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Harper Woods School District board reviews audit and 2026 refunding bonds, lists personnel items at Oct. 7 workshop
Summary
At an Oct. 7 workshop, the Harper Woods School District Board accepted the meeting agenda, noted an upcoming audit by Yeo & Yeo, heard a presentation listing 2026 refunding bonds from Radu Iacoban and received a student enrollment update from Carrie Tenkel; personnel items were listed for future action and there were no public commenters.
The Harper Woods School District Board of Education met in workshop session Oct. 7 at Harper Woods High School. Vice‑President Johnetta Tabron called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and the board accepted the agenda by motion. The meeting adjourned at 7:23 p.m.
A motion by board member Ramona Dunn‑Simmons to "accept the agenda as printed," supported by Vice‑President Johnetta Tabron, was recorded as passing 5‑0 in the minutes. The minutes list seven board members as present and several administrators and staff in attendance, but they do not attribute individual roll‑call votes beyond the recorded tally.
Under the meeting's discussion items the agenda lists an audit by the firm Yeo & Yeo, a presentation on proposed 2026 refunding bonds by Radu Iacoban, and a student enrollment update from Carrie Tenkel. The minutes record those items on the agenda but do not include details of audit findings, bond terms or enrollment figures in the text provided.
The board also recorded several personnel matters as future action items. The minutes list one resignation (Harriett Brown, mentor—ATS) and multiple hires or rehires: Khalil Hill (freshman assistant football coach), Natasha Williams (SPED paraprofessional, Beacon Elementary), Leah Edison (SPED paraprofessional, Beacon Elementary), Ciera Ciers (SPED paraprofessional, Beacon Elementary), Larissa Ventus (SPED paraprofessional, Harper Woods High School), Amy Olind (mentor—ATS), Sarah Stratz (mentor—ATS) and Aaron Brown (rehire, mentor—ATS). The minutes indicate these are future action items; no personnel votes or approvals are recorded in the minutes excerpt.
The board reiterated public participation procedures and recorded that there were no public commenters for this meeting. The minutes note a community item: a Gleaners distribution scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on Oct. 25, 2025. The minutes were submitted by Stacey White.
The workshop focused on planning and informational items rather than final votes: the only formal motion recorded in the provided minutes was acceptance of the agenda. Additional details on the audit, bond proposal and enrollment numbers were not included in the minutes excerpt and may appear in staff reports or future board packets.
