Board sets limited Schools of Choice numbers for 2025-26 and approves personnel changes
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Summary
Royal Oak Schools approved a limited Schools of Choice enrollment plan for 2025–26 (up to 240 seats districtwide; 75 slots for kindergarten/DK example) with a March 10–April 8, 2025 application window, and approved five hires and four separations including rehiring a former counselor and two high-school teacher resignations.
At its Dec. 12 meeting the Royal Oak Schools Board approved limited Schools of Choice enrollment for the 2025–26 school year and ratified a set of personnel changes.
Mr. Molinsky presented item 8.4.1 recommending limited Schools of Choice enrollment with assignment to school and classroom on a space-available basis. The resolution specifies a district-wide cap of 240 students across developmental kindergarten through eighth grade, with an illustrative allocation of 75 seats for kindergarten and developmental kindergarten combined. The board set an enrollment window of March 10 through April 8, 2025, consistent with pupil-accounting rules that the presenter said require a minimum 15-day and maximum 30-day window. Trustees approved the resolution on roll call.
On personnel, the board approved five hire recommendations and four separations. Notable items included the rehiring of Jim Boker as a contractual counselor after his 2022 retirement and the announced resignations of two high-school teachers: Matt Malazo (effective Jan. 6) and Christian Zirkower (effective Jan. 24). The personnel slate was approved on roll call; administration said recruitment and interviews for hard-to-fill math and science positions are underway.
