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Votes at a glance: board approves safety system, band trip, personnel actions; tables updated MOU
Summary
At its February meeting the Lansing School Board approved the access-control contract, an LHS band trip and multiple personnel hires/exits; the board also added a recurring student academic achievement item to future agendas and tabled a revised memorandum of understanding with the Lansing Police Department for further work.
Here are the formal actions the Lansing School Board recorded at the meeting, with key details and next steps.
Access-control contract (Agenda item 7.2) - Action: Approved funding and award to replace the district’s S2 NetBox access-control system (vendor recommended: ADS/Avigilon ALTA). Implementation planned for summer; training and five-year maintenance included. - Outcome: Approved by roll-call vote; contract finalization to follow.
Lansing High School band trip (Agenda item 7.3) - Action: Board approved the 2025–26 LHS band trip proposal as presented. - Outcome: Approved by majority/roll-call vote; trip organization to proceed per the proposal.
Student academic achievement — monthly agenda change (Agenda item 7.5) - Action: Board approved a standing agenda item for ‘‘Student Academic Achievement’’ (added to monthly board agendas so academic updates are given regularly). - Outcome: Motion carried by roll call; staff will include targeted academic updates on future agendas.
Personnel actions (Executive session follow-up / hiring & separations) - Action: Board approved a slate of new hires and exits presented post‑executive session. New hires included coaches, custodial staff, classroom aides, childcare providers and certificated hires; exits and retirements were also recorded. - Outcome: Personnel actions approved by roll-call vote; human resources will process hires/exits per district policy.
Special meeting for negotiations (Agenda item 7.9) - Action: Board set a special meeting for Feb. 24 with an executive-session component for negotiations. - Outcome: Date/time approved by roll-call vote; agenda to be posted per open‑meetings requirements.
Memorandum of understanding with Lansing Police Department (MOU) - Action: A revised MOU was discussed, but the board withdrew the motion and agreed to continue work with staff and the police department. Board members asked for a more detailed MOU that addresses information sharing, emergency response participation, SRO scope and response expectations. - Outcome: Item tabled for further revision and scheduled for the Feb. 24 work session for final action.
How to review the record: The meeting minutes include roll-call vote records for each of the approved items and are the authoritative source for exact tallies and mover/second names.
Ending: Staff will bring the revised MOU and implementation updates on the access-control procurement and personnel processing to the Feb. 24 special session or the board’s March meeting depending on timing.
