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Newaygo board ratifies NEA contract, approves administrator wages and renews superintendent's contract
Summary
The board unanimously ratified the NEA contract, approved proposed administrator wages for 2026-27, and rated Superintendent Ben Gilpin "Effective," renewing his contract for one year with a pay increase tied to the NEA settlement.
The Newaygo Public Schools Board of Education ratified the district's NEA contract, approved administrator wages for 2026-27 and renewed Superintendent Ben Gilpin's contract after an open evaluation at the June 15 meeting.
Sara Rivera-Cronk moved and Jami Schultz seconded ratification of the NEA contract as presented; the motion carried 7-0. The meeting record does not include the contract's financial or term specifics.
The board also approved the proposed 2026-27 administrator wages (motion by John Bull, seconded by Bruce Gracik); that motion carried unanimously. Specific wage figures and step schedules were not recorded in the transcript.
Board members conducted the superintendent's evaluation in open session using the district's Superintendent Evaluation Tool. Following the evaluation, John Bull moved and Sara Rivera-Cronk seconded a motion to rate Superintendent Ben Gilpin "Effective" for the 2025-26 school year and to renew his contract for an additional year with a pay increase "commensurate with the NEA union increase." The motion passed on a unanimous roll-call vote (Mr. Grodus, Mrs. Spicer, Mr. Frisbie, Mrs. Rivera-Cronk, Mr. Gracik, Mr. Bull, Mrs. Schultz all voted Aye).
The transcript records the personnel actions and the board's unanimous votes but does not provide numerical details about the NEA settlement, administrator wage amounts, or the superintendent's new contract salary.
