Monday night, the Hastings Area School System Board of Education held its November board meeting at Northeastern Elementary School. The evening began with an educational presentation by Northeastern Elementary School principal Eric Heide. Mr. Heide presented on the instructional strategies that lead to enrichment in vocabulary, content words and definitions.

The Board took action on approving the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school calendars. These will be posted on the district's website within the next week. They also approved a bid on the Star School Elementary roof, which will start in the summer of 2023.

Lastly, the Board recognized donations from the Barry Community Foundation in the amount of $1,250 in support of the school’s emotional support dog. The Friends of the Hastings Performing Arts Center donated $5,000 in support of the fall play. The Hastings Education Enrichment Foundation donated $14,235 toward many classroom resources throughout the district. Al and Pete’s Sport Shop donated $2,000 toward supporting students in need. Southeastern Elementary received a $500 anonymous donation toward purchasing playground equipment and $1,000 from the Bosma Family to assist students in need. Lastly, the Star Elementary PTO
donated $8,873 toward purchasing new library furniture.

The next Hastings Board of Education meeting will be held at Hastings Middle School on December 19, 2022, at 7:00 p.m.