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Board approves hires, equipment purchases, repairs, timbering and a curriculum pilot
Summary
In a single session the board approved multiple personnel hires, accepted a small athletics donation, authorized freezer repairs and a new food-service truck, approved a $20,000 discretionary roof-repair fund, approved timbering two parcels for $104,000, and purchased an Amplify ELA grade 6 pilot for $19,829.41.
The Grant Public School District board approved a range of personnel and operational items during the committee meeting.
Personnel: The board approved hiring recommendations from the hiring committee, including Elizabeth Gates as a long‑term substitute third‑grade dual‑immersion teacher, Tyler Kefley for 8th‑grade science, Rebecca Nowak for a high‑school ELA position, and Zoe Zimmerman for a district position recommended by the committee.
Donations and small purchases: The board accepted a $360 donation to the wrestling program from a local insurance agency and approved the consent agenda after staff answered questions about Madison National Life life and disability insurance (the item covers all staff and is billed monthly).
Facilities and equipment: The board authorized repairs to middle‑school freezer condenser and evaporator coils (recommended bid: $19,816.04, to be paid from food‑service surplus) and approved the purchase of a food‑service truck from the rebid process (recommended bid: $62,944.60). The district also approved a discretionary fund of up to $20,000 for immediate roof repairs if warranties do not cover necessary work.
Land and curriculum: The land‑use committee’s recommendation to timber two district parcels with Northern Michigan Forestry for approximately $104,000 was approved; administration will return in August with specific recommendations on how to allocate proceeds. The board approved a pilot purchase of Amplify ELA grade 6 curriculum for the middle school at $19,829.41 as a five‑year pilot to align grades 6–8 with elementary literacy work.
Budget context and staffing: Board members noted the district’s food‑service surplus (cited in discussion as roughly $95,000) and discussed a proposed $3 increase in the food‑service step scale to attract workers; administration said this increase would be funded from the surplus and estimated the total cost impact in discussion. Several items passed by voice vote.
The administration will return to the board with contract details, implementation schedules and any required reporting notes for these items.
