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Coldwater board approves budget amendments, extends administrator contracts and signs multiple service agreements
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Summary
At its meeting the Coldwater Community Schools Board of Education approved spring budget amendments, extended administrator and superintendent contracts, approved a one‑year CFO contract, and authorized several vendor agreements including Edmentum, Apogee (website/app) and Insight Hospital school‑based health services.
The Coldwater Community Schools Board of Education approved a series of administrative and financial actions at its May meeting, including budget amendments for 2025‑26, extensions of administrator and superintendent contracts, and multiple vendor agreements intended to support instructional programs and student services.
On a roll‑call vote the board approved recommended amendments to the 2025‑26 budgets and passed a motion to extend administrators' employment contracts. The board also approved a one‑year contract for the district's chief financial officer.
The board authorized several vendor contracts and renewals. Members approved a 2026‑27 license and course agreement with Edmentum for Coldwater High School, renewed the district website/app subscription with Apogee, and approved renewal of the student‑data system used for instructional grouping and diagnostics. The board also approved renewal of instructional resources for the district ELD program.
District staff described the Edmentum package as supporting ELA and math coursework, remediation and diagnostic tools; staff said license counts depend on how many students are served simultaneously.
The board approved a memorandum of agreement to continue the school resource officer (SRO) program with the Coldwater Police Department; staff clarified SROs are focused on safety and law enforcement actions (for example, writing tickets for drugs or vaping) while discipline remains the responsibility of school administrators. Staff also said a state grant that previously covered part of the district's share is no longer available and the district will pay its percentage from general funds.
Board members approved an agreement with Insight Hospital and Medical Center to provide school‑based health clinic services at the district’s middle and high schools; staff said the clinics are funded through grants and clarified that elementary schools currently do not have on‑site nurses. The board also approved repairs and purchases tied to facilities and athletics, including a $63,000 repair to the Aquatic Center air‑exchange unit (staff said the expense is reimbursable under an agreement with the Brown family trust), resurfacing elementary playgrounds, and the purchase of athletic equipment funded from booster/fundraising accounts.
The board accepted multiple personnel actions, including creation of a human resources director position and multiple retirements, resignations and summer‑school hires across elementary, middle and high school programs.
Votes on the items were recorded during the action portion of the meeting; routine consent‑agenda items and listed gifts were accepted by the board.
