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Board approves multiple teacher and specialist hires for 2025-26 school year
Summary
The board approved a slate of SCEA employment recommendations, including hires at Dieck, Syring, Elms Road, Swartz Creek Middle School, and district speech pathologist positions; most motions passed unanimously or by clear majorities.
During the Aug. 13 meeting the Swartz Creek Community Schools Board of Education approved multiple recommended SCEA hirings for the 2025-26 school year.
Motions — most moved by Board member Chuck Melki and seconded by other members — approved employment for Peyton Bailey (third-grade teacher, Dieck Elementary), Kim Sanders (Special Education, Dieck Elementary), Emily Ballant (second-grade, Syring Elementary), Jerrica Vanderkurr (Special Education, Swartz Creek Middle School), Keri Katsef (Special Education, Swartz Creek Middle School), Lindsay Travis (ELA, Swartz Creek Middle School), Sydney Goupil (Speech Pathologist, LDLC & Gaines Elementary), Lauren Bentle (Speech Pathologist, MS & HS), and Erika Close (third-grade, Elms Road Elementary). The motions recorded roll-call votes, typically 6-0 in favor where shown.
The approvals add classroom and special education staff across elementary and middle school campuses. The meeting record does not include individual candidate résumés or compensation details in the public minutes; staff follow-up was not specified in the public record.
