Board approves calendar extension, personnel actions and $1.78 million in payments

The Cheboygan Area Schools Board of Education on April 22 approved multiple formal actions to address instructional days and routine district business.

Calendar extension: The board voted to extend the 2025–26 school year from June 5 to June 12 to cover additional snow and flood days unless state action in Lansing ultimately excuses those days. The motion passed on a recorded roll call.

Personnel actions: The board accepted with regret the resignation of Miss Fox (an intermediate teacher who relocated), accepted the retirement of Barbara Broich (intermediate food service), and approved the hiring of Steve Pling as assistant principal and athletic director effective July 1, 2026. Board members who served on hiring committees praised the candidate’s experience; the motion to hire carried on roll call.

Finance and invoices: On a motion the board acknowledged payment of regular and bond invoices totaling $1,780,794.70. Administration also noted a state-inspection add-on for East Elementary mechanical-room work (cited in the finance report as approximately $38,000) and discussed a Chromebook replacement proposal (administration presented a plan to replace 150 devices this year and 150 next year; an estimated per-unit figure of $500 was cited).

Closed session: The board voted to enter closed session to discuss a student-discipline matter. No substantive action was taken in open session following the motion.

Votes and recorded roll calls were recorded in the meeting minutes. Where roll-call names were read during each vote, the meeting transcript lists the participating board members and their recorded 'yes' votes.