Hartland board elects officers, adopts strategic goal statements and approves preschool, loan application

The Hartland Consolidated Schools Board of Education on July 21 elected Kristen Coleman board president and completed its annual organizational business while approving a set of strategic goal statements and several administrative items, including joining a county universal preschool consortium and filing the district's annual School Loan Revolving Fund application.

The board convened the organizational meeting July 21 and conducted officer elections first. After nominations and two rounds of voting, trustees elected Kristen Coleman to serve as board president (vote: 7-0). Cindy Shaw was elected vice president (4-3), Jeff Campbell was elected secretary (4-3), and Greg Keller was elected treasurer (6-1). Following the officer elections, Coleman assumed the chair.

The newly constituted board then took up routine and policy matters. Trustees voted to adopt the district's vision, mission, beliefs and goal statements as drafted during the recent strategic planning process; the board amended the motion to specify that it was adopting the "goal statements" only and approved that motion unanimously (7-0). Superintendent Matt Hughes and district staff told trustees that the more detailed objectives and measurable targets tied to those goals would be discussed at a future meeting.

The board also approved a resolution authorizing the district to establish a universal preschool program and to enter an agreement with a newly formed Livingston County GSRP (Great…