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Board approves expulsions, budget steps and multiple routine items; closed session convened
Summary
At its May 19 meeting, the L'Anse Creuse Board of Education approved a district expulsion, multiple consent- and business-agenda items including testing, curriculum and service contracts, authorized a vehicle purchase and moved into a closed session citing attorney-client privileged material.
The Board of Education of L'Anse Creuse Public Schools voted on a range of routine and personnel items at its May 19 meeting, approving a district expulsion, several curriculum and operational recommendations and entering a closed session to review attorney-client communications.
The board voted to expel student number 0403 after a motion by Board member Sellers and a second by Board member De Villa. The expulsions motion was a district-level action (not a state-mandated expulsion); the board approved the recommendation in a roll-call vote with all six members present voting yes: Sellers, De Villa, Herndon, Cypress, Ross and Das.
In a series of largely uncontested motions that followed, the board approved the consent agenda and separate business items including renewal or adoption of testing and curricular recommendations, modifications to child-care tuition and preschool fees, acceptance of a Form L-4029, and a resolution to request a truth-in-taxation (truth in budget) hearing. The board also approved a contract extension with Priority Waste, accepted a vehicle purchase to replace a grounds plow truck (insurance proceeds of $12,339.82 applied to an approximately $58,942 vehicle, net cost roughly $46,600), and passed a resolution supporting the MISD budget and related representative nominations.
The board approved the following notable items (motions passed unless otherwise noted): - Recommendation to expel student number 0403: motion by Sellers, second by De Villa; roll-call vote 6–0 (Sellers, De Villa, Herndon, Cypress, Ross, Das). Outcome: approved. - Approval of the consent agenda (including routine financial and personnel items). Outcome: approved (all present voted yes). - Benchmark assessment (NWEA) testing recommendation. Outcome: approved, voice vote recorded as unanimous. - CTE consortium participation with Faith Christian School for the 2025–26 school year. Outcome: approved. - Approval of health curriculum materials for grades 9–12. Outcome: approved. - School-age child-care tuition-rate proposal and preschool/early-childhood before/after-care rate adjustments. Outcome: approved. - Priority Waste contract extension. Outcome: approved (no complaints reported to administration since the provider change, per staff comment during the meeting). - Acceptance of Form L-4029. Outcome: approved. - Resolution to request a truth-in-budget (truth-in-taxation) hearing. Outcome: approved. - Vehicle purchase through the cooperative purchasing program to replace a totaled 2009 F-250; net district cost roughly $46,600 after insurance proceeds. Outcome: approved. - Resolution for MISD (Macomb Intermediate School District) budget and designation/nominations for MISD electoral representative and candidates; the board nominated two candidates who had applied. Outcome: approved. - Motion to convene a closed session under Section 8(h) of the Michigan Open Meetings Act to consider written legal opinions subject to attorney-client privilege. Outcome: approved in roll call; board recessed into closed session and later returned to open session.
Where a roll call was recorded in the transcript, the report above lists the named votes. Many other items were approved by unanimous voice vote; the minutes and board packet should be consulted for line-by-line vote records and supporting documents.
The board adjourned following the return to open session.
