The regular/organizational meeting was held starting at 6:00 p.m.
Organizational items, such as approving the legal name of the school district, bank resolutions, school district legal counsel, district media contact, and scheduling of school board meetings for the next year were completed. The board meeting for June 2027 will be held the third Monday of the month, June 21st, instead of the second Monday, to allow time for the amended and proposed budgets to be completed.
The June 2026 regular and special meeting minutes and treasurer’s report were approved with no changes.
There were no public comments.
Mrs. Elizabeth Scott was appointed the special liaison to the Michigan Association of School Boards, with Mrs. Kristin Flick appointed as the alternate.
Mr. Tim Evans was appointed as delegate to the Jackson County School Board Association, and Mr. Chris Blackledge was also appointed as the alternate.
Mrs. Elizabeth Scott was appointed the school board representative on the Hanover-Horton Education Foundation Committee, and Jamie Dittenber is the community member appointed to the committee.
Mrs. Tonya Sears was appointed the school board representative on the Lucile McGee Scholarship Committee.
Mrs. Kristin Flick and Mr. Leon Densmore were appointed as the school board representatives on the Ruth Creps Scholarship Committee.
The board approved a list of recommended workshops and in-service training sessions throughout the year for board members.
The board approved the length of school term for the 2026-27 school year, as required by the school code. School districts must provide 180 days and a minimum of 1098 hours of pupil instruction, which has not changed from previous years.
In order to meet the requirement for pupil accounting auditing, the board approved a list of courses offered by the district.
The updates in the student handbooks for the elementary, middle school, high school, and athletics for the 2026-27 school year were approved.
The second reading of NEOLA Policy 6220, Budget Preparation, was approved with a small wording change to the policy.
The board approved a kitchen equipment project, which will update the food service service line concept for the district-wide modernization of equipment.
The board approved the hirings of the following teachers:
Mr. Jacob Sauber – 2nd grade
Mr. Phil Morgan – High School Spanish
Superintendent Bergstrom reported to the board members on the following:
- Maintenance and custodial making good progress.
- Jackson District Library hosting an event here on Sunday, July 26th 5:00 p.m. Circus Performers – Cirque Among Us
- Bond update: Meeting with Mercer and Todd Dailey Engineering Wednesday.
- Next Summer Pop Up Event is Wednesday.
- New Athletic Trainer to start soon.
- Cell Tower proposal from Verizon – conversation about interest in putting a cell tower on school property.
- Graduation moved to Thursday, May 27, 2027.
- New Payroll Specialist – Michael Rambadt.
- Donation received from Roger Ryon estate. We are very appreciative of his generous gift to our athletic department and will honor him through thoughtful decisions and purchases.
The board members commented on the following:
- Tonight’s meeting was a positive meeting.
- The Board welcomes the new teachers! It’s great that they want to come back and serve our community.
- Dennis Howell, a former H-H School Board President, passed away.
- The Board appreciates the thank yous from recipients of the Ruth Creps and McGee scholarships.
- The Board is thankful for the projects and clean up of our schools to make them a welcoming place.
- Thank you to all the visitors who came tonight.
The regular meeting was adjourned at 6:52 p.m.
