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Grand Rapids school board elects new officers, adopts meeting schedule and approves consent agenda
Summary
At its Jan. 13 annual organization meeting the Grand Rapids Public Schools Board of Education voted to accept a slate of officers, approved a regular meeting schedule and adopted the consent agenda.
The Grand Rapids Public Schools Board of Education on Jan. 13 voted to accept a slate of officers for 2025, adopted its regular board meeting schedule and approved a consent agenda covering routine district business.
The board voted to accept the slate of officers after a temporary chair convened the annual organization meeting. The slate named Kim Davis as board president, Ari Wade as vice president, Jose Rodriguez as secretary and Kimberly Williams as treasurer. The motion to accept the slate carried after individual roll-call votes were taken.
The board also voted to approve the board's regular meeting schedule as proposed and approved the consent agenda, which the board chair grouped and moved as a single package. All three motions were presented and carried during the meeting's organizational business.
Members present for the organizational meeting included Kim Davis, Trustee Kilpatrick, Trustee Moreno, Trustee Melton, Trustee Rodriguez, Trustee Wade, Trustee Williams and Trustee Williamson. The president-designate, Kim Davis, presided after the slate was approved.
The procedural votes clear the way for the board's committee appointments and committee work that the new leadership said it will pursue in the coming weeks.
Votes at a glance
- Acceptance of officer slate (Kim Davis, president; Ari Wade, vice president; Jose Rodriguez, secretary; Kimberly Williams, treasurer): motion passed. Recorded roll-call on the record included recorded "nay" votes from Trustee Kilpatrick and Trustee Moreno and recorded "no" votes from Trustee Jose Rodriguez; recorded "yes" votes from Trustee Melton, Trustee Wade, Trustee Williams, Trustee Williamson and Kim Davis. Outcome: approved.
- Regular board meeting schedule (as proposed): motion passed; outcome: approved.
- Consent agenda (group approval of routine items): motion passed; outcome: approved.
Meeting context and next steps
Board leadership said committee assignments (finance, ad hoc facilities, city-board liaison) and an email requesting members' committee preferences will go out in the next few days. The board president said the leadership plans to engage the public through periodic communications and community events.
