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Milan Area Schools board adopts policy updates, approves contracts and expels a student after closed session
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Summary
The board approved policy changes, personnel moves and two collective-bargaining agreements with average raises of about 3.56%; it also entered closed session on a student discipline matter and voted unanimously to expel the named student according to the resolution read at return from closed session.
At its regular meeting, the Milan Area Schools Board of Education approved several policy and personnel items, ratified collective-bargaining agreements for support staff and teachers that include districtwide raises, and voted to expel a student after a closed-session disciplinary hearing.
Policy and personnel actions: The board voted unanimously (6–0) to adopt two policy updates detailed in Attachment A, including removing a required read-aloud phrase from the public-comment policy and changing a 504/IEP coordination role to Dr. Phelps. The board also approved an updated directors’ salary schedule that adds an assistant-director position for Paddock Early Childhood Center funded via GSRP grant dollars; that motion carried 6–0. The board then approved the appointment of Kelly Gubraj as assistant director at PECC after Superintendent McMahon summarized her credentials and the hiring process; the appointment passed 6–0.
Contracts and compensation: Superintendent McMahon summarized negotiated changes to two labor agreements. The master agreement with Milan Area Schools support staff includes language clarifications, insurance (hard-cap) language, updated notice for paid professional development invitations, and a wage increase averaging 3.56% (with an additional $0.24/hour for certain paraprofessionals); the board approved that agreement with five yes votes and one abstention. The master agreement with the Milan Education Association (teachers) likewise includes averaging raises (McMahon described an average near 3.56% across groups, with step- and position-dependent variation), clarification of part-time benefits, changes to extra-duty compensation formulas and an added insurance appendix; two board members abstained and the motion carried with four yes votes and two abstentions.
Disciplinary action after closed session: The board entered closed session under the Michigan Open Meetings Act (MCL 15.2681(b)) to hear a student-discipline case. After returning from closed session, Chair Mr. Ferro read a resolution citing the revised school code and the closed hearing record and recommended expulsion of the student whose identifier in the record is listed as 25-20-26-4. A motion to expel, moved by Haika and supported by Burdett, carried 6–0. The resolution directs administrators to refer the student to the county Department of Social Services or community mental-health agency and to meet with the student’s family to determine appropriate educational arrangements.
What the board said: McMahon described contract changes as language and compensation updates and noted implementation details for extra-duty and coaching pay. Chair Mr. Ferro read the expulsion resolution in full, citing the revised school code and the district’s obligation to implement the resolution’s educational and referral steps. The board did not provide further public details about the underlying disciplinary facts during open session.
Votes at a glance: - Policy revisions (Attachment A): mover Cislo; support Haika; vote 6–0; outcome: adopted. - Directors salary schedule (adds PECC assistant director): mover Burdett; support Gutierrez; vote 6–0; outcome: approved. - Appointment of Kelly Gubraj, PECC assistant director: mover Prior; support Haika; vote 6–0; outcome: approved. - Master agreement, Milan Area Schools support staff: mover Burdett; support Syslo; vote 5 yes, 1 abstain; outcome: approved (raises averaged ~3.56%). - Master agreement, Milan Education Association (teachers): mover Gutierrez; support Pryor; vote 4 yes, 2 abstain; outcome: approved (raises averaged ~3.56% across groups; schedule/appendices updated). - Motion to enter closed session (student discipline): mover Gutierrez; support Haika; vote 6–0; outcome: carried. - Resolution to expel student 25-20-26-4: mover Haika; support Burdett; vote 6–0; outcome: approved (administration directed to implement and make required referrals).
The meeting adjourned at 9:01 p.m.
