West Ottawa recognized for excellence in financial reporting
PARK TWP. West Ottawa Public Schools was recently honored for excellence in financial reporting by an international organization.
The Association of School Business Officials International awarded the district a Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for fiscal year 2020.
The honor “recognizes districts that have met the program’s high standards for financial reporting and transparency.”
Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Jeff Malloch, who is also the district s interim superintendent, said more extensive reporting and a clean audit contributed to the honor.
“One thing that we do that not a lot of others do, we have a more extensive and comprehensive annual financial report,” Malloch said.
Local schools enrollments show little change in second Count Day
Local schools reported little change in enrollment from their fall count numbers on second Count Day of the school year Wednesday, Feb. 10.
Each year, the state requires school districts to hold two Count Days one in October and one in February. These counts are used to determine how much funding districts get from the state as schools are given state funding for each student.
In a typical year, the fall count determines 90 percent of a school’s per-pupil funding and the remaining 10 percent comes from the winter count. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year is different.
Two Finalists Emerge in West Ottawa School Chief Search By Gary Stevens
Jan 15, 2021 6:55 AM
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – The search for a new operational leader of a Lakeshore school district is now down to two.
Earlier this week, after a series of virtual interviews with five finalists for the vacant Superintendent’s post, the West Ottawa Board of Education narrowed the field to Anne Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources with Hudsonville schools, and Timothy Bearden, the Chief Academic Officer with Detroit County Day School in suburban Detroit.
West Ottawa has been looking for a new chief since Tom Martin announced his retirement in August, effective at the end of 2020, after nine years. The board on Tuesday tabbed Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Jeff Malloch as interim superintendent until a new permanent leader is named.
PARK TWP. — After two days of interviews and a meeting to deliberate options, the West Ottawa Public Schools Board of Education selected two superintendent candidates to bring back for a second interview.The board conducted interviews with five candidates on Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 11-12, and met Wednesday, Jan. 13, to deliberate. Candidates Anne Armstrong and Timothy Bearden were selected for second interviews, which will take place Tuesday, Jan. 19.Armstrong is the assistant