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Unionville-Sebewaing Area S.D. board approves consent agenda, adopts policy updates and enters closed session
Summary
At its Nov. 10 meeting the Unionville-Sebewaing Area S.D. Board approved a consent agenda that included personnel actions, unanimously adopted October Thrun policy updates and voted to hold a closed session under state attorney-client privilege statutes.
The Unionville-Sebewaing Area S.D. Board of Education met on Nov. 10, 2025. President Mark Zimmer called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The board approved a consent agenda that included personnel actions, approved a set of policy updates and later voted to meet in closed session under attorney-client privilege.
The consent agenda was approved on a motion by Kirk Payne, seconded by Brian Dyer. The minutes list the items approved as: minutes from Oct. 13, 2025; several fund payables (some line items are not shown with complete dollar amounts in the minutes); approval of teacher ongoing probation for Jade Clarkson (listed as in her third year of probation at Unionville-Sebewaing Elementary); approval of Landon Bursick as middle-school basketball coach; and acceptance of Jared Lang's resignation as high-school track coach. The minutes record the consent vote with Ayes: Dyer, Ewald, Payne, Vader, Zimmer and Nays: none. The minutes do not list recorded votes for the other board members for that motion.
The board received a presentation listed as the 2025–2026 Financial Audit; the minutes do not summarize findings or figures from that presentation. Later, on a motion by Justin Nitz supported by Brian Dyer, the board voted to adopt the October Thrun Policy Updates. The minutes report the Thrun policy vote as unanimous with Ayes from Dyer, Ewald, Gettel, Nitz, Payne, Vader and Zimmer.
Principal Bader provided an update on elementary activities and Principal Arnold provided an update on middle- and high-school activities; the minutes record these updates but do not provide detail. Superintendent Hahn is shown as present on the agenda but the minutes do not record substantive points from a superintendent report.
Near the end of the meeting the board voted to enter a closed session under MCL 15.268, Section 8, Article (h) for attorney-client privileged communication. The motion, made by Kirk Payne and seconded by Justin Nitz, passed on a roll call with all seven members recorded as voting Aye. Closed session began at 8:07 p.m.; open session resumed at 8:27 p.m. President Zimmer adjourned the meeting at 8:28 p.m.
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda (approve minutes; fund payables; personnel items including Jade Clarkson tenure/probation, hire of Landon Bursick, resignation of Jared Lang): motion by Kirk Payne, seconded by Brian Dyer; minutes record Ayes: Dyer, Ewald, Payne, Vader, Zimmer; Nays: none; final outcome: approved. Note: the minutes omit recorded votes for two board members on this motion and some payable amounts are not specified in the minutes. - October Thrun Policy Updates: motion by Justin Nitz, supported by Brian Dyer; recorded outcome Ayes 7, Nays 0; final outcome: approved. - Enter closed session under MCL 15.268(8)(h) (attorney-client privilege): motion by Kirk Payne, seconded by Justin Nitz; recorded outcome Ayes 7, Nays 0; final outcome: approved; closed session 8:07–8:27 p.m.
What the minutes do not show: the board minutes list a line for the 2025–2026 Financial Audit but do not record audit findings or financial figures; several payables lines in the consent agenda are missing complete dollar amounts in the minutes or contain a typographical error (for example, the Debt Service Fund amount appears in the minutes as '32,151025', which is unclear).
