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Board approves consent agenda of awards, budgets and appointments; tables items 26 and 27
Summary
The Dearborn Board of Education approved a bundled motion covering multiple vendor awards, budget items and personnel appointments by unanimous consent, and trustees voted to table agenda items 26 and 27 for a future meeting.
The Dearborn Board of Education approved the consent agenda covering multiple vendor awards, budget and personnel items and accepted two district appointments, while tabling two agenda items for later consideration.
Board action: A motion to approve action items numbered 1 through 31, with the exception of items 26 and 27, was moved by Trustee D’Ambrosio and supported by Trustee Petlyakov and was attached as unanimous. The motion encompassed vendor awards, budget approvals, graduate certifications and personnel items listed on the meeting agenda.
Items included in the approved bundle (summary): - Multiple vendor awards (examples read into the record): LineWise; Graduation Alliance; CDW; People Driven, Inc.; Rubicon West LLC; Curriculum Associates; Frontline Technologies; Milicare; EverDriven (full list included in the board packet). - Approval of non-instructional and instructional personnel items for pre-K through grade 12. - Approval of the 2024–25 second budget revision and the 2025–26 budget. - Approval of the 2025 high school graduates roster. - Approval of a cooperative agreement with Wayne Westland Schools. - Approval of donations and other routine consent items. - Appointment of Marwan Salome as principal of Henry Ford Early College; Salome accepted and addressed the board. - Appointment of Sonia Dixit as director of accounting; Dixit accepted and addressed the board.
Tabling: Trustee Ummer moved, supported by Trustee Berry, to table items 26 and 27 until the next board meeting; the board approved the motion to table and those items were removed from the bundled motion.
Procedure and votes: The board handled the bulk of the agenda by a single motion with exceptions called out by trustees. The meeting record indicates the consent motion carried by unanimous assent; no roll-call vote tally was recorded in the public remarks during this meeting. Separate motions were used to table agenda items 26 and 27.
Appointments: The board introduced Marwan Salome as the new principal of Henry Ford Early College; Salome thanked trustees and family in attendance. The board also introduced Sonia Dixit as the new director of accounting; she thanked the board and pledged financial stewardship.
Next steps: Administration will proceed with the approved awards and personnel transitions per standard contracting and hiring procedures. Tabled items 26 and 27 will return to a future meeting for discussion and vote.
