--------- Uh next item please. Next item is special reports. The first one is a report on Ibrahim Juice Bedun dedication from Miss Lameis Sur. Good evening. Evening. I will be presenting to you today the recommendations made by the
tribute committee to honor Hajjus Bun. I'll cover the committee work we did and the participants. I'll share the visual recommendations and then there'll be time for Q&A and the committee themselves will join me at the podium uh to share also any
questions or answer any questions you may have. I'd like to read the participant names out loud because the font is small and those watching online can um know who was participating. Khaled Abdullah, Salah Ali, Leila Aean,
Mark Andrews, Patty Bun, Jihad Bun, Pam Bedun, Ali Dagger, Lindseay Dexter, Mike Asalei, Bilal Far, Taj Ranim, Noila Haidar, Malik Hammud, Reema Hassan,
Darren Keskis, Hela Muhammad, Adib Mosep, David Mustinin, Crystal Pollson, Amanda Assad, Dean Assad, Radwan Sad, Ida Elzagir, and Gail Wilmers. The names
with an asterisk asterisk next to them are policyappointed committee members. I'd like to thank out of this group a special thank you to Lindseay Dexter, Noila Haidar, Jihad Bedun, Dina Assad, Rema Hassan, Khaled Abdullah, uh David
Mustinin as well as Titus Johnson, our graphic designer further help with the vision especially. So we had three uh meetings plus one um optional meeting. At our first meeting
in April, it was participant share out. All the participants spent time sharing why they wanted to be part of this committee, uh the connection they had to hesun um and the outcomes that they desired for being on this committee. We also had
some reflection activities. Our second meeting, we met at Zel. We took a tour of the facility. We also did some group work and share out and we voted on some items. Our last meeting, April 29, I shared the
voting results. We had discussion, we refined some things and we voted some more. Uh we also had uh a meeting on June 10 where I was able to share this preview with the committee and they gave more
feedback. that final edit feedback is not visualized here um yet, but we're confident that it'll come to fruition uh once you and if you agree to the recommendations. first part.
Um board, if you can please pay attention to the signage above the door and then also um the board that says graduation requirements. So I'll begin with uh the before and
after. That's what the slideshow will have. So this is what's currently at Zel Ford and the recommendation is that the signage above the door now says instead of Edel Ford Thunderbirds it says
welcome all students are family counseling office and that language was chosen by the committee because that's how they felt juice spent his time at Ford and that was the
model that he lived The other recommendation is to move that board over and add a plaque for Hesu Bun. And the recommendation for the writing on that plaque would be something like
this. Uh, Haj Abraham Juice Bedun, 34 years of service as a guidance counselor at Sil Ford High School. The years, I hope I got it all correct. Uh, Hajbedun was best described by students, colleagues, and the greater community as
being humble, generous, and compassionate. Okay, so that's all for the counseling part. I'm going to move on to the gym part. This um picture is of the first door when you enter the main um from the
main entrance for the Zel uh parking lot. Right now, it's a clear slate, which works in our favor. The recommendation is that to the left of the door, we'd add an encasing that's
honoring Hez's Hez Bedun's accolades and milestones. And to the right of it would be the renaming of the gym, Hes Brahim Beun Gymnasium. And what you don't see but is recommended is to the right of
the signage a timeline of um Hesus Bedun's accolades and milestones. And this is a closer visual of what the committee uh would like to see.
Okay. Now what you see is a picture of pay attention to the court. Uh the ends of the court currently say Ford. The committee is recommending that the ends of the court are renamed Coach
Bun Court. The center would remain a Thunderbird but the ends would be renamed. Okay. This is the main center wall of that
gym, the same gym. And another thing that worked to our advantage is they just got new um a new scoreboard which covers the current mural. So, you know, gives us uh something to work with. It currently says home of the
Thunderbirds with the Thunderbird above the new scoreboard. And then it's a little bit cut off. and I'll walk you through the recommendation. Okay. So, a few things to pay attention to.
Right above the EFHS, which is on the pads, you'll see five squares. Those is that's a breakdown of Hes Juice Bedun's timeline. Above that is a quote that Juice Bedun
is well known for. Along that black line, it says, "Play hard, play smart, play together, and have fun." And that's a direct quote. And then you'll see uh an image of Hes juice and a couple players.
Um it's a picture that's it's a real picture that we just uh envisioned here. And um you'll notice that there's a U of M jersey, a red and white jersey, and a Fortzson jersey. And that's to pay
homage to Juice's time at Lori and Forson and at U of M. Uh what you don't see here is the words home of the Thunderbirds. The committee would like them all to one side
and then the mural of juice and the players to the other side so that it's just aesthetically more balanced. And then above the scoreboard instead of EF perhaps redraw a Thunderbird there. So lots to pay attention to here. Uh the
timeline, the quote and then the mural itself. And here is a breakdown of what you'd see written as part of uh has Juice's timeline. So in in conclusion, the recommendations
are first and foremost renaming of the gym including entry signage a timeline and encasing entering the gym, renaming the court and then redoing the mural including the
image and the timeline. The second recommendation uh include the counseling office update updates which include the updated signage above the door and then the plaque to the right of the door. Here is a picture of some of the committee
members. And I just want to end by saying that it was my privilege to facilitate this work with uh a group of people who um loved and respected and looked up to
Hajjus Beun in a way I've never witnessed before and took their time week after week to participate in this work from the bottom of their hearts. every decision meant something to this committee. Um, and I just want to thank you for letting me be a part of it. Um,
at this time, I'd like to welcome the committee members who are in attendance to join me at the podium in case you have any questions for them. And while they do that, I did receive one email that I was asked to read out loud and that is from Wayne County Commissioner
Sam Bedun who was a committee member and he as if you would just give me a second to do this. Dear Lamese, unfortunately I cannot make it to tonight's meeting. I would like to ask you if you can read the following statement into the record. Dear esteemed Dearborn Board of
Education trustees. Again, I want to apologize that I couldn't be there in person. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all of you for the consideration of the proposals before you in regards to honoring our beloved coach and community member Haj Ibraham
Bedun. I am honored to have been involved in the committee that met several times to consider the different ways of honoring Hajj Abraham Bun aka juice, the basketball legend, the educator and the humble human being we all knew. During
the meetings, many ideas were presented and I can honestly say that we received a lot of input from different parts of the city. I strongly support the proposals being considered tonight to honor the legacy of Hajj Abraham Bun. I would also like to thank Dr. Glenn Malo
and his entire leadership in the Dearborn public schools for allowing us to form this committee with the leadership I have to read this part of my dear friend Leisure. Lamese did an outstanding job. That's his opinion and we are grateful for the
exceptional work that we have accomplished. I also would like to thank all the committee members who were part of this process. Again, I would like to thank you, thank all of the trustees for their consideration and I encourage all of them to vote in favor of the proposals being presented by the
committee. Sam Beun, Wayne County Commissioner. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions, comments? Can I ask something? Hey, uh hello. My name is Ali Dagger and um I almost and I think I know everybody
here. Um both of my kids graduated from D public schools. I was a chairperson of the uh 2002 Mary the bond committee. We raised $150 million for the school district. Mary and I were on that committee together and uh S and I have
known each other for a long time and Ammer and I are very close friends and we look alike. So I have that distinct pleasure. Um but saying all this I think the decisions that were made by this committee are important and let me lay
the foundations for this a bit. Um he was Hajraim was a silent hero and I think he'd be shocked if we knew we were doing this for him right now to be honest with you. I've known the Haj since 1983. Um I credit him for destroying most of
my limbs playing basketball for all those years. um H saying credits me for making him retire from basketball. But notwithstanding that, I think what we're asking for is truly what is representative of the school district. Here's a man who committed his entire
life to it. Um, a guy who gave it all and he gave it with the highest regard and highest standards of morality, the highest standards of uh, achievement and dedicated to the fact that he pushed all of his kids, whether through counseling
or whether through the athletic program in in different ways to be the best they can be. It's difficult to find people like that these days. And he's one of a kind. And because he's one of a kind, I'm asking that you take this exception
and have this dedication be a method of memorializing what he stood for. He stood for education. He stood for ex exceptional moral guidance. He stood for pushing people and pushing the kids in
particular to do to be the best people they can be. as someone who knew him as a child, he made a great impression on me personally. Um, to be honest with you, he kept me out of trouble. Uh, he, you know, if I missed a game, he'd say, "Where are you?" And, you know, I'm
proud to say I was one of the first pick in any any game. Why? Because I knew just to pass him the ball. It wasn't more than that. Um, but there are little stories that people don't know. Uh, the people that he's launched your careers.
