7:01. All right, it is 7:01 p.m. Let's go ahead and get started. I'll call to order the regularly scheduled meeting of the East Lancing Board of Education to order. Uh, Miss Miss Hok, can we get a roll call vote?
A roll call. Not a not a vote yet. We start the meeting. I vote that Terra is not here. Trusty Martin, I'm here. Trusty Lions here. Trusty Edel here. Trusty Ferris Highland here.
Trusty Chambers present. Yes. Trusty Torres here. Trusty Taki here. Student Representative Mia and Superintendent Leel here.
Thank you, Mr. Okore. Uh Trusty Chambers, can you read our mission statement? I sure can. The mission statement of East Lancing Public Schools is nurturing each child, educating all students, and building more citizens. Thank you for that. Uh, can I get a motion to approve tonight's agenda?
I move that the board of education approve the agenda for the September 25, 2025 regular meeting as presented. Second. Motion was made by Trusty Lions, seconded by Trusty Torres. Uh, is there any discussion of the agenda before we move to a vote?
All in favor of the motion as presented, please say I. I. Any opposition? The motion carries unanimously. Can I get a motion for the approval of minutes? I move that the board of education approve the minutes for the September 8, 2025 regular meeting as presented. Second.
Motion was made by Trustee Taiki, seconded by Trusty Chambers. Any discussion on the minutes? I'll move to a vote. All in favor of the minutes as presented, please say I. I. Any opposition? The motion carries unanimously. Uh, next item on the agenda
is recognition. Do we have any recognition, Trusty Paris? I do have a couple really cool ones. Um, the Michigan High School Athletic Coaches Association, which is the professional organization of school coaches and athletic directors, selected Mrs. Nicole Norris as their athletic
director of the year and Mr. Ray Mitchell as their state boys basketball coach of the year. These awards will be presented to Miss Norris and Mr. Mitchell on November 9th at the great hall banquet and convention center in Midland at these state award at the state awards lunchon in which over 28
coaches and athletic directors will participate. So congrats to both of them on these high honors. Pretty cool. Yeah. So cool. That's what I have for tonight. Well deserved. That's great. Welld deserved. Yeah. they get uh they'll be honored
there and uh I'm planning to go up for it and uh they're also going to be honored at the super or at the athletic director's um conference or Nikki will be at the athletic director's state annual conference in March in Traverse City too. Cool. Yes, they'll have a big banquet there
where her family and stuff can come too. That's great. Cool. Should the Should the board go to Traverse City to support I think we should but it's March. True. I'll take March. It's still fun. Tough to do if you get through the snow.
Thank you for that information. Trusty Ferris Island. The next item on our agenda is our student representative report. Hi everyone. Um Tanya couldn't be here tonight so it'll just be me giving a little report um today. So last week was our homecoming week and it was a spirit
week. So we had like each day allowed students to dress up like fun. Um like Monday was jersey day and Thursday was like beach out and all week the student congress along with Miss Barage and Miss Mueller and the various clubs and sports um like prepped for the parade and it
was a big success and the clubs and the sports um were able to be showcased. Um, East Lancing won its first game of the season, football game of the season last Friday, which happened to be our homecoming game, and it was against Okamus. And tomorrow, our Trojans face
Dit um at Dit. Um, we also had the homecoming dance on Saturday, um, which was really nice and it was nice to dress up, I'm sure, for everyone, and it was just really fun. Um, also our boys varsity soccer team
has a current record of 3 to1 and are ranked second in the conference. They just won against Forest Hills Eastern yesterday. It was the non-league match and they also face Midland this Saturday. Um, our model UN is currently preparing for its first conference which
it will actually host um at the high school on the 18th of October. And the girls varsity volleyball team has a current record of seven to four and they're playing or they're facing Holt today. Um and lastly, our band and orchestra students
um have night out which is their yearly fundraiser where students go out into the neighborhoods and play for donations on Sunday. And that is all. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I was at that boys soccer game last night and it was really fun to
watch. They're incredibly talented players. Great. Thank you for that. Uh the next item on the agenda is our superintendence report. So, Miss Leica, thank you. I'm going to start a little
bit again about the status of our state K12 budget and along with that free school meals uh continued. Uh, state law mandates that lawmakers approve a K12 school budget by July 1st each year so districts like ours can plan and operate
