On behalf of the Board of Education we are pleased to provide these quick summaries of our meetings for review. Full minutes will continue to be posted on the PPPS site once approved by the Board. PPPS Board of Education - Board Meeting Summary May 11, 2026 Regular Business Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm Adjournment at 8:00 pm Board Members Present: Bowater Clark Imus Matin Mitchell Sons Board Members Absent: McNitt Public Participation: None $1,000.00 Donation from the Paw Paw Lions  Club for the HS Robotics Team $750.00 Donation from Lounsbury Excavating  for the District EOY Staff Recognition $3,000.00 from the PPMS PTO to help pay for  MS Field Trips $2,000.00 from the PPHS Clay Target Team  Boosters for the HS Trap Club $1,250.00 from Spartan Nash/Family Fare  Supermarket for the HS Baseball Program $1,250.00 from Spartan Nash/Family Fare  Supermarket for the Dog Therapy Program $956.25 from Shelli Groner. $375.00 Boys Tennis, $375.00 Band, $150.00 Boys Soccer &  $56.25 Track $956.25 from Zoetis. $375.00 Boys Tennis, $375.00 Band, $150.00 Boys Soccer & $56.25 Track Board Approvals Regular Meeting Minutes 4/13/2026 COW Meeting Minutes 4/27/2026 Financial Reports and Monthly Bills VBISD General Fund Operating Budget SEAB Curriculum Updates NWEA Purchase Employee Layoff - Thrive Aspire Teacher New First Grade & Fourth Grade Teacher Positions New K-5 Shared Sp Ed Resource Teacher Position Add General Capital Projects Fund New Grounds/Maintenance Position MHSAA Membership Renewal for 2026-27 4-Year Lease with Paw Paw Township for Senior  Citizen Center for Vacant Offices & Classrooms at CS Personnel Arrivals Laura Hansen - EE Young Five’s Teacher Kylie Brown - EE Kindergarten Teacher Cari Houston - MS Summer Pathway to Algebra Schedule B Updates Michelle Olsen - District Sp Ed School  Improv Chairperson (LOA) Departures Trever Tate - MS Assistant Athletic Director Board Discussion HS Graduation - by T Southworth Pride & Progress Citizens of the Month - Middle School April 2026 Jacob Williams - 6th Grade Jackson Blink - 7th Grade Katarina Ouzoonian - 8th Grade Students of the Month - High School Carlie Streich - April 2026 Tyler Kruizenga - May 2026 Presentations EE Instructional Rounds - by A Conner, H Barker,  P Mayne & L Barnes Next Regular Meeting June 8, 2026, 7 pm, Administration Office "The Secret of change is to focus all your energy, not fighting the old, but on building the new."  - Socrates

Splinters from the Board-May

Paw Paw Public Schools

May 18, 2026

On behalf of the Board of Education we are pleased to provide these quick summaries of our meetings for review. Full minutes will continue to be posted on the PPPS site once approved by the Board.

PPPS Board of Education - Board Meeting Summary May 11, 2026

Regular Business

  • Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm

  • Adjournment at 8:00 pm

  • Board Members Present:

    • Bowater

    • Clark

    • Imus

    • Matin

    • Mitchell

    • Sons

  • Board Members Absent:

    • McNitt

  • Public Participation:

    • None

  • $1,000.00 Donation from the Paw Paw Lions 

    Club for the HS Robotics Team

  • $750.00 Donation from Lounsbury Excavating 

    for the District EOY Staff Recognition

  • $3,000.00 from the PPMS PTO to help pay for 

    MS Field Trips

  • $2,000.00 from the PPHS Clay Target Team 

    Boosters for the HS Trap Club

  • $1,250.00 from Spartan Nash/Family Fare 

    Supermarket for the HS Baseball Program

  • $1,250.00 from Spartan Nash/Family Fare 

    Supermarket for the Dog Therapy Program

  • $956.25 from Shelli Groner. $375.00 Boys

    Tennis, $375.00 Band, $150.00 Boys Soccer & 

    $56.25 Track

  • $956.25 from Zoetis. $375.00 Boys Tennis,

    $375.00 Band, $150.00 Boys Soccer & $56.25

    Track

Board Approvals

  • Regular Meeting Minutes 4/13/2026

  • COW Meeting Minutes 4/27/2026

  • Financial Reports and Monthly Bills

  • VBISD General Fund Operating Budget

  • SEAB Curriculum Updates

  • NWEA Purchase

  • Employee Layoff - Thrive Aspire Teacher

  • New First Grade & Fourth Grade Teacher Positions

  • New K-5 Shared Sp Ed Resource Teacher Position

  • Add General Capital Projects Fund

  • New Grounds/Maintenance Position

  • MHSAA Membership Renewal for 2026-27

  • 4-Year Lease with Paw Paw Township for Senior 

    Citizen Center for Vacant Offices & Classrooms at CS

Personnel

  • Arrivals

    • Laura Hansen - EE Young Five’s Teacher

    • Kylie Brown - EE Kindergarten Teacher

    • Cari Houston - MS Summer Pathway to Algebra

    • Schedule B Updates

      • Michelle Olsen - District Sp Ed School 

        Improv Chairperson (LOA)

  • Departures

    • Trever Tate - MS Assistant Athletic Director

Board Discussion

  • HS Graduation - by T Southworth

Pride & Progress

  • Citizens of the Month - Middle School April 2026

    • Jacob Williams - 6th Grade

    • Jackson Blink - 7th Grade

    • Katarina Ouzoonian - 8th Grade

  • Students of the Month - High School

    • Carlie Streich - April 2026

    • Tyler Kruizenga - May 2026

Presentations

  • EE Instructional Rounds - by A Conner, H Barker, 

    P Mayne & L Barnes

Next Regular Meeting

  • June 8, 2026, 7 pm, Administration Office

"The Secret of change is to focus all your energy, not fighting the old, but on building the new."  - Socrates