Washtenaw Technical Middle College
Meeting Minutes – WMTC Board of Directors
February 4, 2026
- Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Chairman Muthig at 8:35 a.m.
- Roll Call: Chairman Muthig, Director Richards-Schuster, Director Tawakkul, Director Williamson, Director Jackson, and WCC Board Liaison Eileen Peck were in attendance. Director Gensheimer was viewing remotely thru Zoom. Also in attendance today was WTMC Teacher Drew Zemper.
- Public or Staff Communications: There were none at this meeting.
- Updates and Announcements: Eileen Peck updated the group on the WCC Master Plan, which they will be voting on at their next WCC Board of Directors meeting. They hired an outside firm to do an independent facilities space audit of all buildings. Dr. Covert introduced Drew Zemper, WTMC Science Teacher, who is currently interning for the Dean, in addition to teaching, and his BASE Advisor duties.
- Consent Agenda: The Meeting Agenda, the December 3, 2025 Board Meeting Minutes, the October and
November 2025 Financials, and the WTMC 2026 – 2027 Academic School Year Calendar,
were all approved. Director Richards-Schuster moved, and Director Jackson seconded,
the motion carried unanimously.
New Item: The April 1, 2026 Board Meeting will be moved to April 8, 2026, and the June 3, 2026 Annual Budget Meeting and Board Meeting will be moved to May 13, 2026. Director Richards-Schuster moved, and Director Tawakkul seconded, the motion carried unanimously. - Dean’s Reports: Dean Covert shared with the group that the WTMC student success rate is 92.2%. WCC college success rate is 67%, and the Middle Colleges in Michigan have a 74%, C or better rate. Our Fall semester chronically absent rate was 4%. The county wide rate is around 60%. We are still working to shrink our number. We are holding mandatory meetings when a student has multiple absences. There are phone call and emails that go out when a student is absent from their classes. We had 84 discipline referrals in the Fall semester. Other schools have over 1000 of these during a semester. Our full time ESL teacher started in January. We have two ESL classrooms, one with 14 students and another one with 12.
- Committee Reports: Finance Committee - Dean Covert, nothing to report at this meeting. Governance Committee – Director Jackson shared with the group that he, Director Richards-Schuster and Chairman Muthig have met with a possible new member. This gentleman will be meeting with Dean Covert in the very near future. Conversation was had regarding other names on the list. Policy Committee - Director Gensheimer shared with the group that the Policy Committee had met to review the Fall 2025 Board Policy Updates from the National Charter Schools Institute. Dean Covert went over the items on the list. Chairman Muthig moved and Director Jackson seconded, to accept the Policy Updates, the motion carried unanimously. AdHoc Software Committee; Director Gensheimer reported that she and Christine had been meeting biweekly to continue their work in OnBoard. Maeve Devlin from WTMC will be added to OnBoard as a user. She will be meeting with Christine and Director Gensheimer in the near future.
- Adjourn: Chairman Muthig adjourned the meeting at 10:06 a.m.