You guys know Robert Soler, right? I'll tell you that story later, but I can guarantee you that started somewhere in Juice's game. Um, we had a unique group of people. No matter, we had CEOs of companies, we had doctors, we also had factory workers that played regular ball
with us. And when we got on that court, we got there because of the Haj, because of the fact that he was able to make us clearly understand that no matter what you've achieved in life in terms of prayer and whatnot, when you get on that court, you are who you are and you
become the kid that you are again over and over again every day. Um for that for that regard I'm asking you to take into consideration in doing this minor tribute and in fact I believe it is a minor tribute but it's one based on the themes that we've outlined here and one
that recognizes what the values of the school districts are. If you look at every single quote you'll come to recognize that that quote is in fact a core value of your district. And because of that, I'm I'm asking and I'm pleading
that you in fact agree to this small token of a lifetime of work of a man who gave everything and I mean everything and the number of people he's benefited not just in the school district but outside the school district. Please please consider this and let's vote on
it properly. Thank you. Thank you Trusty Zahar. So just to be and um thank you all for your work and your dedication to this. So just to be clear or from everything you showed us here, you're asking you're recommending sorry
that we do all of those things or you're recommending them as separate things or what are you recommending? The board recommends both renaming of the gym and the work outside of the counseling office. Okay. equally for the reason that they have for the
reason I agree with you. You don't have to for the reason that they have very specific functions. Sure. Any other questions, comments from the board? Dr. Malo, I just want to comment. I want to thank Lamese and I want to thank all the committee members to honor the work of Hajun and I'm glad that we
have had the ability to recognize. So, thank you to all of you for your time and putting that together and putting together a proposal. Dust John, I do want to thank the district for moving so fast on on creating the committee and I want to thank the
committee led by Leamese. Really really appreciate it. I mean it goes without saying that Haj um Ibraim Drew Spun H deserves it. I mean I say it with all my hearts. He really deserves it. Um it's
welld deserved. It's long overdue and I do appreciate the fast pace that this moved on. Um, normally things uh, you know, there's a lot of hesitation, there's a lot of delays, but this one, the district did an amazing job and I appreciate it. And, you know, it's I
really think it's welld deserved to be able to give Juice a leg a legacy that we should have gave him when he was alive. But Anyone else? Thank you very much for your time and
your Yes. If this is a cost issue, let us know. I'm being serious. We'll pay for it. All right. Thank Yes. Go ahead. Boy, you walked right into that one. I know. I mean, um even though I look like him, I do
not. Doesn't mean I have to pay two. Does that mean I have to pay two? Go ahead. Good evening. Uh I will reiterate uh what has been said um aside from him being a great person and the great work uh Lim did in coordinating and helping us guide through this process. Question
for you guys is what are next steps? What's the process beyond this point? Now that our job is done, what is the role of the board in approving this in implementing what we are proposing? Dr. Michael, it would go on a agenda for action item at a subsequent board
meeting. Um and then it has to be presented to the board six months prior to the naming per the protocol. David, can you am I do I got that correct? Um so the com commemoration there has to be like a six-month window. It's in the policy, but the next the next process
would be action item for the board. Correct. Correct. Yeah. It would have to become a formal board agenda item for you to approve uh moving forward. Um the board may have some, you know, just some details that they'd like to follow up on. Not that you're saying you don't want to do it. What I'm saying is you
might want more information that you would need to get from administration such as you know uh you know the actual work to be done the the cost that was brought up and uh the logistics the timeline uh to have somebody come in and
do this work when would be the best time to do this work. Obviously you don't want to start uh doing some major work in a gym if it's being used right. So, you know, all these things need to be looked at. Not to say you're not doing it, but we need to look at the logistics
of it all. And you may have those questions uh that you may want to pose to administration so that we could get that to you. And then it would have to go on to the board agenda for official approval. Uh and then we could move forward. And then if they wanted to plan any kind of ceremony, uh it would have
to, you know, it would take place after the board approved it. And the the policy says six month window too. So I don't know. It's it's a Yeah, that's a six-month window to do what? Sorry. For the commemorate is what the current policy says for the comm says what's the six-month window for? So if you approve
it Uhhuh. you can't then the next week go have a big celebration there. You because and so yeah it wouldn't be done anyway in a week later, right? It may take three, four, five months to get all this work done. That's all that that's all that that that six months. I still
don't understand. It's in the policy. It's in the right in the that so we can't do a a c a celebration before 6 months. Is that what you're saying? After you approve moving forward. My other question is correct. So I just want everyone to understand. I didn't understand that. So I want everyone to understand that. My next question is
even if this ends up um having a cost that people are willing to donate or whatever, do we still have to go through the normal like public bidding process and all that kind of stuff for something like this if it met those thresholds uh for co for that the district would
have to pay. This would be Mr. Wall's area of expertise. But yes, I would say yes if it met those thresholds. Okay. So I just want everyone to be aware of that that that might be a process we have to go through. It might take a little time. Okay. Right. Right. Which has nothing to do with whether or not we approve want
to do it. Just might take time to jump all through whatever legal we have to jump back. Absolutely. Dr. uh Malleo if board members have those questions would they who whom would they direct it to in terms of cost? Would it go back to policy? Would be in building and site?
The the uh policy the guideline says that the building and site can explore it. It's in the board uh guidelines. So it could go to the building and site and contacting administration. Obviously we'd bring Lamese to any of those kind of meetings. Tom would be helpful on cost. Um so those would be the people we
Mr. Andrew any committee or Mark Andrews of course. Yeah. Is this something that we could just so I understand if we approve this and is this something that could be done internally like we don't have to go find an outside company to do it and that and if so does that mean it could be done quicker? I I think I think
you would have to find outside company for the type of work that they want done. We've had it done at other schools before. Okay. And I think you would want to have outside company so that it would have the professional look that you want it to have. You want this to look topnotch. Not that we can't do the professional work. No, I'm just kidding.
Well, the board table that you sit at was done by all of our own carpenters. So, yes, our guys can do phenomenal work and do do phenomenal work. But for this type of graphics, I think that we would want to make sure that we we have high-end so that it looks and respects
uh you know, coach bed just add that to the piece for the floor in the gym that we would our trades wouldn't be able to do that. We'd have to use a contractor professional. So what would happen just so I understand and everyone else understands? Let's let's pretend that tonight we said yes, we agree we want to do this. We passed the motion. That's not happening
tonight, but let's just say that happened tonight. What would the next step be then? Then then Mark and the team would go like survey this or figure out what needs to be done and then we'd put together an RFP and then or or some sort of bid. I mean like can can somebody walk us all through publicly
here to the best of their ability and especially since these guys are here so that these guys can become ambassadors for this as they explain this to the community more. What is generally going to be the process from the time we approve this in a meeting until the time it gets built?
So, some of this work has already been done. We've I've already started some talk with some of the contractors to get some ideas of what it would take. Um, the next step would be to bring them to the school, start putting quotes together. Uh, as Mr. Mustin mentioned, the timeline, the schedule. Um, but the quotes and, um, he knows some of the,
uh, companies too. I'd work with him on the graphic side of it. Um, our carpenters can do a portion of the work. Um, like the casement, that's something that they could probably take care of. Um, and we would we would start we would hit the ground running and start getting quotes and things together um, and answer any questions that you might have
after this meeting. Right. So, we we I'm sorry I keep I just want to make sure I understand. We would have to put out a request a public request like a for bids and then I mean like are required to do all that. I just want to understand. So, right now the the our purchasing policy and estate policy is anything with a
single vendor over 30,000 has to go through an RFP. I don't right now I don't see this costing 30,000 or more for any of these pieces with exception to the floor. I'd have to get bring in a contractor now that I know the idea because there's a couple ideas during the committee that they were kicking around of what to do after finalizing
their the recommendation. I can now bring a contractor in and get a quote. Uh realistically, um some of the questions about scheduling the gym floor probably we would have to look at next summer to do uh pick out a period when it's not being used and get done. That process would probably take uh two weeks
to do. Would there be any problem with treating this as a bunch of small separate jobs that all are less than $30,000 so we don't have to go out and So it's it's if we went to a a one contractor to do it all. If that one contractor was over $30,000, we'd have to put it out for a bit. Realistically,
looking at the these pieces, it's going to be several contractors. So, I don't right now um I don't I don't see this costing more than 30,000 for an individual contractor. Okay. You don't mean total, you mean per each like little. Okay. Got it. Great. Thanks.
Well, you said 30,000 and Mr. Dagger sat down. Real quick. Is that Is there anything to add, Tom? Or that's like That's basically correct. I think the biggest issue is just logistics. Are you sure?
