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Hazel Park School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

41 min · 2 public speakers

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What happened at this meeting

Board approves tentative agreement with new early childhood education association 15:32

  • The board approved 7⁠-⁠0 a tentative agreement with a new early childhood educators association, which a staff member said covers educators at Webster Early Childhood Center. 16:56
  • The board approved the March 16, 2026 regular meeting minutes 4 to 3 and approved board training 5 to 2. 23:54
  • The board approved 7⁠-⁠0 a contract with the Williams firm for a current investigation, after a speaker read hourly rates of $450, $400 and $350 for attorney work. 28:51
Item by item (15)
  1. Opening and agenda 3:11
    • The meeting was called to order and a quorum was announced after roll call. 3:11
    • The chair said an attorney had called to say the closed session was not necessary, and a motion was made to approve the agenda without it. 4:06
    • The chair announced the motion carried. 4:57
  2. Public comment on records requests 4:57
    • The speaker questioned paying a law firm to handle such requests rather than handling them internally, without a public vote. 5:19
    • A speaker at public comment said a FOIA request was answered by a law firm and denied because the requested material did not exist. 6:12
  3. Consent agenda 7:44
    • A motion was made to move the Committee of the Whole minutes off the consent agenda. 8:32
    • The chair announced the motion carried. 9:03
  4. Book purchases and vending machine 9:03
    • A motion was made to approve grant funds to buy books from Scholastic and the NG Book Company in an amount not to exceed $25,000 for elementary and junior high students. 9:14
    • A staff member said the books are over and above an earlier purchase and that the district does this every year. 9:52
    • A second motion was made to buy one Inti Bookworm vending machine for the junior high at a cost of $8,820. 11:03
    • Both motions carried 7⁠-⁠0. 11:03
  5. Non-union pay and administrator contracts 11:57
    • The chair said the meeting was for approval of items discussed the previous week. 11:57
    • Motions were made to approve increases for non-union employees and contract extensions for administrators. 12:16
    • The non-union increases carried 6⁠-⁠1 and the administrator contracts carried 7⁠-⁠0. 12:43
  6. Backflow preventer emergency repair 13:17
    • A motion was made to approve payment of $6,936.52 for backflow prevention assembly replacement and related plumbing work. 13:27
    • The chair announced the motion carried. 13:59
  7. Lead hourly rate and AFSCME agreement 13:59
    • A motion was made to approve a 4.25% increase to the Letchkey lead hourly rate for the 2026⁠-⁠2027 school year. 14:11
    • A motion was made to approve a tentative agreement with AFSCME Local 271 covering custodian, maintenance, cafeteria and transportation staff, and one member abstained citing a personal conflict. 14:44
    • The pay rate increase carried 7⁠-⁠0, and the agreement carried; the chair first announced 6⁠-⁠1 and a speaker then said 6⁠-⁠0. 14:44
  8. Early childhood educators agreement 15:32
    • A motion was made to approve a tentative agreement with the early childhood educators association as amended. 15:43
    • A staff member said educators at Webster Early Childhood Center asked to form their own union and the district spent about a year negotiating the contract. 16:13
    • The motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 16:56
  9. Substitute pay and handbooks 16:59
    • Motions were made to approve the substitute pay rate for the 26⁠-⁠27 school year and the 2026⁠-⁠2027 handbooks. 17:13
    • Asked whether the board needed to approve the handbooks, a speaker said it does now. 17:53
    • The substitute pay motion carried and the handbooks motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 18:11
  10. Bus repair payment 18:09
    • A motion was made to approve payment for junior high plumbing repairs not to exceed $6,742.37. 19:23
    • The bus repair motion carried 7⁠-⁠0 and the junior high plumbing motion carried. 19:10
  11. Software renewal, conferences and delegate 19:52
    • Motions were made to renew Frontline Education Services for 2026⁠-⁠2027 and approve an AASA National Conference request at a cost of $2,209. 19:58
    • A motion was made to approve an MASB delegate, and a speaker said the delegate votes on legislative recommendations. 21:18
    • A motion was made to approve costs of $2,208 for 4 staff members to attend the 2026 Michigan Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference. 22:49
    • The AASA National Conference request, at a cost of $2,209, carried 7⁠-⁠0. 21:06
  12. March minutes and board training 23:31
    • Before voting on the March 16, 2026 minutes, a speaker said the transcripts did not appear to show the minutes were incorrect and the minutes are the subject of a legal proceeding. 23:54
    • On a motion to approve board training through the end of the year, a speaker said the board cannot reasonably spend money on travel for itself right now. 24:59
    • The minutes were approved 4 to 3 and the board training motion carried 5 to 2. 24:51
  13. Law firm contract for investigation 25:53
    • A speaker said they were unhappy with the hourly cost of the attorneys but that the allegations against the board are serious. 26:23
    • A speaker said the rates are $450, $400 and $350 per hour depending on the attorney and that the firm should have no previous history with the district. 27:07
    • A speaker asked that the board be able to review the monthly billing statements. 28:01
    • The motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 28:52
  14. Committee of the Whole minutes 28:52
    • A motion was made to approve the Committee of the Whole minutes with a change to show a board member's no vote in a closed session. 29:02
    • The motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 29:50
  15. Reports, requests and comments 29:50
    • The superintendent said about 500 people gathered at the auditorium that day before breaking into professional development sessions. 29:50
    • A speaker asked for a discussion and possible vote at the next meeting on who handles the district's records requests, and the chair said it would be on the agenda. 31:02
    • At public comment, a speaker thanked the board for approving the early childhood contract, and another said the interim superintendent had been paid $18,400 for 23 business days at $800 per day. 32:20

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Video: posted by the district as “Hazel Park School District - Regular Board of Education Meeting - August 24, 2026”