Wayne-Westland Community Schools Meetings
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February 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education (Rescheduled January)
Meeting Type:
Regular
Welcome to a meeting of the Wayne-Westland Community Schools Board of Education. The Board of Education is a seven (7) member legislative body elected by residents of the school district to six (6) year terms.
Wayne-Westland Community Schools board members must develop policies and make tough decisions regarding complex educational issues which impact the entire community. They bear the responsibility for an annual budget of $120 million, approximately 9,800 students, 1575 employees and 18 school buildings. The Board of Education includes a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and three (3) trustees. These positions are elected annually by the Board of Education during their organizational meeting in January. The Agenda: Copies of the agenda are posted on the district’s website. The Board of Education agenda is prepared by the superintendent, board president and board vice president. Before taking action on an agenda item, board trustees review supporting materials on financial, instructional, business and human resource topics, as well as listen to input from individuals and groups. The Meetings: The Board of Education meets monthly as established during their organizational meeting in January. The regular Board of Education meeting schedule is posted on the district’s website and at the Administration Building. All meetings are open to the public and held in the board room of the Wayne-Westland Community Schools Administration Building, located at 36745 Marquette, Westland, Michigan 48185. Citizens Questions and Comments: Citizens wishing to to address the Board of Education during a public meeting, are asked to adhere to Board Policy #1000.02 - Meetings of the Board of Education. Guidelines for Public Participation at Board Meetings: The board values public participation and recognizes the importance of public input on issues affecting the board and the district. This policy has been adopted to balance the importance of public participation with other important objectives, including: ensuring all community members a fair and reasonable opportunity to express their views to the board; completing board business effectively, efficiently and in an orderly manner; respecting other important time commitments of board members, district staff and audience members; and, respecting the rights of board trustees, district staff and students and audience members. Public participation will generally be limited to 60 minutes per board meeting. If more time is needed, the board will designate time, or select a different day, date and time at which additional comments may be heard. Generally, there will be 30 minutes of public participation at the beginning of the meeting, limited to agenda items, and an additional 30 minutes of public participation at the end of the meeting, limited to non-agenda items. The board will follow these guidelines in an effort to proceed in an orderly fashion and conduct a well-structured and productive meeting. The board president or presiding officer will recognize audience members for public participation. Speakers will be asked to identify themselves. Delegations who wish to express their views are encouraged to select one speaker to present the delegation’s views to the board. When, in the judgment of the board’s president or presiding officer, it appears a speaker is repeating statements or information that they, or another speaker, has already presented, the board president or presiding officer may so inform the speaker and encourage them to provide new as opposed to repetitive statements or information. Speakers shall direct their comments to the board and not to district staff or other audience members. Speakers should not expect board members to answer questions during public participation. Questions will be referred to the superintendent for review and study and if appropriate, future board action. Speakers are expected to express themselves responsibly, courteously and with due respect for the fact that their views and opinions may not be shared by all present. Speakers may not express complaints against board trustees or district staff unrelated to their offices or jobs. It is expected that specific complaints against district staff related to their jobs will first be brought to the district’s attention through appropriate administrative channels so that the matters may be addressed as quickly and efficiently as possible. Speakers may be prohibited from expressing specific complaints against district staff or board trustees that are related to their jobs or offices unless the affected person or person has been notified and permitted a reasonable opportunity to choose whether to have the complaint heard in an open or closed session. Audience members are expected to conduct themselves responsibly and courteously and with due respect for the fact that their views and opinions may not be shared by all present. Thus, raucous or disrespectful expressions of agreement or disagreement by audience members are not appropriate. The board’s president or presiding officer is charged with the responsibility for ensuring that public participation is conducted according to applicable law and policy. Thus, the board president or presiding officer is authorized to enforce this policy by, among other things: interrupting presentations to remind speakers and audience members of this policy; interrupting and terminating statements by speakers who violate this policy; requesting speakers or audience members to leave the meeting if they violate the policy; if necessary, request the assistance of law enforcement officers to assist in removing speakers or audience members who refuse to leave; and adjourning the meeting. The board may amend or waive this policy, or specific provisions thereof, when, in the board’s judgment, amendment or waiver is appropriate. |
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