With the new academic year well underway, the Northport Public School Board of Education (BOE) approved a formal student group sponsorship process at its regular meeting on Sept. 9.
The approval will give students and personnel a clear and uniform process when proposing a new club at school, said Northport Superintendent Neil Wetherbee, adding that basic information like the club’s name, participating students, and meeting dates will be required when organizing a group.
“Quite often, we have new clubs that are formed… but we didn’t have a process for someone starting a club,” Wetherbee said. “Now, we have one way of making sure we start a club with all the information that we need… It could be students or staff who are interested in forming an after school club or a before school club. So this will make sure we have all the information on one sheet.”
In other business, the board:
• Approved the closing of the Michigan Sinking Fund Account, as recommended by the school’s auditor. The sinking fund is money the district can use to pay for building improvements. Wetherbee said the account has been exhausted of funds for a couple of years and that it was just sitting empty, so the auditor suggested the district close it. The district has since been using its public improvements fund for improvements.
• Approved the hiring of Emily Miller as food service director, Tracy Denoyer as assistant secretary, and Amanda Brown as a Food Service employee.
• Approved the resignation of Brittany Adams.
