Wyandotte School Board places multiple facility bids, staff hires and a new Algebra course on the agenda

The Wyandotte Board of Education met May 20, 2025, and placed a slate of facility upgrades, personnel actions and a new course adoption on its action agenda.

President Theresa Crnkovich presided over a meeting that included presentations from Principal Katie Bradd and staff on the Jo Brighton school’s business partnerships and a demonstration from Wyandotte Transitions Program Director Cindy Taylor and her staff about community transition placements for students.

On the action agenda, the packet lists a first-and-final reading of several new and amended policies across the 2000, 5000, 6000 and 8000 policy series for board consideration. The agenda also lists teacher hires (Beth Beaubien, Marissa Pelland and Brian Wieczorek) and speech-language pathologist hires (Kristen Labeau and Dakota Watterson) for board action.

Several facility and equipment bids were presented with dollar amounts included in the packet: a bid from Detroit Boiler Company to supply and install two Cleaver & Brooks boilers at Jo Brighton for $588,793; a Shaw Construction bid to remodel four main bathrooms at Jefferson Elementary for $344,800; and a Forte bid for projections and sound upgrades in meeting places for $114,721.55. The packet also lists an off-street bus lane project for TLC on Electric Street not to exceed $155,000. The agenda labels these items for approval; the meeting transcript lists the amounts and bidders but does not record final vote tallies or the result of each approval vote.

Agenda item 5 lists the Wayne County ISD RESA 2025–2026 budget for board consideration and item 6 asks the board to designate a delegate for the Wayne County ISD RESA election on June 2; the packet identifies Treasurer Kelly Webber as the voting delegate and Member Nick Beaven-Parshall as alternate. The transcript records those delegate designations on the agenda but does not include a formal recorded vote in the excerpted text.

Curriculum and personnel items include a proposed adoption of an Advanced Algebra I course at Roosevelt High School starting in the 2025–2026 school year (listed as agenda item 11) and a retirement notice for Chris Kret (agenda item 12). The board also set its organizational meeting for Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in the Wyandotte City Hall Council Chambers and scheduled a work session for June 10, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. at the board offices.

The consent agenda lists routine bills and vouchers including Board of Education bills of $935.00 and Bills & Vouchers totaling $9,836,853.26. The agenda also includes a voluntary school assessment for the Guidance Center for $3,628.

In closing remarks, Vice President Kathleen Kane asked board members to review policy materials in teams and bring suggestions to the September work session; Member Carolyn Martinez and Member Cynthia Kinney offered congratulations to students and staff for recent activities. The superintendent (name not specified in the transcript excerpt) announced senior schedules and upcoming graduations on May 28.

Votes or final outcomes for the listed approvals are not recorded in the transcript excerpt provided; where the packet shows an approval request or an identified dollar amount, this article reports the amounts and the board items as listed on the agenda rather than asserting passage.

Next steps: the board’s work session is scheduled for June 10, 2025, and the organizational meeting is scheduled for July 15, 2025.