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Williamston board approves hires, technology and facility purchases
Summary
At a regular meeting, the Williamston Community Schools Board of Education approved two staff hires and a package of technology, furniture and facilities purchases funded from the general fund, sinking fund and bond proceeds.
The Williamston Community Schools Board of Education approved the hiring of two staff members and authorized multiple district purchases during its regular meeting.
The board voted to hire Samantha Miller as a special-education teacher at Williamston Middle School for the 2025–26 school year. A board presenter recommended Miller based on prior work at Williamston Middle School beginning in 2015, later experience at Springboro Junior High in Ohio and positive reference checks citing leadership in special education. The board also approved the conditional hire of Maya Boyse as a counselor for the 2025–26 school year; that appointment is contingent on her successful completion of degree and state certification requirements.
Board members approved multiple equipment and facilities purchases including Chromebooks, desktop and laptop computers, projectors and screens, a high-school fire alarm system, middle-school furniture and a compact utility tractor. The board also approved the district’s regular meeting dates for the 2025–26 school year and approved minutes from the April meeting. The motions passed by voice vote after members answered “Aye” when asked if there was any opposition.
Key approved purchases and funding sources (as described in the meeting packet): - 225 HP Fortis Chromebooks and 89 Chrome management licenses from Inacount — cost not to exceed $74,000; funds: general fund. - 87 HP ProDesk desktop computers from Intercom — cost not to exceed $63,000; 4 HP 460 laptops from Sayhe — cost not to exceed $3,000; funds: general fund. - 64 Epson PowerLite projectors from CDW-G — cost not to exceed $99,000; 45 Draper Loomis screens from Sayhe — cost not to exceed $21,000; funds: sinking fund. - New fire-alarm system for Williamson High School from CertaSight — cost not to exceed $291,483.21; funds: sinking fund. - Middle-school furniture from Wiser — cost not to exceed $207,195.98 plus 20% for freight, installation and assembly; funds referenced in the packet as the 2024 bond/sinking allocation. - John Deere compact utility tractor from Hudson’s — cost not to exceed $39,157.89; funds: 2024 bond.
Board members moved and seconded the motions on the record and approved each item. The meeting record shows voice votes with the board chair asking “All in favor?” and members responding “Aye.” No roll-call tallies were recorded in the public minutes for these motions.
Why it matters: the purchases are intended to update devices, instructional and collaborative furniture, classroom projection equipment, and building safety systems ahead of the next school year. The hires add staff capacity in special education and counseling, subject to certification requirements for the counselor hire.
The board adjourned after conducting business and announcing a May 22 ice-cream social and other end-of-year events.