with certainty. That deadline has passed and no agreement has been reached. Without a budget, there's a risk of a state government shutdown on September 30th, which could delay funding that schools depend on to operate. If the legislature does not pass a budget, districts will miss their first
scheduled state aid payment on October 20th, 2025. for all schools. That payment is a major resource we rely on to pay our staff, maintain student support services, maintain bus operations, and fund academic programs,
arts, athletics, and student activities. In addition, current funding for the Michigan School Meals Program will expire September 30th, 2025, which is this coming Tuesday. ELPS currently holds enough funds in reserve to continue providing free breakfast and lunches to all students while we wait
for a budget from the state. If this changes in the future, we will give families no less than one month's notice to offer time to complete the free and reduced meal form if needed so there is no lapse and students accessing free meals. Uh there's also a letter uh that
will be distributed um tomorrow to all public school districts in Ingam County or by all public school districts in Ingam County in the next day or two to bring attention to this very impactful failure of our Michigan legislature. The fiscal year for school districts began
July 1st and we have been operating for nearly one quarter of our budget cycle with no state budget and no knowledge of what will be funded. A government shutdown will delay funding even further potentially resulting in significant impacts to school operations. And we
have a letter that will be attached to um the superintendent report that will be shared u communicated to all families be via email and on our social media um tomorrow. This letter is from all of the superintendents in Ingam County and uh
is a little more specific in how the lack of having a school budget may impact um operations within the school, including school safety, mental health, um career and teched, before and after programs for kids, special education, at
risk funding, um transportation, and the Michigan public schools employees retirement system. So, trying to get word out there. um a final push before next week, hoping that we can make an impact on the legislators to um get
their work done. So, that will go out tomorrow. Uh just want to remind folks again that our next board meeting uh to avoid um Monday the 13th of October, Indigenous People's Day. Our next meeting date is Tuesday, October 14th, right here at McDonald Middle School at
7 p.m. Uh health clinic, ELPS health clinic update. Our grand opening is near. It's been pushed back a little, but it's near. Um, in partnership with U ofM Health Sparrow, uh, our ELPS health clinic has a new opening date of Monday, October 6th. So, um, very soon, a week
from Monday, our health clinic will be opening. Uh, parent guardian consent forms and all student information forms will be distributed. They're just tweaking some things and because it comes through UFM Health Sparrow, it has a few layers of approval before we uh, get it. So, as soon as we get those,
we'll be uh sending those out. All students between the ages of 5 and 21 or 26 with an IEP are eligible to utilize the clinic. And a grand opening event is also being planned for October 30th, 2025. Uh on the back of my report, there are
some annual reminders and notices for families, staff, and students. The first one is around um uh safe gun storage. So, be smart. Secure gun storage. Firearms are the leading cause of death among children in the United States. The board of education passed a safe gun
storage resolution at their March 13, 2023 meeting, which includes annual notice to families about the importance of secure gun storage to protect minors from accessing unsecured guns. The BS Smart website includes numerous handouts and other resources on best practices
for gun storage, types of storage, and guidance for talking to your children about guns. and I have a link that the handouts can be accessed with. And East Lancing Public Schools is proud to offer free gun safety locks for distribution to students, staff, and families. This opportunity is made possible through the
Michigan State Police Grants and Community Services Division. And if anyone would like to pick one up, they can email me um to get a free gun safety lock. Uh the next annual reminder is our Okay to Say, Michigan's Okay to Say program. Um, actually this is their 11th
year of okay to say. It's a student safety program which allows students to confidentially report tips on potential harm or criminal activities directed at students, school employees, and schools. Uh, it uses a comprehensive communication system to facilitate shi
tip sharing among students, parents, school personnel, community mental health service programs, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and law enforcement officials about harmful behaviors that threaten to disrupt the learning environment. Tips can be reported 24 hours a day, seven
days a week. Uh, there's a phone number that tips can be provided to um via text, via email, or there's an okay to say app as well. And finally, another annual reminder about the East Lancing Public Schools anti-bullying policy. Policy 5207
