May 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER

Welcome to this regularly scheduled meeting of the Cedar Springs Public Schools Board of Education on May 12, 2025.

The Board is meeting this evening to conduct the business of the School District. While the meeting is legally required to be held in a public setting, it is not considered a public community meeting. As an attendee, the Board values your input. As such, we have allocated time for public comment during the meeting.

Please indicate your intent to make a public comment tonight by submitting a registration form at this time. You can find the forms next to the copies of the agenda on the table you passed as you entered the meeting.

 

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3. ROLL CALL

4. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

5. GRATITUDES

6. HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES

7. CONSENT ITEMS

7.A. Approval of the Minutes for the April 14, 2025, Board of Education Meeting

7.B.
Approval of the Minutes for the April 21, 2025, Special Board of Education Meeting

7.C. Approval of the Personnel Recommendations as of May 12, 2025

7.D. Approval of the April 2025 cash disbursements in the amount of $6,517,491.66

8. DISCUSSION

8.A. AP Comparative Government and Politics Textbook Proposal - Ron Behrenwald

8.B. 25/26 Handbook Revision Proposals - Scott Smith 

8.B.1) Campus Kids

8.B.2) Early Childhood Center/Preschool

8.B.3) Elementary Grades K - 5

8.B.4) Middle School (Grades 6 - 8)

8.B.5) High School (Grades 9 - 12)

8.B.6) New Beginnings

8.B.7) Athletic Handbook/Code of Conduct

8.C. Board of Education Operating Procedures Update Proposal - Heidi Reed and Scott Smith

8.D. Finance Update - Matti Sullivan

8.E. Kent Intermediate School District (KISD) Biennial Election - Scott Smith

8.F. KISD 2025/26 Budget - Matti Sullivan

8.G. Extended Learning and Engagement Program Opportunities - Scott Smith

8.H. Bond Construction Update - Scott Smith and Matti Sullivan

9. PUBLIC COMMENTS -  The Cedar Springs Public Schools Board of Education welcomes citizens to speak during the Public Comment portion of the Board of Education Meeting agenda. However, Board of Education practice is to hear the public comment, not to act on the public comment at that time. Concerns brought before the Board of Education during the Public Comment portion of the agenda will be referred to the Superintendent. Those citizens wishing to speak will be allowed a maximum of three minutes each to address their concerns. 

10. ACTION

10.A. 25/26 Handbook Revision Proposals 

10.B. Board of Education Operating Procedures Update Proposal

11. COMMUNICATION

11.A. Board of Education

11.B. Superintendent

12. PLANNING

13. ADJOURN