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Votes at a glance: Kent City Schools Board, April 15, 2025—routine approvals and contract renewals
Summary
At its April 15 meeting the Kent City Schools Board approved minutes, financial reports, personnel appointments and a series of annual contracts and policy updates. The board voted unanimously on all recorded roll-call motions.
The Kent City Schools Board of Education voted on a series of routine and annual items at its April 15 meeting. The motions listed below were approved by recorded roll call; where recorded, votes shown reflect the meeting transcript.
Summary of actions (each motion was approved unless noted):
- Approval of meeting minutes (agenda item: approval of minutes). Outcome: approved by roll call (Colin Boyle: yes; Mister Myers: yes; Dr. Alicia Crowe: yes).
- Approval of financial reports for the month ended March 31, 2025. Outcome: approved by roll call (Boyle: yes; Myers: yes; Crowe: yes).
- Approval of bills to be paid. Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Personnel approvals (appointments, leaves, resignations, nonrenewals, reappointments and changes listed under agenda item 4 a–g for the 2024–25 and 2025–26 school years). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Authorization to participate in FY 2026 state and federal programs (agenda item 6 a). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Temporary advance to permanent improvement (PI) fund of $404,775 to support an approved roofing project (agenda item 6 b). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Approval of instructional materials (agenda item 6 c). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Approval of Title I memorandum of understanding updates for partner schools (agenda item 6 d). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Approval of a new instructional coach job description (agenda item 6 e). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Approval of a change to the student code of conduct to add a driving/parking violation at the high school (agenda item 6 f). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Approval of annual contracts and service agreements including Coleman Health Services, Children’s Advantage (school-based case management), PSI nursing/psychology hours, Summit Educational Service Center auxiliary services, Kent Parks and Recreation MOU, Suburban Transportation for out-of-district student transport, and the student insurance program (agenda items 6 g–6 l). Outcome: each approved by roll call.
- Adoption of OSBA policy updates (agenda item 6 n). Outcome: approved by roll call (13 policies referenced for adoption).
- Revised 2025–26 academic calendar (correction moving the last teacher work day). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Approval of out-of-state and overnight student field trips, including DECA national competition travel (agenda item 6 p). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Miscellaneous financial relations and district donations and supports noted on the agenda. Outcome: approved by roll call.
Individual vote records in the transcript show the roll-call pattern recorded repeatedly as: Mister Boyle — yes; Mister Myers — yes; Doctor Crow(e) — yes. Where the transcript did not tie a motion to a named mover/second, the minutes record a generic “move to approve; second.”
