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Williamston board approves bus purchase, salary schedule and multiple personnel actions
Summary
At its April meeting the Williamston Community Schools Board approved a district bus purchase, adopted a salary schedule for at-will and non‑bargaining employees, and approved multiple tenure and probationary personnel changes; motions passed by voice or roll call as recorded in the meeting minutes.
The Williamston Community Schools Board of Education approved several routine business items at its April meeting, including the purchase of one school bus, adoption of a salary schedule, and multiple tenure and probationary personnel actions.
School bus: The board approved the purchase of one school bus from Midwest Transit for $142,482. The motion passed by voice vote; the meeting packet language stated funds would come from the district but did not provide a clear, specified funding account in the packet.
Salary schedule: The board approved a salary schedule for at‑will and non‑collective bargaining unit employees by roll-call vote. Board secretary/clerical roll-call recorded votes as Yes from Amanda, Chris, Dave, Deborah, Heather, Sarah and Nancy; the motion carried. The board chair reminded members that the action approved the salary schedule only and did not approve individual contracts.
Personnel actions — tenure and probationary changes: The board approved tenure status for a list of employees and multiple probationary status changes. The meeting record listed the following tenure approvals: Abigail Black; Aaron Ches (name as recorded); Cassandra Eberhard; Laura Eger; Colleen Farris; Colleen Feeney; Carrie Palmer; Bailey Lawrence; Lauren Van Slambrook (name as recorded); and Jordan Williams. The board also approved changes from year 3 to year 4 for Samantha Boggs, Shaina Darling, Ryan Spain, Abigail Jean Charles and Rachel Debrinket, as well as other probationary-status progressions for additional staff whose names were listed in the packet and read aloud during the meeting. All personnel motions that were moved and seconded passed; board roll-call or voice votes were recorded for each motion as carried.
Closed session: The board moved into closed session for attorney‑client privilege and contract negotiations; the motion to enter closed session was moved by Chris and seconded by Deb (Deborah) and passed by roll-call (Amanda, Chris, Dave, Deborah, Heather, Sarah and Nancy voting Yes). The board later voted to return to open session by roll-call with the same recorded Yes votes.
Minutes: The board approved the minutes of the March 17, 2025 regular meeting as presented by voice vote.
What the record does not specify: the packet and meeting record did not state specific funding accounts for the bus purchase beyond a district funding reference; several employee names appear in the audio transcript as presented and are included above exactly as read aloud. Where the transcript spelled or pronounced a name unclearly, the meeting record in this article reflects the transcript language and marks those names as recorded.
All motions and vote records included in this report were read from the meeting record and roll-call as provided during the meeting; no contracts or employment records were approved at the meeting beyond the personnel-status actions listed.
