February 2025 Board Minutes

Washtenaw Technical Middle College
Meeting Minutes – WMTC Board of Directors
February 5, 2025

1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Chairman Muthig at 8:35 a.m.
2. Roll Call: Chairman Muthig, Director Miller, and Director Peurach, Director Richards-Schuster and Director Tawakkul
3. Public or Staff Communications: There were none at this meeting.
4. Updates and Announcements: PowerSchool Update – Dean Covert informed the Board that a breach had occurred within the PowerSchool platform over our winter break. PowerSchool will be handling the notification to staff and students, including former staff and students.
5. Consent Agenda: The Meeting Agenda, the December 4, 2024 Board Meeting Minutes, the November and December 2024 Financials, and the Acceptance of the WTMC 2025 – 2026 Academic School Calendar were all approved. Director Miller moved and Director Richards-Schuster seconded, the motion carried unanimously.
6. Committee Reports: Finance Committee; Director Miller discussed the bank accounts at Bank of Ann Arbor. Governance Committee; Chairman Muthig and Director Richards-Schuster would like to put forth the name of Anthony Williamson to join the Board. Dean Covert recently met with Mr. Williamson. Director Tawakkul moved to put forth Anthony Williamson’s name to the WCC Board of Directors for approval at their next meeting, Director Peurach seconded, the motion carried unanimously. Policy Committee; Director Peurach met recently with Director Gensheimer and had general conversation around WTMC. There is nothing to report at this meeting.
7. Dean’s Reports: Dean Covert; We are currently in admissions season, and have held 4 admission invitationals. Over 400 families have attended the meetings. We will have 2 virtual meetings before the admissions deadline on February 28th. Our lottery will be held on March 28th. Our numbers are looking really good. We are 100% onboard with our new learning platform Canvas. Our accreditation process is moving along very well. We are ready to upload all of our final documents the last week of February. The Accreditation Evaluation will take place virtually on March 25th .
8. Strategic Planning: There was conversation around the hiring of an additional Assistant Dean before the end of the school year.
9. Board Topic for Discussion: We are in the early stages of planning a Board Member Alumni gathering. We will be looking at dates in September 2025. The Ad-Hoc committee for planning the event will be Director Miller and Director Richards-Schuster.
10. Adjourn: Chairman Muthig adjourned the meeting at 9:49 a.m.