Barton Malow is your district’s single point of contact for bond planning, bond campaign support, instructional technology design and implementation and full construction services. Our 90+ experts in school planning and construction will lead you through every step of the process from inception to completion of your district’s construction program.

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You want the very best for your students and we’re here to help with nutritious, kid-approved food and innovative programs. We’re dedicated to serving up happy and healthy to every student, every day.

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Dean Transportation, a Michigan-based company, provides safe and reliable student transportation throughout Michigan. Dean Transportation drivers receive training that far exceeds state requirements and our vehicles are maintained to the highest level. Dean Transportation is a family-owned and operated company that strives for integrity, reliability and customer service.

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GMB helps school districts move education forward by connecting strategy, spaces, and storytelling. For more than 50 years, we’ve partnered with K-12 communities to plan, design, and communicate for the future. Our education-focused team brings architecture, engineering, master planning, community engagement, branding, data strategy, and communications together. GMB is grounded in a people-centered approach and a deep understanding of education. We believe the best work comes from listening, collaboration, and a shared vision for the future of each community.

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KEV Group is the leading school finance platform, trusted by 1 in 4 schools across North America. Built for district finance teams and bookkeepers, KEV delivers real-time visibility into every dollar of student activity fees, fines, and funds. KEV unifies payments, accounting, and reporting to provide complete oversight at the school level. Managing over $4 billion annually, KEV helps districts reduce fraud risk, ensure compliance, and deliver a better experience for families and staff.

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Maner Costerisan is an award-winning and nationally recognized full-service public accounting, technology, and business consulting firm with over 100 years of industry experience and offices in Lansing and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Maner provides accounting, audit and assurance, consulting, tax, technology and wealth management services to clients in a variety of industries, including affordable housing, cannabis, construction, education, government, healthcare, high net worth individuals, manufacturing, nonprofits, small and mid-sized businesses, and telecommunications.

McCarthy & Smith, Inc. is a family-owned construction firm, founded in 1965, that provides personalized services from concept to completion. “We build dreams from our clients’ visions by planning the work and working the plan.”

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MESSA is a nonprofit organization that provides health, dental, vision, life and disability benefits to the hardworking people who care for our kids and our schools. Known for providing exceptional health benefits and unmatched personal service, MESSA helps districts attract and retain high-quality employees.

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METS provides schools a variety of forward-thinking transportation solutions. Our most popular services include recruiting, training and hiring school bus drivers and other pupil transportation personnel to meet your staffing needs.

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New and used school bus sales, services, parts, and financing.

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Serving over 350 school districts in Michigan, Neola is a leading provider of education policy services, partnering with schools to develop and implement comprehensive, up-to-date policies that align with state and federal regulations. With over 40 years of experience, Neola delivers customized policy solutions, leveraging expert guidance to support educational excellence. By fostering strong partnerships, Neola empowers school leaders to navigate legal changes effectively, enabling schools to remain compliant, adaptable, and focused on student success. Learn more at www.neola.com.

A full-service architecture, planning and sustainable design firm specializing in educational facilities.

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At PFM, we believe that, in a changing world, doing meaningful work is more important than ever.  Our financial advisors and consultants partner with clients large and small to transform their world. Beyond superior financial advice, we offer tailored creative consultation that empowers, mobilizes and educates—which, in turn, ensures sustainable outcomes.  Simply put, we provide visionaries the lens to a brighter future.

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Quest Food Management Services takes a “we” approach, not a vendor-customer approach. We want to be seen by your community as the Dining Services Department, not as an outside vendor. We empower our managers to become a part of your community, to involve you in decisions impacting your program, to make adjustments to the program as though they were your employees serving your students, and to treat your resources as though they are ours.

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Rehmann is a professional advisory firm that provides accounting and assurance, business solutions and outsourcing, specialized consulting, and wealth management services. At Rehmann, our professionals leverage years of experience to help you provide the best value to your communities with the resources you have. We are the trusted advisor team for government entities, K-12 education, higher education, and not-for-profit entities. Whether you provide education services, medical services, services to members, or general services to your community, we help you meet the challenges of an evolving landscape.

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For more than 50 years, SET SEG has partnered with Michigan’s education community, offering property/ casualty, workers’ compensation and employee benefit solutions tailored to meet the needs of more than 500 public school organizations across the state.

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SFE is a food focused, culinary-driven foodservice management company who specializes in fueling the minds and bodies of K-12 students to reach their highest potential. Our team of chefs and dietitians deliver an exceptional food experience to students through fresh, wholesome ingredients, customizable, exciting menus and innovative service. Our flexible approach includes collaborating with our partners and communities to create a unique dining program for each school. SFE partners with over 165 school districts in 21 states to serve over one million students every day.

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Taher, Inc. is a contract food service management company providing K-12 school lunch management, campus dining, senior dining, business dining & catering, vending & office coffee services to clients in our growing nationwide footprint. Since its founding in 1981 by President & CEO Bruce Taher, we have focused on serving fresh foods expertly prepared by a team of chefs, monitored by a group of seasoned veterans, & delivered at a reasonable price.We serve over 34 million meals/year & employ 3,000+ employees, with dietitians, merchandising & creative design professionals, purchasing staffs & specialists in IT, facility design, & operations.

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Tarkett Sports is a world leader in sports construction and surfacing, offering architectural design, full-scope construction services, and a comprehensive portfolio of industry-leading sports surfacing systems. From start to finish, we provide a seamless, turnkey experience—delivering world-class projects.

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The Skillman Corporation, founded in 1972, is a Construction Management firm that prides itself on building relationships, not just buildings. Our employee-owners work side-by-side with our clients to develop plans so their projects run efficiently and effectively. With Skillman, you get an unbiased viewpoint to help you choose the right plans and solutions for your building project.  We have worked with clients in the Higher Education, K-12, Municipal and Healthcare markets for over 50 years.  

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For over 75 years, Thrun Law Firm has set the standard for representing Michigan school districts and ISDs. Our clients have come to rely on Thrun’s legal expertise in every aspect of school law, including board policies. Thrun attorneys have extensive experience with reviewing, drafting, and modifying policies adopted by Michigan schools. After years of advising clients on countless policies that were inconsistent, confusing, or even in some cases not legally compliant, we knew a change was needed for Michigan schools.

Since 2020, we have offered the comprehensive Thrun Policy Service, created by Michigan attorneys specifically for Michigan schools. Thrun policies are designed to be legally compliant while still providing school officials with guidance and flexibility in a well-organized and user-friendly format.

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TMP is an architecture firm in Michigan focused on creating the finest learning environments for academics, student life, the arts, sciences, sports and recreation, and health and wellness. Established in 1959, our core continues to be a passion for lifelong learning, successfully serving thousands of districts, colleges, universities and communities across the country.

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Over the past 73 years, the firm has adapted to client needs and trends in the industry by designing a wide range of projects including: police stations, fire stations, court facilities, correction facilities, hospitals, municipal facilities and recreational facilities. However, education facility design comprises over 90% of our work.

We are the oldest architecture firm in the state specializing in educational facility design. Although the majority of our clients are K-12 public school districts, we also have extensive history with upper level educational facilities including community colleges and universities.

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Wightman is a full-service consulting firm with a dynamic team of more than 200 professionals. We analyze, advise, design, and deliver successful projects in partnership with government, commercial, educational, and energy organizations throughout the Great Lakes region. Services we offer include Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Surveying. Additional specialty services include GIS, Landscape Architecture, Planning, Interior Design, and Reality Capture.

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