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Board approves consent agenda, safety plan, budget adjustment, gifts, coursework, calendar and personnel
Summary
At its Dec. 17 meeting the Plymouth Joint School District board approved the consent agenda including financials and bills, a safety plan discussed in closed session, a consulting study contract, a DPI-driven budget code change, an anonymous $2,000 donation for girls softball, coursework changes at the high school, the 2026–27 run-of-the-mill calendar, and several personnel actions.
The Plymouth Joint School District board conducted multiple routine votes during its Dec. 17 meeting; below are the actions taken on the public record.
- Consent agenda: The board adopted the meeting agenda and approved the consent agenda, including minutes and a financial report for 7/1/2025–11/30/2025; staff read the amount for bills for the November period as stated in the record and the consent motion carried by voice vote.
- Safety plan: The board approved the district safety plan that had been discussed in closed session. The motion to approve was made and seconded and carried by voice vote; no substantive plan details were discussed on the public record at the time of the vote.
- Enrollment consulting: The board approved a consulting proposal from MD Roffers (see separate article for details). The motion carried by voice vote; the contract will be returned to staff for signature.
- Budget accounting change: At finance staff’s request, the board approved a DPI-driven reallocation that moved $43,000 between function codes for special education to match updated state accounting codes; staff described this as a formality required by DPI.
- Gifts: The board accepted an anonymous donation of $2,000 for the girls softball program and thanked the donor.
- Coursework changes: Plymouth High School coursework adjustments (including combining two English 3 sections and changing transcripted credit/AP designations for select classes) were approved by the board.
- Calendar: The board approved the run-of-the-mill academic calendar for 2026–27 as reviewed by the Committee of the Whole.
- Personnel: The board approved the retirement of Sarah Mackey (English teacher, 25 years), 100% contracts for Desiree Dorsey (elementary art teacher) and Haley Wagner (family & consumer science teacher), and noted support-staff hires and a resignation (Jason Schilling and James Gatz hired as PHS custodians; Angela Gelzer resigned as Horizon Elementary teacher aide after seven years).
Where the transcript uses only a voice vote, no roll-call tallies were recorded in the public audio transcript. If a roll-call or formal tally is required for any of these items, the official minutes or district clerk’s record should be consulted for the precise vote counts and contract amounts.