is um ELPS is committed to providing a safe learning environment for all students. And policy 520707 includes relevant definitions as well as reporting and investigation procedures. In addition, all East Lancing Public School staff members complete annual
bullying training as part of their professional development. Maybe we should say annual anti-bullying training, huh? Um, and I have a link to policy 5207 here as well. And some other important dates. Uh, first one is tomorrow, no school for students, which
is a staff professional development day. The next one is Friday, October 31st. And then again, new this year, uh, November 24th through 28th, which is Thanksgiving week. There is a break that entire week for students and staff. Lots to share this week. Okay, I will
bring back the construction update next time, but because there was so much to get out to families this time, I paused on all the construction updates and pictures, but yes, on budget, on schedule. Awesome. Bike. Oh gosh. H wonder if we have at the
central office building might have someone who wants to ride their bike. Yeah. Um my bike. Are there any questions for the superintendent about the superintendent's report? I'm just grateful that you signed the letter with other area superintendent, you know, to
urge people to contact our representatives and now again the letter going out just to talk about the failure. Yeah. And we're trying to Yeah. You've got to advocate. The the hard part is and and MASA may also be planning another legislative day next week down
at the capital. Um, and the dis disappointing part of that is having to spend your time there and having to do that, you know, when we should be back in our districts doing more meaningful work, not advocating for a budget that we should already have. So, uh, disappointing uh, on that end. And,
um, I don't know. I don't uh, I I personally think we'll probably see a partial shutdown. Um, now, schools will stay open. I want to be super clear. we will be open and uh we are evaluating uh you know this is a time when it's really
um it's why we uh reserve a healthy fund balance um we don't we won't have to borrow to make payroll um or to keep our schools open hopefully till we get our budget now we definitely don't want to drain through that but assuming we will get uh our full funding and you know
that would uh replace it reimburse it but still it's a it's a good thing that East Lancing doesn't need to um borrow because it's just honestly the interest on it is is not a good use of taxpayer money when it could be going to our kids. Right.
So, I'll keep everyone posted as this deadline approaches Tuesday night at midnight. Um but uh I would expect to see some things happen, but school will remain as is. I did want to uh make a comment on the
smart gun storage um that this the board uh a slightly different board but passed that resolution in 2023 and now it is in state law and so it is now in policy in our policy manual but kudos to the
school board for being a couple years ahead of the game. Yes. Is there anything else for the superintendent? Sorry, I have a little problem with that. All right. Um, let's move on to the next item on the agenda. Thank you
for that information, Superintendent Leo. Um, the next item on the agenda is the consent agenda. Uh, can I get a motion for the consent agenda? I move that the board of education approve the consent agenda to include
the following. A, new hire. One, hiring of Britain Steel as a conditional hire pending obtainment of certification. 1.0 FTE speech and language pathologist at McDonald Middle School at MATEP 17 effective October 8th, 2025. The individual will be paid at a daily rate
of $200 until certification is received. Second. Motion was made by Trusty Chambers, seconded by Trustee Torres. Uh there's no discussion on the consent agenda. So we'll move on to a vote. All in favor of the consent agenda as presented, please
say I. I. Any opposition? The motion carries unanimously. Do we have Bren still with us? We did not. Okay. Very good. Uh next item is public comment. Miss Hokord, do we have public comment?
All right. Okay. You're fine. You're fine. You're doing great. Thank you, Cath. You're welcome. I've been I've had this like for a week where just my voice is kind of scratchy, but I don't
I don't feel sick. Not nothing. Are you allergic to cats? N thankfully you chronic. All right. As we as we prepare for public comment, I'm going to read the uh
public comment statement. This is the opportunity to address the board. Speakers are to confine their remarks to five minutes. If a speaker requires more than five minutes after all other persons who have requested to speak during this part of the meeting have spoken, that speaker will be
allowed additional time. The superintendent or other staff may comment to clear up or avoid significant misunderstandings. Uh so just making sure that form is perfect. And if you'd like to make public
comment, we do have uh blue forms that you can get from Miss Hokor and she'll um come on up. She will facilitate everything you need to to have done. We're not mean. It's only a small crowd. You're okay.
