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Forest Area school board accepts three resignations, hires teacher and approves student trips
Summary
At its March 9 meeting the Forest Area Community Schools Board accepted three staff resignations, approved hiring a middle school math teacher, and authorized an overnight robotics competition and the Class of 2026 senior trip; all motions were recorded as "motion carried."
Forest Area Community Schools Board of Education President Dan Smith presided over the board’s March 9, 2026 meeting, where trustees accepted three staff resignations, approved a new teaching hire and authorized two overnight student trips.
The board accepted resignations from Sumae Jennings (bus driver), Thomas Snyder (varsity boys basketball coach) and Tyler Moriarty (girls varsity basketball coach). Board member Chrissy Ingersoll made the motions and Joanna Durfee seconded each; the minutes record each action as "motion carried." Vote tallies were not specified in the transcript.
The board then approved hiring Tyler Moriarty as a middle school math teacher. The hiring motion was made by Chrissy Ingersoll and supported by Joanna Durfee and was recorded as carried.
Trustees also approved student travel: an overnight Robotics Competition in Grand Rapids and the Class of 2026 senior overnight trip to Detroit. Those motions were made by Ingersoll and supported by Durfee and were recorded as carried.
The meeting closed with a motion to adjourn at 7:17 p.m., made by Ingersoll and supported by trustee Kari Morgan; the motion carried.
The transcript does not record formal vote counts or additional conditions attached to the approvals; the minutes list the motions as carried.
