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Marion Central board accepts longtime teacher’s retirement, approves administrative MOA, sets June 20 elementary last day and handles routine appointments
Summary
At its March meeting the Marion Central School District board accepted the resignation/intent to retire of sixth‑grade ELA teacher Kimberly Hamilton after 25 years, approved a memorandum of agreement altering the school business administrator’s compensation and benefit terms, set June 20 as the official last student day for elementary, approved officer and banking appointments, accepted a $1,000 library donation, and voted to enter executive session on a student suspension appeal.
The Marion Central School District Board of Education on March 1 accepted the resignation and intent to retire of Kimberly Hamilton, a sixth‑grade English‑language arts teacher who has worked in the district for 25 years.
Superintendent (Superintendent) introduced Hamilton’s resignation and said the district had an associated memorandum of agreement with the teachers association related to the April 1 contract deadline. The superintendent said, “Kimberly's worked in the district for 25 years, currently teaches sixth grade ELA. She has had a huge impact on the elementary school and our students and community over the years,” and called her “one of our most dedicated staff members.” Board members offered congratulations at the meeting.
The board also approved an MOA between the district and the school business administrator that changes compensation and a limited insurance provision. According to the superintendent, the MOA would shift the district’s prior practice of placing a 3% employer contribution into a 403(b) toward instead providing a 2% increase in base salary. The MOA also includes a provision to permit the district to provide a single health insurance plan to the school business administrator if the administrator’s spouse‑provided coverage were to become unavailable. A board member moved to approve the MOA and the motion carried by voice vote.
On the academic calendar, the superintendent asked the board to set the official last student day for elementary students as June 20, citing that students are required to attend 180 days and the district had not used built‑in snow, cold or emergency days this year. The board approved the calendar change; the superintendent said the scheduling would allow the final week to be used for professional development, classroom moves and grade‑level wrap‑up activities.
In routine business, the board held several votes by voice: it elected Robin Johnson as county association president and Julian Abweizer as vice president, designated Reliant Community Credit Union as the district depository and approved related signatory assignments. The board accepted a $1,000 donation from the Wayne County Retired Teachers Association to be split evenly between the elementary and high‑school libraries.
Before going into executive session, the school business administrator delivered a budget update: the superintendent’s office anticipates a proposed 2% foundation increase in the governor’s budget, with the legislature possibly adding up to 1% more; the district is currently looking at a roughly 3.91% budget‑to‑budget increase and plans to bring the budget to the board for approval April 8.
The meeting concluded its public session after the board voted to enter executive session “for the specific purpose of a hearing of an appeal of a student suspension and [to] discuss the work history of a particular employee.”
