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Votes at a glance: Royal Oak Schools approves budget amendment, laptop purchase, new courses and accepts superintendent retirement
Summary
At its March 13, 2025 meeting the Royal Oak Schools Board of Education approved routine minutes and proclamations, adopted a general fund budget amendment, approved a staff laptop purchase and new high school courses, and accepted Superintendent Mary Beth Fitzpatrick's retirement effective July 31, 2025.
The Royal Oak Schools Board of Education took a series of administrative and financial actions at its March 13, 2025 regular meeting, approving minutes and proclamations, adopting a midyear general fund amendment, authorizing a staff laptop purchase, approving new high school courses, and accepting the superintendent's retirement.
The board voted by voice on routine items including the approval of minutes for meetings in February 2025 and three proclamations recognizing Women's History Month, Civic Learning Week (March 10'14, 2025) and the board's support for the U.S. Department of Education. Those items were adopted without recorded roll-call tallies.
Key formal actions and outcomes:
- Approval of minutes (Item 3.2): Motion by Trustee Bennettsma; seconded by Trustee Wiecky; outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Adoption of proclamations (Items 4.1'4.3): Women's History Month, Civic Learning Week, and a proclamation expressing support for the U.S. Department of Education were adopted by voice votes.
- Second reading of revised/replaced policies and administrative guidelines (Item 9.1.1): Motion made and seconded; outcome: motion passed by voice vote.
- Purchase of staff laptops for Royal Oak Middle School and Royal Oak High School (Item 9.2.1): The board approved purchase from People Driven Technology for $165,360; motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Approval of new Royal Oak High School courses (Item 9.2.2): The board approved two proposed new advanced placement courses, AP Digital Photography and AP Art and Design; motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved by voice vote.
- General Fund Budget Amendment Number 2 for fiscal year 2024'25 (Item 9.3.1): The amendment adjusted revenues and expenditures to reflect updated state aid, special education reconciliations, federal and state grant reconciliations, tuition and interest income changes and other reconciliations described by the district's finance director. Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Personnel changes (Item 9.4.1): The board approved routine personnel actions, including four resignations, two retirements and five recommended hires (primarily paraprofessional positions); motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Acceptance of Superintendent Mary Beth Fitzpatrick's retirement (Item 10.1): The board moved to amend the agenda to add the superintendent retirement as new business and then voted to accept Superintendent Fitzpatrick's retirement effective July 31, 2025. The motion to accept was moved and seconded; the voice vote registered a majority in favor with one recorded opposition during the roll call.
The board's actions were primarily procedural and budgetary; detailed line-item changes to the budget were presented by the district finance director during the meeting and will be reflected in the amended fiscal documents published with the board packet.
