IRON MOUNTAIN — The Iron Mountain High School Robotics team gave a presentation to the school board and demonstrated how their robot — Goldberg — works.

The team, called the Gold Diggers, is comprised of seventh graders.

Coach Tim Tachick said he is proud of this team of younger students who compete against older students.

Team members do all the work on the robot and all the programming for tasks it completes during matches. They compete as part of FIRST in Michigan and went to matches in Escanaba and Sault Ste. Marie.

“They work very hard against high school students competing against other teams,” he said.

Team members said it has helped them with critical thinking, listening to direction, learning to work together and compromise, and adapting to change. It also fostered friendships.

In other business, the board Monday:

≤ Learned that 70% of the planning phase for the HVAC project at the Izzo-Mariucci building has been completed. Work on the $1.9 million project is scheduled to begin this summer and could take a year to complete. The high school gym will be closed during the work. It was also reported that security updates will be underway as well, including new doors.

≤ Will advertise for a food service director, a year-round position that will oversee all food service workers and related programs.

≤ Approved the 2025-26 school year calendar. School will start on Aug. 25 for teachers and Aug. 27 for students. The last day will be June 3, 2026. Spring break will be during the Easter holiday, so there will be no school on Monday the day after Easter.

≤ Hired Tom Golfus as girls softball coach. Golfus has helped with getting a number of improvements at the softball field.

≤ Accepted a letter of intent to retire from Peggy Geyser, North Elementary administratrative assistant, effective July 1. Also accepted letters of resignation from food service workers Mitzi Metzler and Susan Mikolajezyk.