That's what Yeah, you can do it. All right. Right there. Um All right. We have a public commenter um who wishes to speak about the safety of conservative students. So, thank you. Um this is shame on me,
by the way, for not being coming to more schoolboard events. So, that's on me. I have three children that are in the East Lancing system school system. one graduated already, so she's in college, a junior. Um, and then two boys in high school right now. And there have been
several things throughout the years that have been very concerning to me. Um, I grew up um, traveling, so I didn't grow up here. So, I've lived in Europe. I've lived all over Atlanta. Um, very
diverse, um, background, which I strive for my kids to have. What's very concerning to me and I'm hearing from other parents, but everyone is remaining silent. H h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h h hince why no one's here. And my kids, I didn't want to put my name down
because they're scared and they don't feel safe. Um, it's very difficult to live and have your children in this school district when you have conservative values. Um,
I asked my children if they wanted to start a club and they said, "No, we will be targeted. We will be hated and I don't want to deal with it and I'm not going to put my kids in that situation." But it rips my heart apart because they
are wonderful, open-minded, amazing children that just respect and love everyone. They're teenagers, so let's just hashtag that. Um, but I think most of that is geared
towards the parents. But I want to bring that up to maybe something that's the school board can maybe recognize being that East Lancing is supposed to be this diverse
community. Well, we don't feel it. And it's ripping. It's my family, my children. They don't want to live here. They don't want to come back here after they graduate. I've known several families that have left the school
system because of this and it rips my heart apart. I don't feel this is home. I am going to be moving when my children move. So, I would really love for the board to maybe discuss. I'm happy to
brainstorm with anyone. Um, I'm a solutionsoriented person. Um, but I also like to call the elephant out in the room and I think that's how things, you know, you get a discussion going and you hear different views and
come to a good compromise for everyone. But I just want my kids to feel comfortable being believing in their faith and believing that everybody is wonderful and not feel like they can't talk about it or do anything. They just remain quiet. And I don't think any
child should feel that way. That's it. Thank you and thanks for your patience because it is my first time. Well, thank you for being here. Is there any other public comment before we move on to the next item on the agenda?
All right, we will move on to the next item on the agenda. I'll close public comment. Uh the next uh topic is board discussion and um I've been in communication this week a bit with Trusty Ferris Highland who has uh put
together uh a resolution related to the state budget and I'm going turn over the floor to Trusty Ferris Highland and let her uh get started with whatever you want to say about it. Okay. Um, I think to piggyback off what Dory and other local superintendent, you
know, have spoken out about, it's basically about a resolution um to urge our leadership to pass the school aid budget. Um, I I did some research and only one other district that I could find has done this in East Point, Michigan. Um, so they granted us
permission to use their copy and update it a bit, but um, you know, it's essentially a resolution, like I said, to urge our leadership to do the right thing. So, I don't know if you want me to read the whole thing. It's a page and a half. Um,
I should read the whole thing. Okay. Okay. So, I will do that. Um, so this is a a resolution on fiscal year 2025 2026 on the Michigan school aid fund budget delays. Whereas the Constitution of Michigan of 1963 requires the Michigan
legis legislature and governor to pass an annual school aid budget for the exclusive purpose of funding public education. And whereas Gretch Governor Gretch and Whitmer signed public act 160 into law in 2019 which states that the legislature must pass and present general appropriation bills for the
upcoming fiscal year to the governor on or before July 1st. And whereas local school districts in Michigan are required by law to pass their own budgets for the upcoming school year by July 1st. And whereas the Michigan legislature has failed to meet this
legal deadline to pass a school aid budget appropriation bill or make any meaningful progress toward doing so. And whereas the East Lancing Public Schools Board of Education adopted its budget for the 2025 2026 school year without key funding information due to the
ongoing lack of a state budget. And whereas the fiscal year 2025 2026 school aid fund budget continues to be delayed by political battles that are unrelated to school funding or the needs of our students. And whereas school aid fund dollars should not be used to fill
budget gaps, should not be tied to or used to fund unrelated budget items such as road construction and maintenance. Should not be used to fund higher education or private education, and should not be used to increase burdensome reporting requirements for already struggling school districts. And
whereas a responsible school aid fund budget should include a reasonable increase in the per pupil foundation allowance dedicated funding for Michigan's atrisisk youth English language learners students and special education ISDs great start readiness programs school
libraries rural communities CT programs and additional academic programs continuation of the free breakfast and lunch meal program funding that should be allocated to certain pertinent non-education purposes such as school in infrastructure funding to support districts with older buildings and
safety concerns. Funding for safe, reliable student transportation and wraparound special ser special service funding, including mental health support for highnee students. Whereas the ongoing delay in funding certainty has already impacted our ability to best plan for the support for our students
need and deserve in the upcoming school year. And whereas every day the budget continues to be delayed by lawmakers, which will only worsen the negative impacts on our school, staff, and students this academic year and beyond. And whereas comments by lawmakers that suggest the school aid budget can or should wait for the o other budget
agreements to fall into place ignore the critical needs of our students. And therefore, be it resolved, the East Lancing Public Schools Board of Education is strongly urging state lawmakers to immediately pass a spending bill that fully allocates the entirety of funding meant for our schools in a
manner that equitably supports the needs of every student in Michigan. Be it resolved further that the East Lancing Public School Board of Education is affirming that school aid funding should not be tied to any other budget deals including ongoing proposals regarding road funding.
