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Dowagiac superintendent highlights events, facilities upgrades and asks board to weigh in on welding program
Summary
Superintendent Greg outlined upcoming events (Teacher Appreciation Week, Top 10 dinner), thanked staff for installing streaming cameras for athletics, previewed conferences, and asked the board to review options and decide in coming weeks on a proposed welding program that would require facility work to run this fall.
Superintendent Greg reviewed several operational items for the district and asked the board to take action on a proposed welding program if it chooses to proceed.
Greg reminded the board that Teacher Appreciation Week is planned for May 5–9 and that the district will host the Top 10 dinner Sunday evening. He thanked John Guroff and the maintenance team and Randy Gross and the IT team for work to prepare playing fields and install cameras so athletic events can be streamed, noting time and cost savings from in‑house efforts.
He told board members that district leaders will attend upcoming conferences (government relations meeting and MSBO) and are hopeful for clearer state budget signals later in May. Greg said building-leader check-ins and end-of-year planning are underway and that the administration is considering how best to recognize retirees at a consolidated social event later in May.
On the proposed welding program, Greg said the district has a more viable financial option than earlier and that the board needs to review emailed materials and make a decision in the next couple of weeks if the program is to run in the fall; he warned that building- and space-related changes would be required to prepare classrooms or shops.
Where presenters named staff by first name only in the meeting, the transcript does not provide full surnames for all staff; the article uses the names and roles as stated in the record.
