Holland Public Schools Board of Education

Joy Kooyer (3rd Grade at West Elementary) has been awarded $5000 for self-designed professional development!

Fund for Teachers, one of the nation's leading organizations supporting preK-12 educators, has announced its 2025 grant recipients, including Mrs. Kooyer. After a rigorous review process, her proposal was selected and she was awarded a grant to visit the setting of "Number the Stars" - her favorite book for 3rd Grade readers.

Our theme this year, which is also one of our core values, was United.  

• We believe Holland Public Schools is the center of a thriving city, and it is our responsibility to unite the community around the success of ALL students. 

This week we talk with Superintendent Nick Cassidy about the celebrations from the last school year and look ahead to next year and beyond.

• Listen now!

At their regular meeting this week, members of the Board of Education recognized the 2025 Retirees from Holland Public Schools.

HPS Families and members of the Holland Community will have one more chance to give input on the district's five-year facility plan on Monday, May 12, 3:45pm at Holland Language Academy.  Superintendent Nick Cassidy will discuss:

• Phase 1 of the Plan (Redistricting K-5 buildings)
• Phase 2 of the Plan (Building Renovations, Facility Construction, and Use of Existing Facilities)
• Results of a Community Survey 

This meeting was originally scheduled to happen on Monday, April 28 but was cancelled to give additional time to gather more/better information about the Facility Plan.

This week Superintendent Nick Cassidy met with HPS staff members to share HPS' 5-year Facility Plan. This plan will:

• Ensure Every Student and Staff Member at HPS benefits from upgraded, 21st-century facilities
• Provide equitable access to programming
• Right-size our district to reduce operational costs
• Allow us to invest in our students, staff, and programs

We welcome Martin Veliz to the Holland Schools Board of Education.

Veliz is a dad of a student at Holland Middle School and a leader in the community (LAUP, Jubilee Ministries, and Southshore Village Business Improvement District). 

Veliz will serve on the Board of Education until the general election in November 2026. He is filling the seat left vacant by Linda Falstad who retired from the Board of Education in August. 

Trustees will interview candidates for the open seat on the Board of Education on Monday, August 26, 2024, 5pm.

• 5:00 pm   Maris von Websky
• 5:30 pm   Kathryn A. Schoon-Tanis
• 6:00 pm   Martin Veliz

Location: District Administration Building Board Training Room

Please join Holland Public Schools in thanking Board of Education Secretary Linda Falstad for her service to the students and families of the City of Holland.

Dear HPS Families and Neighbors in the Holland Community,

There is a buzz in our community about the great things happening at Holland Public Schools. It started in the classrooms and hallways of our schools, but it continues to grow because you are re-telling the stories of great kids doing great things at HPS. Here are a few more celebrations you can share as you run into neighbors and friends during this summer break.