Schools
Seven districts, one county
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Kids Early Education Zone gets Ovid-Elsie lease; terms not public
The school board approved leases for two child care operators on Aug. 19, but the posted minutes do not say which buildings they take, what they pay or when they open.
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Ovid-Elsie schools weigh a bond vote for May or November 2027
Minutes from the board's Sept. 9 work session show financial advisers laid out two ballot windows, and the district has since hired an architect and a construction manager to build the case.
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Owosso school board meets Wednesday at Performing Arts Center
The regular meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at 765 E. North St., and the notice the district posted carries no agenda.
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Owosso school board gets Venture update, votes on Willman Field sound
The district posted its Sept. 23 agenda after the meeting notice went out blank: an update from the developer of the former middle school, a Willman Field sound system vote, the tax levy and a Wilkinson Road property decision.
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Laingsburg schools opened short-staffed, shut School of Choice early
Approved Aug. 18 minutes show the district closed School of Choice in early August to staff its buildings, and started the year down paraprofessionals, custodians and teachers after seven staff left over the summer.
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New Lothrop school board: 2025-26 audit, baseball drainage bid Monday
Outside auditors from Maner Costerisan present the district's 2025-26 financial audit at the 6 p.m. meeting, where trustees also vote on a baseball field drainage bid, a furniture purchase and overnight FFA trips — none with a dollar figure posted.
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Ovid-Elsie board's only action Monday: closed session on legal opinion
The Sept. 21 agenda for the Ovid-Elsie Area Schools board lists one item of new business — a vote to go into closed session over an attorney opinion letter, with no subject given.
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Corunna school board opens cell phone policy debate Monday
A first reading of a student cell phone and electronic device policy leads the Sept. 21 agenda, along with 21 policies up for final approval, five personnel moves and a bond update.
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Durand school board votes Monday on staff pay scale, FFA trips
The Sept. 14 agenda lists a non-affiliated employee salary schedule, two FFA travel items and two months of financial reports — but no descriptions of any of them.
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Owosso schools keep 4.7-mill debt levy; bonds to sell in $12M rounds
August board packets show what the bond win means for taxpayers and classrooms: a levy that stays put, a negotiated bond sale before Dec. 1, two new teachers and 228 kindergartners.
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Morrice school board votes tonight on golf for spring 2027
The only action item on the Morrice Area Schools board's 6 p.m. agenda is a vote on golf for the spring 2027 season, with no supporting material attached.
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Owosso school board weighs more public comment, Willman Field sound
The board's committee of the whole meets 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Conference Room 112 at the Washington Campus, with 2027 health insurance rates and a closed session with attorneys also on the agenda.
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Byron school board weighs middle school boiler, energy bond tonight
A 6:30 p.m. work session lists two discussion items — whether to replace or repair the Byron Middle School boiler, and an energy bond the district has not yet described in public.
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Ovid-Elsie facilities panel takes up assessment Sept. 9 in Elsie
The board committee steering the district's building work meets at 4 p.m. Sept. 9 in the Ovid-Elsie High School student lounge for a "Facilities Assessment Discussion," with no supporting material posted.
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Venture seeks more time on Owosso's former middle school housing deal
The developer wants to turn the closed Owosso middle school into 53 affordable apartments, but its purchase agreement with the district was set to expire Aug. 1 and no extension vote appears in the board's July packet.
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Owosso school board meets Aug. 26 at Performing Arts Center
The Owosso Public Schools Board of Education posted notice of a regular meeting set for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the district's Performing Arts Center on East North Street.
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Owosso school board to vote on bond authorization resolution Aug. 26
The Owosso Board of Education's Wednesday agenda pairs a bond authorization resolution with first looks at a tax levy, a Wilkinson Road property proposal and FFA travel.
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Ovid-Elsie policy committee advances draft board operating procedures
The three-member committee met July 30 to revise a working document on how the school board runs its meetings, with a recommendation to the full board due in August.
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Ovid-Elsie facilities committee interviews Clark, Christman for construction management
Two of the three committee members met for nearly three hours Aug. 10 to hear presentations from two construction management firms, according to minutes posted by Ovid-Elsie Area Schools.
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Ovid-Elsie facilities panel shortlists Christman, Clark for construction management
Minutes from the Aug. 3 committee meeting show four construction management firms and three architecture firms submitted qualifications, with two of each picked for interviews.
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Ovid-Elsie board names Doug Long Track, splits 4-3 on bond loan
Minutes from the July 20 regular meeting show the Ovid-Elsie Area Schools board renamed its high school track for a longtime coach and narrowly approved a School Bond Qualification and Loan Program application.
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Ovid-Elsie board reviews enrollment decline, restructuring concept
At an Aug. 5 work session, Superintendent Mark Horak presented five-year projections showing falling enrollment and outlined a possible change to grade configuration; no action was taken.
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Ovid-Elsie facilities committee interviews GMB, Kingscott for architect work
Two of three committee members met Aug. 11 in the high school student lounge for back-to-back architectural services interviews that ran just over two hours.
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Laingsburg school board suspends athletic fees, extends superintendent deal
July 15 minutes show the board dropped middle and high school athletic participation fees for 2026-27, extended Superintendent Matt Shastal's contract and approved $1.5 million in June warrants.
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New Lothrop school board OKs debt levies, $108,497.92 reading buy
July 20 minutes show the board set 2026-27 tax levies, approved four new preschool and classroom hires, and extended Superintendent Jay Larner's contract through June 2029.
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Perry school board calls Aug. 19 special meeting on three purchase orders
The Perry Board of Education's noon special meeting agenda lists possible action on single purchase orders from the district's bond, general and building funds.