Second, thank you Trusty Ferris Highland. That's a there's a lot in here and um and I know that you did a lot of work to get this together. Um it's such an awesome
reminder of what public schools do for children and families. And um it's something that gives me, you know, just it's chilling to think that um that anyone would put
that in danger. Um and so it's I think this is a really important resolution. Um, I I'm inclined to support it, but I do want to give the board a chance to discuss uh to discuss this. So, is there any discussion of the resolution? Any, you know, suggestions to how we might uh
change it if we if that's something you're interested in doing? I just want to thank you for taking the time to pull that together and bring it forward. Thank you. That's awesome. I have no changes, no comments. I will be in support. Same. Same.
Thank you very much. All right, I think we're all on the same page. Um, is there readiness to amend the agenda to add a vote on this resolution to the uh to the action items? I'll move to amend the agenda to add
this resolution as action item B uh uh sorry 8B. Second. All right. Motion was made by uh Trustee Edsil, seconded by Trustee Taiki. What
we're doing here is we're moving the we're adding an agenda item to add this resolution so that we can move quickly to uh to pass the resolution and um make our elected officials aware of the board's position. So, let's move to a
vote. I guess is there any discussion on the motion before we move to a vote? I think it takes care of a bit, right? Yeah. included. We're voting to amend the agenda. Yeah. All right. So, let's vote to amend the agenda. All in favor of the um amendment
from Trusty Edel, please say I. I. Any opposition? Right. The motion carries unanimously. The agenda is amended. Um so, we're still in the board discussion phase of the meeting. Are there any other topics for board discussion before we move to the next
agenda items? All right, we'll close board discussion and we'll move to our action items. The first action item is action item A. Can I get a motion for the technology solutions bid? I move that the board of education approve the bid from Technology
Solutions Unlimited for low voltage cabling in the amount of $33,557.94. Second. It's moved by Trustee Edsil, seconded by Trusty Lions. I know from a meeting I was in yesterday that this is cabling for the new admin building. Was that right?
And while Mr. Plasty isn't here, Carl Vandery is here from Communications by Design, which is our consultant with our technology for this bond and is available to answer any questions if you have them. All right, Mr. Vander, would you like to step up? You can go around to get to the uh to the podium.
We can just leap the the stage. You can also jump. Yeah. say you probably could just um the uh the question of is it uh the communication cabling the answer is yes. It's uh all of the communication cabling for the new administration building. So
by communication cabling today that means telephones, internet connections for the computers, the uh fax machine copers, uh the access controls for the uh key fobs or card keys for the doors,
the security cameras, uh everything that uh in the building is not electricity, but requires communication, Wi-Fi capability, wireless needs wires. Um, yeah, all of those things uh for for the entire building.
And just from a order of operations perspective, we need to approve this now because it has to go in before the drywall goes in. Yeah. Um before the ceilings go in. U so they're putting drywall up in certain areas right now. And the it's all been
coordinated to have pathways stubbed out above the drywall. So we uh we need to be there before they get the ceilings in with the cables and the cables above the ceiling structures. So that uh the drywall itself is a little bit uh less important. Uh makes it easier when the
drywall is not in, but it'll be fine with the drywall in. Okay. Are there any other questions uh about the agenda item? Thank you for being here. It was very helpful. Yeah, no problem. Thank you.
All right. Um, is there any further discussion before we move to a vote? All right. All in favor of the motion as presented, please say I. I. I. Is there any opposition? The motion carries unanimously. Uh, now we're going to move to action
item B, which is the adoption of the resolution um regarding the fiscal year 2025 2026 Michigan school aid uh budget. I move that we adopt the resolution on fiscal year 2526
as presented. Second. Motion was made by trustee Adsel, seconded by trustee Ferris Highland. We've already had um some time to discuss this. Is there any further discussion of the adoption of the um of
the uh resolution? I guess we should say who we're going to send it to. Um, and it would be the the people who serve in the state house for us for sure. Um, is there who else should we send it to?
