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Board approves trips, hires and policy updates; consent agenda, ovens purchase and earned sick time updates pass
Summary
The Harper Creek board approved the consent agenda and a set of action items including three student trips (choir, woodshop, bridge-building), a new second-grade hire, food-service oven purchases (not‑to‑exceed $90,000 pending bids), and an Earned Sick Time Act policy update. All motions carried on roll call votes.
At its March meeting, the Harper Creek Community Schools Board of Education approved a series of routine and programmatic items by roll call vote.
What passed: The board approved the consent agenda (including warrants and minutes), three student travel items — a high school choir trip to Nashville (March 11–14, 2026, Guardian Travel Group), a wood‑shop campus visit to the University of Northwestern Ohio in Lima, Ohio (April visit), and a bridge‑building overnight trip to Grand Rapids (April 9–10, 2025) — a Grow‑Your‑Own new hire (Jennifer Fry, second grade teacher at Beetle Lake Elementary, MA1), a food‑service ovens purchase (not to exceed $90,000 from food‑service funds pending bid results), and an update to the district’s Earned Sick Time Act policy to reflect recent legislative changes.
Votes and outcomes: Each motion was moved and supported; the board conducted roll‑call votes for each action. The roll calls recorded yes votes from board members present (Mister Halverson, Missus Reisner when present, Missus Watterson, Missus Allward, Missus Wallace, Mister Smith and Mister Best). Each motion in the meeting record carried.
Procedural note: For routine overnight and out‑of‑state trips the administration noted the policy permits board designee approval; the board discussed delegating approval for regular annual bus trips to the superintendent/designee while reserving board review for out‑of‑country or longer-term excursions.
Action details (selected) - Choir trip: Motion to approve the high school choir trip to Nashville (03/11/2026–03/14/2026) carried on roll call. - Wood‑shop campus visit: Motion to approve the University of Northwestern Ohio trip (Lima, OH) carried on roll call; administrators said there is no cost to students. - Bridge building trip: Motion to approve the Grand Rapids overnight trip (April 9–10, 2025) for 12 students carried on roll call; administrators said there is no cost to students. - New hire: Motion to hire Jennifer Fry as a second‑grade teacher (Beetle Lake Elementary), MA1, through the Grow Your Own program, carried on roll call. - Food‑service ovens: Motion approved to proceed with procurement of a middle‑school and a high‑school oven using food‑service funds with a combined do‑not‑exceed amount of $90,000 pending formal bids; administrators said the two ovens were approximately estimated at $40,000 (middle school) and $50,000 (high school) and that formal bids will be obtained per policy. - Earned Sick Time Act update: Motion approved to update board policy and onboarding materials to match recent legislative changes (the update changes allowable increment usage language consistent with state requirements).
Ending: Board President conducted each roll call after motions and declared each motion carried. Administrators said they will return with final bid results for ovens and with additional implementation details for policy changes and travel logistics as needed.
