This meeting is a meeting of the board of education in public for the purpose of conducting the school district's business and is not to be considered a public community meeting. This meeting is an in-person meeting held at A7 Kfax and Benton Harbor. An additional live stream of this meeting is available at the following link. Questions may be
submitted beforehand to Natalie. Singer at bhas.org or or presented in person during the public comment section as indicated in the agenda. Board members may be contacted through the emails listed below. Requests for special assistance, including for persons with disabilities, may be sent to Natalie.bhas.org. I call this meeting to
order officially at 6:01 p.m. We'll begin with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. All right, so the meeting was called to order at 6:01 p.m. Secretary Triple King, please call the vote. President Robinson, present. Vice President Bowens, present. Secretary
Triplet, present. Trustee Gavin, present. Trusty Rocket Martin, present. Trusty Doyle, present. Mr. President, we have a quorum established here. All right. Next on the agenda, we have approval of the agenda. The only item that we have currently is listed under
board business, a close session. I am wondering if the board would prefer to remove the board member announcements and comments for this evening. Are they necessary? So move support. Okay. So the motion has been made by Trustee Doyle and supported by Vice President Bowens that we approve
the agenda with the removal of board member announcements and comments. Are there any questions, comments, or concerns? Secretary Triplet, can you please call the vote? President Robinson, yes. Vice President Bowens, yes. Secretary Triplet, yes. Trustee
Rocket Martin, yes. Trustee Gavin, yes. Trustee Doyle, yes. Motion carries. All right. Next up, we have a review of board norms. Quick reminder, the board of education norms for Benton Harvard area schools. We will treat each other with respect. We will listen to learn. We will refrain from side conversations.
We will use our time wisely, starting and ending our meetings on time. We will challenge ideas, not people. We will ask questions when in doubt. There will be no surprises at the board table. We will practice the seven norms of collaboration. Those are pausing, paraphrasing, posing questions, putting ideas on the table, providing data,
paying attention to self and others, and pursuing positive intentions. Next on the agenda, we have public comment. There's no one present for public comment, so we'll move on. Protocol as of 9:13 2022. All comments will be limited to two minutes per
trustee per topic. Our only item of business tonight is uh board business a close session. Uh the board of education may hold a closed session to consider materials such as written opinions of council which are exempt from discussion by state and federal statute. Policy
reference policy 0167.2F. At this particular time, I'll ask is there a motion to end open session and enter close session per policy 0167.2 move. Madam President, the motion has been made by Secretary Triplet. Is there a second or support?
Support. The motion has been made by Triplet and supported by Bowens. Any questions, comments, or concerns hearing? None. Secretary Triplet King, please call the vote. President Robinson, yes. Vice President Bowens, yes. Secretary Triplet. Yes.
Trustee Rocket Martin. Yes. Trustee Gavin. Yes. Trustee Doyle. Yes. Madam President, motion prepared. All right. So, at this particular time, the board will enter will end open session and enter close session as of
6:05 p.m. Real nervous. Good for you. At this time, I'll ask is there a motion to end close session and return to open session? Madam President, I make a motion that we end open close session and return to open session. And Trusty Doyle, can I take you as the support?
Yes, ma'am. All right. So, the motion has been made by Vice President Bowens and supported by Trusty Doyle that we end close session and return to open session. Any questions, comments, or concerns? Secretary Triplet, can you
please call the vote? President Robinson? Yes. Vice President Bowens, yes. Secretary Triplet, yes. Trusty Rocket Martin, yes. Trusty Gavin,
yes. Trusty Doyle, yes. Gary. All right. At this time, I'll ask is there a motion to amend the agenda to allow for the vote for motion B1? So move. Um, Madame President, I make a motion that we amend the agenda to allow for a vote. All right. And Trusty Doyle made the motion
prior to you. Would you like to be the support? Okay. The motion has been made by Trustee Doyle and supported by Trusty Rocket Martin. Any questions, comments, or concerns? Hearing none, Secretary Triplet, can you please call the vote? And you may not have this on your tally sheet. We do
have to amend the agenda before we take the vote. Okay. So, um this is to amend the agenda to allow for a vote for motion B1. Yeah, I I know. I was just saying that uh Miss Singer, she's going to be
listening. So, she she's going to have the recording. Add it. Understood. If something comes up at the table, all right. She usually just take it and add it and make the necessary adjustments to my document. All righty. Okay. All right. Secretary Tupler, can you please
call the vote? President Robinson, yes. Vice President Bowens, yes. Secretary Triplet, yes. Trustee Rocket Martin, yes. Trustee Gavin, yes. Trusty Doyle, yes. Motion carry. All right. At this time, I'll
ask, is there a motion to approve the settlement agreement in case number 23-CV-1340 and to authorize Dr. Bus to execute the agreement? Madame President, you have the floor. I make a motion to approve the wording that you just stated
to approve motion B1. Yes, B1. Is there a second or support? I second the motion. The motion has been made by Vice President Bowens and supported by Trusty Rocket Martin. Any questions, comments, and concerns? President Robinson. Trusty Gavin. I
um want to be a team player, but this agreement goes against my personal values and I believe that we are being gas lit. And so, um, for those reasons, I cannot support, but I do understand what my colleagues, uh, may feel like
they have to do tonight. All right. Any other comments from the board? Okay. So, I would like to make a comment. I am um choosing to vote yes with strong acknowledgement that there has been no wrongdoing by Benton Harour
Area Schools and I state that as an individual trustee and as the official spokesman of the board of education. So at this time, Secretary Triplet, you have a comment, Madame President, to you know, or
um this board of education did nothing wrong. This district did nothing wrong. And um I just wanted to be on record that I I struggle with. I I I seriously struggle with this
and I want our constituents to to know that. But I will um we can go on with with the vote. All right. So, Secretary Triple King, please call the vote for motion B1. Trusty Doyle.
Well, I would just like to say that um um nothing. Never mind. All right. Secretary Tripley, can you please call the vote for motion B1? Trusty Doyle. Come back to me. Trusty Gavin. No.
Trusty Doyle. Yes. Trustee Rocket Martin. Yes. Trusty Doyle, yours was yes. Hers was. Hers was yes. Yours was yes. Trusty Doyle. Yes. Trustee Gavin, yours was no. I want to make sure that we're
very Yes. Trusty Gavin was no. Trusty Rocket Martin was a resounding yes. I don't know how to make that Y as big as the was.
Um, Vice President Bowens. Yes. President Robinson, yes. Secretary Triplet, no. All right. Motion B1 passes. Up next on the agenda is open public comment. However, I'd like to
acknowledge that there's no members of the public present. Next, we have adjournment. Is there a motion to adjurnn? Madam President, I'll make a motion to adjourn the meeting. Is there a second and support? Support. The motion has been made by Vice President Bowens and supported by
Trustee uh Rocket Martin. Questions, comments, concerns? Hearing none. Secretary Triplet, President Robinson, yes. Vice President Bowens, yes. Trusty Doyle, yes. Trusty Gavin, yes. Trusty Rocket Martin, yes.
Secretary Triplet, yes. All right, the meeting is adjourned officially at 7:04 p.m. Have a great evening.