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Board hears interviews from two candidates for vacant Battle Creek Public Schools seat; no vote due to lack of quorum
Summary
The board interviewed Felicia Hayden and Rashad Clark for a vacant trustee seat on March 23; members discussed scheduling a brief special meeting to secure quorum, but under Michigan law the board will recommend a candidate to the CISD rather than vote that night.
The Battle Creek Public Schools Board of Education interviewed two candidates for a vacant board seat at its March 23 meeting but did not vote because the meeting lacked a quorum.
Felicia Hayden, who identified herself as a social worker at the Battle Creek VA and a resident since January 2024, told the board she supports integrating academics with social and emotional learning and promoting literacy. "My core philosophy for public education is I believe it should integrate academics, social, and emotional learning, and promote literacy," Hayden said, and she pointed to attendance supports and family-community…
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