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Dearborn Heights School District #7 board approves staff hires, committee rosters, band trips and first reading of policies
Summary
Trustees unanimously approved the Jan. 21 agenda, certified staff appointments (including Avery Shelton), committee memberships and chair assignments, two high-school band trips and the first reading of multiple revised policies at the Jan. 21, 2026 board meeting.
At its Jan. 21, 2026 meeting, the Dearborn Heights School District #7 Board of Education unanimously approved routine business including certified staff appointments, committee rosters, high-school band trips and the first reading of a set of revised policies.
The board adopted the meeting agenda and carried multiple motions by roll call votes recorded as unanimous. The board approved certified staff appointments (Exhibit 2 in the board packet), including Avery Shelton as an early-childhood program (ECP) teacher at Madison Elementary, effective Dec. 15, 2025. The motion was moved by Trustee Wall and supported by Trustee Windless.
Trustees also appointed members to standing committees for the remainder of 2026. The building and site committee will include Mary Beth Belttowski, Alisa Stanovic and Derek Wall, with Wall serving as chair; community members Virginia Morgan and Pat Grea were named as committee members. The policy committee appointments included Trustees Dyro and Windless and designated community members Pat Gretka and Alyssa Howard. Finance and reinstatement committee rosters were similarly approved, with Derek Wall selected as finance chair and Leslie Windless named chair of the reinstatement committee.
The board approved two Annapolis High School band trips: an adjudication and performance event at Perkins High School and Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio on May 16, 2026, and attendance at the MSBA District 12 band festival and adjudication at Thirstston High School in Redford, Michigan on March 12–13, 2026. Trustees discussed scheduling reasons for separate approvals tied to event site variability.
On policy matters, the board approved the first reading and proposed adoption of a set of revised and reissued NEOA policies and bylaws, including Policy 3210 (Staff Ethics), Policy 3242 (Professional Growth Responsibilities), Bylaw 0122 (Board Powers), Policy 1420 (School Administration) and multiple personnel-related policies. Trustee Anderson moved the motion, which passed on a unanimous roll call vote.
District leadership also delivered routine operational updates: Superintendent Mr. Klein praised the cast and crew of the high-school production of Matilda, thanked staff and volunteers for handling weather-related issues and said the district was monitoring wind-chill thresholds and salt availability for upcoming cold weather.
Votes at a glance: all recorded motions in the meeting carried on unanimous roll-call votes. The board adjourned at 7:36 p.m.
