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Dearborn Heights D7 board approves Edmentum contract, staff appointments and multiple policy updates
Summary
Trustees approved a $152,226.67 Edmentum licensing contract, multiple non‑certified staff appointments (including a third‑party family engagement coordinator), second‑reading adoption of NEOLA policies, and a $2,000 scholarship donation; trustees asked administrators to clarify third‑party staffing and scholarship distribution.
At its Dec. 18 meeting the Dearborn Heights School District #7 Board approved several routine but consequential items: a multi‑year Edmentum contract for instructional and diagnostic licenses, non‑certified staff appointments, and a package of revised NEOLA board policies.
On the contract, administration presented a 36‑month comprehensive library program license and a 40‑month diagnostic and learning‑path license from Edmentum at a total cost of $152,226.67, to be paid from the general fund. Trustees asked about overlapping license start dates and administrators said the phased start allows spring assessments and planning for teacher professional development; the motion carried on a roll‑call vote with all present voting yes.
The board approved non‑certified staff appointments including Heather Mosby (paraprofessional), Brittney Renant (JV chair coach at Anapolis High School) and Erica Stannis (identified in the packet as a third‑party contractor for a family engagement coordinator). Trustees sought clarification on the third‑party/EDUST designation and asked that the agenda clearly note which positions are district employees and which are third‑party contractors; the superintendent agreed to update future agenda language.
Trustees also approved the second reading and adoption of a set of Neola policy updates covering conflict of interest, grant/internal controls, federal‑grant procurement and other administrative policies. The board accepted a $2,000 donation to the Cody Alexander Scott scholarship earmarked in the packet to "support a special education student at Anapolis High School;" when asked whether the gift was intended for one recipient or multiple students the superintendent said he would confirm the distribution and return with that detail.
All motions were adopted by roll‑call vote.