So, I've been emailing them often. So, I can send you the contact tonight or tomorrow. So, will it go to House? It'll go to the House and the speaker. Yep. And the speaker. Okay. Yep. Okay. So, we have a good We have a good
list of people to send it to. Yeah. I know our county letter is going to all members of the Michigan legislature. Okay. Our county letter is we could do that too. Yeah. And media get it out.
Yeah. I think that's I think that's a wise move. I think we need to be on on the record on this wax eli. Mhm. Yep. Yeah. LSJ LSJ P.
Huh? M. Yeah. Yeah. I like that. M Life. Oh, did they? I mean, but still. Does Does Meridian Township have an like an equivalent Eli? Because we do have some Meridian Township.
I don't believe they are so lucky. Okay. All right. So, um, if there's no further discussion, we'll move to a vote. All in favor of the motion as presented, please say I. I. I. Any opposition? The motion carries unanimously. Thank
you once again, Trusty Ferris. Thank you. Thank you. All right. So, the next item on the agenda is committee reports. Uh, the first is academic and technology. So, Trustee Lions. So, we met yesterday at 1:30 in the hub.
Um we had lots of um um discussion from Christian on technology updates. One being um about all the cabling. Um we talked about uh middle school, high
school courses that you can test out of procedures. Talking about um maybe communications a little earlier. Um more to come on that. Um it was just kind of a brief uh discussion, but
obviously when we get a new um what is it? Deputy assistant uh uh superintendent um we'll have more discussion on that and um book review policy. Kathy Kowalsski um and Glenn was
when he was here worked on this. Um so we went over um some procedures and policies and that will now go back to policy for you all to review. And we talked about um a third grade indigenous lesson from Nokcomus Heritage um uh
cultural center that received we received some grant money um and they will be um teaching some um Michigan indigenous u lessons to third grade uh classes here at East Lancing. So So they will come here. They will come here each building.
Yep. Cool. Yep. So they'll come to the buildings. Um, all the notes I haven't submitted them to yet, but I have them and they're done and I'll get them over to you tonight or tomorrow so we can get them posted. Thank you, Trusty. Excuse me. Thank you,
Trusty Lions. Um, the We don't know when our next meeting is because I think we're waiting kind of kind of in limbo with this. Uh, I guess we could meet, but it's a little harder when I would I I would expect to have a candidate brought to the board next
meeting. Oh, wow. Okay. Okay. Great. All right. The next uh item is facilities committee trustee Ferris Island. We had a great meeting on Monday and Billy and Nikki both brought brought us all up to speed on summer actions and a
recap. So, um they, you know, did a ton over the summer. Obviously, they um where my notes are out of order. Um they moved memorial trees to the shopput area that they also redid um to provide shading for spectators. And now we also
have a top-notch field event area for our track team. Um over the holidays, so Thanksgiving or our winter break, we're going to get a new hot water tank installed at the high school. Um
there we are participating in a filter first grant program where 11 new bottle filters at the high school were installed and eight at the middle school. Elementary schools met standards already, so they are set. Um showers at the high school were updated. the East
Lancing um the high school auditorium rigging system was tested and tested well. Um the entrance of the high school is on time in the construction process so it should be completed by fall 2026. Admin building is also on schedule as we mentioned and the health clinic we have
it's opening the new date is October 6th. Um, as far as the athletic updates from Nikki, um, you know, Nikki just had said the transition from us having the middle school sports at the city versus the school is going very well. They're
transitioning Mr. Melvin White into his role. Um, and they've been, you know, scheduling officials, transportation. It's been going very smooth and people are are very happy with it. Um, fall track hours are 7 to 1:00 p.m. and
tennis courts are always open. Um, let me um fall sports. We have a couple other high schools coming to our courts to actually play um their matches because our courts are so nice now. Um, yay. And,
you know, we're continuing to invest in all of our spaces so we can continue having these top-notch facilities. And that's what I have. And we did not set up a meeting for next time, but we will in a month or two. So that sounds good. That's a good update. Yeah. And I just to repeat what you
said, but other schools and other districts come here to use our facilities because we've invested in these facilities. I think it's a credit to the to Dory and her team who have uh put these together. And um it is it's
nice to know that we have we're the kind of place where people want to be and um I think that's that's important and it builds goodwill with other districts. It's also really nice to be a place that's open to sharing our resources. Yeah. And it's also nice to be right in the
middle of the state. So if schools from east and west want to meet, they there's an easy place to meet us. Um but I that every time we hear about other districts using our facilities uh for their athletics or their cultural events, it it does I think it's
meaningful. Great. All right. the finance committee. Uh trustee Zel, we will meet on October 6th at 1:00. Um have you reserved the hub for that?
