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Carman-Ainsworth Board adopts bylaws, financial designations and student policies at organizational meeting
Summary
At its July 8 organizational meeting the board reaffirmed the district name and bylaws, designated depositories and authorized signatures, retained legal and audit firms, delegated election duties, adopted athletic conference memberships, named the superintendent as discipline hearing officer, and approved the 2025–26 student code of conduct and course providers.
At its July 8 organizational meeting the Carman-Ainsworth Board of Education approved a slate of routine organizational and governance actions, including reaffirming the district’s official name, designating financial depositories and authorized signatories, retaining legal counsel and auditors, and adopting student and athletics-related resolutions.
The board voted to continue the official district name as Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools and adopted Policy Section 0000: Bylaws, noting the district will operate as a General Powers School District under MCL 380.1 et seq. The board approved PNC Bank, MILAF+ (Michigan Liquid Asset Fund Plus), and MI CLASS as depositories for district funds for 2025–2026 and confirmed the authorized signatures for various funds (General Fund, Building & Site, Debt Retirement, Capital Projects and Flexible Spending Accounts). The Assistant Superintendent of Business and Operations, the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, and the Superintendent were authorized as signatories for contracts, and Russell Parks was designated the Electronic Transfer Officer.
The board retained multiple law firms for district legal services and selected Yeo & Yeo, CPAs, to audit district accounts for 2025–2026. It delegated election duties to Assistant Superintendent Russell Parks, with oversight by the board secretary, and designated the Executive Assistant to the Superintendent as recording secretary for minutes and meeting notices.
On athletics and student policy, the board adopted the Michigan High School Athletic Association membership resolution and the Saginaw Valley League Conference membership resolution for Aug. 1, 2025–July 31, 2026; roll-call votes for both were unanimous. The board designated Superintendent Gina Ryan as the Student Discipline Hearing Officer, approved the 2025–2026 Student Code of Conduct, and approved the Carman-Ainsworth High School Course of Studies and the district’s third‑party online course providers (GenNET, Connexus, Graduation Alliance and the Virtual Learning Academy Consortium).
Most motions were made and carried unanimously. The minutes record procedural and administrative approvals but do not provide detailed budgetary line items for some actions; several items were noted as contingent upon certification or compliance where applicable.
