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Board approves hires, trips and budget revisions; tax form certified
Summary
The East Lansing School District board approved a multi-item consent agenda with new hires, authorized student travel (including a Puerto Rico trip and two camps), certified the 2026 tax levy form L-429 and adopted 2025–26 final budget revisions for general, food service and activity funds.
The East Lansing School District Board of Education on June 8 approved routine personnel and financial items, authorizing new hires, several student travel plans and final budget revisions for the 2025–26 fiscal year.
On personnel, the board approved the consent agenda that included resolution MHSAA 2026–27 and multiple new hires effective August 20, 2026: Campbell Foses Barti (1.0 FTE English teacher, East Lansing High School), Olivia Kaminsky (1.0 FTE third‑grade teacher, Robert E. Green Elementary), Corey Shepard (conditional hire, fourth grade, Glenuran Elementary), Kaylee McMillan (conditional hire, fifth grade, Red Cedar Elementary) and Jasmine Palmer (conditional hire, special education resource room teacher, McDonald Middle School). The hires were approved as part of the consent agenda vote.
The board approved three student travel items: a world language department trip to Puerto Rico, June 22–28, 2027 (moved by Trusty Martin, seconded by Trusty Torres); the East Lansing High School volleyball team camp in North Carolina, July 21–23, 2026 (moved by Trusty Chambers, seconded by Trusty Taki); and the high school boys basketball camp in Sandusky, Ohio, June 26–27, 2026 (motion moved and seconded; one trustee announced an abstention due to a potential conflict of interest). The Puerto Rico trip presenter, Miss Chen Sanchez, said the target group size is 35 students and the trip includes at least one adult to support medical needs.
Financial actions: the board certified tax rate request on form L‑429 to levy July 1, 2026 in accordance with Michigan Department of Treasuries guidance (form L‑4029) and adopted final 2025–26 budget revisions for the general fund, the food service fund and the student activity fund as presented in the budget book. Finance committee notes presented at the meeting said the adopted budget shows a lower draw from fund balance than anticipated for the year.
What to watch next: the board heard a separate presentation on a proposed shared director of safety, security and student support using 31A funds; that item will be before the board for action on June 22.
Ending: The meeting concluded after committee reports and the board set its next regular meeting for June 22, 2026.
