Williamston board approves construction, tech cabling, hires special-education teacher; several policies revised or removed

The Williamston Community Schools Board of Education approved multiple contracts and personnel items during its meeting, including hiring a special-education teacher and awarding a construction management contract, and amended the district’s 2024–25 budget.

The board unanimously approved the hire of Grace Norman as a special-education teacher after Dr. Cook introduced her qualifications. Dr. Cook said Norman earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with a special-education emphasis in emotional impairment and a minor in speech, language and hearing sciences from Northern Michigan University, and that the interview committee unanimously recommended her for hire. A motion to hire Norman was made by Deb (surname not specified in the transcript) and seconded by Dave; the board voted in favor.

In separate roll-call votes the board approved a construction management contract with the Christman Company and a structured-cabling contract with Amcon Telecommunication for the middle and high schools. The Amcon contract was described…