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Oxford school board approves curriculum, field trips, administration RFP and a staff layoff
Summary
At its May 13 meeting, the Oxford Community Schools Board of Education approved multiple policy and program items — including adoption of the 95 CORE Phonics curriculum for grades 3–5 and field trips — and voted 7-0 to lay off a shared-time teacher effective June 30, 2025.
The Oxford Community Schools Board of Education on May 13 approved a series of policy, curriculum and operational items and voted to lay off a shared-time teacher.
The board, meeting at Oxford Elementary, recorded unanimous 7-0 votes on a consent agenda and later approved Policy 5206.01, a resolution to issue an RFP for the administration building, the Oakland Schools budget resolution, the 95 CORE Phonics Program for third- through fifth-graders beginning in the 2025–2026 school year, several student field trips (LOFT; OHS Golf Big Rapids; OHS Paris; OMS Cedar Point), the Oxford 21F Emergency Day Plan, and related committee and procedural items. Most motions were moved and seconded as noted in the record and carried by a stated 7 Ayes; the transcript does not list individual roll-call votes for those items.
On personnel, the board approved a motion to lay off Cristina Trinidad-Arias, Shared Time Teacher — St. Joseph Catholic School, effective June 30, 2025. The motion to approve the layoff (moved by M. Whitney and supported by Amanda McDonough) was carried by roll call with each board member recorded as voting yes.
Other approvals included appointing Maegen Eller to the Parent Advisory Committee and establishing the Instructional Time PD Hours Committee. The board also approved counting professional development as instructional time.
The meeting included a presentation by Ann Robb, director of early childhood, on Early Learning Center data and points of pride, and OCSBA amendments to bylaws and resolutions were presented (the transcript records the presentation; no recorded vote on the amendments appears in the cited segments).
What’s next: The board scheduled several upcoming events and meetings, and—separately—voted later in the meeting to move into a closed session to discuss collective bargaining and litigation matters.
