The Wichita Board of Education unanimously approved a three-year contract with Kelly Bielefeld. It includes a new agreement that the concept for a microschool launched last fall is Bielefeld’s intellectual property.
WICHITA, Kan. — The Wichita school board has extended Superintendent Kelly Bielefeld’s contract through 2028, adding bonuses and boosting the district’s contribution to his retirement account.
The contract also includes a new agreement that the concept for an experimental microschool launched last fall is Bielefeld’s intellectual property.
Bielefeld, who is starting his third year leading the state’s largest school district, now makes a base salary of $324,450 a year — up from $300,000 annually when he was hired in March 2023…