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Board approves coach hires, facilities projects, bond resolution and policy items; adopts IDEA funding resolution
Summary
The Woodhaven‑Brownstown Board approved multiple motions including schedule B athletic hires, a marching band PE credit change, several construction and procurement contracts, a bond sale resolution and a schools‑of‑choice enrollment plan.
At its March 11 meeting, the Woodhaven‑Brownstown School District Board of Education approved a slate of personnel, facilities and finance items and adopted a resolution calling on Congress to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Votes at a glance
- Schedule B athletic employments (six positions): approved. Motion by Berry; supported by Lowry. The listed hires were Daniel Bollard (JV baseball assistant coach), Daniel Hill (eighth grade baseball assistant), Sean Kelly (girls JV tennis assistant coach), Kyle Ray (freshman baseball assistant coach), Kelsey Smith (JV softball head coach) and Gary Stanley (seventh grade baseball assistant coach). The board approved the list effective March 12, 2025.
- Marching band counted for physical education credit (curriculum change): approved. Motion by Berry; supported by Topek. The change allows students who complete four years of marching band to count that work toward a half credit of physical education under the Michigan Merit Curriculum review.
- Physical move services for summer renovations (procurement): approved. Motion by Berry; supported by Thorning. The board authorized a physical move contract related to summer renovation projects at Bates and Goodeth Elementary Schools, Woodhaven Upper Elementary, and Brownstown Middle School; total award including contingency was presented as $359,630 to be funded from 2021 bond program funds.
- Furniture procurement package for several schools: approved. Motion by Berry; supported by Lowry. The board approved a furniture procurement recommendation for multiple district buildings with a total award presented as $857,837 funded from the 2021 bond furniture budget.
- Woodhaven High School tennis court resurfacing: approved. Motion by Berry; supported by Dobek. The board recommended awarding contract to Goddard Coatings Company in the amount of $306,350 to resurface tennis courts; funding from sinking fund and district set asides.
- Woodhaven High School east parking lot expansion: approved. Motion by Berry; supported by Peck (and other board members). The board approved contracts for Elle's Asphalt Paving and Douglas Electric for a project adding approximately 330 parking spaces and lighting; total project award including contingency was presented as $1,938,835, under the budgeted amount and to be funded from the sinking fund and district set asides.
- Resolution authorizing sale and delegation of Series 3 bonds: approved. Motion by Berry; supported by Lowry. The board adopted a resolution to issue a third series of bonds not to exceed $36,000,000, with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company to serve as senior managing underwriter, subject to required approvals by the Michigan Department of Treasury or qualified issuer status.
- Fall 2025–26 Schools of Choice openings (Section 105): approved. Motion by Barry; supported by Thorning. The district will accept a limited number of Section 105 schools‑of‑choice students for fall 2025: 30 kindergarten openings, 10 openings each in grades 1–5, and one opening in each grade 6–11. The application window was set for April 9–May 8, 2025.
- Resolution calling for full and permanent funding of IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1975): approved. Motion by Berry; supported by Thorning. The board resolved to call on Congress to pass the IDEA Full Funding Act and urged the state legislature to provide equitable, sustainable funding increases to districts to mitigate years of federal underfunding.
Procedural notes: motions were typically moved by board member Berry and supported by other board members; in each recorded instance the board chair called for voice votes and each motion was carried after the “aye” voice vote. No roll‑call tallies were recorded in the public transcript.
The board’s agenda also included superintendent remarks about classroom and extracurricular recognitions and reminders about kindergarten registration and spring recess.