Sure. Okay. So, if any board members, if you have any questions, um, send them to Dr. Mo because perhaps we don't necessarily have to do building. Any any other questions? Go ahead. Yeah. Um, I appreciate trust. These are very good questions. Questions that I was
going to ask, but I'm glad you did. Uh, the one question that I had was on the policy, the logic behind the six months. um whether a tribute can be implemented in a week or in a year. What's the logic behind requiring 6 months before a tribute can occur? I don't think any of us were here when the policy was
created. So none of us know why the policy was written that way, but we have to follow our policies as written. We could also theoretically change the policy. Exactly. Theoretically. Yeah. Dave can come up and explain. He knows the history. So he's had experience.
I'm just old. That means I've been here. I'm a been here a long time. The policy was put in place because there was a time when uh a uh ceremony and dedication was planned without the board knowing about it and it was executed and
um the board found out afterwards that an entire ceremony was planned for it was a much smaller kind of thing but the board felt that they should have some type of knowledge of these things before they go on and that was the timeline that
I I can that I don't know why that timeline was set, but that was the arbitrary timeline that was set. Is it your understanding or Dr. Malo, is it your understanding that in a specific situation we could wave board policy if we wanted to? I mean, you guys always have the right to to change board
policy. It sounds like a an action item at the next policy committee. It sounds like pro probably. Yeah. Anyway, all right. We can always adjust that. Oh, and then I just have one question for whoever knows when does basketball season start? November. November. Huh? November. November. But it's not just
basketball. It's the gyms used for volleyball. No, I understand. I understand. Oh, yes, of course. Sorry. Gym classes, sir. I think he's talking for the ceremony. Yeah. I just want to know. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you guys.
Next item, please. Next item is citizen participation. Citizens wishing to address the Sorry. Oh, sorry. Class of Okay. Sorry. Class of 2020. Give them their due diligence. Give them the diploma. Class of 2025 accomplishments from Mr. Adam Martin. I mean, it says
last. It says last act. Yeah. Sorry, I didn't mean to. Another great save the best for last, maybe. No, but in all seriousness, uh I'm privileged to be up here to close out the school year and celebrate the class of 2025. So, I'm going to wander
through this pretty quick. Um all these pictures are from this year. I thank the communications department for helping put this together. Uh we had 1,485 graduates. That's 179 less than last year. So I'm going to be doing some last year comparative as we walk through all
of these slides. Uh just so you guys get a a feel for it. Uh in terms of total scholarships earned, there you go. A little bit over $10 million. That's actually a $200,000 increase from last year. So, with 180 or so less students,
uh they were able to receive $200,000 more. This is scholarship money that students are accepting. Um not scholarship money that they were offered but accepted. Uh in terms of enrollment and schools that our kids are going to, we have some Ivy League schools there.
Uh many of our students go Henry Ford College, University of Michigan, Dearborn, Wayne State, and the like. Again, we have other schools that our kids were accepted into, but this we asked them specifically, where are you headed for uh next year? Uh for our students who uh are wandering right into
um the workforce, uh we have some trade schools that are going on there, uh welding, carpentry, electrical, HVAC, and then to the right, something we're really proud of with our CTE work, 350 industry certifications. Uh so students are able to walk into uh the workforce
right away. Uh in terms of our advanced placement, now this is all students. Um we had uh 1457 students that took AP courses. That represents about 25% of our total high school student body. Um and they took
around 3,000 total AP courses. This is actually an increase of 101 AP courses from last year. When looking at our early college students, uh these are the five-year program uh with the partnership with HFC. Um the number in parenthesy is how many graduates we had
and then there you see uh their accolades as well. Uh the MTA, Michigan transfer agreement is agreement across all of Michigan. It's 30 credits um that a student can take to a community college that will be uh perfectly transferred uh to any college and
university that they go to. So um having 97% or 100% of kids walking with 30 credits that can go anywhere with them is is pretty tremendous. Uh and you can see the success there. 80 88 75 credit hours. So u most of the early college
students are walking away with 80 credit hours. Um substantial amount of financial savings but also giving them a head start on what their next plans will be. Uh our fifth year collegiate students uh similar to early college but a little bit different. These students are in our
traditional high schools and then they add on a 13th year. Um, again, 56 or 80 86% of them with that Michigan transfer agreement, 61 average credit hours. Um, and you can you can see the information there. I'm not going to read through everything for you.
And we had 56 total there. Um, I do want to tell you that that 56 number is going to grow. Um, this is the class of 2025. So in 2020 and 2021, we were trying to recruit. So this will be one of the smaller classes going forward. You're
most likely going to have 120 to 150 uh collegiate academy graduates uh every year, which is a great thing. It's a great opportunity and an opportunity to grow. Uh when we look at our dual enrollment and again this is the totality of the district. A lot of numbers up here. Um I
think in the yellow there is the most important thing. uh students took 898 8,932 classes uh which represents a total savings for them of around $6 million. Um this is also an increase of about
$600,000 saved to our families uh from last year. Um and an increase of around 800 classes from last year. more dual enrollment or partnership information just uh shows you how many students are impacted um by dual
enrollment uh across all of the programs and how do our kids perform and if you ask HFC um they will tell you our students perform better in their coursework than non uh uh Dearborn public school students. uh a lot of kids
getting A's and B's and doing really well there. Um showing uh great uh performance and last congratulations to the class of 2025. So any questions about anything trusty Barry and then ask this question
for me. Okay. Um I saw you had a slide with the Ivy League schools and the University of Michigan was not on it. So, if you could please tell your successor to add the University of Michigan to the Ivy League schools next year, I would appreciate that. It's the most elite academic institution in the history of the world. All right. You
said the um number of graduates was how much less this year than last year? 179. And what do you think accounted for that? Uh, a lot of different reasons. I'm sorry. A lot. There's a lot of different reasons. Yeah. Um, some some students um have chose chosen to go to
different different schools. Um, I think if you looked at birth rates, uh, across across the state, um, there's a lot of districts that are losing enrollment. If you tie it back to 17 and 18 years ago,
it was 2008, 2007, 2009. Um, you guys know what was going on in the state at that point. So, I think it follows a a national trend in the state trend, but we do have some students choosing to go to other other schools as well. There's some com competition there because
that's I mean you would say 194 179 179 and we were like at 148 what was the number again? Uh 148. Okay. So that's like more a more than 10% drop. I mean it's like 11 or 12% 13%. It's pretty big. And you're saying
that that that is something that was seen statewide. So I'm not saying that statewide people saw a 10% reduction. I would say enrollment trends across the state and across the nation are down in general. Yeah, but and that accounts for a one-year drop off of 10%.
Um, not necessarily. No. And I think the state um if you're talking about dropout rates, the our dropout rate is lower because if students enroll in other schools um or we track them, then it doesn't count as a dropout. So, if you're talking about dropout rates, the
percentage and I can't remember Miss Farage probably, I don't know if you know. No, I'm not I'm not talking about dropout. I said you're just talking about kids leaving drop off. I But I'm saying I just I'm saying 14 something plus one, you know, we graduated almost 1,600 students last year and this this I
think I think you would have to do some cohort uh comparison, right? There are certain classes that are larger than other classes. So always trying to compare to one class to another class isn't necessarily fair to that cohort. Okay. Um sometimes birth years have more
students than other birth years. It's just kind of what it is. Um, so I would say if you wanted to do a cohort to cohort comparison and how this cohort compared to itself against some other ones, I think that would be a fair data point. So did the
graduation rate drop a lot this year? Uh, so our graduation rate isn't official until well, it gets released for you guys in February or March of next year. Uh, so we're still going through that process, but I can tell you we've had a a 5 to 10 year window where
we've been above 90% this past year. I think all of our traditional high schools were in the 95 to 97%. Okay. And we graduate most of our students. We do not have a large portion of our kids that drop out. Okay. One thing that could um change, and this is a federal
change to how it has to be reported in Dr. Rice is that if a student um is in your school district for this is more to the dropout rates and the graduation rates just it used to be uh two counts and now it's one only. So if someone
comes for just one semester or one count they technically belong to you um if they become a dropout in the somewhere in the state. It was something Dr. Rice I know was trying to advocate but it's something because of the federal rules it had to happen. Um so that could impact not just you know moving forward.
