5-1 with Park voting no
- Goetz said the board was not refusing approval but trying to make sure it had the right information
- Tiger Media Network February 2026 Felten project article: Goetz said she wanted the right information before approval. (source)
- "We're not saying we're not going to approve it, we're saying we're just trying to make sure that we have the right information." (Tiger Media Network, Feb. 24, 2026)
- Goetz said she felt bullied for wanting to step back and review the contract more closely
- Hays Post February 2026 Felten article: Goetz said she felt bullied for wanting to step back and review the contract more closely. (source)
- Board decided to set a special meeting on potential land sale north of Felten Elementary
- Goetz asked when O'Loughlin traffic would be rerouted
- Superintendent Ron Wilson said traffic rerouting would happen in August at the beginning of the next school year
- Goetz and Allen Park asked whether the school tracks bathroom messes or vandalism
- Goetz said intentional destruction of property costing the district money needs documentation
- Goetz said students should be held accountable in community-paid spaces
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- Hays Post October 2025 furniture article: Goetz explained why Lincoln cabinets would not fit at Hays Middle School. (source)
- The highest visible public attention metric was electoral rather than social: Hays Post reported Goetz won the final USD 489 seat by three votes after the November 2023 canvass, after an initial 1,486-1,486 tie with Cra...
- Hays Post December 2025 asbestos article: Goetz noted construction labor shortages and liability concerns around asbestos removal. (source)
- Hays Post June 2025 board elections/equipment article: Goetz said she would serve another term as vice president if elected; article reported she was then vice president. (source)
- Hays High Guidon NHS article: Goetz gave a speech at the 2024 Hays High National Honor Society induction. (source)
- Hays High Guidon Red Cross Club article: Goetz identified as Red Cross Club sponsor in 2020. (source)
Public Online Activity
1 sources- Existing public harvest found professional/profile metadata for Jayme Goetz in Hays with Fort Hays State University
- Public preview did not expose a reliable campaign-post inventory
- The accessible social footprint is thin. A LinkedIn public preview identifies Jayme Goetz in Hays with Fort Hays State University and 167 followers/connections, but it does not expose a reliable school-board campaign po...
