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Board approves teacher and secretarial contracts, authorizes sports coop and loan application
Summary
The Harper Creek Board of Education approved a set of routine and labor actions — including a two-year boys ice-hockey cooperative, ratification of teacher and secretarial contracts, new hires and certification of a school bond loan application — and recessed into a closed session on collective bargaining and legal advice.
At its regular meeting, the Harper Creek Board of Education voted on a series of administrative and labor items, approving cooperative athletics participation, personnel hires, and contract ratifications while sending negotiations and legal advice matters to closed session.
The board voted 5-0 to authorize Harper Creek High School students to participate in a two-year cooperative boys ice-hockey team with Loy Norrix, Kalamazoo Central, Three Rivers, Schoolcraft and Galesburg; it certified the district's 2025 Michigan School Loan Revolving Fund application by a 5-0 vote; and it approved a slate of new hires (five positions) by a 5-0 vote.
On labor agreements, the board approved the Harper Creek Education Association (teachers) master agreement for the 2026'2028 school years; the ratification carried 3 yes, 0 no, 2 abstentions (two board members abstained). The executive secretarial group contract ratification passed 5-0. The board also amended the open-meetings agenda earlier to add an attorney-client privileged matter under section 8(h) and moved into a closed session under sections 8(c) and 8(h) for collective bargaining strategy and legal advice; both procedural motions passed 5-0.
Votes at a glance: - Amendment to agenda to add closed-session item under Open Meetings Act, section 8(h): Passed 5-0 (Reisner, Allward, Wallace, Smith, Bass). - Consent agenda (checks, minutes, fiscal authorizations, vendor authorizations): Passed 5-0 (Reisner, Allward, Wallace, Smith, Bass). - Motion to meet in closed session (Open Meetings Act sections 8(c) and 8(h)): Passed 5-0 (Reisner, Allward, Wallace, Smith, Bass). - MHSA cooperative boys ice hockey agreement (two-year): Passed 5-0 (Reisner, Allward, Wallace, Smith, Bass). - 2025 Michigan School Loan Revolving Fund application certification: Passed 5-0 (Reisner, Allward, Wallace, Smith, Bass). - New hires (five certified hires, including automatic tenure for a returning retiree): Passed 5-0 (Reisner, Allward, Wallace, Smith, Bass). - Harper Creek Education Association master agreement (teachers) 2026'2028: Passed 3-0-2 (Yes: Reisner, Wallace, Allward; Abstain: Smith, Bass). - Executive secretarial group contract ratification: Passed 5-0 (Reisner, Allward, Wallace, Smith, Bass).
Board roll-call style votes recorded speaker-by-speaker on each motion in the public record; the above outcomes reflect the roll-call tallies read aloud by the secretary following each motion.
The board announced it would hold public comment after returning from closed session, and the meeting adjourned after the scheduled action items.