Uh it's not to say hey of course we want to you know provide improvements for anyone that might drop out which is why we have the graduation intervention program but that is a new data set that changed last year as well. Okay trusty and then so then sorry then just finally thank you for everything you've done for
us. Good luck and congratulations. Thank you so much Trusty Barry. Yes Mr. Martin, you're a professional educator, man of great ethics and high integrity. And I want to personally say thank you for your service to Dear One, the Dear One community, and good luck on your
next journey. I appreciate that. Thank you. It's been a pleasure working for you guys. Uh Glenn, thank you for giving me a chance 9 years ago. Um you guys have given more to me than I've given to you and I appreciate it. And I want to take a ch chance to shout out the executive team here. Um, Mason and Mike,
Lamese and Fati, um, David, Glenn, um, Tom, uh, an incredible group of people and I wouldn't be, sorry, Tom. I wouldn't be I I wouldn't have been given the opportunity to serve in Waterford without their impact on me. So, thank you guys so much. Thank you. I'll hold
us yet. I I had one question, but prior to my question, I do want to thank you for your service, and you're going to be missed. Um with regard to the graduation is virtual schools such as pen foster is
it impacting the numbers of us losing student and kids leaving to graduate in six months or so? Uh I would say it does have some impact. Uh I'm unsure on what impact it would have. Um so that's my way of saying yes.
I'm I'm unsure at at at what point though. Yeah. And I I do want to share with the board when the state uh board um Dr. Pew I think. Yeah. When she came in and I brought up Pen Foster, she was
a little surprised by it. Even uh Wayne Risa was a little surprised by it. As if they've never heard of Pen Foster. Yeah. That really shocked me that they've never heard they were not aware of the situation of Pen Foster. Like I said, they seemed like they didn't know
anything about it. um that's going to continuously impact us as we lose kids. Um if they think they could graduate in 6 months to a year and their parents are willing, they would leave. Yeah. And I don't think it's the right approach, but it's still
something that we need to look at as a board and work with the state because I've heard of kids graduating in three months and it's scary. Yeah. So, just Pen Foster is a Pennsylvania based accredited um those
kids are able to enroll at HFC and some of our local colleges here too. So, um there if you're going to be talking with uh people from the state, higher education might be the place to start in terms of where do those kids go next. Yeah, I I do plan on email them and I I
got their information, but it was a little shocker that they they were not aware of it. So, it seemed like the problem was only in Dearbornne. Yeah. And maybe it's word of mouth. Maybe other areas have not heard of pen foster, right? And
so there has to be some guidelines, you know, for these kids to graduate in 3 months and go into college at 14 or 15. Mentally, physically, maturely, they're not ready. So I think we as a board, technically they're not ready under
those circumstances. But we as a board and and a district, we need to have a coordinated um effort to to address this because if the people up there are not aware of it and Wayne Ree is not aware of it, that was kind of a little um for
me a little scary that they didn't they were not evenware aware of that. Yep. It's something I can bring up with the superintendents and if needed we can even do a survey through Metro Bureau and Wayne County to see who else may be dealing with that situation. Um I also
just want to thank Adam Martin. He's done an outstanding job and we have the best executive cabinet team right now I think in 11 years and he's done great and we're happy for you want to see you go. Now you created a little bit of a problem for me cuz I got to work on filling it sending a recommendation to
the board. Um, but do wish you all the best and Adam was in those meetings with me. He already started with the superintendent group and he's going to fit in well. So, thank you, Glenn. I appreciate you. Thank you and congratulations. Thank you guys. Next item, please. Citizen participation.
Oh, so do I have to can I not read this? If there's no blue cards, can I not read this? You don't have to say there's no We have no blue cards tonight. No citizens participating. Next action items. So I can skip the whole citizen part.
Okay, great. Action items. Special consideration of an action items. Are there any agenda items on this agenda which board members of the superintendent wish to discuss and vote on separately? If there are, we will exclude these from the motion below. So I'm looking for a call for a single motion to approve all of the action
items on this agenda with the exception of any items which have just been excluded from this motion by board member request. So I'm looking for somebody to move that action items Oh, sorry. Excuse me. Hold on. I want to exclude a couple. I want it. I'd like to
pull 26 and 27, please, for discussion in a roll call vote. Which one? M. 26 and 27. Okay. I pulled it up. You don't have to read those now. You can just exclude them. Just read that. Okay. So, I'm looking
for a motion that action items number one through 31 be approved as recommended in this agenda with the exception of items 26 and 27. So, move support. We have a motion by uh trustee
Drojo supported by trusteeoff. Do you have uh questions? Well, let's we have to we have to pass that motion first. Okay. Uh we moved. Yeah, I don't think we have to roll call it, I think. No. Um, any objections? If not, we'll just attach a unanimous Okay, attach unanimous. Um, okay. Okay, get your
attention real quick. Um, I asked for 26 and 27 to be added to this agenda. I also brought that up at the last meeting. I've had a couple of my colleagues reach out to me and have a discussion. Madame Vice President, I'm willing to pull those two tonight and
have a discussion if anybody has any discussions. I'm also ready to have the, you know, the debate an open meeting, but I don't think it would be good. So, I'd rather pull those for now. Okay. And just have those conversations. Okay. Um, so we'll just delete 26 and 27
or like table them. Just table. Okay. Okay. Do we need to make a motion to do that or No, we don't. What does he need to to Yes, you need make a motion to I I move that we table 26 and 27 until our next board meeting. support.
Do I? All right. So, we have a motion by trustee, support by trustee Barry. Any objections? Any questions? Okay. Next item. Oh, yep.
Yes. Okay. Okay. So, the summary of the agenda action items that we just passed. Number one, approval of warrants. Number two, approval of an award to Linewise. Is that how you say that? Linewise.
Number three, approval of an award to Graduation Alliance. Number four, approval of an award to CDW Amplified. Number five, approval of an award to Peopledriven Incorporated and CDWG. Number six, approval of an award to Rubicon West LLC. Number seven, approval of an award to Curriculum Associates.
Number eight, approval of an award to Wayne Resa. Number nine, approval of an award to Frontline Technologies. Number 10, approval of change orders. Number 11, approval of an award to DEW-EL. Number 12, approval of an award to Everdriven. Number 13, approval of an
award to Milicare. 14 through 17, approval of non-instructional and instructional personnel items for P through 12. Number 18, approval of a financial statement. Number 19, approval of 20 to 20, sorry, approval of 2025 2026 board of education meetings per
board report 24-161. Number 20, approval of 2025 2026 district membership in Michigan High School Athletic Association per board report 24-162. Number 21, approval of resolution of school of choice. Number 22, approval of
the 2024 2025 second budget revision per board report 24-163. Number 23, approval of the 2025 2026 budget per port report 24-164. Number 24, approval of 2025 high school
graduates per board report 24-165. Number 25, approval of 2025 2026 cooperative agreement with Wayne Westland Schools per border report 24166. Number 28, approval of layoff of P12
teachers. Number 29, approval of donations. Number 30, appointment of director of accounting. Do you want me to read this whole thing? No. Number 31, appointment of principal at Henry Ford Early College. Thank you, Dr. Mo. Thank
you. So, I would like to call up our new principal of the Henry Ford Early College, Mr. Marwan Salamy. I know he's got some family members. Let's give him a big round of applause as he comes. comes up here to the podium. Hi everyone. Good evening.
Stand beside you. This is my beautiful daughter Lena. Hi Lena. So good evening. Hi Lena. Say hi. Hi. Hi. Okay. I am honored to accept the position of principal at the Henry Ford Early College dual enrollment and college
partnerships. Leading a school community like the Henry Ford Early College, one built on growth, resilience, and student success, is both a privilege and a profound responsibility. To the wonderful students and families, thank you for your trust. To my
incredibly hardworking staff, I look forward to the journey ahead. And to Dr. Mr. Malleo and the school board, thank you for believing in my ability to lead with passion, integrity, and a relentless commitment to putting
students first. Together, we will continue building a school culture that is safe, welcoming, and grounded in the belief that every student can and will thrive. And on a personal note, I want to thank my daughter, Lena. My journey
as an educator has been deeply shaped by you. You challenge me. You test my patience for better or worse. Lena, without you even realizing it, your unwavering love and support inspire me to be a better educator. Just now, she
yelled at me for having my phone out. You remind me every day why education matters. Because our children deserve the very best of us. I will always strive to meet that expectations for all of our students. Thank you again for
this opportunity. I am ready. I am committed. And I am excited for what lies ahead at the Henry Ford Early College. You want to say anything? Thank you. All right. Real quick before you leave, real quick
before you leave, I got a question for the boss. Lena, do you remember meeting me last week? Where did you meet him? Where? Bash. Very good. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Congratulations. Lena, how old are you? Seven. All right. Pretty cool. What
school do you go to? Howard Elementary. Oh, that's pretty cool. All right. Cool. Do you have any questions for us, Lena? No. Okay. Thank you. Thank you guys. Next item, please. When I saw her in the hall, when I stepped out for a second, she exclaimed, "I am coming up to the
podium with my father." I was like, "Yes." And you did. Awesome. Call of the boss. So, we have another appointment um for the director of accounting. Excited to um welcome Miss Sonia Dixit working in
Tom's department. So, I'm going to call her up if we give her a big round of applause and welcome her. Good evening, Vice President Watts, Dr. Mleco, and trustees. I sincerely thank you for approving my appointment as director of accounting. I am truly
honored to have the opportunity to serve the Dearborn public schools community in this role. I look forward to working collaboratively with the district's mission and supporting it with a strong financial stewardship. Thank you once again for your trust and confidence.
