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Bedford board approves custodial contract and adult meal price increase 14:28
- The superintendent outlined state 31AA safety and mental health funding, which requires districts to waive certain privileges to accept part of the money, and recommended that the district not accept the funds or complete the waiver for now. 5:34
- The board approved a 3-year master agreement with the Bedford Custodial Educational Support Professional Association. 23:32
Item by item (9)
- Opening and agenda adoption 0:02
- Board correspondence and committee reports 1:12
- A staff member said the board received an email about the passageway across the roads at Summerfield and Douglas, and said the district does not own the adjacent property and had contacted the township. 1:29
- Amy Bissell said the Bedford Business Association reached out about donating life vests, and a staff member said the association would provide 2 for each school building. 2:42
- Megan Kaun said a Senior Center talent show had about 750 people in attendance and raised over $7,200. 4:47
- State 31AA funding and waiver 5:28
- The superintendent said Section 2 of 31AA provides $74 per student for mental health, about $283,000 for the district, while Section 3 provides $174 per student, about $665,000, and requires districts to waive privileges including attorney-client privilege. 5:34
- The superintendent said the district did not take the funds last year and covered those costs through other grants or the general fund. 5:34
- The superintendent said the item required no action and recommended that the district not accept the funds or complete the waiver at this point. 8:03
- Adult meal prices 14:24
- A staff member said the adult breakfast price would increase by $0.10 to $3.25 and lunch by $0.15 to $5.50, based on the minimum set by the Office of Nutrition Services. 14:28
- Teacher and counselor new hires 16:29
- A staff member presented new hires including teachers at Jackman Road Elementary, Douglas Road Elementary and Bedford Senior High School, and a counselor at Bedford Junior High School. 16:29
- The board president asked whether all the hires were in place for the first day of school, and a staff member said all were except the counselor. 21:14
- The motion to approve new hires A through E carried. 21:07
- Special education instructor assignment 22:47
- Custodial support staff master agreement 23:32
- Administrator and cabinet updates 25:27
- An administrator said the high school homecoming parade is on the 23rd and the football game on the 25th. 25:57
- A staff member said 2026 M-STEP scores were public and one elementary school ranked first in the county in 6 of the 8 tested areas. 29:10
- Another staff member said the district hired 66 total employees in the last month. 31:37
- Board comments and adjournment 37:19
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Video: posted by the district as “September 10, 2026, Bedford Public Schools Board of Education Meeting.”