Cedar Springs Public Schools board formalizes superintendent evaluation, files annual bond-loan application

The Cedar Springs Public Schools Board of Education on July 13 voted to adopt the 2024–25 superintendent performance rating and approved the district’s annual application to participate in the state school bond loan program.

The actions were the principal formal items at a roughly 34-minute meeting that also included a finance update, a bundle of policy revisions recommended by NEOLA, and progress reports on construction projects at several district campuses.

The board unanimously approved the superintendent’s 2024–25 effectiveness rating following a closed-session review and facilitator-led discussion earlier in the process. Board members who were recorded voting in favor included Vice President Schachner, Secretary Slager, Treasurer Gilmore, Trustee Lund, Trustee Patton and President Reed; the motion carried. The vote formalized feedback the board had already discussed in closed session and completed the state-required public step of the evaluation process.

Also approved by unanimous vote was the district’s annual school bond loan application, a routine submission required by the state for districts that use the school bond loan fund to smooth debt-service cash…