Board hears updates on mental-health supports, Synergy transition and completed STEM and media-center projects

Assistant Superintendent Eric Alcorn told the board the district will continue monitoring mental-health supports and programs, including SEL curriculum, PBIS/PSC, restorative practices, school counselors and mental-health clinicians. The district will continue to use universal screeners (Trails for secondary, SAEBERS for elementary) to identify students for SEL supports and will continue the Corewell Health ' Blue Envelope suicide-prevention program. The board was also shown a Health & Wellness newsletter the district will post to its website to share resources with families.

Operations Committee Chair Keith Caterino reported on facility and operations goals: upgrades to middle-school lunchroom lighting and parking-lot lighting were completed; protective window film installation is underway; testing of the Bogen system at Southeast Elementary was completed and replacement options are being explored. Caterino said the Southeast Media Center and the KHS STEM addition were completed and are in use.

The transition to the Synergy student-information system has occurred; staff and students are using the new system and ongoing rollouts include student fees, course requests and an emergency-response component. Caterino also discussed HVAC options for the KECLC kitchen (a window unit purchase was recommended due to pricing) and said the recent bus-garage fire has affected the district's transportation evaluation; the board previously approved purchase of a new bus (02/12/24) with anticipated early-fall arrival as part of fleet recovery planning.

These updates were reported as committee/status reports; no formal board action beyond information was recorded in the minutes.