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Westwood Heights board approves personnel changes, two grant-funded positions and moves to closed session
Summary
At its June 3 meeting the board approved the personnel report including Susan Mason’s retirement, authorized posting of two CRFCSR grant-funded positions for Hamady Middle High School, approved an SSA Section 271 letter of agreement with the WHE bargaining unit, approved a student discipline motion, and voted to enter closed session for contract negotiations.
The Westwood Heights Board of Education on June 3 approved multiple routine personnel and governance actions and voted to enter a closed session for strategic negotiation on collective bargaining.
The board approved the personnel report dated June 3, 2026, including the retirement of Susan Mason. The motion to approve the personnel report was moved by Miss Turner (recorded in the meeting) and subsequently shown on the record as carried by a 6-0 vote with one member absent.
Separately, the board approved the creation and posting of two new grant-funded positions for Hamady Middle High School, described by board members as MTSS/success coordinator roles intended to provide discipline-support and academic/operational assistance. The positions were presented as being fully funded under the Comprehensive School Reform (CRFCSR) grant for a three-year term; a board member confirmed the grant term as three years during discussion. The motion to create the positions was moved and supported on the record and recorded as carried 6-0 with one absent.
The board also approved a recommendation to expel a student as presented by the administration; the motion was moved by Miss Roberts and supported by Miss Johnson and recorded as carried. The board approved a letter of agreement regarding distribution of Section 271 funds (SSA Section 271) to eligible staff and the WHE bargaining unit; that motion passed with no discussion recorded.
On procedural matters, the board approved prior meeting minutes (May 6 and May 20) and the agenda amendment to add a band presentation. Near the end of public business, a board member moved that the board enter closed session pursuant to the Michigan Open Meetings Act (MCL 15.268(a),(c)) for a strategic negotiation session connected with collective bargaining; the motion was seconded, supported and recorded as carried (vote recorded as carried with six in favor and one absent). No substantive negotiations occurred in public after that motion; the board prepared to adjourn the public meeting and move to closed session.
Vote tallies recorded in the public proceedings were recorded on multiple motions as "carried" with six in favor and one absent; the minutes reflect routine approvals rather than contested roll-call divisions.
