Morrice school board holds 19-minute budget hearing on 2026-27 spending

The Morrice Area Schools Board of Education held a special budget hearing on June 24 that lasted 19 minutes, according to the meeting record posted by the district.

President Jerry Dennis called the meeting to order at 5:47 p.m. in the high school media center at 691 Purdy Lane. The record shows Dennis, Wyzga, Iler and Hovis present. Hower, Binkley and Moncur were absent, leaving four of the seven board members in attendance.

The board's first action was procedural. Wyzga moved and Iler supported a resolution accepting the agenda as presented. It passed with ayes from Dennis, Wyzga, Iler and Hovis, and no nays.

The single business item was a public hearing on the 2026-2027 Morrice Area Schools operational budget, listed on the agenda as a presentation under new business and discussion. The record lists no vote on the budget itself and no dollar figures. A community comments period followed under the communication section of the agenda.

Iler moved and Wyzga supported adjournment at 6:06 p.m. That motion also carried 4-0.

The posted notice states the session was a meeting of the Board of Education held in public to conduct district business and was not intended as a public community meeting, with public participation limited to the time set aside on the agenda. The notice directs anyone with a disability who needs accommodation to contact the superintendent's office at 517-625-3142 at least five days before a meeting.

What happens next

The June 24 record shows the operational budget was presented at the hearing but not adopted at that session. The next step would be board action on the 2026-27 budget at a subsequent meeting; the district posts its board meeting records online.