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Minutes, agenda and consent items
Board members approved the March 17 meeting minutes, the meeting agenda as presented and consent items (new hires, retirements and temporary appointments) after motions and seconds. Votes were taken by voice; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the packet for those items.

Policies and administrative placements
The board approved policy package 03/4330 for first reading after committee review of finance-related language. The board also approved administrative salary-level placements for the 2025–26 year on a motion and second; a roll-call-style acknowledgment was recorded during the vote.

Remaining 2017 bond projects
The board approved using remaining 2017 bond funds for allowable projects on district property. The motion followed prior discussion at the March 17 meeting about available balances and project priorities.

Filter First water‑filler upgrades (grant and contract)
The board discussed the Michigan Department of Education Filter First grant and an associated RFP to install or standardize filtered water-bottle refill stations across district buildings. District staff said the Filter First grant requires roughly one water-bottle filler per 100 students and that the district identified 45 stations to meet the requirement across Dexter schools (including Bates, Jenkins and the transportation building). Staff reported the lowest bid came from John & Mechanical (listed as the low bidder in the packet) and proposed to accept a contract not to exceed $190,000 to install compliant water-bottle fillers; a motion to approve a not-to-exceed amount of $190,000 was made and seconded.

Superintendent evaluation
The board accepted the superintendent’s annual evaluation summary statement. The evaluation, completed in closed session on Dec. 16, 2024, used the superintendent-evaluation instrument (SEI) referenced in the packet and the board’s overall rating for the evaluation period was recorded as “effective,” described in the materials as the highest rating available under the revised approach.

What changed and next steps
Board members directed further committee-level work on a separate transparency discussion (the district’s posting of accounts-payable/check-registry information under state guidance). The transparency item was kept for discussion and staff were asked to bring a recommended approach back to the finance committee for detail work. No changes to the district’s transparency page were approved at the meeting.

The board did not take final action on WISD (regional ISD) trustee selection at this meeting; the board noted it will designate a voting representative and candidate at a later meeting between May 12 and June 2 as required by local ISD procedures.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","BOE Meeting 4-14-2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its recent meeting the Dexter Community School District Board approved routine consent items, policies for first reading, allocation of remaining 2017 bond funds, administrative salary-level placements, a Filter First water‑filler upgrade contract not to exceed $190,000, and accepted the superintendent’s annual evaluation as “effective.”","taxTitle","Dexter Community School District, School Boards, Michigan","taxId",56461,"location","Michigan","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6573385,"Dexter hosts first high-school career fair; students report strong engagement",765,103000,868000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3052033-88d222037e2f2f75f945fe7dd87d7c9e&start=103&end=868","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3052033-88d222037e2f2f75f945fe7dd87d7c9e/thumbnail_103000.jpg","/articles/6573385/Michigan/Dexter-hosts-first-high-school-career-fair-students-report-strong-engagement","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6573385-b25e96f64dabbec754089938c059dd36/orig.mp4?Expires=1771093133&Signature=PPpy5MnjOYltKgpbFZvtPsbFqfrxixAH2ibF5zO5bsAEIqJb5dNCkMzrUWwSPEA2Emp2tP1aTtqrek2s9WpyDmH2uJpMMUFHs0hLeq-3hDzQeJk~zvdHz8vp2CDXKWp8aTaPzDb0spO-gIMvxW3tYvwOXqUURyvvmwV-GGNMJCt7S4ASlIKdHnBkik6KmPxpUk6wAy9oydyU54xVcJN6ndttlZBLbHMjaAYymUBfcRRX7SI8mAtU82newiBJ7KLu4a6dKtViUb4bGh2Qm8SULTHbjhclK9Q4Te7Qg9Bjj-ayC~sUbg~92~gZamC4~Q~UPEQqI2Pfoc3bjEuzY09YdQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dexter High School hosted its first career fair March 10, drawing roughly 1,000 students from grades 9 through 12 and 17 presenters representing careers across the district’s 16 career clusters, Career Development Facilitator Caitlin Muffin told the Board of Education.

The fair was part of the district’s board goal to “implement a robust postgraduation planning process” for high school students by the end of 2024–25 and to expand that planning to middle and elementary students in later years, Muffin said. The district has been using Schoolinks (career-and-college planning software) and one-on-one family meetings to build Education Development Plans (EDPs) required by the state for graduating seniors.

“[The career fair] is making a huge difference in the lives of our students who either are reconsidering what they thought they wanted to go into or solidifying the choices that they have made,” Caitlin Muffin said. Muffin described EDPs as a “roadmap” that includes career and college goals, learning-style assessments, résumés and SMART goals; she said seniors completed EDPs during a testing window and will receive their approved documents by email.

Students rotated through three 30-minute presentations, selected by preference via an advisory-period Google form. Presenters included a retired Air Force pilot, a U.S. Homeland Security special agent, the University of Michigan director of environmental health, a forensic scientist, a physical therapist, a construction project manager and several attorneys representing different specialties. Organizers built rotations from students’ top choices when possible; Muffin said about 700 students submitted preferences and staff attempted to honor those requests, while about 300 students who did not submit were assigned to balanced rotations.

Exit surveys showed generally positive responses across grades: among seniors, 46% rated presentations “excellent,” 50% “good” and 4% “fair”; juniors and underclassmen reported similar distributions. Muffin summarized district-wide student feedback as roughly one-third “excellent,” more than half “good,” and a smaller share “fair” or “poor.” Speaker feedback included comments that organization and communication were strong, though check-in and registration slowed during the event because of the unexpectedly large number of volunteer presenters.

Board members praised the organizers and suggested procedural improvements for next year. Planned changes include streamlining check-in for presenters, clearer signup directions for students, limiting the total number of presenters to match available space and AV, creating industry-specific panel sessions (for fields such as law and health sciences) and offering more follow-up “hands-on” sessions — for example, local photographer Melanie Reyes, a Dexter parent, has volunteered several Saturdays to work with students on photography skills.

Muffin said the district will add teacher-facing notes to the presenter guidelines so guest presenters who are not educators will have concrete tips for engaging students. The district also plans to increase outreach to colleges, military recruiters and trade-training programs and to use the data collected this year to refine next year’s event.

Board members stated the fair fit into the district’s wider postgraduation-planning work and commended staff for the first-year execution.

The district did not vote on policy changes regarding the career fair; the presentation was given for the board’s information and for continued planning direction.","Dexter High School held its first career fair on March 10 with roughly 1,000 students attending. Organizers say the event exposed students to a wide range of careers, produced sizable positive survey responses and will inform follow-up post‑graduation planning work.","actionData","errors"]

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Board approves consent items, bond-project allocations, administrative placements and Filter First upgrades

Dexter hosts first high-school career fair; students report strong engagement