Congratulations. Congratulations. Next item, please. Uh 10, right? Board of Education Business. Board of Education Business. Acknowledgement of correspondence. Next item. Nothing. Board member committee and organization reports.
Trusty Barry. Policy mate. Oh. Yes. The policy committee met earlier went over required uh graduation requirements uh which you'll the rest of the board will be getting the information on. And um this will be on the July agenda. Just
just let me put that out there. Most of it was updates and requirements. Uh we're adding a class uh personal finance. Amy Blackburn would be doing uh some sorts right now if she was here. She's been talking about that for a long time. Other than that, we talked about
uh revisiting the interlocal agreement regarding camera access with the city of Dearbornne. Not much I can say there right now publicly. We also went over uh student ID and myar and we asked administration for more information. Did
I get everything? Okay. Any other committee reports? Okay. Next item. Next item. Board member superintendent commentary. Dr. Mico. Just I know we recognized last week uh President Cavaloon as he left at the college and I want to thank him for the partnership and I know he's not here
but in saying that and I appreciate Trusty Barry, Dr. Gonko. look forward to working with you and congratulations on your position. I know I going to have Joanne call into Patty and we're going to set up a meeting sometime over the summer. So, if you need anything on the P12 side, we're here, but congratulations. Really look forward to
working with you. And when you get a chance to talk to Russ, I mean, President Cavaluna, let him know that she's still here. Okay. She she stuck it out. She aren't away yet. She stuck it out. Anyone else? I just wanted to say that I hope everybody
has a safe summer and that our students are safe in their vehicles and stopping at stop signs. Um and um and I'm hoping that everybody has a just a very restful summer and thank you. Anyone else? Okay, next item. Request for information andor
future agenda items. Dr. Trusty Barry, it's not a request for information, but Dr. I'm like I'd like to our chair to set up a finance committee meeting sometime soon. Okay. Because there was a couple items I want, you know, we agreed
to get to this year and here we are going into July. So please Okay, next item. All right. Future meeting dates. Monday, July 28th, 2025, P12 Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m. at the Administrative Service Center in
the Frankie boardroom. It's the first time I got it right without asking. Monday, August 18th, 2025, P12 Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m. at the Administrative Service Center in the Frankie boardroom. Monday, August 25th, 2025, HFC board of
trustees meeting, 7 p.m. at the Administrative Services and Conference Center in the Rosenall boardroom. Okay, with that, we are joured. Thank you. Good night. Right. Part: 2
Heat. Heat. Good evening all. Apologize for our delay. We are in a previous meeting. Welcome to the school district of the city of Dearbornne. Today is a Monday, June 23rd, 2025. Regular meeting uh
7:36. Uh call to order. A roll call. Trusty Aljah here. Trusty Barry here. Trusty Drojo here. Trusty Pelichkov here. Vice Chair Watts here. Trusty Zaher here. Trusty Mos absent.
Next item, please. Next item is the pledge of allegiance. Oh, you're doing it. You guys come and join me. I pledge 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. Yay. Thank you. Uh, next item, please. Next item is a superintendent update. Good evening, everyone. Uh unfortunately I have to start with uh sad news. We had
a student who passed away and uh to recognize and uh just send our thoughts and prayers to the family and his loved ones. I'd like us to honor a moment of silence at this time. Thank you. And I will continue to move along. So,
we're going to start with um our retirements. Uh we have Dana Addis with 25 years of service. Gretchen Bajoric with over 29 years of service. Samira Barry over 18 years. Donna Breffield
over 17 years. Ruth Corovo over 22 years. Luis Hixon 35 years. An Angela Hughes over 21 years. Mike Evves over 26 years. Susan Kushner 25 years. Nancy
Meisner over 27 years. Anita Pelker over 19 years. Christine Rosberry 34 years. Marsha Sand n over nine years. Kimberly Shonet over four or four years of
service. Julie Wilson over 28 years of service. And Pat Trisha Xander over 27 years of service. So, I want to congratulate and thank them for their many years of service in the district. That's a lot of years. Let's show show our appreciation. Okay. So, I'm going to move along. We
have Exchange Club academic excellent awards. And I think we have some people here. President Click is here, it looks like. How you doing? Good. How are you doing? Hi. Good evening everyone. My name is Jeff Click. I'm the current president of the exchange club of Dearborn and I also work at Heport
College. I've been there since 1999. So, it's great to see everybody. Uh, first I would like to thank the board, the school district administration for permitting us, the exchange club to present its academic excellent awards at
tonight's meeting for the 2025 validictorians of Dearborn's three comprehensive high schools plus the early college. So, um, would also like to thank the high school principles and those that are in attendance tonight, executive director,
uh, Adam Martin. I just spoke to him a few minutes ago, uh, for helping in administrating this award, and it is greatly appreciated. You may not be aware, but the Exchange Club has been in Dearbornne and actively a part of this community for 100 years. We just celebrated our 100th
anniversary. And throughout these years, the men and women of exchange have worked tirelessly to raise money for many local projects and programs. Many of these are aimed at uh educating and
bringing up and developing tomorrow's leaders. All right. So, this evening we present the Exchange Club of Dearbornne Academic Excellence Award. The 2025 validatorans named by their high schools will be given a one-time $1,500 cash
gift to be used for their education or any other worthy purpose. Um, in in one case, we had a tie, so we're going to split it. They'll get 750 each. The aim of the academic excellent program is to encourage and reward high
scholastic achievement and assist with recipients with the cost of furthering their education. And is now my honor to present the checks to our validictorians. All right. Um if the students would like to come up. Anyone
in the town? All right, Dearborn. High Adam. All right, buddy. All right, stick around. I got a couple things. All right. All right. Uh Zel Ford. Um she is out of the country, but her father was here
earlier and we did present the uh the gift. Um, uh, Hanan, uh, Abukar. Um, but we did give the check. And then we had a tie. We had a split for, excuse me, for Fortune High School.
Hassan, is it Idris? Idris. Idris. Okay. Hassan. All right. There you go. And also, um, hang on a second. Rer.
Ria art. I get it right. All right. Perfect. All right. And then is there an Ali Berry? Yeah. Oh, yeah. There's a lot. Many. All right. Well, okay. There's a berry. All right. Now,
congratulations. There there is one other thing. All right. There is one catch, however. We would like to invite you the exchange club to come sometime in the fall and bring bring yourself we'll reach out to you. We'd like to
have you and then perhaps one of people from your former high schools to come and let us know how school is going and what you're doing and um in any case it's welld deserved. All right. All right. And um I would just like to
thank you again and uh congratulations. Yeah. Or take a picture. Let me take a picture. You going up there? They don't want us. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you very much for your support. Okay, next we also have positive. I'm
going to have Mr. Martin come up for the AMAS scholarships. As he comes up, I just want to say I'm a proud exchange member. I know Trusty Damrosio and Mason, Miss Ali, Bazzy, and S Rob Platt there too as well. So, thank you. It's a great group. Thank you, Dr.
Mleco. Trustees. Uh, so the Amicus Award also recognizes three graduating seniors with a $500 scholarship. So, I'm going to go ahead and read their name, say a little bit about them, get them up here, and then you guys will get another photo opportunity if you want. My hope is that they're here. First one from Dearborn
High, Muhammad Alawan. Muhammad here. So, Muhammad had a GPA of 3.74, is hoping to have a career in engineering. Uh, always very ambitious, goal oriented, and unafraid to ask questions. Um, and very dedicated to helping his family. So, congratulations, Muhammad.
from Edzel Ford. As AIA Tel AIA Assa has overall GPA of 3.99 uh this year took three AP classes, two hours of co-op. Also has 260 hours of community service. Um hoped will be attending the University of Michigan Dearborn,
majoring in computer science. Comes from a large family as well. Um and helps her family u all the time. So congratulations. And then from Fortson, Norah El Yasari. Norah is another high achieving student, a 4.25 GPA, ranking 32nd in her class at
Fordson. She's completed challenging course load, including multiple AP and dual enrollment classes, actively involved in extracurricular activities, is planning on attending the University of Michigan Ann Arbor to pursue premed and pre-law. Um, and remains committed to her goals and is determined to make a
meaningful impact through her education and future career. Uh, Amicus is very grateful to be able to support you guys. I do not have the $500 checks here tonight, but I will make I will make sure to get them to you or she will. So, congratulations, guys.
