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After interviewing 15 applicants to fill a vacant Anchor Bay School District trustee seat, the board voted to cut the candidate list to four finalists — Romano, Covert, Wentworth and Braun — and will hold a formal appointment vote at its Jan. 28 meeting.
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The board awarded abatement work for planned bond projects to Building Decommissioned Services (BDS) for a total including allowances of $187,600; a board member asked administrators to confirm that the higher figure included allowances for unforeseen asbestos and that change orders would return to the board if needed.
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Following a closed‑session review of student discipline, the board approved conditional reinstatements for two students effective Jan. 5, 2026; both approvals include reentry meetings in mid‑December and conditions such as continued academic progress and online schooling; the second reinstatement passed with two No votes.
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Board approved jazz band and jazz ensemble trips to Central Michigan University and the Michigan Music Conference, and a DECA trip to Orlando (Jan. 28–Feb. 1, 2026). Members asked administrators to ensure appropriate chaperone ratios (district practice cited as 10 students per chaperone).
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Superintendent Phil Jankowski said bid openings for the next phase of the district bond (work at Ashley, Aldert and Bridal School South) produced encouraging preliminary numbers; he also reported unexpected elementary enrollment growth and described options for preschool placement and building uses.
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Board members questioned how the district was recorded as "opted in" to contested 31a funding after a Nov. 12 vote to decline application; Superintendent Phil Jankowski said staff and legal counsel executed a procedural opt‑in to preserve options pending court rulings.
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Todd Rathbun told the Anchor Bay board that MDOT awarded a Safe Routes to School infrastructure grant (about $1.8 million) to the City of New Baltimore, with a separate $90,000 non-infrastructure outreach award, to install sidewalks, crosswalks and pedestrian-safety features in the district.
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The Anchor Bay School District Board of Education voted unanimously to decline state funds under Section 31aa of the School Aid Act, saying the statutes requirement to waive attorney-client and related privileges creates legal, insurance and privacy risks for the district and its students.
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At its Oct. 22 meeting the Anchor Bay Board of Education accepted a clean audit, approved contracts and change orders for facilities work, authorized multiple student suspensions and an expulsion after closed sessions, and denied a volunteer appeal brought by a parent with a past conviction.
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District staff told the Anchor Bay board Sept. 24 that its after-school SAC program has a reduced wait list and could enroll roughly 18–20 more children once one pending hire clears fingerprint licensing.