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Huron School District board approves multiple hires, $4.29M in payments and NEOLA policy first reading
Summary
At its Aug. 26 regular meeting, the Huron School District Board of Education approved several staff hires and leaves, certified MASB delegates, took a first reading of NEOLA policy updates, and approved accounts payable totaling $4,294,430.96.
The Huron School District Board of Education on Aug. 26 approved multiple personnel actions, certified delegates for the Michigan Association of School Boards and approved $4,294,430.96 in accounts payable during a 6:00 p.m. meeting in the high school media center.
The board approved the minutes of its July 29 regular and closed sessions on a 7-0 vote after a motion by President Scott Ferguson and a second by Johnson. It then approved a slate of hires: Sarah Collada as assistant principal at Huron High School (effective Aug. 5, 2024); Michelle Jackson as Perkins administrative assistant for DCTC (effective Aug. 12, 2024); Samantha Holdwick as a third-grade teacher at Miller Elementary; Corrine Pettry as a first-grade teacher at Miller Elementary; Angela LeBlanc as counseling secretary at Huron High School (effective Aug. 21, 2024); and Grace Cook as a business education teacher at Huron High School for 2024–25, pending a criminal history background check and pre-employment physical. All personnel motions recorded passed unanimously unless noted.
The board also approved updated fall coaches for the 2024–25 school year; that motion carried with six ayes and one recorded abstention by Roupe. Two unpaid one-year leaves of absence were approved: Reanna Frazier (Huron Education Association) and Kacy Biggs-Daly (AFT support staff).
On organizational business the board selected Cory Roupe as its MASB 2024 delegate and Julie Spicer as the alternate, and approved on first reading the NEOLA special update regarding Policy 2266 and new Policy 2264. Committee reports noted upcoming policy and finance meetings, ongoing science-room ventilation work in facilities, and planning toward a potential 2026 bond.
In a roll-call vote the board approved accounts payable totaling $4,294,430.96; the minutes list Cox, Monte, Johnson, Town, Spicer, Roupe and Ferguson as recording ayes. The board received the investment report and the statement of revenue and expenditures as note-and-file items.
Board members offered brief remarks welcoming new hires and wishing staff and students a good start to the school year. Superintendent Donovan welcomed new staff, commended Steven Hudock for organizing a staff event for first- and second-year teachers, noted the fall sports season and the district’s first football game at Livonia Churchill, and congratulated Roupe on becoming a soon-to-be grandparent. The meeting adjourned at 6:17 p.m.
The board did not receive any public comments at the meeting.