I promise you, you'll get your money. together. Thank you. Congratul Okay, I'll keep moving um the list and I'm also uh proud member of the AMAS club as well. So, appreciate their support. District membership, MHSA, we
have to pass that every year. Uh and it's on the agenda. I also just want to mention last week we had the national holiday Junth. I did send out a a message out on social media. Just want to recognize the contributions of black Americans um uh
in celebrate the end of slavery many years ago. So I know there were celebrations last week. Next, I also want to say I'm very proud of the we have again one of the larger summer programs in the state, 4,000 students. Uh Miss Ali Bazzy has been
taking the lead and doing an outstanding job working with all the other executives and principles. It's a huge operation. Uh we're happy that we got the Balmer Grant um and Steve Balmer's group and the work they're doing and I know it's hot but we have everybody in air conditioning. Uh so uh they're doing
a great job and happy to provide that program to all our students here in the district. Another note is just that you know we had a lot of celebrations over the course of the end of May and June. I want to congratulate all of our graduates. It is on the agenda for
approval tonight. Uh, so I want to congratulate everybody and all the accomplishments. It was great going to not only graduation ceremonies, promotion ceremonies, fun things, dunk tanks, all sorts of things. I've seen board members all over at these events. And it's a lot, but it's a lot of positive as we celebrate our students
and we thank our staff, our great staff and the parents and community who supported our students to make sure they were successful. Next I have is just we continue to work on a potential bond. Uh we're still working with Quinn Evans and Gil Bane. I
know that the board individual members had meetings with them. We've met with them. Uh we now have Byron and Fisk who um is out starting stakeholder meetings. Uh they're going to be starting one-on-one meetings, surveys, and other focus groups, eventually community
forums at some point. So, obviously, the soonest we could look at a potential bond if the board if we got the plan together, and that's what we're working towards would be a 2026 at this point. Um, so we continue to move forward with that. The other thing I just wanted to
mention, we still can see uh changes and, you know, we're still not 100% on state and federal funding. Uh, I did have some good news last week that title one, it looks like, won't be touched for a while, but you just never know sometimes what's going on at the national level. Um, we're still hearing
about title 2, three, and four going, but that would be for next school year potentially is what we're hearing. Again, we don't know for 100%. because a lot of things are changing at the state level. The state budget is very important to us and what I would say is
uh I was in meetings last week that um uh right now there's uncertainty because it doesn't look like we're going to get a budget at any time soon. We're the all the association and organizations in fact I sent out an email to the whole district that they were saying look we need a budget and I think I know the
board is aware of this by law which we're approving tonight. we have to approve a budget June 30th, but we're not sure what it is because it hasn't yet been approved by the state and things are going on between the House and the and the Senate and the governor's office. So, the association organizations, all of them, um just
mentioning superintendents, schoolboard association, others, they put out a a joint and many others letter saying, "Look, we need to get this budget done because we need to know the numbers so we can, you know, implement it for the students." I know our local legislators are also very supportive. I've reached
out to each of them, Santenna, um, uh, Far Hat and Representative Burns and, uh, Witset's office and also, uh, although he's not in our area, Senator Cameli, uh, as well. So, we'll see what happens, but there's still uncertainty
occurring. And that's all I have for today. Any questions? Trusty Barry, I don't have a question, but I want to recognize and congratulate uh, she's in the house. uh our soon to be interim president of Henry Ford College, Dr.
Congo. Welcome. Welcome. Join us. She doesn't take the role until July 1st, but we can tell she's ready to go. That's all I got. Thank you. Any other comments, questions? Okay. Next item, please. Yeah, I didn't. Next item is under recognition and acknowledgements.
First item is commendations. That's me. All right. Good evening, board, superintendent, Miss Harris. Thank you all. So, we've got some commendations here today. First off, we'll start off with the district commendation. Commendations to the district staff who were recognized on May 15th by the
American Association of Yemen Students and Professionals. Those honored included teacher of the year Heather Bowman, Janet Smith and Genevie Sullivan from Ford High School, Mohamad Sabra from Fortzson High School, Nicole Rodriguez from Stout Middle School, and
AAYSP administrator of the year included Dr. Keith Morris from Fortzson High School. Commendations to the students, staff, and families of our virtual K12 community for their dis dedic dedication to staying engaged beyond the virtual
classroom walls. Through their unwavering commitment and extraordinary efforts, the virtual students along with their teachers and principles have gone above and beyond to create an enriching and an inspiring school experience. Special thanks to Miss Peterson for her
leadership and support in helping establish the virtual program and then her continued efforts to help it grow and help it uh the current administration as they move forward with this exceptional school. So, commendations to Dearborn Public
Schools bus drivers and assistants who participated in the annual Wayne County Resa bus rodeo competition in May. Uh the Dearborn team took You don't have to wear cowboy hats when you go to the bus rodeo. I've been there. Uh it's a great
competition. It's tons of fun. Uh it's amazing what these people do with these buses. Uh if anyone's ever had trouble with parallel parking, they're like Ford Pinto. You wouldn't want to get be do what these guys and girls do. They take these buses and put them through the
paces. And it's incredible. It's no wonder we have such an outstanding transportation department uh and how safe our bus drivers are because you see them perform in this event and it's just outstanding. So anyway, sorry birdwalk there a little. The Dearborn team took
third place overall and we want to thank the uh 13 other staff members who volunteered their time to be judges at the event. Drivers that finished in the top 20 include Andre Price eighth place, Nasserberry 10th place, Chris Crowe 12th
place, Lee Perry 14th, Antonio Hernandez 15th, Antoine Evans 18th, and Fabian Cuney who finished in 19th place. All right. Cong commendations to our own
Courtney Pitzky who has earned her human resource specialist certification through the Michigan schools business officials voluntary certification program. That's Miss Platsky is the director of human resources for instructional staff. Some high school
commendations. Commendations to the Zel Ford high school students who completed this spring at German day at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Zel students won a school record 15 awards in the categories of music performance,
video game design, spelling bee, poetry, uh, uh, exemporaneous reading, skits, conversation, news, broadcast, German outreach, podcasts, and my favorite, karaoke videos. That had to be fun to
watch, right? That had to be fun. I'm sorry we missed out on that. Maybe we can invite them here to the next board meeting. they could do some karaoke videos in German for us. So, all right. Commendations to the seven Ford uh high school students inducted into the international thesbian society, which is
a internationally recognized honor society for dramatics in secondary schools. Those inducted include Matthew Brown, Jackson uh Shaki, Drake Morates, Rick Re Rex Chen
Ken Clerks, and Steven Durant, Riley Warren, and Alice Ferguson. Commendations to the Dearborn High and Ford High students recognized at the Dearborn Area Theater Association's 39th annual awards night in May. DHS theater
students capped off a great season by bringing home 23 awards based on the school's performances of epic proportions, the student directed scenes 31 and the spring musical Disney's Newsies at Ford students won two awards
for their production of Shakespeare's McBTH and commendations to Forton High School's wood technology construction instructor Jamie Knack and welding building and home technology construction teacher Eric Miller who
along with several more uh forts and students worked with the Dearborn Rotary Club to build a lending library for the community. And those are commendations for this month. Thank you. Uh next item is aspiring administrators
recognition. Also, I want to go to the bus rodeo next year if anyone wants to go with me. I'd like to go in. I'll go. Okay, good. But I'm not going to be a passenger. Okay. Good evening, everyone. I'm going to ask
the teachers who completed this cohort of aspiring administrators to come forward to be recognized. We have our six of Thank you. So the aspiring administrators program is one of the
ways the teachers build the the district builds capacity and provides the teachers with opportunities to grow leadership roles their leadership role within the building and also at the district level. uh what we do is we hold monthly sessions with the teachers who
aspire to become administrators in the future. We kind of show them what does it look like to be an assistant principal, a principal, a director in within the different departments or any leadership position in the district. This has been in practice for at least
15 years in the district and every year we get from 20 to 30 participants. teachers apply for this and we invite uh district directors, principal panel, assistant principal panel. Uh we invite
also uh from the special ed department, the EL department um and also school improvement, financing, any area that requires leadership in the building, uh this great team is exposed to it. They ask their questions and we hold
interactive sessions for them. uh they complete their uh certificate uh requirements by also um shadowing a a principal or assistant principal and also creating a capstone project. This project has to extend beyond their
classroom where they create it uh themselves and then it would be impacting other teachers at the grade level or the entire school community. The topics for their presentations are uh any year that we hold the program,
it's exceptional. They they uh select topics such such as staff well-being, students seal strategies, uh data analysis, WEDA reports. So whatever it is that they choose to present their capstone on and implement it in their
building, it has to be beyond their classroom. So, I want to applaud them and thank them for taking time out of their busy schedules to seek leadership opportunities. Thank you so much for that. Thank you for the opportunity. What are their names? Thank you for the
opportunity. Phenomenal. She's gonna say something. I guess I'll take on the lead. Um, I just want to say it was a great experience. All overall, it was great. family, we can't thank you enough for this experience. Um the the people that came out, you know, took time, you know,
out of their busy day to talk to us about administration um to explain the different roles they have in the district and how that's going to help us when we decide to be an admin. Um so, it was a great experience and I totally recommend any teacher
that's interested in um becoming admin or just um to learn about what the administration role is all about. So thank you Fami and thank you. I want to extend this to all the coordinators and directors who made this program successful and presenting to
this wonderful group. And now we're we're typically have a picture, right? You ask for a picture. So take a photo. Thank you. You got to leave. It's too many up there. be in the way.