You did. Yes. In the hub. Thank you. Intergovernmental relations. We will meet uh 11 on September 29th in the hub. Very good. Wait a minute. You have a meeting? I do.
Great. With No. We are just waiting and then we will do the next part. Yeah. Yeah. My mind for a minute. Yeah. Oh, no. It's setting priorities. Gotcha. There's plenty of things to talk about.
That's for sure. Um personnel committee. Uh we have not met. Um I trust that you'll let us know if we need to have a meeting. Absolutely. Uh policy committee trusty. We will meet
October 6th at 10:30 in the hub. So you can get two for one that day. It's been two for one for years. Yeah. So everybody out there can I meet I go get my ice cream and I come back for the second meeting. It's perfect day.
Isa trusty tea hockey. Uh we are meeting again on Wednesday, October 1st at 8 a.m. virtually. Nice. All right. Um, we'll move on to announcements. Our next scheduled meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, October 14th. So, it's a little bit off schedule. Uh, we'll get back to the normal meeting times after that meeting. Uh, I believe so. Um, Tuesday, October 14th. Are there any other announcements? I have a question that I missed during
the superintendent's report. Um the health clinic, will they be doing vaccines? Yes. So kids can get the flu shot, they could get a COVID vaccine, they could get updated on anything else they've missed. Excellent. And then how do you know at this point it may be too premature. How would how would they schedule that? How would
they Not sure yet. I'm waiting on this. Yeah, I mean they can do probably because the consent forms need to be in as well. Well, I mean, if there's not a consent form in, but a student needs to be seen, they'll call and get consent once over the phone and then follow up with the
forms. But for a scheduled one like that, I think it'll start with getting consent. I know they do walk in and we'll get the hours out there. Um, but I'll ask more specifics when we meet every Thursday. We um I meet with the folks from U of M Health Sparrow um Eat
and Resa and who's my other group? Um sometimes uh mostly Sparrow folks, but um we meet every Thursday morning. And so I will ask that specific question about the process for scheduling vaccine appointments next week.
Well, and I I know you've said this before, but I believe there's at least one other school-based health clinic run by Sparrow. Yes. Grand Lodge. Grand Lodge. And then there's they're planning another one at at is it Sexton? Uh I'm not aware. Okay. Right. So there's one at Grand Ledge already. Yes.
And so we'll be the second one in this. Yeah. There's other health centers either uh school-based or school linked, but those that have been um available for a number of years. Those were partnered with the um uh Ingam County Health Department, which was our
original partner. So, there are some other school-based and school linked health centers out there. Uh, locally, I mean, and Sparrow, U O U of M, Sparrow, really through U of M. They've been in this business around the state for a while. locally when U ofM um took over
Sparrow they started with Grand Ledge when we were working going down the path with um in county health department and when their finances fell through for it that's when UFM health came and um offered to partner with us and expand their offerings with this um health
center. So yes, Grand Lodge has one. They've been open since April of 24. I guess we'll tolerate the yellow M's on the building. I know. I actually put that up in my opening day presentation. So this was a change in this because I
did a like what's new and then who's new and then who's not new to do service pins. Um so uh but one of the what's new was our health clinic or health center they want to call it a center. I got to change my language on here. uh was going to be opening and I kind of made the
joke to everybody on the staff that it was finally my opportunity to put a big blue M up there that I never get the opportunity to do that as a Michigan grad living in East or working in East Lancing and that that was finally my opportunity to show a big blue M up on the screen. Sorry folks
sounds like a sorry not sorry actually sorry not sorry but yes remember though I root for both. Okay. Yep. I'm I'm slit. Go green. So happy. There you go. Right. We will we will let the world's foremost experts serve our
community. I'm you know not quite going to go to leaders in the best but um but we will welcome we will welcome them. We will welcome them. All right. If there's no other business on the agenda, we'll adjourn at 7:45. Thank you all for being here and
we'll see you on the 14th. I think.