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Byron school board to act on 14 hires, energy bond report Aug. 17
The agenda for tonight's 6:30 p.m. regular meeting lists an energy bond presentation, 14 employments, five resignations and a van purchase.
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Morrice school board to act on K-12 nurse, cafeteria prices Aug. 19
The Morrice Area Schools board's regular meeting agenda lists votes on renewing the K-12 nurse, hiring an elementary teacher and raising adult cafeteria prices, plus discussion of a bond update.
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Corunna school board to fill vacancy, act on principal resignation
The Aug. 17 agenda includes appointing a trustee through Dec. 31, acknowledging Corunna High School principal Ron Jacobs' resignation and approving an ice hockey cooperative.
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Ovid-Elsie board to pick construction manager, architect Aug. 19 in Elsie
The agenda recommends hiring The Christman Company and Kingscott, with one board member set to abstain over a family tie.
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Ovid-Elsie facilities committee interviews two architects Aug. 11 in Elsie
The Ovid-Elsie Area Schools board facilities committee scheduled interviews with GMB and Kingscott for architectural services at a 6 p.m. meeting Tuesday in the high school student lounge.
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Owosso school board sets Aug. 12 committee meeting on Alger Street
The Owosso Public Schools Board of Education posted notice of a regularly scheduled committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Washington Campus Administration Building.
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Ovid-Elsie school board met Aug. 5 in Elsie on strategic plan
A posted notice shows the Board of Education held a work session at the high school student lounge for a single purpose: strategic plan discussion.
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Ovid-Elsie board weighed district restructuring at Aug. 5 work session
The agenda for the Ovid-Elsie Area Schools board work session listed enrollment projections and a possible restructuring concept, with no formal action to be taken.
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Laingsburg school board approves 2026-27 budget with $643,182 gap
Trustees adopted a general fund budget projecting $14.9 million in revenue and $15.6 million in spending, set a 28.95-mill tax levy and approved four hires at the June 24 meeting.
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Ovid-Elsie board agenda set track naming, facilities RFQ for July 20
The July 20 regular meeting agenda carried a recommendation to name the high school track for Coach Doug Long, two MIPS board appointments and authorization to seek architectural and construction management qualifications.
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Ovid-Elsie facilities committee set contractor interviews for Aug. 10-11
An Aug. 3 committee agenda shows the Ovid-Elsie Area Schools board panel reviewed construction management and architectural qualifications and scheduled interviews for this week.
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Ovid-Elsie board to interview construction managers Aug. 10 in Elsie
The school district's facilities committee posted notice of a 6 p.m. meeting Monday at the high school student lounge for construction manager interviews.
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Ovid-Elsie school board took up budgets, track naming at June 15 meeting
The agenda for the Ovid-Elsie Area Schools board's June 15 regular meeting listed votes on four budgets, a tax levy, a revised emergency operations plan and four employee contracts.
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Ovid-Elsie finance committee backed budget plans ahead of June 15 vote
Two of three committee members met June 10 in the high school student lounge and unanimously recommended the final 2025-26 budget revision and the proposed 2026-27 budget to the full board.
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Ovid-Elsie policy committee backs NEOLA updates, keeps current provider
The three-member board committee recommended approval of 20 policy changes on June 11, including new artificial intelligence and staff ethics language, and decided against switching policy services.
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Morrice school board took up tax levy, resource officer deal July 22
The July 22 regular meeting agenda listed resolutions on the property tax levy, the School Loan Revolving Fund and a school resource officer contract, plus a first reading of 16 policies including one on artificial intelligence.
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New Lothrop school board OKs budgets, $1.04M in bills, bond refunding
Trustees at the June 15 budget hearing approved the amended 2025-26 and initial 2026-27 spending plans, a resolution to refinance part of the district's 2014 bonds and financing for three new buses.
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New Lothrop school board agenda listed 10 staff moves, superintendent extension
The July 20 agenda for the New Lothrop Area Public Schools board included four resignations, eight hires, a non-homestead tax levy vote and a one-year contract extension for the superintendent.
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Morrice school board holds 19-minute budget hearing on 2026-27 spending
Four of seven trustees attended the June 24 special hearing, where the district presented its 2026-27 operational budget and took no action on it.
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Morrice school board buys Senior Center for $1, OKs $950,000 note
Minutes from the June 24 meeting show the Morrice Area Schools board approved two budgets, a teachers' contract, a curriculum purchase and baseball field work on a 4-1 vote.
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Corunna school board took up bond resolution, security contracts
The July 20 agenda for Corunna Public Schools listed a 2026 bond ratifying resolution, a six-year social studies textbook agreement and four contracts paid with 31aa grant funds.
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Corunna school board agenda set budgets, $1M borrowing vote June 15
The Corunna Public Schools board's June 15 agenda called for votes on final 2025-26 budgets, a truth-in-taxation resolution, next year's budgets and state aid borrowing of up to $1 million.
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Durand school board took up bond election, interim Bertha Neal posts Aug. 3
The agenda for the Durand Area Schools board's Aug. 3 regular meeting listed a resolution to authorize a bond election, interim leadership for Bertha Neal Elementary, and a full slate of 2026-27 handbooks and course catalogs.
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Byron school board agenda set budgets, coaching hires for June 15
The Byron Area Schools board's June 15 regular meeting agenda listed final 2025-26 and projected 2026-27 budgets, a slate of staff and coaching moves, athletic program changes and $2,900 in donations.
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Owosso school board takes up 2026-27 courses, science textbooks and student handbooks
July's agenda packed the year-ahead housekeeping — course offerings, textbook adoption, new hires — plus recognition for all-state softball athletes.