There's so many. We'd have to have a panorama view. Congratulations. Next item. Next item is employee recognition. So each month we usually recognize uh an administrator, a non-instructional staff
member, and also a teacher. This month, because it was only six days in June, we did not honor or recognize any of those categories. But we do have a really special presentation for today. Tonight, we'd like to recognize our
superintendent, Dr. Malleo, who was recently honored by the Michigan Association of Superintendent and Administrators, MESA, for his work uh for his work as a member of board of the directors and as past president. We all know that Dr. Mleco is always advocating
for our students in Dearbornne, but his work with Mesa has provided him with an even bigger platform to be a champion for students across the state. As a president of Mesa, Dr. Malleo was able to talk directly with state and federal lawmakers as well as other
policymakers to share the good news about our district and explain the challenges and needs facing public education. In recognition for his years of leadership and service to Mesa, Dr. Malleo was presented with this framed tribute and of course a hockey stick
autographed by Detroit Red Wings legend and NHL Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay. For anyone that knows Dr. from Alleo. They know he is uh he plays hockey, he loves hockey, he lives for hockey in his free time. The frame tribute here reads as
follows. This commemorative hockey stick autographed by Detroit Red Wings legend and NHL Hall of Famer Ted Lindseay is presented in recognition of your outstanding leadership and service. Lindsay, a cornerstone of the Red Wings famed production line, was known not
only for his grit, passion, and skill on the ice, but also for his tenacity, integrity, and leadership off it, helping to form the NHL Players Association, and forever changing the game for those who came after him.
This is more than a piece of memorabil memorabilia. It represents a legacy of courage, conviction, and deep commitment to doing what's right, even in the face of adversity. Qualities you've consistently embodied, both in your
district and throughout your service with Mesa, to Mesa. We are grateful for your time, your leadership, and the de difference you've made for Mesa and the future of public education in Michigan. Please everyone join me in congratulating Dr. Malleo for his
service to Mesa, continued dedication to public education, and most importantly, his leadership, dedication, and passion for the students in the Dearborn public schools. Do you want a picture? Do you know where Ted Lindsay is? Who?
Adam, no idea. Goodness. I didn't grow up. Um anyway, I just want to this is a teamwork. It's the team. It's not just me and I appreciate the board allowing me to serve the last six years on the state superintendent board. And I think it served us well. I know President Mos
said too, he saw we could advocate where in Lancing we can directly advocate for Dearborn students along with all Michigan students. I think I mentioned earlier on the budget, well I we take our adv our time to get with legislators and to make sure we're doing what's right by students and our staff and everybody together. So I was very
honored. They knew. I had no idea. They gave me the honor with the hockey stick. It's going to hang in my office. It also has Gordy How's autograph on it, too, by the way. So, there's two. I know that. Um, you know, yeah, the Gordy How Bridge is coming. Um, but anyway, thank you. It's a team effort and it's the board as
well. I want to thank the board for their support that allowed me and now I think, you know, the board has allowed me to be on the ASA national board representing Michigan. Three other superintendents from Michigan. So, I will and right now we have a lot going on at the national level. So, I just want to assure everyone this is not
about me. This is about our team working together. I'm humbled and I'm honored and I will continue to to strive for the best for our students um both at the federal and state level. So, thank you. Next item. Next item is acknowledgement of donations.
Good evening, Vice President Watson, Dr. Malo and trustees. We have 19 donations for today. First donation is for $151 has been offered to Salana Intermediate by the Dearborn Education Foundation to be used for school of rock which is
regarding theology. Donation of $135.99 has been offered to Salana Intermediate School by the Dearborn Education Foundation to be used for the Big Beach Little Beach tower building game. Number three, a donation of $75.20 20 cents has been offered to Michael Berry Career
Center by the Dearborn Education Foundation and crowdfunding to be used for the BP BPA competition. A donation of $4769 has been offered to Hower Howard Elementary School by the Dearborn Education Foundation to be used for
whiteboards. Donation of $350 has been offered to Howard Elementary School by the Dearborn Education Foundation to be used for headphones. Number six, a donation of $400 has been offered to Dearborn High School by the Dearborn Education Foundation to be used for a woodshed. Number seven, a donation of
$500 has been offered to Lindberg Elementary School by the Dearborn Education Foundation to be used in for technology and physical education. Item number eight, a donation of $1,500 has been offered to Howard Elementary School by the Dearborn Education
Foundation to be used for flat drawers to hold artwork. A donation of $1,062.20 has been offered at support high school by the Dearborn Education Foundation and crowdfunding to be used for prom. A donation of $1,000 has been offered to Dearborn High School by the Dearborn
Education Education Foundation and restricted funds to be used for robotics. Number 11, a donation of a studio grand piano has been offered to Ford High School by Maria Isaac Madison to be used for by music students.
Donation of a banjo, ukulele, and instructional booklet has been offered to Dearborn Public Schools by Dr. Jill Chokal to be used by the music department. Number 13, a donation of $3,300 has been offered to Dearborn High School by Dr. Tom Muhammad to be used
for teacher appreciation week. Number 14, a donation of $175 has been offered to Dearborn High School by Flowers by Renee to be used for teacher appreciation week. Number 15, a donation of $300 has been offered to Dearborn High School by Bachi Coffee Roasters to
be used for teacher appreciation week. Number 16, a donation of $400 has been offered to Dearborn High School by Bora Bora Smoothie Cafe to be used for the teacher appreciation week. I missed that one. Should have been at Deborra High. Number 17, a donation of a 100 copies of Eyewitness Journey, My Story of
Migration has been offered to Salana Intermediate School by Manda Amanda Ule to be used in the classroom. Number 18, a donation of $218 has been offered to Salena Intermediate School by Obad Mari from CRSD to be used for PBIS student
incentives and awards. And number 19, uh donation of $2,000 been offered to Sana Intermediate School by Chad Mari CRSD to be used for PBIS student incentives and awards. Thank you. Thank you.
Next item, please. Next item is approval of minutes. So, I'm looking for approval of minutes of the following. Dearborn Board of Education meeting study session, May 5th, 2025, board report 24-151 and the regular P to2 meeting, May 12th, 2025, board report 24-152.
I'm looking for an action to make any necessary corrections and move approval of these minutes. So, move support. Moved by Trustee Drosio, supported by Trustee Petrov. Any questions, corrections? Not hearing any attaching mandates. Roll
call. Next item, please. Union leadership commentary. This section of the board of education meeting is being added to further enhance the already strong commitment and longtime partnership between district administration, all bargaining units. Both instructional and non-instructional union members serve on a wide variety of standing and ad hoc committees that
drive the work and decision-making in the Dearborn public schools. In addition, administration meets monthly with the leadership team of all unions as well as a group meeting with union presidents. These meetings are not required, but are an extension of the collaborative partnership that has long existed in the Dearborn public schools.
This section will further enhance the commitment to valuing all suggestion, views, and opinions brought forth by all staff members in the district. Um, so we have seems like we have nobody from the Association of Dearborn School Administrators, any nobody from the Dearborn Federation
of School Employees, and we'll move on to the Dearborn Federation of Teachers, and a year-end wrap-up from Miss Kathy Martin. Good evening. I hope everyone's summer is off to a good start. Um, I just wanted to come and talk about this year.
