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Ypsilanti Community Schools board approves budget amendments, bonds, contracts and major tech purchases
Summary
At its Feb. 23 meeting the Ypsilanti Community Schools Board approved 2025-26 budget amendment resolutions, accepted a 2026 refunding bonds resolution, ratified multiple vendor contract awards for paving and track resurfacing, and authorized technology purchases and service orders including Khan Academy licenses and E-Rate infrastructure upgrades.
The Ypsilanti Community Schools Board of Education on Feb. 23 approved a slate of financial and operational measures, adopting budget amendment resolutions, accepting a refunding bonds resolution and awarding multiple contracts to support facilities and district technology.
Board members voted unanimously to adopt the 2025/26 budget amendment resolutions covering the general fund, food service, Ypsilanti debt, Willow Run debt, sinking fund and student activity fund after a presentation from Barbara Boone, who also was approved to begin as the district's Director of Finance effective Feb. 23, 2026. The vote followed a staff presentation outlining midyear adjustments to revenues and expenditures.
Votes at a glance: - 2025/26 budget amendments: motion carried unanimously (Ayes: Dr. Celeste Hawkins, Sharon Lee, Yvonne Fields, Maria Goodrich, Jeanice Townsend, Talisha Sutton-Kennedy). - Acceptance of 2026 Refunding Bonds resolution: motion carried unanimously. - Approval of changes to retirement-plan providers (403b/457/401a to Plan Member Services): motion carried unanimously. - Acceptance of Stormwater Board Resolution to meet EGLE MS4 requirements: motion carried unanimously. - Director of Finance contract (Barbara Boone): motion carried unanimously; contract commencement Feb. 23, 2026. - Summer 2026 paving contracts: board accepted site-specific awards (Midwest Paving, Allied Paving, Best Asphalt) for multiple school parking lots; motions carried unanimously. - Ypsilanti Community High School track resurfacing: accepted Current Surfacing bid of $159,500; motion carried unanimously. - Transfr renewal order for Magnet Schools (career exploration headsets): approved for $56,000; motion carried unanimously. - Khan Academy Service Order: approved for $38,420 for student site licenses (grades 6'12) and Khanmigo AI tutoring; motion carried unanimously. - E-Rate Category 2 selections: Sentinel Technologies (access points, cable and structured cabling) and Moss (central UPS) were approved for specified work and purchases to upgrade the district's network hub and school connectivity; motions carried unanimously.
Board members said the facilities and technology work are intended to improve safety, network reliability and student instructional supports. Jon Burchwell and Kathleen McBride from Arch Environmental Group answered board questions about the Stormwater Board Resolution; Solomon Zheng responded to questions about network equipment and site selection. The Khan Academy order was described as providing personal student site licenses and AI tutoring for grades 6'12.
The board's actions at the Feb. 23 meeting formalized funding and vendor selections necessary for summer capital work and near-term classroom technology deployments. Several measures referenced in the meeting packet and slide materials are available in the district's BoardDocs materials for Feb. 23, 2026.