Uh, I feel like there were a lot of great takeaways from this school year. Uh, we were able to get a lot accomplished working with administration. Uh, Dr. Mleco, you've, you know, you've had an open door. It
was really easy to reach out to you and communicate and resolve a lot of issues. So, we really appreciate that. We were able to finally get our teacher advisory group together and did have a meeting before the end of the year. Uh, and I've communicated with Dr. Suedan and we have
plans for next year and how to get the year started with it. Teachers are feeling very hopeful that their voices are being heard. Uh, not only have we successfully collaborated with Dr. MOO, but the executive directors have been great about reaching out, talking about
pilots, talking about uh preventing issues before they arise instead of um putting out fires. I feel like that's been really motivating to a lot of people because one of the big things that we've felt for a long time was we weren't being
heard. And this year, a lot of things happened where our voices were truly heard. And that makes a big difference. It's easier to to come to work. It's easier to feel hopeful when you know that if you say something, you know, something might happen, um, might
improve. Um, I have notes, but I didn't put a whole lot of thought into today, to be honest with you. I'm trying to enjoy my summer, but I I really do appreciate the work that we've managed to do together, and I look forward to another year of
successes. They come faster than you think, Kathy. Oh, I know. Dr. Michael. Yeah. And I want to equally just reiterate to what you said. I on our end, we're very appreciative, Kathy, of you and the team. And I think we had a very good our last meeting, we
collaborated on some stuff for next year and we're working together and it pleases me to hear that cuz we're all about working together for the benefit fit of staff and students of course and the school community. So, thank you for reaching out and I'm glad that we have that where we can just call each other and you can call the executive directors
and we can work through things and when there's disagreements, it's very respectful and I appreciate that from your board who also comes sometimes to the meeting. So, thank you for your leadership as well and willingness to work together and I know I am excited for the teacher advisor committee. I think it's going to be a great thing and I and uh you know uh Dr. Sweden is the
best too. So, working together with her so thank you for uh that idea really it came from you. I appreciate it. All right. Thanks. Yeah. I just want to take this as an opportunity to thank you for your vigorous and ethical representation of the teachers who are our, you know,
first line in the schools every day and um just being their voice. I mean, I think they're lucky to have you and I think all of us are lucky that you um are are representing them in such a admirable way. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, Trusty Aljami,
I'm going to take advantage of Kathy being up here to ask a question of Glenn and of Kathy as well. There's rumors of teacher layoffs, and I think it's exaggerated, but I want to make sure that we dispel those rumors of any
teacher layoffs going on based on budget cuts. If we could address that from both sides, is there any cuts going on? Um, beside the obvious ones, is there an expected layoff of teachers?
So, so we do have two today, but it really has a lot more and I don't want to get into the detail kind of certification and some nuance which those are okay. I'm not worried about we're not I mean right now we're still waiting on the state budget. I don't anticipate any other layoffs because we have a balanced budget. uh but we do
plan for multiple scenarios and I think even if the budget from the state didn't come out to the best or to the most likely because of the planning that we do with Mr. wall I think we have a plan and what we've been able to do is you heard the retirements and things right so what can happen is any reductions you
have to make you can do it through attrition and I think that's what we've done uh thus far across all groups so we've tried tried to do it to protect people to protect people for the sake of the students again we can't say for 100% there's guarantees I mean like I had said in the budget with the title one
two three things keep changing if something were to change in lancing or if reports were different we have to base it on that state budget that we get in the federal and so we'd have to adapt but what we're hearing right now we don't anticipate anything um but I can't say for 100% if things change you know
because they seem to be these days especially at the federal level but right now we have a good plan um and you know we always will sit down with the union and make sure we're fair to our employees but we haven't had to be honest uh since the last time I can remember was maybe 2014 where we had
some layoffs and right now we have just the minimal couple because of certifications Um, and and and just to add to that, I didn't expect any layoffs based on what I hear from from Glenn in the briefs, but the the rumor is out there that there is layoffs coming on
and that the district's laying off. And I just want to dispel those rumors, especially with Kathy being up here and you you know, the right group of people. So I appreciate you sharing and I understand that things could change in the future based on budget future budgets but I'm just talking about at
this moment there's only attrition and there's a few but it has nothing to do with um laying off people because of um uh budget and I would just say too and I know you want to is just here's the important people out there in the audience and at home that's why you need
to talk to your legislators right now the house budget inversion is not good for school districts. Now, I'm not saying there's going to be layoffs coming from it. It's a negotiation. But that's where everybody and I know Kathy and the unions get involved. They advocate, but that's where we need to speak out because the those that control the budget for us are in Lancing and in
Washington. And so, it's very important that everyone reaches out if it's something that's important. We know our students are staff. And so that's why I just said too and I was humbled and surprised by the the talk for Mesa, but that's why it's so important for us to be doing those things to always be in Lancing, to be with our legislature, to
have the people here in Dearborn advocating, including board members and everyone else. I know when things come up, President Mos and I talked about it too, and he said he makes calls. So I'm hoping everybody in here who, you know, is proud of Dearborn Schools and wants to continue the great things that we advocate. And one of the things is we
need we do need right now the senate budget is a lot more favorable than the house. The house has a lot of concerns and there's even question as to whether some of the provisions are unconstitutional. So we'll see what happens. But that is very important and that would be the factor that would change things if it didn't come the way
we were hoping. And I I'd like to say we are very aware of what's happening at the state and federal level. And um on May 1st, which is Mayday and International like Union Day, we opened up our DFT office and people came in and we did letterw writing campaigns because
we understand that legislators a letter, a handwritten letter means a lot more than just a a stock email. So we sent out a whole bunch of letters. Um and I'm going up to Lancing. I know that aft Michigan like so we're we're working hard but um yeah I'm honestly with
regards to layoffs I only know what comes from the district really um I was surprised by the two that did happen but um I'm hoping there are no more Jesse Petoff I'm the only one on the board who was here in 2008 when we had a huge
budget deficit and I this is why I'm saying this because I believe and back then the layoffs were in the hundreds And it was every meeting we were being faced with this challenge. And I think a lot of people when they hear about the
struggles we're having again with potential shortfalls, they go back to that time when when um that was our only recourse um to balance our budget. I will have to say right now when you're hearing about some other districts
recently that had some huge uh deficits and budget shortfalls and to balance their budget, they once again had to revisit that and they were some very surprising districts that you wouldn't have thought were going to have these challenges. That may be what is again
percolating up in um this community as well because they see that happening. And I have to give kudos to Dr. MOO and especially Mr. Wall and the whole team about we recognize what happened once
and and we're working our hardest to never have to um revisit that time and place and we're doing our best to make sure that we have a strong budget and a secure budget to the best of our
ability. We do not control what's going to come out from the state and federal government, unfortunately, but we've done everything in our power to protect this school community in every fashion. And it is a really difficult place to be
in. And that's why I think people get nervous when when they hear things going on around them and remember things that have happened in the past. But we're we're not at that point now. I would hope that we can reassure everyone to um
at this point in time look forward to the fall and that we're going to be moving forward with all the wonderful programs that we have that support all of our students. I will say though, historically, this is where I I'm the like optimist. Historically, even
layoffs, most people have been called back. They Yes. So, even when there's hundreds. So that's what I keep telling people, but they're also seeing what's happening at the federal and state level, the federal layoffs, and that, you know, people can't help but get a little concerned.
Dr. Malik, just a followup, too. Um, and I appreciate you mentioning that because I do remember I came into HR in 2011. I remember the time in09 where we had midyear layoffs and cuts and there was every year when I was HR until I left that that off uh position, there were layoffs, but again, we did it call back
and we developed a system to deal with it. I also just want to mention that uh I am I'm chairing and I've mentioned it before to the board but uh I have a we formed an ELLL advocacy committee across the state with superintendents and other educators and the Michigan Association
of Bilingual Education sent teachers, wrote letters to all the legislators. We helped we got some financial uh support through lobbyists and whatnot and all of them received cards, you know, advocating for kids from English language learners. It's very important with title three being potentially cut
by the feds which is for ELLL uh English language learners but the Senate budget has an increase in the English language learners. So we do think and we thank Senator Santana and Camelaria for advocating. Uh the other positive that I'm hearing um on the budget is that
there may be hope for those 380 kids that we talked about that they were going to pass and give us the funding because they came after count. there's a chance that us and other districts may get that funding. It's in the Senate budget. It's not in the House budget. So, if the Senate budget were to come to fruition, that would help us out
tremendously and then that would definitely eliminate any need for uh programs. I also just want to mention to your point, it was brought up last week at my um Michigan Alliance for Education Opportunity former Middle Cities and they were talking exactly about um CFOs
and how districts have gotten into trouble and we've seen you know different superintendents and whatnot which is why they're trying to provide support and uh they're trying to provide training on a state level. We're thankful we do have a great CFO here, Tom leading, working with all of us. And I also appreciate that, you know, we can
bring Tom into the union meetings, right, Kathy? And he'll come and he's we're just transparent about these are the facts. That's it. And we work together and try to collaborate. Um, so appreciate all the unions, but those are some factors and there these are things that are happening all the time uh to make sure that we protect our students.
So, thank you for bringing it up and trust. Thank you. Thank you.